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.
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Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday Nignls , Nov. 28,29 , and 30
APPEARANCE of the DISTINGUISHED ACTRESS ,
.
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OB , A WOMAN AGAINST THE WOULD.
SEE THE GREAT PLAY ! SEE THE GREAT SCENES ! Westminster
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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.
