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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY APRIL 30, 189; -A' w The Next Number Especially GoedL TALES FROM Town Topics READ BY ALL MEN AND WOMEN. 1'ubtlstied flrat day of IJecwtnber, MarcK June and BefMtoaalMir. DELICATE, DMHTYi WITH, INTENSE. ETrjr reputable newt Mid book has It. I'rlcc, single number, M CKNTH. 3.00 l'K.H YKAIt, poita FKKK. Thin brilliant Quarterly reproduces tbo brat stories, sketches, burlesques, poems, witti cisms, etc.. from the back number of that much talked-about New York Society Jounial, Town Tories, which U pubushed icerWy. Sub scription price, 14.00 per year. The two publications "Tow Torsos" and "Taijcs moM Town Topics" together, at the low club-price of $5 00 per rear. Ask your newsdealer for tfaeaa or address, TOWN TOPICS, St Wst Md Street. S. V, City. Santa Fe Route ! Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R The Popular Route td the Pacific Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers Between Kansas City and SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, and SAN FRAN CISCO. 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In any fart of Arutrlca, you can com. antnfa at bom, .trlring: all your Itlma, or tpara iroontrnia only. llo lha work. I What waofftrla ffw and It haa batn proved twr and ovr aMltl'iata;rtat fMiy li luro for artrjr worker fair to Itum, JJotr-ff Liabili ty rannlred, JUaioutbta In duttrynlyne Mary for aura, Jaffa aueeeea. n atari you, ramUhlnf av trrthlna.Thlala naf ha (real Jitrtdrt farwird H i , tnrentlre profrr". thai enriches all wnrkare. It Is tilt rrrntett opportunity Uhorlnf ponpla tiara am ., N-htU tli lime. If' mf !, I'till pArdfiilnre fri'f H'llrr Milia nt nilir. .Mr..a, ) vZO rifl 13 lTlSOV s ,.5ii 4SM, lNii.ii.itl,Jlluliie, DR. T. O'CONNOR, (Successor to Dr. Chnrlcs Huurlso ) Cures Cancers, Tumors Wens nml Flstulns without ho use of Knl!e' Chloroform or Ether. OUlce 1327 0 Struct LINCOLN, NEB. Solentlllo Americas Agency for CAVIATB. TRAOB MARKB. DIBION PATIMY COPYRIGHTS, etc. For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN A CO.. Ml BlioAliWAY. Ntw VoiiK. Oldest bureau for aecurlnK patents In America. Krer j patent taken out by ua la brouiibt buforo tbe public by a notice given free of charge lu tba Scientific mxtm X circulation of any scientific paper In tba HPIoiKlldli UluatralM. No intelligent mid ba without It. Weaklr. a.l.MH a I I.W six innntba. Addreaa MUNJTA CO I'vuiuusu mi liroadwar. New xorc yPfr 4UK Hill ESGaSfBwRm it AivCOM3jafl.n !taLLriaaSaHlln WZ&&xM&SfR ttw aaaw BaabrssBHeJnwri I JBT aBaBBBBBBBVj laannnnnnm!a9IBBBBBBBBBBBm aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajs ' PbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH' iaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBanBBBaai' iv,j!iW CONVICTED THE COURT. 4 California Jury rimls the Judge Utility of Contempt of Court. Special CorrcKxiti(lcDce.l Auburn, Cnl.,AprilS!J.-Tho Cniifor nin jury nml thu Callfornin jttdgi' Iiiivi not stopMHl their good work of dot i ItulicrouH thingM for tho rest of tin wur to Inttgh nt. Tho iluding of nn Aulim jury is 0110 of their latest feiiUt of i.l sunllty. Tlio Southoni Pnciflo company, lui lug lioeti much iM8tcrcd by brnku h u tourists, got n Inw punned by tl.e I u laturo milking it it criininnl ofTutu i fitoiil tnuiHportntioii on n railroad ca Tho first arrest wiih inndo in this low when a brakuinau diHcovured a liiingi and dirty tramp coiled upon the lira!, beam, whoru ho had ridden ncrosM tin mountains. Tho tramp was tried liufnn a jury on tho chnrgo of having stolen i rido on a railroad car, and the jm after duo dolllwration returned a vcr diet of not guilty UfaiiHO tho stole, articlo was not found in his possession Tlioro isono judgo in this country win hns tho reputation of making the jurk'f under him work very hard. Ho is u.x tremoly sovero upon them, and no man will servo a second time on n jury under Judgo if ho can possibly help it. He was holding court in a country school hotiso and tho jury, who were all farmers, began to bo very restive. Uut there was not much prospect of their be ing allowed to go homo for somo time unless they took mutters into their own hands. Tho judge's instructions upon tho ciiso then tier consideration had been plainly for n verdict of guilty. But without deliberation they nbruptly returned a verdict of not guilty, and added that they had found tho judge guilty of contempt of court nml sen tenced him to bo confined in tho school house for throo weeks. And thou they madu a rush for tho door, locked it and lied, leaving tho court to climb out at tho window as lewt it could. In another mountain towu not far from hero there is a lawyer who is very unpopular with both bench and bar ou account of his domineering nml quarrel some disposition. Co is locally famous for his unusual faculty of browbeating witnesses into saying things thoy don't intend to say and badgering them into tempers nml inconsistencies. Ono day iio had in lmnd a big and muscular wit ness, upon whom ho was practicing his usual methods. Suddenly tho witness stopped, deliber ately took off his coat, squared off and began giving tho browbeating lawyer n tremendous licking. The sheriff inter fered, and after a few minutes order was restored. Tho judge, a whito haired and usually mild mannered old gentleman, was pur ple with auger. Shaking his fist at the eheriff, lie shouted: "Tho next time, sir, that you inter fere when anybody is licking that man I'll fine you for contempt of court!" F. F. K. ON HISTORIC GROUND. It Ilecnll Itemlnliccnces of Andrew John son itud l'umou llrownlow. lSeclal CorrcsMiudeuou. HARRIMAN, Tenn.. April 28. East Tennessee is rich in places of historical interest, nml hundreds of tourists from northern states make pilgrimages to them. Elizabcthtoii, in the Watauga valley, is ono of tho most interesting lo calities in tho stato. It is an old towu. started in 1707. Near thu villngu stands tho modest homo of Andrew Johns aud nn old sycamore tree is pointed to visitors to tho town, under which first court ever held in thu stato held. N. G. Taylor and Luiidon Iluynea wero lrn here. Tliero is lin incident connected with Andrew Johnson's death that has never been printed. In front of his old house runs tho Watanga river. The water is swift und tho ford deep and dnngerous. A man was taking a drove of cattle across und Mr. Johnson, who stood in his doorway watching them, noticed that some of tho cattle were getting into very deep water nml were in danger ol drowning. Ho became somewhat ex cited by his efforts to uttract the driver' attention, and ids old neighbors say that the exertion and excitement brought on tho stroke of apoplexy that caused ids death. Just above the village on Doe river are tho ruins of an iron furnace once owned aud ojierated by Parson Brown low's father-in-law O. Bryan. A large treo is now growing up through the old stuck. Eliznbethton used to be a tough town, but a new generation lias arisen and there lias bceu u marked improve ment. Local optiou wus adopted ami works well. Every reader of war hihtory, ami thostj who remember thu stirring events of that period will recall the trials ami dangers through which the loyal men of east Tennessee passed. Near the village of Elizabethton lives one of the bravest und truest of those patriot Dun Ellis. Ho is said to have killed moro Confed erates with his own hand during the war than any other one man. For more than four years ho scouted through tho mountains, often in sight of his own home, und yet iu all that time ho dared not sleep under his own roof. Ho piloted over 5,000 loyalists to tho Union lines during tho war, and was such a disturb ing element to tho Confederates that they mado u standing offer of $5,000 for him, dead or alive. Dan is still hearty and vigorous, ami talks about his thrill ing adventures very interestingly. Just below tho village is Sycamore shoals, whero tho gallant Sevier and his bund of loyal men rendezvoused before thov started to King's mountain. J. V. BlllDWKLU Mlcroacople Mluutiw. Some investigator, with tho aid of a powerful microscope nml lots of leisure, has learned u great many things about worms aud insects, among others that the common caterpillar hns 4,000 muscles in his body; that tho drono beo's eyes each contain 1,1)00 mirrors und that thu largo prominent eyes of tho brilliant dragon flies aro each furnished with 38,000 polished lenses. A Huts nt the Humbles, Mr. Humble Aht How lovely the air la this tuornlngl Mrs, Humble, there It no time like the merry, merry spring. It Is nil joy, all sweetness. Mrs. Humble Yes, Indeed It Is, John. It is so beautiful out that I think I'll do n little shopping this morn Mr. Humble Oh, theru ym got I no sooner iM'glu to be happy than you open the gates of Paradise and lot tho serpent of shopping enter. Mrs. Humble llo erawls over tho walls, John, He Is the serpent of necessity. I enn't wear winter clothing through tbe warm seasons and thu children are simply In rags. Mr. Humble Tho hiiiiiu old plea. Those children have three suits whoru I have one Mrs. Humble Hut there aro three chll dren, John, so why shouldn't thevf Mr. Humble That's a regular woman's argument, and I suppose you think It l very smart, Hut I'll tell you, Mrs. Hunt ble, when I wan a boy I bad to wear my father's old clothes cut down. Mrs. Humble Very well. If you desire mu to, I will cut up your brown null Mr, Humble Why, what do you take mo forf My brown suit aud tbo ono I have ou aro the whole extent of my wardrolto. You must be cruzyl Mrs, Humble It was your siiKuestlou, John. You said your father's clothes were cut down for you, and I simply took the hint. Mr. Humble Oh, yes, that's you all over. Hlame It on mo. Wouldn't you like to tako my fur cap and cut It down to mako a sealskin saccpio for yourself' Or my overcoat to mako a planocovorf Or my old rubber boots to mako a waterproof cloak for tho housemaid f You women are always cutting down something to lit something uNe except expenses. You'd never cut down expenses to (It an Income, I'll warrant. Mrs. Humble Well, I'm very sorry, John, but wo all need clothes, aud wo must have them, now thai tbo spring Mr. Humble Oh, bang sprlngl It's n Is-nstly season anyhow. Hero's tciidoll Mrs. Humble I don't want it, John. I've saved enough to supply our wants. Mr Humble Savedl su-uved enoughf Well, I deetarol Hero I've been surapitiK and scraping all this mouth to pay you your allowance, aud bore I find you a mill Hut never mind never mind. You irritate mo lcyoud endurance, but I'll show you an example of patient sulToring. I won't say a word more and cr Mary, you might get mo a red silk necktie while you aro about it; and I any lend mo twenty dollars, will your I haven't a clar or a bottle of wine left in thu bouse. liar Iter's Uazar. Didn't Know Hint. 4 A w A "Excuse me, madntn, but I think I had the pleasure of seeing you yesterday." "No; I never go to tho Zoo." Judy. Itury Retorts. The gift of quick witand ready resource of language, necessary to all who would bestow upon a wordy opKucut the retort courteous or pungent, is a comparatively rare one. There are, however, tunny instances on record which provu thnt somo persons have possessed this gift iu a high degree. John Wesley was once accosted on a very narrow pathway by an extremely arrogant clerical op)oncut, who said, "I never mako way for a fool." Wesley at onco stopped nsldo with a courteous bow, and remarked as ho passed ou, "I always do." A charming little story is also told con ccrning Fontenello, who, when nearly nine ty years old, uiim taking a walk and was about to uis, without perceiving iier. a lady friend Kjssossed of great beauty. "A hi" exclaimed thu lady: "that is your gallantry, then! To pass Itcforu me with out even looking at mul" "If I had looked at you, madam," re plied the old beau, "I could never have passed you at all." The following true incident serves to show how retorts of thu most caustic kind may sometimes he uttered almost uncoil bclously. A good IIvIiik but rather severe clergyman, whose worldly daughter had recently offended him by a fresh act of misconduct, saluted her ono day with the greeting' "Good morning, child of the evil onel" To which came the natural but crushing response "Good morning, father!" A pompous parish priest felt his dignity greatly offended by a chubby faced youth who was passing without removing bis iiat. "Do you know who I am, sir, that you should pass me lu that unmannerly way? You arc better fed than taught, I think, sir." "May Ijo It Is so, inalster," replied ho of tho chubby face, "for you teaches mo, but I feeds meself." London Tit-Hits. Male Vanity. It was at a ball and thu subject under discussion was vanity. A lady maintained that men wero also given somewhat to van ity. "The men are ten times moro vain than thu ladles," she remarked. "That's utterly Impossible," said several gentlemen. Tho subject was changed, aud a few mill utes later tho lady remarked: "Tho handsomest man in the room has a spot on his white vest," whereupon every gentleman within bearing glanced down with a scared expression of countenance at his vest. Texas Slftings. At thu (Jlreu. Masher say, is It absolutely necessary that every clown should huvu such a silly face? Clown Decidedly! Now if, for instance, I had your face I would get my employer to double my wages Instanter. Koluische Volks.eltuug. The I'roof. Auctioneer This valuable antique arti clo of furniture Is a Queen Anno chair. Gentleman It doesn't look like It, Auctioneer (angrily) If you doubt my word I can produce the man who madu it. Tit-Hits. Public Kurtunta. Inquiring Child-Why do thu papers call ofllco holders public servants Mother Because they lire paid so much and do so little. Good News. llluatrntliiK n I'olnt. "You don't know bow glad I am to see you Interested In this noble work," said the nctor, addressing tho Children's Foreign Mission society. "These poor heathens know nothing of oijr ways of llfo. Thoy live iu rude huts, dress In tbo skins of ani mals and never go to school or to church. They have never heard tho blessed (losjs'l, ami you can help to spread the good news among them. "You can scarcely form an Idea of whin they nro or how they live," ho continued, "Why, children, these poor iieoplu aro as black as black or why, children, they're as black as tbe ace of spades" Two big bojs ou tho front sent snickered and an audible smile ran through tho elder portion of tbe congregation, while moi- Dr. Tent lily got red and white by turns ami gave out a hymn to relievo tho general cm bairassineut. Detroit Tribune. A HI un of 1'iirro. I Dentist And I can give you gas forn dollar and save all pain. Old Man Dobbs-Psbawt I ain't afraid. (To bis wife.) Sit right deowu, Matlldy, and have her yanked. Hliighamton Leader. Ailviiuceil Miitliemntlca. Few things make a man more ngreenbly independent of other people's opinions than a lofty estimate of his own abilities. Cos sar Payson, a middle aged negro living in a small .Massachusetts town, possessed this soothing quality of self esteem ton remark able degree. Ho was what Is called "a good hand at odd Jobs," but his principal occupation was that of a wood sawyer. One day he was sawing wood iu tho side yard of a favorite "ciistomali," and thu ten-year-old son of tbo house was watch ing him with much enjoyment, listening at tho same tlmu to tho words of wisdom which CiL'Hiir was always letting fall. "I tell yo' w'at, Mas'r Nod," remarked Ciesar, "I 'so paid n high compullmcnt to yo' ma, coinln hyar today, as I done a high compullmcnt. Psu done gone lost moro'n fifteen dollahs coinln hyar today, Mas'r Nod!" "Why, how's that, Ciosarr" Inquired thb boy, much impressed. "W'y, yo' see, dab was six odor people w'at wanted mu. I reckon dat 'ml make fifteen dollahs, Mas'r Nisi. An I disjoint ed ev'ry ono of 'em Jest fo' you mul" "Hut, CVsur," said Ned, "you never earn more than fc-'.fiO lu a day, and you couldn't have worked for but ono of them nnyway, could your" "Mow old Is you, Mas'r Nedf" Inquired Ciesar, pausing for a moment. "Ton years old last November," said the boy. "An yo' expecta to uu'orstnnd all do Ins and outs oh nrit'mctio at yo' ago, sonny! Do chil'on oh do present ago is simply s'prislnl" And Ciesar resumed his work with nn air which discouraged further questions. Youth's Companion. Too HugKCStlve. Artist (for dally newspaper) Hero Is a proof of your portrait as It will appear in tho paper tomorrow morning. Alderman from tho 'Stoonth Ward What's all that behind thu picture Artist That It merely tho background. It is a kind of shadluu wucall cross hatch- I ing. Alderman Young mail, I don't want anything liku that in my picture. Those Hues look like an iron grating. Chicago Tribune. Appropriate. An eminent divine ou returning from B , whero ho hail officiated at a funeral, was horrified to find Ids sou of three sum mers bad drowned two blooded puppies iu tho bathtub, set at liberty several choice canaries, smothered four kittens In thu ash barrel, hung a pet rabbit to a doorknob and beheaded a whole hnxsl of little, fluffy, downy ducklings, Tho reverend gentleman was filled with consternation, but when sufficiently recov ered to trust himself to speak, called thu little culprit to him, where lay thu dead victims side by side. "Sammy," said he, "what Is going to be done" "Well," after a slight hesitation, "me sood sine a fu'nel sermon very 'prop'ato." Harper's Ha.ar. No Vt'uy Out of II. Strawber How does It happen that you haven't a dress suit, old man I thought you bad one. Slngerly I did. Hut I was travel lug In n Pullman ear thu other day and gave it to the porter. Strawlier What on earth did you do that for Slngerly What else could I do He found out that I had it with me. Life. A Hint to Mover. A colored man who was hunting a Iioii.hu to move into was asked If lie paid his rent to his former landlord. "Yes, sab," hu said rather hesitatingly. "Can't you get a recommendation?" "Oh, yes, sab, I can get' Mr. Smith, my landlord, to give mo a recommendation." "How do you know you can" "Oh, I know I can, 'cause ho wants mo to get out." Texas Slftings. II ii ..An i asaaMnnJL Telephone 176 iTHSHgDfr1 -f3B Bafla"1iJaHMrB TraW i'tF--" Moving Household Goods and, Pianos a Specialty Lincoln Dealer COAL AND WOOD. OAlce 1045 O Street. Yards 6th and M Sti. 'Phone 440. German National Bank, UNCOLNs NEB. O.K. Montgomery, President. Herman II. Hchaberg, Vlca Treat, Joaspu llochmer, Cashier. O. J. Wilcox, Atat. Cashier. Capital . . . $100,000.00 Surplus . . . 30,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business (rhucs tettora of credit, draw drafts on all parts of tho world. Foreign collodions a specially PAST MAIL ROUTE! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 -TO- Atchbon, Leavenworth, St. Joseph, Knnsas City, St. Louis and nil Points South, Kant and West, The direct line to Ft. Scott, Parhonr. Wichita, Hutchinson and all piiticlpai points In Kansas. The only road to the Great Hot Springs of Arknnsas. Pullman Sleepers and Free Reclining Chnlr Cats on all train. I. E. R. MILLAR, R. P. R, MILLAR, City Ticket Agt. Gcn'l g int. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. SQ5S83eSS833333SeSa??2SgaS3efcj5de22 Truly, It was an cnchantliu: novel withal, thnt I walked about of all thu means which enabled mc to Intrude upon the fishes' domain, until I was brought to my senses by a sharp jerk on the lifeline, this being an Interrogation from Jack as to whether I whs nil right. I answered lu a idmlhii way and, as I did so, a fnmlllnr object caught my eye In Hie shape of the "Hurllngton Route" trndc tnnr. It vns exquisitely painted on a little ledge of lock and I could plainly rend the limning announcement of their new express trains and the remarkable time being made ft cried, "What enterprise! An ft, noplace on earth or under the road Is unknown?" s lN Our new vcstlhulcd specials, Nos. 3 and 6. aro among the fast est and most luxuriously appointed pnstcuger trains In the world, and arc deserving of hearty support and generous patronage. The distance between Denver and Lincoln Is now covered In the unparalleled time of twelve hours and ten minutes, while the run to Chicago Is mndc In fifteen hours and fifty-five minutes. These Trains, as well as our celebrated "Flyers'," are equipped with dining, sleeping, chair and smoking cars, of exquisite design nnd workmanship. Ilralns ns well as money was liberally used In their construction. Apply to nuont, II. & M. depot, or at the city ticket ollkc, (U corner O and lotli streets, for J. FRANCIS, Gen. Passenger Agent, OMAHA. N. B.-No Extra Fare is Leave Your Orders for NEWS Periodicals, Novels MAGAZINES and anything in tho Newsdealers and Stationers line at Wessel-Stevens Printing Company's NEW NEWS DEPOT. Coal Co.1: lu alt kinds of JOHN D00LITTLE, Mnnngcr. scene, so bright, so beautiful and with curious dclluht. foructful advertisement even herd Is there W waters where this wondrous Rail- Baaaaaaaau HaaHiassB Kk aajjkBaajJJJlaBjJJJjJf aaaaaaaBsrt .'LH'BbsVBBI (T'saaaaaaaaaBBV 'nVaaKi arJarJarJI av af iMW.XaFjJeaTJaTjJaTJaBlBBrJ SJkBBBBJ il CaSBBBBBBBBBBBBBSawi JBBBTaiBiBmlaPBafaf'VBK further Information. A. C. ZIEMER, City Passenger Agent, LINCOLN. Charged on These Trains OFFICE 1001 0 Street. J V M