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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03
NV Old Nebraska Home
wr,.ssa 1.r rh.-O@AA. Re. by W. W. Burgess

So when the lovely spring again
Released the frost and cold.
We planted corn OF broken sod
And Wheat had taken hold
We made a little garden too,
And greens anc peas came On;
The new potatoes were a treat:
We now could get along.
Our tam pulled through the winter fine
ID underneath the shutter:
And Brindls came IN fresh that spring
To give uE MIX ana butter.
Our only han had hntche6 some chicks
o. LIE was not 20 sad;
The Suneses moi a mile HE4E-
We now telf Tree ana glad
Not 90 for ionE; the summer heat
Had pRrcbse rhe ground NJ drvs
And just ss corn Was IN ths mix
GrAsHhoppe1N filed the sky.
They settled down and took our crops.
They ate Dur garden. too:
Ana bT the fall my little child.
And al were feeling blue.
But thsn Ne nsrtgsge scarce - eut7
I'be deer. rsch sod was ours;
We rNs0lu1elg wintered through
To wax Tor spring ana EhOWsrR
We plAoe6 our trust IN ProTidence.
And when spring came again
We planted and We hoped nnne mors
To hErvuEt hay and grain
The -hoppsrs darksnso sun again:
In clouds they EWErmec above
Bun gentle brBHzsE swept them past
Orr crops were saved, my love
The rains we're gentle, ana the son
Mace vegetation crow
We stacked TIE hay IN great long r1ckzs
Ana corn stayed IN the row
we Shaved the wheat ana MADE q stAak
Ana On some boards Ni-h z7eRther fair
Va threEhed II with = rail-
We sAeZso II UP ana tOOk n IN
One corner Of uur rom;
Ny chila. that year was fun q hops-
II was our nrst real boom
TIE men would huEk a load Of corn.
And pile On sacks ~ wheat
Ant forty miles across the plains
ThFT'd haul 10 e0uuty seat
ne collars they'd bring hack. my chIld,
Were fsN each rizns rhEy vent
For nearly alwETs things were bought
And most the money spent
BIT when ths winter nsIt came On.
With heavy winds and sngWa
We dic not owe cent on earth.
And Michael hse new cl0tbeA-
So thEr's the way We lAbarsa chHd.
snrDs veErs Upsrs VERY seanf.
But then. nc mortgage On chr place.
No osbt oao Ws recEnt
We worried ana saved 70 make fftiE HON.
New, eEefgrEiIlEE Al hand;
We've house. and barn. and implzmsntA
Alc s7er1r1tzg - Grand
Juu a. \ Was Nr1th IA my dear
II WHa Win rhuunEndE more
Eut th1ss who WnrEed and kept thar tEitl
Have reached me EuldsT shore
NgW Mlctlaal has ths plEoss Wkiis ysa-
DuEt hluEh, ~ l1FEl Stands
OeET pEr and me VII uELI move .
q 6e1ls MT MADE Win hEndk
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

You ask me why we came ont here
And settled On these lands;
And why we left our nice, hig farm
Besides The laEesh9re EtrHnds.
Wen. bless you. china. III Try 70 ten
The reason why We came,
And how we struggled many years
TIC save orr home and mama
When Michael to the war would 50.
We Fsit thgt he could not leave home
without he took dear pap.
he WAS 80 young, though big and strong
So pap and Michael Ehuuldsred guns
And both vent or 10 fight
The country needed them, my dssr.
And God spared both their lives;
But then the best Of farms ran d0wn
When war time child. aSTtvea
we had 20 mortgage ours. my dear
We hho no seed 70 plant
We raised d little garden truck.
Yet things were very scaut-
So by fhs time cur men came home
And looked about the plhces
DiseourRgsnents came thick and Il
DsbtE EtRrsd then IN the face
s.. later on. when Uncle sam
Declared q homestead law
They said they'd sal out, take Nhnf'n lect
A new home make for ma
They'd each q quarter section TAXA
And 3otn them side by side.
And build houss viii chunks q sod
Eiss WIN the western toe
We saved ne team ana enc sooa COW.
Ane win come hoops and tisE,
We put q wagon cover On
And plied rhs hay IN thick
We started once again with h1pss
We loaded al we could
We sheIed some corn for RIn and Bob,
And Tor "a al some food
Dear pap and Anchasl hAd 70 walk;
But you and must ride;
Sc underneath those nAps for months
We RODE, and laughed. ana cried
And when Al last we found these claims
Esre near TIA shallow Platte
Twas warn and bslmT me sTr1ng-
On orr Own land We SAT
To east 10 west 10 n1rth. 70 south.
No house could We eEuys
And had ne NOT been strong and brave
Wed given ID 10 de
But pioneers don't DO that way:
They hang On true and brave;
And soon the men were cutting sod
And urEiris grass 70 save
An early winter settled In;
1hs bliEzards round " s0arHd-
But chuuEE q scrub from near ths F1Erts
for 1lre fEtrg ro4red
Our ing one rouu-no hOGr. no rugs
Wa warn though dErE and camp
I,hs ire helpst - briEhtsn up
Ne aEt n U-1aT AM
OR nearest Etn-s w1s forty mica
And uuiE once that fan
Did Aicnael drive 70 town 70 get
F,rcriEi1Ls for ~ an
Es SIT some EuEHr. beans and dour
61Ent matches. meal and Eh0aE-
1hey had 10 eaiiee. and. yDu knOW,
lD1Acc9 ne d11t usE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

Al electrical corporation IN PeunsTlva-
MIA proposes 80 manufacture electricity
and furnish II for purposes Of hight. heat
and power 70 The counties Of Luzsrne. Coz
uuhis- SchUyIOiIl Berks, Lehigh and
NurtbumbsrlRnd ana other points within
10 niles or 80 q the coal mines The
coal operators have conceived the IDEA
q manufacturing electricity At the minss
where fnsl is cheap and then marketing
Il 10 ali the country for miles around
A big power plant 10 being erected at HHr-
wood. and lines q wire VIII reach from
the mines TO Reading. Allentown. san
bury, Mauch Chunk PottEviIls. Shznokin.
Bloomsbury and al the towns and ham
lets where electricity can be used. The
idea q the coal operators is that they
can rnHnufauture and develop electricity al
Euoh rri7inE coEt that thsy can under
sell anyone else IN the market The men
IN the enterprise propose 10 utilize the
vast hanks Of cIslm and rice coal that
have accumulated during the laEt half cen
fury for producing steam with which 10
run the electrical Vu-ks. There are NIL
lions Of tons o. coal in the anthracite re-
Eign that q does not pay 70 ship 10 mar
ket II Is the Etzs know as .r7cs." which
Is 80 small that there is hardly any sale
for H. II is used principally al present
II the boiler pants Of the coal o1npsnieA-
Il contains from Is 70 % per cent Blats.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03


closs g ne steam rusds~ Tbssr tugsnluus
constroctiun aeuits 81 rhsr belnE oan-
rerfed from chair cars IN Daytime to slssp-
inE cars at NIGHT There are upper and
lousr bsrths each ftfae win electric cen
trsvances Tor coutroIlinC The lights and
pHufilGtiuA Zach ar De- opsratea ~ four
motors. vath an sErrerars q 50 hurse-
power
On the New York to Chicago trolley
ruuts some 81 ttse ordinary day coaches
are bui1 a. q cost q 1aea0 70 f12oea In
Some o. these there are ohssrvadun com-
pa-trnents ssHtfng twenty persons. ana
where the train ~ mace up Of several
coaches there are vestfbules leading from
one car 70 another.
Records for spsed fEr exceeding those q
thu stsnn railways have beer mace on the
trolley lines q both tins country and Eu-
rope. On the Aurora EEin 4 Chicago
line the distance between Chicago and Az
rurH- which is fhirry-hre miles has been
covered In thfr1T-four rnirutHs and thirty
nine seconds. including the necessary slow
ing dUvu for the crossings Of eight steam
and five electric reads The great number
Of steam railway crossings is one barrier
70 the highest speed q the electric car
There are 4.sae sBch crossings In the
United States On the lines o. the Lake
Shore Electric RAILWAY between Toledo ana
Cleveland a hall mile has been covered AZ
the rate Of eighty miles an hour and a
seventy -ruLfe-an-hOur rate has been main
tAined for three miles A speed Of sixty
five miles an hour has been made between
MEncie. Ind and Indianapolis In Berlin.
over short distances 100 miles an hour have
been reached and exceeded
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid

who. in accordance with French custom ~
erHntE which cB1ntt1s q religious ana social
character. take up ne co11ectior- with
purses decorated vim noEers 70 match her
oorsaEe bouquet
Ths great shgE event is the signing Il the
contract. 1t tAkss place IN thu eventng.
and the Invitations cover the entire Rc-
qnRantance Of the family The presents are
Displayed ON this occasion. On this even
ing. tDn. the wedding cake. which French
society has Adopted frun England. is cut
The betrethee couple head the procsssion 70
the supper room Every one drinks their
health in q glass Of champagne me bride
Sus1 sticks knife into the cake. which is
gilt over rs frosrinG. and The servants DO
the actual cutting
Then comes the Wedding, the civil and
church ceremonies generally the next day.
The uI-to-dRts wedding ring IL no longer
a plain hand II is twisted by a skilful
artist into q knot which syrnbeliAes the
marriage lie. The costume Of both irias
and bridegroom depends upon TIE character
uf the ceremony. In the spring time com
ny marriages IRE very popular. The
family and a few intimate friends hOck
10 the chateau Of the brides parents and
the ceremony Is performed by the village
cure In the little church neRr by. FUr this
sort Of wedding the height Of style is
studied neEliEe. The brides gown is simple
and fails only 10 the tops Of her shoes.
The groom wears q cutEwsy or even a sack
suit and straw hat
Al such events, az the couple emerge
from the church, hrecrackers are set On
and guns are fired An old peasant coupls
present the couple al the church door with
bread and wine and break the glass when
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

NAAGAEn - ~ MWEE - NENAAeTa
7TTRACTIVE uare adverzisenssuts
II A have appeHres al eastern news
papers curing the last thres
rnQuthH nnnoanctuE 1ruJeu.ad
49, electric dyutls track roas con-
meeting Chicaro and Neu Yea Citr. &c
curding 70 the prospectus 81 wiz b.
genuine air Ii1s and vi D. built as uuiclar
ns Investors pm % rhs Nancy IL VII
nut be necessary 20 wax uutl t1is pro-
1ec1ed ruad h constructed ID order 70
travel behind q Enokeless motor from one
CRY 70 The other. With the coruulatiar n
the LINK between Erie. pa, ana csynneaut
TO- the longest length Of trolley syEteras
IN the word was connected IN. rrecticauv
making II possible 70 r5de by electric car
from Wsstfsla- in New Tork state. through
northern OHIO 20 jackson. lEiuh-. q dis
1Enrs q 800 mica
With ths lines noU bundinr cart OF
Wesrheld on the route TO Buffalo. Roches-
tsr. Syracuse ana Albany, and q short lire
ALREADY prvv1ded for 70 the west Of the
western borders Of Ohio. the ultirnats con-
Dsution of the two great rnetrupulises
should oocuET but q year or 20 81 most
A writer in Van Nsrdan'E magazine OBJ
serves that the construction Of electric
lines 10 progressing IL al partE q the
country with q rapidly unparalleled IN
the history d transportation Pir1sburg Is
soon 70 De u1ly a trolley nae from Clsre-
land. Madison Wis from Chicago and
Whesling. W Va from Columbus. O. A
fast electric line extends from Columbus
80 indianapolis and plans are maturing 70
cunosrt Boston with the New YORK 70
Chicago route al Albany.
In tina .south the trolley chr has even be
come factor IN the transportation q rice
and cotfun. One more decade VIII witness
the covering q al the populated sections
Of the United States Win a complies net
work O slecr1c rosas, the mileage %
which. IN so-se q our states, win soon Eur-
pass that Of the steam railway
Mere than kog0 $4,000 passengers wers
carried % the trolley lines a the Tinted
States lnst year. This is double the nun
Der carried q duzen years AFRO. There are
nearly 1.aob companies operating strsei
railways and more than $500 trolley cars
srs IN use Eightg million deIlars was paid
out IN NHees during q recent year by cleo
tric line companies EEids from ths salaries
O. the ofBcials. More than lgae people wers
killed and cen injured Tn these same
trolley lines in the same space q time al
CT which figures assist ms IN gaining some
idea Of the size ana Importance q this nex
industrial giant
Sleeping and parlor cars have already
been installed ON trolley lines bttweer
ColurAbus. o. and indianapolis. They Rrs
owned by the palace car company which
built them. and the-arranEemsut bstwser
the electric roads and these builders i
similar 10 that Of the steam ruads and ths
palace car companies. The run o. 100 miles
between Indianapolis and Columbus Il
maee On n palace car elsctric train between
mianighf and 6 O'Clock a m. The sleeping
cars are superior in some respects II
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

the bride has taken 4 sip frum # They
give her a bo1qDef Of wild flowers
During the Teasing 81 the chateau a
EvpEy urrheEta performs N TIE park or On
the lawn The wedding PROCESSION Is
sometimes LED by the village music makers,
hurdy EtrrdF players and fiddlers and ffers
playing old fashioned airs Sometimes
the roads are Rrched with green bUughs
and EtrsWn with flowers and grasses When
q family is verT popular a whole village
may be decorated until il looks like . gar
den and AL The young girls VIII turn out
dressed in white 10 attend the brsds- On
such occasions 4 quaint cnstun is the pres
sntstion 10 the couple by the cure Of 3 cake
baked by the Oldest farmer in the vicinity.
Paris still sxhrts extreme furmaHry Of
costume but the old continental custom %
wearing evening ereEs on al ceremonial
occasions In fast giving way 70 the frock
coat. For the bride q gown u white satin
10 obligatory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03
reeea ID won - W1r..

AFTER a cuuy-sfiB Of nearly three wears.
conducted largely by telephone. Miss Efhs
Henderson Of Sioux City, declared by
Judges al the ST Louis exposition 70 be
the 'ahEndBumeEt Iowa girl" WIS married
10 Floyd r. Wilson Of Chicago, q dining
car conductor. who fen IN love with her
photograph In ST. Louis
During the past three years. since Miss
Henderson was given the prize for beauty.
she has worked in q department store in
Sioux City. Gnd has been known aE ''qussn
OF the dry goods store" During al this
time she has bean getting daily tslephOns
calls from the handsome dining car con-
dnrtor. whose train passed through Sioux
CITY daily. and gradually he won her heart
by wire
When Floyd p Wilson FIRST saw the
photograph Of Miss Henderson. three years
Egp. he was poor passenger brakeman
on the Milwaukee 4 st Paul road 5s fel
in love with the face which the Judges al
the hig exposition had said was the fHjrsEt
Of al IOwa's fair girls he wondered II
he would ever meet the woman and ne
pictured her as the "a ughtsr q wealth.
far removed from the life OF q poor rEil-
rohd hrRks1sn- WIN had little bit his
Uniform
But one dAy Wilson entered the Pullman
service IS q cOAductor, and, while conduct
ing party q wealthy chicsEoans 10 Dead
wood. met Miss Henderson who Was regis
tered there n the tina
The coUrtship followed this meeting. u
has been flied with BrrznER Incidents.
When wilson was trEnEferred 70 ths dining
car service he secured 3 run which rnaSs
II possible fur him 70 pass through Sioux
CITY each dAy. In his new p1siriun the
dining car eoneuctur had lftfls time 70 make
love 70 the pretty clerk. who had taken
q position ia the millinery Department q a
big department store. But every riIne ne
passed through Sioux City be LEFT his car,
with irs whits tables and black faces and
went 10 the telephone II WRs usually s.1
q m and the pretty EiIl Was near the
telephone booth IN the stare Miss Hsnder-
Hun hhe mary offers q mErriaes AFTER she
gRs awarded the prize for being the most
beEurifu girl IN iowa but declined them
Al with Quiet dignity Her phOt8grsphH
Wsre IN demand BY mary AdTsrrisinr
sEsncisE. and shs Would have made
fortune had she accepted the orers fur
their exclusive use which Different Arms
made-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

were refused The happy couple didn't
want their sleep disturbed A door WIS
found In smother room leading 20 the
bridal chamber That corld easily be IN
hinged and against n the serenRders began
operations, while telling the inmates If
they had 70 open the door by force they
would be marched out nf the room with
little ceremony. Finally the door WA
opened and then the welded couple begged
for mercy. They requested ten minutes
time 10 properly attire themselves 50 a.
10 be preseutRbls In polite company. This
time WIS granted when they were marched
ap the street TO Bulck's store al the head
Of the sersnAding outfit, and where ths
groom ''sef EN- I'D" TO the crowd. After
which the happy young folks were told
that II was al q 3oke and that al who
marry in Beaver are usually joked in that
way. but that they wished them al the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

3HH p. HOOVER = young civ1
engineers, OF Nlwaukee. Wis.
and Miss MahAlR Ling OF Johns
town Pa, met for the FIRST
time on the Atlantic express near
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

A week On two ago satisfactory telephuns
communication was established between
the Berlin Offices and the Tslsfu rksn con-
pa1v fur wireless tslsErRphy and their
lofty signal stnriun a. Maven. q distance
Of some twsury-fvs miles. by wireless. II
has long been known in scientific circles
that tire problem % wireless telephony
was one capable o. solution. and efforts
we're made 70 accomplish TINS by employ
ing q micr1phune. whose vibrations were
HrtihciBIly stimulated by means q impulses
from undaruped external Vibrations. and
the method q efectinE TINS appears now
to have been discovered to judge from the
recent experiments TIE results q the
dsmnnEtrH tiu1 have further shown that a.
Is possible 70 use wireless tsleEraTihv STA
rious for wave telephony. in hat the well
known 5cfloernTlch detec1nr In capable 81
being employed equally wei for wireless
telephone messages. while the sending STA
ton only needs 20 be provided with 3 few
small pieces Of auxiliary apparatus Bat
tleshipE VIII TINS hsncefurth be In q pos
ten Al distances not exceeding thirty To
thi-ry-f7vs miles. 10 communicate with each
other directly By means q the telephone,
while for greater distances ~ 10 100 miles
and more. wireless felsgrnphy can be re
sorted 10.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

b1t MAKES o-Eirahis fusi fur iargs plAnts
where 10 cost q transportation is IN
VOWED II h. stBted that n is TIE tntsn-
ton II the projectors q TINS electrical
scheme 70 transmit their product 70 Phi
adelThiA and New York and dispose q
n 70 c1mpsniss IN these rities for power.
beat and light Their frs plan win be 20
irrits manufacturers q 1oehts in the ruHl
regions whsrs thsT can SET pousr a prices
50 fHr below what 10 paid IN the htE cities
- 70 make IL an oh5sct for them 70 Try
-. ar-r..-r----l.---a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

-TRACTIvE uare ndverziHemsuts
have aupuHred al eastern news
papers curing the last three
months nunoanciuE a Iru5ected
electric dyuhIe track -o.a ro--
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

The Beaver kan journal relates lar
Monday ProhA4s Juoss Neese uuftsd n
marriage Henry Gilispis and Mss Nancy
Tyler. both q Madison The happy couple
went 70 the White House hotel where
Trey procured lodging far the night and
a. they were tired and weary from The
Gays driE4 retired q the pHrlor, which
had been converted into ''nriaHi cham
Der" Ab0ut oclork and s0on were
swssrly and peacefully Sleeping
But ahout u'clock = hids0uE hE1d IN
Whlch we're aans - ne lsadiRg ci1sena q
ths CRY. pr0oss6sd % rhs hotsl and started
a nu11s-A hdeuus Nose ne hotsi bel
vas runE a. q a IRE hAe hrulzen cat IN
pans were pouudsd guns 6zeds harms
bowed and A. seemed Il Il Everything thai
caEle mAka a nulss WEs uunseutrE1sd Et
fhs hutel-a1 raa dour q ths bridal cnEm-
Der ne hand 81 ssrsnAderH Requested AZ
uisEi0l tins ana EEEz1 ana sraT Cns
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

Count Won Moltke, the crest PrussiEn
military Etra1egist, had the utmost con-
tempt for 1ocnacity. On the rare oooRsasns
when he addressed the ReichstEg his
speeches were models q brsr1ty- Al ban
unets II was mia custom TO Et IN silence
except when he proposed His majesty the
king" or .'Ths health Of his majesty the
king On one occasion an Ofbcer laid n
heavy wager that al coming state dinner
Won Moltke wound not use more than
seven words in proposing King Williams
health. II happened that ON this occasion
the great general said: The heslth Of his
majesty the king. gentlemen" upon hear
ing which the ufncer muttsred. @Ah, the
heio marshal grUwE old and taIkRtfvs.-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03
Telegraph ass EIertrie Roads

In this country. says the Electrical Re
view, Telegraph engineers are in many
places sncouuterinE serious difficulties in
the operation Of their circuits ny the en-
croachmeuts Of electric traction systems
AS the employment Of high potential al
ternRting currents for electric traction pur-
poses expands. as il is doing very rapidly
throughout an parts Of the United States.
Il Is obvious that telegraph engineers VIII
have TO f1ce numerous problems from
harmful induction and CONJUNCTION effects
from this cause II Is IN fact not easy to
forsten what the ultimate ensct Of these
high potential slternsting circuits upon the
telegraph service VIII be In The event Of
the general electrticHtion Of steam railways
II 10 probe bic that II win in many cases
become necessary 10 remove the telegraph
lines from the vicinity Of the railway
tracks and gsek riEhtH-uf-wHy removed to
q safe distance rhsretrom- Indeed. tins
action has already been taken by one Of
the telegraph companies between New YORK
and New Haven IN anticipation Of the
slsctrahcation o. the New YORK. New Haven
d. Hartford railway.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

happiness possible IN Hfe-wfth no troubles
20 cross their matrimonial pathway sx-
cept- perchaDce, they should be little ones.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03


"7OHH p. HOOVER q young civil
~ engineers, Of Milwaukee,. Wis.
aA and Miss MahAlR Ling OF Johns
E[&| town Pa, met for the first
- time on the Atlantic express near
Harrisburg. Pa The young man WAS en-
ROME TO ChRmbersburE 10 take position
and the young woman was enrDute east 70
visit friends II was love NJ ArEt sight
Both exchanged family histories Whsn
Harrisburg was reached Miss Ling
was persuaded 70 wEit for another train
While they were looking about the city
tho young man proposed marriage Gnd Miss
Ling accepted the proposition promptly.
A patroinAn directed the cOUpls 70 the
marriage license since and an hour later
theE were married by Alderman Robert
Rpayd-
WeaAfnE Eafeacr1e in France.
rhs up-fo-dnrs French marriage is a
much less pompous affair than the wedding
q the lRsi century. II Is conducted. how
ever. alCrg wei defined ceremonial lines
from Which nobody VINO prstends 10 be In
the swim dreams o. departing.
The obligations Of the bridegroom begin
the very day his proposal il accepted, re-
la1es the New Ecrk sun. He pays his hrst
tribute TO ms betruthed in the c8r'beiile de
fiAncsfIles. or engagement bouquet- THIS
is n great basket Of pure white hlnsSurns-
Hhes Of The valley. azaleas, white hlRc,
white roses and orchids are in Orear- Ths
BASKETS in which they are g-Ouped Is trim
mad with lnce. On the Gay Of the marriRgs
proper that IL. thu religious ceremony. he
sends q bAANst q Grange flowers Ea-lAndsd
with tune- The bride provides ths women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Expensive Champagne corks.

From the New York Times.
 The corks you see on these cham pagne bottles are the most expensive made" remarked oscar, manager of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. oscar was down in the wine cellar in the base ment of the hotel looking over the wine stock.
 How come they to be the most ex- pensive? Well, in the first place, they are made of the very finest Catalonia corkwood. When the tree of that wood Is planted, thirty years must elapse before it becomes fit for the first strip ping of the bark, and even then the cork is of no use, being much too coarse. After eight years more sec ond crop arrives but that again is of but poor quality, and eight years more, making forty-six years m all, must pass before the grower can reap any ma terial benefit from the tree. Then, again, the greatest care is necessary for the manufacture of the best cham pagne corks, such as those you see there, because, should they be defective