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The courier., 1899-06-17

alumnus il elected To the Legislature
on account Of the accomplishments
extensively cultivated in him by the
state the people Of the state, who
have paid for those accomplishments,
naturally expect to have the use Of u
trained understanding, Of mind ac.
custOmcd to- think not as "a rabble
does. but under the guidance Of
reason and independently. The la
mcntablc failure Of the speaker Of
the late legislature to realize his
obligation to the state ard his re-
sponsc to what was only the cry Of Il
cabal is one of many instances show.
ing the failure Of the object Of the
real education. His university educa-
tion. gave Mr.. Paul Clark "A chance
to prevent a great wrong. He failed to
respond and missed the only con-
spicuous opportunity he will ever
have of justfying the states gener-
osity to himself. But the men and
women whose characters are strength.
ened and cultured by the state who
go back into the community and be.
come a source of inspiration to it,
who by force of character ard love for
their kind, become a vital part OF
their surroundings pay back in
measure full and running over the
cost of their tuition and justify the
system, which in spite Of all caviling
and impatience is making us con-
sciOus that we were not created free
and equal and gradually developing
an unwillingness to take unfair
advantages Of the 'natally handi-
capped.
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THE COURIER.

devoted to the annual camp as well
as the employment of professional
cooks has prevented the men from
learning the rigOrs OF camping and
the constant lowering presence Of
disease, whose craftsmanship is per-
feet. The surgeon generals insis.
tcnce that the necessity of IRA ming
aud drill in camp sanitation and cook
ing Is the pre.eminent lesson Of the
war, 1t Is hopedwill be one of the in
fluences to reform the rigid curricu.
lum of the militia training companies
which have scarcely changed since
Revolutionary days. The st. Louis
Republic says further on this subject:
IL would be an excellent thing for
one regular army officer to be attached
to every independent National Guard
organization and 1t would be equally
beneficial were army surgeons utilized
for the training Of civilian practi,
TONERS in their duties as surgeons
holding National Guard commissions.
The heightened value of the National
Guard would well repay such atten-
tiOn from the Federal and State Gov.
ernmentS. The lessons taught by the
war with Spain, at the needless cost
OF many lives, should not be wasted
through forgetfulness or indifference.
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THE PASSING SHOW
VILLA GATHER


or the four operas given here by the
Metropolitan company. l should say
that the Walkure was the most brilliant
performance. Herr Van Wyck. who
was to have sung Sigmund was i'll, but
scarcely see how any one could have
sung that difficult part better than did
his substitute, Herr Dippell. From the
first moment when, after that ominous
prelude OF the storm music, he rushes
exhausted into Hunding's hut, to his
last passionate rejection OF immortality
he sang with matchless intensity and
vigor. and he at all times sang perfectly
in tune. Not every man can do that in
the Ring operas. Sieginde was sung
by Frau Lilli Lehman, who did not
particularly distinguish herself. The
truth may as we'll be told; whatever
Frau Lehmann's past glories may have
been, her voice is worn out, her methods
are antiquated, and her self-conscious,
declamatory German style seems very
artificial and stilted beside the more
natural methods Of the younger singers.
She was certainly unequal to that first
stormy scene, and Herr Dippell and Mr..
Bishpam, who sang most dramatic
Hunding, bore the weight Of it upon
their chou ders. The mutual attrac.
tion between Sigmund and Sieglinde
begins, you remember, the moment che
discovers him at her husbands hearth
stone. refugee from his persuers. She
ministers to his needs, Hunding enters
and the guest tells his story. sitting by
the table, beneath the tree where the
sword itself is waiting for him where his
father thrust it on Sieglinde's wedding
night, During his recital Sieglinde
gazes at him enraptured, and Hupding
sits in the shadow, his hands clenched
at his side, his eyes blazing like live
Goals, while his guest sings OF the be-
ginning Of the woes OF the children OF
Wotan. After Hundlng is drugged and
safely disposed Of by his resourcful wife,
Then he begins the great eword song.
praying for the weapon his father had
promised him in HE hour OF need, the
sword with which he can free this wo.
man he loves. 1t begins with quiet
melancholy, rising to that great cry
"Volsung, Volsung. Wo let Dein
Schwert?' Surely il the elements ever
answered the cry of human need they
would have answered Herr Dippol then.
The flames on the hearth leap up and
cast glow upon the handle Of the
sword buried in the ash tree. Then in
burst OF power which is the very apotbeo.
sis Of the magnificent sword motif, Hsrr
Dippel leaps upon the table and
wrenches the weapon from it's unwil-
ling scabbard. and the sword song,
glorified, flashes up from the orchestra
like the steel itself.
Sieglinds enters, and seeing the sword
in his hsud knows that her deliverer
hae come. She tells him how the stern
man with his hat drawn low over his
eye, had put the sword there. and then
he knows that this woman is his sister
and bride. The scene which follows is
probably the most exalted love scene
ever set to music. and all Frau Leh-
mann's stilted posings could not mar it.
When Siegmund throws open the door.
letting the moonlight in. and sings his
song Of spring and love. then for the
first time the human element enters the
cycle OF the Ring, and already, 60 far as
dramatic purposes are concerned. Sieg-
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stinct Of battle fail on the battle scar.
red planet" From The COnspirators,
by Robert w. Chambers. After the
fight with gloves, the beginning of
which Is thus described, the two
young men, having fought off their
evaporation, bathe their faces, and
each Acknowledges the other, a good
fellow. Life is struggle from the
cradle to the grave and until we be-.
come incorporeal air, young strong
men will express the workings of the
spiritual law in the natural world by
fighting 1nasmuch as the philOso.
piers conclusion that fight does not
settle anything, is not accepted by the
kings Of Boyville who restore their
own good humour, establish peace and
respect for the highest authority, and
set their own blood and their oppo.
Dents to more rapid flowing through
their veins. by using their fists. Men
are but boys and Nations are men.
The Phoenicians. Greeks, Romans.
Germans, Celts. Norsemen, English
and Americans have. in turn estab.
lished themselves by fighting and in
each case the toughest fibre has won
or at least resisted institutional con.
quest. BY fighting. the PHILIPPINES
they will be enabled to skip a century
or two Of slow development like a
public school boy who skips grades
and thus lays time by for the higher
grades when he will need it more.
We can not graft our own civilization
on to theirs for every people must ac
cOmplish theirOwn civilization but we
can coach them in self government so
that they can get their diploma much
quicker. After the fighting is over
the conqueror will be in position to
secure their attention as by fighting
he has gained their respect.
Milk Inspection.
1t Is not necessary to be student
Of chemistry to know that milk abb
serbs OdOrs and smells quicker than
any other food in the family refriger.
atOr. Hence it is only possible to
keep oderleSs vegetables and meats in
the same refrigerator with milk.
When it is pure there is no better
food than milk. 1t is medicinal too
for it heals inflamed surfaces and is
easy to digest. But on account of its
absorbent qualities it is also a com.
mon carrier of disease. Chicago,
Kansas City and Omaha have been
inspecting COWS and milk more rigidly
lately. Chicago has condemned
number Of cows having tuberculosis,
Kansas City has found out that the
milk men were selling watered milk,
and Omaha that the milk dealers
were using an embalming fluid which
chemists say prevents decomposition
which when it refers to the process
going on in the stomach means that
it prevents decomposition. An intel.
ligent milk inspector in Lincoln. who
happily has been milk dealer him.
self and knows the temptations of the
business might be the means of say.
ing many lives.
OTOE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The county commissioners of Otoe
county, in the state OF Nebraska can
beat the calendar, says The Conserva.
tive. These three learned officers OF the
law can make two days labor out Of the
work done in one day and get paid for
The courier., 1899-06-17

Korsmeyer Plumbing and Heating Co..
2l5 So: 18th. sell the best and cheapest
Electric Fans.
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The New Street Car Ordinance.

The ordinance making 1t a tinable
misdemeanor to spit in the street
cars was passed by the council last
Monday night. 1t rests with the
street car officers now to inaugurate
the suppression Of nuisance which
is making Lincoln one of the filthiest
cities in this country. Riding in the
street cars, especially in the winter
time when the fires are lighted in the
little car stoves and the doors are
kept jealousy closed, is an unpleasant
experience and hundreds of ladies
walk in inclement weather rather
than ride in the filthy cars. Those
patrons of the street car company who
are offended when spoken to by the
conductor on this subject will have
their places taken by neater people
who are glad of the opportunity to
ride in clean car. 1t Is hoped that
it time even the incorrigibes will re-
turn, cured Of their disgusting habits.
Camp Sanitation.
Surgeon General Sternberg in his
address to the American Medical
Association on the subject of the
sanitary lessons Of the late war, urged
the necessity for the teaching OF
camp sanitation to the militia. Sol.
diers in the regular army are taught
how to be healthy though enlisted.
Besides the soldier in the regular
army probably fares and Is lodged
Just as we'll, il not better in the army
than before enlisting. The volun.
teers on The contrary come from
better fed, better clothed, better edu-
Gated grade OF society. Enlistment
to the volunteer means unaccustomed
coarseness of food and uDaccustOmed
eXposure. The militia from which
the regular army in time Of war Is
recruited should be drilled in keeping
the camp clean, in the necessity Of
drinking boiled water and in the
simple recipes OF wholesome camp
cookery. In the past when the
various state militias have gone into
annual camp the time has been de.
voted to the manual OF arms. to learn
ing military etiquette end to dress
parade before the rural bellies OF
towns nearest the camps. The COM
paratively small number OF men In
camp and the shOrtness Of the time
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war with Spain, at the needless cost
OF many lives, should not be wasted
through fOrgetfulness or indifference.
Mischief Makers.
When a man loses his job in rail-
road or insurance Office or when a
private employer finds that an EN-.
ploye is out of harmony with other
employees and that the friction pro.
duced by this state Of things is
obstructing his business and dismiss.
es him, it is not customary for an
employe to spend year or two in
attempting to injure the corporation
or man whose service he has left.
But let man be removed from
state institution after convincing its
governors and his fellow workers
that his presence in the institution is
harmful and he will spend several
years. not in looking for another job
but in endeavOring to injure the
institution which has employed him
and forgiven him longer and more
than any private employer ever does.
For if a corporation has the faults of
all the men who compose it, it has
also their virtues. In the case of the
board Of regents of the State uni.
verSty, the board has six times the
forbearance Of one man. And when
Professor II. X. Wolfe was asked for
his resignation it was only after he
had been warned that his class criti-
cisms of other members of the uni
versity faculty were inexpedient and
that his conduct towards the chancel-
lor must be regulated with grei ter
propriety. Paying no attention to
the warning, a year afterward, the
board asked for his resignation.
Since that time Mr.. Wolfe has done
what he could to injure the institu.
tion among politicians upon whose
good will the university income de.
pends.
Under the present administration
the university Is prospering and the
hiatus which occurs between the de.
parture Of one chancellor and the
election OF another Is not favorable to
growth. Therefore l hope that the
plots of his enemies may be defeated
and that Chancellor MacLean may
conclude to remain with the Ne.
braska university.
Battle Lost.
"Then we thrashed around the room
a while. pommelling each other in
public school style, upsetting chairs,
until he slipped on rug and sat
down abruptly on the sofa. Oh, but
1t did us good. We breathed deeply
and scOwled at each other. The Old
school boy spirit fiared up-the de.
light In fighting, the intOxication OF
thwacking cOmrade at close Guaraers
the ecstacy Of being punched on the
nose. Blessed privilege of YOUTH
thrice envied Of old age. Not until
the last arm falls paralyzed, and the
InSt R1inRhnl Hct
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Milk Inspection.

The county commissioners of Otoe
county, in the state OF Nebraska can
beat the calendar, says The Conserva.
tive. These three learned officers Of the
law can make Two days labor out of the
work done in one day and get paid for
same. They make out anG audit their
own accounts. These commissioners
average salaries Of about eighty dollars
each per month. They must work at
the rate Of about eight to ten dollars a
day-two days in one. Their compen.
sation per year is greater than that Of
the average clerk. accountant or book
keeper In Nebraska. When shall their
salaries be increased. When will they
make three days out OF oneS
The courier., 1899-06-17

During the intermission between the
first and second acts I left the theatre
and was crossing the bridge between
tho stage entrance OF the Grand opera
house and the Avenue theatre, when l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-01
THE QUEENS WEALTH.
1t Is Said to BE Great, but She Has n
Big Family.
Golfers Weekly.

COiitT Ntchiy.
We have often heard that the Queen of
England is an exceedingly rich woman, but
few people are really aware of the enor-
nous wealth she possesses. Its full amount
will never be known, for the Wills OF royal
peTSOnageS are not disclosed. As mere items
of her present income, however, may be
mentioned the yearly sum of 100000 which
Parliament allotted to her spouse, Prince
Albert, and which has been paid her ever
since his death as the widow OF that pen
stoned parsonage. Her mother, the late
Duchess of Kent, left her 9S.0O 4 year.
Thus nearly two hundred thousand annual
dollars go to swell her private purse, wholly
outside of her royal revenues which nobody
mentions in any exact terms and of whose
real amount nobody save certain reticent
officials are perhaps aware. individuals, II
is well known, have on several occasions
bequeathed the Queen large fortunes. Her
property in jewels alone is something pro-
digiouS. Her gold plate, stored at WINDSOR
Castle and brought to London for use at
court festivities at Buckingham Palace, is
of vast value. 1t chiefly consists of dishes,
fagOns, stands and shields and has been
accumulated through many past genera
tions by the monarchs who preceded her.
parel, household ornaments, tapestries, rugs,
carriages. horses, etc, would reach huge
sums if reduced to pounds, shillings and
pence. Unless i am greatly In error all the
royal palaces are exempt from taxation and
the state defrays the huge expense of main
tanning each. 1t is now and then affirmed,
and not without truth, that a President of
the United States has more power than the
Queen of England. But his yearly $4,000
make a .piteou5 showing beside that
copious stream of gold which pours contin-
uously into the Golfers of Windsor. And
when one thinks of the e1oo.Oo per snnum
yet regal incomes distributed among his
brothers and sisters, one realizes the tre-
mendous financial benefits which royalty OBJ
tains in one of the richest nations of the
world
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THE WOMAN OF ..THE ANGELUS.,
Millet's Model Still Living at Barbi-
ZOn.
Woman's Home Companion.

woman = f1OIne 1O1lpdulOn.
Barbizon, a little village in the midst of
the forest of Fontainebleau, a short dis
lance from Paris, has become a goal of
pilgrimage for many admirers of Millet's
work, and particularly for those who know
that the woman who suggested TO the great
painter his famous picture of The Ange-
lus" still lives there in a little cottage a
stones throw from where she was born.
Mere Adele's home is a small vine-clad cot
Portable life. troubled only by the overin-
q~uisitive tourists and by her rheumatism.
She must have been an attractive woman
once, for even now. although she has wit
messed the passing of more than three
score years and ten, there are traces of
former beauty In her wrinkled face.
Mere Adele is a lady, though she has
worn her fingers blunt by toll and her form
is bent under the burdens she has had to
bear. When she looks at you her smile is
like a benediction, and the beautiful things
of earth are not lost upon her. Her man.
ner is cheerful, as one who feels she has
not lived in vain: If questioned closely she
will tell you of the day when the great ar
list came through the dense forest with
his wife and children, leaving behind him
the gay city of Paris with it, schools of
painting and its models. She knows a
great deal of the very hard days which fol-
lowed for Jean Francois Millet-the toll,
nursed his five children and did the little
field work in the garden adjoining the cot
tage. When he saw his nurse girl. Adele.
and her father reverently bowing their
heads in prayer at the ringing OF the Ange-
lus he conceived the picture which. If not
his best work. is yet the best known and the
one most appreciated by the people. Mere
Adele calls herself a child of God. She
looks IL In the painting and she lives Ii
every day in her humble cottage.
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the most highly developed and the most Sc
rious. Because 1t is so widespread, and be-
cause, In a certain sense, II is inimical to a
proper social evolution, 1t has time and
again engaged the attention of philosophers,
who have sought to abolish Ii or, falling IN
that. to put a check upon 1t.
The latest propaganda of the anti-treaters
an "Anti-treat Circle" with a president.
officers and twenty-eight members. has been
up treating. The members meet at their
hall once a week. but no one ever dares TO
say, Have one with me-" for, If he should.
cents would foq e be pe araa7 glTn a iaf fine Of Of tb Is
reasons which led to the formation of this
circle may be gained from this lucid state
a picture whose fidelity to the truth will be
recognized from Maine to Manila: You
and L go into a saloon with the intention of
eight or ten friends who insist upon our
joining them. We do so. Then you and
reciprocate Finally every, man in the
'one with him. The consequence is that
each man takes eight or ten drinks Of
whisky or beer. and after the bout is over
there is not one but would have preferred
a halt at the first drink. This custom, re-
peated several times a day, year in and year
out, will ruin a mar physically and finan-
cially."
There is veracity in this graphic repre-
sentation, depicted with so much feeling.
It was the truth of 1t that led to the estab-
ia NAC oil u LII
zation which may yet run through the
United States like chickweed in a garden.
1t is of interest. therefore. to note how this
circle is conducted. Of its operations a Bal
timore contemporary has this account,
which throws additional light on the penal
ties inflicted upon the members: 1.-The cir
Gle holds regular meetings once a week. and
since the sign has been put out a number
OF applications have been received. The
membership at present Is twenty-eight. To
join the club a person pledges himself not
to treat. He appears at a regular meeting
and is initiated. The president announces
his name and then orders him to treat for
the last time. A keg of beer is on hand. and.
as the new member turns the spigot to draw
the beer, he receives an electric shock vio-
lent enough to make him jump. A pen is
handed to him with which he is to sign his
name TO the roll. He finds, when he takes
the pen, it is charged with electricity"
Apparently from that time his conversion
IL complete. He is an 'anti-treater." and
the enticing words, Have one with me-
mean less than nothing to him.
The movement is not a new one. IT has
been tried before. but it has met with more
1aiiure than success; not, however, on ac-
count OF any inherent weakness in the
scheme itself. but because of the weakness
OF the old Adam, who will insist upon maxi
ing his fellow-man drink more than he
wants to. The rehabilitation of human ma
ture is a tedious and, most philosophers
Will agree, a well-nigh hopeless task: new
ertheless, we wish good luck to the "Anti-
treat Circle" Of Baltimore. May its rim
ever expand.
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nrocC
David Harum' may now be classed with
the very few phenomenally successful
books, and certain features of it's success
make it unique. 1t won popularity from
the very first, unlike Uncle Toms Cabin
a considerable time before popular recoc,
milton came to them General Wallace's
book fully a year and a half. Moreover,
ing Circle, an institution whose approval
gives a work an immense circulation. or
"Ben-Hur," it is said, 10000 copies have
'"Trilby," another notable success. had
the advantage of serial publication In a
Whistler's invaluable attack. Yet 1t is safe
to say that even now, evidently long be-
fore its vogue has been exhausted, "Davio
Harum" has surpassed it in the number
Richard Carvel," Dr.. Weir Mitchell's
two novels, h Gadfy" When knight
Peter Stirling"-American novels, all-also
gained immediate vogue, but not one OF
them Of has ~b fhTz far H hnPr1ashe :ab the p pTpiIbT,
craze gave girth to a Trilby town or village
somewhere in the South-in Florida, We be-.
lieve-with its streets and squares called
and we had "Triiby" shoes and other ar,
ticles of feminin apparel which the win,
some model did not wear. We have not yet
merchandise called after the central New
York banker. Yet what an opportunity
there Is mere Tor manufacturers OF buggies.
harness, whips and toe weights.
TT Wide. Wide World and "The Lamp
lighter were published SO long ago thai,
statistics of their sales are no longer avail
able. Both had an enormous circulation,
but, when we take into consideration the
much sparser population of the country in
their day, we may safely assume that they
cannot have surpassed the 100000 copies
that David Harum'' is now approach-
ing, ard certainly not the three quarters
of a million of 'Ben-Hur." As for Uncle
Toms Cabin" that has been read steadily
1852, and there is little doubt that the to-
tai of it's sales during the last forty-seven
years has risen far above the million mark.