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'fp0ymfrnrp y vfwt jf'W '' tyy "' ' v'i"vyvtr' '' "siirswd1"1 'wvt y yW vV ' f' "V- ff"' -?! CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1891 ',' C 1 $ k a L. "N '. Kf1' , K'V LI tf Mr ft i'.:. Vf Tr.K Old Reliable FOLSOM -In Mill 1 IrailqunrtiTit (or Ice Cream Ices, Cakes. Candles, Etc. Our Special order depart' ment lor eaten utr to private residence and most popular parties is the in the city "Prompt delivery, pure goods and reasonable prices" is our motto. ICE CREAM PARLOR MOW OPEN. 1307 0 St. Telephone 501 sStus &C O. You Sun -Browned Girl! Why 1 you not have Hi" 'r,,i '"' Kreokli-s tviiiovimI from yottrHkln by lining MRS. GRAHAM'S FACE BLEACH vrlitoli makes Ihu Hkln puro mul white, ami clear, ami freo twin eery blemish, its It was whim milieu nmtlo It. Don't lo cureless about your complexion. It I u woman's chlefest uhyi IbiiI charm. Knee Wench IIJW per bottle. Three for II u. All DniKRlsts soil It. MAOQUAJTID WITH TMf QIOOflAPMV O THI COUNTNr Will OIITAl ftJOUf l'0MATK4 IROU A itUOV 0' tHItMAPOf THI Tha SIBKOT ROUTK to Wirt from OHICAOQ BOOK ISLAND. UAVXNPORT. DBS MOINES, COUNCIL BLOTTS. WATEKTOWN, BIOUX FAI.L8, MINNEAPOLIS. BT. PAUL, ST. JOS XTII, ATCHISON, LXAVKNWOHTH. KANSAS CITY.TOPKKA, DENVER, COLORADO IP'NOI Ad PDXBLO. MUD VESTIIULE EXPRESS TRAINS cf Throuuh Coacbe. Blrepar. Free Rtcllnlnn Chair Citra nmt Dtnlnif Oar dslly IhIwmh CHI CAOO. DEB KOINES, COUNCIL BLUITS and OMAHA, and btwn OHICAOO and DENVER. COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO via St. Jimpli, or Kansaa Olty and Topaka. Via The Albert Lea Route. Vaat Xspraas Train dally bitwwi Ohtcatto and If lnnaapoll and St. rul, with TKROUOH Bacllnlnir Cnalr Out (TREK) to and from tho point and Kana City. Tbroueh Chair Oar and Sleeper betweon Pcrla, Spirit Laka aud Sioux FalU via Rock Itlnnd. Vor Tlckt-U. Napa, Voider, or desired Informa tion, apply at nny Coupoa Tkal 0ce. or addrea K. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN, Ocn'l Manager, Oen'l Tkt. & Fa. Airt, CHICAOO ILL MOW IN MEW QUARTERS ! Lincoln Trunk Factory o st H33 ST Where we will be ylail to sec nil old friends and customcrsjaml ns many new one as can get into the ttorc. O. K. WIR1CK, SUCCESSOR TO VVIRICK &r HOPPER. LINCOLN- AND mTITlTE Of rKMAMIIlr, Shiirthaml, aii.l Tyiwrltlni;, U tlie Ixtt mul largitt OJltiln IIib Vmi, UU KtuJenU In nltcniluncv Tut er. Mtulenit irt'arl lor biulm-u In from 3io aonlht. kxnrlrucel fuculty. lVnonal Instruction, Israutlful lllustroti-d cntulivue, rollnra Journals, and MtcliiMui of icuiiiaiuili, H'Ut trvv by uilitrvMlnK LILUIiniDOU & ROOSK, Lincoln. Nib KCMaBiKeaivi: EIICHSV. 5?B4sr,iW.JoU to 'oj"1 numi, O.T. A. P.R.R..Chlcio anil reeelts, posUf patT (WtdrokofMrdxoaTrrhanJlcaT " sir , im or usaj 2 rf I l"L -- -- vxv.vjo nvi Chicago,EockIsland&PacifcRy t&famd&Pftr ..ROADWAY, NEW YORK. THE GREATEST SlfttET OF THE NEW WORLD'S LAnQEST CITY Itrrenl t'liaiiur mul CbnriirlnrlslU's nf tbnNtrnrl Thn (llnrynr llir Old llrmiit way lllniiiird Kinir Nertlnus nf Ihu I'rrtrnt Tlioriiiiglifrtrr. Bpcclnl Ci)rrrHitiilciico. Nkw VottK, 8tit, 10. Uromhvny, or wlmt wn comlrtored Uronthvity it iunr tor of it century ago, linn lost much of 1tn ulory. Tlio licit, the most atirnctivc part of tint Kix'ut tliorotiglifitru wiih then iMitwcun IJowIIiik Qruuit nntl Fourtet'iith street. Iilkn itlinost everything Im in Nuw York, It Iiiih moved up town. An n liromeimdu, hh a cosinoratnu, it in now nbovo Fonrteenlh Htrect, wiwchilly lit' tween Twentythlrtl anil Forty-socontl. Fifth avenue, which cronsos ItatTwenty third Htrect, Iiiih deiirived it of a portion of ltd oltowy and varied throng; Intcrfur ed with IU (tioudam mnuoioly of fnh ionahlo bazaarn aud nuiuptuous hIiojh. Drondway Is not no crowded an It has been. Not only tho avenue, but Four teenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-fourth aud Forty-second streets, formerly consecrat ed to private residences, luivo become infected with trade, anil have rullovod Hroadway of tho vehicular and human prexsuru which threatened to choko it, Tho rapid growth of tho metropolis has rendered such relief lmierative. Hroadway need to bo the chief fash ionable commercial artery, running from tho lower to the upper end of tho Island, Tho upper end has developed so fast that Us development has overflowed Into now channels, whllo tho lower end has car ried Itssurging tide Into tho cross streets. Change is tho order of tho day, and Uroadway has not escaped. The big hotels are no longer in what was down town; nor are tho great retail dry goods establishments, nor tho leading theaters, nor tho popular resorts whoso prosper ity dotieud on tho multitudinous ebb 'and flow. Tho hosts of strangers who arc always hero have ceased as a rule to drive or walk below Fourteenth street, unless Intent on business. Wom en have done likewise. Recreation, genteel dissipation, miscellaneous pleas ure have gono northward. After dusk, the ancient quarter, wont to sparklo with light and gayety, to echo with rev elry, is dark, barred, bolted, largely deseitod. Its spirit has fled, to be re incarnated between Madison squnro aud the neighborhood of Htyant park. It had undergone, such a revolution that a horse railway, which tho late A. T. Stewnrt and other great merchants in his vicinity had always opposed, was built in the hope of restoring its faded prestige, which has not 1hcu done. Aud this is now tearing up to give place to a cable lino. It seems a bit melancholy to a born Now Yorker like myself tostroll through tho thoroughfare and observe the muta tions it has undergone. The old haunts and companions of my early days have disappeared. Pleasant memories dance in the sunshine: ghosts glide through the evening shadows. One need not bo flfty in this distracting, shifting, protean capital to appear old. livery ten years seems a generation, every twenty an age. Uefore tho war Is antiquity; tho past century sounds prehistoric. When 1 speak of the first Wallack's, at the cor ner of Urooiue, of the palmy days of the St, Nicholas, of the Dusseldorf gal lery, of the Astor Place opera house, 1 am rega riled as a centenarian. No one, unless a writer of reminiscences, troubles himself to recollect the events of twenty five years ago. 1 can recall some things that happened when I was bnt three years old. Tho buildings in lower Broadway havo altered. Many of tho moderate sized brick structures still stand, like senti nels guarding tho past, but most of them have been pulled down, aud more mod ern, much taller, more pretentious edi fices erected on their sites. All semblance of the old has been banished. The am bitious, staring new clamors for atten tion and advertisement. In upper Broadway the changes have been greater still. Tho street, above Forty-second ami in somo places below, has no architectural Investment com mensurate with its dignity It there re sembles in some degree, Pennsylvania avonuo towering pile beside shrinking humility, ludicrous contrasts of archi tecture, temporary structures cringing under palatial frowns. The new Metro politan opera house, between Thirty ninth and Fortieth, looks lonely in its vastuess. Its immediate surroundings do not synituithize with its maguiflcence. They may not yet have attained tho Wagnerian worship, but they will in time. In n few years Broadway will be solidly and handsomely built up to Fifty ninth street, where it ends and the Boulevard begins. At present its des- tluy is visible only in spots. The town does not seem to tend along that lino quite so naturally as along other lines, but real estate owners aud capitalists will compel it to follow where they lead. Broadway below Canal street, particu larly below Chambers, has not changed much sluce tho war, nor is it likely to change, lu the territory that it inter sects are tho city hall, tho court house, the municipal offices, tho general post office, tho nowspaper establishments, the custom house, the exchanges, Wall street, the Brooklyn bridge, the assay office, tho subtreasury. the docks, the great importing, shipping and jobbing houses, which represent necessarily the heavy business of the town. Such busi ness is conservative, runs in grooves, is averse to innovation. It will remain, in all probability, where it is for tho nest century. Broadway down there is always bustling, tumultuous, agitating, chaotic, packed from 10 a. in. to 5 p. in., before and after which It shrinks and quiets like the receding sea. , Between those hours, the big merchants, bankers, speculators, lawyers, politicians, bosses, city official, of whom you have heard, may be seen there, absorlied in their oc cupations, dutlfcs, schemes. When they nroat leisure, tlicy smt-oth their wrinkled fronts and flo.it off, unpcrcelved, Into tho ocean of humanity, ever flowing nnd fretting over this urban tienlnsuln. Between Twenty-third and Forty-seo-ond streets aro tho principal hotels the Fifth Avenue, the Albemarle, the St. lnmes, tho Hoffman, tho Brunswick, tho Normaudlo, the Bristol, tho Mctropole, the St. Cloud, tint St. Mark, the Windsor. The best theatres the Madison Square, Proctor's, tho Fifth Avenue, the Lyceum, Palmer's, Daly's, tho Bijou, the Stand ard, the Broadway aro In or adjaceut to tho street, as aro tho famous restaur ants and caterers like Delmonico's, Pin aril's, tho Brunswick, Sherry's; tho noted clubs, such us tho University, tho Union, the Lotos, the Calumet, the Union League, tho Manhattan, the Cen tury All tlienu, with tho picture shops, the gambling places, the art rooms, tho gilded liquor saloons, the libraries, the haunts of modish dissipation arid deco rated vice, and the proximity of big dry goods establishments and family man sions, draw a mighty concourse of mis cellaneous people. Different as they aro in character ami ixultlun, in culture and morals, they are apt to Imj well dressed and of outwardly good manners. They aro at least subdued and more or lesi conventional lu tone. The spirit of pros (lorous Now York rules there, though a largo proportion of tho moving crowd are from out of town or from abroad. You hear very little loud talk or boister ous laughter, these being suppressed for the time, because all feel ns if they aro on parade. Tho promenmlers, loungers, curious ob servers are of motley quality. They are from every quarter of the globe, of every creed and conviction, of all sorts of an tecedents, of high and low degree, of wide reputation and no reputation. European noblemen and native million aires, leading clergymen and notorious blacklegs, authors and adventurers, society leaders and courtesans, players and stock brokers, judges ami lawbreak ers, journalists aud pawnbrokers, artists and cowboys, railway magnates and professional swindlers, belles and blackmailers, charlatans and altnrists, angels and devils. But to tho ordinary eye they look much alike, and they might havo been alike hail temperament and environment been less divergent. They all wear masks; the good hiding their goodness, the evil hiding their evil so as to be unmarked in that busy, bustling scene. All day, and most of tho night, they go up and down.and laugh and talk as if lifu were a long holiday, a merry whirl. And yet many are think ing dark and bitter thoughts, are tread ing on mines ready to explode, aro medi tating villainous deeds, aro revolving suicide, are waiting the cast of tho dice that will decide their fate. Between u and 4 o'clock during the winter the throng thickens and the gay ety Increases. Karly in the spring 0 o'clock is the regnant hour, aud tho hu man tides ebb and flow until 7. Then dinner reduces the throng, and about 8 leoplo begin to flock to the theaters, to make evening calls, to keep appoint ments at the clubs, to perform various missions of pleasure or duty. Most of these aro in full dress: the men general ly wearing the conventional white tie, low cut waistcoat, black trousers and swnllow tailed coat. The masculine pottion of H)lite Now York is accus tomed to so attire itself at 0 o'clock ev ery evening, as this is universally con ceded to lie the correct thing. After sundown upper Broadway looks as If it were holding u gigantic- reception, the invited guests being cosmopolitans. About 11 o'clock the theaters and other places of amusement disgorgo their au diences they number thousands but theymako no perceptible difference In the throng, which continues with slight dimiulshmcut until long past midnight. Indeed the sidewalks aro more or less occupied up to dawn, somo of the lato occupants coming from gaming tables and cyprianic carousals with unsteady gait. Cabs, drawn up near tho curb stone waiting for these, nro signaled. aud they, with their bewildered freight, are driven off. Soon the east reddens, and for a space the street seems almost deserted. Men who had done what they should not appear unwilling to be sur prised by tho Bimrise. Altogether upper Broadway exhibits, during tho twenty four hours, a parorama uuequaled any where except on the grand boulevards of Paris, which in fact it closely resem bles. Tho Broadway of the present may be divided into nnd considered as four sec tionsthe sections from Bowling Green to Chambers street, from Chambers or Canal to Fourteenth, from Fourteenth to Forty-second, from Forty-second to Fifty-ninth. The first includes tho Wall street district, tho Importers, shippers, heavy merchants, municipal offices and nowspaper men; the second, tho dry goods quarters nnd tho wholesale trade; the third, tho retail dry goods and mis cellaneous shops, the clubs and theaters, with tho promenmlers aud plcasurists; tho fourth, the promiscuous callings nnd strollers nnd tho racing aud fast horso fraternity, going to or coming from tho Boulevard drives. These sections or divisions seem natural, and they are actual from tho deviations and irregular ities of the thoroughfare. Broadway, having far more variety than it formerly had, is more interesting, though relatively less important. It is I five miles long, and ho who traverses It Is likely to got a vivid but necessarily 1 an Inadequate idea of the metropolis. Other thoroughfares havo grown prom inent nnd characteristic within twenty or twenty-five years, and sharo tho onco absorbing attractiveness of the main thoroughfare. In Broadway you are apt to see any ono you havo heard of or known in civilization, if you walk there long enough No other street here oi abroad compares with it, on the whole, architecturally, spectacularly and hu manly It will bear a deal of study ntd serve as a compendium of the history of the Western Hemisphere. It may in time loso its significance; but that will probably bo near tho date when Ma caulay'a New Zealauder shall begin his iketch of the ruins of St. Paul's. Junius Hex hi Brownb. llntr In Oil m llnriipas. Take a harness to a room where you ran unbuckle it aud separate the parts completely, Wash each part well in lukewarm water to which has been addetl a little potash. Scrub well with brush until all grease and dust havo been re moved. Wash the pieces well under the hand until they become supple. It won't do to oil until the harness becomes so. Let the parts dry In a place where they will do so slowly. When just moist, oil. For this purpose use codllver oil, as it is the lest for tho purpose Besides, If you use neaUfont, the rats and mice are your enemies at once, whllo they will not touch a harness oiled with codllver oil. Give ii gootl doe of oil to all parts, then hang up to dry. When dry rub well with a soft rag. Ilotr to Miikrt a lluliity f.rtlrr 0i-ntr. Cut two pieces of sheet celluloid in dagger shape with curved blades. The whole should not bo more than three or four Inches long. The two may be glued together and some tiny design of flower or leaf sketched in sepia on the polished surface of the celluloid. , How In Ki'i-p Fish Prrnti. A method practiced in Europo is to clean the fish and sprinkle tho interior with sugar, keeping tho fish in n hori zontal position so that the sugar may penetrate as much as possible. A table spoonful of sugar is sufficient for a three pound fish. The flavor is thus preserved a long time and fish treated in this way beforo salting and smoking have a fine flavor. llmv ti VU'iiu .'enralry Knslly. Every piece of plain jewelry, except a watch, can be cleaned by a simple wash ing with soap and warm water. They can be dried and brightened on a piece of chamois skin, or by being laid in a box of jeweler's sawdust. Pearls and turquoises cannot, of course, bo treated in this way. Htm t Clrun Vrm.'ls Used to Hold Kerosene. Wash tho vessel with thin milk of lime, which forms a new compound with tho kerosene and removes every trace of it. By a second application, adding a little chloride of limo and allowing t lie mixture to stand in tho vessel an hour, every traco of the kerosene odor will be moved. Iluu In llli'iirli Wan. Slice ordinary beeswax into thin flakes, lay them on sacking of coarse cloth and in sunshine, turn occasionally and sprinkle with soft water unless there is dew enough. In four weeks it will be pure white. linn to 1'ollsli Sllltlls. When shells become dry they often Iopo their luster. To restore it wash them in water in which a little gum arable bus been dissolved, or with the white of an egg. If the shells have a dull, thick skin, it can bo removed by soaking iu warm water and rubbing with a brush, or, if very adhesive, by the use of a little nitric acid in the water. Uso the latter with care, as it may de stroy the luster of the shell under tho skin. llmv to Arrant" I't'iirnrk rVutln-rs. Peacock feathers in a vase are tho de spair of tho uninitiated, tor they will fall over or slide into any position but where you placed them. Try partially tilling your vase or jar with sand or saw dust, aud see if tho peacock feathci stems will not "stay put." Easy enough. tsn t it, when you know how Unit tit Test llnncy. If adulterated with molasses, tho dark color will indicate it, and many can de tect it by the taste. If with potato sugar sirup, that will be shown by boil ing a sample for a short time in water containing 2 or a per cent, of caustic potassa. If the liquid remains color less the honey is pure, but if it turns brown it contains the potato sugar sirup. If there is wheat flour in the honey (and it is sometimes used to increase the amount), it will become very liquid when heated and solid and tough on cooling. How to Cure Cluippetl Humls. Mix ono ounce of glycerin, ono ounce of rosewater and ten drops of carbolic acid. Bathe tho chapped parts occa sionally, especially at night. It will cure and prevent chapping and whiten tho skin. How to ltriiinve Old Willi l'upnr. Fasten tho doors aud windows closely and set a large vessel of hot water in the room for a few minutes. In a largo room it is well to add boiling water two or threo times. Tho paper will bo mois tened and como off much easier and more evenly. Tho woodwork can nlso be cleaned much more easily while damp. How to Mnkv Chenille (linn. Take of prepared balsam ,of tolu two ounces, white sugar one ounce and oat meal three ounces. Soften the gum in a water bath till it is woikable, then work in the other ingredients ami roll in finely powdered sugar iu sticks to suit. linn to Miiku Chvitp mul Ijulck K I nil I Inc. Dip corncobs for about one minute iu a mixture ot sixty parts resin and forty parts tar, melted together. Dry in hot sunshine or oven. lion lo Tell l'resh Ku'U's. To ascertain whether nn egg is good or bad hold it up to tho light. If it is good it is transparent; if bad, opaque. How to Pickle .Meat ItfJ. Mix brown sugar, hay salt and com- inon salt each two pounds; saltpeter, eight ouuees, aud water, two gallons. This pickle gives meat a lino red color, while the sug'ir improves the flavor. NEW SlifrnArt$(0niWlY- HiS g ., w rrxrimrnimrim mi rroxw tjiaococra. ilEB Formerly of HUFFMAN & RICHTER. 1039 o STREET, NEW LOCATION. Fret Work, Sgreens and Panels C A HI NET WOK v OF ALL KIMJl TO OHDER. Full Line of 7V HNTELS Aways ,n Stock. AUK SHOWN IN OfU NEW WaREROOMS. NEBRASKA CABINET WORKS. COUNTERS AND WALL CASES. 1224-28 M Street- Opened Jan. I, '1)1. All Improvements The Lincoln, TKKMS-fc Ml TO II .10. 'the Intler price Incltiiles Hath. First-Glass in Every Respect! 1IiiiiiIIi-Ih, IIiiIIh mul Ht-reptliiliN. We are especially well piepnrcd to enter lain lanroor hiiiiiII unthcilliKs ut IIiuiiiiicIk, Hulls, Ht'ccptlnim, I'.te. Uatetf mul full Infor mation client fully kIvcii ut IlieolIU'f Cor P intlUtliStH. Hlll'.AItMA MARKKI FAST MAIL ROUTE ! 2 DAILY TKA1NS 2 -TO- AlchUnn. I.e.iienxwirth, M Jo-epli.Kan-a-Clti, St 1 ouU anil all Points South, i:.it and West. I'he diii'ft line to ft. Scott, Parson Wlchlln. Hutchinson and all p lncipnl point in Knns.ik. TheonH road to the Great Hot Seeing-. of Arkaiwi- Piilliv.m Sleeper ail viee Reclinlni; Chair Cits on nil tntav E R. MILLAR. Clt Ticket Aut R.V. R wiur; UsVl in jm3HKgie99P?feiiBfe sSttsLLHWlrBBslsLlauiiBBstaaalsBaaaP jHiuiniiiw & QiLHHlLaaUssLVLBIslLLLflWVi "BsllliLBBPBsSHEH" SIDEWALK AND BUILDING sv riallHilliyillllllllllllllllliPi1 La. MRYER, Notary Public and Real Estate Dealer in Gity and Farm Property AQKNT North German-LloytJ Steamship Co., Hamburg-American Packet Co., and Baltic Lines. Also Railroad Agent for the different Companies East and Wctt Southampton, Havre, Hamburg, Stetten, London, Pari, Norway, Plymouth, Hicmcn, Sweden, and any point In Europe Poit Orders and Foreign Exchange Issued to all prominent points In Europe. llnvlm; law facilities euat with the liltfirest Mircu to iiiiiKunii Kinnsor i.oans on r-irsi rom I toa years, at the lowest Inteicst. I nlso WnruuitH, nlu In suite. Comity mul City Certlllcil Claims, ami will nlwajs pny murlcet price. Call ami see me or Concspoml with me. L. MEYER, 10S GOODS. fftWrsJsMBMjay Nebraska's Leading Hotel. THE MURRAY Cor. Ilth mul Harney Hts., OlT-IX-A-. 1TED. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS All Model a Improvements nnd Conveniences. B, 8II.L0WAY, Proprietor. IRA HIOBY, Principal Clerk RICK ANI- VITRIFIED PAVERS J.AiBU GKSTAFP FOR THK Hanks anil Nivlnns Institution, I mn lire- item Estnitj .Montaijes, inv or Kami 1'iopcrty, ileal In School Uotnls, Stale, County and City in ho hlKhost North Tenth Street. 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