SAPOLIO 
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A. 3 WUUiLXj REPORT 
OF THK 
NEW YORK 
Lite Insurance €o. 
INSURANCE COMPANY of Hartford, 
Conn., Is a General Accident Insurance Com¬ 
pany , granting insurance against Death or 
Wholly Disabling Injury by Accident, to 
men of all trades, professions and occupa¬ 
tions, at rates within the reach of all. It 
insures against accidents by machinery, ac¬ 
cidents from the use of tools and implements, 
accidents of all descriptions that occur in the 
usual and lawful avocations of daily life, as 
well as accidents by railways, steamboats 
and travel generally. Apply to the nearest 
Agent for a policy. 
BLACK YOUR BOOTS, SIR? 
BY UNCLE PATH,. 
It was a clear, sharp winter morning, the 
air frosty, and cutting like a knife. We were 
passing through the old park in front of City 
llall. 
“ Black your boots, sir?” came upon our 
ears, in the piping tones of a young lad pos¬ 
sibly ten years old. “ Shine ’em up nice,” 
he continued, in the usual boot-black style. 
“ Only five cents,” was urged, seeing our in¬ 
attention. “ Shine ’em up nice for five cents.” 
We were in a hurry, and in fact hail no 
need of his services. 
“ Not this morning, my boy,” we answered, 
passing hastily on. 
“ Shine ’em up nice for only a penny , mis¬ 
ter,” the little fellow pleaded, running along 
at our side. “ I want to get my breakfast, 
sir.” 
It was nearly ten o’clock, and no wonder 
the lad was hungry. 
“ Have you had no breakfast? ” we asked. 
His negative reply had a touch of sincerity 
in it, and we could no longer withstand his 
appeal. While he was working away right 
zealously on his job, we talked with him, as 
we like to do with all his kind, and learned 
how he was reduced to such extreme need. 
The weather had not been very favorable to 
his business for several days, and then the 
night before a dishonest hoy at the News¬ 
boy’s Lodging Rooms, where ho ate and 
slept, stole his blacking box. 
“ It was a nice box, ’” he said, regretfully, 
“that I gave a dollar for; an’ this one 1 
borrowed, to go halves till 1 can get money 
enough to buy some papers. 1 lmd to pay 
out all the money I had for my supper and 
lodging, and so 1 can’t get any breakfast till 
I earn it.. I'd be all right, though, if 1 had 
my box. Now i’ll have to go to soilin’ 
papers agin, soon’s I get a little money, so’s 
I can buy another box.” 
“Is the blacking better than selling pa¬ 
pers?’ we inquired. 
“Oh, yes, sir!” he responded quickly. 
“ Coz ye see if ye gits stuck once with a lot 
of papers, and can’t sell ’em, ye haint any 
capital to begin on next day. ’Taint so with 
blacking.” 
By this time both hoots were shining 
handsomely, and he said “ There, sir’ filth 
an expectant look into our face. Producing 
a bright “ shin-plaster,” we received his 
hearty thanks and came away, thinking of 
hright-eved boys in happy homes who would 
consider it a hard task indeed to he com¬ 
pelled to earn even one breakfast before 
eating It. What would they do were they 
driven to such hard fates almost daily as 
this hoy endures? 
He is only one of thousands such, who 
sleep no one knows where, who eat one, 
two or three meals a day, as they happen to 
procure payment for, who get vicious, sharp 
and old before their time in the great city of 
New York. Whore they all go to when 
they grow up is a mystery. Many become 
regular “roughs,” and attain to prison dis¬ 
cipline early; many more, thanks to the 
good and generous men interested in t heir 
behalf, find places out in the country, and 
become upright men. Some time we will 
introduce our young friends of the Rural 
circle to the Newsboys’ Lodging House, 
where they can see how many of the boys 
live who in the noisy city salute us at every 
turn with “ Black your boots, sir?” 
JANUARY 1, 1870 
Amount of Net Casli Assets, Jan. 1,1869..$10,013,474 45 
RECEIPTS. 
Amount of Premiums anil 
Policy Fees. $5, 
Amount of Interest received 
and accrued, including pre¬ 
mium on gold, &c..... I 
THE TRAVELERS 
Pays all valid and just claims promptly. In 
five years and a half of successful business, 
the Travelers has paid TWELVE THOU¬ 
SAND claims for death or wholly disabling 
injury by accident, thus disbursing among 
its policy holders more than ONE MIL¬ 
LION DOLLARS. 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
Losses by death ...$707,083 19 
Less received from 
reinsurance.. 9,579 12 
NEW PATENT MUTIVIO POWElt. 
I K.ceipeotfVilly JJetlioateil to Josh Hilling;*, the great TVIrilo Slrmrlorov.] 
Purchased Policies and An¬ 
nuities. 
Dividends to Policy Holders 
Commissions, Brokerages, 
and Agency Expenses. 
Advertising and Physicians’ 
Fees. 
Office and Law Expenses, 
Salaries, Printing. Taxes, 
Revenue Stamps and Re¬ 
insurance. 
DECAPITATION NO. 2. 
OF THE 
My whole a rarer beauty lends, 
To forms already winning; 
Behead mo, and each life that ends 
Renewed my old beginning. 
Ai.iquis, 
By flirt Hearth, Somewhere, 1870. 
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 
Also grants all forms of full Life and En¬ 
dowment Insurance on exceedingly favor¬ 
able terms—its policies uniting ample security 
and moderate cost under a definite contract. 
All policies non-forfcitablc. Combined Life 
and Accident Policies written, when desired. 
PROBLEM. No. 4 
Required the three sides of a right-angled tri¬ 
angle, the area being 29.4 acres, and perimeter 84 
chains. x. y. z. 
assets. 
Cush on hand, in Bank and 
in Trust Co. $839,090 Cl 
Invested in United States 
Stocks (market value, $2.- 
513,280,) cost. 2,2(51,037 49 
Invested in New York City 
Bunk Stock (market value, 
$48,589.) cost. 41,649 0U 
Invested in New York State 
and other Stocks (market 
value, $I.(I37,4 (m.) cost. 1,024,384 11 
Real Estate in the City of 
New York. 1,645,537 17 
Bonds and mortgages (se¬ 
cured by real estate valu¬ 
ed at $10,160,400; buildings 
thereon insured ror $4,231,- 
000, and the policies assign¬ 
ed to th©Company a* addi¬ 
tional collateral security).. 4,570,400 OP 
Loans on existing policies... 910,850 35 
Quarterly and semi-annual 
premiums,due subsequent 
to Jan. 1,1870. 028.150 92 
Premiums on Policies, In 
hands of Ayeiits, and in 
course of transmission.... 533.218 81 
Interest accrued to Jan. 1, 
1870. 05,327 77 
For Eleven Months, ending Deeenibor HI, 
AND OF ITS ASSETS ON THAT DAY. 
Assets February 1st, 1809. $29,325,295 10 
Receipts during 11 months: 
Policy Fees, Annuities, Pre¬ 
miums and Renewals.$11,176,059 87 
Interest, Premium on Gold 
und Rents. 2,090,353 48 
-$13,200,013 35 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Problem No. 3. 50. 78 and 112 chains. 
Cuobb-Wouj) Enigma No 3.—New York. 
Bmi.iCAr, Enigma No. 8.—Faithful are the wounds 
of a friend ; hut the kisses of an enemy uredeeeitful. 
Geographical Enigma No. 2. moohk’s Rural 
NltW-YOIlKKK. 
Charade no 3.—Cuba. 
lUisccllancouG QUhierliscmcnts 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
Claims by death and matur¬ 
ed Endowments. $1,702,(7 
Cash Dividends.,. 3,585,41 
Surrendered Policies, An¬ 
nuities. Commtsstoris and 
Cnnmmtatlon of future 
Commission* . 1,696,81 
Expenses and # \es. 493,72 
Office F m^ i 1 i,05 
A uricles, for deafness, <«i» he 
ermied by the hair. Send to K, IIASLAM,30 
Broadway, N. Y., fora Descriptive Pamphlet. 
l inn pa ;iinl Sleiieilw, RH-h mid Slock, iiiiinii 
1 fnctured by E. il. PAYN, Burlington, Vt. 
/ J F, N I! I N K “ R A ill HD E 1,1, NO R \VA Y 
OATS!” Price, l bleb.. $lu: 1 Inmli., $;(; 6 ll<s„ 
post-paid, #1; 4 quart, povt-uuid. 25 Cts. I bought my 
seed of o. W. Kunisdoll, -i* run hi; seen i.y refer¬ 
ring to Jones & ('lark’s advertisement, in Mils paper 
of Jan. 2, 1809. II. II. BROWN, 
Light. Street., Col, Co,, Pa. 
Liabilities 
Not Assets, December 31, 18G9. 
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS 
Cash on hand and in banks 
and trust companies. $1,857,330 30 
Bonds und Mortgages. 27,319,882 47 
United States and State 
Stocks and Bonds. 5,078,108 75 
Real estate., 1 !. 053,717 40 
Balance due by Agents. 7,544 79 
I ‘>1111 KA imiCl.N OF lilt ICS BiU'S 
I • /£'/(/ Prolific and Early Roe Potatoes lor sale. 
Per bill, Per bill. 
Bresee’s Prolific.....$5 I Early Rose.$3.24 
Second size. 3 | Second size. 2 
The Prolitica were grown from seed procured of 
Albert Bresee. Will deliver them at Bit. depot as 
soonasl.be weather will admit in the spring. For 
wholesale prices, address FRANK QUA, 
Nortli Granville, Washington Co., N. V . 
lyrORTH CAROLINA LAND COMPANY. 
HALEian. N.C Feu. Till, 1870. 
Mlt. EDITOR—The followingIU*e the last sales made 
by our ttompauy to Norl hern settlers uUU acre* Im¬ 
proved farm In Wake c- mm v, to l>. S. I relan of Tioga 
county, Penn., lor •'il.nuij. I?; acres improved farm in 
Wake county, to Daniel Siouirer of Harrisburg, Pa., 
1'or $1,501; 2.500 acre farm in Beaufort County, to W m. 
Fotherlngliaui of WaloiToru, Erie county. Pa., for 
f8,000; 1W acre iiirm lu Wilke county, to Wood Broth¬ 
er* ol Danielson idle, ft., lor si,,4 m, 179 acre farm in 
Wake enmity. In Charlus 111. Perry of Providence It. 
1., lor #2,200 ; 2U7 acre farm in Wake eonnti , lo Win, 
Thompson of Pontine Mich . for s.4.5fHl: 1,200 acre 
farm in Warren county,to N. P. Turhiineof Passaic, 
N. ,L. for $15,1X104 190 aiTe farm In Wake county, to (J. 
W. Cppver of Walerlord, lirle county, P i , for si.aUO; 
2,800acres limber and farming land, within six miles 
ol Men folk, Va„ to John S. Slceep of Harrisburg, Pa., 
for MLlKM. 
Now here, inspecting farms, with a view to pur¬ 
chase:—A. W. Smith el Erie, Penn. : John N. Gray 
of Harrisburg. Penn.; T. it. Kingsley nl Bingham¬ 
ton, N. V.l Levi *1'. .Marshall of Glovei'sville, N. Y.; 
1.. Rice or Elmira, N. V.; C. J. Warren of \ ihnnv, N. 
V. C. Pet.liel i|nd .1, Camion of Potp lae, Silt’ll. S tied. 
g .Iwin ol Danbury Conn.; Rev. ,1, M. Worcester 
of Norwich, Conn.: .1 M. Bond of Trenton, N. J., and 
George Green ol Waterford, Penn. 
Catalogues will be sent free, an rceelpf of order, 
giving description of overall improved farms, at $5 
to #25 per acre. Address as above 
Add: 
I ntorest accrued but not due 
Interest due and unpaid. 
Premiums due but not re¬ 
ceived. 
Premiums deferred. Quar¬ 
terly and Semi-A annul_ 
Market valuje of Stocks In 
excess id' cost. 
Add — 
Excess of market value of securities 
over cost....,..- 
Oil AS. .1. MARTIN, President. 
A. F. W ILLM A It’I'H. Vlcn-Pres't. 
D. A. IIEALD, 2d Vtec-Pres’t. 
J. H. WASHBURN, Secretary. 
GKO. M. LYON, Assistant Secretary. 
T. B. GREENE, 2d Assistant Secretary. 
APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS 
A mount of Adjusted Losses, 
due subsequent to Jan. 1, 
1870. $187,000 00 
A mount of Reported Losses, 
awaiting Proof, Ac. 121,51X1 03 
Deposit for Minors. 142 83 
Amount reserved for lie-in¬ 
surance on existing Poli¬ 
cies, Insuring #101,161,180 15, 
participating Insurance at 
4 per cent. Carlisle net pre¬ 
mium, #909,725 05; non-par¬ 
ticipating ut 5per cent. C*r- 
lislu. $11,213,812 90 
Return Premium 1S09 and 
prior thereto, payable du¬ 
ring the year.. 209,718 07 
Gross Assets. December 31st, ISGtl. $.37,868,017 12 
Increase in Net Assets for the 11 months $5,880,283 01 
1 have carefully examined the foregoing Statement 
and lind the same correct. 
(Signed,) SHEPPARD HOMANS, Actuary. 
ENOCH MORGAN’S 
v V my o.i:\is 
h A % *8? WINDOWS, 
(Mil-'? \ MARBLE, 
•’m. ffy'Ay \ KNIVES 
:• y \ \ ronsiins 
I ty W TINWARE, 
(P epot, 811 Washington, Ctrcct, Jfew Tori: 
Tin* foregoing statement comprises the business 
Of eleven months only. The Usual year ol the Com¬ 
pany lias hitherto commenced on I he Hi st day of 
February and expired on the 81st day ol January. 
For several years past the Superintendent of the In¬ 
surance Department of tills State Inis urged the 
officers of til© Company to make the fiscal year coin¬ 
cident with th© calendar year, pursuant to the pro¬ 
visions of a special statute authorizing such change. 
The Board of Trustee*, nt its meeting on January 
19th, lust., decided that I lies time lmd arrived when 
compliance with the wishes of the State authorities 
was both expedient and proper, and it accordingly 
made the change. Hereafter the tinea I year of the 
Company will extend from t he tirst day of January to 
the 81st day of December, both dates inclusive. 
Oil. WXIiX. WOT EXPI.OBII 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA-NO. 6, 
Read the following : 
NEW' YOHK, Dec. 3, 18(59. 
Mu, (’ll AS. PH ATT, 108 Fulton 8t„ New York ; 
lJair .Sir: 1 wish to add my testimony to the good 
qualities of the “ Astral ” Oil, as semi in the follow¬ 
ing. A few nights ago nt my residence in Clifton, 
N. J„ the servant girl accidentally knocked over a 
lighted lamp tilled with your '•Astral” oil. The 
lump fell to tin; flour ami was instantly broken, scal- 
tering the contents over the carpet. The wick, which 
was still burning, tell into the dll, hut. did riot Ignite 
it, and was picked up and Mown mil, without causing 
any damage, further Mmn th© loss of the lamp. I 
have been burning your “ Astral " Oil for a number 
of months, and aiu highly pleased with it, 1 consider 
It pr if fellii Kip', and would use no other. 
Yours, very truly, riiAiu.us o. spencer. 
II. B. Chitlin A Co., HU Church St., New York. 
Ask yotlr dealer tor it, und If lie does not have it, 
send your order to the 
OIL HOUSE OF C1IA8. PRATT, 
KM Fulton St., New York. 
I am composed of :*) letters. 
My 23, 10, 18, 0, 19 Is a noted cave. 
My 22, II, III, 8 in wlmt this enigma is. 
My 9, 3. 5, 15,11,10, lii, 3 is n lady's name. 
My 7,4, 24, is u constellation. 
My 19, 23, 4,14, 0 is wlmt, some gentlemen (?) do, 
My 2, 24,28, 18,11 wns a colei)rated poet. 
My 12,3, 9,1 is hard lo got out of. 
My 21, 255, 25 is a pronoun. 
My 20,17,18 Is an article much used. 
My whole is an old saying. 
Lyons Falls, N. Y. Helen. 
{3"/" Answer in two weeks. 
Divisible Surplus 
Up 11 F fcz 1C X. I IS it 4' I It € l 1 I, A E . 
1 Explaining a new discovered way to make all 
kind* of Horse* mol Coifs trot fast. By tills method 
n man makes #1,200 on one Horse, and a boy makes 
$950 i,n two common Colt:;; a farmer's soil makes a 
Coll!mon farm Horse trot In J.48. and In i* sold for 
$800. All pacers Compelled to trot. Only 5U minutes 
required to increase the speed of any Horse or Colt, 
or the money returned. 2,Mil references. Price $1. 
Address PIERRE D. VAN IIOESKN, 
Box U033. l>7 South St., N. Y, 
During the year 10,717 Policies have been issued, 
insuring $34,446,353 03. 
FREDERICK 8. WINSTON, SEYMOUR L. BUSTED, 
JOHN V. L. PRL'YN, SAMUEL I). BABCOCK, 
WILLIAM MOORE. DAVID IIOADLICY, 
ROIIERT II. MoCLUPY, HENRY A. SMYTHII, 
ISAAC GREENK PEARSON WILLIAM V. BRADY, 
MARTIN BATES, WILLIAM E. DODGE, 
WILLIAM BETTS. GEORGE 8. COK, 
JOHN WADSWORTH, WILLIAAI M. VER MIL YE, 
ALFRED EDWARDS, JOHN R, DICVEI.IN, 
OLIVER II. PALMER, WELLINGTON CLAPP, 
SAMUEL E. SPRDl’LLS, ALONZO CHILD, 
SAMUEL XI. CORNELL, HENRY K. DAVIES, 
LUCIUS ROBINSON, RICHARD A. McCURDY, 
W. SMITH BROWN, FRANCIS HK1DDY, 
RICHARD PATRICK. J. ELLIOTT CONDICT, 
WILLIAM H. POPHAM, JAMES C. IIOLDEN, 
WILLIAM A. HAINES, HUGH N. CAMP, 
EZRA WHEELER, HERMAN C. VON POST. 
RICHARD A. MCCURDY, 
V ica-Prcxlilrii t. 
SHEPPARD IIOIUANS, 
Actuary. 
JOHN M. STUART, Secretary. 
FKKDEIUC SOI BOEDER, Assistant Secretary. 
XV 11,1.1 AM BETTS. LL. IL, ) 
HON. Mini s ROBINSON, ['Counsel, 
HON. HENRY 15. DAVIES, ; 
{u^Vvinston'm'd., f Meaical Examiners. 
81?“ From the undivided surplus of $l,G70,~ 
750 7‘i, t.lic Board of Trustees have declared a 
DIVIDEND, available on settlement of next annual 
premium to each participating policy, proportioned 
to its “ contribution to surplus." 
Dividends not used in settlement of premium will 
be added to the policy. 
i/iiii a r\ H0WMADE FR0M 
VIN EGAR. seisms 
■GHUM, in Ten Hoars, without using drugs. 
For Circulars, address F. I. SAGE, Vinegar Maker, 
Cromwell, Conn. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.-No. 5 
\\ 7 ANTED-AGHNTS-j 75 to $300 per 
y y month, every where, male and feinabt, to imro- 
(1 uc tin- GENI I NK IM PROVED COM ,\| ( >N SENSE 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. This .Machine will 
stitch, hem, (i'll, tuck, quill, cord, bind, braid and em¬ 
broider In a most superior manner. Price only 1H. 
Fully warranted for live years. We will pay 81,000 
for any machine that will sew a stronger, more beau¬ 
tiful or mure elastic seam Humour*. It makes the 
" Elastic Dock Stitch.” Every second stitch cun be 
cut, and si 111 tins cloth cannot lie pulled apart with¬ 
out tearing It, We pay Agents from $75 to $260 per 
month and expense*, nr a commission from which 
twice (lint amount can ha made. Address SKCOMB 
A CO., PITTSBURG. PA.; BOSTON, MASS., or ST. 
LOUIS. MO¬ 
CA l TION. Beware of all AgentsselllngMachloes 
under the same name a* ours, unless they can -how 
a Certiilcate of Agency signed by us. We shall not 
hold ourselves responsible for worthless Machines 
sold by other panics, and shall prusernte nil parties 
either selling or using Machines under till* mum to 
tin: full extent ot i in- law, unless such Machines were 
obtained from us or our Agents. Do not be imposed 
upon by parties who eop.v our advertisement and cir¬ 
culars and offer worthless Machines nt a less price. 
TRUSTEES. 
MORRIS FRANKLIN, WM. A. BOOTH. 
DAVID DOWS, GEORGE A. OSGOOD, 
ISAAC C. KENDALL, HENRY BOWERS, 
WILLIAM II. BEERS, C’llAS. I„ ANTHONY, 
DANIEL S. MILLER, SANFORD COBB, 
HENRY K. BOGERT. EDWARD MARTIN, 
JOHN MA1RS, EDWIN HOYT, 
WM. II. APR],ETON, LEWIS F. BATTKLLK, 
ROBERT B. COLLINS, H. B. CLAFLIN. 
WILLIAM BARTON. 
President. 
WIMiUM II. BEERS, 
Vlce«l*mH anil Actuary. 
THEODORE M. BANTA, Cashier. 
CORNELIUS K. BOGART, JH. 1).,) Medical 
GEORGE WILKES, M. D„ (Examiners. 
CHARLES WRIGHT, M. D„ As.a’t Med. Examiner, 
My first is in sing, but not in tune. 
My second'll In ostrich, hot mil in plume; 
My third is in Cake, but not in dough, 
My fourth is In reap, but not tn sow; 
Mr fifth is in army, but not in men. 
My sixth is in wrilo, 1ml not in pen ; 
My seventh's tn teach, but not In school. 
My eighth is in simple, but not in fool. 
My whole is the name ol' a Grecian philosopher. 
E. M. F. 
SS &~Answer in two weeks. 
M otive power for nothing 
Our Patent Self-Regulating, Storm - beiyu 
Windiudl fa superior lor pumping water for Rai 
roadtt. Country Residence*, Hotel*, Farms, Stud 
Fields, Drainage. Irrigation, etc. For Circulars, hi 
dress GUNTINENTA I. VV IN DM I LI, CO„ 
3 Barclay Sl„ New York. 
S I I V i: «: PifA TUD W 
SPOONS AND FOIL ICS. 
Base of finest quality of Nickel Silver; weight of *14^ 
pure Hilvcr deposited ihorcoo Indicated by IlgurCS J ,1 
plainly stuiiipcd upon Hie bads, and / ulluaUiiranUrii, tjg>’ 
Also complete table outfits in F’/ofi'd Ivarrufid Gui- Vi/ 
UfV. ADAMS, (II AND LEU A VO„ V-Af 
Mannfacuircr*, No.20 John St., New York. 
Send for Price List and Copy of Guarantee. -v- d| 
QUESTION. NO. 1 
A CATtPF.NTF.it in making n door made it too 
large, so he out it down, but then cut it too little, 
bo ho cut it again and it just fitted. IIow was it 
(lone ? 
BST - Answer in two weeks. 
I'llllllNVillc, Ct 
CORNER Or LIBERTY STREET 
Jauuary 20 , 1870 . 
II1IIIF*. II. * III P O kV 1 W., I III III NY I I 1 r, II., 
1 are the most extensive and reliable breeders of 
Cuttle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Ac., lu America. 
