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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MAY 23, tS()i
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Chicago and Erie R. R.
(Unto Chicago Atlantlo U'y.)
In Connection with the
Erie Railway
FOHMH Till: ONLY LINK
IIKTWKKN
Chicago and New York
Umlur Ono Management.
33 .A. 3ST TZ .
Livcolv, : NEBRASKA.
Capital, $250,000
Officers mitl Diirtlovs:
John It. Wright, l'rcs. T. K. .Sunders, V.-P-
.t. II. McClny, I uhlcr.
A H Itnvmniul, HPImti. Thus Cochran K
Kttlzor, UIihh West, F I.Hlfoldun,
General Hanking Business Transacted.
Account" Solicited.
SOLID TRAINS.
COlllieetlOtH.
Vestibule Limited Service
Vc.tltml.nl Limited Train. '"K '','"
gngo, Smoking mid Ulu,'V,.' iCs
it. ....... 1 !. utntilil. Hit!
v,,,-" JoVer tliW Who
Every Day In the Year.
Pullman Service to Boston.
a Pullman Bullet Sleeping Car to ond from
A 1 Vstoii ilnlly via this route.
This Is tho ONLY LINK ItimnlnK Pullman
Cars between Chicago nnd Huston.
BUCKEYE ROUE
To Columbus.'.Ohlo, nmt AkIiIiiu.1, Ky.
PuUman:eeiP.,;!ri!;j.C..tcai;o1,na
Trains Arrive yif$tia!!,,rt,0rn H,",1"",
.n. ...!.. i..r,rnii.tli)ti. mil oil tho nearest
r ' It lr,ud Ticket Agent, or mldre
litaNtsictl Dec. to, 1SS6.
German National Bank
I.XCO.X, Xlill.
&m dl$
Wv
W 0 Blneanon,
iOon. PftM. Apt.
New York
A M Tncker, D I Koberti,
(leu. Mar. A.G.1'. Agt.
Cleveland. Chlciiito
Santa Fe Route 1
Atchison, Topeka & antaPeR.R
The Popular Route to the Pacific
Coast.
T " BT E. . I
Capital Paid up,
Surplus . .
$100,000.00
25,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Business
Issues letters (irciedll.druwilruftson iillinrtn
of the world. Foreign collections u specialty.
Officers mill Dhectors.
IIKBMAN II. HUHAIIKita, President.
C.C. MUNHON, Vice President.
JOSKPII HOKUM Kit, Cashier.
O. J. WILCOX, Asslslnut Cashier.
C. K.MONTOOMKKY. ALKX. 11ALTKH
F. A. UOKIIMKB. II. J. llHOTIIKItrON
WALTKIU.HAIIBIH. .1. A. HUDKI.HON
Through Pullman and Tourist
Sleepers
Between Kansas City and SAN DIEGO,
,LOS ANCiKUCS, ana ami t . ..,-
CISCO. Short Line Rates to
PORTLAND, Oregon.
Double Dallv Train Service Between
iKansasClty and PUEllLO COLORADO
The Direct Texas Route
Solid Trains Between Kansas City and
Galveston. The Short Line Between
Kansas City and Gainesville, M.
Worth, Dallas, Austin, 'lcmple,
San Antonio, I louston, and
all Principal Points
In Texas.
The Onlv Line Running Through the
OKLAHOMA COUNTRY. The
Only Direct Line to the Texas
Pan Handle. For Maps and
Time Tables and Informa
tion Regarding Rates
and Routes Call on
or Address
S. M. OSGOOD, Gen'l A
E. L. PALMER. Traveling Agent
1308 Farnam St.,
O A. HI A. . 'HEB.
FAST MAIL ROUTE
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REMOVAL
Lincoln Shirt Factory
To 1402 O Street.
fn lis nntv IruMlltmi IhU OM tfll iIIhIi 111 01) t Will
linvn l.olL.r dlolllllPH tllllll CVLT for tlirillllK
out llrst.clnss work, and nn Increased lino of
Gents' Furnishing Ooods will always be on
sale. To our business has been added u
LADIES' TAILORING DEPARTMENT
In which garments of Ml kinds will bo mude
to order and anything from the smallest un
dorgarmenl to tho finest Dress or Cloak will
bo skillfully executed and made on short
notice. In this department wo employ one
ofthobest cuttors and litters in tho country
and satisfaction Is guaranteed tn every par
ticular. Our factory will hereafter bo known
as the
Lincoln Shirt Mfg. Co.
A. Kiitrcnstcln, Hr., Manager.
Call nnd seo us. Cor. lltliuml O His
BILLY THE BILK
in
inn manikin ni' i in: iiowkiiv.
Ily CAP IAIN .11 AIM! lU'.AII, .lit.,
Author of Iron lloiiml I'M, lliu I'.levntor Hoy.
or, from tho llotliiin to llio Tup; Ash tliir
rol Iko. tho Scavenger Detective, or,
Out for tho Dustt Uoblluby.thoDln.
uioiiil Duke, or. a Mini Mnti from
Hitter Crreki The Doomed
Doen. or, the Daulto's
D.iuglitcr, Kte.
CHAPTER I.
THK TIIAIt )K TIIK SKIII'KNT.
"Kill mo If jo" will, but Hmro my life!"
Tho shrlekliiK voice of u youiiK Klrl raiiK
out upon the night on Chatham square.
There wiui n homihI of hurrylug feet, then
all wan still
Then tho quick, sharp sound of a police
man's club cluttering on the stouo pavu
meul was heard, anil dusky forms were
itccu hurrylngthrnugh thu darkness. From
Ulblet'a concert hall, iicrosn the way, the
sound of dreamy tuusle Moated out upon
the night. The shrill rry of tho waiter,
'Two up and ono down, and certain death
with seltzer on the outside,1' rang across
the silent ntteet 'llio llguro of a mutt i
crouched In the doorway near by shrank
farther back Into the darkness None
heard the low mocking laugh he uttered,
The brave pollreman fought his way
through tho empty street nnil reached thu
bcenu of the struggle There wits nothing
there.
Tho mocking laugh of tho man crouched
in tho doorway rang out again us the po
liceman stooped down anil picked up nn
anvil tliat had been dropped In the strug
gle. I What eouhl It meanr
CHAPTER II.
i tiik mvstdiiv Di:i:ri:N9.
TlioHcetie Is the ('berry Hill hotel. In
the haudsomo and spacious ofllcu n dozc.l
clerks sit do.lug during tho busy day.
"Has tberu been a bass drum left hero
for mef" Inquires u voice
! The hotel clerk quits rubbing his din
i mood with the ulllce blotter and looks up.
1 The Hpeaker is n short, thick set man,
very tall and thin
i "No biiHH drum has lieen left here," nn
j swered the clerk, after hearching the safe.
"Hcavcusl have I been misled?" mutters
' tho man. "Hut no, she date not play me
I false." Then bo turns to the hotel clerk,
nil mills:
"Should a bass drum bo left here, wrap
It tin carefully, and send a messenger at
once to William Williams. 210 Bowery. I
will call for it myself."
Then ho walks briskly away. A bright
featured lad in tho uniform of n bellboy
Razes suspiciously at the stranger. "It is
Billy the Bilk," he mutters.
Upstairs in room Ml a man of middle ago
its back nt Ids cose smoking a. cigarette.
A smile of self-satisfied complacency Is
npon bis face. There Is a knock at tho
door. The man goes to it. There Is uo
ono in the corridor, but on the threshold
lies n note. It Is addressed to Mr. Douglas
Blanchard. Tho man opens It and reads:
"He ware I Billy the Bilk has called for
tho bass drum."
Ills face changes deadly white. He
throws up his hands and falls forward in
a swoon.
A Child's DiUlultliiii.
The strong hut Indirect value of educa
lion suggests a child's view of It In regard
to drawing Her estimate of It was the
natural outcome of childish Imagination
Sliowrolouf hemelfi "Drawing is in fa
vorllo play When I was Hitler I'd go oil
by myself and mako up a story and lllus
trato It ns I went along, carrying It for
several weeks, remembering It by I he pict
ures which I kept, l never (old any one
else the stories, for I got tired of them If I
did.'' Another child dellued drawing as
"thinking nnd drawing round the think."
-Boston Traveller
We'll (llvn It tn Him Itnhmi.
T i
that child
DO YOU WANT to reach steady
onrl llttntril niltnhnnnn in
aim iiuciai jjuiuiiaocid
this part of the Country?
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Uf E HAVE advertising space for
11 sale at reasonable, not "cheap," rates.
Is
crying
"Bridget, what
wildly for?"
"Sure, mum, he's Just drluked all his
loothln' syrup nnd et thu cork, and 1 don't
know now what alls htm, unless It's the
bottle lie wants to sehwally." Pharnm
cent leal F.ru
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SMALL &
WALLACE'
Steam Laundry
-I- SUPERIOR
Custom Work.
We are especially well prepared to laun
dry, Lace Curtains, Ladles Garments, Fine
Fahiics Etc, having special methods for
doing this work not only satlsfactcry in
appearance, but without injury to garments
as well.
GnlUmn's Shirts, Collars an 1 M,
and all kinds of Fine Staich work beautiful
done up. Give us n trial.
CI1APTKR III.
THE MISSING LINK.
Irene Blanclmrtl sut iu her boudoir read
ing u volume of Fmiersou, n glad, wild
girl of thlrty-flvo. What was this change
tliat hail lately come over her? What bad
embittered her lire? "What use to live?"
she murmured. "My young life mado a
curse; my father a stranger to Ids family."
Then she read tho poet's lines'
It was tho sad noon of tho night;
Kuril lamp lost heaved a sigh.
Tho pavement lay us still as death,
A tear stood In each eye.
"It is liko the anguished echo of mine
own life," she said.
At this moment tho loud beating of n
buss drum sounded through the night. "Ii
is tho serenade," sho sulil. "Why will ho
dare come when lie knows ho endangers
his life and my hnpplness. I can never
lovo htm, even though lie hold my father
in his power."
Haiiltary Item.
Frederick Papson Is an Austin society
young ma, who has been hi delicate health
fur some, time, and was ordered by Ids
physician to go to Knrokii Springs for his
health, tliat Wing the best place for Ids
trouble, which Is a flatulent liver, or some
thing of tho kind, Helsengagisl to Miss
Fannie Longcollln, and thu last ulght.whon
ho told her he was going to Kurekn Springs,
and Implored her to write to him frequent
ly, sho cxclnlmedt
"Dear Frederick, I am nfrnld 1 can't
write much to you If you go to Kurekn
Springs. I can't make tho letter K in the
address look pretty. Suppose you go to
Sulphur Springs. I can make such lorely
S's." Texas Sittings.
H. W. BROWN
DRUGGSITWBOOKSELLER
The Choicest line of Perfumes. D. M Ferrj V Finest
Flower nnt' Garden Seeds.
127 South Eleventh street.
SIDEWALK AND BUILDING
1
BRICK
-AND-
VITRIFIED PAVERS
J.A. BUGKSTAPF
Not rit Kabjcot.
A pale person nppllcd for admittance to
a public hospital. "It will be necessary,"
said the resident physician, "for you to un
dergo a medical examination." When the
examination had been made the resident
physician nuldt "I am very sorry, sir, but
you are by no means a sound nnd able
bodied man. You are, in fact, so ill that
you aro likely to die any day. We cannot
admit you." San Francisco Examiner.
Shotting If In Op.
Our friend Cadet was buttonholed on the
Doolevard by a lore, who said to hitnt
"You don't look at all well this morn
ing." "I dare say not; I have been lying insen
sible for eight hours."
"Dear mel What was tho matter with
jou?"
"I was asleep. Ta-tnt" Lo Patriote.
Equal In Anything.
"Is the smoke of this clgnr offensive to
you?" politely Inquired tho oiith on the
platform of the crowded street cur to the
young woman who had been unable to get
Inside.
"No, sir," she said. "I can stand any
thing in that lino. I nm the cashier at a
twenty-flvo cent restaurant." Chicago
Tribune.
Most Popular Resort in the City.
Odell's New Dining Hall,
-o-
Meals 25 els.
S. J. ODKLL, I'ltUPKIKTOK
-i523 O STREET. o-
$4.50 per Week.
2 DAILY TRAINS 2
TO
.Atchison, Leavenworth, St. Joseph.kansas
Citv, St. Louis and all Points South,
F.ast and West.
The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parsons
Wichita, Hutchinson and all piinclpal
.points In Knnsas.
The only road to the Great Hot Springs
of Arkansas. Pullman Sleepers and l-ree
Reclining Chair Cars on al.l trains.
J. E. R. MILLAR, R. P. R. MILLAR,
City Ticket Agt. Oen'l Agjnt
Cor. O and 1 2th Street.
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PHOTOGRAPHER I
Flno llust Cabinets f.1 per doen. Special
rates to students. Call and see our work.
Studio, 1214O Street.
Open from 10 11. in. to I p. 111. Huiulays.
LiullfN Us.. l)r. I. IMhi'h I'erlmllral
nniT. ....., I'nrU. 1'rniice. That DOHltlvelV ru
iivn sunnresslons, monthly derangements
anu ir
hock
The hi
5 onh'red r Irregular mensl million. Hup.
SSu'nXk conVumptlonV. 2 TmckVue or3.ro?
at, .iirnt't oil receilil U Tim, nu
Is mini I'liris, rriiiiiu. ." im..j .u
vo suppressions, monthly derangements
d Irregularities caused by cold, e.ikness,
oek miemln. or genera nervous dcbll y.
0 large proortlnn of Ills to which ladles
it lsses are liable Is the direct result of a
and
IK.
iu Lincoln
by II. W.
of nrleo.
Drown, druggiit.
LINCOLN
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Bliortliaml, anil TyiwwrlttnK. U the Ixtt ami Iwvi
coiiVsj "11 1 (ho v.W. mm muAmiu la mi';i uv 1
Collrgu
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BauUful
. spvchuvn
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tUilents lire pyrwiiir u... ...."-
lllintrutol cnlalngiiP, rollcst" Jiiiinmw, ana
uf iMiiiiiiiiMlill. will ireo ur uiiiin-mii
J. S. EATON,
Physician and Surgeon
Office; 239 South Eleventh St.
. McMurtry Block.
Office Phone 561. Residence Phone 562.
LIN'COLN, NEB.
1 15 but Shift
FOR 10 CENTS
AT-
WLUIIHIDOK BOOSB, Llueolu, Nob
SAM WESTERFIELD'S,
UURR : ULOCK.
CHAPTEH IV
THE MYSTEIIV 60LT.D.
It is tho night of St. Patrick's Day. Tho
Bowery is a hluzo of light. laughing
crowds pass by upon the street. A sweet
fnced girl, scantily protected from the bit
ing March wind, stands on the corner of
Baxter street sltiging "Crulskcen Lawn."
Tho careless passerby does not note tho
pinched appearance of her face, upon
which her nose, so long and sharp that it
would pick a lock, stands out iu bold re
lief. A man clutches her on tho shoulder.
"What have you made?" he sjiys
"Hutu few pennies," she replies, "'Cruls
keen Luwu' is a buck number; nothing but
'Sweet Katlo Connor' and 'Comrades' goes
ou the" Bowery now."
"You Ho, you Jadul" ho hisses. "I stagged
ablokegivlngyouteupence." nnd hu strikes
her n cruel blow
The next instant he feels himself clutched
tn tho btruug grasp of a tall young man In
a full dress suit. It Is Sheltou Lingdon,
an active member of tho Muuhuttnu Ath
letio club.
"You curl" ho suys, "to strike a lady."
Billy tho Bilk, for it is ho, utters 11 shrill
whistle. In a few moments Lungdou is
drugged Into a den near by, nnd a seventy
nine cent suit replaces his costly garments
Held by ado.eu men he is helpless, but
above him he am see tho sneering face of
Billy tho Bilk
"Kd Mortimer should bo hero now with
tho police," says t lie young man. "Glory,
then, Billy the Bilk, in your short lived
triumnh.''
At th's Instant the crushing sound of nn
iron anvil Is heard against the door. The
bullied bandits crouch against the wall as
they hear the ringing voice of Ed Mortimer
at the door Another crash and tho struct
ure totters and fulls, and Iron Hound hd
springs Into the room, saying
The continuation of this story will lo
found 111 No 4,11,-M of Tho Messenger
Boys' Journal Price, live cents All
newsdealers New York Evening Sun.
Nubility.
Truo worth Is In being, not secmlng-
In lining, each day that goes li,
801110 little giKid, not iu dreiiiuiiiK
Of great things to do by and by;
For whatever men say In their hliuiluess,
And splto uf the fancies uf uilth,
There U nothing so kingly as kl Mines.
And uuthlug so royal as truth.
-Allco Cary.
Tim I.Ktc,
What silence we keep year after year,
With those who aro must near to us and dcir;
Wo live beside each utlier day by day,
And speak of 111 rlud things, but seldom say
Thu full, sweet word thai lies Just In our reach
Ik'iieuth thu commonplace ur comuiiiu sineeh.
-Nora Perry.
Charity.
He erred, no doiihl; pcrluips hu sinned;
Hindi I then iliiiu to cast a stunc?
Perhaps this blutch tin 11 garment whlto
Counts less tluui thu dingy rolies I own.
-Oeorgu W. W. Houghton.
A rii-iiauiit I'ruspvct.
African King (to a mlsslonury who has
been explaining to him the duties of 11
ruler, nnd especially Inculcating tho lovo
of Justice) You nro a sincere man I like
you. I will make you my grand vl.ler.
"Hut what about tho old grand vizier?"
"Ho shall be beheaded, so that ho shall
not stand In our way." Fllegendo Blatter.
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THE HURRAY
Cor. llth mid Harney Bti.,
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STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
All Modem Improvements and
Conveniences.
B. 8IU0WAY, Pro-rietor.
IRAHIQBY, Principal Olerk
Nn l.i-t Up.
IlnriiRsed Futher My boy, your tastes
will bo your ruin Nothing seems too ex
pensive for you. This thing has got to
stop.
Extravagant Sou (languidly) Can't do
it, governor; must keep right on. Going
to marry tlio deaiest girl iu tho world.
Pittsburg Bulletin.
A (.' of ISoiinre.
see, it was tins way
Tho indla
the ossified man and
"You
rubber man struck
broke him."
"What did lie strike him for?"
"Five dollars. When tho mnnager found
it out the India rubber man wus bounced.
Indianapolis Journal.
A Curious llpltupli.
Tho following Inscription lias lieen dis
covered 011 n tomb In uu old churchyard:
Here lies thu Ixxly of Jonathan Ham.
Ills soul's In thu Isisom of Abraham,
That's all very well for Jonathan Itam
liut. oay, how about poor Abraham?
Taglichu Ituudscliau.
Changed Ills Viic-ittlun.
1 Hoggs Since thu ossified mini fell down
stulrs and broke himself iu two hu doesn't
stay In thu museum.
Foggs 1 low does he support himself?
Boggs He writes credentials for a glue
firm. New York Herald.
I'urtlciiliir.
Mls.s V. (fond of music nnd the drama)
You aro fond of Hosslnl, Mr. F.?
Mr F. Passionately.
Miss V.-Kuow Ids "Burlier?"
Mr. F. No, I do not. I never patronize
any but my own. Life.
TIIK DIUKCT MM. T()
Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, St. Joseph, Kansas City,
At d an points Knst and Kontli,
Deliver and the Pacific Coast,
AI.-O'IO
Deadtoo., Load Bity, the Celebrated Hot Springs of Dakota
Ami nil points li H.i lllnek Hills. ,
THROUGH VESTIBULE TRAINS
liAII.Y IIKTWKKS
DENVER, OMAHA CHICAGO
I'lirvrl
Arthur I'm sure Mr. Storer spoke very
flatteringly of me.
Knto Of course. Whatever anybody
says of you, Arthur, cannot be otherwise
than flattering. Boston Transcript.
Unjust In tho (ilitsses.
John Jay Seems lrko these glasses ain't
right for my eyes 1 see double.
Optician Well, you don't expect to
have your sight trebled for seveuty-flre
cents, do you? Jewelers' Weekly,
Prom Ilia New Huiutet.
Hamlet 'Tis not nlono my Inky cloak,
good mother
The Queen Dear me, Hammy, I do hope
you haven't spilled any ou our new parlor
tbronel New York Herald.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars.
Reclininir Chair
Famous
Cars, Seats Free.
Burlington Dining Cars.
Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Yienna, Paris, London, Havre,
Liverpool, Glasgow, Dubllr, londorderry fpfl all European Pointr.
can,hi:.stiik;ui:aciiki by tiik
BTJSLinsro-Toisr eoute
Asltcoiineetswllhulltluopulin lii.-of ihi nstuinishlps.
A.C ZIKMKK.eity Pass. Agt.. I Inenln.
FUANCIS, G n. Pass. Agt.. Omaha, Neb
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