1872 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
79 
Empire Mutual 
Life Insurance Company 
OF 
NEW YORK. 
Office, - - - - 139 Broadway. 
Success the Criterion of Excellence. 
Compared with the following welhknown Companies, the 
prosperity of the EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE lias 
been most remarkable. 
The average number of Policies issued by the 
Empire Mutual in the first 2 years was. 4,016 
Mutual Life. “ 21 
New England Mutual. “ 22 
New Torlc Life. 
Mutual Benefit. 
Connecticut Mutual... 
Charter Oak. 
Massachusetts Mutual. 
18 
18 
16 
13 
17 
1,463 
S12 
1,008 
1,019 
1,783 
1,027 
1,03S 
The ratio of Policies issued in 1S70 by the Empire over 
those issued in 1SC9 was 167 per cent, and of Receipts, 600 
per cent. 
Number of Policies issued iu first two years, • • 8.032 
Annual Premium thereon,.$793,742.45 
Amount Insured thereby,.$17,286,406.00 
Average Amount of Policies,.$2,152.00 
Total Assets at the end of two years, above - $700,000.00 
Notice the following Liberal Features : 
Ordinary Whole Life Policies absolutely IVon-For- 
feitable from payment of the first annual premium. 
All other Policies Nou-Forfei table after two annual 
payments. 
All Policies incontestable for usual causes, and abso¬ 
lutely incontestable after two annual premiums. 
All restriction upon travel and residence removed 
and no permits required. 
One third of all premiums loaned to the Insured, If 
desired, and no notes required. 
No accumulation of Interest on Deferred Premi¬ 
ums, and no increase of annual payment on any class of 
policies. 
Dividends Accumulative, the surplus being re¬ 
turned to the Policy-holder, equitably in proportion to his 
contribution thereto. 
The business of the Company conducted upon the Mutual 
Plan. 
<G. HILTON SCHII3N1ER, President. 
CHABNCEY Mt. B EPEW, Vice-President. 
FLAX. HEMP. RAM \ E, 
We make separate Brakes for each article. The Flax 
Brake is well known as the best in any market. The Hemp 
Brakes are strong, and will break fast and first-rate, taking 
out nearly all the woody matter. The Ramie Brake will do 
the work, and clean this new plant as required. Please send 
for Circular to .TOII1V W. QUINCY. 
Treasurer, Mallory & Sanford Flax and Hemp Machine Co., 
_ 98 Willi am St., New York. 
T RY “Carolina, Farmer,” first-class 
Agricultural Magazine, Wilmington, North Carolina. 
$2.00 per year. Advertising rates low. 
NO FREEZING—NO SNOWS—RIPE 
ORANGES AND GREEN VEGETABLES AT 
DAYTONA, FLORIDA. 
Fk>r Clieap Lauds and Homes, Inquire of 
M. DAY, JTr., Mansfield, Oliio. 
Thorough - bred Stock, 
Ayrshire, Jersey, and 
Guernsey Cattle. 
Cotsvvold Sheep, Ewes, and Rams of the 
famous Maple Shade Flock. 
Berkshire Pigs, of the best strains. 
Essex Pigs, as fine as any in the country* 
All the above are strictly thorough-bred, with undoubted 
pedigrees, and will be sold at reasonable prices. 
L. A. CHASE, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
The First Division of the 
ST. PAUL k PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 
Offer for sale 1,500,000 Acres of Land 
Along their lines of Railroad. Also, “Y?CS N7£7‘IKF XsOTS 
In twenty flourishing Towns and Railroad Stations. 
ACTUAL SETTLERS can purchase on long credit with 7 per cent annual interest. The Bonds of the Company- 
taken at par on Cash Sales. For Descriptive Pamphlets, Prices, and other information, apply to 
General Office at St. Paul, Minnesota. HERS¥5ANM TROTT, Land Commissioner. 
Mem— Attention is called to Government lands on the west end of the Main Line, which can he taken under the 
Homestead Law. 
900,000 ACRES 
OF 
EXCELLENT FAL’.MING 
AND SPLENDID 
Michigan Pine Lands 
FOR SALE, 
On which are ONE THOUSAND MILLION S OF 
PINE TIMBER, and inexhaustible quantities of Maple, 
Beech, Elm, Ash, Hemlock, Oak, etc. 
The grant of lands to the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail¬ 
road Company, to build their Road from Fort Wayne, Iud., 
to Traverse Bay and Mackinaw, Michigan, comprises in its 
farming lands every variety of soil, from the rich clay loam 
t>o the light sandy, and they are found in that section of 
Michigan, north of the city of Grand Rapids, and contiguous 
to the great fruit belt on the eastern shores of Lake Michi¬ 
gan, now being rapidly developed by railroad and other en¬ 
terprises. 
Farming Lands are sold to actual settlers, on cre¬ 
dit, one quarter down, balance in yearly payments, interest 
7 per cent. Persons desirous of locations for farms will, on 
application at the Office in Grand Rapids, lie fur¬ 
nished witli Tickets over the Road, entitling them to 
Return of Farrs, in the event of purchasing ally of the 
Company’s farming land. For information about the lands, 
prices, location, etc., etc., address 
VVM. A. HOWARD, Land Commissioner, 
Title Perfect. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
FOR SiLXjR. 
V ERY VALUABLE RIVER FARM: one of 
the finest in East Tennessee; 700 acres; 400 in 
fine cultivation ; mostly first-class river bottom ; large brick 
house and out-buildings; fine orchard. Price $35,000; one 
sixth cash, and balance in five equal annual installments, 
with interest. Send stamp for Tennessee Land Register. 
Large list of all kinds of property for sale, and interesting 
information about climate, etc. Address MUNSON & 
BAILEY, Real Estate Agents, Knoxville, Tennessee. 
a good grain and stock farm, 
weU stocked, on shares, by a first-class practical 
farmer (American). Is a good judge of stock. Or would 
take the management of a good farm. Ttie best oi refer¬ 
ence given. Address FARMER, Am. Agriculturist , N. Y. 
Af\r\ Hon STAUd>AKl> Pear Trees 
iUU.UUU at greatly reduced rates, and a complete 
assortment of Nursery Stock. Address 
E. MOODY & SONS, Lockport, N. Y. 
Will. M. Cakleton’s Great 
Poem, The Burning of Chica¬ 
go. Beautifully illustrated. His 
latest and best production. To 
any address, by 
WATERS, EBERTS & CO., Publishers, Chicago. 
SILVER-TIPPED SHOE^ 
WEAR TWICE AS LONG 
as shoes without. 
BOOK AGENTS WANTED. 
We desire to secure the services of a few more experienced 
agents, school teachers, and energetic men to solicit for our 
new and popular work, which has proven to be one of the 
best selling books in the market. 
For particulars, address 
BILL NICHOLS & CO., Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 
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HISTORY of tie GREAT FIRES 
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