Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 October 1871 — Page 1

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Vol. 2.—-No. 15.

THE MAIL

Office, 142 Main Street.

TERRK-HA UTE PRINTING HOUSE.

O. J. Smith

TALLOW--7^0.

Co.,

Steam Job Printers,

HttUnan Block,

141

Main llmt,

TEBRB

.HAtrTBj

-Sallrcad & Commercial Printing Specialty.

Railroad Tim* Table.

VAXBAUA SHORT UVS. g:v' Indianapolis Division.

Leave. Arrive. 12:85 a. ra New York Express.. J&iO a. m. 3:86 p. Lightning Express. 1020 p. m. 7:06 a. 1x1. Day Express 3:55 p. m. 1:40 p. m....Ind'I accomniodation.._10:10 a. m. tit. Louts Division.

Jjtave. Arrive. 6:56 a. ra Pacific Express -12:30 a. m. *1035 p. Fast Line .3:30 p. m. 4:00 p. ,St. L. A Cairo Ex 10:16 a.m.

IWDI ANAI'OIJIM A HT. IXJOIH K. B.

Arrive from East. Depart for West. 6:45 a. Pant Express .... BOO a. n». 1C-55 a. Iuy Express 10dM a. m. 10:85 p. ra Night Express 1M» p. m. 8:56 p. Mattoon Acc'dn 4:07 p. m.

From the West. Forth*

4:07 p. Day Express

Ea3t-

1238 a. ra Lightning Express...12:30 a. m. 600 a. ra Night Express 6:55 a. m. 10:15 a. ra Mattoon Acc'dn 12:10 p. m.

KVANSViJUkK ACRAWFORraVILLlC B. R. Leave. Arrive. 5:60 a. in.... !...Express.., .10:16 p. m. 8:58 p. Mall .8:80 p. m.

ROCKVILLE EXTENSION.

Leavf. Arrive. 4:86 p. ra Mall 1W20 a. m. T. II. A CHICAGO RAILWAY.

Leave. Arrive 4:15 I*. .. 10:10

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Markets.

TERRE-HATJTE MARKET. TKKKR-HA UTE, OcL 0 The following figures are paid to farmers ami others by dealers in this clfy:

BEESWAX -Yellow. J4(§a0o. BUTTER—Beat, l«$3ie. 1 CORN MEAU-450#5C. EGGS-Fresh. UW$l6c. _A PEATHERB-LlvuOowe^te^flOc.^

Old 10A«40C.

FLOUll—Fancy brands, *7 0007 60 FRUIT—Oroon Apples, 26&40c. v., *3rled Apples, 7c.

Peaches, 11312c. "f

ORAIN-Corn. 40c.

(..11*,

AStftifOc.

of-

Kyt%00 mtioc. fr«v Vrhtw WbMt, IIW, spM Alabama Si 585.

Mediterranean, $1 1.1.

^INHKNG—Mw. GREASE Brown. •iHIDfW—Green Trimmed, Oo.-

Hailed, B%c HH

Dry 43)15o.

Fllnt. 1«C.

lambskins, VI 25 Shea 1 lings, 91 25

PROVISIONS—Hams 10A12c. Hides Shoulders U§7c. •LARD—Country, 7^j»fto. .rOTATOKH-7.VH«*. **OULTKY—Turkeys, nllveper lb 10@12Wc

Dressed 120l2)V!.

5 ~fe Ducks iKr dozen, f2 00. Geese W 60. Chink 1-n», old, perdomen.lS 00. young, $160(92 00. «EKD»-F»ax. tl 4V

KAtiH-Cotton, :l«*3H«\ \^001*—T«1»-WIW»IKH1, 00$85C. •W KliHHf -te Un

fwlTvie. Rroas «5 709& to.

WIM*1H*1.

HOO»-Llve

CINCINNATI. ClftCl«XAtI, Oct. 5.' -Fnlr iuul advanced low mid-

l''kLOUl?—Du11

WIIKAT- Dull nnd ft aliad« lower at$l 45 1 50. rOUN-Falmnd firm ntolc. ltYK-Dnll nnd ahadc lower nt78®80c. •OATH~HoU. tJHCH'KHIKH—Firm nud In Rood demand.

KUOH—DuH and dnM|mK «t 'He. BUITKH—Dull nud uuchiuiged Reserve,

^I'HEEHE—IVnmnd g«*»d nt tull prte«

14FhoK'IBION'»—P'rk

AM HWRT

of Ohio,

SN MK W «IH I"

Mlwourl,

Pmmltw a«: M^igan. to 8? pound*. lfs lndlann. p^wnda, t4 WH 14S •Canada laml»s, to tKamdn.!»5«»o 75.

HOUS~Marfcet dull and unchanged of S,.Vi3isi S4 20^1 3» tor common to good «XTRA *4 75» flfft'i1

iw*M—

\siC»UCAHO. CHICAGO, Oct. 5.

ltRN—No. 2 mixed fairly acUv*, clowd \c l«wi»r at 4^cr, ThU aftwrnooo quWi at 404f* a'th^Xov actiro ck*»cd at »*|e.

UY H-No. a WMth»r. ykwgd at tHV UAIU.KY-No. 2.4|»rtn|t«Mrt9rS rio«« 8t4c. rU0VlS10NH-M«^ p»rk active clocd at fia, c»*h $13 *:vf. Jatiuary. Meat* emit* 1 *hould«*. *lwwt rtb, (So.

LAUD—iitfontfrr at s^c dab, MM W W the ear. HCkIH—IC^fljc iwwer at N|4 •».

NKW YORK. StwYowt.OclA

FLOUR— Dnll and dmpim W|* for fdilppiiut «vtra*. WllKAT—Dull ami d.^Uncd nrittt J»O.S, fl 3$ wtawr rM tl w|l amber Michigan. St t»Sgl tS whius winter.

OATS-thill AND «n «(*D.

COKN*—l"«»chang*l. LAKlWHravy prlnwrtaam, h^%e. iauv»-wg«c.

Nove»liKRaul D*w*tnber, accord las to a flartfonl p*per, »w U» "erab^ra or thf dying ywrf" l'rouy good—for llarilbrd.

The News.

"In 1 DOMESTIC. No startling developments as yet In the new trial of Mrs. Clem at Lebanon.

A telegram from Raleigh, N. C.f says over five hundred Ku Klux indictments are pending, and five hundred and thirty have been convicted, or submitted and sentenced.

Jadee Barnard has been renominated by the Republicans of New York for Justice of the Supreme Court. It is understood the Democrats will make the same nomination.

A letter Irom Oconto, Wisconsin, states that fierce and disastrous fires are prevailing in the lumber regions in that vicinity. It is reported that the people of Peahtego expect to be driven from the town.

The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to buy two millions of bonds each Wednesday, and sell two millions of gold each Thursday during the month of October.

Brigham Young was arrested Monday, upon an indictment of the Grand Jury charging him. under the Utah statute, with lewdly and licentiously cohabiting with sixteen different women. The arrest was made by United States Marshal Patrick at Young's residence.

The list of names on the pay rolls of the New York was published Tuasday. In some instances there are found the names of persons long since deceased still remaining as city employes. Tammany Hall appears to draw the whole amount of the dead men's wages. Tweed's Bureau and the Department ol Buildings has the largest numbers of sinecures.

Mayor Hall appeared Wednesday morning In the police court to answer charges preferred against him, of signing fraudulent warrants. He waived examination and offered ball in any amount. Judge Barrett, counsel for I he prosecution, said there was no necessity for the Mayors giving bail, as It was not contemplating to hold him In durance.

The Emanuel Church, Baltimore, was crowded Wednesday morning to witness the ceremonies preliminary to the formal organization of the biennial convocation or the Protestant Episcopal hnrch. The Dean of Chester, England, the Bishop of Lltckfleld, England, and the Rector of Wolverhampton, England, took part In the ceremonies. The sermon was delivered by Btohop Johns, of Virginia.

The Chicago Journal says, that President Grant fit conversation with friends while here, stated very emphatically that to his knowledge the charges of the Now York Tribune against Collector Murphy are without foundation, and that he sees no reason for removing him. When he appointed him from personal knowledge, he regarded him as fit for the place, and he Bees no reason for changing his opinion. He will not remove him togratlfy the clamors of those who have merely a personal or faction 1 object In view.

Daniol H. Wells, Mayor of Salt Lake City and Third President of the Mormon

of the Grand Jury, charging him under the Utah statute, with lewdly and lasciviously cohabiting with one Loulsla Free, whom WellH claims as one of his wives. The accused was taken before Judge McKean and held to ball In *5,000, to answer at the present term of the court. In this case, as In that of Brlgham Young, upon a similar charge, MiJor Charles H. Helmstead and Hon. Tom Fitch are counsel for the defense.

Tho World calls, -pon the Democratic State Convention to pledge the Democratic uarty of the State to the prompt repeal of tho present city charter and the substitution of a new charter which will render fiagrunt abuses impossible* Anything else will be the mere lopping off of twigs and branches, but this will cut up municipal corrupt ion by the roots. The editor reminds delegates that what our tax payers need Is not denunciation, but relief, and relief can come only by sweeping away the bad, indefensible charter that fortifies these men In power.

Secret accounts, niving the expendi

tures

nnd lrfllnl fnmlly, f?®

In good d«mand at

tl'i ?&—held at IX Hulk meal* quiet and uuoi»«uat«d whoulder# mild nt Oc, »vnd sides at Oc clcnr rib »ld«* held at and ck»r at BV* Hann dull nnd unchanged *hoal^Icn*. 7c clear rib n»d« 7^c oloar, "v^c.

I.AUIV— 1IOUM—Dull and unchangwl at $4 20^4 55.

BUFFA IjIV STOCK ». MrrrAto, Oct. 5. CATTLE-MarketaSc lower for common lb medium choic* quallrt** and uuohanginl TVx** dnll and nntlcct»»d mlea MM Indiana stc*r» fn»u 1,1-11 tol.^ pounda. 4 4JNJKJ «7 Mlchljmn, m»»w l. to l.*« pound*, 1 'IHnoK l.lW toljaW iMund*! 7Ttt*A Ohbv l.lw to |4 25: SS Kentucky. i«W pound*, 15 40 vHS M»s«*Hirl. IjSfU |*uml*,» 75.

SIIEKP AND LAMItS-Marketdull shwp decllntnl *iWV c, and iamb* MM la*L

VWK: NAIL**

ofthecity government of N. Y., for the tirnt quarter of the present year, are published. They Include costs for appropriations, the special trust account, and revenue Iwnds. The city pay rolls show that immense sums were paid fictitious names. In many instances persons are receiving twlarlea who never perform any service. Some are Incapable of doing It. The names of a few piofesslonal "bruisers" are to be seen upon the pay rolls Jim Cuslck and Joe Coburn are said to receive their monthly stipend under assumed names. Michael Norton. State Senator, said there was no less than twelve of these lucrative sinecures.

In tho FinanceDeparttrlfcnt, besides the monthly stipend paid, many of the clerks receive as much more for collecting arrears, etc. One Starkweather averages about twenty thousand dollars a month as eollector of assessments Geo. it. K. Lynch mvlves SI,166,66 a month, filling three olllces. Many of these officials are related to the controlling powers. Starkweather is the father-in-law of Governor Hoinrian. Politicians of the worst and most Ignorant order are found scattered throughout the roll of sinecures, which includes retired rum *eliens bar-room loafers, ex-convlcts, gamblers, bruisers, and other bad character*. It is believed that the support of this armv of ring hirelings has cost the city upward of one million two hundred thousand dollars a year.

The New York Democratic Convention met at Rochester on Wednesday. Olarfeeon N. rotter was elected temporary chairman. The Tammany delegation t»remnifi a communication setting forth that, (br the s»k« of the soecesu or the ticket their right to participate lu the convention waived. Resolutions were adopted recognising the emancipation and enmmchlsment, and the equality before the law of the fre«dmcnot the South as the inevitable conseouenceof the civil war and the. overthiow ol the rebellion* and declaring St the dutv of all to sustain them in all their right# also, denouncing the fraud and corrnjrtion in New York city, and demanding the Immediate puulshment of UHMC upon whom the guilt can 1* fixed declaring that this deplorable state of affWri was Inaugurated by the RetwiWIean party and continued by them tbrotfjth many rears, under which the ATOWUI of extravagance, peculation and flraod was Inevitable, and demanding on the part of the next i**Watur* such further reform* in the city charter as shall eradicate the legislation through which siXJh flnttMto are poaslbl#.

FORKrOX. I*'I

Duvn rHuyi» has been appointed Ambassador from France to Vtann*. Roehribrt Is prwwing his amxsU for the mltlgillon of els sentence. VWw Hugo, Mnmtf others, has written to Thiers in ht* brfaaik

The K«icb*i*g will assemble the mid* die of th« permit mouth- On# of l« important duties will be 10 wit# ftw tba first time on the army ft# UM whole j«naan Empire,

The Mexican election* *w completed and Joaits has a majority of Mttn Ctongma. HH election thereto** certain, and *.*»- wren* U«* uot-ilng to4o but to g» through tvrmot a chota» betuwwii rival «*»dldaft*- tl Hell«r«l there will b» no ta- •.

1 eras 5r"s»srrs3r Jts I

restond in nearly all parts of the Republic. There Is, however, some commotion in Oaxaca, In consequence of a report that the partisans of Diaz, the rival of Jnares In the contest for the Presidency, are making military preparations, with a view of compelling secession of the States of Oaxaca, Chihuahua and Tabasco, from the Mexican Union. The plan of the Diaxlsts is said to be to combine with malcontents in Guatemala, revolutionize that Republib, and form an independent government by its union with the Southern States of Mexico.'

ON THE OTHER FOOT. A very foolish story has gone the rounds of the foolish papers, to the effect that a married woman was lately drawn upon the jury at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The case was an important one, and the woman was kept all night. The husband applied to the court for permission to have his wife sent home where she had several small children needing a parent's care but his rerequcst was refused, and he straightway employed the best looking housekeeper he could find, and, at last accounts, was resigned to his fate and quite happy.

To characterize such a fable as silly, hardly does justice to the case. The inventor seems to have been utterly ignorant of the way in which juries are impanelled, and of the fact that when a jury is made up, any one can get excused from serving by showing a good reason for desiring it. But even allowing that a woman, who had several small children and an incompetent husband at'home, was impanelled on a jury, and kept away from her family on duty during one night, the case is a supposable one, and tne author of the story in question significantly says, "The lesson remains.' What is the lesson

Why, simply this: A wife is unexpected! detained from home by public duties one night, and her husband flies into a passion and rushes out and engages the best looking housekeeper he can find to take her place and this# is adduced as an argument against woman's rights.

It is only necessary to look at some counterfeits a moment to detect their spuriousness. They are so badly executed that the cheat is transparent at a glance. Husbands are often called away from home) on business and pleasure, and leave their wives and families for weeks, and even months. Oftentimes a wife has many cares and anxieties thrust upon her by the unexpected absence of ner husband: and in many cases, the wife and mother has had to support herself and little ones in consequence of the absence of her husband. When a husband is absent over night, does his wife rush out into the market-place and secure the best looking man she can find to take bis place? When a husband goes away on business or pleasure, doeshis wife usutilto* mhr n.i_rt.iT iL||ld^lii^'e papers with protests against sufiti* ft state of things, and insinuations that the vacant will be better fill-

plplace

™el0uleft

Va(M

ed? Men have served on j«»esJtor

centuries, and sometimes have been ... __f

centuries, and sometimes have been kept from

home

several daysataUme.

On their return home, have they found

better-looking men dan Jhemselveis at ^Qy P£

man's rights are invented by its advocates in order to make the opposition appear ridiculous and contemptible. And the fact that such arguments are eagerly caught and used only shows how sadly pinched for reasons our opponents are.

In this matter of Jury service, there are many instances in which wife cau

fierforin

tho duty far more convenient-

y, with less loss and less domestic inconvenience, than the husband. Usually the duty, falls heavily upon a business inan. It takes him trom his affairs at the worst time. He loses by the service he attends to its duties impatiently, with mind hall pre-occupied, and thoughts elsewhere lie gets away as soon as possible, sometimes consenting to a verdict in order to escape. There is no question but that our jury service suffers unspeakably, especially in our larger cities, from the fact that the dutV falls upon business men who are too much absorbed in their financial affairs to do justice to it, or, if thev shirk the labor, its responsibilities fall upon incompetent men. Women generally could perforin the duty with less inconvenience, and would perform it intelligently and faithfully than it is now done by met). It only needs to put this boot on the other foot to see how admirably it fits.—Revolution.

TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1871. Price Five Cents.

THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE. BY AURID tntimos. [This most beautiful song, given to the world in his "Princess," by the Poet-Laur-eate over the sea, will be recognised, at this season of the year, by many a saddened heart asa word-echo, well nigh perfect, of its own wild throbbing.] Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise to the heart, and gather In the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn fields. And thinking of the d&ys that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the nnder world. Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we loye below the verge So sad, so fresh, the days that are no mere. Ah, sad and strange as In dark summer dawns The earliest pipe of half-awaken'd birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square So sad, so strange, the days that are no more. Dear as remember'd kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are for others deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret O Death in Life, the days that are no more.

A NOVEL CORONER'S JURY. The coroner of Indianapolis was recently criticised seveiely by the newspapers of that city. To get even, he summoned the city editor of each of the offending journals to investigate the demise of a negro. The result is thus humorously sketched by Mr. Tickers, of the Mirror:

If e.vidence were wanting to

COM

vtnde

the public of the mighty power .of the newspaper press, it has been abundantly supplied by the late journalistic raid upon the "Coroner's ring" in this county. The ring is already busted. It went to smash in the early part of the week, and on Wednesday the new order of things was inaugurated by the seleotion of a jury of editors to sit upon the ruins of an unfortunate African whose vital spark had been extinguished by a freight train on the Peru'.Road.

Qftroner Hedges is naturally a grave maii—in fact, a man of graves—and the idd$of his playing a joke on the edito-rial^-profession made its way rather slowly through the skull of the Mirror reporter, who was summoned first of alUt6 appear forthwith, etc., etc. Tom Wilson read the writ through with solevnfiitv and precision ana went his way to bunt up the other victims, loaving the Mirror man in amaze of astonishment! Repairing presently to the lOtidecvous, he found a number of his nlriig journalists hanging on the verge A&hd undertaker's store, mildly dis-

Mi!jl

iltSl'tlis:miuiur

sflMiS) wy K-

iftUng the situation with charactorlstl fortitude.

inr^I^r Finally the brothers who delayed

tt£l COming

straggled in, and the "in

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VIAIll VVU1IHQ OP mmmj

teliigent jury'' was marshalled by the

Q#rt^ner

jnto*the presence of the depart^

nfift«e_and

a irood

tQO_Jll a

the head of j:110 inthe back room. It was a small room only needs to trv this boot on the other

foot to see how badly it ^. .. der the trequent necessity of stepping We sometimes strongly suspect that

ouk|de

most of the arguments against wo- _T. ... i__

cooling board

atf} tbe inteiiigentjuryfound

itself un-

to give the Coroner plenty of

ro*m inside. The Coroner says he nev erjraw a jury take so little interest in vilwing a dead body. They didn't setm to care whether they "viewed" it atali. At last they were all coaxed inside long enough to form a*circle about th» corpse, hold up their right hands aed be sworn, and the next minute the Citire troupe was out in the street, fr»m which they were rescued by the ever vigilant constable, and by him retired to hear testimony. Then when thBy had heard the testimony, they wanted to adjourn till tbe next morn-

*^No, gentlemen," replied the Coroner, "you can't adjourn till I got a verdict."

But your juries always do adjourn till tho next dav, don they? We wftnt to follow the custom in such esses."

Gentlemen, the evidence is all in, aid you must find a verdict to-day. You can't adjourn till you find one."

Well, theu, do we get our money t«-day, or do wo wait for it "'Gentlemen, your money will be itady for you to morrow, but you must find a verdict before you leave here." And the Coroner looked like be yould willingly keep the crowd locked op for a month.

So tbe inteiiigentjury went to work, and in about three minutes they had a verdict, which for elegance and precision stands without rival. It has been universally admired, and the enoonioms of tbe press and public have been showered upon it. It marks a new era in the post mortem juryism ol this country, and will be an instructive example for all the intelligept jurymen who shall come after this lot. And yet there was not a word in it about "unavoidable accident," "visitation of providence," "nobody to blame," or anything of the sort. Its simple substance was: "Died from falling

THK Philadelphia Telegraph in commenting on the dedication of the beautiful monument to the martyr President just completed in the Quaker City, alludes to the fact that tho first sujn^estion of tho popular tribute came from Miss Dickinson a very few days after the murder. She was invited to deliver, in her native city, her lecture on Woman's Work and Wages," which sho had then recently delivered in Brooklyn. She replied, suggesting that in view of the great national loss then claiming public attention, she would talk about Mr. Lincoln instead of upou any other topic. The committoo assented. Her lecture was a decided success. In it she proposed that Philadelphia should betid a Lincoln monument by a popular contribution, each donor of one dollar to be a member of the association. To start the Aind, *he gave the proceeds of the looture, something more than cine hundred dollars. In the interview a 7Wa» graph reporter had with her last week, she says that the committee who has had charge of erecting the monument not only Called in any way to notice her connection with the enterprise daring the late poblic ceremonies, but have never even furnished her a business reeeipt for the money she so generously gave. More than that, ahe says they hare circulated a false story that they have given her a house. Miss Dickinson don't complain, but says basely to reverse the acrobatic feat she thinks tbe gentlemen have acted

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wt,ich

very strangely toward her, inasmuch revolutionary ranks of Democracy to «*»na the Tory leadership, to become th* might gravest and most powerful man in

*erJ »"wgri? »*c», lUMniuw revolutionary ranns 01 uwuwwacy as apparently without her exertions the Tory leadership, to become the and her donation, the monument might greatest and most powerful man in never have been erected.

a coal car."

We commend Coroner Hedges for re-election. His fitness for the office has been demonstrated by the selection of that jury. But he can't expect any of that jury to vote for him.

A NORTH

BHD

Esstened

gentleman told his

daughter, amiss of about twelve years, that he didn't want any of this nonsense about beaux yet awhile, as she was entirely too young. On a recent Sunday evening, a smooth freed youth aooom-

anied ner home from church, and she to her mother to find out what her father said about it. Her mother said no comment had been made when the naively remarked '111 tell yon what it is mother, father may not like it at first, but hell have to get used to iU"—Indianapolis People*

shrewd observer of men and

things in England says that Disraeli

early in life, took him from the

S5&S.

The &t that he extort-

ed from his party that household suf-

A max died at St. Louis recently, and frags which the people now in bis will, after stating that he never lea to a pretty wide-spread neung forgot a favor, left $1,000 to an individu- among the nays— that DisraeU may al who ten years before ran away with yet prove to be the Coming Man.— his wife*. Oo'-dem Ape.

WOMAN SLANDERERS. Regarded from an ethical point of view, tbe most insignificant creature upon Qod's globe is' the man who traduces a woman. If he does it to gratify a lust of revenge, he is a coward if gratuitously, he is contemptible. There is no ontlet for escspe: it is a clear, unequivocal proposition. And yet, unhappily, among men this grave sin is looked ilpon as very venial. The effects of its exercise are accepted in a matter-of-fact way no one ever bothers to investigate the causes that produce them. But let us look at a few ot them together. It is a homely subject, and if it please yon, we shall consider it in a familiar way.

Generally, slanders upon women, by men, have' their origin in either of three causes, or in all three combined. Difference of social station, where the man is the inferior and familiar acquaintance is precluded, almost invariably prompts abase nature to emulation of the fox in the fable, which} you may remember, reviled the grimes because they hung out of reach. The victim may be beyond the material ken of the reviler, but she cannot get beyond the reach of his venom. Another leading cause, and it is entirely independent of the other, is jealousy for we shall not outrage a sacred feeling by calling it love. Let an average girl reject the adyances of an average man, and it is ten to one that Dame Gossip reminds her jinpleas antly of the fact,however late afterward, Base natures lead to revenge as naturally as jealousy prompts it. Once rejected, your average man abandons the role of the sighing swain and assumes that of the mangered dog. To him it is a natural metamorphosis. It he may not drink from the stream himself, he can poison its waters so that others may shun it with dread. The last cause, since we have reduced the subject to three separate headings, and it is a blacker motive tor a dastardly deed than either of its predecessors, is baffled lust. To the base mind, a pure woman is simply an easy victim. In the logic of such men, the purity of a woman and the facility of her destruction bear relation to each other in a direct proportion. And when the proportion is disturbed, when the woman proves no victim' the transition of lust to hate is as inevitable as the transition of the chrysalis into the glow-worm. Hate, as an abstraction, recoils upon the hater alone but it becomes a terrible entity, ftital to its victim, when its weapon is a bad man's tongue. Here we have three aotive varieties of traducers and their prompting motives. But there is ono other left, the passive traducer, and he is measurably as evil as any. He originates no slanders himself—not he he is merely an eager listener and an exaggerative repeater. He hears a word uttered against a woman. and his Imagination supplies deSiiK Whfie hiB tOHKtHUlriSS* i-bwm culaton. Albeitnotai^^SnsiblPsgant himself, he is the active vehicle of those who are. No indignant/Jrasband flies to him when his wifo iatftraduced no enraged parent visits upon his head punishment for a daughter's tarnished name. And yet he is the guiltiest person, because he is the disseminator who gives vitality to falsehood, and sends it, myriad-winged, into the world.

Against all these classes, constantly arrayed against her, constantly waylaying her footsteps and springing upon her from unsuspected ambuscades, weak-handed woman must struggle alone. Let the subtle poison of falsehood touch her ever so lightly and her social damnation is assured. *Ifr matters little that father or brother, or husband or lover deplore a slander of which she may be victim, oven vindicate her honor with blood it is enough that the slander find utterance and no power may restore her to social grace. This may sound, perhaps, like exaggeration, but let eacn reader ponder the proposition as it is presentoa in his or ner observations or experiences, and its truth will be forcib'y recognized. All these classes which we have briefly indicated are integral parts of society, they are meshes in the social net, and in steering her course woman must avoid the entanglements which they spread about her with almost inspired delicacy and strength, for her fame is ia the subtle fragrance ot the rose, and as easy to destroy at a single rude brush.

A great mgny men, independent of any volition of their own, are slanderers of women. They accept credulously the stories which malignant natures set afloat, and by incautiously repeating lend them color and indorsement. It men only reflected twice before speaking unkindly once ot women, there would be less gratuitous slanders in tbe world. It should be remembered that there is no antidote against the bane of an evil tongue.—Lynchburg Republican.

AN absurd story has been published in many papers describing tho sinking out of sight of the whole of Orange county in Florida, which was said to have been transformed in a single night from dry land to a raging inland sea. Some individual wrote an acconnt of tbe phenomenon, and stated that with his own eyes be had seen the tree tops gyrating in tbe most frightful manner before being engulfed, and that he had narrowly escaped the general destruction by flight. Notwithstanding the Improbability of the story, it found ready credence, and several wise theories were put forward to account for the extraordinary occurrence. It appears that tbe report originated trom the facts that a storm of remarkable violence recently prevailed in that region, and that a traveler exposed to its severity became so excited through its effects, and those of an undue indulgence in Orange county whisky, that to his disordered Acuities the trees and all other objects -within range of his vision appeared to be flying round in a wild ana altogether unaccountable manner, while the ground, instead of rising up to meet him, as sometimes occurs under similar conditions, seemed to sink oat of eight beneath his horse's treed. And this is tbe whole story.

LAWTXB

BRICK POMEROY ON WOMAN** SUFFRAGE AND ITS WORKINGS IN WYOMING TERP.ITO--BF.

This Territory was the first to give the right of suffrage to women. Out here in the "wilderness," so-called, midway across the Continent, under the shadows of mountains ever covered with ice and snow, the ballot vote was Si first opened to women.

The credit of this is due to James H. Hayford, editor of the Lasainio Daily f'i SentvieL, one of the pioneers here, formerly from Wisconsin. In 1869 Mr. Hayford prevailed upon the members of the Territorial Legislature, then ink session at Cheyenne, to vote for a bill -M giving women the right to vote. The bill, was introduced by Hon. John Herrick, a Democrat, ol Sherman, and

assod by a Democratic Legislature, te it is that to an editor, and to Demoorats, are the women of America indebted tor this, their first legal recognition as citizens, after the Republicans had given the right to negroes.

After the right to vote had been given women here, the county officials made -u up a jury list, and omitted the names or women. The completed list was handed into the office of the Sentinel, Mr. Hayford'8 puper. He saw the omission and refused to publish the list till the law was complied with, the names of women put in with those of men. The county officials said the law was a joke. The editor was inflexible —said the law was in earnest. The offioials caved in and made a new list, adding the names of women, and thus the jury was drawn.

The first Jury was drawn tor the March term of court, 1870—six men and six women. The first case of importance was one of murder. It occupied the attention oT the court four days. The men jurors, while out of court, were in one room, under charge of aM deputy sheriff. The women jurors, under a female officer, oocupied another room. Their deliberations were comma need with prayer.

They spent their hours out of the iM court-room in earnest thought, supplication to God for guidance, and atten- N tive reading of the laws affecting tho cases before thetn. In this respect, we are told, they resembled children more than women. And why not? when all this matter of law, ol jury, of courtroom and judicial proceeding was to them a novelty. Their aim seemed to be to do that whioh was right.

To the ladies of the place Laramie is indebted for many of her improvements., Finding they haa a voice in affairs they proposed to exercise it. Ono day they

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wanted a schoolhouse so they went out with subscription papers in this direction and that, asking every man they met, taking what stamps they could, but "nay" from none, till, as the result of two days' soliciting, they ao»»"~nlnfaA is hnUA vnn fine fXpbl edifice" So, when they wanted« a church, all the ladte^ turned theirs attention to the matter, Ujid solicited r, everywhere till they obtained money to build first one church and then another the people of Laramio seeming to have forgetten toquarrol, bicker ana backbite among themselves, each religioud denomination thore thinking itself as good, but no better than any other. From all we can learn, Laramie is one of the most mellow-hearted, rj brotherly, Christianized places on tho American continent.

ROYAL SIMPLICITY.

A lady who has passed much time with the royal yamily of Austria gives somo interesting particulars concerning the manner in which its members live. A visitor to the imperial palace of Schonbrunn is greatly impressed with the extreme simplicity of the private apartments. Many ol our Fifth avenue grandees and ladies of the "Ring" would regard them with disdain. These are merely modest and comfortable in furniture and upholstery. Both the Emperor and Empress were simple in their domestic habits and tastes. In fact the pageantry of courts is distasteful to the latter, and it is a positive effort for her to go through the forms of royal entertainment. Like the Queen of England she prefers her country home to the splendors of the capital. On important occasions, however, nothing can be more splendid than the hospitality of tho Empress. Tho Austrian court has been considered the most rigid in point of etiquette, but this rigidity Is only maintained on state occasions. Tbe ordinary relations of the royal family with their household and friends are easy and familiar. This simplicity is, perhaps tho result of reaction, very common among people in high rank.

One of the simplest people in the world, as any one who read her "Journal in the Highland" may learn, is Queen Victoria. Ono of her especial favorites, a Duchess famed for her grace and beauty, has been seen on her knees trving to revive an .expiring fire, beca'uso sho did not wish tho servants to be disturbed at their dinner.

BKRKAVED,

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in St. Louis who lost his

railroad pass, and Instructed the conductor to arrest the first msn who pre seated it, found it himself, presented it, and was oollsred and locked up before he could explain.

CO.NHOLKD.—Sarato

ga gossip tells this story "Was it not a good thing," says one, "that she got all his money?" They were engaged, and were to have been married in October. They were to have a grand wedding, but she was such a coquette that he was afraid of losing her, and so he persuaded her to be married secretly, and promised not to claim her until tne day fixed for tbe wedding arrived. So they were married, and here a short time ago be fell overboard from a river steamer. He was sick, and had been asking the captain or somebody for medicine, and went off and was never seen again. His*bat and coat were found. When it was said that be had been drowed, everybody was saying, "Ob, Just to think how that poor girl's prospect* are blighted," but now it turns out that she's a rich young widow, and so it's all right.

CLKROTMAX

who bad been staying

for some time at the house of a friend,, on going away, called to biin little Tommv, tbe four-year old son of his host, and asked him what he should givo him ior a present. Tommy, who had groat respect for "clothes, thought it his duty to suggest something of a re-" ligious nature, so he announced, heeitatingly: "I tnink I should like a Testament, and I know I should Ilk pop-gun."