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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1895)
C-iL THE COURIER. I r Highest of all in Leavening Power- Late U.S. Gor't Report Rra AM&OUUTEMX PURE in these columns a couple of weekB ago, said: "Croan's deal in Lincoln has done much to prejudice the standing of the indiuidval normal school, never too firmly established, and it would be ' simply impossible to make anything out of a normal school at Hawthorne unless there was a chango of name and a com plete change of methods. There has been a big demand, by the way, for copies of the Lincoln papers which hare told the truth about Croan. Not only Lincoln and Nebraska people hare wanted to see what the Nctcs and The Courier had to say about Croan; but requests have come from Shenan doah, Iowa and Anderson, Ind., and other places where the man is known. There have not been enough papers to meet the demand. Lincoln young men appear to have been seized with a sudden admiration for the tinseled and painted beauties of the stage. In the last few months there have been many experiences similar to that enjoyed by the women of the "Black Crook" company at the Commer cial club a few weeks ago. When Eddie Foy brought his big company here the chorus girls were besieged by a number of Lincoln Lotharios, and some of them narrowly escaped trouble. Then a little later a couple of well known young men made their way to the Lansing stage and provoked something of a disturb ance. Women in the "Black Crook" and "Our Flat" companies were enter tained at the Commercial club, and now comes the report that two of the young women of "The Passing Show were dined and wined lay a brace of Lincoln men. This spring the young man's fancy has largely turned to fairies. What -effect this latest manifestation on the part of Lincoln masculinity will have on the booking of the Lincoln theatres is a matter for conjecture. These attentions may make it easier for Mr. Zehrung and Mr. Church to secure attractions and again they may make it more difficult. That south wind that blew with such fary the first of the week brought with it gloom and discouragement. People who have all along been hoping against hope, who have said that they couldn't believe Providence would again tarn her back on Nebraska, succumbed to the harrowing influence of the gale; and while the wind blew business of every kind was retarded. Nobody thought of baying anything or doing anything. Maay occupied themselves with thoughts of how to get out of Nebraska. And after all, what is more disturbing aad discouraging than these winds that, gathering force and heat in the arid regions of the states to the south of us, weep over the plains of Nebraska, sometimes for three days at a time, ob scariBg the sun by the impenetrable cloud of dust it raises? The south wind is a terrible discord to the nerves of sen sitive people. It is rasping, producing the same effect on some people that the soaad of a file rubbed across the teeth of a saw produces. When it came this week, preceded by dry weather, it was hard to bear. It told on people's serves mothered straggling hope aad seemed te foretell disaster. A wind sach as blew this week from the southern fur- Herald gives emphasis to the wail. It says traffic and trade are dull in Omaha under present conditions, and will stay so unless the railroads give better facilities. TO REGULATE B1CYGLE RIDING. nace, cruel, devastating, is enough to destroy one's faith in the Almighty. Why, we might ask, are we in Nebraska tortured thus? Have we not suffered enough with hot winds and drouth, bringing destruction and untold suffer ing, without a repetition of the calami ties of the past two years? Why should the God above wreak such a terrible vengeance on his children in Nebraska? One could not help such thoughts as these when the south wind blew this week. The New confesses to an unshaken faith in the ability of proper rainmakers to produce rain, and regrets that the last legislature did not appropriate $10,000 for the purpose of experiments with the heavens. If the News had fol lowed the operations of the professional rainmakers as closely as it follows local happenings it would have noticed that the rainmakers have generally been suc cessful "when a rain was coming their way, ari that they have generally bom barded the sky to no effect when there wasn't any rain there. There has been plenty of ortgpriuliiiy for thfe rain makers to Gtske rain-in the last two years; that th-.haven'tfione it is pretty conclusive trulls th&vtuey couldrt. Once mora, this week, the men that came out of the 'ar,- inarched to the Bound of muffled drum, and sought the graves of the departed; and the flowers that were placed on the earthen tombs of the dead soldiers, and the words that were spoken, and the songs that were sung all testified that in this life where forgetfulness is the common rule, there is a remembrance, keen and apprecia tive, of the sacrifices and heroisms and sufferings of the cruel war. Decoration day is a grateful day for those to whom the war brought a personal loss; and it is good that there should be the senti ment it occasions. Lincoln people must regard with sat isfaction the condition that makes both of the Omaha papers on one day wail over the poor railroad facilities of the Missouri river town, as compared to the advantages possessed by Lin coln in this respect. Of late there has been an early train service out of Lincoln unsurpassed by any city of its size in the country. On every line of road the State Journal goes out early in the morning, reaching nearly every part of the state from 9 to 24 hours ahead of the Omaha papers. Asa mat ter of fact there are ten trains out of Lincoln on ten lines before 10 a. m., before the Omaha papers arrive. The Bee ingenuously remarks, "Will Omaha business men awaken to their own in terests and unite in demanding better mail facilities out of this city Omaha or will they pefmUUiemselves tp be distanced by commercial rivals, .and allow the channels of trade to be flooded with their pipers to the "exclusion of the Omaha dailies?' This complaint is significant. Omaha seldom calls herself down in this fashjn The Bee-'m this editorial gives notice to the Omaha mer chants that they are throwing their money away advertising in the Omaha papers in the hope of catching state trade, because points in the state are fiooded by Lincoln papers to the exclu sion of the Omaha dailies. The World- 'W. B. L." writes to the New York Herald as follows: The constantly increasing number of accidents caused by and occurring to the bicyclists of this city has prompted me to offer tha following suggestion, which will, I am confident, favorably appeal to the more conservative and better class of riders, who have the best interest of the sport at heart. The adoption of proper regulations will tend to restrict the fast, reckless riding of many wheelmen. All persons owning or riding wheels within the city limits should be com pelled to apply for and, within a reasonable time, take out a yearly license, and receive a tag bearing the number of the same, which must be conspicuously attached and exposed on the wheel. Tho license should be some nominal figure, say $2, originally and renewable yearly, unless the holder by some overt act, has willfully violated hiB right to the same, for, say, the sum of $1. The imposition of this slight tax would produce a large revenue to the city, which would go far toward build ing and maintaining proper roads and paths for the exclusive use of devotees of the wheel. If this idea 6eems to you to be worthy of mention, its publication in your columns would be observed by the, people whom it is intended to reach. Telephone Number Changed. The Courier telephone number has been changed from 90 to 384. Munger bicycles at Curtice Co's. i t Nbw, 3J CHIC" STYLES IN- TANS AND BLACKS, High and Low GENTS' UK' 1 CHILDREN'S WEBSTER & ROGERS, 1048 O Street. Browning King & Co. LEADING CLOTHIERS MEN'S AND BOY'S FURNISHERS. "THE LATEST IS OUR MOTTO. m HUKS' PfUMUftf SI North-west corner Twelfth and O Streets.) o o o SOCIETY'S MOST POPULAR PERFUMES. o o o , Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. TOILET ARTICLES. BEST SODA IN THE CITS. THIS ADVERTISEMENT; Of Oottrse you Iici. And so Would Every Reader of Lincoln's Only Weekly Paper Who Reads the COURIER? Society Reads It Merchants Read It. Wheelmen Read It Lovers of Bjse Ball Read It The Men Read It The Women Read It Literary People Read It. (sawn Tennis Players Read It, As a Fact, Everyone Reads It Are You In its Columns as an Advertiser? -V ' '- I - - v&- ' V I M & K0m s& i safe- i