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r .Zt25BHpdWWBP?WW3WMf"i CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 892. L! W 1 1 'tfi K i " '- fr 'i fi.. MILLER TBE GR0CER 143 S. tlth Stmt. Wnnts your trade and wnnts it bad nnd will give you such prompt delivery, low prices and goods strictly as represent cd as wil keep your If you are customer custom, already a vou know this to be a fact, if you are, not now's the time to do as other people do. They all trade at Miller's. Call up telephone 308 and give a trial order. OUR SPKCIALTY Glenwood Tomatoes 12$ Sampson Sisters MODISTES f even year experience In the most fash lonable drew attire (or ladlet. Satisfaction guaranteed. tut N street, over Dorsey's store Mri. Bell announce the arrival of HAIR GOODS, ORNAMENTS, HAIR DRESSING And a tine line o( cosmetics Including Dill ROTALE, StCRET OF BEAUTY, aa4 Tonjoura Juue for the complexion Ladles thould cull and have their Hftir Dressed, Nails Manicured, Scalp Treated and Face and form beautified. Mr. J. C. Dell, 114 North 14th St. irimkh ttfttftg? .2T3C. : Nebraska. Lincoln, Capital, $250,000 OJktrt mad Dimtors: ' $&, T. K. Handera. V..P- cOlay, UMhler, Vfchnso".H P Lau. Thos Cochran, K Raiser, TWLowery, W I.Dayton. General Banking Business Transacted. Collectlonc a Specialty. CinTUJH0lIIM.01 American Exchange National Ban t I.M. Lawia Oratory, VlMPrNtdMt ""ESSta,. D. O. WlBf, .oaskie TH0 irt Rational $tt $399,009 Suylut. 998,00$ Ofsrs the beit f sell ties (or transacting Legitimate. Banking. 3, B, MAOFARLAND. President a B. UPPEN OTT, svt. Cashier DIRBOTORHt Frttaterald, William M. Clark. J. D. nRaefarlaac. T. M. Marmielte, CharWs A. Hanna, A, 8. Raymond, John L. Carson. 'M job Deposit jour SiTiDgs IK THK Lincoln Savings Bank Safe Deposit Co. 8. K. cor. llth and P St. Ill WILL EMI IITE1EST FOR TOD At the Rate of fi-Five per Ct. per Annum-5 Save a week and It amount with atereat In Ave years to tijmM. riak opens at : a. m. to 8:80 p. m. ar4ay evenings, 6 to 8 p. m. Sate to rent In Burglar' and Fire , Proof Vaults. aud ; Published Saturday. Addrma all communications direct to tha offlm WUHBb PWNTtNO CO., runi.tsiiait. Courier Hulldlng, 1183 N;Htreet. Titi-KPiiofria.Vl L. WKMib, JR., Editor and Bole Proprietor. Kntoredatthe Postofflee of Lincoln, Neb., as second class inntler. POPULMOB OF L1RC0LR, 63,000. A Quaker's l'rayer. Oli, that my eye might cloned Ixi To what become me not to seol That deafhoss might posses my enr To what coucorn mo not to honrl That truth my tonguo might al way tie Krom ever apcnklng foollihlyl That no vain thought might ovor rent Or be conceived within my brent 1 1 Waah, Ixinl, nnd purify my heart, And make Itoloanln every port: And whon 'tie clean, Lord, keep It ao, For that I more thnn I can do. Mr. friend, Mahler, It neoiiu, la a closo reader of Thk Courikr, for not three daya after IU Issue of the 23d ult, I received a per sonal note from the gonial Jacob from St. Loul relative to what had been said regard, lug him and Ida future visit to Lincoln. In the course of hla writing he rave: "A for my giving Lincoln the 'go by,' don't think It I because I do not want to go to your lovely city Fact I, I had a few week reserved this spring, which time Mrs. Mahler and 1 bad about decided to spend in Lincoln,; not so much for business, but more to meet our i Id friends and take it easy after a hard sea son' work here. We have, however, mado a change In our plans and will leave with a party on a grand water trip May 12th. We go from here to New Orleans by boat, then to Mew York via Atlantic ocean steamship line, remain In the metropolis until June IStli, then to Atlantic City to stay three .weekv From there we go to Saratoga, arriving about July 10th. In another part of Mr. Mahler's letter he said: "I had the honor of receiving a letter from Mrs, Levi P. Morton, at Washington, D. C, asking me to come of Washington to teach a class at her residence, but I could not go at the time she wanted me (April 3d). I closed my classes last Friday, and my pupils gave me a beautiful dlimond ring. Will you express my sentiment In the Courikh to my Lincoln friends and oblige." A man will walk three miles In the rain to his place of business Instead of taking a streetcar. When he get down town, he goes to his favorite roaort, pay fifteen cents for a drink, goes to work and feols that he ha saved five cent. Btrange world. "Boom-tara-ra style of music," said a mu sician yesterday, "catches tlio public ear quicker than melodies of any other kind, and Is taken up by all classes from the nowsboy to the staid old banker, and what the jeople fanoy cannot be ridiculed out of existence It may sound well to say there is neither mu slo nor sense In Uoomta-rara' and that the words have no meaning, but how much moaning attache to 'Yankee Doodle,' and what song or tune ever written bos become more popular" f "Did you ever notice how many ways there are of shaking hands r asked a friend of mine tbe other evening. "One person gives you a good strong grip that makes your hand ache, another sort of llrard-llko, creeps into your palm ith Angers clammy and cold, and the third In a high and mighty manner presents the tips of two fingers as though It were a supreme honor to tbe shak er, but which rouses within your breast such a storm of Indignation that you would rather have been slapped than patronized in such an awfully rude way." o "It b asionlshinar tha nnmk.r tnl.. there are who are Ignorant of the fact that the odd numbers are over doors on one side of the street and even numbers on the other side," I beard a gentleman say who is on tbe streets a good deal. "Tbe other day I met a young lady of my acquaintance, and she stopped me with the remark that she was looking for the house of a friend, No. 000 street. 8be said she could And Nos. 008 and 010, but no 000. I told her to look on the other side of the street, and thought nothing ofkw lack of information, as she lived in an ujoinmg village. As I was passing up O Hreet a few days ago, however, I saw a lady coming down the street looking up at the numbers In a rather perplexed way. Just before she reached me she aerated a police man and inquired of him where 1200 was. She was-on the north side of the street and uu (uuuu nan anq. laio, nut no law. I Was interested and watched the thing out. The lady and policeman walked up the block and back again and never thought of looking aero s tbe street, and then I heard him grave ly inform her that she must be mistaken, mere was no i juu. I thought once I would iuiu win oi mem, but I didn't want to Hm.D .ua iwiiwiuau, wno is rather a prom inent member of the force, my life-long ene my, so I kept quiet." "It U a puxrie to pie," writes llubensteln In hi recently published . remlnlsrensea, "that music, of all the creations of the mind of man the noblest, most beautiful, most re Aned and spiritual, is so uiittliihl i.v woman, who is a compound of all these qual ities. And when you reflect vou will ra. member that we have not any feminine Beethoven, Moaart. Mondelssohn or Verdi." Few women have attained any distinction as composers, and yet, in muslo halls or at the opera, tbe women exceed the men in num bers and apparent appreciation of tbe music. The tide of Immigration is setting In stronger than ever this season. The lamest number of immigrants that ever came over In a single ship arrived at Philadelphia the other day. Seven thousand have dUem barked at New York within three days, and 1,900 are reported now ou their wav to Boa. I toil from Live, pool In the Pavonla. At tbia rate of importation tbe immigration ques tion will not down. K 1 gfgggflHHgfggaggagggj aaswvMvsfflYjP MR. BURR IN NEW YORK. Hpoclal Coumaa Correspondence.) Nkw York, April 38, 1HOT. Those who have seen the Doatonlana In "Robin Hood," na well aa those who have not, should tako advantage of the first opportunity to we "Tho Forentars;" and llkewle thoe who have seen "The Foresters" should we "Itobln Hood." The reason of this Is that they are so closely connected to one another that the merit of each are more fully enjoyed and appreciated by seeing both. By seeing " Rob in Hood" one has Lord Tennyson's Idea very cleverly framed In beautiful music while on the other hand "The Foresters" do away with the muslo first heard, but put In some new airs on the same order though not enough to make it an ora, so hero we have the same sentiment as before in comedy, Many of the same character appoar In both, and beside being highly entertained with "The Foroiter" a wa the writer the other evenlns It 1 all the mora nicotinic to carry In your mind tho samo character In both for ' comarlson. Of course "The Foresters" have !eon playing to weked house, and Ddly's theatre ha hardly been large enough to mo commodito tho crowd. Kven ladles buy standing room, and what's mor, they stand through th entire performance . One of the most beautiful sight I over saw upon the stage Is the fairy dance, a presentation of Maid Marian's dream. Beside being beauti fully costumed, each fairy hai an electric light in her crown and In each flower of her wand. There are about fifty girls In this dance and It I daullng to soethe light come and go as thefalrlo noiselessly danco aroun 1 the slieplug girl. Mis Ada Italian take tho part of "Maid Marian" and John Drew that of "Robin Hood," so what but praise can Im said of those two characters I The balanou of uion mo ciunwion i t ue uamuou ui upatiy Is excellent, as Is always true of sly's 'stock 'companies. Mist , Kittle iam as "Kato"ia ono of tho mod the com Mr. Dal Cheatham charming creatures Imaginable mid ha a large stock of catchy songs which she ren ders faultlessly, Tlio bumble bee song Is Indeed a novelty and the accompaniment re minds one of "The Boglo Man." "The For esters" Is beautifully staged. Over a thou sand cut (lowers are used In the forest scene. The society comedy, entitled "Merry Gotham," at the Lyceum next attracted the writer's attention, This I upposed to reveal tho Ignoi ant social life among the 400 In New York, and although I have never hod any experience In that social sea, I am sure that "Merry Gotham" uxagerate the true state of affairs considerably. Tho story la the same as told by most piece writteu on the subject, it deals with brainless men, heartless women vnd social mortals whoso sex Is difficult to ascertain. Of course there Is a marriage to take place In wlibh the con tracting imrtles have never met, but there Is no need for that, a stated In the play; "Never mind; they will sea enough of each other after they are married." The piny oeus in a cofo where a giddy husband I to dine with somo still giddier wives of other men. This scene is full of Incident and ac cident, the husband and wives of the gay outfit dropping In upon them and causing scenes calculated to bring a hearty lauith from the representative of social IiIkIhio's always present. Scene two is laid In the dra whig loom of Mrs. DeKuthers, the woman who Is noted for her forgetfulnes and match making. This scene might be well termed "the meeting of the gossiping bee." The fourth and last act Is pleailng for It scen ery. It represents a swell ball where chum- Htguo Hows Ilka water and stranger meets stranger providing I hey are of oppoilto Hex. There Is one character that stand out with noticeable and pleasing relief. Tills U "Jas per Ronalds' which Is taken by Herbert KeV cey. He represents a westerner and U o .tiled the serious ar.d sincere, but at last even he succumbs to tho charms of a gty youn so ciety widow. Were ft not for such eminent actor and ai'tresjesas Herbert Kelcey. Frits Williams and Misses Ueorgle Cayvan and EflleShannou'Merry Cotham" would not be able to draw file In midsummer, but as It is the Lyceum has been well filled at evory pre sentation of the piece. Next week Daniel Frohmaii will b jry "Merry Gotham," and the same company, which is probably the strongest In the city, will trot out "Tho Grey Mare," and this, It Is to be hoped, wilt be an Improvement upo i "Merry Gotham." Spnaklng for myself it Is very tlrewme to witness such a poor play even when you have the let of talent presenting It. "Colonel Carter of Cnrtersville," a new play written by F. Hopklnson Smith and Augustus Thomas for Mr. Palmer's stock company, was next seen at Palmer's theatre. This piece is a southern play, by Intention, and has for IU principal character "Col. Car ter, C. E. A." and of tbe oldest and bett family In Virginia. The colonel is a warm hearted, hospitable and simple southern gen tleman who, without the slightest idea of busl ne or business principles, leaves his home in Carters vllle and goes to New York to Interest eastern capitalist In a personal railroad scheme This character Is admira bly taken by Mr. E. M. Holland, nnd to hear htm It I bard to believe that lit ns not born and raised on an old Virginia planta tion. HI accent besides belojc pinrfoct, ' pleasing to bear. His Ideas cf uvnvv mat tor are very amusing and enUitlj dllfereut from tbe ordinarily accepted view. He takes everything mat come hi way and a great many thing that don't, believing that every thing he obtains U presented to him by some one who wishes to show a good will, and therefore he would not think of being In sulted by offering them "vulgar money." Of course, there is the typical southern judge and a major of the same brand, with his del icate feelings about southern honor and grave questions about love, war, and his friend, the dispenser of law aqd justice. The colonel has two friends who are conversant with his peculiar ideas and use their Influence for him, and although the railroad scheme falls through they wind up by happily d li covering a coal mine, thereby enabling tbe southern gentleman to persue hi occupation or being a gentleman for the balance or his Ufo. Mlfs Agnes Miller, a the colonel's ward, I a very winsome creature and makes one of the most lovable stage fiancee I have ever seen. The play does net give sufficient op portuulty to dlxplny the talent that Is in the company for tha only broad character 1 that of the colonel. Maurlca Oarrymora has es pecially a very norrow jart without oppor tunity to use the full extent of his ability. Chah. L. Burnt. IMr. Illirp mlllrtiA.I ........ r.... Kf .JSf.'". mo"" visit. His offloe hours n.-yoHide,,r,nB "natlon regarding the Pn.Jifi?1,l,n .rec.i,ve M im.pl oy call. Ingat hii om.ee In Uurr block.-Ko.) ) One of the greatest success! esquellii.V acini i,u,i. ( in picture 1 1 11 11 1 When you want nice, Juicy meat of any. ana all Hindi call at "Your Market," lM O street. The Ladles Home Mnu(ne, conducted by Mrs. John A. Logan at Washington, will In) seutroneyear;to all new sulw.'ribers to tbe Couwita mat pay a jer (3.00) in oil vance. Old subscribers may aU take ad vantage of this offer by pjylng up arrears James niggarstafTs Dismissal. "We must part foreverl" There were Itnllca In the first three words, but the last was mndo more Imprcxft Ive with vocal amall capitals. There I reason to believe that Mlsa Irene Mngllllcuddy placed the emphasis In thl way Intentionally when alio ndded the words which begin this rccltnl of fact to her discouragement of Jnmea BlggerstnfT V UKKCfttlon that the two form an engage ment of marriage. Mr. Illggcratnff had been calling upon MIm MnKllllctiddy for eight months, nnd In that tlnta he had learned to lovo her. He had, moreover, act about tho work ol teaching her to love him, and ho had nln come to pcrsundo himself that these le sons In tiie art iiffcctlnnato had been In stowed upon n willing pupil. Jntnes HlKgerstafT had often looked down tlio vista of the yean, nnd in his mind lie had seen the fair Irene first as hi bride, then n hi wife nnd later as the mother ol his children, who formed a lovnblu group about his knee. Now all hi bright anticipations were dimmed. Ills hopes wero shattered. Ap parently these plcnalng inentnl picture wero to bo only In his mind strictly In It. and nowhero else. It Is no wonder that Jamea BlggerstnfT was ami after ho heard his sentence of dis missal from tha lips of tha girl he loved, ho had no words to reply, nnd he did not feel inclined to reply even If words suitable to the occiuilon had presented themselves. Ho was pained. Ho had not expected such treatment. Ho hail not deemed that Irene could ba so cruel. She had not only re fused his offer of marriage, but she hud dismissed him. She had not even ofTervil htm tha cold comfort of being a sister tu him. Jamea BlggerstnfT stood a moment ns II dazed. Then ha moved toward the door . mechanically, or as one in a dream, carry Iiik with hli.i his broken heart. Ho turned tho knob, and was about to depart without a word, when Irene, vt-lm had followed htm Into tho hall, said soft I.v "James, dear, you'll ba on hand tut early as usual on Sunday night, I suppose f" -Truth. Too Much for Ultn. Frank Daniels, tho comedian, contrlw to enjoy Ufa as It passea, and one of I i sources of enjoyment Is that fund of unci i ous humor which he poHMessca. Not lot. ago ho wns in Providence, and while r breakfast iu tha hotel ono morning he vti annoyed by the attentions of a colnm. waiter who sought assiduously to rci n, acquaintance with him. This negro, i good nntured it creature u ever carried . tray, mado himself painfully busy nix i tha table, rearranging the dishes, bniM ing awny crumbs and doing this thing m i everything that could possibly serve uh mi excusa for his presence. " 'Scum mo, bos," said he, "but bain t I seen yo' nfore secu yo' In New Yorl. hain't If" "No," answered Mr. Daniels shortly, "1 have never been in New York." A pause, during which the negro tndu triously rearranged tho dishes on the table, wan broken finally by the negro's remark ing, "Dat surp'lses me; I'sshuah yes, sah, Ps alums' wtllln to swar I seen yo' 'bout free inont's ngo on der corner of Broadway an Twenty-third street." "No," reented Mr. Daniels, "I have never been In New York in all my life." " 'Scuso me, boss," asked tho negro, after another wuso, "but would yo' min telllu me wot yo' p'ofesslon Isf" "I hnvu no objection whatever," answered Mr. Daniels; "lama peripatetic Thespian. " This knocked tho negro speechless for soma time, but ho continued to busy him self rearranging tho glassware nnd crock' cry. Finally ha abandoned all further pur suit with a sigh. "Boss," said he, in a tone of hopeless resignation, "boss, yo' dono got tnu that time, shuahl" Eugene Field in Chicago News. Getting Ready. Mrs. likely Auditorium! "I suppose we must begin to think of getting ready for the World's fair." Mr. Lakely Auditorium: "I have thought of it. How do these two advertisements strike you: "FOR RENT.-A law, elegantly furnished doubla house, near tho fair grounds. Reason able terms to good tenant. "WANTED IMMEDIATELY.-A small fur. Dialled flat on tho North side. Ono without a spare room preferred." . , Life. Under the Stars and Stripes. American Citizen (adopted) Bring-a mea plstoll. Cltlzeness Here-a you-a pistol. lt-a loaded. "Vera gooda. Now glve-a men stiletto." "Here-a tho-it stiletto." "Vent gooda. Gettti one for yourself, and we go tnka Sunday afternoon walka." -New York Weekly. Well Preserved. Cleverton You wouldn't think I bad that dress suit eight years, would your Dashuway Oh, I don't know, old mar. You don't have occasion to yenr It very often. Clothier nnd Furnisher. Killing. It Is not work thnt kills men. It is thinking how to put In the longcHt time on the shortest jobs. That's what saps tbe human energies. Texas Slftiugs. For scavengor work, day and night, drop J. C, Field a postal and he will promptly call and see what you want. Dr. Fnrnliani Cure blood, chronic, female, heart, liver, lung, nervous, "rectal arid skin diseases. Rooms Nos. 14 and 15, Richards block. Leave orders at the Bonton bakery, cor. Twelfth and P streets, for Ice cream, fancy rakes, etc., either for family orders or par ties, Superior good, prompt delivery and reasonable prices. Telephone 457. Wedding Invitations, either printed or en graved In the finest style of the art at The Couhikr office. Correct forms and best quality of stock guaranteed. Samples cheer fully shown. Eye and Kr Burgeon, Dr. W. L. Dayton, oculist and aurist, 1203 O street, telephone 375, Lincoln, Nebr. lleware of Ointments ror Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sene of smell and completely derango the whole Hy tern when entering It through the uiucuous surfaces. Huch articles rliouhl never lie ued except 011 prescriptions finin leputable phy slclans, as the damage they will do Is ten fold to the goxl you can iolhly derive from them. Hall'. Cutanh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & I'o., Toledo, O,. contains no mercury, and Is taken Internally, acting directly upon tbe blood and mucuou mrf aw s of the system. In buying Hull's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken internally, and mude iu Toledo, O., by P. J, Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. HTBold by druggists, price 7So per bottle. What Would YOU Do ? Were You in Owing to the bad wenther we find ourselves too heavily overstocked in EVERY DEPARTMENT. You Would Sell Them Cheap, Wouldn't You? And we Well, .. TRY US AND SEE I -'KT We mean business spring bus iness in the most sacrificing term of the word. YOU Know a Bargain When you see it. omc and we'll show 'em to you, such as no other house can or will risk. And further more if you haven't got enough mone We'll Trust You. ! YOU know Lincoln Furniture Company, 1 5 17 O Street. EULL SET OF TEETH $5. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. NO CHLOROFORM! NO ETHER! NO GAS I All Fillings t Dr. H. K. KBRMAN, Surgeoa Dentist, Rooms 94, 95 and 96, Burr Blk. Everything New. The Latest Styles. Comfort In Foot Wear. jfl3Df$L5 We Can 1225 O Leave Your Order for NEWS Periodicals, Novels MAGAZINES and anything in the Newsdealers and Stationers line at Wessel-Stevens Printing Company's NEW NEWS DEPOT. Our Place? '!!j4 , iA AatrM where we are. 151 7 O Street. Lowest Rates. o O CO Fit You. 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