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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1897)
- : -sX --;; ' Xp . j.?" - r-. THE COURIER." ' - I" & i I; !- RANDOM NOTES. The judgements of Time are just and they are iaexorable. Time, the great averger, the only righteous judge, sifts out the real from the sham. To a few nea it assigns the rewards of ao endur ing fame; to many a man who held a conspicuous place in the theatre of ereats it metes out a swift forgelfulnese. The years hare aat in judgment upon Ulysses S. Giant and they have de creed that his fame shall last The mists are clearing away from the war period of the republic, acd out of them looms a larger figure than the age in which he lired bad understood. Hen know now that he who sleeps beside theHudson was or.6 of the great men called by Provi dence from obscurity to do great deeds, and that in him a mighty epoch strug gled to its expression. He fil's a larger angle in Lfctory as his day recedes, and whatever the mutations of the nation which bis sword redeemed, history shall ay of him, for all time to ccm?: 'In him a great man lived." It is fortunate that the fame of Grant had cot reached the my thus tfge. It is not shrouded in those vapors of dei ficafon behind which the lotty spirit and determined temper of Washington are hidden forever from succeeding generations. To his countrymen he is till Grant the man, with a simple and Tery human heart beneath that im perturbable extericr. Some time they knew him aa "the Silent Man of Des tiny" but before his death they learned to know him better, not as the cold in terpreter of a blind fate, but as a strong aoukd, simple-nrnded American, in whom the majestic will of bis people found its perfect embodiment That be was alow to real'zo his own supreme mission, and that from beginning to the end of his career h3 would have been content with the humblest of lots, tbey are glad to remsmber, for it links bim in feeling with every man who is livir g out a modest life under the sirgle inspira tion of duty. Duty draws a straight path through events, and the character that walks by it is ordered in all simplicity. The modesty of its unconscious greatness is lost upon small minds; they are slowest t) realize its colossal Btature. It is diaaly remembered that there was occa an annamed American who thought be waa "a b'ggar man than old Grant. It is probable that if, in the nature of the great commander, there had been the least evidence of ehow or pre'ease, the world would sooner have awakened to a full knowledge of Lis imperial qualities. At first only the large minds of his era understood him. It is signifl c"n that the deference to him of the -aaen who, in the popular comprehension, were often ranked before him, was in Etant acdlsettnctive. - The resourceful Shermin, the im. petuous Sheridan and tha sagacious McPaercon never showed such wisdom ia council and such ardor in battle as wtca tbey were directed by IhecapUin geseral of all the armies cf the North. An i bis gieit antagonists, Lee. John-st-n. Longstreet and Buckner. against each of whom be had drawn a victorious sxord, attest d by their friendship and a-lmiiicg tribute at once tia general ship in war and his magnanimity in peace. So waa it also when from the directions of armies he succcedeJ to the guidance cf affairs of State. Des p tithe betrayal of Grant's confidence y anaorlLy men, it w.s the great leiders of his patty who pledged bim their i erfect fealty and thtice rallied arcund him with an enthusiasm at eaeetinehirg and inspiring. For the magnificent eapport of the 306. ths "Old Gaard,ia the convention that nomi aatei Garfield, it k necessary to turn to the accounts of desperate battle strug gles, veeli one find a parallel. LGraBi'fc carter from iti opening scenes upon the banks of the Ohio to that last' moment of pain and victory on the dopes of Mount McGregory illustrates tbe romance and compulsion of fate. He ia seen passiog his youth amid the obecurity of a log cabin home, living to mora than half his daya the unre garded life of a small farmer in a border state, of a tinner and trader in a pro vincial community of tbe middle west. Suddenly, in tbe breath of civil' war, that gray aky of ill fortune and sordid cat e that hung over him is rolled up like a scroll, and out of tho tanneries of Galena issues the commander-in-chief of the armies of the republic, tho au thor of its destin es. Thenceforth from Donelson to Ap pomattox he writes history in a succes sion of thunder crashes, and the centi nent shakes with the shock of legions. Then the long years of unparalleled honors as president of bis people, as the guest of tbe nations of the world and suddenly ths sky datkecs again and misfortunes crowd the old soldier. That last campaign against death and. dis honor in which he he'd ba:k one grim enemy while he routed .the other can it ever be forgotten? It is partly in the valley of the shadow, and it is partly on the hilltops of hope, but When it U ended and he has capitulated to the Destroyer, he has made such terms of peace that the mournirg people who caw the end may inquire as one did of old: 'Oh, Death, where is thy sting?' Grant might propose "unconditional surrender' for another, but he would not accept it for himself. Seen from the distances of time, Ulys ses S. Grant will be remembered chiefly as the central figure in the greatest civil war of tbe century, as the soldier whose magnanimity consummated what his sword had achieved. He came to the front kt a time when the Union arms bad faltered, and he turned them to ward victory. He impressed his irre sistible will upon the movement of the Northern columns, and gave to tbe mili tary operations of his government an all-embracing purpose. So it befell that this one man was enabled to stem the tide of events at Donelson with the first important Union victory, to turn the fot tunes of war by the Biege at Vicks bunr. to crush the Confederate hopes in the West by the bathes about Chatta nooga and to conclude armed resistance in the South by the capture of Lee's army at Appomattox. Hie missioa was not ended whei the reluming armies he had commanded filed in review up Penn sylvania avenue. A litt'e la'or he stcoi betKcn tbe baud of vengeance and the lives and liberties of his foes. Aga'n, as-president, he was to interpose his strong arm for a lasting peace between the North and South, for the return of harmony between the great English speaking nations. His mission did not end th?n. It was not to end until beude the open grave at Claremont tb.9 surviving Union and Con federate generals mingled their tears and Ncnth and South joined bands in tbe fulfilment of good wilL In the mo ment of triumph twenty years before Abraham Lincoln was struck down by an assassin's blind frenzy and his pa tient lips could not pronounce the mess ge of reconciliation with which hi' heart was fall. It remained for the simple soldier on whom be bad leaned to utter in his first State paper the plead, ing and prophetic words. "Let us have peace. The sunshine of that coming time fell upon him as he sat and wrote in mortal pain upon the porch at Mount McGregor, and it made a glory about his dying bsd. When that sultry Aug. ustdayof twelve years ago died behind the barriers of the Palisades there pass ed with it the inherited bitternesses of a hundred years, and in the sacrament of the duBt the peace of sections was made abiding.. W. MORTON SMITH.. FATHER AND SON. "What do tfie senators do papa: The United States senators do? They are patriots all, my good little Paul; Tbey are patrioti tried and true "But what do the senators do papa; The United States senators do? OfaltaBc and debate for the good of the state; They are statesmen leal and true. But what do the senators do, papa; The United States senators do? Each talk in turn until they adjourn; They are workers stern and true. "But what do the senators do, papa; The United States senators do? Oh! their speeches are sound and very pro found. They are senators wise and true. "But what tut what do they do, papa; Oh! what do they do, I pray? Oh! they draw their pay in the regular way; In the old immemorial way." WILLIAM E. CURTIS. Goldby My doctor sajs aay case puzzles him. Friend That's what you get Tor teinj wealthy. Mrs. Dwyer Do you believe all your husband sajs? Mrs. Duell When he talks in his sleep. Maude Bessie says she's engaged, but she want? it kept a secret. Lena Why. - Maude Theie pro aWy isn't any truth in it. FOR DRY GOODS Lincoln, Neb! Lincoln Dry Goods Company, 109 O street, She That hancsjme young doclor looks perfec Iy killing tonipht He That's queer, he's off duty. Mile. MJ4RG0JWT, El Silk gowns from $10 up. ' ' Woolen gowns from $8 up. Waists from $5 to $7. 'Organdies from S6 up. ROOMS 1, 2 AND 3. Lansing theatie. l-ayyg,t---.-. JggvgVSWSVmrVBiYslsBBslfcfiYSs I Bankrupt Sale w Furniture store in Webster block, 230-238 so. lltti Street. t I T .. ,. -y x wife r y PspWL., 1 We can tell a story of price cutting that 'will be en tirely, new to the people of Lincoln. The following prices, are just to show you what we can do:" 2 Piece bedroom suits $8 to $1 0. 3 Piece bedrcobrss&ts $12 and up. Parlor sets $20 and up. Folding beds at low prices. Office desks and chairs at prices to suit the times. Kitchen tables $1 to $1.50. . Rockers $1.75 and up. Single dressers as low as $4. Extension tables 8, 10, J2 feet. Some fine pattern brusscls and tap estry carpet at low figures to dose out the stock. Glass cabinets will be sold at $7.50. Refrigerators on 30 days trial. 1 t (pss THE REASON You can always get more sugar for a dollar of us than you can at any other place in Lincoln is because we buy cheaper. One dollar will buy a sack of our high patent flour. Order a sack. If it is not as good as you want, if it does not suit you in every way, send word and we will return your money . TheFarmers Grocery Co. 226-2 .4 no. Tenth street. rm) &9 V A : ? ?"r&&jJ'i