Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 3, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 May 1873 — Page 4

For Sale.

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ly. vk El). A. ROSS, No. 4 street. T7*OftSALE--A HOUSE OF FOTOKOOMS cellar and cUtern. ^l*cil&n nnvLble fttnwt trredecl in front. Price 51,wo payaoie KS nv t™ 6 per cent, interest, posglTc" in two wee**. Don pay rent aify longer, when such a chance is offered Call at Vnilrle City Cooper Shops. A. C. MATTOX.

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HALE-CHEAP-ONE SECONDhantl wagon and harness. Enquire of rner A ShiUito, corner 7th and Main Sts. "MAY 6|L^3- ^TURNER & SHILLITO.

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iOR SALE DESIRABLE UUILDINO I i0t»—six desirable building lots, s|lu^T ted in the northeast part of the city, high and dry, and near the c«ty. For sale on r«»aMOuable terms. Apply to corner th and Mai* streets.

May 0,1873. J. H. TLRNER.

FOR

SALE-TWO IRON GRAY MATCH horses, five years old, well broke to work. Will sell for cash or twelve months go no

Also, one mare and colt will be on the same terms. Enquire of N. H. BLEDSOb, Wrover & Baker Machine

For Rent.

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RENT-DWELLING

OHTH & CO., St. Louis, Mo. martfi-ly

II0RT-H0RNS

At Public Sale,

»Ml»DAY, Al'C. 13th, 1873. Tills entire herd tlie property of A. C. Stevenson, Greencastle, Ind., will be sold on six months time, consltliiR of forty-nine head beside a number of calves. For particulars send for catalogue. To render this of s«mu permanent usefulness we have appended the point# of cattle and their philosophy. Young breeders will find this worth sending lor arid preserving. Address A. C. STEVENSON, Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind. mar31-tf

QP£UA HOUSE COJJNF.n.

Very Attractive

Suits!

Hob erg', Root

& Co.,

OPEIU HOUSE COKXEK.

llRM^npcnnl their »crond pur nnto

Ladies', Misses' nud Children's

Kady

Made Knits,

In a Great Variety of 'cw Styles at

VERY LOW PRICES

Ladies will find eomc excellent

SERVICEABLE SUITS

For Street JTVear and Travelling Pnrjwses.

Biwn and Buff Linen Suits. Brown and Buff Grass

Cloth Suits. Ladies' Linen Busters and Bedingotes for Travelling. Misses' and Children's

Braided Linen Suits. Children's Pique SuMs etc., etc., at,

HOBERG, ROOT & CO'S,

Opera Houw Corner.

JHE MAIL.-

Office, 3 South 5th Street. P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERRE-HAUTE, MAY 31,1873.

SECOND EDITION

IViHi Supplement.^

TWO KDITlOlS'ti

Of this Paper are published. The FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening, bu a large circulation among farmers and others living outside of the city. The SECOND EDITION, on Saturday Evenlng, goes into the hands of nearly every reading person in the city.

Every

office.

Oti Main ML

TTIOKHATE -ON E H"UNDIUSD ACRES OF Jr good Farm land all under cultivation, In Otter Creek Township, Vigo County, adjoining Markle's Mill. Has a good frame dwelling House of thre« rooms. nnrficulars inquire of

For pnrtic-

%'M" D. MARKLE.

ON NORTH

Second street, five rooms, cellar, cistern awl outhouse. Enquire at northwest corner Walnut and 6th streets. AS. ROSS.

Wanted.

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AsTED-A FEW MORE RELIABLE men to sell the Howe Sewing Machine in'this and adjoining counties. The only machine without a mult. Call on, or address The Howe Machine Company. Office, SM Main stroet. Janll

PER DAY! AGENTS

5)0 10 wanted! All classes of working people, of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us In their spare moments, or all tho time, than at anything else. Particulars free. Address 0.8TINSON & CO., Portland, Maine. i*7-ly

Week's Issue is, in fact, TWO NEWSPAPERS,

In which all Advertisements appear for ONE CHARGE.

TONE OF THE PRESS AS A FO WEB. Mucb is said of the power of the press, and it is probable that its real power is far from being folly appreciated. The public does not yet realize what an influence the press oxerts, and it is very doubtful if editors and publishers themselves are consolous of the extent of their power. Neither is it generally understood where the greatest power of tho press lies. By most it is probably thought that it exerts its greatest influence intentionally and consciously. The editor aims to impress upon the public mind his own views on subjects discussed in the columns of his paper, and thinks perhaps that in his editorials on theso subjects ho is oxerting his greatest power. Now wo claim that with the press, as with individuals, tho strongest influence exerted is unconscious, und unintentional. There are few persons who delib erately and intentionally exert half their influence. It is not only what a man says, but how he sayB it, not only what he does, but how he does it, that make up his power. Often the maner of saying and doing destroys entirely tho real purposo of the words or deeds. Then too it is the general deportment in all the departments of life, through which influence flows. Tho tone of the man's life is the sourco of his greatest powor. Ilis unconscious influence is the strongest influence coming from him. When he just lives out his principles, good or bad, his likes and dislikes, gives thom expression in looks and tones of voice, and never thinks of them, or of influencing others to think and feel as ho does, then is he doing the most to make others like himself.

So too the power of a paper does not flow to the public chiefly through the channel of its editorials. Often these havo a groat influence, and often they constitute but the smallest olement in the power of a paper. There is what wo call a certain t«ne which belongs to every paper. This tone makes itsolf manifest in the editorial department, but no less in tho columns of "selected" matter, and oven in tho news columns. It will manifest itself in the manner in which tho commonest announcements are made. An editor not only writes leaders according to his tastes, his feelings, likes and dislikes, but ho selects according to theso, he illustrates according to these, and ho announces according to theso. So there is a general harmony throughout all tho columns of a .paper, especially if it be under tho control of one mind, or of minds working in harmony. Each of the' three excellent dailies of this city has its own tone, as well as its own politics and style of writing. Probably there is hardly an isssue of any ono of these papers in which there is not more or less, in each of its different departments, which any reader, familiar with all, would credit to the right paper if ho did not know which ho was reading. lie would say that sounds like the Journal, or like the Express, or tho Gazette, and as before said, it would not be simply the style that would guide him, but tho tone.

As these thoughts wore suggested by tho reply which the Express made to our article of last weok on "Fair Dealing with tho Churches," and as in that reply the Express declares its willingness to used to "point a moral," we will ag .i use it to illustrato our point, and at tho same timo givo all tho reply that is necessary to its article. The Express claims that it is a "bright and shining" example of fair dealing towards the church. It bases its claims upon the facts that it has never argued unfairly for or against tho church, that it has advertized its services gratuitously, that it has fully and fairly reported its meetings, etc. We admit all this, and that on these accounts the churches of tho city are under many and great obligations to it. But still we claim that it has often treated the churches, and religious people unfairly, by its tone in reference to them. The very articles cited last week are in point. A pastor of one of the churches announces as bis subject Gambling. The Express takes pains to give publicity to the fact by noticing it in its column of personals. But it gives to this announcement a tone which makes the impression on the community that the churches generally resort to gambling, which is not true, and shows thereby a readiness, almost an eagerness to pick flaws. An insinuation, or assumption of this kind, especially li frequently repeated and in various forms, creates more prejudice against the church than a labored editorial. Then in its treatment of the protest against its "sneers at Christianity" the same tone is apparent. Its direct reply to this protest was respectful and fair*

But the tons of the Express in the

manner in which it has since used this phrase has been unfair, and we venture tho assertion that many have felt It to be so. We do not beliove that it has been intontlonal, but it has been nevertheless. Nor do we think religious people "thin skinned" because they object to this, because, as said before, it is often more powerful than argument. It Is easy for a paper that advertizes gratuitously all religious meetings, and reports the same fully and fairly, and never uses an unfair argument, to imbue the public mind with false notions and prejudices concerning the church and the character of religious people. Other examples could be cited from this same paper whigh would illustrate this point.

But our purpose is not to argue the church questioned again, nor to lecture our neighbor on its duty, but to indicate one of the sources of the greatest power of the press. The man or men who give to a newspaper of commanding position its general tone, give it its strongest element of power. So far as moulding the character and opinions of a community is concerned, not only Is the press exerting a greater influence than any other ono instrumentality, but it is exerting the greater part, at least a very great part, of this influence by its general tone.

Ox yesterday evening, throughout the land, the people buried, as it were, their soldier dead anew. Of the observance in this city, mention is made on another page. While the services on the ground were appropriate to the occasion, we cannot avoid the feeling that tho street proeession, with its two brass bands of boisterous music, partook more of a Fourth of July colebration or political campaign demonstration and that, as in days when the land was rocked in the pulses of war, more fit ting would be a funeral train with muffled drums, and drooping flags wend ing its way to the sepulture of the he roes who fell in the war against trea son. The newest of our holidays, it should be the truest and most vital of all, free from all taint of partisanship, from idle noise and pageantry, sacred to tender and thankful ministrations, based on a sincere and fervent love of country. _________

THE Spiritualists had their convention in Cincinnati the past week. According to the Enquirer, of that eity, they busied themselves chiefly in berating Jesus of Nazareth and in praising Victoria Woodhull. Now and then an incidental declaration was made which did not relate directly to either of theso topics. The most prominent lady of the Convention, Mrs. Addle L. Ballou, well known in this city, made the statement—which would bo considered evidence of eccentricity, to uso an excessively mild phrase, if used in an orthodox meeting—that not a man in that Spiritualistic Convention know who his children were. He might know some of them, but not all. This is not, coming publicly from a lady, such an advertisement of religion as is calculated to win virtuously-inclined men and women to the new faith.

THE now jury law of Illinois exceeds that of Indiana in its exactions. The juryman must bo a resident of the county where ho serves he must be over twenty-one and under sixty years old in possession of his natural faculties, and not infirm nor decrepit of fair character, approved integrity, sound judgment, well informed, and must understand well tho English language and he must not have served as a juror for one year. For any failure as above ho may be challenged. That is a death blow to old cripples and incompetents as to this mode of getting living, and and will make the empannellng of a jury a more serious task than ————.

Two VAGRANTS of St. Louis—McCoole and Allen—who have a reputation among roughs and thieves as fighting men, havo agreed to fight in four months for $1,000 a side—whoro.it is not stated, but it don't make a particle of difference. The same rowdy larce will be enacted. The two bruisers, accompanied by their respective admirers, will meet at somo point, well advertised, where they will share the gate money, and, after a few moments of sparing, tho sheriff will put In bis appearance, or the roughs will break into the ring, and after picking each others pockets, the whole crowd will return to the city drunk and disorderly.

THB Portland Press calls attention to the strange vicissitudes which bring Judge Kent, of Bangor, before the people as a candidate for Governor after an absence from political life of morn than

a

quarter 01 a century. In 1840 he was elected Governor to the tune: Have you heard the news from Maine,

All

honest and true?

She went bent lor Governor Kent, And Tippecanoe ana Tyler too.

IXAOIXB a lot of rats, says the New York Commercial, filled with forebodings of punishment, all trotting back to the larder with their stolen lumps of cheese, and you have a companion piece to the spectacle of the back-pay gamblers hastening to restore their plunder to the Treasury.

THB Chicago Times says suggestion that the Presbyterian ministers be moved from congregation to congregation at stated times, like their Methodist brethren, was received with laughter, by the General Assembly.

BOSTO:* was again scourged by fire yesterday. The fire started at eight o'clock, on Washington street, and was got undctr control shortly after noon. The total loss is estimated at one million dollars.

TERKE-HATJTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL. MAY 31, 1873.

MISERIES OFSHORT-SIQHT. With a life-long experience of this troublesome defect, we can heartily endorse what the Round Table has to say about the "miseries of shortsight:"

Among the minor troubles of life that attract little sympathy, because little understood, those of short sighted people are peculiarly severe since they lack the usual solace of pain through being almost totally unaccompanied by compensation. No man, it is said, will

STow,

rofit by the experience of another the short-sighted vary in different communities, from a proportion of perhaps live per cent, of the whole population in maritime and temperate districts, like, for example, the shores of tho Mediterranean, to twenty per cent, or more in colder, more stuaious, and interior districts, like Germany. Comparatively few, therefore, realize the inconveniennce and mortification to which the myope is habitually subjected, and consequently, in conformity with the common usage, few believe in them. Take ten people with normal sight, and you will find tho majority of them believe that the troubles of myopia are, broadly speaking, either imaginary or affected. Hence tho short-sighted are commonly credited with weakness or impertinence that no amount of explanation can clear away. A bad name in such a case is past remedy, because the offender is continully doing things which to the observation of thelnconsiderate and irrational—that is, to the observation of the great majority—justify his unenviable reputation. Nothing, for instance, is so disgusting to amour propre as being passed in tho street without recognition and the unhappy persistency with which short-sighted folks offend in this particular constantly gains them enemies. In such cases apology or explanation seems utterly useless. "Tell me he didn't see me!" says tho aggrieved and cut one, "why, I saw him look me steaciily in the oye?" What answer can there be to this? It is doubtful whether a demonstration from the lips of the ablest and most eloquent oculist in the country, "proof strong as holy writ" that recognition of a face rtras physically impossible to the myope at the given distance would bo more convincing than the most popular off-hand explauation would be. The bulk of mankind insist, practically speaking, on judging their fellow-be-ings by themselves, and it is a whimsical fact, that thousands will corroborate, that even the friends of shortsighted people will often say, with a playfulness blended with not a little serious conviction, "Oh! So-and-so can see well enough when he likes." Here the amiable desire to impute a certain sagacious discrimination unites with a latent incredulousness about the infirmity itself and not only does the myope an injustice, but often inflicts upon him much harm. If his friends say he can Beo when he pretends he can't what shall his onemies say? At first thought it seems odd, but on reflection it becomes perfectly natural, that a character for superciliousness thus wrongfully conferred frequently, in the sequel, bocomes actually meritod. Finding his explanations discredited and nis condemnation not to bo averted, the aspersed unfortunate takes refuge in a reality of which ho has unconsciously been affording a simulation, and, has the game, if any there be, as weil as the name.

This is if the myope is of a sensitive and slightly misanthropical turn. If, however, he has a good digestion and a good temper I10 may boldly resolve to 110 longer bo the slave of circumstances. He may determine no longer to be forced into making enemies through no fault or inclination of hisown. Whereupon ho sets forth on the comprehensive and diverting plan of bowing affably to everybody he meets. To tho astonishment of total strangers the shortsighted man greets them with a gay and familiar recognition, while they turn round and wonder whether Bedlam or drink is responsible for the unauthorized salutation. An early result of this system is apt to consist in a call from the relative of some indignant female to learn why she has bceu spoken "to" in tho street without an introduction. Satisfied with an early crop of similar misadventures, the unhappy sufferer resolves to take the most sedulous pains to identify people before saluting them on which he soon hears to his amazement that ho is genorally accused of staring people out of countenance, of wearing an habitually stern and inquisitorial expression, and of other rudenesses so far foreign to his nature as to be obviously traceable to his attempts to ayoid giving offense. What wonderif even good nature and good digestion fail to devise new expedients, and the victim relapses into a modern short-sighted Timon.

Tnsexpulsion of a Chicago Times reporter from Trinity Cburcli, in Chicago, is receiving considerable attention from tho press. Tho Rochester (N. Y.) Union says:

Tho fact Is notorious, and we see it weekly attested, that sermon and church service reporting is followed in the disgraceful line of ridicule and of sensation for mercenary ends. Headlines, personal descriptions, and the way or putting texts and discourses, are, in the class of papers referred to, all studiously designed and too well calculated to bring religion—religious faith and worship of every form and character and the sacred Scriptures, into contempt. Such journalism is an outrage on the churches, and a curse to the community and to maintain its legitimacy is to libel the respectable press. It is an enemy of public morals as well as a trespasser upon private right, and to uphold it or to encourage it is to aid in swelling the tide of general demoralization that is setting in all about and around us. We desire to be counted on the side of those who frown it down.

Av Atlanta, Georgia, paper, states that a party of gentlemen from New Jersey, traveling in that region, made a visit on a recent Sunday to a genuine •old-time negro church. They were most cordially received as men and brethern, and, after the sermon, one of the visitors made them a practical and kindly address. But the strangers were not to bo let off with mere remarks. As the meeting was breaking up, the preacher, a colored man, with a business way of looking at matters, announced to his dlstingulsed friends from the North that the church which they bad honored with their presence was about seventy-two dollars in debt, and he had no doubt but that their overflowing philanthropy would bridge the chasm. There was no escape for the travelers they raised the debt.

A srimTUALiSTic paper lets us into a secret of the other world, which shows that even in the spirit world there are sources of pleasure. It states that at a recent spiritual seance a gentleman requested the medium to ask what amusements are most popular in the spirit world. The reply was "Reading oDltuary notices." If the spirits are as much amused in reading the obituary notices as we are in some of them, they must be happv, indeed.

THE convicts In the Michigan State Prison are hereafter to be treated with very distinguished consideration. Striped garments are to be abolished, and no3tate criminal will be regsrded as too depraved to bo allowed the privilege of corresponding with his friends. Besides, the uneducated ones are to be educated, and when discharged, each man will receive a suit of clothes, $10 in cash, and such money as he may have earned by overwork. •ii.• HliWk

OXE of the police magistrates of London sentenced, a lew weeks ago, a woman to six months' Imprisonment in the Bridewell for following the profession of a fortune-teller. In England fortune-telling is, we boliove, a statutory offense but even wore this not so, it should clearly be punished under the head of obtaining money under false pretenses, for it is nothing better than swindling. In this country, especially in the large cities, the principal victims of the fortnno-tellers are servant girls and females of the poorer classes, who spend a very considerable part of their wages upon astrologers, clairvoyants, aud other iniposters of that ilk. It might therefore bo well to adopt the English practice here. 1

ACCORDING to Susan Coolidge, in "Scribner," the California tourist must make up bis mind to be well fleeced almost as well as If he had gone to Vienna. Tho price of a ticket to San Francisco and back, over the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Roads, is a little less than $300, to which must be added the expenses of seven or eight days meals averaging. $3 per diom, and the leasing of a Pullman car. Hotels are cheaper in California than with us, the average rates being from $2 to $2,50, but carriage fares aroexceedingly dear. Tho Yosemite excursion is a very eostly one, and no one should undertake It who has not ten to fifteen days to spare in time, and from $130 to $150 in money. She estimates tho general expenses of the tour to California, including two months travel, to vary from $700 to $S00 in gold. This does not include the larger excursions—Southern California, the Columbia River, Puget Sound. From these figures It will be seen that Americans who would view the wonders of their own shores must pay the piper.

A CURIOUS story is related In the Gentlemen's Magazine of an artist who professed to be an Intimate friend of Van Amburgh, the celebrated lion tamer. Van Amburgh having been wounded by one of bis wild animals permitted the artist to visit the cages of his pets, when he discovered that the claws were all removed, and that they were fed upon cooked meat and bonbons. He afterward learned that the animals were not upon any pretense allowed to smell blood. There does not seem, however, to bo much ground for the story, as it ia a recognized fact that the process generally adopted for the taming of wild animals is just the same as that adopted by Mr. Raroy in his wonderfnl powers of horse-taming. The animal is taught to know that man is his master. Ho is first kept under subjection until he becomes accustomed to the presence of bis tamer, and thon led to obedience by kind and humane treatment. When submission has been thus acquired, upon every appoarance of rebellion the animal is easily kept under subjection by the uso of a club or whip. Wbilo the liontaming business may be looked upon with wonder by those who have a morbid pleasure in such exhibitions, it is at the same time an occupation at all times attended rrith danger, and it is extremely doubtful whether, when such exhibitions as the "trapeze," it should not bo abolished by common consent, if not by the laws of the land.

A RATENAL DEFENSE. Tho sur\ iving brother and partner of the late Hon. James Brooks speaks thus strongly and feelingly of blm,and of certain recent animadversions:

We hoped to have said no more, as Mr. Brooks' brother partner and survivor, of James Brooks and the Credit Mobiliar, but these renewed attacks, now upon the dead, call for more, and when our own heart is less bruised and torn than it is, by one of the greatest afflictions of our lives—when nature has time to reassert her powers long enough to remember that death, though the common lot and messenger to us all, gives no privileges of assault or libel—we hope, with God's help, to be able to defend one most cruelly assailed and most deeply wronged. Mr. Brooks lived long enough to forget, if not to forgive, his slanders, in and out of Congress, and for the last four or five weeksof his life he gave no utterance or wish in regard to tbem, except to check those who felt these attacks upon him even more than he felt tbem himself. We have read and reread and studied every published line and word in regard to the Credit Mobilier. Mr. Brooks has laid open his heart and record to us, and before God we affirm that every thing said against bis integrity as a man, eveiy word uttered as to his untruth, selfishness or prevarication, every act of his upon this question that does not redound to his honor as a public man, is alike a calumny and libel. We sat silent under it while Mr. Brooks 1 ived, but the time for silence bss passed."

GKORGK FRA.XCIS TRAIW was set at liberty yesterday, and is now going to sne the city of New York for $100,000 for false imprisonment.

garslain

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A CHILD'S VISIT TO SEWARD'S, RESIDENCE. Fannie Potter, daughter of S. H. Potter, now attending school at Auburn, New York, recently visited the residence of the late Wm. H. Seward in that city. Below we extract from a letter to her father, a description of the visit. We print it verbatim, and for a child of twelve years it shows that good use was mado of her eyes

I have been to Mr. Seward's residence this morning and shall now give you a description of ii. Had a pleasant walk, the rtt5dence is not very handsome on the outside. Entering, we were shown into the parlor, where we were welcomed by Mrs. Howard, the wife of the son of Mr. Seward. She was a lovely lady with such a sweet face. Wo soon began to look around and see what we could. In the drawing room there was a bust of Seward placed on an easel, framed beautifully a large paluting of tho Portage Falls on the Genesee river, before tho Krio canal was cut through there was several little clay Images made by the Mexicans, very pretty a handsome cigar case made of California gold, with a very large diamond set in one side, the work was very fine representing little landscapes, it was made by Mexlcan miners a large ink-well formed of some funny silver and worked the same way the cigar case was. It had a little bell attached to it, the table which these things were on came from Carthage, Africa, or at least part of it. The marble top came from Carthage, it was beautifully worked in mosaic, with the words,"Carthagodelende est" -meaning Carthage must oe destroyed. On another table there were two handsome cigar cases from Havana, with Havana cl-

in them, and also a pearl shell which as in the manger 01 the Saviour, and also in his sepulchre, it was all engraved with many pictures of the Saviour. There was another table ou which was a gold case containing a sample of all the gold aud silver coius of tho United States, und another case containing a sample of all the Chinese coins, also the egg cup of Muxiniilian, it was pure silver, lined with gold, and had his monogram, and also a gun made in California heavily inlaid with gold there was also a paluting of Maximilian and Carlotta, receiving the Pope's blessing on a what-not was a box of ivory containing the whist counters which Mr. Seward used, they were of pure pearl carved in Chinese and there were a greut many other things on tho stand there was a throne of a king of somo tribe, I do not know what, it was nothing but a low stool, but it was enough to show that he was a king, for tho others of tho tribe sat ou the ground. There was also a wine Jug used by the ancients, came from Cyprus, an island in tho Mediterranean sea there were many other paintings but I will leave them for you to see when you come, for I am almost certain you will go over the house.

In another room was tho toilet set of Maximilian a great many paintings cf the family and other things. The dining room was very liaudsome, aud there was a great piece of wood all engraved In Chinese, It was elegant. I went inlo his Library and saw many things in theie. I sat down In tho chair ho sat in. In the parlor was a handsome music box, but I did not think it had near as sweet a tone as sister 's: and there was also a splendid piano. Oh wnat a rich tone it li ad the garden was handsome, although there were not many large flue flowers, there was a beautiful fountain, and while I was there, two robins went in aud took a bath. I picked some flowers and will send you somo. Now I presume you are tired, so I will close my letter.

WHAT MEN NEED WIVES FOR. It is not to sweep the house, and make the bed, and darn tho socks, and cook tho meals, chiefly, that a man wants a wife. If this is all he needs, hired help can do it chcaper than a wife. If this is all, when a young man calls to see a young lady, send uiui into tho pantry to taste the bread and cake she made send him to inspect the needle-work and bed-making or put a broom into her hands and send him to witness its use. Such things aro important, and a wise young man will quietly look after tbem. But what a true man most wants of a wife is her companionship, sympathy, courage and love. Tho way of life has many dreary places in it, and man needs a companion to go with him. A man is sometimes overtaken by misfortnnos or meets with failure and defeat and ho needs one to stand by and sympathize. He has somo stem battle to fight with poverty, with enemies and sin and he neods a woman that, whllo he puts his arms around her and feels that he has something to fight for, will bolp him fight: that will put her lips to nis oar and whisper words of counsel, and her hand to his heart and impart now inspiration. All through life—through storm and through sunshine,conflict and victory, through adverse and through favoring winds, man needs a woman's love. Tho heart yearns for it. A sister's or a mothor's love will hardly supply the neod. Yet many seek for nothing furthor than success in house-work. Just enough, half of those get nothing more tho other half, surprised above measure, have gotten more than they sought. Their wives surprise them by bringing out a nobler Idea In marriago, and disclosing treasury of courago, sympathy anu love.

THREE BARBERS.

A traveler writes During my tour I made throe interesting visits to barber shops. The first was In Indianapolis, on circus day. The calliope placed itself before the shop as I entered, and I was shaved to the infornal music of the calliope. The next timo was in Milwaukee. My barbor, a young German, told me ho had lust been converted—converted by the preaching of Mrs. VanCott—and that ho was a young convert trying to walk in the ways of the Gospel. 1 don't know that I ever bofore was shaved by a converted barber, but this ono did bis work so well that I wished every barber might be converted. The next time was in Montreal. I saw a barber's sign at a place In one of the principal streets. I entered, and foand tho shop filled by a ring of French Canadians, who were enjoying a dog fight. I retreated, entered another shop near by, found two barbers asleep, woke one of them up, when ho bad a roaring French row with bis partner as to which should undertako the job. It was hard to come down from a calliope shave in Indianapolis, and a pious shave in Milwaukee, to a choice between a dog-fighting barber and a sleeping barber in Montreal.

HIQII BONNETS.

Society talk says: "We goto church. And we sit in a back seat. And between us and the preacher are twelve seats. And on these seats sit twelve ladles. And on each of these ladies beads is a bat. We can only refer to the bats. The one covering the lady Immediately before us is high, and obscures our view of the minister: tho view of number one is obstructed by nnmber two's hat, and so on. Number twelve has a clear view of the preacher, but nervously moves her head from side to side thus inconveniences number eleven, who moves hor brain-box also number ten follows suit, and so do all of us in turn—but

have

immedi­

ately to shift again. Now these twelve beads, moving continually from side to side, also irritate that poor parson, (as do also half the other heads in that congregation). and some

cure

must be

found. We desire to see all bats, bonnets, and head dresses left in the bat room at our church—or put In the or under the seat, or on each lady thumb—during all future services.