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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1895)
THE COURIER. IO B NOTES AND COMMENT. "The Adventures of Captain Horn,' is the name of book. Frank R. Stockton's new herbook"ATVheel Within a Wheel." This book imparts to the world the facts of how Hiss Willard learned to ride a wheel. The good woman probably learned just as any other woman would learn, and there was no necessity for Oh the outside of 'the ladies' Home Journal for May is a panel by Albert Lynch, reproduced from "The Woman's Book." Inside there is, among many other things," another meeting of John Kendrick Bangs' "Paradise Club," Flor- Something less than a twelve-month spoiling so much good paper in making ence Nightingale at-Seventy-four," and ago, in reviewing "juarceiia in tnese columns, the writer gave vent to bis dislike of novels written for a purpose and expressed his preference for a simple, old-fashioned stories with tho plain, natural lovo element. Mr. James Aitken, of this city, and one or two others, in communications published in a book about it. The new Nebraska Literary Magazine, the first number of which has just been issued, evidences in more ways than one that it was issued from a university. University publications are unlike any other publications. Mr. Dunroy baa a The Couiuek opposed this position, Mr. poem in it that is as good as anything Aitken being particularly scornful in his he has done. allusions to "love stories,'' intimating ; that there is something more important c- - Whedon has been so busy mak- in life than tho billing andcooing of John nB money as a lawyer that his progress and Mary. Mr. Aitkeus' remarks are re- an author has been interfered with, called b7 the chapter on "The Eternal Ho has been compelled to suspend work Feminine." in Lafcadio Hearn's new on hia proposed book in answer to Editor Bok's discussion of the problems of young men. The Skimmer. THIS AND THAT.. book, "From Out of tho East.' "Coin's Financial School." "Teacher, please toll us why there is so much about love and marrying in English novels. It seems to us very, strange." This is a question put by a student in a literature class in Japan. Mr. Hearn explains that "any Bocial system in which filial piety is not the moral cement; any social system in which children leave their parents in order to establish families of their own; any social system in which it is consid ered not only natural but right to love wife and child more than the author of one's being, appears to him the young Japanese of necessity a state of life scarcely better than that of tho birds of tho air and the beasts of the field, or at best a Eort of moral chaos." So the young people in Japan are unable to comprehend the fiction of the modern west. Love is relegated to the rear, and the Japanese with Mr. Aitken take a more utilitarian view of life. Much of our fiction of recent date ought to have a large sale in Japan, for it is as free from that which, generally speaking, has been the turning point of all novels since Rebecca and Rowcna indeed long before the time of Sir Walter Scott, as the life of the Japanese youth is free from romance'. According to tho Sun patrons of a New York library have asked for Miss Harraden's book under the following tittles: "Ships that Speak as They Pass By," "Ships That Wo Pass" 'Ships That Sail in the Night," "Ships That Pass Through the Night," "Ships That the Night Passes By;" and "The Ship Book'.' In the same library an appli cant said, "Please give mo 'Triplets' by Du Maurier." Dr. Max Nordeau thinks wo are all going to whatChimmieFaddencalls'ell. His "Degeneration," is an exaggerated statement of the ills and evil tendencies of fin do siecle existence. It is an inter esting book; cleverly designed to attract attention. It will be much talked about, but it will not convince. The Ladies' Home Journal has just issued a little volume, "3000 Books," de signed to furnish valuable information and privileges to book buyers who are subscribers to that periodical. Edward W. Townsend's "Chimmie Fadden" is now in its twenty-second edition. "Chimmie" and his Bowery dialect have made an effective appeal to the popular taste. Trilbyana has a contribution in "Trilby, the Fairy of Argyle," translated from tho French of Charles Xodier. This is an old book which, it is said, furnished some of the inspiration for DuMaurier's novel. DuMaurier, by the way, has written a new story to be called "The Martians." Tho Book Buyer for May contains a portrait and sketch of Edmund Clarence Stedman. Miss Frances Willard, whose purposes in life have generally been serious, is absurdly trivial and inconsequential in Robert Louis Stevenson, by dying has become a rival of "Trilby"; also of Napoleon and other dead nfen who are now having the benefit of a revival. The Phrenological Journal is in the procession with a study from photo graphs of the author of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Mrs. Humphrey Ward's novelette,"The Story of Bessie Costrell," is begun in the May Scribner. Admirers of Gibson will find some of his pictures in an arti cle in the series of stories of girls' col lege life by Abbe Carter Goodloe. There is also an interesting instalment of E. Benjamin Andrews' historical series. And still the Trilby craze spreads. An enterprising druggist on O street has a big sign up on his soda fountain, that reads, "Trilby Punch." 0-0 " - There is one thing that Lincoln needs and that right badly. And that is some street Bigns. If a stranger comes to town he has to hunt for hours to-find a certain street. It takes weeks to learn the streets in a place where everything is contrary from the usual run of things and there is more profanity caused by the lack of street signs in this city than by any t)De other thing here. 0-0 It is fun to watch a stranger come puffing up from the depot, all thirsty and hot, and make far the fountain in the post-office square. He takes the old tin can up with avidity and fills it full of. the shining water and gulps down a big mouthful and then but let us draw the curtain. His words are not fit for polite ears. He walks down the street and makes for the first saloon to get the kink out of his face. 0-0 The old building down on Tenth street, with its faded sign, "Wonderland," has a sort of a forsaken appearance these days. Everything looks pale and sickly. Even the fat man. so conspicuously pic tured, looks as though he had a touch of the grip, and the lean man and the woman with long hair look positively tired. Of all places that do look forlorn very notable are places of amusement that have been abandoned. The piint peeling off and the faded signs and the general dilapidated look of the place give one a feeling of sadness that not even the gay pictures of girls in tights on the bill boards near by can dispel. 0-0 The festive strawberry has made its appearance and is in evidence all over the city. "Every grocery store and ban ana 6tand has long rows of tho shallow boxes displayed temptingly to catch the eye of the unsuspecting passerby. But strawberries are like life's best hopes not what they are cracked up to be " W tfuBMvoBhA Mr. II. II. Walla Like a Miracle Pains in Side and Breast Despaired of Help, but Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured. "CI. Hood & Co.,Xowe'I, Mass.: "I am glad to state my sou's experience wua Hood's Sarsaparilla. as It was the means of say ing his life. Lasr fall he was taken 111 w itli pains - In his breast and side. He had the best medical attendance possible, and was treated by tho doctors for some time, but did not realize any relief. He could not lay down day or night, and Hood'ssPCures our hopes were fast failing. My aged mother advised a trial of Hood's Sarsaparilla. He co-. Bienced taking the medicine, and to our Creat Astonishment, one bottle cured him of his pains and restored him to perfect health. Tills case has beeu looked upon by many In this vicinity as nothing short of a miracle." H. H. Walls, Oswego, Kansas. Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation, biliousness. Jaundice, tick headache, indigestion. pleasing. Anyone who has been usedv to the treeless streets of Omaha caii" tP .,... rl,.. i j, v. .. or Lincoln. around again graves of the -- 0-0 The time is coming when wo decorate the heroes of our country It is a Prettyi" custom and worthy of perpetuatiohrISC nut wnne we are remembering the dead that can in no way be benehted by us, iei ua remeajucr me poor HUiuiera wun&x are yet on earth amidst hardships, sicTcj: some of them, and even hungry; and let "" us not give the dead all the glory. If r we would give some of the living soldiers"' -t- a few substantial flowers it might be $ more practical than to wait until they T' are dead and then pile flowers that fade J? upon their graves. . 0-0 " f "V What is an Emulsion Milk is a true Emulsion, and as milk or cream is easier to digest and assimilate than butter, so is tl:e milk or cream of Cod-liver Oil easier to digest and -similate than raw Oil. This is why Scott's Emulsion i 3 much more useful and effective than the natural O.l ; why it accomplishes so much in arresting waste and building up the body. But it is much more than ordinary fat food. It has other constituents that have wonderful healing and strengthening power, and in addition we add the H31.0 phosphites (or Phosphorus), another most important element in overcoming decreased vitality or loss of tX. TM. T- 1 O ixi. t 1 ucdii. iuc aic tuc iea&uiu wiiy ouoll s .cmuibion 13 Bnow ball bushes are in full bloom benefiting tO-day hundreds Of thousands Of COnSUllip- the lawns have a delightfully cool and tives and anaemic persons, as well as being: a food ar.d pleasant appearance. The trees that remedy for sickly, wasting children that is surprising ,ine the Btreets too are a blessing that Dom 10 pnysicians ana parents. After the rain the little pools-lie ori? ai iucj ate uiaacu uji tu uu m -", We see their luscious red discs and long " ! " mirror anu reuec to set our teeth into them. We are " """"i --" " " tempted and fall. We buy a box and take it home, onlv to find that the bot tom is so near the top that there is room UP in ever' heart aDd everywhere, a for only one or two layers of the fruit. ree,IDS of coming prosperity preyades. We find that the red. ripe berries are the atmosphere. And all the little boys wear snow balls on the lands of their coats. . JP the trees rustlo in the breeze, and de nature seems full of joy. Hope springs - - fc.T to ? When the ice man comes, be sure the name LINCOLN ICE CO.,, is on the wagon. They have no pond ice. Harley's drug store has the fountain in the city. - Ti nnesr sour, and e crack all our store teeth on tho sand that somehow sticketh closer than a brother, to the strawberry. Verily strawberries are a snare and a delusion. Oh, for a run through the old pasture, down by the little creek and there once more to find the red sweet, wild strawberries, tit for the very gods themselves! 0-0 Lincoln has one thing to be proud of and that is its pretty streets. The , jgjg, streets in the resident portion of the The Burlington runs on every Thur $&r-t city are perfect parks in themselves, sday a tourist sleeper, leaving Lincoln ffl There are lew lences and tne yards at 12:lo p. m. for Salt Lake, San Fran sloping up from the grass-lined walks cisco and Los Angeles. Only 95 for a make a pretty sight. Now that the double berth, Lincoln to Los Angeles. fp California and Utah Excursions, fS These excursions have proved very' su- ccsfesul from the fact that they are conducted personally by a Burlington employee. For full information cannot be calculated. The cool shade regarding tickets, apply at Burlington flint ta nfTnrrlnf? fnA ninnrmhr in in jt- fiaarkiiM 3as si mt 4?1m4- aAIm Scott Bowne, New York. All DrueeistS. 50c and SI. heat of the day by these tree, is most corner Tenth and O streets. 'it JT& -:m. & T 'sS K & t 1 ft. K-r- ?! j5..,:. .", r!t
