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I VDUND COUPLE MARRIED BEFORE THEY KNOW IT DIDN'T RECOGNIZE PROSAIC CEREMONY OF STATE OF ILL. NOIS AS REAL ARTICLE. Fail field, III. Uildesmalds, wlitto Veils, brido's-ioscs, wedding marches, wedding guests, wedding (.upper, old Bhoes, rice, and all thuso cnthclv delectable ncccssorlea to a Jolninc of lieaits and linnds Miss Lola Walters of Noble township, Itichland county, was deprived of when she mnrrled Peter Schultz, and nil because n Jus tice of the peace did not know that tlie wedding was set for the followiiin day. Mr. Schultz gained the consent of Miss Walters after a dcspeiate court ship seveial weeks ago. Their en gagement was announced. The young Yelled the Bridegroom. people were prominent and all of Rich- Jand county was agog with interest in the coming nuptials. The ceremony was set for a ccitain day recently. The day previous, however, Schultz and his bride-to-be came to Fairfield, the county seat, to secure the coeted mairiage license. Neither bride-elect Jior embijo bridegroom had been mar ried before, and both had rather hazy ideas of the natuie of the preliminary bteps. , The license was duly secured. The jprobate cleik, a tiuly obliging oung man, aslsotl if the couple would like tc be joined thoii and there. Schultz took it that this question was one of ( the number of formal inquiries al ready asked by the ofllcial, and for the fourteenth time he said "I do." 1 Justice of the Peace McNeill's serv ices were secured. The couple stood before him. The few woids which the piosiac laws oi Illinois loquire to join a couple in wedlock were spoken. No piayei book was displajed. The couple did not even join hands. Amen wab miss ing from the vocabulaiy of the magis trate. So how did Schultz and Miss Walters know they weie being wedded? Rut in conclusion of the biief cere mony they awoke, when the justice solemnly declnied: "I now pionouncc you man and wife. Five doliais, please." "Hey, stop," jelled the bridegroom. "We don't want to get mauled light now. We are going to got mariicd to morrow night, and thcie's going to be a supper and big doings. The whole county is invited." The bi idc could only express her disappointment in tears. "Can't help it," remonstrated the magistrate. "Thought you wanted the knot tied. Five dolhus, please." And though the pretty chinch cere mony was missing, Itichland county was not disappointed. The wedding Hupper went. Log Boom Filled with Rats. South Bend, Wash. During a re markble high tide, C. Iloggfrom, boom tender for the South Hend Mill nnd '. Timber Company, went to see about i a boom and found tho logs literally e warming with lats. So thick were they that he had to kick some of them off to gain standing loom, he says. Theie appealed to bo scaicelyioon on the logs for tho swarming rats nnd some were fighting fleicely for a place. The boom is a half mile long nnd near ly full of logs. Tho animals woio what are known as "tide land mice," although much linger than the ordlnnry mice. The water front of all tldo land is a little higher than next the upland The tide ltins up tho sloughs nnd floods the tide meadows next the up land, first and then gradually Hoods Ihe whole. In this manner tho lioides of rats weio diiven to tho logs for reruge, and piobably millions of them were di owned. Progress. ', "How are you getting along at youi Jirownlng club?" j "Oh, beautifully. Wo talk about Urownlng eveiy now and then," U If f "Hey, Stop!" Professor Munyon has JuBt Issued a most beautiful, useful and complete Al manac; it contains not only all HicBclen tlflc Information concerning the moon's phases, In all tho latitudes, but has Il lustrated articles on how .to read char acter by phrenology, palmistry and birth month. It also tells all about card leading, birth stones and their meaning, and gives the Interpretation of dreams. 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As its pure laxative principles, obtained from and the Well Informed ot the world to be the best we have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of benna as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs and to get its beneficial j&i ADODCSSES LOUISVILLE, KY. The Night of the Game. First Sniflicatcd Peison Doesh thish student belong here? Landlady (co'ldlj ) No, all my stu dents were hrought homo an hour ago. Wisconsin Sphinx. For Headache Try Hicks' Capudine. Whether from Colas, Hi at, Stomnch or Noivouh troubles, the nehes nro speedily rellced bv Cnpudlne. It's Mould pleas ant to tnlte ntfecta immediately. 10, 25 and 50c nt Drus Stores. Why doesn't Gomo enterprising at torney wilto a book of unwritten law a? A Couch. If neulpctod. often affects the In Tim In h ' ltKi IjiiriKB. "Urown'B Iliuni-hliil Tim lus ' relief, ss ii-iits n box Humpies sent frfe by John I. ill own & Son, Boston, Muss. 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