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Special Courier , Correspondence.
- X have taken aomsnorfllcsMM inblgh;
art, andKaye pr&nsssttVso rapidly that I
now.uaderBtakd ths whole outside of the
building and all ths figures on It from
Victory to Cares and from Jhe tall angels
to the little caryatides.. As everybody
knows, the Art palace is mora solidly con
structed thaa any of the other buildings
as it Is to remain here, while the others,
with possibly one or two exceptions, are to
be removed. It stands on the north shore
of the north lagoon, almost exactly in the
north centsr of ths grounds and is 830x600
feet in the main, with two annexes, east
ern and western, each 120x900. feet.
The main oblong is intersected each way
by nave and transept, each 100 feet wide
and 70 feet high, and at thelr.eeater is tb
great dome, the concave sUk of which is
125 feet from the floor and atop of it is tb
winged Victory. The entire structure
still retains its original clear white color
and externally as well as internally It is in
truth a palace of art. Few visitors study
the 'outside. They appreciate the general J
effect in beauty, but fail to note the Ionia
purity of , the columns, thechaste and yet
masstte? simplicity of the statues, pediments-and
bas-reliefs, in short, all tho
figures suggestive of the progress of art
from the dawn of history to the present
time. In trutli.it requires a special edu
cation to get tho idea meant to be con
veyed, for there certainly is not another
building on the grounds and possibly not
another in the country, of which the ex
terior mora 'fitly suggests its purpose. .
And therein-is manifested anew that
great mystery which thas'becn 'dMcussed
bvthe learned for tho last 400 years and
Was discussed even in Rome while the fact
was yet new the mystery that a mere
handful of people in a little corner of
southwestern Europe, a region not so large
as New Jersey, should liavo so far outrun
all tho rest of the world in this art and
produced masterpieces so perfect that the
modern can only admlm and imitute but
cannot hope to surpass. The traveler
through tho modem world sees on every
side strange symbols of a long dead and
discarded faith. Over the insurance offices
is the fabled Phoenix, rising freshly
hatched from the ashes of the parent bird;
in the drug store windows appears Atlas,
bending under the weight of the globe, or
Esculsplus with tho serpent curling
around his staff, and elsewhero are Diana
and Juno, Minerva and Jupiter and
Apollo and other cluxslo gods.
The literature of every Aryan land
abounds with references to thcso creations
of religious fancy and there is scarcely a
political demonstration or a Veiled
Prophet or other carnival display which
does not in some way revive the old relig
ion. In this Palace of Art, with its 7,000
statues and pictures, the Greek gods are
constantly recurring and even in pictures
with very modern titles one can see that
the old mythology was still present in the
painter's mind. One must know at least
a little about it to get the idea, and while
it is not well to appear arrogantly instruc
tive, perhaps the unlearned reader will
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while we are yet on the porch of the Art
palace.
Know then, Inquiring friend, that sever
al thousand years ago the original Aryans
llvad on the highlands of south central
and southwestern Asia and worshipped
the powers of Inaf are. Astheysent off
aucoessive awarms of emigrants ands
founded new, races and nations their orig
inal langna)gavBirise in turn to Zead,
Bariskfit.lGrfek'.'Uatitfand all. the, Keltic
and Teutonic tongues. But as the lan
guage slowly changed the names of things
came to be considered the names of per
sons. Instead of thunder as a power they
put the thunder-god as a person. The
Aryan said, "The aun dries up the dew."
His Greek descendant, retaining the
names without their meaning, said,
"Helios devours Prokris." When the ob
scured sun sent a peculiar ray through the
clouds the Aryan said as our own chil
dren aay, "The aun is drawing water."
His Hindoo descendant say, "Indra's ele
phant U filling bis trunk to shower the
The exploits of ereat pioneers and other
leaders were interwoven with the actions
of go4a and the fancy of poets did the rest.
Hencftthat wonderful mythology which
antera bo fully, into modern art. But this
till leave the great problem of Greek
pre-eminence unsolved. Of course each
separated branch of the Aryan stock devel
opeditamythologyaccordingto the nature
of the country in which it is located. The
Aryans in India, dazzled and overpowered
r bythe awf ul phenomena ofithat.troplcal
of millions of gods of which missionaries
have told us so much. Hence thatqueei
array of many-armed and snaky and long
aaouted gods to be seen here in the India
exhibits. The Teutons went far to the
north and so they created Thor and
Woden and FrJga, with gods of ice and
flro and hall, gnomes and kobolds, night
riding hugs and witches and monsters not
fit to be described in a family paper, which
did unutterablevthingsdutthe'depths of
forests or on the black and-blastediheath.
These were the two extremes. Midway
between them was our Aryan race which
worsnippeu ine neaumul and especially
the beautiful in human form. In what
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nu vouuuu nuj. ii tcnuiuiy mu uuu jo an
extent that seems miraculous, but the
how and the why remain a mystery.
Every myth of the Greek faith or fancy
was put iu the loveliest forms of enduring
marble and wo luivo them here.
Of Diana, for instance, there are four
very beautiful statues in the French sec
tion alone and very many palutiugs else
where. And very appropriately, too, for
she was goddess of tho cold, chaste moon,
the friend of hunters, patroness ol old
maids and guardian of chastity. She was
so set iu her way that one fellow who of
fered to seo her home was instantly con
sumed to ashes, and when tho great hun
ter Aktaeon nccldently caino upon her
while bathing in the forest, she changed
him into a stag and "sicked" his own
hounds on him. They mado a meal of
him in short order and (his is the only au-
thentio instance I can find of a "stair, sun-
per" that was approved by an old mold
And there was Prometheus who vara u
nre. The gou mtu mteuded to leave man-
kind without this blessing, but when
Prometheus saw that mau alono among
the animals had no natural weapons, ho
went up to heaven and stole flro from tho
chariot of the sun und by Its aid man be
came tho head of creation. For thla
Jupiter had him chained down on Mount
Caucasus with vultures devouring his
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bo sold at alxnit half regular prices.
SOME PRICES - - - -
Cotton Ingrain, Yajd Wide ,v ' . w . 23c. Yard
' Good Heavy Ingrain J$$fhh $f' ? . 35c. "
j.,; Part Wool Ingrain . . . '' .' . 45c. "
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Best Quality, AH Wool . . s. . ,65c..;44
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None can afford to be without carpets at these figures.
Twenty-live rolla Light Colored Bruaaela effeuta in .Iplyn and Ingrain juat
received. Thcso patterns and colorings are entirely different from the ordinary
Ingrain. Tho ladies arc invited to call and seo them.
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ever-growing liver, nnu it any one doubts
this story he can come here and see Pro
metheus, life site, and all the sorrowing
sisters of the mountain weeping about
blm, while the horrid, grim-eyed birds
tear at bis vitals. (Austrian section,
No. 60.)
Cupid, and Psyche, or Love and. Soul
are everywhere,)? u all sorts of IcomWna1
tlons, and every reader knows their his
tnrv. . Venua.lstiilM) .reDroduced.in.all
kinds of lmaXhlo.attiUinqrevpalntiiigs than?
I could tblnK of counting, ana every
reader knows her, at least by name. Bhe
was engendered by some of the blood of
Jupiter which fell in the sea and as she
rose from the waves near Rhodos she was
called Aphrodite, which is perhaps a
poetically Greek wayof saying that beauty
comes of good blood and bathing. When
she entered the court of Olympus all tho
gods broke out in acclamations and she
was unanimously elected goddess of love
and beauty. Jupiter gave her in marriage
to his lame son Vulcan, but she preferred,
Mars, the red god of war, and there wai
material for the divorce court. Perhaps
ithts is one reason why Mars and Vulcan
,aie so seldom seen in art. . ,
It was this Vulcan who made the chalu
for. Prometheus, and it was to get a living
and suffering model from which to jiulut
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the scene that Parrhaslus of Athens tor
tured an old slave to death, aa the poet
says:
"Parrhaslus stood gazing forgetfully
Upon his cauvass. There Prometheus
lay,
Chained to the cold rocks of Mount
Caucasus,
The vultures at his vitals and tho links
Of the lame Lemnlan festering is his
flesh."
It is gratifying to add that Prometheus
possessed thu eternal secret on which the
stability of the universe depeuded, and
Jupiter finally had to releaso him to get at
It. Unfortunately wo do not know what
Infortunately wo do not know what
ecret was. Hercules is another great
icter iu art and mythology, tho em-
of strength. Ills statue is oven-
the secret
character
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where and almost any Fourth of July
orator feels free to mention the infant
Hercules stranding the serpents. Mer-
cury wn8 the mes,e8er ot " gods, and is
' known In art by the wings on his helm
and ht'c,M' Ifc wa ll8 who " ,,e '"
of weuriug bird wings on huts, aud ho uud.
Hercules may ne seen, in types as It weie, '
any aay on ine avenues ot the park. And
here I must mention the singular fact
that iu all the Holland section I have not
found a single picture in which the classic
gods are prominent. Nearly all the Hol
land paintings show work or workers or
suKtrest work. There 'are waunts plow-
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driving cattle, there are many scenes in
humble homes and there are boats and
canals and ports crowded with shipping.
There are also many beautiful pastoral
scenes. But nearly all are of the utilitar
ian cast. And what is not utilitarian Is
religious. , ,Tbe Dutch appear to have
foutid hit nrt'ln work as well1 as made a
gospel of it. And after two pretty thor
ough survey I am satisfied that I shall
ntVer Iriivntb like ftliesri Dutch pictures.
The female forms In them are nil alike to
my c)e, from .the Virgin to the womeu
pulling the canul boat. When I men
tioned this to Mrs. C. S. Brooks, the but
ter sculptrcHH, nhe assured mo there was
really great and Ideal beauty In them
to a Hollander. May be so. But they
are all Dutch to me.
Another section I cannot learn to like is
the Russian, though it is ulways crowded
with ardent admirers. Several of the
pictures are Indeed wonders in art, but
they are so dreadfully intense. There isso
much.knocklng'down and dragging out,
Tnereare three large pictures In which
the whole black tragedy of Russian his
tory seems to be. concentrated and the
main one (No. 84 A, "Pugatchoff, Imper
sonator of Peter III") appears to draw
and fascinate the crowd very much as a
rattlesnake might. Another represents a
sort of riot among the guests at tho "Wed
ding of the Grand Duke Vasalla II."
Does the Russian artistic mind turn nat
urally towards the dark and the dreadful?
Verily, it seems so. J. B. I'AUKK.
Handling the Crowds.
I More than a quarter of u million people
attended the fair on IlllnoN Day, and yet
the ' transportation facilities were not
taxed to'anything like their utmost. The
crowds were handled admirably, or rather
they handled themselves admirably. Both
the transportation companies and the pub
lic are much better educated on tho sub
ject of getting to and from the fair than
they were the Fourth of July. Not one of
thekarrowing Hceues of that day, of peo
ple physically exhausted, ntriij.'Kltng for a
I chance tq,get home, wore related. At no
' time were there any such lato crowds on
theatrics along the north aud west side
cable loops as there were tho Fourth of
July. The Fourth of July the World's fair
steumbouts carried in all Hoinethlnir over
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nlglit steamboat Inspectors were busy pre-
venting them from overloading on the
trip down. Onllllnolsnlghtthe last boat,
tue.ionn a. x, lent lie World's fair pier .
soon after 11 o'clock with very few passen'
gers. The Inspectors say that from 8
o'clock until 11 in the niornlujr and from
2 o'clock until 7 in the afternoon tho boats
' did a replica of the Fouith of July bus!
ness in can-) ing ieople to the fair,
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Kouvenlr Tickets.
Souvenir tickets of tho World's Coluin
aouvemr ucucts or. tno world's uolum
blau exposition are on sale at all entrances,
tVan Burcn street nnd at tho leading
hotels. Tho scries consists of Lincoln, Co-
mmous, v nsnington, juuian. Tliey are
tM0 ,,ne8t engraved tickets that can be
executed. A ticket purchased nt uuy of
t"o gates is goou for a sing o admission
'0' between ita purchaso and the
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Thr Union 1'nrllio L'lu-H itntrit.
Only eVIO.OO llrst class to Ogdou, Salt
Luke, Helena, Spokuno und Portland
Oro.
For .full iwrtluulars call at city ticket
offtco 1044 O street.
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OLD WORLD,
Purls, tho most ' magnificent city on
either continent, bus for ngea hold tho
proud titlo of "the promior cnrnlvul city
of tho world." However, during tho
last ten or twelve years an American
rival of no moan pretensions has con
tested for that high honor, und today St.
Louis holds what Paris ho reluctantly
relinquished, tho tit'o of "tho carnivul
city of tho two continents."
.Not content with tho successful ex-
hibitionsof previous years, the autumnal
festivities association law arranged a
program for 189.1 that for brilliancy and
variety will ho difficult to improve upon.
Tho first of tho great attractions, tho St.
LouIb exposition, will throw its doors
open to tho public September 0 und con
tlnuo until October 21. Tho world re
nowned Soubh'h bund has been enguged
by tho muniigumcnt, which in itself is a
tuilhcient inducement to crowd the
mugiiiliccnt building during ovcry con
cert. Spcciul attention has been paid to tho
street illuminations, und on tho evenings
of August .'II, September 7, 14, 21 nnd
28, und October .1, C, 12 und 11), tho most
magnilicent display yet uttomptcd will
greet tho oyo of tho fortunuto visitor;
electricity playing n prominent part.
Tho evening of Octolwr ,'J tho Veiled
Prophet and his followers will parade
through tho principal thoroughfares,
nnd immediately after tho great ball,
which has received considerable prom
inence throughout tho world, will Lo
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rhu thirty-third great St. Louis fuir
iniiil zoological gardcnR, October 2 to 7,
w , tho crowning wook of thocarnivul
peuBou, This institution has no peer,
and !h known in every land where thu
footprints of civilization exists. Tho
Missouri Puciflu ruilwuy and Iron Moun
tain rout" being distinctly St. Louis
lines, and having nt nil times tho inter
ests of tho city iu mind, lime inailo a re
markably low round trip rate front all
K)iutH on the entire system to St. Louin
and return during tho festivities.
For further information in regard to
rates, route, limit ot tickets uud it copy
of tho fall festivities progrnm, uddress
nearest Missouri Pacific or Iron Moun
tain ticket agent in your territory, or 11.
C. Townsend, G, P. & T. Agt., St. Louis.
Fino new lino of business suitings
from 920 to $10 in Scotch und homespuns
Jcckell Bros., 110 north Thirteenth
street, near Lansing theatre.
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up tho system weakened ' by 'AieesMo
and pain, AyerV Baraaparilla Ih tho
superior medicino. It neutralism tho
poisons left in tho system after
diphtheria and,, scarlet fever,, anil
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restores me - iiuumiaieu '"panrni to
perfect health nnd vigor.
The VnlonTltrinclCiit'iUiU-s.
Denver, one way 9 10.75
Denver, round trip MM)
Pueblo, Colorado tipringa nnd Oheyonno
tho sanio rate.
Chicago, one way U.lf
Chicago, round trip J 1(1.40
St. Louis, ono way 10.1)6
St. Louis, round trip 18.40
Full information cheerfully given at
HH4 u street, noutnweat cor. uunu tun.
J. T. Mahtin, E. B. Slohhon,
City Ticket Agt. Uou. AgL
For Sunday dinner Htippliett aill at
Hulter's market, oppositn Lansing Thea
tor. Phono UK).
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Our Buyers hnvt" just '
returned from market with
stocks consisting of
HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR,
GbOVES, CORSETS,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
CLOAKS and MlbblNERY,
of latest styles at prices
that were never before
in the history ol Iaincoln
heard of.
We have received our
Lewis ' Undeiwenr, and'
ladies desirious of tisinn
same woild do well lo
purchase before si?es sue
broken.
We are also aionts for
Munsing Wool and Lisle
Plated Undeiwenr.
1030 O STREET.
W. 1). SHIELDS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND 8URGEON.
OMICIi. UfeO.ST.
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