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i TWO DHTKUMlNi:!) (iIl!LS. I THEY LEFT HOME TO CUT MAP.RIED AND WOULDN'T CE PUT OFF- They fuUnl t ;v. ,j,u Men Tl. nt Pirnt Wuitlrcl, l.nl ;t Cm Ni-.t Ui-ht-A Ti:m18 of L'iiv.ittiiily rimlo Ijy a tlik Wlio Wrote lint l.lrriiM-a. "Did you ever witnetsa a ! nl,l,. v.t.l- ding fa which tlure was tui cxclinu -e of brid and Bnnw at the alt rT iTsI-cd John Moraii a well known Walnut street man. "No, sir; I never did," replied the scriljo. "Well. I can tell you of an event of tliat dcucrip'iuu. It happened iji tins way: Ono afternoon, not long i:go, two young men whom 1 had known in Streator, III., came to me and informed me that they had iuda.-ed two tiL ter.s to elope with them from a town in central Kansas, and that it was necessary t!iat tho nuptial knot ho tied without delay. They were, they said, expecting the irate father and the grown up muscular brothers of the girU to arrive ia the city on the next train, with 'blood in their eyes.' As the '1 joys' were old whuol mates of mine, of course I told them thai they had hut to command mo and I was at their wrvico. "We hired a carriage and drove to the hotel where the young ladies were await ing the return of their to Lo husbands, whose names arc William H and Charlc3 W . It was then nearly 5 o'clock p. i-i. As soon as we could ;;ot the girlj into th? carri.ige we hurried to Recorder 1 1 hide's o!:ioe, where William and Charley prct-e;.'!" 1 Ihcm; -Ives I efonj the marriage Iiceu.se eii-rk and requested that they Lc given the. ducauu nts neees cary to entitle theiu to ved their girls. As 1 remarked before, the girls are : is ters. Their piven or Christian name.s are Lillie and Lidie. Aiur obtaining Hie licences the young men uw1 i.hc-ir ladies and myself went to the residence of a preacher, who-:e nana I liavo lorgotten. His church is on the east side of the city, and not more than six blocks xi way from The Journal ollice Handing him thy licenses, William and CharleS requested him to join their lov ing hearts in the bonds of matrimony at once. Now Lillie was tho intended ol William, and Lidie the intended ol diaries. Don't forget that. - "You can belter imagine the const; r nation of the liit'iubers ff the wethlii:. party than I can describe it, when tli. discovery vas made that the young ir.ai. who had iu:'d the licenses hail aligned Lillie to Char lea ur,d Lidie to William a. life partners. In their paste to put then necks into the by mental halter the young men bad thru.-t the hectic s inU their pockets when tney were handed tj them by the I;eeno clerU. wiihout Li specting them to isee if tliey were rightly .made out. rjjey did iut discover tlt-Jl a !ai-tak !oU leii kuuIo nni.il after t!uy hn. joined Iui".'is and the parson l.vt;an tin tlou&fc ceieujt.ny by baying: "lo yen William - . take 1.1 U-j fr yoin lawful.-wen J"d wiic' '! I-.!,!" e. claimed V;,;i.s:i. Ia;n marrying I-ili-e . not Lidie. -No. hir.' retorted t!o Kr mm, y.: r.re l.ot. You eri licensed ti wed Lid!" The voin--ay I j-i- arilt.;i. sir. cjan;:i'ted Wiiiiaal. "Li-l mo see t'.ie !o4-t;i;:enl' "Theiiee;ise was shown him. and there, sure cr.'. ugh. was Lidie's i.air.e coupled with his own. The prin-eedings wire iumu-i'iately suspendeil. the -arson in-forn-ing lbe yf'Ung men and the ladirr that he could mt marry them until thei; licences were in j-ropcr form. Lidie aiid Lidie began weeping and nearly went into hysterics. William and Charles and 1 assured them that wo would have the mistakes in the licenses reclined. Leav ing tku young ladies in the parson's par lor. o rushi-4 out of the house and uxupC!l jno vur tv.rrjage, in which we - r driven aj a rapid peep pj the com t w- at fcoud and Main ftreeir.. lious. our disappointment and veiu Great . ., f0.,ti . recorder was tion wlici wv j y-asout of the city, uoi r.t nui. it i-tj ill, IIUL. - t-Jv ... n.liirn.v Knowing not km,:; ru. to tho parson's, residents " i tj1? TOUiio. "Tliey scrrDvvfuIiy toi. obtain new ladies that they had faded to to licenEest Tliey urgetl 'tho pu. -ould marry them, and told him they v ,;1 have tho newssary rdteratiouj ntfit! -x tho documents tho next day. flat tt.-J "parscii firndy- refused. He pointed out to them the fact tliat the recorder ':is bound by las rs eords.'and they must she v that the inarris ges tK,k place in accord nnco with t'u heensos. I5y this time the young ladies la.d ccaseil weeping. "Pli'tiring t :. corner of the room they held a whisprred consultation, i.t the end cf v.-hich Lillie c:illetl Yv'illiam to hc-r and infonaedl.hu that she and Lidie Lad decided that they would not leave the house c-cee t; as the wives of himself and Charles. 'ia; the preacher won't marry is.' fiaid William. Y"es. he will, re torted Lillie, an t you n:J Charlie have got to agree t- i:.' William seiJ he iidn't catch on. whereupon Lillie nearly too!: his breath away by informing him tliat eho end Lidie hail , agreed to let the licenses stand a- they were and get mar ried nevoid ing to them. 'If you and Charley don't do that we will tako the first train and return home, Niid she, and never marry either of you. It was then William and Charles1 turn to con Fult. After talking the matter over for ten minutes they arrived at the decision that, as a mistaka in tho licenses had teen made, which could not be cor rected in time to enable them to have tho double wedding come oil asintended. 1ml i he girls had decided to 'swaj.' .i .1...- ti... -niil.l f',.. Oueiuriw tn..ni . . best of a bad matter iaid go ahead with tho ceremony. If they couldn't get tho -Jife partners selectetl. they woulJ not re T main wifeless. The parson was informed f the new aspect tho allair had taken ion, and he U-an nain the ceremony where he left tl Tub result was tliat 'Lilik Uvame the wife of Cliarles and Jjdie the wife of William, and I stood up itevt man for the couples. It wasn't exactly a-i ordmg to tli? programme, but lr.N ell i.nk conccrne-d are satu- , - - " . 1 THE DAILY canaries as entertainers. An OI.I Vrtn!:: VfliU-j : iwius r.cTlvcil Tiirili nr'. now tt l ;..s n pleasing fe.'dniv iit.lhe .-iriLtic decorations for i; . p ::;i' s. teas, voddingumid other .(... y ,; ti!.i. In hi.; liight into the i:r;!V. i;: ; i .f in fr i t i-jilioii halJ tho laiir.iy I..:', n X l')!V(I out anv other i; ;. !' :! .r.ni: :nrsil::l disnhiv. but has tins'. !y ia!:esi hi.. place a: whole. t charmin addition t tho It v:'3 tho 1,1 ti"li .V'"'-5 h couit:;! music ,,"vs ' the drawing rooms where f": !",m ,:Ilt t. '""-'ly "angcd as to tjue: and tone that they forced tho applause of even those who could not guess the .source of tho melody. They v.ero vi ry popular for a time, and th. iv jx.pulat ily killed them. Mrs. Ueedy pi'.cu!Cil :i cjuple for her sur prise party, i:nl that clfectually smote Hie fad on the head. The canary has taken the place of tho inu.de box. From cages that are themselves irto.-.t helpful for decora tive purposes ho scuds forth a Hood of melody that litis the pauses in instru mental and vocal music. Tho orna mental cage is placed amid flowers or evergreen, is brightened with riblxms and las.sels, and forms a very attrac tive feature or tho beauties of the room. Lat the bird lives a sad, fast life, lie i:i a creature of fashion and must obey its dictates. Like the- other so ciety people, he keeps very late hours and soon shows tho sign of dissipa tion, lie quickly adopts the customs of the ball room a'id reserves ail his music for tho hour;; when ho is placed amid the beauty and light aud per fume of the evening'. in the siiop iie is quiet and moody, feel s Lorcd at the ll-uscIcss chirp of the Luliiinch, turns up his bill at the s j;ig of the plebeian c.marythat is ex posed for sale, aud sits in sullen si lence wailing for tho moment when from his beauld'ul brass prison, all ribbons and tassels, he can pour forth his soul in an cc.aasy of song. A bird importing lirm has a large number of canaries Oil baud "for rent." They are now as much a part of the decorations as the llowers and evergreens; as necessary as the piano or violin. "Do you have many orders for cana ries;" a member of the lirm was asked. "Very many, especially at this time. Vo do a great deal of decora ting with the birds. That seems to have become qui to popular. They are in girat favor at children's parties, where wo send orders quite frequent ly, lor hotel displays and drawing room receptions they are also in great der.i.md." 'Jjj you always put them in brass cages for pal ties.'" '.Xearly always. That's part of the decoration, you know. Of course, wnen we snd them to hotels, perl taps a ljuiiuied or more, mey go in me wicker boxes, which are placed i.mid ferns, liowe:.s, wreaths and over giv;ji!s. The cllcct is very line, giving- the room the appearance of a con servatory.'' Does the dissipation have any ef fect on lhe:ni'' "it doesn't appear to have. It makes a diii'crence with them i:i the &tcre where they remain a trille quiet. Just as t.o'..j. 'hey get into the rooms where the party is to ho held, how ever, they brighten up, hop around and chirp anel gossip and sing like the; quests. They are very intrrest i::g iu their nays, and are no tremble. W e have the l'eeel boxes so arr:r.:gcd that nothing' can get out of the crges, so that one need not fear gvlting siieti.i in Jib eyes when looking up at iheia." San Francisco Chrouicie. His first Practical Joke. "W. J. Florence says the first prac tical joke that was ever played o.i him was the means of getting him out of a scrape, and he has felt kindly toward that form of wit ever since. It was when he was a lad, playing minor comedy jvirts in a Broadway theatre r.t f 10 a week. IIo thought he was madly in love with a young actress at work lor the f ame stipend. During the play one night he invited her to i take some oystci-s after tho pcrfor TH- a nee. Then no rusneu to ins lougiugs, changes! Jib clothes, met her and took her to an oyster Jjouse. His bill there was 1.00, but unfortunately he found he had left all his money in his other clothes. Thr wniler and the proprie tor both said hi3 story was t jo diaph anous, ar.cl made him giro up his -vateh mul Ids fathers ring that he w Ji'.t hen a white haired, be-:-ijt looking old gentleman came 1!C l out of cv" rf tho private dining com iberuoed to have iii those I'.rlmcin tids is i j.jnesi a i rfect A Anv .:ic can ;d his -::lon youtii.-Ji.ii tits t'iiiii, . itq,j j I will Hi youj- ..ijr t. V . J - . 1.11.1 kV k. 1 j 2laee r.gain." Out in tho street Florence v;:.s over come with gratitude. "(Jive liio nmr oddress, S'i"' cr.id tie to the kindly old gentleman. '"I will return ytu the monej' to-morrow. " '"Oh. never mind," said thu nhilan-li-'ropiet; "that was a countr.lcit $20 bill I handed to that old feci, it was worth n.tlikig; and he gave mo '-.18.10 chau'-e for iL That's tho v.a.v 1 nir.ko :! living Ie.vs. Good night." lie W:i a ClcTer Yotali. ' 'Ir. Sol 3mn!i Russell une! ';oaJ:tho rah' r Cay t;3 teach his son lioo n les to:i in seif denial. "Look J:ci-c, Bob," said he, "v. hcn- rycr yen get anviiiing g Pyo tnot of U L you iallU., liO, P.-.M Lr.jJ. rvcr vcu r;et anvtlung gooa you nust run ti'n T'o'li etlrv I had two apples; one uv .Vi 1 .v-iS ruiily, 'nd t'other wuz yaller ! d b .j. 1 la p' the runty one "uu'givo tho"L-ig yail- r one to mother."- "Tlfat aa nc'blt that" v.t; 1. anly that is just what 1 shoi.ld dor' s ;:d Tin. Russell, proudly jjai'.ii. r his pampered darling's head. - Kow, tii tt, ray eua, is whr.t we ca:i . ill aii net cf f.zli abnegation, of denui, f taei'.eo. " 4- 3. cir," taid Poh, ''Brit motLcr ou.t a'dej." CiiicaIi . , . . - - T:,-" -nd t'l'inderCd at tho proprietor: ;:ive tV 't voutb t-ck hii v.-atch ?1,''"X 'uaiui Vjpg. pry his ;! ' ciVv 0.ht to he ashunie:!, sir. JiEUALU : I'LAITSMOUTII, ONCE A NIHILIST. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER IN THE ASYLUM AT STEGLIT2. IIo Wu Drawn to Awtajtslnale tUe Czar, ' Ktit i:-niM-l to Ilo tli Decil tVnsemnce f 11 lit Otil Coiiiinilra A Devoted Snrct- l.t-art hikI Vif. In the blind asylum at Steglitz, a Ehort distance from Berlin, there lives a man who until recently was as mysterious a ersoiiago as tho famous "Man of the Iron Mask." Certain persons high in authority rnado application for apart ments at tho asylum which should bo worthy of a wealthy occupant. Uo ap peared a Bhort time after, accompanied by a beautiful woman, who was ad dressed as his wife. The man was tall and well made, and dressed in the height of fashion, with hands that betokened gentility of birth. Tho woman was young and aristocratic in looks and bear ing. About the face of tho man was a linen mask, with an opening opposite the mouth and nostrils, which was never re moved in the presence of attendants. He sat in a dark room, to which the servants wero rarely admitted, and conversed with few. His food was given to his wife, and tho inmates of the asylum knew nothing of their name and history further tlian tho fact that they were from Russia. THE MYSTERY SOLVED. Rumors were rife, as was natural, and many ingenious stories constructed to ac count for the strange imprisonment. But tho mystery has at last been solved, and the "Man of the linen mask" proved to be the hero of a strange and touching tale. A year before the death of the latoczar of Russia, although tho scion of a high and mighty family, the young nobleman, like so many of his class, became inter ested in tho trials and hopes of the Nihilists. Time and association made him one of their ardent sympathizers and assistants. When tho murder of the Emperor was planned, unfortunately the execution of the dreadful deed fell tt: him. Tho news staggered him. Ilisoath round him to the Nihilists, his family tiet to the czar. Thoughts of his people and tho attendant disgrace influenced him and finally deterred him; he refused to commit tho crime. A year passed by. Another revolutionist had thrown tin bomb which he had declined to do, and Alexander was" dead. lie had forgotten almost that he had been a Nihilist; bui not so those whom he had forsaken Passing along ono of the principal streets of St. Petersburg, wdien about to greet t lady upon tho opposite side, something was dashed into his eyes, and in a mo ment tho light of day had gono. llit mouth was deformed, his cheeks burned and disfigured. It was tho work of a Nihilist, before whose modern inquisition ho had been found wanting; vitriol had performed tho work. Mad with pain, he was taken to his home, but the injury was beyond reparation, and tho doctor's aid in vain. A WOMAK'S HEROISM. Tho government had confiscated his estates upon learning of his revolution ary sympathies, but restored them in fc part when informed of the fate which had overtaken him. Tho mask was placed upon his head, for he was un pleasant to look upon. But the heroism of one woman was nhown the heroism of lus fiance. She was a countess and the daughter of a 'aouso a3 famous and powerful in Russia as was his own. She was heartbroken when told of the fiendish act, and the meeting between the lovers was touching in the extreme. With sorrowful heart, ho offered to break the engagement and make her freo again. But the bravt woman refused, and declared that she would remain with him till death took her away. And they were married in tho little church on the old estate, at tended by their relatives and friends. And on their wedding day they started for the blind asylum in Steglitz, where '.hey had hopes of restoring the poor nan's sight. And here his wife attends bim with unfailing devotion and prays for the day when the afflicted nobleman can again look upon her face. Cor. New York Tribune. A New Kind of Fuel. It has been demonstrated in Vac a Val ley that peach stoues will make as good a fire for household purposes as the best kind of coal in tho market. Tho fruit growers, instead of as heretofore throw ing the pits away, dispose of the stones at tho present time at the rate of $6 a ton. A sack pf the stones will weigh about eighty pounds and will last as long as an equal number of pounds of coal and give a greater intensity of heat. At many of the orchards in the valley may bo seen great stacks of peach and apricot stones which will eventually find their way to San Francisco and other places to "' t)ilJ f PF t ueh The apricot stones do i jFbaflily as the peach, and will not bu. ---.x 5 good ft price. The fruit not comma- '.ibjdlv i pleased to raisers will unu another source learn mat tney now iu. A large num- 01 revenue open to uicm. v,6um. ber of peaches are dried during v. for shinment. As soon as tu owners find that they have a market for the stones a greater number of pounds will be dried than heretofore. Vallejo (Cal.) Chronicle. A Quail Farm. A correspondent in The London Field says: "I mentioned a short time ago that a match had been made by a Russian named Yche with a trotting horse, which Is thought a great deal of in his native country, but X was unaware that M. Yche is also a large importer of quails. His quails, winch axe kept in a building the walls of which are lined with cages hold ing lOO birds in .each, are sent to Paris from tho south of Italy up to the middle of November, after which the imports como from Egypt. The birds are fat tened after they reach Paris, and it is no uncommon thing for M. Yche to have 50,000 in till building at the same time, while he dis- mjses of .about hslf a million -, , - , . NEBRASKA, "WEDNESDAY; FEBHQAJU' G?t Tit AcropolU mt Tday. The town of Athena, and especially tho Acropolis, is now passing through a very tcmarkablo jeriod hi its existence. It is with mixed feelings that even those who reside here, and whoso chief interest is hi nrcha'ology, look upon the sweeping alterations that have quite changed the character of its apjjearance. Tho tend ency to demolish all monuments of me diaeval or modern history ha3 bexn al lowed free play of - late years; in a short time hardly imything will be left that does not go back at least to Roman times. The line will probably be drwu here, though if ono regards nothing but the work of tho great ago of Athens as worthy of preservation, it is hard to see why (for instance) the pedestal of Agrip pa deserves more respect than the "Prankish tower," which certainly was more picturesque and of higher lustori cal interest. But now it is too late to regret what may have been lost. Only two or three insignificant fragments of later walls re main, and those of quite recent period; when they are removed tho Acropolis will apiear but for the wear and acci dents of ages much as it did when the so called "Beule gate" was first built. Tli is is an intelligible aim, and we im agine it will now be recognized by all as the best attainable. The Acropolis can never again present that picturesque medley of historical associations and monuments of all period th"t delighted the visitor twenty or thirty years ago; but we may hoie, when the ugliness of recent excavations and alterations has worn off, when a painfully exact appear ance of order and arrangement has been avoided (as is promised), and, above all, when tho old verdure and flowers have once more spread over the whole, that a new and more purely classical charm may bo found to liave resulted from tho temporary loss of beauty. Athens Cor. London Athena?uni. The Nile Crier. When tho inundation approaches the capital usually at the end of June or the beginning of July the Nile criers begin their work. These criers are men whoso business it is to call out, or rather to recite, before the houses of those who wish it, how much the Nile has risen during the last twenty-four hours. The Oriental does everything, no mat ter what it is, gravely, slowly, with much dignity and verbosity, and is never chary of his time or breath. Even the form of lus greeting in tho street i3 a complicated ceremony of words and motions, which usually takes some min utes to perform. And in the same way this announcement of tho river's rise, 'which seems to us such a simple matter, is a most serious affair. The day before the crier begins his adk, he goes through the streets accom panied by a boy, whose part it is to act is chorus, and to sing the responses at the proper moment. The crier sings: "Cod has looked graciously upon our fields." Response: "Oh, day of glad Udiags." "To-morrow begins the announcement." Response: "May It be followed by success." Before tho crier proceeds to give the information so much desired he intones .vith the boy a lengthy, alternating diant, ia winch he praises God, implor ing blessings on the Prophet and all be .ievcrs, and on tho master of the house ind all his children. Not until this has been carefully gon.1 dirough doe3 he proceed to 6ay tho Nile has risen so many inches. Thi3 ceremony is carried on until the month of September, when tho river has cached it3 culminating point, and the rier, as bringer of such good news, aever fails to claim hi3 "baksheesh," or lrink "money sometimes humbly and iometimes, too, very imperiously. Lon lon Tid Bits. Two Kinds of Consciences. Let us take tho case of a man of very meager culture and education, whose ancestors for generations have been op pressed and their lot one of bare survival. Has he a truo conscience in reference to a largo range of moral questions? To be iure he knows it is wrong to steal, and he probably could be trusted not $o steal .noney; but how about pilfering? On die contrary, if your man of culture steals it will only bo large amounts, for ho despises and would feel disgraced by pdfering. Ilere you liave the jWO( ex eremes of society, with a common con science about stealing; but it is a weak conscience at opposite ends. Tho high born fellow will not pocket P slice of ham, but he will default in, the handling of an estate or bank deposits,. The one is feeble in inoral judgment jus,t , where the other is strong. These twp men have also a common moral law against murder. Neither ono dissents from tho commandment, ''Thou shalt not kill," but one of them, who is fond of society and dislikes the burdens of a Virgo family, docs not hesitate to com mit foeticide; the other would recoil in horror at such a crime, but he is ready at a moment for a shindy in which he is liable to kill some one or to be killed himself. In neither case does conscience speak loudly, or condemn keenly. Your conscience is your power of morally seeing tilings. It is your inherited and acquired ability (q judge when an act is wrong. It is far more easy to have a puC? conscience than it is to have a good one. St. L-uis Globe-Democrat. A Story of Carlyle. I met Carlylo once the man who en riched the language by the word "glg- manity. He was 6troiung atong neyne walk, where his home was In Chelsea, and a small boy running across the pave ment before him tripped and fell, crying, in the philosopher's way. Instead of taking compassion upon the poor little fellow, Carlyle struck him with his stick. At that I, who had been doing A bit 0 quiet hero worship, could not contain myself, and burst out: "Sir, I have read your 'Tailor Retailed' and wan about to begin on your 'French Revolution,' but no man who can find it in his heart to caiie an unoffending child can write books tlTat it's worth my while to read. Carivk didn't care, I suppose, but there was a certain amount of satisfaction to me in freeing tav mind. San Francisco The motto, "What is Home without a Mother," exists in many happy homes in this city, hut the effect of what is home without the Local Newspaper is sadly realized in many of these "happy homes" ia Plattsmouth. ' THE HE 13 AIL ID) Is steadily finding its way into these homes, and it always comes to stay. It makes the family circle more cheerful and keeps its readers "up to the times" in all matters of importance at heme and broad. During the Year Every available means will be used to make the columns of The Herald a perfect storehouse from which you can obtain all in formation, and will keep up its record as being the best Advertising Medium for all purposes. AT 15 CENTS This paper is within the reach of all, and will be delivered to any ad dress in the city or sent by mail. Is the Best County Newspaper in old Cass, and this has been well proven to us by the many new names added to our list during 1888. Special merits for the Weekly, are all the county news, six columns of good Republican Editorial, News Accounts of all import ant political or business events, one-half page each week containing a choice piece ot Vocal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of Miscellaneous Beading Matter. Advertising in it brings profitable returns. Our Job Department Is equal to any, and does work to the satisfaction of patron from all over the county, and receives orders by mail from a distance, which are promptly filled. We have facilities for doing all kinds of work, from the plain calling card to colored work, books and blanks. Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand. Legal blanks for sale. its Office Cor. Vine and PER !i feral! 5th, Telephone 30. WEE Iras...