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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1890 t"C M i B K "i . i.Tf3- -viioi,i:sai.i:us and iiKTAir.r.its or- SHIRTS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ETC. CALL AND SKI! OUR Superb Line of Flannel Shirts ! Outings, Cloth Shirts, Cashmere Shirts, Silk Shirts. A full line of Lincoln Knitting Mills Co. Goods at Special Prices to the trade and "consumer. Agents for Lincoln Knitting Mill Co., Lincoln Suspender Co., Kockford Socks nnd Carter's Slippers. 100 Engraved Galling Cards And Copper Plate, for $2.50. If you have a Plate, we will furnish 100 Cards from 'same, at $1.50. WESSEL PRINTING CO. Courier. Office. , Telephone 253. 1 134 N Street Ensign's Bus, Carriage aai a. nth at. Hacks, Gonpes, Landaus and Carriages INSTANTLY KUKNISHKD. Telephones: CITY OFFICE, 303. DEPOT OFFICE, 572. . n. Wolmvon Huck In wnltlnic ntourotn-oat nil hours, day or nlitlit, and cnlls oltho py Tolophono or In porson are Immediately answered. Hpeolul arrangoments for suburban trips, also for shopping, visits to Htato Prison, Insiiuo Asylum, etc. SOMETHING NEW 'FOR HOME - Wc have just received n New Line of Falk's - Showing America's Leading Actors : views, both street and -3s MO ST POPULAR Actors and Actresses Call and see them, Such Photographic work has never before been seen In Lincoln. Any Photo desired furnished. WESSEL PRINTING CO. 1 134 N Street. AND NOW'S THE TIME TO PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH THE LINCOLN ICE CO. 1040 0 ST. PHONE 118. PURE CLEAR ICE I Prompt Pollvory. ROBINSON MERCANTILE . CO. NEW LOCATION 206 South nth St., Montgomery Block, and Baggage Lines jrjw- - DECORATION! - Photos and Actresses In from one to twenty stage attire, of all the Courier Office. V r TxxJ$J-jjlFi OF TREELESS OAKLAND. PranttcA Million! Hun Itrrn I.jIiik About It fur Tnnntjr Years. (Special CorrwuwiMlcneal Oakland, Cal April 10. During my long Btnynwny from California I used to become garrulouH in telling eastern peo ple what a beautiful ppot tho city of Oakland nas built on. I mild many, ninny times that as you approached Oalc land 011 the forry Iwnt from San FrnnclHco you saw ncnrccly any limine only t re-en n roof or church nplrootlckliigoiit horo nnd there, but all tho rest u nci of tho dnrk green follago of tlio llvo onlm to 1110 tho most beautiful of tho oak Hpccloa 11 troo wIioho Intent nconied to glvo nhndo nml protection, Its limb curved in bo gracefully, nml having nhvayH tho tendency to spread in a wort of umbrella fashion toward tho earth. 3o in tho coiii-ho of ten or llftocn years, whlloin "thohtates," I told this story of beautiful Oakland embowered in her grovo of nativo oaks for six or bovcii miles. I said that Oakland wan one place which gavo proof that tho Amer ican could nparo a treo and know a treo nlno that wan beautiful even If It was nativo to the noli, ami that ho would not cut Much a treo down ami Immediate ly supply its place with an uglier one, a scrubbier 0110 and a mom sickly one, 1h caiiHo It camo from hoiiio other country and It had become u fnshlon and a criiKo to plant It and Insist upon it that it was an ornament. Yet to nu extent thin Is just what tho Oaklauders havo done. How I havo unconsciously lied about Oakland all those years! I return and find tho nativo oaks nearly all cut down, I ilud Oakland as seen from tho Hay of San Francisco, not a sea of follago, but a sea of housetops, and many of them ugly housetops. 1 (hid Oakland grown out of all remembrance, her avenues stretching miles and miles away Into what was open country, but qulto baro or trees. A treo hero seems an oirenso. It is cut down on tho least pretext. I havo talked with various people herd about it In a faint hearted sort of way, and asked them why they were bo hostllo to trees. Tho variety of reasons given mo is surprising. One said: "Well, you know, wo want to get nil tho sun wo can about our bouses. Tho trees keep it olL" Another said: "O, they're dirty thlngH iibont a houso, and especially about a store. They're shedding thlngd all tho time leaves and bugs and worms.' I asked why thoy cut down tho road side trees. "Well," said a man, "bo causo tho roadmastcrs aro down on 'em. They keep tho sun oir and tho roads won't dry up fast enough, nnd get so muddy." Thoy havo no rain hero at all for a full six months, nnd during that season tho dust that is developed is something not to bo understood or nppreolntcd by an eastern man until ho gets on homo of theso roads and tries to boo it which ho can't do, because ho will carry enough of it for n small farm in his oyes. When tho wind blows Itblowsheroto eomopur poso. It simply sends (in dust) farms, gardens and plantations through tho air in blinding masses. Ileal estate then goes up nnd is traveling all tho time. And tho air hero will turn mud to dust in no time nt all, to speak hyperbolical ly and hy-lwreas-ly. It has wonderful drying properties. I never quarrel with other people's tastes. i a man prefers a desert to llvo on and must mnko a desert about him in order to live comfortably, I say ho ought to havo tho desert. It is Ills right. In this country tho rattlcsnako, tho burrow ing owl, which Bconis to turn its head clean round as if it wero built with a ball and socket joint in tho neck, and tho ground Bqulrrel a dirt colored quad-rujH-'d with a mangy, oinuciatod tall, a cross between ft rat and a squirrel, n poor, degraded thing, not fit to eat, al ways full of fleas and endowed with n wonderful capacity for tumbling Into iu holo, wliero you can't got it when Bhol dead I nay all theso creatures prefer and enjoy to live on treeless, nrid, sun baked lands. And really many of the people here, in tho matter of trees, seem to havo the samo tastes, nnd thoy havo a right to have them, becauso they can't help having them. I wonder what in the future is done with a man who has lied about Oakland as I have dona for ten or fifteen years. 1 didn't mean to lie. I thought I was toll ing tho truth. Still I did lie all tho samo. There Is a remark somowhero which reads, "All liars shall have a share in tho lako of fire nnd brimstone." There seems no modification in this matter, 110 excep tions at all whoro a persevering course of lying such as mine has been could have extenuating circumstances connected with it so as to soften down tho penalty attnehed. It has a black and sulphurous look for me, Some might infer on reading this that I was abusing or finding fault with Oak land. No, lam not. Tho Oakland people kuow lienor man 1 no wliat they want. If a man prefers Bour milk for breakfast wd I want sweet milk, should I quarrel with him on account of his preference for Bour? Dy no means. Tho rattle snakes, horned toads, tarantulas, burrow ing owls and ground squirrels prefer their town lots without trees. Do I quar rel with them? No. Ever since man commenced or was commenced has ho quarreled, fought, killed, burned and roasted his fellow man, because Fellow Man might not like, or believe, or do, or eat, or drink what ho did not think proper to do, believe, eat or drink what tho other thought tho thing for himself, whether it was or not and in many cases it was not. No. Mine is simplv tho peaceful, beneficent nttltudo of mere dilierenco of opinion or taste. Tho eagle soars. The molo burrows. Shall tho mole persecuto tho eagle for soaring? Or vlco versa? Alameda, next to Oakland, nad in huIj stanco a continuation of it, is a very beautiful place yet. Yet tho anti-treo mania provalls there. Often when a street is newly graded tho trees must go. And they aro going. PllENTICC Ml'l.KOItu. THE FLOODS IN THE 80UTH. How !nu Their Annual Iteeurrrnrn II Prevented? Tho Mississippi river floods the present year havo more than equated their iirede rcssorH as damage doer. A much larger area than Usual has txxm covered with A VLOODKD VIl.l.AOl: water, nnd the losses sustained by tho sugar planters of Louisiana and cotton planters of Mississippi aro extremely se vere. The appearance of the country at flood time Is remarkable as Illustrating the do fenselessness of man against the onsets of nature, lleforo tho mighty volume of water tho strongest dikes glvo way, nml the work of years disappear In a night. dMshm ?sbH SAVIN'O tiii: catti.i:. The vast outpouring of the swollen river dominates the scene from hlulT to hlulT. IIoiimch on the lowlands struggle discon solately to keep their footing and then go down tho stream, while tho Inmates hurry with their families, lire stock and port ables to the highlands. It In at a time like this that the busy, pufllng steamlMiat Is mora welcome than over. It pushes Its way out of the miisn current, finds a route across submerged nOliiffl: A Wi:i.C0Mi: STKAMIIOAT. farms, and carries to refugees tho neces saries of life and tho means of escape Meanwhile engineers and Inventors nro racking their brains to puzzle out some way for chaining tho Father of Wntcrs and other olwtreperous American streams. When they solve tho problem thoy will bo more deserving of honor than if thoy had given tho world a now explosive, or a meth od of rapid transit by balloon. A Serious April I'tiol Joke. It will take a long tlmo for tho literary world to recover from tho alleged joko per petrated by Tho Frankfurter 'cltiing as an "April Fool" on its readers. Its edito rial page of March 27 announced the dis covery of a mass of Goctho relics in a long buried nook of tho Ooetho houso In Frank fort, among them being an unprintable poem entitled "Tho .Toy of Love." Tho no count cloved by stating that tho collection would boon vlowatthu (ioetlie house April 1. Tho ZcltuiiK'sstory wascopled by Its Im mediate exchanges the next day, found Its way to Ucrlln March IK), and was promptly cabled to all parts of tho world. As a result on April 1 Frankfort was visited by some fifty Goethe worshipers from all parts of Germany, flvo from Austria, three from Franco and two from England. That they wero angry on learning tho truth Is to put It mildly. Tho He, however, Is still on Its travels, and pilgrims aro reported hurrying to Frankfort from tho United States and other distant civilized countries of tho world. Tho YouiiKckt VeUirnn of tho Civil War. Joseph II. White was a soldier boy beforo bo had celebrated his eleventh birthday. Ho now lives at Now Hrltaln, Conn., and is wild to bo tho youngest veteran of tho civil war living. Ho was born lu the flue old Canadian city of Quebec Juno 15, 1853, and enlisted in Company A, Second reglmont ;n o w Hampshire volunteers, as a drummer boy, Jan. 5, IbM. Ho was still a baby when his parents removed from Quebec to North Hanger, N. V. They afterwards took up their resi dence In Concord, N, H., and it was from there that the boy went to the war. His com josEiui 11. white. pany saw lively service, for ho carried his drum through flvo battles-Cold Harbor, Drury's Hlufl, Petersburg, Seven Pines and Smdy Bottom -and half a dozen en gagements of less Importance, leforo ho was mustered out, Dec. 10, 1804. Ho is not likely u forget tho year ho spent as a drummer boy for Undo Sam, as 0110 of his knees was permanently injured in battle. Mr. White wns married when ho was but 10 years old, and has 0110 daughter nnd three sous, Ho Is a carpenter by trade. Ho llvtiura III Liberty. ThoDukeof Orleans.who is Imprisoned at Clalrvaux for returning to France in vlo latlon of the law banishing from tho coun try all pretenders to tho throuoand their heirs, hlls refused tnnrvpnf.rniullHnnnl r .-.,. dom nt the hands of tho government. Tho duke will add another chapter to his ro mance soon oy ixiing mnrnod in prison. Mm Spout Too Much Money. Pclntlnh Ely, of ljiig Meadow, Mass., has found that marr 0 nt 811 Is not a suc cess, Ho wedded Mr Lucy A. Morse, aged 00, about a jear ag Now ho has aban doned his homo nml s ight refugo with his rclnthc. Ho complains that Mrs. Ely spent loo much money In "slicking up" tho houso. A 1 eumle Tler lluutrr. Tho Jntest Held In which a woman has distinguished herself Is as a tiger hunter. Mrs. Evans Gordon, tl.u wlfo of an Anglo Indian oflker, has recently mado n splen did record in that Hue In the jungles of Cooch Uulinr. .WD4ftet.jKitr5iEiHv-.. JIM A.U4tTM1BVTOnUVirft " ' ' JMfcW4wKtt?flMy-ifr--Kf mm No. 111. Who Am I? t nin seen la lliu west mid felt la (In) enst) You'll llml 1110 nlierever there's Wm-u or fent la tlioevenliiff I'm iremut mid riwly for tea; With illniier or lirenkfust 1 ninny nmkn fnsv I niu eotiMmit nt c!hm, ptiiiet, or renrle, Tho' you tiouT will meet mo at Imll or at rty. A Kentleiiiiui entuiot I mi wen Ithollt mn A snltor will Unit mo whene'er Im'n nt nei. A school Wiy w III enleli me at cricket or rare. And nl KiMom, or Derby, or U'Ker Put plneo. Now, surely by this my tmitio you rim tell, Unless llml, llkn (ruth, I nin Iilil la a well. No. 1 in. I'lctorhtl Mimrrleiil Ihilumn. . From t to II, linekuuyisl; from 'J to 14, a wandering troop; from II to II, a bird whoso figure Is often lined as nu hcraldlo emblem; from 'I to II, dcHtltiiteof color; from 5 to II, n fraction of a Ktuidj from 0 to 1 1, an East Iiullnu colli; from 7 to M, faithful; from ti to 1-1, compact; from Dto l,n fund; from 10 to II, a scnlu; from 11 to II, a corner; from lUto II, to tlugo deeply; from 111 to II, 11 river of Eurojie. Perimeter, from I to 111, will form three words u subject of frequent discussion. Ht. Nicholas, No. 11(1. I'lioiintlo Chnrnile. Tinkling softly down the Inuu, llriudlo's coming homo again ; Htrotehwl beforo the firelight's glow, Tabby's singing Mf t and low; Tho poet rests, Ills task Is o'er Who can tell tho name lioliorol No, 117. I'lornl AiiMisriiin. Untouched by art, no grace wo crave, Save what tho soil nml Nature gave; Empiric skill would dim the fair Pure color ga(nod of Nature's cure; Ambitious hamuli creatures try, Illusively, with Nature vlo; Not wo with artful daub attaint, To nature trtio, wo uo'er use paint No. 118. Numerical Kiilirmii. 0, 11, 7, 0, 2, 0, Is the name of a man re nowned for his strength. 1U, 8, 1!), B, 1, Is an evergreen treo, produc ing long, flat, brown colons! jkxIs, filled with a mealy, succulent pulp, which In times of scarcity havo been used for food, nnd called "fit. John's brand." It is a nativo of Hpnlu, Italy and tho Levant. 10, M, 4, Is "flxod," "to npjioliit," "to as sicu," "n number of things of tho same kind, ordinarily used together." Tho whole, of 14 letters, Is a loading ovent in American his tory, ulwut tho time of tho Revolution. No. lit!. Croas Word. My (Irst U In snow seen, hut never In rain, Wlillo lake, but not xml, doth my second contain. My third Is hi pitcher; In bowl It Is not; My fourth Is In kettlis though absent from ot; My fifth U In strait, hut Is no juirt of sound. In all of theso places my whole may bo found. No. 10. IlchendliiL't. 1. Doliead "lniyoiid tho hounds of a coun try" and have "wide;" ngnln, and hnvo "an ojieii way or public passage." U. Uehead "a sinnll sluwt or brnncli," and havo "to N!tltloii;" ngnln, and havo "a lino of light;" ngnln, anil havo "yea," "yes." J). Ilehcad "worthless mutter," nnd havo "preclpitnto;" ngnln. nnd have tho nnmo of 11 genus of trees common in our latitude There Is n mountain species. No. l'Jl. A Ulilille. A cavern dark and long, Whenco Isauo wnll ami song; A red brlilgo moist and strong, Where whlto robed millers throng, Not Ills l'milt. "Uretliren and sisters," and tho patient old pastor buttoned his threadbare coat closer about his spare form, "I notice that sonib momlxTM of tho congregation nro shivering from tho cold. I should have replaced tho broken jwiiio of glass In this window U'lilml 1110 weeks ngo with rags If thoy could havo been spared from tho family wnrdrobo. Tho collection for foreign missions will now bo token up." At School. Teacher Somebody has been throwing (Miper behind my back. Mowes, can you tell mo who it wusi Mowcn (who was tho culprit lilmsolf) I know who It was, but I hardly like to tell. Teacher A trlllu too scrupulous, perhaps, but It shows honorable feeling on your part. You mny sit down. Key to the l'llizler. So. lOW In Mv riiirili.ii. Ki-L- ly,. II blissllng, Tulips and Orchis, Heartsease, Wind-flower, Mist-tree (mystery), Catch-fly, Hardback, Innocence. Job's Tear, Monkshood, Hue, Witch Hazel, Violet, Speedwell, Roue tet. No. 100. An Enigma; Blank-book. No. 107. Phonetic Chiirade: Dandelion. No. 103. Numerical Enigma i Telegraph. No. 103. Pied Quotations: 1. "Words without -.hotigliU never to heaven go." 2. "Knowledge nnd wisdom, far from being one, have of ttlmes no connection, ' No. 110. A Clever Trick; Commence counting with tho sixth pupil to right or left from tho teacher. No 111. Delphlnlzed Poetry: I love little pussy, Her coat Is so warm; And If I don't hurt her She'll do mu 110 harm. I will not pull her tail, Nor drive her away, Hut Pussy and I Together will play. As she sits by the tiro I will glvo her some food, And ltissy will lovo me, liecnmo I'm so goxl, No. ll?.-Eiilgmatlcal Hints: Hall. Tur key. Mmi-of-.wir. Mar-ten. Etsl-btart. Lap w lug. Nu'-i racker. No. IIH -Geographical Couuudruiui; 1. Wale. 2. Ireland, a. Lapland 4. Turkoy. 6, Ouli.-a 'J. Iceland. 1 DR. ROLAND I0RD, Veterinary Surgeon Oindiiato of tho Royal Veterinary College, London. L--rJ.-jfc All Diseases of the Domcstlcnlcd Animals Carefully Treated. Olllcc, Room 3, Webster lllock, 33A South nth St., Also nl Pnlocc Stables, M near Eleventh LINCOLN, NEI1RASKA. Cnlls Out of the City Attended, UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION ! Over A Million Distributed. Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y. Incorporated by tho Iefilluturn for Hdu callonal ml Charltahln imrposes, and Its franchise imiilo a part of (ho present stats constitution InlHTU by an ovorwhelinliig pop ular veto, Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place bcml Annually nunc nnd Decem ber), nnd Its Grand Single Number Draw lugs tnkc place In each of the other ten months of the year, nnd are all drawn In public, nt the Academy of Music, New Orleans, Ln. Famed for Twenty Years For Integrity of Its Drawings and Prompt Payment of Prizes. Attested in Follows: Wo,' do hereby certify that wo supervise tho arrangements for nil the Monthly ami Heml Annual Drawings or Tho IjOtilsliitm Htato Lottery Company, and In person man niai nml control (ho f)rawlni(s thomsolvos, nnd that tho samo aro eliminated Willi hon esty fairness, ami In good faith toward nil parties, and wo nutliorhro tho Company to uso this certificate with fao-slmllles of our slifiin uresattnoheil, In Its advertisements." Commissioners. Wo, tho undersigned Hanks nnd Hankers will pay nil prizes drawn In the iAiulslamt Hlnto lotteries, which may bo presented nt our counters. It. M. WALMHLKY, 1'rcs. Louisiana Nat ll'lc 1'IKItHK I.ANAUX, Pros.Wtato National ll'lc A. HAIiDWIN, l'res. Now Orleans Natl llanlc OAllliKOIlN, l'res. Union National llanlc Grand Monthly Drawing At tho Academy of Moilo,New Orlnni, Tuesday, May 13, 1800. Capital Prize, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at 20; Halves 110; Quarters !."; Tenths, 12; Twentieths 1. MHTOK I-1U7.KH. I I'ltl.EOh'riiio.diinis :mj0i) 1 l'HIK OK 1100,000 I IUI.0U0 irm.KOK RMweiN uimm 1 PlllK OK 8.VSH Is 2SO0O 2 1'ltI.KHOK lO.onilnro aj.ouu ft IMtl.KH OK B.ISIO are aS,OW Ml'llI.KHOF I.OKIaro 25,000 luil'ltlKHOK ft) are fiO,(K) 20U l'lll.ICHOK HOOiiro 00,0(10 WWI'HIZKHOK iMJOnre UmouO Al'I'IIOXIMATION I'lllr.KH. 100 Prizes of fHM arc $ 50,000 100 do. MlOaro .10,000 100 do. an are 20,000 TKIIMIKAt, I'lllZKH. COO Prizes of I00 aro 09.000 WW Prizes of 100 aro iw.Ouo 3,144 Pi lies amounting to l,nn4,HOO Notk Tickets drawing Capital Prizes nro not ontltleii to terminal Prizes. agents Ranted. CVKorClub Ilntcs or nny further Informa tlon desired, write legibly to the undersigned clearly stating your rcsldonco, with Htato County, Htreot and Number. More rapid re turn mall delivery will bo assured by yourcn cloning nu Envelope bearing your full ad dress. IMPORTANT. Address M.A.DAUPHIN, Or M. A. DAUPHIN, Nuw Orleans,. Washington, I), C. Ily ordinary letter containing Money Or der Issnoil by all Express Companies, Now York HxchntiKO, Draft or Postal Nolo. Address Registered Letters containing Currency to NEW OULEAN8 NATIONAL HANK, New Orleans, La. ItnMEMIIEH that tho payment of tho Prizes Is guaranteed by Four National Hanks or New Orleans, and tho tickets are signed by tho President of an Inetltutlsn wIiomi char tered rights aro recognized In tho highest courts; therefore, Iniwaro of all Imitations or anonymous schemes. ON i; DOM, A II Is tho price of tho smallest part or fraction of a ticket IHSUi:i) IY UH In any drawing. Anything la our name of fered for les than a Dollar Is a swindle. LINCOLN ab issnuiE or rrxMixmur. Blinrtlinid, an.l Typcwrlllnit. I tits ml nnd largest tollfgu In lliu Wni. un btuilt-nu In hIIi-iiiUiick lt yiMr Mu Inns tirrpnri-d lor biitlneii lu from Jlo month;. 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