Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-09-05
$7,Sl4
S,596
Sl6,400
l6,400
SIB,'
Total No of loans-S2, at 5000 each, 49,.


MAsoNIc.-Among the various meetings of i'm
portanco announced to be held this year none at.
tracts more attention and interest of the Masonic
fraternity particularly, than the triennal
tion of Knights Tcmplar and General Grand Chap
ter of Royal Arch Masons, to be held in St. Louis
on the 18th of September. Sir Knight j. N. Abbey
has been entrusted with the responsible duty of
ranging the trains over the various routes and has
issued very excellent programme. All who intend
participating in the ceremonies will meet at Pitts
burg, Pa, on the 10Th of September, which place
they will leave at 80 A M, arriving in St. Louis
on Sunday, the 18th, at 3.l5 p NJ. Special trains,
with sleeping cars, have been provided. The fare
for the round trip has been placed at the very mo-
derate of S2S 20, thus afording delightful ex
cursion at the cheapest possible rates
LIFE Insurance AND BANKIYG.-INe New Ma
Honai Lfe."Is the thing to be done ~ is the first
question. If yes then GLOW to do it ~ the next
To do the right thing is always well but to do the
right thing at the right lime, in the right way, and
in the very best right way, is better, We talk of
insurng our lives, but we don't. The great mys-
terry of life-its beginning and its endingwi never
be less mystery than it now is. But we insure not
our lives but our fortunes-not uncertain years, but
certain money. We are well and prosperous to-day,
but who knows of tomorrow Wife and little ones
are happy in abundance while we live; but when
tho great grief comes to them, let us not make
it doubly bitter by adding poverty to desolation.-
What duty it is, and how delightful, to save some
thing of earnings to spare something more of
our abundance to insure comfort and home to the
loved ones. Ii is not only insurance. but 1t is M
reStmeHt-it is banking it is lending money, year
by year, and little by little, bond and mortgage,
that will roll up handsome principal to be paid to
when are old or to our families tomorrow, if,
perchance, the "silyer cord should be sundcred or
the bowl be broken al the fountain Who wouldn' t
do it There is young man of twcnty-one who
cannot spare Sl325 year to secure 81 ,OOu, ana no
father Of thirty who could so wisely appropriate
$1,000 year to secure $4,000 to those to whom
the accidents of business may leave nothing else
But Brother Forethought at thrty-hve, says, 81
am making money now, but at ffty-fve may be
the shady side of fortune MS well as years, and
$4,000 then will give me handsome tarm anu al
the independence of millionaire. What will il
cost! Why, annual payment OF only SUl 90
which also the $40 600 at any moment the
thought is satisfied that he provide for his hom'
and its treasures while he lives, yet would still have
tender care for his household when no Forethough
can help them, he may pay S52o 100 year, and hi
family will receive $40 600 at his decease, and als
Il return of eUery dOiiar Of the premium that ha
been pata This large sum will be secured withou
any cost except the loss OF interest on the yearly
payments of 1928
ther Brother Rapid has more dash, take
larger risks, and sometimes makes more money THAI
Brother Forethought but calmly thinking the mat
ter over he admits that his brilliant plans may COM
to, grief some day,-that his ready wits may b.
dulled, and age may bring want and dependence il
addition to all its other He thinks 81 900
year would make him comfortable, and annua
! payment of S5l6 for twenty years. secures it, anC
also $4,000 besides the day of his decease, if
! comes tomorrow.
We have indicated above only a few of the dis
tinguishing features of Life Insurance, or rathe
| Life Investments, We have found them stated il
| the tables of the National Life Insurance Company
To any necessary extent such a Company is bette
than Savings Bank. 1t may not only secure
| moderate profit nOD, but what Is better, moderat
fortune in the future
But we have spoken of insurance as banking, an
it has become a most important form OF it. Th
business of some insurance companies Is now large
than that Of the largest banks. The sums insure
become immense. Risks amount to hundreds OF mil
lions, and investments in bonds and mortgages
tens of millions. The highest financial sagacity an
experience required to conduct these vast me
MED operations, Even honest errors In Judgmel
would not only break the fortunes but the hearts {
multitudes. We have not word to say against an y
good life insurance company. May they all
blessed according to their deserts, but we are gia
to see another good and great one in the neid W.T.
men of well-known wealth and ability at the hea
Of it, To enable it to accomplish the greatest goo
all over the country Congress chartered IT, ana IL
, called The National Life Insurance Company
! states OF Amerlch. Jay COohe nnu
partners in New York and Washington, and O. l
Clark, President of the First National Bank Of Phi
adelpha, and their friends, have invested milllo
dollars as capital ito make assurance doub
q sure The officers will bling their successful b'
siness experience and mature judgment to bear upo
, this INSURANCE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING, and me
who have managed their previous business so we
0 will be certain to apply the same principles vii
equal success in a new but similar field. In mutu
life companies, it is supposed that the accumu ate
premiums furnish sufficient guarantee TO the polio
> holder but the National Life adds million dolla
. of capital, ard offers some peculiarly favorable h
+. ducements. Instead Of the expectation of futu
dividends, it makes large present reduction
rates, 80 that the smallest sum of money may secu
= the largest possible amount of insurance. We CT
O see why this new Company is not entitl,
to the highest degree of public confidence
IS DEETIsrRY.-The neat and skilful operation