The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-10 00:00:00

T LIE PRUDENTIAL.

With the opening of Mareh the Prudential meet-
inq comes round again, and neit " clapres.ion, "
nor rikes," nor any of the common-place calami.
is that suffice to obstruct the progress of ordinal),
institutions, seem to he capable of even checking
the onward march of the Prudential. We have long
since ceased to be nerprised at anything the Pru-
dential may do in the way of davolorement. When
we look through the accounts of InsurancaCernpan-
les, and see how many there are who do not possess
anything like a million sterling as the reanit of long
year., of patient effert, it Poems all the more d •zzling
when we tern to the Prude;iiio/re;.ort of the preser.t
year all I find that they have during the year ;tided
that amount to their previous pliige accumula ions
As we have said betore, the Ordinary Menet: i
of late years really becomie.g as ;great a marvel as
the Indui,trial Branch, having issued, during the
year, no fewer than 37,( 00 policies inswing a sum
of close upon Four Millions zierl ng and prothicing
a new premium ineorne of £192000! The year's
premium income of this branch alone was consider-
ably over half a million, being an increavd of
£133,191, a very respec ale premium income in it-
s• If..lher , have Neu 1,000 deaths, in cnnuecti n
with which £158,0 have been paid; and the nun' -
bar of policies in • es in Ws branch is 115,451.
But it is, of co •when we come to the" Indus
trial Branch" wo get into the enormous
amounts, where toe mere increases for the year are
much bigger than the total amount, in most other
Companies. For instance, the p amiams exceed
THREE Mientoxs Sruanttio ; and the increase for
the year is .£147,2061 The claims of the year weie
nearfy A Million aud a Quarter, and the number of
deaths was 142,665. About .230,000 of the amount
paid re, resents increased benefits to the policy-
holders tlue to the revision of the tables of the
lndiu'lial Bransh in favour of the assured, alluded
to last year.

There is one lig figure mole ',IAA must not
omitted, and which ought to make everybody in
Great Britain anxious to promote the prosperity of
the Prudential, aid that is that it bode Seven and a
nail Millions of no'irAea in force at the present mo-
ment, and that its assets amount to £7,867.103.
Nearly £l,OOO has been paid in claims to the
middle class people of this tin and neighbourhood
since last Christmas; punctuality of settlement being
onaervod in each instance by Mr. Kitchen the
District Superintendent.

Holloway's Pills cind oi,thnent.—Tho combined il
effects of overcrowding, sedentary occupation and
monotony of life are only to well known to those
who have r, pass part of their lives labouring in
faetoriss an ! crowded workrooms. The compulsory

confinement weakens the general health and induces
chronic constipation, indigestion, and various forms
of skin diseases. Holloway's remedies at eof price-
less value to persons of this class, for they can be
used withou, entailing loss of work, being pur,ly
vegetable in their composition, and, consequently
act without harshness on the most delicate system.
The experi, nee of more than forty years proves
that no means surpass Holloway's remedies for
ourinir bld legs, bad breasts, piles, and wounds of
all kinds.

What can be the sense of continuing to suffer
pain when relief is so near? A single bottle of
St. Jacobs Oil is a prescription costing but two and
six, and comprises the whole expense of an absoute
cure.

A CA i ).—A. CLERGYMAN will send fr,o of
charge a r escription for the cure of all thee it ho
suffer !r.,;,1 the errors aud indiscretions of youth,
nervous lebility, physicial exhaustion, and early
decay. '1 his great remedy was discovered by a
missionazy in Old Mexico; saved him from a
miserabl, existence and an early grave. Send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope, to Rev. JOSEPH
HoLuss, Bloomsbury Mansions, Bloomsbm y Square
Louden, W. C. Mention this paper.

EPPA's COCOA.—GRATRYUL AND COMFAISTING —"B
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which gorer
the operations of digestion and nutrition, .nd by care
ful application of the fine properties of well-sel,cte I
Cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with
a delicately flavoured beverage which Islay save us
many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of
such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradu—
ally built up until strong enough to resist every tend-
ency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are
floating around us ready to attack wherevei there is a
weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by
keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a
properly nourished frame." Civil Service 61,,zctte.
Made simply with boiling water er milk. Sold only in
packets by Grocers, labelled --- ,JNiciss ISPrsj,k Jo.
liomosapathic Chemists, •Lio Ion," Also make Tsui
Epps's A.fternJon Chocolate Eisen 0.

FOOD ADULTERATION.— Mr. CuSSall, leettiling L
e Health Exhibition, said : liomceopathic t
Cocoas arc well named, as they contain the sinalics
quantity of Cocoa." CADBURY'S COCOA. is guarantee
pure, and wa reecauraend the public to buy n
oth: r,

AL ways drink CADBURY'S COCOA, it is pure, whore
some, sustaining, nutritious, and agreeable, nu.l d
a univers :1 favourite from the Cottage to the l'ala,co
"No BRNAIFAST, NO MAN," iS an Old saying, but
those who cam, ot make a hearty morning rucal,
will find Cadbury's Cocoa, a pure refined bever4gc—
comforting, exhilarating, and sustaining.
In health and sickness Horniman's Pure Tea is
always preferresi because it is what it profesress
A very strong, rich, delicious and absolutely gen uino
article; suppdad at London fixed prices by Aireuts
who are constantly receiving fresk . supplies from
Loudon, (sold only in Packets.)