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    Tnn CM ATI A DAILY T?EE: THURSDAY, JULY 27, M0.
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WHEN OCT OF TOWH.
Sabscrlbers leaylag the cl(y tem
porarily ahowld e The Be
nailed to them. It la better than
dally letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed aa often aa
reqaeated.
Mr. Almo Sato shows tliut the Japa
nese are not backward either In learning
the gentle art of "Jollying."
The municipal usphmt paving plant
appear to btK ti guying Investment In
epltc of the obstacles It ban encountered.
Advices from Washington would indi
cate that Secretary lionaparte baa not
been la office long enough to find where
the wbltewuKU brunh Is kept.
Corea tias also sent a repreoentative to
the peace conference. The emperor of
the hermit kingdom Is resolved to exer
cise bis preroRatlres to the last
In the suit brought by the Delmar
Jockey club agalnxt lilm for $23,000 dam
ages Governor Folk eau probably urge
the advertising received as a setoff.
That asphalt repair plant can thor
oughly ingratiate ltaelf with people who
use Omaha streets by keeping busy until
compelled to go into winter quarters.
Young Mr. Hyde anys he will In future
reside In Paris. Here Is an opportunity
for a late ambassador to America to re
turn the favor of a much discussed
dinner. i
t. i
Rockefeller is making no claims, but
be la finding partnership with lightning
In Texas more profitable than Bully's
partnership with the boll weevil In the
anie state.
Tbat German who committed suicide
because be was not permitted to make
bis borne in the United StateaNevldently
bad not read all of the books on America
published by his compatriots.
And now the local democratic organ la
orging the city councilmen to spend more
money on weed cutting, presumably so
It can accuse them later of giving public
funds to political weed cutters.
The statement of Mr. liariiman re
garding Equitable affairs shows tbat the
good director Is not too Inquisitive about
company affairs, so be will have little to
tell When the explosion occurs.
From present appearauees those 800,
000,000 aore-eyed Chinamen of Colonel
Mulberry Sellera have turned their
clouded optica upon the United States
and can see nothing but trouble.
Beneficent fate has the wire "trust'
In its keeping. No sooner do the stock
man's fences have to come down in the
wrest than yellow fever causes an in
creased demand for wire screens In the
south. .
The Fish and Game commission Is said
to be collecting specimens of native Ne
braska fish for exhibition at the coming
Bute fair. It should not overlook the
political small fry nor the frenzied
finance suckers.
A Lincoln paper says that the way for
Douglas county to establish its primacy
In Nebraska is on the assessment relL
It baa established that long ago. Douir
las county has for years been paying
about one-ninth of all the expenses of
atate government.
Tburston county has been enjoined
from taxing funds belonging to the
Omaha and Winnebago Indians on de
posit in Iowa and Nebraska banks. Now,
If Uncle Bam could only enjoin the graft'
era and bootleggers around about the
Indian reservations from Uylog their
bnnda on fruit money, the Indians might
have something left for food and ral-
"nt.
UHAFT IX MtLrrAlKZ.
The city of Milwaukee U attracting
fur more attention by renaon of the dis
tloxures of Kraft and boodllng among
b r officials than by anything in an in
dustrial and commercial wuy that wan
ever done by that enterprising city.
While iu more than half the states of
the union there have been disclosures
and inveMlk-ntiona in regard to the ras
cality of public officials, nowhere have
thene Inquiries !eeu productive of more
remarkable results than In the Cream
City of the West. The work of investi
gation by the b'gul authorities has been
going on there for several months and It
has be-u prosecuted with a diligence
which has not been surpassed in the an
nals of such inquisition. From Its in
ception there has be-n shown a most
vigorous and uncompromising deter
mination to bring to the bar of Justice
every public official as to whom there
was a reasouable suspicion of having
violated the trust reposed In him.
The result of this honest pursuit of
persons believed to be rogues has been
most remarkable. It has not only
amazed the people of Milwaukee, but
has astonished the whole country. Over
persons have been indicted, against
whom 2."1 true bills were found up to
four days ago and the grand Jury has
not yet completed Its work. This Is a
niot extraordinary record and It em
braces a vnrlety of crimes, such as per
jury, boodllng and graft, any one of
which Is criminal under the laws of Wis
consin and will consign those found
guilty to the penitentiary. It is alleged
that Milwaukee's story of graft differs
from other stories because rottenness
prevails in 'nearly every governmental
department city, county and state.
That seems to be unmistakably the case
and the wonder is that the disclosure of
the conditions has been so long delayed.
The evidence appears to be that this
state of affairs has been going on for
years. What has been the matter with
the people of the chief city of Wisconsin
that they have been so long blind or in
different to the misconduct of their pub
lic servants? How Is it that they did not
long ago. wake up to a realisation of the
wrong that was being done and take
steps to remedy it? The simple explana
tion Is that as a rule the people are not
sufficiently careful to learn what is going
on In public affairs. Having confidence
in the Integrity of those whom they en
trust with, the administration of public
matters they rarely take the trouble to
ask whether or not the officials are faith
fully or honestly performing their duties.
This is a practlcnlly universal popular
fault. It exists to a greater or less ex
tent in every considerable community.
The lessou furnished by Milwaukee
should have a salutary effect every
where. . LOSING POPULATHiy.
There has been a considerable exodus
from the northwest to Canada during the
las,t few years and some of the states
have felt It to an extent that causes some
little complaint If Is foOdd tUat'in a
few of the states there has been a loss
of population, that the Immigration to
those states has not counterbalanced the
outgo, and that consequently there are
farma which are vacant and the land un
filled. This is reported to'bj the case in
southern Minnesota and perhaps it is
also true of other portions of the north
west. How long the movement from the
states of the northwest into Canada will
continue It is Impossible to say with any
degree of certainty. It has been going
on with increasing volume for several
years and may be expected to continue
as long aa cheap lands are to be bad in
northwestern Canada and the Dominion
offers Inducements to people from the
United States to take up lands there.
But it would seem tbat people in this
country must soon be convinced tbot
however cheaply they can buy land In
the Canadian northwest the fact that
they will encounter a most inhospitable
climate there, with uncertainty as to
crops and difficulty In getting what they
do grow to market, they will derive no
real benefit or advantage from going to
the Dominion. If lands In the American
northwest were extravagantly high and
all opportunities for successful farming
In this section were gone there would be
some reason for seeking lands In Canada.
but as there is still land to be bad In this
country at a reasonable price and the fa
cilities for marketing products are the
best in the world, with an unfailing de
mand, an exodus of Americans to Can
ada is inexplicable upon any reasonable
grounds.
CALIFURMA'S Olf, PRODUCT
It is not generally known that Califor
nia produces more oil than any other
atate In the union, but such Is the fact.
According to official government reports
that state produced hist year more pe
troleum than Ohio or Pennsylvania or
Indiana or West Virginia or Texas, the
statistics showing that California pro
duced more oil than any two of the other
states, ber total amounting to nearly 30,-
000,000 barrels of petroleum. This Is a
remarkable exhibit and It la stated that
California Is not producing more than
one-fourth of lta capacity in oil. The
value of the crude petroleum production
of tbat atate last year la estimated to
have amounted to over $8,000,000, or
about one-fourteenth the value of all the
crude petroleum produced In the United
States In 11)04.
In amount, however, the California
output was about one fourth that of the
rest of the country and the explanation
of the fact that its value was only one
fourteenth la in the circumstance that
the California producers get so much less
for their oil than Is paid elsewhere, A
Bun Francisco paper remarks that the
squeezing proces In California la made
evident by the geological survey's figures
for three yean, which, necessarily, relate
to the same aorta of olU there having
been developed no new field in tlia past
thre years. In that period California
oil has fallen 7 centa In price, of course
,due to the operations of the trust, which
has practical control of the product, or
at any rate of the market. It Is under
stood that the JIT producers of California
are very anxious to breuk the bold of the
trust, but bow this can be accomplished.
If at all. is a problem by no means easy
of solution. However, the California oil
production Is contributing very largely .to
the wealth and prosperity of that state.
AEFAorr or j.vsibj.vib RtFonsf -The
Iroquois club of Chicago has
taken the initial step for a national
movement looking toward the investiga
tion of the affairs of every life insur
ance company in the country and the
national regulation of life Insurance.
This la a step in the right direc
tion. Millions of American policy hold
ers view with alarm and concern the
disclosures recently made in connection
with the management of the Equitable
in New York and they naturally enter
tain fears tliut some irregularities and
risks have been permitted the manage
ment of other life Insurance companies.
The only way to reetore confidence
among policy holders and people who
ore either Inclined or compelled to pro
tect their families or their estates by life
Insurance is by thorough investigation
of the affairs of every life insurance
company and subject these companies to
such regulations and such supervision
as will safeguard the trust they have as
sumed for the policy holders and their
families.
Itonestly managed life insurance com
panies will prolit by investigation and
supervision ' and dishonestly managed
companies and bunco companies that
have no stability should be exposed and
driven out of the business. There is cer
tainly nothing that affects the present
and future generation of American peo
ple so vitally ns does the Judicious and
safe investment of life insurance funds
and the capable and economic manage
ment of the affairs of life Insurance com
panies, which are charged with the most
sacred of trusts and whose affairs should
at all times be like an open book.
This does not apply simply to the
standard life Insurance companies, but
should Include also the fraternal insur
ance' companies, that are patronized
chiefly by the wage-working class, who,
if anything, are entitled to more scrupu
lous protection at the hands of the gov
ernment than the associations of policy
holders made up of the mercantile class.
Omaha grain dealers will take very
little comfort out of the assurance of
the traffic manager of the Burlington
system that there will be no disturbance
In the rate situation whatever by the
building of the Sioux City and Ashland
line, and that the Great Northern has
no desire to disturb the rates, and could
not do so if desired. Nobody said it
would. But Mr. Jim Hill was never
suspected of a purely benevolent turn
of mind In his railroad operations. He
would never have given countenance to
the project of extending the Great North
ern into southern Nebraska' unless he
expected, tp haul a very considerable por
tion of the grain raised In that section
of the state to Minneapolis and Duluth
in other words, to divert the grain raised
within the territory tributary to Omaha
to the milling and export centers In Min
nesota. The only compensating 'advan
tage Omaha grain' merchants will derive
from the Great Northern extension Is a
competitive line to Minneapolis and
Lake Superior, but Inasmuch as the rates
from Missouri river points are common
to all lines, except In times of war, it
will be simply a question of natural or
unnatural selection.
The unexpended balance of all ap
propriations made by the legislature of
1003 will lapse on August 31, but no
apprehension need be felt on that score.
Any unexpended balance that can be
drawn legitimately will have been
pulled out before the clock strikes 12 on
that date.
What is the necessity of a middle man
for the sale of voting machines and a
middle man for the sale of fire hoge?
Why should not the city deal directly
with the concerns that manufacture
these commodities or the regularly ac
credited representatives of these con
cerns. Porto Rico complains because people
unacquainted with the duties of the office
undertake to administer the affairs of the
Islands. In course of time Porto Rico
will become accustomed to this, for It is
one of the results of living In a self-governing
republic.
A Swedish statesman proposes a new
basis of urilon between that country and
Norway with an international parlia
ment and a common foreign administra
tion. The plan might be feasible if both
parties could give necessary bonds; to
keep the peace.
Omaha business men are officially as
sured that the Great Northern will build
a cut off Into Omaha from the Sioux
City and Ashland line; but a cut off from
a cut off U not Just what the business
men of Omaha have been praying for.
Kansas may find Itself with two state
treasurers, but as the new law compel
ling county treasurers to deposit funds In
approved banka goes into effect in about
a month the taxpayers should be saved
subjection to a double risk.
Havea for Holmes.
Washington Post.
Statistician Holmes should have no
difficulty In aettlng a Job preparing cir
culation affidavits for newspapers that
we wwt of.
Taklaia Her Decrees.
Chicago Post.
The Nebraska- university girl who
caught an M. C. when she was studying
for a B. A. will be reconciled; to the change
when she can write MA after her name.
Ixie of Kvents.
Cincinnati Eryjulrer.
The Philadelphia Ledger is one of those
Journals which are naver satisfied to let
a bygone be a bygwes. It says the sum
mer capital might have been EaopuS, and
there might have keen, bulletins about the
presidents bsths In the Hudson river.
L'oklne- calmly and retrospectively over
the situation, we believe now It could not
posslbl- have been.
Their Only Hefeae.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Pryan, P. D. C. (perpetual demo
cratic candidate!, saya "the woods are
full of wide, awake democrats." Still
more of them are likely to take to the
woods If he keeps on talking.
He's on the Pay Roll.
Philadelphia Presa.
Champ Clark lort $J50 to a sneakthlet
the other day. "How some of his con
stituents' will h asking what this
snorting warhorse of the anti-trust bat
tle Is doing with a plutocrat's roll In his
pocket. i
Why old Sol Smiles.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Of course th Sun spots are held to blame
for the recent hot wave. Any; natural
phenomenon that can"t be otherwise ac
counted for should bo charged to the solar
blemishes. It gratifies a lot of people and
It doesn't hurt the soots.
Glory Easith for All.
Philadelphia Inauirer.
There Is a dispute as to whether John
Paul Jones, Commodore Barry or Eeek
Hop'ilns was "ths father of the American
navy;" but it doesn't matter much. They
were all ornaments to the service and
the country is rich enough to give them
all fitting monuments.
Jndlcloas Coarse of Newspapers.
St. Joseph Oaiette.
The ferookfleld Argus points out that con
tinued runs on the Topeka banks and a
general financial panic In Topeka and
Kansas City were averted, on the occas
ion of the Devlin failure, by the judicious
course of the newspapers published In both
towns. In reality It was known by the
newspapers for a wek prior to Mr. Dev
lin's failure that he was In' straitened cir
cumstances, but a premature publication
of the story, without all the details, would
have been disastrous to the businessa In
terests of both cities, and It was wisely
withheld until such time as Its publication
would work the least possible harm. In
this respect tho newspapers were serving
the communities In which they were pub
lished. The popular Impression that every
newspaper Is constantly Itching to publish
everything It gets It hands on is an
erroneous one. There Is not a well regu
lated newspaper In the land which does
not constantly give great attention to the
probable effect of what It publishes, and
for this they deserve much more credit
tlian tbey receive.
MONEY AND HONESTY.
Salary Kot a Mens a re of Trustworthi
ness in Men.
Chicago Tribune.
Can a man who will be above suspicion
be induced to put the flnlshng touches to
government crop reports for 13,500 a year?
The secretary of agriculture does not
think a spotless man whom calumny never
will dare to assail can be had for less
than 15,000 a year. He will ask congress
to give that much money the salary of
a congressman to the chief statistician, and
thus secure unimpeachable Integrity.
The publla has learned that money can
be made by manipulating crop reports or
selling advance information concerning
them. It is said the person chiefly Impli
cated In the cotton report scandal made
small fortune through his dishonest prac
tices. Perhaps be , would have been Just
as dishonest It he had been getting $5,000
year. Frequently It becomes apparent
that a large salary, is not a guaranty of
Integrity that. (a,.rnaa who gets, 1100.000 a
year may . guilty! of discreditable con
duct, and that persons who were sup
posed to, be above suspicion are really be
neath contempt.. Money cannot be de
pended on to buy honesty. A difference of
$1,500 a year in, salary will not make a
naturally crooked man straight.
In spite of all that is said about the
prevalence of corruption in public and busi
ness life, the country abounds In men who
will stay honest on $3,600 a year. ' It ought
to be possible to find among tlusm one who
is competent, with a little instruction, to'
serve as chief statistician In the Agricul
tural department. The position does not
call for ability of an extraordinarily high
order. It is a mere matter of skill In cal
culating percentages.
The secretary of agriculture is feeling
blue over the leakage in his department,
and thinks the way to stop the leaks is
for congress to appropriate a little more
money. But if he will make the trial he
can find a 13.500 man who will be suspicion
proof, because he, being naturally honest,
will do nothing to create suspicion.
LESSOX OP A IJFE.
Daniel Scott La moot 'a Career an Ex.
ample for 1'oa a a; Men.
Kansas City Journal.
The career of Daniel 8. Lamont, ex-secretary
of war, contains a valuable lesson,
full of hope and promise to the young
men of the country. The story of his life
proves that a poor and friendless boy can
raise himself to power and affluence in
this land of unlimited opportunities, and
that his rise depends chiefly upon his own
force of . character, rather than upon brains
or Influence.
Dan Lamont, as he was called even after
he attained the dignity of a cabinet min
ister, was a frail boy, weighing scarcely
100 pounds. He was not particularly bright
and he had no Influential friends to push
his fortunes; but he had courage and force
of character. His character showed even
In his handwriting which was neat, bold
and clear. When he came to work his way
through college he found It hard to get
even the little Jobs incidental to college
life to keep him from starving. Undaunted
by difficulties, tie wrote to the governor of
the state, asking for employment that
would enable him to accomplish his alms.
The governor was struck with the boy's
handwriting, which he thought revealed
superior character. Young Lamont's re
quest was granted and he was given a
modest clerkship- during the session of the
state legislature. Boon after he finished bis
education his work brought him Into con
tact with Samuel J. Tllden. the great law
yer and political leader. Mr. Tllden, too,
was Impressed with Lamont's quiet force
of character and, as the story go "took
hint under his protecting care, setting his
feet on that path which led to fortune
and distinction." Mr. Lamont rose step
by step until he became private secretary
to President Cleveland and afterward sec
retary of war. Ill capabilities attracted
tho attention of capitalists. wHo employed
him in their great enterprises, and he
became a director and trustee in many
railroad and financial corporations.
What Dan Lamont accomplished la within
the reach of almost any boy or man
in America. It does not require great
talents. Character la a bundle of habit
and habits can be formed and reformed at
will.
A boy is never too young to begin and
a man Is never too old to change his
habits. Patience, energy, fidelity to duty,
countge and steady habits command suc
cess, and these are things that any man
can have If he chooses. Even one of those
qualities will generally suffice If It shines
through the dany acts wi.ich make up
the sum of life The reason rsy most
hoys and men fall to achieve success is
because they do not cultivate even one dis
tinctive trait of character.
ROV.tD AROiT NEW YORK.
Ripple on the (arrrat of Life In the
Metropolis.
For the last week or two Detective Pea
body of the c-ntral effli-e has been busy
In One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street
rounding up car pickpockets. About 1
o'clock Sunday morning, with the knowl
edge of work well done. Pea body started
back to the central office.
It was a fine morning. The heat wave
had passed and a itentle, cool ephyr W4S
sighing through the trees along I.enox
avenue.
"I can't face that subway on a night
like this." thought l"eabody.
He hired a horse and buggy and started
down town via Centra! Tark. He was
tired sleepy. Something attempted, some
thing done, had earned a brief repose. He
lay back in the seat of the buggy anJ
looking up at the moori skulking through
ragged wisps of cloud, began to compose
verses, while the old hrrse Jogged along
the West drive. Suddenly a man with a
pistol In h'.s hand and a cloak flung across
his left arm In approved villainous fashion
stood by the horse's head.
"You disturb my reverie." said Pea body
petulantly, as the horse stopped. "Say,
what's a rhyme for sun?" he added in
differently. The highwayman pondered.
"Sun sun sun," he echoed.
The pistol point lowered. Next moment
Feabody shot out of the buggy and landed
on top of the moonlit Turpln. The de
tective shoved a revolver under his cap.
tlve' nose.
"Gun!" he said triumphantly. "Guns a
rhyme. So I 'run.' but there's nothln'
doin'."
Peabody looked at the prisoner. The
moonlight fell upon his face.
"Oh, If you, Bill McGinnis," said Pea
body. "I thought you were keeping down
the lower east side. You're getting ambi
tious." "You here, Frank Peabody?" gasped
McOinnlss. "Gee. you got m for fair."
Then Poabody put the "bracelets' on
McOlnnlB, and Pegasus jogged to the West
Forty-seventh Street Station.
The severest sha-keurt in vra i
t0 'he Little Tenderloin police etetlon,
which Is operated each sumrr. ; by, ior, ani
against the children, black and white, of
West Thlrtir.tli stieec, betwn Sixth and
Seventh avenues, where tv r--.' Tr.,.A.
loin police station Is.
Following the election of Commissioner
"Bowdle" Gans came the ahakenn in h
station. He removed th
force, transferring all of the men either
to Staten Island or to the Bronx-in his
mind. Late the other night he gave out ap-
fouiiiiienis inr me station:
Benjamin Jarratt. cantaln? Tn,. i-
ratt. sergeant: Clarenc Th.. .
Philip Abrahams, roundsmen; Dick WIN
naiiia, aoorman. Incidentally these police
men were transferred f, n i.,
Rlcnxi Bull, Samuel Abrahams and Jacob
UIBCTlCn.
Despite the fact that In his -n,r..i
said he would not countenance nepotism.
Commissioner Oans starts nm ......
two Jarntts Into the highest and second
...e.ii piaces in the station. The Jar
ratts are his second cousins. It Is already
predicted . that Commissioner Gans will
never get a second nnmin.n.
a second election.
Patrolman JoscdIi
turned from the Barim nm .
months' duty In the Charles .treet precinct,
rendered a decision worthy of Solomon.
jo pretty girls, dressed en.ti iii
appeared at the Ellis island gate with a
'o appear before the Board of Spe
cial Inquiry, to claim
arrived on the steamship Rhoetla. ' '
me rule allow onlv on nonr. !-
relatives, and the gateraan said so. Neither
girl wished to go without th nth.r
ever. Mury suggested that the ' older
uuuia go.
"You go, Fannie," said the one.
"No, you go, Jessie."
"JIow old are you?" hbWpH m.,-,,
nle.
"Siirteen."
"Hi." old Is your sister?"
"About the same. We are twins."
"Twins, eh? Well. twin u
Nick" (to the gateman), "twins certainly
re entitled to go on one ticket."
And on the policeman's d
were admitted. '
Thanks to p'.uck. iudsrmnnt and th .r.
of a trolley car a 5-vear.old cirl ,...i
from death in the Bronx. Late In the after
noon a horse hitched to a light wagon
stood driver less close to the pnrh m t,..
mont avenue and Boston road. D. O. Fow
ler, its owner, chatted on the sidewalk
wlth'a friend, while Hattle. his liiti H.n.h.
ter, sat in the, wagon, her chubby fin
gers holding the reins. Suddenly the
horse bolted down Tremont avenun tho
terrified shrieks of the child urs-lns- him nr.
like so many cuts of a whiplash.
At the same time Coroner Berrv nf thai
Bronx, was getting on a Tremont vnna
car. There was thunder of pounding hoofs,
a wild shout or warning from the sidewalk
crowds to clear the wav. and tho runimv
horse, with the swaying wagon, shot past
the car with the speed of a rocket.
One glance was enough for Coroner TWrv
Springing to the motorman'a side, he said:
rut me alongside or that runaway. w
must save that child!"
"Right you are: " was the answer, anrl
In another Instant the crowded car was
whining In pursuit Sparks flew from the
overhead wire, and frightened passengers
shouted, white the car, eating up distance
like an Empire Btate Express, overhauled
the runaway.
.Twice Coroner Berry crouched for a
spring, but each time the horse forged out
of reach When he Anally did jump, his
fingers grinned the runaway's bridle rein
close to the bit and clung there.
To the startled crowds it seemed -f If he
would he killed IT mmm lraiJI .
block, but the grip on the brieve never
relaxed. When the horse halted the res
cued child sprang Into the outstretched
arm of Coroner Berry, clasped her arm
around hi neck and covered hii face with
k lists.
With the advent of summer police ser
geant began to have trouble with lost
children.'
The other day two little girls, about 10
years old, entered the West Forty-seventh
Street police station, dragging a little boy
between them about t summers old.
"Sergeant, this little boy Is lost." said
on of the girls. The child was sobbing
convulsively.
"Where did you find him, little girl?"
asked the sergeant.
"In front of &91 Tenth avenue," was the
reply.
The child was turned over to Matron
Reynolds, and In about fifteen minutes
later an excited mother rushed In. She
was directed back to the matron's room,
where she found her son fast asleep on
the lounge. It was the boy the little girls
had brought to the station.
The sergeant asked the mother where the
boy lived and she replied:
"at ! Tenth avenue?"
"I thought so. Those two kid kid
naped him. by Jlmlny, that's what they
did! They Just wanted to play cop," ex
plained the sergeant
A queer specialty In the moving trade
has sprung up In the last few years, since
Americans go more and more frequently
to Europa. tne company makes a busi
ness of moving the enure tuiultur: frm
aTH E
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
GEO. L MIISSINCK.
C. M. Mil RP HEY, V. Prtsldtnt.
Capital,
Surplus,
CRETK, Neh., Jsjly IB, JfOtt.
J. EOMISTOX t SONS. General Agents,
tnlon Central life Istirssrt Company,
Lincoln, Neb.
Gontlcmon:
I acknowledge rexTirt of your company's check for two thousand
thirty-eight dollars and twelve ceuts 2.0.'W.12) In full payment of my
policy, No. Issued by the I'nlon Central Life Insurance Company
of Cinrnnnti, O., July 15. for f2.0no.OO.
My application was taken while
M. E. Mcbryver. general ruanaser. of Tolo, III. My po'iT Issued
upon the Ten Annual I'ayment Endowment, at life rate plan, with an
annual payment of f 112.4S each year for ten years.
I have paid the t nlon Central Life Insurance Company $1,14 v
Total rash received July IB. ltKtS SI.O.IH.12
Total premiums paid fl.lltl.KO
Received In Interest..' . Ol.t.'U
2.0.1.H.I!t
For every dollar I have paid Into the company I have received $l.sj.
I have been insured for U3 yers for $ 2,(0.0.
I have received all the money I have paid to the company, with the
same compounded at the rate of nearly 4 per cent, free of all taxation,
besides having the satisfaction all these years of knowing that In case
of my death my family would receive the f2.000.00.
I have another policy In the Union Central for $3,000.00, which is
expected to mature April 30, 1W5, with quite a large Increase over the
"face of the policy.
The Union Central Life Insurance Company is a company that In
sures, and across the face of every policy it issues should be inscribed
the legend. "No Frenzied Finance Here."
A solid, reliable company, does all h agrees, to do, and more too,
and I take pleasure In commending your methods of doing business and
your promptness In meeting your obligations.
In my policy there Is uo obligation on your part to pay me one cent
more than f2.oftO.00. The contract specifies f2,000.00, and that Is all I
expected, and you have today paid me $2,038.12, an amount of $.tS.12
over any sum mentioned in the policy. Yours respectfully,
GEORGE M. MURPHEY.
Men desiring to engage in the
their advantage to correspond with
agents, Lincoln, regarding contracts
has more than fS.uoO.OuO loaned on
ud railroad nor municipal securities
a house In New York to a house in any
city in Europe, with only one packing. A
van Is hoisted on board a transatlantic
liner and goes by steamer and train to the
city of Its destination. Then It Is set on
wheels and driven to the house, where the
goods are carefully unpacked.
PERSONAL son:!.
Prof. Clifton F. Hodge urges the extinc
tion of cats on account of their destruction
of birds.
Baron Gustavo Tosti, Boston's new Ital
ian consul, is cosmopolitan, has served a
a diplomat in many countries and 1 a
writer of note on social problems.
Camilla Flammarion, the celebrated as
tronomer, proposes to introduce a bill into
the French Chamber of Deputies to make
compulsory a perpetual calendar of hi
own.
"Aaron Burr" Is the historic- name over
a restaurant in Spring street, near Mer
cer, in New York City. Almost directly
across appears the name of "Alexander
Hamilton, carpenter and builder."
M. Jullen Tiersot, librarian of the Paris
Conservatoire, and M. Antote le Braz, pro
fessor of Celtic language and literature,
are to lecture In this country next year
under the auspices of the Federation of
French Alliances.
Three editors aspire to the democratic
nomination for governor of Georgia I. e.:
Hoke Smith, who was once with the At
lanta Journal; Clark Howell of the At
lanta Constitution, and J. R. Estill of the
Savannah News.,
Dr. Sigurd Ibsen, son of the noted
dramatist, Is prominent In the movement
which recently culminated In the secession
of Norway from Sweden. Dr. Ibsen Is
the constant and close associate of Frtthjof
Nansen, the explorer and scientist, in the
troublous days.
In compliment to William, prince of Or
ange, their great leader, the colors of the
house of Orange were adopted by the
sturdy people of the Netherlands at the
end of their long bout with Spain orange,
white and blue; but nobody know how,
in the centuries since, the orange became
change'd to red.
The Swedish decoration entitled "Llt
terls et Artlbus" has been awarded by
King Oscar to Dr. John A. Enander, for
more than thirty-five year editor of Ilem
landet, a Swedish weekly newspaper of
Chicago. Dr. Enander Is the author of
a "History of the United States" and a
number of other books, and Is an able
lecturer.
Marshal Oyama is very careful of his
health while In the field and will not drink
any liquor. He smoke but three cigar
a day, take a certain amount of exer
cise on the days when he is not chasing
the Russians, and frequently take a day
off and goes shooting. He weigh 150
pounds, which is twenty-five less than
when be left Japan.
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTHING. rCBNISHINCS, AND HATS
AN OPPORTUNITY
"Experience has
taught me." said
IWau Brummell, "to
take my clothier's
advice."
WW
Fliteenth and
Douglas Sis.
Broadway at Zad ktreat NEW
, . . . Prtsidtnt.
C. W. WtCKBACH, Ctshitr.
$50,600.00
i0,000.00
I was a resident of La Salle, III.. pV4f
insurance business will find it to
J. M. Edmlston &. Sons, general
for agencies. The Union Centra)
eastern Nebraska farms. It hold
of any kind.
ajtttwasw.'iU'MWM we rreaswysasssMi
AMOSQ THE JESTERS.
"Little boy," said a gentleman, "why
do you carry that umbrella over your
head? It's not raining."
"No."
"And the sun is not shining."
"No."
"Then why do you carry It?"
" 'Cause when It rains pa wants It. and
when the sun shines ma uses It. and It s
only this kind of weather that I can get
to use It at all." Philadelphia Fublio
Ledger.
When the fool-killer came to the man
who rocks the boat he was determined to
mete out severe punishment.
"Are you going to kill him?" asked the
friend.
"No," replied the fool-killer, "that would
be too lenient. I 'am going to make h.im
marry a modern club woman, so he will
be doomed to rock the baby when she goes
out." Chicago New.
Young Husband Bertha, did you ask
the grocer to show you some of those
seedless beans I was telling you about
this morning?
Young Wire Yes; and if' you want your
slippers warmed before you put them on
you can warm them yourself, sir, I won't.
Chicago Tribune.
Collector I've motioned to that old
man three timet and he pretends not to
see me. Now, l"m going to present this
bill In the presence of his friends.
Office Boy Aw, you chump! He can't
see you don't you know he is blind?
Collector Blind? Then, by George, he's
got me this is payable at sight Cleve
land Leader.
"But why do you live in town if you
don't like It?" asked Copthall.
"I have to live In town," said Contango,
"to make enough money to keep up my
country place." New Yorker.
"D'y 'ear, Jimmy wot's a fort?
"Place where they keens soldier."
"Then wot's a fortress?"
"Where they keeps soldier' wive, '
course!" Illustrated Bits.
A SI MMER MGHT,
Paul Laurence Dunbar in the Augus
Century.
Bummah Is de lovin' time
Do' keer what you say,
Night ia alius peart an' prime,
Bettah dan de day;
Dough de day is sweet an' good,
Birds a-singln fine.
Tinea a-smellln' in de wood
But de night is mine.
Rlvah whlspcrin, "Howdy do?"
E it pass you by;
Moon a-lookln' down at you,
Wlrktn' on de sly.
Frogs a-croakln' Com de pon',
Slngin' bass dey fill
An' you listen 'way beyon'
OT man whlppo'wllL '
Hush up, honey, tek my nan,
Mak' yo' footstep light;
Bomep'n kin' o' hoi de lan' ,
On a ummah night.
Bomep'n dat you nevah sees
An' you nevah hyeahs.
But you feels It in de breese
Bomep'n nigh to teahs.
Bomep'n nigh t j teahs? Pat's so;
But hit's nigh to smiles.
An' you feel it es you go
Down de r.hlnln' mile.
Tek my h.n', my little dove:
Hush an' come erway
Bummah Is de time fu' love.
Nighttime beats de dayl
presents' tself at Jhia time of. the
season "Every Daj" when totj can
benefit yourself at a big saving in
price. ,
We are continually changing our
windows and showing up to your
view values that shoufd tempt the
prospective buyer.
ALL of our clothing has been
REDUCED. Good generous slices
taken off of a great many things in
Furnishings. Ktraw ITats are half
price and lens. Tlenty of needful
articles all over the store for men
and boys that if you buy now will
save MONEY.
OMAHA
NEB.
Fsjctorjr, Cooprer Sqaer)
V YORK
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