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, 1901-04-11

Senate document No. III gives a re
port of tests of ireproof woods from
the torpedo-boat Winslow, the purpose
being to determine whether the pro-
cess is enduring. The result was very
satisfactory. showing that the wood
treated five years ago had lost none
of its fireproof qualities.
, 1901-04-11

The Rev. John Naile of Trappe, Pa,
recently celebrated the Tooth anniver-
sary of his birth. He was born near
Westminster, Ind, February IS, 1901,
and is probably the oldest clergyman
in the United States. Mr.. Naile was
ordained at the age OF 40.
, 1901-04-11
SARATOGA SUN.
SARATOGA. - WYOMING.

The prediction is made that the Sc
we're winter in the north woods of the
Adirondack mountains has killed more
deer than hunters made away with
last fall.
, 1901-04-11

The new French law as to the pro-
vision of seats for shop assistants
came into force on Jan. /. All SHOPS
and similar places where goods are Of
fered for sale by "A female staff must
he provided in each room with a num-
Der of seats equal to that of the We
men there employed. This law differs
from that which will come into force
in Germany on April l., The latter pro-
yides only for "a sufficient number" OF
seats. The English law of 1899 pro-
vides one seat for each three women
employed, the suppositlon being that
all are not idle at the same time.
Some idea of the magnitude OF the
requirements of an army such as the
British now have in the field in South
Africa is afforded by the details given
OF the stores and animals sent out up
10 n short time before the occupation
OF Pretoria. These included l7O, OOO.-
900 small-arm cartridges, 500, 900 ar
tillery cartridges of various ~calibers.
10000 horses and mules gathered
from all parts OF the world, 800. 900
khaki suits, $40, 600 pairs of boots. 42O,-
600 blankets and tents. sets OF camp
nquipagc. harness and other articles
In similar proportions.
, 1901-04-11

While cutting up a poplar at his
saw mill in Lee county. Va, c. r.
Kesterton found an augur hole plugged
by a pin. On removing the pin he
found in the hole five 500 gold pieces
bearing dates between 1850 and 1860.
The coins are supposed to have been
hid there for safe keeping during the
civil war.
, 1901-04-11

Garfield Tea purifes the blood, regu-
lates the digestive organ and pro-
notes good health. 1t is the herb
medicine that has been used success
fully for many years.
, 1901-04-11

A stage wedding of two members OF
a burlesque troupe was announced to
be performed in a Washington theater,
but the high contracting parties found
it impossible to secure the services of
n person competent to perform the
ceremony.
, 1901-04-11
Couer p'Alonc rnrlned.

Spokane. Wash, April S.-Goyernor
Hunt has returned from II trip through
the Occur d'Alenc district, where the
riots two years ago made n martial
law necessary.
, 1901-04-11

A Chicago paper says: Patent office
reports show Colorado has more in
ventors than any other state, but why
should one get bear stories patentedT'
, 1901-04-11

rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness.
pain, sore throat and all bodily suffer-
ing relieved at once by Wizard Oil. In
~ternally and externally.
, 1901-04-11

whats that there single tax l hear
people talkin' about?' Il dunno ex-
ackly. but l 'spect it's a tax on old
bachelors"
, 1901-04-11

Probably Pinkerton would be glad to
pay Funston twice his present salary.
There are big rewards offered for the
capture OF Pat Grove.
, 1901-04-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds-N. W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j.. Feb. IL. 1900.
, 1901-04-11

At any time by the glass or barrel. CT
der receipt free. Send your address and
this advertisement to Cleveland Cider
Company. Madison. Lake County. Ohio.
, 1901-04-11
Each package of PUTNAM FADE.
LESS DYES colors either Silk, Woo.
or Cotton perfectly.

Not having any islands on hand, the
people of Spain will be obliged hereaf-
ter to pull off their revolutions at
home.
, 1901-04-11

How did you manage to entertain all
those intellectual Bostonians?' Il start
ed a discussion as to whether beans
ses.'
, 1901-04-11

Have you tried Russ Bleaching Blue.
the famous bag blue that delights the
laundress? All grocers sell 1t.
, 1901-04-11

Pat Grove seems to be as hard to find
as Patrick's flea. Every time he got his
finger on it-why, 1t wasn't there.
, 1901-04-11

A Virginia court has Just decided thai
in some cases a woman may be the head
of "A family. The courts are sometimes
NerN slow in finding out things
, 1901-04-11

Fears have been expressed that the
peace and quiet of the vice presidency
may be rudely disturbed by the Colorado
lion hunter.
, 1901-04-11

Sometimes n self~made man tries to be-
come a machine-made o~flceholder.
, 1901-04-11
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best

The Chinese Empress loses sleep.
Her dinner has to wait
While in the glass she takes n peep
To see II her heads on straight.
, 1901-04-11

"How is your husband, Mrs. Goode-
nough?' "Oh. he's bad enough"
, 1901-04-11

Fruit II . necessary article Of diet. Its
prime essences are In Primley's California
Gum.
, 1901-04-11

The bluest blu makes the whites
white. hats Russ Bleaching Blue. tn
modern bag blue.
, 1901-04-11

After being killed a great many times
Aguinaldo has finally been captured.
, 1901-04-11
u You Have Dyspepsia

Send no money, but write DR.. ShoOp, Racine, Wis,
Box 143, for six bottles Of Dr. Shops Restorative;
express paid. II cured, pay s5.5O-if not, it is free.
, 1901-04-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrur.
For children teething. softens the gums, reduces I'm
nAmmation, allays pain. cures wind collie. Csc O bottle.
, 1901-04-11

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money IL it fails to cure
L. W.. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
, 1901-04-11

Shake into your shoes, Allen. ,
Ease, a powder for the feet. II ~
tight or New Shoes feel Easv \
Corns. Bunions, Swollen. Nv
Sweating Feet. At all Drnppi'..
Shoe Stores. 25c. sample sent y,
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRos9
, 1901-04-11

Papa. when people cant %.
water, do they have to use NJ,
ter?"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07
THE COURIER

reign OF heat and death which Homer
chronicles during the siege Of Troy,
the constant repetition Of drought
AID famine in lndia,-these sre all in
line with the experiences, in these
modern days, Of drought AMI heat in
Australia, in India, in China, and,
this year. in Russia, Siberia and a.
musJ all North America.
IL is no wonder that the human
race has developed a sense To which
nothing is So lovely as the movements
Of water, 10 the ocean waves, in the
smooth currents Of rivers, in the
waterfall and in the gentle FLASHING Of
fouutains. The effect Uf the grateful
coolness and yerdure which they
brig is heightened by the laws Of
association. and il would seem as if in
water we had really found the benefi-
cent deity. The Greeks a d the ma
tions of the north had their water
guds. the spirits Of the fountains and
the streams. beings of loneliness ind
grace whUse favor brought comfort
and bl-ssing. But even here the ma
lignant element is manifested in
cloudburst, in storm and in devastat-
ing flood. Still, after taking up the
question philosophically. we are forced
to conclude that the preponderance Of
evidence is on the side Of beneficence,
and that this is so general and 50 con-
slant that We realize its extent only
when exceptional deyiations from the
normal impress it upon US. The days
OF drought are days in which all life
struggles for existence; days in which
all senuient creatures suffer; days
when il is hard even for reasonable
beings to maintain spirit Of patience
and resignation; days for whose end
ing all nature, animate and mani
mate, prays 10 silent misery.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07
Mental Suicide.

1t is to be hoped that the marks for
entrance examination made recently
by young girl in Windsor will not be
exploited by intelligent teachers fos.
the purpose Of awakening a like am
bitiOn in others. This girl was only
thirteen years old, yet in passing from
the public school to the collegiate
institute she broke the record, making
s9s out Of possible HOO marks. If
That girl has sensible parents she will
be kept at home whole year, aud her
attention turned TO something other
than school.
Every girl who enters upon a higher
course of study should have at least
one year of rest after her preparatory
work to recuperate and to secure phys
lcal resources FOR the work before her.
There is no sadder story than the
rapidly lengthening one of young
lives ruined in their unfolding by ex-
cessive school work.
A most pathetic case is that Of
young girl who seldom was known t.
fall recitation. Term after term
and year after year she made the
hundred mark ii language, in science
and in mathematics, doing it so easily
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07

some. But what consumptiye patient
ever believed in or admitted bis in
lection so long as he was able to walk?
His mind in no way deteriUrates, his
body is wholesome looking, his physi-
cal faculties are often unimpaire6
until the last. He travels. transacts
business, writes master of Ballan-
trse" or composes nocturnes or paints,
enjoys good living, and is all the time
a source Of imminent danger to his
fellow beings. Yet how can such
a man be taken out Of the interests
and activities Of his life and impris-
oned in sanatorium?
Ii there is any mental change
wrought by the disease at all. it is
heightened by his love of life and
society. Young patients always want
to marry, old patients always plunge
into multifarious business schemes.
II is this ironical phase Of the disease
that has made IL play the part of fate
in so many dramas and novels. ard
that makes its treatment more diff
cult even from the sociological side
than from the medical side.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07
The Water god.

The drought OF the present season
is so severe that we think Of it as un-
precedented; yet the experience dates
back TO the early days of history and
follows down through subsequent
ages. The terrible days Of famine in
Palestine in Jacobs time, the three
years Of drought 10 Elijah's time, the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07
Medical News.

That many things are printed in
what we call the lay press which are
no less injurious to medical science
than the irregular medical advertise
menls, is fact for which proofs are
easily adduced. When, at a recent
session Of the British Congress on
tuberculosis, DR.. Robert Koch read a
paper reporting some Of the results Of
his prolonged and patient investiga-
tions, it was only few hours until
the large news distributing agents OF
the country had placed before the
eyes Uf millions their own distorted
views regarding the significance of
DR.. Koch's conclusions.
DIR. Koch's paper, while a scholarly
and instructive one. really announced
little or nothing of news to the medi-
cal profession. He contributed re-
ports Of experiments confirmatorv Of
facts previously established IN part or
whole, together with his own views,
similar to the views of many others,
regarding the best means for prevent.
ing the spread and fatality Of this
dreaded "white plague"
Among other things he announced
his belief that bovine and human tuber.
culosis may soon come to be regarded
as separate entitieS-a belief that has
not been generally held-he having
failed. in number Of experiments, to
induce tuberculous processes in cat
tie by inoculating them with the
bacillus obtained from human phthi-
sis. 1t is also a fact, as he said, that
although much diseased meat and
milk are annually consumed by people
the world over, primary tuberculosis
OF the stomach and intestines is ex-
tremelv rare, occurring almost always
secondary to the pulmonary variety.
From these simple statements the
newspaper writers inferred and made
startling announcements to the effect
that tuberculosis is not contracted so
easily as has been supposed, that il is
a readily durable disease, and that il
is not, as has been taught, at all trans.
Missile from animals to men, In
this way very much Of the value tn
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07
Consumption Congress.

The congress Of specialists in the
treatment Of tuberculosis which
closed in London July 9th was the
first body Of its kind which has au-
thoritatively announced that the dis
case is nearly always durable 10 its in
itiatory stages and can occasionally
he mastered even in we'll developed
cases. The congress devoted its ses-
slots largely to discussion Of sup
pressing the infection. Lack Of pure
air. crowded sleeping rooms. neglect
Of the proper measures for personal
cleanliness aud dirty dwelling houses
were given as fruitful allies Ut the
disease, but the tuberculosis sufferer
himself was proven to be the chief
agent in disseminating his Own dis
ease among his friends. Specialists
Of all cuuutries stated that their prac-
iice had concIusively proven that pro-
miscuous expectoration by consumpt
ives, on the streets or elsewhere, is
crime against society and a menace
TO the general health OF the commu-
mtg. and that dust swept from houses
occupied by infected persons is laden
with incip!ent disease. German and
English physicians both urged the
confinement Of all patients, whether
rich or poor, ia sanstoria supported
by the government. In both Ut these
countries this system has been tried
and The only hitch in its operation
has been that on account Of family
feeling and prejudices it has been i'm
possible to make its practice univer-
sal.
The sanatoria system certainly
looks plausible enough on first consid.
eratiun. We submit to other regula-
fiops Imposed by the government
which are quite as severe as would be
a regulation requiring the removal Of
all tubercular patients TO government
sanatoria. We submit To the same
thing 10 the case of insane patients.
and we submit 20 quarantine and
pest house regulations ia cases VI
smallpox and equally virulent and
contagious diseases. But the treat
ment VI consumption is made pecu-
liarly difficult 10y the unique nature
II the disease. Other contagious dis.
eases strike the victim into helpless
dependency at once, and are in them
selves visibly and undeniably loath-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07
Below the Surface.

Below the Surface.
Those who see in the steel strike
only conflict between capital aud
labor do not look below the surface.
1t is not So much labor's attitude to
capital as union labor's attitude to
non union labor which violates the
fundamental principles Of liberty.
Like the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. the right Of man to earn his
living without being controlled by an
Orgarization, rests upon the bed rock
OF justice and inherent right. So
long as labor asserts simply its own
rights, it will have intelligent sympa-
thy and support. But when one SEC
tion Of labor assumes to dictate to Ill
other labor, and To follow up its mon.
strous assumption by violence, the
Yankee Doodle that is ingrained in
every American gets up and protests
vigorously. When a man does not
like the shape Of the slice in which
his bread is cut he is at liberty to re-
fuse it, but the day has not come when
he may prevent another man from
satisfying his hunger with the slice
which he-himself refused.
Another aspect Of the case at pres
ent which is enough to alarm every
unprejudiced mind. and which doubt
less acts as an incentive to those who
are trying TO bring about an end #
the strike, is the enormous loss and
consequent suffering TO the laboring
classes resulting from the drought.
Every man who lives by his days
wage will need every dollar he can
lay aside during the coming year.
Unprecedented demand from abroad
and short supply at home means high
prices for the necessities of life and
the exercise Of diligence and economy
instead of idleness and lack Of earn.
ings.
In the end brute force always loses
to Intelligence. When the labor
unions recognize this and refuse 10
let themselves be used as an unthink-
ing mass to be welded as a club
against capital, they will take long
step toward the goal they claim to
seek. Labor organizations which
command respect and confidence win
their victories by manliness and rea.
son. and not by strikes Their methods
might be made profitable study just
now for those who have nothing else
to do.
- -
The Water god.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07

dents with no individual acknowledg.
ments. The themes were far too
highly specialized for their own best
educational growth, and were carried
out, not with the full frankness OF CO.
operators in joint work, but as SER
wants do masters bidding, blindly
and with little comprehension, even
after il was done, Of It's meaning or
wider relations Within recent years
few vigorous German students rave
prosecuted their professors for appro-
priatiUn OF their own intellectual
property. and in one or two cases, as l
think. happily Won their cases. Many
an instructor feel justified in retain.
ing, sometimes for years, the work Uf
his student and depriving him OF his
Just right and credit for the same,
and bringing forth all the work OF his
laboratory as il it. were his Owo goods
and chat.els. This robs tie student
Of one Of the chief values of investi
Cation and makes his work so ancilary
and merged into that Of his instructor
that the spur Of individual ambition
is lost"
DR.. Halls confessions concern
mainly his own method Of teaching.
They are the confessions Of an upright
scholar and honest gentleman who
has never taken advantage Of his
position to make his people perform
drudgery whose results he can use 10
compiling statistics for book to be
published under his own name. The
pamphlet contains besides many vslu.
able hints To teachers frCm one Of the
most eminent teachers in this country.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-07

the human race Of DR.. KOch's inye>ti-
cation and the patient toll OF MANY
other experimenters was counteracted
10 few hours by the impression given
to thousands that tuberculosis i
much less to be feared than has been
supposed, that exposure To il NAV pr-
cur with impunity, and that the meas.
ures of the state to dispose Of infected
cattle are really superfluous and I'm.
necessary.
The real truths OF medical science
should be better known. 1t does Seem
that if the medical profession by its
educated writers should make the best
use OF the lay press. the great, sensible
American people would not So easily
be- led astray by all kinds of pretend.
ers and charlatans who will undertake
the cure OF anything from condi.
tioo of the llind to gunshot wound.
Those physicians who can should Law
before the people the truth regarding
the application and sphere Of useful
ness Of the many brilliant, undying
and incOntrovertible additions that
have been made to medical science
from the beginning until now.
The Vengeance Of Romance.
Birds come home to roOst aud the
catcher is always caught at last.
Snake charmers are bitten and sur
geons die Of blood poisoning and de-
tectives die by criminals bullet at
last. Now it is F. Marion Crawford
who has executed feat equal to any
exploit in his novels. The Paris dis
patch says:
Francis Marion Crawford. the
American novelist, has Just had a
JerilUus adventure On the island of
jersey. He Was returning from
visit to Victor Hugo's exile retreat.
Wien he Spied from an abandoned
road winding along the rocky shore
quiet little cave. The weather was
SAICSuiuSy WdIlu, duu STdNlbTU
found the temptation To battle in the
blue waters of the deserted spot ire
sistible. He stopped the carriage
and undressed among the rocks
While looking for a path down to the
water, he lost his balance and plunged
over a cliff thirty-tive fret high. Fort.
unately the top of the cliff hung over
the sea, and he fell into deep water.
He was stunned and barely able to
swim to safety. The beach along there
is narrow, aud where his body shot
over the precipice is an inlet dotted
with half submerged rocks"
Certainly that is an escapade worthy
OF Sarasenesca or DON Orsino or Paul
Griggs Or any Of the interesting Rails
tons or Lauderdales. After his recOv-
cry Mr.. Crawford went back to his
stopping place in Jersey where Marcel
Schwab is Lranslating his play with
which Nine. Sarah Bernhardt opens
her next season.
Mental Suicide.
1t is to be hoped that the marks for
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-08-07

part of her equipment, which was pro-
cured in England. at Gibraltar
The problem of securing satlsfac-
tory force had been by no means an
easy one, for the business of cable lay
ing is a new one in the United States
The services of Mr. Otto Strubel, an en-
gineer of the French Gable company,
were secured and those of Mr.. Henry
Winter, an officer of the Anglo-Amer-
lean cable ship Manila Only three
men of the Rockers crew had had ex-
perience in cable work. An expert
jolnter of rubber cable was enlisted in
New York, but he deserted the expedi-
ton a few days before it left. Care
had been taken. though. to have two
sergeants of the signal corps instruct
ed by him in the art, in case of such an
emergency
After arriving at Manila the Hooker
was sent to Hongkong to coal, struck
an outlying roof of Corregidor Island,
and after ALL down went the cable to
the bottom of the sea. OF course, that
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-08-07
OWNED AND OPERATED BY TIE GOVERNMENT


When Manila fell there were prac-
tically no telegraph or cable connec-
lions anywhere in the Philippines.
The system of land wires connecting
the principal towns, and the cable be-
tween Manila and Iloilo and Iloilo and
Cebu had been sealed and abandoned
by the owners, the Eastern Extension
Australasia and China Cable company,
which announced that 1T would not
open untib the United States could as
sure protection for its employees and
property.
Immediately upon the occupation of
Manila the question of wires assumed
a serious phase. Indeed the trouble be-
gan at the capture of the place, and
the destruction of our wires was the
first hostile act of the insurgents. Up
on Aguinaldo's taking the warpath 1t
became useless to stretch line unless
the army surrounded it or unless it
was defended by patrol close enough
together to shout message along. The
system abandoned by the Eastern Ex
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-08-07

tension company fell into his hands.
He opened, repaired, improved and ex-
tended 1t with astonishing ability,
utilizing even fence wire and untwist-
cd wire rope, and always managing to
destroy the portion of the territory he
was forced from time to time to yield.
The insurgents knew the value of
wires and at every opportunity few
men would slip by our lines or be-
tween them and haul away as much as
they could conveniently carry.
Gable, though far more costly and
requiring more time to lay, could be
maintained in the Philippines; for the
Filipino had no 1picking-up-gear' nor
graphing and cutting utensils. The
war department decided to establish a
complete cable system, with alternatas,
as soon as possible. Contracts were