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- CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, l8gO KSWt is I v Handkerchiefs Expecting that as lit the past, Ladles' Handkerchiefs would continue the moil popular of articles for Hotldny Gifts, we secured such n line as we are sure was never before displayed In the city. Among them French unci Irish Embroidered Hemstitched, From 10c. to $3.00 each. Swiss Hand Spun Linen, Hand Embroidered, From $3 00 to $1000 each. 1 French Silk Bolting Cloth, Hand Embroidered, From $1.35 to $3.50 each. , , Hand-Made Duchesse Lace Edges, From $1.00 to $ti.oo. If vou are In doubt as to what to buy this Is your chance. Respectfully, fMjdJLoxuKju 133 to 139 South Eleventh Street. L. IMI JE! TIT HE lE NiUry PabHo and Rwl Esta Dailer in City and Farm Property, AOIOT FOR TUB ffirtk Genu Lloyd Steamship Comprjf r A Hmburg.Ainerlcan Packet C., anl Baltic time. aho HaUroad Agtot for the afferent companlM att and west. Southampton, Havre, Hamburg. Stetten, London, Paris, Nor way, Plymouth, Bremen, Sw& den and any point In Europe Postordes and foreign ezctuuur Iwaed to all prominent points In Europe HarlEff large facilities with the east blnrnt bank, and savings Tnstltntlons, I am wepamt to make alt kinds of loans on first real auto mortgagus, city 01 Jrm property, from 1 tod years, at the lowest la terort I also deal In school bonds, eute, count! and city warrants, alio la state, connty and dtj rtlcfled claims, and will always pay the night! arket pries. Call and seo me or corrospond wlU """ L. MEYER, 108 North Tenth at Whitebreast Coal and Linie Co. Canon City Whitebreast Walnut Springs AND ANTHRACITE. Telephone 234. Lime Hair Plaster Cement Oilice, 109 South Eleventh St. BETTS St WEHyER 4 M 1045 O Street. MENDOTA COL'RADO OHIO BL'K CAN'N CITY colH WOOD AND BEST ANTH'CITE r Telephone 440 For 1890 Consider Sciuhnkr's Magazine when you arc deciding upon your reading matter for next season. The subscription rate is low $3.00 a year. The standard of the Magazine is high, Its spirit progressive, The illustrations are interesting and of the best. There is not space here to give even a summary of the feat ures to appear next year, but among other things there will be a NEW DEPARTMENT and ADDITIONAL PAGES, and groups of illustrated articles will be devoted to the following subjects: African Exploration and Travel, Life on .1 Modem War Ship (3 nrtlcle), Homes in City, Suburb, nnd Country, Providing Homeh through Duilding Association!., The CitUen's Rights, Electricity In the Household, Erlcssohn, the Inventor, by his Authorized Hiographer, Hunting, Humorous Artists, American and Foreign. There will be 3 serials. Robert Louis Stevenson will contribute In 1890. Each subject, and there will be a great variety this year, will be treated by writers most competent to speak with authority and with interest. Readers who are interested are urged to send for a prospectus. 25 cents a number; $1.00 for 4 months. Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 Broadway, New York ODDS AND ENDS. In Uohomla there nro 0,000,000 Germain nd 3,000,000 Croelis. Tennyson's popularity Is ovldcntly not on Uio wane in Kngland. Within n week nftcr tho publication of his now book of )ocms, on Doc. 13 last, 30,000 copies hud )ocn sold. During tho calendar year IBOT, Hfl,M0,lU7 piece of coin wore executed at tho mints of tho United States, having a toUl valuo of $M,11M,0M. Hryennols, archbishop of Nleodomus, has found In a Turkish library nt Damascus a manuscript of tho Now Tcitmuent dating from nlxiut Uio mlddloof 0h Fourth century. Tho Italian government Is making a per sistent effort Ui Improve, Uin quality of horso flesh In Italy. It has just Ixmght Melton, tho winner of tho Derby in 18SS, for 110,000. Tlio Clilneno government has Just ordered a n6w edition of tho famous encyclopedia which was originally compiled during tlio reign of lClonl.ung. Tho index alono fills twelve folio voluuuw. Tho death of 8appovonao, tho most Influ cntlal of Uio Utos, colls attention to tho fact that Bitting Hull Is now tho oldest Indian of promiuenco In Uio United Btaten. At prevent 688 )orlodlcaU npiear in Ilcrlln. Thirty-six of tliom liclong to tho jxilitlcnl dally pre, -101 aro tho organs of special, so cial, educational and Industrial interest, and fourteen aro devoted exclusively to military matters. Tliero has Iwon n monster Itnby show In Mollxjunie. Upwanl of 700 infants wero on viow, ami 30,000 people went to seo them. Tho exhibition has aroused an indignant pro test against tlio employment of babe for tho cntortalnment of adult. Tlio iwtroleum production of southern Cali fornia last year reached 18,000,000 gallons, valued at l,'JOO,000. Tho nrtlclo is of special valuo to that region. It utilization as fuel for manufacturing purposed has had much to do with wiving a vexed question. Tho liondon Zoological Hocloty now w sctaos n w hlto (wacoclc. This bird prewirvos tho markings which distinguish tho species, particularly tho largo eyo llko spot on tho tall feathers. Tho effect of thoso mxiUi Is ro- marknhle. They aro exactly llko tho pattern on n damak tablecloth. Tlio work of making a publlo park out of Gen. Putnam's revolutionary headcpjnrtors nt Redding, Conn., carried on at tho oxt,cnso nnd by tho direction of tho Connecticut legis lature, has been lluUhcd. A thicket sur rounds tho park, and tho Putnam monument face tho oiitrnneo. There aro a mllo and a half of drivewayn, suveu springs of water, applo trees a contury old and many log housen. The pleawint I'Yonch custom of interclmng vMtlng cards through tho post on Now Year's day with one's friends nnd occpialnt oncos Is fast dying out In Paris. Tho jiostal authorities declare that tliero has this year lieun an immense falling off, nnd It Is well known that sovornl members of "hlgllf" havo for the last year or two studiously avoided tho practice. A jierlodlcal for betrothed is the most re cent venture In Vienna. It Is published twice u month, and lt contents nro Milted to ltd aims, which really aro advertising, for tlio editor tells ,U prosiectlo readers that every announcement of a betrothal or iimrringo will bo inserted gratuitously, provided tlio happy couples will buy their trouswwux of tho tradesmen advertising in his poer A curious watch has lioon brought out in France. Tlio dial Is transparent, but there are no woiks behind it, and tlio hands appear to move by magic. The secret lies in con cealing tho works it tho edge of tho case, and communicating the motion to the hands by moans of a glass disk, which acts as n Uxithod wheel. Tho disk revolves liotweun the front ami the back of tho dial, which aro both of glass, nnd henco its motion is uupcrcotvod. Tho Germans havo been tho pioneers in sci entific foru.try, as in so many other lines of progress. With n total forest urea of only 31,310,000 ncros, of which 11,231,000 belong to tho state, the German empire now has no loss than nlno schools of forestry, nnd during tlio threo years ending with 18S3 it published 177 books on tho vnrious brnnchos of tho Bub joct. There nro also ton periodicals devoted to forestry, and a general association of for estors with annual meetings, and ten local so cletloH. Hritish literature in 1SS9 was uot so pro ductive as during tho previous twolvo months. Theology, educational works, trav els, history, poetry, science, art and political economy all showed a slight docreaso, but, on tho other hand, tho lighter stylo of literature was In ndvanco of 18SS. Thus more Ixxiks for young peoplo wero published, whllo there wero no fewer than 1,W0 now novels and stories, hesldus 301 reprints. In "Ilclles Lettres" more fresh editions wore issued than now books, owing to the largo number of re prints of Uio classics, Soino of tho now English freaks iu table decoration aro almost Incredibly tasteless. Boxes Imitating bntUe axes, hohnets, spcara and keys nro made tho receptaclos for blos soms, anil rlbbousof frosted gauze are uwl to liold tho stems together. Tho helmets would 1h) tolerable at a military dinner, but olsowhero thoy nro abunl. Why not umi a silk hat for a (lower vascf Tim ItuMlaii Kxlle Sjmtrm. "Of tho solitary confinement in tho Hus sion castles tho most frightful stories havo boon told," said Georgo Konnan in a recent in terview "It means abboluto burial, insanity and finally death, Yoa might as well put n man In a sepulchre iu a grave) aril nnd seal him up with the scantiest supply of food that will sustain life, as to immuro him in one of tho cells of the Fortress I'etropavlovski, which translated means tho Kortra of Ht. I'etcr and St. Paul "Happily a movement ha begun In the United States, which it Is barely posxlblo may lead to an amelioration of the condition of many of these unfortunate exiles. Petitions nro to 1k circulated throughout tho country addressed to tho ezar nnd convoying to him tho bene of tho American jieoplo on this kub ject, iu the hoo thnt ho may take a more merciful viow of tlio cxllo system than has heretofore prevailed and make such a revo lution as w 111 rob it of its greatest horrors. Tills exprosMon of opinion will lw presented to him through the International Prison as sociation, which meets Iu St. Petersburg during tho present year, mid inasmuch as tho czar is not an overbearing or relentless man, tho effort is worthy of tho largest cneouruso ment by our jHoplo." In conclusion, Mr. Kennan remarked that the subject was an exhauktlcts one, and though many books had been written, tho half had not bcou told, nor could tho half lo conceived of the frightful lesullsof this jra euliar sjntcm of punishment. V. 0. Do Fon taine. Mio TiMik Her Dick. Ho look a her Dick ouo ktonny nlglit Ami went to see a maiden fair llrnrath her jmr lxr' illiu, uncertain liht, On beiulod knee liU lovo illil swear Blie took her Dick IkUM Herald, A CRUISE IN THE. OLD ARM-CHAIR.' CHILDREN'S SONG. HEaz Words nnd Muslo by HUBERT WATKYN. tnp ( Vtm ft to U tuna tlouli, in a doleful manner.) wmM eCIT3r 1. Oh, who will conm n sail lnj( with mo A fi. Our snow y sail (a ta . blo-clolh) Is U. Oh, tloiirl oli, (lenrl our voy-ngo In o'or Our Con inoto. s. . sBiillfeIS5lfepig3SGS ,tT m -i-. r.v., r rr-1 jt isifsi - & tnp EJ5g; , 2fe llljPfefp;gg cros tlio o- icaii foam?... Wo'll sail to lauds u . cross tho sea, Than back n- gain wnv.liig In the wind;.... Wo'vo said "Goodbyol" to Nell and Kato, Hlnco thoy must utay III to atnV luv. dan-gars all aro nistj... Wo BtriuiK n leak .In sight of thorn, Anil oiirixmt was wreck'd at $mmmfmmm emmm i i3l3p pzm&&gm&m homo h last no Our ship r1. all bo tho old nrm-clmlr, Tho car-pot shall Ik, tho seaj For a Inil;.... , there thoy stand up on (ho piay, lie -sido tlio fen - dor brlglit:.. Tliov'll wt? With aid of fa-therWnlk.ing.MlaV Wo all got safo to I "X.. Who'll & 3 -J 3l- if i W ll i J & Sxri - i L q 9 n CIIOllUS. mf mast wovo fa - thcr's walk-liigtlck So como n - lioanl with mo 1 a 3. Hoare ,0! link of us up-on the sea, Al - though not out of sight help poor Bhlp-wrcckM mar- i- ncre- A most uu luck y band? U. 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