RECREA TION. 



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STATEMENT 



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The Travelers 



Life and Accident & 

 Insurance Company 



OF HARTFORD, CONN. 



Chartered 1803. [Stoc/t.] Life and Accident Insurance, 



JAMES G. BATTERSON, Pres't 



Hartford, Conn., January I, 1898 

 PAID-UP CAPITAL, . $1,000,000,00 



Assets (Accident Premiums in the 



hands of agents not included) $22,868,994. J 6 



Liabilities 19,146,359.04 



Excess Security to Policy-holders $3,722,635.12 



July, I 1898 



Total Assets (Accident Premiums in 



the hands of agents not included) $24,103,986.67 



Total Liabilities .... . 19,859,291.43 



Excess Security to Policy-holders $4,244,695.24 



The Improved 



BOSTON 

 GARTER 



Is the recognized 



STANDARD for 

 MEN'S WEAR. 



Keeps the Stocking 

 Free from Wrinkles 



DOES NOT BIND 



CUSHION 

 BUTTON 



CLASP 



Lies flat to the leg. 

 Does not tear the stock- 

 ing, and will not unfasten 

 accidentally. 



SOLD EVERYWHERE 



Sample Pair \ Silk, 50c. 

 by Mail \ Cotton, 25c. 



GEORGE FROST CO. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Paid to Policy-holders since 1864 $35,660,940.19 



Paid to Policy-holders January- 

 July, '98 1,300,493.68 



Loaned to Policy-holders on Pol- 

 icies (Life) 1,161,705.00 



Life Insurance in Force . . 94,646,669.00 



GAINS 

 6 Months— January to July, 1898 



In Assets 



In Surplus (to Policy-holders) 



In Insurance in Force (Life De 

 partment only) . 



Increase in Reserves 



Premiums Received, 6 Months 



$1,234,992.51 

 522,060.12 



2,764,459.00 



705,642.18 



2,937,432.77 



JOHN E. MORRIS, Secretary 



EDWARD V. PRESTON, Sup't of Agencies 



J. B. LEWIS, M.D., Medical Director and Adjuster 



SYLVESTER C. DUNHAM, Counsel 



NEW YORK OFFICE, 31 NASSAU STREET 



KNEW WHAT HE WANTED. 



Customer — I want some kind of a door 

 spring ; one that won't get out of order. 



Hardware Dealer — A door spring? 



Customer — Yes. And one that won't re- 

 quire the strength of an elephant to open. 



Dealer — Um ! 



Customer — And yet it must be strong 

 enough to bring the door all the way to, 

 and not leave it swinging a few inches. 



Dealer — I see ! 



Customer — And when the door closes I 

 don't want it to ram shut like a catapult, 

 with a jar that shakes the house from its 

 foundations. 



Dealer — Yes. You want one that will 

 bring the door all the way to, and yet do it 

 gently. 



Customer — That's the idea. But I don't 

 want any complicated arrangement that re- 

 quires a skilled mechanic to attend to it. 



Dealer — No,, of course not. You want 

 something simple, yet strong and effective. 



Customer — That's the talk. Something 

 that can be put on or taken off easily — 

 something that will do its work quietly, yet 

 thoroughly, and won't be eternally getting 

 out of order. 



Dealer — I see. I know exactly what you 

 want, sir ; just exactly. 



Customer — Well, show me one. 



Dealer — We don't keep door springs, — 

 New York Weekly. 



