SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XIII. No. 328 



PARIS MADE SUITS, 



Wraps and Jackets, 



LACE AND EMBROIDERED DRESSES, 



Gaze and Crepe Fabrics 

 For Evening Wear. 



New York. 



SUMMER DRESSES, 



We call attention to the follow- 

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Black and White Striped Arniure 

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Black Satin Princess, $1 ; regu- 

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1,000 yards Pekin Printed Foule 

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The New Business of the Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1888 



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A gain in assets of % 7,275,301 58 



A gain in income of 3,096,010 06 



A gain in new premiums of 2,333,406 00 



A gain in surplus of 1,645,622 1 1 



A gain in new business of . . . 331756,792 85 



A gain of risks in force 54,496,25 1 85 



The Mutual Life Insurance Company 



Has Paid to Policy-holders since Organization $272,481,839 82. 



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