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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1898)
r iJTflP:- - WW " . ' 'ii-''5r'b3 13 THE COURIER. 4 its fi no good reason can be advanced why his incumbency shall continue for nine years. At the expiration of his present term of office, which will com plete a period of six years, Mr. Beck man should voluntarily retire instead of exhibiting an insatiable greed for office. lie will be retired by the vot ere and after his defeat he will cease to be a republican. None of the men nominated for county offices are affirmatively bad but with one exception, their nomi nations were dictated by the same in fluence which last year made George Woods a candidate and the nomi nee for a county office. lie suffered an ignominious defeat at the polls and it is a safe prediction that a majority of the nominees of the re publican party this year will be beaten A nomination by a republi can convention is no longer equivalent to an election in this county as was demonstrated last year and as will be again demonstrated this yea jt The tendency of newspapers to take revenge on a merchant who will not advertise with them i deplorable. The crippled street vender of soap who has erected a stand from which acrobats and sleight-of-hand men give a nightly entertainment to crowds of people and af terwards sells very good soap for a moderate price is" earning an honest living. He is a good talker and no less entertaining than the comedians who precede him. Because he is a stranger and will not advertise and has no inlluence the News has seen tit to denounce him and his soap, whereas the one has done nothing reprehensible and the other is an ex cellent article. The travelling mer chant is a cripple who prefers to parn his living by exerting himself after a particularly vigorous and entertain ing fashion rather than to beg or at tempt to appeal to the feelings by exr hibiting his poor stumps. The few cakes of soap he has sold will not in--jure the merchants of Lincoln and his customers buy them partly in return, for the show which has amused them. A charity which does not include the stranger and the man without influ ence cannot .receive any of the bene dictions of the sermon on the Mount. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Mr. Jay Amos Barrett, librarian of the state historical society, has just published a book called "Nebraska and the Nation." It is divided into three parts: History, the civil government of Nebraska and lastly the government of the United States. Besides it has excellent maps and a complete index. Under part second Mr. Barrett has collected, carefully edited and discussed facts concerning the United States land survey, the school district, cities and villages, the county, the state. This is followed by studies on the state constitution, tax ation, elections, education, public in stitutions and federal relations. It is a scholarly, accurate summary of events, conditions and the relations of Nebraska to the central govern ment. The book is especially valuable to teachers, editors, lawyers and everybody who is obliged to make a great many statements every day and wishee to have good authority for them. It is worthy a more detailed review and at a later and more leisure time will receive it. SMUIMHMMM.f ' I Jtairdressing, Shampooing, AN . : Sealn Treatment. 51 Burr Blk MimmihimhimmmmmmimI JOTTINGS. Bv William Rekd Dunroy. While I was in Chicago I went out to call on Mts. Elia W. Peattie. It was just a pleasant car ride out to Erie ttreet and after a short walk toward the lake ftont 1 found the flat which roofa the well-known writer. I whistled up a tube in the eide of the wall and then listened a while and found that Mr Peattie'a voice came down with a wel come invitation to come up higher. The family is domiciled id a cool and comfortable flat. At the windows the elm trees tub their green branches sgainst'the front of the housa and once in a while the wind blew one of the graceful fronds in at the open windows. From the front a little triangle of the lake way off in the distance can be seen, mist covered and cool. This little trian gle is made by high buildings that in tervene between Erie street and the lake. Mrs. Pta'.ti.BaysBhe prizes that little azure three-cornered bit of the lake as n priceless treasure The author of "A Mountain Woman"' i3 Btill busily at work. She has a book now in the bands of the MacMillins. It is a collection of ghost stories, thirteen in numbsr. "I assure you that they are all very cheerful ghosts," said the author, "but 1 did want to have some thing uncanny about the book so I se cured it by having just thirtaeu stories." But Mrs. Peattie is getting a bit world weary. In speaking of ber little operet ta, "The Love of a Caliban," 6he said, "I like this book because the edition is limited. The older I grow the more I wish that I could have but one copy of each of my books published, and that 1 could keep that for my very own self. I am so tired of being blamed for things I never meant to do and say, and being praised for things tint I never had any idea of saying or doing. I have been understood so little that I am Bick of it all."' Mrs. Peattie'a health has not been the most robust for some time. For nearly three months she has been ailing, and her naturally cheerful disposition has been overcome by the lengthened indis position. She is still writing for eastern papers and magazines and the front pages of the Youth's Companion have been brightened by her vigorous and well written stories quite frequently of late. Those of us in Nebraska who learned to love the writing of Mrs. Peat tie will look with much eagerness for the forthcoming volume of ghost stories. Another Chicago writer whom I met was Stanley Waterloo. Of courso he is eccentric but he is very companionable, In fact, he is like a great boy in his en thusiasm. He presented me with auto graph copies of his two books "The Story of Ab" and "A Man and A Woman." "The Story of Ab" is a love story of a caveman. It deals with the loves, hates and adventures of the men who dwelt in caves in that long ago time when men were yet but little removed from the animals about them. It is a vivid picture and one learns to love the half ape like creatures who roam thefor ests and learn their early lessons of love among the green trees of the cave vil lage. The other Btory begins with a description of a wooded country. It is a picture painted by an artist who has seen and has observed what he saw. Descriptions of birds and trees and flowers iake the book a rare treat in tbe beginning. And then the hero. Still, I wonder if he is a hero. He is so human. And pet his good and noble qualities greatly outnumber bis faults, and a hero is one whose faults are fewer than his good qualities. It is a book of love, the loves of a man and the one love of a woman. It is a good book to read. I also saw come book publishers. Mr. Williams of the firm of Way it Williams, Sk v M DO YOU WEAR We have them in all the popular up to date tylea at popular prices. P Our s3 and $8iSO moe tl Beast WEBSTER AN ROGERS. 1043 O 8TRBBT. i quo 1) cccw && KNIT (MY AND MEAT CO. 508 North Fourteenth St. Sells all kinds of fresh vegetables and strawberries at lowest prices for honest goods. Three car loads of best flour bought before the ad vance. Our prices are right. S 89S i? a lirge, fine looking young man, col lege bred and polite as one could wish. He looks as it the ravages of time or of disease could never break him down. He doee'not hold himself aloof even from a poor, struggling young author, but makes everyone feel at home and at ease. Over in the Band McNally build ing, a large block where a whole army of men and women are coming and go ing, I ran up against the opposite of Mr. Williams in the person ot Mr. James McNally. I came into bis august pres ence wiih fear and trembling and I was so frightened when I left that I could hardly wobble. My! but be did sit on me. "Veree," he fairly screamed, "we don't have a thing to do with verse. We won't touch it," and with that he turned back to bis desk and I might aj well have been a fly on his ink bottle for all the notice he took of me, B'ut I guess I'll live even after that letting down, though I am thankful that I am not thrown before such bears every day. I went to see the "French Maid" at the Columbia. Now, really, I thought that tbr play would be a little risque But, mercy! it didn't 'have that saving savor. It was pretty flat. If it had not been for tne songs I should have been asleep in no time. Miss Bedpath is pr.tty and she tries awfully hard to act tough in a part that was not made to be tough. Bigelow was actually f'innv. Not in what he says but in bis actions and facial expression. He had a tussle with a champagne bottle that was up roariously funny. In some way he got his finger in the neck and could not get it out. Some persons came into the room while he was in the predicament and bis efforts to get the bottle amputa ted without letting them see him were highly amusing. There were several good ballets and the scenery was all that one could ask for. As for tbe Col umbia it is a hot, stuffy little place, not half as nice as our own Oliver theatre. But then, you know, I was in the city in the dull searen and it was the "French Maid" or nothing. BY THE WAY.tfOW ABOUT THAT SUMMER TRIP? Which way are you going this year? We want a word with you on the sab ject. You.know its our business to help you out in plans for a railroad or steam ship trip and we are always glad to do eo. But we need your assurance to start with. Just tell us where you want to go and we will furnish you with plans and specifications in the shape of routes, rates, time schedules, luxury of equip ment, etc, etc. Remember that this year we are mors in the passenger business than ever. If you doubt this statement please go to tbe corner of Ninth and S street and view our superb nw passenger station, finely appointed and designed for the convenience and comfort of Elkhcrn Northwestern line passengers, and then when ready to go north, east, south or west, call on A. S. Fieldiho, City Ticket Agent. 117 So. Tenth St. The Courier for Bale at all newsstands "Golf is such an expensive game that I really can't afford to play," sighed Mrs. Quiverfull. "That's where you make a great mis take,' said Mrs. Bowser. 'I have found it a great economy. I don't have to keep a nurse any more, as the children are always on the links with Oie; we don't, have any more doctor's bills; and besides all that, I don't have to buy any more expensive delicacies to tempt my husband's appetite. He talks so much about his game at dinner that he doesn't know what he's eating." REDUCEDRATES TO GRAND EN CAMPMENT MINING DISTRICT, WYO. The Union Pacific will sell tickets at one fare for tbe round trip, plus 15.00, from all points in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Utah to Rawlins, Wjo. Dates on which tickets will be sold are 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov. Stage line daily except Sunday each way between Rawlins and Grand Encampment. For full information call on or address E. B. Slossox, General Agent.