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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
EARLY AUTUMN WEDDINGS
Brides Prefer Now to Be Married i
the Country, avs.

The charm of country wedding is
being felt more and more by the FASH
ionable world, and there is little douLt
but that the greater number of those
that have places out of town prefer to
celebrate their nuptials there. In The
county there seems to be more of the
spirit of romance and good fellowship.
There is a chance for every one to the
roughly enjoy himself No matter with
what solemnity and stiffness the VOWS
are spoken in the church, the breakfast
at the house is invariably followed BY
frolic on the lawn and verandas and In
it the bride not infrequently Joins.
Lately, at a prominent wedding at
Stamford, Conn, writes a New York
Correspondent in the Savannah, Ca,
News, the breakfast was served on the
lawn, under the trees and by the lake.
The bride, just before leaving he.
guests, and still in her shinlonering
white gown, was surrounded by. her
bridesmaids. By one of them she was
blindfolded, and they then, danced
around in ring as she threw her hou-
quet. Within its center was hidden
ring, and the. girl that caught the
flowers was said to be predestined BY
fate to be the next bride. The custom
is a German one but loses nothing by
crossing the great sea, and is unusually
pretty when practiced amid such gay
surroundings. -"
Many brides now choose to drive off 4
with the groom for their honeymoon in
a small open trap. drawn by some pet
morse OF their own, instead of shutting
themselves up in the formidable coach
OF not so very long ago. Surely this Is
starting lifGs journey more pleasantly 3
One gay young bride was recently
heard to say that nothing would induce
her not to go with her pony to the sta
ton on her wedding day. That she
should at least have the Consciousness 4
of holding cne reins at the beginning
IN this instance there was also a. tinge
of the pathetic about this little jour
ney, as the man she had chosen, was
not Croesus, and afterward the pony
was to be sold. 1t was therefore her
last drive with him.
A number of little novelties have late
~ appeared at the breakfasts, and they
greatly help out the fun On the side
board, or in the hall, there are piled
Up innumerable little white satin bags.
They are shaped like meal bags and
contain a handful Of rice Each guest
takes one with the wedding cake and
ne ls therefore prepared to contribute
ms share to the veritable shower sof
rice that falls upon the departing pair.
Some special good fortune. is said to
ttiohS uFel lne tnroWer II the rice from
ms hand actually alights upon the (
bride: Dainty white satin slippers filled (
with rice and queer little shoes are
among the table decorations and
favors. ii-9f55 ) T07
At Tuxedo, not long ago a beautiful
girl married on the veranda. 1t had
truly been transformed into bower by
the use of smilax and palms, and the
entire festiyity was out Of doors. When
she and the groom drove off, the band
PLAYED Just one girl" and the chorus
was heartily Joined in by almost every
voice present. l2Ss
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

IT am sorry to hear that President Nc
kinley Is going to send lot of reinforce
ments over TO Otis" remarked the Fill
Pine soldier.
80 am I, " replied comrade. IF they
put a lot Of fresh troops in the chase
they'll be able to run us all down ."--Ohio
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

Not quite out of date.A"It is deplorabie
tnat walking Is becoming lost art.
Lost art? It's. a mighty good way OF
getting home when your bicycle breaks
down. y Chicago Tribune. 80. i ~. 4.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

Bing-"Yes, that's old spriggins. Halt a
oo2en doctors have given him up at vari-
Gus times during his lifeHi Wing-"What
was the trouble with him?" Bing--"He
"oulant pay his doctor bills. 1T t-Bits.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

Persons afflicted with dvspepsia. diar-
rnea or collie will find Immediate relief
rpa sure cure in Dr.. siegerts AnEostura
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
NATURE OF THE ALLIGATOR.
Tho Reptile Descrised IN D, tail bx
Ono Who Knows Its HaJ,its
and dPeculiaritle..

An alligator is not an att,taedlve crea-
ture. He has not a singlel virtue that
can be named. He is cowa1tlly, treach-
erous, hdeous. He is noithers graceful
nor even respectable in appearance. He
is not even amusing OF grotesque in
his uDgainliness, for as a brut<t-a brute
unqualitied-he is always so Intensely
real that one shrinks from him with
loathing, and laugh at his expense
while in his presence would seem curl
ously out of place. says Appleton's
Monthly.
His personality, too, is strong. Once
catch the steadfast gaze of free, adult
alligator's wicked eyes with their odd
vertical pupils fxed full upon your
own, and the significance Of the ex-
preston "evil eye" and the mysteries
of snake charming. hypnotism and hoo
dooism will be readily understood, for
his brutisl, merciless, unf1inching stare
is simply blood-ohilling.
Zoologically. the alligator belongs to
the genus crocodilus, and. he has al the
hideouspess of that family, lacking
somewhatits sbloodthirf tiness, although
the American alligat ,r 10 carnavorous
by nature, and occa zionally cannibal-
istic. Strictly speaking, however, the
true alligator is n.uch less dangerous
than his relatives 1t the old world, and
he is correspondirlg,l less courageous.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
THE A'spIdc,spHoREscENcB.
Ancient wrsa,n,;. cont.in No Men.
tion OF Thss Most striking
.PhensmenOn.

1t is peculiar that 80 striking q phe-
nomenon US the phosphorescencs of tho
sea should remain almost unnoted by
the ano1ent writer's. There are several
reasons 1or this. The ancients seldom
ventured far away from the coast;
they bugged the shore by day and
pulled up at night on some convenient
beach, hence they did not often see
pbosphorescence at all. Their ships
We're merely boats, not built or rugged
for sailing close to the wind, which is
the most favorable position for observ-
ing this phenomenon. All such occur
rences were regarded by the ancients
as being of evif omen-the superstition
with regard to st. Nmo's firo IL a sur
vival of this belief-and henco the ap-
pearances when seen were not much
talked of. Then, TOO, the ancients, saw
ing, perhaps. only the Phoenicians,
hated the sea and all its works, and
seem to have bcenscuriously insensible
to the beauties OF nature. It IL still
probably a fact that the minute organ
isms which produce phosphorescence
are infinitely more plentiful in those
seas which were known to the ancients
than they were then, in consequence
of the exterminsstion Of wh ales and
other marine arimals which preyed
upon them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
First Spike Driven.

With the construction of 1000
feet of supply track for the Fort
Dodge & Omaha at Tars, near Ft.
Dodge, Friday, the first spike was
driven and the first rail laid. Tara
has been made the storing and
distributing point for the supplies
needed along the new line end
several carloads of rail, and other
material have been AZ, iviog there
daily for the last month.
Along the western end. grading,
which began early in December,
proceeded almost without inter-
ruption till February 1, when it
had to be suspended on account of
the bitter cold. With the warm
weather Of last week it was the
intention of the contractors be-
tween loveland and Council
Bluffs to resume work today.
With the completion of the Love-
land Council Bluffs portion early
in the spring the graders will
move further east along the line.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
RuineA by = B.ttIey

Sweden was ruined by single battle.
It was the battle of Pultowa. it 17oe.
In this battle Peter the Great of Rus
sia defeated Charles XII. Of Sweden.
Sweden, under the Great Gustavus, had
risen to the posY,ion of a tirst-class Eu-
ropean power. while Russia was just
emerging out yof obscurty. Charles
XII, by his ms .rvelous victories. seemed
on the way W make Sweden one of the
greatest ofi7.he powers. The crushing
blow that ~ sas dealt at Pultowa ruined
Sweden. Mt the battle Of jena, In 1906,
NapOl1 oncrushed the kingdom of Prusr
Sia. The battles of Sadowa and Sedan
Practically crushed France and Aus
tria.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16

Mrs. E. J. Gaver, proprietor of
the City hotel on lower Sixth
street, appeared in Squire
French's court this morning and
swore out warrant for the arrest
Of "Slim" Davis, charging him
with having entered her hotel this
morning and committing a MUIR
derous assault upon one of her
guests, AL Mcdonald. Davis was
taken before Squire French, who
placed him under $500 bonds to
await the hearing which was set
for 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16

Webster City Tribune: The
five carriers on the rural free de-.
livery mail routes started out this
morning between s and 9 O'Clock
They carried 270 pieces of mail
and each travelled distance of
between 25 and 20 miles. The
first to report at the office on the
return trip, was the one-armed
veteran, John V. Kearns, at 1.45
p. m and the other four reported
within the next so minutes. The
five carriers will serve about $50
families, or 700 people. From
present prospects the rural free
delivery of mail at Webster City
will prove decided success.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16

Pope Leo has revoked the pontifica)
degree which prevented members of
the Catholic church from joining the
Masonic order. Priests will hereafter
be allowed to ofliclate at the burial of
Mason who has expressed his will
ingness to become reconciled to his
former faith" and the body OF such a
person may be inferred in copsecrateo
ground. There has been TIE bitterest
warfare between the pope, and the Ma
sonic order for many years. and the
action of tho head of the Catholic
church in taking step toward recon-
citation will meet the approval of
thousands OF catholics who have been
compelled to abandon Masonry in or
der to be in good standing in the
church. The concession applies only
to the Masonry found in America and
England. The pope maintains that
the order in other countries is against
the interests of the church, and there
fore holds 10 force the bulls that have
heretofore been issued there.-Capital
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
TRAINED DOGS.
Are said to BE the Most Profitable
Attraction In the yaude.
willie Lac.

considering the investment, trained
dogs are one of the most profitable at
fractions in the vaudeville line" said an
oldume Snowman recently. ~ suppose
there are at least IL or Is troupes of
them scattered over the country" he
continued. "and the good ones easily
average couple of hundred week and
expenses. AS there are no salaries to
pay for the dogs and no hotel bills for
anybody except the proprietor and one
Keeper the returns are rather hand
some. Nowadays they have the bust
ness down to such a fine point that the
sudden death Of any Of the animals can
be readily remedied by telegraphing to
New York, where several men make a
speciality Of keeping standard trick
dogs in stock. A dog troupe usually
consists of five performers, one OF
which is star. The star probably cost
$3.50 and the others about $50 apiece.
Mongrels of no intrinsic worth are gem
orally selected for training purposes,
because they learn as quickly as the
thoroughbreds and if anything happens
to them the loss is SO much lighter.
There is standard series Of tricks
which they are taught to do, SO that one
cnn easily replace another. and little
ingenuity on the part of the Snowman
supplies the variety to the programme.
1t goes without saying that the star
performer has his special act, which
some of the rest attempt. am speak
ing now of the general run of such en-
tertainments. There are n few collec-
tons of finely bred dogs that have been
most elaborately and marvelously
trained by their exhibitors and, of
course, they are unique. One such
troupe is ut present coming money by
the bushel in Cuba"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
DENs OF HORROR.
such Arc tho Disease Infested Pris-
ons Of dorOcco-A Vile
System.

The prison system and treatment of
prisoners is worse In Morocco than in
any other country in the world
Men are arrested-often merely to
spite some one whom they have been so
unfortunate as to offend, and who pos
sees some power-and flung into pris-
on, where they would be left to
starve did not their relatives or friends
bring them food, for no arrangements
whatever are made by the authorities
for the feeding of prisoners. ALI that is
provided is a prison, generally crowded
with prisoners dying of the most loath-
some and infectious diseases, dark and
unventilated; and custodians who are
quite as brutal and savage as the prison
system itself.
Prisoners arc cast into these hotbeds
Of disease, generally without the most
farcjcal prctense of q trial, to die and
rot If their crimes are light, or their
enemies impotent. Otherwise they are
probably tortured in some way or an
other. Starving merely is too good for
them In the opinion of the authorities.
Not long ago merchant who had
dared to claim payment for goods sup
piled to friend OF one of the court OIL
cials was cast into prison without trial,
aud after suffering torments In the
midst of a mass of diseased humanity
for months was taken out, showed into
barrel fitted with long spikes and
uolled down high, steep hill. The bar
,el eventually plunged into the sea
with its torn and mangled cargo. I'm
prfeonment, torture and death for dar-
Ing to present his bill!
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
Obituary.

Died in Missouri Valley, Iowa,
March 18th, 1899, Mrs. Hen rie tia
Riss, aged 70 years, 8 months and
2 days.
The deceased was born in Ber-
lin, Germany, July IL, 1928, re-
moved from Germany to Wiscon-
oin in 1856, married to Ferdenand
Riss in 1857 and moved with him
to Minnesota. Moved from there
to Missouri Valley in 1869 where
she has resided ever since. She
leaves two sons, John who resides
in Pennsylvania, and A. F. Riss
who resides in this city. She also
has three sisters near Wisner,
Neb. Funeral from residence of
A. F. Riss on West Superior
street at 2 p. M, Wednesday,
March Is.
Thus another of Missouri VAL
ley's old and respected citizens
has passed away, living to a good
old age and departing calmly at
peace with al the world and in
hope of happy eternity.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
se,ne Went to Glorx.

I once asked q district nurse, says q
writer in the Cornhill Magazine, how
the various sick cases had been going
on during my absence from the parish.
At once the look which knew so well
crossed her face, but her natural pro-
fessional pride strove for the mastery
with the due righteousness which the
considered necessary for the occasion.
At last she evolved the following
strange mixture: "Middhng well, sir,
some Of ems gone straight to glory,
but am glad to say others are uisely
on tho mend"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16

a short time ago one Of Onawa g
pest young ladies wheeled her sisters
baby carriage to the depot to meet her
sister who was returning from abroad
and had with her lovely baby. While
waiting at the depot for the arrival of
the train, an old German gentleman
stepped up to the Onawa young lady
ana entered into a good natured con
versation aid in sort of fatherly
way said, "Ilave you baby in the car
riage? NO." replied the young lady,
but have one coming" "Mine Got, :.
said the old gentleman, "you arc an
honest girl" The young lady blushed
and the old gentleman walked av,ar
Onowa Democrat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
THE SMART REPORTER.
He Was willinr tn CIV. ,,,o-u,.,.,
About Ducks Free ef
Charge.

1t was two o'clock In the morning.
AL OF the reporters but one had gone
home, says the Detroit Free Press. Ths
night editor sat at his desk resdins
over the copy of the last remaining 70.
porter. There hadn't been word
spoken for half-hour. The rumblinR
0. the distant presses and the clicking
OF the typewriter we,e the only sounds
shat broke the silence of the niRht
Ihe telephone bell gave loud. lone
peal. 'e
Hello" cried the night editor, az he
Jammed the pctnto-masher to his left
ear. ->'
Say" said the telephone, 1--WE are
having q little discussion down hero In
Hogan's place and we want to know
which can fly the faster, a canyasbacls
duck or redheaded woodpecker.
Say, Bill" yelled the night editor to
the solitary reporter, (which can tly
the faster, canvasbacl. duck or red
headed woodpecker?"
Duck" laconically answered the re-
porter.
The night editor turned to the tele-
phone and told It that the duck was
much m the swifter aerial navigator OF
How much faster?" asked the tele-
phone.
How much faster, Billo"
Eight miles an hour in warm wealth
er and ten miles il it's cold"
Eight miles an hour" repeated the
why is 1T, Bill?"
because he spreads his cam, ,as. The
woodpocker hasn't any"
Tinyg,-a-lin'g-a-ling.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
OFFERS A LITTLE SQUEEZE.
Eng aishm.n's Attentions on ship.
bo.>rd Excites Chicago woman's
Laughter.

They W gre speaking Of the trivial
whimsicsli,Ies Of life and what little
thing 1t requires to create mirth when
mirth IL emilNently unbecoming the
situation, says the Chicago Chronicle.
II crossed tire ocean once with an
Englishman for my next-door neighbor
at dinner began " lady In the group,
"or, rather, start.stl out with him as
dinner companion, but after the first
meal so disgraced myself with uncon-
trollable laughter that never ventured
near the dining-room ull the rest Of the
voyage"
what could 1t have been to merit
q penance like that7" asked one OF her
interested audience.
well, I'll tell you" began she. laugh
ing again at the recollection. "He was
an awfully solemn. pompous-loolsing
man. with Britain stamped all over him.
We had noticed him aud joked about
his checks aud his accent when we first
got on board and when / found him
next me at dinner was in dangerous
state Of effsrvescence, anyway. And 1t
began with the very first course. had
kept turned away from him as much as
possible after being seated, but when I
looked ut my oysters discovered that
mine was the only plate that did not
contain the half of lemon. I was
looking about for n waiter when the
Engllshman leaned over me with his
piece in his fingers and asked, politely:
Can't l give you a little squeeze?'
II snickered and laughed and gurgled
and choked and did everything else
that was digracefully iii bred. But !
couldn't have remained sober to save
my head. Do you wonder l stayed on
deck for the rest OF the voyage?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16

"Under the Dome" one of last sea-
sons most successful plays with it's
huge scenic and mechanical effects
will occupy the stage of the Theatre
Tuesday night, March IA.
1t contains some remarkable scenes
notably the much talked of hurricane
scenes showing the beautiful coral reef
harhor at Apia before the storm of
March 18th, 1889 A view of the storm
as seen from the consul's house late in
the afternoon, view of the shore at
night during the storm, and the mag
nlficent struggle of the Trenton against
wind and wave, Another scene scarce
ly less worthy of mention is the per.
feet reproduction of q ferry boat trim
from Jersey City to New York. Other
scenes show the Capitol at Washing
ton Illuminated, and several familiar
Washington localities. The interpret
ing company is good one.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
.,beris VIM Exhibit.

Siberia, which has heretofore made
no extensive display at any worlds 4air,
will have . large exhibit at the Paris
exposition in 1900. The new railway
and the lands 1t has opened will be
fully rep reseEted.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
scribable nuiser,

~ was suffering with what the doctors called
Chronic indigestion, torpid liver, and vertigo. "
Prince George Co. Va. 1.-THE doctor did me
the head. pains IN the chest and an uneasy
feeling all over. also suffered with female
weakness.
II WAS all rundown and could not do anx
work at all without suffering from nervous Al.
eaeks. wrote to Dr. r. v. Pierce, Of =. iSsio
=: q. ior advice; He advised to Use Or. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and 'Favorite Pre-
scrtptton; did 80, and used 1--WE bottles of
each, and cannot express the benefit have
s;,n ssssiyed 1T from these medisnes gained in
use the med medicines weighed only pounds,
friends all thought would die but today I am I'M
a we'll woman" @A
The wonderful effects of this great "pis.
covery" are genuine aud permanent: thev
are not due to any false or alcoholic stimu.
lus for It contains no alcohol. Real sub
stantial healthy musuclar strength is built
up; the stomach and liver afe toned: the
blood is purified and vitalized; the nerves
are steadied; the entire constitution is re.
juvenated and renewed.
In case Of constipation, there is nothing
quite so effective as DR.. Picrce's Pleasant
Pellets. They act comfortably though
surely; they do not gripe; you do not be.
come slave to their use. Their effect Is
lasting. There are countless substitutes:
but nothing else is like them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16

Tho snow is fast disappearing,
and il 10 hoped that We have now
had the last. snow storm of this
winter. This has been one of the
coldest winters for many years,
and although but. little snow has
fallen, yet the weather has been
cold ever since the lest Of October
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-16
A Great Satisfaction

in getting just what you want, at the
time you want it, is blessing indeed,
and if you will cali on us when you
want anything in the way of groceries.
We will guarantee satisfaction, every
Thing in the way of table luxuries at
prices to suit everyone.