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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-26

wife and his sons wife, by his bust
ness partners. by his customers, his
clients, or his patients and all their
female relatives to an observance and
a conformity that his heart and his
mind had no share in.
Believers in the verbal inspiration
of every "thus SAITH" whereunto and
Selah i'm the Bible ascribe the seizure
of the Lords day, and the human en-.
joyment Of it, to higher critics who
have made the decalogue a purely
human document. There was an idea
among the older theologians that God
demanded that every minute OF the
Sabbath day should be used in wor-
ship. Not on account of the benefit
man received from alteration, thCngh
that was admitted, but as tribute to
an exacting deity who gloried in the
humiliation Of the worms he had
created, and as penance for sins for
which otherwise they would be
scourged nightly. We have travelled
far from that conception. Unitarians
are no longer the only ones that hear
God in the lark, that worship him in
the armament, that realize the globe
whirling through space, and the ma
jesty of the sun, moon and stars. And
on Sunday in the spring time in this
part OF the world, the doors to the
houses are open, giggling lovers are
indispensable figures in the idyl, the
unaffrighted children play with their
darling week day toys and all Ne
braska that is not sick.a-bed or eating
dinner is out of doors.
Three Score and Ten.
At forty years every man and wO-
mar has seen sickening sights. At
forty years every man. at least knows
that nearly every other man is for
sale. some are bargains and Others are
dear at the lowest price. Considering
that enthusiasts are quenched, that
faith in man is almost destroyed. the
cumulative evidence If ingratitude,
treason and the purely commercial
emotions Of the times, sixty years is
long enough to live. At this age
almost every one is certain that the
world is hollow and that the men and
women moving around upon it are life
less, as dolls except for the power TO
eat. Formerly men and women were
distinguished from automatic by speak
ing and by the power to love and
think. Machines can speak as well as
men now and only the hearts Of the
very young and ignorant still beat
faster at true stories of life sacrificed
for others.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-26
Peculation.

pTiuUeO IL oil VI OuC newspapers -
soon as the American occupation OF
Cuba began, was about the corruption
OF the Spanish revenue and post office
officials. In spite Of periodical reve-
lations of corruption and stealing
principally by American municipal
officers. we are still not beyond ap.
pearing shocked by authentic inform
alton of Spanish thieyery. The rem.
nants of the shocked look still linger-
ed upon our national countenaEce
when news of the steal by the United
States Director of the Posts, Rath-
bone reached this country. Our only
excuse for American administration
in Cuba is to show the Cubans how to
govern honestly and effectively. 1t
is fortunate therefore, that postal
criminals and defaulters are inevita-
bly, punished by Uncle Sam. No
branch Of the service is so merciless
towards defaulter as the post Office
department. Mr.. Rathbone's crime is
exaggerated by the disgrace which he
has brought upon the United States
administration in Cuba. In this
country faith in the integrity of post
Office officials is so rarely shaken and
defaulters are so quickly captured
and imprisoned that an irregularity
like that committed by Rathbone
creates no heresy in the system. But
the Cubans that have heard stories
about how the ice man runs New
York, will have their worst suspi-
cions confirmed by Rathbone's mis-
appropriation of funds. RathbOne
committed treason as we'll as robbery,
for he has brought his country into
disrepute in foreign land. Captain
Oberlin S. Carter, who is serving a
sentence for plain robbery, perpe-
tIated by way Of harbor contract,
committed q misdemeanor lie con-
trast Rathbone has made the United
States ridiculous and injured the
effect of the example the government
is trying to set.
A Spring Sunday in 1900.
In the days of our grandfathers,
Sunday was an indoor day. Verdure,
blue skies, the robin and the melo-
dious meadow-lark, the spring fra
GRANGE OF the earth, the trees and the
fiowere, it was acceptable self denial
TO shut them out and read morbid
book of martyrs, or the gloOmiest con-
illusions Of JOB, or threats of David.
The idea of propitiating an offended
deity once a week by shutting our
eyes and our ears and by barring out
the scented breeze has insensibly dis
appeared. Friends lunch together in
the evening, all the streets are filled
with strollers in pairs or in groups.
Sunday is perhaps even more Of a
family day than it was in Puritan
times. Fathers take their children
to walk, read to them or tell them
stories. The streets are full Of family
carriages. The nearby timber on the
banks Of Salt Greek shades the moth
er. father and children. The air is
full OF quiet rustic and the hum OF
voices. The effect lie not one Of Puri
tan somnolence and repression. but
OF movement and an indolent spring
gayety.
The department Of those who still
believe in all that Calvin confessed
and announced is much more human
and hearty than the most heretical Of
our forefathers. For such one wa
constrained by his neighbOrs. by hi
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-26

The contributors to the Reception
fund who have sent me an order on
the unexpired balance are o. J. King,
W. Whitman s. Co., Funke s. Ogden,
]. B. Trickey & Co., Perkins, Sheldon
& Chamberlain Co., Lincoln Drug Co.,
d. w. Brown Co., Judge Waters, j.
H. Mockett, John S. Reed, F. w.
Brown Lumber Co., Foster 4 Smith
Lumber Co., Buckstaff Bros. Stearns
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-22
.Throu gin Colorado

The Denver X RioGrande Railroad, with it's numerous branches pene- tratiDg the Rockies. has two dis- tinet and separate lines across the mountains. Tickets reading via the "Seenie Line. bet tween Denver and Grand Junction, in connection with the Rio Grande Western Ky. between Grand Junction. and Ogden, are available over the Denver < Rio Grande eithe- via its main line through Leadville and Glenw0od Springs or via the line over Marshall Pass and through the Black Canon. Tourists to and from Salt Lake City Ogden or San Francisco will find it to their advantage to have their tickets read in both directions via the "Scenic Line of the World" :" thus being able to use one of the above routes going and the other return ing. Write $. K. Hooper, G. P. & T, A., Denver, Colo. for Illustrated pamphlets. dtf
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How Quickly We Can Think.

Prof Richet, in his lecture on Nerve Vibrations, said that the rate of transmission of nerve impulses could not be more than ten or twelve times a second. Prof. Riehet states that if one tried to think set of words Il succession he could never pass that speed, and could not receive more rapid succession of sensations on the same organ. This period, then, might be called the psychological unit Of time" If the rapidity were greater, sound, electricity, and light would be perceived as independent undulatiens not continuous sensations; were 1t slower, one would see the motion Of the hour hand of watch and the growth of tree.
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 CHEAPER GAS.

The Pine Biuff Light & Water Con- panr hegs to announce that on and aft. Jnne lst the prices of Gas will be reduced.
 For Fuel, S2,50 per 1000 cubic feet. l iuminating, s 5o per 1000 cubic feet.
 Less Sl00 discount on fuel Gas ana 50cta discount on Illuminating Gas. If paid on Or before the sth of the month following the month for which the bill is rendered.
 We are rebuilding our plant and extending our system. furnishing a high grade quality of Gas.
 SERvtCEs RANGES AND METERS WILL BE SET FREE OF CHARGE, HoUsEs PIpED AT eosT.l
 We have full liae of Ranges, small cooking stoves, Weifbaeh lamps and every appliance apper- taining to the Use of Gas, on exhibi- tion at our office and show room. Ne invite you to call and examine our display. Open evenings.
 Respeetfully yours,
 PINE BLUFF LIGHT X WATER Co,
 dtf ll3 Main Street
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UNFAIR DEAL.
Jefferson County IS Getting the
 Worst Of Tt.

County Clerk Flanders informs Us that last year the county of Jeffer- son paid into the sta.e treasury more than S2,000 on the confederate pension fund, and that her pension CTS only received S372.I5.
 The state board cut down the a1- lowance made the veterans Of this county 70 per cent so as to be able to prarate the funds over the state.
 s.,szs,s to us that every county sh a47f required to care for it's ON Il slGent veterans.
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SHARP ENGAGEMENT.
Americans Under Capt, Elliott De-
 feat 500 Fillpinos.

" WASHINGTON. May 2l.-The war department received cablegram this morning from Gen. Macarthur at Manila telling of sharU engage ment on the 14th inst. at Agusan, in Gagonian province. The enemy 's loss in killed was fifty-two. The American loss was two killed and three wounded.
 The dispatch is al follows:
 Manila, May 2I.-CoI. Edwin A. Goodwin, Fortieta U0ited States volunteer infantry, reports an en- gagement on May l4 eighty men Fortieth regiment United States volunteer infantry, under Capt Elliott, at Agusan, near Caganian province (Mindanao). Eaeny 800 strong and in good position; routed; !; fifty-two killed; thirty one Reming- tons and quantity of ammunition captured; our loss in killed. company l, Fortieth regiment. United States volunteer infar try, Corporal Jack Cook, wounded in thigh; moderate; Artifcer Edwin E. Dodds, wounded in thigh; slight; company K, Forti- eth regiment. United States volan- teer infantry. Mack D. Smith, wounded in thigh; moderate.
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The Antinnitx nf nna.

Beds were unknown among the ar- clients, who slept on the floor or on a diyan covered with skins. It was in the middle ages thar beds first became common. being made Of rushes. leather or straw. 1t is supposed that feather beds were known to the Romans, since men are reviied by one of the Latin poets for their luxury in sleeping upon feathers" Heliegobalus. the most effeminate of the Reman emperors, pos sessed an air cushion and an air mat tress as early as A. D. 210. In Eng land the better classes began to use feather beds for the first time during the reign of Henry VIII, and in eer- tain districts of Holland and Germany bedsteads are still fitted as they were then, with two feather beds; apon one the sleeper lies. the other being used for covering. The Russian peasant places his bed on the top of the oven for the sake of the warmth given out by the re.-Phtladelphia Times
 B1aeiacfets in Il Hansom.
 When two handsome, smooth-faced, smiling young bluejaekets jumped into a hanson for little spin. they set tied back into the cushions with evil dent enjoyment of sitting thus in the stern sheets instead of laboring at the oar. The eabman let down the win dows on both sides to give the boys plenty of air. Then he mcanted to his seat. and away they went, rounding the first corner they came to close hauled on the starboard tack. and sail- ing down Broadway at forty knots an hour.
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walked in His Sleep.

Bernard Bennett, of Jamaica, L. l., who has been confined to his bed for four years with paralysis so complete that he is unable to move about, is nevertheless able to walk in his sleep. This ability has just been discovered by the mans wife, who found him go- Ing down stairs. When he was awak- ened after being led to his bed he was again unable to move.
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Rattled by a Royal yisifor.

On one occasion the prince of Wales visited Hindoo school in Madras. The youngsters had been drilled into the propriety of saying Your royal highness" should the prince speak to them, and when the heir-apparent ae- costed bright-eyed lad, and pointing to a prismatic compass, asked, What is this?" the youngster all in flutter replied: @It's royal compass, your prismatic highness. ''
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Administrators sale

BY virtue of an order of the Probate Court of Jefferson county. Arkansas, entered May the 10th, 1900, |. IS administrator of the es- tate of ?, N. NauRine deceased. w:ll on Sat urday, the 26th day Of May, 1900, between the pl,, at the town of SherriI1 Tn said county and at the store hous lately occupied by deceased in said town offer for sale at public auction to the htghestand best bidder, cert1in stock of goods. consisting of dry goods. notions queensWare. hardware, groceries etc also a few head of live stock Said stock of goods will be sold in bulk. said live stock sold separately, the sale to be on credit of seven months, the administrator taking notes or bonds to secure the payment of the purchase The sald stock Of goods to be so offered may be seen at any time before the sale by those wishing to buy by calling on the undersigned at Sheffill, Arkansas.
 P. c. JENKINS Administrators May t0 1900. 1e0-f4t
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Kindling wood delivered to any part of the city for Sl00 per load. BELL SHAVE co. Telephone or ders recelye prompt attention. If
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Fresh Tomatoes. Caeumbers and Strawberries regular at Joe c Meyer & Co.'S. III
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A Conundrnm: What four makes the best bread? Answer: Why, "QUEEN BEE, of rse.-strauss & Miller. S
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Brapdon's TasteIess Chill Tonic is pleasant to take and ia guaranteed 10 eure.-Mann-Ta kerslev Drug Co.
 o1c
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Fresh Straw berries. Snap Beans. Cucumbers, Squash, and New Pota- toas daily reeeived.-Strauss < Mill-
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XXYANTED-To exchange fine concert size
 WV Guitar with case for gents bicycle. Address r. o, Box II. City. 19S6t
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XHTANTED- Housekeeper to do general w house work; no washing or ironing. Good home. Apply alters o'clock T. nj. at 929 East Second E. DAk0UX. POI
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EOR sALE-My fine family horse and light open ton buggy at q bargain. Apply to SIDNEY SMITH, at Sterns. 19s6t.
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FOR sALE-Five room cottage. with bath
 room and modern eonYenienees. Apply at 1904 East sixlb avenue. 205.
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If charged. will be charged at the regular local rate Of cents q line each insertion.
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HEAP Ol. U MN
 Advertise Your Wants.

If you have a House for Rent. or have any thing for Sale advertise it in this Column.
 Rates: 3Iines, one week, p cents, CASH IN
The age-herald., 1900-01-03

ber tarin upon which such monopeiies are based is an all-suhieient issue in that state. It is also a pretty good issue in California. But chen there are New York and New Jersey, Two normally democratic states. full of cities that are democratic in spite of all blana'shments and deeelt Win anyone say that they are securely anchored in the republican column? The indications are that the democrats in both states are get ting ready to support William J. Bryan, and one can scare them into strange methods again by crying out panic" For are not the republicans preparing to fasten the single-standard upon the country and rivet il down? When that is done-and the republicans are sworn to do.t-no one can raise false alarm over the currency aues-' tion and when no one can do that no one can seduce or scare democrats in New York or New Jersey from the party they were born into and vastly prefer. New York and New Jersey can elect democratic presi- dent, and there are not wanting signs that they intend to do it.
 It is quite she fashion to say that the reelection of the Great opportunist is as sured, although the money situation is eriti- cal and a guerilla warfare may be main tained in the Philippines up to the wet sea- son, which begins in May, and therefore up to the day of election. The country may tire of tight money and City bank manipu- lations and of endless warfare at the ends of the earth; and no one is warranted in saying that MT. Mckinley has cinch. He has not, and no one knows this better than the Hon. MT. Hanna, campaign manager, who is not proceeding on basis Of over confidence or even of confidence.
The age-herald., 1900-01-03
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Their Labor for Their Pains

The celebrated. French composer. Meil- hac, who died recently. was one Of the ab- sent-mlnded geniuses. He was also q man of simple tastes in the matter of food. It is related of him that, on an occasion when one of his operas was being presented, he entered, in evening dress. a fashionable restaurant and threw himself down at a taole, thinking earnestly about the musi- cal event of the evening, and about notIl- ing else, relates Golfers Weekly.
 A waiter brought him a bill of fare, and Monsieur Melhac quite aiostraetedly in- dieated with his finger the first dish on the bill that his eye had struck. It happened to be the most elaborate and costly dish on the bill, and when the walter went to the kitchen with the order there was commo- ton.
 The proprietor himself arrived, and he and the chief cook devoted themselves to the preparation of the famous dish One man was sent for this choice ingredient, and another for another Meanwhile Mon sieur Meilhac waited absorbed.
 At last the dish was brought with great flourish, and the proprietor stood not far away to observe the result When it was deposited on the table Melhac looked at 1t with an expession of melancholy inter- est.
 Did I order that?" he asked.
 Certainly, monsieur"
 Do you like it?''
 'But-but yes. monsieur"
 "Then please take it away and eat it yonrseR,'' ordered Mei1hac, "and bring me two fried eggs'
 The order was carried out, and the pro- prietor wondered if he had a madman ito deal with.
The age-herald., 1900-01-03
hnyone's Race in November.

q. If III voters in Kentucky, 962 in Califor- mia, 1919 in Delaware, 5.744 in West Virginia, 9,O91 in Indiana, and 16,117 in Maryland had reversed their votes in 1s96 William J. Bryan would nave been elected president. and the Great 0pportunist would have been left in his Ohio village to muse over what might have 6een These are not large changes, and the Crumpacker bill which -strikes all southern representation, and which will be made an administration meas ure. at least so far as census basis is con cerned. will ensure the changes called for in Kentucky, Delaware. Maryland and West Virginia All except the latter have become democratic and the latter will soon fall into line under the threats of reduced rep resentation.
 Indiana is always a debatable state, and it ds as debatable now as 1t ever has been in its history. The trust issue and the rob-
The age-herald., 1900-01-03

ment of Aaibama State Troops before fhe militia became d part of tne national guard
 During the Hawes riots in Birmingham in December. 1ssS. Major Steiner was for d time in command of the regiment, pending the arrival of Colonel Thomas G. Jones. who was afterwards governor of Alabama. and who Is today one of the most hoAored of all the Alabamians. Major Steiner was born at Greenville forty years ago. the fourth son of the late Joseph Steiner, bank CT. He was educated at the State universi- ty and at Harvard, and married Miss May Flowers, eldest daughter of John J. Flow CTS, the active manager Of the famous Mill her, Caldwell X Flowers Lumber company at Boiling. the which was composed of the late pr. Henry Martin Caldwell and the late Senator John T. Milner, of Jefferson, and Mir. Flowers, of Butler. Major Steiner removed to Montgomery several years ago, and is now associated with former Mayor Edward A. Graham in the practice of the law at the state capital This firm enjoys one of the most lucrative law practices in Alabama. Major Steiner is one of the brightest men at the Alabama bar
 Ray Knight, Jr., w. D. Hulsey, A R. No ble and A. H. Quinn, of Anniston, are at the Morris.
 Thomas G. Jones, Jr., youngest son of former Governor Thomas G. Jones, and one of the most gifted and accomplished boys in the state, is at the Morris. He proceeds to Radford. Va, to resume his studies at the boys college there.
The age-herald., 1900-01-03
In inc Third Class.
truth.

When the new French and German naval programmes are carried out Germany will have 59 frst-class war vessels France 4S; Russia, 29, and the United States. 16. lii other words, this country will belong in the Italy-Japan class, or the third class. Great Britain being in class by itself.
 Public sentiment is clearly opposed to a large standing army, but it is clearly in flavor of a large navy. Thousands of miles of coast line, and distant possessions, and the ambition of wide commerce, not to men, tion our care of South America, or our po- sftion among nations, all demand large navy. and public sentiment supports the de- mand.
 The question will shortly come before the naval committees of the two houses, and these committees should disregard the slow action of the bureau of construction, giv- ing heed only to the wishes and needs of the country. The two naval committees represent the people much more closely than the bureau of construction does, and if we are soon to have a navy commensu- 
 country, the naval committees must act in dependently
 Sea power is becoming each year increas- < ingly important. and this country will be apt to be rated by its sea power. If We ex- pect ito secure without war a fair share of China's trade. we certainly seed a larger navy. If we expect the flag to be respected in every part of the world. we must back 1t up with more ships. It may not be neces-- :. sary to attempt to rival Germany O. France, but we should get out the Italy class into at least the class of Russia At sea we are losing ground instead of gaining it. comparatively speaking. Other nations are building battleships and cruisers while we are hesitatlng. and if a time should come when we need large navy the loss in consequence would far outrun the cost of a better navy now.
The age-herald., 1900-01-03
THE OILY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
An Explanation WldeIy Demanded.

Governor JohRston was quick to demand an explanation of a statement made by Senator Morgan-and he got it; and he has been claiming great credit for rigid exam nations of county officials He has pur- sued more or less of them consistently claiming more or less credit on account of 1t. Whether he has examined. through his ready subordinate, all or not, is a mooted question. He has at any rate examined good many, bouncing upon them without warning or notice of any kind, finding some deficiencies and very many irregu- larities, for which he demands on the spot explanations.
 But when the Alumni association, an of which Is a part of the state,-when it finds Irregularities in the action of the governor of the state acting as a trustee of an im- portant trust he repels them very bluntly ito say the least; and to this day he has not answered or in any manner explained the statements of facts and law embraced in the alumni report He has not done this although invited to do so in every part of the state.
 The alumni report was practically ac- cepted and endorsed by the trustees of the university, and the courts are to be asked to carry it's findings into effect. It is a document that has not thus far been con troverted or even challenged in any quar- ter, in any particular It is mistake on Governor Johnston's part to say that such a document can be ignored. for 1t can not be. It will not down." If it stands unex- plained and uncontroverted, as it does stand now, it will in the political history Of the state become the history of the case. As the case stands today it is an official history of the land deal: for the Alumni association is in law an advisory branch of the State university. and the report is their report. and the trustees of the uni- yersity have based their action upon it.
 Governor Johnston cannot longer afford to ignore it. He did promise to answer it. but thus far no answer is fortheumlng. One thing. is certain, nawefy, unless it is answered. it t-,pEll ,pElYl1b5e De accepted the truth, even If it Is confessedly not the whole trt,tb