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People sometimes wonder whnt "keep up"
Lincoln. It Is nsscrtcd tlmt 1,000 railroad
men and boo traveling men nmt their families
navo homes In thin city, nnd they nre only
two .clnsses out of ninny. They nw tho right
ort of citizens, too. Among other good
points they aro well paid nnd get their wages
regularly. Theynre honest, and t)io result Is
thntn largo .amount of cash is kept In circu
lation. Lincoln Is nt the front as usual. In are.
cent Issue of tho .dmrriccm Commercial
Travthrla tho advertisement of an accident
lnsurnnco company, with nn illustration.
The cut represent n handsome traveling innn
laid up with n broken leg. Tho limb is en
ensed In n'plastercnst nnd rests on a footstool.
Tho owner is sitting In n big ensy clrnlr,
njoklng a cigar and positively looking com
fortable. Tho impression sought to bo con
veyed is that this happy frnmo of mind has
bee.n brought about by nn insurance jwllcy
guaranteeing him $'J5 a week for twenty-six
week. 1 o heighten the effect a waste-paper
basket is shown tilled with doctor and rent
bills, all receipted. On tho iloor Is n copy of
the Journal, and near by stands n grip mark
ed "J. F. 13.,-LIncoh., Neb." Who wus itl
V
One of tho incidents of the week hns been a
"part of boys'dlstributlng samples of oat
meal, or rather rolled onts. They nro young
society fellows from Cedar Rapids, Iowo,
representing an oat mill nt that pluce, said to
be the largest in tho world, and aro enjoying
a summer outing in a very profitable way.
Their names nro Walter Olllord, Will But
ton, .Horace Sherman and K. A. Iloachlauder,
They aro under tho charge of Mr. Kieli.
Smith, (a flno musician, by tlw way, whoso
' specialty Is tho saxophone), and they are
quartered at tho Windsor hotel. They steHt
a mouth in Omaha and will require two
weeks to do Lincoln. Thoy have a wagon
which is shipped from city to city, and the
horse thoy hire. After doing the larger
places of Nebraska they will probably go to
Kansas. Theso young men are giving uwuy
quarter-pound packages of Quaker rolled
oats. Instead of being ground into meal tho
grain is rolled out into Hakes. Tho rolled
oats are so much sweeter and more nutritious
than the meal that tho latter is being driven
from tho market. In fact, one of tho revolt!
tlons of commerce is now in progress, and in
a few years oatmeal is likely to be n thing
of the pait. The Cedar Rapids com
pany has' special' processes of its own
for turning out a superior article, ana
it has sutllcient faith in its goods to
pat thousands of dollars into advertising
the merits of tho Quaker brand. Mr. Smith
also has c"hargo of another purty of boyt who
are sampling Iowa to.wns. A third company
is doing St. Paul, sixteen boys aro at work in
Chicago ahd others in the east make a grand
total of nearly sixty. In addition to tho
wages of these samplers, tho cost of wagons
and their traniortation, and the value or the
oats given away tho conqwiny is sending u
great deal in nowspupor advertising. It is n
rich concern, however, with mills ut Chicago
and Ravenna, Ohio, as well as at Cedar Hap
ids, , Arrangements aro nuiclo with almostnll
grocers to t-arry Quaker outs, so that people
who take to the novelty will have no dilllcul
ty getting them.
A Liucoln mnn, W. M. Millar, formerly
'teller ot tho First National bank, hns sent his
father a "report" of tho United Btutes consul
at Uuenos Ayres. It speaks in glowing tirnts
of a boom in the Argentine Republic, but a
private letter from the Lincoln nion le'ts tho
wind out of tho bubble, ire taj s tlmt a yftung
man with n command ot Spanish and Italian
stands no better bhow of getting along In the
southern hemisphere than n bright young fel
low In Nphiuska, Byetlie-flye wjll not emi
grate yet awhile.
The opportunity Is alTordod Llncoln.of get
ting a fourth university. The German Luth
erans havo decided to establish such n school
in Nebraska, nnd tho location will probably
be decided at tho synod, which will convent
at Arlington about two mouths hence. It Is
asserted that Lincoln can secure the new uni
versity by donating ten to twenty acres for n
site nml giving, n small cash bonus. Tho
Lutherans have appointed Rev. Henry
Frincke.H. HcriKlshelmer,l. C. Bald,' Fred
.Beckman nnd Henry Xlebuhr n committee to
cauvasi tho city nnd ascertain whnt encour
' roent will be given. Lincoln should scoop it
in by all means.
The recent sermon of Bishop Newman
(Methodist) was surprisingly liberal, nnd now
the christian scientists have another shock for
the truly good. They claim tho bishop as a
convert to tbclr theory. A high priestess of
tjie ordei, Mrs. Laura Lathrop of New York,
claims to have treated him successfully nnd
asserts tlmt tho good bishop hns endorsed her
"science" nnd dubbed it "Advanced Christi
anity." She snys she cured him of "vanish
ing voice" in New York nnd gnve him lessons
In the ""sclenco1 while in Washington. At
this rato tho Bishop's Infallibility is liable to
be endangered.
Mr. J. B. Honglond pf North Platte, who
represented the State Journal on tho editorial
exqurslon, has begun n series of letters de
scriptive ot tho trip and introduces them with
the following graceful compliments; "Thero
were fifty-nine persons in our party under
the leadership of Lou Weasel, jr., of tho Cap
ital City Counixn, who, as chairman of tho
press excursion committee, managed every
detail in u manner creditable to nunsoit ami
did alt In hl power to make tho excursion
one ot pleasure and comfort, and his kindness
was duly appreciated by tho party, who join
ed in purchasing and presenting him with a
beautiful gold watch, suitably engraved.
Clarence Brown, the handsome and obliging
advertising ugent for tho Union Pacific, ac
companied the party from Omaha to Port
land, and by his gentlemanly-' and courteous
manner he soon became 'tho friend of each,
and to his efforts in getting our cars-connect-
ed with wroncr trainr, so that wo could w
tho most in tho shortest possible time, much
of tho pleasure of our rty Is duo. At Halt
Lnke City tho excursionists joined In present
ing Clarence with a hnndsomo gold watch
chain and beautiful charm."
Tho presentation of tho wateh to tho clmlr
man of tho tho oxcursion committee occurred
undor peculiar conditions. It took plnco On
board tho train us it w as entering tho state of
Nobraskn. Tho presentation speech was made
by Mr, O. A. Million of this city, and tho re
cipient made an appropriate resK)iiso There
wns no wateli vlslblo, but tno cnairmnii w,ns
told to ko to Hnumor' jowelry storo in Oiiia
ha nnd mako his own selection. Tho time
piece that bo now proudly exhibits to admir
ing friends has handsomely chased gold cases
enclosing lino works, Tho outer enso is en
graved with n monogram of tho letters Land
V. On tho Inner caso Is tho inscription "Ne
braska Press Association Presented to L
WcKsel, Jr., Chairman Northwestern Excur
slon, 1880." Thp prciwi atlons for tho excur
sion necessitated a great denl of .labor, cor
respondence nnd traveling (tho latter includ
ing trips to Denver and St. Paul, not to men
tion numerous visits to Oniahn), and tho mem
bers of tho-nartv showed their appreciation
in n very generous nnd practical way. It is
hardly necessary to assure them that tho ob
ject of their generosity Is deeply senslblo of
tho kindness.
his bank was nil out If tlmt denomination of
bills und suggested'tho First National as a
good place to vlsjt. In that way tho kid was
mndo to go tho rounds ot tho banks, and
when ho got bak with his load ho wns re
warded with laugh. And th'i other clerks
break out ovVlry llmo thoy think ot It. Tho
Ind's duties aro not very oiiorou. and ono of
tho clerks stnfgostcMlmt ho Improve Ills un
employed tlmo for Jeep. The boy guessed ho
Would ho felt sleepy nny way and bo sober
ly announced his Intention of bringing a cot
to the ofllco for that purose. Tho othor
clerks aco awaiting Its advent with lively expectations.
PEN, PAPER AND INK.
V
It quite gives a shock to ono's complacency
to learn only nfter a considerable acquaint
ance that a person ono is in tho habit of fre
quently meeting has been n celebrity in years
past and tho Intimate nsxoclnto of men of
deeds. A enso in lolnt is tlmt of Col. E. D.
Webster, who now lives quietly on a big farm
near Strntton. Of course everybody knows
that ho has been u politician nnd n prominent
pne, but everybody, nt least hi tho younger
generation, does not know that ho wns the
private secretary of Secretary Seward dur
ing the wnr, nnd oxorcisod very iuiortant ns
well as very delicnto functions. 1 no colonel
is a frenuont uuost at tho Capital hotel, and
whllo holding down u roskcr on tho porch of n
recent evening the biography Abraham Lin
coln ndw running in tho Century Magitfine
came up for discussion. Tho colonel compli
mented the authors on their fairness, and In
sjeaklng of tho cabinet revealed somo of his
own part in tho drama ot tho war. It seems
that Mr. Webster acted a press censor among
other things. Nowspn)er dlsiiatehes were
submitted to him by tho telegraph company,
but tho correspondents were kept In Ignor
ance of who pruned their messages of state
ments that mlgnt work Harm to tno gqvern
ment. To Col. Webster, thon a young man,
was deputed tho duty of surrendering Mason
niiil Slidell to tho British authorities. Tho
rebels were imprisoned at Ft. Warren In Bos
ton harbor. Webster had a lotter to the com
mandant of tho, Charleston navy yard for a
vessel and to tho commander of tho fort for
tho prisoners. Ho selected a tug, got tho
prisoners nnd delivered tnom to tuo urmsu
mnn-of-wnr Rlnaldo, which was In waiting
at n designated spot. At tho time no ono
know his mission but tho members of tho cali
Inet, tho British minister and himself. Tho
next day Secretary Seward announced to tho
country tlmt Mason and Slidell had been sur
rendered to Great Britain, and wnr with that
country wns happily averted.
One of tho most Interesting Items Hint has
come to the CoUIiieh mini's notice for somo
tlmo occurred In McArthin's O street drug
store Monday evening. A gny party of flvo
young ladles nnd ns miiny gentlemen wero
discussing tho merits of their favorite soda
syrups nnd Indulging In a Jolly good time,
when u bystnndor placed his hand over tho
bell on an alarm clock nnd sot it on. mrn
lng to the nlfablo drug clerk ono of tho young
indies Inquired whnt It wns,uud thocuueocter
of mystic drinks nnd practical jokeB remark
ed: "O, It was n gentleman who thought ho
would havo somo fun and so turned in tho
lollco alarm, but he should not have douo it."
A gasp, a screnm and a vision of flvo young
ladies darting bohliil tho counter mid Into
tho prescription room wns tho result. Five,
ten, fifteen minutes elapsed nnd to tho young
ladles convulsed with fenr nnd tho gents
with laughter, It seemed liko hours. By
this time tho p, act leal Joksr had stepped out
Into the street, where ho met a policeman to
whom he briollv relnted tho episodo nml in
duced him to enter tho store. Coming In all
out of broiith, ho hastily inquired who had
rung for tho patrol wagon. Kind reader, wo
ask you to luuiglno tno feelings of tho fair
live secreted among tho botth s and tho shelves
of tlmt back room. After a seeming deal of
trouble In satisfying the oillcer that ho ob
noxious pnitlcs lind leen put out without Wis
assistance, nnd ono of the young men tient
Ing him to a five-cent cigar, tho blue-coated
minion of tho law went his wny, to tho Infi
nite delight of tho terrified five. The snlo of
"ilako white" would bo greatly diminished if
many instances of this kind caino up, ns we
nre informed it wns impossible to tell where
tho young ladles' white dresses left off nnd
their fnees begnn, ns tho difference In color
wns nlmot Imperceptible. The unities ot tho
young ladles wero Miss (beg pardon, girls!)
Tho clerks at a loan ofllco aro having a
liuga tlmo at tho oxonto of a new boy. The
youngster is direct from n farm, and tho
amount ot rural simplicity ho cnrrles nbout
with him is something astonishing, Ono of
his first Instructions was to turn oir tho gas
in tho big vault when not in use. After tho
boy's first olTort tho clorks detected nn odor
of gas in tho room, and It soon lecaiiio un
bearable. They searched tho room for leaks,
but ut last found tile gas escaping from the
open burner In tho vault. In answer to a
question, tho nov arrival said: "You told
inetoputltout, but," with a tono of proud
triumph, "It was mighty hard blowln1." This
was too much, nnd tho annoyance ot tho
other employes escaped In nn explosion of
laughter. ThU delicious greenness w.s too
good to bo wasted. Ono of the clorks gave
tho boy a sack of silver and told ,hlm to go
to cue of the banks ami o-iclmngo them
for a t'Vt bill. Tho llrst man ho struck wns
J. W. Maxwell at tho Capital Nutlonal, nnd
he "tumbled" to tho joke at on. Ho suld
A Now York down-tow n denier In second
hand books hns hit upon nn Ingenious dovU-o
for Increasing his Income. Homnkcsnseelnl
bid for whnt hocnlls "walking subscrllters,"
and tho uniuo Is n descrlptlvo ono. Ho sollsn
book, say for forty cents: tho buyer takes It
home mid reads It, and then returns It and
gets twenty cents bock. Ho sells magazines
In the sumo wny. Ho hns a good many of
theso wnlklng subscribers nnd wishes thnt bo
hail more, for they nro very profitable. Thero
nro over a hundred young men, clerks in
Wall street nnd lower Broadway, who enrry
on nn extenslvo course of rending In this way.
It Is tho second-hand bookseller who comes
ofteiU'st in contact with men's liobbles, and
this particular dealer seems to know n good
deal about thoiii. Ono of his customers Is a
bunk teller whoso taste is for natural history,
while another, a bank messenger, cultivates
tho field for physical research. Second-hand
liook dealers aro in tho way of picking up se
crets, too. They know where tho majority of
presentation copies go, nnd thoy know where
a great many men and women who live by
their pens ibid the bulk of their material. "I
have a woman customer," said ono denier,
"who has orders for nrtlchs on certnln sub
jects nnd who buys books of mo on those sub
Jects, which sho simply ro-wrltes and sonds
out over her own name, I suppose she sees
no harm In doing this, becauso what sho gets
from the books Is much better than anything
khe could originate."
Tho day of the dialect story Is undoubtedly
ovei. Tills will not bo the most cheerful
news for dlnlect writers, but tho information
comes from one of tho largest New York
publishers, who Ims several books In dlnlect
on his list. Bald this publisher tho other day :
"Wo are declining everything of a dialect
nature, especially tho manuscripts In the ne
gro dialect, which Is the most difficult ot nil
for tho publln to rend and enjoy. Our oxpo
rlence Is thnt tho rending public positively
refuses to rend n story or a novel In dialect,
and tho aversion is erowliic stronger each
day, until now tho fact that a book or story
Is in dialect Is n sure indication or a opiiiar
failure. Novel renders clnlm that thoy can
not enjoy a story which often requires them
to lose tho thread of n narrative to stop and
puzzle out tho meaning of n word, and 1 must
confesj I think the objection Is a good one. I
cannot enjoy a dialect story myself. Why do
yon seo them In magazines then? Simply bo
causo the editors bought nnd contracted for
them when tho dialect rago was at Its holght,
a yenr or two ngo. But, bellovo mo, uli editor
hesitates now w hen ho Is tempted to thko n
story In dlnlect. No; tho dialect rago Is n
thine of tho past, and the sooner our dln-
loct writers realize this fact tho better It
will bo for them."
Whnt mny bo termed ns tho rising genera
tion of nuthors is npt to bo n "dressy" one, If
those who nro most In tho public eye nt tho
present time enn le taken ns crlterlons. Kd
gnr Sultus, for example, is very stylish in
dress nnd ono can very easily follow the fash
ions from Ills wardrobe. II. (J. lluuner Is
scrupulously neat and Is always dressed In
black. Amelle Rives, ns everyone knows, Is
excessively fond of dress nnd bus nil extensive
repertoire of gowns nnd drcssos. Maud Howe
assumes tho nesthetlo lu dress, whllo Margaret
Delnud's tastes aro of a less striking nature,
yet her dresses nro ever of tho i ichest materi
al. Oil vu Sehrelner, tho author of "The Sto
ry of nn African Farm," Is, according to n
friend, very fond of pretty dresses. And so
on, one might go right through tho list of tho
younger nuthors ot today . It Is undoubtedly
truo that youth and u fondness for dress mo.
closely allied, but tho tendency Is stronger
thnn ever in doing nwav with tho theory that
literary people ate its u rule unkempt Indivss
and m-rson. The social obllgat ous of the
modern author aro greater, and unless he or
she be unusually endow ed with genius, eccen
tricities in dress are not so generally overlook
ed ns In the past.
"Aro good short storlts still scarce?' was
asked of Mr. Alden, the editor of Harper', i
few da) s ago, " Yes " was tho answer, "al
though it is easier to get a Uist-clnss ono now
thnn It Unsay enr or two ngo, 1 nttributo
this mainly to the larger prices now being
paid. I think wo nro sldwly developing a
school of short-story writers in America. It
is slow work, becauso the opinion Is still deep
rooted with nuthors thnt to put n good plot In
n short story Is to waste It. An author sti ikes
upon a plot for n short story and ho sits down
to write u tulo of, eight or ten thousand
words. Tho plot Is really ono for n short
story, nnd Mr. Besnut should never havo
a novel of It, but Unglish authors uro even
more pronounced about thowasto ot plots on
short tales than our American writers. Out
I think I see u prospect of somo good shoit
story writing among our writers, and I am
glad of it. All our magazines need tlrst-clnss
stories nnd need them continuously They
nro Kpular with the reading public, nnd a
really good short story Is certain ot command
ing a good price nnd n opuliir success."
The current Ore rfunrf contains a sketch by
IMn Do Quflle on "The Stone Elephniit of In
yo," wherein ho mentions many geologjcnl
formations, from Lot's wile down. It is il
lustrated by several sketches of theso freaks
of naturo on the Pacific coast. Dngmnr Mnr
inger tells of bison hunting twenty yearn ngo
In rcallstlu fashion, Mrs. Flora Hnines Iough
ead has ono of her stories of Snn Francisco
lifo"A Soldier under GnrUnldi." Among
the "Ktc." is given a remarkable Spanish ver
sion of Gray's "Elegy In n Country Churchyard."
Lnthrop, tlio last named writing a talof the
future entitled, "Tho Now Poverty," 'which
should Interest tho many readers ot Mr. Bel
lamy's "Iniklng Backward." Mr. Lnthrop's
story was written before tho publication of
that volume, and pictures tho dayo when
poverty will lio as much sought nfter as
wealth now Is,
In tho forum for August Is nn article by
ox-Oov. Hoadly, otOhlo, on "Methods of
Ballot Reform," which Is an explanation of
tho ml vantages and tho defects of tho Austra
lian system, n summary of tho expert inenta
with It made thus far In tho United States,
and an nrgumtnt for publicity nb nit cam
pnlgu expense. Mtny forcible Incidents nro
quoted to show the need ot such puhli 'Ity.
In nn article on "Prohibition nnd License"
in tho August 'or n in, Heuntor lugatls, of
Knusas, concludes that license of tho liquor
tralllc has In tho main Imxmi a failure and he
shows that prohibition does prohibit in Kan
sas, Tho article contains n review or a long
series of experiments with hotli systems,
Tho Council Bluffs llefltctar, Hovey llar
rotl's paper, Ims changed Its form to sixteen
pages of half the former slzj anil introduced
various Improvement.
WOMEN'S WAYS.
Tho ravages that a "handy" woman will
make with n pnper of tncks nnd it hammer
when sho feels In a decorative humor nre one
of the chief trials ot landlords. Little sho
cares for wall paper, varnish, woodwork or
plaster so long ns tho cuct'ls good, and when
sho moves uwny the Incoming tenant can tell
just where her pictures hung, her brackets
clung to the walls, her fntis stood on tho man
tel, and her curtain poles crossed tho door
Jambs by gnplug hole and ugly scratches.
But Jt Is seldom thnt this pro'ienslty Is carried
so fur as tho writer saw It recently. A young
wife, w bo-e nesthetlo proHnslties were strong
but whoso means were limited, had furnished
"such n sweet little pallor" with glent gjod
taste, but had come to tho liottoiu of her
purse before purchasing ,i cover for tho piano,
nn old-fnshloucd squaao Instrument, nn heir
loom, but made of handsome rosewood, Atn
sale of damaged goods, however, a once ex
inmslvo cover, with ono-lmlf of It completely
siollcd, b,ut tho other as good as new, was se
cured for next to nothing. How it Was to be
utilized no ono but the "handy" little woman
could tell, but tho next day it hung gracefully
down over tho back of her piano, "J low did
you manage itl" was asked. "Oh," she re
plied, "I cut tho bad halt off and just laid the
other on the piano. By keeping the lid back
no one can seo that It is only half a cover."
"But why does It not slip oKI" With a sly.
smile of uiumpli she raised the lid a little and
displayed n neat ro -v of brims head tacks,
holding tho half cover In place on the hand
somo old rosewood,
Thero Is n young lady who doesn't carry her
purse In her hand any more, says the San
Francisco Ch ran tele. It Is n beautiful purse,
too, inado to look as If made In Jiqiaii, A la
dy friend Invited her to tho matinee. They
Joined tho crowd at tho box olllco, and when
their tlmo came her friend went through the
usual hagglo for scuts; at last sho got what
site wanted nnd nsked tho prlco. Sho knew
tho price as well ns possible, but tho Indies bs
bind her went getting mad, nnd sho knew it,
and sho put several quite needless questions.
Then she oencd a little satchel. She had for
gotten her purse. 1 ho young lady with tho
new purse stood calmly displaying it in her
hand . The one w ho was standing treat turn
ed to tho ono with tho elegant purse and said
very loud to cover her embarithsineut: "Oh
dearl I've left my purse at homo. Will you
pay for tho tickets, and I'll pay you back T'
A flush camo to tho face of the other. The
elegant Japanesque pouch was quite empty
except for n hairpin and n buttonhook. And
when the two ladles are asked if they went
to tho theatre thoy say: "No, we took a iit
lo walk." But tho gigglo of that crowd
around the box olllco window on that bright
Saturday afternoon ring in their ears yet.
Tho grent French actress, Mine. Jnno Hi
dlng, writing from I'm Is to tho New York
H'orfrf, says of our Ameilcnii ghls: "Most
ot tho young American girls it has been my
lot to meet possessed In-Mity like tho English
nnd piquancy like tho French, with some
thing added in the shae of health and spirits,
producing a tone of mind mid a frnmo of
body we know little about In Fiance. They
dress prettily, with Just a touch of eccentrl-
ty, which, however, becomes them exceeding
ly well. They nro genuine from head to foot,
nnd jierfect little Purisfenues In their wny,
Tho deference paid to them by the male sex is
wan anted by the fullness of qualities they
prK'ss. They nre, In fact, an epitome of 'ev
ery IsTdy's iH-'st,1 Besides the beauty and tho
piquancy I havo alluded to, they have n vi
vacity ot Intellect, an aptness of siieech nnd
address, and a noble uprightness of purpose,
which include every charm, and hero again
they combine the Gallic nnd t'nxon blood.
Nowhere In the woild nre women so tenderly
mid so carefully considered as in the United
States, and that Is no doubt why tho United
Suites is tho only country in tho world not
excluding my own where the young girl Is
tho chief personage, the characteristic tyiH.
Whether brunette In New York, bloudo In
Boston, or spaikllng languid Creole In Now
Orleans, they rule supreme." Come again,
madamel
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Thero Is a lady In Milwaukee who is the
mother of nine children. None of them wero
named until they wero twevle years old.
They wero simply called by "their nicknames
and tholr numbers, "One." "Two," etc.
When thoy were twelve years old each ono
chose bis own name, and wns baptized.
very close to the side lhie, Tho next jmliit Is ting away from Milwaukee ns fast ns trains
Should tho striker-out call tie dlspnclied, as well as for parties des
iring to Mop over In Chicago returning mo
llnest dining cars In tho world ate run over
tho Chicago, Milwaukee Hi St, Paul Railway,
nnd nple accomodations for all will m prov
ided either on diners or In the company's
libelous dining halls along tho route,
Our Milwaukee Short Lino Is unsurpassed
by any other lino ns by Inking thn Chicago,
Milwaukee it St, Paul Railway only can you
avoid that terrible rush In Chicago on route,
and have ample tlmo to return by Chicago
for business or plnnsure. For further Infor
mation and tickets npply to your neatest
ticket ngent or to
J.no, K.McCl.UUK,
Western Pass. Agt. C. M. te Ht., P. Ry,
1MJI Farnain Ht Omaha, Neb.
n. a. it.;
The National Encampment of the G. A. R.
will Isi held tills year nt Milwaukee, Wis.,
August 'JO to iltst. Agents of tho Union Pa
cific Railway will soli tickets to Milwaukee
and return nt the lowest one wny first class
faro In Nebraska nnd lCnnsns, August 21st to
SMtli Inclusive; In Colorado nnd Wyoming
August With to Si7lli Inclusive; limited to re
turn leaving Milwaukee August !i7th to Sept.
Mh, llnnl limit Kept. 10th. For those whodo
slrotoioturn later than Sept. Mh tho limit
on tickets wilt be extended to Sept. 110th on
application to the Joint ngent nt tho terminal
lines nt Milwaukee. Nebraska, Kansas, Colo
rado nnd Wyoming should Ihj well represent
ed nt this encampment mid all should go via
"Tho Overland Route." For further Infor
mation apply to any ngent of this company
or E. E. Iminx, 0. P. A , Omaha. 8 34
to plnco the service,
lo able to Judge to just what spot tho service
Is coming he can make n very severe return,
mid the faster tho service tho more severe will
bo the return If well made. Among g(xsl
playors tho service docs not score verj often,
tint If it Is Severn tho Aorver will probably
have n chitnco to score In a stroko or two."
After tho service the next thing Is to return
tho Imll over the net, nnd tho writer pro
scribes the l)isit methods as follows:
"There are prntticnlly only two d liferent
ways of making the return; ono with tho
racket vertical, the other wltli It horizontal;
tho Intter Isn modification of the tennis stroke
or cut, tho former is n stroko which Iwtxvu
Tennis has produced. Ixt us take It first!
Tho ball is allowed to drop very low and the
player steps forward to meet it with tho loft
foot In tho forehanded stroke. Tho bull Is
taken near tho ground, with the racket, ns
before statist, nearly vertical, Thero should
lie little or no swing of tho racket Ixickwnrd,
but It should I mi held nt a little dittnnco from
the bull, mid thou quietly brought forward to
make tho stroke, As tho racket meets the
ball It should bo lifted so tlmt thn ball seems
to go olT tho lower end of the racket. Thn
motion gives nn over-twist forward to tho
ball, nnd In this twist lies thoiwutlnl part of
tho stroke. The ball Is, so tenk, lifted by
tho racket, so that It has uvery chance to get
over tho net; and, on tho other hand, as soon
ns tho forco ot tho stroko Is over, the twist
tends to bring thn ball sharply downward. It
Is ensy to see that one can lilt harder by uilug
this stroko without hitting out of court.
Moreover, such n stroko Is very difficult ti
volley well, Wnuso the ball shoots downwnrd
nfter pasting tho net, nnd must therefore lie
volleyed upward to be returned."
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At a meeting hold Saturday evening the
Lincoln tenuis club decided to have n tourna
ment In September nud deputed thn execu
tive committee to formulate plans. Medals
will 1m awarded, nnd oulslde players mny lie
invited to one or more contests, Tho mom
licrshlp limit, put at thirty nt first, hns Isi'ii
raised to forty, nod flvo now memlMirs wero
admitted nt the Saturday mcMlng. Tho club
is In a prosierou condition, nud is develop
lug a number of strong players.
Two Pawnee City tennis player, Wortlmm
nud Van Patten, linvo accepted the challenge
from J. II. Lnthrop nud jwirtnur, ot Omuha,
to piny a scries of lawn tennis gnmes for tho
championship, provided the contest can bo
arranged to tnko plnco at Ctishman park,
Lincoln, Sept 'JOth, If tht championship is
to be nt stake Lincoln players ought to havo
n hand In tho affmr.
Thoy Lost Their Hliiiunml.
.Tho editors composing tho Nebraska press
excursion, though having had ono of tho
plensnntest trljm of their lives, wero not
spared tho spicy Incidents, pleasant nud oth
erwise, usual to a traveling public. At lend
two of tho pnrty tenvo w ItU other recollec
tions of tho excursion thnn those of n pleas
ant Jntint through tho counuy J.O Wcet
or, of the Alliance Artus, lost n diamond pin
valued at (40 on his return to Portland from
Tho Dulles, nnd Louis Wessel, Jr., tho chnlr
man of tho oxcursion, parted company with
a (fOO diamond solitaire on tho train from Ta
coma to Portland Moral: Editors should
not wear diamonds Portland Orryonlun.
low ltelicart nud Hliumoiis Hlriiok It llleh
Wns the remark that Dave Simmons made to
a Call reKirter. Ho in a houtler, also fore
man In the roundhouse of tho Toledo, Peoria
& Western II. H. "I havo invested In the
IamisIuiiu State Iittory since 1875. In 1877 I
drew a prlro of I'.'O. In IHHl diew f 10; last
March V, and the last drawing held ouo
twentieth of ticket MI,HI), that drew tho first
capital prlM of :H),00l), and have received
the amount of tlfl.OOO. I Induced Itelgnrt to
go In with mo, (wo each held one twentieth
part of tkkct No. 60,-110), and exwct to con
tinue. l'eoi la, (III.) ii(liin(i.milM( 0(i((,
Juno 1.
How He lUcmiia Famous.
Tho Walker, Iowa, AVim snys: "Our old
friend, Roliert Bnlrd of Muscutiuo, Iowa, has
boon secretary ot tho State senate, nnd an
uctlvo politician for yoars, but was never
generally known until he had tho colic and
used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy and got Into one of their ad
vertisement. "Now ho Is famous." Hero is
whnt Mr. Ilnirdsald: "Whllo In Des Moines
I was takon with a severe attack df bowel
complaint. Fur two days I suffered intense
ly, trying several drug stored and paying
them for relief, but In vain. I finally bought
a small bottle of Chamborlnln's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and two doses ot It
brought me out all right. I consider it a
grand mmody." and 10 cent bottles for
sate by O. U Bhruder, druggist.
Is Marring" n I'lillurc?
The scrlba In his wanderings lat evening
found n note on the sidewalk near street
and street, nnd, ns It gives our young
friends nn Idea of "married life ns sho Is," wo
print It herewith, Tho parties concerned nro
so well known thnt wo uro obliged to change
tllo names n trillx;
Mv Dkahkht Pet, Haiuiy: I think it wns
so unkind of you to leave me the wny youdld,
without ever stopping to kiss mo; It Is the
first time you have left mo that wny since wo
wei o man led, and you had no cause to get so
spunky. Whnt If I did spoon with Charley)
It was lomr before vou and 1 were colnir to
gether, and I Just told It to you for a joke,
nml ir you nro going to net that way for ev
ery little thing I did, I sin so afraid we will
not get along. Como homo real early to-night
nnd we will make It nil up, I have been cry
Don't Miss the Opportunity to Visit Ojj-
dbii mid Halt Luke City, Utah, und
Ilnlley, Idaho.
A grand excursion to tho above named
points w)U leave August SOth via the Union
Puclllc, "Tho Overland Route," and for tht
occasion tho exceedingly low rate of f30 to
Ogden und Salt Luke City and return, and
(35 to Ilnlley, Idaho, ami return, lias boon
made from Missouri Hlver.tormlnnls.
This excursion ulfords our patrons a mag
nlllceiit opiwrtuulty to visit Garfield Beach
on Great Salt Luke, the llnest bathing resort
in tha world, nnd also visit tho Halley Hot
Springs, famous for their medicinal projier
ties. Tickets jjood thirty day. For further
particulars address E, E. Lomax, Omaha,
cow8-H
(. A. It.
Grand Reunion of tho Soldiers and Balloro
of Nebraska at Kearney, August lUth to 17th,
lbMl. Tho committee have secured for loca
tion tho siuiclous grounds overlooking Lake
Kcuruer, nud tho program, consisting of
uitlllery drills
sham battles, dresi parades,
lug nil tho afternoon nnd I look soyhornd that i and duels, and magnificent display of ilro-
Scribner for August contains four complete
short stories, by Bruuder Matthews, II, II,
lioyesen, E. 0, Martin und George Parsons
SPORTING.
Lawn tennis layer will find nn Interesting
nrtlclo on their game In the August Scrilmrr
by nn expert. On tho overhand service,
which seems to lie the favorite in Lincoln, he
says:
"Speed is the main iwlnt of tho service, Ih
cause n fast service Is very dllllcult to return
to exnetly the right sot and the striker-out
Is usually afraid to try to place the return
1 won't 1h able to go down town
Stop on the way up and have them send us
two pounds of butter, a package of those nice
Quaker Rolled Oats and a dollar's worth of
sugar. Come homo real early.
Your own little wife,
Caiiiue.
(1. A. It. i:eurlon lo Milwaukee, Wis,
The twenty-third National Encampment of
tho OllANl) AllMVOKTIlK RKI'Ullt.lO Will In)
held nt Mllwuiikee during the hist week In
August,
The excursion rates from all ioluts on the
lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St, Paul
Railway to Milwaukee and return, will be
ouo fare for the round trio half rate In each
direction. Children between the ago of five
and twelvo year ot half excursion rates. The
side of tickets will commence on August 21st,
and continue until August -Sth inclusive.
Tickets will bo good only for continuous
going passage to Milwaukee and will not be
good going later In any event than August
31st and will Ih goal for return passage,
leaving Mllwuiikee on nny date between Au
gust 27th nnd September Sth, IbVJ, Inclusive,
with the understanding that if tho holders of
such excursion ticket desire to mako "side
excursions" from Milwaukee to jiolnt beyond
In any direction, they can, by surrendering
their return coupous for safe keeping to tho
Joint ngent of tho terminal lines, who will
havo an lit (to bo hereafter located) at Mil
waukee and Chicago for the rurposo of or
j-unglng them details, have them honored to
original starting iHiiut where tlekoU was pur
chased (by proper endorsement ut Milwaukee)
and Chicago until SepteinU-r SOth, lbb'.i.
Tlite tickets returning will Ik honored by
the Goodrich line of lake steamer If sa de
sired. No signatures will be required at Mil
waukee to seure return iwusage on tho lino
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Rail
way on ticket limited for use until Septem
ber 5th, 18S9, inclusive. This arrangement
will undoubtedly prove very satisfactory ,J as
It will prevent uny unnecessary delay In get-
works, will be the most attractive ever offer
ed.
For this occasion the Union Pacific, "Tin
Overland Route," will sell tickets from all
points on its Hill's in Nebraska, ut a rate of
One Faro for the Round Trip. Don't fall to
attend. For other iufoi mutton apply to your
neniest ticket ugent, or E. E. Lomax,
Omaha.
A Grand ICxeiirslon to Yellowstone, Na
tional 1'itik mill Other I'roiuliii-iit
Places III tho West,
On Thursday, August bib, the Union Pa
cific Railway will run mi excursion from
Omaha, Neb., to Yellowstone Nutionul Park
mid other places In tho West, including Great
Shoshone Fulls, (tho iiecrof Niagra), Ogden,
Salt Luke City, Denver and over the far
famed Bow-Knot Ixip, One special feature
of this occasion Is that the Union Pacific will
take its own stages, (magiiifkeiit Concords)
mid fine stage horses along on the train, and
the party will have the pleasure of staging,
around tho different places at w hlch stops aro
made, free of cost.
The visit to Shoshone Falls will also be ot
striking Interest. lilegant Pullman sleeper
will be furnished for, the occasion, and tho
trip will lust St dny. Tho exceedingly low
rate of i 175,00 has bct-n made 'or this excur
sion, which includes railroad fare, hotels,
meals, sleeping cur accommodations und
staging In the Park and elsewhere. Arrange
to go on this excursion you will tuner regret
it.
For full partlculare address,
E. E. Lomax, Omaha.
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Harvest Excursion Tickets nt half rates w 111
be sold at Lincoln, Aug. Oth and 'JOth, Sept.
10th and IMtli, and Oct. Sth, over tho Fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley R. R- to nil point
reached via that line in Noithvru Nebraska,
tho Black Hills and Central Wyoming. Call
on O. N. Foifunnn, ngent, or write J. II. Bu
chanan, General Passenger Agent, Oniahn,
Neb. tf
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