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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2. 190(5. Events' in Field of Electricity! Telephone (ompelltlon. . 1HICAUO aldermen re undergoing a prolong"') siege on the prob lem of telephone frenchise. Tlie Lell eompany lias a monopoly of th flld, but It franchise If ex piring and an extension of twenty years 1 Bought with all the energy nnJ per suasive power which a food thing- In spires. A company organised by the Illi nois Manufuctiii nrs' association also seeks a franchise und offers to !o busi ness at a rate much lowrr than the pres ent company, besides agreeing to pay a percentage of the profits Into the cits treasury. Rival prohicter are crttlclsiag and condemning each other with great vigor and volubility, at the same time pro fessing undying love for the "dear pro-' pie." Some day an author who appre ciates a good thing will acquire fame and fortune by gathering these and similar effusions and print a book of "Love tet ters of Corporations to tlie People." The "best sellers'' of today would be out classed tomorrow. Ths Manufacturers' Telephone company tiled a bond for $1,000,000 with the coun cil committee on gas, oil and electric light as a guarantee that it will carry out the proislous of the franchise it Is seeking from the city. At the same time It prepared a state ment showing how It will be able to pay 11 per cent on an Investment of tl.'i.OO",- . 000, and still give the city a much lens expensive service unci with a more mod ern plant tlwin that offered by the Chicago Telephone company. John M. (Jlcnn, secretary of the Illinois; Manufacturers' association, made this statement to the committee: "On a basis of 1 DO. 000 telephones the in vestment was estimated by one expert at $15,O10.E0O and by the other expert at $16,007,600. The estimated cost or opera tion depreciation, und Maintenance, in cluding $750,000 for the payment of inter est at the rate of G per cent on $15,000,000, was fixed by one expert nt $4,483,400 and by another at $4,222,000. Hoth experts have agreed on the amount of gross rev enue, baaed on the amount estimated by the association, at $5,133,000. The net revenue after the payment of 5 per cent on the Investment ranges from $B4!l,fiO0 to $911,000, according to the two experts." Under the original contract by which the Chicago Telephone company, operating In northern Illinois, obtaining its lease from the American Telephone ami Tele graph company, owing to the patents of the Bell Telephone company all the tele phone Instruments remain the ' property of the lessor and provision Is -made that the lessee shall charge Its subscribers such rental and royalty as the parent con cern shall tlx from time to time, also a sum for the use of call bells, batteries, wires and other appliances. Provision la made for DO per cent of tha telephone rental ond royalty to be paid to the parent company. Vnder subse quent contracts the local coninuny Is al lowed but 15 per cent commission on long, distance messages, provided, that the hum In each Instance shall not exceed JO cents. A commfsdldn" bf similar amount is al lowed from public telephone cash re ceipts. Under these contracts the Anioiicau Telephone and Telegraph company, which also owns the Western 'Klcetrlo company. which furnishes 'the supplies, for the sj-t. callod local concern, ha absolute con trol of the telephone situation In Chicago. Tho rates are really tlxed by F. V. Fish, president of the American Telephone- and Telegraph company, who lives In Boston., . v. Moaorall to toner Island. , The New Turk Rapid Transit Comrtiis-' ion's committee on plans held a public heating tho other day on the application which has-been made by V. B. lehr for. a franchise to build a monorail rallroud be tween Brooklyn and 'Coney Island. Mr. Bohr explained to the committee that the system he proposed would begin at the ferry at the foot of Atlantic avenue, run out Atlantic avenue and to Coney Inland by way of ltogers and Nostrand avenues. He has planned another line running out Third uvenuo by way of Kort Hamilton, the two making a loop, so that passengers could go out to Coney Island one way and back the other. The Behr! monorail Is a high speed, elevated, electric railroad. The cars run upon a single rail, having the wheels in the center of tho cars and strad dling the rail as a saddle sits on a horse. The rail Is elevated about six feet above tha ground, or the structure on which the roadbed rests, and the aides of the cara extend below the rail. This brings the center of gravity below the rail so that there Is no danger of the car upset ting. Mr. Behr promised to maintain uu average speed of sixty-five miles an hour on hia Coney Island line, including stops. At the official trial of his railroad for the British government at Brussels, he main tained a speed of ninety miles an hour on a three-mile track and carried passengers at that speed. Ex-Prldge Commissioner Ltndenthal, Joseph Ramsey, Jr., former president of the Wabash railroad, and other engineers Informed the committee that Mr. Bohr's system was a (eusible and safe method of transportation. loaaethlas; Abiist Carburaadnni. The pupils of M. Henri Molssan. it Is announced, are offering him u medal to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the flrt Isolation of fluorine. The name of Molsaau is associated with scientific dis coveries of even greater importance; for he, more than any other, showed the way to the enormous possibilities associated with the electric furnace. M. Molssan has never attempted to turn any of hits bril liant Investigations in electro-chemistry to commercial account. He was a discnveier .if cm bide of calcium, now lieing nnuiu fact tired throughout the chief countries of tho world. He never even patented his prove?, communicating it. Indeed, for the common benefit to tha Paris Comptes Ren dms for publication. Another worker In the same field is Mr. E. Q. Acheson, who Is chiefly resiions'ble for the Industrial utilization of tho Niagara Falls. lie dis covered a new commercial product which he named "carborundum," now almost uni versally hi U"-e as an abrasive, and he als Introduced fhe process of electrically man ufacturing artificial graph lie, Mr. Acheson bus reifly ; described 1i1h discovery of carborundum before the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering as follows: "I mixed together a quantity of clay and powdered coke, and placed the mix ture in an Iron bowl such as plumlers use for lidding their melted solder. Into this mixture I Inserted one end of an electric lamp carlion. the other end being connected to one lead from a dynamo, the other lead being attached to tho iron bowl. A strong current was sent through the mixture until the central portion of the clay was thor oughly Melted. When cold the Mass was removed and examined carefully. Adhering to the end of tin cat twin rod I noticed a very few small bright specks. With dlfll culty I secured one. and. placing It on the end ( f a lead pencil, drew It across u pun" of glass. It not only scratched, but cut the gla-s. I had foiml the rough, uncut gem." Mr. Acheson, however, patented his pro cesses everywhere. Works for his produc tion of carborundum have been established on the continent, but the material lis not produced In this country. i Growth of the Telephone. The Bll companies employ over ST.tnO persons. It Is safe to say that Sr).M0 people look to the telephone for their daily bread. These figures may be supplemented by the number of telephones in use (n.'MvO'iO) by the number of miles of wire (C.013.01'0) in the Bell lines, and by tho number of conversa tions (4,479.5',io) electrically conveyed In 19o.". Tho network of wire connects more than ra.000 cities, towns, villages and ham lets. Communication by the first telephone was limited to a few thousand feet. Now conversation can be carried on by persons 1,SW) miles apart. -.r-- .v, '.! ' ' ' , ..ii. i m ii mm i . nj n t n,m. m ip. -y.ml rs"Jl H' ' " 's1 O t 'n liCjtt lm-"lj-tl x- l - I t" ' -k ''- - ' - - - ' .' '.I - - - - . -I - .... iT J .1 i. i mi "-TV There's ffinman Sympathy and Kindness) ST" Hartman s Credit Service Gossip About Noted People Wellniau' Cold Fret. N THOSE ancient days Walter Wellman, evrn then a hunter after the north pole, was one of the most assiduous of the players that assembled every nliiht In the poller room of the Presa club, relates the New York Telegraph. Mr. Wellman was ever a cautious player und It was the ir ritated and annoyed Colonel Sterrett who spread- continuously the rumor that Mr. Wellman was a man who could bo easily induced to quit tlie game when his stack of chips had grown to respectable propoi -tlons. Colonel Sterrett declared that he hivd made a list of tho excuses offered by Mr. Wellman for breaking away from the game while still a winner, and that Mr. Wellman had nevtr repeated himself. It was while Mr. Wellman was preparing for one of hia annual dashes for the pole that he met Colonel Bterrett In Shoemaker's and Insisted on telling at great length of the preparations he had made for resisting tlie Arctic cold. Quile a little crowd gath ered and listened attentively. Then Colonel Sterrett spake: "Walter, you have told us with great circumstantiality of the method to be adopted by you to prevent your face being froxen." said Colonel Sterrett. "That 4s tlie last thing that concerns us. What we want to ttriow. Walter, Is how in God's name you are going to keep your feet .warm?" A Rise nnd Fall. President Roosevelt. In his Impulsive way, sent for a well-known young writer and asked abruptly: "Do you know Spanish?" "No, Mr. President, I do not, I very much regret to say," was the reply. "I am orry to hear It," commented the chief magis trate, and tlie subject was dropped. The young man went away deeply Impressed with the Idea that, had he known Spanish, he might have been appointed to a high of rice In the dlplomatio corps, so he set to "work assiduously, dropping everything else,, and soon acquired a proficiency In that language. The other day he called at the M'hlte House and was cordially welcomed. In the course of conversation he said: "By the way, (Mr. President, I know Spanish wetl; I both talk and read It with ease." "Oli,- you don't say ao!" was tha president's reply? "then you ought to be one of the happiest men in the world; you can read Don Quixote' In the original." romonrri With lists On. A member may wear his hat in the House of Commons so long" as he is sitting, but the moment he rises he must uncover; and, of course, no ono remains covered when he addresses tha chair. But here is one of those paradoxes that make the house al ways so delightfully Interesting and Us rules so unlike Jhosc of any other legisla tive body, relates Appleton's magazine. When the house is dividing and a member desires to raise a point of order, the rules require that he must "speak sitting and covered." On one occasion Mr. Gladstone ruined a point of order and for tho moment forgot the rule. No sooner did he begin to speak than the house shouted at him "Hut! hat!" Every cabinet member has a private room where he leaves his hat, and Mr. Glad stone, ai usual, entered th? house hath ss. and so had nil tho other ministers around him. There was a frantic search for a hut. much to the malicious delight of the op position, and finally a hat was snatched up and Gladstone put It on his head, lint Gladstone's head was the largest in the house and the hat belonged to a member with a very small head, and It ierched on his heud like a vaudeville artist's "tile," Gladstone was always a man of tremend ous energy In speaking, and as he spoke tho little hat wabbled all over his crown and was In danger of falling off. To pre vent this catastrophe a member sitting be hind leaned over him and carefully held the hat In place until Mr. Gladstone had stated his point of order. LofTaai and Ills Fads. An old friend In Washington of W. M. Iiffan. who succeeded Charles A. Dana as the master spirit of the New Yqrk Bun, says, in the Washington Herald, that when Mr. l.affan came to the United States from Ireland, he first lived in San Franclscj, and worked there as a reporter and a good one he was, too. It was then Mr. Laffan's ambition to found a high-class weekly newspaper in Washington, believing that ho could achieve more fame as the editor of that sort of Journal than any other. That was More than thirty years ago. Among others who worked with him In San Francisco was Ambrose Btercc, the author and satirist, liven that far back in his career In this country, Mr. Laflun was a collector of rare pictures nnd 'en gravings, and kept himself constantly poor by rutting all of his extra earnings Into pictures. He came east with the determina tion to start a weekly newspaper in Wash ington, but did not succeed In raising suf ficient capital. He was successful, how ever, in securing- capital enough to found an evening newspaper In Baltimore, which he conducted for a short time, .and then went on the Sun in New York. It is said that if he had not spent so largo a part of his Baltimore's paper's earnings on pic tures, he would have built up In that city a Journal of great influence. It Is believed that Mr. Iiffau has more money Invested In pictures and engravings than "has even 3. Pierpont Morgan. YoMita- Lawyers at C'oart. The youngest lawyer that ever appeared before the supreme court of the United 8tates the other day argued In favor of the constitutionality of the North Carolina statute prohibiting the running of "bucket shops" in that state. He was Waiter Clark. Jr., son of Chief Justice Clark of the su preme court of North Carolina, and he 1ms Just pased his twenty-first birthday. The rules of the supreme court require thut an applicant shall have had three years' practice before the highest court of his state before being eligible to admission, and as young Clark necessarily could not have this experience a special motion was neces sary to enablo him to appear. Young Clark, beardless and in appearance only a youth, seemed not th least embarrassed by hi maiden appearance before the highest tribunal in the land. jTliis" is nn institution that seriously considers its obligations t tlie people that believes every customer is entitled to eouseici ;3tioii8 sen ice to consideration to help. We are sincere in ou 3 i ii ..i . :.. -..pi. i.. i . . i. .i.p- Ijuriusv Him uiiu piiiceiuv its reiieeivu in our generous, neipii Credit Sen-ice. There's human sympathy shown in our liberal treat ment of customers thoughtfulnes3 of others a genu ine desire to accomplish the greatest possible good within our power. It's an institution that has high ideals and that lives up to them. We excuse customers from inakinsr mvnieiii wlu-n ill m- out j - O L . .a. ' ' i "l work, and m ease of death all payments cease. The deieiident oik " A II 11 . i a - are given- a receipt in lull lor tUe balance due. We give the kir. of help that wage earners and salaried employes need that yc need. We want to eene you we want to help you. Will yc call tomorrow ' COMPARE THESE PRICES WITH THOSEO OTHER HOUSES. SEE HOW HARTMAN UNDERSELLS 1 Vln ' ' ' I " - 'J I . ..iVst ihTV1 i I i-vb vs -i w-.i i i-tt i . -.U PiP-l I.I I HI V Genuine I father jj Kotker, only 2672 Pec cut. Best guaranteed leath er and springs, full over stuffed, solid oak frames, lnas- 31 ve arms and side head rests, lunumd tufted back. The kind you pay $40 for elsewhere; can be had In green, muroon or tan leather. i- 1 .i..1..; in i 1 1 1 1 1 ,i",'i.,.;iii" rrrJ ': Goods Ty'tev,. I lz::?rrrA . Great Iron Bed. 45 "jlilj ' . 1 1 vtlBriil wniinr i)e?K vr ai.i Mil. ..s i I T I I -Jss, rttmr I I bss - vir. i iwiis" s- l " IIJH" V A large lot lust received Special kitchen Ciblnet, Maple, Special, only Our ow;n exclusive design, made wllh beautiful ornamented joints, post knobs and chills. This bed is finished In three coats of thor oughly baked-on enamel and can be had In any of the popular col ors. Massive in construction, high head and foot; easily a 1 value and you'd be asked that for It elsewhere. Special. Exactly as shown. Made of white inn pie, giving a clean, sanitary ap pearance, convenient top, sise Stfx 48 Inches, 2 large flour bins. 2 drawers and 2 boards extra well made. Tou can see at a glance that It's actual worth Is l lit. H I Your I I i i uJj. . '.Mt- I I Worth 1 WMt 1 or Your ; I '-MltlLH, I f Money -i TX av..., 1 1 . Back '" i W&&mv: L -J : B f an : l.V Mir tf i'l It lias beautiful aoldeu This Massive 75 . - JWslfS SV!49sV3 Massive Solid Oak Sideboard 121s In fine solid oak or ma- b lumany ilniHli, French legs, large drawers, nice Kite finely curved front. A large lot Just received for special Xnias trade. This desk is easily a $1 value. t i Tlieee sideboards are Made to or- for the llartman chain or stores, and every eflort has oeeu en to the details or workman ship and llnlsh. They have extra i XT'. I,.. .,!.,! mlernrt U r UiUl UK 1" I t III II Itr lv'1 "' ivin, - elahoratelv curvod. hwcII front Soth Curious and Romantic Red ecktlr gpolls Elopement. HEX Miss Julia Tonpense of Waterbury, Conn., crocheted the most lurid red necktie that ever graced the neck of n Waterbury Adonis and worked In a number w lr;H of pretty sentimental inscriptions upon its tlery floss, she little thought that tlie same recktie would shatter her hopes of an elojiement. Albert Vernlee. the youmj woman's fiance, has neither a red tio nor u wile today and is awaiting someone to appear in tho court house to go on his bond for IdOO. He Is charged with abduction. . Mini Tonpenise's father, fearing an elope ment when she wanted to go to New York, lnMsted on accompanying her to the sui tion. The young couple had everything ur ranged, so when Vcrnice saw the father Willi the girl lie hid lu a freight car until the New York train was JuHt starting. Then he made a running Jump and landed on the rear platform. When the young couple arrived In New Y'ork the bride-to-be discovered that Ver- I L1USS. l . L i , J '.' 5. j P Quaker Maid Rye Awarded Three Gold Medals (V aQ "The Whiskey 5h XV I with a Reputation" Jl. j VwffSrlU 1 W) ) m i J. Ill vf I . I I . vi - ', JT "-'''" RKt K1VKD HIOHEST AWAKU AT . II , j- II. Louis Wurid'i V'lr. M: Psrls lor Fod uJ 'Ik ii V lnJaurr ! Fihlbulea. ns; LU Clog inSCtl & CO. Kansas City, Mo D. A. Sampson, General Sales A gent, 0ma2 nice had forgotten his rod necktie. He was sent back poet haste to get It, us Miss Tonpense refused to be married with him wearing .tjiv further neckwear. When Vernice got buck to Watebury Mr. Ton pense was at the station and had him ar rested. Nerve- Kalis at ?he Altar. Walking at the hurdle. Max Schplel. 1ms-band-to-be, and Rose Iinmont. bride-elect, both of Chicago, broke out of tho course and turned buck for another trial gallop, halter free, before leaping the glided bur lier Into the pit strewn field or matrimony. Their nerve failed on the very steps of the nltar. Concluding: that the best way to be happy, they returned the license and called it off. It was a pity, too. Max had been carry ing the license around In his pocket for week and weeks ever since October 1, as a matter of fact before he mustered up the courage to tell Rose that she was to marry him. Expressing some surprise, Rose fell into his arms, wept a little on his shoulder, and began planning how to furnish the flat. Then tho Invitations were issued. liwn in the bakery on tlie coiner a thif o-layor i frosted chocolate cake was in course of I constr jetton, relatives had rairchas".! much rice and till 01 Mux's bachelor friends had congratulated him, and all his married ones hud silently grasped his hand and murmured their sympathy. Then one night Max called on Rose to talk It over. Tluy sat at opposite ends of the horse hair sofn. built "h' fo' de wait." und tlie light was turned low und the gas log sputtered in quiet incdituiion. Neither said much; bith were thinking hard, and it made Max feel scd. Then Mux said, hesitatingly: "Hay, lloee " and slopped. Rose, sobbing, said: "Yes, Max." So they decided not to risk 11 yet ukIiiIc, at least until they hud accumulated more courage. g, mubrr Kour at Mrl)-(nur. The eldest man in Wichita. Kan., lias added to bin distinction by extending his titles to Include that of "the oldest bride groom" 01 tlie lity. lie is lUniy I.. Uicy of Nu. IV'-'J North W ichita sired. The brhle Is Sarah OldrtclU. ulsj of Wichita. They were married at the Wen bide Presby llilau church. Mr. Urey is m yetus old und l.lrt WltO H'l. Mr. tJrey is of fine ih eiiU.'. tiK fi nine inches lull, weighs about JV pounds. 1: ij stay l.air ar.J ryes, and a full, ItoKiug white board. 11". Urey l:a bten inciiui four linn. 1 The til ct tliree of lis wives are deud. Im March 'JZ, ls.y. he inurilid l.ucy Harrow a, I from ii' Ul N'. Haven, Conn. .f Urn Solid Oak 75 i .'A All Goodsl Marked In Plain Figures Chffionier This Is a large size ex well made Chiffonier.. 'i It lias beautiful golden finish, hirpe Trench Brussells Pugs. Spec ial Thi Week, at 12 85 bevel mirror carvinK. nat Morris Cna.r. This frame Is mado of solid oak r mahogany fiiilKh. with hand boniely carved feet and iarKC carved heads on arms. Tlie. cush ions are full spring und covered with French velour of liaiidsomo colorings. Special. 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We will hold them fr-e of charge, and deliver llA.kk il.iiil-Ml. Ill Fl plain 11 ulc tiered ri wagons. Credit Terms: as vrorth. $a.S0 Cash, 93 a Moat. 960 Worth, 99 Cash, M a atonta. 22 GREAT STORES THROUGHOUT THE U. . - m i mmm !! II 3C 1414-1416-1418 DOUGLAS STREET Credit. Terms; 9100 WorU, 910 Cash, 9 a Month. I.argtr Amounts VroportloBStslir Heater Kxactly like cut, 5 sizes, up from $J.7J, smoke consuming, no dust or dirt, burns any kind of fuel, ele Kuutly nickel trlin ineil Fully 4iil.il ali tor, I. x tolidsy Oifts oa tlms. Elegant display. if aw Ideas and iiclttilri Burt in An productions In dsslrabls pieces. X.owsl prices (-naraatssd. lsct your gifts bow. Farmsnts may start after Jtinit; 1st. Ooods held IX . desired, and dsllTSrsd later. Only It mors shopping ays Bsiora jtmaa. 0 ii Va mil' T- iliilfli ra Xmas. J.3 union three children, all gills, were born. In Ifcl he mauled Bessie Sanlaberry In New York. Of this union one child, a bey, was born. In 1863 Mr. Urey married Kate Anderson, a St. Louis woman. They had no children. (She died in Wichita in Junu ury of tho present year. Mr. Grey was engaged in the retail boot and shoe business in Chicago in 1871. and lost all his records in the disastrous fire, lie bays that he und Abraham Lincoln were close friends and that they visited to gcther often at the White house utter Mr. Lincoln Win elected president. Timo has been very kind to Mr. Urey. Uu his cheeks there Is tho ruddy glow of robust health; in his eye there is yet the gleam of ambition and decisiveness: lu his step there is the ulucrity not seen in many men of live and sixty. His voice is very tjood; lie can reud headlliics ill newspapers without glaKe II9 Is a great reader and tuie un active interest In current event, and voted a mixed ticket at the lust elec tion. llrlile Was Mii.erslllloHS. Tho man luge of a til. Louis couple was postponed for the oddest of reasons tho other duy. The muu who ahnoat became a bridgi groom was lieorgo U. Milhr, super intendent of tin- directory department of the Hi. Louis potttomce, and the pear biido was Misu Olga- Kueto-r. They potpuw-d Uie weddiug Indefinitely beiauds Miss kuebvi discovered the fatal number thirteen 111 the marriage license. They had been engaged for some months, and ono day recently, they took u cur ride to 81. Charles und decided to liue the ceremony performed at once und surprise tholr 1'rlaiids when they, returned to kit. Louis. They went to the llceiisi; office and Secured the necessary paper and were 111 search of a minister in pi rform the ceii mony, when Miss Kober, who happened to glance at the license, uttered a little screum. "What is the matter?'' atlted Milh 1. "Why, this license is dated oil the lu.li of the mouth," she cried. "What's the difference?" asked Miller, mulling. "Why. I wouldn't think cf getting niar iW todu. nor of using this license at all I would expect to bu unlucky all my.mai rkd life." No reasons that the dl-appointed ,nan could 'mention were of any avail, und the marrlago was postponed. The disconsolate Mr. Miller admitted that no iKiriiculur dole in the future hud U n M-t. Tin y would nut be married for ul bust two wek. he declared. And so muny things can han-ii In two weeks. Hesall ( a llsrc. Miss Louisa iiuyd of JailMlie, N. J., is su tender heurled mat site lias been unable lu decide bslwcvn the pair of swains who sighed for her lavor. When siie felt her self on the ige of a rapturous u (feci ion lor Willium von Am. 1. an, the chtirins ul' Joseph Crcuincr wore always cure to in trude themselves. When Joe took her buggy riding, liill w mted h-r urrhal with a huge box of sugary confections. When Bill was her escort to a dunce, Joe pressed burning missives into her hund in the pauses of the cotillon. It was awful! The tortured damsel lookrd love Into the eyes of in h other and vowed she would mairy neither. Affairs were at this 'pass oil Muuday night, when bolu suitors went to Misu Lloyd's home. daring delisnce ut each other, the pair declared tiny would sit each other out. One o'clock sounded, but Creainei and Vot Am. nan stuck to their chairs Willi giim determination. Fi'.ully a tho clock pculcd out 2 o'cloik, Von .Vimun nisi u:iu look his hat. "I dare yuu two to gi l married, now," lis said und sturtcd for tlie door. Ills words had a magical v fleet. Catch ing up u wrup, Miss Lloyd put her arm through Creamer's and declared alio would not take a dare. . ('reamer gladly seconded her. und together thefc' wunt lu the home of Rev. John Magee, ruthlessly routed him In. 11 bed Slid were made one. Bill is still spcechluas. Ha Iked al (be tllar. Misses Elizabeth and Jennie Kinihh. sisters, of Aluinn Hank, I'll., with Howard Nuneinal.er of PleaaautvlMe, I'.i., and M. A Iloudabush of Ituliisburg, I'u., arrived at Cuinbei laiiii, Md., to get man led. The piujpeclive brldegrtsnns procured inarrlai. licenses and telephoned for a minister. Then they wero astonished to hear ouc of the sUiers ubruntlv declare: "I am not going to get married for two years," to which her sister agreed. LEMAIRE PARIS Operm and Field CIamc THX BEAT IN TH WORLD Vmmi m UtaJ Sum Arr 4 H-r