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firnin Gjtftif ip!i",rm iyigvS'f y;j"-ti-yf -j Twr ' i ' "tsfsi - -,r ' "7 -' CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889. s . sua. Sin, IF ' l ' Z FINE : ART : STUDIO 1 114 O street. Axnmluc sample o( our work before sritcrlno; elsewhere. Cabinet Photograph induced (rotu $4 10 $3 per dozen WAITED! Everybody to examine the plans and standing of the Un ion Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, before insuring. It has the lowest continuous death rate of any company. Realizes the highest rate of interest on in vested assets which enables it to pay large dividends, Policies incontestiblo a n d non-forfoitabto after third year. The Union Central issues endowment policies at ordi nary life rates; these policies arc now maturing and being paid in from one to two years earlier than time estimated by the company. They protect the family and estate during the younger ycairs of life, and the insured in old age at regu lar life rates. Other desirable policies issued. Call on us or write for plans. J. it. KDMISTOK, Stair Aytnt. 0. L, AlKSHWn, Ant. State Atxnt. a, T. VOMPKLLV, CUv i'oHclfor. Room S3 Ilurr Mock, LINCOLN, NEB. Leaders in Photography. Riley's ' JfEU 0F5 5tudio5. Wc nuk' a specially of the celebrated BROMIDE Life sized pictures niut furnish tho duett work at lowest prices. Best Cablnots $3.00 Elegant line of Picture Frame In dock and made to order. Call and roc us. H. W. KELLEY&CO. r.016 O Street. LINCOLN, NED I can cheerfully rccoinmena Ir Beth Arnold's Cough mmw.i nivi. Killer btlneaflist-class reniodr umPiiiniMin,: or Couehs anil Colds. Iiv lurutodlt In wv own famllr I with very great satisfaction. L. It. Hush. Ues MoIdci. Iowa. XMlKUU, S6ft, We and 11.00. HOTEL ORLEANS SITUATED ON SOUTH SHORB or SpiPit- Lake IHr "W1U bo under U?e personal supervision of H. L. LELRND, and will bo open for U10 reception of guests, June first In each year. Viators will find THE ORLEHNS U firs: class inall of its appointments, bains' wwi auppuea wtvn irao, noi ana coia water featb.8, electric bell an4 all modtro Im provements, aUam laundry, billiard hall Bowling alley, etc, and positively free frc maaoyance by mosquitoes. Hound tf rip Excursion tf tenets will be plaoed on sale at the commencement f the tourist season by tho Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Kailway and all onnectlng lines, at low rates, to the follow lag polnta in Iowa and Minnesota 1 Spirit Xake, Iowa:AlbertLea,WaterYlUe, Minn apoua, St. Paul. Lake Minnetonka, White 3mut Lake and Duluth, Minnesota: Clear Lake, Iowa; Lako Superior points; Yellow teae Park and points in Colorado. Write) tor "A. Mldtmmmor Pur .aullae" to the General Tlckot and Paaa--surer Agent, Cedr Rapids, Iowa, and for jteUl KktM-to H. U LSLANO, Spirit C.'j. IVES, J. E. HANNEGAN, Am u4 ! irt (M'IIIiMHrw.ltH( y ii'rWsJi lssJWlssfittftls. silft sMhH- sjfaMh 4 U ANCIKNT COUTTS' BANK. IT WAS E3TADLISHED NEAnLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS AOO. Qikk.ii Aiinn liiltfrd Ronin of llrr fluprr lliimi CtMli In II, ns Dlil Alnsnndnr lopo, I'ltt. lot, Hlr Wnlter Hoott, Tlincle crity, Dleltrns nml Othor if Not. lHRfUI Cornn)inliiK', Nkw VoitK, Juno 27. A llttlo wny down tho Strand, In London, within n Btono'a throw of tho Natloiml Gal lory, thoro l n lotifr and noinowhnt grimy looking hulldlng, with Iron mil lugs rtinnliiK from 0110 end to tho othor. r'oivlu;nerH nnd country cousins on n visit to Iotnlon stnro nt It nnd oak, "What is It?" Thoro In nothing on tho fnco of It to hIiow. There In n llttlo nar row door, lint no nuiiio on it; Hovornl windowH, hut thoy uliow nothing axcept iv wnnt of wunhlng. A constant ntream of pooplo limy Im) hooii pairing In nnd out, llko no innny hoc hurrying in nnd out of n hlvti, and gcnornlly thuro uro two or tliroo cnrrlngos waiting. It might (hi taken for u workhouso, only us 11 rulo tho visitors to ttioHo estnullahnionts nro not cnrrlngo eoplo, nor nro ItigroiM nnd egress quito mo freo na npponru to lw tho enso hero. It might lw nnythlngi for, na tho Dluecout school boy wild to 11 pa tronizing old gentleman, In reply to tho query, "Well, my llttlo man. what might your tiaiuu loV" "My nnino might bo LkclKobul). but it isn't." If, to solvo tho dllllculty, tho tifonwuld foreigners or country cousins wcru to unit tho nearest policeman, "What Is that building?" ho would .reply, "CouttB bank," Thuy might then ho Informed that thoy wero looking nt ono of, if not tho oldest and richest banks In ICuglnnd, a bank which was old boforo Joint stock banks wero thought of. The oldest Joint stock bank (with tho exception of tho Dank of England) cannot boast n longer cxistuueo than sixty years. Coutts' bank, origi nally founded in 1002, will, iuthrco years from tho present dato, huvo completed 800 years of otllclal life. It speaks won ders for tho ability nnd Integrity which havo from time to timo been brought to bear upon the miiuiigemeut of tho insti tution, that after two centuries of cease less activity, it not only continues to ex ist, but tlmt Its prosperity nnd renown coutinuo to increase. Desplto its somewhat meager external uppcarnuco tho interior embraces n se ries of spacious and even hnndsomo olllccs, and the over growing require incuts of tho business havo caused tho bank to stretch itself out at tho rear, right nnd left, into tho Adclphi and tho adjacent neighborhood. It lias in par ticular nbsorbed 11 house in James street, Adelpht, where I-ord ncaconslteld and his father once resided. Tho lenso ia still extant by which tho house was con voyed from Mr. Ismio Disraeli to Mr. Thomas Coutts. Another Interesting document in tho possession of Messrs. Coutts & Co. is tho marriage certlllcato of Qcorge IV and tho unfortunato Mrs. Fitz-Ucrbort, Tho underground prom ised for the storngo nnd safe custody of plato checks, jewelry and valuables of various descriptions, run along tho en tire extent of the ground occupied by tho bank, nnd go down so many ilights below tho mirfaco that it Is calculated to givo ono a very fair notion of tho bot tomless pit. Just inside tho door, by tho porter's lodge, stands u stalwart gentleman in bluo, bravo in buttons, herolo In helmet and torriblo with truncheon, in short, a policeman, ready to attend to any chance visitors with larccnious tendencies for bonk notes or who may wish to "try it on" with a forged check. Happily his services nro not often required, although thoro aro certain "chovnllors d'industrlo" who mako a speciality of watching peo ple who leave banks with notes or gold and kindly endoavor to savo them tho troubto of carrying them all tho way home. Stopping on through tho swinging doors wo And ourselves In what is tech nically called "tho shop." Tills Is a largo and lofty apartment, whero tho pay ment of checks, bills and othor nogo tiablo documents takes place On the right Is tho counter whero busy cashiers dally pay away and rooeivo hundreds of thousands of pounds bo vast aro tho proportions modern banking has as sumed. Going straight on we cross a bridgo which connects tho Strand with tho Adolphi premises. Here wo soon spacious room of more handsomo pro portions than "tho shop" wo havo just left. Tho partners sit here, and all around aro doors leading to dlfforcnt depart ments whero tho inner work of tho bank is dono. At tho end, is tho "bank par lor," that Important feature of all bank ing establishments, where anxious cus tomers aro, for example, informed that they can bo accommodated with a loan of 20,000, or, under more happy cir cumstances, inform an otllclal of tholr wish to lodgo that sum. Tho bank parlors (for there uro more than ono) contain portraits of some of tho former partners, tho older ones bo- lug easily distinguished by their peculiar coiffures or the want of It men novor seemed to brush their hair in thoso days. Thoro is nlso a portrait of tho Baroness Burdctt-Coutts. who has been connected with tho fortuuos of tho houso for more than fifty years. Perhaps tho most famous of tho part ners was Thomas Coutts, who entered tho house in tho year 1701. In Chambers' Journal w read that "Thomas Coutts becamo the first bunker In London. Great from tils wealth and munificence, mingling in the highest circles, and yot nover forgetting Edinburgh, which ho visited on one occasion with Sir Walter Scott, his friend and kinsman, when ho was complimented with the freedom of tho city." Mr. Coutts had threo daugh tors. The first married tho Earl of Guild ford, the second the-Marquis of Buto, and the third Sir Francis Burdetu The daughter of Sir Francis Burdett wus cre ated a peeress in 1871 with the titlo of Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Thoro is ulso a ortrait of Mr. Georgo Robinson, who recently died at the ad swt,.,.., n.Uitmi'.ifals mullttiti liti,U TAticcd ngo of 0 1, nf tor no less than seven ty yenrs of notivo sorvlco. He entered the ofleo as a clerk In 1815, was eventu ally taken Into partnership, and con tinued until almost tho close of his llfo to take an active pari in tho manage ment of tho bunk's 1 1 Hairs. Dulco ot do corum est pro patrln vlvore, might well havo been his motto. In bygone days ovory houso lintl Its "sign," nnd Coutts' was known ns "Tho Three Crowns," Tho old sign and tho datoof tho founding of tho house, "1003," still appear on tho checks. Tho sign originated from tho fact that threo royal families then, as now, banked here, vlz.i Thoso of England, Franco nnd Belgium. Of tho English roynl family Queen Anno was tho first to ojhmi an nccount with Mcftsrs. Coutts & Co., nnd her signature Is stltl preserved In ono of tho ledgers. From that tlmonll tho English sovereigns have banked hero. Tho bank numbers among Its constituents tho cremo do la cremo of tho aristocracy !oth of England and France. Of tho latter sufllco It to mention such names ns tlu omto do Paris, tho Duo do Nemours, tfio Duo do Alencon, etc., etc. Tho list of celebrated characters who have banked hero would occupy a for midable space; Alexander Pope, Pitt, Fox, Sir Walter Scott, tho Duko of Wel lington, Thackeray, Charles Dickens, etc., etc., have all boon familiar figures in their day tit BO Strand. All tho old ledgers, Iwglnnlng with tho ono in 1003 (with tho exception of ono or two, Irreparably Injured by damp), nro ntlll carefully preserved. Tho penman ship in some of them, written Ixjforo tho em of steel pens, Is very beautiful, but rather suggests to nn Irreverent mind that they must have taken "all day" over it. Tho bunk employs 100 men, somoof whom havo !ccn in tho houso for more than half a century, but of lato years the stair has been gradually assuming n younger nppearnneo than of yore, nt least this was the opinion of ono of tho old customers of tho bank who called in sonio few months ngo. Ho said that in former days ho nover used to do business with nnybody under 80 years of ngo, but now when he camo and nsked for 10, 000, n beardless boy of 10 camo forward and told him ho could havo it. Coutts' adhere strongly to their old customs. One of them is tho old fash ioned rulo of clean shaving, dating from tho tlmo (somo hundred yenrs ago or more) when our fathers wore wigs and kneo breeches, nnd shaved clean. This, no doubt, accounts for tho particularly juvenile nppearnneo of tho younger men. There is a story current that the Comto do Paris, during n iceent visit, noticed nnd greatly wondered at tho universal absence of mustaches. Expressing his surpriso to tho Prince of Wales and ask ing tho reason, thoprinco good humored ly replied ho supposed it wns to mako them look innocent. There U n lurgo library on tho prom ises, tho gift of the Baroness Burdctt Coutts, Hero are Illustrated papers nnd a fllo of Tho Times, nnd hero somo of tho mon occasionally meet nftcr ofllco hours for n quiet game of chess. Another old custom, which wo may mention by way of conclusion, is that ovory year, somo time in tho afternoon or evening of tho 21th of Juno, all tho men adjourn to tho luncheon room to eat strawberries, which nro ulways pro vided for their delectation on that day. Nobody quito knows why, but nobody objects. Anthony J. Oavioan. Tho Drury Lnue fllrl. New YoitK, Juno 27. Parents of tho Drury Lane girl? Father? A brute. Moth er? A scold. Brothers? Bears. Her in fancy? Scoldings. Boxed cars. Cyclones Of temper from mother and older sisters. Lugged tho baby till It could walk when just ablo to lug herself. Homo from morning till night a bedlam just within boundaries of so called sanity. Meal times tho season for growling, chawing nnd abusing. Beef, beer and bullying. Ran away from homo, sweet homo, at sweet sixteen. Found another girl. In street. Brought up just tho same. Sym pathised. Other girl a pioneer. Had found path leading to freedom. Path of vice. Broad and free. Room for ton abreast. Plenty of company. Plontyof excitement. Plenty of change. No limi tations but capacity of purse. Trod it. Raced on It, Not by slow degrees. By quick degrees. Gono longor and Iongor from home. Scolded for absence Then whipped. Sudden disappearance. All night. Search by parents. Ono week. Glvo it up. Girl in anothor part of London. Lost in tho swarm. Popula tion 4,000,000. Keeps shady by day. Emerges by night, ncro wo boo her. Gouo to tho dogs. And gin. Exchange places with respcctablo sewing girl or girl out nt service? Not sho. Too much drudgery. Too much bossing. Com pensation what? Few pounds a year. Looked on as inferior. Told to bo con tent with station Providcuco has as signed her. Sees reward of virtue. Long hours of work. Wages? Sufllciont to keep body and soul from falllngnpart. Respectability means drudgery. Pos siblo consumption. Probable emaciation. More or loss starvation. Not for Susan. Possibly has tried it. Reward for virtuo not tempting. Narrow path too hard. Straight, to be sure. Straight and mo notonous. Turns into broad road. Leads to death. Concludes death by gin no worse than death by starvation. And easier. Doesn't havo to work so hard In dying. Goes for liberty, Vice moans liberty. Respectability means slavery. Thinks liberty Is cheap. Cuts looso from world of propriety. Propriety goes out of sight. Out of sight out of mind. Reminded of it possibly at times by preacher. Missionary sent to start reform mission in her quarter. Good man, of course. But forty foot polo preaching. Sermonizes at long range. Tulks to her us if ho belonged to another, better and holler world. Telia her to reform. Girl resents. Cries out to preacher, "Will reform pay our room rent uitd buy us mutton chops?" Poser for pr?nchcr. Girls not nice. Naugh ty. Naughty but practical. Good man preacher. Nice. Lives up to his owu light. So does girl. So do all of us. Marry nnd Amen, Let's pray for chari ty. Charity for us all. All sinned and gono astray. Prkntick Mulford. tiii-yrrs-r-i i-s ii i - i. . . . . . . A ) i. ,i awniiiiiii I THE ARIZONA KICKER. A Vnvr Kanimt Kick from the KnterprU. log Journal. Wotnko tho following extract from a late bruocf Tho Arizonn Weekly ICIrkcrt "AroMXUCTiCA!. Wo aro cotnrllxl to apologlxo to our sulncrlbors for tho typo graphical npxiornnro of tho preaont Issue. Owing to tho snow blockmlo, n keg of Ink which wo ordered nook ngo failed to reach im, and rnthor than miss nn Ukiio wo com ImmiuiIwI a iiilMtltuto. Wo don't mviii to hnvo lilt the right proortlon, or elso inolawtos anil liitnplilnck nro not tho pronr sulmtt ttitra. "As it "III I m IiukmnI1iIo for mitiHcrllNirn to mako out nny of tho rending mntUtr, we will soliico them with the Btntouiont Hint tlioru ii little or nothing worth reading Wo limln't much time to glvo to tho pnn'r Inut umIc, anil It is Just iv wull that wo hadn't. It would have Ihoii timo thrown nwny " "Tiik Usual Kkwaiid. Wo uudonitand that Arizona Joo, Cot. Hilton, DIcU Foiislmw nnd other higruton aro going alxmt with tho tntomont that wo woru hontewlilpiMsl by tho Widow Iluiiiliniu 0110 day lost week. When wo rufor to tlnwo hyenas as living liars, wodo so In all gcntloiiuKS. Wo can't ulTord to gut mail nml kick such freaks of nature. Arizona Joo is wearing a collar wo lout hhu from our slim stock, and If any ono will rip the colonel's cont down tho hack ho wilt nml ono of our inidiTMlilrtn surrounding tho Ingrnlo's body. When Dirk I'onsliaw struck this town ho hadn't eaten anything hut pig wood for throe days, and he was tryiirg to mako n pack of curds cover his unkedncss. Wo flllod his stomach, gnvo him a coat and lifted him out of tho slough. This Is our ruwnrd. Sick transltl Sick gratltudol Sick hyena I" "Wkixomk Dack. Professor Whitewater entered Tho Kicker olllco day before yester day with licmulng suillo nnd extended hand, after nn absence of nlxiut ton mouths spent In tho penitentiary Ho was unfortunato enough, It will ho remembered, to hurt somo onoln n llttlodlsputo, nnd tho court thought It best for hhu to taken llttlo vacation. "The professor returns homo looking in good health nnd filled with enthusiasm over tho progresj tho town has inado during his ihseuco. Wo welcome him. A llttlo stnto prison oxpcrleuco hasn't hurt him, nor won't hurt nny of our townsman.'' Detroit Freo Press. Presence of Mtml. Elvira Oh. Iteglnaldl Mylovol My Reginald (passiouato, hut inexperienced) T-too lato, Elvlrul Faiwelll Wlththlsblow I end my earthly wees: iStats hinisolr. Uinnin. Tremendous np- plauvu Elvira (sotto vocoj You cbucklo beaded fool I What do you wan tor dlo outddo the curtain fori Ufa. General Roddy's Ilulllcs. Hero Is a good story told of Roddy's Con fodornto cavalry: Ono day tho troopers wero about to go Into battlo dismounted, leaving every fourth man to hold tho horses. Tho mon wore drawn up to count from right to left. Of coui every fourth man felt Jolly and this U tho way tho count went on: "Ono," "Two," "Threo," "llullyl" "Ono," "Two," "Threo," "Dully I" etc Oen. Roddy heard each fourth man call out "Dully," Ills faco flushed. When all had called off ho said: "Numbers ono, two and liully will go Into tho tight as dismounted cavalry. Num ber threo will hold tho horses." Tbore wero a good many sick "bullies" that day. Chi go Ixxlgor. Must Ort I'.ieu. A Kingston dontlut wiyn ho had an odd ox pcriouco tho other day A man camo into als olllco and told tilm ho wanted a tooth pulled. After he had tieon kcatod In tho lontlst's chair ho Midi "Now, don't pull it ill at onco, pull It 11 llttlo, thou cao up on it, ind puuUh tho K!:y thing! punish Itl It m bo!n punishing mo for a month." King Ion I'reonisn. A lliuliunil'i. flutter. Wlfo iwho wauth u tailor mads suit, but joa only hinted at lu Did you notice Mrs. ,lo I'lnUV tlgurof HuMiand iwho hxicIU a rati Yes, poor oman. '.ie has no ilgure nt all, mid, llko i.tkcr women if that sort, lias to dox.-nd ou allor made Milts Now you, my low, aro n HjIw In anything. -New Yors Wookly Nil PliMpWI, "nmflbo." iald I'm umtlirr of that en uautlug youn;; Isdy, "do ymi thin!; that Mr. McihroUo lias inaik' up hi mind to propoa oyouf "I'm ufrull nut, mother," replied nmcllno, adly "Ho was bragging about bis appetite ml) ymtorday "Chisago Nows. ( . I, ..... ... ... . i a . . . . ...J...J-.. . ... . ,f. . , s.. .r Fashionable Millinery! tMM New Spring and -ARE NOW IN AT John McWhinnie's; The Old Reliable Tailor. " . . First Class Workmanship, Fine Trimming, and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 305 S- BxsJB-vjsisrTtt: Steeet.". Lincoln Savings Bank and Safe Deposit Co. CAPITAL, $260,000. LIABILITY OF' STOCKHOLDERS, $500,000. lutcicst pnld on deposits ntniiyrnto ore pr cent per nmuim for nil full cnlandnr months .Safes to rent In burglar proof and lire proof vaults, at annual rental of $.5 and upwards. Money lo loan on real estate and collateral. VOUlt HAVINGS ACCOUNT SOLICITED. Iir.NKYi:. LEWIS, A. 1 H. STL' A I IT, President. Vice President. $MtiJ$m ' s ,Ai Jff It. K. MOORE. Prcs. E. E. I1HOWN, ! IlPiLGlKrnf ,' iJLLLW aBUHK "ia UNION SAYINGS BANK, I 1 1 outh Tenth 8treet. Capital, $200,000. Liability of Stockholders, $40o',ooo. INThREST Paid on Deposits nt the rato of 5 per cent por nnnum for all full calendar mouths YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT SOLICITED. Money Loaned on Heal Estate and Collateral. Stockholders: John il Itzgornld, E. E. Ilrown. John R. Clnrk, J. McConnlft", F. M. Hai:. x.al Tliomnsnn A.H Rayinond, J. . . Imhoir. iwvl.l Remlok. O. SI. Imbe'rubn, L. Meyor. fj E YoPw ' K. h. Ilnyden. R. E. Moore, T. E. Calvert, J. W. Dfweese. J. W. llowman.C bis ' Hammond, E. Finney, . . 1). Maefarland, JomiiIi Wlttman.'ll. L.Wmlth. c. H. imhoir, (1. W. Holuroiro. For Late Styles and Immense Satisfaction, GO TO THE Lincoln Shoe Store They make a Specialty of Ludlow's Celebrated Fine Shoes For Ladies. They combine Service, Solid Comfort and Economy. 1228 O STREET. J. F. LANSING Landllought ami Sold, Houses Itemed, Abstracts Furnished, Taxes Paid for Nou-Resldouts and all other business pertaining to Ileal Estate promptly attended to. (iTffiTTX k . j . . ..... .. . , ,. ALL TIIK LATEST NOVELTIES TO UK FOUND AT Mrs. W. E. Gosper's III4 O Stroot. This U the oldest Millinery establish ment In Lincoln, enjoys the finest trade In the city nnd state, employs none but the best help In the trimming department nnd offers goods nt reasonable prices. Summer Goods JNO. H. McCLAY. 11. WELSH. Treasurer. Teller Established Dec. W, 1H86. The German National Bank, LINCOLN, NED. Capital Paid up, $100,000.00 surplus . . . 13,000.00 TroiiBncts neonerm banklns business, Issues Httcrsorcrcdlt.ilrnw .Iran on nil parts of tlio world. I' orelgn collections a speelnlty. OKFICEItS AND DIKECTOKS. HEHMAN H. SCirAIlEItO, President. C C. MUNSON, Vlco President. JOSEPH DOEII.MEH.Casblor. O. J. WILCCX, Asslstnut Cashier. C. ti. MONTOOM EltY. ALEX HALTER T. A. 110EHMEK. 11. J, IUIOTHEUTON WALTER J. HAHULS. T. a. HUDELSON V. Pres. C. It. IMHOPF, Cashier. LINCOLN, NEB REAL, ESTATE Fire Insurance and Loan Broker. Room 10 Richard's lllock.TlUfinTU v.i, Cor. Uth una O Streets, bUlbUbn, MU. 4 B : rv i JW1 n ''"ltV.lffrH3rmssYf't .. ;-f LiJfc--- K