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ANNUAL SALE
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1505 and 1507 Douglas Street |
Tomorrow Morning We Inaugurate Our Regular Jaiiaury Sale of
Over $50,000 Worth of Choice New Goods purchased for this great sale
' All Muslins and Sheetings at Net Cost Until January 31st.
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2000 dozen Muck and Damask Towels at
$1 , $1.25 , $1.50 and $ .25
Per Dozen
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1000 dozen Damask and Muck Towels , extra large size
with knotted fringe and choice border at 25c , no less by the
dozen This is the best 25c towel ever offered in the city
Buy your Muslins and Sheeting by the piece during this
sale I
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Cream Damask at 40c , worth doc
Cream Damask at 50c , worth 70c. '
Cream Damask at 65c , worth 80c.
Cream Damask at 75c , worth $1.
Cream Damask at $1 , worth $1.50.
Bleached Damask at 65c , worth 80c ,
Bleached Damask at 75c , worth 90c.
Bleached Damask at 85c. worfch $1.25.
Bleached Damask at $1.25 , worth $ i , 60.
to housekeepers !
We are postive that our large and varied as
sortment of FIRST-CLASS LINENS is worthy
of your inspection It will pay you to visit this
attractive department .
TOE DOME ( IFTBE CHEMICAL
A Description of the Interior of the
< Central Flro Station
THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH
XI10 Manner nntt Means by Which
Notice In Bent From the Various
Portions ot the City
Count In 1 ; ] ,
In No itft
No S engine liouso , situated on the
( vest sldo ol Harnoy strcot , between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth , is the most
important otio in the city It is the
contrul lire station and is the working
headquarters of the department The
electrical apparatus of the flro alarm
Bystetn is locutod in this building . First
Assistant Fire Chief Salter is located
there , the alarm bell is In the building ,
Iloolr and Ladder Company No 1 , with
a crow of nine mutt und the chomicnl
with u crew of ilvo men are stutionod
there
Being locutod close to the buslnoss
portion of the city the men of No , 3 are
ulways first on the ground nt the moro
expensive fires and what might have
many times huvo rosullod in dangerous
and costly conflagrations htino by the
timely arrival and quick work of the
men in No 3 resulted only iu minor
blazes
Every alarm in the city la sent in to
No 8. The four circuits of which the
flro ulnrm system is composed all center
thcro and by menus of an electrical ap
pliance known as , la repeater , " are
truiiBinlttcd to every engine house in
the city A telephone connected with
thopolico patrol boxes also hangs in the
ofllco , the American District Telegraph
company's wire runs to the building
while the regular telephone circuit
• wire also lam tv connection therewith
, The electrical system of flro alarm
with which the city is provided is one
worthy of examination , not only on ao-
oauntofits accuracy , but its magni
tude Ono room in the building is devoted -
voted solely for battery use and
S60 jars ranged around the apart
niont on shelves will at once
convey to the reader the idea of the
power roqulrod in performing the
effective eorvico requisite Not only
are the alarms sent in und the huge
bell rang by electricity , but the horses
are released from their fastenings and
the harness dronpod on their backs by
the eamo poworfulngont
The party who rushes to the nearest
box and pulls down the hook und lets
go" lias no idea ot the mecbauism of
the machine which summons instanter
the tire department to the place where
ho uwalts Hut his slmnlo action has
put in motion a complicated system
which is worthy of study and which cau
bo scon at No , ! ! , The interior ar
rangement of magnets and coils , wheels
ahd springs is govomod by n rutchot
wheel bearing as muny cogs as the num
ber of the box calls for If it bo 03
there are six cogs , an interval and thou
tbreo moro Simultaneously with the
lipping of a flat spring from ono cog to
another every gong uud the Uro bell
rings out Its note ot warning , up lly
. the chains and straps which hold the
burses , with a bound they are iu their
positions , a socoud later the harness
falls , two snaps , the doors open and
away they are oil like the wind
George Windham , bettor known ns
"Shorty , " is the cuptain of the chemical -
cal , nnd no ono appreciates hotter than
ho the importance of his position unlo ss
it bo perhaps the won who work with
him Too Vandorford is his driver ,
while the pipe men are G. Cox and II
A. Iload Their apparatus stands next
the door , it being the first to leave
Ray Dick nnd Gray Pcto , the powerful
horses that haul the on cine , or rather
lly with it , stand in their stalls on
otthor side and know full well the work
they huvo to do Suppose it bo feeding
time and the telephone rings Both
heads uro tin , every muscle stiffens as
each animal awaits the result But
when Vandorford remarks , All right ,
its " settle back
boys , nothing , they
and resume their oats The chemical
boys are greatly pleased over their
now engine received a few weeks ago ,
not onlv on account of its beauty , but
for the reason that it is a hummer
when it comes to work It is u , quick
alfuir tohnndlo , simple , a child could
work it with one lesson , and there are
no tedious couplings to make The so
lution passes around the reel and the
men can use ton foot or two hundred
feet of hose , as they desire , without any
olfort
The old chemical engine occupies a
spare space in the roar of the building
nnd is awaiting the time when it will
bo sent to the factory to bo rebuilt
Immediately behind the chemical is
hook nnd lttddor truck No , 1. whllo the
two Jims , " the horses , like their mates
in front , occupy stalls on cither side
This truck is manned as follows : John
Burdish , captain ; Joseph Lank , lieu
tenant ; Frank Mo/.ilc , tillorman ; C. II
Pringh , driver ; James Murom , T.
Dowlintr , P. McCarthy , Jnmoti Luux
and J. Murphy , luddorman , It isouo of
the most complete alTuirs of its kiud
iu the country and is provided
with every known npnliauco ,
Siamese nozzles , collar nozzles
for lighting fires in basements , axes ,
hooks , ladders of all kinds , while in ad
dition is an extension ladder which by
means ot machinery can bo extended to
the top of the tallest building in Omaha
It cost $ V > U0lllu ia , copt In the pink of
condition , like a trotting liorbo The
company that man It constitute an im
portant factor of the Onuuia flro department
mont , and whllo Blnco the purchase of
the truck no opportunity Iiub presented
itself whereby the extension ladder was
ncodod , there is no telling how soon it
may bo required Behind the truok
Assistant Chief Saltor's buggy und horse
stands always ready for use L. II
Winslow U the driver Saltor's oxlt is
by the roar door , boqauso , as ho ex
presses himself , ho "doesn't huvo time
to wait for the chemical and the truck
to got out of IiIh way The rate at
which lie nnd Chief Unlllgun go to a flro
is such that everyone who has booh a
run made needs not bo told of
George Coulter , superintendent of the
flro alarm eastern , has his workshop ou
the second floor und makes his tests of
the line from this point Alongsldo
the "ropoutor" mentioned heretofore Is
a system ot hoys by which a break in
any portion of the line may bo ascer
tained It is in this room that Coulter ,
together with his assistants , Frank
Gardner nud William Ingl , work when
not at work on the outside The shop
is a cosy llttlo repository of things ut > o-
ful and curious ,
The first portion of the upper floor is
used for o Bleeping room , and is u model
of noa'uosa nud comfort Reside each
bed Bit the trousers and boots of each
occupant , fastened together so that
when a man pulls on his brogans no is
all dressed When un alarm comes In ,
presto , oil fly the covers , the moil Jump
into their boots , slide dowu a brass rod
Linen Department
Our immense stock of Browns and Liddell's Fine Dam
ask Sets at special prices during this sale
2 Cases 60-incli Turkey Red Damask
Reduced to 4 ll3
1 Bale All Linen Glass Toweling worth fgo
Reduced to Sic
1 Bale Extra Fine All Linen Glass
Toweling Reduced to llic
1 Case Crochet Quilts at O C3
5 Pieces 72-inch. Linen Sheeting At 75c
We will offer an elegant line of Hemstitched Linen Pil
low Cases from $2.25 to $10 per pair
5-8 Bleached Napkins at $1 , $1.25 , $1.50 , $2 , $2.25 , $2.50 ,
$2.75. All choice new patterns
3-4 Bleached Napkins from . $1.50 to $25 per dozen
aud are off to a fire before an ordinary
individual could And his shoos
No 3 , however , is not the kind
ot liouso that is best adapted for the
purpose und in the course of time the
city will , it is thought , erect a moro
commodious and convenient building
While at the present time this ono
answers the purpose very well the gen
eral opinion is that the strueturo should
bo constructoa on the same principle us
is No 1 , viz : a double house Moro
light is ncodod both above and below ,
uot only for convenience but comfort
An Aran Sjyins
Con ( ( iiilfiia E. BifwiJcs in The Cenluiu
Ilcraombor , three thinks come not back :
The arrow sent upon its track
It will not swerve , it will not stay
Its speed ; it ilios to wound or slay
The spoken word , so soon forgot
By tuco ; but it has perished not :
In otlior hearts 'tis living still
Ana doing work ( or good or HI
And the lost opportunity ,
TJiat cometh buck no moro to tlieo
In-vain thou woepost , in vain dost yearn ,
Those tbreo will nevermore return ,
ODDITIES OF ETTIQUETTE
How One Must Act at Certain Ttin s
in Other Nations
In Swodou if you uddrcss the poorest
on the street you must lift your
at , says the London Wit and Wisdom
The same courtesy is insisted upon if
you pass a lady on the stairway To
enter a reading room or a bank with
ones hat on is regarded as a bad broach
of manners To place your hand on the
arm of a lady is a grave and objection
nolo familiarity Never touch the per
son ; it is sacred , ' ' Is one of their
proverbs In Holland a lady is expected -
poctod to retire precipitately if she
should ondcr a store or restaurant where
men are congregated , She waits until
they hnvo transacted their business and
departed , Ladles seldom rise in Spain
to rocolvo amnio visitor and they rarely
accompany him to the door For a
Spaimtrd to give a lady ( even his wife )
his arm whoa out walking is looked
upon as a decided violation of pro
priety
In Persia , among the aristoorncy , ii4
visitor sendH notlco an hour or two before -
fore calling and gives a days notice it
the visit is ono of great importance
Ho is mot by servants before ho roaches
the liouso apd other considerations are
shown him according to relutlvo rank ,
The loft , and not the right , is considered -
orod the post ot honor No Turk will
enter n sitting room witn dirty shoos ,
The upper clnssos Areur tlght-llttlng
shoes with goloshos over thorn The
later , which rocolvo nil the dirt and
dust , uro loft outside the door The
Turk tiovor washes in dirty wutor
Wutor is poured over his hands , mi that
when polluted it runs away
Jn Syria the pcaplo never take oil
their caps or turbans when outorlug
the house or visiting a friend , but they
ulways leave their shoos at the door
There are no mats or scrapers outside
and the floors inside are covered with
oxponslvo rugs , kupt very clean in
moslem liousos und used to kneel upon
whllo baying prayers , .
Wli t Ho Wit Aluilil or
Life : Foreign Power ( sarcastically )
Hacking out , I see
Uncle Sam ( borrowfully ) Yea ; do as
you plcuso ; I wont muko any resist
ance
Foreign Power ( proudly ) I know you
wouldn't dare dafy me
Uncle Sam ( hotly ) It ain't you lam
afraid nf , you old fool I wouldn't
mind a war What I am affald of is
the pensions
Mrs Jefferson Davis will preccntly go to
Kansas to live with her married daughter
THE INDIAN OFFICE SQUABBLE
Status of the Fight Made Upon
Commissioner Morgan
WHAT ABOUT THE RESULTS ?
GonornI Morgan's Policy Not Political
Hue iiaiicntionnl Ills Continua
tion Hichly Probable A Ue-
Iilurab o Controversy
A Itovlew of the Cm a.
Washington , Dee 31 , | To the Editor ot
Tun Uee I Among the presidential nomi
nations hold over unconfirmed by the sonuto
were these of General Thomas Morgan , com
missioner ot Indian affairs , and Daniel Dor-
chester , superintendent of Indiau schools
Around tlieso two heads the lircs of a very
brisk warfnro have boon blazing und It has
appeared several times us if they would
scurcoly bo able to withstand the power of
the heat which onvclopod thorn The for
mer oflleial Is a Baptist clergymen , a well
known and talented educator , and a man of
unusual ability a man who has been b' ave
and successful as a soldier , eloquent
us a roinistor of the cospol , and
specially gifted und unusuallv success
ful as u teacher und educator Ho has presided -
sided with uncommon ! skill over normal
schools in'Nobraskn , Now York und Hliodo
Island and was for years a member of the
faculty of u Baptist theological school ia
Chicago Ho was uppomtod commissioner
of Indian affairs by President Harrison because -
cause of his Known ability , his unswerving
patriotism and his absolute Integrity Pres
ident Harrison asked him to tulcu charge of
the Indian oftlec , to lift It out of 111 ronuto , to
conduct it upon not only the highest moral
ideas and principles , but to direct its work
with all too skill and attention which a
capable business man would give to his
private business Dr Dorchoster , the su
perintendent of schools , is llkowlso a clergy
man , but a Mutnodlst Ho is not so widely
known ns an educator , but is the author of
several religious works , and has a nationul
repututlon in connection itherewith , besides
bolng a pulpit orator n'id pubho speaker of
rare power Ho isfu presidential appointee
and is a representative anti-saloon republi
can from Massachusetts , where this largo
element of prohibitionists was extremely
useful to the republican party lu the con
duct of the late campaign
These then are the gentlemen whom the
honorahlo senate 'cStnmltteo Is oxnectod to
repjrt upon soon after the reassembling ot
congress And why are thov zlnglud out
forospeciul opposition and why arc they
made the targets of so many shafts )
When General Morgan took charge of the
Indian office ho succeeded John II Oborly ,
who wus ospcciullyisausfuctory to the In
dian rights association , though a democrat
The now commissioner wus uot presented
for the place by unyydolcgatlnn ot congress
men or senators , nor'was ho backed by the
petitions or endorsements of any rollgious ,
civil , patriotic or other organization , Ho
had never ben a politician Ho had no
political bucking for this ofllco , though his
claims hud been urged for another place by
his educational friends , Ho was thrust Into
the arena of politics by the presidents ac
tion und appeared us un unknown knight
1'lils In itself was a signal for an onslaught
by disappointed people anil men who have
hitherto regarded the Indian bureau from
heud to foot us .an almshouse for worthy and
unworthy , but inoru or less useless ox-goy
crnmeut ofticiuls and other iiolilluiuns
Against Dr Dorchester likewise a good
deal wus said This cuiuu chiefly because
he was u minister und a Methodist and hud
been known as a foe to Homan Cuthoh-
tdsm
riu ran the light on and about Julv 1 , I8S9.
Commissioner Morgan took his ollico ut the
boginiiiug of the fiscal yuur All the ap
pointments , removals , changes aud a world
of other diMulls were thrust upon him The
malls overwhelmed him wltb upphuutlons
for places The politicians swarmed in the
corridors nnd reception rooms , all hungry
for public pap , suffering the pangs
of hunger after a four years
famine The position was besot with
difucultlei The commissioner was unfa
miliar with oflleial duties and unacquainted
with the details of this most difficult bureau
Ho was likewise unaccustomed to the meth
ods of the patronage seekers and the patron
age disponsury Ho had been used through
out his years ot life as the exceutivo head of
educationul institutions to consiacr solely
the ability and worthiness of tho30 who
were to servo in Ills schools It may not
hnvo occurred to him that n senator or member
bor of congress does not alwuys inquire re
garding these qualifications , and ho was
thcreforo confronted at once with hundreds
of applicants whoso crodontlals provou only
that they were good soldiers , eood republi
cans , or both , and excellent citizens who had
donoyeoman service for the patty , nnd deserved -
served recognition Ho therefore said mildly
but firmly : Gentlemen , I nm a soldleV und
I'm a republican , but it does not follow that
I am a carpenter or a shoemaker A man
may bo u soldier , and a republican and an
exemplary citizen , and a good worker for his
party , and still not bo a teacher I want
teachers 1 must have mon who have some
sort of fitness for the educational work wo
huvo in hand I will not dismiss a compe
tent teacher from any school because bo Is a
democrat I do not understand tbat party
fealty has anything to do with ability to
teach young Indians to read and write , and
talk English and work nnd become citizen ?
of the United States " And the commis
sioner was unmovcablo
This decision brought upon the now man
at the head of the Indian bureau the raillery
and abuse of the spoilsmen , The Indian
school service had afforded a mild species
of cxilo for many a clamorous political
supporter almost us efllcaclous In securing
the help of his friends on appointment to a
foreign consulship , nnd if the pot liouso poli
tician wus uot to oo quartered upon the In
dian service where might ho bo expected to
put in for ropalrsi A second clement of dis-
satisllod people boenmo enemies of the new
commissioner , und they howled at him and
culled him uncanny names , but ho heeded
them not
At the beginning of the fiscal year con
tracts uro to bo mudo for the ensuing twelve
months , und the sovcral churches put in
their application for the usual school con
tracts The commissioner observed thai
| 5fK.O0O ) or such a matter was annually expended -
ponded by the government tnrough these
various church organizations in providing
schools for the Indian yovtn , and ho said
' • $500,000 is a good deal of money to pay out
to help churches in the work of propagating
their dogmas among the tribes , and Is in all
conscience enough I think it Is time the
Indiau bureau paid some attention to making
the government schools olllcloni , and 1 shall
docliao to extend this system The Cutholia
church , with over $350,000 already assigned ,
nsued for (100,000 more " The commissioner
said thut the government schools needed
part of the Indian education fund and ro-
tuscd to grant ndditlonal contracts , not only
to Catholics but Protestants as well , and
then the marry war donco began In dead
earnest , for hero was u condition that meant
that the public school system , the " ( Jcdloss
education of America , should bo carried as
a part of Amorlcan civilization to
the Indian tribes , nnd tbo Catholic
bureau of Indian missions lu the
• city of Washington , and the Catholic
press of the country began at once to mani
fest a deep feeling in the matter
The Catholics hid been especially fortun
ate in the organization of the educational
work of tha buroati for n long time The su
perintendent ot Indlun schools , the chief of
the education division nnd bis two immedi
ate assistants were of that fulth , The Cath
olic bureau at Washington was at hcudquart
or * and had a skeleton kby to the Indian of
llco records and business transactions
through the chief of the education division
In fact the church bad largely its own wuv
The chief aforesaid was a democrat ap
pointed for his democracy , and the commis
sioner found also that ho was neither ofll
cleat nor satisfactory , Ho therefore asked
his removal und ho was removed , The causes
ol his removal were clearly stated to both
the president and secretary of the interior
after a delegation of Catholic clergymen had
called upon them in hit behalf and they sus
tained the order removing him
Meanwhile buporintondent Dorabcs' .cr ,
pursuing bis duties , had visited a great
many schools and recommended a greut
many removals , among whom wore some
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fr ends of the chief of the education division •
who were likewise Catholics , and the chief
of the oducatiou'division and the superin
tendent of Indian schools hud some words
Before leaving his division the chief caused
capias of letters from Dr Dorchostcr anil
such other correspondence as ho thought
might bo useful to him to bo made and car ,
riea the snmo with him from the office
Among the removals recommended by the
superintendent of Indlun schools wns a Cath
olic ex-soldior nnmod Mess , nt Kuw agency ,
Indian territory This man was appointed by
Commissioner Oborly on the recommendation
of Senator Plumb ot Kansas A part of tha
Kansas delegation in congress bud a candi
date for superintendent of Haskell Institute ,
Lawrence Ivas , whom tbo same senator
favored , lie was not appointed and a man
from Massachusetts , personally known by
the commission to bo competent , wus selected
Thcso two offenses brought the junior senator
from Kansas to Washington by the llrst
train and he stormed the Indian oftlco In his
own gutllng gun style and swore eternal
oumlty to the Indian commissiou then und
there and forthwith
The otherwise genlcl Plumb talked very
loudly and charged that the removal of Moss
was made because bo was a Catholic The
lutj chief of the education division seized the
opportunity and published in an obscure
wuokly newspaper llvo or six columns of
misstatements , charging both tbo commis
sioner und superintendent of schools with
open and avowed discriminations against tbo
Catholic teachers iu the Indian service All
through the fall attacks were periodically
made , und about the time congress coavoned
n delegation of eminent Catholic priests
called upon tbo president to remonstrate
against the nlloged course of the commis
sioner The commissioner openly and im
mediately denied the ohargos of discrimina
tion , and boldly announced tbat the ofllco
records show in every case the reason for
each removal liut the Catholic Indian
bureau and the late chief ot the education
sivlsioa are not satisllod and carried their
wurfaro to the sonata committee Before
that committee they laid two pamphlets , in
which arc republished all tnn charges against
tbo commissioner and superintendent of
schools that have thus far soon the light
While this controversy over the individual
bonds of the Indian bureau has proceeded ,
the nowspupors of the country hnvo ap
proved the commissioners educationul policy
und ufllrmcd their confluence iu the commis
sioner , und when tbo senate mcots it will bo
surprising if the sonata coinimttoo docs uot
report unanimously in favor of tha confirma
tion of both General Morgan nnd Dr Do
chester In the senate Sonutor Vest will
attack tbo commissioners plan of educating
the Indians us impructicamo and chimerlcul
and will muko a strong argument for the
mission schools nnd govornmentuid for them
Senator Ingalls will attempt to ridicule the
Indian bureau and Senator Plumb will con
tent himself by voting no upon tha question
ot continuation It is safe to assert thut
Commissioner Morgan , at least , if not Super
intendent Uorcbestor , will como no nearer
defeat of confirmation than Judge Hrower
Indued , at present , It looks as If opposition
would bo confined tq tha thrco senators
named
What of the result ?
Suppose the Caeholla church could defeat
either or both The Protestants or the coun
try would raise such a storm ot indignation
that tha government would not dare to vota
that church or any other $1 of pubho funds
for Indian education Tha press and people ,
as well as Protestants , would demand that
the church of Homo should take Its hands oft
the public , the congress , und especially the
Indian bureau
Ou tha otlior hand , having made the
fight , if it rails , whatl 'J ho Catholic
clergymen who have mudo the fight nna the
bureau of Catholic Indian missions will bo
deeply humiliated und will not expect the cor
dial treatment at the hands of thu Indian
bureau which It bus hitherto onloyed , The
buslnoss will bo strictly official , and each
party will maintain a sort of armed neutral
ity and bo moro or less suspicious of the
other
It would seem as If the good sense of tbo
reverend Catholia clergymen who have boon
misled by a discharged omployo into the un
fortunate attitude in which they are now
placed , would have enabled them to foresee
the Inevitable conseQUences of the discus
sion To defeat the commission would not
ba a success to them It would bo worse
than discomfiture , for It would amount to
annihilation to their Indian schools now
maintained at government cxponsu und per
haps this Is why Cardinal Ulbbou could uot
* - - • ' * ' - . " < - < _ . „
bo induced to Join.in the general uttack upon
tbo commissiou aud bis school policy
UhACKSTOSE
CONN U1IIAIjITIES.
Unspeakably happy A douf and dumb
bridal couple
M. Eiffel's daughter is to bo married Of
course she will go on n wedding tower
Ala , when Is your wooden wedding ! " "It
was when I married your father , Johunio , "
Bho answered , grimly ,
A. Walker of Westminster West , Vt Mr
Thompson is olghty-throo years of ago and
the bride is olght years his Junior S
Hufus Thompson of West Swanzey , N. H. , Jr
the father of the nctorj Donmun Thompson ,
was married a few days ago to Mrs Sarah
Recently compiled statistics show that
during the lUBt ton years to every forty-nluo
marriages performed In Now Jersey thcro
have been ono divorce
A Jackson county , Missouri , man is suing
for a dtvorco from the woman ho w ' eddod
thirty-eight years ago Ho says his wifa
mudo him do the washing and the general
housework
Tilllo McCroady of Mississippi dotormlnod
ntno years ago never to marry a man who
either , smokes , drinks , swears , chows or
uses slang She is not married yet , but she
will muko rcudy and wait till ho comes
Young Wife Charley , darling , nro you
perfectly satisllod with married life ! Young
Husband ( enthusiastically ) Well , I should
Buy bo Why , if you were to dlo tomorrow
I bollovo I would got married uguln uoxt
woo it"
James Whitcomb Itiloy , the bachelor poet ,
Is In receipt constantly of letters from
women who want to marry bhn When ho
sondB them his photograph they say it is
linpossihlo for a bucbolor to bo ho bald , and
accuse him of misrepresentation
There is a man at Crawfordsvillo , Ind , ,
who has loft his wife four tiinos The llrst *
time ho was gonosovonteon yours , flvo years
the second time two years the third und ono
year the fourth time After leaving the
fourth time his wife obtained a divorce , and
now he is back uguln She bus ulways mada
bor own livelihood
An Atlanta bndo elect must , bo compli
mented upon her practical seuso About the
time for wedding prosunts to fall duo alio
visited all tbo shops lllcoly to bo pationlzed
lor sucli an occasion , nnd , taking the pioprt-
otor ipto her confluence , got him to uiurlc
just such things as she wanted und to mduca
her friends to buy them Instead of consult
lug their own sweet will in tha matter , The
consequence wns that this hrido had no duplicate -
plicate wedding presents to dlspo&o of
A woll-know u Mount Clements , Mich ,
lady has boon laboring under ilia improsslon
for the past flvo years thut she was u widow
Her husband loft her thut long ugo to take a
trip west , and it wus reported that ho was
frozen to douth In Dakota , When the old
gentleman returned homo Inst Monday she
know better During his absoneo ho lias
been most of his time in Hntlsh Columbia , .
where ho stocked up un imposing pdo of the \
coin of the realm , What explanation ho I
made to Ills wife for his long sileuoj Is not
public property , but It must huvo been biUIs-
fuctory as she now appears us huppy us a
grasshopper dancing in the sunlight ,
there was n thrilling departure from tha
oouveiitlon.il ut a wedding colebiated lit
Oneoutu , N. Y , , the other night The brldo ,
groom und parson were residents of that
town The Powhattau trlbo of the Order of
Rod Men , which bus its camp there , hnd
been giving nn amateur theatrical onturtalu-
tnont for the gratification of their fnnnds
und the public at the opera house When
the regular performance had ended the cur
tain wus rung up for a supplementary spec
taclo The Bcono was that of an Indian
camp , with tent and forest accessories In
the foreground , and in becoming attitudes ,
were Conductor Joseph Redford of the Al-
buny & Susimchana rullroud , and Mrs Rosa
Uessey , a handtotno young widow of tha
brunette typo , both in iudluti costume , and
resplendent with feuthor headdresses , gay
blankets , beud-cmbroldorcd moccasins aud
fringed logglns Ruv B. A. Wilson of thov
Proa Baptist church entered upon the scene "V
and neatly tied the nuptial knot Then the
curtain fell upon the principal figures , posed ,
in a blaze of colored lights , to the strums ol ,
a wedding march by the orchestra
Flvo rod-haired girls eave a white lions
bazaar at Willlamsport , Po , in th cttUso ot
charity , i
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