The New Polygamy.

"The bride... carried a handsome bouquet of harem lilies."—Local Paper.


THE BENEFITS OF PEACE

(as they appear to be viewed by certain unofficial guardians of public morality).

When Peace superseded the strife and the stress

Which the public regard as a gift for the Press,

It was feared in the quiet that followed the storm,

With nothing to do but retrench and reform,