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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1897)
THE COURIER. i mm s &8 'ft s f Yl&t$MiD IHW GOODS 00 . ;,i s 1023-1029 O St. C- Jvlncoln, en. MM Ml IIIIIMIillHHII ' '"" ' M0l00Mma Once Upon a Time fl& .V? fl the same qualities of dress goods, silks and trimmings could not be bought anywhere for half what we are now offering- them and to convince you ot this fact we extend to you a most coraiai invitation to visit our store anu iook a& at these lines. : Dress Goods i Silks. i DRESS . TRIMMINGS AND GARNITURES. We carry the finest and most complete 40 in. wide; all of thesj will be sold during the silks for waists New designs stock of trimmings in the city. Do not fail to week atT per vard X "" ' ' through this department and" when you T . X make a purchase in this line kindly give us 43C JcmeEtown novelties. 40 in. wide, fast x colore, handsome patterns; will wear well. "ye just received our new Z au wooi DoveuicF, cuecx, iweeaa etc.. . 10 x new fall shades of figured silk that your patronage. Oar lice of imported novelties, 40 to 46 in. are most desirable, at wide, of English and French manufacture, is X very large. All new designs nnd latest color ings, a regular 75:: cloth, ht 55C Do not fail to see our novelties at 75c, 83c X 93c and 81.25. 5 he foreitm markets afford no better lines than we can show and no houte S in the United Statrs can give you better newest shades, at value. BLACK DRESS GOODS, f 75c and 89c a yard. This is a great value. New changeable taffetas, the 75c We have a verv larjre line of We have some excellent qualities X V1nrt.- r-rr"iAt nillrc Ol ,n wirlo M s-l f m r j-mr.- P 111 a.' icutu sciytr. Fiench Serge, 46 in. wide, per ycrd... 36 1 ac all silk, new fall designs, large and French Serire. 46 in. wide, ner iard -. .4c Frenci Serge 46 in. wide, por yard 50c small and at the price which we French Scree. 48 in. wide, uer yard 55c ',; Fiench Serge, 50 in. wide, per yard 59c sell it makes it one of the best This is really a great reduction values in the city, per yard from the regular price as you will see after once looking at the goods, f 75 Fancy silk braid garnitures, worth 81.25 at 75C- Mohair tabular braid, J4 in. wide, all color, per yard 4c. Mohair braid sets compote 1 of three frogs for front of waist, bands for back seams and the tabs for sleeves, worth 98; a se,t for 50c. Mohair braid. n.i in. wide, with fancy loop edges, black and all colors, worth 15s a yard, at 10c. via? c aip STORIES IN PASSING. Mr. Janus Samuels had been a sailor during a'l his early life, but at forty he gave up the sea and came ta Nebraska. He bought a farm cloee to a thriving town, and after twenty-Ova years he is in thrifty circuimtance3 with part of his children married and settled near him. He is a man of influence, an elder in the church, careful aud correct in his habits. Whether be ever won the title or not. he is known all over the county as Cap. Samuel?. One day cot long since a brother came out to make him a visit. The brother had folloxcd the briny deep all his lift and they had met but once or twice since thay had parted a quarter of a can tjry before. So it was a pleasant reun ion, and ther2 were many eld adven tures to be talked over. The day after be arrived the vhi.or mentioned to the Captain that be had au. express package ordered to the town and wished he would stop and sae if it had com?. He said that as he was a stran ger he had directed that it be 6ent di rectly to Capt. James Samuels so there would be no inconvenience in getting it out. The expres3 offica was in the depot and so the Capt. as he drove in that afternoon slopped to enquire if any ex press package had come for him. It had cot anived. The next day he stopped and the next, but still it did cot appear. "Cap. seems to be in a bury for some thing,"' said the express agent. "Probably he has broke something in bis reaper and is wanting th repairs," 6a i 3 the telegraph operator. Th3n for two days the Captain did not appear, a3 they were off on a little trip until Saturday night. On Sunday he drove to chuich as usual with his wife and two younger children, tbe visitor choosing to remain at home. His hear ty, whole soulrd way of doing things always made him welcome at church services as well as other gatherings. On his return home as he was driving by "the depot the agent happened to be sta-dirg iu tbc door. 'Wait a minute;' he slid, 'Tllbiing 3ou out that package. Its been here since Friday. I tried to get a chance to send it out, but the neighbors I cpoke to didn't happen to find it convenient." The agent and operator brought it out, et it in the front of the buggy and, "with half expressed smiles, were gone in -a jiffy. The old Capt. was a little dazed at the .speed with which the package had besn Joaded on to him. and on Sunday tco. -He drove on slowly and a little uncer tainly. He locked down at the pack age, then at his black Sunday attire, at his daughter with the bible and hymn book In ber lap. All the appointment9 wera serious aad of a Sunday character exc2pt the package. The perspiration ttirted on his forehead when be thought that come of the neighbors had bad their attention called to it. Probably a lot of tbe loafers aroutd the depat also bad been looking it over and comment ing on it. The bluff and eclf-satisfisd ait of the Capt. was thoroughly subdued as he looked down at the package again and more caiefully read the address. Yes, there was no mistake about it. ; Capt. James Samuels, : : Jamaica Kum. : : 2 gals. : "I got a good send off when I was twenty-one," said a man who had been fairly prosperous in his farming opera tion. "I'll tell you about it. A great many young men get something from their father when they come of age a team or a little money, or even a piece of land once in a while. But I'll tell 3 ou what my father gave me. Perhaps it was all right in the long run and did me as much good as money. Father went to farming over in Iowa after the war, but he didn't get along very well. He wasn't a good manager and kept get ting behind a little more every year. We boys had to eh id for ourcelves, eo artsr we were sixteen we worked out by the month and paid our own way. We would generally be at home awhile in the winter, but most of the time we were away at work. One February, just as I was coming twenty-one, a man about e'ght miles away sent for me. I had worked for him the preceding sum mer and he had learced that 1 was very skillful in fixing up horses and making them look well. When I got down to bis place I found that he was to have a sale in about two weeks and he wanted me to fix up his horses and make them look nice for the sale. So I spent the next two weeks in treating those horses. I fed them all kinds of stuff and rubbed them and handled them until the owner himself bardly knew them. There was one old gray plug in particular. He didn't s em worth bothering with. He had been stove up and crippled and lamed and really wasn't wcrth a dollar. But 1 worked on hinagood deal and doped him with all the horse truck I could think of, and it was surprising to see how the old fellow came out in his appearance. He carried his head well up, he must have been a good looker in his youth and I calculated that we could hold him up till after the sale and make him bring something after all. -W .s "s s