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F'WICIC KlVIC OlCNT
Aii Inquisitive Now York nowspiicr re
porter has toon poking his mm around until
ho dl'eovorod n hat Is certainly thii very
smallest store In tlio city, mill one of the
smallest If Indeed it Is not the. most dliulnii
tlve establishment In the world. It Is at UNI
Ellznlseth street, Is'twoou Spring mid Prince,
mid Is to nil aponraii''os the front end of n
narrow hallway which at hoiiio remote mt
Iixl of antiipiity contained a pair of stairs.
Its widtli tiy careful ineiiMuremeiit Is just
threo feet mid six inches lictwccu wnlls,
which gives It solo occupant, ns ho nits wit li
Ills hack uguliist ono side, liarely room to
handle his work and swing Ills hammer.
For tlio "stoie" Is a shoo shop and Its proprie
tor rejoices in tlio euphonious tltlo of Luol
and llclsuuo, a small, dark eyed, curly hair
ed son of Italy, who cannot speak a word of
Fuglish, hut appears orfectly contented In
his mil row quarters.
In conversation with ono of Lincoln's
shrewdest and most successful business men
a day or two ago ho made u statement that
was certainly now to mo. "1 could ad I
thousands of dollnis to tho receipts from my
bllslnevs each year," ho said, "if my name
was only diircrctit. Don't you know," he
continued, "that odd sounding iianies strike
tho popular fancy, and that once In a while
a man with what is termed a 'catchy' nuiim
makes a fortune liy putting his name con
stantly before tin public?" When we look for
an answer to tlio ipiery "What's In a naiiiot'
this now ihasoof the question, if tine, would
force a confession that, in tho language of
Col. Sellers, "there is millions in it." Who
over Ileal'.! of fortune smiling on such names
as Joshua Higgins, John Wiggins or Hicliard
Spriggius, and how many names can you
count of retail ineichuits who havo pushed
an (Hid and musical name ahead of thorn on
the road to success Tho retail trade Is llcklo
and a prettily-sounding name, when coupled
with tlio proper treatment of tho trailing
public frequently catches it.
"It was when I used to practice law in a
little town near the center of the statu," said
an attorney whoso hair had grown gray in
tho service to mo tho other evening. "A
farmer had one of his neighbors arrested for
stealing ducks, and I was employed by tho
accused to endeavor to convince tho court
that such was not tho case. Tlio plalntitf
was positive his neighbor was guilty of thu
offense charged against him, bccnusoliu had
seen the ducks in the defendant's yard.
" 'How do you know thoy are your ducks I'
I asked.
" 'Oh, I should know my own ducks any
where,' replied tlio farmer; and ho went in
to a description of their different peculiari
ties whereby ho could readily distinguish
them from others.
" 'Why,' said I, 'these ducks can't bo or
such a rare breed. I havo seen some just
like them in my own yanl.'
" 'That's not at all unlikely,' replied the
farmer, 'for they arc not tlio only ones I
havo had stolen lately." "
Frank O. Cui'eiiter, tho well known news
paper coilesponilent, lias been writing an In
teresting resume on "Tho Demon of Over
work" for an eastern journal. "Most public
men," he wiites, "dioof overwork nowudnys
The sudden extinction of so many bright
stars in the political firmament must Ihj re
mindeiH thai the wheels of the brain can not
run Incessantly without tlio occasional "oil
of rest." It is at a break neck sieed that
successful Americans live. Senator I'lmiib
thought his splendid physique was a guiruu
teo of health, but his brain gave way under
the tremendous pressure of overwork. "Con
gestion of tlio brain" killed Secretary Folger,
He wanttd to master every detail of tho II
uaucial system and as .Mr, Carpenter siys,
"boiled Ills brain day by day." Zuch ('hand
ler, who was proud of his health, overwork
ed during the (iarlleld campaign and was
found dead in Ills bed. "Tlio Demon of
Overwork" was delksl for years by Senator
Mutt Carpenter, but it killed him at last.
His death wasa most curious one. It was
caused by mental labor mid disregard of tho
laws of health though it did come in the form
of apoplexy. Ho had nil Iron constitution,
but ho ruined it by Indiscretions. For years
lie did all his studying at night. He would
begin at 11 o'clock with a strong cigar and a
bottle of ciiauipague to stimulate Ids work
and from 1 o'clock to 4 ho kept himself
awake by nipping liraudy. At ho would go
to heel and sleep until 'J and these live hours
of rest seemed to make lilm as flesh as a
daisy.
Ho went on his way for twenty years and
then lie went to pieces like tlio old Deacon's
chaise. Ho found ho could do nothing. Ho
had terrible headaches and up.m his consult
ing ills physician, lie was told that ho must
die within a year. Senator Cm pouter took
this decree as fate and ho accepted it like a
hero. He told no one but his ptituer about
it. Ho never complained mid lie wont about
his business as usual. He looked into his
own case and studied it as cirefiilly and
coolly as though it weio that of a stranger.
Ho had u register which told the story of tho
condition I Ids blood and as ho looked at
this from day today he would say to his part
ner. 'I see that I have only so many more
days to live.' Tin en days before his death ho
said to him, '1 llnd that 1 cannot live moio
than three or four days longer and I do not
think I will come to tliootllcoaiiy mote.' He
then got into his cariiagoaiid was driven
homo to die. It was then only that 'he told
his family of the decree of the physician an d
he died as he expected, betore the week was
out." Horace (Irouloy was killed by his
presidential defeat and family troubles. Tlu
last days of both Webster and Clay wore
filled with the worries of disii,iuiutod ambi
tious. Of course there Is to lie iiojvur with Chili.
fIM
Xo ferious man who know anything about
the situation over thought there would i.e.
Tho papers have been playing shuttlecock
mid battleilore with thoiiuestloii In order to
till dull-day space and furnish their readeis
with tlio necessary sensation, tlio navy Im
provement party has used the incident to
back up its demands for better boats and m -liniment,
and tho political parties of I Kith
this country and Chill have made tin- most
of the situation. Hut there lias been no
set Ions danger of war. Tlio United Stites
Is not bully enough to attack a little country
like Chili If there Is tiny way to avoid a con
flict, and tlio Chilians, whatever may le
said about thoiil, nre not tlo"'iiriglit idiot".
Tho latest news from the tniuluo stricken
provinces of Hussla only bring renewed hor
rors. Kven if honestly administered it
would take i), ()(K) ships to carry thu food
needed in the thirteen starving provinces.
There Is certainly no honest elide ivor made
by tlio olllcers of the Hii-siau government to
help the siitl'ering with tho funds mid food
already at lumd. The entire subscription of
St. Petersburg for its own poor lias been
stolen by some of tlio otlicials it charge, it Is
said. Tho Ifi.OOO.lMlO pounds of tye Hour
which was purchased for the purpow ot dis
tribution among the needy was found to lm
so adulterated as to louder it tlsolcsi as food
and hi paits poisonous. Tho enforced si
leiico upon the sulferiiig people by tlio olllcoi s
of tlio government for political reasons,
which keeps from a pitying world the real
destitution, makes matters more alarming,
it Is feaied that oven if supplies sulllelent
weio sent, tlio ones most needing them notild
not bo iclievcd, on account of tho dishonesty
of the government employes, The "Holy
Synod," a controlling Uxly, which govei us
sixty bishops, who in turn, parcel out to the
llusaian their religion, is tlio creature of
tlio car, who holds them resKiusible in the
strictest sense, mid thoy can do nothing con
trary to Ids will ami wishes, under the pmal
ty of Imprisonment orexiloto Siberia. Tim s
tlio 00,1100 priests must, whether It suits
them or not, side with the soldiers and gov
ineut ollleinla, no matter how much they may
desire t j sympathize with and aid the siiller-
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ilig Iieoplo. A tl no must come when the
yoke of tyranny will bo broken and tho cap
tives bo loosed from their galling chains.
Tlior is little hope else. Our lovtsl America
should bo swift to answer the call for help
and show her love for this starving people,
remembering with all their faults ami mis
fortunes they are human beings.
Hero's a lltOo story a friend of mli.o told
mo yesterday. I c m't vouch for tho truth of
It personally, though I ropoo a good deal of
confidence in tht veracity of my friend.
This Is tlio way he describes it; "It was the
enchanting hour of I o'clock a. in., one uignt
last week when a hired man who slept in the
basement of nil east side lesidenco was
awakened by a noise in one of the upper
rooms of the house which his practiced ear
readily detected to ho that of burglars at
work. Itlslng cautiously ho secured two
loaded revolvers and stealthily crept to the
top of the upper stairway where a light was
gleaming through the keyhole of one of the
doors. With a cooked weapon in each hand
ho thrust the door open with a yell, sprang
Uildly to tho center of the loom and shouted
to t lie burglars to "surrender." They sur
rendered, hut instead ot throwing up their
hands they laid theiu down on the table.
One of the hands was a ipieeii full, another
hail jacks up and the third was a hob-tuiltsl
flush. The master of the house was simply
entertaining a couple of friends.
Somehow or another, facts are stubborn
things During a lulf hour's recital of past
oxpenencjs in a lutl parlor hi Lincoln a
few evenings ago a local yarnster held the
close attention of a patty ot live, of which I
was a member. At the close of his enter
taining hloginphy, ono of tho p.nty, who is
of a mathematical turn oi mind, laid a tabu
Intisl statement of dales liefoio tho story tel
ler which proved hint to lie, by his own
statements, one hundred and .thiitccu years
old. The result was that lie pressed the but
ton and the waiter did the icit.
"Shogo" lias been at tho head of all west
eru llours for eight years. It must he go.xl.
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"A 1 air Hebel," Harry P. Maw-son's mill
t'ry ilriimn, uttrneted large mnllenem to th
new Lansing, Monday mid Tuesday evenings,
whoenjoted the leuditioii of the stirring
scenes and Incidents of the war time. The
plav Issomelhfiigof a iis'oiistructo I combina
tion of " Alabama" mid "Shenandoah," and in
some repe ts deseveis to lie ranked with
those well known productions. The ilepnr
tuie of llie party from Moutelth manor
when-they were bundled into a wagon at
Inched to a real horse and driven oir the
stage was veiy realistic, as was the telegraph
scene and Mbby Pi Ison Th work ot J. P.
ICis-fe as "Major Jnnios Stlllnian." a 1'nlted
States army surgeon, avn clexer indeed,
his liiusipie. good iintiircil miiuner standing
out In relief against thedatk incidents of Die
play. Miss Fanny (iillette tlie fair rebel,"
I was a typical southerner and her acting,
e-peelally while assisting her I iver Mason to
e-enpe fioin the jm'ii. nils as pielty a piece of
1 work as one sees on the mimic stage. The
other members of tlio company, notably 1M
inond It. Maw sou as Colonel Mason and
Kmlle I i Ciolx as the French captain, were
nlKJYo the n.orngo.
Hisirgi) W liodcror's funny farn counsly
"lT iV I", which was sts-n at the I,anlng
thus) ulgiits 'H-giuniiig Wislnevlay, luis been
much improved since Its lustnphiaruiico here
and the thunder of laughter show Hint it
has cored an uiiipialilltsl success among the
lovers of fnrce comedy in Lincoln. It is
really one of the brightest skits on the road
and through it owes iiiucli of Its populailty
to tho humorous visage of John T. Ids-hand
the Inimitable drollery of Dutch Dily,
tliere is not a stick in the coiiipiuy. Hairy
ICelly, the acrobatic policwui in, Is a whole
show In lilnivll', while Chai-lm r, Walton's
foi in and llguro are enough to change the hi -
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ten oils of a would-be Niiiclde and make' him
bellnvo that life was worth tho living after
all. Mlsi Florrio West is a bright little wm
brette, who slugs and dances her way with
out much trouble into the good graces an
audience. Tho specialties mo of ail Uliusii
ally good character, the songs, imslleys and
dances being exceedingly well arranged.
I Altogether, "U t I" in the hands of Us plt
j out eXK)iients is well able to hold Its own
. with anything in tlio wnv of farce coiuisl)
! now In oxi-tonco mid no doubt it always will
as long as "O'Doiiovmi Innes" ami Prof.
John Ciigerblot." in the person of ICelly and
Daly me ideiititleil with theple.-e.
' I'ucle Hlrnili, 'every hit as young and
giddy as he was when first seen yeais ago,
wasat the Fuiike b-for a small audience
Wednesday evening. 1 here if nothing now
to lie said ulsmt the' play, It is the old. old
story of a fai iner'sadventures In ugrontclty,
"inch lias worn threadbare long ago. Uncle
Hiram is of a c'is of stnge llgiires who are
not nppicciatcd in Lincoln, anil besides that
the company presenting it In this instance
was ipiiteau iudill'ereiit one.
It would seem as If the Ha, don's whose
SiiH'ihi" Is at the Fiiuke, in th eaily -r
id of their c.ueer threw their ideas an I me
chaun-al geiiuii i it-) a k ileelo,,-jp ., nnd Us
ono year lias succeeded ailothei, have meie
ly uetslisl to give it a tillu to prevnt mine
thing new and novel. As acrobat In thu by
gone times their fame was win Id wide for
th-'y are as well known in Calcutta or Hong
Ivong as thoy are heie, but as producers
of iauto'iihiilc sectacle their populailty is
confined chiefly to this country. In thesospec
tue'e the mi lience is u t asked 1 1 stu ly th )
why and the wheretoieof the plot, tor every
tiling is iippscd to In possible mid prolm
ble in Fairyland Tho humor evolved is not
a li ittle of its, but a sort of neighlsirly lm
inorthit all iiuy digott. Its iiightmire
like incohi'iviicy is in itself a fund of hugh
ter A scenic illusion, a mechanical trick,
an acrobatic display or a pi etty ballet is in
ti-oducel at oppji-tuiio in intents, when the
expression of tlu face In front timiinics a
gaping wonder, only to hieakout Into u
broad grin again as Mr. Clown, with hi
pantomimic humor, comes on tho boards. It
Is nil logical, legitimate mid ludlssectablo, or
at least no ono can deny It, for It belongs oil
tlrvly to ethics of Fairyland, In which thn
Hanlon's are well coached. Tlio attendance
has been good,
V
"IMIOII JONATHAN."
"Poor Jonathan" tlio gient Now Vork
Casino success will bo sung at ''The l-annlng"
on Saturday, Foliiunry itth by Conrlisl's
Opeia company. "I'oor Jonathan" although
Mint pimluced III Vienna, Is esieiitlally nil
American opera, with slight foielgu acces
sions. It piNsesses tho pis'illlar illstlnctlon
of nun king mi eutli ely now departure in the
modern school of opei a comlipie. The music
Is by lnrl Mllloecker, the composer of "Tho
lleggai-Htudeiit" and "Tho lllack Hussar".
"TIIK MIIINIIIIIT AI.AHM."
The great reall-tle five act meliNlrama,
"The Midnight Alariii' will be presentisl at
the now Lansing Monday mid Tuesday eve
nings of next week, with all tho auxiliaries In
the way of scenery and stage settings that
has made it famous throughout the country.
The play was a great success last season hut
this year It appears In an embellished version
of additional meilt mid attractive ioivers.
Mr. Lcaudcr lllchanlsou's touching up of
the win k bus added lustre, pathos anil hu
mor to the dialogue rind In the scenic arrange
ment he has iiiado almost wonderful im
provement. Mr. Pearson, the proprietor
and manager, has spared no exM'nso to
carry out Mr. Richardson's magnificent
scene plot and ill the third and fourth acts It
reaches a climax that carries tlio niidleuco
by storm. There are realistic auxiliaries un
numls'ied, n lire engine with real hose and
real smoke, a moving drawbridge, a light
ning express truln, etc., etc. Tlio scenic ef
fects are i cnlly commendable. One Is par
tlculaily good, and Is original. It lepre
scuts n railway signal station and moving;
drawbridge, so that for thrilling Interest, en
thusiastic dialogue, staining situations ami
happy denouncement, "The Midnight
Alarm" Isilccliledly "in It," and the lover of
the heroic and the mclislruimitlu may go to
the new Lansing and revel in the sensation
al, and that, too, of t. quality which one mil
witness without tiring. The reserve sale l
now on.
max o'ltr.i.i,.
Kvtryono should see mid hear this cele
brated satu 1st mid wit In "America as sens
through French Spectacles" at Fiinke'sojs.-nu
house, Tiles lay, February llth. Hoserveil
seats Tfr ami fid cents ut Cliisou & Fletchers.
He seaks under the auspices of the i'ulla
illnn siN'lety of the state university.
IIKIIIMITIIKOUHTAIN.
Iile Fuller has begun a llliel suit against
Mr. Fisko of tho Ihninutiv Mirror tor WO,.
UW.
Deiimau Thoiupsoii is undei going a surgi
cal ortciiilion in Philadelphia for the remov
al of a growth In one of Ids nostrils.
('I. Win. IC. Slim lias bojght "lluslmnd.
and Wife" trom T. Henry French, and will
pioduce it at the N. V. Harden Theatre,
1'aslei Monday, with Miss Cora Tanner as
the star.
Additional Dramitl-ou otlipi;e.l
a xi:w t-iiriii.Mi kiiim.
Mr. L llettuiau of the extensive wliolosilo
clothing house of Kettlll in 1 1 Ids. (V C ., Ciu-
ciiiuall, has Is-eu iu the city, for the past
ten days closing a deil for the purchase of
the well known business of the Solomons
Clothing Comptii) . Tlio store which is one
ot th" most popular clothing stands in the
city ctiaiigisl huml' last Saturday, and now
tlio stock will bo closed out at once to make
room for other goods. In couvci nation with
Mr. Itettiuaii, he infoimod a reporter that
the store would lie conducted on HU-ral and
enterprising principles and that a line of
goods uiiMilpa-Msl any whole had already
Is-eii oriloicd for the spring tride. Itettiiliu
llros. nie one of the liugest iimnuf.ictuiers
of clothing iu the country and their goods
, have won ail extensive reputation every
' wheie for siiK'nor llnisti, corns't stylo and
j peifis-t tit And this is not all that Lincoln
I gains in seeming the interest of tins linn iu
Lincoln, lint with It mines the full assiiiauco
that iu tune lor fall huoiifs llittiimu llros.
! iV Co. will begin opcintliiu ill the wholesale
Hue.
The retail store will continue under tint
able luaiiageiiiaut of Mr, Harry Joseph than
whom no more popular manager could havo
Iseen selected. Ho is Hipu,tr with the t rado
and lias shown ch vcr judgment iu conduct
iug the business lieietotoie. Dick Huiidivll,
whom mvirly every Lineoluite, knows, will
be retained as head salesman. Messrs I'M
llailey and Frank Itobluson will assist iu en-
I tertaining customers, and it is expected that
ere long, llettmau's new store will Ikj tlio
I most prominent iu tlei city. At present tho
1 closing out sale is going on of vv Inch partic
ulars in I)' Im found 111 ill! adveriisjuuat Oil
pone four of this issiio.
J.adies hair dressing, Miss Johnston, 111 I
O street.