THSCOUftlBlt. tBnHBmmmBf!PHKInFBBKmBBmmlIKfmM 4- AFTERWARD. I had bo fierce a sick ness I believed, That with the fever life would surely go. My dread disease was lore; 1 loved you bo That even in my happi ness I grieved; With you away I feared I was deceived, And futilo tears would gather up and flow. No peace was mine, no comfort could I know, Till your return my baseless fears relieved. Tis over now, the. tire has burned away, The fuel passed in smoke and crimson flame. I am no longer sad, but bright and gay; 1 live such fiery passion to defame. And as I see you now it seems untrue That once I loved bo frail a thing as you. Isabel Ricbey. "I don't like your slipper ma." - "That's strange, I thought it hit you just right." young photographer. Wife They were, veloping a negative. lie's probably de- "Yes, dear, I had to decline him be cause I know ho could never make mo a happy woman." "Why do you think that?" "Ho told mo he would never livo be yond his income even for my sake." School Teacher Give mo that apple. Pupil Well, I supposo you need it more than I do. New Yorker We aro having a revival of Julius Caesar. Philadelphian Is ho dead? Y. W. C. A. 1. Prof. Booker Ah, there's nothing like a coal oil lamp for reading. You can carry it anywhere and read anywhere. . 2. But not Prof. Taylor, who has spent his sum mer in Europe gathering pictures of Russia and other countrie:, is now ready to offer his etereoptican lecture. Tho Young Woman's Christian Association has secured him for tho 24th of this month. This will be his first lecture before starting to other placee. Ticket b will bo on sale soon at the reasonable price of 23 cents. All interested in work for the young womon of Lincoln, as well as in views of Russia, are requested to make no other arrangement for that night. The proposed union between tho Woman's and Young Women's Christain Associations is ono which is very desir ablD. They are each working for the good of the young women in Lincoln and by combining forces they cin much better study tho social problems of tho city and bo ready to meet their needs. The greatest amount of work with tho least machinery is the law of economy and common sense, and with one strong organization tho work for young women may become, a power in tho town, not only in its effect upon the moral char, acter of individuals, but in its bearings upon civic conditions. A committee consisting of thrco from each of the associations meets Saturday to draw up a constitution for tho feder ation. The respective boards have unanimously expressed their wish for such a union and it is hoped that all the members will fall in line. "May I kiss you for your mother?" "Is that tho best you can do?-' Miss Goldstein Why do you love me? Young Rakemoff I wish you wouldn't ask me that; I can't bear to talk about money matters. 3. when banana peelings have been dropped on the floor. Husband It's dark in the parlor. I thought Maude was in there with that NOTICE. Know all men by theso presents that the undersigned havo this day formed a corpora tion to bo known by tho name of The Nebraska Pant and Suit Company, with the principal plaro cf doing business at tho city of Lincoln, in tho state of Nebraska. Tho nature of said business shall bo the making of pants and suits generally, and the doing of all things necessary for tho prosecution of said business. The capital stock shall be $3,000, divided into shares of $1(0. each all fully subscribed and paid for. Tho highest amount of indebtedness shall not at any time exceed the sum of $1,000. Said business shall be conducted by a board of three directors, chosen at the annual meeting provided for in tho articles of incorporation, and until such time the incorporators afore said shall constitute such board. Oscar R. Oaklet. J. E. Thompson. Isabella A. Oaklet. Nov. 28. Canon City coal at. the Whitebreast Coal and Limo Co. NOTICE OF PETITION FOR LET TERS. In thoCounty Court of Lancaster? County. Nebraska. )ss In re Etrtn rf William J. Johnson, deceased. TheSiatu of Nebraska. to Thereso M. John son. William R. Johnson, Grace M. Johnson, liable E. Johnson, and to any other persons interested in said matter. Tnke notice, that a petition signed byThercso M. Johnson, praying said court to grant letters of administration of said estate to Simpson McKibben has been tiled in said court; that tho same is set for hearing on the 5th day of December, 1696, at 9 o'clock a. m.. and that if you do not then appear and contest, said court may grant administration of the said estate to Simpson McKibben. Notice of this proceeding shall be published three weeks successively in the Weekly Courier prior to said hearing. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 2nd day of November, A. D. 1S96. S.T.Cochrajj. County Judge. Not. 21 C See Our Slippers. - - .. - . THEY totofcajj BEAU- 229"ia0fS' TIES. 1213 0 ST. '''OV'C1 G. 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