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Wct?Qt m,rw M't ... t&wmfi m ypy y ji iywuwiwgi imww j w yjtfgg' ' f o tp -ar Aittjnajiew jraBrWjrswswawwjiaoaTtaaoatsKahStaMI fU'JWV CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, AUGUST i, 1891 I Thk Old Rkliamlk FOLSOM U still I lemlqtini tern (or Ice Cream Ices, Cakes, Candles, Etc. Our Special order depart ment for catering to private residence and parties is the most popular in the city "Prompt delivery, pure oods and reasonable prices" is our motto. ICE CREAM PARLOR NOW OPEN. 1307 0 St. Telephone 601 OXJ3R, Lincoln Patrons Wo beg to Inform joti (lint our Slock of Spring aid Summer SUITINGS It now ready (or juur Inspection ami comprises nil thu LATEST NOVELTIES Kruiit tlio Finest French I English Eferj Garment Strictly First-Class I Guckert & McDonald, THE TAILORS, 317 S. 15th St. Corrttpondence Solicited OMAHA, NEB. DELIGHTFUL COMPLEXION EFFECTS May be produced by tlio me or MRS. OKA HAM'H Eugenie Enamel ami her Homo Bloom. The complexion and color are made Krfoct, mul the closest scrutiny couUI noi do 3t one Kruln or powder or the leant Indlcn Uon or nrtlttclal color. I will stake my rep utation that on any fuco I cnu Hive the most delightful complexion and color with Eu genie Kuamol and Koe Uliwsoiu, and that no on could possibly tell tliat the uolor or complexion were nrtltlc ial. TliU U high art In cosmetic. Thoy arc each more harmless than any other cos metic In tlio world, bocauno they nre each ills, solving In their nature, and thus doe not clog up tlic pore. When imIur these Hiipurb coatnntlc you may wipe the dust or porspl rmttoii from tlio face without marring their delicate beauty. They rvmuln on all day, or nntll washed on". Price or each II; tho two scut iinvuhcrofor H. For sale, by IIOWAKIV8 DIAMOND PHARMACY, Northwest Corner N and VJth street. Mr. Graham, 104 Toot it., Ban Francisco, treat laities for all defect or bleiuWIiei ot face or figure. Send stamp for her little book How to Re Heautirul." HOW IN HEW QUARTERS ! Lincoln Trunk Factory 1133 O ST ST. Where we will be glad to tee all old friend and customers and nt many new one as can get Into the store. O. K. WIR1CK, SUCCESSOR TO WIRICK & HOPPER. JL VEAE I I lindcriAk a k.lM. Jk Villi " " ma mmI wrtw.tiul Hbo, Mil 1 1 1 1 ln.t laiirutiloa. will rli ladumHii: 32 Tr'' yhl "" kMM Dalian a iMrt Mim lrlltl,krr'r Iktjr ll.t.l III tlio frnltk JM atUaiba Mail.ijravl,al Kblcli )u no ram Ibal anal. M m fcr m aUB MccaatAjtM aUit. tally tail quickly I mw. I ttn Uii sa arorkw from nch dl.irUi orrouair, I tkWJwtdjrlnnai tt pmld4 alia mi loi lumi in. Master, wkatnmaklacottr in i(.lnHKW .. ALLkN, Has . Ami Ml, Ml), tack r tlilf lull llf tnl rk a , f ,m, rf Hums Gf-uuiC LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS. They are intelligent, faithful and well disciplined. Onei the I'retlilenl Himself Appointed Them How They Are) I'ald Inttanrei of I'ennnal llrntrry OriiMiiUnlloii of thn 8erlci Coal of Unci Hnm'i l.lght. Special Corrutionilvnro.) WABitiNOTON, July U!). Ill my letter tlio other dity on tlio llglithouso nervlce of the United Stntca I had not thu npace to write ott that branch of the mihject which la of uqtial Intercut to that of the llKhthoiiao Mnietiires theinnelvca the lrxoiinel of thu e.itibllhincnt, The ilKlithonse koepern form iiiltc n little nnny in thettuelvca The llrst light keeper In thloountry,of whoso appoint nient there lennthontlo Information, was George Worthyhike, aged forty-throw yearn, who vih made kecer of the light hotiso on Llttlo Ilruwoter Island In Uov ton harbor in 17I0. Iliit eonipensatlon wiui fifty pounds n year. When the federal government took charge of thu llglithouso establishment thonppolntnient of keepers win made by the president, and imltu a uttmlor of commlsslotiR bear the idgnnturo of Ueorgo Washington himself, who took great in terest in lighthousu affairs. Ono of the llrst official acts Washington ns presi dent crforined, was to write to thu keeper of Sandy Hook light, directing htm to keep it burning until congress had opportunity to provide for Its con tinuance. Jefferson also took personal interest in lighthouse a Hairs and in it personnel. There nru hanging in thu office- of tho lighthouse toard in this city n mtmlcr of letters from Washington and Jefferson on llglithouso matters. But us thu number of lighthousu keep ers increased presidential interest In their welfare ceased also. Now tho up polutmentH nru nil tuadu by collectors of customs subject to thu approval of thu treasury department. There nru some thing like l, '-MX) llglithouso keepers now in tho employ of tho government. While it does not require u high order of talent to become u lighthousu keejier, It does reipilro intelligence, faithfulness, strict sobriety and u willingness to lend n life of isolation, often accompanied by dan gers and hardships. The appointment of lighthouse keeper U restricted to per sons between thu ages of eighteen and fifty. They must be able to read, writo iiud keep accounts and do thu requisite manual labor. Thoy must be able to pull and sail a boat, and have enough mechanical ability to keep the premises in repair and in order. Keepers aro forbidden to engago in any business which can interfuro with their presence at their stations, but it is no unusual thing to find n keeper working at his station as a shoemaker, tailor or in some similar capacity, and there nru light keepers who fill the neighboring pulpit, who hold commissions as justices of tho peace, and there are still others who do duty aa school teachers without neglecting their lighthouses. Llglithouso keepers and their families are tnado very comfortable. Their pretty anil substantial houses are often sur rounded with ground enough for garden and poultry raising or any other light business. When they aro bo far distant from market as to mnko the carriago of tho necessaries of life a burdensomo tax, tho government provides them with fuel anil provisions. Every keeper has his boat, usually n very handsome llttlo yacht, and the government also builds him a barn for his cattle and horses. Something is also done for tho Intellect ual needs of himself and family, Tho board has provided over 000 circulating libraries. These libraries aru arranged in cases so constructed that they make rather a neat nppenrancu when set upright on a table, and they only need le closed and locked to be ready for transporta tion. Each library contains an average of fifty books, historical, scientific, poeti cal and good novels, together with a Bible and a Vrayer book. Ono of these libraries is left at a station for some three months, when it is exchanged, and the first is .Missed on to another station. 8o each of tho stations to which libraries are furnished Bees some 250 different books each year. Lighthouse keepers are paid all tho way from $100 to fl.OOO it year, according to the nature and im portance of their services. The latter figure, with the perquisites, such as house rent, etc., which go with it, make it a very respectable income. The dis cipline of the service is rigid nnd severe anil has been from the beginning. A keeper found iutoxicateil is not only summarily dismissed tho service, but he is instantly ejected from tho station; nnd a keeper who allows his light to go out is dismissed without excuse or regard to his previous good conduct The board considers it the duty of ev ery lighthouse keeper to stand by his ngntasiong as thu llglithouso stands, and that for him to desert it when in danger is as cowardly as for a soldier to leavo his guns on the advance of tho enemy. Hia failure to keep his light burning, especially In time of dnngcr, may cause tho wreck of vessels looking for it and result in tho loss of much property nnd many lives. Keepers are trained to consider the light nnd tho lighthouse property their paramount duty beyond any personal consideration, nnd the esprit du corps Is such that instances have happened where the keepers on duty have, as iu the case of the first light on Mlnot's ledge, gone down with their lighthouse and died nt their post; others, where the keeper has saved his lens, letting his family Bhift for themselves, and there aro repeated instances where the keeper has saved tho lighthouse property and lost his own. An instance of heroism is that of the keeper of Sliarp'a Island lighthouse, in Chesapeake bay. It was lifted from its foundation, thrown over on it side and carried away by ice early in February, 1891. The keeper and hia assistant clung to the fallen house, and, although one of their boata remained uninjured, they were adrift in the bay sixteen and a half hours without flre or food, always in im minent danger, as the heavy floating Ice constantly threatened '.to swamp the hotiso. It grounded, howevor, on nn is land shortly after midnight, nt high tide, and was full of water. Being satisfied that It would not float ofT again, the two keepers went ashoro In their boat, nnd when tho tide had fallen they returned, saved nnd took to thu shore the lens, Its pedestal, thu oil, the library, much dam aged by water, nnd even tho empty oil cans. Meantime thu keepers of another lighthouse, fearing thu Ice, had desorted their jiost and gone nshoro, Those were promptly dismissed from thi service, anil tlio two keeper who had spent thesu terrible hours afloat and finally saved their apparatus weru highly compli mented by a letter from the toanl and wro apjKilnted to thu deserters' places. All thu keeper in tho sixteen light (muse distrfcts aro under u llglithouso Inspector, one for each district Tho lighthousu Inspector Is always a naval officer, usually of tho rank of commander. Ho is detailed to this duty for a iterlod of three years, This detail is regarded as thu softest shore duty that a naval officer can have, and it is eagerly sought after. It is thu duty of an Inspector to attend to supplying thu tights of their resxctivo dlntrlctst to keep up the dis cipline of thu light keepers; to inspect thu light stations, lightships and light tenders, and all the lighthouse people and property in his district each quar ter; to attend to thu examinations, pro motion and transfer of tho keepers; to act as purchasing and disbursing officer, and to pay each keeper his salary each quarter. As a disbursing officer ho is responsible for very largo sums of monoy, but no pecuniary bond is required of him, as his commission in thu navy is at etako for thu proiier performance of his duty. It may bo said hero with credit to thu officers that thu government has nover lost n cent Intrusted to any of them. But tho officer on duty as lighthousu Inspector, as was said before, has a very pleasurable assignment. Ho is iiermit ted to Hvo In any portion of his district thai ho may choose. Ho has nbi-oluto control of tho lighthouse tendor, which Is n vessel fitted up llko a millionaire's yacht. Ho patrols his district Ih this vessel nt will, and in tho summer time, as may well bo imagined, ho keeps her very busy. Ho is nmenablo to no au thority but tho treasury department. Associated with tho naval lighthousu Inspector in each district is a lighthouse engineer, who is always an officer of the engineer corps of tho army. It Is his duty to prepare plans for llghtlwuso structures, to purchaso tho innterial, ar raugu for tho labor and take chargo of their erection. He nnd tho naval In spector usually Hvo in tho same portion of their district, and with the naval in spector ho has equal enjoyment of the beautiful steam yacht at their disposal. Thudutiea of tho insiwctorsand engineers are not only difficult, but often danger ous. Two inspectors recently lost their lives while on duty Lieutenant Com mander Wright by yellow fever and Commander McDougal by drowning and General O. E. Babcock, of whisky ring fame, was also drownod while try ing to land at the she of u lighthouse which was being built under hi charge. There are 0,050 nautical miles of light ed coast on the ocean, gulf, bay, sound, laku and river shores, not counting tho Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers, which are lighted on a different nnd cheaper plan. Tho sums actually expend ed in lighting and buoying these 0,050 miles of coast during tho year ending Juno 00, 1880, was ?2,U00,000. Tho average- sum paid for maintaining an aver ago light station during the eamo yenr was from 3,845 for stations of tho first class, to $559 for stations of tho sixth class, bor maintaining a lightship the average cost was $5,000 per annum, for the averago fog signal $3,200 per an num, and for maintaining each steam tender or yacht $15,000 per annum. A question having iirUen as to the length of our coast lino, thu lighthouse board recently asked tho coast and geo detic survey to furnish it with a state- jinentof the length, in statute miles, of iuo general Beacoasi or tno Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Alaskan waters, and also the coast line in statute miles of the same coasts, including Islands, bays, rivers, etc., to the head of tide water. In reply to this the' coast and geodetic survey sent the following statement: OKNKIMI. SfcACOAST OF TUB UNITED STATU. Statute Miles. Atlantic Ocean 2,043 Gulf or Mexico 13s Pacific Ocean ...,1,810 Alaska t,7M) tNCMJOIKO liiaNns, bavs. n I vers, trc., TO TIIK HEAD or TIDR WATtll. Statute Miles. Atlantic Ocean 00,510 Oulf or Mexico 10,113 Pacific Ocean p.ooo Alaska.... , S0,3T0 This mileago does not include the more than 8,000 miles of lako coasts, nor the nearly 5,000 miles of rivers which are lighted, but it does include tho Alaskan coasts, which aro not lighted. WALTEn Weu.man. Still Vigorous at Eighty. Pope Leo XIU selected Archbishop Kenrick, who is soon to celebrate his golden jubilee, to confer in his nnmo the red hat on Most Rev. James Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore. Tho cardinal in his sermon nt the time oxpressed delight at the selection. "We venerate you as tho senior of us nil In years," said tho cardinal, turning to Archbishop Ken rick, "as well ns in episcopal ordina tion; but still more do wu revere you for your learning, your piety, your un flagging zeal in a word, for nil those virtues of a bishop which havo for so many years made you an oxamplo and shining light to our steps in the work of rullug our dioceses, nnd feeding the flocks committed to us with the food of sound doctrine." And yet, despite the fact that thishutn inary of his career might lend one to be lieve he must bo a feeblo old man today, Archbishop Kenrick is younger look ing and more activo than iu 1872 when Archbishop Ryan, now of Philadelphia, was his coadjutor. In 1884 Archbishop Ryan was transferred, and Dr. Kenrick ha alone managed the affairs of the tee if St. Louis since. GREENE'S LONQ CAREER. ?" 1 A Man Mho Knew t.lnrnln nnd Practices l.itw at the Age of Ninety .one. Colonel Isaac H, Greene, of Louisville, Is ninety-one yearn old, in firm health .-': or bod)' and mind, and still active ami successful In tho practice of law He enJo)s lite, too, nnd Is a champion at checker plnylng. All this Is good, but the chief point of Interest In the old gentleman Is the close,, personal acquaintance he enjoted with nil nf Kentucky' ureal orators from COLONEL J, It. OIIKF.NR. 1&33 to 1 SCO, and when lie fs fn a reminiscent mood his talk more fascinating than poetry or romance. . Henry Clay, Hen Hardin nnd Tom Mar hnll are his favorites, but he tins pleasant recollections also of S. S, Prctitlis, Jo Holt and Abraham Lincoln. He wiun boy com panion of Lincoln's, and met the future liberator again man) )er later when IkiHi were soldiers Iu thu so called Hlaclc Hawk war. In boyhood ho was often put up to ntco with Lincoln, and it ivasnu even thing between them, but when they met In thu "war he was nowhere. Lincoln easily outran every ninn in the command, and In a wrest Iu there were but few who could matoh him. llecoulJ also throw tho Iron bar farther than any competitor. "But It was in story telling," says Colonel Greene, "that Lincoln won the admiration ot all. Night after night his tent was crowded, nnd wu nil forgot his homeliness when he began to talk. Wo agreed ho would grow to bo considerable of a llgure in thu world, but nonu of us dreamed he would become ni great as he did or In the way he did." Colonel Greene wns born on a farm near Albany and tilled thu soil at various west ern places to the age of twenty-eight, when ho went to Kentucky. When tho Black Hawk war ended ho uuuaged In collecting claims for his fellow soldiers ami was so successful nt It that his friends advised him to study law. Tho 8400 he had earned as a claim agent was expended in getting his law kuowlciluu and his library, and In 1831 he began to practice In Louisville, where lie has ever since resided, He takes long unit Ions, however, hu and his nged wife spending thu hot weather with their daughter In Chicago NEARLY FORTY YEARS IN OFFICE. A Mluoiirl Man Who linn tlceu I'oit nutter Since riereo'n Time. Probably the oldest postmaster In tho United States Is Elijah Watson, of Kusli vltle, Buchanan county, Mo Hu was up pointed postmaster by President Frankl' 1 Pierce in June, 1853, and has held thu office continuously until the present time. Mr. Watson is a Democrat, but no objection KLIJAII WA1SOK has ever been made to him on tccount of politics, although he has served under mote Hcpubllcnn than Democratic presi dents Hushvllle Is a village of less than 300 In habitants, yet six railroads pnss the place, and Postmaster Watson, who is now seventy-live years old, "makes" twenty four tnall trains dally, carrying thu sacks on his back nearly half a mile, In his thirty-eight years' service ho has not lost a single letter. Onco during the wnr bush whackers broku Into the office and robbed It of the supply of stamps, and nt another time Kucrrlllas attempted his life. Mr. Watson is of Kentucky birth, as is also bis wife. They have had twelve children, six of whom are living. April 15 last, ten days before their birthday, Mr. Watson's twin brother Ellslta died. They had lived in the same vicinity slnco IS 12. Irrigation In Utah. A recent ceusus bulletin says that in the territory of Utah thero are D.T24 farms that are Irrigated out of a total number of 10, 757. The averaae size of the irrigated farms, or more strictly, of those portions of farms on which irrigation is practiced, is twenty-seven acres. The average first cost of water right is $10,53 per acre, nnd the average cost of preparing the soil for cultivation, including the purchase price of the land, is (10.10 per acre. The average present value of the irrigated land ot the territory, including buildings, etc., is reported ns 3S4.23 per acre, showing an apparent profit, less cost of buildings, of 157.00 per acre. The average annual cost of water is (0.01 per acre, which deducted from the averago annual value ot products per acre, leaves an average annual return of (17.12 per acre. Her 1 1 11 ib ami Struck Oil. People are not always ashamed of the source of their wealth. Witness the case recently reported from Pennsylvania. Among those who rose from poverty to nfllueuce by the discovery of coal oil upon their farms was a family named McCune, living Just outside of Pittsburg. When the husband died the wife expended more than (10,000 in n burial plot and Its decora tion, and she has now erected a monument coktiug (40,000 more, upon which Is cut nn immense oil derrick, as she desires, she says, that her heirs und friends shall re member the means by which she was en ablcd to fully enjoy this life. A New llrauiu by Duma. A comedy on which Alexandre Dumas has been at work for more than a year Is now approaching completion. Last win ter the brilliant dramatist spent several weeks at Monte Carlo, wheru he watched intently the operations of the gaming ta bles, and it Is conjectured that tho casino will figure among tho scenes of tho forth coming piny, but It Is not likely that his Monte Carlo will equal his father's Monte Cristo In general Interest. A seeker after curious and little known facts has discovered that nil tho presidents ot the United States save Willlnm Henry Harrison had blue eyes COLONEL jmk )m?LBmm UHnl! UiMj SHB'- ' OptseJ Jan, 1, '91. ill ImproTtuinU The Lincoln, TKItMH-UAUTO f ,(i be latter price IiiiIuiIik IImIIi, First-Class in Every Respect! ItHliqiietK, IIiiIIh mill II crept lima. Wenie miei'lally well piepnrcd to enter lain lnrKciir Mnnll ituthriinvH nt ItnniiiietH, Hulls, lleeei'tloim, Kte. ltnlis nnd full Infor mation cheerlnlly ulen at Ihi-nltice. Cor I 1 nilii Sis. SiikaiisA Mahkf.i FAST MAIL ROUTE ! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 -TO- AtchNon, Leaxenworth, fit. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis and all Points South, East and West. The direct line to Ft. Scott, Paisons Wichita, ' Hutchinson nnd all p-hclpal points in Kansas. The only road to the Great Hot Springs of Arknnsn. Pullman Sleepers ai'l FVee Reclining Cbnlr Cms on nil train. J. E. R. MILLAR, R V. R MILLAR, City Ticket Agt UsVI ijmt vSlHiffiBHHiBliilL SIDEWALK AND BUILDING U. MEYER, Notary Public and Real Estate Dealer in Gity and Farm Property -AGENT rtUnl I'UII lUt. North German-Lloyd Steamship Co., Hamburg-American Packet Co., and Baltic Lines. Also Raihoad Agent for the different Companies Knst and West Southampton, Havre, Hamburg, Stctten, London, Paris, Norway, Plymouth, Ilicmen, Sweden, and any point In Europe. Post Orders and Foreign F.xchange issued to all prominent points in Europe. Having liirne facilities east with tlio bltjurust Hanks mid Having Institutions, I inn pro pared to make all kinds ol (.onus on First ileal Estate Mortuaex, Cltv or Farm 1'iopeity, Irom 1 toS year, nt the lowest Intoiest I also deal hi School llomls, State, Comity anil City Warrants, nlo In State, County and City Cor tilled Claims, and will uluiijg pay tint highest market price. Call ami ee mo or Coriespond with me, L. MEYER, ioS North Tenth Street. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. The - Bond. J. G. BURPEE, Proprietor. This beautiful new house under Its present management will bo conducted In thorough first class style on the American plan, rates $2.00. It has ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES Including passenger elevators and bath room on ever floor. Tho sleeping apartments are large and elegantly furnished and may be had either single or en suite. We have reserved a limited number of rooms for city patrons and are pre pared to give excellent table board with or without rooms at reasonable rates. Call and see us, TH6 Telephone 48a. C. K. Montgomery. President. Herman It. HclmborK, Vlco Prest. .Trianlili ll.int,.iii. r',.l.ln- .-,.. .."..,. (it;, , t,1t;a H O. J. Wilcox, Ami. Cnshlor. ,' German National Bank, r.rxcoLx, x:t. Capital . .. $100,000.00 Surplus . . . 30,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business lilies pttei,(,rt.rt,,rawilinfion all iiarls or the world. PBtii collections a specialty. Nebraska's Leading Hotel. THE MURRAY Cor. Hth anil Harney Hu., OI.2E.. 17333. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS All Modem Improvement and Conveniences. B. 8ILL0WAY, Pro-rletor. IRA HIOBY, Principal Olerk AND- VITRIFIED PAVERS BBBBsB BikVaK-aBMiliiiiiiiiiiiWii. BRICK J.A.BU GKSTAFF FOK THE BON D Cor. iath and Q. R r fi 'ff- (. SMiiaMafcMaiWaiMaiUMuv