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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1897)
THE COURIER. ojtab'.isLci, why he should not bo elect ed. He has bet n untiring in his atten tion to the duties of his office. His woist eremy cannot say that he ever BbirKPC. He is not a reformer. He hns treated gambling nnd other cu!b which huve alwajs ben rractised in any kird or communities, not religious, ar Bimo of the wisest students of economies ?y they should bo treated, viz, restrictively rather than prohibi tively. By this course he haB offended the most conscientious numbers of the W. C.T. U. but he has honestly believed that no other methods wire rracticable and this side of the millenium no one has jet been able to prove that an ab solute cure is possible. Mr. Graham is a practical man and eo far as his record goes verj much the best man for the place. Ho can be depended upon for faithfulness, contistency and loyalty to the f i iends and the principles which elect him and in this day of turu-coats the foregoing qualities are rare. That E. E. Brown has simply stepped up on a pedestal too high and narrow -for him to occupy even for the short time before election is proved by his visit to Turner hall la3t Sunday, when he invited about seventy the of the members present up to the bar to drink. Considering that Mr. Brown is on the same ticket with Mr. Hardy such an action was very foolish. It deprived him of his support. It made him neither fish, tlesb, nor fowl. He is a man without a party The voters cannot expect any man to do better by the city than he will do for himself. A mayor needs foreeight. pru dence, and diplomacy. Mr. Brown has conclusively shown that he has not any of these pre-requhites. Mr. Graham is a life long and consistent republican Populist jggresGion would put a man into the office of major who has already demonstrated his inability to hold it. The struggle next week is much more than a question between individuals. The result will decide whether the peo ple who pay the taxes are to have aoj thin g to 6ey about the disposition of them or whether non-residents who have no interest iu tne city are to make appointments solely with reference to the interests of the populist party. Every man who has an interest in local elf government should vote for the nominee of the republican party nex Tuesday. Washington gossips report that Arch bishop Ireland has gone to Washington to intercede with the president for the appointment of his friend, ex-governor Merriam of Minnesota to the Berlin mission. There tre those who assert that it would te an appointment very gratifying to the catholics of the state oing to the ex-governors friendliness to Catholics during his occupancy of the gubernatorial chair. In spite of such powerful intervention the presi dent remains firm. The ex-governor is a Minneapolis banker and it is said that it was Senator Davis' knowledge of the national banking laws which are exceedingly etrict rather than Mrs. Davis resentment of Mrs. Merriam's re fusal to accord her social recogniaion, that shuts out Senator Davis from the diplomatic service. It is too bad to de tract from so glorious a feminine victory but facts refuse to lend themselves to a good storj-. "How did you come to be a confirmed drunkard?" "I spent last summer in Maine." Broker May I hold your hand as col lateral until it is redeemed at the altar? New Woman No: but you may put on the engaRenu rlnp and call often. Mr. Wheeler Are u the little girl that I used to hold on my knee? Miss Sykel Yes. You've grown to be quite a man. haven't you. STORIES IN PASSING. A little, bard-Jisted farmer with quite a family of children of all 6ues can often bs see: driving into the city be hind a pair of diminutive mules. He is a stirring little man, thrifty and indus trious, and said to be making money although he talks as if starving to death. But he has a breezy, enthusias tic way of delmeatinsr poverty and hard times which is quite interesting to lmten to. "Hello, Mr. Kierck," said a down town clothing salesman the other daj how are jou getting along?" "Oh, rnjloh, mj-r was the answer, "busted! busted! Gettin' poorer and poorer all the time." "But jour neighbors all say you skin them on everj' trade and that you are getting rich very fast." "They do? They're bloody liars. No, sir, you'll see me in the poorhouse be fore another year. I'm going fast. My poor family!" "Yes, the little rascals keep wearing out their c'otheB. I'll have to get them Eoine. That biggest boy is going to be confirmed at Easter and I must get him a black suit for contimation. But, mj God, he grows so like the devil that I shan't buy it till the last night before Ea9ter and last thing before he gees to bod!" lunch counter mince pie. If the truth was told, Corbstt somotime between the Kith and 14th round, broke loose from hUt-ninere, took a quick turn around the corner of the street and bought a pie. That's how he lost the fight. Fitz simmons and a mined pio would make the biggest combination on earth." There seems to be an infinite variety or opinion as to what constitutes real trouble. One man loses all interest in life under a burden that another man will trot off with as though he was on the way to a picnic. One man throws off a load of care or sorrow or disappoint ment while another man lets much less kill him. Manj'jearsago a German moved with his wife to western Cas county. He bought morejland when it was cheap, and being thrifty jear after year added to his possessions until hehad ssveral hundred acies of land and had accumu lated a gooa deal of stock. In time he had quite a little money loaned out to his neighbor?, was moderately wealthy owed nothing and was beyond the reach of want. One day while sitting with his wife at home word came to them that a man who owed them a note of moderate amount had run away. The old ladj- gave a shriek and fell over on tne Moor in a swoon. She was put upon a couch and a doctor called, but sho died that night A jear or two later a neighbor who was financially safe came to the farmer snd told him that owing to the failure in crops he could only pay the interest on his note and would need to pestpone payment of the principle for a year. The old gentleman was much distressed and sat long into the night brooding over the news. The next morning the neigh bora found hie dead body hangicg to a rafter of his barn. I' Yes, sir," said the old sport stepping in to the office. "I know all about it now. I have figured out just how Corbett got knocked out. I got hit in nearly the same place myself and it did me up. It takes just one such to put out the best of em." "How about it Bill?" said the boys. "Well, j-ou see I was feelin' pretty gay I had got a small pile of rocks ana was letting go of "em at every chance. I went into a lunch room among other places and lot loose on a dollar dinner. The last was a pie a mince pie they said a regular lunch counter mince pie. It landed just where thej- say Fitz landed on Coibttt. Itbadthesirneeffect too, and I was groggy and hanging over the rcpes inside of fifteen minutes. Chan case of knockout, you bet, and rary a chance to dodge. Sponge and everything went of course. "Aow, us my opinion that the re cause ci Corbett s Knockout Iiea in a HALF L1C.HTS. The train was running out of the city. From the window I saw a man painting the spire of a church. He was sitting high above on the suspended scaffolding, swaying slightly in the wind. Suddenly one of the ropes loosened, jerked sud denly and one end of the scaffold lurched downwards. The man's arms went up into the air, his legs doubled up and then 1 saw his hotly totter backwards. The train moved suddenlj iuto an alley nnd the church was lost to view 1 he light in a window attracted mj attention. They were standing in full view before the pane the woman with Hying hair and uplifted arms, the man in shirtsleeves and clenched fist raised before her face. I could see tlia hate in h;sees. the terror on her cheeks. The niht wind blew in the window and ex tinguished the light and all was dark ness. I was following the river read that night, stumbling through the cloudy darkness. For an instant the moon peeped out at the earth. Farcutonthe water was a dark mass and a human face, white and water drawn. But the cloud had closed again and I groped on. HARRY GRAVES SHEDD. Great Truths Tersely Told. The man you don't like is the es pecial favorite of all the women whom you do. The qualities you adore in jour fiancee are the very ones jou will dis lika in jour wife. Never try to conceal anything from a woman except the truth. Assign all the drudgery of society to people who doc't feel sure of their jtosition. It will be well done. At forty the bachelor finds an adit ional argument against matrimony in every meeting with women be used to love. An accusation of cruelty and indiffer ence alwaye charms women who are a whole sky away from affecting j-ou with a display of either. Never ask a woman for anything. Either take it without asking or pro tend jou don't want it all. In love, trifles are the only things of importance. What j-ou think people saj- about jou is precisely what they don't saj Fifty finds dailj reason to thank Providence for having denied the prayers of twenty. You are always avenged on the edi tor who rejected j-our contribution. He had to read it. The girl who never notices you is the one that observes you closest. A too hopeful man passes his life in losing what he nevei had. It is a good social Eet that is ac knowledged bj the set just above and the one just below it Every festivity is vaguely felt as an insult by all who are not invited to share it. li D cm mi & OWto OIQ I street. Is the place where they sell 13i?esli. and Otxrecl Meats at Hard Times Prices. Choice Steaksand Roasts. PHONE 36? GIVE US A CALL NEW COURIER HALL HARRIS BbOGK ''' THE BEST FLOOR IN THE CITY. SEE IT BEFORE YOU GIVE A PARTY. '' Leave word for Miss Willoughby at Courier office. ,!ll?4 N im N