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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30

he is fighter and scOrns weakness Is
the hero OF the young men and the
time is at hand when the Roosevelt
hat, the Roosevelt smile and the
Roosevelt manner will be worn nat
urally by all young, ardent, Impet-
uous American.
Ta An.
Mark Hanna said recently for pub
LEGATION, "Imagine any congress on
earth waiting upon the moods Of a
woman president" There is Queen
Victoria. She has responded to the
duties of her place better than any Of
the Georges. Her reign is the longest
and best OF any in the long list Of
English kings and queens. When she
was still young queen there was no
caprice or foolishness in her transac-
tiOn of the business of the state.
There was Queen Elizabeth. Neither
men nor women were as wise in her
day as they are now, but she holds
her own with English sovereigns.
There has never been an American
woman president but il there Lad
been, a proportionate number, it is
doubtful if Mark Hanna could prove
their administrations silly. capricious,
and what feminine means to him.
Isl An was a slave girl when she
asked the merchant and his wife who
had bought and educated her to
adopt her. She told them she had
decided to 90 to Pekin and appear
before the Emperor's jury as an ap-
plicant for admission to his harem.
She was. as qualified to get her own
way when a slave as she is now. The
merchant and his wife adopted her,
bought her fine clothes and jewels
and Isl An went to Pekin. She
pleased the Emperor, as Esther pleas
ed Ahasuerus, and thenceforth she
lived in the palace. She worked her
way up, exactly as Mark Hanna has
worked his way to power, though the
latter has not, so far as We know,
been obliged to remove any one from
his way by poison, as Isl An has had
to do but has accomplished it by guile,
bullying, by getting opponents into
tight places. and lastly by guile again.
In her whole career Isl An has not
once shown the weakness of caprice or
once let her personal fancies or taste
influence her to a course which might
weaken her politically. Mark Hanna.
in her place, could not have done bet
ter. In country where woman is
the slave OF all she is the master Of
all. She can depOse the emperor and
execute the prime minister and all
the emperor's aids Of whom she does
not approve. Whether she is a good
woman or bad one is not the ques-
tion. She is woman, and woman
in China where women are esteemed
as brother Bixby thinks they should
be, something not human, incapable
of thought and especially incapable
of bossing. Nevertheless Isl An ig-
nored the position of woman in China
and has bossed that empire for some.
thing over twenty years. She did not
do it by favor. She was not born to
her position; she acquired it by the
force and keenness of her intellect
and by sort of super-human selfish
ness and indifference to all moral
considerations which Mr.. Hanna him.
self should have sympathetic ap-
probation Of. These examples OF wo-
mon in oyacutiya poSitiopS ORC
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt.
Now that he has been nominated,
everybody recognizes his fitness. The
vice presidency will fit him for the
place he was originally designed to
fill. No other man suits the west
like Governor Roosevelt. To that
particular part of Nebraska in revolt
against a dirty republican machine
lie is and has been for long time an
example, an aspiration, proof that
some things can be done as we'll as
others and that row is the time and
we are the people to purify the party.
Roosevelt is young and brave, he is
energetic, he is not dreamer. When
the machine will work for the accom-
plishment of his plans he has sense
enough and influence enough to set it
to work. He is many sided. He ap-
peale to the east and TO the west.
He is scholar, soldier, an author,
a statesman, politician. More than
any other public man he satisfies the
ideal of typical American. He can
fight with his hands, or with a gun;
he is a hunter, he loves horses. he has
written about the west and its quick
transformation from a desert into
arabic land. He is self-confident and
distrusts traditions which interfere
with the punishment Of the bad and
the regulation Of the criminally sell
fish rich man and tie vicious and
murderous striker. His very self-con.
fidence is American. He is sure OF
his destiny and his Inspiration. So
are the rest of his fellow-countrymeu.
His nomination has aroused the en-
thusiastic ratification Of the west as
no other vice presidential candidate
could.
The vice president has a greater
potential than actual importance,
but as Governor Roosevelt has been
able TO outwit and foil boss Platt, he
will even as vice president be influen-
tial. Bossism is the hardest influence
in America to fight and the Governor
OF New York has fought and won as
many times as he has fought. Bossism
will not stay licked ard as the Gov
ernor would rather fight than be vice
president, it was a real disppoInt-
ment to him to accept the urgent
invitation from the republican party.
All things considered: Roosevelt's
Americanism, the temper of the peo-
pie, the attitude Of the south towards
the war, Roosevelt's war record and
his unbroken training for a fight. no
other man could be SO completely
approved by the American people.
Chauncy Depew said that 80 per
cent of the first voters would vote for
Roosevelt. He is essentially young
mans hero. He went 10 the war and
stayed with his company till it was
put out Of commission. He was
stern disciplinarian and kind,
just officer. First voters are par
ticularly attracted by man with no
nonsense about him. When the Ne
braska troops came back from the
Filipines aud companies Of the G. A.
r. marched in the same procession
with them, the young soldiers march.
ed with dignity. The old soldiers
laughed and talked, and were very
free with jocular punches. Most Of the
old soldiers walked with an unso'dier-
ly lurch, and instead Of "eyes front"
their necks suggested the distinctive
quality of India rubber. They are
'nof the SORT of men to inSpire youth.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30
The Marian.

George Du Maurier's hero, the Mar.
tian who can turn to the north after
he has been blindfOlded and whirled
about, who, except when he drank,
which was only once, never lost his
sense of direction. was not a myth &C.
cording to the latest theory Of the
French scientist, Reynaud. He says
nearly everyone has lost this sixth
sense which dogs. horses. and espec-
Tally cats and pigeons still possess.
The faculty is located. according to
Monsieur Reynaud, in the semi-cir-
cular canals of the inner ear. These
canals are filled with a fluid called
endolymph and have nothing what
ever to do with hearing but are "as-
ISOLATED with equilibrium" and "fur.
nish images of movement and dis
placement in space"
In the carrier pigeon this organ is
more fully developed than in other
animals. That perfect combination
OF springy muscles and tendOns. the
cat can find her way back to a home
from which she has been carried in a
bag by route never before traversed
by her. The migratory birds, the
homesick dog and the hungry, thirsty
horse use the same organ. Monsieur
Reynaud says it is still found in
savage races. They tread dim, unfa-
miliar forests without compass or
chart as surely as the reign in the
neighborhood of their huts. The skill
full navigator who directs his ship into
strange waters by the aid OF charts.
compass and the many wonderful
navigation instruments is no surer of
the islands, channels, rocks and har-
bors of his route than is the little
Australian wild man guided by his
trusty little ear canals filled with
sensitive endolymph. Lucky for
them the savages do not know how
they know or why they can go where
they like without chart or police
man. If they began to study the
elusive subject, they could easily con-
vince themselves there was no such
thing and that they and their ances-
tors had never really known where
they were at. The lenses and nerves
of the eye. the palate, the ear with its
sounding board, the nostrils and all
the sensory organs have been studied,
dissected, given Latin names. and we
think we understand them. Nobody
thinks of denying that almost every
one has five senses and five correspond
ing organs. There may be, and there
is some not indisputable evidence
that there is. sixth and seventh
sense. The Marian had this sixth
sense, and the people who have re-
curing and continually verified in
tuitive revelations about distant
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30

friends and places, have a seventh.
Psychologists have not admitted that
these exceptional senses had any cor.
responding organ. They imply, some
OF them that nobody can account for
the vagaries OF a diseased organ. But
animals and savsges are healthiest OF
all and the motor Of migratory birds,
carrier pigeons. OF home returning
cats, and Of the self-conident savage
in an unexplored forest has not until
lately been dissected and classified
and it has not yet heen named.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30

break or destroy any OF the poles.
wires, instruments. conduitS Or other
property of the Lincoln Independent
Telephone company within the city
Of Lincoln, or shall tack, paste or
fasten on the same any bill, notice or
advertisement of any kind shall be
deemed guilty OF misdemeanOr. and
on conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum net exceeding one hum
dred dollars.
The clause in regard to posting
notices or advertisements on the poles
is disregarded. 1t has been flagrantly
ignored lately, not by a legitimate
patron of the bill boards or Of news.
papers, but by one of that class which
makes small loans to teachers and
other small salaried workers, who in
an emergency resort to usurer who
charges them ten per cent a month
and upwards for the loan. Contempt
Of the law in regard to legal interest
increases an innate lawlessness. Men
who charge ten per cent month for
loans are not apt to strain at a gnat
of a telephone pole. II the section
cannot be enforced why incorporate it
in new ordinances A law, which is
a dead letter, induces contempt Of the
law.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30

he is fighter and scorns weakness Is
the hero OF the young men and the
time is at hand when the Roosevelt
hat, the Roosevelt smile and the
Roosevelt manner will be worn nat
urally by all young, ardent, Impet-
uous American.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30

animals and savages are healthiest OF
all and the motor Of migratory birds.
carrier pigeons. OF home returning
cats, and of the self-confident savage
in an unexplored forest has not until
lately been dissected and classified,
and 1t has not yet heen named.
Mr.. Bryan's Query.
In letter to the Knoxville Sentinel,
Mr.. Bryan asks:
How can we justify the sacrifice of Ameri-
can soldiers and the killing of Filpinos merely
to show that we can whip them ?"
The object Of the war, The Sun
says. as Mr.. Bryan might have learn
ed by addressing bis inquiry to anv
Lincoln schoOlbOy. has been to main
tain the right and title and authority
OF the United States in the Filipi hes
The United States has been put.
ting down rebellion there Just as It
put down rebellion in the Southern
States. To speak of "ths killing of
F1lpinOs merely to show that we can
whip then" is. with the highest re-
spect to Mr.. Bryan, not true and not
sensible.
1t is an unfortunate fact that the
sacrihce IF American soldiers which
Mr.. Bryan so much deplores has been
unwlttingly encouraged by himself.
The Crime of Discovery.
Mr.. Cookers feelings are justifiably
outraged, not because the mayor and
deputy president Of Tammany own
ice stock in an ice trust which the
mayors veto Of dock bill has made
into monopoly, but because they
neglected ordinary precautions such
as having the stock made out in the
name Of brother-in.law or a de-
ceased wife's aunt. Mr.. Croker's prI
vate reprOaches to his subordinates,
the mayor and other city officers of
New York City for being found out
are severe as BELTS an English landed
proprietor who is, at the same time a
magistrate. Perhaps if he had stayed
in the city which he has farmed the
bungling tyros who try TO fill his
place would not have so embarrassed
him. and the campaign about to be-
gin. Wherever democrat denounces
trusts raised in republican nursery
he is sure to hear terrible cry of ice.
The democratic mayor who was faith
less and cruel to the poor whose votes
under the leadership of TammaDy
elected him has embarrassed the
campaign. Richard Croker deeply
regrets the exposed facade of Tam
many when the storm broke. Not
that his moral nature has been pro-
foundly shocked, not that he cares for
the sick little children in the fetid
tenement houses who must now fore
60 the soothing, cooling ice, but to
have his own immediate remunera-
tive connection with the city of New
York and democratic supremacy en-.
dangered by which that steady flow
into his pocket is maintained, this it
is which causes his indignant voice to
tremble when he addresses Tammany
Hall on current events.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-30

back over the four years, the self
control. faith and good judgment OF
President Mckinley are strikingly
exemplified. Not that he has not
made mistakes. He is man and he
has not been president before. He
will make better president in his
second term, for added TO his tenn
peramental fitness he has now taken
four years course In administration.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-03
The Horrors of Heathenism.

Some idea of the blessings of civiliza-
ton may be obtained by contrasting our
condition with the state of things in
some parts of China. We have a graphic
account from three English bicyclists,
who have been making tour of West
ern China, and who spent some time at
the large walled city of Chaotung Flu.
They found that IS per cent. of the fe-
male infants are killed, while a major
lty Of those saved are sold into slavery,
the city being famous for its slave girls
1t is the custom to throw bodies of girl
babies over the walls at night, and in
many cases those children are still
alive. 1t is a common sight to see pa
riah dogs gnawing the arms of living
infants. Bodies of the pauper dead are
also thrown over the walls and de-
voured by wolves and hyenas that come
down in the night from neighbOring
mountains. The city is famous for in
human punishments. Lately a woman
was strung up by the neck. with her
toes just reaching the ground, till she
died.
\ murderer was crucified on one Of
the city gates. red-hot nails being ham,
mered through his wrists. He tried to
escape the agony by battering his head
against the gate, when the authorities
provided n pillow to prevent this. He
hung in great agony, watched by crowds
of men and children. for four days be-
fore death came.-Christian Conserva-
tor.
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he might return to the quiet of bis home
to become a private citizen and follow
the pursuit Of a gentleman farmer. His
devotion to his country is again shown
when war between France and the young
republic seems inevitable in 1898. In the
fever of fear aroused by the prospect of
new strife and new suffering the hearts
of the threatened nation turn to the sol.
der at Mt. Vernon and the people of
America appeal to the old commander to
give up the quiet of his nreside. to IN
sheath the sword dyed with blood in the
cause Of liberty, and to march again at
the head of the troops pledged TO do or
die with the old courage of 1916. The
appeal is not in vain. The old warrior
accepts the new responsibility Happily
the war is averted and he is allowed to
remain in quiet on his estates until his
days on earth ended.
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military and Masonic honors. During
the services the plain mahogany casket
stood in the center of the long veranda
just opposite the hospitable doorway to
which the great soldier-statesman had
welcomed the greatest men of the CEN
fury. Then the remains were placed in
the family vault at Mt. Vernon, which
has since been the Mecca of Americans
and in the presence of which people of
all other lands bow in respect and ven
GRAFTON. During the past few years Il
number of changes have been made in the
vault and its surroundings. The entrance
10 the tomb is now guarded by two iron
gates, the bars of which are so close that
when the place is strewn with flowers
they are passed through the bars by
means of long poles. Under the strict
est orders of the Mt. Vernon Association
these gates are never to be opened. When
they were placed in position the outer
one was locked and the key was thrown
into the channel of the Potomac. Pill
grlms 10 this shrine must content them
selves with looking through the bars up
on the sarcophagus which holds the re-
mains of the great cheftain.
The centennial anniversary of the death
of the hero of America was fttingly OBJ
served. The principal ceremonies were
at Mt. Vernon and were in charge of the
Masonic organization of which Washing
ton was a member. President Mckinley
delivered an address at the old homestead
and Masonic exercises were held at the
tomb. In the evening anniversary exer-
clses were held in Washington. at which
President Mckinley aud his entire cab
met were present. The occasion was oh
served in all parts OF the republic, and
In all parts OF the world where there
were Americans the name and fame of
Washington was remembered and prais-
ed
Through the efforts and the care of the
Mount Vernon Association the home in
which Washington lived and died and
It's furnishings and surroundings are al
most the same as they were 100 years
ago. The furnishings and the appoint
ments OF the room in which he died are
'ne same and the sensations which the
VISITOR experiences seem to indicate that
tAe spirit of the commander-in-chiefs still
perVades the historic scenes. The church
winch he attended at Alexandria is also
wen preserved, and the pew which he &C.
Supieo still bears the name OF the first
resident Of the United States.
washington seems TO have been en-
SoNed with prophetic sight. Since his
ln there have been wonderful changes
rytning excepting the laws and the
pes OF government and civil rule
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Music at Home.
tor

The unmusical member of a musical
family will appreciate a conversation
reported by the Chicago News:
DO you play any instrument, Mr..
Jimp?
Yes; I'm a cornetist."
And your sisterT'
"She's pianist"
Does your mother play?"
'She's a zitherist."
And your fatherY"
He's a pessimist."
. This reminds us OF another fragment
Of contemporary talk.
Don't you think" asked the young
girl graduate, that Miss Sprinp Is a
charming poetess?"
Wall" said Uncle Solomon. with DO
liberation, Il guess she Is a mighty
sweet poetess! I'm sure her cousin.
Miss Chalmers, is a charming paint
ress, and her Aunt Lucrece Is an excel
lent sculptress, and her mother used to
be capital dlshwasheress. It's a tai
ented family, hers is"
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MASHINGTON'S NEATH

which he advocated and set forth la his
official acts as legislator and President
and in his farewell message. Could he
have dreamed of the railroad, telegraph,
telephone, steamship, the vast popula-
ton, the broad domain upon which the
sun never sets when he formulated and
gave to the world these principles If
not. the Unknown Power that protected
and guided him through the dangers of
battle must have given rouch of Di-
vine inspiration to mis- mind and his pen.
An Historical Picture.
SO well acquainted are we with the
events connected with the life OF Wash
ington and the times in which he lived
that we cannot consider them in the light
Of history. We seem to live in the times
when he lived, and as we mourn at the
scene of death we think OF his many no.
bic and selfsacrihcing deeds, his devo-
ton to duty, his simplicity, his purify of
life, and his wisdom in directing the af-
fairs of his country. Then with the Wis
ion of memory we view the imaginative
pictures of historical facts. We see him
drilling his schoolmates as soldiers and
writing ont a code of rules to govern the
actions of his daily life. We shiver as
we see him emerge from the freezing
waters of the Monongahela after battling
with the plunging ice that he may safely
deliver a dispatch entrusted to his care.
N the awful shower OF bullets and ar
rows at Fort Duquesne we see him move
calm and dignihed and are thankful 20
see him escape uninjured. Now we
scarcely breathe lest we disturb him as
he kneels in silent and earnest prayer
beneath the shade of the forest trees at
Valley Forge. He is praying for his SOL
diers and his country. Only one other
scene is comparable to this. 1t is that of
Christ praying in the garden of Geth-
semane. Stern he is in the performance
of his duty when he approves the death
sentence Of Andre, and magnanimous as
cOnqueror in his treatment of Cornwall
lis and his surrendered army. His dig
nifty. wisdom and craftsmanship are
shown in his administrations as presi-
dent of the Republic which his skill as a
warrior made possible, and his simplicity
and democracy are prominently displayed
in the surrendering to Congress of his
conquering sword, and in his refusal to
accept third term as President that
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Roberts Maintains silence.

London, Feb. 25.-Since 2:l5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon nothing has been re.
ceived from the scene of what London
papers call General Cronje's death strug-
GLE the war officials announcing at mid.
night that they had nothing to give out.
They stated that they believed it impos-
sible for Cronje to escape the grip of Lord
Roberts. The report circulated in Berlin
that Cronje had succeeded in making his
escape came from the Boer headquarters
in Brussels, where it was stated that de-
tails were still lacking
The only news from other parts of the
seat of war received during the night is
a special dispatch from Colenso, under
date of February "a, stating that the
British, in spite of strong opposition, were
advancing slowly but surely and driving
the Beers from the kopjes between Giro
blers Kloof and Hlangwane hill.
Ladysmith reported by heliograph on
Friday that the Beers were retiring north
ward in large numbers Meanwhile the
certainty of relief is so strong at Durham
that the authorities are actively preparing
train loads of provisions, luxuries and
medical comforts for dispatch to the be-
leaguered town as soon as communications
are restored.
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The Travellers Plate.

Connoisseurs of china are invited to
sympathize with an Indianapolis wom-
an who, says the Sentinel, bought In
Dresden plate that she would not
have parted with for several times It's
price.
She dared not trust the plate In her
trunk, or even in her satchel, but had It
carefully wrapped and tied and carried
1t about in her hand. She guarded that
plate as If 1t were made Of diamonds.
She carried 1t all over Europe. down
the Rhine and through Germany.
through France, Italy and the British
Isles. She had 1t in her hand when she
landed in the Union Station at Indian
apols, and kept hold of It, "just for
luck" till she reached her house.
There" she said. "thank goodness
I've brought that thing home unbrok.
en-" And forthwith she set the pre-
cious plate down 80 hard on the marble
topped table that 1t broke into twenty
eight pieces.