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HOME  NEWS  PARAGKAPHS. 
R.  H.  Smith,  editor  ol  the  Waterbury  (Conn.) 
American,  wasJlnd  $75  for  contempt  of  court,  he 
having  written  and  published  an  editorial  "cal¬ 
culated  to  Injure  the  dignity  and  efllclcncy  of 
.Judge  Broughton.”  smlUi  refused  to  pay,  and 
was  locked  up  in  tlie  New  Haven  Jail. 
While  huniJng  for  wnodehuck  recently,  near 
Livonia,  N.  Y.,  Bomo  Imys found  In  a  hollow  atiiinp 
a  gold  watoh  and  chain,  which  had  been  stolen  by 
a  tramp  twelve  years  ago.  The  thief  was  sent  to 
prison  for  three  years,  but  refused  to  tell  where 
he  hud  hlddcji  the  watch  Udle8.s  paid  well  for  the 
liifuriDalloii.  When  found  the  w'atoh  was  aiijiar- 
e:»il.v  uninjured. 
'I'lie  miisler  anooi'erof  the  Aprlngtlod  Armory  is 
prepjuing  for  the  Centennial  Exifosltloh  an  ex¬ 
hibit  or  the  dllTorenl  opcnillons  which  o.ach  of  the 
parte  of  a  Sprlngdeld  ride  goes  ihrough  In  Its 
m  inufael.ure.  The  b.arrel  goos  through  47  opera¬ 
tions;  the  l).iyijnet  14,  audits  fasl.enlngs  22.  The 
parts  peculluf  to  the  breeeh-loadlng  system  num¬ 
ber  J4G ;  the  mountings,  175 ;  ramrod  and  bayonet 
scabbards,  27.  The  couipoiieuUsof  the  lock  require 
LSj  pieces,  and  the  rear  sight,  7S. 
,I<)lin  cotU'eii  la  a  man  whom  the  people  of  Olark 
County,  111.,  wotdd  have  lynched  If  they  had  not 
cltiiiged  their  intention.  He  drove  hLs  two  step- 
sous,  aged  .seven  ami  ten  years,  out  Into  a  cold 
snowslonn.  They  started,  scantily  clad,  for  an 
uncle's  rwldeiice  soino  llfteen  miles  distant.  The 
younger  was  exhausted  when  half  the  journey 
harl  boBu  made  and  tell  down  In  the  ro.ad.  The 
other  tried  lo  CAiTy  him,  but  was  unable.  He 
then  laid  him  under  the  shelter  of  a  fence  and 
trudged  on  until  he  came  to  a  house  ivhere  he 
was  taken  In,  The  seven-year-old  was  dead  when 
found. 
.John  P.  Treadwell,  at  one  time  an  Innkeeper  In 
New  York,  died  In  New  Milford,  Conn.,  April  6, 
aged  03.  He  was  part  proprietor  ol  the  8l.  Nicho¬ 
las  Hotel  from  I85.s  to  166.s.  He  began  business  a.s 
a  clerk  In  the  old  Franklin  House,  Broadway  and 
Dey  St. 
lilghty-two  veterans  of  tJie  Filth  New  York 
Volunteers,  known  as  the Huryee Zouaves,  formed 
themselves  Into  a  civil  organlzatloa  on  April  10. 
They  propose  to  visit  Plillartclphla  during  the 
Exlubltlon.  Gen.  A.  Puryec  is  elected  President. 
The  River  anri  Harbor  bill  which  ps.ssed  llte 
House  on  April  10  did  not  have  the  approval  tif 
tlu-  .\pproprl.ailon  Committee,  the  members  eou- 
sldeil  tig  the  amounts  extravagant  and  not  proiv 
erly  distributed.  MIchlgati  gets  $525,000,  or  $^i3,oiH) 
more  than  Now  York,  wiuoh  aggregates  S-t.s2,0oo.  ' 
Even  West  Virginia  gels  $495, ooo,  Teime.ssee  $445,-  , 
ooo,  Texas  $4a2,000,  WlscAmsln  $390,500,  and  Iowa  i 
$275,000.  These  seven  suitijs  get  more  tlian  onc- 
hair  of  the  entire  amount  appropriated. 
Sup’t.  Cooper  of  the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western 
Kallroart  says  that  a  locomoHve  drew  a  director’s  ^ 
car  nine  and  three-fourths  miles  on  Uiat  line  In 
seven  and  one-fourth  minutes.  Tlie  time  was  | 
from  a  llylug  start  to  a  dead  stop,  and  It  Is  caicu-  | 
lated  that  the  highest  speed  was  at  a  rate  of  S7  i 
miles  an  hour.  It  was  on  a  down  grade. 
It  Is  proposed  to  use  the  lato  Hamilton  Murray’s  , 
bequest  of  $t5,noo  to  Princeton  College  In  erecting  i 
a  new  building  for  the  Philadelphian  Society,  the 
oldest  rcUglous  society  or  the  institution.  The  | 
membership  has  largely  Increased  of  late,  and 
bettor  accommodations  are  needed. 
Near  Yrcka,  CoJ.,  a  henl  of  horses  roamed  for 
several  ycai's.  They  had  strayetl  from  their  own¬ 
ers  from  time  to  time,  and  beeame  so  vrild  by  a  I 
free  life  in  the  mountains  that  they  could  not  be 
recapturod.  The  uncommuuly  deep  snow  nr  last 
winter  oondned  them  In  a  gorge  and  they  starved 
to  death.  Their  bodies  and  those  of  many  deer 
that  perishiHl  In  U»o  same  way  have  been  found. 
The  Congregallonal  churches  of  Connecticut 
will  celebrate  the  National  Centennial  on  Sunday, 
.July  9,  and  endeavor  tn  raise  money  for  a  memo¬ 
rial  building  In  Hartford. 
In  the  railway  sho|)s  at  Port  .Jervis  the  working 
hours  have  been  increased  from  B5  to  fo  hours  per 
week.  At  Susquehanna  150  hands  have  bcendlft- 
cnarged. 
It  will  cost  six  or  eight  thousand  dollars  to 
have  such  a  celebration  as  was  proposed,  and 
the  NewburgUers’  patriotism  Is  oozing  out  of  their 
pockcllXMJks. 
The  people  of  Georgia  do  not  believe  in  newspa¬ 
per  quarrels.  The  Grand  .fury  of  Polk  County,  at 
Its  recent  session,  made  the  following  report  to 
the  court  after  returning  several  indictments; 
"  \Vc  also  feel  It  our  duty  to  censure  tJie  course 
and  conduct  of  our  two  newspapers  toward  each 
other,  and  urgently  request  the  two  editors  to 
coftse  wrangling  about  tnemseives  and  branch  oIT 
into  agricultural  articles,  or  others  that  will  tend 
to  develop  the  Interests  and  welfare  of  our  coun- 
try.” 
The  conteimlal  Committee  or  the  I’hlladelphla 
Councils  have  decided  not  to  have  the  crack  In 
the  old  Independence  Hell  repaired,  believing 
that  It  la  too  prnclous  a  relic  to  be  meddled  with. 
The  .Sun  Francisco  Board  of  .Supervisors  arc 
considering  with  some  favor  a  propo.sed  order  fo 
the  HherllT  to  cut  close  the  hair  of  every  prisoner 
sent  to  the  county  Jail  imiucdlatel.v  ujioti  his  In¬ 
carceration.  This  ordinance  Is  aimed  at  the 
Clilnese,  w  ho  chertsli  their  queues  with  religious 
devotion. 
Mr.  Henry  \V.  Hayinond,  the  only  son  of  the 
lato  Henry  .T.  If.ajunond,  has  become  a  partner  In 
the  llrinol  Hadley  Brothers  Si,  Co.,  booksellers,  In 
Chicago. 
A  wolf  broke  away  from  a  cage  In  which  he  was 
confined  at  Jojilln,  Mo.,  recently,  and  attacked 
the  Utile  son  and  daughter  of  his  owmer,  who 
were  very  badly  bitten  before  the  animal  w’as 
driven  oil. 
A  counterfeit  flve-cent  piece  la  in  circulation 
which  falls  to  be  gonulnc  only  because  It  Is  not 
Issued  by  a  ITulted  States  mint,  os  It  contains  the 
full  amount  of  metal  In  weight  and  fineness,  it 
Is  said  that  the  flro-cent  pieces  cost  tlie  Oovem- 
ment  only  half  a  cent  apiece. 
There  Is  a  camel  ranche  near  Elgin,  Texas.  The 
animals  were  imported  at  the  opening  of  the 
.Mormon  war  lucxpcdatlon  of  a  eon  tract  with  tlie 
United  States  Government  for  tranKportatlon,  and 
they  have  cnnsldorably  mulU|iUcd  since  that  time. 
Horace  (ireele.v’s  old  homcateud  at  Chappaqua 
was  burned  Friday  uight,  April  I4.  It  liiwl  not 
been  tenanted  for  some  months,  but  was  to  have 
been  occupied  by  Col.  Nicholas  Smith  and  wife 
(Ida  OrcoIc.v)  during  the  summer.  The  rnone.v 
loss  w’as  small.  The  house  wa.s  the  favorite  resi¬ 
dence  of  Mr.  Greeley  the  last,  twenty  years  or  liLs 
life  and  hod  a  historic  interest. 
A.  T.  Stewart’s  wlU  loft  one  million  dollars  to 
Judge  Henry  Illltoii,  Ids  executor,  and  the  re¬ 
mainder,  e.xcept  some  few  small  bequests,  to  bis 
wife.  Now  Mrs.  Stewart  has  sold  all  the  properly 
to  Judge  Hilton,  excepting  New  York  real  estAio, 
for  one  mllllou  dollars.  It  is  supposed  that  the 
Intention  Is  to  make  some  public  u.sc  of  the  vast 
property  in  accordance  with  Mr.  Stewart’s  ott^mi 
cxpres,scd  latent.lon.s ;  but  no  one  knows  what 
wlU  be  done. 
About  May  16  the  Ilarlcm  liallroad  Company 
will  put  on  ten  extra  tnains  dally  between  the 
Grand  Central  Depot  (N.  Y.  City)  and  WUUouis- 
brldge.  The  time  to  WlUluiusbrldgc  wlU  be  :io 
minutes.  Including  stoppages,  and  to  Harlem  12 
minutes.  The  laro  to  W  lUlanisbndgo  will  be  30c. 
from  the  Grank  central  Depot. 
There  are  over  16,im)0  soldiers  buried  In  the  Na¬ 
tional  Cemetery  at  Vicksburg.  The  spot  has  beeu 
rendered  very  beautiful  and  Is  visited  dally  by 
large,  numbers  of  people. 
- - 
FOBEIGN  NOTES. 
The  Bank  ol  France  has  In  circulation  2,40.9, SOO,- 
490  francs,  and  In  Its  vaults  sjiecle  to  the  amount 
of  1,770,741,081  francs,  or  721  francs  ol  gold  to 
every  l,ooo  francs  of  paper  in  circulation.  This 
gold  accumulation  Is  said  to  be  the  largest  ever 
got  together  anj'where. 
1  n  May,  an  interesting  collection  of  manuscripts 
and  letters  left  by  Thomas  Moore,  will  be  sold  at 
auction  in  London.  It  Includes  the  original  MS. 
of  ••  Lalla  Rookh  "  and  the  last  letter  written  by 
Byron  to  Moore  froru  Mlssolonghl,  only  a  month 
before  Byron’s  death. 
The  oilleial  Taslikent  Ga7.elte  states  that  the 
immigration  of  Russian  seiMcrs  Into  Turkestan  is 
going  on  oil  a  very  large  scale.  The  colonists 
ciiledy  etime  from  the  provinces  of  Astrakan, 
8auiara  and  Tambuff. 
Llvcriiool  Is  to  be  supplied  with  ivater  from 
Lake  iVlndermero.  The  estimate  of  cost  varle-s 
from  i:2,uao,ouiJ  for  a  dally  supply  of  ten  mllUoh 
gallons,  to  £4,60(1,013)  for  forty  mllUons. 
The  Governor  of  (ireal  Britain’s  latest  acquisi¬ 
tion,  the  FIJI  Islands.  Sir  Arthur  Gordon,  would 
seem  to  be  a  very  different  kind  of  man  from  the 
ordinary  American  office  holder  or  .salary  grabber. 
Owing  to  the  revenue  having  fallen  short  of  previ¬ 
ous  estimates,  Sir  Arthur,  although  entitled  to 
his  salary  of  £5,ouo  a  year,  accepts  only  ira.ooo. 
The  British  bark  Emma  L.  Oultnn,  Capt.  Mac¬ 
kenzie,  which  sailed  from  Baltimore,  March  S,  for 
(iuccustowu,  was  abandoned  at  sea  March  13,  in 
a  sinking  conciltlon.  Her  crew  was  rescued. 
In  the  department  of  the  Loire,  France,  over 
j  2,000  Avomon  are  employed  in  the  glove  trade. 
'I’he  Austro-Hungarian  Empire  has  l,soi  mining 
establishments,  which  employ  87,431  men, 
A  statue  la  to  be  erected  at  (lalcutfa  in  com¬ 
memoration  of  tlie  aeiwlcea  of  Lord  Napier,  the 
hero  of  Magdala. 
A  committee  is  lu  session  In  IjOndoii  charged 
with  an'lnqulry  into  the  cause  and  extent  of  the 
depreciation  In  the  value  of  silver. 
Two  largo  dry  gooils  houses  In  Ixmdon  have 
w  eU-salttrtcd  private  ch.-iplalns  to  conduct  morn¬ 
ing  pi'.ayers,  nnd  give  addresses  to  the  young  men 
and  women  in  their  employ. 
The  5i!ij  or  of  Fordivlch,  England,  Is  dead,  after 
an  uninterrupted  tenure  of  onice  for  28  years.  It 
Is  the  rule  In  the  borough,  If  any  person  refuses 
to  .aecepl  the  office  of  Mayor,  to  pull  down  his 
house. 
J'enny  banks  have  been  established  in  lAindon 
in  connection  with  the  public  scbools,  and  wirhln 
a  few  months  5,2«rt  children  have  deposited  $5,620. 
Divers  are  at  work  tiy  lng  to  recover  the  remain¬ 
ing  $1 16, 000  of  the  specie  lost  Oh  the  Schiller  when 
wrecked  at  the  Srilly  Isles.  Last  summer  $285,- 
(331  was  saved. 
The  Italian  Government  has  decided  to  restore 
the  hve  ancient  churches  of  Clmltlle,  which  arc 
said  to  be  the  most  ancient  Christian  temples  lu 
Europe.  They  date  from  the  fourth  century,  and 
contain  remarkable  mural  paintings  and  sculi>- 
tures. 
A  dispatch  from  Havana,  April  10,  says  Uiat  ad-  j 
Vicos  from  flacmol  to  the  30Lh  of  March  report  the 
town  still  blockaded.  President  Dominique  had 
given  t  he  ln.surgents  notice  that  m  96  hours  the 
place  Avould  be  bombarded.  1’lic  time  had  ex-  I 
jUred  and  the  lliPi.'at  remained  unexecuted.  Dom¬ 
inique  13  very  unpopular,  but  the  inovcnicnt 
against  him  this  time  will  probably  fall.  It  Is  re- 
IKirted  lhats(wera.l  of  the  passengers  on  the  steam¬ 
er  Tbj'ra,  from  Ht.  'I'homaa,  had  bcim  shot  ou 
landing  at  Jacmel.  Two  United  wtAtes  men-of- 
war  ut  I’orl-au-Prlnce  llireaton  to  use  force  If  the 
decree  taxing  foreigners  is  earned  out  against 
Americans,  or  the  moneys  airr.tdy  collected  are 
not  returned  to  them.  The  French  consul  Insists 
nil  l.he  same  treatment  for  French  clllzeus. 
The  Liebig  memorial  fund  In  Munich  ha.s 
reached  the  sum  of  $37.3, (3Ki,  and  It.  Is  announced 
that  uo  more  money  Is  noexlod.  The  mode  of 
commemorating  the  great  chemist  has  not  yet 
been  delormliuid,  but.  It  is  thought  that  scholar¬ 
ships  will  be  founded,  or  a  fountain  will  be  erected 
in  oue  of  the  squares  In  Munich. 
The  Inhabitants  of  the  island  of  Ayos  Strati, 
near  Lemnos,  have  been  troubled  with  loeusta, 
and  thinking  that  Aviiehcrafl  avoS  the  cause,  they 
couniied  half  n  dozen  women  at  t  he  bottom  of  a 
well  to  effect  a  cui'e.  They  are  now  in  a  sad  state 
of  disappointment,  because  the  authorities  hiiA-c 
released  the  women,  one  of  wliom  has  afnee  died, 
and  still  t  he  locusts  don’t  disappear. 
The  Vatican  Ims  recelA’cd  a  note  from  Cardinal 
Slmecml,  the  Nuncio  at  .Madrid. stating  tliut  Spain 
iiroposes  to  enforce  the  concordat  of  iS5i  if  the 
^••ii.leun  will  promise  not  to  opiioso  tno  clatiso  of 
the  ConstltuLlou  relative  to  liberty  of  public  wor¬ 
ship. 
The  Italians  have  no  special  fancy  tor  trees, 
like  the  English  aud  Germans,  The  only  tree 
cultivated  in  Italy  Is  Hie  mulben'y,  Aviilch  has  a 
great  practical  value  as  furnishing  food  for  silk 
worms.  Poplars  are  ratsed  lu  Lombard}  only. 
Tbo  monks  in  their  mohasterles  make  the  best 
beer  in  the  Rhine  and  Bavarian  cities.  1'he  rea¬ 
son  of  tills  is  that  tJiey  arc  too  old  fogj  lsh  to  use 
the  sclcntuic  ingrciUents  w  iiich  the  profane  em¬ 
ploy,  a  nd  keep  on  making  beer  to-daj'  just  as  U, 
Avas  made  a  couple  of  hundred  years  ago.  They 
put  hops  lu  It  loo.  There  Is  plenty  of  room  In  the 
United  States  lor  monk-made  beer. 
'J'he  Senate  of  the  I'nlverslty  of  Prague  have 
prohibited  the  attendance  of  Avomen  at  the  lect¬ 
ures  ut  that  Institution. 
The  French  Chamber  of  Deputies  has  annulled 
the  election  of  M.  Veltlct,  ConservaUve,  from  the 
Departineiit  of  Cote  du  Nord. 
The  second  report  of  t  he  result  of  the  Investiga¬ 
tion  lute  the  dynamite  explosion  at  Bremerhaveu, 
some  months  ago,  is  published.  It  mentions  that 
three  cases  of  furs  shipped  nt  Halifax  in  the  miss¬ 
ing  steamer  city  or  Boston,  by  ‘‘James  Thomas,” 
were  uninsured. 
Tho  Beefsteak  Club  has  been  revived  in  London, 
Eng.,  with  2(31  members,  noblemen  and  gentle¬ 
men  connected  Avith  literature,  art,  and  the 
drama,  all  of  whom  must  have  accomplished 
something  of  some  Importance  to  gain  an  entrance. 
The  Danish  Ooverumeni  has  oAvarded  two  life 
pensions  of  3,ooo  croAvns  each  to  the  coraimsers  of 
Niels  Glide  and  Berggrun. 
The  oppouenis  of  vaccination  Aviil  be  dlsgitsied 
to  learn  that  the  last  returns  of  the  Steckwell 
8mall-pox  Hospital,  London,  show  that  while 
among  thirty-four  cases  iviih  good  or  moderete 
vacelnatJoii  not  a  single  death  ha-s  occurred,  the 
rate  of  mortality  of  those  who  had  not  been 
vaccinated  wa.s  as  high  as  45.8  per  cent,. 
"It  does  not  speak  Avell  for  the  liitelUgeuce of 
the  public,”  says  the  London  imncet,  "  that  the 
stamp  duty  on  patent  medicines  during  last  year 
yielded  an  Increase  of  £13,849  over  the  produce  ol 
the  previous  yciu'.  It  Is  scarcely  credible  that 
the  passion  for  consuming  unknown  quantities  ol 
unknoAvn  drugs  should  be  so  strong  as  this  thriv¬ 
ing  trade  in  nostrums  Indicates. *' 
President  MacMahon  ha-s  pardoned  several  In- 
hahlta'nte  of  Mai'sellles  Avho  were  Imprisoned  for 
particlpaGou  in  the  Commune. 
The  Pall  Mall  Gazette’s  Dublin  special  saj's  It 
Is  pretty  certain  that  the  emigration  from  Ireland 
In  1676  AviU  he  the  smallest  since  i.ssi.  it  was 
'  only  51,402  last  year. 
The  plague  is  increaslug  at  Bagdad,  Turkey, 
where,  on  March  2C,  thirty  new  cases  and  ten 
deaths  were  reported- 
A  stock  company  is  organizing  In  Russia  for  the 
Introduction  and  development  of  the  cultivation 
of  cotton  In  Central  Asia. 
The  Madrid  Dinrto,  ministerial  paper,  energeti¬ 
cally  denies  that  the  Government  intends  to  re¬ 
establish  the  concordat  of  1851, 
Turkey  la  considering  the  proposition  of  the 
Jewish  bondholders,  In  conjunction  Avlth  nome 
other  denominations,  to  exchange  their  bonds  for 
land  In  .Syria. 
Tlie  Spanish  Court  ol  Cassation  has  rejected  the 
appeal  of  Pastor,  condemned  to  death  for  an 
attempt  to  shoot  King  Amadeus.  The  where¬ 
abouts  of  Pa.stor  IS  unknown. 
The  reported  negotiations  for  the  cession  to  the 
German  empire  of  the  right  ol  the  Duke  of  Edin¬ 
burgh,  as  heir  pri^sumptlve  to  the  duchy  of  Saxe- 
Coburg  and  Gotha,  arc  denied  on  tnislAvorthy  au- 
tliorlty. 
On  the  3d  Inst,  the  champion  bale  of  cotton  was 
exhibited  at  Memphis.  It  Avas  cased  In  blue  silk 
of  American  raising  and  American  manufacture, 
and  on  being  brought  to  the  Cotton  Exchange  It 
secured  Uic  premium  of  $1,000  offered  fur  the 
finest  and  earliest  cotton  ol  the  sea-son. 
THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 
West  View,  Gooelilniid  Co.,  Vn.,  April  7. — 
Tlie  Arinter  here  has  been  very  mild,  In  contrast 
with  what,  wo  experienced  in  .Maryland.  There 
have  been  but  two  freezes,  each  of  three  days’  du¬ 
ration  :  these  enabled  the  provident  to  secure  a 
supply  of  lee,  varying  from  two  and  a-half  to  four 
Inches  lu  thickness.  Plowing  has  wtaroely  been 
luterrupted  at  all.  our  only  snow  fell  on  the 
morning  of  the  1 8th  of  .March,  to  the  depth  of  two 
liicht‘.s.  but  before  morulng  It  changed  to  rain,  and 
liy  next  morning  every  vestige  of  snow  had  disap¬ 
peared.  Wheat  and  winter  oats  arc  looking  very 
flue.  There  is  a  large  crop  of  corn  still  In  barn. 
It  has  heretofore,  since  the  war,  sold  fur  |4c^5 
hbl.  at  this  season  of  the  year,  and  farmers  are 
loth  to  dispose  of  It  at  $2.TC.  Wheat  Is  worth  $1.50; 
oats,  65c.:  hogs,  lOc.;  hutter.  25c.;  eggs,  I2c.;  fat 
cattle,  4(<t, 6c.,  gross;  timothy  hay,  $20 ;  clover,  $16; 
shucks,  $13 ;  straw,  $12  per  ton.-  -i- 
THE  AMERICAN  INSURANCE  00.  OF 
CHICAGO. 
The  American  of  Cliic,ago  has  been  much  slan¬ 
dered  of  late.  I.C't  us  see  why..  Has  it  ever 
failed  to  meet  its  obligations — to  pay  every  loss 
matming  against  it  ?  No  :  that  is  not  claimed 
by  its  bitterest  enemies.  Aro  its  officers  or  stock¬ 
holders  unreliable  business  men,  or  of  inferior 
moral  standard  ?  The  moutiou  of  their  names 
tlisproves  that.  No  one  has  dared  to  impugn 
such  man  as  ilon.  H.  N.  Hibbard.  Hon.  J.  M. 
Baile.v,  lion.  W,  H.  llratlley,  II.  Z.  CulA’cr,  L.  L. 
Muun.  Wm.  H.  Ovingtoit,  Nicholas  Krausz,  M. 
A.  Iloyiie.  R.  B.  Currier.  1).  A.  Kiiowltou,  Jr., 
aud  Chae.  L.  Currier.  Yet  tliesc  aro  the  men 
to  whom  the  Auiericairs  interests  aro  intrusted. 
Does  it  lack  enterprise  or  stability  ?  Its  cash 
income  of  ^817,000  and  the  &40,000,000  of  insur¬ 
ance  written  last  year,  and  its  ^906,000  cash 
assets,  together  Avith  its  $2, 000, 000  of  install¬ 
ment  notes,  arc  sufficient  denials  of  that,  IVhat 
then  is  the  matter  ?  iSuccesa  !  M(tU  !  These 
aro  Avhat  draw  tbo  enemies’  fire.  Perliapa  tho 
reader  of  this  has  received  or  had  shown  him  by 
Home  rival  agent  one  of  nuuieiTiUB  circtilars  which 
are  being  so  industriously  distributed  over  the 
country.  H  so,  lot  liiui  probe  the  iiioDvo  of  the 
source  fi'om  AA'henco  it  came.  The  in.sui‘ance 
commisaouers  of  four  different  States  have  just 
done  Ibis,  and  after  a  seai'ching  official  examina¬ 
tion  of  the  American's  plan  of  business,  its  assets 
aud  liabilities,  all  came  to  the  same  conclusion. 
Li  closing  his'  published  report,  the  lion.  W.  D. 
Hill,  SniTerintendent  of  Insurance  for  Ohio,  says : 
"  It  is  my  opinion  that  the  American  lusurahce 
“  Company  of  Chicago  is  as  safe  and  sound  linan- 
"  ciaiiA'  as  other  insurance  companies  ixiasessed 
of  tVo  same  amount  of  capital  and  sissets.” 
Tlie  same  results  were  reachea  by  Col.  C.  P.  El- 
Icrbe,  Attorney,  and  Hon.  A..  Harvey,  the  emi¬ 
nent  Actuary,"  lioth  of  Avbom  represented  the 
State  of  Missouri  in  its  official  examination  of  the 
American’s  standing.  Also  by  nx-Auditor  Cat- 
tell  for  Iowa,  and  5lr.  Kellogg,  Actuary  of  the 
Illinois  Department.  These  men  declared  Avhat 
thew  knew,  for  they  went  to  tho  Company’s  office 
anti  saw  f(ir  themselves.  Aro  not  tho  resultB 
found  by  them,  after  days  of  personaJ  examina¬ 
tion,  trustworthy,  and  to  bo  accepted,  instead  of 
misrepresentations  indulged  in  by  bnsines.s  rivals 
for  mercenary  and  soUish  purposes  ?  The  Amer¬ 
ican  does  busmoHS  only  in  eight  of  the  Western 
States,  aud  insures  no  busbiess  property  Airhat- 
ever.  confining  its  risks  to  detached  dwellings, 
school-houses  u (id  ohurehes;  yet  there  ai'o  only 
six  companies  in  the  United  States  whose  busi¬ 
ness  equals  the  American's,  and  the.se  Amto  heavy 
lines  in  large  cities  throughout  the  Union.  Of 
course  their  agents  fight  the  American.  It’s 
their  bread  luid  butter  to  do  so.  The  American 
is  getting  the  cream  of  the  non^hazardous  busi¬ 
ness.  It  Avill  take  no  other.  It  Iuiuavs  how  to 
fet  it.  too ;  for  iu  1871  its  cash  income  Avas  only 
288,672,  wliile  in  1875  it  reached  the  splendid 
proportions  of  $817,424,  It  shapes  its  busmess 
to  the  needs  of  its  members  in  AiTitiug  five  years’ 
policies  aud  colleetiug  in  cash  only  one  year’s 
premium,  taking  ’  installment  noted  pavable  in 
one,  two,  three  and  four  years  for  the  balance. 
In  conclusion,  the  American  is  old  in  years,  pros¬ 
perous  in  business,  strong  iu  reputation  and 
money,  and  Avhat  is  better  than  all,  prudently 
and  uonestly  managed  by  experienced,  success¬ 
ful  business  men,  with  unshed  reputations  for 
integrity  and  moral  Avorth. 
