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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-08

attempts at fiction lies not in what they
are, but in what they are not.
Mr.. Norris model. II he will admit
that nc has followed one, is clearly no
less person than M lola himself. Yet
there is no discoverable trace OF imita-
ton in his book. He has simply taken
method which has been most success.
fully applied in tho study Of French life
and applied it in studying American life.
as one uses certain algebraic formulae
to solve certain problems 1t 10 perhaps
the only truthful literary method Of
dealing with that part Of society which
environment and heredity hedge about
like the walls Of prison. 1t is true
that Mr.. Norris now and then allows his
method" to become too prominent. that
his restraint savors Of constraint,
yet he has written true story
OF the people. courageous. dramatic.
full Of matter and warm with life.
He has addressed himself serious
ly to art, and he seems to have no ambi.
ton to be clever. His horizon is wide.
his invention vigorous and bold. his
touch heavy and warm and human.
This man is not limited by literary
prejudces: he sees the people ss they
are. he is close to them and not afraid OF
their unloveliness. He has looked at
truth IN the depths, among men be.
grimed by toll and besotted by ignor-
ance, and still found her fair. INC
league" is an achievement for young
man. 1t may not win at once the sue
cess which it deserves. but Mr.. Norris is
one Of those who can afford to wait.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-08

1920 $3.50
The above greatly reduced rate has
been made by the Union Pacific to Cali.
fornia points. Through Tourist Sleep.
ers. quicker than any other line.
! or tickets and full information call
on e. b. SLossoN.
General Agent.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-08
SWIFTEST RACING EAST AND
WEST

II you would travel rapidly, and with
comfort and ease, please note that tho
North Western line and it's connections
provide the fastest service to eastern
cities, and many hours the fastest to
western points named below: To Buf-
falo 81 hours, New York As, Boston AZ,
Ogden 81. Salt Lake 80. San Fran cisco
62. Portland GO. Why not cave your.
self weary hours Of travelling by getting
tickets via the North Western?
AS. FIELDING, G. "A,
III South 10th street.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-08

was 80 handsome to look at-sO hand.
some" When I remarked that hand.
some articles usually came high. she
flashed out, Eyes. and Id do it agiu,
too, I reckon When asked her what
kind Of woman Lizzie Whappep, the
mother Of Realf's children, wac, her lit.
tie beady eyes glittered at me moment
and she retorted, 20, che wasn't so
much to look at!' 1t was almost pa.
thetic, that little feminine burst from
this old termagant, fairly shrivelled up
by her sleepless hate. l believe she
really loves the fellow yet ard can't help
herself, and hates him and herself and
the world and especially "them other
women" accordingly. Decidedly Cstha-
rine Cassidy is more than scold and
vixen, just az Realf wac more than sot
and..a bigamist. Life lie not to be meas.
ured in phrase. 1t would take no less
a person than M. Honore de Balzac
himself to do justice to those two strange
people.
y
A new and a great book has been
written. The name Of it is "McTeague,
Story OF San Francisco" and the man
who wrote it is Mr.. Frank Norris. The
great presses OF the country go on year
after year grinding out commonplace
books. just as each generation goes on
busily reproducing it's own mediocrity.
When in this enormous output Of ink
and paper, these thousands Of volumes
that are yearly rushed upon the shelves
Of the book stores, one appears which
contains both power and promise, the
reader may be pardoned some enthusi.
asm. Excellence always surprises: we
are never quite prepared for it. In the
CAGE of "McTesgue, Story Of San Fran.
CISCO" it is even more surprising than
usual. In the first place the title is not
alluling, and not until you have read
the books, can you know that there is
an admirable consistency in the etiff,
uncompromising commonplaceness OF
that title. In the second place the
name Of the author is as yet compare.
lively unfamiliar, and finally the book is
dedicated to member OF the Harvard
faculty, suggesting that whether it be
story Of San Francisco or Dawson City,
it must necessarily be vaporous, intro.
spective and chiefly concerned with
"literary" impressions. Mr.. Norris is,
indeed, Harvard man." but that he is
a good many other kinds Of a man is
self.evident. His look is, in tho Ian.
guage Of Mr.. Norman Hapgood, the
work Of "a large human being, with
firm stomach, who knows and loves the
people,"
In novel OF such high merit az this.
the subject matter is the least import.
ant consideration. Every newspaper
contains the essential material for an
other "Comedie Humane" In this
case 'McTeague," the central figure,
happens to be dentist practicing in a
little side street OF San Francisco. The
novel opens with this description Of him:
1T was Sunday, and. according to his
custom on that day, McTeague took his
dinner at two in the afternoon at the
car conductors coffee joint on Polk
street. He had thick, gray soup,
heavy. underdone meat, very hot, on
cold plate; two kinds Of vegetables; and
sort OF suet pudding. full! Of strong but.
ter and sugar. Once in his Office, or, as
he called 1t on his sign-board, dental
Parlors," he took off his coat aud shoes,
unbuttoned bis vest. and, having
ora h ho
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-08

pale, n little suggestive OF anaemia. Blu
1t WIS to- her hair that ones attention
was most attracted. Heaps and heap
OF blue-black coils and braids, a roy n
crown OF swarthy bands, veritable sabl
tiara. heavy, abundant and Odorous. AL
the vitality that should have given colo
to her face seemed to have been ab
sorbed by that mar velous hair: 1t wat
the couture OF a queen that Swallowed
the temples Of this little bourgeoise.'
The tragedy Of the story dates from 9
chance, seeming stroke OF good for
tune, one Of those terrible gifts OF the
Danai. A few weeks before her mar
riage "Trina' drew IS 600 from a lottery
ticket. From that moment her passion
for boarding money becomes the domi
nant theme Of the story, takes command
OF the book and it's characters. After
their marriage the dentist is disbarred
from practice. They move into a gar
ret where she starves her husband and
herself to save that precious hoard. She
sells even his Office furniture. everything
but his concertina and his canary bird
with which he stubbornly refuses to
part and which are destined to become
very important accessories in the prop.
erty room OF the theatre where this
drama is played. This removal from
their first home is to this story what
Gervaise's removal from her shop is to
L'Aesommoir; it is the fatal episode OF
the third act, the sacrifice OF self.re.
spect, the beginning Of the end. From
that time the money stands between
"Trina' and her husband. Outraged
and Inundated, hating her for her
meanness, demoralized by his idleness
and despair, he begins TO abuse her.
The story becomes careful and painful
study If the dlsintegration Of this union,
a penetrating and searching anal, sis of
the degeneration OF these two souls, the
woman's corroded by greed, the mans
poisoned by disappointment and hate.
And all the while this same painful
theme is placed in lower key. Maria,
the housemaid who took care OF INC
Teagne's" dental parlors in his better
days. was a half-crszy girl from some.
where il Central America, she he rself
did not remember just where, But she
had wonderful: story about her people
owning dinner service OF pure gold with
punch bowl you could scarcely lift,
which rang like church bell when you
struck it. On the strength of this story
"Zercow." the Jew junk man, marries
her, and believing that she knows where
this treasure is hidden. DULLES and tor.
lures her to force her to disclose her
secret. At last MARIA" is found with
her throat cut. and "Zercow' is picked
up by the wharf with sack full Of rusty
tin cans. which IN his dementia he must
have thought the tabled dinner service
OF gold.
From this it lie short step to NC.
leagues crime. He kills his wife to get
possession Of her money, and escapes to
the mountains. While he is on his way
south. pushing toward Mexico, he is
overtaken by his murdered wife's cousin
aud former sutton. Both men are half
mad with thirst, and there in the desert
wastes Of Deaths Valley, they spring to
their last conflict. The cousin falls, but
before he dies he slips bsndcuff over
"McTague's" arm, and SO the author
leaves his hero in the wastes OF Deaths
Nallox h,andsod .,,;laa
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-08

lie remembered the years he had
spent there trundling heavy cars OF ore
In and out Of the tunnel under the
direction Of his father. For thirteen
days out Of each fortnight bis father
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
Congressman Bland Death,

Did you ever see a Bland dollar. Puli
the silver dollar out of your pocket ana
you will see INC. If you do not have 1t
look at the silver certificate and it tells
YOU there is one in the U. S. Treasury
that belongs to you. Are you not glad
YOU have them. Would not having
more please you. You can not get them
until they are made. Then why should
YOU not praise the man who was most
instrumental in having them made SO
you a get them.
Congressman Richard p. Bland OF
Missouri who died on the 18th aged %
will ever be remembered as one whose
name is inseperably connected with the
coinage of our present volume of silver
dollars, and as he fought for years tt
have more made before Mr.. Bryan was
out of school he was the logical candl
date in 1896. Not having the gift o.
oratory to educate the people Mr., Bryal
DeCduub d HlUlC popular "N'NS -
educate the people. Mr.. Bland was thu
Moses of the silver cause. Mr.. Bryan il
the Joshua.
His opponents acknowledge that III
was honest and inc%orruptible. Whel
Congress was not in session Mr.. Blanc
pursued the life of a simple farmer
He never showed any desire for wealth
If he had, undoubtedly he may hav
become a millionaire and on advocat
of gold monometallism, like John oher
man
He served the peoples cause for Z
years in Congaess, and was defeated
only once in, 1894, by 60 majority, be
cause be would not subscribe to tn
campaign fund. He considered it dis
honest.
When an honest man, a true repre-
sentative of the people dies, they shout
mourn
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
il TRIP TO CALIFORNIA

u I'M ~ 'AAl4li OlA-Ni-
\ Ride Across the Great Continent
Los Angeles, Cal. May. Il 1899
1t was on May the II when | left The
little Blue Hen State in which | was
horn. To cross our great country for the
second time, to see a part of the world
which l had never seen before. At go
p. III. the long vestibule train moved
slowly out from the Reading Terminal,
Philadelphia. AT FIRST [ felt somewhat
down hearted, as we left the great city
behind us, but as we rolled ON through
the country my mind was so taken up
with the scenery along the road and
though the Lehigh Valley, that it
did not seem long before we reached
South Bethlehem.
AS we rode along | looked to one
side of the car and saw green valleys
and on looking out on the other side l
saw the Blue Ridge Mountains which
made very fine scenery. The time passed
so quickly that it seemed only a short
time until s p. m. At this period ofthe
day it was so dark that | could not see
any thing at all out side, SO | thought
l would try and find some amusement
inside as l did not know any one on the
train.
There was a nice young lady sitting
opposite me and as there was not many
people in our car | went over to her and
asked her if she did not feel lonesome.
She seemed quite willing for me to sit
down in the seat and talk with her, OF
course, l did not wait for the second
invitation. AS l knew l would be only
II night out going TO Chicago l did
not take a sleeper. The lady was going
to Buffalo and we spent such a very
pleasant night together that it was day
light before we knew it.
AT $50 a. m. May 18th, wearriyed at
Buffalo, N. Y. Here is where my lady
left me and once more | was alone.
Again my thoughts were carried away
with the scenery as our train ratified
on up through the beautiful state of
New York.
Sometime we were up on the noun
tains and then down in the valley until
we reached the Great Lakes. Then we
went along the Great Lakes to the Nj
agra river. AT 10 a, m. We reached
the Niagra Fall where is the most beau.
tiful scenery | ever saw. $50 u. m, we
reached Niagara City. In this is located
II of the larges water power electric
plants in the world, the power coming
from the Niagara Falls. At this point of
the river the water runs at the late of
60 miles an hour. AT 5 a. m. we crossed
the suspension bridge. This bridge is
over the rapids. The train crossed yery
slow, 50 slow that Il has a good view
of the rapid. The bridge is about 200
feet above the rapids, while crossing |
stood ON the platform and watched The
water as it rushed madly by. At times
it springs from 20 tn 70 feet in the air.
A short distance below the bridge tina
river takes "A shout turn and the water
strikes the bank with such force that il
sounds like the oar of a cannon.
Will continue in next weeks issue
! ISAAC &. STRAUGuEN
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1890,

Congressman II. G.. Loudenslager has
gained a personal victory in the Courto OF
Errors and Appeals which clear him oil
$4,000. In the Woodbury. Heights
land deal, wherein the courts decided
that he and Doctor j.. i. Roe had shaved
the company and friends out o fS2O,O0O
it was decided that they must refund
the money. AS Doctor Roe did not
have the money to pay back it fell on
Mr.. L~oudenstager to ray. He appealed
and the Court of Appeals has DECIDED
that be can be held to pay only his half.
Where Doctors Roe's half is to come
from is to be decided yet.
The race track question has been for
ever set at rest by the Court of Errors
and Appeals, deciding that the Con-
stitutional amendment was the legally
adopted. The race track men brought
suit in the court on the ground that the
constitutional amendment was not
a.
ssapproyed and ratified, by a majority
of the electors qualified to vote Tor
members of the legislature voting there
on'' as the State Constitution requires
While the votes cast for the amendment
exceeded those against, yet counting
those votes thrown out as defective the
majority for the amendment did moi
make a majority of all voting. line
Court decides that the result OF tue
election as determined by the Board
Of C~anvassers was correct and that lle
amendment was legally adopted On
the question raised in the argument De
fore the Court of Errors, that the bal.
lots used at the special election werehot
printed in accordance with the consli
tutiouar requirements, the Court took
the position that it was too late now to
raise this question that 1t ought to a
been raised before the election TOOK
place.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
New Jersey Fish and Game Law


OF 1S99-PUBLIsHED BY III BOARD OF
FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS.
WHAT is ALWAYS UNLAWFUL.
To take or to attempt to take any
game except by the use of guns held at
arms length. Fine $50.
To take or to attempt to take any fish
many manner excepting spearing of eeis,
suckers and carp, taking minn0ws for
bait with a seine not more than twenty
live feet long, and taking cells with pots
or baskets or weirs between the fiji
teenth of September and the first of No
vember, and excepting also, but only as
to the tributaries of the Delaware above
Trenton falls and the streams flowing
into such tributaries, the taking of cat
fish and cells with eel weirs and baskets
and setlines between the fifteenth Of
August and the first of November. fine
$50.
To have trapped game in possession,
Fine $40.
To hunt on Sunday or carry firearms
in the fields or woods on Sunday. Fine,
$50.
To pollute streams or use medical
bait or explosives of any kind for the
taking of fish. Fine, 500 to $500.
To draw off waters to take fish. Fine,
from S25 to $3.50.
To use set lines in waters inhabited
by pickles, bars, perch or trout. Fine,
$25.
To permit the erection or mainte-
nance of unlawful contrivancesfo for TAX
ing game and fish; applies to lesses or
tenants of lands. Fine, S25.
To capture, kill, injure or to have in
possion any birds excepting English
sparrows, craes, hawks, crows, ravens,
crow Iackbirds, king1shers and red
winged blackbirds. Fine, III.
To hunt geese, ducks orany weh-foot-
ed wild fowl, except between n hour
before sunrise and one hour after sun
set. Fine, $25.
To catch or keep trout less Than six
inches III length, or black bass less than
min. inches in length, Fine, $40.
To hunt on posted laud. Fine, not
less than $40.
Dealers have thirty days after The
close Of the season in which TO dispose
of game.
To the above may be added the fol-
lowing prohibitions, which while not
the subject of legal enactment, or rec
ognized as biding laws of behavior by
all reputable lovers Of the pursuit OF
game aud fish,
Never violate the letter or spirit OF
the game laws.
Never take more fish or game than
Won have convenient use for.
Never be iusoient or ihlpoilte Ioa
landowner who orders you OIL his prem
ises; for altogether he may not own the
aame ar fish you are after he has The
right to exclusive possession OF his prop
Gritty.
Never fail TO destroy a net or 'f"p
when you find one set.
Never she ct at a game bird except ON
wing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
Our Two Wars.

From the New York World.
The war with Spain only lasted ia
days. The war with the Philippines
has now lasted 100 days.
Our army sent to Cuba under Cen
eral Shafter consisted of about 1900
officers and men, little more than half
of whom reached the fighting line.
General Miles took to Porto Rico $40.
Since Dewey accomplished his mission
in destroying the Spanish fleet. Twenty
three army expeditions have crossed the
Pacific and four have gone by way OF
the Suez canal to conquer the islands
for which we paid Spain $4,000, 900.
These expeditions have carried 1879
officers 81, 2S7 men, but nearly 500 adj
ditional officers have gone out to Ma
Mia and nearly 1000 men who did not
accompany the regular expeditions.
OF the total force, up to today scarcely
1000 have returned.
General Otis has, therefore, had near.
ly twice as many soldiers as were Ie-
CURED to conquer Spain in Cuba and
Porto Rico. His army is twice as
large as the force with which General
Scott whipped Mexico.
Our losses in Mr.. Mckinley's wal in
the Philippines are not bulletined for
the public by the War Department, but
they far exceed our loss in the war de-
clared by Congress against Spain,
There has been fighting nearly every
day since hostilities were begun at Ma
Mia, and our War Department is now
striving desperately to send 5000 more
reinforcements to General Otis. Com
mander Ford, Admiral Dewey's fleet
surgeon, who has just returned home,
says; "When l left we held not quite SO
much ground as was ours during the
first part of August last year and our
lines we're restricted to the suburbs of
Manila.
The splendid valor, dash and endur.
ance of our soldiers is the only redeem
ing feature of this unauthorized, un.
necessary, un.America and apparently
endless war of subjugation,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23


Last saturday Miss Emma Bolton, of
chester, accompanied by a friend Of Ed
ware Bottoms family, Capt. Robert
CRAWFORD, late of the u. S. Navy, but
row superintendent Of the Williamson
School OF Mechanical Trades, Delaware
county, Ia, visited PENIS Grove, to
search for some land which Miss Bolt
ohs parents had title deeds and surveys
tof. The land lay a mile above Fort
Deiawa and Liverym9n Wood took
them to Films Point ighis new surrey
on It's first t5ip.-Fh visitor had deeds.
papers and agreements with them which
showed that in 1918 Enlow COTbit
decided to Peter Boon s acres Of land
situated in the Delaware River : of a
mile from the Jersey shore, about five
miles below New Castle Court House
ana ABOUT one mile above the Pea
Iatch tFort Delaware). A map, which
was a certified copy from he Surveyor
Ueneral's Office, at Burlington showed
the OF MS 8 acres II also
Tue courses ana oil u acres,
Oh which The 8 acres was a part uh-
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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
nnnrh Of E~rnchnIhcrs.

AT tile meeting OIL tue D""'" va
18th a delegation of Salem's bushes
men, composed of John v. craven
George Hires, Isaac b. Lawrence, Alex
ander Hand, Richard Basset, Thomas j
Yoke, Owen J.. Jones, Woodnut tes'lV'
VIM. A. Casper, Robert 5. Bunting,
Thos. sinnickson, il, and Louis iloel-
eel. of the Board of Health, appeared
before the Board to advocate the iu1-
provement of the Court House, county
offices and Jail. Mr.. Craven acted ao
Spokesman and said that they waited on
the Board, believing that Improvements
in the appearance heating, yenti.aliiis
and sanitary arrangements of the D"l'a'
ing were absolutely needed and una
now was an opportuue time to make
them.
Job Griscom presented an application
for the rebuilding Of the road from
Isaiah Hobgin's to Hancock's Bridge, as
a State road, and Clerk S%innickson read
a petition from owners of land fronting
on said road, owning at least two.thirds
of the land fronting thereon, asking
that the road be built and submitting a
map of the proposed road. The road Is
to be two and one sixth miles long, Il
its estimated cost is $1,000.
Ex.F reeholders Frank Bradway aud
Henry Elwell and j. Warren Smith ap-
peared in behalf Of the residents OF
Lower Alloway's Creek and in support
of the petition.
Mr.. Freas moved that the application
and the accompanying resolution be re
ceived and adopted by the following vote
Ayes-Freas, CARL, W. Crimson, New
ell, Snyder, Mayhem, job Griscom;
White, Jones.
Noes-Redstrake, Summerill.
Not voting-B0rton, Burk.
Director Jones appointed as the com
mittee to build said road: Messls. Job
Griscom, Freas, Newell, Carl, and
VIM. Gfisc0m.
The committeeo on Penu's Neck Bridge
reported through Mr.. Freas that they
had visited the bridge and decided that
to make the bridge secure it would be
necessary to cut off about thirty or
thirty-liye feet of the approach on the
PENIS Neck side which is of masonry
and is overlooking the foundations and
| forcing the draw down on the pluiOn
and c0gs supporting and operating it in
such manner as to break them. This
masonry would be replaced by a bridge
span of iron. The pier on the Salem side
of the draw could enlarged very easily
which would remedy the trouble there.
The matter was left in charge of the
standing committee on PENIS Neck
Bridge, and thai committee Was, on
motion, authorized to have speciliCa.
lions drawn and bids for the work adyer-
tised for.
Freebooter Summerill was authorised
to have Hawks Bridge painted.
A motion was made that the commit.
tee on Public Buildings report at next
meeting the cost Of Improvements to
County Buildings. MI. Freas askedhow
the committee could report the cost
when they could not tell what improve
ments would be made. Mr.. BOrtOm sug
gested that the committee on Public
Buildings hold a meeting and agree on
some plan of improving the Court Houst
and also eDlarglng the Clerks and Sur
rogate's Offices, which was absolutely
needed. The committee was so instruct,
ed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

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