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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-30

The Cotillion club will give cotillion
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Buckstaff
this evening.
Mrs. w. E. Barkley entertained at
dinner for her Sunday school class Of
boys from the First Presby teriao church
Wednesday evening.
Professor and Mrs. Barbour will en-.
terrain the party Of friends that were
together this summer in Yellowstone
park. this evening. Mr.. Barbour took q
number Of very fine pictures Of the park
and will thrown them on screen for
his guests The following are members
Of the party: Messrs. and Mesdames
Morrill,, Wilson, Imhoff; Misses Bar
bour, Morrill,; Messrs. Morrill,, Barbour.
Professor and Mrs. Kimball gave
dinner at the University School OF
Music Wednesday evening. The halls
and dining room were beautifully dec
Grated in Christmas green and holly,
and the table was very daintily decorated
10 white hyscinths. Covers were laid
for Messrs. and Mesdames Wilson, Bar.
bour, Caldwell; Mrs Apperson; Miss
Moore; Messrs. Lowrey and Randolph.
Friends Of Mr.. Willis Sawyer, Of
Schenectady, New York, will be glad to
know OF his recovery from serious i'll.
cess that has lasted for several months.
Mr.. Sawyer is able to resume his work
10 connection with the Western Elec-
trical company Of Schenectady.
Mr.. Jesse Beecher. of Sioux CITY.
visited friends in Lincoln this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Everett will re-
turn to Chicago next week, where Mr..
Everett will resume his medical studiee.
Mr.. ]. 8. Glover and daughter. Mrs.
Paul Davis, of Waterloo, Ia, spent
Christmas with DR.. and Mrs. Hoover at
the Lindell hotel.
Judge and Mrs. Deemer, Of Red Oak,
Ia, are visiting Mr.. Dsemer's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Deemer, Of this city.
Miss Anita Muir has returned from
Albion to spend the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Muir, Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. H. Rudge left Tues.
day for visit to Youngstown, Pitts
burg and Washington, d. @.
Mr.. Roy Lynds. Of White Cloud, Kas.,
was visiting 10 the city this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Morrill,, of Strome-
burg, spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. II. Morrill,.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Watson and SOD,
Of Friend, spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ladd. Mrs. Watson will visit
with her parents, Dr.. and Mrs. Latta,
before returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stricken, of Omshs,
spent Christmas with Mrs. Strickler's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover.
Miss Merle Boynton gave very en-
joysble party for Miss Rooney, Of Hast
lngs. Wednesday evening. Refresh
ments were served, after pleasant eve.
ming spent with music and dancing.
Those present were Misses johnson,
Stun, Younge, Bowen, Anderson, Ang,
johnson, Fsncher, Beatty, Nc Clahan;
Messrs. Baker, Mosher, Lawlor. Alex
snder. Closson, Hagohy, Fancher, Smith,
Donneliy, Ryan. Nc Grew, Donnelly.
Miss Helen Bus'arJ and Mr.. Leo
Tonpkinson were married Tuesday
morning at the st. Francis de Sales
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-30

church by Reverend Father Albert.
The bride wore white gown OF mousse.
line de sole over white silk and carried
brides roses. The maid of honor. Miss
Rose Bastard, wore white Swiss dress
and carried pink roses. A reception was
given by the brides parents, Mr.. ard
Mrs. +. j. BASTARD. for Mr.. and Mrs.
Tonkinson. The house was beautifully
decorated and large number of friends
called during the afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tonkinson left for their home in
Waverly.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. O'Conneil enter
tanned the Nineteenth Century Gard
Club Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Kennedy, Of
Omaha. are visiting in Lincoln.
Mr.. Ralph E. johnson left Tues day
for st. Louis. Indianapolis. Washington,
Philadelphia and New York.
Mrs. G. M. Bartlett left Friday for
San Antonio. Mr.. George Bartlett &C
companied his mother az far as Kansas
City.
Mr.. Edgar Morrill, came down from
Omaha to spend tho holidays 10 Lincoln.
Mrs. M. w. Cochrane has returned
from Reynolds. Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ode Rector entertain, I'd
the Chafing Dish Club Tuesday night
in honor Of Mr.. aud Mrs. Harry Reese,
OF Colorado Springs. A delicious two
course supper vas served to Messrs. and
Mesdames Curtice, Reese, Merrill; Mrs.
Hickey, Of st. Joseph; Misses Burr,
Harrison; Messrs. Butler, Baldwin and
Honeywell Progressive caboose was
played and Mrs. Ross Curtice won the
lady's prize and Mr.. Baldwin the gentle.
msn's prize. Mrs. Reese took the con-
ISOLATION prize.
Mr.. Lew Marshall met with q very
painful accident Wednesday morning.
While working upon q ladder he fell
and wrenched the iigaments of his el-
bow. broke his arm in two places, bis
wrist was broken and his elbow suffered
compound fracture.
The Tuesday Night Dancing Club
gave dance at the dancing academy.
Those present we're Misses Garten.
Welch, Ricketts,. Daniels, Hamilton.
Clark. Hayes, Emmons, Holbrook, Ham.
mond, Lansing, Raymond, Paddock;
Messrs. Ricketts,, Mailey, Sheldon, Ken.
nsrd, Raymond, Folsom, Atwood, Tur-
pin, Hill. Sherman, Payne. Abbott. Nc.
Creery, Atwood. Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton,
Il. Lee chaperoned the party. J
At the home of the brides parents on
Vine street.-The Reverend Bullock united
Miss Harriet Best and Mr.. George
Cruikshank, Of Dorchester, 10 holy mat.
rimony on Christmas morning.
Mrs. Van Ferguson entertained the
ladies OF the floral kensiugton Thursday
afternoon. An enjoyable afternoon was
spent In guessing contest. The ladies
present we're Mesdsmes Gsroutte,
Green, Clark, Written. White, Elwick,
Erisman, Bacon. Wixon, Clark,
Ritshey, Humphrey, Wilson, Lichty.
The Lincoln high school class Of '92
held it's annual reunion at the home of
Miss Clara Smith Tuesday night. No
special amusement was furnished. Old
times were renewed and general good
time was awarded tho following guests
messrs' and Metdawes, Lee, Mockstt.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
Care and Mutton Talfow.

Mutton tallow is the basis of many
Of the best pastes and cream sold for
the Identification of the skin, and
nothing has been discovered by the
scientific beautifers that can compare
with it in healing and softening prop.
critics. The old fashioned mutton
tallow" was polite namo for lard,
pure and simple. 1t was made by
'>trying out" o pound OF hard, fat
mutton suet. The cupful of liquid
grease resulting from this process was
strained through hair sieve, and into
the iar in which it was placed was
poured an equal quantity of pure
glycerine. The mixture was stirred
vigorously and left to harden. When
ready for use it was like gold, but very
thick, cold cream. The beautiful
compilations of our grandmothers,
about which we hear so much, and to
the beauty of which old portraits aud
miniatures attest, were due to care
and mutton tallow as much as to ma
tural blessings, and if the modern
maid wore wells and shade hats, bathed
always in tepid water and rose leaves,
and spent hours every morning on her
toilet, her rosy, sun-browned skin
might rival the lily and the rose.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23

There Is serious trouble in every
creamery in the land over certain Of
the patrons not keeping their milk
cans clean. The difficulty is largely
because the patron does not under
stand the necessity of clean can. He
has never made any especial study of
this point, anu there is no reason why
he should know all there is to be
known ON this subject; but in such a
case he ought to be willing to take
some other mans word for It, who
does know, and because he will not do
this is the cause Of all the loss and
trouble that ensue.
Farmers claim that their skim milk
sours too quickly after leaving the
creamery. If every patron would
thoroughly clean and scald his cans
with boiling hot water before he puts
his milk into them to bring to the
would be in much better condition to
keep, to start with.
Then, If he would do the same thing.
and add to It, securing the seams with
brush after the slxim-milk IS emptied
from them, the can would be in much
better shape to receive the fresh milk
Mt the next milking.
1t is evident that great many pa
irons and their wives do not really
know what 1t means to clean can SO
it can safely hold milk and not tlint 1t.
Experiments have shown that milk
stored in. sterilized cans will keep
nearly twice as long as when kept I'm
cars washed in the ordinary way. To
clean a can thoroughly, or free 1t from
germs, c. b. Lane, of the New Jersey
Experiment Station, states that It
must first be scrubbed. then sca]ded
out with boiling water, care being
taken that 1t Is boiling; on, better still,
use live steam under pressure. No iiv-
ing organism can withstand steam, not
even bacteria spores, although some of
them will resist temperature of 200
degrees Fahrenheit. II dairy-houses
are supplied with boiler, 1t can easily
he managed to turn cans over jet of
steam having pressure of fifteen or
twenty pounds. After steaming, cans
should be kept bottom side up, as bac-
terra tend to go downward. There are
patent "milk-can washers" on the mar
ket, which run by power, but for the
ordinary dairynan hand brushes will
be found just as effectual and economi-
caa.
The ideal way to be sure Of having
clean milk would be for the patron to
have two sets of cans, one fol- fresh
milk and the other for taking home the
skim milk. Then, when he empties the
fresh milk cabs, have them thoroughly
cleaned and steamed at the Creamery,
and at the same time have tic skim
milk cans cleaned and likewise steam
cd before being filed with skim milk.
The creamery always has the hot
water ard steam. and it could easily
fix up a can-cleaning place in addition.
This method would greatly help the
creamery to get sweet. pure milk, and
help the farmer to longer keep his
skim milk sweet.--Hoard's Dniryman:
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
All About Chicken.


Fried Chicken-Take the breasts,
thighs and drum sticks Of two young
chickens. Cut the breasts. crosswise,
salt and keep in cool place for several
hours. Put large spoonful OF lard
in hot skillet, -four each piece and
fry till brown, covering the skillet
while cooking. When done, take up
the chicken on hot plate, rub spoon.
full of -four to the lard and pour in a
cup of water for the gravy. Use the
back, wings and giblets for stew for
another meal.
! Baked Chicken Pie-Take large
fat hen, cut in small pieces, cook un-
til tender. Make crust as for soda
biscuit, only little richer, line a skit-
let or buttered tin pan with two-thirds
I Of the crust, place in this the best parts
of the cooked and seasoned chicken,
strew over this large cup Of cracker
or bread crumbs; add q pint of the
gravy, thickened, cover with the re-
manning crust, slit and bake three
quarters of On hour slowly. Serve hot
with more gravy. add sage to seq
soning if desirsd.)
Chicken Pot Pie or Dumplings-
One pint -four, one level teaspoon
| soda, hall teaspoon salt, sift into a
crock and pour on rich buttermilk
enough to make stiff dough. Add
| -four if necessary and pinch off bits
| and work into six or seven balls tho
size of small eggs. One-half hour be-
fore the chicken is cooked add q cup
| of cold water to the kettle to stop boil
ing and place the balls on top OF
chicken. Donot crowd. Cook twenty
five minutes, without raising the lid;
more or less will make them heavy.
Then take them up on o plato large
enough without heaping. Take up the
chicken ON another plate. Add pepper
land sage if desired) to the sailed
gravy. thicken, cook and serve as soon
as possible.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
Tho Art of WASHING FIanne,s.

Our friends may not agree with me
In chasing laundry work among the
arts, but those who have sent fine
clothing to O careless washerwoman,
aid had their fiannels shrunken aud
| daintily colored fabrics faded must adj
NIT that the knowledge of the proper
methods of doing such work is very
| desirable. The writer has found it an
excellent plan to have it done at home,
and to superintend it if it is impos-
IDLE to do it herself. We do not wash
on Monday for various reasons. There
is usually an empty larder on that day
which must be 'replenished, the Sun
day clothes must be brushed aud hung
in their places, and other little tasks
I'LL the time completely. The soiled
clothing is sorted and mended Monday
afternoon, end everything got in readi.
ness to begin early the next day.
A boiler of soft water is heated until
it is as warm as you can bear your
hand in comfortably. Into this Is
poured little soap jelly, made by
shaving white soap in saucepan OF
winter and boiling few minutes. A
stir of the hand makes fine lather
when enough of the melted soap is
used. In this suds place the white or
light fannels, taking care that
all the garments are covered with the
water. Place the washboard on the
top of the tub and cover with blanket
| or quilt, folded so there are at least
four thicknesses. Let them soak half
an hour, then wash with as little rub
bing as possible. Rinse in saltwater OF
the same temperature as that in which
they were washed, and hang in shaded
| spot, where breeze will blow through
them. They will not shrink when
washed by this method, and will be
beautifully soft and clean.
This plan answers equally well for
all WOODEN garments, shawls. blankets,
etc., and tho work is easy. When oil
| tho dirt is not removed in tho first
water wash in another prepared in the
same way. Try it, ye housewives,
who ore tired of having your hannels
fulled up and ruined by washing in
tho ordinary way.-Boston Cultivator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
Safeguards.

'"The cashier informed me-" said the
president, that he was strongly
tempted co. skip with the funds, but
that he locked himself up with them
overcame the temptation"
Il know it." said the chief director.
IL had n detective at his door, one at
each window and one on the roof-at
the chimney flue-while he was pray
nG."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
UnrcIInhIc Dfrectness.

Mrs. Crummet-Cook-b books are so
unreliable.
Mrs. Cruller-I know it.
Mrs. Crummet-It said the eggs
should be cooked over n slow fire. I
followed directions. The result was
that the eggs Matched. 1t is just posi-
BILE the fire was too slow, but the book
ought to have said that 1t would not
do to have fire too slow.-Boston
Transcript.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
:. yapanese Decorative Plants.

II 10 said that the dwarf pines, Of
which we so often hear as being com.
mon in Japan, are, In connection with
bamboos, tho chief plants used for
room decorations on festival occasions.
The pines used for dwarfng are Pinus
densi-fora and Pinus Thunbergii, two
species which have some resemblance
to the Austrian pine in general char
acter, but which are moro graceful
and delicate in their habit Of growth.
-Meehan's Monthly. -.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23

Death by smallpox accelerated by
neglect of vaccination" was the deci-
sion of coroner's jury; but for odd
verdicts-it is difficult to beat this one
~ a jury of our own country: 1--WE
and the defendants not guilty, but be-
ieye they hooked the pork"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23

Valuable papers affecting the future
of the commander OF an American
brig, AMI which in time Of peril had
been cast overheard, were discovered
some time later in the stomach OF a
shark, which had been killed and cut
up hT sailors.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23

But one degree removed from horse
racing is the verdict of Kansas
paper that would be religious upon the
dear old lawn-sociable game of cro-
auet-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23

Special stamped envelopes for Porto
Rico will bear vignette of Amerigo
Vespucci. This it will be remembered,
vas the gentleman in whose honor the
continent discovered by Columbus was
canned.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23
Doing work in Many Lands.

The first annual report of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance shows the receipts
to be $147 ,s2O.55. The Alliance has 26a
missionaries working in China, India.
Japan. Africa, Arabia, South America and
West Indies.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-09-23

There are 40, 600 Protestant church msm-
hers in Japan.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01

Christmas orries, which they had be-
gun before the burning. But as they
went. laughing still over the maledic-
tion of the hermit, at a turning Of the
road they beheld red light which
seemed to come the direction Of the
castle. The songs and laughter died
away, and when, upon approaching,
the soldiers saw that in truth the home
of their lord and master was on fire,
they turned and fed, remembering the
monks words.
Enguerrand, crazeG and cnragcd
climbed the stone steps leading to the
entrance of his castle, but, rs with the
chapel he saw only cloud of something
arising from the ruins.
Repcnting at last, he hurried to-
wards the hermitage. and, kneeling, he
passed the rest of the night in prayer
his face in the snow, asking pardon
for his many crimes. The next day
he raised, with his own hands, cross
roughly hewn out Of granite, that one
can still see near the ruined chapel;
after which he disappeared and was
never seen again.
Some thought he had drowned
himself and others that he had entered
i monastery. However that may be,
every year on Christmas night the
ruined chapel is mysterously lighted,
and ghostly voices chant Christmas
hymns. a man covered with shining
armor bows his head in the snow, and
the good folk who happen to pass by,
never forget to make the sign of the
cross, hurrying past with heads avert
ed, for fear Of seeing the lost soul of
Carteret.-Nep IorA. Home Jcurnal
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
CATARRlI CAN BE CURED

By eradicting from the blood the
scrofulous .aints which cause it. Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures catarrh, promptly
and permanently, because it strikes at
the root of the trouble.
The rich, pure blood which it makes,
circulating through the delicate pas
sages of the mucous membrane, soothes
and rebuilds the tissues, giving them
tendency to health instead of disease,
and ultimately curing the affection.
At the same time Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla strengthens, invigorates and ener-
gizes the whole system and makes the
dcbilitated victim of catarrh feel that
new life has been impaired.
Do not daily with snuffs, inhalan:s
or other local applications, but take
Hoods Sarsaparilla and cure catarrh
absolutely and surely by removing the
causes which produce it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
NO 48
EARLY INVENTION OF NOV
ABLE TYPE.

Korea was the first Of all peoples to
originate movable metal type. For
hundreds of years the country and
the King had been under the domins-
tion of the Buddhist priesthood, and
the land was suffering the extremes
of sacerdolotalism. Every third son
must by law become monk-in 9th
er words, an unproductivc member of
society; the killing of COW was a
greater crime than the killing of a
man. The peoples houses were being
seized on all sides for the erection of
worse than unless monasteries. At
last the great General Yi-T'ajo, whom
a dotard King had sent upon the in
sane mission of invading China, turE-
ed to his soldiers and said, "Shall We
return to the capital and apply our
selves to the cleansing of the unspeak-
able corruption of our country" He
was applauded to the echo, and like
Julius Caesar, but with better pose,
he recrossed the Yalu, Korea's Rubi-
con, marched back upon the capital,
and sealed the death-warrant of saccr-
dotalism.
No sooner had the new dynasty
been founded in 1882 than literature
received new impetus through the
revival of Confucianism and the study
of the ancient classics. The monas-
teries which had become the reposi-
tories of the scholarship of the land,
were filled with the unintelligible jar
gon of Buddhism, and literature was
almost wholly confined to its ritual.
But now schools were being establish
ed, books were being demanded, ard
students were calling impatiently for
the time-honored classics. Thus it
was that in the reign of King Ta-
jong font of metal type was
cast, the first the world has ever
seen.
The art of typography had existed
for centuries, and clay type had also
been used in Japan, but Korea was
the first to discern the need OF the
more permanent and durable form of
metal type; and so well did she carry
out her plan that the type then cast
has come down to the present day
practically unimpared Each type
was built on the principle Of the arch,
being cyliudrically concave on the un-
der side. The purpose Of this was to
secure firmcr hold upon the bed of
beeswax which constituted the "form,'
technically so called. A shallow tray
was filled with wax, and the type,
after being firmly imbedded in it, were
"planed" in the ordinary manner. The
printer, sitting cross-legged before it,
applied liquid ink by means of soft
brush, after which sheet of paper
was lightly laid upon the form. A
piece of felt was brushed softly across
the porous paper with the right hand,
and the left removed the printed page.
In this way it was possible to strike
off some 1900 impressions in one
day.
The annals of Korea show clearly
that there have been two fonts cast
one about the year l4O6, and the 9TH
er some centuries later. But we find
that these two fonts, or the remains of
them, exist today. Those Of the later
casting are now in common use in the
Korean Government printing office,
while all that remains of the older
font were thrown aside as useless, and
were found among mass Of debris in
the corner of ruined storehouse.-
Harper's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
1luetrn.
OLD-TIME HUSKING BEES.

OLD-TIME HUSKING BEES
Memory often takes an outing
From the present passing show,
Spreads her pinions and goes scouting
To the scenes of long ago.
Back unto the fun and frolic
OF the rural sports and plays,
Pleasures charmingly bucolic
That were ours in younger days,
And the very chief OF these
Were the country husking bees.
On the old barn floor we'd gather,
Boys and girls and older folks,
Hearts light as downy feather,
Lips all ripe with rustic jokes.
Air just sparkling with our laughter
As the gay hours onward sped
Until every cobwebbed rafter
In the shadows overhead
Seemed to quiver and to sing
As high-keyed fiddle str.ns.
Now and then the air was riven
With a shout It'd wake the dead,
Telling that the fates had given
Some glad cuss an ear of red.
Then would come the kissing struggle
Mid the husks upon the floor,
After which the girl would snuggle
To him closer than before,
Blushing to her finger tips
From the thrill born OH her lips
How the happy picture fingers
With us through the f1eeting yeas,
OF the way the toll fingers
Snatched the jackets from the ears.
OF the flashing lanterns banging
Round, and casting f:ckers er
Merry dancers who were banging
Dust from out the old barn floor,
As the fiddler ierked his bow
Muscularly to anG fro.
Every day hear the singing
OF some dear old rural ode,
Melody of youth-days ringing
Through our mountain land abode,
And my loving glances wander
To that happy wifely face
That learned to love back yonler
In that far east country place.
She is all the world to mt;
Found her at a hu>k king bee.
-Denrer Erening Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01

"Papa fell over my express wagon
this morning." said Willie; "my, it was
funny-I laughed till l cried. ;
Did YER" said Tommy.
Yes" replied Willie; ''papa caught
me laughin.'