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The herald., 1893-10-19
now Frauleins are wed.

German weddings are conducted on
an entirely different plan from Amer
ican ones. In the first place, an engage
ment is not considered binding until aft
er it has been announced in the papers.
Then the fiancss devote a day to driv-
ing about among their acquaintances.
Cards are sent to all the out of town
friends of the families. Both fiances
wear rings on their left hands, and after
marriage on the right. The bride pro-
vides all the linen, glass and furniture,
except the appointments for her hus-
bands Office or study.
The wedding ceremony is double af-
fair, the civil contract taking place in
the registry Office early in the morning
and the religious one several hours later
in church. At the early ceremony the
bride wears black, but at the later one
she is adorned with all customary bridal
finery. There are rarely any brides
maids. The bride and bridegroom enter
the church together, and the guests all
wear full evening dress. A wedding
breakfast follows the ceremony, but wed
ding cake is an unknown delicacy.-New
York World.
The herald., 1893-10-19
The Ugliness of Trousers.

Trousers appear to have been intro
duced into Rome at d comparatively late
period and as part of the military uni
form. They are worn by the Roman
soldiers represented on Trajan's column
as well as by barbarians. The Greeks
had never adopted them. With their in
stinctive sense of beauty they had recc,s-
nized that these are the only garments
that cannot possibly be made graceful.
A sleeve may become part Of the dra-
perry of figure. A trousers leg is more
obstinate in its t1gliness. If tight, it
bags at the knees ON the third wearing.
Yet this is perhaps its least objectiona-
BILE shape. If somewhat loose, it takes
petty and meaningless folds. Some ori-
entail nations have tried to disguise it as
q skirt, but the result is not entirely sat
isfactory. If the trousers do not appear
to give freedom to the leg, they have los.
their principal merit Compromise,
which is the life of politics, is the death
of art, which should always struggle aft
er an ideal. So thought the Greeks when
they entirely renounced for themselves
the barbarous pafitaloons.- s.-Scribnera
The herald., 1893-10-19
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day in the county clerks office to the
following persons:
A. Hsrvie Marrow, aged 81, native
Prince Edwards Island. and Maggie M.
Gustin, aged 23, native of Ohio, both
residents of Los Angeles.
Russell ]. Fuller, aged 26. resident
of Simi, Ventura county, and Ethel
Seed, aged %. a resident OF Pomona,
both natives of Canada.
Frederic Easton, aged 81, native oil
Canada and a resident OF Keene, Kern
county, and Alma 7. Ellis, aged 80, q
native OF California and resident of Los
Angeles.
John Furney, aged 35, a native ol
Virginia. and Cora Johnson, aged 23, q
native of Texas, both residents of Los
Angeles.
Diego Elisalda, aged 27. and Crmelita
Contreras, aged "a, both natives of Cal
ifornia and residents OF Los Angeles.
Otto L. Dixon, aged %. a native oil
Indiana, and Rose Z. Palmer, aged %,
native of Tennessee, both residents OF
Los Angeles.
Edwin Stanton, aged 43, native OF
Pennsylvania and resident of Avalon,
and Celia Olson, aged 27, native oi
Sweden and resident of Los Angeles.
VIM. Quigley, aged 2S, a native oi
Indiana, and Della Roach, aged "a, a
native of Pennsylvania, both residents ol
Los Angeles.
The herald., 1893-10-19
Summer Things Made over.

The rattan chairs whose summer on a
piazza has given them a sunburned,
soiled appearance may be successfully
made over for halls and bedrooms. They
should be painted black and vanished.
Then gorgeous cushions of red brown or
burnt orange should be fastened in, and
they are converted into things of winter
beauty.
When the hammock's out of door ca
reer is over, it should find an honored
place swung across the corner of bed
room. 1t will be quite as inviting and
quite as restful as it was beneath the
trees or on the piazza.
Now the young woman who has been
farsighted enoughto make hay while the
sun shines is bringing home piece of
fish net for the adornment of her den.
She will drape it over door or window
and let it fall on one side, and perhaps
in its meshes some Photographic re-
minders of the summer will be caught.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald., 1893-10-19
A Siamese SnectncIe.

The king of Siam has fine idea Of
the picturesque. On the night of the
fighting at Bangkok he ordered his chair
oil state and shielded by the gigantic
royal umbrella made a midnight inspec-
tion of the troops, followed by his body
guard and making an imposing show.
AS they marched along barefcoted-we
read in the letter of q correspondent at
Bangkok-their footballs scarce disturb
ed the quietness of the night. One far
ing pine torch cast its light upon the
figure of the king and added to the solem-
nifty of the scene as its light faded away
into the distance, growing fainter and
fainter as the troops, silent as death,
passed in long llnes.-London Globe.
The herald., 1893-10-19
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Geary and De witt Warner Almost Con
to Blows,

Gesry and De witt Warner Almost Come
to Blows.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-The remainder
of the week in the house promises to be
exceedingly dull. 1t has been decided
to postpone consideration of the bank
ruptcy bill until next week.
During the fret morning hour today
the bill to reduce and regulate the fees
and work of United States district and
circuit courts, and terms made by dis
trict attorneys, marshals and commits
sioners was taken up and passed.
Geary then called up the New Jersey
bridge bill. De- Witt Warner of New
York and Geary almost came to blows
in dispute over the amendment to the
bill, after which it was passed.
The house then resumed consideration
of the printing bill. Without action on
the bill the house adjourned.
The herald., 1893-10-19
SALISBURV's SPEEDY STALLION.
Directum Tr0ts a Mills in
2:05,1-4 in Race.
He Did the Last Half in the Fast
Time of 100 IL.
The Record Smashed In n Double Sense
stamboul's Futile Attempt to
Lower His Mark-Manager
Pac,ss In 2:o6 "a.
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 1S.-Monroe
Sallsbury's 4-year-old horse, Directum,
set the stallion mark at 2:0514 in the
ee-for.all trot q t Cumberland Park to-
day. Hamln's Nightingale and Hazel
Wilkes were the other starters, and after
the black whiriwind had won two heats
in slow time, the race was wsived and
he was driven for a record. The first
quarter was covered in 80 seconds. th q
half in l :O5, and the last half was
trotted with runner in 1:0014. This
smashes the stallion 4-year-old re'sord
and the race record for trotters. Di-
rectum will probably be sent the latter
part of the week to beat Nancy Hank q
record of z 2:04.
The 2:15 pace was battle royal hG-
tween Atlantic King, Barney and w. P.
P. The Montana breo horse won after a
terrific drive in the last eighth from
Barney.
Stamboul made an Intellectual effort
tn lower his record.
Manager, Doble's gray PAGER, clipped
a second and also set the mark for s.
year-old PAGERS.
George Starr drove his double team
Aubine and Tambis mile toebeat 2:2l,
in 2:17s4.
Summary:
The 2:23 trotting stake. $4,000, unfin-
ished from yestesday-Paro Die won, Ctur-
ier second, Raven Wilkes third; time,
2:1734.
The 2:30 trotting stake. s5O00-
won, Dorfmark second, Patent Right
third; time, 2:21I.
The 2:30 pace-Roan Wilkes won, jug
second, Tom Sherlev third; time, 2:16.
Special trot, 2:20 class - Nokomis
WON, French Plate second, Dramatist
third; time, :23.
Free-for-all trot-Direc tum won, Ha-
eel Wilkes second, Nigh tengals third;
time, 2:0514.
The 2:15 pace-w. W. P. won. Bar
ney second, Atlantic King third; time,
2:0Sa.
To beat 2:O7s4, pacing-Manager, by
Nutwood, went mile in. 2 :0654.
To beat 2:071a, trotsing-Stamboul,
by Sultan, went mile in 2:12la.
To beat 2:21 for a team r'scord-Au-
bine and Tambia went mile as follows :
The quarter in 35334 seconds, the half in
:10s4, the three-qusrters ins1 :44ls and
the mile in 2:17s4.
The herald., 1893-10-19
OUR CONSUL AT Annoy.

Tho Position Not Filled by Chinaman
as Reported.
WARRINGTON, Oct. 18.-It is stated at
the state department that the report
that Chinamsn is acting as consul of
the United States at Annoy, China, is
incorrect. According to dispatches on
file in the department, it appears that
when the consul and vice-consul left
Annoy they requested DR.. Gruenwelt,
the German consular officer at the
place, to act as consul for the United
States. DR.. Gruenwelt having to go to
his own Office one day while acting in
this capacity, he left his Chinese inter-
prefer as deputy in charge of the office
of the American consulate, and from
this it is supposed the impression got
abroad that a Chinaman was acting as
c0nsul
The herald., 1893-10-19
May Find the Rent Hard to Pay.

A most curious rent audit takes place
yearly ON Nov. II at Brcitemberg castle,
near Itzehoe. Long ago Count Rant
zam while hunting nearly sank into a
morass. He was rescued by peasant,
whom the cou q rewarded by the gift of
boggy piece Of land upon the condi-
tion that he be paid rent of one Danish
penny everyyear. The land, arabic now,
goes by the name of penny meadow" E"
AS Danish silver pennies are becoming
very scarce, tine peasants descendants
will probably some day find it difficult
to pay the tribute. Green Bag. ss--=a..
The herald., 1893-10-19
THE GOLD RESERVE.

Its Depletion Continues at the Rate of
Nearly a Million Day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-The depletion
of the gold reserve in the treasury con-
tinues and today it stands at $S2, ,966, ,073,
decrease of s1O,616,O 900 since the 1st of
October. The currency balance has in
creased aboat $S,000,0O0 the present
month. Today it is $2l 1892, ,000 About
$4,000. 900, however, is made up of sub
sidiary silver coin, and from $4,000, 900
to $4,000 net balance is being used
daily in connection with replacing cur
rency torn and unfit for circulation.
The working balance at the disposal of
the department is very small, and resort
is made to the gold to meet the cur
rent obligations. The receipts of the
government for the month up to date
are $l5, ,351 900, and the expenditures
Sl7 ,216 900.
The herald., 1893-10-19
After Carlos and GLORY.

Mrs. Clara Brock, wife of Captain
Brock Of the good ship Caleb Curtis, is
going to sail away after curiosities in the
South seas from her home in San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Brock is the owner of this
vessel, which trades among the South
Sea islands, yet this is the first time that
she has sailed in it. 1t is a boat which
does not seem capable of holding more
than three or four persons, but does man
age to accommodate quite a fair sized
crew. Curios and glory are the acquisi-
tions Mrs. Brock expects from her voy-
age. She hopes to be the first woman
to burst into various silent lands in the
South seas and to come away with trea-
sures of coral and the like.-San Fran
cisco Call.
The herald., 1893-10-19
Empty stouaac,,g the safor In Battle.

Surgeon General Sternberg of the
army and DR.. A. G. Bernays of st. Louis
had f1ocked together and were discussing
gunshot wounds in the lower part of the
body. DR.. Bernays greatly interested
Surgeon General Sternberg by propo-
sition he laid down that when a mn is
shot in the abdomen shortly after eating
hearty meal the danger is much great
er. ga case of that kind should be op-
Grated upon in every instance" !" said DR..
Bernays. "If the bowels are empty or
nearly so, the same wound may be treat
ed without operation"
Applying that theory to soldiersf' re-
marked the surgeon general tentatively
Il would say they ought to do their
fighting before breakfast" put in the
specialist. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The herald., 1893-10-19
BUILDING A DRAMA.
An Interesting Account OF How the Real
Article Is Constructed.

Article Is Constructed.
A real drama is constructed and not
written. 1t is built up as q house is
erected by the bricklayer and stonen1a-
son. and the words are ely the bricks
and stones and have the same relative
value to the design of the playwright as
these to the designs of the architect. The
architect has the structure in existence
and clearly wrought out before the first
stone is laid, and the drama Of the true
PLAYWRIGHT is in existence before word
is written. Words there must be, Just
as there must be bricks, but as the latter
can be carted from the kiln at current
prices in any quantity, SO can the former
be brought to the playwright from the
dictionary by any purveyor OF sentences
at current prices.
The rareman who constructs good
play can hire men by the regiment to
write the lines But the dialogue, the
epigram, the repartee, the brilliant
speech such as we find in Congreve and
in Sheridan, is not this an essential?
the reader will ask. Let us not put the
cart before the horse. 1t is the sitta-
tions that produce the dialogues. 1t is
not the dialogues that produce the situa-
tions. Given a situation that calls for
a smart, brisk, snappy, witty exchange
of words. and the words will come. We
see this in real life, and the stage copies
real life. Even in SO simple situation
as when a couple of cartmen get their
wheels locked on Broadway on muddy
day and a policeman comes up to sepa-
rate them, you, will hear good deal OF
smart though coarse dialogue. Such
dialogue and all dialogue that grows out
of any situation (and no dialogue worth
listening to grows out Of anything else)
is interesting in proportion as the situa-
ton is interesting.
Without situation to call forth an in
terchange of language suitable to the oc-
casion, and especially such situation as
of itself interests the audience and causes
each member of it to ask himself what
the characters will say next, lot of
well dressed people might stand or sit
around on the stage and fire off epigrams
at each other, and the audience would
yawn.
Dramas, SO called, written In perfect
accordance with syntax, witty here and
there and always elegant. pour in upon
the manager and are repeated with the
utmost energy and dispatch because they
are nothing but sermons or essays in
three or four chapters called acts. Their
authors style them dramas because they
are not dramatic. They divide them
into acts because they involve no action
and subdivide them into scenes because
where nothing is done nothing can be
seen. l may remark in passing that the
old fashioned shifting of scenes during
an act is now only put into plays by nov
ices who have not studied the modern
/ stage.-W. H. Crane in North American
Review,
The herald., 1893-10-19
Bangs,

The subject of fringes still agitates the
feminine mind. To part or not to part
is the question of the hour. To women
with low foreheads and small, regular
features the parting is very becoming,
with its softly waved fringe pinned back
ON either side. But to faces less fair and
youthful the little fall of fringe softens
the outline and adds to the beauty. For
purely oval faces the waved treSses are
pinned loosely back, leaving single
curl. like that of the little girl in the
nursery rhyme, which chung in the mid
die of her forehead while the daring
beauties may attempt the Anne of Aus
tria style, in which the hair is turned
back from the forehead and twisted into
a coil at the back, leaving enough hair
on either side to make ringlets la 1885,
Young and fresh and sparkling must be
the face that attempts this sort of Golf
fure.-New York Telegram.
The herald., 1893-10-19
Women In State omces.

Fourteen women are now employed in
the various offices at the Indiana capitol,
one of them being the confidential clerk
of Governor Matthew's. Their initiation
into affairs of state government was re-
garded by some with fear and disfavor,
but they have been conspicuous exam
pies of ability and discretion and have
proved that they can keep state secrets
as well as any man. To State Auditor
Carr, who pcid the first woman salary
oat of his own funds, belongs the honor
of this innovatioa.-In Organ
izer.
The herald., 1893-10-19
TARIFF AND INCOME TAX.
The ways and Means COMMITTEES Consid
ering Momentous Problems.


ering Momentous Problems.
The committee ON ways and means,
having closed its hearings and it's doors,
is now discussing the question Of raising
the revenue. The large reduction which
it is intended to make In the tariff rates,
and which will cause large falling off
of revenue before il goes into operation,
renders it necessary to substitute some
method of meeting this deficit. The
Democratic members Of the ways and
means are not in complete accord at
present as to how the revenue required
shall be raised. Several members of the
committee, including McMillin, Turner
and Bryan. are in favor of increasing the
tax on distilled spirits from 80 cents to
$1.25 gallon. They assume that this
will increase the revenue on this article
from $94, 100000 estimated for the next
fiscal year, to S125, 100000.
They do not look favorably upon the
proposition of David A. Wells, submitted
to Secretary Carlisle, to double the tax on
tobacco and malt liquors. His plan is
to raise $64, 900, 900 annually from each
of these items The present tax realizes
$32, 900, 900 on each article. These Dem
ocratic members hold that these articles
are the poor mans luxuries and there
fore should be taxed at minimum rate.
Whisky they claim is not a luxury, and
that the producer can readily stand the
increase without raising the price to the
consumer. In addition, they claim that
it can be collected without any increased
expense.
For any additional revenue which may
be required from the falling off of Gus
toms the Democratic members, with one
or two exceptions, regard graduated
income tax as the most equitable method
of raising revenue which could be sp-
piled. The class of the population who
have incomes upward of $1,000 year
they claim can we'll afford to contribute
to the support of the government. While
they admit that there are some features
which are inquisitorial and offensive, the
system would readily yield the revenue
required and out Of a class Of people
who could well afford to pay. This
proposition will have ardent supporters
among Democrats of the committee and
in the house. 1t will be antagonizsd by
many of the northern and eastern Demo-
Gratis in cooperation with the Repnblic-
an minority in the committee and house.
Washington Dispatch.
The herald., 1893-10-19
QUITE ENGLISH, you KNOW.
A London Ladies' Club and the Cigarette
Question.

a London Ladies' Club ana the Cigarette
Question.
A certain high class ladies' club is in
danger of disruption over the cigarette
question. A large minority of the men,
bers smoke, and therefore a smoking
room is provided, but ladies who do not
smoke object to this room and are agi-
tating for its abolition. If they succeed,
the smokers will probably leave the club,
and the secession will be serious Ac-
cording to one account, nonsmoking
lady, disliking the atmosphere of the
place, is deferred from entering the
room, and being conscious that it is the
coziest and most gossipy room of the
club is very unwilling to be shut out
from the interesting talk. Her natural
course would be to take to cigarettes
also and brsse the criticisms of home.
But instead of raising the domestic ques-
tion she raises the club question and
wants the smoking room done away with
The lady smokers, however, are strong
in numbers. and being in possession of q
comfortable privilege do not see why
they should forego it. If the smoke is
disagreeable to the nonsmoker, they say
the nonsmokeE can stay out. The Pho
neer, which is one of the most prom
inent of the many ladies' clubs in Lon
don, wishes it understood that the story
does not apply to it. Not more than 20
of its 260 members use the smoking
room.-London Dispatch.
The herald., 1893-10-19
Wocan'e Wrongs.

Lucy Stone is Q gentle faced, mild lit
tie woman, witn snowy hair and rather
sad eyes that can light into fire as she
talks of woIaan's wrongs. She said late
ly, in talking 70 group of girls: you
in this generation can have no conception
of what the pioneers of our claims have
undergone. 20 this day" and here a
burningred ove-5pread her face, 81 blush
to remember scme. Of the epithets that
have been heape6 upon me. And yet
have never done anything Of which am
ashamed.n
The herald., 1893-10-19
oHERoKEE srnrp opaNIxe.
An Investigation that win Come

An Investigation that win Come to
Naught.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-The hearing
before the committee on public lands on
the proposition to investigate the open
irg Of the Cherokee strip took rather q
sensational turn today. Commissioner
Lamoreux, with much feeling and earn
estness, said, after reading the charges,
he deemed it the duty OF the commits
sion to appear in behalf of these 81
cerks. The charges were not specific,
but newspaper clippings. No single
man was named; no place or time OF oc-
currence was specified. 1t was no light
thing to charge 81 clerks with dishonor-
able acts; IS per cent of them were Re-
pubiicans. Many were in the employ
of the government for years, and were
residents of Washington, with promi-
nent places in the community.
Commissioner Lamoreux presented
affifsvits from every man in charge OF a
booth, and from these showed how inn
possible it would be for the officers OF
tae government to accept bribes. He
read letters from j. f. Molone and Mr..
King, registrar at Perry, regarding the
matter. In the letters it was said Dis
trict Attorney Speed, Republican, was
stirring up the matter for political
effect, and was being assisted by Stone,
his partner and assistant. Stone ie
Lamoreux's immediate predecessor.
Commissioner Lamoreux read let
ter from A. P. Swineford, late governor
OF Alaska, but now inspector-general OF
the land office, showing that the charges
were not true, and made Tor political
effect. Other letters making counter
charges against the land openings un.
der the Republican administration were
read.
Assistant Attorney-General Hall di-
rects attention mainly to the assertions
of Delegate Flynn in the house and be.
fore the committee, that the orders of
the former administration were changed
for the present. He showed that this
was impossible.
The probabilities are that the state
ments made by Commissioner Lamo-
reux ana General Hall will put an end
to the Investigation.
The herald., 1893-10-19
outcome Of the Religious Congress.

The outcome of the religious congress
at Chicago is an organization which has
for its object, to use Bacon's words, 'the
glory Of the Creator and the relief of
mans estate" No man can well decline
to promote the former purpose without
avowing himself an atheist, nor the lat
ter without confessing himself to be
something less than human. The new
organization is called the Brotherhood
of Christian Unity, and its only article
of association is a statement that the sub
scribers 'desire to serve God and their
fellow men under the inspiration Of the
life and teachings of Jesus Christ"
The herald., 1893-10-19
Far.urato Mo-tals.

Considering that bicycling in its pres
ent form is only four or five years old,
the popularity it has obtained is surpris-
ing to the layman. To the crank, how
ever, there is nothing astonishing about
it, The modern bicycle offers a means
of getting over ground that is at once
healthful and economical. The silent
steed needs no oats. A drop of oil now
and then satisfies its appetite. 1t doesn't
die. 1t isn't subject to SPAWN, ringbone
or glanders. It doesn't run away, and
no stable is required to shelter it. Seat
ed on it's back, ths rider laughs to scorn
the crowded cable GERS and the elevated
road. His cheeks glow with the ruddy
health engendered by the exercise, and
he would not exchange places with the
fashionable in the dogcart whom he
leaves far behind on the boulevard. 1t
is no wonder, then, that all bicyclers are
enthusiasts. They have right to be.
They enjoy advantages over ordinary
people, and they are only human in
showing that they possess them.-Chi-
cago Herald. '
The herald., 1893-10-19
The Nicnrarnn Cann1.

WASHINGTON, Oct. lS.-Representative
Doolittle of Washington has introduced
a resolution asking the secretary of state
for information regarding the Nicaragua
canal, as to the amount of work done
and the approximate amount of money
expended; what steps the government
has taken to protect the interests OF
American citizens and investors in the
canal, and the status of the Maritime
Canal company of Nicaragua.