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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1897)
THE COURIER. fits doubles the farmer's expenses and does not increase the scale of wages though it increases the number of em ployes. But what is done, is done. Ihe president believes the country can be cured by fattening the manufacturers. His career is due to tho encouragement of this idea and the protests of m llions of farmers cannot stir tho tixity of tho tariff idea. Benevolent ns he is the president thinks they do not know what is good for them. An effective cartoon could be made on this suhjejt with the farmer as the patient being stupefied by Mark Hanna, held by McKinloy and the medicine forced dawn his reluctant aesophagus by Dingloy. The "Woman's Department"' which appears in many of the newspapers of the day, is apt to contain interesting in formation, advice to mothers and com ment on literary topics the 1 .st of rather mora value than tho advice to parents. The column flattirs the growing feminine f enso of importance The inference 13. when a newspaper publishes a special department for women, that they are not interested in telegraphic news, editorial comment, stories, or the gossip which is tho con tent of the local page. In this period when women desire aid is accomplish ing her desire, to bo considered a? an individual it is inconsistent to bo flatter ed and pleased by the heading of a column that indicates that the publisher considers general topics of no intirest to "woman." Pie recipes, bonnets and basques are of special interest, so are waistcoats, ties and horses, bu no paper publishes a "Men's Department.' Such arrangements for supposed femi nine capacity and tastes are unconscious rebukes, to the numerous female who rises in the federations and expositions and "point with pride' to what woman has accomplished and refers with more pride to the ''mothers of the land" ignoring tho fathers altogether. Not being accustomed to pedestal atiitudes, or to be designated with pride in pootry and by orat .rs, tho fathers have grown not to think as much of themselves as their contribution to pottcri'y would excuse them for. Not being considered in any way as benefactors of tho race or examples to it the father's manners have grown lax and they swear and they spit in places where they really should not. A little encouragement an! praise for their effo. t- to keep Ihe fathers and mothers of the future clothed and fed might pro luce in them a 6ense of tho dignity of their function and the ne cessity for behaving up to it. These re marks are addressed to those who have re quested the editor of this paper to set up a "woman's department. They are only a few of the reasons why such a heading is absurd. It is very unfortunate that a man with asprimititive ideas of landscape garden ing as Uncle Jake Wolfo should have been allowed so public a place to plant them in as the State House ground" He has set out little evergreen trees all over the lawn. The grounds lcok like a i. tt m farmer's front yard fifty years ago. Those yards were in no sense places of pleasance. When the trees bad at tained thoir growth by killinn out the grass and shutting out all sunlight from the "front parlor," the farmer glancod at them with satisfaction as he drove by to tho back door yard where the sun and his children pljyed together. Tho birds avoid the evergreen tree which is tit only for the sides of snowtopped mountains whero larch, e'tn, chestnut and b'rch cannot grow. The shado trees whoso high branches sheltir birds and shade tho children are the trees for this latitude. Tho study of tho uses of sunlight and air is lowering the death rate and in creasing the number of velvet lawn". Uncle Jake Wolfo cares naught for bygieno. He holds that what was the pride of his grandfather's heart is good enough for him. So be has planted several hundred small evergreen trees in close contiguity on tho state house grounds. It is most Hnfortunate that 'our system of politics allowsa man of no taste, culture or knowledge to arrange the landscape for a people as retined and progressive as Nebrpskans. The duties that the honorable Jake is at tempting to perform require accomplish ments of taste and education that he does not possets. Ho has made of tho noble possibilities of the Capital grounds a forlorn country ceme'ery. He Iirs done with tho grounds what John Currie wants to do with tho Tennessee marble. Protests are idle for we are ic the hands of the Philistines and they will hang on to their Job as long as there is an thing in it, whether the c'tizens whose views they ruin, and whose air they impregnate, like it or not. While Senator Howells of Omaha was in Lincoln this winter his reputation developed into very bad odor. There is a general impression, not only in Lin coln but throughout t'ie state that he camo to the senate as tin agent and re presentative of the gamblers of the state. A man who is the represantative of gamblers, cannot bo tho representative im rhlle I'm about of decent people. If Omaha wants to hold a gambler carnival next summer, then Howells is the proper representa tive of their aspirations and should be elected major of the city. But if they want to attract the better element of the people to their exposition, then they should crowd Howellsout of public view as soon as possible. STORIES IN PASSING. A young gentleman of my acquaint ance had a novel bit of experience on the day of the big fight at Carson City. He is the yonnger member of a modest business firm down town. His partner is quite active in church and charitable work of all kinds, and the jounger men is doing a little in that line himself allhought keeping a grip on the sport ing pulse cf the world as he gce3 along. On the day of the tight the elder gentle man was out of the city, and theyounor man hired a boy to briug tho returns to the store from tho telegraph oftloo not far away. Just before tho first news of tho tight might bo expected a well-known minis ter, a friend of tho partner, who is very outspoken in his viows of worldly evils, camo into tho store for a chat. He be gan with McKinloy 's messago to con gress on the tariff, branching off after a few moments to his favorato subject of social, moral 2nd relief work among tho people on the bottoms. Ho was just starting in on an explanation of a plan for lifting young boys and girls out of the atmosphere of vice and ignorance, when tho first breezo from tho tight Bailed through tho door. Tho young fellow who had been engagod as messenger lad burst in. ''Both blokes alighting harder'n two bull-pups," ho shouted out, "Fitz landed on Corbctt's neck and Jim flung a left hook on Bob's jaw. Corbett belted Fitz one in the ribs and got back a right jab on his head that made him holler. They TBNfl && I'll give it a thorough cleaning clinched and Fitz rouehed it in a break away." The boy finished and looked up at the young business man but received for bis newB only the "stony glare." For any interest shown it might havo been a graven image receiving the no as. The minister in startled surprise was gratifi ed to find here one young business man who was perfectly indifferent to the vicissitudes of the pugilistic Carnival in the west. With a word expressing disgust the good man returned to his subject of saving the lowland. About the time the young proprietor thought the bay was due again, ho ex cused himself on 6ome trifl'ng pretext, slipped out the door and received the news of tho second round at the corner of the building. Then he went in again and discussed the Graham-Taj lor se tlement with the minister. He found an excuse for going out for the third round and by nice adjustment took in everj- message during the fight without slipping a cog except one. At the tenth round a customer detained the joung man. The messenger boj broke in the door and filled the room again with his startling information. "Fitz spitten" blood but landed a left swing on Corbptt's jaw. Tried the right cross but fell short. Corbett upprrcut Fitz on the face and got a straight on the mouth but ducked like a swimming cork. Corbett sparring beautifully but Bob is fighting like a lion. Fitz mixed it up and had Corbett weak on his pins but is bleedug like a stuck pig." A shade ot distrust spread over the minister's face and a hint of suspicion crept into his voice as the two men again picked up ihj work of helping downtrodden peop'e. But the joung man kept his nerve and carried the game through without a quiver. In speaking of it afterwards the j'oung man said it was the mest delicate thing c kA us. HEWi.YWEn nnc-uiKr iilhiiy'S .EW SILK ll.VT. Mpt I don't believe Tora'a brushed his hat for month to manage that ever devolved upon him. For how to successfully plan out methods of dealing sturdy blows at ruin down on the bottoms and at the same time keep abreast with the blows of Bob and Fitz in Navada, und how to keep tb two on different tracks and, as it were, prevont them from telescoping each other, was the work of a diplomat. There is a man in Omaha whoso cup of life has been more than full of hard ships, bitterness and disappointmsnt. His boyhood and early manhood was one terrible struggle for an education against the greatest obstacles of poverty, weak-eye sight and ill health. Hut ho finally graduated from a law school and came west to take up the struggle for placeand reputation. A light broke in on his life when a western railroad picked up the joung man, saw some thing in him, and made him their at torney. Then his career for a few years was brilliant, meteoric. Opportunities for tho development of his qualities were presented and so signa'ly grasped that almost instantly ho became one of the leading lawyers of the state, ono of the most magnetic and successful speakers in the west. He was gathering wealth, had built an elegant home, and a charm ing family was growirg up about him. For the first time in his life he was just beginning to know a little happiness and succea when tho great calamity came. In the midst of an impassioned address, without warning he was struck stone blind and had to be led to his home b- his friends. Today he sits in his well filled library, all that remains of his wealth, but now useless. His family, too has grown and separated. The wife is dead. He sits alone except for one daughter who baa sacrificed her other love for that of her father. Family gone, friends gone, sight, success, career, al! that goes to make up the joy and life be had planned and fought for in his earlj- days, the joy and happiness he had sighted and all but held within his grasp. He was a young fellow with brown hair and laughing eyes. He was stand ing just outside the church door as the evening congregation was dismissed. A young lady in a big hat ana n light cloth capo came in. The young man loosened himself from the crowd and approached her. 'Good evening," he said in the s'ilted phrase of the country j'outh, "may I seo you home!" MONEY LOANED on Diamonds, Pianos and any good personal security. Diamonds bought and sold. Business strictly confidential. WALT MELIGK. ROOM 20 BURR BLK.