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Vol G. No 14
LINCOt-N, NlUlKASKA, SATUKDAY, MaKCII If., ItiOU.
F'WIOIC P.VIC OICNT3
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ME TIIK BYE.
In jiursuanco of IU policy ot giving It road
org attractive features, tlio Couiukh today,
prcbonts u fluo Illustration showing four gen
erations In President Harrison's family. The
mnn, Hov. Dr. Scott, Is tlio fntlior of Mrs.
Harrison nml hns lsx'ii employed In onoof tho
deiinrtmentii nt Washington for n mm Ira of
yenrs. Jim, McKeo Ih n dnughtor of Prcsl
dont nml Mi h. Harrison, and in living with
her jmrents nt tlio White House. "Hnl.v"
McKeo Is his presidential grandpa's H)t, nml
wo have till hrnnl u great deal about him.
The cut is Hindu in a hiilf-tono from 11 copy
righted jihotograjih.
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Next week tlio COUIUKH will prascnt an
exceedingly flno portrait of Lillian Kus
scll, tho ipiecn of comic opern. Ic will
represent tho fnlr Lillian ns she iijijH'nrs
in "Tho Brigands" In n low-necked costume
that hni turned tho heads of hoth male and
feninlo New Yorkers. Tlio cut Is in half-tone,
mndo direct from a copyi Ighted photo taken
by Fnlk of New York.
For Its Easter Ismio tho Couiukh will have
a Inrgo mid very lino engraving for the (Irst
pngo symbolical of the sentiments jkm fluent
to tho great chinch festival. Other pages
will also bo illustiated with engravings ap
propriate to tho timo.
So many addresses and papers In pamphlet
form como to tho ncingo iicwsjiacr ollleo
that limy recelvo want attention front tho
busy editor, nml often they mo thrown into
tho over ready waste basket without having
had more than their titles hastily scaiiuod
A friend has been sending tho CtiuiiiKit u
series of Sunday lectures by Habbl Joscjili
Krauskopf, I). U.,of Philadelphia. This gen
tleman seems to have lieen attracting much
attention in tho east by these dUeourscs, so
much so that his congregation lmo lieon
moved to mblsh his lectures for distribu
tion. Moved by curiosity, HyetheHo
looked Into ono uf these, pamphlets. Ho was
surprised and pleased, mid rend it through
feeling well repaid for tho the timo
spent on It. Those lectures cover a
wide range of sociological questions. Many
of them touch upon lelfgioiiHground or have
been Interwoven with our leligous life. Tho
averngo ti.iulstcr, discussing these matters
would liold up religion as the bo all and end nil
of man. He would prescribe faith in tho trinity
as a euro for mott ills and would recommend
his sect as the only trustworthy p lyklcinu.
I have been cm-prised in rending tho lectures
of this Jewish preacher to find that thoy are
not a plea for his raco or his religion, nor a
defense of them. Tho Jows nro a remarkable
jicoplo with a wonderful history. I should
expect an 01 dlnary rabbi to uxtoll his raco
and their virtues above allothcrs, because the
average man, whether Jew or Presbyterian or
Amcrlcnu or English, is more oj loss narrow
minded and egotistical. He thinks ho nml his
have corralled pretty much nil tho truth on
God's foothtool, and ho is very free in telling
tho world so. Hut this rabbi is a wlso man,
and ho rises abovo the pettiness of tho ordi
nary mini. Whilo ho docs not Ignore the
helpfulness of religion ho treats his subjects
rather from a stund)oiiit of common sense.
Thoy nre handled with candor, falrnehs and
in the light of experience and reason. The
conclusions, evidently the result of deep
thought, are such as to commend themselves
to fall -minded, unprejudiced jieoplo. No
wonder that this rubbl lias been creating it
stir.
Ono of tho latest lectures nt hnnd treats of
ninrringo and divorce, mid somo of its stnte
inentK nro worthmnting; first, because tho
nro timely mid interesting, nml, second, lo
cause thoy will give a good idea of tho man
ner in which this preacher handles his sub
joct. Ho U-glus with tho assert ion that the
divorce evil Is not as malign-nit as somo sensation-seeking
men represent. Ho ndmlts tho
great number of divorces and tho tci riblo
story of marital infelicity they tell, but he
argues:
"Were tho American )ooplo mndo to com
prehend tho many different social elements
and shades of character that constitute their
nation, and tho lawlessness of tho mnrriage
laws in many of their states, and thoficsjueiit
flagrant unlltiiess of those who enter the mar
ital Btato, thoy would bo hit to consider the
number ff our annual divorces high ay It is
as surprisingly low, and credit tlio Ameri
can jieoplo as a whole, with a high regard for
the sneredness and Inviolability of the mari
tal tie."
"These learned writers who tell us o' the
vastly higher number of divorce in our coun
try over these In Euioo, should nlso tell us:
that some of tho Eurojienu countries, like our
state of South Carolina, do not (ermlt any
divorces at all, that religion forbids it in
others, that the women in many of the Euro
pean countries will submit to insults, neg.
lecU, nbusos, infidelities, such as most Amer
ican women would never endure. Thoy should
also toll us; that the homogeneity of the peo
ple of each of the Euroiienn countries. In
race, religion, customs, habits, prevent, to n
largo extent, such marital jurrlngs and flash
ings ns are bound to spring up In tho marriage-state
of such mixed element ns our
people nro coniOBod of, that tho smallnoss of
the KtiioHMiu countries, and the rigorous
man Inge laws thut hedge them in, and tho
wall of different governments, different cus
toms, different lnngunges and habits that sur
round them as almost Impassible barriers,
iniiko desertion there much more dilllcult
than In our country, with its vast area with
tho mine language everywhere, mid with a
different marriage-law in almost ovciy state."
"Our lurgor intloof dlvorco than that of
Europe is not an accident of soil or climate,.
We have happy, very happy marriages, and
many of them, and wo have unfortunate mar
riages, and a largo uumlior of them. If we
outnumlier Europe in the latter throe or four
tlmoM over, no outnumber Europe In the same
propoi tlon in the iiumlier of our happy mar
riages. Show mo an Ameiieau couplothat
entered married life joined In love, and that
hns remained lovo-Jolnod ever since, and I'll
show you ths hnpplost wedded pair that lives,
n pair In which tho wife Is treated ns tho hus
1 land's full isjunl, a pair In which the wife Is
not lowered to the husband's domestic ani
mal, but elevated to be his companion and as
soclnte, n pair la which tho huslvind doomiot,
nfter the general notions of Eurocniis, ihim
Ineor as lord mid uinster. Were but all our
jieoplo to enter the married state lovo-Jolnod,
and love-Joined to abide in it, this, together
with tho ntUantngcx of tho American charac
ter and the American high icMX't for woman,
would make the American soil the most fruit
ful source for jwrfoct wedded happiness."
There Is loyalty to America I The rabbi
then descrllies how lightly and hastily tho
marriage relation Iscntorcxl into among Amer
icans, and ho shows where love is not In tho
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union misery is almost Inevitable. Borne
writers urgo tho abolition of dUorce or gi ent
er stringency In the laws. This lecturer takes
exception. He shows, by ilhibtiatioiis from
Eurojicau oxierleiico, that such laws nro not
effective. Ho continues:
"With only one exception pel Imps no more
rigorous laws than we hao at i own t, are
wanted ut this end of marriage That one
exception is: the guilty jarty in adivorcesult
should under no condition Isj ermltted to re
marry. When wohavo ciiwti on nvor show
ing: thnt crime is hometiuu-. coiumltttsl for
the very jiurjiose of becuriug a illvorw, so as
to enable the offender to many the latest In
fatuation or tho larger inoney-bag, the of
fender shall havo the divorce wanted, but not
the HlMjrty to gratify tho now lust. Never
ought that man or woman, w ho has violated
every sacred pledge and promise, who bru
tally wronged the one who loved, trusted,
brought smrillces, tolled, ciidlliod, who has
broken up a haijiy home, blasted hajipy lives,
never ought such a ono be permitted to jier
hajw jmiIsoii another one's happiness, to break
another one's heart To hao ruined mu life
must siilllce the offender, tho opportunity to
wreck another llfo must never ho nffoided.
llrmided, cursed, lonely mid forsaken the
hated of men and women tho offender should
lie, and made to sicken at the sight of linppv
hiislmnds and wives, of loving ami Mousl
children, within peaceful, blemsl homes. Ex
cejitlng this ono rigorous measure, every
other true niorrliigo reform must Iwgln at the
other end, and long before It, must concern
Itsolt loss witli laws mid moiowith the heart
and mind of the jieoplo. We have laws
enough, and laws rigorous enough, what we
want Is morn virtue, mid virtue Is never ero-
'IIAII MelCKi:"
MUH.
(Muster lleiijamln Hnrrlbon MeKee
THE FOUR GENERATIONS
ated by law. What wo want la notmoro law
but more character, moio heart, more know,
edge of the tl mi meaning of marriage, more
love, more Insight nml foresight, more regard
forthosacrediiess of the plighted inarralgo
vow, more lovo of homo, more stability ami
alienee, less Imjietuosity, loss craving for
novelties, less nionoy-greed, less extrava
gance, selllslmess, sensitiveness. These cun
not be enforced by rigorous law . Thoy must
bo taught mi I taught early, mid best of all
within tlio home and bv nniental l,.x.in .....i
example."
llt tlivn uxpluliiH at length how children
should lie trained, how jmrenU should con
duct thonisolvoM to waul each other nml i...
waul their offsnrim?. He uri'iu. Innu ..,,..,.,
nients. that the nai ties iiimv eiiiiut i. L-. ......
each other before il Is Ion Inl.t II.. ...I. l.
that engagements be entered ujmiii wHiiiiI
formal, puhll so lc Ho urge. e omiui
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patleuco and foi lienriuico Uniii joung mar
ried couples. AIkivoiiII, ho Insist that no
marriage should take jilaco without love to
bless it.
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which contains lnterstlug facts that mo only
used as mi Illustration:
"I doubt whether any clvlllxod coplo over
existed whoso divorce laws weio iiioro lax
than those of tho ancient Jews, or of tho mod
ern Jews hi those countries where thoy have
tho right to legislate their own mm riago and
divorce laws, mid yet, with all these easy di
vorce laws, I challenge the world to name a
Ksilo uniii tho faceof the earth among whom
marriages were and mil happier, and divorces
fewer than among tho Jews. For tho merest
It. II. Meh'Ki:
MA lf L. MiKKi:
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
trlllo the Jewish law grants a dlvorco. If u
wife duds no more favor in tho eyes of her
husband 'Isvause ho has found some unclean
niss in her' her IiiihUiuiI may glvo her a ill
voice, and that expression some inic(iiiiic,
according to the ltabbiiiical exjiounilers.niay
mean almost anything fiom nioialdelimiuen
cy and unchaste ilcmcunor down to mivthlng
offensive mid displeasing in njiicarauco or
habit. He can give his wife a hill of invoice
inent on tho meruit suspicion of having vio
lated the Seventh Commandment, for an mi
Iss.'omliig leha lor In jiubllc. for neglecting
s"ino religious duti , for refusing to follow
him to some oth-i d milcile. for insulting hoi
falher-ln law, for iNiriemuws, for domestic
inisiiianiigeiiient, and for still other mid still
more nUuiil uusons than these. The wife
can l'Ivh her husband a ill voice on account of
nc iioiilcdisi-ase which tlieliiihbandcontrncl
idaft'i m i ra i on ie mii of a disgusting
trade In which he engaged nfler marriage, on
account of Mug pinliililtcd by her husband
fiom visiting her Mireiilal homo, on account
of his change of lellglou, on account of sjond
tlirlftncss, and for still other itvisons as tilf
llng n those. And yet, easy though the escao
Is, dl.oic.M hi Ifttaol han lieeii rare mid still
are rare. The world has lung since jmssed
It favorable verdict upon the domestic liap
Illness among the Jews. Even there, where
the law of thoiMiintry In which they live Is
their only law, divorces among them are nx
eissllngly rare, no matter how lax thndlwirco
laws lie. We have thus, in the attltiitude of
tho Jows toward this voxlug problem, the
liost jinsif of tho Impotence of the law,
whether lax or ilgoious, toreimsly an evil In
w hlch tho hiuirt-cle inent Is Involved,"
IllHiin Inteieillng fact that Ilabhl ICraus-
lll.V lilt hlO'lT,
III his HOth j ear
ko.f Is a western man. He was at tho head
of u Hebrew congregation n Kansas City,
and was Induced to goeastby an Increase o
salary from fHwo to f.VKK). Hs hvt.ii ., are
djdlveredSumhy morning, h H sal.l that
"bout ha f of his audience is generally made
ipofgentlhs,amlthe lectures are jiuhlUlusl
In .Monday s ,m,.ers. I J(st ear thorabhl w as
apjsilnted by the j.resident a lelcgate to the
I'arls exiKki tlou. and his (..,. .i .,
hi! their eoteemhy I,aJg the exjKMistof
ltellelllg tho COL'ltlKIl In I nn.l
only necessai to Ui knnu i., i... .1... .'
the iiuhlisher is taklinr stens ii, i..v. i. i..., !,
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..v.j ....,.. ,,i i.iucom liable to lie intermt-
, ,,J,,1l"u,, reniimj; matter. Sample
o,es ,n is. win out ami will Ik. continued
ong enough toghe the new reader a chance
to get ac.pmmt.sl w ith tho Cui niKit'H merits
In the absence of a directory giving reliable
addresses It will lake several week to make
up tho mil list, but a first Installment begins
with this Issue nml irolmhly NX) to l,(MX) fnni.
Hies will bo reachisl iinllmately. I'ersons re
ceiving tho CntmiKit with this notice markisl
will understand that it Is a sample copy ami
there Is nocharge for It. If thoy wish the
pa.or continued rofitilmly two dnllms will
keeji It going for a year or ono dollar for six
months. Advertisers, by the wny, should
ls.ar In mind this greatly Increased elrcula.
tlon, and should also reu iberthat these ox-
trn aK'rs go Into Ihe best families In Lin
coln. Incidentally It may 1st stated that the
Couiukh'h circulation has b.s'ii leosisl to Krod
llemrlnger, who will give Itcaieful nltentloii
hereafter,
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The new city illrcttnry will be out thin
mouth it promises to be very couijilele. Mr.
Chonlcrhasa huge iiuiiiIst or dliectorles
fiom other cities In hisnlllce, but, wlthasln
glo exception, mnieof llirm has a directory by
slns'ts as hi the Lincoln work. ily the lat
ter, knowing the lesldence, one can Hud the
mimes of the Inmates, such ns would natural
ly lielong Inadliectoiy.
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Htmilei, whose magiiillcenl poitialt In last
week's Ciil'lilKliattiaetisI much attention, Is
at Cairo, Eg) pt He will not leave ror Eng
land until next mouth, niiiy bociiuso he
dreads the sudden change of climate and
jinrtly Imh'iiiimi he has made up Ids mind to
finish his Isiok before he lsi'iuucs entangled In
the dissipations of the Uimlon season. Tho
hook Is so far iidvmieod (hat the publishers
hoKjtmay Is.ieady for publication on the
day of Stanley's an Ival In England. Ho will
not go din it to Imdou He will sjHmt a
fortnight at Nice, then proceed to llrussels to
pay Ills rosjN-ctsto tho king of the Ilelglans.
At llrussels he will he met by his four olllcers
Purko, Nelson, Stairs nml Jcpsou all of
whom havo lieeoino devotedly attached to
imiir ruici , nun are n any to follow him w beli
ever ho calls upon them In any freth enters
pilses, Stanley's Hi st public iikiiiiiiico In
London will Is. at the Alls-rtlmll, umier the
misiilces of tho Hoyol leograjihlcal wxhly.
A sjieelal intslal will bo struck for Stanley.
J I) Calhoun of this city mid Fred Nye of
Omaha have the Itch. Hoth wore out of busi
ness a short timo ago, but their Itching for
newsiKTwork has ltd Iwth of them to start
new jiajMjni In order to get an editorial liars
ness that would set comfortably. It has so
happened that Ilye-tln-llyohas notseen much
of Calhoun's writing, but Cal oceii.lo a high
place In tho estimation of tho fraternity, and
In all likelihood he has earinsl It honestly. I
am sine fiom w hat 1 have been told that hols
a brainy fellow, and it only needs a glance nt
nml n talk with him to convince one that ho
has force. And brains ami force make it
st i ong team. Tho first hsueof the miif, a
wis-kly, Is a fine one. I honestly think It Is a
lietter jmin'r than can Imj nildlshcd profitably
- but that's his lookout, and the subfcrlber
should not (omplaln. The democracy of Ne
braska has no .iiier that commands general
attention ami iesHct. No jmih.t j.ubllshisl
outside of Omaha 01 Lincoln can coniiel it,
and 1 um linprossen, from his standing In his
jiarty ami his fraternity, that Calhoun Is tho
man for tho emergency that now exists. Nye's
paier is called the 7'iviic ami is liuslehsl
somewhat after fuch minus the color in Its
cartoons. llje-tho-Hyo Is a very warm ad
mirer of End Ne's literary ability, mid ho
bollevcH Nje has now struck his true level.
The Mist 7i.;iiV is a little illsaiiolntlng, but
It is an enthely new thing fcr this section mid
may have to feel mound awhile lo find what
the jieojilo want. Of mcesslty It will have to
Imi iiioii. local than the Now York inpors.
Heing a weekly It will not require as much
workorcajiltiilonlsk ns a dally, nml Nye
will haw. fully as good an ojijMirtuiilty to
make a rijiutation nml n comfortable income.
I'nttcrncd after tho Sim Francisco Aiyonuut
rather than "nc., though letalnlng n strong
hiiinoious element, I think Topics can lsj
made n line success. Calhoun explains his
malady b raying that ho knows hecanniako
a living In the newsiiajKr business, while his
cffiuts In other directions hnobeen doubtful.
Nye's exi mut has not Ueu received up to the
time of going to press
How long, oh Lord, how longf Another
"history" of Lincoln has txeii bsued by
strangers, who nro sold to hae iocketed l,
M) in jirollts And such n "hlstorj" achesiji
jwnjihlet llllesl with a few olel cuts and page
nfte-r jingo of jK-rsonal jiuffe-ry Some of tho
cut ii'jircsent railroad scences out In the
lleickie-s that lime no more iclevmicy to a
history of Lincoln than a ilctuioof the man
In the moon rositlel, the work will bean
Injur to Lincoln because it will give such a
miserable Impression to js-ojile at a elistance.
Two smooth men came to town, handed out
some canls U-aring tho hlghsoundlng title of
"MctreMiolltau I'ubllfclilngC'o "mli.K-eesIesI
to bletsl Lincoln I don't blame them It is
their business. Hut it does, seem us though
business men would levirn to give the-se stroll
log "schemers" the go-by. Tho only Interest
these strangers lime is to get as much money
as they can and le-ave the city as ijuiekly its
K.M,lh.e. And such n nightman, as the last
"history" Is! It is painful to dwell on.
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Nebi iiska's i ejiutation i cumins untarnished,
Our Buffalo Kill is in Homo, and the Couii
IKUoflast wissktold how his cowbojs sub
ehiesl Itallnu wild hoies within five minutes.
Col Cody turned ujioii the natives and chal
lenge,! them to jirex'uce a man to tide his
bucking hi onchos, mid he ga e t hem U n min
utes to do it In. On Saturday two Italians
mndo the nttemjit. After struggling half an
hour with the hoists ono of thebuekeis urn.
ridden. Tho second hoi so It was lmjiosblo
for tho Italian to mount, and he had to glvo
it up after trj lug half an hour.
Tho most severe cold a III soon jleld to
Chamberlain's Cough lttmuly. It does not
biijijiress a cold but loosens and relloeo it.
No ono ttlllicted with a throat or lung trouble
can use It w It bout benefit. Trice 50o jor bot
tle. Hold by A I. Bhriuler
J. ',. r.rikcoo, the shoe man, 11WI O street.