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THE 1.1.11.1... <2
EASILY MADE HALTER.
Formed of Three Straps Only and Ad—
justable to the Size of Any
I _Horse’.s Head.
A rope halter can easily be made so
as to be adjustable to the size of any
*horsels head. A represents the nose
strap, having its ends fastened to a
.Iing (B). [0 this Iingaie also fastened
the ends of the thI oatlatch snaps (C C)
which are made to pass. over the back
of the neck of the horse, and: their
ends form the cheek pieces (E E), with
loops (G G). through which the nose
STRONG ROPE HALTER.
strap (A) passes. On the throatlatch
is a sliding loop (D), as shown, to make
that. part which goes over the horse’s
head larger or smaller. On each side
the. straps (C 'E) are held together by
means of a. loop (J ). which is movable
on them as required. It will be seen
that the ha lte1 is {0'1 med of three
straps 01113 1 ad that the straps can
easily be adjustable so that the halter
will fit any horse b3 simplj ~11c1rn‘ or
moving the loops D and J J, as well as
the loops G G of the cheek pieces. By
sliding the loop D down. on the throat~
latch» the halter canlbe put on the horse,
and when put on the loop D is moved
up again to fasten it. The three. straps
of the halter can be made of leather,
rope or any other suitable material.—
.Farm and Home.
FATTENIN G HOGS.
fiNovtt Until Farmers Understand the
Science of Feeding; VVill They Pro-
duce the Best Pork.
No country on earth can produce
pork as cheaply as we can.
can. be found with the hams and shou‘l-
ders from American hogs, and onl3 the
absence of lean streaks prevents our
'bacon f1 om taking first place. Under
present conditions we cannot afford to
produce bacon such as comes from Den-
is
more profit in producing weight with
corn. With all these advantages of
cheap feed and favorable climatic con-
ditions, we can produce pork very
cheaply, but we should not be content
with this. We should try to produce
better pork than we. do Without adding
to the cost.
V er3 few farmers would say they do 1,
not know all about Iaising hogs. but
the truth is, very few really do know
the best way to feed for the best. re—
.sults in quality, gain in weight and.
healthfulness.
Most. farmers are inclined to think
the best. way to feed a lot of hogs is to
put them in alot and keep corn by them
all the time. Corn and corn alone is
enough for-a hog, they think, and to
feed. this in unlimited quantities re-.
quires neither judgment nor sense.
The average farmer does not read, nor
does he bother himself much 'Vv‘ltlh
thinking. The man who is above the
average reads and thinks. and he knows
there is much to learn in even so Sim-
ple an o’ztration as raising a hog. (He
knows that corn alone does not fur-
nish all the elements that go to make
perfect pm k. Tue tl11r11111gf111111er pro-
vides pasture 01' clover or blue grass
for his pigs. and gets them up to 100
pounds or above with grass. wheat.
A bran. skim milk and such-nitrogenous
feeds as to make lean meat and bone.
Then he feeds corn and cats or bran.
ail toward the last feeds all the corn
the animals will eat. with a good appe-
tite. and goes into the market with a
finished-product that he may be proud
offnhich has not cost him any more
than a full corn-fed hog would have
cost.‘ When all farmers follow this
course, then will American pork have
come into its own and the price will
rise to its true value.—Farmers’ Voice.
Pig-’- Require ‘Pure “’uter.
Swill. or milk mixed with. grain. is
too Often regarded as drink. and no
other is provided. says the Farm, Stock
and Home. The truth is that in addition
to sloppy food the hog needs, pure
water. and should have access to it:
at all times. Do not. make the mistake
of thinking that water out of a mud
hole will answer every purpose; it
should be pure water, as clean. as that
given to dairy cows or horses. Impure
Tater contains germs of worms and
other internal parasites. and also of
disease. and should neVe'r be given to
any kind of stock.
Caring for (We Lambs.
The good flockmaster will be very
watchful day and night for the comfort.
and health of his charges. Nothing 1111-
dermines so quickly the health of the
lamb as a few hours’ neglect. either in
a cold rain Or exposme to draught in
__shel_bered buildings. The flockmaster
who wishes to get the utmost; gain and
consequently profit from its operations.
will look after these things carefully
during the season when lambs are
dropped. and when they are still young
and tenden—Prairie Farmer.
No fault
WAS AT THE ALAMO.
Death of the Last Witness of the
Historic Battle. , i "
“in: 113 Years and: Four Mon ths Old
«lumen Bowie, One of the Libera-
tons of Texas, Expired in
Her Arms.
,
The last witness to the massacre of
the defenders of the Alamo, March 6,
1836, died at- San Antonio on February,
10.
Villaneuva. James Bowie, the fron-
tiersman, he who fashioned the first
Bowie knife, died in hler arms. Davy
Crockett and Col. John Travis fell but
a. few 3ards from VV‘IlEIe she stood.
Mme. Canxdelaria herself was wound-ed-
.and carried the marks of thebayonet
stab in her chin to her grave.
V In many respects the life of this
woman was remarkable. At the time of
her death she was perhaps the oldest.
person in the country, being‘113 years
and 4 months old. She was a' charity
nurse in many smallpox epidemics, and
the foster mother of 22 orphans.
In November, 1785, there was born to
Antonio Casta-non and Francisca Ra-
mirez, in the village of Presidio de Rio
Grande, a daughter. This infant was
named Andrea Gastanon. When she
was three years old her parents moved
to Laredo, and there she grew into
womanhood. At- thc age of 25'she came
to San Antonio and married a. man
named Fs101c,b3 whom she had a.
daughter, VVhO still surv1V es' and with
whom she spent. the last 36319 of her
life. Later she maIried a Mexican
named Candelaria Villauueva. This
Villanueva was a Texas patriot, and
thrOugh him Mme. Candelaria became
acquainted with the band of Americans
who gave up their lives for Texan in—
dependence. She was then past 50
years, but there was something re—
markable in her constitution, for she
looked to the eye as justapproaching
the average middleTage. This was all
the more remarkable, as Memcan wom-
an at 30 show signs of age far beyond-
their years.
James Bowie met Mme. Candela-ria at.
a. ball given by Gov. Verimendi at: his
MME. CANDELARIA VILLA'NUEVA.
(One of the Witnesses of the Historic
Alamo Battle.)
‘mansion on Soledad‘street. An attach-
ment sprang up between the two, and
when, at .the end of February, 1836.
Col. Travis and his band- of Texans re-
tired into the Alamo to hold that place
against the army of Santa Ana, Mme.
Candelaria followed him into that cita-
del. '
The story Of Mme. Cand-elaria thence—.
forth until the massacre on March 6
is that of asp3 and a. nurse, brave and
unselfish. She crossed the Mexican
picket lines time and again for drugs
and supplies, and tenderly nursed the
sick and the wounded during the seven
days’ siege.
Mir.- e. Candelaria had beenfrequently
interviewed by historians on her con-
nection with the fall of the Alamo.
After the fall of the Alamo she lived
happily with her husband, Candelaria
\'illanueva. and a son was born to the
couple when She was 53 years of age
After the death of her husband she de-
votedher life to charity. The state of
Texas granted her apensiow of $12 per J
month. ller income in late years was
considerably augmented by money
given to her by the large number of
tourists who visited her every winter.
At the time of her death she was.to-
tally blind. could not stand without
11 cane 10 support her, was toothless.
and had little hair. She had never been
seriously ill in her life and was an in~
cess an t1 smoker of cigarettes.
Her life was active and full of historic
interest. Even her interment was
marked by a. historic coincident. in
the cathedral in which Santa. Ana made
his headquarters during the siege of the
Alamo requiem mass was sung for the
last surviV or of the massacre, and the
body was laid away in the cemetery
' which now occupies the site where the
main body of Santa Ana’stroops were
encatnped.
Velocity of Projectiles.
Recent experiments with improved
instruments for measuring the velocity
of projectiles have shown that the
speed goes on increasing after the muz-
zle has left the mouth of the cannon.
Leaving the muzzle with a velocity of
about 1, 474 feet in a; second, a projectile
has been observed to increase its
speed to about. 1,689 feet per second
within the first six feet. It is only after
having traveled about 25 yards that the
pIOjectile’ s velocity becomes reduced
to the. speed that it had on leaving the
muzzle.
Uncle Sam: Pays 01d Debt.
Postmaster Tuttle. Of Carthage, Mo..
has just received from the federal gov-
ernment 1'1 draft for $8. 26 in payment of
a debt that has been running since the
civil war. but of which Tuttle knew
nothing. It appears that in settling
with Capt. Tuttle for his services as a
soldier one day’s pay was overlooked,
and also an allowance for clothing. It.
took Uncle Sam 34 years to discover the
error.
That witness was Mme. Candelaria/
, commission unde1
STORY OF THE PAVONIA WRECK.
The Passengers of the Fated Sienna-
l er Relate a Terrible Experience.
NEW YORK, Mdrch 8.—The Portu-
guese steamer Vega, which arrived yes-
terday from St. Michael’s; brought the
passengers of the Cunard line steamer
Pavonia, which was towed into St. Mi—
chael’s after a terrible experience at
saloon, 17 second cabin and 28 steeIage.
The Vega also brought four horsemen.
who were on the German steamer Bul-
garia, which put-into St. Michael’s dis-
abled. Dr. J. W. Inches Of St. Clair,
Mich, one of the cabin passengers,
said:
“The experience of the voyage of 'the
Pavonia was frightful. Gale fohowéd
gale, and hurricanes prevailed through-
out the time from Liverpool until we
landed at the Azores.‘ During the gales
the terrific seas came over the side and
swept eV c—rything before them. The
steamer rolled so Violently that the six
boilers broke adrift, and the steamer
was helpless on the ocean. Five steam-
ers were sighted, but the weather was
so stormy that they were unable to
help us. The crew of the ,Pavonia work-
ed nony and did everything to make
the passengers as comfortable as pos-
sible under the circumstances. When
we finally got into St. Michael’s, we
were obliged to land in lifeboats dur-
ing a gale, and it is a great wonder
that none of us was lost. However, we
landed without any casualties. We em-
barked on the Vega. for New York.
W‘e have had every care and comfort
possible on the way home from the
Azores.”
The pPavonia
Jan. 24 for Boston.
ion of the Pen onia’ s passe agers is that
the members of ti: e crew of that steam-
er deserve every praise for their heroic
efforts, .but that Captain Atkin did not
merit the same consideration. One pas-
senger said that he showed the “White
feather.”
sailed from Liverpool
Examination of Canal Routes.
WASHINGTON, March 8.—The pres-
ident brought to the attention of the
cabinet at yeste1 day 5 session the pro-
vision of the riV er and harbor act 1e1-
ative to the construction of an isthmian
canal. The purpose was to decide upon
the measures to be adopted to carry out
the direction of congress to make a
thorough examination of the various
routes, Nicaragua and Panama, and
report the result to the next session of
congress. It was realized that the task
set was well nigh- impossible of com-
pliance on account of the enormous
~ amount of work involved in a. thor-
ough examination of even one route, as
was shown by the fact that the Walker
the admiral’s ener-
getic direction was not able to present
more than a mere outline of the sur-
Vey made last summer of the Nicara-
gua. route.
A Flint _Glass Trust.
PITTSBURG. MaICh 8.—There will be
a meeting of the principal flint glass
manufacturers in this city early next
week. to close the preliminaries of the
prOposed trade consolidation. It is said
that there is no longer any doubt that
the combination will soon become a.
fact. There a. large number of plants
in Pennsylvania and other states, upon
which options have already been taken.
To Relieve the Gaspesia.
ST. JOHN’S, N. VF., March 8.-—The
sealing steam‘er Hope, Captain Bartlett,
has 1eft_Port aux Basques bound into
the gulf of~ St. Lawrence to endeavor to
relieve the Canada liner Gaspesia,
which was last reported inclosed in an
ice floe. It is thought, judging from re-
cent conditions of wind and weather.
that the attempt will be successful.
FIRST 'HOES‘ELEss ' CARRIAGE.
Vaucunson Invented a. Marvelou-
Motor One Hundred and Fifty
Years Ago.
If further proof were needed of the
dict-um that “there is no new thing un-
der the sun,” it has been supplied by an
article in the Revue Scientilfique, which
traces the invention of the autocar to
the ingenious mechanician, Vaucanson,
just 150 years ago. In a memorandum
recently brought. to light, it. is record-
ed that Vaucanson was honored in 1748
byavisit from Louis XV. for the purpose
of inspecting a marvelous carriage that
ran without the aid of a horse or any
visible means of propulsion. Two per-
sons took their seats in the vehicle,
which seems to have been as gorgeous
as a sheriif’s carriage, and were driven
round the courtyard to the satisfaction ,
of his- majesty and of Due de Mortemart,
M. de Lauzun, M. d’Avezac, and other
members of his suite. But, though a.
promise was secured of royal patron-
age. the Academy of Sciences declared
that such a conveyance could not be
tolerated in the streets, and the scheme
was nipped in the bud. The motive
power was supplied by'a huge clock
spring. so that only a short journey
was possible, but the gear seems to
have closely resembled that. of the
horseless carriages of to-day.
German Singing Contests.
The German" emperor has devised a
new scheme for the encouragement of
vocal music in the German empire. It
will be put int-o operation in 1899, and it.
consists of a singing competition to be
held in a different. town every year.
which is that each choir taking part
will receive an unpublished musical
composition about an hour before the
contest takes place. There will be no
accompaniment. The kaiser’s prize is
a. valuable jewel.
At Bedtime
Take a. dose of Hostetters
Stomach Bitters. and
your eyes will soon
close in peaceful. refreshing slumber
Another dose in the morning will make.
your breakfast taste good, and put. you
in fine fettle for the day’s work ahead I
little“ Hostetter’s
', d
c1132. Stomach
will be easy Bitters
.to perform.
_ sea. The total number of the Pavonia’ s'
passengeIS VV as 54, of whom nine VV ere
Cassel has been selected for the first’
competition, the chief condition of'
u
The general Oplrk’
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IN GQMEQ
$42,318,748 5 1
12,687,880 92
$55,006,629 43
Received for Premiums
From all other Sources
DISE URSEMEJN'IJSQ
'lo Policy-holders for Claims by Death . «
To» Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts ‘
$13,265,908 00
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United States Bonds and other Securities;
First Lien Loan‘s on Bond and Mortgage ,
Loans on 13011115 and other Securities,-
Real Estate,,appraised by Insurance Superintendents
at $23,534,826. 88. - Book Value
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc.
“60,956.14! 33
68,503,580 90
9939696”) 00
20,604,649 61
11,621,377 36
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$2,77’5‘79335 36
333.058, 640 68
42. 238,684 68
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LIABILITIES.
Contingent Guarantee Fund,
Divisible Surplus
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insurance and Annuities in Force
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I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER. AuditOr;
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Board Of Trustees
ADRIANISELI‘ J1.
GonoE S. BCWDDIL
Fnsnsmo CROMWELL
JULIEN T. DAVIES
Hwy H. ROGERS
SAMUEL D. BABCOCI ,
J N0. W AUCHINOLOSS
liICHARD A 310011111111
[AMES C. HOLDEN A. N. VVA'IEEHOUSE THEODORE MOBFORD WILLIAM C. VVEITNE‘:
HEEMANN‘C ‘.VON For-1'1 CHARLES R. HENDERSON _ ILLIAM BABCOOK WILLIAM ROCKEI-ELLm.
JAMES N. JAEVIE ;
CHAS D. DICKEY J11
ELBRIDGE GERRY
J AMES Spawn;
TUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLEE
WALTER B GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
RUFUS VV. PEOKHAM
J. HOBART HERRIOK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
GIOEGE Gr. HAVEN
WILLIAM J. SEWELL l
OLIVER HARBIMAN
803E111" OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. {SAME
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ROBE RT A. .GRANISS, fiVice-President.
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fl _ W ALTER R GILLETTE, Generar Manager.
TSAAC l". LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. - DUEH 1111.17. BltECK, Correspoc ing Secretm.
1V lLLIAM J. EAS' UN, Secretary. , < ALBERT KLAhiltOTH, Assistam Sac-rotary
_ , F BEDERIC CROMWELL- T1 easurer.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. - JAMES TIMI SON. 2d Assistant. Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDW ARI) B. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOOK, .13., Assistant. Actuary.‘
CHARLE‘2 A, PRELLLIi. Auditor. WILLIAM VV. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
0. OLD! FUND GREI‘SIIV GER, Aenistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
J 011 \1 C. ELLIOI‘, superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
It‘- J \\ AltD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DmEcroas: _
MARS H. M l) GRANVILLE ll WHITE.
Li. S. WINSTON AI. D. Consulting. ‘
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