The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-07
BUSIEST BUREAU
IN NEW YORK CITY
IS DEPARTMENT or MARRIAGE
LlcEnsE--couPLEc STAND
IN LINE.
AWAITING THEIR TURN
Has Been License Issued Every ~
Seconds For Three hours
sharks" Of All Kinds In.
vest Office and Vicinity.

Il New York, MarCn 6.--The marriage
license bureau, which has now beer
j in existence two months mas prove
to be one of~the busiest as well al
mCst popular departments In the city
1.-THE number Of clerks has been In
creased to meet tae demand, which
len some mornings has been so greaI
THAT a license has been issued every
lseventy,two seconds from nine I'll
4 twelve. 1t is not an uncommon sigh
to see two hundred smiling. blushine
couples standing In line waiting Their
1 turn. In this line every nationality
| Ii seem and persons from every sta
tion IN life.
Through some "puir' however the
1.-TWO mebers Of New York's -four hun
dred" who have applied for licenses
this year have managed TO escape the
long line. They were Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt, who married Count
e2achenyi, and Miss Cornelia Harri
man, daughter OF the railroad mag
nate, who married Robert Livingston
Gerry last Tuesday. in appreciation
of this courtesy one Of the special
Policemen who helped Miss Wander
|bilt and the Count to get license
without delay. received a beautiful
set of amethyst studs and links
Others, however, have to wait their
tprn In line, and life la made naiser.
able for them by crowd Of install,
taent sharks, who try to sell them
the brides bouquet or wedding ring.
or offer to fit out their new home
from cellar to garret with everything
from rolling pin to a grand spianos
for a dollar down and a dollaf 9
week.
"Pearyr Dies.
New York lost her only real, live
pclar bear last week. when "PearyD
the only animal of his kind In the
city passed away in his apartment at
the Bronx Zoo. Death was due to
heart disease. pneumonia or fatty de-
generation of the heart, but be that
~ II may "Peary' was found
paws folded over his breats and a
smile on his lips as dead as dead conid
be. He will be greatly missed by the
thousands who visit the ZOO very year,
but probably will not be deeply
mourned by his hairy friends, for he
vas murderer The tragedy oc-
nrred IN the same apartment IN
which "Peary" died While the big
fellow slept. Miss Minnie Borealis, a.
sweet young thing weighing only 74z
pornds, native of "Peary's own
country, was placed In his DWELLING
peary awakened and saw what was
soisted upon him as his better hall,
He seized her by the neck and
,tranglel her to death. AS Minnie
est 81 600 no more brides fell TO the
portion of Peary. He remained a sui
ZEN celigrate until his death.
unreeognized.
Two brothers who have been hunt
ing for each other for thiry years
were introduced in the Fifth Avenue
Iotel short time ago, and after a
few minutes conversation separated
without knowing that they were OF
he same kith and kin. The two
1rcthers were separated after being
placed in an orphan asylum IN 1873
md one had later been adopted and
taken another name. This is, the rea.
eon that the introduction failed tel
liscIose their Identity. SO that James
Ienshav is still hunting for his long
fcst brother.
In Collene For Life.
For twenty seven years, William
rullen Bryant Kemp has been a stu
lent at Columbia University, and un-
.css he decides 10 work for a living
We Is sentenced for life TO be stu
lent. A quarter of a century ago q
.lch relntive died leaving Kemp ar
annrity Of $500 with the provision
hat he might have this amount only
40 long az ne remained a registered
student. Ever since then Kemp has
been trying not to graduate and no.
TO use up all the 250 courses In tie
curriculum before he died. He Is abi'
now to write a half a dozen degree
after his name and before he dies he
viii probably have a list Of titles tha'
will resemble the entire alphabet
Some years ago Kemp applied TO ths
court to have the viii so construed I
that be might leave the University |
and marry and still draw his annuity |
This was not allowed however. SC
Kemp has remained Unmarried. ana
still prefers the classic halls
Columbia 10 taking any chances O
-,etf,q wealtb ana fame abroaL