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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1897)
LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. (Continued from llrstpnge.) forest. A cool breeze wns blowing from tho north unci I boenmo quite chilly; but soon warmed up chasing mid throwing stones tit four nmlc ptnrmlgnns Unit wero roosting on tho extreme summit. Tho Hounds Hint kept mo company In my lonuly vigils, wore tho hum of mos qultos, tho chirp of n coney which Is tho smallest of tho Bonus icpus, iho peculiar cry of several plovers, tho fnmlllar voice of tho horned lark, and the hoarso growl of tho Moods In Dondwood nnd Boulder orooks, thousnnilH of feot bolow, on lilo oast nnd west. Tho sun was nn hour a novo tho hor izon when I reached tho summit, but wiib slowly uppronelilng tho penks of u low nuijTO of mountains. At 11:10, about ono fourth of tho disc disappeared bohlnd tho highest point and 1 begun to fenr disap pointment. With .'iimpass nnd wntoh bo foro mo. and ponell and noto book In hand I waited In almost bronthloss suspense, and this Is what t saw: (here follows n dltigrnm showing that not over ono half of tho disc went bolow tho horizon.) On Saturday mornttiK nt 12:11 o'eioek. on June 22, on my way bark to the enbln. I caught my last glimpse of tho midnight sun, slowly mounting upward. When tho tlmbor was reached, the birds woro still singing gaily; and nt 1:10 o'clock, tlreu nungry ami sleepy 1 reached the cabin woll pleased with the success of my trip. On tho shortest day here, tho sun shines for only about nn hour; but dnyllght lasts about four hours, and from the beginning of dnwn to darkness Is about six hours. However, tho moon shines so much that thoro Is light a good part of the time. Dur ing about llvo months; October, Novem ber, December, January and February, when near Its full, tho moon shines con tinuously night nml day. In December, for nearly a week It Is moro thnn an hour above the horizon when due south. Tho Indians are tho most IntolllT-nt, In dustrious and honest of any on this con- I tlnent. The miners have hundreds of thousands of pounds of provisions stored , awny In caches, throughout this country, and It Is perfectly safe as far as tho In dians are concerned; for they will go hun gry before molesting a white man's cache and as far as I can learn, there Is not n single Instance of the natives having robbed u white man; and at Forty-mile, a few years ago, an Indian who found a gold sacK containing (COO In dust, hunted up tho owner and returned It. Tho native men aro called sewashes, the Klootchmen, "IClootche3" for short. They aro good Imitators and quick to learn. Tho Bowashcs hunt, fish, snw lumber, mine, act as deck hands and pilots on tho steamers there aro no other pilots here thnn Indians. Tho klootches make cloth ing, caps, gloves, mittens, moccasins etc. Thoy dress very neatly, and nro stick lers for fashions, their dressos fitting as woll as an ordinary whlto woman's. Thoro nro a great number of squaw men bore. A few days ago the miners held n meet ing for the purpose of adopting laws or guarding the city anil tho mining dis trict. Tho school question was brought up nnd after quite a discussion, all the whlto women, fifteen In number were ap pointed as a school board. A number of fellows tried to gut somu of the leading klootches appointed on the board, but failed. Shortly afterwards tho ladUs gave a dance and entertnlnment to raise school funds, and $.110 was realized. A few days later, the klootches nc'unted by the Jeal ousy of the squaw men gavo a ball nnd sold fancy buckskin articles. This provprt a howling success, as $7Go was tnken in, which wns Immediately turned over to tho school fund. Old timers sny that Inst season was one of the most prosperous ever seen In this country. When the men camo In from the mines, with few excep tions, they had from J200 to $11.00ii each. Times wero lively for about threo months, and many a poor man lost every cent he had at the gambling dens. When Frank Kramer wns here In July, he visited with mo about forty hours. Boforo he reached me, ho had about decided to leave this country and rend Inw, and I rathor en couraged him to do so. but have been sorry since; for hnd ho Invested hero ho might hnvo done woll. If a man should como hore with money to Invest and enough knowledgo of mining to know whore to Invost It, ho might become rich; but I would not advise any man to throw up a good posltluon to come here. THE NATIONAL, FLOWER. "The National Flower" was given Wed nesday evening at tho Lansing and It will bo noticed In university circles from tho fact that the great majority of the prin cipals aro In the university or havo at tended In recent years, It was great fun for a college student to go nnd see about a dozen of his classmates fooling around tho stago as If they wero paid for It. Among the girls tho threo principal solo ists were Eleanor Raymond, Agnus Sowcll and Maud Oakley, all of whom are vory well known hero at the unlvorslty, Jess Rowo was a very warm article as tho Canada Thistle. Ho woro a disjointed calico blouse, very full In tho nook with a pair of golf trousers fished up somowhoro In the geology department. Ills head was surmounted by a green fool's cap and ho wore a pair of brakeman's shoes. Ho seemed much elated in his gala day at- i, re, and cavorted around the stage In a sort of a Swede waltz, whllo the Jury nB nt him. Clint Norton won laurels (or tlmo to como In hl matchless Impersonation of n law school gradunto and ho elicited thun derous applause from threo l'hl Psls perched up In tho gallery. Ho couldn't re member much of his song but tho purts ho could think of, ho Bang four or flvo times until tho audience was fully Im pressed. Ho woro his gloo club dross suit and some of tho largest tones ho sont forth nearly dragged him over tho front of tho stage. Ho got his foot tangled up In tho footlights onco or twice but man aged to keep his equilibrium. Doctor Wolcott wns a very proper Un cla Sam with a plug hnt nnd nn unstablo goatee. His work was mostly to keop tho Jury from lighting, but he was of n vory peaceable frame of mind that night, nnd tho Jury weren't grouchy anyway, ho he j m.maged thorn In n truly fatherly stplo. , Phil Russell and Davvy sat In the bald headed row nnd Jollied tho vocalists audi bly and Indiscriminately. It was somo thing of a mystery why they si, so close. If It had been Inst year about this tlmo and tho cast lied been the same, It would have been ensy to nccouut for Phil. Pos sibly ho sat there so that his glistening tonsorlal display might bo of some mater lal assistance to the footlights. As for Davvy, ho didn't look ns If ho knew why he camo nnyway, so that part of It does n't matter. As the curtain went down, for the Inst tlmu, tho audience felt sorry for tho brilliant aggregation who will have to do nil their starring In hyglcuo nnd chapel until the senior piny o. something else comes along. A SUMPTUOUS IIANI'KT. I.nst evening, Mr. Oeorgo llelmrod gavo a banquet at his palatial residence on Q stieet to his many Ouinliu friends. Sev eral hundred Invitations wore Issued but only a comparatively small number of the Invited guests could nfford the expense of dressing for u function so elnbornto as Unit of last night. It wns tho social event iif the semester, nnd In Its Holme nnd mugiilflceiu'e was n second Bradley Mar tin ball. It was 10 o'clock before the guests ar rived, i the library closed about that hour. They were received by Mr. Steele. On entering the house thoy were almost dazzled by the luxury nnd richness pre sented therein. Forests of pine cones nnd botany specimens, almost hid front view the glittering scroll figures of tho wall paper. At about 11 o'clock the guests sat down to n sumptuous banquet. There were fifteen courses offered, nil tumps. Mr. Collett wns toastmnster. Mr. Steb blns first responded to "Our Host." Ho spoke In glowing terms o tho generosity nml public spirit which has nlways char neterlzed Mr. Holmrod Mr. Christie re sponded very hnpplly to Hygiene In tho University nml Its Dlfllcultlos." Mr. Christie wns especially well qunllllcd to spenk of the dllllcultles ho hnd encouut-i-rcd In his study of hygleno. Mr. How ard Parmelee responded very feelingly to "Our City." He spoke vory touchlngly or Omaha his native city which he had not visited for some months. Ho grow so wrought up over his subjoot that he wanted to sing "Homo Sweet Homo," right there, but was llnnlly prevailed upon to postpone it indefinitely. While the guests were subjected to these bursts of oratory, they regaled themselves plentl ully on elder which was daintily served In tin cups and dippers. A few of the distinguished personages present were: Messrs. Steele, Stebblns. Collett. Christio. II. C. Pnrmuloe, A. K. Parmelee, Sumner. Means, nnd Utilising. CAMILLA I'RSO. Camilla Urso. whosu nnmo Is so familiar In musical circles all over the world, .and In whose hands the violin speaks a won. redful language, has been secured to give a concert at The Lansing n week from tonight Frldny March 5. It has been six years Blnce she has been. heard In this country, but her renppearanee In Carne gie hall, New York, proved that she still holds the charm that attracts music lov ers nnd Is still tho wonderful nrtlt of former years. Sho has recently completed a tour of the world, and wns roculved in n most enthusiastic manner whmuvrr she played. The following from tho Now York Rocorder after hor recent concert there shows sho Is still loved. "Tho second popular concort at Carne gie music hall attracted n largo audience last night dosplto the storm. Tho soloist wns Mm?. Cnmllln Urso tho violinist. This is her first uppearanco In Now York since 1893 with tho Philharmonic sooloty. Hor frlonds wore delighted to seo hor agtiln, nnd sho has ronsons to bo proud of tho royal welcome thoy nccorded hor. in hor bunds the violin seemed a thing of life; It sighed and moaned nnd gave forth sweet love songs, and ovon Mr. Dam rosoh's veternn violin plnyers leaned for wnrd nnd listened eagerly, ns If It gave forth messages of ns yet unheard of mol odles. Twlco sho played, nnd each time she was forced to piny nn oncoro In an swer to tho terrific applause." Hor support Is strong.MIss Mlnnlo Mo thot tho well known Boprano, who was with tho Romengl company for ono sea son, nnd who spent tho last year In Paris, whore sho appeared In many concorts, a now with Mmo. Urso; also Mr. Edwin H. Douglas, ufter threo years In Europe hint tr turned to Join tho company. He l tenor of whom wo may bo proud. His voice Is n lyric te'nor und Is full of ton drrness and expression Mr. Oeorgo H. Wcsloy, the plnnlut, Is woll known In tho oast where ho has nppenred with succoss as soloist with the prlnclpnl orchestra, mil bus received unstinted prnlso from tho severest critics. Tho Urso concert Is sui to bo an Important musical ovont. MORRISON'S "FAUST." For a scoro or more of years Lewis Mor rison has been presenting tho dramatic version of Ooothc's well known story of "Faust" until it has boromo one of tho stnndnrd attractions wo look forward to Is an annual visitor. Tho play ltsolf Is Intoiostlng In tho wolruncss of n number of Its scones. It has n story full of In tensity nnd nbovo all tho staging that has boon given tho p-oductlon by Mr. Mor rison mits it on tho highest piano of spoo- tnculnr thoatrlc work. Tho Devil, as Im personated by Mr. Morrison. Is a Jovial sort of person, n very diplomat In both speech and action, enticing In manners, and polished wlttnl. There Is nothing about him repellent except perhaps his name. Among tho features In scenes nnd effocts probably fio most notnblo ono Is that showing the fountain square at Nuromborg nnd the Brockon, which Is es sentially the Intenso scene of tho play. In cidental to tho presentation Mr. Morrison offers the work ol a very talented quar tette or singers and the chime of bells that Is beard In eonecuon with tho church scone Is also particularly effective. At tho Funke ThursJ.iy March, 4th. Seats now on sale. Prlcs J1.00. 75. GO. M. cents. Charlie Don't yen remember It? It was that day you borrowed llvo dollars of me. 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