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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-11-28
COMFORT TO CALIFORNIA.

Every Thursday evening. tourist
elt Q. ing car for Salt Lake City, San
Francisco AMI Los Angeles leaves
Omaha and Lincoln via the Burlington
Route. tits carpeted; upholstered in
rattan; has spring seats and backs and
is provided with Curtains, BIDDING,
towels, soap. etc. An experienced ex-
cursion conductor and uniformed Pull
lman porter accompany it through to
the Pacific Coast. While neither as ex-
pensively finished nor as fine to look at
as a palace sleeper, it is just as good to
ride il. Second class tickets are honored
and tie price OF berth, wide enough
and big enough for two. is only s.. For
I, lder giving full particulars, call at
the d l. vi Depot or City Office Corner
Tenth and o street.
Geo. ". Bonnell,
q. L. L. A.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-11-28
MISSOURI PACIFIC FLYER.

The Filler will make better time by
several hours to st. Louis, Cincinnati.
Washington. New York and to all east.
err points. than any other line out Of
Lincoln. II is screamer.
For Information about rates, connec-
uons. cts. or for sleeping car berths,
call at city ticket Office. 1901 o street.
F. Z. CORNELL, c. p. & T. A
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-11-28
ABOUT HER DRESS.

You whose pride consists in living
on an elevated plane
OF intellectual culture-and
all social claims disdain-
Who comment on the vanity
of women whom you meet,
Whose heads are filled with
naught beside the latest fashion Sheet"
As you're a woman-Eonesuy,
now tell me If you find
For an evolution lecture
concentrated mind,
When filled with dire fore bodings.
that some friends that near you sit,
Most surely will discover
that your new
Gown
Docs
Not
Fit.
You with soul so stepped in pleasure
by sympathy sublime
At Padercwski concert.
that you can not well divine
The grosser creature near you,
with the deeply injured air,
Who softly murmurs under breath
Il stupid, slow affair"
Nov. tell me candidly. did
worldly thoughts obtrude
Upon the soulful rapture
of your sweet, ccstatic mood7
j only ask the question
cause saw you sitting there
And struggling with
a locsened trcss
Your
londe
Hairi
And you. sweet saint. who
found the sermon dull and fat
Because you CHANGED to hear re-
marks about "a dowdy hiatt"
In vain you sought on heavenly
things to fix your wandering mind
That day, no consolation in
religion could you find;
In spite of self. you Wondered
as your face more crimson grew
I'm sure. in strictest confidence.
you will to me confess
One can be better Christian
When ones
About
Her
Dress!
Mary Day Harris.
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Island is doing proportiona,ely as well.
The following letters were received
from the judges Of The Courier" prize
contest. 1t will be seen that the story
big Hans takes the first prize, and
''Tne Deacon and The Advertising So
lici.ors," the second.
LINCOLN, NEB., Nov "a, 1896.
Editor Courier: At your request /
have examined the stories that we're
submitted TO me by you and beg leave
20 say, in IN opinion, The story entitled
to first prize is the story Of The Deacon
and the Four advertising Solicitors"
The second is big Hans" story OF
Nebraska farm. remain very respect
fully. w. S. SUMMERS
Holy Trinity Rectory,
LINCOLN, Nov 18th, 1896.
Yesterday i received lot cf prize
stories" and have, as agreed. read them.
In my opinion the story entitled big
Hans is entitled to first prize; and The
Deacon and the ADV eriising Solicitors"
is entitled TO second. As you requested
will pass them on to Mr. Ames. Very
truly yours. ii. PEECY SILvERs.
LINCOLN. Nsb.. Nov. 10Th, 1896.
My decision on the prize essays sub
mitted 10 me is as follows:
First-"Big Hans"
Second-"Her First Excursion Run"
TaiId-"On the Way 10 the Sea-"
Fourth-"The New Minister"
Fifth-"Tne Parable OF the Chimney"
Iremain very respectfully yours,
JOHN III. AMEs.
The prize story. big Hans" was writ
ten by Miss Edna ID Bullock. The
SECOND pl:ze story. viz. The Story OF
the Deacon and the Four Advertising
Solicitors" is written by Mr.. NJ. Ridge
way Van Bla:c com OF New York city.
Mr.. Van Blaroon Is son OF an Omaha
lady. Mr.. Van Blarcom has written for
the magazines and for newspapers for
come lime. His stories have flavor OF
Stockton. He is young man, and The
Courier is glad to print story that is
among the first OF many that will be
read by mag aziue readers in the years
to come. Miss Edna Bullock, who takes
the first prize. is q young woman OF
much promise now doing post graduate
work at the university. We have heard
OF her before and We will hear OF her
again. Her story will be printed next
week and Mr.. Van Blarcom's week after,
a1d some OF the others will follow.
Many Ot the stories are excellent, and
the editor rejoices not to have had any
thing to do with the decision.
The National Council OF Jewish
Women held ITS first convention in
New York from November fifteenth to
the twentieth. The council has branches
in nearly every city in the United States
The membership includes all Jewish
women who care to joi1. Mrs. New
mark is the president OF the Lincoln
branch Of the national council which
vas organized last May. 1t meets fort
nightly AID the interest il growing.
Numbers OF Jewish residents have
moved away from Lincoln since the
hard times set in AMI the society and
eynagosue show a depleted member
chip.
The program OF the National Council
issued las, year by Miss Sadie Ameri-
can, the corresponding secretary. states
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guide for the early and most important
period covered by Isaiah, jeremiah and
Ezekiel I?750-?75O b. G. which it rec
ommends as an excellent beginning for
study. An effort will be made 10 pro
vide further guides as needed.
For the pre- Babylonian period any
simple history Of Israel will furnish the
facts. The following are some of the
subjects recommended:
Study OF Leviticus: THE Sacrihcial
System" 1.-The Laws OF Cleanliness and
Their Effects" Ethics OF Levilicus.'
Study Of Numbers: Land, Langu-
ages and People OF Palestine" "The
Story OF BALKAN and Balak and Its Les.
sons" "The Biblical Festivals and Holy
Days"
Symposium-Ien minute speakers.
Characteristics and peculiarities OF
the modern jew as developed in and by:
Asiatic countries.
Russia and Poland
Germany.
France.
Italr.
Netherlands.
Spain.
England.
America.
Position. social and political and in
dustriAl, OF the jew in the countries
above mentioned.
Study OF Genesis: abraham the
Founder" 'Patriarchal Life "The
Poetry of Genesis"
Study OF Exodus: The Tabernacle"
The Song of the Red Sea" Ethics of
Exodus"
In list OF books recommended for
the study OF the Bible the names of the
modern German writer's on Hebraism
appears. The scholarly treatment OF
Old Testament topics by the writers of
the Tubingen school brings every con-
scientious reader finally to the same al
titude OF knowledge and reverence. Jew
and GENTLE divide when they reach
the Christian era. The paths diviae
at right angles and nothing but miracu-
lous geometry can bring them together.
Mrs. Henrotin, the president of the
National federation of Womans clubs
made speech before the N. c. j. ".
urging union with the federation. Al
though the object of the Jewish society.
lie to promote thorough knowledge Of
Judaism. there is nothing in that to
keep it from joining the federation.
Knowledge and sympathy will help TO
destroy the ignorance and prejudice,
which for so long have separated Jew
and Gentle.
The secondary object Of the n. c. J.
W. is the study and practice IF tie pre-.
ventive charity systems. In Chicago its
members are devoting themselves to
settlement work and in Lincoln they
are looking out for their own poor, sys-
tematicalIy.
Persecution and years Of confinement
in the Ghetto's OF Europe have bred a
distrust OF outside people which it will
take many centuries Of acquaintance TO
dispel. Though the quicker it shall dis.
appear the better for US all. Woman's
clubs bring the women together. Com
rades are privates who march and fight
together. The village improvement
societies. that many originally literary
clubs have become. need to be repre-
sentative OF all classes if they would
accomplish anything.
1t is the influence Of the club move
ment which has stirred the leaders OF
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-11-28

vas organized last May. 1t meets fort
nightly AID the interest il growing.
Numbers OF Jewish residents have
moved away from Lincoln since tine
hard times set in anl the society and
synagogue show a depleted member
chip.
The program OF the National Council
issued las; year by Miss Sadie Ameri-
can, the corresponding secretary, states
the object o: the society as follows:
Tie primary object OF the n. c. J. w.
is 10 promote a thorough, systematic
and widespread Knowledge OF judaism.
A Thorough knowledge of our history is
necessary as basis Tor this. In gen.
eral the year shall be devoted to learn.
inc:
The history Of Israel to the Christian
Era, and 10 obtaining a close acquaint.
srcc With the Bible.
While the experience OF the plst year
has shown that no pre- superstition of
familiarity with any period OF Jewish
history should, ae yet, determine any
parscaier per Oh Tor uniform study. YET
your cen pit;ee herewith presents a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-01
A Mosquito in a Fight.

T have read accounts of fights be- tween turkeys, between snakes and be- tween turtles and snakes, said a hunter to a Washington Star writer, "but the hardest fight I ever saw was in New Jersey. I heard a rattling and d bug zing just ahead of me, and knew that something unusual was happening Soon l came across the scene of trouble, large rattlesnake and d full grown mosquito, such as they raise om the Jersey coast, were engaged in a deadly conflict The snake kept up a constant rattle and would strike at the mann moth insect, which, realizing the dan ger, would, with an angry buzz, get out of the way and strike for the reptiles eyes. I watched the fight for an hour when the mosquito got a firm hold in an eye of the snake and in a, few min utes the rattler stretched out straight and ithe rbosqIito made d bee line fol me, evidently not having had fight enough. shot the insect and had both it and the rattler stuffed"
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be put into aeetylene before its use can be attempted,
 Thus it appears that highly explosive as 1t is. there is hope for the gas in question. The New York World after deyoting a whole page recently to a technical description of how the gas is made, winds up with the consoling as surance that electric light companies are in no danger from the advent of the new illuminant, as they can with slight changes utilize their plants for the man. ufacture of carbide.
 The Rochester Democrat remarks on this subject: "It would be idle to deny that the new method of producing ace- tylene gas, in commercial quantities and at comparatively low cost, promises much in the way of economy in il- lumination. The progress of the at tempt to supercede electric lights and ordinary coal and water gas will be watched with interest"
 Theoretically it is no more liable to explode than coal or water gas. Yet the record shows that it created a good deal of havoc in New Haven manufactory few days ago Right here, again, it would be unfair to condemn the new illuminant, which is so full of promise because Of an accident like the one re- ferred to. But all of these early condi- tions suggest caution in the matter of abandoning electric plants or diVerting them to the manufacture of the new gas"
 The expense of production is how ever, another vital point in the mat ter According to reports the gas has not been sufficiently tried, under com- mercial conditions, to warrant the con clusion that it is either safe or great ly cheaper substitute for the other il- ludinants.
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Reunited by A photorrnph

A scene in the German Methodist church of this city last might will never be forgotten by those in the congrega- ton. A photograph of a man and two little girls fell out of Mrs. John Strantz' S bible and it was picked up by Mrs. Herman Glaa;en, who, upon seeing 1t, started with the exclama ton, q have one at home like thatp'
 That" she said, ''is the picture of myself, my father and sister"
 The two women fell, weeping with Jey, on each others neck, greatly to the amazement of the minister and the con gregation. They were the originals of the two little girls in the photograph, and had not heard of one another since 1858, although they had been neighbors for three years and had often seen each other in church.
 Their mother died in Hamburg, Ger many, in 1857, and in the spring of 1859 the father started for America, after having the photographs taken for the purpose of leaving one with his old mother. During the voyage he died, and was buried at sea. After the chil- dren arrived in America one of them was taken to raise by an aunt in Penn sylvania, and the other by an uncle at Kankakee Ill.-St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat,
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and there is almost invariably room for sympathy for the "other fellow" The pillng up of the national deblt of late has led some of our statisticians and flnanciers to this view of the case and they have brought out figures that speak volumes as to the comparatively easy financial condition of Uncle Sam uel. Our counItrys financial strength is positively great compared with that of any other of the great nations. Our national debt Is now $915,OO0OO0, while our population is 69,000,00O. The debt of Great Britain and Ireland, whose combined population is about SS,- 900 ,000 is $S,350, O00, ,O00 Take Germany with 49,O00O0o inhabitants. Germany's debt is $1,956, ,000,OOO. Take France. France has SS,000,000 people and debt of $4,446,0O0,0OO, Austria Hungary with 42000,000 Of people has a debt of 2,S66,- 100000 Russia with 11S,OOO,0OO people has a debt of nearly four billions, Italy with 30,OOO,0 900 people comes to the scratch with Q debt of $2, ,S25, ,000,000 and Spain shows her teeth with 19,500,0 ,000 inhabitants and debt of $1, 250, 900, GOO. In other words the United States owes only $14.63 for each inhabitant, Spain $73.S5, Russia $3079, Italy $76O6, Great Britain and Ireland SS779, Germany $S9.5S, France $116.35 and Austria-Hun- gary $70.S4. The figures speak most po- tently for themselves of the facts in the case, of the great burdens which other nations carry and of the easy yoke which falls upon the people of this republic. Then beyond all this fine showing for the people of this land, is the wonderful future of development growth and prosperity which seems in store for lthe United States. The coun- try's resources are still as boundless as when Fremont led his band of ex- plorers on their journey through the then trackless regions of the West to the Pacific coast.
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DIRK.
HILARY.

Trying to be witty is like trying to be pretty.-Flegende Blatter.
 Pupil-I don't know, sir; but if you tell me when it left off can reckon up.-- Fliegende Blatter
 ''she has heart of gold.'
 That settles my chances, then. Some Erglishman will annex her, sure. "-Cin- cinnati Enquirer.
 A Dark Subterfuge-Effie-Jack, pa pa said we must not see each other any more. Jack-Indeed! Shall I turn the gas out?-Harper's Bazar.
 "Why does he follow her so with his eyes?"
 T believe he has some difficulty with his feet."-Detroit Free Press.
 Master-How was this vase smashed, Nary" Mary-If you please, sir, it tUmbled down and broke itself. Master -Humph! The automatic brake again, -Tit-Bits.
 "Ah, me, my heart is full"' sighed the girl who had been taking advantage of her leap year privilege until she found herself engaged to five men YUnkers Statesman.
 Excuse me-" said the fish, as he dropped back into the water, excuse me, but really I do not consider your point well taken. n.'-Cincinnat Enquirer
 Teaeher-When did the thirty years war commence?
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THE EIEETYNG SHOU.
Some ofIts Facts and Fancies.


 Written for the JOURNAL AND c URrER.l THE AUTHOR OF "SUNNYSIDE." Not so very many years ago the popu- laridea of the literary woman was some thing like this: An untidy creture with unkempt hair and ink-stained fingers who, when seized with a scribbling fit, neglected every duty, and was oblivious to all considerations save those that pertained to her manuscript. When Genius burned the household fires went out, the larder was empty and sonnets to Neglect might have been finger writ ten in the gray bloom of dust that cov- cred the furniture. Husband and child ren, if she had them. possessed no rights that she was bound to respect. indeed she was prone to regard them as stumb- Iing-stones in the pathway Of literary fame.
 Just as the undiscriminating regard the sO-calIed ''new woman of to-day was she regarded then, and with about as much reason. Though many conspic- uous examples contradicted the impres- sion it remained, as untruths will, not fully disnroved. The woman Of literary gifts to-day receives a generous share of the worlds appreciation and approval,
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RnEADLENH

There is still plenty of room for hope and encoura cement regarding this coun- 'try's financial situation, depressing as the frequent issuing of bonds of late and the prospect of more later may seem. It is always well to consider in "blue" times that things might be much
 worse and to reflect that there are others who would gladly exchange places with yourself and deem your po- sition positively enviable. Mark Tap ley was one who seemed never tired Of making the best of dreary situations
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Highest all Leavcnng Powe-Latcst U S. Govt Report R&{5n!:a!!! :!! Rskassa ! RRaklaRs
 A3SOEuJTEEX nUgsE

Geographical Item,-"Your trip to Italy must have been very pleasant, v said one of the most intelligent young ladies in Austin to Simpson, who had just returned from a foreign strand. Very interesting indeed" answered he, Now tell me" said she, "does Italy look like a boot? You know that's the way it looks on the map,"-Texas Sift- ings.
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 about the edge of the skirt, at the wrists and throat and possibly for the loose front. Even when coat effects are taken up there is no need of doing it in a highly elaborate way They are very becoming and may be modified to meet the need of almost any figure, cloth or nraks-over. Here is an entirely new one that is especially attractive. Of chamois colored cloth, its Louis XVI jacket has a short ripple basque, draped revers embroidered with small silk dots and black pin dot vest with a tiny cloth plastron at the top. For further ornamentation there are three chased gold buttons and full lace ja- bot finished with a lace collar. The high wired collar is of cloth, and the moderately puffed sleeves and skirt are untrimmed.
 It is true that a great many of the coat styles developments necessitate the plentiful use of costly materials, but, on the other hand this fashion of fers many opportunities for dressiness at small outlay. Extravagant as many of the current fashions seem it is real ly very easy now to dress fashionably and becomingly. The needed richness of material does not really alter the case, for never was there time when a bit of rich material could be made to go so far and to count for so much in the artistic whole. The woman who will only give a little thought and planning to her wardrobe as a whole can make her husband think that his wife is the fh-St dressed woman he knovc and then wonder how in the world she does it on so little. Think of body's hus- band believing that. FLORETTE.
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Lord Roseberys forthcoming novel is awaited with more than ordinary cu- riosity by several prominent English men who suspect that he has been using a pen dipped in satire.
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Lieut.. Egvind Astrup, whose dead body was recently found in the Lillehv- dale valley, Norway, was the sixth of Lieut.. Peary's party who has died since returning from the expedition.
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Beatrice Herraden's new novel will be twice as long as Ships That Pass in the Night" and is said to contain some humor.
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FziSffION NOTES.
Outdoor Simplicity at a rreminm.

Cloth dresses for the street are usual ly simple and are in better taste. Only the most ill-advised taste sanctions ex- treme ornateness in street attire. The gown that is of good wool material, dark shade, and made with skirt of full cut and perfectly plain with bodice fit ting closely, except for the invarlable loose or open effect, cannot fail to be stylish and effective. If elaboration Is needed, it may come in bands of fur
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-01

Joseph Cook is still at the Clifton Springs sanitarium He is getting into a condition of rest and repair, and is taking considerable nourishment, show ing some signs of improvement.
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Anthony Trollope, in the course of thirty five years, wrote sixty novels and made $S50,OOO total profit from their sale To-day his works are almost un- read.
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"A somewhat notable reunion was one in Kentucky the other day at which old who weighed only sixty-three pounds. and a baby two years old that and woman with twelve toes and four teen fingers.
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Mime. Patti recently said in Paris that she would never return to the United States. She remarked that Chicagoan had offered her $20O,O00 for forty con- certs, but she had refused. She gave as an excuse that she did not wish tc miss the fishing at Craig-y-Nos,
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A GOOSE.

We often hear or read of "the things one would rather not have said,'' un- considered, tacltless speeches. that cover the thoughtIess speaker with confusion and that are often received as an af- front by the person referred to or ad- dressed.
 Of the following Horrible example" Lady Henry Somerset was the inno- cent victim. She was expected to speak alt temperance meeting recently held in London, but illness prevented her attendance. Seemingly, it would have been very easy for the lady who took her place to make some graceful allusion to the value of Lady Henry S services while accounting to the audi ence for her absence Indeed it was her kindly intention to do so when she uttered this prepesterous and unex- pected sentence: Dear Lady Henry has been overworked, and we must, of course, be careful not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"
 The report does not state whether the speech was hissed, but a demonstra- ;tion of that nature would have been entirely appropriate.
 HILARY
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THECARRlNGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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Evaporated potatoes prepared in the same manner as evapolIted applesj are ito be put on the market from Mime sota next fall. Last seasons potato crop was so large that many millions of bushels were wasted, and experi- toes. The experiments were successful, and two big factories for preparing po- tatoes in this manner are building.
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After two years of sharp rivalry be- tween the anthracite coal railroad, during which many millions of dollars have been squandered by all concerned, the presidents have finally reached a settlement of percentages which will place the business upon a profitable basis. The agreement, as mentioned yesterday, will run from to-day to March 31, 1897.
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This continued spell of mild, bright weather awakens little desire here for an escape to warmer climes. The pres ent winter, barring one or two cold snaps, has been one ofmarked mildness. But some of the weather prophets pre- diet sharp touches of Arctic weather before the days of ''etherial nildness" come.