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. JiMimn.tmw).i ' y CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1890 n 1 CALLKi) A FISH OF AIMUI, THAT'S THE FRENCH OF ITj BUT HERE IT IS "APRIL FOOLI" Tricks of tlir Village mill tli fit) -Tim Old Tlmom-AII limu ly Tim "Hull" n r tllmltmMiiii -lis lnllilK IliVgln Nomn Mrdlivvnl I'rimka. "Uv George, there's a dollar'" P.iwii goes the eager lioy's hand tit grasp tlm bright sil ver disk which lies m temptingly I" thu edge of tlio gutter. Ho grnp H ml Is rldng, when "Ow ouch O laiinlyl " lio jells, nml, flinging down tlio ilollnr, thrust hi burnt lingers In li In month, hll 11 nxir of laughter Ismip from tlio convenient grocery, wliero tlio practical Jokers aroou (ho wnteh. Tlio ly liiirrle.iway, nml the Joker priHid to reheat tlio dollar for tlio next "April fool." TIIX Ntl.VKH 1MI.LAII HKI.U TIiIh Iii tlio old standard Joke of tlio vlllngtt. It Iiiin Uvn played ever t.lnco silver dollars were coined, nml irolmlily will Imi for iniiny j-ears to coino, for wliero la tlio boy, not trlctly on guunl, who could refrain from picking tip 11 dollar! And It is wonJerfii' how long n hot nil vor dollnr will hold it hevit. A moru Innocent form of tlio tuimo Joko It to drill n holt) through tluulollur mid null It firmly down; thou sliver over tlio Iwvi.l of tlio nail with sotuo of tlio ninny cheap "plnthig" fluids. Tlio flutter nlna time out of ton "111 Kriup at tlio treasure and Ih loft." Tlio laugh Is Just in Kod, nml no Angers are burnt. Tlio "bricked lint" has been played .titi that oxtra stratagem Is required. It T ery seldom anyhow Mini a uinu will prnmo long enough to kick n hut on the sidewalk, but to n Ixiy a derelict hat U n teliiptntlou Indeed. It ROiiiDtliuoH prove a cruel joke, Tlio boy, full of vigorous life anil nulninl spirits, swiug IlifC Rayly along, comes to an Innocent looking old Itoavrr nml, pausing for a good draw back, ho launches a forty-pound kick at thu target alml thoro Is a big ami rugged stono in it. For mi Instant ho feols a If overy Ixmo in his foot wero splintered. Tlio pain is aw ful, Tlio jokers in nmbusli laugh, but tlio victim cannot rostralu hi tears. Nowadays, however, tlio Jokem oftm kick tlio empty hat around as tlio victim Is coming In slftlit, ami only slip the stono under It In time to catch him. When tho"Viuhlugtonlnu movement" wan weeping the United StatoMtiu ingenious tlealer Invented what ho called ft "tuuiiurauco wine glass." Standing on tlio sideboard It looked exactly llko a hnudsoiuo glass well tilled with ruby wlno, but when tlio guest turutl it up at Ills lips thero was no (low and the loud laugh announced him an "April fool." Tlio glass wax double, tlio wino being between the Inner ami outer portion. This hint not others to work and very ingenious Imitations wero produced by which the victim could tw made to bellovo that cake ami wine, fruits and bis cuit wero luforo him; but It was all a lliiruuv cltlnl feast tho tempting viands wero deli cately tinted porcelain or ipiooiuwaro, Hon bons with cotton in them raised an inno cent laugh; but practical Jokers proforrotl those tilled wltli roil (upper. "Indian tur nl;" used to Imj the great stniulhy In tho west, ami a big bite of one would maku tho victim feel as if his tongue wero lnilng pulled out by the roots; but the plant In now ho rare that many people never saw one. A truly tllubollcal ctJiitrlvaneo was a small pudding, of which the principal Ingredient was mus tard. In Franco the fun chlelly consist in send ing people on absurd errunds, or Bonding them nitMuigoM which Uglu properly enough but enil in an atrocious "sell." Practical joke ore there practically unknown. The French call the victim n "ikjIn.oii d'Avrll" that Is, a fish of April or silly fish. Tho Scotch call him a gowk, which means both cuckoo and simpleton, nml has been Ameri canized Into gawk. In Germany ho Is culled a "iichaufokopf," or sheep's head, while In nil eastern Eurojio much more derisive names nro applied, some of them, as well as tlio jokes, lielng very coarse ami oven gronsly ol tcciio. Now, as the custom has Uon common to all Christian countries for over 1,000 years, tcholars formerly agreud that it began in the miracle pliys or mysteries of the tlurk ages. It was gonendly salt! to represent the send ing about of Christ from Annas to Cnlnphas, ami from Pilate to Herod. By ami by, how ever, traces of the custom were discovered at TDK "DHICKKD" HAT an earlier date, anil then the explanation given was that when tho lieglnulug of the year waschsugod from April 1 to Jan. 1 the people fumed the first (Into from a real Into a mock New Year's and burlesqued all tlio solemn ami social observances of tho main day. This story did very well till n better was told; for when the llritish rule lis India was well established, and scholars reproduced the ancient records of that land, they found traces of April Fool day there, and tho Hindoos now practice similar tricks on the 31st of March, which they call the Hull festival. Bo the origin must be referred to some trait of the old system of nature worship which was the religion of the primitive Aryans. No doubt omo ocullarity of tlio season, prrhnps tho KNiernl riot of tho natural man's blood mid of nwnkenlng nature, llrst suggests! a day of njxirtaiid unreason, In thocourno of llmo many of the tricks nnd practical jokes of April 1 were ciafoiindod with thowi of tlio Fenstof Fools, which must tnko rank ns tho iniwtoxtrsortlltiary of the ninny fantastic fol lies which old imgnulnut hciiifutht! to Chris tianity. It hegnu with the Haturnalla. Tho Homniis Mltivod that Hnturu, nfter Itelng dethroned by his son Jupiter, hail reigned long In Italy ami established a golden ago. Ho they had a Haturn's festival late in December, when all strict etlipietto was laid asldo mid nil distinc tions of rank nliollshcd. Wave uto llrst mid wero walled on by their Minster. Dainty Indies wrved food to heggnrn. No oim could claim any privilege of rank, and In some In slunceH tho llceiimt extended so far that men of wealth mid distinction thought It prudent to maintain a tlNgulso during the entire festi val. ThoClirUtlnu fathers preached against thociMtom, but It survived, mid at last ob tained it tolerated place In church olmcrv mice. Kvery ago tho nlmiirdlty grew greater. Halnani's awi was Introduced ami soon lecamn tho great central llgure. Later, tho am on which tint Infant Jtwus was carried Into Kgypt nml the um on which the mature Jiwus rtMht Into Jerusalem wero IntrtMtiiiitiil with many ccrenionltw, which would shook modern Christian. MiK'k hikn, iiii-IiIiIhIiojh ami other dignitaries wero chosen and held local rule through the festival, being known a "1'ohi of Fools," "Archbishop of Numb skulls," "Hoy lllshop" mid "I'litrlarch of Hots." They took potisewlou of the churches and went through a mummery of the priest ly oIllctM, even the mass and tho absolution. At length tho btirlewUo reaclnsl a (whit where reason unit religion alike revolted. IlltiiaU went ImohmI for the mtK'k worships, nml the osx wax Introduced Into the church. Many songs went written In his honor. One nuiig for ninny yeurs at llcuuvlus, France, as tho nss movwl towants thn altar, ran as fol lows: Orlenlls irtllmi Atlveimlt nslniis 1'iilcher et fortlHitltnus, Barcltils nptlsitliiiui; He, Hire Ane, del This has Ik-cii komonhat freely trnimlntedi From the regions of the east IHif kImkh on the Uintiy hcn.it Came the donkey stoul and strong, With our acks to c along, limy, Blr Donkey, bray I Then tho mock priests, with real priestly roUti worn Inside out, holding prnj sr Itooks Umt(lo down and wearing sxtncln niailo of lemon ool, went through a sttrvlco, in tIiIc1i they rldlculol at random tho local follies. Sometimes charcoal and flour or noxious smelling weed seed wero uso'. for lucenso, and tlio service went on umld iiooiifiiMxl uproar of Imitations of pigs, cown and usmm. When the roremony wan to clotto tho prltwt placed his hands licsldo his htvul, moved them llko ears ami brayed his loudest threo tlmos, to which the jicoplo responiloil with a loud and prolonged brny. In many places nuns dis EuUcd tliemsolvM in men's clothes and took lart. When tho custom reached such abuses re form was not far olT, but traces of It Hn gercd till tho FlfUuuth century, llomuatits of theso olNtervauceii )assel over to Christ mas ami April fool's day. On very ancient monuments April is typifled by a dancing s32tT 8ATUIUNAL1A. youth with n rattlo In his hund-nnother proof that something in tho hoason Itwlf sug giwtoil sport and practical Jokes. And as tho growing nnd pairing season is here, this article cannot close morn appropriately than with the oft quoted but still readable lines in which nn old nisi prlus lawyer Is supposed to hall the iuson that renilndeil him of his youth: Wlieniis, on certain ttotiRhs and sprays Now divers birds are limnl to sing, And sundry llowers their heaiU upntt-nv Inll to tho coming on of spring) The hoiik of thoito snld bints arouse Tlio memory of our youthful Iioir-s, As grtvn as Uiomo uild sprays and houghs, As fresh and swwt us those said (lowers. Tho birds aforesaid happy talrs' IiOve 'mid the aforesaid boughs umhrine In freehold mwU: theinselvt, their heirs, Adinlnlstrators and assigns. O. hnplest term of Cupid's court. Where tender plaintiff nctlon hrlug BAHOll of frolic, mirth and sport, Until Mafortvtnld, coming sirliigt J. 11. IlKADI.K. At llomn, After tHiiy Yeurs. The return to Chicago, af Ur thirteen years' absciico, of D. D. SMncer, brings again to public attention a man whose reckless lluan clerlng wrought widespread ruin. He lied In 1877 Immediately subsequent to the failure of the Cook County National bank nml the State Savings institution, both of w hlcli were under his control, ami became a resident of Stuttgart, Germany. Ho leftlwhlml a terrible KKrcKto of misery, for the savings of hun dreds wero swallowed up, but It has always been nn open question whether Spencer was not rather tho dupe of others than a willful wrong door. At any rato tho years have not dealt lightly with htm, and those who knew the aggressive, confident business man of other days would And Uttlo to recall him by iu the caieworn, aged features of the returned exile, A remain ltnllwuy I'rvsldvnt. Tlio first woman In America over chosen president of a steam railroad Is Mrs. Charles D. Huluos, The line of which the is the chief olll cer is the Hniuos Medluu Valley road In Texas. Mrs. Huluos' luuband, In association with L others, is the ownerSt or so v or a I short railways in various states of thn Union, Mrs. Haines is wild to le an excellent business woman, tuts, a u. maines. nnd well fitted for tho position to which she has been ele7ated. iiA v ft m&m SOMK CAPITAL liOSSIT. A POKER STORY OF THE LATE GEN. SCHENCK. I'ulillo Mrn friiin Kiln Cminty, N. V (Irn. Ilrtoker, of .IllnsUalppI - Henry Ciilmt IhIkii mill Ills Lurk - Olillmiry liny, lite Hllenl Neiiulois of Nevada. Hs-clnl t'irrensiiiilence Wahiiiniitmn, April II. I tniHt noono will think I nut tiiiying ntiglit to tlio ills cri'iilt of tlio Into (leu. Holienek Iicciiiimo I tell u Kilu;r it(iry of lilin. Many of tlio IwhI men In WiihIiIii;Ioii piny )ot(cr. us tin hiiiiio gootl mi'ii tlio world over. Thn judgment of tlio (linen is tluit it In hen Hotiirtlilng tiuiro lli.nti n friendly, quiet giitno of drnw to innko a mini very wicked. (Ion. Sclicnck played tokor for n half century, lio pliiytnl It well, and ulwayH, I believe, for moderate HlakeH. The K)ker story I have to tell of liitn is the Htory of a moderate, Kcntluiniin'H game. Moreover, It li a truo Htory, Many of the jniker stories printed ulxmt well known men are Imaglnnry. TIiIh Htory is not InuiKlnary, Alnnit a week lieforo fleii. Selienck'H tteatli he Hat tjown at a round table one evening In IiIa own liouso with (len. Heliollehl, (len. Huoker and two Unltetl SUites Hcnatorri, One of tlieso HonntniH Is a famoiiH jtoker player, and liln Inti mate friends call Mm "Charley." Tho game was at $2 limit, und this Honntor, nn tlio occuhIoii In ipietttion, sat next to the dealer. It wuh a Jack pot, which (len. Schenek opened at the limit, nnd which the HOtmtor jiromptly ruined lie foni the draw. The general "Htnld," evorylxnly elBtt dropping out. When he looked over IiIh carils the nenator found the ace, king, queen and jack of olulm anil tint six of diamomln. Ah it HtfMd, of course, his hand wan valueless and lie had ruined purely as a Mull. Ho drew onu enrd, anil don. Solieuck also txk one. It wuh obvious the Hcuntor had drawn to till either a Htrnlght or a flush. If he had a hand of BUlllcient value lie would not have been likely to let the opportunity to "ojen" go by, inaHiuueli as there was quite a large iiumlxtrof clieckHon the table. After thu draw Gen. Hohcnck bet tho limit. Tho Henator "naw" him and went ono Ixstter. Again (Jon. Sclicnck raised, when tho ncuator remarked: "(Jeneral, I have you lxaten. I think I have a mire thing, and I don't caro to bet any more money on that kind of a hand." "Hut I don't think you havo mo beat en," retorted Schenok. "When I got enough of it I will quit." So tho senator "raised" tlio general, and was quickly raised back. Again and again tho blue checks wero tossed into the middle of the table, until each had "tilted" tho other a dozen times or more. Then the Bonntor renewed his projKwitlon for a cessation of hostilities, and offered to fatten the slakes by u wnger of a din ner for tho Ave gentlemen present. This wan accepted by Clou. Schonck, and tho hands were shown down. Schenclc had started with threo nines, drawn ono card iu order to inako his an tagonist lxilievo he had Kimply two pairs, and had pulled iu the fourth nine. Four nines was a formidable hand, but the senator's hand was stronger. It coiiHist ed of the nco, king, queen, jack and ten of clubs a royal straight Hush, the high est possible hand. The honator hail won. Hut tho little dinner for live was nover eaten. Two days before tho evening set for it Gen. Schenclc died. "I have been playing poker for thirty or forty years," said the senator today, "and that was tho llrst straight Hush I over held, if it is to be tho forerunner of the death of one of my best friends, nnd of ono of the most estimablo gentle men and most skillful poker players I over know, I do not want to hold another one." A few weeks ugo I wrote a letter ulxmt the remarkable number of prominent nnd successful men w ho wero onco xwr boys on adjoining farms in Ashland county, O. "I know of another instance of tho Mime sort," wiid a gentleman to mo re cently. "At East Aurora. Krio county, N. Y., is a country hchool called Aurora academy. It Is neither a very largo nor a famous institution of learning, but I wns counting up the other day the num ber of very successful men who wero educated there, most of them fanners' boys from tho immediate neighlxirhood "My list embraces Millard I'illmoro, president of the United States; Nathan K, Hull, ixistmaster general under Fill more; A. M. Clapp, for many years pub lic printer; J. M. Humphrey! member of congress; Horatio C. Hurchard, director of the mint; S. Corning Judd, prominent Illinois politician and postmaster of Chi cago, and Governor lloles, of Iowa. 1 am sure thero nro many others of equal reputation who stnrted out in life from that old school if I could only think of their names." The house committee on elections has decided in favor of ix'rinittlng Gen. Hooker, of Mississippi, to retain his seat. Gen. Hooker is a ono armed Confederate hero, and one of tho most popular men in congress. Republicans like him as well as tho Democrats do, for he is a line specimen of the old stylo gentleinan.witli n politeness that is fairly princely and a grand way of saluting oven tho hum blest of his acquaintances. He has three sons, who, fortunately, nro as like him as a lot of peas in ono jx)d. It is a very pretty thing to boo tho four Hookers, who aro all tall and of flno military bear ing, greet a friend on tho street. All havo tho same martial flourish of tho hand, nnd somohow all manage to Buluto at tho same instant, as if thoy woro sol diers at drill. Gen. Hooker wnB talking recently of tho diflorence between tho campaign methods prevailing in tho north nnd thoso of tho south. "When I first camo to congress," said he, "Fornartdo Wood and other wealthy gentlemen from New York were here, and we were chattering one day about how- much it had cost them to bo elected, "Ono gentleman said his campaign had cost htm 830,000. Another enid his sal ary for tlio term would junt pay lila olec- Hon uxpenscs. Finally they asked mo how it wuh in Mississippi, and I told thorn thoy wouldn't IxjIIovo mo if I wero to state to them tho exuut cost of my last campaign, 'I havo twelve coun ties in my dlati lot,' wild I, 'and before election I carefully canvassed every ono of them, traveling alxiutiua light wagon with my sou, Tho entire cost of that campaign in money wns just ono dollar mid six bits.' "Tho gentlemen from tho north wero Incredulous, as t had thought they would Ixj, hut thoHO are tho exact figures. Tho jKioplo down there kept us over night, fed tm and our horses and netit us on our way rojolclng, invariably refusing com pensation for their trouble. That Is south ern hospitality. I rememlxr ono planter with whom wo put up and ho waH a xjor man replied when wo tendered payment for our lodging: 'I hain't never charged nolxxly nothln' for Btayin' at my hoiiHo, and I don't hco why I should b gin on you. An' here's a couple o' water niilyuns I'll throw In yer wion an' cover 'em up with a blanket they'll taste good after tho nun gits up hot.'" Congressman Cnlxit Lodge, of Massa chusetts, has been much talked nlxiut since he introduced his now famous bill for Federal control of elections. I heard another Massachusetts st;tcsmau say of IjOtlgo a row (lays ngo: "Theiogoes tho luckiest man in America. He could fall iu tho creek nnd not get wot, or go through Uro nnd not bo burned. Ho in herited a good family name; a name that has always given him a certain prestige. He was heir toalargo fortuuo, estimated at two millions of dollars. His Income is salil to bo$00,d00 a year, and steadily increasing. Ho keeps up threo domestic establishments; one In Washington, ono In Hostou and one in tho country. Ho in happily married. "Ho inherited, besides a good name and a largo fortuno, an iron constitution and an athletic framo. Ho has that for which Hill Rcott said tho other day ho'd give a million dollars a gixxl stomach. lie has inherited, moreover, a good head, a ge nius for literature and politics, nnd tho faculty of making friemlt:. Is he not a lucky dog'f" Wo havo had Boveral "obituary days" in congress recently. Tho obituary day is a well established congressional insti tution. Friends of tho Hovcral deceased members confer together and (lx Ux)ii a day for delivery of tho orations. A reso lution is introduced setting apart an afternoon, or part of an nftornoon, for this purpose. Uhtiaily a Satur day is taken, for that Is the day on which members llko to visit tho depart ments on errands for their constituents. Obituary days never Interfere with de partment work. On tho day when tho funeral addresses for tho lato William D. Kelloy wore delivered I went into the house gallery and counted tho number of members in their seats. There wero seventeen of them. Surprised at tho largo attendance, I (undo some inquiries and found that the sixteen gentlemen who wore listening with as much patience as possible to tho seventeenth wero nil orators of tho day. Thus the attendance was accounted for tho orators wero listening to each other. An hour later only eight men wero in the hall, tho remaining nine hav ing spoken their pieces and disappeared. I did not wait another hour to see if tho unfortunate last shaker was left abso lutely alone with the pages, tho empty seats and tho nearly empty galleries. Senator Jones, of Nevada, is ono of the brightest men iu congress. Every day of his life, prolmbly, ho tells more good stories, says inoro good things thnn any other man in tho Capitol. Hut ho nover makes a speech. "If I had a son who was xsso.ssed of an ambition to lxcomo an orator," Hays Scnntor Jones, "I'd bo tempted to disown him. Theso long winded orators of tho senate inako mo very weary. After they have uttered a dozen sentences ono usually discovers that they don't know what thoy aro talk ing about, ami tho longer they talk tho moro certain nro you of their ignorance. "Tho man who understands things dix'sn't make speeches. It is the man who doesn't understand a question that feels called upon to talk about it two or three hours. Tho man who has reached down and explored tho insldo of a ques tion always tlnds that it has many sides and phases, that few things are abso lutely certain, and that men may look at tho matter differently nnd yet all lx right. This sort of a man doesn't wnnt to make a speech. Ho knows too much. I never inako seeches." Senator Stownrt, of Nevada, never makes speeches, either. Whether or not his reasons aro the same as tho&o of his ingenious colleague, I am not informed; hut I heard Stewart make a speech one day last week which set tho senate into a most undignified snicker. A call of tho seinto had been ordered, and as the roll was called oil by tho clerk Mr. Stew art sat dozing iu his chair. When lus namo was sung out ho started up and exclaimed, "Pass!" Waltku Wkllma.n. Merlin Work lo lie l'srlvcd. People who aro old enough to remem ber tho "IJerlln work" that was fashion nblo over twenty-llvo years ago may take pleasure in learning that thcro is an eifort to rovlvo tho "cross stitch" em broidery. Ono of tho prettiest of tlio modorn specimens of tho work is a large squaro lamp mat tnndo of canvns filled in with light blue silk cross stitch. Upon ench corner is worked with black silk iu tho saino Htltch a Chinese dragon. The mat Is edged with blue nnd gold passe menterio of tho kind that has been used for tho past year or two for dress trim mings. Knitted and crocheted lamp mats are quite endless iu vnriety, and some of them aro exceedingly pretty. Hy adding a border of crocheted laco to a plain square of satin or velvet a very pretty mat can Ixj made. The laco should bo from two to threo inches broad nnd of a light, open design. It should bo mndo of unreached Harbour's flax thread and sawed flatly on the materiul, not project ing over tho edge. Tho corners must bo laid over smoothly and tho lnco sowed down at tho top and bottom. Steam and I lot Wutc I Ioatintf. F. Telephone i nn B1 El W rlJUIasssJjsMHiaU Mi1 'ViH Most Popular Resort in the City. ODELL'S - DINING - HALL MONTGOMERY HLOCK, -o 1 1 '9, 1 121 and 1123 N Street. 0 Meals 25 ds. $4.50 per Week. Ty " Stylish Carriages and Buggies, At all Hours Day or Night. 2T I lories Hoarded and best of care taken of all Stock entrusted to us. JgJ PRICES REASONABLE. BILLMEYER & CO.,, Proprietors. Call and Soo Us. Telephone 435 " Hlmll n,ot take ...loo ease In .nine Bevel nlate mirrors, rich Carpets, and artistic decorations, coupled with the polite services of a the "Speed, sny you? Aye, In motion of no loss celerity than tlint of thought." "In truth, a noblo company What aro their pleasures?'' "Thoro thu IniKCslrloIn reeked, hard by riiimpii(ltIlii(Moo(l,nmlClirlstuiaBplo Nor fulled old Hoot land to produce At such IiIkIi tide, bor savory goose." 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Traverses now and ?w.r..aaJ,r ri0.u tormlng1 Pd Broalnir lands, atrordlnsr tho best faollltloa or intorpommunlcatlon to all towns and cltloB oast and west, northwest ana BouthwoBt of Chicago, and Pacific nnd transoceanic Soaports. MAGNIFICENT VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS, Loading: all compotltora in eplondor of oqulpmont, cool, woll vontilatod, and ?J?i flJonl au8. Tr9yRh OottchoB, Pullman Sloopors, FREE Rocllnlner Chair Cars, and (oaot of Missouri Rlvor) Dining: CarB Dally botwoon Chicago. SSSMoil?,l Co.um,n Bluffs, and Omaha, with Froo Rodlnlng Chair Car to V..r5,P!3tto,.N?b',ona botwoon Chicago and Colorado Springs, Donvor. and Puoblo, via St. Joeopb, or Kansas City and Topoka. Snlondld Dining Hotels (furnishing meals at soasonablo hours) woHt of Missouri Rlvor. California Excursions dally, with CHOICE OF ROUTES to and from Salt t?K& Otfdon, Portland. Lob Angolos, and San Franolsoo. Tho DIREd ,,&& Jia W Ilk.08 PolHt Manltou, Qardon or tho Gods, tho Sunltarl urns, and Sconlo Orundours or Colorado. VIA THE ALBERT LEA ROUTE, Lm?Tn?A0t88i?n8,fltny &?twoo,n cb!?K?, nnu Minneapolis and St. Paul. With THROUGH Rocllnlng Chair Cars (FREE) to and from thoso points and KaniyiB City. Through Chair Car und Sloopor botwoon Pooria, Spirit Lnko, and Sioux Falls, via Rock Island. Tho Favorlto Lino to Plpostono, Watori JSJXf?,.lor? F"il8,.,una .th0 Sunimor Resorts and Hunting and Fishing Grounds or tho Northwest. -nBIB.UCmT,JjINB VI SBNEOA AND KANKAKEE offers facllltloa to travol botwppn Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lamyotto, and Council Dluffs, St. Joseph, Atchison, Loavonwortb, Kunous City, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. omWtWltt ttI,p,y to ttDy Tlokot F. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN, General Manager. CHICAGO, ll,U. Qen'l Tickot ft Pass. Atct Plumbing A. KORSMEYER & CO. 536. 215 S. Eleventh St. Finest in the City fTHE NEW Palace Stables M St, opp. Masonic Temple. colored attendant, render our r-1lnln. ,.i.i- ....... exemplification of case and comfort. Our "Flyers" are really a scries of handsome apartments connected bv ingeniously arranged ....vlll. nine (... ..I.... ..." P. . . . J . t1 ..........,.., ...auiuiK Biin-iy iiainsi telescoping, im pervious to the weather, and overcome the sway ing motion Incident to ordinary trains. The IJurllngton's Flyers arc provided with a library of carefully selected books for the free use of patrons, while card tables, congenial friends, and "High Five" conduce to "drive dull care away." Quietly, and at ease, the traveller partakes of viands that temnt the enlrur. nml i..,i,i inc,ni..i and elegant surroundings, the pleasures of the meal arc enhanced by the charming and pic turesque panorama continuously gliding by. Great easy chairs, rattan sofas and large plate windows, render our smoking cars a prime favor ite with first class passengers, for whom they are exclusively reserved. The acme of perfection is reached In our latest Pullman sleepers, whose seats of seal brown silk plush, oriental draperies In cxinilsite shades rare woous, anil carpets of Koyal Wilton, combine in the highest degree, the artistic with the beautiful, " Wo sigh to think our wondrous Journey done." A. C.ZIKMKH, City I'ass. and Ticket AkciU, . Lincoln. BBS FROM A STUDY OF THIS MAP OF 1 ). 1 V !i