THE COURIEB
The Courier
Published Every Saturday
Entered In the Postofflce at Lincoln u second
claaa matter.
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If you do not know what you want,
and are In doubt as to the proper place
to get It, go to the second-hand store.
There Is no use specifying any par
ticular one. You can be accommodated
most anywhere. And incidentally it
may be remarked that the second-hand
stores deal In everything assiduously
and carefully collected from every
where. No article exists under the sun that
a wise dealer In second-hand stuff will
not buy. The price may range from
something too insignificant to mention
to a very comfortable figure, this
phase of the question depending entire
ly on the commercial value of the
property. One thing is always true,
the cash disbursed and the probable
selling price of the article are always
far apart.
The dealer gambles more or less on
his purchase and of course must have
plenty of lee way In the shape of
profit. This must be so, since many
of the odds and ends in a modern second-hand
store lay for years and never
sell. Yet the dealer prides himself up
on furnishing the articles at a price
far below the general retail figures.
Belief In his ability, to do this causes
the second-hand man to thrive and in
crease his bank account.
People with extremely economical
habits of thought patronize these es
tablishments. They are close-fisted
and want the most for the least money.
No wonder the second-hand man Is the
shrewdest small bargain maker in the
realm of business. He starts in with
a floating scale of prices, as a general
thing, and gradually approaches the
selling figure. Finally the dickering
ones get down to "hard pan" and the
sale is made.
The stock carried by a second-hand
man may invoice from $500 to $800,
computing on the basis of what he
paid for It, while the retail price may
aggregate upwards of $2,000.
The second hand men buy from all
classes and conditions of citizens. Very
little entirely new furniture or goods
can be found in the confines of the
store. The wholesale houses occasion
ally let them have samples from which
they solicit orders when purchasers
want a new article.
The unhappily mated contribute in
no small degree to the prosperity of
the second-hand stores. There are di
vorces and divorces. The dealer keeps
track of all of them and such as are
in (jlose circumstances readily part
with superfluous furniture. When the"
wife deserts the husband the same
sequel nearly always follows. It is al
so true when the woman dies. In all
such Instances the dealer lays senti
ment aside and drives sharp bargains.
Like the pawnbroker, the second-hand
dealer is consulted only in cases of
necessity and he Is generally on the
lookout for a substantial fee for his
services.
Oftentimes inexperienced housekeep
ers burden themselves with useless
utensils. They unload on the second
hand man. Students try "baching"
schemes and when the mode of living
ceases, negotiate a sale with the same
personage. Now and then articles are
left to be sold on commission.
A repair man is usually in evidence
about a second-hand store; he can
make the -weak places in furniture
strong and the crooked places straight.
Then, too, he can do wonders with var
nish and paint. In order to hold his
Job he must be a mechanic, a carpen
ter, a painter and a blacksmith.
Now and then some dishonest person
swipes stuff nnd takes the plunder to
the second-hand man. In Lincoln the
police believe that most of the dealers
mean to be scrupulously honest and in
case of deception, stand the loss. Re
volvers and household articles of small
values are the wares which the second
hand me are apt to gather in.
Wives of boozing husbands, and
members of shifting families sometimes
part with their possessions piece by
piece. Pretty soon nearly all the do
mestic furniture shifts to the dealer.
In a sudden rush of prosperity the stuff
Is either bought back at a startling ad
vance or cheaper articles are secured
to replace the departed ones.
Through all the various deals, the
second-hand man remains firm and Im
passive. He sees lots of human woe
but he must not let It worry him.
Never can he be a philanthropic Insti
tution or a charity organization. He
reasons that if he does not buy from
the goaded visitors some one else will.
So he gets in on the deal as cheaply
as possible.
NEWS OF THE FUTURE.
(From Town Topics.)
The city comptroller has received
from Sir Richard Croker. Dart., M. P.
for Wantage, a cheque for $10,000,000.
for the "conscience money" fund.
At her wedding Miss Astorblltfeller
wore around her neck a priceless rope
of nuggets of hard coal.
Miss Helen Miller Gould has dis
charged her press agent. Mrs. Russell
Sage.
By the will of the late Andrew Car
negie, an enormously valuable side of
beef Is left to found a hospital for per
sons driven Insane by reading too
many of the greatest novels of the
season.
Mrs. "Jack" Gardner has turned her
Venetian palace In Boston Into a va
riety show, and her poses plastlques
are considered even more artistic than
her late Terpslchorean performances.
Former President Roosevelt has
Joined the Quakers, and Is forming a
society to put an end to wars.
Ostentation Is now considered so vul
gar that nobody with nny pretensions
In New York society drives In any
thing but express wagons or imported
costermonger carts.
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LINCOLN'S PROGRESSIVE STORE Ji
GREATEST OF all LINCOLN SALES
W"1
The Annual July Clearing Sale
The seini-annual event every shrewd buyer tiwaits. The money saving sale of the summer season.
The unalterable policy of this house to carry no goods from one season to another forces every
department manager to close out every vestige of summer merchandise. No matter
what the cost; no matter what the loss. All Hot Weither Goods mutt go.
Commencing Monday Morning, July 1 4th, at 8 o'clock
75,000 Yards of Wash Dress Goods
AT 30C 40C AND 50C ON THE $100
ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST WASH GOODS CLEARANCE IN OUR HISTORY.
PHENOMENALLY PRICED.
F?rQrl Your choice of 11)3 different styles
rv.Cd.U and colors of fine Satin Striped Tissue
de Organdie, the most popular wash fabric of the
season. The designs of these goods can be seen
in no other fabric; the colorings are a work of
art, absolutely fast; material washes well; ex
tremely suitable for evening or street dresses.
Sold everywhere for 35c. During our great
Clearing Sale, at half price, or per r ,
yard, ' '2C
HpJ Your choice of 700 pieces of Fine
l.Cd.vJ Printed Batistes and Dimities, in
cluding a recent purchase of 350 pieces of all new
fabrics, in a handsome range of navy, black, col
ored, and white grounds, every yard worth and
sold at 15c and 20c During our Great
Clearing Sale, buy them at per yard, .
10c
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-Your choice of 500 pieces of best
Imported Irish Dimity,
Genuine Egyptian Tissues,
Pineapple Tissues, French Tissues,
Organdie Persianne,
Satin Stripe Batiste,
Fancv and Plain Madras,
Plain and Dotted Swisses in black and colors, all typ
worth 25c and 30c. During our Great . t
Sale, for, per yard, J OC
D pafJ Your choice of S00 pieces of all the
rVCdU I2ic, 10c, 8Jc, and lie Wash Fab
rics in our stock, i.i&aJing 50 pieces of 15c
Printed Futaine Fantasie, and 40 pieces of fine
Zephyr Dress Ginghams, absolutely the greatest
offer ever made in this store at this sea- p
son. Per yard, OC
Remnants-
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line bhort .Lengths not an iota reserved
at half and less former Remnant price.-
Remnants
1 TO 10 YARD PIECES
100 Remnants regular 50c; Remnant price 25c; Now 12ic per yard.
50 Remnants regular 25c; Remnant price 12ic; Now 5c yer yard.
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