NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



SOUTHERN RAILWAY 



GREATEST SOUTHERN SYSTEM. 



Penetrates with its main line or branches eight States 

 South of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and in con- 

 junction with its friendly allied connections reaches all 

 the commercial centers of the South and Southwest . . . 



DOUBLE DAILY VESTIBULED LIMITED TRAINS 



. . . BETWEEN . . . 



Washing-ton and Ifashville via Salisbury, Asheville, Knoxville and 



Chattanoog-a. 

 Washington and Tampa via Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville. 

 Washington and Memphis via Atlanta, Birmingham and K. C. M. & B. 

 Washington and New Orleans via Atlanta, Montgomery and Mobile. 

 Norfolk and Chattanooga via Salisbury, Asheville and Knoxville. 



Pullman Sleeping Cars— Dining Cars— Day Coaches. 

 Additional Trains for local travelers 



The direct line to the f FLORIDA, GULF COAST and TEXAS, 



Winter Resorts of | .... MEXICO and CALIFORNIA, 



AND THE BEST 



Through Car Line to and from Asheville and Hot Springs — " The Land of the Sky." 



NA/rlte for IVIap Rolders. 



R. D. CARPENTER, General Agent, 271 Broadway, New York City. 



L. S. BROWN, General Agent Passenger Department, Washington, I). C. 



J. H. WINGFIEI/D, Passenger Agent, Norfolk, Va. 

 S. H. HARDWICK, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. 

 C. A. BHNSCOTER, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

 W. H. TAYIvOE, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky. 



J. M. GULP, Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK, General Passenger Agenl. 



The Mutual Life Insurance Co. 



OF NEW YORK, 



RICHARD A. McC^URDY, President, 



Is the Largest Insurance Company in the World. 



The Records of the Insurance Department of the State of New 



York SHOW THAT The Mutual Life 

 Has a Larger Premium Income - ■ - ($39,000,000) 



More Insurance in Force ($918,000,000) 



A Greater Amount of Assets - - - - ($235,000,000) 

 A Larger Annual Interest Income - - - ($9,000,000) 



Writes More New Business - - . - ($136,000,000) 

 And Pays More to Policy-holders - - ($25,000,000 in 1896) 

 THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY. 



It has paid to Policy-holders since I _ _ $437,005,195.29 

 its organization, m 1843, ) v , , 



ROBERT A. GRANNISS, Vice-President. 



WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. 



ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President. EMORY McCLINTOCK, Actuary. 



WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. 



