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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

good fellow to want to impose on Ia
dies What do you say? Don't you
think you owe the ladies vote of
thanks and rest?''
Eyes" he said. you've played
square, and i amt goin' to be severe
on a woman. You thought you could
fire men, but 1 guess you found out
who was a runnin' this establishment.
/ guess I'm satisfied now, and I'm
much obliged to you. He got out
into the aisle and backed out toward
the door. "Just stay where you are
for WHILE" he called, with a final
wave of his gun. There was bang
which made them all jump, but it was
only the slam of the door resoundiDg
through the church. Evidently the
exhi.ariation of running the choir
lent wings to the strangers feet, for
he made good his escape and has not
been card of since. But the choir has
adopted the custom of rehearsing be-
hind locked doors. Queen things hap
pen in the annexed district.-The Sun.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01
ETHEL AND ALICE DOVEY.

The fairy like little girls, Ethel and
Alice Dewey Of Plattsmouth whose
pictures adorn the Meiley's pages. be
gan their musical education at Joliet,
ILL.,, under Miss Lillian Delan Terry,
when they were but nine and seven
years Of age, respectively. They
studied with her four years. In 1894
they went to England with Madame
Cellini and Miss Terry. where the lat
ter continued with Miss Terry. Dur
ing their stay in England they were
favorsbly received by many critics.
who predicted a bright future for
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01
ACROSS THE SEA.

My love a soldier brave would be
So far from me!
He dwells upon sunny isle
Where soft skies smile.
Ye waters cold and deep and vast
o bring him safe to me at last,
But bear him now the love 50 true
And warm, that entrust to you;
Zach ripple weave with loving strands
OF heart-thoughts bent to distant
lands,
And bridge the depths 'twixt him and
me
Across the sea-
My love hath sailed away from me-
So far from me!
The battle ragged about his head
II he be dead!
o pillows heap to foaming brim
With love only feel for him,
And haste in mighty ebb away
To give him all without delay!
Ye winds! help ocean without fail
And breathe my love in murmured
wall
That fills the space 'twixt him and
Across the sea.
ANNIE L. MILLER.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

cessful concert under the patronage
Of Mrs. Hay, the wife of Minister Hay.
who. with her husband, have been
warm friends of the girls. They have
sung at several very select "at homes"
during their stay and were selected
this year out of fifty to sing at the
American banquet at the Hotel Cecil
ON July 4th. When the girls were
through singing, the gentlemen gave
three cheers for Nebraska.
They expect to give concert In
London some time during the next
month mt which some notable persons
will be patrons. They will return to
this country i'm December and have
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

them should they Continue to study.
Among the warm friends of the little
girls were Mr.. and Mrs. John Morgan
Richards, the parents of the, writer
John Oliver Hobbs (Mrs. Craigie).
Through the influence of the noted
author, the girls sang before MEM
bers of the royalty and other noted
people, making a most favorable i'm
preston. They were home for a
year in 1895. In 1896 they returned
to England and began to study with
Madame Cellini for the culture of the
voice, and took up the study of the
drama in Gartside and Neville's dra-
matte school. They gave a very sue
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

This week the Nebraska Library as
ISOLATION published preliminary list
of the Ibraries Of Nebraska, together
with the library law of 1877. This is
issued in neat pamphlet of twelve
pages.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

been engaged for a concert at New
York On their way home. They will
also sing in Chicago and Joliet and
will perhaps Sing in concert in Ne
braska before returning to study with
Madame Ceilini and finishing with
Madame Marchesi in Paris. They are
now spending their vacation in Doug
has, the Isle of Man, with their great
grandfather, William Kerruish. They
visited the graves of their ancestors
for two centuries back. Sir James
Gill took fancy to the girls and has
driven them about in his carriage to
the places of interest. Miss Ethel has
taken for her professional name Marie
Louise Nebraska, and Miss Alice will
will be known as Lillian Nebraska.
The Medley.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

Juvens-What do you think of the
idea of having a woma- in the cabinet?
Senex-I think that we have too
many old women in the cabinet al
ready.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01
THE CHOIR.

At W, in the annexed district the
choir of one of the leading churches
practices every Saturday night This
is generally very orderly proceeding.
After it is over, the tenor escorts the
soprano to her home and the bass per-
forms the same pleasant duty for the
alto. The organist, who is q married
man, walks part of the way with
whichever couple is the less forbid
ding.
One Saturday evening, however,
choir practice did not pursue the even
tenor, or rather, quartet, of its way.
The singers were trying over the
hymns first, in order to Timber up
their voices. Between times the bass
was ho-ho-hoipg up and down the
scale, the soprano was setting OF &C.
casional vocal skyrockets, the tenor
was giving vent to impassioned ''ahs"
Of high pitch, and the alto was keep
ing still, after the choir practice habit
of altos. The organist had just given
out the numbers of the evening
hymns, and the leaves fiuttered Mostly
in the echoing church as the singers
found the place. The organ doomed.
Suddenly, however, the boom died
into an asthmatic wheeze, for the side
door opened an an indistinct figure ap-
peared among the shadows. The
choir members strained their eyes in
that direction.
Must be Mr.. Toogood," Said the
organist, referring to the minister.
That you, Mr.. Toogood?" called
the bass, Hospitality.
There was no reply but the figure
advanced toward the middle aisle, ad-
vanced with evident difficulty, Pacing
alternate reliance on the pew backs
and the wall.
Its drunken man." gasped the
soprano, under her breath.
Nobody else said a word, and in 81
lence the intruder steered a zigzag
course half way down the middle aisle
where he made harbor and sank into
the corner of the seat.
Just go right on" remarked the
bass to the organist. Hell get tired
and go home after a while"
So the organ doomed again, and the
quartet struck up the first verse of
LEAD, kindly Light" At about the
fourth line, however, the stranger
struggled to his feet, and, picking up
hymn book, banked loudly ON the
seat in front of him.
''Stop that! Stop that" he roared.
The organ crashed, and there was
a mingiing of dying, waiting notes as
the organist spun around on his seat.
"Thatzh worssever heard" an
nounced the visitor, shaking his head.
Wont sthand thing like that. Give
you one more smart. Now-one, two,
lettergo."
There was CONSERVATION in the
choir. The soprano was trembling,
and the alto was trying to look as if
she wasn't filed with thankfu,ness
because the bass was there.
my friend, you'd better get out of
here and go home" called that brave
parsonage, the bass. You'll feel better
in the open air. just try it."
The eyes of the intruder cleaned
and he stiffened himself.
'You shut your mouth wnen you're
not singing" he said slowly and care
fully. I'm tell you when to open it.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

the keyboard. "All OF you get up nnere
an sing pretty an 1 won't do a thing
to you. Give you my word I won't.
But if you DON'T. There was an
omnibus click.
"Stand up!"
The quartet Strengthened up slowly.
"Give him his head for awhile"
muttered the bass and the organist.
"We'N jolly him around"
Once more the organ doomed; rather
uncertainty, to be sure, for the or
ganist kept his eyes principally on
the mirror in which he dimly saw the
reflection of the dictator. Once
more the choir attacked the first verse
of LEAD, Kindly Light" through
there was an unnecessary tremulo in
the sopranos tones. The fourth line
came again, and again the stranger
pounded the back of the seat, this
time with his revolver, and called up
on the choir to stop.
''Never'l do, never'n do" he called
out "Have to try something else"
Take the second hymn" whispered
the bass. 1--WE must humor him"
The ougsnist gave them the num-
Der and the leaves fluttered noisily
Then the choir began SAFELY Through
Another Weew," The stranger nod
ded approvingly over the little duet
between the soprano and the alto and
cai;ed for more. When all the stan
zas had been sung and the bass an
nounced that there were no more, the
stranger pleasantly said to begin at
the beginning again, which was done.
At the end of the second round e
appeared satisfied with that hymn
and asked for another one.
TRY him with Onward, Christian
Soldiers!'" suggested the bass with
a brilliant inspiration. Maybe he's
just out of camp"
The stranger was nightly Pleased
with the swing of the hymn and beat
time energeticaily with his revolver
on the back of the seat.
There's a good one" he announced
with satisfaction. snow for 'Marchin'
Through Georgy.'"
snake a stand THERE" whispered
the bass. Then out loud The or
ganst says he can't play it."
Cant play it," echoed the strang-
er. "He needs light in his head so he
can find that tune, that's all. Stand
aside. the rest of you, till I make
window in his head"
There was a crash the organ.-t
slipped off the stOM and landed ON the
pedals. The bass hauled him up with
the injunction to play whatever he
was asked for.
1.-The more the merrier," said the
bass. ''If he makes us too obstreper-
Gus somebody'H come in and create
a diversion"
So the cLoir sang Marching
Through Georgia"
'Buily!" declared the stranger.
'Now give the other fellow show
and play Dixie"
The organist Thought he would new
err accomplish ''Dixie," ON the pipe or
gan, and the soprano and alto were
shy on the words. But the
stranger joined in to such an extent
that AL such deficiencies were lost on
him.
'Now Yankee Doodle" shouted the
stranger, and the organist breathed
hard, but made valiant effort.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-01

HEART DISEASE
And nervous ailments are as eusable a
other diseases. ! treat nothing else.
l. -. LeOnhorClt, Md.
OFFICE 1877 o ST., LINCOLN, NEBR.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17
NOISE ANNOYs AN OYSTER.
The Slightest Disturbance Makes the
BibulOuR BivnIves Close Their
Shells in Fear.

A customer in fish dealers place
was leaning against barrel of oysters
when he suddenly turned and addressed
the. bivalves, says the Chicago Times
Herald.
"Helle, there. What are you gaping
for? Getting tired Of being cooped up,
are you?' &c., ... &C.,. .,.,... :
A woman standing near peered tim!
idly into the barrel. Say" she asked,
"are those oysters alive?"
~ should say they are" answered the
man. tLook at them hustling for abr.
Keep still minute and youth see each
one of them with mouth wide open
or shells, which amounts to the same
thing" .-, .r..--. .... .....
Sure enough, after spell of silence
n queer rustling was heard in the bar
rel and the oysters opened their shells
and CAPPED for air, but the slightest
noise closed them again as tight as a
drum. ..'.... .. ....r- ..-.' .....
I'm used to their performance" said
The fish dealer. "'Why, you'd think
sometimes they were coming out of the
barrel, but they are just taking a new
supply of air, and they can shut up
quicker than wink. Oysters aren't sc
slow after all" ...-' ~..@.-. s. n.,
81 should say not" said the woman
customer; moving away from the barreI
as the rustling began, again. . '~q..,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17
sNUBS HIS RELATIVES.
The Young C1ar OF All the Russias
Delivers Many Rebukes
J.. .--. to Royalty. - -.'l

There is no sovereign in Europe who
has had occasion to administer so many
bitter snubs to his fellow-rulers as, the
young emperor of Russia. Although
he is in point of age, as we'll as the dura-
ton of mis- reign, the junior of nearly all.
yet, just because of his silence and re-
serve, they all seem to be eager and
anxious to force their society upon him
and to pay him visits with an impresse-
ment that savors far more of vaSsals
than of independent and friendly SOW
ereigns, says the Washington Post.
The snubs that he has administered to
Emperor William have been so numer-
Gus that people have lost count of them.
He has only just consented to reopen
the doors of the winter palace to Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, after keeping
them closed against him for a couple
of years. He has CURLY declined to
receive. visits either from the prince
OF Montenegro, from the grand duke
and grand duchess of Baden and from
the disreputable ruler of Monaco. and
now King Milan of Servia, having hur.
bly, craved for permission to visit 81
Petersburg for the purpose of explain
ing to the car why he has taken W
his residence at Belgrade, Nicholas in.
formed him that he would not permit
him to set foot on Russian territory.
since he has broken the solemn pledge
which he had given to the late czar
at the time of his abdication never to
return to Servia, and was therefore IN
worthy of credence or of treatment as
an honorable gentleman. .. a.. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17
Notice to Lien Holders.

IN THE DIS FRICT COURT OF
: the Fourth Judicial District of
the Stateof Nevada, in, and for the
County. Of Elko. -. ,....-.,... .....'.. !.
Martin Reynolds, plaintiff, We. il.
ers and reputed owners OF the "Stella"
mine. Observation-Disclosures ( to Lien
Holders, ..,..-...-.-- .....,. Fl. 9 .,.. ,
To WHOM 1T MAY CoNoERN:-No-
tice is hereby given that on April
%, 1893, the, above named plait-
tiff filed in the above entitled Court
his complaint against the above
named defendants praying for the
foreclosure OF seven certain Miners
liens and for other and general relief.
Said liens being recorded in the Office,
Of the County Recorder of Ell5o
County State of Nevada in aBook 2 Of
liens" pages 1876 to 205 inclusive. And
all persons holding or claiming liens
against ii the following described
property are hereby notified TO ap-
pear in the above entitled Court on
the 23rd day Of May, 1893, said
lay being during the regular term Of
said Court and then and there ex-
hibit the proofs of their said liens, il
any they may have. The property
affected by the above described liens
10 generally described as follows:--
that certain mining claim, situated
in the "Cope Mining District, County
# Elko, State Of Nevada, and known
4s and called the "Stella Mine, "a full
description. OF which, will be found ON
page l39 of Book 4 of Mining Loca-
lions" Of Elkoi county, Ne, ada.
WREN g. WHEELER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(4-23) 80 ~" @Mnt5VH 'i'.:,'.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17
He wished to KICK spain. King.

When he was schoolboy at Beau
mont college In England, Don Jaime,
the Carlist preteDder to the throne of
Spain, was not exempt from the lhaz
ing which existed there and was Obliged
to endure the same Entertainment aus his
English. schoolmates. One day q mastSr
saw q large boy kicking his royal high
ness. "What has he done?' asked the
master. '"Nothing,s replied the culprit;
"but you see, sir, he may be the king
OFT Spain by and by, and should like to
be able. to say that once kicked the
king of Spainl" 80 so..., ...-. '.,r's !
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17
Honey on a Lightning Rod.

Honey dripping down a lightning rod
Is a novelty reported from Indepen+
depce, Mo. The rod Is on the spire of
the courthouse, and passes through a
big brass ball, into which bees have
made their wsy, and where they have
bived.n'Y" ~ lrn arGi ".'.s."s. ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17
JOINT. STATEMENT

IF AUDITOR AND TKEASUHER
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For the Quarter Ending Dec.
81, 1897.
ATE OF NEVADA 8.
County OF Elko.
AUDITORS OFFICE
TO the Honorable Board OF County Commls.
sioners OF Elko County, Nevada:
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-
erly Report Of the Finances Of tho County
Tor the quarter ending Dec. 81 1897.
Respectfully submitted:
-.- G. A. WATKINS
Auditor.
IA. MCBRIDE,
Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-05-17

Electric Bells Put in Residences
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-22
VIII Change Shops.

The TimeB-Journal, of Oklahoma,
has the following:
1t In currently reported and gen.
orally believed that the Santa Fe has
secured eighty acres Of the Martha
Boyd claim south of the city for a
site for their shops which they will
move to this city in q short time
from Purcell, together with their di
vision Offices.
The parties living upon the land
assert that the deal has been made
and that the Santa Fe had bought
forty acres and forty acres more un-
der the contract was given the COM
pany to get them to locate in that
place"
This brings our remarks of some
moons past to the front again
THAT the taking of the shops from
Purcell to Oklahoma will throw Ard
more exactly in line to become the
end of q division, being equi-distant
from Oklahoma and Fort Worth OF
CIeburne OF course Gainesville
will suffer from this change, but it il
as sure to come as water finds itt
level. The unlimited water supply
established here by the company il
really the frat move in this direc
tiOn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-22
War Notes.

All of General Grants brigade is
now in Porto Rico.
Orders have been issued to release
all the Spanish spies held in this
country.
General Shafter and his stan left
Santiago for Montauk Point Sunday.
Indications are that Spain's peace
commissioners will haggle over every
point possible.
When the Paris peace commission
has finished it's work, Don Carlos
will issue his manifesto.
General Shafter has telegraphed
that no more soldiers are needed in
Santiago to preserve order.
Retrenchment now is the program
in all branches of the army where il
won + be detrimental to the service
More than 30 trustworthy firms are
anxious to build the torpedo boats
and torpedo boat destroys srs provid
ed for in the last naval appropria
ton bill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-22
Murderer Caught.

John B. Shaw, the condemned
murderer who escaped Jail at Ole
burne, Tex, Tuesday night of last
week, was captured in Henderson
county Saturday. He made no re-
sistance. He was to have been hung
last Friday for the murder of q man
named Crane. He loved Crane's
wife and tried to get her to run away
with him but she refused and begged
him to quit thinking of her. He told
her he was going to have her IL he
had to kill her husband to get her.
He watched for Crane with a gun,
and when the opportunity presented
itself he made Crane 60 with him. TO
the bottom, where he killed him. "A
negro was with him. He told Crane
that he wanted his wife and that he
was going to kill him. AS he knelt
in prayer Shaw shot him. The negro
confessed and was gwen q life SEN
tence in the penitentiary and Shaw
was sentenced to hang.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-22

A fakir billed q town in Oklahoma
with these words, 81 am comingl"
aud all the people wondered what it
meant. 1t was the talk of the town,
and in q week or so again appeared
the words, 81 am here-opera house
tonight" The billing had been 80
nysteriously done that the people
fiocked to see what it meant. The
admission was only twenty-five cents.
The house was filled. When nobody
else could get in the fakir had q boy
raise the curtain, displaying black
board on an. easel on which these
words were written In the same bold
hand, 81 am gone" and he was gone
forever.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-22
Way to Success.

Thos. Upton, a man who has made
lis-millions, says there is no secret
success; that man with a sound
body, who will work hard, be tenn
perate and honest and do unto 9TH
era as he would have them do unto
him, will win success Pittsburg
Gazette.
That depends altogether on what
Tom means by honesty, temperance
and success. We know a man who,
when well, never misses a service al
his church; he sits in the "amen
corner" and stays awake while the
minister breaches, and when called
on to lead in prayer he hunkers
down and launches an eloquent and
earnest supplication to the throne of
Erace-and he means it, too. But
that man would knowingly chisel his
brother out of his eye-tseth in an
ordinary business transaction, and
justify himself in the act by saying
that the laws of trade and gain have
10 restrictions as long as the other
fellow is neither blind nor an idiot. AS
temperance, there are many men,
church members and some ministers
included, who believe that a man may
absorb all the kinds of dangerous
atimulants he may believe "his sys-
tenn requires" just so he doesn't get
groggy enough to interfere with his
mental and physical equilibrium, and
still be q model adherent to the doc
trine of being temperate in all
things.Vi And az 10 success-well,
that is capable of q hundred differ
ent definitions. So when Brothers
Wanamaker, Rockefeller, Upton
and other pious millionaires, who
Ire in the habit of making these
Sunday school talks, get to telling
other people to travel the straight
and narrow path" to reach the es
tate Of millionaires it is not always
safe to conc lude that they got there
by that route.-Terrell Times-Star.
You invite disappointment when
you experiment. DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are pleasant, easy,
thorough little pills. They cure con-
stipation and sick headache just as
sure as you take them. City Drug
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-22
Cheap Rate Excursion via. the Cotton
Belt.

Belt.
To st. Louis for the meetings OF
the Interstate Merchants Associa-
ton, and to- Chicago for the meeting
National Association Merchants and
Travellers. Tickets will be sold on
the certificate plan.
Dates OF sale to st. Louis:
August 18th TO goth inclusive, to re-
turn leaving st. Louis August 29th;
September 1st to 7th inclusive, to re-
turn leaving St. Louis on or before
September 18th.
dates of sale and return limit to
Chicago: Sept 10th to 18th inclu-
Sive, to return on or before Septem-
Der Path; October goth to. November
4th inclusive, to return on or before
November 18th.
Regular one way tickets will be
! sold to st. Louis or Chicago st full
rate and purchaser will be given GER
tidcate by agent selling the ticket,
which should be deposited on arrival
at destination with Secretary OF AS
ISOLATION, and this certificate when
properly filled out and endorsed by
the Secretary will be honored for re-
turn ticket via. route OF going tIcKet
ut one-third the regular rate
For further information see any
Cotton Belt agent, or address
A. A. GLIssoN, or g. g. WARNER
T.P.A,. g. p. A,
# Worth, Texas. Tyler, Texas