Aural "trantag.
SMALL VS, LUWE FARMS.
We know of a farmer who has one hundred
acres of land, ninety of which are under culti
vation. There are a tew hundred dollars yet due
on his premises. He has the stock and neces
sary farming implements for a suitable cultiva
tion of his land. Alongside of him is another
hundred acres fo . r sale which he is anxious to
secure. By selling a portion of his stock the
sum demanded down can be. raised, while for
the balance a long credit can be obtained. The
question with the person is, Will it be safe to
buy?'' "—Rural New Yakked., No. 857.
Having already one hundred acres, and
not all paid for, what advantage is to be
derived from the possession of the adjoin
ing hundred acres ? Does the ninety acres
under cultivation produce all it is capable
of yielding? Has all the improvement
r equired been made to show the full capa
city of the soil under cultivation ? Can
you to advantage to yourself, everything
considered, cultivate properly, and as it
should be, double the quantity of land you
now have under cultivation? Farther, is it
a desirable life to lead, with a load of debt
hanging over you ?—for you know it is
asserted in Holy Writ, that "the borrower
is servant to the lender." If all the fpre
roing can be answered in „the • affirmative,
and are desiratti'e' 'then there
are farther circumstances to consider. Have
you a lease of life; and. health, provided you
have the requisitelierseverance and econo
my to warrant the purchase, to insure of not
entailing a load, if, not los upon your' heirS
or family ?—fcr it should be the duty of
every one in life and health to-consider the
future, not only for himself, but ror those
dependent upon him, Would it not iri
this case be better for the man to devote
his energies to the producing of a sufficien
cy to remove the debt already on his shoul
ders, and farther improve what he already
has, and if a family growing up, to devote
a portion of his income to the suitable edu
cation of his children 7—children, who, in
the course of a few years at most, must take
their position in the world. And what
better legacy can .a parent leave a child
than a good education?—one that prepares
him or her for encountering all the various
vicissitudes of life.
There is too much of that spirit in man,
which desires to have what lies adjoining
him, exhibited by a large,majority of agri
culturists in our land. The idea seems to
be, " No pent up Utica confines my pow
ers." Could we be content to exert our
powers to the utmost, we should be sur
prised at the narrowness of the space they
might be profitably employed upon. We
should be astonished at the amount that
could be produced from a small piece of
thoroughly prepared and cultivated land.
No man has yet reached that limit where
the soil has refused to yield a farther in
crease, when judiciously rewarded. Small
or moderate-sized farms are more profitable
than those of more extended area. The
investment is less and the whole extent is
more under the immediate eye of the
owner; less proportional expense necessary
in the management generally—for time is
money, and it is necessarily expended in
looking after fields, etc., far away from the
dwelling; then, the carting or carrying
crops, manure, material for fencing, eta.,
etc., amount to quite an item yearly. The
extra help required in taking care of large
plantations, and the necessary loss of time
above specified, will bo quite an item to
come out of the profits. On the whole we find
that moderate-sized, or small farms, give
the greatest relative profit; they being
more thoroughly tilled ,and being more under
the immediate eye of the owner, any negli
gence or irregularity is at once discovered,
and less time and expense is necessarily
required to repair than if farther away.
Should we not enjoy this life better, and
exert a better influence upon those around
us, if we, instead of adding acre to acre by
purchasing adjoining fields, improved to
the fullest extent that we already have ?
spent a portion of the income to beautify
and adorn our homes—making them more
attractive, creating associations, that only
end with life—thus inciting a love of rural
life in the rising generation,instead of
creating that dislike to farm life, that is
pretty sure to be the ease, where our chil
dren are brought up as 'they necessalily
would be were we to be shouldered with a
heavy debt—one that would be likely to
hang over us for years, causing a necessity
for constant hard work and close economy
in order to meet its requirements ? Under
such a state of thiwars what time is there
for the culture of the intellect or the proper
adornment of the home ? All. the strength
is expended in the muscles, giving no
chance for the intellectual. Do we, under
such circumstances, fnlfd the end for which
we were created and placed in our sphere'?
Or do we enjoy life better than we shotild
if living in suitable, comfortable dwellings,
surrounded with attractive scenery, made so
by the work of our hands, planned by a
cultivated mind, and by generations grow
ing up who will, when we are gone, arise
and call us blessed ?
In the foregoing I have omitted refer
ence to several points which should be
taken into consideration, from the text,
which it is to be hoped the practical judg
ment of the reader will supply.
SOUTH WINDBOR, CONN.
THE CUT WORM.
This destructive pest has been very nu-,
erous throughout the entire country this
ear. In this section and in the West,
hole fields of corn have been destroyed by
t, and as the season has been cold and
iackward, replanting has not succeeded
rate. The ravages of this enemy to
be corn crop are becoming really alarming,
ml farmers should study the subject well,
ud understand the methods, if any there
ic, of abating the injury. We will briefly
.ention the best remedies known. Fall
owing, Dr. Fitoh says, if dune late so as
expose the grubs to the frost, will de
,oy many Thin practice, has been found
answer well, tint it may cause more work
fit and tend the field the next year. A
.avy clod crusher passed over the field just
fore or after planting will destroy worms
'thin three inches of the surface. Making
all holes in the ground, ju.t afters rain,
to whiah the worms will fall where the
of sun kills them, is another remedy. An
instrument could be easily made which
would surround each bill with holes, or
smooth, deep depressions in the earth.
This we think, would be the best plan. At
all events, it is well to study; and prepare
beforehand means for destroying these ras
cals which work underground in the dark,
and blast the prospects of : the corn grower.
Gas lime was recommended as excellent
to repel the borer from entering fruit trees
near the surface of the grciund. S.
Carpenter thOugh't borer„whidh is do . itig,
SD much injury tii our orchards, might be
destroyed, or repeVekby the use of this
lime He had employed it with most sat
isfactory results, in repelling bugs from
squash and cucumber vines, by, sprinkling
a SninliquAntity Of the liti►&near`tlie grow=
ing vines. The poisonous effluvia arising
from the lime ; mi . , 11., von stapify, and kill
every insec4thal approLhei the Vines.
One person bad used this lime twelve
years ago for ,this, , Rurpose f ound s. no bugs
nor insectsled appeared Ance in"tillat lo
cality.
F t TI `,HAS'" IN-HORSES.II,
Sbia= • t . ;
tiales horses are rendered n Thy'
the growing up of a flashy substance from
the lower corner of the eye till the sight is
wholly obscured. To pre,,or..remoy,a this
excresenees;itlie ;Prairleit,Dro42l,ocom
mends an ointment composed of prepared
calomine thirty six grains, red precipitate
one drachid; - ciifitiliii` eighteen gralins;:sifirdr
hog's lard one ounde. Apply twice st'day; to
the enlarged "haw," a portionof the oint
ment of the size of a small pea. , Keep the
animal on low diet and in a darkened
stable"' If this fails, draw out the fleshy
suhstance with a wire hook , add . olip it off,
with a pair of scissors .as the enlargement
takes place.
Professor Abel recently delivered before
the Royal Institution of London a lecture
on the " History of Proposed Substitutes for
Gunpowder." Notwithstanding the many
substitutes hitherto proposed, gunpowder
still maintains its position as the best of
explosive gompounds for the various uses
to which it is applied. Its component
parts remain the same as when originally
invented, for nothing has been found to
answer the purpose better than a mixture
of charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur. Im
provements have, however, been made in
the proportions of those substances, and in
the mode of manufacture, so as Ac' - render
the explosive action more or less rapid,
ac
cording to the various objects for which it
is used. For small arms and for shells, a
rapid action is required; but for large ord•
nance and for blasting, a much slower
combustion is necessary "to produce the re
quired effects. Professor Abel mentioned
numerous substances that had been tried as
substitutes for charcoal , and for saltpetre,
including that of nitro-glyeerine, which
plodes by percussion, and the dangerous
neure of which, ,he said, had',been a, proved
by a disastrous explosion at 'Aspinwall.
Afer having mentioned some 'other pro- -
posed substitutes, Professor Abel pro
ceeded to notice gun-cotton; '
and to state
some of the improvements that have been
made in its manufacture 'during
,the last
two years. Gun-cotton, indeed, seems to
be susceptible of being made to,suit all ex
plosive purposes, and it possesses the great
advantage of producing'' no sinoke, and of
leaving no residuum. Another advantage
of no less importance is the safety with
which it may be manufactured and stored,
for it can be wetted and rendered incom
bustible, and its,, explosive properties are
restored without injury when dried. Among
other applioations of which gun-cotton is
susceptible, is that of fire-works; which
might be exhibited in a room without
nuisance, and he concluded the lecture,
which was illustrated with numerous expe
riments, by giving a brilliant pyrotechnic
display.
Touching the miniature of the Queen for
Mll : :.l 3 eabody, •the Times says:—".A fac
simile iltt 4 ,4lle kindly, and most gracious gift ,
whii3hl(er ,, Majesty offered to the great
A:aelibailitliilanthropist is..now on view at
MrluiNekinsiNAgallery, Old Bond Street.
In the- presentat"age .Oikithe work, only the
beautiful water-color, from which the en
amel on gold is afterwards to be done, is
now shown. This, hoWever, in its magni
ficent frame of chased - metal, gives a very
fair idea of what the effect of the whole
will be when finished. Butithe word " mini
ature" scarcely,r i epresents what the impor
tance as regardsthe, 'Bin - of , thOikeness
will he, for .thou..kmly half-length,the
painting is 14 inches long by nearly 10
inches wide. For the first time for the
presentation of her portrait to a privateqn
dividual, Her Majesty sat in the only rohes
of State she has worn since the death of the
Prince C..nsort,—the costume in which she
was attired at the openining of the present
Parliament. This was a black silk 'dress,
tri 'ed with ermine, and a long black
vel 'et train, similarly adorned. Over her
M ' .Stuart cap is the denii-crown, *ye
a tn
thdlti:l4-noor and one rich jewelled cross,
proanted by Prince Albert, form her only
ornaments. Tomomplete this portrait, Her
Majesty gave Mr Tilt several long sittings,
,and has now expressed her unqalified ap
proval of the water-oolor shown at, Mr.
Dickinson's.
Wm. H. WHITE
"This however, is but the commencement
of the process. .The portrait is to be done
in:epaniel by Mr; Tilt, on a panel of pure
gdld. In these enamel paintings, to brill. ,
.
out all the brilliancy of their colors, they
have to be burst..in a furoapeat least five
and generally six .. tim§s.which'
they" are subjected is so intense auto be only
(short of that which would flee gold, aqd the
!most exquisite care is necessary neither to
let the picture heat too soon nor, above all,
cool too rapidly, as in either.oase the en.
amel would crack. So large an enamel
portrait has never been attempted in this
country. Whits, therefore, been found ne•
mea l y o . httild A r ptu f .,l4,l „heath%
, fl . rmice
specielly foilitinixeoutnin artiks worli. It
will take about six weeks to complete all
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ktintifit,
GUNPOWDER.
THE QUEEN'S MINIATURE.
THE AMERICAN EMSBYTUVLN, TUVAUMT, JULY 19, 1866.
the processes, when the picture will be
mounted in a most elaborate and massive
chased frame of pure gold, surmounted with
the Royal crown enamelled on the same
metal in colors. Altogether it will form a
gift worthy both of Her Majesty and of the
gentleman to whom she pri•kents it.. In
fidelity of portraiture, , the likeness is not to
be surpassed, and of course it'was not till
after many and long sittings that such per;
feet success was aeeomplished. After be
ing submitted to the Queen, on its comi3le
tion, it will be forwarded to Mr. Peabody,
who intends to deposit •itwhere it may be
best seen, in a_ large institution which he
has tognded in Boston his native town."
This is one of the few animals that.have
become extinct under inan's 'observAion,-
and, as Sir Charles Lyell has remarked, it
is the only anitnaFtheAtite of the deetruc
tion of the more perishable parts of which
is a matter of - record. On the Bth of Jan
uary, 1755, the. Vice-Chancellor and cura
tors of:the, Ashmolean Museum, at. Oxford,
voted, that the, stuffed skin of the dodo,
bequeathed to them just a century before
by Tradescant, should be removed, adnks
tra4thim.. fcbr the purification of the moscum..
'very feather of this bird would nciW We'
prized the world' over, as a relic of the' ex
traordinary creature which the early nevi
gators killed and me in the Manritius, 4 and
of which some of the Dutch -paint:erellNT
left drawings,•ameng them the •one:4ith
which every buy is faniiliar in ‘hiti bookiS of
natural" history. There is reason to..believe,
from„contemporary record that a lited,odo:
Was once exhibited in London. Luckily,
in spite of the vote of the Vice-Ohaucellor
and the curators, the head and one of, the."
feet of the banished skin were saved, are.
Still preserved a , ,tOxford, and could not be' ,
liought for thei weight in gold. A leg 'of
Another bird exists in the British Museum,
and Itefnhardt found, not long since, among
some venerable rubbish" in the museum
at Copenhagen, another head. These, with
a few;bones, for a time constituted the only
remains of this extinct animal. The his
toryof the attempt to determine the natural
affinities of this bird from the remains just
referred to, is an instructive one, and Roes
Tar to show that the reconstruction of an
Animal from a part—as a bone, a scale, or a
:tooth—is not the easy feat that the reading
public have been led'to believe. As mat
' tern now stand, he would be a hardy natu
ralist who would risk his reputation in
the attempt. With a head and one of the
legs as a basis for an opinion, Vigons placed
the dodo between the ostriches and the
,curassows ; Blainville, followed by La
Fresnaye and Gould, placed it near the
vultures; and Owen regarded it as a modi
fied bird of prey, though he subsequently
changed his views. John Edward Gray,
of the British Museum,' pronounced the
bird a fabrication, in which the trunk of
one bird had received:the head of a second
and the legs of a third—not thinking, ep
iiaiently, that this
,only made matters worse,
:since it would require one extinct animal
to possess the head and another to own the
feet. The masters in science were at fault.
Reinhardt, of Copenhagen, first pointed
out its affinities with,the pigeon, and in
'this view was soon aferward followed by
Mr Strickland and Dr. Melville, in their
admirable and exhaustive 'memoir. Led
by the analogies .of,,nther portapus of the
animal kingdom, imcwhich certain" species
'are Catecterized by their retaining
life embryonic forms, these last named
naturalists brought forward the view that
the dodo was a gigantic pigeon, as much
larger than the existing pigeon as the moa
of New Zealand is than ordinary birds;
with this additional 'characteristic, that,it,
had all the features of a nestling, with
short wings and covering of down. , For
the credit of American science, we must
`pot overlook the fact that, entirely inde
pendent of the labors of European natural
ists, an eminent American ornithologist,
Dr. Samuel Cabot r of Boston, from his own
observations, arrived at precisely similar
views, not only as to the affinity of the dodo
to the pigeon, but as to thg b persistence of
embryonic teatures. The views r were
printed in the Boston Journal of Natural
:History, before the conelusions of Rein-,
hardt, Strickland, and Melville had reached
!this country. The conclusions given above
with regard to the-nature of the dodo
have been largely confirmed by tecent
'coveries. Some months since a consider
numberof the ,bones, th,ifbird were•
Ifband in Mauritius; . after the. dittining4'a
marsh. Thesetave been - examined by M.
lAlphonse Milne-Edwards, who finds , them
indigating a bird '• closely allied to qthe
pigeons, like the vinagos, but still haVing
certain features which• make it not unlikely
that a new natural family may be required
to receive them.—The Nation.
;THE RATE OF MOTION OF NERYOU'
The quickness with which motion fol-
Jews will, and ;perception touch, has gene
rally, been assumed to be immeasurable,
though the astronomers long since learned
;that two persona observing simultaneously,
;recorded the transit or a . star at different
times, un consequence of the different rates
at whii3h_sensations, perceptions, yolitions,
and motions succeeded each other in the
observers. Du Bola Raymond has recently
made an attempt to measure the'rapidity of
the transmission of nervous forde, by
causing a muscle, when it contracts under
the influence of a stimulus applied to a
nerve, to move an index which traces a
curve on a revolving
„cylinder or a plate of
smoked glass moving It ti,uniform rate. If
the nerve going to a muscle be stimulated
at a certain point and the curve traced, and
then the index be carried back to the start
ing point, ,and the: nerve stimulated again
at the same place as before, the second curve
will be found , to' correspond exactly with
the first. If, now, the,experiment is so
changed that the nerv6 at
. one trial is
stimulated at a point near the muscle, and
'at, another at a point the most dist.nt possi
!hie from the muscle, the curves traced will
no longer ccirrespond, but will be a' sepa
!rated by an interval determined by the
Idifference in time required for the transmis
inon of the nervous force over two different
distances. B y , us i ng an electric light, and
throwing a highly magnified image ern a
screen, these differences were made visible
THE DODO
FORCE.
to an audience in the lecture-room of the
Royal Institution.
Light moves at the rate of 300,000,000
metres per second, sound in air at 332, and
a cannon ball at 552 metres per second.
Nerve force, measured by the above method,
is found to move only at the rate of about 28
metres, or 1092 inches per second. Assum
ing the distance from the brain to the
Muscles on the sole of the foot at 60 inches,
the transmission of a volition or a sensitive
impression through that 4tartce would re
quire a little , more than the one-eighteenth
of a second. This is not fir from the •speed.
of an express min. He foUnd that , the
rate of ti ansmission wag materially influ
eneed by ukangee o'flerit t eir4trtre, the curves
traced bY the ind 4 being much wider apart
when the nerve was cooled down by ice
than/ when left atithe temperature of the
room.—Aid. '
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HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION.... 9'50
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
ASSEMBLY B UILDING,
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD
SUMMER, AB. RAN GEMENT.
The trains of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
leave the Depot, at THIRTY-FIRST and MARKET
Streets, which is reaohed by the oars of the Market
Street Passenger Railway, runping to and from the
Depot:. 'The last ear leaves Front Street about thirty
minutes prior to the departure of each Dein.
MANN'S BAGGAGE EXPRESS wilreall for and
deliver Saggage at the Depot. Orders left at the
Office, No, 631 Chesnut Street, will reoeite attention.
TRAINS LEAVE DEPOT, "VIE.:
MAIL TRAIN at 8130 Arid
DAY EXPRESS
PAOLI A COOMMODATION, No. 1.... .
FAST LINE and ERIE EXPRESSO...... /200 M.
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION...: 2'30 'P.M
LANCASTER ACCOMMODATION... 4'oo
PAOLI ACCOMMODATION. No. 2... ... o'oo ...
PITTSBURGHEtna ERIE MAIL*I[... o'oo
PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 3..... ... 10'00
PHILADELPHIA EXPRBSSf 11'10 ...
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DEPOT, VIZ
$ Daily, e xcept Sattirday. Daily , except
Monday. '
I Running through from Philadelphia to Pittsbur gh .
and Erie without change of oars. All other Tra ins
daily,'except Sunday.
• A TICKET OFFICE
Is located at No: 631 Chestnut Street, where Tickets
to all important points may be procured, and fa ll
information given by JOHN C. ALLEN, Ticket
Agent.
Also at Tbirty-first and Market Streets, on applied..
tion to THOMAS H. PARKE, Ticket Agent at the
Depot.
An Emigrant Train rune daily (except Sunday.)
For full particulars as to fare and accommodations,
apply to FRANCIS FUNK.
No. 137 Dock Street.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will not as
sume any risk for Baggage. except for Wearing Ap
paxel, and limit their responsibilit7 to One Hundred
Dollars in value. All Baggage exceeding that aunotmt
In value will be atthe risk of the owner, unless taken
by . ' special contrtUYt.
PHILIDELPEM. January 1. 1866.
• DEAR :—The Toe business heretofore carried on
by us under the name of "Il'oliere Ice C 0.," will here
after be known as the " COLD SPRING ICE AND
COAL "COMPANY." We respectfully solicit from
you - a continuance _of your favors under the new ar.
rangement, and assure you that hereafter you will be
supplied by the Cold spring Ice and Coal Co.with Ice
of the best quality, always at the lowest market rates,
and with regularity andomptness.
WOLBERT dc BROTHER. . '
(INCORPORATED APRIL. 18,4.)
COLD SPRING ICE ANO COAL CO.
THOS. E. CAHILL, Pres. JOHN GOODYEAR, Seat.
HENRY 'THOMAS, Superintendent.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS AND SHIPPERSOF ICE Cfr. COML.
BOSTON ICE now being supplied daily in ail Laved
limits of the consolidated city, Twenty fourth Ward,
Richmond, Mantra, and Germantown.
LEHIGH and SCHUYLKILL COAL carefully
selected for family use, and as low as the loweest for a
first-rale article. BLACKSMITHS' COAL of excel
lentualit HICKORY, °AU, and PINE WOOD.
and K IND LING WOOD.
DEPOTS
Southeast corner Twelfth and Willow Streets.
North Pennsylvania 1. ft. and Master Streets.
Twenty-fdth and Lombard Streets. •
Pine Street Wharf, Soh'Ain.
OFFICE, ito. 435 WALNUT STREET.
TURNER. MOULTON,
BOOK B.INDE'R.
Book s PI'AX IO N4R -4& :1 ) 314144:14.Y.5TP1P,
Juosmakcisii..w, 7iwumrszoikminige •
Testis ffitreet Below Ciestnoll.
gantaint OlDmpaniti.
INSURE YOUR LIFE
N YOUR MY( HOB COMPANY,
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
S. E. cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets.
Insurers in this Company have the addit!onal
antee of the CAPITAL STOCK all paid up IN CASH
which, together with CASH ASSETS, now onland
amounts to
$1,143,874 15.
Invested as follows :
--
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bands, 1
100,000 City of Philadelphia Loan 6's.
DOW, •
70,050 U. S. Treasury Notes, 7-30.
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000-U. S. Loan of 1881,
10.000 Wyoming Valley Canalrbonds,
12,700 Compound Interest Treasury '
Notes,
10,000 Philadelphia and - Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne A Chi- , $4461.061 45
cago bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds, • F.'
1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
950 shards Corn Exchange National
107 sharesFarmers' National Bank I
of Itisad.thg,
22 shares Consolidation National
Banlr. _ • •
142 shares Williamsport Water Com
. Pany.
Mortgages, , Uround Rents, and Real Ea- 41
tate 147.309 80
Loans on collateral imply secured . 169,981 95
Premium notes secured by Policies 217,504 58
Cashin hands of scents secured by bonds. 52.469 18
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer,._.. 20,000 00
Cash - on hand and in banks.. ' 65,824 14
Aticrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1. 10.223 00
INCOME FOR 121:1E YEAR 1865,
$544,592 92.
Losses Paid inring the Year amounting to
$87,636 31.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY, thus aiding the
the insured to pay premiums.
The last DrvDDEND on all Mutual Policies in foroe
January 1. 1866. was
FIFTY PER CEIVP.
of the amount of PREMIUMS received during the
year, 1865.
Its• TRUSTEES are well known cilium in our
midst, entitling it to , more consideration than thong
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander VYhitldin, William J. Howard.
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent. John Alkmaar.
Hon. James Pollock, Henry R. Bennett.
L. M. Whilldin, Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mbaz.le, lasso Haalehurst.
Albert C. Roberta.
ALEX. WHILLDIN President.
GEORGE REGENT, Vice• President.
JOHN C. SIMS, Actuary.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer.
C. G. ROBESON, Assistant Secretary.
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
INDEMNITY FOR
LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD; CONNECTICUT
Cash Capital and
,Assets, Dee. 1, 1865
15596,338 12.
THE PIONEER ACCIDENT INSURANCE
COMPANY IN AMERICA
PIIILADPAPHIA BRANCH OFFICE,
409 WALNUT STREET,
Where policies are issued covering all and every dee
cription,of accidents happening under, any circum
stances. An institution whose benefits can be en
joyed IT the poor man as well as the rich. No medi
cal examination , required..
Polieles,issued for amounts from $5OO to $lO,OOO in,
case of death, and, from sfi to $5O weekly compensa
tion in case of diaabhng injury, at rates ranging from
$3 50 0;00 per annum, the,oheapest and most practi
cable mode of Insurince 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 tray*
in any part of the world.
Accident Insurance to persons disabled by sodden
is like the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldiers
11 4 .- tile field. providing the means for comfort and
healing arid supplying their wants while prevented
from Poraning their usual employment.
The rates of premium are less than in any other
class of insurance, in proportion to the risk.
No better or more satisfactory investment can be
made of so small a sum. Therefore—ensure in tie
Traveiers.
OLDEST ACCIDENT INSURANCE CON.
P.Apirlr IR.ADIERICA.
J. O..BATTHRSON, President.
RODNEY DENNIS. Secretary,
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
General Agents for Pennsylvania,
409 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSIJBANCE COMPAN Y.
OFFICE ON WALNIfil' STREET: PHILADELPHIA.
.CAPITAL PAM IN, IN CASH $200,000.
. This company continues to write on Fire Risks
on es ly. Its capital, with a good surplus, is safely in
vted.
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Losses by fire hiving been promptly paid, and more
$500.000
Dis'bursnd on this account within the past few years.
POr the present, the office of this oemPany willre
main at
415 WALNUT STREET ,
But within a few months will remove to its Own
BuildinN. B. CORNER SEVENTH AND 'CHEST-
N UT.Then, as now, we shall be hanks , to insure our
patrons at such rat DareßS!
consistent with safety,
O.
. , .
THOMAS CRAVEN,- :---ALFRED 8. GILLETT,
FURMAN SHEPPARD. N. S. LAWRENCE.
TROB. MACKELLAis, CHARLES I: DUPONT.
JOHN SUPPLER, HENRY F.:RENNET.
JOHN W. CLAGHOBN. JOSRPH SLAPP.III.M.
SILAS VERSES. , Jr.;
_THOld.Ati CRAVEN. President.
ALFRED 8. GILLBTT; V.Trimident'snd Trirksnre7.
JAIKZE. B. ALYOAD, Becretazr. =Ks