3KSiBSss!S5SBSIBI "V -&&$$ 12 THE PITTSBUQDISPATGH, THURSDAY, JNTTAHT. 28, 1892. DTSUHANCE OF LIVES. The Eecent Bcmarks of Matthew Marshall Call Forth AN INTERESTING CBITICISM. Irrors Commonly Made by Those ."ot Fa miliar With tlie Easiness. BIG BUILDINGS SAFE INVESTMENTS To the Editor or The Dispatch: An article appeared in your issue of Monday ly 31r. Matthew Marshall which, as it written by one who is evidently, from his article and from his own admissions, not iatuiliar with the principles of life insur ance, might convey an erroneous impres Eion. If vou will allow me the use of your columns I would like to correct a few errors J he makes and which are commonly made by others. The first error he mates, and one com monly made by thee unfamiliar with the principles of life insurance, is in statin; that the surplus of the compnnv is so much unnecessary profit which the company's officers, directors or trustees hae made lrom polic holders. The lactsare that the surplus of nc.irlj every larpe life insurance company in this country btlones principal ly, if not altogether, to its policy holders and it is merely money which the company have on hand "to pay dhidends at some iuture time. For instance, of the surplus ot the company referred to, about 514, 000,000, nearly ?!),000,0J0 of this sum is to pav dividends on Tojt'ne policies which have not yet matured. It is virtually a sinking fnnd to meet its Tontine obliqation, and therefore cannot by any posibility be construed to bean excessive profit which the company has made irom insurance. Moreover, the company referred to, as is the case with nearly all life insurance companies, is a mutual company. There are no stock holders or directors who have, any legal ri?ht to make any money from the company other than to pay the actual expenses ot its management. Tt liat a Snrpla Indicate s. This fact is often overlooked by persons who imagine that life insurance companies are stock corporations, and the impression is often erroneously conveyed that the as sets or surplus of life insurance companies are profits from the business. It is just as when a railroad company is gathering to gether money to meet interest due, say Jan uary 1, on a large amount of .outstanding bonds or stocks, except that the obligations of life insurance companies, instead of fall ing due at the end of each year, are gen erally deferred, so that under certain forms of policies di idends are payable at the ends of longer periods, lrom five to 20 years. The fact that the company has a large surplus is only evidence that it is making provision very wisely for the pay ment of these obligations, and instead of showing an exorbitant profit to the com pany shows that it is laying up for its pol icy holders a handsome dividend, which the policy holders and not the company will get in due time. Similarly the assets of a company are a sinking lund to meet its obligations as they fall due. When a company issues a policy for 51,000 it assumes a liability to pay ?1,000 at a man's death, or if an endowment policy, at the end of a certain number of ears', say 20. The law wisely provides that the company shall begin to make pro vision lor the payment ot these claims as they mature and all the company's assets, except the surplus, are what is technically called liabilities or rather the sum of money, which with interest and future pre miums! 'will meet the company's obliga tions as they mature. Tables ot Based on Unselected Lives. An erroneous point made by the writer of the article referred to is that the companies charge too much money, which in his unfa- miliarity with the business, he assigns to the alleged fact that their tables are based on "unselected lives." The fact is that most companies are doing business on the Ameri can experience tabic, made up from 30 year?, experience of the Mutual Life Insurance Company's policy holders, which are cer tainly selected life, or the actuaries table compiled from the experience of 17 life offices in England, also selected lives. It is true that the company referred to uses the Carlisle table, which is not based on lies particularly selected, but lives taken in a very healthy locality in England and taken at large. But one of the main objects in having examinations required by a life insurance company is to prevent a selection againtt the company. For example, it would not cost a company very much more than usual if it would insure the entire population of Pittsburg as it stands. The loss would probably not exceed the mortality tables iery greatly, although it would somewhat. But if no medical examinations were required as a rule the sick people of Pittsburg would insure and the healthy ones would not, so that the com pany's actual experience would be far greater than the average, and to prevent this the company require examinations so that they may not be thus selected against. The snrplus and assets do not come wholly from the savine from mortality, nor do I believe they come principally from this source. The mortality experience of most $33,000,000 pays hut $125,000 dividends on its capital stock in a year. Assuming that the money actually "invested by stock holders earns 5 per cent, the balance, although large for a life insurance company, is certainly uot a very heavy drain upon the policyholders. It is less than 2-10 per cent of the assets of the company. In tact, a summary of the dividends paid to the stockholders of 42 life insurance com panies doing business in this country would show that they have a capital stock of $&,ZSn,Xi0, on which they pay a dividend of ?313,907, or less than G per cent. Con sidering the capital slock at risk and the enormity of the business, as it involves assets ot STOT.OOO.OOO, insurance in force of JJ2,5T.",000.000, and the handling of a yearly income of f 178,000,000, who will say that this charge is excessive? Edward A. Woods. riTTsnrjKG, January 28. AMUSEMENT IN TRICKS. JUDGE SUCKEE A WINHEE AGAIN. He Gets llin Share of a 812,000,000 Ver dict and Its Side Ihufs. Denver, Col., Jan. 27. Special Judge A. W. Hucker recovered judgment in the District Court to-day against Harvey Young, J. B. Wheeler, of Xew York, and others, for a sixth interest in the famous Aspen mine at Aspen, Col., and a sixth fit the proceeds of that mine i-ince November, 1884, amounting to over 512,000,000. The decision was ren dered by Judge Allen, and is swecpingly in favor of Judge Rncker. On October 20, 1884, Kucker received from Harvey Young an option for a sixth interest in the Aspen mine. The option was for 515,000, and upon the payment of that sum by Bucker in 30 days, Young was to deed to him the sixth interest in question. Bucker claims that on November 19, 18S4, OTirl hufnrt Ills nnilnn PTttlTpd bl tpndprpd Young 515,000 and demanded his deed, which Young refused to make; that within ,i0 days Young deeded tne interest to d. B. AVheclcr; that Wheeler not only knew of the existence of the option and ot Buck er's offer to perform and Young's refusal, but it was through his Influence that Young tailed to keep his contract. On the other hand, the defendants claimed that Bucker did not make the tender; that he did not have the money; that Wheeler at the time he purchased did not know of the existence of the option, and had notice of Bucker's offer to per form. This is the second trial on the merits of the case. Some That Will Furnish Entertain ment for Evening Parties. CONJUREKS' SCIENCE EXPLAINED. Mysteries Uiat Are Very Simple -When the Mask Is Torn Aside. NATURE PLATS AN IMPORTANT PAKT One of the neatest tricks for evening amusement is described as follows: Thread a needle with strong thread. In sert the needle just under the skin of the apple, take a stitch and carefully draw the needle and thread thrcngh to within six or eight inches of the e,nd. Then insert the needle again, this time in the exact hole it was withdrawn from. Continue the stitches in this manner around the apple, withdrawing the needle the last time through the first hole made, as in figure 1. The thread is entirely CANADA'S KILITIA DEGEHEBATIHG. Tho French Commander to Be Displaced nnd tho Force Reorganized. Ottawa, Oxt., Jan. 27. ijperfaZ. Canada's new Minister of Militia, Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, promises to make some radical changes in the militia organization of the Dominion, which for the past 13 years has been under the control of a French Canadian minister. On several occasions strong protests have been made against the militia being entirely left in the bands of the French element of the Cabinet, incited by the bitterness with which the racial war is often carried on this side of the line. For a number of years past the militia force, under Sir Adolph Caron, has been degenerating, of which fact the British Government has been fully posted by General Herbert, who was specially sent to Canada for the purpose ot iuqniry into the defences of Canada and the aid she could render Great Britain in event of war with any foreign country in the defense of her own borders and scacoast. Sir Adolph Caron did not know he had been deposed until his. deputy minister showed him a telegram he had received from Minister Bowell requesting him to take over the militia department from Sir Adolph on his behalf, pending his return to Ottawa from the West, EHOXHEEED IN A FIEE. life insurance companies is from 75 to 05 per cent of the expectancy so that there is not ery much margin from saying on mor tality. The Commlislons Not .Extravagant. The writer again speaks of the enormous commissions paid to agents, saying that they are far greater than paid lor similar service in any" other business. Anyone at all familiar with life insurance knows how wild an exaggeration this is. Such business as accident' insurance, fire insurance, fidelity insurance, plate glass insurance, etc., can fairly be called similar businesses and any one knows that the ratio of expenses to in come of life insurance companies is lrom one-quarter to two-fifth's ot tnat of any of the similar businesses. It must not be for gotten that in most other kinds of insurance companies the agent receives as much commission for the renewal of a policy as he does when it was first secured. In a life insurance company most agents re ceive a commission on tlie first premium only, and after that no one receives any thing but a Miiall collection commission, which is perhaps only one-fifth of the com mission paid for renewal premiums in other forms of insurance. Of course, one not thi&king of tlie matter may suppose that the commission paid on the first premium is excessive, but if you spread that same amount over 20 premiums the commission will seem very small, particularly when compared with other forms of insurance. In concluding he speaks ot "expensive office buildings" erected by companies. It is a familiar lact that with' most companies these office buildings are the most profitable investments the- hate, and are put up prin cipally for investment. The companies themseles occupy general! j but a very small portion of the total space of the buildings. Carefnl Concerns Shonltl Ue Saf. His conclusion that a life insurance com pany should be first jof all safe is one that everybody, of course, will concur with him in, but the idea conveyed by his article that insurance companies Lave gone so far to an extreme in this respect as to charge a very excessive cost is an erroneous impression which should not be left upon the minds of readers who may be misled by his erroneous arguments. There are no corporations so carefully scrutinized as life insurance companies. There is no business where competition is so keen and where com panies are forced to pay to their customers by competition itself so larce a profit, and even in a few cases where life insurance! companies are owned and controlled by stockholders, the amount paid in dividends to stockholders, considering the size of the company, is but trifling. For instance, one company, the largest . pnrelv stock company, with an invested I capital oi i,mv,wv ana wun assets Little .Too lYesh Found Dead In the Charred "Wreck Dr a Tenement Ilonse. Little Joe Wesh, an orphan boy, was found dead yesterday morning in the wrecked tenement house, 6G5 East Ohio street, Allegheny, which was burned by fire the evening before. Young Joe worked for Leopold Zach, the baker, in whose place the fire started. The boy had fallen asleep in the baking room and in the excitement was overlooked. It is supposed when he awoke that he was panic stricken and made no effort to escape, Joe crawled under a bread trough where he was found yesterday by the firemen. The water had kept the flames away irom him,but he was smothered by the smoke and gas. His feet were scorched a little, but in other respects the body had not been touched. Zach, the baker, went to the third story of the house after a money box and had to be rescued by the firemen. A 9-year-old girl of George Sherborn was also left be hind, but one of the men rushed into the burning building and brought her out around the apple now, concealed by its skin, as in figure 2, Take a firm hold of each end of the thread and, holding both of the ends well together to prevent tearing the skin, pull gently. The thread cuts its way slowly through the apple until it is in two pieces, when the thread is withdrawn through the tiny hoie made by the needle. If this trick is done carefully enough, the breaks in the skin will not be discernible on the closest inspection. Indeed, the only convincing proof that the apple has been cut in half will be to pare a narrow strip of skin where the needle, and thread have traveled when the apple will fall apart, as in figure 3. The Adhesive Power of Water. The cut here given presents a pretty ex periment in connection with the convexity of a meniscus. Take a glass and fill it up to the brim, Jbeing careful that the meniscus be concave; near it place a pile of nickels. Then ask some amateur how many nickels can be put into the glass without the water overflow ing. Every one who is not familiar with the experiment will answer that it will only be possible to put in 1 or 2, whereas it is possible to put in a considerable number, first dozen cards spread out. The tinsus pectinr individual to whom thecrds are first offered ink.es, a ten of spades, and the performer has only to spread out the middle cards and theu those, at the bottom to insure the -selection of one of eaeh by the two other persons. The "chapeau du (liable" trick, previously described, may then be performed, three duplicates of the cards in the "forcing" pack having been fixed be forehand in the band of the hat. What Every Girl Can Make. Open a sheet of fine imported iissue paper, fold in the center, lengthwise, once, then fold the other way twice, and cut. There will be six squares. Fold across, cornerwise, three times, cat a deep ronnd scallop, and unfold. You have six rounds of eight scallops each, TJse four sheets of any shade desired. Fold and cut each sheet the same as the first. Take one round of the paper, fold one scallop lengthwise In the center on one wire of a common hairpin, holding the head of the pin in the right hand. Press the paper into gathers with the left hand, pressing toward the right, without breaking the "paper. Shirr each scallop in thi3 wav, then take one round of each shade, from dark to light, and tack together in the center, and you will have six handsome mats. Some decorate them by taking some rose-colored paper, red, pink, yellow and cream-white. 'Fold and cut in the same way three roundB of each color size three inches each; shirr in the same way. Take a piece of yellow paper on a wire for the center, put them on, the wire and you have a handsome rose. Place, equal distances apart, one of each shade around the mat and fasten in place. Sweeping a Cent From a Palm. It seems a very easy trick to sweep a cent out oi tne nana, out it done fairly it is really difficult. Open the hand naturally and place the cent on the palm, then ask someone to brush it out with a whisk-broom. A BEIIC OF OLDEN TIKES. SEW ADVEETI3EMEM5. km III After repeated efforts it will probably be suspected that the cent is fastened in your hand in some way. In order to prove that it is not, let the sweeper place it on.his own palm, nnd he will find it remains as immov able there ns when he tried to sweep it from the hand of the other person. A few persons have flat palms. The cent may easily be swept off from such palms, bat they are not common. even 10 or 12. As the pennies are carefully and slowly dropped in the surface of the liquid will be seen to become more and more convex, and one is surprised to what an extent this convexity Increases before the water overflows. A Die Regular Army. The mightiest host of this sort is the army of invalids whose bowels, livers and stom achs have been regulated by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. A regular habit of body is brought about through using the Bltters.not by violently agitating and griping the in testines, hut by reinforcing their energy and causing a flow of the bile into its proper channel. Malaria, la grippe, dyspepsia and a tendency to inactivity oi tue jcia conquered by the Bitters. idneys, aro A Good Letter. Persons troubled with colds or the grip will find some pointers in the following let ter from a prominent Pennsylvania drug gist: Bkaddock, Pa., Oct 2G, 1891. Messrs. Chamberlain Co., Dei Moines, la. Gentlemen- You will please ship me soon as possible one gross Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy. Out ot the GO dozen you have shipped me in the last two years I have only one dozen and a half left. I think from the sales to date this fall that our sales this winter will be greater than ever. It gives me pleasure to say that out of the whole amount that I have sold and guaranteed I have not had one customer say that it did nt give all the relief claimed for it. Yours truly, ttsu A.L. Maggini. To the Saloon and Private Trade. As the season is now at hand for ale and porter, the Straub Brewing Company take pleasure in announcing to the saloon and pri ate trade that they are prepared to fill all orders promptly. "Wc also claim that our celebrated brands of "Pilsener" and "Munich" lager beer cannot be excelled by any brewers of the States. We guarantee our beer to be four and one-half months old and all our goods are made of the very best quality of hops and malt Ask the saloon trade lor it or telephone No. 5038. Thu Sthaub Brewing Co. Corner Main street and Liberty avenue. ITS There are very few American house holds w here bread "is not the staple article of diet. It stands to reason, therefore, that the ureau snotuu be the best and most nutri tious obtainable. Minnehaha flour makes bread that meets every requirement of the ino-t careful housekeeper. Short lime Only. Your picture free and handsomely framed fiven away with every dozen. Cabinets $1 y Hendricks & Co., 2fo. 08 Federal street, Allegheny. iL KL-AL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LTtt. Cf 401 Smlllifleld Street, Cor. Fonrth Avenue. Capital, $100,000. Surplus, 575,000. Deposits of 51 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent aiS If you desire to decorate your house in an artistic manner, we will send an expert decorator on application, and give estimates for finishing complete. John S. Eobekts, 710-721 Liberty street, head of Wood. . . Mlh Conjurers' Tricks Explained nnd M ade Easy. The following is a feat alwnvs the cause of great amusement to the audience. The conjurer borrows a felt hat, and requests the help of one of the spectators. The individ ual who volunteers is invited upon the stage and requested to wear the hat Three cards are next selected from a pack by different persons and placed within a wide-mouthed tube fitted upon the barrel of a pistol. A piece of paper, black on one side, is made in the shape of a cone, with the black part inside, and is shown to be quite empty. The bat is then covered with the cone and the pistol fired at it On removing the cone the three selected cards are found fixed in the band of the hat, and the closest examination will give no clew as to how they got there. Here is the explana tion: The hat is previously prepared, and is given to a confederate, who takes care to occupy a front seat at the performance, and to oner his hat for the use of the professor before anv one else is ready. The three cards are fixed in the band of the hat, and then a piece of cloth, so shaped as to fit over the crown, is put on, and at a little distance the hat appears to be quite an ordinary one. As the cone is taken off it is piessed rather tightly, and brings the cloth away w ith it, the blackness of the paper preventing the audience noticing anything inside. Three duplicates of the cards fixed on the hat are "forced" on the audience an operation re quiring some little sleight-of-hand; and when it is required to show that they have vanished from the tube a false slide in the latter is pulled over them, and the pistol appears to be empty. The production of bird-cages' from an empty handkerchief is thus performed: The sides of the cages turn over so as to rest upon the bottom, and the tops push down, so that thev occupy but very little room, and can be kept in the breast pockets. The performer simply glides his hands into his pockets undercover of the handkerchief and takes out a cage by the ring upon its top, the bottom, being weighted, drops sev eral inches and the sides take their proper positions, bo that when it is uncovered it appears to be quite a solid and ordinary cage. The "Vanishing Bird-Cage" is rather larger than those used for production from the pocket, hut yet it collapses into a very small space. It has a 'strong spring fastened at one corner, which spncg runs inside the peform er's right shirt sleeve, and is secured to the sleeve at the elbow." The cage is apparently thrown up in the air; but while the eyes ot the audience are distracted for a second from the performer's hands the cage col la'pses and flies up the shirt sleeve the mo ment the conjuror releases his hold. If the right arm of the performer is scrutinized very closely it will be noticed that the cage causes his shirt sleeves to bulge somewhat below the elbow. The trick is really an ex cellent one, as few people w ould credit that so large a cage could be suddenly so con tracted as to" pass through the small aper ture at the conjuror's wrist, aud the fact of his coat sleeves being turned back above his elbow makes it difficult to believe that the caee goes away in that direction.- To be able to "foroe" cards by means of sleight-of-hand, a considerable amount of dexterity is required; but those who find that method beyond their powers can easily accomplish the feat by the employment of a "forcing" pack, though this plan has its disadvantages, as the pack can not be given for examination by the audience, and the performer is also restricted to the use of three particular cards. The pack consists of 36 cards, but only three different ones are employed, the pack being made up, say, of 12 tens ot spades and the same number of j each of aces of clubs and queens of hearts. ' J.1ICBC Hie IUUJJCU lUKCbllCl OU lUflb Oil the spades are on the top of the pack, the clubs in the middle, and the hearts under neath. The conjurer induces three members of his audience each to select a card, hold ing the pack face downward, and with the BE HEVEE rOEGETS A LOAN. One of the Things a Man's Hind Will Re tain Aptly Illustrated. At a downtown hotel a private game of poker a night or so ago was in progress. Those who composed the quintet ot players were three commercial men, a theatrical manager and a physician. The play was quite "stiff" at times, and it was no common occurrence for the one holding the winning hand to pull down a pool worth 550 or 5100. As the game wore on the tobacco smoke became denser and the contents of a b'ack bottle on the bureau diminished very much. So had the chips of the theatrical man. The physician had big luck, and etacked up be fore him were high towers of red, wbite and blue checks as the evidence. The theatrical man went broke, but with that spirit which is embodied in the word hope, he asked for a loan of $50 from his medical friend. He got it cheerfully. The play went on just as big and twice as nat ural. The traveling men held their own ends up, not risking much or making ahy rash plays. A rabbit's foot must have moved in" the manager's pocket, for every thing he touched, like Midas, turned' to gold. It was the doctor's turn to go broke. He was down to a notch where only a measly white chip represented his capital. He looked wistfully at his theatrical friend's pile, but said nothing. The hands were dealt and the doctor caught on. He hadn't enough to stay with the "age." Leaning quietly over to his friend whom he helped out an hour before, he said, modestly: " -Wooly,' have yon forgotten that f50 I loaned yon a while ago?" "No replied 'Wooly,' "Ihaven't forgot ten it, but I had hoped you had." Then he reimbursed the doctor. Peculiar Cate Zin-aithrt by thn ToJIce Authorities In I.awrncevHIe. A communication as received yesterday br Chief Elliot, of the Department 'TJ Charities, from M. C. Hughes, of Thirty fourth and Bntler streets, stating that zs old woman named Mrs. Arthur Stansbcry ! was sick and dying for want of proper cure and attention. The woman was found in J. I rickety set of rooms in the rear of 3435 P.n: ler street The,ofiicers found her in a most deplorable plight She was in a precarious condition and covered with vermin. The house was without a fire and the woman was sufferine terribly from cold. Noth ing could be found to Indicate that the woman had received medical aid or had sufficient to live on. She rett!3'd to be car ried into the ambulance and force had to be resorted to. She was taken to the City Poor Farm. The house was poorly "ira'shed, and only a few pieces of furniture wss in any of the rooms. In one room wa3 about 16 boxes and 8 trunks. They were filled with old fashioned things of all descriptions. The contents were all of the finest and were old family heirlooms ar,d relics. Chmaware. dresses, silvKrrjre, Irats, etc., which had been the ptide of a gay household many years go wei! found. Mrs. Stansbury could b seen, during the summer months, strolling along the streets, attired in the finest of old styles. She presented an "an tique" appeatance and excited considerable interest among pedestrians. She wore long cnrls down her back and her hat was usually of a 1776 pattern. Her husband died a few years ago .it the age of 70 years. She has now reached that age. Her husband was a wealthy man at one iime, which accounts for the valuable contents of the boxes and trunks. His father was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. There are no relatives living, and the old lady exhausted what lit tle money she had when her husband died. A PLUCKY LADY CASHIER Seizes One or Two Robbers Who Were Slaking Off With the Cash Box. Boston, Jan. 27. SpeciaL Two young men with drawn revolvers attempted to rob the safe of the Sawyer-Mann Electric Com pany this afternoon nnd were finally beaten off by a plucky young woman who holds tho position of cashier of the concern. The thieves secured about 550 but they had much more in their posses sion at the time the cashier showed fight There were two other young women in the room, and a big crowd was attracted by the struggle. The very boldness of their work enabled the thieves to escape. The cashier was at the safe when the men entered, and she walked to the railing to answer the question of one of them,leaving the cash drawer open. The other man jumped the rail and seized the cash box. The cashier seized the robber and attempted to hold him. Her efforts, though courageous, were fruitless, except to cause the greater portion of the stolen prop erty to be spilt Her adversary soon re leased himself from her grasp. Then, seeing a crowd gathering in the entry way, drew a revolver. While he cowed the crowd his comrade made his escape, and then, ordering one of the other young women to precede him, the second man passed to the street, jumped into a herdic and escaped. HAVE OFFICES TO 8ELL. ' Hlh A CALUHNT ON BILLY. FL0BXNCE. The Snit of a Miss Hall Believed to Be a Scheme to Seize a Part of Bis Estate. New York, Jan. 27. (SjwcfaJ. The tory telegraphed from San Francisco that a Miss Florence Hall intended to bring suit to obtain a portion of the estate left by the late William Florence on the gronnd that she is a natural daughter of the dead actor, receives no cre dence among those persons in New York who are familiar with Mr. Florence's char acter. It is possible, say these intimates, that there is such a person as Miss Florence Hall and that she has announced her intention to enter suit; but the claim that she is an ille gitimate daughter of William J. Florence is generally regarded merely as a part of a carefully planned scheme to secure part of a small estate that was earned by hard. work. "Conscientiousness was one of Florence's characteristics," said a warm personal friend of hi? to-day, "and if this girl had the shadow of right to call herself his daughter he would have pro vided for her as far as his means would allow. It is rather singular that nearly two months should elapse after Mr. Florence's death before this claim should be made. Xo one everhesidof Miss Hall during his lifetime, and she does not come forward until after Billy is dead and cannot delend himself." . " Innumerable Vacancies Cnnsed by Rent, hat Bttlldlnjc Keepi Up. The erection of large office buildings con tinues in Pittsburg. "It is a most surprising thing to me," said a Fourth avenue broker last evening, "why people are putting up office blofiks when there are on this avenue alone hundreds of vacant rooms. The increased taxation assessments make these rooms without tenants. I Can mention several big blocks within a stone's throw of mine which have any number of fine offices to rent The prices are entirely too high. The trouble lies in the fact that owners of prop erty want to realize too much on their in vestment I'll venture to soy there is not an office building in the city paying 6 per cent, while many are lucky if they get 3. Why. richt in this place the owner is only realizing 2A per cent. It seems that if the property holders and landlords don't 'crop out' 4 or 5 per cent from tenants they won't rent." A Baulc Raided by Burglars. Davenport, -Ia., Jan. 27. Burglars made a raid last night on the Union Bank of Wilton, 15 miles west of here. They opened the safe and got away with 54,000 in paper, silver and gold. Pabst Bine Ribbon Beer. Parties wishing to get the Blue Bibhon should not be deceived by dealers who are handling cheaper and inferior grades. None genuine without the blue ribbon. "ABST BREWING CO. HOTTBLY HAILS FOB EXHIBITORS. A rostofflco Bigger Than That of a Large City at the World's Fair. CHICA&O, Jan.7. The World's Fair is' to have a postofiice large enough to supply hourly mails to 150,000 exhibitor and the force to manage it will be as large as that of the Milwaukee postofiice between 300 and and 400 men. Such is the gilt of the plans of the Postal Department as stated by Inspector Stodard, who arrived in Chicago to-day and began upon the task of working out the details. Came From Germany for Satisfaction. Philip Hahn, an Allegheny stock dealer, was committed to jail yesterday in default of 52,000 bail on a charge of bigamy pre ferred by -Mrs. Susanna Hahn, who claims that Philip deserted her and their three children in Germany about ten years ago. Ilahn married wife Kb. 2 nine .vears ago. Suit has also been entered against Mrs. Hahn Ho. 2 on a serious charge. A hearing will be held in both cases when she has been arrested. Help yourself to get rid of that cough or cold, or any asthmatic or throat trouble, by using Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. Before papering loot at pattern Kd, your hall conip and 2W. W hav it ic Pl6asoresJlirf. What a blessed thing is memory! How it brings up the pleasures of the past, and hides its unpleasantnesses! You recall your childhood days, do you not, and wish they would return? You remember the pleasant associa tions, while the unpleasant ones are forgotten. Perhaps to your mind comes the face of' some friend. It was once a pale, sad face. It showed marks of pain, lines of care. It seemed to be looking into the here after, the unknown future. And then you recalled how it brightened, how it recovered its rosy hue, how it be came a picture of happiness and joy. Do you remember these things? Many people do, and gladly tell how the health returned, how happiness came back, how the world seemed bright. They tell how they were once weak, nerveless, perhaps in pain, cer tainly unhappy. They tell of sleep less' nights, restless days, untouched food, unstrung nerves. And then they tell how they became happy, healthy and strong once more. ' You have heard it often in the past, have you not? You have heard people describe how they were cured and kept in health? You certainly can remember what it is that has so helped people in America. If not, listen to what Mrs. Annie Jenuess Miller, who is known universally as the great dress reformer, says: "Six years ago, when suffering from mentai caie and overwork, I received the most pronounced benefit from the use of ! that great medicine, Warner's Safe Cure." Ah. now vou remember. 7 j - . Now you recali how many people you j have heard say this same thing. Now you recollect how much you have , heard of this great Cure. Now you are ready to admit that memory :s : usually pleasing, that the highest pleasure comes from perfect health, . and that this great remedy has done ( THE REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY New Yorlc State BY THE PUBLISHED SOB run iiiliiii oflnsnrance JANUARY 22, 1892, SHOWS Assets JYme 30, 1891, Per Superintendent's Report, $120,710,690.64. Assets Jan. 1, 1891, Per Company's Report, $115,947,809.97. Surplus Jime 30, 1891, Per Superintendent's Report, $14,708 Surplus Jan. 1, 1891, Per Company's Report, The abpve surplus as shown by the Superintendent's Report is larger than that of any other purely Mutual Life Insurance I Company in the world. wmm pf m a nn I inilUlIII9i . IULIAUL.. GENERAL AGENTS, - PiTTSBUBG, PI : more three fine coloMgj, wnii frieze acJ etlUns j than anv other discovery ever known i to match. It is very artistic , . , ,. ... '- , , , R. U. BOWES, Resident General Agent, iFllZilt I NO. 95 FIFTH AVENUE, JOHX B. -ttOBERTS, 710-72X Liberty-meet, head of Wood.' i in the entire world. history of the whoie I, PITTSBURG. J. H. PAGE, ,1 General Manager, jn STANDARD BUILDING? pittsburg. ;,r8 0 t
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