Aural Ktanutg.
MOTHS.
Seated by the window one warm spring
twilight, with two children by my side, a
little insect flew past us with a wavering,
uncertain flight, as if it hardly knew which
way to turn.
Up started the children at once and cried
out, " It is a moth miller ! a mother miller !
It is two cents for every moth miller that
you kill ;" and they began at once to chase
the little creature here and there, slapping
their hands together every now and then,
while the persecuted moth was flying far
above their heads: But they were indefat
igable hunters, and at last one of them
caught the insect by a dexterous grasp, and
claimed the promised reward.
A litte insignificant thing it looked as it
lay in his hand, with its dusty brown wings
all crumpled, and its fragile body crushed,
but it was one that all good housekeepers,
knowing its destructive propensities, hunt
with remorseless assiduity. A clothed moth,
whose young caterpillers eat our clothes,
carpets, false hair, furs, books, preserved
insects, stuffed birds, and destroy fabrics
which it has cost man much labor and in
genuity to produce, with as much coolness
as if all these costly things had been made
that moth grubs might eat, grow fat, and
turn into winged moths.
What shall I do to keep my furs, my
carpets, my garments safe from the destruc
tive creatures? is the anxious inquiry of
the careful housekeeper. Simply keep
them out of the way of the mother moth,
who no longer eats herself, but whose whole
business is to find some suitable substance
on which to deposit her eggs, and which
will furnish fbod and habitation for her
young grub when it is hatched. This is
no easy matter, for the mother moth is
small and capable 9f inserting her body
into very small crevices, into the cracks of
drawers and boxes, and will not despise
creeping through a key-hole if the key be
left out. And when once in, she will do
incalculable mischief, for the same instinct
which teaches her to find the suitable sub
stance, teaches her also to scatter her eggs
at such distances as may give each grub
sufficient space for food and lodging; so
that a piece of woolen cloth exposed to the
attacks of moths, is dotted all over with
holes, and looks as if it had been riddled.
The moths who work such destruction to
our various household properties, all belong
to the Tines family, and though very simi
lar, are divided into the tapestry, fur, wool
and cabinet moth, according to the substan
ces on which they feed. As soon as the
little creature is hatched, its first care is to
make a case for itself, as it belongs to that
class of` caterpillars that will not eat unless
they are mered, and it proceeds to form
one at once out of the substance which
surrounds it, which is as well adapted to its
requirements as the most sumptuous gar
ment that man ever devised for his artificial
needs.
It first cuts a long hair from the cloth as
a foundation for its case or coat, and places
it on a line with its body ; then it cuts
another, and laying it parallel with the first,
binds the two together with some silk of its
own providing, for these tiny creatures,
like many other caterpillars, are able to
furnish this essential material. It proceeds
in this way, cutting off long hairs and
binding them together, till the case is large
enough to cover its body, which it mea
sures for the purpose, and then finishes it
with a tapestry of silk.
.When the case or coat is finished, the
creature begins to eat; the substance about
it furnishing food as well as garments, soon
gives evidence of its destructive capacities.
As it grows, the case becomes too small for
it, and it must either build a new one or
enlarge the old. It chooses the latter. and
makes an addition by binding on fresh hairs
at the top and bottom. But it has in
creased in thickness as well as length, and
fresh hairs at the top and bottom will -nc , t
widen its coat, and so, like any good seam-,
stress, it slits the coat on one side and in
serts gores till it is easy and comfortable,
and corresponds to its growth.
The color of the coat is always the same
as the substance on which the caterpillar
lives; and if you have ever unrolled a cloth I
eaten by the moths, you will see these little
cases which the creatures have made, blue,
green, red, or drab, as the material may be,
and naturalists have learned how they en
large their coats by moving them from one
colored cloth to another, and the fresh
hairs added and the new gores inserted
were of different color from the original
garment. " For the case it always selects
the straightest and loosest pieces of wool,
but for food it prefers the shortest and moat
compact, and to procure these it eats into
the body of the stuff, rejecting the pile or
nap, which it necessarily cuts across, and
leaves the cloth thread-bare as it it bad
been much worn."
Various methods are tried to prevent the
ravages of these destructive and insidious
creatures. Turpentine, pepper, camphor,
are supposed to 'be safeguards, but there is
no real protection except in not exposing
the article to the 'Luther moth. Be sure
first that she has not been before you and
deposited her eggs on the material which
you wish to preserve, then carefully wrap
it in linen or cotton so tightly that you
leave not a crack or a pin-hole for the agile
creature to discover. Moths are supposed
sometimes to be self engendered, but this,
like all similar notions, is a mistake, for
insects come from eggs as plants from seeds,
and the sudden appearance of insects in 'a
place where they were not previously found,
only proves that the eggs have been depo
sited there without our knowledge.
Moths come from moth's eggs, and if
you protect yourself from them you have i
nothing to fear. Turpentine, camphor, or
pepper might possibly deter the moth
mother from laying her eggs on an article,
though this is very doubtful, but no per
fume affects the eggs. They are as inde
structible as insects' eggs generally are ;
cold does not harm them, excessive heat
only will kill them.
In some great furriers' establishments
the furs are never packed away, but left
hanging in some cool room, and every f ew
days are thoroughly brushed and beaten
with rods to dislodge any moths' eggs
I . ichich may have been laid in them, and
this is said to be one of the most effectual
ways of preserving them. They are the
terror of the naturalist as well as of the
housekeeper and furrier, for they attack
their stuffed birds and insects, and the grub
will find food and coat in beetles, butter
flies and other moths as coolly as if they
were not his kindred.
Besides these clothes-moths, houses are
sometimes infested with another, called the
Tabby, which, strange to say, seems to di
vide its attention between two very differ
rent objects, books and butter; for it de
posits its eggs and proyides for its family_
with' equal indifference - in either. Another
member of the Tinea family leaves her eggs
in wheat or barley, and as soon as they are
hatched each grub takes possession of a
single grain as its property, and makes a
little hole in it, converting it into a habita
tion, the walls of which, like the sugar
houses in the old fairy stories, are food and
shelter at the same time; and when it feels
that it is about to change its mode of exis
tence, it lines its hollow grain with silk and
sleeps away the winter as a chrysalis. When
it enters its grain it does so by the smallest
possible hole, but before it falls asleep it
provides for its exit. Mother nature tells
it that when it comes out of its shell it will
be changed and have no jaws to cut with,
and now before it wraps itself up it must
make a half-cut doorway in the tough skin
of the grain, so that while it seems whole,
it can easily push it aside when it has
turned into a-beautiful moth and wishes to
make its way out into the air.
But it is not alone in the house or gran
ary that moths are destructive to man's
possessions. The trees in the forest and
the orchard, the shrubs and vegetables in
the garden, are the prey of those who pre
fer vegetable to animal food. Many of the
caterpillars which so annoy the farmer, and
make the work of many laborious days of
no avail,. are the children of moths, and
will one day be moths themselves; beauti
ful creatures, which will flit about at twi
light, daintily sipping a drop of dew or
honey, and seem to have no connection
with the great furry caterpillars from which
they were transformed,and which eat night
and day, and strip the leaves from the trees
like a consuming fire
The gold-tailed moth is a beautiful crea
ture; "her body seems clothed in swan's
down with flounces of golden fur," her
delicate feet have whitesftir nearly to their
toes, and her head a pair of gracefully
curved, artq;s% white plumes. She looks
like a most innocent creature who could do
us no harm, and yet she is the mother of
the gold-tailed caterpillars who strip great
oak trees of their leaves, and leave them
naked and brown in the summer's green
ness.
The brown-tail, lackey, ghost, and er
mine moths have caterpillar children who
eat our fruit; vegetables, flowers, and trees ;
but while looking at the soft, downy bodies,
and beautiful wings, we fbrget their own
previous life and mischievous offspring
which they will have, and are half angry
with the gloomy bat who drops down from
the eaves of the barn, at twilight and chases
down the moths as a sweet morsel fit for his
evening meal.—E. C. J. in Student and
Schoolmate.
HANDLING BEES.
L. L. Fairchild writes in the Rural Ame
rican, that " bees are as ' harmless as flies,'
if rightly managed. Gaping crowds attend
our county and State fairs, and look upon
the doings of the ' bee men,' as something
little less than marvellous. A man with a
swarm of bees in his hat, shaking them
over his person, down upon the crowd—
nobody stung—perchance taking them into
his mouth and belching them forth, is looked
upon as little,else than a necromancer.
"There is no great secret in all this.
Any man with a little tact, and a knowl
edge of some of the peculiarities of the bee,
nay do these things, and others still more
surprising. The whole secret lies here :
'A bee gorged with, sweets will not sting,' un
less forced to it by hard usage. Their ap
petite is so strong and sweet, that they can
not resist the temptation to gorge them
gelves, when opportunity offers. The bee
charlatans take advantage of this fact in
making their public exhibitions. This is
the wonderful bee charm.' Not that
which they have bottled up to sell to the
credulous public at twenty-five or fifty cents
per bottle, but simply causing their bees to
gorge themselves. This may be done in
many ways. A little smoke will make
them rush to their stores and 611 their
sacks. Close the hive, and by a little rap
ping they will do the same thing. Do any
thing to excite their fears and the result
will be the same. Offer them sweetened
water and they will partake freely. After
they have filled themselves, you can run
your hands among them as much as you
.please—if you are careful not to injure
them—and they will take it all in good
part. You may shake them down from
their combs over your own person, or that
of others, and they will not resent it. You
may even tear their hives and combs all to
pieces, and not have a single ' sting for
your pains.'"
THE OKRA PLANT. -
It is really surprising that 'this plant is
not more abundantly found in our markets.
It is quite easily cultivated, requiring no
more attention than a crop of Indian corn.
The pods are most delicious in soups, but
many persons, ourselves not among the
number, prefer them stewed. They should
be plucked when perfectly tender, conse
quently when only a third or half their
natural growth, otherwise they are worth
less for the table. In this state, too, they
can be strung up with twine, and hung up
to dry for winter use, when they are a great
delicacy. Abundant seed is produced in
the pods allowed to remain upon the stalks.
The seed, however, should be occasionally
changed, otherwise the stalks will grow
shorter,=—Germantown, Telegraph.
C. W. HOWARD and JUDGE SRAFTER,
of California, have the largest dairy f arm
in the world. Their farm is on the se ,_
coast, twenty-five miles north of San Fran
cisco, and covers 71,000 acres, mostly choice
dairy land, and bounded on three sides by
salt water. The fogs from the Pacific keep
the feed good for fully eight mouths in the
year.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1866.
They who are accustomed to witness
merely the state of torpor into which many
animals ; both warm and cold-blooded, enter
during the winter months of our northern
latitudes, are hardly prepared for the fact
that within the tropics a large number of
other animals fall into an analogous condi
tion through the heat and drought. We
have the authority of Humboldt, suppciied
by many observers, for the fact that in ye
neiuela and in the region of the Gringo°,
" both land and water turtles, the colossal
boas, and many of the smaller species of
serpents, lie torpid and motionless in the
hardened ground throughout the hot s and
dry season." The Indians often seek them
in their retreats, as articles of food, and
Humboldt mentions that, on one occasion,
a party in camp were astonished by a croco
dile's breaking up his summer quarters in
the enclosure where they were sleeping,
and where the reptile had lain buried since
the disappearance of the waters. We have
ourselves seen the workmen in Guiana,
while digging trenches in a garden for
planting vegetables, throw out several speci
mens of a species of eel (Spniranchus),
which had buried themselves, as is their
habit, when the dry season approached,
and which, after an imprisonment of two
or three months, would have found their
way out again with the return of the rainy
season.
The "mud fish" (Lepitosiren) of the
Gambia is one of the most remarkable ani
mals which pass into a "summer sleep."
Their habits in this respect have been long
known, and Prof. Owen has described the
peculiar structure of their respiratory or
gans, which enables them, though fishes,
to breathe air, when water is no longer
accessible, during the period of their con
finement. M. Auguste Dumeril has re
cently communicated to the Academy of
Sciences some interesting observations made
by himself on some of these animals at the
Jardin des Plantes. Balls of perfectly dry
clay containing i 0 mud fishes" were .placed
in a tank, and water slowly added, so as in
some degree to imitate the gradual mois
tening of the earth by the rain. In due time
three of the fishes broke open their coverings
and escaped. That they were not, even in
dried clay, wholly torpid, is shown by the
fact that, in one case in which the ball
was fractured, if the lining membrane were
touched, the fish uttered a cry. After they
came out, they were fed with worms, were
well nourished, and grew. M. Dumeril has
had the good fortune to witness, for the
first time in Europe, the process of going
into " summer quarters." The two survi
vors began to show signs of preparation for
their long sleep by secreting from the
general surface of their bodies a large
quantity of thick and viscid mucus, and
soon after by burying themselves in the
soft mud at the bottom of the tank. The
water was then drawn off to the level of the
mud, and this allowed slowly to dry. In
the course of time the mud became hard
and cracked, and the moisture disappeared,
leaving them in their dry case of earth.
After about seventy days they were ex
humed alive, each surrounded by a sort of
cocoon formed of the hardened milieus
secreted by their skin, and serving as a
protection against the too great evaporation
of moisture from the surface of their bodies.
As they entered the mud they left behind
them a tubular trail of mucus, which
firmed a communication between the sack
enclosing the fish and the owe •am During
the greater portion of the period of their
retirement no water can reach their gills;
their swim -bladders, however, receive blood
diverted by a special arrangement from the
gills, and thus act like true lungs, which
they in fact are. Thus we have a fish
which is a water-breather at one period of
the year, and an air-breather at another.
In this last respect they make a close ap
proach to the class of reptiles with which
they have sometimes, though on insufficient
grounds, been identified.—The Notion.
Even young children should be taught
how to act in some of the accidents of life
which require surgical skill. The arteries
of the body carry the life's blood from the
heart. If one of these be ruptured from
any cause, and the blood is allowed to es
cape, the man will die within a few min
utes, sometimes, when with the aid of a
stick and a string or handkerchief, either
of which are almost always at hand, his life
might be saved. If the severed artery is
in the leg or arm, and there is no string at
hand, tear a strip from any part of the
clothing, tie it loose around the limb, pass
the stick between the skin and the strip,
and twist it around until the bleeding
ceases. If a vein is wounded or cut, apply
the dust from a tea canister or common
cobweb : or even without these, wrap a
strip of cotton cloth around moderately
tight, and then another piece around that ;
if thAileeding does not cease, let cold
water run on the wound until it does, or
until a physician arrives. But it is of
vital importance to remember that the ar
tery sends out blood by spurts or jets, and
of a bright red character. If the blood
comes from a vein, it flows slowly and
evenly Land is of a dark red. But these
directiOns will do no good, unless it is spe
cially noted that if the blood comes from an
artery, the application of the string must
be made above the wound, that is, between
the wound and the heart; if a vein has been
wounded, and the same appliances are
needed, they must be made below the
wound, or between the wound and the ex
tremities.
If an artery is cut in a part of the body
where a string cannot be applied, hard
prebsure with the thumb at a spot about
where the string would have been applied,
might save life.
If stung or bitten by insect, snake or
animal, apply spirits of hartshorn very
freely with a soft rag, because it is one of
the strongest alkalies, and is familiar to
most persons. The substance which causes
the so-called poison from bites or stings, i s ,
Hence
as tar as ascertained, certainly acid.
th e hartshorn antagonizes it in proportion
p of
to the promptitude with which it is applied.
soda or Bala
/to.
t n no
water
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or no.obpe
oaf
o b o a o n k d i , o
rs po cu u r
gtindifir.
TORPIDITY OF ANIMALS,
EXTEMPORANEOUS SURGERY.
ratus, or even the ashes of wood just from
the stove or fire-place, because all these are
strong alkalies, and hartshorn is only best
because it is the strongest. There is no
conclusive evidence to believe that burning
or cutting out the bite bas ever done the
slightest good. The proof adduced to show
that they have been effectual, is wholly of
a negative character, and therefore not de
cisive —Watchman and Reflector.
ALUMINUM PLATES FOR ARTIFICIAL
- TSETIL
The plates to which artificial teeth are at
tached are now made of gold, for costly sets,
and of vulcanized rubber, colored with red
sulphide of mercury, for cheap sets. The
weight of gold is a serious objection to it,
and yet the alternative of the lighter rub
ber is open to two objections, either one of
which is serious. The rubber plates are
thick, take up room in the mouth, and feel
hot; and, secondly, the red coloring matter
is too closely akin to the 'poisons of which
mercury is the base. Plates made of any
metallic alloy in which gold is not the chief
ingredient are entirely inadmissible. A
pure metal is very desirable for this use,
and aluminum seems to be very suitable in
many respee.s. It is strong enough is not
discolored by sulphuretted hydrogen, nor
acted upon by any acids likely to be found
in the mouth; the metal itself•and its com
pounds are perfectly harmless, and cannot
become poisonous by any transformations;
it is
,eight times lighter than gold, being
only two and a half times heavier than
wtter i• lastly, it has no taste, and keeps
very clean in the mouth. The price of
aluminum shoeld be, according to Deville,
about the same as that. of silver, weight for
weight, or one-fourth that of silver, bulk
for bulk. The labor required in working
aluminum is, however, much greater than
is generally bestowed on rubber work, and
the use of the metal in dentistry has been
patented - in this country, so that aluminum
plates are not likely to be very cheap.
There is no good solder for aluminum, so
that all joints in plates are made with
rubber, previously filled with powdered
aluminum, which imparts to the rubber a
metallic lustre and general approximate
resemblance to the metal. itself —The Na-
THE WHALE CAPTURED OFF WIL
MINGTON, N. C.
The Wilmington Journal gives the fol
lowing facts relative to the capture of a
whale below that city:—
The whale recently captured is of the
finback species, and was first seen about
sunrise on Tuesday, March 20th, and soon
after grounded on an oyster rock near
Smithville. He got clear, however, and
started up the channel, agitating the water
more than an ordinary steamboat. He shortly
afterwards run aground again. this time
opposite to the, residence of Mrs. Stuart.
Mr. Warren, a gentleman in Smithville,
fired at him while in this position, but he
appeared perfectly regardless of the shot,
and .extricating himself again, started up
the channel. A small schooner, named the
Planet, then started in pursuit, and found
him stuck on Snow's Marsh, opposite Fort
Fisher,- but on coming up with him it was
discovered that be had again anoooodial in_
extricating himself, and was making directly
for the schooner. This movement on the
(part of the whale caused a great deal of
°oust( rnation among the crew of the vessel,
which we' immediately put about and all
haste was made limn the scene of action;
but on proceeding a short distance, they
observed that the whale, who was probably
as badly frightened as the crew, had also
changed his course, and was making all
speed in an opposite direction, and was in
a short time seen to run ashore near the
place where he had just gotten off.
A small boat was sent to reconnoitre his
position. Finding him fast aground, and
the tide falling, the schooner proceeded to
Smithville to get the assistance of the
sloop Flash, and also to obtain the services
.o la gentleman residing in Smithville, who
-had had several years' experience in the
whaling business.
On their return, the tide having fallen
considerably, the huge monster was discov
ered to be almost entirely out of the water.
The first object was to kill him; according
ly a hole was cut in his side, and the old
whaler ran a sword in, until his arm was
almost imbeded in his body. His heart
was eventually pierced, but even then it
was nearly two hours before he had ceased
to breathe. In his fury, he could throw a
stream of water six inches in diameter,
fully a hundred feet high. His dimen
sions were ascertained to be as follows:
56 feet long, and 27 feet in circumference.
The head is about one-third or the entire
length. The jaws are 16 feet long on either
side, and 9 feet wide across the throat. The
tail is aboutl2 feet wide, and serves him
as a weapon. He is only about half grown,
and weighs 35 tons, or 72,000 pounds.
To give some idea of his immense weight,
it is stated that even after the upper jaw
, and skull were cut away it was impossible,
owing to the immense weight, to get the
under jaw on the deck of the schooner, so
it must remain in the water until the mesh
decays, before the bone can be saved.
The'earcass would have made 60 barrels
of oil, if facilities could have been obtained
for cutting and trying up the blubber. As
it is, only about 25 barrels, or 800 gallons,
have been saved.
THE STATEN ISLAND FANCY
DYEING ESTA.BE/SIINENT,
AT THE OLD STAND,
No. 47 NORTH EIGHTH ST., (EAST SIDE.)
NO OTHER OFFICE IN THIS CITY!
With the benefits of an experience of nearly FIFTY
YEARS ON STATEN ISLAND, and facilities un
equalled BY ANY OTHER ESTABLISHMENT in
this country. we offer superior inducements to those
having SILK WOOLLEN or FANCY GOODS for
DYEING Ott CLEANSING.
BARRET, NEPHEWS & CO..
No. 47 North EIGHTH Street, Philadelphia.
Mos. 5 and 7 JOHN Street. New York.
No. 718 BROADWAY, New York.
No. 269 FULTON Street, Brooklyn.
HENRY HARPER,
So. 520 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
Dealer in and Manufacturer of
WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY
AdND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS
Canto' guritiztitt,g sEttn,s'
Mclntire & Brother,
1035 Chestnut Street,
Would call attention to their large assortment o
very choice
Silk Scarfs,
Neck Ties,
Scarf Pins,
Sleeve Buttons,
and Studs.
Also, to a stock of
UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS
Fat and Winter Wear,
Consisting of
Extra Heavy Merino,
Saxony Wool,
Shetland,
Shaker Flannel,
Red Flannel,
Canton Flannel (very heavy).
Also. to their
3Z4301)M1,
"SHOULDER SEAM , SHIRTS
Guaranteed in every ease to give entire satiafaetion
pnuothtsping sit ono,
FURNITURE.
I have a stock of Furniture in great variety which
I will sell at reduced prices.
Cottage Chamber Setts,
Walnut Chamber Setts,
Velvet Parlor Suits;
Hair Cloth Suits,
Reps Snits,
Sideboards,
Extension Tables,
Wardrobes,
Lounges, and
Mattresses.
A. N. ATTWOOD,
1038-tf 45 SOIITH SECOND 6T., PHILA.
CLEMENT SMITH & SON,
FURNITURE WARER-OONS,
NO. 248 SOUTH SECOND ST.
A fall assortment of well made
PARLOR, CHAMBER, DINING ROOM,
AND
COTTAGE m'unNI.OOTJELP..,
Constantly on hand at very low prices. 11:08-ink
- and examine before purohaskig elgewhem
WILLIAM YARNALL,
IMPORTER AND ' DEALER IN
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 1232 CRESTNIIT ST" S. N. COIL 13T11.
SUPERIOR REFRIGERATORS.
FINE TABLE CUTLERY, WATER COOLERS
FAMILY HARDWARE
IROIIING TABLES, &o. &a,
S. F. BALDERSTON & SON,
DEALERS IN
WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES,
NO. 902 SPRING GARDEN STREET,
N. B.—Practical part in both branches promptly
attended to. 1.012-3 m.
G. C. REIIKAUFF,
MANUFACTURE& OF
LOOKING-GLASSES,
PHOTOGRAPH AND
iIPICTIIIII FRAMES,
--- PLAIN AND FANCY
WINDOW CORNICES,
GILT NIILDINGS,
NO. 929 ARCS STREET,
PHILMELPHIA.
PAINTINGS. AND A GREAT
VARIETY OF ENGRAV
INGS ON HAND.
OLD.W.OREC ANGIER
EQUAL TO MEW.
gitsutautt Ciampaitirds.
GERARD FIRE AND MARINE.
INSURANCE COMPANY..
OFFICE ON WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA:
CAPITAL PAID IN, IN CASH, $200.000.
This company continues to write on Fire Risks
only. Its capital, with a good surplus, is safely
in
vested.
701
Losses by fire having been promptly paid, and more
than
8500,000
Disbursed on this account within the past few year!.
For the present, the office of this company willre
main at
415 WALITOT STREET,
But within a few months will remove to its Own
Buildint.N. E. CORNER SEVENTH . AND CHEST
NUT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure our
patrons at such rates as are consistent with safety,
DIRECTORS.
THOMAS CRAVEN. ALFRED S. GruxTr.
FURMAN SHEPPARD, N . S. LAWRENCE,
THOS. MACKELLAR. CHARLES T. DUPONT.,
JOHN• SUPPLER HENRY F. KENNEL
JOHN W. CLAU,,,H9RIL_JOSEPH KLAPP, M.D..
THOMAS CRAVEN, President,
ALFRED S. Grum T. V. President and Treasurer.
JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. 1028-1 y
INSURE YOUR LIFE
N YOUR OWN HOU CORAL,
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
S. E. cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets.
Inzarers in this Company have the nddiMonal gas -
goatee of the CAPITAL STOCK all paid up IN Ca
which, together with CASH ASSETS, now on baud
amounts to
$1,143,874 15.
Invested as follows :
$lOO,OOO 11. S. 5.33 bonds,
100,000 City of Philadelphia Loan 6's.
new.
70,050 11. S. Treasury Notes, 7-20,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 11. S. Loan of 1881,
10.000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds.
12,700 Compound Interest Treasury
Notes.
10,000 Philadelphia and Brie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
Chi
cago bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds.
1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank.
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading.
22 shares Conso lidation National
Bank.
I•l2shares any Williamsport Water Com
p.
Mortgages, Ground Rents, and Real Es
tate
• Loans on collateral amply secured
Premium notes secured by Policies
Cash in hands of agents secured by bonds
Cash on deposit with 11. S. Treasurer,
Cash on hand and in banks
Accrued interest end rents due, Jan. I._
INCOME FOR '1x.1•; YEAR 1865,,
$544,592 92.
_ Paid during the Year amounting tO -
$87,636 31.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY. thus aiding the
the insured to pay premiums.
The last DIVIDEND on all Mutual Policies in force.
January 1,1880. was
FIFTY PER CENT.
of the amount of PREMIUMS received during the
year. 1865.
Its. TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander Whilldln, ' William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent. John Aikman,
Hon. James PiWock, Henry R. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts. Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mingle. Isaac Haslehurst,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORSE, Viee-Presidevat.
JOHN C. SIM:-"..ActnarY.
JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
INDEMNITY FOR
LOSS OF LIFE OR IN
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Cash Capital and Assets, Dec. 1, 1865,
THE PIONEER ACCIDENT INSURANCE
COMPANY IN AMERICA
pmj,ADFLPHIA BRANCH OFFICE,
409 WALNUT STREET,
Where policies are issued covering all and every des
cription of accidents bapoening under any circum
stances. An institution whose benefits can be Win.
joyed by the poor man as well as the rich. No medi
cal examination required.
Policies issued for amounts from $5OO to $lO,OOO in
case of death, and from $3 to $5O weekly compensa
tion in case of disabling injury, at rates ranging treat:
$3 50 to $6O per annum, the cheapest and most practi
cable mode of Insurance known.
Policies written for five years. at twenty per cent.
discount on amount of yearly premiums. Hazardous
risks at hazardous rates.
Ocean Policies written, and permits issued for trave
in any part of the world.
Accident Insurance to persons disabled by accident
is like the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldiers
in the field, providing the means for comfort and
healing and supplying their wants while prevented
from pursuing their usual employment.
The rates of premium are less than in any ether
olass of insurance, in proportion to the risk.
No better or more satisfactory investment can be
made of so small a sum. Therefore—insure in Oa
Travelers.
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PANT IN AMERICA.
J. G. BATTERSON. President.
RODNEY DENNIS. Secret'''.
HENRY A. DERR, General Agent.
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
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General Agents for Pennsylvania,
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147.309 89
169.481 96
217.504'56
52,46 18
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65,894 14
10,228 00
$596,338 12.
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PHILADELPHIA.