NEBRA8KA NEWO AND NCITE8.
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Itemt of Greater or Lesser Impor
tance Over the State.
Tho county assessment of Douglas
county totals 32,793,424.
Corn brought more money on tho
Omaha market Saturday morning, says
an Omaha paper, than In Chicago
for tho first time In the history of tho
Omaha market, according to grain
dealers. On the floor of the exchange
J. B. Swearengen sold eight carloads
to tho Transmlsslppl Grain company
for 75 cents per bushel. It was No. 3
corn and a fow minutes after the sale
was closed Mr. Swearengen was offer
ed 7GV4 cents for 8,000 bushels. Tho
hlghost prlco In Chicago was 74 conts.
Mrs. Amelia Barr of Plattsmouth re
ceived a .telegram Baying that her
youngest son, aged 10 years, was
drowned Sunday In Pennsylvania.
William Walter, blacksmith of Bur
ress, a vlllago seven mllos south of
Exeter, was accidentally shot with a
22-callber rifle in tho hands of his lu-yoar-old
Bon, tho ball passing ontlroly
through the thickest part of his thigh,
causing considerable hemorrhage and
pain.
Rev. F. M. Sturdovnnt, for tho last
four years pastor of tho Tccumseh
Baptist church, hatt resigned, asking
that his resignation take effect Octo
ber 1. Thoro is no discord between
tho pastor and the church mombcrs,
rather qulto tho contrary. However,
Rov. Mr. Sturdevant desires to make
n chango.
Shorlff T. W. Carroll came to Repub
lican City from Alma and arrested Os
car Kent on a peace warrant sworn
out by his wife. Kent was taken be
foro County Judso Shelborno and
placed under $300 bonds. Kent, It Is
alleged, has bcon abusive to his wife,
on moro than ono occasion has struck
her and threatened to tako her life.
Whllo putting up hny on Ills father's
farm near Fullerton, Qcorgo N. Carter,
aged 20, was ovorcomo by the heat.
When Dr. Barbor arrived he found the
young man's eyes, set and body rap
idly growing cold. He brought him
to the Carter homo in town and after
much work was rejoiced to soo n
change for tho hotter In Cnrtor's con
dition. At Ravenna tho "fats" played the
"loans" a gamo of baseball and won
by a scoro of 0-8. Tho proceeds of
the game, nearly $100.00 wero do
nated to tho "good roads fund." A
club of fifty mombers has been raised
and much moro will be secured from
time to tlmo, as tho road question Ib
tho most serious ono Ravennn busi
ness mon have to contend with.
A freight train No. 70, eastbound,
on tho Burlington run over and killed
August Crumroy of Culbertson, three
quarters of a mile east of that place.
Crumroy was walking In tho middle of
the track and was practically ground
to pieces by the engine and carB.
Tho man was evidently vory hard of
hearing, as lie paid no nttontlon to re
peated whistling by tho locomotive
Albert II. Evans, a liveryman of
Wray, Colo., was tried before Justlco
of tho Poaco H. H. Berry of McCook
charged with adultery, and was held
to appear at tho next term of tho
district court; his appearance bond be
ing fixed at S300. A Mrs. Brady of
near Wray Is tho woman In tho case,
and tho crlmo Is alleged to havo been
committed at McCook. May 23, 1908.
BoBton dispatch: Arthur O. Kelloy
of Franklin, N. H., expects to assume
this fall tho position of professor of
biology at Donno college, Nob. Mr.
Kolley Is n graduate of Dartmouth,
with tho degrees of A. B. and A. M.,
and last year was an Instructor In
biology in that Institution. Mr. Kolley
comes of Now Hampshire stock and
1b one of tho most brilliant young men
In that stato.
The greater por cent of tho wheat
crop in Johnson county has boon cut.
MoBt formers seem to think the crop
will bo a fair one. Corn on tho ullln
where It has boon dry enough to work
is being freed from, tho weeds and,
after a week of dry weathor, tho low
land corn can bo worked. Some farm
ers who havo lands on tho extreme
lowlands have lost tholr crops as a
result of floods.
That Merrick county Is to have a
drainage dltoh, constructed on scien
tific principles and extending tho
wholo longth of the county and re
claiming 100,000 acres of land which
during every wot season like tho pres.
ent ono are more or less useless for
agricultural purposes, seems qulto
probable of realization If tho recom
mendations of tho government exports,
who nro thero going over tho pro
posed routo of the ditch, arc heeded.
Now York dispatch: Forty-three
ochpol teacherB, forty-ono of thorn
from Nebraska and thlrty-nlno of thorn
women, went to Ellis Island and saw
how immigrants are received. They
are stopping at the Cosmopolitan
hotel. I. A. Downoy, stato Inspector
of normal training in high schools In
Nebrnska, Is In cliafgo of tho party
and Mra. Sarah Brlndley Is chaperon.
Tho teachers wero uoloctod from va
rious towns in Nebraska by school
boards. They aro studying pedagogy
and psychology in tho various placed
they vIbU.
An Incident of tho big flood - In
Wheeler county was the destruction
of the dam which C. A. Stitzor was
building at Erlcson.
Tho Central City boys' band, an or
ganization under tho direction of Fath
er Delfosse, for several ybars In sue
ceslon a feature at tho Ak-Sar-Bon
festivities In Omaha, has been reor
ganized. After tho departure of Fath
er Dolfosso for Robinson, 111., last fall
the organization of tho band was
droppod for a while. Now Prof. Fritz
W. A. Paul, who comes from Pough
keopsio, N. Y., has boon secured as
deader.
Albert Edward UHman I g?
Is a good
China to
HERE may
bo special
months or
seasons fa
vored by
brides to bo
In different
climes for
tho ringing
of wedding
bolls but
any old tlmo
tlmo. From
imcrlcn nnd
from Iceland to Patago
nia tho whole earth Is
perpetually smiling with
brides. Think of tho
'.rousseauB that aro be
liiK prepared, from tho
'od silk veil of tho ori
ent to tho whlto tullo
pf the occldeut; of the
?lrls that aro being glv-
5n, of tho odd, strange
-eromonles that aro be
ing performed, of the
Ites nnd f eastings I In-
lecd It Is a wonderful
;lmo; and n tlmo when
ill should bo lmnnv.
And, In general, we
nay supposo that nil
orldes aro happy, but
In tho land of tho Joss
'.ho llttlo Chlncso mnld
who is about to bo mar
led doesn't seem to
look forward to tho ven
turo with anything llko
tho enthusiasm of her
American sister. It Is
a tlmo of walling and
lamenting with her. Sho
Is looked unon from Iior
vory birth If, Indeed.
sho is not smothered as
a babo as somothlng
despicable A girl baby
Hnd8 no favor In tho
eyes of tho gods of tho
Flowery kingdom; all
honor goes to tho malo
child over thoro. Honco
whon tho girl baby
grows up thoro is small
wonder that alio is dis
posed of lightly to somo
man who. instead of
looking upon her as a
wife, viows her as a ser
vant, nnd a profitable
ono, too, inasmuch as
ho doosn't havo to nay
nor anything for her
services. And this is
even shown in tho mar-
rlago sorvlco; for at tho
oncluslon of tho rites
sho Is received by tho
austcro groom aa hn
alts upon a high stool.
Indicating his superior
ity, and is mado to prostrnto herself nt his
fcotl Tho women of tho east, It must bo ob
served, nro far moro nbject and dependont
that tho women of tho west.
In Jnpan, tho dear llttlo Island of cherry
Dlooms, tho woman Is trcnted with respect;
'nasmuch ns this modern country is rapidly
taking on tho customs and manners of Europe,
their treatment of tho fair sex Is considerably
'fairer," and this Is shown In many ways. Tho
young girl is given tho opportunity of refus
ing her suitor If sho doesn't want him, a prlvl-
ego that Is frequently denied tho Chinese
brldo. In Nippon tho wooer comes and places
i sprig of shrubbery on the house of tho maid
ho would llko to marry; It this shrub is neg
lected, it shows lilni that ho Is rejected. It
It is taken into the houso and placed upon
tho wall, It means the young lady "Iiub no ob
jections." Then sho, to show him that Bho re
turns his affectionate regard, blackens hor
teeth. After they are married sho plucks out
her eyebrows, and then tho husband and wlfo
are allowed to talk together; for. you must
know, tho young men aro not often allowed to
tnlk to tho girls over In tho mlkndo's realm.
In Korea, close at hand, men of all ages tako
jp tho benedict's llfo. It frequently happens
Miat young boys, scarce 12 years old, aro mar--led
to girls of tho samo ago. Tho prlco of a
wife Is a bullock, and, needless to say, a good
bullock Is regarded over thero as a thing of
much moro valuo than a moro womnn. Tho
photograph shows a bridogroom on his wny
to the wedding; It is taken at Seoul, In tho
jouthern purt of tho Island, whero the sun Is
'Oi, nnd n servant Is seen protecting the speed
'ng groom from tho rays of the sun with a
'nrge umbrolln. A curious custom In connoc
'.Ion with Korenn woddlngs Is that concerning
tho bridegroom's hair. Hoforo his marriage It
;s left long nnd braided down his back; but
afterward It Is colled on top of his head, much
is tho American woman colls up her hair, and
is surrounded by a wire apparatus not unlike a
bird cage or a mouse trap and left that way
as a sign; doubtless to all scheming widows
that he Is already "took" and Is not to be tam
pered with.
In Norway tho crown Is on tho womnn's
head, ns can bo seen by a reference to tho
photograph. It Ib a magnificent affair, but It
Is rather cumborHomo nnd unwieldy and, while
no doubt It is considered qulto a luxury, the
mere fact that the brldo has to wear It uight
and day for a week would make It a decided-
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ly unpopular custom In this country. Tho
methods of tho suitor nro unlquo, as Is the caso
In nlmost every foreign country. If a man
nnd a maid happen to ent off of the samo plcco
of bread It Is taken for granted thnt they aro
suro to fall In love, then, after tho marriage, tho
brldo runs away tho next day and hides. Sho
Is sought out by the wholo vlllago nnd, whon
found, Is brought back, set up in her now
home, and mado to dlspcnso liquor to tho vil
lagers. A week Is generally given over to tho
bridal festivities.
Tho "match-maker" is alwnya a prominent In
Ktltutlon among foreign brides nnd bride
grooms; ho (or she, ns tho caso may be) Is ti
sort of brldo-morchant, a middleman, who sorts
out a likely husband for nn anxious wife, and
vice voran. Generally It Is tho other way;
genornlly tho wlfo has to be sought, and
sought with care. Tho matter of tho dowry
bus )o be arranged, and tho match-maker has
to be paid by tho wlfo's parents. In tho
United States wo frequently hear, among tho
Ghottri tribes, of tho "nhactchon," which Is tho
same thing as tho old world "match-makor."
Greece, Palestine, Porsla, India, practlcnlly all
the eastern countries havo this sort of trafllc;
and these wily wife-merchants tnnko a very
good living, Indeed.
In Greeco the "mntch-makors" prnctlcully ar
range all the marriage among the lower
classes. Thero, too, aro orange blossoms used,
ono of tho fow countries besides our own In
which this flower has somo especial signifi
cance. There also tho best man has a rather
dullcato job which probably would not bo popu
lar In this country. The groom presents his
bride with a pair of shoes and It Is part of
the best man's duties, during the eeremony, to
get down and put these shoes upon hor dainty
feet. In tho photograph hero given tho Gre
cian woman has arrayed herself In a splen
did costume and Is standing Jn mock simplicity
(tho usual Oreclan custom) whllo a part of tho
ceremony Is being performed. It Is this tra
ditional affectation of hern which has given
rlBo to tho Greok saying, "as affected as a
young bride."
In India thoro la a curious way of "getting
rid of tho women," if it may bo said In that
brutal phrase. Thero a young bachelor is apt
to wait a long tlmo boforo purchasing
a brldo, bccnuBo tho cost Ib too great.
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Iwiuowa, nowovur, uro cm-up. mmi
doca tho wily father of the rapidly aging
daughter do, In ordor to make her read
CD ily marriageable? Ho marries her to
a bouquet of flowora nnd then throws tho flow
era In a well! This makes her technically
a widow and as such, very cheap, on Iho mar
kct. Aftor that, tho proccso of wedlock Is
easy. A wlfo la a decidedly handy thing to
havo nround the promises. Sho can work
equally ns well ns Iho man and, In tlmo of
dobt, sho la accepted by tho creditor as so
much ensh.
Wo nro apt to gather from Iho Ilubayat of
Omar Khayyam and from other Porslan poots
that tho Persian Is a very poetical man, yet
hero la tho burden of ono ot his wedding
songs:
"Ah, Lnlla, Lalla, you have made roast meat
of my heart I"
But to tell all the customs of all tho tribes
of tho universe In regard to weddlngtf, be
trothals, and married llfo would fill a big
book; Indeed, It baa been written about ox
tenslvely enough to fill two volumes.
Tho thing that la of most Interest to Ameri
can women, naturally enough, la tho American
proposal and tho Amorlcan marriage. How
many of our love songs havo been written
around this enduring topic? I low many of tho
very greatest love poems havo breathod thlB
sentiment? Under n moonlit aky, by tho ocean
aldo, on the western plains, on the European
bound steamers, In the silence of 'tho parlor
with tho gas turned low (as In our plcturo)
every eoncolvablo plnce has marked tho sot
ting of a lovo affair and a proposal. "Faint
heart no'er won fair lady;" and tho brave
hearted havo not balked to propoHo even In a
motor ear going nt tho rate of r0 miles an
hour' Huch la America. Then, after tho pro
posal, cornea tho solomnlzntlon of tho new llfo
before the two young people the wedding
ceremony Itself. Moro and moro In the United
Stntes Is this function becoming a "home af
fair," aa la ahowu in the picture. Then fol
Iowa the period of congratulation tho wedding
supper or brcakfapt, with smiling friends nud
happy faces around the fcstlvo board. And
last of all, the swert, silent moment when the
brWo and groom are clasped in each othor's
arms, the moment of highest consummation.
Alono nt last!
Tho Dauphlne maiden Is past mistress In tho
art of oncouraglng or discouraging 1. lover's
attentlona hesldea saying In no many wordB
that ho In welcome or had hotter be gone.
When u awaln's visits aro pleasing to her, alio
makos his soup thick with grated cheese; If
the contrary, ho will find a haudful ot oats
In bis pocket. Should be porslst she will turn
tho blackened ends of tho firebrands townrd3
him, a sign thero la 110 mistaking. Tho peas
ant girl ndmltB a favored lover to n parlonont
which corresponds to a consont to "keep com
pnny," ns wo any In this country. Tho awnlu
Ib now allowed to ilanco with and call upon
hor, and to make himself useful In a thousand
lltllo ways. Should no better suitor como for
ward, tho two will probnbly become man and
wlfo.
But with tho bettor claaass in Franco thoro
la llttlo opportunity for courtship. In Parts
young unmarried girls go out occaalonally
Into society; In the provlnceo thla la not al
lowed. When a young man reaolvea on matri
mony, and heara of a young lady whoso family
and elrcumstancoa uro In every way suitable,
he mukcB informal Inquiries, through a priest
or some Indy of her circle, about tho girl's do
mestic qualities and amount of dowry. This
Inst particular la of tho highest importnnco.
It Is raro for a doworlosu girl to marry In
France, though the portions which wIvob, oven
of tho comfortable mlddln-class, bring their
husbands only consist of a sum of three or
four llgures. On receiving satisfactory Infor
mation tho Hilltop who wishes to do the thing
In a decorous manner commits the affair to
Homo elderly woman, perhaps bin mother or
aunt. This good lady hastens to acquaint tho
girl's family with tho offer, and In hor turn
Informs them of tho aultor'a unimpeachable
diameter and good clrcumstiinces.
Marriage Is more difficult of accomplishment
In Englnud from the fnct that thero Is so
much red-tapo attached to it Most of our
customs have como from England, though
born of earlier times. Tho "best man" dntea
bark to tho days of marrluo by capture, aa
be helped the bridegroom to catcli his bride.
Nor la this the only relic of the most ancient
of human lustltutiona; for what was tho lion-c)-moou?
It was not merely a pleasure trip aa
l.ow, but a rapid and hurried flight of brldo and
bridegroom, rendered necessary by tho anger
of an outraged father.
Presents to the lirideamaida form another
lntereatlng link with primeval days. They
wero originally a fora of toll which the couplo
wero glad lo pay In order to bo nlono. Ily
the act of uniformity only ono method of mar
riage can bo used, but tho state allows cer
tain Indulgences lo tho wealthy, who may ba
married privately by a special liconse; or by a
license, given upon tho oath of tho man that he
knows no legal obstruction to his union; or
by tho publication of banns used among tho
poorer cIuhhoh. Ah In othor countries, so In
England, (hero la much Joyous feasting on tho
occnslon or a wedding. This Is cloarly shown
by tho vory word "bridal," which la slmuly
another lorni of "brldoalo," or "brldo-fea:."
Originally It meant only tho carousal r
drlnkiug In honor of tbj brbki.