Omaha daily bee., 1890-06-10

There is said to be in the model room ,
Of the patent Office enough corsets TO
hold the frames of every woman in
Washington and enough bustlcs to put
new springs in the chairs of both housoe
of congress, and the bulk OF these y
tents were taken out by women, says tn
Fort Worth Gazette. But woman has
invented some very useful machines. \
New York woman, the wife of a banker,
while twisting some worsted hit upon
the idea of applying II little system OF
her own to Il larger field, and she in
vented u machine for twisting wire rope,
which she sold for $25, 900 and royalty
upon future sales. Another woman has
invented profitable improvement in
eXcavators and elevators. "A Massachu-
sctts girl has invented the best machine
FOR trimming the leaves of books, now
used by the leading publishers in this
ciuntry. A Pennsylvania woman has in-
vented u machine for putting iron hoops
on barrels, and another woman from the
same state has invented u Valuable inn
proyoment on stereO5copes, and another
has patented II useful feature for locomo-
tives. But woman is chiefly noted for
inventing jar-lifters. bag holders, fish
boners, raisin-seedcrs, washing ma.
chimes, skirt-lifters, pic-lifters, ironing
boards, gridle-greasers, dust-pans, ,crimp-
ing machines, and every kind of device
for improved clothes.
A strange story, the particulars of
which furnish the groundwork for love
tragedy in real life equal to the immor-
tai Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"
was developed in Lawrencevilie
through the death of an estimable
young lady, the bride of day, Miss
Helen Brecht, who resided with hcr
parents on Forty-third and half street,
near Willow street, says a Pittsburg
dispatch to the st. Louis Republic. ShoY
was handsome young lady of twenty. \
Her parents are very respectable Ger
mans. Some time ago it was announced
that Helen was shortly to wed Mr..
Charles W. Eckert, prosperous young
brewer. On the day set for the we'd
ding, which was to have taken place in
one of the German churches in that end
of town in which the bride and groom
resided. A large number of friends and
were invited and expected to
join in the festivities of the occasion and
drink to the health of the newly welded
couple. Before daylight on the bridal
morning the parents of the prospective
bride were summoned to her bedcham-
Der, where they found her writhng in
pain and almost exhausted. She vom-
tied violently and became so suddenly i'll
that it was thought best to get physi
clan. Accordingly one was summoned,
but was told that he need not call to see
he young lady, but just give prcscrip-
tion. DR.. Cameron did as requested
About an hour later the doctor
was summoned to the sick lady's
bedside. He found her in very serious
condition. She improved slightly during h..
Jhe morning and as the hour in which
she was to be made u wife approached II
German priest was called in and pro-
lounced the words which made her Mrs.
Charles w. Eckert, while she lay in bed
from pain. She was unable to
lrise from her couch, so the idea of
,hurch wedding had to be abandoned. 1t
vas strange bridal party that assem-
,led in the bed-chamber, while in a slow,
olemn voice the priest pronounced tho
words, Until death do you part
After the ceremony Mrs. EclGrt took Y
relapse and grew steadily worse until
he following morning, when she died,
he bride of u day.
DR.. Cameron said he had heard that
he young lady was married against her
will. Asked in reference to rumor
hat she died from poison, he said she
id have dymptoms of being poisoned
nut he did not have any idea that the
tory was true. Hequestioned her before
he died, and she denied having taken
ny drug. Her husband stated that She
led of cholera mOrbus.