Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 39, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 March 1872 — Page 1

Vol. 2.—No.

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Additional City News.

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THE LIIOK of river transportation, or rather tbo lack of water, this season is a sourve of great inconvenience to shippers of produce along the line of the Wabash

ALL the newspaper consolidation wch *fn have abandoned, we now learn iM a pwjoct is talked of to consolidate the la»e "Amusement Record"

and the "Monthly Reporter," to be conducted by a stock company of unlimited capital and brains. Of the latter sthere wiJJ be no limit, but of capital souly $50,000 will be put in as a staiter.

TUB City Council has passed an ordinance giving the C. A T. H. R. R. the iprivilege ol running along First street its entire length. It Is understood that »the Southwestern roHd will enter the city upon tbo same street. Why not have line of horse cars up and down ithia street upon the same track? If Mich an arrngement could be made we "believe it would pay. hh-•••

TfCU frame residence between Swan -and Oak streets owned by Mrs. S. Whitworth, and occupied by Mrs. Jane Gordon and Thomas P. Gordon, was destroyod by fire Thursday afternoon.

IJOHS on house $2,800 insured in /Etna "for 1 000. The most of Mrs. Gordon's household goods were saved, but Mr.

Thoinay Gordon lost quite heavily in •carpets, clothing, furniture, and other articles.

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SMALL, l'ox*— We learn that a new case ol •small •["*, or varioloid, has in HIiTested itscl' 011 tho wost slue of Fourth s(,rr«'l, between Eagle and 'ht'stnufe The city authorities and Hi trd of Health should adopt some 'stringent and effective measures to stop the fiirthor spread ol this loathsome disease, or at least to guard the people from being exposed to it.

TIIK First Baptist Church contemplate the' erection this season ol a handsome Vhurch edifice fronting on .Sixth street, with a row of stores fronting on Cherry street, underneath the audience aftd conference rooms. We have been shown tho plan drawn by

Mr. Eppingtiousen, and If erected as lhere dOHigned.it will be a handsome ornament, tofthe city, and upon the plan proposed will, bo a good invest ineiit fort he church. ___

RKV. P. R. VANATTAIS in the city engaged In the wyrk of the American Bible Society, and is calling upon the people for tholr annual contribution to aid this noble institution in its benevolent work of supplying the destitute l»oor of this city and elspwhere with the III'tie. Tho agent is cordially commended to the liberality and kind sympathy of the citizens generally by the Cantor* of the dlllerout Churches, and by the President of the Vigo County llible Society. T'he anniversary exorcises ol this society will be held in this city the second Sunday in April.

SUNDAY SKRVICKS.—The Rev. J. II. Waterbury, of LoRoy, N. Y., will officiate as rector at St. Stephens' Church, /this city, Sunday morning, lie will .address the Sunday school chlldreu at hull-past nine in the morning.

Services In the Congregational Church 'to-morrow at 11 A. M., and 7,Vj r. M. I lev. E. F. Howe pastor. Seats free.

The usual services in the Universal-

1st 'hureh

to-morrow. Subject in the

evening, Borrowed capital." It. B. Tyler will preach at .Christlau ''Impel to morrow at the usual hours. 'The subject in the evening will be "Tho

Christian Church Denies the Diviulty of Christ.'" This will be the first of a *o.*ies on "Popular Objections to tho Christian Church," deferred last Sunday evening on account of the illness ol the Pastor.

Service* at the African M. E. Church corner of Sheets and Third streets, at UlOX a. w. conducted the Pastor, Rev. W. S. LankTord. Sub•j 'et tor the evening discourse: "The vr.tfccts of Sin in Church and State?"

TH* weather has BEEN of the most INtensely varied character this week, mostly of the disagreeable sort. We hayo had one or two warm days, and the other* of real January and February character—rain in the morning, uow at noon and a freeae at night, 90 that all tastes should be gratified. As ve write—Friday noon—the snow is spreading white sheet upon the groand and housetop*. March is a meteorological nuisance. Why do the Almanac* insist on reckoning it among the Spring mouths? It is no more springlike than August la Uke IX»©eraborj and the sooner we cease to make a* effort to impose upon ouraelve* by this) aggie of nomenclature, the better tor oar satisfaction and our honesty. It is really aggravating to remember, when yoa ar* shivering over afire or (lathing the snow out of your eyes that the time It called vernal, and that according to auch reckoning you have a* right to walk overcoatless in tbe b(%ht sunlight. Bah 1 Call March Spring. It is like styling a shriveled girl afresh iioautf, of declaring that an ancient pipe to sweet. •••a

ALL persons availing themselves of the benefits of Normal School instruction are required to enter into a written obligation to teach for a term at least double the length of that they may remain in tbe school.

As THE drowsy, tired passengers were preparing to leave their seats on tbe arrival of the train from the east the other morning, an old gentleman picked up a dark object which appeared to drep from from a lady's bonnet. "Madam, is this yours? You appear to have dropped it by accident." "Thank you. sir," (placing her hand to her head)—"a railroad accident—a misplaced switch."

A REOULAK metropolitan newsboy would create a sensation among the quiet little fellows who sell papers lu this city-—[Ex press.

II the editor of the Express will visit the neighborhood of The Mail establishment, between the hours of two and three o'clock each Saturday afternoon he will find the newsboys of th's city anything but "quiet little fellows." It required the united efforts .of two policemen on last Saturday to control them.

SCIENTIFIC.—A not very elegant story 16 related of a man who neglected his bath so long that when he did wash himself he found a pair of drawers that had disappeared years before. We think if the mud and filth in some of the street gutters, that have been untouched so long, were removed, some, interesting geological discoveries might be brought to light. Viewed in strictly a scientific light, hadn't the experiment better be made What say the resilient members of the A. A. A. S.

MODKL SCHOOL EXCUSE.—'The following model excuse done in rhyme, was received by a teacher in one ol tho public schools yesterday from the parternal ol Homer Blaae, wnose son had been absent from school, and sent home for an excuse: \x Homer Blake has broke the rule,1

By being absent from his school, I'll toll you how it can be mended. If the Hclu will not be offended. ~{}ft Place him close by you with bis book, j. And not one moment Irom liitn look, Until he gains whatever Is lacning Or nlve him a confounded smacking. If you do know of a belter way, I'll give It up, and have naught to say, And le.t the readier do as she pleases Mend the rale, or keep the pieces."

PKOPLE who complain of heavy gas bills are ^vory much in the habit of doubting tho trustworthiness of tho metres used, ascribing the overcharge to lalse measurement. Where contested bills ':avo boen carried into court, the results of the most stringent tests have generally shown that the metres record tbe amount of 'gis passing through them correctly. But metres do not record the quality of the gas and there la as much difference in the illuminating power of good and bad gas as there is in the wearing qualities of a serviceable cloth and the flimsiest shoddy. And here is where the cheat generally comes in. An inferior article of gas not only affords much loss light than a good article, but it also passes through the burner much more readily, so that tho poorer the as the higher is tho price the consumer is obliged to pay for it.

THK CJASKOF JAMKS P. Hit,L.-The following note from the editor of the Geneva (N. Y.) Gazette explains Itself:

OKKICKOF TIIK GKNBVA GAZKTTK. GKNKVA, N. Y. March 15. IS72. EDITOKOFTHK EVKMINO MAIL:—YOU may be hssured that tho citizens ol this place were not a little astonished to hear of the arrest ot Mr. James P. Hill, formerly (and we yet claim him) one of us. The standing of our young friend, whether at home or abroad, has ever been of the highest, among all classes and in every society. His honesty and Integrity are far above suspicion and as to crime—even the thought of it Is a slander upon his reputation. I verily believe that were his bail fixed in amount at an hundred thousand dollars, bonds to that amount could be raised tn an hour at this place.

Assuring you of sincerity in all the above, and hoping that you will not lend your aid in blasting the reputation of so estimable a young man, without giving a fair show lor defence, I subscribe myself your obedient servant, EDOAR PARKKR,

Editor of Gasette.

HFRKK PRJNTINQ.—We see by the Council proceedings that tbe proprietor* of the dasette propose to do all the ci^ja advertising free of charge. As a greatJ||A of the city's advertising i^ the samem business men pay money for, the otyect of this generous proposal is not apparent, unless It is became lbs Express has been selected as the medium, at regular advertising rates. The Council will do a very wrong thing to accept thia propoaition. The fact to the city printing should be done and paid for in bath the morning paperathe Express sod Journal—if for no other purpose than as an Indirect way of Compensating them for reporting the proceedings of the Council. It may be claimed that these prooeeding»aif matter* ol news, flto they are in part—hat to give a tall report there Is much that is of no interest to the genera* reader, end really serves only as a notice to the parties Interested ol the action take! onen their petition, grievaaoe count. "The laborer is worthy hire*** *.» ..VI

Town-Talk.

JENKINS*

arrival is the event of tbe week. He was doubtless unfortunate to the selection ot a subject for his debut. It is doubtful if a class of young ladies can be found to whom the labors of J. would be more annoying than those gathered in the Normal School. They are earnest, sensible young ladies, who regard life as too important to be spent chiefly in thoughts of dress. Spending a half hour in the morning to make themselves neat and tidv, what wonder is it that they are disgusted at finding as much space in the public print, devoted to their dress, age and personal appearance, as to the result of their two years' hard work. T.T. finds that they ''didn't like It a bit." And as be has moved about among sensible people he has heard such terms as "perfectly di« gusting," "out of taste," "sickening," "a regular nuisance." Tho hit was not a happy one. Jenkins was also unfortunate in another direction, as the following note will show "MY DEAK TOWN TALK:—Will you allow a friend to suggest that you utter a protest, against the Injustice of Jenkins,in yourcolumn of Tbe Mall next Saturday? The young men who appeared on the stage at the Normal School are justly Indignant. They spent as much time on their toilets as the ladies, and yet non tice is taken the n-sults. What encouragement is there to young men to adorn themselves In professional black,to polish their boots in the highest style of art and at great expenseof lime and strength, to carefully adjust their neckties and turn their paper collars and wristbands clean side out, and use up their hair oil and perfumery when no notice is taken of their appearance? Was not one of tbe voungmen "tall and slender?" and did he iioi "stand erect,and have an easy and graceful carriage?,' Was he not "tweiuy-two years ot age Though nervous," did he not look healthy? Are not these points Just as valuable in the naale teacher as in the opposite sex

H« please to put in a protest In behalf of the^e young men, who are in great danger ot discouragement on account of this slight put upou their toilet and personal appearance.

Yours in the bonds of equal rights,

hie

The note itself is a better protest than T. T. can write. He would suggest, however, that it is a much more agreeable task to examine minutely the dress and personal appearance of a young lady than of a young man, «nd therefore Jenkins is to be pardoned, or not too harshly judged, for following his taste in this matter. Speaking of the ,x .• 'IfoUVtoAt, sefr6oi/,

TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1872

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T.T. bears it said that the different exercises wero too long. If he had been present he could judge better. But may it not be that the difficulty lies in the fact that the people who went there had one purpose, and the teachers and pup Is another? Probably the people, many of them went to be entertained, pleased, tickled, much as they go to thrator and church. But the students and teachers were enuoftvoring to show these people those results of two years of study which It would require thought and attention to appreciate. The analysis of tho papers read by the graduates, as given in the public reports, show at what the students were aiming. Evidently they were not aiming at an entertainment, but to show how they would teach every day in the routine of the school room, and then give the reason for their methods, and how they had arrived at these conclusions. T.T. would suppose that such an exposition would be about as Interesting to the public generally, as to watch a man drill a rock for a blast of powder. If the spectators believed there was a treasure to be revealed when the nck was split, they might feel some interest in the drilling. If the attendants at tbe commencement believed or hoped, that this Normal School is to elevate and make more efficient the public school system of our State, then they would feel an interest in this exposition of methods and tbe processes by which they were reached. The papers read by students In law, medicine,and theology,at their graduation are about as dull to tbe public*generally as Webster's Unabridged, but they do show to tbe knowing ones whether they understand the professional point* discussed. These students evidently discussed and illustrated professional subjects. T. T, hears from good judges that it was dose skillfully and thoroughly.

NOT WANTKD LONG KB.

It has come to tbe ears of T. T. that Lawyer Allen is not wanted any longer by any of his clients in their cases, and and the Insurance Agent Roys© is not wanted sny longer by his. companies. The reason assigned to that they are long enough now. .»" "BILLY Btrrrow" don't think a good character to a handy thing te have about one. Bat then Billy don't know, he never tried It. fh fSBS9SaS99E99S9

'Amusement No tes.

The forces are being gathered and rehearsals are already in pi egress for the Complimentary Concert to Miss Fannie J. Kellogg, at the Opera Honee, the first week in April. A fine programme ia being arranged and it to tbe intention to being out the very best motoal talent in the dty on this occasion. Several grand chorussee, with full orchtstra,

will assist in giving tone to what promises to be the fiuest home conoert ever given in this city.

Barnum will be hero with his million dollar show early this season, and writes a letter promising a free ticket for about ten dollars worth of advertising which he encloses. He needn't send the ticket.

Dowling Hal], will be occupied for ten nights, commencing with Thursday evening next, by Dr. O'L^ary, in a series of lectures on physiology and kindred topics,

Johnny Allen appears in his specialty of "Schneider" at tbe Opera House next Friday evening.

The Opera House is engaged the first three nights of April by L. Holfelder, the Kellogg concert and Duprez fc Ben edict's Minstrels, in the order named.

Joe Jefferson comes on the 8th and 9th. J' Edwin Booth wili not be here until tho last of May or first of June. He comes under the management oi. Joe, Jefferson's son Charles.

The Katie Putnam troupe will be at Evansville next week. ^Application has been made for our Opera House, th. week following, but it is engaged three nights of that week as above mentioned. They may take it lor the three remaining nights. fif

Ford, of Baltimore, is negotiating for the Opera House three nights in May, when he will bring Southern, the great original Lord Dundeary of "Our American Cousin."

Olive Logan delivered her lecture on "Nice Young Men" at Dowling Hall, on Tuesday evening to an audience—well, it might have been larger. The lecture was all well enough so far as the sentiments inculeulated and advice given were concerned, but then there was too much in every gesture and every movement that spoke louder than words: "I know it all." She evidently has a far greater opinion of her abilities than others entain. We have no desire to speak harshly ol her, and we advise Olive Logan, if she proposes to continue in the lecture field, to change her style, both in manner of delivery and subject matter. Both her recent lectures on "Girls," and Nice Young Men," are made up of the merest wishy-washy trash, stale jokes, and witty sayings, with here andtheroa brilliant thought. Her extreme affectation causes her to make too near an approach to the ridiculous. Two years ago when Olive Logan -ielivered the first named lecture in this city she was honored with the largest audience that ever attended a "pay lecture" in this city. The thinness of the audience on Tuesday evening indicates pretty conclusively that a different order of talent is required on the part of female lecturers to create and sustain public interest. While Olive Logan's audiences decrease, it is a notable fact that the audiences of Mrs. Livermore in tihs city have increased with each successive announcement.

The Lock Box.

[Under this head we will publish short communications on matters of local Interest. rrom the people All are Invited tocontrlbute. Lettere. hints, anil -uugestlons may be left at this office or dropped in the Postofflce, addressed to The Mall.]

THE SMALL POX.

EDITOR MAIL:—While in no waydis posed to find fault with the City Council or the Board of Health for their management of the sinall-pox question, I know that I express the opinion of many of our citizens when I say that their policy has been an unfortunate and a mistaken one. Strong measures should at once have been taken to stamp itout. Those first afflicted should have been at once removed to a temporary pest house, provided by tbe city at whatever expense was necessary. If this had been done it would in all probability have ended the matter. Tbe expense would have been a mere trifle compared with the loss sustained by our business men in consequence of tihe rumors prevalent in the country, and which have bad the effect of keeping eountiy people from cominng to this city to trade. It to true that we have st no time had mere than twe or three cases, and sometimes none st sll, but still tbe thing has been allowed to dribble along, and we are not yet wholly rid of it. In speaking of this matter it may be well to notice tbe murderous threat recently made by the editor of the Express in reference to this matter in which, ft be eonnte himself man of "proper feeling,** he says "that rather than to allow his wife or child If affilcted with this dread disease to be taken to tbe pest bouse he would shoot down a «bHR o£ecra." Isn't that a very unseemly threat to come irom the editor of a paper, that ought to have at least some influence over public opinion Because his own family may be unfortunate enough to be stricken with tbto disease he would "shoot down a dosen officers" who would attempt to interfere with hto

cu instances, I should like to be one ot fury that would help hang you by the neok until you were "dead, dead, dead." With such a prospect before you I have no doubt your well known aversion to capital punishment would be largely increased.' F.N.D.

A TEACH.BR ON JENKINS.

EDITOR MAIL :—I am not accustomed to criticise the acts of any one through the press for what I may consider deserving of such censure but I cannot refrain in this instance from taking advantage of your Lock Box privilege to say a few words in a spirit of censure and criticism. .,

Tuesday of this week I bad the pleasure of attending and being highly entertained at the Normal School build-ing-by the graduating class of that institution. The young ladies and gentlemen did themselves much credit by their dignity of manner and simplicity of dress. This I noticed with pleasure and gratification, not less than that which I experienced by reason of tbe qualifications evidenced as teachers, by the participants in the exercises. Of this, however, I have no criticism to make. That which I wish to criticise is the bungling report of the exercises written by some uonsensical "Jenkins," which report served as an emetic to many of those who attempted to read it. Notwithstanding the commendable simplicity of dress ot the ladies this fellow detailed to the readers of the Express the minutest particulars thereof—even to underskirtsevincing no little confusion, however, in regard to the material of which their dresses were composed. Not content with these deviations from decorum he must tell the reading public tbe age ot each of the ladies with provoking selfassurance. This fact, of course, no lady cares to have made public. All this might have been overlooked and attributed to the evident lack of judgment of this latter day "Jenkins," had be not transgressed even the rules governing decencv and made allusions to the forms of the young ladies. This would have been pardonable bad such allusion been made in regard to a professional of the dramatic or lyric stage, but certainly not in this instance.

This, I hope, added to that which has already been said by the city press and in the social circle, will henceforth act as a prevontive to such journalistic ventures. A TkACIIKit.

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HKTERODOX AND HIS MAN OF STRAW MR. EDITOR:—"Heterodox" informs the publie through your Lock Box that "A city pastor on Sunday evening ventured the assertion that most skeptics are led by conceit to question the truth of the doctrines held in reverence by the orthodox.'' As I prepared the manuscript of the sermon to which reference is made, and still have it in my possession, I now "venture the assertion" that nothing of the kind was said. The whole force of the charge rests upon the phrase "most skeptics." Certainly no one would take offense at tbe assertion that some skeptics are led by conceit. Eveti the assertion that many are so led differs very materially from the declaration that "mast skeptics are led by conceit." I did "venture the assertion,"or at least, assumed that skepticism sometimes results from selfconceit, and that illustrations were not wanting in our city. But I took especial pains to guard against the very thing which "Heterodox" charges, for I well know that skepticism results from many other causes—some better and some worse. Both at the beginning and the end ot what I bad to say on this subject, I referred to other sources of skepticism, and nowhere implied that these sources were not as prolific as tbe one named. I introduced the matter in the following language, "As I have often said there are honest skeptics, men who doubt truth because they cannot help it, men who are honestly convinced that what is ordinarily held ss truth is error. Then, too, some men are skeptical because of their evil practices. They do wrong snd are compelled to wrong views and opinions in order to justify or excuse wrong practices. But many are skeptioal from self-conceit." Here are three classes named, and not word said, nor was there in the sermon, as to $rt|icb cause produced "most skeptics."

I closed what I had to say on skepticism with these sentences: "With honest, earnest doubters I have tbe profoundest sympathy. For those finding the truth as they think, and standing by It at whatever ooet, I have the profoundest respect, even thongh what they think is truth I believe to be error. But for tbto blatant skepticism which parades itself, and parades the feet that skeptical books are read, which has nothing but a sneer or a curse, or coarse words for those as honest and as earnest ss itself, and far more humble, far this offspring of selfconceit, the most hopeless and useless of all skepticism, nothing but oontempt to doe."

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right to endanger the lives of all hto neighbors. Well, «lr! und$r such cir- af^arade of hto skeptlctoaf, floes not

"Heterodox" doee not make

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sneer at honest earnest men ^rho differ from him, does not use coarse and ungentlemanly language in reference to thoee who are so. unfortunate in his estimation as to be orthodox, then the coat does not fit him. May it not, bow« ever, be barely possible .that he to "Heterodox" because he treats "doctrines usually held in reverence by the orthodox" as he treated this sermon, putting into it what was not there and then heroically demolishing his own representation?

But let me say that, although it is a man of straw at which "Heterodox" tilts so bodly, ypt I doubt not that he honestly thought that I "ventured the assertion" as be made it. But I am unwilling to stand before the public as. a man so bigoted and unreasonable as to charge "most" of those who question tbe doctrines which I hold, with self-conceit. I do believe that many young people put on the airs of skepticism forms elf-conceit, and it was against this which I desired to guard in that sermon .J E. FRANK HOWK.

SENTIMENT AND BONO.

LOCK Box:—One of our young men, visi'ing the Far West, and wishing to send "a few lines" to bis girl resolved to make it a poetical effusion. I send you one verse and will let the reader imagine the rest, or will furnish it upon application. "Here ram on the banks of the De Soto

Wondering where its waters go to— If I should chance to fall therein You'll uever see me, beloved, agin." Silting on the banks of the lte Soto, wondering where the waters go to, on a raw Febiuaryday, is rather cool for alover.!t ITIMIOIN.

CUTTINU ON RATK8.

LOCK Box :—The friends of one Howard, an insurance "agent," want to apologise for his little delinquency, by tbe statement tbat when he, Howard, catne to tbe city, be went first to insurance mon and asked them how tbe business was carried on in thisoity. He was Informed tbat there was some cutting on "board rates." Not wishing to change the custom of tho place, he cut rates as he went, leaving the board part for a last slice.

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IrilK BOY JENKINS.

MR. EDITOR:—That infantile appendage so lately attached to tho professional corps of newspaper reporters who reported the commencement exercises at the Normal School on last Tuesday, for the Express, evidently halls from some oountry suburban viUttge, and to unaccustomed to attending anything other than the common school exhibition or country spelling school exercise, otherwise he couldn't have become ao much excited as to have ex gxerated so in giving tho graphic desciSptlon he gave of the common school girl dress—describing in his labored ellort even the minutest article so elaborately—a piece of velvet ribbon worn by one of the youg ladies around tho neck —and magnifying the simple alpaca walking suit into a rich, costly valour with immense court train. Painting the neat school girl attire into the ridiculous, artistic, extravagant show of some "prima donna" of fashion, with which this youthful "Jenkins" and aspirant to descriptive notoriety parades the young -lady, to the utter disgust of every sensible reader who reads this report—making her the subject of an unjust criticism.

We are too generous to believe that Terre-Haute gives birthright to the authorship of any such mushroon encomiums as was endeavored to be thrust upon these unpre entlous young ladies —who appeared in simple good tasto, in style of dress -by this prodigy who seems to have so little conception of the fitness of things, as to siinply make tbe young ladles appear ridiculous In the estimation of those who are accustomed to attend like educational exercises, snd who had not tbe privilege of being present on tbto ocoasion to see for themselves, The pen pictoses of this descriptive youth who fails to discriminate between a common alpaca walking suit and a rich valour with immense court train, reminds us ao forcibly of the boy's declamation,

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scarce expect one of my age," Ac., that we are led to hope at least tbe fathers of the young ladles will spare tbe "peach tree sprout"—on account ot tbe youthful offender's age, and not consider it-a parental duty to redress tbe wrong, as under other circumstance it would be bis duty to do so. We are folly persuaded tbe infantile "Jenkins" tnesnt no hsrm, but simply couldn't help it. We hope, however, that notwithstanding tbto youth's excusableuses on account of age and inexperience, Captain Allen, the gentlemanly editor, will not snfTer the many readers of hto eetlmable paper, on any slmilsr occasion, to be efiilcted with, such another nonsensical mess of sldff, which to barely admtssable In describing the eoetume of some star actress or "prima donna," whose merit consists-too often in the nujnerous newspaper "pnffe" they are able -to obtain- st a low 'price. "A CA Qoindr VifrroBJ."