Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-25

an estimate from $40 to SIOt
will strike the cost to the average man.
The lover will then buy a 50 or 81 plain
gold wedding ring, HE himself to the
domain Of Clerk Bird. the Cupid OF the
orphans court, aud procure a 5O.ccnt
license, giving an extra half to the jocu-
| lar license clerk II he feels undoubtedly
happy. and then knock at the parsons
or r%octor's door. Perhaps he may 90 10
Camden and fall a prey to the ministers
runners. II he Is very far from blessed
with a%ftlucnce he may lead his bride by
the hand before a magistrate.
THE PARSONS FEE.
When the lover seeks the parson he is
| generally married in unprctcntious style
and escapes at the cost Of a V. Five
dollars. > says a good and cody parson,
'1s the lowest any groom ever dared to
offer me. When they olrcr SO I feel
thankful; when they give $2j I praise
the Lord. -
The hubby who is n man of means
starts of on his honeymoon with a de-
plcted purse. He has provided souvenir
jcwelry for the bridesmaids and best
men, tipped the church sexton well.
paid the high-priced choir. settled with
the florist and presents the angelically
bea!ning rector with Il bank note only
limited by his notion as to what the
highest is that the rector gets. These
marriages are in the provinces of only
the favored few. Those between the
lOO' and the 'slbmergCd tenth usually
get through with the ordeal of Hymen
for $50, including the wedding trip, but
even with these it runs often as high as
800 and $3.50. Wedding trips to Europe
are not counted.
II COST OF SUICIDE.
Daath-what wouldn't one let it cost
him TO escape it. Death costs not Il sou.
Men squander their fortunes in the vain
endcavor to cludc it. Eighty people IN
Philadelphia did indeed seek ii last
year, but they we're the exception.
What it cost them a mere glance ut
their means Of exit may serve alone to
tell. Twenty-Five suicided by shooting,
twenty-one by hanging, six cut their
Threats, four poisoned themselves, four
swallowed Iaudanum. n Jumped from
Il railroad train. one from Il window, two
each took arsenic, carbOiic acid. coal
gas and strychnine, one died by a wound,
and u single victim in every case fell by
a%cOnitc, corrosive sublimatc. oXllic acid,
paris green, pru5siC acid and rat poison.
Only two chose the very cheapest and
least wasteful course-drowning. But,
suicide apart. if the very poorest man
"i1' " ~ - ~ NV ''Illill'll NO-
cency of the community has provided u
county undertaken to inter him in Il
rough pine box in the paupcr lot for Sl5.
If he is an Old soldier he will get II $50
burial.
When an ordinarily well to do citizen
"sh uflles of this mortal COLI the UNDER
taier lays him out for from 50. 30 to $40,
embllms him for from $3.50 to $50, ad-
v~ertises his death for -, clothes him in
a - to S25 shrouu or suit, and puts him
in IL black cedar casket worth 500.
Nearly every we'll circumstance citizen
who dies is buried in Il 800 casket. Wal
nut collins can be had by his mourners
for $50, or thev can have his remains re-
pose in Il $500 gold-nlountcd caskct.
Then, too, the funeral ceremonies may
be with choir, hired pali-bearerS, usually
four, at 50 apiece, and with many car
riages at So and upward.
The hearse rents for 50: the SO-sQuarc-
foot cemetery, with room for three
graves, may cost either $35 or 81 600:
the digging of Il grave will be 1870 for
Il coffin. So. 80 FOR a caskct; the coffin case
will be 81 at least. The wealthy dead,
with fine cortege, can have a 5000
funeral, but it averages from $3.50 to
$500. "a handsome private funeral, "
as the undertaken says. may be
mad for $3.50, and Il decent plain one, for
the poor, for $40.
MARRIAGE, DEATH, 5000, 600
Birth-lnarriuge-death. The aver