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day.'a luncheon ot twenty at Mrs. Charles Green's; Tuesday, a large
supper followed by cards at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W.
Yates; Wednesday afternoon Mrs. James E. Boyd entertained at
high five, and Mrs. Moreeman another card party on Thursday after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson Hull have returned from a Bhort
kit to Chicago and Rock Island.
The Cooking club met Friday at Mrs. Hull's.
Mrs. J. J. Ransom, of Burlington, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Green.
The Coubiek would like to ask Omaha's' young and handsome
commission broker who the striking blonde was that passed through
Omaha early this week en route to join Miss Maida Craigen's
theatrical company.
It is with much regret that The Courier announces the departure
in the near future of Miss Florence V. Thomas, who has been the
guest this winter of Major and Mrs. Humphrey. This young woman
has made many friends during her stay in Omaha, and many are
the regrets expressed at her leaving us.
Miss Kohlsaat is the guest of Bishop and Mrs. Worthington.
Miss Kountze gave a tea Friday afternoon in honor of her guests,
Miss Oliver and Miss Dosixe of Denver.
As a farewell to Mrs. and Miss Millard, who leave shortly for
Europe, Mrs. Percival Ford invited in a few friends to dring tea
Thursday afternoon.
A number of Lincoln people attended the grand opera at Boyd's
.opera house this week. Among the Lincoln people in town on Thurs
day were Mrs. A. B. Clark, Miss Sarah Harris, Miss Clark, Miss
Bertie Clark, Mr. F. M. Cook, Mr. C. A. Hanna, Mr. B. G. Dawes,
Mr. Frank C. Zehrung.
WHAT SHAbb WI TAKI?
POINTS IN POLITICS.
PRIOR to the last state convention of the league of republican
clubs the friends of F. W. Collins in this city pressed the
claims of that gentleman for the presidency of the league with
considerable enthusiasm. Upon reflection, however, it was decided
that the effective service rendered the league and the republican
party by Judge Lansing ought to be recognized by re-electing him
president, and Mr. Collins accordingly went to Grand Island as a
supporter of Judge Lansing. At the forthcoming state convention
to be held in Lincoln June 12, the league will be completely re
organized, and Mr. Collins name is already mentioned in connection
with the presidency. The deputy county attorney has been and is
one of the most active republicans in Lancaster county, or the state,
for that matter, and it is generally conceded that much of the pres
ent strength and enthusiasm of the Young Mem's Republican club
of this city are due to Mr. Collins' influence when president of that
organization. He has the proper qualifications for this place, and
he will probably be the choice not only of delegates from Lancaster
county, but from a number of other counties where republicans are
familiar with his valuable campaign services.
The Young Men's Republican club will meet next week to hear
the report of -the special committee on re-organization.
The mention of Professor Austin's candidacy for the republican
nomination for superintendent of public instruction has been re
ceived with considerable enthusiasm in this county and elsewhere,
and the professor is regarded as a formidable candidate.
Local politicians have already begun to look ahead to next spring's
campaign. Frank Graham is a more or less outspoken candidate
for mayor, and there is an idea tnat Ed Sizer may canclude to enter
the lists for this office. George Woods, who has been mentioned as
a candidate for secretary of state, is also spoken of as a prospective
candidate for mayor. Many of Mr. Woods' friends have urged him
to try for the mayoralty.
"My .heart is set on printer's ink,"
The busy merchant cried;
And through his long and glad career
His business grew from year to year,
And all his relations were near
To "divy" when he died.
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to life and health a kindly providence has dealt lavishly
and there is no very good reason why the vast majority of, the race
should not go through life free from serious physical derangements,
and die of old age, or rather drop away, as the ripe fruit drops from
the parent tree. The laws governing life and health are simple and
easily obeyed. Sickness comes from violated law, and superstition
prompts ub when suffering the penalty of transgression to seek for
some all-healing balm that will neutralize the punishment of a
violated statute. The world is flooded with panaceas for every pain,
and out of this conglomerate mass of nostrums the sick and afflicted
struggle to find something that will remove an effect regardless of
the cause. There is no such thing as the science of medicine, and
the most that can be said in its favor is that it may prove a neces
sary evil for palliative purposes only, and the less ot it used, the
better. In the matter of taking medicine the people need a
baptism of common sense, and the medical profession would gladly
give them helpful suggestions were it not that the great majority
insist upon being humbugged and are willing to pay for the
privilege
When scientific research revealed to the educated portion of this
sordid and unbelieving world that threj-fourths of the weight of an
average uncooked human body was water, men were found, at first,
who disputed the claim. Now1 the fact is generally recognized, and
upon it and the conclusions (o which it leads, a sermon might be
written on water as a beverage. Water constitutes three-fourths ot
us as a people. It is the prime constituent element ot this decaying
frame. It forms 90 per cent of the blood plasma (whatever that is).
It is the only medium through which the wear and tear of animal
tissues can be successfully carried on. The popular notion, then,
that water is only intended for bathing purposes, and to facilitate
navigation, is a horrible mistake. Numberless instances can be cited
where men and women of good moral character have imbibed water
freely from childhood and survived to a ripe old age, retaining to
the last the use of their mental faculties and passing from earth in
peace. Water as beverage has this in its favor. It is free and
usually easy of access. It does not create unnatural conditions ot
mind or body. It does not incite to riot nor create vertigo, double
vision and demonstrations that shock the community and call for
police interference. It does not produce a combustible -wreath, nor
provoke exaggerated utterances upon commonplace topics. It does
not keep a man out evenings when he ought to be at home forming
the acquaintance of his family. It does not cause disordered action
of the heart, fatty degeneration of the liver, Bright's disease and
other fatal structural lesions. It does not absorb a man's hard earn
ings and leave his family in rags at the outset ot an unusually cold
winter. On the contrary, it is a safe and conservative daily drink
and a pretty fair substitute for Keeley's fluid extract of a gold
standard, in that it is as free as the grace of God and has the sanc
tion of the best medical authority on the face of the earth. It is
one of the few things good for what ails us, that is not advertised
"for sale at all of the leading drug stores,' and thai alone is a reco
mmendation of no trifling importance.
Did you ever stop to think, gentle reader, that there is something
sublimely grotesque in the tenacity with which christian people of
divergent religious views hold to the creeds of the churches to which
they belong? They have the same bible and professedly the same
God, but do not harmonize worth a cent in their several "declarations
of principles."' Some even gravely mantain that they are on the
ono and only road that runs trains right through to the Eternal
City without change; all others are a snare and a delusion. Who
can decide when these soul-healers disagree? and what shall we un
fortunates, who stand halting between four hundred opinions do to
be saved?
Bix.
The Courier secures Mr. Bixby's contributions through special
arrangement with the State Journal.
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