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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-25

reverence for the character and deeds
OF the fighting Puritans whose death
accomplished our liberty, is by con-
trast with these very Chinese who
have been enslaved for two hundred
and fifty-six years by people fifty.
five times weaker than themselves.
The battle of Lexington, the battle of
Bunker Hill, the minute man plOw-
ing with a musket strapped to his
shoulder. the soldiers at Valley Forge
and the heroic Washington. do not
profoundly move the children who
study American history in order to
pass an examination or to get credit
SO that they can "pass" into the next
grade at the close of the year and
thus avoid parental reprOach or some
thing still more painful. These deeds
were done more than hun
dred years ago. They are now
matter Of course, though In
the contemplation they blanched the
cheeks but fired the hearts Of the
men who had determined to resist
tyranny to the death. The same belig-
erent. uncomfortable spirit animates
the torso Of young America now and
he does not realize the heroic stature
of the men who signed the Declare.
tion of Independence, or who enlisted
to starvation and freezing in the Con-
tinental army. Chinese history should
be taught side by side with American
history. By 1920 sympathizers with
the Beers and with the Chinese Of
that period would not exist. The
school boys, grown up then and voting
for the first time, would have learned
that no people could live unto them
selves, that free people cannot be
oppressed, though they may be gov
erned by and with the consent of only
one.fifth of the governed.
A Hot Time.
The rain on Tuesday cooled the air.
raised the spirits and increased the
confidence Of politicians in the sue
cess of one candidate or the other.
Excessi We heat is depressing and the
increase in the number of suicides is
as reliable a register OF heat as the
thermometer. The Chicago Times
Herald says that Doctor Schafhirt, a
druggist on North Capital and H
street, fried an egg on the pavement
in front of his store when the mer
curry registered one hundred and
twenty degrees. The egg was done
to the turning point in seven and one.
half minutes after it was broken on
the pavement. It was then turned
over and in ten minutes was thor
ougbly cooked and a negro lad ate it.
On the white stone walk in front of
the postoffice in Lincoln during the
hottest weather the hungry might be
fed on eggs cooked on a pavement
which receives not only the direct
rays of the sun. but the radiated heat
from stone and brick as we'll.
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Street Banners.
By order Of the republican county
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-25
Strenuous.

Governor ROosevelt's public life
from the time he began to tame buck.
ing bronchos in Wyoming to the
present time, when he is considering
the case Of Mayor Van Wyck and
making campaign speeches with the
thermometer anywhere between a
hundred and hundred and twenty
above, has been strenuous. That word
is part of the season and the times.
No patriotic republican editor can
leave it out of his editorials without
mourning suspicion Of disloyalty to
Teddy. And better to be trite, hack.
neyed, stale than to give the impress
sion Of cherishing only a lukewarm
admiration for the young mans hero.
the cowboys toast, the scholars jus.
LITIGATION, the statesman's anchor,
the athletes champion and the unan.
imous choice Of the republican ma
tional convention for vice president.
America IN Asia.
Turkey in Europe. Russia in Europe.
British, French and Dutch Guiana
aud British India are examples of a
peoples expansion. or the breaking
over OF boundaries grown too narrow
for the age or period Of development.
America has the Filipines and even
Mr.. Bryan's election cannot alter
that fact. Our possession insures
eventual Filipino autonomy. No peO.
pie can be absolutely autonomous
in the sense OF governing by them
selves without the consent, advice or
intrusion Of any other nation. The
nineteenth century completed the
binding together Of the peoples Of the
earth. Like a group of Alpine climbers,
no one of the nations can fall without
dragging all the Others to the edge of
the abyss.
l hope in the case of China that a
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-25

and dTaughtmanship are controlled
only by truth and beauty. But his
task is all the more difficult. Many
picture painters. therefore, prefer to
paint historical themes, like Ulysses
Departure, the Execution of Mary
Queen Of SCOTS. King henry VIII.
and his Wives, or Bluebesrd and his
Victims. Mr.. Whistler has explained
that all this sort Of thing is not paint
ing. And people who only look at
pictures and do not make them are
beginning to accept his gospel. The
illustrations of Maxfield Parrish, of
Peter Newell, have no particular fas-
cinatioD as pictures by themselves.
They are like words which are only
signs of ideas. The beauty Of line
and color is not comprehended by the
ordinary man and woman. 1t is as
classical music to the young woman
who sits down before piano dozen
times day for her own recreation
and the torture of the rest of creation
and plays coon tunes or the latest
vaudeville vulgarity. The men who
carefully differentiate between the
two kinds Of painting, and have chosen
enc of them as their vocation have
planted the idea, ard magazine illus
tration. which Immediately reflects
the popular taste, is beginning to
demonstrate the existence of dis
eliminating public.
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A kentucky Judge.
The conviction of Caleb Powers,
the Kentucky secretary Of state. for
completely in the murder of Goebel. is
not certain indication of his guilt.
OF the twelve men on the jury, eight
were GOebel partisans, one was pro-
hibitiOnist who voted for Goebel, two
were Brown democrats and one was a
republican. Judge Cantrill, who tried
the case, made number Of speeches
from the bench, which were mostly
unfavOrable to the prisoner. The
trial and sentence are said to have
widened the breech existing between
the democrats and the Brown demo-
Gratis. The latter are just as bitter
In their denunciation of Judge Can't
rill, the prosecution and the jury as
the republicans are.
Femmolin.
st. Louis is trying to get new
word adopted, more difficult feat
than the Inauguration and successful
conduct Of worlds fair Besides the
word is ugly and suggests a patent
medicine or oily unguent. Old maid
or spinster is preferable to femmolin,
which is no more attractive than
Oleomargarine, gasoline or cottOlene.
The Consent Of the Governed.
Dispatches indicate that Manchu
control of China is at an end. The
Chinese have been ruled by outlanders
for more than six hundred years. first
by the Tartars, then by the Mongols.
and. since 1914, by the Manchu dynas-
ty. For China, as we have learned
since the American minister was be-
sieged in Pekin. is composed Of three
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-25

fSceM0 ana ILLUSTRATIONS.
Illustrations illustrate. exemplify
and expand the meaning of story
writer. They are to historical or
scientific writer what map is to q
geographer. The artist who paints q
picture is dealing with color and line.
His horizon is wide. His imagination
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-25

"a GG2AAxAD&S8s
Politicians allege that women are
responsible for the split between the
pOpulists and democrats in Kansas.
At the recent joint convention 10 that
state Of pOpulists and democrats,
Annie L. Diggs broke the fusion slate.
ousted the democrat nominated for
attorney general, and succeeded in Sc
curing the nomination of pOpulist
Martin 10 his place. After wards.
when the democratic and pOpulist
committees met 10 Topeka. the demo-
Gratis led revolt against the wives Of
populists who had been admitted to
the fusion assemblage. The populists
chung to chivalry and the democrats
have established separate hezdquar-
ters ut Kansas City. The Kansas wO-
mems Bryan clubs are particularly
strong, and many OF the unmarried
women have sworn not to marry .
nan who does not vote for Bryan.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-25
A kentucky Judge.
FenanoEn.


Dispatches indicate that Manchu
control Of China is at an end. The
Chinese have been ruled by outlanders
for more than six hundred years, first
by the Tartars, then by the Mongols.
and, since 1874, by the Manchu dynas-
ty. For China, as we have learned
since the American minister was be-
sieged in Pekin. is composed of three
countries, inhabited bv three races,
speaking three languages and believ.
ers in three religions. But the Chi.
nese proper, number 1856, 600, 900 cut of
the 400 200. 900 people 10 the empire, Is
opposed to {, 500, 900 Manchurians and
AongOlians. Yet the Chinese have
allowed a people. only one fifty-fifth
Of their number, to hold them in sub
lection for two hundred and fifty-six
years. That is what it means to be q
peace-lOying. vegetarian. pastoral peo-
pie. A short. sharp war with the
Aanchurians, il the Chinese had pos
sessed military genius. would have in
sured larger liberty and a certain
degree Of progress.
A most effective method Of teaching
American school children adequate
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

bow at the shoulders to the foot of the train
 The Ney sisters have pretty gown in cream and yellow. The skirt has heavy lace band down the front and back, two horizontal bands running slightly higher toward the back on tucked mousseline de soie, over yellow. There are three bands of narrower lace insertion between the tucks on the short pointed waist, over an under blouse of deeper yellow one mass of small tucks. A pink lowered silk belt is finished in front by a chou of black chiffon, held together by a long train. The standing collar is edged with the same lowered silk and finished at the back by small knot of the black chiffon. The elbow sleeves have under sleeves to the wrist of tucked mous- seline de sole. with lace wristband.
 These are but few examples picked hap hazard from rows of fragile loveliness, each one fairer than the other. Perishableness and endless labor seem to be the order of the prevailing fashions, and one cannot help thinking that, now the maximum of elaboration has been reached, there must be reaction in favor of severity and simplicity,
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
EDUCATIONAL
Order of Publication.
No. 2. 4S9.


 THE STATE OF ALABAMA, Jefferson County - Fidelity Coal and Coke Con- pany vs. Watts Coal and Iron Company ct al.
 In chancery, at Birmingham, Alabama, Fifth District, Northwestern Chancery Division of Alabama.
 In this cause 1t being made to appear to the Register by affidavit of Alex T. London that the defendants, the Watts Coal and Iron Company and the Watts Coal, Coke and Iron Company, are domestic corporations, and in the be- lief of affiant there is no person in the employ of either of such corporations, or doing business for 1t or them in the State of Alabama, it is therefore ordered by the Register that publication be made in the Birmingham Age-Herald newspa- per published in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, once a week for; four consecutive weeks. requiring the said Watts Coal and Iron Company and Watts Coal, Coke and Iron Company to answer or demur to the bill of complaint in this cause by the 2Oth day of August, 1900 or in thirty days there after a decree pro confesso may be taken against each of them.
 Done at office in Birmingham, Alabama, this, the 18th day of July, 1900.
 7-20-4tFri w. c. GARRETT, Register.
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Laying of Corner Stone.

The laying of the cornerstone at the Ala bama Boys Industrial School will take place Thursday afternoon. The exercises were postponed two weeks ago owing to the inclemency of the weather. As previously announced the exercises will be in charge of the Masons, and pr. R. M. Cunningham will make the principal address. It is un- derstood that the occasion will be witnessed by number of prominent persons from various parts of the State. The progress Of the work has been closely watched and the work has aroused such universal in terest that the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone will be one that will bring together many of the philanthropic men and women who have earnestly labored Tor the completion of the school building Mrs. k. D. Johnston, the president of the board of control, has recently returned rom Montgomery, and she reports that that city will raise $1, ,000 for the erection or cottage on the farm, to be known as the Montgomery cottage" A number of Mohtgomerians will be present at the lay- Ing or the cornerstone, among whom will De Dr. and Mrs. George B. Eager.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
In Society.

Mrs. w. H. Graves, Miss Mary Vir ginia Graves and Miss Florida Graves have gone to Seabright, on the Jersey coast Mrs Adler and Miss Clara Adler are in London.
 MT. Robert Cabaniss is among the guests at Major and Mrs. Andersons country place at Valley Head
 Mrs. George L. Haven is i'll at the Hill- man Hospital.
 MISS Ellie Bracly of Atlanta is the guest of relatives in the city.
 MT. and Mrs. Francis Eugene Butler have as their guests their sisters Misses Elise Brown Butler and Mary Otiola Voltz of Selma
 Miss Susie Oliver is at Blount Springs.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

Rev. S. M. Hosmer, president of the Southern University Greensboro, Ala, was in the city yesterday on business connected with his college Professor Hosmer states that the fall session promises to exceed the enrolment of 160 last year. It is a source of pleasure to Professor Hosmer's friends in this city to learn of his success and the growing popularity of his college. Many improvements have been made to the facli- ties of the college recently, and with strong faculty behind him the college is taking its rank along with the other great institutions of the country. The expenses for a thorough course have been reduced to nominal cost, the ideal loca ton, superior advantages, the magnificent corps of teach CTS, and its accessibility to this district in sures it strong patronage from this dis trct
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
New York and Boston

Unusually low excursion rates via Cen. tral of Georgia Railway to Savannah and elegant steamers of the Ocean Steamship Company to New York and Boston For descriptive advertising matter and further information, aply to
 SOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent 2015 First Avenue, Bir- mingham, Ala. 7-1S-tf
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
TAIlORS,

Bids for the making of the winter uni forms of the members of the Police De- partment will be received by the Police Commission at the office of the Chief of Police up and including August 14, 1900, at 12 m. Bids will be limited to the tailors of the city of Birmingham.
 7-l9-13t J. H. MCARY, Chairman.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
FATAL WRECK
One Person is Fatally and Others Are
 Seriously Wounded

Beaumont, Tex, July 26-One person was fatally and two more seriously injured in a wreck on the Southern Pacific Railroad three miles east of here today.
 The injured: Delane Johnson, back and clest, fatal; J. H. Russell, Winsboro, Tex, serious spinal column injury; Mrs. Robert s. Clevens, Lake Charles, La., nose broken and other injuries.
 The wrecked train was passenger train No. 2, which left New Orleans last night. While running at full speed tho axla oi the tender suddenly snappeS> and all of the coaches and the first Pullman sleeper left the track and turned over an embankment. There were many narrow escapes and sev- eral persons received slight injuries
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

Annual convention Y. P. c. U. United Presbyterian Church, Denver, Col and re- turn, on sale July 22nd and 23rd, good to return any train until August 26th. One fare plus $2.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

Gulf Coast Camp Meetng.-Round trip tickets on sale July 7th to 21st good to return on any train until August 31st. Rate $9.25 from Birmingham Correspondngly low rates from all stations in Alabama
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

Baby Coaches at prices that will roll them out S2.o5 and up> wards. Cocarts 20 in this sale also.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

For further information write to passen- ger agent Louisville and Nashville, or call at office under Hotel Morris, Birmingham. Ala
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
Special Rates Via Louisville & Nashville

Week end tickets on sale every Saturday evening train to Mobile and return $5 10, to Pensacola and return, s5, good to return Monday following.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

We have a few more Refrig- orators at a low down price. Estes Hardware Co.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

Veranda Hammock Chair, S5. Nothing like it Try one, and be comfortable.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

Mattings at Reduced Figures, Regular 45c and 40c Mating, 35c Regular 35c and BOG Mating. 25c Regular 25c and 20c Mating, 179c
 The finest selection of desirable patterns in the State.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
RIOTOUS SCENES
 IN NEW ORLEANS
(Contlnued From First Page.)

pistol into downtown house and wounded child.
The age-herald., 1900-07-27
Clearance of
\ Summer Furniture.
Of articles of every day use and of value to you

1t TOT YOU and we want the room. Our
 buyer is now in the market selecting the fin, st and largest assortment ever brought to this State and will crowd us want to move as much as possible and the
The age-herald., 1900-07-27

95c Fire Screens-Also full line three and four>fold and extra height
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with new lines. We Y
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-11
ANOTHER FAST TRAIN.

The Rio Grande Western Railway
The Great salt Lake Route, " has re-
Sumed It's fast train services 10 the East.
making the run from Portland TO Chi
cago in three days and a half No lay
over Is necessary. and only one change
Of cars Is made. Those who desire it
have the privilege, however, OF 8 day
light stopoyer either at salt Lake City
OF Denver. Three daily express trains
are run, leaving Ogden. Utah, st 7:l5
a. m, and l:l5 and p. III. The morn
ing train carries a through standard
sleeper 20 Chicago, via the Burlington
Route. and the night train enc via the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Rail.
way. The tourist sleepers and chair
ears run daily as formerly through
from Portland TO Denver. Twice =
week tourist excursion cars are run
through from Portland 70 Boston. All
trains carry dining cars, making the
trip across the continent, Wis The
Great salt Lake Route, F" most desira-
bic. The Rio Grande Western Railway
Is the only road running Though salt
Lake City. and with its connections
the Denver & Rio Grsnde and the Col
orado Midland-takes the passenger
through the famous Rocky mountain
scenery OF Colorado.
For rates and all other information,
address J. D. MANSFIELD,
General Agent,
253 Washington ST.,
Portland, Oregon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-11
something About the Guns that Play Act in the South
African Tragedy

~ NE Of the revelations Of the South
IL u African war has been the extent
- and the excellence OF the BOer ar
naments. That the Transvaal Govern
nent were preparing for the inevitable
was whispered from time to time after
The Jameson raid. Guns and ammunition
we're brought into the country By the
oDllging Netherlands Railway Company,
VINO, notwithstanding the fact that the
cases were labeled pianos, with care"
and Mining machinery" must have
known that the goods transmitted along
their line for the Transvaal Government
we're less innocent than external appear
ances indicated. At any rate, the ordi-
nary residents Of the Transvaal knew it,
aud the knowledge was a matter Of gen
eral comment both In Pretoria and Jo-
hannesburg. One thing, however. was
not generally known, that the Transvaal
Government gave an order TO the firm Of
Schneider-Canet OF CreusOt, in France.
for two OF the largest guns ever con
structed for any Government. These
/ huge pieces Of ordnance were OF 12-inch
and 9l2-inch csliber respectively.
The London Daily Mail gives some in
teresting facts 10 connection with these
big guns in the possession Of the Beers
The power Of a Pinch gun such as that
now in the possession Of the Beers will
be better appreciated when it is explained
that it fires a projectile weighing half q
ton, which can penetrate a target Of solid
Steel four inches thick The gun weigh,
sixty-six tons. The 01a-inch gun is light
Pr, and fires a shell weighing three cwt
These guns, whose shells can wreck soliC
stone buildings as completely as if thei
objective were so much cardboard. ar,
believed to be a Pretoria. mounted Of
substantial bastions in the fort, and in
tended 10 resist the British when tn
march on the Transvaal capital take
place.
The same paper also gives some accoun
Of the British siege train sent to tn
Cape and which. in the final struggle. wi
be pitted against the Beers smuggle
cannon. a siege train put simply an
devoid OF professional technicalitie.
amounts 70 an artillery force special
equipped for the purpose Of reducing
strongly fortified place. Hence. it is
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-11

Chief of Police kipley's estimate OF
the expenses Of the Chicago police de-
partment for 1900 is 50. ,l93. an in
crease of SS27. 649 over last years sp-
preparation. The principal item of in
crease is for 500 additional partolmeu
at 1000 year salary. This will
bring the number OF patrolmen on the
force up TO 5000. The amount of reve-
nue. derived from saloon licenses IN
Chicago, or any other city, is not sufii-
cient TO pay the cost of taking care OF
the consequences of the saloon. In
deed. Carroll D. Wright, the eminent
statistical authority, says that for every
dollar that the saloon brings in, il
causes an outgo direct, and indirect, OF
f2l.-Union Signal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-11

Jesus was not self-engrossed. He
went through the world with His eyes
open for others. He saw the man at
the pool of Bethesda, He saw the great
sorrow Of the widow as she followed
those who carried her son 10 the burial,
He saw the blind man by the way, He
saw that the people were hungry and
faint. With Him 10 see was 10 do.
"Wilt thou be made whole:" 81 viii
not send them away fasting, exhibit
the spirit Of His lie. One seli-engross-
ed becomes narrow and selfish and, OF
course, miserable. But on looking out
Tor others and thinking how ne may
help them broadens in his sympathy.
enlarges in his spirit, and carries lie
and happiness wherever he goes.-Uni-
ted PRESBYTERIAN.