Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 3, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 January 1873 — Page 2

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WINTER.

Xow ev-^'ngs come 'Ull early, ihdriilngs late* And of summer's gr.-on an auiamn Tie earth. In helpless abject stale.

Lie* aliivtsriug in the cold. Bliet-led in one white yrtvM of snow she

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Wiii»8^uiubne*s most life-death. V,, And Sn.ure sits and waits, bereaved, for-

WatcS the days drag onward one bv

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Save thAt a robin from porue orchard spray Pipes now and then for grief. Strange that from sach f-tngnalion as is heie, *i, From out sucu seeming uuer,

A quickening lifi-Ctn bpting in the new

And aiTbright things have bir b.

A Marvelous Event

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Mrs- Janet Mow bny and ber four sons lived in 1828 at Harwich Hall, in the county Durham, England. Mrs. Mowbray was a tall, powerlul woman, of great energy and braveiy, her flltv fourth year. Her sons were aged respectively, tbirtv-four, twenty-seven twentv-fonr, an3 twenty-one. Her husband had been dead unany years. Her two eldest sons were married, and their wives and families lived

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her.

The young st, George, was wild and dissipated, and had given his mother much trouble. He was deeply in debt, and bad been repeatedly threatened with arrest. Mrs. Mowbray was •wealthy, and kept in her bedroom besides a quantity of valuable plate alarge •am of money.

On Christmas eve, Mrs. Mowbray's sons and daughters in-law paid a visit to Ihe residence of a relative, Mrs. Cbttker, of Cbatersburg. The domestics relieved from duty, were in their

own

portion of the dwelling, enjoying the festivities of the season. The watchman, who was ordinarily on duty In the kitchen garden, took a hastysurvey of hm beat, and joined the revelers in the kitchen.

On Otirisunas night they were to have a sm ill gathering of friends and neighbors, and Mrs. Mowbray began to consider the necessary arrangements. She would require ihe old puucb-bowl, and the ladies goblets wbienshe kept in the closet in her bedroom. She went accordingly and entered the closet and took out the silver, and laid it on the shelf, ready for removal the next mornhig. At tho same time she took out a

old fashioned carving kuife and fork of a quaint pattern, aud deposited thein on a shelf. She then returned to the parlor. After sitting and musing for Bortie time, she took up the Bible and fumbled for her spectacles. She «ould not And thorn, and at length re-

mem be red that fho bad left the. on the s'lelf in the closet. She at once returned for them. Entering her bedroom, she placed the candle on the dressing table, and lighted a small lamp with which she entered the closet.

As she took the first step inside the closet, she heard the sound as of some one breathing heavily. She looked up and saw right before her the face of a man. She was a brave, resolute woman. She advanced a step, and observed that a man's head, amis and body were through the small window at the end, us though in the act ol wriKgllng himself through the opening. In the man's right baud was a pistel. and his left baud had hold of a shelf which ran along the side of the closet. The inan raised the pistol and fired. Mrs. Mowbray in an instant seized the huge carving knife which lay on the shelf, and advauced toward the ruffian. Ho was struggling to withdraw himself from the window. His hands were on the H! and his head somewhat raised, leaving his neck exposed. feeing unable to work himself out of the aperture, he raised the pistol as though to hurl it at Mrs. Mowbray. The courgeous old lady made one step forward, nnd dashed the keen blade across the man's throat, laying it open from ear to oar. She then calmly reT tired, closed the closet door, blew out the lamp, and taking up the candle, returned to the parlor, first haying satisfed herselt that not a drop of blood had •tallied her dress or hands.

II,Uf an hour after midnight her children returned home. They found their mother seated by the fire, serenely retdtng the Bible. They greeted her atft tionately, and prepared to retire for the night. Mrs. Mowbray said, *4Boys, remain behind a little. I wish to speak to you. You, my daughters, an re re

When she was alono with her ohildreu sbesaid, with dignity and calmness, "My children. I have killed a man. You will fina his body fast in the small window oi the closet of my bedroom."

Her tons stared at ber in amazement, They at first imagined that she must be laboring under some mental disorder but when she related to them, plainly and rationally, and in ber own straightforward, torse fashion, the story as

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told, they saw that she was telllugthem a simple Jact. "Go,' she said, "make what arrange•tents you please. I will wait here, and you oan tell mo what course is beat to pursue in this matter."

The sons took the light and went to their mother's room. They opened the door, and then), sura enough, was the body of a man banging ball through tbe window. The floor was a pool of blood. With difficulty the oldest son tot now enough to the body without stepping into the gore to raise the head, which was drooping on the ohest. He •rasped the hair and lifted the head so Chat the light might ftUl upon the free. As he did so, a cry of horror escaped them all. '*GreatGod! It Is our VmtberGeonre." "What did you saj, asked Mra. Mowbray, in a voioe horribly oalm, from the doorway, whither she had followed unperoeived. ••George! What dtt mean?',

Te* oldest son dropped the head to wvvuat, it possible, his mother recognia tig It, and all of them endeavored to e^i in their exclamation, and get their •K aer away from the spot. It was In ^ak.«. "g. ya," she said, in her old wellknow tone of authority, "stand aside and let in* see the ffcee of the villain 1 fcaveslalu."

With that she put her sons aside as though they were mere lads, and walked through the slippery gore that lay upon the floor up to the body. She took the candle horn the unresisting •raap of her first-born, and, wltha hand that trembled not, lifted the head of the dead man so thst the light shone (till upon it. She gaaed at it steadjly tor half a minute, then said, gently lowering it, tint lilt rested ujpon the breast agalu, "It's my George.''

MM. Mowbray was the only one in tho household who remained calm and motionless. The family was in the

wildest state o! sorrow. The three brothers with difficulty extricated the body from the window. The authorities were notified, and everything kept as quiet as possible. The inquest was duly held. Mrs. Mowbray waa fully exonerated, and the body was tenderly prepared for burial. Tbo real story was known to tow ooteido the famuy and authorities.' It was believed by them that George, Instead of going to

robbery, and if tieed be the murder of his mother. He knew that she would be alonethat night, and that bhe had a large sum of money and valuale jewelry in her room. The old nurse who had held George in her arms whan ne first saw tbelitfbt, took care of the body and prepared it for the tomb.

She dwelt tenderly on the familiar marks upon the limbs and face whush she knew BO well, each of which had a storv of youthful dariug or folly connected with it. In due time the funeral took place. The corpse was laid in the family vault. Only the family and one or two relatives attended—Mrs. Mowbray spent the best part .of each day by the tide oi her dead son. She showed exiernally no signs of emoiion. before the lid was closed she kissed the forehead and cutoff a lo^k of his hair.

The day af er the burial she gave directions to her eldest son to pay all the dead man's debts, which was doue at once so far as known. Gloom settled over tbe hall. The wingoi the building in which the tragedy occurred was closed up, and Mrs. Mowbray removed to a bedroom up stairs.

On the filth day after the funeral a post chaise drove up to the door of Harwick Hall, and from it stepped George Mow brav, looking better than be had looked for many a long day btfore he left home. The servant who opened the hall door started back, and almost dropped with fright, His exclamations caught the ears of Mrs. Mowbray and her sons, who seemed to be dumbfounded. George was as much astonished as any of them, and gazed from one to the other, perfectly lost in b«wildered surpise. There was no doubt of it. George Mowbray, whom everybody believed dead and in his grave, was living and before them. "Mother," said George, advancing toward her. "What is the matter? My return is easily accounted for. On reaching Tawval, I found that my uncle's family had been nnexpectedly summoned to London, as my eldest cousin, Sir John Gray's wife was thought to be dying, I fook a night's repose, and then started home again, aud here I am."

Mrs. Mowbray walkeH up to him, gazed into his face, and then, without a word, folded him in a passionate embrace. Each of bis brothers grasped his band and kissed bim, as they were wont to do when be was a boy and the pet of the family. The old nurse, aroused from ber noon-day slumber, embraced and wept over him, and the servants gathered around with wot eyes nnd congratulatory expressions.

All this time George knew nothing of tho true reason for this singular reception. Soon, however, the mystery was explained to him. The effect upon him cannot be described.

Measures were immediately taken to have the body of tbe man who had been buried as George Mowbray disinterred. This was done, and as the living George stood beside tbe dead man, the resemblance was seen to be tbe most extraordinary. The marks on the face and hands corresponded with those on George's, the scars on the legs were similar also, and the hair, eyebrows and finger-nails were marvelousiy alike. Who the dead man was, was never ascertained. Alter George's return, however, inquiries were made, such as it was never deemed needful to make so loug as tbe dead man was supposed to be Mrs. Mowbray's young son.

The inquiries led to the discovery that the day before the tragedy three men, supposed to be from London, took up their quarters at an inn in a neighboring village, one of them the landlord thought be recognised as having beeu in Mrs. Mowbray's service as a groom. The footsteps of three persons were also discovered in the garden, and some time after a rope ladder and horse trough, which had apparently been used to lay upon the spikes at the top of the garden wall, were discovered in the neighboring copse but the name of the tdead man was never discovered.

POWERFUL ARGUMENTS.

Prompt Change of Mind of a Ticket Aqent.

A few days ago a tall, rough-looking mountaineer entered the Union Rallroau ticket office at Denver, and throueb mistake, purchased a ticket for New York via the Kansas Pacific line, when he wanted to go over tbe Union Pacific. Ho did not discover this fact until the ticket had been paid for, and, on asking tbe agent to change it, the latte if refused to ao so. "You wou't change this ticket, then, won't you •'No, sir," replied tho agent "you have your ticket and I have tbe money for it, and if you want a ticket over the other route, you will have to buy It."

Very quietly the stranger twisted the ticket into a small roll: very serenely drew from under his right coat tail a six shooter sbout the dimension of a mountain howitser ooolly and deliberately he stuck the twistM ticket into the muxxle of that six-shooter, and sticking the ugly-looking thing through the little square window of the ticket office, and almost Into the agents face, and speaking in the tone that left no doubt of hla determination, said: "Stranger, thar's that ticket take it ourself and change it, or by G—d I'll •low It clean through you."

The ticket was changed immediately, and without any more words from the agent, and the mountaineer walked away, saying: I jest thought I could induce htm to ehaage his mind a lectio."

A SORROWFUL Scams.—A petrified baby has been exhumed from a Chicacocemetery. The Times says: "All, save the mother of the little infant, stood mutely looking upon it, but she became nearly frantic with excitement from the first moment that the body was expooed to view. 8be endeavored to take It from the ooffin, crying bitterly, and wildly insisted upon taking it with her to nor home. Her husband held her back and would not allow her to remove It. The mother seemed nearly distracted with grief at the thought of its being re-Interred. It looked so natural ana beautifal, so like the baby she had placed in the grave ten years ago, that it brought up all her sorrow afresh, as if she was but now laying the loved darling In the earth. The bodv was removed, with others which the*family had come there toexhume, to Graeeland, Mid re-buried. The family are Swedes, and, it was learned, reside a short distance out of the city. The child so remarkably preserved bad been buried tor more than ton years."

DONALDSON.

The Man who Proposes to th9Oe$an in a Ballow.

Prof. Donaldsonhas been Interflowed by a ^epottor of the Residing. (Pa.) Bsgle, with th« following reeijlt fVn

Donaldson's first ascension was made in Reading last August, an^ since then he has visited the clouds twentyfour times in various parts of the South and West. He has lost several balloons been bruised, scratched, and injured in many ways has been dropped into the Atlantic, and ducked in Lake Michigan has been thrown sgainst chimneys and landed in trees has been loet, given up as dead, acd found again has put on bis citizen's drees while two and a half miles high has bursted and cut his balloon over a mile from earth has performed on the trapeze for the benefit of an eagle, a mile above the cloads, and baa won the distinction of being tbe most reckless and daring performing aeronaut in the known* world.

He was well pleased on meeting the Eagle representative, and entered into conversation very readily. After giving the detailed accounts of his performances above mentioned, the reporter inquired: "What is the most daring thing you do Professor?" .Donaldson replied '"Well, to my mind, I have dftne nothing daring or reckless. A little trick which is amusing, and which I intend to do, will be done in this manner: I always go up without a basket on the bare trapeze bar. In the act where I lall backward and catch myself by the toes I will have the bar arranged so that it breaks as I fall, allowing me to tumble some twelve feet toward the earth when 1 shall be caught bv a rope. I will also have'it to break and catch with my right hand. This will be done when I am a half mile high, and it will be well calculated to amuse tbe people."

Reporter—What would you call reckless performing? Donaldson—1 should like to anchor two balloons in the air about half a mile bigh, and walk a rope attached to both of them. That might be called reckless by nervous people. However, I dislike the business of irightening people. I shall hereafter pay more attention to scientific ballooning.

R.—How about your proposed ocean trip? D.—I shall cross the Atlantic Ocean by balloon next summer, if I can satis actorily arrange things by that time. I am positive it can be done, and I am determined to do it. During my limited experience as an aeronaut I have ascertained many things that render it conclusive to my mind that the voyage can be successfully accomplished. I shall construct three balloons, have them joined together, with boat, ballast, provisions, and all the necessay requirements, and thus equipped I shall start in a calm season and perform the journey in about two days and a halt. I shall make a voyage first, however, from St. Louis to Boston.

R.—How do you navigate the air? p._That is one of the discoveries of aeronauting. It is an established fact that at a certain altitude, say two and a half miles, there 1b a current of wind blowing from west to east. I shall ascend to that current, and with it travel the 2,000 miles in about two days and a half.'

R.—But is there Bot a possibility ol failure? D,—None that I can discover. I shall feel above the ocean as I always feel above the land, just as secure as I feel at this moment sitting in this chair. Of course I shall have a basket attached to the balloon on the ocean voyage.

R.—How high have you been Professor D.— My barometer has Indicated over three miles. I ascend andjperform on the bar in my performing clothes, and when out of sight, above the clouds, I put my citizen's clothes on while standing oa the bar.

R.—Wbat is tbe ocean trip to cost? D.—About |5.000, After giving tbe reporter a graphic descripton of the many phenomena^?) to be witnessed above the clouds, the lights and shsdows, the true causes of rain and hail, and many other interesting subjects, a detailed account of which the crowded state of our columns will not admit, tbe interview closed. Tbe aeronaut is in excellent health, and as tbe reporter left tho Professor sssurec bim that the Eagle, before long, could finish the balance of this article by recording the ocean voyage successlully accomplished.

WHAT I HAVE NOTICED. I have noticed that all men speak well of all men's virtues when they are dead, and that tomostones are marked with epitaphs of the good and virtuous. Is there any particular cemetery where tbe bad men are buried

I have noticed that the prayer of every selfish man is "Forgive us our debts," while he makes everybody who owes pay bim to the utmost farthing.

Ihaye noticed that he who thinks every man a rogue is very certain to see one whon he shaves himself, snd he ought, in mercy to bis neighbor, to surrender tbe rascal to justice.

I have noticed that money is the fools wisdom, tho knave's reputation, the rich man's trouble, the poor man's desire. the oovetous man's ambition, aud tho idol of all.

I have noticed that whatever is right, with a few exceptions—tho left ey®, the loft leg, and the left aide of a plump pudding. 1 have noticed that merit la always measured in tho world by its success.

I have noticed that in order to be a reasonable creature it is necessary at times to be downright mad.

I have noticed that as we are always wishing instead of working for fortunes, we are disappointed, and call Dame Fortune blind but is the very best evidence thst the old lady has most capital eyesight, and is no grsnny with spectacles.

I bsvo notioed that purses will hold pennies as well as pounds. I have noticed that some men are so honest that necessity compels them to be dishonest in the end.

I have noticed that silks, broadcloths, snd jewels are often bought with othtr people's money.

I have notioed that all men are honest when well watched. I have noticed that in nearly al things money is the main object in view.

I have noticed that tombstones ssy "Here be lies." which no doubt is often the truth. and if men ahould see the epitaphs their friends sometimes writ* they would surely believe they had got into the wrong grave.

Soxs drummers on a train to Portland recently wished to opens whiskr bottle they hsd with them, but had no corkscrew. "I'll get one," said one of the number aud rising, he called out. "Is there a gentleman from Portland on the train r* A gentleman responded. "Will you lend me your corkscrew said the drummer. The corkscrew was forthcoming.

RBF.-HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL JANUARY 25, i873.

WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN 4%HANGED. Mrs. BwLshelm's Note-Book.] Rk "y

Tbe first white person executed in Minnesota was a woman. As an illustration of her class of intellect, it was told that when she Want to tbe Tern tory she took her from Oentril Illinois a backet of butter,- kept it 1B her state-room on a first-class boat snd carried it in h«|^h*ix| to a first-class hotel (the Merchants',) keeping it by her side in the parlor and her bed room, while leaving her other baggage to be handled by portefs. She had beard chat butter was scarce in that part of the country, and had brought her supply. This and her general appearance and behavior led to the belief that she was a person of weak mind. She married a man who treated her cruelly and died with symptoms of poison. A chemist thought he found arsctaic in the stomach, and a druggist had sold her some of that drug "to poison rats." There was no attempt to dispute tbe chemical tests. This expedient was discovered lately for the benefit of a woman who has not outlived the charms which once drove rival claimants to tbe verge of suicide and madness. Being old, unattractive and poor, none but tbe ladies of St. Paul took any special interest in her case and those could only besiege the Governor for a pardon.' His wira led a deputation of them, knelt at bis feet, and with tears and passionate entreaty begged executive clemency but the ugly wo man was hanged by the neck until she was dead.

A poor German woman was executed near Philadelphia about five years ago and her confession, in ber broken English, was one oi the saddest things I ever read. Her man had "peat" her, peat her so much, made her work in the field when she was so sick and tired peat her for not keeping up: peat ber for stopping to nurse her baby made her work in the house while he rested and smoked, and peat her if she was not ready to go out to work when be was. She was so tired could "never get no rest6d she want to leave him and go away, but he take tbe children from her she have four little children he peat them, too she could not leave her children she was sd tired she gave her man stuff she sorry she kill her man but she no know what to do, she so tired.

The dailies made occasional news items out of the case, and the poor, old, worn-out slave was universally voted a monster of iniquity. The majesty of tbe law was vindicated by sending her from the gallows to the unerring judgment, where her toil-worn hands and tortured soul must have been very wbi.e compared to the bejeweled fingers of the charming monsters who slip so gracefully through the clastic meshes of our man-made laws.

Mrs. Sugart, now under sentence of death in Butler County, Pa., who is to be hanged when the present treatment in the Kixmont Insane Hosp.tal shall have so far restored her reason as to make her sensible of tbe solemnity of the occasion, is gray-haired and a grandmother, and in personal appearance the opposite of charming.

Mrs. Grinder, who was executed at Pittsourg, some eight years ago, had studied the art of poisoning to the neglect of that of pleasing. She was not charming, and such charms as she had were reserved for her husband.

THEFATE

OFMcMANUS

William McManus imagined that the fair young thing whom he loved did not reciprocate bis affections with precisely that degree of ardor which seemed to him essential to tbe perfection of his bliss. Having faith, therefore, in the action of chemicals upon the immortal soul, he procured from a female seer a formula from which he could have a love powder compounded. The rpothecary to whom he applied for tbe material was suspicious and Jocular therefore he merely supplied the BOIICitous McManus with an ounce of tartaremetic. That evening William asked his only one to partake of oysters at a restaurant. While her back was turned he placed tbe love powder among the refreshments. There was joy and peace lor a few moments. Suddenly, however, the object of Mr. McManus' longings rose hastily, rushed into an adjoining room, and displayed serious evidences of the powerful effect of tar-tar-emetic. Then William called a cab and took her home, and told ber about tbe powder, and tried to explain that there must have been some mistake. Then she said she hated him, and the next morning her elder brother called and tumbled awhile among William's hair,then they arrested him for attempting murder by poison,and be was in prison six months before he was tried snd acquitted. Doctors' and lawyers' fees ana other expenses amounted to about two thousand dollars, not counting shattered hopes and blighted affections, the loss in which can only be estimated in millions. He now considers the science of chemistry a deplorable failure.

HAMMOND'S performance in riding through the streets of Dubuqe screaming "Come to Jesus," has been improved upon by a woman made crssay in the course of the excitement he bss caused there. In the Lsrimer House, the Herald of that place ssys: "She stationed herself In tbe hall near the head of the stairs, and suddenly, in aloud and piercing tone of voioe, oilled everybody to repentance, for the Day Star had come, saints, sinners and all. She was in her night dress, and •See,' says She,'tha Star of the East appears: the wise men are ooming. Got

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ready to meat them. Believe, beSee, see they come, beautiful in form, clothed In white, gloriooe to all. Tbeee are the days when old men see viaions, and young man dream dream's. Be ye nrepared. Cry. cry aloud. And cry sjoua she did, and no mistake. Of course, all the gueete were wrapped in the profoundest sleep, and, wakened suddenly in this manner they could not help be frightened. There was the liveliest tumbling out at bed that had been witnessed for many a day. The call waa andden and the time short, and it did not seem to make much difference. Unlveraalists, preabyterians, Episcopalians, CongreffatkraalistaToathoUca, Methodists and SlL were brought to their ieet instantly."

NAPOLEON AND MISS HOWARD, The death of Napoleon .has brought to the surface a number of stories connected wit his life. A melancholy interest attaches to the fata ot Misa Howard, whose name is bfetter known than the circumstances of her life. The stoiy, its given by Grisoelli aseiptaut chief of the Paris police, is as follows: On a tlight of such fog as they have in London, a man was walking up and down the Haymarket. His height was five feet and several inches be was thickwaisted, short-legged, with a pallid face, small, eyes, mustaches, buttoned to the neck and carrying in his hand a loaded cane, without any hat. The passers-by might have taken him fo* a policeman. Suddenly a door gave entrance to a lady elegantly dressed. The man exclaimed ''Hallo, rnadame, alone so late, aud in such bad weather?"

Without any invitation he followed the lady, who, arriving in her parlor and thiuking him a civil policeman, offered him two shillings.

Madam I money—to me "And who are you I am tho Prince Louis Napoleon." Next day tbe conspirator of Strasburg and Boulougne, the escaped from the fortress of am, recalled himself to tbe memory of his followers by sending them some English gold with wtiich to conspire against the Government that had twice leit him his life. From this day the misery which had overwhelmed the son ol Admiral Verhuel was driven away by the bank notes of Miss Howard! While he was President he had called Miss Howard to Paris and had taken for her a house, No. 14 Rue de Ciry. Miss Howard, who had given 8,000,000 francs to Napoleon at the moment -oi his elevation, was considered and considered herself as the future Empress. But tbe daughter of Albion counted without him who when he speaks, lies when he is silent, plots.'

One day Napoleon sent Miss Howard to Havre in company with his accomplice Mocquart, promising to come and see her the next Sunday. Saturday he married the Mdlle. de Montijo. Taking her tea the morning of the day she should receive the visit of him who owed everything to her, Miss Howard read of the marriage in the Moniteiir Officiel. Precipitately leaving the Ho* tel Frascaii, she engaged a special train and reached ber home in Paris, where she saw the strangest spectacle. Furniture, cushions, papers, notas, letters, contracts—some were broken, others emptied, and others stolen. Pietrl, warned by a dispatch from Mocquart, bad gooe to No. 14 Rue de Giry. He was able to hear, aud others heard like him, the insulted Eugllshwomsn call Napoleon assassin, swindler and robber. Next day upon her awakening Miss Howard waa saluted by Mmes. Fould aud Fleury with tbe title Countess of Beauregard. At' the same they gave her the deeds of ownership to a property bearing this name, situated, upon the route of Versailles. Several months later the new countess left France and established herself in Florence, where she built a spleudid palace upou tbe banks of tbe Arno. But ten years after ennui seised her, and she wished to again see Paris. Every day at the moment when Napoleon and the Empress came from the Tuilerles Miss Howard showed herself in a superb equipage and dazzling toilet. Rumor said that the Empress was furious. Some days after a performance at the Italiens, during which the Englishwoman, covered and occupying a box directly in front, had amused herself by eveing through an opera-glass the woman who had stolen her 'Poleon. Miss Howard was found suffocated in her bed.",

CONNUBIAL CURIOSITIES.

Odd Statistics Concerning the Habits Humans have of Coupling.

To people ol a statistical rather than a sentimental turn, the mathematics of marriage in different countries may prove an attractive theme ot meditation. It is found that young men from fifteen to twenty years of age marry young women averaging two or three years older than themselves, but it tbey delay marriage until they are twenty to twenty-five years old, their spouses average a year younger themselves and thenceforward this difference steadily increases, till in extreme old age on tbe bridegroom's part it is apt to De enormous. The inclination of octogenarians to wed young misses in their teens is an everyday occurrence, but it is amusing to find in tbe lovematches of boys that tbe statistics bear out tbe satires of Tbaokery and Balzac. Again, tbe husbands of young women agdd twenty and under average a little above twenty-five years, and the inequality ot age diminishes thenceforward, till for women who have reached thirty the respective ages are equal after thirty-five years, womfn, like men, marry those younger than themselves, the disproportion increasing with sge, till at fifty it averages nine years.

The greatest number of marriages for men take place between the ages ot twenty and twenty-five in England, between twenty-five and thirty in France, and between twenty-five and thirtyfive in Italy and Belgium. Finally, in Hungary the number of individuals who marry is 72 in a thousand each

SI

It waa a great reeoit for lawyers,

ern.' chat and tipple t&re, would write a notice and pin on tbe door, "Gone to tbe DevLL" In time it came to be said of all who made habit of running from their business, he's gone to the devil. Swift and other celebrities often dined made exceedingly merry at theDevandi il Tavern.

who, when leaving their office for a

ear in England, It is 64 in Denmark, in France, 67 tbe city of Paris showing 64 In the Netherlands. 62, in Belgium, 43: in Norway, 36. Widowers indulge in second marriages three or four times as often as widows. For example, iff England (land of Mra Bardell) there are & marriages of widowers against 21 of widows in Belgium there sre 48 to 16 in France, 40 to 12. Old Welter's paternal advice to "beware of tbe widows," ought surely to be supplemented by a maxim to beware of widowers. *»,

A LEGAL PINT.

The Judge of a Western court recently decided a point advene to a certain lawyer. The lawyer waa stubborn, and insisted that the Court was wrong. "Itell you that I am right," yelled the Court with flaahing eyes.

I tell yon you are not,1' retorted the counsel. "I

AM

right," reiterated the Court. I say you ain't," persisted the counsellor.

Crier," yelled the Judce, "adjourn the court for ten minutes." And /amping from the bench he pitched into the counsel, snd after a lively light placed bim hors de eombmt after which bus ID6M wis aodo rum mod bat it was sot long before another misunderstanding

"^c'rler," said tbe Court," we will adjourn this time for twenty minutes. And he was about taking off his coat, when the counsel said:

Never mind, Judge, keep your coat on tbe pint is yielded—mv thumb is out of j'lnt and I've sprained my shoulder!"

ALL KICKED OUT.

Some years ago a young man* prfl£ sen ted himself to the then United States Secretary Corwin fbr a clerkship. Thrice was be refused and still he made the fourth effort. His perseverance and spirit of determination awak* ened a friendly Interest in his welfere, and the Secretary advised him. in the strongest possible terms, to aoandon his purpose and go to the West, if he could do no better outside the Department. "My young friend," said he, go to the North-West' buy 160 acres of Government land, or if you have not tbe money to purchase, squat on it get you an ax and a mattock put up a log cabin or a habitation, and raise a little corn and potatos, keep your conscience clear, and live like a free-man your own master,with no one to give you or] ders, and without dependence upon anybody. Do that and you will become honored, respected, influential and rich. But accept a clerkship here and you sink at once all indepenuence —your energies become relaxed, and you are unfitted, in a few years, for any other and more independent position. I may give you a place to-day, and I can kick you out again to-raoi-row and there's another man over at the White House, who can kick me out, and the people by-and-by can kick bim out and so we go. But it you own an acre of land, it is your kingdom^and your cabin is your castle—you are a sovereign, and you will feel it in every throbbing of your pulse, and every day of your life would assure me of your thanks for having thus advised you."

So

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dot-s health decline when

attacked by kidney, bladder and glandular diseases, mental and physical debllity, diabetes, eravel, female irragularities and maladies ot the urinogenital organs, that no time should be lost in partaking of an occasional dose of Smolander's Buchu, which will drive the above complaints out of the system, and a restoration to health will surely ensue.

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SATURDAY EVMOG

MAIL,

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For the Year 1872-3.1

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BEGULAR BATES.

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The SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, an Independent Weekly Newspaper, will be mailed to subscribers at TWO DOLLARS a Year: ONE DOLLAR for Six Months, and FIFTY CENTS for Three Months, and to Clubs at the following rates: Three Copies, One Year..^.»~.,^..M 95 viva 8 00 Five Ten Twenty

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wraty 85 With One Copy extra ,to the getter up .OT a Club of Ten, or more.

Mall and office Subscriptions will, invariably, be discontinued at explratloaof time paid for.

CLUBBIMG WITH OTHER PEB1«: ODI«ALfl. We are enabled to offer extraordinary inducements In the way of clubbing with other periodicals. We will furnish theSATURDAY EVENING MAIL, PRICE «2.00 PKR YEAR, with any of the periodicals enumera ted below at greatly reduced rates. These 0 periodicals will be sent direct from the offloes of publication. Here is the list:

SEMI-WEEKLY.

8840.

75 cents.

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The Mail and Semi-Weekly N, T. Tribune, price, 14.00 N ,1} smV 1

WEEKLY PAPERS.

Mail and the Indianapolis Journal, price 12.00. The Mall and the Indianapolis Sentinel, price e.00.............^.....^ The Mail and the H. T. Tribune, price 12.00 The Mall and the Indianapolis

•3 00

Mews, price tl.60 The Mail and the Toledo Blade, price 12.00 The Moll and the BT. T. World, price t2.00 The Mail and the N. Y. Sun, price

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8 01,1 *75 800*

8 0 0 3 50

The Mall and the Prairie Farmer, price 12.00 The Mail and tho Western Rnral, price The Mall and the Ckleago Advance, price 18.00....The Mall and the Chicago Interior, price KL50 The Mail and the Chicago Bepnbli* can, price 11.50 The Mall and Appleton's Jon rnal, price ItOO The Mail and theBnral Now York* or, price ®U)0 The Mall and Heartli and Home, price t&OO The Mall and the Methodist, price fg.MV The Mall and BTOIT Saturday, price KMX) Tue Mall and "Harper's Weekly, price W.00 The Mall and Harper's Baaar, price H.00 1 MONTHLIES. 1 *f'*V The Mall and the American Agriculturist. price 11.60..........". The Mail and Demoreat's Monthly. price 13,00.1 year............ The Mail and «odey'sLady'aBook,

8 8 60 4 00

8 80

T^eWteH*1and thfl Worth Western Parmer, prioe tlJO ... The Mall and the Little Corporal, prtoo tl.60 ,, The Mall and the lLi«ie Chkef," price 75 cents. The Mall and the Little

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8 Mr 4 008 58! 800 a»' a*1? 4 »'!x 4 80 '8 4 88'» 5 08ft 2 30'r

Sower, price

The Mall and Scrlbner's Monthly, TneMail and'the"AU»n^ The ilalf*i^d^bnr 'Young Poi iu»i

T^eMaJl andOM'andWo^prtwH The Mall and Overland Monthly, price, 11X0 The Mall and Harper'a Magaalne, price $4.00 The Mall and Yonng Polka BntaL....^....^....^...^.

IPLEXMD CHAUCB.

We will send The Mall and Demorest'o Monthly, which is 83 for one year, to any* ponon who pays oa $3.50.

DmtORWTv MoiftBi.r "tAnd* unrivaled as a family msaasine. Its choice literature,* 1 its superior music, its large amount of valuable information and artistic illustrations,

tve it a Just claim to Its well-earned title, Mag&xlne of America."

CMTBBIWO WITH COUHTT PAPEB*?* We have ssade arrangements to famish the Mail with ths following Newspapers,^ published In the neighborhood of Teno-^ Haute, at very low rates. Here is the list: The Mall and Sullivan Union -.18 00 The Mall and Rockville Newt. 8 The Mail and Brazil Miner—........ 8 Ot The and BowUng Green Archive*.... 3 00 THi Mail and M^^Uerald 8 00 Tbe Mall and H**ier SKaU.... 8 J* The Mall and Newport lYcmacript 00 The and Aurora

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Persons getting np clubs forthe MAIL, and desiring to Obtain subscriptions for other periodicals on our List at the same time, win o* ho tarnished a list of the prices at which sueh subecriptioas caa be taken separately by us, upo* applleatloa to this office.

Address, F. S. WESTFAIA. Terre-Hauie, Indians.