Evening journal., 1900-04-04
SOME ODD coURTsHIps


KNOWN MEN AND THEIR
FUTURE WIVES.
Marriage has always been one of the
worlds greatest themes. The great
thing. a wise philosopher said is to get
the right girl. There is no stereotyped
way Of getting her Just as men have
found different ways Of proposing, so
there have been endless ways in which
men have met their fates.
Horace Greeley and Mary Young
Cheney we're married the first day they
met They had ccrresponded for some
time, a common friend, who was some-
thing Of a matchmaker, having
brought this about. She was all his
fancy painted her, but she was much
disappointed in his appearance, so
much so that when he appeared be-
fore her, having proposed and been ac-
cepted by letter, she frankly told him
that, although she married hiDl, she
was not in love with him. Their mar
ried life was long and happy. and the
loss Of his wife was a blow which
Greeley did not long survive.
The second time that Bismarck met
Fraulein Johanna Puttkammer he kiss
ed her in the presence of a number Of
guests The immediate effect Of this
behavior was the prompt announce
ment Of the betrothal, which was soon
followed by the marriage. F'raulein
| lPuttkammer was a bridesmaid fer a
friend the first time Bismarck saw her
i These two young people as Rosalind
says, "no sooner met than they looked,
nc sooner looked than they loved
The first marriage of Jefferson Davis
| Of 10 81,
i desperately in love with Sallie Taylor,
n daughter of Col. Zachary Taylor, who
n did not approve of the attachment, the
lyoung people took matters in their own
hands and eloped. Sixteen years pass
ed before "Old Zach" would speak to
his son-in-law, and then it was because
he and his regiment had covered them
selves with glory at the battle of Buena
Vista.
The first time Mary Todd met Lin
coln she said to her sister: THAT man
will be president one of these days. He
will make a husband to be proud Of "
About that time Lincoln's chance of
becoming president seemed as remote
! as possible, and Mary's sister laughed
the idea to sccrn. A few months after
ward Mary Todd was married to ugly
/, Abe" and in Il years the prediction
was fulfilled. AS a child the future
Mrs. Lincoln had prophesied that she
would become the wife of a President
Of the United States.
With Henry H. Stanley, the explorer
it was love my daughter, love me-
Mrs. Tenant persistently refused tc
consent to her daughter marrying
Dolly is all that have left and I can
net. shall not. part with her" But
to entreaties she finally yielded. she
said 81 want your daughter for my
wife" Stanley said. give her to me
and do you at the same time become
, my mother, father brother and sister
/, "She is yours" replied mamma, 'anc
1 so am l." That, in brief, is the story
Of Stanley's woOing, and Mrs. Tenant
: is his as irreparably and indissolubly
1 as her daughter is, and Mr.. Stanley i!
said to be a model husband and Z
4 tractable son.
a Il was through his novel. THE ScalI
i Hunters" that Captain Mayne ReiJ
won a bride He was 30 years old wheT
o he met a damsel of 13, with whom hi
p at once fell in love. The child took n,
n notice of him. but he gave her the story
TO read-as effective a manner Of court
T. ing in this nineteenth century as eve
= was Othello's in an earlier one. TwI
!. years later the young lady was at {
n public meeting where Captain Reil
S spoke on behalf Of the Polish refugees
e IAN electric thrill seemed to pas
4 through me as he entered the room.
she said afterward, and when the meet
n ing was over she went to speak to him
I l"I leave for London on the next train,
he said, hurriedly. please send m
your address"
, 81 do not know where she repliei
n with some embarrassment. He instant
ly handed out his card and was gone
I, A formal little note followed "Dea
Il Captain Reid, as you asked me to sem
lyou my address, | do So" By return o
. lpost came the answer: only say tina
- you love me and / will be with you a
once" and then the reply, Il think
do love you"
Being told by a friend that Miss -
eyes possessed the property Of dOubl
lrefraction, Sir George Airy. the astron
Omer. exclaimed. Dear me that
J. very odd: | should like to see that. ID
Fl YOU think l might venture to call?
n AS he was reassured on this point
d, took heart Of grace and called. In tn
ID course Of conversation he asked peT
e, mission to examine the young lady
lr eyes, to which she consented The ca
d was repeated in the interests Of scienc,
sr The problem grew SO enthralling tina
is he at length resolved to make il a lii
lt tlstudy and finally plucked up enoug
.e courage to propose. He was accepte
g. and this strange wooing laid the fcur
-- daiion Of many years Of happy marie
a llife.-New York Sun.
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ID METRIC SYSTEM.