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S —— 2 OMAHA DAILY BEE - ATURDAY, E A PTEMBE 6. [—— NEBRASKA Mutoal Benevolent ABSOCIATION, OF BEATRICE, + NERRASKA, The Plonoer Mutusl Benefit Association in the Stato of Nebraska. 14 I8 co-oporative In its working and all members have & volce In the management by vote at the an. nual meceings. Tta aim §8 to bonefit its own members, their widows, and orphans, In case of death, accident, sicknoss or ont disability of & member, at Actual nomical managemsnt. Areliable home association. Active and reliable agonts wanted to canvaes for membors in Nebrasks, Kansas and Colorado. Address, S. McDOWALL, Secretary and General Manager, BEATRICE, - - - NEB: HON. I. W. PARKER, 8, C. SMITIT, Presido Treasuror. The use of the term *' Sho Line” in connection with $h corporate name of & groat rosd conveys an idos of ust what julred by the traveling pub- l'l‘l.‘q Short Line, Quick %.nu and the bost of sccommods @ tlons—all of which are furn shed by the greatest raillway in Amorica. (Grzcaco, [VirLwAUKEE And St. Paul. T owna and tes ovor 4,600 miles of Northern Illinols, Wiscousin, Minnosots, Tows Dakots; and a4t main lines, branches aud oonneo. #ons roach all the groat business centres of the Northwost and_Far Wost, 1t naturally answors $he desoription of Short Line, and Best Route botwoen Chioago, Milwaukoe, St. Paul and Minneapolls. Chicago, Milwaukoe, La Crosse and Winona. Ohlosgo, Milwaukee, Abordecn and Ellends Ohloago, Milwaukeo, Esu Clairo and Still water* Chloago, Milwaukoo, Wausau and Moerrill. Chioago, Milwaukoe, Beavor Dam and Oshkosh. Chicago, Milwaukee, Waukesha and Oconomowos. Ohloago, Milwaukee, Madison and Prairie du Chien. Ohioago, Milwaukee, Owatonna and Fairib Ohicago, Boloit Jancavile and Mineral Polnt. Chioago, Elgin, Rockford and Dubuquo. Chicago, Clinton, Rock Ialand and Cedar Raplde. Chloago, Council Bluffa and Omaha. Chicago, Sloux City, Sloux Fallsand Yankton! Ohiongo, Milwaukeo, Mitohell and Chamberlain, Rook Ialand, Dubuque, St. Paul and Minneapolie, Davenport. ~almar, 85. Paul and Minneapolin. Pullman 8 eepers and the Finest Dining Cars In the w-rld aro run on the main lines of tho CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY, and every attention is paid to passengers by courteous cmployes of the Company, s 6. 8. MERRILL, Gen'l Manager. AV H. CARPENTER, Gon' Pass. Agh. 3.7, CLARK, Gen'l Sapt. TSm=mGEO. I HEAFFORD, Ass't. Gen'l. Pa n. Agh G-IJ.\TG- WES. PRINCIPAL LINE FROM CHICAGO, PEORIA &ST.LOU BY WAY OF OMAHA AND LINCOLN TO DENVER, OR VIA KANSAS CITY AND ATCHISON to DENVER. Connceting in Union Depots at Kansas O Omulia and Denver with through trains for SAN FRAINCISCO And all points in the Great West. GOING HEAST. Conneeting in Grand Union Depot ut Chicago ‘with through trains for N, NEW YORK, BOS™ And all Egesarn Clties. At Peoria with thro trains for indiann; ineinnati, Colu , and all points fn outh.East, At buls with' through trains for all points Squ) Elogunt Day Conches, Parlor Cars, with Ro. clining Chadrs (seats free), Smoking Curs with Chairs, Pullmian Palice Sle s and the fanous C. B, & Q. Dining ¢ ily toand from Chicago and Kansas oaund Council Biufly: Chiengo and Chicago, St. Joseph, Atchison nnd o without'change. Only through 1i own traing betw Oity and ¥i b Indianapoli: Solid Pullman leeping Cars i and from St. Louis; vin Hunnibal Keokul, Buriington, Cedar Rapids as Lea toSt. 'anl und Minneapolis; P with Reciining Chairs to and fiom st and Peorin. Only Bt. Lonis and De briwkn, and Denyer, Col It i wlso the only Through Line beiween 8T, LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS and §T. PAUL, the great THROUGH OAR f Americy, and 18 universally admit ted to be the Finest Eq\dpfiei Railroad in the World for all classez of Travel eis vin this line for sale et ai ticket oftices in the United States Quiiic ‘l 220 Of eirs bi 1owa, Lincoln, Through T &. R, counoy aad Canada, 2.0, POTTE Vice-Fres. & G! , _ PERCEVAL LOWE . Masaer. GenPuss.A Westemfidmice—Wurks, IRON AND SLATE BOOFING C. SPECHT, PROP. 1111 Douglas 54, Owmaha, Neb, MANUFACTURER OF Balvanizea iron Cornices) "1E OLD RELIABLE THE BRUNSWICK, BALKE, COL- LENDER COMPANY, (SUCCESSORS TO THE J. M. B, & B. 00, AL A& AR THE MONARCH The meeb extensive manutacturers of Billiard & Pool Tables IN THE WORLD, Genersl Agend for Nebraaka an ohn Hookstrasscr '-:wn‘lz\'l. 500 8. Tenth Btroet| s » » + OMAHA, NEB 8@ Prices of Billixd 1 nd Pool Tables aud materials| urnshed on sprl) eatio: The Candidate. Who dmly walks the crowded streets, y one ha meets, n sfighting boery boots? The oandidate, Who cannot let a stranger Witihout he says ‘“Just take s With nerve of iron and cheek The candi ass Who, when he seex yon at the door Wil 'stop to chin an hour or more, And tell you facts you knew before? The candidate, Who makes it his particular “‘bi To ask you 'hout the health of sl And wants to know how baby is? The candidate, Who knows so miich abonut the state And tells you what will be the B Of politicians small and great? The o is o ndidate, Who after the campaign Announces politics a bor And knows acquaintances no m The candidate, Who s it cannot sleep at night, While thinking of his party fights, Yot hopes to roon get things to richts? The candidate, Who is it has of friends a few, And hejcan getfthem all for you That is, if you will see hini through? The striker, Who i it goes upon the stand, Declaiming with both tongus and hand, And bega of you to save the land? The spouter, Who are they on election day Who go and vote in overy way, ““The Union's safc,” they The Stump Speaker, On every side, Both far and wide, The campaign speaker spouts his pride; 1 rers his orest To do his best, And “chins” until no ono can rest. o fresh and “fly,” On platform high, Ho winks his wicked dexter oyo; Whilo he doth whoop, His gostiires scoop ir until his hearers droop. The He'sne'er dismayed— His cannonade Protection is, or clse frew trado. 1o Joudly shouts And rants and spouts Until ho all opponeats ronts. Ho saws the air Till men declaro They see o human windunill thero, He'll never rost Till those addressed In anguish yell, “Pull down your vest!” Gayly the Candidate, Gayly the candidato Seeketh the bar, o thirsty citizens Throog from afar, Singing: “In search of thee Hither we come, Candidate, candidate, Set up the rum,” Hark! "Tis the cardidate Calls them to come Up to tho parapet Swiftly they come, And still his song is heard, All through the din— ““Thizz times it's zon me, Se'mu muppagin! * —[Burlington Hawkeye, A Politiciar's Promise, “What is a promisc, 2ear, That politicians make? It rcoms to me, from what T hear, They give more than they take.” 4Tin called & promjse, yon must know, And hay & meaning deep, Because it's easy to bestow, And difficult to keep.” e — HONEY FOR THE LADIES, Lace toilets will bo the rage. Satin braid is one of the favorite straws, The success in bonnets this season is the small capote, A hotel boy says that the ladies are not as liberal as men. Velvet waistcoats are the corroct wear with ribbed Jerseys. Ribbed socks as well as ribbed stockings are much worn. Louisiana women are] becoming very suc- cessful planters, Shot velvet comes up among other change able dress stuffs, Ribbed eilk jerseys are the latest form of thin popular jacket. Baltimore girls pride themselves on - their beautiful complexions, The newest fancy in printed lawns is for dotted effects in the tisue, At Shubuta, Miss., the boys take the girls out riding in buggies drawn by oxen. The Boeton girl is considered Iaccomplished when she can sneeze without dropping off (her eyeglasees, Out in California when a man his wife out of bed three times she to a divorce, A woman in Canada has been fined for per- sistently wheeling a baby carriage in front of neighbors doo Fifty million clothes pins are made | in this country annually, and yet American womion, a8 a rule, have small mouths, It does not take long for a woman to dress. The tiwe is spent in trying to decide which is the right and which is the left shoo, A Newport bello wears fiftyptwo bangles on onn of her bracelots They afc wade of gold coin and are worth from 31 to 320 each, A charming gitl in o Passaic, N, J, board- ing house, who won tho hearts of both nale and female boarders, turns out to he a man, “Ladies' bonnots this fall will be felt,” says fashion journal, A color blind chap says he's glad of that, because they certainly can't be seen, Ttalian aprons made of silk or linen, with bands of lace insertion and edging. and Greck of satin or surah, richly decorated has kicked 5 entitled aprons of with embroidery are again the rage, “No watch will keep the same t'me with two persons,” saysa writer, T will & ook, when s young lady and her father are both trying to Tun iton different t'me-ab) A correspondent asks if 1 8 proper to dance with a married lady when her hushand is in looking on, Certalnly, The dancing is sure to be very proper under such circum: tances. | In the front parl o { o summer boarding- ouse a spooning couple, Ina back parlor a bevy of girls_sewing, one of whoum calls for a lap-board. Bright daughter of the house says, “We do not happen to have « lap-board, but inthe front parlor you will find & lap-board- Maud- mother: “Tan't this & queer titlo for a book, ot Like Other Girls,” I wonder what she can bo if sho is not like other girls.” Mother—*'T don't know, unless sho goes in- to the kitchen and helps her mother inste of staying inthe parlorto road novels, Life. A lady of experience observe way to pick out o husband is t patiently the man waits for dinner w hehind time, That is true, Nevey marry o who places no value on time, butis ing to dawdle around all day, Ho will be o die in the almehouse, Pick out & man who gets mad when kept waiting. Velveteen will be in high fashion the coming season, It is almost impossiblo to distinguish the new lmportations from real velvet, so soft aud silky and even is its surface, The datk colors of this fabric are very rich and haud some, and they make both stylish and durable walkiog skirts, The new brand, it fs cla‘med is proof agw'nst rain spots, It is warranted ad OCULIST & AURIST J. F. ARMSTONG, M. D. Practice Limited to T iseases of the Eye and Ear, 1603 FARNAM ST., - -« OMAHA, also never to fade in the brightest sunshine, or to chavge color under the iufluence of the Talt sea air, & all the old makes invariably did. Jerseys and polonaises are to retain their popularity, overskirts and tunics are to be Yoen in every possible shape and leogth, and basques are alwost as varied, but the snug little shape, short on the hips, with postilion back, is still a leading model, Cut-away jack ote and vests are scen with most of the latest French walking dresses, the foshion amount ing toa rage, Ail jackets and polenaises in corporate the close, high sleeve, and standing collar and lappels, e “I Woke One Day," day to find that Youth was going, With Time, who takes good things and ill, join & vagne procession, ever growing, Of ghosts who people dreamland still; Those whom the years have rent world-wide asunder, 01d friends once daily looked upon; Some toil upon the earth, and some rest under, nd do some still regret, T wonder, The glad old days, the good time gone, T woke Time rakes away bis dust-loap of dead roges, Sper The morning after Youth's carouse; He shows us shades of unforgotten faces, We hear the voices far away, Of revellers, who leave us still some traces Of songs whose . cchoes haunt old halting. Slacos, ‘Where n ht was often turned to day, And many rost in sleep by dreams unbroken, By winds unswept. by stars unseen, Never to speak again as thay have spoken, Or know lost joys that mi been, q slow-departing Summer day yet ling 8 tween the pu When winds sound faint, as ing Western bars, if some far-off singors Were touching harps with tired, trombling Ll 'y We see lost eyes smile in the stars, [Time. —— IMPIEL Jerusalem has three Sundays o weok. What a town it must be for beer and base ball, A Boston cler| n o pr ed against lightuing-rods in'1770, impious contrivances to prevent the execntiot of the wrathof heaven.’ The wife of o Methodist preacher in Geor- gia takos turns with him at preaching. When his padishioners see the old gentleman digging worms in the back yard they know that it is his day off. There fs a woman's prayer meeting overy afternoon in Saratoga at which the women pray for the reform and conyersion of their frivolous sisters who live for dress only, No converaions have yet occurred, Masked hugging parties are popular at church fairs in Missouri. By paying fifteen cents & man is allowed to hug a girl, butho is firet blindfolded, 1t makes » man awful mad, lowever, to find, on removing the bandage from his eyes, that he had been hugging _his own wife. Still, there’s a novelty about it.— [Somerville Journal, nes, I find o bad quarter in the til yu any 1dea where it came from?” *“No, that is, I should say, do you, ah, do yon attend the Tenth church, sir?” “Yes,” “Don't Deacon Swift take up the collection, sir? “Yon" “Well Lsacon Swift was in here short time ago and bovght somo sugar— “You may go Lo dinner, Jumes,"—[Pittsbugh Chronicle. A wise Quakeross used to say in her ser- mons that thero were three follies of men which always amazed her, The first was their climbivg troes to_shake friit down, when if they only waited a tittle 1t would fall of its own accord; the second was, that they shonld o to war to kil each other, when if they but waited they would all dio’ naturally, and the third was that they should run after wo- men, which, if they would not do, the women would run after them. perionced Burgls o will crack this bank before Sunday night. Young Burglar—Why not tc g ant to go to church first nt to atone for your sins in advance?” T want to see if thero’s monoy enough sank to pay for our trouble. “How can you find out at churc “Oh, if the cashior's wife ain't there in silks an’ sating we'll go ahoad and crack tho bank,” . His wife being too sick to go to church; he sald ho would go and take little S-yeat-old Daisy, 5o that the latter wouldn't bother her mother. On their return the mother feebly asked the child: “And you wero at church, dear, Did _you like to hear the singing and the minister preach?” Doy wusn't no sin'in_ dero,” o singing? Why, how could that bet” Me doesn’t kno *Did the minister preack “No. He dis tolo papa it was a nico morn in’ aud den ho dive him a dlass wif somepin in it what papa drinked,” P The Spinster's Petition. W pray for peac And hope that giddy France Will cease its mad ondeavors, § To muke Celestial dance, ‘We're sorry for the Pigtaile, But mourn the more, 5 Becauso the wicked wa Wil raiso the prico of tea. i AL Ay il .. BIn the Wild West, 50 . Young Mother Hubbard She went o the cubbard, Her short waisted robe to put on; But when she got there; Tho cubbard was bare, nee, i And the policeman who took it was gone, — Burlington Hawkeye, DROPS, nnot affect the melon crop. alls i " beeause she never sets, idential ¢ st between Ja; See and Maud 8, isstill undecided, but the Carling little mareis ahead on the canvass, It is terr to think the number of tea- cups_and saucers that wust_inevitably be smashed during tho present Franco-Chinese war, Hackmen on the Canada side of Nisgara think every Amervican who comes there has just robbed a bank, y account for their cha A ent-medicine nufacturer died in New York last we Before he died his friends asked how he would like to be buried. Heo had just strevgth enough to say: “Iusert me 1 top column next to reading matter, fifty-two times, electro by mail.’ “That, sir, is o very fine quality of 'sugar,” 1 the groceryman, ~ **It is used mostly for making desserts,” *“Why is it used mostly for making descorts?” wsked the coustomer. “On account of its superior quality, sir,” **Oh, that’s it? 1 thought it might be used for mak- ing desserts on account of the larve smount of sand in i Steward of summer hotel: “The bill of far is all right but the clam chowder, Y i have to «ross that off.” Landlord: the matter? You know very well have clam-chowder every Iriday,” ST understand all toat, but th throw the dish.water ning,” Laodlord: Il discharge him,’ Something Lacking, —Baker —*Yes, I now put my neme on my bread to iy rivals from imitating my loaves and got- ting.my custom.” Housckeeper wiso precaution, But was that bread you left hero vosterday genuine?” “Ob, yes, mum.” *Then 1 would suggest that you add something be ides your name to the loaves” ertainly, wum, if vou say so, What s it? *“The date,"—[ Philagelphia Call, The guests at the boarding house of the Widow Flapjack, on Austin Avenue, still con- o8, that we Steward: new cook it by wistake this mor- o1 hini if he does it again mum; prevent dealer, eag ly capturing the Hera exclaimed ¢ money. 1 waa von_honish man ish $50 ash a revort, Dot vill be all right When the honest customer got around the corner he muttered softly: I goess I'd hatd ter take this fifty and skip up to Portland b fore that Sheeny tumbles to that counterfeit, 1t's getiiog mighty hard to shove the,‘queer round these parts,” “Did you read thoss horrible_stories Arctic sufferers living off of each other? sumply of her husband. s, I road all the particulars,” wdful, fn't the acked “Dr “Oh, it's nothing when having people live off of yo o once get used to I used to kick when your mother, and your sister, and all the rest of them came to live off of me, but I've used to it now that 1 never complain,” [Texas Siftings, Some time azo ata pnblic meeting in Web- foot county, Colonel Liadsmon was selected_to read the declaration of independence, He had not proceeded far when an old fellow, who had come with a large gathering of Dry Fork boys, shouted: **Mistur, whut sort o’ artickle is that you're readin’? " ' “The declaration of independence, sir.” “Wall, now, the war's over out here in this section, an’ we don't want none o’ that secesh business, 1 fit for the south, an’ I aniffed a good deel o smoke an’ stopped several pounds o'led, but when T flung down my old fuzze, T agreed that the scrimmage was dun, ~ Now, mister I don’t think that you air doin’ right to come out here wn’ rend that thing to the young folks, Lee's dead and Grant's busted u, they tell me, so what's the use in all this hurrab business? T am as good southern man as anybody, but T never was a glutton, "—[ Arkansaw Trayeller, — ——— Rocking the Baby. 1 hear her rocking the baby Her room is next to mine— And I fancy I feel the dimpled arms, That round her neck entwi As she rocks and rocks the baby 1n the room just next to mine. I hoar her rocking the baby hday whon the twilight comes, And I know there's a world of blessing and love Tn the “baby-by” she hums, 1 can see the restless fingers Playing with “mamma’s rings,” The sweet little, similing, ponting mouth "I'hat to her's in kissing clings, Asghe rocks and sings to the baby, And dreams as she rocks and sivgs. T hoar her rocking the baby, Slower and slower now, And T hear her leaving her good-night kiss On its eyes and cheek and brow. cking. rocking, der would she start, 1d she kuow, through the wall between us Sho i rocking on a heart? While my cmpty arms aching For a form they may not pross, And my empty heart is breaking In its desolate loncliness. From her recking, (8] Tlist to the rocklng, rocking, In the room just next t> mine, And Dreathe a prayer in silence At mother's broken shrine, For the woman who racks tho In the room just next to mine. B KRELIGIOU! Tho Society of Friends report a total mem- bership in this country of about 75,000, and in Great Britain and Ireland about 15,000, There_are now in the United Stat Young Men’s Christian associations, membership of 108,137. They own cight; buildings, and $3,936,675 worth of real estate Mrs, Van Cott, the revivalist, has been en- gaged in her specinl work for ninoteen vears. She is now in her fifty-fourth year, and the ig the spiritnal mother of about 40,000 souls. The Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage preached to a vast audience at Grimsby, Canada, last Subbath, which, according to a telegram, iously estimated at from 10,000 to The membership of the Cumberland pres- byterian church in thiscountry increased last year nearly 10,000, The aggregate member- ship, at the close of the year ending April 30, tinuo to grumble at their fare. Yestorday mornivg Gillooly said at the breakfast table, to Mra. ¥lapjack: “I notice that you have & vicious looking the yard, - Does he bite?” «d ho does “Will you bo ki piece of ten plimenta? 1 it, if you have no objection.” gy There i a cheap cle d enough to give him this v beefsteak, with my com: ¢ very much to see hum bite [Texas Sift thing dealer in Kearney. Cal., whose contidence in mankind has re- ceived a sovers setback, The other day av west looking countryman walked into his store and said: “You remember that second haud overcoat Thought here for $8 yester day!” ver dakes pack anythings ven Y friant, eald thia haud ms dowass 'Oh, that's all vight. 1 just wanted to say that I found this 8500 Liil sewed in ihe lining. I'l'lllfilm the owner may call forit.* *Of goree he will - hie has called already my dew frient,’ The Rev, H. M. ®umner, now a bishop of the Methodist Tpiscapal church_in the south, was commissiod by President Lincoln as tho first colored chaplain in the United States army, Ho is tho first colored man to receive the degree of D, D. aud LL, D. The Methodist conference of the state of Main_will celebrate the centennial of the establishment_ of Methodism in the United States at Lewiston and Auburn on October 15 and 16, Several bishops and about 800 dele- gates are expected to be present. In the exploration of the old Templo area in rusatem, one of the stones placed round out the low parapet dividing the court of the Tsraelites from _the conrt of the Gientiles, lins been dug up, with the mscription in Greek still legible, forbidding lo uader the pain of death, to pass the parape! Fathor Hyacinthe, who lately retured to aris from America, has sent in his resigna. tion as pastor of the *‘Gallican Church” in is. Awatis the only congregation in the body, the wholo church”is this rendered pas torless, Singular to say, the resignation was addrossed by Bishop Jenner, of the Angelican Church, One of tho Roman Catholic journals e that “the Jesuits have met with singular sic cess in their missions among the colored popu- lation_in_Maryland and elsewhera in the south.” In confiiaation of this it states that tho most reverend archl cly confirmed one hundred and eight, b more, and in the nuw adult converts from tious, or were thirty Protestant denomina. —————— The Oyster, In the pretty mouth of the i am girl Thero cometh a pleasing moisture As she whispers deep in her decpest soul, “Septenber bringeth the oyster Cincinnati Merchant Traveller, e SINGULARITIE The biggest salmon caught in Scotland this yoar weight 60 pounds, the next 53, and so un down, A kite, sixteon fect high and eloven feot wide, whoso covering required twenty-four yards of muslin, was raised from a Grand Mtroet, New York, house top on Sunday last. 1t took four men with gloved hands to hold it. Recently the a were in San Francis al , two sticks of timber, one 180 foet long, and 16 inches square, almost without knots; the other 104 feet long, and 18 inches square, practically clear stuff, *They came from Washington ter ritory, 1t I8 & common th'ng for professional crab bers in New York and around Long Island to t caught by the nose by savage crabs while wopivg down in their bo: T'hey neyer at ampt to break the animal's hold. ~ T wediately jump overboard in their and the momens he foels salt wa says good-bye and sails away smilin Rheem, who has charge of the reptile spec imens in the Smithsonian Institute, contra- dicts much of the popular belief as to snakes, Some of themost dreaded have no exist ) The hoop snake, which takes the end of its tail in its mouth and rolls over and over like a hoop, killing everything it touches with its ve uu" the blow enake, the bresth of which s deadly, clothe, the crab y, are fictitions. As_serpents move about thiy are constantly feeling aboad with the tongue, and the forward thrust and the peculiar forked appearance of this orgin has given riso to the false idea that with it the giog is done, It is generally thought that thera are great nuwber of | In North America there aro but throe the rattlesnuke, the copperhead or m and the cor A very int: avimals usually ting exhibition of affivity in tagonistio was ved a fow days ago by & Hartford gentleman, He has a large number of doves, and when they feed the corn attracte the chickens, sparrows and even rats The birds do not seemn to te in the least frightesed at the hungry rodents, although these are of unusual siz Nu bap- pier family exists inside or outside of a menug- erie. But the “humanitarian aspect” of the starnge sssortment wes shown at it The gentleman observed one of the rats the cora, feed heartily, and then go the carriage howse, o dozen or more feet away. He repeatid the visit & number of times, The observer's curiosity being aronsed, ho went to the carriage houss and found oue of the doves —a sick eno— eating corn there, The object of the rat’s movements wera now plain—hy had beeu carrying corn to the dove, anable to %ot to the ground iteelf, Some “Fly" Verses, foot Hae crawls along with f To seek the fee But no kind eye h And not a s f OFf all the crowd that pass along Bend down to hear him sigh, O listen to his plaintive song Al for thee, poor fly ! N. Y. Morning Journal, ble sun ance mest, He moves thro' space at lightning speed, And seeks a girl or son, He lights upon the hairless head, And kicks up lots of fun, How changed he is within a weel, This friendless little bummer, Yonsaw the fly in weather bleak; This is the fly in Summer. Yonkers Statesman, He flies above the sky-blue cres Unchid, unchecked by any, And later, in the sun's warm beam, He dries his long ante; Fach dioner dish in turn he tries With restless, graceful flutter, 'Till hie, like many other flies, Dies, tangled in the butter. —The Judge. Sometimes around the kitchen he Doth wing his explorations; And with a song of careless ¢leo Koep buzzing his gyrations, Until he comes to grief, mayhap, And falls in pan-cake batter Oh, then you'll find the smothered chan Served up on breakfast platter. Carl Pretrel’s Weekly. R . o, CONNUBIALITIES, A Mormon clder has t; trip for the past five years, each time with o weparate bride. A Newport belle married the man who res. cued her from drowning. This should be a W!Il'lllilll' to young men to keep away from the seashore, The newest thing in wedding: inangurated at the Reed wedding, New York, is to send invitations and cards to Queen Victoria and the nobility of Kurops, It extremely “tony,” and it costs nothing but the postage. A church wedding at Waterbury, Conn, was delayed an hour and a half the other day ! © the groom had fergo‘ten to get his li- cense, He had to con % and call the bride's parents out to give their written con- sont, as the girl was under cighteen, and a gether the guests had a rather so:emn wait. At the wedding breakfast in England re- cently, one of the bridesmaids expressed ystic document, a we cense, which she had never beheld, The re- quest occasioned o fearful discovery. The clergyman had quite forgotten to ask for the license; the bride-groom had left it to his *‘best man” to procure it, and the ‘‘bes " had . Of course, the marriage w no jegal marriage at all. The wedding party broke up in dismay, and the ceremony was performed the next day, Miss Eya Mackay's betrothal, despite the denial of her father, is spoken of as follows in a Paris lettor the London News: The betrothal of Miss Eva Mackay, stepdaughter of the Bonanza Silver King, to Prince Col- onna has been celebrated with great pomp at the villa of her aunt near Rome. The bride- designate becamwe ucquainted with her future husband last winter, She is of small statue, with unassuming, nice, quiet manners, is good looking and has artistic tastes, Her engage- ment to Prince Colonna will be a source of disappointment to divers Faubourgh St. Ger- main families. The word *‘charv s used throughout a large portion of the west and deccribes the at- tentions which a howling music mad country crowd pay to & newly married couple, In those | parts it is p onounced “chivaree,” Its originis as follows: In the middle agesa K arl” consisted of an assemblaze amufling, who, armed with [tin pots and pans, fire shovels and \kettles, gathered in the dark outside of the house of auy obnoxious person, making the night hideous by striking the pots against the pans, and howling: “Haro! Haro!” or (in_the south of Engl and nce) “Hari! Hari!” In 1563 the council of Trent took the matter up, and solemnly interdicted “harivaris” under the pain of excommuni- cation; nevertheless the practice continues in France to this day, notably the village of La Ruscade. New Yonk, Special Telegram, August 30, ~On the arrival of the steamer Westphalia to-day, an eloping couple from Berlin, named Henry Thuefeldt and Annie Pensonn much surprised to hind that a teleg been sent to the commissioners of emigra requesting that the young lady be returned to her patents in German: t appears that the young couple were much ched to each other, but the young lady’s parents forced her to marey another man, The marriage proved to be a platonic one, howeyer, the girl refusing to live with the husband of her parent’s selection, and fmally elopivg with Thuteldt. The strong attachment with the young people had shown for each other, caus- ed suveral of the officers of Caostle Gurden to interest themselyes in their behalf, and steps 1 he taken to prevent the order irom by ded out. I'ne following “points” are derived from the experience of an Eoglish ludy of good social position but limited means, who for soveral 4 hasbeen takivg “clients” in ands to watcring places during otes twenty-three suc this fisher of men, 1t appenrs that d irls go off in spring and autumn, and blonds at mid-summer; that the market 18 apt to be dull the beginuing of the season, and to grow brisk toward its close; that the v oun rmen brunettss best, but veer ve r sisters as the converse is as truc of very young dark men: that brunettes almost as imvariable pre- fer fair men, irrespective of sage, and that the predilections of blonde is commonly an op posite one; thatblonde girls work off very il i raw, coldish weather; that to couplea’ fair and a dark girl in walking, diiving, ete, is gonerally, but not always, good policy, siuce the intends otimes fally in love with each in ossion, and ends by taking noither, snd finally, that whilemonctains and lakes provelively incentives to flirations at e periods, the side was docidedly stronger in the way of landing the fish as the leaves turn and the day ow shorter, e casses and nine fa like v slow!y toward their lig! the_ fair men grow older, and that Logan's Luck, Thera s a great soldier named L Who shouts when he sounds hi He sports a mammoth mus That is worth its weight in ha-d Aund he wears a Chicago g Excitement, “What causes the great rush at Schroter & Becht's Drug The free distriburion of sumple bottles of Dr, Bosanke's Cough and gun, ud slogan, Lung Syrup, the mg ular remody for Coughs Colds, Consumption and Ironchitis no market, Regular size 50 ceuts and § 00 e— MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO, Maurica Graw's company has areived. It numbers fifty people and great things is ex- pected from it. Miss Eimma Thursby is now in Norway, She lins gone there to join Mrs. Ole Bull at Ly#s, near Bergen, Margaret Mather Is to appear s Lady M beth shortly. Milnes Levick will be the M beth of the cast, and Frederick Paulding the Maedutf, A corresponden Minn., that M. B. Curtis in that eity in “Spot Cash satistied audience. Tmmediately upon his arrival from Europe, M. dohn McOullough will eall lus_company together and go upon the road, the time of his starring tour having been completely filled up from St, P opened the se. to & but dis- write to June 1885, 11 has added two new plays bat if sho is wisa she will wt prosant them {0 the public for sev yoars to come, Maggie wouldn't be re hizad outside of her conventional roles. Lawrence Barrett has been pl successful engagemont in San very Af or hus four weeks er gagement in that city ¥ he will go to P d, Uregon, for two weeks, thence to all the large cities of the wast. Wilion Barrett, the famous English actor, 18 not yot forty years of age. He is & strik ingly hundsoms man, bis sharp, clear-cut, profile bearing & close resemblance to that of the first Napoleon in his younger days. Doar, delightful Mme. Theo lanc York from the Oregon on Sunday. She biings with her 100,000 fr worth of dresses, in New awure beyonnd question unparalleled or the little French woman, Mme. Janisch, the 1cce8s emotional act appears at the Now Park Theator 27, will be supported by A r Elw H. Griffiths Mark Price, Charles Plunkett, Walter Eytinge, Horsce Preston, George C. an, Harry Reoves; Miss Mary Shaw, Mary Maddern, Miss Josephine Bailey, and Miss Katie Ferman, Mr. John T. Raymond,s company th includes a number of capital act Mre. H. A, Weaver, jr., Mr, W, Mr, Murray Woods, Mr, and Devere and Miss Nannie Egberts. pertory will comprise Mr. Lloyd's “‘For Con. gress,” Messrs, Jossop and Gill's “In Para’ dise.” and the familiar “‘Gilded Ag At Mckee Rankin's Third Avenue theater, New York, the ish fasbion of hav ing female ushers has been introduced. Seven daintily-attired young ladies escort the specta tors to their seats, They are an improvement over the masculine articie in the matter of ce- lerity and politeness, but they offer dangerous tomptations for impressionable yeung men in the eutr’ actes, Miss Clara Morris enters u twenty-five weeks on Septembes management of Mr, Frank vdwin, playing a weck at the Third Avenue Theater, New Yoik, previous to starting on her tour, Her company consists of Fredric Bryton, Jos Hol- land. Charles Steadman,e Robert Rainforc P, Tisher, J. C. Elliott, ¥, C. Bird, Mrs I, Farren, Miss Helen Odelle, Mrs, He Crisp, and Miss Edith Bird, Mme. 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