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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1901)
THB COURIER. I !i 10 The Great Need of Free Public Baths. Water, lots of it, does not hurt any one, and can hardly be classed among the pauperizing influences. The noviceB at work among the poor, feeling keenly' the differences .between their own en vironment and that of those they visit, are always full of the soap and water gospel. They would preface their social movement, whatever it is, by a crusade with soap and scrubbing-brush and there is truth in what they feel. These articles are not unknown or unused, however, by the deserving poor. We are not thinking now of those who get their names on the books of the charity organizations, but of the thousands who do not. The undeserving poor always shy at water. A bath-tub in every tenement is an idle dream; they cost too much and run very good chances of being used for coal. A public bath around the corner is another matter and seems in reason. Those who. wished to use it could do so, they are the people we are after; those who prefer the other thing could stay at home. Besides, they might succumb to the temptation and get into the habit of using water frequently. Many doubts were expressed hb to whether public baths would be used until the Associa tion for the Improvement of the Con dition of the Poor tried the experiment. Last year 130,000 people paid five cents for soap and towel and the privilege of using the People's Bath at Centre Mar ket Place. This bath, one at the uni versity settlement and the one shortly to be opened, by the city, seems some what inadequate when tha tub is thought of, especially for the relief it affords in hot weather. From "The Poor in Summer," by Robert Alston Steven son, in the September Scribner'e. Agreements Must be Kept. For the future well-being of trade un ions, the most important thing is that they should establish a reputation for the most absolute fidelity to their agree ments. In the nature of things they can not give financial guarantees that they will live up to their bargains; and it will never be feasible to attempt to compel them to do so by law. It is all the more incumbent upon them, therefore, that when once they have signed a wage scale for a year or any other given period, they do not break their solemn agreement by striking. A good many unions have won for themselves the entire confidence of their employers by showing that they appreciate the binding force of their con tracts. Mr. Shaffer himself in times past has urgently preached this gospel of fidel ity to agreements, just as he has with equal force preached the gospel that strikers must be law-abiding citizens, indulge in no rioting, respect the rights of property, and keep in mind the legal right of non-union men to accept the employment that strikers have re nounced. From "The Progress of the World," in the American Monthly Re view o! Reviews for September. Northwestern Line. Sept. 1-10 Round trip tickets to St. Paul and Minneapolis, $11.10; Duluth, 815.10; Mankato, Minn $S.85; Kasota, Minn., 50.05; Hot Springs, S. D., $14.00; Deadwood, S. D., $13.50. Final limit to return Oct. 31st. City ticket office 117 S. 10th St. Depot Cor. 9th and SSts. This time it is Labrador which is at tracting the attention of mining experts. Not gold, but iron, is its chief deposit, while in addition to this mineral wealth, vast quantities of pulp wood and splen did water power will attract paper man ufactories. The great rivers will make freightage easy, and Labrador may yet become an important part of the Domin-iqn. Space fillers. "Wo need more, copy!" announces the printer from the doorway. "More copy! And for what do we need more copy, pray tell?" "Why, forEQotb, to fill space!" Not because of a message to give to the world, does the average editor turn out his copy. Not because he ib con vinced that certain things are true, and other things as certainly untrue, does he embody hit opinions in type from time to time. Nor yet for the temporal or eternal welfare of his readers, that they may be warned of points of danger or en couraged to continue in the paths of righteousness, does he claim their at tention .day after day. He is eimply a space-filler. The columns which are not filled with advertising must be filled with something else. Blank space, a marketable product to advertisers, is valueless to readers. To best serve its purpose it must be filled with itemB of interest concerning the world and its people, with words of wisdom and of wit. But, first and imperatively, it must be filled with something. And, after all, what are any of us do ing in the world but filling space? And what better mission need we ask than to acceptably fill a space which would otherwise be blank and drear? Our suc cess or failure, from a worldly stand point, depends upon our fitness to fill the particular spaces in which we are placed. And "We need more copy!" repeats the voice from the doorway. Well, here it is! Rural Love. One day she had cut her finger, and he was rolling it up for her daintily as a woman. They were in the shearing field together. Alexander had the lint and the thread in his pocket. So he antici pated her wants silently all his life. It bad hurt a good deal, and before he had finished the tears stood Brimming in her eyes. "I think you must get tired. 1 bring all my cut fingers to you, Alec!" she said, looking up at him. He gave a kind of gasp, as if he were going to Bay something, as a single drop of Bait water pearled itself and ran down Mary's cheek, but instead he only folded the lint in at the top and went on rolling the thread round it. "Sheisleamin toloye me!" he thought with some pleasure, but he vrcs too bash ful and diffident to take advantage of her feeling. He contented himsslf with making her life easier and sveeter in that hard upland cantonment of more than military severity from which Yabel and bis sons dragged the bare necessities of life, as it were, at the point of the bay onet. S. R'. Crockett, in September "New" Lippincott. A Great Newspaper. The Sunday edition of the St. Louis Republic is a marvel of modern news paper enterprise. The organization of its news service is world-wide, complete in every department; in fact, superior to that of any other newspaper. Ths magazine section is illustrated in daintily tinted colors and splendid half tone pictures. This section contains more high-class literary matter than any of the monthly magazines. The fashions illustrated in natural colors are especially valuable to the ladies. The colored comic section is a genuine laugh-maker. The funny cartoonB are by the best artists. The humorous stories are high-class, by authors of na tional reputation. Sheet music, a high-class, popular song, is furnished free every Sunday in The Republic. The price of the Sunday Republic by mail one year is $2.00. For Bale by all news dealers. preferences , WE long-"ago learned that to argue- against a wo man's preferences was a mere waste of time consequently we never try. We sell every good sort of typewriter in its best form. One of these will suit your requirements. Plenty of unbiased advice, however, if you require it. 1 106 O Street . . Telephone 759 IvINCOIN, NKBR. A "Scrub" Union. Since cleanliness is next to Godliness, the movement to unite the washerwomen and scrub women of Chicago into a union should be heartily endorsed by all clean-minded persons. Not in a cam paign against dirt, but in the hope of se curing shorter hours and longer wages, and of bettering the condition of the dirt fightere generally, was the union organ ized. Miss Sophia Becker, Miss Nellie Woods and Miss Helen White are the promoters of the project. When Miss "Soapy," Miss Woods and Miss White, all of whose names are peculiarly in har mony with the occupation of the mem bers, are through with their labors they confidently expect that three hundred names will adorn the charter list of the "Wash ana Scrub Women's Union." A musical cigarette box is the latest thing out. Every time you open the box and take a cigarette out it plays "Nearer My God to Thee." We hope cigarette smokers will Bee the point and take heed of this. Albion News. In preparation for the coronation next June, King Edward has sent his crown to be reblocked.and to have a new sweat band put in. Fremont Tribune. FOR A SUMMER OUTING. The Rocky Mountain regions of Colorado reached best via the Union Pacific provide lavishly for the health of the invalid and the pleasure of the tourist. Amid these rugged steeps are to be found some of the most charm ing and restful spots on earth. Fairy lakes nestled amid sunny peaks, and climate that cheers and exhilerates. The SUMMER EXCURSION RATES put in effect by the Union Pacific en able you to reach these favored locali ties without unnecessary expenditure of time or money. ONE FARE FOR. THE ROUND TRIP plus $2.00 from the Missouri River, in effect June 18th to 30th, July 10th to August 31st, inclusive. The Union Pacific will also sell tickets on July 1st to 9th, inclusive, September 1st to 10th, inclusive, at $15.00 for the round trip from Missouri River points. Return limit October 31, 1901. Proportionately lo rates from inter mediate points. Full information cheerfully furnished upon application. 8 31 E. B. SLOSSON, Agent, Mrs. de Blinks "No, sir; you cannot have my daughter with my consent. I hate you, and I wish I could think of 'some way to make you miserable." Mr. Hicks "Well, then, why not be. come my mother-in-law?" Washington Star. UTAH AN IDEAL CLIMATE The first white man to set foot on Utah soil, Father Silvestre Velez de Es calante, who reached the GREJAT SALT JAKE? on the 23rd day of September, 1776. wrote in his diary: '"Here the climate is so delic ious, the air so balmy, that it is a pleas ure to breathe by day and by night." The climate of Utah is one of the rich est endowments of nature. On tho shores of the Great Salt Lake especially and for fifty miles therefrom in every direction the climate of climates is found. To enable poisons to participate in these scenic and climatic attractions and to reach the famous Healtli, Batlxlxag; and Pleas ure Resorts of Utah, tho UNION PACIFIC has made a rate to OGDEN and SALT IvAKEJ CITY of one fare for the round trip, plus $2.00. from Mis eouri River, to be in effect June ISth to 30th inclusive, July 10th to August 31st inclusive. Return limit October 31, and $30.00 for the round trip on July 1 to 9 inclusive, September 1 to 10 inclusive. Proportionately low Rates from inter mediate points. Full information cheerfully furnished upon application. E. B. SLOSSON, Agent. F. H. PIERS0N, and gtocks. 1035 N St. . Lincoln, Nebr. First Pub., Aug, 31--3J Notice ol Petition. iJf? So- 1586.0f John J- GMilan. dcceal & 90""0' Lancaster county, Nebraska. JSLh13.10 Nebraska, to a person? in- 5mt,1Vai(1 c?tate tak0 nouce, that a K aim?n?r.th.e?pp2Int.mentof SusIe H. Gillllan ?i5.,ELst,7,trIof ?w estat. which has been 10oicteaii!rclM" September 10, mi Dated August 28, 1001. seal. Frank R.Watehs, Pjt Wm-tw A. Leese, Clerk SS$g Cou r a 'if. M rc;i