Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, August 17, 1889, Image 2

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    CAPITAL CITY OURIER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1S89.
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ordering elsewhere.
Cabinet Photographs u'duced from $. lo
$3 per dozen.
WAITED!
Everybody to examine the
plans and standing of the Un
ion Central Life Insurance
Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
before insuring. It has the
lowest continuous death rate
of any company. Realizes the
highest rate of interest on in
rested assets which enables it
to pay large dividends.
Policies inconttstible and
non-forfoiiable after third year.
The Union Central issues
endowment policies at ordi
ary life rates; these policies
are now maturing and being
paid in from one to two years
earlier than time estimated by
the company. They protect
the family and estate during
the younger years of life, and
the insured in old age at regu
lar life rates. Other desirable
policies issued. Call on us or
write for plans.
. it. EDMISTOX, Malt Agtnt.
0. L. MKSlltEll, Aitt. Statt Aatnt.
O, T. PUMPSLLY, CUu Solicitor.
lloom a llurr Htoclc,
LINCOLN, NEB.
LADIES
Should call and
co our Goods
and
Spr
insr
Novelties
nnd Ornament
(or the head.
All the Intent
shape In Bang
Switches, etc.
1114 0 St.
IcanolKorfully rccommcnA
I Dr Both Arnold' Couch
II . . '"."
trill...
Ins ueingAiinu-oiass remeojr
for Couelis nnd Cold, liny
liiCMseultlninyotrnfamlljr
wlthvorygroatitatUtnctlon.
L. H. Uuih. Dei Molnci.
Iowa.
Druggists, S5o 60o ami J 1,00.
HOTEL-ORLEANS
SITUATED ON
SOUTH SHORB
or
Spirit-
kake
Ww
Will ba undar tho personal aupervtston of
H. L. LELKND, and will bo open for the
reception of mioata, Juno first In each year.
VlflUors will find
THE ORLEHNS
Is flrstclMiiu all of Its appointments, belnir
well supplied with (ras, hot and cold water
baths, electrlo bells antf all modtrn Im
provements, steam laundry, billiard hull
bowling-alley, etc, and positively froofrc
annoyance by mosquitoes.
Round flip Excursion tflcets
Will be placed on sale at the commencement
of the tourist season by tho Burlington.
Cedar Saplds A Northern Railway and all
connecting lines, at low rates, to tho follow
ing points In Iowa and Minnesota : Spirit
Lake, Iowa'iAlbertIea,Waterville, Minn
eapolis, St. Paul, Lake Mlnnetonka, White
Sear Z.akt and Duluth, Minnesota; Clear
Lake, Iowa; Lake Superior points; Yellow
atone Park and points In Colorado.
Writ for "A. Midsummer Pnr
adlsa" to the General Ticket and Pass-
nsrtsr Agent, ueaar wapiaa, iowo, ana ror
Motel TTatea to U. L. LELAND, Spirit
Lake, low
C. J. IVES,
irnturfawisvt
J. E. HANNEGAN,
Ota'l tUltt u4 Nm. ifU
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OF SANTA BARBARA, CAL
A TOWN THAT OWES A GREAT DEAL
TO SENTIMENT.
It I. In I'mt. n Brntlniontnl City, and
TIlU U, l'riliii, OtrlliK to It "Soft
tliillnti Hklr." It "ItnmiiiilloCllnV'iiiiil
tlip I'urtij A hunt It.
Svlnl Correpoi)ilouco.
At.DA.NY.N V.. Auk. 15-Snnta Barbara,
Cnl.,im't-tllHNwltion tosontlinent. Moro
Iiiih Iktii written nlKMit Its "oft Italian
sklci." ItH "1011)1111110 cIUTh." It "gentle
climate" ntnl -'purple mountains" than
of any place in tho universe outside of
Hivlera. It Iiiih lccomo, jMwMbly from
llint calico, a Huntlnioiitnl city. Voting
glilntell itilte tumlerly tlio sail story of
Itamoim and think Mrs. Jackson's hero,
AllcMtontlro, "Jtwt too lovely for any
thing." Yotltlif moil with Inner Imlr nml
spectacles hnunt tho old mission and
if
SANTA DAMIAIIA PA MIS.
seek sentimental contact with tho solotnn
long frocked friaru. Tho cople thorn
solve llxe in a Rooming condition of
poetry, ntTect the plcturenqtio nud ro
mantic, and open wldo their cyea when
tho outside barbarian comes In and talks
of tiade and practical things. Thero is
nn air of gentle optimism over tho wholo
town and a tteuso of pity for the com
mon herd who happen not to know of
Santa Barbara. One fcola euro, after
a stay in that community, that nothing
wrong could happen there, nnd that llfo
is only a matter of roBo leaves nud lilies,
after nil. I henrd onco of a pretty youth
who had tho heart of n ileud and tho face
of a god. Ho murdered IiIh father
nud mother in cold blood, and when
brought to the bar of justieo for his aw
ful crimo was naked if ho could give any
good reason why ho should not bo exe
cuted. Ho looked over tho jury, mado
up of sentimental men, nnd putting"n
tear in Ids voice ho Implored them to
have mercy upon him "Becnuso ho was
nn orphan." Tho plea had its effect, Tho
jury foil upon ono another's necks, and
weeping in symimthy for tho pretty
prisoner, promptly acquitted him. Now
this must havo been n Santa Barbara
Jury. I can think up no other spot on
earth where this doubtless authentic
circumstance could hare happened.
But, jesting asldo, Santa Barbara is
really nn earthly paradise. Its repose
and sedato contentment nro restful for
tho tired traveler, and ono ceases to won
der why II. II. nud tho magazine coterio
have worn themselves out in its glorifi
cation. It justifies nil, or nearly nil,
that hits been said about it, nnd I shall
not let nny gall gather in tho honey of
my pen. Of course it believes it has n
great future. Not n vulgar commercial
or manufacturing future, for that is re
pugnant to its refined tasto, but a ftituro
uuiquo in the history of tho United
States. I strolled on tho sen beach nnd
listened to ono of Santa Barbara's colob
rlties whisper to mo tho confident story
of the city's future. "Wo havo n ell
mato," ho began (thnt, by tho way, is tho
first thing you hear all over southern
California climate) "wo havo n cli
mate more perfect than any in tho wldo
world. Existence hero is n luxury. Wo
havo beautiful groves, abundant fruits,
scenery unexcelled, a never frothed sea
and a valley so beautiful and sereuo that
ono dozes away ouo's llfo. Wo know
neither frost nor cold, summer is eternal
and sunshiuo continuous. Hero then
lies tho secret of Santa Barbara's ftituro.
Hero is this restful valley, by the sldo of
this peaceful ocean, tho world worn
American will como with his household
gods to end his days iu serenity and
quiet. After ho has won his way in tho
bustling outsido world hero ho will come
to settle and bring up his children and
enjoy tho semi-tropical beauty of Santa
Barbara. This placo will bo In tlmo tho
homo of tho refined rich, and it will bo
oomo greater and moro famous than tho
Mediterranean Riviera."
Tho picture of Santa Barbara was not
overdrawn. It was all that my friend
pointed, and tho pleasant prospect for
tho future did not seom unreasonable.
But will it como to pass? Scarcely. Wo
havo no ldlo and pampered class 6uch as
I
THC OLD MISSION,
itlioy hnvo In Diglaud. In our American
nurry there is no considerable number
of people who, though thoy wero rich as
Croesuses, would bo content to sit down
l&nd doze nway oven tho autumn of their
days. Money getting nnd inonoy grab
bing is our common heritage. The
Goulds and tho Vaudorbilts, tho Stan
lords and tho As tors, aro richer than can
Jbo comfortable, but thoy do not stop in
tho pursuit of money. As long as thero
is u dollar ahead thoy nro going for it,
land going for it with a zest nud eager
pics as though their lives depended on
Jt. In that they find tho pleasure, not
In sitting down and resting. And while
there Is a class of Americans who aro
satisfied with a competence and willing
to retire from business, It is not to tho
poetic quiet and rare beauty of Santa
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J Barbara thoy nro going, but to tho great
capitals or tlio world, wliero thoy nud
their wives nnd daughters can display
their wealth and enjoy tho envious ad
miration of those less favored. Wo sec
that In California. Tho Stanford, the
Mnckcys, the Crookers, tho Hunting
tons nnd the Floods Imvo their mngulll
cent residences on Nob Hill, but San
Francisco, oven, Is not enough. Their
mnuslons aro closed nenrly all tlio time,
and thoy nronway dazzling Paris, Homo,
Berlin and Now York. No, quiet anil
reiKMo Is not n characteristic of tho rich
American
No description of Santa Barbara will
glvo one a fair Idea of the place. Not
that It Is so very beautiful, or that one
get a suggestion of Arcadia In entering
from tho railway or tho sea. Far from
It. Tlio train stopiiuidwny, the steamer
at the fool, of tho long finely paved
lending Htitu't which Is full or hustle,
nnd tolls of the working world. Butnf
tor one has been theie a day or two and
Is nway fiom tho ptliicipal thoroughfare,
tho seductive atmospheio has its sooth'
ing Intlueiice nud you feel wlint n restful
region you are in. Llfo then lucks ani
mation, although tho delicious oxygen la
iilitiiitlnnt In lienlth giving proiortion.
For tho time being tho outsido world Is
forgotten, nnd you enn imaglno that Ila
mona lives; so do FcI!o and Allessen
dro nnd Senora Moreno. I'erlmps they
aro now going to their beautiful Cam
ulos beyond Ventura. Or you may meet
them this very evening at the mission,
when you go up nnd wntch tho friars in
tho coarse robes of their order, with
shaven faces, closely cropped hair, san
daled and girded, ring tho Aiigelusl
The neighborhood of tho mission Is
tinged with melancholy. Over one
hundred yeats ngo when they llrst
planted the cross among the Indians in
this suerb valley, thoy wero tho Intel
ligent ossessors of tho soil. Hut the
whirligig of tlmo brought many changes.
Tlio order then was rich nnd is uowoor.
Thoy then gavo of their means; thoy
now live on the bounty of tho peoplo;
their iuilucnco is gone; their power do
parted forever. Tlio dull routine of their
lives, their narrow colls nnd solitary
walks tell of resignation nud ovcrty,
but thoy cannot bo human if they do not
sigh for the old days, when to their re
ligious llfo wns udded tho worldly charm
of grent wealth nnd unlimited swny.
Behind tho mission tit Santa Barbara,
down tho long valley, nro tho great
ranches. I spent a day or two visiting
them. Tho most noted ono is that of
Ellwood Coojer, which can only bo
reached, directly, by a drivo of sixteen
miles along a hot nnd dusty road. We,
howovcr, choson longer journey, through
llttlo farms nnd picturesque canyons,
starting in the morning nnd arriving in
tho cool of tho afternoon.
Tho Cooper and Holllstor ranches aro
enormous farms of two nnd threo thou
sand ncres under tlio highest stato of cul-
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OLDEST WHITE INHABITANT,
tlvation. They nro Inclosed by tall euca
lyptus trees, and within their giant bor
ders are tho nlmond, olive nnd English
wnlnut orchards, so large and symmet
rical In extent nnd perfection as to al
most pass comprehension. The trees are
numbered by thousands, and the almonds
being in bloom the eoft pink coloring
makes a marvelous picture. Down in
tho canyon is tho ranchman's residence,
a llttlo flo wer bedecked house, and around
it ho toils like an ordinary farmer, nl
though his trees bring him in a fortune
overy year. "Some years our crop is
better than others," was tho owner's ob
servation; "last year we only" only,
mark youl "gathered sixty-six tons of
English walnuts nnd thirty-seven tons of
almonds from our troos. This year they
will probably do better. Our olives are
tho most profltablo product, and wo send
out mnuy thousands of bottles of ollvn
oil," ho said simply. Thirty men work
this enormous farm, which makes more
money for its owner than any gold initio
in California,
When wo returned from tho visit to
tho big ranches wo stopped near tho
cathedral oaks, and up the mountain
pass camo nctoss n tidy littlo farm over
looking tho boundless bay of Santa Bar
bara. Tho ownor offered us hospitality,
and as I chatted with her a bright eyed
old woman, partly crippled with eastern
rheumatism I ascertained that sho camo
from Marblehead and had settled at
Santa Barbara for relief from her physi
cal ills.
"Do you like It?" I inquired.
"Yes, I like It," she said, as sho looked
fondly out upon tho ocean. "My rheu
matism is better. Tho only thing is, there
ain't 'yawtlng' enough hero to suit me."
Poor old soul! She was born and
brought up In old Maiblehead, whcio ov
ery man, woman and child is part mid
parcel of a boat. Probably sho could
novcr again enter tho 6inall cabin of a
vessel, but sho still longed for tho smacks
and yachting of her native town.
"Do you still consider yourself n Mar
blehead woman?" I asked.
"No, no," sho quickly answered. "1
am now a Santa Barbarian."
Fhedkuick W. White.
When la u Muzile Not a Miuzle?
As tho city ordinanco reads, overy dog
shall wear a muzzle between the 1st of
June and the 1st of August. A muzzle
can be put onto a dog us the owner likes
and yet bo within tho letter of the law.
A muzzle can bo put upon the tail of a
canine, and If it can only be made to
t.v the dog Is all right. New Haven
t'.uladluiu.
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DEER AT GREAT YARMOUTH.
Prentlro Mill ford Tell Honr It Is Wor
1ilvl by t'litiertnen.
(BnvlM Corrmpoixlcnco,
Nitw YoitK, Aug. 10. At Orent Yar
mouth, England, Fisherman's tap room,
opposite lodgings. Tho Hercules. Nar
row street. Twenty foot from my win
dow. Empty by day. Full overy night.
Herring fishermen. Wives ditto. Part
ners for llfo in drinking, Hercules eti
quette. One mug for two, man nnd wife.
Sip nltenuiteh Feminino towcr to drain
H)t equal to man's. Ho sips. She sips.
Sho sips. Hoslps. Mug empty. Passed
to barmaid II. M. at beer pump. Prac
ticed muscle. Mind ditto. One stroke
pump lever for half a pint. Two, a pint.
Quarter fctroke thrown in for good meas
ure. Alternate conjugal sipping as be
fore. Sanded iloor. Long table. Rack
of long stemmed clay pipes. Public pipes.
For customers. Smoko room full All
hands talk. Talk, noisy, exciting nnd nt
11 o'clock confused.
Commences to simmor down nt mid
night. Company nt thnt hour nt mnxl
mum of lieeriuess nnd prosiness. Long
winded. Steam up. High pressuic. In
spirational nocturnal nnecdotago. Samo
old yarn. Hundredth time. Five hun
dredth time Midnight. Hercules puts
up shutters. Turns 'em out. Patrons
linger outside. Hato to go home. Mild
night. Soft moonlight. High tide of
bcerlnesB. All naturo at rest. Care
driven awaj Recollection of debts,
tho morrow's lalnirs, rheumatism nud
wnlting wives softened down. Hosento
liuo over nil. Lifted into temporary
olyeium by beer. No wonder thoy linger.
I, abed. Within ear shot of it all.
Without beer. Don't want beer. Want
sleep. Can't get sleep. Can get only
honing fisherman's midnight beer tall;.
Time lags. leaden winged. Ono
o'clock. Still hearing beery talk of men
who go down on groat deep nnd now in
depths of beer. Two o'clock. A week
has passed. Turn nnd toss. Frnmoof
mind malignant,
Hopent last. Signs of breaking up.
Of what? Maritlmo beer talk. Subject?
Best way of picking up anchor after
slipping cable. Sovcn opinions givon.
All talk together. Differences of opinion.
Talk loud. Energetic. Somo profanity.
Subject dually forgotten. Merges into
something else. Then focuses into com
mon subject. What?
Gibbous. Uibboim drunkest of lot.
Beer inside of Gibbons suddenly bolls
over. Glblions becomes volcanic. Erup
tive. Gibbons differs from ovcrybody.
Becomes profano. Abuslvo. Wants to
fight.
Lesser drunks argtio with Gibbous.
Coax him to go homo. Gibbons won't go
home. But loves to bo coaxed. Regards
coaxing as hot t of homago paid him by
party. Common drunken perception on
part of the Gibbons typo of man. Gib
bons' real want? A club mercifully ad
ministered. Gibbous finally provailed on to start
for home. Homo at upper end of court.
Two hundred yards distant from my
windows. Gibbons stops. Anchors ton
gato pobt. Wants to go back for tho
other drink Forgot it.
Gibbons' friends nrguo with Gibbons.
"No more to-night, mon. Go homo to
yer wife, mon." Party deeply solicitous
for Gibbous His moral welfare. His
wife's ditto Such a comfort if tho
drunken, cr.i.y Gibbons will but go
home to his wife! Inference on their
back that when Gibbons, crazy, brutal
and insane, does but go homo tlio domes
tic Eden will run over with bliss.
Strange but true.
Gibbons makes another movo for home.
Party accompanying. Occasional bait
ings and anchoring by Gibbons. With
renewal of old discussion. Abuse, pro
fanity, desire to fight with anything,
topped with demands for moro beer.
Moral, peace loving drunks nt Inst seo
him home. Leavo Gib nt front gate.
Quiet at last. I may now sleep. Voices
dlo away. I turn over. Gale to land of
Nod nnpears.
May I enter? No. Sudden uproar In
Hall's court. Screams! Shrill. A woman's.
I nriso. Open windows everywhere.
Both sides of court. Heads out. Fcmalo
heads. White nocturnal rigging. Mas
culine heads. Hall's court again in up
roar. Why? Gibbous beats his wife. Beer
insido Gibbous lias taken this direction.
Power must expend itself somewhere.
Target for fermented power Insido Gib
bons is Mrs. Gibbons. Nothing unusual
in Hall's court. And else where.
My landlady out. At front door. In
white. Night robe. Comely young
woman. Husband at sea. In a collier.
Athletic young womau. Red and robust
pair of arms. Loud voiced. By naturo
a driver. Drives broom. Drives arms
over washtub like young healthy steam
engine. Leads oxpression of Hall's couit
public opinion of Gibbons from front
iloor. Friend to abused Mrs. Gibbous.
Heads tho clamor. Shouts disapproba
tion of Gibbons' conduct. Says sho'd
"liko to smack Gibbons facol"
Of this Gib. oblivious. D. D. Dead
drunk. Asleep. Has done his best and
worst.
Events in Hall's court over for night.
Quito forgotten on morrow. Gibbons
will arise. Go to work. Tlio court will
go on as usual until another or tho samo
Gibbous doe3 it all over again. Such is
life In Hall's court, Great Yarmouth.
Also clsowhcre. Piu'.ntice Mm.FOiuv
A Scli.iol of Devil ll.h.
Old ocean pilots and seagoing peoplo
who watched the school of devil tlshthat
played about tho pilot boats and tho tug
Cynthia before tlio boats got oir iu tho
regatta yesterday say that such a sight
is very rare in tho lifoof a mariner,
Thoy played about the craft for fully
half an hour, and wero principally young
devil iish from four feet long to six feet,
and thoy looked liko gicat bats. Somo
of them had bhed their tails, while others
had caudal appendages fully n yard in
length. As nuiny as twenty of theso
hideous looking marino curiosities wore
seen at ono time, and ono was shot by
oue of tlio crow of tho Neca, and after
lashing tho water of tho sound into a
foam It sank out of sight. Savannah
News.
For Late Styles and
GO
Lijqcoln Shoe Store
They make a Specialty of
Ludlow's Celebrated Fine Shoes
For Ladies. They combine Service, Solid
Comfort and Economy.
122B O STREET LINCOLN, NEB.
New Spring and Summer Goods
ARE NOW IN AT
John McWhinnie's
The Old Reliable Tailor.
First Class Workmanship, Fine Trimming, and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
305 S ZEiL.E-viEiisrTiH: Street.
J. F. LANSING
r.andHouglit and Hold, Homos Rented. Altrncti Furnished, Taxes 1'nld for Nou-KeMdcuts
and nil other bimtnesx pertaining to Ileal Hstule promptly attended to.
E. HIIvL,t
LATK OK IlllOOKLYN, H.X.,
Tailor and Draper
GENTLEMEN:
I bhall dUplny for your Inspection a new and very carefully selected
Stock, comprising many of the latest and newest designs of the European
Manufacturers, and I am now prepared to take all orders for making up
garments for gents In the latest stiles.
LADIES TAILORING:
Having for seventeen years met with gicnt success In Iirooklyn, N. Y
In cuttliig and making Ladles Jackets and Riding Habits, shall be pleased
to receive patronage from the ladles during the coming season.
I am also prepared lo receive orders for all kinds of Uniforms and
Smoking Jackets.
1230 O Street.
Most Popular Resort in the City.
ODELL'S DINING HALL,
MONTGOMERY I1LOCK,
1 1 19. r 121 and 1123 N Street.
Meals 25 cts $4.00 per week.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We beg leave to Inform our Lincoln patrons and the public in general that
our importation of FINE
Novelties for Spring and Summer
Are now ready for inspection. We have a much larger and finer assortment
than ever before. Call and sec our latest novelties from London and Paris.
Dress Suits a Specialty.
guckert & Mcdonald,
315 S. 15th St., Omaha, Nob.
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the nick of time, and "just strikes the spot." The quiet enjoyment of a fragiant Ha
vana In a charmingly decorated and gorgeouc smoking apartment, and finally a peace
ful sleep In a bed of snewy linen and downy softness. Such is life on the "UUR
LINGTON" ROL'TE. "What other line or combination of lines can offer ou these
advantages? NOT ONE. Plea6C remember this when next vou travel.
Information of all kinds pertain
ing to Railroad or Ocean Steam
ship Tickets promptly answered.
G. W. HOLDREGE, Gen'l Mgr.,
J. FRANCIS, G. P. and T. A.,
OMAHA, NEll.
Immense Satisfaction,
TO THE
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LINCOLN DRANCH OF
Max Meyer & Bro.,
Wholeula and Retail Deileri in
PIANOS tf ORGANS
Ociieral ventom intents for tho Stelu
way. Knnlie, Chlckorltitf, Vot, Kumt
Onmer, llolir Ilrcx., Newliy & Hvaim, and
HtlTllllR.
l'lnnoi marked In plain fijmre prices
always tho Ion est for the grrnlu of pianos
C. M. HANDS, Manager.
142 North lltli Street.
REAL ESTATE
Fire Insurance and Loan Broker.
lloom lOlllclinrd'slllock.TiurinTU Hah
Cor. Uth and O Streets, LiniVLH, floU.
LINCOLN, NEB.
A BEAUTIFULLY UPHOLSTERED RECLINING CHAIR
that Is the very embodiment ot ease and luxury;' a friendly game
of Whist, a choice volume from the well stocked library, a prom
enade from car to car (the handsome vestibule excluding all dust,
smoke, rain or wind, and thus rendering the promenade a dc
Ilghtful and novel pastime). A sumptuous meal that comes in
M y superior advantages enable me to
ticket to and from Europe at the lowest tabes
and to secure desirable cabins in advance of
sailings, The generous patronage accorded
me by prominent people of Omaha, Lincoln
and other Nebraska cities attest the popular
ity of this office.
-tM
asscnger and
Ticket Agent
LINCOLN, NEB.
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