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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27
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subject. This action taken in con-
ncction with the increase OF the Rus.
sian army is not encouraging TO the
faithful who believed that the Cars
proposal was the first sign Of the
arrival Of the millennium. Most OF
the substantial territorial gains by
Russia have been acquired by di.
plomacy rather than conquest by
arms and in consideration Of this
fact, too, IL is not singular that Great
Britain and the other powers have
not a childlikc faith in her profess
siOns of entire dislntcrcstcdncSS.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27
The University Stylists.

The first clay birds nest that the
kindergarten infant models sends a
positive thrill Of creation through the
child heart. A finished work by a
real sculptor is not nearly so much OF
sensation TO the master as this
mussy lump that the child calls what
ever he had in mind when he con.
structed 1t. or course, the said
sculptor has artistic ideals most diff.
cult TO realize, which the said infant
mas not. Discomfort grows with skin
and knowledge. What would bavo
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27
THE COURlEk

Jacob Aston was a butcher and not a
peasant. Though a butcher Is
technically and by class a peasant in
Germany. In 1883 John Jacob came
to this country and made the first
part of his fortune in the northwest
In furs. From the first he had the
energy and versatility Of an Ameri-
can and he would have made money
under any conditions. That those in
America were especially favorable at
that time to the founding Of great
fortune, is undsputed by his great
grand son who insists that the Amcri-
can press has constantly belittled his
grandfather's commercial genius. TO
be exact, William Wodorf says:
In America my grandfather's life
and character have been distorted
and caricatured until only an odd
travesty survives BY the press he
has been continually derided and re.
viled with that spirit Of pure
malignity which pursues the success.
ful man. 1t Is not democratic to
climb so high.
Mr.. Aston has misunderstood the
object of the remarks in the Ameri-
can newspapers concerning the origin
and business Of his great grandfather,
the descendant of the crusader and,
the founder of the family. 1t is uni.
versal human nature and not speci-
tically yankee human nature to re.
mind those who have but lately
acquired high position and distinc.
tion OF their former humble cOnd-
ton. The AstOrs were very careful
to let no dry goods, grocery or pack
ing house people into the circle of
which they were dictators in New
York. Only professional men, bank.
ers. railroad men and certain stock
brokers had the entree to their society
Moreover, they were always declaring
the circle too large and continually
cutting down the four hundred to
still smaller number. This was con.
tinually necessary, from their point
or view on account of the new rich
continually creeping in and getting
foot hold In spite Of constant watch.
fulness. or course these new rich
had influence and their grievance
was bound to get into the papers in
the form OF question to the head of
the Aston family as to who he was
and what his fOrbears were. Has not
the worm right to squirm? 1t is
all he can do. Then Mr.. Astor com.
planned OF American socialism and
jealousy. From all accounts English
socialists are tiercer, more denuncia-
tory Of wealth, and more numerous
than American socialists and this
reason for a change Of residence is
therefore not much stronger than the
other. The organization of trades
unions. and the understanding of the
rights Of labor is much clearer in
England than in America, according
to the socialist lecturers. and sooner
or later William Waldorf will
acknowledge it, for he has the virtue
or frankness. The Aston fortune was
made in this country, the bulk OF it
remains here and it seems both i'm.
polite and unpatriOtic for the heir Of
a fortune made in America and in
consequence ofdistinctively American
circumstances to give us the cold
shoulder and to criticise us TO the
English in the pages of an English
publication.
The University Stylists.
The first clay birds nest that the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27

"Yes, I've had many troubles in nv
lifetime,' said the philosopher.
land the worst Of them never hap.
pened." he added after pause.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27

unsatisfactory by a years work.
Some Of the story writing by the un
dergraduates at the State university
bears marks Of the self cOmplacency
and Of JOY In the mere handling OF
words and In the construction of trite
phrases observed In the kindergarten
children when they begin to squeeze
and pat the clay into shape of some
sort. If this complacency were not
an obstacle to the production Of any
Oeuvre 1t would not be mentioned
here, but system which apparently
cultivates in the uninspired salts
faction with the commonplace is apt
to be barren OF permanent result.
Ten years ago the literature manu-.
featuring process in use at the State
university had not been discovered,
or rather perfected as it is now.
can only criticise 1t, then, from the
outside and as to what appears to be
the results, after the process has had
trial of seven or eight years.
IN The KiOte, periodical pub.
lished by the students at the State
university may be found, ! am told,
the work of the best students in the
department of English. The con.
tents of the magazine are short
stories, poems and what corresponds
to an editors drawer or facetiae,
under the head of "yelpS.' The pro.
cess Of manufacture is most plainly
visible in the stories, where none Of
the mechanical supports, nor the
ornaments OF the structure, are con-
cealed. The first part Of the process
which the undergraduate authors are
taught is INSTALLATION, technically
so called, and consists in describing a
place so enthusiastically that the
reader can see or smell it without
ever having to move from his chair.
All the great writer's, like Ian Nc.
Claren or Barrie are said to begin
their stories by adequate visualza.
ton. The principle is undoubtedly
sound, but most Of the contributors
to The KiOte do not further 90. In
some Of the stories the type of the
hero features, his clothes. the room
in which the student has impaled
him. the various small sounds which
the hero might have heard and the
weather outside which usually has a
strong Nebraska flavor, are very
carefully and cOnscientiously de.
scribed. But not to much purpose
for the effort at Installation ap.
parently eXhausts the author Moth.
ing very interesting happens to the
hero nor does he often do anything
except to think. A plot is only in.
dicated and the denOument is rarely
unexpected. Such an ending to pre-.
parations SO elaborate and pains.
taking is disappointing to the pros.
pectOIs for indications that the pro-
cess is valuable one. The com.
placency in the mere handling of a
real workman's tools and of the
material is juvenile characteristic
and can not justly be attributed to
the system, unless it teaches that
anyone who masters the technique
may become writer and can interest
or instruct or at least amuse a public
which buys books to attain one of
these three objects.
While the students are learning
how to write, the writings Of those
who have learned are not given the
examination which the learned head
of the department used to insist upon.
So thit the present day graduates
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27

NOT WHAT SHE MEANT TO SAY.
Are you still at work on your new
novel, Miss Scribbs?'
"No, | haven't had an idea in my head
for several weeks, 80 l have been writ.
ing lot Of letters to my friends"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27
Sunday Newspapers.


The English objections to Sunday
newspapers and LOndOn's almost
fanatical opposition to them, ignores
the fact that almost all the work of
the Sunday papers is done on Satur.
day night. If the English are real
reformers instead Of quacks they will
object to the Monday papers which
keep the compositOrs and pressmen
working Sundays. The Quack's
method OF curing disease IL well
known. He tells the patient he Is
afflicted with disease the patient
never heard of and describes his
symptoms which, of course, the patient
admits. Then the quack quickly
cures him of something he never had
and the convalescent thinks the
fraud great physician. These Eng.
lish doctors OF harmless symptoms
may be able to prevent Sunday papers,
but they might with the same effort
stop Monday papers and really help
printers and pressmen who need a day
of rest once in seven more than any
OF Gods creatures.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27
The Aston Apologize.

Mr.. William Waldorf Aston writes
in the Pail Mall magazine his reasons
for leaving America to reside in Eng.
land He says that although the
family OF Aston is descended from the
noble Pedro D'AstOrga, dstin-
guished crusader. through an illus
tr;ous lire, his great grandfather the
founder Of the contemporary Aston
fortune, was born humble peasant
in the village Of Wald-dOrf, near
Heidelberg in Germany in 1863. This
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27

Cholly-1 hear that Wiley Grammar
made fortune on the turf in England.
Chappie-Poor lad. Gentlemen al.
ways lose on the turf,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-27
Stotsenburg Guard Of Honor.

Mrs. StOtsenburg with the body of
her husband arrived in San Francisco
on Monday. The body will ne taken
TO New Albany, Ind, for burial.
Governor Poynter whose message to
the secretary Of war asking for the
transfer of Colonel Stotsenburg to
another regiment, did the Colonel
such Il mortal injustice, owes his
memory all the reparation in Il COVER.
nor's power, to make. A guard Of
honor, accompanying the body from
the western frontier of the state, to
the grave in Indiana, may express to
the widow and children that the state
recognizes at last her debt to the
stern, faithful, uncompromising SOL
der at the head Of the regiment
which his obedience to military rules
has made first in renOwn in action
and in activity Of all of the regiments
in the FiliDineS.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
THE AMERICAN HEN.
She Plays a Most Important Part in
the Agricultural Economy of
Our Country.

P. H. Sprague, Chicago poultry
dealer, read q paper before the farm
ers' institute at Princeton, ILL.,, in which
he stated that the production of chick
ems in the United States last yeal
reached $3.50, 900 900 and eggs 13.O0o,.
100000. The total value Of chickens
and eggs produced was $500. 600 900. Ac.
cepting these figures as approximately
correct, we must conclude that the
hen plays an important part in our
American life. But we will better un.
derstand the relative Importance of that
part when we come to make some COM
parisons.
The value of our tobacco crop has
rarely been as much as $43 ,Oe0, 900. The
value of our potato crop is less than
$so,0Oo1o0 on the average. The value
of our barley crop is not often as much
MS $3o,O00,00O. An oat crop worth $780,
oO0, 900 is unusual. Our annual output
Of pig iron has rarely exceeded $780,
900, 900 in. value. Coal, by far the most
valuable of our mineral products, gives
total annual output of some $780,
900, 900.
Raw cotton, wheat, hay and corn are
the only four products Of our country
that exceed in value hens and hens
eggs, according to the above estimate,
and cotton sometimes follows the lat
ter in the order of Importance, the crop
having exceeded $29O, 900 900 in value
only three times, and the highest hav-
ing been not quite $40 00G GOO. The
wheat crop has ranged in value from
.s2i3, 900, 900 to $513, ,O00, 900, and the corn
crop from about $4,000 900 to $751;
100000 The average value OF the hay
crop may be stated at about $500, ,O00,-
900. From this comparison she impor-
tance Of the hen. especially in our ag-
ricultural economy, will be appreciated.
If Mr. Sprague stated the value of
the egg product separately the fact is
not reported. 1t would be interesting
to know the value of the egg output.
Probably it exceeds the value of any
mineral output excepting coal, but not
excepting pig iron. Probably, too, it
exceeds the value of any farm crop
except corn, wheat, hay, cotton and
oats, and it may even exceed oats. The
hen is by no means to be despised.-
Chicago Chronicle.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
when Il. Anlm.l I. n,,.,

How shall we know when an animal
is ripe? An experienced eye and hand
can tell this, says the Stockman. When
a steer is fully ripe his flesh is firm.
When the finger tips are pressed
against the muscles of the animal there
is less of yielding and softness than in
the half-finished animal. The shoulder
blade, the loin and the pin bone will
have an appearance Of plumpness all
over them. The weigh scales will also
tell a tale. When the steer is not ripe
he should 60 on making the usual gains.
When he is ripe the gains will drop.
When beast, therefore, that has been
gaining two or three pounds q day
drops down to one pound day. and his
appetite is still good, begin to examine
him for ripeness. 1t il one Of the cu-
rious things about the animal economy
that cattle beast will 60 on and eat
after he Il rip< but lie will not make
corresponding increase in weight
1t il curious question a. to what be.
comes Of the food.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
HOW TO MAKE DARK NESTS.

shown removed SO that the arrange
ment of the interior can be plainly
seen. If the shoebox can be nailed
against the wall of henhouse having
walk at one side, the eggs can be
gathered from the walk by cutting a
round opening through the back of the
nest, the openings being covered with
slides.
II is to be remembered, however,
that there is something to be done to
stop egg-eating besides providing dark
nests. The habit is usually acquired by
the hens becoming fat and laying soft
she!ied eggs. These easily break in the
nest. The hens get a taste and the mis-
chief is done. Make the hens work for
living. Feed whole grain and feed it
in litter, where they will have to
scratch for it. Keep the fat of the
birds and they will lay better and the
eggs will be hard shelled. Feeding soft
food to hens in winter is one of the
most potent causes Of overfatness. 1t
is too quickly assimilated, and when
thus fed hen has no incentive to
scratch. Feed sparingly all day and
make the birds scratch for what they
get. Then at night give all they will
eat. They thus get enough in each "a
hours, but have to work all day long
and this is natures plan-N. Y. Trib-
uue
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
LIVE STOCK POINTERS

Try the curry comb on the COW.
Keep the swine out of very cold winds
Asow less than year old is too young
to breed.
The Chicago market calls for me
dunn size hog.
Feed clover hay to swine. Steam it il
you can.
Throw blanket over the pigs in very
cold weather.
The hog has been mortgage raiser
and will be again.
When times improve the horse mar.
ket will inrprove.
Why not cut the shaggy hair on the
horse that has it. .
Some of the best swine breeders dc
not use oat straw for bedding.
Swine that are kept in lots of dozen
out of the winds and well bedded will
not pile up.-Western Plowman.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
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The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
A WISH GRATIFHD
rhs slanEy Youns Man's Sire Gives
Him the wherewithal 70
@Raiss the Dough-

my SON." said the old gsntleman who
very properly objects TO slang. II have
been thinking over your request this morn
ing, and am inclined 10 think may have
been little hasty in my decision"
Thank you, governor
II believe in clearly understanding case
before reopening it. Now, ~ remember
the conversation, your call ct the Office
vas prompted by desire to raise the
Dough-"
"Yes; that il to say"
Never mind. AK for NO explanations.
do not seek to inquire into Ill the trivial
vhims of youth. accept them a. do the
wild flowers among the grain. They are
useless, but they are cheering to contem.
plate. There are many things do not un-
derstand, among them being golf, lawn
tennis and football. But do not assume
to interfere with your innocent diversion
any more than undertake to keep track
Q, the current fad. If you want to give up
experiments with the cha6pg dish and go
70 work with an oven, haye no objection
10 offer, nor will l let the mere matter Of
fIpense stand in your way. was rather
busy when you spoke to me about raising
the dough this. morning. / know that !
spoke shortly; but my heart is in the right
place, and l am too generous and indulgent
70 deny your slightest request. Here, my
boy, is two cents. Gs and buy yourself .
cake OF yeast. .-Washington Star.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
KATY IN LITERATURE
A Snatch Of Story wAerein the ..Choe-
Choos" lndulss In . Few PuHs
ef Complaint.

He (the switch engine) gave vigorou,
push to the west-bound car a. he spoke, anC
started back with snort Of surprise, fo
the car was an old friend-an N. K. T. box
car.
"Jack my drivers, but its homeless Katy!
Why, Katy. ein't there no getting you
back to your friends! There's 40 chaser,
out for you from your road, If there's one
Who i holding you now?"
"Wish I knew, whimpered homeless,
Katy. II belong in Parsons. I've only been
out ten months, but I'm just schin' home
flowers bloom"
Yards full O. Homeless Katies an
Wanderin' Willies," the switch engine ex
t. SWAP S :rouDd sue.s nGw ANYHOW Tse Se
done my duty. She's on her way to Kan.
sas via Chicago; but I'll lay my next boiler.
full she'll be held there to wait consignee'a
convenience, ard sent back to US with wheat
in the fall."-Erom Rudysrd Kiphng'l
VVfs
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
The way to be well i. to pay attention

The way to be well is to pay attention
to your kidneys.
They are the most important organs
Of the body-the blood filters.
All the blood in your body passes
through your kidneys once every three
minutes.
The kidneys strain or filter out the
impurities in the blood-that Is their
work.
Purifying your blood is not a ques-
tion Of taking a laxative of physic.
Does your blood run through your
bowels?
What the bowel-cleaner does is to
throw out the poisons confined in your
bowels ready for absorption into your
blood, but the poisons which are al
ready in your blood. causing your pres
ent sickness, II leaves there.
There is no other way Of purifying
your blood except by means Of your
kidneys.
That Is why bowel-cleaners fail to do
their work-they fail TO help the kid
neys.
When you are sick, then. NO matter
what you think the name Of your dis
ease is, the first thing you should do ID
to afford aid to your kidneys by using
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the great
Kidney Remedy.
In taking swamp-Root you afford
natural help to nature, for Swamp
Root is the most perfect healer and
gentle aid to the kidneys that is known
, to medical science.
DR.. Kilmer. the eminent physician
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
Young Gr... I. I.,.r,o...

When young grass, rye or oats is
cut before making much growth it is
watery and contains but little nutri-
ton, too much OF such food, causing
the hens to have "scours." Many per-
sons have been disappointed in confin-
ing their hens ON young rye as an ex-
elusive food. II is excellent as a diet
ary food, but all very young grass is
mostly water. It is not best to cut such
for winter use, and il early oats are
grown, and the crop cut when the
grain is in the milky stage. the nutri.
tive matter, on its way to I'LL out the
grain, will be arrested in the stalk, 80
that when cured, the whole stalk with
Grain) stored in the barn, and cut fine
With cutter, will make excellent food
for the hens in winter. The oats should
b. cut green, just ~ the seed-heads be-
gin to form.-Tsrm and Efrsside.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-04-14
PROVIDING DARK NESTS
asw TIVE That WAN Answer Every
Requirement Can Ne DuiIt
within . sAoebox.

To prevent hens from egg-eating It
Is well to have the nest as dark as possi-
BILE, but the making Of practical nest
that shall be fairly dark within is not
an easy matter, as those know who
have essaycd to build them. The cut
shows two nests that can be construct
ed within shoebox that will be as dark
within as il necessary, and that can be
reached very easily. The shoebox is
placed upon its side, the other side be-
ing hinged for top. Two small gro
Gerry boxes are fitted within, as shown.
In the cut the top, one side and end are