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s - oy ‘AM“&“ U M Y R A ness to a city lot and prospered. He did not object to any k|nd|::! houest peddling. The pack on his shoulders became s ent—his lares and penates, from insigni- ficant towns abrond. These soon [ose their interest and importance as he ac- STRUGGLEOF A WORTIY RACE money-bag 1n after years of honorable ir ralth and A i Iture. The Oross and Grown of the Jewlah People— | toil. By thrift and entorbrise the modest | ‘Lhe. second generation " soaards. thom Factors of Religion and Trade. clerk grew into the merchant of 1mport- | with coldness; the third is almost ignor- l:n.l"l‘r': l‘zwr w:fleh hu‘ fnl‘credhna a nn; of their meaning. a 1bes him to a seat in its cham- The past few decades have witness THE HEBREW IN AMERICA. Eer of commerce. Dissutisfied with the | rapid clmngea: l;(. A::oric::: -l::d:m‘::. limited fieid in the west, he drifts towards the east ugain, and soon swells the list of New York's millionmires. The qualities which made him successful were not peculiar to the Hebrew. - The same story is generally repeated in each instance of There has been a rattling of old armor, and lfiofld deal of uncient scaffoldin, has fallen to pieces. The essentials of Judaism, however, are still untouched; upon the whole, there is a more intell- gent spirit manifested than ever before. Early Plonecrs—Jewish Population— Relation of Church and Syna- gogue—Liberal Jows—The Promising Out Look. arise from lowly beginnings to local or Nuturally the Hebrew is intluenced b, "‘,l'.':""l fame. : prevalent tendencies of the age, and his By Dr. A. S, Isades in American Magazine, 6 prominence of the German ele- | spokesmen in pulpit, vlatform and press ment in American Judaism was main- tained by the settlement of German rab- bis of ° established reputation, who preached in German, which became the language of the synagogue. The last de- cnde, however, has witnessed a general call for sermons in English, even for what were deemed German congrega- tions. The younger generation is Amer- ican to the core; and it is hardly possible that the German influence will {e 80 par- amount that the general public will here- after assume every Jew to be a Germun and every German a Jew., For some years before 1883 there had been a gradua! increase in the number of Russian Jews. The persecutions in that year caused a startling exodus, and since that date there has been a steady tlow from the lands of the Czar, as well as from Roumania and Hungary, to the ex- tent of about 156,000 yearly. Attempts have been made to begin agricultural WOrk for the ncwcomers; few of the colo- nies started prove successful, because the scttlers are usually handicappved by want of means and the requisite prepara- tory knowled When the proper agen- cies have been established to divert the stream of immigrants from the large cities, and organize on a systematic plan agricaltural schools and colonies, a powerful impetus will be given to Jewish develonment. The UROWTIT OF AMERICAN JUDAISM is not to be measured by me The stately synugogues in the chief cities, that vie with the places of worship of other crgeds; the institutions for charity and education,orphan asylums, hospitals, homes for the aged, industrial schools, tell of a genuine growth. New York Judaism can boastof a chain of institu- tions second to none in the world—the Mount Sinai hospital, the Hebrew orphan asylum, on a commanding height over- looking the Hudson; the Monteliore home for incurables, thc home for aged, the united Hebrew charities, the Hebrew techinical institute, the Heb: free school, with 2.500 children in 1ts classes, industrial normal and kindergarten. . The Mount Sinia hospital 13 unsectar- ian; the Montefiore home, when its new edifice is erected, willndmita percentage of non-lIsraelites. In the success of the Hebrew technical institute, where one hundred boys of ncedy parents are taught the science of eye and hand, and graduated as skilled artisans, the new education is recogmzed. Philadelphia Isreal can point to a goodly number of well equipped institiutions. Chicago has its Michael Reese hospital; Cleveland, its orphan asylum and home tor the aged; New Orleans, its widows' and orphans’ home; San Francisco, its orphan asylum; Baltimore, its Jewish hospital; Cincinnati has its Hebrew union college, whose graduates fill positions of trust through- out the country. The attractive home for the aged at Yonkers is public testimony to the bene- volent workings of the order of Benai Berith. The Aguilar free library 1s a re- cent addition to the charities of New York, owing to iws_inception to Jewish young men. The Maimonides librnrg, under the auspices of the Benai Berith, of New York, will challenge comparison can be as liberal and defiant as their com- petitors. Uccasionally, 1t must be con- lessed, these utterancos lack insight and spiritual grasp, for which no nrodlfinmy of liberalism will atone. They hover dangerously near the chasm of agnostic- ism, and would resolve Judaism into a flabby and nerveless morality, without history, prophecy, law, or a lawmnaker, Such men are but apostles of reaction-= their extreme radicalism soon evaporates. Une feature that illustrates GENUINE PROGRESS cannot ho omitted. It is the kindly relations which exist between church and synagogue. In crossing the Atlan. tic a” few years ago, I had a Uatho. lic priest as companion. ‘We chatted often about our respective religions and showed the best points of each. On part- ing I said to bim, “I shall certainly never decry the Catholic; do you think kindly of the Jew as well.” It is icter- course alone which promotes the genial temper. If the chief rabbi had invited Torquemada to a game of whist, there might have been no expulsion of the Jews from Spain. The fact, then, that here 1n America, Christian and Jewish ministers frequently interchange pulpits indicates the American intluence. When an Episcopal church in this city was burnt, the Temple Emanual was tendered for the use of the congregation. The offer was accepted, and n a Sunday was presented the novel sight of the Rev. Arthur Brooks' church-members wor- shipping in the temple above, while, 1n o school rooms below, the religious ses of Dr. Gottheil's temple were re- ceiving their usual instruction. When the Cincinnati university was partly de- stroyed by fire, the Hebrew Union col- lege was ed at the disposal of the faculty and students. Frequent instances have ~occurred of synagogues being offered to Christian socicties that were unable to worship in their own edifices. Upon Thanksgiving day, Christinn preachers are often invited to occupy the synagogue pulpit—a joint service of Jew, Protestant and’ Catholic was held a few years ago in a western town on such a holiday. There seems to be a special sympathy shown the Unitarians on the part of progressive Israclites, and rabbis 1n their individual capacity have attend- ed meetings of the Free Religious asso- ciation and love-feasts of the Unitarians, America is affording a broander field for the fellowship of sects than human- ity has’ yet witnessed. The lsraelite shares in the good work; his_pulse1s uickened by the atmosphere. I believe that here it is the spiritual, not the ma- terialistic, forces which are the more powerful. Brain, not steel, spanned the Enst river with the Brooklyn bridge. Under these continued influences, Juda- ism is likely to attain a breadth and strength hitherto unknown. It will make progress as a religion of humanity for humanity. ts texts: ‘‘Love thy neighbor as thyself,” “Love ye the stranger,” cannot be outgrown. And the Jew, 1t he be true to himself, his faith and his history, will prove as posverful a factor in the world of American religion as he has become in the world of Amer:- can trade. The traveler abroad who is at all fam- iliar with history will find sad associa- tions connected with the Jews through- out Europe. There is scarcely a city of note in which in olden days they were not expelled, after being first plundered and outraged; hardly a king or prince of any prominence - who regarded ‘‘his Jews” in any other light than that of his chattel; not & land whose statute books did not nbound with the cruclest and most odious discriminations against the Jewish people. The medimval atmosphere—it would almost appear, judging from Russia and Roumania, that the dark ages have not wholly passed—has left its impress upon the Jew and his surroundings. Up to recent decades, proscribed as an alien and restricted in his choice of trade and profession save at the cost of his tradi- tional faith, the amount of social and political disability he hos had to endure has not paralyzed his energy, 1t is true, but has checked his development to a large degree. The new light that has dawned after a century of patient wait- ing gives him more hope, even in lands where his fathers were religiously tapped by rulers and statesmen to provide coin for the realm. But the possession of equal rights can- not make him forget the past. The little cemetery, often within the heart of a German town, which contains the ro- mains of his martyred sires; the old syn- agogue. with its low windows and quaint architecture, that served us fortress as well as house of worship when the mob stormed at its gates; the hymns recited on certain occasions, which were written in those centuries of martyrdom—these recall the past, if every musty chronicle with its fatal records of crine against his race were blotted from existence. He knows that only a few centuries ago the bell that strikes the hour from the Dom was the signal for onslaught. The stream flowing so smoothly, the sloping hills, the peaceful valley, each had a ditferent tale to tell when the Jew was hunted from towa to town. And the ivy-clad tle, so picturesque in the moonlight — h seems to breathe of love and ro- mance—ah! it sounds a harsher note to those who know the practices of ‘‘robber barona” and their associates, when the Jewish home and private sanetity were never secure from kmightly violence. THE JEW IN AMERICA has a different environment. He looks ahead and around; he cannot look back. ‘T'hero is little Jewish history to record in connection with Hebrews in the United States. A few months ago the suggestion was made that American lsraclities com- meomorate the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of America by publishing o memorial history of the Jews of Amer- ica, It was favorably commented on at the time; and may be undertaken in ear- nest; but such a history will be incom- parably tame—it will be but a record of the settloments in the different colonies e 1L rivate | With libraries older and better endowed. T TR L’;‘:‘E‘;;‘r’xwlfievvflfim'fi'efdg."ft‘ Wil b | _ Jewish young men ate on the teaching IMELIETLIES. uneventful, spiritless, uninteresting— | staff of John' Hopkins university, the | eschar—My dear littlo fellow, why was contrasted with the history of the Jews | university of Penusylvania, Columbia | the Sabbath day instituted? Boy—To give pa in & German principality, which can | college, New York university, tho Col- | a enance to change hic shirt. lege of New York, and other institutions of learning throughout the country. In literature, it must frankly be con- fessed, the growth has not been satisfac- tory. Attempts have becn made to de- velop a higher taste, but they wore spora- dic. 'There exists no publication society, but few weeklies of any literary merit, no general magazine or quarterly of wide circulation. It is likely within the next few years, now that there are several American-trained young men in univer- sity positions, there will be a revival in this tield. Among the rabbis in America, too, are men of recognized ability, who are abundantly equipped to appear more often in prmt. ithin the past two {‘enrs, the published works of the Rev. r. Jastrow (Talmudic Dictlonn:‘y) the Rev. Dr. 5zold (Book of Job), an Prof. Dr. Mielziner (Jewish Marriage Laws), have been tavorably noticed in the press. 1t is not to be denied that the rapid in- crease in tho Jewish population has its dangers. The diverse elements—partic- ularly the infusion of emigrants fresh from Kuropean bondage—add to the difliculty ot the situation. So heteroge- neous is the population, Kunglish, Ger- man, Dutch, Russian. Roumanion, Hun- point to the stake, the cell, the harsh statute, the sentence of banishment. The American record will be but a chain of successive emigrations from the West Indies, and from Enflnnd Holland, and other nations of the Old World. It will tell of the gradual growth of the commu- nity with that of its adopted country. It will reveal no peculiar features; its sta- tistics will keep gnm with those of other denominations, Catholic and Protestant, that flourish on the American soil. At the first glance, then, the history of the Jews in America is disappointing. There is not 1: single massacre to recount; not one instance of Jews being led to the stake on the charge of nlmxnwrln‘g Christian children for Passover, no di- verting incidents like Jews having their teeth pulled out to gratify a president, or their scrolls of the law burnt, or their synagogues despoiled, or an entire con- regation being ordered to dance to aenh, a8 happened at peaceful Nordhau- sen only a few hundred years ago. What an absurd state of affairs for an amateur historian! How can he describe the sub- ject with any pretence to dignity! Where are his flowing veriods, his wealth of il- lustrations, his historic parallels, his pen ‘The following advertisement appeared re- cently in a Liverpool daily paper: “A lady who loves Christ wishes to meeta gentleman who loves him, too.” ‘“Johnny, my son, do you know you broke the Sabbath,” said Johnny’s manima, sadly. *“Chank heaven!” retorted Johnny, vehe- mently. “Why, John, whatdo vou mean?” “1’'m elad the old thing is broke; I aon’t hke the Sabbath.” “L ain't afraid of lightninz any more. God sends the lightning, and God wouldn’t hurt mezhe only sends 1t to take away the bad air.’, The little one’s brother who " was of a oractical turn ot mind, remarked, T want ou to understand that God is pretty care- less sometimeas,” “You were quite attentive to the sermon this morning, husband dear.” *Quite so, yes.” “Which part of the discourse did you think reflected the most human nature?’ “The sotto voce part. by all means,” “What part was that?”’ “Why, the part where he said ‘Darn that fly.’” “Grandpa,” said a little Harlem boy. look ing up from his Sunday school lesson, * what- are the wages of sin?” ““The wages of sin in these days,” replied the old man earnestly “depend upon circumstances and man’s op- portunities and business capacity. But they run up in to the thousands, my boy—run up Into the thousands.” *Do you swear?’ asked a ministerial look- pictures of noted men, his sketches of | garian, etc., that the production of an | ing man of asailor on the dock. “Partly stirring events, wreathedin battlesmoke? | American tvpe seems retarded. But I | often,” was the mflf' “llrl|'|’k‘." (et The real growth of the Jews in the | hardly think that xw.h I a{:"dry,oncl_nnwmlla. “&il\mnlral Urited States is of recent date. The THE JEWISH OUTLOOK dloes ..g,h;’w’;g.t_’,‘,u‘;.;',"um;;,,;;(,{‘,,,‘?;V_ German revolution of 18430 was the | js less hopeful than that of the conn- mate, aln't you gettin’ kind'r cur’ous swer me that: do you chew tobacco?” ““W; yes, I do.” “*Gimme a chew, will you?”’ ‘Tom a chit of four summers, was anxious for a baby brother. His father, a minister. had t him that it was his dnty to pray for what he wanted. Going to his father with a very sober face, he said: *‘Papa, do ¥0|I suppose if I prayed to God right along hat He would send me a baby brother?” “Perhaps 80,” said pavba, ‘but why do vou ask?’ *'Oh, because,” replied he, “I have been praying off and on this good while and it don’t seem to do any good.” A clerzyman sought to lead a congregation of children to see that the wearing of a uni- form was a mark of distinetion, making the individual easily recoznized, and involving ‘An- pivotal point—almost contemporaneous 5 with the Irsh famine of 1846-7, which landed hundreds of thousands of Irish immigrants on theseshores. In the Ger- man [andslide to America, the Hebrew shared, and soon those of German nation- ality outnumbered the small but select ndy of coreligionists who could point with purdonable pride to a family resi- dence here of nearly two centuries, The orufilnnl Jowish settlers belonged to the Bephardic branch, of Spanish and Portu- guese lineage, They rapidly American- 1zed themselves in “manners, dress and character, while remaiming inflexible in their attachment to the traditional forms try in _general under the play of simllar conditions. ‘The children of the immi- rant soon become Americanized. There 18 now a large contingent of American- born Hebrews who will maintain their preponderance, and adually form a homogeneous mass. ainst them the tide of foreign immigration will strike in vain. The period of American suprem- acy has begun, and it is not too soon. Time was when the Israelite was ex- clusively associated with certain trades. Oppressive laws had restrictea him in his choice of occupation. He could not own land or enter the professions. The ) g charge, then, that the Jews are traders | responsibilities. *You ses a man walkin, :nllkusnxu:_nl lll“:l);"\t OKHE.-“E“"{ their | rather than producers is not without its | very erect, dressed in a red and ¢reen conte ) '“; BOKITE P8 LA b A0 l‘“" basis of truth, Happily the reproach is | who is he?” “A soldier, sir.” “Right. You m;:iio:::mwm som at by localre- | yoin g rolled away in America and in all | See a man wearing a sort of heimet, and Flourishing communities lands where emancipation prevais. In dressed in blue—who is he”’ “A policeman, sprang up in the south and east—New o oV sir.” “Right again.”” 'Then the preacher ork, Savannab, Nowport, Philadelphin, | S4F W country the Jew follows ovory | briced limielf URto skeloh w parion. ¥ ou Richmond, Charleston can’ point to their }m 18 manufacturer, farmer, mechanic, see a man dres: n & black coat and wear- old congregations. ef Justice C. P. ing a stiff white collar—who is he®’ ~ “A 5 4 b lawyer, scientist, painter, college pro- | masher, sir,” was the triumphant rejoinder, R;Hrh": ".‘.’fx“:‘z‘a: nl:“;“g:r{h‘lh tp‘l’l?i‘t':x;g fessor, physician, engraver, civil engi- | White in Val Verde county, Tex., in the lbmmdifig in interesting information, | NeCF 8rcl itect, inventor, His powers | summer of 1836 investizating some land Some scattered essays have been pub- have free vent, and the results compare | titles, I attended a camp meeting. The min- {ster who presided invited those who wished to be prayed tor to occupy the front seats, A green-looking young ‘‘knight of the lariat,” among others, made his way to the front. He was taken in charge bfi' one of the de: cons, who thus addressed him: ‘‘Now, my dear young friend. don’t you love Jesus; Jesus who died that you might live forever In “;h world beyond: don't vou love him?" favorably with the exhibit made by men of other deno minations. He is not boast llul and elaims no more than is justly hi due. A recent writer in the Westminster Review, in an article on ‘‘The Roman Church and the American Republic,” refers w the great spectacle which that lished from time to time on the subject, but the complete history of Judaism'is a task still to be undertaken. The early pioneers among the Jews of America numbered men and women of note in their day; but their influence was limited, and certainly the names of no great scholars, poets, scientists, ete., have come e answer, *‘I've hearn tell By church presents in America of assimilat- i e LAY do;mh lha';‘nsg.':l ?:hy-:?lu;ud. howev:‘ru. ing to novel conditions and ldlpllns its fl?m'f , an’ I guess 1 hain’t got nuthin’ agin® of Newport's inhabitants in spirit and usages to the American idea. tely co- lonial days left their permavent impress upon the town, and the name of Touro will always be regarded with pride. Like Julius Hallgarten, who when he died a few years ago, in bequests to benevo- lent and educational institution without rregard to creed, thought of the colored Reople, 50 Touro gave his benefactions ii0 all ciasses, Jew and Gentile alike. The sity of Newport preserves his memory #8 well as his ashes. In 1845 THE TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION —_— An Inducement to Early Marriage. Harpor's Magazine: Constance is ver: {ounn. but she is also better worth quot- ng than most grown people. Her envy was somewhat aroused by the fact that a wedding was about to take place in the family of her little playmate, and that the playmate thereby had the advantage of her; 80 she remarked very complacent- Iy, to her little friend's mamm “Mrs. —, did you know that 1 was 'he same forces are at work in American Judaism, although modified by the vir- cumstance that the Jewish congrega- tions are independent bodies, and there exists no hierarchy or synagogue gov- ernment. Each syn: e 18 & law to itself. The adaptability of Judaism is an element of growth. In_every fresh sottlement of the race, the Jew manages to assimilate to the now conditions, He is at home wherover freedom and pro- gress are at work, S ed to be married?” nf the United States did not probably ex- | His dispersion has been a powerful “’q’fi, no, Conny. Is that so?” ceed, if it equalled, 50,000, 'E'od it has | stimulus to his activity, and given him “Yor mor o Mt reached ,000, ‘New ltmlm.zl omi- | strength that has de’t’lm mg'. and l!il: i masm; Im ongaged to Fits Ward" (small boy of her acquaintance). “‘He doesn’t know it, but I t to ex- DIl REN S DUb-Sre £k ko ax tion from Europe have succeeded the cumstance, The poor, footsore emigran! rman contingent of thirty years ago. B Srants greeted with scorn and obloquy, has his Hungary, Russia, Roumania, kee) ur- | compensation in his descendants,who be- “ mzntfelr'thounndl of all chiuctgtnnd lou:. to the ullwouofi of wealth, cul- ...r"fi:‘.}'.oc.f’.i‘,'-‘-' s do you axpect 1o be conditions. The German brought with | ture and position. Will America influ- “‘Well, I hope 80. The fact is, I'm im energy, skill, economy, endurance. | ence i1ts Jewish population, as undenia- | tired of \nlng spanked, and I think we'll He did not long remain in the Atlantio | bly it has been influenced in other lands? be married pretty soon.'* cities, but pushed west. He wasa pioneer | The American spirit is already. at work, - in Cal florn':. and amassed w“llhpln San | but not in Jewry only: all oroo!b‘u:ln{ho Richard Manstiold’s traveling e et o 'oppoan | Sl v ok Ok e | B R s At suburbs, wai , in- T arrives here s - W weased i ’h-l ltoqko! usages—good, bad aud indiffer- &fi:"‘ B "‘"," ’_" o » bis".goods, transforred biv 6 W RN AL st 2 W R W i PR T L W ST K o = - . _THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 28 1887 “TWELVE PAGES. tery of the neighborhood and erected a marble monument, She had hittle ides of the cost of burial accessories and when the bills came in the widow found herself sorely pressed to meet them. But she paid ‘them all without regret. Finding herself in strait- ened circumstances, however, this enter- Krmng woman cast about in_her mind ow to raise more money. She finally decided to have the body of her husband removed to a small cemetery and sell her lot and the costly monument. This she did and with the proceeds betook her to a fashionable summer resort, where she succeeded in securing a second husband who is numlhered among Boston's most successful bankers, The marriage occurred a little more than a year ago, and a few days sinco a leading' Boston monument maker re- ceived an order for a costly tombstone to be sent to a distant city. 1 The wife had remained true to her first ove. Composed Her Own Wedding March, New York Journal: The weddin Miss Lowise Arnheim and Mr, Trafton Kent, which was celebrated on Thursday morning, brought quite & number quite & number of fashionable young people into town. Miss Arnheim was married at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Henry Kelton, on Washington avenue. The Kev. Rawdon Perey, of Quebec, ofliciated, ana at resent the young couple are at the Thousand Islands enjoying their honey- moon, The bride, who is a very pretty girl of the blonde type, has been educated abroad and is a finished musician. She composed tha music for her own wed- ding march, which was played on_the violin and pinno by her sisters, Miss €lementine and Miss Aida Arnheim. A Bridegroom in Jail NEw York, August 20.—There was a big wedding feast, a crowd of guests, and a very pretty and happy bride in Fairview, Bergen county, N to-night. The feast was given by Squire Jerole- man’s 18-year-old daughter Ella. The room was to be George E. Hastings, ot Paterson, a son of Arthur Hastings, an engraver. The wedding was to have taken place at 8 o'clock, but there was some delay in the arrival of the minister. While everyone waited a carriage drove up on a g:\fiop, and the guests, crowding around to welcome the dominee, saw Justice of the Peace George B, Lenion, and Detective Albert Magie, of Paterson, alight instead, The detective had a war- rant for lhlalinfs‘ arrest, and served it without more ado. By the time he should have been well married the groom behind the bars in Laterson jail. charge against him nom{é under false pretenses. Hastings was a young man of rapid proclivities, with no regular means of support, and had evidently been anxious to rival INCIDENTS OF MATRIMONY, A Promising Bride Who Oomposed Her Wed- ding Maroh, AN INDUCEMENT TO MARRIAGE. 1 A Tombstone for & Marriage Fee— Meaning Yos, She Answered No— A Startling Wedding % Ogourrence, Meaning “Yes,” She Answered *No." We stood there at tha garden gate; The moon and the stars were shining rights I knew it must be very late, Hut still he would not say good night, He held my hand in his and sald, ‘'Tis growing late, but e'er I go Give me your answer now,” he plead, “Will you be mine, love, yes, or no?"” His dark brown eyes looked into mine; So full of love they seemed to bo; My heart beat wildly, but no sign I eave that he could see 1loved him—yes, I loved him well; JHis gludln: words had thrilled me so, Yet why 1t was I cannot tell, Instead of yes I answered no. *Tis three long years since then, and he 1s married now, they say, and—well, I wonder it he thinks ot me While he's so happy, as they tell; And does his mem'ry e’er recall ‘That summer night so long ago. When standing by the garden wall, And meaning yes 1 answered no. Marriage as Partnership. Marriage is still only too often a bar- gain, but at least 1t is no longer an en- tirely onc-sided bargain. It is tending toward the only true ideal of lifelong companionship—a partnership on equal terms, with equal give-and-take on both sides. Women no longer feel bound to render that implicit obedience which was considered de riguenr in our great- grandmothers’ days, and men no longer universally demand it. Husbands, more- over, are beginning to learn that their prime duty is not “‘to look after'’ their their wives. The very sentence is indic- ative of the most ghastly misapprehen- sion of the whole idea of matrimony. The general feeling of society condemns a man who lives to rule his wife on the same principles as a Pasha rules his harem. Andindeed the whole scheme of modern life makes it practically impos- sible for him to do so. Amurricu woman enjoys as a rule complete liberty during the lifelong duy, and even at night it is frequently impossible for a busy man to escort his wife. Thus everything turns on the relations between the married couple, If a girlis really in love with the man she marries, she may be trusted | “‘Banker’’ Ives. He bought a $250 piano with any amount of subsequent frcedom. | from Specker Brothers, on which he If not, not; and thercfore wo say that the | paid $28 in & check on the First National injudicious and worldly parents who are gnuk, and arranged to pay the balance responsible for the great majority of ill- | in 1nstallments. It proved that he had assorted unions are also responsible for | no account in the bank, and that the the many evil results which_are to be | check was worthless. In ths samoe man- seen in society at this day. For it is a | ner he_bought $300 worth of furmture fact that rows of English girls are as | from Fagan & Co., of Paterson, $i5 much forced inté marriage as the French | worth of crockery and glassware from girl, whose Husband is selected while she | James R. Hodges, and several hundred is yet in her convent. Not by main force, | dollars worth of other things from other no—but by the whole tone of her educa- | dealers, giving bogus checks in part pay- tion, by the axnggorntenl fear of being an | ment. "All of these parties to-day re- old maid, by the obvious necessity of | moved their Eoods as soon as ftheyidis- making way for a younk(E sister, by the | covered that the checks were worthless. arsistent scheming of hier parents, and | Rev. Mr. Russell, of Paterson, had been her own’ longing for emnncxpx\‘hon. engaged to perform the ceremony, but For marriage undoubtedly does mean | at the last moment declined on hearing emancipation to, most women; and it is | that Hastings was a minor. But for this precisely those who look forward to it | the wedding would have been over by most who ace likely to make the worst | the time the officers arrived. —Squire use of it. S Jmiolenmn fl(}llowed his 1)‘liosnec‘.iz'}a s0on- The Butcher Won the Girl. mn-law to Paterson, and got ‘mrretf SAN FRANCISCO, August 23.—Deputy Nymwiegan to go his bail, but Recorder 3 ark (3 + Greaves, who issued the warrant, could ‘County Clerk Groom was sitting in the 3 i sai office of the ofd city hall yesterday, not be found, and so Hastings remained L a in jail. Onthe way over Hastings told the gmoking an after dinnor cigar, when tWo | onicers confidentially that he had quictly adies entered the room ana glanced | pyrried the girl some weeks ago, and mournfully around. They hesitated, and | ¢},.¢ to-night's ceremony was to be only wera about to retreat, when the older of | o' matter of form. But the story is not the two cleared her throat and in jorky i 3 ] believed. Young Hastings took the mat- }‘g{:fi_;"q“‘“d if Judge Murphy was at | or coolly, but the bride was overcome i & by a combination of shame, grief, and Clork Graommat ve. oarotuiin. pinced s | Buger. The wodding gussts quiotly'took sli‘s:i:::rr“:me and advanced toward the u;x‘::;ede\l;x‘;tu::l;ud. s Bl g ““This young lady, te-he-he. wants to g‘at'mnr‘ned, and she isin a hurry about it, too." *'1 will see if the judge is at leisure,” answered the clerk. ‘“‘But where is the groom?' he added. noticing that the adies were without an escort. “Oh, he’s out at the new city hall pro- curing the license,” rephed the. bride, taking part for the first time in the con- wversation, The brido, Fraces Augustine, a belle of Santa Cruz, was attired in a neat fit- ting suit of blue, and wore a hat with the same colored trimmings. A few min- utes later a telephone message was re- ceived from the new city hall that the groom was hurrying down with the needed license. In the meantime a mes- sage was sent after Judge Murphy, and, whilc they were waiting for his arrival, Mrs. Ella Jojou, who acted as escort to the bride. imparted the secret of the hasty marriage. “You see, Miss Augustine was engaged to be married to Sigmond Hoager, a wealthy merchant of Santa Cruz, but she never loved him. He was too old, and, moreover, the match was made by her parents. The young lady did not'have much to say in the matter, for ner rela- tions took entire charge of the court- ship.” ‘I pity her,” interrupted Groom, ‘‘and if there is any way I can assist in the matter just let me know and I will be too h nP to oblige her." *“Ihank you for the deep interest you betray,” said Mrs. Jojou, while the bride watched the door for the coming of the he was of obtaining Married on a Railroad Train, ToLEDO, O., August 21.—On the Balti- more & Ohio train, which left Chicago last Friday, a farmer named Newman Whittaker was married to Mrs. Nancy Russell by Elder Ichabod S. Jones, all of Wolf Lake, Ind. A license was obtained at Albion, Noble county, [nd., Saturday, and the parties wore married at noon between Albion and Avilla on the train in the prosence of a carload of passen- gers and twelve friends, who made up the bridal party. Congratulations and kisses were abundant and the bride's cake was passed to the party and pas- sengers. The wedding party left the train at Delianee, O, Btartling Wedding Occurence. A wedding party which was reveling in a restaurant at St. Mande,says a Paris correspondent, had a terrible fright. The oride and bridegroom, tradespeople inthe neighborhood, were, after a good dinner, waltzing and polkaing with their relatives and friends. Midnight was fast approaching, and the fun as is usual at this sort of entertainment, was of a most lively, not to say boisterous, kind, when suddenly a tlower girl made her appearance and offered bouquets for sale. The ladies and gentlemen of the comnxm{‘, taken with her winning ways, eagerly bought up her nosegays, and at last the girl walked up to the happy couple to present to them as everyone imagined, the prettiest bouquet of the lot. ~ What was the consternation of the bystanders when the young woman, by groom, *“Miss Augustine came here two | a rapid movement, drew a vial from her weeks ago to visit some friends,’’ said | basket and threw its contents into the the s}mz\ er, resuming the narrative, | faces of the newly married pair. The “‘and formed the acquaintance of Thomas | roars of laughter gave place to shrill Cornell, a butcher, but still an estimable oung man. They became engaged. and, ust think, this morning Miss Augustine received word that Hoager and her par- ents were coming up on the afternoon train. Of course, it meant that the poor girl was to marry Hoager, and against this she rebelled. Mr. Cornel! was in- formed of this fact and now _they will be married before the train arrives. Won't that be just too fine?'’ she coneluded. *‘Too fine tfor anything,” answered Groom, who went out in search of Judge screams, The bridesmaids fainted and their attendant swains, with horror and dismay depicted on their countenances, strove to bring them round. The bride and bridegroom, surrounded by their parents and the elders of the party, fancied that their last hours had come, and, believing that they werce irretrieva- bly ' disfigured, opened and shut therr eyes to find out if they had been bereft of sight. A few of the hangers-on rushing up to the lower-girl who had converted all their enjoyment and festiy- Murphy. His Honor was found 1n his | ity into angwish and mourning, held her chambers, and being informed that his | fast pending the arrival of the police. In services were required to assist Cupid in | & few moment, the bride's fatl coming up, took the girl into a corner, and learned from her lips that she had been for three years the mistress of his new son-in-law; that their intimacy had been productive of the usual result, and, in short, that she had been bascly deserted by her lover, Such was her story. In the meantime a doctor who had” been hastily summoned pronounced that the “‘vitriol” was the most innocent of liquids, The tlower-girl sanrprised and much put out, declared that she had bought it at a chemist’s shop hard by. A policeman was immediately dispatched to the shop m question, but soon ascertained that the woman had merely been supplied with tinted water, as "her manner was so strange that 1t had aroused suspicion, Eemng two of his victimns out of a fix, he indly consented to do his share of the work as soon \as the groom arrived. A few minutes later Cornell appeared, out of breath, but triumphantly holding the marriage liconse over his head. His clothes were all spattered with mud, and there was a guspicion of a fow grease 8pots on his coat sleeves. Clerk Groom ushered the party into the judge's cham- bers, and then modestly retired, expect- ing that he would be invited to witness the ceremony, Assistant District Attor- ney Joseph Quirk happened along just at that moment, and he installed himself in a front seat, nearest the judge. The bride and groom stood up n front of the desk and in a few minutes were declared to be beyond the reach of Hoager and the other relatives who were expecting to attend a different marriage ceremony later on. Loved the Photograph. DELAWARE, 0., August 20.—The unex pected and rather romantic marriage of a prominent young man of this city is the sensational talk of the town. The groom is Edward G. Lybrand, scion of one of Delaware's wealthiest familios and son of Samuel Lybrand, president of the Delaware chair company. ‘T'he bride was Miss Pauline Carr, a petite, beauti- ful and intellectual young lady, daugh- ter of a prominent . contractor ‘of Wash- ington, D. C. The marriage terminated a love at first. sight and six months' courtship. The ride, -who is - just Bold a Tombstone to Get Married. Boston Globe:; There is a little lady on the Back Bay who was a widow only a few ye: 2o, but who now manages with consummate grace one of the finest establishments in the city and the richest sort of a devoted husband. For some time she bestowed her aflections upon her first husband, who died two years after' marriage. - She purchased & mag- Aificent lot in the most aristocratic cewme: eightoen {ann of age, was & pupil at the convent of the visitition, Baltimoro, Md. whore Miss Nollie Lybrand, cousin of the groom, also attended school. Among the photographs in Miss Nellie's collec: tion. was one of her tall and rather distinguished-looking cousin Edward., Miss Carr was at once captivated by the photograph, and so ac- kunowledged. During the school term at the Visitation frequent gazing at the photo but strengthened Miss Carr's ad- wmiration, and when at the end of the year, July 1, she was invited to Dela- ware asthe guest of Miss Snyder, an- other class-mate, she accepted. Her friend is the daughter of Edward Sny- der, a prominent miller of this city, and moves in the first society. The arrival of the young girls was qul N‘K followed by an introduction between Miss Carr and Mr. Lybrand. ersonal acquaintance secms to have kindled an instantancous admiration between the young people. The residonces of Mr. Lybrand and Mr, Suyder were onP across the strect, and the lovers met rmwemly, and yet oar- ried on their courtship so quietly that no ono suspected a betrothal, On Saturday last Miss Carr packed her trunk osten- sibly to return to Washington. At the dopot she was joined by her lover and the two hurvied away to Columbus. Here a marriage license was procured and the services of Dr. Washington soon made them man and wife. py remained at the capital until last night, and are now at home in this city, receiving the con- gratulations of triends. Betrothal of a Rothschild Girl. Loundon Truth: The marriage of Mile. Helen Betty de Rothschild with Baron Stephen Gustavus van de Harr were pub- hished in Paris lust week, 'The brido has a fortune of £6,000,000, which will be greatly increased at the death of her mother, so she is decidedly a eatch for her Belgian bridegroom, who has no for- tune. A Strange Wedding. A woman who was well known in the demi-monde, both in Pars and 1 the provinces, took a fancy to a man called the ‘‘champion skeleton,” who was ex- hibiting himself with a giant in a local fair. The marriage ceremony was of the first class oraer. The “‘atomy’ and his bride eame out in gorgeous apparel, and were accompanied to the altar by all the montebacks of the fair, including the giant, the lovely Cireas- sians, the manager of the waxworks, and the *‘artists” of the variousitinerant tem- ples of Thespis and Thalia. The bride, an interesting woman twenty-four years old, was given away by her quondam protector, & rcrsunm:e with a princely title and a plethoric purse. He it was who paid the reckonings for the bride’s toilet, the faultiess evening suit of laven- der, kids of the ‘‘champion skeleton,’ the marriage ceremony, and the wedding breakfast. The church was filled with flowers; a crimson carpet was spread,and rice was thrown by admiring mount banks along the whole route of the bridal procession. In the evening, after the havpy pair had departed for their honey- moon, there was a banquet at which fifty sallimbanques sat down. This was suc- ceeded by a ball, which was unique of its kind, the bride’s former protector,having g‘mnfiordurn that no expense was to be spared in orderto celebrato the auspi- cious occasion in a befitting manner. S PEPPERMINT DROPS. Never use blue lnk in writing to a red haired girl. The sore-eyed goatess of reform is a Ken- tucky animal. Man is 90 per cent water, but to look at some men one wouldn’t think it. Some of the best blood in the land now runs through the mosquito's veins, Think twice before you speak, excepting when you are talking through the telephone, A philosopher of our acquaintance says: “New York Is, Chicago is to be, and Boston has bean.” A small hand is said to bo a sign of refine- ment. How vulgar, then, mustbea man who holds four aces. Some of the milkmen hang pails of milk down the well to keep the milk cool, Some of them usé too much rope, In a week’s timo the earth travels over eleven million miles. Fortunately there are no wooden bridges on the line, A Connecticut man by the name of Peach overfed his children with watermelon and it is feared that the peach crop is ruined. They have got a calf on exhibition over in Bethlehem with two heads and five legs. It is a cross between a monopolist and a base- ball kicker. ‘The Cincinnatl police eclipse the record. A patrolman went to sleep on his beat Mon- day nightand had his hat, badge, revolver and baton taken. Information comes from New York that the torrid wave has been arrested. We hope It will be put into the cooler and kept there for the rest of the season. Opie Reid says: *De man who sits up nights and loses his rest ter rob trainsam simply a fool, when hecan go ter congress and git his little work in on de surplus, Professor Proctor figures that the earthis shrinking about two inches a year. That ac- counts for the nervous anxiety manifested by some people to possess it while it is of some size, _“Gerty, did I show you this engagement ring of emeralds and diamonds that Charlie Brown gave me?”’” “Oh,1’ve seen it before.” “Sean it before?” “Yes: 1 was engaged to him the first part of July.” A Philadelphia barber displays a sign which announces that he is “*proprictor of facial decorating saloon, tonsorial artist, physiognomical halr dresser and faeial op- erator. cranium manipulator and caplllary abridger.” “Vat you makes dare?” hastily Inquired a Dutehman of his daughter, who was being kissed by her sweetheart very clamorously. “Oh. not much, just courting "a little, that's all.” *“Oho, davs all, eh? I thought you was fighting."” “Tne word ‘Synonymous.’” said the schoolmaster, ‘is easily “explained. For in- stance, ‘drunk’ and ‘intoxicated’ are synony- mous—you all unaerstand that.” *“Rather,” grinned a large headed lad at the bottom of theclass. “Why my father gets synony- mous every night. Comstock’s wife discoverad the old hen sitting in the back yard and “bus up” her nest. - Soon after the good wife came in, much excited, and said: My dear Com- stock, 1 took the eggs trom ‘Brownie,’ and 10w she hias gone and sot outo an old meat- axe!” “Letler set,” said the bilious old fellow: “if she 5ets on an axe, maybe she'll hatehet.” *1 s'pose you'd take a man’s last cent for a drink here,” exclaimed a respectably dressed individual with a red nose, as he walked in and leaned on the bar of a railroad place sa- loon yesterday, “With pleasure.” replied the atfable attendant. ‘The first speaker or- dered n drink of brandy, which he quaifed with an_appreciative urzle, followed by a smack of his lips. Reaching down into the corner of his poeket, the customer resur- rocted a red penny, laid it on the counter, tonished the bartender with the two *Liast one.” “The couneil of the Melbourne trniver its last sitting decided by o large ma that men should be admitted as medical students. S, Hartlett, son of the president of Dart- mouth colleze, will next fall become an in- structor in Lnilish in the American Mission- ary Training sehool at Kiota, Japan. Instead of the medica! college for women in Russia, at firstcproposed, five s courses of lectures will bo opened, four theoretical and one for practical work. Mlle. Rennotte of Louisvilie, has accepted the chair of natural science in the college Piraci-Cabano, the largest Protestant institu- tion of learning iu the empire of Brazil, In Germany and Switzerland the prinei- pals of sehools are required to dismiss their pupils at noon every day on whieh the ther- mometer at 10 a, m.” registors 77 degree 1n {taly until six or seven years of age the sexos are educated together,” then separated and not until courtship and marriage does custom again allow them to associate to- gother, ‘The ine buildings of the university médi- cal college, the medical deparunent of the for e e eaion Hoos' compeRs )ring session been constructed interlorly, b Punishment of the Italian sehool never corporal, but consists In extea deprival of liberty at noon, sometimes Joss of dinner ora few hours' inca :’l‘n’x: dark room at the close of the aay's Of the 505 colleres and universities in United States, 278 are church schools, af aging thirteen teachers and 193 students 8chool; eighty-seven are non. schools, averagiug fifteen teachers students. tendance in Italy, and those pupils who noton kand at toll-call are promptly for and fined unless a very good excuse absence can be furnished. Bchool hoy the same as in this country. Last Thursday occurred the academy dinner at Ashfield, Mass., which Prof. Charles Euot Norton presl and at which Presidens Carter, of Will College; Bishop Dartington, Mr. Dudley Warner, and Mr. George Wi Curtis made addresses. Of the year's college commencoment, most remarkable must be conceded to be one at (‘hnuuu?um It Is true that only two thousand of the graduating class been present at the "institution Iteelf summer, but the class is very much I L'he number of “‘university men” that taubua annually adds to the community enormous, and Tnlu leaves old-time seming. ries of learning graduating lads and lasses aro fifty or years old. Frionds of Princeton college have givem ¢ 14 5 proposes, If practicable, to open them to the = graduates of any approved college in Amer: p At preseni ! | | the money for four or five fellowships for next colloge year. 'Pfie college has alre half a dozen permanent fellowships, a1 fon, Holdersof' fellowships must live a{ Princeton throuzh the academio year, and confine their studies wholly to tlie depart ment which they have chosen, #pplications can be made by bachelora of arts or of sclence who have graduated from Princeton within five years. 'The election will take place October "1, and applicationt and credentials must be sent to President McCosh before that date. i i MUSICAL AN D DRAMATIC. J. K. Emmot’s leading man this year wil! be William Q. Paul. Sarah Bernhardt will appear in Paris i November in a new play by Sardon. “Allan Quatermain’ is shoatly to be pro- duced in great form on the San Franciset stage. B ., Miss Nadage Doree,owing to Janauschek’ illness, will not go with the tragedieune’s company. Ada Adini, the handsome American rr donna, has lately mado a lut as Valenting the Paris grand opera. An immense theatre, to cost $1,000,000, {¢ to be built by Mr. Stetson in the vicinity of the Fifth Aveuue, New York. Jennie Yeamans has completed nevotia- tions for an eight weeks tour on the Paciiic coast in her comedy, *Our Jennie.” Miss Liffie Ellsler will open her season on the Slst at Long “Egypt; or, A Daughter of the Nile.” Mr. Dunlap, Colonel MeCall's late partner, i8 organizing a cowmic opera company for road, with Louise Paulin at its head. Miss Emma Fernow, & piano Fllur of Berlin, who is well spoken of will come to this country with Professor Kilndworth. A late letter from Bologna, llal{..‘un in | compatibility of temper caused the receal separation of Gerster from her husband. The first American appearance ot Teresina Tua, the violinist, has been arranged for l{gonlzhy. October 17, at Chickering Hall, New ork. Miss Adelaide Moore will go to_ Paris shortly, and will make Sardou an offer for his new play, which is to be made known this fall. e Mrs. James Brown Potter will play three weeks at the Fifth avenue as Manaer Harry Miner has rented the house for that period at $2,400 & week. Mr. W. J, Scanlan, the irish comedian, will commence his campaign next week at the Bush strect theatre. San ¥rancisco, opening with “Shaneno-Lawn.” &Miss Esther Jacobs, the handsome con- tralto, is singing at tashlonable Parlsian concerts with much success, and will sail foz New York on the3lst. 3 Miss Lilian Olcott begins her tour on Sep- tember 12 at the Lee avenue academy of music in Brooklyn. **Theodora” will ramain a feature of her repertoire. Miss Maude Granger has made no arran, ments for starring this season. She recen lly played atthe Aicazar, 3an Francisco, and fu now open for engagements. Madame Helene Hastreiter, contralio. will leave Paris for America about the middle of Septemberto fill engagements in this coun- try during the coming season. Louise Balfe, under Henry Greenwall's management, will start for her Texas tour September 10, to appear in the *Planter's Wife,” “Daginar,” and *‘Miss Moulton.” A banjourine instrument designed for lady players, and several actresses will use it in musical comedies next season. It is a banjo with a big body and short neck. It has been finally arranged that Mr. (l- lette's version of “She” will be produced st Niblo's, New York, in October. ‘I'he stirring drama will require seventy people on stage. . John Matthews, Harry Hawk and W. J. Ferguson are the only survivers of the * American Cousin,” company which nlayed at Ford’s theatre on the night of President Lincoin’s assassination. Fred Lubin is negotiating with Ching m a Chiness manager, to import fifty celes actors for the purpose of presenting a_one: oct drama entitied “Yong Chee Lon,” Thelt wardrobe is valued at $250,000. Mlle. Rhea will open her season on Sepe tember 12 in Belfast, Me. At present the actress is stopping with friends at Fling, Mich., but botore the summer shall be over she will probably be seen at Newport. Among the new features to be added to the Eden Muses, New York, collection are four distinct” groups representing Eue rope, Asia, Africa and America and atableau itlustrating Custer’s last fight on the Little Big Horn, A musical entertalnment of moro than or- dinary interest mukrrlmm at Mr, Cornelius Vanderbilt's Newport cottage on Tuesday of last week. Emma Juch, Maud Powell, Ra- fael Josoffy and Ferdinand Dulcken were the artists engaged. After her New York season Kmma Abbots will probably go to London fora short time under enzagement with Carl Rosa, or take her entire company for a season of English opera at Drury Lane, under the manageinent of Aygustus Harris. he American Opera company will be heard at the Academy of Music, New York, during the week beginning November 7, under the management of Messrs, Zimmer- man & Nixon. ‘“The Queen of Sheba” and “Nero” will be produced. I'rederick Warde's season opens on the 1st of September in Des Mo recently constructed opera house. Hisre pertary will inelude *Virginius,” “Dam and Pythias Katherine and Petruchio, “Richara [11,"” and **Galba, the Gladiator,” The production of “Conrad, the Corsalr,” at the Iollis Street theater, Bosten, on Sept- ember 5 will, it has been estimated, cost fully 20,000, The sum of $10,000 is to be expended on the costumes, $8,000 on the and §2,000 on the properties and la- cinentals. Conqnelin, the great French comedian, will begin his American tour south of the equatorial hine in the spring, going thenes te Havana and Mexlco, and arriving in New York some time in October a year hence. He will be supported by his own French company. “The Mondelsshon Quintet elub, of Boston, will extend its tour 1nto Texas during the coming season. The club will consist of Gustav (tille, of Berlin, solo violin: Paul Mende, second violing Philip Rovelberger, flute; Thomas Ryan, viola and clarinet, and Louis Blumenberg, violoncello- Wagner Flving Dutchman’ has been given for the first time at the Pergolu 4 ter, in Florenes, Ttaly, and gained a magnifi- cent success. This s the third of Wagner's operas that has been produced in Florence. “Loliengrin’ was the lirst, in 1571, “Rionzi” cawo second, in 1577, and now thg «Flying Dutehman™ in 1887, Albey hag'effected arrange- Hofwan, father of the new musical phenomenon, Josef | [ series of concerts during the ot The little fellow who bas just ni conquest of London, is'but ten years old, yet e plays Leethoven's diflicult “composi tions in amannerto win from Rubinstein the testimony that be is “oe o the warveld of tue age,” © il LL - T 2 ke Harvard and Yale in the g background. Instead of confining its . tionto striplings of twenty, some of i Branch, appearing in . Great stress is laid _on regular school ate