THE CITY. She stands, With her stony beaches ‘ Just touched by old Ocean’s arm. .For islands fair are sentinels there To guard her coasts from harm. She stretches the torch of freedom . . Toward the Old World from the New. And her towers rise to as cl‘o'udless skies. As are mirrored in Ocean's blue. She feels the pulse of the nation, She knows the great of the land, . For they love the strife of the throbbing . lif ' ' e . In the hollow of her hand. The weary and broken-hearted I Plead in her arms to rest; ‘ .The wretched hide in her mantle wide, And the suffering in her. breast. Though forests be grand and silent— Though ilelds be wide and sweet— Her children learn for her voice to yearn. And the tramp of her restless feet. She stands. with her stony beaches Embraced by old Ocean’s arm, Through the noise and light—through the smoldering night, ‘ In a. tide of unending charm. -—Elizabeth Dyke Lewis, in N. Y. Independ— ent. ’5 vs v THE STRANGE STORY (OF A Box a a a a By Constance C. I—Ialkett % er. ’4'? WAS sitting by my library fire one evening, smoking, when’my man- servant informed me that a large box had arrived. I suddenly remembered that it was my birthday, and that I had casually mentioned the fact to my friend Brindle. Now Brindle was mtzch addicted to the playing of practical jokes (this to me was a flaw in an otherwise delight~ ful character), and perhaps on this occasion I might be the victim, so I told the man to help me carry it into the li- brary and then he might go. The hex, which was a long rather narrow one, was, I noticed, per- forated in every direction. It was fas- tened with a padlock, in which I found the key. 4 L I opened it and started back 'in amazément, for inside it lay one of the most beautiful women it has ever been my lot to see, and she was either asleep or dead. ' She was dressed in a long, trailing robe of violet velvet—~what a woman would, I think describe as a “teagoW‘n ; ” ‘ the train of it made a sort of cushion for .her head, and over it strayed long strands of golden hair. . I' fetched a mirror and held it- to her lips; a faint cloud spread over it at once. She was not dead then, but sleeping. Yet—who sent her here? And why in such a plight? , I had no women folk to apply to in my dilemma; besides, one‘s Women folk are apt to look askance at “strangers” of their own sex, especially if these are very beautiful. I decided hurriedly to call my man Burns, a very excellent servant, who had been with me for years. And he ap- peared with such celerity that a sus- picioncrossed my mind—but, no! sure- ly he was above spying through key holes! I pointed to the girl, and asked him ' helplessly what I should do. r ' “‘Do, sir? Why, send for the nearest doctor, and for a detective from Scot- land Yard.” “Of course!” I cried. “Why didn’tI think of that myself? Take a cab and doboth errands—I will stay here in case she awakes.” . He went off at once. He had hardly . been gone ten minutes when the door bell rang. I opened it myself and ad» mitted a tall, thin man, who announced that a policeman had askedhim to call at my house, and that his name was Dr. Smith, of M—-—- street. “A policeman—you meant my serv- ant." ' “No. I don’t. I mean a policeman,” he said testily. “Where is the patient? I am a busy man, sir, and can’t afford to waste time.” Rather bewildered, I led the way to the library—jand in a few words told him my story, and showed him the white figure lying so still and beautiful in those regal velvet robes. He crossed the room to look closer. . ists. and ‘ ' on; it. Estrada: like box was-still in my study. . - - Suddenly I caught sight of a piece. of lid inside. .* . On it was roughly sketched a ship, drowning. What this Could mean 1 could not guess. ‘ . i I was still puzzling oVer it when the door bell ran-g again. I This time a man stood there—he had carriage which waited near the curb, and he wore an ulster with a high col- lar which almost concealed his face. "I have come,” he said, “to retrieve a large box which was left here by mis- take.” ‘ ’3 . “Then you have come to the wrong man, I said,» boldly. “That box and its contents are in my care.”. As I spoke, to my surprise ‘tw‘o po— licemen sprang out of the shadow of a neighboring archway, and seized the man before he had time to turn round. “We were given a hint to keep an eye on this house, sir—by Mr. Holmes,” one of them informed me shortly, before they marched 01f to the nearest “sta- tion” with their prisoner. I retreated indoors and waited de— velopments. Evidently I was in for a night of it, I thought grimly. And, indeed, I had only taken half a dozen pulls at my pipe when a four- wheeler drove up. Inside were Mr. Holmes, the detective; two policemen, and my servant, Burns, with handcuffs on. “What. does this mean?” I asked. The detective came into the house and shut the door—the cab drove off—and I mechanically followed him into the library. There he. turned and faced me. “It means,” he, said, “shortly, this: That your man servant is a member of a dangerous secret, society of anarch- . Mlle. Seslagin (who is very rich) ’had bribed one of the younger mem- bers to sell her some papers which con- tained a clear and concise account of how to set about placing bombs in Westminster Abbey before the coming royal marriage—in. order to blow up the whole royal party. “Once or twice lately Mlle.‘Ses1agin’s house has been broken into, not. for pur- poses of theft, but to find the missing papers, Which she had copied and sent to the police, but kept the originals to put the anarchists off the scent and be] p the authorities to catch them all to- ‘gfébher. ' , "Besides, she wanted to pretend she had. not given information. She knew anarchists and their ways, and feared their vengeance. She little knew their skill. They contrived this very even— ing to enter her house, drug her wine and (while all her servants w-ereat sup- per) they put her into this box which they had got ready and carried her 011'. “The orders were to-deliver the box at No. 1 Mortimer street. “By a curious coincidence there hap- pens to be two Mortimer streets, and the box was brought to the wrong one. ‘\\ \&\§\§‘f ' SHE WAS EITHER ASLEEP OR DEAD. “The plan was (had she been taken to the anarchist who lives'in the other), to cross-examine her on the subject of these papers, and then she was to be taken out to sea and drowned. Dead men—and women—tell no tales.” I handed him the paper I had found. “Yes—that- is the formal order for her death. [know their cipher well." “Good heaven‘s!” he said. “It is Mlle.- Sophie Seslagin, a Russian lady and a patient of my own. What can this ' mean?” He proceeded to investigate ; what would be the cause of her strange ; trance—like sleep. ' “She has been drugged,” he. said. .“I ‘ once studied in Russia, and there they 5 use a curiously smelling herb, for such purposes, difficult to detect unless one is used to dealing with it.” ' ”All that is very interesting—to you," I said impatiently. “But what. am I to do ?” . . “I will send you a nurse at once,” he said. “Have you as aroroom? Good! The nurse is a. sensib ewoman, and will put the lady to bed and ask no ques- tions except of a professional descrip- tion. “Now, you must excuse me; I am watching a very interesting case. I will call again in the morning; mean- while I can do nothing. No drug known acts on a patient under the influence of the once I 'mentioned; she will wake “A rid—Burns?" I asked. “How wasit if he was ‘in it’ that he offered—nay, went—to fetch the doctor and you ‘2“ “He did neither. I sent a, policeman . for the doctor, and came of my own ac- cord- Mlle. Seslagin’s hodiée has been watched for the last week, for (unless she was in danger of her life) I made up my mind to wait and catch the whole gang at No. 1 Mortimer street to—night. The driver’s mistake has put me out rather in my calculations, for Burns had time to warn the others before I managed to‘nab’ him. However, I hope for better luck another time. Mean- while, you have indirectly saved that poor lady’s life.” As he finished speaking I was busy writing. I handed him. a check. ‘Thank you, sir; though really I am so pleased at to-night’a work I almost feel like refusing this." , , “Nonsense! ‘I may needyod‘ again. Good night.” ' After that was at last3allowed to go to bed in p e. naturally in about 12 hours’ And with that the doctor hurried away. The next person to arrive was the de- tective (his name was Holmes), to whom I repeated my story. He listened attentively, looked at Mile. Seslagin, but made no rem-ark worth relating, and presently went away, after giving me strict injunctions to allow no one access to my strange guest but the nurse and the doctor. I prom- ised to attend to his warning and showed him out myself to find on the doorstep a comfortable, motherly-loo-k- ing nurse, who produced Dr. Smith’s card, and into whose capable hands I put the management of affairs general- ly with a sigh of relief, which sigh I repeated as the door of the “spare- room" was shut between me and the i still sleeping stranger. time.” Q I was a bachelor of long years’ stand- ' ing, and quite unaccustomed to such doings and goings on. . Still—though I can‘t say that the" events of that night were exactly pleas ant ones. I always in "after years re membered it with something like grati- tude, for that long, ' coffin—like botx, Whic} I thought held a practical joke, was the means of making the acquaint- ance of the lady who afterward became myrwife.—N. Y. Weekly. Mickey the Mouse—Dore won't be no questions asked. when I returns dis Watch for de reward. Swipes—Why Won’t dere? Mickey—It wuz a deaf and dumb mm I pinched, it from—N. Y. Journal. yum-M ' paper which had been pinned ‘to the‘ some waves, and a. woman apparently ‘ evidently just stepped out of a close) .. muscle and healthy . l does all these things. WHAT A LOTEOF THE? . N‘orwalk Produces its Share, ' But They Are Growing Less Every Day. What a wonderful lot of people there ; are who suffer with backache. From 1 the millionare sitting in his office clip- ping coupons, down to the humble citi- zen who swings a pick for a dollar a l day; nobody is free from it. And it all comes from the same cause. - The kidneys are to blame. Backache is really nothing but kid- ney ache. You can be sure that it means a' disordered conditien of the - kidneys. . , And if you are wise, you will heed the warning immediately. Backache neglected means severer forms of _ ki‘d— ney disease, diabetis, urinary troubles, Bright’s disease—death. Doan’sKidney Pills are the one sim- ple remedy that can be replied upon in all forms of kidney trouble. Some of your neighbors have tried them and not one has found them want- ing. Here is the'expericoce of a 'Nor- walk Citizen: .7, Mr. Josiah Dodge, N0. 2 Belden place, says: “I had some trouble in the way of kidney complaint, and rheu— matic-like pains in the back. Being a frequent'visitor at Mr. Hale’s (now ticed a great many people buying spoke very highly about the results obtained, I got a box, began taking them and in a few days" time they had cured the attack. I am recommending them to my friends. Dean’s Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn (10., Buifalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Dean’s and take no, substi- tute. T31; QUSQULENT REEDBSRD. Hm”; lie Slumlxi in: l mined and H\.W He — . should Bu Eaten. l‘l;iimie:l;‘vl;"' is the only city in the world \2'1‘ 1.3m :‘ecd‘bird can be found in a state nt’ overt-analog obesity, and the only place where he can be cook ed to D‘c‘l'hf-L'lioll. In New York the French cocks conceal its delicate tomhemaeness in rich I‘essing. There they know as little about reed- birds as they do about terrayin, scrap- pic, and pepperpot. Recently there was given in this city a dinner in which roedhirds were served in thir~ teen different forms. Among the courses were soup made from reed- birds. I'iat-cdliirds stuffed with. Blue Point oysters, reedbirds'.placed inside a hollow potato and roasted. rvitdlztrtls stuffed with herb filling and baited. reui ::.ewed with fresh mush- roons, reedbirds split and broiled—an abominable practice, by the way—- reed bird saute, and a seeming pie,’ from which two dozen reedbirds flew forth and around the room. g . But, after all. there is only one way to cook and eat the succulent rcecdics ——sa.ute! Select birds which hart little clumps of yellow fat on both sides of the part last over the fence] Place them in a sauce pan, or, better still, a chafing-dish, with plenty of the best butter, salt, black pepper, and a plentiful sprinkling of paprika— the sweet Hungarian pepper which nowadays can be found in anyqfirst- class grocery. They must not be split and their heads must not be removed. Coook them for five or six minutes, according to the size of the bird and the heat of the fire, but do not allow ' the yellow fat to become browned. Nothing could- be' simpler, and yet few. very few cooks can prepare a reedbird without destroying its tooth- sameness. There is also an art in the eating of his daintiness, but it can only be ap- plied to birds of the character and prepared in the manner described above. Wring off the head and sink your teeth into and absorb the brains Then hold the little darling aloft by the protruding bones of both legs, and, slipping him into a watering mouth, crunch your way through his carcass until not a bit of :him remains but the leg bones. Then cast your eyes about and say grace. That’s eating reed- birds, that is.-—Philadelphia Times. ‘ v.3. L‘ALk-D Trmil‘dvsome Jerusalem. People. often as}: how it, is. that the future of P'th‘fiilllt’ presents such dith- culvtics-z. The reason is simply that 39 rusalem—you can-0t separate Jerusa- lem from li’sdustinc—is the sacred cit-7,- of so many weeds and warring faiths Not 0233:: is it, the holy place of all the Thristian churches, and two of them quay-rt] bitterly over it—the lreeks and the Latins—but it is alsz‘, one of the most sacred places in the Mohammedan world. Mecca and Me- dina are hardly more sacred than the Mosque of Omar. That is a. fact which is often ignored by Europeans. who out of the. temple enclosure would dial turb the whole Moslem world from the Straits Settlement to Albania. Wu must never forget that Mohammedan pilgrims from India visit Jerusalem 'Just as Christian pilgrims visit from Europe. Lastly, Jerusalemisprotomyl ly sacred to the Jews, and the Jews are beginning to be locally numerous and imp'ortant_.——Spcctator. Wl] ii I l] Hustetter’s Stomach Bitters cures malaria and bilious attacks. It cures nervous prostration and exhaustion. It makes the nerves strong. It makes rich, red blood, 11 OStetter’S firm flesh, solid fibres. It banishes , d yspepsiahindigestion Land constipation. It. ‘ T in E " EV EN] N “GPA «- Glendeniug 8.5 Co’s),drug store, I no- ' Dean’s Kidney Pills, and as they all -' forget that return the“ Mehammedans ' Stomach , Bitters i; I d ‘ . ' WILLIAM J. SEWELL v ‘ ':_ » . . - a "UL U INS—U OF EIE'W YORK. . “ RIQHAEL A. MQG'U'RDY, President. atemeiit bribe teat Ending Dec. 31:93 . According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. ’ Incomh. Received for Premiums . . ' . . From all other Sources .° , . . . . . $42,318,748 52‘ 12,687,880 9:. $55,006,629 42L Anrsnnnsnmnnms. To Policy-holders for Claims by! Death . . ' ’ . $13,265,908 01.: To Policynholderu for Endowments, Dividends: etc. . 11,485,751 3;; For. all other Accounts . . . . . 10,493,379 5;, 53592459038 8.8 Assnms. United States Bonds and other Securities . . $160,956,141 35 First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . 68,503,580 9( Loans 0n Bonds and other'Securities, . . 9,396,619 0t Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents at'$23,534,826.88 : Book Value . . . . 20,604,649 61 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies 4 . . . 11,621,377 36 Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . w. $277,517,325 30 V: . LIAIILITIES. 233,058,640 68 PolioiyL-Resetves, etc., . ’ . . ~ . . Contingent Guarantee Fund, . . ' . . . 42.238,684 68 Divisible Surplus . . . . . . $2,220,000 00 ' 377,517-315 g6 Insurance and Annuities in Force . . .' $971,711,997 '79 liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER’. Auditor; From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usua _ “Board. of Trustees. ADRIAN ISELIN .ln GEORGE S. Bownom WILLIAM_C. Warrant “’ILLIAMBOCKEEELLER' = JAMEs N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR ELBRIDGE T GERRY J AMES SPEYER, HENRY H. ROGERS ' Jxo. W AacmnoLoss THEODORE MORFORD WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISH AUGUSTUS D. J umLIARn CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R GILLETTE H. WALTER WEBB ' SAMUEL D. Baeocca Brown A MCCURDY JAMES C. HOLDEN HEBMANN 0.. VON Pos'i- FREDERIC CRonwELL JULIEN '1‘. DAVIES A. N. WATERnousE CHARLES R. HENDERSON Burns W. PEOKRAM, OLIVER HARBIMAN J. HOBART HERRIOK ' ROBERT OLvPHAx'r GEORGE F. BAKER Dunner Omor'r , I WM. 1’. DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNIss GEORGE G. HAvEn ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President. l WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ' . ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. ‘5‘ ' DUElt du-P. BRECK, Correspon ‘ing Secretary WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ‘ ' ' - ALBERT KLAllittOTH, Assistam Secretary. ' * FREDE RIC CROMW ELL, Treasurer. ‘- I ’ JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. ' JAMES TIMt- SON. EdAssistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. . EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. . EMORY MoOLlNTOCK, Actuary. . JOHN TATLOGK, JR, Assistant Actuary. ' » - CHARLES. A, PltELLER, Auditor.‘ ‘ WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller; . O. GLIFIi‘ut-tl) HRETSINGER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY 8. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller} J UHN O. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. E ') W ARI) LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. . ' MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D- GRANVILLE 31 WHITE, M :0 G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. stealing a @ILBERT, oedema Agents. 2-— , ~\.—~l"“-_»‘~' . .lu"' ~-" ‘3‘. £4 1-. , A, a. cane, swarm. I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. "Tau—23 ix “ ‘
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