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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1901)
THE COURIER. 1 ' . ; COPVRI&MT l90 BY THE MN-MtRICAN EXPOSITION CO. Electricity Building (end view) PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 4 JROyER S GIQEJRy, T yndertabeF a gmbalmers 325 So. llth St .... Phone 71 bad insisted on crowning her woolly mats with a bright red soldier cap. Rob told me before we left home that Phoebe bad "the most handsomest hat for our rushing of the waters, got on my nerves a little. I am reminded of all the lonely, broken soulaof all the world, who bare OMAHA LETTER. The S Ranch, Wyoming, August 3, IDOL Dear Eleanor: i Did 1 write you last from the Antarc tic circle, or was it from the tropics? I do not, in fact, remember, only I know it was not from here. Can you imagine the entire Mayfair family eagles and doves alike, perched half way upon on a mountain Bide, with a background of gloomy, time-saddened pines, and not far to one side a rushing, foaming mountain stream? Of course you cannot. We are so in separably connected in your mind with brick and mortar that it will be difficult to you to adjust your thoughts of us as deserting our china' gods and flinging ourselves at an undraped footstool, where nature is at her beet or worst, whichever way you have a mind to look at it. Yet here we are! The days of Aladdin are not over, although now we very properly call the genii who own the lamp Influence. A friend of Papa's who is spending the summer in Europe offered us the use of their cottage for as long as we might wish it. We went through awful travail of spirit before the offer was accepted. Mother piled objection upon objection, all of which Papa swept aside with a breezy sweepiness for which I had not given him credit. He was determined to forsake the busy market place, and Mr. S had made everything easy for us. 1 am sure most people thought we were a vaudeville show on the way out, as we attracted so much more attention than we are used to. Gertrude has a friend with her, a St. Louis belle, who, when we asked her to go with us, said there was scarcely enough uncooked meat on her to be worth saving. But she came, and is a very bright, pretty girt. Phoebe wbb the homeliest thing in bronze you ever laid your eyes on. She journey he bad ever sawn.'' It was truly tied for life or balm, to these same dark mysteries. I think of Louis Stevenson's pitiful exile. Of Ilelen Hunt's yearning spirit, burdened with the injustice of men. I wonder is life worth the awful strug gle some have made to keep it or any Forrow worth one's agony to forget. If 1 bad some great, heart-rending grief, I should not bring it here. Here, in the awful vastnese, it would surely rise and choke mo with its burn ing Fingers. No! I could surely forget it oasier in some crowded haunt, where men cried out because they hungered. Yes, I could easier forget if I could minister with bread to those who starved. How do I know? you would like to ask. I, whose life has been so placid I, who have known no storms or griefs. "Ab, well-a-day; the hay must be made." You cannot tell even you, who see so well into the heart of things you who know of the impalpable veil the soul drops beforo its inner shrine, and which no vandal hand dare thrust aside to find what prints the nails have left. There is suddenly a pervasive odor of frying bacon floating through the air and fighting for supremacy with the scent of caraway blossoms. I do not mind. If I had bacon for breakfast, I shall like some for luncheon. Phoebe's polished face appears at the front door, all doors are one to her now and sho is calling with the easy famil iarity of an old retainer the most startling. I objected, and Mother told me if I wanted to do the cooking she would leave Phoebe at home, but that Phoebe simply and flatly refused to go without that cap. Phoebe had never been west before and she was either w an exalted 6tate of admiration or a collapsed state of fear the whole time. "Fer de law sakes, Miss Penelly," she would exclaim, "how long you sup posen dnm rocks helt derselves up yan der?" Or when e rounded 6ome sharp curve and seemed suspended over a prec ipice, she sank into great fear, rolling her eyes and clasping her bands and begging "de good Lawd not to take his wrath outen poor ole Phoebe's skin." However, nothing at all unusual hap pened to us, and when we reached the little town of B we were met by a couple of wagonB and Mr. S 's man, wbo wasto take us and nur rather for midable luggage to our ultimate des tination. This placo is not the ranch proper; that is on the plains below us. Mr. S built this cottage one summer when his wife was in ill-health. The little plateau, which is enclosed by a white paling fence, is sown to tame grass, and has a Hower-bordered gravel path leading to the housn. If you turn your eyes away from the mountains it seems hard to believe this normal habi tation is located in the very hoart of Naturo's fastness. Papa is like a boy let out for a holi day, He has kicked the ehackles of duty far from him, and a good ten years have rolled from his dear burdened shoulders. Of course Mother and Phoebe find things terribly inconvenient, and are making such a pondemonium of the house that Papa and I have escaped to the yard. Rob rounded the cornet a bit ago with a Comanche yell, to tell me that "Jim" was going to let him ride his buckskin pony, and take him lishing, and, in short, introduce him to a thousand and one delightful mysteries. Jim is the man Mr. S commissioned to look after us. "A very superior fellow," Papa informs me. College bred, booky and all that. Of course it is another case of insufficient lungs that has ostra cised this man from his fellow-beings. This continuous, mournful whispering of the pines, this never-ceaBing restleBs I DOCTOftSJXTEW THEIR HE Owing to the Large Number Who Have Been Unable to See the British Doctors, These Eminent Gentlemen Have Ex tended the Time for Giving Their Ser vices Free, to All Who Call Before Sept. 8th. Owing to tbe large number of invalids who have called upon the British Doc tors at their office, corner 11th and N streets, Sheldon Block, Lincoln, Nebr., and who have been unable to me them, these eminent gentlemen have, by re quest, consented to continuegiving their eervices free for thiee months (medi an os excepted) to all who call before Sept. 8. These services consist not only of consultation, examination and advico, but also of all minor surgical operations. The object in pursuing this course is to bocome rapidly and personally ac quainted with the sick and afllicted, and underno condition will any charge what ever be made for any services renderod for three months to all who call bofore Sept. 8th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At tho first interview a thorough examination is made; and, it incurable, you are frank ly and kindly told so; also advised against spending your money for use less treatment. Male and female weakness, catarrh and catarrhal deafness, also rupture, goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their new treatment. The chief associate surgeon of tho Institute, assisted by one or more of his stall associates, is in personal charge. Oflice hours from 9 a. m. till 8 p. m. No Sunday hours. Special Notice If you cannot call send stamp for question blank for home treatment. "Please, mister, is this the pure milk?" said tbe anxious-faced woman. "Madam," replied the milkman, "this is milk of the first water." Record-Herald. Ccle Photographs AiLt.i:. ix.,1 t. nuutut iruiiiograpns j Jt Photographs of Groups Photographs of Babies Exterior Views 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 sPv$9n&7i& THE PHOTOGRAPHER 129 South Eleventh Street. nelly, yer Maw Bays fer you and yer Paw to come right along ways to you so lunch, 'cause de tea's done drawnd." This is our first day herb, and there isn't much to write about, unless I wanted to throw a tit about tbe scenery. I jvill spare you and try to do better again. Yours, Penelope. UTAH AN IDEAL CLIMATE The first white man to set foot on Utah soil, Father Silvestre Volezde Ea calante, who reached tho GRE2 A.1? SALT JL,AI5 on the 23rd day of September, 1776. wrote in his diary: ''Here tbe climate is so delic ious, the air bo balmy, that it is a pleas ure to breathe by day and by night." The jlimato of Utah is one of the rich est endowments of nature. On the "Miss Pen- shores of the Great Salt Lake especially "In Borne states the law forbids per sons of unsound minds to marry." "And nobody else cares to!" Detroit Free Press. Maud I'd hate to think you'd throw yourself at Fred. Mamie Why not? He's a good catch. Uarlem Life. and for fifty miles therefrom in everv direction tbe climate of climates i'h found. To enable peisoas to participate in these scenic and climatic attractions and to reach the famous Healtli, Bcitlaine; ncl Pleas. Resorts of Utah, the UNION PACIFIC has made a rate to OGDEJ1V and SALT LAKE? OXTYof one fare for the round trip, plus $2.00. from Mis souri River, to be in effect June 13th to 30th inclusive, July 10th to August 31st inclusive. Return limit October 31. and 830.00 for the round trip on July 1 to 9 inclusive, September 1 to 10 inclusive. Proportionately low Rates from inter mediate points. Full information cheerfully furnished upon application. E. B. SLOSSON, Agent. ll :i H I A i m it ; it '? It 'SI . i. "5 2 1 V J if m
