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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1897)
8 THE COURIER. r 'm li P fc P If? Upsand Downs of Fortune. Qalte Possible. r Mr. Charlej Noel FI"ig-y, a Niw York artist, who has lived much abroad, tells some interesting stories of Bohemian life in Paris in the Fcvonties. "TboBO were the days," says Mr. FJag, "when MeifHonier was Sir Oracle; whn Ilrstien Lspige was fighting his way to recog nition as a great printer and giving the lirst bint of a new school of brilliant cilor; when tbo men of Carb'son, at tho endof their lives, trere granted nt last the place they had struggled for; when tho fame of Claude Monet was tho secret of a few enthusiasts. Conditions and ideas were different among tbo leaders from those which now prevail, but the rank and liio struggled and starved, reviled and bop id, very much the same a to day." It has been said that in Franco fame has wiegs and that by a single grc:t success she carries her votary to the top Mr. Flagg illustrates tho truth of this by relating an anecdoto of a young En glishman named Hawkins. "He was so poor that he lived on bread alone, soak ing bis loaf, bit by bit, in two or three sous' worth of wine. He would sell pictures for five or six francs a piece, and that sort of grind wont for years. At last he painted a big picture, which all the boys thought so fine that they chip ped in for a cheap frame and sent it to the Salon. It was a landscape, showing a graveyard, with children playing in the sunlight, but therj was no cheap sentimentality about if: it was a strong, manly, brilliant thing. For bravado we made him set a big prio on it, some thing like tTcntv thousind francs. "Well, I ha-l a picture in the Salon that year, so I went in on varnishing day and wandered up and down among the notable?, looking for my picture. Suddenly I saw the sky of Hawkin's picture: that was all 1 could see for the crowd around it. And thero was little Meiasonier gesticulating and exclaiming, 'That's the bjst thing in the whole Salon,' and Bastion Lcpago was pointing out this and that in it, and r11 the ar tists wereadmiringand chattering. And, do you know, he wsb the success of tho year? The picture was bought that day for its full price, and tho next day the carriages were lined up in front of his poor little studio, and he sold every rag in the place for any price ha chesa to sst upon it. He managed to hold on to his success, too. It lasted so long as ha lived.' Harriet Monroe, in Chicago Tribune. Justice Why did you steal this gentle man's purse? Prisoner I thought the change might do me good. Jaspar Are you interest jd in the new Alaskan gold ml jes? Magnate -No, Why should I be? I own a Senator. Alr-TtgKt Compartments. The air-tight compartment theory of building ships was copied from a pro fision of nature shown in the case of the nautilus: The shell of this aol taal has foriy or fifty compartments, shto which air or water may be ad mitted, to allow the occupant to sink K float as he pleases. k. -a ""feS'SB' Amos Moses Snowball Say! black boy, hit seems ter me at I've saw yoh face before. K;hralm Johnson Reckon you has, "cause das where I been wearing1 it all my life. New York World. T-wa and Conatry. He "Wouldn't you rather ride la Ike country than in the park?" She "No, indeed. There is nobody jo look at one in the country." Judge. Fare of III Facta. "It's a great story." "aid the visitor to the city editor, to whom he was Bell ing information about a coming divorce case. "McSwigger found the co-respondent in his wife's room, and shot at nirn four times, but missed, and now fee is going to sue for divorce." "But hww did you get your Informa tion." asked the editor. "Couldn't help It." was the reply; rj?m the co-respondent." Ex. mP IRL OF THE Lenten period. With softly downcast eyes. Have you prayed off the surplus force That in your na ture lies? Have you evolved a litany To which your steps shall dance? Girl of the Lenten period. There's mischief in your glance! You're thinking not of litanies With penitent refrains. But of your love's arithmetic. And counting up your gains Of poems wrought In needle-work. Of symphonies In gowns. Of bonnets that at Easter-tide Shall banish Lenten frowns. Girl of the Lenten period. In royal purple clad! . . Fair penitent in violet. Your coming makes me glad! I love you, pretty devotee. Whose sins are small and few. And when I to devotions go, I'll ask to kneel by you. M. L. Rayne, in Truth. Found Them So. Saidso I didn't mind the questions till the lawyers got to the cross-examination. Herdso Then what? Saidso They were too all-fired cross. A Bargain in Sightseeing. "What did you give that stranger money fur?" said Aunt Eliza as she and Uncle Hiram walled In the station after getting oft the train from Hay ville. "That's all right, Liza." said Uncle Hiram triumphantly. "That's a nice feller. I give him $2, and he's goln to fix It so we can go out and see the sky scrapers without extra charge." Chi cago Record. Vldn't Care for Much Drees. Mr. Uptown is the husband of a Tery fashionable and dressy wife, and not long ago he was talking- with a stran ger about women's clothes at a swell reception up in Harlem. "Plenty of handsome women here to night," venturedhe stranger. "Yes," safd Mr. Uptown blandly. "Married?" queried the stranger.. "Yes; my wife is her to-nightT"" , "I'm married, too, but my wife sel dom goes out. She doesn't care much for dress. Does yours?" "Well," replied Uptown, with soma hesitation, "I don't really know wheth er she cares much for" dress, but I'm .pretty sure she doesn't care for much dress; but you can Judge for yourself. There she comes now." Mrs. Uptown, who is stylish to tho backbone, swept by, and the stranger changed the conversation. Texas Sittings. Bemarkable rig. When the pig is not only a domestic animal, but a family friend, as he ap pears to be in the Marquesas islands, he develops unsuspected cleverness. "In the South Seas," one of Robert Louis Stevenson's last books, gives many instances by way of proof. "Many islanders live with their pigs as we do with our dogs," Mr. Stevenson ob served; "both crowd around the hearth with equal freedom, and the island pig is a fellow of activity, enterprise and sense. He husks his own cocoanuts and I am told rolls them Into the sun to burst; he is the terror of the shepherd. Mra Stevenson, senior, has seen a pig fleeing to the woods with a lamb in his mouth; and I saw another come rapid lyand erroneously to the conclusion that the Casco was going down, and swim through the fluah water to the rail In search of an escape. It was told us In childhood that pigs cannot swim; I have known one to leap overboard, swim five hundred yards to shore, and return to the house of his original own ir. I was once, at Tautira, a plgmas ter on a considerable scale. At first, in my pen, the utmost good feeling pre vailed. A little sow with a bellyache came and appealed to us for help in the manner of a child; and there was one shapely black boar, whom we called Cathollcus, for he was a particular present from tho Catholics of the vil lage, and who early displayed the marks of courage and friendliness. No other animal, whether dog or pig, was suffered to approach him at his food, and for human beings he showed a full measure of that toadying fondness, so common in the lower animals, and pos iibly their chief title to the name. One day. on visiting my piggery, I was amazed to see Cathollcus draw back from my approach with cries of terror; and If I was amazed at the change, I was truly embarrassed when I learned Its reason. One of the pigs had that morning been killed; Cathollcus had seen the murder, he had discovered he was dwelling in tho shambles, and from that time his confidence and his delight In life were ended. We still reserves him a long while, but he could not en Sure tbo sight of any two-legged crea ture, nor cculd we, under the circunj ttances, encounter his eye without confusion." Bargains in BooIk. "It's all very well to talk about Issu ing bonds of $10 each," remarked Mr. Dukane, "but that is not the way to In-, duce women to buy." "What would you advise?" asked Mr. Gas well. "Let Secretary Carlisle advertise bonds at $9.98, marked down from $10." Pittsburg Telegraph. A Bad Break. Jones A man in Boston in his hurry to assist a fainting lady got a bottle of mucilage instead of camphor and bathed her face with it. Smith He did. eh. Well he must have been a good deal stuck up with his attention. Sensible Constance. Mr. Crimsonbeak When Constance was younger she used to ride a wheel and I tell you she'd take nobody's dust; Mrs. Crimsonbeak You doa't sa so? "Yes, but now she has reached th marrying age she's willing io take ab meat anybody's." Vnul-ers statesman. Private Act ess. What a blessing no man can hinder ur private access to God. Every man tan build a chapel in his breast, him self the priest, his heart the sacrifice and the earth he treads on the altar. Jeremy Taylor. It Depended. " Mrs. Manhattan How long Is It cus tomary for a widow to wear mourning for her husband In Chicago? Mrs. Wabash Weeds There is no fixed rule about It. It depends upon how well acquainted you are. I am generally pretty lucky. Ex. Right In It. Hayrick How Is your son getting on at college? Treetop Very good, indeed; he stood ninety-eighth out of a class oMOO. nard to Please. He (reading the paper) It certainly "is "very difficult to please a woman. - She What makes you think so? . He Mr. Young of Wabash, Minn., locked his wife in the house; Mr. Potts of Pekln, Wis., locked his wife out of the house, and now both women are suing for diorce. Corroberatlng Ills Views. Jagway I heard a lecture in bac teria last night. Castleton Did you learn anything? Jagway I should say. It taught me the evil effects of drinking water. it Peru's Desert. ' In the long coastal desert of Pern, which Ms. 2,000 miles in iesgth, but only 120 miles broad at its widest part, the rivers disappear in the dry season and.begMn to flow again in February or 'March (wfcen rain falls In the Cor dilleras. One of the most important of these rivers is the Piura, the return nf whose waters is welcomed with great rejoicings by the inhabitants of Its hr.Va Always Usefol. Quorlcus What becomes of the New Jersey mosquitoes in winter? WItticus The Jerseyltes use them for Ice-picks. Cheap Excursions VIA North western Line. Round trip tickets will be sold by tne North-western line to points on dates and at rates mentioned below: Hot Springs, S. D. August, 3rd. '97. Fare 815.50. Limit .10 days. Indianapolis, Ind. August, iGtb. and 17th. and September 7th. and 8th. "97. Fare $18.00. Extreme limit respectively September, 12th. and 17th. Buffalo, N.Y. August, 21 st. and 22nd. "97. Fare 821.70. Limit September, 20th. For futtber particulars call on or write, A. S. Fielding, City Ticket Agent, 117 S 10th. st., Limcoln.Nebr. G. A. R.-Buffalo -Through Car Service-$24. 70 Round Trip. Our Teachers Milwaukee excursion was so succeFs'ul, and our patrons so well pleased with our superb line and through Eervics that we propose to give all who contemplate availing themselves of the very low rate to Buffalo and re turn Aug. 21 and 22, an opportunity to enjoy special through car service Lincoln to Buffalo via the Great North western line and connections If you think you would like to traval via the short line to Chicago just cal, on me for particulars. Outof-town people who would like to go via the best route in through cars are requested to write me for particu lars concerning this trip. A. S. Field ing, city ticket agent, 117 so 10th street, Lincoln, Neb. Sutton & Hollowbush have invented a cough drop. They call it the S. & H. Sutton & Hollowbush, and it is a good one Stop and get one on your way to the theatre. It will save you a spasm of coughing. 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