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Independent, and not afraid to say are rusty and are constantly sllp
what Its proprietors think. He doesn't ping cogs. They rattle and are gener
take any stock In this Independence and ally clumsy and out of date. A
says "there Is very little liklihood of proper machine that would turn out
my letter ever appearing In your paper." editorials and other matter would be
Threats, doubts and Innuendo of "In- a boon to the Journal. The ones now
dignant Citizen" are amusing. He Is In use could be presented to backwoods
himself afraid to declare his Identity, and fresh water colleges for use In
and yet accuses me of cowardice. It Schools of Journalism.
Is a rule In all well regulated newspa-
per offices to pay no attention what- The local newspaper situation Is Just
ever to anonymous communications. n0v very much perturbed. The News,
and the letter sent me by "Indignant which for years has been a union office,
Citizen" does not really deserve the con- that Is an office employing printers who
sideratlon It receives In The Courier. are members of the Typographical
But It may be a source of satisfaction union. In order to kep pace with the
to "Indignant Citizen" and other cltl- progress now making In the newspaper
zens to know that we of The Courier business all over the country, put in
are not on speaking terms with fear, two type-setting machines, and was
and I am willing to afford them this compelled to dispense with some of
satisfaction. The letter Is as follows: its old employes. That most autocrat-
Ic body on the broad earth, the Fed
To the Cdltor of The Courier: The eral Union, was Immediately torn from
fact that the city council hurried the center to circumference, and out of the
new electric light ordinance through In perturbation came an order condemning
such a hurry is evidence enough that it the News. The paper that has fought
would not bear close scrutiny. The the battles of the union for years is
company makes no considerable oonces- turned upon and pursued with malice
Bion to the city. In the past the electric and 'vlndlctlveness. Putting In ma
light company has robbed the city, and chines was simply a question of busi
it now Intends to rob it for five years ness with the News. There was nothing
longer. The council is owned by the dishonorable In It, no treachery to the
company and so are the newspapers, cause of labor. The News faced an
There Isn't any such thing as conscience emergency that every progressive news
In Lincoln. "We are monopoly ridden, paper, dally or weekly, will be forced
There Is no hope for us. to meet in the near future. It has al-
INDIGNANT CITIZEN. ways been friendly to organized labor,
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 18, 1895. and is honestly entitled to consideration
for having so long voluntarily used
It is to be regretted that the new or- hand composition and employed union
dlnance was put through In such a men at a greater cost than was neces
hurry. The attendant haste excited sar
suspicion. The council owes It to the
city to give time for consideration, and The Federal Union at the same time
investigation before the adoption of that it turned upon the News, took up
any measure. Councilman Webster, in another afternoon paper that has re
hls protests, was backed by a large cently had a very small claim upon la
public sentiment. However, the milk bor. ad proclaimed it the champion of
appears to have been spilled now, and the worklngman. The paper that paid
It does not seem that anything can be hISh prices to its men. employed the
done. If "Indignant Citizen" can point largest number, and paid all wages In
out anything that can be done The ful' 's spat upon, while the paper that
Courier columns are open to him. has employed a small force, paid the
lowest possible wages, and forced many
The ordinance, it Is but just to say r lts emPloyes to get their money by
makes a slight reduction in the cost ,eRal nrocess is endorsed by the union,
and provides for a better service. This Is certainly a queer state of
, things.
The Lincoln newspapers are putting
in type setting machines. The News II may be 'nterestlng to know that
put In two Irqn men a couple of weeks t,,e bus,ness manager of the Journal
ago. and all of the composition on the is anxlous to sever his connection with
paper is now done by the Linotypes. that PaPer. He has for months been
That paper presents a sprightly and ,ooklng for another opening, a sulta
sightly appearance and Is much im- ble opportunity for theunrestricted dis
proved. The News has made addl- p,ay of those great talents that gave a
tions to its force, and is now well spectacular setting to the passing of
equipped. H. T. Westerman. who has the Globe and other papers. It is said
been business manager for the past that Mr- Seacrest. who, since his jour
three ears, is re-inforced by 'T.H. "eylngs toNewYorktothe annual meet
Tyndale. who comes to Lincoln from ings of tne American Publishers' asso
the northwest. Seattle. I believe. Mr. ciatlon, has really become a Great Man.
Tyndale Is a brother of Dr. Tyndale, ,s sald to be negotiating for the purchase
known locally as "Toby Rex.." Elean- of the Cal1- II ls a sood thing for great
ore Tyndale. the actress, who was seen men t0 succeed in their plane, but If
In this city three or four years ago in Mn Seacrest should obtain possession
"Men and Women," Is his daughter. of tne Ca,1 consider the effect on the
Mr. Tyndale was at one time Vlllard's Jouraal! What, in heaven's name would
private secretary.and has had many become of the Journal if Mr. Seacrest
years' experience In railway manage. ,eft ,t? Tne prospect is fearful to
ment. Mr. Westermann and Mr. Tyn- contemplate. It would be no ordinary
dale will conduct the business affairs disaster. It would perchance, drop back
of the paper. The editors and report- Int0 tne fearful condition in which it
ers, H. T. Dobbins, J. W. Cutrlght, E.B. was at the time Mr. Seacrest came along
Fairfield and Dr. Tyndale. are all and discovered it and saved it On the
bright, capable, energetic men and they whole, it Is to be hoped that Mr. Sea
are making the News better than It crest will not desert the Journal and
ever has been. leave It standing alone and wobbling.
And the Journal, the lumbering old
morning paper, was forced to follow
the example set by its more enter- So much that the kind of pictures ex-
prising contemporary. The Journal's hibited at the Lancaster county fair
machines were erected a week ago, last week, is inexcusable. Amateurs
The Journal always was a machine who have painted for six months, sent
made paper. It Is now more cumber- their work there and expected to take
some and mechanical than ever be- a prize. There is nothing so bad as
fore. There Is about as much life and bad art. A gulf Is fixed between an
brilliancy In the morning paper as In artist and an artisan that the latter
a slab of muddy sandstone. It is heav- cannot cross without years of consclen-
ier than the Bee and not as interesting, tlous study. A man may have very good
and that ls saying a good deal. Now Ideas of color and flat decoration, and
that the Journal has got machines to earn good wages as a frescoer, and yet
set type and print the paper it would be unable to paint a cow in a pasture,
be a good Idea if it could get new ma- His success as a frescoer has made it
chines to do the writing. The old ones difficult for him to receive criticism.
But criticism cannot help him much.
There is no salvation for him excepting
years of labor in the atelier of a good
artist. He Is an artisan and without
money. How can he go to Paris and
study? He cannot. Therefore let him
stick to his trade. He ls doing the
world good service In It. His cows look
like hides thrown In a shapeless heap
on the turf, without form and void.
He bores his friends and destroys the
looks of the wall paper.
These thoughts were suggested by
the pictures at the fair, most of which
were very bad. Some of the work was
original and hinted a future for its cre
ator. None of the local artists seems
to have sent his best work. Many sent
the same pictures that they have sent
for the past five or six years. The com
mittee should make some unyielding
rules like these: No picture accepted
which has been exhibited In this state
before. No copies accepted. The date
of painting should be stated by the
artist. Then the catalogue should be
revised. It was made a good many
years ago. The headings are not gen
eral enough to Include many of the best
things sent. In order to adjudge them
the prizes they deserved the commit
tee were obliged to use all the discre
tionary powers granted them by the
board.
There Is no reason why the picture
exhibit at the annual county fair should
not be as interesting as the Haydon
art club exhibits have been in this city.
If the fair managers would put the ex
hibit into the hands of the club and
give them the right to refuse the worst
pictures the result would be more satis
factory. Mrs. Frank Hall has been In charge
of the art exhibit for several years.
She has done wonders with her mate
rial. No more efficient general-manager
could be found.
The embroidery- and china painting
In the same room were beautiful, dain
ty, creditable. Miss KIngsley. Mrs. C.
C. Burr. Mrs. Schwab. Mrs. T. E. Cal
vert and others have done much for the
history of needle work In Lincoln. Their
work alone would make a handsome ex
hibit. No paper read at the National Con
vention of elocutionists, which met at
Boston this summer, attracted more at
tention than that on "Dramatization
as an Aid to Interpretation," by Mrs.
Mary Manning of this city. Mrs.
Manning's paper was highly commend
ed by both the Boston Transcript and
Advertiser, and has since been publish
ed entire in Werner's Maimrin -a-uh
several other papers read on the same
occasion. Mrs. Manning has my con
gratulations for the favorable notice
that her work commanded though It
Is no more than I expected from her.
The same magazine also published a
picture of Mrs. Manning.
This office Is, I think, afflicted with
more poetic effusions than any other
office In the town. Now we are inter
ested In literature and in the encour
agement of youthful talent. But po
etry is at least a craft and It requires
as much study and practice to write
poetry as it does to run an engine or
an electric light plant. Yet there are a
dozen people in this town, principally
feminine personages, who sit down and
dash off a "lyric" with no scruples or
compunction of conscience. Here ls a
new mission for Rev. Byron Beall. Let
him arouse the moral sensibilities of
the budding poets of this town If he
can.
So the Rev. Byron Beall Is ready to
give up his local pastorate for a broad
er field. May he have the greatest suc
cess. As Mr. Beall shall leave Lin
coln and go up and down the state he
will find wickedness in various forms.
He will find vice stalking before him,
and crime ever raising its head. But
he will also see goodness in men and
women, virtue strongly entrenched,
and If his ears be not closed he shall
hear the glad music that swells from
pure and happy hearts. He will see
light and brightness on all sides, and
Christian endeavorers shall lead him by
the hand into pleasant places. I hope
Mr. Beall ls not too old to take hold on
hope and, departing from his course In
Lincoln follow virtue sometimes In
stead of always tracking vice.
H. H. Everett of the state university
has an article In an Omaha paper on
devils' cork screws of northwest Ne
braska, and South Dakota. The arti
cle is three columns long and illustrated
by five cuts. The cork screws are
found In no other region. Geologists
all over the world are continually ask
ing for cuts and discrlptlons of them.
The university has had many offers
for its Morrill collection, which It has. of
course, refused.
Mr. Everett was one of a party of
seven students with Professor Barbour,
who spent several weeks digging for
more cork screws. They found them
and other specimens enough to fill sev
enty large boxes.
It Is this kind of original work that is
makinthe University of Nebraska re
spected by scientists throughout the
country. Mr. Everett's article Is an
Interesting account of the mysterious
spirals. He does not know what made
them. The three explanations gener
ally offered are by accretion, the fur
row theory and the plant theory. None
of these is exactly satisfactory, but
the last one seems, so far, to be the
most plausible.
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