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8
k YEAR OF GREAT GROWTH
President Roblson of tli Bankers
Reserve Llf Association Shows
a Kcmarkhbl Record for
NEBRASKA'S GREAT COMPANY
1148 Fellrlea la Force ftt the Km of
11K)1 Repreaeatla 98,421,000 at
Risk Mostly on Nebraska,
Lives.
Since the publication last week of tbe
annual report of President Roblson to the
stockholders of the Bankers Reserve Life
aesociatlon the management of this popu
lar young life Insurance company has been
In constant receipt of words of congratu
lation,' .
Compared with the experience of tbe
leadibg i eastern companies, the treat
growth of Nebraska's favorite life ss.ocl
atlon Is phenomenal. ,
'Ai the Kad af Its Foarta Year
the ' Bankers Reserve has more outstand
ing insurance, than the Northwestern Mu
tual of Wisconsin reported when It closed
Its sixth 'annual report, and within (24.000
of the aggregate of the National Life of
Vermont after' sixteen years of energetic
effort.
The premium Income of these companies
also fall short by comparison. In other
words, tbe Bankers Reserve, In the faos
of a competition never experienced by any
esatern company, shows at the end of lta
fourth year
A Pramlaaa Income af 1111,811.73.'
This is 38 per cent Increase In a single
year, during which -year the Bankers' Re
serve wrote (1,766,000 In new Insurance.
i The savings from the first year's pre
mlums on the business of last year is more
than sufficient to pay ail death losses and
the premiums on (1,777,000 of Insurance.
Not only has the expense been remark
ably low, but the conservative policy of
the company which rejected over (100,000
In risks offered has resulted In
, The Lowest Death Rate.
' The company had only four death claims
In 1901, aggregating (10,500, of which sum
(5,750 was paid by reinsurance, leaving the
net expense to the Bankers Reserve at
(4,750. These claims were paid Immediately
uprfn' proof of loss. . -
,Tbe company closed Its books December
(1st, 1901, without a single unpaid obllga
Uon and with net cashable assets of nearly
($0,000 standing to tbe credit of the policy
holders , ' .
.Write to B. ft.- Roblson, president Bank
ers Reserve, Omahs, Neb., for full par
ticulars.
Thai Balkan Reserve Life.
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PURE MALT
tc one-of the r known
whlaklea oa tbe market
and la bio preeorlbed b
Khreleiana and ai a a I
irelj weed by the mea
who know what food
wbieke la and laaiet oa
bTln it. It haa beea
made for oTerthlrtjr veere
br the faiuoua Willow
SpHnaa PiatlUer and la
poeitirela euaraateed aa
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aw parity a wen aa poa
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ef any whlakajr oa tba aiarket. Voa
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Puzilo Patent For Snlo
Inquire of ;Cathifxtna T. Dukes, Esthsr-
vuia, uwa.
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Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from Sixth Page.)
were tall, portly, fine looking men, dressed
In silk brocades, which would bsvs made
fine gowns for any White House recep
tion. They spoke English well and were
thoroughly posted on tbe silk markets of
the) world. We first entered the basement,
where a number of English steam engines
were supplying the power, and then
mounted to the second floor and were taken
through a number of large rooms Oiled
with little white balls covered with a toft,
silky fun. Each ball was about as big
as the largest peanut. These were the co
coons as they had corns In from the coun
try. They had been baked In ovens and
the worms Inside them were cooked hard.
I picked up a handful and shook them.
They felt like peanuts and the little baked
worms rattled like kernels Inside the
shells.
Chlaeaa Factory Girls.
Leaving this department, we went Into
the factory proper, a great room which
waa humming like a cotton mill. It was
600 feet long and seventy-five feet wide
and was filled with machinery. In It 700
women and girls were reeling silk. They
were working at the machines, which ran
In rows from one end of the room to the
other. Some of the women were sitting
at pans of steaming hot water, in which
the silk cocoons bobbed up as though they
were alive, while thin threads of fine white
silk were pulled from them by the mov
ing reels above. As I looked Into the pans
I could see the cocoons dancing about
In the steam In blocks of live and that each
woman started a new thread from time to
time by pulling a cobweb strand from each
one of five different cocoons and twisting
them Into one. This was then fastened to
the reel so that the reel unwound the five
cocoons at once, twisting their threads
together Into one before It was wound.
Different numbers of strands are used to
make the different kinds of silk thread.
Five strands make the finest thread. The
kind - of thread that we Import for the
United States usually contains six, eight
or ten strands.
Before the cocoons are unwound the
threads are loosened by soaking the co
coons In hot water. This is done In bowls
In front of the reeling machines, the co
coons being stirred about with little
brushes of bamboo by Chinese girls of
from I to 13 years of age. When the
threads become loosened they can easily
be picked up.
Some of these little children work at S
cents a day and some of the women only
get as much as 5 cents of our money. The
best of the little ones receive" 11 cents and
the highest paid woman of the whole fac
tory was getting it cents a day. This was
for thirteen hours and for seven days of
the week.
Notwithstanding the low wages, I no
ticed that the women and children ap
pea red happy and well dressed. Many of
the girls wore Jewelry and some of the
prettiest bands that wound the cocoons
about In ths wster had silver or gold
brscelets on ths slender wrists above them.
FRANK O- CARPENTER.
It Floored Audrey
Portland Oregoolan: "Touchstone," ob
served Audrey, as they left the wings and
slsrted for their dressing rooms, "what's
the difference between the stage csrpenter
and the author who waa back here Just
now to look at the stage?"
Too many for me," said the Fool.
One set the scene and the other seen the
set."
"Audrey!" exclaimed Touchstone, "the
next time you endeavor to perpetrate con
undrums you will do well to remember that
your education has been sadly neglected aa
to grammar. But here Is ons for you to
untangle: What's the difference between
Edwin Booth and I ago?"
"Lor'l" said Audrey, "what Is the differ
ence T" ' -
"One played Othello and the other worked
him. When you get that doped out come
back and I'll give you another."
But Audrey didn't report In again that
night.
In Memory of Old Times
Chicago Tribune: Goodman Oonrong
stepped up to the arlstocratle personage In
the Irreproachable toggery and walked
along by his side.
"Mister," be said, "a dime ain't much to
you. but It would git me a gocd meal, o' "
"Cut out that whine, you greasy old
bum." Interrupted Felldlre formerly Rusty
Rufus "and turn your toes out. Stand up
like a man. Haven't you any pride In your
profession, you bloated old rascal?"
Taking from his pocket a large, round,
stiver coin he thrust It Into the hsnd of his
blear-eyed . fellow citizen, turned him
around, gave him a parting kick and strode
on, wiping his hand on a perfumed silk
handkerchief as hs strode.
' Origin of Buckboard
Washington Star: "There are few per
sons," says a soldier who long sines re
turned to civic ranks, "who know how tbs
name of buckboard came to be applied to a
vehicle. It was 'way back In ths '20s, when
the transportation of goods, wares and mer
c had las was principally all by wagons. Dr.
Buck, who for long years after was ths
military storekeeper here, waa then tn
charge of storea enroute to army posts ta
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
the southwest. In east Tennessee difficulty
was experienced by reason of the rough
roads and there were frequent mishaps,
mostly from the wsgons overturning. Dr.
Buck overhauled the outfit, and, abandon.
Ing the wagon bodies, long boards were set
directly on the axles or hung below, and
tbe stores were reloaded In such a manner
that there were no further delays from
breakdowns, and the stores safely reached
their destination. The Idea doubtless was
not new, but Dr. Buck's example was fol
lowed, especially when roads were rough.
and soon much hauling wss done by the
use of wheel, axle and boards only. Now
the fashionable buckboard recalls the old
gentleman to some of us."
In a Roundabout Way
"Did he call you a hog?"
"Well, not In specific terms, but I think
tbat what he said Justified me in hitting
him?"
What did he say?"
'I csn't remember the exsct words, but
he pointed to an advertisement of mud
baths and suggested that I was the kind of
fellow who would take to them naturally."
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: Don't believe all the good
things you hear of yourself.
A witty girl Is often a drug In the matri
monial market.
Some hair Is prematurely gray and some
Is prematurely dyed.
Few women flirt after they get married
and few men flirt before.
The less a woman knows about anything
the more positive she Is.
Lend a man a dime and tbe next time he
will strike you for a dollar.
Thanks are ao cheat, that there Is no ex
cuse for giving them grvlglngly.
In after years a man rejoices rause of
the failure of his youthful ambitions.
No true woman will admit that she mar
ried tbe first man who proposed to her.
Any self-made man la apt to feel sorry
for the inferior product of the Almighty.
He is certainly a mean man who will sue
for divorce on the grounds of nonsupport
During his sojourn here on earth a man
must put up with a lot and put up for a
lot more.
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