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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , M Y 20 , 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
FOR , BETTER OR FOR WORSE ,
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And It Is About as Much of Ono as
the Othor.
A GREY-HAIRED LOTHARIO.
The Sntl Knrt of nn Elopement
l.rf Homo Hcstniirnnt Spoons A
French I'ccullnrlty
Connuhlalltlcs.
Ills Kxpcrlcnco.
These perfect days I Alone wo walked
Together , nml of love wo talked ,
As young folks do.
At least , I talked of love , nnd she
Kept looking tenderly nt mo
As If she know
Tlio fcnd , sweet pain of Love's BtranRO ways ,
Ah ! life wns sweet , these perfect dnysl
These perfect clays 1 How 1 recall
Her every look and motion , nil
Her dainty grace.
How tenderly my arm she pressed
While I my youthful love expressed
Till In her face
I Bflcmod to sco , with onser Raze.
An answering look these perfect days.
Thos perfect days ! So sweet , and yet 1
She may their wretched end forget
I never can.
Ono ilay she told tno thnt I bored
lifer , nnd explained that she adored
Another mnn.
Henceforth why should I slijc her praise !
She loft uio in a perfect daze.
'A * Western Matrimonial Complica
tion.
An Olatho ( Kan. ) dispatch to the Now
York Tribune narrates that "twenty-
one years ago H. D. Smith was married
t6 Miss Ilattio Herman , in Philadel
phia. Soon afterward ho wont to Colorado
rado on a. mining venture , and after n
Bhort time ho failed to write and she
Biippobod him dead. After thirteen
yearn' waiting she married a prominent
resident hero. Smith left Colorado and
\vcnt to Now Mexico , where ho amassed
n. fortune. After diligent inquiries
about his wife without avail ho also
married again. Ho came bore yester
day from Kansas City , where ho en
gaged in business , and met his llrst
wife accidentally. The meeting wns a
pleasant ono. They have concluded to
lot mettors stand , as they have a grown
son.
Romance and Itcnlty.
It is estimated that there are in the
neighborhood of 12.393 young men in
Buffalo , says the Courier , with real
estate on their hands which they wish
tos'diS'poao of at a high figure a figure
that- will enable them to retire from
business and play pool all the rest of
their lives. But the motto should bo
sin all profitsquick sales. A young man
bought a lot on Bouck avcnuo last year
nt tliis time ; ho paid $12 a foot. A
month later ho sold it for $15and bought
n , now suit. Then ho invested the re
mainder in tin East Buffalo lot at $16 a
foot. In Juno ho lot it go at $20 and
proposed to his Ijest girl the same even
ing.
' She wanted time to think about it ,
and while she wns thinking he bought
another East Buffalo lot for $19 , and be
fore the glorious Fourth ho sold it for
880. The girl accepted him the same
night. After paying for the engage
ment ring out of the profits , bought a
lot out on Main streets , this side the
belt line for $35 a foot. He's wonder
ing now whether to sell it for $50 and
get married or wait and sell it for $60.
The girl says she can wait if ho can , so
thoy4ro sitting on the fence waiting for
the price to touch $ GO , in which case
they'll got married ton minutes later.
Elopement of a Midget.
A St. Paul dispatch to the N. Y.
Herald says : Albert Beadle , employed
by Mrs. Henry Hoskins in Wcst.'St.
Paul as coachman and man of all work ,
had served the family in a similar ca
pacity in Dakota. Considering him to
bo a treasure in the rough , Mrs. Hos
kins , on removing from Dakota to West
St. Paul , told Beadle ho might keep up
with the procession , and lie did. He
also , as ether coachmen have done ,
managed to fall in love with the daugh
ter and heir to the Hoskins wealth.
Miss IIosltiiiB is small in stature , but
has attained the age when the law bays
she is her own mistress. Compared
with her , Mrs. Tom Thumb is a giant
ess. Beadle conceived a liking for the
little woman , chiolly , as ho claimed ,
because of the ill treatment she ro-
qolved at the hands of the mother. His
affections wore returned by the midget ,
who is scarcely two feet in height.
The two eloped a week ago. The
mother traced them to Minneapolis.
Beadle was arrested and lined for ab
duction. Through the girl's brother a
correspondence was carried on , and last
night the pair mot again at the olllco of
Justice Nelson and wore married.
The mother has disowned the girl.
Beadle left with his midget wife for
Kentucky to-night.
Getting Married in 1/oiilHlann.
Philadelphia Times : It is not such nn
easy thing for a stranger to got married
in Louisiana. In the first place , a li
cense costs $2.50 , and before the cere
mony can ho performed a prospective
bridegroom has to give a bond and se
curity to the sum of $2,500 for the proper
maintenance of his brid < 5 through mar
ried life. Imagine tlio dilemma of a
man who arrives in the night , knows
nobody except his girl , and wants to got
married at early candle-light and take
the next train. Ho has got to go out
among strangers , who very probably
have been jjappri&d beforehand of the
niituro of Ins mission , and are-more or
lost ) jealous of him , and makoa$2,500
bond before the ceremony can proceed.
Knrncd tlio Marriage Idccnuo.
Some time ago County Clerk King an
nounced , says the Saginaw ( Mich. ) Cour
ier , that lie would give the first young
lady who stated that she had asked a
young man to marry her a marriage li
cense free. Yesterday a young woman
entered the clerk's olllco and inquired
if the above otter still remainedfcood ,
nnd upon an affirmative answer being
given , said situ yeas entitled to the cer
tificate. She gave her name as Eliza
"Willott , ner age as twenty-one and her
residence in East Saginaw , and stated
that she had "popped tiio question" to
Joseph S. Grifiln , aged twenty-nine , of
Kast Suginaw , and ho had answered in
the allirmative , Tlio clerk kout his
promise and the license was issued free.
Honeymoon In n Kestaiirant.
There was no question they wore
newly married , says the Chicago Her
ald , the lady was young , not pretty , but
with a pleasant face , the color and
freshness of which indicated country *
Her escort was a stout , manly looking
chap , who would have shown to better
advantage in different clothes , for his
pantnloops were much wrinkled nt the
r- knees , and each leg Boomed to vie with
the pther as to which could climb the
highest. But George was , all uncon
scious of their efforts , and was wholly
ongrosbod in keeping close to the lady's
side. I learned his name from the lady
herself , for , as the head waiter pulled
back the two corner chairs at the table
no.xt to ml no , she said : "Don't sit there ,
Darling George ; I want you right by my
Bide. " The obliging waiter then gave
them seats together and 'stood mute
ly awaiting an 'order.1 There wore
ut fow. yuubts in- the room utthat hour ,
mt the attention of all became fixed on
he interesting couple.
"What shall wo cat , love ? " said
3eorgo , with ah enraptured'look at his
livinity.
"Oh , I don't care what ; anything you
iko best , dear. I just want to sit and
ook at you , you darling. "
"Yes , but my cherub , you know wo
must cat something. "
"Well. I should just like to cat you ,
you darling , sweet love , " nnd uncon-
clous of the surroundings , unconscious
> f anything but- her devotion to her
iego lord , she throw her arms about his
neck and rained kisses upon his face ,
vhich the young husband , nothing
oath , returned with interest.
A Cruel Man.
ttutton HeraliJ.
io passed his arm around her waist , ho
pressed her Illy hand ,
Her heart stood still , she felt that he a kiss
wns bent on stealing ,
She tightly shut her eyes and strove her
feelings to command ,
While surged the blood unto her checks ,
heruioilcst fears revealing ;
Her waist ho squeezed she hopcdsho feared ,
she trembled and she Ranpcd
She never hail been kissed before , anil
'twas n serious matter ;
At length ho said , "Good night , my love , "
and dropped the hand ho clasped ,
And left the maiden fair unbiased nnd mad
ns any hatter.
A Hoinaiicnr'fi llomancc.
Wives and Daughters : There was a
romantic marriage in St. Louis the
ether day , the bride being Miss Mc
Lean , a rather clever Now England
woman , nnd the groom T. L. Groan , a
miner from the Chihuahua country of
Mexico. The engagement was of long
standing , and Miss McLean had jour
neyed all the way from Europe to meet
and wed the man of her choice. She
made the long trip unattended , and
would probably have gone around by
way of China could she have reached
St. Louis in no ether direction. The
heroine of this wedding is not unknown
to tlio literary world. She taught
school np and down the Massachusetts
const for a number of years , writing
sketches and serials for the magazines
between times.
Finally , some five or six.years ago , the
plucky little schoolmarm determined to
write a novel that would bo a bit of a
departure from the milk-and-water
brand of the school then in voguo. Ac
cordingly she wrote "Cape Cod Folks. "
The book sold like \vild lire for a couple
of months and promised to be the sen
sation of the year. Its characters were
portrayed so true to life as to bo recog
nizable , and in many instances the
names of persons were used without re
sorting to aliases. The work was satiri
cal , caustic and all lire , and every old
busy body and gossip of the
Capo , irrespective of sex , or stand
ing , came in for a hauling over
the coals. Then came an avalanche of
libel suits , brought by Capo Cod folks
against the publisher of the volume.
The publisher investigated , found it
useless to attempt to light the suits and
compromised by destroying the unsold
copies of the work , paying some of the
slandered ones sumsof money and going
into bankruptcy. Miss McLean went
abroa and only returned to bo married
us above narrated. She will accompany
her husband to his Mexican mine and
probably give up story writing.
An KIopcmciit'H Sad Knd.
A Port .Tarvis dispatch to the Phila
delphia Press says : The elopement
and marriage of Richard Thomas , son
of Benjamin Thomas , late general su
perintendent of the Erie railway , and
Florence Conovor , daughter of a llorist
of Belleville , N. J. , neither of tno run
aways having as yet reached the ago of
seventeen years , was an occurrence of
sensational interest about a twelve
month ago , which now unfolds a sad
and warning sequel.
At the time of the elopement young
Thomas , who was a wild and headstrong
youth and had given his father much
trouble , was employed in the Erie rail
way office at Jersey City and was board
ing with the Conovor family at Belle
ville. One Sunday night the boy and
girl started out together , ostensibly to
attend the church , but instead of doing
so they crossed the river to New York ,
where they hunted up a minister , who
married them. The next day the
young couple returned to Belle
ville and were forgiven and taken
in by the parents of the bride.
But Mr. Thomas , it is said , sternly ig
nored his son's indiscreet marriage.
Soon after and about the time that Mr.
Thomas resigned his place as general
superintendent of the Erie road , the
young man lost his situation in the Jer
sey City olllco and wont with his young
wi'fo to Susquchanna , Pa. , where ho
found temporary employment in the
Erie shops there. Mr. Benjamin
Thomas is now general superintendent
of the Chicago & Atlantic road , with
headquarters at Chicago , and last week
his family loft this town , where they
had resided for many years , to join him
at Chicago.
A few days ago the son's wife passed
through hero on her way from Susquehanna -
hanna to tlio homo of her parents in
Belleville. She was in delicate health
and in deep mental sorrow and distress
She said that she had boon cruelly deserted -
sorted by her young husband and she
feared that ho had been persuaded to
rejoin his father in Chicago and per
haps would institute proceeding in the
courts there for an annullmont of thoii
marriago.
Jilted at Sixty.
Albion , N. Y. , special to the Now
York World : The people of this place
nnd of Medina are greatly interested in
the suit of aged Mrs. Moses Ross against
Washington Ferguson , the sovonty-
bovon-year-old bridegroom , for breach
of promise , which was reported in the
World recently. Both parties are well
known in this and neighboring towns ,
nnd the surprise over the old farmer's
recent marriage has been intensified by
the fact that old Mrs. Ross had ex
pected to bo the bride herself. How
Mr. Ferguson succeeded in winning
these two aged hearts is a mystery , foi
ho is by no means prepossessing in per
sonal appearance. Ho is rather a large
man , with a face encircled with a fringe
of white whiskers and in bald headed.
Ho is very much bent over and hobbles
about with difficulty on two canes. He
is believed to bo worth about $150,000 ,
and since his wife died a few months
ago he has been followed about by sev
eral designing women.
Mrs. Ross , who is bringing suit for
$30,000 to repair her broken heart , is a
widow and a stanch pillar of the Meth
odist church. She is exactly sixty years
old and looks her ago. She lost hoi
husband about the time Mr. Ferguson's
wife died. The two farm-houses wore
lonesome , and during the winter Mr.
Ferguson was in the habit of hobbling
over to Widow Ross1 fireside to pass tlio
evening. It was while sitting in the
giow of the firelight at these times thai
the old farmer , so Mrs. Ross says , told
her of his money and his lovo. The
only hitch they had was in > fixing the
date of tbo marriage. The old farmer
wanted to bo married in the spring ,
while Mrs , Ross preferred to start in on
another inarriod life in the full. Mr.
Ferguson complained that ho would bo
useless on a wedding tour in the colt
weather , because when the snow
came his rheumatism always .soizot
him and drove him indoors , like a bear
in winter quarters. Mrs. Ross was will
ing to make the date May and fully ox-
expected 'to bo married early in the
month. She eel to work nnd made her
self n quantity of underclothes and knit
herself some stocking. She bought a
lot of silk nnd was getting ready to
mnko her wedding dress when the news
of her expected husband's marriage
reached hor. She started out immo-
modiatcly for a lawyer and began the
suit for damages. Her only explana
tion of Mr. Ferguson's conduct is that
she believed "ho wanted to bo mean. "
Mr."Ferguson Is happily spending his
honeymoon with his bride , who was n
maiden of fifty years. Ho seems very
little concerned about the suit and says
ho can bring out facts enough in de
fense to save hlnuoll from paying the
$30,000.
CONNU1UAMTIES.
Ho knew that she painted r.nd padded ,
but ho
The secret would never betray ,
But when ns a bride at the altar stood
she ,
The old fellow "pave her away. "
At a German wedding It Is not at all re-
mnrknblo If someone gets Hochzcltcd.
How ran n brklo bo expected to show self-
possession when she Is being given away.
Hridnl settlements nro not always Btnblo af
fairs , oven though they may bo forestalled.
A certain style of shoe-button Is called
"Old Maid's ' Wedding , " because it never
comes off.
The result of that little matrimonial quar
rel seems to ho that Hlsmnrck concurred nnd
Cupid conquered.
"Papa will novcr consent. John. " "I'm
sorry. " "So am I. " "You're ' an nngel. "
"You're n goose. " "Then let's lly. "
A now brand of flower is called "Tho
Bridal Veil. " It 1ms often occurred to us
that this would ho n good name for rouge.
A WOR says that It is proposed to alter the
formula of the innrrlago service to "Who
will tlnro to take this woman for his wedded
wlfol"
The sultnn of Morocco now has 0,000 wives.
At this season of the year ho never passes a
millinery shop without shuddering and feel
ing sick at heart.
The duke of Marlborotigh , who is now in
New York , utterly repudiates the story that
ho Is to marry Mrs. Hatncrsloy , ami says lie
does not know the Intly.
Young husband And you will never tnko
the wedding-ring from your linger , darling !
Young wife Never , George ; death ordi-
vorco will nlono remove It.
It appears on further hupiiry that Solomon
hnd only seventy wives instead of 1,0'Jl ) , ns
stated In King James' edition. Solomon wns
n wiser man than wo thought him.
Tha sultan of Morocco Is trying to attract
n heavy emigration of American married
men. Ho has Issued n tlocrco prohibiting
millinery openings in his dominions.
A couple wero'mnrrlcd In Atohison , Kan. .
the other day who linil nothing in the world
hut 10 cents with which to pay their toll
across the bridge which spans the Missouri
at that.placc.
"No , " said the bride to her father , "there
is no need of your going with mo to the altar.
I prefer to go without you. I've been a great
Ilirt , you know , and I don't want you to give
mo away.
"Why is it that the groom always seems
frightened at n wedding ! " remarked a young
woman. "Humph 1 no's got a right to bo , "
was the rejoinder of an old married man
within hearing.
A young lady mnrried a chap in Pennsyl
vania the other day after having refused him
eighteen times. She was eighteen , ho was
twenty-eight , nnd hnd just $4,000 m the bunk
their ages combined.
The editor of a paper at Amlto City , La. ,
has Just married his sixth wife. As ho is a
veteran of the Texan warof indepsndeneo ho
has the requisite ) courage for a sixth cam
paign in the matrimonial Held.
In u lot of unrecorded marringo licenses ,
discovered the other dnv in Louisville , Ky. ,
was that of George Francis Train , who mar
ried there Henrietta W. Davis George D.
Prentice giving the bride away.
Mnggio Hughey , n Pittsburg woman of
forty , was married Friday to her third hus
band Just ilvc hours after her lamented No.
3 had Joined the silent majority an unusuul
intermingling of crape and orange blossoms.
Ex-Governor Downey , of California , aged
seventy , has Just married his housekeeper ,
aged forty presumably to escape a suit for
breach of premise with which he was threat
ened by a young literary lady of the Pacific
coast.
Miss Ealth ( to bashful lover ) You know
it is leap year , Mr. Smithnnd wo'ladies have
a right to speak frankly. II. H. ( enthused )
Oh , J-CB yon Edith Well , I wish you
would ccaso culling. I am engaged to Mr.
Brown.
There are queer people in this world. A
young woman in Mahanoy City refused to
marry her lover , but when ho proved his de
votion by blowing up her house with dyna
mite Khc wanted to marry him to keep him
out of jail.
A Chicago man sued his wife for n divorce
on the ground of cruelty. The cruelty con
sisted in the wife rushing upon her huhband
with n pair of scissors mid clipping off his
long , llowing beard. Of course the man got
the divorce.
A wedding took place nt St. Paul , Minn. ,
last week , where the groom was over six feet
tall and the briile n little over two feet in
height. During the ceremony the girl stood
on a chair , her head just reaching to the
groom's shoulder.
A negro couple of Atlanta , who desired n
very private wedding , called up the Justice
ntmulnlght nnd had the ceremony piTlormod
then. They declared they wore too bashful
to go through the ceremony when everybody
wns around to sco and hear.
According to u Commercial correspondent
who saw Clinsku nnd his bride at St. Paul ,
the Indian is a Bubjcct for commiseration.
The groom Is young and handsome ns In
dians go , while the bride looks like a medal
lion from the tomb of Hame.scs.
A Birmingham , Mich. , man was so afraid
of catching the mcuscls of his sick relative
that ho would not go homo , but wont bomc-
whcro else , and got married and then ho
caught the mcusols while on lib weJding
tour , and had 'em ' very bad , too.
A Knntucky court has just awarded 1 cent
damages to a rural young woman of that state
for a black eye rcclovcd in a light with a
rival bcllo whoso occasion was the fact that
ono girl had u beau while the other had none
and lluuntcd her escort in her rivals faco.
Senor Murnago , the Spanish minister at
Washington , Borne tlmo ago presented Mexi
can opals to thrco young ladles , two of whom
Imvo since been married und the third is en-
gnced. So It seems there Is really some
thing In the ancient superstition concerning
the ill-luck attached to the opal.
Mr. Gcorgo William Grlswold of Minn ,
was married yesterday to Miss Huttio Hunt
of Chicago. The couple mot for the first tlmo
an hour before the ceremony , the murriago
being the result of a corresixmdenc *
begun through the medium of a matrimonial
agency.
The latest girl to olono with n coachman is
a midget "compared with whom Mrs. Thomas
Thumb Is a giantess. " She was the heiress
of Mrs. Henry Hoskins with a largo fortune
coming to hor. The coachman Is Albert
He.idlo , who removed with the family re
cently from Dakota to West St. Paul. The
mother has disowned the girl.
Secretary Bayard cannot make n social
move without setting the tongues of gossips
to wagging , Last wcok ho and Miss Uayanl
guvo a dinner to Uoso Elizabeth Cleveland.
Of courso.rumor now has it that the secretary
of state la engaged to the president's sister ,
But the same gossips who are repeating this
were certain a few days ago that Mr. Bayard
was to marry Mrs , Folsom.
"Now that you are going to marry my
daughter I would like to know something of
your habits , " said Pap Vuquoro , n Pan
handle cattleman. "Very well , sir. " "Do
you smoke or chow ! " "Never did either in
my life. " "Do you drinkj" "No sir , 1 don't
drinker gamble or patronize horse races or
swear or road trashy literature. And now ,
after the wedding , where would you advise
mo to livol" ' 'In heaven , iny son. "
Some pno has been comulllng some statis
tics in regard to married lifo In London , nnd
estimates that among the population of that
city there uro 'J,42i wives who have left their
husbands ; 2,371 husbands who have left
their wives-1.750 divorced couples ; lUl,0-
couples that live together in u stuta of inci's-
sum hostilities' ; 510,512 couples that uro abso
lutely Indifferent ono to another ; 1,050
couples that are apparently happy ; 1,103
couples that arO happy to a certain extent ,
and of the couples thai are -really-
happy , ( J. '
THE LADY STE APIIER ,
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SomoVnluablo Hints for 'tho Many
"Would-bo'W *
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HOW IT MAY BE1' LEARNED.
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One Wlio Known Gives tf6 | ftlrls Some
Points 011 Bliort-ltnii t nml the
Type-Writer Success Fail
ure Salaries UtCJ
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Women ns Stenographers.
Within the past fifteen years n won
derful change has taken place in busi
ness habits and methods ot conducting
correspondence. The evolution of the
typewriting machine , which , from a
cumbrous instrument as largo as an old-
fashioned spinel , has now developed
into a compact little machine , in some
places so light that a lady can readily
carry one under her arm , lias greatly
nided this revolution. Everywhere the
cliclc of the typewriter is heard through
out the land. As Colonel Higglnson
says : Go into these great hives of men
collected under ono roof in a city for the
pursuit of law or brokerage or business
agencies , and any door that opens may
show you some modest young woman
busy as a copyist or typewriter. No
body thinks of it , nobody notices it ;
when her work is done she tics her bon
net under her chin and goes out of the
door. "
Every ynar hundreds of young women
are trying to lit themselves for just such
positions in too many cases the net re
sult is only wasted money , time and en
ergy , and bitter disappointment. To
crivo a few practical hints upon the host
methods of learning the art. and of securing -
curing a position , is tlio object of the
present paper.
In the first place it must bo remem
bered that stenography is by no means
an easy art to acquire. In his early
life Die-kens was n stenographer ; ho
has loft a vivid picture of his struggles
in David Copporliold.
'No doubt , since the time of Dickens
the noble art of stenography has been
considerably simplified and condensed ,
but onouirh difficulties still remain to
make it a severe task for any but tlio
earnest student. So , before you begin
to study short-hand , count the cost and
regard the end. It is not a light amuse
ment to bo laid down or taken up at a
moment's caurico. To become a ver
batim reporter requires years of hard ,
earnest , steady work , and constant prac
tice.
Certain mental qualities add greatly
to the chance of success. Intelligence ,
alertness , accuracy , a geol | memory , a ,
quick ear and hand are all points in
your favor. No ono shoidd begin to
learn short-hand who pcannot rend ,
write , spell , punctuate and ( paragraph
her mother tongue correctly and with
out hesitation , and compose J.ho answer
to n business letter ( if need "pe ) without
dictation. In the highest and most lu
crative positions ovoijy , portion of
u liberal education will bo
brought into play. There nijo plenty of
poor stenographers and typewriters
ignorant , untrained , careless girls , who
cannot read their notes , dr punctuate a
page of ordinary English correctly , tire
a drug in the market. A harassed busi
ness man of Now York who employs a ,
largo numbci-of girls as stenographers
and typewriters , and who was greatly
troubled by incompetent help , lately
remarked that skill in stenography and
typewriting alone amounted to almost
nothing unless sunpleinentod by intel
ligence and knowledge of the world ,
lie summed up the wants of the busi
ness men of New York in one short , im
patient sentence : "We want writers
who know something ! "
Besides mental qualifications , a physi
cal basis is necessary. Do not decide to
become a stenographer unless you are
quite sure that you can stand bodily and
mental strain. No woman of delicate
health should undertake it. In the ma
jority of business and law ollices the
work is constant and often hurried. The
hours are usually from ! ) to (5 ( every day
in the week , and a vacation of only two
weeks in the summer is allowed.
Furthermore , all kinds nnd conditions
of men arc encountered. Hero is a case
in point. At o0 : ! ! one afternoon a tired
young stenographer was bonding ever
her machine , finishing her afternoon's
work. A lawyer came hastily in with a
long law paper to bo copied. As she
finished the first page , closely covered
with figures , the lawyer took it up from
her desk. Hurrying through the ether
pages , she put on her bonnet and took
the finished work to her employer's
desk.
"But , Miss Jones , where is the first
page:1" said her nervous , hurried , em
ployer.
"Mr. Adams , the lawyer , took it. I
thought ho gave it to you , Mr. Smith. "
"Haven't seen it. Adams , what did
you do with that paper ? " called out Mr.
Smith.
"I laid it on your desk as soon as Miss
Jones finished ; it must bo there. "
"You didn't do any such thing ; it
isn't hero. You've lost it , Adams , and
I shall lose my train. "
Miss Jones' heart sank as she thought
of the long columns of figures.
"I'll copy it over again , Mr. Smith. "
"You'll do no such thing ! Adams
lost it , and ho must find it ! " Down on
their knees wont Adams and Miss
Jones ; desks , portfolios , and lloor wore
ransacked in vain. A bright thought
at last struck Mr. Adams.
"I say , Miss Jones , I'll wager a pep
permint that Mr. Smith's thrown it in
the wiibto-lmsket himself ! "
"There , indeed , crumpled into a little
tlo illegible wad , lay the missing
paper , showing plainly Jipw the nervous
Mr. Smith had unconsqioiiHly rolled it
up and Hung it away. The laugh turned
on Mr. Smith , who rushed off wildly to
cnteli tlio train. Miss .Tone's patiently
took oil her bonnet , itnd,1 without a
word , sat down quietly to reeopv the
pago. If , like Gall Hamilton , she had
been "strong in the wrists , but weak in
the temper , " hho woujd pover have
done for the heroine of this "owor-
true tale , " or for a stenographer in aNew
Now York office.
If , after you have counted the coat ,
you are dotoriniAid to por/severo / , the
next question isy.hen. . whore and how
to study. It is easier to see how to do
it. There are three standard systems ,
and hosts of imitations anfl so-called
improvements. Isaac Pitman , the venerable -
orablo inventor of phoiiogrnphy , who
resides in Bath , England , celebrated
the Bomi-contonnial of his wonderful
invention a few months since and the
grateful stenographers of America and
England presented him with a gold
medal. It is safe to say that any of the
standard systems which have stood the
test of time and kept pace with the
modern improvements are preferable to
now systems which are too frequently
only 'monoy-making schemes , Above
all , dibtrust system whoso author prom
ises to make you a verbation short hand
reporter in thrco months nnd secure
you a position. There is no royal road
to stenography. The principles may bo
mastered in that time by a diligent
btudont , but upeed comes only by long-
continucd practice. The older syBtems
of fah'ortbtiud have a literature of their
own. Readers , dictionaries , magazines
and helps are published ; in cities , clubs
for mutual improvement are formed ,
and their students are scattered
throughout the country. To disregard
these helps to progress would certainly
bo unwise. What would bo thought ot
the common-sense of a young man whoso
pocketbook and time were limited , and
whoso business Hfo was to bo spent in
Paris , who took up the study of VolapuK
instead of French , because it was said to
bo a little ca9iorand it might bo spoken
there some day ? Yet many would-be
stenographers are quite as foolish.
The same is true in relation to typeWriting -
Writing machines , of which there are
over n dozen kinds now in the market.
Some of the cheaper ones do good work ,
though slow ; but the price of the thrco
most widely in use varies from $80 to
8100. Each of these three has its points
of superiority ; ono manifolds readily
and beautiful ! } ' , and is greatly in re
quest for legal work ; another is more
portable , docs more varied and artistic
work , and is especially suited for libra
ries ; and another is a particular favor-
Ho in eastern cities. The question of
speed , which should bo a great factor in
determining the purchase , is a mooted
point between thorn. Uoforo deciding
which to learn , make careful inquiries ,
and find out which machine is most gen
erally employed in the kind of business
houno you wish to onter.then make your
ehoicoand stick toil. It Inn bad plan to
change either your system of short
hand or your type-writer. DilToront
key-boards and different touches per
plex the student. If you can afford to
buy a typewriter , by all moans do so. A
woman owning a machine generally ro-
I'ulves $2 more per weelc , so that the
most expensive machine will pay for its
costs in a year , and if at any time you
are thrown out of a placn , copying can
usually be obtained , which , at the ordi
nary market rate of ! > cents per folio ,
or hundred words , will bring in quite a
respectable income. Do you think of
studying typewriting only. The com
petition is too great and the wages too
low. A stenographer and typewriter
combined can command a salary from
two to four times as much ( depending on
speed and accuracy. )
After you have decided upon your
system , being guided by the advice of
porno disinterested experienced friend ,
the next question is , where to study. If
you can alTord to pay for the course ,
and to give your entire time for six
months or more , you will find the busi
ness college of Now Yorlc or any largo
city excellent training schools , whore
you gain knowledge of business forms'
and habits as well. Unless time is no
object , never attempt to study short
hand alone. You can form nioro
bad habits of writing in a month than
you can unlearn inaycnr. If you live out
of town , you can receive instruction by
mail and have your exercises corrected
by a competent stenographer. The
cost of a full course of personal instruc
tion varies from $5(1 ( to$7f ; by mailabout
half the amount is generally asked.
Some of the most excellent schools of
shorthand arc conducted by women.
Several enterprising women in Iho
largo cities have ollicos with numerous
branches , where tho.y tench classes , and
employ numbers of girls constantly in
copying legal and other work. If a
young woman enters any of these pay
clashes , after three months' daily study
a place is frequently found for her in
the ollice at a moderate salary of about
$7 per week ; and at the end of a year
she lias gained speed and valuable busi
ness exporiedco. A Smith college girl ,
entering ono of these otiicois and re
maining a year , then accepted a posi
tion in one'of the largest architect's
ollices in the city at a salary of $10 per
week. In a fortnight her employers
wore so pleased with her that , after
making her a handsome Christmas
present , they raised her salary to $15
per week. Her success came as the re
sult of patience and thorough prepara
tory work.
But if your pocketbook is blender ,
Cooper institute throws its doors open
free to women between sixteen and
thirty years of ago. The course lasts
from'O'ctobcr to May , an entrance ex
amination being required. In 1887 ,
04 pupils worn admitted , 50 persevered
till"tho close of the term , and 44 of that
number received certificates. The
lesions are hold daily , except on Satur
days , and last from ! ) : 'iO a. in. to 2 p. m.
If you have faithfully studied , are
able to write and read your notes ac
curately at the rate of not less than 80
words per minute , and operate the typewriter -
writer not less than 30 , you arc ready to
begin work. The crucial question is.
how to get a position. First , you should
register early at on of the agencies. If
yiu prefer to advertise , select your
medium with care , and remember that
that conciseness and repetition pay hotter -
tor than one long single advertisement.
Search the "Want columns of the great
dailies that make a specialty of such ad
vertisements , particularly the Sunday
issues. Last , and hardest of all to an
indeptmdent spirit , don't bo ashamed to
let your influential friends know your
needs "Heaven helps those
who help thom'solvcs , " but
in Now York in the nineteenth cen
tury , whore the razor edge of
competition in woman's work is sharper
than the serpent's tooth , heaven helps
these doubly who have friends and in
fluence.
In good Mrs. Glass' recipe how to
cook a Imro , her advice was "IMrst , you
must catch it. " Supposing you have
caught your bare , in the shape of a
pleasant position , your next question
will Do how to cook and keep it. First ,
do not take it until you are sure you can
fill it. Some merchants cannot ulTord to
pay for a Hrst-class stenographer and
are willing to take a beginner , but do
not sail under false colors. Second , re
member that a business position de
mands business. You are trying to fill
a position which a few years ago would
have been offered to a man. Accuracy ,
punctuality , industry , sobordination to
the powers that bo , are necessary.
Never have it said of you what a busi
ness man of Now York was forced to say
of a young stonograpner in his employ :
"Sho is doing fairly well ; except that
she 1ms a chronic difficulty of getting
hero at 0 in the morning , and likes to
have her own way overmuch ; people
say is characteristic to the sex ! " Do
not expect too high a salary to begin
with many girls begin with but five or
six dollars a week and do not give up
your place in disgust because an uned
ucated but experienced girl at your hide
is receiving $10 , while you only got $5.
If you mix your typo-written transcript ,
as Mr. Opio mixed his paints , ' 'With
brains , sir ! " you will succeed in the
long run. Keep on trying to improve
yourself in the specific work that you
have undertaken. Subscribe for a good
short-hand magazine , and keep abreast
of the times. If you liva in or near
Now York , join the Metropolitan Sten
ographer's club. But , above all , bo con
tent to hasten slowly , and to preserve
your health of body as well as mind.
Finally , oven from a selfish point of
view it is the best policy to make your
employer's interests your own. Always
do a little more than is nominated in
the bond , and do it cheerfully. The
vague and often ill-founded generaliza
tion that women are not earnest and up
to time wus pretty well blown away in
the late blizzard. Many a business wo
man walked to business and bock in
the teeth of a gale that rendered strong
men faint. One of the leading news
papers of Brooklyn in uu editorial
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
This , Sunday Night , May 20tii ,
Alex Hume
ASSISTED BY
Miss Kate Eddy ,
And Her Company o ± English Mediums !
Spirit Power in the Light
Tlic/oUowtiiff arc among the manSIutiifcutatioiiK } given :
LONDON , OPEN LIGHT. SEANCE
As presented by MR. HUME before the leading Scientific Societies in England ,
Austria , Germany and France. Mr. Hume was by them subjected to the most cru
cial test conditions. Then the manifestations ( which always takes place in his
presence ) arc submitted to the cool , bright steel of scientific minds , who experience
no imagination , and recognize nothing hut fact. There is not one member among
them but what acknowledges that in the presence of Mr. Hume , there is a wonder
ful power and intcligcncc outiidc the physical body which can assume human forms
and annihilate distance ; but what this power there is a diversity ot opinion ; some of
them believe that these unseen intelligences are spirits of our dead.
SPIRIT SLATE WRITINGS.
The same as picsentcd by DR. HUME before Prof WM. CROOKS , F. R. S. , and
other scientists'in ' England
A Table Rises from Vonrto Five Feet and Floats in lid-Air.
And other manifestations usually take place.
Doors open at 71 > . in. , commencimr nt 8 sliani. Low prices or admission will prevail.
column nnd n half in length bore testimony
'
mony to the bravo snirit'of its girl com
positors , who wulkca miles through the
blcct and snow , nnd broucrht out the pa
per in the face of the warring winds.
Though handicapped in the nice , n wo
man of health , energy , clear judgment
nnd industry is bound to succeed. The
keys of n. typewriter manipulated by
skilful girlish lingers have , in the labt
few years , proved to many a woman
forced to labor for her own support an
open besaine to happiness , liberty , and
life itbolf.
For sick headache , female troubles ,
neuralgic pains in the head take Dr. J.
II. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney
Pillots. 2o cents a vial.
I'oor Jenny's Snd Death.
Liverpool Courier : Jane Woodward ,
aged twonty-ono , lies dead from the
effects of a dose of poison. At horlodg-
ings was found the following letter ad
dressed to John Ilorton , a mechanic , to
whom she was recently engaged :
"Dear John : Will you forgive inofor
treating you fco nasty on November 20V
But I have repented since that time and
I ofttimos bit and think of the happy
hours wo have spent together and wish
I could have got you to , renew the old
lovo. But I suppose you have turned
against mo altogether. Dear John , I
don't want you to give mo all the blame.
If I wore to explain all to you hut
it is no good doing that now , it is
too late. Dear John , it was not be
cause Will had any love for mo that ho
wont with mo , for I plainly she that he
wanted to part us , for wlien you were
away for your holidays ho got mo to go
to a dancing-room , and I refused. I
wish I had kept the premise you asked
mo , but 1 have cried many an hour since
I broke that promise. I think it was
the hnppiost time of my life when you
asked mo to go tnose lovely walks in
summer , when the hedges wore green
and the flowers in bloom. It seems
heartrending to think our love should
ho so changed and that wo should pass
ono another In the street as wo did on
Kaster Sunday. It is my wish for you
to have my watch and keep it as long as
you live , in memory of your old true
lovo. Wishing you good-byo , and God
bless you. _ JKNNV. "
We would bo pleased to know of a man
or woman who has never had headache
or been subject to constipation. As these
soetn to bo universal troubles a little ad
vice may s > eem in order. Why should
persons cram their stomachs with nau
seating purgative pills , etc. , which sick
en and debilitate when such a pleasant
and sterling remedy as Prickly Aeh
Hitters will act mildly and effectively
on the liver , kidney- stomach and bow
els , and at tlio same time tone up and
strengthen the wliolo system ; causing
headache , constipation and all such dis
tressing evils to quickly disappear.
A Way Gallic JIuslmntlH Have.
Paris Dispatch to the London Daily
Telegraph : The following is a curious
chapter from the life of a young Paris-
iau , who is the bon of wealty parents.
Ho was sent into a business house in
order to bo trained in commercial pur
suits , his employer being an apparently
prosperous merchant with a pretty wife
who is gushingly described by a pictur-
csquo chronicler as an "adorable bru
nette of twenty-five. " Some weeks ago
the youth ran away to London with the
"ado'rablo brunette" and his employer
told the disconsolate parents of
the "Don Juan" that the guilty
pair had taken 1,000 from his
safe , In the meantime the parents re
ceived a telegram from their son asUing
them to repay the 1,000 , and they did
to. A few days after tlio peccant and
prodigal youtli appeared on the scene
alone and detected. Tlio "adorable
brunette" had loft him on the banks of
the TlmineH and had lied , hut the young
follow was quite surprised when ho was
told about the 1OQO. Ho had btolen
nothing , having gone to London with
his own money ! Mine. "Lasenk" albO
had but a little ever JC100. Whether
her story be true or not in all its bear
ings , it hits off a practice which ie
peculiar to some Callic husbundfi who
possess pretty wives and do ; not scruple
to make ute of them sometimes in the
fashion of the islandcra of Fiji.
T
Men & Co.
1319 FARNAM ST.
Special vnhio In Illack Satin Parasols trlmmofl
with tipuiilnh l.nce , 4JJ Indies wlde.iiniurulooil
sticks. HuhiL's Mack uml coloru.ut U.UO , f-.M ) ana
WMsl.oJW inches.
Special value In Illack Hatln Faraxoli very
heavy natln , trimmed with beautiful Spanish
I.aco 5Inches nlilunnd lined with extrajnullt/
of sunset silk In all shades and they nil Imvo
natural wood handles , ut t.2o.tl.uJ , f.50nnil
M.OO.
Illack Iace Covered Parasols nt H.2J nnd f'J.
Wo make special mention of Illiick Satin J'ariu
sols covered with lilaclcull Bilk ebcurlal lace ami
lined with very haudsomu sunset ullkj tilzu * 0
Inches , at ifi.M.
Illack Moire Kllk Parasols trimmed with block
HpanlHh ( Jnlpiire J.uce , Ji Inches ldo. lined wltU
black bilk , and they all have black ) iuncllen. nC
tuo.
1'nrasoU covered with Kcru race , well lined
and w know they nro chvap at HJD following
pricefI.BII. r..UO , M Oil , fi.7/i , 11.00 nnd tt.OO.
Novelties In 1'nrnsolB at from fl.U ) In tT.ffl. Wo
claim thnt we can save yon from US per cent to
U ) per rent on fancy puruKolH ,
Illack Silk I'aniBolB nt (1.50 , f 1.75 , t .OO and f.W
elzt-H : ; - ami1 Inches.
Special value In all Silk Sun Umbrellas In 2&
Inchatt .W ; tneso goods will be found to bu ex *
tra value upon examination.
Smith & AnKolla fast black Hosiery for
Ladles' , Children's and Men's wear. nr Klvln
entire satisfaction ; our only trouble In top-l
them fast rnnUKh , They are the only vrKctabla
dyed black Mimicry in tlio world , nnd the proceed
doei not Injure the fabric In the leant , whlclj
cannot be unld of any other fast black , fur they
ure mineral dyed. Olvo them a trial and you
\\l\\ \ \ wear no other kind.
On iuile-a limited quantity Sa dozen ot
I.adldH' J.lHle Jersey Hlbbed Vents ; they aru
worth T6c each , although wa liuve been xelUnis
them an a drive at Me. This lot Saturday ut < 0d
each.
Another lot of Ladles' White nnd folorert Col-
luraunil colored CuirH that are well worth nnd
usually xold at lie each ; price for Saturday , Go
each for collars , and fie a jmlr for cults ,
Thompson's Olove Fitting Ventilating Cornet ,
ntfl.OU each ; they are so constructed that they
will retain their perfect shape \\lilclilnnottlio
case with most makes of summer corfcetH , Cor
set department on second lloor. Take elevator ,
Clilldien'o luce Ilonneu. great variety of
styles at 15c , BOc , Wic , iijc , 41c , We , t > 5c , 76c , We uncl
(1.00 cacti.
We have the best 25o and ftic Hustle In I lid
market ; look at them on second lloor. Taku
eiovator.
Misfoes1 nnd Children's HubberCirculars at Wo
each : these are perfuct gooils und worth double
what wo usk for them now on Hale
Men's Oauze Shirts at IAo any iilceacli. Men'fl
Ilalbrlguan Shirts and Drawers at 4Uc , ( Uc. 750
mull I.UO each.
Ladles' Milanese Bilk Oloves and Mils in black
and colors ut ST.c. aic , 41c. Me , < rc. 75c , Kic , ll.W
and ll.-'i ; extra value ut each price.
Children's ( Jauze Vent at 15o , IFc , 20c , 23c , 2.V- ,
Me. HOC , He , lie and : iHo each , extra line quality.
Wo never deviate from our strictly onoprlca
cash system , which Is u guarantee thut you will
get the lowest price that It Is possible to maka
on llrst-cluss goods. We have no truth in our
stock.
Thompson , Britten & Co. ,
1319 Fiirnam St.