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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY FEBRUARY -", i8c,j. EXPENS1YE LIYIN6! No matter wlint other ilo or ny, we tll I give yon tlie Newest and Best Grades of SHOES .At LOWER PRICES tlmn others. You enn nave money by buying your Hoots nml Shoes o( WEBSTER & ROGERS, 1043 O Street. The Noxt Number Especially Good. TALES FROM Town Topics READ BY ALL MEN AND WOMEN. ruhllshcil llrot tlV tf Iteremher, Miirrli, lunt, mill heptcinher. DELICATE, DAINTY. WITTY, INTENSE. livery reputable news nml Ixxik stand lias It. I'rlce, sIiirIi. ininilirr. 50 CKNTS. W9.00 pick YKAit, ;ntiiK riti:i:. This lirilllnnt Qunrterly reproduces tlio best stories, sketches, burlesques, poems, wlttl clams etc., from tlio back numlsTs of that much talked-about New York Hock-ty Jourtml, Town Tories, ulilch Is published urrkly. UiiIk Kcrliitlon price, f-l.oo per year, Tlio two publications "Town Topics" nml "Talks fiiomTown Topics" together, at tlio low club-prlco of $3 00 or year. Ask your newsdealer for them or address, TOWN TOPICS, 81 West 23d Street. N. Y. City- Santa Fe Route ! Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R The Popular Route to the Pacific Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers Between Kansas City and SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, and SAN FRAN CISCO. Short Line Rates to PORTLAND, Oregon. Double Dally Train Service Between Kansas City and PUEBLO, COLOR ADO SPRINGS, and DENVER. Short Line to SALT LAKE CITY. The Direct Texas Route Solid Trains Between Kansas City and Galveston. The Shor: Line Between Kansas City and Gainesville, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Austin, Temple, San Antonio, Houston, and all Principal Points in lexas. ThcOnW Line Running Through the OKLA'HOMA 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 E. L. PALMER, Passenger Agent, l316Farnam Street, Practise, la cthr word, w til teach jm IllEK, and atari you la bualntaa, atnlilrhyoucan rahlillveratbtrln tlitiMUn. Vf can miJ will, If you Uatt.traeh yoiwiulrklyhow to mm 'mm tti tnNlO ftdar at thi ilarf.and mora a yuii go on. Iloih atira, all '. In artif America, you ran com menr at lniut, riving all your Unit, or ('r mumrnta only, to ilia work What wtoflrrla new atitl It haa been proved ovrr ami over aa-nln,llintitrral pay la aura fur rrrry warder. I'niy l lrn Noprll abili ty ra ill rati, Hraionalila In du try olync. tuary for em a, Utjo iiiccm, We atart you, fiirnUlitna; v trytlilur Thlele one of ht arrtat MiMm forward la uitful,tnrrntlvprogr", tliat enrich all uoikrra. It la tirotably the rrrateit opportunity laboring people Iiaveerer known. Now I llm tint. Iirny menna Ion. 1 nil raritniUra tr. Ilttr writ nt uiire. AtMrraa, 3 KO !CJI2 HTlSO.l: Co.,lIox 4HHll'iiiiIniiU).lIiiliie VTrXkV t "aBBBBBBk '--a,yyff--gBMMMM kBBBBBBBBBBUJUaBBBBBBBBVA (jaBBBBBHaVBBBBBBBlV DR. T. O'CONNOR, (Buccosgor to Dr. Charles Kimrlse.) Cures Cancers, Tumors Wens ami Fistula, without Mio uso of Knlie, Chloroform or Kllior, 01Ucel3r O Street LINCOLN, neb: ITS 11EIUN AT HANI). OLIVE HARPER REFERS TO THE COM ING VOGUE OF 6ILK. A Fnshlou l.elter Tlmt 1. filing with In teresting (loi.lp n. lo tlio Hl)lp nml t'nhrlrs Tlmt Will Shortly llu Popular, llauilmiiiiply lltiistrnteit. IShtII Correspondence Nkw Voiik. Fob. 2.1. It Is doubtful If thoro was ever n tlmo wlion thoro was such u great variety of silks on tlio mar ket, but I think tlio palm for boauty must bo awarded to tlio superb jioau do nolo, which 1st ho r Idlest plain silk tuiulo. Noxt to that como tlio failles and after them the grosgraiu and bougaliiio, though bengallno has uuvur boon very popular as a dross silk that was intended for long wear, as It was confounded with n sort of French poplin which soon cracked and pulled and grow shiny. LJut real hetigalino silk is good value for wear and for appearance, being siMjoinlly valuable for mourning, as it is not lus trous liko tlio other silks. Among the now weaves in domestic silks which uro now, and justly, consid ered bettor for wear than any foreign silk, I see the tricotino, which has a sur face which looks like tlio iusido of knit ted goods, and it is very haudsomo and flexible, and will retail at about $1.25 per yard: It Is twenty-four inch es wide; some is oven wider. Somo of tlio tricotino has a satin finish, nml Is a very rich fabric, requiring littlo trimming. It comes in black nml all the fash ionablo colors. Arm uro ami doublo faced ar inuro aro shown in several grades. Tho right side of this is armuro (or armor) pattern and tho other sido satin finish, each vklvct and chanqr sido bo distinct AUL,! TEA aowN from tho other that it Is called by somo reversible, and will bo mnilo up so as to show tho two sides by means of a jabot drapery adown tho sides, on tho sleeves anil corsage. Tho solvago, which is white, is loft on and covered with a very narrow jet garnituro or a narrow gilt braid, or feathered fringe if preferred, or it can bo cut away under a heavy but tonhole scallop. Tho clover tlrebsmiikor can always doviso something. Out the white- edgo showing through tho meshes of jet trimming is considered tho hand somest. Somo of tho double faced armuro has a Dedford cord on tho other side. Tho light weight swivels in dotached or allover patterns will bo very popular mado with accordion plaiting, which promises now to havo a voguo greater than it ever did before. It is seen with every new stylo of silk or grenadine Ono pattern of changcablo silk was a rcinarkablo combination of color, and yet it mado ono of tlio most beautiful pieces of silk 1 over saw. It was bright myrtlo green with cannino lako (which is deep roso leaf pink), and as tho light would striko tho folds tho two colors would show in beautiful effect. A love ly lilac had a countcrshatlo of royal purplo. I saw n tcagown mailo of thi3 latter, tho front mid sleoves being of tho changcablo silk and tho rest of deep hcliotropo volvet. Cream Spanish laco was laid on tho sides. 1 givo a gliinpso of this gown hero. A luindsomo visiting dress was mado of fawn colored cream pcau do solo over green mid blnck striped silk and bor dered with sablo, with tho heads show ing at each lapped place. This dress 1 also present as showing tho novel nr rangemont of tho corsage. Tho stronghold, howovor, of nil tho best now summer goods is not touched until wo speak of tho beautiful now black silk grenadines. Thoro aro grad uated satin stripes in twelve designs, somo wide mid somo narrow singlo stripes, mid somo sheer and plain, somo thin mid iiuo, and others so closo woven TWO IIANDSOMR COSTUMES. lOruy bonnallno unci (,'reuu velvet, mid fawn mxl (,'ri'un pciiu ilu sole. an to bo nearly opaque, and all of the best and firmest quality. Somo aro mado iu soiuelikii patterns of hard twisted silk, and somo havo satin dots mid coffee beans, but tho best and richest of all to my fancy is tho stout Iron frnino grena diuo. All those grenadines, except tho longitudinal stripes, will bo accordion plaited. Thebo aro all silk. There aro wool or wool and silk grenadines also: but tho silk grouadiuo is tho only one really worth making up. Tho oveuiug and children's shades of silk aro marvels of beauty, and will ro tail at from eighty-fivo cents to ft. 25 per yard, and tho changeable taffetas will run about tho same. Whou wo remom ber how long a silk lrr. lasts clean, and how tho silks of today can bo nearly all washed, it is a wonder that wo wear anything else. I would not If 1 could help it. 1 think tho reign of silk is near at hand. Omvk (I.vni'UH. Ill Mi kffllkm 111 A CRUEL FATE. Ill l.inril In Vnln, hut lln Clot Thur ?iut tin Niiiiip. Klduartlo Cordova was a Spaniard, vin dictive, cruel, Jealous and a tobacconist, llu sold chtars by the box nml loved Brldgi'titm Mcdlutl, a beauteous maiden from the far, fair, Sorrentlan shore, where the blue Mediterranean paints the Italian clIlK llul Hrldgetlua loved another, hauilHomu Hlclii'lleu ilu Itlvoll, tho Apollo Bulvlderu of County Cork, And Itlclielleu was a corker. How eniild she help but love hlinf How could she help but uiuiry hint when he asked lierf Slieeiiulilu'l. So she did. And Kliluaiitn was furious. By thunilerl but he was hot. So hot, iu fact, that his customers lit thelrclgars mi IiIh emotions forthree weeks after llildmlliia answered to the iiamu of Mrs. lie Itlvoll. The llrst t liouulit of a Spaniard who gets It In tlie neck Is revenge, and Kliluunhi kept a largo supply of llrst thought right where he could put Ills hand on itata min ute's not lee. Vet withal he dissembled. My, my, what a dissembler that Span lard was, and llrlilgetiua nuver ticiuhlcd, She smiled her Name pretty smiles on Kb iluanlo, and invited liltn to emtio up any time and call on her and her family, and a lot inori! of (hat sortof tlilliu. Well. Ill- duiirdn almost bankrupted himself, Ninok- I Ing his own cigars alcost, In order to quiet his nerves. One beautiful morn, Mr. Do Itlvoll en tered Cordova's Smokers' Emporium, and wit ha delight fill lit tie twitter of Innocence, she Informed him Unit shewiisaliiiut three fourths daft trying to think of Hiituethliig for her dear Richelieu's birthday present, but for the life of her she couldn't tell what to net hliu, Klilunnlo's eyes glittered with n strango new hope. Ills cruel lips curved all about it. Hut he spoke not. Sliu stood there In deep thought forseV' end moments. "What a ninny I am," she broke forth at last. "Why, Mr. Cordova" he ground his teeth at the "Mr." "you have the very thing. I'll buy him a bov of clears. Won't that I to Just too lovely for anythiugf" Kldtianlii's breath came thick and fast. His breast heaved and the glitter In his eye grew glitterer. "Alhambra be praised," he muttered, too low for her to hear, as he Hung out a do.en boxes for her Inspection. Shu chose one with the prettiest pictures on it; with a happy, girlish laugh gurgling over her sweet, ivd lips, she nodded nilleu and went away to meet her husband. Elduarilo embraced himself to his thron ing ho-oin iu an ecstaey of delight. "Avengedl" he hissed cruelly and put the boxes Imck on the shelf. Detroit Frua Press. Afler the I'lrst ItmiKhter's Weilillni;. Mrs. Mary A. I.lvermore tells this story: The (launliter of a certain gentleman, who was quite well oil", was to bu married. She had purchased her trousseau, which was a gorgeous one, from the apartments of the worlll's mast fashionable modiste. Tlie bill reached way up into the hundreds, and was but a short step from a thousand. The ceremony and reception in their turn followed with all the brilliancy character istic of a nuptial of the society world. The fond parent looked anxiously on as ho thought of the Immense number of bills that would soon pour in for his sympathy, and silently cainu to the conclusion that it should be the last. After the event had passed and the happy Mr. and Mrs. wero speeding away in a Pullman enjoying all of thu pleasan tries of a honeymoon, ho called his other daughter to him and surprised her some what by inquiring If shu hod any serious thoughts on matrimony, "Why, papa," shu exclaimed, "you know I haven't left school yetl" "I know that," replied tho father as he thought of his diminished bank account, "but will you ever have?" "Why, of course," was tho blushing maiden's reply: "you know all girls ex pect." "Then," he answered, "when thu dual point comes just let me know in time and I will glvo you $ 1,000 and you and whoever It Is may run off. Anything to get away from those trousseaus and receptions." Washington Post. Interruption. Thomas Carlyle, though a great talker on occasion, did not talk with people who, iu his opinion, were not worth his talk. A young American once called on the sage of Chelsea with a letter of introduction from a friend. Mr. Carlylo talked with him long enough tOKftthc Impression that thu young man had no ideas to exchanuu for his own, mid then relhpsed Into sullen silence, gazing tho while stiudlly into thu lire. The -;!ii'itor, who was much awed by tho presence o." the great man, sat In similar silence fi.r several minutes. Then It oo cm red tohliu that his host was waiting for him to say something. "Ah Mr. Carlyle" he began falter ingly, "what a Hue old neighborhood ah -Chelsea Is"- "Don't interrupt mu!" thundered Car lyle, looking up angrily. "Ah, but Mr. Carlyle!" said the young man, In astonishment: "but you weren't saying anything!" "Saying anything? No, you blockhead; you interrupted my slleneul" Youth's Companion. JiiiIku lllilillit's Wit. Judge Hlddle, the wit of Court House row, had before the bar of Justice the other day a woman who wept most bitterly over her misfortunes. Her sobbing shook thu courtroom and her tears of no mean size coursed in a great stream down her cheeks and to thu floor. Whllu she wept thus pro fusely a prominent lawyer chanced in, who, seeing the prisoner and hearing her cries, asked of the bench, "What's the mat ter with herf" "I'm sure I don't know," was thu Judge's reply. "Apparently shu'a waiting to be bailed out." Philadelphia Hecord. Quito Another Tiling. r?i'i,v7 ISlfi -Cr "Hole on, dar," said a colored man, hail ing an acquaintance. "Does yer cross tier street ebery time yer sees mu ter keep from pay In dat hlllr" "No, I doesn't." "What den f" "Ter keep from twin axed fur It." Texan BiftingH. NOT RESPONSIBLE. TluiUKht llo llnd n Hull, hut It D I it n't Work. The old cake and candy woman who fre quent Park place and Veey st reet found a customer tlie other day In an old man with a basket on his arm who was going to market. He bought a siiinre of candy for a cent ami went off Millet It. He hadn't goiHi far before lie tiiru.s' about and ro traced his steps, holding 'us Jaw with one hand and waving the siiiaiv In the other. "What's the mutter with joii" asked the woiuiiu as ln stood before her, "The matter Is I've broken a tooth and want damages!" ho howled. "Ilnw'il you break your toot hi"' "lilting on this Infernal hunk o' candyl Vou ought to he prosecuted for selling mieh mi till I Look a-therel" He sal down his basket and pulled his mouth open to exhibit the broken tooth, She got up for a better look, mid after a careful scritlny sat down, wltlithereiiiarki "It's my opinion that tooth was cracked before." "No, It wasn'tl" he hotly exclaimed. "That tooth was as sound as hickory And It was this stuff which broke III" "I didn't ask you to buy, Vou camp long and handed out a cent and took a cake." "Makes no difference, ma'am; I hold you responsible! put my damages at ten dollars." "I'll never pay!" "Then I'll sue you fortlOO." At this Juncture a policeman camo up and asked the eausu of dispute, and the man with the basket made Ills statement and exhibited the broken tooth. "How can you hold her responslblof" asked the otllcer. "Why, she Is Nulling stuff dangerous to lilte on." "How did I know whether be or his wife or children was going to do tile biting?" she protested, "I've sold those squares for over llfteen years and this Is the llrst tlmo I've heard of anything wrong. I didn't know hut what hu had false teeth. I didn't know which sldu hu was going to bltuoii. I refuse to pay." "Then I'll make youl" shouted tho old man. "Officer, haven't I got a casof" "No, sir." "Can't I collectf" "Not a red." "I told you sol" added tho woman. "I seu how it Is conspiracy to knock m3 out, but you can't do ill Here's thu candy here the tooth up there a lawyer. I'll sue and sue and sue till I haven't a cent left, and then I'll sell my hoots and suo again!" llu went away on a run, and perhaps by thistimu Aunt .lanu has a &0,000 lawsuit to dream over. New York Evening World. Simply iKiiiiruiicu, IWlr- "That fellow Hall ought to bo banished from polite society. Hu's a perfect booby." "How so, Mr. Tutcheyf" "You remember that bonmot I made at dinner?" "Yes." "Well, ho was III mannered enough lo ask If It was original with mo. That shows how unsophisticated hu is." "Yes, nobody hut an Ignoramus could have thought you wero Sidney Smith." Life. Where Hhu Wrote It. Mrs. Hillus(at her husband's ofllco down town) John, I don't want you to forget to order that setof dining room chairs I spoke to you about. Thu Cili.zards are coming next Thursday. Mr. Hillus-I'll get tho chairs, Maria, If you'll let me alone. Can't you put a mem orandum of somu kind where I'll bu sure to see it, and then quit bothering mu alraut them? Mrs. Bllliis That's what I am doing, John. I'm writing it In the dust on the top of your desk. Chicago Tribune. Iliimleil Down. Guardian How does my niece get on with her music is shu making any prog ress? Muslcus I regret to say that she Is not. Her time and fingering are very defective, and all I can do to correct them makes no Impression on her Shu will rim thu scalui to suit heiself. Guardian She inherited that from he? father. He was twenty years in thu coal business. Boston Courier. Tnn of it Kind. A lady who was shopping stepped up to a merchant and inquired: "What diM's that sign In your window mean? 'Gosls sold at a sweeping reduc tion.'" "It means, madam, that customers are expected to raise the dust," was thu suave renlv. Detiolt Free Press. Tolonhnnfl t7fi BW yHBBHIniBBBWKVimBM - -irm--""P55 us ngmia ffiyipV LyY0 Moving Household Goods and Pianos a Specialty S. H. BURN HAM; HUCOKHMOIt TO I3I3TTS & WliAVISJ, Dealer la all kinds of i COAL AND WOOD. Olllce io 1 5 O Street, Yards 6th and M Sis. Phone .o, German National Bank, U,VCO.. A'itl. U.I':, MontKouu'ry, rrcttilcut. Herman II. Hehitdcru, Vice Crest. Joseph ll.ii'liiner, Cimlilcr, O..I. Wilcox, An!. Cashier. Capital . . . $100,000.00 Surplus . . . 30,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business Issues "Me Mifeieilldilrawilriirisou allparts I ill! ul l-'orehtu collections a speclny Telephone 225. A TRUE STORY OF fffnri!tc9iBSua7 1 ' was towards the close of a bright summer's day that the prodigal son arilvcd at the paternal mansion. He hod come by the quickest route, "The Burling ton." The sun was declining In the west-tbe only thing Hint does decline west of Chicago except base ball and Us slanting rays threw a golden tint upon the gray hairs ol the aged father who Mil on the front porch rending the Inst "Burlington Route" advertisement. The gate opened, and the old man peering over hi spectacles dUcrlcd n a ragged tramp coming up the walk. He was about to set the dog on him, in accordance with thu usual custom of that hospitable region, when the tramp con.e up, removed a dilapidated hat rim which encircled his brow, and cried, "father, don't you know me?" "Know you?" returned the old man, after scrutinizing him a moment over his spectacles, "I would know you If I saw your hide hanging In a tan yard, It's my own lost h-hoyl" Then the fond parent fell upon his son's neck and wept wept because It was so dirty, It hadn't been washed since Christmas, but he took him In all the same, gave him a hath and a new suit of clothes and then walked him down lo the B. & M. depot to sec to what perfection the "Burlington" had brought their passenger train service. 'Twos marvelous, and the prodigal urn straightway registered a boIoiu vow that bis children and his children's children for all time to come should recognbe the "Burlington" as the one great rallwoy whose equipment was always UP TO DATE. We don't know how Mils legend of tho prodigal son came down through the ages so accurate and f ice from side Issues, but It's here, Intact and unin cumbered, ready to adorn a back cover or point a moral. The moral of this story Is: If you would prosper In this world, travel only by the "Burlington Koute." J. FRANCIS, General Passenger Agent, OMAHA. FAST MAIL ROUTE ! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 -TO-Atchlson, Leavenworth, St. Josepb.Kansas City, St. Louis and all Points South, Kast and West. The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parsons Wichita, Hutchinson and all principal points in Kansas. The onlv road to the Great Hot Springs of Arkansas. Pullman Sleepers an 1 "rce Reclining Chair Cars on ill traltn. J. E. R. MILLAR, R. P. R. MILLAR, City Ticket Agt Gsn'l $nt. JOHN DOOLITTLE, Milliliter. Canon City, Rock Springs, Vulcan, Mendota, Scranton, Anthracite. THE PRODIGAL SON. A. C. ZIEMER, City Passenger Agent, LINCOLN. OFFICE '1001 0 Street. r'm'Pv .EBHBHtiio " ii !w ' iBHIUflL;H ' ' tfRlBIl m'u bbbbVI bWbbbbm W lit" iBBBBBBH HbHbbT rM aBBBBBBBW 'BH H BaBBBBBBBHl hViBBKBBMI IbbbbbbbbKJ aVlBHIBmlLI JBBBBBBBBBBBBBBjBBBHftjl!n BHBBBBBBBBBBLflBBBBBBBflg fcj33SRHBJKBjBHBJCBBIIS! BBTBBi'SbBm'B' ' BL