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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1902)
THE OOTTTIIER his savings of $565 with which he was on the way to the bank. lie departed with the fruit but forgot to pick up the wallet. After he had traveled a few blocks he became conscious of his loss. Back he went but that particular dago had miraculously evaporated. The major is remembered. If at all, as one of the concessionaires at the Omaha exposition. Nebraska has its cowboys but no one hears complaint of them such as that which has been roused by the sav age pastimes of their counterparts m Montana. Their hilarious manner of greeting passenger trains on the Great Northern has excited the wrath of Uig Jim Hill and he is In hopes of discour aging them. The time is not as busy as some periods with the cowboys and for a sight of civilization they rush down upon a train that stops at a sta tion. Whooping and firing their re volvers they scare the porters white headed and chill the marrow of the timid passengers. The shooting is only to make holes in the- sky but because some of the passengers have made plaint to Manager Hill he is hoping to take measures to put a stop to the pro ceedings. It is hinted that even those who kick hardest begin to feel proud of their experience as soon as it is over with. "Wolf hunting Is quite the vogue in some parts of the state, as is usual at this time of the year, but it is in Colo rado where the wolves are really mak ing serious trouble for the stock men. For instance, in Routt county, in the northwest corner of Colorado, the beasts have become so thick and so disastrous to the cattle that the rang ers have put a big fund In bank and have offered $20 per scalp for each wolf killed. Some of the ranchers have lost as many as eighty head of cattle so far this season by the depredations of the wolves. This Is getting to be a rate too much for the patience and poise of the cattlemen. Kvery year more or less wolf hunting has been done there but it has been In an idle, indiscriminate way and not much has been accomplished toward the exterm ination of the brutes. Now the county lias been portioned off into districts, with one hunter to each. He is In structed not to go beyond his boundar ies. The scheme is working well and with the inducement of $20 a head the men gladly cut themselves off in this manner from the walks and ways of civilization. A LONG CAREER OF FAITHFUL SERVICE Miss Ellen Smith, Instructor, Librarian and Registrar ot Nebraska University, to Step Down After a Continuous Term of a Quarter of a Century. o fc O Twenty-five years of continuous ser vice in the state university with a to tal vacation time scarcely amounting to twenty weeks! That is the olllclal record of Miss Ellen Smith, who for the past twenty years has filled the olllce of university registrar. At the end of the present year her relations with the institution will probably cease and in her will disappear the last sturdy char acter that has labored zealously from the beginning for the upbuilding of the school of the people. Miss Smith came to the university April 1, 1S77, as Instructor in Latin and Greek. She taught In various depart ments and for a time served as cus todian of the library. When -the regis trar's olllce was created in the fall of 1SS1 she was placed in charge. For many years work in the library and her duties as a teacher engrossed her attention but as the institution ex panded she confined herself more strictly to the affairs of the registrar's olllce. Finally during the last few years she has been provided with as sistants. Tales and anecdotes of Miss Smith and her dealings with the students have descended from time Immemorial The freshmen first hear them with awe and terror when they troop n the campus for the first time. The depart ing seniors review them, embellished with bits of Imagination, In their last festal revelries on graduation eve. Keeping track of the pi ogress made by the students, their grades or cred its and other matters concerning their class progress occupied the time of Miss Smith. Twice each year the stu dents passed before her in solemn re view to "register." Delinquents she summarily roasted in the piesence of all. "You little goose, don't you know you can't recite in more than three rooms in the same hour." This to a llorld co ed. "If I was a great big strapping foot ball player, I wouldn't Hunk more than three times in German." "Very well done Mr. . You car ried eighteen hours very satisfactorily last semester. Try It again." "No, you can't find out how many credits you have until you get your pass book. Just get your lemons. 1 am paid to keep your records." And so on all day long. And a day with Miss Smith Is no joke. It means twelve to fifteen hours solid work. Classes have come and gone. Stu dents have left college to win faint and renown. Professors have sougnt new fields for higher salaries. Chan cellors, too, have sought greener fields where millionaires pay the bills with plump contributions. But Miss Smith has given her life to the upbuilding of the state university and the story of its rising is Intimately linked with her long career of faithful service. When she came the campus was but 11 a little square measured oft on the roll ing prairie. In the center stood the m.ilil bull. ling. In It were huddled all the departments of the future great unlxt rslty. There were laboratories and c hemicals. books and apparatus. Stoves were used for beating. The students were perched airily on chnlrs and In tile summer time many of the young men came to classes barefoot. This was befoie the days of fratern ities, swell balls and long extended banquets. "My services were engaged by Chan cellor Fairfield." said Miss Smith to a representative- of the Courier, "on account of my rugged health. 1 was the first wiimaii teacher on the rumpus. Fifteen years ago I met with a severe spialn and Inst month I had to go to the hospital. The rest of the lime 1 have spent In the olllce." Humors of an eastern trip Miss Smith positively denied. She declared she had lived here because she liked the state anil Its people. Here she In tended to remain. The registrar was educated at Hills dale college, .Michigan, graduating In lisM. Afterwards she took a master's degiee from the same institution. She is a native of Ohio, Ashtabula county, where her sister still lives on the paiental homestead. Thousands of students who have been iulluenced by Miss Smith during their college lives have heard of her retire ment with profound regret. From all sides come messages expressing sorrow on account of the present state of af fairs and assuring her of thf affection and sympathy of the senders. a- FOIi CUOKSUS ONLY. A certain medico, of Napa, who 13 known for his skill and his charity, was asked recently to go to a town In the upper end of the valley to attend a young man, believed to be a victim of appendicitis. "I'll go up on the next train," promised the doctor, "but tell me, has this patient any money?" "No doctor," said his friend, "I wish you'd be as light on him as possible." "Well," replied the physician, "if he hasn't any money he can't have ap pendicitis." Pan Francisco Town Talk. nrz. i w $m$i THE PROGRESSIVE STORE Advance Showing New Spring Wash Fabrics, Siks,Wool Waistings, etc. f New Spring and Summer Silks Poulards Customers tell us we have the prettiest showing of Foulard Silks in the city. Here's the reason. Our Foulards are bought in dress patterns, one of a style only. We are thus enabled to show you four patterns to one shown by any other Lincoln house. Every pattern bought here is exclusive with you, a great advantage in itself, the quality is the same, the price is the same. New Printed Warp "Waist Silks Handsome new styles, $1.00, $1.25, and $1.50 yard. New Black Dress Silks Peau de Soies, Peau de Levant, Moires, Water Proof Habuti, Taffeta, Crepe de Chine, etc., are among the varieties we are showing, $2.00, $1.75, $1.50, $1.25, $1.00, and 75c yard. New Velvet Cords Very popular for Waists, all leading shades, $1.10 yard. New Shantung Silk A new domrstic silk having all the qualities of a Pongee; a great wash silk, 75c and $1.00 yard. iS CSZs ;-ji New Wool Waistings Fancy Spring Waistings in all wool, with silk cord and stripes in colors, old rose, cream, cadet blue, reseda, black, tan, and navy, with delicate colored stripes, 75c yard. Satin Stripe French Challies A handsome showing of new designs, also plain colors, 75c yard. Satin Stripe Challie In half wool, good colors and de signs, a splendid variety, 39e yard. New Wool Goods Among our popular new weaves are the hair line stripe, Aeolincs, Etamincs, and Picardy weaves; they are transparent, hard woven, all wool, non-crushable, and dust proof, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, to ?2.00 yard. New Black Mohair They are talking Black Mohair for spring skirts, as they are dust proof, rich and dressy, 50c, G5c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, and $1.75 yard. Five Thousand Pieces Summer Wash Goods-all Prices 5c to 52.50 Yard We claim to sell more Wash Goods in a season than all the other Lincoln stores combined. Our stock is always the largest, styles and qualities the best, assortments the largest in the west. The dainty, the thin, the delicate, the sheer of every class of goods will be employed this season. Your early selection in these lines would be advisable, as the stock is now new and complete. Cold and wet weather may interfere, but remember the heat never fails us. r Out of Town Kollcs, Send for Samples
