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sul3cient. 50 she Is az once pat un<er
the care 81 pale. mild gentleman with
fierce hair and many diplomas who
brings Wagner into her life. 10 which
Is added the Offices Of sone- melancholy
and extinct Italian nobleman who
teaches her the guitar. IL Is also con
sidered an accomplishment 70 be able
O. fence. SO 10 the fencing master she
goes. and she varies this exercise by
attending gymnasium. where she de-
velops her muscles OF course. If she IS
pretty all this is not necessary.
She makes many other calls on her
fathers pocketbook. She must formal
~ come out. She must now have
DRESSES made by Worth or Felix and pay
as high as five hundred dollars for the
making of one of these IL no family
jewels have descended 10 her. she must
have diamonds. pearls and other
precious stones, and her equipment
must compare with girls already out
When bills for the ball are paid. then
comes the allowance for pin money. out
OF which she has 10 assist several fash
ionable charities She appears at
grand opera ae least enc evening IN the
week. at theater another. and she can
sit only in box: then come flowers.
bonbons and the latest perfumes The
manicure comes regularly 10 beautify
her hands and nails. and the ehiropodist
10 tend her feet Her maid she has al
ways with her; companion If she has
no sisters, and frequently paid chape-
ron at the telephone waiting to be
called.
Although IL may seem strange, II Is
true. that the richer New Yorker is
the more wealth does he look for in the
man who is To marry his daughter. lie
and his wife make it point TO keep
the daughter as far as possible from
making the acquaintance of young men
who are not rich. They will not per-
NIT her To visit houses where she is
likely TO make such acquaintance, and
they constantly impress upon her that
an admirer without money is altogether
below her station and not TO be dreamt
Of Unless she is romantic she comes
to look upon young men as articles Of
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be plain or pretty; IL she Is plain that
means the expenditure of . good sized
fortune to take her after years to the
bridal altar. II She is pretty the par
ents are jubilant, for her futare can
pretty well take care of itself.
But, however favored by nature. the
girl born TO rich parents is a costly
luxury. First come her clothes, made
of invisible" muslins and delicate stuffs
trimmed with luft stickerei and other
cloud-textures costing money enough to
clothe a poor mans family for a dozen
years. Then comes the governess, who
must speak foreign language, usually
French. and who is employed till miss
IS ready 20 go 10 the boarding school.
Wealthy New York parents make il .
point To surround their daughters with
all the form and luxury that fall TO the
lot of princess. They are not willing
when their daughter goes to n boarding
school that she live in a neat, plain
room like the conventional quarters as
signed TO young ladies in olden times in
English boarding schools and French
pensions, but they must surround her
with every display that the modern in
ptitution viii tolerate. Her room is .
boudoir Of Oriental luxury. Entering
II you sink to the ankles In Persian,
Smyrna and every description Of Turk
ish rugs in colors Tyre could not rival;
the walls are hung with beautiful
tapestries with chaste Dianas upon
them: there Is divan with great elder
down pillows and made savagely luxu-
riOus by tiger skin thrown carelessly
across it, 70 give the Rilded maiden rest
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wneu she Gomez weSr1ed from
tho street. or the classroom
There are Turkish or Chinese
Slippers cool and soSs ~ her feet
Oriental wrappers II ths sotsest and
cosriiest staffs and tho loveliest II coli
ors; dressing case studded with every
thing dear 10 girls heart, not the
least Of whiGh are perfumes costing
from fifty eents an ounce 70 a dollar a
drop II Der wardrobe are her hand
embroidered lighthouses Of silk as
soft as down and beautifully designed;
and her white iron bed, with brass
knobs. n made 50 inviting with its Mar
selles or quilted India silk eoverlid IN
summer. its eider-dOwn spreads IN win
Ter, the hanging cherub above, and tho
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si9n

The above items represent only the
cost of marrying girl who is not home
ly. If the daughter remains on her
parents hands till she is twenty-five
her father is willing to add from $50, 900
to 500, 900 in cash, and il she is with him
at thirty he does not hesitate at quar-
ter of a million. But as rule rich men
in New York do not like To give much
actual cash for dowry; their policy is to
keep their fortune intact SO it shall in
crease faster. The husband is expected
to support his wife till her parents die.
and then enjoy the fortune. all the
larger for not having been divided up
before.
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.DUCATS GO WITH HER
hDhands Come High, But Rich
PsDas Must Buy Them
~ ne Curl Il Pretty. One rws Han
d<sa rhso.saa AAy Bs 5asA1sssS
sat II she Issfs IL WIN Coss =
Quarter 81 . Mllhsa-
IooPrzren f2ll

Since TIE accumulation Of large for
tunes In this country aud notably IN
New York, and the establisbnent Of .
uaoneyed arissocrzey, one Of the great
est problems presented 10 rich parents
u the marrying Of their daughters To
the father IL is of a. much concern as his
affairs Ia stocks. and IA the mother II Ia
. mseser OF daily care The daughter
Is no sooner born than her future be-
CONES = subject for reflection In q
1sw weeks il Is known whether she viii
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hangings, with their beautiful hand
painted designs, that IL might tempt ST.
Agnes herself To come and lie there.
But what money il all costs
OF course she must have her maid, and
one of the latest fads is she must also
have a chaperon. When she reaches
her eighteenth year. she graduates from
the boarding-schoola and is perhaps sent
70 finishing school where she becomes
q parlor boarder, surrounded with her
usual luxury and gets finishing touches
on department. All this it must be
borne in mind is preparation for the
matrimonial market. Then my young
lady goes home and the real expenses
commence.
II she is very plain girl she must
have every accomplishment that money
can give her. She must learn to draw
and To paint on silk and china, for Eu-
ropean princesses have lately made this
fashionable; a select dancing master is
engaged to give her private lessons, for
that is supposed to make her moro
graceful in her movements, Pope hav-
ing told the world that
True ease In writing comes from art not
chance,
A those move easiest VINO have learned to
daccN"
Every rich mans daughter in New
York learns to ride, and if it is the in
tention TO send her to England she must
learn to ride cross country, so she joins
q private hunt club and follows the
hounds on the trail of the anise seed.
Then she must have an expert French
teacher one day in the week for con-
versation. and German teacher for
| the same purpose another day. The
knowledge of music she acquired at
the boarding school Is not considered
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Capitalist understand you have
just returned from western trip. They
cay here money is In sharp demand all
through that section. How did you
find it?
Wagleigh-In sharp demand? Well
rather. Why, the train we came through
on was held up twice in one day
Light
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Worse Yet.

Hicks--How surprised Lot must have
been when he found his wife was salt.
Enpec-No more than l was when I
found mine was pepper.-Munsey's
Weekly.
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Annie = What beautiful hair Miss
Fanny has! wonder il 1t is her own.
Bessie-I don't know whether she
bought it on the installmeut plan or
not.-Texas EHtings
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Just think of it." commuued tho
anarchist with himself ~ find q
forwards l find saloon. Some men
are born uclxy."-Fliegende Batter.
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'1dbI fAl FANNY PHiCES FOb HUSbANDS.
merchandise and falls entirely into line
with her parents.
But any New York father and mother
will take a title with empty dishes as a
substitute for money, and many of them
will have only a titled son-in-law.
Those having this object in view have
their daughter educated abroad; she
comes out in London, Paris, Rome or
Berlin; she pays q bare visit to this
country and does not even pretend to re-
ceive the attentions Of an American.
The society papers abroad in some mys-
terious way learn that the young lady
represents so much money and they de-
scribe infinitely her costly balls. picnics
and yachting. DartieA This brings the
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M. EHRMAN'S
PALACE SHOE STORE,

60 Canal-st, between Lyon and Crescentaye
Shoes in the city The stock bran
STYLES the lasts the improved and
that made and give special attention TENDER FEET
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nsh with the titles 90 her hook To
maintain al this show. her father never
makes his regular. periodical check
less than $4,000
When the future husband las been de-
ei6ed upon-a matter left a. often with
the parents a. the daughter-the father
At once takes up the question Of set
tlenent" II the chosen person is
shiftless rone with q liking for rouge ct
NOR and the greenroon the dover Is 80
guarded that the daughter shall not be
left pennilesS Some parents in the &C.
stacy that comes from the reflection
that their daughter Is Ia be princess or
duchess neglect the safeguards, and
the daughter sometimes returns "a them
in forma pauperis
have had placed IN my hands list
showing what it actually cost we'll
known man here, with fortune Of
about 81 600, 600, 10 marry his daughter.
who was a fairly pretty girl Here it Is.
and l may say that il is substantially
correct:
Govsfness from three TIL married. - 1850
Boarding school six years aud expenses
Nurse and maid until married .......... $40
Music teachers Especially Loo
Drawing, painting. etc ....-. 1000
Riding. habits etc.,. -. 1000
Fashionable fads. ............... 20o
Fashionable dispensstioas Of charity. 5O
Dancing and fencing ............. Lou
Cniropodist and manicure. .......... loo
chsperon. ......-.............. SO
iheater and opera for four years........ 2UJo
Dresses Tor al tais period ........... l0uO
Jowelry..-.- .-.......-.. ..-......... 1000
Cosmetics, Enickknacks and feminine
adornments .......-............... 1000
TIP abroad for two years.. ....... 5.CO)
Trousseau.. 80. 300
Cost ~ wedding .............. 500
Present Of house. 10000
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
THE NEW FOLDER.

The Commercial club has awarded
the contract Tor getting out 100000
circulars or folders descriptive of the
business interests of the city of Soda
liza to Hodges. The Fi,st National
Bank has contracted for 10, 900 copies,
the Citizens, Third National, Sedalia
National and The Missouri Trust Co.
for 5000 each. The circulars contain
no individual matter whatever and
are sold at the rate of $500 per 1000
copies. A canvas will be made among
the merchants on Monday and it is
thought the full amount will be taken.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

There were q number of real estate
transfers fled for record in the record.
ers office yesterday, showing the in.
terest taken in property with which
they are dssirous of parting at reason.
able figures can find a buyer.
The, transfers were: Michael Sui.
Ivan to w. B. Riley. lot and q
feet of Of lot 2 In block 2 Browns
first addition, consideration, $1,000.
j. Z. Thompson to w. B. Riley, AZ
feet off the north end of lots Z and 8
in block SO original plat, considera-
ton $500.
Virginia Belias end husband to F.
NJ. Greenlesf, blocks 8 and Is Jack
son and Montgomery's addition. con-
sideration $1,000.
X. II. Moses, ct al. to John L..
Aherns, lot 9, block 1, Smith and
Cotton's sixth addition, consideration
$500.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
THE COURTS.
Yesterday the Last Day of Ser
Vice and Many Suits
Filed.

Yesterday was the last day of SER
vice for the May term of the circuit
court which sets here on the first
Monday in May with Judge Richard
Field on the bench. A large number
of suits were filed during the day,
none Of which however were of very
great Importance.
The most prominent suits perhaps
were those file I againt j. G. Thomp-
son and Cyrus Newkirk who were the
bondsmen for E. j. Camp the con-
tractors for TIE sewer in sewer dis
trict No. 6 of this city. They were
by the Home Lumber company for
boards and planks furnished to Camp
between September 10 1890 and JAN
uary 81 1891 to the amount of $685.
81 on which Camp had paid $685.
q leaving a balance of s4539. 20
with interest at s per cent from Janu-
airy 1, 1891. The D. Smith Hardware
Company for hardware, powder,
fuse, etc to the amount of S159. 80.
MIR. John l.. Taylor flied a Pc
tition to be admitted to practice at
the bar of Pettis county,
Matte l., Sollee filed a petition
against r, G. Sneed charging him
with having sold her own corn and
oats to the amount of s4S7:50 and
converted the money to his own use.
She asks the court to award her
judgement for that amount and costs.
The court docket which closed last
night contains 255 regular cases, 80
state and county tax suits and Us
city tax suits, making q total of 400
cases to be tried this term.
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land and with the Pennsylvania folks
it will never be any slower.
We old baldheads don't need it any
slower and we would not have it more
tar1y if we could. This fast train is
called the Congressional Flyer" on
which the nations law makers ride,
aud this, in part, accounts for such a
number of congressman being with no
hair on their think holders.
SIMEON DINwIDDIE,
Deacon.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
A NEW DRUGGIST.

Mr.. A. e. MCGOWAN. formerly of
Warsaw, Mo-, has purchased the
we'll known drug house of l.. S.
Wolverton. 230 Ohio street.
Mr.. MCGOWAN has had years of ex.
perience as druggist, and will COD
tinue in his employ the popular and
competant pharmacist, r. P. Helm
richs.
He will handle nothing but pure
drugs, paints, oils and glass, and will
be headquarters for all kinds of toilet
articles, in fact will carry everything
belonging to first-clas drug house.
Special attention will be given to the
compromising of prescriptions.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
HE HAD A JAG ON.

William Barlow, a farmer, came
to town Friday and at once proceeded
to connect himself with a good sized
jag. 1t was too much for q man of
his constitution and years, and he pro-
ceeded to paint the town according to
the most approved rural ideas. He
saw all the sights including the Sal
vation Army ard at last landed in
the arms of an officer of the law. This
morning Judge Halstead deducted
some $12 from the $125 which he had
when brought into the station aud al.
lowed Mr.. Barlow to depart with q
very sore head but with q much wider
range Of experience.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
THE MATRIMONIAL MARKET.

There was quite furry in matrimon-
ial circles yesterday and Recorder
Pilkington had his hands full issuing
licenses to those who desire to cast
their barks on the matrimonial sea.
He issued licenses to George l.. Mar
shall and Mary Finch, A. III. Gilmore
and Pauline Zimmerschied all of this
county and F. s. Hunefelt of Benton
county and Fannie Hunt of this
county.
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WILL HEAR YOUR CASE.

If you have a kick coming to you
because the Board of Equaliz has
raised your assessment, you can call
at the court room on the 9th inst.
and argue with the judges in the
premises. There were some very
material changes made by the Board
at its last meeting and the attendance
on that day Will undoubtedly be quite
large.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
AMONG THE SICK.

"A little child of Mr.. Will Reed,
who resides on Seventh street, had
several severe spasms last night, SUI.
perinduced by whooping cough.
Mrs. j. w. Mills has been suffer.
ing for the past few days with a Sc.
we're attack of Is grippe.
Mrs. L. F. Sheldon, who has
been i'll for several weeks, was pro.
nounced no better yesterday.
Miss Maggie Stewart, who has
been quite i'll for some days, is much
improved.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
TRIED TO-MORR OW.

Fridays BAzoo mentioned the fact
that two men named Lynch and
Kearns were arrested a few days ago
at Sweet Springs on the charge of sell.
ling goods, wares and merchandise.
The Marshal Demccrat-News says:
THE prisoners were lodged in the
county jail, and will remain until
Monday, when they will be tasen
back to Sweet Springs for prelimi-
nary examination. The men were
arrested on complaint of s. s. Hun
ter, r E. Smith, II. G. Bowman and
Henry Haltcamp, merchants of Sweet
Springs.
To Democrat.News reporter who
called at the jail To-Day, Kearns
stated that he represented the firm of
Fl. II. McCuen & Co.. wholesale
grocers and importers of teas, Chi.
cago, ILL.,, and that Lynch was assist
ing him on the road. He said that
ttey did not peddle the goods, but
were, at the time of arrest, soliciting
orders from the farmers and citizens
in the vicinity of Sweet Springs for
future delivery.
kearns stated that he had sold a
good supply of groceries and other
merchandise to farmers in the vicinity
of Marshall the first part of las, month.
Kearns says he has been travelling
since 1875 and has been with the above
firm about four months.
Kearns and Lynch are not the same
parties arrested a few weeks since at
Lexington on similar Charge, but
the parties arrested there represented
the firm mentioned above.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21

DEACON DINWIDDIE tfdiu anu cTdWleu
into a Pullman sleeper named 'Osage,
and was soon in dreams of the posi-
bilities of the democratic party and
Deacon Bill Courtney's administra-
lion ofjustice as foreman of the grand
jury. If Sophia could by her charms
of person, fine intellect and superior
age make a catch of either the deacon
or Col. Gus Lamy, would be willing
to pronounce my blessing upon them
and permit them to smile when l
smile, and weep when / weep. My
son-in.law would be base migrate if
that was not sufficient to make him
happy.
I awoke the next morning near St.
Louis and foand the people up-the
old ones ready to talk politics and the
Young ones making love. A couple
of St. Joe fair maidens in light gray
travelling suits. accompanied by a
couple of substantial looking young
men attracted my attention. They
may have all been married. | did
not ask them. In another part of the
car was the usual pair on their bridal
tour. They didn't mix-except with
each other. They were from Kansas
City and both looked good enough TO
eat and had on an air of don't-care-
Observation-Disclosures. They
were both sensible home folks. They
wen'nn town to the Laclede hotel In
street car. | did not follow them
further. 1 had no time
for such pleasant recreation.
/ left them to the kind
Offices of Deacon Wesley Austin,
who stands behind the counter at the
Laclede, with hair parted in the mid
die, faultlessly attired in red neck
tie, diamond as large as a skillet
and a few other garments.
l bad no leisure to devote to that
sort of pas;ime. / was going east on
the peerless train, No. 20, special of
the Vandalia line. The Pullman
dining Car Compton" was open and
breakfast ready to be served and
while entering. the model train for the
east, out of st. Louis. pulled forward
across the bridge and soon was
whirling over the beautiful country
of Illinois, land Of plenty and of re-
publican maiorities and a democratic
senator, who is sold grand himself.
THE TRAIN AND APPOINTMENTS.
Late years, and very recently two,
the railroads have We'd with each
other in their ambition to serve the
public in finely appointed cars with
luxurious apartments both for travel !
ing and eating. This train No. 20,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
BAZOO GOSSIP.

"All genuine Dill pickles CONS from
Germany" said a travelling man for
a wholesale grocery house the other
day. "There is a weed which grows
in profusion in that country called
the Dill. 1t is put in among the
pickles and imports to them partic-
ular flavor. There are very few
genuine Dill pickles brought TO this
country however and the majority of
the people never tasted a genuine
Dill"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
REMARKABLE FACTS.

Heart disease is usually supposed to be
incurable, but when properly treated a
large proportion of cases can be cured
Thus Mrs. Elmira Hatch, Of Elkhsrt, Ind,
and Mrs. Mary L. Baker, of Ovid, Mich,
were cured after suffering 20 years. s c.
Linburger. druggist at San Jose, Ill says
that DIR. Miles New Heart Cure, which
cured the former, "worked wonders for his
wife" Levi Logan, of Buchanan. Mich,
who had heart disease for 80 years, says
two bottles made him feel like q new man.
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure is sold and
guaranteed by A. 7. Fleischman. Book
Of wonderful testimonials free.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-21
THE RAILROADS.
THE TRANs-MIssoURI ADJoUR,

Kansas City, April 1S.-Tbe Trans
Missouri Passenger Association fin,
ished the call yesterday and adjourned
finally. The proposition made by
Commissioner Vanlandingham that
the roads should sell a 5,000-mile in
terchangable ticket was voted down
by large majority. The most of the
session yesterday was devoted to q
consideration of the subject of associa-
ton expenses and divisions of Colo.
RADIO rates. The majority of the mem
bers lett for home lat night.
THE s., S., NJ. AND n. r. R.
W D. Sheppard, j. B. Ross and
George A. G. Woolley, directors OF
the Springfield, Sedalia. Marshall and
Northern Railroad, have returned
from Buffalo, where they visited the
camp Of the surveying corps. and
fourd work progressing rapidly and
satisfactorily. They report that the
present survey to Buffalo has been
shortened three miles from that made
by the Chicago, Springfield and Han
nibal some time ago. Urbana is ex-
pected to be reached next week.
The citizens OF Buffalo are very
enthusiastic over the railroad outlook
and promptly paid to Mr.. Sheppard;
treasurer, 81, 100 as their share to pay
for the charter papers and the prelim-
mary survey. That county is being
developed rapidly and settled by a
class of enterprising farmers. The
wheat and fruit prospects were never
better, L, l.. Bush, president, who
has been East for some time, expects
to 60 over the road shortly and give
the work his special attention.
Springfield Leader.
Mr.. A. s. Dodge, general freight
agent Of the NJ, K. & T. Ry., has
returned to his desk in the general
office building.
Ed Lyons Of the auditors office
of the Katy" was the happiest man
in East eedalia yesterday. 1t is a
boy and weighs &! pounds.
Receiver II. g. Cross and Gen.
eral Superintendent j. j. Frey, ar
rived by special train from Emporia,
Kansas, at 11:30 o'clock last night.
-Supt. Clark of the Missouri Pa
cific went down to Warsaw last night
on the regular train and brought the
train back with him. The crew will
run down to Warsaw tomorrow night
to be ready to come to this city Mon
day morning.
The Missouri Pacific Railrosi
Company has commenced active oper-
atious against tramps and hard char.
acters who sleep in freight cars at the
Missouri Pacific yards. Detective
Frank Tut, of the railroad company,
and couple of deputy marshals yes
terday ran in thirteen of the gentry.
Thirteen was an unlucky number and
each had a pitiful tale to tell the Judge.
Each of the thirteen was sent up for
twenty to sixty days. kansas City
Journal,
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Is MARRIAGE A FAILURE.

Rev. J. G. Mueller, an eloquent
divine, of Newport. Kentucky, will
deliver a lee ure on the above subject,
under the auspices of the young PEG.
Piles society of the German Evan.
gelical church, Tuesday, April q, at
8 p. m, in the Central Presbyterian
church, corner Fifth and Lamine.
Admission, s. cents. This will be an
interesting address and all should hear
II.