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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-04-02

eda "mass meeting" 10 which resolu'
lions bearing upon the work Of the
village improvement society wore intro.
duced BY Ars. A. w. Field - follows
where's, The sidewalks Of the city
oe Lincoln are unhealthy. unsafe. irregu.
lar. dirty and inartistic; and
"Wheress, Scientists and physicians
are agreed taat decaying wood furnishes
unlimited accommodations for al kinds
and conditions Of bacteria; and
"Whereas. Sweeping skirts in walk
ing costumes are standing menace to
the health and comfort Of their wearere;
be it
Resolved, That this department de-
mand: First, that the sidswalks Of the
city Of Lincoln to be hereafter construct
Cd or repaired Of hard pressed brick or
stone and laid At the established grade
and at the proper distance from the lot
line; and secondly, that all expectorstion
upon the sidewalks b prohibited by
Law - we'll - al other accumulations OF
dirt or refuse Of any kind. Be it further
Resolved, That the members OF this
department do hereby pledge themselves
TO wear no walking costumes which shall
b lsss than two or moro than six inches
from the ground"
Niss Stull took the negative side in q
most amusing speech. An amendment
which the club enjoy immensely pro-
posei that the sidewalks receive scrub
hing every twenty-four hours with car.
bolic acid. borax. bi-csrdonate Of soda,
ammonia and hot water not less thsn
ninety degrees Fahrenheit nor above ono
hundred and fifty.
Another member thought hot water
and 3eW soap she was using. called
"Wash alone" would answer the pur-
pose, but she VA promptly called to
order Tor using the club for advertising
purposes.
The speeches were supposed to be
limited to one minute. and IL some ran
over the time. no one regretted ii.
Among the members Of the department
Who took part in the discussions were:
xissss Stull. Stevens and Bracken; Mes
danes Mainland. Milton Scott. Cooke.
McClennan. Piunmer and Field.
A reception win Be given Tor the club
between the eleventh and twent. fifth OF
April, and the two Wesleyan societies.
the Womans club and Sorosis will be
invited guests.
It Was decided TO change the method
a nominating officers. Instead Of do.
pending upon . committee appointed
Tor that purpose. names will be proposed
ut the next meeting directly from the
noor. and viii be voted upon two weeks
later.
It u hoped by adopting . plah which
he's proved succeseful in other large or
gsnizations to learn the real wish Of the
club in respect to the future officers.
The next meeting will Be in charge Of
the department Of current events.
The society Of the Hall in the Grove
win meet Friday with Min Stevens, 62l
e street. A paper on French, Russian
and English painting will be read by
Miss Stevene. Mr.. b. NJ. Bushnell will
talk On Spanish Influence in Mexican
Art. The discussion on The Race Prob
len, viii Be led BY Mrs. Metcalf.
The Omaha Woman's club has given
q brilliant illustration Of womans
and power TO rise to an
aunarw>nrv Whan ita vna~h>,. h>s.d
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-04-02

tainment Of the kind she had witnessed
and her knowledge is not slight.
The speeches with Q few exceptions
were delivered auently, and mostly with
out notes.
Many Nebraska clubs belonging to the
national declarations were represented BY
their presidents; among them, those Of
Beatrice. Stromsburg, Plattsmouth and
Lincoln.
An Omaha paper kindly awards the
palm for brilliaLcy to Lincoln: MRS
Sawyer. according to opinions expressed
was the queen Of the occasion. Her re-
marks were pointed, brilliant and elo
quent."
But Lincoln would be equally generous
and according to . local authority, III
comparisons must be made.) the tosst Of
Mrs. G. G. Belden excelled all others az q
genuine bit Of literary art Of dainty and
symmetrical construction.
In her toast, THE Genus Homo" she
began with the one nearest and dear.
est" the husband. From that she pass.
cd to the baby boy IN the cradle, follow
ing his career through the age of kilte.
picturirg his advance upward to man.
hood and marriage, where she ended as
she began with the nearest and dear
est"
Mrs. Henrotin although . woman Of
great ability and public experience lacks
the personal magnetism and animation
necessary to . successful afternoon
speech. Perhaps At the beginning of
her career, the novelty of her official
topic proved more inspiring. Two years
OF constant speeches on the General
Federation, great % it's usefulness may
be, can leave little new to be said.
Mrs. Henrotin alsc addressed the Oma.
ha club at ITS open meeting on Tuesday
evening at tho CopgregationaIist church
whom five hundred members and friends
were present. She spoke again at the
regular meeting on Monday.
The city improvement society met on
Wednesday morning in the parlors of the
Union Commerci ! club, the president,
Mira Langworthy Taylor presiding.
Mn. Gertrude Dean. chairman Of the
patrons ASSOCIATION in the Bancroft
school district, was made chairman of
the committee on school grounds for
that school. Arrangements are being
made for planting Of trees. and the chair
men Of different COMMITTEES on school
grounds reported gratifying progress in
carrying out the plans previously
Mrs. WEIGH, chairman OF the committee
On street cleaning reported that the re-
|use cans were in process Of evolution
md there were good reasons for beliey-
ing that the result would be models OF
neatness ard utility. Mrs. WEIGH said
that Ill the city officers with whom she
had conferred we're courteous, and will
ing, % far - they were able. to help the
association in it's efforts at city cleaning.
In particular street commissioner Lind.
'ey had expressed his appreciation of the
lid given him in his efforts last year to
Keep the city clean. The city council
,as authorized the society to have
hirty cans constructed. The secretary,
Mrs. Richardson was requested to
,ave complaint postal cards printed
which shall be distributed to the men,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20
The wheeIInan's Curse.

From the Buckingham Letters in the
Cornhill Magazine.
Here beeinneth the accommodation of
the dog.
Cursed be this dog of infinite wickedness
who upset our scholar from his wheel.
cursed be he with all evil dogs which
have been cursed from the beginning Of
the world.
cursed be he with the dogs Of 5amaria
which ate the body of Queen Jezebel.
cursed be he with the barking god Anu
his and all other dog headed devils that
ever barked in Egypt.
NAV all the blessings earned by good dogs
in heaven or earth be far from him
Ter him in no wise see the age OF Argus,
nor walk with angels like Tobits dog
cursed be he by the heavenly dogs ST.
rms and Procyon and by the Hunting
cursed be he with a thfeefold curse by
the hen-hound Cerberus and his three
heads
Cursed be he before our Lady the Queen
and before the County Council by all and
every the muzzling orders
Cursed be he likewise by all wheeling
things which the Lord hath made, by the
nrime mover of the armament and his ro-
ration. by the stars the planets, the pole,
the sun. the moon, and the earth, and by
the power Of all the angels who govern
their revolutions.
Cursed be he in cyclones and cursed in
whirloools.
Cursed be he by the driving wheel OF
the universe which is matter. and by the
steering wheel, which IS spirit and by the
chain. which is the pre-established har-
mony thereof.
Cursed be he forever by the wheels Of
the winged living creatures which Ezekiel
the prophet saw and by the swftness Of
their rolling.
Let the wheel OF Fortune in her wrath
crush him and ever cast him down to the
meanest fate.
Let him be whirled upon Ixions wheel
and broken even as the wheels of Pha-
raoh's char.ots.
Cursed be he in whole and Perfect round
Of cursing. So be it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20
SOME USES FOR TIN.
old Cans and Tin Waste Are Made
Into Campaign Buttons.
From Tho Nav York Sun

old Cans and Tin Waste Are Made
Into Campaign Buttons.
From the New York Sun.
"An ordinary political campaign" said a
novelty manufacturer, lis not an unmit-
gated evil to all branches of trade Among
those that profit by it are the tin can
manufacturers. Most of the campaign
buttons are made of TIM and when a big
political struggle is expected the makers
send out agents through the tin factories
of the South to buy up all the waste tn
and useless cans they can find to make
their buttons with. Most of the cam
paign buttons are made in Newark and the
amount paid by the makers to the csn
factories, particularly those of Baltimore.
is considerable, even though the tin is
waste, if anything can be called waste
nowadays.
Nor is the tin waste useless, even when
no political excitement is on. know a man
who visits Baltimore at regular intervals
and buys all the scrap tin he can find and
sells it to the button makers. 1t is used for
the backing of ordinary buttons. Any day
in parts of Brooklyn, you can see wagons
loaded with scrap tin and old cans. The
greater part of this goes to the places
where buttons, toys and gew-gaws of va
rious kinds are made"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

The regimental bands of Italy have been
cut down from 12 to 4S, at a saving Of
about S60O,00o America may therefore an
ticipate an influx of Italian bandsmen.
The grand opera at Berlin receives $225.
000 annually. while the donation at Stock
holm is $4,000; Vienna, $4,000, and Darn
stadt, $62, 500.
John A. Ellsler, almost the last of the
Old Guard, is acting in Charles B. Han
ford's company.
The winning episode in a new English
melodrama is a marriage ceremony per-
formed in church by a burglar, who.
being interrupted in stealing the silver
communion utensils, puts on the rector's
robe and reads the service.
John Drew's daughter Louise, who is
now studying music in Dresden. has ex-
pressed desire to follow in the footsteps
of her illustrious family and go on the
stage.
Mierzwinski, a tenor who sang with
Mapleson seventeen years ago was report
ed to be a porter in a hotel at Cannes
This is now being persistently denied and
he may therefore be expected here short
ly on concert tour.
Lillian Russell is to return to America
soon, and has a lien upon an operate YER
sion on Mime. Sans-Gene," in which she
may assume the title role
"Charleys Aunt" as to be done into mod
ern Greek, and will soon be produced in
Athens.
Sarah Bernhard persists in her an
nOuncement that she intends to leave the
Renaissance never to return to its stage
again. In Paris the tales that the divine
Sarah is to quit the scene of all her great
est triumphs and which has a piquant
SAVIOR of her remarkable personality, have
awakened expressions of profound regret.
The reports that Marie DRESSER had
been compelled to resign from q fashiona-
BILE gymnasium because the other women
members objected to bathing in the same
tank with an actress are believed to be
erroneous. Miss Dressler may have re-
signed from or discontinued visits to the
gymnasium, and doubtless it was at the
suggestion of the other women members
that she took the step. But their action
can well enough be understood by anybody
who ever saw Miss Dressler on the stage
and contemplated what she might be in
a swimming tank
when a Mans in Love-" the new play
by Anthony Hope and Edward Rose,
which was produced in the London Court
theater the other day, appears to open
well and end rather feeby and conven-
tionally. 1t is a tale of a man, who to
give lesson to young fool, deliberately
cheats him a cards. having previously
confided his plan to a supposed friend,
who is in reality his bitterest rival and
who in the hope of removing him from
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

his path. denies all knowledge of the
transaction, and so PAGES him in terri
bly, false position. The situation thus de
vised is strong ana ingenious, but thf
final solution of the dramatic problem
by means of photography. is forced, i'm
probable and unsatisfactory, What sue
cess The piece achieved was due largely
to the sparkling dialogue which Mr. Hope
produces 50 easily.
The English theatrical press agent cap
pears to be copying the example of his
American brother. The London World
has a paragraph complaining of the nui-
sance Of having to open and examine let
ters containing idiotc anecdotes Of the
sayings and doings of prominent London
performers in the provinces. If the anec-
dotes only concern persons of whom any
body has ever heard. of second or third
rate actors, for instance, the grievance,
although real, is not altogether intolera-
bic. on this side of the Atlantic there is
nobody in a theater or music hall too in
competent or TOO insignificant to be the
subject of the box Office paragraphs which
arrive every mail
w. H. Fullwood, business manager of
the Wilbur Opera Company, stood in front
of the box office window at the Academy
of Music, in Charleston, one day last week,
and enjoyed novel experience with
travelling man, He tells Of it himself, after
the following fashion:
Performance here to-day?"
yes, SIR
amy black-face comedian in misht
clothes coming out TO tell us grandfather
stories and sing topical songs?"
mo sir"
Amy London Music Hall favorites COM
ing on the sing Hi, hi boys, fill 'em up
again or anything like that?"
mo. sir
ANY German immigrants with padded
stomachs going 70 give US sidewalk talk?"
mo, SIR"
"Any recamier blond serio-comic song
stress coming out to wave flag and tell
us to Remember the Maine?"
mo, sir. This is the Wilbur Opera Com
pany singing Carmen.
Thank the Lord. Give US two seats"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

Monday night and Tuesday matt
nee, "Said PHsha."
tuesday night and Wednesday
matinee. "Queen's Lace Handlxer-
chief"
Wednesday night and Thursday
matinee. Fra DiavOIO.''
Thursday night, ''Mil1adO."
Friday night, "CavaIIeria Rusti-
cana" and "MnscOtte."
saturday matinee, "CavaIIeria
Rusticana," and 'NIascOtte."
saturday night, ''TwO VagabOnds."
Hoyts "A Milk White Flag was given
al the theater yesterday at two perform
snces. TO good houses. The play is brill
liant satire on the volunteer militia COM
NAMES and is one of Mr.. Hoyts best pieces.
+ has been seen in Savannah twice be-
fore. There were some good people in the
company among them being John w.
Dunne. John S. Marble, L. J. Loring,
Louise Rosa, Marie Dantes, and that
dainty little soubrette, Mary Marble. The
specialties which make up a large part
Of the piece. were all cleverly done
The Wilbur opera company, which be-
Gins iis Savannah engagement tomorrow
night. has been in existence eighteen years
This viii be the second engagement the
company has played in Savannah. that of
wear ago beng one of the most success
full light opera engagements that has ever
been played here. The productions of op-
varied Mss Kirwin needs no introduce
tt-u She is a sweet singer and a grace
full actress and is herself in charge of the
company The company comes this year
stronger than ever. All the old favortes
are retained and the ensemble is the most
complete Manager Wilbur has yet brought
Everything about the organization is new,
and the performances are fin de steele in
every sense that the term implies.
Of course, the great attraction this year,
as last is The living pictures. Last years
pictures were excellent. Manager Wilbur
has made arrangements with the inventors
Of new lighting apparatus, whereby he
has secured the entire rights. The appa-
ratus has revolutionized the art of pro-
ducng living pictures, and by its aid the
nosj delicate tints and harmonious shades
Of color have been obtained which are i'm
possible to secure by any other method.
The expense of securing the sole rights to
this apparatus cost MIR. Wilbur in the
neighborhood of $4,000. 1t will be used
for the first time on any stage during the
coming engagement.
my Friend From India" will follow
the WilburKirwin engagement Monday
and Tuesday nights and a Tuesday matt
nee Dec 4 and s.
Richards & Pringle-Rusco & Hollands
Georgia minstrels will be in Savannah
Dec T.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20
INDOOR BALLS OUTLOOK.
.EAGUE SCHEDULE ABOUT COM
PLETE AND GAMES OPEN DEC. 1.

a Number of Last Seasons Players
on the Diamond. But New Men in
Their Places - The Rough Riders
Won the Y. VI. c. A. Tri-CIub
League Series-Y. VI. c. 4. Team 40
play Ninth Illinois Boys Friday
Night.
When indoor base bah was introduced In
Savannah three years ago by the Young
Mems Christian Association, there were
many who predicted a short career for the
game, but as years haveegone byit has in
creased in popularity until last season
mere were nine regularly organized clubs.
Not only has the game gained great favor
with the young men, but all classes Of
people turned out in large numbers to
witness the match games. until IL was
found a difficult matter to secure a hail
large enough to accommodate the number
of people.
The game is of course, as nearly like
the outdoor game as possible, but the
players and bases being nearer together
calls for quicker playing on the part of
the players. The ball used is larger than
the outdoor bail and softer, and the bat
used. is much smaller.
The Savannah Indoor Base Ban League
has just been reorganized for the season,
composed of the Young Mems Hebrew AS
ISOLATION, Catholic Library Association
and the Young Mems Christian Assocla-
ton. The first game. of the league series
will be played Thursday night, Dec. 1. at
the Y. NJ C. A. 3 gymnasium. A schedule
Is being arranged, and win be completed
in a few days. The friends of the three
associations have taken much interest In
the games, and doubtless this year the in
terest will be greater than last
The Y M c. A. boys, who won the
handsome cup last season, are going to try
hard to keep Ii another year; the other
clubs are preparing to dispute this point.
In the makeup of the Young Mems He
brew Association team there will be few
Changes The association feels the loss of
Smith keenly, but believes that Morrison
will make an effective pitcher. The rest
of the team will be about as 1t was last
season.
The Catholic library boys say there is
some doubt whether Horrigan will be able
to pitch for them this season. but they
are going to try hard to persuade him to
do so.
The Young Mems Christian Association
has lost Thompson, it's star pitcher and
Hopkins, catcher, but with Farra and
Blake, for pitchers, and King and Harden,
for catchers, they hope to hold up their
end of the line.
In the Y M. c. A. tri-league of indoor
base ball games, just brought to a close,
the Rough Riders came out with colors
flying, and the Colts were second. The
percentage is as follows:
Played w. l.. p. c.
Rough Riders ......-....4 8 / $50
colts .....................-.4 .OuV
Deweys ....................4 .250
The Rough Riders were captained by
Mr.. j. r. Davis.
Arrangements are being made for a
match game of indoor base ball to be
played between a club picked from the
Second Illinois Regiment and the local
Young Mems Christian. Association team.
The Second Illinois is made up of men
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 1898.

from Chicago. the birth place of indoor
base ball, and quite a number of the men
of the regiment have played the game at
their home. Ii Is understood that there
are several fine players among them, and
the game should prove an interesting one.
This is not the first time the Y NJ. c. A.
has played visiting clubs A few years
ago 1t tackled Boston's professional team.
and was badly beaten. \ year ago il
played Baitimore's club and won a game
Large crowds were present TO witness
these games, aud no doubt the game Fri
day night will draw well.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

John A. ErsIer, almost the last of The
Old Guard, is acting in Charles B. Han.
ford's company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

The winning episode in a new English
melodrama is marriage ceremony per-
formed in a church by burglar, who,
being interrupted in stealing the silver
communion utensils. puts on the rector 5
robe and reads the service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

John Drew's daughter Louise, who is
now studying music in Dresden has ex-
pressed desire to follow in the footsteps
of her illustrious family and go on the
stage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

Mierzwnski, a tenor who sang with
Mapleson seventeen years ago, was report
ed to be a porter in hotel at Cannes.
This is now being persistently denied and
he may therefore be expected here short
ly on a concert tour.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

Arrangements are being made for a
match game of indoor base ball to be
played between a club picked from the
Second Illinois Regiment and the local
Young Mems Christian, Association team.
The Second Illinois is made up of men
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

Lillian Russell Is to return to America
soon, and has lien upon an operate YER
sion on Mime. Sans-Gene," in which she
may assume the title role.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

The grand opera at Berlin receives $225,
O00 annually, while the donation at stock
holm is $4,000 Vienna, $4,000, and Darn
stadt $685. 800.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

MY Friend From India" will follow
the Wilbur Kirwin engagement Monday
and Tuesday nights and a Tuesday matt
nee, Dec and 5.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

Richards & Pringle-Rusco & Hollands
Georgia minstrels will be in Savannah
Dec. Z.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

"Charley's Aunt" is to be done into mod
ern Greek, and will soon be produced in
Athens.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

The regimental bands of Italy have been
cut down from 112 to As, at a saving OF
about $60O,0oo. America may therefore an
tcipate an influx of Italian bandsmen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

BOX STRAIGHT or CAPE oVERcoAT be
em at
of of
THE PRICES THERE ARE PRICES
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-28
GREEN RIDGE.

Mr.. and Mrs. 4. G. Campbell, of Knox
vile, Pa, are the guests of friends on
Green Ridge street
The employees of the West Ridge Coal
companys store and friends rendered Mr.
William II. Mock, of Dickson avenue, a
surprise party Wednesday evening in
honor of his birthday. Mr.. Mock who
is bookkeeper in the store, was presented
with handsome parlor chair. Those
present were Mr., and Mrs. Il. ID. Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greggs Mr. and
Mrs. James Tuttle, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F..
Hangi. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Farrigher,
Mr.. and Mrs. b. b. Antrim, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Antrim, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kinter,
Miss Lizzie Williams, Miss Nellie Deck
er, Miss Bisbing, Miss Grace Mock, Har-
ry Danvers, w. b. Powell, Edward Davis
and William Nicol.
Another pleasant affair was the party
given by Charles Geary at his home on
Capouse avenue Wednesday evening.
Those present were: Misses jeanette
Craven, Mollie Smith, May Simpson, Lea
Simpson, Jennie Smith, Grace Burns. An
ME Kelley, Carrie Neifer, Mary Bugden,
Laura Meldrom and Messrs. Win Welsh,
Bruce Fordham, Charlie Wrigley, Rollin
Carr, Maurice Sherman, Harry Dimmick,
Willis Sweet.
Il. s. Pratt, superintendent of the AS
bury Sunday school. entertained the OFF,
GERS and teachers OF the school at his
home on Green Ridge street last evening.