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RUSSIAN MARRIAGES
A Writer in Harper's Tells of the
Ceremony,


The Russians generally marry quite
young in the upper classes, and amongst
country people even at an earlier age;
and to the honor Of this society be ii
said, love marriages are the rule, and
marriages for money are very rare ex-
ceptions. Dowry-hunting and marriages
Of interest have not yet made their ap-
pearance in Russian Girls of
high social standing readily marry young
officers of the guard, who furnish the
largest contingent of dancers TO the balls
of st. Petersburg. During the
carnival of fetes the two armies,
the army in petticoats and the army that
wears epaulcts, learn to know each other
thoroughly. Friendships spring up, the
young man pays court without having
consulted anybody, two fisnces come to
ask of the parents 3 blessing, which is
never refused. The church does not
marry during Lent, so they have TO wait
unit! Easter week. Fashion demands for
the celebration of the ceremony the chapel
of some private house, if the couple have
not sufficiently lofty relations to secure
the chspel of the palace. A family that
respects itself ought to have at its wed
ding as honorary father and honorary
mother, if not the emperor and empress,
at least a grand duke and a grand
duchess. The honorary father gives
the holy, image which some
little child related to the
families carries in front of the fiances
They enter the church followed by all
their friends in gala uniform. The cerc-
mony begins; it is very long and com
plicsted with many symbolic rites; a
small teble-a sort of movable altar-is
placed in the middle of the oratory; the
couple are separated from it by q band
of rose colored satin; when the priest
calls they must advance, and the first who
sets foot on the band, whether husband
or wife, will be the one who will impose
his or her will in the household. This is
an article of faith for all the matrons who
watch them at that moment. On the
table is placed the l%iturgicsl formulary,
The candles which they must hold,
the cross which they will kiss,
the rings which they will ex-
IhauSC, INC cup VI WlUc III
which they will moistcn their lips, and
which is called in the Slavonic ritual
"the cup of bitterness" Pages relieve
each other to carry with outstretched
arms two heavy crowns, which must be
held above the frances while the cere-
Uony continues. AT the decisive mo-
meDt, when the priest is pronouncing the
words which bind them together, the
couple walk three times around the altar,
followed by the crown-bearers; until the
third turn is completed there is time to
turn back; after that the die is cast, the
couple are united for life. Thcreupon
they strike up in their most strident
voices the Joyous hymn, Let Isaiah Re.
%joicc.' The bride and groom Their go
and PROSTATE themselves before the Vir.
gin of the lconostase. and kiss her iii.
gree robe. after which they pass into the
neighboring salon, where they gaily
clink glasses of champagne, while the in
vitcd guests receive baskets of sweet
meats marked with the monogram of the
young couple.
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Woman and Her Umbrella.

Only n woman in ten knows how
to carry an umbrella, and she rarely
carries her knowledge into practice.
Every rainstorm proves this. Among
me there is Il tacit understanding
that the umbrella shall be tilted in
passing, so that neither of the pedes-
TRANS need be wholly uncovered for
even Il short time. The tiiting is, of
course, away from the other pedes-
trian, and is a considerable aud conr-
tcous act which both sexes could easily
perform. But the women haven't
time for anything of this kind. Their
eyes are fixed on some distant point,
and they strike out in that direction
like pedestrians in Il go-as-you-plcase
race. Not in%frequently they lower
thor heads and charge upon nn indi-
vldual or II group with results which
are often dangerous. If by any chance
they collide with persons moving in
the other direction, they glare mt the
newcomers in Il manner which would
have made Lady Macbeih's worst
scowl seem an angelic smile by con-
trast. They are equally polite in this
matter to members of their own sex.
and some laughing collisions often oc-
eur, for cvcn they will admit that they
have less patience with women than
with those hated creatures, the
lhl{d0eLp.Aia Inquirer.
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Remedy for Croup.

An old nurse who was considered
wise in her day told me that m unfail-
ing relief for Group was to place the
cliiid's feet In hot water, apply hot
iiannels to the chest and give the fol-
lowing mixture until vomiting was
produced: One tablespoonful Of pow
dcred alum dissolved in half n teacup-
tui OF hot water and sweetencd well
with molasscss. In membranous croup
put Kettles of water on the stove pro-
ancihg all the steam possible, by in
sertihg n tunnel in tho nose of the tea
Kettle and removing the cover. put tie
lent IN hot water giving iprcac syrup
The above mixture. and hastaIin%
vomiting by placing hot tobacco lcayps
on The stomach. hciug careful! not II
ieaHe them ON too long.-Go0a House
&etpiRy,
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The Little Belle of Mott Street.

One OF the prettiest New York girls l
have seen for Il long time is Mrs. All
Dam, writes the New York correspond
ent of the Washington Star. Although
she is married, Mrs. All Dam still looks
and acts like . girl, and in truth her hus-
band tells ms she is only 1t.
MIR. All Dam is the richest Chinese
grcceryman in New York, and MIS-. All
Dam is the third wife he has brought out
from China. SIr. All Dam never let any
body see his frat two wives, but he has
become so thoroughly Amcricanized
since getting the third that he takes an
honest pride in showing her off, even to
strangers.
He didn't wait an instant when asked
an introduction. but called ia q clerk, to
whom he said q few pcremptory tea chest
words, and we proceeded to climb the
stairs to his flat on the fifth floor of q
Mott street tenement. l never saw a
cleaner place. There were no lath and
plaster, but plain pine partitions, IN.
painted and as clean as wax.
AT his WI floor we entered, and after
announcing me TO his wife first he led me
into her apartment. Mrs. All Dam is
about four aud d half feet in height, rosy
and round, with the sort Of roscbudmouth
that we see in small children. but which
had never before remarked in a wife,
no matter how young.
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4 lucky Texan.

Hnlletsyille, Tex, New Era, May IS: The
people in this section have been spcculatipg
in Louisiana State Lottery tickets for some
time, and have received several good pre-
miums, and on Que or two occasions lsree
ones, but the town was struck dumb when
It was found that ticket No. 80 O74, drawing
the first capital prize of $500 600 in the April
drawing, wac held partially by a party in
Hslle'sville. L is often sad that luck falls
TO the unworthy, but interviewing Otto Won
Roscnburs, the happy preseason Of QUE
twentieth part OF the ticket, we find
1t has fallen In the right place.
he Is an industrious young merchant
who has been here hut q short time.
his native home beiag Round Top, Texas.
The SIS 900 received by him will be partly
used In his business; it establishes him on q
firm financial basis. II has not turned his
head, and he win use lis new fnund wealth
with sense and discretion for his W advance
ment and the furtberance Of his interest IN
the public welfare. he has been investing in
one ticket each month In the Louisiana State
Lottery for about two years, end he TANKS
the amount expended was well invested.
The Louisiana State Lottery Company is q
thoroughly reliable institution, as wal evil
dcrced In this case. Mr.. Rosenberg sent his
ticket for collection to Ball. Hutehlns u Co,
of Galveston, and II was paid upon presenta-
ton without any discount.
Everybody 10 the neIghborhood of 1erre
Hautc, Ind, is getting up a company to bore
Tor oil.
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"
Queen Emma of Holland sl,rank
from assuming the regency. which she
knew would announce to the world her
husbands condition., aud so did her
best 10 prevent the real condition of
the king from being known. but the
position has at last been forced on
her. Latlcrly the king. who at first
could not bear her ont of his simht,
conceived u most violcntdislike to ncr,
which made it impossible for her to
nurse him as hitherto. For several
weeks the kings suiferings have been
OF such a nature as 10 render his life
but a living death, and so horrible is
his condition that no IL is able TO re-
main in the sick-room for more than Il
few minutes at n time. Queen Emma
Is just ~foriy-two yearsthe iuniorof her
dying husband, and the touching de-
rotlpn and attention with which she
has performed the painful and loa,h-
some task for the past few months
goes far to di3arm the criticism to
which she subjected herself when, in
1879, She sold hertwenty-one years aud
her beauty to siNty-four-yrar-old Will
liam for the sake IF becoming queen of
the Netherlands.
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1hex Bathein Corsets.

Mos: ladies confess to wear corset even
for the bath, says the New York Press.
There is nothing made especially for this
purpose. The "yentilated' or summer
corset, which is hardly more than a
SHELTON of bones, is the one used. The
newest caps are made of silk rubber in
different colors, although those of cleo
tric rubber are also used. The share OF
the cap is long and narrow like a net.
When the hair is heavy there IS ample
space for it in the cap. either Oh top of
the head or in the maps OF the neck.
Shoes and stockings are conveniently
made in piece. although the shoe
may be said to be little clse than a sole of
cork, Stockings Of this jersey cloth arc
to be had separately if desired, and worn
with shoes shaped like worgtod slippers
used for the dressing oom The bathing
shoes are made of Macrimee cord with
rubber soles.
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Busting n Coincidence.

A woman yesterday stood at the
writing desk in the corridor of the
postoilice with Il pen in her hand and
IA posial-cartl before her. says the De-
troit Free Press. She WAS thinking
deeply. when man approached with
Il postal-card in his hand, looked III
vain for a pen, and finally said:
"Madam, are You going to use that
pen for the next five miuutcs?n
Yes. SIR She replid. ~ am just
going to write TO my husband"
And ! am Just going TO write tony
wife. Curious coincidence, eh?n
81 don't know about that. My lus-
band a away, aud | have just got his
address and was wandering whether
should tell him TO stay or ask him to
come home"
by George, madam, but how sim
gnlar! My wife also skipped ont. and
| was wandering what to say 10 her.
We are i'll the same boat. Shall we
write: Come home, darling or. i
never want to see your face againP'
What n curious ~coincidencc!n
Yes, think ii Isl" remarked a wo-
man who came up behind. Trying
to make a mash, are you? This is the
way you hunt for WORK, is it? Come
home with me. or l'n pull all the hair
II of your head and scratch that wo-
mans eyes out!n
He went humbly along in tow, and
q newshoy who sat on the window-siIl
looked after the pair and soliliquizcd:
"Illat's what l cali busting II coin
c'doncc and catching n liar at the
same time. Better write for your dar-
ling to return by telegraph, ma'am."
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ToNslLlTls.
Warming Against Observation-Disclosures OF
Science Concerning IA Prevalent Disease.

A hro8icle reporter started out re-
Gently to find how extensively tonsil-
tits was distributed in San Francisco
and learned that it was quite prev
alent, as it is in fact in all coast cities.
As a rule ii provides n larger revenue
for the doctors in the fall than at any
other time Of year.
Perhaps the most interesting dis
coycIy made by the reporter was an
other argument against the practice
of kissing, which, it is learned, is also
quite prevalent in this city. If Il
young lady with a sweet rosebud
mouth and Il voice upon which phleg-
monis has tasted itself be kissed
phlegmonis will be the price paid by
the one who shares with her the dual
bliss. There is contagionin her sweet
breath and microbes of %wondrous form
ride to new fields of conquest on her
siiverv voice and soft whispers. Hosts
of subtle but riotous bacteria sit and
wait upon her corallips quick to beard
tue mustachcd one that recklessly APP
proaches. 1t is thus plain that greater
about this city, and that no kissing
should be doncuutil both parties have
learned whether or not pllegmonis
has clutcl!ed the throat of the other.
Phlcgmouis is u form of tonsiiitis.
The ordinary everyday tonsililis is not
contagious. In brief the ordinary
form is simple inflammation of the
t%onsils, which are glands in the throat,
whose secretions aid somewhat il the
process of degiutition. 1t is Il great
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pronght me no . news OF alark--not

Drought me no more news OF AIark-not
Il single line,
nay mother never knew that n great
cloud had overShadowed Inc. She did
not know that my heart was breaking
because had no new from Mark.
Let me tell it quickly. My dear
mother was buried, and / was alone III
the world, save for my lover so far
away-alone, save for him; and, when
July of tile next year should come, the
four years would be ended and he
would return.
thought deeply over my plans. 1t
seemed useless now TO leave the cot
tage; it was best for me 10 remain there
until Mark came home again. Our old
and faithful servant. Dorothy Clarke.
WIS sufficient protection fuT me. | had
money enough fer IN year, and | had
my hJtle income of twenty pounds per
anliim also. | had Thought once of
gong away; but whittier should | 20
what could | Go2 And | must lie here
when Mark returned.
When Christmas came, | was still
waiting, in dry-eycd, mute anguish, for
the letter that | WAS never to receive.
l wondered often that the golden hair
had not turned gray. | was helpless in
my great grief. l wrote TO Mark. |
tod him that my mother was dead. and
that was alone in the cottage, waiting
tor ilm-that neither his silence nor
ms absence shook my faith. lie might
be III; an accident might have happened
20 hlln-anythlng, everything would |
believe, except that he had forgotten
me. lneTer thought Of that; it never
occurred TO me asa solution of the mys-
terry OF his silence. There was no one
TO whom | could appeal for news of
Mark. His father was dead; the Rec
TOR OF Gracedieu had not heard from
llEl tor many MONTHS; the lawyers who
tine sale of his fatner'spruperty had not
received any communication from him
since he had sent the formal receipt for
1t. There was no II in Gracedieu who
knew his present address. Mark had
not seen much OF Gracedieu. When
the Doctor had bought his practice
there, Mark was at school. lie had
made few acQuaintdnCe5, and non of
these had kept mp d correspondence
With him since he had left for India.
tlefe was nothing to be done but to
wait IN patience rs best | could. Every
morning hope revived i'll my heart;
every evening it died. Livery morning
| rose, praying wildly to Heaven that |
might hear from Mark that day; every
night lay down to sleep with bitter
tears because a letter had not come.
Every morning, week afterweek. month
the p1stman. lie never had anything
for me. lie knew | wanted m Indian
letter, and he would look at me with a
piteous shake OF the head, and pass on.
But one morning, when the snow lay
upon the ground and the bells We're
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A Sensible OMcIal.

Texas siftings: Friend-What are you
everlasting!y taking off your hat and
bowling for? Federal oficer-Do you
read the papers? "Of course" THEN
you ought to know that q man was
bounced out of his position in the pen
sion office for not being respectful to Mrs.
Harrison's father. l don't know him,
and until l get u photograph Pm going
to bow to every old codger l meet. l
going to take any foolish chances
I've got q family to support"
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would expect me to spend my evenings
in the drawinp-room, to sing when
needed. take a hand at whist. She
wrote most unreservedly to me. The
life would be tedious, she owned: but
then 7 should have a large salary and 4
comfortable home. 1t mattered little
to Inc how [ passed the remaining
years Of nv life: as well might it be
with Lady Yorke as with any one else.
If the lady were i'll, were really an in
valid. | could perhaps help tocheer her.
On the second of JULY shall never
forget the date-I found myself at the
pretty station of Woodheaton. the near
est town TO Westwood. A luxurious
carriage awaited me, and / enjoyed the
drive. Every one knows how the sea
washes Tho fair kentisll coast. Even
amidst the odor of the flowers, the
scent of the rich clover meadows, and
the fragrance of the rpse-coyered
hedges. i distinguished the sea-breezc.
The park was a beautiful u%ndulating
expaise. full of fine old trees of every
variety Of form. and carpeted with wild
flowers. The houSe was n grand old
mansion that had been built in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. The sun
light fell on the great gables and the
large, windows. My courage almost
failed Inc when | saw what u magniii-
cent home mine was to be. l felt some
little curiosity as to what Lady Iorke
was like. | pictured her an invalid
pale. delicate, quiet. Before long l was
in her presence, and | perceived my
mistake. l saw at once that her chief
malady was due TO having had all she
wanted all her life. Size had never
known trouble or care: She was Il slen-
der woman, with dark blue eyes and
dark hair. An expression of languid
discomfort married the beauty of her
face. There was a line across her white
brow that b%etokened temper, and some
thing IN the expression of her lips told
the same story. The room was beauti-
fully decorated and furnished. The la
dy herself was lying on Il couch, doing
nothing, neither reading nor working.
She looked up with a glance of relief as
e entered.
Miss Chester" she exclaimed, with
something OF surprise, II am glad to sec
you; | was just feeling as though | did
not know what to do with myself. Pray
sit down."
Lady Yorke did not look like a per
son who was easily amused. L took a
seat as requested.
people of your way of thinking de
not value the gift of personal beauty,
suppose" she remarked.
1t was my turn to smile.
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A NEW ALABAMA CITIZEN
How He Celebrates His First APP
pearance At the Ballot Box;

1t was a state election in Alabama, and
among the crowd filling the little town
where happened to be stopping were
some queer characters. Among the
queerest were an old man and his SON
the father about so years old, the son
about 10 cast his first vote. The boy had
primed up pretty well, and by 10 o'clock
in the forenoon he was saying:
Father, git ten men to hold me, fur if
l turn loose this town won't be nowhar!"
"Be calm, Jonas, be calm" advised
the old man as he patted him on the
shoulder.
"Whoopl vi! yil Whar's the critter as
sayshe will challenge my frst voter"
"Thar's no critter sayin' anything of
that sort, Jonas. Jist be quiet. Don't
be raisin' your voice too much"
Jonas circulated around for o while,
took another drink and then came back
to the tavern steps and said:
Father, I've got to tu1n losse."
"Shoo! Jonasr'
But l hev. Pm a-goln' to cut loose
and go for the hull crowd, for can't
hold myself no longer"
AT that moment a Turk o. Bohemian OF
foreigner of some sort came up with a
hand organ and a dancing bear, and
saw a new idea strike Jonas like a land,
slide. The father saw it, too, and he
protested:
Now, Jonas, doan' make no critter o.
yo'self. You jist let that bar alCne."
i'Pon Pm upuivn IN pIinob h;~, Jln't
altogether too funny fur this yere local
ity."
onery varmints."
Got to do it, Pop. Pm bubblin' uI
like bilin' soap suds, and sumpthin' hal
got ter be done or the bilcr will give way
Stand back2 Whoopee.'
Every citizen of the town heard hi
yell. The bear was about five rods ava,
going through a waltz, and he stopped
his movements to zee what was going t,
happen. Jonas made a bee line for him
and as he came within six feet he rose il
the air and came down astride of hrui,
and grabbed him by the ears and yelled
America again the hull airth
Whoopr'
1t was in the middle of the street an,
INV l Woo uuotJ. AuCIClliC 1 Cdu
swear as to what took place during III
next two minutes. When the foreignc
pulled his bear off there was q bundle O
something lying in the dust. 1t locke
like old clothes, but it turned out to b
Jonas. He wasn't saying a word. II
didn't know it when the father and tw
others lifted him over against the fenc
and got water from the town well t
pour over him. 1t was q full quarter @
an hour before he opened his eyes an
family asked:
"Father, did l clean out the hu.
crowd?'
"No, Jonas. You tackled that ba'
agin my advice"
and kerwolloped him?"
"Skecrccly. You've dun got the wor!
maulin' ever heard Of"
"Lickedf"
II should obssrve. You's bit, clawet
knocked, rolled, paralyzed and brok'
. and you won't be fifteen to work fur
month. Jonas, you's a %critter, a POI
fule of a %critter, and if this doan' tax
the swellin' outer your head I'm gwir
to hire a niger and q maui 10 knock
off. Say, Baker, kin you load this cri
ter inter yer cart and tote him home2'
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Sorchum RHrht

1t has been discovered that sorghum is
affected by a blight, and some studies in
that direction have been made at the
Kansas agricultural %ststion, says the Ger.
mantown. Pa. Telegraph. The diseased
plants Invariably present hlotches of red
discoloration On the leaves or leaf
sheaths, which are more numerous and
brighter upon the inner surface of the
sheaths. The blotchcs ere irregular in
shape, growing darker and finally almost
black. When arriving at this point the
vitality Of the affected parts ia completely
exhausted. The disease also develops
and extends 10 the roots. to such
sn extent that the plant can be
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easily pulled out of the soil. The
disease seems to be the same as that de.
scribed by Prof. Burrell in the Proceed
ings of the Meeting of the Society for
the Promotion of Agricultural Science"
at its eighth annual session, when he at
tributed the disease to a mlcro-organism,
to which he gave the name Bacillus
sorghi. 1t has been demonstrated by ex-
pertinent that the bacillus can exist in
the soil and survive during winter, and
that it can be communicated to healthy
plants. 1t may ever be carried in the
air. Asa %precaution all diseased plants
should be burned and a rotation of crops
prac,iced, so as to avoid bringing the
crop in contact with the disease that may
be contained in the soil.