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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1900)
mx-t -THE COURIER. v t - I hwu&vuv wesieVmI vihwwsyn coHswrtttowf of usc ONE OF THE LARGEST AIU8IC SCHOOLS I IV TMEJ WEST. The remarkable growth of tfiis conservatory is due largely to the rapid and intelligent advancement of its pupils through the same methods of instruction which are pursued in the leading- European Conservatories. All branches of music taught, with many Free advantag-es. Fall teim begins Wednesday, September 12. Send for new circulars giving1 full information to ORKI? K. LOCKB, rIRJ$C51'OR. University Place, JNetor if : : MR, BOOTH'S ILLNESS. Explained by a Pipe and a Bottle of Whiskey. Stories of the intemperate habits of the elder Junius Brutus Booth are not uncommon, and here is a characteristic one: During an engagement the business and stage tnanageis had to keep an eye on him night and day, .and yet be very often succeeded tin outwitting them. On one occasion, after an unusually serious and prolonged outbreak, the manager'locked Booth up in his dress iag room and put the key of the door in his own pocket. The rear of the thea tre, like that of almost 'all theatres, opened on an unfrequented alley, and the great'actor'e dressing room was on the ground floor. Now, opening direct ly into this alley was a door, but this door wae'aleo locked and the key re posirgin the manager's pocket. Booth added to his diseased thirst, however, an almost devilish cunning, and he soon devised a plan by which he could ob tain the Jliquor for which he craved. Listening at the door which opened into the alley-way, he soon heard a passing footstep, and Boftly rapped on the panel. The footsteps lagged and then stopped. "What is it?" said a voice. Booth knev the voice: It was as he had hoped, a hanger-on about the thea tre, the sort of young man we would now call a, tough. ''Listen," said the actor. "I will thrust a bank-note under the door, and I want you to go to the tavern at the corner and buy a bottle of whiskey and a long-stemmed clay pipe. When you return I will tell you what I want done.V The young tough departed on his er rand and quickly returned. Then he was instructed to thrust the long .stem of the pipe through the key-hole of the door, and slowly to pour the whiskey into the bowl. As a result of this easy stratrgem, the bewildered stage manager found the famous actor in a drunken stupor when he came to release him in the evening, and wbb forced once more to appear before the curtain and say: "LadieB and gentlemen, I regret to announce that a sudden and serious indisposition will prevent Mr. Booth from appearing on the stage tonight.' Frederick Roselyn, in October New Lippincott. THE CHINESE AS POETS. 'Dr. Le Due's Fmiale Regulator" is a re liable and honest remedy for tardy menstrua, tion. Kidd Drug Company, Elgin, 111, mailed 12. Riggs' Pharmacy, Lincoln, Nebr. 1 Do you get your Courier regularly ? Please compare address. If incorrect, please send right address to Courier office. Do this this week. imL a .PeK av .P"K "0" Kmm 9 m 7. iiit in inuuui ULunn a oun w. i i i i i S."K. Cor. 13tla and O (Stsu A New Store, and a New Stock of Reliable Goods, well selected and of the very latest styles. Indies' uit8f (apc and Harette. Ladies' Fur gcarfs Ladies' Fur and (lotlj Jackets Ladies' Fur and (lotb. (apesj Ladies' ress gkirts Ladies' Ruder-Shirts Ladies' Wrappers f Ladies' Qlooes and H3ieItl Ladies' Corsets and Under wear fcadies' Mackintoshes. BB' mdr MISSES' KXD HUM'S Mail orders filled same day they are received par express charges. Lincoln (loab & guit m S.-E. Corner 13th and O Sts. - - Lincoln, Nebr "In lyrical poetry the most distin guished writers are Li Thai Fe and Tu Su, both of whom flourished at the beginning of the eighth century. A. D. Davis, in hia 'On the Poetry of the Chinese,' in the Transactions of the Royal Society,' speaks highly of their verses. The romantic poetry of the Chinese, although void of poetic beauty according to the Caucasian standard, is invaluable for the insight it gives into their domestic life. Their dra matic poetry has lawa peculiar to itself, and resembles partly the romantic drama of the Germans and partly the Comedia delle Arte of the Italians. . . "An example of philosophy i'b found in the following verses from Tai Ya, extracted from a collection of odes written under the first emperors of the Cheu dynasty. During the time of Le Wang, B. C. 850, the a.Tairs of the state were in disorder, and thus Tai Ya .com plains: Against that mild and hostile gale The panting traveler's strength must fail . Willingly would the people bring Good words of wisdom to their long; But ah ! they are compelled to say , The time to act is far away . It would be better for us now To seek the fields and delve the plow ; Resign state service, and instead Toil with the people for our bread . To labor in the fields all day , It is a heavy price to pay; But it were better not to grieve And earn by toil wherewith to live . "The ancient poet Su was evidently a lover of sylvan solitude, and, as a poet born, one whose communion with na ture taught to him many philosophies. His reference to the 'gay world' will strike us as a queer note upon the sensi bilities of surfeited New York. This is what he says: To a new and lovely home , Seeking quiet I have come , Cherishing, while none intrude , Thoughts in love and solitude , .Mountain prospects front my door, And the Tung flows on before. In Hs waters deep I see Images of house and tree. 'Neath that thicket of bamboo Snow lies all the winter through In my darkened cottage home Long ere nightfall all is gloom. "Of the modern Chinese poets, Com missioner Lin, or, as the Emperor dub bed him, Wan Chung Kung, 'the liter ary and faithful,' was among the most noted. He was born in Fuh-Chow-Foo about 1787, was distinguished as a scholar, and held maDy high offices under the Government. He was com missioned in 1838 and charged 'to pun ish the consumers of opium,' wherein the activity and vigor of his policy was the immediate cause of hastening the rupture between England and China and of bringing on the 'opium war.' In consequence of his too faithful dis charge of duty he was banished to E-li, a desolate region of the far northwest territories of China, and while on his banishment there these stanzas were written: Proud towers the frowning wall that bounds the west , Here the tired exile reins hit steed to rest . Turret on turret in mid-air suspended Till with the' distant woods of Shen-se bieaned : 'Tower rears on tower upon the Sze-Chuen clouds, And mighty mountain upon mouatain crowds ; Their craggy peaks up to ' heaven's bound do rise , While the waste's vast extension dims men's eyes. 'There is a charm of real tenderness in Lin's verses to bis wife, expressing the delight he felt at leceiving her port raitassurance in bis exile of her un changeable affection. She is spoken of as a woman of high education, but 'ap pears to have suffered from some "de formity in her hands, to which he makes allusion in bis address. This is only an extract: Like the wild water -fowls, in mutual love Each upon each dependent , did we move; But now grief striken a poor, lonely man , I roam in desolate exile 1 Still the ban Of separation is less hard from thee Beloved! than would the horse hide cerement be! Why should I weep ? I breathe toe mountain air , Although a herdsman's humble garb I wear Yet I must weep for my mind's troubled eye Sees thee on suffering's couch of misery : The gay cosmetics all neglected thou Dost never need the flattering mirror now ; Yet thy fair characters in verse outpoured , Have ruptured all my soul mine own adored ! I see thee welcome thee in every line, Whose every pencil touch , dear Wife, is thine! Literary Diglet. WANTED ACTIVE 31 AX OF GOOD CHAIt octer to deliver and collect in Nebraska for kid established, manufacturing wholesale aouse. 900 a year sure pay. Oar reference, any bank in any city. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. Slanufacturers.Third Floor. 331 Dearborn St Chicago. Do you get your Courier regularly ? Please compare address. If incorrect, please' send right address to Courier office. Do this this week. The Rock Island playing cards are the slickest you ever handled. One pack will be sent by mail on receipt of 15 cents in stamps. 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