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, 1897-09-18
THE ovERWoRsHIP OF WOMEN.
The Age Of EXtravagance-Two Sides
Of a Question Considered.

W. IVY
OF a Question Considered.
In New York, Boston and all the large
cities OF this country they who are IA
miliar wiki the problems of social life
among The Weather classes know that
for several years past the supply of eli
g!ble marrying men seems to have been
getting smaller and smaller. Season az
ter season from all the fashionable in
land and seaside resorts comes the cry,
There are no young men," and CORE
spondents tell how even a freshman
from a reputable university is eagerly
sought after. The number Of girls vino
have passed the first quarter of a CEN
fury OF their lives and who see nothing
but a lonely future before them is be-
coming alarmingly large. Parents are
now glad to bestow their daughters on
men who 10 years ago they would have
considered genteel paupers. and they are
being gradually forced toward the Ed
ropean plan OF giving dowries with their
daughters. This is certainly opposed
10 what used to be regarded as the
American idea. viz, that parents should
not be called upon to impoverish them-
selves during their lifetime. and that
children even of the wealthiest need ex-
pect little at the time OF marriage.
Searchers after the cause Of this state
OF affairs will be met by two e%xplana-
lions: one made by women-the selfish
ness ii men; the osher made by mem
The selfshness and extravaganza of the
modern young society The
writer who aims at popularity would
certainly adopt the former: hut the per-
son who, at hazards, seeks the truth.
will infallibly be driven toward the lat
ter.
In the earlier stages of the worlds
history woman was little better than a
slave; in the extreme of civilization TO-
day she has been made almost a god
dess. That her true posjtion as mans
leipmeel lies between the TWO extrmes
few will care IN DENY. and that the av-
ersee fashionable American girl is real.
" willing m bacoma , mans be,nmaet
few honest thinkers will caro- RI ,A, ,m
The Girl NJ today in orr hos, S,c;at,,
wha wou,d NOT consent IN marry and
bee;n life nm an income If 80 00o a vsar
wou,d indeed he \ rarity Yer thar
amount nrob, h,v far excaads tho s,,m
IN which her ,,ror,sa s,ar,od I, :, =.
old story thar chi,drep want N h..,n
whore ,ha;r n,ren,, ,e,v. of c,.h :,
des;ra b,a sta 10 y, ,n,irs 10 hou,av.r
,mnoss;h,. oxoon, in oom,,r,,t,o,, ,ou,
ins,,poss
sever,, c,,so, b,ya c,, hirod 70 raiso
woman m III. nodas,o, on ub,o, cha
s,,,d, ,od,v ~.hau n,r ho ii,
Cd tho absanco =, o,,ss d;s,ir,,tors uh;,
which b,vo made uo.,,b tha .os, $50
.;,, s~.,,dirn. .,o o,,r,,o,.o i,,uo,,o
in tho f,rt,nes y, so,,a =. oar march nj.
and snecplators whose animal exnenses
wo,,,d 90 veors ,g, b,va beon cons;dor-
od nr,,o.,v ,,rt,nos and tho roe.,.,u
q, the ideas NJ tho for VOC, where The
erst u,om,n so,,,ors wor. ,ro,tad 10
oueens Tho false ,,x,rv ~ orr 1,ro.
otto, 90, NOT ha sustained ., an H.
come NJ loco than s1o OOo a wear Rent
,,,ne demands Tho axnenditnra q, , mod
est income. clothing fond furniture
, 1897-09-18
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, 1897-09-18
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, 1897-09-18

No. ~ How 10 Train Animals. This
eo"k, written by an eNperisncei animal trainer tells how
animal. also eiGis to perform the most remarkable tricks
NJ, h32, Every Roy His Own Toy-Maker.
4 great book for 5oys. telling how to make a steam Engine;
Machine, t;a,vanlc battery, T'ectric Telegraph, Telephone.
Magic Lantern, Boats, Kites, Balloons, and many other
No. no h Practical Guide to FIoricuI.
s sDIs,. a sn S. pIin,. ,I II rsan 7 R FMlns t" ,n q, thu I..sin "t
authorities upon all matters pertaining to Horticulture.
,.c S", ~" y tioh !, 4 mTsennen a splendid col
Experiments, FahleauV riynnts shadow rantolnimls, Act
.n5a pr rai@ enteftainasnr. and esenings at Soms. p"""'
no. n"o Modern Etiquette for all Occa-
sssintng tie rules Of department. for all occasions; both for
No, T3i. The Ready Reference Manual of
Facts, Figures and Statistics. 4 collection Of
ase1ai naei 3 ngnTgT, statistics md late,ms compeniiam Of
.nI child eonEShient,y arragsed 70, ready reference.
An entirely new boob IN poultry keeping, Just published,
involving the eTpHrtencr 81 surce.sful poultry keepers, aud
No mo. h Practical Horse and Cattle
Doctor. INis vaIulhl" took describes the svnip-
afflicted gives the causes Of such diseases, together with
no. ~, n Handy Cyclop@dia of Every
Day Wants, a r"mp"nltnm Of useful and valuable
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Manual An ,iIrIy new book cnhndyinv all The
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directions Tor making rnny articles Of wearing apparel
No. 70 Thc inIcrican Family Cook Book.
: complete cook h%Gk implied by an experienced house
choices, recIEs,, cl!,:..dy4 Tor reai4 reference.
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, 1897-09-18

n.tIv Ranuhiiran kOc per month.
The sun., 1897-12-05
HER CURSE VAS FULFILLED.
williams Was Burned TO Death in tho Firebox
OF His EnEine.

MANDAN, y. D., Nov. 29.-Thcre is an unusual
feature relating to the terrible death OF fire.
man on the Northern Pacific, near Swectbrier
last week. The railroad men on this division
who knew tho dead fireman well. say that he
was the victim of a woman's curse. For several
years, before being put on the transcontinental
passenger trains as fireman, Williams was en-
gineer of yard enkino at the shops here. Sew.
eral years ago he ran down and crippled for life
a young girl. At the time the mother of the
girl rushed down to the yards, crazed with grief,
and pronounced a fearful curse on the engineer.
She had wonderful command of language and
the "oung man trembled with terror at her
words no less than with sorrow at the accident
he had caused. Her denunciation ended with
the words:
May the God above us end your DAYS in tho
flreboX of your engine in terrible agony as
you have brought on my Door daughter"
He could not forget the moi hers words, they
them and thought of the child his engine had
crippled. Finally, IL was an Irresistible impulse
that came to him on morning two weeks ago,
ana when the engineers back turned he
threw open the doors of the flaming furnace and
hurled himself headlong into the frey GOALS
see HIS cabmae Wrhne on ne the cos nnd 10 %
attempted to get him out. i was impossible.
He blew the whistle call for all hands to report
at tho engine and turned the water into the
frobox. In moment the train was at a stand
still, and the men of the crew were hurrying
forward. The engineer was trying 10 pull Will
liams out OF tho furnace door with tho engine
tongs. but the door was so small that it was Inn
possible. The fire WAS extnguished as quickly
snniod. and with the head and shoulders en-
tirely burned OFT. was hauled out and brought
back here for burial
some prominence after the accident by her APP
peals and those of her friends for postage
stamps, a million Of which were obtained. and
they secured for her from u Chicago establish
ment artificial legs.
The sun., 1897-12-05

chcap. .Sonin, dcss whirl In on mex Il free, Dere
wuz Meter Dupont. Dat man Dupont IN Annm la,i
mission Iss ss sp in minute aEr a. YSsi Y%sS preach
1m dsy books manners en- business en- keen
dey on'y lissen wild one year en- he ain do much
good SO he lay all he w'iteman pride at de foot
ekal; Fun dat day out he lib wild um lax day
brudder en- ain speak T. w'ite mems on y on ousi-
scrptoS f oS 9l But plumb sas Sp; dSs 9H @o
9 nngSi im uan man. en- no coffin but my MAXI Is
,"Cn'ous how some rich planters got way
men rise . do top notch. know lots o. niRgahs
fam'ly; right in dis town. too. Mister Francis,
now; befo. dc wah nobody ain no higher nor
Teip g Sn run down h e Ssss sooa
Lawd cnt out L own slaves. Guv um big planta-
tion fun O. nigeahs on doy mex stevon big crop
freedom come, seem lax no loss ev' yting wat go
mc 20 mex cr mp man eept he quality On , nGS San
got Z bc Bishop Montmorcncy; en-. boss ain
ne neoer SEQ % no w'ito Bishop hell rs so in siGh
I'm lass e Nell wen dc awS9 sSg
Dcy did look funny-Big Josh in do finess NV
broadcloh en- he ole marser ez shabby cE air ono
dey ain studd'in bout dat; dey Is too glad T. SEQ
one nurr. Dey walk tgorr Z do colored chu'ch
batter 90 In e0hS poy yenSS %SrSR en- n % iosGn arms
kase Mister Francis powful weakly. en- de
tBisshop mex nm, quonted wild dc ole marser.
tion Z sing Shal We Meet Beyond the River Z
Bote NV um cry, en- heap o. do people, too. /
reckon dey done meet lax dey wahn TO, kase do
Bishop dess lib long nuff I preach Mister Fran.
els fun'al dc same year
Den dere wuz tackey Dawson. slaye on q
Georgy plantation. He know bettah, but ho
cain holp hosctf tel freedom come. Den he trace
ne people en- prove he nanny n Seminole en- ho
daddy vito man. Dat wuz de wuss NV
slavery; no color wuz safe W 'en bad mems TUX a
notion I git rid OF Ill chile. Jackey mout bin
cz high ez anybody, kase wlte people doan
scorn 1njun blood: but he stick T. de color he
wuz raise wild On wat need nm de moress., He
chu' 'ches en- wux-shops en- sech like. Wen ho
die dcy wuz. on'y change nuff in he pocket TO
one o my collins.
"Yassr; youse mighty right. 1 see heap o.
cu'ous t'ings in my trade"
The sun., 1897-12-05
MASTERFUL MRS. Sims.
Tho Neatness ana Despatch with which she
Broke Up = DOG Fight.

from me DetroH fTcc fTess,
Tho man who was doing the talking has en-
dured a good many hard knocks while making
very successful way through the world, and
like most persons who have survived such ex-
perience, has very decided opinions OF his own.
i've always regarded woman as the weaker
vessel" he said but want to say right here
that Mrs. Slims Is a very remarkable person.
Kentucky thoroughbred, yet i saw her start a
balky horse tho other day after twenty men and
boys had been beating kicking. and cursing the
poor brute for half an hour. The persuasion
she used was a couple OF Jumps OF sugar and a
few Kind words.
But it was just yesterday that she convinced
me OF her great superiority You can gauge
her knowledge of dogs from the fact that she
paid 80 for "A long g.haired n0ngrel puppy, under
the impression that she was buying an aristO-
cratic pug. Sms has a bull terrier that's
professional fighter and Torton; who lives next
door owns a big st. BERNARD. The two dogs he
gan an argument through the fence, and the
larger one slmplihed matters by crashing
neiRhborhood was soon engaged In an cffOrt TO
part them. Strong hands tugged AT tails, lggs and
ears. Clubs were freely used, water WAS dashed
upon the belliRerents, and the stern orders
off, When Mrs. Sims appeared ON the scene
SIP seemed to grasp the situation In one ter
rihed glance. She flew into the house, dashed
out again, and inside Of n minute had the say.
age lighters 1I sinking sway from each other
Bottle Of ammonia. SuTcst thing on earth
TO break upR dog fight. and it's original with
hor Why, those two terrible beasts quit like
pct sheep, and the Joke OF II is that each dog
thinks the other administered the awful dose.
They never soc each other now that they do not
curl their nose as though smiling ammonia, and
Got brlbkly In opposite directions
The sun., 1897-12-05
TOLLS OYER ITS FOURTH WREo1
Signal Bell That Has Been Carried by nm.
Fated Steamers or Two Rivers.
From the Cincinnati Enoufr.r.


From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. GA bell with fatal hin.
tory hangs loosely on its standards on the hurri.
cane deck OF the recently wrecked Louisville
and Cincinnati Mail Line steamer Telegraph.
Dolefully 1t tolls with every wind that sweepn
down from the Indiana hills, every wave that
rocks the wreck of the once palatial steamboat
Four Inflated Ohio or Mississippi River passen.
ger boats have carried this signal bell Ops
atIsr r another hn}f they have met with disaster.
that day. w
After plying the Ohio and Msslssippi Rjv.r.
for several years. one dark night the Tele9rnnS
ran on q rock between Louisville and CinciSnntiI
and before she could be pulled off filled With
from the wroGkage. and whom tho great General
iAytlo was built tho bell was placed on her The
e5sS ,see aef boilers and burned to the
many lives were lost. The bell was about tbS
only thing of any value saved, and 1t was pulled
For a number of years its iron ton1ua VIZ.
silent, and then, when the City OF Madison WAS
shan na ,ms ocsS Sn osi was rec1yered from junk
Madison piled the Ohio River betwssen ssars p,te ne
burg and Cincinnati the old bell giving forth
excursion party from 6wensboro. Ky, to GIN. H
Sinnati the Madison ran on the dyke OF the In.
>, Again tho bell was recovered, and when In.
cinpeti trade 1t was placed on her On the an
a. 2t this month at o'clock in the Afternoon. the
Iiies uJiiisrnpn I t3ok h, q sheer when about ffteen
and before she could be straiabtened amt III:
bow had climbed fifty feet up the shinSly shoes oes
inglorious end To-day tho old bell ~ III tSa
name nam OF her original bearer. Telegraph No. a
every W wied eG edai nSd side swings to wi
signal OF warning to passing craft ~N'''n~A
The sun., 1897-12-05

An Unexpected Reaponse Co n Request That
He Pay for Ella Drink with u speech.
From the Ne~ Orleans Pfcavune.

From the NeD Orleans Picayune.
1t was growing late. The tide of humanity
that earlier in the evening had ebbed and
flowed through the streets of the great city had
swept onward leaving the strange and almost
appalling sense Of desolation that comes when
the noises OF the town are hushed. The electric
lights fared unnoticed on the ers; the street
cars passed at further intervals; now and then
night worker hurried by, his footsteps ringing
out loud and clear in the stiffness. In front OF
saloon whose lights shone out bright and ruddy
across the pavement stood tramp. unshorn,
ragged. dirty. disgusting. He watched with en-
vious eyes the men who passed in and out
through the swinging doors, and then he
turned his eyes toward two young fellows in
evening, dress who were coming down the street
and they stopped before the saloon door and
looked Gurionsly at him;
by Joye. said ono. think Of having thirst
like that, and not the price of an eXtinguishcr
in your pocket! Beats old Tantalus all to pieces,
Gh fa drLE Ea%or' liquor everywhere and not drop
=, He ran his hand in his pocket and proffercd
the tramp dime but before 1t could be accepted
.'say. he said said, lets do, do the % good Samaritan
and set Hobo up to good drink
tramp slonched into the saloon at the heels of
tho two gilded youths, The barkeeper set before
them glasses and liquors, and with hand that
shook The tramp poured out brimming glass
and raised IT. TO his lips.
stop cried ono of the young men drunken
ly. make us n speech. 1t Is poor liquor that
doesn't unloosen mans tongue.
The tramp hastily swallowed down the drink
and as the rich liquor cOursed through his blood
he Strengthened himself and stood before them
with grace and dignity that all his rags and
dirt could not obscure.
Gentlemen" he said, I look tonight at you
and at myself, and 1t seems to me look upon
the picture of my lost manhood. This bloated
lace was once as young and handsome as yours.
rms shambling figure once walked as proudly
as yours. man in world !rf men. j. too. once
hnd home, and friends and position. ] had
VIE aS beautiful ms an artists dream. and
dropped the priceless pearl OF her honor and re-
sshheet shh in In the wide cup, and Cleopatra-
tho orimpipg draught., ] had children as
end / saw them fade and die. under the
home where Iovo lit the flame upon the altar
and minstcred before it. and put out the holy
hre. and darkness and desolatiOn relgned in its
stead. ! had aspirations and ambitions that
scared as high as the morning star, and broke
and bruised their beautiful wings, and, at last.
strangled them that might be tortured with
their cries no more To-day am husband
without wife. a father without child, a
tramp with no homo to call his own. a man In
whom every good impulse is dead. All. all
swallowed up in the maclstrom OF drink
Inc tramp ceased speaking. The glass fell
from his nervcless fingers aud shiyered into
Thousand fragments on the floor. The swinging
aoors pushed open and shut TO again, and when
the little group about the bar looked up the
Tramp was g0n0s
The sun., 1897-12-05
"The Holy Lau1h.n
From the atlanta Journal.

cosR! BRTNsWsGE N Soy 2oEResidon,s from the
holiness" meeting now being condnetsa ~
mymh ept ina unat y OF an unusual nature The state
evangelist, has erected a tent near the sr'niis
SnS bssS aad there conducts services twice
OF people. who come from miles ap3nnd udhuTeSs ff
services services are conducted with all the reiiuinms
into them. 'ah nave infused
, This includes the holy laugh" a stropoa
iiodi' i oI "MGtiaInallon peculiar to holiness meet
iPuGa 1n WIN the spirit OF the meeting thai thew
,orn rm,i im @ france ana lilo upon the pine.straw
Gent brnnsMiek official cites an incident "ni of M
IhmmnhS night meeting, which was iudIcrous 'ne ai'
Tended 70 DO sacrilegious Ono enthuSsss1inpcc Is 1nc
aniaamis JiT shouIed This religion is getting 10 be
splueihIc; Another replied: Yes brot6s@r @ ppe ~
IS eonlago1s, when from another part ~ ;;ht ~
on he % ouHrSt saS neT converts exclaimed. RVS
The sun., 1897-12-05
Stole Is, 900 Rabbit scaIps.
From the Oh icaao Record.

WICHITA, Kan. Nov. 2s.-This year the crop
OF jack rabbits in sumner county exceeded the
sioners found II necessary to offer cents each
for rabbit scalps. The result OF this action has
the create st OF which. however, took place yes
terday and was a great success. Six thousand
rabbits were killed. IL was decided TO nut them
In tho harness room of Frank Huston for safe
keeping and to scalp them this morning, but
when the hunters went to the place they found
that some rogue had been there before them and
lad left The EAbblta minns thelr scalps.