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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-01-27

followed by addresses by Commander
Plumb OF Appomsttox post, Mrs. Bly,
stone. president Of the Ladies OF t,e
Grand Army, and Mrs. Marian
Gran phiu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson and Mr.. and
Mrs. West gave a crokinole party
on Friday evening. A photograph
concert gave great deal OF enjoyment
the latter part Of the evening. songs.
speeches and selections from II agenows
orchestra being given. Those present
were: Messrs. and Mesdames Holcomb,
Poynter, Jewell, Meserve. Porter, Pool.
De France. Mary, Cofiio and Deering.
Miss Poynter and Mr.. Patterson.
Les Bohemiennes vera entertained by
Mrs. Walter Hargreavss Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnett gave an informal
dance Monday evening.
"In a Persian Gardner" under the
auspices OF the Matinee Musicale at
the First Congregational church on
next Monday night. January 29tb, ad-
mission 80 cents.
Mrs. Laurence Weakley will be heard
here in the Persian Garden" will wear
the gown IN which she was presented to
Queen Victoria last summer.
Will ladies who 60 to the Persian
Garden" on Monday evening please
prepare to remove their hats?
The Lincoln Book club met with Mrs.
]. A. Buckstsff on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. K. E. Moore was elected president
for the current year and Mrs. f. H.
Oakley vice president.
Lincoln Fortn'ghtiy met with Mrs.
A. w. Field on Tuesday when Mrs. A
C.. Ricketts, presented an able and
scholarly review of Count Leo ToIstoi.
Mrs. Andrew Durland of Norfolk is
visiting Mrs. L. c. Richards.
Mrs. Mitchell entertained informally
for Mre. Deutsch Of Beatrice, on Tues
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner and MIR. and
Mrs. Seacrest entertained the M. M. NJ.
whist club very pleasantly on Friday
evening.
The Knights Of Pythias entertained
the Pythian Slsterhood on Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. ard Mrs. John Dorgan enter
tanned informally for Mrs. Rollins on
Monday night.
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity gave a
email dancing party on last Saturday
night at their rooms on Tenth and 0
streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. CritteEden gave an in
formal party on Wednesday evening.
Eucbre was played the fore part Of the
evening and music occupied the latter
half.
Tho Phi Kappi Poi fraternity gave a
dancing party at their chapter house on
Friday evening and will entertain again
this evening.
Mr.. F. c. Fisk who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Burgess, returned to
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday.
The Ladies Of the board Of the Young
Woman's Christian Association gave a
banquet in the association rooms on
tuesday evening. Miss Price made a
very apt .oastmistress and introduced
the follovino tnasts.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-01-27
A Shoe Hint
Get the corret shape for your particu-
lar type Of foot.
WzzH23zn

Shoes are made in special shapes for
long, short, thin and thick feet, and to
make each look WELL.
Our Cornell shape here shown has
quiet elegance; a happy blending OF
fashion and common sense. Very trim
and shapely.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-01-27

DID. j. Hanna. dentist, Sd floor Rich
ards. Hours 8 am. to pm. Evenings
Mon, We'd, and Fri, z to9.
Kelley, plumber, Rich. blk. Phone 94I.
See our new stock of Gas and Electric
Fixtures. Korsmeyer Plumbing and
Heating Co.
j. Heaton, funeral director, 326 80. III.
The best Of everything 10 Ice Cream
Ices and Candies. Hyatts, 1901 o
Street. Phone 2lI.
Don Csmeron's dining parlors for
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-01-27

Died-Mr. Michael Noonan, OF lin.
geriDg illness, Sunday morning. He left
a widow and two daughters.
Died-Mr. Kurt II. Will at bis home
Eleventh and Saratoga avenue, Thurs
day morning, at half past two.
Died-Mrs. II. d. Leonard, Thursday
at her home, 1901 Holmes street. She
leaves husband. two SONS and daueh.
ter. Miss Dora Bacheller, to mourn her
death.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
PRECIOUS METALS IN THE ARTS.
Enormous Quantities Consumed in the
Various Industries.

Enormous Quantities Consumed I'm the
Various Industries.
It is easy to ascertain how much gold
and silver are absorbed in the coinage
of the various nations, but the most
careful estimates as to the quantities
of these metals used in the arts and
industries are only approximate. Sta.
tisticians in the Treasury Department
of the French Government recently
undertook the considerable task Of
compiling the best information on this
subject, and the figures they have
reached are probably as accurate as
any that have yet been published.
Most of the gold used in the arts is
for ornamentaticn, though it is also
employed to q large extent for the
most practical purposes, as in den
tistry. 1t is doubtful if even jewelry
consumes a larger quantity of gold
than some other ways in which 1T is
used. The consumption for gliding
alone is very large. The films of gold
leaf are very thin, but enormous num-
bers of them are applied to consid.
cradle variety of manufactures, such
as signs, iewelry, books, frames, fur
niture, pottery and other articles, and
the aggregate value Of the gold thus
used is very large. The consumption
of gold for gliding has considerably
increased since electro gliding came
into vogue, but because more gliding
is done and also because the new pro-
cess wastes considerable quantity Of
the metal. According to the French
figures the United States consumes in
the arts about thirty-one thousand
pounds of gold in a year. which
amounts in value to $40, 900, 900 in
round numbers. France, however,
with her preeminent manufactures OF
jewelry and other articles of luxury,
heads the list with an annual con.
sumption of about thirty-ive thou.
sand two hundred pounds a year.
Great Britain also surpasses the Uni.
ted States with "a, 100 pounds, Ger.
many consumes 20, ,040 pounds, Switz-
erland 18, 300, Italy 1900, Russia
5000, Austria Hungary 6175, and Bel.
gium and Holland 6820
Perhaps one reason why the United
States consumes in the arts a good
deal more silver than any other coun.
try is because photography here, with
its amateur branch, is far more exten.
sively in use than in any other land.
The chief industrial uses OF silver are
for solid silver plate and silver plating,
mountings for harnesses and other
ornamentation, and photography. The
silver industries in the United States
consume over five hundred and fifty.
fve thousand pounds year, Germany
and France about three hundred and
thirty thousand pounds each, Russia
200, 900 and Great Britain 2O8, ,OOO.-
New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

The experiment of the Navy Depart.
ment in trying to convert several hun.
dred western farmhands and ranch.
men into sailors will bo watched with
interest; but if this department has
had great difficulty, as is asserted, in
securing recruits along the Atlantic
coast, why did it not exploit the nu.
merous port towns on the great lakes2
Here is vast nursery of hardy sailors
who would require scarcely any train.
ing to fit them for duty on the high
seas. Better material for the navy
can be found nowhere. Still it is
worth while to see what sort of sailors
these western landsmen may make.
With so many new war vessels in pro-
cess Of construction it is desirable
that there should be ample material
on which TO draw for naval recruits
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

down to the depths Of the canon.
Then the boat seemed TO Jump forward
like a frightened steed. The speed
was irightful; away went my hat, but
! did not notice it then. Ny attention
was concentrated on that yellow streak
lying across my path far down the
slope.
If the timber were not too near the
top of the hume might lie down in
the boat and pass in safety. That was
my only chance. Itwas impossibleto TO
stop the boat on such a grade, even
with a moderate head of water but
with such o torrent as was bearing
me on, it was worse than useless to
try.
In my anxiety and te-ror-for ]
must admit I was thoroughly fright.
ened-I had risen to my feet to get
better view of the dangerous spot 1t
was now close at hand and I saw that
there was no hope for me. The big
timber nearly touched the top of the
Aume at one side, but its outward end
was down and the other end tilted up.
The boat might pass under, but any.
thing resting on the boards on which
l stood would be swept off and sent
whirling down on the rocks, two hun
dred feet below.
felt that the end had come. re-
member wondering dimly how long it
would be before they would find my
body, and when and how my mother
would hear the news. / felt vague
feeling of pity for her. Ibid not seem
to think of myself; seemed to be
thing of the past. Practically 1 was,
in my own eyes, dead man, and still
[ had not given up hope, for every
faculty was on the alert, ready to seize
on anything which might offer a
chance to escape. 1t was the instinc-
tive physical fight for life of man
trained in athletic sports, with every
muscle under perfect control and ready
to obey the order of the brain.
While these thoughts were fitting
through my mind-and they could not
have occupied more than few seconds
the boat reached the timber and shot
under it. Involuntarily jumped over
the big stick, landing safely in the
boat on the other side, like a circus
rider jumping over a banner.
Then my nerves took their revenge
for the strain they had been under for
the long period of about a minute and
half Ny trembling knees gave way
and 1 sank down onto the boards and
burst into q wild peal of laughter,
which 1 seemed to be unable to check
until long after had passed the sec
tion-house at the foot of the grade.
The fume-tender who saw me go by
told me afterward that he thought ]
was crazy man.
From that point down to Chico il
was all plain sailing, and by the time
I had finished my long slide down-hill,
my nerves had renewed their tone,
and was able to telegraph back to the
hume men TO remove the dangerous
timber, But 1 never after that fol-
lowed big timber down fume. had
received my lesson Youths Com
pauion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

"Puerto Rico" it is to be hereafter
the decision of the Board of Geo.
graphical Names to that effect having
been affirmed by President Mckinley.
The official spelling is one thing and
the popular spelling another, and Of
ten much more powerful thing.
There will be conservatives enough
who will insist that Porto Rico it was,
is and shall be. It is little vexing
for grown-up persons who used to
blubber bitterly in acquiring, after a
fashion, the art Of spelling to find out
from day to day that they must un-
learn so much of what they learned
so laboriously. But as to "Puerto
Rico, politeness seconds the revised
Orthography. The Americans can af-
ford to spell it as the Puerto Ricans
do
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

1t is being suggested more and
more pointedly in these days of the
development of the art of war that the
Victoria Cross has come to be too
much of an institution to serve its best
purposes. Other means of rewarding
and honoring brave soldiers might be
devised to replace it without detract.
ing in the least from the incentives
which war and its glories offer to the
individual soldier.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
REMoRsE.

How many cheeks are daily wet
With tears that spring from old regret;
How like taunt unto our ears
Come far across the waste OF years
Remembrances OF cruel speech
That swiftly went beyond our reach,
Infiicting wounds such as no art
Could ever make the pain depart;
And not alone the words we said
Come haunting like the ghostly dead
The gentle speech, the loving word,
That were by US too long deferred
OH how their cheerless echoes roll
Along the chambers OF the soul;
Obi what n world we'd give il we
Had lived with larger charity,
And had with open hearts expressed
Our love to those we loved the best;
II we could break these prison bars
And press far up beyond the stars,
Far, far above, to place unknown,
Where spirits OF the dead are flown,
Would we not seek our loved ones' side,
And, casting old reserve aside,
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

Tell an we ever meant to say
Before they went their lonely way;
Ohl surely fools are we and worse,
To add unto our primal curse,
BY steadfast striving to conceal
The love thut In our hearts we feel.
Like rivers running to the sen,
Remorse's stream flows ceaselessly.
Not like the cooling waters flow,
That gladden. wheresoe'er they 60,
But like the lava streams that pour
From mountain tops to oceans shore,
Turning the region where men dwell
Into the counterpart Of hell.
Thus, thus II Is remorse doth run
In endless stream from sire to son,
Leaving its black and deadly trace
On every soul OF all our race.
o God in heaven, make us hear,
Like heroes here, our load OF care,
And, most OF all, we Thee beseech,
Grant US the use of gentle speech,
So that remorse and her dark road
Shall starve and die for lack OF food.
s. G.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
The soInsh nInn.

"No, mamma, sobbed the unhappy
young wife, George doesn't love me.
L found it out last night"
"Oh, my poor child" the mother
exclaimed, what has happenedY
All, L see 1t ALL You found a letter
in hispocketW
"It wasn't that" the miserable
young woman answered. "He came
home and told me that he had had his
life insured"
"Well?"
"Well, il he really loved me,
wouldn't he have had mine insured
instead Of selhshly going and having
all this protection put upon himsef2"
Chicago Times-Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

If the future of inventions for loco.
motion is almost without limit, there
is also future for the horse. 1t is
not unreasonable to expect that wise
breeding may make general qualities
of which we have ourselves seen ex.
amples, for all of us have known horses
that combined ambition and high life
with a sense and kindness which were
almost complete guarantee of safety
aud which won for them the grateful
affection Of the men they served
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

In war and in peace the sick and
mortality record of the United States
Navy shows little difference. The
Surgeon-General of the Navy reports
that the ratio of admission on the sick
list in 1898, embracing the operations
of the war, was S71.69 per thousand
as compared with S38. SO per thousand
in 1895, when peace prevailed.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

Will some psychologist or patho-
logist or spiritualist or other investi-
gator kindly answer the following
questions: Why is it that many
women develop such extraordinary
interest in a man accused of murder? {?
Why do they so often buy flowers and
betake their hysterical, morbid selves
to the prisoners cellP
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
WoMAN's pRoeLEMs.

When supper things are cleared away,
Again her mind is worried,
For then she thinks OF breakfast time,
When meals are often hurried.
She ponders o'er It long until
- The question Is decided,
Then bustles round till she makes sure
That everythlng's provided.
That "woman's work is never done"
Has often been disputed,
But that she's worried is a fact,
Aud cannot be refuted.
The worry over what to eatl
Is greatest OF these questions,
And glad she'd be II some one else
Would make the meal suggestions.
-Pittsburg Chronlcle.Telegraph.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

A Russian count has constructed an
electric signal system whereby people
who are buried alive may send the
glad news to their friends by the ring.
aug Of bell This is running pro-
gress into the ground, remarks the
indianapolis Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
An Emperor. Magnificent Crown.

The Austrian Emperor's crown was
recently photographed in order to
correct imperfect representations of
it on coins and official documents.
The crown is regarded as one Of the
finest works of European goi'lsmiths.
The material alone is worth $500. 900.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

If the British fail in conquering the
Beers a republic will be established
in South Africa which will include all
of the South African States. If the
British are successful the whole of
South Africa will pass under British
control. The issue is, therefore, a
great one.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
knowledge Not Always Power.

"Intellect does not amount to any.
thing"
"What do you mean, Minerva?"
"The most intellectual woman in
the world can be squelched in three
seconds by a dressmaker. Indian
apolis Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

As an illustration of the great volume
Of business done during the past year
It will be sufficient to state that the
total clearings from the Clearing
Houses of the United States in 1893
Amounted to S99, 400, 900, 600, against
sos, $50, 900, 600 in 1898.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUoHTER.PRoVoKINc STORIES FOR
LOVERS Of FUN.

Fooled Agaln-GettinE at the Facts-There
Are Two Observation-Disclosures Compara-
tive-Passed Along--Linked Rhyme
An Important Matter, Etc, Etc.
"Fair maid, duoth he,
"How nice 'twould be
II you'd consent TO fly with me-"
Young man, " said she,
"Such things can't be,
You really are too fly for me-"
Chicago Daily News.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Linked Rhyme.

Askit-"Whats Harduppe doiEg
now?"
Hawkins Writing poetry for
sausage mandatory advs. "
Askit-"Dear me! / never thought
he would get down to doggerel. =
New York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Modern Convenienoes.

"You used to say that everything
was so compact and convenient in q
hatl" said the caller in tone of sur
prise.
"Yes," answered the hostess, 81
used to be able to find a place for
everything. But it's different now
/ do so hope some one will be able to
invent an automobile that you can
fold up when you want to put it
away"
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Reaaon For Interest.

Americans are taking deep in
terest in the Czar's suggestion for the
disarmament of Europe"
True; our manufacturers would
like the contract for beating the
European swords into plowshares, ."
Judge.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
YHR SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
wAsHINdToNi D. C.

France and Germany are well-nigh
self-supporting as regards food sup
plies, and Russia actually has a sur.
plus OF them for export. England, on
the contrary, depends upon outsiders
for a great preponderance Of the food
she needs.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
The uninis,eh Ronl..

"Did you ever begin book aud
not finish it?" asked Miss Tempest of
Mr.. Trotter.
IT do that regularly once a year,
Miss Tempest" replied Mr.. Trotter.
"Once a year, How very curiousl"
"And it is always the same book. {"
'That is more curious still. What
book is it?"
"a diary. -Harper's Bazaar.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

me Tageblatt, OF Berlin, has pub.
lished series Of articles pointing out
the necessity of maintaining and i'm.
proving commercial relations with
America on a friendly basis.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Pnssed Along.

Young Man-"Will you be my
wifo?"
Young Woman-'I am sorry to say
I am engaged myself, but you will
like my sister just as well. "-Somer-
vile Mass. journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

2OBABLY fe W
of the boy and
girl readers of
this paper have
not enjoyed the
delights of coast
ing. But what
would they say
to a slide down a
hill more than
fifty miles long?
Twice a month,
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
An Innortnnt Mntter.

elizabeth scared us all nearly to
death by sending back a telegram" "
Fad she forgotten something's"
"No; she wired us not to eat all the
apple butter while she was gone"
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Hit the Mark, Too.

"The evidence" said the judge,
"shows that you threw a stone at this
man."
"Sure, replied Mrs. O'Hoolihan,
Fan the looks av the man shows more
than thot, yer honor. 1t shows thot
Oh hit him. Chicago News.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Getting at the Facts.

"Is that your offspring, madame"
asked the Missouri Judge.
NAV" replied the elderly female,
"he's my eldest yoGng 'un.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27

When breakfast things are cleared away,
The same old problems rising,
For she again sits down to think
or something appetizlng.
The dinner she must soon prepare,
Or give the cook directions,
And great ls the relief she feels
When she has made selections.
When dinner things are cleared away,
The problem that is upper
Is just the same with one word changed
"What can get for supperp
She wants to give them something new,
And long is meditation,
TIL choice is made, and then begins
The work Of preparation,
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Didn't Get Him.

"She became engaged while she was
abroad, believe"
Eyes; to a count.
"And she is a countess now?"
"No; she is countless now"
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Grent Consldera,Ion Shown.

Mamma Bug" Hey, you, Johnnie,
what are you walking on that mush
room for, with your dirty feet? Don't
you know that people eat them|-
Life.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
There Are Two Kinds.

"See my lovely new oriental
screen.
Eyes. Is it one that folds when
you don't want it to or one that won't
fold when you do want it to?"
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
Technique.

"Can that young man really sing
high C?"
"No, answered Miss Cayenne, she
can't sing it; he can merely holler it,"
Comparative.
"Waiter, this steak is badly
burned
eyes, sir; but you hadn't oughter
make fuss, sir; that man over there's
got one broiled to crisp, sir. De
troit Free Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-01-27
ruR eunURRAN OprI.

THE SUBURBAN Orri.
ZEN is a permanent institu-
Hon--a fixture at the Nationai
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands OF people can testify to
the good work II has ACCOM-
plished during the past tivs
Years in the line OF suburban
Improvement. It is the only
Dswspaper IN the District OF
Columbia that maintains a
punching bureau, whose duty
it is TO punch up the authori-
eles and keep them awake TO
Ghe needs OF the suburbs. On
that account Il deserves ami Ia
receiving substantial enco'r-
0gemenL-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-17
DOING A NOBLE WORK.

Several weeks ago there was reported
in The News the trail OF Mrs. Claflin for
drenching Mrs. Sarah y. Hartman with
n garden hose. A fine was imposed on
Mrs Clafiin by Judge Sweetland Mra.
Herriman states that parts OF the report
do her a grave injustice In that IL was
made 10 appear that she had shaken the
dust from rugs on Mrs. Claflin's newly
washed clothes.
Mrs Hartman says she did nothing OF
the sort Moreover she says she put her
bedding out 10 air. hanging N on ilnc
belonging 10 herself and that this line
was cue allowing the bedding to fall on
the water-soakcd ground.
Mrs. Hartman is an cstimabic worns n.
who IS doing a noble work as super n
tendent OF the Mary Hopkins rescue mis-
sion an Clemcnce street and she has the
regard and confidence Of tae entire COM
Tnunity. IL any injustice was done her In
the report OF the trial IL was due 10 In
advertence and not 20 Intention
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-17
CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
TAX OF 1900.

Whereas. The Board OF Assessors OF the
city OF Providence have assessed a tax
I'm accordance with resolutions OF the City
Council. No. PIG. approved May IS. 1900.
and the City Treasurer has received a
warrant 10 collect the same, notice is
hereby given TO all persons assessed by
said tax TO pay their respective taxes
al the office of the City Treasurer on or
between the first and twenty-second days
OF October. A. ID. 1900. inclusive.
The CITY Treasurer viii attend daily
during said period tSundays and holidays
excepted), at his office from o clock a.
m. TO o'clock p. m, except Sat 'rdays
on Saturdays his office will close at l2
O'Clock n.
Interest will be added at the m to of
eight per centum per annum from Octo-
Der lst 1900, on all taxes and assessments
not paid before 5 o'clock y. m. on Monday,
October %. 1900.
Said tax includes assessments made for
furnishing curbstones, constructin side
walks and erecting building contrary TO
law.
INQUIRIES BY MAIL AZ TO THE
AMOUNT OF TAX WILL BE PROMPT
LY ANSWERED AND PAYMENT CAN
BE REMITTED AT THE SENDER'S
RISK BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER.
BUT CHECKS SENT BY MAIL MUST
FE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE FRI
DAY, OCTOBER 10. 1900.
ID. l.. ID. GRANGER, City Treasurer.