Assets. 
UiT>:i>!5r.vrot 
| EHTERKfAL 
'ONMIKIO* ] 
SHU anti fjumoi. 
familiar relations, 
a little fntiu'T o'er the rtlle 
As Jauies would fain a sister— 
As eke some mother lads would do— 
tie bent him down and kiss’d her. 
An old proverb says that “the anvil lasts 
longer than the hammer.” This is probably the 
ouly consolation the undermost man In a light 
has. 
A VERY fat man sent an order to the oftiec for 
two seats ill the coach for himself. The clerk 
engaged him one seat outside and the other 
inside. 
A Nevada politician was elected on the 
merits of a single speech. All lie said was. 
“ Fellow.countrymen, follow me to yonder re¬ 
freshment saloon!” 
An exchange, speaking of young ladies, says 
it wants “ more kitchen and less parlor; more 
pudding and less piauos." More sass is what 
the chap wants, with a broomstick thrown in. 
“ Is that the second bell ?” inquired a gentle¬ 
man of a colored porter. “ No, sail,” answered 
the porter, “dat am the second ringin’ ov de 
fust bell. We hah but one bell in dis establish- 
mum.” 
When we see a streak of black on the cook's 
<cheek, jusi after the coal man has been putting 
the winter supply of fuel into the cellar, we are 
led to infer that he turned a coaled shoulder on 
her.— Kf.. 
A Western paper remarks in its financial 
analysts that money is so plentiful that young 
men are wearing pantaloons with checks on 
them. And when money i* scarce probably 
there will be drafts through them. 
After all, a man never fully appreciates 
those volumiuous dolmans of the ladies until 
he takes a moonlight promenade with the 
wearer and notices how effectually it conceals, 
from those behind, the exact whereabouts of 
his arm. 
“Teddy, nte hoy,” said an Irishman to his 
nephew, "jist guess how many cheese there is 
in this here bag, an’ faith I’ll give ye the whole 
five." “ Five," answered Teddy. “Arrah, by 
my sowl. Ijad luck to the man that tould ye!” 
exclaimed the uncle. 
UDKIL fUKSSKS AMU UKATERs. 
■ |*<H)aCK A BosccWtT Prims Co. Syracuse. N.Y 
BIG GIANT UUKN MILL. 
Every Man His Own Miller. 
The only Mill that win 
grind Corn wlUi Shuck on 
^ without extra expense. The 
* only Mill grinding Corn anu 
"■ Cob suecesriully ihat will 
grind Shelled Corn Hue 
t enough for family use. 
,, Grin i in twice us fust us any 
.Otter Mill ot same slue and 
price. Manutaeiured by 
J. A. FIELD, SON & CO. 
922 N. 2cl St., St. Louis. 
a TDib Is «conihlmtuon of 
»■" /m capitalists to supply con* 
JP A earner8 only throughout 
the Untied States with 
PliRK TKAS on the 
mutual principle, by getting up clubs. Bend fo 
New Price-List. 
CONSUMERS’ IMPORTING TEA CO., 
P.O, Box 4236. No. 8 Church 8t„ New York City, 
THE 
>• 
NEW-YORKER. 
T .e maiden cried, “ Anal you a wretch 
To treat a girl so badly 1 
You’d daughter be ashamed, Isay, 
To amain me bo sudly ! ” 
Total Losses paid, I with Departments.84,31 3,089 80 
The Austrian-Bosnian question has been 
than cleverly hit off. Two Parisian (faunas are 
conversing. "A Congress — what is it?” 
“Well, this. I want to do something for you. 
so I give you that gentleman s watch and chain. 
Now it is for you to go and take it." 
Stranger (in back seats of new hall to 
architect whom lie does not recognise): “The 
acoustic principles of this hall must be villan- 
•ously bad. I cannot hear a word the perform¬ 
ers are saying.” Architect (spitefully) : “What 
can you expect? They’re amateurs.” Stranger: 
”1 suspect its the architect who's the amateur. ’ 
Architect collapses. 
A Scotch gentleman plagued by poachers 
procured a cork-leg dressed in a stocking and 
shoe, and sent it through the neighboring vil¬ 
lage by the town crier, who proclaimed that it 
had been found in a man-trap on the previous 
night in Mr. Ross's grounds, who desired to re¬ 
turn it to the owner. There was no more 
poaching after that. 
Uarl Cord, Conn ., January 1, 1879. 
Rea) estate,.. . 
Cash on band and In bank... 
Lnaus.ou bond and mortgage on real estate 
i uterest on loans, accmud but not due. 
Loans on collateral security. .. 
Deferred Life premiums . 
Premiums due and unreported Oil Life Pol¬ 
icies. .. . 
Dnited States got eminent bonds.. 
State ftud municipal bonds.. 
Railroad stocks and bonds. 
Rank aud Insurance stocks. 
Total Assets. 
$ r, 17.204 37 
127,004 lit* 
. 2,250,198 13 
58,173 98 
22,100 (HI 
51,272 52 
40.756 12 
488,420 00 
259,078 50 
320,338 IK) 
509.004 00 
..$4,595,445 31 
Liabilities 
Reserve, four per cent., Life Department.. .$2,972, ‘..1 59 
Reserve for re-iusuranoe. Accident Pep’t... 221,326 34 
Claims unadjusted aud not due, and all 
other liabilities. 144,500 00 
Total Liabilities.$3,338,337 93 
Surplus as regards Policy-holders si,5257,107 38 
Statistics for the Year 1878. 
Ltr^ Department. 
Number of Life Policies written in 1878.1,980 
Whole number of Life Police'* written to date.30,297 
Whole number of Life Policies iu force .. ..II ,207 
Amount Life Insurance iu force .. .$ 18,307,560 OO 
Total Claims paid in Life DepnriTn't.$ 1,271,137 HO 
Accident Department. 
Number of Accident Policies written iu 1878. .43, IIS 
Cash Premiums received for same.,,. $775.582 51 
Gain in Premiums over 1877. $50,587 Oil 
Whole number of Accident Policies written..517,985 
Number Accident claims paid iu i878 .-1,700 
Amount Accident Claims paid ill 1878.. $284,343 23 
Whole number Accident Claims paid..33,049 
Whole amount Accident Claims paid.$3,041,951 94 
JAS. Ci. BATTERSON, President. 
G. F. DAVIS, Vice-President. 
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. 
JOHN K. MORRIS, Assistant Secretary. 
GEO. KLL1H, Actuary 
Edward V. Preston, Sup’t of Agencies. 
G. P. Davis, M, D., Medical Examiner. 
J. B. Lewis, M. D., Surgeon and Adjuster. 
JVttc Y'ork Ollier, Tit I It I _V/; III //./t/.VtJ, 
R. M. JOHNSON, Manager. 
The Bishop preached. The congregation 
subsequently requested, him to publish his ser¬ 
mon. The Bishop was greatly delighted. “And 
so.” said lie, with jocose affability, to the sen¬ 
ior churchwarden, "the people were much 
pleased, eh?" “ Well,,you see. sir," replied 
Lite official, “our folks would like to know 
about it. and—" “ Ah,” interposed the Bishop 
complacently, “I see—they’d like to read it at 
home?" “ Well, sir, that’s what they would 
all like.” Here lie paused, and then added con¬ 
fidentially, “ It tvas very hot, you see, aud so, 
when you were preachin’ many of ’em were 
asleep! ” 
Suffering tor a Life Time, 
Persons afflicted with rheumatism often suffer 
ror a life-time, their tortures being almost without 
remission. The Joints and muscles of such unfor¬ 
tunates are In most eases shockingly contorted and 1 
drawn out ol shape. To afford them even tempo¬ 
rary relief, the ordinary remedies often prove utter¬ 
ly ustless. Hostetlers Stomach Bitters, on the 
other hand, is avouched, by persons who have used 
it, to lie a genuine source of relior. it keeps the 
blood cool by promoting a regular lmbit of body, 
and removes from it hupiirtiies which, in the opin¬ 
ion or all rational pathologists, originate Uds agon¬ 
izing complain! and its kindred malady, the gout. 
Besides tilts the Bitters remedy disorders of the 
stomach, liver and nerves, prevent and eradicate 
iniermiUeut and remittent fevers, promote appe¬ 
tite and sleep, and are highly recommended by 
physicians as a desirable medicinal stimulant and 
tonic. 
V eteran Corn Sheller 
FOR HAND OR POWER. 
Just the Thing for Mill, Farm or Plan¬ 
tation. 
Power and Ilitml Corn Sliellerm of all sizes 
and lo suit all wants. 
HO USE POWERS, JACKS, <Sco. 
Write for Descriptive Circulars and urines. Ad¬ 
dress SANDWICH WAN 1) K’CJ CD., 
Sandwich. Illinois. 
PAINT YOUR HOUSES 
WITH THE 
Rubber Paint. 
Send for Suniple Curd iiud Circular In 
THE fUTUUlSlt PAINT COMPANY, 
New York, Cleveland, Chicago or Louis. 
This Knife is the best in use for cutting down hay and straw m 
mow and stuck, cutting fine feed from bale, cutting corn stalks f«>r 
feed, cutting peat and ditching marshes. 
The blade is best cast steel, spring temper, easily sharpened, 
and is giving nnierrml satisfaction. A few moments'trial w 1. 
show its merits, and parties once using It are unwilling to do with¬ 
out It. its sales ure lust in ei easing for export us well as home 
trade, and it servia destined io lake the place of all other Huj 
Knives, 
They ure nicely packed In boxes, one dozen eicb. of 50 lh*. 
weight, suitable for shipping by land or water to any part of the 
worid. 
Manufactured only by 
For sale by the Hardware Trade generally. 
HIRAM HOLT <fc CO., 
East Wilton, Franklin Co., Maine. 
tfl epho I\IES 
■■ ■■ForBurineMYivi.l ■ ha \r II 
Ol IC YEW 1 $11*1(0YICIk 1M»1 Itl /MO 
peciai user, cuiled mitamc telkpihu liBSTy JgtJi ■\ 1 
tin* finest In t lie world, and the only completely sutbflii noy low j• ff 
iced instrument; with (spring* allAltaohmeii t,nmuc by|irui (lrnI. TitjTffD.jfr,| C-A 
aehinlst son scientific principle.; wnrr«med lo work one mile iitmlli rti i v.Jf 
«Jnitige» in the wether. Wc will send to one addrt-M one .ample .et. Jgf f W" 6 j 
niiiri.ing two Telephones. two walnut linldors.elx coppur bound insulator. not7 -iM&rr 
(12ndfceUinuvv *irr.tdSIS lie.-rent..Il.ooimtfrmn regularr.•>*«•».-■ - - 
WehislBit. for theIRA. Instrument*. Thin offer immul* for u limited tlmc,T' ~ 
iy. simply to introduce ©nr inurnment.; they wilt soon boHiflie'.ejdly w»lMS^*®MBSSKjpi 
own In sell through the trade, and we sliul) then be obliged to oliketty m»itiUinBWSB@HI^«djr_ 
fiuth ofordlnairv iutaltiiienrccMi put them up by following dbwtton* S' utwilh each pair. V*e have 
sold during the last three months nearly 4 OOO ol these iastnimenti-, and have hundred* of tentlmonlaln from all 
part- nt The roinitry. We griiirunteeull in.tnuitrtiti fold, For any Telephoto that fa! I* to work, we will refund th • 
money and pa v" all charges. Askunv Commercial Agency, and you will find wc are good for nil we agree to do. Fost- 
ige 2 ile. Name tins paper when you write. Kent, WuuilmanA: Co., 25 Congremitil-, llo.tou, ala*' • 
Bowditch’s Seeds' 
For 8 1 you buy $ 1.! G worth of Seeds nr Pin nix 
“83 " $ 3.45 '' “ SccdsorPlants 
“ !S 5 “ j# <;.<)<> " “ Seeds or Plant* 
“ SHO' “ 812.50 •’ Sceditor JManti 
“ $2 0 l 82 fi.OO '• “ Scct UorlManta 
My New Biualugur liar 1879 is the best and 
most comprehensive work issued. H contains numer¬ 
ous LngrnvinaK, illustrating tliousands of the best 
Flowers and Vegetables, ami also dcKtiriptions of 
ull the ID-minlnl t’lnuf*. Mailed fora 3-ecnt stamp. 
To customers free. Seeds or Plants by Express or Mail. 
(Safetyguaranteed.) W >1. K. ItDU IHT( II, 
(115 Warren St.. Ituston. 41a wn. 
we bell EVERYTHING i 
GARDE 
w ,_ 
Descriptive Catalogue, 180 pages, Free ou at 
PFTFR UFNnFRSDN; 
>pUoation. 
ten. 
35 CORfLANDT ST.. NEW YORK, 
FLOWER AND FRUIT PLANTS 
turfatg* illustrated Descriptive Catalogue 
H79 mailed free TO ALL. . Contains the 
hitfs and unusually full Standard Ust!L ]t WILL FAY 
Our laitfc lilustra 1 
for 1879 mailed FREE 
Novel lie’s and unusually 
YOU TO SEND 1<OK IT. 
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FAIR 
awr TlT'PT mvr A thcoatg award for Arti- 
Uit Xj BUrLUillrt liciai Color, it «* oictn io 
Wells, Kiehat'tUon «Ss (Jo’s PEltFELTEI) 
BUTTER COLOR 
Over Six. Companion, for “ Superior Purity, Strength, 
Ccifrrlian of Color, null Cr.rmunrn Much of the 
Prize Hilttcr was colored with It. 61PE IT A 
TitlA t. Ask your Druggist or Merrhant for it; or to 
know whflt it is, what it eosU.whern to get it, write 
Wells,Richardson Ai Co.,Proprs. , Burlington,VL 
ok it. BENSON, MAULE Sc CO. 
223 Churcfi St., Phllada., Pa. 
Every Man- 
His Own 
Printer . 4 
t $3 Press KL 
l*u*. (Stflf-mkrr 9 Lrmrtr air 
For InisineM, you)>K Ot u i 
CaUUojruf. of Prtsaes, T>*pe # Et ^ 
far I KELSEY At C->. 
_ ' Meriden, Cox. 
fUTl A ^1 AHEAD ALL THE TIME. 
' I ' KJ' fm Ihe very best tresh goods 
■ *J A W dlrecL from the importer* 
• at half the usual cost. Beat 
plan to Club Agents snd 
large buyers. All express charges putd. Quality 
guaranteed. New teruiB free. 
THE ORBAT AKIDRICAN TBA CO. 
P, 0. Box (285. 8j and 33 Vegey 8t„ N. Y, 
LIGHTNING HAY KNIVES. 
WEYMOUTH’S PATENT. 
UK. 1 - 9 ' 
30th Semi-Annual 
STATEMENT 
OF THE 
TRAVELERS 
