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—~—a ——— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY,. SOME TALES OF MATRIMONY, The Best of the Bargain - Advanta- ges of Early Marriage. AN ARCHITECT'S BIG CATCH. swalk - Market Empress' B Qu Mar- ried On the Si Wives — An Outtit ria, e, The Best of the Bargain, Florence K. Pratt as courtin’, an’ like er L tor When 1 hearn told me twis Fer when we druy ter the allus spiled villag n' an' snickerin’, till me rile the waggin actin® ma So 1 clum right ec bin wouldn't ske fer Dob- an’ sez I, kin® at me 1d white il it Yo cross, rever thar's a red-haived gal yeou'll see an old white hoss The crowd all sez, “W'y, s seat 1 clum, Shoolk up the lines on Dobbin meandered bum After a power o thinkin artin,” S0 up ter an' thonghtfol I traded the Loss Hawkins thet lives down the villag y T hed an one feelin® thet I'd swopped Lim But | vowed 1'd ruther stick dew without the hoss ter the gal an' Wall, I went one © Sally's, whar I'd often been i An' it tuk me aback, for the old white hoss was i standin® afore the doo A’ ui he honeysuckles, s comferable 18 yeon please, Was dedekier with Sally, ahelpin® her shel- 1in® peus I went hum use ter fu; Au’ I set deown e ra the vin' nuthin®, fur ‘twarnt no voodshed, an’ Tl { deowit T yobuk 't got nothin® ter put against yer gal i ood, strong hoss, 1 ye, Hiram: better ter be re Get used ter seein® thet old white hoss with Sally an® him behind It sortér seemed ter console me when 1 thotght what folks bad suid Thet thar's allus a pesky temper carrot head inside of a Dobbin el sez But 1 shook afruid thet w For Sally is dretful shrewish, an’ thet she'd come tew, Advantages of y Judge: Itis better to fool than an old or You don’t run the ris<k of dyingan old maid. The unmarried girl fo ing old too quick. [ dreaded age. young sihe s grow- If you mvke & bad match you ean blame it to inexperienc If you wait till you are thirty it is hasd 0 get o young husband. When you are getting old no one will take you but u widowe d fricnds from man who marries an old woman always wants something thrown in. You are apt to get shopworn if main long on the ket. % you matrimonial mar- tter chance to catch a if you happen to lose millio wefore he If you cateh will have him his fortune, You avoid the pleasure of having all givl friends tell vou how happy re with their husbands. re’s son you has blown in rkets for Wives, Philadelphia 1 The four g markets for wives in ‘w York i Sunday school, the big stores and fa tories, the street wnd the boarding- houses. 1 have purposely arvanged them in the order above because the greatest matrimonial markets are the Sunday schools and the least are the boarding houses. Marriages are made in boarding houses, but the ave boarding house keeper's daughter more apt to end an old maid than awif Tt takes the romance and poetry out of |Iu- \\ur- Imnlm' s head and the charm for her tobe i, or sifting Of course o ure ;_'||1~4 who can do cvery sort of sework with such an air and grace that even a level headed lover will try to steal the broom or ash sifter she has held in order to have it for a keepsake, but those girls are not apt to be devel- oped in the dull and cruel grind of boarding house routine. In the Sunday schools the givls theiv very best. Not only do th of tende arted young fellow them in order to develope a cir lady friends for themselves, but do the myriad young women, either here without their families or who are shut up in factories all day and live in purlorless tenements by night, cligious resorts for sime a curious function that Sunday schools perform. resorted” to by about seven ppe: look usands ttend cle of just so who are hundred Chinamen, whogo theresimply to learn English, and by thousands of christians who When I say t o ther t mated. bhig shopping stores are great matrimonial markets gl do not mean to have it inferred that the girls who stand behind the count are given to wedding the male custome they wait upon. Such things do hap I supposo, but not frequently enough for consideration: the fact being that nothing could be worse for a coun- tor girl in a big New York stove than for her to be courted while on duty. 1If her employers did notdischarge hor the other girls would torment her beyond endur Meetings between the girls and their beaux on theirway home from work ure not to be taken mto considera- tion, for the lasses go home in troops and are merciless teasers, so that this is also a rave oceurrence, One of the big shopping stores, by the way, employs de- tectives to see ihat no young fellows hang about the store au ¢losing time to meet the counter girls, field of matrimony that the stores and is exceedingly nuuful The male empl yers, heads of departments, male el cashicrs—g even the members of the firms, get ver: many wives from among the girls whom they meet and grow to ad- mire, if thel ire such as rec- ommend them. Acquuintance thus made lead to visits to girls’ homes, to evening companionship ind to wedlock., Tl same men and women in the big slov by the way, are among the hosts that attend the Sunday schools. There are actually streels set aside for courtship by thie parloriess poor. Upper Eighth avenue, where the little shops ave: lower Second avenue ‘past the houses of the old fogy rich, and the Imunm of Broadway, where all the great shipping andexpress offices are closed NOVEMBER 27, 1887.—SIXTEEN PAGES, —'H the City. and dark—there are the geeat flirtation | sille, - 1,000 pieces of cotton mater- | charges &3 Apiece for them, 8o as to get promenades of the tencment boys and | iul, six horses, completely harncsseds | back enough togive him his fifty-cent girls, There are stupid folk who sce | a helmét and cuirass, & bow and & | fee. The honds as a rule are signed by the long processions (:‘( gigglting gn); quh’er.‘v\im 'm'ruw-; ench V1||runt n'nl' ";»-)n of u)m W .;g |)u; are 0{ ho \?l‘\‘u- in their best bows and streamers and | court dress for summer and on or | although filedin the archives of the imagine them to be off the path of | winte ne every-day . and A L'wn'LF'l'h:l( portion of the marriage The only F.rSt Class Theater in virtue, or slipping off. But these are | sable coat. The brothé servants | Taws velating to colored people isa relie not the places where such gi of the bride also received rich and slavery days; but it js still in found, and he who thinks ill costly prese The bride’s hats ar . mainly by the consent of the col- rls had bet rkable articles r not presume upon his | th most rema among ored folk themselves, who save dollars Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Nights, Nov. 28, 29 and 30 ignorance or he will find them well able | the rich trousseau. The winter court | by the law made for their especial APPEARANCE of the DISTINGUISHED ACTRESS, 1o care of themselves. hat has a rim of sable: the crown is For the certificate or permit ve puton their second best g made of red velvet, from the center of the apfpligant pays the justice and the young mechanics and porters | which rises a button composed of three | fifty conts, Mog§olored couples, when lave pub on their best conts and \-luv purts, each of which is ornamented with | about to mare§e procure i tored their locks with oil, and both [ three small oblong pearls of | © | Those who d8 nob are 1ot . v ed out to meet and flirt | beauty and seventeen or e ‘u\‘-. with, and no mar has yet been and walk home They 1¢'in the center of each purt ordis [ questioned wherefhe section just quoted = . but they cannot help do- v splendid pearl 18 set in gold nand | was not complied With, ; il S AL lflllm‘uul (T Ifl’fll“l!llhl 118 natur surmounted by phanix, ; " iy e : jl]l]lh[ ]H“Ih ik fl“l mu -~ - The button is sut by seven The Hurricane Geyser. ] v, fhoet (A 0N D T el Bl Ao zold phoenixes, of which each- is | Corrcspondence St i Pionees S U i, AL S \ R l'm S Mark Hophins was married ay | £00 Phitnixes, of v oions .| Dass:. Aie: ost WendakraL L 111 oio .“ I 1 i R ) SR !m A I ) Trinity chapel, New York, Nov. 8, 10 | amall pearls and a « At th the Norms basin, Yellow- "" J’fl,‘ I ' B . of Boston, The marri back of the hat, below the button, a as the Hurricane " L is known ed, with one cat’s J he tail of the “into five parts by wiis no snrprise to the rington, whe cther most of th s was born in and is supposed to be old. He was in the Brother: furnishers, and went to customers to oversee work. He was sent to ain Francisco to direet the decoration and furnishin of Mrs. Hop- the: |)|4||H|ll} first s acquaintance. Subsequentl in 1880, he was sent hy ”l'l("l Broth to Great Barrington to Mrs. Hopkins' old Kellog te I-...m. of ( gold pheasant is p ye and sixtecn pear asant is divided small and five lar, \ pendant. the conter uli suri a solid wall of rock depth, to the surface rls. | noone ean tell ho rocky inclosure exter ago we could sit on this rock rib and waves rush down the the wall beneath our the carth, to reappea with undiminished fi days later. we find th about 45 omploy of the New York decorators and vears Hertor nunded A collar is fast the , the outside @f which is of sable, the ide of bright yellow r terial, with velvet ribbons embroidered at the end with diamonds. The gala court dresses are of a darl color, with borders of gold embre and large deagons embroidered the dresses, while down the front are the houses of | suspended. back to the h merly st Whiih e hih InHuiRTeeR Teom in gold thread the words, *Wan | The Hurricane presents the appear- Apain in 1885 when she built | Fu” (eternal happiness) and *Wan- | ance of a revolving liquid globe. There 000 Cong fonal parsonage eternal 1ife). The nec wd | s huge bowlder in the center. ofthe wat Barrington, the memorial of of enormous value, and con- over which the water d 't of pearls, tur it the Dr. Sumuel Hopkins, Searl had aud diamonds. A hanc sight of the furnishing, and ppearance of & when in town, instead of going t0 a his worn in the belt, is [ in perpetual motion. The intense heat WaCH1: HEAIWE UL Wi HoR f embroidered, trimmed | may be realized. in a measure, when it P When the ‘million-dol housein SHLH tANaINTEE jewels and yellow rib- the rocks ten feet from Great Burr WIS Proje bons. A gala apron of 1 nd blue %0 Lot thut the naked became her confidenti satin, trimmed with otter skin and em- [ hand can only be held on them for an broidered in 1d, s, and | instant. the employ of Herter ing an inmate of her home skirts of many different k Wlso | evidence of the fact most constant companion. part of this go . and the fur- s are T4 OIS G LB W THBNAG L Yot niture for the tuture empress is keeping and Searles every trade brisk throughout China, plans to bhe had master of work out situation. begun to the K im, Mead & White of New York | Petermined to Marry a Blind Man. were the architects, and Searles mun- | WILKESBARRE, Pa., Nov, 22.—James aged to make their undertaking so un- [ Golden, a blind carpet weayer, lives in Sebarno comfortable that they abandoned it, | the town of Pa npany, leaving him advisory and direeting | & highly accomy 0k | Pottstown, 1 ar but with a prc an interest in him, ¢ in There is no truth in the 10 the work. A li many ways, but the relations, that Mrs. sline Ricl . Golden cecded in discharging, leaving Searles but such they wer twenty by thivty feet, shoots out over the wall where we for- shes mvh such force as to give The water is turbid and bears Providence on Wednesday. L searee- is about and is inclosed by ‘ahout i uflM " orhe vt o 1 ",(d" rNuu« v lar this 108, Sovatal days LML I the north end of watch the +inclosurs al feet and sink into rat the upper end orce. Now, eight at the boiling flood torrid ||]|| i , A.mM.uu i an immense wheel that the being en subter- wged. the ma- THE GREAT SLUICE ALONE published reports kuby is married to o . lm I\'If - RS A \\\\\x.,""m, M i "*" My ""1 i ' I A\ NV Vi "‘U]M“«'l . ~“ , \\\ | '!'hv";‘ : SCENE. IN THE GREAT SUCCESS, IN LONDON; ation on Mys. Hop- ;w:\\m-nlll_n'l\\n wero ~|u'|; vich Nebraskian, OR, A WOMAN AGAINST THE WORLD & Athile o superintendence | between mistress and servant. General A, L. Burdick 5 g {“‘m‘,'j“‘h_' the, supeintondonce | for s moment imagined that Baton, of Sewport, 1. L were maid n | SEE THE GREAT PLAY! were lovers, SEE THE GREAT SCENES!--Westminster P poscasion: T Slemed iyt | came to Wilkesharre vosterday and wrecently of e carvian | Bridge; The Houses of Parliament, and The Old Sluice House; The have secured control of Mrs. Hopking' | procured a marringe se, and Miss was anarried recently to Most Effectmg Scene Ever Produced in this City. business of all kind. Moran w eive him on his f New York city =hais return home, Her mother asked why of Upsan county, mar Wedded on the Sidewaltk. i s so extravagantly 111 couples since he has b S Dallas (T and has received ¢ Miss Alice e daughter ing to get mar| eplied that she ke summons was given in 1 to the man she b an 1d animated tone by an @ loved for EE(HoHanEw G ey looked ;‘,_n‘;"',"“".“_ o Geo pi aged old colored mitn, be- | upon as a’jest, but it was far from it. potieiaiab l'{ % sides whom stood a meek-looking ecol- | Miss Movan um Golden at the depot, | A runaway couple, seq ule, rode up to t Fla., the other day the county judge. ored youth, attired in 1(|l\>~hl~lll'l| vay and linked to a goodly sized The hour was 1:45 p. m.. the pla vay to the id lover, wents made and they went on their chureh.the givl leading her d. Thegirls | Dispatches ffom M. street, between the Central railroad and aded the couple off at the | mar ¢ o of the ex-Prime Preston str . and the circumstances took the girl home, and | Del Castillo to Joaquina, daughter such as might occur in any - well regu- [ loeked her ina voom. ~ Golden followed | Murquis Puentey Sotomayor. lated family. It nts to let the mai and beg, i rformed. M ‘'t the cold 1t of the weary e sentinel in front of an_enemy, when must be crazy hard-tack is scarce and the ‘mercury v blind man. The X 1 curled up in the bulb, It was more of ) s old, She .’."“,‘“ .sh-rdulult-r_nl i\ the irate order, raised to hite heat s she s old enough to know her own [ SO WORAR Leeri | and bordering ou the doud Iy mind. and intends (o marey Golden de- | s, i 08 M0 sethe This exc ition of | spite the .»,,X. on of Ner parents. | seoms to agree with com »\Il]ll'ht‘ :ame from a young colored girl | Golden is goo ng and well built. | they are all mals clerks of eighteen, whos» . Cblored Bride—White Groom. An v York World, Following the ex- ample of Frederick Douglass, Miss Flo the most approved the eluteh of a darl Professor K n Instituton, E ui\hs\.n Jim-dandy-rough tout : ; U | w divoree from him two Years ago on account As played by her over 1,000 times, Tooked Tiky ol Batson, who is recognized as the great- | of his_devotion to theosophy, has married A = . ‘ T est female ballad singer the negro race | Mrs, Boston, ' and will con- Special Performance Saturday Night e om0 wp to do faiv, meand | 10 ever yet produced, will “shortly [ tinue to hington.” white man, the has for several s be sue conducting colored concerts she hasapy d us the sta [ £room is Mr ren marry ¢ d, addressing the old man \\Hh a semi-idiotic grin, h as comes ral in o tight place ot out dat book, saying which the enrag Thio happy who beur: rson Leason,™ d paterfamilias i after whom New ‘, > ago d swung the couple around until they _ ime ago dc in the gutter and the old man bending ‘ 2 ome man of the | Bishop Potter s o blonde ty 1\]n and | summers, He 1. About five y over him in a fighting attitude, ing joke: A young cler The parson reverentially obeyed the summons, and in another moment vl Mary Flourney were m, sort of hook-and-eye .\»hm'n in Peter huv-;:. go he conceived ng a concert com- give concerts \'ulnx-«l churches, not wishing to troubl brethres own pulpit, e could not Washing! last Wednesday lh-m in the New Ar's, um| \\\nn they \"A not to wait until the time cement hiad elapscd dited eyt Harlem, being on the eve « wrote to the bishop i he had already published the niy one f POPULAR PRICES. EXTRA! ton W a g re Washington, was ited he ¢ and w n the back of a rt house at Mil- s married by Arid announce the finister Canovas of the Fedora’s Farewell! Triumphant Engagement of Am 5 just ilus has permitted a i his department to clerks without dis- to procedent, but jon sonse. Besides, in Vilas' department. York Evening Sun fliott: Coucts, of the whose first wife got ot to marry fo > scparated fo met a short No Ap N Prices. Sale of vith the follow- n, not far from marriage, e any of his clerical A woman never matter in what condition he find his pet razor. The following is a notice of the opening of the **Red Barn," in Dakato: st night of the dancing goat, who goes through the s a husband may of farniture and a cheval gluss is almost indispensable, for it is light and takes up almost 1o room mary ¥ ( Bune \wm-hlt His Sttt intricacies of a cotillion like . feller eritter. BRIGHT LI in colored societ or bishop at_onc ped the query with an- | 0 o Tthakaoai Iy Kadaians Mhe oo vod wi at | ide 3 Y prizes to those [ other: “Could you bury yourselff" That | Theperformances of the dog Billy, a guad s buton e thing. waa over he | ¥ho sold the highest number of tickets | settied it ey H'fli.‘,’.&'.’."h.fi- Rt o ’{"”"'{ Hobby (with a slow T v tion Bith Tt | of the concert to the church for whose | oftice in Albany, G one day last week Tor will be taken at the door." 10 tell a boy 10 hurry up when' he's all' tired { L S FURET ) henetit the concert was given. By this | marriage license. Mr. S.J. Jones, who was — out. b ; x g 5 5 ro T § acting for Ordinary_Odotn, procuréd a blank AR TR 1L now, old gentleman, ™ he said, | PRI IR QS e B | ana e ey paper. HOME DECORATIONS. o Oh D Whers s R maaaT all right now, isn't it I d ML ) When the davk: cailed upon to furnish \, he mad colored people. At first Mr. I seed dat it was,” was the selfish re- the name of his fair Bergen tried the novel puzzled and then a lo S hnldatha o method of having colored and white ar- | spread over his ebon, The bride then ""~~‘“.”“‘“d“‘:}w‘ o |t ppear together. Of the colored | he luzubriously saic ts there w > Mme. Nellie v Mitchell, \lh laide G. Smith and Mm Of the whites there were L ke quartet, with Marshal s humorist. It may be re- tan hugged b put hix hind in his pocket as if looking the young parson.who stood ishing looks. The hand, nd the groom me dis worning.” The tended spouse and marriage license. by with howeve done forgot dat gal's name and soon returncd with the 1 left rejoicing with the inamorata he looked A vory handsome effect is obtained by coy- [ Mother— y dear.” Little ok of consternation | eping the ceiling with canestripsand the walls il Why he go back and got fin- 1ed countenance as | ith matting. It is very rich-looking, yetit | MheC 0d, boss, 1'se i she jess tole hastened off me of his in- is cheap. . “Mamma, what i SInabilit dar] another, n n that made’ my geography must be color- blind, because hie's got Greenlaud painted yellow.” forms the handle, o g el T Ehe h‘u‘:‘l‘ e in thee - Wil- PEPPERMINT DROPS, O e ey e O I all the money Thas now. bat Tl settle | &g achieved the fiest great, success as o = S \he peincipal masats, auch ' carpots. and | Dreatl Tt it e was bt yid youwhen we/gllghoms wildey fnali v nnot tell how old pigs are by their | hangings, Your “bits of color” must be con are vou doing that far Iy withdrew it is said. be- As the wedding party sta bride being the hapy crowd, a News reporte rted off, the t looking of the stepped up to cause they found it more congenial to appear before intelligent white audi- SEUTEA A TR, ences with astrietly eaueasian compm e What's behind all this?” Mr. Bergen then eémployed all color ‘Bose. T tells you, dis hayr thing is | artists and succecded admirably. bad enogh for white folks, but it ought [ . About two years ago Mr. SH lll by the Enem we are unable to redeen Two heads are better There is a new king now in the saloons—'al to be stopped among dose fool heard the wonderful voice of in- | The most unkindest cu THerg.il T tended bride, who was then singing in | in the avera ’ Where did you all come from?" acolored church choir in Providence,R. | A furniture dealer adver Me daughtér (theatrical) an dis man [ 1. He brought her to New York and mazked thep! came hayr ns it was to de fair—you | she electrified her audience. Sinee | Fock: Perhaps the first ship star hout ars knows how dat is, boss—and I cum after ‘em and brought de pasture and his bible along tofix it up. “What purt of the state are from? Panama then she has been Mr. Bergen's Mr. Bergen has been a widow s o son abouttwely poetsings: WO you all 0 saw them. 1 Batson was born in Wash- three years ago. She be- | "o jaw is for the poo 1 nine years of age. When | put those who are able t she was four years old she removed to | yers get the most out of “Dic conse? you secure a marriage li- "'—The ulster which is desirous of entering the s of his cradles down to bed- ral will be drawn by a Ke chaps Lie struck because he was too lazy to wother. “I'm blowing the dust out fined to the minor matters. ¢y embroidery must be At it on portiere or pia rt stores for it. The st 1 sort of thing has grown too high fq efforts to be conspicuously displayed Porticres are fashionable, and atways will be, because they fill s limitations, D wel ll vlnm 1 It is the father of . precocions two-and-a- half-year-old who tells that the child was watching an old lady muking her toilet c old Jady had removed her false hair and »th, when the ustonished small boy said “Bet'yeh can't take yez neck off 1 “Helen,” said auntie, “bring me a_clean apron to put on you.” Now Helen and sister hud aprons alike, and _through mistake she ot one of sister’s, and looked with surprise n. than one if a_person Ak business, 1f-and-"alf sold and ‘alf froth. 1t of all is to be found suit of clothes. ses that he has d of f be ize how much them with portie Tt is not necess; to dwell in eithe at the sleeves, which came over her hands. to go through the | Elizabethan villa or a Queen Anne “Well, auntie,” she exclaimed, “1 dess my y mo- | huve a beautiful home. The apron has outgrown e house can be made 1 thing of beauty it L.u.‘ “Six NG =astanioying thotfiras Chords T Struck,” 1, Let treatment wecobd | ham and exgs of the scason, and us the horse whetls radish bottle was passcd, thought he have some too. When he had somewhat from the burning, down to his breakfast the situation with: “I gu would recovered and haa settled in, he explained s Tl wait until wce, or ver: m is apt to be pl Y and the re Painted doors ave preferred for bedrooms, as they are supposed to be more healthy ; and ras well as the rich, 0 hire the best law- it. T i o e o o s | P R. I, with her mother and over disturb a contemplative man. It rugs are used, and us they | that gets cold 'fore L try it again.” de government,” saying which the old [ there joined the Bethel church choir, | is not safe to get near a train of thought atinsis | - Mrs. Natick went up to*put her youngest man started off to' join the wedding | of which she became the leading singer, | when it is in motion. are sometimes | qud liviiest son to bed o fow nights ago, and T g 1z for two yeurs In\hu\ul estof | The descendauts of the New York and Move exponsive | ound hersalt Invited to dictats 80 unoom- — v college, at Harper's Fe Chicago boodlers will not be fond of referving ITiH aa i SRR I mouly full number of praycrs. ay ‘Gentle An Empress' Bridal Outfit, Much indignation is felt by llu' col- | to their ancestral huls. 4 Pull Mull Gazette. The choice of the bride for the young emperor of China us at Inst been” made, and in due time the daughter of the duke ored people as the race in general Prize fightir posed to a prominent member m; i white person, but whatever ma the feeling of either the col = | al ittle int France—You'd hette tail! Germany—Why brother of the pres white people in the matter, it i : empress of the ampire. Al | that the alliance will b hiat) Franoe—Ab) § e though the wedding will probably not | able to Manager Bergen and h se. | thing when ho sca i, un take place before 1889, thousands of | When asked by the writer, why, un- hands arve alrendy busy with the lad like her sex, she il admiticd the troussean and wedding presents, which | engagement, he said she thought too | conveniently,” says a ¢ probably never becn equalled in [ much of him to deny it. Mr. Bergen | This is ulso good rule wealth at any other court. The follow- | says he wishes to see the color line | as well ing, for instance,are the presents which | broken, and if his action will contribute The interest most pe the young emperor is presenting his | to that end he will bear the brunt. people’s bunk accounts pcee before their marriage, after the It is said that the profits from Miss | °® actunl engagement pr . which con- | Batson's concerts have amounted to | &% of a gold seal, inlaid with | 30,000, Biismarck He also runs e two former money. 15, the handle being formed by two irold dragons. Up to a month previous Queer Marriage Laws, The m: is a_disgrace to civilization, but some how or other we all sey est in which man licked. an with bot It is oue thing for a person to_know a good ze & good thing when he knows it, allow a fish to lie if it an average than three and one: runs a paper mi l{uxuhxl her son. ow I lay me.'”" This, 100, the unen'” the shrill boy piped in eagerly: ) "rog's gone a-hunting. " very good colors and will wear Tairly well There are charming screens and _splashers for washstand: Sof watting und. paint with figure s, and some of the 1 toilet sets ore lovely, the bowls being ver. deepand somewhat oblong in shape and the pitehers are low, with large mouths, many are in imitation of royal Worcest that is to say, gold and white—and othe very old-fashioncd looking, with quaiut bright flowers. A lounge is an article that might nearly be called a nece nd for bedrooms the the best, as there ns to take r not t lam tr cad on my ading on it. little son came home from scliool dilapidated state the other he said sternly, “you have b * ST know it Feplied the lit- “but 1 ‘didn the you telling lln truth, ire pop, mamma,” was the “If you don't belicve me, you nd another thing for firet blovw. How, § carnest reply box | can usk God.' is 1o ses or v ¢ others that are little used. A low tabl SINGULARL > head of the lounge and only just nough to hold a tete-a-tete sct is quite an addition, and chairs must be added to suit crman empire, | the occupant. In dressing the bed, unless a1 In the northern part of Michigan two Lim the most | colored cover or a bolster-rool is used, a p bucks that had their horus ked 80 that white spread and two scts of pillows sh uld tl an be hung popular cook book. to apply to fishermen lo take in other isa good deal more ulf per ES, kes six feet long with bright ved rings around their necks ave reported to have been seen recently ol farm near D tur, 111, and a dis- the ( bring lace. the ones at the heud should have haud i . oA could not get apart were killed by hut to the wedding the lady is presented y go laws of Delaware are | MO e of the hospitaiity | Blways be on. Those placed at tho foot arc | bre yecentls - " L with 10 picbald horses, with completo rather unique in some respects. Y | ofa city by the eawernoas with which huch | to be used at night and can have a hem- | g 5 d ! o) white couple who wish t r of a city by the cagerness with which hack »d ruffie, or they may be t od Mehanden drave immense schools of weak- trappings: 10 gilt helmets and cuirs | L to marry must and all'sorts of carviage drivers ask him to | Stitched ruffle, or they may be trimmod with | o SRGRFEEE S e TR ETRE FEAGR S0 A 100 pies of satin of th tquality lulu' out a marringe license and give » - ‘ take a ride """l"‘ s of cotton ma . Aswedding | "bond to the state, with good security, “1t s interesting to rof ‘nts the bride receives 200 ounces | in the penal sum of with condi- tough workir ..r gold, 10,000 ounces (taecls) of silve tions that if — and — may lawfully uuk that his father on one gold tea service consisting of tes unite themselves in and if | crowd through joy over pot and one cup with & lid, one silver { there be no legal objection to celebrat- | Before you call attent ten sorvice. two silver wash basins, | ing the rites of marriage between them, | pig has no use for his tail please 1.000 pie then the said uhlmuuon shall be o8 of satin of the bes quality void, that you have two buttous on the low houses at Anglos were taken out A cat in Portsmouth, Va. deliberately com mitted suicide by takinga position in 4 cellar that was rapidly filling with water, and sit till until drowned. Texas prospectors recently saw a battle between eight big gray wolves and a herd of N. J, and wagoulouds somely embroidered pillow-slips. Shams are now but little used and should also be cdged with lace The dressing burean made now isa co tively light picee, and many people dispense with this and use only a toilet table, which can be made very pretty with lace and mus. lin. 1f the bureau is used it should always fect when looking at 1 out @& sentence for ¢ treated the his birth, ion to the fact that a remember on o = 3 the! 2.” 1] f your coat that don't button anythix - oly Wl » r, ei op | 800 cattle, The wolves separated a cow and twenty horses, with complete trappings; | other in force. This ]l(‘n‘n«:(nwh 0% ) have an immaculately white cover, either cat E a twenty horses Without lru:-:liut'i. 82, with an additional fec of fifty cents | _ 1L there is any one sight in this world m trimmed with lace or hemstitched, and a f calf from tho restaid uttacked thew. The twenty saddles for pack horses and | to the clerk of the peace (clerk” of the | Bddening thau that of a bachclor at o buby | suall cushion wiieh s to g onr berd came to the rescuc and drove the wolves i v ~4 N ih e e show it must be the spectacle of an old maid | the bureau or far back on the top. mule The parents of :111;» lady r{i Lttun.l_x).‘\ b:: l\’."-u:i }1_»"1-'-1[\_'-"_' w‘, the | among the spectators in a divorce court, cushions scem to be entirely out of sty! R. P. Gahir, of Passadena, Cal, found a ceive, also, 100 ounces of gold, one gold IK,‘:‘,"IL'?'{ 881 A' ln. »mn{n |u.nm's. oW - People who have studied into the origin of | are very little used. On the bureau should | pumpkin seed that had sprouted and begun tea set, 5,000 taels silver, one silver tea | ever, by buying them of the clerk of the | phrases will agree that the saying, =1 ac- | be fancy trays for pins and hairpins, toilet | growiug inside the mother pumpkin. Mr, set, oue silver wush basin, 500 pieces | peace for $2.50 each; then the justice nowledge the corn” was invented by a man, bottles, und iy fact everything that will Jook | Gabr found the young viue growing nicely SECURE SEATS AT BOX-OFFICE EXTRA! Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, December, 1sf, 2nd and 3rd erica’s Greatest Artist, FANNY DAVENPORT, As the Hervoine of Sardou’s Great Play, “FEDOR.A 300 nights in New York City. LADY O LL.YONS, MISS DAVENPORT AS PAULINE. ats heging Wednesday morning, inside the vegetable when he cut it open ta feed it to his cows. Mrs, LT, Smith of Brunsw curiosity in the shape of a cod ing out of a solid piece of lin rock w bedded it w ck, Ga., has @ e bush’ grow- me rock, The s simply lying on the ground, not im- at all. The bush is as green as if s growing in the natural sofl. Seven boa-constrictors from Cuba arrived at Berlin. A few days later one of them laid four eggs and died in the performance. opening it ten more eggs were found of the size of & man’s fist. Out of the four eggs four snakes emerged, each about twenty inches in length, For about twelve years three big horned owls have monopolized everything in the hooting line on old Slide mountain, N. Y. Bill Plank, who lives ne Itumlum, cele- brated Tast Fourth of July by setting steel trap to cateh one. The next day the trap was missing, On ¢ ion day .party of hunters Shot an immense owl over in Jo lum.,ma that had Plank’'s trap fast to its leg. weighed four pounds ind & hulf, and o mu near killing one of the hunter’s hounds when, with the trap, it dropped out of the tree. Mrs. A. E. Bennett, of Paynesville, Minn., thought she heard a dog following licr as she walked home the other evening, and, looking around. saw that a slender litte animal was trotting along close behind her, It followed quietly until she ied home, and when she opened the door hesitated u moment and then darted in the hou up-stairs, was a wink, which very soon made itself per- fectly at home, and with the HBennett family is us tame as o kitten, but very strangers call. shy when r-old child of Ierman Meyers, southwest of Waitsh died a 0. The child had, from its in- v doubtless, been dead to all five senses aving, smeliing, tasting, feeling and see- 1t never walked, stood nor sat—nor attempted to—yet it grow physically all s time, and at the period of its death, was 1l as ordinary children of its age., It cr inany way helped itseif, nor attempted todoso. It would eat what was put in its mouth, and whenever food was put there, were us bright as ever seen, but med to be useless, It showed no signs of life at auy time, except that it breathed, ate and digested its food. A most remarkable freak of nature here is attracting great attention at ( n.muhuumm, I hundreds of people are comis it. 4 Hill, u small ool- ored settlement ten miles from here, a col- ored woman some weeks ago gave birth to & boy child that nearly scared them all to death. The infunt was healthy and well de- veveloped when born, and has continued in good condition since, but the strangest part is its color, It is divided iuto two halves, as it we ach repre ting the Cnucasin and African race. One side from the centre of its forehead down is a black as coal, while the other is equally white and fair, Another monstrous freak of Dame Nature is shown by the fact that the Cau 0 has thick 1ips and flat nose, kinky hair and black oyes, in facy all the African characteristics, while the dark side has fair and blue eyes, and soft, silky hair fect Tiealth and grows fast ated aterrible hubbub in the settlement, and the negroes were inclined to regard it as an omen of evil e \e Westinghouse people ha tract for lighting the ser ‘ushington with 1,500 e in candle powe a con= te chumber at ctric lights, from 9 10 150, n formed at Yank- any has he ton to establish an Edison central sta- tion, The power is to be obtained from an artesian well by means of a turbine wheel, e Sudden changes of tomperature, and humidity of the atmosphere often pro- duce disorders of the kidneys and blad de. 1) H. McLeans Liver and jalm to check these troubles in their incipiency,