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REMITTANCES,
TtLLoxr juvnzAUisM aunt mad.
The hysterical cnisad Inaugurated by
a ock sensational contemporary afralnst
Chancellor Andrew of the Ftato uni
versity, under pretext that he has con
tracted to Immortalise John P. Rocke
feller la purely yellow Journalism (rone
ruad. Its palpable object la to fabricate
iwlltlcal capital In the Impending cam
paign for a party that baa rnn out of
catea of restriction, the report saya It la
ao utterly opposed to the principles of a
free republic, ao contrary to the spirit of
our institutions, that It is incredible that
a large proportion of our people should
favor its Imposition, concluding with
this strong point: "When President
Lincoln called for volunteers and the
German regiments from Wisconsin
and Iowa, from Ohio and Indiana,
that It would seem might hate been
done to obtain such share of the trade
as should come to this country. It la a
neld which If properly cultivated ought
to yield good prottta. But manifestly in
order to get the trade the particular
requirements of the people must be met.
which means that instead of sending
them goods that we cannot dispose of
at home and elsewhere, our mannfactur-
paramount Issues and hopes to be able and the Irish regiments from our sea- era must adopt the plan of their Euro-
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. 10.43t
ine democratic party need seek no
further for an issue. The trust has
closed two distilleries in Teorla.
Just think of the possibilities for
future investigations contuined In those
10,000,000 pounds of canned beef pur
chased by Japan and Russia.
No omnibus building bill thla season la
the edict of Speaker Cannon. If Our
Dare had been there he would have
been awfully disconcerted, but
Tammany braves are beginning to
show restlessness. The scalping time
teems a long way off, even though
there is a democratic mayor In New
York. '' i
The contests between the artists of
the "regular" and "impressionist'
schools of Germany may have the result
of deciding the mooted question, "What
la Art?"
According to Lafe Young, reciprocity
la to be the bait on the democratic hook
to catch the republlcana this year. There
may be more truth than poetry in that
remark.
The most enduring monument which
can be erected to William McKInley will
be the successful solution of the prob
Jems of government which originated Id
his administration.
The anti-Bryan wing of the Iowa
democracy calls itself the "Anti-Re
affirmationlata." They might aa well
call themselves 'Revivalists." That
would be shorter and more to the point.
' Governor Bailey of Kansas might hare
known that he would not hare undis
puted nomination for a second term
whf n he failed to make good that prom
Jse to marry some Kansas girl during
hla last campaign.
to rouse the people to a frenzy by emo
tional appeals.
There Is absolutely no Justification or
excuse for the vile abuso and caricature
to which Chancellor Andrews has been
subjected, or the insane yelp and howl
about raising a monument to the
Standard Oil plutocrat on the university
grounds. According to the Lincoln
Journal, "the project the chancellor is
working out is the erection of a build
ing to be used for religious and aocial
purposes on loti adjoining the univer
sity, purchssed by him from private
parties. The proposed building will
not bear the name of John 1. Rocke
feller, Dr. Andrews or anybody else.
It will be known as the "University
Temple." It will, moreover, be erected
bv voluntary crlvate contribution aud
not by compulsory taxation.
On broad gauge lines it would be lm
proper, and perhaps In violation of the
unwritten compact between the govern
ment of the United States and the state
of Nebraska to convert the university
into a sectarian institution, or to select
or accept contributions designed to per
petuate the memory of any donor. This
would apply aa much to Mrs. Leland
Stanford, who founded the Stanford
University of California, as It would to
John D. Rockefeller, who endowed the
University of Chicago,
The University of Nebraska was pre
sumed to bo self-sustaining. It was ex
pected that the income from its endow
ment in lands would be sufficient to
maintain the Institution without Impos
ing any taxes upon the people. As a
matter of fact the university has from
its inception been a heavy burden upon
the taxpayers and that burden has been
Increasing from year to year rather than
decreasing,
The new temple, proposed to be
erected for the benefit of, university
students may or may not be a long felt
want, but no rational or unprejudiced
person will contend that there la any
thing immoral In accepting a contrlbn
tlon for its erection from John D. Rocke
feller any more than would be a con
tribution from the wholesale Jobbers of
Lincoln or Omaha. The manner In
which Rockefeller acquired his millions
in no way differs from the manner in
which most of these men have acquired
their thousands namely, by discrimina
ting rebates, or special favors from rail
roads, or by crushing out competitors,
The crusade against the acceptance of
a contribution from Rockefeller has no
higher moral, ground than have the
fanatic and fantastic periodic crusades
of prohibition agitators against educa
ting children in the public schools with
so-called blood money that ia money
derived from licensing or taxing the
liquor traffic, or money collected through
the Imposition of 2nes upon law
breakers. Every fairly Informed person
in America knows that more than (150,
000,000 is collected annually in the
shape of internal revenue taxes upon the
product of distilleries and breweries
This so-called blood money Is disbursed
in the shape of salaries to congress
men, senators, cabinet officers, supreme
Judges and government officers and em
ployes of every class, Including those
engaged In educational work under
supervision of the federal government.
But nobody has yet ventured to preach
a crusade against the Imposition of in
ternal revenue taxes on whisky and
other Intoxicants for the disbursement
of the proceeds of this tax for legitl
mate purposes.
Nobody will defend or uphold the
methods by which John D. Rockefeller
became a multi-millionaire, but it is
the height of demagogy to denounce the
diversion of part of his wealth into
educational or religious channels
port cities, mnrched to the front in
solid ranks, no one stopped to inquire
as to their mental training, and were
like contingency to arise today there is
no doubt that our fellow citliens of
Italian and Austrian and Russian birth
would show the same spirit of patriot
ism and loyalty."
We believe that a very large majority
of the Intelligent and unprejudiced peo
ple of the country will concur in the
views expressed in thla report Almost
all tho sentiment favorable to Imposing
additional restrictions upon immigration
is found in the eastern and middle
states, where immigrants crowd the
cities. There is little of such sentiment
in the south and west, in both which
sections there ia room for many more
Immigrants and a demand for their
labor in developing the resources of
those sections. The existing laws are
ample if properly enforced and hardly
anything could be more unfortunate for
the country than , the success of that
spirit of natlvlsm and intolerance which
Is involved in the demand for additional
restrictions upon immigration.
pean competitors and make goods es
pecially for those markets. We believe,
however, as was urged by McKInley,
that nothing Is more essential to the ad
vancement of our commerce with the
southern countries than the establish
ment of more American steamship lines
to the ports of those countries. "Next
In advantage to having the thing to
sell." said McKlulev. "Is to have the
convenience to carry it to the buyer,"
and in hla view this convenience should
be wholly American.
THE PAS8IXO OF THE VATTLK BAB01W.
Several large cattle companies in the
northwest are either going out, or pre
paring to go out of business. The
cause for this impending change Is the
contraction of tho range and the lnva
slon of the small cattleman. The
fanners have taken up the land along
the streams where the water is found.
and while there are thousands of acres
of dry range land which afford good
grazing for part of the year they are
removed from water and the sources of
supply are cut off by the small farmer
who ia utilising it. This is by no means
an unmixed evil, or even the fore
runner of the impending decline of the
cattle raising industry. It simply signi
fies that the cattle barons are slowly
finding themselves short of territory on
which to range their stock. Their
places, however, wlllbe taken by the
farmer and stockman of limited means,
who Is content with devoting his
energies to raising small herds of
cattle.
The passing of the cattle baron in the
northwest marks the transition era
from low grade to higher grade live
stock, that is destined to evolutlonlze
and revolutionize the cattle raising in
dustry. The displacement of the cattle
baron with a ast area of land devoted
solely to the grazing and breeding of
low grade cattle will give way to dl
versified farming that will Insure
sheltered rattle feeding in the winter
seasons, fewer losses of live stock and
better quality of cattle for the stock
market. The impending change does
not augur disaster to the state. On the
contrary, it will be a harbinger of more
substantial prosperity.
The subdivision of the great cattle
ranges into stock farms will be followed
by ft marked Increase in substantial
wealth and population, which will grow
from year to year and cannot fall to
give the highest development to the re
sources of the state.
AOAIHST AMtRICAlt COTTUlt.
In a recent report the consul general
of the United States at Berlin states
that foremost among the economic move
ments in Europe, which may have a
serious meaning for Important Interests
in America, is the present simultaneous
effort of Great Britain, France and Ger
many to emancipate their textile in
dustrles from dependence upon Ameri
can cotton. He says the portentous
feature of the situation is that not only
In Germany but throughout Europe
there is a growing feeling of resentment
against this dependence and a deter
mination that their spinning and weav
ing industries must at any cost be
emancipated from such vassalage by
the development of wholly new sources
of supply.
Associations have been formed In
England, France and Germany for the
purpose of stimulating cotton produc
tion in the colonial possessions of those
countries and according to the consular
report the German association is es
peclally active in the work of promoting
a colonial cotton supply. As yet the
movement is in its infancy, but it has
been taken up with so much earnest
ness and zeal In the several countries
that there is every reason to expect
that it will be vigorously pushed. But
aa our consul remarks, it may be many
years before this European crusade for
colonial cotton enn be accomplished, so
that there is no immediate danger to
the American product from this threat
ened competition.
ISXOVATIOX I HMH4SCE.
Perallarltlea ( Policies ! tho
Market.
Denver News.
Few people are aware of the extent of
the field now covered by Insurance.- Al
moat any poaalble danger may be Insured
against. The lateat Innovation la the ap
pendicitis policy, under which the com
panies lnaure against Illness or death from
appendicitis.
Engllah underwriters have for many
years written odd rlaks, but insuring
agalnat dlaeaae Is new. "Take out a policy
for meaalea," or "Ar you Insured agalnat
scarlet fever?" are now common expres
sions of the Strand and music halls.
There are also companies that mnke a
business of Insuring agalnat lnaa by bur
glars, elevator mishaps, robbery by serv
ants, accidents. of every degree and kind,
whether self-contributory or otherwise, lost
through delay In steamer snd train tranalt.
fraud by rlerka and other employes snd loss
through legal actions. Mmy big expresa
companies, dry goods stores, coal Arms and
trucking housca pay a sum every year as a
protection agalnat damage suits by drivers
and helpers who are hurt while In their
employ. The Insurance Arms contest the
aulta or effect compromises.
One of the most unusual risks which any
company haa ever assumed Is that !n be
half of Pattl, whereby the singer Is In
sured against pecuniary lows If she "loses"
her voice during her preaent "farewell"
tour of the United States. Under the con
ditions of the policy she is to get $8,000 If
she cannot sing at any one of the concerts.
Another policy guarantees the diva 160,000
on the whole tour In the event of perma
nent and total loss of voice.
It wo,uld seem that there la no conceivable
limit to the matters which may be in
sured against.
RfcCTXAR SHOTS AT THE PI I.PIT.
Inilanapolls Journal: Rev. Thomna Kwltig
Sherman, Catholic priest, and eon of the
late Oeneral W. T. Sherman, doclnrea that
socialism Is oppoeed to the American Idea
of progress. "Americanism Is Individual
ism." he says. "Socialism In all ncgaflve
and our position Is all positive. The Cath
olic church la unalterably opposed to so
cialism. "
Indianapolis News: Bishop Dudlev. who
died In New York on Friday last, waa In
many waya a remarkable man. He ivaa one
of the leaders of the chiirah of which lie
had been for so many years an ornament,
and no man In the house of Mahon stood
higher tn the confidence and esteem of his
associates. Bishop Dudley was a man of
rower, having many ef the tiualltlea pf ths
statesman, l'.lonncnt. earnest, thoughtful
and Intensi'ly human, he waa a preacher
to whom nu n were glad to listen, and from
whom they got help and Inspiration. HIS
nature wis sympathetic, and whether In
the pulpit or out of It, he seemed to come
Into close truieh with the people. He Was
cheerful and kindly, and had that charm
of manner which nil men admire, but which
comparatively few posses.
Milwaukee Sentinel: Pr. Parkhurst States
that the Inxiuols theater horror was the
direct work of God (hat "the fire which
burned those r0 persons was God's fire,"
etc. Tarkhurst pinked more genuine and
blasphemous profanity In that sermon than
Boh Kvana would utter if he wars to live
to the age of Methusaleh and try to beat
Ms own record every day.
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The senate committee on interstate
commerce, which was notoriously organ
ized to sidetrack legislation calculated
to enlarge the powers of the Interstate
Commerce commission, has decided to
lay all bills before it to subcommittees,
and the subcommittees have indicated
an Intention to pigeonhole these bills
until the house committee shall have
reached definite conclusions concerning
the merit of the various Interstate com
merce bills. This is a game of shuttle
cock and battledore with which the
American people have become fairly
familiar within the past ten years. The
railroad lobby at Washington Is getting
in Its work.
The order of President Roosevelt,
abolishing the dead line between Ne
braska and South Dakota and restoring
to the public domain a atrip ten miles
long and five miles wide, adjacent to the
Pine Ridge agency, ia a feather in Con
gressman Klukaid'a cap.
Recent action by the German Reichstag
would indicate that the members desire
to discover whether the assembly la a
component part of the governmr-i.it or
merely a vehicle to bring supplies to
the throne. They have dared to express
n opinion upon the almost sacred sub
ject ot the action of army officers.
Trof. Koch of Berlin has called atten
tion to the danger of spreading infections
diseases from books loaned Indiscrimi
nately from libraries. Here is another
opportunity for Mr. Carnegio to broaden
his mission by reinforcing his library
donation with gittt for the purchase of
microbe murderers and library disin
fectants.
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Why did not Rer. John Williams write
a more protracted epistle on the pro
posed plutocratic Rockefeller memorial
with side remarks about the perished
civilization and the waya of Babylon,
Nineveh and Rome? Why didn't he fur
nish two solemn double shotted columns
for the editorial page of Omaha's hy
phenated rip-roarer lustead of cutting it
off with one-third of a broadside!
J members of congress entitled to
paid mlleaga a second time when
they are riding on pasaea all the time
That Impertinent question baa been
sprung in the lower bouse of congress.
The unsophisticated American taxpayer
doubtless Inclines to the opinion that
this subject of inquiry is of more mo
ment to him than the inquiry concern
ing the livery bills of cabinet officers
and memtrtra of various bureaus.
At a recent meeting of the New York
Board of Trade and Transportation the
committee on legislation- of that body
submitted majority and minority reports,
that of the minority taking a decided
position against any restrictions moro
than comprised in a just and thorough
enforcement of existing laws. The com
ment of thla report on proposed restric
tions will certainly command the ap
proval of all liberal-minded and un
prejudiced persons.
It declares that had such restrictions
a a are now Ieing proposed been in
force during the past fifty or sixty years
the parents of many of, our best citi
zens of German or Irish descent would
not hare been allowed to land,. the phe
nomenal material development of our
country, would have been very much re
tarded and the United States today
would bo a relatively feeble power,
The report admits that there has been
a change in the character of the lmmi
gration and that most of it ia now from
southern Europe, but it points out that
the outcry now raised against tho Ital
la immigrant is absolutely the aame
as the arguments usnd against the Irish
during the period when Knownothlng-
Ism was rampant "and the undesirable
Qualities now attributed to the Jewish
immigrants differ but slightly from
those formerly charged against the Ger
mans." The report declares that not a
single argument haa been produced that
was not urged with equal earnestness
half a century ago and saya it ia the
spirit of Intolerance -which is causlrg
X05IAO tOVTH AtltMVAN Tit AD t.
The statement of Minister Thompson
that the United States is Toeing trade in
South America ia not new and will cause
no surprise to those who hare paid any
attention to the statistics of our com
merce with the southern countries. A
short time ago the chief of the bureau
of statistics at Washington presented
the facta showing the decline Of our
trade with South America and the
growth in that quarter of the commerce
of Great Britain, Germany and France.
His explanation of thla was in a general
way the same aa that of Minister
Thompson. The American manufac
turers do not employ the methods neces
sary to secure trade. They do not make
adequate effort and they do not aim to
meet the requirements of the southern
markets as. European manufacturers do.
Mr. Thompson says that the manu
facturers of Germany are ready to adopt
any suggestion as to the product to be
manufactured. The same is true of the
British manufacturers, who hare been
catering to the wants of the southern
markets for decades and understand
them thoroughly. Our manufacturers.
on the other band, have given com
paratlvely little attention to the peculiar
character of the wants of the people
of South America and necessarily have
been at a disadvantage in competition
with the manufacturers of Europe, who
study the wanta of the southern markets
and meet them. Of course there are
other causea for the decline of our trade
there, as pointed out by Mr. Thompson.
American manufacturers want better
profits than do those of Germany and
England and the latter give longer
credits, which seems to lm an especially
important matter to the South American
buyers. Then it appears that the Euro
pean manufacturers are favored in the
vital matter of freight ratea. Terhaps
this Is due to the fact that our mer
chants and manufacturers are dependent
largely upon foreign ships for the trans
portation of American products and can
not make aa good terms as the British
and German merchants and manufactur
era. The minister made no reference to
this, but It ia reasonable to assume that
if there were mora American steamships
running between our ports and the prln-
Dr. Thomas Darlington, president of
the New York Board of Health, has ap
peared before the house committee on
banking and currency and heartily en
dorsed the pending bill for clean money,
by which we are to infer that the cir
culation of soiled paper money has be
come offensive to the health department
of New York. New York City officials
must be very fastidious. Common people
in all parts of the country are willing to
run all the risks of contagion in handling
filthy lucre, if they can get it in suffi
cient volume to supply all their wants.
The United States Steel corporation
profit-sharing plan la still in force. Last
year 48,033 shares were taken by 27,379
employes at $82.50 per share of $100 par
value. This year the subscription price
of preferred shares is $55, or Just $27.50
less than the price charged twelve
months ago. The 27,879 employes who
have been gulled into Investing their
earnings in the profit-sharing scheme
have lost in one year $1,345,C57. Profit
sharing on the steel trust plan has
proved a howling success.
The report of Secretary Root concern
ing the equipage maintained at govern
ment expense by the secretary of war
and the War department would indicate
that the civilians in the war office will
rate low as sports. They seem to have
preferred old horses that jog slow and
sure 'to the fiery steeds of youth and
mettle. .The disclosures will probably
result l the substitution of automobiles
while Ae old nags will be pensioned off
on account of old age and disability.
PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE.
January cut aome Ice. Also some coal
bins.
Jack Frost Is a stalwart republican.
stands pat.
Tammany boasee, hustled out of New
York when Bryan appeared. Tammany
hates competition In bosses.
Gold has been discovered In Thibet. A
British punitive expedition is moving tn
that direction In the Interest of civilisa
tion, of course.
Bhrewd doctors have mads the discovery
that "the human stomach worka better
when only slightly stretched." The era of
breakfast foods brings its own compensation.
Every time a hustler gets within reach
of the stuff something happens to mar hla
Joy. Those who can keep a dollar bill long
enough to count 'em will find 96,000,000 bac
teria In it.
The sultan of Morocco refused to take
any stock In the St. Louis fair, but tossed
a bunch of toO.OOO Into the fair pot. That's
something Just as good. The fair needs
the money.
The Chicago cow persists in keeping Its
place In Chicago history. One of the local
herd has transformed Itself Into an ani
mated plncuahion, and butted Into ths
O'Leary niche.
If you observe men walking energetically
in the suburbs and emitting clouds of hot
air. It Is a safe guess that they are spell
binders preparing for the fray. Lungs
work better when well trained.
A Chicago judge holds that ths legisla
ture of Illinois alone has the power to fix
the price of gas in Chicago. The business
Interests At the city council are now so
clrcumsorlbed that the Job Is no longer on
a paying basis.
Soma thousanda of weary mortals will
tosa a sob of sympathy to the Chicago
man who has given up a lifelong search for
the man who Invented work, so he could
assassinate him. After all. success does
not always rewsrd persistency.
It Is announced that the Ancient Order of
Hibernlana of New York City will dlapenaa
with the old style regalia at ths coming 8t. .
Patrick's day parade and march In plain
clothes. Whisper It not In Cork, ma
bouchal; the daya when Napper Tandy took
us by the hand are back-numbers.
Besides furnishing the food and the divi
dends for New England, the west Is dili
gently teaching the modern Pilgrims Im
proved table manners. President Mellen of
the New Haven road haa prescribed rules
for table etiquette In dining cars and ex
pects In time to reform the custom of pas
sengers who eat with their knives.
Foreigners of eminence have vlaited ths
United States at various times and sketched
national characteristics from many view
points. Yet the best and briefest picture of
national trait was traced at long range
by a British schoolboy In an examination
paper. Hera is what no said: "in ths
United States people ars put to death by
elocution."
" We Find the Dividend
M uch Larger Than
Expected!1
Another tribute of praise for "The Strongest in
the World." A word from one of Omaha a
leading financiers
Capital, 1:50,000.
IMOX KATIONAL, BASK
Omaha, Keb.
G. W. WATTLES. Tres.
V. A. SMITH, V-Pree.
J. W. THOMAS. Cash.
CIIAS. MARSH, Asst. Cash.
Omaha, Neb., January 27, 1904.
Mr. II. D. Neely, Manager,
Equitable Life Assurance Society,,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Sir: We beg leave to acknowledge receipt of
draft of the Equitable life Assurance Society of the United
States in the sura of f (J78.G3, being cash value of Tolicy No.
271,210, which our bank held as security.
We had figured the value would be about $500. We
find the dividend much larger than expected, and we con
gratulate the Equitable Society and you as their representa
tive on the large dividends you are earning and paying.
Yours truly,
G. WT. WATTLES, President
The Equitable
Life Assurance Society,
STRONGEST IN THE WOULD.
H. D. NEEL V, Manager.
Merchants National Bank Bldg.
SHERIDAN NUT
&ts? uje it in your. bveburnelrt
Clean bard coal, fine for cooking'
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
College Boy (to his best glrl)-Katl
never tuiked you before, but can you oook
Katie l can man in oesi cnocoiaie
fudgea you ever tauted.
Colleae itoy mat a enougn. cnicago
bune.
She I am not the only girl you have
ever kissed.
He How do you know that?
8he Well. I've had soma experience my
self. Detroit ree 'rea.
"Waa It an elaborate weddlnaT"
"Elaborate!" exclaimed the fair divorcee.
I atiould think It waa. Why. It waa ao
elaborate that you'd think she never ex
pected to have another. Chicago Post.
'I suppose," said the timid suitor, "when
you recall what a handsome man you re
hm husband was you wouldn't consider
me for a minute."
Oh. ves l would. repuea tne pretty
widow, "but I wouldn t consider you (or
a aewond. rnuaueipiiia, rremu.
Singleton I aay, old chap, what have
vou Hint atrina- around your nnaer rorr
weuaeny iu renuna me oi aumeining 1 1
am to get for my wire.
R iiz etoti What are you to aetr
Wedderly Why er I've forgotten what
It waa." New iorker.
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Colombian statesmen are probably
better acquainted with Panama than are
the people of the United States. Their
apparent greater willingness to accept
$10,000,000 for a quit claim deed to the
istumua, rather than $20,000,000 for a
partial waiver of sovereignty, may have
In It wisdom greater than appears on
the surface.
Can aat Effect.
Washington Post.
There are two reports from Constanti
nople. One Is that the aultan la paying his
debts and the other Is that he Is losing his
mind. If the flrst report Is true the other
will be accepted without question.
the restriction agitation; "It originates
In the narrow mind which, recognising I cipal ports of South America the freight
that our country la prosperous beyond I rates would be reduced.
Baltimore American.
The supreme court has no complaint in
the matter of precedence at Waahlngton.
It la quite In the natural order of things
that tt should follow the diplomats. In the
affairs of this world diplomacy ueually
take precedence of justice.
all others, and without being aware ot
the sources of that prosperity, aeeks to
monopolise It and to prevent others
from sharing In tt."
In regard to the proposed educational
test, o persistently urged by the advo-
That our merchants and manufactur
ers are not unapprectative of the value
of the southern markets Is of course
well understood. They have not been
altogether Mia or Indifferent respecting
this trade. But they have not done all
Calaa Haa Had Eaoaaa.
Indianapolis News.
The Chinese minister to Russia saya that
the talk ef China going to war with any
one la absurd. But this atatement can
hardly be regarded ss partaking of the na
ture of news. Moat people know that China
got all that waa coming to It In the way of
war tn that little affair with Japan some
I years ago.
'For what is Greenland noted?" asked
th teacher.
'For tta oia-taanionea winters, aaia tne
boy with the frosted none.-IndlaiutpoUa
Journal.
Youna Husband Still Bitting up. dear?
Vou ahouldn't have waited tor me. 1 waa
detained downtown by Important business.
and
Young wire Try some otner excuse.
George. That a the kind father used to
make. Chicago xrioune.
Doctor Your wife must keep out of ex-
lt Ainnt-
Mr Hrianue tne can i. oocior. one
carries It around with her. Indianapolis
Journal.
A SIN SET BOXU.
Frank L- Stanton tn Atlanta Constitution.
J.
.,. I. nt the a-olit hills the riving aun.
Ana tha, Ka-ht nf rtuv like a dream, la done:
Like a beautiful dream that we fain would
hold .
As mlaera cherish the dream of gold.
But dreams ami past
Too hria-ht to laat:
And nlcht cornea faat and night comes
faat!
n.
Oh, well -for the beautiful morning ugm.
it it hut ha well for tne rai ma mam;
If the heart can aay. at the death ot day,
"Light has been folded in love away:
And love will laat
When Hunt la uaat.
And nla-ht comes last and night comes
faat!"
III.
nn,.u nt iha niM hllla the drlna sun.
But reat eweet reet, with the day's work
waarv t ha Anv for all Its llaht.
To the arms of the dear, enfolding night.
Reat rrom tne roo
From th thorn-strewn aod
la night that light in the lovs of God.
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QUESTION
The beginning of the year is an appropriate time to
ask yourself the question
"Are you'earrying enough Life Assurance?
Your house and other property is assured for its full
value
How about your life?
Is it assured for anything like its real value to your
family
Kit down quietly and figure It out or
write for the leaflet,
"What Is Your Life Worth?"
It Mill probably give you food for thought
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
Strongest In th World.
H. D. NEELY, Manager
Merchants National Bank Bids'
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