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CUPID'S ' WEEKLY BULLETINS ,
Felicitous and Infelicitous Matrimonial
menial Adventures.
THE STORY OF A FAIR AMERICAN.
Cnpid's Secret "Wanted n Model
Brldo Women on Tliolr Muscle
Dread Oddly Karncd
Conmiulnlltics.
Cnpld'H Secret ,
New Yoilt Mircury.
You ask me wliy I love horl
1 really cannot toll.
Why shlno tlie stars above her !
1 can answer tbut as well.
Why is nor Imir so golden )
\\liy nro her eyes so bluel
It is u problem olden
1 cannot solve. Can you !
You nsk mo why I love her }
I cimnot tell you see ,
I only know I love her ,
And that's enough for mo.
"Wanted A Model lirido.
The following has been extracted from
A Munich journal :
"Matrimonial I nm the hereditary
possessor of u domain and newly built
castle , situated in a beautiful part of
the Bavarian forests. The castle ,
which has many line apartments , is sur
rounded with mountains , lovely moad-
OWB and fields , through which rivulets
wind , woods for the hunt and streams
for angling ; it stands in a charming
valley , wherein the town of Cham , with
its many old towers , castles of ancient
luilghts and ruins of the remotest ages ,
inspire the soul with poetical feelings.
"But however delightful the spot may
bo to those who judge of rural life by
the fables of Virgil , Horace and Dolillo ,
I think It very melancholy to behold
none but myself in my flue rooms , and
to see none but my own person reflected
in my looking glass. I have , therefore ,
resolved to marry , like other simple
tons ; and since it is ntllrmed that mar
riages are made in heaven , and are but
n lottery , to see what heaven may have
in store for mo , and what fair creature
the wheel of fortune may allot mo.
With this in view I submit my views to
all young ladies through the medium of
the newspapers.
"Tho one I wish to marry must bo be
tween 10 and " 0 years of ago ; she must
have fine hair , tine teeth and beautiful
little feet. She must bo born of honest
and good parents. She must dress ele
gantly , but plainly , in either silk or
velvet , but no other materials. She
shall be allowed music only if she be
perfect iu that art , it being tiresome to
listen to tile-bad performers who annoy
visitors in so many houses. She shall
bo mistress of the house in all domestic
matters , and I myself shall bo happy to
yield to her reasonable whims , being a
great enemy to slavish obedience and
submission , whence , in my opinion , all
quarrels and discontent derive their or
igin ; but she must accompany mo in all
my journeys nnd excursions , because it
is , in my opinion , a shaaie that a man
ehould go about day and night , living
in splendor at hotels , while his wife is
loft at homo alone a prey to ennui.
"I must now say something about my-
BOlf. I am seventy years old according
to the almanac , but I am only twenty-
live judging by health and strength. I
l\m always cheerful. I seek for pleasure
whol'Ovor the strictest honor admits of
it. If , therefore , there exists a hand
some young girl , willing to bustle about
on horseback , in traveling , or at homo
with an old man still hale , hearty and
active , oho may write to mo , and I will
go to meet her , to see her , and lot her
see mo , at any place within 100 miles of
Munich , but not farther , engaging on
my word of honor that her iiiuno never
shall bo uttered. Theodore , Baron von
Holborg of Brooch , Commander of the
Order of St. Ann , and Captain-Colonel
of tno Rhino and Maeso. Munich , at
the Black Eagle , 15th November , 1810. "
AVedtfpil Ijllb Too Confining.
Philadelphia Record : "This boin'
married don't suit mo , nohow. Its too
confinin' . Give me a divorce and say
no moro about it , " said Stephen Phifor ,
as ho walked into the ofllco of Justice
R. M. Wright , at Medford , N. J.
Phifer Is a well known resident of the
'Hill , " and-the squire had boon called
ipon only two" weeks before to marry
nm. Ito looked disconsolate when ho
presented himself to the justice , and
all ever his face was a week's growth
of sandy beard. As ho sank heavily
Vito the nearest chair he had tno ap-
) earanco of being thoroughly used up.
"Woll , " said the squire , "what's the
matter ? "
Mr. Phifor heaved a sigh and looked
moro disconsolate than ovor. "Squire , "
paid ho , "can't you take my name oil
that paper ? "
, 'You don't mean the marriage cor-
tillcato , do you Stephen ? " asked the
idulro " , ( illicitly.
"TlmVs it , exactly , " said the visitor ,
with a dubious shako of his head. "I
want it taken otT or rubbed out. "
The squire , with a shako of his head ,
Bald : "I'm sorry , but I can't do that ; I
haven't the power. "
"Don't say that , squire , " said Phifor ,
"you kin do it easy if you want to , and
it would take a good deal olT my mind.
I'm willin' to give ball that I won't got
married no moro. "
But the justice was unable to assist
him , and ho loftdetormined to have the
nuptial knot severed at all hazards.
Tnoro's Many it Slip.
Young people who are engaged to bo
married generally manage to conceal
until after the knot is tied the various
little traits that ma- prejudice one or
the other against a union. But hero is
an exception. Young ladies , take
warning !
A young lady in Vienna had her
prospects of marriage cut short at the
last moment through a pair of gloves.
It is true , the gloves had twenty-two
buttons each. This is how it happened :
The guests , with the bridegroom at
their head , had assembled , and had
been patiently waiting half an hour for
the bride. At last the father became
lidgutty , and sent to make inquiries.
The niaUl came back to say that the
young lady was putting on her gloves.
Another wait , and further inquiries.
The gloves had a total of forty-four but
tons , nnd hard to button. A third wait ,
and a third messenger. This time the
maid returned with the announcement
that three buttons had spruncr , and had
to bo stitched on again. The bride
groom thereupon wnlkod out , saying ho
would wait in the next room. But
when they afterward came to look for
him he was nowhere to bo found , and a
few minutes later a messenger brought
a note , In which the young man stated
that "ho was very sorry , but certainly
ho should never have sutllciont patience
to bo the husband of Mademoiselle X. "
Pursued by MUfortime.
The announcement of the death of
Miss Gcogo of Norwich , in Germany ,
was received with much grief in this
city , whore she is well1 known , and a
strange btory is told in connoctlpn with
her death just as she was about to enter
a wealthy Gorman family by marriage ,
says a Meriden , Conn. , paper.
Miss Geogo left Norwich last Juno
for Germany. All arrangements had
been completed for her immediate mar
riage to a young German of noble birth.
Upon the day sot for the wedding the
young man was taken suddenly and
dangerously ill , and the ceremony was
postponed until his recovery.
The time of the second choice came ,
but it also proved an unlucky one. Just
prior to the wedding tire totally de
stroyed the residence which had been
prepared by the young man , and again
the wedding was put olf. The young
man himself was called away on busi
ness. It hud boon decided before
his departure that the wedding day
was to bo named by mail when his
business would have been completed.
This was done and ho started on his re
turn trip in duo time , another house
having been speedily furnished. The
excitement , however , proved too much
for Miss Gcogo , and she was taken to
her bed instead of the altar on the day
which had been chosen for the third
timo. The guests wore assembled , at
the church , Miss Uoogo's illness being
so sudden that word could not bo sent to
them by messenger. The groom was
delayed on route also , and while Miss
Googo lay ill ho was pushing on to fullll
his contract , ho , too , ignorant of her
condilion.
When within sight of the house of
his nttlancod his horse became unman
ageable and throw him to the ground ,
killing him instantly. Ills death was
announced from the pulpit by the min
ister. It was suppressed , however , from
Miss Geogo ; but she , too , rapidly grow
worse and died four days later , not
knowing that her lover had preceded
hor.
Alxtuoted a llrldc.
New York Sun : Glmrlotto Palmer , a
rather attractive but dull-witted girl of
fourteen , was married a few months agent
nt IJroohold. a small hamlet in the Catskills -
skills , to a young man named John Hoo.
About a week ago the bride induced
her husband to take her to this village
to do some shopping and see the sights ,
ns she had never boon PO far a\vay from
her mountain homo before. They came ,
and while Mr. Roe was In a store his
wife mysteriously disappeared. As a
young man named Anderson Can iff ,
who liad been a former lover of Mrs.
Roe , was also missing , it was surmised
that they had eloped. The matter was
placed in the hands of oflicors , who ,
after following up clues , found the
young couple at a house in a secluded
'spot near Round Top mountain.
The bride of a few months shod tears ,
and said she had boon praying to bo
rescued. She said Unit Can compelled
her under tin-cats to go with him. The
husband appeared before Justice Hall
of Cairo and swore out a warrant for
the arrest of the alleged abductor , who
was lodged in the county jail horo. The
examination lasted two days , and > at
tracted hundreds of people from the
surrounding country.
On the night Can'iff was arrested nnd
brought to Cairo a number of young
men in the vicinity made preparations
to treat him to a coat of tar and feathers ,
but wiser council prevailed. The pris
oner was hold for the grand jury.
Kloppd from the Poorhnnse.
Now York World : A novel olopo-
mcnt has just occurred from the Queen
Anne county poorhouso. ifonr Balti
more , Md. George W. Sullivan , sev
enty-live years old , and Mrs. Mnrtlm
Morgan , of sixty summers , stole awaj
from the house and
wore wedded by n
clergyman in a neighboring town. Sul
livan loaves n wife in the institution to
mourn the loss of the companion of hot
borrows and poverty. The dosortot
wife was a well-to-do widow when Sulli
van offered to share her fortune. Ills
extravagance and foolish business ycn-
ures soon wasted his wife's little estate ,
and when old ago sotllod down upon
, hem they wore forced to seek the poor
lou&o. It was a hard blow to Mrs. Sul-
ivan , who in the prosperous days of her
early married lifo had owned ono of the
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arg'cst peach farms in Queen Anne
county. But she loved Sullivan nnd was
willing to follow him anywhere , oven to
the poorhouso.
Through the inlluonco of friends Mr.
nnd Mrs. Sullivan were ssmowhat elevated -
vatod above the other paupers in the
institution , and they were living as
Imppily together as any two persons
could in a poorhoutfo when Widow Mor
gan was admitted. Though sixty years
liad passed ever her Mrs. Morgan re
tained her matronly charms. She
weighed about ono hundred and fifty ,
and she was as jolly as she was poorand
there was not a white streak in her
raven locks. Very soon old Sullivan
began to feel the inlluonco of the wid
ow's charms to the extent of proposing
an elopement , which , like a girl one-
fourth her age , she readily acceded to.
Poor old Mrs. Sullivan No , 1 is terribly
distressed , and the almshousc authori
ties will prosecute her husband for big
amy as s-oon as they can lind the pair of
ancient lovers.
CONNUIIIAIjlTIKS.
Annlo Tuttle , n Brooklyn girl , is about to
marry a Chliiumnii.
Amoliii Hives Clmnlor is said to bo very
happy in her married life.
A prudent young woman In Ilcrinnton ,
Kau. , wears horong.igomuiitrhiKOii her toes
Miss Wiiltz recently eloped from Connors-
ville , Iml. , with IMward Lyons. The couple
bnvo led Mr. and Mrs. U'ultz n lively daheo.
A man near Washington , Ua. , has the coat
ho was married in twenty-live years ago , and
says It is Ills mascot , us whoa ho puts it on
good luck attends all ho sots Ills hands to.
In Sun Francisco suit hns boon brought
against the estate of 0110 Loowonthal , who
committed suicide last winter on the day sot
for his woddlng , hy the fntlior of his llanueo ,
for the * , ' , ( HJ ) claimed to luivo boon spent in
prupurntion for the marriage.
An Alabama lover who hod arranged nn
elopement , got his girls clothes all light , but
before she herself could como through the
window the stern parent , with dog ami gun ,
cauio on the sceno.'and now the young man
Is bothered to death to know what to do with
a wardrobe ho won't sell mid can't wear.
At San Francisco a divorce 1ms just been
granted to the wife of Dr. Olios M. Penrson
on the ground of desertion , The defendant
declared that thtTnnly reason for his de
sertion was that hw wife used powder on her
face , and ho obj&tod to it. For llfteen
months ho lived without speaking to hqr , and
then loft her altogether. This is the lirst
case on record of such a ground for deser
tion. <
Young men In Wiunosota have no nonsense
about thotn. TwblHval suitors for u girl's
hand were about to flght u duel when ono of
them told the othct that it was nil foolish
ness , and that if Jio.Kvanted the girl ho might
have hor. The qiWr shook hands with his
sensible antagonist and went oft to claim the
girl. It was found impossible , however , to
deliver the goods , The girl kicked up and
married n third party.
A gentleman and lady are now stopping at
a Bar Harbor hotel who have had n queer
experience. They met on the Atlantic ocean ,
ho proposed in Sweden , was accepted in Uus
sia , asked her father's permission in Eng
land , the marrlngo settlements wore drawn
up in the United States , they wcro married
In Algiers , und are now spending their lion-
noymoon in Bar Harbor. Matches are
sometimes made in other places than the
proverb says.
Hero is a hasty wedding that may bring a
lulsuroly repenting. Miss Hudson , of Au
gusta , Ga , was ready to rur.iry ono man
wli enat 4 o'clock in the evening another
Propoicd , and after two hours she accepted
him ; iu two hours moro she told her mother ,
and at exactly 10 o'clock that night stood up
with her now lever before the mmistor , and
married him , after which u tolcgrain to the
lover left in the lurelt und n wedding Jour
ney completed the di > ; s happenings.
HIS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE ,
A Merchant's Adventure in the
Santa Cruz Mountains.
ALL THE EXCITEMENT HE WANTED
Between Black Sunken and n Ilcnr
His Mlntl la Unhinged In n
Nest of llcptlleH $ .
Unco For Iilfc.
IJotweon Two Horrors.
Globa-Domocrat : Charles 11. Davis ,
: i Cincinnati , O. , merchant , who is so
journing on the Pacific coast , had a terrible -
riblo experience in the Santa Cruz
mountains last week with a black bear
uud snakes.
Mr. Davis , whoso family is stopping
witli friends in San Jose , set out in com
pany with a party of gentlemen for a
week's camping among the "big trees" '
along Boulder creek. The party was
under the guidance of Old .Take Hardy ,
u trapper and hunter who has tramped
over the Santa Cruz range for the past
thirty-live yoard , and is familiar with
every inch of the ground.
The party camped in Redwood gulch ,
a deep ravine about throe miles in
length and filled with tall redwoods and
boulders. It is a wild place and is a
favorite retreat for boars , mountain
lions and wildcats. This spot was chosen
us it ollorod splendid opportunities for
the members of the party to got a taste
of real adventure. One member of the
parly at least had his appetite for nd-
venture satisfied in a manner that ho
little anticipated when the camp llro
was built in Redwood guloh.
A TKMl'TING Sl'UIN'd.
The second morning after the party
had camped Mr. Davis , who is a crack
shot , anne before the other members of
the party wore up , and , rillo in hand ,
sauntered oil ui > the gulch , thinking ho
might got a shot at a cougar , or , per
haps , some larger game. About ninllo
and u half up the gulch from the camp
a spring of clear water bubbles up from
the foot of n ponderous rock , the per
pendicular face of which rises to a
height of llfty feet. The narrow path
thiough the bottom of the ravine leads
to the spring and runs along the base
of the boulder to the end , when it turns
abruptly around the corner and takes a
/ig/.ag 'course among the trees and
rocks to a beautiful fall of water that
tumbles over a lodge at the head of the
gulch ,
Mr. Davis , with his eyes nlort for any
living thing that might offer itself as n
target for his aim , sauntered leisurely
along the path enjoying the fresh
mountain air , and when ho reached the
spring ho leand his rillo against the
boulder , and , tossing his hat down on
the ground , stretched himself out and
bottled himself for a deep and cooling
drink of the delicious water. lie may
have hung over the water longer than
was necessary , studying the lineaments
in the face that looked up at him from
out the depths of the spring. How
ever true this may to , ho
was not iv little staggered when
ho arose and turned around to reach his
rillo tojlnil himself face to face with a
powerful black bear whoso body filled
the narrow path. T 6 bear hud picked
up Davit * ' rillo and was cutting it around
in the dirt in a careless manner , when
his attention was attracted to Davis by
his sudden uprising from the spring.
Ho reared hluuelf on hisJiind logs and
lapping his rod jaws with his tongue ,
hold out his black timid invitingly
toward Davis , who responded to the un
pleasant invitation by drawing a small
pocket pistol that ho carried , and tak
ing as deliberate aim as possible under
the circumstances , fired a shot into the
boar's mouth. "
A IIAC13 I'OU LIFK.
The boar seemed surprised for an in
stant at Davis' audacity , and then made
a lunge for him. Davis retreated pre
cipitately and , with a wild hope of
maiming or disabling the bear in some
manner , lirod the live remaining balls
in his pistol at him in rapid succession ,
but there was no evidence that the bul
lets did any moro harm than stir the
bear up to a fronzyand tlio next minute
the hatlcss merchant was Hying down
the mountain path with the boar in hot
pursuit. It was about an even race for
the lirst half mile ; at that , distance
Davis' wind began to play out , and the
bear was slowly closing the gap between
them.
Davis saw that his ability as a runner
would never save him from the bear
and ho began tolooic for other means of
escape. A few rods ahead of him , near
the path , stood a redwood tree. The
lowest branches wore several feet
above his reach , but ho concluded that
ho had bettor try and reach thorn while
ho had strength loft to draw himself up.
The boar was rapidly closing in on him.
lie could hear the frenzied beast pant
as ho came loping down the path , The
tree was reached at last , and with
wildly beating heart D.ivis throw his
arms around the trunk and started to
pull himself up to the branches above
his head. Ho was too lato. Just as he
thought ho was beyond the roach of the
bear ho felt the animals olaws in the
calf of his log. and the next moment ho
was dragged to the ground.
INTIIK IIHAH'SKMIIKAOi : .
Though painfully wounded by the
bear's claws , Davis retained his pres
ence of mind , and as ho foil drew a long
hunting knife thiit he carried in his
bolt. The boar caught Davis between
his fore logs with the evident inten
tion of mashing his bones HO that ho
could swallow them easier , nut the
gritty merchant brought hia knife into
play and sent it hilt-doop into the ani
mals sido. The pain caused the boar to
loosen his logs for an instnntnnd quickly
dropping out from between them
Davis started down the path at a rate
of speed born only of fear. In a moment
the bear was after him , roaring with
pain. A short distance down the path
Davis spied ( in old live oak tree under
which was a largo rock. From the top
of this rook the lower branches of the
tree wore within .oasy roach , and for
this ho made like a doer. Ho reached
it , and swung himself up into the
branches just ahead of the bear's node ,
Bruin evidently had no idea of abandon
ing the ehnso , but squattoddown on the
rock and sharply eyed the man in the
branches above him Davis' log was
blooding badly , and wJ.h his handker
chief and shreds torn from the lining of
his coat ho bandaged the wound and
made himself as comfortable as possible.
Ho was safe so far us the bear was
concerned , but the prospect of sitting
in Uio top of a tree with nothing to eater
or drink until the boar below him
should choose to raibo the soi/o ( , was
anything but pleasant. Hut there was
no alternative , for his blnck-coatod
jailor never for a moment took Ills eyes
off him.
The camp was two miles away , and
Davis know that It would be impossible
for him to make his voice heard that
distance , but ho aid nol doubt that his
companions would sooner or later won
der at his absence and institute a search
for him. consequently the ultimate roof -
of his encounter with the boar
must , it scorned to him , necessarily end
in his favor.
A NKST or nrAcicsNAKis. :
The tree in which ho had taken refuge
was mi old oak that showed signs of ago
in many places. Many ofits limbs had
decayed and the weather had cm ton
many places into the trunk. A short
distance above Davis' head was the hol
low stump of a limb that projootcu out
from the main trunk of the tree about
two foot. To this slump Davis' atten
tion was attracted by a groy squirrel
that ran up the tree and disappeared in
the hole in the stump. Davis came to
the conclusion that there was a nest of
squirrels in the limb and determined to
wile away the time in trying to secure
one or moro of thorn. Tearing moro of
the lining from his coat ho carefully
bandaged his right hand to prevent his
being bitten by the squirrels and started
to invade their uost. Uy grasping n
limb with bib loft hand and standing on
a protruding knot below the hollow
stump , ho was able to reach around and
into it. Grasping tljo limb llrmly with
his left hand ho leaned over nnd drove
his hand into the hole. It sotllod into
a live mass of what ho supposed was
.young squirrels , and ho tried to get a
grip on one of them , but they scorned
able to avoid his grasp. While ho was
vigorously working Inn hand around in
the hole'liis attention was attracted by
a hissing hound above his head , and
looking up ho was horriliod to BOO the
heads of a half-dn/.en blneksnnkos pro
truding from the end of the hollow
stump into which ho had put Inn hand.
It suddenly dawned upon him that ho
had thrust his hand into the midst of a
nest of smike.s.
IN AN Awrur. rosriio.v.
Is is not an uncommon tiling for squir
rels and HIIIIKCS to nest together. The
sudden and terrible revelation so star
tled Davis that ho loosed his hold on
the limb with his loft hand and the next
moment had awungotT and wandangling
from the end of a hollow .slump , supported -
ported only by the arm that was thrust
into it. In vain did ho struggle to gain
liis footing on the knot , llo could not
roach it , and to render bin suffering
moro terrible the snakes , thoroughly
aroused , and maddened by Davis' hand
crawled out of the limb and wound their
black hodi s around the man's arm and
body , hissing and darling out their
quivering fangs in his face. Krighlonod
beyond control , Darls began to shout
for help , and madly fought with his free
hand to keep the reptiles from sinking
their fangs into his neck and face. lie
suffered this terrible ordeal nearly an
hour , when fortunately his crioH wore
heard by the other camper : ) , who had
started out to search for him , and they
came up. The boar succummud to a
bullet from Old Jake's rillo , and after
considerable trouble the snakes wore
dispatched and Davis released from his
unpleasant predlcamont ,
The terrible experience unhinged
Davis' mind and for several days ho
raved in the wildest delirium , and the
physicians say it will bo a long time before
fore ho recovers from the severe nervous
shock ho received. T. II. II.
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