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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-10-26


you are indebted for the fund which
IN ,kes possible this meeting. should
be rsmiss in my duty il did not make
mention OF the program committee,
whose good work must be apparent. All
committees have been Jealous in the
pursuance OF their special lines.
These annual meetings are the time
keepers Of our declarations. They record
our advance or our retrogression. In
our general summary o! the year just
closing We consider the growth most
satisfactory. both in membership and
achievements. The federation now
numbers LOT clubs, aggregating $500
members. All must recognize in the
program the enlarged scope Of our work,
anG We hope every woman present may
be moved to greater effort in her own
and the STATES advancement.
At this session the constitution ccm-
mittee will ask you to consider several
radical changes, the most important.
perhaps, will be the election Of vice
president from each congressional dis
trict, and the holding Of biennial meet
ings. The combination will give a
larger working force and materially re-
duce expenses. The convention and
the printing OF the manual coming only
once in two years. will allow the neces-
sary means for committee work. Let
ters, no matter how explicit, are unsatis-
factory messengers and not until the
executive board and the chairman Of
committees can meet at least annually
to consider matters OF Importance, can
anything like gratifying results be OBJ
tanned. The forming of district feder-
atoms would result in friendly rivalry
which gives impetus to any movement
and inspiration to higher and nobler
endeavor.
To recapitulate: We have CLEANED
subjects for consideration for our state
Day" program:
The Constitutional Amendments.
How to Create Interest in Our New
Travelling Library.
Southern Kindergartens.
Manual Training in Our Public Schools.
Holding OF Patrons Meeting.
A Juvenile Court Law.
A Woman's Property Rights Law.
Quite enough material for one meet
ing, you will agree with me.
That experience may count. would
ask the retiring officers aud chairmen
of committees to formulate for their
successors such suggestions as would
facilitate the work in the future.
We come together today with feelings
Of mingled Joy and sorrow. Important
to our progress as are the subjects re-
ferred to, each and every one sinks into
insignificance in comparison with wo-
mans responsibility in connection with
the great tragedy for which a whole ga
tion is Inundated and mourns Three
years ago the 18th day Of the month
President Mckinley was the guest of
this organization. In few choice
words to over three thousand women he
extended greetings and good wishes to
our continued success. Today the flow
ers are yet fresh on the casket which
contains his mortal remains. slain by
the hand Of a warped, misguided being,
wholly lost in his infancy to every noble
impulse.
In President McKinley's death wo-
manhood has sustained an irreparable
loss. His life an example OF equal stau-
dard Of virtue, his death a monument to
woman's strongest weapons--purity OF
home laU and ordar Lot thia Common
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The English Roya, B.na.

The Royal band is one of those bodies attached to the court that will not be interfered with by the king. This royal orchestra is an ancient in- stitution, dating back four centuries and doubtless owing it's origin to the musical performance given by David before Saul. Nowadays, however. these instrumentalists are not en- gagged to cure a monarch of melan- cholia, but their work consists of playing light Iieces after the royal family have dined, and giving occa- sional concerts. The master of the music is Sir Walter Parratt, and in the kings band there are S4 instru- mentalists, the first violinist being Alfred Gibson. Whenever they play before royalty the members of the band are attired in blue velvet coats and knee brooches, with white ties and white waistcoats, but the con- ductor's dress is different in the re- spect that he has a black collar. whereas each man under him wears a blue one. There is one woman in the orchestra-the harpist.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
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STATE AID IN ILLINOIS.
PrdnciPIbFeatures of Bill Now Be' fore the State Legislature at
 Springfield Are COmme ndable.

The necessity for good, hard roads fin Illinois is universally recognized. The difficulty, of securing good roads under our present road laws is admit ted. The experience of Illinois farm CTS in the last 30 years and the good roads agitation of the last ten years have formed in this state a decided public sentiment in favor of a reason able expenditure for macadamized highways.
 The recent heavy snow has added strength to this sentiment. In the regions where there was heavy fall lhere was at once great activity in the transportation of all sorts If sup plies from neighborhoods which had previously been under a mud block ade. But unfortunately the snow did not afford relief to the districts in the central and southern parts of the
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
watche. Baked and Frozen.

If you contemplate buying an ex- pensive watch you can have it sent to the observatory at Kew, where for l5 days it will undergo an ordeal that will test its capa pilities to the ut- most, says London newspaper. An ambitious watch in pursuit of first class certificate commences it's career at Kew by standing upright for five days in an ordinary safes It spends B similar period in three other posi- tions, and is then placed on its back in a refrigerator. After five days of that icy abode it is removed to an oven kept at a temperature of 90 de- grees Fahrenheit, and is at last re- stored to normal temperature. All this time the watchful eye of the ob- server has been upon it, and the watch's behavior duly noted in books. The highest marks awarded to a watch are 100, and if it gains over 80 the words especially good" are writ ten on it's certificate when the watch leaves the observatory. Last year the lowest marks received by a watch were A and the highest oo.1.-Detroit Free Press.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Chinese Managers.

Every Chinese manager of any in- stitution employing labor must pro- vide employment for his father, uncle, grandfather, innumerable cousins and entire clan relationship. These peo- pie do not work, are not expected to work, but are pensioners; and their great number .makes a burden so heavy that the enterprises become unprofitab1e. This has been the cause of many institutions of foreign char acter under exclusively Chinese man. agenent being failures, and is largely accountable for the extra cost of products of all factories, arsena1s, etc, operated by the Chinese authori- ties. The other characteristic is lack of organizing and directing power of the Chinese mind applied to industry. There is the most complete liberty and democracy of management of all in- dustrial affairs on the part of the Chi nese, with no organized systematic di- rection.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Contrast Between the Poles.

MT. Arctowsl<i, the geologist of the Antarctic expedition in the steamer Belgica, calls attention to the diff ference in the distribution of ice around the two poles of the earth. The floating ice of the north, he says, comes from true glaciers which are pushed down through valleys until they reach the water, but the glacial caps themselves do not meet the sea. At the south, on the contrary, per- petual snow is encountered at the sixty-ffth degree of latitude, and it is probable that the floating ice of the Antarctic originates from layer covering the whole polar crown Science.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
A Big snappine Turtle.

What is said to be the largest turtle ever shipped to the Smithsonian insti- tuition is there now awaiting shipment to Buffalo, where it will crown the suc- cessful collection of tortoise and fish life now ready for the opening. This alligator snapper measures five feet from tip to tip, and is the largest ever caught, exceeding in size the we'll known Florida gopher. The average length of the shell of this family of turtle is three feet. Chicago InteI 0cean.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Puf fn fsnnd EI.a

During the performance of an opera in Manchester the inferior singing was made more wretched by the effects of an augmented orchestra in which some violinists were playing decidedly out of tune. This made the disap- pointed audience so angry that, when person in the gallery brought their displeasure to a climax by causing 8 heightened interruption a number of them seized him amid cries of:
 "Throw him over!"
 "Throw him out!''
 "Throw him into the pit!''
 Then rather gentle voice was heard exclaiming during Hull in the storm:
 ''Oh, please, if you throw him over don't waste him. Kill a fiddler with him!"-London Answers.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Keeping Records \. Hard Work.

Keeping the record of large, pune bred herd is very tedious exacting and intricate The value of pure-bred breeding stock depends largely on the integrity and authenticity of the rec ord of the breeding. Intending buyers of pure-bred bulls do not always ap- preciate this until they get some un- derstanding of it and are apt to think that pure-bred stock comes too high. A short time in charge of 8, pure-breG herd will convince anyone he must have some pay for a good deal of care. fu1 and exacting work on the record.- L. H. Kerrick, in National Rural.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The Light of the World or Our Saviour
 in Art.


 Cost nearly $Ioo,ooo to produce. Con. talns nearly 100 full-page engravings oi our Saviour and His Mother by the worlds greatest painters. True copies ot the greatest Masterpieces in the art galleries of Europe. Every picture is as beautiful as sunrise over the hi11tops. Contains description of the paintings. biography ot the painters, the names and locations of the galleries in Europe where the originals may be seen. Also contains Child's Department, inc1ud- ing Child's Story of the Christ and His Mother, beautifully written, to fit each picture. This wonderful book natchless in its purity and beauty, ap- peals to every mothers heart, and in every Christian home where there are children the books sells itself Christian men and women are making money rapidly taking orders. A Christian man or woman can in this community soon make $I,ooo taking orders for Christmas presents. Mrs. Waite, our agent in Massachusetts, has sold over S3,ooo worth of the books in very short time Mrs. Sackett, our agent in New York, has sold over $I,5oo worth of the books i'll very short time. The book is printed on velvet-fnished paper beautifully bound in Cardinal Red and gold, and adorned With Golden Roses and Lilies 1t is, without doubt, the most beautiful book of this century. Write for terms quickly and get the management of that territory: You can work on salary or commission, and when you prove your success we will promote you to the posi- ton of Manager and Correspondent. at permanent salary, to devote your time to attending to agents and the core. spondence. Wanted also a State Man ager to have charge of office in Leading City of the State and manage all the business of the State. Send for terms. Address
 THE TISH-AMERICAN CO.
 CoRcoRAN BUILDING, Opposite
 U. $. Treasury, Washington, D. C.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13

state, which most needed relief. This has been the experience of hundreds of productive neighborhoods for years, and 1t will continue to be the experience until there is a general system of good roads connecting the country districts with points on rail- roads.
 It may be assumed that the people of Illinois are ready to begin the work of road building. They have begun it, but the results have not been satisfactory because they did not begin at the beginning. The first steps must be taken in the leg islatmre. The old laws of 50 years framed to meet present conditions and the popular demand.
 Two bills have been introduced in the legislature to meet this demand. These hard-road bills have been pre- pared under the direction of agents of the United States department of agriculture. They provide for a state engineer of roads to give advice and suggestions on road drainage and construction. The several townships are to determine by vote the gener- al character, extent and location of hard roads to be built. Then the state engineer of roads is to furnish plans and see that the roads are built-not loosely, as under the pres ent methods, but on approved sci entific plans. After the roads are built the state is to contribute ten dollars per mile a year toward the cost of maintenance. The state, by general taxation, Is to pay, moreover, one-half the cost of building the roads.
 The principle of the bills is that the people of any township shall have the power to decide for or against road improvements. If they decide in favor of hard roads, then the county and the state are to bear each it's proportion of the expense of construction, and the state a fair proportion of the expense of main taining the roads. This is on the plan followed in other states, the contention being that as the roads are used by all, and are for the bene- fit of all, it is unfair to ask the peo- pie of single township to bear the full burden of road taxation. The best point in the new bills is the pro- vision as to competent direction in road building and as to the respon- sibility for deciding upon the neces- sity for good roads in any particu- lar township. :.'
 With these new bills enacted into law, it is estimated, from one-half to two-thirds of the present road tax can be dispensed with. It is con- tended that the question of material in districts where there is no gravel or stone is not so difficult of settlement as supposed. The north and south railroads, which carry coal to mar kets and send back empty trains, are said to be willing to make advan- tageous terms for the transportation of stone and gravel southward. This would put the counties having no road materials nearly on 8 level with those that have. Among all the measures introduced in the legisla- ture, few are more important than the Curtis hard-road bill.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13

4oiled, with consequent trouble at milk ing time. It hardly pays to build 3 regular modern bridge, however; it costs too much and is not dura ble enough, especially under such condi- tions as usually exist in pasture streams. Rather should the simple affair be resorted to shown in the illus tration. Stout posts are set at an angle against each other, thus bracing one another perfectly, and over these are laid rough logs, the remaining space being filled in with dirt. Grass will soon grow over all, and keep the soil from washing. and this will add to the attractiveness as we'll as durability of the bridge. Such bridge can be built strong enough to drive over with heavy loads.-F. O. Sibley, in Ohio Farmer.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13

The king of Portugal lately paid a heightened visit to the Natural His tory museum, South Kensington, in crder to inspect the unrivaled collec- tion of fishes preserved there. It is not generally known that his majesty is an expert in ichthyology, and has written several scientific memoirs on the subject. He is very fond of fish ing in the sea off the coast of Portu- gal, and owing to the extraordinarily great depth of the water off that shore the forms discovered are of great variety and scientific interest. Birmingham Post.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
An Uxly Dueling Tragedy.

The dueling practice has just led to an ugly tragedy in German garrison in Lorraine. A duel was arranged be- tween two officers, but never took place because brother of one went and murdered the other officer in cold blood. The murderer gave himself up and explained that as his brother, a man with family, would have been killed in the duel, he, a single man, had elected to die in his place, even as a murderer.-N. Y. Sun.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
DEXTER X co
Waterbury Steam and Gas H Pipe Works
553 and 555 Bank street.

553 and 555 Bank street.
 M. J. DAILY, Mechanical and Con-
 structive Engineer, Proprietor.
 Contractor for all kin6s of Steam. Water and Gas Works; Steam Boilers furnished, set up and connected in the most thorough and workman like manner Private residences and public buildings heated -
 pressure steam and hot water. A1so dealer in all Steam Appliances, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters, Inject ors, DampeI Regulators, Etc. A large stock of valve fittings and carloads of Steam and Water Pipes constant ly on hand, A full line of Engi- neers' Supplies. Best of facilities for handling light and heavy work. Satisfaction guaranteed. Also plumbing done. Telephone con- nection at office and residence
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13

The Snyder blackberry is a popular sort in the northwest, because of it's extreme hardness and it's productive ness. Taylor's prolific has larger fruit, but it is hardly as hardy as the others, but quite hardy enough for the middle states.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
sweetbread salad.

Soak one pair sweetbreads h cold water for 20 minutes, then cook in boiling salted water 12 minutes. Cool and cut in slices, mix with one cup of celery cut in small pieces, cover with French dressing and chill for at least one-half hour. Serve in nests made of the crisp inner leaves of a head of lettuce, and garnish with one cup mayonnaise dressing.-Good House keeping.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
No Municipal Ownership for kelly's Rooster.

A city that gives its people good streets and keeps them clean, first class sewerage system, a police de- partment that we fear and respect, a school system well looked after, fire department that sleeps with one eye open, and water plant that will furnish us with pure water is doing all the work that city was ever in- tended to do.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Fiendfsh Woman.

MT. Subbubs-Thank goodness the winters nearly gone and the summer is coming, when won't have to bother about the old furnace.
 Mrs. Subbubs-That's so. By the way, dear, don't you think you'd better look at the lawn mower and see if it needs any repairing ng?-Philadelp Press.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
HOW TO BRIDGE BROOKS.
Description of a Simple and Inexpen alive Plan That Answers All
 Ordinary Purposes.

Many farms are cut up by one or more small streams, the majority of which flow through pastures and have to be crossed by cattle morning and night. Unless the necessary "fords" are bridged, there is pretty sure to be a muddy crossing, and in that case cows are liable to get their udders badly
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The Very Place.

Orator-Where else will wou find in one spot such products as marble, iron, clay. chalk, copper, lead, slate, glucose, fruits of all kinds, hemp, flax and all manner of grains?
 Man in the Audience-In my boys pocket.-Tit-Rits.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
nn Aratn. on Arntn

"Very well," said she, in huff, "all is over between us. I'll thank you to return my letters"
 ''All right" said he, "I'll send them to you the first thing in the morn ing"
 "Oh, there's no killing hurry. Sup pose you-er-bring them with you when you call tomorrow evening. ."- Philadelphia Press.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Wall Paper Talk.

We carry the best the world produces. French, German and English Wall Pa pers. Not few dozen patterns, but an immense and comprehensive line show ing many hundred patterns.
 Rich handsome effects in Dark Reds, Greens, Blues, Tapestries, Burlaps, De- nims, for library and dining rooms, dens and halls.
 Silk and Satin Papers with Brocaded Effects for par1ors and reception halls
 Dainty Floral Designs in Chintz and Dresden Effects.
 Marie Antoinette Cretonnes and En- pire Stripes for bedrooms and boudoirs. These foreign goods have an air of ex- elusive elegance, with the entire absence of the gaudy show so often seen in richly colored papers.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Sweeter Than Sugar.

Sycose is the new material used a substitute for sugar in diabetes. Its sweetening power is $50 times greater than sugar.-Science.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Good Medical Advice.

Arabella-George, dear, I want some money.
 George-Why, gave you a check yesterday.
 ''Yes, dear, I know; but the doctor said was to have plenty of change."- Pick-Me-Up.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
KELLY'S

Chocolate Chips. You know all about these so have only to men ton that I have them fresh every afternoon. The snappy brittleness and well preserved flavor of these thin confections has given them an immense circulation.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Definition of a Lady.

A small boy defines lady as grown-up girl who isn't saucy-Chi- eago Daily News.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The Abeent-Minded Burglar.

Stranger-You seem pretty flush. In on some clever operation recently?
 Jimmy Dores-Yes.
 somebody let you in on the ground foor?"
 70! no. No confederate. Just my usual lay; second-story window."- Philadelphia Press.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Doubtful.

First Crony-Let me see, didn't Strickland marry one of the Smiley's girls?
 Second Ditto-Yes.
 By the way, though, isn't Smiley dead?"
 .He was the last heard of him. Judy.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The sultan stepped DrinIxing MIR.

In the opinion of the sultan of Turkey fresh milk is a most bene- fcial aid to good health, and up to a short time ago he was in the habit of drinking large quantities of it every day. Each morning the cows were brought in front of his windows to, be milked in order that there would be no mistake about the milk being fresh and pure. Some evil- minded official, however, quietly hint ed to his majesty one day that his method of obtaining fresh milk gave anyone wishing to poison him an op- portunity of feeding the cows on some lnoxious food. Na ri12n fresh milk waa = monarch. Chicd a1d.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13

uO1IOuS IOOu.
 fresh milk was monarch. .-Chicd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-25
The Prescription in Missouri.

Mobile Register.
 The proneness of the whites to hold the blacks as a race responsible for the perpetration of crime5 peculiar to the race, is illustrated in the actions of the people of Pierce City, Mo, in driving out the whole black population be- cause of the crime of one of the race. If the blacks of the letter class would recognize this responsibility and unite in efforts to repress the criminals of their race. they would do themselves an excellent service. The whites sus- pect that the blacks. taken in mass, have sympathy for these criminals and that they harbor and protect them whenever they are able to do so with out too great danger to themselves. Hence the feeling that all are alike guilty in more or less degree; hence, also the wholesale vengeance taken by the whites upon the blacks who rest under suspision. The negro problem will not be satisfactorily solved until the blacks, as a race, line up with the law and on the side of morality. When they begin to show that they love iustice more than they do the black skin that hides a devils heart they will be entitled to rank with the whites, as part st of the protection and other blessings of the white man scheme of government