THE: HESPERIAN
turned to nod away his old years in cozy lazy
Redburg.
A great horse-shoe bend in the steep oak
covered bluffs with the whirling yellow Mis
souri cutting straight from bluff to bluff, shut
ting out from the little bottom the pestilence
of labor tliat is Redburg. A dozen little
streams from the hills wriggling their way to
the river cut up the level into islands and
peninsulas with margins of colossal weeds and
irregular centers of corn and vegetables.
Old Hill, who could read the Bible, claimed
that Redburg had once been the Garden of
Eden. He had even seen the fiery sword.
We, however, who were less imaginative be
lieved that ho had seen nothing but the sun
shine glowing red upon the wings of one of
those pyramidal swarms of mosquitoes that
flit aboot the river lagoons.
Possibry some might say that Eden had de
generated, but that was false. A log hut
atnougthc willows, a crooked fence of rotting
poles around a fertile garden, a net to catch
t.ie stupid catfish t'wt came up the creeks
when the river was high what more had
Adam in hit, day'i Perhaps the apples of Eden
were more palatable than the black choke
cherries and the wild grapes that hung from
every crooked tree on the hills. But Adam
could not sit on the overturned wheelbarrow
under the boxelder and smoke a corn-cob
pipe. Nor could Adam have the delight of
peering through the branches at pretty round
armed Sail as she made the white streams of
milk play a tune in the bottom of the tin
pail, with Billy Bucklin keeping off the mos
quitoes and telling how he could whip most
aiy one in Homer, and he'd do it too, by
jiminy, if they dared steal her melons.
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needing advertising; don't think that the
Frying Pan or the Rag or the howling Kioto,
or any other publicity can dim the star of pro
gress, if they would. The point is, get the
real obstacles to our best growth, our upward
struggle, out of the way. Don't cover them
up. for we'll bruise our shins all the more if
we don't know what ground we're on. Don't
lot the 'intelligent Nebraska parents' send
their sons and daughters down here without
knowing what the city of Lincoln is and what
the University is. in its evil as well as its good
sides. No one will be hurt, and manv will
be helped. Honesty is the best policy, and
the truth won't make you sick if your stomach
is sound.
'JClie Frying P4&11.
The Frying Pan was so indiscreet a while
ago as to cook up a little unpalatable truth.
A few lockers have suffered dicpeptic agonies
since, but healthy stomachs seem to have
found nourishment in the concoction. It was
really a very mild, slightly peppered dish.
Oar cayenne pepper box is full, but has thus
far been unopened.
And as for the University, 1)1 egg your
heart, whoever you are, don't worry as to its
If everybodj who thinks that the library is
an outrageously noisy place, that it is a dis
grace to the student body and to the library
authorities, if every student who spends time
complaining about the whispering and atten
dant racket, would make it a point to keep
one person quiet and orderly, that person be
ing himself or herself. what do you suppose
would happen?
J always thought J understood co-eds pretty
well. But I've concluded that there's always
more to learn in that branch of science, or art,
or artlessness, whichever it is. The latest
thing I have discovered is that girls don't
know what a square deal is half as well as
boys. If you'r studying in the library and a
couple of blooming co-eds come o your table
for a little talk, you might as well ho. They
don't consider your comfort or discomfort.
Then they'll jump your claim if you go off to
hunt a book, and you must gather up your
papers as best yon can in reply to a languid
"Were you sitting hero?" or an even less con
siderate silence. Tint Cook.
Valentines in celuloid, lace and card are
lower than ever before this year in our Book
and Stationary Department. The designs
were never so artistic. Wo have novelties in
celuloid from 8c to $2; lace and comic valen
tines at iceach; Talon lino cards, lithographed
in colors from lc each upwards. Teachers
who want valentines i'ov schools can buy
cheaper from us than anywhere else in this
stale. Book Department Herpolslieimer& Oo.
Our Spring Styles are beautiful Foot Form Store 1213 0 street