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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-08-14

To THE EDITOR OF The COURIER: l
was surprised last week by reading in
your interesting paper some adverse COM
mepts on the Admins ration Arch de-
signed for the Trans Mississippi expo
sition. As lover OF fine architecture /
could not help wondering at this and
wishing there hal been given some
reason for pronouociny the building
"ugly," which to my mind lie about the
last adjective to be used in that con-
nection. Every one in this vicinity is
now familirr with the picture OF the
arch, issued by the department OF
publicity, and admiration for it seems
general. However, each individual has
a right to his own taste, unique or
otherwise.
But what / wished to draw your at
tention to was this statement in the
article above mentioned: "All the great
arches have fat tops ornamental with
siatuary. carving or architectural devices
not in the least like steeple."
This is true of the Roman or triumphal
arch. but there are many great srchways
well known to travellers, OF which it is
not true by any means. You will recall
the arch Of the Crosse HorIoge at
Rouen, France, the one beloved and be.
sketched OF artists. and one Of the most
justly admired Of foreign archways. You
remember that it is foe example OF an
arch with spires. gables and two or three
stories besides, wholly different from the
Roman form. which your writer seems
to think the only ore. There are the
famous Arc de Wire on the road from st.
Malo to Parie, the arch at Bordeaux, the
very important one at Loches, the arch
or fortified gate" at Movet, cot unlike
the Administration Arch one could
make long list of them If necessary
none Of them with flat tops or orna-
nented with statuary," but all Of them
surmounted by spires, hipped roofs, ETC.,
and with their upper stories utilized in
various wsys. They are not tsiumphal
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-08-14

arches; neither is the Administration
Arch, SO called. Your writer, however,
has fallen into that misapprehension.
This ''arch" is, first Ct all, the admins
tration building, and is often SO re-
ferred to by the people concerned. 1t
was designed to C, MT. lin the offices of the
exposition authorities. and Its base, for
utilitarian as We'll as ornamental pur-
poses take the I, rn OF a passageway.
There is nothing spiritual about high
hipped roofs or sto-t pointed tuTrets.
In calling the arch ''fragmentars
your writer uses very apt term. 1t is
just that. Every building of the main
group is fragment of great whole.
and not to be fairly Judged until seen
playing its part therein.
To my lotion, by the way, the severe
and dignified shape Of the cd Roman
arch is less suited to the gay, somewhat
carnival character of an exposition like
this, than a more fanciful structure
with its top breaking into points and
ornaments. The Arch of the States
which the exposition papers have also
printed, shows more of the Roman char
cCtCf, al " appropriately ~. dc tucy ooy
it is TO be built of stone and to remain.
Your writer says: IAN erch begins
and ends with the occasion it memori-
alizes." That hardly fits the Arc de
Triomphe, the arch OF Constantine, or
any other OF the great arches"
He says further: ut is like no other
arch ever made and then goes on, lex
cept for the spires. the design is much
like the arch at the the Columbian ex-
position" 1t is puzzlii g to read that
the Administration Arch. though .very
ugly" SO nearly resembles the arch at
Chicago. which was lone OF the most
effective sights of the exposition"
However, the writer's views, If not
quite clearly put, are very evident, anu
/ wonder mucn that they can be the
views of one who is able to appreciate
the classic beauties OF the new Burling-
ton station.
Pardon me for taking up 90 much OF
your time. l should not have done 81
but for your writer's evident misinter-
probation of Q building which 10 30
generally praised, and which it 10 hard
to believe could be otherwise spoken "a.
Sincerely yours,
SOJoURNER.
Omaha, August 6.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-08-14

The pictures by C. ID. Gibson have a
more sentimental meaning than is
customary with his drawings. The
three full-pape illustrations are de-
voted to old love: old men. surrounded
by memories which Gibson pictures as
ghosts. These, Previous Tenants
and The Old Tune touch finely the
gentle sadness with which man, re-
signed but never reconciled. accepts
his decay and mortality: they breathe
the sigh with which he remembers
how the fruit Of life tasted and that
now he is too stiff and infirm to climb
the trunk Of the tree and bring down
the prize. But there is no moroseness;
the young girl stands by the old man,
reminding us that youth is deathless,
though the young are not.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-08-14
STORIES IN PASSING.


A few OF the old residents of Lincoln
will recall q singer by the name OF
James G. Clark, who twenty years or 80
ago gave concerts throughout the state,
He was the entire chow himself, play.
ing mis- own accompaniment and singing
avariety Of parlor music including soue
of his own composition. More than one
of his songs had merit, have lived and
are often heard today. Clark became
quite well known favorite and visited
most towns oiany size many times before
he finally dropped out Of sight. But
there was one town in which he sang
but once and no ono could blame him
for dropping it from his list
That town was Wathena, Kansas. Mr..
Clark filled date there and gave his
usual chaste and elevating entertain
ment Of song. Between the musical
numbers he told stories, and these stor-
les were always temperance stories OF
most pronounced and extravagant type.
Saloon keepers and drinking men were
the central figures and his delineation
of the intoxicated mans reception by
his wife always took well with the audi
ence. Always, that is until he stumbled
into Wathena, Kansas. He found there
"Klondy Ike temperature" without any
pay dirt"
Wathena is little town just opposite
Saint Joseph, Missouri and reflects the
sentiment of the metropolis on the
other side of the river. Saint Joseph ia
the sun, as it were,-Wathena the
moon. Now. Saint Joseph was never
charged with being strictly tenn
perance town. Still less has Wathena
enjoyed such a reputation. So Mr..
Clark's entertainment and especially his
stories of ia temperance character re-
ceived chilly reception.
After the program, Mr.. Clark return
ed to the hotel and was about to retire
for the night. To his surprise a constable
called upon him and proceeded to place
him under arrest for violating an Or
6inance OF the town. He learned that
his concert was ranked as a chow and
that all shows were required to take out
a license. For the first time he was get.
ting touch of village law. 1t was late.
he knew no one. and SO Nj. James G.
Clark, the sweet singer of Nebraska"
was compelled to spend the night in Jail.
The next morning he was brought be-
fore the police Judge. This official was in
full sympathy with the sentiment Of the
town and entering into the spirit of the
occasion, found Clark guilty and fined
him fifty dollars. Clark was mad as a
dog who has stumbled into a hornets
nest but his dates would not permit him
to stay and fight the case, and fifty dol
lars was added to the treasury of the
tough little town. After that Clark's
temperance stories somehow seemed to
lack the old life and animation and
power to please.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
MLNER-BROS

THE Hebrew word for "shut up" or
"keep STILL" Is dam, a work which Is
heard occasionally In this town. Aleck
SmartbOy was IN the midst Of a dis.
cussion concerning u knotty point
when one OF his antagonists quoted
some Greek to him. Now Aleck could
not understand Greek, but his Hebrew
lore came back to him and he quickly
reiterated 30, dam" much to his CD.
ponent's disgust and surprise. "What,
are you swearing AGAIN." "Oh
no, not at all, | guess you do not un-
derstand Hebrew, that's all. That
word means shut up" And Aleck
winked "a solemn wink and sticking
thumbs in the arm holes Of his
vest, walked iauntily away leaving his
antagonist rooted to the spot.-McCook
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
To California Comfortably.

Every Thursday afternoon, a tourist
sleeping car for Salt Lake City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles leaves
Omaha and Lincoln via the Burlington
Route. 1t is carpeted, upholstered In
rattan, has spring seats ana backs and
is provided with curtains, bedding,
towels, soap, etc. An experienced OK.
cursi0n conductor and q uniformed
Pullman porter accompany It through
to the Pacific coast. While neither so
extensively finished nor so fine to look
at AS the palace sleeper, It 10 Just as
good to ride in. Second class tickets
are accepted for passage and the price
Of a berth, wide enough and big enough
two, is only %. For foulder giving
full particulars, call at nearest Bur-
ticket office, or write To j..
q. Z. A., Burlington Route,
Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
THE

1t certainly would have been u great
benefit to the railroad officials II they
had been able to hear and see every-
thing that took place here last Satur-
day, because the train TO the Orleans
celebration was four hours and a half
late. One young lady was so mad,
when % pulled in, that she walked up
to u stock car and gavs an innocent
steer such a surprise punch from his
rear side that he kicked the top OF her
p~arasol oG.-Republican City Demo
crat,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
CHURCH, NOTES.


METHODIST.
Preaching Sunday morning at 1880.
Sunday school at IL 80.
Junior league at 4 pm.
Senior league at 100.
Chapel Sunday school at 800.
Preaching Sunday evening at 8.
Prayer and Praise service on We'd.
evening at 8 o'clock.
Ladies Aid Society on Friday after
noon.
Seats free and strangers welcome.
Rev. j. NJ. DARBY, Pastor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
CITY NEWS.

The county commissioners have been
IN session this week.
Andrew Berg of Hastings is here this
week visiting friends.
Pabst Beer on tap at the Bohemian
saloon. Alwhys fresh.
Boyd Munsel returned the fore part
of the week from Texas.
For SALE-Pure three.year.old cider
vinegar Mis-. BRADsROOK.
Harvey Starkey has our thanks this
week for a dollar on subscription.
Fred McKeeby was looking after
business matters in Omaha this week.
Lumber at cost at Cowles, Neb.
Closing out.-A. l. Hildreth, Manager.
Mrs. Henry Eckman Of Denver is in
the city visiting with friends and
relatives.
Paul Story Of Cowles has accepted a
position in the clothing store of GA.
iusha & Wescott.
Will Brewer has resigned his posi-.
ton as express man at the depot and
will go to Kansas City.
Miss Maud Rothrock who has been
visiting friends in the city left for her
home at Reynolds Wednesday.
A force of men and teams have been
at work this week repairing the road
between the railroad. and the river
bridge.
There will be ser vices Sunday after.
noon at 4 o'clock ia the school house
in Dist. Ia, On Indian creek, by Rev. II.
r. Horton of Hastings.
Lumber Yard for sale cheap for cash
or will trade for good farm lands in
Webster county A. l.. HTLDRETH,
Manager, Cowles. Nebraska.
Palmer & Brown of this city were
awarded the contract to build the
county poor house on the county poor
farm, their bid, 1850 being the lowest.
The Orris Ober Co. carries ten people
each and every one an artist in his
line. Best of specialties. An amet-
magniscope with thirty life size NOV.
ing pictures.
Miss Jessie Gaut who has been visit
ing in the city the past month the
guest of Miss Ethel Hosmer, returned
TO her home, ST. Joseph, Missouri, the
first of the week.
Lloyd Richardson is in the city this
week on a visit with his parents and
renewing old acquaintance. He is at
present holding down a good position
at the Denver stock yards.
Percy Mcbride, who has been locat-
ed in Hastings for some time past, has
been here during the first part Of the
week visiting the folks. He left Thurs
day night for TT. Morgan, Colorado,
where will go into business.
The Blue Hill "kids" came down on
Wednesday and crossed bats with the
Red Cloud ''kids" with the avowed in
tention Of beating them so bad they
never would van to play again. For
once the Blue Hillites run up against a
snsg. The score stood thirteen to
twenty-one in favor Of Red Cloud.
THAT there thin chicken, with the
draggled feathers" said the farmer to
the summer boarder, sis the one !
call the populist. Know whyg" OF
course the boarder did not know. "Well
III tell you. call HIM that cause he
spends so much time chasin' the other
chickens to get their vitles away from
'em, that he don't find no time to pick
up none for himself"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL.

Irvine at Peterson's for6i per pound.
Webb Josselyn of Orleans was here
Monday.
Geo. Buck Of Franklin was in the
city Tuesday.
Go to G. A Harris, Cowles, Neb., for
hats and caps at cost.
PaOst Beer on tap at the Bohemian
sa.oon. Always fresh.
fon eau buy Irvine at Peterson,
c.raper than auyw here.
Beer at Wholesale ut 81 80 per krg at
the South Side Sample Room.
Orris ODER CO., at the opera house
all next week, admission l0c and zoe.
Buckeye binders and mowers, the
best on earth for sale by Jas. Peterson.
Norton Watson aud Homer Kinsel
departed for u visit at Blue Hill Thurs.
day.
Beer sold at the South Side Sample
Room in quantity from one keg to one
million.
j. A. Baum came up from Superior
Saturday night and spent Sunday here
with his family.
&. G. Cowden returned Monday
night from st. Joe where he went to
attend the funeral of "a sister.
The Orange Judd Farmer and the
American Agriculturalist Almanac to.
gether with The CHIEF for 81 .85.
G. l.. Getting, sole agent, will refund
your money IL not satisfied after using
one bottle of DR.. Fenners famous medi-
cine.
Why try TO harvest your crop Of
small grain with an old binder when
Jas. Peterson sells new oncs as cheap
as he does now.
The Franklin ball team passed thro'
town Thursday overland, bound for
Superior, where they will play ball to-
day and tomorrow.
ID. j. Myers horse ran away last
Tuesday morning, throwing John out
without injuring him, but smashed the
buggy up considerable.
The American Agriculturist Almanac
a book which treats on hundreds of
subjects, The Orange Judd Farmer,
one OF the best farm papers published
and The CHIEF all one year for Sl.35.
The Sunday school rally at district
No. ID on Elm Creek on last Sunday is
spoken Of as a great success and will
have the effect Of awakening new and
deeper interest in the work in that
wide awake district.
List OF letters remaining uncalled for
at the p~Ostofice at Red Cloud, Neb.
raska, for the week ending July 10Th,
1897.
Ben Cullins, j.. ID. Christy, (card)
Mrs. Ford, s. G. Kirkpatrick, 2
These letters will be sent to the dead
letter office July 3Oth, IL not called for
before.-FRANK w. CowpEN, p. Nj.
Don't use bill heads or statements in
which you have to write your own
name. Get them printed in an up-to-
date style. There is nothing which
will make your customers think you
are of the disposition to be penurious
so much as this, II you are stingy in
one way what reason is there to be.
lieve that you wont be in other ways.
Get your printing done right at the
CHIEF office.
A bicycle party had an outing and
moonlight picnic at Amboy on Wed.
nesday night. Owing to the bad roads
the going and coming was not very
pleasant, bnt the ones who got to the
picnic grounds in safety had a good
time. Miss Stella Quicker was quite
badly hurt by taking Il header from her
wheel in going down hill and there
were some other minor mishaps. II
wouldn't be a bad idea to send some
me ahead to flag for bad places in the
road after such rains as we have had.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Themes for m morning and
evening respectively, for Lords day,
April 10:
'Ihe Genius Of Success"
"The objectionable Sin"
The public is cordially invited.
l.. A. HUssoNG, Pastor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16

Doctors, rs a rule, are not ovcrbur'
dened with horse sense. They think II
an awful sin aginst the ethics OF their
profession to advertise in the newspa-
pers, aud they go around w%orshiping
those ethics, and trying to knife each
other in a quiet way When u doctor
comes into the town and does some al
vertising, and gets allthe business, as is
right and proper. The old fashioned
doctors envy the successful man, but
they haven't the enterprise to cut
loose from the state nonsense NJ their
ethics, and make some mOncy.-Bea'
trice Express.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16

Rev. G. r. Weldon, who has been
pastor Of the Baptist church in this
place and Red Cloud for some time
past, departed this week for Rochester,
New York, where he will take n fur
Their course of study in IA theological
seminary of note. He will stop in Mis-
souri, for "A visit of several weeks with
friends and relatives. Mi. Weiden has
been a faithful and conscientious
laborer In the cause of the church aud
the many friends he made during the
time Of his p%astorate here will be
pleased to hear OF his future advance
ment wherever he goes.-Guide Rock
Signal.
An exchange is responsible for the
following story of how "a brute OF a
man interrupted the thread of a girls
commencement essay. She started
ont by saying, Il am Il human being,
placed In the midst of a great world.
Far aud wide it extends on every side.
Majestic in its v~astness, bewildering IN
its ever changing forms. i~toverwhelms
by its immensely. Over II bends the
eternal heavens, and far away In the
infinite realms Of space CLEAN the
lights Of other worlds. And !, what
am II" A receptacle for soda water
and ice cream" yelled the brute back
in the gallery, and the applause that
followed the reply so broke up the girl
that she was unable to complete the
reading Of her essay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
WosId's Fair Highest Medslsod Oipsems.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
CONGREGATIONAL

CONGREGATIONAL.
Sunday School atllii5.
Junior Society AT 4 p. m.
Y. +. y. &. Il. at 7 p. m.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
POLITICAL CHIPS GATHERED

After all the other tickets are COM
pleted and made public a chronic office
seekers convention will be called. 1t
will be we'll attended.
Contrary to expectation and pri-
waite tip given, Mayor Elmendorf did
not give out his completed ticket for
publication yesterday afternoon, though
II is now about completed. The Light
was correct, in saying Capt. Druse
would be candidate for collector on
the ticket, and Mr.. Gustav Frasch is
the choice for assessor.
On the Callaghan ticket not much
more progress has been made since
yesterday. It is understood John Mil
: Ter. of Government hill. will be the
Sixth ward candidate for alderman on
this ticket and now Jack Flaherty says
he will run independent In this ward.
On account OF the inclement wealth
er everything was quiet at Levy head
quarters today.
There were two meetings bulletined
for tonight, one at Niklass' store, cor
ner East Commerce and blackberry
streets, one at Hauser's garden, corner
Bowie and Crockett streets.
An executive committee OF fifteen
has been chosen to take care Of the
Levy campaign.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
OCEAN FATALITY.
Steamship Boiler Explodes Dealing
Death To Firemen And Engineers.

Steamship Boiler Explodes Dealing
Death To Firemen And Engineers.
San Francisco, Jan. 19.-One of the
boilers of the French steamer Sagha-
lien exploded while the vessel was off
the Chinese coast bound from Singa-
pore for Hong Kong. Eleven stokers
in the fire room and one of the engin-
GERS were instantly killed by the eX-
plosion or by the scalding steam. The
chief stoker was so badly injured that
he died a few hours afterwards and
four other firemen died later. The YES
sci was crowded with passengers and
for the time the widest confusion
reigned on board, but none of them
were injured. Among the passengers
were three engineers and twenty sto-
kers of the French navy and they VOL
unteered their services to remedy the
damage. Within a day they had the
engine so far repaired that the vessel
was able to run six miles an hour and
a few days later she dropped anchor
at Sagow. The dead firemen and en-
gineers We're given watery graves.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
JUTICE COURTS.

Flavio Ramos waived examination
Justice Shook this morning on charge
of petty larceny.
I,ucio Orosco, charged with burglar
izing lola Vera's room on North Lare-
do street December 20 last and steal
ing a cloak, waived examination be-
fore Justice Shook this morning.
John Anderson, colored, is being tried
before Justice Shook this afternoon on
a charge of assault and f. Russ, col
ored. and ALT. Grandjean are be-
ing tried before Justice Jones on SINH
lar charges.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
Highest Of all in Leavening Power-Latest Sovt Report
R3H!a!l! R Rskas&E
ABSOLUTELY PURE
" E. r. NORTON. City Clerk.

II. II. Nun IONs Slly NiClh
Collector Umscheid was present in
the council chamber and was called
on for II statement of his reasons for
not making the deposit.
| He said he had sent his clerk to the
bank with the money to make a full
! deposit, but was too late and the
| treasurer had gone when his clerk got
to the bank.
! Alderman Devine-Why have you
not made deposits weekly?
Collector Umscheid-Well, we did
not always exactly have it at the time
some of the warrants We're not pay
able ut once. and other things. we
were busy. etc. and we were not al
| ways ready, but we alwayst did the
best we could.
Alderman Devine-But you had re-
ceived the money?
| Collector UmScheid-But some Of the
warrants were not numbered and
cannot be collected until they are
numbered, and | have to put up the
money for them out of my own
| pocket.
Alderman Devine-Why did you re-
ccive unnumbered warrants for taxes
when YOU knew they would not be
paid till numbered? You should not
have received such warrants.
Collector Umscheid-I did, though.
Mayor ElmendOrf-The warrant he
is talking about was issued by Mr..
| TNObin and was not to be paid before
June. and was not to be used for tax
es and Mr.. TObin so understood it.
Collector Umscheid-I have all the
money on hand now and will make
Il full deposit tomorrow.
NOT THE FIRST TIME.
Alderman Devine-IS this the first
time the collector has failed to make
weekly deposits?
Mayor Elmendorf-NO, he had sew
eral times failed to make deposits for
| weeks at Il time. | called his attcn-
ton TO this in my letter.
Alderman Devine-I don't see the
use of charters and ordinances if they
are not TO be infOrced.
Alderman Holt suggested that If it
was deemed necessary the council
| might appoint committee to investi-
gate the collectors office.
Collector Umscheid said he was
ready and willing for his office to be
| investigated at any time-right now,
| if the council wanted. He also said
that he had not only once, but repeat
eddy asked the finance committee to
investigate his office. but the commit
tee had failed to do so.
On the promise of the collector that
he would make Il full deposit Tues
day morning, the matter was passed
over without action.
| Resolutions were introduced rs fol
lows:
BY Hoetiing-That the ditch COM
missioner close the Upper Labor ditch
at MCCULLOUGH avenue. after having
first cleaned the ditch by flushing it.
| AdpOted.
BY Holt-That the approaches TO
| Nolan street on Olive. blackberry and
Mesquite streets he repaired at once
under the emergency clause. Adopt
ed.
The council then adjourned.