The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, June 26, 1897, Page 9, Image 9

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Won lilt net.
A bewildered-looklng farmer stood
In tho center of Haymarket square
Thursday looking at the trolley wire.
The electric car came along and
slowed up. They rang the bell and
shouted at him and ordered him to
move. Mo still kept looking at tho
wiro and making inarticulate sounds
with his lips.
"Get off the earth, you Jersey calf!"
Bhouted the motorman.
The old man was fairly humped by
the slow-moving car before he moved.
Then he jumped and said: "I did it,
by thunder! Where's my money?"
Ho looked around cautiously and
then tc said: "You seen a red-faced
feller with a white mustache waxed?
I want him. He bet me $5 I couldn't
look at that ere wire three minutes and
count 200. I've done it."
"Did you put up the money?"
"Sure," was the reply.
"Ding-dong," went the bell. Lewis
ton Journal.
A ROMANCE FROM AFRICA.
Ship nT Ears.
The Gate City, which nrrlvpd here
on Monday from Savannah, Is the flrat
ftcamer going out of this port to be
equipped with an aurophonc, the new
device for enabling the lookout to de
termine the direction of sounds at
sea. Tha aurophone was tried on the
way up, but little could be told about
Us utility owing to its being placed In
a poor position. It consists of a brass
box, which fits over the mast and
which has projecting from each end a
broad-mouthed funnel. From this box,
close to the funnels, two tubes like or
dinary speaking tubes lead down the
mast and through the main deck to
the deck below. Inside of the box
there is a,complex arrangrcu of dia
phragm? and sounding boards so
plif eu'iat a sound will enter only one
o the tubes when it 13 passing through
'Jie funnel on the opposite side of the
box. On the lower deck Is an arrange
ment like an engine-room indicator, by
which tho box above may be turned
around the mast, and directly under
the indicator is a tell-tale compass.
The man beJvw places the tubes to his
ears, where they are held in place
by a cap. Unless the funnels above are
pointing directly toward the sound
which he wishes to locate he will hear
It only faintly and In one ear, because
one of the funnels being turned from
the sound the tube opposite does not
cperate. He then turns the indicator
!n the direction from which the sound
Appears to come, and when the funnel
Is pointing directly at the sound k
passes through the tunnel and out of
the other, putting both tubes in opera
tion, and the operator hears the sonnd
distinctly and in both ears at onco
He then glances at the indicator and
the point on the tell-tale at which it
rests gives the exact bearing of the
found Boston Transcript.
Wc are all more or less familiar with
that exasperating class of individuals
who seem to feel that the simple com
mon sense of the world is centered Iq
themselves and that the rest of us are
In need of guidance and direction In
the simplest duties of life.
Mr. B was a young man of this
class. He was always painfully pro
fuso in details regarding anything he
wijhed done. He had a parrot, of
which he was excessively fond, and
when he was about to go abroad for a
fow months, leaving his bird behind,
ho bored and exasperated his family
and friends with senseless details re
garding the care of the parrot and his
last Words, screeched from the deck of
the steamer that bore him away, were:
"Hi. Jim!"
"What?" shouted the brother on the
pier.
"Look out for my parrot!" came
faintly over the water.
As if this was not enough ho had na
sooner reached Liverpool than he sent
the following cablegram to bi3 brother,
who had assumed the charge of the par
rot: "Be sure and feed my parrot."
On receipt of this the infuriate
brother cabled back at his brother's ex
pense: "I lave fed her but she i3 hungry
again What shall 1 Co next?" Har
per's Magazine.
rhe Story of a Treasure Incenlom and
Slar He Trap.
Englishmen are pedatory creatures,
and the London papers do not hesitate
to express annoyance because the expe
ditionary force recently sent against
King Prempeh found at Coomassle
only a meager number of gold orna
ments, and hollow ones at that, sayi
tho New York Times. The value of the
loot taken from tho royal "palace" was
only about 2,000 and made a poor
showing when exhibited in London, as
compared with the results of nrc 'ous
raid3. Now a correspondent writing
from Accra tells a story which if true
a very large "If" will make the
British officers wish they had not left
the AshantI capital quite so soon. He
says: "Soice years ago a slave gltl of
surpassing beauty of the Ashanti typo
bein entendu had the misfortune to
attract the fickle fancy of a chief,
whose head wife tolerated no rivalry.
To reproach a husband la generally
useless: in Coomassle It is dangcous.
The lady, wise In her generation, fore
bore to risk her head, but sent for the
executioner and caused the ears and
lips of the too fascinating maiden to be
removed, rendering her such an object
as can only bo seen in savage king
doms. History does not say If the ex
pedient answered the purpose of re
storing the chiefs wandering affections
to their rightful owner, but the slave
girl developed, not unnaturally, Into
a woman with an undying thirst
for revenge. Lately she sought an
audience with the governor, and
she informed him that the real
treasure of the Ashantis lies buried
some fifty feet below the soil, in a dis
used shaft of a mine near Coomassle,
and readily undertook to point out the
spot. Digging is being vigorously car
ried on, already more than a fourth of
the depth has been cleared, and should
the treasure amount to anything like
the rumored value, the cost of the ex
pedition will be fully defrayed, making
the Ashanti war a record one, as not
only bloodless, but free of cost."
Lively French Town.
The record for quickly increasing
population, as shown by the recent
census, says a Paris correspondent,
certanly belongs to Roubaix. In 1800
the population of this town was 8,302;
at the taking of the. last census it was
114,917, of which 53,075 were Belgians.
Of this increase 61.600 were immi
grants, while the remaining 53,075 were
due to the excess of births over deaths.
Thero is certainly no other town in
France where the population has In
creased so rapidly. The rate of In
crease is ten times thai of the rest of
France and three times that of Paris.
Tonngett School Teacher.
The y&jgest school teacher in the
United States is 11 years old. At the
examination he secured a lirst-grade
certificate and finished his papers be
fore many of the older teachers. His
name is Marion Glasgow, and of course
lio lives InOhln
Didn't Care for Mnch Drem.
Mr. Uptown is the husband of a very
fashionable and dressy wife, and not
long ago he was talking with a stran
ger about women's clothes at a swell
reception up In Harlem.
"Plenty of handsome women here to
night," ventured the stranger.
"Yes," said Mr. Uptown blandly.
"Married?" Queried the stranRer.
"Yes; my wife Is her to-night."
"I'm married, too, ut my wife sel
dom goes out. She doesn't care much
for dress. Does yours?"
"Well," replied Uptown, with orr.e
hesitation, "I don't really know wheth
er she cares much for dress, but I'm
rretty sure she doesn't care for much
dress; but you can Judge for yourself.
There she comes now."
Mrs. Uptown, who Is stylish to the
backbone, swept by, and the stranger
changed the conversation. Texas Sittings.
A ISail i:rrk.
Jones A man In Boston In his hurry
to assist a fainting lady got a bottle of
mucilage Instead of camphor and
bathed her face with It.
Smith He did. eh. Well he must
have been a good deal stuck up with
his attention.
IsADIES
Do you know where
PALACE BEAUTIFUL
Is? Well, it is the place to get a
A GOOD SHAMPOO
or your
HAIR SINGED AND TREATED.
This eradicates damlrulT anil will make jour hair SOFT anil GLOSSY. It U
he rlaco ti get a good MASSAGE ti keep jour skin soft mid white. ANo BODY
MASSAGE and VAPOU IiATIIS lo build jou up and cleur jou skin thiB timo
time of tho nr. MANICURE and MASSAGE for the handp, to th-ipe the nail
..ml mako tho hand eoft and white. Tne FACE BLEACHED, FRECKLES ami
PIMPLhS iemoved, leaving tho skin clear, soft and white. Tho huir dressed and
beautified or powdered for partiep.
The best lino of Switchet). Curie and Bancs, Toilet Watirr, Porfunm, Triple
Extractp, Powder, Hair Tonics. Soap, Ilairpinp. real Shell Ornaments, Combs,
etc. Wigs, Switchep, Curls or anything of tho kind made to ord-jr.
Near Lansing Theatre.
121 so 13th bt
ELECTRIC WIRING, KEPAIR WORK. SUPPLIES. HOUSE HELLS, ELEC-
TRICGAS LIGHTING. BURGLAR ALARMS, DECORTIVE
AND DISPLAY LIGHTING,
HENRY C liVRRIIVlSR,
Electrical Contractor ami Jobber
135 so.l2tli St.
Lincoln.
ROY'S DRUO STORE
Corner Tenth and P Streets.
The Largest Drug Store
The Smallest Prices.
In adilit'on to dregs and prescription woik we carry a largo lino or stationery,
tablet, garden teedp, paintp.etc.
Jur., 1837. and continue for a period of
twenty live jfars unless dissolve J by Jaw
or by a majority vote of all etockholders.
G. Ttjat tho highest amount of indebt
edness or liability of which tho corpora
tion shall at any ono t'me shall subject
itself shall not exceed ttvo-thirds of tho
pa:d in capital stock.
7. That tho affairs of said corporation
shall 1)3 managed by a board of direc
tors not less than three in number and
from whrsa cumber a president and
sectf tary and treasurer shall be chossn.
Lincoln. Neb., June 17, 1S07.
UNION FUEL COMPANY.
ByC.P.A.CIoucb.
Lewis W. Marshall. its president.
Secretary and Treasurer.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
LINCOLN, NEB.
(First publication June 10)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the county rout t of Lanca'W coun
ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the
tateof MoshierT. Green, deceased. To
tho creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notifie d that I will Fit
at the roucty court room in Lincoln, in
paid county, rn the 15th day of October,
1697, end again on the 1Hth day of Jan
uary. 1S93. to receive and evamina a'l
claims asainst Faid estate. witii a view to
their adjustment and allowarce. Tho
timo limited for tho presentation of
tldims against faid estate is six month?
from ihel.")th day of July, A. D. 1827.
and the time limited for the payment of
nettts is ono iear from the l."th day of
Julv.A.D. 1S97.
Nttcof this proceeding ia ordered
publ'Fhfd four weeks successively in
Mh Couru r. a weekly newspaper pub
l'shel in this slate.
Witness my hard and the seal of said
county court this 2nd day of June. 1897.
seal S. T. COCHRAN.
County Judge.
By D. L. LOW, Clerk.
(First Publication June '26)
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF
UNION FUEL COMPANY.
T Whnn It Mav Concern
Notice is hereby given that on the IS h
day of June, 1S97. the Union Ful Com
pany adopted and hied articles of incor
poration which provide:
1. The name of said corporation shall
Lp th Union Fuel Company.
2. That the principal place of t ans
aefnir its business shall bo in tin city
of Lincoln, in Lancaster county. State
of Nebra ki.
3. 1 hat i hi general nature of the busi
ness to bi transacted shall be that of
bujing and Belling at wholesale and at
retail, hard and eoft coals, coke, wood,
kirdling and the like.
i. That th amount o' capital stock
authorized f hall be to,( 00, all of which
shbll be ful y paid up before the com
mencement of business by said corpora-
r.That Slid corporation shall com- A A7 T I L.T A A
tnence to do business on tho first day of " H IL.iyinniJ
I. M. Raymond,
President.
S. II. Bcknham,
Cashier.
A. J. Sawyeis,
Vice president
D. G. Wincj,
Asa't Cashier.
C Vl'ITAL 52.")f00O SURPLUS S2..,K)0
Directors I. M. Raymond, S. II.
Burnham. P. G. Dawep. A. J. Saw
yer, Lewis Gregory. N. Z. Snell, G. M.
Linmbertion, D. G. log, S. . Burn
bam.
(Q)0)
Worth of millinery
bought and to bo sold
at onequarter the regu
lar price during June.