hi.V-gSPMfcfc.-1.. . jH n X rv ;; !A, ;v iVW. vx it M ROMANTIC STOIUES. HOW LOVE LAUGHED AT STERN PARENTS. omc Kecrnt KlnpemciiM Mint nmt Wral CliliiiRo High St'liuol (llrN rurin 11 Kunuway .MurrhiRu Club Ono Memlier Fulllln Iter Contract. CHICAGO high school girl clopetl to Milwaukee tha i other day with a traveling salesman and was married. Parental for glvc ness has not been held out to the girl. Jennie Jennings, 5718 Klmlmrk live- fiuo, Is tho bride and A. It. Wlckholmor tho bridegroom. They flew to tho Wis :onsln Gretna Green In tho morning, nd the first knowledge tho girl's par ents got of tho affair was this tele Sram: "Jennlo and I were married to Jay. Will bo homo to-monow morn Ins. Wlckhelmcr." Mrs. Jennings went Into hysterics ind fainted. She was In a serious con dition and two doctors watched over her tho greater part of tho night. Tho brldo was a pupil of Hyde Park high school, and would have graduated In June. Tho groom Is a young bus iness man representing an eastern firm dealing In laundry supplies. Tho re latives of Mrs. WIckhelmer say they knew nothing about him, and thoro l& where tho trouble began. Ho made his first appearance at tho rcsldenco quite recently and told Mrs. Jennings' parents he wished to marry their daughter. Mrs. Jennings fainted and tho young man beat a hurried retreat, but left a diamond ring on ono of Jennie's fingers. On Mrs. Jennings' recovery inquiry was mado about tho prospective son, but all that tho daugh ter knew, or at least all she confessed, was that she was In lovo and she did not caro who knew it, so they eloped. Will Wert the Man Slio Lovcu. Miss Emma Rue!, a handsome young woman of Muskegon, Mich., would now bo the wife of Frank Goodberg, a former Muskegon boy, now a shipping clerk In Chicago, had not a friend be trayed her confidence. Her father had another man picked out for her, and while slio allowed his attentions she found it impossible to change her love, though Lake Michigan separated her from the man of her choice. Tho other night, whllo tho house was filled with company, she shipped her trunk and started for Chicago. Mr. Kuel got word of her departure through a friend of his daughter and overtook her at the depot, and by agreeing to let her marry whom sho pleased Induced her to return home. Tho wedding will not tnko place for a year now. "Jf I can't marry the ono I lovo I'll marry no one," she said. ClirlH Form an Klopemeiit Cluli. Tho marriage of A. R. WIckhclm to Miss Jennings which followed an elope ment to Milwaukee, has brought to light an elopement club in Hydo Park. Girls of tho high school said to bo members. Miss Jennings' elopement fast following others in Hyde Park has given widespread bef ip tho exist ence of an elopemenfs club, and, ln crcdlblo as It may seem, It is said a cardinal prlnciplo of tho club Is that tho older tho man induced to clopo tho moro credit will bo accorded tho girl who wins him. Tho club is bo much a reality that its written con stitution has been discovered, and the salient features of it are as follows: This organization shall bo called "Tho H. P. H. S. Elopement Club." Absoluto secrecy as to time and parti culars of elopement shall bo maintain ed oven between members. Member ship shall bo limited to seven and shall JENNIE JENNINGEi cense tho moment tho wedding ring Is placed on a true sister's finger. Tho older tho man Inveigled Into eloping tho more credit shall bo given tho do parting sister. Boys under eighteen years are not to bo considered re sponsible. Milwaukee la tho Gretna Green preferable. Trunks and troua feaus absolutely forbidden. Long wed ding trips are also barred. Tho penal ty for being a member for longer than '.wo years Is expulsion. Each depart ing member dhall suggest a sister to tako her place. First, last and always the motto of tho club shall be: "Elopo! elope! Wo caro not whore, Just so wo find a hUBband there." Farrnt Hail to Forgive. Mr. Frank McMullen, a young law yer of New York city, Is a keen Judge of human nnture. This has led hlra to cbsorvo that those who aro often loudest In denouncing a theory aro tho first to accept and mako tho best of It when confronted with tho condition. That 1b why Mr. McMullen is a married man. At Lake Moiiegan last summer -O M "Mir m ks- t V.i, Mr. McMullen fell In lovo with Miss Fannie Coman. one is a pretty bru- I notte. Her family lives at No. 2G Wcdt j One Hundred and Twenty-third strcot I The young man was visiting his undo. w. II. Hurke. tho Harlem Tammany leader. When tho couple announced their engagement tho McMullen fam ily objected, declaring the bridegroom was too young to bo married, Miss Coman's parents looked on him with favor, nnd the two families took sides upon tho question. Tho suitor, agnlnst his parents' urglngs, visited tho young woman nt tho city homo of tho Comans and on tho other evening took tea there. It was shortly after tea, when tho cou ple were left nlono, that young Mr. McMullen, despnlrlng of obtnlnlng his parents' consent, resolved to confront them with tho actual condition that of marriage. "Let's go out now nnd bo married," ho said. Tho two went to St.sStcphcn's Church nnd were made man and wife. Mr. McMullcn's father and mother aro reconciled. looped After C'linrcli. Annio Wilktns nnd Charles Ycaton attended church together nt Bovcrly, Mass., Sunday night and neither of them has returned homo yet. Parents nnd friends of both bollcvo that they have eloped. Miss Wilklns had n former attachment that had a sad end ing, nnd which is curiously connect ed with tho present affair. The young man was William S. Flynn, nnd he was n Catholic, whllo Annie's parents are Protestants. The marriage was, there fore, objected to, and Flynn's subse quent despondency led to his suicide. Ycaton was a closo friend of Annie' dead lover. F.lopen with on Actor. Fascinated by his stories of tho ad ventures of theatrical profession, Nel EMMETT DOOLEY. He Hagcrton, a stage-struck damsel ol Oto, Ia eloped, It Is alleged, with Em mett Dooley, who plays Simon Legrec in an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" troupe, now touring tho northwest. Nellie's fath er, J. K. Hngerton, Is ono of the wealth lest merchants in the county, and from letters left by the girl her parcntB nre of tho opinion that Dooley has been maturing for some time tho plan for an elopement. The girl Is but 17 years old and tho authorities nre on thr lookout for the runaways. Tried to Tiny I.oclilmitr. A romantic marrlago planned by Carl Squler and Miss Ora Bain, a prom Inont young society couple of Calhoun County, 111., has been nipped In the bud by tho prospective groom's par ents, who oppose tho union. Owing to his being under ago young Squlci was unable to sccuro a license In his county, but succeeded in procuring one In Missouri. Ho had as he thought perfected every arrangement for the happy event at Wlnflold, when to his dismay tho proceedings wero abrupt) stopped by the sheriff of Calhoun Coun. ty, who had been summoned to stop tho wedding by his Irato parents. Young Squler declares ho will succeed better next time. 1'rlnrcM Klvlru Has Kloped. Princess Elvira, Don Carlos' third daughter, has eloped recently with a Roman artist named Folchi, a mar ried man. Tho Princess Elvira was born In Geneva In 1871. Princess El vira took with her her Jowcls, which aro valued at 160,000. Tho whereaboutr of tho couple are unknown. Fhotographlng a Muuimy'a Uonoi. A collector of curloa In Philadelphia sayB ho owes a debt of gratitude to Prof. Roentgen. Whllo traveling in Egypt ho surroptltlously purchased what was reputed to bo the mummified hand of a personago of rank, who flour ished 3,000 or 4,000 years ngo. The brown and withered hand was looked upon as a great prlzo by its possessor, who brought It with no little prldo to this country, with tho idea of placing It in a national museum. Cvnlcnl friends pronounced' tho hand a fake and tho general verdict was: "it is a modern make-up; it Is only pitch, mixed with pieces of refuse mummy cloth, with now finger nails stuck in." Thus nn olement of doubt was llkoly forever to hover about tho relic, which was still regarded as too vnluablo to bo dissected for examination. Keenly disappointed and almost in despair, the traveler took it to an "X-ray photog rapher and asked hlra to mako a plc turo of it. In a few minutes tho sensi tive plato showed tho perfect bones of a human hand to tho confounding of tho unbelieving critics and to tho de light of tho owner of tho curious me- mento of ancient civilization. Pitts burg Dispatch. llleil of IIIrroiiKlm. After hiccoughing continuously for flvo days Richard Owens of Trenton, N. J., died Monday. For two dayB ho was delirious. Doctors could do noth ing. Queen Victoria frequently examines her will. It Is engrossed on velum, quarto size, and Is beautifully bound. THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JAN. 1 Htt)7. WEAR PANTS THERE. WOMEN OF SWISS MOUNTAINS IN MALE ATTIRE. Not Clamoring for Any "IllRhtu" Hut TIiuh Attlreil lolrly Menuine They t'nn Thru Hotter ArviimpHnli Thrlr Dally Tusks. (Special Loiter.) ONO beforo tho days of bloomers tho women on tho higher levels of tho Alps strode about their native crags in trousers. Long before tho dnys of divided skirts and knicker bockers tho colliery girls of England, "plt-orow women," as they arc called, went regularly about their employment fn partial men's attire. There was no question Involving their "rights," nor was It done for tho purpose of clnlmlng equality with lord ly man. It was simply a matter of convenience and utility. And surely It was not vanity that dlctnted this change In tho Swiss herd-girl's scanty wnrdrobc. That she Is graceful can not bo claimed, In spite of a popular fancy to that effect. On tho contrary, sho Is ungainly. She Is not oven beau tiful, and her appearance Is not attract ive, cither In real life or on paper. Sho is poorly fed, and tho labor that sho performs is of tho hardest. Sho must not only attend her flock, but sho must cut tho mountain grass with a sickle and carry it in massive bundles down - 'LITTLE CORINNE," TO GIVE 33760,000 FOR CHARITY. y "Little Corlnne," who hns not been llttlo for many seasons gone, hns juBt mado her will. Sho devises that all her property, real and personnl, shall be sold at auction, nnd tho proceeds, which sho says will not fall under $750,000, shall bo devoted to tho foundation of a "homo for aged and unemployed act resses," to bo established near Now York. Corlnno, though nol very di minutive, is still excessively young, and tho realization of her kind Impulses will in all probability bo deferred in definitely, as her health is robust and her constitution wonderfully strong. This young lady has a romantic his tory. It has been said that her mother, tho lato Mrs. Jennlo Kimball, was not her mother nt all. Soma havo gono so far as to assert that tho talented, pret ty and vivacious dancer was stolen from parents of title by gypsies, whllo the mountain sido to Bervo as proven der for her charges in 'winter. Besides this sho must gather faggots for fuel, nnd convey them on her shoul ders down tho Btcep cliffs, nnd atoro them in a Bafo placo for winter use. This of itsolf is a task from which tho strongest man might shrink, to say nothing of tho utter Bollcltudo that pre vails on thoBo mountainous heights. FEMALE MULATEER. Yet tho condition of the Swiss girl might not bo so bad if sho wore moro richly fed. As It Ib, sho is deplorably povorty-Btrlcken. On tho othor hand, tho colliery girls of England faro bolter. Thoy are employed atk tho mouth of tho coal mines, which aro called pita. The mouth of tho pit is tho "brow." and by reason of these two facts they nre called "plt-brow glrla." They usually wear a picturesque cos- x VfMJr4M g jfBUm M. r y it Iff It tump, coiuiBtitiR of a bright red hand kerchief completely covering the hair a loose-fitting bloiiHt1, a very short skill, concealed by n Mont apron ot bluo hollnnd, black Blockings, clogs, and, most noticeable of all, a pair ol good, durable trousers, cut after the fashion of the knlckorbooker. Some, times tho whole Is iwirinounted by o shawl of bright colors nut! varlegatoc' pattern. The girls work on the surface, Imme diately nt tho mouth of tho pit. Tho cage goes up and down Incessantly during tho day. It consists of threo "decks," on each Ride of which Is homo two small can luges, on four low wheels. Ab soon as they appear at tho Biirfnco they are Bwlftly handled by threo experienced men, who inn them off on to the staging, when they are Immediately tnckled by the strong and lusty pit-brow girls, who wheel them away .to tho "tippler." Tho carriage runs very smoothly. Each contnlna 000 pounds of coal, and they arc so con structed that (hoy can bo dumped with the minimum of exoitlon. The coal Is emptied Into a long chute, and the car riage rights ItBcir again, automatically, and Is returned by the girl to tho mouth of tho pit, to be lowered again. Tho gills work on an nverngo nlno hours n day, beginning at C n. in. They hnvo thirty minutes for breakfast and thirty minutes for luncheon, nnd iib a usual thing they leave the mine by 4 o'clock In tha afternoon, and at 12 o'clock noon Saturdays. Tholr dally pay Is 52 cents. Theso girls are muscular, very strong unci remarkably healthy. Thoy belong to no union, nnd from nil accounts aro cheerful, virtuous, and satisfied with their condition In life. In fact, it Is Bald that they view with alarm the others say that Mrs. Kimball found her nB a tot friendless and alono and tcok her up. At nil events all nro agreed that Corlnne's llfo has been that of n princess reared In luxury. Her mother, or guardian, whllo giving hor all hor heart could desire, jealously and sedulously kept her from having a lover. Corlnno has sung and danced In every city, town and village In the land, nnd hns "boats of admirers" in nil of them. Sinister pcoplo Intimate thnt her will savors of advertising methods, but those who know tho young woman scoff nt such unklndness and hold thnt sho Is Just an charitable and generous as tho Intention unfolded In tho Instrument. Ono of her chief pur poses in tho foundation is to savo young actresses out of work from tho vicis situdes of a wicked world. Chlcocc Times-Herald. rumor that their sorvlces aro to bo diseased with nt the-mines, so that tho supply of household servants In merry England may bo increased. They wear their trousers with no show of ostentation and with absolute ly no thought that in another coun try, our own, for example, they might bo considered "now women." Thoy nro not clamoring for "rights." Thoy aro Bimpiy naopting n senslblo method of rendering their work easier, and that they havo succeeded admirably Is evidenced by tho fact that tie custom hnB been In voguo for mnny years. Tho Clover I.enf Ilfilgn. Clover blossoms and leaves nro much tho fashion, both In art needle work nnd painted on china. When used In needlework thoy aro laid on the linen where they aro to bo em broidered, with tho long stoma over lapping each othor, so that thoy form a circle. Tho flowers may be worked In whlto with touches of palo green, in pnlo pink and whlto, or may bo of whlto shading into n pinkish purple. Charming and BUltnblo borders to tho centerpieces, tea-cloths, and dollies decorated with clover blossoms jin.i leaves, havo a trefoil edgo, consisting of a repeat of threo scallops that aro conventionalized clover leaves. New York Evonlng Post. Thero Is a house in Parte occupied by over fifty tenants who for twenty years havo novor paid any rent, tho landlord being unknown. Ono hundred nnd twenty firemen are required to feed tho furnaces of a flrst ciuss Atlantic steamer. THE FIRST MEMBER. L. T. tJOOTHDY OF MAINE THE ORIQINAL REPUBLICAN. Ilmv the Purly Am I'iiiiiiiIimI In .Maine In 185.1- Temperance) Wiift Thru 1U .Main 1'liiiik Alinliitlon Came, After wants. T. IIOOTHBY of Watertown, Me., Is tho first nmn that was asked to Join the r o p u b 1 1 en n party. Most pcoplo nro not nwnro of tho fact that tho great political cn- ' glno of which Ma- 'x Jor McKlnley will be engineer for tho next four years was first started In tho old plno tree state, it was In 1853 that tho republican party was bom. At that tlmo Mr. lloothby was a citizen of Paris, Me., and one day ho was met on tho atreet by n democrat who um gestcd that It would bo u good thing If ii political party wero formed with temperance as an Issue. Tho two ngieed, and, re-enforced by n mutual friend, a physician, the pair consulted the editor of tho Oxford Democrat. Ho took kindly to the Iden, nnd after talk ing matters over published a call for a convention. Tho convention was held and It nominated Aiirou P. Morrill for governor. Morrill polled 11,020 votes nt tho election. The next year ho Bwept tho state and was elected by 44,000 votes. Tho movement spread to other Btntes, tho party Identified ItBolf with nbolltlon nnd nominated Lincoln. Mr. Uoothby Is now a prominent citizen of Watnrvllle, where ho has built up one ot tho largest Insuranco businesses in the state. Ho has attended republi can conventions for thlrty-ono years, and In nil that tlmo his candidate hns never failed of nomination. Various states claim tho honor of be ing tho birthplace of tho republican party. Among them may bo mentioned Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia nnd Wisconsin. VnrlotiB individuals In various states claim to havo been present at tho flrBt meeting over held. Joseph Mcdlll, until quite recently edi tor of tho Chicago Tribune, hnB always maintained thnt tho republican party was born in Cleveland In 1854. Mcdlll was then a printer, working on tho case, and organized a meeting of his fellows to protest against tho "cxlst- L. T. BOOTHBY. ing order of things." The meeting was followed by another and nnother. nnd flcnlly was merged Into tho republican party. Another account of tho birth of tho republican party sayB It was formed at Jackson, Michigan, In tho fall of 1853. Hon. James O'Donnell, editor of the Jackson Citizen, hns often been mentioned as one of its founders. It has also been claimed that tho party was formed at Ionia. Mich.. In 1853, and that "Farmer" Williams was the original founder. Volumes might bo written about tho formation of the party that is Boon to como Into power again. So many places and so many Individuals claim the honor of its for mation that even Mr. Boothby's claim may rest In doubt. In tho mcantlmo it may not bo amiss to aBk if any ono nns ever thought the formation of a now pnrty was spontaneous. Tho breath was in the air and tho people simply breathed It. In reality there was no bucIi thing ns organization. Tho party was a conglomerate mass of hu manity and as such did Ub best work tho election of Lincoln. Tho organ ization came In later years. Never was It bo formidable as in tho lato cara PO'sn. J. H. DALE. A Voice anil Nothing Klip. Somewhere In spaco la the haunt this creature of Cheering mo oft with a voice awct and low; Somewhere, bo far that tho eye can not reach her An Imago that fancy alono can be stow. In vain Ib tho longings to greet her moro nearly; All powerless tho hnnd that is stretched forth to clasp A laugh like tho chlme-bolla that tin kle bo clearly! And only a shadow remains in my grasp. I fain would avow it tho ardent do votlon Her silvery tonca wore enough to In splro. Yet, remoto ob tho star which shines over tho ocean, Sho Ilnger Indifferent to those who admire. My prudence oft threaten to wholly forsake me, But a bold declaration Is checked by my fear; For I know that a penalty swift would overtake me. She'B tho tolephono girl and she'd ring In my eui. Washington Star, 3 ADOUT ENCORES. 8lm Ilccxes Hani on the. "VIcUu Sy. ti'in," mm lln Talln It. Sims Reeves la hard on what ho calls tho "v'Moua encoro Byfltcm." Ho char acterizes It as a preposterous pleco ot dishonesty, of which all honest persons should be ashamed, puyn tho Gentle man's .Magazine, Tho nuisance, ho says rightly, seeks to tnko a shabby advan tage of tho suffering professional and It Ifl to be regretted that few of our performers possess sufllclcnt courage to return to the platform, bow politely nnd Indicate firmly no. Your encoro monger cnroB nothing nbout symmetry or balanco or coheslvcness, whether tho orcaBlon bo tho lyric Btnge, the oratorio performance, the benefit nnd ordinary concert or tho ballad concert. Ho wants to hear more than ho ban bargained for nnd If his demnnd is not yielded to ho will hoot nnd brny and hits when nn attempt Ib nintlo to per form tho next plerc, nH It ho belonged to tho long-eared quadrupeds or feathered-biped tribe. And then wo havo oc ciihlonnlly what the nowHpnpcrs term "a ticcno" nn exhibition ot "ArrylBm" that disgraces our boasted civilization. If manngerfl, nrtlsta and tho musical public would but think this matter over and detcrmlno to stamp out tho nui sance, one great blot on our English muslcnl performances might bo effaced. Unfortunately It Ib not yet qulto cer tain whether encores nro moro distaste ful to tho great majority of performers than they arc to n largo Bcctlon of th ccnccrt-golng pnbllc Hprnl on Kiillrouili. Speed Is hnrd to average. An aver ngo of 48 3-10 miles per hour Is tho fastest regular tlmo In tho United States. This is mado on tho Pennsyl vania "limited" in Its run from Jersey City to Philadelphia, 90 miles, in 112 mlnutcB. Tho Flying Dutchman train Ib supposed to mako tho fastest time in tho world, between London and BrlBtol, H814 miles, in Icob than two hours. Tho average, however, of oven thin fast train is only M mllea per Jiour. Thcro nro sovcnil other trains noted for rcmarknbly fast time on Bhort distances. Sometimes a straight nnd oven grndo for n distance of 20 miles will permit a train to run nt tho rate of more than a mllo a minute. Ono trnln on tho Canadian Pacific road from Cotanenu to Ottawa nvcrages GO miles an hour for a dlstanco of 78 mllcB. An nverago of 38,6 mllcB ia considered fast traveling. Tho largest and fnstcst passenger cnglno over built Ib Bald to have been turned out of tho Rhode Islnnd Loromotlvo works, at Providence, for tho Now York, Provi dence & Boston Railroad company. Sho was designed to mako tho run from Providence to Groton, Conn., a dlstanco of CVj miles, Including a dead stop at Mystic draw-bridge, nB required by tho statutes of Connecticut, in Just 0214 minutes, pulling nt tho muno time eight cats, four of them Pullmans. lllK Woman mill Utile Mini i:iope. Mrs. .Mary Yealoy, weighing 350 poundn, and connected with somo of tho best fnmllles of Lobanon, Intl., has eloped with Clinrles Clark, former ly hor husband's hired mnn, who tips the beam at but 100 pounds. It is un derstood that Mrs. Yealoy furnlHhml tho money for tho escapade, as well as the bulk of tho avoldupols. Sloney tt'iw Hot. Frank II. Watson, arrested nt Day ton, Ohio, for counterfeiting, had in his possession somo bogus money fresh from tho mold and still hot. Ho war cornered In his bedroom. NOTES OF THE DAY. The half yearly statement of tho Bank of Montreal shows not profits of $003,350. In Europo at this time, somo 27, 000,000 men aro ready to tako tho flold in a fortnight. America Is finding a profitable mar ket for Its surplus stock of horses in Scandinavian countries. A virulent disease has broken out among the rabbits in tho southwestern districts of Queensland, and thoy are dying by thousands. Proposals havo been mado to con struct a new railway between Liver pool and Manchester, so as to meet the competition offered. The Connecticut Law and Order league has taken steps for a general revision of tho liquor laws of that stato by tho coming legislature, A South Dakota man has been granted a patent on a sleigh. It dif fers from ordinary ones only in being mado entirely of sheet metal. At tho Crystal palace next year a great musical celebration will bo given In connection with tho completion ot tho sixtieth year of tho queen's relga, COMPLEXION A GIVE-AWAY. If the person Ib advanced in ago livid Epots may indicate apoplexy. A straw-color complexion leads to tho suspicion of a cancorous constitu tion. Patchy redness of tho face and flushed spots on tho cheek denote a hectic constitution. Sudden and total change in tho com plexion denotes a serious difficulty or Illness of some kind. A faint yellow complexion donotea somo intestinal trouble. A deep yel low complexion denotes jauudlco or liver trouble. A pallid complexion with meagemess nnd want ot fullness of the skin points to stomach trouble, duo to acidity or tho presence of Impure matter. A pallid skin, with pufflness, shows constitutional weakness, sluggish cir culation or congestipn or excess ot tbt watery constituents of blood, , 1' : ' '. r , ' i h -' a ' w m Jwll I I tl 1 'tff. )M 'M V.XVI m K ty& -; 1. .mi "m 1 YJWC1 .1 V 11 t,i..7?n .' ,1-tr ... j ' j fcaatffid.uifl"'.!..-: nr, fl p .