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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-28
THE COURIER

brance the spot whence its salvation
from great danger once proceeded and
which must be to it as the cradle oil
its freedom. And thus to this day
when Alfred, his sufferings and his
deeds are the themes OF conversation,
the Englishman points out with pride
to the stranger the low lands Of Som
erset." 10 the marshes Of Somerset
Alfred bid for months subsisting on
the scanty nuts, berries and succulent
roots of that section Of England. The
wives and children Of the little band
that remained faithful TO him hid
themselves 10 the thickets and some
times for the crying Of the helpless
ones for food, Alfred and his band
made a foray on the surrounding
country.
An outlaw in his own kingdom, Al
fred resolved to win it back from the
Danes. For this purpose he and his
followers built fortress at Athnel-
ney, near Somerset. This island is
east of the Parrot at the point where
it joins the river Thone and consists
OF an eminence rising high above the
surrounding country. The place is
always damp and frequently over
flowed by the tide. Owing to its Diff
ficulLy OF access the spot required
little labor from human hands to
make it impregnable. The choosing
OF Q natural place Of vantage is one
of the qualities Of q great general.
Alfred remained here for some time.
He made successful skirmishes into
his kingdom occupied by the Danes.
Every successful assault on the enemy
resulted in accessiOns to his own
forces. As soon as he had thus COL
lected an army he assaulted the Dan
ish army at AtheIdune, and gained an
overwhelming victory, OF course.
This was followed by the capture Of
the principal Danish fortress and the
equalization OF the Danish King
Guthorm. who in a few days re-
nounced his pagan worship Of Wooden
and was baptized into the Christian
religion. with Alfred as his god
father and bearing the new name Of
Athelstan. The convert agreed to
take himself, the remainder Of his
army and his family out of Wessex
and become Albert's inoffensive
neighbOr.
There is nothing harder to regain
than a throne once lost. A king
whose only retreat is marsh, whose
people are agricultural rather than
warlike, whose throne is occupied by
a viking whose only profession and
pride and reputation is in fighting, a
king without an army, without funds,
a ragged, hungry king, must have all
the qualities Of greatness in order to
inspire the farmers to fight and to
believe in their fugitive leader. All
this Alfred accomplished, and laid the
foundations Of England in that little
west Saxon kingdom.
In making new laws for his king.
dom Alfred adapted the new to the
old. He was not a reckless inpovator,
but in all cases kept whatever part Of
the old law the people themselves had
not outgrown and discarded. In
scholarship he was as modern as the
brothers Grimm. The old songs ard
tales his mother had told him in his
childhood he wrote down and pre-
served. "Alfred was a German, and
the influence" says PAUL., "of his de-
scent was strong. Those powerful
German songs which the boy had re-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-28


Is probably Trustworthy and capable.
Alfred the Great.
OF all the kings OF the West Saxons
only Alfred the Greats name is well
known to this century. A scholar, a
statesman and great general, Alfred
is respected by students OF his life as
one OF the great and moving forces
in the development OF institutions.
His life and deeds are hidden by the
veil Of q thousand years. He ruled a
small kingdom not larger than Ian
caster county, Nebraska. The leg
eods which have grown around his
name and the reverence with which
the Eoglish people and their descend
ants look back to him and the size
aud importance OF the British EN-.
pire make bis place in real history
and Influence out OF proportion to the
actual size OF the territory which he
saved from Danish usurpatiOn. 1t is
only another instance Of the fact that
q mans reputation and his influence
upon his generation and succeeding
ones depend not SO much upon the
size Of the kingdom he saved As upon
che difficulties and obstacles he con-
quered. II the Independence OF the
United States had been easy to a
chieve, IL there had been no Valley
Forge, no half naked soldiers making
forced marches with bleeding feet.
IL there had been no cabals against
George Washington. II he had had
0o0ey enough to equip perfectly q
magnificent army. IL united and
powerful people had placed him At
the head OF their army, he would not
have been called the Father OF his
County" The heroic qualities
which enabled him to make q nation
out Of a few settlers who had made
up their minds to remain Englishmen
add to pay allegiance only to an Eng
lish king were only revealed to his
cOuutrymen and to reverent genera
lions by the obstacles which he over
came and which only man OF heroic
build and a prophets love and zeal
and patriotism could conquer.
Who but scholars know anything
about Alfred's predecessors! In read.
ing the story OF his most interesting
life, life whose influence has out
tasted that of men born a thousand
years later to much larger kingdoms,
1 find that Ina, a kipsmal of King
Oaedwalla. caused the laws OF his peo-
pie to be collected, and it was this
compilation that Alfred revised about
two hundred years afterward. Butin
King Ecbert, King Ethelbald, King
Ethelwulf. as we'll as the kings who
succeeded Albert. we have only a mod
crate, easily satisfied interest.
Doctor PAUL. in his history Of Al.
fred the Great says: SIN the history
OF the world there is one often re-
curing fact, viz, the saviour OF a
whole kingdom and the repeller OF
its foreign conquerors has sprung
from some remote province left rude
by nature, and uncultivated access.
From the unimportant mountain
ridge of Asturia, Pelayo, the last Off
shoot OF the Goths. and the wonder
accompanied hero Of Spain. took the
first step towards the expulsion OF
Moors from the Peninsula. From the
eastern borders OF Prussia resounded
the first call to arms which had for
ats result the driving Of Napoleon's
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-28

snobbery though his opinion and
practice ia regard to the relation OF
gentility to ability, and promotion
therefor, is responsible for much OF
the popular dislike Of Sampson. and
the popularity OF Schley. The latter
Is good natured and modest where
the former is stiff. pompous and ex-
acting. As for ability. the unanimity
OF naval opinion 10 favor OF Sampson
Is probably Trustworthy and capable.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-28

and his peoples children to learn the
poetry OF their ancestors
Alfred's was not so much creative
genius as an approaching and pre-
serving one. He translated and col
lated and assisted the monks in their
efforts to preserve the history and
literature Of the people. He was
without conceit and he desired only
to preserve for his people and to
translate for their quicker apprecia-
tion the most valuable works there
tofore concealed from them in Latin.
His was a temperament and an in
SEPARATION like McKinley's: constructive
and able to avail itself Of all knOwl-
edge and wisdom collected by the
men Of his time or by the ancients.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-28

temptation. the world is certain to he
better perceptibly. But even this
small touch Of levity is unworthy
Miss wilkins heroine, who is a sub
limated maiden; beautiful in body
and soul and with the extra fine in
dependence Of the New England
wOrkman's child. TIE account Of the
moment when the daughter disco sers
that her fat her has lost his job and
has been the rounds Of the other man.
ufacturers and cannot get another on
account OF his age, and that he has
also lost his bank savings speculat-
ing in mines, is drawn with splendid
dramatic power.
Mr.. HOwells asseverates that Amer
leans are overload of dramatic scenes
and that true novelists, like himself
and Mr.. Henry James, no longer Sc
lect newspaper moments for descript-
ion, although it is admitted that
they are more interesting. Miss Viii.
kins has not lost her liking for crises
and scenes and may it be a long day
before she does. Mr.. James has
strictly psychological tragedy in the
same number of Harper's that for
futilitv, mystery and far removal
from anything of interest to his coun-
trymen in America and to the nom.
ent is in striking contrast with Miss
wilkins story.
The Solitude Cure.
Doctor Dedrick of the Peary Re-
lief Expedition preferred to be put
ashore at Etah, an Eskimo village Of
one ice hut, rather than return in the
steamer in company he detested to
the United States, warmth, comfort
and family. The officers Of the ship
report that Doctor DERRICK took his
gun and went ashore saying that he
was going to hunt. When the steam
er was about to start, the Doctor told
those who came ashore for him that
he was going to stay all winter and
that they could not get him on the
boat again except by main force. As
he was well armed and appeared to be
desperate they thought best to let
him alone.
This is only an extreme instance Of
what often happens in expeditions.
The human animal is gregarious, but
when number Of men are confined
ia ship for months it is likely that
one or more not entirely devoted to
the object of the expedition will be
willing to adopt any expedient, short
Of murder or suicide, to rid himself Of
his shipmates. Small companies of
friends frequently 60 on hunting,
camping or sightseeing expeditions:
they start hilariously with every
demonstration Of abiding friendIinesS
and trust. When they return some
members Of the party believe that
their eyes have been opened and they
never resume the relations which
may have continued unbroken fer
years before they were confined to
each others company for a term Of
months, weeks or days. The most
restoring tonic to the nerves is soil
tude, more medicinal than mountains.
ocean or springs, solitude is a cure
which nearly every one can try.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-09-28

to preserve for his people and to
translate for their quicker apprecia-
tiOn the most valuable works there
tofore concealed from them in Latin.
His was a temperament and an in
SEPARATION like McKinley's: constructive
and able to avail itself of all knOwl-
edge and wisdom collected by the
men Of his time or by the ancients.
The Portion of Labor.
Miss wilkins serial story now ap-
pearing in Harper's Monthly is the
most sympathetic and the least one
sided presentation OF the side Of labor.
not against capital but against our
system, that have yet seen. After
all Whistler and the rest Of the new
est artists can say against making a
picture too real, their structures can
not lessen the admiration Of the arts.
try which can produce such real people
with such real griefs. Miss wilkins
old factory worker, discharged be.
cause his fingers are stifiened by mid
dle-age and can no longer move rap
idly enough to produce the establish.
ed percent Of profit for the manu-.
facturer, Is the most pathetic, the
most moving figure 10 contemporary
literature. Honest, Industrious, sober
and devoted to his family. OF average
capacity and Of unusual faithfulness,
still the man loses his job and can get
no other because lie Is too near the
border of that time where the grass
hopper Is a burden. This spectacle of
the man who is not old but who has
lost the facility and elasticity of
youth without firmly establishing
himself ia some business where the
prevailing preference for youth is in
effectual, is frequent and saddening
spectacle. II employers only knew it
the elder man is more likely to be
valuable than the younger one. True
the former is not so quickly respon.
sive to new situations, but he has had
large experience of the various COM
binations which produce difficulties,
and he is not so likely to make ir-
reparable mistakes as the younger
man. Perhaps not over clever or SELF
confident, he has laid by In the course
Of forty years generalizations of
established value. Such a man is like
an old country doctor of originally
slight acumen. Modestly and con-
scientiously keeping track of physi-
illogical phenomena for half a cen
fury he is at last OF great value to
his patients just at the time when he
is scornfully dismissed for being too
old to keep up appearances. The
manufacturer who dismisses an old
hand because his fingers are no longer
supple loses sight Of the recklessness
so often inherent in youthful fingers,
and he also forgets the profit he has
made for SO many years from the work
of the same fingers.
Miss wilkins shoe manufacturer
has no modern notions of the respon.
sibilities Of an employer to his men.
He regards them as machines and
when one gets little worn he is dis.
carded as il he were thing Of cogs,
bars and straps. There is no NIL
tualness or reciprocity in his rela-
tions with his employees. He con.
siders that his obligations are en-
tirely discharged by the wages. In
the young man, his nephew, the lover
OF the story, there is a dawning con.
sciousness Of responsibility, of some
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1901-11-13
Lopande No. NJ zoz.
Oak nylleter.

Rofvad bank. Banken i Scotland. s.
y, blef j fredags matt rofyad pi s5 900.
hassaskapet sprangies och innehallet
togs. Rofvarne fydde
En- eiektrisk jernvag Stadsradet i
Sioux Falls. s. D., har beviljat $4,000
till Col. Chase af New York for anIao-
gandet af en- elektrisk IInfs iran e:a.,,
Falls till Madison.
En- specieI omrostning hollis harom
dagsn Sioux Falls, S. D., for att gifya
folket tillfalle att bestamma ON bonds
for $4,000 skulle utfardas och for
| anlaggandet af EFT vattenverk. For
siagat segrads med stor majoritet.
Indianerna foga sig. Fran Huron, S.
D., skrifves den nov En- order har
kommit fran regeringen Washington,
| att ALA indianer, utan afseenda pa al
der, skola vaccineras. Indianerna a
reservationen tyckte icke ON denna
order, men de fogade sig derefter, da
de horde att ordern afven galde de hvi-
Ia a reseryationen.
Vadaskott. Gaoge Gull, en- 8 ar
gammai son till domaren L. s. Gull
Hot Springs, S. D., skot harom dagen
af vada sin broder Loomis under lex
med en- bossa. Manga pojkar SAM
hallet hade fatt bossor af sina foral-
drar, hvilka de bruket med star YARDS,
loshet. NJ ANNA myndigheterna for
bjuda pojkar handtera skjutvapen.
En- rofvariiga opererar S. Dakota
och har till spociel industri att helsa
pa postkontoren. Harcm dagen blef
kassaskapst postkontoret Jefferson
spraIgdt medels dynamit, men r0fvar-
ne erh6llo endast frimarken till EFT
vayde af $40. Liknande pahelsningar
ha andra postkontor varit utsatta for,
utan att man kunnst gripa rofvarne
En- Iinnefabrik, for beredandet at
/ lin for vafyerier, tanker man anlagga
Wahpeton, N. D., hvarfor kostnaden
beraknas till $4,000. Herrar Crowell
/ j St. Cloud och Sloan st. Paul aro de
1 finansiela ledarne foretaget. I for
fslaget ingar att senare CORA foretaget
|fullstandigt genom att uppfora en-
byggnad for vafyerier, som kan lemna
sysselsattning for 150 arbetare.
Emmy reservation torde komma att
/ 6ppnas nasta var Dst berattas nsmli-
ger fran Devils Lake, n. D., att rege-
ringens speciaiagent major McLaugh-
lin traffat ofyerenskommelss med in
i dianerna Fort Trotten reserVationen
att till regeringen aftraaa 1UH. .000 acres
land for en- summa af s35o.0o0 Senator
Hansbrough, som ifrigi arbetat FOX sa--
ken, afreste till Washington efter Diet
j traktaten blifvit underSecknad.
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1901-11-13
Wisconsin, lyE1eter.
En- koppepidemi har utbrutit i Wau.
sau och dess omnejd.

En- koppepidemi har utbrutit Wau.
sau och dess omnejd.
Jernvagso soiycka. En- sammanst0t-
ming egde fredags rum emsllan ett
| Wisconsin Valley tag och ett godstag d
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul banan,
hvarvid eldaren Frank Lyons fran To-
nah dodades.
| Farmers State Bank Darien fick |
fredags morse pahelsning af rofvare.
De sprangde med dynamit kassaska-
pet, men explosionen var sd stark att
folket pa platsen varskoddes I hvalf-
vet voro $1,000 kontant och $4,000
vardepapper.
Eidsvada utbrot torsdags morse /
| Wisconsin Malt & Grain Comps ele-
vator Appleton. Brandkarens snara
/ ankomst och dess energiska arbete
raddade sbyggnaden fran att bli full
standigt lagd ruiner. Forlusten an
slas till $4,000, som betackes med as
| surans.
Minaes ingenting. D. S. Holcomb
Il
att sedan lata h0ra fran sig. Siutligsn
fick man reda pa att han upphallit sig
hos sin dotter Chicago. Sjelf sager
han sig ingenting minnas sedan han
lemnade Baraboo. Han amnar nu ater-
wanda till slit hem.
Brand till d0ds. En- ar gammal
son till Robert Lang, boende narhe-
ten af Elmwood. blef i torsdags brand
| till dods. Han och hans yngre broder
hade under foraldrarnes franvaro lekt
med tandstickor, hvarvid elden antag-
ligen fattat gossens klader. Egen-
domligt nog antandes icke huset. ej
heller blef hans yngre broder skadad.
| Alter en- Earning att icke lemna barn
ensamma.
| Jernyags oIycka. En- alton fora vec-
kan intraffade en- commissioning
mellan est passag geraretag och ett stort
antal godsyagnar Northern Pacific
bangarden West Superior. Passage
raretagets lokomotiv blef lila rampo-
neradt, medan godsvagnarne till st0r-
sta delen slogos spillror Besynner-
iligt nog blef ingen af passagerarne
skadade. Lokomotivforaren och elda-
| rem hoppade i It'd fran taget, sd att AT
ven de kommo oskadade fran affaren.
Nedbrunnen teater. Klondike tea
tern i Hurley. som egdes Of Ed. Les
claire, ladies' harom dagen aska ga-
nom en- eldsvada. Byggnadens var upp-
ford af ira och anvandes som hotel
och teater. Elden grep omkring sis.
med sadan haftighes, att brandkaren
kunde f0ga utratta. och det var med
de st3rsta trangningar som stadenS
Iraddades. So langt man vet blefvo 10ss
personer innebrAnda, medan g andra
Iblefyo mer elIer mindre sVart skada ade,
Explosion at en- oijestove angifyes la6
Iva filrorsakat eldisya Ian.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20
NEW ADVEHTIsEuENTs
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Paragraph, chat Giye Condensed
News Of the Day.

Neither the courts nor the grand jury
viii DE i'm session tomorrow.
Lewis and Goa Ltd, will close their
store tomorrow Regatta Day
The Orcgouian will sail for Kahului
about 4 clock this afternoon
Francis Murphy and Rev. l.. NJ. Hart
ley aiu now IN hIlo holding meetings at
Hail church
ON Monday at the Claudine wharf,
Morgan will sell a large consignment
of rolled barley.
only those with passes will be al
lowed on the Judges stand tomorrow
during the races.
The Kinau brought 20 hogs, 80 sacks
of corn. 70 sacks of taro, and 1l5 sacks
of merchandise today from Hilo and
way ports.
s. n. LulSua the assistant freight
agent of Allen and Robinson, returned
today on the Kinau from a weeks va
cation at Lahaina.
The Dowsett Co. Ltd, warn all per-
sons AGAINST camping, hunting or shoot
ing without written authority on the
Lands controlled by them.
Deputy Sheriff Chilingworth went to
Waialua today to prosecute the case
against a Chinese charged with selling
LIQUOR without a license.
The boat clubs will keep open house
tomorrow. Friends are invited to view
ton. Refreshments and dancing.
Passes issued by the Regatta Commit
tee will be required to view the yaCnt
races from the steamer Cummins, which
leaves the Oceanic Dock at IL a. m.
Manuel Pimental was arrested today
on a charge of malicious injury it be-
ing alleged that he had injured the
horse belonging to officer George KaeO.
Arrangements were mace yesterday
by the Ladies Society of Central Union
church to give a luncheon in the latter
part of October to raise funds for the
benevolent work of the society.
An inquest will be held tonight at
1880 o'clock on the remains of Mura, the
japanese who died from a fractured
skull received by fall yesterday after
noon at the corner of Smith and Hotel
streets.
A farewell service of song in greeting
to the Rev. A. e. Cory, who leaves
shortly for work in China, will be held
by the Young Peoples Union of Homo
lulu at the Christian Church on Mon
day evening next.
Eugene Burlington is a member of the
life saving corps on the Sumner He
joined the vessel in San Francisco and
is going over to Manila While here he
has been granted shore leave and will
join his many friends in witnessing the
races tomorrow.
Two large and deliberately lettered
announcements in all the colors of the
rainbow are still posted outside the
Orpheum doors and announce in mute
mOckery that Hogan and his cOlOred
MINISTRIES will positively appear on
Thursday evening the September 10.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20
CONTROL OF PLANTATION.

The controlling interest of the Ono
mea plantation has been repurchased
by c. Brewer and company the dea
bein~ eliminated on the coast. Before
the previous sale some time ago of the
Onomea interests to POLITE and Com
pany they were Jointly and equally
owned by Brewer and Company and
Castle and Cooke, the agency for the
plantation being handled alternately by
the two firms year by year and the sale
to POLITE being made by mutual con-
sent. The capitalization of the planta-
ton is $1,OOOOOO and the stock is now
valued at par.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20
A CAPITAL OFFENSE.

BUFFALO,, Septembed ia bill de-
signed to safeguard the President, Vice
President and the members of the Ca
binet will be introduced in Congress,
and the belief is that it will be enact
ed into law during the first few weeks
of the session. The text of the pro-
posed law has been discussed by all
the Republican leaders here, and they
believe the measure will have the in
dOrsement of every one, irrespective of
party. The text of the proposed law
is as follows:
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in Congress
assembled.
Section /. Every person who takes
the life, or makes an assault with in
tent to take the life of the President or
the Vice President of the United States
or any member of the Cabinet of the
United States, shall be punished by
death.
Section .. Any two or more persons
who shall cOnspire against the life of
the President or the Vice-President of
the United States, or of any member of
the Cabinet of the United States, shall
be punished by death or by imprison-
ment for life or for any term of years in
the discretion of the court.
Section 8 Jurisdiction over the Of
lenses hereinbefore defined, and for the
trial and punishment of all persons
charged Herewith is hereby conferred
upon the District Courts Of the United
States"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20
VALUABLE RESIDENCE LOTS
FOR SALE.

By order of MRS. VIDA, I offer for
sale the Vida homestead, on King
street, near the corner Of Victoria
street. and next to the residence of Mr.
Alexander Young.
The property has been subdivided into
eight desirable lots, four of which front
on King street and four on Young
street, six with a frontage of feet
each and two with so feet each, all,
with depth of $50 eet
The ground are beautifully laid out
with fruit and shade trees, and re sit
uated in a most desirable portion of
the city.
Possession given in seven months.
Further particulars at my office, 65
Queen street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20
Shirt Waist Collars
Style and Comfort
COmb.n
BE ADVISED AND TRY ONEl

DE Adv ELL AN II I'M YIN
-: "My dear" said the groom, " Why do
s.. you insist on turning in the neck of your shirt
=: waist like that? 1t isn't at all artistic"
g: Because John, its so hot here said the
!: bride, "And, BESIDES low neck is all the style
:s in the East now"
s.: Two good reasons; true ones too; but
g: we wonder if that bride had been introduced
!: to the SHIRT WAIST COLLAR Made
81: of dainty laces and ribbons it be worn with
e: any shirt waist adding pretty to the appear
g: ance of that garment, and taking away the
s.: finished look which it has when the neck band
s.: is merely f,ded in. They don't cost much
e: either. A quarter will enable you to try the
g: experiment.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20
THREE COUSINS.

Cousin Eva and cousin Mabel were
passengers with cousin James by the
Ventura.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-20

Note Heads, Bill Heads, Statements
and Fine Commercial Printing at the
Star Office.