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Show FOR TI1K I.AOIFS. A Wisconsin justice of tbc peace recently granu-d himself a divorce. A death-bed marriage was solemnized in Jeil'crso;iville, Ind., laat week. A New York young lady has officiated offici-ated as bridesmaid fourteen times. An appropriate hotel for old maids to stop at the Mansion (man-shun) houe. The groom weighed 327 and the bride 92 pounds, at an Indiana wed- j ding. The man who popped the question j by "starlight" got his sweetheart's consent in a twinkling. While promenading with a couple j of Lafayette belles, a youny man was j met by his mother, who ordered him to bed. : When a man marries Jor mcuey, , Punch thinks it is more appropriate 1 to speak of his spending tho money-moon. money-moon. At a recent marriage among the nobility of Kugland, two of the five bridesmaids were respectively two and three yours of age. Two Iowa lovers kissed one auothcr so emphatically that their horses ran away and threw Iheui out of the carriage. Fifty young widows reside in llie small town of Centrcville, lud., and it is not safe for an unprotected man to pass through there. A Missouri lady advertises for the person who is in the habit of serenading serenad-ing her to stand nearer the house so that she can scald htm. A western editor informs a correspondent corres-pondent that the words "No cards" accompanying a marriage notice signify sig-nify that the wedded pair don't play poker. No wonder rejected lovers sometimes commit suicide. There is but little difference between a discarded nuin and a dead man both arc subjeet to mortification. Tho governor of Wyoming is opposed op-posed to the repeal of the female suffrage act. lie says that women have made good jurors and honest and competent office holders. Embroidered breakfast jackets are the slylo at present amoug ladies of fashion. Nothing can be prettier to see than a sweet blonde, attired in ono nl' iltm r,;t,.l.;,.,r Inln n rmiil nr. toast. A Vermont girl who sued a false lovcv for iMO lor breach of promise ave the court this rulo for roukoning the damages : Nine shillings per week Cor "setting up," plus tho value of lights and fuel. Threo couples in Posey county, Ind., have discovered that their marriage by a notary public is not "good." Two have been married over again by a minister, but the third, not being quite satisfied, concluded to wait till Christmas and suo the notary for damages. More than a thousand marriage licenses have been granted in Boston within the past three months; but, as Dr. .Nathan Allen says, what on earth's the use. New York World. Dr. Allen is a writer who has exposed ex-posed tho shocking crime of infanticide so prevalent in New England. A wedding recently took place at Newbury, Ohio, which has been a good while maturing. Thirty-seven years ago the groom took out a license to marry his present brido, but for some reasons the negotiations were not at that time carried into c licet. Since then the bride has lost two husbands, and the groom one wife, before reaching reach-ing a point when they could use the old license or get a new one. Ono of the New York belles" has determined to create a sensation at Prince Alexis' ball by having her hair lit up with little gas jets, tho rosorvoir of which is to bo concealed amidst a wilderness of falso braids, puffs and curls, and a French twist. She is to pay 10 for dressing her hair for tho evening and arranging her orown of blazing stars, whilo she pays 150 for tbc false hair added to hor own abundant abun-dant trosses. |