S'M 
PERSONAL ITEMS 
Euen B. Town of Kuynhain, Muss., gave* .$1,000 
as a New Year's present fo Dartmouth College. 
Ben. Oeo. H. Thomas einplnttiouJIy told «n 
j alrny nlllcer, who r coni Is eatled at his beu'l- 
quHi't''i.-, t.lml lie m'vcr was » Dotnotmt. 
Ma volt Thomas <0 Df. l/uils recently in an 
official cotniHUtilcullon complained that hi* pri¬ 
vate-' re-idonee is n«*j*od lor $IJ,4W), wlitlo if 
Should huvf bccu usacHsctl at $12,Ut»). 
Onslow Ptkaknm, Republican outididute for 
Governor of New Hampshire, is a native ol 
Massachusetts, and Ills family have been noted 
in civil and military HUtUuna since the old 
Ifreuch «ur, 
John F. Dkiggs <d Michigan is to receive u 
cabinet of Bake Superior minerals from his 
friends in token of their appreciation of his 
efforts to promote t he interests of the Lake .Su¬ 
perior miming region. 
tii.v. Bylvani's Tn a visitof Braintree, Mass., 
the first Superintendent ol the West Point Mili- 
tar.v Acudemy, (which position he held for nine- 
Icen years,( now, at rhe age of eighty-four, has 
liad Ins Im. I l iken by the -i nlptor Millmore. 
Jo up a Bhahpk and Richard Tn.vlor, two 
yotll';. men of Sliai|islapu, Ky., eonelnded on 
< Miri i m i a eve to have a friendly trial of their 
power of nerve, and tiring at. each oilier with 
pistols viteli killed the oilier. 
(-APT. Mnni'ii v of the fit nurd steamer Tail fa 
has been presented with .ft,(Mil by the Boston 
1’nderwriters, e . a reward for bringing his ves¬ 
sel into port with a .steering appai.ilns of spars 
ami ropes alter her rudder hud been broken ut 
sea. 
(lisoituis W. Guilds, editor-in-ebief of the 
f'liil:i<le 11 #|i i,i Ledger, gave a bainpiet in honor 
of I he poet Longfellow ut Koine on tlie llilli 
inst. Ii was ailendod by a large number of 
American arl is is, visitors uml eminent persons 
new in Koine. 
Edmund Yiiout, during the tlrsf, two years of 
his literary career, scarcely made a thousand 
franc-; by Ins pen, and many of his productions 
were returned to him. These were afterward 
accepted at a Mali price by the very publishers 
who formerly could have had I hem at a low one. 
Pkof. Wfcklkh, the great philologist and 
orchmologi 4, died recently at Bonn, lie was 
sueee-sively professor at the Universities of 
Gieeseii, Goettingen and Bonn, and was nolod 
for his vasi range of knowledge, the delicacy of 
his taste, and the subtlety and vigor of bis judg¬ 
ment. 
Nicholas 1. of Kussia, ni ter England joined 
the Fra neo-Turkish league against him. Issued a 
ukase that the “ American language ” should bo 
taught in the Imperial University oi St. Peters, 
bur”. Kdiiealed Ku.siaiis always speak “the 
lour Umeuagns," as they say,- Uusslan, Ameri¬ 
can, French and German. 
Vutok IIpoo writing Allred Blrven, who 
a keil if he was really about Marling a paper in 
Paris, says: “A false report, my dear friend. 
I have, us you know, pledged inysell never to 
eo - operate wit h any French politieal paper 
nutil \nierican, or at leust Bngllsli liberty pre¬ 
vail hi Fianee. The word * Emperor ’ excludes 
me, a ; 1 lie tact 1 Umpire • exiles me." 
Gi:n. Fkanctu A. Walker, son of Amasa. 
Walker the I *<dltteal Rennomist, and for I lie past 
year ciiunecled with Him ediloriul corps of the 
Bprniglield (Musv.) Republican, has been ap¬ 
point'd to tike charge ol I lie statistical work in 
the Kevemir Depart incut at Washington undar 
Mr. Wells, the work which Melmar attempted 
to do. 
I'a nett n rets, the great Lelpstc publisher, is to 
be made a Count ns soon ns he lias issued bis 
one thousandth work. That work is the eighth 
edition of Prof. Tiseliendorl's Greek Testament, 
which is being issued In numbers; but the great 
scholar is working- so carefully and slowly upon 
it that, although the la-t number bail reached 
flic sixth chapter of John, eighteen mouths or 
two years will probably elapse before its com¬ 
pletion. 
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ART AND ARTISTS. 
B. P. Hhii.eahah has found a fairly executed 
paint ins'- ol Boston t 'ointnon, done In water col¬ 
ors. before (lii! lte\olillion, by a daughter of 
Gen. Knox. 
The Kn ji b National Gallery has purchased in 
Home, for E',..fmo a large pit lore, rather linlln- 
ivlieil. wliu Ii i ascribed to M ich.ke Yngklo. The 
subject is “ The Failouifimeid of I'lirist." 
Tim hi: k a siatuelte of Dr. Livingstone, by 
Mi -. D. o. Ii ill, in (he National Academy. II 
II p e-enl - the Dr. a posses.-iug a magnilieentl.v 
(I'.’vi loped pliysicpio, and a hard, intense, weath¬ 
er beaten face. 
8thart's celebrated 1 Washington " has been 
slowed away m the Blate dining room of the 
White House, lad belongs in the crimson parlor, 
where, it is hoped, it will lie placed again. Il is 
the one picture ihut Mrs. Madison cut from the 
frame and carried in her arms to Baltimore, 
when tho Briti. li humeri the White House, 
in Jsi;> 
A hist tat of Gen. Grant, 'It's. Mart Grant 
Cil\mur, is the wife of our Consul at Leipzig; 
she is also an amateur at list, ami used to paint In 
Die art gallei ies. There some of the German 
artists saw and admired the porch classical fea¬ 
tures of their unknown colleague, and when i hey 
were p,did nig the I rescues in the new art nm- 
sc.imi of Leipzig, they introduced her head lor 
the (ll'eeian goddess Diana. 
Art in Genu any. If not Jn actual decline, is in 
abrupt transition. The historic and ideal school 
at Berlin, as at every other art center is giving 
way to naturalism. The portrayals of the Imni- 
blc. prosaic uml literal nspeeisof life, are taking 
the place of loft > thought and poetic fancies 
and treatment. The same disease is permeating 
the American school. Quiet home scenes, or 
pastoral landscapes are <|utoUj .soothingly ideas¬ 
ing. We have yet to welcome the artist who is 
to lift us up to some I biiig di\ ine. 
Mr. Bvron F. Pick rrrr, frfw Broadway, has 
made avast ol a lull length stal no called “Uinde- 
rilla," winch is full of charming promise. 
No necessm ics show the relation of the figure to 
the old story, but the wist fulness, the grace, of 
which she is yet unaware, starling from the 
coarse dress reveal (lie ideal ('inderilla, I lie en¬ 
ticing laid whose petals pari at I lie rays of warm 
and brilliant world-life. Rim stands with purled 
lips.'-' izingwi I fully fi n-wa rd a ft or I lie departure 
of her sisters to the ball, and before the fairy god¬ 
mother arrives. Wind specially interests is the 
origiuality of several points in the design, which 
MClOMiS Kf-IOMIS 
y0 CM 
jrm m 
give expression and freshness. The hair, not 
spread over the shoulders, hangs in a half-coiled 
mass down the hack, le ji \ dig the beautiful shoul¬ 
ders ban-, it is drawn straight above the ear, re¬ 
lieving the roundt less appropriately: t he drapery 
is formed ingeniously and naturally by the torn 
-kn t escaping from the waist; the foot lias long 
wtjiiai e toes, that tempt, one to oiler the palm loi 
their spring. The at iiik arc put behind the back, 
one slightly twisted with a moveineti! of im¬ 
patience, The face hut*it purity,an unconscious¬ 
ness of -.elf, and yet an eagerness in the uplifted 
eyelids, more Intense and impressive than the 
usual expression of nuirbie. 'I'ho Ideality, the 
e.vpimslvonees of Mr. Pick BIT'S creations are 
akin to those of no other American sculptor, un¬ 
less it la Palm Bit, in Idsmoal spirited medallions. 
The poetic, intense Enonc, shown last year at the 
Academy of Design, is from the timid of the 
Sftine artist. 
Kastman Johnson's “Our Father Who Arl in 
flea veil i - a. simple in com post I ion us It is beau¬ 
tiful in expression. A little boy in his night-dress 
is kneeling by the side of a clean but homely bed, 
“ saying his prayer-." There Is an indescribable 
atmosphere ot purily, 'levelion add simple faith 
about the kneeling child that cotiiinaiuls Ibe be¬ 
holder's reverenee. The chief eharrn of Mr. 
• Ion .NS, IN':. jiiit III,', tic wi llh‘*il himpliedy aild 
wonderful amount of xuytirsllvi ar.sa or retro¬ 
spection they produce. Mr. Johnson is a na¬ 
tive of Maine, and hi met ropolitan life lias not 
robbed him of his unmistakable Yankee charac¬ 
teristics. tn person lie is short and thick set, a 
full face, unmewhat Horid, u high, broad fore¬ 
head, eyes and luur dark brown, nose straight 
and "luii'ii, and hi* mouth and chin hidden 
with a beard, lie lias a hearty, Jolly laugh and 
manner, and llnj last person in the world one 
would take for an artist. ID-. "Old Kentucky 
Home," which lias given him a world-wide repo 
(at Ion, Is owned by Homan T. Btewart of Now 
York. 
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tlny si.'honl workers la the land. 
Full nt suggest ions to thorn who are to talk or 
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ll ice sea, or oilier original runt t flint ions, from many 
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/Y Hunk nf great, value tn kaiiin.'i's. Meclumieti 
and Wurkhiginen of all trades and nccupaLions. 
Now ready, the 
Fanners' & Mechanics’ Manual, 
Edited by Geo. e. Waring, ,ir , 
Author ei.l " Mletui nts nt .Im’nallao," " Diwtin ilia for 
I ‘lirld ,i lilt fur I It n It Iimill .’ill mi illf .1,(1 h nit u- 
t'd l Eiiy/pn i' ot t \ i /(nd JPeirli, Xrw I ork. 
MX! Orlavo l^ige*. anil iiwr 200 I Hast Lilians, 
A Book of Solid Worth and Practical Utility, 
every a tens v n nelds it. 
" III I Ml Elf . " 
“ CARPENTER “ 
“ IIAUUMAN “ 
“ ENGINEER 
“ FARMER “ 
“ HARDENER " 
“ HOtTHEIIOl.D " 
“ IRON WORKER “ 
“ JOHRNEVMAN *• 
" Ii EEl'FJt OF ACCOUNTS NEEDS IT. 
LAWYER 
“ Al ECU A NIC “ 
" NAVIGATOR 
" OWNER OF STOCK 
“ PAINTER “ 
OHAUHVMAN 
IfEAL ESTATE OWNER 
STOCK RAISER 
“ TANNER ' “ 
" UNDERWRITER “ 
% INE GROWER “ 
“ WORKMAN “ 
“ YOUNG MAN •• 
“ ZEALOUS, INDUSTRIOUS AND 
Lahnr-saving man cannot alhad to he willmnl it. 
Active iiien anil women can make ninie innnev, 
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any work tn l lie Held 
Send for III page ( iicular. lelhngall ahnut II. 
E. 11. TREAT \ CO Pnhli lp-iM, 
iwl Broadway. New York. 
i/i.o%% »;ic mi %t<;<sht.i 
I The Kiibserihcr wmihl Ihlorni lo- iilendsaud 
I he public generallv Unit , owing in the large and in- 
creating trade, lie Im-made a business vdinccllnn 
Willi I*:. S. BATCH ELDER and K. M. BAGG, under 
i lie arm panic , i k'Kioir., B A i‘i 11 ra.i o :n \ co, 
Thant HP: ilie public for their gniierop- patronage, 
be would icspci.tlfiillv solicit a ..I Hie 
aanie lor Hie new tlon DENRA k EKB E. 
out III I .VI Ii X I III C V I' 1 I.OG I' I. \ M> Via IT VIII P 
AND Flow Ml GXKIiLN Vtv.M'.U c.iit.'iliunc a list 
of MU the valuable varieties m ic , „,„i IV ,,-rtnhle 
Sent oj .Ipn rinttii i inni tli tnaclbel with many v.inc¬ 
ites .nut unveil le:- nht allied li'inu the iimsi relljll||e 
/‘,'ag/is/i noil Contnit-oM lliitln- mil Ornti ,t» with 
special direclinnst f"i I In u ciiUlv.'il inn, also a list 
ol many Smuttier Fit.in non Hull..., Sniull Froit.i. • te„ 
with many other valuable hints lor cultivator.-;, is 
now ready, uml will he JorwniiUit to nit n/i/ilo nots 
upon tin iri rtiit. of In cents, which i» not one-half the* 
rust. Address FKRHE, BATCH ELDER .St CO., 
2.'il Main Sired. Sprlugbeld, Mass. 
IVTE'V CUOI* ONION SEED. 
J’ Per 0 *. Peril). 
I .ii lari* Red %Veathet'hticld »0c. Sli 
% el low Dnnvei-s.5(1 (i 
Eiii-Ij Red . .HI Ii 
\\ lore I’oriugul ... .*>« ? 
Mailed, post paid. In aov iiddressat above prices.' 
Addre • PEKRK. B V'l'Cll ELDER \ CO - ., 
-.11 Mam SC, Sprlnglleld. Mass. 
r |’ *1 IS 1- N II l \ u ti ACH1N 10S. 
We build both Steam and Horse Power Threshing 
Miieliines. Porlalile Engines,,Ye. Scud tor Peserip- 
l-i vi* Cal,a login' and Price List. YEo A SUOE- 
VI AK Elt. Richmond, I ml. 
I AAKIA ROSE l imTII V HERM AN 
J and Foreign Spring VY heals, Oats, Bariev. Corn, 
Clover ScimIh, Gras- M'ed, Dog-,, Fowls, Best Fodder 
' ol ter. Send for the Ex I'KIU.viENTAL FARM .lot i<- 
NAl„ only 2A cents. \.mi c-h 
GKO. A IlEITZ, Chainbersbiirg, Pa. 
H RAYS PATENT ERICK MACHINE. 
%H Send lor circular lo \V\sillNGTO\ (RON 
YVOHK8, Newburgh, N. Y., Sole Manulacturers for 
the United States. 
Q.LS 
ABOUT THE 
NATION AT, 
LIFE IKIIIIU EO. 
OF THE * 
United States of America. 
[Continued from No. 49, Vol. XIX.] 
Ol’ii stranger, as be lelt tho ofllto ol the agent Of 
the National Life Insnt ince Company, faceting a 
friend, told him what Ii" had done, and bow gratified 
lie was at having Kocurcd a policy on Ins life, and in 
so good a company. 
Ills lU'qiia in lance, who wtc, a HOllcHor tor another 
comp,in,V, I'ongratnlaled him upon having insured 
he life, ton volunts • red the opinion that he had not 
selected the best , omp.oiv. and by plan: itile ,iii.-|i- 
tnonts eudcavined to no c ibuihln m his mind i to 
to - havIng done the he t for himself- that was puss) 
lib* But the slianger having contldence Pi (In di 
ii'clot und ii in page rs of the National Life, mnl 
knowing Dial tllO agent through whom lie had pro¬ 
cured his policy could he implicitly relied it putt, re- 
I limed (lie pc',I day l.o I lie oltlce of I lie i!U"nt lor the 
ijinposooi cGiiiiuiiig additional inloi nialion, and to 
have his doubts i li aiiid up. 
lie was met by tin -amn clerk, with “Good morn¬ 
ing, Mr ; what run 1 do for you C 
Stratum, Good morning, sir. I have railed again to 
;l ak 1 tut In i about tin National Life Insurance 
Company. Alter I left your other yesterdav. 1 
met a Irtrml who trieil to show me that 1 had 
made » mistake In iiu iirnig In your company, and 
lb.n I could have done liottei had l selected some 
other company. 
Clerk. Ab. indeed! S" you, too, have met one of 
thorn* agents vr|io are spending their time in de¬ 
crying I he NaHi naI Life, and lie being an expert 
in In- bu:,iiM : s. hv Mim-sldi d i i-preacntntton-, ha i 
made yon quasi ion Die iv isdom ot your coni hi* I 
III- a I;,* lino-ill - <• m . civ easily be ret uled, and il 
can he proved th.il the ailvantages ntlered I• v the 
National arc in every way equal, and In many re 
r pccit: superior, to those ollcred by Ills, or by any 
other eoinpuny. 
Stro viji i Why, Iiien, do you not answer these at¬ 
tacks V 
Clerk. Because we consider it more liccomlng and 
profitable to all end to our own huMttras, and to 
proclaim the ad vantages of mi town com puny. The 
dinii-b'i '* and ofllcers ol Dig National Life Insur¬ 
ance Co. have given all tliclr agents positive ln- 
slriiction- neither to dispatAge oilier conip.'inli - 
norm iiiiswei*the nttai ks m.TdeilpiHi (III-, many of 
which ate n nl,ruth t nl mm I unfair, mid all r r.parte. 
The compiirlM'iis that Ihey uiakean* lou-ed and 
illogical, and many of tin* examples given lor 
ilhisliallor} are lin.igiuai y ami hvpothchpnl, and 
arc pel,,and never > oi tic. "actual ruse**." Wi 
do not leave to pull down othor comiimih's tn 
ordi clo build up our own. it |(,c truth and Dm 
whole truth L known about nnr eotunatiy. wo 
have no tear fait that « c sliall secure a fair -bare 
of Die public patronage. While wi* seek ruthm 
than nv old honorable competition, we will not he 
drawn into these undesirable controversies that 
bo lend to lower life insurance in tlie public esti¬ 
mation. We desire lo see eveiy leglnniute and 
reH(Jcctablc Lite InMiranee Co, prosper. a» we lie- 
lieve that we are all dependant upon each other, 
to a certain extent, for tvncceas. 
Str/iinjt r.— llun your company done much business 
yet V 
Clerk. Yes, vve have done very well. The company 
lias been In existence about lour months, and 
yet during that time w<* have published narrate 
... document sand an vert i-ciuenl s , loiv eciim- 
nlleil with the laws ol ill Die Northern Stales. 
Imve eatahllslied geneial agencies, and have actu¬ 
ally issued over policies, being more than 
most emu pa nics over have done duiiug l lie entire 
llfst veal ol I lielr existence. 
Stranger. -Why do these other companies spend so 
mil' ll time uml money tn ilccrying the National ( 
Why do tliry piihll G mi l cliculate pamplilcl • 
against H and tint system? Why do they inn* 
cruise and dn I i llitiM .i fiinisauds and r lunivinuH of 
e.v pen -I vp pel loilh-MM i-uiil a I nine aiih-les against 
Die C”>n[iany - One would he led t" suppose, by 
rcadllir the aillcle-. in some ol Die m main e 
paper*, dial all persons connected with tin* iu- 
tairitriei! Im onesin the I rilled States, except 
(lie proprietor* nt Die National Lite liisiinilu e 
Company, were the pice I ol pbll.intliiopi l-. 
and Imd engaged Tn the Ini -inc'-s from Die pure 
love nf mankind and regard tor the widows mid 
orphans Inn t Ind .la v Cooke amt thu-c connect¬ 
ed with IDui were tli lb*' business lm Die pm poet! 
of I'obl'ing Die widow; and orphans, arid that 
they were li.i-e swindlers. Wuv do the other 
eompiuucH ma ke Mich cUort* tn drive the National 
J.lfc tnim the field I 
Clerk. I do ri-'t know. It may be puie pliilanlliropy : 
It may he fear that, tin* stock plan will become ton 
popular, and that tlie National may Inter'lore with 
their lilisiiii'ss. tlowcver.lt taunt the heat clinei 
el corn 1 villi*:* tint are attacking tills Home ol 
the largest and best ot the mid.pal coUi|""dc» are 
warm friend- ol the National, and bid it God 
speed. But vve arc vvna.llfit i.Mir lime. Let us 
talk ot the advantages of tlii* ouiupntiy. leaving 
u for 1 lie ligcutr. of .itlicr ( iinipaiiic.- u> icptesdit. 
t hell own M l otig JlOlut ”. 
Stmuioi iv Well, what advantage is there in being a 
national company, chartered by special act of 
Congress t 
t'hik. Tlie citizens ot each (State, through their 
senators and ri'Picscp I a 1 1 v c- in emigre *, have 
an Inuri'Hi in ibis, corupany. and a emit rollin'.: 
power ov cr il 11 charter cionmt tie nun'iidi'd or 
allcreil. iMcpt lij the COn.gres!; ot Me- I Tilled 
Stall)-. I bis corpnruthiii, being I'l’eatc'it by Con¬ 
i’. re;. . ' .in trim im l Ini since), in Die • ovoi id'si.ilc 
Willi a vested right. Hot "lilV equal lo loll "lealer, 
I III! II 1 ll.'l I o| Hie corpol .11 loll” oi l lie -I'V'clllI Slates. 
The Na Dona I Life In hi i ranee Coin puny really |" -- 
sesses nal joiial >|uuhl ies by reason ol uiieqnivot at 
words in ii* eharter. Il runv transact business 
anywhei.i . It. mm loan m fnmls .inywliere , it 
may e lah|i*h agcdi ies m lu.iuches in ally ol tile 
Stall - ; il imiy Ii t in Die t idled Stales courts 
any s'lab* restrlctimi* find are in conllicl vvilli 
Du 1 Cmi-iitiilimi ; mid. instead ol oeeupyiug a 
posit,toil inb rlm* to that of a corporation of one 
of the Stale ., n in iruth oi ciiples a siipenor one, 
hec.'in •' ereded t*y a pnhlli- law of Ihe United 
Stab -i, w hich operates pm/nt" rojori, throughout 
Die Union. For Die ,.amo re;tc.<His the i nnpaii.v 
would have *pei tal credit in foreign emintiTe*. 
II is lo all lilt,gut:- mil pm poses a Woiuc I'oninunv 
in evC'tv Male in I lie Union, w 11 Ii smut' a ih 111 bum I 
privileges granted to it by the National IjcgmUi- 
tn re. 
St',a mil i . Wind I - Die ad v am a:, e to l lie Insured of 
your million dollar* of capital ' 
cliri;. A million dollars "I capital gives groMcr 
securdv to Die iiisiired t han Dial ottered by any 
olltei insiiiam c company in Die Wa hl. 
Stnnnii . ll*nv is this t Some of these other emu na¬ 
il Ies advertisr a much larg* r ammiul of capital. 
Clerk. No, not capital asset: m accumulations. 
The' do Im v•• l;i':'cr a* etr but they luivo larger 
liabilities to currcspopd. Tin* older a- company 
becomes, and tin* mure ImsiiU'SM d does. Ibc 
C i cater must lie it . men in illations The National 
will mmi** Il luniNas tin ,c wilier loinpanic: 
have d'me: lint in addirlmi to these accumulated 
asset 1 C will always have I III- mill lot i do|lai - a a 
still greater si'cliiil? to it - policy holders. And. 
too. Dir* million tiidlars being Ibe properly "I 
stock II oh li*r-. they Will see til it the a tin I is nt (llo 
emiipaiiy me so c aid net ed as not to i uiperll t heir 
funds ill vested. The latement* of the conipatiy 
will lie found in the Massachuset ts and New York 
reports, and the company will ulwar* have an 
amiile and securely invc led reserved I mid, in 
addition to the million dollmsof capital Thuro 
are tin* sane salcmiards of Stale lestrictlmiS, 
State valuations and reports, sucurily ot invest 
nients. t lieknvs *if the land, the law of honor and 
tntegrlfv thrown irmunl the. *• National " Unit 
there are l 111 own around ol tier com panics , a nil In 
addition to these, there is the safeguard of the 
large capita) impel lied,and of a national super¬ 
vision. 
Stmnoer - v oit sav that your Company offers low 
rate* of Prefiitiim t 
Clerk. Yes, the rate* of Premium offered by the 
National are much lower than those ollcred by 
•any .Mnl mil Company. 
Stranget — But iln you not give anv dividends i 
Clerk. We believe flint lime w ill douintislratc that 
the T oil ii i'T toll in our rates is more than an equiv¬ 
alent bo Die dividend* llial will hi* given by tin 
Mutual i ompa.iios. We gnu ran Ice the insurance 
at a lower cost III.in those companiei, do. Read 
l heir policies , to t lie terms in them, you pay itie 
full premium, and llieydo sol contract. t.o give 
yoiiany dividend*. Tlie National Life ItiMiooice 
(’oinpany elatm* that, its plan and system give the 
?riiiti.it limn/ hi Iln arralest minilnr. It you die 
be first, year, you have secured £> 1(1,000 for Ihe 
same money for which yon cmild have secured 
about '(,(*10 in a Company *vilh III" u-mil rate*, a 
dttterisncc in favor of this Critapiuiy of some 
fH,000. 
SIrnogre, — Yes. to those who die sot'll tlie Insurance 
is certainly cheaper. How is to those who forfeit 
their policies? 
Clerk. — No one lined forfeit a policy in Die National 
Lite Insurance Uompnny: (nit to those who do 
forfeit there m certainly less loss to (lie insured 
when tlie premium paid t*. but >}0 per annum 
thau though it bad been £UX> per Million. 
Slmoni r. Hut. it I stop paying in u few years anil 
take a paid up policy, bow is it then ? 
Clerk. II i- ovutcnrth.it von c ine your paid-up 
insurance. nt tllal < :ise. cbeaiiertlian yon can in a 
Uompnny with hlgtir.d' - For instauco.it you 
take out a policy in a Mutual Coinpoiiy for r li’i.OnD 
on Die ten payment life plan, annual premium, 
Ski'.i.VO, after you have, uunl for two years, you 
secure a paid-up policy lor f-.oxi. having paid for 
il EkK'.tfi; if you take out a policy in Ihe Nalional 
lor HO,i**i. ,iinc age and same plan, annual pre- 
mium Ffift.UI; after you have paid for two year; 
yon secure a paid-up policy for $2,000, having paid 
tor it only tbil.ixi a dIUcrence in favor oj tlie 
National of vtsT.lli. This diflcrcncn may be 
slightly reduced by dividends, but in most, com¬ 
panies no dividends would In given In such :i 
ease. 
Stranger .— Yes, every one must grain licit lo those 
Who die soon, to those w ho forfeit, Dour policies, 
and to those who stop pa ying ami lake a paid-up 
policy, the National lines furnish in-on a m-e much 
cheaper than Onnmiriles upon any other plan. 
But to Iln * wlm live i lorn* lime, ami remain 
member* ot Dm i '"■ipa/iv, is not your system 
move expensive f 
Clerk. There 1 - a hare possibility Unit to the very 
small rntnnrity who continue pay mg their pre¬ 
miums and live their expectant'), a purely Mu¬ 
tual Company, il in lui.ami born'siL and 
economically coinlneted, will fnrnisli Die insu¬ 
rance at us low ratr'sa-r.iilaUompanv contract* to 
ilo. But i- the remote ronlingcncy of vnur being 
one ot that very small number in the National, 
worth to yon tin* extra amount which you eci- 
t in ii Iy Inn e to imy during tbp early var.. 
Stronger I Dunk von have established llie propon- 
tlon. Hint the National Lite In* . I u One aceoiu- 
plish the gi elites! goodie till* greatest number, 
and thill it does lui uish clu ajicr and more rcll- 
iihle insurance to the aggregate ol Dm policy¬ 
holders. How does your iion-lorf* Itlng feature 
compare with the Ala- n lui -ell - law hi regard to 
noii-loricitiire r The other da> I hoard an agent 
o| a Masaai Inis.TI” Uoinpahy claiming Die great 
advantage Dial, this gave to tlie insured. 
Cliik, Tlie Massachusetts Ian-compels the Uarnpj 
nie” ol Massachusetts, to give Inui MfUi* of what 
is technically called the surrender value of 
the policy, mu! compel* I lie Insured to Lake this 
Mirrenflct value in lie lea»l desirable form: 
namely, Term I iisiii .line, and at llu liigb rates ot 
those Uouipaioc*: The National Life Ins. Do. 
gives I heir surrender value either In cash or in 
paid-up i iim iranee. If in paid-up msumuce, ills 
given at the low cash rates of this Company. 
SI raiiorr. Do you put all your promises ill your p«li- 
rle* ? 
Chrk. Yes. Everything that H stated III our pam- 
I'blel* or in our clreuho *. is made a matter of 
contract. Nothing is lol l locontingeiiiaes. There 
is 'mr poller : U Is a I'l.nn. -li.oL'bl f ontract. You 
pay a dofthlle sum lor *”' muny yenrs, and Die 
(Tunpany promise and will piyal your dcatii, or 
ill the molurily ol the Coin v. lust (lie sum of 
ninnc> named. D you dlsconliiuie paying after 
a stated number "t rears, the amount ol the paid 
up policy they will give von P Mated in the pulley. 
In tlie return premium f'olieie*, the agieemnnf. to 
return to your heirs all Die preipiiimo paid by 
you, is c\piussed In the policy. Everything Is 
plain, simple, straightforward and holiest. No 
disappointment, mtiiimleisiaudlng or disagree¬ 
ment can arise lo perplex or alinov vnur widow 
or chltdrmi. and all ol this Is fnrnlslieil at as 
rejisonubic Cost a scan he asked for by any per¬ 
son. 
Strapm r.-Hnw In repaid to this Return Ui'emiiirn 
policy? ! wls|i , mi would explain lo me why that 
is a good investment / 
Ch ek.- l lore, this little circular w ill show you Ihut ut 
your age. 2tl, It is better than a li percent, com¬ 
pound interest in vestment, tor a period of 27 
years; can you ask anything better than that ? 
Stranger .—What do yon mean by its being a Home 
Company In every locality ? 
Clerk- We nje,ip two things. One, that the citizen 
ol every Slate through In- llcpn -cnlallM* or 
Senator in Congress. Iihm a lainlrolling power in 
Die Uoui|iany; hut w<* more liurtleulai I v mean 
that the money pint hv the nl i cn- ol . a, h stale 
will he loaned in Dial State. The Company is per¬ 
mitted by Its cluiricr to do tins and by a vote of 
tin* Board * if Dlietlors, II Ini* been made a rub* 
of the Compaov llial Die premiums received In 
every seel pm shall a ml will I”' loll ril'd 111 I lull sec 
lion, and H"t he 1 1 anslorred loony other portion 
**f Dm* eoiiinry. A fur a* investing ll* J unda i* 
eoncerned. il is as much ol a home company here 
as one of your own State urgani/ullOlis 
St roogee. What i to prevent, the proprietors of Dm 
Company from specula ling with their funds, 
i hereby Imperiling the safely ol the Coni puny. 
Ch i t . The charter cxpi i s - I v ■.iipnl.iic* Diat I lie Re¬ 
serve Fund III the C,Uiipanv shall hr loalied 'inly 
upon bond- and mortgage*, first llriu mi unprov¬ 
ed properly, worth in every ruse double Die 
amount loaned, oi mvc icd in u. s. Romp- <*r ihe 
Bonds ol Mu- \ arieic- State* and cities therein. 
The (Ti i ilt a I Slock ot l lie Company ami the sur¬ 
plus (If any arises on tie* low rales of the Na¬ 
tional.I cun be him- led a* deemed advisable Uv 
tile Direct or*. However. I* it probttbletli.il they 
w ill imperil I heir own funds by any unsale in¬ 
vestments ? 
III respect to Charter restriction of Investments, the 
National Idle is equal to all other companies; lor 
only in I lie investment ol Die Reserve Fund is 
uny Company restnefod by Its Charter, or by the 
organic law creating il. 
A purely Mutual Company Inis no capital, and the 
surplus wiighl lobe divided ainoiig Do* policy¬ 
holders. That which <nric-poml- lo tlie surplus 
111 the .Mutual I 'Iiupanlc* 1* not required lo he 
paid in by the policy-holder* in the Nalional Life 
A Company wltli a ( up dal Stock of ( 1 , 1 * 111 , 1 ** 1 , ami 
with whale*er siirplu* unn arise on flioso l.av 
rates, inve-ted a* prud'-iit huaiiii ". men arc aiic 
to invest. Hinds, mid a Reserve Fiual mvestcil m 
tlie maiiiMT'liriysenheil, n ceii.miL afei iiiidhel. 
ti r tliaii a Company wtili no e.ipii:il slot I.. and a 
surplus.ill am i represelltefl by dividends to he 
paid, and a Reserve Fund only invcMcd u the 
same manner a required by our Charter. 
Strniigi i. Wind do voii tncuiii hy saying that its poli¬ 
cies are tiegol lahle * 
Chill. We mean licit oer( ilical e:. <d Ihe value of Die 
policies will he i stipiL ami eiir Act "f I ncorpoi a- 
non makes Die c in gol i.ihh*, (hal a policv- 
liolilei in I he " N al Iona I ' ra n lose mom v ii|iop 
Id. polio w 111 1 o 11 1 sin i endcrinp hi selling il. 
Stli ill'll i. Wluii iH'cnliar advunlage c-I hei t> in hav¬ 
ing Die polio exempt troru iil.l.icliineiit hv Hie 
provi ioiiK ol Die clou ter S 
0telk Simply ifit - T hai every policy-holder can 
secure .yin,mm lei hr- heirs exempt from any claim 
by hiu ereililur*. Competent legal aathomies 
have exprexa'd llie opinion l hat lids amounl i : 
additional lo Dial exempted tiy Suite law Tim 
oilier l omiiaitlcx are governed h,v Stale regubi- 
(ious, w liii li are vaiTable, iiiileMnUe. and some¬ 
times t'onllielitig For Inslam e, iiisiiiing in a 
Conmvticul company, riving m Indiana, if In* 
comes illegal questloii whether Ihe set Dement 
of iln* policy Is go <*i*m*i1 by the Coniipulicnl or 
I lie 1 1 id la n. i in w 'I'll Is coiupaiiy lias cl idea vored 
to make everything plain, simple, and definite, 
tree from any coni ingeiiric”, and not liable In 
any legal question:', in this as in eveiy other ro- 
apvet. 
Stranger. How about flic rcstrietiona to ictadence 
or travel.? 
Clerk -The insured is rot required roiifdain a per¬ 
mit to travel either in Eutepe or m Hie I rilled 
State;!. IlnwcM i ” permit i ni'l l' ' ot lamed l,u 
a perm am ut n sidem e in oine el Dm coast or 
river el tie.” ill . "III e ol I lie Si.lilt lei'll State”. Tint 
Coinpiitiv, however, arc eX"*i>dnigly liberal in 
their clmige* lor extia lia.aids- 
Strniigi i. Wi II, utter all Dial ha* lieen said and writ¬ 
ten again I 1 in .N ilion.il late In malice Com¬ 
pany, and aralnsl lav Cnoloi and those who are 
associated with film I ballcve Dial the Company 
lias advantage-, equal, and in many rest" cts 
superior, Lo those ot any ot her company in Dm 
country ; and Dial its managers are a* tmuoraidu 
and upright and as benevolent as any gentlemen 
engaged in the iiiMiranee iMi-ine**; and I am sat¬ 
isfied that tlm undoubted security, ilcftnllc con¬ 
tracts, low rates, non-lortelling policies, tmnoi 
able and fair dealing of the Nat.al i,iie tusur- 
iime Company, will give patlafiretloii to the m- 
Mured. 
GENERAL AGENTS OF TILE COMPANY. 
JAY COOKE & CD.. New York, foi New York Stale 
audjforOmru New Jersev. J. U. OKVia and D. 
C. YYiii i'.u a.v. Managers. 
JA1 COOKE & CO., XYm-liliigton. D. c. lor Mary¬ 
land, Delaware. Virginia. District of Columbia 
atal West Virginia. 
E. \V. CLA K K & Ci i . foi I’ennsvlvaniaand Southern 
New Jersey It. 8. Kt'SM LI.. .Manager. 
J. L. ELLIS & CO., < lie ago. 111., for Illinois, Wiscon¬ 
sin, Iowa, and Minnesota. 
JOHN W. EIJJS ,V <’<>.. Cincinuati, for Ohio find 
I'entrul and Southern Indiana. 
T. B EDGAR, Si Louis, f.u Missouri and Kansas. 
Ch A ltl.k.H E. OH vis. Manager. 
8. A. KEAN.v CO.. Detroit, for Michigan and North¬ 
ern Indiana.. 
RO I ,U NS fi (TI A NOT Eli, Host, m, fi >r New England. 
J. P. TrruKIt. Manager. 
WELLS. FARGO* Or, San Fiinelsco, for the Pa- 
eille Coast. W. E. Hack, Manager. 
WM. DOUGLAS, Jr., Montreal, for the Dominion of 
Canada. 
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