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m aaaaaaani rr -m-rmminr mai mimmmmm THB COURIER. -: folTERARY NOTES. McCutcheon, the cartoonist on the Chicago Recorc, is muking a name for himself. One of his late ones shows' Bryan taking a walk up Wall street. The brokers, in a panic, are climbing up lamp posts and gazing timidly out from behind half-closed doors, while Bryan trams a deserted street with the air of a Roman conqueror. Miss Juanette Gilder, the book re viewer of The World and for the Chi cago Tribune, has gone abroad and has observed that French and English women who write books and criticisms wear chic gowns the and air grand. She is attempting, in an antique and creaky way, to follow them but Btyle cannot be learned in a moment any more than cooking, and she is not making much of a go at it. Willis John Abbott's sketch of Mr. Bryan in ihe August Review of Re. views is from a friendly point of view. As such it is a curiosity of current literature. innuence upon china, a mosmss times more will the influence of Russia there be dangerous for the trade and policy of other countries, for the pos session of Port Arthur is a hand upon the throat of China, which can be tightened to suffocate her at any mo ment Moreover, England Is the onl7 country which throws her possessions open to the trade of the world. Port Arthur In Russian hands will of course be carefully restricted to Russian com merce. The harbor Is a splendid one. The fortifications manned by Russians would be absolutely impregnable, and thus Russia would have In the far east a naval base which would Instantly make her the mistress at sea of that part of the world. In fact, with Rus sia firmly settled at Port Arthur, with the trans-Siberian railway behind her, the influence of other powers upon China may be regarded as gone, and the advance of Russia from her north ern frontier toward Pekin would be merely a matter of time. G. A. R. ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT AT ST. PAUL, MINN. The Burlington will sell round trip tickets at 99.90. Dates of salo August ;10 and 31: limit September 15. Exten sion of limit can be had to September 30 by depositing ticket with joint agent at St. Paul. For full information as to route, extension, etc., apply at B AM. depot, or city office, corner Tenth and O streets. Lincoln, Neb. George W. Bonnell, C. P. & T. Agt. Aug. 31. CLARKSON LATJDEY CO. . . . $303434-336-338 South Eleventh Strt. II AFRICA, ENGLAND. QERMANY. WHAT! The Great Enquirer ONLY SO CTS. A YEAR? Uader Dew management MERCHANTS' HOTEL OMAHA, NEBR. pax-ton. Huurrr datkntost. Proprietor. KT. aelal attention to atate trad, i arelal traralara. Farnam afreet yaaa the door to and from all oarta of law YES! TALENT NOT APPRECIATED. Men of DUMnctlon Frequently Laughed at by Their Contemporaries. In the resent memoirs of Dean Buck land an amusing picture is given of the antipathy felt fifty years ago by the old classical scholars at Oxford to the new scientific learning. They described it as "mischievous and ab surd." When Buckland once went to Rome for long vacation one of the cider dons is said to have exclaimed: "Well, Buckland has gone to Italy. Thank heaven, we shall hear no more of his silly geology." Learned men do not always appre ciate the achievements of their fellows. It is said that a friend brought Mil ton's "Paradise Lost" to a great Scotch mathematician, who remarked when he had finished it: "It's verra pretty, but, mon, whet does it prove?" An American, who stated recently in a London club that he was going to Enfield in search of the grave of Charles Lamb was astonished to hear him contemptuously described by an English statesman as "a flighty writer of silly papers, in which there was no mention of political questions of his day." Paganini, while in England, was mentioned by a great jurist In a letter as "poor fiddler who had driven the town mad with his squeaks and scrapes," and he, no doubt, would have described his critic as soulless and deaf to the highest expression of emotion. An anecdote is told of Henry Clay in the zenith of his popularity and fame. Meeting an old schoolmate at a recep tion, he expressed regret that another friend, a mutual acquaintance, whose career promised to be brilliant, had given up his life to the raising of pigs and making a fortune. The friend presently met the gentleman referred to, who exclaimed, with a shake of the head: "Poor Henry Clay! He might have made a good stock grower and be a comfortable planter now if he bad not wasted his time in politics." PORT ARTHUR IS DIFFERENT. England la Willing for Ruaila to Hare What She Donn't Want- Now, we have always held that Rus sia is entitled to an ice-free port in the. Pacific, says the London Chronicle. It Is out of the question that so colossal an undertaking as the trans-Slberiam railway could be allowed to end in a remote harbor frozen for five months in the year. Mr. Balfour, we were glad to see, declared that the government would put no obstacle in the way of such an acquisition by Russia. All this, however, refers to Port Lazareff, on the eastern coast of Corea. or some place in the immediate neighborhood, upon which Russia has for long been known to have her eye. Port Arthur is a very different thing. Russia took the lead in coercing victorious Japan out of Port Arthur on the ground that the presence of Japan there would give th latter a danerouiljr oreDondoratins: Latter Want the Foreat la the Ilaala of the Uppe. Congo, The object of Germany at the present moment is to connect her eastern and southwestern African possessions, says the Quarterly Review. To do this she desires to possess the forest in the And any one sending two yearly basin of the Upper Congo a region 1lhr:hri. t 5n cts each eets a which is rich in copper. If she could subscriber., at ou cts. eacn, gets a obtain this territory from the Congo pew Ctnv fin Vpnr state and a narrow strip of land from r rCC WUpy UUC 1 car. Portugal she would realize her aim; and if she gets possession of the forests An O-pagC paper and 9 Icng col on the Lualaba and the Katanga cop per mines her colonies may become to her a great source of wealth. England should definitely make up her mind as to the attitude she will assume toward this policy. If she opposes it Germany will become a Derslstent enemy. On SoJSHS. ;"" Mst ?eliilble for Facts- CONTRAST. Interfere with Eneland south of the Truth and Markets umns to a page, makes it he Largest in Size ! Cheapest in Price! When wanting a clean, ens) r an artistic hair-cut. try 8. 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We have now come to a state of things as regards the German empire when we must either come to terms with it or drift into a position which will certainly lead to danger. The Germans, if they are to excellent opportunity for those out maintain their possesions Deyona m sea, must either be sure of the friend ship and good will of England or else they will endeavor to break down her power on the ocean. Since the begin ning of this year every corner of the empire has rung with the most violent denunciations of this country. The newspapers, with the almost solitary exception of the Weser Zeitung, have given expression to feelings of bitter hostility. Organs of opinion usually the most opposed have vied with each other in their violence of lan guage. This 111 feeling to Great Brit ain, as we have said, has not been a growth of recent times. It is now strengthened by a growing conviction that the position of England in the world is undeserved, artificial and cannot be maintained if it is seriously menaced. This view has been festered by distinguished historians and men of letters, who exercise a powerful influ ence on the youth of the country, on the guides of public opinion, on writers in the principal periodicals and jour nals who Indirectly shape the policy of the cheap newspaper, which is the gos pel of the village inn. Temperature of the Ocean. Members of the United States hydro graphia survey located at the Faroe islands have been making some inter esting experiments in their efforts to ascertain the temperature of sea water at great depths. At a depth of 400 fathoms (2,400 feet) the uniform tem perature was 45 degrees, and at 500 fathoms (3,000 feet) it was 32 degrees. 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One fare for the round trip will be charged. For further Informa tion call on or address as below: A. S. Feldlng, C. T. A.. S. A. Mosher, Gen'l Agt., 117 So. 10th St., Lincoln, Neb. Remember the Union Pacific will run a special train for the Beatrice Chau tauqua, Sunday, June 2S. Rev. Robert Mclntyn of Denver will preach In the morning. Train leaves Lincoln 8:30 &. m., returning leave Beatrice 7 p. m. Fare only 90 cents for the round trip. 6ENKE, the popular tailor has moved to 121 X 12tb; for first class work and low rates give bim a call. SUMMER REDUCED TRIPS AT RATES. The North-Western line Is now sell ins tickets at reduced rates to many tourist points in the western, northern and northeastern state and Canada. Any one desiring a summer trip would do well to secure our figures before pur chasing tickets elsewhere. See the new Photochromes at Cran cer & Curtice Co.'s. 207 South 11th street, the newest th.ng in pictures. 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