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SUMMER ON A WHEEL.
(Cnnllnnetl from lt infts
boundless fiulf tluU sennrnted no from
nil Hint 1 hnd. Vwv oul thero beyond
tbr water wns Nebraskn. 1 wna dicing
nn unknown world. 1 looked nnd look
oil until the nun wns gone nnd then,
awtuRinff myself on my wbool, brnvod
tln n world. Tho twilight lusted un
til I I'limi' to a little village, Thero
were lm three bouses, n blncksmlth
sbon nnd a tore.
1 oouM jco no further tbnt night so
1 liniutred at the little storo It thoro
wns a hotel In the place. Of course
thero wns none; and after debating
with himself for a moment what l could
do for the night, the fat old storokeep
er eame to the foneluslon Hint he
could keep me over night. There wns
no ther place, he sntd, ao 1 brought
til my wheel and piepnred to enjov the
linxplUUU of m tlrst aonunlntnnw In
my 'iii'W world." And I did receive
hospitality. He was a Imehelor and
did his own houmvork. He lind a gen
eral country stoiv which included a
postollloo. lie sold everything from
candy to end-llei-o.l, that la, when he
had a purchaser. Hut he void me that
they were few and far between In Hint
town.
He set about getting supper. On a
little gnsollno stove ho fried potatoes
and bacon nnd made cofifoo. And If I
ever appreciated those three commodi
ties, it wns then. Tho chnngo in the
air had made mo ravenous. After sup
per 1 sal on a cracker box nnd told
him about Nebraska and tho plains,
and be was astonished. He had never
been ont of Mlchtgnn In his life and the
desonptlon of our "boundless prairies"
neemed to him improbable. A few In
habitants strolled in and eyed me curi
ously and 1 had to "spiel" my little
tale over again for their bonellt. They
were curious, but not Impertinent.
They admired my Wheel nnd opened
their oyesfwhen they lifted It.
And thus 1 spent my llrst evening In
my now world. And 1 found the inhab
itants thereof not very unlike Ameri
cans after nil, and 1 began to fool more
at home thnn 1 felt on the Michigan
bluffs. In tho morning I started early.
The country for mllus wns heavily tlm
red, nnd the road ran In nnd out
:w3&ng Uie groat plno tree, which lifted
their hunds in proud stntellnoss many
feet in the air. I always thought of our
elms as large trees, but they could not
be compared to these. Kaiiy that morn
ing 1 en me uhhi the most enchanting
scene ever I had seen. As 1 ellmbod
to the t'p of a slight elevation a long,
low vallej appeared before me, in the
center of which rested a narrow lake,
robed in Its white mists. The many in
dentations of the shore were marked
by the dark fringe of pines. The noblo
hills in the distance formed a worthy
setting for such n gem as this laku was.
I looked and looked, nnd forgot how
tho time was Hying. All at once, as a
scene on the stage Is parted, tho low
clouds of the morning parted and amid
skj colorings which no artist could
have painted, changing like the colors
in a kaleidoscope, tho sun arose. In
the language of tho Kev. 12. Haugh
ton, "It was swell." For tho next hun
dod miles I struck snnd, sand, sand, till
I couldn't see anything but snnd. 1
walked about ono hundred and ton of
those hundred miles. It was all of six
Inches deep in the roads and wot and
sticky. The country wns very pretty.
Every few miles a little wooded lake
would come In sight. Hut I didn't see
the lakes. I was thinking about the
sand. Victor Hugo's man In the quick
snnd hnd a snap compared with me.
Nebraska clay roads will do for me.
Ifomlmiml nextMMk.t
DANCING SCHOOL OPISNS.
Miss Ferguuon, who conducted the
danolng school so suooewfully in the
Lansing theatre dancing hall last fall,
has returned and la again ready for
business. Many university studonts
will testify to nor ability to teach the
Terpslohorenn art to awkwrd Individ
uals. Now pupils can come In at any time.
Regular lessons aro given Monday,
Wednosday and Friday evenings at S
o'clock. Anyone intending taking
dancing lessons should consult Mbs Fer
guson ns soon as possible. She may
be found at tho hall fom 4to 6 p.m. on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or
at her residence, 1G40 G streot.
As Miss Ferguson his tho use of
Lansing hall, parties desiring to secure
it for dancing purposes may di po by
arrangement with her.
A rUOTKHT.
To the Kdltor of. Tho NoV.rnaknu.--ln
the last Issue of tho Hesperian on page
3 there nppenrs an editorial criticising
Lieutenant Pershing In his nppolnt
inont of olllcers In the Corps of Cadets.
To the old students who had the pleas
ure of knowing Lieut, Torslilng person
ally there Is no need to answer this un
just nnd untrue attack, but to tho now
sMidonts who had not that pleasure, It
Is but Just to Llont I'oxshKg and tho
military department to say a few words
In reply.
For the past two years It hns been my
pleasure to be In a position to know
how those appointments nro made and
I nssuro you Hint tho question of
"pulls" nnd "stand Ins" hns nothing to
do with them. It Is Impossible for one
who hns not been In such n position to
know or conceive of the dllllculty and
perleneed the careful painstaking labor
the direful pains taking Inbor that ts
the appointments n the corps of ca
dets. In the first place the credits of
every one of the members of the corps
lme to be gnne oe, nnd then theti
military record Is taken Into considera
tion. It is from tho results of th.se
lnbors Hint the apivolntments ni- made,
and tho records ln 1. a arranged by
Lieut. Pershing with such care, and
they hint reached such a degree of per
fection that the making of these ap
pointments has almost the certainty of
a inathamaMcnl problom. Hut there Is
ono thing certain; tho question of
"pull" or "stand In" never arose In the
mind or Lieut. Pershing when making
those appointments.
1 do not believe that tho statement
made In the third paragraph of the
editorial Is true. Hurlng tho four years
of the Pershing regime 1 have been
closely connected with the student body
but I never heard of any such "widely
prevalent and deep-seated feeling"
among the students, that the editorial
mentions. Neither has thero been any
"such unTalr discrimination" In the ap
pointment of olllcers of the bntalllon ns
Tho Hesperian would lead you to be
lieve. It Is true that such men ns the
editor or tho editorial under discussion
hardly over get any oilico In the bntal
llon but It Is their fault. It would
most ceitnlnly be "unfair discrimina
tion" for such mon, wlio use every
moans In their power to got excused
from military duty, to got nn oilico It
there was a man eligible to the same
oilico who had always taken an Interest
In tho corps of cadets and worked lor
us gi enter development. H has been
my e)ierieni.H! and 1 tnink tlio exper
ience of others, that as long as you treat
me military ueiuiriinum ngni jou win
receive as rmr treatment as ou win
in any or the other depnrtmonts oi the
university, which Is as much as you
can ask.
JOE P. HEAHDSLKV.
We would advise the young ladles ol
this Institution not to leave their dlailes
where thoy may be read by everyone.
This wool: one was found giving n great
amount of valuable Information as to
how she liked It, bor agu and all hoi
plans. The young lady Is not In school
this year and should have soon that her
diary was not.
Anything on Tho Nebrnskan desk Is
regarded as public property. Last year
on account of an accident, our mucil
age was put Into nn empty ink bottlo.
As a result many wondered why tholr
fountain pens would not work readily
since they hnd Just Illlod them. Our
mucilage bottlo is safe thus far but
watch out!
The new library building Is lighted
entirely by olootriolty, no gas llxturos
being put In. Saturday evening the
lights refused to work causing much
Inconvenience to those studying within.
The steam pipe will be in by Saturday
night. This will entull extra work up
on the force now engaged in running
the heating apparatus.
Go to Constancor's harbor shop, 1010 O
stieet. First olass workmen employed.
Ed Young's for now cigars, plpos and
tobacco l'JOt O stroot.
Hurllngton's personally conduotod
excursions to Utah and California. A
Pullmnn tourist slooplng car will leave
Lincoln ove-y Thursday at I2;1D .p.
m. for Donvor, Salt Lake, Ogdon, San
Francisco nnd Los Angeles. Only ?:
for a double borth Lincoln to Los An
geles In one of those cars. Remember
there is no chnngo of earn. For full In
formation and tickets apply at Hur
llngton & Missouri dopot or olty ticket
ofTlce, corner Tenth nnd O streets.
G. W. Honnoll, C. P. & T. A.
For the latest stle hair cut go to
K. A monitor's, a, e. cor.12 nnd O street
Host quality regulation white cadet
gloves nro lOo at tho Kwing Clothing
Co., Hlfi nnd 1117 O.
Hon Cameron's lunoh counter, IIS
south Eleventh stroot.
Tho latest shapes and patterns in
nookwear Just received nt tho Ewing
Clothing compnny, 1116 and 111? O.
An OnVprlng of NeccMlty.
"A wedding present, ehr" nsked tho
dealer. "Is your friend n oiuhiunnf"
"Yes, he's n menibor of two clubs."
"Aro you n married man, slrf "
"Yes."
"Well, I'd like to show yon a clock In
vented by n friend of mine. It Is peculiar
ly Rullahle for n married man who belongs
to a club. Hut tlrst yon must give mo
your word of honor that you will never re
veal tho secret to anyone except n nifrrled
man whom you know has ronohrri homo
not earlier than d n. m. twice a week for
three consecutive works. If any woman
ill-covers tho secret f tho Invention, Its
projxxits nro ruined."
"1 nm afrMd It Is doomed. Howevor, I
proinlMv"
"Well, this Is tho Idea. When n man In
tends to stay out labs he prcs-os this lit
tle Fprlng so Innocent looking, yon son,
that It will escape the slmrpoM feminine
observation. Tlio clock at once begins to
lose time, Tho hands nme with ju-t half
their usual rapidity until :i o'clock In the
morning. Thus if the spring Is pressed
at B p. in., t ho hands will show 1 S o'clock
when tho correct time is H a. in. After 3
o'clock the hands will move with twice
their usual rapidity until tho tlmo lost has
boon regained and no longer. At rt a. m.,
therefore, tho clook will lw right, and
thereafter It will jog along sedately 00
minutes to the hour jut ns If It never had
boon engaged In a conspiracy to deceive a
trusting wife"
"Suppose a man gets homo at 4 or oV
"It Will bo of le-s service to him of
course, Howevor, wo have 4 a. m. and
6 a. m. clocks constructed on similar prin
ciples, though 1 think the : a. m. clock is
bast suited for average requirements. My
friend Is striving to Invent a clock which
will stop running slowly and Wgln to re
gain time automatically tho moment n
man begins to look for the keyhole, but nt
present tho project Is llttlo more than an
iridescent dream."
It Is perhaps unnecessary to say that ho
secured my order. Truth.
Two KftiiMM Hevcrae.
If an Abllcno paper .correctly reports tlio
testimony given last week In a whisky
trial before District Judge Humphrey, a
now drink has been born in Kansas. A
witness upon tho stand gavo testimony as
contained in Hie following cross examina
tion: "What did you driukr" wns asked.
"Hop ton."
"What was It llkof"
"Hop ten."
"Hid you over drink boor J"
"No, sir."
"Don't you know what, it is llkor"
"No, sir."
"Have you drunk anything that resem
bles hop tcaf"
"Yes."
"What was itf"
"Pilllwlnk."
"Woll," wont on tho county attorney,
"what Is pilllwlnk llkof"
"It Is llko hop tea," was tho nnswer.
And all tho attorney could further got
out of that witness was tho statement that
pilllwlnk tasted llko hop ton, and hop ton
tasted llko pilllwlnk. Kansas City Jour
ual. Ilntnan Confiltttcncjr.
"I havo killed 100 mon In battle," said
tho warrior.
"What n great niniil" said tho mon.
"What a brute!" said the women.
"Hut they wero mostly Indians."
"Tho survival or tho Attest," said tho
Darwinian.
"The valor of greater numbers nnd
heavier arms," said tho satirist,
"And I I killed only one," said the
murderer.
"Hurry him to tho electric chair," said
thoy all with absoluto unanimity. New
York Hecordur.
At tho Golden Gate.
"No," slio nnsworcd, "I do not lovo
you."
"Hut," hoporslstod, with tho onnrgy of
despair, "I havo been convicted of murder
mot foul."
The Knn Francisco toolcty girl shook
lior hand.
"True," she said, "but upon morely
clrcuiustnr.tlal ovlilunuo."
In a matter as important ns tho disposal
of her heart she could not bo too careful.
Detroit Trlbuno.
A Contented Client.
"1 lull you what, Hoymann tho lawyer
is acute fulhivv mid no mistake! I ought
to know, for lie latoly dofonded my son."
"How's ilmH I thought your son hnd
boon Hiintoiicudr"
"Yas, but only for a twolvcraonthl"
Klnddurailatsch.
Taken Too Literally.
Her Husband How fond you nro of
millinery, my dear. I wish I woro n lint
or a bonnet.
Ills Wife I wish you wero. I could
chnngo you for anotlior wlun I got tired ol
you. Fun.
The Ewing Clothing company nro the
popular priced clothiers of Lincoln, A
call will convince you. 1115 and 1117 O.
Don Cameron's lunch counter, 118
Southo Eleventh stroot.
fifj Let
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226 So. I Ith St.
Special llaks
VIA THE UNION PACIFIC
. . TO . .
The Italy of America'
Southern California hns very truthfully
Veritable Summerland.
Students, when you want to go home either to points on the mnin lino or to
Always take the UNION PACIFIC.
City Ticket Off ice 1044 O Streot
E. B. SL0SS0N,
General Agent.
Jntst Wafl JSank,
LINCOLN, NEB.
Capital,
Surplus,
$400,000.00
100,000.00
OFFICHUS:
.VS. HAKWOUI) President.
C1IAS. A. HANNA. Vice-President.
F M. COOK. Caslilcr.
C.S. I.IPPINCOTT, and
U.S. FKF.li.MAN. Ass't Cashiers.
DIRHCTORS:
N.S. IIarwooi),
ClIAS. A. II ANNA.
John PiTzohKAUi,
11 W. Co. K.
F. M. Cook.
1. 1). Macfarland,
r. M. Marquette,
JoiinII. Amils,
J 1.. Carson,
A. II. Clark.
J.U Wri.jiit. F.K. Johnson. J. II. McO-ay.
I'ruaMuiit. Vlcc-PrcdUlont. Cashier
John A mbs, Ass't Cashier.
THE
Columbia Natl Bank,
LINCOLN, NEB.
Capital,
$250,0O0.
DIRECTORS!
A. S. Raymond, Ciias. West, Tiios. Cochran.
W. F. COLE,
Proprietor
Capital j-lotel Barber Sr)op
Corner 1 1th & P Sts.
SHAVINQ lOo. .
Soo the bargains In winter underwear
which will be olTored Saturday at Bak
ers Clothing houso, 1039 O street.
SJqoc-
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1213 O SrJ
Ground Floor.
to ' Stubents.
been culled; with ILs fruits and (lowers, a
J. T. MASTIN,
City Tiolcet Agent.
Matter ftooe
. . . PRINTER
1115 P Street, Lincoln
CARDS, PROGRAMS, IN
VCATIONS Good Work. Prkei Seasonable.
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THE
COMMERCIAL BARBER SHOP.
DOES THF BEST WORK.
The Finest Bath Rooms in the City.
Student' patronage nollrltcd. ARenrj- (or Iho
Ilcst I.nuudry.
120 North 1 1th Street.
H. W. BROWN,
DRUGGIST.
Books and Stationery,
Cdllege Text-Books.
And a Complete Stock o(
Standard and Miscellaneous Books
217 SO. ELEVENTH ST.
J. A. SMITH,
SUCCE8SOB TO
W. R. DENNIS & CO.
flats, Furnishing Goods
First-Class Goods at Reason
able Prices.
1137 O ST.
Tho Lincoln newo agency, headquar
ters for news, magaslnos and novels.
Harper's Century, Munsey's, Scrlbner's,
Cosmopolitan and other periodicals al
ways in stock. N. E. corner Eleventh
and O streets, Richard block, J. E.
Pearson, manager.
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