The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

pocket and follow them"
To be certain that a marriage ceremony
/ performed by a woman in the state Of Illi-
! nots would be valid, Mrs. Anna Blanchard
q Lepper of Springfield, Ill, consulted sew
1 eral Judges and Secretary OF State w. f.
] Henrlchsen In regard to the law. These
/ gentlemen informed her that she was quail
4 ihed, under the constitution of the state,
| 10 perform the ceremony. Mrs. Lepper
/ was then satisfied, as she knew that as
/ pastor of the Church of Progress she was
/ duly authorized to officiate at a marriage
/ ceremony.
Mr.. Lepper has acted as officiating min
ister at a number of funeral services, and
uses the ritual of her former faith, the
Methodist Episcopal church, changing the
wording occasionally where II might con-
nict with her belief. The members of the
congregation all read the Bible. Their mot
TO Is: DO good and be good"
Mrs. Lepper was born in Herkimer ~
y, in 1851, and will be As years old next
May, She says she Is a descendant OF
! Lord blanchard of England on her faith
er's side Her father, j. Blanchard Suit
er, was an Episcopalian minister at SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, whence the family removed
shortly after she was born. Several MEM
bers of the family still reside at Syracuse,
ana are highly respected people.
The occasional far-reaching conseauen-
ces OF the most trivial happenings, SAYS
the New York Tribune. are very curious
An Introduction, a chance conversat ion, a
change OF plan, journey and even appar
tltiy less decisive acts often affect our
whole lives. "A car missed on the cor
ner, an unexpected meeting with an old
friend and destiny altered-there is
o conc novel for YOU, said happy
ner, THAT is my story" And mine seems
TO have been just as much governed by
chance as yours" he returned Il had
been asked to a picnic, which promised
to be rather bore, and which had de-
clined before sending the note. However
happened TO walk TO the window and
a AfuNr mo h,ara a,lur
l said to myself, Il might as we'll 90. A
lunch al fresco will not be bad in such
weather and there l met my wife, and
knew before the day was over that she
was the one girl in the world for me- "
II was saved from great loss by happen
ing to meet Mr.. s. accidentally in Wall
street yesterday" said her other neigh
Dor, who had been listening to the CONVEX
sation. And how was that2 asked the
lady interested. He asked me to fill
place at dinner tonight, and If / had not
met him should have missed this terra
pin, which is the best-cooked dish 1 have
eaten this winter-and-your society,"" he
added hastily. "Oh. don't mind being an
after-thought to such terrapin-with you
-" she mimicked malicously. few
days later he met her on the street May
tell you the sequel to my story?" he ask
ed as he Joined her Did the terrapin dis
agree with your" she asked, smartly.
How unkind you are" he answered, re-
proachfully. Miss Smith pro-that is. l
proposed to her that night and / am the
happiest of men. There's a queer chance
for you to add to your list :" do you mean
to say that it would never have happened
If you had not met Mr. S. 2" she said
laughingly. We'll, it was either that or
the good dinner, or your example togeth-
er with Miss Smiths general niceness,"
he returned, unabashed. 1T was a touch
and-go but now it's settled and I'm go
ing to be Benedict in six weeks timer
A girl, says the New York Times. who
spent last summer up among the White
mountains was puzzled by the mysterious
and extremely respectful air of the natives
in speaking of a certain farmers daugh-
ter The rustic young woman herself wore
an air of depression and silent endurance,
for which, as she had more advantages
than most of her companions, it was hard
to account. At length the visitor returned
to inquire into the matter. why, haven't
you heard she had a nerly?' The only
meaning 'nerly'' conveyed to the girls
mind was the rustic pronunciation she had
sometimes heard given to gnarled or
gnarly apples, and she wondered If human
beings suffered from similar disease. She
learned, however. that "nerly' meant
IAN early disappointment in love, and
that such victims were regarded in meas
ure as heroines.
At a card party in the northwest few
evenings ago a cross-eyed man was pos
ing as a man who knew it all, giving his
positive opinions on every subject in a
loud voice and otherwise making himself
a general nuisance. A Boston girl was par
ticularly annoyed at the lordly air he as
some of her pet theories. She made up her
mind to bowl him over If she ever got a
chance.
1t came sooner than expected. A few
minutes later the Boston girl was the part
ner of the cross-eyed man. who Immediate
ly proceeded to give elaborate instructions
as to how certain cards should be played
to insure them the game. He finished by
saying: Now, go ahead, Miss Back Bay,
and remember 1 have my eye on you" She
never Looked up but in the most innocent
Jones?" 1t broke up the party.
Eugene Green of Syracuse, N. Y, visited
his sister at Turnwood last October, and,
incidentally, fished for trout in the brooks.
He procured a spool from his sister on
which to wind his line, and was surprised
will confer favor by writing to Miss Lee
ma Drake, Willimantic, Conn" Green
concluded to write to Miss Drake, and he
received a prompt answer. They ex-
changed photographs, and finally met
and renewed the pledges made in writing
Green proposed marriage and was accent
Monday. The shop girl becomes the wife
of a well-to-do gentlema through her writ
ing on the spool
is one of the most richly paid women i'm
the country for her labors. She is the
daughter of George NJ. Pullman, and is
said to draw a salary of $4,000 a wear from
the Pullman Company for naming cars
Miss Pullman evidences a preference for
names which sound euphoniously MANY
of the names of the cars are of Spanish
origin. They are the names of countries,
rivers, historic towns, battlefelds and
flowers. Such names al Brazil Peru Chill
Mexico, Guatemala and other Central
American states are frequently seen. There
is a fine discrimination displayed in the
naming of cars for special service For ex-
ample, dining cars are in most instances
named after celebrated cooks, as Savarin
and the cooks of famous men and women.
Smoking cars are given names which sug-
gest luxury, as Sultan, Khedive and Mus
sulman. Observation cars are called Vel
lowstone, Yosemite, Appalachian Watkins
Glen and Niagara.
II wish that little Miss Pert would not
bob so persistently whenever she meets
me- remarked a seasoned maiden plain
lively, to a New York Tribune writer
Those deep courtesies that the girls make
are quite ridiculous and the
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