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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1891 rr&SZrr$. HOW WE SUFFEB. 1 'V u m 'iff ! . ll 'frf m GhicagoFand Erie R. R. (Ijito Chicago A Mliiullc ll'y.) 1 it Connection with the Erie Railway KOUMtf TIIK. ONLY LINK IIKTWKKN Chicago and New York Umtcr Uno Mnniwimont. SOLID-TRAINS. 'Tho Tlirouuh Trillin or thin Line bet" ri jJnT- eago nml New Yor are run solid, tliiw avoiding utinn.vnnco urn) conrtiHion orclimiKluit pith or mli-lnij connections. Vestibule Limited Service Vcstlbulcil Limited Trains, consisting-of Hag. BnBO, Hinnklitic ami Uny Coaches, wltb ?: 'oilman Dliilnn unil Hlcoplng Cars (heated by steam, lighted by gas), over HiIh Lino Every Day In the Year. PullmanlService to Boston. A rulliiinn llttnvt Sleeping Cur to ami from Hoiton dully via this mule. Thin Ih tho ONLY LINK Uutuilng I'ullmaii BKitCnrK betweun Chicago nml Boston. CT.-J BUCKEYE ROUTE KKTo rohiinl)ii8,,.0lilo,nnd3Ashliiiiili Ky. Pullman Steeping Car between Chicago and abovo Point dally. "Train Arrive and Leave Dearborn Station, For further Inforninlloii, call on tho nearest Itallroiiil'l'IcUet Agent, or nililres "W 0 Rlnearson, A M Tuolwr, D I KoberU, rQon. I'ft". Ai. Oi'. Mirr. A.O.l'.Aist. New York. Cleveland. Chicago Santa Fe Route ! .Atchison, Topeka cTsanta Fe R. R The Popular Route to the Pacific Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist . Sleepers netween Kansas City unci SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, nnd SAN FRAN- , CISCO." Short Line Kates to POK.TLAN.D, Oregon. Double Dallv Train Service Iletwccn .Kansas Cltyand PUEBLO, COLOR ADO SPRINGS, and DENVER. Short Line to SALT LAKE CITY. The' Direct Texas Route -Solid Trains Between Kansas City and Galveston. The Short Line Between Kansas City nnd Gainesville, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Houston, and all Principal Points in Texas. The Onlv Line Running Through the OKLA'HOMA COUNTRY. The ... Only Direct Line to the Texas " Pan Handle. For Maps and -" v 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., O 2 A. I-I JL , HEB. FAST MAIL ROUTE ! 'BTI'f a7 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 -TO- ..AtcliUon, Leavenworth, St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis and all Points South, East and West. The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parsons "Wichita, Hutchinson and all pilncipal 1 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.IILUR, R. P. R. MILLAR, ' City Ticket Agt. Gen'l Ag;ni Cor. O and nth Street. ODDS AND ENDS. What n world of meaning there is in the simple, bung of a iloorl Ioimfellow gave ui "Illawathu" when 49, "Talcs of n WhjhIiIo Inn" when M. It Is becoming quite customary for a widow to retain her husband' name- on her calling cards. Tho Smith family occupies fifteen closo ly printed pages of tho I union directory or 1810. Oilcloths will Inst longer if one or two layers of wadded carpet lining are laid un der them. Mm. Gen. Grant's eyesight l very poor, nnd her maid Is writing her liook of remi niscences from dictation. The Persian row icar resemble onir Easter Sunday In tho respect that every 0110 Is expectcil to put on a now milt of clothes. Personal joya or sorrows should not be made tho subject of conversation. Tho lat ter should be especially avoided. HusHvIl Sage, tho largest Individual loaner of money In New York crhaps, Is said to havo a rulo never to lonu more than 1500,000 on any given day. It has licen found that the highest cloud layers in the United States manifested an average velocity of eighty miles an hour during about two years. In a pigeon competition somo years ago tho winning bird (lew from Ventuor to Manchester, "08 miles, at tho rate of fifty miles nn hour. Amber in tho raw state looks llko large pieces of resin. Besides being used as mouthpiece for pipes amber is made into beads, medallions, hairpins, etc. The sun Is tremendously large. It U equal to 1,900,000 earths; but owing to Its small density its weight equals that of only 832,000 earths. To set delicate colors in embroidered handkerchiefs, soak them teu minutes lie- fore washing In u pall of water in which a dessertspoonful of turpentlno has been stirred. From tho latest times of paganism to the early aues of Christianity wo can but rarely (mote instances of lire lighted up for other purposes In public form than for the ceremonies of religion. There is a woman in Atchison, Kan., who sets a chair at the table every day for her husband, who died over 11 year ago. In bis plato she never falls to place a little bouquet of (lower. She Wort mi Kltra IIiiiib. Hot weather has a particularly disas trous elTect on bangs when onu has to re sort to papers or a curling iron, so Miss Fllnperty thought sho was very farfccelng when she pinned 011 a becoming little fringe of hair. Sho was on her way to Nnrrngansett Pier, nnd was to lie cared for by one of the other sex, a friend of her chaperon. It was too bad to have him continually asking her to remove her clw peau ami make herself comfortable. At last in sheer desperation she quieted him with the following experience, which was fresh in her mind: It was a coaching party, nnd of course I wanted to look my liet, and it was to lie a long day, so I combed my own hang out and then rolled It up Into a tight little knob, through which I stuck a hairpin. Now, if you have never scon n girl with her hair nrrnnged In this way let me tell you It Is anything but becoming. Into my hat I pinned a real artistic fringe of hair, with just the right amount of curl in it, which I knew would not change in Its np. penrauco, rain or shine, and the chnpeau I fastened on my head jvith a long hatpin. The elTect was all that could ho desired, and It seemed impossible that anything could occur to disturb tho arrangement; but I wish you could have been there. Oh, no, I don't elthei I The driver called out "low bridge," but wo were having such a Jolly time I.dldn't hear him, anil my hat had that nasty fish net on It, which caught nnd hung In the tree, while the coach bowled gayly on. IIuw I felt words full to descrilsj, hut I clapped my hand over my forehead and did not move until a dear, good youth brought my hat to me, and, would you believe It, right side up, so that I don't think any of the other fellows saw tho bang pinned in it. Oh, yes, of couree, I supposo lie told them about It afterward, but I havo had a sisterly alTectlon for him ever since. New York Sun. l'lii'l lament ury Kleetliin. A correspondent asks, How often do elections occur in England, and what are the qualifications for votcrsf Tin statutory duration of a parliament la seven years, but parliaments do not last out the full period allowed b law. Dur ing the present oentury the average length of parliaments has been about four years. That is to say, the house of commons Is chosen on the nverage onco in every four years or thereabouts. The present house was elected in the summer of 1880. It could by law run on until 1WKI, but the chances are tluit it will end sometime In 1801 and n new election take place. The parliament which lusted longest of any ex isting In the Nineteenth century was chosen In IS'JO, and continued for six years, ono month and nine days. The voter in a par liamentary election must be Ul years of age, a householder or a lodger or occupier whoso lodgings cost him 10 a year. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tlirouin.r Stones for u llrldti. In Honolulu, when a gill has attracted tlm attention of several young men, each of whom desires to marry her, a choice Is made by a sori of athletic contest. Each suitor provides himself with n love stone. It Is a rough huwn piece of stono about thrco iiiches In diuum er. The jouug men r-t m ui at a given point, and each one throws as f .- .is he may ho able. Tho longest throw v.l us the bellu. Cor. Denver Nw .... rnrgot Honieltiini;. She was a tidy looking girl of 18, but rather overt! rcssi-d ami a hit too vulu. She took a Madison avenue cur nt Fourteenth street, mid as she sat down It was noticed that she carried one glove loosu lu her hand. This was to display the four rings on tho lingers of that plump and pretty member. Tho gloves were not quite forty roils long, and they did not have quite 100 buttons each. They came an near It as fashion demands, however, nml tho girl looked pleased and satisfied. She hud been riding less than live minute w iuii sho suddenly stood up mid motloiie.l for the car to stop, and half a minute later was out or sight. Then it was noticed t hat she had left the glove on the seat, find ahoy about six years of age eyed It attimllvely for a few seconds, and then whispered to his mother beside him loud enough for all to hear: " Mai ma! She's gone off and foi-:ittou ouo of her stookingsl" Now York Sun JjUL Z& No. :Uft. Tli rue Knsy Word Hiimre. 1, A name Moved by u certain nation, To he home In 11 carriage. A notion. Tidy, 8. Existence A suggestion. Terror. To work for pay, X A Uiiutlful, delicate fabric. An ex clamation of sorrow, A llsh. A verb which means to catch sight of. No. illll. Cliurmlr. 'Oh, 11 rnlMAl.'n HO U a sml, sail life. And twih hi' iitwn) Ineks If I get nm a wife, 10 comfort my life. Will slm enre for my twos, nlnckt Will slui iliim my socks mid mend my gloves And keep my dinners liolf Oil, n fiiniAI.'s life Is n snd, snil life, WIiIIim I'd rattier Isideiid limn not." Ho tlio niiMAi, ciiKined In a elnvrloss room, And liU llnifi'i-M nere stiff with cold; TIiimi liu luirled his h ilc wllli tendur enre. And dns'.isl cm-li giirmenl's fold; lln look Iih enne, and then tin was fnln To en 1 1 1111 tlm girl of Ids heart! lln stayed and lin stayisl with tlm wlnsoino maid. Yet 'tiiiisiMirly when they did pnrt. On a vncnnt lot roso n (lenr lllllo cot, And a gnrileti plot on llin plucu; The enlUK's nn more, lint lie isn't dead. Ills HiuiiNns ntv nlwnys In plaee; In tlm guy sirlenv wllli roses there llliKim Al.lJt of tlm lino of heaven, And I learned they grew, lliowi ftow'rets blua, From snils by tho grootiumaii glren. No. 47. Hidden 1'lnnnts. 1. Have you eer visited the Saloin ar senal f 3. Can you tell inn tliniiamoof that poem about "The Domestic Ilearthf" 3. I was not prepared for tliu Informa tion that you had cut your foot so badly, as I saw that you ran unusually fast. 4. That lecture heard In our youthful days gave all of us 11 turn toward the right. No. :I4H. Aimgriiiii. I'm "loveliness," so people say, And who so hold as to say "nay, That is not right?" And do you ask mo why I was En til hi! thusr It Is bccituso 1 CAMK ALLwhito. No. :i50. Cli'ogriiplilrul Doubles. I. A town III Isthmus of Panama and a punctuation mark. '2. A river Iti British Honduras and an animal !l. A county In California and a wind which blows over Spain 4. A bay In Australia and nucx-prcslilcut .V An Island in south Atlantic and u bird No. :i.1l. Aniigriiiiis. (Books and their authors.) I. Say Anell more often By A. U. Clay, M. A. !. Braen Siiiuhia. By Wallack I. Blim n. One Orlando. By Marble Hock. 4. About E Flat. By .loons F. Whittnu 5. VloletS Wirt By Crinkles chased. No. II.VJ. Tangled lleliitlonxblp. Two persons meet undone says to tho other, "Good morning to you, my son." "Why," quoth tlio other, "you are not my father, Though I'm truly your son." What relation are they to each other? No. 1.13. An l!nsy Word C'liiingii, Change kite to bull in four words. No. I am a letters. :joi. woril Numerical Cliiiriule. of two syllables and ten My llrst syllable is a grain, my second n grain, and my whole a measure. 2, 7, 3, ft A town lu Syria besieged by an English king. I, S, M. 7. :. 4. 8. 10. a A strong fort In Spain. 7, 8, !!, ', 4 A iKMiutiful substance made by a very small creature. II, 2, 0, 10 A sailor's story and a sub stance from which warm clothing Is made. I, S, 2, 0 A savage animal. No, 35. Coiiiindi'iimn. 1. If I were In the sun and you were out of It what would the sun become? 2 What man must havo his glass before he can don day's wurkf .'I. What kind ol a ship has two mates and no captain? 4, When Is n pie like a poet? r. What is the most uiifortunato vegeta ble they could have on board a ship? A Natural C'oncliixloii, "Maiuum, what's hereditary?" asked Bobbie, laboriously tripping over tho syl lables of the long word "Why, It Is it is anything you get from jour fatiier or me," replied the mother, n little puzzled lo find u definition suitable to his yen ik Slleiiienf two minutes "Then, ma." he asked, "Is spanking ho miliary?" Kej In llin I'tuxlur. No. ;I31,-A Word of Two Syllables! Star-light. No. :nt. A IthoiulMiidi Across. I. Gleam. & Orion M. Arbor 4. Sloop ft. Eudor. No, HI1S.-A Proverb Illustrated- "It's an 111 wind that blows nobody any good " Nn. :m, Easy Dlamoiiduuil Half Square II S C A M P C U T C U S P II V II It Y A S P T It V M P V P No. :uo. -Charade: Tiger Illy. Nn, fill. -Enigmas Gunpowder; Pug, Wonder; Pew, No, Drug; Prude, Gown, No. 312, -Numerical Enigma' "Variety li the very spice of life" No. itl.'l.-Hidden Flowers: Daisy, Speed well, Pink, Iris, Thyme, Nightshade. No HH. Historical Transpositions; I, Diana, na'ad. 2. Eden, need 3. Patmos, Tom's pa 4. Stieni, mesh IV. Erasmus, 1 Milliner No. M40. Noloil I'uonis. n 4. J,P1 Ami K'jjk Tlm Man YVIio-WiitiU.toKiiowVoti.Knnw nml Ills Vlrtlliu. I never rend of a railroad or steamboat disaster without secretly hoping that The. niiin-wlio wiinlst(fkiiow.you know Is numbctcd In the victims. I don't say any thing ng'tlnst a person storing his mind with knowledge, but what I object to Is tho way that knowledge Is sometimes fired olT nl a man who Is lame and can't mako his escape. For Instance, our train going east was flagged at midnight and hold for nn hour because of a wreck on the road, Every body lu the sleeping car awoke, and most of tho jH'dpIo got Up and dressed, although It would havo Isjcii common sense to turn over and go to sleep again. One of the pas. so tigers was a large, portly man, who had formerly driven hogs to market. By the exercise of economy, perseverance, virtue, tenderness anil a doxon or souther attri butes ho had cIIiiiImmI up until he owned a slaughter house and bought the hogs which others drove. This was not only a good drive mi him, but ha was legally en titled to feel proud of It, Ho had just (In tshed telling a crowd of passengers lu a loud voice that lit) was llgiirlug to buy that railroad and change the maiiagomimt when Thii-man.who-wants-to-know.yoti. know suddenly Interrupted him with: "Excuse me, my friend, but can I ask you a question?" "Certainly, sir," was tho courteous reply. "I was talking witn a clmp in tlm depot at Buffalo, and wo couldn't exactly agreo about Mohammed, the Arab. Ho was, as you know, originally called Halahl, and was Isiru about tho year o70. What wo differed about was his birthplace; as I have it, it was Mecca; as ho had It, It was Syria. What Is your opinion?" The man who hud cllinlieil up the ladder of llfoby virtue of his own Integrity turned pale, looked helplessly around, and dually Blink down a crushed and helpless victim, and he didn't even look up when an old farmer remarked to his wife: "Good 'nulT for him. If a feller hain't studied algebra and geography what's the use of his puttlu' on so much style." Again, there was a party of us on tho promenado deck of a Hudson riverstcamcr. The prominent one of tho crowd was a pale faced, weak eyed young man who had lieen all over Europe, and who had attended col lege lougonough to learn everything worth knowing. He talked very glibly ut the L Stono Age, tho Drift Period and all that, anil as lie came along to mo raiisatics lie observed that: "The true Igneous rocks belong either to tho trappean or volcanic divisions, while the muss you see before you Is composed, to a very largo extent, of slratlllcd metn morphlo rocks." I looked around to see If The-inan-who-wnnts-to-know -you -know was present. Ho was. He sat with his chair tlpiied back and his feet on tho rail. His suit was a very loud check, and ho had tho general bearing of a man who trades in horses and buys sheepskins of farmers. IIu listened with great Interest, and when tho young man had (luished he squared his chair around mid saldi "Professor, you nro right; you have hit the bull's eye; you know (t all." "Awl" replied the young man. "I'm glad to have met you, because thoso things have bothered me, and because I want to ask you a question." "Aw proceed." "You havo heard of Sclrlo, of course." "Awl" "Killed, you know, in th 3 year 187 B. C.f" "Awl" "Of course you have heard of Basil, sur named tho Great? Greek, you know, and born In tho year 320 lu Cnppodochi. Pretty good fellow, I guess, hut wouldn't !ctou It." "Awl What Is your question, sail?" "I was getting to It. Supposo you owned a horse?" "Awl" "No matter about tho color or sex. You are awoke at ulglit by his stamping lu tho stable." "Awl" "You go out and find him very 111. Now, sir, can you tell mo how to Inform myself whether ho Is silfTcrlng with a calcareous carbonate of soluble obliquity or Is attack ed with a herbivorous transition of Inter, stratified exhalations?" Tho young man rose up, looked around him to take a last farewell of earth, and then plunged over tho rail Into the river. Tho steamer was stopped and every effort made to rescue him, but lie did not want to be rescued. He wanted to sit down on tho bottom of the Hudson and havo a good long think with himself. M. Quad lu De troit Free Press. It Whs of No Cotimiiuco. "It occurs to mo, Miss Twilling," aald tho young man, "that in the relations which will some day exist between us tho thought of ahemt money might assume undue proportions, (should hate to think that any discussion as to my salary would give rise to any painful scenes." "Believe me, Henry," said the young girl, as sho placed her hand gently on his nrm, "that never under any circumstances would I allow such a little thing as that to come between us." Harper's Bazar. lllunk mid llliink Cheeks. "Yes," said tho merchant to his boofc keeper; "I always carry about me a black check which I can fill out, wherever I may bo, when I run out of cash. You should do the same," "In my case," replied Mr. Islger, "it would bo apt to remain blaukety blank," and hlscukoand cofTco lunch liegnti to pain him iu the chest. American stationer. Applied NomiiiiinliiilUiii. Mrs. Bendlx Yes. my husbaud Is a som nambulist. Mrs. Kawler How dreadful! "Not at all. You see, when he gets up In tho night and walks tho floor I put the baby into his arms and ho never knows ti. New York Sun. Clrcuiustuiicra Alter t'iii'. apVfo 1! m Man-af raW-to-talk-bnck - to - his mother In-law (nourishing knife) Wait, me bad Injun; take paleface scalp. 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