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jWW"MPWf!fr 'H w!' "7ll jptKftitiW''T)itWr-'T!?-IW''J (-'JW;, --rT""--- js-np, , capital crry courier, Saturday may -, i8oi 3 F-wvflr i- v 17 h I W -1. A W W ifiY nro Reynolds nnoa; CELEUHAltiU l-TNIS SHOUS I HE UliST MADE?" BECAUSE Thoy nro mndo on unntomlcnl principle nnd afford mi onsy mid jtorfoot Tit from tho first. Thoy nro Blyllah nnd tirnooftil hi up pcnrnnco. Thoy uo only tho beet etook nnd om ploy nono but nkillod workmoti. Thoy tnnko lO dlfforont widths, of nil tho popular nhnpcn, nnd tho most fun tldlouB onn bo suited. Thoso nnd ninny othor ronsonn nro WHY thoy nro tho PEST nnd most POP ULAH Shoes nmnulitoturotl. O Thoy nro nil stninpod on solos und lin ings, showing oonridonco In tho quality of tholr produotlons. Look for"TrndoMnrk." without which nono nro yonulne. c&j&o rrfc. f mt Houos BROODS -, -'Mt HSfl SOU) II Y The Alcazar, SOLE AGENTS. HT-Our lines of Hprlug Hhoes for Ladles niul Misses Is now comploto nml wo Invito Sour Inflection. Cull nml seo tliu Now Hlioo toi , 1406 O Street. Purchase) Your HusJflSSl. Direct from the Manufacturers AND HAVE MONEY. Having opened u brnnch Htoroof our own In Lincoln you will now linvo nn opportunity of doing so. It desired wo will sell on to reepoiiBlblo parties. Bbtat Svisle lO canto ESTKY & CAMP 121 South Tenth St. LINCOLN, NKI1. II. M LAY, Malinger. Optoed Jan. 1, '01. All ImproTementi The Lincoln, TEUMH-fcJ.M TO fl.CO. .bo latter price includes Hntlis. First-Cass in Every Respect ! lliimiiii'tH, HulU and lti'i'cptliiim. Wo nro especially well prepared to onter tnln largo or kiimII gatherings nt llnmitiotK, IIsiIIh, Kcccptlons, j'.tc. Itnlcs and full Infor mntlon cheerfully given ut thnoillco. Cor. I'n nd nth Ht. KllKAHH A- Maiikki A MILLIONAIRE'S SUDDEN SUMMONS. REMOVAL.. Lincoln Shirt Factory To 1402 O Street. In its new location thin establishment wilt liavo better facilities tliiin ever fur turning outllrsNoluss worlMiniluii Inciensed u f Gents' iMirnlNliliig Goods will ulwnjs bo on Hilt). To our business bus been added a LADIES' TAILORING DEPARTMENT In which garments of nil IcIihIh will bo made to order und mo thing hoin tho smallest un dergarment to tho llucst l)i ess or Chink will bo skillfully e.xeeutetl and mado on shoit notice. In this department u cmeloy om of thu best cutlerH nnd titters In the eountiy Hiid KatlKfactlou Ik guarnnleed In every par ticular. Our facloiy will hereafter bo known uh tliu Lincoln Shirt Mfg. Co. A. Katrcnstclu, Hr., Manager. Call ami seo n. Cor. lltlinml O Sts iavi. Hfl 1 j ..H Him Unit furtniifiliiTf I rniniiJfftl ruth fur n, I y Ami lorr. uiiin, Mas, ml Jim jluim, lulvdu, Ohio. Hr rut I M hri arc ilulnit U. Why Mii)iiir ptiiiifftNrnutfrvBvu.ini liionfli, mi ihimIu iltt Moik Mid Hit tat limit, ttiirrrtt-r tun aim. I. tan La ruiifrare raslly nmilujr from fl la IVftllajr All jrr. Wliow ouhuw ad lil )tu, i ait work tit Mr lima or ill id iluit, Hitr iiioitt) furwotk ia t'vlltir iiiikttumi aim ur I bun, SKW ilnl MnnJatful I'artLiilara ft. Itrnlli Ciiuin to Hint ut II In Olllro In New York Oily. Clmrlei Pratt, tliu millionaire oil mcr clmnl nml iilillniitliroplnt, wlio illil ruulden ly in lild olllco on Mromlwny, New York, n nliort tlmu iiuo, wan pmKtlil J" t lie wealthiest resident of llrooklyn, hli fortuno lioltiij es tiiniitcil at tUU,OUO,U00. Ho wiw it vory koii crous mnn nml riwo InrKoly to tliu Kuiinaii tiel Huptlst cliurch, which hu foumted, nml to tho Ailolplil rtcndcmy, Of whoso board of tniRtees hu wai prcHldent. ltu founded nml endowed tliu Pratt Institute, n nmntial triiinitiK Hchool for boys and girls, which cost him l,roo,000. Ills bust buslneH.s act was to nIkii it check for tf.OOO for tliu alii of tho llrooklyn iliirunn of Charities. Mr. 1'rittt wns (iresldeut of tlio l'rntl Manufacturing company nml vieu president of tliu Standard Oil coin pnny. II ii wiih born In Wllbrii. lintii, Mass., Oct. 3.1KI0. His father wns n hard work iiiK cahliict milk er, who hud nil hu could do to liritiK up his family of ten child run. YotttiK l'ratt wai enrlytlirinviiiipoii his own lesources. At tlio no of tun ho went to work upon a farm near Huston. Afterward ho learned tho trndoof a machinist, and earned uiioiikIi money to glvo him n year's tuition at the Wllbrnhnin academy. When nineteen hu entered tho employ of an oil and paint firm in Hoston, mid laid tliu foundation of Ma commercial career. In 1W0 ho went to Now York and eiiKiiged in tliu h.uiio business. Seven years inter, after a remarkable mens uruof success, hu established the firm of Charles Pratt Si Co., which was subse quently merged into tlio Standard Oil company. Tlio Pratt Institute lt ona of tlio great educational enterprises of tliu country. It combines tho best features of tliu Cooper Union classes, tho leading manual training schools, cooking schools, art schools and classes in domestic economy. Mr. Pratt left a widow and eight children uix sons mid two daughters. mm' m i . He (lave nn Dnlcr. A driiininer for a New York grocery house took shelter front it thuut' r sliower in a small grocery kept by it colored man in thu submits of Nashville, nnd pretty soon tho proprietor nskcdi "Was yo' a stranger around yore, salif" "I rupresent tills house," leplled tliu druuitner, its hu handed out a card. "1 see. Does yo' own do bl.ncss jo'solfl" "Oh, no." "Was yo' do senior pawilnerf" "No." "Do Junior" "No." "Was yo' backing do concern wlil yo' cnpltulr" No." ".list sent out to lake orders" "ThatV all. Perhaps I can tnko an or der from your" "Wall, sah, if dat house lias dun scut yo' clean down j ore to git an order fruiii'.ma I aiti'tgwlnoter ini menu alHiut it. Put mo down fur fo' pounds of brown sugar, an' draw on mo arter sixty days fur do lillll" Nuw York World. CltAMXS I'llATT, -Vnlr-MlIrhiK.&;aE. jZSP MONTGOMKItV HALL trlbutlons. Mr. Iiild, of Portland, Or., donated $50,000. Somo years ago Dr. Hur rowes presented n duo cluhsicnl library to tho Institution, which It is expected will Krow into tlio Princeton of tho Pncllle. An academy has been established near the seminary for tho preparation of young men in preliminary education. "Tho constitu ency of thu seminary," says Dr. Mackenzie, "represents tlio people on tlio l'acillo coast from tho Canadian boundary to San Diego," Tim Plan In Muku I'nrU u Seaport. Tho proposal to make Paris practically a seaport is about to assume tho actual form of an undertaking. In order that ocean vessels may leach thu French capital It Is planned to deepen thu channel of tho He I mi from Itouuii to Paris about twenty feet, and to cut canals at the chords of two great bends of thu Seine, reducing tlio ills tiuico between Itniieu and Paris to W'i miles. Tlio Paris port would Ih muih wheio between St. Denis and Cllchy, while live Intermediate ports would bo iii'idc from Itouuii to tliu capital. At present tho cost Is estimated at IU,0UO,O0U A Yery hiiuill running Arex. Some Interesting facts regarding New Mexico aro contained 'ji a census bulletin recently Issued. It appears that crop, were raised by Irrigation In thu year end Ing June iW, l&H), on 01,74.1 acres, or 14 I.:i1 square miles, n little innrn than onoleutl. of I percent, of the entile men or tlieler ritory. Tliu aggregate number of farm was 4,174 (not Including those of tho Piieii lo Indians), and of these il.OM, or iicnrl) threo-fotirtlis. depmdoO ition irrigation Teittt), Idle Tenm. I""1, LA.I.Iil. TL I --V .:i!ll w$m -m fl I U M L...L n! nzi rj l7l X r IIW H-. tit I i LJL . ' I '----1- " 8Lr Vim- ls,.imU. ZfrzsCaAszgmm i '.N.-,v"jr iT 'o? .if :uj (Z) MASS'S 5--:s llTttli "rp- "-" - "Ho cometli not," sho said; "I ainn-wcit-ry." J inly. Trout nml Turkey In Vrt Virginia. Cnmpltig along somo stream, or occupy ing a rudo cabin with a hospitable native, you have but to listen, Just at dawn, to bear tlio early calls of tho turkeys, still on tholr roosts. Then If you aro not skillful enough to cither steal within gunshot or call somo proud gobbler, by well dissem bled turkoy call, near enough to lay him low, you have no business to bo wlicro such sport awaits you. Ilrook trout and wild turkoy In combination nro worth nil tlio trouble It takes to get where thoy aro. Snipo shooting is tlio earliest sport in tlio lino of gunning tho country has, except tho shooting of wild fowl on their illght from tho southern feeding places, and that has conio to lie but llttlo better than fugi tivo sport nowadays. Kngllsh suipo nro easily next to woodcock in wariness and cnpriclousnessof (light, and being well dis tributed over the country, wherever marshy or boggy land provides them with n Held for sustenance, shooting them is a popular sport. Theso birds begin their Illght north ward in March and sometimes earlier, and a hunter with a good gun and, equally Im portant, a good dog II nds snipo shooting in April and Maya particularly enlivening sport. But all early spring outdoor sports aro so much at tlio caprice of tlio weather at that changeablo nnd uncertain time of year that their popularity must necessarily depend mora on tho ability of tho sports man to withstand discomfort and fre quently hardship than it does ou tho ex citement of tho sport Itself. Tlio Prlceleu Wlno of llretnen. It sounds like tho most monstrous exag geration to say that a wlno exists of which a single glass Is worth (500,000, yet that is tho fabulous value at which the ancient Hudeshclmer of Uremen is appraised. Only ono largo cask of this precious beverage, which dates from 1058, remains. It is never sold, but on presentation of a doctor's cer tificate tho sick of 11 re men aro allowed a small quantity. Threo pci-Muis only liavo been honored by gifts of tiny bottles of tho rare boverugo Emperor Wlllinin I, his son Frederick and Princo Histuarck. Tho wino resembles dark iwer in color, while I tho tnsto is hard and tho nronin peculiar. ; Cnlleil tlio Princeton r tlio Pnrllle. Tho now buildings of tlio San Francisco Theological Seminary will constitute one of thu llucht architectural features of that city. This institution was started fifteen years ago by tlio late I)r W. A Scott. Alexander Montgomery recently gave $250, OOOtownrd tho erection of tho buildings, which Include, Montgomery hall, now In process of construction, and Presbyterian friends in tlio cost liavo mado liberal con- Thrilling Htory or Ileal Life. CII.MTI'.tl I. Once upon n time there was n big fat man who lived ou a llttlo island. To protect Ills island from Invasion ho built a big Ironclad man-of-war. cilAI-rnt ii. About thu same time there was a long, thin, scrawny man, whoso homo was on n boundless continent. When lie learned that tho fat man had built a big ironclad bo went to work and mndu a torpedo boat that could blow thu ironclad sky high. CIIAI'TKU lit. When tho big man ou tlio llttlo island beard that tho lean, scrawny man on tlio boundless continent had mndo a torpedo boat that could knock out his Ironclad in tlio llrst round hu mado a bigger ironclad. CIIAITKU IV. Then tho long, thin man scratched ids head awhile and went and mado n bigger torpedo boat. CIIAITKU V. Tho man on thu island thought nnd thought, and then mado a perfectly tre mendous ironclad. CIIAITKU VI. Tho other man then mortgaged a farm nnd built a most gigantic torpedo boat. CIIAITKU VII. And tho mnn with the ironclads sold n dozen or two of his outsldo islands and turned out a bigger ironclad than anybody had evei oeen. CIIAITKH VIII. Thou tho thin man built a bigger topedo boat. CIIAI'TKU IX. After which tho fat man built a bigger Ironclad. CIIAI'TKU X. Whereupon tho thin man built a bigger torpedo Iwnt. CIIAlTF.lt XI. And tlio fat man built a bigger ironclad, CIIAITKU XII. And tlio lean man built a bigger torpedo boat. TO 11K CONTINUED. Chlcngo Tribune He Wim with II Int. Ho was n dyspeptic looking man, with n mustache like a barbed wire fence, ami bald spots on his overcoat where the nap had stopped sprouting. Ho hung to a strap ou a Sixth avenue train, and when tho en gineer put ou double speed to lurch around tliu curvu nt Fifty-third street hu trod on all thu feet around him, and then woko up to couersutioii witli a friend. "Oh, I'm an old hand at boarding houses," bo said, with a sort of linll-beilroom-lionrd-er chucklo. "Pvo sampled pretty nearly every boarding liouso between Thirty third street nnd Fourteenth street. I never stay over three mouths in one liouso sort of slzo it up mid move on." "What makes you do that" inquired a friend. "Well, I'm a terrible klcker-begln to kick ami then move. Hut where I am now I'vu actually staid eleven mouths." "Nothing to kick about" "Well, no. I've tried tlio other plan. Tlio landlady has a daughter, and when anything Is wrong I bring her up fifty cents' worth of (lowers or candy, and 1 toll you things move." "Had plan," said tho friend seuten tiously. "Why" "Don't pay attention to tho landlady's daughter." "Nothing of tlio kind," said tho dyspep tic looking man. "I never thought of such a thing." "Shu does." "What" "Shu thinks you mean to mnrry her." "Oh, sho couldn't," suld I ho stiap cling ing boarder, albeit a trlllo u-dder, and then there was a slleiico till just as tho train lefi Hlcecker street the ilyspeptlo young man Hsid: "John." "What" "I think I'll move over on Kast Eight eenth street next week." "Whut'll tho landlady's daughter say?" "Well, 1 that Is fact Is, she's goiu, too." New York Tilbuuo. HllMl. "Did you ever know such a winter for begging uppeuls of all kinds" said A to 11 as they met at the club. ''Never, my dear fellow never," said 15. "This lias U-eii a terribly hard winter for the rich."-Um!ou Tit-Hits. III. (Irertlug. A. (greeting old fiieud nt the rn 1 1 road station its hu ret in ns from Africa) Wel come n thousand times, dear old fellow. I wanted to lx first to uclcoiuu jou again to your native laud. Can you lend me ten dollars -Kllegendo Hhitter. TELL HER I LOVE HER SO. 13 tfa SONG. Words by F. E. WEATHERLY, M.A. Amhntino eon moto. J, st. :v-l-n msmm MubIo by P. DE FAYE. 3b?ig3 - 1. nicnin, gleam, 0 Ml ver stream, Sou ward gal - . ly J- Uiwl. Kii'i'l, Hift - ly my sweet, Hy ihy npniiKletl iiutrKlii ben maretito il hatio. """""' v"' " ' fift p Fl1-' hscrn: Ei swell -roam - "K lug Flow, Croon, How, croon, wills - 'pritig low, mi iter tlio moon, s r5l -o y -L ' -"c: !, , -c r jf 1 6 D CTCt. era. mm n-r- I) To your banks my sto - ry (ell ... lug In tlio len-iler lovetidogloam - - - iug HMtMMPpi I. h. lutingamlo. jipfoeopiu lento. eipreu. a tempo, erei. mmm$mm -001 Far, far, o'er eand - y Imr, Lies my lit -tloono's dwelling. ) .,., Grcot, greet, eof-tly my sweet, Tell her that I... nm com-ing. fllow-.' ow 3$&:$Efc 17 rr xr pp eolUi toce. E-c-iiti-e ' a tempo, era. i3ESS3:3lEE5 ri rf msm dim. e riU frfr Lait rent. iHhrBssm mer-rl-ly, mcr-ri-ly flow, Tell her 1 lovo her bo, I lovo her bo. iS $3 -& -n-- dim. c rit. -J s mf marcato. H j rfe 4. t aj-T r- HtF nJ- Gentlemen's Rambler TCTcl $ '-. lWJ-4J3ri-"t?--'!V sr" - Is the Wheel of all Wheels for Light Running, Easy Spring and ie strictly HIGHEST GRADE. E. R. GUTHRIE, 1C4 0 O ST. H.llullU.fct:.,lliMHOPuitluiil,)Uulue v ftV. n Ul"MSi&4- Jjtm. &ggfe