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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , .NOVEMBER 27 , 1887.-SIXTEEN PAGES. onili' TilPl AD MtTIHlinW SOME TALES OF MAllllMOJii , The Boat of the Bargain-Advanta ges of Early Marringo. AN ARCHITECT'S BIG CATCH. Married On Ilic Slduwulk - Mnrkcl for WIvrH An HniiiM"- * ' Outfit yiHMii'Mm The HcM < > l' tlie I'tfiitnet K , I'rntl. Sally mi' nif was courtln' , an' like enough ler 111' Spliced , When 1 hi'oin o' suthlit1 I calkllftte needn't bo told melwisto ; Fcr when wo ilruv tor the village my fun wns allns spiled By the folks a-nudgln' an' Miirki'i'in' , till their act In' inadu ino riled. So I clmn right eout o" tlic waggln' , fer ' ) ob- bin wouldn't skecr , An' I wont straight up tor a gawky , an' sc/1 , "Ncow look a-here , \Vlmt bo lanin' at , darn ye ! a winkln' at ino an' Half ' Why , ' ' ho sez , "ycnu'ro drlvin' an old white buss an' tjouiiln' a red-haired gal ! Aii.vbody'll toll ye , an' It needn't git ye cross , Wharovor thar's a ml-lmired gal ycou'll see an old white hoss. " The crowd all sez , " \\"y , Martin , " so up ter scat I uliim , Shook up tlio lines nn Dobbin nn' thoughtful meandered hum. After a | > ewer o'thinkin' I traded the hess next day Tor .ledokier Hawkins thet lives down the village way. 1 lied an onoacy fcolin' ' thct I'd swopped him at a loss , Hut 1 vowed I'd rnthrr slick tor the gal nn' ( low without the boss. Wall , I went om ; day tor Sally's , whar I'd often boon afore , An' It Ink me atmrk , for the old white boss was a Htiuiiliu' afore the door ; An' tinder tin ) honoysnckles , as eomfcrablo as jeoll pleimo , Was Jedekier with .Sally , a-liclpin' her shcl- lui' peas I went limn sayin' nutliiii' , fur 'twurnt no nso ter fuss , An'I .sot deown oout In tlio woodshed , an' ruminated thus : "Things IH agin ye , Hiram ; dcown in ycour pnillt an' loss Veou ain't got nothin' tor p\it against yer pal an' a good , strong hoss. Things is agin ye , Hiram ; better ter be re signed ; ( lot used torsoein'tlict old white hess with Sally an' him behind. " It sorter seemed ter console mo when I thought what folks had said , Thet tlnir's allus a pesky tomp'er Inside of a carrot head. Noow they're up an' married , an' tor-day Jed come lor mo An'begged me tcr take b.irh Dobbin : "I'll trade him cheap , " soho. . Hat I shook my head an' answered , "I'm afraid thet wouldn't dew1 For Sully i.s dretful shrewish , an' I dreaded thet she'd come tow. Advantages ot Kafly Marriage. .Tudie : It is hotter to be a young fool than an old out1. ' You don't run the risk of dyingnn olil ninid. The mininrrioil girl feels , flic is grow- in } ; old too quick. [ f you imikti u had inntoli you can hlain'e it to inexperience. If you wait till you arc thirty it is hard to sot a young husband. When you are gotliug old no one will take you'hut u widowor. It prevents your nmrriod friends from K.Miipathi'/.ing with you. The man who marries an old woman always wants something thrown in. You are apt to got hojuvorn if you remain long on the matrimonial mar ket. ket.You You have a hotter chance to catch a second hushatid if you happen to lo o your first. If you catch a millionaire's son you will have him before he has blown in his fortune. You avoid the pleasure of having all your girl friends toll you how happy they are with their husbands. .Mai'kctn Tor AVivcs. Philadelphia Press : The four great murkoth for wives in New York are the Sunday school , the big stores and fac tories , the street and the boarding- houses. I have purposely arranged them it ) 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 average boarding house keeper's daughter is more apt to end an old maid than a wife. It takes the romance and poetry out of the wife hunter's head and the charm from a girl's personality for her tobo seen on her knees scrubbing , or sifting ashes in a slovenly wrapper. Of course there are girls who can do every sort of housework with such an air and grace that even a level headed lover will try lo steal the broom or ash sifter she has hold in order to have it for a keepsake , but those girls are not apt to bo devel oped in the dull and cruel grind of boarding house routine. In the Sunday schools the girls look their very host. Not only do thousands of tender-hearted young fellows attend them in order to dovolopo a circle of lady friends for themselves , but just so do the myriad young women , who tire cither hero without their families or who are shut up in factories nil day mid live in parlorloss tenements by night , seek the same religious resorts for sim ilar ends. It is a curious function that New York Sunday schools jxM'forin. They are resorted to by about seven hundred Chinamen , whogo thcrosimply to learn English , mid by thousands of Christians who go there to get mated. When I say the big shopping stores are great matrimonial mnrkots.tl do not mean to have it inferred that the girlt who stand behind the counters arc given to wedding the male customers they wait upon. Such things do hap pen , I supixisf ) , but not frequoiitlj enough for consideration ; the fact boinfj that nothing could bo worse for a coun ter girl in a big New York store than for her to bo courted while on duty. II her employers did notdischargo her the other girls would torment her beyond endurance. Meetings between the girls and their beaux on their way home fron work are not to be taken intoconsidera- lion , for the lasses go home in troop ; and are merciless teasers , so that this is also a rare occurrence. One of the bifj shopping stores , by the way , employs de tectives to see that no young follow ; hang about the store at closing time U meet the counter girls. Iut there is i Held of matrimony that is directly ii the stores and is exceedingly fruitful The male employes buyers , heads o departments , male clerks , cashiers aiu oven the members of the linns , got verj many wives from among the girls when they meet every day and grow to ad mire , if their qualities are uueh as roe omiuend them. Acquaintance thu made lead to visits to girls' homes , t < evening companionship and to wedlock These same men and women in the hi } fatores , by the way , are among the host that attend the Sunday schools. There arc actually streets sot nsidi for courtship by the parlorless j > oor Upper Highlit avenue , where the iittlt shop- , are ; lower Second avenue 'pas the houses of the old fogy rich , and tlu bottom of Urondway , whomnil , the grou shipping and express ollices are cloaui and durk .there arc Die great fllrlatlon promenades of the tenement boys and girls. There are Htupld. folk who see the loug processions of giggling girls 'in their "best bows and streamers and imagine them to' be olT the path of virtue , or slipping olT. Hut these are not the places wnere sueh girls are found , and he who thinks ill of those girls had better not presume upon his ignorance or ho will llnd them well able to take cnro of themselves. No ; they have put on their second best gowns , and the young mechanics and porters linve put on their best coats ami plas tered their locks with oil , and both ( exes have sailed out to moot and Ilirt and pair olT and walk home They on't know it. but they cannot help dong - ng so. it's nature. An Architect's Itli ; Cnteli. Mrs. Mark Hopkins was married at Trinity chapel , Now York , Nov. S , to K. F. Searles , of lioston. The marriage vas no surprise to the people of Great Jnrrington , where they have lived ogclher most of the lime for two years , joarles was born in Methvea. Mass. , ml is supposed to bo about -15 years ild. lie wns in the employ of Ilertor Brothers , the New York decorators and tiriiishors. and went to the houses of ustomers to oversee work. Ho was 'out ' to San Francisco to direct the locornlion and furnishing of Mrs. Hop- diis' house , and there probably first mule her acquaintance. Subsequently , n 188(1 ( , he was sent by Ilertor Hi-others o Great Harrington to newly furnish Irs. Hopkins' old Kcllog terrace house , ivhich she had inheirited from her tint. Again in l.SSi' . when she built ho $7ii,000 Congregational parsonage n Great Harrington , the memorial of { ov. Dr. Samuel Hopkins , Searles had ho oversight of the furnishing , and , vlion in town , instead of going to a lotel , ho always was her guest. P.Whon * the 'million-dollar house in Great Harrington was projected.Searlcs ) ocame her confidential advisor and left ho employ of Ilertor Hrothers. becom- ng an inmate of her home and her al- uost constant companion. In the mean- .itno work on the now house had begun , ind Soarlos had begun to work out plans lo be master of the situation. MclCim. Mead & White of New York ivoro the architects , and Searles man- iged to make their undertaking' so un comfortable that they abandoned it , caving him advisory and directing irchitoct nominally , but with a profes sional architect tec do the work. A large [ iiarry was in operation on Mrs. Hop- kin's estate under the superintendence > f a local director , whom Searles suc ceeded in discharging , leaving Searles "n possession. Ho seemed finally to .lave secured control of Mrs. Hopkins' business o ( all kind. Wedded on the Sidewalk. Dallas ( Tex. ) News : "Halt dar ! " This warlike summons was given in [ in elevated and animated tone by an np- mrontly enraged old colored mini , bo lides whom stood a meek-looking col ored youth , attired in ecclesiastical ar ray and linked to a goodly sized bible. Tl'io hour was l.-lo p. m. . the place Him street , between the Central railroad and Preston street , and the circumstances sueh as might occur in any well rogu- "ated family. It wasn't the cold "halt" of the weary sentinel in front of an enemy , wheii "lard-tack is scarce and the mercury curled up in the bulb. It was more of the irate order , raised to a white heat ind bordering on the dead line. D"Oh Fcothor ! " This exclamation of i'iH'iso came from a young colored girl of eighteen , whosT arm , according to the most approved fashion , was held in the clutch of a dark young negro with a Jim-dandy-rough tout en.-emble. lie looked lily * a daisy , and was perfumed with its essence. "Wo'so jes como up to do fair , me and Mary , " ho said , addressing the old man with n semi-idiotic grin , such as comes natural in a tight place. "Get out dat book , Parson Lcason , " saying which the en raged paterfamilias Hwuug the couple around until they were face to face , the groom standing in the gutter and the old man bending over him in a lighting attitude. The parson reverentially obeyed the summons , and in another moment Charles Chambers and Mary Flourney were made one a sort of hook-and-oyo in colored society. The groom was married with his hat on , but when the thing was over he made amends by taking it olT.as a .pre face to a conversation with his falher- in-lnw. "Well , now , old gonllcman , " he said , "it's all right now , isn't it ? " "I seed dnt it was , " was the selfish re ply.The The bride then hugged the old man , again uttering , "Toother , " and the old man hugged her back and the groom put ) \is \ hand in his pocket as if looking for a fee for the young parsonwho stood by with languishing looks. The hand , however , came out empty , the groom remarking , "Dat'snll right , bud ; I need all the money I has now , but I'll settle wid you who'n wo gilshomo. " As the wedding party started oil , the bride being the happiest looking of the crowd , a News reporter stepped up to the old man and nskol : "What's behind all thisV" "Hoss , I tells you , dis hayr thing is bad enough for white folks , but it ought to bo stopped among dose fool nig- ners , " "Where did you all come from ? " "Mo daughter ( theatrical ) an dis. man came hayr as it was to do fair you knows how dat is , boss and I cum after 'em and brought do pasture and his bible along to fix it up.1 "What part of the slalo arc you all from ? " "Knsl Texas. " "Did you secure a marriage li- consoV" "Deed I did , boss , I don't go against do government , " saying which the old man started olT to join the wedding outtit. An KmproHs' llrldnl Outfit. Pull Mall Gazette. The choice of the bride for the young emperor of Chinii has at last been made , and indue time the daughter of the duke of C'hao , the brother of tlio present empress , will be empress of the celestial empire. Al though the wedding will probably nol take place before 188'J , thousands ol hands are already busy with the lady't trousseau and wedding presents , whicli have probably never boon equalled in wealth at any other court. Tlio follow ing , for instance , are the presents whieli the young emperor is presenting his liancee before their marriage , after the actual engagement present , which con- bists of a gold seal , richly inlaid will : jewels , the handle being formed by twi gold dragons. Up to a month previous to the wedding the lady is presontot with 10 piebald horses , with complete trappings ; 10 gilt holmeUand cuirasses 100 pieces of satin of the llrst quality , and 200 pieces of cotton material. As weddinj. presents the bride receives 00 ounce : of gold , 10,000 ounces ( tnols ) of silver one gold tea service consisting of tea pot and one cup with u lid , one silvei tea service , two silver wash basins 1,000 pieces of satin of the best quality twenty horses , with complete trappings twenty horses without trappings twenty saddles for pack horses urn mules. The parents of the lady receive coive , ixlso , 100 ounces of gold , one goU leu sot , 5,000 tools silver , one. silver tci set , one silver wash buain , 600 piece sillc , 1,000 plccud of cotton nintQr.- lul. six horses , completely harnessed' , h helmet and cuirass , a bow and fi quiver , with arrows ; each parent one court dress for summer and one for winter , one overy-dny dress , and a sable cont. The brothers and servants' , of the bride also received rich and costly presents. The bride's hats are the 'most remarkable articles among he rich trousseau. The winter court at has n rim of sable ; the crown is undo of red velvet , from the center of vhk'h rises n button composed of three ) nrts , each of which is ornamented with hree small oblong pearls of particular ) cauty and seventeen ordinary pearls , vhllo In the center of each part ordi- niry splendid nenrl is set in gold and urmountcd by a gold pliu'iiix. ' . 'lie button is surrounded by seven old pluiMiixcs , of which eachis nlnid with seven largo and tweiity-ono mall pearls and a cat's eye. At the ack of the hat , below the button , a , 'old pheasant is placed , with one cat's jyo and sixteen pearls. The tail of the ihoapnnt is divided into live parts by ! 0 small and live large pearls , forming i pendant , the center of which is made ) f a lapis lazuli surrounded by pearls. M Hie end of the pendent a big coral is iuspcnded. A collar is fastened at the > aok to the hat , the outside of which is f sable , the inside of bright yellow mn- erliil , with velvet ribbons embroidered it the end with diamonds. The three fiihi court dresses are of a dark-blue olor , with borders of gold embroidery ind large dragons embroidered all over he dresses , while down the front are own in gold thread the words , "Wan Pn" ( eternal happiness ) and "Wan- Shon' ' ( eternal life ) . The necklaces and hnin.s are of enormous value , and com posed for the most part of pearls , tur quoises , corals and diamonds. A hand kerchief , which is worn in the belt , is green , richly embroidered , trimmed ivith Uissels of jewels and yellow rib- > ons. A gala apVon of red and blue < itin , trimmed with otter skin and em broidered in gold , dragon fans , and ikirts of many different kinds , are also ' iirt : of this gorgeous outfit , and the fur- 'liture for the jiituro empress is keeping every trade brisk throughout China , > otorinlnod lo Blurry n Hllnd Man. WiUvKSiiAKUK , Pa. , Nov. . .Tamcs iolden , a blind carpet weaver , lives in he town of Parsons , Miss Mary Moran , i highly accomplished young lady , took nn interest in him , mid assisted him in nany ways , but the relations , socially , DCtween the two wore such as exists letween mistress and servant. No one 'or a moment imagined that the two were lovers , but such they wore. Golden ame to Wilkesbnrre yesterday and procured a marriage license , and Miss Moran was ready to receive him on his return home. Her mother asked why was dressed so extravagantly , and her daughter replied that she was go ing to got married to the man she had loved for years. Her answer was looked ' upon as n'je-4 , but it was fur from it. Miss Moran met Golden at the depot , ind they went on their way to the . hurch.the girl leading her blind lover , to be married. The girl's parents made lia.sto and headed the couple otT at the L-hurch door , tool : the girl homo , and locked her in a room. Golden followed ind bogged the parents to lot the mar riage ceremony be performed. Mr. Moran says his daughter must be crazy to think of marrying a blind man. The [ laughter is twenty-three years old. She says she is old enough to know her own mind , and intends to marry Golden de spite the opposition of .her parents. Golden is good-looking and well built. CJdorrd Brkle White Groom. Now York World. Following the ex ample of Frederick Douglass , Miss Flora Hatson , who is recognized as the great est female ballad singer the negro race has over yet produced , will shortly marry a white man , the gentleman who has for several years boon successfully conducting colored concerts in which she has appeared as the star. The happy groom is Mr. .las. G. Hergon , who bears relation to the Horgens after whom New Jersey's famous summer resort is named. Mr. Hergcn is a handsome man of the blonde typo and has seen about forty-live ummors. Ho was born in Petersburg , 111. About five years ago he conceived the idea of organizing a concert com pany of colored singers to give concerts for the benefit of colored churches. His idea was to give money prizes to those who sold the highest number of tickets and a certain sum from the net profits of the concert to the church for whoso benefit the concert was given. IJy this method he managed to have largo and profitable audiences chiefly made up of colored people. At first Mr. Bergen tried the novel method of having colored and white ar tists appear together. Of the colored artists there wore Mine. Nellie Brown Mitchell , Adelaide G. Smith and Mine. Montgomery. Of the whites there wore the Silver Lake quartet , with Marshal P. Wilder as humorist. It may be remarked ' marked that in these concerts'Mr. Wil der achieved the first great success as a "funnyman. " The quartet and Mr. Wilder finally withdrew it is said , be cause they found it more congenial to appear before intelligent white audi ences with a strictly Caucasian company. Mr. Hergon then employed all colored artists and succeeded admirably. About two years ago Mr. Bergen hoard the wonderful voice of his in tended bride , who was then singing in a colored church choir in ProvidenceR. I. Ho brought her to Now York and she electrified her audience. Since then she has boon Mr. Borgon's "star. " Mr. Bergen has boon a widower about a year. Ho has a son about twelve years old. Miss Flora Batson was born in Wnsh- inton twenty-three years ago. She be gan to sing al nine years of ago. When she was four years old she removed to Providence , U. I. , with her mother and there joined the Bethel church choir , of which she became the leading singer. She sang for two years in the interostof Storer college , at Harper's Ferry. Much indignation is felt by the col ored people as the race in generalis op posed to a prominent member marrying a white person , but whatever ma'v bo the feeling of either the colored or the white people in the matter , it is certain that the alliance will bo highly agree able to Manager Bergen and hs { spouse. When asked by the writer , why , unlike - like her sex , she readily admitted the engagement , ho said she thought too much of him to deny it. Mr. Bergen says ho wishes to see the color line broken , and if his action will contribute to that end ho will bear the brunt. It i.s said that the profits from Miss Batson's concerts have amounted to $ ; iO,000. Queer Marriage Laws. The marriage laws of Delaware are rather unique in some respects. Every white couple who wish to marry must take out a mnrringo license and give "bond to the state , with good security , in the penal sum of iOO , with condi tions that if and may lawfully unite- themselves in marriage , and if there bo no legal objection to celebrat ing the rites of marriage between thorn , then the said obligation Khali bo void , otherwise in force. " This license costs SJ : , with an additional foe of fifty cents to the clerk of the pence ( clerk of the courts ) who issues them. Justices of the peace can issue the same licenses , how ever , by buying them of the clerk of the peace fur $ -.50 each ; then the justice charges M apiece for them , eo as to got back enough to.glve him his llfty-cont fee. The lionds as a rule are signed by men of straw , ni they are of ho value , although Hied in the archives of tlio court. That i 6rtion of the nmrringa' laws relating to colored people Isn relic of the slavery days ; but it is still In force , mainly by tlio consent of the col ored folk themselves , who have dollars by the law made for their especial "beni'llt. " For th.e certificate or permit issued the aimliynnt pays the justice fifty cents. Mof tVolorcd couples' , when about to tnnrrj' , irocure a certificate. Those who do nql are not interfered with , and no iniirriage has yet been questioned whore.ihe . section juttquoted was not complied with. The lliirrlenne Ooyxor. Correspondence St. Paul Pioneer Pre s : The most wonderful of all the wonders nt the Norris basin. Yellow stone park , is known us the Hurricane geyser. It is a recent outbreak , scarce ly a year old. The crater is about twenty by thirty feet , and is inclosed by a solid wall of rock , about ten feet in depth , to the surface of the water , and no one can loll how far below this rocky inclosuro extends. Several days ago wo could sit on the north end of this rock rib and watch the torrid waves rush down the inclosure. strike the wall beneath our foot and sink into the earth , to reappear at the upper end with undiminishcd force. Now , eight days later , we find that the boiling flood shoots out over the wall where we for merly sat. The Hurricane presents the appear ance of a revolving liquid globe. There is a huge bowlder in the center of the quadrangular crater , over which the water dashes with such force as to give it the appearance of an immense wheel in perpetual motion. The intense heat may bo realized , in a measure , when it is stated that the rocks ten feet from the edge are so hot that the naked hand can only be held on them for an instant. The water is turbid and boars evidence of the fact that the subter ranean chambers are being enlarged. They are evidently absorbing the ma terial that has been discharged at other geysers. _ CONNUIHAMTIKS. Chtirlos Osborno and Kva Newman , of the Star Opera company , wore lately married at 1'ottstown , Pa. There is no truth In the published reports that Mrs. Kmcllnu llickaby is married to a rich Nobrasklan. General A. TJ. llurdiek and Miss A. A. Katon. of Newport , K. I. , were married in Providence on Wednesday. Miss Fhimipan , recently of the "Arabian Nights" company , was married rocentlj to Henry S. Hlake , of New York city. DA preacher of Upsoa county , Ga , has mar ried 111 couples since ho has boon in the min istry , and has received only one foe. Miss Alice Washington AVoir , a Rivat- ftrcut'Ki'iuidiii'U'u of ( icorgu Washington , was married In New York last Wednesday. A runaway couple , seated on the bade of a small mule , rodfc up lt > the court housont Mil ton , Flu. , the other day and wore married by the county JtidKu. Dispatches rt'om ' Madrid announce the marriage of the ex-Prime Minister Uunovas Del Castillo to .loainihia , daughter of the Marquis Pitentey Sototmiyor. RCharles Carroll , of Maryland , who has lust married Historian Bancroft's Kr.indduunhter , is a young man .of twenty-three , stout in ilg- uro and very dik in .complexion. Postmaster General Yilas has permitted a yomiK woman JL cleric in his department to marry one of his male clerks without dis missal. This js contrary to precedent , but seems to agree with common sense. Besides , they arc all male elorks In VlluV department. An item in tlio .New York Evening Sun reads : "Professor Klliott Conets , of the Smithsonian Institution , whoso llrst wife Rot u dlvurcu from him two years ago on account of his devotion to theosophy , has married Mrs. Kmily Hates , of Boston , and will con tinue to reside in Washington. " B.Taincs C. Barkluy of Lonumont , Col. , and Miss Anna Power.Jof Brownvillo , Pa. , have just been married. Eighteen years upi they were betrothed but decided not to marry for nineteen years. They were separated for sixteen years , and when they mot a short time npo decided not to wait until the time set in the original agreement had elapsed. Bishop Potter is credited with the follow ing joke : A young elerpyman , not far from Harlem , beinp on the eve of marriage , and not wishing to trouble any of his elerieal brethren , wrote to the bishop inquiring if , as ho had already published the bans from his own pulpit , he could not marry himself. The bishop at oneo capped the query with an other : "Could you bury yourself ! " That settled it. A country dark applied at the ordinary's oflleo in Albany , Ga. , one day last week for marriage license. Mr. S. .1. . { ones , who was acting for Ordinary Odom , procured a blank and prepared to issue tlio necessary paper. When the darkey was called upon to furnish the name of his fair inamorata ho looked puzzled and then a look of consternation spread over his ebony-huod countenance as ho lugubriously said : "Fore God , boss , 1'so done forgot dat gal's iiamo and she jess tole mo dis morning. " The darkey hastened oft and soon returned with the name of his in tended spouse and left rejoicing with the marriage license. 1KP1 KHMIXT DKOl'S. You cannot tell how old pigs arc by their sausage. "Held by the Enemy" The ulster which we are unable to redeem. Two heads are bettor than one if a person is desirous of entering the freak business. There is a new kind of 'alf-and-'alf sold now in the saloons 'alf beer and 'alf froth. The most unkindcst cut of all is to bo found in the average eight-dollar suit of clothes. A furniture dealer advertises that ho has marked the price ? of his cradles down to bed rock. Perhaps the ilrst ship to go through the Panama canal will bo drawn by a Keely mo tor. tor.A A poet aings : "Two Chords I Struck. " Perhaps ho struck because ho was too lazy to saw them. The law is for the poor as well as the rieh. but those who are able to hire the best law yers get the most out of it. Never disturb a contemplative man. It Is not safe to get near a train of thought when it is in motion. The descendants of the New York and Chicago boodlers will not bo fond of referring to their ancestral hauls. Prize fighting , is u ( disgrace to civilization , but some how or other wo all seems to take id ittlo Interest in ivliich man licked. France You'd better not tread on my tall ! Germanyr-Why , I urn treading on it. France Ah ! 1 mean with both feet. It is one thing for. a person to know a good thing when he sees it , and another thing for him to selzo n good , thing when ho knows it. "Never allow a fl h to lie if it can be hung conveniently , " says a popular cook book. This is also a good rule to apply to llshcrmcu us woll. The interest most people take In otiicr people's bank accounts is a good deal inoro on un average than three and one-half per cent. BHlsmtirck runs a paper mill mid n dis tillery. Bo ulso runs the German empire , hut the two former bring him the most money. A stranger cannot judge of the hospitality of a city by the eagerness with which hack and all sorts of carriage drivers usk him to take n ride. "It is interesting to reflect when looking at n battered tough working out a sentence'for plain drunk that his father once treated the crowd through joy over his birth. Before you call attention to the fact that a pig has no use for his tail please remember that you huvo two buttons on the lower back of your coat that don't button anytblng.o C3 If there Is any ono sight in this world more saddening than that of u bachelor at a baby show it must bo the spectacle of un old imtUl among the spectators in u divorce court. People who have studied into the origin of phrases will ujrreo that tlio buying , "I ac- unowlcdgv the corn" was invented by u man. BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE. The Only First Class Theater in the City. Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday Nignls , Nov. 28,29 , and 30 APPEARANCE of the DISTINGUISHED ACTRESS , . THE GltHAT SLU1CU SC12NI2. IN THE GREAT SUCCESS , ALONE IN LONDON ; OB , A WOMAN AGAINST THE WOULD. SEE THE GREAT PLAY ! SEE THE GREAT SCENES ! Westminster Bridge ; The Houses of Parliament , and The Old Sluice House ; The Most Effecting Scene Ever Produced in this City. POPULAR PRICES , SECURE SEATS AT BOX-OFFICE EXTRA ! EXTRA ! Thursday , Friday and Saturday Evenings , December , 1st , 2nd and 3rd Fedora's Farewell ! Triumphant Engagement of America's Greatest Artist , FANNY DAVENPORT , As the Heroine of Sard oil's Great Play , As played by her over 1,000 times. 300 nights in Now York City. Special Performance Saturday Night , OF MTSS DAVENl'OKT AS PAULINE. No ADVANCE ix Pmcics. Sale of seats begins Wednesday morning. A woman never acknowledges a corn , no matter in what condition her husband may llnd his pet razor. The following is a notk-o of the opening of the "Hed 15iirn"in Uakato : "First nipht of the dancing Roat , who noes through the Intricacies of a cotillion liku a feller critter. The performances of the dog Hilly , a quad ruped that reckons up tlsureslike a chalk and works problems In ulgobm with one log lied behind him. Admission ten cents. No corn will be taken at the door. " HOME DECOKATIOXS. A very handsome effect is obtained by cov ering the ceiling with cauestripa and the walls with matting. Jt is very rich-looking , yet it is cheap. The favorite device in a wrought-iron con- dlcstick is that of a black snake coiled around the candle for a socket , with glittering Jewel eyes at tlm bottom , where the upraised head forms the handle. Wall paper and woodwork establish the true color t-choino of a room and llx the tint of the principal musses , such as carpets and hangings. Your "bits of color" must bo con- lined to the minor matters. Showy embroidery must be well done. If you want it on portiere or piano scarf , fro to the art stores for it. The standard in this sort of thing has grown too high for amateur efforts to bo conspicuously displayed. Portieres arc fashionable , and always will be , because they fill a want. Hut they have their limitations. Doors are useful in thi'ir way. and yon never realize how much so until you have superceded them with portieres. It is not necessary to dwell in cither un E'lzabethan ' villa or a Queen Anne cottage to have a beautiful homo. The squares ! city house can bo made a thing of beauty if taste is displayed. Let decorative treatment accord with the architectural design , whether old English , early renaissance , or very new New York , and the result is apt to be pleasing. Painted doors are preferred for bedrooms , as they are supjwsed to bo more healthy ; and then of course , rugs are used , and as they can be easily taken up and shaken a room can bo kept much neater. These are sometimes made of carpeting , with a border around , but oftener the Turkish or the moro expensive American rug is used. These lust como in very good colors and will wear fairly well. There arc charming screens and splashers for washstands made of matting and painted with figures or ( lowers , and some of the new toilet sets ore lovely , the bowls being very deep and somewhat oblong in shape and the pitchers are low , with large mouths. A good many are in imitation of royal Worcester that is to say , gold and white and others are very old-fashioned lookingwith quaint bright flowers. A lounge is an article that might nearly bo called a necessity , and for bedrooms the box lounge is certainly the best , as there It no place BO good for putting away ball dresses or any others that are little used. A low table placed at the head of the lounge and only Jus * , largo enough to hold a tetc-a-teto set is tjuito an addition , and chairs must bo added to suit the occupant. In dressing the bed , unless a colored cover or a bolster-roc ! is used , a plain white spread and two sots of pillows should always be on. Those placed at the foot are to bo used at night and can have a horn- stitched ruffle , or they may bo trimmed with lace , the ones at the head should have hand somely embroidered pillow-slips , Shams are now but little used and should also bo edged with lace. The dressing bureau made now is a rosnpar- lively light piece , and many people dispense with this and use only a toilet table , which can be made very pretty with luco atid mus lin. If the bureau is used it should always have an Immaculately white cover , either trimmed with lace or licmstitcheil , and a small cushion which is to hang on ono sldo of the bureau or far back on the top. Largo cushions seem to bo entirely out of style and are very little used. On the bureau should bo fancy trays for pins and hairpins , toilet bottles , and iu fact cyurythitig'thut will look well , for a very crowded appearance is much to be desired. A chest of drawers is a very useful piece of furniture and a chovnl glass is almost indispensable , for it is light and takes up almost no room. * imirHT MTTU : I'OLKS. Father Come , Hobby , you are all tired out ; so hurry off to bed. Hobby ( with a slow mid reluctant movement 1'a ' ) , you oughtn't to tell u boy to hurry up when he's all tired out. out.Little Little girl ( looking at a one-legged man ) "Oh , mammal Where was he made ; " Mother "Made in heaven , my dear. " Little girl "Why don't ho go back and got fin ished ( " "Mamma , what is color-blind 1" asked little Nell. "Inability to tell ono color from another , my dear. " Then 1 guess the man that made my geography must be color blind , because he's got ( jix'uulutul painted yellow. " The two.and-a-half-year-old was watching the fog effect the cold had on his young breath , and tickled with It ho was breathing his lungs out. ' What are you doing that far I" said his mother. "I'm blowing the dust out of me. " It is the father of u precocious two-and-a- half-year-old who tells that the child was once watching an old lady making her toilet. The old lady had removed her false hair and teeth , when the astonished small boy said ; "Hot yeh can't take ycz neck off 1" "Helen , " wild auntie , "bring mo a clean apron to put on yon. " Now Helen and sister had aprons alike , and through mistake slio got ono of sister's , and looked with surprise at the sleeves , which came over her hands. "Well , auntie , " she exclaimed , " 1 dcss my apron has outgrown mo " "Six-year-old Ned was enjoying the first ham and eggs of the season , and as the horse radish bottle was passed , thought ho would have some too. When he hud recovered somewhat from the burning , and had settled down to his breakfast again , ho explained the situation with : "I guess I'll wait until that gets cold 'foro I try it again. " Mrs. Natick went up to'put her youngest and livllost son to bed a few nights ago , and found herself Invited to dictate an uncom monly full number of prayers. "Say 'Gentle Jesus,1" dcJiiandcd her son. She said it. "Now say "Kow I lay inc. ' " This , too , was f-aid , and at the "amen" the hhrill voicoof the small boy piped in eagerly : "Now , mamma , say 'Frog's gone a-hunting. ' " Mrs. O 's little soneamo homo from school In a very dilapidated state the other day. "Howard , " she said sternly , "you have been fighting again. " "I know it , replied the little tlo fellow manfully , "but I didn't htrlko the ilrst blow. " "Aro you telling the truth , Howard ! " "Suro pop , mamma , " was the earnest reply. "If you doa't bcllovo me , you can ask God , " KING ULAItlTl KS. Snakes RX | feet long with bright red rings around their necks are reported to have been seen recently on a farm near Dccatur , 111. In tlio northern part of Michigan two bucks that had their horns looked so that they could not get apart were killed by hunt ers recently. Mehanden drove immense schools of weakfish - fish into a gully In front of the bathing houses at Anglcsca , N. J. , and wagonlouds were taken out. A cat In Portsmouth , Va. deliberately com mitted sulcido by taking n position in a cellar that wan rapidly filling with water , and sit ting still until drowned. Texas prospectors recently saw a battle between eight big gray wolves and a herd of ! IOO cattle. The wolves separated a cow and calf from tko rest ami attacked them. The herd came to thu rescue and drove the wolves away. U. P. Gahir , of Passadcua , Cal.'found a pumpkin seed that had Kpfoutcd and begun growing inslilu the mother pumpkin , Mr , Guhr found the young vliic growing nicely inside the vegetable when he cut it open to feed it to his cows. Mrs. I. T. Smith of Hruiiswlek. Ga. , has a ciirkifcity In the shape of a cedar bush grow ing out of u solid piece of limestone rock. The rock was simply lying on the ground , not im bedded at all. The bush is as green us if it was growing In the natural soil. Seven boa-constrictors from Cuba arrived at Herlin. A few days later ono of them laid four eggs and died In the performance. On opening it ten moro eggs wore found of the HIZO of a man's list. Out of the four eggs four snakes emerged , each about twenty inches iu length. For about twelve years three big horned owls have monopolized everything in the hooting line on old Slide mountain , N. Y. Hill Plunk , who lives near Hondout , cele brated last Fourth of July by setting a steel trap to catch ono. The next day the trap was missing. On election day.party of hunters shot an immense owl over in Jewett Heights that had Plank's trap fast to its leg. It weighed four pounds and n hnlf , and came near killing ono of the hunter's hounds when , with the trap , it dropped out of the tree. Mrs. A. K. Bennett , of Paynesvillc , Minn. , thought she heard a dog following her as she walked homo the other evening , and , looking around , saw that a slender little animal was trotting along close behind her. It followed quietly until she reached home , ntid when she opened the door hesitated a moment and then darted In the house and up-stairs. It was a mink , which very soon made itself per fectly at home , and with the Bennett family is as tame as u kitten , but very shy when strangers call. A seven-year-old child of Herman Meyers , n few miles southwest of Waitsburg , died a few days ago. The child had , from its in fancy ( loubtless , been dead to all five senses hearing , smelling , tasting , feeling and see ing. It never walked , stooil nor sat nor oven attempted to yet it grow physically all the time , and at the period of its death , was as tall as ordinary children of its ago. It never in any way helped itself , nor attempted todoso. It would eat what was put In its mouth , and whenever food was put there. IU eyes were as bright as ever seen , but they seemed to bo useless. It showed no signs of life at any time , except that it breathed , ate and digested its food. A most remarkable freak of nature hero U attracting great attention at Chattahoochlo , l''la. , and hundreds of people are coming miles to KCO it. Al Harnoy Hill , u small col ored settlement ten miles from hero , a col ored woman some weeks ago gave birth to a boy child that nearly seared them all to death. The infant was healthy and well dc- vovclopcd when born , and has continued In good condition since , but the strangest part is its color. It is divided into two halves , as it were , each representing Iho Cnucasin and African raco. Ono side from the ccntro of its.forehead down Is a black as coal , whllo the other is equally white and fair. Another monstrous freak of Panic Nature is shown by the fact that the Caucasin ftido has thick lips and flat none , kinky hair and black eyes , in fact all the African charactcrislics , whllo the ilark side has fair and good features , blue eyes , and soft , silky hair. It Is in per fect health and grows fast. Its arrival cre ated a terrible hubbub In the settlement , and the negroes were inclined to regard it as au omen of evil. \Vtftin'lioiiso { people have n con tract for lighting thu hunutc chamber at WunhliiKlou with 1:00 : : olcctrio lights , runf'inf , ' in cundlo jtowor from 0 to 1604 A company 1ms been formed nt Yiuik- ton to cstablibh nn Kdihon central btu- tion. Tlio power ia to bo obtained from an artesian well by incuns of a turbine wheel. Sudden clnui'OK ( , ol tomporuturo , nnd humidity of the atmosphere often nw iluco dihordoi'H of the kidneys and. mud dor , use Or. .1. II. McLean's Llvor and Kidney Halm to chock thews troublob lii their uiui ; > lonuy.
