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14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 25. -SIXTEEN PAGES.
What It Is Dolnqr for Music In
America.
HISTORY OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
AVork of the New Vork Institution
Organized Oy .MrH. Tlmrber lAtt
of DltttiiiKiiiiltcil Patrons The
One Thine Nrclfiil. .
A Notional School or Music.
Arthur Chnlton in American Mnga-
/.inuH : has been frequently remarked
that Americans are now giving many
musicians , and especially singers , to the
world. No one pretends , of course , that
wo have yet developed the art of com
position. Operas , oratorios and sym
phonies are written by Americans , with
out doubt ; they are oven written with
extreme industry , hut they are not , save
on rare occasions , heard by the public.
There is a well-grounded impression ,
nevertheless , that some of these works
arc worthy of a hearing , and , if heard ,
would do credit and honor to their com-
iw > sers. However this may be , the
truth remains that American composi
tion in music is a thing of the future ,
rather than of the present. But , in ex
ecutive mii-iic , as it may properly bo
called , our country has certainly shown
its pi-olleieney. Our singers , above all ,
nave shown their prollclcncy. They
have graduated from the brilliant cen
ters of Europe in the most triumphant
way. They have appeared in the con
cert-rooms and theaters of both Europe
and America with conspicuous success.
There seems , indeed , to be a potent na-
trnl tendency ii'iij.ii ? A'u ' jriii.un t > -
wards free and facile vocali/.ation ;
at any rate , our American voices ,
particularly those of women ,
have been listened to with
delight and a sense of positive
tisdurance. Furthermore , the taste for
music is , on the whole , rather strong in
Americans , and music is now almost as
essential a part of our education as
grammar or arithmetic. Possibly the
fact that our national character is the
result of extraordinary crojsings. of
blood accounts for our decided love for
music. It will also ascount , I think , for
what wo shall greatly accomplish in
musical crcativoncss.
In the circumstances , it appears odd ,
to say the least , that BO litlle has been
done , in a broad and liberal manner ,
for musical education in the United ,
States. True enough , we have schools
of music by the score ; wo have even n
few conservatories , so called , which , un
fortunately , are too closely bound to
the projects of trade ; and wo have
many excellent teachers , though fewer
than we have n right to. But , until
recently , wo have had no school of
music that could bo honestly described
as National , that could be entirely
respected , that looked to a future 01
noble and generous achicvemen t. Un
til recently , to put the matter bluntly ,
there had been no serious attempt to
establish such a school. There had
been no serious attempt to encourage
musical education. No one with cul
ture enough and money enough seemed
to be anxious or oven willing to otter thu
Americans what they needed so pro-
foumllv , a National Conservatory of
Music.
Yet , wo have enjoyed the advantage
of splendid schools for all the other
arts. Science , literature , painting
these have been supported by Ameri
cans with rare unselfishness and genu
ine enthusiasm. Music has also been
supported after a fashion usually after
a fashion which thinks less of art than
of public exhibition. What does opera
mean in Now York , for example , if' not
public exhibition ? What is the case
with Americans is , I admit , the case
with people in various countries.
Music is everywhere , to a painful de
gree , a social'means rather than a beau
tiful ond. But is should bo added , as a
mere statement of justice , that , in al
most every country save 'the United
States , music claims and receives the
benefit of government help. Indeed ,
ours ip the only great country that looks
upon the subvention ing of artistic pro
jects as an undemocratic proceeding.
Wo assume that art is highest when it
is wholly independent. But wo forget
that art starves more easily than it
thrives ; that it docs not thrive , often ,
simply because it wants bread
and meat of substantial recogni
tion. If art has been helped
forward with the friendly hand of gov
PI ernment for centuries , why should the
government at Washington refuse to
give thought and cheer to it ? What
have we to show wo who are rather
proud of our democratic freedom that
Is equal to the best of art in Europe.
maintained .is that is in a measure by
government money and sympathy ?
I have , however , boon led into a
digression. My point is that wo have ,
finally , In this country , a conservatory
of music which deserves the lofty de
scription of "national. " And iti'sdue
to a single individual , a woman , that
this coiiForvatorv exists. The National
Conservatory of Music , which has its
temporary homo at 1-0 ami 128 Hast
Seventeenth street , in Now York , was
founded by Mrs. Francis B. Thurbur. I
need scarcely remind the reader that
Mrs. Thurbor's name has been associ
ated with many artistic and philan
thropic enterprises. Shn is one of those
'H.vmpatholic ' and far-sighlod women
who perceive the opportunity for ar
tistic advancement in America , anil
who arc glad to spend their money and
energy to further this advancement.
Mrs. Thurbor knows that a national
conservatory cannot bo established bore
ut the first stroke. She has clearly out-
lipod her project ; but the project must
ho attained bit by bit. It was mapped
out in her mind several years ago ,
when , while traveling between Tou
louse and Cetto , she took part in a con
versation on music , and on art In gen
eral. with a choice party of French and
English gentlemen. This conversation
led her lo sketch on the fly-lent of a
Bradshaw's Guide the plan of a Na
tional Conservatory. Associated in
timately as she was with European feelings -
ings and ideals , she was still intensely
American in lie- anxiety to assist the
uvtrprogress of her own country.
A National Conservatory , as she had
planned it , though necessarily more
restricted in its scope than nho wished
itto : bo , was finally established ; and it
ropresuntod in her mind and in the
minds of her co-laborers , a purely in
dustrial and patriotic enterprise/ was
not , in other words , a money-making
scheme. It was likely to bo , on the
contrary , a money-losing scheme ,
bravely philanthropic. In a note
worthy letter to one of the newspapers
liorc , mn , Thurbor suggested her
personal view 'of this ontcr i'lso. She
wrote : "Tho population o ! our COUtw'-j'
amounts nt the present time to some
il'v ' odd millions of people. In this
V
vast muHHudo there is a very
percentage of noble voices united for
the most jiart to iv high depreo of Intel-
lik'cnce , anil in most instances tooxcep-
Uomil ability. Hut for the most part ,
aUo , these voices arc possessed by these
who have not the means tosccnrc a mu
sical education without which their
ffifts must remain miremnneralive to
Iht'insolveH and tin product tvo of results
toothers. In n land which has done
more , perhaps , than any other for the
General education of the masses of its
people , the above is a condition of
things doubly to bo deplored. Who is
there nmoiir , us that would not wish to
bee it permanently and effectively rem
edied ? Who is there that would not
recognize as a national blessing the
placing within the reach of till , nnd
free of cost , n thorough musical educa
tion , so that no really noble voieo in the
land should remain silent for want of
it , and no exceptional ability of a
musical character 1 o rendered sterile by
itsnbsence ? . . Well , this isyhat wo
Imvo been and nro endeavoring to
create. LJut the work is one of consid
erable magnitude , and 'b'estina lento'
is a proverb it is wall to bear in mind
in connection with it. A National Con
servatory has many branches. To attempt
' *
tempt to'establishnll at once , and in a
lltting manner , would need enormous
resources. * * * It appeared to us
iiillnltely better to constitute branch by
branch the great , educational agency
which was so sorely wanted , lloncc the
"
foundation of our "National School of
Singing , or of a First Branch Voice. "
After the school had been at work
somewhat over a year , there had been
under instruction between 1(10 ( and -00
pupils. Classes of elocution , accom
paniment , nnd arms , had been estab
lished from the first. The Instruction
given was summari/ed as follows :
Schools of solfeggio ( which , for s-omo
reason hard to under.stand , is rarely
taught by our American singing-mas
ters ) ; school of advanced singing ;
school of lyric and dramatic singing
( opera ) ; school of arms ; school of elocu
tion. In addition to this , nnd for the
benefit of those unable to attend in day
time , tin evening coin-fee of instruction
was started , which occutiied two hours
of six evenings duringeach Week of the
given instruction to UOO pupils.
The fact that NIrs. Thurbcr and her
associates did all in their power , at the
outset , of their undertaking , to give the
new conservatory a national , not merely
a local character , should be insisted
upon. The conservatory had.and still
has its home and a very modest homo
for the present in Now York. Hut its
pupils have come from everywhere.
Against local prejudices it has , natur
ally , to contend ; for it is hard to dis
abuse the minds of residents in any city
that a New York conservatory is not , to
its very heart , a thing which belongs
to and which is meant to glorify New
York. Now , until the institution pro
jected by Mrs. Thurbor and her friends
had been brought into existence there
had been no conservatory which was
not local and which was not conducted
wholly for financial gain ; but the new
conservatory , as I have already said ,
was not founded for money-making pur
poses , but for the purpose of art.
Thus it assumed , from its beginning' a
national importance. To-day nearly
every state or territory in tno union has
representation in this school. In view
of all this , am I not justified in quoting
Mrs. Thurbor once again through a
.statement also contributed to the press
and with cordial approbation. "Now
that an ell'o-t is being made to develop
the musical talent in which our country
is as rich as in other things , to furnish
free education in music to as many as
possible of those who are musically
gifted , and , after their education is
completed , to provide them with em
ployment within their profession , the
entire work not merely benolltting
those actually employed , but musically
educating till our people , should not the
iniblic generously support this work ? "
What other answer can there bo to
such a question as this save yes most
emphatically yes ! Surely wliat little
I have just written , in the way of en
lightening our people as to the methods
and plans of our one National conserva
tory should make it clear that here , at
least , is a popular institution which de-
feorvcs the heartiest , most liberal , en
couragement.
A few words upon the history of the
National Conservatory will , I am cer
tain , bo read with much interest. The
olllcors , at its fouridation , were Mr.
1'arko Godwin , president ; Mrs. Jeannette -
notto M. Thurbor. chairman of execu
tive ; Mr. llichard Irvin , jr. , treasurer ;
Mr. Arthur H. Vivian , secretary ; and
Mine. Fursch-Mndi , directress. Among
the incorporator.s and co-incorporators
wore Mrs. Thurbor , Mrs. August Belmont -
mont , Mrs. llichard Irvin , jr. , Mrs.
William T. Blodgott , Mrs. T. M. Ward ,
Mr. August Belmont , Mr. Andrew Car
negie , Mr. W. G. Choato , Mr. W. K.
Vanderbilt , Mr. Henry G. Marquand ,
Mr. .lesso Seligman , Mr. William R.
Grace , Mr. Theodore Thomas. Mr. F. B.
Thurbor , and a number of ladies and
gentlemen who are hitrhly esteemed
in this and in other cities. 'The school
received its legal status , under the
seal of the state of New York , on Sep
tember 21 , 18S5. In the first pamphlet
issued by the conservatory it was
stated that the full course of in
struction would cover from three
to live years , varying with the musical
attainments and progress of each
student. Entrance to the conservatory
was not condiliomil upon any previous
knowledge of music , but candidates wore
only eliirible to the higher classes when
thuir natural endowments wore judged
to bo on tlroly exceptional. All students
were bound , on the completion of their
studios , to assist in carrying on the na
tional educational work of the conserva
tory , contributing for a spocilied time
in each case , one-fourth of all the money ,
earned professionally by them over anil
above the sum of $1,001) per year. With
a faculty of eleven persons , the conserv
atory was opened on the loth of Decem
ber , 1885. The main object sought at
first to be obtained was the thorough
cultivation of the vocal powers from the
earliest rudiments of solfeggio to the
fullest development of lyrio and dram-
aUc singing ,
A short time ago , it was suggested
that the conservatory should have the
benefit of an endowment fund and an
nual subscriptions. To use the very
precise and just words of thu conserva
tory's committee : ' 'A national conservatory
vatory , to bo worthy of its name , must
within a reasonable tlmo secure public
support proportioned-to its needs. The ,
necessity which has arisen of constantly
rejecting candidates from various
blatos , through the lack of means of the
institution , and impossibility of enlarg
ing thu Held of usefulness it at present
covers , until its funds tire cduquatoly
Incronwnl , have led to the drafting of
the following petition to the national
government , asking that a titling ap
propriation be made , during the cur
rent year in view of the contingency
now specified and of the national neces
sity which underlies It. " ( Hero fol
io wu the petition , which states many
unanswerable truths , and which is at
least worthy of the most serious legisla
tive consideration , oven granting that
jur government iu opposed on principle
to helping artistic enterprises. )
In upito of everything , \\\o \ \ first
national conservatory In America bus
prospered. In spite of everything , it
will continue to prosper. It may now
bo regarded with jwblio pride as a per
manent institution. It hns received
no aid from the government , but
it has been and is la-day
supported by Mrs. Thurbcr and
her associates , who are amiably wilting
to spend their money on a project
which , In the long run , is 1x > uml to
awaken immense public interest and
encouragement. The few must do at
lirst what the many will do later. That
is the law , as it were , of philanthropies.
But it must be clear that this philan
thropy is grounded in n popular need.
It must be clear that , some one shall un
dertake , with uuscllUh ardor , a labor
that is certain to be the corner-stone oT
n vast educational edifice. Those who
do not help the labor now will help it
to-morrow. Those who misunderstand
to-day will understand to-morrow.
I have mentioned that Mr. Pnrko
Godwin was the first president of the
National conservatory. He was suc
ceeded by Mrs. Thurbor , who holds
that dignity at this moment. MJacques
Bouhy , ti musician and teacher of ex
traordinary ability , has replaced Mine.
Fursch-Madi as director , ami Mr. Rich
ard Irvin , jr. , remains as treas
urer. Moreover , there is a dis
tinguished list of subscribers
for the yours 18S7-88 , includ
ing President Cleveland , Secretary Kn-
dicott. Secretary Whitney , .Justice Mil
ler , Secretary Lumttr. Admiral Porter ,
Senator Allison , Senator Evarts , Sen
ator Macpher.soii , Congressman Perry
Belmont. Mr. Koswoll P. Flower , Mr.
Krastus WinmnMrs. C. P. Huntington ,
the Misses Cooper , Miss Anna Lnngdoti
and many others whose names are
known all over the United States. The
instructors in the school to-day , besides
M. Bouhy , nro Mine , Eugenie Pnppcn-
hoim , Mr. Christian Fritsch. iind Mrs.
Frida Ashforth , for singing ; Mr. F. Q.
Dulcken , repertoire ; Mr. W. A. Holt ,
elocution ; M. Biboyran , stage depart
ment ; Mine. C. Bornomann , Sig. Fron-
colli , Mous. A. Perrot and Herr Humpf ,
fcolfeggio ; M. Hegis Scnac , fencing ;
Signer Cianelli , Italian ; Mr. JosotTy ,
Miss Piniiey , Miss Margulies and Mr. .1.
G. Hunecker , piano ; Mr. Leopold Lich-
tenbei-g , violin ; Mr. Oscar Klein , har
mony and counterpoint ; Mr. Henry T.
Finck , the accomplished musical editor
of the Evening Post , history of music ;
and Mr. Joseph Moscnthal. chorus
master. No one wh > i.s at all
acquainted with the musical in
structors of New York needs to bo
assured that those names make
together a very brilliant and unusual
showing.
What is the conservatory actually
doing ? the reader may ask. It has
classes of solfeggio , of preparatory and
of advanced singing , of accompani
ments , of Italian , elocution , stage de
partment , arms ; also a school of piano
and of violin , and for the teaching of
harmony , counterpoint and composition
and of the' History of music. These are
in working order from 9 till 1- , and
from 1 till 5 daily. Then there are
evening classes between 7 nnd 10 ut
night.
It will be learned , too , with interest ,
that a chorus , made up of lovers of
music of every nationality , has been re
cently formed , with a view to t.he giv
ing of three concerts during the winter
months. Rehearsals will bo held once
a week. The lirst trial of voices was
made nt the conservatory on Wednes
day , October 15 , by Mr. Joseph Mosen-
tluil , who has been outraged sis chorus
master , and who is the highly esteemed
director of the Mendels&ohn glee club.
The latest addition to the conserva
tory ib the establishment of children's
classes in solfeggio and the theory of
music. Children from eight to fourteen
years old arc admitted to these classes ,
which , being given twice a week for in
struction , are clearly designed to train
children in early youth , and to benefit
choir-boys and others. The majority ,
boven-oighths , of the pupils have been
admitted free of charge , others pay
special rates.
The national conservatory ishowover ,
free to persons of every race , creed , and
color , on the ono condition that they
give proof of sufficient natural talent to
justify the examiners in admitting them
and are unable to pay for the teaching
they receive.
What must bo done in the future by
the conservatory has been clearly shown
in the national conservatories ol Paris ,
Berlin , London , Vienna , Loipsic , Ham
burg and Stuttgart. There is no reason
why our own should not bo equal to
these , oven without the assistance of
government subsidies. Mrs. Thurbcr
has , in a private eiiculaiyndicated how
the school in which she is so deeply in
terested , can be adequately supported ,
without subsidies. Hero is what she
suggests :
"In the first place it is clear that ,
valuable as every cent is in a cause Hko
thia , It ib not the occasional cent , or the
accidental dollar , that is wanted , so
much as th.it regular and ystomatic
help which , however small , becomes in
valuable because it is unfailing. The
yearly dollar is the factor wanted. If
wo could secure a hundred thotinand of
of these , every ititllculty would be at an
end , and of the noblest institutions of
its kind would be the result. Now , are
there not twenty generous people
among our fifty millions who would be-
willing to give $ .3,000 a yciir to such n
cause as this ? Or , again , is it im
possible to find one hundred among us
who would give $1,000 per annum , or
many who will give from ? 100 to 9-100
each for such a purpose ? Lot us then
first do our own part , nud then ask the
friends of music in every btate to co
operate with us in securing a croditnblu
building and an adeqtuite endowment
fund. Our way will thus bo plain be
fore us.
'Having thus indicated thu real
bourco ( annual subscriptions ) from
which all unsubsidi/ed national institu
tions derive the greater portion of the
Income by which they subsist , lot monet
not lese sight of its invaluable and in
variable accompaniment an endow
ment fund. The value , and even the
necessity of this , is self evident. Of
course such u fund appeals more to the
wealthy among ub than it does to
others. But. what an army of million-
Hires.this land can boast of ! Let this
ulass hero in Now York city set a good
Dxample In the matter , and every other
illy will follow ( sult. There are no-
ivhcrc In the country brighter minds
: ind warmer hearts than here. I most
earnestly ask their dispassionate and
generous consideration for the work
upon the permanent BUCCCNJ of which
Lhe future of so many must depend. "
AH to free Hcholnrnihip , It is most de-
ilrablo that ono at least shall bo
rounded in each btate. Up to the pres
ent time two have been founded in
Maryland , ono in California and three
in Now York.
A few more words , and all that need
Jo said in this brief article upon u
nest laudable endeavor to establish a
mtlonal conservatory in the United
states , will have been placed before the
eudor. It cannot bo Questioned that
, he building in which the conservatory
low holds its classes is much too btnall
'or its purposes. Although several lum-
Ired pupils have been accepted there ,
nany more have been rejected. It is
Mrs. Thurbor's hope , I bolfoyo , to buila
i spacious conservatory structure in
onnoction with two concert halls , one
urge and one smallat some convenient
ipot in New York. This btruoturo
\ould be ideal in its architecture nnd
thofulnoss. I cannot fail to see how any
me can overlook the extreme necessity
or something of the sort.
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hero I deckled to rest for1 tlu-co or four
days. I was to got , letlcrs here , and I
must have my bhoes repaired and s-omo
washing done. A widow named Kinney -
noy soon li.xed a room for mo , and by
and by 1 went over Ip ijic poslollicc to
see about mail. It came * into the town
every other day on horicback front-a.
point uvontyinilcs away. The poslothce
was a family room , and the corridor waa
the open air , with n , patio of glass out
of a window through > vlch | one stuck
his nose to inquire. The postmaster
was a tall , sharp-nosed , Jiawk-oyed na
live of 50 , and as I nuido inquiry ho
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' Yes , sir. "
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you was cumin' this way. You ham'
rclashuned to the postmaster gineral , ]
recon ? "
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"Wish you was. Captain .Tones is
playin' onery on me and tryin' to pit to
bo postmaster. Mebbo you'll recom
mend me afore you go ? "
All the mail was in a soap box. "All"
comprised a paper and two letters out
side of my own mail , and * my letters
looked as if they had been handled over
a hundred times.
"Anybody dead ? " queried the wife of
the postmaster.
" No. "
"Anybody married' : " ' queried her
daughter.
"No. "
"Some postmasters might hov opened
them letters , " said.tho ollicial after a
time , "but I didn't bust imrv one. I
waa never called onery , and I hope i
never shall be. "
I was about through when "Captain
Jones" put in an appearance outside
and boldly said :
"Look yore , Sam , don't you go fur to.
play piston on mo 'cause I'm going to be
the next postmaster. I'm a-oxperlin
sum very important lotlcrsandl reckon
they ar1 yero. "
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ington ? "
"No. "
' Don't you go fur to hold that yero
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" . Jones"exclaimed !
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the postmaster , as hp arose. " 1 don't
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I am a-ropresontin' the United Status ,
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"You will , oh ? We'll settle that
right now and yeroCum ! inside and
bo examined ! "
"Who's the stranger'"V'vhisporod the
captain. M ( ' ]
"A person as has snodft hands with
Cleveland and lived in the same town
with the postmaster { ( jiioj-al fur twenty
years gwino to decide which of us shall
hov it. " ' *
The captain came around through the
back door and shook hands and sut
down. His looks wore against him , and
when I handed him uk xmvelopo with
iin address on it lie gazed at it for two
or three minutes in a vacant way and
replied :
" .My eves hain't what they used to bo.
but I'lllceopa clerk to do the reudin *
fur me , "
"What are your claims to this ofilco , "
[ asked.
"I've nllus voted the democrat
: ickot. " ULJ
"So have I and thousands of others ,
jut wo can't claim the ofilco on that ac
count1
"I intin the war. , '
"Yes , you fit , " exclaimed the post
master. "Stranger , ho was a gorilla ,
xnd that's whnr ho was made cupting.
lie was a roboj gorilla at that. "
"But I'm fur the Union now , " ex
plained the captain.
"Do you think yourself tilted for the
offlco ? ' ' 1 linked.
"Perfectly Iltten. sah. "
"Lot mn see a specimen of your hand
writing. " '
"I'll I'll go home and git one. ' '
"Take thin pen hero. " '
" 1 hain't writ none for three years ,
owin' to cramps in my lingers , but yero
goes. ' '
lie was seven minutes laboring away ,
during which ho run out his tongue
and rolled his eye- , and he linally
luinded me the -entonre :
"Writ by ( Jap. Jones , X. P.
It wsis horrible chirograph v , and when
1 staked what "N. P. " ' meant , he ex
plained :
"Xext postmaster of thK ycre post-
qflico. ' '
"Captain , how many states are there
in the union ? "
"How many ? Big and leetle ? ' '
"Yes. ' '
"All over ? "
"Yes. "
"Wall , I'm a-goin' lav to say thar's
lifty. more nor less. ' '
"Xamo the two great oceans. "
"The two whoppers ? " '
' ' '
'Vcb.
"Xot bavin1 anvthiir about Lake
Erie ? "
"No. "
"Wall , I'm a-goin' fur to say the
No'th Pole and the Bay of Biscay. ' '
"How is the stale of North Carolina
bounded ?
"By land and water ? "
"Yes ; but by what stales ? "
"Wliat states ? 1 knowed all about it
yesterday , but it % clean dun gone now ,
Let's see : I'll go fur to say she's bounder
by Ohio. "
"Name ten states. ' '
"Ton states ! Wall , I'm a-goin fur ti
name the two Cnrolinns , Tennessee , Al
abama , Little Hook , Boston , Chicngo
New Orleans , Detroit and Dakota. "
Ho made as. many blunders on ill
other subjects , nnd when I was done
questioning he asked :
"Stranger , am 1 litlen ? ' '
"Far from it. You can never be post-
masler. "
"Don't I know nuir ? "
"To be honest , you don't. "
"Not , lltton to run a poslollice ? And
that's honest ? "
"His. "
"Cap , it's jist as I told yo all along , "
said the postmaster. "Hum is litten ,
and sum can't never be litlon. You is
litten to boss a plantashun or to bo a
capling in the army , but you isn't litten
to run a postollice. " '
"And it's no use of my tryin' to git
the place ? " asked the captain of me.
"Not a bit. "
"And , mind you , " ' put in the post
master , "this 'ere gent has shook hands
with President Cleveland , and he's
in the * amo town with the postmaster
general for twenty years. What ho
says in authority way up to the top of
the tree. "
"Yes , I reckon , but I've had my heart
sot on it , Sam. "
"I know you hov , capling , but if you
hain't lltton what's the use ? "
"And my wife has calkorlated on it ,
too. "
"Hartlii she has , but what's she goin'
lo do ? Hero's a gent as has shook Mr.
Cleveland's hand. Wo can't get over
that. "
"N-o-o. "
"Hero's two plugs of navy , cajiting ,
ind my wife will send over a jar of
, hem 'ere punches to vour wife. That'll
iclp you to Bwullor yer disappoint-
nont. '
"So it will , Sam. I'm dun. If I was
Hten I'd bo litten. If I hain't litten ,
vlmt's the use ? I'll take that torbnekor
is I go , and I wish you all the luck in
ho world. Wo don't say nuthin' to no-
wily , but I jist draw oil. I don't want
t to git out that I hain't litton , 'cause I
nay want to run fur the legislachur.
list say that under the snrcnmBtnnccH
Japting Jones kinder steps abide.
Mint's it kinder steps aside fur the
sake of harmony. Good-day , stranger-
cull at my olllco as you cum down. "
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.Mention Hit ! Umalm lltic.
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TO LOAN ,
On City and Farm Prooerlyl
GASH ON HAND ,
Ibt Morli/ago Po or Boufiht.
Fren/cr jllock , opp. 1 * . O.
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KOTIC'K Til
Pealed proposals will lie received at any tlmo
on or Ix-tore : . ' o'clock ji. m. of the llth d v of
| December. A. I ) . iws. fortheprlntliigof nil bills
for thu legislature. wlthsiu'li mutters as innv bo
ordered by either home thereof to be piinte.il In
"tiill torni , " which Is shown and designated an
Class ono (1) ( ) under the piloting Kins ol thoutato
or Nebraska.
Tor the printing and binding in paper cpvern
onu thousand (1,0 ( 0 copies eaih cil the biennial
reports of the auditor public acroimtH.ti easnrer ,
serrelniy or .state and eoinm's-loner uf public
I lands and buildings ; and tlvu htindieil ( MR ) )
I'oples each of the biennial repents of the attor
ney gi neial , superintendent public msti notion ,
I .state llbrurlun and adjutant genoinl ; and air
other leports and t'o-uments that may be or-
deied printed by the legislature , except Much as
may enter into and lei in a purt of the Journals ,
which cliim of work 1 known and designated as'
Class II under the printing laws of Nebraska.
The bill work executed tinder Class 1 shall bo
printed in small pica type on papertonrteeu ( U )
inches long by eight and one-half ( Mji indies
wide , single p.ixo. paper to l > e pounds donblo i
cap to thu ream mid exiept thu title pagociactj1
jiugo bh.'ill contain not less than twenty-live iffl )
llni-.s ot solid mutter of teven ( T ) inches In length ,
and the lines shall on .successively niunlitimll
with a blank only In each spues uetwci-n the
lines
Thetltle jingo of said hills sluill ennta'n ' not )
less than eighteen (1" ( ) lines UB above , with ( M )
inches additional spare allowable lor diaplaj'
title nnitter. llach bid nliall state whnt the bid
der Is willing to do the work complete for per
PUKI- , including composition , puper , prcHswork ,
stitching , folding and all ivoric or muleilal n-
tenni ; into the \utik reiiulrcil.
Al vork oieciit'.d nnaer Cla s 1 shall bode-i
livered In B"dOderby the con'iactor to the
oltlceof tin * Decretaly of state within Lluee ( ill )
dajs after ttiu receipt ot the older by bald ton-j
tractor liom tliech.ilnnan of the CMIIII mllteoou
piliitlnKln either lirnne'1 nfthe lozlslanre. i
All uork executed under ( lass tlirea CD .shall
be printed In long primer. bie\ier and non
pareil typ . on paper to be nine ( Hi Inchi H long
by Hix ( m wide. Hlngln pa e , paper to ho tiuty-j
live NM Ibs. to the ream , white 1 o ik. linch bill1
under Chits i ! shall Main what the bidder i.s 111-1
ing tu do the work complete for per page , on1
earh report or It.-ni in the clasw. incliidliu ; com
position , paper , piesnv > oiK. Mitching. foldliii ?
and nil woik ormatrriiil enterlniflnto the work'
remiireil. Onlley mid jingo pi oof niiiht Ue fur * '
nlslied when required by the ofllcerH of ttio
executive department or the cbaiimaii of the
committee on printing in cither brunrh of the
leglslatiuo.vork when t-omtleteilto ) bcllvcioit' '
free or expense nt the state honfe. '
1'roposals for work on each of the ahorn
cKihheH wjll not bo considered unle.ss the H.IIDO
Hhall beau'ompunied by a bond In thu sum oC
five thoiiMind i.V 0) ) dollnrH. with two or more
mireties , that In case the party proponing fop ,
Hiich contract shall bo nwiuded tlie same micli
party will within Mm Uuys after the award to
him of hiich contract enter into bonds for the
faithful performomo thereof , as piovlde.il by.
law and tlo terms ol the.se proposals ,
PropoD.tlH shall be marked "ProjinHitlH Mr ,
I'ublic 1'ilntiiig" and addressed to the state
bo.trd of printing in care of tno heeretnry ot
state , I.linoln , Neb.
ContraitMiin Class ono rli as above perilled
will be awarded as u whole.
Contracts on CIUKS three ( fl ) ns above fipecllleil
will be awaided In whole or in pait , au the
board may 3lect.
Samples or the work to bo executed under I
classes one and thrco may bj Keen ut the olllio
of thu Hecrctnry of state.
Contracts on above classes one nnd tin onto
run two years from Dec. II , Wit.
The Mate printing board ie.s rves the right to
icjei t anv or nil bids ,
(5. 1/AVVH , Hecri'tiirv of State.
II. - \ . IIA III'dCK. Audit ir I'ublic Aec'tH ,
C. II. WIMiAKU. State'I'leusiirnr ,
nUldtodl'J Of > he Mate Itoiud of rrlntlng.
To s , Dolls , Pln hJooilSL Albums , k ,
DELORME & QUENTIN
OK MIUVAUKIJH ,
Will liiiviIliilrlull lluu of Hampton illftplayml
at tlni following pUeuH ljufuru Nov. tf til.
Grand Island , Columbus , Norfolk , Hastings
and Lincoln ,
CUSTOMERS EXPENSES PAID
to any of the above towns. For particu
lars and dates , address our travelling'
man ,
tT ITTIK ; : ,
Hastings , Nebraska.
La Platte Land Go ,
OFFIOK , U/ininlicr of Commerce
jiu i ! til m/ .
CAPITAL , $300,000. $ ,
JOHN It. CI'AltK , President Lincoln , Neb.
CHAItUHA , JIANNATreasurer IJoroln , Ntt\
FltANCIU C. UHAJJLE , Hecictury , Oinulia ,
Lands In the desirable C'oiuilles lu
Ni-lirasku , Kansas , Colorado amiVyom \ -
tig Ixiuclit nnd hold.
DENTIST.
Dr , R , W , BAILEY
Jloora * 812 Rnil m i'.azton lllock , Om
Tcctli eStrnci 'il without pulii.
fiolil nnd ulloy filling ! at fva9 utc
tia