davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

and adjusts the lens, that we can
see what he has seen and know what
he knows The chronicles Of Minervy
Ann Perdue are running In Scribner's
Monthly. Compared with Minervy
Ann, Uncle Remus Is o vague story.
book. old negro. Minervy AIMS
drawing novels and syncopated con.
sonants and her brave. self-sacrificing
devotion to "Marsc Tumlin" are SO
convincingly recorded that nobody
thinks Of his prejudice against di.
alect story or against Sunday school
tales Of herOism and devotion to duty.
Yet when the tales are told and made
into book the reviewers who com.
monty pay no attention to serial
stories will herald another accom-.
plishment by which the nineteenth
century will be remembered. This
creation Of Mincrvy Am is really one
Of the notable discoveries of the cen.
fury. She is flesh and blood and has
all the peculiar charm and lOveliness
Of the negro character; compound Of
tact, devotion, ingenuity and the
primitive keen-ness Of observation
and deduction that unfinished races
possess. Readers Of the Century
know already that Minervy Ann will
make sensation among the sleeping
and Indifferent critics when it ap
pears in book form. But as in the
case Of Trilby. which originally ap-
peared as serial in Harpers, only
when 1t has become a book between
two stiff pastebOard covers, upholster.
ed In some Of the fashionable shades
OF light green or terra Gotta will the
critics become aware Of the "Chroni.
cles Of Minervy Ann"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

benefits conferred by a good public
library, would bat add to the auditor
ium fund enough to erect wing for q
city library they would deserve the
gratitude Of pOsterity, though they
might not receive it-sO forgetful
are beneficiaries
Measre Tslegraphie Reports.
In recording Admiral Dewey's ar.
rival in New York IL was stated In the
State Journal Of the 2sth of Septem.
Der on the first page and top Of the
seventh column, counting from the
left,
New York. Sept. 27-Through frol-
licking white caps the Olympia moved
majestically up the lower bay today
and passed through the picturesque
strait guarded by Forts WadswOrth
and Hamilton" 49,.
A reader who had not read in The
Journal Of the preceding day the fore
going explicit statement OF the time
Of the Admiral's arrival in New York
would conclude, IL he had no ether
source Of information. that the Ad-
miral arrived in the harbor on the
twenty.seventh. AS matter Of fact
The Journal OF the 9th contained an
account of the arrival OF the Olympia
and interviews with the Admiral,
though neither interviews nor de-
scriptions were as full as in other
western daily papers published in
cities no more important than Lin.
coin.
Mr.. w. o. Jones, the managing
editor Of The Journal, patiently en-
planned to me the other day that it
was the policy Of the paper he has the
honor to manage, not to print full re.
ports Of anything. He said that in
his opinion newspaper readers were
given too many particulars OF storms,
murders. arrivals Of the great, eject.
era, etcetera, and that he was seeking
to correct the taste Of the subscrib.
eTs to The Journal. The Professor
OF Journalism In the State University
said further that his idea! Of a news
paper was the New York Sun and that
In a modest western way, The Journal
was doing the shining for Nebraska.
Those people who prefer metropoli.
tan papers whose management has no
educational aspirations for their sub.
scribers take another daily paper
wherein the news Is printed and not
assorted and selected for them by a
professor who knows oh. 50 much bet.
ter, what Is best for them to read.
Nevertheless the local news In and
about Lincoln Is found In detail, and
In the main, with reliable accuracy
In The Journal. Therefore the ex.
igeant who take Chicago paper for
unexpurgated telegraphic reports
take. and will continue to take, the
local paper for its record Of current
local events.
Narrower Streets.
The streets OF Lincoln are ut least
third too wide. hope City Attorney
Webster's suggestion that they be
narrowed before any. mora navinu Ia
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

been very succinctly and forciblv
stated by the city attorney and the
subject Is only referred to here in.
order to help the project along in SO
far as one Of the papers published in
Lincoln may. The AUDITING property
owners will be much more likely IN
choose the smooth and less noisv
asphalt II the area 10 be paved Is
reduced by one half. A street sixty
or seventy feet broad between build.
ings only two stories high is an ali.
surdity and an extravaganza. We do
not need 1t and when the dust blows
which Is at least six months of the
year, our pretentions to a state we
afford take revenge upon us.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

tage Of darkness, Ut hiding places 10
the hills. they will turn South Africa
on the redcoats, taking advantage Of
jungle, climate and conformation and
reinforcing their geographical and
climatic allies at unexpected times
and places. The Widow knows that
a fight with the Dutch Is not the snap
the Egyptian campaign has been.
The Dutch are not Zulus, nor Indians,
nor Egyptians; they are uncomprom.
tsing, rather thick headed. protestant
Dutch, with belief in fOreOrdlna.
tion and convictions as strong as the
Presbyterians Of Scotland. Dom Paul
Kruger is a typical Dutchman and his
heavy face Is lined with the mental
habits Of lifetime. 1t would he
easier to convince and easier to con.
quer cleverer man. Faith in HIM is
SO deeply imbedded in the Boer heart,
that the army will be entirely at his
command. There will be no criticism
OF the administration and the Dutch
will only have to fight England with
what aid the Orange Free State, Hol.
land, and the Emperor William eau
give them. and only diplomatic. help
is expected from the last.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07
Judge Reese.

Never was a nomination more unani.
NOUS than that of Judge M. b. Reese.
II elected, he will leave a large ?rac.
tice and will resign his position as
dean Of the university law school
whic!: he has filled with honor. He
neither sought the nomination nor
accepted it without much urging. He
believes that the Office is one which
should be bestowed by the people, and
he will not make an aggressive at.
tempt to secure his election He is q
man Of spotless integrity, OF wide
learning. and especially learned in the
law. Republicans are united IN sup.
port Of him, while many fuslonists are
still unreconciled to Mr.. Holcomb,
and uncon vinced that his integrity in
the matter of house rent was beyond
criticism.
Judge Reese possesses judicial attri.
butes and accomplishments. As a
Nebraska judge his decisions would
become very valuable addition to
the body Of records which as applica-
tiOns and interpretations Of the law
have as much bearing on decisions as
the law itself.
The Beers.
All the learned international cor.
respondents, all the profound leader
writer's on the thousands Of papers In
this country and in England express
the opinion that the Dutch In Africa
will be conquered when England
gives the word. 1t Is not 50 certain
that England will come of first In
contest with the Dutch. The rise OF
the Dutch Republic and the Danish.
ment Of Spain from the Netherlands
occurred when Spain was a flrst-class
power and Holland only an aspiration.
The Dutch In Africa are stronger and
more united now than in the days
they fought Spain behind the bikes.
With the Orange Free State to help
them and Emperor William jealousy
watching England for Il chance to
interfere and help the Beers the re-
suit Is not SO certain. The Dutch are
still the Dutch, and more obstinate,
tenacious fighters never were born.
In their fighting there is something
'0f !ndiaI L"ctics. They take advan
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

will only have to fight England with
what aid the Orange Free State, Hol.
land, and the Emperor William eau
give them. and only diplomatic. help
is expected from the last.
~~~
The Public Library.
No institution Of the city has been
conducted with so much economy and
wisdom as the city library. The
board has met regularly and although
its members serve without pay. there
are very few absences in the years
record.
The burning Of the library was
great calamity. 1t furnished books to
the bOOkless, and the selfculture it
made possible is inestimable. No
thoughtful tax payer ever begrudged
tie per cent OF the tax which went to
the city library. The city library is
one OF the reasons why we can get
along with so few policemen. Its
quiet rooms filled with books and
papers were filed every afternoon, and
with all sorts Of men. women, and
youth. Teachers, students, clerks,
day laborers. club women. lawyers;
every. profession, trade. and business
was represented by the borrowers and
readers.
There Is no suitable room for their
accommodation now. To keep people
out Of mischief Is not one Of the &C.
knOwledged functions Of city library.
That 1t is an actual preventative of
crime and misdemean0rs the records
Of dlsrcputable and disorderly dis
tricts In large cities both before and
after libraries have been established
there will demonstrate. Lincoln is
quiet and orderly city. Even on car.
nival evening there was very little
harm done. The influence which the
city library has had In effecting this
good order it is impossible to measure.
That 1t has been cOnsid cradle no one
who has watched the patrons Of the
city librar- come and go will deny.
The project OF erecting city library
on the high school grounds seems TO
me unwlse. The location is out OF the
way. 1t should be In the central part
OF the city. II 1t were on the high
school grounds 1t would be overrun
with noisy children, and the other
people who have been in the habit OF
reading the papers and books would
be driven away. The school children
do not need the library as these others
do. The children are being instructed
by teachers. The other patrons are
teaching themselves. Locating the
library on the high school grounds
and giving teachers and scholars spec.
ial privileges would set it apart for q
class and destroy its universally. And
its democratic rules and use is its
chiefest claim to favor. One building
a year Is doubtless all that the city of
Lincoln can erect and the auditorium
has been begun. II some public
spirited citizens, who appreciate the
commercial value Of a quiet and Or
DERBY city, not to mention the other
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

Narrower Streets.

sSssS"Ss SuSSSbs
The streets OF Lincoln are ut least
third too wide. hope City Attorney
Webster's suggestion that they be
narrowed before any more paving Is
done, will be adopted. The most dis.
agreeable feature OF this climate Is the
dryness and the everlasting wind
which blows 1t all over the parlOr
furniture, destroys the most care.
fully arranged cOiffures and perma.
nently Injuries naturally cheerful dis
positions. The expansive pioneer
who laid out Lincoln, saw a city
crammed with people and traffic In.
terfering with each other and block.
ing business for lack Ut room. He
was man with q Colonel Sellers
imagination to whose opulence the
tax payers and "abutt!ng property
owners" owe the tax assessments
which In the last ten years have
transferred SO much property into
the keeping OF the sheriff.
There are many reasons why the
streets should be narrowed before
they are repaved. Most Of them have
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-07

benefits conferred by good public
library, would but add to the auditor
ium fund enough to erect a wing for a
city library they would deserve the
gratitude Of pOsterity. though they
might not receive it-sO fOrgetful
are beneficiaries
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
ThoaghtfuI sparrow.

London Mail: We have all heard OF
the faithful dog that summons the
passer-by to the help Of its dying mas
ter. A correspondent Of High Wy
eombe endows the insignificant spar
row with the same high intelligence.
Passing along Bridge street." he
writes. Il saw one Of a pair sitting on
a house top. when suddenly q loose
slate slipped and caught the bird BY
the tail. so that ii was quite unable to
move. Il called to its mate. who. see
ing Its companions difficulty, tried
hard to raise the slate, but without
success. Then It few around. utter
ing Wild cries. until the attention Of a
man with q ladder was attracted. He
mp and released the poor bird.
Both sparroEs then few OF with a
merry chirp." A sparrow that knows
the uses OF q ladder would be worth
something to a Snowman
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12

parade we're all the school children Of
Philadelphia, and each one carried .
roll OF parchment tied with q red.
white and blue ribbon, with Gratitude
written on Il. As the children came
by they laid these rolls at Gen. La
fayette's feet He was nearly smoth-
cred by them. He would take up arm
fuls and press them to his breast, while
tears rolled down his cheeks. Those
were happy times, and Lafayette was
as good as he was great. When !
went to Europe ! saw his splendid
house and estate. II was about seven
teen miles from Paris.
when 1 was a girl there was an
Indian camp on the grounds now oe-
cupied by the big city hall. On Sun
days my father used to take me up to
their camp and he would take to them
That is nearly one hundred years ago."
Mrs. Terry did not marry until she
had reached the age OF sixty, when
she chose her dead sisters husband for
a partner. He lived but a few years
after his second marriage When asked
II she thought marriage a failure she
said:
II had very little time to think about
It when was young. but my advice to
all young people is to marry. Do not
be in too great a hurry. Pick out a
partner who is good and then lose no
time. / had lots OF chances when I
was young. but waited until was sat
isfed / would be happy. Although
was sixty years old when married
Mr.. Terry We lived very happily. II
you cannot find some one whom you
can trust and love you had better re-
main single. ! Is much better to be
eingle than have a bad husband or
wife. There are plenty OF men and
women to pick ami choose from. and.
the only way to secure happiness is to
bear with each other both pain and
pleasure and sorrow and JOY"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
His Turn Nov.

The plumber discovered his cashier
in a state OF collapse. Man came in
here a few moments ago who must
have been crazy" gasped the cashier
when he had recovered sufficiently &c
speak. He entered the ONCE hum.
ming a popular tune OF the day and
wanted to know what his bill amount,
ed to. looked II up and 1t was SC
large that I was almost afraid to tell
him. expecting q roar and the custom.
airy kick. But he only smiled, hummed
another tune and paid 1t without say.
ing another word. going away whIs-
Ting" What was his name?" de-
manded the plumber. looking the cash.
Ter over to see IL he had been drinking
Smith. wish you could have heard
him when he went away, whistling."
He can AFFORD to whistle" answered
the plumber. gloomily. Hes the fee
man. By the way. I think we had bet.
ter change ice men tomorrow"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
IN. Ratti.n.Id Rout..

The veterans Of 81 and. IS ana
thefr friends who are going TO attend
the thirty-third @. A. R annual en-
eampment at Philadelphia in Septem-
Der could not select q better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake q Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St
Louis on the Big Four. all connecting
at indianapolis or Cincinnati, and
thence over the picturesque Chesa-
peake q Ohio, along the Ohio river to
Huntington, w. Va; thence through
the foothills Of the Alleghanies over
the mountains, through the famous
springs region Of Virginia to Stanton.
Va, between which point and Wash
ington are many Of the most promi-
nent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Cor
louisville, Cedar Mountain, Kappa
hammock, Kettle Run, Manassas, Bull
Run, Fairfax and a score Of others
nearly as prominent washington Is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct to Philadelphia. There
will be three rates In effect for this
business-nrst, continuous passage,
with no stop-over privilege; second.
going and coming same route, with
one stop-over in each direction;
third, circultous route, going one way
and back another, with one stop-over
in each direction. For full informa-
ton as to routes, rates. etc, address
]. C. Tucker. G. N. A. ga Clark
street, Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12

A few years ago hard times made
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
or life. Then came the great crop
year Of 1897 and with it a story. A
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
OF 1890 on his property and it was
a burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in 80 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest, pulled out
$1,000 and asked for a loan OF $500 to
enable him to cancel the mortgage
note. The banker, who held the note,
urged him not to bother about it, but
go and buy cattle with his $4,000, feed
MS corn crop and in that way get the
maximum for his product. No, sir"
replied the farmer, 81 want to pay
mat note now. Then when 1 harvest
tne corn crop I'm goin' to pay you back
mat 800 just borrowed. and then
90 you know what I'm going to do?"
and his honest face beamed all over
win pleasure. I'm going to buy q
buggy" This little incident tells the
story OF thousands OF others out in
Nebraska, and the fact that during the
past six months one concern (Ths
StoVer Carriage Company Of Chicago)
nave shipped to one firm in Omaha
alone one hundred and thirty carloads
OF buggies and carriages, averaging
about p to the car. makes It very evil
dent that prosperity is with Nebraska
1t is a wonderful state with great re-
sources. and the crops Of the past few
years have put Nebraska farmers in
an enYiable position
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
WONDERFUL CAREER.

Col. NJ. ]. O'Brien, who has been
elected to succeed the late Henry 3.
Plant, has been in the employ OF the
great Southern Express company for
many years. He began as a driver Of
one Of the wagons OF the Adams Ex-
press company. and worked his way up
in that service until the Southern COM
pany hired him. Then his real career
in business began. Thirty years ago
Mr.. 0'Brien be- anne the private secre-
tary Of the president OF the Southern
Express company, and now he is him
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
What They Really said.

Deeds Of valor and self-sacrifice In
face OF the enemy are not always &C.
companied by rhetorical fireworks.
During the Zulu war. after al engage
ment in which the British troops were
defeated by Cetewayo's black warriors,
and were compelled to fly for their
lives. an English cavalryman. whose
scraggy little pony limped from an
assegai slash, detached himself from
the retreat and galloped back upon the
charging Zulus. A glance over his
shoulder had shown him a dismounted
comrade. stumbling painfully along,
trying to jam some cartridges into his
clogged revolver. When the troopers
pony trotted up the Zulus were almost
upon the two soldiers. Fortunately,
however. they had discarded their
spears. and were mishandling captured
carbines. Now, in a melodrama, or In
a realistic novel, the language OF these
two gallant officers, one to the Other,
would have been noble. lofty and in
spring. This is what they really said:
Get out OF this. Bill. ye bloomin' 1911
the black beggars will skewer ye.'
gasped the wounded man. You climb
up on this 'orse or I'll punch yer cad
on" was the reply OF the other. "And
1t is delightful" says a writer in Col
lier's, Weekly. ito be able to say that
he did climb up. and they both escaped
from the black beggars.' and that thu
trooper got the VictoriA cross"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
IrIsh Coal Supply.

An Irish paper says that export au-
thorities have estimated that there are
100000. 900 tons of coal in the Kilkenny
and Queens county coal fields, and adds
that it is good coal with many advan-
tages that Welsh and English coal does
not possess. II is twice as lasting, il
has no smoke. and for certain indus
tries 1t cannot be surpassed. Yet for
lack OF enterprise and capital the
meager output is only about $4,000 tons
year.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
A YOUNG OLD WOMAN.
SHE KNEW GEMS. WASHING
TON AND LAFAYETTE.
Mrs. Sarah Doroa Terry. los Years Old.
of Philadelphia. Tells How She ones
Cooked Hls Dinner-saw LAfays cite,
Toe.

The youngest old woman in AmerI-
ca Is Mrs. Sarah Doron Terry, who
one hundred years ago, was a demurs
little Quaker lass. Today she is one
hundred and eight years old and PhIla-
delphia's Oldest inhabitant. Despite
her great age her faculties, with the
exception Of being q trlfe deaf, are
perfect. When Mrs. Terry reached her
one hundred and eighth milestone she
Joined the Quaker City Chapter Of the
Daughters of the Revolution. Her IA
ther was Stacey Doron, OF New Jersey,
who served under Gen. Washington
for seven years and distinguished him
self in the battle OF Monmouth. Her
husband served in the war Of 1872, be-
cause Of which she gets a pension. IN
I'll ten years ago she supported herself
by sewing fine buttonholes on silk and
other gowns Of fine fabric. She wears
no eyeglasses or speetacles. Her pres
ent weight is but twenty pounds less
than 1t has ever been. Mrs. Terry's
vitality and intelligence are the marvel
OF scientist and layman alike. Her
recollections OF the days OF Washing
ton and Lafayette are complete. She
can recall events which occurred nine
ty years ago as though they were OF
recent date. She is bright, quick and
witty, and her "reminiscences Of Euro
rean court life and early colonial days
are full OF interest Mrs. Terry ad-
mires Queen Victoria as a monarch
and mother almost as much as she did
not admire her as a child. 1t was
sixty-eight years ago when Mrs. Terry
first saw the queen.
Il saw her in London at the Ken
sington Gardens when she was
twelve. She wasn't attractive. She
was little and too chubby, but she
looked real neat and not a bit proud
like" she says.
Seated in the home OF her grand
daughter. at No. 545 North Sixteenth
street, Philadelphia. she talked Of
Washington and Lafayette to a re-
porter.
Gen. Washington loved Philade!-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-08-12
OSCAR T. coRsoN. PRESIDENT.

Oscar Taylor Corson elected presi-
dent Of the National Teachers Asso-
citation. is q native Of Ohio and Is q
farmers SON. He was born In Preble
county. near Camden. May 3. 1857. He
was educated In the village schools Of
Camden and the Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity at Delaware. from which insti-
tuition he was graduated in 1873. He
had engaged in teaching occasionally
while In college. and when his college
work was done he determined to make
that his life work. He was elected gu
perintendent Of the schools At Cam
bridge, Ohio. In which work he con-
tinued until 1892. when he was elected
commissioner Of common schools OF
Ohio. In 1885 he was reelected. Re-
firing from once last January he APP
piled himself to the work OF publishing
the Ohio Educational Monthly, O mag
azine devoted to the cause OF education
which he had purchased while In ONCE.
and to institute work, for which he
has received calls from Michigan.
Pennsylvania and Florida. Mr.. Ior-
son is a member Of the board OF trus-