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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1899)
Manrat.tavtyfmwmismwm jhu M U IflW" 8 THE GOUIRER cities of Nebraska including Lincoln and Omaha, in order to perfectly com ply with the law, are closing at six o'clock on Saturday night as on other nights. Therefore be it resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that this ac tion is commended hereby, and that to the oxtont of our power wo will sustain these merchants and wo trust that re tailors of all classes of merchandise and family supplies will follow this whole some example; and it is also roeolved, WANTED TO BE A MAN. rh Youiifr Woman Who Went to Chi cago In Mn'a Clothing. MIbb He' lie Dickey, the younjf lady from Delaware who recenty visited Chi sago In men'H clothing, has told the com plete Btory of her adventures. It ap pears that for years she has had an overwhelming desire to be a man. The Impulse to see the world as a man sees It grew upon her to such an extent that she finally decided to leave home. She secreted a suit of her brother's clothes In the woodshed, and Eoon after noon on March 24 she sllinipd nulntlv Into Thnt wn urn rtnnnanrl nntlrnlv in thn tha u.r.,i ...i .... .... n ..., -t-i - -..w. w .iv ...x. ...i.u unu jui uii iiiunuuiiuu uiiiru. relay system, which will oblige many Then B,,e walked calmly out of the yard youuir women, unattended, to do fn !n front of her I"" to the road lead- youug women, unattended, to co to their homos in distant parts of cities as late as ton o'clock at night; and Resolved, That we will refrain from shopping after six o'clock and will urge our friends to do the same. The trend of discussion waB most favorable Persons from different points expressed much interest and expressed the beliof that women need only to have their attention called to the great injustice of exacting long hours of toil from both men and women that some trilling purchase may be made after six o'clock. Yours for human progres, Caroline M. Woodward. Old Medal Flowed Up. A Waterloo, Iowa, jeweler has an Interesting relic in the form of a medal cast in 1809 In commemoration of the consummation of a treaty of peace between certain Indian tribes of the Ohio valley and the United States. On one side the medal benrs a bas-relief portrait of President MadlBon and the words: "James MadlBon, presi dent of the United States, 1809." On the obverse there are symbolical de vices, one being a pipe and tomahawk crossed, the pipe overlaying the weap on, indicative that peace Is supreme over war. A puir of clasped hands are shown, the wrist of one hand being naked and the other showing the em broidered cuff of a Boldler's coat sleeve. This particular medal was plowed up In Nebraska, and waB about eight Inches underneath the surface of the ground. It Is of silver. Eccentricities of Composer. Writing of the eccentricities of Herr Straus, the dance music composer, Vienna writer says he is as nervous as a composer as he is as a director. Clad in a velvet costume, with patent leather boots reaching to his knees, his eyes aflame, and in a fit of Inspira tion, he goes striding through the house like a maniac. If inspiration does not come to him in the salon, he clutches his papers and goes to his bed room, or to his wife's boudoir. Some times the waltz begun In the parlor is finished in the kitchen. Mme. Strauss, who appreciates ' er husband'? habits, has half a dozen pianos scat tered through the house, and in each room a table with writing materials, so that in what"er nook her husband finds himself he is quite at home. Mme. Strauss was once a favorite actress on the Vienna stage. Ing to Klamensl station on the Balti more & Ohio railroad. It was then about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. She followed the tracks three miles without meeting anyone. Then two men came In sight, and, for fear of de tection, she turned aside Into a field and made her way to Newark, where ne iook tne 3 o'clock train for Balti more. By this time her parents were searching the country for her In the Im mediate vicinity of their home. Reach ing Baltimore, she stopped for an hour. Then she bought a ticket to Chicago, and left on the 7 o'clock train over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. All the money she had on leaving home was 120. She reached Chicago on the night of March 28 with $3.48 in the pocket of her trousers. Her original Intention was to go to Denver or San Francisco. In both of those places she has relatives. After her arrival In the "Windy City she was at a loss to know where to lay her head. She was afraid to go to a lodging-house, so she concluded to walk the streets rather than run the risk of being detected. For two nights she tramped the sidewalks of Chicago be fore finding a place of shelter. At last she found a big lumber yard near the lake, and there she spent five nights among the piles of lumber. What little food she ate during this time she pur chased at cheap restaurants. In all of these she seated herself at tables along side men. For three nights she occupied a corner in a box car standing on a side track of the Illinois Central railroad. One of the employes discovered her and demanded an explanation of her pres snee. She maintained her fortitude and succeeded In escaping arrest. She went on In this way for two weeks until, over come by exhaustion, she ."ell HI, and was removed to the Cook County Hos pital. The Incessant tramping and the clumsiness of her brother's shoes caused severe Injuries to .her feet. Upon re moval of the shoes at the hospital flesh came off with them. A diagnosis of her case was made by the physicians in charge. While making an examination of her lungs he discovered her sex. She told him her name was Hettle Dicker son, but subsequently admitted that it was Hettle Dickey, and that her home was In Stanton, Del. After listening to her narrative the doctor notified her parents. On April 24, one month from the time of her disappearance, she wrote to her mother, describing her sufferings and asked forgiveness. She reached home a week ago, and, with the excep tion of a slight feebleness, she was none the worse for the experience. Will "Moatttlae" No More. Five well-to-do farmers residing near Sylacauga, Ala., were sentenced by Judge Bruce, in the federal court, to imprisonment for life. The crime was the murder of W. A. Thompson, who was to have appeared against two of the prisoners as a witness for the gov ernment in a case of illicit distilling. Robert Taylor, the sixth defendant, turned state's evidence at the prelim inary trial, but the day he was to tes tify at the first trial he mysteriously disappeared from the courtroom, and baa not since been seen. A Kindergarten Conundrum. In a Utlca kindergarten school a few days ago the subject before the class was the hen. Among other questions asked by the teacher was, "What does the hen have that we have?" the teacher at the same time placing both her hands on her head to indicate the portion of the body referred to. The teacher was much surprised as well as amused when a little girl quickly an swered, "A comb!" The teacher had placed one hand on n comb In her hair. A Gigantic Painting. The largest painting in the world, exclusive of panoramas and cyclora mas, is "Paradise," by Tintoretto, In the grand salon of the Doge's palace at Venice, be)pg 34 feet wide by 34 feet high, A .fudge of FitcfM. Cecil Rhodes Is a man of very simple tastes, remarkably unaffected, and plnln-spokon. He has an Iron will, but Is soft-hearted, and is a philanthropic dreamer as well as a man of deeds. Mr. Rhodes judges men very quickly, and by their faces. By merely looking at a man once he can make up his mind what sort of a character he has to deal with. 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