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THE "BRAUTBETER" IN AN l.

THE "BRAUTBETER" IN AN IL
LIMOS TOWN.
| A curious wedding custom, survival
of the folklore of the Fatherland, IS
found in the German settlement about
Buckley, ILL.,, and In the townships
further east. When a young couple are
to be married the elder brother of the
bride starts out on horseback a few
days before. He is called the "braut-
Internationally the "bride inviter." II
| the bride has no brother some other
male member of the family takes the
place The summons of the "braut-
better is Just as effective in assembling
the guests as the engraved invitations
Of society folk in the cities.
The "brautbeter" is picturesque fig
ure, In his invitation trip he is the re-
cipient of many perquisites in money
or gifts, which, by right of custom, are
kept as his own. AT every place where
he leaves an invitation to the wedding
the recipients are expected to give him
something. The size of the gift Is regu-
lated by the circumstances of the re-
ceivers. 1t may be piece of money,
bill or coin, or it may be only rib
bon or a trinket, However small the
present Is invariably expected and
given.
AS the "brautbeter" receives his gifts
he pins the bills to his clothing or hat,
sews on the coins and ties the ribbons
to his horses bride. As he progresses
on his rounds the gifts are added one
by one till his clothes are opulent with
money and trinkets. The circumstances
of the "brautbeter" are not taken into
account. Every receiver of an invita-
ton makes gift in return, which be-
comes the property of the "Braut-
better" Like going fishing, the returns
from going inviting are uncertain.
They may amount to only SO or 81, or
run up to s14 or SIS, as luck may have
it. Of course, the "brautbeter is at
the wedding and one of the best fell
lows there.
Old settlers in Buckley say the Gus
tom was transplanted from Hanover,
whence most of the foreign born popu-
lation comes. Nobody knows the ORR
gin of the custom on the other side of |
the water They cling to the custom
as one of the precious institutions of the |
Fatherland. The same custom is said |
to exist among Germans Of Hanoverian
birth in the northern part Of Illinois,
From the Chicago Times Herald.
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Vacation Time.


Vacation time! Vacation time
Away up in the hills,
A-fighting bold mosquitoes
And consuming liver pills.
A-swinging in the hammock
TIL it drops me on the loan,
And then l think with weary heart
OF Home, Sweet Home.
Vacation time! Vacation time!
| fish from morn Till night.
l troll among the ripples,
But the fish will never bite.
Get up before the sun Is out
And DER the country roam,
And think, while muscles tWinge and ache
OF Home, Sweet Home.
Vacation time Starvation time!
There's nothing here to eat.
There's sand in all the dishes,
And it's hard to get seat.
The other boarders take my books
Somebody stole my comb.
With tangled hair | sit and muse
On Home, Sweet Home.
Vacation time! A weary time!
l came here to have fun
I wish, with heartfelt earnestness,
Vacation time was done.
The chiggers and the centipedes-
Around my neck they roam.
would the train We're taking me
To Home, Sweet Home.
Baltimore American.
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Muslin Underwear.

ALL OUR SCOT NIGHT
Gowns, made Of splendid Muslin.
empire style, trimmed with en-
broidery. 50 Cents
ALL OUR SCOT FINE MAIN
ook Corset Covers. SO Cents
ALL OUR FINE 7oCT NIGHT
Gowns, made of Cambria. char
mingly trimmed. 81 Cents
OUR SCOT SUMMER COR
cts, made of Net, well boned,
immed with lace. 3octs Pair
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A Maniac.-"He admitted to me-
the unimpeachable witness spoke with
an evident reluctance, which made his
testimony all the more convincing
"that his three-year-old son was no
brighter than anybody else's kid And
then two stalwart minions of the law
grabbed the defendant and held him
fast, while the gray-haired judge made
out his commitment to the ASYLUM
Harper's Bazaar.
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! A photograph recently made at
Brighton, England, Is an impressive af-
fair. 1t reproduces sounds with an in
tensity which makes words distinctly
heard for distance of ten miles, and
upon water to farther distance. In
side the trumpet there is a small and
delicate piece of mechanism that looks
something like a whistle. This is the
tongue of the machine. Instead of the
records being taken on wax in the
to cut the dots representing the sound
vibrations on a silver cylinder, and
when the needle travels over the metal
a second time the vibrations cause the
whistle to produce series of air waves,
and the machine thus becomes a talk
ing siren which transforms the human
voice into deafening roar.
The Baltimore sun thinks this ma
chine might be useful In politics as a
"spellbinder." 1t would certainly make
itself heard, but it might not excite the
tremendous applause" which the news
paper reports show that the spellbind-
ers excite. And spellbindlng without
tremendous applause would be poor
stuff.
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With little care, senator" said his
physician, you are good for many
years yet, Having an unimpaired con-
stitution"-
Constitution exclaimed Senator
Vest, momentarily forgetting where he
was, and gesturing vehemently. 1.-THE
constitution, sir, thanks to the on
slaughts of the party in power, is a
hopeless wreck, and liberty lies pros
trate in the dust, bleeding at every
pore!"
Then he took a fresh chew of Mis-
souri, long green and said he believed
he felt better.-Chicag Tribune.
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Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent Word each IN
sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week
(Seven tines.
Display advertisements, per inch, one IN
sertion, 81 20; each subsequent incertion. Az
cents; one week, 1920; one month, $lo one
year, $40.
Obituary Notices, In prose or verse, Id
cents per line. Notices Of Births, Mafrl-
ages, Deaths, and Funerals, so cents each.
Local Notices, 10 cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to thcir
own immediate business (all matter 70 De
unobjectionable), and their contracts do not
include Wants, To Let, For Sale. ETC.
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affair made lot of talk. even in those
wild and woolly days; but, to the best
of my recollection, the Counts owner
ship lasted only about a week He had
streak of bad luck at cards and the
place slipped out of his fingers almost
as easily as it slipped into them."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
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That is an ingenious arrangement of
facts which Is made In the last month
ly summary Of commerce and finance,
issued by the bureau of statistics of the
treasury department, showing the vol
ume of commerce between the United
States and the gold and silver standard
countries of the world. The countries
having gold standard represent about
two-thirds of the worlds people, those
third. We sold to the latter last year
about s60,000,000 worth of our goods, to
the former-the gold standard people
$1,197, 100000 worth. We purchased of
the silver standard people rather more
in value than we sold to them; we pur-
chased of the gold standard people
about $500, 0000 900 less in value than
they purchased of u.s. About IS per
cent. in value of all the goods that we
send abroad goes to the gold standard
countries. The total annual COM
merce of the two-thirds of the
worlds inhabitants who use gold as
a medium of exchange is represented
by the enormous sum of $1S,295 600, 900,
while the total annual commerce of the
450,O00,000 people who use a silver stan
dard is represented by the figures ST.
OPS, 600, 600.
These are significant figures and
though they may not actually prove
that the gold standard is the one to tie
to they do indicate that it is.
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Bargains In The Basement

cHILDREN's SAND SETS. SHOW
ell, Rake and lfoe.
" orth 15c. For SC
ICE CREAM DISHES.
Worth zoe. For Sc
Tricycle. WRENCH
Worth Csc For 10c
16-INCH GALVANIZED REFRIGER.
ator Pans.
Worth a3c. For $50
Pruning Shears I.
Worth 29c. for 15c
GRASS sICKLEs.
Worth 2bc. For 133
BICYCLE BELLS.
" olth 3Sc to icc. For zoe
BICYCLE PUMPS.
Worth 4sc For 2sc
LOT OF PEARL AGATE TEA AND
Coffee Pots.
Worth CSC to $1.50. For 49o
THREE BURNER LAMP STOVES.
Worth $1.50.
For S5c
LOT OF TRAVELLING BAGS, mi
tation Alligator.
Worth $1.19 to $1.75. For $50
HANDMADE TENNIS NETS, CAN
vas bound, So feet long.
Worth $2.25. For $1.35
CROQUET SETS.
Worth SEAS. For $1.39
LAWN MOWERS. WARRANTED.
Worth $2.69.
For $1.4S
THEEE-BURNER NICKLED GAS
Stoves.
Worth s2.9s. For sls5
SIX QUART PEERLESS ICE
Cream Freezer.
Worth $780, Tor SEE
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Handkerchief.

They're new goods are all Of these Pure Irish
Linen Hand Hemstitched Handkerchiefs and were
bought to sell for the regular price. We exam
inc every H'dkerch,f through glass when it
comes into our receiving room, some of these, we
found, had an occasional coarse thread running
through them. Couldn't have that, SO we made
a claim on manufacturers imperfect ons. The
H'dkerch'fs SO far as wear goes are practically
perfect. We finally secured them to sell like this;
lOct iandkerchiefs- 25ct tiandkerchiefs-
l5ct - -lOcts 5Oct -zocts
remainder of this lot of Pure Irish Linen
cred initiated nlaundered dkerch bit soed but otherwise
quite perfect 15cts. TO clear out at-1cts Eacn
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Efforts are being made to install
American sweet potatoes in the Euro
pean markets. This is of special inter-
est to the k-farmers of Maryland
and New Jersey With the co-opera-
ton of Secretary Wilson of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, ten barrels Of the
Maryland product were sent recently to
Paris and like quantity to London.
Those sent to the French capital We're
exhibited at the Worlds Fair and at
tracted much favorable attention. In
London the tubers were put on the
market, and they were readily sold at
prices double what could be obtained
for them in this country. Strong hopes
of regular shipments soon are enter
tanned. IL is not expected that Dur eX-
ports of sweet potatoes will be limitei
to the tubers In their natural form, hut
will include the canned and desccated
products of the sweet potato.
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HOW no DO TT,

1t is said that Mr.. Huntington, who
has just ceased to be rich man, as
cribed his great success in getting rich
to economy and patience. This was
modest in Mr.. Huntington. His econ
omy and his patience were conspicuous
and influential in his career, but of
course they didn't bring him his mil
lions. In addition to economy and pa
thence he had other qualities which en-
abled him to do business on a large
scale, and to see and use big opportuni-
ties. Young men who want to be rich
will do we'll to be economical and pa
tient, but they will never get rich on
economy and patience alone. A salary
of four dollars a week, united with
economy and patience, might keep
man out of the poorhouse, but It would
MT keep him in rich house such as Mr..
Huntington built for himself. Young
men who would get violently rich must
be economical and patient, and they
must also have brains, enterprise and
luck must also be added, but we have
noticed that the big self-made men
don't ascribe much of their success to
uck.
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Ribbons.

Ribbons.
NO /, 2 and 3 SATIN RIBBON
also the SHRED ribbons,
let a Yard
NO. A CROWN EDGE. A GREAT
lot of remnants,
&c va.
A LOT OF PRETTY FANCY RIB
bons in remnants.
&c. I'd
A LOT OF FANCY AND PLAIN
Ribbons, the latter double-faced satin,
&c I'd.
ALOT OF DOUBLE FACED
Satin Ribbons. ~ to 2 inches
wide. Tets Yard
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NOMINATIONS.

The Bryan smile Is still in good
working order A reporter of the In
dianapolis News thus describes 1t: THE
Bryan smile is broader than it was in
1896. when 1t first became a prominent
factor in national politics. 1t has deep
ened somewhat since the defeat of its
owner four years ago. If anything 1t Is
firmer. 1t has lost none Of it's mesmer-
ism, however, and those who worshiped
at it's shrine before, succumbed to 1t
again last night and to-day. 1t left
visible imprint everywhere. Where
Bryan moved the crowd followed"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-16

Possession of valuable rea! estate in
Ohio depends upon single letter IS.
The Cincinnati Court of Common Pleas
ruled against Joseph Irwin, the claim
ant, and sustained Peter Christmas,
who has been a tenant for seven years
past. The Circuit court upset that
Judgment several weeks ago because
the jury's report read, "On the issues"
whereas there was but one issue in
volved. Last week the Circuit court
reopened the case on proof that the
form of verdict was printed and hence
the objectionable IS" which had caused
all the trouble was not made by the
jury.
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The effort of an agent of the New
York Commercial to get pure borax in
the groceries and stores of New York
had some interesting results. He called
everywhere for pure borax, and got
twenty packages, which were submit
ted to a chemist for analysis. Many
of the samples were adulterated with
carbonate of soda; one sample, labeled
squire" contained no borax at all, but
was all soda carbonate But eight of
the twenty samples We're "the real
thing" the rest being adulterated to
the extent of from So to 95 per cent.
The trouble about these falsifications is
that carbonate of soda does not always
serve the purpose for which borax Is
wanted Conscientious dealers will do
will to get analyses made and reject
the adulterated stuff. Consumers Ger
tainly have the right to get what they
pay for.
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It costs something to eat at some Of
the Paris Exposition restaurants. 1t IS
related that when Baron Edmond de
Rothschild entertained some friends at
one of them recently the bill was so
large, even for his long purse, that he
refused to pay it, and signified his in
tention of depositing the sum with the
police and compelling the restauranteur
to sue for it. The result of his protest
was that 30 per cent. was ded7cted from
the total, which was something large
then. On the other hand James Gordon
Bennett was dining the same evening
at the same restaurant with four or
five friends. and when bill of 800
francs was presented to him he paid 1t
without a murmur.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-12
WAS 1T A HANNA JOKEs

There is such n ludicrous sense of
the ridiculous pervading the atmos-
rhere of Mr.. Secretary Cages recent
alarm over the unsettled (?) Silver
question that ones resibilities arc
equaled only by curiosity. The Ques-
ton will rise: did Mr.. Gage make
n clown of himself; or did Mr. Hanna
do it for him.
One loves so dearly to think we'll of
n fellow mortal. and relishes with such
keenness a good joke. that good nature
would suggest that Mr. Hanna has
played Il nice practical joke on Mr..
Gage. Mr. Hanna looks like the bar
rel" he is reputed to own. and is laugh
ing and growing fatter.
Mr. Hanna conceived the truly beau
tful joke of having Mr.. Gage. Score
tary of the Treasury of the United
States. to come out in all his dignity
and grandeur raise n great alarm, at
tract the eyes of tho country to him.
While he announced that the Republic
can Congress had made an awful
slip" on the Currency Bill" and that
If Mr.. Bryan is elected "he would ruin
SiiN NOuilNtS Will SliNeI MI. Gage
said all this, with a frog-like imitation
and n generous display of pomposity,
equaled only by the magnanimous con-
sideration of Carl Schurz in hiding his
shame In n bed of nowery words, used
in saying simply: "Tf any error or fault
CRISIS Ia the Bin the Republicans can cor
rect The trouble this Fan. since M Bryan
can not be indmgardtcd til March'
Every street urchin in the country
is having his little joke about de
| t'row down Hammer gin Gage" 1t
does not admit of discussion. What
an awful drop" it must have been to
the inflated and Golden Gage. Even
the strenuous" Teddy must have
shown his teeth In the meantime, the
speaking caricatures of Mr.. Gage as Il
long-cared donkey, continue to adorn
the bill-boards and fences.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-12
MIR. BRYAN AND THE PARIS
TREATY.


With due respect for our able con-
temporary. the Petersburg Index-Ap-
peal. we can but regard the following
as q recrudescence OF its aforetime
habit OF finding fault with everything
Mr.. Bryan did and said, howbeit 1t is
supporting him now:
"NIr. Bryan will never convince Dem
ocrats or others that his course in adj
vocating the ratification of the Spanish
treaty was consistent with genuine op-
position to Asiatic expansion, and he
weakens the party'S position and his
own reputation for fairness whenever
he explains or attempts to justify, as
he often does, what he did in that con-
nection."
The IndeH-Appeal then proceeds that
there was mo possibility of the inter
ference of outside nations" had the
treaty been rejected. Has our contem-
porary forgotten the sense of uneasi-
ness and unrest that came over the
country as the debate on the treaty
heightened I'm the Senate and the
chances seemed against it's ratification?
We have never taken over-much stock
in the European coalition theory, be-
lieving then. az now. that such coalition
was measurably a deliberately formed
Pigment of the English imagination,
wrought to impose sense of obliga-
ton upon the American people that
should advantage England-as it has
done-in any hour of stress and neces-
sity. 1t is, however. undeniable that
the sympathy of every continental ma
ton was dangerously with Spain, not
that they loved Spain more, but Amer
lea less.
1t is not by any means to be affirmed
offhand that n rejection of the treaty
of Paris and the consequent resump-
ton of negotiations would have en-
tailed no danger of foreign complica-
tons.
In the temper of the American peo-
pie at the time, in the nations pre-
paredness to strike or to fend, in the
envy. and even malice. of Europe, there
were potentialities of war that are not
to be so lightly brushed aside, as the
IdeX-Appeal would have it.
Mr.. Bryan may have been in error in
advocating the ratification OF the Paris
treaty. If SO, it was an error that did
credit to sentiments; 1t was the error
Of believing that under the treaty, and
by the power 1t conferred, the McKin-
ley Administration would deal gener-
ously with the Filpinos. The most
that can be legitimately urged against
him, as we see II. is that he did the
Administration too much honor-that
power of the aroused sense of greed
for power and pelf.
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Norfolk Conservatory Of MuSIC.

Anton F. koerner, Charles Bories, Directors.
VIII open for the regular session on
WEDNES DAY. SEPT. 26.
Students are now being enrolled for
courses In piano, organ, string and wind
instruments. harmony and theory, vocal
culture and singing, clocution and dra-
matte art. painting in oil and water col
ors, German. French and Spanish lam
guagcs. free scholarship given in
each department For terms and partic-
uiars, apply ut Conservatory, 165 Main
street. Catalogues mailed free. se6-lm
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-12

fishing Company is authorized to contract
any obligations fl the name of the COM
pany or to make purchases in the name
OF the same. except upon orders signed
by the PRESIDENT OF THE COM
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-12

Prof. James Jeffries talks good deal
like q man whose long suit is chin
music. And he will not fight Bob
Fitzsimmons if he can get out of it,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-12
Hundreds
of People

IN THIS CITY ARE WEARING GLASS
ES WHO DO NOT NEED THEM
HUNDREDS more wear glasses n few
weeks and then THROW THEM ASIDE
IN DISGUST
1t does not follow because your eyes
trouble YOU that YOU need glasses ANY
CONDITION OF ILL HEALTH is LA
BILE TO MAKE THE EYES IRRITA-
BILE. II YOU are now not in the best of
health and your eyes trouble you. but
gave Nou no trouble when you were in
good health, IT'S MEDICINE NOT
GLASSES NAU WANT. a DOCTOR
NOT AN oPTICIAN Ii YOU so TO an
Optcian that makes living by selling
glasses naturally he will try TO sell you II
pair. DIR. FlREY sells both medicine ana
glasses and will furnish you EITHER you
need. Examination always free.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-12
MACAULAY'S INDICTMENT OF
IMPERIALISM.

The Omaha World Herald points out
that 1T was Macaulay who wrote the
most singing indictment of Imperial
ism-an arraigpment so applicable to
the present contention in this coun-
try and one drawing so clearly the
line between Imperialism as advocated
by the Republicans and expansion as
hitherto practiced by the Democrats
that it reads like prophecy. Macaulay
says:
We venture to say that colonial en-
pire has been one of the greatest
curses of modern Europe. What ma
ton has it ever strengthened? What
nation has it ever enriched? What
have been it's fruits? Wars of fire.
fettered trade, lavish expenditure,
clashing jurisdiction, corruption in
governments and indulgence among the
people. What have Mexico and Peru
done for Spain, the BraZils for Por-
tugal, Batavia for Holland? Or If the
experience of others is lost upon us,
shall we not profit by our own? What
have we not sacrificed to our infat-
uated passion for transatlantic domin-
ion? This gave birth to the
fratricidal war against American lib
erty. with all its dsgraceful defeats
and all its barren victories. and all the
massacres of the Indian Ratchet. and
all the bloody contracts of the Hes
sian slaughterhouse. Shall we never
learn wisdom? Shall we never cease
to prosecute IL pursuit wilder than the
widest dream of alchymy. with all
the creduity and all the prOfusion of
Sir Epicure Mammon?
Those who maintain that settle
ments so remote conduce to the mill
70 s.,.st 30 81
In the face of history. The colonies Of
Spain were far more extensive and
populous than ours. Has Spain at
any time within the last two centu-
ries been a match for England either
by land or by sea? Fifty years ago
4 our colonial dominions in America Were
FAR larger and more prosperous than
+ those which we at present possess
Z Have we since that time experienced
any decay in our political influence. in
our opulence or in our security? On
Shall we say that Virginia was n less
Fvaluable possession than Jamaica. or
Massachusetts, than Barbadoes?"
What was true of England's "infat-
uated passion for transat atlantic domin-
ION" Is certainly true of our own in
4 1atuated policy of seeking transpacifio
dominion. If England flew Sin the
face of history" in Seeking settle
ments so remote" as the West Indies
on the ground that they added to her
military and naratime power" do we
not ny in the face Of history in seek
Ing the conquest Of the Philippines for
the same purpose? The face of his
tory does not change-not even for
Hanna, Mckinley and the trusts.
Is Mckinley or Macaulav the for
guide and the surer interpreter of the
voice with which history speaks to
Z us?