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The courier., 1903-03-21

The Athenea club gave its annual
banquet last evening at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Talbot. The color
scheme and table decorations commem-
grated st. Patrick's day. The menu
cards were In the form Of shamrocks.
and on each was a quotation. The table
was also decorated with shamrocks.
The following elaborate menu was
served: Grape fruit. pineapple. and
branded cherries. Creamed hallibut.
pickles. brown bread sandwiches. Tur-
key, currant jelly; peas. potato cro-
quettes. white bread sandwiches. Veg
etable salad, cheese balls. waters.
Strawberry ice. cake. Coffee. water
waters. Neuchatel cheese, creme de
menth. After the banquet Miss Jessie
Lansing sang some Irish ballads. and
the company searched for the Blarney
stone, imprinting upon 1t when found.
the traditional kiss. A prize was given
to those who were successful In the
search. The whole affair was very en-
joyable.
The courier., 1903-03-21

The w. T. NJ. gave a ST. Patrick's
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
B. Edleman Saturday evening. The
pretty white parlor was most attractive
with cut flowers and a profusion Of
shamrocks. The club colors were carried
out in a pleasing style in the decora-
tions. The archway leading to the din
ing room was draped in pink and white.
The dining table was covered with a
beautiful white cloth, with handsome
jardinier of pink and white azaleas in
full bloom as centerpiece. The pro-
gram consisted of Irish songs and recita-
tions. Mrs. Sherdeman, in a typical
Irish costume, recited Miss Maloney on
the Chinese Question in an entertain
ing style Messieurs Raymond and
Masters sang several selections, Miss
Clarisse Edleman playing the accompa-
niment Mrs Dart sang Miss Multi
gan's Homemade Pie" the club men,
bers joining her in the chorus, Mrs.
Morse accompanist, causing the hus-
bands much glee which they expressed
in hearty applause at the close of each
verse. Mr.. Hess read "Shamus O'Brien"
in such a pleasing way that he was re-
called and responded with short story
in Irish dialect to the amusement OF all.
Mr.. Burr as Timothy Delona delighted
every one with IAN Irishman's Will" By
request Miss Clarisse Edleman sang
"The Last Rose of Summer" Partners
were found for supper by dainty place
cards with shamrocks done in water
colors tied with green and white ribbon
on which was written with green ink
line from a poem called ''St. Patrick's
Birthday" which was afterwards read
by the president, Mrs. Lasch. Supper
was served at small tables placed
throughout the parlors. Mr.. Edleman
presented each gentleman with tiny
pipe tied with emerald green ribbon, the
favorite color of the sons of Erin.
The story Of the sudden rise to popu-
larity of squirrel skin in the world OF
dress this season is not generally known,
SAYS the Chicago Journal. 1t was
brought about by the ingenuity OF
Russian official For years and years
certain Russian peasants in Siberia paid
their taxes in squirrel skins. This being
an old custom, the czar's government
did not care to cause hardship and breed
discomfort by changing ii. But there
was little demand for Russian squirrel
skins The whole American trade took
only 10000 skins per annum at the low
price of IL cents cash. The skins ac-
cumulated in the Russian government
warehouses in Siberia. There were mil
The courier., 1903-03-21

Fifty women of official and diplomatic
society In Washington, have organized
an indoor tennis club. Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday mornings have been
selected for the meetings. which will
take place at Convention Hall. Four
courts have been arranged. and there
The courier., 1903-03-21


Miss Myrtle Barker entertained the l..
NJ. II. Thursday evening.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Ross Hill on
March nineteenth. daughter.
The Sans souci club gave a dance
Thursday night at Walsh hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Turner will enter
tain the ]. o. C. club tonight.
Mrs. Ross p Curtice will entertain
Les Bohemiennes Wednesday afternoon.
The annual banquet of Phi Kappa Psi
will be given this evening at the chapter
house.
The Graduate club will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Sawyer this
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. z. Hailett will entertain
La veta whist club at dinner Tuesday
evening.
The university band will give the first
of a series of informal hops at the
armory this evening.
.
Mrs willard Kimball entertained the
South circle Of the First Congregational
church Tuesday afternoon.
The senior promenade of the state uni
versity will be given April seventeenth.
Mr. VIII Shock will be master OF cere-
monies.
The active members of Kappa Kappa
Gamma held a business meeting Mon
day evening at the home of Miss Blanche
Edmiston.
The girls residing at Kappa Kappa
Gamma chapter house constitute a house
party today at the home of Miss Shid-
Ter in York.
The young ladies residing at Kappa
Kappa Gamma chapter house enter
tanned a few friends informally at
cards Thursday evening.
Miss Marie Hoover. Miss Ethelyn
Bignell, Mr.. Carl F. Steckelberg. and
Mr. Harold Shellhorn will hear Kocian
play in Omaha Monday night.
Mrs. Fred A. Wilson. a lady who for
merly resided In Lincoln but now living
in Enid Oklahoma, will arrive on Sum
day to visit Mrs. L. w. Garoutte.
Delta Delta Delta will entertain the
members of Delta Gamma and Pi Beta
Phi sororities next Saturday afternoon
at the chapter house.
Mrs. Ralph f. Johnson started Thurs
day evening for Philadelphia for an ex-
tended visit with her mother. brothers
and sisters. She will be absent until
July.
Delta Tau Delta will give a dancing
party Friday evening, April the third.
and will give its annual anniversary
banquet Saturday evening, April eigh-
teenth.
Doctor NJ. B. Ketchum and Mrs.
Ketchum. gave prettily appointed
luncheon. with a blue and yellow color
scheme. on Wednesday. Five courses
were served.
Miss Mabel Johnson of HoIdrege. who
has been in Chicago for several weeks
reached Lincoln on Thursday en- route to
her home, and is the guest of Mrs w.
The courier., 1903-03-21
T H e COU RI E r

danes E. r. Wells. A. L. Candy. r. T.
Van Brunt. Elmer Perkins; Misses
Katharine Agnew. Ethelyn Bigneil and
Rose Foster.
The courier., 1903-03-21

The musicale given Thursday after
noon by Mrs. George o. w. Farnham,
was an exceptionally pretty and artistic
affair. The program was given by Mr..
The courier., 1903-03-21
photo by Townsend.)

Carl F. Steckelberg and Mr.. Wilbur
Ffske Starr, with Miss Marie Hoover
and Mrs. Starr at the piano. and was
given with the skill and musical feeling
which characterize the work of these
musicians. The numbers were as fol-
lows:
Violin-Zigeunerweisen .Sarasate
Voice-Toreador's Love Song ........ .Cochois
Vfolin-Legende .--................ .Wientaw wskt
Voice-Serenade ..-..-...-....... ...-.. .Gounod
love is q Rnbbie AiJetsen
voice-Thy Beaming Eyes. Mcdowell
Mayt1me .......--- -.------...-.. SPEAKS
Mrs Farnham's beautiful home made
an appropriate setting for the lonely
music.
The reception hall. which is one of
the prettiest in the city, was adorned
with masses of narcissus blooms.
American beauties added their charm to
the appearance Of the drawing room, and
begonias and ferns were in the sitting
room, but the piece de resistance was
the dining room. Palms and ferns made
an effective background for the banks of
red tulips on mantel and buffet. A tall
cut-glass vase filled with red and white
tulips, standing in the centre of the
table, was encircled with red candles in
crystal sticks, and the lights were shad-
ed with red.
Mrs. Farnham was assisted by Mes
The courier., 1903-03-21

After long sojourn on the Pacific
coast, his travels having extended from
Olympia to San Francisco. Mr.. d. L.
Brace has returned to Lincoln and Is at
his home, 900 South Fourteenth street
The courier., 1903-03-21

Mr.. Carl F. Steckelberg. Miss Mari
Hoover and Mr.. Henry SteckeIberg CAV
a concert in Tecumseh wednesda
night. They were greeted by larg
and very enthusiastic audience.
The courier., 1903-03-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marsland and
little daughter. Judith. will leave for
their home in New York March twenty
ninth. Mrs. Marsland has received much
social attention during her visit here
The courier., 1903-03-21

Doctor NJ. b. Ketchum al
Ketchum. gave prettily a
luncheon, with a blue and yell
scheme. on Wednesday. Five
were served.
The courier., 1903-03-21

Delta Tau Delta will give a dancinl
party Friday evening, April the third
and will give its annual anniversar.
banquet Saturday evening, April eigh
teenth.
The courier., 1903-03-21

Miss Mabel Johnson of Holdrege. VIII,
has been in Chicago for several weeks
reached Lincoln on Thursday en- route L
her home. and is the guest of Mrs. w
II. McCreery.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
PAINTING ON CoBwEBs.
Norwegian Art That Ia But Little
Known in the United
States.

Through the New York post Office
the other day. came a package of some
size. which. on being opened by the
customs hcers in the presence of the
person addressed was found to contain
a picture set in a frame and painted on
spiders web. 1t came from Norway,
where, as was ascertained, this pecu-
liar art of making pictures on cobwebs
is understood by few individuals
who enjoy monopoly of it, says the
Saturday Evening Post The webs
employed. which are of remarkably
dense weave. occur only in a few. To-
calities difficult of access, and the SUM-
ply of them is very limited.
Presumably the arachnid that spins
them is species Of ground spider.
There are plenty Of ground spiders in
this country. Cir course. and on a dewy
morning early one may observe their
webs sIf'ead here and there like tiny
blanlyets on the grass. These webs are
Of different construction from ordinary
aerial" cobwebs. and densely woven,
but one would. not like to try to paint
pictures on them.
Spider silk is the finest and most
beautiful in the world. and exquisite
fabrics have been spun from it. There
was a handkerchief made of it q while
ago in the museum of the department
oil agriculture at, Washington. bnt' u
has disappeared. Unfortunately tn
material cannot be obtained, in. lasRse
quantities. because, spiders, when kept
together in numbers (ass has been
found by triaD eat each othen up, So
pretty soon, instead of colony Of
spiders, there is only one large, fat
arachnid left.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
I,,>res, to Cruel Death.

In-ltaly. crows, which injnre the CROPS.
are destroyed in the following cruel
manner: A hole is dug in the ground, at
ttles bottom of which, ID placed 'same de-
cayed mest. A fnunel.shaped wedgs.ot
paper is then inserted into the hole, the
upper edge Of the paper being ceased
with birdlim@ A crow sees the fbod
from afxr,. dtsoends To- grasp it in Mis-
beak, and wale0she has Arm hold of he
rises up again. His head is. however,
swathed with the paper cap and in Ms
mad endeayor to- lid himself of it he
circles, up to extraordinary heights In
the air revolving constantly and also
rapid a pace that, soen, overcome with
giddiness, he falls to the earth, deadt
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Historical Note,

Adelaide enjoys the distinction of be-
the Oldest municipality in Australia.
1t was named after the queen of William
w., in whose reign it was founded, and
its principal thoroughfare bears the
name of King William street It's Oldest
newspaper. the South Australian Regis
ter, was first published in London as the
organ of the South Australian associa-
ton. the body under whose auspices the
pioneer settlers and founders of Adelaide
were. dispatched from England. The
pioneer colonists were in sore straits,
when valuable copper mines were luck
lily discovered near Adelaide. The late
Sir George Grey, who was appointed its
governor at the early age of 80, material
ly helped to pull the place out Of the
slough of despond and rescued the In
FAINT settlement from imminent bank
mptcy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
New Aid to- ,s.,a,uaitm

lna,thasshipeWsaxninS system. Of Mr.. q
e. Kelway. signals by Hertzian waves
ars.sept, out from the Lighthouses at req.
uIsx in eRyalA. at the.san1e times as thu.
sound waRni1gss Asveesea irrange hay.
ing,a.receiyern notes the time that passsa
between receiving the wireless signal
and the. sound. warning, and in thus en-.
abledtto acaleaiate itssdistanees from thu
lighthouse; and ON repeating the OBJ.
servation after continuing a few miles.
data is obtained for ascertaining the en-,
act location of the lighthouse by trig-
onometry. Al STOP watch, reading d.
rectly in distances and special position
finder haves beenn devised for use with
/ the system.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
DEVOTED PAR-NiS.
Self-SR crilcinE People of the city
SluMs Who Are Heroically
Faithful.

There are heroines in the most I'M
expected places. In the slums of the
tenement house districts are self-sacri-
ficirg women, bringing up families the
best they know how, without money,
conven ences or comforts, but doing
their poor best to give their children
the benefit of an education. The New
York Sun tells the story of one I'M
known heroine.
II couldn't go on any excursion no,
ma'am," she replied YEARLY, to the
offer of a day on the water. ITO
dress and take five of them, and keep
watch of them all day on the boat,
and feel that all my work was undone
at home, why I'd be more tired than
If l had worked all day. The baby's
outdoors all day with his sisters, and
he'll have to get on with that"
"You look as if you needed the trip
more than the baby" said the visitor.
Couldn't you get away for day or
week without them? 1t needn't
cost you anything
"And leave them all in the street?
And my husbands meals to get, and
w AuA hISucu IOOllS W lOOh dllcl
Oh. no." she said.
But why do you need to have this
loAsins-rouse on your hands? Can't
your husband support the family?"
Not and keep the children in
school," she said, simply. eve want
to gve them all an education, and he
cant do it unless l run the house."
There is heroine for you,' said
the visitor to her companion, as they
descended the stairs.
Lit, lie Turdru, which is "short" for
Salvatore. lived in two rooms behind
his fathers barber shop, with his
, brother and sister and pretty, black.
eyed mother. Turidru's father came
in from the barber shop to interpret
All the questions ordered by the
board of health were answered salts.
: factorily until it came to that of win
: dows open at night.
| "No. ma am" said Turidru's father,
| firmly: mo, never do we sleep with
orr windows open ght. We think
too much of our children"
But you must!" persisted the
board of health visitor. eff you don't
You'll keep breathing bad air over and
g over again and The baby will be sick,
J and you'll all have consumption
The barber looked helpless. GLOW I
wish you speak Italian" he said. then
I explain to you
"All right. speak Italian" said the
l visitor, in the tongue of the land OF
olives.
I The barber smiled radiantly and
, broke in:o liquid syllable, accom-
panied by many gestures. Never
would he sleep with windows open;
+ not if he suffocated with heat, no!
Would he open windows at night upor
!, his infants? He hored he was too
! good a father for that. But why
+ Why. naturally. signorina, because
the malaria would enter on the might
air and afflict the helpless little ones
But all Americans sleep with theil
windows open at night, and don't 20,
think they are stronger than Italians? 2
, Americans sleep with their win
. dows open at night?"
. Most certainly; invariably" yer.
! firmly.
y What a strange what an incom
\ prehensible race the Americans" sait
he. in accents Of despair.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
RADIUM IN The SUN.
Discovery of the Wonderful Metal
Leads to n New md Startling
Sup1OxitiOn.

There is no doubt" says Mr.. Wal
ter Maunder, writing in knowledge on
the origin of the suns heat, that the
discovery of radium cDmpels us to
abandon completely some of the con-
cus:ons, based upon present theories
of the origin of the suns heat. Mr. w.
T. Wilson calculates that SO grammes
OF radium per cubic metre of the suns
volume. would supply the entire output
OF the SUMS energy. He further sug-
eests that at the temperature of the
sun. radfum may be much more ener.
Eetic than at our terrestrial tempera-
lures. If SO a much smaller weight of
radium per cubic metre may suffice.
The computations which Lord Kelvin
and other leading men of science have
made as to the possible length Of time
in the past, and in the future, during
which the sun could maintain it's pres
emit en eeqPggy-off radiation, are, necessarily
entirely set aside, for we can no longer
assume that the concentration. of the
suns substance from infinite distance
has; BEEN the, sole or even the chief
source of its energy. It.isanot, only that
radium,- itself may. exist in sufficient
abundance in the sun to account for
its energy but the same or similar
radioactive. properties may be- pos.
sessed by other Of its elements, or by
the sun itaelf assaawholes Erof. G. H
Darwin writes: Knowing as we now
do that an atom of matter is capable
ergy, in itself, think We have no right
to assume that the SUN is incapable
of liberadng atomic energy to degree
at least comparable with that which
it would do IL made of radium.'"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Peccary Hunting.

Peccary hunting is usually both dam
gerous and fatiguing: About ten or IL
dogs are set upon the trial of drove,
the huntsmen following AL best they
may oui foot When the dogs come up
with the peccaries the little animals turn
to bay in closely packed, squealing
crowd, Often the veteran boars Of the
herd rush out upon their canine enemies
and 1t Is seldom that hunt passes with
out one or more~dogs being Killed or bad
'ly injured. Careless and inexperienced
huntsmen are also liable to be badly
mauted, for the peccaries seems incap-
able of fear and rush madlN- at any nuv-
ing object, be It dog or man:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Few. GOING There Now.

For some reason immigration to theN
Philippines is falling off, in this partic-
ular furnishing sharp contrast to the
record here. During the past year the
number of arrivals in the islands showed
a decline of more than 5000. In nation
atty this decrease is noticed principal
ly among the Americans.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
usual Sequel.

We came upon the inventor who was
interested in silly navigation.
Hello, old man." we greeted. are
you. still WORKING on that airship?"
= no" he sighed, limping away on
his clutches Il dropped out of it,
Chicago Daily News
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Natioas and Books,

Stated In figures, the average of books
producedhto every million inhabitants is
as. follows: German empire, 1854:
France, 3s4; Switzerland, 33S; Belgium,
337;, Italys 300: Sweden, 300; Norway,
262; Great Britain. ITS; Russia, IS;
United States, 81; Spain, Sc: On the
other hand, an average of periodicals to
million OF inhabitants, the United
Statessis far ahead. having $40. and
Switzerland coming next with 800.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Organized Tradu

Over 60 per cent of the total mem
bership of trade unions in the United
Kingdom is found in the building, min
ing and quarrying, metal engineering,
bodybuilding and textile trades.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Illiteracy in south.

The number OF illiterate children be-
tween ten ard fourteen years of age is:
In Alabama. CG.112: Georgia, GS.329;
Louisiana. 1851; South Carolina, ST.
$50; North Carolina. 1.190; Mississippi.
44,3334; Tennes ee. 1896. -
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
Ny "a.

Ny "a.
My pas the bestcst, dearest IA
At lives list anywhere; St..
When mama tucks me in at night
He hollers from the stair:
"Oh. where's pas oniest little girl?
She's lost here somewhere roundr
AM men cover up my head
AM tend Pm sleepin' sound.
AN men he hunts all round the room
Until lie finds me there,
An srowls an laughs an tickles me-
An l list grab his hair.
IN tell him take me on his Ian
Or else won't Leg go.
An men ma says: She'll catch q
cold.'
But pa. he says: "Shaw. moi"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19
A Nimb,e Troulhe-Jumpcr

Tom-Thcy say not water sleeps one
young.
Dick-Sure; it tal'es activity to eep
out of hot water.--Detroit Free Press.
Wages In iowa.
In 1902 62.299 employees in Iowa wer0
paid SIC. 660, 004 in wages.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19

as your little finger and cross four
inches long. containing eight magnifl-
cent encralds. each as large as your
thumb nail. make him a striking
picture"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19

LAAEevitys In London.
There are in London 5000 people
over Is years old.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-19


tograph. Much of the personal prop
erty of the late pope has become scat
tered. the bulk of it. however, has
been, delivered to his family and taken
to his old home at Carpineto,, where it
is controlled by his senior nephew,
Count LudOvicO Pecci, who. has COIL
scented to loan such relics of the late
pope as may be most interesting. The
exhibit of the Vatican will be placed
either in a special building to. be COIL
structed for it's accommodation or in
one Of the exhibition palaces, in sps-
cially allotted space, with Il special
Guard in attendance both day and
night. The articles selected from the
, treasures of the Vatican cannot be
! sent forward without Il custodian, and
the Rev. Father Ehrle will. it is
thought. lie designated to fill that
most responsible position. Mr.. VIM.
r. Curtis. the special commissioner of
tie Louisiana Purchase Exposition to
Rome. in a report to President Francis.
gives an interesting description Of the
! reception rendered him by his holiness
: t''a pope. I'm appearance and man.
ner." Mr.. Curtis writes, "he is an ideal
| Nnpe: Il man of fine stature. with a
%cnt,e. graceful dignity, beautiful
'rown eye. Il benevolent expression.
, snow white hair. and healthy. rudy
complexion. He speaks slowly, which
adds to the impressiveness Of his
, manner and his white robes, with an
immense gold chain as large around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-21
MOTIVE IN THE ATTACK.
Salt Company Declares Detroit People
 Use Underhand Methods.

Chicago May 20.-Joy Morton, president of the International Salt company today declared before the interstate commerce commission that the attack which was being made on his company was solely an attempt on the part of Detroit salt in- terests to secure the aid of the govern ment In throttling the salt industry of Chicago.
 The hearing was a continuation of the case brought against the railroads call ing into question the division of through rate allowed the Michigan, Indiana and Illinois Transportation company for car rying salt from Manistee and Ludington to Chicago, destined to Missouri river points, the allegation being that it amounted to a rebate paid to the "salt trust" which controls the transportation company. At the conclusion of his testi- mony he arose and dramatically drew from his pocket a prospectus of the Michigan Rock Salt company.
 This company he asserted, was project ed by the complaining witness, J. M. Mulkey of Detroit, who was trying to use the commission to aid In floating s60O, GOO worth of preferred and P, 100000 worth of common stock.
 Further attack was made on Mulkey' s motives in an attempt to show that he had sold out his salt interests to the trust on one occasion and was trying to do the same again.