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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERRE-HAUTE. SEPT. 28, 1872.

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*H thN Paper are pnbllnhed. The FIRST KDITION, on Friday Evening. »uw a large circulation among farmers and othprs living outside of the city. The SKCON EDITION, on Saturday Evening, goes into the hands of nearly every reading person In the city. Krery Week'* Issue Is, In fact,

TWO NEWSPAPERS,

Jkv which {ill Advertisements appear for ONE CTIAROR.

,t* Ax original story, entitled: "The Jfltar of the Ring a Story of the Circus," written expressly for this paper, will »ppe ir in next week's Saturday Kveniag ul. It is by the author of the "Old Printer's Story," a sketch of ex«oeding iug interest, published in The

Mail a few months since.

"Tows TALK" and "Husks and NubBins" have both struck politics this week, unl b»ve excellent and timoly paper*, which will be read with interest. One speaks of the "political itch the other styles it "n useless science," and clearly demonstrates that it is »ucb. Nevertheless, the gloriously uia'l work goes on and will go on in this ftinny world of ours in the campaign of the year of grace one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

I '17Yic MAIL 6 This week we print an extra edition often thousand copies of the Saturday

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anrl Kockville, Indiana. Tho Mail is tho organ of no party olfaction nor is it tho representative of any irlicular interest to the exclusion of cthors. It aspires to pcrfect indcinnfjrapfl, advocating only that which it conceives to bo for tho public good. pavticularly aims to bo a famihi pajrtir, in the tnio sense of tho word, and as such the greatest care is taken that 110 word or lino shall appear in its colonic that will be out of place in the family circle.

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Wof (J A MULISH. Gambling is ono 01 the growing vices ol tho a^e. It numbers among its votarios in our city men of nil ages and conditions in life. Since tho raid ol the polico upon thi gamblers list Saturday night, whlrh brought into prominent notice th «loading spirits of this class, we honrd'an old and loading citizen remark that any m.ui who could vi.*il Iho many private dens, drop into tho back foouisof tho hundreds of saloons, oven aoHio of tho business houses alter llioy are closed, might count from three to Ore hundred men engaged in various games of chance for money. Tho statement is a startling one, yet it was made with tho forco and oarnestness of one who was apparently satisfied of its truth. And wo have no reason to doubt his statement. Not only is gam ing practiced, but drluklng, that fruit (ul parent of calamity and vice, is in dulged in. Young men seek the slim MIOUS ol liquor, and this prepares them tfwr the gambling table. From the ta bio or tho gambler there Rre but few atcps to tak" ere the victim plunged »nto ruin, financially ani morally.

Ills a wonder with people who love law and order, that those things art tolerate in a community governed by law and with a large police Ibree whose foty It la to ferret out those gambling houses and bring those who keep them to punishment. They are to-vtay rutting moro young men in Tern* Haute than all otherevllscorabined. In them (be poor man's wagos are lost, while tils family at borne Is suffering—the rich man's gains are pl»y*i away, and M»e euro comuieQceuK'D- made for Uts financial rain. Even boys of from fourteen to eighteen may be found in them, dealing the cards or shaking «Uoe. Tho evil la ono which demands reform, and the philanthropic, the lovof morality, should act about the work. Pareuts «Io not always know where their boys spend their nights and Sabbaths, and many a loving mother and Indulgent lather are brought to

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and and shauu on account ol

Mae temptations to crime which are 8wid out to their boys In the saloons of gambling and drinking. The subject «i one worthy the consideration of pa-

for the evil growing with fearful r.t'idtf*. uot or.'v In this vitj bnt

Tvrrrv- idurts having been found «ut of nine hundred and fifty persona examined for a jury, tho trial of Mrs. iAara D. Fair to progresaio* al San ITmacUMo.

WOMEN'S HOMhS.

Outside the pulpit a good many sermons are preach now-a-days from thB text that the ehlef duty of woman Is to rend home attractive to her husband. No doubt any good wife will make this her crowning pleasure but where duty is in question, there is another phase of the matter that Is sadly overlooked—the duty of the husband to make home pleasant to the wife. As a very small portion of his waking hours Is spent in the bouse, where bis wife's whole life is passed, it would seem quite as Important that her convenience and tastes should be con* suited as his. But there Is a strong disposition to regard home simply as a resting-place for the husband, and so long as be is refreshed therein very little is thought about the rest and happiness that she finds there during the remainder of the time.

In their capacity of head of the family men think that the ordering of the house naturally belongs to them. They build It to suit their own tastes and convenience, lay oat the grounds according to their fancy and manage things generally with some deference to their wife's wishes, it is true, but a great deal more to tboir own. And sometimes their caprices conflict woefully with the comfort of the household. We have all heard the story of tho wife who was suddenly torn from hrr pleasant an convenient bouse and set down in a most desolate abode, and could assign no reason lor the change except that it was the man's notion. Patient Oriselda submitted to the notion of her lord and master, as it is the fashion for Uriseldas to do, and was duly patted on the back

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lor ber docilit3r but it strikes us that there was something wrong at the root of tho matter.

Tho homo should belong to the wife she should plan the house, arrange the furniture and order all the details. She knows from experience better than her hnsband can possibly do what arrangement best conduces to her housekeeping convenience. It would be just as absurd lor her to undertake to be tho architect of his warehouse, and to I ice tho desks, drawers, and pigeonholes of bis counting-room, as for him to divine from his omniscience the most convenient spot lor her cupboards

Again, tho homestead should belong to tho wife in fee simple she has a right to the nest in which she rears her young, and ought to be assured that it can nevor bo torn from hor by those reversos of l'ortnno to which in this country all aro so liable. Women all fool this, though they are apt to lack tho courage to say it and if thoir comfort and convenience were onco made paramount at homo, and they were quite certain that tho spot to which they aro so often advised to confine their aspirations really belonged to them, and was wholly within their control, they would gladly assume the responsibility, and strive with much greater alacrity than they do now to foreo their husbands to acknowledge tho ability of their generalship, and to appreciate tho delignts of home.

ATHENIAN eloquence was rebuked by Spartan brevity of speech, and the admirers of both in our ago would find lor them fitting conditions. Hut we aro becoming involuntary laconists. First came tho telegraph, which made us choose our words, because each ono cost so many cents and economy in words was economy in money. Many a verbose character has had ga»d lessons in precision, while trying to tell in ten words what it usually took him fifty to pronounce In anyordinary way. And now come tho postal cards—that is when they do come—which will for an additional reason require laconic writing. Besides tho limit of space will come tho desiro to conceal from other eyes than our correspondents the moaning of the dispatch. Doubtless there will bo vague Pickwickian utterances, like "Pork chops and tomatoes," containing a much more esoteric meaning than that of the simple hearted old gentlemen. Lovers will correspond in cypher, and family news will sound like tbo darkest treason. But with all this the postal cards will bo a blessing to multitudes, and especially to business men, who send goods in many directions and use postage sUmps accord-

CO-OPERATIVE HOUSKKBKPINO, which skeptical people insiat can only exist in perfection in Utopia, practiced by tho ideal people of Sir Thomas Moore's brain, really has been tried and found to succeed beyond ail expectation, in Cleveland, Ohio. In an elegant stone block on Prospect street lives over a doxen families, with all the comforts and tfao exclusivenoss of home without its care, and nt far less expense. A common table in a common dining room, each family waited upon by their own servant if they care to meet their neigbltors, or a privato table if preferred. New Yorkers, who find housekeeping too expensive, are experimenting in the sarno way, in a hotel at tho corner of Trnth street and Fifth avenue, and are so well satificd that the plan is likely to bccome a permanent one.

ALTHOUGH not wearing a crown, Prinoe Bismarck's bead la one of Out "uneasy liee," He. spends whole nlghta In perfect sleeplessness, and in order that they may not be too wearlaome his friends bear him company, who, wkh music, singing, champagne and an inexhaustible stock of good stories, entertain him and themselves. If he feel* drowsy, *a he often does toward day. he dismissal them and hastens to bed, often only to find,juhJm»eIf more wide awake than ever.

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QUACK OB RKQULAtL A physician of Brooklyn, aays the New York Dispatch, baa recently given as the cause of the death of a patient, "dyspepsia, caused by takiug quack medicines for two years." Now here ia a dilemma tor the medically ufiregenerate mind. Which aide aball be espoused Here is the quack on the one hand, with his "cure-all" put up at a low figure, and in palatable form on the other, the regular diplomated physician, with no end of charges, with calls and medicine equally nauseative and the very best way out is to get well, of course. But which is the best to trust The "quack is hopeful, inspires confidence, does not put one to bed, unless it be his last one. The "regular" copies laden with commiseration, clothed in doubt as to results, pre-empts a drug store, upon the prescription sales of which be gets say 15 per cent., and recommends the horizontal position. Quacks lose but few, whilo the regular doctors officiate at many deathbeds. The condition of ill-health is bad enough it causes one to be reminded of Mrs. Partington's philosophical remark, that "there is n& blessing like that of health, especially when you're sick." To be furnished with consumption, liver complaint or dyspepsia medicine at one dollar a bottle or twenty-five cents a box is cheap enough, and the money beingcalled for in small amounts, is easily supplied. To foot a doSlor's

Dill,

however, is not

always so easy as it might be to foot the physician himself. As long' as there is no law to prevent a man from being a "doctor," we shall have to cease to draw the line very vividly. People will experiment with health the law does not prevent others from trading on their credulity, their hopes, their fear. Until it does, the healers will be plentiful, and tho army .of in valids numerically incrense.

EVER since Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow, the lamb has been typical of all that is lovely, peaceful and kind. Not regarded as very shrewd has the lamb been, not even very wise when it has attained sheep-dom, but "as sweet as a lamb" has been the most superlative of love phrases in rustic circles and in fashionable circles. But we must qualify the estimate in which we have ever held the lamb, for its artlessness and honesty. Instead of reading the Bible "led likealambto tho slaughter," we must read lod by a lamb to the slaughter. The Cleveland Herald tells that in a slaughterhouse in ono of our cities, a pet sheep has been trained so that on the arrival of a fresh flock, this sheep goes out meekly to meet tho new comers, and then, taking the load, makes directly for the slaughter pen, the poor dupes following. The decoy sheep then slips out by a secret door and repeats the operation on the arrival of the next victims. She saves much laborofdriving to her owper, and her own mutton, but sho destroys all tho romance of the lamb character.

KRRORS OF SPKECH.—The following are among tho most flagrant errors made in common conversation: "You was," for "you were "I done it," for "I did it "he done splendid," for "he did splendidly "good." for "well 'I como" (used to signify tho past tense), lor "I came "I laid down," for "I lay down." Some say "rheumatiz," for "rheumatism and "set," for "sit." Some have been heard to say, "this is our sotting-room," instead of "this is our sitting-room." Some say "ketch," for "catch," and "kotehed,"' for "caught," and "attackted" lor "attacked," and "libry" tor "librarj\" Some emphasize the first sylable in tho word "detail," and pronounce "alternate" as if the first syllable wero spelled "awl.' It is a common error to say, "if I had let it gone on." for "if I had let it go on and "I intended to liayo written," for "I intended to write etc., etc,..,.

THE greatest revolution, the greatest giving way of th« old "for the new, has just come from Japan. Tho Mikado has been pbotqgraphed, and not merely that, but his pictures are distributed throughout the Empire. Until within a very short time death has been meted out lo tho artist who has dared in any way to delineate the sacred features of tbe Emperor. But conservatism is giv ing away there as everywhere else, and any Jap, however lowly, can have a photograph of the Mikado by paying fifty conts for it.

A UBTENT traveler saya: "What always impresses me more than anything else iti Egypt and Palestine has been iho entire absence of cheerful or exhilarating music, expeclally from children. You never hear them singing in tho huts. 1 never heard a song that deserved tho name in tho streets or houses of Jerusalem. One heavy burden of voiceless sadness rests upon that forsaken land. The daughters of music have been brought low. 'The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of tbom that rejoice endetb tbe joy of the harp otsasetb."1

SKXSIBLK people. In their sober after thought, will agree with the St. Louis Democrat, in its views on the torch* light business as a political machine, It says:

As an aid to party snccesa, we re-

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ard them aaaad failures, and we do not to say that if one-half of the money in uniforma, torches, music, banners and tbe other Incidents of such jamborees, was intelll-

Rentlyinformation

applied to the circulation of potical by moans of newspapers, documents and public speakers, both parties would be more apt to get tbe worth of their mon^y. and they would certainly feel better afterward.1'

CJNCINSA TJ LETTER.

The Exposition—Qreeley Reception— Amv#cmcnls—Editorial Excursion. CINCINN* T£ Sept. 23.

The "busy world" is now thoroughly demonstrated in Cincinnati. Regular and excuraion trains, from sll points, hourly srrive, snd numerous steamers plying both up snd down the river are continually discharging large numbers of passengers, sll bent on seeing the stupendous, attractions of the greet exposition, now in full blast. Streets are thronged, hotels overflowing, amusement halls filled, and saloons and gambling hells crowded. Verily, Cincinnati compares favorably with New York in her crowded thoroughfares, blockaded streets and swaying multitudes. The Exposition managers may well feel elated over their success, tor it Is assured, unqualified. I will not attempt to particularize as to the elaborateness and magnificence of the innumerable attractions offered, but let me say that the mechanical department alone is well worth a journey of five hundred miles, to one tfbo has an innate love for Invention and mechanical display. Said a country merchant to me this morning, "if this big fair is to be kept up every year, we may just as well shut up shop at once, for we haven't made our salt since tbe exposition opened." While the exposition is filling the coffers of Cincinnati merchants, it is undoubtedly playing a ruinous^ame with smaller dealers outside of the great city, more especially those within a radius of fifty miles.

Mr. Greeley's reception bore was cordial, but not enthusiastic. His visit, as a stroke of financial policy on the part of the exposition managers, was well conceived, inasmuch as the receipts during tho day were unusually large. Mr. Greeley is actompanied on his tour by representatives of the Herald, World,

Tribune,Sun and News,

New York, Ledger, Albany, and Courier, Buffalo,

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On Saturday night, Ben. Butler and Secretary Delano attracted one of the largest and most demonstrative crowds that has been gathered in Cincinnati since the opening of the campaign.

In the amusement line wo have the "Black Crook" at Wood's Theater, under Ben Macauley's able management "Rip Van Winkle" by McWade at Pike's Opera House "Huinpty Dumpty" at the National Theater "The Color Guard"—amateur—at Mozart Hall "•Rice's Minstrels" at the Melodeon, and •'Vaudeville Burlesque Troupe" at Race Street Varieties.2 -I 15i

Tho "Inclined Plane Railway," at the head of Main street, is doing a "rushing business," and well repays one to visit it. At an angle of about forty degrees, the distance of nine hundred feet is travelled over in the short space of forty seconds.

The old darkoy'scriticism was appropriate when he said, "Sich gittin up hill Inobbirdid see." The total expense of the undertaking wa« $150,000, and, at five conts a head, the receipts have footed up $420 in a single day. The excursion to Mammoth Cave, tendered by the managers of tho Louisville Exposition to tho editorial fraternity, promises to be a "Lig tiling," as a large number of distingushed members of the press are registered for the trip already.

The death of Senator* GarrettT5avis, yesterday, at Lexington, was not an unexpected event, as he never fully recovered from tho paralyticstrokeof last winter. Mr. Duvis was perhaps more remarkable for his earnestness than for ilia crowning ability. He was an honest and a good man, and Kentucky has lost in him a worthy representative. (5ORRY S. PONDENT.

TIIE NOW York Times gives a curious collection of facts about frogs as an article of food. They were a luxury on noblemen's tnbles 300 years ago. In America there are about a dozen varieties of frogs, but only two or »hree are used as food. They subsist on flies, insects and tho inexperienced inlants of their own race.—As a general rule only 'the hindquarters of the frog are eaten, but in Germany they "go the whole (fr)og," except the insides and the skin. They are in season from March till November, being best for table use in tho Fall. Tbe markets ofNew York «ra chiefly supplied from froggeries on Long Island, in Westchester county, and New Jersey.

IT IS easy to seo that General Sherman thinks fiat there is no place like home, and no soldiers in the world like those who "marched down to the sea." He says he cannot understand bow tbe French soldiers could fail, except when fighting the Prussians, that they—tbe Prussian soldiers—without doubt are tho best drilled troops that ever marched, but they had not bad a trial of a toady fight for four years, the way bis "boys" had, so be would not compare them.

A CURIOUS case of poisoning occurred in New York lately. A man, on lighting a match, let tho head, or phosphoric part, fall on his finger. It fell, however, on a cut, and, though he immediately brushed It off, tbe finger began to swell rapidly, aatl A doctor who was summoned found tbe blood had been poisoned. Immediate amputation of tbe hand was tbe only remedy.

TUB tendency of dramatic entertainments is shown in the announcement st Dubuque of Colman's fine comedy of "The Poor Geutiimau, followed by grand ballet." Next we shall have I Hamlet doing a trapeze act while the I ghost indulges in ground and lofty tumbling.* I

FRESH FACTS.

Five hundred emigranta a day enter Nebraska. The skin of my teeth" is from the 20th chapter of Job. •'Oscillste flippers across the gory abyss" is a Chicago proposition.

There are only three giraffes in tbe country and Barnum has two of them. The paat midnight street cars of wicked Chicago are crowded to suffocation.

Forepaugh's Managerle consumes upwards of three hundred bushels of corn a day.

An American circns is knocking the sentiment entirely out ol the Rhine Valley.

A young man died at St. Omer, Illinois, last week from general bleeding at the nose, lungs and skin.

Tbe heaviest item in the regslar expenses of the Government is for pensions, bnt the money goes into the pockets of heroes.

It is found that certain rhusical notes will explode detonating powder. Fuse and such like foolishness may be hereafter dispensed with.

John M*de, a Carrollton, Illinois, school boy, carried a pistol as a "plaything." The family physician is now trying to save his hand.

A gentleman named Drew died in San Francisco recently from a cancer, caused by a friend pinching him on the arm about eighteen months ago." I

'1\ FASHIONS FANCIES.

Antique furniture is now the rage. The rage for lace, and trimmed lingerie, still continues.7

Trimmings on (presses will be moro elaborate than ever this winter. Hats and bonnets bear a very clq^p likeness to each other this season.

A shade of light buff, known as Isabel, is the fashionablo color in London. Flowers designed in autumn foliage will take tho load in bonnet garnitnre.

No kind of manufactures named "Dolly Varden have proven profitable.

It Is said that next winter a long dress on the street will bo,aching unknown. rM

Trimmings of the materials are the most elegant on ail goods where tbey are admissible.

All tfte trimmings of ladies' dresses are now put on the back, while tho front is left quite plain.1"'*

A lady writes from Paris "Dross as oddly as you possibly can, and you will be sure to be fashionablo."

Light coats and dark trousers are coming into fashion in England, thus reversing the prevailing style.

A different stylo of trimming on tho front and back ol a skirt is moro fashionable than the same stylo all round.

Ladies and gentlemen promenading together of afternoons this fall aro commanded by fashion to walk arm in arm.

Tho unfashionable domon of chills and fever seems to have taken posession of tho New York summer resorts

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this season. A Newport fog is said to be good f-'r the complexion, and all the ladies there are said to sleep with their houds on tho window sills.

Loopings, bunching, and a frantic desire to pucker cloth into a mere parcel or odd knots, knobs and lumps has somewhat abated.

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The ladies of Europe aro wearing wide-brimmed hats, a la Pompadour, caught up on oue side with ostrichfeather accompaniments.

Since the days of our grandmothers there has never been such a rage for trimmings upon ladies dresses and suits as this year. It this sort of thing keeps on tho drosses will soon bo

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trimming. The Roman scarfe and shawls of tbo same stylo will bo much worn this fall. The scarfe are about half a yard in width and three yards long. They are striped diagonally, usually in high colors, and when gracefullly draped about the shoulders are generally becoming.

The unfeeling wretch of acorrespondent belonging to the Turf, Field and Farm, says the most dreadful things of "tbe girl of the period" as seen in Louisville. He says tbe three prevailing qualities of her mind are "paint, pencil and hair dye that they believe variety to be the spice of lilo and consequently wear blonde frizzets and dark cbignons mothers are quite passe are not recognized as at all necessary to the social life of that city, as society is led entirely by young girls. Tho colors they select tor their walking costumes ought to make any ordinary rainbow blush with a mortifying sense of having been outdone—and so on. At the close of his letter be retracts enough to say that, like all general rules, tbere are exceptions to this ^ne.

How TO JUDOK THE WEATHER.— When you wish to know what the feather is to he, go and select tbo smallest cloud you can see, keep your eye upon it, and if It decreases and disappears, it shows a slate of the air which will be sure to be followed by fine weather but If Increases In size, take your umbrella with you if you aro go{ug from home, for foiling weather will not be Air off. Tho reason is this: When the air is becoming charged with electricity, you will see every clond attracting all lesser clouds to it until It gnthers Into ashowrr and, on thi* contrary, when the fluid is passiug off or diffusing itself then a large cloud will be seen breaking into pieces and dissolving. So the weather prophet says.

The City and Vicinity.

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ADDITIONAL citr news will be found on the eleventh page. ,*v t-,

WK have perfected arrangements by which The Mail will reach subscribers in Western Illinois apd Western States one day earlier than has been the case for a few weeks past.

As THE mercury in a common thermometer goes down, the mercury in the political thermometer goes up. What a happy thought it was to locato campaigns in the cool of the year.

MANY a clever young man gets Into the Station House and then wants his name kept out of the paper.—[Journal.

Of the two we had rather have our name in the paper than get into the station house. .,

THE fast rnnning horse Ooltawa, at" the County Fair last week, wus bought by John J. Reynolds, of Chalmers, for tl,000. It belonged to J. B. Arnold, of St. Paul, Indiana, and not Jos. C. Yates, as was generally reported 011 the ground.:

THE Plymouth Chapel eating stand', 0.1 the Fair grounds last week, cleared about one hundred dollars. Having done so well, weexpectall tho churches to go into the business next year. It wouldn't be a bad arrangement, both for the churches and the eating public.

THE STATE FAIR.—Tho Indianapolis papers say the State Fair next week promises to far surpass any previous years. Entries have been mudo from nearly every State in the Union, and several from across the waters. Thursday and Friday will bo tho big exhibition days.

THE directors of tho Vigo Agricultural Fair paid filty cents on the dollar on prominms awarded. The receipts amounted t» nearly $5,000, and tbe directors would have been able to pay iu lull had it not been for the expensive improvements of tho ground. Speed premiums wero paid in full.

THE ELECTION LAW.—Tho Journal is authorized by one of the leading lawyers in this city to say that Iho Suprouie Court of the State has drcided unconstitutional that portion ol tbe election law requiring a voter to resido twenty days in a precinct.

Tho law is now tbo same as it was in former times, with tho exception that ifu voter is challenged ho must substantiate his residence of six months in the State by tho oath of a freeholder of the precinct in wliifh he resides.

STAMPED —At tho Poplar stroct browery one day this week a lot of beer kegs were duly stamped, but when they went to put them on the wngon it was discovered that one of the stamps was missing. Here was an awkward fix. It was the last stamp in tho house and the order must be filled. Suddenly tbey remembered that a man had bppn sitting on tho keg Immedintely after tbo stamp was pasted on, and on finding tho gentleman, a.id looking under the tail of his coat, tho mystery was solved. After somo trouble the stamp was removed f.-oin the innocent man and transfered to tho bung hole of the keg, when tbe excitement subsided. j-

YOUTHFUL POLITICIANS.—Notan evoning now passes that juvenile processions, with torches, musio and transparencies, may not be seen on the streets, representing both parties. It Is only the old story that we must do as our fathers do, the difference being that there is not the same order and steadiness in tho marching, and they do not have the speeches and flag-rais-ings. Tbey aro good on tho shout though, and that is very important in' the absence of anything else. We say let the boys go it, tbey have to learn and will at some day take tho places of the children of larger growth. They are in the infant's school or primary department of politics now. Tho sophomore days will bo reached after uwbile.

THE business of a druggist is a very peculiar ono. He is absolute master of tbo situation. In the matter of dry goods, tbe customer can feel the goods, and, if he has half senso, can tell something of their value. In tbe matter of groceries, the customer can sinel), taste, and handle, and has hU defense. When yre come to tbedrug business, however, the customer enters tho store with a bit of paper figured over with hieroglyphics which ho knows nothing whatever about tbe awfully majestic prescription clerk receives it with a mysterious air, retires as mysteriously behind a mysterious screen, and, from hidden and mysterious bottles, concocts a fluid or a powder, puts it in a bottle, hermetleallr soals it, and, emerging, demands seventy-five cents or a dollar from the mystified customer, who knows not whtfthertbe stuff is poisonousness or harmless. It is none of his business. The money is paid—what else can the man do—and be retires impressed with majesty of tbe drug trade, having doubtless paid ten times what tbe mixture is really worth,

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