! miTATTAHATTV TTRVfiV RTTNTtTAV. A TWIT , 1 PA/TTCS 13
OF THE ALTAR.
) Lovo'd Wajf x Tlio Mossagro Jn a
Bottle How Edison Married.
) ft VERY GOOD FATHER-IN-LAW.
JjM.irrlcd nt Sea He Jrc\v n Prize A
Widow's IlcvcnRC Isn't Ha Meet
TJioy Mot by Chance A
"Woman's Huso.
AVnys.
paths hate Love for entering lovers'
feet ,
nd ono Is broad and fair and very swept ,
[ jAnd every grace of song ami lloworh.ith ,
( G'ho other is n straight- and narrow p.illi
[ aVhcro stones and brambles choke the bitter
way ,
nfl-songs It hath , but never ono Is gay ,
some who enter are with loses bound ,
UVud some with thorns , but none may go un-
r crowned ;
'JAnd yet both ways are thronged with eager
' feet ,
, /Vnd voices , gay and sad , chant Love is
sweet.
I'npn Fired the Hninb ,
taio town clock struck the midnight chimes ;
T Two lovers nt the door ,
JfiVho'd said "good night" : i dozen times.
t Were saying It some more.
ojP'Go , Mr. Jones , " exclaimed the maid ,
r "Or papa may nsiist
( put ain't you awfully afraid
r To meet un unarchl.stt"
'See ' If I am , " the little beau ,
A-kls < iing her replird ;
'Js'ow , you'io nn Anna hissed , you know ,
, And who's afruidi" ho cried.
Motvn the stairs , along tlio hall ,
r With an expression bad ,
tThcro.iuieakod a shudowy giant tall-
Just like the maiden's dad.
grabbing Mr. Jones , It hissed ,
"Hu , ha ! young mnti , 1 come
tt'o show your little Anna kissed
The way 1 lire a bum J"
A Year t\KH >
Juiit a little j'car ago ,
Yon wore nil tome :
Even now I sc.ircely know
How such things can be.
Did you mean It nil the timol
Won1 you false or true I
Is It change of place or clime
That has altered youl
Did you think to love me still 1
Did your fancy stray {
Did you chungo against your will ,
When you went nwuy i
Do you still remember this ,
Moity miles npurt )
All , you .oft your cat clcss kiss
Printed on my heart.
t.lttle did my soul divine
That the year would see
Your dear heart close knit to mine ,
Drift nwuy from inc.
Yet I dream you brave nnd true ;
Through the mists of pain ,
Still I strsteh my hands to you
T 11 we meet again.
Just a little year ago 1
Ah ! my eyes are wet 1
Cruel level do you not know
I can ne'er forgot 1
A Gooit Fn'tlier-lii-liaw.
New Yorlt Mnil ami Express : Con-
prebsmtui George West of Bnllstou Spi : ,
the several tunc'b millionaire , is very
original , jovml nnd kind hearted.
When reading recently of somebody's
erring daughter , who had run away
with a young scnmp , he said :
"I luivo a , daughter , and she is hap-
yiily married now , thank hcnvon. "
ilusing a moment , he continued :
never shall forgot how she married. I
heard that a young man was paying her
a grout deal of attention , and people
wore saying they wcro going to marry.
1 took my wife aside nnd said : 'I hear
that our daughter is going to marry. Is
that true ? ' She replied , 'Yes. ' Now it
Ftruok me ns queer that I had never
been consulted , BO 1 spoke right out to
my wife : 'Is that the way young men
court in this country , without over say
iug u word to the father:1' 'They firs
win the girl , ' replied m ;
wife. Well. somehow I fol
hurt , for I loved my daugh
lor very much , and had given her every
advantage. I took her through Enropi
and showed her the world , and this wai
my reward. I told my wife that I was
not against the young man , only I
wished lo ho spoken to merely because
I wns the girl's father. D
"In a few days the young man came
to mo nnd said' in a manly way that ho
wished to marry my daughter ; that he
was in business and could take care of
her. I looked him over. Ho had a
good , honest look about him , and [ liked
him.
" 'You have ' Isaid
can my daughter , ,
'but 1 do not wish you to follow your
business any more. I have enough
money for us all , so do not give yourself
any trouble in that lino. Come right to
my hoiibo and make it your homo. '
' 'Well , sir , that young man now has
charge of my business. I told him to
just go through the paper mills and not
do anything but familiarize himself
with the business. For six months ho
never gave an order to a hand , but at
the oiul of that time ho know the busi
ness thoroughly. Happy ? I should
Bay so. Wo all live in the same house ,
nnd I have live grandchildren , the delight -
light of my heart. "
Mnrrloil at Sen.
San Francisco Examiner : For days
and weeks past George I'innor has boon
paying his attentions to a Mutely blonde.
Mr. Pinner made promises to the
voung lady ovldently , for she accepted
him as a fnll-llodgod lover. The intense
nature of his wooing Is only known to
the object of his atTuutloiiB , but it is as
sorted that a climax arose , and from the
sequel the report evidently was not un
true. Mr. Pinner proposed to tlio lady ,
so It is nllngod. She accented.
The parents of Miss Maggie were a
stumbling block , They did not holiovo
in ( Mr. Pinner , and they were onposod
U > ; the advances that he was making to
the daughter.
The tie of affection , it appears , wns
entirely too strong , and tlio common
cast-iron limits wore overlonpud. The
couple would brook no interference
from any authority whatsoever. They
wcro determined to wed. It was rather
n dillleult matter to accomplish , but at
last the moans of circumventing the old
folks was found.
On Tuehdny last a tug was chartered ,
nnd , in order to obviate all obisiclostho
couple wont to sea. whore they were
married by a properly constituted par-
hon. On the return the party landed at
Washington street wharf , and from
there went to Shaw's boarding house , at
No.II Vallojo street. There the fatted
calf was sacrificed , and the Hying hours
wcro chased by gjiding fooLuntil nearly
' daylight. _
KdlsonV Tirst Marriage.
Now York Tribune : An old tele
graph operator , who was stationed at
Menlo Park when EdUon llrst came
there , entertained a Tribune reporter
tlio other day with some stories about
the wizard. Ho is air oddity , doing
nothing in the common way , nuu betting
nt naught all the conventionalities. The
first Mrs. F.dibon was an operator in the
Newark factory , where EdlwAi was mak
ing the machines to fill his first order
for the- stock indicator which brought
him into notice uud formed the basis , of
HOWE5 KERR & GO'S
* ii
RED LETTER SALE OF
Suits worth $25 sold at $15
Suits worth $55 , sold at
worth $85 , sold at $72 ,
, * Suits worth $175 , sold at $155
"We have just received two car loads of Chamber Suits in the latest designs and finish , in addition to
our immense stock , and in order to make room , will continue the sale
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his fortune. She was a tall , fine-look
ing girl ono of a do/.en sitting at a
bench winding magnets. One day , as
Edison was walking down the line , that
'irl spoke up and bade him good morn-
ng without raising her eyes from her
vork.
'Good morning , " said the inventor.
'How did you know it was IV"
"Oh , I can always tell when you're
near , " wns the reply.
"See hero , " said the man of invon-
.ions , "I've noticed yon a good deal of
ate. Suppose you and I get marriodV"
"I'm ready. "
"When shall it bo ? "
"Three weeks from to-night. "
"All right ! " and the inventor wont
on his rounds , while his intended bride
nerrlly wound away upon her bobbin of
wire.
On the wedding day the first con-
Jgnmont of stock indicators came back
from the purchaser , inoperative. When
Mr. Batcholor. who has always been
Edison's right hand man , went down to
the shop after supper ho found the in
ventor there in his dirtiest shop clothes
tinkering away at the machines. Didn't
ho remember that it was his wedding
night ? No , he'd forgotten all all about
it. Batcholor dragged the lagging
groom to the nearest clothing store , got
him into a new suit , then to the barber
shop , and finally put him on a car and
shipped him olT to the house of the
bride. Then ho wont back to the shop
to work , supposing that was the last of
Edison for that night. In nn hour or two ,
howovorEdison rushed in again , throw
his coat down on a greasy lathe , hung
his waistcoat upon n gaspipo , kicked his
shoos under a bench , seized a file and
wont at the defective stock indicator as
if there was no such thing as marriage
and giving in marriage , and there ho
stayed with his faithful lieutenant till
the morning sun looked in on two weary
toilers and an electrical stock indicator
that worked like a charm.
When wealth came to them , Mrs.
Edison No. 1 betrayed a tendency to
branch out into the social world , but it
had no effect on the inventor's habits.
Ono of the largest entertainments New
ark over saw was given nt her
house. All the leading men of the
Edison works were there , hut ho was no
where to bo BOOH. Illf subordinates
grow a little uneasy. A committee of
them wont ever to his laboratory about
midnight and there was the inventor ,
tipped back in a rickety old chair , in
his shirt sleeves , his shoeless feet high
up on the workbench , singing a\vay _
into his phonograph at the top of hid
voice , happy as a clam at high tide.
The patient Mrs. Edison sticks to her
husband like a shadow , She is always
at his elbows in working hours , with a
book and pencil , taking down his ideas
nnd experiments. She is , in fact , a
helpmate in every way worthy of his
abilities ,
Ho Drew n 1'rUo.
Globe-Democrat : A wedding with
romantic colorings was celebrated in a
quiet way in the parlors of the Mer
chant's hotel the other afternoon. S. C.
Tucker , of O'Fallon , Mo. , is a prosper
ous lumber dealer and undertaker. Ho
is about llfty years old. It was about
two months ago that ho llrst hit upon
the idea of getting married. Ho looked
around among the matrimonially in
clined maidens of O'Fallon , but he
found none that , suited his fancy. Ho
forwarded to an ca.stern journal a
match-making medium a six months'
subscription. The lirst copy'of the
paper anne promptly to hand. Mr.
Tucker , in looking ever the column of
"chances offered , " saw ono from an At
lanta , Ga. , lady that struck him favor
ably. Ho replied to the adver
tisement , and in the course of
a few days received nn answer
written in a style that convinced him
that his selection hud not been a bad
one. More letters were written , and
then photographs wcro exchanged.
Each was swuMlcd with the other's ap
pearance. An immediate wedding was
decided upon. It was agreed that they
should meet in St. Louis yesterday
morning. They did so. The lady came
alone and registered as Airs. V. P. Mil
ler. Mr. Tucker arrived later. Witli
nim came a clerical-looking gentleman
who registered as Hev. M. n. Hroadus ,
O'Fallon. When Mr. Tucker ascended
to the parlor Mrp. Miller was there
waiting his arrival. They bad a long
talk. The interview ended in a satis
factory manner , evidently , for Mr.
Tucker came downstairs biniliiifr. and
whispered to the reverend gentleman
that "everything was all right. " They
ascended togolher to the parlor. Louis
.Tonks and wife were selected as wit-
nebses and in a very brief bpaco of time
the words had been said that made the
couple man and wife. They remained
in St. Louis until this morning' , when
they left for Tlniyor , Mo. , their future
home. The bride is a good-looking , but ,
bashful widow.
A Widow H HavenZP.
In the public cemetery , about a mile
west of the city limits , is a monument
with a history , writes an Atehison cor
respondent to the Chicago In tor-Ocean.
To old residents bore , who are ac
quainted with the circumstances under
which it was erected , borne ton years
ago , it has become a familiar object , but
a stranger seldom looks at it without a
shudder and an exclamation of horror.
It is a dull-red granite bhuft. broad ut
the base and tapering toward the top ,
and btands on a slope some lifly feet
back from the main road. The image
of a snake about the size of a man's arm ,
is twined about it from the base to the
apex. On the four sides of the pedestal
is engraven in large , plain letters this
inscription :
UICHAKD HAKIUS ,
Died February 1 ! ) , ISTti , of
DKI.IKII'M TllUMnNb ,
Aged -II years.
Mrs. Richard Harris , widow of the
deceased , ordered the monument , made
after a design of her own , and placed it
nt her husband'b grave about two
months after IUH death.
Ho was a complete wreck. Hiw wife
would not allow him to como homo , nnd
supported herself and the two children
by bowing. Dr. Chalice furnished him
with food and clothing , and dually ,
\vhoii ho was taken hick , brought him
to his houbo , where ho died ono bitter
winter night , shrieking that the devils
were carrying him away and thai his
wife was setting thcmon. Mrs. Chalice
and her mother agreed that what prop
erty Dick had loft bhould ho given to
his widow nnd children , The widow ,
hewer , said she would only accept
enough to got a monument for him she
could take care of herself and children.
When bhe bought and setup the shaft
with the biiaUe and inscription on it , all
Atchibon was shocked and Dick's mother
and the Chalices were wild with indig
nation and shame. Her friends tried to
poraiiado her to remove it , but she re
fused to listen to them. There mis talk
of legal proceedings to have it taken
away , as being a libel on the dead , hut
they were never instituted , and itstands
there still. For a long time people were
careful to bury their oead so far nwnv
that its horrible shadow could not fail
upon their graves , and for many years
there was a vacant simco for several
yards around it , but gradually this feel
ing were away. Now there are graves
in mcut of the adjacent lots , and evergreens -
greens and willows hide from sight the
lust retting place of poor Dick Harris
and his grim memorial btono.
* A Woman's Ktisc ,
Astoria Pioneer ; Woman is always
given credit for being clover ; but ,
nevertheless , if she makes up her mind
to a thing , she will nave her way or
make it interesting for those who op
pose here , A woman up to St. Helen's
is the wife of a man who loves to hand
around u certain grog bazar , and in BO
doing he sorely .neglects the helpmeet
j. ho sits patiently at homo and mends
is bocks. Many lime and oft had she
I'uiiboncd with him in herquiot , moth
erly way , and tried lo point out to him
the dis graceful i-way in which he was
using her , but sill to no purpose. She
oven went BO far ab to request the teller
in the aforesaid boo-.o emporium that
ho cuiiAO selling her husband liquor.
Bui th' poison-mixer bade her go
hence and exchange New Year's calls
with herself ; but she turned on her
heel and left his hateful presence.
That evening as she sat alone she
heard a racket down cellar , and upon
investigation found that a skunk had
got its tail in the rat I rap. Now , it is
a well-known fact that a skunk will
hold its peace lib long us its bushy tail is
hold , whether in a trap or the hand ,
and remembering this bhe had no fear.
Suddenly si bright thought entered her
head. The clock in the house was strik
ing 1 and oho wanted pupa to como
home. With a movement she threw a
bag over the animal's head , and , grasp
ing its tail , opened the trap , anil thus
armed headed for the saloon. It was
only a short distance away , and rinding
the door open she tossed the skunk into
the midst of the crowd and swiftly stole
away.
It had the desired effect and papa
came home. The saloonkeeper , whenever
never took a vacation before in his life ,
has gone into the country to visit rela
tives , and the saloon is closed for re
pairs.
K.tilri ! lo IVtsd His Swcetlicnrl.
Quito : . stir was created at Meudota ,
Ills. , Hiys ! the Chicago Times , by the
attempted elopement of Miss urnco
Mitchelr'Marks and Charles Achtcbcrg ,
a young man from Wisconsin , working
as a tailor for P. II. Cooper , in this
city. Mibb Grace is not only a very
pretty school girl of sixteen , but pos
sesses. it is said , some $ . ' (5,000 ( in her
own right , with expectations of very
much more in time to conic.
Young Achteberg obtuiued a license ,
in his apidirallnn for which ho reprn-
honted Grace as eighteen years old ,
Armed with this authority , they con
cluded to have the knot tied in Men-
dota in a private manner by a justice.
Some one in the young ladj Hconlidcnco
divulged the secret , and the immediate
arrest of the o.xnoi'tiint groom on a
chargo-of perjury in swearing to Grace's
age stopped the marriage.
The girl was locked up in her room ,
and young Achteborg was held to the
ciiTuit court \l,000 i | honils. The bonds
for his appearance was furnibhi'd by his
friends of thojftlioars , and ho was
released. Tjjsirirl. it is said , is stead
fast in her resolution to fulfill her pro
ject as soon as she is of ago , if not per
mitted to before.
She Ucotfpnil to IMo Witli Him.
Now Yorllorld : Young William
Kurtz , the bridges jumper who commit-
suieldo because his love for a young
girl was notV e\tUjiicd. \ had tried to kill
himself beforol'tLeiia ( Jonklo , of No.
160 Itidgo street , .with whom Kurt/ was
in love , baid.tlmt , the dead boy tried to
cut Ills throat v tli a knife , but a woman
grabbed the knife. Just before com
mitting huicidq.jKurtz called on Lena.
After .talking with her for a time ho
pulled a rovolvtirniid proposed that they
die together. She couldn't BOO it that
way , and screamed for her sibtor. The
latter ran the young man out of the
house. The next she heard of him ho
had committed suicido. Mrs. Wagner ,
in wliObO rooms Kurtz died , said hevab
drunk when ho shot himself. After
seeing Lena ho wont back to Mrs. Wag
ner's and told liar the police were look
ing for him because ho had stubbed the
Isn't Ha Nice ?
Now York Telegram : The passen
gers on the 0 o'clock train from oity
hall on the Third avenue elevated were
treated to a. genuine little love scene
last night a decided novelty on
elevated railroads , hy the way ,
A bright faced , trimly built little
woman stood out in the cold all the way
up town with a brakeman on one of the
crowded cars , neither seeming to mind
the biting blast that was blowing from
the East river , and the both apparently
us happy as the conventional lovers on
the conventional garden gate.
Upon reaching Forty-seventh street
the little lady alighted and the tall
guardsman stooped over the trntc and
kinsod her , saying .softly : Goodby , dear ,
I'll bo home about 11. ' '
After watching her out of sight , the
gentlemanly guardsman , by way of ex
planation lo the smiling prH.songer. said
brilly , but none the less impressively :
"We wore married last Sunday. " And
then lastly called out : "Fifth avenue ! "
in the regular railroad vernacular.
"I hope it will always hist , " said ono
gentleman , good-naturedly.
And si pretty young lady chirped to
another at her side : 'Isn't ho niceV"
CONNUIUAljITIKS.
My darling Georpo , " it used to bo
When wedded life was new ,
His title now is ' him" and "ho , "
And sometimes "Say , there , you. "
A maiden of uncertain aec , whoso homo U
in Kilcs , Mich. . Is said to have proposed to
thirteen yomii ; men sluco leap year began.
Probably Mrs. Frank Leslie Is the only
American lady who Is compelled to use a
printed form in declining matrimonial mat
ters ,
Mr. Wilson , of Piltsburg , courted a young
lady of that city for thirteen years , and now
he has Iwen sued for $ .UOOi ) ) for breach of
promise. Thirteen is an unlucky number.
Lieutenant A. II. Howard , of Rattling pun
fame during the Kiel rebellion , has applied
for u divorce from his wife , basing the uppll-
cation upon allegations concerning her con
duct while ho was absent in Canada.
A novel marriage occurred at Chlpley ,
Ga. , on the night of the ild. John Wright
and Laura Saltorwlilto wcro milted in marriage -
riago ut 1U0 : : ; o'clock at night under the light
of the street lamp between the hotel and tlio
depot , II. A. ( Joodman olliohiUng.
( ilenwood , Col. , valley needs now a cur
load of girls. Good , neat , industrious , but
not too handsome. If a car load of reasona
bly good-looking ones como wo will have to
get another cur load about the middle of
April , for the reason that by that time they
will probably all bo married.
A rreni'h bachelor advertised for n wifo.
A typographical error changed his ago from
thirty-seven to pighty-soveii , but It nmilo no
difference , for ho received " . " > < ) applications
from ladies ranging from sixteen to sixty ,
and all promising love and devotion to the
rest of his existence.
Mlsa Smiley Pivhsloy was recently mar-
rled to JaincH Spittle , of Mathews , N. C.
The bride is not quite twelve years old , and
her mother consented to the marriage- only
on condition that the bridegroom must con-
tin no to send her to school. Of course ho
agreed to this , and the child became u
wife.
Nothing flaunted by the wretched condi
tion of the roads and the extreme severity of
thu weather , u young lady of Montgomery
county , Virginia , rode from her homo to thu
town of Salem on horseback ono day last
week , u distance of twenty-one miles , to
make some purchases of store goods for her
approaching wedding , and returned homo
the bame duy , making forty-two miles of
travel on horseback. The plucky girl was
Miss Kmma Aiken , and she was married
three or four daya after to Hobcrt Stewart ,
who lives near Konoako , the Uov. L ) . U.
Moormun performing thu ceremony ,
A novel wedding took place on nn east-
hound accommodation tram on thu Hallunoro
& Ohio railroad as thu train wab coming
down the Huveutcen-mllo gr.ulo at a rapid
rate. As it stopped at Swanto a gentleman
and lajy boarded the train. At the next sta
tion n preacher Mopped on and inquired of
thu conductor if u eouplu had boarded his
train nt Swuutou. When Informed they had ,
ho rushed to wt ro the couple were seated ,
and , in the presence of all the passengers ,
pronounced them man and wife while the
train was going nt her bust speed , The
couple were strangers to all on board. The
only reason given by the preacher for the
Imbto was that the license was made out in
Maryland , and at thu rate the train was go
ing they would soon bo In West Virginia and
the jlceuso void , The bride aud grooui got
oft at Piedmont and took tha express for uie
west ,
A young man and his host girl were before
the clerk of courts of Oraugo City Tuesday
and obtained p license to wed , who hare
started out on the economical plan , which , if
they are industrious and continue to follow
It up , will eventually lead on to fortune.
They arrived nt Alton on the train and from
there walked to this place and saved hack
fare. They visited a Jeweler hero and
looked at "a ring to got married in , " but as
a dollar was the limit of expenditure for nn
ornament of that kind they did not Invest because -
cause they could get nothing nlco enough for
tlmt price. They took in the town , dined on
crackers and cheese , and returned in the
evening as happy and content , yea more so ,
than many others would have been after
they had squandered $20 on the day's pleas
ures
PEPPEUMKNT DROPS.
The turtle has an easy time of It , and yet
ho dues not have a soft snap.
Missouri has a blind man charged with
stealing a flock of geese. No other statu in
the union can make a like showing. Mis
souri men triumph over all the adversities of
fortune.
Germans of the highest rank believe In
teaching their sons useful trades. There Is
young Herbert lilnmarck , for instance ; ho
is an expert ut mixing drinks. When the
evil days corno ho can como over to America
and wear diamonds.
A Georgia boy was recently killed by swal
lowing a brass mouth organ. An impross-
slon generally prevailed that nothing had
ever been invented that would kill a boy
who played a mouth organ.
They have a way out In Kansas of bringing
to time unrnly members of the legislature.
Mr. Funstan , member of the committee on
agriculture , war latu at u committee meeting ,
and the chairman llued him six cans of corn.
An exquisite , leading a dog by a string ,
lounged up to a ticket ofllca of a railway sta
tion and Inqulrbd : "Must I aw take a
special ticket for a puppy ! " "No ; you can
travel ns an ordinary passenger , " was thoro-
ply.
' What's the matter , Pat ! " "More fun In
the family this morning , sor. " "Whatl
Twins again f" "No , sir. Faith and it's
triplets this tluio. " "You're gutting on , "
"Getting on , is iti Hohivins , ser , I boluvo
the ncxt'll bo quadrupeds I"
\yillio Tascott , the Chicago murderer ,
writes poetry , and there Is a reward of
f 10,000 for him. We intend to nab the llrst
young man who blows into the ofllco with a
spring poem and lock him In the pressroom
until we can hear from Chicago.
Hotel Clerk What was that noise In your
room ( Captain Oh , 1 hud to break the neck
oft'u bottle I touud there , us I couldn't ' draw
the cork. "Why , the only bottle thcro was
a hand grenade for lira extinguishing. " "Is
that sol I thought the liquor was very mild , "
Gentleman Yon are a shiftless nigger ,
llastiift , and no good to yourself or the com
munity. This Is thu third time you have asked
melo go bull for you. Uastus 1 knows It ,
Mlstah Smif , I knows it , un1 of you'll 'com-
modatu mo jU' wunco mo' I'll ulcip out do
fust thin'hide mawnin' an' ncbcr show up
ngln , 'deed I won't.
" 1 don't ' BOO , " said thu eastern man to the
Kansun , ' 'why thu settler on the frontier
lives in a dugout ; why doesn't ho cut a door
and wlmlowH in a Kansas pumpkin and live
in that ) ' ! "Well , you see , " said the Kunsuu ,
"tho Kaunas pumpkin is so large that it can
not ho kept warm hi winter without a great
deal of fuel , and fuel Is very scurcu. "
A man writes from Connecticut In enlight
enment of science ; "I liuvo picked up hun
dreds of wasps , holding my breath at the
moment that the wasp yas grasped , and
'
have nevur been stung un'dur such circum
stances , " It docs not appjur that ho held
his breath In the samu hand that ho held the
tongs or pincers , or whatever It was that ho
picked thu wimps up with.
The follow that painted the end of u log
black to catch rabbits is nut far ahead of the
genius who catches ducks by stratagem In
Monlcului , Mich. Ho says ho cuts out a
chunk of Rod , sprmklcs hooks bated with
corn upon It , wades out into BOIIIO lake wltn
thu bed on his head , has strings to thu hooks
which he holds with ono haml.'and when the
ducks alight and swallow the corn ho Jerks
the strings , uud they tly and carry him to
land , >
During the recent eclipse of the moon
some colored people living near Suilthvillc ,
Gu. , ber-umo frightened and ran screaming
from tlioir bouses to a Hold near by , wluru
they prostrated themnulves aud began pr.iy-
lug , thinking the duy of Judgment w u ut
hand The lamentations were making the
woods ring , when a deacon in on of the col
ored churches camu up , "Git up , dur , " ho
said , "an1 go to your nouso obcry ono oh
you , Duy ain't nothlu' du matter ; dat'fc ouly
a clipi > crKra3g oh du moon , raubuil by lie sub
jection ob do sun. You tilgyurs ain't got no
aonsc , nohow I"
JklUBlOAIi AND IlHAMATtO.
N'llsson's ' farewell concerts will bo given
May'Wand Juno 20.
The highest recorded price for a Strndlva-
rlus violin Is said to bo SS.WO.
Goldmark'ii new symphony has been M
well received In Vienna as U was In Dresden
n few weeks ngo.
Miss Lillian Uussoll has achieved the great
est success ot her career.as Dorothy Bantaw
In the comlo opera "Dorothy. "
' ' -La Chaatcur ik
M. tfamara's now operaLa
Palermo'1 had great success on 1U recent
production at the Carl theatre In Vienna.
Uolnnd Kccd , America's great original com
edian , 1ms made a decided hit In New \orli
as Samuel lluiuly In "Tho Woman Hater. "
Carmen Sylvn , which Is the literary nom
do nlunio of the Queen of Itnunmnln , is at
present writing a bullet entitled "Tho Jew *
els. "
The Bostonlans are having great success
throughout the country with "Fntlnltza"--
done in spectacular style and the Poach
ers. "
Miss Druid Is the nnclont name berne by
the latest Louisville clrl who aspire * to fol
low in the histrionic footsteps of Miss Mary
Anderson. She has announced an onrlof do-
but.
but.John Thompson , ono of the first and most
successful of American nctors starring in
highly spleod sensational dramas , will , aiit
several sonsons retirement , return to tht
stage.
Louis Harrison of "Mystic Islo'J tame , will
in "Pearl of Pckln"
plav the part of Ty-foo
( Leeoq's Flour do The ) when that operetta
shall bo produced ut the Now York Bijou
thoatro.
Lilly Post has been secured by Wllnrtl
Spencer for the soprano part of Violet la
"Tho Little Tycoon , " which was mada v *
cant by the abrupt departure Adn Gwscg
from the company.
Joseph Jefferson's spring tour of relaxation
and play will last only eight weeks , during
which time ho will travel in bis own prlvatt
car throughout Kentucky , Tennessee , Ocot
gia , South Carolina , Florida jxnd Alabarcm.
Mllo. Marie Van Kandt signed nn engage
ment with M. Maurice Gruu , for the firm at
whoso head is Mr. Abbey , before ha tosH fol
South America. She will give In 177M300 , a
series of operatic nnd conbort porforniaccos
in America.
The opening of thoCnmpanlnl Italian opera
season at the Now York academy of ransla
has been postponed from April 6 to April 9 I ,
owing to the fact othat ono of the prlnclps , f
artists , Mawrcd , cannot arrive heroin titnl
for the former duto.
Fanny Davenport as La Tosca has dls
carded the use of the numerous garments
over which ladles devote n grcnt. deal of
pains , time anil money , and under elaborate
and really beautiful dresses Is enveloped only
in silk llcshing.
Off the stage Ada Rohan , says n gossip , ia ,
not n really handsome nor oven a pretty fr
woman. Her complexion is what some unkind - ,
kind people would call "pasty. " Hut her faca
shows a kindly disposition , strong character
and abundant good scnso.
Uoso Stahl , a prctt5f girl nnd n native ot
Trenton , N. . ) . , will muko her debut in tha
cast of "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde. " whoa
Hundmnnn represents that play ut Niblo'o.
Miss Stahl has the reputation of being an ac
complished elocutionist.
Messrs. Edwin Uooth nnd Lawrence Bar
rett nro said to bo averaging upward ot
H,000 for each performance nt the Baldwin
theatre in San Francisco , and yet they can
not afford a respectable populuco lot tha
forum scone In "Julius Caesar. "
Wilson Barrett Is going to revive that plot *
uresquo old ploy , "Bolphogor , the MountoV ,
bank , " nt the Glebe theatre , in London. Ha ?
has had the play revised and altered some
what. Ho will act Bolphegor , and Miss
Eastlako will bo the montobank's , " wife.
Mlle Zucchi , formerly leading bullet-dances
at the Eden theatre , Paris , was recently mar *
ricd to Prince Basetchitkoff , and among tha
wedding presents wcro 120 silver drinking
cups , each from a former admirer , and each
fashioned like a dancing slipper.
Ono of the features of Mr. Baudmnnn's
version of "Dr. Jekyll nnd Mr. Hyde , " will $
be a revolving scene showing the murder of \
a clergyman by Mr. Hydo. The first view ia
the interior of n church , showing the pro
cession of choristers , and the scene revolves
Hyde is discovered stopping with his hands
the attempted cry of his victim.
A nlcco of John Stuart Mill bos made a
most successful debut in Italy on thooporatta
stago. This young lady ( Miss Coleman ) has
chosen the name of Vcrra Verrcnskl by \
which to bo professionally known. Sha i\ \
chose for her debut thu part of Lucia d ( f
Lammormoor , and seems to have captivated f
her Italian audience ut once. '
Ono of A. M. Palmer's "Jim the Penman'
companies had a curious experience in Toxns
a few days ago. Five members of the com j
pany were arrested for playing cards on the
train , taken off at a small station near Dallas
by the sheriff , and lined 134 each. Professionals - ,
sionals about to visit Texas may learn a leS i
sou from this. '
The total amount loft by Jenny LInd was
$230,000. About one-third of this amount is
to bo devoted to charitable and educational f.
purposes. Her valuable paintings , especially if ,
rich in original portraits of famous musicians , , '
Liszt , Meyerbeer , Hosslni , Schumann ,
Joachim and others are to go , after her bus *
band's ' death , to the Uoyal Gallery at Stock *
holm.
The armory festival to beheld Vn Troy , . N ; ,
Y. , the coming May promises to bo a grand
success. Fruuloin Lin Lchinann , HcrrPaur
Knllsch , Miss Emily Winnntand Thee Toodt ,
arc among the noted soloists already engaged.
This Is LllI Lohmann's llrst engagement fol
the festival seusoji of the metropolis , and she
will have the honor of singing Dvorlt'a la
America.
Theodore Thomas has made prolimlnarj
arrangements for an European trip of hit
band. It will play four weeks in Paris , dun
Ing the exhibition months of 18S9 , and will
visit London , Berlin , Vienna and other largr
cities during Its stay abroad. Mr. Rafael
Josoffy will accompany the orchestra as th <
principal , If not as the only soloist engaged
for the tour.
Offenbach's youngest daughter , Mma
OfTenbach-Moussot , linn Just found among
her father's manuscripts the score of a two.
act operetta , entitled "Cocolotto , " which
was brought out with unsatisfactory result *
at Kins uud Harlln in 18(15 ( , but has not been ,
placed upon thi5 stage olsowhoro. A Parisian
manager is about to test the att.aetiveness.ot
"Cocolotto" once more.
Mine , iftinnlo Huuk Is nt present singing In
"Tho Taming of the Shrew " "L'Afrlcaluo , "
"Tho Merry Wives of Windsor ; " nnd.of
courro , "Carmen , " in the principal citlos of
Germany , whore shn has boon given a most
enthusiastic recption. In April she will slug
nt the Piillhurmonio concerts In Copenhagen
uud Stockholm , and later in the season at
the Italian opera in London.
And now the Lily is going to forswear
Chicago , wicked Chicago , the city of great
understandings nnd "Nutural Qua , " all be.
cause it fulled to appreciate a beautiful wo
man's acting. Mrs. Langtry , it Is said , will
never go to the Lnko City again , notwith
standing Manager MoVlekor will exact with
bhylock acquisitiveness (1,500 for each per
formance that America's naturalised citizen
was Indisposed to give ,
Ludwig Harnay , the eminent Irish trago-
dlun , was In hU younger days uppmitlcod-U
n bricklayer. Like our own gifted John
MeCulloughf who in his boyhood lubored in
a Philadelphia gushousc , ho studied and road
dramatic works at every opportunity , even
taking advantage of the moments between
hU tasks , Ono day his employer catno upon
him unawares and discovered young Durnay
addressing a crowd of his fellow-workmen.
Ho hud constructed with looto bricks a mln-
iuturo stage , had used various makeshift !
for scenery , and was explaining some theo
ries uf his own to his companions. Tun
muster shook his head , saying to Barnay :
"Ah , you will never make u bricklayer , for
you cannot build houses with poetry , "
"Two Jolly sons of Erin , with big voices ,
big feet and big hearts nro William Ludwlfc
and Barton McCiucldn , baritone und tenor of
the Into American Opera company , " says thu
Now York World , "There was never any
mistaking MrGuckln's nationality , but Lud
wig has long been supposed u romantic Ton.
ton by people who didn't know ho hud boeu
William Li'drldgo In the Ould Dart , every
foot of whoso green sod ho loves with all life
'MO pounds of avoirdupois. These two lighthearted -
hearted troubadours are n noticeable addi
tion of lute to the nuual run of Broadway
prouienudurn. They go together as naturally
now u they did in the most checkered duva
of their ojjcrutic adventure , nnd ns profit-
ably. Mi'Guckin has a good-natured puo
nosu , which ho builds up into a graceful
Uoinun on the etugo. Ho is getting bald and
griuvoB over it. Ludwig is muwuhir to n
degree , and has a urotinlsh tint In h | eyes.
They say all great singers have it..1 '