Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1887, Page 11

JIENEN'S CENTLE POWERS, Paradise Marriage Rightly Understood Yields the Tender and the Good. LOVE UNDER THE CRESCENT. Marrying for Money—Matrimonial Decoy Dacks—Singular Wedding Notices—Marrying a Cen- tenarian—Cupid's Dashes. Feminine Philosopy. Harper's Bazar, Could 1 but pierce that dark, mysterious cur- in That veils the future from my eager eyes, And know beyond a doubt [ stood a certain Chauce to get a matrimonial prize. Then might I scorn this bold plebeian crea- tu Who with bad grammar comes a-wooing me, ‘Who looks so “shoppy” in his every feature, And talks of lard enthusiastically. I'm thirty, so I can’t afford to shake humn, Lest of a hysband I might be bereft. Ila'sl;mnely. ut I guess I'll have to take him 3 1t's better, after all than getting left. Marrying For Money. Philadelphia Record: For lovers, who love because they love, this paper is not written. They are what they are. They do not reason and cannot be reasoned with. Their passion is a blind force which attracts them together as Saturn’s moons are attracted to Saturn by an oc- cult and invisible compulsion which can neither be seen‘ nor felt, nor tasted, nor described. They are a theme for poets and dreamers, and not for commonsen- sible, work-a-day people like the writer and the reader, ~ Have done with them. But there are people who get married a8 they join the church, or choose a vo- cation, or enter upon a hazardous under- ‘taking. They look around them and ex- amine into the condition of holy wedlock ,a8 it is among their acquaintances, friends and kinfolk. Having ‘‘cut their eye teeth,” they brush the bloom from the cheek of the peach before they eat At, beeause they know the bloom is bitter. For good people of this strain a profi able word may bo said about marrying for money. WHO MAY TAKE MONEY INTO ACCOUNT. 1 have often thought that the circum- stances under which a man or a woman might justifiably marry for money could readily be tabulated.” If, for instance, thore should be a rich man who had no moral or physical defect to make an alli- ance with him repulsive, his wealth would be a proper inducement to any woman of the following list to whom he mik'ht offer his hand: woman older than himself and de- pandent, A widow with children to care for. A widow with no one to care for her. An invalid maid or matron, An accomplished poor girl. A belu'.{. An equal in wealth and position. . 8o, also, throwing love out of the ques- tion, but insisting upon regard, respect and good character, a rich young woman m%m properly mnrr{ man of equal or larger fortune. A poor man of talent. A clever artist,or mechanic, or farmer, or preacher, or soldier. Any man the weight of whosc intelli- gence,or capacity of one sort or another, would be a alance for the weight of dol- 1ars brought him by his wife. SOMETHING TO BALANCE THE MONEY. Throwimi out of consideration the phy- sical conditions which are necessary under all circumstance to the married state, if money be an inducement the man who marries for money should be able to bring some set-off to make the match an even one. It is the more neces- sary for the reason that the man is the proposing party. The married woman would be an angel indeed who, having gut her fat purse in the hand of a poor usband, would not upon some of the emergent occasions of married life taunt him with “the odd lhilllnfi," On the contrary, the rich husband who marries a wifo of slender fortunc is his own chooser. However much he may rue his burftln he cannot reproach his helpmaute for self-imposed conditions. Having made his bed he must lie in it. 1f his wifo be accomplished or beautiful she may fairly claim that the dowry she brings her busband is something better than gold can buy. A DISTINCTION WITH A DIFFERENCE. Marrying for money in some cases is altogether advisable, if the opportunit; offer. It is not n merely sordid view of the married relation to take c: at the outstart of assured bread and butter. There may, indeed, be some doubt of the propriety of bringing a brood of children 10to the world for the world to care for. ‘The philosophy of Tennyson's Yorkshire {armer in his advice to his son Sammy-— Doant thou marry for munny, But goa whur munny is— ds full ofthe wisdom of this world. We advise as many of the Tommys and Su- sans as possibie not to marry for money, but to go where money is and take the chances. If money ean be found in the hands of a fairly good man, or tolerable rl, or a beaming and buxom widow,and the incumbrances be not greater than the inducements, marriageable bodies * should not let an opportunity that offers elip from their grasp. Money not only makes the ware go; but 1t buys oats for the mare so sho can go. FOR COMMON-SENSE PEOPLE ONLY. Sentimentalists who are disposed to find fault with these worldly wise words may rest their criticism. Lovers who have from time to time immemorial rushed blindly into matrimony, regard- less of the fact that love and squalid pov- erty are incomparable, will continue to rush, Tho more far-seeing and better balanced ones will weigh the pros and cons and marry according to their judg- ment, if they marry at all, and no man or woman will marry for money because of our advice—unless they get "the chance. Nevertheless, “‘goin’ wheer munny is" is not the greatest vice for which modern society is accountable, Matrimonial Decoy Ducks. Some months ago, writes a Paris cor- respondent, a couple of adventuresses were arrested for having worked a mat- rimonial agency, which was in reality an effootive machinery for decoying men on the look-out for rich wives. T:e dupes, after having been relieved of a round sum of money, were married to a sham heiress and then sent about their busi- ness. ‘The principals of the agency were A'I;gul Baroness de Mortier, alias de Rochelle, and her attendant cavalier a swindler named Lecourtois. These two suCH led in quitting the country, and the Paris Correctional Tribunal, 'which hnqdiuat disposed of the matter, had ac- cor mfily to deal with the sham heiress and a Mmme. Leprout, both of whom had been conducting a tolerably prosperous matrimonial business on their own ac- count after thewr principals had left France for reasons known to the police. The dupe was introduced, after having answered the questions,to a good-looking young female of presumable Anglo American origin, whose name, accord- ing to the police reports is Lea.- The part of the maternal relative was fenerully played by Mme. Leprout, while the man Lecourtois acted as the paternal or_avuncular pro- tector of the heiress. Mlle. Leal, who was the chief criminal arresied, said that she had come to Paris from England about three years ago, and :ubuquntlry nccepted an” offer to act as De Mortier's decoy duck. . The first witness for the Pprosecution who was called was the little shopman from Limoges, a M. Lefevre. He saw an advertisement that an English heiress, having about £60,000 to her for- tune, but slightly dlmf.‘ was in_the market. He immediately rushed to Pans with all the money he could collect, was introduced to the divine Leal, spent nearly £200 in decerating that peerless beauty with jewels and gold, and went with her to London, He passed a_happy honeymoon in the British capital, visiting the Alhambra and other places of enter- taivment, and living with his bride and her mother m. the best hotels. After that he returned to Paris, whither he had summoned his friends from Limoges, who soon in- formed him of the painful fact that he had been duped. M. 1'Absolu, a Parisian barber, paid €6 to be introduced to the daughter of a Spanish general 1n her box at the opera. The senorita howover, . professed {hat she found M. I'Absolu deticient in educational at- tainments, so he was left to the tender mercies ot a Marseilles maiden who flaeced him of £40. A stockbroker who had been bamboozled made a desperate dash after tho dowry which had been l.roluimdmhim. He married Leal in London at a registrar’s office, and en- tered at once into financial matters. He soon found out, however, that after hav- spent his money, he had been fooled to the top of hisbent. A country gentle- man from Touraine had not only lost money on Leal, for whom he hired a box at the opera, but had long kept her su lied with game from "his preserve Il“nis extraordinary trial terminated the condemnation of Leal to tour months® imprisonment. Leprout was acquitted, while Lecourtots and the sham buroness wer e condemned by default, Singular Wedding Notices. New York Telegram: A curious fea- ture of the marriage announcements of the last century was the details they em- braced respecting the dowry and per- sonal charms of the bride. Our forefath- ers do not appearto have been backward at making known the fortunes they had obtained with their wives. Matters that we should regard as belonging to our- selves, or at the most to our intimate friends, were given to the world with trumpet-like sound. One can hardly pick up a magazine or newspaper of the period without finding wedding notices similar to the following, which is drawn from the Gentleman’s Magazine of 1781, “‘Married, the R 1r.Roger Waina, of York, about twenty-six years of age, to a Lincolnshire lady, upward of vi,v_vlny, with whom he s to have £8,00 in money, £3)0 per annum and a coach and four during life only,”” How long this un- equal pair enjoyed matrimonial bliss I am not in a position to state. He cer- tainly got a good fortune with his dame, but one is disposed to think that a union at the price is not to be envied when so many lovely women are prepared to give heart and hand to worthy men and add poetry to the prose of life. In the same periodical of March, 1735, we read: *John Perry, Esq., of Carmarthen- shire, married n daughter of Walter Lloyd, Esq., member of that county; a a fortune of £8,000."” Another announcement of the same month and year, in the same magazine, says: xThe Earl of Antrim, of Ireland, to Miss Betty Pennefcather, a ciebrated beauty and toast of that kingdom.'* It may be inferred, as a fortune is not mentioned, the noble earl preferred beauty to money, and that the charms of Miss Pennefeather made amends for the lack of go)d. The Leeds Intelligencer for July 3,1764, stated: “On Thursday last was married Mr. Wormald of this town, merchant, to Miss Rebecca Thompson, daughter of the late —— Thompson, Esq., of Stamclifte hall, near Batley, an agreeable young lady with a fortune of upwards of £4,000.” In the same journal of September 4 following appsars an announcewment, as under: “Yesterday morning was married the Rev. Mr. Wilson, vicar at Otley, to Miss Nancy Furness, of the same place, a most ngreenhls young lady, endowed with all the qualifications necessary to make the arriage state happy.'’ Respecting wedding dowrics, it is said that about the year 1770 a tradesman was residing 1n London who had disposed of eleven daughters in marringe, and as a fortune for each he had given their weight in halt-pence. It is suggested that they were rather bulky, as the lightest of them wul&thed £50 10s. 8d. Toward the close of the century thean- nouncements of marriages were some- what toned down, asthefollowing, culled from the newspapers, shows. One dated January b, 1789, states: “Sunday se'nnight, at St. Aulkman’s church, Shrewsbury, A. Holbecke, Esq., of Slowley Hill, near Coleshill, mn this county, to Mrs. Ashby, of Shrewsbury, a very"lnreeabls lady, with- a good fort- 0. In the paper dated forJanuary 2, 1792, terday, at St, Martin's church, William Lucus, esq., of Holywell, in Northamptonshire, to Miss Legge, only dgughter of the late Mr. Francis Legge, builder. of this town;an agreeable young lady with a handsome fortune." On the 29th Uctober, 1798, we find an eccount of the marriage of ‘‘an agree- able lady with a genteel fortune.”” And in April, 1783, we find it siated that the marriage of Mr. George Donisthorpe to the agreeable Mrs. Mary Barker took place there is not nnf mention of money. 1t is said that the following, one of the latest instances of this kind of announce- ment, ngell’fld in Aris’ Birmingham Ga- zette for July 14, 1800. It records the marriage of the Right Hon. Mr. Can- ning, under secretary of state, to Miss Scott, sister of the Marchioness of Titch- tield, *with £100,000 fortune." Love Under the Crescent. Cosmopolitan: Turkish girls are promised usually when they are very young. even at a tender age, when they are only two or three years old. If the young bride happens to die before her marriage, or be required for the sultan's harem—for it may be premised that this is & case that breaks all engagements, and 18 esteemed as a at honor by par- euts—the intended husband is not ex- pected to weep over what he loses, for he has never seen it. When the young girl reaches her twelfth or thirteenth year, or somewhat later, her fourteenth year, she receives the nuptial blessing, and the husband cannot see the face of his wife until aftar that ceremony. No woman, not even the wife, takes part in the solemnity or marriage, which is effected b{ proxy, delegated to an uncle or to an elaer brother, often with a full beard, who plays the role of the bride. The mr«nu of the couple sign the contract fore the Imaum of their quarter, in the presence of a few friends, who act as witnesses. The nuplials are then cele- brated by the families with a calmness aud gravity that weuld be as suitable for a funeral as for a wedding. CONNUBIALITIES. Deacon Jacob Estey and his wife of Brat tleboro, Vt., recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. It It related that a Chicago woman who has three husbands, all of whom she has disembarrassed herself of. Is writing a book *‘How to Make Home Happy.” 'Why is it,” said a husband to his wife, *“that warried w e, are such terrible gossipers? attentive listeners in their husbands,”replied the lady, easily. “Suppose after I am dead,” remarked Mrs. Jackson to her husband, “would you like to have me come back to you in your dreams?’ “Well—er,” replied Nr. Jackson, evasively, “l:l think it over.” - iss Nannie Hill, of Harman, O., is about o fialtate ous Mo Van, Zaadt by arrying W. 8. Lavelle, who was recently arrested an: eonv for participation 1o the noted I'an. wmumwnmnm Thos Allen, uuoun: man of New Haven, Conn., who spolled s wedding Saturday by 1ot appearing at the church to t is place s the groom, says he was not evea cnfi od to the girl and knew nothing of the wedding except that he had been invited. ' Years '? 51‘“" Ephriam Sumner, an old settler of Rockford, flL, it is said, swam across the Pecatonica river in eold weather and walked in his wet clothes four miles to marry & young couple. All the fee he got was 50 cents, and when he had kissed the bride and said, “God bless you, my chil- dren,” he trudged back to see the Pecatonica with his 50 cents in his pocket and swam the stream a_ain to get home. Reports connect Charles Moth, the big Ger- man Grieco-Roman wrestler, who was at one time quite & factor amonz membders of the sporting lrnh‘mll{ in Minneapolis with a thrilling romance, in which the other party i8 an_heiress, tho daughter of abavker, & vision of loveliness, tall, tinely formed, with clear complexion, 'larce, lustrous eves, a wealth bionde hair and only eighteen yenrs of ace. “This bright vision ‘is Miss Stelln Wileox, and she and the brawny Herculean Teuton met at the Y.M.C. A rooms in Kansas City. Both were alike smitten on sight, but it cost Moth several dnf‘s of walking the streets and one dollar vaid to a coachman before there was a chance for acquaintance. This _dificult point passed, a secret marriage followed, which is said to have occurred last Novem- per. Lately & knowledge of the marriage has leaked out, and relatives are moving to have the marriage annulled. —itiin ‘Western Financial Centers. 1ron Age: Hand in hand with the rapid development of our natural re- sources which has characterized the past quarter of a century, the accumuia- tion of capital has steadily proceeded. The seaboard cities were the first to reap the benefit of this movement toward financial independence, which has not been checked by panic or depression. New York especialiy became a center of activity for every branch of commercial enterprise, and national legislation as- sisted that city to secure and maintain financial supremacy. Under a recent act of congress, however, the othier large cities of the country have been given an opportunity to develop their advantages as financial centers. Cities having at least 200,000 inhabitants are now permitted to become ‘‘central reserve” cities on the petition of three- fourths of the national banks located therein. The national banks of such cities are required to keep a reserve of 25 per cent, but they are enabled to reccive deposits from the banks of smaller cities and rural districts, ile the banks of the central reserve cities lose advantages in being compelled to keep their reserve at home, and therefore de- prive themselves of the chance to send such funds to other parts of the country and probably secure a high rate of inter- est, on the other hand, such large acces. sions to their banking capital will be re- ceived that they will be able to conduct a much more profitable business generally. 8t. Louis made apolication some ago to be put in the central reserve ci and now Chicago has taken the necessary steps. The action of these two great western cities is of much importance in the financial world. [t means that here- after more capital will be available in the west for business purposes. It has already been announced that applica- tions have been received from the banks of the following cities for permission to deposit in Chicago as a central reserve city: Milwaukee. Lowsville, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and New Orleans, This erabraces a large territory, much of which has hitherto made New Yorks its central reserye city. Numerous country banks will do the same thiug. Some prestige may be lost by New York in this transfer of capital, but the country will Fmbnbly be -benefitted by the division, “hicago now contains eighteen national banks, which had on March 4 a total cir- culation of only $767,000, but they had in- dividual deposits amounting to over $41,000,000, and country bank deposits amounting to 000,000 more. ~ One bank alone in Chicago carries a line of deposits exceeding $20,000,000, being sur- {;ussfinl 1a that respect by one New York ank, —_—— Paste This in Your Bible. Books of the O1d Testament, 39, Chapters in the Old Testament, 929. Verses in the Ol¢ Testament, 23,2 Words in the Old Testament, 592, Letters in the Old Testament, 2,728, 1 Books in the New Testament, 27. Uhapters in the New Testament, 260. Verses in the New Testament, 7,05 Words in the New tament, 181,253, Letters in the New Testament, 838,380. The Apocrypha hus chapters, 183, ‘I'he Apocrypha has verses, 7,081. The Apocrypha has words, 152,185, The middle chapter and the shortest in the bible 18 Psalm exvii. The middle verse is the 8th of Psalm exvii. ‘The word “and"’ occurs in the Old Tes- tament 85,548 times. Tho word ‘‘Jehovah™ 6,083 times. The word *‘and” occurs in the New Testament 10,004 times. Theaniddle book of the Old Testament is Proverbs. The middle chapter of the Old Testa- ment is Job 29. The middle verse of the Oid Testament is 2 Chronicles, The short 8 the Old Test: ment is 1 Chronicles, 1st chapter 25th verse. The longest verse in the Old Testa- ment is Esther, 8th chapter, b verse. ‘The middle book of the New Testa- ment is 2 Thessalonians. i ‘The middle chapters of the New Testa- ment are Romans 13th and 14th. The middle verse of the New Testa- ment is Acts, 17th chapter and 17th verse, ‘The shortest vorse 1n the New Testa- ment is John, 11th chapter, 35th verse. ———— Some Alien Landlords. Albany Courier: Another immcnse body of land has been hought in the south by foreign capitalists for specula- tion. An estimate of the amount of land held by aliens in lar, odies was made not long since and the following list pre- pared: A1 English syndicate in_Texas. olland Land Co., New Mexieo... ... Sir Ed Reed, syndicate in Florid: English syndicate in Mississippi. uis of T'weedals Phillips, Marshall & C German synd'eate.... Anzlo-Amer, syndicate, Byron H. Evans, London Duke of Sutherland... occurs Z 53 288 g38838552¢ 27 5 g Dundee Land C Lord Dunmore. Bengamen Neug 2 2 2 gs8e English Land Co., Florida ... English Land Co., Arkansas. . . A. Peel, M.P., Leicestershire, Eng., 8ir J. L, Kay, Yockshire, En, Alexander Grant, London, Kan hmillnh syndicate, Wisconsi M. Ellerhauser, West V il A Scoteh syndicate in Flo A Seoteh syndicate in Flo A. Boysen, Danish consul, Mi Missouri Land Co., Edinburg. 8Es.mE22s 2 £522 55 g £ . 90,7T7,000 Imperfect digestion and assimila- tion produce disordered conditions of the system which Brow and are col tirmed by neglect, Dr. J. H. McLeal Strengthening Cordial and Blood Puri fier, by its tonic properties, cures indiges- tion and gives tone to the stomach, $1.00 per bottla, BUDS PLUCKED BY WITTY MEN Leadville B-tul (Her Honored Bons Above the Bard of Avon. WHY UNCLE MOSE GREW FLESHY English as Reported—Puts and Calls ~Realizing Frohibition—He Drew the Lino ~ Dink's Touching Song—i'unny Sayings. A Posthutious Poem by Poe. Every public journal that amounts to any- thing is in the habit every year or oftener of bringing out a posthumous poem by Kd- . Pos, 'Tid-Bits does not wish to be be- hind in any such e, prise, and i3 willing if called upon to make aflidavit that the sub- juined poem Is just as genuine a posthumous boem of Edgar A. 1'06 as is published by any other paper: In a dark, and subterraneous opaque, plhan- tasmagorical. Deep, cavernous recess of gloom there sits a midnight oracle | No fiend in hell can strike a knell, or weave ' a spell ean liola you so. As his dread name, nis ghoulish name, his demon name— L Toldyerso! 0, dread, demoniac, malign, and Rhadaman- thine oracle, Is thy Plutonian robes of night thy single praise rhetorieal — From the abyss,whore demons hiss no phrase like this, can hold you so, Like thy black name, “l'artarean nawe, thy nawe of flame— 1. Toldyerso ! In sulphurous eatacombs of gloom, in vapors allegorical, tle weaves his ghastly sceptre round—this Rhadamantkine oracle; No demon tone, no ghoulish groan, was ever known to hold you so As his dread name, lutonic name, his name of shame— 1. Toldyerso | English as She 1s Reported. The Buffalo lhrrl-sn has collected the following gems from “copy” furnished by some of its country correspondents- None of us make expenses at our cus- tomary avocations, Cold weather don’t make any difer- ence in the receipts. Yachting talk is becoming an interest- ing object of discussion He has built all those here and several of the ones 1n other towns. The Jones trial which is now being tried was tried yesterday. It goes on to- morrow. The fire laddies will excurt to the Falls on Friday. The younger clement of society were present to the extent of some eighty, and enjoyed itself hugely. The gurprise came upon him wholly unexpected. The elegant list of presents was then distributed. 1t 18 hioped our ladies will recover from their insomnia in this direction. (Speak- ing of a dull sotinl season.) ociety,and inteed the whole place,has been gay with cxtitement. The surfage of aflairs was deeply stirred. Vi A fine system of sewerage is in vogue. A thick'scum would settle on top the water. ¢ Her Invitation, .y Life. In the parlor they were sittinz, Sitting by thestirelight's glow— Quickly were the'minutes flitting, ‘Till at last he rose to go, With his overcoat she puttered, From her eye escaped a tear— “Must you go 80 soon?” she muttered: “Won't you stay to breakfast, dear?” Puts and Calts. *‘Papa,” observed little Johnny Gray, “what does this mean in the paper?’’ *‘What i: my son®"” “Wh" what do ‘puts’ and ‘calls’ mean?" “T'hey mean,” said the old man, who had taken several fiyers, ‘“‘thoy mean that a man goes down to Wall sireet and puts some money into the hands of a broker.” “‘Well, but what do ‘calls’ mean?" “Oh, they mean, my son, that when he calls for it he don’t get it."’ He Fully Kealized Prohibition.. Wall Street News: ‘‘Does prohibition prohibity” he demanded as he glared around; *1s there a city or town in any prohibition state where you can’t buy a Zlass of whisky?'" “I've been in a hundred towns where I couldn’t,” answered a tall, lean tramp on the outskirts of the groop. “Why couldn't yon—why, sir?"" “Because I didn’t have a nickel.” One day the Grand Old Man of Hawarden Went out to fell trees in his garwarden; He fired a biz chip ’(Gainst a church warwarden’s lip, And said most politely, **Beg parwarden.” The Mule Drew the Line. Philadelphia Press: Down in Kentucky the other day a runaway mule dashed into a house where a red-headed girl was playing ‘‘Sweet Violets” on a cottage organ and kicked tho instrument into such little fragments that they had to be removed with a patent carpet sweeper. Yet people will probably continue to go right on making faces at destiny just as though there were no limits to patience even in a mule. & Why Uncle Moses Got Fat, Texas Siftings: The Rev. W hangdoodle Baxter recently met one of the male members of his flock, and at ouce ad- dressed him. » “Why, Mose,” he said, ‘how stout yuse gittin'! Yuse gittin’ mighty fat an’ corpulent in mighty finc order, I tells yer. Dar's nuftin’ lean about you, fizzi- cally, but spirtuaily yuse thinner dan a rail, You doan’ lean on the Lord enuff.” I kin 'splain all dat ar,” said Mose. **How does yer 'splain it, Mose*'" I did lean on de Lord an’ ebbery Sun- day I listened to yer preachin’, an’ I got as poah as Job's turkey.” *“‘But how does yer ’'splain it? How does yer count for de transformation?" “Why, doan’ yer see? *“You furnishes de 'ligion an' T does my own fattenin’,”’ The Fishing Season, Oh, bring me f bottle of bait, my dear, And bring me a,vole and line, And bring mé a book of MunchLausen’s tales, Aund bring me a,spring day tine, Then brin r me a drop of water, my dear, Enough to fill a sinall dish; That's all—the rest the papers will tell— How I caught a whopping big tishl Shakespeare Modernized. What piece-work is a man! There is noivirtue like audacity. Lend every’ man thine ear but few thine umbrelln, | Small cheer, and great wealth, make a merry feast, "Tis the timo’s plague when the option- ists lead the blind. I see, the jewel, best enamelled, will lose his beauty; for heis snide. Though authority be a stubborn beer, yet he is oft led by the-nose with boodle. Some grief shows much of love; but much of grief shows still some want of style.] Western Literary Notes. - Chicago News: We acknowledge the receipt of a handsome volume entitied “The Trunk Tragedy, A Complete His- tory of the Murder of Preller and the Trial of Maxwell.” The author 1s none other than Judge E. A. Noonan, of St. Louis, a real estate and house renting ent and literateur of murked ability. The book is strongly written and a num- ber of stirring illustrations by local ar- tists give the work a peculiar value. Boundin papor, with a full page illus- tration of the unfortunate victim on the cover, for the reasonable price of 20 cents, this chef d’euvre should find 1ts way into every home. The Swine Breeder's Stud book for 1887, is at hand, and brings its usual amount of valuable information. Not an umniportant feature of this volume is the portrait of the m!lflnil'xn-nl barrow, “Cnoster Winte King,'" which took the :'1 premium at the Kewanee fair last all, During the baseball tourney between Chicago and St. Louis we are issuing ex- tra editions of the Daily News containing such excellent reports of the all-import- ant contest as to excite the warmest ad- miration in leading circles, Squire Enos Hapgood, who expired by cious mule’s kick on the west side Jast Monday, was one of the most promi- nent patrons of literaturein the west. Before her death, his wife had been a subscriber to Godey's Lady's Book for twenty odd vears Captain Ben Wingate has uamed his new barge the Felicia Hemans, and the samie departed for Saginaw last evening for a cargo of shingles. Colonel ‘I Weston Brigas, the well known real estate rgent, offers his_mag- nificent private library tor sale at $4 per front foot. Among the articles of virtue recently purchased by our esteemed fellow towns- man, Mr. Townley J. Morris, is one of the first Englisn translations of Vigil's Aneid. This translation was nade, we understand, under the personal super- vision of the eminent poet himself. ‘There is a current rumor that Judgo Thomas M. Cooley, chaivman of the inter- state Comus commission, has written & poem entitled *“I'runk Lines toa Railroad System.” No Installment Plan For Him. Peoria Transcriot: “Do you love me, Jane, well enough to marry me?” asked a yo||m;: Peorian of a Monson street maiden. “Well, I don’t know, John. When I first got acquainted with you I almost hated you. Then I got so 1 could bear you. Finally Iliked you a little. 1f we marry I may in time ‘come to love you with all my heart.” ‘“*No, thank ," snid John, reaching for his hat, “‘I'don’t believe I care about marrying on the installment plan."” And he fled into the darkness, leaving behind him a victim with a broken heart and a patent bustle. [t is little things like this that leads us to denounce the mercenary charucter of the age we live . Bang Away. Chicago Herald. First be sure you're in the right. In what'er you wish to do. Even though you have to fizht All the world to push it through: ‘Then bang away. . Let no feeling of dismay Overpower your single aim, Lest the world may truly say T'o 8uccess you have no claim: So bang away. Fate disdains a coward heart, So do you, I dare to say; Let that never be jour part; ‘Whether work or whether play: Baunzaway. “Put Me In.” Ex-Senator Tabor of Colorado, the millionaire mine-owner, has just built a new opera house in Leadville, meant to be finer than the one in Denver.. A few days ago Tabor employed an artist to freésco the walls, While he was at work on a portrait of Shakspeare Tabor entered the building and asked who it was the artist was pamnting. ‘‘Shakspeare,” was the reply. *‘Who is he?" *‘‘The greatest dramatist, poet, that has ever lived,” ‘“giver done anything for Leadville?” “No, I think mnot,” replied the artist sadly. *“Then paint him rigat out and put me i Anxious to Tell Him. Put a telephone into my office, quick, Pray don’t put it off or be slow, . I've just found the commonest liar in town And I'm anxious to tell him so. Up in Oregon. A young farmer in Oregon,of scholarl; tastes, determined to¥o cast to get an ed- ucation. He resolved to enter the Har- vard law school. 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