The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-14
HER TALE OF WOE.
Diary of an American Heiress Who
WouId a Princess Be.


pig ironl Father says he is very rich
now and will be q millionaire some
day. What care l for millionaires?
Pa is a millionaire several times over.
The man who wins me must bring a
foreign title-a coronet shall alone
adorn my brow.
March 2S-Tom has made a declara-
tion-he wants to marry me. Marry
a plain American and a dealer in pig
ironl The iron crown of Lombardy
might suit me. but money couldn't
buy that. Tom will never be any
thing but a plebeian. Noble fellow,
though. So manly, and SO handsome.
Poor Tom. Why weren't you born
with a title?
March 3d. have met the object of
my dreaInsl A princei a real, live
italian prince! Tt was at Mrs. jays
reception last night. All the Jays in
town were there. The prince paid
ME constant attention. 1t was anus
ing to see Tom scowl. | couldn't help
but smile, for / don't care. Between
Pig Iron and Prince, what girl of
spirit could hesitate to decide?
April THE prince called last
night. The top of his head doesn't
come up to Toms shoulder, but oh.
how sweetly he talks in his liquid
Italian tongue! But there is one
thing | didn't like. He borrowed a
nickel of me to pay his car-fafe back
to his hotel. These princes are so
eccentric.
April 10-We are to be married, the
prince and /. Oh, joy! joy! The
dream of my life is to be fulfilled
-I11I ~~r11 o11x- arro4Aaf 1n
has Just sent me the most beautiful
but never mind. Pa has to pay some
thing for q prince. | wouldn't have
Tom know it for the world, though.
We shall sail for Italy Immediately
after the ceremony.
Board ship, May 1.-The prince, my
husband, acts very queer. He asked
me this morning for a little change to
pay the barber. Afterward he came
down and said he must have ten cents
more for q cigar. Are princes, then,
so penniless?
May FL am laid up in my berth,
bruised from head to foot. The
prince demanded all the money / had
and when / refused he beat me. He
even asked with a sneer what ! sup
posed he married IN American woman
for if she wasn't to support him, He
is becoming insupportable.
May 10-We have landed, but | am
so lame from the beatings | have re-
ceived that / can hardly walk. The
prince has. carried off all my jewelry
and pawned it.
May 11-Oh, horror! shamel shamel
The prince has been arrested as a
thief and swindler. He is no prince
at all, but a horrid barber. who ran
away to America with his employers
money and now he is in Jail. | have
cabled pa for money to get home.
The prince has gone, but the prints
he left will never disappsar.-IerGs
Sattdngs.
Some Curious Rainbows
Prof. Tyndall has described various
ways OF producing artificial rainbows
by means of electric light and arti-
fetal mist, the bows themselves being
almost, if not wholly, circular in
form. DR.. Fleming and others re-
Gently witnessed a natural rainbow of
circular form from the summit of
Glydr-Vach, Wales. Standing on the
pinnacle and looking into the valley
where lies the lakelet, Llyn Idwal, the
spectators saw their shadows pro-
jected on the mist, and surrounding
the head of each were two concentric
rainbows, completely circular. The
colors of the inner bow were in the
order of the primary bow, while those
of the outer circle were completely re-
versed. During the whole time OF OBJ
servation the sur was shining brightly
to the backs of the observers.-St
Louis Republic.
Medical Advice About Sea Baths.
1t is generally thought that sea
baths can be taken without any medi-
cal advice, but that is a great mis-
take. The sea bath is a therapeutical
agent of great power. II, on the one
hand, it is capable of giving the most
excellent results, it can, on the other,
have the most unfortunate effect, es-
pecially as every one is inclined to
take his sea bathing pretty much as
it suits him, without regard to the
principles of hygiene, which he may
ignore, or which he may interpret
after his W fancy.-PaTis Herald.
senator Palmer's $50 Plates.
/ hear that Senator Palmer has
been entertaining magnlflcentiy at
Madrid. Mrs. Palmer is a millionaire,
and she and the Senator are the most
accomplished entertainers at the CAPT
tai. Their house here cost $S5, 900,
and they have q china dinner service
which is worth its weight in silver.
Senator Palmer bought this at Paris
just before he came here to take his
seat in the Senate, and General
Cutcheon was present at the house at
the time this CHINA was opened. He
saw that it was very fine and he
asked Palmer how much the plates
cost. The Senator replied" Il
paid $35 apiece for them, and
when / bought them in Paris
Mrs. Palmer objected, saying,
Thomas, do you think we a afford
to use such expensive dishes as these?'
%, yes, my dear said |. 1 want the
best thing / can get in this world. /
live in hope of a hereafter, and when
l get to heaven | expect to eat off of
just such dishes as these every day,
and / want as far as possible to get
used to my future surroundings o.
said she, and the result was that we
bought the dishes.f- - Washington
Letter.
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