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TfTT, rr- CAPITAL CITY COUKIEK, SATURDAY JANUARY y, 1892, ; t? 1 The f oromost of our periodicals." COMMAHDINO YVERY OKEAT CENTRE OF THOUGHT AND ACTION IN THE WORLD. Mmpl copy will Illustrated protpec tut will b ttnt Id in IDWIN AKNOLXU I Tn Foni'w Is the, most Instructive), the most timely, the, largest nnfl the handsomest of the reTlews The Next Number Especially Goodi TALES FROM Town Topics READ BY ALL MEN AND WOMEN. I'lihllslieil flrnt clay of ltwiiitirt Mrarrlt, llllit, mid m-iitenilsrr. DELICATE, DAINTY, WITTY, INTENSE. livery rrimtnhle news nnil book stand lias It, Price, single number. ."Ml CliNTI. ft'-MMI I'l'.lt YKAH, postage Flti:ti. This brilliant Quarterly reprtMliiccs tho Uvst stories, skelehes, hurlesiiues, ikkmiis, witti cisms, elc , from tlm back iiiiiiiImth of that iiiucli talked-nbmit N'ew York (society Journal, Town Tone s. w hlch In iiubllshedirM-M. Sub ktIjiIIoii price, 54 t'r 5 ear Tho two laihhcatloiis "Tom.- Tories" nnd "Talks from Town Tones" together, at tho low club-price of $5 no er year. Ask your newsdealer for them or address, TOWN TOPICS. SI Weet S3d Street, N Y Citj. Sclentlflo American Agency for tmmm o I mwi nii! DKSIQN PATINTS COPYRICHT8, etc. Kor Information nnd free Handbook wrlto to JiUNN a co.. ani iinoAitwAV. new Yoiut. Oldest Inireau for securlnir patents In America. Krorjr intent taken out by us Is brought befmo the public by a notice given free ot clianjo In tlm JWctitific jwn&tm taraest circulation of any eclentlfle paper In tho world. Splendidly Illustrated. No Imcllliicnt man should b nil limit It. Weekly. R.'I.OO a yean fl.Y) nix months. Addrns MUNN A CO, rrjULlsuut 1,351 Uruadwaj.Mew Vork. Santa Fe Route ! Atcbison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R The Popular Route to the Pacific Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers Retween Kansas City and SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, and SAN FRAN- CISCO. Short Line Rates to PORTLAND, OreRon. Double Dally Train Service Between Kansas Cltv and PUEBLO, COLOR ADO SPRINGS, and DENVER. Short Line to SALT LAKE CITY. The Direct Texas Route Solid Trains lietween Kansas City and GaUcston. The Short Line Between Kansas City and Gainesville, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Houston, and all Principal Points in Texas. TheOnlv Line Running Through the OKLA'UOMA COUNTRY. The Only Direct Line to the Texas Pnn-IIandlc. For Maps nnd TlmoTnblcs and Informa tion Regarding Rates and Routes Call on or Address E. L. PALMER, Passenger Agent, 411 N.Y. Life Building, OMAHA, 3jTEB. We Yrt at h Y I'rxlltt. U olh.r word, wt villi Ittch you Hltl.did. tUrt you In tu.lnt , tMlilrhyoucan MM!vrtl"rll IIn.MI.iri. W. cm and will, It you, I.M.,t,arri yuir)ulcMyliA,v IncAtnfroniM't'ft to WIO a 0y I Ilia atari, ami mora aa you iru on Ilotli atiaa, allap.a In any arl of Aiitrilra, you can com nirnre al Iimmiv. trlTtitg a' sour lima, ir Hir lllolnrlill only, to tha vrnrk. W lis. ..a nt(v ! Inaw aul It liaa baan irovail over ftitl oirr aralu, lliftlffiaal ,my la aura fur amy ivarkor, I ay In l.arn, Naaparlal abllU ly raipilrad llaaaoiiabl In dn.iry onlynac a.my fur aura, larra aueeaaa Wa atari you, rrtltliluf ay arylhliic Thlala onaof Ilia rcaal alilitta forward la naaful, InrantlTt prorraaa, thai rmlcbra all viorkara. It la known. Nova Ta Ilia lima. Iia'ay meant la... I ull taiilriilaia ' ina rraarr.l oiponuniiy lanorinf i-oia navaavrr tree. Heller wille lit nine. A I In... 41 1'.OIIf I NTl.Sso.,t; fultoi 4na,loi-lHuU,Mulua, 1LWMW YmT WrnIxtMM7wSmmTm mBSKSMKmf 23 lSvUVaflaVr0PML HVsrKalB!aV3sjl THE KICKER. it Pujs to Know Whitl Yoti Want Ttn ('list' III I'olnt. I niliiili i' tin' klekor. I ndinlro him even when he theoretically klcki inc. I havo long held tluit the limn who undertake lo walk through till" world with meek and humble spirit will Ket regularly llattoncd out itml broken In two at Irani onco it tnnntli, On the contrary. wlnn-v it suwu clmiiilc kicker who didn't Jle on tlio fitt of the litml and liuvu a front xejit every where? Tliltty of ns, men and women, wcro dumped out on n platform at a railroad Jnuttlon In Illinois to unit twenty-live minutes for the other train. It tviw culil Hiid rainy. There was tin Uru In the drVot tove. There was only one smoky old lamp tosce by. Tho twenty-live minutes slipped away, Inil tliete wan no train. Aiiiaitr of an hour later I rapped at tho ticket window. The depot agent, who was also telegraph operator, was In his Mall Inside, mid .lifter a Ioiik delay he opened tho sitsl. "Is the train later" I asked. "If It Isn't on time then It's late, Isn't it?" he replied In a Hiirly manner. "How late Is the. train?" "I diinuo." "Well, llnd otitl" Ho Klammed tho wish down on me, hut 1 knocked until he raised It again and de manded In mi ugly voice what In Davy Jones I wanted "I want to know about that train. It's your business to ascertain and post us. It makes u dlllcicneu whet her wu havo to wait here one hour or three." "1 don't take orders from passengers!" lie curtly replied as ho lowered tlio wish again. Three minutes later the nix of us who had revolvois stood In a line and II red n volley Into his house just above his head. Up went the sash, and he called: "Wh-wluit Is It?" "It's about that trainl" "It's an hour and a half Intel" "Oh I it Is? What bout thu fire In tlu slttiiiK room?" "I dunno." I "All leady, geiitleiiienl Takcalm; fl" j "Good heavens! but what do) on menu?" ' ho shouted. "We want J ou to build a lire. Klther come out or we continue nhootlnjl" . Ho came out and started u lire. Ho also 'cleaned and lighted two lamps. He also got us a pitcher and showed us a barrel of i new elder, and his interest in our welfare was something touching. He kept us j posted on the train every II f teen minute:'! ' until It arrived, and it was plainly evident to all that he had resolved to turn over a new leaf. One night at a hotel In an Indiana tuw u the mosquitoes ciiinc Into the window in such clouds that I had to get up and dress. Next morning I said to the laudloids "I will pay )ou for two meals, but not for lodging It was jour duty to have piovlded against any nuisance that might make me uncomfortable, hut you did not J do it." "Hut you'll have to pay," ho replied. "I HhalLhold your luggage." I "Tin iuii I'll get out a writ of replevin." I lie attached and I replevlncd. Then wo nan a lawsuit, it cost mu louruays tune and forty dollars, hut I heat him ou tho point I had raised. He called mo a kicker and a mean man, and warned mo never to come to his hotel again, but ho also went and got mosipiito bars for every bedroom window, and all future guests got thu benefit of my kick. M Quad In Now Vork World. The first Snow. The ton-year-old sou of a Harlem man was booked to recite it poem at u Sunday school festival. The young man had con tracted a severe cold in his bend. As near as we can remember It, this was what no said THE rillHT 8D0W. What are thuso beautiful tides so brluht. That full ml rail ns If rose leaves IIkIiU Or (lat no ltd frollcg ad whirl away, Mkn bllllods or tidy birds nt play? Far Id tho south, wo dwelt, by dear, Whiter lsiloeras whiter horo, Doo trees are bare ami Ico wlds blow, Dor falls that boaudlful wud-dor, sdowl How log will It full? All dlKhtl Oh, seal It hides the fedsew, it covers tho tree. Cad earth be d)lg, ad this Is thu pall Uubba, It rrlghtuds bo o'er us nil? Twill fall ad fall. tlirouidi the. ilWiUoHtll'. O'er Held nil finest, o'er viilu nd hill. Till nil, by child, In the bordlnir llKht. Seeb wrapped up forever Id shroud of w'ltel "In't Ood who docs IdV" tho nwud volco said: "Will sprig return, or" At this point thu child took pity ou tho shrieking audience and sneezed. Now York Mercury. Next to It. Petur, who goes to the public school, la not by any means a bad boy, but ho is heed less aliout his lessons, and seldom obtains any pri.e8or rewinds. One day, returning home, he wore n pleased sott of expression which tilled his mother with hope. "You haven't got a pri.o today?" sh" asked. "No," said Peter gleefully, "but I enmo within one of It!" "What! l)o you mean you were next to the head?" "Oh, no, but the boy who sits in tho sent with me, he got the piize, you seel" Youth's Companion. From force of llnlilt. Inthe.SIek Chamber Sympathetic Vis itor Your husband seems much better. Anxious Wife Yes, his chief tumble .nsoinnla, lias been cured by a little duvlco of mine. S. V.-What was it. dear? A. W. I hadiitouuterpaitof our church iMsw made and biought it into tho next room. And poor, dear.Iohn sleeps in it iu peacefully and soundly as a child. IM tu bing Bulletin. New lints for Old. "Have yon sjvii my hat. WHlter? A ncr ono with" "Twi late, mr. The best ones 'avo Ikwji gone this 'art hour." -London .ludy. Q Ilrollierlj C'rlttalsni. It Is unwUe. as a general thing, to nalc other peonle what they think of our work. The lesiilt may Ik unpleasant both for them and for us. Two ministers were discussing tho nroc- j ess or sermon wilting, "Now, with me," said ono of them, "tho mil) lvally haul things to manage are tho Introduction and tho conclusion. You ro member tlm sermon I preached nt tho In stallation of Brother So-aud-so not long ago? Well, 1 Hat let ed myself that tho ex milium and the pel oral Ion of that sermon were pretty well done. Dojoit remember what joil thought of them?" "Yes," said the other minister; "I re member thinking they were veiygiHsl, but too fariipait."- Youth's Companion, The fultlirul Sisters. She-l-l think I like you, Mr. Trotter, but I cannot mairy and leave my twin slit-U'l- alone. Walt until she Is engaged. Ho Yes but or that's Just what she said when 1 proposed to her. Life. f.lieky I'lirgeirilliie. The doctrine of a "soul of goodness In things evil" has many and varied manifes tations. Even a treacherous memory lui been known to servo Its unhappy posscssm an excellent. turn. Here Is an anecdote oi a friend who ninny jenrs ago trawled tbiough Colorado anil the adjoining conn try as salesman for a hardware house. In many of thu newer mining towns tho hoteh were rough seeming places, anil werei haunted by swaggering visitors who ca-' roused till midnight. At one time when Billings bud eolleeteii a considerable sum of money ho put up nl a hotel, the piopiletoi-of which was a thor ouglily dangerous looking customer, Il would he full, Billings thought, to trust such a man with valuables, and ho deter mined to keep his tmzj under his pillow Many men who looked like desperado. 1 weie about the place, anil the guest was really In fear of his life. Yet there was nothing to do but to make the best ol things, and accordingly lie let I red to hi room, after Insti lifting tlio hotel keeper to call him at I o'clock. When he was called In tho morning and found that he had not been uiurdeied, . smiled at his fears of the night befoiv. hastily dressed and was soon ouhlsw.ij to the station. As lie was liuriyiu' aluug through the seiiildarkness two men slid dctily jumped upon him and tluew hint til the ground. lie fought witli all his might, till u six shooter was placed at his head. Then lit yielded. The robbers went through Ids pockets quickly, sei.ed his watch, his re volver and bis satchel and mndo olT It was useless to follow them, ami h kept on to the railway station. Ho In formed tho station master of what had oc curred, and nt tho next town, twenty miles away, sought out tho sheriff nnd put bin) ou the track of tho thieves. Thu watch and pii)ers wcro of compara tively llttlu value. What ho enred most about was the loss of tho money. What a pleasure It would bo to see that hotel keeper, who he felt sure was at tho bottom of tho affair, safely behind the bars! Hut just as thu officers of the law wen about setting forth in pursttltof the thieves Hillings received u telegram from tho sta tion agent. It read thus: "I havo recovered your grip nnd many papers found near wliero tho robbery win committed. I havo also your pockctbook containing nearly f.VO, which was handed me by tho landlord of tho hotel. You loft It tinder your pillow. Will send all by next train." Chicago Herald. Shot from Miiuy Lockers. The tramp is u man who has tried nearly all the walks of life. Youkers Statesman. Peonlo who havo seen two lovers snv ' goodby never have any trouble afterward in believing In eternity. Texas Siftlngs. Jagson says he knows n man who Is so thin that hu can't distinguish an attack of lumbago from a stomach acho. El ml id Gazette. Men may como and men may go, but for coming and going thu servant girl has a record that never will he broken except by herself.-Tit-Blts. It is dilllcult for thu aveiago mini to heal It said that man was made In Hod's owa linage without feeling that hu Is tho nun referred to. Boston Transeilpt. A Vermont woman has devised it lam n that can be lighted by mutely picking the wick. In a pickwicklau seusu It should' buu matchless iiiTnlr. Philadelphia Led-' Ker. i hiiiiicwliut Particular. A story which Is told of thu Into Clmrks i Jamnich, the naturalist ami dealer In wild animals who died In England last summer, Is so well vouched for that It may bo ac cepted as worthy or uellef, Mr. .lamrach was married more than once, and the story Is to the effect that when a friend condoled with him ou thu loss of liis second wifu the naturalist an sweied, with a heavy sigh: "Yes, yes. As jou say, shu was a good wifu. But," ho added, as If ho felt com pelled tosjH'ak thu whole truth, "sho never took kindly to tho animals. Why, even la w inter sliu wouldn't let tho snakes sleep under thu bed." Youth's Companion. titer a Hack IVncc. NelghUir Woman Your dog was chimin our chickens this motniii, an I Jest want you to limit, i-htand that's got to stop right now. Mrs. Mild I did not see tho dog out of our yard. NelghhorWomiin He wasn't. The chick ens was In your yard. Gissl News. Tito Opening Wedge, Strawber Theiu Is a thread on your coat collar. Slngerly-rimt's all right. Let It stuf theie. 1 am going lo call ou a girl. Cloth brand Fun Micr. OhllKlllK. Ijuly (engaging servant) You seem to jKissess everv ueteMiryiiiiiilllmtlou. Havj jou a sweet heart? Seivant No, muni, but I can soon get one. Coniso. Mitklnu a lure Thlnt of It. Imnjei (to boy )Take this dress suit up to Wangle and give him this note. Ilo will give on a live dollar bill, which you fetch hack to me, (Bov giss and let urns.) Well, did you get that live dollar bill? Boy No, sir. He said to tell you ha couldn't spare It W'ry well Unlay, sir. Banjer Then why In thunderdldn'tyou fetch back the suit? Boy I couldn't wry well, sir. Ho put It on before hr read tho note. Clothier and Furnisher. Otertiiirlt Did IL w First Trnmp And what Is tho matter with BUI Sykes? Second Tramp Poor fellowl, A victim ofoxerwork. "Overwork I How's thnt?" "Well, Bill always was ambitious, you know, and hu tried to do two days' loallug In ono day." Boston Transcript. A Men l.lttlo l.eKal Point. When hu had com foi tuhly settled himself In a chair by thu lawyer's desk he said: "Attorney for tho road, ain't you?" "Yes, sir. What can I do for jou?" "Well," said tho caller, "when I was com ing dow ii town this morning there was an accident." "You don't look as If you had been In Jured." "1 wasn't." "Any of your fi lends hurt?" "No." "Well, what's tho matter, then?" "Now, wait a minute till I get through," said the callei "I had paid my faio to comedown town clear to thu end of tho Hue hut the company didn't bring mu down It didn't bring mu half way." "What of It?" "Don't hu Impatient. I told thu con ductor I wanted some kind of n conveyance to gt I the rest of thu way and hu refused to pa for one." "Well, I should think ho would." "He also ie fused to return my nickel." "Of course he did." "But when I was wrecked between hero and St. Paul the company whose train was wi .'tktsl se lit me thiough by another road without expense." "Certainly. Iinplledcoutraet.you know. Agreed to take oii to your dttluatioii when you paid for your ticket." "But when I paid my faro to thu conduc tor wasn't there an implied" "No, sir. Not at all. It's entirely differ ent." "Oh, your roml doesn't have to do what It ngrces to?" "Look bore. Perhaps you" "Now, wait. Don't get excited. What must a man do to get anything from your company?" "Um, well, If your leg had been broken or ii you had Ih-cii killed in tho acci dent" "What then, sir? What then?" asked thu caller with interest. "Why, then," said tho lawyer rcllectlvo ly, "wu would probably havo proved con tributory negligence and sued you or your relatives for blocking the road." Chicago Tribune. Taking II Im Down. Ill an Isolated hospital ward were two patients one a very nervous and timid fel low, thu other a very sick man. Thu very sick man died and thu timid fellow lay, trembling with fear, in it bed near by him. To relieve the timid patient of his unat tractive companion, a hospital orderly was told to remove the coipsu to tho dead house. The orderly proceeded to oliey with alacrity, and ou entering thu room found the two men, one (thu corpse) lying ou Ids Hide, knees drawn up, apparently asleep; tho other (the timid chap) stretched out sillily, w 1th the sheet pulled over his face. Natuially supposing thu one with the sheet spread over him to Imj tho cot pse, ho pro ceedtsl to remove him. The patient, (pinking all over with fear, gioaned, "Oh, don't don't take me; I'm not dead," hereupon the orderly, In disgust, Minted out: "What's the matter with vou? Do jou think you know mora than the doctors do?" Argonaut, I.Ike 1'iillier, l.lko Hon. Young Father (lu the future) Great Scott! Can't von do something to quiet that baby? Its eternal squalling just drives mu wild. Young Mother (calmly to servant) Maile, bring in my husband's mother'. phonograph anil put In thu ci Under marked "At ten months." I want him to hear bote his voice hounded when hu was young. Young Ladles' Fashion Buar. V I I111I KiiiIIiik. Count Poui d'Argento I called upon Mr. Gaswell this aftermxiu and made a forinnl pioposal for his daughter's hand. Intel est ed Friend Ah, indeed! And whnt was the outcome? Count Poro d'Argento (sadly) I waa. Boston i'iki, m fcr-i5xiiiv t ,ta. ir.ivi I ftaHH ffiBBaHlaWBPSBBBMBBaMiPBMMB lalMaLLW Kv Moving Household Goods and Pianos a Specialty r V.I I. ' I I I 1111 I .V l'' , ,:w-i& aAvaal-vis -Ataai4 aa .?a-asTa tv V'mA'-a" IF YOU MAKE A OALL on us we will glvu ou some notable i eusons fin renicuilieiliig the visit. Our luinil some parlor suits have created something very much ifscmhllng a sensation They me the most ou plintlc and unuticstloniible (iirultiue ttlumpli of the year Nothing fun surpass than for beauty til design, for excellence u( make ami (or moderation of cost. Those wbobuy them don't speculate; they Invest. What we mean IsthUi They will have Justus much to show for their money veins liom now as they have on the day the goods are dcllveied, Luxuiles are not necessities and necessities are not Itixu lies, hut these I'm lor Suits aiu both combined- A. T. Gmetter & Co. 124 to 134 German National Bank, .A'co.x, xnit. IMO. Muutiioiiiery, President. Ileimilll II, Heliilberg, VI to Piesl. Iirseph ll.ieliiiier, ('ashler, O..I. Wilcox, Assl Cashier, Capital . . . $100,000.00 Surplus . . . 30,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business Issues loiters oreieilll,ilrawtlrariHoii all parts or the worll..l'ortlKii collections a specially Telephone 225. hfHaflTa9fiwUJlViV "Yon My the ticket We do the rest." J. FRANCIS, General Passenger Agent, OMAHA.: -3,NI III V il f rx r .' .jwar-n- rt 'VvV.f .Ow.' i .f- -v2Tr I , North 13th. Canon City, Rock Springs., Vulcan, Mendota, Scranton, Anthracite. A.C. ZIEMER, City Passenger Agent, LINCOLN. 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