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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09

for lifcl for 100000, payable TO tho benc-
hclnry nftcr the death Of the assured,
on the thrtyNoOr iusmlmcnt plan.
Premium paid ~ SSSiSO ttho premium
ON l'rVe Iuntne "Ordnar liie" pol
Icy nt this axe would he Sl3lS
AZ his death the sum OF $1,000 every
year for thirty years, win be payable
10 his beneficiary,
ll-Tontlne lnatalment Policy,
at Limited Payment Life
Rate, Premiums Payable
fer twenty Years,
l. @. II, at age 40 assures his
life az the limited payment life rate
WayNlle for twenty years., for 100000,
payable 20 the beneficiary after the death
OF the assured, on the twcnty-yoar in
stalment plan.
Premium paid h SS7S.10 THE premium
OF Free Tuntinc, ~ g. H. policy nt
this axe would be- Si1O4l
AZ his death the sum of $500 every
ycigi Tor twenty years, viii be payable
In his beneficiary
. !. IA, az age 50. assures MS
life, at the limited payment" lie rate
payable for twenty yearsl. for SNO. 600
! payable 90 the beneficiary after IA,
death .oi the assured, oa the fwenty-0v,
/ yenr mstalment plan
! Premium paid is Sll0i (,ho premium
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
The EQuitabIeS New IOntIne EnStalment POLICY

san insurance ten ut are ddh ghve amnnean aAngmd
my@p unison Doors or & deaf He yPummyd dbhH whole
y md
m h Ass m % B a trtmdh than dhrsamhym the
y d Icy m fyL frHa
ee efom -Bnetdn II
company CURSE ny ii pa to lie f y Bhnntm thee
less Importance that the mmyh dp4H
H m ed to E The eIr@t Poyw
idH
HpG y p twenty fe mhy dpNmng bee
lGmfmH
ICY deT H 9prmm HeFeomn
Grm Erection heFrnum
pGN newutth uetmnyMa
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policy
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
TONTINE BENEFITS

As these policies will helang To the
Free rontine class, they win enjoy a
iull participation IN all the special
amntages of that class. For example,
they will be incontestable and without
restriction MS 10 residence, travel or ocou.
patton after one year. and win be given
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
ILLUSTRATION
Based on the Actual Results
OF a Tontine Policy.

Tontine policy No 77.B48 for S25Oo
was issued Jan %, 1873, ON the life of
4, ~ 49, a resident OF Brooklyn This
p ,S NHss issued on the Limited Pay
meat i4ie form payable in twenty an-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
EXAM
l-Tontire lnstalment Policy,
at Ordinary Life" Rate
Il, O., Premiums Payable
During Lifol

l. A. r., at the age Of 10. assures his
life. nc lhc ordinary hlo' rate payable
during lfc) TOR N9u,OOl. payable to the
beneficiary atier the death Of the assured,
ON the twenty yenr iuHtalment plan,
Premium paid "a 5000 1.-THE premium
ON q Freo rontlne Ordinary lite pol
Icy az this age would he SiS3l
AZ his death the sum Of $1,000 every
year, for twouty years, WIN be payable
60 his henchcmiN
q g. d.. nc the age of 80, assures his
life. at the ordinary HE" rate payable
during liie,) for $4,000, payable 60 the
beneficiary after the deAth of lr aa.
sured, on the twenty-five yca install.
ment plan.
Premium paid "a SS1SS0 1.-THE premium
on e Fgee FOatine ''Ordinar Life" pol
icy az this axe would be Sl2SSl.
At his denth the sum OF $1,000 every
year for twenty-five years win be pay.
able 10 his beneficiary
B. y. Y az the age 81 30 assures his
life, az the "ordmary life" rate tpayahle
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09

Additional examples \.
issued on the "ufin'
tied Payment Liie,
forms completing lhei'
in 1889 win be given
10 the Society or 20 A'n
Such examples, when NJ z
table of rates, viii shVs '
of assurance on tie 5 ~, sec
compared with siulil,n as lni
sued on the Free IonuA' III
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
The Equitable Life Assurance SOCI
WAS ORGANIZED ON THE 20th OF JULY 1859,

nhy Differed
ml88a and Hn b mod
the work
late drudutH er5
hymG a d f f
@rHmm1 hat its | Or % d d over
s$mo onmdas nm force @ $G h a
dphdh cement Thought
ldu@hw nc gm M an pc at
hhsoy h4na rn~& l@r b advanced al being in
TIL Equitable large pt h income greater @ i dd larger
me maym ar mpuhH hmGdd Mydt u
management NE insurance.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09

~ slnu pOlloy Tor $1,000 continued
with no further premiums to pay),
ana the surplus amounting to
sslS'l7 Withdrawn in cash.
voar NJ lotal premiums, for the past 20
{ySSars' nv, on the foregoing policy, al the
rye lon'lne rate amount 10 S1525
~. III this policy had been issued ON Tho
ils'allnents), but the cost Womb INV,
Geen The same payable in equal annual
Oeen less, as follows. '''''
II Issued on the twenty-veor Irs,ot,,,.
plan the premiums paid during M " TWEEN.
y Aeafs would have been S403 less tbon
~ Sne case OF free Toptine policy.
u issued on the twenty-five year T.,
been S4Sl less. ~ "ou'u nave
II issued on the tbirtv.vaon -,
nent plan the premiums wonld in hoae
been S067 less "ouiu nave
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
OTHER CONPAl

Similar comparisons ~
cies issued on the "ordlgla "
on the endowment ~.
corresponding results
at time of assurance
etc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09
MOTE

As the premiums are a.,
Instalment Policies than 'ge,
forms, polioy-hOldsr' val ~
same premiums, to carry l''Fr 2
assurance on their LiV'a Is,
nOOlHI'" nu'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-09

mnl premums).
The following is a statemnt of the re-
suit at the end of the Tontine period
on Jan. %, 1s93;- PS'''u
OPTIONS AT END or TORTWE PE6ioO
neutrality-suspicious.
o. fso-up Assurenoe" ''',.. 4,56700
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
A. Eriniat Lad.

There is one Belfast Me. youth who
will make a general some day. if he
properly develops his natural traits as
they appear at present He is but three
wears and eight months old but showed
engineering skill IN getting out Of .
scrape last week that few big boys
would have eqnaled. While at play IN
acamp with some other boys he was ac-
cidentally locked in. and his comrades
all went of to school ding himself a
prisoner, Instead Of sitting down and cry
ing our ter first built up the arti-
cles ii the room until he could reach
4 wind ow, which he promptly smashed.
Next he threw out / he various articles
which he could lift until the pile OUT
side was within affe stlropp distance
from the Nindow, when lie climbed out
and 20 the pile. Re was near
IS two hours doing the work, but says
ne Nasn' e going Is G he any chances Of
ing bis nec from that 4
hiptig ~ ssss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
lNATTENTlvE HOUSE MEMBERS.
A New York Congressman Thinks Their
Writing Desks Should BE Take,hA Away.

a New York Congressman Thinks. Their
Writing Desks Should BE TakerrAway.
stThere is but one way in which this
can be made a decent legislative body, =
said a member from New York to q
Washington Post reporter as he sur
veyed the house and heard one man
speaking while one hundred aud sixty
six others chewed gum or. rustled pa
per;ss, and that way is to take from the
mem bers their desks. They shonld be
given no oppor turiity 50 write while
Legislative business: is on tap / placed
upon straight, hard benches with Moth
ing to- do ve.talk or listen they would
know more Of what is going on. Long,
long ago the English realized this fact.
In the house Of commons there is never
disturbance of any kind unless On ex-
trenlely heated and factional debate is
on. Everybody in the. chamber hears
what the man who has the right Of way
is saying. If the members wish to
write or read the newspapers or swap
yarns that used to be funny many ICONS
ago they go into a room provided for
that purpose. / am not much OF an
myself. In fact. think
that cockney imrn igration ought to be
permanently barred. But there are
things other than trousers that we
might copy from England and be moth
ing the worse for it. .
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
Spry Old Maine People.

B Maine is noted for her hale and. spry
old people. ExGov. Gareelon, in Lew
iston, eightY-f five years old, = an active
rider and driver Of fast horses, Of which
his stables contain twenty three fine
animals Mrs. athan Dow, Of Deer
Isle, eighty years old, has tilted forty
pairs Of stockings ana woven two hmm
dred yards Of rag carpeting and one
hundred yards Of cl 9th during the past.
season ia odd MON i snatehed from;
her general housewo1.s and the care Of
al flock OF hens. Gamma Bunker.
of West s,rent tor, eig htJs seven
old, has just ffnished q Waiisttcoat Ihliieh
she cut and made without the use 81
glasses Rob bins IN Sof Deer.
Isle last
besides 1n,leli 6.
Vehicles he mad an
four lsl1 oa,eg
md horse sIsd
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
TO CLEAN SPEC1AcLES.
Use . Bank Bill of Large Denominations.
u and fse Happy.s &f

Use . Bank Bill of Large Denomination.
Il # and He Happy.
.sIt:s the greatest idea in the world"
said a guest of ST. Louis hotel, rub
bling his glasses with ffty-dollar bill.
according to the Globe Democrat
q Now. i can see ten feet ithout my
glasses, and glasses have q, tendency to
become blurred, you know. FL,
Nov, ! have worn spcetacles con-
stantly for over twenty-five years, and
I have, in small way, made d study OF
them. A linen handkerchief does not
clean them well, and q silk is always
sure to leave thread sticking to the
frames.
Paper is no account. as it Leaves
specks on the glass. Cotton is sure to
leave lot. Of lint behind-it. Channels is
too thick, and kid don't do at all I've
tried thera all, and | know he thing
to use, my boy, is bank note; il cleans,
the glasses beautifully and leaves noth-
ing behind it. 55S5s #
sOf course, it isn t necessary to use a
fifty every time, but / happened to- have
this one loose in my pocket and I'm ex-
.pecting friend along in q minute and
wanted to make an impression. Yes,
they say bills carry disease with them,
but. i amt afraid much. we never
caught any thing from on can
use one as well as a fifty but use a
fifty # You can; there's more money
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
Ygrza Bros. & Co.
3 STORES r..
THE LOCAL MARKETS.
MINNEAPOLIS, March II.

MINNEAPOLIS, March II. q
n WAEAr-No. 1 hard, 6s cash ;5#sss
No. Northern. CSC; No. 2. &c; No. 8, sc
i FLouR--Quoted at $3.70{l4l5 for first patents;
S. 509s.7o for second patents, e 4N9a.5o for
grades in bsgs, including red dog.
BRAN AMI SHoRTs-Qucted at $l05N9ll /. 90 for
bran, sil@$l2 GO for shorts and Sl29ls for mid
lLngs. Millstntf has maintained steady mar
CoRN-No 8, SIC; No. 4, ssc.
n OATs--No. white selling at Sic; No. 5, acc. ISL
RE Nominal at 47c.
E BARLEY-Quiet at from 35lD4Sc.
FLAx-Quoted at $l.I. ,355a
acknowledgements, fancy, sGNS2c; good to
choice, 26@2sc;; fair to good lsl92,c;; dairies:
@lsc; packing stock. l40143ae; grease, s@9c:
roll and print, $50 aoc. '3H 's
EaGs--strictly fresh, Sic including cases. /.
cream, III &c; part SKINS, sQDec
ia DRESSED MEATs-Pork 9Lf1yAc per 10; veal
Csc; mutton. 7i1sc. s, ~
obeis1s So ssasd ass
q 11t9l2c; fancy geese, l1@12c. s. 5 IS II 81
sSfPorAToEs- Potatoes, bu, 75985c 3ss q
ssHEsP PELTs-Large heavy. sO9$l.1o; small
TO medium, 5O960c;' lamb skins, S5c. 5s =%l.s
Il wheat, l5t0l6c. 81 IS - SSs fI39g2}
ire III 81 , sailed, 4@sc; calf. g
Y 35e; dfy flint and calf, T9711c. s rs s-
iE5ssvRaETABI Es Beets /. bu., 45@5oc; cabbage
0va$17 90 per ton; lettuce, 30as5c per sdoz;
sSsso; futabagas, per b., s5e; radishes, per per
sedO1,s 25c;; Hubbard squash, per doz., 4OaJ O.
1t TROPICAL FRuITs-F Florida oranges, per box,
e s msssnes BiE ne a.ces
wbas peT SID lisa lss2o % 80 @pss
~ 1 1ss ssa;, a., y,
81 seess ~ 81
A4cr
ILL.,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
\ A Watch That Talks. /

1t is said q watchm;isner of Geneva,
Switzerland has j,1stcomplctetl a watch
which, instead of striking the hours and
quarters, announces them by Speaking
like the photograph The mechanism
Of the watch is based on phonographi
contlitio the bottom Of the case CON
tanning a phones phic sensitive plate
which has received the imprcSsssii on Of the
human voice before being inserted IN
the watch. s 5 s +.
n The disk, according to the jewelers.
Circular, has forty-eight concentric
grooves, Of which twelve repeat the
hours, twelve those OF the hours and.
quarters, and twelve more those of the
hours and second and third quar- tiers.
IF the hand on the dill shows the time
to be 1915 o'clock, one of the fine
needle points Of the mechanism crosses
the corresponding groove and the disk,
which turns stimuli taneons us out
the time, just as the phonog raphie cyl
inder Rs The lower lid of the case is pro
videtl with a tiny mon t piece, and when
the watch is held TO the ear the sound
is all the more plain. $ 81 h
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
rERRE BoNNE's SALAMANCA.

Wonderful Snake Charming by an Old
Negro Vootloo Woman in Louisiana.
An aged aegress of great repute as IL
''voodoo, = or witch doctress. among the
negroes of this section, writes q CORE
spondent from Terre Bonnc, La, ac-
cording to the Chicago Times. is attract
ing much attention, not only from
those of her own color, but from the
more intelligent portion of the COM
munitv, and the way in which she does
this is to apparently swallow a num-
Der Of small snakes Of variety un-
known in this section. They arc of a
dusky color, nearly black, pied with a.
dull green about the fiat head, and Of a
dirty white in the belly. These rep
tiles remain secreted about old Nance's
cabin until she gives a peculiar. w,l1is-
Ting call. when they will come to her,
wriggling: in great haste over the door,
up her dress, and run into her open.
mouth, Kissing hideously. They disap-.
pear and remain l:dden sometimes for
minutes. She asserts that they are con-
cealed in her stomach until she recalls
them, when they viii come pouring out
to writhe about her scraggy neck and
coil in her bosom
Where the snakes really go when
they vanish in her mouth is q mystery
and has puzzled all the physicians
about, many having come from New
Orleans to witness the phenomenon.
Some really believe that the snakes do.
go down into the stomach, while others
are convinced the witch is simply play
ing some straightforward trick on them,
but if the latter is the case. it is SO clev-
erly done that there is no detecting the !
performance.
The witch presents Q most extraordi-
nary and llideous appearance sitting
with the snakes darting their fat heads
in aud out Of her toothless mouth, with
their little bead. ike eyes swapping as if
in fury all about their mistress. As /
nearly as they can be counted there
are six or seven Of these reptiles
though old Nance says there are many
more. but they are all SO much Of a size
and color that they cannot be Identified, /
They are probably Of a harmless
nature, though old Nance declares they
are highly poisonous and no one wish /
es to experiment with them.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
Fox & O'Brien..

The firm OF Fox & O Brien, undertak-
ers, funeral directors and embalmers, 223
Central Avenue. although established
but little more than two years ago, has
already built mp az extensive business in
their line They have ia stock q large
assortment OF habits, shrouds, robes, etc,
at their connections warerooms Prompt
attention always given to day or night
calls. Telephone l444-2. s r.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
Destroyed BY Fire. .

b slee2tt, "a A|SosAOy ~ ~ = ~ s&. *
A very destructive fire took place on
Hennepin Avenne Wednesday night.
The block destroyed included the mum
bers 243 to 249, inclusive. The part un-
der the number 243 is the property OF
Henry Morse, and the remainder of the
block is owned by A. NJ. Smith, the pro-
prietor of the California VINE house. Mr..
Smith purchased the building from B,
+. Ford a short time ago. The fire
caught ia the rear of the second floor Of
No. 249, in the press rooms Of the Kun
ball Printing company, shortly before I
o'clock, aud ia few moments the whole
affair was ablaze from top to bott, nc.
The aggregate loss is about $4,000. OF
this amount the Kimball Printing COM
pany lost $4,000; A. M. Smith, s25, CO.,
add John Coveney, the proprietor of the
New York restaurant, at No. 247. about
$4,000. The printing company carried
an insurance to tie extent of $4,000;
Smiths wine house was by no means
fully insured, according to the statement
of Mrs; Smith, who, in the absence Of
her husband in the East, transacts all
business. The Kimball Printing COM
pany occupied the second and third
floors over Nos. 247 and 249. Fire last
spring caused the company q loss of
about S25,O00, 50 new stock was put in,
including the LATEST styles Of machinery
and ten presses. Every thing was de-
stroyed, the presses falling through to
the ground floor and smashing to pieces.
The inflammabie nature OF the material in
the printing establishment rem Tered it
easy work for the flames to lick up ev-
erything In ST. At, tn ugh 1t Was thought
that the fire department. was unneces-
sarily slow in getting to work. The
water tower was not put to work at all,
for it did not arrive on tho scene until
the fire was nearly over. Il got stuck at
the corner of Twelfth street and Cedar
avenue, and the frenen had to hoist and
dig for half an hour before they could
release the big thing. Anumber Of cleo
trio wires fell from the poles which stood
near the building aud caught fire, and
man and beast hurried out of the way Of
the deadly things like mad.
Three tiremen who were working in the
alley, in the rear OF the building. were
seriously injured. Aportio Of the brick
wall fell and scattered thu tiremen right
and left. Those who we're injured were:.
John Baker, of No. Ii engine house,,
hook and ladder No. 2; Charles Osborn,
truckman of Nos, aud Ben Stewart
sub fireman OF NJ. IL. O5b orne was in
jured in the back and left leg. Stewart
received several CHASTITY cuts in the head
and face, and Baker was injured in the
leg, head and shoulders. ID
The following are the institutions dam
aged by the fire:
3 Kimball Printing company, over Nos.
247 and $40.
California Wine House, No s22449a .
New York Restaurant, No. 249.
4 Adams Express company, No. 145. y.
Hunts hat and dye works, over No.
A5. M 1
Secretary Storer, OF the printing COM
pany, states that the fire did not origi-
nate on the. second floor, but in the
kitchen Of the restaurant on the first
floor. From there the flames crept up
the wall and communicated them
selves I'd the paper and inks on the floor
above.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
Y'E RxA'S

Why not buy your groceries and get
such prices as these:
Finest Burbank Potatoes,
SOC per bu
Finest Largest L smons,
15c per doz
Rolled Wheat
: 3 lac per Id
Cracked Wheat,
Lac per lib
Grape Catsup,
sc per bottle
Heinze Jelly in glass,
q ID Block Goldfish,
II lac per block
Finest Preserves in bulk,
TIC per -
Good Mild Sweet Cheese,
1Oc per lib
Soc Sun Dried Tea for
35c per 10
Fine Old Rio Coffee (dry roast)
Csc per Id
Superb Mocha and Java Coffee,
35c per Id
Our Combination s
SOC per Id
Wheatall,
15c per package
2 OF bottle Lemon and Vanilla
SC
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
3 - -. nd 5s31F Z. 4, ~ & NJ
Funny. Kind az Lunch.

81 a well known II esv Yorker OF con-
vfiviial habits has for r1,;.ny years, upon
his return home late at mig, t + iindul ged is
a rice ing i was Ar ays
left on the kitchen a By his good
wife The other ne arrived home
somewha the worse for his de-
3bauch. Insthe dim left burning
low TN dish and ate
the tent l,is
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-18
THE 1IiIkH "a ANDAKD a
VI EliGkj-PRICED FOOD. nj

iGH-PR ICED FoQD. 535s|
Ipbasco and Gold son = PR ON tho Upp4r
Y.,ikon III Alaslta sSS
. r. D.S Miles, 3 emit visitor iin Nm
Francisco, gives Gall q raph b IS AZ
count Of the prices current for ordi mary
conm.'d titles on the upper 81 kon river,
Alaska Il:
He has, u s,o,rding to tile CAN, just :r
turned from that conntry where, he
states, there were over one hundred
men at work during the last summer
washing gold from the river bars and
/ riffs The majority OF them will winter
ID that country. >s sS ssg55
S5I Well, 81 II tell you, am glad to get
back to civilization again he said.
'sGold is PLENTIFUL; in fact it is an ordi.
nary trick for man to wash out from
twenty to sixty dollars a day, but a
manneeds all that to live anyway COM
Portable in that country and he has but
little to show. after a season Of hard
work. ~
when / left that country atrader
with a small stock OF goods was making
his way up the river from some Of the
coast trading points in canoe. In
fact he had several Of them loaded with
provisions. He was assisted in his jour
ney by half dozen Indians.
# 'sWell when lie left, after selling out
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners had washed out in four
or five months OF steady work.
'sWe ran short of provisions, and had
subsisted on bear meat and other game
SO long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatables.
.Well. this trader-his name was Erl-'
mons sold the several sacks Of spuds
he had with him at the rate of from
thirty. to fifty cents per potato.
ellis flour sold for twenty dollars a
sack, and we were just glad enough to
pay five dollars pound for the very
poorest quality of tea he had with him.
s'He had several sides of bacon in his
stock, which he disposed of at about
one dollar a slice. few sacks of the
despised bean brought one dollar a
pound
~ two months, and had drawn but lit
tie solace out of pipefuls of dried leaves
and moss. When this fellow appeared
on the scene we took him to our hearts
as a benefactor and gave him ounces of
gold for plugs of tobacco. An ounce of
gold brings sixteen dollars in Alaska
and nineteen dollars at the mint here.
eve bought hundredweight of on
ions. for which we were assessed six
ounces of. gold.
Il tell You what, we poured out the
dust upon that fellow Emmons, and he
had so much of it don't think would
like to take the contract to pack it from
here to the city hall.
'.You must not think from this APP
palling price list that we were starving
to death. We had plenty of game and
fish, but that kind of grub pals on the
appetite y
The boys however, appear to have
made money on the Yukon river bars
Mr.. Miles states that all of them have
stakes and he came down to Victoria
with several of them who had CLEANED
,1p'' from twelve thousand dollars to
twenty-eight thousand dollars apiece.