THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : RriSTDAY , JNOYEMBER 11. 18S&-STXTEEN PAGES.
A WEEK Do Not Fail to See
[ Among tiie Flowers ! THE BEAUTIFUL
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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER IBth : 1888
And continuing for one week. A Carnival of Flowers in Omaha. Great Banks and Long Lines of
Beatiful Chrysanthemums.
The Greenhouse and MR. PARKER'S EXHIBIT.
Scarcely two years ago Mr. T. N. Parker , located his present beautiful group of greenhouses
For feature of Eastern Cities has been
years pasta the annual exhibit of Flowers given
houses , in a sheltered nook.just south of the State Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.near the
by the florists of each city jointly , Omaha with all her love of flowers and wealth of appreciation
Military road. This new home of the flowers lies right in the lap of the sunshine , and is
ciation has never had the privilege of attending one at home. Mr. T. N. Parker ,
sheltered from the wintry blasts by long rows of waving maples. There are twelve houses '
in all , six of them are 20x100 feet , devoted to roses and tropical plants. Two houses 12x90 Omaha's own florist has decided to give us this another evidence of Metropolitan growth.
feet , contain Caronation Pinks , Violets , Pansies , etc. One house 16x100 feet , is the home He is determined that the great Chrysanthemum show which he will open in the Expos
of Smilax and Bouvardias. Another , 8x130 feet , Ferns and Orchids , and the new ition Hall next Thursday , November i5th , shall be a credit to himself and the city. This
building , 24x40 , for Aquatic Plants. The latest appliances are to be found everywhere ; en display must appeal strongly to our city pride , as the exhibitor and the exhibit are distinctly
gines and windmills everything that means could supply. But to understand the true magnitude a part of Omaha. The entire display was grown right here within our city limits. The proprietor
nitude and beauty of this orreat establishment you should pass with us through the interior.
prietor is an enthusiastic florist , qualified by nature , travel and careful study to conduct suc
cessfully such an enterprise , enjoying the benefits of ample means and gifted with a keen
sense of harmony in color. He willl bring for your pleasure and inspection a noble exhibit
flower of more than regal beauty. Next we come to the home of the queenly Chrysanthe beautifully planned , which should not fail to be generously patronized by our citizens , and
mum , in a house 8x130 feet , which presents one long , glorious vista of natural beauty. Every especially the ladies and children. Whilst we are [ advocating corn palaces and art displays.
all these model houses , is as sturdy as a cedar planted by the river
plant throughout green
Let us not forget the refining influence of this week of flowersand by our give it
presence
side. But no description , however accurate , will do such an establishment justice. Suffice
it to say , that there is neither so complete nor so rare a collection west of New York City. such encouragement as will insure the future recurrence of like exhibits.
The proprietor imports his bulbs direct. He has over $50,000 invested. The cut flowers
from Parker's green-houses arc not excelled in Philadelphia. Drive out and see for your
self. Attend the great flower show next week and you will have new cause to take pride in Remember the Date.
your home city. .
Parker's Chrysanthemums Excel all Other. Nothing like them ever seen CDBKZJI
Admission , 25 Gents jj D in the west. Admission , 25 Gents
Children , under 12 years , lOc. Children under 12 years , lOc.
j Tickets Opera. for Sale House at , office and Boyd's OfficeBoyd's , Opera House.Green-house , Adjoining the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. House Telephone 1,000 | Tickets Opera for Sale House at , office und Boyd's
- At Exposition Hall. Office Telephone 660. At Exposition Hall.
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MATRIMONIAL MISCELLANY ,
Hits and Misses of the Arrows of
Cupid.
r/IATEDANDMISMATED / HUMANITY
A Woman Suffragist to Weil Nat
Goodwln'H New Wife Cupid on
Brooklyn Ilrhlo | Value of
n Lost
A Woman Suffragist to Woil.
A ripple of surprise has boon caused
In the circle of tile women workers in
the cause of woman by the announce
ment of the approaching marriage of
Miss Rachel G. Foster , of Philadelphia ,
to Cyrus Miller A very. The lady has
loig been identified in the front ranks
of all woman's movements. She is cor
responding secretary of the National
Suffrage association , and she held a
fiimilar position at the council of women
hold in Washington hist march. She is
an earnest believer in the doctrine of
faith-cure , and is a follower of woman's '
dross reform. Miss Foster is u daughter
of the late J. Heron Foster of the Pitts-
burg Dispatch. The wedding took
place November 8 , at the First IJniui-
rhin church in Philadelphia , of which
she is n trustee. The surprise is occa
sioned by the fact that she had de
clared that she would lead a life of
single blessedness.
Nut Goodwin's New Wife.
Chicago Herald : The friends of Nat
Goodwin , the comedian , were greatly
surprised when they learned of his
quiet marriage in this city early in the
week : The license was quietly ohUined
by George Appleton , the comedian's
treasurer , who induced the marriage
license clerk to suppress it for a few
clays. The wedding was quietly solemn
ized at the Grand 1'aeille hotel last
Monday afternoon. In the evening the
bndo and her mother occupied u stage
box at llooloy's and witnessed Nat's per-
jformaneo. Between the nets a news
paper friend of his dropped into his
dresbing'room with Manager Harry
Powers , of the theater , and llio latter
remarked that Nat had never played
Mi' . Goliglitly bettor thnn ho did that
night , The comedian smiled and said
that U was probably beeaubo ho was
fouling unusually good , lie then said
that the elderly lady in the box Mrs.
Hood win's ' mother had never before
scon him act , and that ho was glad to
notice that she appeared to enjov his
efforts. Ho was careful to say nothing ,
however , about the particular reason
for his happy mood. Mrs. Goodwin mid
her mother accompanied him to thd
GranC Wednesday afternoon and wit
nessed Sol Smith uussoll'ti performance
from u box. The lady is n handsome
blonde ; very stylish , and her straw
berry blonde husband appears to think
the world of her.
Cupid on the Brooklyn
The Brooklyn bridge is becoming
famous for itsquiot love-making scenes.
'Thorp is something about the light
frisky air Up there that makes the heart
Of woman nestle right up alongside
the man who has vowed to give her ice
cream and candy us long us his father-
inrlaw'tt cash holds out.
A Now York Telegram reporter eat
buono of the beats under ttie arch of the
Kcw Yprk side last evening. Tvo | 14-
inosphero was cool , hut that did not pro-
.vent Cupid from getting in his line
work ,
A couple hud been seated but two
minutes before iho escort. got his arm
around his sweetheart's double-laced
waist. ,
Presently there was a sound like the
chirping of a bird , followed by a half-
suppressed giggle.
"Jimmy- " said the palpitating dar
ling , "if .you 1dss mo again I'll spoil
your new hat. "
Jimmy ovidontjydid not think his hat
in any danger , for. the sounds of oscula
tion were hoard again amid the sighing
of the wind through the forest of cables.
"We 'em often " said bridge
see , a po
liceman later ; "but wo don't stop 'em.
It's the only chance some o' them young
folks has to do any sparking. They
live in tenements and they don't get a
chance for quiet love-making in such
places : so they come up hero under the
stars.
"Two years ago a couple used to come
every night- until late in the season ,
when I linally missed 'em. But last
week they came over the bridge again ,
wheeling a baby carriage between them.
Their sparking was a success , you bet. "
Vnltie of it Ijost
Now York Times : A novel case that
has attracted borne attention in the vi
cinity of Boston during the past few
days is a suit brought by Mrs. M.yra
Bcals , of Boston , against Dr. Augustin
Thompson , of Lowell , for $50,001) ) dam
ages for having alienated the affections
of her husband , James II. Bcals. It
ended in the superior court to-day in a
verdict for the plaint ! u"of $ .iOOU. ( ) The
trial of the case attracted large numbers
of the curious.
Mrs. Myrti Beals is a young and dash
ing woman , twenty-six years old. Dr.
Thompson is the originator and propri
etor of a patent medicine , the stile of
which , ho testified in court , brought
him in an income of 8100,0 ( ) ( ) n year.
Mrs. Bonls , when single , had some his
trionic talent , or thought she had , and
Dr. Thompson provided the moans for
her education prior to her going on the
stage as the star in a play of his own
writing. About the tnno the education
was perfected the young lady took it
into her head to marry .lames Bcals , a
fussy old man forty years her senior ,
lie had \\cullh and owned the building
occupied by the Boston Post. Dr.
Thompson was very angry with
Mrs. Beats , and soon after the
wedding began writing letters to
Mr. Boals about the lady he had taken
to wife. The result was. estrangement
before the customary time allowed for
the honeymoon had passed , followed by
a suit for divorce which wab granted ,
the divorced wife getting $10,001) ) from
her hubhand.
Mrs. Coals immediately brought suit
against Dr. Thompson for alienating
the affections of her husband , and as a
result the young woman finds herself
pretty well off in this world's goods.
The testimony presented consisted
mainly of thq letters written to Mrs.
Deals , and a good many epistles of a
racy character that parsed between the
parties to the suit.
A Hoolc on Miu'rinRfl nnd Divorce.
Clone-Democrat : Two years ago ,
says a dispatch from Washington , con-
urc.bs authorised the department of
labor to collect statistics of divorce in
the United States , and the work then
undertaken is so nearly completed that
Commissioner Wright hopes to lay Ills
report before con gross early in January.
The "field work" has been finished and
the liguros are now being tubulated.
Commissioner Wright's agents have
obtained the figure ? from every court in
the United States having divorce lurib-
dictlon , of which there are about 12,700 ,
and the , period of investigation extends
back twenty years , from 18(5(1 ( ( to 188(1. (
'Everything relating to the subject will
bo given wherever it bus been possible
to obtain information from the court
records , and in every case the agents
not only examined the dockets , but the
original bills filed. The report of
each case will give the ages of the
persons concerned , the cause for
which divorce was granted , whether
the wife or husband obtained the de-
dree , the number of children , the place
of marriage and the migration of the
couple since thenj so as to show whether
the change of residence was bona lido
or merely for the purpose of obtaining
a divorce ; the length of time the mar
riage lasted , and any other facts that
might tend to throw any light on the
subject. Another portion of the work
will give the number of marriages , as
far as the records show , by counties in
the United States for the same period ,
so that the ratio of marriages to di
vorces can be seen. A synopsis of the
divorce laws of every state will also find
a place , and the work will conclude
with statistics of divorces in the princi
pal countries of Europe. The .subject
of divorce has never boon so thoroughly
investigated before. The Italian gov
ernment took up the inquirv several
years ago , but it was limited in its
range. The cost of the investigation ,
it is estimated , has not been loss than
$ ; soooo. "
Married in Transit.
Paris intelligence : Elder George E.
Luckoy , of Purib , Ky , performed rather
a novel marriage ceremony recently at
the Paris depot. Ho had procured
marriage lieotibo , as directed by tele
gram a few hours previous to the arri
val of the evening passenger train , and
going to the depot ho awaited the com
ing of the train , when he entered the
coach nnd , during the time consumed
in making an exchange of engines , ho
commanded Mr. II. A. Boden , the pop
ular druggist of Springvillo , and MibS
Laura Cnldwoll , a beau til ul young lady
from Fulton , Kentucky , to stand up in
the presence of quite a number of pas
sengers , and in his usual happy style he
joined them in holy wedlock , and bid
ding them a hasty adieu they went on
their way rejoicing. Wo did not learn
what occasioned this novel procedure ,
whether tliey wore tleoing from pater
nal cares or simply preferred the
romantic feature.
A llonmntlo Incident.
St. Louis Republic : A case which at
tracted a great deal of attention was
tried in the district court in this city
this forenoon , concluding early in the
afternoon , and containing features of
sadnobs and romance. Several months
ago James McCowan , a railroad man ,
while , apparently , in a spasm of rage ,
attempted to kill his young wife at the
Blanchard hotelwhore they were board
ing , by cutting her throat with a knife.
Ho was lodged in jail , and in a short
time his wife obtained a divorce. lie
was arraigned in the court this morning
to have his case investigated , and while
he wao on trial , his wife was married to
another man , and a few moments after
her marriage appeared on the witness
stand , attired in her bridal costume , to
testify ngaist her former husband , who
had attempted to take her life. Mc
Cowan was remanded to prison to wait
dual trial on charge of insanity , which
will sot aside the former charge of as
sault with intent tojnurdcr.
fI'rotty Ilomunoe.
Globe Democrat : Hero is a pretty lit
tle every day romance , warming to the
cockles of the most cynical heart , Mr.
Huynmn , a big blonde real estate man
of Cincinnati , loved MiHg Jaynos , u
slim , fair girl of San Francisco , with
the full consent ot her wealthy father ,
us the two men had been friends for
years. 'I'lio ' betrothed pair were intent
on marriage , and as they had health ,
money und the paternal blowing , the
course of true love ought to have run
on into that haven without semblance
of a ripple , but the fact was that the
bridegroom could not find time for the
far-western journey and the bride had
no friend or brother to bring her east.
So after much consultation and many
loving letters , " she took her courage in
both hands , boarded the train and came
half way , or rather more , to meet her
true love , and at the Lacledo hotel , in
St. Louis , Jast week , the two wore made
one , and let us dovoutedly hope , will
"live happy ever after. "
A Union Wcddln ? .
Philadelphia Times : Weddings to
attract more than passing interest these
days must either excel in splendor or
have something rare and uncommon.
Much out of the stereotyped style was
the interesting wedding of Miss Lucy
Bramlotto Patterson of Philadelphia
and J. Lindsay Patterson , which took
place at Ru&sollvillo , Tonn. , the birth
place of the bride's ' maternal grand
mother and the homo of her aunt , at
whoso place , Ilayslope , the reception
took place. Although bearing the same
name , the wedded couple bore to each
other not the slightest relationship ,
yet the paternal grandfather of each
was a General Patterson. They were
married in a Presbyterian church ac
cording to the Episcopal ritual by a
Baptist clergyman. Every dointy touch
in the decoration of the church was
done by relatives of the bride. The
wedding feast , a feast such as only a
southern mansion could hot forth was
composed of dishes prepared for the oc
casion by relatives and friends , one vie-
ing with another in contributing to the
banquet of niceties. The wedding cake ,
an elegant specimen of decorative
pastry in lillips nnd orange blossoms
was the artistic handiwork of a lady
from Alabama. The wedding march
was played by an intimate friend from
Now Orleans. Old family servants in
the familj since slave days , and their
descendants , served at the tables. One
of thcbo , "Aunt Clarissa , " had been the
" " of the bride's
"mammy" nurse mother.
Kinged about the church and numb
ering l undreds , were the animals nnd
vehicles in which people had come
often long distances. Those varied
from the farm mule , whose solo panoply
was a blind bridle , to the stylish lun-
duus with their perfectly appointed
teams. Near the entrance all the old
family servants were tse-ited. The
center of the church was occupied
mainly by the largo family extensions
Tonnesscans from the Noliichucky ,
French Broad and Holbton , whom Miss
Murfreo would have liked to moot. On
either side , in strange contrast , were
the city-bred guests , including those
from Philadelphia and the east , perfect
in toilet and manner. It was a remark
able gathering.
After the customary ushers came six
little girls , picturesquely dressed , and
carrying baskets of ilowers. Then came
the maid of honor , a Jeiu'itiful girl of
sixteen , and finally the bride , leaning
upon her father's arm , , her dress of
creamy white duchess utin mudo with
a high coinage nnd front drapery of
crepe embroidered in pearls , und the
whole enveloped by a misty veil of tulle.
The reception was charming. One of
the guests described it as "a social pot
pourri , " in which north , south , east
and wcbt had its representatives. Every
body was very warm and genial , and a
thorough , hearty southern hospitality
pervaded the beono. After biipper the
dining room was Cleared for dancing ,
nnd the guests , old us well as young ,
danced vigorously to such tunes as
"Mississippi Sawyer" und lNutches
Under the Hill. "
A Veritable Feminine Hoodoo.
A few gossips of the southern end of
Die city are jubt now dlseubtiiig the
strange romance of a young woman who
has for something over a year been a
resident among them. Tlio story was
told to a Globe-Democrat reporter by a
clergyman of the Episcopal church , who
has boon a sufferer from the lady's
strange fate. The lady in question is
but a visitor to America , whence she
came to try and shako oil the spell of
which she firmly believes she is the
victim. A few years previous to her
leaving "Historic Caledonia , " she re
turned from the patrimonial estates of
the family , nine and one-half miles
from the Holyrood palace , in Edinburg
to Aberdeen. By the death of her
father , since her arrival in this coun
try , she has become the heiress to a
largo estate. She is refined , graceful
and handsome , but the fatality attach
ing to her makes her life an unhappy
one.
When but seventeen years old she
became strongly attached to n nephew
of the bishop of Carlyle. One day ,
while riding across the heath in his
company , she had a presentiment that
ho would propose that night , and she
accepted. She saw him , in a momen
tary vision , lying , pale and cold , by the
roadside. Bewildered , she involuntar
ily stopped her horse , and in another
moment fell in a swoon. Ho bore her
to a cottager's near by , and on her re
covery the bashful young man's love
had b'oon so intensified by anxiety that ,
in a moment of mutual tenderness ; they
were betrothed. After escorting her
homo ho had to pass the sumo spot to
return to his domicile. The next morn
ing they found him dead near where
she had fallen. His horse had evi
dently thrown him , and ho had boon
killed by the consequent injury to his
head.
The lady recovered , and eighteen
months afterward she was betrothed to
an English naval officer who was sud
denly ordered to the West Indies to join
II. M. S. schoolship Eurydice. The
next spring , on the return of the ship
homo , she was wrecked and all on board
but two were lost. The young lover
was not one of the saved.
Time healed the lady's thrice wounded
heart , and her affections were won by
an English army ollicer , who was
drowned shortly after the betrothal.
The night ho was drowned she was at
tending a ball , and , according to her
statement , was boixod with a sudden at
tack of dizziness and fainted. On re
covering , she said she had been , in a
vision , the ball-room suddenly trans
formed into a submarine cavern , con
taining nothing but the corpse of her
accepted lieutenant. She could never
bo induced to dance again.
It took a good deal of persuasion to in
duce her to become a fiancee again. But
the persistence of an American sea cap
tain conquered her reluctance , and she
accepted him. Ho returned to Phila
delphia with his bhlp for the purpose of
putting his affairs in bhapo for the wed
ding. While his ship was at anchor off
the Delaware breakwater ho was also
drowned. The bride-elect came to the
Quaker City afterwards , and , having
relatives in Carondolet , resolved to
make a long visit to them.
The clergyman who furnished the
/acts / above related mot nnd loved the
lady , and she apparently reciprocated ,
but when ho proposed she replied by
tolling him her htory , und all his elo
quence failed to change her resolution
never to marry. His attentions to her
hud been a matter of society gossip , so
that there was something of a fconsation
when there appeared in the booioty
columns of the , Globe-Democrat an
item stating she hud gone to visit
friends in the interior of the state , and
would soon return to her homo in Scot
land td reside permanently.
A .MlK'd Wmiinn'n Ucvrnce.
A bfiiibutioiml itory comes from \nv \
town of Tonawanda , adjoining Buffalo
of a woman jilted and revengeful. At
the tale is told , George Kudo fell in
love with and was loved in return by
Lena J. Phonor. Ho hired out to Free
Landoll , and became enamored of his
daughter Carrie. Lena threatened
Carrie , and soon Landell received
annonymous letters threatening that
if Kado was not discharged his
property would bo destroyed. Soon
after his barn was entered and a buggy
ruined. Kado was discharged nnd was
at once hired by Henry Lnndell , uncle
of Fred. Threatening letters then came
to Honrv , but ho decided to stjck by
Kado. The result was two buggies cut
to pieces and three horses poisoned with
Paris grcon. _ Landell hired men to
watch his property , nnd early Tuesday
morning one of his barns , was discov
ered to bo one fire by the watchers. A
figure Hying across the field was pur
sued by the men. Others wont at once
to Phonor's house. One of them saw
what looked like the figure of a man
enter the outhouse in the rear of the
building. A few moments after a woman
in a white dress came out nnd wont into
the dwelling house. The Landells say
stops have been taken to arrest Lena
Phonor. The fire , luckily , was put out
without much trouble. Two cans of oil
had been sprinkled in the barn. The
fire had almost eaten through the plank
ing.
Tlio Nephew of tno Pope.
London Star : The story that Pope
Leo's nephew has just been married to
the daughter of the beadle of the Jew
ish synagogue turns out to bo correct.
The circumstances savor of romance ,
and are told by the Inruoltischo Gem-
oiddo Zoitung. It appears that home
years ago Herr S. , an enterprising
tradesman of Vienna , crossed the fron
tier to Peck a now field for his labors.
Arriving in Porugm. Italyhe made the
acquaintance of the present ponlinund
ultimately an attachment sprang up be
tween the fair-haired Tedesco and the
dark-haired Sigdorita Pocci. In duo
course Herr S. proposed to her , was ac
cepted , and it was not long ore the pair
appeared before the bride's uncle ,
Cardinal Pecci , member of the college
of cardinals in Homo. The bridegroom
being a Jew it was necessary for the
ecclesiastic to bapti/.o him , nnd this be
ing done , the ceremony of marriage
was gene through , the blessing pro
nounced , and the happy couple em
barked for South America , whence they
kept ui ] a constant correspoddonco with
the cardinal. Quito recently , however ,
Mine. S. succumbed to a severe illness
and the bereaved widower , by that
time a millionaire , not caring to remain
any longer in South America , where
past associations were over before him ,
loft the land of his adoption and betook
hinisolf to Home , in order to visit his
uncle.
The cardinal has now become Lee
XIII , , chief of the Komun church , and
resided at the Vatican ; but , although
altered in position , ho had in no way
lost sight of his nephew , on whom ho
bobtowed a royal welcome , not forget
ting the papal benediction. "I remain
thy uncle , my son ; may Heaven's bless
ing loud thee back to thy native homo. "
And after so many years absence , Herr
S. returned to Vienna a millionniro and
consul for the land of his voluntary ex
ile. Howovcr , an the novelists put it ,
lime heals many wounds , and a month
or two was long enough for another
woman to find a place in the heart of
the exile. Herr S. was btrlckon , and
fell in love with the synagogue beadle's
lovely daughter. But there was an ob
stacle. The fair one would not give up
her religion and bo baptized into the
church , of Lee , EO there was nothing
left but for the stronger vfesbej fo give
way to the weaker , which lie did , and
returned to the faith of his ancestors ,
with the result anticipated.
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CONNUniALITlES. /
The widow of Senator David Davis has
recently married ex-Congressman Green of
North Carolina.
While a wedding party was waiting for a
squire to perform the ccremoiiv at Alpha-
retta , Ga. , the groom excused himself and
fled. The bridn proposed to the gioouisnmn
on the spot , and they were married withlu
an hour.
Lady Druinmond , ono of the American
girls married to a title who came to rriof , is
now living quietly in Hartford with her
eight-year-old daughter , who is hoircss to
$1300,000 , which English lawyers are now try
ing to get for her.
The power of persistence in matters of
love was well illustrated in the courtship of
Itobort Browning's ' son. For fourteen years
lie maintained a suit at Hist unsuccessful ,
but finally rewarded witli success. Jit ia
hardly to the credit of the poet's ' penetration ,
that during the time of his son's suspense ha
had no suspicion of the a flair.
Washington women who are mothers of
eligible daughters are aghast over the information
mation that Chief .fustico Fuller will have
sixdaughtois in society tills winter , There
are already plenty of marriageable young
women in the capital and the sudden Introduction -
duction of six new ones at a time is regarded
as quite too much of u good thing a real
imposition , in fact.
Boston is nothing if not aristocratic. A re
cent dispatch sent to New York from that
city Informs the public of the uniting by
mnrnugo of two "old families. " The dis
patch further says that "tlio eight brido-
maids represented the families , of Cnbot ,
Mason , Coolidge , Oodman , Lowell , Lyinau
and Curtis , nnd the usheis weio of equally
distinguished lineage. "
Mies Ada Tltcoint ) of Lansinglicrs , N. Y , ,
has withdrawn her consent to marry Charles
Hcnton of the same pluco , nnd a wedding to
which the Bociety of that place has looked
forward with much interest , is "off. "
Charles got up the wedding eaids , and they
read us follows : "Friends : I do most cor
dially invite you nil to come to my honsu
Monday evening , November 1 , IBS ! * , at 7 p.
in. 1'resonts received until 'i p. m. on thu
day of the wedding. Como ono. Como all , "
Tlie young lady refused to recognize in ttiis
attempt to give a boom to the wedding nroi-
cuts an ovIdciiL'o of ontorpmo nnd business
capacity that might have been of imineiiBo
aid to them in married life , und tore up th
cauls and discarded Cliailey.
Who says talk is cheap , when Tahnnco
gets fWOper lecture ?
A Maine clcrfryjiinn went to Massuchu I
setts to preach the other day , and they ubr-J
him whether ho wan going to talro uis toxZr
from the bible or from "Uoheit Klsmure. "
"A clerical mummy rose up from his sar
cophagus ami opposed the lovivnl , " is the
pungent und pertinent way u Methodist
( , ie.iuhor in Nnslivillo delivered himself
ibout it.
Thd Hov Mr. Mlldinav thoughtfully con
templated the ruins after thu donation party
: md loft for homo. Finally lie remarked to
ijg spouse "My dear , I think I may sp.fely
su.v that Soloinon in all his glory had not u
raid like ono of these. " f
"I thought jou won' ' * it a sore throat
staying out m latu Satui my night , " ndinon-
shed Mis. Drown. "Como elf , " tro.vlud
the old man in a husky volcn. "You woineii
can't never reason. Haven't you bent-u
enough to sec I got this cold going to churtU
with you Sunday ! "
The Hov. J. L. Scudder , of Jersey City ,
said in u late sqrmon : "Tlio bible says the ) a
s a river in heaven , und I tinnly bollovc that
here- will bo swimming und yachting there ,
too. " Ho ulso says that ho hcos no hunt ) in.
canl-iilaylpg so long us It is indulged in mod.
oratory , hut leaves us in doubt whether that
s ono of the amusements to be permitted ou
ho celestial bhore.
Deacon Skinflint This is an outs of Irrov-
cienco. I icad to niglit ubout sorno fellow
who had engraved tlio Lord'ri ' Prayer on a
ten-dollar gotl ) plccu and wears it on his
watch chain for u curiosity , llils is oil
vroiig , very wrong. Tioru | are some tlilngn
oo s.iered to bo trilled with. " Carper "To
vbii'li do you refer , Ucacou , the prayer or tlio
gojdpiecol" , . .