THE COURIER.
man in a c immunity had money and
-tower. To-day trad is the business of
lifo instead o war nod if the consumers
are to be deprived of the power to buy
and Bill the hird times will continue
until the serfs are freed. "Trusts
restrict production and take poseefsion
of the channels of distribution, wages
are reduced and in many cases shut otl
altogether. This in turn diminishes the
nation's purchasing capaci'y so tlmt tho
farmer has to feed h's co-n to the hogs
or burn it for'ack of a cus'omcr. Hbving
fewer or no ur hypers bo has less or no
mony, tbocgh the intccst on his moit
igga has not been lowtrol and the com
bined manufacturers of agricultural
implements mbke him pay more for
machines and tool than they ask the
british or German farmer over .'1,000
miles across the sea.'
The Lexow committee has simply
looked into the case without at'emptiog
to cure it. The peop'e ran do that by
taxation, cs Mr. Ingalla suggests.
Lsst week a committee of citizens
called at the Courier office to consult
with the editor on the dbn-e.-s and dis
omforts o! t e spitting habit cemmon
to members of the unfair sex. The
spokesman of the cemmittee thought
the city council should be tequett-d to
pass an ordinance making it a criminal
offense to Bpit anywhere except in the
gutter or in a cu9pidoie. "1 think,'" she
said, "that the street cars are the worst
of alt, for there, when you sit down, it is
impossible to kerpyourskirtsoutof the
foulncs3. This subject."' continued the
litt'o woman, "should he insisted upon
jut now when men are gett'ng excited
over the theater hat nuisance. It man
is going to destroy the pleasure of my
walks abroad why should I be forbidden
to wear the only becoming hat I have to
the theater? My hat does not make
him sick to the stomach nor endarger
the Lea'th, though it maj the peace of
his family."
But the little woman cannot vote and
the Dunlaps can. Their habits are
making the sidewalks "no thoroughfare"
for her, the street cars dcte3tbble and
a'l public buildings offensive to her sight
and smell.
Th's spitting habit is worse in the
west than it is in the east; in towns and
villages than in cities. The large num
ber of clean self-respecting men even in
Chicago has modified the habits of the
loafer who in Lincoln makes the sunny
fide of a corner in the winter and the
shady side in summer a spot of inde
Ecrib&ble filth. The necessity for move
ment and the s'reet sweepers help to
keep the walks of a city passable to
women. And I have seen men who spit
en the flcor of a city theater ejicted by
the ushers. Such action would be con
sidered an outrage here. If the habit
were not so common its offensiveneas
would not be tolerated. As it is, most
respectable men are chivalrous and if
they could comprehend the sick loathing
that a woman has for spitti'g they
might be decent. Chewing gum end
wearinghigh hatB are unquest ionably bad
manners. Civilization, pubic opinion
and the wish not to be repulsive to
members of an opposite sex are curing
many of the less obstinate cases. But
man as j ou find him in Lincoln is in
decent. Appeals and reproaches do cot
effect him, and if spitting were made a
misdemeanor the jail would Lo tco small
to ho'd h'rn.
However, The Courier represents
every woman in town in protesting
against the habit which make3 'out
doors a sewer."
All forms of strife are forbidden and
discouraged by the higher culture. Sec
ret iry Olney is said to have stepped
in'o history by his arbitration treaty,
which asserts that the mouth and the
pen are might i r than the sword in Bet-
t'ing Interna'ional difficulties. Vet to
h'rn who has been introduced to human
nature in its still unregeneratc state the
function of physical contests is valuable
in developing pluck and a spirit of fair
play. We a 1 come of tightiog sto;k
and the original impulse is cot yet
exhausted. This city probably contains
as much masculine refinement as any
other i lace of the size within 500 miles
and yet the Coibett-Maher fight in New
Orleans emptied it of its richest and
best at that time The daily papers for
weeks b.-fire and after the mill contain
ed such notices as these: J. H. Harley
has gone si.uth on business. Captain
R. O. Phill ps has gne south to get a
whiff of rcs.'SbnJ viole's. R. E More
and J. D. Maifarland have a good deal
to say about the interesting historical
remains in New Orleans, from whence
they have just returned, and so on until
the list of rt side n capitalists and Iitera
teurs was exit auttei. But such is the
desire of statesmen to strike a h'gh
moral attitude, which they cin maintain
no biger than it takes to make the
speech, that one of our own legislators
Las introduced a bill to prohibit match
g trues ot football, and a member of con
gress is trying to pass a measure forbid
ding newspapers to publish the details
of prize tights. As to the football bill,
it is very foolish. Very few men, com
I a red to the number who play it, are
hurt. And the football player is a man
of brawn and courage that it is a pleas
ure to tehold. lie it a rebuke tonamby
pambtism, the idol of his mother and
sisters, a worthy example to his younger
brother and the chief ornament to his
alma mater. The prize fight. r.s a brute.
In him professionalism has killed sport.
Vet he is necessary as an example of
what athletics carried to an extreme
will produce. The fight, which is the
culmination ot months of pjn end
mouth work, is at last and at least real.
One or the other fighter gets Ladly bat
tered and the puLlic is revenged upjn
one.of them and the other one's time is
sure to come. But the bill which seeks
to prevent newspapers from publishing
what everybody who opens the paper the
morning after the fight will turn to first
is an interference with fieedoui which
the occasion does not warrant If it
had been best the wo Id could have ben
made without temptations of any kind
and the people in it an interesting lot of
milksops. The tendency of the crude
legislator and of the V. T. C. U. to im
prove on the plan of creat on should not
receive any encouragement.
(First publication Feb. 27)
NOTICE.
20-63. Tavender vs. Field.
To Anna C. Paitpottr non-resident de
fendant. You are hereby notified that on Janu
ary 25th, 1897, Harriet Tavender. Sophia
Tavender, Walter J. Tavender, John F.
Maynard and Dennis T. Kelley,
executors of the last will and testa
ment of Joshua Tavender, deceased,
as plaintiffs, began an action
against you and other defendants in the
district court of Lancaster County, Ne
braska, the object or which is to fore
close a certain mortgage on the follow
ing land in said county, to wit: Lot
number 3, in block number 3, in Field &
Harrison's Addition to the city of Lin
coln, made by Allen W. Field and May
B. Field to the Lombard Investment
Company, dated May 1st, 1883, to secure
the pavment of a promissory note of said
Allen W. Field and May B. Field to said
The Lombard Investment Com pan v for
$700, on which there iB cow due 8763.10,
with interest from May 1st, 18, at ten
per cent per annum pursuant to
coupons.
Plaintiffs pra for decree of foreclosure
and sale of said land to satisfy said lieus
as aforesaid 'or deficiency judgment and
general relief.
You are required to answer plaintiff's
petition on or before the fifth 'day of
April. 1897.
Harriet Tavender, et al., executors,
etc.. Plaintiffs.
By S. L. Geisthardt, Attorney.
Rando.n Notes.
Julia Marlowe's acting has received
extended consideration in the columns
of Tne Courier. It is not necessary to
add to what has been said, but it may be
of interest to say a word about her new
play "For Bonnie Prince Charlie," now
enjoying a successful run at Wal lack's,
New York (formerly Palmer's). This
play, besides making a feature of large
legged "Highlanders" in abbreviated
plaids and the skirling of bagpipes and
the exploitation of the traditional
pibroch, introduces one or two dramatic
situations ot rather more than ordinary
intensity. One, in the third act, I will
endeavor to describe.
Mary (Julia Marlowe), a pure hearted,
simple minded beggar girl, is blindly,
passioL-ately devoted to th prcrl gate
Prince Charles Edward (Basset Roe).
She is the only comfort of her uncle,
aged, blind patient Angus (R)bert
Tabor), a r'ghteous man, but stern. At
a crit;cal moment the Highland soldiers
become convinced that the prince has
made a mistress ot the wife of their
chief, Clanmorris, ana they are on the
point of abandoning the Pretender's
cause, declaring that they will not fight
for an adulterer. They learn that the
prince and his mistress are to meet at a
certain house one night and they arrange
to watch and ascertain it be is guilty, as
they believe. It is made to appear that
they would condone the prince's offense
if his victim were a common wench.
But if the prince has b strayed the wife
of t-eir lord then he is to be abandoned.
Poor Mary, loving the prince to distrac
tion, hears all this discussed, herself
unseen, and is at first horrified and in
digoant, expressing her loathing of Lady
Clanmorris. Then her love for the
prince masters all other emotions and
she realizes his danger. If discovered
with his mistress his cause is lost. She
resolves to save him by sacrificing her
self "for Bonnie Prince Charlie and
Scotland.' Ste gce3 to the house where
the meeting is to take- place and iB
brought face to face with the guilty
Lady Clanmorris. Her loathing drives
her noble resolve out of mind, and while
the degraded woman grovels at the
girl's feet Mary has no word of pity.
The exposure shall come. But the
sound ot advancing sddiers recalls her
to her resolution and in the very nick of
time she hides the prince's mistress and
prepares to take upon herself the dis
grace implied by her presence at the
rendevous. The sold era break in the
door, expecting to find Lady Clanmorris
Instead they find poor Mary a wretched
figure, the picture of misery. It is a
trying moment, for Mary has been
regaraed as an angel of purity. Accu
sitions are showered upon her and she
cowers in silence that is taken for
acquiescence. Fearful that the soldiers
may not believe in her guilt, and wish
ing to remove the last reproach from the
prince, she contrives to drop a purse
given to her by the prince in recognition
of her service as a ppy. It is at once
recognized as having belonged to
Charles Edward. The sight of it, the
girl in guilty silence, with the kno 1 dge
they already have, is convincing. Mary
is denounced as a wanton. The prince
is held blameless (such is the portrayal
ot Scottish moral inconsistency), and
for the moment his cause is saved. But
that is not all. The men hive brought
with them a judge to censure the gu'lty
one, and Mary is told to get ready to
stand before him. This is more than
she expected, and if almost mora than "
she can bear. The door is opened and
the judge appears. It is blind Angus,
her uncle. She recoils in horror. The
soldiers are willing to spare the girl, and
they tell Angus that they were mistaken
and that there is no woman ia the hous.
But Angjs, blind ai hi is, koowB better
and he laun ;hes a terrible curse upon
the woman before him. Mary shrieks
and ru-hes to her u icle's arms. The old
man, to'tericg with age, recognizes the
voice of his beloved Mary, and the shock
almos1, kills him. Up to this momeot
the tension has been sustaiued at a high
point Here the men withdraw and the
act ends with a full explanation by Mary
and a loving scene between uncle and
nice. The prince does not app;ar and
his absen :e is not expl lined, but fie
audience forgets all about him. The i ct
is a trying time on toestag) and a crying
time in the audience.
t t t
A new administration! What wi'.l it
bring? No president since Lincoln,
whsn he first election brought him f ice
to face with the slavery ques'ion and
the nueition of the iua'ntenance of the
uni in, has had to meet such an em rg
ency as ex'sts at the prese t time. The
greatjrupul ethat nomiia el Bryan in
the las' campaign is not dead. It is, if
any hirg, more alive thin ever. All
over the ln I the-e is unrest Prosper ty
seems af tr off and advance wi h hilt ng
st sps. Wages have, in many cases, leen
redu ed eioce e'e ton Bus'ne-s is at
a s'anlsill. In lust y is paraltsul.
Workingmen are weuy with waiting.
Heroic measures are to be adop'ed, but
men who for years have believed in
th'se rneasu es begin t doubt the'r
eftii-i n-y in the presjnt ins tunc;. There
is a feel ng of apprehension pervading
eve stratum of soc ety. If President Mc
Kinley and h:s advisers am able to me t
the demand that the tim s make upon
thcni there" wdl be a safe piss'ng of a
critical point in our history and the
republican party and the president will
emerge as strong as Gibraltar. But if
the looked for change does not come
what then? That wdl, indeed, be an
other s'ory melodramatic, tragic. Hut
this country has met oth r emergene'es
and come out of the trial stronger than it
everwa8befo-e. President McKioley has
the cordial gool will of the people, and
the people believe in him. That means
much. The next six or ninemo.ths
will Lea fateful period.
W. Morton Smith.
New York, Feb. 26, 1897.
Lincoln Dry Goods Co., 1009 O street.
Hanna Coal for sale by Gregory, 11th
and O. Phone 343.
Miss Anna Dick, modiste, has moved
her rooms to 1318 O street.
The Capital hotel is offering the best
table and service in the state. For leg
islators, business men and private fani
lies it is unexcelled. Centrally located.
82 a day. R, W. Johnson, Prop.
Say Boys! We have just
received 243 dozen new
Spring stiff and soft hats,
they are on our second
f ioor, Call and inspect,
Armstrong Clothing Co.
(First publication Feb. G.)
SHERIFF SALE.
Notice is hereby given, That by virtue
of an order of sale, issued by the Clerk
ot the District Court of the Third Judi
cial District of Nebraska, within and
for Lancaster County, 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 Oth day of March, A. D. 1897, at
the -East door ot the Court House, in
the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County,
Nebraska, offer for Bale 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 hand this 4th day of
February, A. D. 1897.
John J Trompen.
3-6 Sheriff.
