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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-05

bils u uldhe the cutiic conpdus outuo
the Mysteries Of Udolpho IN their sleep
ing thoughts but next morning, out OF
twenty-one guests, only four had any
thing worth relating. One of these was
the host, who dreamed that he had
ridden long distance CO a black horse
through dense forest, and was pursued
by robbers, who overlook and seized
him. Just as they were about to put
him 10 death, woman on a white horse
came dashing up, and unstrapping
sewing machine from the pommel Of her
saddle. sewed all the robbers together by
the hens OF their garments, after which
she released the prisoner. who had been
bound TO tree, and he, mounting his
horse, galloped off with her.
You must remember" writes the Sid
ney correspondent, "that this was a
written and not an oral account OF the
dream. No sooner had the gentleman
proceeded thus far than Mr.. NJ, one Of
the guests, exclaimed: Well, that is
certainly very strange. and asked leave
to interrupt for a moment while she
read from a paper in her hand. l
dreamed said che, that ] was on
white horse. in forest, when l saw a
score of men ahead Of me surround
horseman and take him from his cad
die. rode forward, and as did SO q
sewing machine seemed to be in front OF
me on the pommel. dismounted, took
off the machine and sewed the coats of
the men together so they could not
move, and then the gentleman and
rode off together
The company was very much aston
ished at this strange dovetailing OF the
two dreams. Both the lady and the
gentleman declared on honor that there
had been no collision, and that the
dream as written was exactly as each
remembered il. In further discussion
the host and Mrs. M. gave identically
the same description OF the forest in
which they dreamed they met each
other, and told the apparent length of
time it took them to ride to place OF
safety"
Charley Hoyt's dream explains itself,
but this New South Wales vision car
tainly calls for the services of first class
A number Mahatma.
W. MORTON SMITH.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-05
Burlington Route.
ONLY $3.50 TO SAN FRANCISCO

June % to July ?, account National Con-
vention Christian Endeavorers. special
trains. Through tourist and palace
sleepers. Stop-overs allowed at and
west of Denver. Return via Portland,
Yellowstone Park and Black Hills il de-
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Endeavorers and their friends who take
the Burlington Route are guaranteed a
quick, cool. comfortable journey, fine
fine scenery (by daylight and first class
equipment.
Berths reserved and descriptive litera
ture furnished on request at B. & NJ.
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streets. GEO. w. BONNELL.
c. p. & T. A.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-05
CURED
Eczema.

Rheuma ism. Eczema, Kidney and
Stomach Trouble.
1t is but the truth to say that humid
reds Of people suffering from the above
and other diseases have been cured or
greatly benefited by the use of the
medicinal waters at Hot Springs, S. D.
II you are interested address for par
ticulars. A. s. Fielding City Ticket
Agent North Western Line, III South
Tenth street, Lincoln, Neb.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-05
RANDOM NOTES.

came known as Charley Hoyt's Impos
sib.e Dream" Ii was related by the
playwright himself. and was in effect as
follows:
A Frenchmsn, who lived during the
reign Of terror. dreamed one night that
he had been sentenced to death by the
guillotine and awoke in state OF great
fright and perturbation. On the follow
ing night he dreamed that he ssw the
heads OF halt a dozen uufortunates
stricken off. and learned that he was to
he tie next victim. Again he awakened
and told his wife. who was lying at his
side. how the horrible realism Of the
vision had disturbed him. On the third
night he dreamed again. This time he
thought he had been led out for execu-
ton. He babe farewell to the priest
who had ehriven him and walked for
ward to meet the executioner. He saw
the blue sky over his heaG and felt the
air tanning his brow, and it seemed hard
and cruel that in the very flush OF bis
Young manhood he should die for po-
Itical crime of which he was innocent.
All this was presented to his mind as
he approached the instrument OF death
and saw the black hated Monsieur de
Paris awaiting his coming. Submitting
himself 10 the executionsrs attendants,
he was stretched out on lorg board and
pushed forward so that his neck came
directly under the edge of the suspend
ed blade. He closed his eyes as he
heard a quick order given by the execu-
TONER, followed by the swish OF the
weighted knife az it fell.
At that supreme moment the dreamer,
in his extreme terrier. breathed so Eter-
torousiy as TO alarm his wife. She
sought TO awaken him by slapping him
smartly on the neck. To the sleeping
man that touch was the fall OF the
hnife. and the effect was the same as
though his head had been stricken from
his body. He dreamed that death had
come to him-and il did then and there.
The screams of the frightened woman
aroused the servants, and when they
came in the young Frenchman was a
corpse.
Such was the substance of the story,
and it ended by come one of the group
o. listeners asking:
well. Charlie, il the man dreamed be
was killed, how and so il broke off.
This yarn like most OF those OF like
character, went ricochetting about the
country. getting altered bit here and
there, until by pruning and cutting, ex-
panding and broadening, its original
form became entirely altered, and when
il reached Sidney, New South Wales, it
was a seriously and gravely discussed
illustration in the etiology OF dreame, as
viewed by q society devoted to psychic
logical study. One OF the members went
to the trouble of writing to a young
lawyer in this city. who is interested in
the society for psychical research, ask
ing for q more detailed and explicit de-
s.ription OF the fatal dream, and inclos-
Jog by way OF compensation descrip
ton Of a peculiar dual vision which was
alleged to have excited the nerves of the
dream sharks in Melbourne. The writer
personally attes.ed Its truthfulnese, as
o.e Of twenty Witnesses who heard it re-
lated.
At the mansion OF a wealthy gentle
man in Melbourne large party were
chatting over variety Of subjects at
dinner, and the talk gradually got around
to strange and unusual dreams. In a
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-05
ROUTE PLAYING
CARDS.

Thoseslegant cards of the very best
quality only l5c per deck. For sale at
B. & NJ. Depot or city ticket office, cor
ner Tenth and o etreets.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-06-05

Rheuma ism.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
RAMS HORNS,

He is ~littlest, who belittles others.
Work is more than mere activity.
No man drinks to please his wife.
Imaginary eminence is actual humili-
alton.
Intelligence is not gained by a mere
act of will.
Nothing will upbraid you like un-
used faculties.
Better a servant from love than a
ruler from lust.
Happiness is lost by being intemper-
ate in it's pursuit.
Intelligence is largely in knowing
what we do not know.
Better a little understanding than
much useless knowledge.
Reflection is a key that unlocks the
treasures Of the memory.
Selfishness is often so refined that it
is deeply wounded at the least remon-
STRANGE.
No matter in what part of the world
he lives the man who loves Christ,
hates sin.
Act without thought, and you are a
fool; think without act, and you are a
visionary.
Every one may be a co-worker with
Christ, who is willing to begin by do
ing small things.
Courtesy and etiquette are flowers;
the one has it's roots in the heart; the
other, in the intellect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19

nan in love. Man in love not in his
right brains; let me fall and break
my neck. You comprehend"
l comprehended and nodded, then the
little Frenchwoman, who was all bust
ness, informed me in her best English,
and that was not very good, that she
wanted me to prepare an advertisement
for an expert aerial artist.
The advertisement vas prepared, in
serted, and accomplished the desired re-
suit, and the pert and pretty Zarena
reported that her practice with the new
man was highly satisfactory. That was
their affair, and | knew little about
their progress until up to the very day
of the first public appearance in Amer
lea of the dashing and daring French
woman.
Then we came in contact and ami
mated discussion. The auditorium of
the theater was a lofty one, the seats
occupying a parquet and four circles,
and a great part of the act
was to be performed way up
under the frescoed ceiling, where
the performers would look like
a couple of flies. And all the dan
gerous and extra hazardous feats were
to be performed without the protection
of a safety net. Against such a fool
hardy exhibition l protested, and de-
clared that the rule of the house should
be insisted on: "a net must be used
in the performance of all aerial acts,
when the exhibition is given above the
heads of the audience"
Then l found out that my beautiful
Queen of the Air had a will of her own.
Heavens, how she stormed and ragged
in French, and when she reached the
height of the tempest she let out a
good round North American:
DAMN
Then, being out of breath, or greatly
relieved, she subsidized for a moment,
and then renewed her excitement, and
made known her state of mind by as
sorting that she wou.d leave for Paris
the very next day, II she had to
swim.
Rather than to have the pretty spit
fire drown ] let her have her way. and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19

The girl who worries over her les
sons.
The one who is jealous Of her COM
panions.
The girl who is never suited with
her clothes.
The girl who always complains of
the weather.
The girl who whines about the fail
ure of others.
The girl who paints a Madonna, but
lives a shrew.
The girl who thinks more of clothes
than of culture.
The young lady who works much
and prays little.
The one who adorns her person, but
~neglects her spirit.
The girl who reads her cook book
more than her bible.
The one who has a free tongue on all
subjects but salvation.
The one who makes more of form
than Of spirit in work and worship.
The young lady who has time for
many things but her Masters work.
The girl who can bring a symphony
out of a piano, but whose life is a poor
ditty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
HOW HE MEANT TO SETTLE 1T.
Why the Fine Was Promptly Remit

Why the Fin Was Promptly Remit
ted.
Judge Murphy was trying a case in
San Rafael once. 1t was a murder case
and bitterly contested, says the San
Francisco Bulletin. 1t had not pro-
ceeded very far before the attorneys
got to loggerheads. The attorney for
the defense did his best to initiate the
attorney for the prosecution and the
prosecuting attorney retaliated with all
his might. Finally matters got to such
a pitch that the attorney for the prose-
cution turned upon his opponent and
called him down in open court. Judge
Murphy interrupted, saying:
Gentlemen, gentlemen, this won't
do. This sort of thing is very disre-
spectful to the court. This Is no place
for such exhibitions. If you gentle
men have any differences to settle. set
tie them out OF court"
The attorney for the defense imme-
diately rose and said: 1--WE have no
differences, if your honor please"
IF your honor please" said the
prosecuting dIIOTlcy, 1 WISH W sdy
that we have differences. And l wish
to give notice that when court adjourns
l intend to crack that mans head over
there"
Judge Murphy exploded. How dare
you, sir? How dare you? This is the
grossest contempt of court! How dare
you come here and attempt to terrify
counsel? I fine you $50, sir; $50"
The attorney replied: THAT is rath-
er hard on me, if your honor please.
Your honor distinctly suggested that l
should settle my differences with this
man out of court, and I gave notice Of
my intention to do so. That is all. l
have the highest respect and apprecia-
tion of your honor's judgment in such
matters and felt proud to accept your
honor's advice"
Judge Murphy was not proof against
such subtle flattery and the fine was
promptly RENTED.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
NOT AN OFFICE-SEEKER
They Acted According to the Squire's
Suggestion

They Acted According to the S~quire's
Suggestion.
AS I rode into Bisbee's Corners l met
the p%ostoffice coming up the main
street. 1t was a second-class p~ostofice,
and it did not belle its cslss in the
least, says the New York Journal. 1t
was a flimsy frame structure, and it's
eccentric conduct was accounted for by
the fact that it was mounted on rollers
and was dragged along at a snail's
pace by a windlass, the moving spirit
of which vas a doleful-looking mule.
What building is that?" / inquired
of a group of loungers who were watch
ing the exciting proceedings and con-
currently eXuding large quantities of
advice and tobacco juice.
That's the Bisbee's Corners post
office" replied a one-eyed man who was
whiting a single. She's got a great
old move OH hain't she?"
agreed that she had, and then made
inquiry as to the destination of the di-
lapidated structure.
wall, I'll tell ye," replied the one
eyed man, as he borrowed a plug of
tobacco from another lounger and cut
off a huge slice; "the most e%nterprisin'
citizen in this town, present
bein' always excepted, of course. is
Square Hopkins, the l~ong-headed JUS
tice Of the peace. He's jes' the man to
serve the town in an official capacity,
but unlike most of these here politi-
clans he's the modestest man in four
counties. We've been workin' with
him here for months tryin' to git him
to stand as a candidate fer postmaster.
but he's so blamed modest he won't do
it fer love ner money"
"Dumdest modest mar We ever SECT"
cried another of the crowd.
THE only thing we could git out of
him after begin an pleadin' fer
weeks" continued the one-eyed citizen.
twas that in his opinion the Office
should seek the man, and actin on that
suggestion we are a-movin' her up onto
his lot as fast as that old mule kin
hump her along"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
Q EN- OF NOTE.

Mrs. John Sherna an is exceedingly
we'll read and deeply interested in cur
rent events. Next year she and Sec
rotary Sherman will be able to cele-
brate their golden wedding. .
A handy sunshade or canopy for
drivers is formed of a light metal or
wooden frame, to be strapped to the
body just under the arms and extend
ing upward to support a canvas top
attached to a fiat frame over the head.
Louise Michel, the anarchist, is wei,
advanced in age and not particularly
progressing. She was carefully ed
ucated as a girl, and might have be.
come famous as a pianist. Her life of
recent years has been one of unrelent-
ing poverty.
The ex-Empress Eugene still cher
ishes a true Spaniard's taste for strong
scents, her favorite odors being SAN
dalwood and lemon verbena. The
queen regent of Spain has a delicious
perfume especially made for her use
from the spice scented blossoms of the
carnation.
Boston has an octogenarian born in
a house which stood on the site of the
state house. Mrs. Mary A. B. Allan ia
81 years old and is a niece of Francis
Rotch, her fathers brother, who owned
the ships containing the tea which fla
vored the waters Of Boston harbor at
the time Of the famous Boston tea par
ty. Mrs. Allan has a silhouette of her
distinguished uncle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
Koch's Improved Tuberculin.

A highly important scientific an
nouncement will shortly be made by
Prof. Robert Koch. 1t will be re-
membered that his tuberculin did not
answer the expectations placed in it,
and that the general enthusiasm with
which the discovery was hailed was
soon followed by disappointment. Since
then DR.. Koch has uninterruptedly
worked at it's improvement. and the
Berlin "Localanzeiger" now learns that
the great bacteriologist has succeeded
in so improving the lymph that its
healing power has been considerably
increased, and that the injurious after
effects which followed the injections
are now removed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
A Bad Name.

"A. Swindle" is the name that ap-
pears over the office door of a strug-
Cling lawyer in the city of Stratford,
Ontario. A friend of the unfortunate
gentleman suggested the ACCESSIBILITY
of his writing out his name in full,
thinking that Arthur or Andrew Swim
die, as the case might be, would sound
better and look better than the signif-
can't "a. Swindle." When the lawyer,
with tears in his eyes, whispered to him
that his name was Adam, the friend
understood and was silent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19

The following definition of a bucket
shop is. given: An establishment con-
Quoted nominally and ostensibly for
the transaction of a grain or stock ex-
change business, but the proprietor
takes one side of every deal that is
made in his place, while the patron
takes the other side-no article being
bought or sold in any public market.
The margins deposited with the "buck-
ct shop" proprietor by the patron, are
nothing but the patrons stakes to the
wager and are appropriated by the pro-
prietor when the fluctuations of price
reach the limit of the deposit-one par
ty the proprietor) to the bet acting
as stakeholder. The commissions
charged by the "bucket-shop" are odds
In it's favor, and necessary in order to
maintain the pretense of being legiti-
mate brokers actually making the
transaction on a public exchange. The
bucket shop" proprietor is ready to
take all deals offered on any commodity
that fuctuates in price, he nay call
himself a commission merchant or dis
Guise hts business under the form OF
p corporation enterprise, or exchange,
hut he is still a common gambler. The
interest of a proprietor of a bucket
shop" is at all times opposed to that of
his patrons, as the profits of the shop
are measured by the loss of the pa
irons. Bucket shops" are condemned
as criminal and pernicious by statute
In almost every state in the union. They
should not be COMPOUNDED with the
great public markets of the world
where buyer and seller, producer and
consumer, investor and Spectator NEE
In legitimate trade, for, the pretended
buying of millions of bushels of grain
in bucket shops" will not add a frac.
tion Of a cent to the price Of the pro.
duct of the farm: nor will the pretend.
ed selling of as much increase the sun.
plies of the consumer or lessen the cos,
Of his loaf by a farthing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19
TREASURES IN THE CANAL.
workmen Engaged in Deepening 1t Find
Rings.

Engaged in Deepening 1t Find
Rings.
There is a great -fusillade now all
along the river front of the city. Never
since the wal of 1912, when a battery
on this side of the Niagara snapped
c%ourtesies with a British battery on
the other side, has there been such a
bombardment, says a Bufralo cores
pendent of the New York Press. But
the canal drillers are not SO courteous
as the hostile Britishers were. In those
times, whenever the battery across the
river was preparing for a shoot day."
a notice was sent across to the little
village of Black Rock, and the people
either made a visit to their friends out
of town or took to the cellar. Now the
roar of powder blasts is almost contin-
uous, nights and Sundays included.
Last Sunday being fine, there was a
great rush to the canal side to see the
rock that had lain in the canal bottom
since the formation of the strata in
the dim past sail up into the air and
come down in fragments. Sometimes
the pieces dropped uncomfortably close
to the spectators, coming down with a
vicious hiss and a heavy crash, but
nc one was injured. The opening of
the canal is bringing to the surface not
a little local history and some treas
ure, and workmen will toll in the mud
and water for 81 or less in wages in the
hope of hauling a gold watch out of a
sholvelful of slime, NJ matter If the
sewage gases have ruined it for even
old metal. Some really good finds, how
ever, are recorded. Sometimes it is a
silver dollar or other coin that is still
in good condition, sometimes a gold
ring. A few days ago a workman
named Henry johnson found a ring
valued at 81 and a few moments later
he shoveled up another for which a
jeweler offered him 81. A companion
of Johnson's, working in the same
gang, found a lot of silver knives and
forks, and in the list, too, are the
CHASTITY finds, of which the less said
the better. More than one infant form
has been %unearthed in the canal bot
tom, and there are other evidences that
the canal does not traverse the stamp
ing grounds of the good of this world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19

cuses, if not "the woods" are full or
them now, but then the appearance OF
a female in such a hazardous perform
ance was indeed "a drawing card and
drawing cards that actually bring mon
ey to the box-ofice are not so plentiful
as some imagine. For instance, pre-
tentious artists with salaries far in ex-
cess OF their merits.
Folsom had written enthusiastically
about the wonderful woman from Lon
don, stating that she had "set Paris
crazy" Peraps she had, but l noted
no report of an instruction in that
gay capital. My foreign agent, besides
being an excellent judge of the COM
mercial value of an act, was an en-
thusiast, and would go to no end OF
travel or expense in his endeavor to
secure the startling. If the treasury
survived his demands Folsom could be
relied upon to Guido all rivals.
1t was fortunate that the agents an
nouncement of the engagement of Ia
rena, at such an enormous figure, ar
rived at a time when I was turning
away people, and making money hand
over fist. Otherwise l don't know what
the effect would have been. / have re-
marked that Folsom was an enthusiast,
n l made some allowance for his
ardor when he wrote that the charming
and daring lady was "a star gazer, a
regular beaut." l smiled at Folsom's
glowing description of his prize aerial
list, and then l smiled at the name,
Zarena, evidently M of those made-to-
order professional cognomens, then, as
now, SO popular.
Why, l know a whole tribe Of really
great 2 artists, from Zaezel to Zuila.
1t was not until the approach of Ia
rena's date that l looked over the bill
ing matter, and then l learned for the
first time that the sensation of the
century had a male partner, who did
q good part of the work, while he lady
fair gathered in the greatest part Of
the gain and all the glory.
Zarena arrived on time, and she was
the Frenchiest of the French, and
beautiful even than Mr.. Folsom's most
fattering pen picture, and was alto
gether enhancing and engaging. But,
as she explained, she had lone little
trouble"
Whatever hat little trouble" was it
seemed to sit lightly on her head, for
she laughed as she explained.
A male partner for her act was nee
essary. And the man had to do a good
share of the act, but the great feature
of the performance, the flight for life"
from the topmost gallery to the hands
of the man hanging head down on the
trapeze, was hers. All of which state
ment and explanation was wound up
with the announcement:
II want a man"
"But where is the gentleman with
whom you have been performing?" l
asked, it occurring to me that the GER
tainty and the success of the act. if not
the safety, might be imperiled by the
change.
The pretty artist became very red
in the face, hesitated, and then, with
the accompaniment of a ringing laugh,
exclaimed:
Fool, he make too much love, and l
dismiss him."
I laughed too, fully comprehending
the situation. Zarena further ex-
planned:
amy American man what do aeria'
act do just as we'll with few practice
See? And l no like to do act with
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19

IN interesting dietary experiment is
being made in the woman's department
OF the University of Chicago. The
women who served with food similar
to that served to mems athletic teams
when IN regular training. All the food
Is carefully weighed and analysed be-
lore 1t is served, and the viands ar
ranged according to their relative val
ue as muscle strengtheners. Each girl
must eat the precise amount of fat and
OF albumen each day, which has been
found by careful study to be needed by
the human system, and eating too
much is an evil which is especially
guarded against.