1879 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
151 
STATEMENT OF 
THE 
We are now supplying all our customers with Extra 
Choice Teas at the very lowest wholesale price, 50c. 
per pound. Good Teas, 30c., 35c. and 40c. per pound; 
and on Tea Orders of $5 and upwards, 
All Express Charges Paid. 
Our business connections with China aud Japan, direct 
importations from the place of growth, long experience in 
the business, and special contracts with the Express Co.’s 
for reduced rates, place us before the public as the 
OF NEW YORK. 
F. S, WINSTON, President. 
For the Year Ending Dec. 31st, 1878. 
Net Assets, January 1st, 1878.$82,355,678 27 
BECEIPTS FOR 1878. 
From Premiums.$13,092,719 83 
From Interest and Rents.... 4,752,407 74 $17,845,127 57 
Total .. $100,200,805 84 
DISBURSEMENTS FOR 1878. 
For' Death and Endowment 
Claims (matured and dis- 
counted). 
$6,603,713 22 
For Annuities. 
26,697 97 
For Dividends. 
3,555,462 00 
For Surrendered Policies and 
Additions. 
4,214,158 94 
For Contingent Guarantee 
Account...... 
277,101 09 
For Commissions (payment 
of current and extinguish- 
ment of future). 
532,496 63 
For Expenses and Taxes. 
817,099 57 $16,026,729 42 
Balance January 1st, 1879.$8-1,174,076 42 
ASSETS, JANUARY 1st, 1879. 
Bonds secured by Mortgages 
on Real Estate.$57,368,331 99 
United States and other 
Stocks, (cost value). 17,333,175 18 
Real Estate. 6,319,051 73 
Cash in Banks and Trust 
Companies, at interest.... 3,100,516 10 
Balances due by Agents.... 53,001 42 
Net Assets, January 1st, 1879.$84,174,076 42 
Add 
Interest Accrued—.$1,485,754 00 
Deferred Premiums. 835.817 15 
Premiums in transit. 129,272 58 
Market Value of Stocks in 
excess of cost... 502,694 37 $2,953,538 10 
Gross Assets, Jan. 1st, 1879...$87,127,614 52 
Liabilities, Jan. 1st, 1879 . 82,878,235 80 
Surplus & Conting’t Guarantee Fund. . $4,249,378 72 
Number of Polices in force Jan’y 1, 1879.91,828 
Sum Insured thereby.$290,774,315 
NOTE.—If the New York Standard of fonr and 
a half per cent Interest be used, the surplus is 
$11,395,553 30. 
From the Surplus, as appears in the Balance Sheet, a 
Dividend will be apportioned to each Policy which shall 
be in force at its anniversary in 1879. 
By tbe unanimous action of the Board of Trustees, 
another important step in advance has been taken in 
the interest of all Policy-holders and the public, by 
directing that the premium rates on old and new 
Polices shall be reduced fifteen per cent from present 
tabular rates for Whole Life Annual Premium Polices, 
with a corresponding equitable reduction on tbe other 
forms. 
The option is given to present members to accept 
this reduction in cash or to pay full rates on the old 
plan, and receive equitable additions of insurance 
payable with the policy ; the reductions to be made on 
the anniversaries of the polices. All dividends are 
allotted in proportion to the actual contributions of 
each class to the surplus of the Company. 
Naw York, February 19, 1879. 
Leading Tea House in the U. S., 
anti the PIONEERS IIV REDUCING PRICES 
and KEEPING THEM DOWN. 
Don’t give high prices, but send direct to the 
OLD RELIABLE TEA HOUSE 
(The Great American Tea Company), 
and get your goods at 
Greatly Reduced Prices. 
Don't be deceived by other concerns who imitate our style 
and manner of doing business. 
We urge all lovers of good Teas to give us a trial. 
Special Inducements on Large Orders. 
FULL PARTICULARS FREE. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO, 
Importers, 31 and 33 VESEY STREET, 
P. O. Box 4,335. NEW YORK. 
The Largest and Cheapest Tea House in the United Stales. 
Liquid Paints. 
These are the purest, finest, richest and must durable 
paints ever made for structural purpose. They are prepared 
ready for the brush in sixteen newest shades and standard 
colors, suitable for the tasteful decoration of dwellings and 
all classes of buildings, inside and out, and for all purposes 
where a perfect protective coating is required, and, cover¬ 
ing body and durability considered, they are twenty-five per 
cent cheaper than the best White Lead or any other kind 
of paint now in use. 
Our Asbestos Liquid White has been adopted for inte¬ 
rior and exterior work of the U. S. Capitol at Washing¬ 
ton. -&S 
The Metropolitan Elevated E. R., of New York City , 
Is painted with our paints. 
ASBESTOS ROOF PAINT .—Brown and gray and 
cream, for tin and shingle roofs, Iron work, agricultural im¬ 
plements, fences, outbuildings, etc. We guarantee this to 
be a better article than has ever before been offered to the 
public for similar purposes. 
Special Prices to large consumers. Samples of Colors and 
Descriptive Price-Lists by Mall. 
H. W. JOHNS’ MF’G. CO., 
87 Maiden Lane, N. Y. 
Manufacturers of Asbestos Roofing, Boiler Cover¬ 
ings, Steam Packing, Sheathing, Cements, Coat¬ 
ings, etc. 
Improvement for 1879. 
THE SAFETY HOT BLAST 
OIL STOVE. 
iW Does not heat the house. Perfect 
for all kinds of Cooking and Heating 
Irons. Always ready and reliable. The 
most satisfactory Stove made and the 
Cheapest. EEF" Send for circulars. 
The Whitney Manal’g Co., 
1123 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. 
NORTH STAR SEEDS. 
Minn. Early Amber Sugar Cane, St. Paul and North Star 
Tomatoes, and other specialties of Northern origin and 
growth. Remember “ the further north seeds are grown, the 
sooner the product will come to maturity.” 
Ours is the most northern seed farm in America. Earliest 
sorts a specialty. Catalogue free. 
HOLLISTER, CASTLE & CO., St. Paul, Minn. 
I Marks’ Patent First Premiums. ’ 
Artificial Limbs, with Rubber Hands and 
Feet. The most Reliable, Comfortable , 
and Useful. Illustrated Pamphlet of ll‘i 
pages, containing valuable information, 
sent free to those giving satisfactory description of their 
case. A, A. MARKS, 575 Broadway, New York City. 
Jpi 
HOWARD & CO., New York. 
Special Announcement in Relation to 
WALTHAM WATL’HIS 
No. B, Key-Winder, 
8 9 90 
former price, 
813 
“ 3, “ “ 
812 70 
ti - a 
818 
“ 7, “ “ 
816 90 
a a 
820 
“ 8, “ “ 
821 SO 
a a 
825 
“ 10 , “ 
829 90 
6 i »l 
833 
No. B, Stem-Winder, 
813 70 
former orice, 
818 
“ 3, “ “ 
816 60 
4 . 4 . 
824 
“ 7, “ “ 
821 90 
41 it 
827 
“ 8, “ “ 
826 80 
44 44 
832 
.. 10i .. 
834 90 
44 44 
840 
All are New Model Movements, In Soiid Sterling Silver 
Cases (guaranteed), and the best finished Watches of these 
grades ever made by the American Watch Co. We have 
used the above numbers for years, and they are well known 
to our customers all over the country. 
Terms for these Special Prices : Money must be 
sent with the order ; Post-office Order is best and safest; 
next to that, Registered Letter. The Watch ordered will be 
sent at once, in perfect running order, safely packed to go 
any distance, and with two extra crystals. All charges will 
be pre-paid by us to any part of the Union, no matter how 
remote. 
Price-lists with full particulars sent free to all who write 
for it. 
We do not care to sell to the Trade, and make no discount 
whatever ; if dealers wish to buy of us, they must remit the 
same amount as any one else. Address 
HOWARD & CO., Swi I * * 4 „Kom-: 
We agree, as we always have . to refund the money for any 
Watch that does not give satisfaction. 
A SK YOUR WATCHMA KER FOR 
By mail 30c.— AUTOMATIC Eye Glass Holder, by mail 
25c.— Birch’s Pat. Key Ring, Hie.—Circulars free. 
J. S. BIRCH & CO., 38 Dey St., N. Y. 
THE 
Only Sensible Shoe for Children 
Are those with the SILVER. or 
THE BLACK TIP UPON THEM. 
THEY REDUCE SHOE BILLS 0NE-HALF. 
Steam - Engines. 
lUOli 1878 AND 1871). 
More effective and more complete, and more readily 
adapted to the various mechanical and agricultural uses 
than any other in the market. Practical improvements 
accumulated from twenty years’ manufacturing experience, 
with reputation maintained and success established. 
Send for Circulars, descriptive, and containing testimoni¬ 
als concerning our PORTABLE STATIONARY 
and AGRICULTURAL STEAM-ENGINES. 
WOOD, TABER & MORSE, 
Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. 
Has received the most unqualified testimony from Phy¬ 
sicians, Matrons and Mothers of the highest character and 
responsibility, in this and other countries. 
THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS 
that this food has attained in this country (the sales of 
which aggregate as much as all other foods combined) is 
due to its intrinsic meiit, containing as it does all the ele¬ 
ments essential to growth and repair either in the Infant or 
Invalid. It has been demonstrated that multitudes of in¬ 
fants have been slowly starving at a period of infancy when 
development and growth are so remarkably active, because 
of inability of mothers to furnish the necessary nutriment 
on account of overtaxing the nervons system, and by pro¬ 
longed lactation, thus lowering the standard of health in 
both. 
Is no new, untried preparation, but has been in use for SO 
years , and the price places it within the reach of all. 
WOOL RICH & (:0,, on every label. 
L E. RANSOM, 34 MAIDEN LANE, N. Y. CITY 
• Importer of Annatto and Dairy Coloring. 
