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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-20

If you want anything in the jewelry
line call at G. F. Hoffman's and let him
order for you and save you from % to
30 per cent.
Ladies If you want pretty dress go
to Bing & Cos.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
SELMA BUDGET.
Two Marriages, One Death and Other Items of Interest Condensed in
 Terse sl,hraseH.
AaE- HERALD BUREAU, l

AGE- HERALD BUREAU,
 SELMA. Dec. 31. ] Married, at the residence of Rev. l.. G. Flames, yesterday morning MT. Dave Har- ris and Miss Emma Owen. The union was opposed by the parents of the bride, but love always finds way. The young lady left home 10 attend Sabbath school, or that was the understanding with the old folks, and she did go to the church. There she was met by MT. Harris and few of their young friends. They repaired to the study of the pastor in the parsonage, next door, and the knot was tied. Both of the young people are well known in the city, and their many friends wish them long and happy life.
 Yesterday was most uncomfortable one in Selma. All day long the rain fell and frcZs as it hit the ground. Very few people were devout enough to attend serv- ices at any of the churches.
 Mir. Abe Isaacson slipped on the pave- ment on Broad street yesterday morning and sprained his ankle. He was carried to his room and IS suffering severely. It will be several days before he can be out again Mrs. J. H. Smith, daug hter of Mir. and Mrs. E. D. Crossand, died Saturday in Montgomery, where she has resided since her marriage. Her remains reached the city yesterday and were laid to rest in Live Oak cemetery this morning.. She had many friends here who mourn her loss.
 Mir. Edwin II. Fitch and Mrs. Myrtle c. Francis were married at the residence of the brides father, in Brierfied, this morn ing. Mrs. Francis is a daughter of Capt. T. s. Avis of Brierfield, and is a sister Of Mrs. Robert Barber of this city. She has visited Selma frequently and has many friends and admirers here. MT. Fitch is a prosperous young business man of Tyler, Ala.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
As to the Woman cxcllst.

Thero would not seem to be much profit in discussing the question whether wom- en should or should not ride the bicycle, in view of tho fact that great number of women have answered this for themselves in the affirmative Looking at the matter. therefore, from practical standpoint. 1t may be well to suggest that if women aro determined to adopt this vigorous exercise they owo it to tho community at large to be becomingly dressed. It Is an unpleas. ant truth that most American women who ride the bicycle attire themselves in manner that Is not conventional, to say the least. An extraordinary style of dress known us "bloomers' appears to be Eioss in vogue, but for my part do not see that it has any special advantage over the old fashioned skirt. The 'bloomers' are con. structed in sech generous proportions that they utterly destroy the symmetrical out. lines of the female figure. McAl- lister in New York World.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

the slril1 notes of polka and mazurlxa are accompanied by the. stamping of tho peasants boots. But their papas are attending to the serious business of life for them. There Is nearly al- ways Eliddleman--an old experienced sinner who knows every man and every woman in the neighborhood, knows the acres of each peasant owner, the cattle belonging to each as well as the amount of his savings to T. And this old fel. low it is who first brings available" parties together and then eggs them on to further steps. 1t is money, money, money, from first to last, or moneys worth, which decides the point for or against. Bid against bid, the value of each piece of land, the question of mortgage or no mortgage, the amount of ready cash, the exact size of the dowry, the number of heirs all these things arc brought up and seriously, sometimes heatedly, dis cussed.
 This is the alpha and omega of the whole bargain and only after all these preliminaries have been settled to mu- tual satisfaction does tho conversation turn to the two directly concerned, and then their physical and moral perfcctions and imperfections are men, toned solely from practical point of view Sentiment there is none in the whole transaction. The idea of call ing in either the son or the daughter and asking them whether they are willing to marry each other, or whether such n thing as affection or its re- verse is entertained between them, never enters the minds of these bronzed, sincwy peasants. Such thing is not dreamt of It is '.city nonsense" Where an agreement on all the principal points has been reached the middleman at once makes rough draft of the contract between the two fathers, in which especially the cash and other points in the dowry are accurately set down and witnessed by mutual friends.
 And now at last the son of one and the daughter of the other are sought for and hint is dropped to them. The young fellow presents the girl with little nosegay, which she at once transfers to her girdle, and then they join once more the crowd of dancers. They're now looked upon as q couple. After the return home on tie Sunday succeeding the parents of the young man pay visit to the brides house on leaving the services in the village church, and then the last points disputed are settled for good and all. Soon after the wedding takes place.
 That is the way-with Silas Wegg dropping into poetry"-heart finds
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

the time of "Martini" (St. Martlne's day) at the beginning of November, when geese are at their juiciest and best, when crops of every kind are un- der roof, and the peasants have lot of money which they don't know what to do with. That is the time of the marriage market. For it is market, not mere fair. For Q week the pill griinagc continues from all around. for Teltow lies in thiclsly settled agri- cultural district, and within radius of q few milcs there are a score of villages. The little town meanwhile has donncd her holiday attire. The deal tables and the pine flooring in all these. smoke bc-rimcd old houses have been secured and white sand fine as dust is under foot In tho wide, low-ceilinged litch- ems of the inns and taverns the copper Lettlcs and tin plates are shininr and birch or pine wreaths are swaying in the breeze on the iron hooks outside.
 Every young fellow is up to his ears in
 business, end not one who can scrape fiddle or blow horn or flute but must hire out as a musician. For there is Gnncing during this week of gaycty-
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
CHICAGO RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.
The Colony of Mean People Who Live
 Just Outside the Windy City.

''I always thought that the meanest people in the United States could be found right in tho town of Chicago" said New York man who has been living in the Windy City, but I was mistaken not very much mistaken, though, because the colony of mean people that found live about ten miles outside of Chicago, and most of them como into town to business every day, so that while they cannot ex- actly be called Chicagoans still the city Is more or less responsible for them.
 "These mon are of course commuters on the railroad Now, this railroad issues an ordinary commuters ticket, which Is good for 400 miles of travel There are 40 spaces marked around the edge of tho ticket, and each one Is marked 10. mean ing that it is good for ten miles. The con ductor punches ono of these spaces out with an ordinary round punch for each trip. For long timo the railroad officials had noticed that receipts were falling off. Communication tickets were not selling with their accustomed regularity, and finally the company put a detective to work. The detective watched the conduct ors, expecting to find.that they were work ing in with the passengers butcould dis cover nothipg wrong. Tho passengers seemed to Do all we'll supplied with com Eutation tickets, and tho conductors punched them regularly. It was all great mystery until ono of the conductors discovered the fraud. It's hard to believe Iknow, but those commuters had actually been picking up tho punchines after the conductor left the car, slowing thom away, and then at their leisure pasting them in place again. It was q simple cheat. but so mean that it's difficult to believe that any body would stoop to it.
 Tho conductor who cleared up the rays. tery made careful examination if all communication tickets tho next Gorning. It is an actual fact that he found three out of every five tickets doctorcd. sGea,S of tho commuters made great p1t.5 at be. ing indignant when their tickets yere talk. en up, but it was puro bluff. ''- Kew I York Sun
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

heart in Teltow. This is the custom which has prevailed for many cen turies. And there is no appeal from this social law of the district Oppo- sition rarely occurs, and still more rarely succeeds. One of my informants in Teltow-a very curious parsonage, by the way, teacher, sexton, editor of the weekly paper, as well as chief of the primitive fire department, all rolled into one, besides being author of a dry but faultlessly reliable chronicle of the town-remembercd but few cases where rebellious young people had not given way in the end and married the mate so thoughtfuIly chosen by their parents. And few of these come to any good.
 But these are rare exceptions-very rare. As a rule sons and daughters, born and bred in slavish obedience, do not even murmur. Amusing incidents do occur, and that quite often. One of these was comical enough to seem worth repeating. A peasant with four daughters, all of them decidedly unat- tractive in looks, disposed of his sec ond and least homely one at the mar riage last year. When the young fel- low, however. came to the old mans house, the sly old fox led out his first born, five years older than the groom and enough to frightcn anyone away. Thereupon a stormy interview, a lengthy discussion and at last after Q deal of haggling an agreement was reached. Simply by increasing the ma ture old maiden's dowry by thousand marks two hundred and fifty dollars). And I saw this couple at the fair cooing like turtle doves and happy as happy can be. Odd, isn't it? Yet that is the rule with these marriages con- cluded in such ultra prosaic fashion. Nearly all of them turn out we'll, am credibly informed. You see these peas- ants from around Teltow are much like those Zola so graphically paints in his novel, La Terre"-with souls that have no room for anything beside the thirst for more land and more gold. Or, to put it in more complimentary way-they're not quite so finical as we city-bred people are.
 Twill not knowingly wrong Teltow. There is another peculiarity which gives it worldwide fame-its delicious carrots, the smallest and the finest in the universe Their excellent flavor is due, am told, to the peculiar soil, whose chemical make up slightly diff fers from that anywhere else,
 WOLF voN ScInERBRAND.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

dancing everywhere. And now when Ill is prepared for them, when sausages are sizzling in their own fat and pan cakes are frying in the pan, the stream of rustics begins to arrive until by noon the little town is crowded.
 They're not altogether bent on pleas ure, though, these peasants in their scarlet vests, with huge silver buttons, over-long coats with narrow sleeves, boots that reach up to the knee and odd-loolsing fur caps. Their grown sons and daughters-the latter robed in woolens and calicoes that blind the eye-are with them, and so are the fat ted cattle and load or TWO of rye. But while the town is gay with little booths in which are lotteries and wheels-of-fortune. gingerbread and honey cakes, ribbons and cheap finery, Punch and Judy shows and sleight-of- hand performances, acrobats and rope dancers, even tank with live seal and few other specimens of the wild beast family concealed behind tat tered tent--these staid peasants first attend to business.
 Bargains are not easily made with them, either, for with the cunning of the true rustic, they screw up prices for their wares us soon as they see the
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

market Is lively. Hours clapse before buyer and seller are of accord. But once the money is paid and slowed away in the capacious leather pouch secured by broad strap around tho waist, the cautious peasant slaps him5 self. on the belly and is good for any amount of fun. He hies him to that inn where he has put up for genera ton or more, and nothing is too good for him.
 Inside, whepc the smoke from scores of long Iiipes is thick enough to cut witlIpfsnife, he sits and drinks beer, yinc or strong liquor, talks cattle, grain, horse or district politics, plays cards or tries his wit at making good match for son or daughter.
 And that brings me to the marriage market at last. The lads and lasses, mind you,nrc not marched up in row, wait ing for the highest bidder. In most eases neither the prospective groom or bride is prbacnt. The young folk, in fact, gro pr<tatrs in the dance hall, whcro
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

rustic maidcns just for the sake of ex. posing a judicious mixture of hosiery, soprano and flirting, and quite recent ly Witnessed performance of Strauss latest, his jubilee operetta of ''Jabuka, !" wherein another marriage market, this one in Servia, is held up to general ad- miration.
 But all this had to put to the score of that poetic license without which libretto could never be. The other day, though, I heard of a marriage market" not a score of miles from Der lin in asuburb called Teltow. It was no joke, but q tangible reality ,and as a reality is apt to be very different from the romantic. But imagine the mere recital of the facts will seem to many readers improbable enough, for it must be remembered that all this is annual ly taking place in the vicinity of Ber- lin, a city of one million seven hundred thousand population, the center and radiating point of the whole German speaking world.
 Here we are, then, in Teltow, little town of three thousand. with Q public square and q gray, lichen covered church, old as the hills, few crooked, grass-grown lanes and everything buried in trees and gardens and or
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
A PLEASANT DANCE


 GIVEN BY MISS GRAVES TO HER FRIENDS. MANS TONIGHT.
 Miss Mary Virginia Graves, the charm ing and accomplished daughter of Capt. and Mrs. w. H. Graves ,wes at home to her friends last night, a large number of whom passed most enjoyable evening as her guests.
 Miss Graves is a delightful en ntertainer, and last evenings entertainment will not soon be forgotten by those so fortunate as to be present.
 Dancing was kept up until late hour and refresh ments were served. E Those present were: Misses Mary Vir- pinia Graves, Florrie Graves, Lucy Turner, Lucy Hagood, Katie Bell, Sara Martin, Mollie Jordan, Nellie Wilkerson, Lila smith, - Sayre, Ola Roden, Florrie Ro- den. Elise Ball, Rebie Berney, Virginia Walker, - Glover, Mrs. Ellie J. Shober, Mrs. George c. Ball, Messrs. Nat w Trimble, Tom Sims, Theo Koenig, 3r., Sid Jones, Charles Davis, George Browne, Dick Evins, Porter Walker, Bob Boyle, Harris Naughan, Charles Smith, Joe Raine, Atlanta; Owen Phelan, Dick Going, John Patton, Smith Crawford, J. Carey Thompson. Eugene Ware, Walter Prescott, w. J. Boles, Arthur Crowder, Cant Reese, Tunstali Perry, Pink Brsdl John Kimball, Archie Gibson Schoolar, J. A. ''1'''' BALL.
 ps Rh1 Club will give dance
 1sntary to Mir. and Mrs.
 aXa recently returned
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
FLORIDA's FRUITS
TO BE kXTENsIvELY EXHIBITED AT
 ATLANTA EXPOSITION.

TO BE EXTENSIVELY EXHIBITED AT THE
 ATLANTA XPOSIIION.
 PENSACOLA, Fla, Dec. 31.-Col. w. D. ChipIey, general land commissioner of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, has an- nounced that the railroad will make an ez- hibit of the industries of west Florida at the Atlanta exposition. Mir. Chipley has the matter in charge, and is preparing to make complete exhibit of the products of each county. Fruits, sugar cane, tobacco, corn. rice and cassava will be among the products exhibited.
 Colonel Chipley is also having large number of jars of uniform sizs prepared for preserving fruits during the summer. As soon as he secures space in the proper building he will visit the different counties of this section and endeavor to have them make distinctive exhibit, aud there is no doubt he will be successful. In any event a most creditable exhibit will be made.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
A RELIEF FUND STARTED
FOR PERRY's skAMEN = GOVERNMENT MEASURE PROVES VERY UNPOPULAR.

FOR PERRY's skAMES - GOVERNMENT
 MEASURE PROVES VERY UNPOPULAR.
 ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 31.-A fund for the relief of the sufferers through the loss of Explorer Perry's steamer, Falcon, was opened here today and is under the man. agement of Rev. DeHarvey, Edgar Bow ring, the owner of the steamer, and F. L. McGrath, editor of the Herald. The families of the crew of the Falcon are in a state of destitulion, and any contributions to the fund from the United States and elsewhere will be welcome |.
 The unpopularity of the government measure for guaranteeing bank notes, which was passed by the council few days ago, is daily growing in intensity, and public meeting, under tue auspices of the high sheriff of the colony, will be held to morrow to protest against the governor signing the bill. At all events the agita- tion Of the note holders is likely to force the government to adopt a more satisfactory method, and petitions are being circulated for signatures praying the governor for the appointment or a royal commission from England to look into the subject.
 1ue government is divided on the matter of requesting it, several tn nfiuential mem bers iuvoring the appointment of a royal commission, but the professional polili- cians vehemently oppose such step.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
FLORENCE HOTEL ARRIVALS.
M. J. WHEELER & CO.,. pRoPR1EToRs

M. J. WHEELER CO.,, PRoPRIET0Rs.
 H HandIeyi Louisville; %ui, ? 3 garnsrd. 0 5 Oliver, 5 Maiser. Tuakaloosa; " H Dunlap, ,as w B s.l Raps' J I; R Brown, , Moody, New York; E D Mansfield, Mem. phis; w A Stanley, Huntsville; Judson DAvie, Spigeners, Ala; Samuel Ii WiIkin- son and wife, Boston; A P Jones, Selma; " Bowley, Selma; Miss Katie Emmett, Miss Rose Thurmer, Hubert Sackett, Robert Sheridan, New York; Calvin Skin ner, Cincinnati; B McAilister, Chatta- nooga; c Mclaughlin, St Louis; Jeff Foote, Atlanta; John R Hill, Eu- taw; J Penden, city; George A Re- viere, M P Jemisou, Robert Jemisou, c Majors, Tuskaloosa; o B Johnson, Selpa; w A Little and wife. Oakman 1; James W Nounett, Mississippi; H E Gould i, Memphis; M Kerr, Dallas, Tex; ii Norris, Selma; Emmett Cooper, Baltimore; E Diramus, Wilsonvilie, Alei " Neu. bauer. Lynchburg, Va; w w Woodruff, Rome, Ga; c Montgomery, city.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
A MARRIAGE MARKET.
The Children of Peasants Matted
 by Proxy.
Quaint Berlin suburb-Tcitow, Its Dc..- cious Carrots-Its Records and old Wedding Arrangerncnts--l
 Picturesque Place.
lcoPYRi0nT. Isai.l

BERLIN, Dec. 20.-A marriage market?
 of course. there isn't such thing nowadays, probably never was!
 That is just what the average Amer ican would say.
 confess | was ostonished myself. Often have seen representations on the stage painting a wedding fair in high colors. the peasant lads and las- sies ill their coquettish costumes, as they exist nowhere else but on the stage. In "Olivcete,' in the "Rclls of Normandy and many other opcrcttas l have been an amused spectator of the woo..g and winning of those charming young creatures who play the parts of
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
No Use.

No Use. "Have you time table herep" asked the secdy stranger.
 ''Our terms" replied the restaurant keeper, ''are cash in advance. " .'Foiled again." h;ssed the seedy stranger between his use| teeth. -In- dianapolis Journal. s
 Conductor-Madam, q is that boy?
 Elderly Matron (with freezh dig nityl-This young lady, sir. has |n to ride free. Here is her ticketl bicycle is in the baggage car. Chicl Tribune
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

chards. This quaint town dates back to musty antiquity. The chronicles tell us that it was founded by the Slavonic aborigines about 575 A. D., and that Chnrlemagne, during his war against the pagan Slavs in this region, camped at Teltow. The population has long remained stationary, for the tiny town lies away from all railroads and from the march of progress. A long while ago Teltow was the seat of district court, but the last judge who presided there, Prince Handiery. being very wealthy and a member of She highest aristocracy, used all his influence in Berlin to have the court transferred from the stagnant little place to the nearby cacital, where he could comF 5 5 5 5 5 ,; ]; has desert Aaittcd it to drop Is stage
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
MORE EARTHQUAKES.

ROME, Dec. 3i.-Earthquakes were felt today in southern Italy and northern Sicily. not violent enough to damage much property, they increased the panic. The whole populatios of several towns and villages are campsd in tho fields topight.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
DANCED TIE OLD YEAH OUT.

The A. c. s. eociot club gave New Year'seve dance last night at Pythian hall i, corner of Third avenue and Nineteenth street. There was large attendancss Mason aud 6ternbezger's band furnished the music for the occasion.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

A suburb of Berlin will be known as Tradeham. It is started by workingmcu which will be built up with shops and
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

Signs of tho business revival are seeu everywhere. Or. Price's bakiug Powder never sold so rapidly as now.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01

i Strikes and boycotts never effect Dr.
 Prices Baking Powder. Everybody
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-01
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-13
As Seen in Boston.

BOSTON, Dec. 1.-THE news that
Armenia had cabled an appeal for help
to the Associated Press at London was
taken in missionary circles here as I'M
deniable evidence of the desperate need
of those who have suffered from Turk
ish depredations. and have been de-
prived Of everything they possess by
murderous infdels. Rev. Judson Smith,
D. D., secretary of the American board
of foreign commissioners, said to a re-
porter:
1.-THE statements are credible. All
the information received by US show
the number killed to reach only $4,000,
but since our latest advices were sent
there have been a. number of addi-
tional massacres which may bring the
total up to 100000, as stated in the ap-
PEAL
Dr. Smith then alluded to the real
work of the missionaries by the board,
explaining that they had BEEN ham,
pered by the lack of funds, and said:
The delay in receiving money IS
causing so much misery and deStitu-
ton among the unfortunates that L
will write Miss Clara Barton of the
Red Cross organization today to ask
this body to take up the distribution
of funds Immediately"
Up to date, 81, 976 has been received
by those having in charge the Ar
menian relief fund. Money is being
cabled to Constantinople as soon after
it's receipt as possible.