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odoriferous turkey bursting with its own
richness, and sending out whiffs of sage
and onions every time the iron entered it's
soul And there was a great steaming
chicken-pie, with rose on the top made Of
the crust And several brace of roasted
duck; and bowls of cranberry sauce; and
mince and pumpkin pies; and toothsome
doughnuts. And trays of bread cut in gen.
erous slices; bread that was made with
care and ''salt-risin," and oh dear! could
not give an inventory of all the good things
if tried to, or describe the varied qualities
that made the occasion one to be
remembered But there was one incident
that was of moment to at least two per-
sons present. Sanford Stiles was seated
opposite Mollie. He did not get there until
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WEDDING INVITATIONS.
Why They Should Be Extended Only to
the Most Intimate Friends.

why They Should Be Extended Only to
the Most Intimate Friends.
The whole difficulty about wedding
etiquette and the difference of opinion
that exists on so many points is the re-
suit of the false and loose methods and
the hollow mockeries and shams into
which people have been drifting for
several years. Weddings wh4h were
once the most charming, as well as the
most beautiful of social events incident
al to the home life. have been allowed
to become to a great extent mere spec
tacles for the exhibition of vanity. The
bride commissions some one to look
after her dresses, the bridegroom APP
points some one to hire carriages, en-
ploy clergymen, ETC., and the brides
family puts the whole arrangement of
the house, the church, the feast. etc,
in the hands of some caterer or decor
ator. The getting upof the invitations
is given to an expert in such
matters in some shop, and very
often the invitations are sent out
wholesale by some one who is
employed for the purpose. People
are invited to 60 or not, as they feel
inclined, and go to shops and order
presents sent in the most perfunctory
way, so that bride is as likely as not
to get twenty vases, or dozen lamps,
or fifty spoons of different patterns.
Where presents are sent, they should,
if possible be sent early, so as to give
the bride-elect plenty of time to ac-
knowledge them; and if worth sending
at all, they deserve that some time and
care should be given to their selection.
1t is a common thing to hear brides say
that, of all their wedding presents, they
appreciate and value most the few APP
propriate and often inexpensive things
that come from their intimate friends.
1t should not be forgotten that a
wedding is the first, choicest, and most
important of all social incidents, and
that an invitation to one is one of the
greatest compliments that can be con-
ferred. Invitations to balls, dinners
and parties may be perfunctory, mean
ingless, but almost without exception
it is only friends or acquaintances who
are honored, who are invited to a
wedding, and a point should always be
strained to make some sort Of acknowl-
edgment. PhitGdeL]1lliG Times.
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title fairest
That e'er the sun shone on

4
! He was not Unlocking himself in his
straight, sturdy manhood AS he APP
preached Mollie he held something in his
hand, a tiny box, which he regarded with a
somewhat divided attention Stealthily
creeping nearer, he took that which the box
contained in his thumb and fingers, and ex-
tended his arm, intending to reach it over
! her er-when-Sh-o-o-ol -oUt flew a
dog-his own Well-trained and beloved
cur, who, with dogful fidelity, had tracked
| his masters footsteps. Every fowl in the
yard rose in revolt, and filed the air with
squaking clamor, and one fierce old
hen flew into Sanford Stiles face and near
ly knocked him breathless. The tempest
| subsidized nearly as soon as it arose, and
then Mollie laughed heartily at her lovers
discontinue. He did not respond, but
dropped on his knees and began to search
| for something.
''What have you lost?" she inquired,
when she could talk for laughing.
1.-THE ring-your ring That COMPOUNDED
hen knocked it out of my hand"
'My - our engagement-ring Oh, San
ford and l have not even seen it yet"
''That was what l came so early for. l
only got it marked last night. l went to
town on purpose. 1t must be here some
where" and he began cropping over the
ground.
This was no laughing matter. Their mo-
tions attracted the attention of the whole
family, each member proffering help in the
search. Was there ever such an awkward
climax to love AFFAIR." Their engagement
had not yet been openly announced, and
here the youngest child had to hear the
story how Sanford Stiles had bought ring
| for MOllie and lost III
DON'T believe he ever had ring" said
her cousin Sam, who wanted her himself.
''He's just pretending to get out of buying
| one"
'I'll make him eat his words % retorted
the irate lover, stopping long enough to
| glare at his rival.
"Was it dimont wing?" asked the
youngest tot of the tribe.
Father and mother joined in the search.
Mollie, red and distressed, at last gave itup.
otis such bad luckr' she suggested to
her mother, in a fearful voice.
Very good people are given to supersti-
ton, and there are few who will not SYM
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near to Thanksgiving and with that para
doxical nature, which so strangely exhibits
itself even in the human family, all the
feathered creatures were tanner, more con-
fding and more interesting than at any
other period of their lives, on the principle,
/ suppose, that BLESSINGS brighten as they
take their flight"
"You poor dear!'' Molle said, in con-
templative tone, as she patted the bobbing
head of the great handsome turkey already
marked for the sacrifice, you shall have all
you want, for tomorrow you die. It's just
a shame. If you had only died when you
were little you wouldn't live to be roasted
and eaten now! And you are so happy
herep'
Then she smoothed the ruffied plumage
of jealous fowl-l1ing of the harem-
and reproved noisy duck that was
eating more than his share.
II declair,'' said her father, who'stood in
the doorway watching her, II dew be-
leeve every one of them dumb things senses
Mollic and likes to hear her voice She's a
purity good lool1in' girl, too, hey, mother.
She favors you.''
Mrs Hartner took her hands out of the
dshwater and looked over her husbands
shoulder.
''She amt humbly," she admitted, ''but
ailus thought she took after your side Of the
house, 'Lisha."
"She's jest you over ag'in, Maria, as you
looked when l come a courtiu', like San
ford Stiles is dom meow. Hullo! Talk
of angels am you heer the rustlin' of their
wings. Amt this middlin' airly for you,
Stiless''
eyes, SIR" answered the new conner, in
,ba4 oh
Just passing this way, and l thought I'd
stop in and ask you if the fall-plowing
the corn-the'-
"Yes it's out thare in the gard'n. Go
rite through. Mollie's feedin' it to the
feowls. She'll tell you the pertikelers her.
self"
The visitor hurried out through the side
door, and the farmer started in another
direction; but before he went he inquired
of his wife,
''Say, Maria, was | ever SIGH peslzy fool
as that chap when l come a-courtin' youa"
'Worse,n answered Miss Hartner, grave
ly "an' you amt got over it yet, 'Lisha."
But the twinkle in her eye told that she
was partner in his foolishness.
/ began to tell you what a pretty picture
Mollie Hartner made, standing like another
Ruth, "breast high amid the corn" She
was such sweet, wholesome, well-made
girl, with the rich, ripe, harvest color of a
seek-no-further apple in her round, dimpled
cheeks and as she stood there with all her
soft, dark hair wlnd-blown, and the color of
the skies matched in her great blue orbs,
you would go further and look far to find
any thing as fair as she. So thought the
lover as he stepped softly upon the scene,
coming to give her a surprise.
AS if she did not know She had heard
his foot at the front gate, heard his bung-
ling speech to her father,
"oh, lovers eyes are sharp to sect
And lovers ears in hearing"
But she went on all the harder feeding
her faithful poultry, and only that the color
spread from cheek TO brow and the dim
Piles twinkled in delicious confusion of
smothered laughter, the demure Mollie
knew nothing of aught but her feathered
friends. VOC ''a' .r
And the'lover Toasted his eyes. She had
on simple blue gown, with white fchu
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THE GIRL IN THE KITCHEN.

The girl in the kitchen sits all alone,
In her work worn faded clothes;
With only the night to call her own,
With only the wind to voice her woes.
The kitchen girl, like pinioned dove,
Has a heart grown heavy and slow;
For father kiss and mothers love
Are the dim-like visions of long ago.
The kitchen girl has love as true
As the maid n the drawing room;
And her poor heart aches as her thoughts
pursue
Their faded fancies athwart the gloom.
But the Christ who lay in the Manager straw
VIII find in the tchen even His own;
A girl as pure as the saints who draw
In a reverent circle about His throne.
Charles Knolcles Bolton, in Good HOlsekeep-
ina.
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ONE year ago last June Mrs. Warren Cas-
well, of Herlkimer, while at the Thousand
Islands, left her handbag, containing about
twenty dollars in money and several small
articles, on the boat. Search and inquiry
was made for the missing bag without
success. The other day Mrs. Caswell re-
ceived an express package containing the
missing bag and contents with five dollars
added to the money The package came
from New Jersey, and aletter accompanied
it. This is clear case of conscience ~
OqdenSourp Journal.
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THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.

The little brown house by the road,
With vines running up to the caves,
Where the summer long there were bursts of
song,
AND hutter of wings in the leaves;
OH the little brown house was merry
In the days that used to be-
When the boys and girls, with their sunny
curls,
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tied about her shapely shoulders; but how
fair, how fair she looked to him. do not
think myself that lovers eyes are hyper
critical in regard to the colors their be-
loved ones wear. If Mollie had worn red
and-yellow or sage-green it would have
been all the same to Sanford Stiles. She
would still have been
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dinner was on the table, or he would have
been down at the far end among the boys,
and remote from Mollie, on the principle
existing nearly every where-that lovers
must be made as uncomfortable as possible.
He could only telegraph with his eyes, but
he did that to such good effect that Mollie
put sugar on her turkey and salt into her
coffee, and would never have known it but
for that scamp Bob. And then, ass bad
luck would have it, Granther Hartner, who
is quite deaf, began to ask questions.
'Seen We outen the garding a-huntin' for
somethin' t'other day, Bob; seen all hands,
in fact. Lost any thin'?n
This was Bob's opportunity. He bawled:
eyes, granp, Mol lost her ring! Stop
maxim faces at me, SAM Stiles! l amt
scarf of you.''
"a ring-what ring? hey-was it gold?"
inquired the old man.
''Talking of gold" began Uncle Dan'l,
sin 49, when l was in Californy''-
But a terrific shrek from Bob at that
moment stopped alike the discourse and the
dinner. That youth was shut up like a
jack-knife, and his face distorted in some
kind of agony.
"He's swallowed the wish-bone," sug-
gested Sam.
''The dear childs choking to deathr'
cried his mother.
Mollie alone was equal to the occasion.
Without moments hesitation she threw
pitcher of water over him. He gasped and
sputtered.
"Oh, won't I pay you for thatl" he ex-
claimed, as soon as he got his breath
"Look- at-her-hand-she' got the ring
on this minnit."
CHI c+o .
but holding out with the determination of a
martyr that tell-tale hand on which the
wide band of gold nestled confidingly
"Where did you find it?" from all at
once.
SIN the turkeys crop" said Mollie,
cody, she must have swallowed it Just as
you dropped it, Sanford"
"Children," said Farmer Hartner, quiet
ly, time hands"
Sanford Stiles rose to his feet and
reached a stalwart arm across the table.
Mollie, with gentle dignity, laid her hand
in his.
'That settles it," said the father, ''rse
give We the best I've got 'thout it's her
mother, an l hope yell do right by each
other an be happy. Now let's see if we can
hev suthin' to eat"
"Spoons," yelled Bob. His mother
tweaked his ear gently, and his father
looked stern, so he concluded; Cant eat
with my fingers, can 1? 'Spose I'm out
dollar now after all my grubblin'; didn't
'spect that old turkey was agoin' to turn
into jewel box" ...
But it is not likely that Bob lost the dol
lar. l do not believe in brides, but some
times they are the best part of discretion.
From that day the boy never alluded to
''rings," turkeys" or "big swallows" as he
most assuredly would have done if he had
not been bought off.
The supper that followed that dinner was
equally imposing. And after it the two
lovers sat side by side, and counted apple
seed, and burned paired chestnuts, and
popped corn while their elders told stories
and Toasted.
Late that night, when Mrs. Hartner was
dragging sleepy little Ben, the ''tot," up to
bed-he having been mapping all evening
she looked in on her young daughter, who
sat dreamily regarding her ring with a sus-
picious moistness in the great blue eyes.
"What is the matter, Mollie?' asked her
mother, tenderly. ..
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"Fm tired and SO
happy" sighed the
girl.
"Fm tired an
slappy, too - pumme
in my little bed"
chirruped the "tot,"
as he held up his face
to be kissed.
And the turkey
well, if ever the
ghost of a turkey
walked the earth,
with his head under
his arm, after the
fashion of ghosts,
that one must have
felt in his skeleton
bosom a peaceful
consciousness tn at
he had not diee in
vain.
Mrs. M. L. RAYNB
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MOLLIE HARTNER'S RING
A Pleasant Little Story of Thanks
giving Day.
[Original.l

HERE could not well be
"a prettier picture than
Mollie Hartner made as
she stood in the brisk,
cold air of that Novem-
Der morning, and with
her own plump, pretty
hands fed her great
noisy family of domestic
fowls. 1t was drawing
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19
MINNIE ONKA NOTES.

The following names are displayed on tie.
register of the Lafayette for yesterday: Mr.;
and Mrs. George Marshall Allen, New York,
Will E Francis. Peoria; Mrs. John Johnson
Milwaukee; J. S. Rankin, Big Rapids Mich. {;
Miss Emma Hansen, H M. Garlichs and
wire, St. Joseph, Mo-; George c. Mott, St.
Paul; 6. N. Hippee, J. R. Rollins, L. j..
Wells, Des Moiaos; Charles L. Smith, Cham
pegne, ILL.,; 3. Jones and wife, BoGham, Tex. !;
W. e. Windsor, Boston; George II. Davis, j..
B. Irwin, q. d. Patten, Chicago: Ell. P. Good
all, Lowell, Mass. W. II. Goodall, Manches-
ter; Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Kennedy, Rev. A.
SchauFer, New York; J. H. Pocock, st. Louis;
John G. Dwight, Dwight, OAK. ]. K. Wealth
erly, Hudson, Wis; G. d. Hattou, Milwaukee;
Miss May Cuyler, Morristown, N. j.; Jackson
Baily and wife, Brooklyn; E. E. Hamilton, st.
Paul.
Arrivals at St. Louis hotel yesterday were:
H. J. Van Ripper, j. III, Root, H. S. Gillette,
Z. A. Bromley, John 81. Moorhead, ]. w.
Glenn, S. G. Andrews and wife; J. R. Conf
gar and wife, Miss Annie Kelly, Minneapolis;
keinhard Kochman John c. G. Fletcher, New
York City; j. NJ. Quinn, Bismarck; A. D.
Thomas and wife Fargo, OAK, W. W: Month
ply and family, Hannibal, Mo-; John Z. Moon,
New Orleans, La; Mr.. and Mrs. Judge A. 7.
Gill; Kansas City, Mo-; E. Wyman, Nevada;
Harrison Gregg, w. NJ. d. Lee, Kansas City,
Mo-; FL. S. Miller and wife, A. B. Turner and
wife, Louisville, Ky.
mere were registered at Ine Lake FdrR
yesterday: Mary l.. Hayes Mary Welsh, S.
B. Davenport, W. II. Mead, Mrs. E. A. Bar
Der, Pekin, ILL.,; E. D. Humphrey, Nj. E. Haw-
ley, N. NJ. Finch, Marion Ia; d. E. Young,
f. L. Tealy, st. Paul; Miss Stoneman, G. P.
Rundel, Miss H. B. Holman, DIR. c. E. Clay
ton. Minneapolis; E. Johnston, Clay Centre,
Ky.
John Ellispoon, W. H. Colman, St. LOUIS:
Frank Jones and wife, Miss Mamie Jones,
Sherman, Tex; G. S. Howe, St. Louis; E. G.
Handy, j. M. Richardson, St. Panl, were at
the Excelsior house yesterday.
The sham battle aud fireworks display Sat-
urday at Excelsior bay will be the browning
event Of the season, aud will probably be the
last affair of the lake season.
The George W. Morgan Camp No. 4, will
give picnic and moonlight excursion on the
Belle Of Minnetouka tonight
The hop last night at the Lafayette was a
very enjoyable affair and was well attended.
Stone and Corbett. the oarsmen, are booked
for race in the near future at Lake Calhoun.
Barous Elsbach aud Won Heminge Of Ger
many, were at the Lafayette yesterday.
Jackson III. E. church picnic at Lake Park
to-day,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19
TRANSPORTATION TOPICS.
Armed Men Holding the Track.

Armed Men Holding the Track.
Special to the Globe.
WAHPEToN, Oak, Aug. 1S.-The latest
news from the railroad war at Taylors
Lake is to the effect that the Minneapolis
q Pacific men after tearing up the Mani
toba crossing threw up breast works and
fifty armed deputies held the tort all day,
keeping the assailing force back at the
point of revolvers and old army muskets
). Z. Pyatt OF this city, attorney for the
Minneapolis & Pacific, read the riot act
AN INJUNCTION SERVED.
Judge Springer, who went to Fairmont,
OAK, to procure an order of court restrain
ing the Manitoba from interfering with the
work of the Minneapolis & Pacific, re-
turned yesterday and confirmed the state
mentS hitherto made by the GLOBE. Said
he:
The line is on government land here and
under the law Of congress the road that first
occupies it has the right of way. The Da-
kota law provides that commissioners shall
settle any disputes about crossings. The
Minneapolis q Pacific was on the ground first
and before the Manitoba had made even pre-
hminary survey. When they started out they
said they were going anywhere we went and
they did follow our track for miles until they
crossed at this point, but they made their
crossing at an angle of 2 deg. and SO min, so
that they occupied our grade for /, 400 feet,
and interfered with our trains for over 600
feet. Mr.. Underwood tore up their tracks
and that was where the trouble came in. We
got out an injunction restraining them from
further interference and it was served this
morning. Mr.. Underwood is on the ground
with good force of men, all armed, and he
will not be driven from the field. I do not
think there will be any fighting, but that is
our right of way and we mean to keep it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19
The Mayors proclamation.

Mayor Anes yesterday issued the follow
ing proclamation at the request of the di-
rectors:
The opening of the Minneapolis Industrial
Exposition on Monday, the Esd Of August,
1886, is the Inauguration in this city of q
great enterprise, which deserves aud Sh ould
receive the encouragement and support of
all our citizens 1t is one of many similar
enterprises which have resulted in making
Minneapolis the metropolis it is, and is gain
ing our well-earned reputation for being
large-hearted and thoroughly public-spirited.
In view Of the important results which will
accrue to our people by continuance of
their zeal, l take this method of requesting
that all mills, workshops and other manufac-
tories shut down, and that all places Of bust
ness be closed on Monday, next between the
hours of 2 and oclock p. M, in order that
all citizens may witness the imposing eXer-
cises which have been arranged by the board
of directors of the Exposition and properly
entertain visitors. A. A. AMEs, Mayor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19
Rail Notes.

There was to have been a meeting yester-
day OF those interested in east-bound -four
rates at the Omaha Offices. There seems to be
too much -four going by way of Duluth, and
it therefore becomes necessary to equalize
matters in this respect Owing to the absence
of some of the parties the meeting was post
poned until Monday at 10 q. m.
The Chicago 81 Northwestern engineers
under Blunt began setting grade stakes on
Monday in town 12O, range 60, twenty-four
miles north of Doland, Oak, and are working
toward that town. The right Of way was Sc
cured last week. Grading machines and men
are at work in the northern part of Sphinx
Vice-President Kennedy of the Manitoba
road arrived in q special car from Chicago
yesterday afternoon. He is here for the pur-
pose Of attending the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the road to be held to-day.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific for
the second week in August were S255,62I. In
the corresponding week last year the earnings
were $2l7,S0 showing an increase last week
at S97,s1s.
N. Vanderpool, western travelling agent of
the New York Central and Hudson River road.
is in st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19


by Mayor Ames for the Exposition. to be
under the command Of Lieut.-Col. Hill, as fol-
lows: Lieut.. Hoy, sergt. Coffin. Patrolmen
Malone, NJ. Kennedy, Fay, Ray, Calwell, Cory,
Martens, Mealey, Cronir, Walk. Anderson, Re-
we're, Qnoittan, Fourskran and Coskran.
Col. Hubbard says the greatest favor that
can be conferred upon him is for exhibitors
to clean away all the rubbish around their
stalls. All boards, STICKS chips and miscellan-
eous dirt should be removed at once.
Some of the leading exhibitors have gener-
ously given space to others who were less
fortunate, while certain other exhibitors have
hoggishlY chung to the last inch awarded
them.
The apparatus that has done service at Ma.
agara Falls arrived yesterday and will be use
in illuminating the fountains on the rockery
with colored lights.
The platforms for the speakers and bands
were built yesterday, and occupy positions at
either end of the light we'll.
The gas pipes will be ready for exhibitors
connect with tomorrow afternoon.
The freight elevator did great work yester
day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19
Mr. st,ckney Makes Answer.

Chicago Tribune, IS: President Stick
ney of the Minnesota & Northwestern has
at last seen fit to give definite answer to
Commissioner Faithorn of the Northwest
ern Freight association regarding his posi-
ton towards the association. A telegram
was received from President Stickney yes
terday by Commissioner Faithorn stating
that no matter what the position of the
Minnesota & Northwestern regarding the
association might be, it would strictly adj
here to the agreed rates of the association.
This answer is quite satisfactory to the
Northwestern Freight association. So long
as the Minnesota q Northwestern main
tains tariff rates the association cares but
little whether that road becomes member
or not. The sensible conclusion of the
Minnesota & Northwestern to adhere to
the regular rates is no doubt due to the re-
fusal of the Illinois Central, its Chicago
connection, to prorate at cut rates. The
Illinois Central was suspicious that the
Minnesota q Northwesterns declination to
join the association was due to its desire to
compel some of the old lines to buy it, and
the Illinois Central does not propose to pull
the chestnuts out of the fire for that or any
other road.