. " id , r- VOL.. 10, No. 21. PRICE FIVE CENTS i LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1895. OBSERVATIONS. THE sympathy of the public will doubtless go out to Messrs. Deweese and Hall in this hour of their loss. To cut their fee in the Fitzgerald-Mallory case from 8150,000 down to 875,000, a mere bagatelle, is hard and cruel. It is enough to make strong men weep. What, forsooth, is 875,000? Why, Messrs. Dewesse and Hall and the late T. M.Marquett may have put, all told, two whole monthB on this case; and a paltry 875,000 is small recompense for so much of the time of these gentlemen. There is little inducement for young men to embrace the legal profession, or for those who have already embraced it, to continue, this action of the supreme court. If modest fees like this one, 8150,000, are to be cut in half, where withal is the wolf to be kept from the lawyer's door; how, in heaven's name, are the children to be fed and clothed; and whence will come the money for the plates that pass in the morning on the Sabbath day? The charge that Dr. Hay has been guilty of cruelty in his treatment of patients in the Lincoln hospital for the insane finds few believers; and there are many who protest against a change in the management of this institution. It is certainly to be regretted that politics should be allowed to enter into the management of institutions Use the insane asylum in this city. Other states exercise the greatest care in selecting men to superintend their asylums, sending abroad in some cases for noted specialists. In Nebraska a superinten dent is turned out because he is a re publican whiln the governor is a demo crat; and a democrat is appointed, who owes his appointment, not so much to his recognized fitness for the position as to the fact that he is a democrat. I do not know that there is anything against Dr. 'Abbott; but his appointment is political, and politicians are not always the best people to entrust with the lives of others. If Dr. Abbott had to be given an office) why couldn't some other 'Job have been found for him? And if Dr. Hay had to bo removed why couldn't some man have been found who is more celebrated for his knowledge of diseases of the mind than ho is notorious as a democratic politician? Probably no business in Lincoln has felt the effect of hard times so keenly as the undertaking business. People have been so hard up that they have, from time to time, been putting off dying till the first of the month or the first of the year; and Messrs. Heaton, Roberts, et al, have found business in their line mighty dull. Not much more than half as many people die now as died a couple of years ago, when everybody was flush. But with the general improvement that is now noticeable the undertaking busi ness will probably pick up and soon be restored to its normal condition. C. D. Gibson, the creator of the typo of the "American girl," is much in demand just now. His drawings illus trate articles in the May number of two of the leading magazines. In the Century he has some particularly char acteristic sketches in the novelette, 'Princess Sonia."' which Julia Mugru der has just begun. Admirers of the skillful artist can find much to admire in the eight or nine drawings made to adorn this tale. Gibson's women are admired for their smart appearance They are seldom beautiful; but there is a sort of French piquancy about them that is most attractive. They never ap pear in anything but tho smartest gownB, and are aristocrats to the last of her face. She is charming. Martha is a somewhat diminutive, plain featured girl; but she also has that air which can be adequately described by no other word than that which tho French use to describe their stnart women chic. Ifer nose turns up saucily, and one can see that she is clever. Gibson is very Gibson-like and delightful in these sketches. The bicycle is everyday making now conquestp. Jt is becoming an-important factor in business. Tho State Journal has called it into requisition for a Sunday morning delivery servico to points within twentj-five miles not reached bv train, and tho rew scheme BBBBii3BB WBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBrJBBBBBBBLBBBBBBi EMILY BANCKER. degree. PerhapB Gibson's greatest suc cess is with the nose he gives to his women. His noses are unlike any other artist's noses. Most alwajs they have a coquettish upturn. There is much character in them. On page 5 of the Century there is a particularly clever sketch, the Princess Sonia stepping back from her easel. This picture at tracts one in much the same way that the princess herself attracts Martha in the story. On page 8 there is another representation of Sonia walking with Martha. Here the princess is enveloped in a wrap from head to foot. Her hat is jauntily placed on one side of her head, and her hair is playing around the sides sterns to be a success. People whose life was rendered dull and unprofitable by an involuntary abstinence from the Sunday Journal are now made glad. For Thy manifold mercies we thank Thee, O Lord! Even the troglodites of Wahoo are included in the bounty of Thy providence. And the farmer by the waj side sees every Sabbath morn ing renewed evidence of Thy loving kindness. A Sweet Boon is vouchsafed to hundreds of Thy children who, for want of it, were aweary and in the dumps. Through the report of Judge W. G. Hastings in the case of J. T. McDonald against J. A. Buckstatf that 85,000 which Buckstair claimod was spent for lobbying tho BuckBtatr-McDonaM paving contract through tho council. is again made a subject for conjecturo as to who got tho 85,000. In what quantities was it paid? Mr. Buckstair might bo very interesting if ho would even more interesting than usual. As long as ho keeps silent somo skept ical peoplo will believe that thoclomont of myth is not entirely foreign to thia alleged expenditure of 85,000 not that they do not beliovo money was not spent in lobbying before tho city council. But they remember the men that composed the city council at that time) an J thoy know there were mighty cheap men in it. Thoy are of tho opinion that if it cost BuckstatT 85,000 to get his contract through such a council ho is not anything like as Btnooth as ho is supposed to be. Tho board of education has partially restored the salaries of teachers in tho high school building, providing also for a slight increase of work. The teachers in tho high school are doubtless entitled to tho pay that the board has agreed to give them. But there are other teachers in tho city who are juat as deserving. They work, in many cases, harder than tho high school teachers will have to work under the now dispensation; but their salaries are left as fixed by tho board some weeks ago. These teachers are well qualified and notably loyal to their work; and they are conspicuously underpaid. About the only persons who believe now that the stato will bo successful in the Hill case are the attorneys for tho plaintilf ; and their confidence may havo subsided somewhat. The- case has at tracted a great deal of attention, and the various points havo been followed closely by tho lay public. And as tho case progressed theopinion that nothing would come of it has steadily grown. Of late these state cases have furnished a rich field for the lawyers. Nothing im portant comes of them, but they furnish employment and fees, and they will doubtless bo continued. But all this formality is useless. A more direct way would bo to have the legislature appro priate 825,000 or 850,000 every two years, to bo handed over, without ceremony, to a dozen or so prominent attorneys. Only one person has been found who does not heartily approve of The Cour ier in its present form and his name is on the list under the legend "Dead Heads." For some months there has been a pro moter by tho name of Sheibley in this town. Ho has pretended to represent the Harrison Telephone company, and his work here, apparently, has been the puttting in of a competing telephone exchange. He has taken a number of contracts, and has given repeated assur- "M,a" 1 1 ii-j JSJS