ural Xttattag.
OLD FRUIT TREES RENOVATED.
There were old apple trees in profusion,
with nearly a hundred pear trees of vigor
ous growth, but utterly neglected, and re
ported as yielding small crops of 'indiffer
ent fruit. The out-going seller of the
farm had intended to cut them down. He
knew the market value of pickles, but the
pear culture was a sealed book. he buyer,
educated in a different school, believed that
there was yet a high money value in those
trees, and that they could be resuscitated.
W e stood among them and debated the
question. He thought that there was a
foundation to begin upon, and that an in
vestment of money in reviving them would
yield a far quicker return than in waiting
for the product of a newly-planted orchard.
Among other facts and experience, refer
ence was made to the memorable account
rcorded in this journal, nearly twenty
years ago, of the complete renovation of
two out-east pear trees. Like all these,
they had once borne excellent crops of fruit,
but for several years had produced only
worthless specimens. The owner was told
that the trees—for there were several in
like condition—had exhausted the proper
element in the soil, and that it must be re
introduced by artificial means. That au
tumn he oarried out the suggestion, and
scraped off all the rough outer bark from
the two trees, then coated them with soft
soap, out out about one-third of all the
poorest branches, and shortened the head
of the trees one-third by cutting back the
principal limbs, paring the wounds and
covering them with shellac solution.
The preparation being made, a trench
was dug around each tree, three feet from
the same, four feet wide and twenty inches
deep, the soil being carted away. In mak
ing this trench, about a third of the roots
were cut away. The trench was then filled
with soil from a good pasture field, there
being added at the time of filling, two
bushels of the refuse scoriae from a black
smith's forge, two of well-broken charcoal,
and two pounds of potash. All these were
thoroughly intermingled after the trench
bad been filled, by frequent overturnings
with the spade.
The result of this cheap and simple opera
tion was manifest the following summer.
The luxuriance and vigor of the foliage
were surprising, for the newly-formed roots
were wandering into fresh and wholesome
pasture. The next year was a moderate
bloom, but every blossom produced fruit.
The third season there was a fine crop, the
two trees producing six bushels of superb
fruit. Is was convincing evidence that the
failure of old established pear trees to pro
duce good crops is owing to a want of pro
per nutriment in the soil, and that instead
of beina b cut down when they cease to bear,
they should be taken in hand and renovat
ed.—Horticulturist.
FANCY HENS.
The hen-fanciers are, I dare say, very
worthy people; far be it from me to plunk
a feather from the tail of any of their
brood.' But to my obscure sense, an, egg
is always very muoh of an- egg, whatever
fowl may have the laying of IL Nor can I
detect much difference between a "broiler"
of the Chittagong, or any other heathen
family, and .the "broiler" Bridget may
dress, and lay before me at a June break
fast, from the cackling company that have
always laid and scratched about the dung
hills of our Christian country. Nay, I take
a rather pleasant entertainment in fancying
my cheerful and cackling barn-dooi brood
are lineally descended from those veterans
of the British roost, who, under the name
or Chanticleer, have for so many centuries
lifted up their welcome to the morning.
There are family associates which are a
source of pride; what if my gallant fellow
in white, yonder, with golden legs, and
blood-red comb, curveting with wings
down spread, and giving a coquettish look
to the demure feathered people of his
harem, comes in direct lineage from the
alert old Chanticleer of the House that
Jack Built ?
This is the cock that crowed in the morn,
Tbat waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn, etc
Can we say as much, or fancy as much for
all awkward, frizzled creature of Shanghai
name, as stupid as the • celestials with their
hair tied into a one ?—Hours at Home.
NEW GRAPE BUG.
Asa Fitch, of Salem, New York, writes
o Moore's Rural as follows :
"The 'New Grape Bug,' noticed in your
issue of August 11, as having been sent
lon from Pennsylvania and Ohio, I presume
is the BROWN COLASPIS, Colczspis brunnea,
as named by Fabrieirta—an oval, drab
oolored beetle, about twice as long as broad,
44 d nearly two-tenths of au 'inch in length,
having the outer under edges of its wing
oven black, and also the underside of its
body and the tips of its antennae. It per
tains to the Chrysomela family, and is thus
akin to the small 'flea-beetles which are
such pests in our gardens, upon cabbages,
etc. It is a rather common insect through
out the United States, appearing here in
/low York each year the latter part of
?se, and continuing through the month of
d tki.Y. I have heretofore noticed it as being
taost common upon the wild grape vines
and the Cinquefoil or Potentilla, but it has
also occurred on several other plants, and
' 5 , 11 sweeping the grass in our meadows in
',Ally, some of the beetles are almost always
Tund among the other insects gathered in
IDD net,
"This year, from the i I have
! eeelved and the inquiries sent tonformation
me, it ap-
Pears that all over the Northern and Middle
Mates, in particular localities if not univer
4, this insect has fallen upon the oulti
sated grape vines in such numbers as to
" C l Plately riddle the leaves with holes. It
now disappeared tor the season, but we
watch with much anxiety for its re
"aranee upon the vines the beginning;
o .
J ULY next year. Probably, as you sug
„\e'tl our best remedy will be to sprinkle
‘he leaves
' eav es with hellebore, or perhaps with
Pulverized aloes, wood ashes, or some
application that will render them
. ' tast eful or poisonous to these insects,
and drive them back again to their wild
vegetation on which they have heretofore
subsisted, and thus save our cultivated
grapes from the serious injury they are now
threatening them."
WEEDING POTATOES WITH SHEEP.
It may not be known to farmers in
general that it is a common practice in
some of the extensive potato-growing dis
tricts to turn flocks of sheep into the potato
fields for the purpose of eating down the
weeds. The sheep will not touch a potato
vine; they cannot be starved into eating
them. This pasturing with sheep is very
advantageous when the crop is a late
planted one, so that the hoeing cannot be
completed until after the haying or harvest
is finished. At this growing season it is
the planter's aim to keep down the grass
and weeds so that they may be covered
with dirt by the cultivator and hoe, when
these are used. Pasturing with sheep will
attain this object. Early planted crops,
the cultivation of which is completed in
the first half of summer, frequently become
grassy and weedy before the time of dig
ging—when the size of the tops precludes
cultivation. In this stage the sheep are
economical weeders. It is hardly neces
sary to mention that the food thus given to
the sheep makes a double profit, inasmuch
as it costs absolutely nothing, while labor is
saved and weeds prevented from seeding in
the crop.—Rural.
DWARF APPLE TREES.
The culture of dwarf apple trees (i. e.,
worked on the paradise stock) is yet very
limited in our country, and it is only within
a few years that they have attracted any
attention ; but as they become better
known, and their real value appreciated,
they will, we are sure, be considered as in
dispensable ',as the pear. They are less
particular as to the soil than the pear, grow
quite as readily, occupy but little more
space than a currant bush, and bear three
to six dozen large and beautiful fruit each.
Beside this, they are so completely within
the control of the cultivator, that if the
canker worm attacks the trees, they can
easily be destroyed by the application of
whale-oil soap. Now that this pest is so
destructive to the orchard trees, the apples
supply their plane, and the same ground,
covered with a dozen or two trees, will
produce nearly the same quantity as a stan
dard, and much larger and more beautiful
fruit.—Hovey's Magazine.
MIXING POTATOES.
We met with a farmer last week, whom
we know to be very successful in his agri
cultural operations, but who has some
notions of his own about farming. Among
other things, he said that he always gets a
better crop of potatoes when he mixes to
gether several kinds. He says that if you
take the several kinds and plant them
separately on the same piece, and then
plant another similar with them mixed, the
latter will be a larger crop than the former.
The idea was new to us. Can any of our
potato-raisers tell us about it ? We thought
it at• first only -a whim, _but_ 2.SL he always
has good crops, we did not like to let him
off without an investigation. What think
you, brother farmers ?---lfaine Farmer.
gtitutifir.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
(Continued.)
ORIGIN OF SOLAR HEAT
The next paper was " On the Origin
of the Solar Heat," by Prof. Peirce: He
spoke of the various theories framed to
account for the maintinance of the sun's
heat. A. ball of carbon of that size would
burn itself out in about 5000 years; a ball
of molten iron would cool down in not far
from the same time. We had no knowledge
of any substance which by its combustion
could produce for any geological period the
heating effect which the sun produces. A
very current recent theory accounts for the
undiminished supply by the constant fall
of meteors into the sun, producing heat by
their-impact and loss of motion. To a
refutation of this theory Prof. Peirce
voted the bulk of his paper. The various
considerations which he offered against it,
drawn from the gradual increase of the
sun's mass, and its effect on the motions of
the planets, and so on, were in great part
of too technical and detailed a character to
be reported; but his final redo do ad ab
surdum, which dismissed the theory with a
laugh, was to the effect that the conditions
of the meteoric hypothesis were such that
if the sun's heat was actually thus kept up,
the earth must also derive an equal amount
of heat directly from the impact of its
share of the meteors upon it;" . it must get
from the meteors just as much as from the
sun. He did not atteuipf a satisfactory ex
planation of his own, but rather suggested
than argued, at the end, that condensation
would answer the purpose ; if the sun had
been originally of the diameter of Mercury's
orbit, it would, by contracting, have given
off its present heat for 30,000,000 of years;
and, being still only a quarter as solid as
the earth, it might go on to contract and
give off the same heat for as much longer.
Prof. Frazer, by questions, brought out
some interesting statements as to the ve
locity of meteors, and comets which were
considered to be larger meteors.
Prof. Stephen Alexander expressed his
gratification with the paper and with the
overthrow of the meteor theory, and brought
out from Prof. Peirce further explanations
of his views.
VARIOUS PAPERS
Prof. Whitney, of Yale College, read the
first paper on "Grounds of Analogy be
tween Linguistic Science and the Physical
Sciences." He reviewed briefly the con
siderations which prove the study of lan
guages to be a moral rather than a physical
science. Yet linguistic science has many
striking analogies with the physical sei
ences, especially in its method in collect
ing and observing facts, and drawing from
them each of the uses, principles and laws
of speech. Speedh is a conscious act, but,
as a system, the usages of speech are
wholly unconaeious. Language is not a
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mere human invention, but a development
wrought by the changing needs and ad
vancing knowledge of the races of men. A.
prolonged and lively discussion followed
the reading of this paper, in which the
effort was to make out that linguistic
science has a physical department. Prof.
Whitney agreed that sound is a physical
product, but the science which is devoted
to thought-bearing sound is not a physical
science. Language is a growth which is
historical.
The next paper was by Prof. Agassiz, on,
the " Limitation of Homologies," in which
he showed the entire difference of struc
ture between vertebrates, articulates, mol4 .
lusks, and radiates. He argued from it
against Prof. Dana's principle of cephaliza
don. In the absence of Prof. Dana, he did
not discuss the bearings of his views at any
length.• Prof. Gibbs, of Harvard College,
read a paper on a new method of optical
analysis, which he thought would be of
great value when fully developed. Mr.
Henry Mitchell then read a paper on re
cent soundings in the Gulf Stream, giving
the mode and results of work near
Southern Florida and Cuba, in which he
had been engaged. Some discussion on
his statistics followed, and also questions.
J. E. Oliver then read a mathematical
paper on repeated linear substitutions,
which was warmly praised by Prof. Peirce,
who considered it a great forward step in
mathematics.
The Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles, of New
York, was then invited to sit with the
Academy, and present any papers he might
have to offer. He came forward, and spoke
at some length of the success of the efforts
of the Academy, and others, to introduce
the metric system of weights and measures,
and especially of the five cent coin, which
is five grammes in weight and one-fiftieth
of a meter in breadth. The cube of the
breadth of five of these coins is a liter.
He urged the Academy to continue its
efforts, and spoke of the desirability of a
uniform coinage for the world, and the
prospects of realizing such a good thing.
ECONOMIC APPLICATION OE SOUND
Prof. Henry, of the Smithsonian Insti
tute, then offered a paper " On Sound in
its Economic Applications." He gave an
account of the organization of the Light
house Board of this country. This Board
consists of two officers of the army, two of
the navy, and two civilians of high scien
tific attainment. Three members of this
Academy are on the Board. He spoke of
the committees on lighting, experiments,
etc. Being a member of the committee on
experiments, he gave an account of some
which had been made at the lighthouse
near New Haven, with a view to selecting
the best means f using sound for giving
warning to ships. They had tried steam
whistles, fog-bells, etc. A skiiia-whistle
which had been presented made a very
great sound, which was said to have been
heard at the distance of thirty miles. The
instrument they found best adapted to
their purposes was a fog-trumpet, whieh
gave the most sound in proportion to power,
in the best way. Prof. Henry stated, as
the most surprising fact observed, that the
sound was found to reach to the greatest
distance in a direction at right angles to
the courseof the wind, instead of at the
direction of the wind, as would naturally be
supposed. He thoughtat first that he must
be mistaken, but on finding something similar
in a French scientific magazine, be con•
constructed an instrument by which he
verified his previous observations. 44.11 is
experiments were still very incomplete, but
he hoped with his instrument to work out
some valuable results. Prof. Henry added
a remark as to automatic machines offered
to the Board. None had been adopted ex
cept one invented by Col. Bache, of the
army, by which the waves dashing into the
lower end of a hole in the rock made a
trumpet sound at the upper end by the
column of air driven up. He asked for
any suggestions the Academy might have
to offer that would be of use to the Board.
The subjects of interrupted sound, and
change, and variety of pitch, were brought
up, as so the question whether sounds of
different pitch traveled at different rates of
speed.
THE FISHES OF THE AMAZON.
Prof. Agassiz next spoke " On the Geo
graphical Distribution of the Fishes in the
Waters of the Amazon." He found, when
he went there, that about 150 species had
been described. We hive trusworthy in
formation that the greatest number seen
was not over 230. Now he himself had
collected specimens of over 1800 species,
and he. was convinced that the whole num
ber of species was at least 3000. He spoke
of the facilities extended by the Govern
ment of Brazil, the Amazonian Steamship
Company, and by every one whom he met,
without which he could have accomplished
little. Even the fishermen were ordered
by the Mayors or Presidents of the provin
ces to go fishing for him. Often five or
six boats would be about' his ship, bringing
fish which had been speared, shot with- ar
rows, caught in nets or with hooks, or poi
soned. He thought, therefore, that such
a collection of fishes as he had brought
home would not soon be seen again. The
Emperor of Brazil, returning from the
army on the Paraguay, sent for him to talk
with him of the Amazon. Imagine his
delight at finding the table covered
,with
dishes filled with the fishes of the Uraguay,
which the Emperor himself had gathered,
and which.he then gave him fur compari
son. He believed he was not wrong in
"saying that the basin of the Amazon is the
largest fresh-water basin in the world. It
flows through a country of 3000 miles long,
with a fall of only 250 feet. As a result
of this, the time of filling up of the
Upper Amazon is six months earlier than
that of the mouth. The tributaries on the
south side supply it most in December,
while those on the north take their turn in
June. 'This is the economy of power in
this grand river, by which its rise and tall
are very much counteracted. Many of
these rivers are tinged ,with some solution,
which he thought to be vegetable, and
which had a blackish color. Those, how
ever, which took their rise in tropical for
ests were clear. The Amazon is so white
in color that when the Rio Negro pours in
its black tide it does not change the Ama
zon. The white rather overlies the black,
or' the two colorsflow;;side;by,side for many
miles. The average temperature of all
these rivers is twenty-seven degrees centi
grade, and the range only five degrees cen
tigrade. It would be hard to find a basin
of such equable temperature. The known
fishes of the Amazon are more than the
known fishes of the Atlantic, while, he
might add, the number of aquatic birds is
amazing. He then spoke of the character
istics of our fishes and those of the Amazo
nian fishes in comparison. The most
characteristic class is that of the gonio
douks, which corresponds to our hornpouts,
but much more nearly to our sturgeons.
There is a kind of sturgeon in the Mis
sissippi River which is very closely allied
to them. It is a family of tropical distri
bution. It may be said, Is it not possible
that these fishes migrate ? so that nothing
could be inferred from their presence in
certain localities only. He had foreseen
this difficulty and had divided his party,
making collections on different parts of the
river for many months at the same time;.
so that he felt that his conclusions were
not based on insufficient knowledge. An
other family, which is quite numerous, is
that of the Siluroids. He knew of no lake
or small river in this country which fur
nished more than 62 species. But in a
very small lake in Brazil he obtained 300
species, and from larger lakes and rivers
he procured larger numbers. The
.next family is that of the Chromids. It
is almost exclusively South American, with
a few species in Africa. He believed the
number of these known to exist in the
Amazon was 11. He himself had added
19. Where the boundaries of transition in
geographical distribution of these fishes
were, and what were the causes of this dis
tribution, he could not say. He had spread
his assistants about so that he was sure of
the fact, but he could not yet go beyond it.
Every prominent type of the ocean had its
type among these same Chromids. He
might speak of the habits of these fishes.
Many species carry their eggs in the sides
of the mouth, like food, or tobacco, if you
please; others bury them in holes. There
are others in which the eggs become at
tached to the lower part of the abdomen ;
others sit upon their eggs like a bird, one class
covering them with the mouth; the aerated
water thus helps to hatch them. Another
family is the Cararids, corresponding to
our minnows and herring. But there are
some kind of fish which range all along
the Amazon and its tributaries. We can
not tell why they should have a general
distribution any more than we can at pres
ent explain the local distribution of the
others. He spoke of the occurrence of
skates, of eels, of swordfish, etc. He
finally spent three weeks at the mouth of
the Amazon, receiving every facility from
the President of the province of Para to
see what fishes went into the ocean from
the river, or the other way. He did not
know 'a single codfish-like fish on the coasts
of Brazil, nor anything like the sculpins.
He added that the artist of his expedition
had prepared paintings of 800 fresh-water
fishes, and of 300 s' ties from the ocean.
If Prof. Henry could let him fill ten vol
umes of the Smithsonian publications, he
had the material wherewith to do it.
Prof Henry spoke of the great value to
science of Prof. Agassiz's explorations, of
the - faciiities afforded by the authorities of
Brazrl, andsof the ditty of the Academy to
take action showing its appreciation of and
gratitude for their kindness. Prof. Peirce
paid a tribute to Prof. Agassiz's modesty,
personal influenee, worth, and scientific
character.
(To be Continued.)
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HALL & RUCKEL,
TARRANT'S
EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT
Is a gentle, cooling Cathartic or Purgative medicine,
in the'form of a Powder, pleasant to take, and is re
commended and' used by the best Physicians in the
'country as a moat reliable and effectual remedy.
EFFERVESCENT
Cures HysPeesia,
Cures-Heartburn,
cures Sick Headache,
SELTZER
Cures Indigestion,
Cures Costiveness,
Cores Piles,
APERIENT
Cares Sour Stomach,
Cures Nervous Headache,
Cures Liver Complaint.
POWDER
Cures Bilious Headache.
Cures Rheumatic Complaints,
Cures Jaundice, -
It is a most e ffi cient medicine for Females and Chil
dren whose stomachs frequently reject ordinary pur
gative medicines. Read our pamphlet of testimo
nials, and as you value your life and health, lose not
an hour in procuring a, bottle of this most wonderful
remedy.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
TARRANT elk CO.
2713 Greenwich Street, New York.
Si' For Sale by all Druggiats. fit 10494 Y
TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS ,
And all other Surgricisl Appliances
of the most approved kinds. infinitely superior to all
others. at
No. 50 NORTH SEVENTH STREET.
Ladies attended by Mrs. Dr. AIoCLENACITAIst
Male Department by a competent Surgeon.
TRUSSES.
To avoid all cloth, leather. and rag• covered filthy
Triages, with their parboiling, blistering,rusting and
breaking, go to
J. B. SEELEY'S
"Hard Rubber Truss" Establishment,
1347 CHESTNUT Street,
• Where you will find the cleanest, lightest, easiest,
best and only TRUSS KNOWN, that will never rust,
limber, break or soil, used in bathing, fitted to form,
requiring no strap, anti made of any power required.
Constantly on hand, a large assortment of Suppor
ters, Should er Braces, Silk Mastic Stockings, Suspen
sions, Urinals. Sm.
Lady in attendance. Pamphlet free. 1018-8 m
J. & F. CADMUS,
Tiro. 736 Market St., S. E. corner of Eighth
PH/14.D.ELPHIA.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS SHOES, TRUNKS,CARPET BAGS AND
VALISES of every varietyand style. iel-ly
gasutaurt bin pans
IN YOUR OWN ROME CONPANI,
S. E. cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets.
Insurers in this Company have the additional .-
antee of the CAPITAL STOCK all aid up C
which, together with CASH ASSETS, now on ban
amounts to
Invested as follows :
$lOO,OOO S.
100.000 City of Philade lphiali Loan 6's.
new,
70,05013. S. Treasury Notes, 7-20,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15.000 8. Loan of 1:..1,
10.000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
12,700 Compound Interest Treasury
Notes.
10.000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Port Wayne & Chi
/lag° bonds.
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds.
1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
450 sh ßank ares Corn Exchange National
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank.
142 shares Williamsport Water Com-
Mortgage, annmd Rents, and Real
tate 147,909 89
Loans on collateral amply secured. 169.481 96
Premium notes secured by Policies 217,504 58
Cash in bands of afents 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
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1. .. 10,223 00
DIOIMIE FOR THE YEAR 1865,
$544,592 92.
Losses Paid during the Year amounting:ta
$87,636 31.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY. thus aiding the
the insured topay_premiums.
The last DMDEND on all Mutual Policies in form
January 1,1866. 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 Whilldin, William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent. John Aikman,
Hon. James Pollock, Henry K. Bennett.
L. M. Whilldin, Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mii:le, Isaac Hazlehurst,
Albert C. Roberts.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
GEORGE NUGENT, Vice-President.
JOHN C. SIMS, Actuary.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer.
C. G. ROBESON, Assistant Secretary.
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
LOSS OF LIFE OR INTITRY
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,
Cash Capital and Assets. Dec. 1, 1865
PHILADPILI 3 HIA BRANCH OFFICE.
TER PIONEER ACCIDENT INSURANCE
NEW NOBEL
Where policies are issued covering all and every de
scription of accidents happening under any Circum
stances. An institution whose benefits can be en
loyed by the poor man as well as the rich. No medi
cal examination required.
Policies issued for amounts from $5OO to $lO,OOO in
eases of death, and from $3 to $5O weekly compensa
tion in ease of disabling injury, at rates ranging from
$3.50 to $6O per annum, the cheapest and most Praele
Was mode of Insurance known.
Poh'cies written for five seam at twenty per amt.
discount on amount of yearly premiums. Hazardous
risks at hazardous rates.
Ocean Policies written, and permits issued fey travel
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 other
class of insurance, in proportion to the risk.
No better or more satisfactory investment can be
made of so small a sum. Therefore—insure in de
Travelers.
I I
J. G. BATTRRSON, President.
RODNEY DENNIS. Secretary.
RIMY A. DYER. General Agent.
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
GDUIIi) 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
500,000
Disbursed on this account within clic past few years,
For the present, the office of this comvany willre
main at
415 WALNUT STREET,
But within a few months will remove to its Own
Building N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CHEST
NUT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure oar
patrons at such rates as are consistent with safety,
DIRECTORS.
. • _
THOMAS CRAVEN. ALFRED S. GILLETT,
FIIRMA.N SHEPPARD, N. S• LAWRENCE,
THOS. MACKELLAR, CHARLES I. DUPONT.
JOHN SUPPLEE, HENRY F. KENNEY, -
JOHN W. CLAOHORN. JOSEPH KLAPP,
SILAS YEBEES, Jr.
THOMAS CRAVEN, Preaident,
ALFRED S. GrizE S ecr etary . dent and Treasure.
JAMES B. ALVORD 102 Ply
INSURE YOUR LIFE
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
$1,143,874 15.
INDEMNITY FOR
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
15596,33 S 12.
409 WALNET STREET,
COMPANY IN ABEKRICA.
PANT 1N ABLERICA.
General Agents for Pennsylvania,
409 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
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