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    THE ( XMAIIA DAILY UEKt FKIDAY , MAllCI ! 4 , 1808.
SINGULAR HEBREW BURIAL
Rftcnt Revival of an Ancient Funeral Rite
in a Jewish Settlement.
WEIRD SC-NE BESIDE THE BIER
The Prnnllr fif Pin erf > lie MUM oil bj
C'onlrlliiilliiiix of I lie l-'iilllifnl _
A Criiiioii ) > rT Itofiirr Ita-
cli-il In 'I lil Couutr ) .
A ulngtjlar ceremony was performed re
cently la llrownevllle , L > . I. , the meat ex
clusively Hebrew uettlernent In the world
It concerned the burial of a nun who diet
In fliich poor clrcunifctanci s that hU famllj
T.ero too poor to bur } htm In any one of th (
concpcratfl Jewish cemeteries termed fields
ucli us tin field of Hlon , the Field of Sa
lem , the Field of Mnrphelah.
The name of the deceased man was Natliat
Ilubetins , mill h' renmlna were laid out Ir
a room at No iSO Helmont avenue , coverei
with a white ohect. He had belonged , as
docs every Jew In Ilronin-lllc orthodox 01
heterodox to a burial society , but not hav
Ing been able to pa > h't ' > monthly due * hi
was not In good standing. Ills family were
therefore not entitled to the usual buria
Ices and , as a. Jew has on Intmsc horrai
of being Interred In any but consecrate !
ground , his widow rent the air with hti
lamentation ! .
"Oh , " flhe cried , n che threw ashes 01
her bead , "aliall the dcncondant of Abra
ham , of lisaae. stul of Jacob lie In a gravi
dcllled li > the dog titd the gentile ? \Voe 1
me uid Hhamc on tlie hotnc of my fathers ! '
Tnim slit1 continued until nightfall , vvtici
committee of thu Slnal lodge , nccompanlu
by a ra-jbl , entered the room , and la'iglni '
themsc M-J round the body , ordered tin
widow to depart. The rabbi then read fron
a scroll thr rules governing such a CAM : *
the cluju of Itsrael'ti glory , after which hi
aid :
"Drethrcu , thlfl mam must be Interred "
"llt must be Interred , " echoed the co.u
fflltUc.
"He shall bo Interred In consecratti
ground. "
"In consecrated ground , " repeated thi
committee.
"Who here present will eland fcponsor fo
thu deceaseJ ? "
"I shall stand spo ser , " answered Jacol
Ilvmrm.
"Wart the deccnsed of the faithful ? " dc
tnanded the rabbi.
"The ihcca-sed , Lovl IlubcMii , was ai
Orthodox Jew of the tribe of Uenjamln. "
"Did he. obey the Jiiws as delivered t
Most a on the mount ? "
" i\a \ obc > eil them as A ell aa an errlni
mortal could "
"U'hy did he not sa\o money for hi
fcurlal ? "
"He hail'been ' 111 and unfortunate"
"Do jou as his sponsor promise that h
will repay with tils prayers thvsc who bur
lilm In consecrated ground. ' "
"I pron.lse. "
"Do jou ionil-e tdat his heirs will repa
the money when they are In a position t
do so to the nearest Hebrew synagogue/ / "
This promise w.is also given and then th
rabbi sitid
"He shall be burled. I appeal to th
charlt > of the children of Israel. "
The committee departed , and next dn
i hoarse1 , hearing the rermilns of N-itha
lUibums. enveloped In a black shroud , vva
moved slowly through tha streets of Drowns
vllle , A man in front leading the horse , an
the sponsor In rear carrying a padlocke
tin hex with a slot In It.
"Ghl'dren of Israel , " the sponsor woul
ciy In front of every house , "hero lies th
body of Nathan Ilubeuns. an Orthodox Jew
who died In poverty. Who will subscribe t
fund for tils burial ? Olah ! Olah ! "
Pennies , nickels and , dimes were throw
Into the box , until It became so heavy the
thu sponsor , hoarse with his exhortation :
v.as obliged to change It frequently froi
one hand to the other. In. this manner th
pathetic procession moved from house t
house and fiom street to street until
thorough canvas had been made. When th
( box was opened In presence of the commute
It was founJ to contain $31.21 , the large :
< oln In thi1 collection bring a quarter.
Nathan 'Hubeuiis was burled In consecrate
ground next day. His remains we're fol
lowed to field Slnal by a modest but re
epectablo cortege. It Is said tlit this vva
the first ceremony of the Kind ever vvlt
ncssed In this country.
TIM : puocr.s.s.
How Public- iii Often < ; ! > < Informi !
Hun I'tiiiiiciiiioiiiiib.
In 1S72 , It will be recalled , Greeley ha
been nominated for the presidency , and th
nevv Item wus w bethel the democrats woul
name a candidate , or , without IndoKcmen' '
Id pirtlraiM vote for Uncle Horace or IK
at nil. An old reporter spins this reminl .
co.it it hi the New York World "The lat
August Helmont was then chairman of t'l
natloiul dtmocratlc committee Rvcry hi
nun effort had been made by the newspaper
to git Mr. Itelmont to express ati opinion o
< the subject. Of course , the call for thp n.
tle ial ilcmocutlo convention had to be mad
t > y the national democratic commltts
through HM chahmnn Not a member coul
bo Induced to sa > a word on the eubject. S
the Idea bcgru to grow that there would b
no call ( of the convention. Consequent !
there- would beio regular democratic noml
nee In the field
"I made up my nmd , " went on the pollt
cal reporter of 1S72 , "to .u-ttle that qurstlo
or dliIn the attempt August llelmont vva
Irascible , terribly so , when a nnwspaperma
attempted to 'drac him out' en the fc > ubje <
hit was determined to be silent about. 'Vo
Keen tool , " said tlie reporter to hlnu > ell
'tho other side may. In anger , do the rest , '
"Well that Interview between llelmont an
me , " said the- reporter of 1ST2 , "was shor
Ho was a bit lame and the madder ho K <
at thu qlicstloiih put to him the harder h
vounlid h'ri Wall street olllcp counter n
the quicker ho limped toward the pa&iagi
wav which , foitunatel ) for me. was at th
ro inter i-ml farthest fiom the- street dooi
where I stood. If Helmont had ever reache
that pafsagewaj 1 knew I would have hate
to make a bee-line for Wall btrcet or -
" \\ell cool calm , oo'lected. " ccritlnue
the nvortpr , "I qulctl > remarked , as I pi
mv hand on the dooi knob "Tnto , Mr lie
luo-'t. Judging liom all > ou have , ald. jewish
wish It to bn illstlni tly unceretood that \o
will not Issue a call for a coiventlor. " Th
dear , goo I man. God forgive me , hadn
touched the subject. Hut ho fell Into th
trap Pull of rage like a lion , with a Jum
Inward the pas.-uge\va > . he exclaimed ' ! )
heaven , jou wretch , I shall call a convsn
"That settled It. I wa * a block avvaj bi
fore Mr llclmmt got any w horn near tli
tlocvwav , and m > paper had a flue storv tl :
next dav about tl.u 'Coming Convention i
the Dcmovals. ' Itelnum often laughed abDi
thu matter afterward. "
a\o\v ft HU run r\KUMOM % .
Ili-r < ilt > I'rciilnifiilVorK \\VI1 In Hi
CIIMC iif a llnrlforit I'nlli-iit.
Arthur UouUton of . ' ! Wi-thcrncld avem
has re'covcied fiom a severe attack of ( met
nionla , after in Illnraa of two weeks , iclati
the Hartford Times , Tor icveral da > s h
Jiff was despaired of.
About t o weeks ago he was taken wll
a pronounced attack of pneumonia , and c
the Bccond day of thu dleraRe hlb temper
ti.ro reac'ied 106 degrees , with rapid pule
difficult rivplratlou and accompanied by a
tlve dellrum. These conditions continued fi
icvn Oaju. wjtlt 119 Intervals of repose Un
or night , the dellrum brooming o vlolei
that t was ulth dlf.lculty the patient cou
bo Kept In bod. Ills temperature remaUu
nbovo 106 dfgrfci. with pu'ey 1EO , and no
'withstanding ' that his ph ) lclin. Dr. [ louche
( mploed all remedli * advocated for th
dUcutso , InclqJIng cold bathing.
Indlcatlcua o ( approaching death becomli
apparent und convinced of the futlllt )
drugs , the faiull ) consented to the follow V
heroic treatment :
The patient vvaa divested of all clotuln
and enveloped In a sheet , wa placed upou
rubber protective and bis entire bed ) , fai
xccptcd , IVM covered with mow. upon whli
cold water wai poured , the application bclr
al o t aa hour , when Ibe t n
ocrature had dropped to 103 de rcto , and
the pulse to 11 $ , 4wlth almost absolute re
lief , t .
The Improvement lasted about el.x hours ,
when the fever'and dellrum relumed. The
snow packs were returned and applied ever )
four hour * , day and night , whenever the tem
perature reached 105 degrees , and were con
tinued four dajre , when the crla'a ' was reached
end the patient made a rapid and uninter
rupted recovery. ' The5 cold applications were
agreeable to the patient , and the good
achieved was probably due to a reflex actlcn
upon the nerve dotitem and not entirely the
xesult of thp direct abstractlui of heat.
IIOMS : OF covi iv :
A Merlon of rnnillj .Inrx mill ( In- Final
Si-tMi- T .
"Hovv'd they come ti get married In the
first place ? Mercenary motives ? "
"Well , J don't n'pcsc > ou'd hardly say anyone
oneon 'em married for money exactly , I
allus sized It up about this way : Hhe mar
ried him for a inarbletop table , and he mar
ried her for a bass viol that belonged to her
first huslxind. "
"Was ho a bachelor ? "
"O , law , > es ! And his own housekeeper
for years before he married her. Thej lived
opposite one another , and she used to go
over once In a while and slick up for him.
"That's how she cone to fill In love with
the table. It wa a great ark of a thing ,
and heavy as lead , but she thought It wan
ibcautlflll "
"What did ho want of the bass viol ? "
"Thw land knows ! He leed to hear her
first husband play on It , Jnd well , 1 s'poso
hi got kind of lonesome and wanted some
thing for company. That's ' all I can think
on to account for It. You couldn't say ho
ever got any music out of It.
"Well , they got married , unil after that.
SfORIES OF STATELY SllirORS
The Way Our Fns'denta Courted and Won
Their WIv.s ,
THE PRETTY YOUNG WIDOW CUSTIS
Mnrtlin .li-rri-i-Noii'H llnrimlclinril nnil n
Ccrtnln Vlnlln fnvkituii'H Sturm-
lirnt-riil T > li-r'
Mnrrleil l.lfv.
We know llttln about courtships of the
presidents , but that little Is full of Inter
est. George Washington wan a colonel when
he first met Mrs. Custls , relates the San
Kranclsco Argonaut. Ho was on his way to
Wllllamsburg to see the governor , when he
was met by a Mr. Chamberlayne , who owned
n plantation along the way , and was asked
to stop and dlnu with htm. Washington re
plied that his Uis'.neis was urgent , and he
was onlj persuaded when Chamberlajne told
htm that he had a joung widow visiting him
who vtas rich and fair to look upon. He
finally accepted , saying that It could be only
for dinner , and that , the meal over , he must
hasten on to Wlillamshurg by moonlight ,
He then threw the reins of his horse to
Illshop , his body servant , and told him to
wait for his return. Dlm.er being over , the
Vliglnla colonel wax to pleased with hid
company that he was In no hurry to go. Ho
FINALLY , OND NIGHT , HE'D PLAYED UNUSUALLY LONG.
every night , jou'd hear the old bats viol
untln' and groanln' away enough to give
ju the nightmare.
"That's where the trouble began. She de
clared that he pla > cd the old thing BO latn
night i that she was broke o ! her rest. And
most of the neighbor * , could feel for her
there. But he told her she'd no need to
listen If she didn't like the sound.
"In seen cases there's mosl alvvajs an
other sldo to the. Quarrel , und there was to
this. It VVSR the table !
"What do jou s'pose that woman had
done ? She alvvajs was a odd as the hill. ? .
Shu took a notion to use tint maible-top
table for a dlnln' table. 'My table cloths Is
moH wore out , ' nlic savs to me'so I use this
table , and It sivs lots of work ; I think It's
real pretty , too '
"Hut ho didn't like that cold maiWe to
eat off of , and 5011 can't blame him foi tint
Ho said the dlshet. clattered en It , and It
wan K ) cold It made him catch cold , She
told him ho needn't put his clSows on thn
table. It hedidn't like the feeling , and It
wasn't genteel anyway. And that's the way
thcv had -It , back and forth.
"finally , one night , he'd played unusuallv
long , and I s'pose the poor woman had got
all out of patlcnee. She packed up hei
things and carried 'em over to her house.
She had to make three or four trips , and
the laht one she lugged that big barn viol
home- .
"They lived sep'rate that way for most
a month , and then they tried llvln' together.
Ilut they couldn't stand H no way. So they
scp'ratcd again , only thla time ho kept the
Instrument of torter , and she toik the -table.
"Well , this worked pretty well. She ate
off of the marble-top table , and he plajrd
all he- wanted to. They lived so for most
six months.
"They'd quarreled together so much that ,
I s'pose , they thought conslder'ble of one
another. Anyway , they tried llvln' together
again , and made It work'all right finally ,
"Hovv'd they manage ?
"Well , thej eat off of the table , but they
have a felt coverln' hnd a table-cloth over It.
And he only plajs on tlio bass viol vvhllp
she's away , or In the morning when she'a
doln' her work " "
"And on her birthday he give * her a
nlco new tablecloth , and they eat off of thr
bare tablo. '
"And on his birthday she plvtfi him a
new set of fctiliiRs , and lets him play till
midnight if ho wants 'to.
"In that way thej get on together ns slick
an a mitten. "
I'ollj' * Voice ' arrU ( lie liililx > r Ittny
The residence of .Mr. Harry H I'jne , at
2J07 West AtniliFon stu-pt , relates the Louis
ville Post , was entered > estcrdny afternoon
by a peddler , who , llmlini ; Mrs. I'jno alone ,
att.ulcod her , and would prohibly have
In Jin eil her seilousilj had he not mistaken
the crle-s of u pm at In nn adjoining loom
for tho-Hi of : i man coming to the itscue ,
He obtained only iibout } 1 Ml In money , al
though .Mrs. 1'yne's diamonds wore almost
In his gr.i p when he was frlghte-iml away
At about 5 o'cloek jcstenl.iy ufti-rnoon n
pi'ddlu stopped In front of the house and
vv Hiked In with Ills li.uuls full of vegetables
As ho entered Mrs. I'jne hud just locked
up a set of valuable diamonds worth about
JMIO. The man caw the Jewels disappear ,
and , glancliii ; mound the house to sco If any
one was In sl ht , tlcmimUd the Ke-vs of hei
ciiblnvt. On her i 'fu al hu ndvunced upon
her , anil she smitohi-il up thu poker und
HtriuK him. Ho dodged In under flu poker
ii ml Htruck her scjuare'lv In the fnco with
his fist , knocking her down. At this ma
im tit. when he wan about to u. tench the
kejs to the cabinet from her hiind th pir-
rot In thu next room began to cill out , "I
urn coming ! "
The burglar beenme panic strkkeu and
ran from the house evidently mistaking
the parrot for u man. There was no one In
the hoube at the tlmo except Mrs. I'yne.
Cnttlr llUllrpil for SniiiKKlliiBr Opium.
"Some of the shlewdest tricks ever pla > cd
arc by the smugglers of opium , ' said H.
A. Funnlrjj of Seattlu to a GIo c-Dr-mocrut
reporter. "A very unique Hinu gllug pelicnu.
w.is uiiParthed n fewjcirs ago by United
. sutcs secret service olllcer.i Ui North Da-
Kota. It was noticed that nn unusually
largu number of cattle were being driven
across fie line to the North Dakota mar
kets , and the horrpt servlee men planiud
an Investigation. Tor sonic time their work
wan in vain , and they bud about given up
hopu of ULsciwiIng any unluuful opcnt-
lions when an iicddent rove.iliil the fact
that the nostrll.s of thu catlli > vvi-io stufti'il
v\lth opium wrapped carefully In tinfoil.
In this way cuoh steer was worth twice IIH
normal value. Hundreds upon hundreds of
anlm.iU had been ilrlvui across thu border
with their nostrils landed with opium , and
It was estimated that the smiiKglerH had
cleaned up a profit of $25.K < 0 bi fore the dis
covery was madeIlut the FitiUKilcra were
sly and they tucapcU and were never cap-
lurtd- "
forgot all about poor IJIshop and his horsi
and accepted an Invitation to remain ovc
night. It was. It may be said , a case c
love at first sight. Washington went on t
Wllllamsburg the ne-xt day , and on his r <
turn ho called at the house of Mrs. Custl
and asked her hand In marriage. She ac
copied and they were married In great st > I
at hef- homo on the Pamunkey river on th
6th of January , 1759. A honemoon of sev
erul monthb was spent here , and then th
csuple took a wedding tour to Mount Vet
non.
non.Mrs
Mrs Custls wag 26 vears old at the tlmi
and Washington was th co months he
senior. Her maiden name was Marth
Dandrldge. She had been married s
17 to Colonel Daniel P. Custls , the eo
of John Custls of Arlington , who was one c
the grandees of early Virginia. John Custl
has objected to thla marriage and had tel
Daniel that ho would cut him off with
shilling If he persisted In carrving it ou
lie had arranged , he said , a marriage fc
him with the daughter of Colonel Ujrd c
Wewtover and thu contract had been mad
when the two children were babies In thel
cradles. Colonel Ujrd was one of the we-altl
lest and most Influential men In the stati
and John Custls wanted to see the two fet
tuneb united by marriage. Colonel Danli
Parke. Custls persisted in his preference fc
Maltha Daudrldge , and bin father finally con
sented to the mateh. It was a happen
while It lasted , and Martha Cuutls had foil
children , tv o of whom were living at th
tlmo she mairlcd Washington. By th
death of her first husband she was lei
wealthy , and she biought so J.er new lau
band about $100,000 In moiiej and a larg
amount of real estate.
DKLLD. OF HER TIMES.
Martha Custla was a belle at 1'
and at 26 she was a blooming wldov
She was under middle size und had dar
brawn ejcs and hair. Washington is said (
bane been a homely joung man and a ver
flue looking old one. Martha Waahlngto
wnt , u verj prcttj girl , but not a very gooi' '
looking old woman. As she matured * 1
grew stout , and , though her pictures repri
sent her a * a beauty , the current history c
the times sajs she was o plainly dressei
robunt old vvonun , who looked older than hi
husband. She wai not noted for her socl-
or her Intellectual qualities. She could m
spell , and probably did not -read a book froi
one end of the year to the other. She vva
( a sort of goodv-goo Ij woman , who almo.t a
vvajs had knitting needles In her hands , an
I who thought she did u gien thing when sli
I sived the ravellngs of a lot of old black sll
i clockings and worn-out chair covers an
[ wove tliPin Into a dnss for he-rself. Sh
I was very piond of her husband , and the
show the little room In the second stor > c
th home at Mount Vernon In which sh
I secluded herself after h's death , seeing n
i 01 e for months , nnd allowing only a eat t
enter the room through a hole which we
cut under thu door.
jniTERSON'S WOOING.
Thomas Jefferson had rivals In his eour
ehlp with Martin Shelton , but he wooed he
long , and married her one cold Januai
nlghi while the enow was on the groum
I Onu night during hU courtship two of hi
1 rivals happened to meet on Mrs. Shelton
| door stone They stopped a moment o
I they heard the muml of music , and vvhe
i they found the > oung widow's voice , ai
| companled by her harpslcord , jolne.l wit
that of Jefferson and hl violin , In a lov
i-ong , they concluded not to enter und gav
up all hope. Immediate ! ) after thp mat
rlage , Jefferson and his bride started 01
by carriage for Montlcello , which lay or
hundred mile * away through the forest !
They ai rived late at night and found tli
fires all out , no wood at hand , and not
uemant In the mansion A half bottle (
wine made up their wedding supper , an
they sang and laughed until morning. Je
fcrron at this time had an Income of aboi
15.000 a > car , and his wife Irrougl
him In a considerable ( ' .state. Tli
lleenso bond to their marriage , to Ui
amount of two hundred and fifty pound.
was written by Jefferson himself , and
now ) hongs among the curiosities In the Stal
Library ( X Virginia , In the capltol at Kiel
mond. >
A STORMY COURTSHIP.
Andrew Jackson's courtship was a ctorm
one. Mrs. Jackson's maiden name us
Rachel Donelsai. She was married ver
> oung to Captain Lew In Robards. a mt
of good family , hut of bad habits and
very Jealous disposition. Ilohanlw uu.'petti1
ever nun who came In eontact with h !
wife ar.1 he at on > time * wrote home to h !
inother-ln-lsw requesting her to take he
daughter home , as he didn't Intend to llv
with her anj longer. Mri. Robardn' mottu
wab at thU time a wldotv , keeping a bean )
Ing home In Naehvllle , and- Andrew Jacl :
on wai one of her boarders. Some yea :
later the quarrel was made up. .And Caj
Ulu Robarfe cam * to live with hi * w
Mrs. Doneiscn'n , He at once became Jeal
oua of Jaekfton , quarrclpd with him , ani
the result was that Jackson left the family
Shortly after thli Captain Robarda agalr
left his wife , and whm Mm HobarJs an-
nomceil her Intention of going to Natche !
to vlelt some of her frlcndi In order t (
keep out of her husband's way , Jacks : *
went Mth her. At Natchez he heard thai
a divorce had been gran'ed to Mrs. Robard' '
by the Virginia legislature , and he mar
rled her. He brought her back to Tennes
sec am ) then found that the Virginia legln
lature had not granted the divorce , bu
had left It to the court to da eo. In tin
mecotlma Robards had gotten a divorce Ir
Kentucky , and Jackton , In order to maki
his marriage absolutely safe , bought a nev
llccntc and had tithe ceremony performct
over again
During Jackson'si presidential campalp
this question of his marriage made grea
fcamlal , and Jacknon was probably thlnktii )
of this who ) he put the testimonial of hi.
wife's great worth Inr the epitaph which hi
wrote for her tombstone. Mrs. Jackson wa
Ml an educated woman. Her speech wai
ungrammatlcal and full of fruitier Idioms
She Btiiokctl a pipe , and what reading thi
did was confined to the bible. She was 2 :
3ears old- when Jacknon married her , and In
was about one > ear older.
Van Duren's wlfo died seventeen jcar ,
before he became president. ncr name vvn
Manna Hod , anj .sha was dlsUntl ) rclatci
to him. He w as-engaged to her for a loni
time , but was not married until he couli
support her comfortablv. They were of th
same age , and their married life of twclv
jeara was a happy , one.
President Harrison was a captrln In th
United Stotei army. Just 22 years old. who
he was mae-rle'd to Amia Svtnmw , a bilgh
Clilo girl of 20. Miss Symmes was th
daughter of Judge S ) mines , one of the ns
relate Judges of the mipreme court of th
Northwest Territory. She was visiting he
elster at Lexington , Ky. , when she me
Ciptaln Harrison. They were married o
North Bend. 0. Harrison then resigned hi
commission In the army and was elected th
first delegate to congress from the Noith
wefit Territory. Mrs Harrlsin waa not vvel
when Harrison came o Washltigton and sh
never lived In the tttilte House.
TYLBR ON MARRIED LITE.
Oenctvil Tjler , the ton of President Tylcc
i aj that his father was married twice , an
he was the first president who wan cnarrle
while In the White House , Cleveland belli
the second Shortly before President Tjle
died he said to his can.
"My KonI * have In many respects been i
fortunate man , but In respect to no one par
tlcuhr have I greater cause to congratulat
myself than In that since I reached man'
estate I have pawed only two jears out o
Itie man lage relation , for It has protccte
and prc eivcd my moral life. "
General Tjler describes his mother , th
prcsli'ent' ' Hist wife , as a. dark-haired , fall
fklnned lailv. with a peison which wa
perfect model of beauty. She was of medlur
fil/c and looked much like Kmprcsa Joseph'nc
f vo that her fckln was fairer. Tyler met he
at a ball given by one of the wealthy Doug
lapses of Virginia and fell In love at onct
He wns then about 1'J jears old and it wa
perhips a jecc before he became engaged t
her.
her."This courtfihlp , " sajh Oeneral Tjlcr , "vva
nnuti moic formal than that of today. H
was sold'm alone with her before her mar
rlage , and he has told me tl'at ho neve
mustered up courage enough to kiss hi
( sweetheart's hand until three weeks befci
theli wedding , though he was engaged to he
foi nearlv five sears. He asked her parents
consent before proposing to her , and when h
visited tier at the home of Colonel CluMtlar
hoi father , on his large plantation , he wu
entertained In the parlors , where the vvhol
familv were assembled together As WOT th
custom then among the better class c
Virginian families , the lover .never though
of going out riding In the same carriage wit
his alllnnced , but lode along on horseback a
the sldo of the carriage , wfalch alwajs con
tallied one or more ladles in addition t
his sweetheart to add decorum to the occa
filon. " President Tjler and his first wll
were of nearly the same age. he being enl
eight months her uwilor. Their wedding too
place on his 23d birthday , and their marrle
lite of twenty-nine ycais was a most hupp
one.
MRS. TYLER NUMBER TWO.
President Tjlcr's pocond marriage too
place two vears after -the death of his fir ?
wifeTjler was C4. tne bride was a gli
hardly out of her teens. Her name vva
Miss Julia Gardiner , and she was th
daughter of a wealthy gentleman of Ne\
Yoik. General Tyler savs that In the eec
end winter after his mother's death Mi
Gardiner and hh two daughters came t
Washington en their return to Europe
They \lilted the White House ono Thnrs
day evening , and ho , as private secretarj
took their cards.l they being unknown t
him , and Introduced them to the famil )
A short time after they called upon his sK ;
tcr , who was then presiding at the Whit
House , and she rctuined their eall , dlecov
erlng that the glrla were very beautiful an
accomplished , and also of excellent famllj
They repeated their visit to the Whit
House during the > season , returning to Nei
York at Its , close. At ; he opening of th
following icason thev were back In Wasli
Ington , and renewed their attentions to th
ptcaldcnt and his family. After a tlm
President Tyler began to look with eye
of love at one of the 'Misses ' Gardiner , an
finally proposed a marriage- with her to he
father and mother. His propwal was vvel
reeelved , and , the joung woman belli
willing , the marriage was determined upoi
It took place In New York. General Tyle
thinks It would have been au Indcllcat
thing to have had It celebrated at th
Whlto House. President T > ler lived seven
teen years vvlh : his second wife , and had
number of children by her.
Mrs. Pretldent Polk was a belle of Ten
nesaee , and there Is a tradition In Tonnes
reo that Polk was advised by General Jack
son to marry her. Andrew Jackson , a grea
friend of young Polk , thought his atten
lions among the women were entirely to
pioriiuCiiouB. He urged him to select on
of tno number of sweethearts , so the stor
goes , telling him at the same time tha
among them all ho could not find atwoote
woman or a better wife than Salllo Child
ress. 1'olk took Jacl sen's advice- , and wa
accepted.
President Pierce met his wife while h
wao studying law. Her malden name wa
Jane Means Appleton. She was the daugh
'ter of a president of How doln college , an
was married at the age of 23 , when. Plerc
was a member of the lower house of con
gress She was not well enough while 1
the White House to make much of a bocla
figure' . She died In 1863 , lix jears befor
her huhband
nilmore was twice married , and his firs
vvlfn was by far the superior. Hpr nam
was Abigail Powers , the joungest child o
a Ilaptlst clcrgjman of New York. Sh
waj tall , fine looking and well formed , vvlt
a fair complexloi and beautiful ejes. He
picture as lady of the Whlto House rep
resen.B her with luxuriant curls liangln
down the bides of her face and a white lac
cap upon her head. She was two year
older than Flllmore.
ins iiPi'KMiicrriv ciritn.
Tin * \\ii ) < > ' > Hex-tor ! : iiriii-il Kniii
unit n I'lit ! ' < .
* "Appendicitis ? " said the doctor , who hai
lately moved here from the west , relates tb
New York Sun "Why , I left behind me ,
reputation an an appendicitis expert tha
would bo worth } 20,000 a jear In New York. '
"What's jour percentage of cures ? " askei
the recently graduated M. D.
"Just an even 100 per ecnt. "
"What are jou giving me ? There Isn't ,
surgeon In the eouutry who's never lost
ccee.Vhj % even "
"Yes : but I don't use the knife , " said th
other doctor. Interrupting.
"Medical treatment , eh ? Well , I don't hoi
much with that. It only alleviates. Doesn'
cure. What's jour method , oil ? "
"No. Just water. "
"Hydropathic treatment for appendicitis
You must be craij. "
"Who said auj thing about hjdropathl
treatment ? You.hoHplta ! joungtters alvvaj
want to build up a four-story name fo
evcrj thing , BO as to charge more In the bill
t reckon. I'm telllnic you that I've saved 10
per cent of my appendlcltlt , ecoes by th
use of water ; and now. If > ou'll give me
chance , I'll tell IQU how I did It , but
wouldn't advise you to follow mj method ,
don't follow It myself. "
Tire ahead. " skid the young doctor.
"To begin with the truth , my 100 pc
cent conilsted In one patient. Appendlcltl
hain't got fashionable out our way yet. Ke\ \
people know about It , and , in my opinion
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VTESIUtN
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f H. Sprague & Co. ,
Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
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J3oo's , S/ioes and Rubbers
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Salesrooms HW.I104-1106 Harney Street
7 T. Lindsey ,
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M orse-Coe Shoe Co
Boots , Shoes , Rubbers ,
AT WHOLESALE : .
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BAGS
gemis Omaha Bag Co
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BAGS
614-16-18 South nth Street
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parrell & Co. ,
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a , Sorghum , to. . Preserves and Jelllei
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H H. Bliss ,
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OA- .
807-909 Jonea St. - - - - - -
It's one of those disrates jou don't gc until
jou get thinking about them. "
The joung doctor looked wlae "Involun
tary muscular action due to cere "
"That'll do , " Interrupted the older man
"I'll furnish all the necessary foot notes
mjsolf. This patient o mine was a chap
named Dunby. a big robust follow , a great
eater , and too lazy to take exercise. Con
sequently , his stomach vvas alvvajs troubling
him Well , ont > day ho got hold of a seml-
mcdlcal paper containing a long and gruesome -
some article on appendicitis. That was the
first Intimation be bad that he was the proud
possetoor of a vermiform appendix , As soon
us he discovered It , It began to bother him.
He kept poking anil prodding at himself to
see it ho had any pains there , and naturally
ho made himself sore.\0ne \ day be came down
to my ofllce white aa a eheet.
" 'I've got It , Doe. ' he ealJ ; 'I've got U. '
" dot what ? ' I asked.
" 'Appendicitis I can feel it swelling up.
U must be a lemon need , though I've been
careful not to swallow anything of that eort. '
" 'You've got a stomach ache , and that's
all , ' I said.
" 'Stomach ache ! Ob , If you could feel it ?
I'm o dead man '
" 'You're a blooming fool , ' I said , 'and
you'll be a dead fool If jou scare yourself
Into It. Lie down hero and let me look jou
over. '
"The re-suit of my examination vvaa euch
aa to assure me that Dunby was suffering
from a bad tit of Indlgentlon and t > care com
bined. I tried to get him to look at It that
! j way , but he wouldn't have It. That Infernal
medical article was firmly fixed In his ap-
I pendlx vermlformls. and though I was satls-
i' ' lied there was nothing eleo there , be was
likely to die cf U. I got him borne and re-
, j turned to my office to smoke a pipe over the
i problem , promising to return that evening.
> I When I got back there vvas little blue mark
i on his abdomen.
" 'Mortification , ' mooned Dunby.
"As a matter of fact It a simply a
light bruise caused by hU continual prod
ding at himself ; but I had formed my plan
and proceeded to act upon It.
i " 'You were right. Dunby. ' I said. "It is
r appendicitis. Ttat mark ehovvc it. '
" 'Ob , my aoU.1" he cried. 'Bend lor my
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DRUGS.
Diehard son Drug Co.
Jackson St.
I. 0. IUCHARDSON. Preat.
a V. WELL.ER. V. Prut.
The Mercer
Ghemica ! Gp.
31'frt tftoitilant PharmttenlltiH I'rofara-
tlenl * / ' H t * ormutua i'rrptirtnl to
Urdtr Srnttfnr Catalogue.
Ljiberatorr , 1111 Howard fit , Omaha.
E. Bruce & Co.
i
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"Queen Dec" Epi > cUUIei.
Clears , Wlnc unJ Urnndles ,
Corner 10th and Hurner Street *
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Flcctrical Supplies.
hluc'tilo Sllnliis Hells niul Gas Li htlii
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U/olf Elecfricai
vv Supply Go
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ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
UOt Faraam 81 ,
& Go ,
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3 W. Corner ICth nnd Howard Sis
Jlcmlieiu of th National Ix-ague of Comml-
( ton il rcliant of the United hiutc * .
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It * AND COrrCt ROISTERS , Ctu
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Jobbers of leather , AmldrrIlaxlwitrt ; , Rte ,
Wo solicit your ordcru 131Q Howard bt
HARDWARE.
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Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
ee-Clark Andreesen
Hardware Go
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycle * and Sporting Goods. 1210-U1-28 liar-
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ucy stieel.
brother. I want to see my nearest relative
before I die. '
" ' ' die ' fald 'You're
'You artn't going to , I ,
going to bo cured this very night , I low'a
the pain ? '
" 'Gono. NumbncRS of approaching death , '
ho gurgled.
"Keep your nerve up , ' I told him Then I
wont to a carpenter and had him set In a
Kcrt of reversed stocks over Dunby's bath
tub , llko the kind they used to Kit malefac
tors In , only thej wcro contrived so that
the man Hhould be held upside do\vn , and
they were pailded to prevent bis ankles
from being hurt. When they w re finished I
mudo Dunby drink vvater until hit ) eyes
bulged out.
" If jou drink a lot of water , ' I ex
plained to him , "It will wash the foreign
matter out of the appendix as soon aa that
organ is reversed. Swallow every drop you
can get down. '
" When Dunby had drunk till ho vvaa
puffed like a pouter plgccii my assistant and
I took him and bung him up by the feet
over the bathtub. II was a very hard job ,
too , for he waa heavy. Three times wo
filled him up , and three times we hung
him up und made an Inserted , roaring cata
ract out of him. It was a pretty tough
treatment , but the moral effect vvas grand.
As soon as beas able to talk bu us-
nurcil me that hu was washed out clear to
the tips of Ills toes. Certainly no man uvtr
got a more thorough Internal tith Just to
make sure I turned on him a fake X-ray ,
and told him the appendix was rlcar ,
" ' .Sou , " rah ! I , all you've got to do. Is
to be careful. Take plenty of exercise , don't
overeat and don't worry. We'll Irave the
carpenter's work -there In cai-o jou have
another attack. '
"If jou'll believe It , the flrjt thinDunby
did as teen as ho was well enouKb to git
around nan to get qn axe and knock the
stocks contrlvanrc to lllndera , Hui.li U the
uiigratcfiiliiti < s of man. Ilut ho rent me a
check that I wax almott ashamed to take ,
and talked about my wonderful skill until I
was afraid of lirlnE held up to the con
tempt of tbo prolcrslon ht an advertiser ,
My reputation was mude. Ilut I don't expect
to adopt tbit tH'atmuH b ie , ana I aouldn't
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lf''t'ues , Liquors and Cigars.
41J-4U & Uth QtrMt
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WHOLESALES
DUMBER. . . v
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814 South 14th St .
amilton Bros ,
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M tmifnctiirert of ilojrs cnuli , bllndB
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1114 Howard Street.
recommend you to try It In a case of the
real thing "
"No , I'm not likely to , " said the hospital
doctor. "Of course , I need hardly toll > ou
th.it the tate you il > e Is one of hjsteilcal
Involuntary muscul "
'I don't think you need , " replied the
other , divly "If I'd told my patient that ,
the undertaker , ami not I , would have hail
bis money It don't uhsujs pay to call a
spade a spade when It'n a double-banele < l
Luiin-nameil spide. You might wrlto that
In thu front of jour notebook. YM , jouro
welcome. "
Him MIC Sliippi-il K ,
Chicago Pent. "Sho Haw him m a po'nt of
vnnt.iKo across the street trjlng to look Into
IK r room. "
"Iteully ? "
"Yes , Indeed. There rould be no mlstakn
about It. Hut Him stoppul It quick enough "
"I fcuppose who notlfltd her lirothi-r nnd
ho went out and thruHhe < l the moundril
within an Inch of his life. "
"Oh , dear , no. Her action wns u great
deal more effective thun that "
"Notlfiid thu polite , I HUpposi ? "
"Oh , It WHS even more iltcctlvu thun that.
iou see , fthe pulled dovvn Um curtain. "
PiMiTlj Tlmur < i-il.
Detroit Journal : "Surely,1' ' they ex
claimed , us kindly us they might. "It H
not line trmt povtry hiiH tmido a thief of
you ! "
The wretched person ceaml for tbo noiao
to ivv < en ,
. , VN' ° ' ll0 "tilled , with sail , -vvorn titnlle.
"Wbon 1 pim-lvul that I W IH Intomllirf
poor I ( | iilt taklntf thlnga that did riot belong -
long to me. "
Some of Hum did not know whnt to think ,
vvhllo olhtiH were vnguely riiiim loim that
our clvllUatlon vvaa perhaps being lm .
\ > r > Culiirlf.
W.iHhlnglon Slur : Tbo rmotlonnl lltttra-
tcur bail just written a piece of wlileh ha
wan very proud. The editor looked It ov > r
und then s.ilil :
"Do > 3ii enndldly think such ojiln'oni
ought to RO into cold t > p ? "
" 1 don't know much about the iir.ictlrit
work of prlntliiK , " was the r'lply. "but I
don't be-'le-vo It nukes nny difference. Kvi
If tbo type Is cold , I tucM Unit article wlU
tuko the chill o lU'r ,