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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

Mamma Tommy, sent you to the gro
Gerry and told you to hurry back.
Tommy-Yes, mamma, but YOU didn't
tell me to hurry over there.--Louisville
CourierJ Journal
did yo' heah bout jim Jackson meet
in de ghost CD lie murdered man las
night down by de swamp?
mo. What did Jim ,lo?'
"He busted de ghost of an den braced
him for a qua tab. JiIn's got big nerve
sence he became & Pullman porter
Judge
'Ah, professor, what charming collec-
ton of stuffed birds Won have Where did
You get them FROM
"Oh, that is quite simple. [ have been
collecting them for years from the worm
out hats Of my daughters. Eur E'rheit-
erung.
Has my wife been in here?" ne asked.
Medium sized woman in bloomers?'
SUGGESTED the clerk.
yes
Very determined arp
yes
well, a woman of that description was
in here lust n rnoment ago She seemed TO
know just what she wanted ard bought
no that wasn't Maria. Judge
shes woman for people to rave
over
''Indeed?'
Eyes: she lives in n fiat and practices
vocal music six hours a day. Puck.
Papa-Where is your mamma?
Little Daughter-I fink she has gone to
Mrs. de Fashions 4-oclocll tea.
did she say sop
mo: but L heard her say she wished
Mrs. de Fashion was in Halifax. an She
went out about 5 o'clock. "--New York
Weekly.
Jones-I ate a piece of nince pie for
breakfast last Sunday morning.
Brown-Well, what OF it?
Il had terrible dreams III church. -
Town Topics.
Superintendent of Insane Asvlunl-What
is that woman bowling about?
Attendant-She doesn't like her straight
jacket.
Eyes; she wants one with puffed
sleeves" Detroit Tribune.
Mrs. Philanthro-Tell me, my poor
man, is your blindness permanent?
Mendicant (despairingly)-It locks that
it, lady. Times is dat bad L don't see no
chance of retiring.-Pucl.
A Regular Cinch.
Rrt orr feather. T2a1ts q ra fsnrrect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

Mamma-Tommy, sent you to the gro
Gerry and told you to hurry back.
Tommy-Yes, mamma, but YOU didn't
tell me to hurry over charlottesville
CourierJ Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

Mrs. Philanthro-rell me, my poor
man, is your blindness permanent?
it, lady. Times is dat bad don't see no
chance of retiring. -PuclS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

superintendent of Insane Asvlunl-What
is that woman bowling about?
Attendant-She doesn't like her straight
jacket.
"Does she want it taken Off"
Eyes; she wants one with puffed
sleeves. Detroit Tribune
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

Jones-I ate a piece of mince pie fol
breakfast last Sunday morning.
Brown-Well, what of it?
81 had terrible dreams III church. -
Town Topics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

'Ah, professor, what charming collec-
ton of stuffed birds Won have. Where did
you get them FROM:
''Oh, that is quite simple. [ have been
collecting them for years from the worm
out hats of my daughters. Eur F,rheit-
erunG.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
LOOKUP MATR0N.
Some Of the Things With
Which the Widow Cum
mings Contends
AT THE POLICE STATION
Where She Has Charge Of I'm
fortunate and DepraVed
Women Arrested.
HEARS MANY TALES OF WOE
And Divers Things Hilarious
Her Forbidding Apart
ments Described.

Up in the second story of the CEN
trail police station is a little apart
ment. a necessary adjunct, the ex-
istence of which is unknown to many
residents of this city. This portion
of the structure in which criminals
and unfortunates are temporarily
detained is known as the matron's
department, and is presided over by
Mrs. Patrick Cummings, a worthy
widow. She is forty years of age,
good-natured always, and happy
under trying conditions. Although
really one of the great metropolitan
police force of st. Paul, the widow,
in controlling the many refractory
members of her sex who eventually
drift to her, is not compelled to
have recourse to the baton as do
her male confreres, for a single
glance at the generous physique Of
the Widow Cummings should con-
vince the most audacious of feminine
offenders that it might be unpleasant
to rouse her ire.
Mrs. Cummings carries 200 pounds
avoirdupois as easily and gracefully
as a society bud switches her first
ball dress. Not dainty, but well de-
veloped, are the biceps Of Wild
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

ow Cummings. yet she relies more
on her own happy personality than
her physical advantages to preserve
order and decorum among the many
over which she is absolute mistress.
Yet the position of police matron
is no sinecure. 1t first requires one
who is especially adapted to cope
with the annoyances, the misery
and frequently the disgusting scenes
enacted. a woman possessed of
highly nervous disposition, easily
harassed, would not hold the posi-
ton a week, even with the mayors
salary. Yet Mrs. Cummings, &C
customed to scenes which would
rack ordinary humanity, closely
controls her sympathies and gov
ems her charges with a dignity that
COMMANDS INSTANT RESPECT.
Unfortunate women and young girls
who have suffered the contamination
of the world confide in her. To her
are related stories of suffering, shame,
agony and misery which are appallingg
Probably in one short week she has
heard more tales of unhappiness and
woe than ordinary people ever hear of
during their lives.
The existence of the police matron
is naturally closely allied to suffering
and misery. She comes in contact
with them daily. Early each morn
ing the robust widow appears in her
department, ready TO assume the care
of the unfortunates who may require
and frequently onerous. All females
arrested for any transgressions of the
law come under Mrs. Cummings SUI
pervision-the unfortunates driven by
despair to seek imagined consolation
in liquor, the young woman cast on
the world through the perfidy Of him
who has stolen her affections, the de-
spairing mother seeking beloved but
hayward daughter, or may be an err
ring son drawn in the vortex of dis
sipation. all eventually appear before
the police matron. The sojourn of the
unfortunates who come under her pro-
lection is brief-but a temporary res
pite until the courts determine what
disposition shall be made OF them.
THE POLICE MATRON'S APART
MENTS
at the central station are not palatial
by any means, but on the contrary
exceedingly plain-almost forbidding,
in fact The floors are uncarpeted and
the walls devoid of ornaments. A tier
of iron cells frowns upon the little
room in which her charges are tenn
porarily confined. With the approach
of night the women are hustled into
these massive cages, and behind Sc
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
GIANT PIN MONEY.
Enormous Sums Squandered
by SWagger Women on
TrifieS.
MRS. HAVEMEYER'S PURSE.
She OPENS 1t to the Extent
Of Sixty Thousand a
Year.
MRS. WILLIE K. VANDERBILT.
She Easily Gets Rid of $780,
600 Year on Little
Things.

Special Correspondence OF the Globe.
NEW. YORK. Feb. 21.-Some fabulous
sums. under the fictitious title of pin
money, are spent yearly by the wealthy
women of the metropolis.
Pin money to most persons means
some insignificant sum anywhere from
a few dollars up TO five hundred year.
The average young girl or matron
would consider herself richly blessed
were she certain OF $500 pin money per
annum. and would willingly consent to
furnish all her wants with it, wardrobe
included. To the economically inclined
woman $500 a year would seem quite
a fabulous amount for clothes and the
critics OF everyday life.
But pin money to the tune of $4,000
year-S5.000 a month, or $1,000 a week
barely supplies the needs of some of
the fashionable women OF New York.
There are two-scoTe women in the
metropolis who have that much. and a
great deal more, 10 spend upon purely
feminine wants, and they spend it so
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

curely locked doors are left to pass
hours of misery. Not infrequently
some miserable specimen of woman
hood. lost to all decency, makes the
night hideous by ribald song and SER
pentine antics that would make an
Apache brave nervous. Such incid-
ents make the police matron wish that
she was the proprfetress of st. Paul
laundry or some other equally rapid
workmanship institution.
Pathetic incidents and distressing
confessions regale the police matron
more frequently than society gossip
or Sunday school fables, but Mrs.
Cummings is resigned. Yet she admits
that often her experiences arouse her
compression and induce a desire to as
sist the unfortunates. Recently an
old woman, racked with the incessant
labor of years, troubled by domestic
dissensions, implored the assistance
of the police matron in tracing
missing son. The old lady became
completely Frustrated. She was pen
niless, and, unable to provide for her
self was eventually sent home at the
expense OF the county.
On another occasion one Of Matron
Cummings charges was a young girl
of seventeen, who, naturally deprayed,
had left the protection Of her home
and had associated with people of most
vicious habits. The inevitable result
followed, and when absolutely in need
OF care she was brought temporarily
to the central station. Here relatives.
eager to reclaim her, exerted every eff
fort, and offered every indueement if
she woud reform. Obstinate and per-
verse, the hayward girl persistently
Ignored the tears and entreaties OF
those who loved her, and boldly de-
clared her preference for the life she
was following. Her relatives in des-
pair abandoned her to her fate and
the unfortunate continued in the life
which eliminates in perdition. Such
incidents are but a few of the many
which come under the notice of the po-
lice matron
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

golden words TO the shop keeper. 1t is
moi only small things that she buys in
this way. She purchased a $500 fur
opera cIoak without knowing or ask
ing the price and footed the bill with
out a word. The tradesmen do
no. impose upon Mrs. Hayemeyer be-
cause Of this popularity.
Her custom is too valuable to jeop-
ardize it by overcharging.
Mrs. Havemeyer is fond of flowers.
She buys lavishIy, and has spent as
much as 5000 for a great basket Of
orchids. She also shows great ingenU-
itv in devising schemes for spending
money so that her friends viii benefit
by it. Last Christmas she had Santa
Claus party at which there were sew
enty-ffve- guests. There was dancing,
and a Christmas tree hung with sew
enty-five gifts, every one being
trinket of gold. Some of these were
set with jewels, and this little fad did
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

well that oftentimes they have some
thing unpaid at the end Of the year.
Others get rid OF their money more
satisfactorily. These are the women
who accomplish good in a charitable
vav. spending literally upon the moor
of the teuements. and cheering the sick
in the hospitals with dainties which
only weu-fIled purse can procure.
MRS. HAVE1IETER.
Mrs. Theodore Havemeyer. wife of
one Of The sugar trust kings, possibly
spends more money than any other
woman in New York. although her hus-
band is not as wealthy as large num-
her of other men. In addition 10 hav-
ing what is generally credited to be the
0rettiest house in town, Mrs. Have
never maintains il on d most elaborate
scale.
Aside from these expenses, says an
intimate friend Of the lady, she dis
poses Of 1ifty-five. and perhaps sixty
five. thousand dollars a year on purely
personal matters. The fashionable
modistes. furriers and milliners. and
all classes OF tradespeople who have
dealings with the swagger set. would
rather see Mrs. Havemeyer enter their
places OF business than q dozen ordi-
nary rich women.
NEVER ASKS THE PRICE.
She has the reputation of having
never been known TO ask the price of
any article in a store. If she fancies
1t she says Send it home" Those are
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
How's This !

We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case OF Catarrh that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known T.
J. Cheney for the last u years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
bytheir firm.
WEST & TRUAX. Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, 0.
WALDING, KINIAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

twenty years old, dropping into the
Ritchie home, received the interesting
information of a brand-new arrival in
the household. Proud Mrs. Richie
herself placed the wee Richard in Miss
Thackerays arms, as that young lady
remarked with a laugh: SO it is an
other pink little boy come TO make the
Richie family happy" 1t was the
same Richard Ritchia who ~ r---7
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

American, who pre-
fers to let her husband have quite the
advantage of her in years at least
It was with almost a little gasp OF
horror a sentimental little American
was told of the first meeting between
Mrs. Ritci1ie, Thackeray's daughter,
and her present husband. His mother
was dear friend of Miss Anne Thaek-
cray, who, one day, when about
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

not cost Mrs. Havemeyer much less
than $3.50.
MRS. FRED vANDERBILTs CHAR
ITY.
Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt goes less into
society than any of the wives of the
Vanderbilt men. She enjoys pin mon
ey to the tune of $4,000 q year. Com
paratively little of it is spent upon her
self or in frivolous things.
Mrs Fred Vanderbilt is a woman
who does a vast amount of good in the
cause of charity. Unlike other rich
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

women, she does not conduct her phil
anthropy through agents. She does
the work herself, and she has the
healthy satisfaction of knowing that
it is well done.
Three afternoons in the week, when
she is in town, and while her friends
are fitting from one fashionable
function to another, Mrs. Vanderbilt
drives about the tenement-house dis
riots with a companion. visiting the
homes of tho poor and giving literally
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

when real deserving case has been
encountered.
MRS. WILLIE KS EXTRAVA-
CANOE.
Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt, whose
troubles with her husband have oc-
cupied the attention OF the two con-
tinen1s for the past six months. is one
of the heaviest spenders among the
fashionable women of the day. 1t is
believed that Mrs. Willie K. spends
fully 100000 a year on tTifies. 1t was
her terrific extravaganza which wi
dened the breach between herself and
her husband. Mr.. Vanderbilt has
fortune OF $S0.Q00000. and an income Of
81. 600. coo a year. He spends more than
any other millionaire in the country.
As an example of Mrs. Vanderbilt s
qualities as a spender. the final straw
that broke the camel's back-otherwise
Mr.. VanderbiIts CONFERENCE.-The fol-
lowing is a timely illustration. 1t oc-
CURED when she and her husband were
at the Continental hotel. in Paris. just
before they separated. Mrs. Vanderbilt
did not like her apartments or the fur
nishings. so she engaged an entire floor
of the big hotel. and then, to the sur
prise of all Paris. had it completely re-
furnished at her own cost. As she was
going TO remain in Paris only six weeks,
this was regarded as one of the great
est pieces OF extravaganza in the his
tory of the French capital. The fur
nishfngs of the floor cost in the neigh
borhood OF IL, COO francs, and the weekly
amounted to Il, 600 francs.
When the troubles of the Willie *.
Vanderbilts were being compromised
Mrs Vanderbilt asked for an allowance
of $500, coo a year.
MRS. ASTOR'S DIAMONDS.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston spends about
forty thousand a year in pin money.
Mrs. Astor has a great fondness for
diamond jewelry, and she probably pos
sesses the greatest number of diamond
trinkets of any woman in New York So
ciety. She makes regular tours of all
the great jewelry establishments of the
city in search of unique designs in dia-
monds She can spend $1,000 in an after
! Moons shopping with as little COM
junction as the ordinary woman parts
with q g bill.
Mrs. George Gould has an allow
{ ance of $4,000 year for her personal
! expenses. and she spends every cent
I of il. Mrs. Gould is interested in many
! charitable projects. particularly those
! for the benefit of children. She is un,
1 usually fond of fine gowns and opera
! clOaks. OF the latter she has an
! extensive variety. some of them cost
/ ing as high as $1,000. Mrs Gould is
also fond of jewelry. but she does not
buy as generously as Mrs. Aston
Mrs. Paran Stevens weakness lies
in the direction of gayly colored
/ gowns. and she spends about S20.000 a
I year on her wardrobe and trif1es.
Other heavy spenders of pin money
are Mrs. EIbridge T. Gerry. Mrs. E.
D. Morgan, Mrs Ad0Iph Ladenburg,
( Mrs. Harry lie Graude Cannon. Miss
Anna Gould and Mrs. Orme Wilson
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

Some persons make a speciality OF
supplying snowy wedding certificates
at something more than the ordinary
price, and one form of certificate pro-
Yides a place for photographs OF the
contracting parties. Other wedding
certificates are done on veilum and or
namented with gold and silver. Such
--.eh As S1a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
MARRIAGE I'M ENGLAND.

To Wed a Man Many Years
Younger Is Common There.
Philadelphia Times.
One of the surprising things to Amer
lean women in England is the number
of English women who marry men
from five to twenty years younger than
themselves. The action of the Baron
ess Burdett-Coutts in taking so young
a husband as Mr.. Bartlett is by no
means uncommon in all grades of Eng
lish society, and bit OF a shock TO the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

either as regards
quality or price. In
building up this
store so that it will
stay, we have it al
ways in mind not to
take money from our
customers unless we
can return the 1arg-
est value of goods.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24

years made Miss Anne Thackeray his
wife.
The morning times., 1895-12-15
MARVELLOUS IGNORANCE.
who Did Not Know the Name
of New York.
afaeHl'dalHH H'''ll'Ia'a't
New YerkuPress.

Where do you liver asked Coroner Hoe
Der Yesterday of Bertha Koeuig, the adult
granddaughter of. Abraham Koenig, who
fell from the second story OF No. rs Chrys-
tie street on December 4, and died next day
in Gouverneur Hospital.
81 don't know said the girl when the
question was traDslatedfor her.
Don't you know the name of this city,"
mo" .. .-- s-.---e. -.--
What country Is this?'
II know that. The stats"
What book is this?" asked the coroner.
holding out the Bible.
II dou't know"
Ever hear OF the Bible?"
''No." -.fs-.--. -., .,...-
Ever hear OF Jesus Cbrist?"
mo"
"step down. You are not wanted as
witness"
The jury found that Koenig's death was
accidental.
The morning times., 1895-12-15
A Proba Bile Result.

Wife-I'm afraid, John, that If the hired
mans indulgences continue, you will have
to discharge him.
Husband-Quite unnecessary, my dear:
he's SO loaded all the time he will Tall down
some day and discharge himself.-Rich-
moDd Dispatch.
The morning times., 1895-12-15
omIoerriend..

Material shape-Hahi Who are you?
Spectral shapeTIm the Colonel Colt case,
who are q
I'm a taxpayer of Fayette county. You
skip out as fast as the devil will let ye, or
thereYl be treublel"-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
The morning times., 1895-12-15

A PnrdOImble Defect
Little Ethei-Our goat can pull me and
Willie and Annie at one load.
FisItor-He must be very strong!
Little Ethei--Oh. yes: but we don't mind
that.-Chieago Record.
The morning times., 1895-12-15
Financially Considered,

Pat-Sure, an that sour ov a turd is
that troyin' To sing wild the cookies in his
t'roat2 re9s -.-.-f.. .-lls t.,..,..,.
Farner-Thats a guinea hen.
Pat-A guinea hsai Faix, an she's not
worth it.-Richpaund Dispatch.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-09-07
Tirues- -Malataineer.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER I, 1895
Delinquent Tax List
STATE OF OREGON,
C0IINTY OF WASCO. e

By virtue of warrant issued out Of the County
Court Of the State of oregon for the County of
Wasco and to me directed. bearing date July 18th,
1895, commanding seize and sell all the goods
and chatels OF such delinquent taxpayers whose names
appear the foregoing tollowingl list or so much
thereof as may be necessary satisfy the amount OF
taxes so charged together with the and expenses
of collecting.
Now therefore, 1. T. J. Driver, Sheriff and Ex-
Oficio Tax Collector in and for Wasco County,
State of Oregon. in obedience to said warrant. will,
on Monday, being the 9th day of September. 1885,
at the hour of o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
at the front door of the Court House in said County
and State offer for sale the following described lands
as set forth in said list, being and lying in said
Wasco County Oregon.
August 9th, 1895.
arn.x.d ;e /, ronv of said uyarrant.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-09-07


Atwater, J E, personal prop
erty; total tax. IL cts
1891.
Alexander, r M, personal prop
erty; total tax. l SO
Alexander, G W, sw / sec 2S,5s
Adams, NJ c, j NV i sec IS, In,
Alien, i ei.i Albert, j. personal property 20 20
Anderson, J A, personal prop
Adams. DAMS. W 7;;... G, @ i sec 81, i,s, is, " :"
Abernethy, Frank, e sw i,wi
Sc /, sec Q, Is, IL 5 90
Alkire, Mrs, ne /, sw ne t,
neH se2s sec %, n, IA e...... 2 so
1892
Adams, James, personal prop
erty... - IL 56
Adams, w c, n sec 80, l s,
IA IL 70
Allen, Walter, personal prop
erty................. l b0
Adams, NJ c, 8 1 NV i, sec %,
In, Ii 3e.................. 10 IL
Abernethy, Frank, Q sw /, WI
se sec 2, 2s, II e............ sos
Adams, J W, Sc I sec 8, 2s, 14e 2 90
Alcom, W A, Hood River Park,
lots 40, A, blk k1.............. I. As
Abraham, Sarah, Hood River
Park, lots %, q, blk ....... As
1893.
Archbishop Gross, Trevitt addi-
ton Dalles City, lots 10, IL, II,
81 biz 6.....................s12o 90
MA le.............:........ IA 20
!, sec So, / ., IA e........... 20 3s
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-09-07

To 7. j. Driver, Sheriff and Eu-01ieio
Tdx Collector, IN and for Wasco County,
State Of Oregon, Greeting:
In the name Of the State OF Oregon:
You are hereby commanded to collect
the taxes by seizure and sale of the
goods and chattles Of such delinquent
Tax-Psyers whose names appear on
the foregoing rollowing] list, and If
none be found, then upon the real
property as set forth in the foregoing
Tfollowing] tax list, or 30 much thereof
as may be necessary to satisfy the
amount OF taxes SO charged, together
with the costs and expenses of collect
ing, and that you pay over all moneys
so collected to the Treasurer of said
County, as by law you are directed,
and return this warrant together
with the aforesaid tax list with entries
thereon of all payments made to you
to the County Court of said County,
within sixty days from the date hereof.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of said
County Court this 18th day of July, A.
D. 1895. A. M. KELsAY,
County Clerk.
By SIMEON BOLTON, Deputy.