NEWS CONDENSER 
Implements , Machinery , Ac, 
Implements , Machinery , A'r 
— Texas has fifty-five female postmasters. 
— The population of Hamburg is 218,000. 
— Berlin has 703,000 inhabitants. 
— St. Joseph, Mo., needs larger water works. 
— Business is languishing in Idaho. 
— Cuba, N. Y., is boastful over its new driving 
pa-k. 
— Mobile is enjoying blackberries at ten cents 
a qVart. 
— The Adirondack Railroad is going forward 
rapidly. 
— Midnight missions are soon to be established 
in Palis. 
— Homeopathy is the orthodox medical faith 
in Brazil. 
— Hannibal, Mo., has an unparalleled demand 
for brick. 
— Corning, N. \\ has been enlivened by an 
elopement. 
— The Buffalo Express has dubbed New York 
“Fiskvitle." 
— Augusta. Ga., has kid strawberries at live 
cents a quart. 
— The hotel charges ay Niagara Falls have 
been lowered. 
— Pittsburgh is troubled,with burglars and 
sneak thieves. 
— Of the forty-four Scotch find Irish peers, but 
one is a Liberal. 
— Some 4.000 deaths by starvation occurred in 
London last year- 
— The redcoats in Canada continue to desert 
in large numbers. 
— Massachusetts paid $3,580,782 for educational 
purposes during 1808. 
— Turkish Protestant communities are in¬ 
creasing in numbers. 
— 'Pile Continental Universities are estimato.i 
to have 05,000 students. 
— There Ls in one of the Parisian gardens a 
camellia with 3,700 buds. 
— A £30,000 diamond was recently found at 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
— During 1S5S England and Wales had 786,150 
births uml 480,07r deaths. 
— A New-Yorker has invested 63,485 in real 
estate at Kansas City, Mo. 
— The scarcity of water in India is driving the 
tigers into tbo settlements. 
— English railway travel has increased forty- 
four per cent, in ten years. 
— San Francisco has imported 230,000 pounds 
of chicory within six months. 
— An English paper heads its financial depart¬ 
ment, “Other People's Money.” 
— Auburn, N. Y., has adopted the time of the 
Central Railroad as its standard 
— A London merchant lately failed for £700,- 
000, whose assets wore but £7.0(K). 
— A lager beer seller in Cincinnati fiercely de¬ 
nounces the 
T II E KIRBY.—IT MOWS. IT 
1 HEAPS. IT RAKES. 
A Mower, n Hnml-Rukius Reaper, and a 
Sell-ifnkiiig Reaper nil Combined 
iu the Smite Machine. 
Cash . Isscts 9 January C. 1809 
The BEST and ONLY PERFECT Machine ever 
Invented for 
TURNING OR TEDDING HAY. 
Hay cut. cured and stored in the barn 
IW ONE DAY I ! 
The quality of the Hay Crop 
VERY MUCH IJIl'UOVED. 
Very Light, and so Simple and Durable that it can¬ 
not get out of repair. 
Cash on hand, in Bank and In Trust Company. 
Invested in United States Stock*, (Market value, (3,151,808 75.) cost. 
invested In New York City Bonk Stocks, (Market value $17,862,) cost . 
Invested In New York Stale Slocks, (Market value, $991,070,) cost. 
Invested In other Stocks, (Market value, 322,500,) cost. 
Loans on Demand, secured by U. s, nun other Stocks, (Market value of 
Securities, fuWiJiS 56). .. 
Real Estate. (Market value. $1,023,808 59). 
Bonds and Mortgages, (Secured by Real Estate valued at over $5,000,000,) 
buildings thereon insured lor M,055,700, and the policies assigned to 
the Company an additional collateral security... 
Loans on existing Policies. 
Quarterly aud Semi-Annual Premiums due subsequent to January 1, 1809.. 
Interest accrued to January 1, 1889.... 
Rents accrued to Junuary 1, 1809. 
Premiums on Policies in hands of agents aud lu course of transmission... 
clean and very low. It adapts ltaelf to any inequali¬ 
ties of the around. It cannot he clogged in upv kind 
ot grass, whether wet nr dry. It Is not geared ho high 
as to wear itself to pieces, ami vet It will cut with the 
ream going on a very slow walk. Tim draft is. there¬ 
fore. very easy, and a small teum will work it all day 
and every day iu the week. The Krunie winch bears 
all the working parts is of Iron : the pitman and 
knives work perfectly free, being always in line. 
The Mower is vcrvc-usv to ride. the independent 
action and the rubber springs combined allow tlm 
seat a much easier movement up and down Ilian 
steel springs could gWe. The Cutting Bar can he 
raised at both ends, or at okher end, independently 
to pass over obstructions. 
Tut;KlHBV,\R K Ha vT' Rakino Rdait.r can he 
Changed from a Mower in a very few mi mi ten. it can 
be adjusted to any height of cut, from two to eight¬ 
een inebos. The Reel o»n he set m any position, so 
as to bring very short grain on the platform, or to 
Jay tall and tangled grille In good order for raking 
off. The Raker's position is auch, that he can us,' 
his exertions to the. very best advantage in raking 
otPtlie gavel and leaving It in good order for the* 
binder. With a steady team, one man can both drive 
and rake off. 
Tin Kirby as a Sri.c-ft akixo Kkaprk has had 
an UDequaled success. The mechnnimu of the Self- 
Bake is probably the simplest that could be devised 
yet the variety of motions and (ho number of ad- 
liisimenta are such that the Rake and Heaters can 
he -ot for any possible condition of gruln. it is par. 
tlcularly effective In short or tangled grain, Teaching 
down aud forward below tile cutter* and gathering it 
in so cleanly and quickly, that hut little or none is lost. 
I very part of the Self.Rake I* made strong, and as 
light as is consistent With proper strength The draft. 
easy, and a light team will work It eii'ilv. 
I he rapid Increase in the munufuelur.* ol the Kirby 
shows the high favor in which It is held by the fariu- 
In lS5h wo made Two Hundred (31KI.) 
in 18® we make Eight Thousand (9,Quo.) 
pui on our Agent in your vicinity, and give the 
Kirby Machine a thorough examination. 
D. M. OSBORNE & CIO., 
_ Auburn, N. Y. 
BURT’S SELF-ADJUSTING 
HORSE IIAY RAKE. 
For Simplicity, Durability and Ease of Operation 
V NKQTJALED. 
Add excess of market value of securities over cost 
Cash Assets, January 1, 1S09 
MADE ONLY BY 
AMES PLOW COMPANY, 
Quincy Hall, Boston, 
and 
S3 Bcckmnn Street, New York. 
p?“ Send for Illuminated Circulars. 
1A L A A II It A K E S 
I 1 That will break 2 , 1 ) 0 to8,00ftlbs. Flax Straw In 10 
hours, taking out (15 tn 70 percent, of woody mailer; 
a man and hoy. with one to two horses, can wi>rk 
them; will break tangled straw us well as straight; 
will save 120 lbs. to the ton more than any other ma¬ 
chine, no danger to llfo or limb: weigh about i.ihki 
lbs,, occupy about 5 feet square, and |ih now made lire 
Strong and durable. Sold ready to put belt on pullv 
and start them. Hundred* m e in nse, and admitted 
to he the best machine to break tlux in existence. 
Flax and Tow noWbdug high prices, with increasing 
consumption. H@nd for circular. JOHN W. QUINCY , 
Treasurer, No 98 Wlljtura Si,., N. Y„ of the Miillurv A 
Sanford Flax Machine Co. loe-'itouin 
E CALL ATTENTION TO OUR NEW 
IIE CLIPPER MOWERS AND 
REAPERS. 
Tii the past five years this CoiniMin.v lias effected over oue hundred and five millions of 
insurances, and its advance in this period Is Illustrated as follows : 
An Illustrated Circular of which we will send on re¬ 
ceipt of stamp. R. II. ALLEN A CO.. 
Post Office Box 378, New York 
Cush Dividends Lesses 
Paid. Paid. 
$93,555 38 $315,31)0 
200,484 H 490.522 
282,224 21 180,197 
381,958 87 560,280 
1.225,8(2) 20 741,043 
Policies 
I MSI led. 
•1,905 
6,134 
7,290 
8,086 
. 9,105 
Amount 
Insured. 
$13,113,303 
]i;,:;m,.;ih 
22,;'3l.::'is 
22.078.11 ( 
30,*05,91? 
Income. Assets. 
■1,729.811 17 $3,741,1)78 48 
2,342,005 III 5,018,349 06 
3,1188,801 47 7,009,092 & 
3,591,391 28 9,159,753 91 
4,078,280 20 11,000,822 00 
These are stages of an expansion which lias not oonui from fortuitous or extraneous circumstances, 
but which may he characterized, so to speak, as an organic growth -a development in due process and 
order. The New York Life Insurance Company now transacts about ono-eightecmth of the entire life 
insurance business of the United States. 
Excelsior Combined Cultivator 
AND Jll t.ljlNCr PLOW, 
is superior to any other inijdcineltt no to in use, for cul¬ 
tivating and hilling Corn, Potations, Tobacco and all 
Root Crops. Price $16.50. Send for Illustrated ('ir- 
cularto ,1. R. DECATUR ,v t o., 
197 Water 8t., New York. 
Cold Water Fiend.'’ 
— Indianapolis is to have an " Ugly Club,” and 
the ugliest man ls to lie President. 
— The Wisconsin Druid lodges are to establish 
a mutual life insurance company. 
— The caoutchouc* or India rubber tree, flour¬ 
ishes in Santa Barbara county, Cal. 
— Cincinnati consumed 2S8.lSl.209 feet of gas 
last year, and paid $720,453.52 for it. 
— The Milwaukee Musical Society numbers 
five hundred andatxty-two members. 
— A colored division of the Sons of Temper¬ 
ance hus been organized in Rochester. 
— Tim German gambling resorts are estimated 
to have won 17,010,000 francs since 1800. 
-A seamstress In Bologna recently won a 
prize of 170,000 lire in the royal lottery. 
— Clubs ol’ tourists are forming in Berlin, Lcip- 
sic and Hamburg to visit the United Slates. 
-A pelican measuring nine feet from tip to 
tip of wings was recently shot atNuuda, ill. 
-The French exhibition of llm works of Jiv¬ 
ing painter* received 5,500 pictures this year. 
-In Nashville. Tenn„ there is a Job printing 
firm whoso senior partner is but twelve years old. 
— According to official rot rums 24,086,155gallons 
of liquor were distilled in Great Britain in 1868. 
— The German musical societ ies of Rochester 
purpose giving a grand musical festival in 
July. 
— Tip Lizzie, a six ton schooner, has returned 
to San Francisco from a successful voyage to 
Sitka. 
— At Richmond, X. H., a man a few days ago 
foil against a buzz saw and bis head was sawed 
in two. 
— In Corning, N. Y., some two hundred chil¬ 
dren arc kept lrom school through fear of the 
measles. 
— A man was recently arrested in Pittsburgh 
lor stealing three cents, and—the money was re¬ 
covered. 
-By tho recent burning of an ice house at 
North Bridgeport, Ct., over 1,000 tons of ice were 
destioyed. 
— Tie graduating class at the Albany (N. Y.) 
Law School contains representatives from fif¬ 
teen States. 
— The great telescope at Melbourne, procured 
ey the Australian Colony of Victoria, cost 
$25,000, gold. 
— A French artist starved himself to death 
because ho could not have his picture hung in 
the Academy. 
-Germanemigration to Brazil is on the de¬ 
crease on account of religious intolerance in 
that country. 
_'7 At Lynchburg. Va., a few days since, a span 
01 uorsos was sold by weight, nt t u-ent 
Concernimr the regulation* which guide the Interior government of this Coinpnmv, 
Superintendent B.vknes tuukcB this statement and commentary in his lust annual report: 
“ Tho By-Laws coniine the business of the Company exclusively to insurance on lives—limit risks on 
anyone life to ten thousand dollars—prohibit a trustee or officer from using or borrowing tho funds of 
the Company, and provide that all Investments shall be made iu the name of the corporation, and not 
m the name of any Individual as an officer of the Company ; besides many other stringent business 
rules for financial health and soundness.” 
rp JI E LITTLE GIAN T 
J Hand-Raking Reaper and Mower Combined 
JjT* Simple, cheap and durable. I’rico $115. 
11. W. SEYMOUR, Hroekport, N. Y. 
It is claimed that the CLIPPER has more essential 
P'dMts of excellence than are found in any other 
Mower made in the world. 
its triocbnnloul construction and finish of Its work¬ 
ing pans lira not, equaled by any Implement of it* 
kind. I'liis, with our patented draft .iMaohiiieiit, 
makes it one-third tighter In draft than any other 
.Mower. It ih the lightest, yet the strongest. Tho 
most, beautinil in design, vet. the most durable of 
any Mower made. Ncurly cine-rnurlh of ll„s cost is 
for wleul, with less than ten dollars of wood-work 
Finger-bars and fingers are made of solid cast hi oof 
IV c attach to the No. 4 Mower, for reaping, a (lroppcr 
or hand-rnka. 
An examination of the CLIPPERS will convince 
any one of their superior merits over all others in 
strength, durability, rase of draft, and reliability for 
mark arrr all hinds of ground and in . very variety of 
riMIE LITTLE < 
„ ._ -..ANT HORSE-POWER 
I has been in use and highly approved for over 
three years, if is simple, durable, Compact, cheap, 
easily loaded and moved about hv two men.; weight, 
Call lbs ; is valuable lor Threshing, Rawing Wood. 
Churning. Ginning Coiloil, or where power is wanted 
lroni one Li, lour horses. Send for circular. 
JOHN W. QUl.NuY.DK William 81., New York. 
Thin citation i* an epitome of the Coinpnuy’n official history. Its genera 
nnmt adheres faithfully to the provisions required “for financial health and soundness.” '1 
fitting resources of llie Company Justify, however, an enlargement of the. maximum o 
upon one llfo and $',‘0,1100 is now the limit. 
The well-approved husiiie** men who compose the honed of able Trustee*. 
their supervision with great, cure and discretion. President Momtis Franklin, and W 
Hkkiim, Esq., Vice-President and Actuary, (and alike capable in botli positions,) discharge 
with tireless vigilance and a foresight clear and broad. The years as they go on bear g, 
mony to their efficiency. 
hall be happy to hend sample 
stocking ami Circular, to those inclosing stamp. 
_ , J. !>. ORNKACO., 
iOOt-tf No. I Market St., Rochester, N. Y. 
P IRE? FIRE!! F 1 R E ! ! ! 
1 GLOBE FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., 
No. I Dry St., New Y ork. 
Great reduction In price, No.d. $35; No. 2, $40; No, 
3, 81.1- First-class Agents wanted. Address its above. 
We here append nn extract from tbo Company’* Twenty-Fourth A 
which announces the redemption of the last scrip dividend outstanding, and the 
the policy-holders ol the divisible annual surplus: 
From Twenty-Fourth Annual Report. 
.TWJNIJzVrrY' I, 1869. 
If iseellanto us. 
p U n l v o u R II A I R. 
' A Sample of PROP ROBB’S MAGNETIC CUR- 
LIQUE sent FREE. It curls straight hair (without 
injury) In soft, luxuriant, beautiful, flowing curls, 
on THE FiiiHT application. Address, with Stamp, 
Prop. b. u. ROBB, Parkman, Ohio. 
(Itisli Atmeta, .lunuiiry S, lHtiS 
t)a.*h Asset*, January i, I MOD 
Income, ISON 
Diviaihle Surplus, January 1, 
\ITHY WILL YOU WORK FOB SI.50 
XT a day. when you can make $50 a week In our 
new business ? Can be done in-door 'ey either sex. 
We have 100 new articles, never before Introduced, 
and wanted In every house. Samples sent on receipt 
otlO cents. Address WALTER HOLT, 
102 Nassau St., New York. 
In eleven years tho sale of the BUCKEYE has 
Increased from 75 Machines to 'JU.ffOff, in a 
single season, and over 100,000 are now in use (a 
the United States. 
It has received the Highest Premiums at the most 
important Field Tria I* ever held in any country. 
Its tii-ear Durability hn* been thoroughly 
Established, and it is everywhere known and re¬ 
cognized as the 
Standard of Excellence la Material and 
Workmanship, as well as Perfection of Prin¬ 
ciple. 
Valuable improvements added for 1869. 
Manufactured by 
ADRIANCE, PLATT & CO.. 
165 Greenwich St., N. Y. 
Manufactory, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Circulars forwarded by mail. 
r’ B K C i; L E It R A Y E » 
“ G e n u i n e Oro i d e It'a t eh. 
**-• 815 . $ 20 . 
n Resembles gold, wears like gold, 
'Qr "WJ and Isas good as gold In all respects 
J except intrinsic value. Also.AMElt- 
<{*? —t kan and Swiss Movkmi>;nt8i tvKtt 
wS' t Watv i iks. Every Watch guaran- 
'/ V > tend by special certificate, Chains 
ffj, \ i^li /N "ltd Jewelry in groat, variety. 
vZriWs&Jir * ,f ‘ l “ll 9111'l examine for your- 
| j selves,or .send two .1-cent, slump* for 
The Bonrtl of Trustees hn* directed the Redemption, on and after the first MONDAY 
(lurch, inst., of the last, and only outstanding Scrip Dividend (that of 1867,) and from the Undivided 
•plus of $1,689,263.17 they have declared a CASH DIVIDEND, available on settlement of next annual 
mium, t® each participating policy proportioned to its "contribution to surplus.’’ 
Dividends not used in settlement of premium will be added to tho policy. 
By order of the Board, 
Vice-President and Aetu 
J^-fiSjSL.51 circular. When Six Watches are 
ordered at once, wo send an extra 
w one free. All goods amt c. o. If., 
customer can examine before paving, by paying ex¬ 
press charge* both ways. JA M EH G KJt A lilt A CO., 
Sole Agents for ” United States,” No. BONashahSt., 
(up stairs.) N. Y'. 
MORRIS FRANKLIN, President of the Now York Life Insurance Company. 
WILLIAM H. BEERS, Vice-President of tho Now York Life Insurance Comps 
DAVID DOWS, (David Dows & Cu„ Flour Merchant*,) No. 29 South St. 
ISAAC C. KENDALL, Union Building*, corner of William and Pine Sts. 
DANIEL S. MILLER, (Unto Miller & Co., Grocers.) 
HENRY K. BOGERT, (Bogert A Kttecland,) NO. 49 William St. 
JOHN L. ROGERS, (Lata Wyeth, Rogers, & Co., Importers,) 54 William St. 
JOHN MAIUS, (Merchant,) No. £9 South St. 
W.M. II. APPLETON, (Appleton & Co., Publishers,) No. 93 Grand St. 
ROBERT B. COLLINS, (Collins & Brothers, Stationers,) No. 106 Leonard St. 
WM. BARTON, (Banker,) No. Si Wall St. 
WM. A. BOOTH, (Booth & Edgar,) No. 95 Front St. 
GEORGE A. OSGOOD. (Banker.) No. S3 Broad St. 
HENRY BOWERS, (Bowers, Beckman A Co., Dry Goods,) 61 Leonard St. 
Oil AS. L. ANTHONY (Anthony & Hull, Dry Goods,) No. 66 Leonard St. 
SANFORD COBB. President Eagle Fire Insurance Co., No. 71 Wall St. 
EDWARD MARTIN, (Provisions,) 400 West Twelfth St.. 
EDWIN HOYT, (Hoyt, Spragues & Co., Dry Goods,) 56 Park Place. 
LOUIS F. BATTELLE, (Battelle, & Benwick,) 163 Front St. 
H. B. CLAFLIN, (11. B. C'lafliu & Co., Dry Goods,) corner Church and Worth Sts, 
MOItHIS FH.WKLI.’V, President. 
WILLIAM m. BULKS, Vice-Pres. and AcD 
THEBDORE M. BANT V, Cashier. 
i\ril V BE TROUBLED WITH 
FLIES AND MOSQUITOES ? 
A Sure Preventive at. 
K. S. & J. TORREY & CO.’S, 
No. 11 Barclay Ht., New York. 
D U. M’HITTKtlOIlK, YVOttCES- 
, ter, Ma<s„ .Munufacturer uf the in ton Apple 
Parer, Lag Mate Paring, Caring and Slicing Machines, 
Pearl i and potato payer*. First- I‘rout I It Til In 1868 at 
N. K, Fair, N, Ii. Statu Fair, N. Y. State Fair. Mo. 
Ht.ate Fair, Maine State Fair, Prey. Fair of Upper 
Canada, N. II. Mech. and Art Association. Ac. 
UFATPROC ATIA G GK1 \S»I, R. 
The above engraving represents a very simple and 
ctficlent iipp.uatufl for grinding the knives of % luow- 
lio: or reaping machine. It, consists ol a light iron 
t lame, with a crank shaft at. one end. On the end of 
a pitman attached to this shaft is fastened a block of 
grindstone, with the lower end beveled to fit the 
angle ol the knife to be ground. The sickle bar Is 
placed on u grooved board M the opposite end of the 
name,and the stone bfooghldown to the hladc, and 
receives a reciprocal motion by turning the crank. 
1 lie stone is kept t») ita work by n presaure of one 
hand un the handle at thn end of the stone. The 
grinding is (has done very accurately, and the tree 
angle of the filmic always kept. On the opposite 
end of the shaft from thecrank is an ordinary grind¬ 
stone, which is useful for ordinary grinding on the 
farm.and at the same lime serves as a balance or fiy- 
wheel. Any ordinary farm baud can use the machine 
without trouble. 
This machine is for gale by 
LA DUE, BLISII & CO; 
149 LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill, 
fins month Kentuckians will celebrate the 
centennial anniversary of Daniel Boone’s dis- 
covery of their State. 
P reSf ' t tt the most popular ballad in the 
,,!* 0,1 thcate:^ Is the American song —“Just 
Before the Battle, Mother." 
s ,i™r N | e ^ 1 ’ ,JUndl ‘‘ in4seallh herv has been very 
a ! 6 Sprin *’ a,Ul near, y hVj.000 have 
been already landed at St, John. 
hu^i^r S,ale Insarl ° Asylum has three 
hundted and twenty-two inmates, of whom onc 
mndred and fifty-seven are women. 
inT) 1 ! 1 ! Weston (Mo -> Ti mes says that the streets 
c^hI u?' n are 80 cut U P into allies that the 
txzens have to no all around to tret nowhere >> 
W indow k c r e e n s 
O, °N A NEW PLAN. 
.>eater. Stronger, Cheaper and better in Every Re¬ 
spect than any other Screen in the market. VVliole- 
sale and Retail. Send fur u Circular. 
E. S. A .!. TORREY A CO., 
No. U barelay St., New Y’ork. 
P ATENTS. DUNN A CO. Eilitor* Kclen- 
'|9 lie A m Kit to AN, No. 37 Park Row, New York. 
Twcnty-thret?year*' experience in obtaining 
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PATENTS. 
Opinions no charge. A pamphlet. 108 pages of law 
and lolomatioD, free. Address as above. 
CORNELIUS R. ROOERT, M. D. ) Ar 
GEORGE WILKES, M. D., f medical Examiners. 
CHARLES WRIGHT, M. D.j Assistant Medical Examiner 
