Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, March 15, 1890, Image 1
,,!:A- PoPd 1R RMCR op AX9PCRM -TIMItS " V Vol G. No 14 LINCOt-N, NlUlKASKA, SATUKDAY, MaKCII If., ItiOU. F'WIOIC P.VIC OICNT3 ," 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. V 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 STL .mflwRifcjl; " WL r -vt ' 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 WwEfJ't' etm. M?hmsMiZs wB&fr " .v lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllslllllllli ffjtb" titfi'ktW' MP'Bf tfiiaR ik tkb. hMI1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 MItH. lll.NJ. UAItHIHON. 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 - -------- . . . . .... (v -v-t a in ini'i patleuco and foi lienriuico Uniii joung mar ried couples. AIkivoiiII, ho Insist that no marriage should take jilaco without love to bless it. ' Tim tinli' isifiii.iii.i.i fi lln. .I....- I., iltl.. ..... a .... in. j iiHVll'lllli .ii llllMMilin III I 111 11.' I llf.1 Id MMItt.llllJI.1 III fill. r..1t.kal.t ..... .1... .,..1. ' ....V. ... .'., ..I. 1. .1. ...V .I'll.... 111 MII ll l, 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..., !, ........ i i. i.. i ,..r. . . . "V -'"' ..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, V 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. V 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. V 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.