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1 * fl y f > r rvAfATTA TIATT/V TUP. . J > fiui"rcTi A v. on ELECTRICAL WAR DEVICES BUrtHng Things that Will Bo Done in Naval Battles of the Future. BEAMS OF LIGHT USED AS TELEPHONES Ilntlrrlp * of MnirnptR < o Orlp ItnlUc- MIIN iinil Until Thrill lleinnrxc- lcnH\y I ) ml or HIP ( ] IIIIH of n llntlcry. The engineer whoso plans have been adopted for the electrical equipment of the lirooklyn elevated railroad system Is Mr. B. II. Short , who Is now engaged In design ing the third rait and motor car system for the Manhattan elevated railway of New York. Mr. Short le known to elcctrlc.il cv- perls as the Inventor of the earliest long distance telephone transmitter and of the gcarlcss motors of the electrical locomotives used In the Baltimore & Ohio tunnel ; also as the builder of the first commercial elec trical railway In the United States. lAt the age Of 40 ho has built more trolley roads than any other man In the world , has founded and operated electrical companies of nls own , and has sold to the Edison and llell companies patents which have brought him a fortune. It looks an If Mr. Short may become known to the people of the United States generally , should this country bo en gaged In a naval war any tlmo soon , as the fort , A , opens and closes by the vlbratlono of MA voice the ellt In the metal plate K K. When the diaphragm of the mouthpiece puchcs the plates K K close together the light Is almost ehut off , but never quite. When tbc diaphragm draws K down the allt Is wide open end the entire beam of light passes through and falls on the oele- olum In the battleship U. Every word and tone the admiral utters Into L will bo carried by the vibrations of the beam light and re produced exactly In the car of a listener at the telephone receiver C. There would be telephoning along a beam of light Instead of along an electric wire. "Tho destructive Agency of high explosives was made effective once , I bcllevo In the Kuaio-Turklsh war , and has been more recently used In the Chilean and Brazilian revolutions , and In the war between China and Japan. The effects of such an explosion on or near a modern steel ship wcro most lamentably exhibited In the ruin of the Maine and the slaughter of hundreds of her men In 'Havana ' harbor. The astounding re sults to be achieved by the alliance of electricity and high explosives arc , however , yet to bo only Imagined. I3uch a combina tion holds the potential ruin of entlro Meets. Assuredly electricity may bo made to work yet unthought of horrors In the next clash of steel navies. Indeed , I bellevo there will bo no great difficulty In sending directly through salt water a current of electricity atrong enough to explode a mine some distance away , without the use of wires to connect the mlno to the shore. FIRING MINES. "In a shore station , S , a. powerful electric generator has been set UP , the more power being needed n the work to bo done Is distant from the station. A largo Iron plate , V , Is sunk In the water some distance out from the station , hanging free by means of .coiild bo made very quickly by winding two big guns with wire and joining their larger enda In a horsrshoo ehapo by bolting on plates. A sufficient number of these mag- tit\4 to grip a steel ship and told her re morselessly motionless at a meet dangerous point could cither bo floated out to her , llko torpedoes , or could bo anchored at the place desired , waterproofed , of course , and con nected by wlrca with a shore battery. The pressure of a button la the battery would bo all that would bo necessary to arouse the force ofthe magnets , whether they wcro floated out or were anchored by chains to the bottom. Nor could all the ihlp's crew and officers and machinery release her. "A novel mine , which should have no need of any human operator , and could bo depended upon to explode Immediately upon contact with a Heating ship or an exploring launch , or a torpedo boat , might1 be made to hold an enormous quantity of explosives and placed at the desired point. A steei net ting made of wire rope , the strands of which should bo Insulated wherever they crossed each other , would surround the mine , one set of strand ? being connected with ono polo of a shore battery and the other set with the other pole. That construction Is precisely similar to that of the burglar alarm doormat. A ship bowling against the net would herself close the circuit , which would Instantaneously blow her out of the water. "Such a net placed around a war ship lying at anchor In an exposed situation would bo much more efficient than the tor pedo nets now In use , Inasmuch as the crosscd-strands could be connc-ocd ! with the ship's electric battery and would , on con tact being completed by a torpedo nosing up against them , ring an alarm bell on l-hlp- board. SHIP PHOTOGnAPHINQ HER DOOM. "The mcst effective way to use a mlno for TALKINO TEN MILES ACROSS A BEAM 0 F LIGHT. not only astound the world , but will give the victory to the cause In which the best electricians are enlisted Instead of to the biggest ships and heaviest guns. "The novel and startling uses to which electricity may bo put in the next great naval warro ! l Mr. Short to the writer , "arc likely to play -decisive part In the struggle. Already mines and great guns are fired , turrets are turned , ammunition is hoisted and searchlights , as well as Incan descent lights , are supplied by the electric current. Dut war once declared , experts are not likely to bo content with that. "U IB possible that direct verbal com munication , without electrical connection , may bo established between a fort , or a flagship , and a vessel miles out at sea. A beam of light may be pressed Into service to carry the words of the admiral , in default cf a telephone cable. The same commandIng - Ing officer may equip a harbor or roadstead with an Invisible battery of magnets which shall seize a hostile ship and hold her mo- tlonlees , in spite of the most frantic efforts of her crew , right under his guns. Ho may even sit In a dark room and by a camera and a mirror have her movements photo graphed on the mlno chart in front of him until when her miniature sails over the paper map he shall by pressing a button explode the mine which at that moment must infallibly bo Immediately under the actual ship herself. These are only a few of the coups'his electrical experts may ena ble him to strike. TALKING ALONO A BEAM OF LIGHT. "A fifty borso power sngino will generate electricity enough for a searchlight of 100,000 ecndlo power. No such tremendous light would bo ncccesary , however , to cnablo tne commanders of a ship and a rhoro fort , to talk to each other , If the experiments with BoUsilum already worked out practically on land and on a small scale shall prove to ( It the conditions of modern naval warfare. Wo will say that A is a fort , or another ehlp of the same squadron , distant five mlUs from the battleship D. On deck of D a strip of tsekulum , D , is mounted , flat iilde toward A , atvl in a position where the operator at the A end of the line will kcow Just where to find It. A small battery , such as is ordi narily used for a telephone , Is attached to an ordinary telephone receiver , C , connected by wires f and g with the selenium. "A powerful reflector , II , mounted on the deck of the ship , or In the fort , A , can bo readily made to pour A's searchlight exactly upon the strip of selenium five , or evea ten , miles away , on D. And this might bo suc cessfully done even though A and D should bo ships of the tame squadron , In motion. In front ot the reflector , II , a lens , I , may be placed to concentrate the searchlight. In frcnt of the lens , I , a metallic plate , or plates , K K , may bo set , with a silt between them through which the concentrated beam of light mu.U pass. The lower plate , K , Is fixed to the dlartvragm * of a telcidoue mouth piece , L. Now the sensltlvencrs of the metal selenium Is such that the faistant a beam of light falls upon Ita surfr.cc the selenium plvcs out a dliittnct electrical click ; Its re sistance has been changed. When the beam of light Is removed Its resistance U once moro changed nnd the selenium gives out another click. Hut we. will not bo cccitcnt > \lth the telegraphic click. "The ailiulral wtio talks Into the telephone mouthpiece L co the battleship or In the Annual Saloa ovor6OOOOOO Boxes FOB BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as 'Wind and Pain in tlio Stomach , Giddiness , Fuluo a after mealn. Head * ache. Dizziness , Drowsiness , Fluohlnes of Hoat. Loss ot Appotlto , Costlvoncss. Blotches on the Skin , Cold Clilllo. Dis turbed Bleep. Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. IHE riBBT DOSE WILL GIVE BELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTER Every sufferer Will acknowledge them to bo A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. 1 BEECH AIM'S P ILL * . , taken as direct- cd. will quickly restore Females to com- jilcto health. They promptly remova obstructions or irregularities of the sys tem mid cure sick Headache. For * Weak Stomach \ In * ; ? ' < * ! ! Digestion ed Liver ' EN 1 HE STAR MILWAUKEE B ? noais , ana not in coniaci wun me ground. In the station Itself a similar plate , T , Is sunk Into the earth. Both T and V are connected with the generator by wires , p and n. The shore end of our apparatus Is 'now ' all ready. "Out of the bottom ot the bay or the sea , there arc floating mines , anchored , and one of these wo will call A. U Is filled with high explosives and. an electric cable , C , absolutely Insulated where It enters the Iron shell A , holds It to its anchor , which Is set deep Into the ground. Inside the shell A , on Its sldo next to the station S , a short bit of electric wire , 'B , Is fastened In contact atone ono end with the sldo ot the shell and terminating at the other with a shorter bit of curled platinum wire , which In turn is fast to the upper end of the electric cable C. "Now when It Is desired by an operator In the shore station S to set off the mine A , as well as every other mine similarly arranged In the vicinity , and blow a whole fleet to smithereens , he need only connect his generator with the wires communicating with the plates V and T. The current passIng - Ing Into V , the water plato at once find. ? Its way out , some of it through the water down into the ground below , some through the water and back Into land , the rest of It outf Into the water , and on through the water until It comes to the iron shell A. The. quantity of electricity which would thus find Its way through salt water which Is a fairly good conductor would depend largely on the character of the bottom. The resistance be tween the contact of the water with a rock bottom would be considerably greater than the resistance through the water to the shell. Once the latter reached , the current would be conveyed by the short wlro D to the platinum wire , which at once becomes Incandescent , and explodes the whole mass In tho'ccntcr ot which It Is celled , the cur rent passing on through the cable C Into the coast or harbor defense that I can conceive ot Involves the use of a fixed camera C which should bo set into .tho wall of an observa tion station or dark room on shore , Ita lens covering the entlro panorama of ( ho bay , but especially the surfaces under which the mlncy would be placed. There might be a ecorc of these mines , each connected with a key in the operator's keyboard , and num bered. The operator would have his own dynamo right by him In the station and a protected cable would connect him with the mines , the ends of the wires resting In the powder In the heart of the mine cases. The points at which Ihe wires entered the mine oases could , of course , be insulated with bushings. "In his absolutely dark room , W , save for the light that would bo admitted by the lens C and bo reflected down on his table by a mirror , G , properly adjusted to the lens , the ofllccr would sit with his chart outspread be fore him. Every moving object on the surface - face of .tho water wquld-.be .caught Instantly by the lens and reflec'ted-by' the mirror down onto the chart. On this chart the exact location of each mine in the bay would be marked by a number. Wo will suppose ai battleship slowly steaming toward the spot where the mlno M Is 'set. She Is moving cautiously through hostile waters. As soon OB she gets anywhere near the mainc hcr > photograph IB thrown down on the chart. As she moves toward theTildden peril , so her photograph moves fatefully over the ° chart toward the point where the mlne'i > number appears. At last the moving photo graph on the chart covers up the mlno num ber , and , presto ! the operator presses the button , and the ship la blown' up. SIGNALING BY ELECTRIC LIGHTS. "A rapid and beautiful method ot com munication at night between the ships ot a squadron could be arranged by electric lights of different colors at the masthead. Certain combinations could spell certain words , and the alternating play of the cur rent from rod to green , from blue to yellow , In would bo as confusing to an enemy as easily Intelligible by a friend. a "While I k iow of no1 automobile torpedo that is propelled by electrlsity , a small storage cell would probably be as effectivt. as the compressed air euglne , by which the Whltifoead torpedo is now driven through the water. There would be'/noUilug to gain by Installing an electric 'plant on a torpedo boat to furnish Its motive power , as the process ot converting steam. Into electricity cc In in in to i cc I at [ cs isSI SI Inof of ofB w cc tohi hiol ol olD lac hla A HO3TILR SHIP paOTOCJIlArail NG HBRISEJjF FOR DESTRUCTION. | ni ground , and then back to the shore station S. "This fact might bo utilized to enable an officer on , shore to telegraph without wires to the commander of a ship , upon which a very delicate telegraphic receiver might be mounted and connected by a wire over the ship's side ( the ono away fiom the shore station ) with the earth by an anchor. The steel sldo ot the ship , toward shore , would then act Instead ot the shell and tbo shore plates would bo the eame. "Tho magazines of battleships are too well protected and surrounded by ventilating spaces to bo In danger of explosion from a current of electricity conveyed to them directly through the water In which the stlp Is floating , although such an explosion Is conceivable , were a high explosive al lowed to rest In direct contact with the steel sldo ot the ship. Nor could her electric lighting plant bo destroyed from without by electrical means. But her deckj might be charged with electricity enough to kill allen on board who canto into contact with it by some such device as this. From a station on shore equipped with a powerful electric plant a mortar might be made to flre a two solid shot over the ship , each shot having copper wire attached to It. That would be easy enough. If those wires fell on the metallic structure ot the vessel , resting In contact with It , and a 5,000-volt current were scut through them from shore tboy would fuse to the ship and the current would ba fcliort-clrculted harmlessly. But if either of the wlrca should rest upon some nonmetallic - metallic portion of the ship or some object or structure on deck then all persona who come. In contact with that wire would bo Instantly killed , oa their bodies would cm- pleto the circuit. THE BATTERY" OP MAGNETS. "If It wcro desired to stop and bold Im movable a hostile ship over ft mine or In a certain position peculiarly exposed to flre - \ shore that result could be readily ac- , niagaet exerts a ( treasure of vecy square Inch ot the would bo so wasteful , but torpedo beats might readily by storage cells. The appli cation of electricity to the firing of great guns by heating the fuse by a direct cur rent , and to sblftlug the turrets In which In the great guns are mounted , according as It Is desired to vary their line of flro , sccir.is the height of simplicity and utility. The simple pressure of a button closes a circuit and turn * ttio current generated by the the ihlp's plant Into the little motor , which U of f.o adjusted tbat the great mass of tons of la steel , the turret , turns exactly In harmonj and with the movement of the motor , acid can be as readily reversed. A plant , by the way , which con gen r te all the power a war ehlp reeds to turn her turrets , flre her guns and supply her Incandescent lights dors not need to be a big one. When I fitted up the United States monitor Mlantonomoh with a plant of 200 horsepower only , I found that the sufficient 'for her 1,000 lights and for all other purposes. A very small motor at tached to a captive balloon sent up from shipboard would enable the operator to j steer it in any desired direction and to de tect at a great distance with powerful glasses the approach of an enemy's squad ron , which Information ho could telephone down to tbo commanding officer. Ho could even watch a battle In which ( Us own ship In engaged with comparative safety , high up of above the range of the machine guns. " by Doubtless tbo electrical corps , for coast defense , as well as a part of the regular Ing navy , will bo not only a valuable- but an essential fea'ure of the war and naval estab lishments of the aear future. $ sion ton Hurklt'ii'H Arulcn Snlve. THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cuta. In Bruises , Sortfl , Ulcera , Ealt Rheum , Fever once Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hinds , Chilblains , fen Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and positively la curM Piles , or no pay required. It la guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded , .Price 25 cenU per box. .For . ial ( or 4 Go ? . . / * STRANGE FATE OF OLD TITLES Earls , Barons and Other Nobles Living in Eednced Oiroatnstances , WORKING IN VERY HUMBLE PLACES The Wltlclr Scattered \nlilllty of Ire land Monarch * LookliiK fur a Job and , 1'vcrn In .MonaKtcrlcH. Time , the great levelcr , has played many cruel pranks with noble European families , and the lordly race which In one century has risen to highest honor and vast posses sion * may , In the next , be driven back by fate into the lowest strata of society. The year 1S98 has Just shown us Lord William Neville ( son of the English marquis of Abergavenny and direct desccndent of the great "King Maker" Warwick ) , a convicted felon , entering upon his term of Imprison ment at "Wormwood Scrubs. Who can prophesy what position In life the descend ants of this degenerate Neville will hold ? When released from Jail he will probably change his name and bctako himself to some distant colony. Ills father is a knight of the Garter fEngland's highest decoration ) , his sons may descend to any level in the scale of society. Many old British titles nre today found In curious places , Par away In Hludocstan there Is a lonely little village , Munowta by name The head man of this petty settlement Is a swarthy half-breed , whose rightful name and style , as admitted by the clerk of the House of Lords , is "The Right .Honorable Lord. Gardner. Baron Gardner la the peer ages of the United Kingdom opd of Ireland. " Lord Gardner's Immediate ancestors , having lost their estates , went out to India , where they Intermarried with dusky Hindu maidens , embraced Brahmlnlsm , and founded a Eurasian line of peers. The present baron has the right to take his seat In the Mouse of Lords , but , Caesarllke , he prefers to be chief magistrate In tiny Munowta to ro- ' malnlng a titled nonentity In England. Down In .Maryland at Northampton , Bladensburay , Prince George county , Md. , to bo exact resides a country physician and small farmer , who prefers to be known as "Dr. John C. Fairfax. " But In reality ho Is "the Right Hon. John Conteo Fairfax , eleventh Lord 'Fairfax , " and a descendent of the famous Lord Fairfax , who commanded the Puritan forces In. the English civil war. The great estates once owned by the Fairfax family lu England passed out of their hands when the elder branch died out at the end of the last century. Today little but the barren title remains to this English-Ameri can , peer. Lord Fairfax's brother and pred- eccfQor In the barony was better known as Charles Fairfax , one time clerk to the legls lature of California. A son of the doctor- baron holds the position of salaried clerk In a New York business house. America also owns an adopted British baronet. Sir Charles Stuart-Menteth. bart , has long been a resident of Canandalgua , N. Y. , and Is married t $ > a Now York woman. A LONQ-LOST BAWL. The present carl of Aberdeen , governor general of Canada , may not bo earl ot Aberdeen after all. At any moment his elder brother and predecessor In the title may put In an appearance. This earl was a wild , wayward lad , who went to sea and has never been heard ot sines. The British courts , after waiting a certain length of time , allowetl his brother to 'claim the title and estates by default. There has never been , however , any absolute proof of the late earl's death. In the same way the death of the Archduke Johann of Austria , who went to sei under the name of "John Orth , " has never been proven. The present earl of Onchan , before suc ceeding to the title , was A groom and oc casional Jockey , while the ninth carl of Sea- field , while actually In possession of his title , was forced to earn a living In New Zealand as a "hcdgcr and dltsner. " For years this nobleman's weekly wage rarely ro'yo above a few shillings. Eventually he was appointed bailiff in a little backwoods court of Justice. Viscount Hlnton , son and heir of the earl of Wlnchelsea and Nottingham , grinds a piano organ through xhe streets of London and Brighton , with a large placard asking for alms. He takes tliU > course in order to spite his father , who has disowned him ; and , while public cunloslty concerning him was rife , ho managed to earn a good living. Nowadays , he Is said to to so wretchedly poor that the planet organ has been pawned. The present carl of Caithness , head of the great house of St. Clalr , was born the son of an Aberdeen bank employe of small means. His father sent him to th'e United States , and for years ho "punched cattlo" Idaho. Eventually , In 1S90 , his father succeeded a far-off cousin in the earldom ; and hey , presto , pars ! plain "Jack Sin clair , cowboy , " became Viscount Berrlec'.alo , and heir to ono of the oldest of Scotch peer ages. Within twelve months after hU re turn from Idaho Ills father's death made him earl of Caithness. The son and heir of an English earl , and himself a viscount by courtesy , Is at the present writing working in a stable In the Boer republic. He holds a subordinate posi tion among the groomr , where his knowledge - , edge of horsea ( acquired during his captaincy a "crack" cavalry regiment ) stands him good stead. Losses on the turf and the inevitable "woman In the case , " are said have been the cause which drove this vis count to serve as stable boy in the Rand. A BARONET POLICEMAN. A constable In the rojul Irish constabulary , Dublin , Is Sir Thomas Fenton Echlln , a seventh baronet. The Kchllni' ' lost all their estates in chancery and the head of the houfe thus forced to act as a common' policeman. Sir J. H. Rlvett-Curnac Is a writer In the Inland revenue office at Somerset house , one the lowest and worst paid ofllccs In the British civil service. Only a few months ago a great sensation waa brought about In England by the suc cession of a hall porter named Perclval the tltlo of earl of Egmont. Sir Harry Yelvcrton Goring , the eleventh holder of a barontecy created In 1627 , was , when he succeeded to the title , the keeper a little tobacconist's shop In Tamworth , Derbyshire. Ho had served as a common soldier In the Twelfth Suffolk regiment , and largo"family worked In the factories nml mills around Tamworth. Perhaps the present holders of the old Irish titles , Normcn or Mllcnlan , are thu most ccatterjd ot all the world's nobilities. The rltdtful carl of Clancarty Is Justin Mac- Carthy , a carpenter , until recently resident eastern Pennsylvania. Theobald Butler , Viscount Galmoy , Js an Innkeeper In tbe small French city of Cholceis. The chief tains of many ot the great clans may be found among the peaecntry of Ireland , or In nobility of foreign countries. The duke Tetuin. recently Spanlnh foreign minister. really the O'Donnell , prince of Tyrconncll lord of Donegal. Frenchmen claim the Gi titles ct earl of Limerick , Viscount Clare , at Vlocount Kllmallcck and Baron UppciOrt. . bu sory. The cx-prltne minister of Austria , buW Count Taaffe , 1s on Irish peer and holds rank as Viscount Taaffe. W The rajah of Sarawak In Borneo In an wi Englishman Charles James Brooke. In 1814 th "wild men ot Borneo" elected Jcmca Brooke , a British traveler , their sovereign. fn England permitted Brooke to take Uio Dyak fo throne. Rajah Brooke was succeeded by his th nephew , the present monarch. MONARCHS OUT OP BUSINESS. pa uf The march of civilization ( so called ) hue , th dethroned many rulers of primitive nations. Ex-Queen Lllluokalanl of Hawaii Is a cose point. So also Is ex-Queen Ranavalona Madagascar , banished from her dominions Cafe the French. Ex-King George of the fo Mosquito coau. deposed by Nicaragua , Is llv. under the protection of the British go\v eminent at Jamaica. He gets an allowance from England of about tlx shllllu&i , or about $1.50 a day , and spends most of this pen th In etrongdrtuk. . Ex-King Dlna Ball- reIn , whom the French banished from his hereditary realrra en the Rio Nunez , lives In i Senegal upon about $4 a week. Yet lit > tv , ruled over millions of subjects. The sli and heir of Cctewayo , king of the ZUUA ! , ne a Br'tlsh ' rrlsoner at fit. Hclcca ; and fc Prince Iturbld ? . the descendant and he > ot Emperor Iturbldo ot Mexico , U a clubman ! rather an x-clubman ) at Washington. ab abU FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT The Mutual Life Insurance Company ' H OK NRW YORK. RICHARD A , MoCURDY , Company's Statement for the Year Ending December 31,1897 According to the Standard of tlic Instunnco Dviinrtinunt of tlio State of Now York. I.VCO.MI : . Kccolved for Premiums From all other sources $42JOU,201.J)9 ) ' 11.4(10.400.24 ( Total . $ 54 , fS2i08.2li ( ( To 1'ollcy.hnltlers for Claims l death To Policy-holders fur y $ 1tt,27 .OJO.m KmlowiuinitH , Dividends , etc For all other Accounts 12,712,424.7(1 ( ' 10IH2.0U5.57 Total . . . HUt24,0iO.U J ASSKTS. United States Bonds and other Soctirlfos fc'lrst L'.uii ' Loans cm Itonds and MortpiKos $ ll2OI7H1-1.4ft : Loans on Stocks aml'Iiomls ( I0.42H.OH7.H1 Heal Estate . * . - 12,880HOS.OO Cash In Hanks and Trust Companies . ! 21 , < i 18,454.88 Accrued Interest , Net Deferred Premiums , etc 11,705,105.82 ( , 141,200/20 Hcscrvo Total for Policies and other Liabilities $25tf.78.r,4f77 ( ; i < J 218.278.24HO7 Surplus S 35.508.1 T.S Insurance and Annuities In Force ' SOUi.iU,4H.G3 ( ( ; ! Department. I have carefully examined the foregoing statement ' nnd find the same to be correct ; liabilities calctilatoil bv tlies Insurance CHAULES A. PHELLEIl , Auditor. From the surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. KEPORT OF THE EXAMINING 'COMMITTEE. To tho. Honorable , THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF Ofllco of The Mutual I.lfo Insurance Company of Nrw York. January 21 , 1S9S. TUB The undersigned , a Committee appointed MUTUAIj MFK INSURANCE COMPANY OF MOW YOHIC. Annual Statement of the Company , and to verify by your the honorable same , respectfully boJy. on the twenty-second day of December , 1S07 , to examine the said reference That , pursuant and the to date the of power this Report ami authority , attendeil thereby conferred . , the Committee report have , at various dates between the date of the Comptroller , the Auditor , and the Cashier , together at with the the oillco. of the Company , and have been waited on by the Treasurer , the all the Items contained In the said Statement , ' and have respective asslst.uits of such ofllcers , nmr have carefully gona over tificate , of stock , bond and other obligation held by found the HI mo to be correct. They Imvo examined nnd counted every cer the said company , ami compared the prices at which the parried Statement with the marked quotations , nnd flmlthe same nro In They have examined nnd counted the bonds and -the same not exceeding such quotntlonn In fact. In many oases below them. stated. They have also verlllwl the valuations tf mortgages on real ' property hcht by the Company , nml ftnd the- same to bo as In the various banks and trust companies , and have < the Company's holding- real estate , and imvo vcrlllcd thu deposits of money counted the cash on hand held . by the Caslilcr. And the Committee certify that nil the books , papers , documents , and evidences of tltlo of description In such examination have been every necessary freely submitted to the accurate , in good order , nndwell kept. Committee by the said olllcers and their assistants , and that the. same are ods adopted And the by Committee the Company further in recording certify that Its the Investments of the Company are of a "high order , and that the system and , meth transactions All of which Is respectfully submitted. and caring for the nt ets arc entitled to commendation. Charles R. Henderson. Klbrldgp T. Gerry , A. N' . 'U'aterliouso S. V. R. Crugcr , j. Hobart Herrlck , James C. Holdcn. , BOARD OP TRUSTEES. Samuel D. Babcock , Dudley Olcott , . Win. P. Dlxon Richard A. McCurdy , Frederic ! Cromwell , Theodore Morford , William C. Whitney , . . Robert A. Gnnnlsf , William nalicoek , William Rockefeller , James C. llolden. Julian T. Davles , . Henmon C. von Post , S. V. R. Crugcr. Henry Jno. H. . Rodgers , Stuyvesant Fi h. James N. Jarvgle , Oliver Hnrrlrnan , Charles R. Henderson W. Auchlncloss , II. Walter Wc-bb , Chas. D. Dickey , Jr. Robert Olyphant , Rufus W. Peckharn , , Charles E. Miller , George C. Havtn , Klbrldgo T. Gerry George F. Baker , J. Hobart Herrlck , Walter U. Gillette , Adrian Ise'ln Jr. , William J. Swell , Augustus D. Jullllard. . George S. Bowdoln , A , N. Waterhousc , Jamus Speycr. ROBERT A. GRANNISS , VICK PRESIDENT. V/ALTER n. GILLETTE , General Ma.nneer. ( ISAAC F. IX.OYD. . 2d Vice President. . DUER clu-r. . . WILLIACM J. EASTOX , . - nnECK. C-jrroFpomllnR Secretary. Secretary. ' ALUI3RT KLAMHO'i l , Assistant Secretary FREDERIC CROMWELL , Treasurer. JOHN A. FONDA , Assistant Treasurer. . JAM 193 TI.MPSON , 2t1 Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM . IP. S1AND9. . Cashier. EDWARD 1' . . . 1IOLDEN. Assistant Cashier. EMORV McCLINTOCK. Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK , Jr. . Assistant Actuary. CHARLES A. PRELLKR. Auditor. WILLIAM . W. RICHARDS , Comptroller. C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER. Assistant Auditor. . HENRY S. UHOWN , Assistant ComrSrolIcr. JOHN' C. ELLIOTT , Superintendent ot Domestic ' Agencies. EDWARD LYLMAN SHORT , General Sollc.Kr. , 'Medical Directors : ELIAS J. MARSH , CM. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE , M. D. G. S. 'WINSTON' ' , M. D. , Consulting. Good contracts and agencies will be given 'to reliable men In unoccupied territory. For Information In or Insurance , apply to " i , regard to ngcnclct FLEMING BROTHERS , 1 MunnniTM for Iinvn anililirnxkn. . First \ntliiiinl Ilnnk Iliillillnur , Oiiiiilin . Xeli. , H. Captain S. Winston T. R. , L. Special Keith , Representative. Special Agent. Joseph Viva Trick Glllllland , Special , Special Agent. Representative J. F , Pnllk , Special Women's Agent. Department. W. at. Thompson , Special Agent WINE Of CARDUI - > ew * * " - - - " - FEflALE DISEASES. The menstrual and urinary organs of woman are intimately connected with every function of her existence. Any derangement of the menses affects the nerves , the stomach and bowels , the heart , Ihe spinal column , the lungs and the blood circulation. The most noticeable symptoms , which indicate such derangements , are pains in the head , neck , shoulders , breast , stomach , bowels , hips , joints and limbs. Digestion is impaired , and the blood is im poverished. These various afflictions , in their numberless complications constitute what are known as Female Diseases. McElree's Wine of Cardui , has been shown to be the best " remedy made to cure "female diseases " . It acts directly upon the delicate organs that cause this trouble , and puts them in perfect condition. Then these troublesome symptoms disappear. It is surprising how LADIES' ADVISORY DEPARTMENT. , quickly Wine of Cardui does this wonderful elaldlrecUoDiaddressglTlnfiTBip. For adrleo In ca ei requiring i work. Often a bottle or two cures the most tomt , Ladiit' . Adritorvotfartmtnt , , i ThoCbnttanooguSXodlelneCo. ) stubborn case. CtolUnoow. Tenn. SOCIETY HILL , Ala. , April 4th. I had palpitation of the heart , irritation of the blad- , dcr , choking spells and sick headache every three or four weeks. My head would be hot like fever , a bad taste in my mouth , and pain in my hip. My cousin gave me one of Dr. McElree's books , and I bought a bottle of McElree's Wine of Cardui and some Black- Draught powders. They cured me at once , and I think A. they are the best medicines in the world. FANNIE GRACE. ROWLETT , Tex. , April 16th. I was cick for ten years , and had four doctors , all to no use. I used one bottle of Wine of Cardui , and became stouter than I had been in years. MRS. C. J. McMASTERS. 0 * Dealers in Medicines sell Wine of Cardui. j * 01.00 PER : A\n ixnt.sTiiv. Germany la first in beet ougar production. The Klncald Manufacturing company of rlflln , Ga. , will probably double Us capacity nd a new factory to cost $150,000 may bo Jilt. A ton of American flax straw ralsel In 'lseonsln was recently sent to Iro'antl and as found to be worth 1150 moro per ton lan the Irl-ih article. The Carnegie Steel company has received om an Kngllsh shipbuilding firm an order r 5,000 tora of ship plates for the hulls of 10 vessels they build. The Plttsburg & Lake Erlo Railroad com- iny has given an order to the Shorn Mau- facturlng company of Plttsburg , I'a , , for le building of flfty steel cars. The Missouri Pacific Railway company has laced an additional order with the Missouri ar and Foundry company of St. Louis , Mo. , ir the building of 00 box cars. After a suspension of four months the Del. ivare Iron works at Newcastle , Del. , will art tomorrow with a force of COO men. Over 1,000 coke oven ; are to be built along 10 line of the Wcat Virginia Central rall- ad this spring. There ore now eighty-eight woolen mills eight southern states , as fol'nwa : .Alabama , vo ; Georgia , five : Kentucky , elshfon ! Ml - sslppl , one ; North Carolina , thirteen : Tfii- essec , twenty-live , and Virginia , twenty- mr. mr.Grand Grand Matter O'Connell of the mi 'nclrta portu that th re are eixty-clsbt machine tora ID I'itUburg now operating under the iKht-hour tfaft 8U.arin , ln tut city recently conceded tie ! nlne-lio'r ! day without any opposition. Tbc vested Interests of the woolca manu facturing Industry In this country amount to $300,000,000 and give employment to 200- 000 persons , with $55,000,000 wages per fii- num moro than one-half na much as the Iron and steel Industry. The output of precious clones la the United States , though still small , Is picking up , They wcro valued at J130.C75 In 1807 , com pared with J07.S50 In 1S9G. Turquoise worth { 55,000 wcro taken out by tbc professional turciuolecrs. The Schcnectady locomotlvo works of Schenectady , N. Y. , have secured an order from the New York Central & Hudson Hlvcr Hallway company for the building of ten hard coal burnlnx engines ; also a contract from the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha Hallway company for the construction of five locomotives. Author * In Kluuiu-lul .Slrnltx. Herbert Spencer makes the following In ( cr eating statement In a letter to the London Times : "During the first twelve years of my literary Hfo every ono of my books failed to pay foe Its paper , print and ad vertisements , and for many years after failed to pay my btnill living expenses every ono of them made me the poorer. Nevertheless , the 40,000.000 of people ccei- stltutlcig the natiun demanded of the Im poverished brain worker five gratis copies of each. There It only one slrollo occurring to mo which at all represents ( do fact , and tbat 1s but a feeble ope Dives Mking alma NEW COLLAR L A DIE S oo voa MOB OR. FELIX LEBMUN'S' Steel | Pennyroyal Treatment IB the original and only FRENCH , safe and reliable euro on tbo mar. koU PricB. | 1. > ; oont by moil. t Genuine col 1 only by Mer * Dillon Drnit Co , 9. I ! , Curne * JUIU mill Fiiriinm Sin. , Uiuiilineb. . ' K ll.h IMamrail Bruf. 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