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Show FOR THE LADIES. The line of businocs some sirvi:?- ninded ladles taLe up The mavcu-iue, mavcu-iue, A lady in London the idea in ber head that the devil wu-j in her, ind hunt? hereeii'. Ladies naturally pivior a uiairiae ring, but gentlemen preior a nice biuii-nets biuii-nets ring. Io Brooklyn, N. Y., a woman's righw woman Lj reported to have named her boysi Ku-iau, Mary and Kate. Tho epitaph of the double-headed baby, pronounced by tho New York Mail, is ''She are dead. They is gone." Large cheeks are in demand for Sumner toilets. A cheek for $3,000, presented to ML Gunuybajis by ht-r lather, has been much admired. The youcg Indies in New Haven are j learning to play tho violin. The idea of having four string lo their bow b ; fascinating. One of Philadelphia's mean young men insists that an action against him for breaeh of promise of marrino will not hold, beause contracts made on Sunday are not binding. Hero's a marriage for you: ".Married ".Mar-ried At b'Jintstone, by the Kev. Mr. Yindtone, Mr. Nehemiah Wetstone, and Miss Wiliielmina Sandstone, both of Limestone." Look out for brim-j 'stone nest. i I Another of those Iowa women is on laBtriko. She asks for a divorce be-; be-; cause her husband wants to loaf around all the time to see her work on the sewing machine. As the poet yuys, "How does the old sewing machine work?" The writer of an obituary uutieu of an estimable lady, said that the bereaved be-reaved husband wojs "hardly able to bear the demise of his wife.'' Imagine Imag-ine his disgust on rending in print that the bereaved husband was '"hardily '"hard-ily ablo to wear the chemise of his I wife." j A Lowell man who had taken out a j marriago eortilicote one day last week 'was so disconsolate at linding tho ibrido to be dead drunk whou he called at her hou.-c that ho at once proposed to another woman, ten year.- younger, was accepted, got n now certificate cer-tificate and was married all on tho samo day. "Woman, lovely woman," said Brown. "What is tho world without woman? Yes, if there were no women wo-men in tho world we should all be miserable! Tlicy are the prineval cause of all happiness!'' "No doubt," put in tho cynio Robinson, "for they are the prime eriV themselves." Tho wretch! Mr. Stovons, of Laporto; bud., had only been married a week when he detected his wife pouring hot tea in his car as he slept. Ho tays ho har novor been married hcibre, and don't know what tho usages of society are, but he thinks such acta lay a wile open to suspicion of lack of a flection, or something of that kind. A married man was recently urgei by an insurance ugent to tako out e policy, lor the bouelit of his wife, tc tho amount of twelvo or fifteen thou Rjind dollars, and a Innr dienssinn en ,sued, whioh was ended by tho husband, j who said: "No, a widow with u'oro than ten thousand dollars would bo a dangerous legacy to leave for pos-i pos-i terity. At one of Peter Cartwright'a camp-meetings camp-meetings ho was much annoyed by a noisy sister, who "took part" more freely than was acceptable. He had called on all to kneel while some one should lead in prayer. She struck off at once with much feeling and power. Cartwright, not recognizing her voice, shouted out "Amen! ' ' A brother kneeling close by whispered: "It's Ann Jordan praying." Cartwright, looking around and seeing that it was 1 so, cried out: 'T tako that amen back!" |