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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, PEIIRUARY 7, 1S91 7j3 tMfeta Hii'ml ty 23 -A. OiT I-C . JiLiNcoLN, : Nkhuaska"."1 Capital, $250,000 Officers it itl Dltcclors: John II. Wrlgtir, l'res. T. I'.. Zanders, V.-V- J. II. MeOloy, Cashier. A H Knymoiuli III' Lull. Thin Cochran K HMIacr, CIihn WpMi KI.Mheldon. General Hanking Business Trnnncteil. Account Solicited. ROTE THE HEW D1FFBRBHT1AL PARES In Conjunction with the Erie System operates Knst Vestlbulod Trains be tween Chicago "od llm Atlantic Hcaboiird. You may truvol In the most Elegant anil Completo I'tillmnii Vcstlbulod Trains ever constructed and save 11.60 to Utiiruto nnd Ni agara Fall, IS.OOf to New York, 12.3.1 to Al bany and Troy.fnml 13.00 to Iloston and New England Cities. No rival 'lino oltbra tho advantages of 11 sy tern of through Flint nnd Kecond-clnss Day Coochei and PULLMAN DINING CAIW Chicago toNow York. It la thoonlyJIInoSopo.'atlngll'iillmaii Cars to Boston andlNcwKnglaud via Albany. EntlroTtaliisareJIlKhtcd by gun, heated by tea ai. Pullman Dining Care run through In either direction. I'll I man Chair andlccplnu Cain to Colum bus, 0.,aud Ashland, h'y. Dally. No Extra Chargo for Fast Time and Unsur passed Accommodations Afforded by thoso Luxurious Trains. Fur dctaVnl iHormaflon, tickets nnd reser vations In Pullman cars apply to your local ticket use nt or to nuy imant of all e mnectlug lines or railway, or toUltloAuo (JitvTiokkt OrFICK), 107 UiiliiK Hr., and Po.irhorn .Sta tion, or (id IrtK', L. 0. CANNON, F. C. DONALD, (Jen. Agt., for Receiver, den. Pass. Art CHICAdO. ' Saata Fe Route ! Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R The Popular Route to the Pacific Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers Between Kansas City and SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, and SAN FRAN CISCO. Short Line Rates to PORTLAND, Oregon. Double Dally Train Service Between Kansas City and PUEBLO, COLORADO SPRINGS, and DENVER. Short CaiLine to SALT LAKE CITY. -j The Direct Texas Route Solid Trains Between Kansas City and Galveston. The Short Line Between Kansas City and Gainesville, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Houston, and I 1 all Principal Point in Texas. The Onlv Line Running Through the OKLA'HOMA COUNTRY. The Only Direct Line to the Texas Pan-Handle. For Mops and 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., OMJLI-Iii., NEB. FAST MAIL RODTE ! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 -TO- AtchUon, Leavenworth, St. Joseph.kansas City, St. Louis and nil Points South, East and West. The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parsons Wichita, Hutchinson and all pilncipal points in Kansas. The only road to the Great Hot Springs of Arkansas. Pullman Sleepers and Fiee Reclining Chair Cars on all trains. J. E. R. MILLAR, R. P. R. MILLAR, City Ticket Agt Gen'l Ag nl Cor. O and utb Street. "nil m GOT IN HIS WORK, The Thin Ainu Tried to lie I'rlcndl), lint It Wns No Ue. lie looked no I)Ik unit morose nnd Kruff iw Iiu wit lii tho wnltlhK room of (ho Pennsyl vania depot ncross tho river that nil other liiuMiuiKflM kept clear of him. All hut onu. Ho wns a lull, thin man, with u piping voleo nnd scant e)obrows, nnd ho carried In his hand a thin, cadaverous vnlNe. Ilti slr.cd tho bin man up from afar, nnd then walked over nnd Mood straight up iH'foro him and asked: "Can yon explain why thu moon should Influeiicu thu tides In the way It does?" "Who nro jou talking to?" demanded tho I)Ik man In n voleo ho deep that it seemed to havo eomu out of tho basement. "To jou, of course." "Well, you dust nlungl I want nothing to do with )oul" "You don't? Thnt'a singular. I hnvo allays Ix-eii looked upon ns a companion-ablojK-rnon by everyliody. Havo you ever figured 011 what quantity of water Is evap orated from the Atlantic ocean each year?" "Didn't I tell )oti to go?" urowlcd the big man. "I don't want anybody to talk to inel" "You ilon'tf I wouldn't have lielleved It. Perhaps you hnvo met with a loss denth of sonic dear friend? If so, you havo my heartfelt sympathy. Speaking of deal h reminds muof thu heavens nnd astronomy. Do you know how long It would taku a cannon hall, speeding nttliorntu of thirty three yards a second, to reach thu moon?" "Look-a-hear, old man, I'll break you In two If you don't move out" shouted thu hi;; man ns Iiu sat up straight. "I cjeclurel Hut jou nro thu most touchy person I've met In ten years. You don't seem to want to get acquainted. I ain't mad, however, and I wanted to Inquire If you had any Idea of thu strength of an alli gator's Jaws? Iteceut experiments inadu by a reliable naturalist have shown" "Hung it, but I'll knock you through that wall!" savagely roared thu big man, as he hauled off to deliver a blow "Oil, well, If you don't want to bu friend ly I shan't humble myself," 'replied thu thin man, as he dodged nnd retreated around u liciicli. "I did hojie to find In you a kindred spirit, but I mn disappoint ed. Your bust observation is conclusive proof that you aru not up on een natural philosophy. Fired from 11 certain distance, with an extra charge of powder, a follow candle tuny bu driven through an oak plank, but when you come to talk of knocking a human body through a brick wall you lietray your Ignorance and give yourself awav. I should" Thu big man rushed at him with uplifted list, but the thin man dodged again ami went outside and stood by thu door and made a mental computation of the numler of snowflakes which full 011 the soil of New Jersey in thu course of the three winter mouths. Now York Sun. On the rintrorm. We had an hour to wait at n railroad Junction In Louisiana, and four or 11 vu of us sat down in thu shade on thu edgu of tho platform and hung our legs over, It was very comfortable, and wo weru smoking nnd talking, when a man with a ropu In itls hand, evidently looking for a stray mule, camu out of thu bushes opposite us and stood looking up and down the track. By and by hu directed his gaze toward our feet, but we didn't mind him until ho drawled out: "You all, therul" "Well?" queried one. "Hist upyer feet!" We "hlstcd" without waiting to ask why, and then looked over to see a rattle snake nlout seven feet long just colling himself for n strike after having crawled out (torn under the platform. A handy grindstone was dropped down on him, and when some one thanked thu native he called back: "Some men who hev lost n miilo nnd hunted fer him three days would hev bin onery about it, but thur's nothiu' doggone mean about me." Detroit Free Press. HI Occupation. Tax Commissioner Coleman lost n hand some umbrella lost Thursday, and Friday morning a joungster called at his otllcu with tho property. "Here's n dollar for you, my little man," said tho commissioner. "Thanks; I expected it." "What?" "Oh, that's all right. I steals umbrellas and returns 'em for a living," and then he escaped. New York Morning Journal. Tho Goul Iteuclictl. "At last my genius in recognized!" ox claimed thu artist exultlngly, as hu waved a letter aloft. "Oh, tell mo about it," said his delighted little wife in reply. "Tills letter Is from a prominent Hoap firm, asking me to paint a plcturo to bo used as an advertisement." Epoch. Ills Downfall. First Tradesman You know DeGrlppe, the chief drummer for Blnukhousu & Co.? Well, he owed mu a largu sum, and now I havo had to charge It up as prollt and loss. Second Salesman Heavunsl What has happened to him? First Tradesman Hu has been taken into thu firm. Clothier and Furnisher. Hail lo Speak. "I thought Eiuellnu and Maud wera angry at each other?" "Not now; they met wlioro they couldn't help speaking." "Where was that?" "In a box at tho theatre tho othor night." -Philadelphia Times. At Our How line Club. Miss Lillian I feel very Horry for those poor llttlu fellows who havo to set up tho pins, they always seem so tired. Miss flitting I'm suro you'iu very con 'Ouslderate of them. All they have to do vhen J oil roll Is to send back the balls. vVcck's Sport. No Infant Torrlblc. Fiowty How Is It that Urncu Is so popu lar with the young men? Why, Dorothy, he's as homely as sin! Dorothy Yes, Grace U homely; but you hee, Flossy, she has no little brother. Scrlburr's Maazluu. i yfe3fc iv i ssfe Nil. :t:t(l. - A Word or Tuo Syllable. My first l bright, my second Is btlght, nnd my wholu is bright, and consists of nine letters. a, II, 4 A name for a sailor. ft, !l, I), -I The dwelling place of a wild animal, I, 'J, it, 0, I A means of iiseent. 4,(1, 7. 8, II- What all our actions ought to Ik. 8, (1, , 8-The rocre of low. 7, 0, ft, ft A small liquid measure. 1, ft, (1, II A tear, a narrow opening. No. :t:n.-. uiimioii. Across: I To shine '.'. A southern con stellation. !l, A bower 4. A xcsscl with one mast ft A cltv mentioned In the lllblc Downward 1 In Bangor. !), An ex clamation. :i. An epoch 4. Tunes, ft. An old word, meaning to wrap the head of In a hood. II. A portion of thu day. 7. A pci-eh. 8. A river In Italy. It. In Bangor. No. :i:iH. A Proverb llliintiiiliil. What the cat might havo said. No. Uat. Kuny llhuuonil anil llnir Siintr. 1. A consonant; a hurt: to hasten; to at tempt: a consonant, 'J. A rascal; horn of the new moom a reptile: abbreviation of an English title, a letter No. .140. Cliuriiile. The first In tliu JiiiikIu makes bis Inline; Tliu second Is nlilto as tliu ocean's foiim; Ami Hit) hIioIh during many a sunny I'our Slasls rraKranco aroiiml my lady's buuur No. JI4I. DiiIkiiiii. A terrlblo fellow am I: I speak, and people diet Take mu to pieces, slenvu mu asunder, Then I'm a dog, iiu 1 also a wonder. Part mo again in members three, Then a well lined seat in church you see, With a llttlu word that's hard to speak, And what will euro thu III and weak. Scatter my letters iigalu, my dears, Ami you will find, If you've a mind, What a woman may be, and what she wears No. :H', Numtirlral Hnluina. My whole, composed of twenty-seven letters, Is n quotation fioin Cow pur. My HI, I!. ,. ft is wickedness. My Ift, 111. I 'J is a kind ol grain. My ffil, 8, l.'.'l Is a number. My 1, 18, 2, :i, 14 is Branty. My 11, S3, 10 Is very warm. My 17, 0, 4, L4, 21 is a set of step. My 2ft. 1. 7 Is a plant. No. !I4:I. lllililrn I'lowem. 1. Canada Is yet but sparsely populated, considering Its extent. 2. The proverb "Thci ,moro hostu thu less speed" well deserves remembering. 3. The class Is well up In knowledge of thu usu of the gloltts. 4. The llr is a very ornamental tree. ft. Wealthy men may sneer at poverty they have never known. 0. In the days of chivalry the knights hail esq lilies to attend them. No. :I4I. Illttorltul Truimpixllloiiii. 1. Transposo a goddess of the Epheslaus into a water iiyinph. 2. A famous garden into necessity. 3. An island visited by Paul Into a cer tain lioy's father. 4. A sou of Noah into part of a net. ft. A icfornierof tho Tudor period Ir.to ono who puts on. A Young llnpurul's I'iiii. A father salt) unto his liotffnl son, "Who wns Id'onldas, my elierUlieil one?" Tin) boy replleil, with words of anient nature. "Ho was a member of the It'Klslnlure." "Howl" asked tho imreiit Then thu oiniKStr with, "He K"t a inss, and liuld her like grim death." "WIhimi turns? Wlmt assj" tho anxious father erlisl "TwauTlio'r inonoMily," tho boy replied. How Hu IXil It. "You Hiivcd my llfu on one occasion," said a soldier to a captain under whom ho had serwd "Saved jour llfol" cried thu otllcer; "do you think that I am a doctor?" "No," answered the man; "but 1 served under you I" thu battle of , and when you ran awi I followed." Ki) lo Ilin I'lizli'i-. No. :W). Numerical Enigma. Do good whenever ) ou can, and forget It No. !l'!7. Word Squares' (1) O!) (3) O P E It A K Y E P E It I L C A P Y K A E It iV S K A P E E A It It I ii K It P E N A L E It T No. IKS. Floral Charade' Morning glory. No. !fc!i. A Diagonal Puzhi: Diagonals, Qullp. Cross Words: I. Query 2. Purse 8. fillde. 4. Spill, ft Scrip No. !fc!U Cross Word Enigma: Siberia. No :ci. - Final Changes Boof-rook. Crown clow d Trait trail Mileinllt No :U!. A Modern Weapon: Boycott. No. 33.1. Enigma: Mustard Mud Star Dart Sum Mad Bust No, 1134. Repented Syllable: Mshon. Bonnet Nether Hermit Mitten Ten tils, No. 33ft. Biddies: 1. A kitten's tall. 3. Patents. 3, IWcuumi he has such winning ways. 4. Because they are made to Ih kept on hand. ft. When it goes from moiil it to mouth. II. It is furthest from the bark. 7. BecniiM' it begins all clamor. -. 1 i 1 THE MEHHV MUSE. A HtlKti"ll Jlnglo. In thought "my queen" I'd called her, but llnil let no word illsciwrr Tlmt I would nlvo tlm world to b The fair Dlnntlin's lover. Until, at limt, I vowed no mora Hlr I'ulnt lii'ort I'd 1st plnyhiK, And mi I nsked I lie nmld If Mio Would K w Hh mu a ulrlxlililK. To my KCi'iit Joy nlm iinnwcnsl "Ye," And ntriiUhtuny did Wo mingle. With a fimt sMislliiit tliroiiK whoso mirth Chimed with the sIclKliholts' JIiikIc JIiirIi', Jingle, JIiir-Ii', JIiikK 1 1ngle, llngli', tingle, tingle, Jingle, Jingle. Jingle, Jingle, Ting' tnngl tang' Her eyes shone bright, around her brow Hiuiiii tiny ringlets cluttered, And, us we It'll tlioelly, I Knoiigh of courngu muttered To say, with wildly throbbing heart, "Today l.oe I'm iiln)lng; He sent mu In ) our door to nsk You, dear, lo go n slidglilng. And now he bids me tell you tlint I'm tired of Mug single" "And so am I," slut nivhly said, And how the Mltilld Jlnglel Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, Tingle, tingle, tingle, tinglts Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, Jlugla, Ting, tang, tang! Margaret V.) lingo In Detroit Kreo TreM. A Horrowful Honglet. The bullfrogs wept by tho river bank, And Hie water load isiiiiIms! her hnlr; Tlm sea sert'tit nlglusl as down lie sank, And tliu lndHlis slirleked III ilexpalr. "Oil, why did jou eoiniif why are j oil here?" Cried the mermaid, In accents of woo. The o)nter called thioiigh the twilight drear, "Hay, why In Ilin world don't) on got" (Hum grew the gloom, glooinerand gluiiitner; The lltli writhed nroiind on their beads I'orgles moaned, " "I'ls chilly for summer; I with wo were home In our beds." Kalnl biiru'd Hie light, Incandescent, clenr, Huppllisl by elis'l ileal eels Porcupine flth cluiig together In fenr; The sea hursisi kicked up their Infix "Ob, why are )ou here? why did you eomu? How long am ) oil going In stay? Why don't you sicakr You cniuiot ho dumb! Bay, when are) on going awnyl" Oh, why did they weep? why did they grlern? Oh, why were they downcast nnd blunt Oh, who or what did they Is'g to leave? I'm wire I can't answer can )oil? Helen (Iranbcrry In llarcr' Young People. III l.lgbt Tut Out. Huliiid woill acoloiril blazer on thu Nile; He had spoiled suits In I'crula, Jutt for st)ln; With a ui'cklle quite list utter, In the streets of uld Calcutta, he had stirred up quite a Mut ter for a while. Tho maids of Java thronged Ix'toro his door, Attracted by the trousers Hint ho wore And his vest a bosom entiT shook Knrinoso to Its center. Ami they hailed him as a mentor by tlm score. On his own ground, as a "masher" on tho street He outdid a Turklth pasha who stood treat. Ho gave hlianghnl girls thu Jutiqis, and their clns'ks stuck out like iiiiiiiiM, at thu patent leather pumps on his feet. Itut hu called iikiii a 1 lotion girl one night; With a iiecktlu ready made which wasn't right: And she looked nt lilm, this maid did, and he faded and hu faded, and hu faded and he faded, out of sight. Tom Massou In Clothier and KiirnUlier. The Typewriter Tune. Though Its coming bu slow, we can all fuel we know That tin, "impiilnrsong" has Its end; And thu liiind organ lay cannot latt all thu day; Its horrors must eeasu to ascend. But thu t) Hiwriter tune, with Its terrible twlat Incessant ith ponds to the rtibls-r hung w rlst With Its "pllck, pluck, cllnkcty, clang 1 Phickety, pluckety, bangl" Your heart may In) light, and thu future seem bright, Eroyou come within range of its sound, But your spirits will sink to) our shoes In a wink From thu noises that hover around, When thu alplialift goblins, so crooked and weak. Are tortured till pain makes them shiver and squcnk With u pllck. plack, cllnkcty, clangl Pluckety, pluckety, bang) Washington Post. Amenities YouiiKer Sister Well, how did you en joy the ball last nlKht? Elder Sister Oh, pretty well; but I was afraid that every mliiuto that odious Capt. Cropper was koIhk to propose to mu. My heart was In my mouth nil thu time. Younger Sister (who didn't Ket invited) No doubt there was plenty of room for it! Jud). An Ojcrslghl. "Now, hlr," h tho senior partner, "If wodeciilu toeiiime)ounsu traveling man It will Ih) necessary for you to tako out twelve sample trunks. Do you think the work of packing them would be too Krcnt for you?" "Possibly you forget, sir," replied the modest applicant, drawing liimself up to his full helKlit, "that I al ways travel with my wife." Clothier and Furnisher. lWldence In Toto. "You claim that you were insane when you proposed to her?" "Yes, sir." "Can you prove it?" "Yes. sir." "How?" "liy producing tho plaintiff in court and letting thu jury look nt her." Exchange. A Limited Knowledge. Diisliawiiy StruiiKo thliiKS happen. The other iiiht at the Academy they had a prie Unlit, anil tho next nlKlit h Wanner concert. Cleverton Vhat luconi;riiityl I snp ponu they were both ciowihsl, tisi? Daslmway I don't know, 1 didn't ko to the concert. Now York Sun. till) tiler's ltrUtlonahlp t, the .tliiscs. "1(h) liter Is u w ouderf ill poet, lie seems a brother to the muses." "Yes. He has wooed them nil, and they have apparently iiKned to be sisters to him." New York Sun. A llrokcn KiiBuifttmrnf. "What Is the cause of the sudden cool ness Isitweeu Tom Joues and Susie Brown?" "Tom sold hr fatlmr u- horse." The Koodi. JS I 'i"f'tf ff WATCH . -- l-'OR A M'.MHKK OK NEW FEATURES IN The Courier. Subscribe ' Nowi for 1 89 1 , And be up A M. DAVIS & SON, Fall and Winter Carpets and Draperies, 1112 0 St Telephone 219. Picture LOWEST AN ELEGANT LINE OF MOULDINGS S. R. MOORE1, 1114 O St. :,iMnir,l Dec, to, 1SS6. German National Bank. LINCOLN, NHt, Capital Paul up, $ 100,000.00 Surplus . . . 25,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business Issues letters or credit, draw drafts on all parts of Hie world. 1'orclgn collections n specialty. Officers am! Dlrectois, IIKHMAN II. HOll AllKltn, President. 0.0. MUNHON, Vice President. JOSKPII HOKUM Kit, Cashier. O. .1. WILOOX, Assistant Cashier. C. K. MONTdOMKHY. AI.KX. HAIrKIt V. A. IIOKIIMKIt. II. J. llltOTHKltrON WAI.TKIIJ.HA1UU8. J. A. I1UDKLSON L. MEYEK, Notary Public and Real Estate Dealer in City and Farm Property AOKNT Nortii German-Lloyd Steamship Co., Hamburg-American Packet Co., and Baltic Lines. AUo Railroad Ac,cnt for tliu Different Companies East and West. oulhntnpton, Havre, Hamburg, Stcttcn, London, PrU, Norwav, 1I mouth, Uremei. Sweden, and any point In Europe. Post Oidcrs and Foicljju ExcliatiKC issued to nil prominent polntf n Europe. HitvliiKlarKw facilities cast with the bluvot Hanks and Ha lugs IiutMutlons, 1 am pre pared to make nil kinds of U)ans on Klrst Heal Kstate MorlKiiues, City or Kami Property, from I to 5 years, at the lowest Intercut. I also deal In hchool bonds, state, County ntiif Oil) Warrants, also In htale. County in. d City Certified Claims, and will alwa)s pay the hlKhem market price. Cull and see me or Corrcsind with me. L. MEYER, ioS North Tenth Street. with the times. Dr. H. S. Aley, Specialist In FEMALE, NERVOUS and KIDNEY DISEASES. Hpecliil attention paid to the treatment of these diseases by means or electricity. All nou-mallgnaut tumor of tho womb removed without the use of Hie knife. All oMjratloim for Injuries from childbirth skillfully per formed. Illtplacfiiirtii of the womb cured In most cases without the use or Instruments. Kplleptt, HI. Vitus' Dance, riclntlcii, Neuralgia, Hysteria, illllerent forms of paralysis, Deformities, and all other forms of Nervous Trouble successfully treated. Consultation ntolllcoor by mall $1.00. .Now man Block, OHt bet, 101 li and 11th, Lincoln, Neb, Iloiirs-otois,"lor,7to8. CUT THIS OUT Framing ! FRIGE1S, 0iij j- JnTTZT (Wy j ;-"7jU v-i-r j.. 'I 1 tS". KOlt Tin: 4JST .va!! 'Mkkmmkmmi . .kkkkkkMmkkkWkkkkmkkm , v mm rmm'twi m Hrvv , 1 iH HI B lit -nip