Judge — February 13, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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bi Hen. PRUDENTIAL MAS THE | 7s j] STRENGTH OF SsRALTAR Eye / Prudential The Great Protector of American Homes. INSURE NOW. The Prudential Insurance Co. of America JOHN F. DRYDEN, President Home Office NEWARK, N. J. Write for Particulars of Policies Withoat committing myself to any action, 1 shall be glad to receive, free, particatars and rates of policies for $— Mame... Address Occupation Derr a “That instrument,” said the music dealer who was trying to sell a violin, «is two hundred years old.” “It’s in a wonderful state of preserva- tion,” replied the customer, who felt that he ought to say something complimentary, |" but I can afford to pay for something | that's really modern."—Chicago Post. | ae “ Who are you 2” “Who are you “Lasked you first. + Well, I won't talk unless I know who you are.” © All right-—neither will 1; —Detroit Free Press. good-bye.” “Grandpa,” said the children, «tell us another story about the time when you | were a young man and traveled with the show.” * Well,” answered Grandfather Dutton, “when I was with Nixon & Kemp's cir- cus, forty or fifty years ago, one of my great acts was to get a boy to put an apple on top of his head and then I would stand ten paces away and shoot a rifle ball through it.” “But didn’t you sometimes miss the apple and shoot the boy ?” “Not often, but it happened once in a while, of course.” “What did you do then ?” they asked | breathlessly. “Do ?” answered Grandfather Dutton, shrugging his shoulders.“ Why, some- ‘times [had to wait two or three minutes jbefore I could find another boy, but not often. ‘There are always plenty of boys.” —Chicago Tribune. “So you are going to send his letters back, are you ?” asked the blonde. “Yes,” replied the brunette, with tears in her eyes, But not until [ have copied them all. They will make a splendid book, and I have a lovely title for ther already * The Letters of a Lazy Love —Cincinnati Times-Star, Her Confessions and Memoirs, AT LESS Than HALF Price—The Only Unexpurgated and Unabridged Edition. a a ‘toe youu} tun be ok Chadbourne SENS Mt East 16th St., New York. Please send me particulars—adeertisrment a in Fotenary 18 JeDor. wend th cof "tistory_ oy Intimate detale 6€ the anor. inna ranted ihe ‘Soca mind with French Court hg, alipat oner. 77 of the period, their very simplicity and frankness purges of thstn Ali often i 34 Thine Controls few seta of these complete sets only. Atm very rimatl monly payment preterred, proved molest Remade at ew ropirs are from a limited numbered and resist de hare edition, bound ap to sell at $10.0) a volun ‘dene 1 he tent by mail, eied particulars, you alga nid ecad the toguiry? Mutual Life Insurance Company ° of New York RicwarpD A. McCurpy, PREsmpENT Abstract of Statement, December 31,1903 Income for Year 1903 . $77,333,712 76 Paid to Policy- holders .. 32,727,780 01 Legal Reserves, etc. . 339,826,818 00 Guarantee & Dividend Funds 61,994,843 66 Assets . . . 401,821,661 66 *Insurance in Force . — 1,445,228,681 00 *Increase of Ins. 104,489,022 00 Annuities in Force . . Increase of Annuities . 24449,631 81 286,228 50 * Insurance written, but not yet paid for, excluded. During its existence of sixty-one years this Company has paid back to its mem- bership—from the funds accumulated for their benefit—more than $6 30,000,000 or nearly Two Hundred Millions more than the largest amount so returned by any similar organization, Notwithstanding the distribution of this vast sum it is the First Life Insurance Company in the World to accumviate for the benefit of its membership assets exceeding Four Hundred and One Millions of Dollars For information as to plans and rae, apply to CHARLES H. RAYMOND & CO. Managers for Metropolitan District OR AT THE Heap Orrices of THE Company Nassau, CeDar, WILLIAM AND LiBErty Sts New York Spa y was the horse cilitor fired 2 Scribbler— He was sent to report aa automobile race, and he spoke of the fellow who came in ahead as winning hi spurs." —Philadelphia Record. A REMARKABLE STATEMENT. | Tbe abstract from the Annual Statement of To | Mutual Lite Insurance Company of New Vork pu! to-day mers more than the passing attention o reader. The figures of the operations of this gre Compainy for the year 1903 are 20 enormous that KM “ult to appreciate their true magnitu |r ented sonst of fuer Sr4 orc ol which fh ‘gent guarantee fund of more than §: It is not easy to conceive of any institution which oa offer more substantial evidences of absolute secumty (0 Uiose who contemplate insuring their lives. comicbooks.com