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THE DA1LT EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1870.
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HISTORY AND LITEniTl'RI Or TUB fliMI OF
WII.IIAHUi.
t't mn Timtlt llnr,
A French unlet, Henrique Pevlijne, hag 'Hie
eredlt of being the inventor of billiards. Kit
a he flonrlMied in the reign of Charles (I, A. I).
l.VH) 7t, aril as the game was undoubtedly
known to the English iu the rcigr. of Kli.abetli,
It it probable that he only improved and modified
a i;iine popular tn both countries. (Jould it lie
clearly proved that lie was the absolute Inventor
f thin lancinating pastime. billlard-pUyers of
all countries aliould combino to ereel an ivory
statue to his honor, whereon might bu iuacriaed
the names of famous player oi nil ft'res. l.'ut
we cannot ive the Ingenious Frenchman the
entire credit, and some people have even
apierted that the French got the same from ttali
ountry. Dr. Johnson held this opinion, pos
sibly becaue he mvle a curious bluu
ler about the derivation of the vrnvl
"billiards." It comes of course from pila, a ball,
whence bille and blllard: and not, as. several
authorities aswrt., from the halyards, or slicks
with which the hall was driven alons? the table.
Additional reason for supposing that we owe
the pame as now played to the French m iy be
found In the fast that most of the terms used in
the ganic, as well as "billiards" itself, as wo
have seen, are of French origin. "Bricole,"
"coup," cr "con:" and "carom bole," the old
name for a "carom," or "cannon," are instances
of this; while a "crow," or "fluke," has had a
double derivation piven to it. "Crow," or
"raceme,' is from the French "raccrocher," to
recover; and fluke has been derived from the
Hook of an anchor, seeing that it is a chauce by
which the arm of an anchor holds the ground
rather a fanciful derivation.
It is interesting to see what mention of the
pame is made by old writers, for the momeut a
pame becomes at all popular, allusions to it are
nre to be found in the literature of the day.
We have gathered here a few of such allusions
to billiards, Locke says, "When the ball obeys
the stroke of tho billiard-stick, it is not any
action of the ball, but baro passion;" and lioyle
talks of "ivory balls meeting on a billiard
table." Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy"
mentions that "the ordinary recreations which
we have in winter, and in most solitary times
busy our minds with, are cardes, tables, and
dke, shovelboard, caesse-play, the philosopher's
frame, small trunks, ebuttlecoek, halliards, etc."
Other authors have been complimentary to the
game: u Mr. James Love, or Dance, an actor
and dramatic author who lived in the last cen
tury, says:
"Not puny billiards, where, with slngglsh pace,
The dull ball trails before the feeble wace.
Where nothing can your languid spirits move,
Pave where the marker bellows out 'six love!'
Or when the ball, closc-ctiHhion'd, slides askew,
A nd to an opening pocket runs a cou !"
Jlieiion, an author who wrote "Travels In
F.npland," rpeuks of the game as one common
to all European nations: and another author,
writing in 105 i, talks of billiard-tables in taverns.
Ben Johsou has a pretty simile gathered from
the board of green cloth. He speaks of
"Nose and cheek withal,
Siuootn as la the billiard-ball ;"
and the poet Spenser makes allusion to it, but
not in a very complimentary spirit. More
modern authors have referred to the game, but
only ppariutly; and, indeed, the tcarcity of allu
fcions to it know that from the ea-liest times it
was rather the diversion of the rich than of tho
poor, on accouut of the expense of the cues,
tai)is, nans, ana. an tnings connected witn it.
There is a curious reference to billiards in a
payment in tho reigu of James I, as follows:
"To Henry Waller, our joyner for one bylllarde
boardc cont. twelve foote longe and fower
broade, the frame beiug walnuttre well-wrought
and carved, with eight great skre ves aud
eighteen small skrewes." This would be a very
narrow board, but the length Is the same as that
usual in modern tables; and even the wood
mentioned (waluut) Is frequently used for pri
vate tables at this day. Henrique Dcvigne may
poeEibly be entitled to the credit of having
raited the game to its present position among
amusements; but with regard to the invention
of billiards, it is probable that in France, as was
certain)' the case in this country, they had
a ftort of lawn-billiards, which
afterwards came to be played upon a table. To
this improvement of the game, with other modi
fications, Dcvigne probably contributed; buf
there is no doubt that the gaiuo, in its perfected
condition, was of slow growth. Strutt, in his
'P ports and Pastimes," is probably right when
lie says, after giving the French a certain
amount of credit for tho invention of billiards,
"1 cannot help thinking it originated from an
ancient game played with small balls upon the
ground; or, indeed, that it was, when first
instituted, the same game transferred from the
pronod to the table." This ancient game,
played with balls upon the ground, has been re
vived of late years in the fashionable game of
croquet, for the balls were driven through a
"pass," or hoop fixed into the
pround, and afterwards also used
fastened into the middle of the billiard
table. A picture in the "School of Recreation"
(1710) represents two gentlemen engaged at the
billiards of the period. They are standing at a
four-legged table, and knocking the balls
through two passes, with clumsy-looking curved
maces about two feet long, held in the middle,
o that the balls must have been prodded at
certainly not a method of play likely to produce
any scientific results. A "coae, or king,"
placeed uprlght.was also used the prototype of
the croquet stick.
Billiards is first mentioned as an unlawful
pame in an Act of Parliament, SO George II;
that is to say, by that act people are prohibited
from playing the game in public houses under a
penalty of ten pounds; but the people specified
are oDly the lower orders, and the law
is not a very fair one. Tho
Elector of Saxony, in 1710, was
albo careful to restrict billiards only to the
ipper classes, as we see from some amusiug
regulations issued by him in that year. Aruoag
other decrees we have, "Those who frequent
billiard-rsomi inust be served by men-persons."
Female markers may have been common at the
time, and would probably be popular now in
this country. We only remember to have seen
one in London, in some rooms now closed.
"Shopkeepers' assistants," the Elector's regula
tions continue, "are prohibited from playing."
And here is a most salutary rule: 'The sum
played for not to be more tbau sailed to each
perkon's position." We wonder how this w.is
enforced, and who assigned the limit to eaou
individual's gambling; it must have been a ditli
cult matter for the host to decide, and he must
nave been the arnitrator, for we real that be
was made responsible for the observance of the
regulations, aud was fined for auy infraction of
them. Such orders would much astonish the
frequenters of a billiard-room in tu-se davs,
were they hung up alongside the rules for the
various games.
Among the iuof t popular garas in tho early
days ef billiards was a curious and complicate I
one, called the "fortification game." I.i this
the table was covered with a number of forts
or castles, each euriuouuted with its proper
flag, and heavily weighted with lead to pre
vent the balls knocking it down; the c u
ba tacts, as in the games of our cbJldtoH,
were called French and KuglUh. Old books 04
billiards give pictures of the table arranged for
this game, whl h looks very odd to our eves
now, although it ."night be revived with a lvau
tage for children ou the small billiard-boards so
much in vogue, wbJcn can bo placed up n
diniDg-tables. Some reminiscence of it was
probably in the mind . the ingenious indivi
dual who invented the aburd 'eklule-pojl,"
common in public rooms some years ago, but
which is seldom or never played nowadays.
While speaking of this we L"y mcutton some
of the games most popular at the preoent d iv.
By fur the best game on the billUrd-ubla
Is the ordinary winning and losin-j
game, which has the advantV?e of com
liiilrg, in pleacant variety, winning and losi jg
hazards, and cannons; and it is the g.vaa which
admits of the most conspicuous ek'Ul. The
American game is played with four b.ls, but
only winning hazards aud cannons are all owed,
losing hazards counllug against the player, it
is a capital game for a freehanded striker, aid
the ifore mounts up very readily. We have
heard of the most extraordinary "breaks," or
continuous scores, being: mtUe at it: snore than
1400 In said to have been scored by one Ameri
can plavcr; but the tables are often smaller, the
balls larger, than ours, and pushing with a
broad-pointed cue is permitted. One of the
longest breaks at the English game on record
was JH0, rondo by the champion, John Roberts;
but that has since been eclipsed by breaks of
:$M)nnd 3114. made by W Cook, junior, who will
probably one day be the champion.
Pyramids, a great game for gambling, Is
played with fifteen red and one white ball, and
consists of winning hazards only. It is a good
game, but rather monotonous. Some men at
tain wonderful proficiency at it, aud an amateur
in London lately, p'uyltig from baulk at the
tails arranged in the triangle as at the begin
ning of the gaum, holed the entire number in
seventeen shots 1 A wonderful feat, certainly,
and exceedingly difficult to accomplish, as any
player who attempts it will find. Pool, the
pleasantest and most social of all games on the
billiard-table, is played with any number of
varioufcly-colored balls, each player using
a special color, and playing inde
pendently of tho other. Wiuuiog hazards,
as in pyramids, alone count, each person re
ceiving a certain stake from the owner of the
ball which he pockets; the person pocketed als
losing what is technically called "a life,"
having three t the commencement ot the game,
and losing all chance ot the pool, invle up of
contributions from all the players, when he
loses every life. A "star," or additional life,
is allowed to the unlucky man who first loses
the original three,on payment of the same stake
as that paid at tho beginning. Each life
should be a third of the sum deposited In the
pool; thus, a three-shilling pool with shilling
lives is very common, but of course tho
game is played for far higher stakes. We have
heard of some enterprising Australians who, by
way of a variation at the game, plaved
"bullock pooland sheep hazard." Pool without a
pool that is to say, continuous winning hazards,
with a small btake for pocketing a ball is a
very good game for a party of friends in a coun
try bouse. So also is "shell out," in which a
Lumber of people ploy at pyramids, using the
same ball alternately, and receiving a small
stake from all the other players wheuever a ball
is pocketed. It is a popular game in small
public rooms in London. The French game
consists entirely of cannons, and is played upon
tables without pockets, with very much larger
balls than ours, and very broad-pointed cues.
Some foreigners acquire a marvellous pro
ficienc' in it. M. Charles Berger, the
French champion, is a wonderful player,
possessing perhaps more power of cue than any
man living. For the Russian game Carlino, the
German, and other varieties, we must refer the
reader to any of the manuals on the subject.
Old billiard-tables were made of various
shapes, some being oval and others square.
When Evelyn visited the Portuguese Ambassa
dor in 1 07., he saw what ho calls a new sort of
billiards, with more hazards than the game then
played in England. The table had posts and
pins, and be tells us that the ball was struck
with "the small end of the billiard-stick,
which is shod with brass or silver."
This "billiard-stick" would probably be
the cue, which was In use on the
Continent fer some time before It wan known
here; players in this country using the mace,
and "trailing" at the balls, as children do to
this day when placing bagatelle. Cues were at
first cut in various ways, some obliquely and
others straight, and the former, for some reason
or other, was called a "JelTery." The leather
tipped cue which we use now did not come Into
use, according to Mr. KenlBeld'a aithority,
until 1807. The best cues are made of well
seasoned ash or boxwood, aud the weight of the
butt and breadth of the tip mnj be left to the
taste and fancy of the player. It is said thU a
good cue should be of such a length as just to
stand upright under the chin of the
person using it; at any rale, care should
be taken that it is uot too short, as
iu such a case it cramps the player. T'Ue b ills
are of ivory, and tho rcgulatiou diameter is a
little over two inches; but they vary very much.
Care is taken bv the best makers tint they
should be not only of the same size, but of the
same density and specific gravity, or they will
not run true. An author called Reuben Roy,
who wrote a little work called "The Science of
Billiards," gives a good method for fiuding out
whether a ball is perfect, lie says: "If a sus
pected ball be marked with a spot on any part
of its circumference, and be carefully placed ou
the surface of a vase of clear water, with the
mark exactly uppermost, It will descend through
the lesser density of the water iu exactly the
same position that is, with the mark still
uppermost." This is a good test, but requires
to lie carefully applied, and the best
plan is to get your balls from a maker in whom
you havo full confidence. Tables were at first
made of wood, and our slate-tables only came
into fashion about forty years ago. ttilliard
tables are also made of iron, but the slate-bed is
the best. The cushions were at first made of
list, tightly strapped and hammered together;
they are now manufactured of iudi rubber, and
are therefore much faster, although some old
players, we believe, s ill hold that the list
cushions were preferable, and that the ball re
bounded from them at a truer angle. The
eushious should be kept as much as possible iu
au equable temperature, requiring the applica
tion of beat semetimes in cold or damp weather.
Indeed, a good billiard-table requires as much
looking after as a baby! Every billiard-player
in these days is familiar with the side-stroke
that is to say, the striking of the ball upon oue
side or other of its centre, so as to give it a
bias, and make it come bick from the cushion
at an angle different from that it would havo
taken bad it been struck ia the centre. The
maxim to be remembered by all billiard-players
is, that the angle of reflexion is eqti il to tho
aDgle of incidence, aud the object of "sido" is
to alter this angle according to the bias given
to the ball. Side can be communicated, as it
were, or put on one ball by another; though it
is a popular error to deny this; but th" com
municated side has no effect u ntil the ball played
upon has touched another ball or the cu-Liou.
Side put directly upou a bill by the cuo
will take effect without its touching either ciir-h
ion or ball in its progress, and a ball cau bo
made to describe a semicircle on a table, or g
round uny object placed upon it, and return to
the striker. "Screw" may be defined as bUIm put
upon the ball perpendicularly, instead of hori
zontally, aud will make a ball run out on thu
table and came back, the axis of rotation being
reversed by a low stroke, and a certain b uk
ward jerk of the cue, more easy to explain prac
tically than theoretically. The side stroke U
raid to have been discovered by a billl ird pro
prietor in Hath some years ago, but o'.bur people
have laid claim to this curious way of uMiig the
cue, which certainly wrought a complete modi
fication in the methods of playing uioJcra bil
liards. It is a great pity that so good agnne, re
quiring both brain-work and manual dexterity,
should have incurred much odium on account
of the number of disreputable characters an 1
"legs" who frequent public rooms. N itorio-n
cases of sharping have come witblu tho know
ledge of all meu who have played billl nds pro
miscuously aud a glaring instance of what the
"leg" will do occurred iu a billiard-room in the
North of England some years ago. A casu il
visitor to the room was plaviug u game at pyra
mids with one of the habitues, aiul the other
frequenters of the room were backing tbir
lrieud against the stranger very heavily. Tho
game was a close oue, aud weut on with vary
ing success until there remained oue ball to
bole, to finish, and to decide the KV.no.
In one corner of the room was an
oren lavatory, with soap-dishes and other ap
purtenances. The strauger had the balls left
for him in a position which gave a ceruiu
hazard, but before making it, he put dowu his
cue for a moment, and turned his back up ju the
table to light a fresh cigar. His opponent
rubbed a finger on the soap, and parsed it over
the end of his cue! The strauger came back to
the table and resumed lue cue, without the pre
caution of chalking it. attempted to make the
stroke, when the cue slipped, and he missed the
ball altogether greatly to the satisfaction of
the rascals sitting around, who never said a
word in explanation. The moral of such a petty
piece of swindling is Don't play In public
rooms with strangers, bnt confine yourself to
yonr clubs, or play with yonr friends.
VTe may notice, in conclusion, some of the
books that have been wrlttea on billiards. Mr.
Kentfleld, of Brighton, better known a "Jona
than," has given us a sumptuous folio with
magnificent diagrams, which are, for the most
part, useful ones. A still better book the best,
in fact, for the learner, which has been written
on the game is that ef Mr. Mardon, a friend
and pupil of the great Jonathan, which contains
much excellent advice, and a number of clever
and thoroughly practical diagrams. "Captain
Crawley" has also written two books on the
game-one a small manual published at half a
crown, aud a more pretentious work, called
"The Billiard Book," which, however, is
scarcely more valuable than the
smaller volume. Both books are well
written, and contain some pood diagrams. A
book called "Practical Billiards" is eminently
unpractical, and although that clever player,
Mr. Dufton, has given his name to it, we cannot
believe he Is respousible for all the nonsense it
contains. The last book out is a practical
manual by Mr. John Roberts, the champion,
which, coming from so great a master of the
cue, is a valuable addition to the literature of
the game. It contains much sound practical
advice by the champion himself, but it has been
badly edited by some one else, who has cram
med it with a great deal of foolish irrelevant
matter stories cut from magaziues, and the
like, which are quite out of place in a practical
book.
The 'glories of cricket and of football have
been snDg in stirring strains, but billiards yet
awaits its sacred bard. Here, however, are some
verses descriptive of our experiences when play
ing with a young lady. We have called them
"A Billiard Lesson"
'TwaB pleasant on th winter nights
To see, tnosth the shaded lights,
iter golden nean Dent low;
To watch her snowy lingers make
A tiny "bridge 'aud count each "break,"
Of such a geutle foe.
And though she said It was a sin
To beat her I conid always win,
To bear such pretty blame;
And still while winning strokes I made,
It seemed to me as if I played
A very losing game.
There's kudos In the rattling strokes
You make amid a lire rf jokes
From chatting fellow-men;
And yet when beauty turns away,
And pouts at your more skilful play,
You've other feelings then.
No "hazard," that my running cue,
With all my greatest oare could do,
Or lucky "lluke" might pet,
Could ever equal that I ran
In tlaving miserable man !
With such a lllrting per.
Anrif,thoug hi lost such heaps of gloves
Iu betting with her when one loves
Such losing bets are blest.
And since she teiisrd me uight and day,
I only pet a bllllard-play
The chances of a ' rest."
The "cannon" on the table preen
Will to a Canon come, I ween, -
Who'll tie me to a wife;
And she, with backers not a few,
Vi 111 rpiietly put, on tne "screw,"
And "pocket" me for life I
Wo confess that we are enthusiasts of the
game: there Is no other game, In our eyes, can
compare with it. Now, we are happy to sav,
that a private table takes its place iu every well
ordered mansion, and tho ladit sof the family
are found to be skilful wielders of the cue,
much of the stigma that once attached to it h is
passed away. Other games and other pleasures
may justly find admirers
"Suntquos currlculo pulvercmJOlynipicum
Collegisse juvat ;"
but be ours the pleasures of a hotly coatested
game, a well-played pyramid or social po .li
the charms of the shaded lamps, tlu well
balanced cue, the smooth green table, and the
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The Faculty of the East Alabama C (liege
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The Female College at Wheeling, West
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B. K JAMISON & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
P.F.KELLY CO.,
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN
Gold, Silver, and Government Bonds,
At ClOftcat Itlarket Itatev,
N. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT Sts.
Special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS
inlsewYork and Philadelphia Stoct Hoards, etc
etc 28
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA.
January 1, 1870.
Incorporated 1794. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL 1300,000
AbSETti fV83,C81
Losses paid since organization. . . .
..t'23,000,000
Receipts of Premiums, ise 1,991,83T'4B
Interest from Investments, 1869 114,W6 74
2,ll)0,M419
.11,005, S8iV4
Losses paid, 1669.
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
First Mortgages on City Property.
United States government aud other Loan
Bonds
Railroad, Bank and Canal Stocks
Cafch in llauk and Ofllce
Loans on Collateral Security
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums
Acciued Interest
Premiums In coarse of transmission... ...
Unstttled Marine Premiums
Real Fsi ate, otllce of Company, Philadel
phia 1760,450
1.123.SW
M.70S
847,620
'4,r.-8
831,9-14
20.367
8ft, 198
100,900
80,000
13,783,681
DIRECTORS.
Arthur G. Coffin,
Sumuel W. Jones,
John A. Prown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
"V 1111am Welsh,
S. Morris Wain,
John MaBon,
George L. Harrison,
Francis R. Cope,
Edward 11. Trotter,
Edward 8. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred L). Jenup,
Louis C. Madeira,
Charles W. Cushiuan,
Clement A. Urlacom,
William Brock Ih.
ARTHUR G. CO K FIN. President.
CHARLES PLATT, Vioe-PresldenU
MATTniAS ma is, Secretary.
C. II. Rskves, Assistant Secietary. 8 4
ASBURY
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
HEW YORK.
LEMUEL BANGS. President.
GKOKGE ELLIoTT, Vice-Pres't and Sec'y.
juivA. j xv a iutviiiiii.uuji Actuary,
PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGENCY,
JAMKS M. LONG AC RE, Manager.
H. O. WOOD, JK., M. 1., Medical Examiner.
Office, 302 WALNUT St., Philadelphia.
REV. S. POWERS, Special Agent
JAMES M. LONQACRtC, General Agent,
5 83 mwfiy No. 308 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia
1829 CnAliTER PE
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
1870.
Mill Fire Icsnrance Company
Office, Nob. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Aug. I,'70$3f009f883'24
CAPITAL 4O0,0O0n0
ACCRL KD SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 8,oa,-i4
INCOMB FOR 1870, LOSSES PAID IN 1868,
I-ontte lmld wince orer
$5.500,GOJ
Perpetual aud Temporary Policies on Libera:
Terms.
The Company also lusnes policies upon the Ker.f
of all fctnds of Buildings, Ground Reuu, aud M or'
gapes
The "FRANKLIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM,
DIRECTORS.
Alfred G. Baker.
Alfred Fltler,
Tnomas riparks,
WUUaiu fc. Grant,
Thomas 8. Ellis,
Gnstavus S. Benson.
Samuel Grunt,
George W. Klchards,
Isaac Lea,
George Pales,
ALFRED G. BAKKK. Presl.leut
UKURUE KALKS, Vice-President.
JAMES W. McALLIiSTKii, Secretary. 18 18
HlfcoirtJKR M. KiUKK, Asbistaui Secretary.
rpHE ENTFKPKIHB INSUHANCB CO. OP
X PUILADBLr-HIA.
Ctnce 8. W. oor. KOl'KTII and WALNUT Streets
PIKE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
PEHPETl'AL AND TKilM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid up iu full) $n).mto
UASU Assets, October. tS7( 681.13318
D1RJEUTOK3.
K. Ratcliford Starr, J. Livingston Errtnger,
Naibro Prxzler, (James L. Olagliorn,
John M. Atwood, Win. G. Bouitou,
BtnJ. T. Tredick. Charles Wheeler,
George II. Stusii, Thomas II. Moutgomer
John 11. Brown, James M. Aertseu;
F. RATCHFORD STARK. ITesldent.
THOMA II. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President.
ALEX. W. W1STKK, HbcreUry.
JACOB K. PKTKK80N. AaaUUnt Secretary.
JMrEBIAL FLUE INSURANCE CO.,
ujsuon,
KTAHIJIIEI INOa.
fatd-up Uaiiil&l n4 AoomuuWU4 Vanda,
08,000,000 I IV GOLD.
PREVOST A HEllKIWG. Ageuta,
41 Ralllt TUIBJD B UMt. PUiUdalphi.
0UA& U. P&IVOST OUAH P.
INSURANCE
INCORPORATE 188B.
OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE MUTUAL
SAFETY INSURANCE CO.
rsiuADiLPBi. November 1, 187.
The following statement ( the affairs of tne Corfl
paay Is pablishrd in conformity with a prorlslen ef
its Cssrter:
PREMIUMS RECEIVED from November 1, 1908, t
October 81, 1870:
fs Marine and Inland R!Bks.t"M,419-3
on Fire Risks im,sui?o
1954,810 6
rremlnms on Policies not
marked offNoveuibti 1,1669. 508,489-32
l,4.-6,79ft8i
PREMIUMS MARKED OFF as earned from No
Vf mbtr 1, 1169, to October 8t. 1H70:
On Marine ami Inland Risks. 180. 746 -79
On Fire Risks m,ts el
1,032,89B'4
Interest dnrlog the
period Salvages, etc.
saras
162,600-98
ll,184,79-44 h
iiygcao, laixhum, etc., ounng tne year as
aCuve:
Marine and Inland Naviga
tion Lueses MB,n.VS93
Fire l osses 99,003-03
Return Premiums 81,921 H9
KelDturni.e( 40,09da
Agency Charges, Advertis
ing, Printing, etc C0,(01'40
Takes United States, State,
and Municipal Taxes 63,000-13
Expenses 84.0461H)
S975.1M-8T
t309,W9-4T
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY
November 1, 1S70.
1300,000 United States Six Per Cent.
IOaii (lawful money) .... $333,876-09
2uv,inu oiaie oi l enoHjivauia hix rcr
Cent. Loan 814,000 09
200,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 204,l2-&
1C4.000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 189,920-00
80,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
Mortgage Six Per Ceut.
Bonds. 80,700-OS
26,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds SS.SSO-OO
25,000 Western Penn. Railroad Mort
gage Six Per Cent. Bonds
d'enn. R. K. guarantee) 20,000-0
80,000 Etate of Tennessee Five Per
Cent. Loan 18,000 "OS
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per
Cent Loan 4,200-00
12,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, 'i',0 Shares Stock 15,000-04
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, loostiiues Stock.. 4,300-00
10,000 Phi adelphia and Southern
Aiau t-teamsnip company. b0
Shares Stock 4,00000
261,660 Loans on Bond and Mortgage,
lirst liens on City Properties. 861,660-00
11,260,160 Par. Market Value.. f 1,293,567-50
Cost. tl.U64.447 34.
Real Estate 156,000-00
xtniBiteceivanie ior insurances mue... 830,911-87
Balances due at A gencls Premiums on
Marine Policies Accrued Interest and
other debts due the Company 93,37547
Stock and Scrip, eta, of sundry corpora
tions, f7,st60. Estimated value 8,918-00
Cash . 142,91173
11 820,727-91
PitiLinnLrniA, Nov. 9, 1870.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a
CASR DIVIDEND OF TEN 1-EK O-CNT. on the
CAPITAL STOCK, and SIX PER CENT. Interest
on the SCRIP or the Company, payable on and after
the 1st of December proximo, free of .National and
Slate Taxes.
They have also declared a 8CRIP DIVIDEND of
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT, on the EARNED
TREM1UMS for the year ending October 81, 1870
certificates ef which will be Issued to the parties
entitled to the same, on and after the Ut ot Decem
ber proximo, free of National and State Taxes.
They have ordered, also, that the SCRIP CER
TIFICATES OF PROFITS of the Company, for the
year ending October 81, 1SC3. be redeemed In CASH,
at the Office of the Company, en ami after 1st of
December proximo, all lutcrest thereon to cease
on that day.
By a provision of the Charter, all Certificates of
Scrip not presented for redemption within five
years after public notice that they will be redeemed,
i ball be forfeited and cancelled on tha books of the,
Company.
No certificate of profits Issued under t"B- By the
Act of Incorporation, "no certificate shall Issue
unless claimed within two years after the declara
tion of the dividends whereof tt Is evidence."
DIKKCTORS.
Thomas C. Hand,
John C. Dav is,
Edmund A. Souder,
JoBeph H. Seal,
James Traqualr,
liem y Slemi,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,
James C. Hnd,
Wil lam J. Ludwig,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. Beruadoa,
William C Houston,
11. Frank Robinson,
TUOMA8
Samuel F Stokes,
William G. Bouiton,
Kd ard Darlington,
H. Jones Brooke,
Eii war -1 Lafourcade,
Jacob Rlegel,
Jacob P. Junes,
James B McFarland,
Joshut P. Eyre,
Spencer Mcilvalne,
John B. Sample, Ptttsb'g
A. B. Bergor, "
D. T. Morgan,
O. HAND. President.
JOHN O. DAVIS. Vice-President.
Hikrt Lylblkn, Secretary.
HshKY Ball. Asst Secretary. 11 11 lit
p I R B ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED MARCH 17, 1880.
OFFICE,
No. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
INSURE
BUILDINGS, DOUSEUOLD FURNITURE, AND
MERCHANDISE GENKRALLY
Frem Loss by lire (in the city of Philadelphia only)
AHMRTH, JANUARY. 1, l!0, 1,574,734
TKUNTICE'.
William n. Hamilton,
John Carrow,
George I. Young,
Jos. R. Lyndall,
Levi P. Coats,
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse Liiglitfuot,
Bobert buouiuaker,
Peter Ariubrustor,
M. H. Dickinson,
Pfftj?r WilHnmimn
t -r---
j vary ii a. oeueii.
WM. II. HAMILTON, President.
8AMUEL 8PARQAWK, Vice-President,
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary
ma
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE
INSURANCai
I COMPANY.
Incorporated ls&v Charter PernetuaL
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence I
Square. I
nlty fur over forty years, continues to insure against
loss or damage oy fire nn Public or I'rlvate Build
ings, either permanently or for a limned time. Also
on Furniture, Stocks of Goods, aud Merchandise
generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital, together with a lanre Surplus Fund,
Is Invested iu the most careful iiuumer, which ena
bles them to otTcr to the insured an nndoabted seen.
nty in the caso of loss.
Daniel Smith, Jr.,
Isaac HaKleliurst,
Thomas Smith,
Henry Lewis,
J. GilllngtittiQ Fell,
TUOUIHB IWUILS,
John Devtreux,
Franklin A. Comiy.
DAM EL SMITH, Jr., President.
WM. G. Chow cm Secretary. 8 80
F
A M E INSURANCE OOUPANY
No. 809 CHESNUT Street.
INCOHfOHAlEO 1866. CUASfka JkPtTtJAi.
CAPITAL tJOO.-XJU.
FIRE INSUKANOE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance agaiut Loss or Damage by 'ire either by
Perpetual or Temporal Pollutes,
SlUC1'OUiL
Charles Richardson,
Robert Pearce.
wuuam ii. itnawn,
William M. Seyfert,
John F. Smith,
Nathan Hlllea,
Gem-ire A. West.
John Ke.isier, Jr.,
Edward K. Orue,
Charles Stokes,
John W. Everman,
Moriiecai Busby.
ARDSUN, President
WILLIAM U. KUAWN, Vice-President.
Williams L Blakolajld becretary. I gb(
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