Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1887, Page 14

AMERICA'S NOTABLE WOMEN. ‘1 A Higher Education For tho Gentle e Sex, f'lANOES HODGSON BURNETT, | A Woman's No—When to Bo Hugged— The Belle of Slabtown—A Brave Woman—Mrs. Beecher's New Vocation, A Woman's No. San Frncisco Wasp. Bhe had a paceel, small and round, One lovely atternoon last summer; 1 offered, as in duty bound, . '0 take it from her. Bhe thanked me with a graceful smile, As swéet as rosv lips could make it} t was 80 stuall 'vwas not worth while To let me take it. Af)uln I offered as before f that slight burden to relieve her: Bhe'd "‘i!‘“ not: *‘Pray say no morel” "Twould really grieve her. I ceased to plead; she seemed content; ‘The thing was small and neatly corded, And 80 along our way we went ‘T'o where she boarded. But when upon the stoop she stood, And ere our last adieus were uttered, Bhe eyed me in a roguish mood, And soltly muttered, As lwnny the door to let her through, nd left me there all unresisting *1 don’t tL.ink much of you For notnsisting.” Higher Education for Women. The number of candidates at the Lon- don university examination increases each yenr‘, At the summer matriculation . last year the number of candidates ex- ~ amined was 1,040, and of these 501 satis- fied the examiners. ‘I'ms year as many #8 1,260 have been actually under exam- mation and the lists just published show ~ that 757 huve passed. “Last summer there - were 188 lady candidates of whom 128 were successful. ‘This year 215 ladies Bave been examined and 137 are now matriculated students, so that, although the actual number of ladies who huve suoceeded is lurger, the proportion has me somewhat smaller. In the Lon- _don unlvouitg the highest examination In classes 18 that for the M. A. degree. It would seém that classics are in special favor with the ladies 1 London as' well asat Cambridge, but the London univer- sity has not yet adopted the method of itication and subdivision employed in the Cambridge classical tripos lists, so that 1n most cases it is not easy to say more of the London M. A. than that ivis & mark of generally light attainment. Indépendence lor Women, There have been many methods sug- gested for improving tne condition of working-women, some of them excellent, snd yet in most cnses these measures Bave been no more than palliatives. Homes for working-women, special leg- Jslation regarding hours and samtary eonditions of work, provisions for secur- hgkplymon' of wages and care when slck are all steps forward and entitled to the warmest encouragement, And yet the question comes first, whether the root of the matter cannot be reached; whether ‘women who are obliged to work cannot be so equipped as to be self-suflicient aud independeont. The story of the suffering caused by staryation wages is sadly familiar, and it has been brought home with new force by Mrs. Helen Campbell’s investigations among the poorer working-women of ork. These disclosures were fol- lowed by suggestions that these women should change their occupations, that they should take to domestic service or what not, but in almost every case there was an obstacle In entire lack of train- ing. Pitiful as their condition was and ; the law of supply and demand which regulates the wages of men and women eannot be ignored. With an abundance | of cheap, unskilled labor, the price of this labor must be low. T'he untrained Iaborer cannot earn the wages of the laborer with technical skill. Good Advice. glwnldl oung lady allow & gentleman jom she {s quite well acquainted with to his arm around her waist while walk- Ing home from a party, it being quite dark? DEWDROP. 1If he seeks your love honorably, says Emily Boulton, in the Toledo Blade, it _will be time enough for you when you Bave accepted it to allow™ him to put his g'muml you. Ifit is only a past- . such as young men frequently in- ‘dulge in, then'vou certainly do not want #o grant him a privilege like that. He | may mean you no shadow of harm, but mnal familarity, founded upon no re- that mukesit sacred. is always un- safe. Many a young girl would have - saved hersolf a life-time agony had she tly repellad these advances, ver ({mooam at first their meaning, is nothing, my young friend should guard soscrupulously as your womanly delicacy. Brush the bloom from a peach, rudely touch the waxen of a lily, and half of their beauty e. It is impossible for you, or any ® woman, to allow yourself to be d by your young men acquaint- without losing somewhat of that ty and modes fithat oushould wear 29 a queen her robes of royalty. will be sure then to preserve not ly their rufiwl, but whatis of far more tance, that of self. lor nced this preservation of personal inity savor one whit of prudery. You bo just as bright, as merry and l{. while saying by lymlr manner, t be nocessary, ‘‘hands off,'’ as can poasibly be by permitting these r demonstrations. They are not Becessary'to the good comradeship, which 8 all that should exist or appear to exist Between you and any masculine friend 1 you are sure that you possess the and tonder love of the one man who made himself your heart's king, a which holds you sacred, as every man holds the woman he would ko his wife and the mother of his mldnn. And believe me, even if you _are not yot certain that the prince loves i ! a8 you desire to be loved by him, he R not be any easier won should you to carvsses prompted by a passing o, but rather repelled from you, for human nature not to value what is jy and cheaply obtained. The Belle of Slabtown. California Gitleh is now a garden of if women, writes & Danver, Col., corre- dent of the Globe -Demacrat. Ten- on’s (ream of thom might have bee d here. Round-faced, large-eyed, o-cheeked and fine-figured aivinities the destinies of its homes or lead hearis a merty dance through the of love. There are thousands of now, but thera was only one of in 1860--''Rod Stockings,” the belle labtown. Tn the heart-corners of of the ol Pike's Peakers I'll bet ory of “Red Stockings' and her ous eyes and beautiful face still . She was a benuty of the most ching type. . She came into the - @amp—nobody knew whence—and she _@ameé to conguer and capture it. She was aly a girl of medium height, and wore % mMowlnz hair tied up with red or n: ly sho L that tloated down over her ulders, She lmd a clear com- lon, and her faco was as pretty as o . Nature had doalt very lavishly r in the matter of womanhood's and charms, and they used to there wasn't a aueen on a throne angel 1n heaven that wouldn't give ures to be as magnificently a8 'Red Stockings' was, " A Brave Woman, bla Record: On July 11 v ohildren ;IN hnhinz in THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Lake am, Southampton, L. I, The lake is shallow for about twenty feet out from the ghore, then the bottom sharply downward to deep water, like & wall, A strong and treacherous under- tow flows lhroth the lake at this point. While the little ones were arlnsh&nz about they suddenly reached the deep water aud began to drown. They strug- filud and cried for help. One was the thirteen-year-old d:mfhtur of W. B. Isham, of New York. The child battled for her life, but was becoming wenk and was drifting out toward the middle of the big lake. At that moment Mrs, Mary Duane Humphreys happened to drive nlong] the road at the edge of the lake. She is a fragile little woman and the daughter of a clchymnn. In an instant she took in the situation, and, leaping from her carriage, she ran to the edge of the water and plunged boldly in, clad as she wasg in dress, shoes, glovés and bon- net. Mrs. Humphreys is a splendid swimmer. She struck out bravely, and 1n a foew moments was bear- ing up the sinking aurl. A tiny urchin rowed up in a boat and_of- fered to assist Mrs. Hnmphreys. She, brave woman, was in twenty-eight feet of water, with her wet garments clinging like seaweed about her limbs. ‘Never mind me,’" she cried, ‘“‘throw me an oar and go after those two other children.’’ The oar was thrown, and with its assis ance Mrs. Humphreys swam ashore with the half unconscious girl. It wasa brave dced, but the little lady laughed and sad it was nothing. The Life Saving Benevolent associa- tion, which heard of Mrs. Humphreys’ bravery, at once voted to confer on ner its firat-class gold medal, and it was pre- sented to her by the president of the association, through her husband, at a picnic which she was attending on Wed- nesday night. The heroine gave a_little shout of delizht as the glittering badge of honor tumbled out of "the case which her husband handed to her. On one side she read the words: ‘‘Presented to Mrs, Mary Duane Humphreys 1n recognition of her courage and humanity in spring- ing from her carriage and with much effort and peril rescuing from drowning a girl of thirtecen years, by swimming to her in deep water, at Southampton, July 11, 1887.” “I'm sure 1 don't deserve this honor,” she said quietly; *‘the little boy in the boat is the one who should have got a medal.” Senator Conger’s Romance; Mercer Press: When Senator Conger, of Michigan, was a young man he was engaged to a young woman. They quar- reled, sepurated, and in ume each mar- ried, Twenty yoars after he, a widower, was in congress; she, a widow, sat in the gallery and listened to his speech. It was the first time they had seen each other since their early days. She sent her card to him; hecame at once to the gallery. After a little talk she asked him to call on her at her friend’s, Mrs. Dahlgreen’s. He said he would call if he could call as he used to in_those lnngi past days of youth. In afew weeks they were mar- :'led at Mrs. Admiral Dahigreen’s resi- ence. Salvation Army Women, Albany Journal: Nearly all the women of the Salvation Army have a heart worked in_India-ink upon the right shoulder. Incase any one of them is taken sick or dies away from home, orin a foreign country, the sign of the heart will entitle her to caro or a suitable bur- ial at the expense of the entire organiza- tion, no matter whether she is or is notin good standing. Mrs. Thurber. Mrs. Jeannette M. Thurber, whose name1s known all over the country in connection with the National opera com- Kn\ny, 18 & handsome brunet with large azel eyes and dazzling teeth. She wears her hair combed high off her forehead in the style known as that of La Pompa- dour. Her skirts are like the skirts of any other woman’s dress, but she wears a coat and waistcoat of the most ultra tailor-made style, with a turned down linen collar held together with u loosely tied silk tie. Her watch chain is made of Egyptian scarabs and runs through a buttonhole from waistcoat pocket to waistcoat pocket. On her shapely hands she wears a number of curious and val- uable rings. In the winter Mrs. Thurber lives in New York. Inthe summer she rusticates in the Catskills, in a very primitive style of mountain cottage, which she calls ‘‘Lotos Laud.” or writing paper from ‘‘Lotos Land” ismade to represent birch bark, and the imita- tion 18 so good that one might think she tore it off of the nearest trec rather than that it came from a stationer’s shop. Woman's Place in Politics. Syracuse Standard: Mrs. Cleveland will accompany her spouse in his tour of hand grasping and vote seeking. The president has perception enough to see, that she is & winsome factor in his for- tunes though he is probably uncorscious how much more keenness and tact na- ture has given her than were ever be- stowed on him. The political influence of this charming woman and some of the charming women in England, who take an ardent interest in elections to parlia- ment should amply prove to the advo- cates of female suffrage that it is not ne- cessary for women to break the law and et themselves indicted for illegal voting fn order to affect politics considerably. However, this does not touch woman’s abstract right to the ballot which she does not yet demand. How Women Spend Money. 1t is said of women that they delight to llafiglu over a bargain, and show a miserly spirit iz all their dealings—that they patronize cheap restaurants sooner than pay a high price for a handsomely- appointed lunch; and that, if they ever give to charity, it is in a niggardly meas- ure. Mr. Howells, who professes to have probed the feminine heart to its core, de- clares that they consider all expenditure extravagant that is not direct towards dress. In answer to these strictures, it must be remembered that, unless a woman has a fortune or is a wage- worker she has no money of her own, but is disbursing the income or earn- ings of her husbond. If she has any conscience or sensitiveness she fecls in- clined to handle carefully that which be- longs to another, Miss Wolfe, after the manner of most women of wealth in their own right, gave largely of her abund- ance. As regards the accusation of Mr. Howells, the mnl{ may be made that, while the generality of men expeot theiwr wives to dresa in & manner suitable to their station, they do not usually afford them the means of giving ia charity. In most cases the money thus given by a husband is not in the uha‘{xe of an allow- ance, but must be asked for foreach separate need, so that the wife feels often an absolute sense of guilt in spend- g it. Ex-Senator Tabor's Divorced Wif'e. Dever Letter to Utica Observer: A tall, well-dressed woman was sitting near the fare box in a Broadway strect car as [ entered it. She had a high fore- head, dark-brown hair, black eyes and remarkably intelligent features. A friend sat beside her and to him she talked rlennmiy. Her tones were low and her inglish was of the purest. She was ap- parently about forty years of age, and my attention was first attracted to her by the fact that she hud over paid her fare, putting 1o a dimo for a nickel. 1 made this even by giving hor my fare instead of putting it'in the box. Asshe left the car 1 learned she was a woman with a history, and that she was none other than ex-Senator Tabor's first wife—the woman who made his big strike for him by tak- ing boarders and keeping the store whioh supplied the feed for the prospectors who struck the Little Pittsburg mine. This was the woman from wiom Tabor got his divorce, and it wus this woman left to warey the prescut Mrs, labor, whom he first wedded at St. Louls; after- wards another. marriage ceremony was solemnized at Washington. She does not look like n disappointed woman, and she is by no means one of the frail reeds of the fair sex. I don't think she would have disgraced her husband at Washing- ton, nnd'{lind that here at Denver her standing is very good. She is in good circumstances, the property which Tabor gave her having largely increased in value. She is worth al least $500,000 to-dn{, and she lately sold sixteen lots out of a piece of forty which Tabor gave her for $60,000. She has left twenty-four Tots and a house upon them that cost $45,- 000, and she still owns the La Veta prop- erty. This last consists of fourteen three- story houses, built in the best manner and” formin; %md renting property, worth about $200,000. HONEY FOR THE LADIES A Topeka woman made $1,400 by invent- ing an egg-beater. The newest girdles are in jet. Belts are made in flower designs. China crepe shawls are employed as table covers in the fashionable countrp house. Long wicker-covered bottles of cologne are suspended from the waist in traveling. Beads about the size of a pea made of Swiss lapis lazull are favorite necklaces for young girls, “Dress” is the name of a fine new maga- zine. May it be a loug time before it sees the clothes of its career. ‘Women are the state librarlans_of Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, lLouisana, Mississippi and "U'ennessec. English hosiery of heavy quality Is worn by young ladies who do any mountain climb- ing, and for tennis purposes. A new pattern for lace pin or upper part of bracelet isa row of filigree daisies, with gold diamond-set centers. Yellow and white is a pretty cembination always, and for a tennis_or boating costume it promises to be very stylish. ‘The blouse waist is fashionable for young ladies this season, and lends comfort to the seaside costumo or mountain dress. Buttercups set on a slender gold wire, with a gem in the center of each buttercup, is one of the latest novelties in bracelets, A woman named Mary Stewart, once the slave of Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, Lm:!& perfected an invention for coupling N Small checks are invariably combined Wwith plain fabrics this season.” The check forming the skirts and the waist Is of plain fabric. India silks in bandana designs are made as underskirts for plain fabrics, These are very stylish and are sometimes pretty in coloring, Laundered costumes are little worn this seascn. The French and Scotch ginghains are not made to be laundered the first season they are worn. Open work i3 seen azain on the finer sorts of hosiery for the summer, and it is not con- fined tosilk, butis aisoto be had in tiner lisle thread and cotton, Young ladies are prone to adopt the Greek; knot in the evening coiffure because It is such an easy and simple one to adjust, but it is very trying to most faces. The brooch has taken the place of the small cravat , and is worn generally with the severe tallor-made costumes, and is in harmony with the plainness of the effect. Ada—Why, one of your cheeks 1sred as fire and the other pale asa ghost. Ella— Yes. Harry was ononeside, and 1 was id mamma would see us on the other. 'here is evidently a great deal to be learned about woinen,” says a Philadelphia editor. There is, indeed, ‘and the best way :2 learn it is to ask some other woman about at Fashionable purses grow longer and slenderer in shape, the corners of the flap arestrengthened with heavily wrought scrolls of silver and a heavy silver disk forws the clasp, Quite a number of new dress materials are promised for the coming season, and if one can judge fromn small sammples some of the incoming goods certainly are as handsome as they are odd. An English writer says: “The girl of England stands alone.” - The girl of this coumr{ oesn’t stand alone. \We Americans are gallant enough to get up and offer her a seat—sometimes. There are said to be 127 occupations open to women. Oneof them is fora woman to talk with her mouth full of hairpins, and— we have forgotten the other 120 ocoupations, but we will bot that she will get there just thesame, ‘The number of women physiclans are in- creasinz all over the country. In New York city there are now 150, A number havein- comes of §10,0000; two or three make $15,000 or $20,000 per year, and one has averaged for the last four years $25,000, Mistress—1'm sorry you have to leave me, Mary, Mm:r—;\nd T’m sorry to go, ‘There isn’t anvbody I'd sooner do a favor for. Mis- tress—Ah, indeed! Then won’t yon be so kind as to give me a recolmendation to hand to the next cook that applies? For a miss fourteen a walking suit has kilted skirt in the old red, yellow and blue a}ald, with full corsage front of the same-ma- rial ‘The jacket of plain cloth closes over the bust and is cut-away below, showing the full front of plaid. Statistics do not support the assertions that the women of to-day are less healthy than those of fifty or seventy-five years ago. In- stead, the cold fact in figures stares the gauzy theory in the face with the assurance that " longevity in women has increased a large percentage during that period, The postoffice department has very sensi- bly refused toname a Nebraska postoffice “Old Maid.” A western town which wants anything better than ‘‘Washington,” “Franklin,” or *‘Columbus” should be m ade to 2o hungry for a while. Aund it I3 alsd the duty of this zovernment to protect the old maids from ridicule. 4 Hat pins and the heavy-headed shell hair pins, thrust in the hair behina & bonnet to hold it in place, grow daily more expensive and ornate. Some of these have heavy pear- shaped gold heads, In which are set tiny cats’ eyes. Pretty ones, worn with a Leghorn hat trimmed with buttercups, were many faceted balls of amber set upon a shell pin. unite an original idea of a young society lady Is to have two or three fitted bodices in colored silk; over these she can wear at will one of two lace jackets her modiste has made for her, the one being in cream lace, and the other in black chantilly. These pretty eon- 1ections can be made more or less dressy by m? addition of bows of ribbon in any desired color. ‘The cheap jewelry for sale in the larger dry goods shoos is much of it exquisitely pretty, and though they are only fleeting fancies, the desizns show considerable taste, ‘There are charminz little brooches of silver frosted in colors and set with rhine stones, Some of these are skillful imitations of pan- sies, violets, wild roses or ragged robins, of which the calyx is a single rhine stone. here 18 a new make of basque for the back. Itis full and pleated. The pleats are cauznt together with elastic so that "the full- ness of the skirt throws it up. This is often bound with velvet which is carried round the bodice, covering all its edges. From beneath the open {uclu-l In front come two pieces of soft muslin or crepe de chine generally cream which cross in front and are secured under pointed band ot velvet of the walst. ‘There is a certaln _powder much -used by French women, but I'know a tew Americans who have bronght it over, which seems to have no color, and i3 used only for the body, not at all on the face. When one becomes in the least warm this powder sends forth the most delicate and subtle fragrance, as in- des bie as the French perfume ‘‘ambre.” \Vhat a boon to thedancing man and woman at summer places it would be during thls awtul heat, Little ins for holding the bonnet strings In place or fastening the Iaces about the front of square-necked and decollete gown.s, come in many charming shapes: white violets set with little dewdrops of brllliants, flowers of green, red and blue moonstones, with a tiny rhina-stone appear, dragon flies with silver filagree wings, set with garnent, little topazes and tleurs da lis of pearls. The new- est are a pair of lady bugs of red and black enamel, with golden legs and antene. Of all the materials designed for fall and winter service no fabrics bid fair to be mora favorably received than the stylish clan plaids, which are alike suitable to use in cri ating costumes aud dresses for the miss and for the matron, the appropriate qualitications of the material to form the intended suit being regulated or decided bg the size and coloring of the plalds, which ara somne- times small and in two neutral colors, and again the Plnldlm large and in dark, rich lnéi bright hues, oo, hallle in solid colors, stri dotted, floral or ted. scems to partake in improvemcut noticeabie iu other Heawooh velling, canvas Nun’s velling can now colors, qualities and _combinatio! infinity of even French caprice can find wherewithal to gratify its changing moods, Muslins and lawns also follow the lead of their more solid rivals in the matter of orna- mentation, and seow every conceivable var- fety of loom and hand-wrought embroldery, either in closa or open designs, and not un- ff:‘;ldflfll“! combining both i’ one plece of Roods, oods like. o5 " sach Rubies are extremely popular for rings, pc" with two diamonds of equal size on either side. These are set In three ways, diagon- ally across the ring, straight across or in per- pendicular line. This last glves a gieater appearance of slonderness to the hand. Two other new fancles In rings are a large shield of zold which has & narrow light ring, the shield being thin and beaten into rough archaie ffgures of relief. The other is a large oblong torquoise set around with a double edge of very small diamonds. ‘Lorquoise necklaces are coming into favor. @ Earrings decline in popularity every season and many of the younger women have never had their ears plerced at all. Those who have diamonds, howaver, continue to wear them,and the only ones that find any degree of favor are small jewels set on & acrew and fit- ting close to the lobe of the ear. All long or heavy earrings are entirely outof date, A few women, whose ears are mot pierced, wear sinall diamonds with a little spring that clasps the ear on either side and holds the ornament in place, but they are uncomfort- able and not very popnlar. Among the expensixe novelties in gloves are thoss of fine silk and closs twill, the backs of which are covered with a delicate arabesque tracery in fine {ai, steel or bronze, matching the shade of the giove. These rloves are bright and dressy with a suitable costume, and the wonder is, as has before been hinted, that in these days of deft handi- work more ladies do not attempt this easy decoration. The beads are so small that the emaroidery does not increase the_size ot the might be supposed. 1t is easy to pre fine design on m\!mr, and not at all diticult to follow the pattern in beads threaded on twist silk. ~ The cost wlll be about half that of gloves in silk or kid pur- chased already embroidered in the manner described. It i8 now the fashion to lpnlnt jugs—that is, to decorate them with oil colors, somewhat in imitatian of Falence. It is nota new idea to paint jars, crocks, pots and the like of stone or eathware, but it is to paint vessels of one particular shape. The favorite form to-day Is tall and thin of the style known by some as vinegar, mineral water or curacoa {ugs. Every other kind is for the time being hrown completely into the shade, There are two preferred modes of decoration, One is to cover the whole surface with black,gray and white, to imitate a snow scene. The other calls for a cloudy background, and a spray of flowers and grasses. The handle, rim and cork are gilded. Sometimes a rib- bon is tied around the neck anda bow fas- tened to the handle. e e PEPPERMINT DROPS. Twin relics of barber-lsm—the shampoo and the machine-brush. Out in Chicago week before last it was so hot that cellulold collars exploded. Jay Gould s vroprietor ot the largest watering place in the world. His oftice. Customer (faintly)—Y-y-yes; I w-want to ask you w-where you b-bury your dead? A Yale lock Is capable of 60,000,000 com binations, but bank cashiers know em all. It is difticult for a drinking man to hold I;‘Ils breath; it1s generally too strong for m. A poet eays: “Behind the clouds the sun is skining.” ‘There isjust where we want it to sline, Pueblo barber (pausing for a moment in his reckless pursuit)—Were you going to say something, sir? ‘I'he man who cannot make his influence felt in this world is ot less importance than A cqlamon watermelon. New Yorkers are taking up the mind cure without stopping to consider whether they have anything to cure or not. *1t is hard to believe that a few short months ago men were walking the streets of this town it ice in their whiskers. It is presumed that the man who jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire was greeted by the inquiry, *Is this hot enough tor you?” ‘The most cautious man we ever kKnew was the one who was afraid to buy alead pencil (?r fear the lead did not reach clear through ‘Tobacco is going up—but this is of no in- terest to the peopie who ican smoke cigar- ettes, as the cost of making them will not be affected. Every man at some pesiod of his life is an e?mzions fool, butby s+ wise dispensation of Providence no man kmows exactly when that time Is, Three million pounds of feathers are used every year in America fombedding purposes. At janst twenty pounds per<annum are used in sleeping car pillows. A Main street mother was whipping her boy yesterday. and as sheappli e rod she shouted: “Will you bebay “Yes,” blubbered the tirobbing boy, “if you will.”” Taking a- Re: say,. Dumley,” re- marked Featherl 'you leok tired and worn out. Why don’t you taken vacation?”’ “I've jut: come back from one,” replied Dumley, weartly. A Dakota man, while ‘on his way to bor- row a neighbor’s paper, was struck by light- ning and killed. We have no comment to make here. To intelligent people it isn’'t necessary. “A professor of swimming,” who adver- tises to teach the art in six lessons, was res- cued from drowning at a seaside resort a few days ago. It is supposed he got beyond his depth. 1n order to meet the wantsof callow youths who seek nutriment from the handles of their walking-sticks, It is recommended that dudes this summer shall carry sugar-canes or sticks of candy. “The Boston bicyelist never takes a head- er,” says the Transeript. But if asked if he ever wi projected from the periphery of his circular steed,” a gleam of intelligence overspreads his face. In a moment of extreme confusion. just after he got well to sea Chauncey M. Depew cried out to an imaginary audience, *‘Gentle- men, you ask too mueh,1 declare 1 exhausted myself ten minutes ago. Professor in physics (explaining a compli- cated achine to the students)—Please ob- serve that the slender rod passes over to the second or smaller wheel, etc.; while this [turning vigorously] is the crank that sets the whole in motion! [Laughter from the students.] — MPIETIES. A hypoerite is a man who tries to be pious and can’t, with a preponderance of *‘ean’t.’” Mr. Talmage says the peorle wno go to heaven will have lots to do there. This lets out the anarchists. ‘The Salt Lake Tribune calls the Mormon elders “the holy beasthood.” Nobody seems inclined to offer an amendment. It goes. 'The Archbishop of Cologne has excommu- nicated two men for dueling. Good for Co- logne! There's scents even in her bishop. Sunday-school scholar to teacher—Did you say the hairs of my head are numbered? Teacher—Yes, my dear. Sunday-school scholar—Well, then (pulling out a hair and presenting it), what’s the num- ber of this one? “You ought to he ashamed to lend money at9 per cent.” ‘‘Where's the harm?”’ “It 18 a usurlous rate, and if, as it seems, you do not fear p\m(u'hmum in this world, think of what you might «}pect from on high.” 2;[‘]1.!; sall right, The ¥ looks like a 6 from ere,” When Keitt, of Suuth Carolina, was once eulogizing the Institution of slavery, and talking about a plous deacon on his own plantation, Thad Stevens grimly inquired what the price of deacons was4n the Orange- burg distriet of South Carolina, and whetn er a negro would bring any more on the auction block because he was ‘a deacon? When the invading rebels burned his iron foundry near Gettysburg during their raid into Penn- sylvania ‘he axpmsqag "f'“ that Lee did not order the burning of his labilities at the same time. And the ruling passion was strong in death, for when his doctor said one day during his last sickness: ‘‘Mr. Suvannx I think your appearance is better to-day!” old Thad dryly responded: *“It isn’t ny appearance that troubles me, doctor, but iy disappearance.” Mary Anderson has postponed for still another season her retarn to the United States. She will make ber re-entrance on the Londou stage at the Lyceum theatre, on September 5, pl .F“' Hermione and terdita in “A Winter's Tale.” 'The main feature of 0 caste will be as follow: .eontes, Mr. ‘orbes-Robertson or Mr. Willard ; Polixenes, Alr. Mackling Autolycu: + Arthur Stir- %nfi; Antigonus, a‘i.!“\?.?fi Aopsa, -Miss bury. SUNDAY. AUGUST 14. 18857.—TWELVE PAG QUITE THOROUGHLY HARRIED: TwoMinisters Officiate At the Wedding of & Young Oouple. HOW CONKEY JOE WAS MARRIED, To An Absent Wife—Young Married Women—An Unusual Occure rence—The Chinaman's Bride, Quite Thoroughly Married. Chicago Tribune: There was a wed- ding in Wisconsin last week, Weddings in Wisconsin are not infrequent,* but there was that about this particulur link- ing of two young lives with their accom panying portion of this world's goods, that served to make 1t rather peculiar. The groom, in anticipation of the happy event, hud written some time previously to his father, a venerable down east min- ister of Mr. Wesley's church, inviting him to come out and perform the cere- mony. While as yet his coming was un- certain the parents of the bride entered into negotiations with their home clergy- man—a gentleman of the Universalist faith—who readily consented to do the joiner work, and, as it seems, forthwith considered himself engaged. In the full- ness of the time the good Methodist brother announced his intention to be on hand, and on hand he was the day before the wedding was to take place. Half an hour later it became unpleasantly ap- parent that so far as the ofliciating clergymen were concerned here was in- deed an embarrassment of riches. The resul, was that the Methodist brother called upon the Universalist brother, ex- vressed the natural desire of the parental heart to officiate at the marriage of his own son, and ventured to hint that the latitudinarian brother give way. Wheth- er 1t was a question of pride or the pros- pective fee muy never be known, but the Universalist brother not only stood upon his rigfihts, but by his learned expo- sition of the Visconsin marriage law made it a8 plain as the way to a parish church, thatif a clergyman purposes to join two people in the bonds of matri- mony in the Badger state he must be pre- pared to show by indubitable testimony that he is a regularly ordained minister of the gospel. Now, while the od Metuodist brother's wife packed about everything else into hier spouse’s valise that could by any possibility minister to his comfort,she had forgotten his creden- tials. Thdy were at home and here he was in Wisconsin, A ray of light pierced the gloora, how- ever, when it was subsequently discov- ered that in the absence of the creden- tials themselves a minister may act if he can succeed in persuading the county by another evidence properly recorded that he is a bona fide, regularly ordained cler- gvman. The groom and one other, be- sides the Methodist brother himself, were quite ready to make attidavit to such a state of cts, and after much tele- graphin back and forth and a'’ might ride over the county seaf, all legal obstructions were brushed away, peace spread her wings, and the Methodist brother, in the goodness of his heart, actually offered to let his late an- tagonist officiate with him on the basis of an even divide. The offer was accepted. the allotted parts carefully marked an *‘cues’ agreed upon, and all promised to go off with the regularity of a new $4 alarm clock. But 1t didn’t, The Universalist brother, upon whom devolved the preliminary portion of the ceremony, was apparently minded, like Mr. Tennyson’s brook, to go on forever. Instead” of obeying the Snakesperian injunction regarding gther clowns, to ““speak no more than 18 set down for them,’” he notonly went through hisown part of the ceremony, but made a generous incursion upon “the other’s. When at last he tinally did let go, 1t puz- zledthe Methodist brother, as it might well have Imzzlod any one else, to know what was left outside of the benediction, Butt the follower of Mr. Wesley proved equdl to the occasion. With a neatly worked introduction and a regret at what might seem to be a repetition of sorue things that had already been said, he calmly and reverently proceeded to marry the young couple over again. 1t is doubtful whether a couple has ever been so thoroughly married in Wiscon- sin or elsewhere for many moons. An Unusual Occurrence. Chicago Mail: It isn't often thata newspaper worker marries rich. So rarely, indeed, does this happen, that whenever one of the guild does ally him- self with money, the fact is the gossip, to the exclusion of everything else, amon, his feilows. Itis the sober opinion o the most conservative men 1n that very conservative town, Evanston, that old George Watson, whose very charming dn‘xlg hter Slason Thompson has just mar- ried, is worth not less than $1,000,000. There are three . children, which will make the bride rank some day not less $550,000. This can be asserted with just as much positiveness as if the lady had the money in hand, for Mr. Watson is a cureful old Canadian, whose fortune has never been known to retrograde. He was for years the managing director of the very rich bank of Montreal n this city. The groom, Slason Thompson, is a well bred and good looking Canadian, who began his work on the coast an came here as the . representative of the Associated Pross. He was one of that group of bright, active fellows who started the Heruld with such a whirl, For a year or more he has been on the News. One of the wedding presents was an clegant brown stone front in the most attractive part of the north side. The Chinaman's Bride, Narragansett correspondence Provi- dence Journal: If notoriety brings misery poor Yan Phon Lee and Mrs. Y. P. Lee, who are at the Fower Hill house, must be naving a wretched honeymoon, for when- ever they take their daily walks abroad they are gazed at by hundreds of curious eyes. Unlike the ordinary bridegroom, who is eclipsed by the halo surrounding his heart's choice, Yan, for so one must suppose his Chinese mamma called him in infantile days, gets the greater share of comment and attention: His early history he has sent broadcast 1n his little book, *When I Was a Boy in_China.” He coroes from a noble lumilly in Frag- rant hills, and was one of the Chinese youths sent to have an American educa- tion. In 1880, while in his freshman's year at Yale, he was recalled to China through some misrepresentation, but ran away soon after and re-entered the col- lege. He graduated the present year with the highest honors, and President Dwight, whose protege he is said to be, speaks very highly of him. Several lec- tures on China have been delivered by him, and he has written much, his style being terse and clear. Mrs. Yan Phon Lee is young, but not remarkably pretty. She isvery dark,but has olue eyes, regular features, and dark brown hair. She was much admired 1 New Haven, and although the good- looking Mongolian was a frequent caller her marriage was a complete surprise. Her wedding dress was of white satin, trimmed profusely with real duchesse lace and ornamented with orange blos- soms. Miss KElizabeth Maude Jerome, that was, 18 an_heiress of twenty-four, nd has a nice little army of tive zeroes captained by a large-sized digit. The oung couple first met at a raception in ihr ford, "before Mr. was called back to his native land, and the sequel shows that the impression then made was strong enough to cause & sacrifice of country and cue, and Phon Lee provea that Romeo dwells in China as well as elsewhere. Married a Chinaman, A special dispatch from New York, Jul{sfl says: Rebgious society on the Hill in Brooklyn was shocked this after- noon when the news of the marriage of Miss Henrietta Alton Hill to Rev. Joseph M. Singleton, the Chinese evangelist whose proper name is Ju .\‘mg. was cir- culated, Miss Hill was well known as one of the brl{lzh(elt young women con- nected with the Central Congregational church on Hancock street, near Franklin avenue. Ju Sinr obtained his first les- sons in christianity in this church, and there became ncquainted with the Rov, E. A. Murray, now pastor of the Second Reformed Dutet: church of Jersey City. When Sing and Miss Hill decided to got married they consulted the Rev. Mr. Murray,and on Friday evening they were marricd at the parsonage in Jersey City. There were but a few friends of both parties present, among them the Rev. Hui Kui, of Philadelphia. The bride. groom 18 a rather good-looking man of twenty-seven years. Through lus efforts those of his Wite and of Miss Isabell Shirley, one of the largest Chinese mis- sions in the country has been built up in connection with the Central Congre, tional churches. Sing took an active Y““ in the work of the city Mission and Bible society, the Young Men's Christian association and union, religious socicties earried on for the benefit of the heathen. His wife is a daughter of Captain_Hill, of the Florida line of steamers Mem- bers of the church have noticed that the young Chinaman and Miss Hill were very intimate, but his intimate friends never suspected that matrimony would be the outcome. It is understood that Mrs. Singleton’s friends in the church disapprove of her action. She is six years older than her husband. High Life in Dakota. Dakota Sunflower: Among the pres- ents received by the young people were the following: From groom to bride, one bull pup,one yaller dog, pair of water spaniels, and a pure meerschaum pipe with tobacco. From bride to groom, one good shot- un, one bowie-knife, rifle, and three dogs. ‘'rom parents of bridegroom,one fiddle, one banjo, spottea pup, and six pounds of tobacco. From the Shotgnn club, of -which the youngcouple were members,one Englhsh mastiff, and a pair of silver-mounted pistols. It is scldom that a young couple start out 1n life so well equipped for perfect happiness, and Jock and Jule have the best wishes .of this oftice. Death and Marriage Superstitions. Cincinnati Enquirer: The bride must keep the pins which fastened her wed- ding dress. “T'wice & bridesmaid, never a bride,"’ 18 & proverb that needs no comment. Marry at the time of the moon’s waning and your good luck will wane also. If two marriages are celebrated simul- tanecously one of the husbands will die Fairor foul weather upou one’s wed day augurs a happy or unhappy mnrrieg_ life, If a girl that1s engaged accidentally lets a knife fall, it is a sign that her lover 18 coming. The girl who steps, accidentally or otherwise, on a cat's tail need not expect to be married the same year. The husband must never take off the wedding ring; to take it off will insure him bad luck of some kind. CONNUBIALITIES. Never marry a girl who refuses to eut corn {m?l‘ a cob; ten to one she has got store eeth, Love may make a coward of almost any man, It love doesn’t, marriage is pretty sure to. An expert clergyman at marrying could n:ake about four knots an hour with favor- able wind. An average citizen never feels the need of a coat-of-arms except when his wife sends him out to buy *‘one or two little things.” The truly bhelpful wife is the one who always returns her husband’s pencil when nht rrows it. She has not been born yel A man recently astonished his wife by com- ing home with two black eye “What have you been doing?”’ she said, “‘Getting a pair of socks,” he replied. “Why, how are you, Phil! Glad to see you in town. Where are you putting up.” “With my wife, of course; and 1 have a good deal to put up with you can bet.” Donot marry tor riches, my son, but re- member that the husband of an heiress is scldom obliged to get up at5 o’clock in the morning and build the fire. (iucsl—\Vhf is itthat Mr. and Mrs. Spooner are never invited anvwhere since their mar- riage? Hostess—Oh, they’re sobound up in each other that we have come to the conclu- sion they had better be shelved. Miss Boilleau, granddaughter of Thomas H. Benton, was recently married in Pisa to Captain Vidal, of the French army. The bride looked very lovely,and her toilet of point lace was deservedly admired. Time, 8a. m. Mis, Jollybo; 'Where on earth have you been?’ Mr, J.—* tell a lie, ['vebeen at m’oflish.” “That's whero we differ. T can tell o lie— when I hear ong,” (Cruel silence, during which somethiug is heard to drop.) “'Say,” sald Berkey to his wife yesterday at dinner, “you didn’t say anything'to any one about what I was telling you night before last, did you? That's a secret.” “A secret, Why, [ didn’t know it was a sécret,” she re- lied kind of regretfully, = “Well, did you ell 1t? 1 want to know.” “Why, no, [ never thouznt of it since. Ididn’t know it was a secret.” e RELIGIOUS, The Rev. Dr. Storrs is rl\]!ldlj’ gaining health and strength in the Aditondacks. ‘The English church congress is to be held this year at Wolverhampton, and will meet in October. ‘The monks of St. Bernard have brought the telephone into their service of mercy. The famous hospice is now in telephonic commugication with several surrounding vil- lages ahd cantons. rial toilet has been placed in St. Kpiscopai chu Elberon, N.J., In memory of General Grant. Among the do- nors are Mr. G, W. Childs, Mr. A. J. Drexel, Robert C. Winthrop and others. Arrangements Lave been made for the celebration of the Colonial Episcopal centen- nial on the 12th inst. The archbishop of Canterbury has sanctioned a thanksgiving collect, with the psalms and sermons to be used on the oceasion. The Rev. K. V. Boursand, S. J., for the past three years president of Boston college, left last week for Rome, where ne Wwill as- gume the oftice of gfl:mnry for American and English affairs to the general of his society, the Very 1tev. Father Anderledy. The Rev. Fathes Belanger, who has been a director of the deaf and dumb institute in Montreal for the past thirty years, I8 coming to New York at the invitation ot Arehbishop Corrigan, to take charco of the Catholic asylum for deaf mutes in this dloc ‘The Unitarians appear to bein earnest about their proposed missionary advance on Japan, Rey. Arthur May Knapp, late of Watertown, has definitely determined to take advantage of the opportunity which seems to us open for him in Japan, andto go as the bearer of messages of kood-will fromn the Unitarians of America to the veople of that country. A peculiar custom which obtains amon the Moravians, says a writer in the Overland Monthly, may not be generally know At thelr head-quarters in Germany a lis kept ef ladies who are ready to become mission- aries’ wives at a moment's notice; one of the elect writes home for a wife, and the tirst on the list s sent,without regard toage or appe ance, as the members ot the body are not ai- lowed to express their wishes in this respect. Some baptists in Jennings county, In- diana, awhile azo commenced to build a church and stopped on a large beam which they found no means of raising to its plnce, nllhuuqn they often consulted overit. =~ One night the beam was raised to its place, but noone knew how or by whom. here was. nolight on the subject, 1t was pronounced a miracle. After that everything went eal and money was plenty te comnplel church, which was named “Christ’s own.' Some throe weeks ago Mr. Spurgeon w! pn-ncnlvm In Kssex, his native countv, whe uvailed himself of the opportunity of visitin the scenes of his boyhood. He “yisited rbor which stood in what was his kran ther's manse, where, as he told the congres gation at the close of the morning service, he met the missionar; 0 predisted that he would occupy Rowlan “\‘llvl The mis¢. sionary eave him sixpen learn the hym “God moves in & mysterious way, etc.,” an mnde him promise ihat when ho preached i Rowland’s chapel he would have that hym! sung. In course of time he was privileges to preach in Surrey chapel,the scene of Row: land Hill’s triumphs, and At Rowlan: Hill’s chureh, at Wotton-un: ge, and onl each occasion the hymn selected by the mise slonary was sung. —~~— i MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO. Joe Emmet is sobering up for the fall ca g0, Lillian Oleott has a new play for the co! Ing season. John Howson has been engaged for Lottas company for next season. l‘ Another version of Haggard's “She” about to be placed before theatergoers. Bernhardt, is having her jubilee season-s the reccipts of her London engazemenf averaging $2,500 a night. Frederic De Belleville has been m{(nffll [} play the leading male role in Admiral Pots ter's “Allan Dare.” Minnie Palmer will be seen in easterd theatres next fall playing in Fred Marsden’d comedy, “The Stepmother.” Mrs. l.nnfilry has abandoned her idea of doing Shal ospeare’s “‘Antony and Clege patra”’ spectacularly this season Gus Philips (Ootty Gooft) will return the stage next season, playing his old part o Snorkey in “Under the Gaslight.” Salsburys Troubadours will confine themd selves next season to the *Humuing Bird,” & farce comedy from a Germarsource. ““T'he Marquis’ will succeed “Erminie” af the New York Casino on September 17, Th “Erminie’’ company will go on the road. Sarah Bernhardt left Paris III':\\'ilf’ injdebt) She has called a meeting of her creditors an will settle her bills before apBearing in Sare dou’s new play. Ed Harrigan, it !s sald, will lay the scen of the play on which he is at prcsent engage in the south, and the work will be ambitiol and consistent. “Lohengrin,” which had to bs withdrawm in Paris on account of the demonstration of acrowd of ragmufting, s to be given nex winter in Lyons and Marseilles. ) Edcuard Audran, compo:er of the ‘“Mage cotte,” is hard_at work on a new hnuslcl‘ opera called ‘‘Mohammed’s Paradise,” whi will shortly be produced at Brussels. Mme. Janauschek s sl)emllug the season at Newport. She takes long rambles in & blue flannel tailor-made dress and ugly, buf comfortable, English walking shoes. Forty thousand people are classed af American actors. Their uverage pay $1,000 & year. Considering the average qui ity of the acting this is exorbitant pay. \ Mrs. Dion Boucicault and her son Aubr«‘ will begin their season at St. Paul on Augusf 8,in * lx{ Geraldine,” under the maniga¥ ment of Messrs. Hamilton and Rogers. Of the four Paris theatres that are subsp aized by the government only two are pro perous. 'The Grand opera house for the las| six months has rolled up a deticit of &30, Tony Hart Is suffering from paresis, an there is a report that he has been contined | the Bloomingdale asylum for the insan Worry and overwork are said to have caus Hart’s mental overthrow. ! It is believed that when the next mnmo-: season opens high hats will be worn at the play or opera only by ladiee of twenty-n' or over. All under that age will wear pret little bonnets or low-crowned hats. Robert N. Dunbar, the popular high barls tone, will probably sing tenor roles next year with Colonel Foster's Boston ldeals. tenor roles ot modern lyric opera lie easily within the range of Mr. Dunbar’s voice, It s uxpected that about 2,000 people will witness the performance of *“‘As Yow Like It” at Manchester-by.the-Sea. Theé' audience will be seated on the lawn and the performance will be given In the open aira Miss F. Louise Shepard, the young Amerl« can soprano, who has been studying the direction of Mme. de Lagrange for some months past, has just accepted an advants lmnlanns engagement for a season of opera in taly. A. M. Paliner will send two “Jim the Pent man” companies on the road next season! One headed by Ads Dyas, will open its sea- son at the Grand opera house on Septembel 1, while the other, with May Brcoklyn, wil begin its season in New Enzland about October 1, Some unusual accessories will mark the production of “A Dark Secret” at the Walf nut street (Philadelphia) theater on Satur- day, September 3. ‘The oarsmen Teemer and Hosmer are to appear in the Henley res gatta scene, and a steam launch will'also figure in it. ¥ Messrs. Robson and Crane, who are sume mering at Cohasset, will soon return to Nuw York to bezin rehearsing Bronson unwanl‘g new fouract comedy, ‘“The Henrietta,’ with which they will open the season at the Union Square theatre on September 26)° Great hopes are expressed for the play. Mr. Carl Strakosch Is the manager of the Clara Louis Kullo&;z Concert and Opera com-* pany for the ensuing season, he vocalists, vesides Miss Kellogg, are Miss Carrie Morsey contralto; Mr, Carlo Spigaroli, tenor, and Mr, William H. Lee, baritoge. Mr. Charles E, Pratt is to be the conductor. The company will, besides giving their conce:t pleces, ap= pear in costume in selections from the operag of 'rovatore,” “Favorita,” *“‘Rigoletto,’? and “Faust.” —_—— A STRANGE CASE. A Cataleptic Recovering from a Seven Months' Trance. Johet Dispatch to St. Louis Globe-Demse ocrat: The case of Mrs. John Herbert, acataleptic of seven montns’ Atandingil’ this place, and which has been noted in the Globe-Democrat from time to time} has come to bo the most noted case on! record. For five months Mrs, Herbert: lay in a slecp porlec‘:‘l’y helpless, eatingy nothing butliquid food, which was lureefi‘ down the throat, never opening the eyes or apparently moving a muslo. Her case attracted the attention of Dry Romain J. Curtiss, surgeon in general of St. Joseph's hospital, who had her re- moved to the institution over which he presides. He began a treatment of elec- tric baths, and the sleeping ocataleptid steadily gained i flesh and strength, bit not mentally. She had been reduced to almost a skeleton, ‘The Globe-Democrat correspondent visited her to-day at the hospital and found her slowly improving. She rised up, sits down, and wa'ks obedie: will of Dr. Curtiss, but her eyes rewain closed and she does not utter a word, She 18 like a silent ghost. Whiie Dr. Curtiss was experimenting with her and compelling her, like an automaton, to obey his will, he gave the following states ment, illustrating it with the patient. Dr, Curtiss said: “The patient is certainly one of the most notable cataleptics history records. She is improving under treatment here, Her condition, however, is sull catalep- tie. She has gained strength, and walks about going whichever way she 15 leds When walking a shight pull or touch on her clothing or person will turn her course, She walks automatically when told to walk, and sits down when told to do so, or when directed by pulling on her clothing. ‘Lhe cataleptic tly a mind-reader of the most cxeeilent tyve, for she follows her ‘leader with great skill. The touch of a feather on her cheek or clothiug or person, and even unconscious inclinations on the part of the people around her, will alter her course when she 18 walking.'' During the past week the cataleptio has bezun to show signs of intelligence in he lition, She has heen detected opening her eyes and taking a sly look around her, and has been to smile at a good story, She also nifests an aversion to her dose of cod iiver oil, and when the oil is brought near she turng away with an expression of disgust, W hen the eataleptic was taken to- tha hospital she was so emaciated that hew death was daily expected, but undef skiliful treatment she has gained s0 thay her recovery is now lioped 1ot .