Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1887, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLDLY WEALTH, Goms in Poetry and Prose of Motlior, Bister and Wife, CONSOLATIONS OF CREATION. Female Drommers—Rich Ladies of Gotham — Titled Marriages — “Plea of Non Support'—Gen- etal Gossipy Talk. Woman's Love. hall woman’s love—of mother, sister, wife, @ richest blessing of this mortal life, ve no tribute, humble though it be, For so much worth and so much purie Yes! While our hearts can feel or lips ean speak Our words shall fail not though our woids are weak— Weak to express what bends each noble soul n mild submission to its sweet control hich smooths each wrinkle from the brow of care, And setseternal youth and beauty there: Lights up the gloom of death, and points the road To God’s celestial home and our divine abod Tributes to Woman, Confucius—Woman is the masterpiece. Herder—Woman is the crown of cre- ation. Voltaire — Women teach us repose, civility and dignity. John Quincy Adams—All that I am, mother made me. Lessing— Nature meant to make woman its masterpiece, Lamartine—There is a woman at the beginning of all great things. fi'himvr—lf woman lost us Eden, such as she alone restore it. Barrett—Woman is last at the cross and earliest at the grave. Richter—No man can either live pious- 1y or die righteous without a wife. & V. P. Willis—The sweetest thing in life 1s the unclouded welcome of a wife Voltaire—All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of a woman. Beecher—Women are a new race, r created since the world received Christianity. Leopold Schefer—But one thing on earth is better than the wife—that 1s the mother. Shakespeare—For where is any author in the world teaches such beauty as a woman's eyes? Michelet—Woman is the Sunday of man; not his repose only, but his joy, the salt of his life. Margaret Fuller Ossoli--Woman is born for love, and it is impossible to turn her from secking it. Louis Desnoyers—A woman may bo uglfl_ il-shaped, wicked, ignorant, ‘silly and stupid, but hardly ever ridiculous. Lord Lansdale—If, the whole world were put into one scale and my mother into the other, the world would” kick the the beam. Malherbe—There are only two beauti- ful things in the world—women and roses; and only two sweet things—women and melons. Bulwer-Lytton—O0, woman! in ordinary cases 80 mere a mortal, how in the great and rare events of life dost thou swell into the angels! Saville—Women have more strength in their looks than we have in our laws; and more power by their tears than we have by our arguments. Emerson-—A"~ beautiful woman is a practical poet: taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence 1n all whom she approaches. Anna Cora Mowatt—NMisfortune sprin- kles ashes on the heart of the man, but falls like dew on the head of the woman and brings forth germs of strength of which she herself lind no conscious’ pos- session, Thackeray—Almost all women will give a sympathizing hearing to men who . are in love. Be they ever so old, they grow young again in that conversation and renew their own early time. Men are not yuite so generous. Ruskin—Shakespeare has no heroes— he has only heroines, Gladstone—Woman is the most perfect when the most womanly. Cabanis—In wishing to extend her em- pire, woman dnslm_ys t. Boucicault—I wish Adam had died with all his ribs 1n his body. Bulwer—To a gentleman,every woman is a lady ip right of her sex. Cowley—What is a woman? Only one of nature's agreeable blunders, Saadi—A handsome woman is a jewel; a d woman is a treasure. chefoucauld—A fashionable woman is always in love with herself, Cervantes—All women are good—good for nothing, or good for uolflefilink. Victor H u‘;o—Womeu detest the ser- pent tnroufx a professional jealousy, Franois [L—A woman changes oft; who trusts her is the softest of the soft. Shakespeare—There was never a fair ‘woman but she mouths in a glass. George Eliot—A passionate woman's love is always overshadowed by her fear. Heine—Handsome women without re- lhflon are like flowers without perfume. Jervantes—Between a woman's ‘‘yes" and “no” I would not venture to stick a m, vin. Luther—Earth has nothing more ten- dor thana womun's heart when it is the abode of pity, Women as Drummers. Albany Argus: A few years since, when the business community was startled by the innovation of women as traveling salesmen, it was argued that they would be a success, as they could n ot fill the many social obligations required to sell large amounts, An experience of two or three years, however, has given she matter an untiralf different aspect. It is found that the lady drummer makes an impression on the country merchant, especially in the west, where the male member of the fraternity would fail. A commercial man of large experience says the merchants will hold their orders for the laay drummer, even though a dozen of their own sex offer and beg to fill them on advantageous terms. Again, they are always in need of something when the lady drummer calls, while with the man it is more often “nmhlnfi to-day.” The ‘success of the women drummers is much more marked with the merchants of the opposite sex than with their own. Women in trade do not usmllv take kindly to0 women as commercial travelers and it has been suggested that in tho future, when every- thing is “‘down fine,” women will be em- loyed exclusively to sell to the men and ¢ men to take orders from the women in trade; but as only & small ))rnpuniun of merchant and traders are of the gentle sex 1t is obvious that when that day comes, if 1t ever does, the ladies wili have A practical monopoly of the business, as the 1ales do now, and the men must then tind something else to do. Busy Men and Women, A busy womau who must think, must care for others, whose heart is in her work for othavs and whose life can- &N be confined within four walls, or any a0 ArTOWII conventionalities, seeks her nd, and saves her precious moments by receiving her friends upon one dayin the week. The busy man, shut in his oflice for long hours, harassed by many cares and nfwn flagellated by foes, finds it sweeter and better for the few moments’ chat in some attractive home, where beauty, music and flowers give am the neoded poetry to mate with™his prossic cares. Rich New York Women. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia writes: . [ am every astonished at the wealth of Lhis city. ' are supposed to know at least the names of the millionaires, or at any rate people whose fortunes amount to more than a million or two; but we do not know the half of them, and the number of wealthy women in New York is past belief. I know a lady whom nobody ever heard of outside of her own circle of acquaintance who has 5,000,000 of her own. known another lady who has £3,000,000; of another, recently dead, with from £5,0 0,000 to §6,000,000. N of course, not including the well known lows—such as the late Mrs A. T. Stewart, the Widow Hammersle, Mrs. May and a dozen others, The china and household ornaments of the Widow McCrosky were sold at auction this week. There was nothing very striking about the collection, thougi it n expensive one. Widow McCrosky ves about six million dollars, a large of which is invested in the l'hv-mirns National bank. Mrs. McCrosky got 1n when the shares were at par. Now a share that original cost §100is worth 500; 80 1f Mrs. Mc Crosky had afew hundred shares in this bank her income would have been a great deal larger than one would have thought, taking the ordinary vercentage which nowadays seems to be five, I know another lady in New York who has £5,000,000 of her own, $2,000,000 of which she will settle upon her daughter if her daughter marries to please her. If the daughter does not—ifshe takes it into her Iu',:lh to run off with the coachman— she will be cut off witha shilling; at least that is what her mother say It is not generally given out that the mother is going to make this marriage settloment on her daughter. 1fit were I think she would have an embarrassment of suitors. ‘I'wo million dollars 1s a good deal to se tle upon a bride—more in fact than is wise—but I think 1t much better for althy parents (o give their children a dowry when they marry than to give them nothing until their death, when the property is divided. The idea of m ringe settlements, which as a gene thing is repugnant to Americans, is a bad one. It makes a woman indey ent and it makes it possible for her to marry a poor man who might be a much better husband for her than a richer one. When young men or young women have been brought up surrounded by eve luxury at home, and then get marri iged to live as though not d: they when th of their parents they are going to have all the mone they want, it makes them, I _fear, loo} forward to the death of their parents with feelings akin to resignation. If at their marriage a good round sum of money were settled upon them, I think the effect would be more satisfactory than is found in aaticipation. Speaking of rich women, Mrs. Fred- erick Stevens, whose marriage to the Marquis de Talleyrand has excited so much talk in fashionable circles, 18 one of the richest. Her yearly income is $300,000, and she gets the greater part of this from the Chemical National bank, in which she is one of the largest stock- holders. Her father, 1 believe, was one of the founders of the bank. Mrs cevens' relations with the Marquis de lleyrand have been of a scandalous ture for a number of years. The quis, as well as Mrs. Stevens, was mar- ried, and has a_wife, a Boston woman, and a family of children. He is a bril- liant man, but is extremely unpleasant to look at, and 1s an_ inveterate gambler, But Mrs. Stevens became cnamored of him and ve up husband, home and children and followed him throuigh Europe. She came back from abroad a few months ago and went to live at New- port, that she might take advantage of the loose divorce laws of the state of Rhode Island. -There she got a divorce reanted her on the plea of non-support. fer husband made no objection, and after obtaining a divorce she went back to Paris and muarried the Marquis de Talleyrand, who in the meantime had become divorced from his wife, on what ground [ do not know. Perh she got the divorce from him, which she might easily have done. Now anything more absurd than this vlea of non-subport on the part of Mr: Stevens could hardly be imagined. Mr: Steveus is the daughter of a wealtiy me! chant of New York city by the name of Sampson, who had more money than so- cinl position,and who was possossed with an ambition to get into society, or at least to get his daughter in. Frederick Stevens was a young lawyer of hmited practice but high social position, and in him Mr. Sampson saw_ his opportunity. The match was one of convenience, but it was a love match as well, Mr. Sf was anxious to go on with his business, but father-in-law Sampson would not listen to it. He made him retire from the practice of the law, and told him he would find all the business he wanted taking care of his wife's estate. Mr. Stevens hesitated at first, but the offer was a tempting one, and he finally ac- cepted iv as a_matter of course, and he did look closely after his wife’s affairs, and they were supposed to be a hapny couple as couples %o; and they were, { believe, until the Marquis De Talleyrand appeared upon the scene. Mrs. Stevens no sooner restod her eyes upon s ugly little face than she lost her head, and for- ot not only common decency, but ail the instinets of a wife and mother. y know at the de: Gossip For the Ladtes. The younges t* tvpesctter of whom there is any vecord is the 9-year-old daughter of a New York newspaper man, She does the work well. ! Mrs. P. D, Armour, of Chicago, is a practical philanthropist. One of her Zood works is the maintainance of a mis- sion school, which costs her $10,000 a year, Itisa sad commentary on the astute- ness of the authors of “‘One Hundred Distinguished Americans,” just pub- lished, that only four women are mon- tioned, These are Charlotte Cushman, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Beacher Stowe. Michigan is proud of Miss Alice R, Jordan, the young woman who took the degree of LL. B. at Yale last June, She is but 23 vears old, is the first and only woman ever graduated from Yale, was two years ago admitted to practice law in the circuit courts, and has now been admitted to practice in the superior court, Professor Maria Mitchell of Vassar ecol- lege, declares that society has never given women a chance to show their i tellectual fitness for responsible posi- tions. A thoughtful glance, over the world, however, suggests that the bars are down now at least, however tormid- able they may have been in times past, and that woman may do whatever she will, Cincinnati boasts of having the only femule engineer in the country. Her name is Mary 8. Brennan, tron of a young ladies' obviate the trouble expe heating apparatus in the establish she studied the science of steam hey introduced may improvemen before the board of jnspecters. fl"(ln fivat glass examination, herTicense. New Hampshire has a philosopher, She is a woman who never allows hersclf to fret over anything, She takes one or two maps overy day, never takes her work to bed with her, and oils all the various wheels of 4 busy life with an fm- plicit faith that there is'a head and heart 1o this gre; unn’egm.nnd that she ecan trust them both, She has reached the age of eighty years, but thanks to the method of her life, 1s still vigorous and healthy. recs LRIy Getting Blind. Bebby (returned from an errand)— Ma, Miss Smith is gertin’ blind, I think, Mother--Why, Bobby? Bobby-—-Because when I went into tne hall she said, ‘'Bobby, where's your hat*" and there it was on my the time. SELECTED SMILE STARTERS. Pungent Pens that Oure More Ills than Patent Pills, STIGGINS' OLD STEM-WINDER, How to Write a Love Story—Sam Jones in “Beandom"—Ingersoll's Lat- est—Bill Nye's Bovine—Par- ticular Jacob, Tlow to Write a Love Story, Carlotta Perry. Now bring me a maid that is plamp and dark, And bring me a mald that is tall and fairj One must be gay as a meadow lark, One with a grave and queenly air, And a sort of a high-toned stately stare. A man, old, rich, and a perfect fright; A man that is young and debonnalr; Aud lo! the story that 1 will write. Bring me a summery moonlit park, Bring moe a house in a handsome square, One in the country, a kind of ark Of refuge for lovers: some mad despair, Duty, temptation, grief and care, To take the edge off love’s delight, A few odd people from here and there, And lo! the story that L will write, Bring me a tripin a treacherous bark, A wreck in the midseas anywhere, Bring me a duel—heaven save the mark ! A reunited and hapny pair. A gown from Wortl's for the bride to wear. nd bring me a fate as dark as night, For all of the bold, bad ones to share; And lo! the story that L will write, Envoy. Bring ink and pen to my easy chair. Of paper a ream all fair and white, A publisher ready to do and dare, nd 0! the story that [ will write, A Stem-Winder. | Texas Siftings: Stiggins was passing a watchmaker’s establishment and look- ing in the window noticed a very pretty girl at the conn “Ha!™ he soliloquized. *“I'll go in and o ook at her under some pretext or othe He entered and was waited on by the young lady’s father, *‘What can I do for you?" “I want to get a key for my watch,” he stammered, feasting his eyes on the young lady. “Let me see your watchmaker a dream he took out his watch. aker examined 1t and suid, watch,” said the watch is a stem-wimder.” He doesn’t remember how he got out, but he does remember that the young lady laughed. 1ad Not Learned. He. was stopping becoming ill, sent Something H Washington at the Ebbitt, and, down for the ' clerk. Mr. Ross tlew up stairs, and in about fiftcen minutes came down looking as vale as a fresh table- cloth. “What's the matter?” asked one of the regular bourders, hanging on tho edge of the counter. “There's a man up stairs with the hvdrophobia!” exclaimed Ross, in terrified accents. *“How do you know?" said the Regular, with excited interest. “Why, he sent for me to come up to his room; that he was sick. I went and found him choking, his throat parched and dry, and_ecalling feebly for something to drink. I gave him a glass of ice water, and when he saw it, he jumped wildly up, knocked it out of my hand, and looked as if he were going to bave a fit.” The Regular looked serious and shook his head ominously, while Ross stood irresolute and trembling. “*Who ishe?” finully inquired the Regu- lar. *‘Colonel Blank of Kentucky,” re- sponded Ross. The Regular's face un- derwvent a great chang 'And you gave him 1ce water?” he smd, {in pitying amazement. 'Oh, , Ross, will you never learn the difference between a hydrovhobia patient and a Kentueky pol- itician?”’ And the Regular strolied off toward the sick man’s room, leaving u cold and heartless smile for poor Ross. sSam Jones’ Mistake. “1 wonld make Boston a suburb of glory.” —SAM JONES. Make Boston a suburb of elory, Sam Jones? Do you know what such sacrilege means? 1 fear you have not read the story, Sam Jones, Of that city of culture and beans. You are salling through breakers and rocks. Sam Jones, A dangeroussea you are tossed on; Hereafter be sure In your talks, Sam Jones, To make glory a suburb of Boston, The Latest From Ingersoll, New York Star: The latest from Ingersoll is floating around the Hoffman. 1t was in St. Louis, and the colonel was accosted by a tall, lantern-jawea speci- men of saving grace from the back dis- tri “Air you Bob Ingersoll?" asked he. “Iwas christened Robert G.—" the orator. ‘‘Air you the man that's tryin’ to abol~ ish nell-tire?’ The colonel said he was doing a little that way. A “Why, the idee,” said the reverend. “How on airth ait’ we goin’ to saye sin- ners? You ougit to be ashamed of your- said Jon't commit yourself, my friend— don't,”” smid the colonel, quickly. *“You may be mighty sorry some day that I didn’t abolishit. His Son Jacob was Very Particular. s: ‘‘How is your son Jacob ked Washington Jones of sraclite, “Only so so, Mishter Jones.” “*Ain’t he married yety' “No, not yet. My son Shacob was very particular.” “Can't he find a girl to suit him?" *Vell I dells you. He could have mar- ried dot Revecea Blumenthal mit fifty dousand tollars more dan den years ago, and he vent pack on her.” “That was unfortunate.” “I should shmile. Choost calculate how much interest alore hash gove dot spout up dat fifty dousand tollars on in den years at, shay, only six per shent,” Presence of Mind, “You know Dou Cutler?” said a Cin- cinnati traveler to a fellow M. T, *Who, the coroner?" “‘That’s the man; you xv\ow l“; lm{l the ref\m\tlon of never losin l; end, V. Always ready for ap emergehey. Y§m1: T've ‘ But what about it.”" “I saw him thoroughly rattled the other day.” *'What aboui?" “Simply because he couldn’t find his ink-bottle.”? **Pshaw; that shouldn't bave disturhed heard that of him, | :xim" I should thunk that any man m his nsiness would have known just what to do 1n a case like that.” “What would you haye done®” “‘Held an ink quest, of course.” And he eseaped just in time to deprive the undertaker of a job. It Was a Dead Give Away. Pittsburg Dispateh;, A uerlum onst end youag lady ir much given to adaing force 1o her remarks by the use of metaphors. Receutly she was placed 1n a rather em- barrassing position by her proficieney in this line. ~As girls often will when alone together, she and a number of youn, lady friends were oune day animatedly discussing the merits and demerits of their masculine acquaintances from a strictly girl standpoint. Whatever the talk may have been about, at one stage of its progress one of the misses exclaimed: *Ob, ise't he horrid! I'd have boxed his ears! GThe other young ladies volubly agreed with this declaration, and the young hostess then declared : ““T'he awtul wrbteh! But Tean manage him, you bet! You' should see me sit on him!" Just here comes in the enfant terribl always around 6 interpret statements | erally and honestly “I'seed you sifting on him once, Lou.” Then, as the rést momentarily stopped their talk in speechless amazement, the terror exclaimed in conclusion: ss he lik-ed it, too. He was tying your shoe.” Aud then, as the piping treble of the youngster was lost in a chorus of *'Ol’s!"’ the “I didn’t!" of the blushing Lou, in indignant and expostulating tones, might ;:n o been heard by those who cared to ear, Full of Fun da Fight, Pall Mall Gazotte: Some of the details of cross-examination in the now famous libel action of Pankhurst vs Sowler (Man- chester Courier) before Justice Hawkins are too funny to pass by. kor stance: Did you with relation to the franchise bill that *'no oriental despot had ever coneeived a tyranny so insolent in bearing?" as the attitude of Lord Salis- bury. “Ldid.” replied the determined doctor, ‘“‘and I am sorry to say itis 2. “Did Salisbury bring an action I wish he had.” “But he didn'ty’" “No.” *“Now, in another part of the speech did you speak of the mem- bers of the house of lords as a lot of p: gooseber " [Loud laughter.] “Ce tainly; prize gooseberries.” [Renewed laughter.] Dr. Pankhurst's point of law in this action as against the ne aper, is, 1t should be remembered that it is not and can not be for the public good to publish a “biasphemous story,” whether true or false. Whatever may be the law or however it may press upon the editor of ny\wspnpers. uobody :;:\l‘ deny tbat Dr. Pankhurst is making a gallant fight of it, with a good deal of fun thrown in. Bill Nyc's Cow, “Owing to ill-health,” says Bill Nye, “I will sell at my residence in town. 20, range 18, west, according (o gover: ment survey, one crushed-raspberry col- ored cow, aged six years. She 1s a good milkster and not afraid of the ca or anything elss 5 cow of undaunted coirage and gives milk frequently. To a man who does not ¢ death in any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her home at pres- ent, by means of a trace chain, but she witl be sold to any one who will agree to treat right. She is one-fourth Short- horn and three-fourths Pur- chaserneed not be identified. I will also throw in a double-barreled shot-gun which goes with her. In May she gener- ally goes away somewhere for a week or two, and returns with a tall red calf with long, wabbly legs. Her name is Rose, and 1 would prefer to sell her to a non-resi- dent."” A Man of Experience, Lady—Have you houses to rent? Real Escate Agent—Yes. Here is one list of about 150. Lady—Do you think that you can give me one that will suit moe? Real Estate Agent—M lieve Ican, But possibly I ean giv one that will syit ysur husband. Used Glasses 15oth Ways. ‘1 want to sce one of the editors,” said alady, coming into the oftice. “Which one?” inquired the horse re- porter. . ““The one thal wears gla 5 *'On his nose or under his nose "’ “Both,I think,"" she replied hesitatingly, and was at once dirceted by the startled horse reporter ito the religious editor’s room. i’ lam, T don’t be- you Little Bits of Fu “‘Wko is the god of battle skod a teacher of thd class in mythology. “Mar,” answered little Johnny Lol “Mars, you m¢an, Johnny, corrected teacher, “No, I don’t, neither. I got one mar, “If you want to look for line marks, said the boy to the palm reader, “you needn’t examine my hand, for that's the wrong place. You wuntto look at the spot where the old man larruped me with the clothes line.” A rooster may crow as clear as a bell And be “cock of the walk” all day, But n«hcnlxl:’t Jay an egg with a bard white shel Because he ain’t bullt that way. Levy and Marks were playing poker. The former sat i splendid luck. He won $i) on three trays and a $15 jack-pot on a pair of aces. Marks stood the drain as long as he could, and then said: coping Rebecea! Levy, I'd rather ur luck than a license to steal.” can 1 knock the champion out?” Some rising slugger cries; He “‘reads the answer in thio stars" ‘That dance before his eyes. “Chestnuts!” velled several pe the gallery gt the minstrel sh?w right, gentlemen,” responded Bones: it you don't get what you want ask for When a Virginia mountaineer wants a chew of tobacco, this (according to one who has been there) 18 the way he asks for it: ‘*‘Strauger, gimme a chaw yer black flat chawin’ terbacker; thav is,” of yer chaw. ldunno ef yer chaw er no; do yer chaw?” R PAPER BARRELS. Successful Adaptation of Pulp toan Importanc Industry, New York Tribune: The growing scarcity of the timber supply has given rise to the serious question of how to produce packages for oil, liquors and similar substunces which will meet the demands of the market. This question has at aifierent times during the last twenty years led to various at. tempts to produce a paper barrel which would answer all the purposea for which the wooden barrel is used. These attempts, how , have been attended with no pract success until recently, when . barrel was produced from pap pulp which scems destined to supersec the wooden article. Tts general appear- ance is that of the common wooden bar- rel thickly varnished, while qu_Y five pieces are used in making it. It is bound with ordinary wooden hoops, and the head is of one piece, so construeted that it fits into the barrel air-tight and is held firmly 1n place by & hoop without the use of nalls. 'The hody is scamloss, and the intarlo® an, ex‘s‘r or arg glaged with substance which rénders the barrel im: pervious to moisture, so that liquids of all kinds ean be transported in it without loss. It 1s alsolvery strong and stiff, not easily broken, dnd as the nature of the compressed paper i such that meither dry nor damp weather affects it, the con- tents retain all their aromatic qualities, There xmi uunR' QUs other qualitiés claimed for this barrel, On January 25 Thomas Dougherty, the chief four inspector of the New York produce exchange, certitied that he had inspected 140 yrrels of flour which had been shipped from s distance in these paper barrels and had found them to be all' sound. It generally happens when flour is shipped In Wooden barrels that a uantit o[i it sifts through the eracks here the staves join and is lost. It was found by weighing the flour shipped in {mner barrels that none of it had been st in this manner. ‘The inventors of this process for mak- ing these barrels say that the weeds and rank grasses which grow on the meadows Iving between Jersey City and Newark will produce an excellent pulp for this purpose, and that thus these practicall; waste lands may be made productive an vrofitable. The cost of manufacturing the paper barrels is no greater than that of making the wooden article, and with the patented machine it 1s said that two men can produce 600 in » day, excellent NUSBANDS AND HELPMEETS. How to Draw Priges in The Groatost of All Life's Lotteries. HEAD AND HEART HAPPINESS. Hands That Never dhould Be Joined— Marriage of Literary Peoplo— Considerate Conplea—Wed- ding Ceremonials, Not Heads, but Heart “The man I marry must wealthy be, The maiaen said; And planned her marriage delightfully Within her head. “The girl 1 marry must beautaous be,” ‘The young man said; And he pietured her sednetively Within his head. But on a day did the maiden find One man to bo I'he only want of her heart and wind, And poor was he And one day was the man Impressed One iirl to gain Who alone conld brine to him joy and rest, And she was plain, “Thus both discovered their matehes wrought Not by the head, But that, awaking in wavs nnthought, "Tis hearts that wed. Where Husbands are Considerate, « Constitution: If a girl must marry, and a Brooklyn man comes along, we advise her to take him, In Brooklyn husbands know their duties, and when they fail to come up to the mark they acknowledge their short- comngs and clamor for punishment, Také recont case. A young man ap- peared in a_Brooklyn court, the other day, and asked the judge to have him ar- rested. His honor demanded an expla- nation, and the visitor stated that he had been guilty of eruelty to his wife. When pressed for particulars he said that while he had not beaten his wife or neglected her for tae flowing bowl, he Ims‘ been eruel to her from a financial standpoint. In other words, he had not given her money enough to properly subport her. Further questioning developed the fuct that his wife had preferred no charge against him. After thinking the matter over the judge begged the young man to 0 home and give himsel: mntfil-r trial. T'he advice was accepted and the culprit left the court room. Now taking it for granted that this young man was an average Brookly husband, the case is rich in suggestions. Let a wife have a proper amount of firm- ness and enterprise, and it 15 plain that such a husband would be a bonanza to her. 1f these soft hearted Brooklyn men donot come into great demand all oyer the country it will be because our girls are not looking after their interests. The incident is full of encouragement, It givesus glimpses of the model husband of the future. ¥rench Marriages. London Truth: It is curious how French grandees, who have really no ad- vantage to win by glaring pubheity,court it. One sces this most berhaps, in their weddings. The rule seems to be faire autant d’envieux nstpnsfiibla, Everything the bride r ves from her family or friends is exhibited. There are exhibi- bitions of her trousseau at the ware- rooms of the different trades people who have furnished Everything is on view no matter how it may be named or to what use it is destined, and the nublic are apprised through the journals in re- clames paid for at the rate of 25 francs a line, where the things are on exhibi- tion. All the modes gather around the tables, and shallow and elegantly ribboned baskets in which the intimate ulothinfi: is laid_out. The demi- mondo never fails to visit a show of this kind. English lingeres have rot the as- tonishing skill in getting up body linen in_which there isnothing but a very small allowance of cambric, and a very large allowance of fine valeneciennes. ~ There is then the body *‘liners,”” made of tussore or foulara silks and lace and ribbon, You see it all in_costly trousseau. It used to be the thing for brides of high lineage to have guaker-like underclothing, hut under the full blaze of journalism it has gone out, and is now thought old-fash- ioned and no credit to anyone. The grand exhibition is at the matinee de contrat, to which only relatives, ae- quaintances and the press are invited. The journalists are requested to note the “objects de piete”” on the bride's gift table; that is,when they are in sumptuous or very artistic settings. For instance, a scrap of tho veil in which the Virgin was churched, or an atom of the crown of thorns set in o iewulpd reliquary, is an object to be proud of. The prayer book should be in the style of Anne de Bretagne's, ")lh}‘ 2 appears better than Picty bending Mammon to its ser- vice, A Peculiar Wedding Service, Fayette (Mo.) Advertiser: The follow- ing marriage ceremony un: i"F an esti- mable colored couple, was performed by ‘“‘the Rev. Berry, bro. Robinson of the Baptist church, cullud.” After securing the usual promises from the ‘“‘young couples what had arosen up before him on that day, a-wishin to be mtea in the holy odency of wedlock,” the Rev. Berry, with glasses across his nose, head thrown majestically back and a little twisting, an old ragged testament held aloft, and with an expression as Aublime and solemn as a rock, repeated the following original version of the Lord's prayer: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it 1s done in heaven: do you 80 promise me as to live together in the holy odency of wedlock as Jacob, Isaac, and Becky.” Give us this day our daily bread, as'we forgive our debtors, and I pronounce you man and wife, and lead us not into “temptation, and if there be any man present what objects why these young couples shall not be nited in the holy odency of wedlock let them now forpver speak or hold their peace, for Thine is the kingdum and the power and the glory, amen!”’ Should Literary Chieago Times: It is not a new ques- tion as to the advisability of marriage on the part of people who depend wholly on their brains for their support, and it is quite possible that all there 15 to bo said abont it has been said over and over again. It is, however, a subject of ever- present intevest, a fact which may justify some further allusions, In one of the great religious denom- inations it was found, after a long ex- verience in the case of its priests, that celibacy was conducive to the produc- tion of higher results than marriage, and therefore the former condition was adopted and made obligatory. The reasous for the enforcement of a celibate life were few but potent; the cares of a family interfered with the performance of duty, The husband and father had little opportunity to act as a priest; if he excelled in the one capacity, he failed in the other. Literature has its priesthood, whose ministrations are as vital, as important nd as imperative in their demands as those of any religious denomination. More so, in fact, for literature embodies in its extent all that is valuable 1n human progress, divine intent and action; it as- sists in the development of all the bene- ficial efforts of humanity, and records and preserves its proceedings. To perfeetly perform this colossal, del- icate and unending labor, and to do it well, requires on the part of its servants a singleness of purpose, a clearness of thought, an exagtness in judgment which can not exist where the “external influ- ences are permitted to intermingie. The priest who ministers at the altar of litera- ware must devote his entire thought, her ople Marry? devotion, to the shrine at which he wor- ships. Ho cannot, in the sacred precincts of the sanctuary, turn aside to haggle over the price of poultry, to cheapen tae cost of fuel, to wrangle over the outlay for laundry work or the monthly stipend of dome! service. The literary man and woman are at- terly unlike everybody else; they hav their special temperaments,thoir imndivid- ual idiosyncrasies, their peculiar methods of thought, their positive sympathies,and dislikes, To yoke a man” of this kind with an ordinary woman 18 not only to impair his capability to carry on lis work, but it is to fasten on him a life of wrotchedness, The same is true of the literary woman. Ally her to the average man, and she is at once provided with a 1and chain which she must drag at ry stop of her progress. While neither the literaty man or woman can, benefit, marry outside of the p: it is more dangerous and deleterio marry within it. The most undesir of unions are those in which two lite poople resort to marriage Brownings to,the contrary notwithstand- ing. Where there has been one mstance of Browninglsm in matrimony there have been a thousand cases in which the dircet np)m‘xi has been the result, The explanation 1¢ very simple. A husband and wife devoted to literature clash eternally on the same plane. It is a case of an_encounter of theinvineible and the irresistible. The essontial differ- ences of sex beget irreconcilable antagon- ism; the respective ideals projected by each necessarily differ as do masculine strength and feminine delicacy, They ean not agree; it is a union without af- finity, a mechanical composition without cohiesion in the particles. In the in- stance of literary men and women who n}:\rryon!sidc of their domain, there is often more_haopiness to be found than within, and yet the rule is that such unions are disastrous. Itis espec with women of brains who select a part- ner from out of the masses; there ar more divorced literary women in existonce than there are wives of the same pro- This class of woman, if she riesone of her kind, secks for intellec- tual domination over her husband;if s secures 1t, she despises him for his weak- ness; if she loses it, she hates him asa tyrant, The literary husband with a wifo not m sympathy " with him is rarely happy, and never able to accomplish the com- plete intellectual results that he would if unincumbered by such a burden. He is demoralized by domestic wrangles, and want of sympathy, and inceasing con- tact with the commonplace. In view of all these facts, it is best that the literary people should determine on celibacy To ma to commit intellectual hara- Kkari; to dimimsh largely the utlity of a life's services, and to add vastly {o the unhappiness of the participants, HE LLASSOED A HUGE LION. A Cowboy's Terrible Kide With a Screaming Panther, t summer, while in Wyoming, I had a decidedly startling adventure,’ re- marked a young man the other day in the presence of a San Francisco Call repor- ter. And subsequently, upon being ques- tioned by the lat he told the following remarkable but well-authenticated tale: I was in the employ of a cattle com- pany—in short ‘‘a cowboy''—and besides a natural love of adventure, which I had gratitied for several years, had, no doubt, 1mbibed some of that spirit of utter reck- lessness which characterizes the class of which I was, tor the time being, a mem- ber. Early one bright morning my em- ployer sent me out to leok for some horses which had strayed, he thought, somewhere in the vicinity of Lance creek (about 200 miles north of Cheyenne), only a few miles from where we were then camped. Mounted on my stout little broncho, or “‘cow pony,” I soon reached the crock, and rode slowly along 1ts banks, keeping a sharp lookout for the missing animals, The banks of the creek were fringed with cottonwood and poblar trees, inter- mingled with clumps of osiers and a dense undergrowth, but on either side the country was open but hilly. Expe- rience had taught me to be suspicious of any tree or bush in that section Iarge cnough to ambush a human being; for, to say nothing of the white desperadoes, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians from the Pine Ridge agency were frequently met with, and, though professedly at peace, were not to be trusted. Consequently, ag Irode along, I from time to time peered anxiously in among the trees and under- brush. L had followed the course of the creek several miles when suddenly my pony snorted and jumped to one side, almost unseating me, Perhaps ten paces in front of me, crouched as if ready to spring, were three large |:ivunluin lions, T'had atways had a great desire to meet one of these creatures in his native wilds; but this was a trifle too much of a good thing to suit me. Without a sec- ond's thought, however, I whipped out my Colt's revolver—the only weapon I had—ana fired at the group. At the re- vort of my pistol two of them bounded off through the underbrush and were soon out of sight, and the other, uttering a shrill seream, writhed for a second on the ground and then attempted to follow his compunions, limping badly. My blood was up; two of the fine crea- tures had taken flight and without reflec- ting upon the possible consequences I llu!spurm my pony and dashed after he wounded lion. Moving so rapidly I knew it would be impossible to shoot with accuracy, and there was great dan- ger of the lion turning ulmn me if I ap- vroached too near. Suddenly it flashed through my mind, Why can’t I lasso him as I have heard of gauchos doing on the pampas? Attached to my saddle was my braided rawhide lasso, about fur(‘y feet in length, in the use of which I had, as every cow boy must, become quite proficient. One end of it was firmly attached to the pom- mel of my saddle, and the remainder of it carefully coiled up, was tied to the front of the saddle by means of a couple of rawhide strings or thongs. Hastily unfastening the latter—without check- g my pony which was®vidently much excited, and inclined to sheer away from the lion—I prepared for the thrgy, 1 had used my [asso 80 iuch frequently dowg ittle gise but lasso or *‘rope” oat- tlo for weeks together, and it was but the work of a moment. Carcfully measuring the distance with my eye, I whirled the lusso several timesaround my head and at what seemed the proper moment let fly. The instant it left my hand my pony, as he had been trained, stopped and braced back, almost upon his haunches. My ecaleulations had been correct, 1 saw the rope settie around the lion's neck and the mnext instant, when he reached tho end of it, and tightening, it threw him on his back, he uttered the most appalling scream it was ever my lot to hear. The instaut the rope became taut—youn may be sure 1 did prot waste any time—I wheeled my pony in the op- posite direction; dug my spurs into his side, and darted away, dragging the lion after me. That, I am sure, was the most exciting moment of my life. 1 did not stop to look back. simply dug the spurs into my pony's flanks, knowing if Irelaxed my speed if for a instant, the lion might spring upon me. Even as it was I realized that at any moment I nught feel the creature’s sharp claws in my back; and the particular wanner in which & mountain lion is said to kill (b drawing back the head of its victim with one paw until the neck is broken) hap- pened at this moment to oceur to me. It was not, strictly speaking, a cheering reflection. At the commencement of the mad gal- lop when on several oceasions the lasso slackened, owing o the huge bounds thé creature ook, I shuddered aud crouched in my #addle, foaring that the next min ute might be my last. For a time my cap. tive rent the air with his oties, which so frightened my pony that I soon saw that I need not urge him; he was doing his level best. Soon the sereaming fir«w less frequent and finally ceased altogether, and | noticed with satisfaction that the Iass) remained perfectly taut all the time then for the first time looked back and from appearances concluded that my captive was dead. had, however, s can porhaps be imagined, a strong ' #iro to make assurance doubly snro, and rode some distance furtber before stop ing. irin-n then I was in no haste to dis monnt until I had ridden around tho huge cat several times, and assured my se!f beyond all doubt that he was dead He proved to be a fine specimen, meas uring a little over four feet from snout to tail root (his tail measured twonty-six inches), but the long drag I had given him, fully nalf a mile I should say, bad almost spoiled s skin, ‘The lasso had worn completely through the skin around the neck, and buried itself in the flesh— indeed 1 bolieve if I had dragged him much further it would bave decapitated him completely. e Telegraph Operators’ Beorots, Electric AgedEvery (nlofimphur will te you how operators quarrel over the w The men who are the most quiet and gen- tlemanly in their personal relations are sometimes the most disagreeable to work with, Itis so easy, you know, to call a man a fool when several hundred miles of wire separate you, and, besides, tl fear of the consequences is very slight I shall never forget an amusing fight 1 once heard between an operator at Nenin, Ohio, and another at Cincinnati. After cach had exhausted his vocabulary of billingsgate the operator at Cincinnati suddenly subsided and refused to_ con- tinne the contest, whereupon Xenia snapped out: “‘What's the difference between you j 52" Quick as a flash came the repl, ust sixty miles. Give me a harder one. I8 it true,” asked one of the bystand ers, “‘that an operator’s mood m (ll(uu-rmincd by his manner of us oy Beyond a doubt,” was the reply. “If you have been in the habit of working regularly with a man you can tell before you oxchange half & dozen me whether he is feeling frosh and buoyant, tired or lazy or out of sorts by his man- ner of transmission. There is as much individuality abont a man’s sending as bout his penmanship, and he can bo as readily distinguished by it. A casoin poiut is related by Alf Saville, who worked one of the Zovernment wires be- tween Nashville and Louisville during the war. One day, while the wires wero idle, somie ong at un intermediate station calied at the Nashville oftice and began asking Saville a number of questions about the movement of troops and other matters connected with the army. Be- fore two minutes Saville recognized his man. ‘“‘1 say, George Ellsworth, what the devil are you doing there?’ flashed Sa- ville, cutting into the middle of a sen- tence. There was a moment’s pause, and then came the answer slow and hesitatingly: ‘I ‘cutin’ on the wire two days ago, and have secured a good deal of infor- mation, but I might have got more if [ had only kept my mouth’ (koy) shut. Good-by, Alf. 1am going.' There was a sudden click of the wire, and then the circuit closed. “Ellsworth was the celebrated con- federate operator who accompanied John Morgan in raids through Kentucky and Ohio, Saville and be had worked togother before the war, and had become miliar with each other’s style.” . S'JACOES QJ], FOR NEURALQGIA. AF~After a lapse of years the eficacy of St, Jacob's ourcs, are given below, Neuralgla and Paralyais—Nov., 1880—Cured. Bpringfield, Te 3 My wifo sufTered 18 monthu with nourat- Ein snd paralysis. 1 had to move her in .nnd,‘nnl f‘lv:;ln‘i llml':;rodl;e"'}!f. b" {ho fil e had used two-t of & Ll Sacob's Oil s could watke Drue O B JOS, P. MURPHEY, From Same 8 Years Later—Permanent Curo, Springtield, Tenn.. Oct. 17, 1888; wife was l\nrl! 20d and could not ‘wall IIIMPA Belore I used a bottle of Bt Jacob's Oil she was about the ho . is now entirely well; does all the house work and milking 100, JOB, P, MURPHEY. From a Sciatlo Sufferer—Nov., 1880—Cured, Scott Depot, Putnam Co.. W. Va, When 1 got 5t Jacobs OIl to use I 'was n bed wih sclation; now [ am golng shouj o Toom with ease, Before I got f ould not bo moved, "I went to the stable to-duy, TIOMAS TORME EEsm Sams O Yo koter—Corpanent Cuper X welvo dayd oiy my, bick wity rhoumatism in the hip, mo till T got a bottlo of Bt. 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