Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1886, Page 10

GUARDIANS OF OUR HOvES.| Women Rapidly Gaining Their True Places | in the World as Individuals, BEWARE OF THE TALE-BEARER. ite Evil Fash- g The Fashionable Waist and Conseqaences — The Ol foned and the Light Change Girl rtrait, A Woman's J. R L Blessing she is: God made her so And deeds of week -day holiness Fall from her noiseless as the snow Not had she ever ehanced to know "That aught were casier than to bless, She is most tair, and thereunto Her life doth rightly harmonize: Feeling or thonzht that was not trug Ne'er made less beautful the blue Unclouded heaven ot her eyes. She is a woman: one in whom The sprine-time of her ehildish vears Hlath never lost its rresh perfame, Though knowin at life hath room For many bli ny tears, Waomen as Character-Builders, Pleasant gossip, says a writer in the Cleveland Leader, ean hurt noone A recital of the happenings about you, a word of praise for anothe harin but e as flint der begins: check itin your never allow your curiosity to awny to so undignitied an act for any information of the private : of otl If you feel this f self ome t good woman at heart and nd tugging at you, s sk that will enlighten your mind, and tryf it be possible to realize the dreadful position assuming Improve your mind, erately to cject this evil spiat from you as you would fight against the terrible appetite for strong drink, ov opiun, or any other bad habit r 1 slanderer in oldc times was aindidate for the ducking stool. I think it is almost a pity that that punishment was abolished. ““T'o thine own seif be true follow, as the night the day. not then be fulse to any man which is of more importanee Try to realize in what undigniticd atti- tude you are posg when you attempt this role. “Spirit ol ¥ but to fine your vul, this part. and it thou ¢ womin, just here. und you are s r arity to the winds when you act You destroy all the influcnce for good which you may have. If yon are so unfortunate to know people who indulge this talent, avoid them, and, if that is impossible, try to turn their thoughts in a different dircction. Be very surc a verson can do you nothing but” harm when you eannot remember one good thought oF word after being in their society. Choose for compunions those who are your superiors, those whom learn something, fluence is mspiring and ennobling desire for such society will be your hest recommendation to Ruskin says: “1f you would be the companion of nobles, make yourself noble,” Any one who wills may accomplish this. It is only turning from the diteh where they root for filth to the broad highway of truth and honesty, and fair dealing, and lo! you are in the company of the nobles of the world. Women are rapidly guining their true places in the world as” individuals. We would have them put aside all such trivial amusements and acquit themselyes as true women should, laying aside « lindrance, ready to take their places withi- out fear of insinuation or hair-pulling, beating each other with brooms and roll- s, ete. are of the opinion they will make as fair u showing as an equal number of our brothers, from whom such inuendoes come. Such remarks are usually made by those men who (o not wish woman to be an individual, but wish her to be, while they hve, « servant or drudge, and y are gone u relie, and (hese are usually men who can elaim no superiority over woman except were brate for So much depends on women for house- keepers and cl ster-builders that the entire abstinence from slander, in even the mildest forms must be enforced. Then our brothers will not vilify us, because they will have been taught they have no ocension, The W »man Who Never Slanders, an Francisco Report: Here's to the woman who never slanders, who never rotails ill-natured gossip, and who does not feel 1t her duty to straighten out the world around her, T rios are not B0 scarce as men would us think. But tennis-grounds, wi ball-rooms and fashionable te not their stamping-gronnd. They have to be hunted; they are not matri aiming at pocket rather thay mind their own aifairs s why the male creature seldom e them and seldom sees them — The no time to purr with the tomm heart; victly, tabbies of leisure, The Maid Who Laces. St, Paul Globe: 1f, as Koko, ried men never flirt, then it g taken as a proposition equally truc that married ladies never lace. =~ Unfortu nately the same lent statement ean- not be made reg: the maidens with equal universality. he age which so re- cently existed for taper sts and trim , and which for a time sensibility way to a desire to attam a standard at of which the Venus of Milo p recognized type, is agnin cropping out. Why the fashion of “disproportion ately »umh waists shonld be regarded ns fulfiling the demands of beinty and should meet with such ready aceeptance is, in view of the personal discomfort it volves to its devotees, hittie short of in conceivable. Not only does the abnor- mally small waist which is the product of tight' lacing fall as fav short of true beauty as does a large waist, but, ob- tuined us it isin_direct violution of phy. siological laws, it is in most.cases accom- panied by evil results, which may vital, Permanent injur price to pay for the gratification of a emporary whim of capacious fashion, and the young girls who ready tims will some day discover the fact. Better let nature have her own way in the matter of the “human form divine, and let tight lacing it evils, ! il n does require a sixtecnth-ineh givth at the belt line Cleveland Pl; It was in Chi engo, which, by the way, beats all erea tion in overything but b ball. A girl —she was not more than twenty—very pretty and as innocent looking as & lamb —was caught lwgglllF and locked up for obtaining money under false pretenses, When ‘i n to police headquarts searched the girl was found to be ar in the garments of a lightning ¢ artist of the vaudeville stage od & new phase of eriminal elever- nd when she saw that she was dis Miss Innc e owned up and operated her costume for the entertain ment of her captors. She wore a tight, dark suit, and, what seemed to be, o dark felt hat with one of those rolling wide brits 5o often seen upon the str A swift displacement of many hooks, eyes and battons and a deft movement of fing- ers nround the Lat changed the shape and drapery of the dress, ing a dif- ferentiy-colored front, and npo neat turban. Auother manipula the dress changed hier into a sister of eharity, and still snother a f; dressed girl. Huudreds of eoh hunge Hor dress DECEMBER 12, 1880.--TWELVE PAGES donomination in Chic &0 had given up to | her, Only Chicago conld have produced | sucha girl. And T think that it will take gnod eare of her for many days. Of Corset 1s, 1.C. Dod shape of A woman’s waist on wihich a tieht is Inced The ribs deform, iy being 8 e N jammed not The iy is tor pid luinp, stor are all compressed. There- fore this silly woman grows to be a fearful mess of woes, but thinks siie has a lovely slinve tho' hideous a crippled — ape, This 15 wom natu W which corset never vet disgraced. Inside it 1s mine of health. Outside cliatins it 1S a wealth. Itisathing of beauty true anda sweet joy 1ol new Ltnecds no art- ful padding vile or bustle bic togive it “style.” 1t's strong and solid plump and sound and hard to get one arm around. Alas if women only knew tha mischief that these corsets do they'd let Dame ture have ler wiy and never try hier “waste” to stay.” The Old-Fashioned Girl. Toronto Week: Has it occurred to no- body in his struggles to keep abreast of the tide of new activity that sets mn_fic- tion, as in every other department of modern thought, to cast one imploring glance over his shoulder at the lovely torm of the heroine of old-time, drifting far into oblivionY It would be strange, mdeed, if we did not rogret her, this daughter of the lively imagination of a bygone day. By long familiarity how catures grew! Having heard with what zestful antici- pation we foreknew the golden hair, the roscbud mouth, the faintly flushed ethe- real cheek and the pink sea-shell that vileged to do aurieular duty in catehing the never-ccasing murmur of adoration that beat about the fe blonde muiden. Wotting of hes locks, with what subtle prescience we d the dark and tlashing optics, the alabaster forehead, the hips curved in fine scorn, the regal height and the very un- approachable demeanor of the br fact tha startling differences ¢ pl 1, that the line of physical construction’ran sweetly paral- el, never interfered with our j in- est in - them as we fol- ed their varying fortunes from an ious beginnin I ' vicissitudes to a blisstul close. her ringlets were long enough woes deep enough and her conduct un- der them marked by a beautiful resigna- tion and the more becoming forms of gricf it never oceurred to us to cavil at the objeet of Algernon’s passion because lier capabilitics were strietly limited to making love and oricntal landscapes in Berlin wool. Her very feminne attri- butes were inyariably forthcoming; and if the author by any chance forgot to ticularize the “sweetness of her isposition, the neatness of her voudoir—they — all hay boudoirs —or the twinining nature of her aflec- tions we unconsciousiy supplied the de- ficieney and thought no less respectfully of Araminta. She w wooden. this person for whom gallant youths af ained remarkable heights of self-sacr fice, and vyillains intrigued in vain; ner yirtues and her faults e might form 't of the intricate expensive in- ior of a Paris doll; and we loved her laps with the unmeaning love of ifancy for toys, She was the painted pivot of the merry-go-round—it conld not possibly revolve, . with its exciting episodes, without her; yet her humble presence bore no striking relation to the mimic pageant that went on i with the I vly with the sound of bells;” and we remembered for space not the maiden but the duels in her honor, the designs upon her fortune, and the poetic justice that overtook her calumniators, A Woman's Year. Harper's Bazar, We wandered in May, when the blossoms Ti avery zephyr were blowing, When down from the branches ‘the blossoms Like delicate snowtlakes were snowing. Our hearts were as young as the blossoms “Finat biew all about us so lightly Our thous:hts were as sweet as t! “Ihat drifted our pathway so whitely. But May-time has fled with its blossoms — ssoms | 50 tondly remember; But dearer the pale orange blossoms. “Uhat blossou for me in December, Eduncated Girls Who D Boston 1 d: A promivent wouw physician of Boston has freely expre her conviction that the great” superionity in culture of so muny of the young girls to-day over that of the average men who Not Marry, not want to inarry sue no doubt, a great d statement. In fact, men. Thes b of truth in the n other departments it has always been noticed that one of the standing i1l effects of the culture, say of flowers, has beeu to make 1ts votary pre fer a tea rose to a head of eabbage; or of music, to & harmonious orchestra to a dis- cordant street band; or of religion, to pre fer picty o profanit Now, there is no ason “why the rale should not work equally in the case of marriage. The maxim that 1y husband is better than no husband” had once a great deal of truth init, for the condition of the un married woman was in bygone days a forlorn one could mno_more help growing sour than milk 1n a thundor-storm. Any and every woman with the most insignificant sprig of & husbund could turn up her nose at her and embody a weight of public opin- ion in her contemptucus attitude that few single unfortunates could have the diguity and self-respect to nd up against. To-day, however, the scules tip the other way with & vengennce. How on earth could Lucy or Fanuy or Alice consent to marry such a man? is heard any & curling lip among a bevy of Iy think of the free and happy tUmes she b at the art school, in the conservatory of music, in the reading club or out sketelhing by the lake or among the mountains. Why, the fellow does not know Recthoven from a street organ grinder, would yawn with weari ness in the richest pietire gallery in the world, and see nothing in the most glori ous forest but so muny thousand feet of lumber. I'd rather be Titanis and fon dle and Kiss an ass’ eal he people and nearly every eharch of every | Now, it is wot to be disguised that this | while th ing to be a very prevalent way of is go &, nd that thereis real danger of a argy | growing conepiracy on the part of saperior women to leave the matter of marriage latgely in the hands of their more com monplace and prosaic sisters, while they hold themselves free for a wider and more attractive career. Just asin the middle ages, well nigh ali tie high nd spiritual interests of so¢ in the hands of celehrated priests and monks, so it would look as though their legitimate succ in Massachusetts a other states of the union were to | this order of the Vestal Virgins. One en- counters them exerywhere. In a hundred scattered villages they are the life and soul of all that is active in the churche: deacons are mere worm-eaten os for pillars. If a lecture or con started, apply to the Vestal Ihey alone keep the d fires burning. “The charities, the literary culture of the place, what the place knows about poetry, art, education, the beautifying of the ‘home, all this is due to them. In fact, busy as they are, they are almost the only people of leisure in the community, the only class free to devote themselves to liberal pur suits, Is it any wonder, then, that they do not seem to sigh, especially after com- monplace husbands, glad as they might be to mate themselyes with such as could share with them a sympathetic life of in terest in the higher things: Read, for cxample, the tributes the press has lately been paying to Miss Luevetia Crackor, of Bosto, What a boon to any community to have x woman of such g stamp, with her whole time at - ler own disposal, and free to devote herself to the highest pub- lic interests of education and morality She beeame thus the spiritual mother of thousands of children, doing for them often more wisely and tenderly than their natu mothers ever could. Indeed, seeing how strong are to-day the ten: dencies toward & mere materialization of life,through press of business careson the husbands” minds, and press of household duties on the wives of the land, who knows but the intellectual and spiritual s 10n of Massachuset nd the . ing of the state from lapsing into practi- cal barbarism are to come largely from its so-called surplus population of 75,000 women, precisely as Europe «in the middle ages, and ar ture and religion rescued from de struction by its unmarried priests and monks. Sl enough of these finer women ought to be willing to_go into married life to keep up the dignity of the profos: Even while freely admitting that the average standard of men avail- able for hnsbands is deplorably low, i will not do to abandon them altogethor. This was exactly the danger the church fell into in olden times. So strong w! the attraction of the monastic and priest- 1y life for all men of intelligence, - go ness and piety, that society at large w a howling wilderne 1t is devoutly to be hoped that the vestal virgins of to-day will not run into the same deplorable ex- treme, however great the personal sreri- fice involved, ty devolyed apol 0 e How to Manage Men, St. Paul Globe: A young lady of wide and varied experience declares that it is perfectly e: men, and, pro- ceeding to Ay are but few methods of treatmel must either let a fellow 5 you feel yourself infinit bove him, that yon are superiatively indifferent con’ cerning him, and don’t care a rap whether or not you ever put your two eyes on him, snub huim, slight him and sit down upon'him at every opportunity, or else you must make him believe th you regard him as the swectest, deares and most charming creature on earth, and that he is the wisest and yon & silliest thing in all creation; in shor must either act as a tonic or pluin, and 1f one plan fails the othe bound to succeed.” I remarked to th wise female that there was a remo possibility of selecting the wrong method, und trying to work off the sugar-plum on the man who required the tonie, but > promptly replied that in such a case it was easy enough to reverse one’s mode of procedure, and I had nothing more to say. What a Woman Afire Should Do, Di. John Marshall: A girl or woman who meets with this accident (of setting fire to her clothes) should immediately liec down on the floor, and soany one who goes to her assistance should in- stantly. if she be still erect, make her | down, or, if needful, throw her down in horizontal position’ and keep her in i Sparks fly upward and flames ascend, Ignition from below mounts with fearful rapidity, and, as a result well known to experts, the fatality of disfigurement in these lamentable cases is due to the burns inflicted about the body, neck, fuce and head, and not to injuries of the Jower limbs. Now, the very moment that the person whose clothes are on lire is in horizontal position on a flat sur the flamies will still ascend, but only the air and not the flames encircle their vietin ime is thus -gained for ion, and in sneh a erisis in a nst & fire g few seconds are precious, nay priceless. Once in the prone position the person aflicted may erawl to abell pull or to a door, so as to clutch at one oropen the other to obtain help. The draught from an open door into the room would serve to blow the flames, if any, from the body; oragain, still crawl- ing, the sufferer may be ablo to rug or table cover, or other hand, to smother any remanis -— THE TOWER OF PARIS. What 1s Destined to Be the Highest Structure in the World, If one crosses the Seine by the bridge named in_honor of the victory at Jena one finds himself in the Champs de Mars, Cur ing walks, chestnut and pine trees, fountains and stones made it us much like the older and more famous Par ourks as possible. The Champs de Mars, however, will be wonderfully famous some day—when the big tower 15 built Babel of old built a big tower, and Babel of to-day follows the example. M. Eiffel is the architect,and the French government has granted a subvention of $200,000. The huge iron pile, which will dominate all Paris from its perch in the Champs de Mars, wili be nearly twice as high as the highest existing structure, Lord Nelson’s monument is 162 feet in height; ul's the great pyra- mid, 460 , 507; The t'u?ugua Cathed Washington monu- ment, 5 id when one jumps ofl the top ot the great Paris tower he will have just 1,000 feet to fall, e His Little Girl, St. Louis Republican: As is known, the daughter of McVicker, the elder, i i Ldwin Booth, bat it is not gene! known that when their mg 1l relations streined that McVicker sided daughter, and that Horace M Vicker (her brother) took up Booth's cause. This led to an _estrangement by tween MeVicker and his son that abso- lutely separated them. Time passed on gy o et e B P, et tures being made. Oneday, long after the first trouble, McVicker pere, y: ing on the car J B the s quuintance of child “whose beau { winning ways fas- cinated him. ore he left the ears he asied her Land she answered' ‘MeVieker,” Scarce believing lus ears, the old man went to the child's nurse and inquired again as to her name. **She is the child of Horace McVicker,” was the reply. Without a word the father wrote on a card: *'‘Horace, come tome at once,” signed his name to it and sentat by the nurse to his son. The child had softened his beart and brought together once for all time the father and sou. rticle at flames. ally r intellectual | AMONG THE WITS AND WAGS. | A Varied Assortments of Smiles in Winter Gafments, THE LENGTH OF A DOLLAR. Puablic Coffec’s a Public Hlustration of Colos Pointed Pats Thrust M Lying— graphs, An Cabin Laconics, Rooster lity prowd w'en de hen am a layin Mule back brayin'y Cows step <low w'en dey o Squir'l whet him teet w'e Ikin Ducks g -l An'y aq m its cars w'en de donkey am a e to demilkin'; de cohn ama k de loudes® w'en dey mareh to de du liter se yo' friend w'en yo'len’ him Vines hug de crumblin’; Nigznl's feet rumblin Wahtermillon's snappin’; Nuts mighty plenty drapnin’s Bees hive de'bes’ w'en yo' kick un a racket, An’yo kynt Jedge a“man: by de- Size ob his jacket, tightes' w'en de wall le am a de lightes' we'n storm ripes’ wen de rin’ goes a w'en de leaves ama Rabbit mighty tired wen de snow fallin’ Nigeah n callin Crow berr plantin ces offen [0ose w'en de hoss am a pantin’ dy Iayin’ hens am de fus” to go to settin’ de debbil hol's de stakes w'en a nigzali Rits to bettin’, am a ever de't w'en dinnah horn am w'en de cohn am a A Clear Breach of' Trust, Detroit I Press: He climbed two pairs of stairs at 11 o’clock yesterday forenoon and entered an oflice to find a young woman at the desk. “What is it siry” she asked, as he hes- itated. his is Mr. ne quericd, as | “Certainl, “And he i “No, sir,” “In other words, he has ma; deal and you are to be in chargc “Yes, “Humph! he st “Anything wrong, sir? she asked. “Rather! Pve been in the habit of dropping up here about every forenoon in the year at this hour to borrow a chew of tobaceo, and this arrangement has been made. without consulting me in the slightest! Humph! 1f that's the kind of aman heis I'm glad to have found him out, even at this late da; A Public Chieago Tribune: “This coffee 1s for the use of the punlie,I presume,’’ said a rus looking man with n benevolent sml; he stirred n eup of chickory at a rallway lunch counter the other evening. Jertain] 1 don’t drink it all my- narled the proprietor. The rusty-looking man beverage leisurely away. “Ten cents, sir, sharply. _“Didn’t you say {his coffec was for pub- lic use?” inquired the other. “You don't suppose 1 furnish it free,do Vi biamed lunkhead?s” publjc coffe he disappear lerity . acquired by long Doe's oftice, of cour: looked around, not her anew 0 that's the kind of a man drank the and turned to walk aid the proprietor Able Lying, sco Chronic “colossal lin eneral MeCook melates the He traveling among mountains, and straying out ing from the trail, stood for entranced by the magnificent spread before him, when he was aroused from his meditations by the footsteps of one of the guides, who had followed him lest he should lose his way. “Is mot this magniticent, Bil ex- claimed the general, anxious to share his delight. Slts guide, As an illus of the w follow the Roe one morii- moment landscape vht purty, gineral,” said the but I can show you bigeer sights nor this. Why, one time Kan Jim and mehad been trampin’ three days 1d mights, and we came to a plain, and in theknid st of it was a forest all turned to sold stun.” The gene have heard of petrif Bill The guide expoctorat ing counte and_continued “But that warn't all, ; thar war a buf- falo on that plain und he was petrified on the elean jump, and his hufs had kicked od, and [ g blamed if that rn't petrified in the air The general turned an tenance on the nairator Bill, the sod wou'ld have by the force of gravity Without any nesitation, Bill answer “Well, b i nd remarked: 1 d trees before, ed without chang- amused coun- ndd said: “Why, allen the ground s , the gravity were 1t Went her Then, Lord Coleridge was the guest of M, arts in ahouse which formerly be. longed to George Waslington, AL the end of the grounds the Potomac river broadly rolls. ‘Talking about th of George Washington in othe Tord Coloridgo sail: *1 have h was a very strong man physieally that, stanaing on the lawn here, he could throw a dollar right across the river onto the other bank.” Mr, Evarts paused 2 moment and ured the breadth of the river with ! stor “Don't you believe its" asked Lord Coleridyze, “Yes," Mr, Evarts replied, “I think 1t's very likely to by Cou know a dol- lar would o farther in those days than it does now The Pilous Man and Cane. Sclence was the cane, and religion the man who walked with it.—Mr. 1. W, Beecher, ‘The pious man is walking out Adown some country line, And as he walks he swings His scientific cane, He pokes it into flowers and roots, And enrious worns up prizes, “Thie while upon his labor’s fruils He blanaly moralizes, “The plous man is walking through The slummy city alleys, And weeps with Syunpathy unto roor Bagged Bills and Salli But when they mock the good man’s pain, And hoot him with defian ee, e gives them with his learned cane A’little toueh of science, This branch,” saye he, religionsly, n the frue tree of knowledie Will teach you children not to be Pert to a man from coliege, 1 eaught the erumbs of seienee dropped In youth from learning’s table Children grow wise by being wh And caue can wake them able. The Boss Liar. Texas Siftings: The train had started off. A young man rushed breathlessly into the depot. “Got lefr did you?' said the seller. “Of course 1 got left," he replied Then some one said he could go across the bridge and catch the tram, and an other told him when the next train would go, and various suggestions were made The chap looked ut the disappearing train a few seconds, when some one askoed “Where were you going?’ Then the wicked fellow sa the Scientific vped, ticket id, “Ou, & AHLQUIST BROS,. — - DEALERS IN \l » Shell and Heavy Hardware Stoves and Ranges, Meshanic's Tools and Job Work a Specialty. 1119 Saunders St. MORRELL'S ~ PHARMACY, Southwest Corner 16th and Chicago Streets, SQUIBBS PREPARATIONS A SPECIALTY. MRS. DR, NANNIE V. WARREN CLAIRVOYANT, Medical and Business Mediom Room 8, N. 16th st., Oma Neb. "~ B. F. FULLER, DEALER 1N Harness, addles, Whips, Robes 2301 Cuming Stveet. Lammerich & Grimm, Market Keep cverything iu their line. Good meats and fair prices, Cor. Lake and Saun- ders streets. wasn't going in the train. mother i< on that train and 1 Kiss her before she left. “Laar!” roared twenty-four men in chorus, My wife's wanted to married Her 1dea of Cleverness, She—Say, Charley, what is a mash? He—Why,Clara, that is when your best girl goes bick on you. She—And what is a One of sion b “sonr aps wron wheels you are so d Now let's try driven well? -Blessed if 1 know, Clara, m 1 rode behind was driven well. Ta, t; yester You're not half so cleve Charle you look. £l Literary Definitions. rlet Letter—One that 1s read. Hard Times—The Present Border Reminiscences—Hash tellectuai butter, Taken at the Flood. onh’s ark. One Night's Mystery—How to get without disturbing the old lady. Yeast good razor. Settlers in Canada—The cashiers settlers of the United States. What Will the World Say ?—Rats A Knight of the XIXth Century—Eles tion night. Maried Bell—The The § and in- in un- one with the auties—A pair and a half of aces. The Curse of Gold-—Its seareity, Prince of Dark George Washington Jonson Jr. Kept in the Duark—The bottle. Out of the World—St. Louis. From Night to Light—We won't zo home till morning. What Can She Dos—Talk back. es in an Album. daughter during the_ rage to the poet, Wills ccount book ruled for pounds, shillmgs and pence, and re- quested & contribution, He happily uti- lized-the figures as follow e s a ‘This world's a scene as dark as is scarce worth. .. | 26 Our joys are borne so fleeting hence i “That they are de: And yetto stay willing Although they may not have 18 e Whar the Matter Was. Kentucky State: **I see you didn’t get the appointment you were arter, Mr. Smith?" “No, Ididn't.” ‘Do you know the reson “Well, T reckon his priv: Dan Lamont, got mad be to his address. ‘Priv; I added She Had a Feliow Feelin' for the old Fellow. Jackson (Tenn.) Deer Blade: A newly married couple arrived at one of our hot few duys ngzo and were assigned aroom in which there were two beds Whils the groom was out taking in the town a lady boarder ente the room, when the bride, mistuking her for th landlady, remarked: “I sce you ha two beds in heres do you expect to put any other person in the room®” The lady erisped the situation and rephied: “Yes, we are crowded and will have to give you company to-night.”” After amoment’s reflection the bride answered: 1 do re so much for myself—1've been married before—but I hate to have com- pany on my husband’s account.’”” Progressive Courtship. She—What is progressive John? 1 I'm sure I'm most intereste ve courtshin, She—Oh! what is that? He—Well, for a little winle after he be- gins to pay his addresses to her he sim s hands with her when they are tmght, as 1 have been doing st two months. Then he be: swes a Little bolder, and some night as he is leaving her, he' puts his arm around her waist like this, and kisses her as I do now. There! (blushing)—And next thing, I sup- pose, he proposes “English as She is Spoke." Washington Critie, ilor, press my suit to-day,” youni man cried in soriow; aiise my girl expects that 1 Will press my suit to-morrow. euchre, I don’t know. The thing in just now is pro- for the | “These elothes I wear are thin and old, And scarcely worth a hoot Angd sueh a suitor as I a I'm sure would never suit her.” “0f course,” the tailor said with glee, Lo see the YOUDE Man's sorrow : My law yer has your last year's bills, e'll press the suit to-morrow,” One Broadway Man Who Was Not Worth a Million, Atlanta Constitution: Smith Clayton has just returned from New York. He s'waiking on Broadway with a New York fricnd,who was pointing out to | ness places of the muny mill merchant prin of Smith looked and listened attentiv and finally paused on the street, and said to his conipanion “Well, say strect thal Oh, y see that man nuts “Yes,' interrupted Smith with pssion of relie ‘Well,” continued bis informant, *I think the poor fellow is worth morc han o hundred thousand dollars.” anybody on this t worth a million dolia the ot replicd cross the strect selling pea there an ex Another Mistake. Wall Street News: 1 thought I saw MENDELSSOHN & FISHER ARCHITECTS D. L. SHANE, Superintendent, G. BARTH, Meat Market AlL Kinds of meats, both Salt and Fresh constantly on hand. 1010 SIUNDERS ST. NEW YORK BAKERY! Fresh Bread, Pies & Cakes, Delivered toany part of the city ing strects J. P. MAILENDER & CO., Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions and Gents Furnighing Goods, Cor. 15th atd Leavenworth sts., Omaha, Neb. 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Our stoek Remembe 613 South 13th St., Bet v,”" e observed to old Moses at the tore to other day a'tin pe in Toledo any more.” “Burn out¥’ A fir aham throw: k und s ikes place next door ¢ ater all for 1 engin dunder-head What Worried the Statesman, Boston Record: Rising Statesman to Reporter—I'm very glad to . but of course you'will not mention that this i s and that many of my Hedy? 1t else would you like to ippressed in the same was ‘m afraid that something wil' be said wbout the faet I am sending my nter “Dose anything else worry yons” “Nothing but this: Isn'tthere danger that what you put in the dumly will also appear in the weekly edition? Then, too, am anxious lest it may be n k’s notice fol friends m getting their pies or disappointed about pit- oft with Mr I never could you have saul Maud. < liim out ‘I found hmm conundrum myself, ve him up.” on ‘Well »l deal of o Clara, *'so A Dang Husband--I hear th who went west last shot, Wife—\Was heshot in a bad pluee? Husband—Yes,he was shot 1n Chic us Spot, young summer Sampson has been ‘Worth Climbing Up to See. Why, 1 am told, my dear triends,” said a femperance orator in o low, earn- est tone, “that 16,000 liquor saloons are in sight of Trinity church steeple, Now, what do you think of that?” A voice from near the entrance replied: “It's wuth climbin’ (hie) up the stairs to see,” - AN OLD GEORGIA TRAGEDY, A Fagitive From Justice Seeks a Pardon, An envelope which reached the oflice of the governor of Georgin last week, post marked Kan City, M alled two of the most appalling tragedies rore corded, in one of which a wife's honor was ruined, her betrayer , and her husband made a conviet, while in the other a frail ereature lost her life at the hands of a confirmed old roue. In 1874, writes an Atlanta correspondent of the New York World, tihere lived in one of the prettiest hittle cout: s oon Hunter s Y in this city, the family of Colonel Spinks, e daughter of the household, Miss Cora, was just blooming into the graces of womanhood. Wnen young Sam Hill, the son of an excellent family and the possessor of abundunt means, secured her hand in marviage, he was the recipient of congratulations fro; eyery hand Inio a cottage x Sam Hill inducted heir devotion tow these early duys of lov in the neighborhood of business led the aities, He noticed despondency in his time before the truth broke in npon bim and when it did it was on the strects where be heard his wife's name freely handied. Cra with grief he rushed | home and repulsing his wife's accustomcd caress, flung her roughly from him, wii he poured forth the revelation which h been made to him. On her bended kn she confessed all. Sue had been betruyed Ly Jonn P. Simuwions at the bouse of Lot tie Ross. Silently he r that of her parents bis churming wiie ds ot the ear ushand into other gradual nereasio fo. It was aloi In time ised his weepimg wife ludes repairs for all stoves ever sold in Om , it i3 your stove we keep rep | blamed ¢ | Oftice and kissing her left the nouse without & word. Down Hunter street he walked, o little in advanee, the figure of John P Simwons. He trackled | his steps througl the crowd into the Na tional hotel and 1nto the Sin trom her knees, your brother Abrahum around here yeu | mons stood n the wek ol ha and the west. for, C. M. EATON, Manager, Jones and Jacel drink, when a bullet revolver went Iunt; wial which fol- The ud tedious. The pub- when Mues, Hill entered nd fondled and caressed the hushand who v th stim of her folly. T'o conclude the trial, Hill made s statement full of protestations of love for his wife, and then the pair kissed weh other in open court. The sympathy vhich was felt for the husband gave w to disgust at such a seene, and the j promptly rendered a verdict of guilty of murder. Sam Hill went up o the supreme tri- bunal, only to have his sentenced con- firmed. Finally, when all hope had to be abandoned, Sam Hill's friends sue- seeded in having him put in the lunatic asylum, from which he escaped lafer, for six years he was a nderer, first went to. New Orles D lor- pus Christi, ‘I nd finully to the City of Mexico, following the carcer of n des- perate gambl He aly cept posted on home aflairs, hov Kegularty every week, until six months sgo, a let- ter addressed to Mrs. Cora Hill, would be received at the Atlant inflnfl'\m- f being as regularly refused by Mrs alwiys found its way to the de office at Washington. ™ ‘Three years ago Mrs. Hill apptied in DeKalb county su- perior court for a divorce. The case was never ealled for trial, beeause, it is un derstood, Mr. Sam W, Small, now nn ovit t, but then court stenographer, was vetuined by Sam il to fight thé case And now the second tragedy remain (o be told. Lottic Ross, t itiful biondo at whose house Mrs. Hill was drug her ruin, kept sinking lower and lower, but ske never wd 1o be benutiful One morning about two yeurs ago the people of Nashville w stonished to v that Colanel Boyd, a wenlthy gentle- mun of that eity, had murdered his mis- tress, Birdie Paticrson. ‘Twice Boyd has been convicted of the crim aking from H1ill's throu his brain lowed was lo lic was shocked the court room and he i3 still engaged in the unvleasant duty of fighting the verdiet of the court. Boyd, who has many relatives in Marietta, Ga., during onc of his visits there, took o run down to Atlanta, met Lottie Ross, be- me enamored of he) nd had her con- 1 to Nashvilfe under the naume of having traveled th ansas City, As 1 sen tence of death hangs over him, he must keep shad as ventured to write a long leter to Governor Gordon, narrat ing his temptations and pleading for that excentive elemeney which it is not im- probably ho may ohtain. world ove A Wise Wall Street News: At a debating society in Kansus City the question was discussed: I8 Jay Goy a philanthropist, or what?” The di cussion was a hot one, and lasted an hour ad o half, and then a vote was tuken, and it was decided by four majonity that he was o Y'or wh M “Gentlemen, looked into th was settled, you, There's a Verdi u late meeting sald a big man who room after the question low me 10 congratulate craowd of 1ifty of us out Dere who wore waiting for tie v and if it had been *Philanthropist,’ 1 of you would hiye ried home o shutter,” fiupture Cured. 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