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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1899)
the cou;.-1. A A CHARMING HOSTESS. Our Grandmamma gave luncheons In dear old days of yore, She served them in her kitchen, Where shone a yell.w floor. A useful, quaint collection Of bric-a-brac was there; An antique churn stood open With most inviting air. The hostess, dear, kind Lady, Received with gracious ease And smiled when children's children Came near and murmured, "Please." The guests all wore checked aprons And shoes adorned with dust, And earnest tongues were pleading, And eyes were full of trust. For Grandmamma, wise woman, Knew such a charming way Of helping little mortals Who toiled long hours at play. She filled her shining glasses For eager hands to hold With buttermilk made tempting With specks of creamy gold. From an alluring pantry That hid nice things away, Such queerly twisted crullers Were brought out on a tray; And caraway seed cookies With scallops on the rim With plates that had for borders Blue roses round the brim. For floral decorations, An open window's screen Was woven by the roses, With twining leaves of green. Long wreaths of honey-suckle Held blossoms.by the score, That swung and shed their fragrance Around the shaded door. And strains of joyous music Among the trees were heard, While tones of gleeful laughter Chimed in with song of bird. The little winds came wafting Soft puffs of garden air O, ne'er was breeze more balmy! And ne'er was scene more fairl Far down the years' long vista Where childhood lies in view The simple, sweet old fashions Seemed touched with grace anew. Still o'er those summer mornings Blend all the charms they wore When Grandmamma gave luncheons In dear old days of yore. Mary French Morton, in The Conservative. SPRING AND SUMMER HATS. The bats that have been worn during the spring, says the Bazar, and will be worn during the early rummer for all occasions, are the tulle bats. They are most becoming, and not bo perishable as might at first be supposed. They will not stand sea shore wear that ip, on damp days; but for general everyday use they are quite possible. All the materials, like net and mousoeline do sole, are also classed under the tulle hats, tho Bhape of them all being very much on the same linos the rouud tur ban ebape, the crown of Btraw and the brim of shirred tulle, the only trimming pompons of tulle at the left Bide. These pompons aro perishable, but aro quite inexpensive, and can be bought ready made at all the shops, bo that it is very oupy to make the bat look fresh again when it begins to look shabby. Oddly enough tho light tulle hats that made their appearanco la6t winter have not been seen at all during the spring, not oven for drees occasions. They will be Been later on at the watering places with the muslin gowns but not until July. To wear with summer gowns of light color thoro are most attractive bats of yellow Btraw trimmed with bright flow ers. Some of ttaeBO are in toque shape; others are broader, while others again are a little on tho poko bonnet order, and are fastened under the chin with strings oithor of tulle or ribbon, This mat tor of bonnot strings is a Borioua ono to recommend ruBhly to tho world at largo. To soino facos thoro 1b nothing bo bocoming hb the Btrings, whilo on tho other hnnd. nothing can bo moro unbo coming; it Ih curiouB what a diiTotonco it makes. Tho etringa on thoao largo poko bonnotB nro put qulto far back, and as a rule aro of soft tullo or chifToo. ty ing under tho chin in n soft bow with no long ends. Older ono3 who always wear the bonnot strings have tho narrow ones of black velvet or black satin. MR. BRYAN AND ST. LOUIS. Editors and politicians, BayB tho St. Louis Mirror, who aBBortthat Mr. Bryan' will not bo renominated by tho Demo crats, in 1000, and that Bilvor at sixteen to ono will not appoar in tho platform, ao either ignorant or frightened. There is no man near to tho democratic masEos as Bryan is near them. Silly as democrats may bo they are not going to abandon free eilver. They said it wbb an otornal principlo in 1900. Thoy aro not going to admit that it played out in an eternity of four years. Thoy simply can't stultify thomsolves in any Buch manner as drop ping tho silver question, evon though their leadors aro sorry they went aBtruy attor cheap money aa a good cry for a campaign in bard times. Bryan 1b Dem ocracy, just now. Bryan 1b free Bilvor. Bryan is anti imperialism. There ie no man in the Democratic party, to-day, who could poll one-fiftieth as many votus as be. Mr. Bryan will bo renominated "bands down." Ho will again excito tho omotional enthusiasm of the crowd and bo will be again defeated by tho majority of citizens of tho United States. The Philippine issue will bo dead by this time next year and, if not. the pendency of the question will attach the people to the party in power. They will not swap horeoe whilo crossing a stream. As for the trust issue, that will be much simp lified by a republican reiteration of its opposition to trusts in former platforms and even if the democrats should have a monopoly of anti-trust declaration, there ia no democrat who would be more ac ceptable to tho democratic party on that plank than Mr. Bryan. It is an indis putable fact that every democrat who suggests Mr. Bryan's relegation to ob scurity was disloyal to him in 1896. The nomination of the democratic party in 1900 will not be dictated by men who openly bolted, or secretly scratched, the nominee in 1890. Mr. Bryan is Democ rauy'e best man, and he is bo strong with his people that the plotters who raised him up three years ago cannot throw him down. Mr. Bryan will be Mr. McKinley's opponent for tho presidency once moro. There may, possibly, be a third party of anti' imperialists and anti Bilvoriten, but it will not amount to much. Democratic leaders may know, that silver is dead, but they dare not say so, They dare not go back on the plat form of 1892. If they recede from the Chicago platform they will Ioeo the populists. They will not bring back any bolting gold bugs, for the bolters refused to swallow other things in the Chicago platform besides silver. If sil ver bo abandoned, the masses of tho democracy will feel that they wore fooled in 189G. In short, if Mr. Bryan and silver were abandoned the Demo cratic ticket would not receive enough votes to entitle it to legal existence as a party in most states of the Union. Mr. Bryan and Bilvor must be defeated again. Tho people of the country be lieve Mr. Bryan and silver are wrong and Billy, but they feel that the alleged Democrats, who are trying to bhelve both, are dishonest now bb they were dishonest when they took up both as a mere expedient three jears ago, Be tween Mr. Bryan and men like Croker. and the scheming members of the Dem ocratic National Committee, the people of the United States rill choose the re publican candidate. RofsFuggtoFe... U r.pnniTirr ttT wvwf. -, . w, g DRUGS, gj FINE PERFUME, HARPER'S PERIODICALS Magazine, Weekly, Bakak, literatuke, Round Table, $4.00, 4 00, 4.00, 4.00, 1.00, 4l$ 5fC OTHER PERIODICALS ptt$? TD?m?mVw?i7 lvvll4V116iyv Salcr SPEER & HBRZOG Will last onlv one week more. Suit to order 11.50 13.50 L. J. VTI ?ii6 Works! Hir Works! You all know wc have been headquarters for Fire Works the past five years, and this year have the best assortment we have ever had. All New Goods. Buy early and yet your choice. Don't forget that this is the year to celebrate . O. 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William Knight, a frit 1 of Tenny son, says that he onco stopped with the poet at an Inn near Stirling. On leaving ho naked tho host If ho know who his guest was. "Nua," was tho reply; "hut ho is a very pleeHant shen Ueman." "Why," said Knight, "that's Tennyson, tho poet." "And who may ho bo?" "Why, he writes verses, Buch as you see in tho papers." "To think o' that," cried tho bonlface. "Jeest a poobllc writer, an' I glo Mm ma best bedroom!" An Impending Danger. "Papa," asked a 4-year-old young ster, "aro all littlo boys raado of dust?" "Yes, my son," was the reply. "Well, then," continued tho little fel low, "I wish you would make nurse (top using a whisk broom, on me. I'm, afraid sr-e'll brush mo nil nwayV' I ft 5MH .imI-.-.T