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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.
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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.
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Furniture store in Webster block,
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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.
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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.
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