1tSVHAffCE OF OLDEfi TIME
At the October meeting of the In
rurance Society of New York Morris
P; Stevens, lecturer on insurance in
the University of New York, gave an
Interesting; review of the earliest
forms of insurance. Life insurance
luys claim to perhaps greater an
tiquity than marine insurance.
In a paper "written by M. N. Adler
before the Institute of Actuaries In
1864 he mentions a I -at in inscription
on a marble Blab found at Lanuvlum,
an ancient town in Latium, a short
distance from Rome, bearing date dur
ing the reign of Emperor Hadrian.
A. D. 117-128, which inscription shows
that a club hud been formed osten
sibly for the worship of Diana, in real
ity it was to provide a sum at the
eath of eack member for his burial.
It required an entrance fee and month
ly payments and whoever omitted pay
ment for a certain number of months
bad no claim on the society for his
funeral rights.
Marine insurance was a regular
business during the Roman empire,
leing started In the form of loans on
cargoes for which a varied rate of in
terest was charged according to the
hazard. In explaining the origin of
the term "underwriters" he said . that
when a ship was about to set out
upon a voyage from England, it was
the custom to pass around at Lloyds
a paper upon which was written a des
cription of the vessel and its cargo,
with the name of the master and the
character of the crew and the voyage
contemplated. Those of the mer
chants and others present desiring to
l:ecome. Insurers would write there
under their names, together with the
amount which each was willing to
take or be liable for as an insurer.
When the total amount of insur
ance desired had been underwritten
the contract was complete. The term
"underwriters" as now applied to in
surers arose by reason of this custom
of Lloyds.
A WIJfV-FALL FO'R A XJVTIE
She got wearily up from the Central
park bench and shambled aimlessly
westward toward the Mall. She was
an old colored woman with patched
habiliments kept in place- by strings
nn Rut thor wns a certain
dignity in her face which those who
knew life could scarcely miss. 1
Even the Gibson girl giving her Bos
ton terrier its morning exercise, who
did not know life, must have seen
something of this dignity, for she paus
ed to look after the weary figure. Then
Impulsively her daintily gloved hand
went "Into her chatelaine bag and
brought out a dollar bill.
Despite the protests of the willful
terrier the girl turned and followed the
old woman ; but as she came abreast of
her her half-outstretched hand drop
ped. "She might feel Insulted," she mur
mured to herself, catching sight of the
patrician dignity again. Then she
touched the colored woman, on the
"O auntie," she said, "I think yon
dropped this." And she held out the
bill.
- Auntie gave a wistful look at the
green .bit of current specie, but shook
her head decidedly: 5
"No, chile; no, chile." she affirmed
with much politeness, "dat warn't
mine nohow. I didn't drop dat, chile."
"I reckon you didn't know it," per
sisted the girl, struggling more with
the Boston terrier -than with the fib,
"but you dropped it just the same,"
and pushing the bill into auntie's hand
she allowed the impatient dog to lead
her a run the turn of the path.
The old colored woman stared in a
dazed fashion at her hand for a full
half-minute. Then she turned slowly
toward a sympathetic woman on
looker: .
"Fo" de Lawd, I DID need dat mon
ey. An' He done sent dat chile, like
an angel to pick it up for me, I
reck'n." New York Press.
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The Shirt Sate
Men of Lincoln Have
Been Waiting For
Three years ago this storewith fear and trembling, laid hold of upwards of 200 dozen Men's Shirts, which was the urp'.uz stock of a
well known manufacturer. The price we paid for these Shirts was so small that we were tempted to buy, figuring that by dividing our
great prize with our customers equally, the venture would be a success We were surprised at the results, for in ten days we had die
posed of the entire lot. . Six months later we were tempted again the quantity was larger, but the past experience 'gave us courage the sale
was a success. Six months later we went into a Shirt deal,' nearly three times larger than the first, with the same results! and so on until
today we feel confident that there is not a Shirt proposition too large for us to hanjle. IV! jn of Lincoln know this., Men of Lincoln appre
ciate this. , '' .' ;
The Recent Purchase -of the Surplus Stocks of the Savoy and Interocean Shirt
Manufacturers is by far the Largest Shirt Transaction IVs Have Ever Attempted. , ;
HOflEy A VALXA1BLE FOOT)
Honey, which is described as "one
of nature's best foods," is the sub
ject of a report by the Ontario departs
roent of agriculture. In this it is
pointed out that it is only within the
past few centuries that sugar has be
come known, and only within the last
generation that refined sugars have
become so low in price that they may
be commonly used In the poorest fami
lies. Formerly honey was the princi
pal sweet, and it was highly valued
3,000 years before the first sugar re
finery was built. "It would add great
ly to the health of the present genera
tion," it is declared, "if honey could
be at least partially restored to its
former place as a common article of
diet."
Excessive use of sugar brings in its
train a long list of ills. When sugar
Is taken into the stomach it cannot
be assimilated until first changed by
digestion into grape sugar. Only too
often the overtaxed stomach falls
properly to perform this digestion, and
then come sour stomach and various
phases of indigestion and dyspepsia.
In' the: laboratory of the hive the
honey has been fully prepared by the
bees for prompt assimilation without
taxing either the stomach or the kid
neys, so that in eating honey the
digestive machinery is saved work
end health is maintained.
Moreover, the same report says
that "in many cases it will be a real
economy to lessen the butter bill by
letting honey in part take its place.
One pound of honey will go as far as
a pound of butter, and if both articles
be of the same quality the honey will
ccst the less. Honey is strongly rec
ommended for children, while for per
sons of all ages a pleasant and whole
some drink is called "German honey
tea." This is made by pouring a tea
cupful of hot water on from one to
two teaspoonfuls of honey."
The Purchase Involves
800 Dozen Shirts that are worth $2.00,
$1.50, $1.00 All sizes, 14 to 17 1-2.
No such Shirt news has ever been -
printed in this -paper. No such Shirt
opportunity has ever been put before
the mn of Lincoln.
The Price Will
3e for Choice
Styles
Coat style, ' negligee, cuffs attached.
Coat style, negligee, cuffs detached.
Open front, negligee, separate cuffs.
Open front, and back, stiff bosom,
separato cuffs.
Open front, stiff bosom, cuff at-taohed-
Coat style, soft bosom, cuffs at
tached. , Coat style, stiff b-som, cuffs de
tached. Pleated bosom, coat style, cuffs at
tached. ,
Pleated bosom, coat style, cuffs de
tacked. Pleated bosom, negligee, separate
cuffs.
Fabrics
Penavy Cloths,
m. Poplin Weaves, ' ' v- ; v- '
' French Madras, .
.German Percales,
India -Linons,
. Cheviots,
Basket Weaves, - '
Cham bray Cloths.
All of the highest grade and fiheit
.quality. ;. :. ;
C6to
rs
.,. Fancy Woven Madras, dark figures,
black and white effects, clever designs,
new and novel colorings in pink, helio
trope and lavender; also a big showing
of prints in black, blue, gunmetat and
pink stripes and figures, tans,' plain
white and blue in solid colore. There
is net a pattern, color or style shown
but What is absolutely new, stylish and
desirable. There is not a color but
what this store is willing to stand back
of, even when the goods are sold at
about 1-3 value. '
Out of town men may order by mail up to Thursday of this Week With Assarance of Getting
Sizes They Desire and Styles Such as They May Describe. Our Advice is to Order Today
LOVES THE MOTHE'R WEST
t hav llvfd too Ions with my Mother
West
To care for the eastern lnnd
For I drew life's milk from her mighty
breant:
8ho tauKht m to criep and stand;
And my baby eyes looked out and saw
Her npacea Herene and vast.
For God carved deeply, the soul to awe.
When the mold of our went he cant.
Plains that merge in a llmltloHs plajn.
Mountain on mountain hurled.
Infinite leaaues of an infinite main,
Kor glunts a giant world.
These I have loved since my heart was
young.
And ever I paid them toll.
And their praise I breathed with a lisp
ing tonsue.
For I hey were my life and soul.
Ay, I hid my face on her great, warm
breast
And I loved right well my Mother West.
The east has mountains. I hear them say.
But the mountains are only lillls
Wee hillocks that children might use In
play
And plains that a hillock frills:
And the ocean is only a stage effect,
Or so it seemeth to me;
But what would you have or what ex
pect , .
Of a gulf from Pacific sea?
Tlx a tlnv world and I've sometimes felt
That Its' people grew tiny, too,
Content as they've still to the gold god
knelt .
And maddened his'DliTf lo do.
For the soul needs depth and the soul
nperts lieigrht
And ll needs the spaces of God, '
And it smaller grows when it ceaseless
goes
Where Mammon doth hold the rod.
But here we are taught by our Mother
West
That the soul Is all and vain ts the rest.
Unto him who was born where the world
is great
The duty Is clear and stern
To stand as the heir to a god's estate"
Nor e'er to the petty turn.
He dare not walk with the shoddy crowd
Whose lives are hollow pretense.
Whose clamor. "See me!" foryer 'is loud,'
Whom glitter of gold contents;
For the mountains murmur, "Stand
straight and tall!"
And the wide plains 'whisper. "Be
broad!"
And the ocean mutters. "Be not the small
Whom only the small applaud!"
And he who doth turn from these regal
things
To the folly and sham of life
Shall never stand with the uncrowned
kings
Who capture the prize of strife.
Ay, a thankless heir is he. at best.
To our mother of mothers, the great,
broad West.
San Francisco Call.
Armstrong Clothing 'Co.
1221 to 1227 O St.
GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS
Lincoln, Neb.
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GENERAL MENTION.
COSSACK. OILy A COWA'R'D
Originally the Cossacks were ban
dits and they seem to have retained
all the worst qualities of that dis
reputable class and to have lost all
trace of the rough kindness which
sometimes characterized brigands In
reality as well as In romance.
They have by no means always sup
ported the czars, but often fought
against them, and it was not until 1814
that they gave up their brigandage
and became a kind of Irregular horse
men, who, in return for a grant of
land and freedom from taxation, came
out to fight when called upon and
brought their own horses ,arms and
equipment. Nothing about them re
sembles the smart cavalry of other
European countries, for both they and
their ponies are small and Inslgnifl
cant and neither is properly groomed.
Their reputation as fighters was
earned chiefly during the Napoleonic
Invasion, when the French cavalry re
peatedly charged them without effect.'
Under the conditions Of modern war
fare they have proved useless and
since they have been brigaded with
the regular" cavalry they have lost
their chief source of strength their
irregular method of fighting.
In the war against Japan they were
a lamentable failure. On no occasion
did they live up to their reputation
of possessing the single virtue cour
age. During the present crisis the
Cossacks have only proved themselves
to be bullies and cowards of the low
est kind. They respect neither age
nor sex, but. destroy their, unfortunate
victims as relentlessly as a hungry
tiger kills an antelope. They appear
to obey the orders of their officers and
observe some discipline in behavior
if not in appearance, but when once
set upon their deadly task they d6
not appear to be checked until they
have finished It. Philadelphia Record.
Just a Few Brief Bits Hurriedly Gath
ered and Printed.
The largest and finest line of union
made shoes in the city at Rogers &
Perkins.
Rogers & Perkins carry the largest
line ot union made shoes In the city.
Bert Pentzer nient several days on
Ms sandhill fa.au .this week. He says
hi. 1906 crop of sandburrs and cactus
plants will be a record breaker.
Garry Bustard is about la enter the
.agricultural class, being moved by '
considerations of health. He has in
course of preparation a home near
Fairview, where he and his folks will
take up their residence soon.
Central- Labor Union meeting next
Tuesday evening.
Woman's Union Label Leage meets
next Monday evening.
The Horseshoers' Union was perma
nently organized last Saturday night
and is now to be counted among the
"square" clans of the city. The Wage
worker wishes the new organization
abundant success.
The Lincoln Distraction company is
getting good. If the citizens of Lin
coln let up, now that they have this
insolent corporation over a barrel, then
the citizens deserve all the 'snubs the
Distraction company feels like giving
them.
Railroad employes in New York are
agitating for a semi-monthly pay day.
The engineers and conductors are op
posing the move, while the other
branches are asking it.
The. recent organization of Lincoln
Horseshoers ought to point the way
to others who need the benefits that
would come to them. This is another
hint to the retail clerks.
Rex Emmert has been laid up for the
past two weeks with a severe attack of
mumps, ,
CHEAT TOET WAS -BASH FX L
There is an interesting picture of Al
gernon Charles Swinburne in a new
book by Laura Haln Friswell Mr.
Swinburne was among the celebrities
who took tea at the Frlswells'. He
waa young and rather shy with worn
on "Mr. Swinburne sat down on the
edge of a chair. He bent slightly for
ward his arms resting on his knees,
his hat balanced between his fingers,
and he kept swinging it backward and
forward, just as I have seen Mr. Toole
So ,n a farce; he dropped it and
nicked It up several times. I think
he waY about 29 or 30 years old at
that tune no more than 5 feet 6 in
height and he had that peculiar pal
lor which goes with auburn hair; and
thla paleness was heightened Jy
study, enthusiasm and the fierce, re
bellious ' spirit whicrr seemed to ani
mate that fragile body, and. which
glows and burns, in his writings.
"My mother and . Miss did all
they could to put him at ease, and I
sat and repented that I had ever
wished to see him, for I pitied him
intensely, he seemed so very nervous.
He dropped his hat so many times
that Miss W , when he rose to
hand me some bread and butter, took
the hat and hid it in a recess. My
father now appeared, and by his con
ventional powers and tact soon set
Mr. Swinburne quite at his ease.
"He ceasid to fidget and talked of
Coleridge a id other poets in a most
interesting manner to hear him and
my father was an Intellectual, treat.
Mr. Swinburne became ail fire and en
thusiasm, and looked and seemed
quite a different man ; we were all
charmed with him. He stayed from
two to three hours and it was not at
all too long, find Jie left saying he
would soon, come again.
the National Brick company. Weber
fought the Illinois Brick company and
the union for several years and only
recently had the officials of the com
pany and the union fined for conspir
A committee of trades unionists
appeared before the finance commit
tee of the Chicago city council in be
half of the mechanics employed in the
various city departments. A petition ,
was offered, asking that changes be
made In the ordinances which will al-J
low the employes; double time on Sun
days, holidays, and, Saturday half holi
days. At present they receive only
the regular rate oif pay.
Switchme non 'the railroads, in the
Twin Cities have been sounding the
superintendents to see if they cannot
get an eight-hour day with the same
pay they are now receiving for ten
hours. There ara-nearly - 600 switch
men employed by the railroads of the
Twin Cities, including the large num
ber employed in the Minneapolis
transfer. At present the men are get
ting 30 cents and' the firemen 32 cents
an hour. ,
mont, attended by the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen.
Mr. Roadruck was 27 years old and
had been in the employ of the North
western for many years, first as ?
bridgeman and then as a brakeman.
He was unmarried, but has a brother
living on a farm near Scribner.
THE PAINTERS.
THE CARPENTERS.
Getting Ready to Make Another Effort
to Better Conditions.
Local painters are getting ready for
another effort at bistter pay and recog
nition this spring. Profiting by the
mistakes Of last spring's efforts hey
are going about it in a little different
v.ay.
The union is growing in strength
daily, and is not making any rash
breaks. Work is. openlngavp- in good
shape and the fair shops are doisj a
goodly business.
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TWO NEW ADS.
Getting in Readiness for the Campaign
Soon to Be Opened.
The Carpenters' Union has been
prosecuting ' some- quiet but ' effectual
work during the past few! weeks, and
something of benefit to the union, as
well as to the entire building trades,
will doubtless come to pass in a very
short time.
' Bros. Keim and Linberg have taken
clearances to the 'Pacific coast.
Bro. Swartz is seriously ill at his
home at 2817 U street.
Work is opening up in good shape,
and calls for carpenters are quite brisk.
Wageworker Readers Invited to Take
Due Notice of Them.
The Wageworker contains two new'
advertisements this week, that of the
the Lincoln Wall Paper and Paint Co.
and the Lyric theatre. The Lincoln
Wall Paper and . Paint Co. runs a
".closed shop."' All of 'its etapldyes are
union men, and because of this fact,
and the added fact that the company
does superior work, it is deserving of
the patronage of unionists. .
The Lyric theatre is a fair concern.
It uses the label on its printing, and
its manager is a member of an organ
ization 'of theatrical - men whose pur
poses square with unionism. The Lyric
i3 a clean resort that is deserving of
patronage from all classes.
The Massachusetts State Federation
of Labor is opposing the law exempt
ing from taxation the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company, and
wants it repealed one the ground that
the members ot the military organiza
tion are not entitled to privileges
which laboring men do not enjoy.
Notice has been served on the cleri
cal force under the Pennsylvania Rail
road auditor of merchandise freight
receipts, that the working hours of the
400 clerks will be lengthened one and
one-half hours a day. The clerks' have
been working from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p.
m., except on Saturdays, when the
'offices closed at noon.
After debate lasting nearly two days
the Mississippi .senate has killed the
child labor law, proposed by the code
commissioners. It made the age limit
12 years, but permitted children as
young as 10 to work in factories six
months In the year. ' The , senate de
clined to "Interfere with parents in the
management of their children."
Charles Hawl. president of the
Brick, Tile and. Terra Cotta Workers'
Union, succeeded In negotiating the
first union , contels -leyer made with
B. F. Weber, q? Chicago representing
, - , i r "' - t.'
BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Fell Between the Cars and Was
Dragged Long Distance.
Samuel Roadruck, a fcratceman on
the Northwestern, was killed at Leigh,
Neb., last Monday. Roadruck fell be
tween the cars and his body was drag
ged several hundred yards before the
train could be stopped. He was im
mediately taken to Fremont on! a spe
cial, but medical aid was of no avail.
The body was sent to Albion, short
funeral services being held in Fre-
confidence in a temperance speaker
who sips water from a tin cupr
One-half a successful man's success
may be due to good luck and the other
half to good -judgment.
A woman never considers marriage
a failure if her husband is willing to
pay all her bills without a murmur.
There ' are also' sermons in bricks
when they are coming your way. .
It is a mistake to suppose that for
tune always smiles on the funny man.
Bartenders 'are not the' only people
who find themselves bieliiiid the bars.
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.4.j, 60 YEARS'
vy V EXPERIENCE
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We are expert cleaners, dyers M
ana nmsners 01 iaaies ana ueu
tlemen's Clothing of all kinds.
The finest dresses a specialty.
THTTNEW FIRM
SOUKUP & WOOD
FOR PRICELJST.
PHONES: Bell, 147. Auto, 1292.' U
1320 N St - Lincoln, Neb: H
trt A jffe Ogden, Salt Lake Citv.
4CsiUaUwButte, Helena,
$22.50?""-: r. :
AALos Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco,
PfcWMw Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Etc. '
.Spokane, EHendburg, "Wenatchee, ' L ' ' '
'Wash., Via St. Paul, Minn.
e Q Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria,
ZPeasa ivU Vancouver, Etc.,' Via St. Paul, Minn. .
The above are one way Colonist Rates. Sell Daily February
, 15 to April 7. v
R. W. M'GINNIS, Gen. Agt.
1024 O Street. - C. & N. W. R. R. Lincoln, Neb.
$25.40'
UfllOff MADE SHOES
I carry nothing but union made
shoes, and have a full line of
them. I manufacture shoes and
shoe uppers. A share of union
patronage is respectfully solic
ited. i;
S. L. McCOY
: 1529 0 Street
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On Sale Daily Feb. 15th to April 7th, 1906.
Colonist Second Class.
San Francisco V Spokane
Ellensburg
Wenatchee
aap Umatilla
Helena ,
Salt Lake
Ogden -$15.00
; A
Los Angeleg
Tacoma ,
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver"
Victoria
Billings. .....
Call or write for full informk
G. W. BONNE
Con 13th and O St
S22.50
IS20.00
y00 Lincoln," Neb. J
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