The courier., 1901-07-27
JR0yER q CINGERy,
The I(ndertaRerS
and EmbalmerS
325 So. 18th St. Phone u
LINCOLN LETTER.
Lincoln, Nebr.,
july 70, 1901.

Your letter was as grateful as shower
10 the ancient peoples who enjoyed
them. 1 have bsen reading lately about
a flood they had in the days of old that
wet the earth impartiaIly all over. The
modern instances only dsmpen Roca
here and Gretns there. with perhaps a
little saltwater dash Of moisture at
Ashland. 1t is hard to believe that
there is more water in the world, three
fourths more, than land. Everything
we can see is dry land and brasey sky.
and it is hard to realize that five hun.
dred miles away are the great lakes and
fifteen hundred miles away on each side
lie salt ocean cool as snow and deep as
a mountain. / made resolution, be.
fore beginning this letter to you. that l
would not talk about the weather. but
about the Arctic expedition soon to be
undertaken by the Duke of Abruzzi to
the north pole. But these are the days
OF realism and 1 know 80 much more
about the effect on the minds. manners
and dispositions of Nebraska people
than know about freezing to death in
the Arctic regions. They do say it is
easy to keep cool there and they have
not had heated spell for a long time.
No wonder the Duke wants to 20 there
again. II the north pole region were as
hot as it is cold do not believe it would
be sown 30 thickly with the bones of
heroes. Hot weather takes the heroics
and all desire for the amelioration of
the race, all devotion to science out of
one more quickly than cold applications,
don't you think? But in spite OF the
heat and dry weather the corn looks
green and self-possessed. Where it gets
the chlorophyl for its complexion is
more than know. 1t may hold up the
weather man, only he seems just as green
as ever. II were an altruist 1 should
be talking to you about cooling salads.
instead OF sending you this roast on the
weather man. But this heat affects
like q severe stomach ache: / can not
think or talk Of anything else, while it
lasts.
A friend OF mine has been visiting
Kansas. her affections, not her liking for
hot weather. drew her thither. She in.
tended to stay for two months. She
stayed about three weeks. Her daugh-
ter, who was her hostess, lives in a
small town whose market is supplied by
the Immediately contiguous farmers.
The drought has burnt up the fruit and
vegetables, So that my friend had to
subsist entirely on meat and canned
things. The diet, the treeless, grsssless
plains, the terrible sun who has his own
unmitigated way with the people of
Kansas, weighed in the balance against
affection, held even for three weeks.
But the day came when endurance was
exhausted and she fed back to Lincoln
as to refuge. Anything hotter than
Lincoln these days is inconceivsble, ex-
cept to Lincoln visitor to Kansas.
My morning visit to the grocer is q
expedition. The toma.
toes are measly little shriveled things,
the cauliflowers have not blossomed and
are tough as leather. Peas. beans and
other vegetables are Of poor quality and
flavor, and are very dear. Jack, of
course. does not appreciate my market
ing difficulties, 90 he thinks l am neg.
Getting his table, which in our house oc.
:upies the place which shrine does in ,
'ome families and when look across
he table and observe that msrtyred ex.