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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1895)
" d THE COURIER. tSZgZZrZ " m jp Ite 3 ,w? PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA -icoo xxoooo WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS Municipal politics In Omaha has been Interfered with for a number of years by the feelings engendered by the so ciety called the A- P. A. It has been a cause for congratulation among the cit izens of Lincoln that they have been Influenced to a lesser degree by the pre judices fostered by that society. For much injustice has been done through love of It or hate of It. Many men have come to this country because they love liberty, hate oppression and wish to bring up their families In the freest country on the face of the earth. In taking out their naturalization papers they become American citizens of an exalted fervor, and with all a new con vert's devotion to the truth which con verted him. Memories of their native land, where the theory of the divine right of kings is being worked out. In creases his devotion to a regime where in every man is his own king is being tried. A republic was set up In North America by Englishmen flghtingagainst Englishmen. The Union was threat ened because Americans whose ances tors were neighbors of Geo. Washing ton, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay the oldest American blood in the coun trythought the new blood "up nawth" was too sure of the Indissoluble nature nf the United States of America. Pa triotism is not a Question of where we re born or of ancestry. It is a ques tion of sentiment and resultant ac tions. If a man have lived among us for twenty years It Is an easy thing to pass his life in review and to decide whether he be an upholder of Amer ican institutions or hostile to them. It is frequently asserted that the founda tion of American freedom Is the pub lic school. If the suspect be found guilty of wasting school money, of de flecting the stream, made very shallow by three years of drought, to his own fields or of doing anything which might affect the continuance of the public school, call him a traitor and chop off his political head. The belief that the stranger Is an enemy Is a sur vival of tribal coheslveness. To at tack a man because he does not know our religion or was not born on what we call our soil is a Gothic, a Vandal act. Perhaps, after all, evolution does not develop and we will remain bar baric to the end, hating without cause and killing because the sight of blood makes us wildly happy and satisfies the instincts we inherit from Cain. Professor Lawrence Fossler was ed ucated in the public schools of this city and at the State University. After wards he spent a few years in Germany. But the Impressionable years of his life have been spent here. Here he mar ried, here his children were born. He is all the truer American because this country Is his by choice. A man's son leaves his playmates and runs to meet and walk with his father, not because he is his father but because his free spirit makes fre-er choice of him as his companion. At that moment fath erhood means something more than blood and bone. So when the adopted sons of America choose her from the nations of the earth as their country, America will welcome and protect them though some other of the children may raise a moblsh cry of partiality. In Mrs. Burnett's stoiy of Louisiana, there is a character, the heroine's fa ther, an ignorant backwoodsman, who possesses a soul as large, as loving, as free from malice as Abraham Lincoln's His daughter's lover appears to her to displse her father. In reality the lover is great enough himself to appreciate the noble old man. But the girl's heart is in danger of breaking for love of fa ther and lover. The father dies and his last words to his daughter are these. "Don't do no one an onjestlce." These words are what remains of the story after many years. "Don't do no one an onjestlce." They should be burnt into the hearts and minds of ev erybody, especially of the people con nected with a newspaper. It is a diffi cult thing to refrain from printing a good story, even if the subject of it be a victim and not a culprit. A few weeks ago a story was print ed In the papers here and afterwards In nearly all the Important newspapers of the country concerning a stranger who had come to abide with us for a while. It was a very funny story and easy to write about and Interesting too. It turns out that the man is a most gal lant gentleman, straightforward and without any trace of snobbishness. The remarks attributed to him were twist ed about by stranger tongues until they reached a sufficient degree of Inanity to make a good newspaper Joke. At this stage of grafting the newspapers began to publish them and other things in connection with them. The man whom they concerned went about his work just the same, neither denying nor ac knowledging charges which must have been annoying. We are Just begin ning to appreciate his chivalry and de sire, at this late day, to express our ap preciation of it. Last week under the head "People ou Know" the Journal Informed the public that George Woods had been obliged to submit himself to an opera tion for appendicitis. At the time of writing the notice the young man's life hung by a slender thread, vibrating between life and death. Well the Jour nal's gifted slave thought the oppor tunity for a delicate play of humor had arrived and he wrote It up as though it was a Pleasant Hour picnic To be sure George Woods belongs to that club, and he has been a council man and he has lately been operated on for appendicitis. There is a humor ous connection between these three facts that the Keen-witted Journalist perceived. Perhaps the friend who wrote it wished to show camaraderie, perhaps he thought a show of jollity would help George to get well, or per haps he did not know that an operation for appendicitis is always dangerous. At any rate the boisterous friend has no imagination or he would have seen the young man stretched on the operat ing table, surrounded by nurses and doctors with their knives. He would have smelt the sick sweet odor of chlo roform. He would have seen the knives cut and the sudden gush of blood. In the next room he would have seen the relatives of the patient with new lines in their faces deep, and sharply cut by fear of death. And he would have known that there wit had no place. The editors of this paper have decid ed to sign their articles. Not because they feel proud of their composition. But because each of them, at different times, has been blamed and praised for the other's work. Hereafter an ex pression of opinion on any subject of importance will be signed by him who expresses It. If Judge Dundy or Pres ident Cleveland desire to have one of the editors of The Courier Indicted for "Impeding the course of justice" in the United States it will not be necessary to summon but one of them. The other one can harass justice and hinder her all by himself but with a chastened spirit made so by the awful shadow of Sioux Falls. SARAH BUTLER HARRIS. NOTICE. Semi-annual rents are due and paya ble November 15. If not paid on time 10 per cent of the bill will be added and the water may be shut off and $1 additional fine cahrged for turning same on. J. W. PERCIVAL, Water Commissioner. SAT!! Do you know that you can go from Lincoln to Los Angeles and San Diego, Cal., via the Missouri Pacific in less than three days? Only 2 days and 20 hours! Well, It's a fact, and we would like to prove It to you. Only one change of cars, dining care and every mod ern convenience. Call at City Office, 1201 O street and be convinced. One fare and one third for all points within 200 miles, date of sale December 24th and 25th, also December 31st and January 1st, 1896. AH tickets good for return until January 2nd, 1896. For full information apply to B. & M. depot or city ticket oce, corner Tenth and O streets. GEORGE W. BONNELL. From the reports we have received from responsible parties, we have no hesitation in recommending any of our numerous subscribers who are in want of a good stove or range, to try Garland stoves and ranges. The new sweeperette carpet sweep er sweeps the best and makes a good Christmas present. Sold only by Rudge & Morris Co. S Will accept engagements for concerts, receptions, and parties. Any number and variety of instruments fur nished. Terms reasonable. HUGUsr mm iMMEW''' root. s. brue This Faaaawastesaedy cures quickly, permanently aH Berrou dlamue. Wen Vsuiury, W of Brain Power, lleadacbe. 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