THE COURIER
edge is not at his tinner ends. So the W.Clark, Wellcome, Hickford, .A. .1.
university theme readers sit up Davidson, A. .1. Steele. William Mc-
nights making red ink marks calling Dermottand otheYs were legitimate,
attention to the author's evident "They stood to me in the relation
unramiliarity with the simplest rules of friends promoting my political
or the English language. interests, and some of them composed
All this is of courc the fault of no a committee which had undertaken
A very little aid when a man is -iiik- state, third by asking for a vacation
ing will oring him to land. It is and deserting his iKst. in order to
natural enough to call a suicide a personally inform the secretary of
coward. To take one's own life is a the state of affairs between England
morbid, insane act of retreat. It is and America, and between Imu'I.-uim
a faithless, hopeless act. The
and women who despair are not
men
the
modern school board. The system of to disburse funds in the campaign.mid best of their kind. Hut neither was
ignorance we are operating in this they were authorized to look after this young man the worst of his kind.
country now has been a long time matters generally." The Montana He killed himself, for lack of bread, between America and any other pow.r
reaching its present state of perfec- legislators are a fair sample of the work and lodging, while we sat at is impossibieand everybody kin.ws.wbo
lion. It cannot be reformed at once, people they represented. There is home reading the evening paper, bas read this silly little consul's .-tate-
ancl the Iransvaal: and fourthly, by
announcing to the American people
the existence of a secret treaty.
Everybody kt:ows that a secret treatv
It is only better than nothing and I little qiestion that the same liber
have only made examination into its ality will win a senatorship ir anj
r suits for the purpose if expressing western state. In the east perhaps,
some f the dissatisfaction felt by morality is no more rigid, but when
parent- and employer of public
school pupils. Eight ypars of in
telligent, instruction should prepare
the average pupil for life, should
teach him to thi'.k with precision
and to observe, and to register his
a senator or character, culture and
ability is once elected and has proved
his usefulness it is more difficult to
Induce his constituent- to replace
him with a more generous man.
All other legislators who sell their
observations simply and accurately, votes should at least demand as high
An apprentice to any profession or a price for them. Mr. Clark stiffened
trade who learned as litt'e from his the vote market appreciably. If the
master as the average pupil of the wooly Montunese can get .510.0(H) and
eighth grade learns in eight more for a vote.n Nebraska vote should
years, is accounted simple minded, at least bring as much. Nebraska is
However there would be no more frequently represented by State uni
apprentices If all masters were so vers ty graduates who have taken the
iritffcctual. advanced cour.-e in ethics and the
The public school interests in Lin- histoiyof the tise and fail of re
coln at the present time are lu.pcful. publics. Having historical as well as
The grade teachers are unusually personal reasons for virtue of course
intelligent and anxious" to improve the damage to a university graduate's
the product. Principal Gordon and conscience will be more severe in case
the school board are aware of the lie feels constrained to sell his vote,
deficiencies in the educational sys- Therefore the hiw pr.ces and reason
tern. Or course improvement will be able promises which have heretofore
slow. To be of any account it should been obtained in Nebraska, will pro
legin with the grades and not with bably respond to the bull movement
the high school. For as soon as the in Montana so succcssfu'ly inaugu
grades do their work thoroughly, the rat.d by Senator Clark,
high school will not have to do it over
again and the universitj wi'l vol r it
, p ,-,,.,, i . fr.i n Extremis,
have to do high school work. The . , ....
system now works like that cumula- . A voung telegrapher sat quite still
in Mm winriniv nf t lin t Aliiirra nil fitlifA
tie talc or the little, old woman who " , .v..,,,. .
could not get her pig over the stile,
warm ahd wrapped about in an at
inospheic ot love.
The Eskimos.
Mo-tor the Kkimos which Arctic
part'es bring to this country die be
fore getting accustomed to the cli
mate. About two years ago with one
of Lieutenant Peary's homing parties,
were about hair a dozen Eskimos.
Most ot them died shortly after their
arrival and the doctors who recorded
the observat ons made in post mor
tem examination announced that the
Eskimo intestine was about four feet
shorter than that of a resident of this
ment of Ins reasons for deserting his
post and his allegations against the
government mat the administration
made a mistake in je'ecting a man
who "never would understand'' for
consul. His was probably one of those
appointments based on congressional
recommendations for reasons or as
sistance in a political campaign
rather than on the possession or per
sonal qualifications Tor the post.
The Butter Makers.
They are, in the ensemble, a ruddy.
wholesome, well-dressed body of men.
As though the product thev handle
vrina ritifl th;if. liic livitr iv?l ll:mor1
like a dog's liver. T':e Eskimo is h:' Denneatcd their dispositions they
and unctuouslv.
only half the size of an average Amer
ican and the internal organs are cut
to tit. Hut the doctors are not given
to accepting obvious and external
reasons for things when there is so
strong a temptation to demonstrate
the existence of a radical variation
from the human type.
Tue Central America Canal.
We are a long way from Washing-
take life smoothlv
They have a common hatred- oleoma r
gerine, a common cause death to the
oleo trust and a coiiim in ideal pure
butter. 'J he man who labels yellow
grease by the name they have sworn
to protect from adulteration is hon
estly considered an enemy to man
kind and the butter makers hate him
and in time they will exterminate
him. In their war against sham but
ter they have cultivated a dislike of
and st'ck would not beat pig, fire
would not burn s'ick, water would
not quench tire, calf would not drink
water, butcher would not kill calf,
etc., etc. It will not break the b'ock
adc to begin at. the wrong end. If
the first primary grade accompl sbes
the work integrally, the second grade
will be free to do its own wrk and in
a few years the ctrect will appear io
the last year of the university coure.
These two sentences have been sent
The Courier by a judge in an oratori
cal contest of university students:
"The legalized Henedict Arnolds
not only take the brawn and muscle
and hurl it down thegrouve of pleas
ure to a pit of pain, but take the
brightest men of nations."
"Today in our country dark ven
omous blood Hows through the veins
of men, but the lost souls and worth
less bodies of despairing victims go
through the streets."
here last week and shot himself be
cause his pockets were empty and be
cause he was homeless and hungry.
He had telegraphed to Kansas City,
to Omaha, Chicago and St- Louis for
work without result. It was a cold
night, the snow was falling, and lie
had no lodging. He was one of those
methodical, scrupulous individuals
who nevpr borrow money unless posi
tive of being able to return it im
mediately, who do not get tilings
charged on a supposition of future
prosperity. When his pockets were
examined only a few receipted bills
were found in them. His friends
who knew that he was out. of a job
supposed that he had a little money.
Among the people whom he watched
hurrying to comfortable homes or
lodgings there was probably not one
that would not have helped him if
the meanintr of tbe despair and hun
ger in the yourg eyes that gazed out
the window were known. There are
so many impostcrs that street ap-
ton-:nd a long way from Nicaragua all pretense. Simplicity of manners,
and Panama, but it does seem queer plainness of speech, and a modest con
not to wait for the report of the com- sciousness of merit distinguish the
mission appointed to investigate the butter makers. The city has been
Isthmian route. These large con- decorate?, in yellow since their arri
tracts are so apt to be mixed up with val and in honor of the product whose
deals that the apparent intention of purity is their bond and oath. They
congress to select the Nicaragua route are very welcome and, i hope they
berore the Isthmian commission can
make its report is suspicious. The
Panama route and diggings is now
owned by an American company, it is
shorter, and according to maps and
reports issued by the company, the
excavations can be completed ror one
nave not lotuut Lincoln too narrow
for their large buttery experience.
Sapho.
The arrest or Miss Netiiersole and
the leading members or her comanv
hair the cost of the Nicaraguan route. 'o have been playing in Sapho may
Tne neighborhood of the volcanos erve only to advertise the play. I
Los Votos and Iras threaten the fervently hope it will lead to its com
inachinery of hcks on the latter IIete "d final suppression. Dau
route. dot's book is repulsive enough. The
For ha'f a century or more a water play is only a celebration of animal
way connection of the Pacific ocean ism and it is surprising that New
and gulf of Mexico has been contem- York has endured it s() ing. Miss
plated by this nation. There is there- Netiiersole is an actress of much poV
forc no special hurry and no reason erand imagination but she uses her
why the Isthmian canal commission powers as Delilah did. The bung
should not be allowed leisure Tor H"g giant of a public does not really
a comparative studv of canal routes like degrading spectacles. The pub-
in Central America.
Arrested Development.
Ex-Consul Charles E. Macrum is
all out of drawing. He considers
himself and his personal atfairs of
much greater importance that the
duties of his office. From his station
plications for aid are only useful when
Clark's Gift to Legislators. the gar is a Kenuine fraud. An
Senator Clark of Montana sajs he honest man in actual need is so
paid in all about 115.000 during his ashamed of himself that he cannot
campaign legitimately, and for the simulate the expression of an inno-
.,..r1 m .t M.ntnun n k 1 tt 1 rl ttl'fk t 1 1 A . . l.l 1 1..- .. ! Tl .i . ! s wn 1 1 n lkflrl Vins ti Cfft
(iuuu ui iuuiiwuii.iiiu w viauiu, cut cent man overwneiiiieu oy misioriune. iimcuMMniii-n; uu iu uvtu j?m hase use and if she
state against "j;aiy power. ne miu Hunger in itseir is depressing and to attend to tue interests 01 me l nn
lie had never bought any votes di- when besides, one is cold, friendless ed States, he perceived that this coun
rectly though ho admitted giving a and without even the prospect of a try was encouraging neither one side
cheque to a minister who made the job and with scruples against steal
oratorical error of asking him for it ing or borrowing-, death seems the
in the first place to get a man's vote ony solution. This sensitive young
with. The one hundred and tif- rellow knew that his death would
teen thousand dollars were disbursed break nobody's heart and while the dently expected him to stay at his
for this object and never fo- the depression of hunger overmastered post, perform the conventional duties
votes in the market. Senator Clark him'hetirewaside'his vest and shot of a representative of the United
is squeamish about words. Spade is himself through the heart. States, suddenly become or great im-
a very ugly word Tor that useful Because or the men and women who portancc, and besides to attend strict-
agricultural implement and he gave hate work and are willitiL' to nrevunon Iv to his own business as consul. Mr.
orders that were well understood by t'-.c industrious no institution has yet Macrum demonstrated his unfitness
those who served him and helped to heen established that a sensitive, for a position o! trust, first by con- Classicus I suppose you know that
iKKist him Into the senate that no proud, honest, man or woman can ap- eluding that the home government the ancients used to write on tablets of
vulgar words should ba used in Ills ply to for aid in extremity without was not fully aware of the state or ar- wax?
presence. Senator Clark said that loss of self-respect. Such an institu- fairs in Africa, second, by writing ad- Cynicus I'll bet Sapho didn't. Town
the relation to himself of his son, C. tion could prevent just such suicides, visory letters to the secretary of Topics.
nor the other He says he kept ad
vising Secretary Hay o! the state or
affairs but received no reply to his
communications. 'The secretary exi
lic wants to be amused and is willirg
to be improved and preached at, ir
the moral is cleverly hidoen: but even
a New York audience is revolted by
French tilth like that or Sapho. All
real lovers or drama are hoping that
Miss Netiiersole will be taught a les
son she has long deserved. She has
no right to put her talent to such
still Ventura to
do it, the American police court
should try her in every city in which
she attempts to pull down the stand
ard or public decency. She deserves
no consideration because she is a
great actress. The harshness or the
court should not be reserved tor the
ignorant, the poor, and the obscure
offender. Miss Nethersole can do and
has done mo-e barm than any of thest
and in such wise should be fined and
suppressed.
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