THE COURIER.
Wooster's Reply.
Tbe following Utter is reprint! from
the Journal because it expresses our
matiinents:
House of Representatives. Lincoln.
Neb., Feb. 16. 1897. To the Editor of
The State Journal: Before coming to
Lincoln I received the following letter
from Mr. Hitchcock, and it Is to be
presumed a like letter was sent to ev
ery member-elect of the legislature:
OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 26. 1896.-Hon. Chas.
Wooster. Sliver Creek. Neb: Dear Sir: I
eg to advise you that I have been elected
one of the seven members of the executive
committee of the trans-Mlsslsslppi expo
sition, to be held at Omaha from June to
November. 1J9?.
As manager of the department of pro
motion. I take up the work of procuring
from each of the trans-Mlsslsslppi states
euch co-operation In the great enterprise
as may be possible.
At an early day I desire to bring be
fore the Nebraska legislature the subject
of an appropriation to provide for a
CREDITABLE EXHIBIT BY THIS
STATE. I wish, however, to obtain in ad
vance the views of the Individual mem
"bers of the legislature, and will esteem
1t a personal favor if you will advise me
whether public opinion in your district will
favor active and vigorous participation In
the exposition, and an adequateapproprla
tlon TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXHIBITS
IN THIS STATE.
Any advice you may offer will be gladly
received. Yours truly.
G. M. HITCHCOCK.
Mang'r of Dept. of Promotion.
The capitals In -this letter are mine
to give emphasis to the fact that Mr.
"Hitchcock came to members of the leg
islature asking for an appropriation for
a state exhibit. But soon after our ar
rival In Lincoln the exposition bill pre
pared by him, or under his directions,
at about the same time Tils letter was
"written, was placed upon our desks and
said not one word abou: a state exhibit.
The purpose of the appropriation, as It
then appeared, and as it stands now In
the bill, was to "plan, carry on, de
velop and complete the said exposition."
Prom this It will be seen that Mr.
Hitchcock came before the legislature
and the people of the state In the rote
of a deceiver. To use a vulgar phrase,
members of the legisluture are now
"onto" him. but perhaps a majority of
the people of the state are not. The
people, however, are beginning to find
out the trick that has been played on
them and members are continually get
ting letters from all over the state urg
ing them not to vote the exposition
people one cent. They are asking -that
If anything at all Is voted It shall be
for a purely state exhibit, under state
control, and not even that until afar
the state institutions are provided f Jr.
But that does not suit Mr. Hitchcock
and his friends. They want these hun
dreds of thousands so they can tide
along and never pay boasted stock sub
scriptions at all. They never Intended
to pay up and do not now -intend tu pay
-up. They want the overburdened tax
payers of the state to carry the load
while they reap the benefits. The plain
truth of the matter is that this exposi
tion business Is a bunko game of the
first magnitude.
Today I received a long letter from
Mr. Hitchcock In which he says: "Sev--eral
have thought that a separate state
commission slrould control the expendit
ure of the money appropriated, by the
state. Such an amendment would de
form the bill and cripple the enter
prise." Yes. as above stated. It would cuise
the Omaha people to "cou.?h up" or
throw up the sponge. Is It to be sup
posed the people of Nebraska are not
as competent to spend their money as
are the bankers, real estate men. loan
agents, etc.. of the city of Omaha?
I wish here to call the attention of the
people of the state to the fact that In
order to provide for the wards of the
state the legislature will be obliged to
make appropriation which. In the
aggregate, will reach. If not exceed, the
limit fixed by the constitution. Mem
bers held up their right hand and swore
"before God to support the constitution.
Do the people of the state of Nebraska
now wish their chosen representatives
to violate their solemn oaths and heap
additional burdens upon them In order
to provide for a big Omaha show In the
year of our Lord, 1898?
CHARLES WOOSTER.
Jones No two men think alike.
Brown Don't you believe it. I've
Known nine men to claim the same um
brella after a reception.
Duads.
Be tbe cauae good, its adrocate a daTil,
The ab tract food be concretes into evil.
The spirit darkened and the mansoul rile.
No itrength remains, tare wicked force and
guile.
Dead, a vile lawyer pled his life' mlatake.
To earth remanded, here he crawls a snake.
The Judge ot the underworld are wits,
Conforiningsoul and body in one guise.
Ah ! seeming boundless mysterjr of ill.
The Power transcends man's ken control Mali,
cioui V ill. Idtla.
A Character Sketch.
Mr. Einstein Any t'ing is vorth choost
vot you can get for it.
Ikey Veil, a man got $18 for a check
yesterday, undt dey hat locked him up
because dot check vas vorthless.
A man of medium size between thirty
and forty jears old, regular and well
modeled features, he impresses those
who address him, (these are not many,
for he does most ot the addressing him
self) as sincere, good-natured, willing'to
sacrifice himself in order to establish tbe
principles he believes in. People are
watching him to satisfy themselves ot
his sincerity or lack of it. In reality he
could not succeed, as hehhs unquestion
ably succeeded, if he did not believe in
himself. No Charlatan a man who
knows himse'f and his professions false
ever made converts. The best coun
terfeit does not pass through many
hands before it ia detected. The princi
ples a man believes in may be uosmnd,
but it is primally necessary that he be
lieve in them himself in order to get any
b umber of people to believe then. Mo
hammed was a false prophet but all the
evidence there is teaches that he be
lieved ia himself. This man's belief in
certain doctrines has been strengthened
by ambition, by false accusations and by
a personal following of adulatory ferv
ency. He baa studied elocution with
ony of the tost actors of this country,
his voice carries to the outmost edges of
a large crowd without apparent effort on
his part. And while he is talking his
face expresses the utmost benevolence
for the human race, who are known to
him as "my friends." His sincetityhas
not prevented him from making a study
of how to present an idea with dramatic
force enough to turn a convention,
derided into groups of scheming politi
cians, each with a candidate to boom for
the presidency, into an army of conse
crated crusaders, willing to give up any
thing for bis "idea" and to take him as
their leader. This consciousness of
"working" the instruments neces3iry to
his own success and to the acceptance
of bis "idea" shows that he is a poseur,
and not that he does not bslieve in the
object of too crusade. Which reminds
me of Peter the hermit who understood
the influence of a consecrated appear
ance. "Though Peter was mean in
figure, his enthusiasm lent him power.
From province to province, from city to
city he wandered, riding on a mule with
a crucifix in bis hand, bis head and feet
bare, his long robe girt with a cord, and
a hermit's cloak of the coarsest stuff.
He preached in the pulpits on the roads,
in the market places. His eloquence
was .that which stirs the heart of the
people, for it came from his own, brief,
figurative, full of bold apostrophes; it
was mingled with his own groans and
tears; he beat his breast the contagion
spread throughout the ' audience. His
preaching appealed to every passion, to
valor and shame, to indignation and
pity, to the pride of the warrior and to
the compassion of the man." Peter the
Hermit succeeded in arousing the peo
ple to make the first crusade. He ac
sembled an enormous but undisciplined
army from all parts of Europe' for
which failure was predestined. But the
point is his method of arousing thou
sands of people to undertake a mission
impossible to accomplish and the dra
matic means by which he inspired
them.
For the rest the man of my sketch
does not smoke, drink or swear. He
pays his bills. His habits are simple, at
tines oateatatiously simple. He is a
regular church attendant. He is do
voted to his wife and children, though
tbe latter do not show tbe disciplinary
effects which might be expected from
associations with so positive a character
as their fa h r. He U k vn a 1 oer
the United States for his ability to
make speeches. In this respect he has
no equal in tbe state. He has no equal
in the world if the excellence of a speech
be judgtd by the enthusiasm it creates.
First publication Feb. 6.)
SHERIFF SALE.
Notice is hereby given. That by virtue
ot an order of sale issued by the clerk of
the district court of the Third judicial
district of Nebraska, within and for
Lancaster county, in an action wherein
John Bugbee is plaintiff, and Marie B.
Thomas et a!., defendants, I will, at 2
o'clock p. m., on the 9th day of March.
A. D. 1897, at the east door of the court
house, in the city of Lincoln, Lancaster
county, Nebraska, offer for sale at pub
lic auction the following described real
estate, to-wit:
All of lots numbeted seven (7) and
eight (8). in block one (1), in KinneyVO"
street addition to Lincoln, Lancaster
county, Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 4th day of
February, A. D. 1897.
John J. Trompen,
3 0 Sheriff.
(First publication Feb. G.)
SHERIFF SALE.
Notice is hereby given. That by virtue
of an order of sale, issued by the Clerk
of the District Court of the Third Judi
cial District of Nebraska, within and
for Lancaster jDounty, in an
action wherein John H. Fisher
is plaintiff, and Sophie M. Swan, et al
defendants. I will at 2 o'clock P. M.. on
the 9th day of March, A. D. 1897, at
the East door of the Court House, in
the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County,
Nebraska, offer for sale at public auc
tion the following described Real
Estate, to-wit:
Lot eight (8), ot block one hundred
fifty-four (154) in the city of Lincoln,
Lancaster county. Nebraska
Given under my band this 4tb day of
February, A. D. 1897.
John J.Trompen.
3-6 Sheriff.
(First publication Feb. G.)
Notice of Incorporation
Notice is hereby given that an incor
poration was oiganizsd under the nama
ot "Lincoln Drug Company' on the Gth
day of January, A. D. 1897, to continue
from said date for the period of fifty
years.
That the principal place of transact
ing business is Lincoln, Nebraska. The
nature and character ot the.business to
be transacted is the whole-sale drug
business; the baying and selling ot
drugs of all kinds and such other and
different merchandise, such as paints,
oils, wines, liquors, cigars, paper, toilet
articles, glass, and any and all kinds ot
goods, wares and merchandise whatso
ever, as usually accompany tbe conduct
ot a whole-sale drug business.
The capital stock of said incorpora
tion is Sixty Thousand dollars. Forty
Thousand dollars thereof was inquired
to be paid and was paid bafore the com
mencement of business, and the remain
der thereof shall be issued at such times
and on such terms a3 shall be deter
mined by the board ot directors.
Toe highest amount of indebtedness
to which said incorporation shall at any
time subject itself is Twenty Thousand
dollars.
Toe affairs of said incorporation shall
be conducted by a board of five direct
ors, president, vice-president, secretary,
and treasurer, to be elected therefrom,
in accordance with the provisions of the
articles and by-laws of said corporation.
Lincoln Drug Company,
H. P. Lau, President.
Dated this Gth day of January, A. D.
1897.
''Isn't it about time you paid me that
little bill?" asked one of his creditors of
Stubbs.
"My dear sir," said Stubbs,.'-it isn't .
question of tiaie, it's a question cf
money,"
(First publication February 13.)
NOTICE.
In the district court, Lancaster county,
Nebraska.
George'tirown, Plaintiff,
vs.
Fred Pauley, Lena Pauley, Alexis
Halter, Mary J. Halter, The Clark Jk
Leonard Investment company aad
James P.Walton, Defendants.
To Fred Pauley. Lent Pauley, Alexia
Halter and Mary J. Halter:
Vou and each of you will take notice
that on the 19th day of Januiry, 1897,
George Brown, plaintiff herein, iiled Lis
petition in the district court of Lincas
tireiunty, Nebraska, against said de
fendants, the object and prayer of which
are to foreclose a certain mortgatre ex
ecuted by the defendants. Alexis Halter
and Mar.- J. Halter.to the Clark it Leon
ard Investment company, and assigned,
to plaintiff and now owned bv him. Said
mortgage is upon lots seven (7) and eight
(8) in block thiee (.'!) in University addi
tion t) Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne
braska, and was given to secure the pay
ment of a certain promissory note in th?
sum of six hundred dollars, dated Jan
uary 8tb, 1892, and due January 1st.
1897, now due ai d payable. Plaintiff
prays for a foreclosure of said mortgage,
and for a deficiency judgment, should a
deficiency remain after applying the
proceeds of the sale of said mortgaged
premises to the pajmentrt said debt,
against tbe defendants Fred Pauley,
Lena Pauley, Alexis Halter, Miry J.
Halter and the Clark &. Leonard Invest
ment company.
You are required to answer said peti
tion on or before the 29th day of March.
1897. Geort.r Brown, Plaintiff,
By Abbott, Selleck Jc Lane, Att'ys.
Feb. lOih, 1897. G
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