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STARTLING STATEMENTS.
About the Isthh Lifc.Inhntnnoo Company
Of Hartford, Conn.

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0f Hartford, ConI.
To the Edtenr n5 The Tribune.
CHICAGO Marelt 15.-On tho 9Th tlay Of Feb
rt,nry, 1861. ubtancl n policy OF insurance on
my lsfc IN the ahoyU Company for $4,000. was
tn pay premium Of $3.50 annually, one-half iu
cash and otc-l'alf In my note, l was told tint
the dividend would soon bc enough to
cover my noto. I lave been tlaytng
prs'nlus S.n md E;ving notes until nov, III Fcb
r,intf, 1879, pnid ln RASH Sl15.0O, as follows:
Ensl premium. SiDb0; Interest On lnst noto
t95N.t1). $3B.0J; total, s1l55l Mty nuta l.as IN
.rcasStt from year to wear, Unit! It uow amounts
~ sMi ~ w. Io When first took my n1ltcy it was
my oiicy Is wort! Sl,;!,3Yi, .,lui pay % oupua,y
cash Slt5, besides giving alult1onal uotcs
earh year Of lnrIuased Nununts. Pray wl!at
VIII u be worth II should live ten yearsl Tho
agent Dt thu Company who 6unt mo blank
,Htc to s1gn for renewal, arcompnplesl II with
nr'htei sAeet, which says: title Ktnn Life
Insurance Company uf Hartford, Conn, with
tts assets Of f2 17a0, and Us clear surplus
md Its wcsl-known economical management
cte:, ole.
Now, while It u,ny excite my prdo to ic'l mo
t!iat l'tloug to such a magnificent company, it
Is 'ot ysry satisfactory 10 Inc to know tl!a. an
helping to swell tl,ts onor'nola surplus Of four
ai,.l quarter millions. would like 10 know
what thH surplus .s kept for. II ll,eir asscts
aru s:4,Hl, 11590,, is lipt that enough 10
IVY 3h lpsses III uHy e0ntlnEtncYf Ia
t!tra my euud reason Why this sur
plus should nut lle distrDutcl among The policy
i,tl!tlcrs who arc members Of tic curparutlons
Where Is te NECESSITY Of continually Increasing
It ut ti.o rxrenso Of tha pul!cy,lodcrs! It ii
tr1ls they tell ne they hayu Given Ihp tlla year
dividend 0f $tt.o0 which wns dedllvtcn from
my npte, 81 rs t0 uttl only '1bi7Q tH INV OH
!ote nt Inst Year, lncrcasr.t. Il f.ni. saN05 II
s,Nl.G From s7D. !&'iyAh which commenced
l,uyi's eash urs,uiulns I aii' now paying sil5
caslt, Or .o,tr slsr teat II rash aaaaa9v IN ths
.uat q mn M.itV, ana my note, already
amounting III sll0l.t5. Il annually Increasing,
consequently annually Ecdur1. ile valuu 81
lpA1shldyc Now, IN MY Judgment. lhis Is uut-
! iukkus.. The p0iey-holdcrs uugAt not to lls
!! thus sirt!mixed. Theru Is something wropr i1
! this sl.atter, uni to illustrate It lit lnr cali
Ntl.nt!on to nnolher cumtsny. On 1ha lOtf, tluy
ol alnv. lSi0 obtained i life policy IN tlls Con-
ileetltni Mutual 9.!e-lnsursnce Cbmpany for
SlGoh on which waa 10 nay anaun,lal premium
~ S1lG. nnchalt In eash and ole-i,illf iu notcs,
AZ Al hud 70 pay OIL that policy lust year was
s39,d7. as fotows:
1AAHtai premium sS11H, 10
AsAA ousp!Ia*s..,.'. 80 ..+..r 7U.tEl
1ntese,. on premium Asasts., ~ s,ts E
Iotat.."-, ..v.............,.... $a0.b7
Ay policy iu that Company u wosth to-day. Il
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THE PRINCESS hlURAT,
Well Remembered In uoruontewn, N. j.
Where Sisu Once Tnught ScilouI.
F&tN yr.

Wolf Remembered In Uoraontnwn, N. j.
Where 6isu Once Tnugttt ScilouI.
Htto iork Sam.
Tile death Of tho Princess I.ncieu NIurnt IN
Paris, two weeks ago, Is spoken III by tho corrc-
spondents as serious loss to tlu society Of tic
gay capital. Her death has n!so brought up
"reminiscences Of her in 1Iorirntowu, N. j., where
slle lived with llcr husband for 80 many years.
prince L,1cicn Murut, WHO died Inst April, was
tho SOIL of the Dcup Sadreur, Joachim, King Of
Naples, aud lis wlu Caroline, sister OF Napo-
le0n /. After Tho full Vi Ills uncle 10 lived for
soma timo with lis mother ut Trieste, but re-
duecd circumstances. und constant aiInoyanccs
from Tho Bourbon police. soon compelled him to
cmigrata TO America. liz settled as molcst
iatlner ucar hurientnwn, and married Miss
Caroline GeoT1na Fraacr. uu Was not
successful III busiucss, nild tho young couple
l,all to take pupils. They had i've rllidren,--
ran, and rlow dead; Prince Joachim, marrlud to
t,u, daughter Ut Prince DO Wagranl; PRINCESS
Annu, now Duchess uo AlouclIy; thu famous
.rrlngu Acl'ille, MnEr,rd to frincesa DndaM uf
itors; .und Primes Louss. now ,an officer iii The
French navy:, This last.nalncd child Is tho only
one born III France; all the otllers arc nattyvs
81 NV Jessey. ~ ls4o, when l.oHis Napuleon
Muruss roturucd to France, beuane suddcply
rich. anu t!aya ever stHce occupied their we'll.
knnwn position IN Paris society.
Lucicn returned TO Franuc before his family,
IN 1siS, ul,1 at otco caIIr forward at the elcc.
tiolls VI the Lot, for the Constituents. 4 PROF.
lnnlut,on 0f his IL sill preserved;
"Yesterday, after thirty yrars Of exile, wns
permitted 10 SEQ fraucu agatl,, and this great
nappillcss vi sun WHO Eeea ills mother was
granted to INC by thu Ropuhlsc. l,auiahcd by
!!U entmles of Frauce, bring you troui tllu
Uniied states thirty .years' cxpeEtcuvo iu lte-
publican tnstilntlols.M
1nts declaration of Republican sympath'cs did
not prevent him from accepting tle December
coup d'etat au1 thu elnplte.
did san. Woul, Vt Borauutown, who was
prncs Lucloh's conchtnau. remembers tlla
Princess very we'll, as DO most of thu elder VII
lagcts. II was ol,ly after the prluccs cxeraYu-
guHves hnl exhausted Ills meats, and Ills al.
lnwaliee neA been cAt down to $t,2u year,
tl.at Ils wEfe wus compelled to open tier school.
Her pupils weEo fifteen young ladies' ftulu Cuba.
uf her children tho lltalo Annle was the pst OF
thu villagers. tbs oust sou, Joachim,
wus best known BY the knlcknamB III
"sonny." 6atn Wood taught hm to swim
III tllv Delaware, whua little Joachim was
only ~ years old. Thu ex-cuaehman
himself IL mighty swimmer, md tn h!s tina
vas rcgarced W sort Of Boyton aud Wubb
combined. IN 18l0 he took tbs strachau Jllycr
medal 1t tho Iutesnat!oua! contest On tha Asr-
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on the enving power Of Christ 10 bring them
out victorious IN the rncc.
At The concluston Of tho sermon, tho pastor
introduced tim prnIcct ri

"HooAtGa lltt pFOlCCt III
nufLn1No A NEW CHURCH Ep1rfcu
on the lot ndnnfuE lie present clupcl building
nnw used by tle Society. III sasd tint III.
crcascd Recommendations were necessary; tic
Suntlay.scliool statistics showed t1lnt there wrEo
hetwreil ninety nnd 100 families represented by
would probably .attrnd II the ACCOMMODATIONS
were greater. H. referred to ll.u. generous
manner III which nil uf ilietl hull met tho Com.
nsttrc on Subscriptions, n'tt sa!d Il Ind fllled
were t!ose whom, The Committee coull not scr,
nl1t' oil Il. the congregation would hayc MI up
means. viii, long puil and, = strong
P n ,' pall a,'t1'sehrr ,ey wo,,'a ne ena
chnrc; without interfering with the. present
funded deBl u eS,ODo. liz tnstn.,cct tho caso
Of the bny win, desiring 10 contribute to n
Church, wrote to th,1lrnstecs: ~ ssmpattixs
with your ub]cct, md nrlose tlyo cents; II you
nee't anv more, call III .iie.'',
Capt ]. I. knmsev, ChatVhsqp Of the Com
miltec On Subscriptions, by rcQ9bst Of the paa::
tor, mnde statement III regard to tllo work Of
tlic success 1t llAd met With. Consrbutious
that had been made to the funded debt would
be transferred 10 the Building Fund; they
wSEe st,T VII ' able to take k ,oo care of ,l.s
little svar episodc to ll1ustratc how selt-sac-
rlt1cing The paator E,a been and how hrnvcly he
took tie leqtl in the enterprise by contrbutlngn
larger .!ltn than nny 0nu else IT. the et1nyrcga.
ilev. Mr. Miller, Ind sison 5000 towards the M
project, Spencer Warner Ind contributed
$1,000 aud the following, gentlemen had sub
tsrlbca 5, smo sas' Tnthill Klmg, WILLIAM
Smith. A. W. Rollins, Ill., md 2trs. Il,
lie nlso read ti,c na.nos @ ot fourteen who iii
given S30o eAeh. The payments would bn made,
hr said,, tn 20 per cent nstallucnts., During
FNu fE nm ~
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Qua Reir- -E1lstent Itfc-All E1so HIVE LILO
from Him.
From Our Otsn Co4rttpondsnt
JOLIET, ILL.,, March 14.-The question OF tho
origin Of plant and nnisnal life, whlchwas stnrtcd
by DR.. Humphrey in'hs essay upon that subject,
Is au interesting one. It called out Judge
Larn pherc, who presented another view Of the
subject. We will now closu this discussion with
a few general observations viewing tho subject
In its broadcst inspect.
Our sc!en.ists, not sighting world Within, or
above, or other than tic natural, profess "to
SEQ In matter tne promise a.Ml potency uf every
form OF life," Unhappy fellows, "aeeklng the
living among the Icad.n The truth Is, this
question docs not belong to their department.
Not nll "thc laboratories, llsscctlng-rouns, and
schools Of the savans" aro able to give any solu-
tlon Of tic enigma Of lilc
1t is not possible for those who "dwcll In the
sunless chambers OF M exclusively sscular
philosophy to sec clearly to read "tho
writing on tho wal, u Which arc answers to lfe's
questions.
What definition stall VIC give to Ltfol
Joseph Cook says: "Lifo Is tho power TINT
directs b!oplasm."
B!eha1's definition Of lttc Ia: "Tho Bum OF
the functions by whic', death Is rcsisted."
:. Z. C0ldrige defines Lifo thus: "Liio
consists iii being nblo TO ltyo."
DR.. Fletcher hos this circultous definition:
= Lie consists In tho sum OF The characteristic
notions OF organized bclnge, performed hy yr-
tue o6 spesit'f (! susceptibility acted upon by
Alas for the definitions dragging their slow
cpgthB along.
Ii,c wort: Life Ia derived from Hebrew word
Neb( which signifies tho heart. Aud hero we
tkntrr lfx$kf 1Nff
, 1879-03-17
TILE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
Awful 8orry.
To the Editor of 71s Tribune

To tho Editor of 7As Tribune.
PAHA, ILL.,, MARCH, 15.-Why do sou nllow such
nincompoops and consummatc fools to air tl.clr
twadlfc u,.t1 nonsetsical uttcranccs as Mr.. D.
II. Plngrey, OF Bloomington, did In your issue
of Thuraiay lastl sucfi articles arc only calcu-
lntcd to lnJurc your paper in the minds OF scn-
stblo people. Yours, PHILIP JACKSON.
, 1879-03-17
UORTICULTUREL.

That I4lfo Question Once NIore-Ltfc Il In-
fhlte--Liro Itself Is Dtrtun-There Is but
Onr Rrif-f.1latent Ltfc--All Efso HIVE LILO
frn,,, fttt,..
Daily globe., 1879-01-26
Useless Expenditure.

At funerals and weddings, as conduct
ed nowadays, money is literally wasted
in ostcntatious display, which is always
Objectionable, but particularly SO st fu-
nerals. Very often, too, they iEvolve ex-
penses which the survivors are poorly
able tc meet, and which entai: distress
and sometimes Gishonor. Still, the nat
ural feeling that impels the lavishlng of
honor upon the newly dead is very
strong and hard to be controlled. Too
often the conscience of the survivor
smites him for his neglect or wrong of
the dead while living, and he wishes to
make compensation. "It is the last
thing that can be done. let US do it well ;"
is the thought. But this feeling should
be kept within proper bounds. An eyi-
dence Of good sense is to be seen in the
growing simplicity Of our wedding ies-
tivals. It is becoming considered in rather
bad taste to permit, at the weddings even
of our most wealthy people, the profuse
displays, either of apparel, iewelry or
bridal presents, that were deemed the
correct thing few years ago. a quiet,
elegant but inexpensive wedding is now
becoming the rule, in the best circles,
rather than the exception. This is su
right and shows wholesome tendency to
practice thrift and economy.
Daily globe., 1879-01-26

The two other children followed; but
alas there was no place for the father in
the tiny skiff, already overloaded.
The two brave men exchanged look,
and understood each other. Of went the
boat, shooting down the foaming current
like an arrow. More than once all seemed
over, but the oarsman's hand was sure,
and at last. far down the stream, he
brought his charge safe to land. Then
without hating a moment, he seized the
tow rope, and dragging his boat up to the
point whence he had started, shot out
into the raging food once more.
"God be with hinl!' cried the Count,
fervently; "no other man in Saxony would
have dared such deed!'
Stoutly did the gallant man strain at
his task; but he came only just in time.
The ferryman had barely leaped into the
boat when the whole building came down.
In an instant the whole crowd was in
motion, and, headed by the Count himself,
they rushed down the bank to meet the
rescued man and his deliver as they
touched the shore.
"There, my brave fellow!' cried the
noble, holding out his purse to the oars
man; "never was money better earned!'
"Not SO, Sir Count!' answered the
other; "God has enabled me to keep my
self by the work of my own hands, and I
need nothing more. Give your gold to
this poor man and his family, who have
lost there ALL"
And without awaiting reply, he turned
on his heel and sappeared.--Saanday
Afternoon.
Daily globe., 1879-01-26
Workers Underground.

It is not generally known to what ex-
tent we are indebted to Worms for the
productiveness of our gardens and fields
It has been found by a series Of expert
ments carried out by a German natura.
list that the tunnels made by worms into
the earth are frequently of much service
to plants whose roots occupy the channels
that have thus been made. The mold of
our gardens, and fields, too, is improved
to an almost certain extent by the bur
rowing of these humble insects. Each
worm, in less than week, passes its own
weight in mold, ,and the soil thus produced
is fine and light, ssand extremely helpf ul
to the growth of plants. When it is re-
membered that there are in every acre
some 900 worms and that in addition
to forming every day about thirty-seven
pounds of fine mold they open up the sub.
soil and render it fertile, we shall gain
some slight conception of our indebted
ness to these apparently quiet, insignif-
cant and generally unthought-ot little
WOkerS.
Daily globe., 1879-01-26
Signs That You Can Bet On.

The editor of the Kalamazoo Teyeorapk
has been engaged to edit the frozen col
umn in comic almanac, and the follow
ing is his last effort: If signs can be re-
lied upon, the coming winter will be the
coolest since the last glacial period when
Kalamazoo was buried under 5000 feet
Of ice accumulation, and Michigan was a
pant of the solid North. We notice num-
erous signs of cold in large quantities,
and more coming, the size of the regula-
ton cord Of fuel is smaller; the bark on
the dog is deeper, longer and more de-
fined; the tramp has his hair on his teeth,
and we see in our exchanges numurous
recipes for making flannel cakes. An
authority also remarks that the squirrels
are getting in tkeir winter anthracite;
beavers are putting heaters into the base
ment of their lodges; the bees have killed
OFT all the drones and lined their hives
with sheet-iron: snakes are getting down
into mems boots; the muskrats are flying
south; wild ducks are committing sui
eide; the goose-bone is black sixteen
inches deep; western editors are solicit
ing wood in exchange for subscriptions,
and poor families are buying an extra
dog Surely these are fore runners that
the prudent man will not despise.
Daily globe., 1879-01-26
Home Repairs.

A lady gives some hints for repairs
that can be made by any housekeeper
The fire brick of our cook-stove 'gave
OUT. and not one was to be had nearer
than Philadelphia. A friend gave us q
recipe which we find works well, though
we had little faith in it at first. We
mixed a cup of salt with two of coal ash
es, wetting it up with water. This was
applied to the inside of the stove in the
place of the FIRE brick. It hardened in a
few hours, and answers as we'll as the
brick. Cracks in stoves may be mended
in the same way. A large pail used for
taking up ashes had become too full Of
holes for use, but was SO light and handy
we did not like to give it up. So we
pasted stout cloth over the bottom,
outside and in, and then covered
the cloth with thin ceruent of salt and
ashes. It is first-rate ash-pail still, and
hot ashes do not burn out the cloth.
Mending tin with cloth may be new
fashion to some, but it works very we'll.
I know of coal-scuttle that has done
good service for five years since it was
pronounced worn out, simply by having a
piece of cloth patched on with thick flour
paste. It needs renewing about twice a
Daily globe., 1879-01-26
No "Heel-Taps'' for the Boys.
BY REV. THEO. L. CUYLER

liz
The first temperance meeting that ]
can now remember was held near NV
early home when Twas about eight wear:
old. Up to that time the habit of drink.
ing and of offering intoxicants was fear.
fully prevalent among the farming com
munity. Nearly every farmer gave it tc
his hired hands, especially IN the harvest
time. Nearly every head Of family had
hard cider on his table, and often "treat-
ed" his visitors to some Intoxicating bey-
erage. Whiskey,to an unlimited amount,
was consumed at all the country taverns,
and drunkenness abounded. When q
raising" or a knowing -bee' Or any rural
gathering took place there was plenty of
hard drinking; the weak-headed often
went home tipsy.
we boys We're tempted by the sight
ana the smell of it; az the old cocks
crowded the young ones learned. I re-
call an incident that occurred in the
nome OF my excellent grandfather, with
whom | Lived. The old getleman was in
the habit of offering liquor to his guests.
one day after he had been treating some
visitors to some very choice 'cherry.
bounce" they had left resSdaluna Of
liquor IN their glasses--or what tope1s
call "hee.-taps." Igratifed my curiosity
Dy draining the glasses, Gust to see how
It tasted" My good and godly mother,
who hated the sight Of bottled devsl,
discovered my prank and administcd
such dose of ssthe rod" as would have
satisfied Solomon himself.
Daily globe., 1879-01-26
RetributiOD.

In Nay, 1862, g weaver Of Nottingham
brought home a loin of veal and told his
wife to cook it for dinner. AS he did not
return to that meal, she put the veal
aside untouched. In the evening lie
came back and gave her a steak to pre-
pare for him, saying that he did not care
for the veal then. After eating the steak
be con- planned Of horrible pains, and
finally died Of convulsions. The meat
he had brought in the morning he had
rubbed with poison, hoping that his
wife would cat it, and she had fried the
steak in the dripplngs of the dish intend
ed for her deitruction.
Wh5n the royal George sank at Spit
head the men had just been paid off, and
vast amount Of money went down with
the wreck. Years afterward, two divers,
employad in removing the remnants of
the ill-fated ship from the harbor, found
a tin case full Of sovereigns. Both seized
1t and Struggled for its possession, until
one ccntriVed to smash the window in
the others helmet. The unfortunate
man was drowned, and in hauling his
body 70 the surface, it became entangled
with the air-tube Of the other and broke
1t. Tbs murderer was found dead beside
the treasure he had wrested from his vic
tim, whose fate he had shared.
A singular case of retribution occurred
IN France ten years ago. a man named
Dutaure was manufacturer, in small
way, of essential oils for perfumers at
Venice, the center Of the French flower
country. He was considered well -to-dc,
but IN reality was On the verge of bank
ruptcy. His brother, on the contrary,
bachelor of fifty, was 8 very rich man,
having accumulated over million francs
as contractor at Buenos .Ayres and
Montevldeo. Since his return he had re-
sided with Dufaure, and had made will
III favor Of the latter's son. When the
perfumer found himself Oh the brink of
ruin, he determined to retrieve his for
tune at the expense Of his opu]ent broth
er. That person was a devoted sports
man, and spent most Of his time abroad
with his gun Or his fshing-rod. One
evening when returning from one Of his
excursions, ne was startled by the dis
charge OF a gun in the thicket bordering
the road, and the whizzing Of the bullet
past his head. He took to flight, and as
ne ran he heard the sound Of a second
shot. The searching party, which he
sent out on his arrival at his brothers.
house: found the body of the perfumer
IN the bushes from which the discharge
had been made. From the condition of
the corpse, it v as evident, that Dufaure
mao AIMED the second shot at the flying
man, When the gun exploded and blew
his own head to pieces.
Daily globe., 1879-01-26

And though the flames mounted at first,
Annals timely discovery and the energetic
measures taken forced the fire under. In
less than an hour and half it was COM
pletelY drenched out, and the mutilated
Opera House lett in charge of the police.
Then, and not till then, did the en-
peror dismount from the horse he had
used and return to his carriage. AS he
did so, he paused suddenly.
"Bergmann, see! there goes that Italian
girl herself, leaning on the arm of the
young fellow who led the band so
splendidly tonight. Go see who and
what they are.
Colonel Bergman departed to obey
the order, and the emperor drove off.
The next day the whole story was in
the government organ, with an intimation,
''i1sspired" of course from that quarter,
that his Imperial Majesty had graciously
caused inquiries to be made about the
young chorus singer.
A few days later Old Herr Roserfeldt
received an official intimation that his
gifted son Carl, and his ,fancee, Anna
Catolla, were both under imperial pro-
lection, and their marriage was desired to
take place as Immediately as possible, the
emperor lowering the bride. The man
ager also received Il similar intimation
through Colonel Bergman, that his late
chorus singer was to be brought forward,
and advertised for the reopening of the
opera as Madame Carolla-Rosenfeldt.
< * i E <
Once more the elite of gay Vienna
crowded the Opera House TO witness the
debut Of the new singer, as Agata, il
Der Freischutz."
The moment she came on she was re-
celved with a furore which might we'll
make Carl Rosenfeldt proud Of his beau
tiful young wife; and If for royalty was
her grateful glance and sweeping salute,
for him was the smile in the soft, dark
eyes that met his for one second.
When the curtain fell, the new star was
called for, and showered with boquets
from many distinguished hand; but
from the imperial box was flung one in
which lay nestled o costly bracelet, in the
centre OF which blazed diamond Of rare
value and beauty.
':I'has tire has made our fortune, Carl"
his youns vile said, smiling, as they
drove home.
May, Anna, your own courage and
quicAness,' answered Carl Rosenfeldt
That was diamond rarec than the i'm
perial gift"
And he was right.