THE. COURIER;
Mdy's wire who had refused to live organized energies or the men and
with him and he had killed her, oei- women who are willing to devote
Cty would insistently clamor for his their energies to the laborious sewing
fealli. Mrs. Kennedy deliberately of a harvest, the full fruitage of
shot down an unarmed man. whom which nnlv tlio. tot lr.-mpniMnn will
she had Torccd to marry her. She de enjoy. The few men and women who
serves to suffer the full penalt) of the organized the public library of Lin-
llJissouri law against murder. coin are celebrated in the erection of
In view of the tendency of juries to the Now Lincoln Carnegie library.
te moved by the pleas I have referred though most of its patrons are igno-
lo and their indignation against a rant or the names of those who met.
Member of their sex who has taken resolved subscribed circulated sub-
Cdvantagc or what
woman's love and
ed an unorganized department or his
tory in the university, and by tre
mendous labor made it one or the
most distinguished and ctfective his
torical departments in this country.
His students adored him as the Old
Guard adored Napoleon, though, like
Napoleon, he nearly worked them to
death. Dr. Howard is very sympa
thetic and he has the academic wor
ship or lelirfreilieit, which means, as
"Once upon a time theru waa a little
ruin drop an it lived in the ocean an' it
a:d it wanted to go live in the sky
an'-"
Hut here the stream of Jnan'u elo
quence was checked by Bertie's small
plaintive voice: "I can't tind any writ
ing paper."
The teacher arose and provided Iter
tie vith. a paper and a whispered ad
monition. Jean proceedod.
Bertie, again without rock of offence.
nearly as a week laborer can under-
they are told is a scription papers, and insisted on being stand it, the right to say anything, at fell down This time the giggles were
weakness, it is heard, for the sake of a municipal in- any time, in any presence in despite distinctly general. Tho teacher smiled
doubtful u this red-handed murderess stitution the bcnelits or which, when
will get her deserts. large enough to be or conseuuence.
There are certain traditions or lire they themsel.-es would not inherit.
and love that immediately atfect Their clforts wore thestorv nf Mn nlrl
igvery one who reads the newspaper man planting an apple-tice by the
accounts of Mift Ivntinwlv mnt-rior w-ivcirto rir t lm cli-wln mi.) r.,rri,
JKcaders assume immediately that the ment or what unborn traveler might
r.-.-m'-' -- -.......(,. uou ,iiiom,un,u, muuni iuai ncii uiLica uiiss liiu
and previously virtuous. They assume large ncighborlinessor an old town
tlialvthe man was a degenerate villain like Fremont, where there are Tew
Who deliberately planned the ruin or enough people to know each other
a noble maiden. Whereas, from the well and where every one is interested
evidence, it appears, that Mrs. Ken
nedy is, whether Kennedy was most
to blame or not. a very coarse young
Woman seeking notoriety in the news
papers at the time of her wedding,
and railing to attain her object will
ing to accomplish it by committing
a revolting crime. So revolting that
or circumstance and in defiance or
the institution which pays wages to
the members or the raculty and pro
vides a thousand or so students with
the latest thing in German education.
Dr. Howard's early lire and struggles
and the terrible price he paid ror
learning, has made him overestimate
its advantages and the rights it con
fers upon its possessors. Even a mil
lionaire, who tries may win a scholar's
dererence and the respect everybody
and waited with a patienco beautiful to
behold. Tho Had l!oy turnod around
griunedathis chum, then assumed a
lounging attitude, which tho teacher
chose for tho present to ignore.
Jeesie rose to "recito."
During the reading of this thrilling
history of a rain drop's escapades, the
teacher's eye was glued in apprehension,
upon Marietta. She did not wish to
interrupt Jessie, therefore she could not
call Marietta to assume a lees dangerous
'
n
were it not for the historic, impres
sionability of juries, when confronted
with a scared and weeping female,
and any number of female relatives.
also in tears, she might be sure of
adequate punishment.
Western Art Association.
.sir The recent annual picture exhibit
"of the Western Art Association lias
been so successful that the committee
had funds with which to purchase
three pictures. The president and
. committee selected one of George
sSfSyraonds'Vibrant Notes or Autumn,''
"Under the Trees" by Elizabeth
Nourse, and "The Reefs" by Daucliez.
The last selection has occasioned
Vmuch discussion. Daucliez is still
"caviare to the general." At least
Ipauchez is one of the painters that
tbe most artistic group in the world,
-jthc painters of Paris, recruited from
tithe aspiring and inspired of all na
ftions, consider among the foremost
liters or Paris. He is, with live
er young painters, the most talked
ut artist or Paris. As a coramer
fcial investment it is safe to buy pic
Mires painted by a manlike Daucliez
IjSfore he reaches the zenith of his
' tflbie. The value of it will never de
'ffeciate, but as the years go by and
the price current of his paintings in
creases, this example in the Art Asso
ciation's collection will become more
aadmore valuable. Elizabeth Nourses
fipeasaut K'rl is a k'ood exa,nP,e r ,ier
lrdrk. Her types are European peas
ant girls, but the essential quality is
universal, little girlishness. The in-
(nocence and conquering sweetness of
ner nine gins nave no more nation
ality than heaven. Mr. Taft dis
missed her work with a somewhat
ivolous rererence to violet shadows.
iVIolet "shadows are a mannerism and
'it may be, a passing fashion, but the
"serious beauty and tenderness or her
.tyies arc not affected thereby.
J'lhe committee have made arrange
ments .with the painters or these
pictures that they may be exchanged
at next year's exhibit, should they
5jend any considered more desirable
?for the association.
The Fremont Public Library.
The club-women and public spirited
wen or Fremont are endeavoring to
jaise the money ror a public library.
There is no fund for such an institu
tion ;uk1 it can only be raised by the
in all the rest, where a pull all to- owes the dead who have given up ail attitude. Marietta was sitting on the
gether Tor a library is like sailors sing- tlieir goods to Teed the poor. The extreme edge of her seat, quito out or
ing a chorus song as they heave an- ability to make money in large the "position'' accepted in that school
clior. The blessing or a book depot ror heaps is a rarer raculty than the
the bookless and to the insatiable ability to learn an extraordinary num
ber or things, but how universally the
money-making talent is scorned and
reviled in the modern university.
There is an old teaching that the
quickest way to make a man your
student can not be enumerated.
Books stimulate and divert misdirect
ed energies into channels where they
may become userul to the world.
Fremont is about to make a brilliant
investment, but one wherein the divi
dends will not accrue Tor many years,
after the original stockholders are
dead or moved away. In such a case
the size or the dividends, tlieir fre
quency and importance are never ac
curately known. But even Imperfect
returns have been so satisfactory in
towns where public libraries have
been established, that there is no
question about the soundness of the
Fremont investment.
enemy to the death, is to place him
under obligations. Poor Stanford
may realize the truth or this by now,
and Rockefeller has already had op
portunities to see his finish.
SILHOUETTES .
BY MARTHA 1'IKKCK.J
Discouragement of Legacies.
Millionaires are men Tor a that
and the spectacle or the obloquy
heaped on Stanford byProressor How
ard and Professor Ross N not likely to
encourage moribund millionaires to
leave every single dollar to an educa
tional institution. The raculty or an
institution is supposed to be its
essence or distilled wisdom. When a
proressor educated at state expense
attempts to incite a rebellion of the
students against an institution gen
erously endowed by a man who gave
all his property to build it, this wis
dom of the state's munificence is
questioned, because whatever the
may have learned, sense, discretion,
judgment, fair-mindedness is lacking.
Proressor Howard is a tine lecturer
on history. He is an authority on in
stitutional history. He N capable or
being magnetically inspired by a sub
ject, and or transmitting that inspi
ration to large classes or blundering,
commonplace pupils, who berore en
tering his class cared no more ror his
tory than Tor relics of Isis. He is
persistent and loves learning better
than his life for lie relinquished
health to attain it. As a youth lie
came to the Nebraska university,
poor and rriendiess. The state su
perintendent of education employed
him and young Howard worked eight
hours a day for him and carried his
work at the university simultaneous
ly. As there were then, as now, only
twenty-four hours in the day, he
took the time for study horn his
sleeping hours. Arter graduation he
went to Germany on insufficient cap
ital. He studied hard but his means
were so slender that his health sur
fered from deprivations. He was an
athlete, but his health was serious
ly impaired by his residence in Ger
many. When he returned, he enter-
THAT HALF HOCK.
It was half past eleven o'clock of a
cloudy forenoon and the A class was
"reciting" a Language lesson. The
chair at the right of the teacher's desk
was occupied by a visitor. She had a
tired look. She bad been sitting there
sicce school opened at nine. She apolo
gized to the teacher for "inflicting her
self" but explained that she found it "so
interesting." The teacher had a tired
look too. The children were active
abnormally active. Yet it was a good
school, and a good teacher. And the
visitor was a good visitor. She was a
teacher herself, and as she told the
teacher in charge, knew "bow things
went on days like this."
Yes, there could be no doubt it was
the weather. The imminence of a
storm is felt no-where so promptly and
unmistakably as in tho school-room.
The class in the seats shuliled their feet,
and moved otherwise restlessly. Pen
cils dropped here and there over the
room, as unintermittently as if pencil
dropping were part of the regular pro
gram, and a pencil dropping drill: one of
the regular forms of exercise.
Bertie buddenly became restless and
put up bis band. The teacher, listen
ing to a spirited rendition of A Rain
drop's Journey, (selected in compliment
to the weather) shook her bead Bertie
insisted upon a hearing.
"Well, Bertie," said tho teacher.
"I've filled this sheet of paper. May
I have another?"
"Certainly You know you have per
mission. Please do not interrupt," gent
ly hinted the teacher. "Read on Mary."
Bertie proceeding to the cupboard
wherein was tho coveted sheet of paper,
with no apparent provocation or cause
for stumbling, fell down in a rather
complete sprawl.
The teacher refused to smile, indeed
looked severe, and the giggles subsided.
"I will hear your story Jean," remark
ed the teacher, whereat the
smiled. Jean began:
as approaching perfection. A slight
niovement.a jar.and Marietta must over
balance. The teacher looked in rain,
hoping to catch hor eye. Jessie's voice
flowed on in high, shrill treblo. The
worst happened. Tho nervous boy be
hind Marietta pushed his boon over tho
back of the seat, made an instinctive
lunge after it, and let fall the weight of
his small hand on Marietta's shoulder.
Over toppled Marietta, in a surprised
little heap on the floor. Jessie ceased
hpr reading and looked about her ii
round-eyed surprise that her story
should be considered so funny as to
create a laugh. Then being of the high
strung and sensitive species, she con
cluded within the minute that her les
son was a failure and the pupils were
laughing at her. She looked at the
teacher. The teacher's stern face cor
roborated her worst fears. She sat
down and wept.
Whep calm was once mere restored a
large boy rose and after solemnly ex
amining the thermometer, proceeded to
open a transom. Immediately a row of
girls, scowled, shivered and put up their
hands. The teacher explained to com
fort Jessie, put down the transom, ex
cused the class, and examined the ther
mometer herself, within the next min
ute and a half.
The gong for dismissal rang. Five
minutes later the visitor and teacher
were left in a silent room with empty
seats. Two minutes later still, the
teacher found herself alone with reitera
tions of "a delightful session, except
perhaps that half hour, but we all know
how this sort of weather affects them"
till ringing in her ears.
She You'll have to wait for my ana
wer.
Ho How shall 1 put in my time?
She You might prepare for
worst. Town Topics.
the
Mrs. Gabbleton I believe if my hus
band was so Btingy as Mrs. Klawback'e,.
he would drive me to desperation:
Mrs, Brisk No be wouldn't; he would
make you walk. The Bazar.
May-r-How do you like my new photo
graph? Eva It's very pietty. Who sat for
it? Town Topics.
If it were not for the morrows and the
yesterdays the world would be a very
visitor pleasant place in which to spend today.
Town Topics.