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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

What blessing no man can hinder
sur private access to God. Every mar
IAN build a chapel in his breast, him
self the priest, his heart the sacrifice
and the earth he treads on the altar
Jeremy Taylor.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09
ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS.

ernOr HOlcOmb made appointments
quite freely, without exacting prom
ises for any of the customary return
services. During his second term ex-
perience has taught him that his fu-
ture interests will be best served by a
clear understanding with appointees.
The complications which will arise
from third term candidacy are nu.
merOus; and concern Governor HOl-
comb so intimately. that his usually
rather clOuded vision has cOmpre-
hended with sufficient clearneSs to
make him anxious to attach more
closely to himself the chief men of
his own tribe. Jay Burrows was very
anxious for commission i'm the Third
Nebraska. He went to Omaha and
passed a creditable physical eXamina-
tiOn, then he was repeatedly advised
to ''see the governor" He did not
see him, neither did he get the COM
mission. The development of pOliti.
cal sagacity in the governor Of Ne
braska. although still interrupted by
a crude belief i'm destiny, is proceeding
quite rapidly under the influence Of
the impending difficulties Of third
term and the number Of candidates
who want the chance to steer the
state.
Ex-Treasurer BARLEY arrived on
midnight train last Wednesday and
was taken by the sheriff out to the
penitentiary, five miles south Of Lin
coin. Without word, except cheer
full reply to greeting from a news
paper reporter, Mr.. BARLEY stepped
into hack which waited to take him
to the beginning of his twenty years
sentence. The compOsure and dig
nifty of Mr.. Bartley's bearing are ad-
mirable. Considering Auditor MOOre's
melOdramatic conduct, and his final
escape from a punishment which he
certainly deserved as much as Mr..
BARLEY, the latter's qniet acceptance
of his sentence, and the nOn-appearance
Of Mrs. BARLEY in court, emphasize
certain manliness and brave submits
sion to the inevitable. which is char
acteristic of the man. He did no
more than other state treasurers have
done, but the dishonest system during
his incumbency of the treaSureTs
Office reached a climax (all systems
reach elimination which prove their
worth or viciousness), he was unable to
evade or prOlong as his predeces-
sors had done, and he is now suffering
vicariOusly, as well as for his own sins.
He neither invented nor inaugurated
the system which was his undolng.
The sentence he received, considering
all these things, and those who nave
gone scot free for more deliberate and
original plundering, is excessive and
unjust. Even handed justice will not
condemn man to twenty years III
generation in penitentiary because
the people of the state are eXasperated
at a succession of state officers who
have plundered or who are suspected
Of having plundered the state lor
number of years. Such concession
to clamor, even the clamorers will ad-
nit i'm those rare flashes OF judicial
reflection. which even clamorers have,
is unworthy judge.
=
As hatveen the French and spanish,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

call men in France, and had time
enough left to escape from the burning
building. The steamer Burgogne
went down off the Grand Banks on
July 4, with 725 souls on board. Only
200 passengers were saved, and Of these
one was "a woman. The boats and
RATS were taken possession Of by the
French crew, who beat back the pas
SengerS with oars and clubs. In these
two accidents the cOwardice of the
French, gentle and simple, is illus
trated. In the annals of American
river, lake and ocean maritime service
there are scores of instances in which
tho captain and crew have helped first
the women and children into the boats
of a burning vessel, then the rest of
the passengers. and taken what was
left themselves, or gone down with
their ship. But these French officers
had not force Of character enough to
shoot some of the crew who were beat
ing Of the helpless passengers. and
compel the rest to stand by while the
boats were launched and the weak
saved first.
When a nation is cOwardly, atheis-
tic and unchaste it is burned up, not
as SOdOm and GOmorrah were, but
ethnologically the degenerate people
deteriorate till their virtue is an echo
from the time of a founder like Char
lemagne. Statistics Of the population
Of France show no annual increase in
numbers. Births and deaths are in
the same ratio. Such symptoms, ac-
cOrding to the materia medica OF his
tory, accompany the death OF a race.
The strength of France has been
Slapped by long wars, which have TAX
en- first the strongest and healthlest
young men. and later the older and
feebler. thus impOverishing the next
generation, which in turn is called
upOn to furnish its best to the army.
The wars of England and Germany
have not had so perceptible an effect
upon the population because the vices
hereinbefore referred to have not
drained the freshness, hope and
strength of those nations. The Eng
lish, the pure Saxon race, has a stay
ing capacity, recuperatiye verility
and a productiveness that will in time
either rehabilitate or push OF the
earth. the thinner blOOded Romance
peoples who have fallen into evil
ways.
French society, French men, French
literature. the French drama, is deca'
dent. No healthy mind can examine
French institutions without warn
ing from the nOstrils of the presence
of decay. lola has written OF the
French people as they are and they
will not let him into the academy be-
cause he has told on them. There
will come a time. unless some outside
influence destroys Frenchiness (how
we do hate IT'D in France, when the
death rate and the birth rate will no
longer balance. Then the blue-eyed
Saxon will go in and possess the land,
and the sooner that day comes the
better for the whole race. The pond
with green scum may be interesting
to botanist, but we need the ground.
Besides it matches poisonous insects
and allows malarious .wraiths to es-
cane from it. 1t should be drained.
nf Mr. RnrEpft for
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

The endorsement of Mr.. Burkett for
congress by the Lancaster county con-
yention was and is still a surprise to
Lincoln people who did not and do
not yet fully understand just who,
and lust what Mr.. Burkett is and just
how it happened that he, all Of sud
den. sprung into prominence and in
to nomination for congress by the
Lancaster county convention.
If republicans will stop a moment
and think, they will remember, how,
in the spring there was an effort to
lift Lincoln politics to a higher plain
and which succeeded to the satisfac-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19

The grandest bargain of 1898, $500 ar
penis well improved for 100000, S1.S7
per arpent.
RECENTLY LISTED.
A plantation, I55 arp-nts, a fine residence,
barn, tcnnent houses, rolling land, several
arpents in cane, etc.
Lot in Mouton's addition near N. Point
boeuf's.
An imported Spanish Jack, with full
guarantee.
20 Durham milk COWS with young calves,
to 4 gallows per day.
20 horse power boiler, ; inch hues, IS
horse power engine, insperator and stack,
in good running order.
Gang and sulky plows, 2 and 4 mule
disck harrows, and rice sccder, etc.
A good harness creole horse.
a small dumping cart and saddle.
a spring cart with harness.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
For sale by VIM. Clegg.

Miss Beatrice Cunningham, of
Cadiz, KY, having written a book
for which there is not very great
demand, is said to offer kiss with
each copy as an inducement to pur-
chasers. AS the book is now SELL
ing like hot cakes the States re-
marks that Miss Beatrice must be
a good looking girl.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
SheTiff'S Sale.
Esto1ge & Billeaud VS.. c. c. M abry
18TH Judicial District Court,
Parish Of Lafayette, La
No. 4O52.
March II.

By virtue of writ of fieri facias issued by
the Honorable 18TH Judicial District Court
in the above entitled and numbered suit and
to me directed, 1, the undersigned, sheriff
of the above named parish, have seized and
taken into my possession and will sell for
cash. to the last and highest bidder, between
legal sale hours, the Long Plantation in
the 9TH ward OF Lafayette parish, on
Saturday, April 2, 1898,
the following property, to-wit:
L. About one thousand barrels of clean
corn.
2. Two four-house wagons.
I. A. BROUSSAED,
Sheriff of Lafayette Parish.
March II.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19

Congressman Broussard has in
troduced in Congress bills for the
relief Of the estates of Mrs. Celes-
tine Vavasseur, John Constantin
and John A. Rigues, deceased, late
of Lafayette parish, also bills for
the relief of Geo. Henderson, Mrs.
Catherine Hilbert and Natalie Bou-
dreau, also Of Lafayette parish.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
The SOul's Inquiry.


The Souls Inquiry.
At the request of subscriber the
Times-Democrat published a few
days ago the following poem by
Charles Mackay, a minor English
poet:
Tell me ye winged winds,
That round my pathway roar,
Do ye not know some spot
Where mortals weep no more?
Some lone and pleasant deli,
Some valley in the west,
Where, free from toll and pain,
The weary soul may rest?
The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low,
And sighed for pity as it answered, -ssNo."
Tell me, thou mighty deep,
Whose pillows round me play,
Know'st thou some favored spot,
Some island far away,
Where weary man may find
The bliss for which he sighs,--
Where sorrow never lives,
And friendship never dies?
The loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow,
Stopped for a while and sighed to answer
s.No.''
And thou, serencst moon.
That with such lovely face,
Dost look upon the earth,
Asleep in nights embraces;
Tell me, in all thy round,
Hast thou not seen some spot
Where miserable
May find happier lot9
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in WOO
And a voice, sweet but sad, responded,-
tsNo.'
Tell me, my secret soul,
o, tell me, Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place
From sorrow, sin and death?
Is there no happy spot
Where nlortals may be blest,
Where grief may find a balm
And WEAKNESS rest7
Faith, Hope and Love, best boons to mortals
given,
Waved their bright wings and whispered, -
1sYes, in heaven.''
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19

XX/ANTED-TRUST AND AC-
w TIVE gentlemen or ladies to travel
for responsible, csta blished house in Louis
ana. Monthly 500. 50 and expenses. Posi-
ton steady. Reference. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The Dominion
Company, Dept. w. Chicago.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
REAL ESTATE
Collections and Labor
Bureau, General Agen-
CIV and Information.
March II.

All kind property, lots bought
changed, sugar and cotton plantation, cattle
ranch, land, lots, residences, hotel, horses,
mules, Jaks, cattle, carriages, machinery,
ETC., etc.
AMBROSE MOUTON,
Box AZ, p. O. Building,
Lafayette La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19

Another murder is reported from
Tangipahoa. Many people in the
State were under the impression
that there was not any one left in
that bloody parish to be killed.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
Battle of Mansfield.

Ope1ousas Courier.
We have received the following
communication which explains itself.
There are many survivors, in this
and adjoining parishes, who would
like to meet0 the veterans from
other parts Of the State who took
part in that brilliant victory to the
Confederate cause, though at the
sacrifice of many noble lives, in
Guiding the gallant Gen. Alfred
Mouton. "Let the odd Boys get
together again to commemorate
worthy deeds and exchange loving
Words"
MANSFIELD, La, March 8, 1898.
Editor of Opelousas Courier:
Dear Strive propose to ccle-
brate the 34th anniversary of the
Battle of Mansfield on the 9Th of
April prox. by having reunion of
the Confederate Veterans who par
ticipated in that glorious triumph
of our arms. Will you not kindly
call attention to it in the Courier,
and invite the survivors and all
other veterans who may feel dis
posed to attend to unite with US on
that occasion to commemorate
worthy deeds and exchange loving
words? With kind regards, I am
Very truly yours,
THos. C. PEGUEs,
Adj't. Camp Mouton.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
Sher;ff's Sale.
w. J. Martinez VS.. Olivier Dlan-
chet-17th Judicial District
Court, Parish of l-afa
yette, La.-No. 4o75.

BY virtue of writ Of feri facias issued
by the Honorable 18TH Judicial District
Court in the above entitled and numbered
suit, and to me directed, l, the undersigned.
sncl taken into my possession, and will sell.
for cash, to the last and highest bidder,
between legal sale hours, At the front door
of the court house in the town of Lafayette,
on Saturday, April 1G, 1S!aS,
the following described property to-wit:
parish of Lafayette, containing IS arpents
of land bounded north by land Of kossut,
Blanchet south by land of Mrs. Euphcmon
Leblanc, east by land of Olivier B!anchet
and west by land of Mrs. EuPhe1non Lc-
Blanc, and bcirg the southern portion OF a
larger tract of land belonging to said dcfen-
dant and same having been pointed out to
me for seizure by said defendant.
I. A. BROUSSAED,
Sheriff Of Lafayette Parish.
March II.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-03-19
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Hall's Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder trou-
bles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal
emission, weak and lame back, rheumatism
and all irregularities of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women. Regu-
lates trouble in children. IF not sold by
your druggist, will be sent by mail on re-
CENT of ST. One small bottle is two months
treatment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. E. w. HALL,
Sole Manufacturer, p O. Box 2IS,
Waco, Texas.
For sale by VIM. Clegg.
Gonzales, Texas, July 4.-This is to Ger
tify that have used Halls Great Discovery
for kidney and bladder troubles, and I ana
that have been very greatly bene-
flied by it. I fully recommend it to
others similarly afflicted.
JAS. F. MILLER,
Banker and Ex-Congressnaan.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04

original was. and the prints were scat.
tered broadcast. So long as the picture
TcEt % the photograph trade only.
Mrs Bright did not hear OF Il. But
when some enterpr!slng photographer
reproduced II In large sizes, labeled Il,
"a Southern Beauty" and sold Il to
fancy shops. which offered the pictures
for sale at Is cents a cOpy. Mrs. Bright's
friends In New York soon wrote 10 hef
about the matter. and the lady was nat
urally indignant.
Her husband engaged a detective and
ordered him 10 buy up all the copies he
could. Disguised as a peddler OF pho
tographs he purchased all that were
offered for sale. When he CHANGED into
the shop ola dealer named Rosenbaum.
Ia Park Row. he found 600 OF the
prints These had been bought az auc-
ton for So.
Now that the story IA out. Il Is pos
sible the supply Of Mrs. Bright's pho
tographs will increase and the offer
lngs be 30 large as 70 go beyond the
capacity Of Mr. Bright's bank account
10 pay for.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04
WHY ARE FLOWERS FRAGRANT
stu Subject Of Discussion Among the
sslentIsts

hflcnfisfs.
The great leading object of nature go
providing nectar and fragrance 10 low
ers D. Hiill a subject 0f discussion in
scientific journals. says the New YORK
Independent That some flowers are
unable 10 fer'ilize themselves and must
have The AID Of insects Is certain. and
% is also certain that 10 many cases
ibis fertilization Is accomplished by the
Insects while on foraging expeditions
Tor the sweets which flowers furnish.
But small well-ascertalned facts cover
a small portion Of the ground. The
fertilization Is as often accomplished
by Insects In search Of pollen az In
search " honey but Il Is not contended
that pollen Is given 10 flowers In order
10 make them attractive 10 insects, as
IL said Of the sweet secretions II u
believed that nectar must be Of some
direct value 10 IN. plant as well as the
pollen. and the effort Is 20 find out
what Is the chief Office Of nectar In the
life history u the flower. Since
thought has been turned In this direc-
ton a new class Of facts Is being re-
corded. In California grows a lupine
Ouplnus con!ertusl which often takes
exclusive possession % large tracts Of
land II does not yield "a particle Of
nectar Il has bright crimson-yiolet
flowers. and these are produced 10 such
abundance that the color 90 the mass
may be- noted al long distances. But
u has fuEun0 This Us 200 powerful
that the traveller notes II long before be
meets with the growing plants. The
pollen-coiIectlug insects visit the flower
10 great numbers. ~ Dr. believed that
cross-iertiIizati0n can be- effected by
these p0ilen-coliecting intrudere. Al
any rate the fragrance woald Boz
thrown away n II were provided for
the mere sake o. advertising FOR insect
aid las the other numerous species OF
lupine which have no fragrance are
as freely visited by bees for the sake
Of the pollen as il this species. The
Standardization Is effected a. freely
without fragrance as with Il. This
point has been made before. though
with no reference 20 the philosophical
questions involved Fragrant flowers
are the exception, not the rule. In
some families Of plants where there
may be several scores Of species only
one or two are fragrant This has
been especially noted among the wild
species Of violet But no one has "a
Oar been able 20 note the slightest al.
vantage IN lie economy which The
sweet scented ones possess over th,
odorlcss ones.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04
MISSING LINKS.

Encourage children to walk alone.
for they are often made hiEh-should-
cred by being led by the hand all the
time In walking.
II may seem incredible. but Il Is true
all he same. that Kansas City pos
sesses a negro who has a marked an
tipathy TO watermelons.
what DO you regard as the mos,
important event OF the century, asked
the philosopher. Well" answered
the wheelman. the finish IL about as
satisfactory As any part Of the run
Truth
Mrs sehussman Cat a summer re-
sort)-Gottlleb, the paper says that the
natives Of the Sandwich islands pay
about 81 for a wife Professor schuss-
man tabsent-mindedl Him! Inn! SO
much, Jenny'-Das Echo.
Said the Judge-Do you understand
the nature of an OATH And the little
boy looked up IN establishment as he
replied: Guess YOU don't know my
dad or You wouldn't have asked that
question '- Boston Transcript.
So th.,iu grew 100 Australia 900 a
Sco,gdmlu planted SOME seed out ot
love i0r h.s OLD country Do w8aavcy
natural hg. foolish Decd far now tha
thistle ba multiplied uomm.0u. and
..raH great d.a' ol trouble
AH UIouU Hs editor o. Madrid
prints hIa Journal on I.aaH with a cora.
position which q. n.Iy removable Uy
Ua... Ihe uuHu.u.r al0r r.idme
.he H0w. sends Docs paper to DIS vaaH-
Drw0mau and 90 comes back o. haudkor-
chioL
The Rev. DR. Edward Everett Halo
tells ,hiB To the Boston Christian
Registers when Theodore Parker ieft
this country for the last time he sent
me- with his farewell. Eve volumes OF
his works each with his own auto
graph. | have lent each OF these to
some friend who has forgotten TO re-
turn II, and do not now possess one
OF tho Ave"
Norway Is furnishing new lllustra-
ton Of the difficulty OF making a peo-
pie temperate by law. Since the very
strict laws relating to the sale OF
brandy came into force, last year, an
enormous trade has sprung UP In what
Ia called port wine" which comes
from Hamburg, and Is sold at IL TO 20
cents a bottle. The temperance aEita-
tors are now clamoring against thI,
suspicious nuld.-Eew York Post
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04

ment 20 men and women who cannot
read and write ~ children are taught
10 read the Bible from their earliest
years. The chances Of communication
Tor illlieracy cannot BE- alarming. In
sirucilon In various handicrafis is also
given 10 public schools. and every
adult not only knows how 10 read and
write. but also how 20 earn a living
In one trade or another. The market
women have dull. coarse facez. but
they are not 20 ignorant a. they APP
pear. Lutheranism has opened the
Eble for them. and Scandinavian in
stinct has made them keen and shrewd
IN bargaining.
HelsIugfors. the capital Of Finland.
Is a city with a population n 10000.
and Us center ~ wealth and refine
ment. The visitor. aho a. expecting
few signs ~ higher civilization is this
quarter u the Baltic. IS amazed by the
siatelInea Of the public buildings and
the splendor Of the churches In the
course Of a morning. stroll be- finds
an imposing Parliament House. built
from the designs of o F.snIsh archi-
iect. a Senate House filed with por-
traits NJ Granddukes. Two Italian
Renaissance buildings. admirable for
their chaste design. where the nobility
meet. and whore the state archives are
stored. a spacious Art Gallery. stocked
with paintings by Finnish artists. a
large group Of university buildings. in
Guiding a fine library. well-equlpped
Laboratories and muFeums, ard a.
least two magnificent churches One
Of these churches Is the Lutheran ca
thedral. on a massive platform u gran
tie. with a handsome portico Of Corin-
THAN columns on each side. and a
dome towering above the roof. the
| ridge of which "a ornamented with
statues Of the twelve Apostles The
interior Is rich and impressive. with
fne altar painting by a Russian art
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04

liberties have been respected. and rs
prejudices and ausceptlbllities nave not
ifaen Vantonly excited. Its capital has
"a rebuilt. and q neE era Of ,aos-
Nrity has opened. FINLAND Il me a.
the quletess and best-ordersd provinces
Of the Empire Nihillst agitators have
been powefiess there. The province
has been converted into a stronghold
q Russian power. With is naval ar
senal AZ svsab0rg. a second defence for
81. Petersburg hardly Inferior 10 Cron-
stadt. where the mightiest feet u b:t-
tle-shlps can be dehed. I.N.F.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04
Arfc
grind .itF Err
SLICK SCHOONER. ABLE sKrpp
A sight on the River That Won tn. Al,

sight on the River That woa the Al,
miration Of south street Lsunger.
From New York Sun: There are
fashions In painting ships bottoms a.
In everything else. In recent years a
pink shade has been thought the prop-
er thing. but In some cases green looks
slicker still. The other day the South
street lOungers looked admirlngly al A
big schooner coming down the Eat
river, and looming up all the bigger.
because she was light. She was white
above the water line. Below she was
painted a clear. lightish green. and she
was high enough out OF water 10 show
a good bit OF Il. Her masts were
scraped bright and her mastheads were
painted white. She carried a boat ON
daylts across the stern. and this boat
was painted white and green. too. Take
Il altogether. she looked a. trim and
hendsome as big schooner could look.
But admiration for the schooner
could not Lessen the pleasure the loung-
ers felt In the way in which she was
handled by the big tug alongside OF her.
The captain Of the tug halted with her
Just on the slip. and Slowed her round
and then took her into the sin. She
was a good big schooner. 400 tons or
30. but the captain OF ths-sng laid her
alongside the wharf so gently and cas-
lily that you couldn't tell whsf-ahe
touched II: there was nothing 10 40
but hand her lines over the side Tha
tug lay Just beyond her In the slim. her
dark. bronzed copper dripping and xllu-
tenlng as she rolled and lifted Slightly
In the water. The schooner. before
she had all her lines made fast. sageed
on little with the tide. and then the
capital nof the tug pushed her again a.
easily and AZ gently as before. Then
when she was all made fast the captain
OF the schooner on his quarter deck and
the captain Of the tug In bis pilot house
saluted each other. And the captain Of
the TUG rang her out Of the slip and
pointed her down the river and uulled
the Jingle bell.