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B TITFi OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 25. 1900 MOD WORDS FORTllE'MTOR Science Finds Him to Be a Useful Citizen of tin tcath. HIS KIND ALMOST WIPED OUT Little Evidence Dirk of Thour Old Scandal A lion t Ilia Appetite, bnt Hi Hide, Commercially Con sidered, li Valaaale. A vlaltor to that part of th aouth below lorth Carolina could sec alligators In al most every stream and bayou U.cnty yean I desirable. 3 the lnrfter onri have a hard reptlle'a for feet and I etc aa rein. It la needless to aay that It la only by the exercise of considerable atklll that the hun ter keep his peat through th struggle of the reptile, and If care la not id the fun may develop Into tragedy for the rldor. Alligators three feet and more In length are generally k'lled at once, and the hid removed. All of the hide except the rtfl?e of the back, which la very bony, Ib urd. The hide la palled, and la then In condi tion for ea'e to th buyers, who are usually storekeeper, who furnish provisions and ammunition la exchange. The Mies range In value, to the hunter firm 30 cents for a three foat hldo to fl.B for one seven feet or more In length. The five and six foot fcicV ore the most ago, but now one may frequently spen.t months traveling through this region and not see a single alligator except those In captivity. The killing of the creatures for port or for their hide has been the main cause of their great decrease In number. In addition thousands of the young have been killed or shipped away, while enor mous number of the eggs have been gath ered and sold as curios. It was not until about lf5 that the de mand for alligator leather became of Im portance. The market was not long con tinued. In 1H89 fashion again called for th leather for manufacturing Into fancy Uppers, traveling bags, belts, card cases, music rolls, etc. The demand lias con tinued to the present and many thousands of the animals have been killed, while the preparation of th skins has given employ ment to hundred of people. The output of the tanneries of this country approximates 275.000 skins annu ally, worth about H 25, 000, part of which Come from Mexico and Central America. It I estimated that about l.SOO.OOO alliga tor were killed In Florida alone between 18S0 and 190, nearly 20,000 being killed in 1908. One Very Abundant. Th earliest settle In the southern tate found alligator, or as they were then called, crocodiles, exceedingly abun dant In almost all streams, especially in Florida arid Louisiana. Many marvelous tale are found in tho early chronicles of the ravages of these monster. They were aid to eat dog and pigs and to consider the negro an- especially succulent tidbit, while It was considered dangerous to go Into streams where they were known to ex ist. When such a stream had to be crossed hour were spent sometime In beating It to frighten off the alligators. The researches of ' scientist have shown that thore la very slight foundation for such stories, and It Is probable that the greater number of the plga lost by the planter could have been traced to other enemies, particularly two-footed one, while runaway slaves would naturally encourage the belief that alligators had dined off them. The greater part of the supply of alli gator leather now comes from Florida and owing to excessive hunting the industry 1 profitable only In the central part of the peninsula, In what Is called the Lake Okeechobee region and In the Everglades. Here the principal hunters are Seminole Indiana, who have their home on hum mocks far back In the Everglades, and come to the settlements only when In need of articles which they cannot produce themselves. 'Gavtora Moat Active at Night. The alligator 1 most active .at night and its day are usually spent lying on some low bank or log overhanging the water, where It can enjoy the warmth of the un and be able to retreat to Its native element at the first sign of danger. While on land alligators are very clumsy. In the water they are exceedingly active, and being strong swlmmen are able to catch the larger fish with but little trouble. For animals like the muskrat and otter swim ming across lagoon they are always tin the . watch. On setting Us prey the alligator alnk with It to the bottom and, there remain until all struggling ha ceased; It is then able with less trouble to tear Into pieces. While thus submerged a peculiar collar at the base of the tongue prevents the water from passing Into its' lungs. While the alligator Is said to make very effective use of It tall In warfare the widely disseminated story that It uses Its tall to sweep animals off the banks into It Jaw appeara to have but slight founds, tlon. The mother alligator in April or May seek a sheltered spot on a bank and there builds a small mound with a hole in the conter. The foundation of this mound Is of mud and stubs and on these she lays some eggs. She then covers the egg with another stratum of gross and mud, upon which she deprsits some more eggs. Thus he proceed until she has laid from twenty-five to sixty eggs. The eggs are hatched out by the sun. Papa Alltarator a Cannibal. A oon aa they have chipped the shell the baby alligators are led to the water by the mother, who provides them with food which she disgorges. Papa Alligator has to be carefully watched at this time, for he highly esteems a dinner of young saurlans and is not particular whether they are his own or his neighbor' children. When by Strategy or downright fighting the mother ha got her family safely Into their naturu lement It Is not long before the young scatter, each to begin life on his own hook At this period they form a favorite food - for turtles and the larger fishes, V'hen fully grown the alligator Is about sixteen feet in length. In the adult stage It Is greenish black above, having lost tho yellowish cJnr bands that belong to its arler year. ilunters say that alligators grow very slowly, attaining the first year a . length of abou' on -foot. When two feet In length they are ssld to be from ten to fifteen years old, while those twelve feet long are supposed to be 75 or more. Their normal life Is estimated at from 100 to 150 years. Alligator hunting originally began aa port. Then some one turned the skin and found that it could be put to a com mercial use. Carried on, as It must be. at night, the hunt is picturesque. In many cases ths hunters fasten bicycle AERIAL FLEETS OF GERMANY Alarm Felt in England Over the Building of Zeppelins. ENGLAND I? LAGGING EEHDiU Airships that Sllnht Make abort Work of nrradannvhtn, Thonah Somer Expert Hlillcnle -Notion of Aerial Attack. piece cf bane In the square checks on the hide, and It is Impossible to sew through this. Nearly all the tanning Is done at Newark, N. J. Tonrlts Bay Freely. Young alligators are often brought In, and these are worth about 8 rents apiece. The eggs are also gathered and sell for 2H cents each. They aro mainly sold to curio dealers, who either hatch them out or blow them and sell the shells. Most of the small alligators are stuffed and sold as carlo to tour'sts, who pay from 50 cents to $2 apiece for thorn. Many of them used to be shipped north alive by tourists as presents. Owing to Ignorance aa to how the animal should be cared for many of these soon die. If prorerly cared for the young alligator will thrive even in unnnatural circum stances. Its main requirement Is sufficient heat. Its diet should consist of bits of fresh meat. Insects and worms. They often show great fondness for the ordinary earth worms and will frequently refuse all food but these. The larger speclments In cap tivity are fed about three times a week on fresh meat and small live animals, and they require little attention other than this. Alligators' teeth, which sro secured by burying the head until they have rotted out, are of fine Ivory and for carving Into ornaments. They are wprth to the hunter About $2 a pound from fifty to seventy five teeth. The dealers will not buy very many of them as there' la but a limited demand. At one time the paws were saved and mounted as curios, but It Is Impossible) to do anything with them now.. Both flesh and eggs are eaten by a few persons, but it requires a very hardy stomach to stand the disagreeable, musky odor. 'Gal tor -Tall at Delicacy. There Is nothing better, hunters declare, than the tip of the tell of an alligator which has reached, say, the pullet period. It Is creamy in color, tasting a little llk-3 frogs' legs, but with a more pronounced gamy , flavor. Juicy altogether tempting, The dish Is a grout favorite with the crack err of Florida, Alligator tails are best at the time tf the rice bird season. The big alligators float In the water with only their eyes showing. When an alligator gets near a flock of these fat. Juicy, little birds It dives to the bottom. Its long wldo snout scoops tip some of tho loam, and It flmts to the surface again with Just the rich soil showing. Tte birds think it Is an island. They alight upon It. When the whole family Is there the big beast turns suddenly. " Just as the birds scramble off the alligator opens lta moiith once. They are.irone. The birds are neat little feeders, and the alligator Is an epicure at this time of the year. The rice birdi djet .make the tip of It tail tender and sweet. In St. Augustine is an alligator farm, one of two In the United States, the other being at the Hot Springs In Arkansas. Here the alligators are kept In confinement until large enough for market. It will ' probably txs news to many that Florida baa a representative of tho croco dile family. This nnlmal was first sup posed to he confined to the West Indies tnd South America, but it has been oc casionally captured on the peninsula of Florida. It Is easily distinguishable from the alligator by Us narrow snout. For many years scientists were sceptical of re ports from Florida of the appearance of this animal In that state, but the capture of several fin specimens in recent year has settled all doubts in regard to it. lOOO Nirttti Annual Statement -ol lOOO LONDON. April 10-Iiefore the British public has had time to recover from the scare caused by the revelation that in 1912 Qermany will have as many Dread noughts as Great Brltiln the aeronautical correspondent of the Times raises a fresh alarm by announcing that Germany in the same year will be in possession of moro than enouch airships to make Bhort work of at least ten British Dreadnoughts.. In 1612, we are told, Germany will have twenty-four mammoth Zeppelin ships, each capable of oversea excursions and prob ably speedier than any nawi vessel. In the present year she will have four Zep pelins, and the magnificent factory at Frledrlchshafen, endowed with over 11.600, 000 by the German nation, will be able to turn out at least eight vessels a year after this autumn. Thus by 1912 Germany can have twenty-four Zeppelins and her other military dirigibles will number at least a dozen. Great Britain has no up-to-date facilities for building large dirigibles and "the rate of production is ono vessel a year. By 191 Brltaln may have at most same five small, slow non-rigid ships, which, as compared with the Zeppelins will be as antiquated cruisers to Dreadnoughts, and these five ahlps, If built according to present esti mates, will be fitted, only for overland work. They will be quite unable to cope with the larger and swifter German vessels, which can mount better guns and carry more explosives. What Zeppelin Cnn Do. A Zeppelin of the present day type, con tinues the writer, could reach this country in ten hours and do enormous damage In a brief space of time. Twenty-four great vessels of a vastly Improved type might In 1912 put ten or more British Dread noughts out of action and damage Great Britain's naval bases seriously, while Ger many would still have a well tried second aerial fleet of twelve dirigibles to carry out further operations. At least three . highly equipped factories In Germany are now making dirigibles, and Count Zeppelin alone has $1,500,000 for the work, of which Jl.375,000 was subscribed by the German people of their own free will. The writer therefore exhorts the English people to rouse themselves from tholr lethargy and carry out a similar national movement. By a combined effort, he says, aided by the naval and military authori ties, Britain could by 1912 have twelve large and well equipped aerial vessels, in addition to the five or more which the government would construct, He points out that It has cost Germany year of well organised preparation and the expenditure of ovct $2,6CO.O00 to attain her. present aerial position and that it Is absurd to hope that the annual outlay of $95,000 by Britain can bring It out of the purely experimental region by 1912. Speaking of the moral effect of a suddon attack on these shores by Germany, he pre diets that a panic would be created by a single German ship making a demonstra tlon over London. The majority of people In this country, he says, laugh at the idea, and even aeronautical writers pooh-pooh the possibility of attack by dirigibles, and yet the records made by the Zeppelin In 1906 show that a ship of this type has trar cled over 869 miles, and later records show Its speed to be up to thirty-five miles on hour, with power to ascend to an altitude of over a mile. It can carry at least a ton of explosives and sufficient supplies for a run of over 000 miles. Yet the whole notion of aerial attack by vessels of the Zeppelin type is ridiculed In this country. Landing Army by Airship. The arguments of the aeronautical ex perts referred to who pooh-pooh the Idea of attacks on Britain by German dirigibles are put thus by one of them: Granted ideal conditions, an entire absence of fog or rain for something over twenty-four hour and still air or a light easterly brceie, a Zeppelin airship mljrht carry fuel for the Journey and a company of ten men with food and rifles across the North sea. Under these circumstances It Is, of course, conceivable that an Invading army of 20,- 000 mlcht be landed In 'this country; bu". the cost to the Invader for airship con structlon. It is asserted, would be roughly $500,000,000. Oi.e of the greatest obstacles to the sue- certful crossing of the North Sea by a j Zeppelin would be the pressure of atmos pheric moisture. The horizontal section of ! the envelope expo? a surface t nearly half an acre, and It Is stated that tho i lightest shower falling on that half acre must press the heavily loaded vcfsoI to the i eo.;th; and not only that, But the airship, carrying the load assumed, cannot even I pass through a cloud or heavy mist. j The reserve of buoyancy is something- j older ten hundred weight, made up hy ' ballast. If the veseel enters a mist water settles qulek'y on the one and a half j acres of imvekping surface. Even If the j ballast were thrown overtx ard a film of i weter one two hundred and fiftieth of nn Inch In thickness over that enormous sur face would be sufficient to bring the vessel down. Germans Feel Like IteJolclnsT. The Oerman military or.d naval authori ties are rejoltlrig over tho latest flight of! The Columbia Fire Insurance Company Oinoha, IMetarasIcn.. t t D. E. Thompson, President. C. E. Yost, Vice-Prcsidont. J. 13. Dinsmore, 2tl Vice-President. C. 1). Mullen, Secretary-Treasurer. C. O. Talmago, Ass't Secretary. Cash Capital, $200,000.00, fully paid, Total Assets, $1,032,632 60. JANUARY 1, 1909 ' ; ASSETS First Mortgage Farm Loans $ C22.855.00 Municipal find School District Bonds... 184,900.00 State, City and School District Warrants. 5,957.0 Cash: In Banks 85,221.26 In Office 3,505.16 Bills Receivable (Farm Premium Notes not Matured) . .. 11C. 801.20 Premiums In course of collection (Writ ten subsequent to October 1) ....... . ' 45,163.16 Accrued Interest on Bonds, Mortgages and Warrants ;. . . ' 18,169:74 Total Security to policy holdrs .$1,032,C32.60 .91,051,738.02 LIABILITIES ' Capital Stock ..' 200.000.00 Due Agent and others, Including de- fcrrel commissions . ... 15,320.80 Reserve required by law for the protec- , tlon of outstanding risks ' 698, 800. ot Reserve for Taxes losses Adjusted and Unpaid . Reserve for Estimated Unadjusted IOBbOS ' .......... . NET SURPLUS ' . - IV.. , C.000.00 . ,. ' s. Nono ,573.0 152;0J8.05 t mm, . IJ.082,632.60 Losses paid since Organization.. . . . : . .$C'M,96.01 From 1200,000.00 to over a million In assets In nine years Is the record ot The Columbia, - with which comparison is Invited. " -. . ', '' . :.. .. Insurance against less from fir, lightning, cyclone, tornado and windstorm. ' Live stock covered against loss by fire or tornado on or off premises of assured. i The taUing of a policy In Tho Columbia Is suppporting and co-operating with home industry, which is the surest way of building up your own state. It settles and pays all honest losses, promptly, without haggling or quibbling. Home Office. Merchants National Bank Building. Omaha Telephone Douglas 451 OFFICERS: D. E. THOMPSON. President. C. E. YOST, Vice-President. J. B. D1NSMORE. 2d Vice-President. C. D. MULLEN'. V Bec'jr and Trtna C. O. TALM AGE. Asst. Secretary. DIRECTORS: D. E. Thcnirson. Henry Ragatz, j. T. Breeder. J. A. Sunderland C. E. Yost, II. A. WlgRenhorn, J. H. Miles. ' E. O. Bohannnn, C. D. Mullen. CERTIFICATE or fttmlicatxoh STATE OP NERTt ASK A OFrlCH OF AVDITOn OF Pl'BLIC ACCOUNTS. . LINCOLN. Feb. lit. 1900. It la herohy certified, that Tho Columbia Fire Insurance Company of Omaha In th fHat of Nebraska hua compiled with tho Insurance I.uw of thl State, applicable to ruch com panies and l.i therefore authorize;! to continue the ttuainops of Fire Insur ance In thli etate for tho current year ending January 81st, 1810. Wltr.eas my hand and the eal of the Auditor of PuVllo Accounts, the day and year first above written. SILAS H. BARTON lalRiied). (Seal) Auditor of Public Account C. E. Pierce, Deputy. 3EESZSSE3S3 iKElLilLj & PINKERTON CO. Phone ir.mri 408 First HtaJTvJL mCrM. C3LJL SL. U A Cll l-O Nationul Douglas 147 Certificate of Publication STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED. That the Michigan Commercial Insurance Company of Lansing, In the State of Michigan, has complied with the Insurance Law of the State, applicable to such Companies and lb therefore authcrlied to continue the tn:lnea ot Fire Insurance In this State for the current jear ending January 31st, Witness my hand End the eal of the Auditor of fi"hllc nts, the day and year first above written. Bl.fl R. BARTON, (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. Certificate of Publication STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That tho H'unbnrg-hrerten Ktre InHur-'tice ''o"in"nv of Hamburg. Germany, has compiled with the Insurance Law of this State, applic able to euch Companies and Is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire Insurance In this State for the current ytar ending January 3)st, 1910. Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public -Acaounts, the day and year first above written. ILAS R. BARTON, (Scaly Auditor of Public Account. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. , CEBTiriCATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Casualty Company of America, of Now York, in the. state of New York, has compiled with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to suc h companies and In therefore authorised to continue the business of Accident, Employers Liability, Plate Glass and Steam Boiler Insurance In this State, for the current year ending January 31st, 1910. Summary of Report Filed for th Toar Sliding December Slat, 1908. COME Premiums I1.49S.9S6.12 , All other sources S,239.Su Total t $1,667,225.9? DISBITBSEalEMTS Paid Policy Holders t 690.R79.72 All other payments 967.788.27 Total : '. . Admitted Asset $1,846,643.43 INABILITIES Unpaid Claims and Expense , $ 286.601.32 ilicatiioi rioiiiiuuia ........ Ufa, njo.it, All other liabilities 104.916.16 Capital Stock paid up 00.000.00 Surplus beyond Capital Stock ond other liabilities 261,313.26 Total Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and year first above written. SILAS R. BARTON. (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. $1, 658.667.99 $1,085,33-0.23 781 ai 7 1,84643.49 CERTIFICATE OF FUBLICATIOK STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. v LINCOLN, Feburary 1st, 1909. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the National Union Flro Insurance Company of Pittsburg, In tho State of Pennsylvania, hus complied with the Insuranrce Law of this State, applicable to uch Companies, and Is therefore authorled to continue the business of Fire Insurance In thl State for the current year ending January 31st, 19)0. - , Witness my hand and the seal of tho Auditor of Public Accounts, tho day and year first above written. SILAS H. BAIITON, (Seal) ' Auditor of Public Account. C. E. PIERCE. Deputy. . Bank Certificate of Publication STATE OK NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 19u9. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Reliance Insurance Company of Phila delphia in the Htute of lvanlu. una compiled with tiie Insurance Law ot this fctate, applicable to such Compunles and Is therefore nuthorlied to contlnuo tho business of Fire, Tornado Insurance m this State for tho current year ending Jan uary 3i;t, 1910. ' r Witness my hand and tho seal of tho Auditor of Public Accounts, tho day and year first above written. SILAS It. BARTON, (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. Certificate of Publication t STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN. Fcbruury 1st. 1M. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That tin; Atlas Assurance Company of London, ivitf land, has complied with the Insurance .a. oi tnls Stato, applicable to suca Compan ies and Is therefore authorized to conunaj-, the business of Fire Insurance It) tills blfite for the current year ending January 31ft, 1910. Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Publlo Accounts, the day und year first above written. 8ILA8 U. BARTON. iSeal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. TIERCE, Deputy. HOW TO WIN AT POKER Wear Bine Glass, Mark Card with Phosphorous rnd Yoa Can't l.cse. It 1 not often an outsider can get the better of these worldly wise knight of the road commercial travelers but thre Is a pnrty of them at the Planters' hotel, St. Louis, who are ruefully reflecting upon the ways of fat when guided by a mind not overscrupulous. Incidentally, they are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of funds, for which they have telegraphed their firms. Those men meet frequently and all rep resent Chicago firm. Their lines are such that they are often compelled to wait over In tho same town for several days and that Is what occurred In Kansas City. They were all staying at the same hotel, and when they became acquainted with nn In offensive appearing young puest they fol lowed the text of the bst sellers, and "l!t t!o thought what an Influence he was to have upon their lives." Ho told them his father was a wealthy mine cwner In the west, and explained that he was wearing heavy blue glasses because of his weak eyes, which broutrht him to Kansa City for treatment. He had plenty of money, pent It 4 little too freely, and sometimes wa a trifle tiresome with refer ences to his ability to draw cn his father for more. It was this latter fact that led his new friends to accept hi suggestion that quiet little game of poker In the room of one of the members of the party would not he amiss. Tho affair was quickly- arranged.'! the Zipp. lln I. which n March 10 ascjnded ! and. after a few hours' pliy. tho young j with twenty-six ra"engfre and mano. uv-1 man announced he had kst all the menry he had with him. He nld he would have a large sum the next day and would con tinue the game that evening. Promptly on the hour the "victim" Bp- reared, wearing the blue glasses, which, he CERTIFICATE OF FTTBXiICATXOXr STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, Feb, 1st, 1909. IT IS HEREBY, CERTIFIED. That the Maryland Casualty Company of Balti more. In the Stute of Maryland,' has coin piled with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to such companies, and. Is therefore authorized to continue the business of Accident, Employers' Lia bility, Burglary, Health, Plate Glass. Steam Boiler and Sprinkler Insurance In this State for the current year ending January 31st, 1910. Summary of Report FUed for the Tear Ending Seoeraber 31st, 19utt. INCOME Premium $3,632,417.62 All other ourco 28S.789.67 Total $3,821,207.29 DISBURSE UXIII Paid Policy Holders $1,338,608.46 All other paym'ts 2.041.112 9 , Total $3,379,721.25 Admtttsd Asset, $1,497,220.73 LIABILITIES Unpaid Claims and Expenses.. $ 779, 652. K9 Unearned Premiums 1,663.680.00 All other liabilities 203,845.56 $2,647,078.44 Capital Stock paid up 750,000.00 Surplus beyond Capital Stock and other ltublliiies 1.100.142.28 1.RB0.142.S8 Total 4.497,2:'0.72 Witness mv hand and the Real of tho Auditor of Public Account tho day and eur first above written. SILAS R. BARTON. (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE. lXrputy. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OK NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st. 1909. IT 13 HEREBY CERTIFIED, Th.it the German-American Insurance Company, of New York, in the State of New York, h is compiled with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to such Companies and is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire and Tornado Insurance in this State for tho current year ending January 31st. 1910. Witness mv hand and tho seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and year first ubove written. SILAS R. BARTON, (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. said, protcrtcd his eyes from the br'.ll'anco lamp on their caps, and when the animal j r( the electric light. He rrcposed that the 1 attracted by the light pick it off by gume be changed from draw to stud p ker. B. -L." BALDWIN, ' President. W. A. YONSON, . Vice-Pres. M. E. FOLEY, Secretary. B.L Baldwins Co, General Insurance Agents 1221 Farnam Street. Phone Douglas 271. Over seventeen years experience in the insurance business. We represent seven first class companies, with combined assets of more than Fifty Millions of Dollars. We adjust all losses promptly and pay cash without delay and without discount. Our combined Windstorm and Hail policy is very satisfactory protection at very low cost. Our experience and the protection of the insurance which we write, are yours for the asking. CERTIFICATE OF FU3LICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR U(' PUBLIC AC COUNTS. LINCOLN. February 1st. 1909. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Palatine Insurance Comjiav. of Iondon, England, has complied Willi the InMuruiHB Law of the S; te. ap plicable to such Companies and & therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire Insurance in this State for the current year ending Junuary 31st, 1910. Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of I'ublic Accounts, the day and year first above written. SILAS R. BARTON, (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION SIAIh Oh NEBRASKA, OFFICE (' V" 'ITOR OF PUBLIC AC COUNTS. Li.nOLN, February 1st, 19:9. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED. Tnat the Providence Washington Insur ance Company, of Provlcence, In tho Stute of Rhode Island, hus complied with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to such Companies and Is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire Insurance in this state for the current y-ar ending January 31 st, 1910. WltnesB my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts, th day and year first above written. SILHS R. BARTON. (Seal) Auditor of I'ublic Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. CERTIFICATE OF FXJBLICATICIT STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACl'OL NTfJ. LINCOLN. Frn. 1st, 1909. IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That Hit United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, has complied with the Insur ance Law of this . State, applicable io uch companies and is therefore author ized to continue the business of Burglary, Surety and Fidelity Insurance in this State for the current year ending Janu-i ary Slst. 1910. , Summary of Report Filed for th Tear Ending December 31st, 190u. INCOME Premium $2,692,412.80 All other source 168,952.67 Total $2,861,305.47- BISBUBSEMEXTS Paid Policy Holders $ 857.302.11 All other paym'ta 1,681,316.34 Total $2,53-8.618.45 Admitted Asset, $4,309,660.20 LIABILITIES Unpaid Claims and Expenses.. $ 704,057.29 Unearned Premiums 1,482.695.84 All other llublllties 156.919.09 $2,313,672.22 Capital Slock paid up 1,700,000.00 Surplus beyond Capital Stock and Other liabilities 265,987.98 1.96X 97 9S Total 4.309.660 10 Witness mv hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts the day and year first above written. SILAS R. BARTON. (Seal) Auditor of Public Account. C. E. PIERCE. Deputy. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909. IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED. That the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, has compiled with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to such Companies, and Is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire and Tf ado Insurance In this State for the cur...a year ending January Slst. 1910. Witness my hand and the seal t the Auditor of Publlo Accounts, the daf and year first above written. I SILAS R. BARTJ (Seal) Auditor of Public Aciunts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. hitting It In the eye with a rifle bail. Torches are often used. Some times the The traveling men saw no reason to ob ject t? the change. At first the your.g man hunter lure the alligator to tho surface j jOBt trad'.ly, but after a few minutes he of the water by "telephoning to the hi s:in to win, and in the course of an Inur 'gator." It I railed Baby 'Gator Bait. An lltgator la alway attracted by the peculiar grunt which the young alligators make, for there Is no ort of food they J a, the ga-ne progressed, one of the love better than newly hatchiJ 'gator. The I drummers got up to rlr.g for a bellboy. By hunter take a long slender pole and let j nrfident he pressed tho button which con one end of It down very quietly Ir.t j the t trclled the lights, sd for an 'nstant the water. The other end he places between I loom was In darkness. Tile lights went on had won back all thnt h? had lost the previous night. In another hour he had rooet of hi opponents bringing up the re serve roil. hi teeth and Imitate the grunt of the baby 'gator. The old fellow easily hears tho call and comes up to feast on the babUs tttey think are there. In catching them allvo hunter fre quently lasso them while a-!ie; on the bank or on a log. When asleep In their holes In the mud they sre occa.-lonall drawn out by means of an Iron hok. These holes are easily found. Some times th grass I Bet afire, und the unimals aod aa they flounder toward the water. After the alligator Is caught the hunter In sport sum time niouoU It, using the aK 'ln im'reuiaieiy, uui . - ...h:.mi d;'i)ness the player noticed a peculiar tlilnK- The backs of all the card were m:kcd with phosphoru. After the lights wore turned on the younp man hastily excused himself, taking hi j winnings with him. He said he would re turn In a few minutes. He has not been seen since. St. Louis Republic. ered for nearly four lours over a total distance of limn 131 miles. The greatest j fixed and not too distant ixiint, in not too number of persona ever carried In nny of j unfavorable weather conditions, ua solved, the ZepptMn vctsfls before hml been six-! but he thought that the question whetiier teen, but the extra weight did not Im- j dirigibles were at present suitable as regu pede the airship's progress or make it moro liar means of cummunicntlon. or should be difficult to handle. j employed for purpose of war, must be re- The Oerman authorities c.nslder this lat- rdi-d sceptically. Moreover, the altitude est flight to he of lmrm nso vilue from a strategic point of view, and regard It as j ",. . . the propel ers met with less resistance, practicability of the Zeppelin ns a 'rannp rtl v ' , v ... , . . . while the motors oIfo gave unsatisfactory fnr irnnm. The we leht carrh-d alo nroved i r"1"7 . . fact that above a certain height, owing1 to ' the deojeaslng density of the atmosphere, that an equal burden In t'.ie shapo of ar tillery or ammunition can b tronspcrtcd with equal case. Prlnco Henry of Prussia, however, does not share the view thut the Zeppelin at results nwln to tin decrease of oxygen It Is understood that the armament of tho dirigible arlshlr C( natructed or belntr constructed for the German naval tnd mllltiiry authorities has been a matter of anxious conshVration. There Is rcasin to Bifger, Better, Busier That's what ad vertising ia The Bee doe for your business. present can o looaea upon as a weapon w ,H.eve tat lt i,ns flrallv been decided to war. Extracts from a lecture delivered by I ,oy Vnfe,e., u,riaI torpedo In such ves the prlr.ee a few days ago at the atarlno I a academy or Jviet, in wmi-n ne uesennu hU trip In the Zeppelin, were cabled to The Bee at the time. Amorg other thlncs he referred tj the vessel's sensibility to changes of equi librium, desp'te Its enormous size. This waa shown ty t!:e fact thrrt !f members cf the crew had to b? clang :-d from the car at cne enl of the balloon to the cir at the other, they Jiad to K'lve the ear simul taneously and r,:lss each other exactly in the middle of the covered connecting gang way. v Objection Pu.'nted Oat. " He regarded the protlera of reaching a This torpedo Is four Inches In diameter and It carries In Its head a charg of four pounds of gun roC-n or d-.namlte. It Is lau-ichid from a tute Pke that used for firing a rocket, and Is propelled by a charg" of explo. Ive wMch drives a turbine. Tho torprdi only weighs tw nty-two pounds. Messrs. Krupp have ordered 100 r,f these torpedoes from the Inventor at Etockholm. Perfidy Properly Punished. "Is It It true, il Hilled." asked the sweet faced, sof'. vexed matron, caressing her bcaullful daughter' golden brown hair, CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PLBl.fC ACCOUNTS LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED. That the Law, Union and Crown Insurance Com pany of London, England, has complied with the Insurance Law of this State, ap plicable to such Companies and Is there fore authorized to continue the business of Fire Insurance In this State for Hie current year ending January 71st, 191'). Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and year first above written. SILAS R BARTON, (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE. Deputy. W, R. HOMAN, Agent Established 20 years. Real Estate, Rentals and Loans, tire Insurance 1603 Farnam Street. 336 Board of Trad Eailding. Telephone Douglas 664. Omaha, Heb. "that Lillian Garllnghorn tried to supplant you in the esteem of Lieutenant Ketchley?" "She made a slab al il," aned Miss Mildred. "1 wasn't particularly crushed on the loot, but when I got wise to the fact that Lil Ourllnghurn was trying to cut In I thought I'd lust show her that I had her heairn to a void jr&r omelet, and I did It "-Chicago Trir State Farmers' Mutual Insurance Go, SOUTH OMAHA, NE1UIASKA. ORGANIZED 1808 T. B. EOLKAX, Pre., JOHJT McABDLE, Tlce-Fre., J. m. GATES, TrettS., J. MS. CUlt XI, secretary. K.10,215 4:I8,850 2.6l,ia3 91,224,873 K7,5;IH.75 10,4HO,4K 913.541,t7 916.4 13.K(il) 91h,416,hm:i 92i,(uu,:7 921,iHX10O 92.'i,:i04,726 93.oo,irj The above h!iow how our Company has Grown since it Orgnnljuitlou III KING THE VEAIl IWH WE l'AIH 812 LOSSKH. Amount 1'ald for 1w.sen und Adjustment during 10O8.. .8:11.211.01) During 1008 we wrote 2282 lHdicle aiiiouuthiK to.. . . 93,42H,noM Office 2th and N Stt. Tel. S. 1007. South Onuilia, MHj. 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