The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, March 31, 1900, Page 3, Image 3

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with a constantly falling valuation, conditions, the demand of the "re
and with a reduced levy, the city has formers" that they be allowed to try
not merely operated within its means, the experiment of purchasing the gas
but it has paid off its back warrants plant and the street railway is rldicu
at the rate of over 815,000 a year, and Ious. A few more years of such an ad
has very materially reduced its float- ministration as we have recently been
inn debt. having will enable the city to go far
Another direction in which notable towards buying these plants out of
progress has been made is in the pay- the proceeds of the one which it now
merit of district paving bonds. In owns. But to saddle the city with an
one year from March 1st, 1899 to inexperienced government, and at the
March 1st, 1900 the city paid $76,340.00 same time incur a debt by reason of
of these bonds. From the beginning the purchase of a gas plant would be
up to March 1st, 1900. bonds of this a step in the direction of irretrievable
character had been issued to the bankruptcy.
amount of 81,191,797 97. f this The school board candidates arc cul-
amount, which includes all the bonds tured and conscientious men who may
for the recent repaying, on March 1st, be trusted with the most precious in-
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Astor libraries, respectively. Tho out
line of the address may bo roughly
sketched as follows:
1. The Louisiana purchase
Tho development of tho west.
CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUBS.
Lewis and Clark.
Zebulon Piko and
March.
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31, tw
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tween American ami KnKlNh wo-
there remained unpaid 1298,77297.
The street railway and the school dis
tfict controversy will almost account
for this sum.
In another direction, however, even
more has been accomplished. From
September 189.1, to September 1894,
the water department of the city was
operated at a loss of $14,200.27. Dur
ing the same period in 1894 aud 1893
the loss to the city was $5,27059.
During the same period in 1893 and
1896 the loss to the city was $11,463.22.
From September 1st, 1896, to April 1st
1897, a period of less than a year, the
loss to the city in the operation of
terests in the city. Mr. Allen, who
has been the president- of the board,
has proved himself a valuable man.
The Savings Bank.
The establishment of a savings bank
in Lincoln is good news to a great
many people. That a city so large as
Lincoln should have no savings bank
is a reproach. Iowa has 320 savings
banks with deposits of $30,000,000. On
account of the disastrous boom which
collapsed harder in Lincoln than any
where else, the savings banks estab
lished here went out of business. The
the water department was $15,896.22. organization of a new savings bank
From April 12th, 1897, to April 12th, ty the directorate or the irst JSa-
1898, the loss in the operation of the tinnal bank, inspires confidence and
water works was $13,265 96. From deserves it. The satisfaction expressed
this time when Mr. Tyler, the present slnce the decision was announced has
water commissioner took charge, an been hearty, showing that the need
men as novelists Seward
., J Woman's c. Parliamentary
"" practlcs North Hcnd
31, Woman's c Child Study Lincoln
31, Woman's c French Lincoln
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( American politics Weeping Water
(History and Art c Rudolph of
31, Hapsbuo; Ludwit; of liavarla
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April.
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" I farming the tulip crazo Stromsburg
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ment Fairbury
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3, wer Lytton, Thackeray, Owen
I Meredith Albion
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( tice Lincoln
J Fortnightly. Present relation of
( itussia lo r.urujeuu powers. .....uiucuin
I Cozy c. Napoleon and the allies
I Poland Tecumseh
1.
a. Explorations:
Major Long
Paisley.
b. Trappers, furriers and traders;
Kit Carson, Bridger, etc.
c. Missionaries: Dr. Leo, Spauld-
ing, Marcus Whitman.
3. The result.
a. The Hag
b. The home.
Mr. Hatch paid eloquent tribute under
the first head to the statesmanship of
Washington and Lincoln, and under tho
second to the hero:c women to whoao
power ot endurance the conquest ot tho
western wilderness is largely duo. lie
bIeo gae some startling statistics, of
which the following are samples: The
entire public domain acquired by ces
sion is 259,000,000 acres; by purchase,
1.590.000,000 acres; total, 1,850,000.000
acres; the purchase price, five and one
tenth cents per acre. We have sold
56,000,000 acres for thirty-six and a half
cents per acre. In other words, wo
have sold three hunredtbs of one per
cent ot one acquisition and have received
two and a half times what the whole
cost. A pretty good real estate trans
action! Again, for fourscore years fam-
, ( Friends in Council, Ruskin.
Ilronte Tecumsch
4, Mary Barnes c, iiusiness meeting. Fulierton iliefe and wagons have been carrying for
ward the frontier sixteen miles annually
entire change became manifest.
Without criticising Mr. Tyler's pred
ecessors, the fact remains that he
has been able.by the application of new
methods, and with the able and ac
tive co operation of Mr. Spears, chair
man of the water committee of the
council, to bring about a new con
dition. From April 12th, 1898, to
April 12th, 1899, the city has derived
a profit of $5,070 from the operation of
its water system. The period from
1899 to 1900 is not yet complete, but
the books of the department show
that even a greater p'rofit will be de
rived this year. In other words, the
water department, from being a grave
burden to the city, has become a
source of profit. That this change
Is not fortuitous is shown not only
by the fact that it has been main
tained for the two successive years,
but by the items of expenditure
which prove that careful attention
to every detail is to be credited with
much of the good results. In twelve
months from September 1st, 1596, to
August 31st, 1897, the expenditure for
coal was $15,541 80. In twelve months
from January 1st, 1899, to January 1st,
1900, the expenditure for coal was
$9,093. In 1896 1897 the expenditure
for office expenses was $4,645.09,
whereas in 1899-1900 it amounted to
$2,984.56. General repairs in 1896
1897 cost 81,394.24, in 1899-1900 $732.
Even in the small item of packing we
find an expenditure of $32352 in 1896,
and but 857 85 in 1899-1900. These
figures might be multiplied indefi
nitely but suffice it to say that during
the former period the water works cost
the city $15,928.46 in excess of what
they produced. During the latter
had begun to be felt.
My Isadye's Heart .
My Ladye is a gentle thing,
Her sympathies are quick and keen,
A tale of woe her heart will wring,
'She would not wound a fly, I ween.
A kinder maid was never seen;
In cruel sports she takes no part
Angelic are her look and mien
My Ladye with the tender heart.
And yet grave charges I can bring
Of cruelty against my queen;
Her hat, so brave with breast and wing
Her sealskin, with its silken sheen
While lambs that never grazed the green
Died ere they lived to make her smart;
How can her eyes be so serene?
My Ladye with the tender heart.
And then her menu 1 (Oh, the sting
Of facts like these, which song demean!
Yet truth is truth.) She whom I sing
Dines well on dead things, fat and lean;
The market, with its gory scene,
To her is like a hall of art,
Although her smile is infantine,
My Ladye with the tender heart.
Envoi.
Death, you are courtier to my queen;
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Tasso Lincoln
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Review Uarda Seward
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OFFICERS OF X. F. W. a, 1KB A 1900.
Pres., Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tecumseh.
V. P., Mrs. Ida W. Ulair. Wayne.
Cor. Sec, Mrs. Virginia D.Arnup, Tecumseh.
Rec. Sec., Miss Mary Hill, York.
Trcas., Mrs. 1L F. Doane, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Auditor, Mrs. E. J. Hainer, Aurora.
from Canada to the Rio Grande, a move
ment which hati made an annual in
crease of new settlements equal to two
and one-half times the state of Massa
chusetts. In that time, eighty years,
we have added to our aiea what would
make to Spain of today five times and
the France of today four and a halt
times another real estate transaction
characteristic ot the west.
6.
To clubs of ten taking The Courier the
annual subscription price is seventy five
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The following is the first general an
nouncement, sent out by the biennial
local board of Milwaukee. This board
will issue regularly the news ot this
greatest gathering of wemen ever held
in this country. These announcements
will appear from time to time in The
Courier, and can be relied upon:
Milwaukee, Wis., March, 1900.
To the Club Women in General:
The G. F. W. O. biennial of 1900 will
beheld in Milwaukee, Wis., June 4th
to 8th, inclusive. The reputation of
previous biennials and the representa
tive character of the present G . F. W.
C. officers and program committee are a
sufficient guarantee that the fifth bien-
one dollar per year.
The American history Eection is the
youngest division of the Omaha club,
but it is one of its strongest departments,
a fact which the onlooker attributes to
three causes. It is composed of earnest
That she may thrive you do your part, studantB; its leader, Mrs. T. K. Sud-
Nor does her protest intervene
My Ladye with the tender heart.
EUa Vhceler Wilcox,
In The Smart Set.
borough, is not only thoroughly equip
ped as to knowledge of the subject, but
she has the practical method of the
teacher, and use is made of the univer
sity outline under the guidance of Pro
fessor Caldwell of the University of Ne
braska. As thi3 is the first department
of the club to undertake anything like
university extension, the progress of
An Ingress.
"No, sir; the Rev. Spices has never
seen a play."
"Why is he preaching SO vigorously the denartmsnt ia watched with inrnr.
period tiiey proaucea co.yoo.ij. hi ex- against tne stage, then!"' est. The main feature of the first gen
cess of what they cost. This differ- "He is in hopes that his congregation eral program ot this department, which
ence of 819,895.19 is a tribute to the will send him on a tour of investigation, occured Monday, March- 19th, was an
capacity, energy and activity of Mr. The Smart Set. address by the Rjv. F. L. Hatch, en
Tyler, the water commissioner, and to titIed The PiIgr;mB of the Trail or the
Mr. Spears, chairman of the water LittIe Margorie-Ma, what's the Dec- Romance of Geography." Mr. Hatch
committee of the council. logue ? has been an enthusiastic student of
When we aaa io ims mib nuit ui Mamma Malaprop (horrifled)-Hueh,
the good work of the mayor and of O. dear , It-fl a dreadfui b that BOmo
W. Webster, chairman of the finance horrid Italidn wrote
committee, and of the council gener-
ally, in keeping the city within its What's a sacred concert, Pa ?
income and steadily reducing its in- A variety show that's only allowable
debtedness under the most adverse on Sunday.
American history for years, and he pref
aced his remarks by congratulating the
women upon the material of the subject
at their disposal in the public library,
station that in breadth and discrimina
tion ot selection he had never Been its
equal, save in the Congressional and
have preceded it; but the biennial local
board willingly prepares a statement
relating to the local environments of
the biennial.
Milwaukee is a beautiful city, conve
niently located as regards railroad facil-
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