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NEWS CONDENSER. 
Miscellaneous , 
Implements , Machinery , AT 
A Memphian has Invented a roach trap. 
Indiana's divorce laws remain unaltered. 
0regon claims (X),0U0 inlinbitants. 
Rowdies are rampant in Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Polygamy is dying In Turkey. 
Bread is sold by weight in Philadelphia. 
Ithaca, N. Y., is issuing-seven percent bonds. 
Peoria, Ill., is to have a billiard tournament. 
Minister Jay reached Vienna on the 35th 
pitESEHVK VOI U HEALTH ! 
, Urn, H'lllf »! .Will .ihdoiiiitiof Supporter 
A PERFECT SUCCESS. 
-----q Men, women amt 
f 1 " "t' 1 je j children t'ie«juent- 
wv . ly require meeh- 
c> U>s<L fljll j "°-t nnical ahdouilnul 
\\\ /:/ A support, such us 
/■> A V\\ A* f ! AfA our Supporter 
/VC ;,.m Vvl j ffivus them, hut 
1/ \ t Ws vVf //'// 1 / \\ morcespeelally fo- 
'( \'S \\\VC> 1 7 |I‘ / -Vv mules who urn M- 
\ M X? / ! „ posed to n greater 
s/E> ^ number of exlst- 
/o- SaBa in* causes. We 
..,4 y\tb<!,^rC StfTJ claim for itasu- 
r -id ~ u 1 V* i - ; > > I priority for the 
i. ^\V/ / following reasons: 
W ..•:>■ Jr 1st, On account of 
V:'--;--.. AfX. • >-' ;/ the light lies? of 
V ... ••••' i the material of 
V- # which they an* 
_./' t ._ »? made, their weight 
r ]j'' It E K 1 It It V. IT MOWS. IT 
A REAPS. IT RAKES. 
A Slower, n IlHiid-Uukiiui Reaper, and a 
Self-ItukiiiK It on per nil Combined 
in the Same IHoehiue. 
— Dorchester is to be “ Suttolkated ” by Bos¬ 
ton • 
— Mississippi has a river called the Abetupon- 
bouge. 
— San Francisco has strawberries all the year 
round. 
— The Harrison county (Tnd.) jail has only two 
prisoners. 
— Ottawa wants a $150,000 dam across the Illi¬ 
nois River. 
— Young Milwaukeeans are organizing a zou¬ 
ave company. 
— The Law School at Iowa City has twenty- 
four students. 
- Galesburg, III., Is going to have a new hotel 
to cost 475,000. 
— Croquet is popular among the ladies of the 
Sultan’s harem. 
— Freeport, Ill., hits broken ground for a new 
Turnverein Hall. 
— Cortland county, N. Y., issues no liquor 
licenses this year. 
— Dubois county, Ind., has a calf with a heavy 
fleece of line wool. 
— Tho students of Corqcll University are or¬ 
ganizing a boat. club. 
— The last week in May but one, in Cincinnati, 
ten people died daily. 
— On the25th ult. over a thousand immigrants 
arrived in Milwaukee. 
The grasshoppers have disappeared from the 
Vicinity of Sioux City. 
— Dubuque has already sent 10,000 tons of ice 
to St- Louis at $12 a ion. 
— Tho heaviest waves at sea are of ten after the 
fury of tho storm is spent. 
— Largo beetles are destroying the tree leaves 
in Gnthatu township, Iowa* 
— Matches are to he made in Albany from so¬ 
dium in place of phosphorus. 
Guloshnrg, 111., is to have a fire-proof Record 
Hall for the county archives. 
— A large aquarium,.costing $200,000, Is to be 
erected at Brighton, England. 
ThcCalii ornia IlemocnitioConvention meets 
at Sacramento on the 20th inst. 
A French iron-clad lots just completed the 
circumnavigation of the globe. 
The Sandwich Islands are sending thousands 
of watermelons to San Francisco. 
One linn in Mtidiacm, WIs., litis ordered (3,000 
reaping machines for t his season. 
Nearly a thousand horses have been ship¬ 
ped from Madison, Ind., this year. 
The black horse which carried Sheridan on 
his great ride, is at Dubuque, Iowa. 
’Oils spring a thousand aerosol' peppermint 
were sown ill AVuyne county, N. V. 
While I’ine has a daily paper “devoted to 
the expansion of moral principles.” 
A Portlander has a package of Continental 
currency whose par value is $11,500. 
— Owego, N. Y., bus repealed its ordinance 
Cash missels*, January 
1809 
THE Klttl'IY COMntST.D MACHINE AS A 5BLF-UAKRR. 
Tut-: K mnv Mow Bn will cut. any kind nf grass very 
e'ean ami very low. H adapt* itself to unv [neuimil. 
nest.( the ground- R cannot be cloRgefl in any kind 
ol gluts, nlnither wet or dry. ti is mil geared so high 
as to w**«r itself to piece*, and ret. it will rut with tint 
learn going on a very slow walk'. Tho draft is, therc- 
f'.re. very easy, and u small team will work It nil day 
un.l every day In the week The Frame winch boms 
Jill t.lio working parts m .■! In.a . II,,- pitman and 
Jooyc* work perfectly free, being aiways Ip lino. 
I lii. Mower Is very easy to i Ido, a* tlie Independent 
action and tho rubber ••.prfiign combined allow the 
soui a much easier movement up and down than 
steel springs eonld give Tip* Tutting Bar can he 
ruisod at both ends, nr at cither end, independently, 
to pass over obstructions. 
Thk Kir pi as ' itavp-rajsinm Reaper etm be 
changed from a Mower inn very fi-w miuiitim. il can 
be adjusted to any height s-r eut, from two to eight¬ 
een Inches, J he Iteel can lie set. In anv post l,I on, so 
as to bring very short grain on the plat form, or to 
Hj and (angle,I gram In good order for raking 
pfT. I lie Halter s position Is such, that lie can use 
im '? ,0 thu very Imsl advantage In raking 
on the gave and leaving It in roo.l order for tho 
hinder. \V i t h u, steady t.eain.oiig man can inith drive 
being 2 JA and .i out. 
2d. By their perfect adaptation to the form, inclos¬ 
ing as they do tho whole of t.lio abdominal walls, lid, 
By their being tv fixture —neither lurning nor twist¬ 
ing utter being applied. Hie By the ease and com¬ 
fort with which they wo worn. 3tb, In being appro¬ 
priate ror both sexes, old und young -tor females 
liter eh lid-birth, as well a* those (differing with 
abdominal weakness. 
These Supporters can be sent by Express to any 
pari of ih" country,.ecelpi of an order Inclosing 
the measure, which mny bo taken bv passing a tape 
round the form In tho positions of Nos. 1 und 2 oil 
the cut. Brice from $5 to $10. 
Address all orders to DA It HOW & CO., 
Surgical Instrument Manufacturers, 
1217 Broadway, (under Wood's Museum.) N. V. 
Manufacturers oi Trusses, Supporters, Bandages, 
Shoulder Braces, Splints, nnd other Orthopedic and 
Surgical Articles. 
Cash on hand, in Bank and in Trust Company... 
Invested In United States Stocks. (Market value. $3,lot,808 73.) cost. 
Invested 111 New York City Bank Stocks, (Market, value $47,808.) cost. 
Invested in New York State Stocks, (Market vulun, $981,07(1,) cost. 
Invested in other Stocks, (Market value. 2*2,300,) cost... 
Loans on Demand, secured by U. 8 . and other Stocks, ( Market value of 
Securities, $505,745 50).. 
Real Estate, (Market vulun, $1.028,HIM! Ml). ...... ... 
Bonds nnd Mortgages, (Secured by Heel Estate valued at over $5,000,000.) 
buildings thereou insured for $2,005,700, amt the policies assigned to 
the Company as additional collateral security. 
Loans on existing Policies. ... 
Quarterly atul Semi-Annual Premiums dun subsequent, to January 1,1809.. 
Interest accrued to January 1 , 1809.... , 
Rents noorued to .January 1, 1809. 
Premiums on Policies in hands of agents and In course of transmission... 
Add excess of market valuo of securities over cost 
MIDDLETOWN 
Cash Assets, January 1, 1869 
[Front the. American Exchange and Review, March, Ififlo.j 
The business ana financial position of the New York Life Insit.ru.iice Company, 
cIobc of 18(18, will excite more than usual interest in the general public: and be especially gnitii 
its policy-holders. Last year tho operations of this Company were a success unparalleled by tvn 
previous annual achievements. Not only in tho general growth of revenue and assets, but, in tli 
Ocfltions of Its accounts Is tho exhibit for 1808 especially noteworthy. Nearly nne-lmlf nf its ,n 
moots were for dividends to policy-holders, yet. the further dlvlsablo surplus at tho dose of the y 
$1,089,282.17, being still greater than tho previous annual dividend. The Interest account, (in 
premium on gold, Ac,,) Shows a great Increase; Income from this source aloua was more than in 
to pay tho losses, and was 57 per cent- gain ns compared with tho eorrospomtltig receipts of IKt;- 
gafn In now policies was 3,MM above the total of 1807, being an aggregate for tho year of 9,105 m 
ctes—an average of 175 por week. All tho details prove thorough work a widening circle of Inili 
higher results to Its policy-holders — nnd tho engrossing of a larger share or public attention, 
future l* before the New York Lino. 
These Waters are performing the most wonderful 
cures yet, known in the shortest lime, and are UN- 
RIVALED for all diseases of the blood and skin; 
cure all scrofulous affections, Including Erysipelas, 
Salt Hhpum, Tumors, Ulcerous and Cancerous Affec¬ 
tions; also. Bheumnllsm, Dyspepsia, Constipation, 
Diarrhoea, Liver Complaint, Uterine, Kidney and 
Urinary Diseases; Grave), Diabetes, Biles, Female 
Weakness. General Debility, Catarrh, incipient, Con¬ 
sumption, Neuralgia. AND EFFECTUAL WHEN¬ 
EVER THE SYSTEM REQUIRES PURIFYING 
REGULATING AND IJI U.D1NG I B. Sold by all’ 
Druggists. Hundreds of testimonials of cures can 
be shown. KEN D FOR PAMPHLET. Full particu¬ 
lars free. Address GRAY'S & CLARK, 
Middletown, Vermont. 
In ihu punt five yenvK this Company him effected over one hundred and five 
Insurances, and Its advance lu this period la Illustrated as follows : 
Policies 
Issued. 
4,905 
5,134 
7,29(1 
IS,IX id 
9,105 
Amount 
Insured. 
$13,143,208 
111,324.308 
22,7X4,308 
22,878.117 
30,705,947 
Cash Dividends I,oases 
Bald. Bald. 
$113,665 38 $315,200 
260,!IH| I t 400,522 
382,224 21 480,197 
381,968 87 500,280 
1,225,806 2l> 741,043 
Ineome. Assets. 
!? $3,741,078 48 
2,342,01ii> til 5,018,349 00 
3,088,804 17 7,009,092 25 
3,591.391 28 9,169,758 91 
4,078,280 20 11,000,822 00 
These are stages of an expansion which has not come from fortuitous or extraneous circumstances, 
but which may bn nharnotevl/.cd, so to speak, ns an organic growth- a development in due process and 
order. Tho Now York Ufa tnsurancu Company now transacts about one-eighteenth of the entire life 
insurance business of tho United Btalos. 
Concerning the rcgulitl ion* which guide the interior govern men I vf till* Company, 
Superintendent BA iin us makes tills statement and commentary lu his last annual report: 
In eleven years the sain of the BUCKEYE has 
Increased from 75 Machines to 20,000, in a 
single urasrtn, and ovor 100,000 are noio In, use in 
the United Btatiis, 
It has recetvul the Highest Premiums at tlw mo.it 
important Field Trill Is ever lui<l m any counti g. 
Its Hrcni Durability lias been ihproughly 
Established, and It Is overywliero known and re¬ 
cognized as tho 
Standard of Excellence in Material nnd 
YVorkniauahip, as well as Perfection of Prin¬ 
ciple. 
Valuable improvements added for 18(J9. 
Manufactured by 
ADRIANCE, PLATT A CO.. 
165 Greenwich St., N. Y. 
Manufactory, ToughknoTtsle, N. Y'. 
Circulars forwarded by mail. 
The well-approved business men who compose the board of able T 
their supervision with groat care nnd discretion. President , Morris Franklin, 
Burrs, Esq., Vice-president and Actuary, (and alike capable in both positions,) di 
with tireless vigilance and a foresight clear and broad. The years as they go on 
mony to their efficiency. 
We here append an extract from the Compnnv’s Twenty-Fourth Annual Statement 
which announces the redemption or tho last scrip dividend outstanding, and tho appropriation among 
the policy-holders of tho divisible auimal surplus: 
From Twenty-Fourth Annual Report , 
JANUARY 1, 1800. 
#!>, 150,753 91 
11,000,8‘J J GO 
4,678,280 20 
1,689,282 17 
OF NEW YOEK, 
212 BROADWAY, cor. FULTON ST 
Issues nil the new lornis nf policies, and npseerts as 
favorable terms us my Company in the 1 bilted States. 
_Thu Company will make temporary loans on its 
Policies. 
Thirty days’ grace allowed on each payment, and 
the nnlfey held good during that time. 
All of our policies ure mcontestablt-after five an¬ 
nual payments. 
Pulicy-holder" share in the annual profits of the 
Company, and have a voice in the election and man¬ 
agement of the Company. 
No policy or medical fee charged. 
Dividends for 1899 me now being paid. 
, *' ‘^47 Mr cent, on Life Policies issued previous to 
•Jtifl., IW»4 . 
I dirty-live per cent, on Endowments issued previ¬ 
ous to January, 1807. 
All I’nlleiuK nnn-forfenable on the principle of tho 
.Massachusetts law. 
EDWARD A. JONES, President. 
J. O. HALSEY, Vice-Prosidciil, 
J. A. MOKTJMORE, Secretary. 
Cash Assets, January 1, 1868. 
Cash Assets, January 1, 1 869. 
Income, 1868. 
Divisible Surplus, January 1, 1869 
— 1110 rook Island city Council has granted 
tin* right id way to tin- Huckfionl Railroad. 
— A 4,000-pound bell has been presented to 
Cornell University by Mrs. President White. 
— Illinois is said to be the most, thoroughly 
organized Hunday school Statu in the Union. 
— On the filth ult. thci'fl ttrri vrai at Milwaukee 
three hundred and twelve car loads of wheat. 
— The Quaker flour mill, recently burned at 
Manchester, Iowa, was worth from $39,000 to 
*40,000. 
The prospects are that Southern Ulinoiswill 
have a larger and finer fruit crop than ever 
before. 
The contract for the new Jewish synagogue 
■d Quincy, Ill., has been “signed, sealed and de¬ 
livered.' 
- Corner loafers at Lausingburg are hereaf¬ 
ter to be fined live dollars each time they are 
found guilty. 
— It. is said that arrangements are in process 
"l consummation to introduce Chinese labor 
into the South. 
, . i ri,e s * cani fain Atlanta, now lying at. Phila- 
'" lp na, hoa thesign on her side, “ No admitencc. 
Lew hero of the dogg.” 
.,,7,^ ° r Middletown, Ct., lias found 
’inieis mk a good preventive against canker 
worms mi Ins fruit trees. 
Uie Dulimme Lumber Company’s mills are 
Gipable of turning out. from fifty to fifty-five 
thousand feet, of lumber daily. 
t*7i‘\‘ V, ' W ^ n,, lior recently bought a farm near 
Bi iiVi "'V 1 ' A,,r whicti hr paid ao much that the 
Ultl baak3 c °mU not cash his drafts. 
aro ««/ Chinese Catholics in Cali- 
L-eTom ', eni 8pnakLalin HuentJy, and 
are 1 tom the Catholic Colleges in China. 
W00?m™w at ,^ City ’ Iowa ’ h as handled 
wiiSeuv- ,’ nS ' 3urlny th<? season, 
- a\ Lugo value was twenty cents each. 
inTurlt 8 'Y nd !r S lately set u,> a “dollar store” 
imd sinklr ’i d ° ar e °° ds vomark ably cheap, 
tlcbts. Vamosed without paying their 
w ' h . al(! ' va s recently harpooned 
* a ^ a yA3ear, which contained two hundred 
nearly $ai, 000 . Ve P ° UUdS ° £ amber&rls ’ worth 
KEf lI*B2OCA I I>« GklH)KB. 
The above engraving represents a very slmpln and 
efficient apparatus for grinding Du* knives of a mow¬ 
ing or ri'imlng inapliine. It consists ot a Itgbt imn 
frame, with a crank shaft at. one and. On the end of 
a pitman attached to this.shall is fastened a block of 
grindstone, with the lower end beveled to lit the 
angle of the knll'o to be ground. The sickle bar Is 
placed on u grooved board at the opposite end of the 
I niina,and tho stone brought-down to the blade, and 
receives u reciprocal motion by f,timing the crank. 
Toe atone,19 tu its work by a oioaaurn of one 
hand on the handle at the mid <d' the stone. Tim 
grinding is Dm* done very accurately, and tho trno 
angle of the tdnde always kept. On t.lm opposite 
end of the shaft from the crank is an ordinary grind¬ 
stone, which is useful Inr ordinary grinding on the 
I arm, and at the Mian-time i-eryes da a bul a nee Or fly¬ 
wheel. Any ordinary farm hand can use the machine 
without trouble. 
This machine Is for sale by 
LADllK. BI.TSTI Ar CO., 
I I!) LaSalle St., Chicago, III. 
The Hoard ot Trustees has directed the Redemption, mi and after the lirwt MONDAY 
dureli, Inst., of the last and only outstanding Serlp Dividend (that ot 1»57,) and from the Undivided 
•plus of $1,689,262.17 they have (leolarud a CASH DIVIDEND, available on settlement of next annual 
mlum, to each participating policy proportioned to its “contribution to surplus." 
Dividends not used In settlement of premium will bo added to the policy. 
By order of tho Board, 
CaU or send for Clr cular. Agents wanted. 
( 1 ’I. TKliUALYU Sc BRO., 
manufacturers and dealers in piano¬ 
fortes, 
nnd nnrlVttUe,a PAULOR.CRRRCH 
Now anil Second-hand lUanonat low prices for cash, 
” , 'ld on Installments New Cabtnot Orgutis M:, 
, CM. TUE.M a I \E & iTlu )., 
HJU4-<m, 2l,t 43a Broome St,, near Bread wn v 
Tice«I*rc8Mlcnt and At tain 
\I<MVIM ! MA C III N F. li \ I FK D RI N DER 
Its Sandford « I’hIciiI, It is light, and can be laltci 
to the field and usdl as wanted. A bev can grind i in 
knives accurately, in 15 minutes, without injury t< 
the knife,and with safety, ti is a labor-savor. Brtcc 
$10.50. Send for circular Slate and county right 
lor sale. A ildress JOHN VV.QULNl'V, No.tVIllian 
8 t., New York City. 1002-Yt 
E CAM. ATTENTION TO OUR NEW 
An Illustrated Circular of which we will send on re¬ 
ceipt of stamp. It. It. ALLEN & CO., 
Post Office Bex 370, New York 
DM HE I. I T T I, E G1 A N T 
lland-Raltius IIc.hhm' a:ul Jlottcr (!unibinrtl. 
Ca9~ Simple, cheap and durable. Price $115. 
H. VV. SIOV.MOUR, Brook port, N Y. 
(1 V R I. Y O U R H \ I i< . 
v - / A Sample or PROP. ROBB'S MAGNETIC CUR- 
LIQUE sent FREE- It. curls straight hair (without 
injury) in soft, luxuriant, beautiful, flowing curls. 
on this i'irst application. Address, with Stamp, 
Prof. B. H. ROBB. Parkman,Ohio. 
'IIALI, BE HAPPY TO 8END SAMPLE 
j slocking and Circular, to those inclosing stamp. 
, m ... vr J. I>. OKNEACO., 
looi-tf No. 1 Market St., Rochester, N. Y'. 
W IIV WILL YOU WORK FOR SI.50 
a day. when you can make f.V) a week in our 
f van be done in-door by either sex, 
We have Hxi new articles,never before introduced, 
*Kr ,n wan i < ‘‘ Y V bouse. Hamplc.s sent oh receipi 
ot 10 cents. Address 'V A I.TER 1IOLT, 1 
102 Nassau SR., New York. 
rraPROVED FOOT I.ATILEN, 
h.ipVi ^ Klotfnnt, 
H I, , t ', hcll * p 'f ' 1 ' 1 i’ortablc. Just the 
tiling for tho ArtLsan ur AniatourTitmar. 
0 •* .*orAnmtfmrTurnur. 
bend for Descriptive Circular 
8 . h. BALDWIN, Laconia, N. H. " 
? I R E ! If IRK!! If I |{ K 1 M 
GLOBE FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., 
No. -I Dey St., New York. 
reat reduction in price. No. 1, $30; No. 2, $40; No, 
$ 45 . first-class Agents wanted. Address as above 
'•t.i It. IJI.M TIjIV I , -’I. J /. f y T 
GEO TIG IS WILKES, M. l)„ f Medical Examiners. 
CHARLES WRIGHT, M. D., Assistant Medical Examiner. 
r^“ PnrtieH desirous of connecting ibcmsclvcs with this Company, either as Agents or 
becoming Members, will please address the Homo Office, personally or by letter. 
