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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
THE THEATRE

The citizens Of Lincoln have an op-
portunity OF viewing the startling ami.
mated war scenes reproduced by Edi-
sons latest marvel, The Wargraph,
which touches gently the souls of the
hoysia bias snd brisgr them up and on
10 victofy.
Chs 10 not E craze Tor dress or novelty
or recreation, but craze to enthuse BY
viewing magnificent battle ships in &C.
tual motion. The cruiser Nashville
credited with capturing the first Spanish
prize. Cruisers Castine, Cincinnati, De-
troit and Baltimore. The speedy mont
tor Terror. Dewey's flagship Olympia
and tho flying dispatch boat Hugh Nc.
Culloch that brought the first message
from Admiral Dewey after his glorious
victory. Admiral Sampson's Oh-for.one.
chance gallant feet. showing battleships
New York, Indiana and Iowa, the pride
Of the navy. Tho once majestic battle
ship Maine. wreck Of the Maine and the
funeral OF ito victims. Hearing tho log
on the Raleigh in . storm at sea. You
would deem it . rare treat were the op-
portunity presented to view this collec-
ton Of Uncle Sans navy and even in
time Of peace to locate them and visit
each would require travel Of thousands
1t miles and hundreds Of dollars ex-
peuse. By Edisonis latest process you
view then IN actual motion Just a
plainly W were You in Brooklyn navy
yard watching them. Moving in splen-
dor as gracefully as swans. See United
States and Cuban flags in bright colors
moving defianuy. Its an educational
series Of vivid moving scenes, sn intel
lectual treat every business man owes to
himeelf and family to view them.
Tho craze is justly prevalent and
prices are such that every man. woman
and child may see. At the Funke this
afternoon and night.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
TALENT ! NOT APPRECIATED

Men 81 Dasasassiss IFsQasaHly LaaeAsa
ss - Ihsir Csassopeeazaaa
In the resent memoirs Of Dean Buck
hand an amusing picture IL given Of
the antipathy felt fifty years aeo by
the old classical scholars at Oxford to
the new scientific learning. They
described Il a. "mischievous and ab-
surd." When auckland once went to
Rome for Q long vacation one Of the
elder dons IL said to have exclaimed:
well. auckland has gone to Italy.
Thank heaven, We shall hear no moro
Of his silly geology"
Learned men do not always appre.
eiatethe achievements Of their fellows.
It 10 said that q friend brought MIL
tons Paradise LOST to g great Scotch
mathematician, who remarked when
he had finished It:
TITS vera pretty, but, mon. what
does 1t proven"
An American, who stated recently in
Z London club that he was going to
Enfield in search Of the grave Of
Charles Lamb was astonished to hear
him contemptuously described by IN
English Statesman as "a Eighty writer
Of silly papers. in which there was no
mention Of political questions Of his
day"
Paganini. while in England. was
mentioned BY great jurist in letter
as poor fiddler who had driven the
town mad with his squeaks and
scrapes," and he. no doubt, would have
described his critic a. soulless and deaf
to the highest expression Of emotion.
An anecdote 10 told Of Henry Clay in
the senith Of his popularity and tame.
Meeting an old schoolmate ct Q recep-
tion, he expressed regret that another
friend. q mutual acquaintance, whose
career promised to b brilliant, had
given mp his life to the raising Of pisD
- making . fortune. The friend
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
me Cocoanut Graz.

The eocoanut crab is one Of the odd
est specimens Of the whole crab family.
He lives in the South Islands. and
makes q diet of cocoanuts. This
species has a pair of front legs ter
minated with strong pair Of pinchers,
and 1t Is with these that he husks the
nuts and breaks through the weakest
.eortion Of the shell. The crab begins
By tearing the husk. fiber by fiber. and
Alws 70 at the end where the eyeholes
Of the nut are situated, that being the
weakest place in the shell. When tho
husk has. been removed the crab COM
mences hammering the shell with his
heavy claws, and soon makes an open
ing. through which he extracts the
meat Of the nut Mr.. Darwin, writing
Of this crab, says: Il think this Is as
curious case of instinct as I ever
heard Of, especially in structures so re-
mote from each other in the scheme OF
nature - . cocoanut and a crab"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28

A Squirrels CspAcious Mouth.
A Dummerston (Vt) man wished to
.scertain now many kernels of corn q
chipmunk could carry in its mouth.
Thirty kernels were placed on a board.
A squirrel carried them all away at
one time. Forty-fve kernels were then
placed in position. and chippy got away
with all Of them at that trial. Seventy
kernels were put on the board for q
third trial The little striped animal
was beaten this time. but succeeded in
carrying hfty-eight Of the kernels IN
his nouth.-Boston Herald.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28

yssagsst seAeea IessAsa
Tho yo>agest school teacher In TIE
United States II II years old. At IT,
examination he secured Q Arst-era6o
certificate and finished III papers -
fore many Of the eld1s teaehera r.
name II Aarioa 0laaeoDy anA @ &C.,
- livas In Ohaa
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28

lively breach 1OOa
The record for quickly inasaaa1no
population. - shown ~ The soasa1
census. says . Paris earreapaaAank
certainly belongs to RoRbaix. In 1909
the population Of this town wa S,1o3:
ct the taking Of the last census 4 va
1897. Of which S3.075 were BelgianG
OF this increase 61.soo were imnh
grants, while the remaining ss,egG wee
due to the excess Of births over 6sathA
There II certainly no othas tim n
France where the population les 4,
creased % raptdly. The sats Of -
crease II ten umes that Of the ret q
France and three times that Of psria
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
Prices 10 and Is Gents.

presently met Me genflemAA referre9
TO. who exclaimed, with Q shake Of TIE
head:
Poor Henry Olay! He might have
made good sock grower and b Q
comfortable planter now II he had ~
wasted his tn n palitiaA"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
Special Correspondents.
fWILLIAM REED DuNRoY.l
La NOBLE. ILL.,, May @, '9S.

Mercy on me! I wouldn't live in Q
town Of THE size for al the gold in the
Klondike. Why everybody knows every.
body else too we'll! When people con.
sregate they talk Of their neighbors,
and alas! everybody has some besetting
Gin that needs roasting. and whe, the
people get together the roasting 10 done
to turn. No cir, I do not want little
town in mine! 1 much fear me that /,
with my many frailties. would be the
suhiect Of too many back door confer
ence among the natives. AZ it il. have
already brought down the wrath Of sew
esaI old gossips because / inadvertently
ept into religious discussion with =
woman who was trying to scare q couple
Of invalids into tho kingdom Of heaven.
Uehl tia .lugphrious face the woman
did 49, AAe - spsn whsss tie two
pepplb verss Il - snouGh 10 ftightsn
. m pssaas Asa - begaa to talk
ehcn9 dsoGh 'and sspsntancs aud Other
vlnsssul ssAjseta. / fslt like choking
n. bat eot slsa6 By talking quite i'm
pu1n,ly y ~.
yhss6 an~aseer spriss Of gentilits"
hsse Q slssvhsse. Perhaps queerer
TIN slsswhere. In ons OF the finest
no. in town lives Q woman who has
sone telsnt - Q sculptor. In the winter
time - noulds the snow into very
ernceful statues, and the cleaning 6g-
usss under the tall pine trees arc q
psptty siehA Ths people Of tho village
ibid the snow figures. but when tho
enbryo srtist began to mould the butter
shs sol1 q TIE sbors into Apofios and
vsousas. they began to kick. How ever
mnch plsasnss the lady might take in
To making a IL figures. it vas dis
cspcsrtisg 10 ~ the least for the Iess
psthetic bs111e buyers to hAss the head
o. arm 4sa Apallo adjoining Ne buttsr
din.
On ~ iassas a Z ssllar dooe in ono
oe the cid. old Aouses N the villageis
the print Of gisl's hand. II was made
ysars and ysars ago in the fresh paint.
IT, ID vss hoantiful and . favorits.
and tho print Of her hand was always
LEFT on there. The woman now ls old
and worn. Her eyes are faded and her
hair streaked with gray. The vicissi-
tudn a life have changed her. but the
print Of her girlish HAND yet remains on
ths ed cellar door.
Yheee ID . mighty hunter in the
village. He il tall and strong. eturdy
man Who loves to tramp through the
woods With . gun over his shoulders.
When tho red squirrels run 10 the woods
he goes out with his gun and home he
comes 1t night With game bag filled with
the pretty game. In the summer days
he goes With rod and worms. and string
Of the sweetest fish that ever epicure ate
10 the prize he brings home at night. He
loves TO wander alone in the woods, and
he Knows where the squirrels live. where
the best fishirg places are. and also
where the walnuts and butternuts grow.
Altoeether he ID q man Of the woods.
aid one that it il we'll for . person to
know. 81
Once more the time for decorating the
soldiers graves draws near. In the
edges cf this little town lies the village
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
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4 curious md slightly known fact b
tnas Il = inDsasibis - nsvs the o.,
wAiie leaking at it, Ssfestioa ID q ND.
NJ. The sgs = tia naa1 naxahae -
o. the face. 81 y you Try 70 lnok q 4
ana move It . thouaaadsh Part Of q
inoh you win b baked In your nm.
pose. The moment you endeavoI T.
perceive the motion of the eye i n,
comes liked. That = why q persons q.
presston - he sees himself in the eiaa
u entirely different from the one q
which his friends recognize him.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28
BY EDISON'S WARGRAPH.
FIRST TINE IN ]

Many United States Battleshps Cruisers Gunboats Mou-
tor Terror Boat Mccullough wreck of the Maine
and the funeral OF its Victims sea- Old Glory and
Cuban flags in colors moving
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
The Coming Pop Platform

WHEREAS, The old Roman bushel of
wheat only weighed twenty pounds;
could we not again increase our wheat
crop by making twenty pounds a bush
ell, and also keep the price per
bushel where it is now9 This little
scheme wonld treble our crop and
trebel M money, 1t beats Klondike.
Lets put it into II political platform;
Resolved, That the present price of
wheat per bushel must be maintained
and that twenty pounds shall be II
bushel. This country is a great big
country and we can do this trick with.
out the aid or consent of any other ma
ton.
Resolved, that while the price of cat.
tie stays up every 10Y shall have twin
calves.
Resolved, That it is a crime for any
one to be rich but our W blessed
selves.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
AROUND TOWN.
Read our free book offer.

Read our free book offer.
See Hadley for paper hanging.
Thad McNitt was in Guide Rock
Monday.
w. S. Bense and wife returned home
from Denver Wednesday.
Eli Vale of Superior was in the city
the foreIpart Of the week
Getting the Druggist can supply
you with any kind of sewing machine
needles.
Don't miss the "Dreams Of Fairy.
land" at the opera house Tuesday
evening.
For n first class shave or hair cut
call on G. W. Fentrcss one door south
of Gaines bakery.
The beautiful canta,a, "Dreams of
Fairyland" will he given at the opera
house next Tuesday evening.
A, h. Funk, formerly of this city,
now of Lincoln, was looking after bus
mess interests here the last of the week.
Will Jackson of Fort Worth, Tex as,
came in the last of the week, called
here b he seriousof Illness ofhis father
w. +, j ackson.
V. ii. Scrivner, real estate man,
will sell your farm for you for a rea-
sonable per cent, or will trade your
farms for Missouri lands. Address, V.
II. S%crivner, Red Cloud, Nebr,
j.. ii. Smith writes combined insur-
ance for a term of five years at 3 per
cent. On schools houses, churches aud
farm property on the installment plan.
Drop him a card at Red Cloud, Neb.
For Homeseeker's excursion dates
via the Missouri, Kansas Il Texas rail.
way, and information of their tourist
sleeper arrangements, address e.. A.
McNutt, ID. p. A., lOii Union avenue.
Kansas City, Mo,
f. L., Daggett on last Saturday re-
moved his family and household cf-
fects to Phillipsburg, Kansas, where he
will reside in the future, he having
gone into the marble business at that
place in partnership with Harry Mann
who formerly worked in this city,
A man stopping his paper wrote the
following 10 the editor which shows
the average intelligence of the people
of that type; II think folks otto stop
payiu out their mummy fer pappers,
my dad dident and everey body sed he
wus the intengents man in the kentry
and razed:the smartes familey 'f boys
that ever dug taters."-Ex.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18

Is. l.. Edwards, a farmer living north
Of town died at his home on last Tues.
day. He was at the time of his death
33 years, 6 months and 0 days old and
leaves a wife and five children, three
sisters and a father to mourn his loss.
The remains were taken to Hubbell
on Thursday for intermcnt.
The assessors Of this county met on
Tuesday and the following is the basis
for taxation made: Horses from $40
10 S15; mules, 81; cattle, l year, 90; 2
years, ~; others, GO; hogs, fifty cents
per hundred; steam engines and boilers
s25; fire and burglar proof safes, $15;
billiard tables, Sl5; carriages, etc, 81
to $l5, watches and clocks, 81 to So;
pianos, $40 to $40; melodeons, etc, 81
oats, 3 cents, rye, 3 cents; household or
Office furniture, 81 To $50; all other
property to be listed buncl ed from ~
to $40; land 3 80 per acre.
A program for the entertainment to
b. given at the opera house by the
public schools, on next Friday evening,
March 25tl, was received at this Office
this week, but owing to a rush of work
it was impossible To publish it. The
program is quite lengthy and exceed,
ingly interesting, being participated in
by children from each room. This en-
tertainment should receive the patron
age Of all our citizeus, and especially
those who have children attending
the schools, as the money so raised
will be used towards the school library
and il you attend you help increase
that library and in this n in.
crease the facilities for the education
of your children. The prices Of ad-
mission are, reserved seats, 25c; general
admission, zoe; scholars, 15c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
CITY NEWS.

r. p. Hadlcy carriage painter.
G. S. Quick Of Indianola is here,
r.. l.. AIyea is now a resident of this
city,
Go to Butler for the best in saddlery
and harness.
See those fine Surveys at Pcterson's
and note the low prices.
Randolph McNitt was looking after
legal matters in Hastings this week.
James Mefford of Guide Rock attend.
ed to business matters in this city on
Wednesday.
The b. Il NJ. are placing water pipes
in the eating house and will also place
them in the depot.
W. &. Warren of Superior was here
this week visiting with the folks and
looking after business interests.
u. +. Mcfarland assistant suporin-
tendent of the b a. VI. with headquar-
tiers at Holyoke, Colorado. was here
this week.
FL. NJ. Calkims of Grand juno ION,
Colorado, was here the last Of the
wees with II shipment Of cattle. lie
was ,uking them 10 Kansas City,
Anew su ,cribrr, or Am Did supscrib'
Il LII
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18

Resolved, That Mexico is a better
country than the United States and
that we ask that country to annex III
and make our Willie j. president OF
the United States Of Mexico.
Resolved, That our seeming pros
perity is a delusion. That in point of
fact this nation is on IA brink and il
will always be- on a brink SO long as we
permit foreign nations I o pay US in
gold for cur agricultural products
when We want to make forty cents
worth Of silver buy as much as one
dollar in gold.
Resolved, That w shall not be happy
so long as we have n surplus to sell.
That we pray for those days in which
we shall go over the brink and cease
selling corn aud wheat and cattle to
gold buying nations and ali live ON the
salary from the office which hard
tunes once brought US and will bring
us again If the hot winds will only
blow.
Resolved, That we flavor Il drouth for
1898, rs that would enable us To more
fully educate the people. The great.
est foe 10 political salvation is good
crops. ion cannot get "A man who is
of debt and has plenty to eat to
fully appreciate the blessings of our
system of political salvation,
There, that ought to carry the coun-
try sure enough.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18

THAT TIRED FEELING is due TO i'm
poverished blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla
enriches and vitalizes the blood and
gives strength, energy and vigor. Be
sure to get Hoods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable and
do not purge, pain or grippe. All drug.
gists. Doc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
Be Fair
With Yourself

And see our spring stock.
1t presents an an oppOrtu-
ity for economical buying
that nobody can afford to
miss. 1t is
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
Rivers That Sink and Rise Again.

The district in Ireland between
Lough Corrib and Tough Mask is noted
for it's partially underground streams
and rivers. The Black River sinks
short distance below Shrule County
Mayo), and rises again in two distinct
streams at the distance of half a mile.
Both streams make their way back to
the original river, the bed of which is
never completely dry. Before reach
ing Cong there is another little stream
at Donagh, or Cross, which exhibits
the same phenomenon of sinking and
rising again. In winter a river runs
the entire distance between the lakes,
but in summer it presents very peculiar
features The water sinks into the
earth in places, subsequently re-enter-
ing sometimes from the bed of the
river, and sometimes at the side above
the level Of the stream, making kind
Of little waterfall. There are three
places at Cong where visitors can des-
cend to a considerable depth to see
the underground stream.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
characteristics OF the Tnii,cta,s,

The Thibetans are absolutely with
hut gratitude. They will demand ire
mendous rewards for feeble services,
steal everything within sight, regard
politeness and gentleness as indica-
tons of cowardice, and merely refrain
from stabbing their guests because
thetr courage fails them. Poisoning is
popular, and the Thibetan is so suspi-
cious of his own countryman that he
will drink and eat nothing until his
host partakes plertifully before him
The character of all the Thibetans,
settled and nomadic, is the same-cow-
ardly, faithless and immoral. They
are servile to the brave, insolent to
the fearful and mere tools in the hands
of the lamas, or monks. They arc
false to their best friends, as is wit
messed by their desertion Of the French
missionaries who have been their most
constant helpers. Their physique is
notably good, and they stand cold and
hunger admirably. They are active,
and at first view, light hearted and
<,
foul and unlovable. They are very un-
clean, rarely or never bathing their
persons. The dress of the common
people consists Of very dirty, greasy
sheepskin robe which they use as bed
ding at night. The taste for trading
is very strongly developed, and they
seize every opportunity to make
money. Vast quantities of tea are con
sumed by them, and they enjoy it.,
especially when mixed with butter and
salt Their tea is sold in bricks and is
of very inferior quality. During az
discussions Of state and in their OF
binary assemblies, each man has a cup
before him which is continually re-
p!e,lished. The population Of Tkibet
ana Chinese Thibet is 100000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

theater to listen TO a play, not a SER
mon. 2. The emotions must be varied
and the comic mixed with the pathetic.
Long-continued terror or fun is too
great strain for simple souls aban-
doning themselves entirely to the one
or the other for the time being. 1t is
good that laughter should stop the flow
of tears, and, better still, that a tinge
of sadness should point the way to
happiness. 3. The play must have as
simple and as general moral as pos
sible, and, having occupied the imagn-
alton by means of its dramatic in
tricacies, must satisfy the conscience
by the flawlcss logic of its denouement.
Discussing the evils of long runs in
one of his harum-scarum and paradox
lcal articles in the London Saturday
Review, Mr.. George Bernard Shaw
gives utterance to the following bit Of
sober truth: Take the case of the
great Italian actors who have visited
us, and whose acting is of an excel
lence apparently quite beyond the
reach Of our best English performers.
We find them extremely chary of play
ing every night. They have roper
tory containing plays which count as
resting places for them. For example,
Duse relieves Magda with Mirandolina
just as our shakspearian star actors
used to relieve Richard III and Othello
with Charles Surface and Don Felix,
But even with this mitigation no actor
can possibly play leading parts Of til,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01
Singular Recovery Of Lost Treasure.

Singular Recovery of Lost Treasure.
Many romance has found it's chief
incident in the recovery of treasure
from submerged wreck; and it must
be confessed THAI such an incident in
varlably carries great interest With it.
This is intensified when the story is
rounded upon fact; and it would be
difficult to find one of more absorbing
interest than that which has recently
been told of the steamer Skyro This
vessel sailed from Cartagena for Lon
don in April, 1891, with valuable
cargo, which included $4,000 worth of
bar silver. She was caught in a fog
or Cape Finisterre, struck on a reef,
and finally went down about two miles
on that coast in thirty fathoms of
water. Many efforts were made to re-
cover this treasure, and about a year
ago some of the silver bars we're
raised. But the wreck lies in such
Wild and boisterous position, there are
such strong currents to contend with,
and the depth, 1870 feet is so near the
limit beyond which no diving opera
tons can be carried on, that the work
has presented almost superhuman diff
hcultlcs. Operations were resumed
during the past summer with complete
success, and the whole Of the silver
has now been recovered. In addition
to the difficulties already set forth it
was found by the divers that the deck
of the vessel had collapsed and much OF
the framework of the ship had to be
blown out by dynamite before the car
go could be reached. The chief diver
TO whose indomitahle pluck the re-
covery Of this treasure is due, Angel
Erostarbe by name, reports that the
wreck is now just heap Of old iron
no part of it except the engines an(
boilers standing higher than himself
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-01

The central and most imposing
structure Of the Pan-Amecican Expo
sition grounds at La Sale, ILL.,, in 1899
will in all probability be a tower OF
immense proportions, erected to SYM
holiZe the progress made in the devel-
opment Of electrical power during the
century, says the Buffalo Express. Up
and down this tower will wind spiral
tracks, over which it is proposed to run
observation cars to and from a spa
cious lookout platform many hundred
feet above the grounds.
The plan provides for a massive base,
which will firmly brace the steel frame
work supporting the two spiral tracks
before mentioned. Upon the lookout
platform will be erected an electrical
temple surmounted by a huge trans
parent sphere, in which will be dis
played the most powerful electric light
yet DEVISED and it is believed that this
great illumination can readily be seen
at distance of at least fifty miles.
In order to avoid the possibility Of
accident, a steel bulwark or guard
fence reaching to the middle Of the
front Of the cars will be provided, and
there will also be safety appliances and
brakes which will render the trip up or
down entirely secure. The cars will be
hemispherical in shape, and will be i'm