THE ROYAL NEIGHBOR. Vor. 1: WOMAN. BY FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, Lady, although we have not met, And may not meet beneath the sky ; And whether thine are eyes of jet, Gray, or dark blue, or violet, Or hazel—heaven knows, not I: Whether around thy cheek of rose A maiden’s glowing locks are curled, And to some thousand kneeling beaux e Thy frown is cold as winter’s snows, Thy smile is worth a world; Or whether, past youth’s joyous strife, The calm of thought is on thy brow, And thou art'in thy noon of life, Loving and loved, a happy wife, And happier mother now— I know not: but, whate’er thou art, Whoe’er thou art, were mine the spell, To call Fate’s joys or blunt his dart, There should not be one hand or heart But served or wished thee well. For thou art woman—with that word Life’s dearest hopes and memories come, Truth, Beauty, Love—in her adored, And earth’s lost Paradise restored In the green bower of home. ILLINOIS INSURANCE LAWS FRATERNAL BENEFICI- ~ ARY SOCIETIES. FOR In response to the numerous inquiries received we give below the insurance law of Illinois, for the governing of fraternal beneficiary societies, or that part of it which applies to the R. N. of A. This is the law under which the R. N. of A. will be incorporated, and is, by all fraternal in- surance societies, regarded as the best law of its kind in existence : | 236. FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY SOCIETY DE- FINED—FUNDS—BENEFITs.] Section 1. Le vt enacted by the People of the State of Lllinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a fraternal beneficiary society is hereby declared to be a corporation or association, formed or or- ganized and carried on for the sole benefit of its NorTONVILLE, Kansas, FEBRUARY, 1894. No, 2. members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit Each society shall have a lodge system, with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government, and shall make provision fer the payment of death benefits, and may, in addition thereto, provide for the payment by local lodges of benefits in case of sickness, disability, or old age, of its members, subject to their compliance with its constitution-and laws. The fund from which the payment of such benefits shall be made, and the fund from which the expenses of such association shall be defrayed, shall be derived from assessments or dues collected from its mem- bers. Payment of death benefits shall only be made to the families, heirs, blood relations, afti- anced husband or affianced wife of, or to persons dependent upon. the member; and such benefits shall not be willed, assigned or otherwise trans- ferred to any other person. All such societies shall be governed by this act, and shall be ex- empt from the provisions of all insurance laws of this State, and no law hereafter passed shall apply to them unless they be expressly designa- ted therein. 939. ANNUAL REPORT—FoRM.]» §$ 4. Every such society doing business in this State shall on or before the first day of March of each year make and file with the Auditor of Public Ac- counts [Insurance Superintendent] of this State a report of its affairs and operations during the year ending on the 31st day of December imme- diately preceding, together with a copy of its constitution and laws then in force, which annual reports shall be in lieu of all other reports re- quired by any other law. Such reports shall be upon blank forms to be provided by the Auditor of Public Accounts [Insurance Superintendent] and shall be verified under oath by the duly authorized officers of such society, and shall be published, or the substance thereof, in the an- nual report of the Auditor of Public Accounts {Insurance Superintendent] under a separate part entitled ‘‘ Fraternal Beneficiary Societies.” The Auditor of Public Accounts [Insurance Superintendent] is authorized and empowered to