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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Kansas Civ Livestock.

Kansas City, Oct 21.-Cat4le-Receipt
1850. Market nominally unchanged. Ma
tive steers, $4.75al610; Texas steers, 81. ESQ
500; Texas cows, 2.4013. %; native cows
and 1eiferS, $1.5Od4.4O; sJockers and feed
ers, So 25n475: bulls, 50 S5Gl4.25.
Hogs-RecelptS, 5000. Market steady.
Bulk of sales, $41216d4.15; heavy, LEO
40; packers, $4l273W4.20; mixed, "a 100
Ais; light, S4.10Q4.30; workers., S4.20d4.3O;
pigs, S4.C0lI4S0
SheeD-No receipts
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Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, Oct 21.-Cattle-Receipts, 1900.
Native beef steers, $500Q5.S0; western
steers, $40gl4.90; cows and heffers, $2.50@p
feeders, S3.00G4.50; calves, s4.0O@65O
Hogs-Receipts, $500. Market opened
easier, closed stronger. Heavy, $4,000. Is;
miXeh S4.10q4.20; light, A.12l2Q42O; pigs,
So 90GJ5.10; bulk of sales 81 121Al14. 10.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 Market strong.
Western muttons, $3.60G370; stock sheep,
S. 50GS.60; lambs, $4.50@4.90.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
DEWEY HOME SELECTED.
Committee Chooses House In Desir-
able Part of Washington.

Washington, Oct 21-The Dewey
house committee, which has in charge
the purchase of a home for the add
miral with the moneys received by
popular subscription, have selected
house No. 1747. Rhode Island avenue,
northwest, known as the Fitch mouse.
The house is one door removed from
the corner of Connecticut avenue, in
what is regarded as the most desirable
section of the city. 1t is understood
that the amount of the popular sub
scription was sufficient to cover the ecst
of the house, it's furniture and adj Incl
dental expenditures.
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strslgh4s. s2soaa.2O; bakers

q. 3eQg2. 60
Wheat-No. . spring. eSQ7Oc; No. 3
spring, 6Sd70c: No. 2 red, 70G7lc.
Corn-No. 2, &c.
oats-No. 2 S5zz a2sc; No. white, 25lz@
26c; No. white 25c.
Rye-No. 2, size.
Barley-No. 2, $50 45c.
Flax Seed-No. l. S129i5.
Timothy Seed-Prime, S235.
Mess Pork-Per barrel, $7.S5d7.90.
Lard-Per LOO pounds, $5.20Gl5.22l2.
Shoulders-Dry sailed boxed, 6d6lsc.
Sides-Short clear (boxed), $5.40d5.50.
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods. per
gallon, S1.23
Sugars-Unchanged
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Denver Livestock.

Denver, Oct. 1.-Cattle-Receipts, S,40l
Market quiet and steady. Beef steers,
So. 50QI4.50; COWS, S2O0G3.5O; feeders, freight
paid to river, 80, 50Gp4.2o; stockers. freight
paid to river, $S.59ll4.20; bulls, stays, etc,
81. 006300.
Hogs Receipts, 800. Market steady
Light packers. $4.0O@405; mixed and
sheep~Receipts, 1000. Market I'M
changed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

1t is now definitely settled that the
first performance of the Passion play,
at Oberammergau will be on May 90,
and the last at the end of September,
thus providing for twenty-eight repre-
sensations in all. Herr Josef Meyer,
who for the last three performances of
the Passion play, viz: in 1870. 1880, and
1890, has taken the part of Christ, will
not appear next year, on account Of
advanced age and increased inf1rmities.
This month the roles are to be allotted
and rehearsals begin.-N. Y. Dramatic
Mirror
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Exports and Imports.

New York, Oct. A.-The exports of
specie from this port to all countries for
this week aggregated S971, 45T silver, bars
and coin, and 81, 05S gold.
The imports We're Sl59S49 gold and
S73, $50 silver. The imports of dry goods
and merchandise at the port of New
York for this week were valued at
$40, 40. $50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
A Recipe For Lovers.
(Pick-Me-IJpy

They met and she sneered.
He begged and she jeered;
Unkissed, off he crept.
She ang1ily wept.
Now. had he butdared,
While anger she aired f
And kissed her by force.
She d have liked il, of course.
With d woman be bold ~
just take, and fast mold.
Don whine and don't wall,
And you never will fail.
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Rec. IShip.
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Cattle-Owing to the
limited supply of cattle and sheep offered
today, trade was of lttle consequence in
both markets. with prices nominal.
Hog5-Ihere was an active demand for
lots brought S4.22J29I4. As; heavy packers,
$3.S51i4. 20; mixed, 81. l0GI440; light weights,
S4.05n4. 42I2; pigs, $3S0ef4.30.
Receipts-Cattle, 200; hogs 5000; sheep,
1000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Loans. Exchange and Silver.

New York, Oct. 21-Money on call
steady at ; per cent; closed offered at
per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 415G
5l2 per cent. Sterling exchange, easier,
with actual business in bankers bills, at
4. S7d4.S7Il for demand and at 4.S3d4. S314
for so days. Posted rates, 4.S4G4.S4lR, and
4. SSd4SS19. COMMERCIAL bills, 4.S2l2.
Silver certificates, 5Sq59
Bar silver. 80.
Mexican dollars. AZ.
London Oct. 2l.-Bar silver, % 11-16d.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Weekly Bank Statement.

statement shows the following changes.
Surplus reserve, increase. $3.50, rs. Loans,
decrease, S5.356. 600. Specie, decrease,
81. 663, 400. Legal tenders. increase, s2S4, =
800. Deposits, decrease, Sc, 570,5 500. Circula-
ton increase, $l40500. The banks now
hold Sl.441 ,OT5 in excess of the legal re-
QuirefnentS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
obdurate Memory.


Fairly crushed under the accommodating
sense of his unworthiness, he was leaving
her forever.
You will forget met he had faltered
Il don't know, she was now sobbing.
Il took the fun course in mne1nonics and
memory culture at collegeH'
A little learning is always painful and
sometimes dangerous. to borrow the apt
phrase of the patent medicine advertise
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

London, Oct. 21.-During the past week
the inquiry for wool continued, but little
business resulted, owing to firnness of
holders. Crossbreds We're in fair demand
and difficult to purchase at auction prices.
The arrivals TO date for the next series;
Guiding $500 bales forwarded direct.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
MUSICAL PEOPLE.

Owing to pressure of other demands
upon his time, Mr.. C. L. Robertson, the
able secretary of the Euterpe club, has
been obliged to resign his office and
membership. Mrs. T. J. Fabian was
elected to succeed him as secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

The Dramatic Mirror says that Orr
s. Cash. leading man with Katherine
Robers is successfully playing Romeo.
Napoleon in Mime. Sans Gene" oliver
West in Shall We Forgive Her." and
the leads in other standard PLAYS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Henry M. Savage, the proprietor Of
the Castle Square Opera COM
pany in New York and Chicago Isl
about to establish a similar organiza-
ton at ST. Louis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Metal Quotations.

New York. Oct 21-Pig iron. quiet.
Northern. 20.O0d24.O0; southern, 10. 50Q24.O0.
Copper. dull; brokers'. 1900. Lead, dull.
Brokers'. 440. Tin plate, steady. The
brokers' price for lead is 4.4G and for cop
npr Is. %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Mr.. Karl Scheid sang 1.-THE Lord Is
Mindful OF His own" by tMendeiseohn,
at the synagogue Friday evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Condition of the Treasury.

Washington Oct 2f.-Today's state
ment of the condition OF the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $2S9, ga, 20J.
Gold reserve, 1874, 49, 94.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Mrs. Hanpson will sing a solo at st.
Marks this morning from ''The Women
of Samaria.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

The Orpheus club is actively pTepar
ing for the seasons work. Many in
quiries are made concerning the sub
scription concerts, and the prospectus
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Miss Anna Tresize will sing, eff You
Love Me, Do My VIII. this morning
and this evening at st. PauPs. This
evening a. full choral service will be
given.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

The brilliant young pianist, Mr.. ]. A.
Anderson, who has recently returned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
And still She Complained.

tIIt-BIts.I
MagistTate-Do you mean To say such a
physical wreck as he Is gave you thaE.
black eye?
Complaining Wife-ShEre. yer worship.
he wasn't a physical wreck TILL he give ms
the black eye.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

lit is the intention Of Christensen's
Military band TO- do no active work
during the winter months, owing to the
many engagements of the orchestra,
and the dancing school.
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with Rooseveltis Rough Riders is to
have q new sketch BY Harry Lacy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Squire Coop. pianist. w. G. Give.
violinists and Fred Christensen. seellist,
are planning for a trio this winter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Miss Ethel. j. Paul will sing a solo.
with violin oblig1to by Miss Mary Hall.
at the Federation of Clubs meeting
this week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
New York Wool Market.
london wool MARKET.

New York, Oct. 21.-Wool quiet D
nestle fleece. 2l@26c; Texas, 14Q17c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Professor j. J. Mcclellan writes
friends III town that he has secured a
place in the class Of XAVIER Scharwen-
ska Herr Scharwenskag is regarded as
one of The great teachers of the world.
and is court pianist TO the Emperor Of
Austria.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

from q course Of study with Leschet-
iziNy, in Berlin. Will give a recital Fri
day evening of this week at Caldefs
hall. He will be assisted by Professor
All. CT Lund musical director at the
Provo academy. The recital IS to be-
strictly an invitation affair and IS en-
tirely for the entertainment Of a few
musicians and friends.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There have been 81 cases of insanity
in the Bayarian royal family during the
last 100 years.
It is curious fact that there are n .
direct descendants of Napoleon, Well
Iington, Washington or Walter Scott.
Mrs. Victoria Blanchard, SO years old.
of Holyoke, Mass, IS the youngest liv-
ing daughter of a revolutionary soldier.
Each of the 80 cities in Massachusetts,
has one or more public libraries and
only IS of the 321 towns are not SO sup
piled.
Henry Norman says it is calculated
that Kipling made $4,000 by the serial
boob rights of his latest volume oe
stories, THE Days Work"
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
has conferred the Order of Vasa on Au-
gust Peterson, of Washington, in recog-
lition of his services in founding coli
onies of his countrymen in America.
Mrs. Oliphant has written "A novels
and six biographies; Miss Braddon has
produced SIS novels; Miss Yonge, So;
"Ouida," 35; William Black, 30; Sir Wal
ter Besant, 27, and Rider Haggard, 16.
So stout has Senator Lindsay, of Ken
lucky, grown Che must weigh consider
ably over 300 pounds) that his step has
become slow and awkward. Apparent
" his tailor has given all idea of fitting
the ponderous Kentuckian, who looks
as though he had been harnessed coun-
try fashion, not dressed.
There is a man in Newton, Kan, n.
Murray by name, who has married the
same woman four times. Each mar
riage, except the last, was followed by
a divorce, then by reconciliation, then
by remarriage, then by row. The
fourth marriage seems to have been the
charm, for the couple have lived to.
gether several years as happily as pair
Of doves
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
| HM
CUTTING PRICES
TO SUIT THE TIMES.

will sell Staple Goods for Cash
paid on the delivery of goods at a dis
count of 20 per cent, and other goods
at discount of from 20 per cent. to
so per cent. from Regular Prices. All
who have money to buy their supplies
with will do well to call on me and
examine my Goods and learn my Prices
before buying.
My Stock of Goods consist of Staple
Dry Goods, Ready-Made Clothing for
Men. Youths and Boys; Hats and Caps;
Boots and Shoes for Men, Women and
Children; Furnishing Goods, consisting
of Underclothes, Work Shirts, and
Dress Shirts, in great variety; Collars,
Cuffs, Neckties, Scarfs, Suspenders,
Hose, Half-Hose, Gloves, Mits aud
Handkerchiefs, in great variety. Fine
Hair Oil, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps,
Staple Drugs and Patent Medicines.
Secondhand Books, School Books,
Blank Books, Paper. Envelopes, Tab
lets. Box Paper, Ink, Pen Stocks, Pen
Points. and all kinds of School Sup
plies. Watches, Clocks, SpectGcles in
great variety, Razors, Razor Strops,
Homes. Pocket Knives, Pocket Books,
Purses, Ladies' Bags, Satchels, Photo
graph and Autograph Albums, and an
immense stock of Laces, Ribbons and
Fancy Notions. too numerous to mem
tiou. HENRY FARMHOUSE.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. L. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every sunday at s O'Clock A. NJ. Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 4
O'Clock P. M. High Mass and Sermon and
Benedictionat Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 10:30 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children at 80 O'Clock P. NJ.
M e. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, c. d. DANNER, Pastor.
Services 1st Sunday each mouth, Granite
Vile, 10 40 a. m; lronton, 1880 p. m. I'd
Granisesille. 1880 p. m. 3D. Sunday of ea b
mout a, GraniteviIle, 10:45 a. m; Ironton,
1880 o. m. Attn Sunday eich month, Gran
iteYiIle, 0:45 a. m. and 1880 p. IN. 1st and
Sd Sundays each month, Iron Mountain, 3
p. m. Prayer service eyery week, Granite
vile, Wednesday evening, 1880 p. M. IRON
ton, Thursday evening, 1880 y. m. EpwOrth
League, Graniteviile every Sunday evening,
1880 p. m. Cordial invitation to all.
M. e. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. l..
T. AsPLEY, Pastor. Services every Sunday,
at IL A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, 1880 O'Clock. Sab
bath school at 80 A. NJ. Ladies' Aid So
ciety, Thurs lay, P. NJ, Ladies' Prayer
Meeting, Friday, ? P. NJ. Juvenile Mission
ary Society al Par rscnage, SATURDAY., 2:3O P.
NJ. Choir Practice at Church, Friday, 1880
p. NJ. All are cordially invited to attend
these services.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
ne ar Knob ST., Rev. GEORGE STEEL, Pastor
Residence Ironton. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at 2:30 P. NJ. and every Sunday at IL
A. NJ. and p. NJ. Sunday School every
Sunday at 9:40 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every "Wednesday evening at 1880 P. M.
Presbyterian Church, cor. Reynolds
and Knob streets, Ironton. services at II A.
NJ. and 7:30 P. NJ. Sundav SchOol at $3.50 A.
NJ. 7. p. S. c. =, $3.50 P. NJ. Prayer Meet
ng Wednesday, P. NJ.
ST. PAUL's CHURCH, Episcopal, Irouton.
Rev. A. BRITAIN, Pastor. Services Sunday
IL A. NJ. and PM. Also P. M. Wednesday.
Sunday School every Sunday, at $3.50 A. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. j. C. FRITZ, Pastor.
M. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets. Ironton. Ii. A.
HENLEY, pastor. Preaching every Sun
iay at IL A. M. and 1880 P. NJ. Sunday
School at $3.50 A. NJ. and Select Reading at
p. NJ. Literary every Tuesday night at s.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05

OF unusual interest 10 every reader
OF this paper is the advertisement else
where in this issue of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, unquestionably one OF
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That peerless paper can now be had by
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practically LARGE SEMI-WEEKLY.
and almost equal to the average daily,
at ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. This issue
is just THE THING for the farmer,
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not the time to read a daily paper, but
wishes to keep promptly and thorough
ly posted. 1t is made up with especial
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ber of the family, not only giving ALL
THE NEWS. but also a great variety
of interesting and instructive reading
matter of all kinds. Write for free
sample copies to Globe Printing Co.,
ST. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
WIT AND WISDOM.

Every tailor knows lot of promis-
ing young men.-Chicago Daily News.
A trained cinnamon bear ought TO
give a spicy performance.-Golden
| Days.
Almost any man would rather have a
policeman call Linn down than to take
him up.-L. a. W. Bulletin.
A friend that you have to buy won't
be worth what you pay for him. no
matter what that may be.-Prentice.
And you say you ate horse steak
in Paris: How was 1t served?" "a
la cart, of courke Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
''The milkman says he has hard
time to make living" Poor man,
[ suppose it is quite strain. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Mr.. Dukane---"I want to ask a ques-
ton about the Few poultry trust" :"
Mr.. Gaswen-'sGo on" "Does it in
clude iackpots s?'-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle Telegraph.
All She Knew About It.--Julia-
whats stag party?" Jane-"As
I understand it, one in which the
dear men are both the stays and the
ggerers."-Cleveland Leader.
Jaggs-"My dear, you are getting
better looking as you grow older. Your
beauty appears to have doubled" Mrs.
Jaggs-''That will do, Mr.. Jaggs. You've
been drinking again" chicago News.
Miss Goler-''Mr. Downtouch, you are
always saying how fond you are of
football; but I never remember seeing
you play" Downtouch-"No; I am
thoroughly convinced that am fond of
the game; but haven't the courage of
nv convictions, you see. Boston
Transcript.
Would you buy legislature?' I'M
quired the patriotic young man, iu-
dignantly. IF you mean whole leg
islature," answered Senator Sorghum,
"I will say promptly and emphatically
that would not. It would be need
less extravaganza. A little more thar
half the legislature is plenty for all
practical purposes. Washington Star.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05

Belgium is famous all over the world
for the quantity of alcohol drunk by
its inhabitants. Everyone who has
spent Sunday in the mining districts
or has visited the poorest quarters of
cur large cities knows the terrible evils
caused by the cheap spirits, especially
gin, consumed. Belgium, with popu-
laticn of between 5000, 900 and 7,000,-
900, has about $780, 900 bars where gin
Is sold at the rate of six centimes "a
little more than an American cent? for
a small glass. In some of the small
towns there is bar for every 20 in
habitants, and often have I met work
men who drank daily their 20 small
glasses of gin. / remember one stone
cutter who was famous among his COM
rades because he drank his 80 small
glasses daily. half of his wages was
spent in drink, and he ate nearly moth
ing.-Chicago Record.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
Stolen!

From the barn belonging to the uu-
dersigned, three miles northwest of
Belleview. one Cart and Harness. The
cart is a platform-spring, small bed,
no lazy-back. The running gear is
painted red and the body black. When
stolen--the 25th of November--the
cart was nearly new. The harness
was old and patched up with strings.
One tug broken and spliced with a
piece of trace-chain. Any information
leading to the recovery of said proper
ty will be literally rewarded.
HARRISON SWEENEY.
Belleview, Mo-, Dec. Z, 1898.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
Society for self-Protection of Lovers

Society for Self-PrOtecticn OF Lovers.
Swiss maidens have wide and deep
courtship license; but in many of the
cantons they are allowed but narrow
choice of bridegrooms, it being rigor-
ously enforced, if unwritten. law that
they must marry a youth of their own
neighborhood. In many villages every
marriageahle youth belongs to a So
ciety, whose sole object is to prevent
any and every youth from outside from
coming acquiring the maidens of the
society's village. The socitey has a
password, frequently changed-almost
never divulged. A lover of the village,
il challenged, gives the password, and
it is an "open sesame" through the on
guard ranks of the protective society.
He may climb and woe uninterrupted,
undisturbed. But the lover from afar
must fight his way past the challenging
sentinels, or use the shrewdest and
most successful stealth.-N. 7. Jour
nal
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
Voluntary Convfcts.

There are at present several old con-
victs in Fremantle (Westralia) Jail,
who, though their time has long ex-
pired, live on there. They give as their
reason that all the people they knew in
the old country must be long since
dead, so they prefer to remain where
so much of their life has been spent.
The old fellows are allowed to go into
town, but must be back in time for
lookup. Provision is made on the par
Iiamentary estimates for their support.
-SYdneY Bulletin.
Iron County register., 1899-01-05
WEDDING PRESENTS.
Some Queer Old Customs That Art
Still Observed In Other
Lands.

Giving wedding presents is an old
custom, but the custom differs in differ
ent countries. Scotland's penny we'd
dings were peculiar. They were called
penny affairs, but the invited guests
contributed shillings, and occasionally
half crown, and out of the sums thus
collected the expenses of the wedding
feast were paid. Germany has pay
wedding" at which the bride receives
her guests with basin before her, in
which each person entering deposits a
jewel, silver spoon or piece OF
money. In some parts of Germany the
rule is that the expenses of the mar
riage feast shall be met by each guest
paying for what he eats and drinks--a
sort of European plan wedding, you
might call it.
The prices paid for dishes and drinks
are high, and the happy young couple
make a handsome profit out of their
wedding, often realizing sum suffi-
cient to start them pretty nicely in
life. Often 800 guests are present at
such wedding. Sometimes the flow of
presents is in the other direction. In
Poland, for instance, a girl is not re-
garded eligible for marriage until she
has wrought with her own hands cloth
and garments for the friends who will
accompany her future lord to the al
tar. But in most countries the wedding
present system is similar to that which
is familiar here, and which has become
a serious tax.
The following are some of the queer
customs connected with the wearing of
bridal wreaths:
The German bride wears the myrtle
for her bridal wreath. while the girl OF
the Black Forest adorns herself with
the flowers of the hawthorn. In France
and England and in the United States
the orange flower is in vogue, while fhe
maidens of Italy and the French prov
inces of Switzerland use white roses.
Pinks, carnations and red roses are
worn by Spanish brides. In Lithunia
the bridal wreath is wound of the
Syrian rue; on the Ionian islands. the
grape vine; in Bohemia, Corinthia and
the Krain districts, of rosemary, and in
Hesse, of artificial flowers, to which
ribbons are added. In Norway, Sweden
and Servia bridal crowns are made of
silver; in Bavaria and Silesia, of gold
wire, glass beads and tinsel; among
the Fins, the Wends and the peasants
of Altenburg, of paper, and in Athens
of costly filigree. Bridal wreaths were
in vogue among the pagans, and were
introduced among Christian brides dur
ing the fourth century.-Washington
Star.