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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1896)
THE COURIER. FRANK M. REO'TOR 1211 O St. Phone 198 jP SOCIAL AND PERSONAb Jf , ' Jf .' - V- ! f ) 4 7J) BOKBONS ICE QUI Judge C. M. Parker has been ill for several days. Prof. S. L Lyon left Thursday for a ten days trip in Minnesota. Tobias Castor has returned from Deadwood, S. D. Rev. CX 0. Lasby delivered his lec ture on the "Passion Play at Oberam mergan" in the Second Presbyterian church Tuesday night. Miss Olive Latta is society reporter for the Sunday Tribune. Ralph Wingerleft Thursday for Chi cago, where he has accepted a position in a bank. Mrs. Richardson and daughter. Miss Florence, and the Misses Guilmette, left Thursday for the Black Hills, where they will remain several weeks. D.B.Welch, of Cadiz, O.. who has been in the city visiting his daughter, Mrs. John B. Cunningham, returned borne Thursday. Miss Lulu M. Allen left for Blooming ton, 111., Thursday. Rev. H. Percy Silver has returned from Philadelphia where he went in the interest of Holy Trinity church. He will preach Sunday. Mrs.W. Q. Bell and daughter are visiting in Monmouth, 111. John P. Maule has returned I from Hot Springs, S. D., where he estab lished his family for the summer. Miss Helen Welch has gone to Creeton, la., to visit friends. Mrs. W. S. Summers and son have gone to Spirit Lake, la. Mrs. J. S. Leonhardt and daughter are visiting friends in Rulo . N Tuesday a number of the lady teach ers of Lancaster county gave a leap year picnic at the state farm grounds, the gentlemen teachers of the county being the invited participants. The party entertained themselves by means of swings, games and social chat till about 8 o'clock, when the tables were spread with viande. such as only a leap year picnicker ever witnessed, and the gentlemen showed their appreciation of this excellent repast by the use of appe tites of no small dimensions. The climax of the evening's enjoyment was an hom's ride over the city in a car chartered by the ladies for the occasion. The gentlemen of this trolley party were highly pleased with their entertainment and annouDce themselves as ready to receive a similar invitation at any time. The members of the party were Misses Post, Pierce and Mr. Anderson, Waver ly; Mrs. Davison, Miss Knowlton and Mr. Ray Cushman, Emerald; Misses Mollie Green, Uina Green, Flora Smith, Mattie Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Hurs ley. University Place; Professor Condra n I vi! 5. uses Lynch and Cady, and Mr. Sams, Normal; W. L. Locke, Roca; Misses Le Hew, Randolph; May Hyland, Lida Hyland, Messrs. Swisher, J. S. Baer.J. N. Baer. A. A. Baer, Lud lam and Hawes, Lincoln, Ernest H. Holmes, who has been a member of the editorial staff of the Journal for nearly four years, was mar ried to MiasKittie Shackle ton of Indian- ' ola. Neb., at 5 o'clock Wednesday aft ernoon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. R. Knox, rector of the Episcopal church of McCook, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Shackleton- Tho Epis copal ring service was used. The bride was dressed in cream silk serge . with chiffon trimmings. The parlors were handsomely decorated with flow ers. All of the guestB remained for tho wedding supper, which was served at tables profusely furnished with sweet peas and pansies. At 830 Mr. and Mrs. Holmes departed for Denver. They will remain two or three weeks in the mountains and then return to Lincoln. This is another 'university ma'ch." MV. Holmes graduated from the university in 1890, and ib now taking some post grduute studies there in connection with his work on the Journal. The bride was a member or the sopbmore cIbbs in the university last year. M I m 'SCIENCE TOO SLOW. Dtecorar? of Cat Lang-Basa Not Ukaly to Ba of Mneh 17m., "We live and learn," said the ordi nary man, according to Black and "White. "I always thought that a cat could either mew or purr or spit or leave It alone. It now seems that I've done an Injustice to the beast's vocabu lary. Prof. Marvin Clark, I'm told, has been studying the language of cats and has discovered 600 'primitive words.' " "Of which," the mere boy said, "59'.' are either blasphemous or Improper." "The professor doesn't say so and I don't see how you found It out" "I see this prof esror says that cat lan guage bears a resemblance to Chinese. It's rather rough to insult a fallen and vanquished nation that way." "Well. If there's anything in It," the ordinary man remarked, "it would ac count for the Chlno-Japanese war in a novel and perfectly satisfactory way. But really, when one comes to think of it, it is much easier to believe that cats talk than that monkeys talk. Cats and owls both make sounds exactly like the sound of a human voice. Given a churchyard, a dark night and a white cat and you have all the materials of a ghost story." "It's a ..pity," the journalist said, "that discoveries of this kind cannot be turned to some practical use. Why don't they discover the language of the horse? It would make driving much easier if you could tell the animal ex actly what was wanted aL.l explain to it verbally the perfectly innocuous character of any object at which it might be likely to shy." "Ah!" said the eminent person. "Be fore that discovery arrives we shall have the auto-cars and no horses at all." Makers of the tlnest confectionery always freeh. The newppt and roost palatable candy specialties. Bon-bons, etc. Delicious ice cream and ices, nut ice cream, all flavors Families served promptly. The b-st soda water and cooling drinks, and pleasant parlors. 12 & O, Funke Opera House Gorner HINTS FOR AMERICANS. An English Map at the Dutch. The Boers are no doubt puffed up with their constant good luck when re sisting British attacks, but they must be well aware that they have nothing to gain by war and that their position just as it is Is one of the oost fortunate in history. At least, we can recall no other republic in which every man was for his wants well off, in which all taxes were paid by foreign immigrants and foreign toil and in which the whole community, without ever submitting to a conscription or entering a barrack, had acquired a high military reputa tion. We cannot believe that these ad vantages will be willfully thrown away and do not see wherein, If peace is maintained for the next ten years, Great Britain will suffer except from a few taunts, and what do taunts matter to a people with our history? If it amuses Dirck Cloete to consider .John .Bull cowardly or soft, let, him consider it; be will reconsider that opin ion before the end arrives, rJngiana is not in a hurry if the capitalists are. She survived Napoleon and she will survive Krueger, not to mention the very mem ory that there ever was a Dutchman between the Zambesi and the Cape. What proportion of all those who can read now know that New York wae once a possession and a settlement ol the Dutch?" The Soectator. AdTlca to KeglUh Manafactarers That I Worth Hacdlngr Hare. In an elaborate report on Japanese railways Mr. Lowther of the British legation in Tokio says that on March 1, 1895, the total mileage of railways open to the public was 2,118, of which government lines amounted to 580 and private lines to 1,538 miles, says the London Times. In addition there were 1,072 miles uncompleted, while appar ently about 1.000 miles of line are con templated, excluding Formosa. Mr. Lowther specially calls attention to the vital necessity for British manufac turers of railway material to take every possible measure to advance their in terests in Japan. Hitherto Great Brit ain has practically had a monopoly in furnishing rails, engines, rolling stock, etc; whether her manufacturers are still to enjoy this privilege must de pend on themselves and on the exer tions they make. The railways of Japan have been built under foreign, it might also be said British, advisers. Hence it was convenient that the ma terials required for carrying out de signs made by English engineers should be obtained in E "gland. The influence of English ent,.neers could not fail to make itself felt in that di rection; but the tendency of the Japa nese government is to dispense with all foreign advice, and the time may nor be remote when all Japanese lines, whether government or private, will be built and managed without any assist ance from the foreigner in Japan and the material alone will be purchased abroad. In Great Britain the leading firms order from designs made by their own engineers and manufacturers have nothing to do with the preparation of the designs. In America, on the other hand, there exists a r-stem under which the rdlway coi anies state their requirements and the manufac turers send in competitive projects based on their own designs. The Eng lish engineer who has been the de signer of railway bridges in Japan since 1882 is leaving the country. On his departure, if the Japarsse engineers have structures with wl ch they are unable to deal, it will be most easy for them to adopt the American system and get both design and bridge, from the manufacturers, thus transferring the business to America. American firms are careful to be represented in Japan, while only some of the most im portant Brit' firms ha" ""U3 th'-'-e. Hence Mr. Lowther think' that Brillsh manufacturers of railway material would find it advantageous to be prop erly represented in Japan, as large shipbuilding firms have been with suc cess and, as there are evident signs of a "boom" in railway enterprise In 2s2is. Imnnrtant that the Matter snouia oe attended to without delay. It is easier to keep the Japanese as customers in the British market, where they have always obtained a sat'sfac tory return for their outlay than to bring them back to the market 7h2n they have gone to another. It is s:i mated that a third of the total e p r. dlture of Japanese railways sckf, abroad for the purchase of materials and hence the matter is one well worth looking after. NOTICE. Water consumers will take due no tice that the penalty for non-payment of water rent will take effect oh Mon day, June L Saturday, May 30, Is a legal holiday and the office will be closed. Hence time to avoid the pen alty will expire Friday next. L. J. BYER, Water Commissioner. HALF FAKE EXCURSION TO HOT SPRINGS, S. D. If you want to travel cheap, note the following round trip excursions at half rates this summer via the North western line: June 12 and July 3 to Hot Springs, S. D. June 14 and 15 and July 5 and 6 to Denver, Colo. June 15, 16, 23 and 24 to San Fran cisco. July 4, 5, C, to Chicago. July 4 and 5 to Buffalo, N. E. A. July 2. 3, 4. 5, to Washington, D. C. July 14, 15, 16. to Milwaukee, Wis. Get information and tickets at city ticket office. 117 South Tenth street, Lincoln, Neb. A comfortable California trip can be taken every Thursday at 10:30 a. id. in a through tourist sleeping car, Lincoln to Los Angelo-s without change via the Iturliugtnn. Remember this when ar ranging for your winter trip. Depot ticket office, 7th street between P and Q streets. City office, corner Tenth and O streets. See the new Photochromes at Cran cer & Curtice Co.'s, 207 South 11th street, the newest thing In pictures. Mrs. Sldell Is the favorite modiste. 1232 O street. HINTS TO TOURISTS. WHERE TO GO AND WHAT IT COSTS Is the subject of a little pamphlet pub lished ty the North-Western line, giv ing a large amount of Information re garding the lake regions of Minnesota and Wisconsin. For copy address City Ticket Agent. 117 South Tenth street, Lincoln. Neb. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the republican nomination for county treasurer, subject to the action of the county convention. W. J. Crandall, Firth, Neb.