1874 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
309 
Life Insurance. 
It is good policy to have a good policy. To 
assure oneself that the assurance effected is effec¬ 
tive, and will eventually be a pillar of strength and 
comfort to those in whose favor it is originated, is 
very nearly, if not quite, all the modern duty of 
men. And yet many a man jogs along through 
life vainly dreaming that it will last forever—• 
forever being an indefinite idea of robust health. 
His glass shall discover to him the approaching 
■wrinkle, and the inevitable thread of silver among 
the well-oiled curls. But with the vanity of self¬ 
appreciation, he flies to the cosmetical mysteries 
to hide the advances of time; the inexorable 
apathy will overcome him, and he shall neither 
have policy nor prudence. “By-and-by,” says he, 
“I will insure.” By-and-by comes, and the sum 
which would otherwise have secured his family a 
competency, has been spent in the adornment of 
his favorite moustache, and the quiet little suppers 
after the theatres. In the course oMbe year, this 
will come to a total, double and treble his premium, 
and the physicians shall absorb the rest. “By- 
and-by ” has made him uninsurable. “ To-mor¬ 
row,” and “ to-morrow ” arrives, until there is no 
to-morrow, and the greatest inconvenience of all 
arrives, the inconvenience which settles all claims, 
policies and premiums, proving there are people 
who think less of their lives than other men do of 
their property. 
We can pull down bams and build greater; the 
household gods can be replaced again and again ; 
nothing that is of the earth or the waters under 
the earth but what can be fished up if lost. But 
lift) we can neither build nor make ; we can pull it 
down, annihilate it, or gradually dissipate it; but 
to replace it is beyond the power of man. The 
sting of non-existence, while existing, is robbed of 
half its misery; the mind relieved of a dull, heavy 
weight, a man lives longer and easier, when his 
life is assured. This is the best policy of assur¬ 
ance to assure. 
The United States Life Insurance Company of 
this city secures its policies by an exceptional 
integrity and carefulness of management; by its 
quarter-of-a-century record without blemish; by 
its vast accumulations ; its moderate expenditures 
and its wholesome growth. Insure in it. 
PS?trails 
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WILL WIND LANYWATCi 
And Hot 
'Wear Out. 
For Bale by Watchmakers. By mail, 50 cents. 
. J. S. BIRCH, 37 Maiden Lane, New York. 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 
ORGANS & MEL0DE0N1 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory In the 
United States. 
13,000 
[Now In use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the same 
popularity. 
Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, Iff. Y. 
IT IS NOT ECONOMY 
To buy a poor Shoe, Try Good 
Calls Screw Wire 
FOR ECONOMY. 
NEW in relation to Boys’ 
' ■ Hoarding School. 8tli year. No extras. All booESTur- 
nished free to scholars. Catalogues free. Address 
HIRAM H. POST, Prim, Sing Sing, N. Y. 
A MONTH made honestly with Sten¬ 
cil aiuiRey-Check outfits. Catalogue and 
M. Spehobb, 117 Hanover St..Bostou, Mass. 
$600 
samples free. -S. 
The Agricultural College of 
Cornell University. 
This Institution is now fully organized with the following 
Professors and Instructors: 
J. P. Roberts, Practicaland Experimental Agriculture 
John Stanton Gould, Lecturer on Mechanics applied 
to Agriculture. 
A. M. Prentiss, Botany and Horticulture. 
James Law, Veterinary Science and Practice. 
G. C. Caldwell, Agricultural Chemistry. 
J. II, Comstock, Agricultural Entomology. 
C. Fred. Hartt, General and Agricultural Geology. 
E. IT. Fnertes, Surveying. 
C. Babcock, Architecture. 
J„ L. Morris, Mechanical Engineering. 
J. E. Sweet, Practical Mechanic and Superintendent of 
Machine Shops. 
E. C. Cleaves, Free-Hand Drawing and Mechanical 
Draughting. 
Besides these, other University Professors give full in¬ 
struction in tliis Department in Mathematics, Modern Lan¬ 
guages, Natural Philosophy, Human Physiology, History, 
and Political Economy. 
The University Farm is nowin condition to give useful 
illustration botli as to processes aud experiments. The 
University Library and Laboratories, and extensive illus¬ 
trative collections of machinery, implements, models, ap¬ 
paratus, drawings, and specimens, are freely opened to 
students. 
By a recent resolution of the Board of Trustees, all stu¬ 
dents in the Department of Agriculture are to be educated 
Free of any Charge for Tuition. 
And ample opportunity will be afforded to such students to 
pay for their room-rent in the University building by labor 
on the Farm, if they desire to do so. 
Thamext entrance examinations will begin Sept. 8tli. 
FoirCatalogue, giving full particulars, apply to 
Prof. C. C. CALDWELL, 
Secretary of the Faculty. 
Asbestos Materials. 
ASBESTOS ROOFING, PAINTS, CEMENTS, ROOF 
COATING, SHEATING,' &c. 
II. W. JOHNS, 87 MAIDEN LANE, N. Y„ 
Established 1S58. Patentee and Sole Manufacturer. 
(CIRCtTLAK.) 
Consumers’ Importing Tea Co.,) 
No. S CLurcli Street, r 
I*. O. Boi 5,509. New York City. ) 
This is a combination of capitalists to supply the consum¬ 
ers of Teas throughout the United States on the mutual 
principle. 
We have experienced agents iu all the best districts of 
China and Japan to select Teas especially for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Teas to render us all the 
assistance they can in carrying out our enterprise, as we 
make a specialty of SUPPLYING CONSUMERS ONLY 
(and allow no middlemen to make any profit on our impor¬ 
tations), which will enable us to supply them with Teas at 
prices lower than have ever been known, and of those fine 
qualities that seldom reacli the interior, being sold only in 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an interest in our enter¬ 
prise, and send at once for a circular with full explanations 
o i how to proceed to obtain our goods, we,remain. 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers’ Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Church Street, 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in January, 1874, 
by the Consumers’ Importing Tea Co., In the Office of the 
Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 
To Nurserymen, 
TREE DEALERS AND PLANTERS. 
Our "Wholesale Catalogue for Autumn 1874, 
now ready, and sent FREE to all applicants. 
Aug. 1,1874. ELL.WANGER & BARRY, 
Mt. Hope Nurseries , Rochester, N. Y. 
HOME 
INSURANCE COMPANY 
OF NEW YORK, 
OFFICE, 135 BROADWAY. 
CASH C PITAL, ------- $3,500,000 00 
Reserve lor llc-Insurance, July 
1, 1874, - -- -- -- -- 1,919,971 53 
Reserve for - Unpaid Losses and 
Dividends, - -- -- -- - 343,338 83 
Net Surplus, -- 549,17104 
TOTAL ASSETS, --- - $5,313,381 40 
A DIVIDEND OF FIVE FEU CENT HAS BEEN DE¬ 
CLARED, PAYABLE ON AND AFTER THE 17th DAY 
OF JULY. 
CHARLES J. MARTIN, President. 
J. II. WASHBURN, Secretary. 
Riiles, Shot Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, Ammunition, Fish¬ 
ing Tackle, etc. For Price-list, see page 157, April No. Am. 
Agriculturist,, or address, with stamp, 
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, 
285 Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
THE PEOPLE’S 
Force Pumps. 
Awarded medal of American In¬ 
stitute over all competitors last fall. 
For tlie house and out of doors. 
Non-freezing,and adaptable to wells 
from 6 to 10ff feet deep. Highly re¬ 
commended for city houses on ac¬ 
count of their great power. Parties 
about to supply themselves are in¬ 
vited to call and examine. Circu¬ 
lars sent on application. Plumbers 
are particularly requested to call. 
See “Notes from the Pines,” on 
page 182, May number, of American 
Agriculturist. 
W. S. BLUNT, 
77 Beekman Street, New York. 
G-eneva Mursery. Est , a ^ Ued 
400 Acres of Frnit and Ornamental Trees. 
LARGE STOCK OF 
Pear Trees—extra size, Standard and Dwarf. 
Pear Trees—first class, five to seven feet. 
Apple Trees—first class, Standard and Dwarf. 
Cherry Trees, Peach, Plum, Orange, Quince. 
Grape Vines—New varieties and old approved sorts, 
.lasirjxe Stock of Tree Hoses? grown by us espe¬ 
cially lor the Trade. Fine formed heads. Our Trees and 
Plants are grown on heavy clay soil, which makes them 
very hardy. All at lowest prices. Catalogues free. 
W. &. T. SMITH, Geneva, N. Y. 
A SILVER TIP 
Adds Five Cents 
lew York Cieie of Veterinary Surgeons, 
INCORPORATED 1857. 
Lectures for 1874 will commence about the middle of Octo¬ 
ber and continue until the last of February, 1875. 
Fees: Matriculation, $5; Faculty, $120 ; Graduation, $25; 
Dissecting, $7 ; Address for Circulars, 
A. F„ LIAUTARD, V.S., M.D., Sec'y. 
205 Lexington Ave., New York. 
Ton'giie-'Lolliiftg' Bite® 
We make Bits to prevent the above bad habit. $2, $3, or 
$4, for cash with order, or C. O. D. Hand-forged Bits made 
in any style to order. Patenters of the 
BALDWIN" BIT, lor side pullers and hard mouths. 
$2, S3, and $4. Also agent6 for the 
MARTIN BIT. See adv. in “ Tnrf, Field, and Farrm,” 
and “ Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times.” 
JOS. BALDWIN &£ i$0., Newark. N. J. 
W A. I OTIRKT Sc CO.. !®i*o.1iisce 
® Commission Merchants, No‘,'08 Pearl Sireet. 
New York. “Quick sales and prompt returns.” 153™Send 
for our weekly Prlces-cnrrent and Marking Plate..®! 
ilEHLWMMT for SEEM". 
New crop now ready. Orders promptly filled. 
JOSEPH HARRIS, MWwtolfflam, Rochester, N. r. 
TO THE COST OF A SHOE, 
and $1 to its value. 
TO SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN! 
Our long experience in supplying the wants of Southern 
Nurserymen, enables us to offer for this fall a stock of trees 
unsurpassed for the Southern market. Standard and Dwarf 
Pears, Apples, Cherries, Plums, &c., &c., in almost endless 
quantity. Send for Price List. 
NICHOLAS & NEWSON, Geneva, N.Y. 
STEEL PENS! 
SoM by all Dealers. 
No. 01 John St., New York. 
umm EQBi gfete JOSEPH flIUOTT & SONS* 
