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TH E BEST DOG.
Yes, I-went to see the. bowwows, and I
' looked at every one,
‘ Proud dogs of every breed and strain that's
. underneath the sun;
But not one could compare with—you may
_ hear it with surprise—-
A little yellow dog *I know that never took
a prize.
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Not that they would have skipped him when
they gave the ribbons out,
Had there been a class to fit him—though
his lineage is in doubt.
No judge of dogs c'ould e’er resist the hon-
est, faithful eyes .
Of that plain little yellow dog that never
took a prize.
Suppose he wasn't trained tohunt. and
never killed a rat,
And isn't much on tricks or looks or birth
—well, what of that?
That might be said of lots of folks whom
men call great and wise.
As well as of that yellow dog that never
took a prize. s.
It isn't what a dog can do. or what adog
may be, - ‘
That hits a man. It's simply this—does he
believe in me?
And by that test 1 know there's not the
compeer ’neath the skies
Of that plain little yellow dog that never
took a. prize.
Oh. he's the finest little pup that ever
‘ wagged-a tail
‘And followed man with equal joy to congress
, or to jail. ,
I'm going to start a special show—‘twill
beat the world for size— ,
l‘or faithful little yellow dogs, and each
shall have a prize.
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H ._HE bay lynx.~ or wildcatflfisfaid
Judge Crane, of Port Jar-
vis: “is not a. striking example
of domestic devotion. Unlike the
hero of the popular‘ballad. he loves
to wander from his‘own fireside. and
he is more fortunate than most fellows
in the ability to indulge his wayward
propensity. Most animals of our woods
are extremely local in their habits.
The wildcat isa tramp. ltis customary
'for him to have two lairs. a dozen way-
side haunts and perhaps as many more
.occasional stopping places. His two
‘iihomes are frequently ten or a dozen
Smiles apart, and mark two points on
“the circumference of an approximate
«circle which incloses his stamping
iground. . -
“He starts from one of his habita-
"tions on his lonely jaunt, covering in
"the first 24 hours five or six miles on
rthe main line of his route, while his ex-
‘cursions to the right and left through
(thicket and swamp comprise many
more miles. His route seems. to be com-
posed of innumerable small circles and
eccentric figures. When he reaches
his second residence he hunts the ad-
jacent covers until his wayward fancy
again asserts itself. Then he strikes
off home. which he :reaches by an alto—
gether new route, or rather a series of
routes. He is not a creature of habit.
OccaSionally he? curls himself up like
' a house cat and sleeps on the ground,
hunting usually by night-and some-
times two weeks may elapse before he
regains his starting point. Without
doubt he keeps his roving up all the
. time, although it is only during the
the winter months, when the snow
holds the record of his wanderings.
that we'can be sure of his movement-s.
For this reason, too, the winter is the.
only time we can hunt him sci-en tifical-
ly. If he is disturbed by man he will
pike OR for the more distant home, per-
haps running for eight miles in a per-
fectly straight line. If you can set a
dog upon his hot track he will take to
the nearest swamp or patch of briers.
and wind and twist and turn until he
almost unseats the reason of the calm-
est and most calculating old hound
that ever followed a trail. He will not.
take to water or resort to the other
methods of obliterating his trail that
a deer adopts. He simply goes-around
and around in the thickest brush he
can find. depending all the time on
mere strength of grit. and enduranée
to win out and throw off the pestering
hound. He is not "afraid ofthe dog. but-
the latter bores him by his persistency.
and 'he resorts to the same measures
adopted by the iron who owes you ten
dollars. it is very difficult to tree a
wildcat. Sometimes. after being hunt—
ed for hours‘in the way lhave indi-
cated. a fresh and fast hound might
make him climb a tree. but this is rare.
The man who shoots a wildcat with-
out understanding these principles is
lucky.
“Last week Lew Boyd. the presiding
genius of the hunt at Hartwood. tele-
phoned. to me that. he had found the
fresh track of a cat.
“ ’l‘hat cat's come back from Eden.’
was the way Lew p111 it—Eden was
the second place of residence of this
particular cab—‘and he’s on this side
of the Monticello road, now.’
“So I telephoned to Miles Sturievant
"to come down from Hartwood the next
morning to meet me. l met his wagon
on the road four miles from toWn. We
bumped our way over the turnpike to
the top‘of Sullivan county. and them
turned into the old Texas road. picking
up Lew Boyd and his hound on the
way. Three miles further on the Gray
road strikes out to the east at right
angles. Here we dismissed the wagon;
chained the bound. and walked on in
the direction of Gray swamp. At the
head of Gray swamp we found the
tracks of a big cat pointing toward the
swamp. and a few yards further on we.
'came upon a similardrack crossing
the road in the opposite direction. Lew
asserted confidently that the two
tracks were made that day. and by the
:same animal. and the question re~
inalned to be decided on which side of
the road he was at that moment. He
was of. the opinion that the cat was in
Long swamp. So we trudged through
5the woods for three milesalong the top
‘of a. low ridge.
“We passed innumerable deer tracks
on the way. AS we neared "Long swamp
f?
we put. up a. fine deer that went dash-
ing oif toward Port Jervis, and a little
I later another jumped through the
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brush close by. ‘Long swamp is of the I Keeps ’ Thousands Awake
‘p‘hape of an enormous two-fingered
‘ .and. covering hundreds of acres. Aft-
er We gained the swamp the sun went
of direction possessed by Low Boyd,
trained w-Oodsman as he was, was at
fault. We made our way by the aid
of my pocket. compass. *
“On the west edge .of the swamp we
came suddenly upon a place where
the grdund was torn and trampled.
Tufts 0f hair and pieces of pelt lay
about on the blood-stained snow, and
there was every sign of a terrific strug-
gle. On the edge of the battleground
lay the paunch of a. deer. and a few
feet further on we found its head and
spine, gnawed ole-an. The work had
been done two nights before, and from
all signs this had been no running bat»
tle of miles. The tragedy had all been
enacted. within 'a few feet. and we both
felt a new respect for the animal that
could do away with a nearly full—
grown deer. Lew cut through to skirt
.the east‘end of the swamp in quest of
a fresh track, and I went up Handy hill
in the opposite direction to look over
a smaller swamp in the vicinity.
“ ‘The cat ain’t here.’ Lew announced.
definitely, when we met. again. ‘He’s
back in Gray sw-amp.’
“Gray swamp is the worst. place in
Sullivan county. It is almost impene-
trable. It is perfectly flat, and in ad-
dition to the usual dense underbrushit-
is overgrown with laurel whose
branches are interlaced so d’eftly that
it seems impossible for any creature to
get through. I would not cross Gray
swamp for money; for a wildcat, I
might. Unless he had winded or sight-
‘ed us the animal was somewhere in the
neighborhood. and we had reduced all
likely hiding places to the depths of
this swamp. Lew told me to go in and
select as open a position as Icould find
while he walked around the swamp to
look for tracks. leading out. I wrig-
gled and twisted and tore my way
through the brush until I found a well-
worn deer path, along whichl came
upon several of their round beds. One
of them, a little larger than the others,
was surrounded by the tracks, not
much larger than a copper cent,.of two
fawns. It. was pretty tough work get—
ting inside of that swamp, and long
before I had a suitable position I heard
the deep bay of the bound, A moment
latersomethingheavy bounded through
the brush within 50 feet of me. 1
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY CAT.
couldn‘t see a thing but laurels and so
I kept still and cursed my luck. My
only chance was to remain quiet and
wait for the dog to bring the animal
around again. After the dog passed I
hunted around until 1 found a fallen
log. from the top of whichI could see
for a few yards about me. The sounds
of the. hunt held on quite to the further
edge of the swamp and then gradually
turned. '
“Suddenly something lithe and soft
and graceful made a curving leap over
the brush. I caught. another glimpse
of the tawny skin a few feet. further
on. aimed at it quickly and fired. The
thing dropped and sank slowly among
the bushes. It looked as though it lay
crouching for a spring when 1 worked
my way to it. its face toward me. and
the tire in its eyes not yet dead. A
moment later the dog burst through
the brush and buried his teeth in the
cat's neck without a moment’s hesita—
tion. That bound is of the Josh Cole
breed. a strain known throughout this
region for honesty. game‘ness and
grit. Many a good dog willflinch from
a wildcat. dead or alive. But this one
went at it as,though he had never
known any other kind of business."
The dead wildcat measured four feet
five and a half inches from tip to tip.
and stood 21 inches high at the shoul-
der. The hide is being mounted for
Judge Crane-«N. Y. Sun.
Silenced the Ofllcionl Man.
There was a large crowd on an up-
town Broadway corner the other even-
ing densely massed around a, prostrate
form in the street, and tiptoeing to see
over the closely packed shoulders of
the people in front. . '
A tall, important-looking man
tins-bed up to the throng and cried in a
loud voice: ,
“Why don’t you confounded idiots
move back and give the man a chance
to breathe?"
Whereupon a small Milesian gentle-
man in the front row piped up:
“Begorra. it’s a horse, an’ it’s dead.
so it is!"
And the reformer hastened on.—
Chicago Times~Heral .
Awkward Tombstone Inscription.
A man. recently left a widower. when
i arranging for his late wife’s tombstone
, gave orders that the lettering should be.
of a stated size. Atnthe bottom of the
I stone he wished to have the words:
1 “Lord. she was Thine."
l son said he was afraid there would not
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be room for the words, but the. bereaved
widower insisted. and the carving was
put' in hand. The correctness of the
. mason’s view was justified. for when
the stone was finished at the foot of the
tablet were the words: “Lord. she was
thin."—Ch icago Chronicle.
undler the clouds, and even the instinct ‘
The stonema- ,
icdy maintains good
'digestion, and fights
ness and constipation.
in and Around the
Norwalks.
The plague of the night.
Keeps you awake, can't sleep a wink.
Bad enough to lose your rest.
But its harder still to bear avwork.
Breeds misery by night, profanity by
day. '
Know what it. is ?
The bone of all classes of people—-
Itching Piles. ‘
Hard to bear, hard to walk, hard to
sit down.
Itch. Itch.
crazy.
Itching away in any position, any
time.
Don’t stand it any longer.
There is relief for every one, prompt
and pet manent.
Doan’sOintment relieves at once.
Doan’s Ointment cures permanently.
Piles, eczema and all skin disorders.
Read this case :
Mr. Louis Show, of 33 Prospect
street, Webster, Mass. says: "There
was a bad case of bleeding piles in my
familv, which had resisted ordinary
efforts to cure. We were_so favorably
impressed with the results obtained
from using Dean’s Kidney Pills that. we
reasoned if what is claimedfor them
is so thoroughly carried out. why should
not the representations made for Doau’s
Ointment. be equally true. We got a
box at- a drug store and itstoppecl the
trouble. We consider both. Doan’s
Ointment and Doan’s Kidney Pills val-
uable remedies and have no hesitation
in recommending them.” _
Just- such emphatic endorsement is
plentiful in Norwalk. Drop into Glen-
dening 8:. Co's drug store and hear
what their customers report to them.
Doan’s Ointment. for sale by all deal-
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburu (30.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole-agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan’s and take no substitute. ,
GUARDING THE TRANSPORTS.
Itch. Nearly drives you
Uncle slums Ships of War in the Won-
derful Sapphire Seas of the
“lest Indies.
In the afternoon the great. fleet
steamed southwest until Tampa light
sank in the distance. says Gov. Roose—
velt, in Scribner's. 5
For the next six days we sailed
steadily southward and' westward
through the wonderful sapphire seas of
the West Indies. The thirty-odd trans-
ports moved in long. parallel lines.
while ahead and behind and on their
flanks the gray hulls of the warships
surged “through the blue waters. We
had evefry variety of craft to guard us,
from the mighty battleship and swift-
cruiser to the converted yachts and the
frail. venomous looking torpedo boats.
The wars-hips watched with ceaseless
vigilance by day and by night. When.
a sail of any kind appeared, instantly
one of our guardians steamed toward
it. Ordinarily. the torpedo boatswere
towed. Once a. strange ship steamed
up too close.‘ and instantly’the nearest
torpedo boat was slipped like a grey-
hlound from the leash. and sped across
the water toward it; but the stranger
proved harmless. and the swift, deli:
cafe, death-fraught craft returned
again. .
It was very pleasant. sailing south-
ward through the tropic seas toward
the unknown. We knew not whither
we wene bound, nor what we were. to;
do; but we believed that the nearing‘
future held for us many chances of;
death and hardship, of honor and re?
niown. If we failed, we would share the
fate. of all who fail; but We were sure
that. we would win, that we should
score the first great triumph in a
mighty world movement.
star was PASSED.
To Buy Sailors a Christmas Din-
ner — Movement Squelched
" by Dewey. ..
An American dentist in Manila, in a.
happy or unhappy moment, conceived
the idea. of providing by-public subscrip-
tion a. grand Christmas dinner for the
United States soldiers garrisoning the
city, in the same. manner as paupers
at home are regaled with all the good
things of this life on that day, says the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The idea took beyond all expecta-
tions, for when the hat went round the
money flowed in so freely that in, a
couple of days over $3,000 was collected.
’The soul of the movement waxed ~en-
thusiastic. And so did the whole Amer-
ican community.
Consul Wildman, in a thought-less mo-
ment, also allowed himself to be caught-
by the fever. Committees and subcom-
mittees were then appointed, and prep-
arations began to be made in right
earnest and on a most elaborate scale
for the grand spread.
But the American would-be patriots
counted without their host, who, in the
person of Admiral Dewey, issued a. gene
eral order quashing the Whole thing,r
and ordering the. refunding of. the
money to the subscribers. Admiral
Dewey very sensibly says that the ac-
ceptance of a, public subscription din-
ner is incompatible with the dignity of
an American sailor, and thatthe United
States government may well be_truSteo
to look after his comfort. The Ameri-
can dentist is sad. Consul Wildinan is
sadder, and the saddest of all were the
troopers and bluejaekets. _
Keeps People Will.
After Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters puts
aman’s body in a healthy condition,
an occasional dose will'keep it there.
Well people need the Bitters almost
Siciiiuii’hfsréi‘fi Host'etter’s
Stomach
billous- Bitters
off dyspepsia,
SAMUEL D. BABooon
RICHARD A Mchnm
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HEBMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARBIIIAN
HDBEBT OLYPEANT
GEonoE F. BAKER
’DUELEY OLCOTT
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lSAA’C, I". LLOYD, 24d Vice-President
\V ILLIAM J. EASTUN, Secretai y.
' JOHN AsFuN n.3, Assistant Treasurer.
W ILLIAM l’. SANDS, Cashier; .
UHARLEF A, PRELLEl-l, AuditOr. /
0. ULIE‘F‘..U:~I) GRE’I‘SIN HER, ASeistant Auditor.
JOHN U. ELLIOT, superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
mm; J. Allan's. M. D-
LIABILITIES.
I')OliCiy Reserves, etCt, o o o '— 0 i 0
Contingent Guarantee Fund, , . . .
Divisible Surplus . . . _ . . . , .
Insurance and Annuities in Force ' . . .
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From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as none
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUOHINCLOSB
THEODORE MOBFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDEBIO CROMWELL
JULIEN '1‘. DAVIES
A. N. W'ATERHOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
‘ J. HOBART HERRICK
Wu. P. DIXON
' ROBERT A. GRANNIBS
GEonaE G. HAVEN
WALTER B. GILLETTE, General Manager.
FltEDERIG CttoluwnLL, Treasurer.
EMORY MceLtNTOOK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Assistant Actuary.
E- 'J W All!) LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consult-lug.
f a. n. cane, We 43mm
WILLIAM W. RICHA
HENRY 8. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
OF NEW YORK. ,
RIGHARD A. McG'U'RDY, Freeman’s.
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ailment llll‘ the l’fll‘ Endlll ' Dec 31 ’98
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According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
a. _ \ . s
_ INODME.
Received for Premiums . . 5‘, ~ .. . $42,318,749 51
From all other Sources , . . . . . 12,687,880 92
. $55,006,629 43
\ BISBURQEMENTSQ
T0 POIICy-holders for Claims by Death .. ’. . . $193,265,908 00'
T0 Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 11,485,751 35
For all other Accounts . . . ‘ . . 10,493,379 53
$35,245,038 88
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United States Bonds and other Securities . . $160,956,141 33
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 68,503,580 90
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, , . . 9,396,619 .00
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents ' ‘
at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value ‘ . . . 20,604,649 61
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . ' . 11,621,377 36'
Accrued interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. .‘ . 6,434,957 10
. ‘ $277,517,335 36 -
233,058,640 68
42.238,684 68
' $2,220,000 00
21795174425 36
$971,711,997 79
Ihave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, AuditOr
~ ' Board. of Trustees-
ADRIAN Issue. J H
GEORGE S. Bownon
WILLIAM C. erunn
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLEE
JAMES N. JARVIE
GHAS D. DICKEY J n
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
JAMES SPEYERJ
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-P1°eSIdent. *
DUEii du-P. BREGK, Gorrespon ~ing Secretar.
ALBERT KLAMHOTH, Assists:
Bee-rotary .
JAMES TIMHSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. ' ,
EDWARD I‘. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EDS, Comptroller.
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