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My coniwtiloti wna tolling mo how ho hud Just ilropjHMl i letter from lilt pocket, how n tuoiscngcr boy lind found It nud how ho Imil rownrded tlio toy. Just tlicu t'-o door opened and tlmt messenger lxy entered, Ho wm nltout tlio tiro of n giant flro cracker, ninl lio wns Just n fuJl of powder llo walked trnlght up to whoro thai olllclnl nut, nnd pulling n tllvor quarter from Ills pocket throw (t on tlio gentleman' lap nnd tuildi "If you can't nITord to glvo nny mora than that you can't nITord to glvo nnythlng. I can licttcr nirord to lino It than you " Then pulling n cigar from his ockot nnd handing It to thonstonlMied olllclnl ho added "Hero, you may snioko with mo, too.1 Then ho grinned n wicked grlu mid ttnlkcd out of tlio room To sny that ordinarily good imttircd olllclnl wm nonplused would Ik) putting It mildly lit- crown wi. car nilno tinted, hi eye wuro green, nnd he ndded, "Well, I'll lw bloncd."- Knusas City Tlmea, .nulling Ahrnil. At Oiwllkn n vcncrnlilo colotvd ninn stniek tr.o for it quarter to "help repair our nicctln' Iioiho from ilamngo by do cyclono." "Wlicro Is the meeting house!" 1 uskod, "ItlRht olior jero nlwut n tnllo." "is It n aiethwllitl'' "Yes, sah." "You nro tho (If Hi jwrsou thnt hns nsked for inonoy for that church within thrco hours. When was It dntungod by ncyclonof" "A spell ngo. ' "I rodo by It yesterday, nnd It nptwired nil right." "Yes, rah, It nr' all right, now." "Then what do you wnnt of mora inoneyf" "Wo nr' cxpectln' nnoilcr cyclono In do fnll, lab, nn1 It' gwltio tcr Iw n hustler nn' blow do splro cl'nr olV. lzo collectln' ngln It, snh, no wo kin mnlio quick repa'rs." Detroit 1'roo Press. Nvimi In Smltlirlllc. CoiTeo h going up nnd down In tho market. It will (.oon liavo no grounds to htniul on. Ouo of tho colored dudes of Uinltli villo sub scribed lo tho jKipcr yesterday nnd paid for tho publication of tho following: JIIjS Ucss Jlnkius visit HIsa Polk-nl IiI liouso nn sing n song call "Curry Mo Homo" to loud nppluud. Mr. Williams respond nn mek n henby Fpccch on trntcrmllllon tltne. Miss Barn Jones bIio cum lu nn duueou dimco wld Mr. .link Ins. Doth lanco longer dan do other. HinithvlUo (On.) News. A Drawback to tho I'lncc. "I say, stranger," said n puscngcr, ns tho train stopped nt a small Nebraska station, "is thero nny show lu this town lu tho real cstnto lino for n man who lias got big money to investl" "Show," repeated tho citizen; "ho enn doublo It overy twenty-four hours." "You don't say sol What's that nwful uolsa down tho streetf" "Thnt's our now brass baud." "Well, I guess I won't gtt oIT." Tho Epoch. Which Ought to Satisfy ,1.ny Woman. "1 nm nfrnid, Edward," cho sadly Bald, "that 3-ou do not lovo mo now ns you used to do. You seem so cold, so absent minded, so indifferent to-night, 1 fcartho ardor of your lovo is dying out." "No, Clara," Bald bo desperately, "It Is not that. If I bovo seemed to you distrait to night, forglvo mo. I lovo you now ns 1 liavo always loved you ns 1 always shall lovo yon till timo shall cihL Tho wholo truth is, i'vo got a corn." Somervlllo Journal A Question of Time. Customer That wns splendid insect pow der you 6old mo tho other day, Mr. Oilman. Mr. Oilman (with Jtutiflablo pride) Yen, 1 think it's pretty good tho best lu tho trade. Customer I'll takonuothcr couple of pounds of it, pleass. Mr. Oilman Two psuudsl Customer Yes, pleaso. I gavo tho quarter of a pound that I bought beforo to iv black beetle, nud It inado him so ill that I think if I keep up tho treatment for about a week I may mnnugn to kill him. Fun. Technical. First Jow;ler I understand yon nro going to Iw miirrhid, Flywheel. Miss Croesusf Second Jowoler Yes. First Jowoler A very nlen girl; open face, neat bauds nud all thnt, but 1 cuu't say much for her beauty. Second Jowolor Ah, but you must remem ber sho is full Juwuled. Uurlitigton Frco Press. And IIo Was Hired. "So you vunt n situation In tho editorial rooms) Stoma to mo you'rotoo old. You must bo near SO." "Pin 83." "What is your spsclnl lino of work!" "Writing up Drlght Sayings of tho Chil dren.1 " Nebraska Stato Journal. Tho Ijist aiim Who Oiiulit to Complain. Bald Headed Man Hero, waiter, this is nn infernal outrage. Hero is n hair swimming around in tho soup. Waitor Well, don't mako such n fuss nbout n trillo. Hair Is what you need most, nin'A itf Texas Sifting A Cliunge of Uanc. "Dimple, hnvo you been nt tho preserves!" "No, maiuina," was tho faint uiuwcr. "But thoy nro nil over your face, child I" "Den, mamma, I dess eo preserves 'uvo been nt mo," replied tho llttlo miss promptly. Detroit Frco Press. t'nuso for Leaving I'nrlli. A burglar committed btilcido In ouo of tho west sldo stations. Ho couldn't stand tho dls grace of being tho only ono of his craft who over wns caught by a Chicago policeman. Chicago Mall. Telling I'olnts. "Did Bensloy mako any good points In bis fpeoch?'1 asked Bngloy of Balloy. "Yes, qulto a good innnj'. They were mainly exclamation points." Life, lscntlii2 nn Insult. Muglstrnto Bain Johnson says, Dolpbus, that you called him a liur. What did ho call you) Dolpbus Nuflln, snh. Ho snyed dat ho treated soch disillusions wlf sllont coutomp'j hii' don I cut liini, yo houah, No ynllur nig guh kin tivnt mo wlfsilfuteoutouip'i 1'iMia genunsn, I Is. Texas Blftrngs. OOINQ TO SCHOOL Itiirdetto I'oim Out Xomn I'tllo.ophy nn a I'nlufiil .NuldrcU Dear llttlo limn, so you nro back In school ud you don't llko It pretty well I don't think ) Well, that's natural nud hoy like, but it Isn't right doing to school Is great fun, after you nro too old to go nny more, which will Im when you nro old enough to die, nnd thon 1 Mippotoyou will go to nuothor school. When I wns your ngu I don't think I liked going to school iv llttlo bit, hut thnt wan Ixviitito I didn't hnvo very much sonso when I wai young. I only worked nnd studied nbout six nr Riven hours n day then, nud hud but thrco teachers to oliey, I win tlio ghtddest Iniy you over know, hen I got out of school, nud you never know mo. Hlnco then I hnvo Iiihmi nt woik nil tho time, nud hnvo toolx'ymoro peo ple, than I oversaw lu n school house nt una lime. Thooditorsnys If I don't hnvo my com IKisltlou ready by Friday night ho won't hnvo itnt nil, the foreman says ho must have It In hand Friday morning nr it won't go in, tho proof lender snjs If ho docAii't get the proofs Thursday night they will have to rend them selves nnd tho compositors thero nro seventy ilvior eighty of thcm-dcclnro they will strlko If I don't write more plainly nud punctuate properly, und soll better. Then I used to rcctto beforo n small clnsx, or tho kcIiooI nt most, nud now I liavo to rend my composi tion nud say my piece before nil tlio subscri. born, When I wns u boy the teacher corrected me In the presence of the class, but now the critic, a terrible fellow lu Is, corrects mo right out In print beforo overyliody, nud when I don't sny my lesson to suit him doesn't ho dust my Jacket for me, thought The way ho makes tho Hut lly Is n caution, nud tho worst of it is I daren't "holler," und so get over it; thnt would only make htm worse, nud bcsldo everybody would lnugh nt mo nnd cry, "Glvo him some more lu tlio sniiio place." IIo can nnd does say Justus nice tilings us ho does rough oue, but you liavo to dot your I's nnd cross your t's to earn his approval. Then I liavo to work for my landlord, mid tho grocery linn nud thu tax collector nud the shoemaker, und I don't know how ninny other tieople. I have to buy oil for tho marching club of my party, und 1 have to march In the dust or the mud, nud listen to long biMcchcs nud make some longer ones myself. I have to say "p'emo" und "thank jou," nud say "sir" w hen I spt.aU to the governor; 1 daren't go In my bare feet, nnd I'vo wily been IWiIng unco this year, anil then I didn't stay long nud didn't catch anything; at the table, no matter how hungry 1 nm, I hnvo lo servo everybody else beforo I get u blto to eat myself, nnd I nm always tho last ono waited on; n man down in Begin Hollow bays ho is going to lick mo for shooting his dog ninl ho looks liko n m in of lilt word, too when everybody I.iiowh I'm nfrnid of n gun nud couldn't hit u Hock of barns anjliow, on a rcht, nud with globe sights; another mail threatens to put mo in Jail if I don't pay a bill thnt I have three re ceipts for, nuil u ixior Idow woman in Itng alley, who takes in washing nud gin, is going to suo mo If I don't pay her $10 hecau.-o my cow tore up her garden, when sho hat no garden nud I never owned n cow in my life. I cnu't follow tho circus procession, I can't stay homo when I have thu toothache, I cnu't get excused when tlio llsh aro biting; some of tlio Ihjj's in this great big school nro bullies, nud some of them nro fools, nud komn of them nro toadies, and somo of them nro sneaks, nud Homo nro liars, nud iomo of thoni nro great, big hearted, loving fellows, that you want to bo with nil the timo, but they're so busy you can only snatch a word with them once In n long while. It Isn't so very much dllTcrent from your own tchool after nil, only thu discipline is more severe, nud the Teacher Is strict, while ho Is loving nnd gentle. But overy timo you break n rulo you smart for it. I dout wonder that somo of the older pupils nro glad, glad, glad, when their lessons nro nil said, and tlio blotted books nro putnuny, nud they nro called up into the higher room, where they will bo closer to tho Muster, nnd nil tho hard places in tho old lessons will bo explained uwuy so lovingly und clearly that never u sigh will puuetuato thn rccltntion, und never a tear blister tlio pages that wo blur ami bluuderover so stupidly nud blindly now. Ah, my little man, you'd better lenru to lovo your se'jool; you'll never got out of it until they bend word to tho sexton that you liavo graduated. Robert J. Burdetto In Brooklyn Eagle. A VI Id Tain. Years ago, when guano wasllrst discovered 03 u fertilizer, tin old friend of uiiuo scut mo n bottle full to cxiwrlmeut with. 1 didn't think much of it, but one day whllo in my garden planting somo cucumber seed I thought of tho guano, so I took it along with me into the garden nud sat down on the ground, scratched n hole, in the earth, put in my guano und on it placed my cucumber beed, covered both carefully with tho soil, nnd while sitting thero but u fow moments I noticed tho earth over tho seeds begin to move, nud nt thosnmo time tho young cucumber plants mndo their ap pearance. It was such u strange occurrenco thnt I snt perfectly duinfoiiuded, forgetting everything cho. The vines begun to spring nnd grow off like magic, nnd when I b.'gnn to nilhO up I found my feot entangled w ith tlio vines. I, however, forced myself ton standing position. By this timo I was com pletely enveloped with tlio vines. I made for my l.ulfe nud succeeded lu cutting myself looho nnd mndo my cscajw. But what aston ished mu most was tho fact that when I got over tho excitement nud wont Co return my l.nlfo to my poeket, I found my pockets full of young cucumbers which hud formed in my lockets, bince which timo I have had no uso for fjunuo. Lugrango (Ua.) Qraphie. A Sum Wuy. "John," said Mrs. Bentley, "supposo you heard n nolso down stairs nnd didn't know whether it wns the dog or n burglar, would j on lio so cruel ns to send me down to llud outf "No, dear," said Mr. Beutleiy; "Piinvo n better wuy than thfit. I'd wait until noxt morning. If the silver was gone, I'd know it was burglars, nnd If tho silver wns not gone, I'd know it was tho dog." liarpor's Bazar. I'utliorly forotlioiiKlit. Ho I mubt break olf my ngagemeut, violet. She Why should you do tlmt I Ho Well, your father has failed; how can he support n son-lu-law in the stylo in which 1 liavo lived) She Why, you goose, ho failed onjurvwe to meet the extra cxpensil Harper V Bazar. cz5 f Profit nnd Ijom. A prominent legal firm In this city which does a great deal of business for a rich mer cantile) concern lately rendered a bill which tha sonlor partner of tho mercantile establish, inent, who wiisnccuitoincdtollbcrnlchnrgcs, thought was too high. Ho therefore took tho bill to the law linn nud nsked tho chief to look It over und see If It wns nil right. Tho account wns subsequently returned with $10 ndded for "ndvleo ns to tho rcnsonnbloncM of tho bill." Boston Journal, from llcr Point of View. Cousin Jnp'c (who hns Just been showing Hebrew Bible) Funny way thoy hnvo of rending Inxiks lieglnnliig nt tho back. Mabel Why, doesn't overy body do thatf--Llfe, Thn Ai linim ICIcker. Wotako thofollonlng from tho list Iriih of Tlio Arizona ICIekcri AroLonuTiCAL Wo Iumw our rondeiii will oxcuso tho typographical appear anco of tho Insldo pages of Tlio Kicker this week. Wo were working them oir ns usual on Wednesday, having Joe tho Dig ger Indian ns roller boy, uhoii Judgo Bunckuwnckxeii made us a call nnd Jumped on our collar. (Ireatly to our surprise wo picked the Judgo up und mopped lilmull ovtr thu ofllco nud Hung lilm out doors. Ills boot heclj, hind buttons, spectacles nnd tobacco box Hew nbout nud alighted on tho forms, und lu our excitement wo fulled to notice them. Tho big bole In our oditorlal on tho tariff was caused by n boot heel. Tho blurr on tho poem entitled: "When Baby Wakes Again," wnseuusodby two hind buttons. Such so ciety Item nj wo unrendablo owo tholr pres ent btnto to tho Judge's siit'duclcs. We hoiio it won't occur ngaln. Not This Evu.-Our nnmo Is lielng proral nently mentioned in connection with tho United Stntcs ienntornhlp from Arizona. Whllo wo ni-o llnttcied nnd feel to step high, wo must beg our friends to hold up. In the Ural place, wo nro too holiest, sobor und conscientious. In the second place, wo are needed ut borne. Wo propose, to run nbout ten t housniul human coyoteu out of this territory during tho next twelve months, and put a thousand others behind prison bars. Whllo wo feci tickled nil over nnd can hardly sleep nights, wo can't accept thoolllso nor leavo Arizona. Just pass tho plnco nlong to somo other man nud leave us to do our work. Detroit Frco Press, An llUrcino ltomrily. It was time to go, by tho steamer's clock, yet sho lingered n.ill nt her dingy dock, nnd tho mate blasphemed, nnd tho captain roared, nnd tho rain It steadily poured nnd poured' o:i tho luckless men who still Implored that obstlnato mulo to go aboard. With rigid llmb.nnd n stony stare, with cars ilrni set nnd its tail in tho air, and an nw-ho-hnw-bo long and loud, that horrl bio mulo delled tho croud; nud heedless of hunch und kick und nudge, it stood stock still in tho muck und sludge n mule with an everlasting grudgo, that bad taken nn onth it wouldn't budgo. "Let mo tuko that mule," said a passer by; "I'll load him or know tho reason why. I'vj had somo dealings with men nud iimles, nnd learned somo things not taught in tho schools." Tho crowd made way nnd tho inan drew near, and Into tho unreslsfiig car of the hnpless beast ho snug forshamol ho sang of "Tho Letter Tint Novcr Came." With a voleo llko rt wheezy clarionet's ho wnrblea tho song, "Sweet Violets." Bewil dered by tho dismal bound, tho tortured mulo turns half way round, nnd full lu Its faco tho man then slugs tho crowning woo thoy call "Whllo Wings." With a trembling step nt each fell note, the animal backs Into tho boat. 'Tisdone. But tho undo nhl well-n-day. 'TIs Us corpso the stenmer carries away. Chicago Tribune. "Ain't 11 Cute?" A lady recently visited tho Lick observa tory nnd nsked to tco Uirins, tho Dog Star. Tho learned scientists nt onco turned tho great teloscopo on Slrius, and tho lady looked nt It long und earnestly. Then turn ing nround to tho scientlllo gentlemen who wcro wnlting for her tomnko somo nstro nomlcul remurk, sho placidly murmured, "Ain't it cute)" Just ns if nho hud been view ing tho latest thing in jioodles. Now York Tribune. A Triumph of Art. Customer (In "hnnd-mo-tlown" store) This suit la nil full of civns.es nud wrinkles. It looks ns if it had been slept In. Dealer Dot vas our l.ulost Improved tour ist suit, mister; uoddlngs liko It In Vlladcl phla. Dot suit mako nil your vriends dink you Bhust return vrom n tcrvclvo months tour off Europe. No extra shurgo vor doso wrinkles. Doygoos inlt do bult. Philadel phia Hccord. A Trillo Mirptlcal. Minister 'Well, Uobby, what did you learn ntEchool today I Hobby I leurpcd that tho world Is round, nnd tuna on hinges liko that globo in tho parlor. Minister V.'oll, what did you think of that! Hobby I think they'ro asking mo to bo liovo n covd deal for a Miiall boy. Now York-jHuu. find News. Two ptonounceil ColU, ho wero npivtr- cntly old nequalutnnoes, mot In fcSoollay squaro tho other day, nnd nflcr tho usual preliminary greetings wcra given ono wld, "Uy tho way, Dan, did you know that H dead!" DeatlP rV.urned tho other, "Arrah, long lifo to the poor nnn, nheu did hodiel" Uo.ton Iludget, HoiiiothliiK of nn ArtUt. A imall boy, keelng nn npplo on the man t' lpiece, beggtd hU grandmother to give It toliim. "What do you war.tof HP usked grandma. "Well, I RueiH my mother could mako nn epplopleof it," wns tho reply. "She's con udernbld of nn nrtlit." Har-vr' Hawir. ll.ijliooil rrlrmlt. CUrlt (to busy employer) Thero is n gen tlrnv.v.1 outsuL', Blr, who wiys that ho U very ohl friend of your father's, IJUJi' I'tnnlovei- Toll him I'm enrrv. l.nf. I my fthr U dead. Lifo. LEAP BALL -PROGRAMS, AND INVITATIONS Willi Illumiiiniion designs appropriate for tho occasion, Printed in finest style of the art at COURIER : OFFICE. -ALSO LEAP YEAR RECEPTION CARDS, Wesscl & tstrt ?ri New Burr Block. Wedding Invitations, Engraved Calling Cards, Box Station ery, Fine Printing of all K:nds. Give Us ei Tria.1 Order. The Season for Driving Has opened and we have just received a tine line of Turf: Goods and a great variety of AT Grey Horse Harness Emporium, 1020 O Street. Garfield O Seventeenth street car line of Lincoln Street Railway, lots front;ng on GARFIELD PARK. Now on sale, Inquire at Room 34 Rk hards Block YEAR V Dobbiqs, lifers, Cor. .12lhanclO Sts Whips, Saddles, FANCY DUSTERS LAP ROBES AND Ladies : Fine : Saddles TMIJ Addition ! 8 .TAJtxJffi.arrKirti' uiiimu