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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1897)
"Ji"vy. 1 "- ' f. THE COURIER. -. x xthe union, that Is by Xebraska, 400 species. "The reason for this great variety of bird life is fouiid in the geographical position of the state and the physical " characteristics of its surface." Mr. August Eiche says there are 417 sjx?c ies in Nebraska which he has ihdenti tied and classified. From the Atlantic ocean to western Iowa but blight changes occur in the avi-fauna. But with the decreased rainfall and the increase in altitude from there westward, a great num ber of new forms appear. The greatest - change is at the eastern foothills of the Bocky mountains, which is the natural dividing line between the eastern and middle provinces of the "United Stales. But while many of the western forms extend as strag glers eastward into Kansas and Ne braska and especially into the Black Jlills of South Dakota and northwest. ermNebraka. a large number of east ern forms do not pass westof thesemi . arid region of twenty inches of annual J? , rainfall and are not found in Colorado. ftrff xi is aue lOuuie met mat JeDrasKa in the number of wl STORIES IN PASSING. i rrfnrlr f iilnrmTi j. -w-j species takeu'in the State. All of the ."; kttv species niBch .Nebraska 'and nearlyllhVesterH. forms extend into northwester Nebfasla.. ,This is strikingly shown in the case of the Warblers. Nebraska has more than twenty Warblers that do not occur in Colorado, while Colorado has less than live that are not found in Nebraska. Some of the most curious columns in the newspapers are those headed 'juvenile5 and supposed to be for the edification as well as amusement of lxys and girls. TJie Chicago Record prilts even Saturday an extra edi tion which is in fact, what the Sun day edition is to other papers, for The Record prints no" Sunday paper. Last Saturday in an article labeled "Swimming Tricks" there is a dia ljolical discription of an inven tion by which a small boy can frighten his comanions and the spec tators by staying under the water "a considerable length of time without rising to the surface. Any body will readily imagine the various pranks that can be played with such an in vention,"' which is a long rub bcr tube attached to a wooden spool at each end. The boy puts one spool in his mouth and allows the other to float on the water, fastening himself on the bottom of the stream by means of weeds or boulders. The point of the joke of course is that his com "panions are induced to dive to his rescue and the humour is in the shock to the nerves of the would-be rescurers who may also be parents, brothers or sisters. Perhaps a boy will try it and fasten himself inextricably to the bottom, the tube will inevitably, in a few moments become full of water, through faulty fastening at the top or swaying of the spool, and the boy at the bottom be drowned. The Edi tor of the column has what has some times been called the "American ensc of humor." It is a variety, grim ghas tly and utterly selfish and unrefined, a sort of college fraternity joke whose point is. in the suffering and fright imposed by the perpetrators on their innocent and unsuspecting victims. MRS. INA DILLON TABER. J Voice Culture. Jft Pupil of Sigaor Gedeoni Olivieri, the teacher of Emma Eamee. Emma Calve, Jean and Edward De Reske and Jeaa Laealle. For tersu and narticu- laro address Mrs. Ina Taber, 673 Boyl aton Street, Bortoa, Haas. ful, varied and picturesque. On the south side, bluffs reach to the height o' a hundred feet, from which a view is obtained for many miles in any direction. To the northwest stretches the Platte, lined by trees, spanner" hre and there They called him "the slave of the cow," and this is the story of his bondage and emancipation. Early last May a neighbor brousrht in afresh milch cow li6teninfr bridgeK and choked by from the farm, a young beaut and one white Band.barB. Par thatwouldliftamanoverachurchifshe t,:m ,0 had the chance The neighbors couldn t t0UC rwt' h at Sarpy hills, while on and beyond, the youth boasted that he would milk any cow ,n the country came over and tnedQthe his hand. He tied the animal up to the ,. , , , from this hil1 can be seen the manger, so close that she , could .M only straight ahead, pushed her side the bird flie;, of thirty miles, gently over against the .barn a-l. slid But th9 raost magnific3nt s2ene of all, quick v down upon the muking-stool . .. li1. i and then with his left knee pinned the that from the bluff at early sunrise, animal's hind legs to the timber. The eV elw filled w.th unst like , , . . , j ji. j some gauzy glaicer, hiding water, ana cow struggled and backed and tossed . , V ,, ... 4. A .. . , , j . ,. 0u, ,. islands and all, while the sandy hills on her head and bellowed from sheer vex- . ' , . , , , . , , ,,,. . . ,., .. the opposite side ho.d up their rock faces ation, but the man held herfast until the '" 1H, . . .. , j it - u j mu m. to the clearer air above. All the land to miming wuu iiuibucu. iuo unuci watched him and then proposed a bar gain. The man was to feed the cow and do the milking and receive half the milk. The two shook hands over the agreement, the caw was leu over to the friend's house and from that moment his slavery began. " He could manage to milk her but sometimes he was a little slow or tied her head too loosely or something of the kind, and mora than once ha was sent 'sprawling to the floor or nailed to the side of the birn. A&dtheo he never could rpfTiilatpi hpr mmincr and vhinara . fihn waaonn.tantlv breaking out of rVl.V. -" fn which ha aPPa"d to " r - the west is in shadow, seemingly melt ing indistinctly into the cloud-banks in to the distance. But ta tha east there is a pale, gray light which grows con stantly. Then streaks of light dart up from the hill-tope, touching ths trees and bluffs in red and yellow and white. The shadows and the mist3 chase each other down into the hollows and are lost over the fields far .in the west. Down in the valley trees are.beginning to take shape anu houses show out among them. Even the .river appears dull and lifeless. Then all of a sudden. bang was looking along the barrel and had the two heads of tbe old couple directlv in line. There was a Hash bjt the joun? man heard no report. Too wif f ii l.,.?. in the chair, one hand upon the tab!e her head hanging loosely to one cide, her eyes wide open and starins. Tha o!d German straightened to his feat, and then lounged forward scattering his coins and upsetting the lamp, bo that sudden darkness came upon the house and scene. When the young man came to his right mind he was far up the hill run ning as he had never run before, his brow throbbing, his nsrves shaken as if by ague. You will not believe all this, of course One hears the like so often. But it is true, true as the light of day for I was he that stood on the bridge that night and saw it all. HARRY G. SHEDD. either to come home and despoil t.overe eastern hill line ssems to usn imo me air, as u given an impetus by some gigantic lever resting on the brow of the bluff. Its light floods river, valley, field and hill in golden brilliancy. Shadow, mist, darkness and uncertain. garden and lawn cr to wander into a cornfield at the edge of town and run the danger of foundering before the herd boy could find her. His whole life came to swine about that pot. TIip regularity of the household, his business fled and God'8 glorious day and his church duties were disturbed has come- and his pleasures were impaired by constant anxiety over the beast. It was eleven o'clock of a winter Sun He stood it five weeks, and then, day night when the young man left the early in June, after chasing that cow train at the little village, and started to through a cornfield for four hours one walk the three mile3 to the farm-house morning and misjing the early train to where he was staying while teaching the Lincoln, where his son graduated from district school. The night was not cold, the et.-.te university, the "slave" sent her but as the snow was falling heavily, the back :o the neighbor, hurled the milk- ycung man pulled his ulster tightly stool throught the feed-bin, kicked the about his ears and face, and his cap pail into ihe alley and has since been dose down to his -yes. Consequently taking milk of the dairyman in part muffled as he was, along with the star payment on a bad debt. less night and the falling snow, it was impossible to see but a few feet before There were seated in an EaBt Lincoln him. trolley car one morning just before noon Thn road ran two miles on the level and were talking of a certain candidate and this the young man travelled with- or political preferment. out accident. Then the road dipped "Oh, he's smooth altogether too down into a ravine, croseed a small smooths remarked tne larKe man 5n a stream by meanB of a wooden bridgef crash suit, mentioning the candidate's and then on up a long steady hill tD the name, "he talks finely and makes all level again. There were trees on both kinds of promises but he is a tricky sides of the bridge, dense, dark and fellow." overhanging, and altogether it was like "No, you can't trust him and he'll walking into a pocket. On the right never get my support," answered his not far from the bridge was a small companion. house where an old German couple had Across the aisle a little woman with a lived once, but the place was now de- bright, young, trustful face was listening serted and falling to pieces, and bore an with Bursting ears. evil name in the neighborhood. -I know of a deal he made with 'a The young man, half asleep, thinking certain man in the council and there of many things, plunged down into the were same pretty shady transactions ravine and stepped upon the bridge, during the last legislature. It's queer Suddenly to his right close tD the rail of they don't come out." the bridge two figures appeared, icdi3- Tbe face of the little woman had tinct and motionfess. The young man grown pale and there was pain in her stopped paralyzed by fear, his tongue eyes as she tried to look unconsciously glued to the roof oi his mouth, his heart out of the window. in his throat, and chills chasing each "Oh, he s a crafty chap." answered the other up and down his spine. Then big man's companion, "and keeps those lookinir beyond the figures through the things hu?hed up pretty well. It would trees he beheld a eight that froze his hi a pretty story if one only knew how blood. There wasa light in the old de- he got his money t3 get married and terted house, and through the window build that house and keep up his es- the German farmer and his wife could labhshment." Le seen sitting at the table, counting a Their talk was suddenly interrupted heap of coins they had emptied from a by the little woman across the aisle woolen stocking, stopping the car abruptly and going out Of a cudden the figures on the bridge with pallid face and trembling lips. beiide him atirred. One fell back in AHh. mmih r b.ii . tbe 8aadow- The othsr raised a rifle to At the mouth of Salt creek a few hi. -..m j : , . .. . . . k- 7 "-"" "uu mea at me window a tcene beauti. ttu l. .. . . -. -w u mo young nan mat be miles below Ashland is Town Topics' London Cor respondence. Goodwood was a great disapjoiLt ment to the men who had hoped for freedom and ease this tropical weather. The reason of their great grief was this: For soma days previous to the meeting it was supposed that the Prince of Wales would attend the races in coun try attire that is to say, a low hat and a tweed suit, such as he has always wcrn of lata years at Goodwood. Hosveur. almost at the last minute, the word went rorind that he had elected to appear in black frock coat and tall hat, just as if dressed for the park; so, of cours?, every man who was to have a place in the royal enclosure had to follow suit, out of re6pe:t to the Princess, and as every outside man who wanted ta be smut felt obliged to copy their style, there was a great deal of secret woe. The free and-easy charm of Goodwood was at an end for them. We women revenged ourselves by donning our lightest muslins and chif fons, and our airiest toques of tulle. The Duchess of York had one of the prettiest gowns, all pale green with little frills. The Countess of Essex, all in whit?, with a toque of turquoise chiffon, was perfectly suited; her eyes looked gloriou?. Lady Randolph Churchill was all in white. How weary I am of those enormous hearts of gold that all our smart women are wearing now, great Hat things, often made to hold a miniature, and an inch and a half to three inches across. They are worn on such long chains that they hang down far below the waist (which give a very ungraceful effect on a no man,)and they knock against ever) thing and are horribly in the way. o matter, it is the thing to have them. ElUIme Terries set the fashion. I wish she had let it alone. The smartest cotillion of tbe season was Lady Huntingdon's, in Grosvenor Square. Lady Hungingdon, jou re member, is a Wilson, and her brother married LadySarah Churchill. te eldest sonB for whose benefit, as a c nic once said, the London season is kept up were there in force, and vere most of the beauties. "Bertie" StopforJ and Mrs. Hwfa Williams led. There is a great deal of jf alou. .dut the Queen's appointment or Mis- "ni Edwardcs as her new maid of lwn-r in waiting. That such a preferment sh-uW fall to the lot of a Birl of seventh yet prasentsd, is unheard of, so iiuliaai folks aronBking in many quarter " is Sylvia? What is she?" Sylvia - I- " Kensington's cousin, and the Que '' her at Cimiez, where she was -'.'"-with her widowed mother, took a f''. to her, and resolved to give In" " coveted posto As Her Majesty older she likes more and more to young people about her, so probably we new arrival will become a favorue is quite a mistake to suPpoe that '.