TITE OMAHA RUNT) AT BEE: JULY 2.Q. 1007.
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Bargains ia Our Midsummer Clearance Beyond Comparison the Greatest
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Our July Silk Clearance
Offers more splendid bargains than any sale of the kind
ever held in Omaha not only are values most superior, but
variety is beyond question the greatest. We must make
room for the new fall goods, hence these unmatched bar
gains in high grade, serviceable silks.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IX C. 3.
ItOXXKT TAFKETAS
$1.75 C. J. Bonnet Taffetas. 36
lnch wide, beat quality, special,
at. yard 81.10
11.26 C. J. Bonnet Taffetas, 27
In. wide, best quality, sale price,
yard 74k
11.00 C. J. Bonnet Taffetas, 21
ln. wide, best quality, sale price,
yrd 58
A splendid line of natural Jap
Habutals specially priced at 45c,
36c, 28c, and 17H
St. Window.
Beautiful Silks worth up to $1.00
yard Colored Mesisalines, Taf
fetas, Peau de Cygnes, Radiums,
Rajahs, Pongees, Satins, Crepe de
Chines, Voiles, Plain and Fancy
Loulsenes, Foulards and 44-lnch
Plain and Border Chiffon Cloths
for Evenisg Wear, plaids, checks,
stripes and splendid variety of
neat patterns, in plain and Jac
quards, on sale at 4 9c, 39c
and 29
Hundreds of other just m attrac
tive bargains.
See Display of 80c Silks In 10th
BUY YOUR EMBROIDERIES MONDAY
High Grade Linen Department
Reducing our fine lines
Read the following prices:
72-inch bleached, double satin fin
ish, Irish Table Linen, regular
$1.50 quality, for Monday only,
at, yard Qg
6 4-lnch bleached Irish Table Lin
en, extra heavy, sells regularly
at $1 yard, in this sale, yd., 75
68-lnch silver bleached and un
bleached German, Irish and
Scotch Table Linen, worth up to
$1.25 yard, at, yard 89c, 75
Patterti Cloths, 8-4 and 10-4
bleached, border all around, ex
tra heavy and new design, at,
piece. $3.75 and . , 83.25
Napkins, 24x24 and 20x21, bleach
ed linen Napkins, extra fine
quality, sold regularly up to $3,
as long as they last., dozen,
at $1.75
before the new fall arrivals
Hemstitched Centerpieces and
Scarfs, round thread, linen, all
sizes up to 18x36 and 24x24,
sold regularly up to 69c piece,
at, piece 25t
Bedspreads, Marseilles and honey
comb patterns, plain or fringed,
full size, extra heavy, at piece,
$2.00 and 81.50
Towels, extra fine huck and dam
ask towels, 20x45-in., plain and
hemstitched, sold up to 50c piece
6 to a customer" at, piece,
only 25
81x90 bleached seamless Sheets,
era heavy, worth 90c piece,
only six to customer, piece, 75
42x36-in. Pillow Cases, made from
a heavy muslin, worth 16c piece,
at, piece 12
Big Sale Men's Handkerchiefs
Our entire stock on sale for quick clearance at Vs to
reduction from regular prices. Now is the time to lay in
your supply.
Gentlemen's 39c all linen Hand
kerchiefs, extra large size, fine
Quality, at 25
25c pure linen Handkerchiefs,
large size, fine quality, at 15t
Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs,
regular 15c values at 10c each,
or three for 25
Men's 19c Cambric Handkerchiefs,
extra large size and fine quality,
sale price 86
Men's 10c Fine Cambric Handker
chiefs, la plain white or fancy
border, sale price, Monday, 5
Men's Fine Cambric Handker
chiefs, 19c quality, with slight
Imperfections, sale, 6 for 25
A great lot of Turkey Red and
Indigo Blue Handkerchiefs, very
large size, 16c quality, but have
slight Imperfections, will be on
sale Monday at, each ...3H
Carpet Dept. Clearance Spec'ls
Take advantage of these Special Monday Bargains and
incidentally look over our line of New Fall Rugs and Oar
pets. You"l find variety the greatest, quality the highest,
patterns the best and prices most interesting to those who
care. Our Credit System, too, provides for Payment to Suit
Your Convenience. Take advantage of it in your purchasing.
Seamless Matting Rugs, size 6x9,
just the thing for these hot days,
sale price $2.08
National Carpet Sweepers, roller
bearing, $2.60 quality. $2.00
Ingrain Carpet Samples, 1 yds.
long, well worth 76c, to close
Monday, at 25
Window Shades, water color, best,
quality, length 7 ft., at 30
$2.50 Axmlnster Rugs, size 27x54,
floral or Oriental patterns, on
sale Monday $1.75
Porch Blinds, in size 6 ft. by 6 ft.
special at $1.25
Brass Extension Curtain Rods, 30
x64, regular 10c quality, in Mon
day's sale 5
Jap Mattings, regular 16c quality,
Monday at lOt
$1 Hassocks, Monday 50
w,37 Varieties of Washing Machines
O. K. Washing Machines, fold every
where from ls.00 to ls.00; our
Price 4.utt
New American Kotury WaHher $3.9S
Western Wanning Machines ...$2.88
Whtnola Outfits 1 large brush, worth
25c. 1 luc can Shlnolu, 1 5c dauber,
only lHo
40o Labor Saver Wash Board, sine
face on both sides, special price, S3o
All widths Fly Screen Wire, Monday
only, at ltyc
Heavy Poultry Wire, best quality o
Six-quart beautiful, blue and white,
forfect, enameled Preserving Ket
les, worth 60c, Monday 36o
No. 2 galvanised Wash Tubs 69c
Pure linen, large, heavy Mops, worth
160, only 19o
Mrs. Vrouian's I&o Blnk Btralners
at 11
t5o Parlor Brooms oclj 19o
Monday's a Ho, 3o and So Specials
6c wooden Kure Catch Mouse Traps,
three for 50
10c best Mop Sticks. Monday 5o
15c Japanned Dust Pans, Monday.. 60
15c Mrs. Pott's Iron Handles, Mon
day 5o
S double sheets Tanglefoot Fly Pa
per for 60
16o Silver Knobs Curtain Rods.... 60
Two 60 boxes Carpet Tacks for.... 60
10c Dover Egg Beaters, Monday... Co
5c pkg. hardwood Tooth Picks.. 2 Ho
Tollut Paper, per roll, only 2 So
Indexed Preserving or Fruit Cans 30
76c quality clear crystal Glasses. 2Vc
Jelly Ulusses, per dozen 20o
Fruit Funnels for Mason Jara...tV4o
10c and 16o large Pot Covers, Mon
day 60
Wire or Woods n Coat Bangers, worth
60. for
Grand 10c Embroidery Sale
Mondar we will begin our ANNUAL EMBROIDERY CLEARANCE SALE. Those who were for
tunate enough to be present at our grand lace clearing sale can appreciate what we mean 1 fir
by a graid clearance saleMonday we will sell embroideries at, YARD I Uv.
6 in. Embroideries
7 in. Embroideries
8 In. Embroideries
9 in. Embroideries
2 Inch Insertings
3 inch Insertings
h inch Insertings
5 Inch Insertings
6 inch Insertings
NARROW BEADINGS NAINSOOK EMBROIDERIES SWISS EMBROIDERIES
WIDE BEADINGS CAMBRIC EMBROIDERIES FINE INSERTINGS
Every possible kind and style you can think of will be on sale at usf one price, yard JOc
THE RIBBON COUNTER THE VEILING COUNTER THE LEATHER GOODS COUNTER
THE NOTION COUNTER THE TRIMMING COUNTER THE NECKWEAR COUNTER
At the Art Goods Counter, In ftct all over (he store counters will be piled high with the grandest fines of Embroideries and Inserlings 1ff
ever ottered In clearance sale, and all af ont price, yard 1 VW
Embroideries worth 15c; Embroideries worth 20c; Embroideries worth 25c; Embroideries worth 30c; Embroideries worth 35e
ALL GO AT THE ONE P RICE IN THIS SALE, iOc
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THE RELIABLE. STORE.
High Grade Wool Dress Goods
New goods arriving now. See our new Kubberoid Lawnsdowne for Auto Coats an ain Coats,
also Priestley's new Cravenette Silk Warp Auto Cloth, rain proof. "Vm. F.' Read's genuine Lans
downe at $1.25 a yard. Eighty-six shades to select from.
Matchless Ready-to-wear Garment Bargains
IN OUR GRAND CLEARANCE OF SUMMER WEARABLES
The unusually complete showings, exceptionally high quality and unmatchable low prices will
cause wonderful Changes in our Cloak Department during the next few weeks. The room occupied
by Summer Goods will be given up to early fall styles, many shipments of which are all ready arriv
ing. If you need Waists or cool Dresses for the hot days of August, now is the time to buy. These
bargain prices will quickly dissipate our immense stock of summer garments. Don't miss the oppor
tunity.
400 Beautiful Wash Suits In lawns,, dim
ities, madras and ginghams, all colors and
white, regular $5.00 and $6.00 values; on
sale for quick clearance Monday choice,
at $1.50
$25.00 and $30.00 Tailor Salt. $14.0."! 100
handsome garments in all wool panamaa and
English suitings, very latest styles, a suit,
at $14.95
$18.00 and $20.00 Tailor SuJU In eton.
pony and Jacket styles. Just sixty In this
lot; will go at , .$6.95
$3.00 and $4.00 Jap and Net Lawn Waists
In Monday's sale, choice $1.50
Beautiful Marquese Waist In lingeries,
lawns and linens, worth up to $12.50 each,
at $3.00, $3.05 and $2.95
Hhort Bilk Kimonos Regular $4.00 values;
Monday $1.95
New Home Made Wrappers and Nurses'
Dresses at, each, $2.23, $2.00, $1.75, $1.50
and .$1.25
$10.00 and $12.00 Silk Coats, $4.05 Variety
of styles, unsurpassed quality, unequaled,
at $4.95
Silk and Satin Rubber Coats $18.00 and
$20.00 values, Monday $9.90
Extra Sized Skirts In elegant styles, made
of fine chiffon, panamas, voiles and taffetas,
30 to 40 waist band, 39 to 45 length; on
sale at $15.00, $12.50, $10.00, $7.50, $5.00
and $3.95
$3.00 Union Linen Skirts Newest styles,
at 95
$2.00 Moire Underskirts 89t
$1.50 Long Kimonos at. 69
See the new McOee Underskirts, best on the
market. Hundreds of other special bargains
Monday.
From 8 Till 10 A. M. Women's Lawn Ki
monos 15f)
From 0 TiU 11 A. M. $2.50 and $3.00 Wash
Skirts at S9
IF YOU MISS MONDAY'S UCE CLEARANCE BARGAINS YOU'LL CERTAINLY RE6RET IT
Get Hayden's Prices First on Groceries X,
12 bars best family Laundry Soap 25c
Large sacks best White or Yellow Cora
meal The best Tea Sifting, per lb
Fancy Santos Coffee, per lb 15c
Largs bottls lancy Plcklea. assorted
kinds 8Vo
Eftg-O-See, per pkg ;x.to
1-lb. cans fancy red Alaska Salinou.l2Ho
The best Soda Crackers, per lb tic
The best Crisp Ginger Snaps, per lb.. 6c
1-lb. pkg. Macaroni Vio
1-lb. pkg. corn starcn c
Jelly con, Jello or Bromangelon, pkg.. 7 He
Oil or Mustard Sardines, per can 3c
1-lb. cans Baked Beans 3 fee
L' 1 , ' IK IS
rilled m uwa.i.ut.. V-
Fancy plain or stuffed Olives, bottle.
13c
So
BUTTER AHT CHETSE FXIOES.
Fancy Dairy Butter, per lb 21c
Fancy Creamery Butter, per lb 25c
Full Cream Cheese, per lo Isc
Full Cream Brick Cheese, per lb 16c
Full Cream Limberger Cheese, per lb..lCc
Kcufrhatel Cheese, each ; So
Sap Sago Cheese, each ?V0
OSLiKA'S GREATEST TXEBK VEGE
TABLE AMD S-JtUXT MAJ11CET.
Sweet Corn, per dos lOo
Fresh Wax or Green Beans, lb SHo
Fresh Peas, per quart I',o
Large head fresh Cabbage J!iO
Fresh Beets, per bunch lo
Fresh Carrots, per bunch lo
Fresh Turnips, per bunch lo
Fresh Onions, per bunch lo
Fresh Lettuce, per head 1 o
Fresh Pie Plunt, per buncn lo
Fresh Parsley, per bunch lo
Fresh Ripe Tomatoes, per lb Co
Extra large, fancy. Juicy (240 size)
Lemons, that retail for 60o dozen; our
price this sale, per dos 30o
Qt. boxes fancy Raspberries. Gooseberries,
Blackberries or Currants, per box.. 12 Via
banket crates, fancy" freestone Klhert
TEACHES. PEACHES. PEACHES.
The balance of car on sale Monday. Now
Is your time to can them, as you will not
have another opportunity like this -basket
crates, fancy freestone Elberta
Peaches, for this sale
Per 4-basket rrate, for TBo
Single baskets for, each 20o
Ho limit, all you want while the car lasts.
TRY HAYDEN'S FIRST
High Grade Wash Goods Dept.
Closing out all Summer Goods at one-half and one-third
of regular price. Where else can you get these prices?
60e and 69c Silk Wash Goods, 26c Printed silk Mulls, printed spider
Bilk, printed Sol Inprime, French and English woven Novelties,
Zephyrs, silk warp Ginghams, silk warp Pastel Checks, and about 15
other broken lines that sold at 50c 'and 59r, all will be closed out, at.
Trd 25?
89c Silk Warp Wash Goods at 19c Silk warp printed Mulls, silk warp
printed Arnold's Silks, silk warp Ginghams, 89 woven Novelties, all
fast colors and half silk, at 19t ,
35c and 35c Wash GoodB at 160 Yard Silk plaid Organdies, silk warp
Ginghams, Scotch Ginghams, 25c Scotch Madras, Idella Stripes, plaid
French Organdies, an other goods that sold up to 25c yard, at 15
19c and 26c Wash Goods at 12 o Bummer Silks, Harlequin, Zephyrs,
Scotch Madras, Panama Linen, Campton stripes, and other goods that
old up to 26c, yard 12H
For Popular Priced Wash Goods Soe Domestic lUxini
DON'T MISS MONDAY'S GREAT EMBROIDERY SALE
Popular Priced Wash Goods
' In Our lncomprble Domestic Room
Closing out all our popular priced Wash Goods, Linens
and Domestics in the room at a trifle of their cost.
16c "Batiste lOo
12Vo Batiste 70
10c Batiste So
16o Pen-aloe lOo
l!Uo Percales 7o
16-fnch Percales, remnants oo
124c DresF Ulngliams So
10c Dress Ginghams 3lfco
4c Apron Checks 3',0
Apron Checks 8-4o
Short lengths of all kinds of goods,
yard : lo
Indigo Blue Prints 3tc
Silver Gray Prints 3lo
WHITE GOODS
lc Persian Lawns lOo
loo Persian Lawns 19 Ho
25c French Lawns lS'o
12Ve India Linons Vto
16o India Linons eUo
19c India Linons lOo
Short lengths 3 to 10 yards InUU
Linons.
Persian I-awns, 40-Inch Lawns snl
other White Uoods, worth up to
at 6o
Z.nrXH AND DOMESTIC SEPT.
$1.00 Pure Linen, ;o Inch, bleachml.
at B9o
85c Bleached Linen 49o
76c Bleached Lim li 39o
66c Mercerized Dainauk J5o
50c J b musk l9o
39c Damask ISo
25a Panmsk H40
19c Towels lOo
15c Towels 7!o
10c Towels Bo
9-4 Bleached Sheeting- 30o
9- 4 Pepperel Sheeting 8S0
10- 4 Pepperel Sheeting S7o
$1.00 Sheets, 81x90 75o
85c Sheets, 81x90 Siio
75o Sheets, 81x90 690
65o Sheets. 81x90 4 go
60c Sheets, 81x90 3BO
Special Announcement
We have secured the Omaha agency for THE CELE
BRATED FLEISHER YARNS. The yarns produced by
S. B. and B. W. Fleishcr at Manayunk, I'hiladclphia, aro
most favorably known throughout the land. We are for
tunate in securing this agency, as we can lie sure of always
having for our customers uniform quality of the highest
order of excellence at lowest possible prices. No matter
what you want you'll find it here.
Shetland Floss, finest quality,
Monday at, 3 skeins for. . . 25
Saxony Yarns, all colors, at, per
keln 5j
German town Zephyrs, all colors
and shades, full weight skeins,
at 10
Knitting Yarns, great assortment,
skein 10J
Clearance Sale Portieres, Lace Curtains
Matchless Bargains in All Grades. Better Values or
Greater Variety were never shown in Clearance Sales.
Irish Point Lace Curtains, In red or
green, appropriate for ball and
windows, worth $4.50 per pair,
t S2.98
Madras Curtains, In all the soft
shades to harmonize with furn
ishings, at, pair 84.08
Regular $2.50 values In Noveltv
Lace Curtains, at 81.98
Tambor Swiss Bedroom Curtains,
worth $3, at, pair $1.98
60-inch Oriental Couch Covers
l $2.98
Roman Striped Couch Covers, at,
each $1.98
Irish Point Lace Curtains, with
neat borders, at $2.98
Snowflake Curtains, In red, green,
pink and yellow striped, at, per
Iialr $1.49
Irish Point Lnce CurtainB, 62 In.
wide, 3 yds. long, at, pr., $1.98
Zion City Lace Curtains, tiO in.
wide, Monday, at $1.75
Nottingham Lure Curtains, regular
$1.60 values for, pair 98
Ruffled Swiss Bedroom Curtains,
worth 76c pair, at 59
Sample Rope Portieres, to close,
$6 values at $3.9$; $5 values at
$2.98, and $2.98 values, Monday
oy- at $1.98
Rope Portieres for single doors, In
all colors at, each 89J
Clearance of Iron Beds and Rockers
Over 50 Iron Beds, one and two of a kind, and about 75
odd Rocking Chairs. Must be closed out this week to make
room for new stock. Every article marked for this sale at
one-third to one-half less than regular prices.
Now Is your opportunity for
saving. Specials in Lawn and
Porch Furniture this week:
Bent Wood Lawn Seats, 3 ft., at
$2.25; 4 ft. at $2.76; S ft. at
$2.85; 6 ft. at $3.25
Porch Swings, 3 ft, at $6.85;
4 at $8.50
Large Reed Rockers, roll arm, spe
cial. $2.25 and $1.95
Take advantage of our perfect
credit system in your furniture
purchases, l'oall find It most
convenient.
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid
lttsorsphtr Weds Wiltr Widower
ROM noundiiiK the keys of a type-
F writer all day long in a hot. dusty
I oflloe In ths lumber district to
thrumming on the ivory of a
grsnd piano In ths cool muslo
room of a splendid home; from tolling; un
der the Instructions of employers to sitting
leisurely in her own morning room and
giving orders to her servants; from owning
two or three long-planned snd hard-earned
dresses to possessing a wardrobe of tail
ored suits and gowns; from living In a
tiny room on West Twenty-first place to
being mistress of a 120,000 horns In aristo
crats Oak Park district, Chicago these are
ome of the changes that were wrought In
ths life of Miss Frances Anderson when
she became the brldi of Frank 11. Heldler,
president of ths Flnk-Heldler Lumber com
pany, a man of weslth and social position.
Three years ago, relates the Chicago In
ter Ocean. Mtss Anderson, then 11, took a
position In the oflloe of the Flnk-Heidler
Lumber company as stenographer to the
president, Ftank H. Heldler. She liked the
place and did her work well. It was con
venient to her home T4 West Twenty-ftrst
place the work was not hard, and Mr.
Heldler waa so polite and considerate that
It waa pleasant to take his dictations.
She told her people how kind he was and
they were pleased. She told another per
son how nlc he waa to her, bjt this one
only aoowled and fldgeted and said nolh
In. Other employes soon saw how nice Mr.
SIridlsr waa to her, and her friends twitted
her. Then there were requests from her
employer that he might call at her home
and Invitations to go riding In his big
automobile. She realised what a atir It
jsrAuU make in her humble neighborhood to
have htm come there In his glittering ma
chine and demurred.
The one who had soowled took heart at
this and was glad, but her friends, who
understood the situation better, didn't see
any reason for his elation. Still they dared
not interfere, knowing that it would be
just like a girl to get obstinate and spoil
It all.
Flnallr. after more than two years, the
gfrT understood, too, and was very happy
and flattered. She let her employer come
then and went with him for rides In his
auto. Then came the engagement, followed
by the wedding. Everyone was happy vut
the one who had originally frowned.
Bar Husband Hash.
A man In Brooklyn was earning his M a
day as a harnussmsker. He had a comfort
able boarding house and waa generally re
spected In the circle In which he moved.
Years ago he had lost a sweetheart and
had made up hla mind never to marr.
Then aa time wore on he became lonesome,
which was only natural, and after the lapse
of twenty-live years he bogan. to realize
that hla loneliness was caused by the ab
sence of some one from his side who would
sharo his Joys and sorrows.
Now, If this man had been an observant
man, tn the strict sense, or a man so con'
stltuted menu.ll- that he would Instinct
ively do the right thing, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, he would have gone to some
woman and taken her Into his confidence.
She would have told him whai to da. If
the best she could do herself was to offer
to be a sister to hint, she would have found
him some other woman, whether maid or
widow or divorcee, whom she could recom
mend. But bo. lie did what hundreds cay.
thousands, .nay. millions of men had done
before him he undertook to manage the
thing for himself.
The way he went about It and the conse
quences of his act should be made known
to all other bachelors, but It is a question
whether it would do any good. They would
probably follow his example at the first
opportunity and suffer as he has since suf
fered. He put an advertisement In a morn
ing paper, stating that he was earning U
a day as a harness maker, that he had
never been married, and that he wanted a
wife who would love htm for his own sake.
Then he Insanely gave his full address.
Of course Brooklyn in many respects Is
different from most other places, but what
happened In Brooklyn In this case very
likely would have happened In Chicago,
under similar circumstances. He heard
from 800 different women. Ths great ma
jority of them, however, were not satisfied
with writing. They called. They drove
him out of his boarding house. Then they
drove him out of tils Job. Then they drove
him out of Brooklyn. At last accounts It
loooked aa If they would drive him out at
Kfew York state, and eventually out of the
country.
He la a mere wreck of hla former self.
He hss given up nil thoughts of marriage,
because he has now nothing to marry on.
"1 had no Idea," he said to a reporter,
"that there were so many women In Brook
lyn," la a statement which bears us out
tn the pusiiktn we have taken.
A Close Bee.
Justice of the Peace Oeorge Fisher Is
the champion marrying squire at Crown
Point, Ind. His most unique experience
bsppensd last fall. A young couple from
Chicago caute out la an automobU to get
married. They got their license and started
out the front door of the courthouse when
the bride saw her very angry papa dash
ing down the middle of the street.
The bride and groom turned and fled out
of the rear door of the courthouse, and
Justice Fisher put them Into their auto
mobile and got 'in himself to show them
the road out of town. Father saw the
fugitives and gave chase in his bubble
wagon. Aa the elopers' machine sped
along Justice FltJier talked with the young
couple. The girl was over 20, the young
man waa 24. and Justice Fisher couldn't
sue why they didn't have a right to marry
If they wanted to.
"Why not get married before, he catches
Up," queried the gallant Mr. Fisher.
"Why, If we stop to get married of course
he'll catch ua," walled the bride.
"Then do not stop," said Mr. Fisher.
"Marry on the top speed."
"But who will marry usT"
"I will," said the heroic Mr. Fisher, In
beautiful tenor tones.
"YouT" gasped the girl. "Oh, please do
not make fun of us. This Is too terrible.
How can you marry us."
"By the right, dear lady," quoth the af
fable and olways-reudy-to-asslst-beauty-ln-dlstress
Mr. Fisher; "by the right vested
In me under the laws of the sovereign state
of Indiana. I am a Justice of the peace.
I will save you."
The bride sobbed with Joy, '.he groom
almost shook the gallant Mr. Fisher's hand
off. It was high time for some strenuous
action. I'apa's automobile was so close
that some of the things papa saidNcouii
be plainly heard and even the hardened
chaffeur of the elopers' chariot grew
shocked and horrified. Mr. Fisher stood
up as well as he could In the tonneau
facing the couple In the rear seat of the
machine.
"Join hands," he said simply.
"Stop," losred papa, drawing alonf
t
side.
"You take this young wotnan to be
your wedded wife?" said Mr. Fisher,
speaking. at the rate of 200 words a min
ute. "And you take this man to be yoyr
husband?"
The machines had been obliged to come
to a full stop and papa charged up and
reached for his darling daughter.
But with a majestic wave of his band
right in father's face, Justice of the
Peace Fisher in Impressive tones said:
"Then by virtue of the power vested In
me by the state of Indiana I pronounce
you man and wife. Stung."
The "man and wife" part was for the
bride and groom. The "stung" was for
Papa.
Trial Marriages.
Schoolcraft tells us that among the
Creeks "marriage la considered only as
a temporary convenience, not binding on
the parties more than one year," the con
sequence being that "a large proportion
of the old and middle-aged men. by fre
quent changing, have had many wives,
and their children scattered around the
country are unknown to them." Evi
dences of similar practices of experi
mental matrimony, and connubial variety.
Bays the Baltimore Sun, are found among
many of the other American Indian tribes
on both continents.
In parts of Greenland six months is the
trial deadline, husband and wife separat
ing if the "two-hearts-two-mlnds" theory
develops discord Instead of harmony.
Marriages among the Botocudos, according
to Keane, is of a purely temporary na
ture, 'dissolved on the slightest pretext
at all, merely through love of change or
caprice." "In Tasmania," says Dr. Mllli
gan, "trial marriages result In a succes
sion of wives." In Samoa the wife's
tenure of office Is frequently limited to
a few days or weeks, and marriage Is
sometimes ouljt aa excuse for the feasts
and festivals so dear to the hearts of the
pleasure-loving natives.
In the Indian archipelago It Is a common
practice for formal marriages to be lim
ited, sometimes for only a month, and
at others for a period of several years.
St. John says that among the Dyaks
there are few middle-aged men who have
not had several wives, and Instances have
been known of young women of IT or II
who have already had three or four hus
bands. In portions of Indo-Chlna It Is
S&Jd to be a rare occurrence for any
woman to arlve at middle age without
having a family by two or more hus
bands. The Moldavians are so capricious that
it often happens that a nun marries and
divorces the same woman three or four
times In the course of his life. The
Cingalese are even more difficult to please
In choosing partners. Knox says: "Both
men and women have frequently to marry
four or five times before they can settle
down contented." Among the Mantras.
In the Malay peninsula. It ts not uncom
mon to meet Individuals who have been
married forty or fifty times. Tue
Bedouins are equally Critical, and men li
years old have been known to have had
more than fifty wives In succession,
which Is probably the high-water mark
In the record of probationary matrimony.
The trial marriage idea Is firmly estab
lished In parts of Persia, where a "Slghee"
wife 'may be taken in marriage for a
legally stipulated period, which may vary
from one hour to ninety-nine years. The
Egyptians are also wedded to the proba
tion Idea, which In the valley of old
Nile probably Is more ancient than the
silent sphlnex and tba pyramids of uixeh.
Lne la authority for the statement
that there are not many persons who
have not separated from at least ons wife
If they have been married any length
of time, and he asserts that many
Egyptians nave la le cotuie of two
years married as many as twenty, thirty
or even more wives, which Is going some,
to say the least
There are many Egyptian women, still
young, who have been the wives to a
dozen or more men In succession before
discovering ths desired haven of matri
monial happiness, or possibly giving up
ths quest, dlxillusloned. He is also su
thorlty for the statement thst some men
have a new wife every month for years
before discovering a satisfactory ltfs part
ner. Morocco In another country where mar
riage on trial is a flourishing Institution.
On the slightest provocation a man rosy
repudiate hla wife and try again. Dr.
Churches mentions one of his servants,
a middle-aired man, who had taken nine
teen wives III trial succession to his bo
som. Indeed, according to Reade, anions
the Moors of the Pahnra It Is considered
unfashionable and vulgar to live too long
together. He ssys: "The leaders of fash.
Ion are those who srs r.ftnet divorced."
Which might he said of the folks of
America as well as those or the Sahara
desert.
Mental Medicine.
A somewhat eccentric physlelan who
recently died would order patients to take
walk, say, dally, on the left side of the
street, returning by the other side; an
other he would order to arise each morning
at a certain hour and eat cheese with
glnser beer; anrther to take supper pre
clsley si midnight and sat only apples;
or he would Instruct the patient to put
just so many grain of salt on the egg
he was to eat, and part his hair In a dif
ferent way each day. Ida object was to
get the mind of the patient on something
else tl.au symptoms, and this scheme
worked well in many eases, especlslly
when the I atlent was Buffering with mel
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