The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, August 24, 1901, Page 4, Image 4
CSSSSrai- THE COURIER. court of Colorado reads "hie' and "trim" and 'he and esquire." My certificate from the United States district and cir cuit courts for tbo District of Columbia solemnly recites that 'the oath of office, was duly administered to him in open court.' "All of which is evidence that the courts of Colorado, state and federal, agree with the first legislature that 'every word importing the masculine gender may extend to and he applied to females as well as males.' "About the time the ringing of belle announced ths birth of the Centennial state, the first woman was admitted to the bar. The pioneer in Colorado was Mrs. Mary Sternberg Thomas, admit ted in 1891. Of her six successors, two have been married and four aresingle wo men, three of the latter being graduates of the law departments of the local uni versities. Mies Ann Hunt pioneered the way in Denver university, and I gladly pay public tribute to the many sterling traits of my modest little pred ecessor and friend. The Boulder girl, last of the trio, took the state examination and was admitted to the bar prior to her graduation in June, 1901. Now Cupid is no respector of law books. When she was a fresh man he was a eenior; when she was a junior the altitude of Victor disagreed with him, and his health demanded that he return to Boulder. When she was a senior, well it probably sounded like this: I need your strength to help, to comprehend The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought : Companion, counsellor, and guide and friend, As much as love asks love, does thought need thought, Life is to short, so fast the long hours fly We ought to be together, you and L And so the day following that on which Flora Sillman added L.L.rJ. to her name, she and T. A. McHarg tied 'The Master Knot of Human Fate," and swung to the Boulder breezes a sign in scribed "McHarg & McHarg, Attorneys-at-Law." COUNTRY ROADS. In early colonial days any kind of a road was considered good, so long at it had not in it rocks or holes large enough to upset a carriage. As a people we have lagged tar behind the nations of the old world in the art cf road-making, possibly because we paaetd so quickly from thn colonial or front stage of settlement into the railroad stage of communication. The advent of the railroad not only threrv the post roads, which were the only lines upon which systematic care was exercised, out of use, but by opening new regions for settlement they dispersed the people over a much wider area, and made the general building of good roads difficult, it not impossible. All roads became simply avenues of approach to the rail roads, and all were treated with equal neglect. From time to time appeals have been made to the rural population to improve their highways for their own economic benefit. It was explained to them that a well-made road is the best investment which the inhabitants of a township can make, siuce it saves many times its cost in lessening the wear of vehicles and in economizing time. It was estimated by good authorities that the old method of road-making and repairing, with its sys tem of working out taxes, cost each householder not less than ten dollars a year. For many years it seemed impossible to make any impression with arguments of this kind. The country people looked at the first cost of the proposed irnpove- ment, and refused to look beyond to the benefits which the investment would bring. The persistent agitation of the question, however, has had an appreci able effect upon the dwellers of the country towns and districts, and is find ing expression in the greatly improved condition of country roads throughout the state. In all but a few isolated instances sci entific methods of road building have been adopted. Very few localities ad here to the old practice of scraping the dust and compost from the gutter back again upon the roadway from which travel and the storms have removed it. Working out taxes is confined almost entirely to the building of small bridges and culverts, while the grading of the roads, when necessary, is done by grad ing machines under the direction of county road authorities. Nebraska roads are better naturally than those of most other states. The soil does not cut into ruts, and in many counties the country roads require little attention. The rapidly-increasing use of single-horse vehicles is an important factor in the improvement of the roads. The middlo of the average road ie now worn to a level with tbo wheel tracks, while lanes which are traveled exclu sively by teams are rough, with high, grass-covered spaces between the narrow tracks of the wheels. The great increase in the "summer boarder industry" during recent years has exerted a powerful influence in the right direction. It has been-stated that the presence of one thousand city board ers in a rural county is equivalent to the bringing in of 8100,000 in money to be left in exchange for the products of the farmers; that the good effects are felt by every farmer in the county, sup plying close at hand a good market for his produce; and that, taken all together, the "summer boarder industry" leads all others, brings in the most money, and yields the largest profits. There are many beautiful rural vil lages in Nebraska, the very place where the tired-out city residents seek for rest; and with a few improvements in the sur roundings of the homes, such as bicycle paths and grounds fitted for golf, tennis and croquet, a little judicious advertis ing in the county and city papers would bring in all the summer boarders that could be taken care of, and at such prices that the remuneration from this source, for the three months of summer, will be greater than from a year of farm ing. The objection may be raised that this VBtcer industry never can be built up waiTc the .farmers go on spoiling the beauty cf the roads by cutting away the shrubs and vines and flowers which are the very things that the summer hoard ers go to see and enjoy. This is the es thetic -side of the road question, and an equally strong argument for the practi cal side of it; for there is np stronger magnet for city visitors than well-made yet picturesque country roads which af ford pleasant driving at all times. The following from an unknown ex change fits a score or more of embryo statesmen in the county just at this time: When the sap begins to rise and the geese begin to mate, we bear the joyful carol of the county candidate. Oh, he's a jolly fellow and is full of vain conceits, and sees a bosom friend in every man he meetB. He asks about your family, your horses and your hogs, and shows a friendly interest in the children and the dogs. Oh, he's a jovial gentleman, as gamesome as a Iamb, as blithesome as a meadowlark, and happy as a clam. His prospects are the bright est, and his chances they are sure; and he spends his money freely, and he helps the needy poor. Is That of the British Doctors at the Cor ner of Eleventh and N Streets. These Eminent Gentlemen are Giving Their Services Free for Three Months to All Invalids Who Call Up on Them Before Sept. 8th. A staff of eminent physicians and surgeons from the British Medical In stitute, at the urgent solicitation of a large number of patients under their care in this country, have established a permanent branch of the Institute in this city, at the office, corner of Eleventh and N streets, in the Sheldon b'ock These eminent gentlemen have de cided to give their jrricee entirely tree for three months (aedicines excepted) to all invalids who call upon them for treatment between now and Sept. 8th. These services will not only consist of consultation, examination and advice, but also of all minor surgical operations. The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally ac quainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no condition will any charge what ever be made for any services rendered for three months to all who call before Sept. 8th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made; and, if incurable, you are frank ly and kindly told so; also advised against spending your money for use less treatment. Male and female weakness, catarrh and catarrhal deafness, also rupture, goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their new treatment. The chief associate surgeon of the Institute, assisted by one or more of his staff associates, is in personal charge. Office hours from 9 a. m. till 8 p. m. No Sunday hours. Special Notice If you cannot call send stamp for question blank for home treatment. Tuberculosis. For a long time past statistics have shown that of the people who die in the United States, about one in seven dies of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is also reported, by those who make examina tions of the bodies of people dying from other diseases, that in many a tubercu lar process has existed in the lungs from which the patient recovered spon taneously and without even knowing of its presence. It is claimed that no fewer than one person in every three ie, at one time or another, infected with the tuber, cle germ. A recent writer, in order to make a forcible expression of this fact, says that of the present population of the United States, 10,000,000 will die of consumpt ion. To those already suffering from the disease, no better advice can be given than that they should profit by the recent contributions to medical knowl edge regarding the value of fresh air, sunlight, rest, proper feeding and treat ment as factors tending to a cure. To the others of the 10,000,000 (a group so large that it may include most any of us) the best advice is that they should take advantage of the recently changed views of the medical profession regarding the conditions which favor the development in an individual of the tubercular pro cess. It has not been long since it was sup posed that any child born of tubercular parents, or of parents themselves the members of a consumptive family, was inevitably destined to become the victim of the dreaded white plague. It has uow been shown, however, that careful attention to the physical devel opment and the fortification of the child's health, may be of so great an in fluence as nearly or quite to destroy the hereditary predisposition to the disease. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a local infec tion of the lungs, as strictly dependent upon a weakened condition of them as is a boil or carbuncle necessarily pre ceded by a lowered vitality or an actual local destruction of the skin or its undor lying tissues. Equally important is the emphasis to the rich and poor alike of the import ance of early care of those who bIiha Bymptoms of pulmonary diseases. It i. no longer deemed essential, and hard!) important, to secure any considerable change in climate or atmospheric condi tions; proper care and a proper amount of exercise in or exposure to freeh air and sunlight and such other treatment as a physician may suggest, are very of ten sufficient to insure recovery. One dictum of the most vital importance, which leven the most ultra scientific Btudy can never render unimportant, however, is that one which was promul gated long before the germ theory of disease in general or tuberculosis in par ticular was advanced, that an "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Of pulmonary tuberculosis also, the gen eralization that early expert advice may more often result in cure, and without it the affectation may more often prove fatal, is more true than of almost any other of the serious acute or chronic diseases. Aesculapius Jumoi:. A Cincinnati electrician has discov ered that a tough &teak may be rendered as tender at porterhouse by passing a current of electricity through it. Tell tnis to the boarding house keepers, and look out for thn approach of the millen-ium. A Great Newspaper . The Sunday edition of the St. Louis Republic is a marvel of modern news paper enterprise. 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