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The Assets Of the Company ia the United Stat
are as follows:

The Assets of the Company Ia the United States
are as follows
Cash on hand and in banks and
i'm transit (since received)..... s627, $50 30
Real estate unincumbered ....... 2,7l7.s31. Is
Bonds owned by the company,
bearing interest at the rate Of
3 to Z per cent. secured as fol-
State, county and municipal
bonds Sl.0lO.W
Railroad stocks and bonds. 1881. 10000
Other stocks and bonds.... $4,000
Foreign government bonds. 1866, 100. 80
Loans on bonds and mortgages
of real estate, worth double the
amount for which the same is
uortgaged. and free from any
prior incumbrance ........ IA, 296, 0o2 43
Debts otherwise secured, viz:
loans on this c~ompany's poll
Debts for premiums tnet).......-. 4ss,3sz.75
All other securities. viz: interest
and rents due and accrued Sl5,Az-6
Total assets s27 ,s7s.5 $780,
LIABILITIES.
Amount due to policy holders ss5.62s.o2
Losses adjusted and due... 5.60l.03
Losses adjusted and not DUE. 43.15l-49
Losses unadjusted .--.-..-...-- SI,sll-S2
Losses in suspense, waiting Ior
further proof .......-...-..... lS,Slz-Si
All other claims against the
company a1aooo.ds
Legal reserve ........s....'.'s... @o'u-o'oVf.W
Total liabilities 23,94o.5l6
The greatest amount In any one risk,
$50, 200.
state of Indiana, office of Auditor OF State.
I. the undersigned, auditor of state OF the
state of Indiana, hereby certify that the
above is a correct copy OF the statement OF
the condition of the aforementioned COM
many on the 31st day OF December. 1900. as
shown by the original statement, and that
the said original statement Is now on nle
In this office.
In testimony whereof. / hereunto SUBJ
scribe my name and afix my off,
TsEAL.l cial seal. this 4th day OF Febru-
airy, 1901. w. III. HART,
Auditor OF State.
LOCAL OFFICE.
|2O3 Law Building.
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DENTISTRY

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dentistry: thirty years
experience. s. f. EARHART, 1914 Washington
street Call and get prices
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NOTICE.


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SEPH GARDNER, 30 kentucky ave. Tele
phone 322.
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SEALED

The Board OF Trustees OF the Central Indiana
Hospital for Insane will receive sealed proposals
until Friday, Feb. q. at 10 a. m. for furnishing
a full line Of supplies for the month of March.
1901. Requisition book will be on file at Room
10, 6tatehouse, from and after Monday. Feb. Is.
1901. BY order of Board Of Trustees.
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cobur Coal Company sells the best Coz.
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State of Indiana. office of Auditor of State.
/, the undersigned. auditor OF state OF the
State OF Indiana, hereby certify that the
above In a correct copy OF the statement OF
the condition of the aforementioned COM
pany on the 31st day of December, 1900. as
shown by the original statement, and thai
the said original statement is now on file
In this office.
In testimony whereof / hereunto sub
scribe my name and af1x my
lSEAL1 official seal this 18th day OF Janu-
uary. 1901. W. II. HART,
Auditor Of State.
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SOCIETY MEETING.

MASONIC-Pentalpha Lodge. No. 564, F. and A.
Masons-Calied meeting in Masonic Temple
this Thursday evening. Feb. q. at s O'Clock,
FOR work IN the first degree.
ELMER A. SMYTHE. Worshipful Master.
FRANK MQUIDDY. Secretary.
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The amount of its capital paid up is. 81. 500
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1t is located at Corner of North and West
Streets. Pittsfield. Mass.
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1t is located at No. BAG Broadway. New
York City. ~. Y.
OSCAR IsING, General Manager.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06
"a GAME PROHIBITED HHa oNa ELEVzA p

the money is concealed. The gambler fast
ems an equal amount 10 the other end Of
one Of the sticks. II he puts u on the stick
on which the money OF the dealer is he
wins; otherwise he loss In this case the
man who runs the game has two chances
IT winning
here is with oranges. You see this going
on at the fruit stalls and also In private
houses. The bet is on the number Of seeds
in an orange. Sometimes II Is as to whether
the number Is odd or eeen, and at others
as to the exact number of seeds the orange
contains. II at fruit stand the dealer will
pay the lucky guesser FIVE times his debt,
but the loser must pay the value Of the
orange. and also five times much as he
has wagered.
They Fight QuaiIs and Crickets.
There is little gambling on horse racing
except al TIE open ports and at Hong-Kong.
Bird fights ana insect fights sSake the places
Of bull fights and races. There Is some
chicken fighting in the interior, and almost
everywhere there are quail fights and
cricket fights.
Quail fighting is done on a table with
little fence about its edge. The fighting
quals have been starved for some time. As
they are put into the pen few grains OF
rice or wheat are laid before them and they
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06

at once begin to fight over them. They are
trained for the purpose. and good fighter
is worth 800 and upward.
II Is the same with the crckets- Their
prize rings are little bowls. The crickets
have been trained. They seem 10 UNDER
stand their masters word. ard they are
urged on to the combat with straws Some
Of them are very fierce. and many will fight
until they die Those which chirp the most
loudly are considered the best fighters
The Chinese understand how to feed and
groom the crickets for the fray. They give
them honey. boiled chestnuts and boiled
rice and certain kinds OF fish. They do not
allow any one TO smoke near them. for they
think that tobacco is injurious to them. IL
the crickets grow sick they feed them upon
mosquitoes. and, in certain cases. red ants.
In a cricket fight the insects are weighed
before they are put into the ring. They
are matched as TO size and color The bet
ting IS done just as carefully "a at an
American horse race. The stakes are held
by a committee. which deducts a certain
percentage for those who own the fighting
houses During the fight the gamblers grow
excited. They scream and yell and hop up
and down as one insect gets the better Of
the ether. and go almost mad when one
wins.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06

Tae Ep:iapb.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Mexico, No. Jan. 6.-rhe story told by
Mrs Charles II. Lander. who died and was
buried in this city last week. contradicts
the Inscription on the tombstone over the
grave of Mrs Nancy Hanks Lincoln. near
Lincoln City. Ind. and also throws some
light on the early history Of the Presidents
mother.
According to the epitsph. Mrs. Lincoln
died in 1878 Mrs. Lander was born in that
year, and claimed to have been personally
acquainted with Nancy Hanks. and recalled
an interesting incident which occurred when
she was a child and Mrs. Lincoln was prob
ably about 30 years old. Mrs. Lander was
a devout member of the VI. Z. Church.
South, of this city, and her veracity Is not
doubted by those who knew her She was
s. years old at the time Of her death.
Mrs. Lander was the daughter of Thomas
Rude and lived near the Lincoln log cabin,
in Hardin County. Kentucky. She said she
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06
THE MONTE CARLO OF ASIA.
Visit to the Gambling eIs of Macao Where Fortunes Are
Lost and Won at Fan-Tan

ne that the Chinese must he permitted 10
gamble or they would take other boats.
Chinese Sporting Houses.
Gambling IS forbidden by law ~ ch.na.
There are mans people who 'dcrouEce :.
and many who world no more think OF
gambling than a Presbyterian parson woaid
of betting on a horserace. G1nblirg. how
ever. is tolerated by the offlrials. ws0 make
money out Of II By ieyying hlackmaii uro1
such houses. Indeed there ara gaming
shops right at the doors of some Of ths
Government offices. They ere to he foUuI
in the back and side streets and sometimes
in the business streets
Mlny sporting houses are conducted by
joint stock companies and some hy private
parties. II is against the law for women
to open such houses. but the flower beats
OF Canton. the most gorgeous palaces of ain
to be found in Asia. are accustomed to have
such games, and they go on in secret
in many such establishments upon land.
Gambling for Meals.
Nearly every other cook shop In China
IL a gambling shop. Here you risk your
money 20 whether you will get double
the portion you pay for or nothing. Upon
some Of the restaurant tables are bamboo
tubes az big around a tin cup. and about
foot high. each containing several long
sticks OF the size OF crochet needle. On
the end of each stick are little dots or ink
spots similar 20 those on dice. The man
who wants a meal pays many cash for
a chance The tube is shaken and he pulls
out a certain number of the sticks. II the
dots on these are winning ones he gets
double the amount of his money In food: II
not. hs gets nothing. have seen cake ped
dlers. jingling such sticks the wharves
of Tien-TsIn among the coolies who were
unloading the vessels. II was at lunch
time. and each of the iaborers had perhaps
cent or two TO spend for his lunch. In
nine cases out OF ten he would bet with the
peddler. taking the chance OF getting two
big cakes or going hungry.
Another method of gambling is with
three short sticks. The gambler ties a piece
of money to the end OF one Of the sticks and
grasps the three sticks in his hand so that
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them when she came TO dry apples. I never
heard anything of her marriage.
Before 1 left Hardin County Nancy had
gone. understood. in a movers wagon
to Indiana
Her dress. as / knew her. was of home
spun woven cotton. She had shoes, but
never wore them when working with her
fruit She was tall and angular, and her
complexion was dark. perhaps due to ex-
posure TO the weather. | think her eyes
were hazel and her hair brown"
Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitchcock, in her
brochure on Nancy Hanks. issued by Doub
leday. Mcclure 4 Co, says:
Nancy Hanks was the mother Of Abra-
ham Lincoln She died I'm 1sls. when he was
only 9 years of age. Soon after this the
future President left the family homestead
and struck out for himself while Thomas
Lincoln. his father, drifted from one LII
nois town to another. until he finally set
tied at Goose Nest Prairie. in Coles Coun-
ty. Here he died in 1s5l at the age OF %.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06
LANE EYRE. Z"

W n ioveiis IN Harpers Bszar.
IN this : in other essentials Jane Eyre
l. unsparlrgly human. and when Jane has
got away from Rochester. ami finds herself
amcng her kindred. and even
rich and independent. she does not prefer a
Ioveless marriage. ha'iowen by the most ex-
altcd u,otives. with her cousin St. John, but
elects rather no go back ane seek out the
man she love-. and whsa she has found hin
widowed by the disaster that
has n,aimcd and blinded him. to marry
hin. She offers no defense. and ono must
confess that the close OF the story L. not
IDEAL No part cf tine story. in fact, IL so
good as he beginning, where the hap
iess htile orpha1 sub=taltiates herself 10
us in the herd kcepmg of her cruel aunt
ard cousins, and in my sseCnd reading OF
the novel have rot been 30 much moved
By the love-rnakng be,woen Jane and
Rochester as must rave been when first
read IL nifty ylaIs ago.
/. Rochester is Il rhe fcrceful type of lover.
ami M. seems scarcely 50 i1ll-ss .irg as the
Main Ht;!e govclEsss OF his natural dsugh-
t.- u INKS hin and as a whole coltsm-
poraroous gene alton OF Young gisls once
thought nisi. Ia mas psssvd WIN has kind.
and With sev-.ai s"ccsss We kinds. but IN
his tine, as I have said. ne w,s a true
lover and ne began to be In love with Jane
Is sooI. as she with hin. He likes her bet
t,r than the inSolert young ladies' of his
cwn rank. whom se asks 10 his house, and
with the proudest and ccidest Of whom he
mas some thousnts Oi committing bigsmy
before Re ats4Dpss IL wish Jane. But nei-
ther at this tirIe nor st tnaI last time
when she seeks him out. blind and MANNED
is he 20 satisfactory in his part Of hero
as she in ners Of heroine. Perhaps a hero
who has been both punished and martyred
IL a little d.ffic1lt 10 the imagination and
a hero who Is condescendins IN his love is
not much easier.
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but the banker has a commission OF ! per
cent on all that passes over the table.
There il Il game where the gambler has
one chance of winning. two of retaining his
stake and one OF losing IL. This IL called
ching-tow. IL al the close OF the count
one coin is left. he gets an amount eqcai
his stake: il two or three. he saves his
stake. hut II four he loses it. Another
game allows the gambler one chance ot
winning double the amount he puts down.
two Of losing and one of retaining his stake.
There is still another where he has a chance
Of winning three times the amount he puts
down and three chances OF losing IT. The
game is in many ways like roulette, al
though there is no wheel for the rolling ball.
The Chief Gamblers of the World.
The Chinese are among the greatest gam
blers of the world. You find gambling houses
in every Chinese colony, in every Chinese
city and In every village. The people gam
BILE on the roadside, in the ;eahouses and on
board ship. The steamers which cross the
Pacific from San Francisco to Shanghai often
carry thousand or more Chinese in the
steerage They are usually men who have
made money in the United States and are
going home to spend It. They gamble all the
ming at one time, and in some cases the
stakes are high.
Upon some OF the steamships the officers
and sailors come down and Join in the gam
bling. and have seen Americans. both men
and women. sit down with these dirty Chi
nese to play. During my last trip across the
Pacific 1 saw the agent Of one OK the big
Milwaukee breweries lose ss7 at fan-tan.
while a very pretty American widow who
was, fear. not good as she should be.
lost more than $500 in the same way. This
woman, as well dressed and as nice looking
as any girl you will meet In six months.
squatted down in her Psrfs-made dress on
the deck of the steamer with piles Of silver
dollars before her. risking from $40 to so at
a time on the cash under the bowl. The
sight was a disgraceful one. and the fact
that gambling is permitted on steamers car
rying the American flag is a disgrace to the
United States. The American officers told
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06

never knew the Presidents mother by any
other name than Nancy Hanks.
Mrs. Lander's story.
when was a little girl my father lived
in Hardin County, Kentucky. He had a
very large orchard and a drying kiln. Nancy
Hanks lived a few miles distant on the
John Larue farm. In the fall Of the year
Nancy would come to our orchard, and. as
she was very poor. my father would give
her all the apples she wanted to dry. She
would come over and dry apples all day
and would usually return home in the even
ing.
II recall that upon one occasion she re-
manned over nigh: at our house. She came
upstairs and got in bed with me. was a
little girl. and didn't like Nancy very much.
] remember that We quarreled and jumped
out of bed and ran downstairs to my
mother.
Nancy Hanks was a woman In the hum
blest ranks OF life. She had two children.
but 1 never saw them She didn't bring
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06
MYTHs OF IsTORY....ll

Tie story ~ the Amazons has gone into
the lang,.ra and lsee,ts NJ all r,fiors
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Nv" "S 'hdlh oi hlou' l'iiis- Haze cHii-
dreh borh 10 the AmazoEs were sent over
the mountains TO their fathers. or killed;
females were nurtured and trained for
hunting and war That tho bov- might h.
bent moro conva,i,rtI,. .n1 d.f,t,- .bef-
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nre' heh'e they were caied Amazohs-
Dreastless
The Amazons. OF course. had no eNistenc
and are ore Of the remarkable myths OF
histosy
Tn. n..a s.o., n.ci.ion
,,- -.
"loespread miscoheepuoh ana HIS iIu'
tation exists in regard TO the decision " the
Supreme Court OF the United StateS-Chsf
J,,stica Taney- 1S,s In the case Of D-ed
Sco,, n ,e.ro sts,,a a.. Il Sc,df,-J
:, =, -, -, -, - -. -
no ~" r'" N''i''
IN All forms OF Ehghsh speech 'hdt III ''iis
case Judge Taney decided that Ihe negro
has no rights which the white man IL
bound to respect"
IT.. -, -, ,.
!" "eho'e inc s'a'e "i puphc "pih'"h H' ~
iation 10 the negro African race. whicn pre-
vailed in the civilized and enlightened por-
tions Of the world at the time OF the DeclIr-
stio, of Indsnepdencs and when IN. Consti-
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OF the Inteu states. anu enuue mn 49,
the iuil rights Oh ci'i<enSiIP III III e'eis o'ie,
state Without ns coilSen'. INC couit 1Iu
not deciae. or eiainl 10 oeSiue' lha' ui,'iSr lr
our constitution ana laws tne hesro 'iao Ia, 10
rights Which the dominant race was oouiln ...l1
TO respect out Simply mar sucn was w ~.
pubic opinion OF ,ne ciNIii[su VI ,.'-
world AT the time OUT No"Su'u''oh WIS
Iramea-
I.6 naxi.
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ooon aiter - - nt ~ ,,odsr,, y,,,,hs
.oS: -NpIa u . 80 ,..a'',ea rtJe s,tent;on and
Nhien haS ~at.iao1eu ~ h,s.H.slaI ,r,,,t
WHICH many deeeP' y -
arose IL Is my ~, , - ~. 80,
hehsloh OF Will $50 ,,,,r,d ~,
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06

In his last days he was tenderly cared for
by his son. who. after various vicissltudes.
had risen TO be a well-kn0wn lawyer and a
prominent politician in Springfield. During
all the early manhood and maturity OF
Abraham Lincoln. father and son had seen
little OF each other. and 50 IT happened that
when the son became the leader OF one OF
the great political parties Of the United
States during a bitter struggle that culmi-
mated in civil war II was discovered that
he himself knew little of his family. and
did not even possess records TO show when
and where his father and mother had been
married"
The Nancy Hanks monument is near Lin
coin City. Ind. 1t is a matter Of record that
Abraham Lincoln. until he became Presi-
dent was too poor 10 give the burial place
of his mother any especial attention. and
when he became President his duties were
such that all his time was consumed with
matters Of state. Ii is said that he stated
on more than one occasion. while Presi-
dent. that after the war it was his inten-
tion TO erect a suitable monument to his
mother.
In 1879 Clcm Studebaker of South Bend.
Ind. a friend or President Lincoln. caused
this monument to he erected. ii il a plain
shaft about Is feet high. ard is inclosed by
an iron fencc.
Tae Ep:iaph.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-06

NANCY HANKS LINCOLN,
MOTHER or
PHI,SI Dt.NT LINCOLN.
DIED OCTOBER .. ). u. ISIS.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-19
TO HOMESEFKERS.

No. $3.50 acres, 6u in cultivation,
mostly bottom land, balauce fine pas
ture and timber, good new barn. small
house, Il miles from Phflomath, price
$500; this is fine farm,
No. S-1C5 acres, 14O in cultivation,
good louse, barn, orchard and water,
All well fenced, two miles from Phile
math; one Of the fnest farms IN Oregon;
price, $50 per acre.
No. 61-S0 acres, 10 in cultivation, bal
ance good pasture and timber, good out.
range, fair house, barn and other out
buildings, good fruit and water; this is
a fine goat ranch, 6 miles from Philo-
price $3.50; this is snap.
No. 1O1-4O acres, IS in cultivation
good building, fine fruit and water, fine
bottom land; price $3.50; 4 IL miles from
Philemath.
No. 103-- IS acres near Corvallis, we'll
improved, slightly home for 81 100.
HENRY AMBLER,
Real Estate Agent,
Phi omath, Benton County Oregon
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-19
Fer Sale or Exchange.

One hundred and eighteen lots, in half and whole
blocks in the original town of Newport, that health
full and beautiful summer resort in Lincoln county
Oregon; some business lots residence lots near the
principal churches, school house, and other resf-
dences; also residence lots commanding beautiful
views Of ocean and bay. -.
Five fractional blocks, south Of and near i6e
State Agricultural College; all completely tiled.
streets thrown up and graded beautiful, convenient
and healthful for residence
Large dwelling barn and outhouses, centraily
located on roomy and commodious erpunds in
Corvallis; will exchange for farm near Corvallis
Twenty acres highly improved, all tile drained,
and In good state Of cultivation; excellent roomy
buildings; about one-fourth mile from Agricultural
College.
Large and roomy house and stable:and lot in Cor
wallis, good residence, two bl ocks nom Cour
House; high, rolling ground. Ec.:.
Eight nice residence lots thoroughly tile drained.
In Wilkins Addition to Corvallis EzS
One lot and hotel, The Vincent House, on Front
street, in Corvallis, centrally located.
Seventy three acres 6 IN orchard, 1s in wheat.
balance in gTubs timber and pasture; situate west
adjoining the odd Fellows Cemetery near Corvallis
VIII exchange the town property named for
suitable farm or acreage property; will exchange
the acreage property described for town property or
other farms or acreage; wlll sell any or all of
said property on reasonable terms and time at rea-
sosnable rates and prices.
NJ. s. WOODCOCK,
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-19
the place of the small cities of
the present day.-Oregon Agri-
culturist.
Uniformed 8. p. Porters.

The Southern Pacific Co. intends,
shortly. 10 uniform its passenger attend
ants at the Oakland pier and San Fran
cisco depots.
They will wear dark blue suits and
bright rcd caps with broad black band
bearing in gold letters the words, IS. P.
Co. Porter" SO that they may be readily
distinguished. Their duties will be to
assist passengers in every way possible,
directing them to proper trains, boat en-
frances, etc.. helping ladies and children
without escort on and off trains, and
showing such attention to the travelling
public as will tend to make them pop
ular feature in the service.