CAPITAL CITY
COURIER,
SATURDAY, PKCKMHKR M, iSn
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Bazar
1023 O Street.
Our special Cloak Kale lias been Mich an
eminent sticcevi.iind our tfirincnt-.iro '"
Iiifr so ntpldl, thftt we earnestly urge
ladles to call fj'i us at once if the; want to
prollt by our bargain prices.
We have, been questioned lepeatedly
why w can sell doaki. so iniieli cheapoi
than nrfy of our competltori.? 'h our
garmcuts are so fai supeilor in quality,
elcgat , nlid finltili?
THIS KX PLAINS IT ALL
xamr ur (ir tiilt nitiiic tuit rim
rt if) yjro-kl In inns itiniio boast of.
" .tri.' .experience at cloak man
New York, ami our intimate
. .e with eer detail of the
ma lnj of these Raiments and the
pcbfit. .mjaed In It, kUch us oppoiluiiiu
to procure fjood-at 25 ' 30 pel cent
below thy 1. -jr, 1 in r cost price ''mm it In
ivf cun si 11 nut jaunty nil brain Uitri
" "h Mttytl inimnl ut $ f 25 Hit tliri rjot e tlmt
1 ivc oiuiffei mil fiitiom it ttrli'i nil jum
cifiiot rrtt ;'iirXffi "mill iiiul lilinmnl with
rkiit$b.ts' )
his Is why c can sell Newmarkets of
finoft lrii('orte(! Wciiinbo beaver, ilclih
trimmed and emnroidured at $11, $14,
and $if, worth fioti $:o to 7.50.
V'liis i xvliy c ran urfiiv oii uitli n
full if loiigfliifli riwX, 1 nil fiit 01 mtnifiit',
nil till linn ut $1 j jo, nviti nnyivlicie r
Our experience as practical cloak manu
facturersjles the unusual elegance and
finish to eeu our cheapest g.umeuts.
FOR
XMAS
A line of the most cunning l'l'll SLTS
for our little ones.
(Jrey Mare, Tin bet, Ongora, Muff low 01
Grey Persian at $1.35, $3.00, $3-5 P '"
$4.90.
Complete assoitmcnt of l'L'K SI2TS
for Ladle.
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DRESS GOODS
DEPARTMENT !
Has been the sensation of this i-lu. I
is, If not the largest, ceitainh the most
complete for quality and style. We do
not fill up our store with hash anil rocky
goods. ,(
We r Ircllahle goods of reputed
ma
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Mpult.J reduced ligurcs
. innhe reach of everv
your attention din jJ&fiptiiiutiim
rns ilifiiyrtl vour ii.iniloti.t
, ol, and tilK tiiinininijt, lung-
SSS to $ 1, north ft 0111 $.jo to
USEFUL
s Presents
he most beautiful line of Jap
ICmbioidered Silk llandker
v" -- Muffler, Lace Shawls .mil
A' .is, Faclnatois, llooib, and Mittens,
These goods have been bought at re
'dprices and will be offend at mill
Gur Infants Dep't
shows every article needful for our little
citlzenc
Our efforts to establish in Lincoln .1
fashionable store for the exclusive sale of
ladles, children's and Infants' outfits has
already been greeted wltl, llatteiing sue
cess, and we hope that Lincoln ladles will
see that it is to their interest to aid us b
supporting such an establishment.
The Bazar,
1023 O St.
Niswman's Old Stand.
ninsniMNn the stvks.
THE BF1IGHT AND WELL DOMN UEAU
TICS Or THE AUSTRIAN CAPITAL
Lrni'nl lii')lMirK'i'" luitliimle iif tlio
.rilnc mil" Unutr mill Mulili'ii Win)
Ailiirn tln li'Miu'i 'iiiul riillliiplnn
Wi'larr'n Hitniiiiilli' lllntim.
ltVriK'l'l ' Vniormtii Pn-ss n niltiiii
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In the Nibelungenlied, the old (icrinan
national epos, the author ayn of Krluihllt,
Siegfried's wife, that, as the bright moon
goes before the stars, thus Kritnhllt went
on before the other women. I'nfortutmlely
no portraits have come down from that
early periinl, and we must rely upon the
legend for the lit ness of the poetical com
parison; bill it man of these dajs wo.ild he
iingallaut did he not fervently believe thai
theskyof beauty, Including the ?tijiu
section, is tilled with moons evil more
uumeroUH than the stars of I ll',(.r'aii'iiiicnt.
Austria, w hlch eoinlilnesji,!, oauy dllTer
ent races and elements, m one great em
pire, has always hieli lenovviietl for lovely
daughters, and many of them have been
celebrated bv thepoets Among thelulghl
iMt llgures of "olden time" one tnaj lie
Ited whose romantic liistorv and personal
qualities rendeied her name not less popn
lar than ilid her beaut)
Philippine Welcr was the daimhter of
an Augshuigpatrh lau, 11 nn of that vvull
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known banker of Charles V, Itartholo
uiii'iis Wilser, who claimed descent from
the Hj amine general Ilelisarius, and who
was created a prince of the emplie and a
privy councilor of the emperor. The Wei
hern possessed great riches, and Hartholo
iniuiis lent large hums to the emperor, for
repay meiit of which he was granted in
1.V27 the newly discovered piovlnceof Vene
zuela. It is only Just to add that he had
llrst to compter the country anil lost by
the grant about :i,(XH),(MiO llorins
Philippine Welser was born in lKU)
She hail received an excellent education by
her clever mother a Baroness vou .limcn
hurt; and was exceedingly handsome
Taller than tho average woman, she had
an admirably proportioned ligiire and
finely molded featuies Her hair was
like gold, and her deep blue eyes were
swept by long lashes. Her skin showed
such nil exquisite delicacy "that one could
seo the red wine of Tyrol running through
her beautiful white throat," as lemaiksa
singer of that time At a great festival at
inV.V
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Angsbiilg in 1511 she was seen bv the
Archduke Peidiuaud the second sou of
the subsequent emperor, IVrdinaiid 1 who
fell in love with her. The archduke wiw
not mil) one of the most brilliant repre
sentatives of c hiv airy, but also excelled in
education of heart and mind. It is there
fore not astonishing that Philippine re
turned the alTertlnu of this tiery youth.
They were mairied three years later with
out the knowledge of the hrnh groom's
father or of his uncle, Charles V
I'Vrdiuaud was then governor of llohe
mia, with his tenideiice at Prague In or
der to have his wife near him he purchased
within three miles of that tow u the castle
f Ituiglit., w here the young couple found
11 charming nesi to hide their love and
their hiipplncss ftiun the world When at
last tlm an hdul.e's fathei knew of the
union hu grew very angry, and for a long
time his kou clul uotventlllutoappe.tr l
fore him. i;u, t.r countries the
"menalliance" mini,, ,k Kmil noise. It was
only after eight jc-ursthat the father wits
reconciled. Philippine in disguise handed
him it petition, and by her deportment on
the occasion, as well as by her Itcnuty, up
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' v.iimitil Ittu itikinm Ifn fitnfitvn tit umi il(v.
j(t-l"ll III" IMtt kl ' IIMIIMI III"" H"ll X'-
claii'd his (hllilreu leglt'maloaiul raised
tin Ir mother to lx Mnrrltlniuim of llurgau. '
After the ctnperor'H death l'eidhiaud, who 1
bail Inherited Tvrol, made IiIh linuie at (ho
nut lit of Atubrai, near IntiMbrui k, whero '
the couple lived III pel fed liurneuiv tilt
l.VM), when Philippine, tlm Idol of all who ,
appronehed her, the belief art less of 'I'jrol,
died mil rdert-d In the bath, as the legem!
says; In reality from n llngerltin slekuess. I
In the iresent Austrian Hoelety one of
the limst Interesting llgures In many re
gards Ih undoubtedly the Archduchess
Stephanie, the widow of that unfortunate,
prinre who died by niilrldont the, begin
ning of shd Although Helglau by birth
her father Is the reigning King Leopold
Ilslie has a good deid of the ll'ipshiirg
blood ruuuliig through her veins, (jueeu
Marie llemiette, her tuother, being n
daughter of the late Archduke .loseph,
palatine of Hiiugaria. Her union with tint
lielr of the Austrian crown wiim eiithusl
list leal lj applauiled h) the populace She
tvus a sweet girl of IT, with blonde hair
and blue e.es, when she married Itiidolph
In 1KS1, mid the llrst eais of the marrlagit
went happy ones She has a npleiidfd edit
eat Ion and Is gifted with an enthusiasm
for sclent llle pursuits
Quite dillerelit III character is her elder
ifMrr Lulse, who Is married to Pilnco
Philippe ol Cohurg, the elder brother of
Kerdluaud of llulgaila Princess Lulse
of Cohurg, whom the picture displajs ill a
charming costume "a In paysanue," is 11
(dernier, graceful wouiati, with ees mid
hair like Stephaule'H, hut her beauty '.h
Al!( lll'l I lllS M Mil iMIItOIIII A
more Imposing Her spliit and gaiety
make her hospitable palace (lie most ills
tingiiished and favorite reuile.voiisof high
soelet). ., .
Archduchess Maria Dorothea, theircous
In her father Is it brut her of Queen Mailc
llemiette must not be forg ittcu when
the beauties of the imperial family of Ails
tria are uientione I She is above medium
height, witli dark hair and eves and a
fiesli eoiupli'Mon The absence of ebarae
terlstie featuies in her face makes it very
dilliciilt fin asupeillcial observer to Judge
I her personalitv. Nevertheless she is noted
J for her kindness of heart and her perfec
1 tiou in piano playing. She latelv married
I the pi inee of Turn and Taxis, a nephew of
I thoeinpicss
I The youngest of these beauties is the
Archduchess Margaret he Sophie. The ar
' tist shows her in the costume of the prill
1 cess-ahhessof the "Dameiislift" of Prague
rids is a convent where only noble ladies
can takethe veil, and tln-suiM-rior of which
AncilIlt'CIIISh MAIKiAItl.TIIK KOl'llli:.
must always Isutn archduchess. Although
scarcely U) years old, Margretho Sonhle
luus been invested with that dignity and
has renounced marriage not forever, like
a nun, since the emperor may authorize
her to leave the convent, as he did ill the
case of Cluistine, the actual queen of
Spain, who was one of her predecessor.
Not so high horn as the ladies pieviously
mentioned, but as eagerly sought in court,
cln les. h t he gracious daughter of t he A us
trian minister, Count Taalic. Mm- was a
"lieb's Madel, die lleb,te von Alleii"-a
lovely girl, the loveliest of all as a hlh
Austrian otlieer who lives in America savs
I Now she is married to Count Coudc uhovc,
a well known Viennese spoilsman, who
claims to be one of t lie handsomest men of
the big cltv on tin hlucD.inilhe Countess
Marv Coudenliove is rather small, but ad
miiahly ptopnrtioned Her hair hits the
tint known as lilnnile eeudris," and brill
Ltlildaik eves Hash hem nth her well de
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lined blows, She and her husband lieloug
to a gay coterie of young married (s-ople
among the Vitnne.se "haute volee," who
are seen at all the most fashionable cuter
talnmeiits KjUiUT Fill Militi.Ki;
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THE rilLST HCUdE IN 'UtiRtiO.
It Wiis lltillt ti) .liinili I. I , WI10 I
Still Alltn.
(('opvrlitlit tit 11n-rlc1111 Press Assm-liiUmi
Considering the magtiltiide and Itnpnr
(juice of San I'ranelseo It is a letuarUahht
fact that the builder of Its llrst house In
tilimbeied among the city's piesent inhab
Hauls
Horn In St Clalrsvllle.O.,ln IS(, of (ler
man parentage, at the ngn of '.M .laeoh
Primer L'ece, Impelled by the love of ad
venture common to youth, Joined it com
pany of fur traders bound 'or California.
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Thi'V ill rived on the coast at Los AugcliM
III )H,t:i, and sulTered so from seaicityof
provisions that they had to slaughter and
eat their dogs before teaching the llocka
itml hcnls thai enriched the mission of
San (tabriel
III 1KUI Leece settled at Verba llllena, the,
village mat rormeii t lie germ of San l ran
clero, and, bringing IiiiiiIht from Mon
terey, erct ted the llrst house there, close to
11 tent oci upied by ('apt. Itlchardsoii, who
comniauded a trading schooner lie wax
the llist Inhabitant The Fourth of July
was celebrated at the tent anil the shanty
with lavish hospitality Mr Leecti com
pleted his irslileticc that morning Mean
time his f 1 lend and neighbor, ('apt Itichard
soil made 'i tilp toSonoui'i to Inv lie plum
incut persons there, aiiioug them lieu. Val
lejn, the Castros and Marline, with the
chief lesidents at the mission, in all about
sixty, to a housevvarmliig and the first
celebration In California of the ulorloiiH
Kolll III The festivities lasted all night
anil through the next day, only terminat
ing on the evening of 1 he Mil Mr l.eece
man led Apill I, IKIT, a sister of lien Val
lejo, and t heir daughter, hoi 11 a year later,
was the Hist Infant to see the light In
Verba llueiin
The house erected by lcct e was on thy
coiner of Clay and Dupont sheets, lie es
tablished business relations with the Hud-
I.l.r.c l.'H Mot sf ANII ItKIIAItllSDN'H l. Nl
son Hay company, having paitnersat Mon
terey, and traded vrith China llealsoheld
a commission Inthearmy iinderCol Maker,
and spent some time In Alaska as agent of
the Russian Kur company. For thu llrst
llftetui years of Its existence. Mr. L'cco
says, San Francisco only extended from
Montgomery' to Dupont, and Clay to Mar
ket Ktrccts, at the beginning of the gold
fever having hut thirty houses.
The subject of (Ids sketch Is 11 llnely
built man, in good preservation He de
clares that he never had a day's sickness,
thoouh he has met with many imldiuls,
one occui ring during the past summer,
when lie was knocked down on the street
by hores His ilwhl yu ukn lm sulTered
from sunstroke. He has four dniiglifrrn
and three sons, most of whom are at Mon
terey. The old gentleman lives at St.
Luke's hospital, San Francisco, vvheio ho
Is known as the "Colonel." He was born
in tho Catholic faith and has always been
a liepiiblieau In 1KII he sold Ids house at
Verba Itueiia to the Hudson Hay company
and moved to Sonoma
At the writer's last Interview the vet
eran, thoiiu'h not so well us usual, s-tld ho
felt good for eight or ten years longer. His
life was a happy one, and he did not want
to lose It He bad just received an Invita
tion to reside at the Old People's Home,
the lHiautlful new building erected and en
dowed by Mrs. Crocker.
K. S. Hvi)i:it.
.tlitn 1111 Imitative Animal.
"People are like sheep," declared a stu
dent of human nature to a companion on
u Hudson river boat tlm other day "Watch
me, and see." The sky was cloudy, and
most of the passengers had umbrellas No
rain was falling, but when the person who
made the slighting assertion alsiut his fel
lows hoisted an umbrella the example wan
followed hy every one In sight A moment
later the "leader of the Hock" held nut his
hand, appaiently became satislied that
there was no shower and closed his storm
protector All his fellow travelers did
likewise. The student of human nature,
had proved his assertion
tilnlli oIit'k ViiniiKC'iit tliilron.
The youngest matron In the town of
Gloucester, Muss, Is Mrs Maiy llrown,
who Ik 11 wife recently at the age of
III She is a pretty Portuguese girl, about
; leei .1 menes tall,
and weighing less
than loo pounds
She h a s a II n e
olive complexion,
and great dark
eyes Her bus
ha 11 d, Albert
II row 11, also a
Portuguese, Is a
manly looking fel
low of MH, vv h n
earns his living as
a llsliermau The
honeymoon was of
tlio liriefcst. as
I It ro w 11 had to
lleave soon after M,ts- MAUV ",l0WN-
the wedding for a trip to the Il.tnks on the
J schooner HattleK Worcester Meanwhlln
the bride awaits his return at the home of
her mother, Mrs (J rear
The old lady remarked the other day . "It
seems too early for her to get married, but
I what could I dor Hrovvn boarded hero for
two yegrs and they liltcsl each other F.vb
dently Mrs (Jrear heartily approved of tint
match, tor it was she who procured the
marriage license
llriiiU'a Ki-i:iiirrir.
Dom Pedro, the ex eincrur of llraill,
who Is now at Versailles, spends his titan
In picture galleries when not studying
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j MiUHHru anil neiirevv. The desolate old
man's physicians will not allow hint to
1 riwt Paris, as they fear tho cflect upon hU
feeble health of n sojourn In the 1' -nch
1 CMilUtl.
For the
When ready to look up Appiopriate and Handsome
Cluistmas Piesents, don't fail to call on
$.W.Win$ei,& &.,
And see
Dress Goods,
Eino Silk Handkorchiofs, Kid G-lovos,
Fine Line of Plush d'oods, in Manicures, Dressing Cases,
Albums, Toilet Cases, ICte.
1109 0 ST.
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S33E
1204 and 1206
Christmas Presents for Gentlemen
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BUY SOMETHING USEFUL
As well as Ornamental !
Herman Bros.
1017 O Street,
Offer a line of ;oods that for presentation to gentlemen lias
no equal. See their
Seal Skin Caps Plush Caps
Seal Skin Gloves
Fur Coats Smoking Jackets
Fine Neckwear, all kinds.
Silk Handkerchiefs Mufflers
And Dozens of Other Suitable Articles.
DISTRICT
I Delivering
ILJsKE
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company;
100 Engrayed
And Copper
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If you have a Plate, we will furnish 100 Cards from
same, at $1.50.
WESSEL PRINTING CO.
Holidays
our line of
Dress Silks,
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Meb
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0' Street, Burr Block.
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Notes, Letters, Invitations
I'AKCICLS, ETC,
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At at any hour to make the enrh tritlint Ktit your mall
from IxMulllff, ete.
Opon Day ititcl NlRlit I
IVIcphoitc i Oil'ue, 8. V. cor. loth and O.
Calling Cards
Plate, for $2.50.
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