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4.-. H'J. t n.i ijKjMjultflMjjLLIWWJJ-UU-. tXlJUl. vM "y-fMJUU T . ,, J It u i b -r, ROTK THE NEW DIFFERENTIAL FARES In Conjunction with the Erlo System operate Fast Vnsllliuleil 'I'm Inn lu twi'on Clilotim nuil Dm Atlnittlc Hcnlioiinl You may travel In the limit Kli'tfimt mul Complete Pullman Vestlliiileil Train ever constructed anil sacfl.fi) to lltilhilo iiml Nl Knn Falls, tlM) In New York. MM In Al tinny and Troy, and fj.tw to lloston unit Now Ihmloml Cltle. No rival lino oll'or tlm iidvimtiiKcii of a loin of tlirtiuiili First iintl Hocond-eliis liny Coaches nml 1'UhIiMAN D1NINO OAKS Chicago to Now York. It In tlio only linn opriitliiitriilliiinu I'mn to lloston nml Now KiikIiiimI vlii Alliiuy. Kntlro Trains are lighted hyKii, heated by steam, rulliumi DIiiIiik Cars run through In either direction. l'utliimn Clmlr nml Bleeping Cum to Colum bus, O,, nml Ashland, Ky. Dully. No Extra Charge for riistTlmoimd Unsur passed Aocommoliuois Afforded by these Luxurious Trains, fr iIiiulM uidiiwiMhm, ticket mul reser vations In l'lilltiiim car apply to your local ticket agent or to miy intent of all connecting Hues of railway, or iioiuoaiioOitvTickkt Ori'iCKH, 107 Ol.AHK Ht,, mul Dearborn Hln- tloll, or IKllllfM, L. 0. CANNON, F. C. DONALD, (Icn. Ant., for Itccolvor. (Ion. Pass. Airt UIIICAOO. Santa Fe Route ! AtchisoD, Topeka & Santa Fe R, R The Popular Route to the Pnclfir. Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers Uctwccn Kansas City mid SAN DIEGO. LOS ANGKLES, mul SAN FRAN CISCO. Short Lino Hates to PORTLAND, Oregon. Double Dully Train Service Hetwccn Kansas City nml PUEULO, COLOR ADO SPRINGS, mul DENVER. Short Line to SALT LAKE CITY. The Direct Texas Route Solid Trains Ik t ween Kansas City and Galveston. The Short Line Between Kansas City and Gainesville, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Houston, and nil rrlnclp.il 1'olnt In Texas. The Only Line Running Through the OKLAHOMA COUNTRY. The Only Direct Line to the Texas Pan-Handle. For Maps ami Time Tables and Informa tion Regarding Rates and Routes Call on or Address S. M. OSGOOD, Gen'l Ag't E. L. PALMER, Traveling Agent, 1308 Farnam St., OMAI-IA, NEB. f Milwaukee i 'StMll Uwns and operates 5.M0 miles of tliorouiilily equipped roiut lit Illinois. Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, MlnnrsotA and Dakota. It is the Host Direct Itoute botwejii nil tlio Priuclpal Points In tlio Northwest, Southwest and Kar West. For maps, tlmo tables, rates of pnssugo and (relKht, etc.. apply to nearest station agent ol CHICAGO, MlLWAUKKK A HT. PAUL llAIL way, or to any ltallroad Agent anywliero In the world. K.MIMKH, A. V. H. OAUPKNTEIt, Oencrul M's'r. Uon'l Pass. &Tkt Agt. F.TUOKKir. OKI). II. IIKAKKOHD, &..Uen' ilgr. Asst.Q. P. AT. Agt. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. OhKa: Information In rcrereuce to lands ndTowns owned by tlio Chicago, Milwau kee & Ht. Paul Hallway Company.wrte to H. O. Hauo AW.Land CommMoner.Mlll waukco Wlsconiln. FAST MAIL ROUTE ! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 TO- VAtchlson, Leavenworth, St. Joscph.kansns City, St. Louts and all Points South. East and West. The direct line to Ft. Scott, Paron Wichita, Hutchinson and all principal points In Kansas. The only road to the Great Hot Springs of Arkansas. Pullman Sleepers and Free Reclining Chair Cars on all trains. J. E. R.MILLAR, R. P. R. MILLAR, City Ticket Agt. Gen'l Ag:nt Cor. O and nth Street. Hl JjmIbbv SnE SAVED TWO LIVES, THE SPLENDID DEED THAT DROUQHf FAME TO OflAVE BERTHA DOYD. A Thrilling ami Aullii'iitln Niirrullvn uf Wiiiiinn' During- Tlm kindest llemlne Itnwunli'd by Jim- (lovcriiiiient A Ci niidlnii (Iriir DnHliig, lOupyrlght by Amerlonu IYess Aiwodntloii.) Tlio lamp In tlm pretty lilto light liotisa 011 tlio ledgo was trimmed nml hurtiltig, Every ono on tlio St. Croix known "tlio lcdgu," nml known tlm uwful tali's of ship-wrt-ck nml death which used to Imi current among tlio river folk lieforo tlio govern iient enlnbllslied tlio light Iioiino then). Tlio tlvor to nwlftly overHiinkun rockn, noma Si j -"v"Tr: j ' - "I CAN'T AKE ANVTIIISO." of thtim diingcrounly near the Hurface, nml lieforo tlio dayn of the light n boat paHMlug tlio liMlgu during n ntorm was llknly, on It In ovon yet, to ntrlko upon tlio rockn nml go to tlio bottom Imforu aid could reach It. Hut to-ulglit, as him Ih'uii nald, tlio lamp wan trimmed nml burning, and tlio light keopcr'n wifo, Mrn. Iloyd, who, during her huHbaud'n Ioiik nbneuceN at xen attended to tlio light, mil in her llttlonltting room with hor two daughtem benldo her, rejoicing In the warmth ami comfort thero, for thougli there wan little wind It won bitter cold and very dark without, "Oh, dear," wild Mary, tho younger girl, "1 almost frozo my llngorn to-night bring ing In tho wood! If It Is Hko thin iu Octo ber what will It Ik) In Jainiaryr" "Hut father will Imi at homo then, wo hope, and maybu Hrothcr .Tnhu," said Bertha, tlio elder daughter. "I can't help hoping that my children will never marry nnllorn," nlghed Mm. lioyd. "It In terrible to feel, as I do uvery day, that ono'n liunbaud nml nou nro ex posed to nwfnl dangorn perlmpH dying or dead nml no far nwnyl" "Ik-ildes It would bo no very nice to Imvo them at homo nil tlio time," miggested Ucrtlia practically. "Don't you mipposu, inuther, that my father will get tiled numo tlmo of following tho mm?" "I'm afraid not. IIo understands a sea man's work better than any other, and he gets unonny It ho stays long on shore." Mrs. Iloyd shook hor head wearily. It In well enough to slug inspiring songs aliout "A life on tho ocean wnvu" ami "Tho Bailor's wife bin star shall be," but there are cruel facta In tho case which no ro mance can qulto cover. Tlioy nil nut silent after Mm. Uoyd's last words. Tho sigh with which they had boon accompanied hud quite gone to tho girls' Hearts. Suddenly there anno n distant hut pierc ing cry through tho stillness. "Whnt In thntr" they all exclaimed to gether, dropping their work to listen. .Mary rualietlto the window nml looked out. "I can't seo anything," nho declared. after straining her eyes into the darkness for n few moments. "Seems to mo I never saw no dark a night. Egypt could not have been blacker at tho time of tho plague." Again that heartrending cry canio from over tho water, followed by it sound of men's voices, on if in agonized struggle and entreaty. "I wouldn't wonder If It were a party of men from St. Stephen or St. Andrew, who have been taking n nail for pleasure and have lieen caught In tlio darkness." Dcrtha had thrown a shawl over her head while her mother hud been nticakitiK and had gone to the door. "They are in trouble, whoever they are," nho said now, returutug excitedly. "Hark, mother, hark!" Tho girl's pale face showed that she was greatly agitated. She felt that n content wa9 going on between life and death at their very door. Mother 01 Uou, nave us! Mother of God, nave us!" came iu desperate accents from over tho wide river. "Oh, I can't ntand that!" cried IJortlm Boyd with diluted eyes and with every nerve a-oulver. "Mother, I wish my father and John were at home, but seeing they are not, I've got to go and help those poor drowning men." Bertha Boyd was 10, and strongly built. She had been accustomed to tho water jjjgJ-Sa, IIKlt STOUT IIKAUT UPHELD IlKIt. from her birth, ami knew as well as n man how to handle a bout. But her mother looked at her now lu consternation. "What do you mean?" she cried sharply. "I mean," said tho girl, beginning to make herself ready, "that I am going to tako my boat and try to find those poor men." "Oh, not" cried Mm. Boyd, wringing her bauds in distress, "you are too young, Bertha you are not strong enough. Those men are wild with terror. They may up set your boat and drown you! I can't let youl" "But you must, mother," said Bertha firmly, while 11017, too, began with - T! 1 - w 1 CAPITAL CITY COURIER, trembling luimln to put on her own warm Jittrcliml mltteiiH, "I am going with llerllui, If nlio will go, mother," she said simply. Tho mother'n tenin fell fast, but nho could not forbid her brave girls, in tho face of Mich n noble spirit an thelm, to at least make nu attempt to help these fellow creatures In the extremity of human anguish; and yet she felt that her dear girls might Iks going fort h to their death. It seemed an hour to Hertha Boyd, though In reality It wan but a few mlu utcH liefoio nho could get her warm out slili.i wraps on, and launch her boat Into tho river. Then Mary turned back She felt that slio was largn nml strong enough to Iw of great help to her nlster, but tho nltchy bbiuklie-s of the night and the hit lug cold (llsinaj il lier Sobbing with ter rorsho sprang from the boat and rushed hack to her mother's sldo. But the stout beat t of Hertha Iloyd, full of the proud consciousness of duty, and of the support of u higher power, upheld her its nho pushed her little crnfton Into the trackless night, guided only by the sound of tbosVi despairing cries, Dip, dip went tlio nam under Bert has practiced hands. The two anxious watch ers shherlng upon tho shore could seo nothing, mil soon the roar of the waters and tho awful shrieks of the Imperilled men drowned Mm sound of the oars. Iu n marvelously nhorf tlwo the cries stopped. In that brief moment, however, Bertha had rowed more than half across the broad St. Croix. ".Shu has reached thum!" ejaculated Mrs, Iloyd. "Cod grant it pmy not ho too Intel" No, it win not too late, On the top of nu overturned sailboat Hcrthu found a young man almost dead with cold and fright, but clinging for dear life. An the llttlu nkilT anno up bvsldu ill m ho managed to slip Into It, but he vi)j no stllT with cold mid no beside himself with fright that bo couhl bo.ofllttlonsslst nuce In rescuing his companion, TJdn won nu older man and very heavy, who was In tho wnler and holding with a rapidly weakening grip to the sldo of the liout. Ills feet were entangled with ropes In. such a way that It seemed at llrst im possible to free them, but by working us fust and as intelligently as sho could, and with a little help from the younger man, Hertha at last was ablo to drag the older man also into tho boat. Then she pulled for tho lighthouse on tho ledge. "1 never experienced," nays Mrs. Iloyd, "so long an hour us it was from the tlmo Hcrthu left us till nho came back, and when nhu drew up to nhoro with her burden how wo shouted for joy. Ono of our nelghlmrH hud comu up while Hertha was gone, and after wo had given tho rescued men something hot to revive them ho took them to his homo and gave them dry clothes. They were tho most grateful creatures you ever saw. It almost seemed ns though they were crazy with thankful ness. "And Herthuf You nsk 'was she not 111 after her terrible exposure' "Xo; she wns thoroughly chilled, of course, and her nerves were a good deal unstrung, but we took the bestof cure of her, nml she wits not made 111." B&2 SO, IT WAS NOT TOO LATK. As soon us the Dominion government for the lighthouse Is upon tho New Bruns wick shore heard of tho exploit of this in trepid girl they sent her a lino gold watch and a beautiful boat, which are naturally among the choicest treasures of the light keeper's family. But If you ask Bertha Boyd, or, as she is called, the "Grace Darling of tho Ledge," to tell you about the lives which sho saved that freezing autumn night, nho colon modestly and nays; "Please don't speak of It. Indeed, I did nothing worth describ ing." So you will have to get tho story from others. Kate Upsok Clauk. All Actress Wins u Lord. Jennie Williams Is n handsome little American soubretto and dancer whoso feet have proved her fortune. Some time ago sho secured a Loudon engagement and niado her debut at tho Alhambra. Her skirt dunce captivated ono of tho audience, Lord Pet re by uamo. IIo secured mi Intro duction, showered her with presents, olTered her his hand and fortune, and naturally was accepted. Iird Petre Is 80 years of age, and has dark hair, eyes and mustache. Miss Williams is SI years old. She Is 11 native of New Albapy, Ind., and lias been on the stago slnco early JKXXIE WILLIAMS. childhood. She Is ahloude, with very light hair and large bluo eyes. She comes of n thf.trieal fntr.lly, her father, mother, two brothers and a sister all lielng in various ways connected with the actor's calling. Lu That Do Not Itt'iculutu. The stringent laws covering tho snlo of liquor In tho Canadian territories do not seem to bo of much avail. At any ruto The Winnipeg Commercial declares "that tho alleged restrictive regulations are no re striction at all upon promiscuous sale or liquors under comlu.ons which are any thing but pleasant to contemplate. Pro hibition as carried out in tho territories Is a hugo farce, tho law is a hollow mockery, and tho situation Is simply disgraceful to those who uphold it, as well as humiliating to tho people of tho territories, who are obliged to submit to It," Tho Ileut of the Moon. An English scientist bus produced an apparatus for registering tho heat of tho moon. By It it Is shown that the warmth received from tho moon Is equal to that felt from a candle at 11 dlstanco of twenty ono feet. Twenty-one million acres of land in tho United States are owned by European no blemen, most of them being subjects of 1 Queen Victoria. SATURDAY, AUGUST WEALTHY A0AIN3T HIS WILL. Iloir .lolin ,, Muslin t'liiiurrd to Wo n .Millionaire). It may lie said fairly of John J. Mnstln, who died recently nt Kaunas City, that ho wan a millionaire In splto of himself. A nozen years ngo he was tlu head of a bunk that bore his name and that was regarded an tho chief financial bulwark of Kan sas City. Politics jv and business got mixed up iu a very 5 serious manner, ' and tho people oih posed to the elec tion of John T. t'rlsp to congress started In to "bust JOHN J. MAST IN the bunks" that desired his success. They carried their point, and Mastln'n bank went down with nearly a dozen others. Whllo straightening out thu ulTulrsof the Institution tho creditors refused mi oiler from .Mr. Miwtln to turn over several tracts of hind to which ho held title. They considered the realty worthless, ami wouldn't consider It us an asset So It re mained on tho owner's hands, In tho course of time U'cume part of Kansas City, and some of It Is now vnluod nt tf,A0O a front foot. Mr Mastln, who was (SO years old when ho died, wan a native of Tennessee, and nerved through tho war on the side of tho Confederacy. From 18(tt until tho day of his demise bo engaged lu various financial enterprises, making his home nt Kansas City. Ho leaves n fortune of W.OOO.OOO, two-thirds of which goes to his childless widow, nnd tho other third to a favorite nephew. THE GREAT MODERN ART CRITIC. Tlm Unhappy l.lfi) of 1T0I111 Uiinkln, Who Ki-retitly Attempted .Suicide. The recent announcement that In a lit of Insnnlty the celebrated art critic, John Ittiskin, attempted to commit suicide can- jonx HUSKIN. not fall to revive In themiudsof his friends nnd admirers recollections of his unhappy prlvuto life. Many years ngo he married a beautiful woman, hut his domestic felicity was of brief duration, for Mrs. Ituskiu oou secured a divorce, and not long afterward became tho wife of Mtllals, tho painter. After this painful episode Mr. ltuiktu devoted himself solely to literature and art. Ho was but VM years old when ho threw down tho gantlet to all tho critics In England, and virtually told them that they did not know their profession. They howled buck at him, they abused him, they scorned him, they laughed at him. But ho stood his ground, and pulled lustily against the mighty current that set iu against him. Tho torrent ran fast, but It didn't run long. Ituskiu tried their criti cism by appealing to nature us a model for art, while they depleted nature in accord ance with a certain school of painting. Kuskln soon begun to gather advocates, and It wits not long Iniforo ho had effected a revolution. The tide that set In a tide that he had turned wits ono of oxtrcmo realism. Ho went so far its to denounce Raphael's "Charge to Peter," on tho ground that the apostles are not dressed as men of that time and plnco would have been when go ing out Hulling. He held to an almost brutal realism lu everything, and preached his doctrine whether men would hear or whether they would forbear. Ho soon ral lied a little coterie of artists about him and formed a school vtyled tho pro-Huphuol-Ites. Tho principal founder of the school was Dante Gabriel Rossettl, slnco better known as a poet than an artist. Hoheldhls little court iu Loudon for many years, and a great number of young mensatathlsfect. Ills chief supporters at first were Holmun Hunt and Mllluis, the latter of whom be came tho husband of Mrs. Riiskln after her divorce, which was procured In Scot land. These latter soon left Rossettl far liehlud iu execution, but Rossettl was the soul of tho movement. He hail received Inspiration directly from Buskin. Among the movements that sprang from that Inaugurated by Ituskiu was tho ics tlietlc craze of Oscar Wilde and tho lesthetcsof London. Still there were some advantages derived even from these sun flower carriers. Buskin made a trip abroad, during which his attention wits called to u dltler out brunch of art, and ho followed tho "Modern Puluters" lu duo tlmo with his "Seven Limps of Architecture" and his "Stones of Venl.-e." They were muster pieces of eloquent description nnd rhetoric. No such vivid writing hud been seen for many a day, and no such zeal and earnest ness. Tho wealth of gorgeous imugery wan dazzling; the declamation imparted to It tho eloquence of an earlier day, and the lofty thought and moral purpose were pe culiarly the author's own. The books ex erted a remarkable influence. He hits written much since, but ho has never reached the height he attained lu these earlier books. A Hid for fl. A. II. Putronuce. Tho Boston papers noted a great many funny things about the preparations for tlio recent G, A. It. meeting. On such oc casions trade ns well as patriotism puts on its liest bill and tucker. An obscure board ing house, for Instance, kept by a French mndamoof enterprising Yankee training, was labeled In largo letters to attract old soldiers with tho French word for board lug house, "Pension." Munltnlm'N Wheat Crop. Careful estimates recently mado by com petent men place tho 1800 wheat crop of Manitoba nt 15,000,000 bushels. Tho esti mates are based on the presumption that each aero In the province sown to wheat will yield an average return of twenty bushels. Ptiiiiplog by Kloctrlclty. A new application ofeloitrlclty Is a min iature pumpinx plant that will pump 100 gallous an hour and koep tho house tank full without a partlclo of atto.ntlon. 23, 1890 Ensign's Bus, Carriage and Baggage Lines aai a. litii ot. Hacks, Coupes, Landaus and Carriages LNHTANTI.Y I'UHNIHIIHD. Telephones CITY OFFICE, 303. DEPOT OFFICE, 572. wSE3S jPfA 'frA Stylish Carriages and Buggies, At all Hours Day or Night. 1ST Horses Hoarded nnd best of care taken of nil Stock entrusted to us. J& PRICES REASONABLE. BILLMEYER & CO.,. Proprietors. Call and Soo Us. Telephone 435 THE - NOW Tabic Service Unsurpassed in the City. Apartments Single or En Suite with or without Board. Passenger Elevators. Cur. mil mid y .Streets. Telephone. No, 48S. L. MEYER, Notary Pablic and Real Estate Dealer in City and Farm Property acwnt North German-Lloyd Steamship Co., Hamburg-American Packet Co., and Baltic Lines. Also Railroad Agent for the Different Companies East and West Southampton. Havre, Hamburg, Stetten, London, Paris, Norway, Plymouth, Hremen Sweden, and anv nolnt In Knmnn " ' ' Pot Orders and Foreign Exchange livlnir Inrifn fiiollltlnu nn.t tlll. ,!. 1.1 HavliiK largo facilities cast with tlio blirecst Hanks and HavliurH iimiintin.,. t I hi re Wrrm;tr,tlVo lli'st S. Co.nty ami C U market price. Call and seo mi7or UoSSs L. MEYER, 108 rrom Burlington route j MOST COMPLETEDSERVICE R Ever Introduced in the West ! L . - I A DAILYj TRAINS n I CHICHGO X "THE BTTRIJir&TOI FLYER," O Leaves Lincoln Dally at 2.0 p.m. Arriving In Chicago Next Morn tin; at 8 o'clock, makes MTHK FASTEST T'IMEl OV ANV UNI! HllNMXfi R Sumptuous Dining Car ! Pullman's Finest Palace Cars ! J Train u T E Fo Full Particulars at. to Time, Tlc'iet Office, Cor. J. KKANOIS, (Je '! Tasc mil Ticket Aiient, Omaha. Finest in the City THE NEW-4 Palace Stables M St. opp. Masonic Temnla. BOND "I O P E X M. ISABEL BOND Prop. kou thi: Issued to all prominent points n Eurone nn. 1. t- .... - ' nUmjs pay the lilgliest North Tenth Street. IIIITWKIIN KA8T ANI WKST. Service Unexcelled Anywhere t Rates ana Routes, Call at the City O and Tenth Streets. A.ti. KIKMKIt, City Pass, mul Ticket Audit, Lincoln, 4 V n i ,7 4. I f
