Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 39, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 March 1874 — Page 1

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Vol. 4.—-No 39

THE MAIL.

Office, South 5th Street.

WHO WILL WIN?"

The Cartoon on this peg* illustrate* the first movement of (be great teas peranoe wave. It is proper. In this connection, lo mj that The Mall is not in favor, at this time,of praying l*» ©r in front of saloons. It was a good thing to start with la those obacure Ohio 1 owns. Bat the day for this has passed. More permanent good to the cause can be accompll*b*d by other means, and we are glad to see that the ladies of this city disapprove* or at least do not iataad to adopt this feature of the era—dc.

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A WIS BIT OF TraVBRAXCX.

We hare got it. We took tt the natural way. We have it bad. It has broke out all over. It Is worse inside than it la outside. The churches have got it, and the saloons have got it. the ministers and the women and the sa-loon-keepers have it worst. Bot the doctors, and ths business men, and even the moral bar have it. It takes the latter a good deal as it does the sa-loon-keeper*. This is on the principle that extremes meet. The moral bar and the immoral bar stand in juxtaposition. One of the -V

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Took the people last Sunday night. It was worse than Barnum's circus. There waa mustering in bot haste, and every body mastered too. The ministers »miled to see the hall tilling up, bnt when it was announced that the Congregational chnrch was full, aad the Baptist chnrch was filling up, yon ought to haye seen the grin of heavenly satisfaction that overspread tbe clerical faoee. You did see it, for every body \?as there to see. Bro. Stem* had a man stand on each foot to keep him from executing one of those graceful bnt secnlar manifestations of approval in whioh he raises both feet alternately above hia head, and throws the upper part of his head off, in which he waa admired so much on Friday night, but Which would have been out of place Sunday. Bro. Howe bonneed around Uke a parched pea and seemed to bear the weight of the universe upon hia shoulders, all parts of which seeded his atteation at once. Bro. Brakeman waa stately, solemn, clerical from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, but evidently fsili of peace and happiness. Brothers Henderson and Croeley bore themselvcu with a modesty beooming their, youth, but evidently they were very happy too. By the way, It does not seem to disturb these orthodox divines a bit to have a heretic among tbem. And it isn't so very easy for those of us who listen to tell which th* heretic is, with oar eyes shut. Wonder if they know. If they do not forget all their good manners after this fight is over, the movement will have done some good any way, Tbe ministers did the best tbey could for their guests. But they didn't expest *o many to-fo*d, some did not get any thing but scraps. Why not bring the lsymen to the front. Bro. Tennant wsssetvpk Try some more. T. T. is glsd to see that the tempers are not ruffled yet. All is calm, peaceful, and lovely witooot. Never mind, what la inside If it doesn't come out. Keep sweet. tii KiRim or

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This wse largely a devotional masting. Thee* were no set prayara. But T. T. frequently, as he moved among the crowd, heard the name of deity breathed fervently from the lips of the martyr*, and la such connection that be knew they were invoking blessings upon tbe beada of the women and the tempcrano* people generally. There is more piety among these poor persecuted men than they have had credit for. Their prayers are moatly fjacuiatory, hat none the less fervent on that momm.

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swered, the** temperance fenatic* will see giovy some day. T*B WwatCTiOXi Which were passed fully represent tbe wisdom of the hod/ whkdj reeoluted them. The resolution not to patronise those who are engaged In this move* meat I* going to Ml wots*apon tbe ministers than aay other elass. What an awful vacancy tfr^rs will be la the «btt»efe«» to-morrow when the seats of all the** devout worshippers are left vacant. One more r*«!*tioa originally add*d m.

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Bat after tali dir nskm tt was determined that that r*ac?!itloa wt*«**» less s* there could be no doubt in any candid aad letelUgsr* *utnd thai every thing peaslbUe hid 1 muMte thenHwlvsaridiculous. •t a salted meeting of the /cm Temperance Committee, the amors of

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the churches, and tbe Executive Committee «f the Women's Temperance Union, held tbe otherday the following renolatlons were passsd—or ought to have been: n-wnfrrt "That tbe hearty thanks of ail UMfriwds of the temperance movement em hereby t*od«rad to toe Saloon-keepers Aworiattow for the aid th«ar have rendered the earns in whleh we are labof in^by tbe reaointloQs ueaday evening

These are some of the "personal liberties" for tbe violation of which saloonkeepers and their friends propose to punish tbe anti-whisky people by withholding their patronage and atarving them out. Served theq| right.

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Aoaaowrcti statistic*.

Statistic* are the "popular science" nowaday*. We have statistics on all po**tbl* subjects. The man who gets them op is indefatigable there Is no subject be shrinks from. He tells us tbe proportion of people that are killed each year by accident* on railroads snd steamship* aad th* namb*r of hogs that are alaughtered, with their average weight and the ratio of their gresales. Some of the statistic tables are very gratifying It is a oalrn and quiet satisfsetioB to r**d tbem. Few people know this, however, and la their obtosencM regard* *11 alike with so much interest fhst one rapid glanos at ths long oolumn of numeral* aompletely satisfies tbem. Thse* people loee a greet deal, but fortunately they are nncoasotea* of It.

Mr. Crocker, of tbe Literary World, has lately jfcne Snto the statistic hue* inces. He wa* afflicted with a morbid deal re to know what hook* tbe people read— rather Impertinent oa hi* part, for I sappoee every oae ha* right to rend what books be pleases, so that h* doe* not borrow tbem of his neighbor aad forget to return tbem before be leave* town* Bat Mr. Crocker, lmp*r*

Btoraot, took the trouble to inquire into tbe matter. II* *eat atfealsr* to aepublioHbraric* asking for statistics on the sutgcct, He got some rotarw,« the completes* b*ing from tbe tM'r.trv te l^swrenceburg, Maaaacbu4*. It has upward* of UJW volume*. The librarian kept account of the hooka taken out tor a month had classified them. He found that about **venty-ftv* per seat, were fiction, This w«* had enough, hut hefoaad eooMihlng bjoA worse. He louad that kmMmOi of all the novels r«wd were of the light and Mnaaiional kind. Think of that} grad* standi about lituis Of #r«»ry tbonsand volumes lateen out 22 were Mrs,

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ed that the eaass of Tempersuos einnot be mora rapidly or effectively advanced than by disgusthag the public with soeh resolutions and speeehss in their fcrcr, we do hereby earnestly urge upon tbe saloonkeepers tbe propriety of holding a meeting, atas early a dag as possible, to endorse these resolotlons.* jfosotmt, "That, If such meeting la held, 'we shall use oar utmost endeavors and Influence vrlth oar Jhmilj aad Madness relations' to attend mid meeting and liafe uitm

A lawyer has been employed to advise the saloon-keepers how to preserve their personal libertiea. He is modest and doat want his name snnounoed publicly. He msy have some important suit to attend about that time and fall to he preaent. He will be here and earn the iee If he shall deem It prudent to do so. "PKRSOKAI. LIBXBTIXS."

T. T. baa been inquiring into the violations of the personal liberties" of saloon-keepers which have been committed by the temperance people here, and la confounded at tbe number and value of tbe liberties which are now dragging in the dirt. One of the "personal liberties" which is a birthright of every American citizen, is to sell whisky when snd where and to whom be pleases. This personal liberty is violated by the Baxter bill which permits a majority of award to say whether this business shall be carried on within its bounds. Ths "personal liberty" to violate this law la assailed by those who demand its enforcement. Tbe "personal liberty" to sell to a drunken man or minor is violated by those who would enforce this Isw. The personsl liberty" to get up fraudulent petitions is violated by those who propose to watch the petitions and see that they are all right. The "personal liberty" to have the name of every citizen upon these petitions for permits is violated by tbe women who propose to ask the citisens not to *ign such petitions. The "personal liberty" to havewhiaky selling regarded as just as honorable as any other business is destroyed by those who are attempting to make it odious in public opinion. The "per sonal liberty" not to be asked to quit the business is violated by those who are going about to ask saloon-keepers to stop selling whisky. The "personal liberty" not to be prayed for is vio Istedby those who are meeting every day to pray in tbe churches. The "personal liberty" to make money in a business that increases crime, poverty snd disease, Ss violated by the efforts to make people temperate.

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Now these are statistics to make one Cry and we cannot feel Very grateful to Mr. Crocker for digging tbem out. It would be pleasanter to live in igaorance of tbem. The people of Lawrenceburg, Mass., are probably as highly caltivated as those of ippst towns in America. When we learn that they read 22 of Mrs. Southworth's poor, trashy, inane novels to 15 of Dickens and 2 of Hawthorne's, we feel a sinking of heart. To think that 64 books of such a cbsracter are read to less than half that nnmberof tbe better class of novels, inspires one with a gloomy view of tbe possibilities of the average of human nature*. It has long been known that tbe best authors are not the most read, that it takes culture to appreciate culture, and that the proportion of those in the theatre who are carried away by tbe rant and thunder scenes is far in excess of that which finds its greatest delight in tbe finer and more delicate passsges of the play. But who would have supposed tbe case was aa bad as Mr. Crocker's figures show? It is enough to make the strong, able, cultured writer throw his pen into tbe stove and forswear liters" ture altogether.

But there are some mitigating circumstances to be considered lu connection witb these heart-rending figures. In the first place tbe public library is not a true exponent of tbe reading tastes of the people. It i* patronised most by those who have few books of their own. In many of the better homes of tbe country there are small aud select libraries. As a general thing the** colloctiotu are made op for the most part of tbe works of tbe best authors. If all the reading from tbe»e private libraries were thrown into the account, the statistics would be materially changed.

Another consideration Is that the larger part of this voracious cramming of sensational fiction is done by school girls whoae aotive Imagination* are not easily surfeited during a certain period, and who holt novels as they do elate pencils and green apples, out of pure rivalry while the higher kind* of hook* are read by people of more ma* tore thought and larger mental culture. Coaeequently the latter exert Incomparably the greater influence. As we grow older we are more discriminate la oar way of handling hooks loee •omethiag of our young ambition for devouring everything that is betweec gold spangled covers. We like an author to eome to oa with a letter of introduction and If hedo not, we expect him to **y something within tbe com-/ paasofsix consecutive pages or be Is abruptly taken leave of. Tbe reading of a good book by oae solitary mind above the average of culture and capacity exert* more influence on society than a score of Mm, South worth crammed by school girls. So that those who write books with thought and nature in them need not be utterly discouraged. After all they ere the leaden. If they speak to *malter audleuoee than those who write crude and trashy things their audiences are as It were repieeeatstl ve, made up of delegates each of whom 1st be leader in a certain

WHO WILL WIN?

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Hawthorne's 1, Oliver Wendell Holmes, etc. Tbe list includes many other authors but these examples are sufficient for my purpose.

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larger or smaller circle and thus becomes a distributor of tbe effect produced jn his own mind. Tbe few are tbe rulers in literature just as they are in every thing else the many are ®ntrolled by them the process is unconscious perhaps on tbe part of both and yet it isoertainly going on.

These consideratiobs enable to face Mr. Crocker's statistics with a pretty good countensnce and to read with some degree of complacency tbe name of Mrs. Soutbworth at the head of the table, for we can be morally certain that she is bead nowhere else.

?. People and Things.

A suspicious man is always unhappy. The song of the ladies' temperanoo hands—'"Going thro' the Bye."

A dry goods clerk wears a shingle under hb shirt-front to keep the wrinkles in subjection. .. ,. 1

A prominent business man in Cleveland bears tbe name of Jtdjst, and people seldom inquire if it is him.

The oldest man in Jefferson county, Ohio, is in the poor-house. He never drank nor chewed—a warning to young men

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There are over 10,000,000 women in America, and yet Tom Hutton, of Georgia, hung himself on acoount of agirl 15 .T it v*' years old.

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Agassi* used to claim that it wasjuat as proper to aay "a pint of milch" aa to say "a milch cow," and the old man had a level head.

It Is a rule of etiquette In Arkansas that no true gentleman will eat with his leg thrown over the back of his neighbor's chair, If he can help it.

A man In Wilmington, N. C., is thus described by a young lady of tbe same city "He is *o stingy that whenever he smile* It is at his neighbor's ex-pen*a.'*|r5"-'^7^'r^t 'it'

A saloon-keeper In Southern Ohio writes t« his sweetheart thus Tbey have rained me utterly, Mary

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Jkiy* an exchange: "Adam bad one consolation when be foil. Fifteen or twenty acquaintance* didn't stand on tb* opposite corner and Uugh at his ml*h*p.n They were prob*bly too busy looking at Eve.

I've helped bury every man that iter sold me a drop of liqaoa, except one, and I am arter him night and day," waa the cheery, good-natured remark of a temperance orator at Springfield, Mass., th* other day.

It seem* that Washington society ha* narrowly escaped having to determine the atatu* of a negro Senator'* white wife. Bruce, of Mississippi, was engaged to a young woman of Cleveland, Ohio, and woatd have been married before now had she not died last foil.

Charley Orotber*, of Greenfield, is oae of the aaloon* keepers the Ohio women have been laboring with. He recalved them, day after day, with welcome, and looked happier at every visit. One day ,ao old patron broke out: "I My, Charley, ain't you gittin' most tired of this singin' and ptayin* bUais?"

What! mo gtttin' tiredf No, sir!" responded Charley, emphatically. "If I git tired af the little aingln' and prayIn' they do In my saloon here, what will do when I'm in company with the angel*, who don't do dothln* bot sing and pray f1'

An effeminate man," aays a reoent writer, "is a weak poaltioe. He la a crocs between table beer aad gingerpop, with tbe cork left out a fresh-wa-ter mermaid found in a cow pastare with her hand* fill*d with dandelion*. He is a tea-cupful of syllabub a kitten in trousers a sick monkey with a blonde moustache. He Is viae without sny tendrils a fly drowned in oil a paper kite in a dead calm. He lives like a butterfly—nobody oaa tell why. He Is as harmless as a pennyworth of auger candy, and aa useless sa a shirt button without a hole. He la as lasy aa a slug, and haa no more hope than last year's summer fly. He goes through life on tiptoe, and dies like cologne water spilt over the ground.

The Rev. W. H. H. Murray indorses the temperance movement and takee credit to himself that he haa resisted thus far a very large amount of pronounced temptation. "You are tclklng like silly idiots," he said in tbe coarse of a sermon at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Sunday afternoon, "when you say there is no danger in the cup. I know, from the blood of five generations of olderdrinking ancestors in my veins, the danger there Is in this thing. There is not ascent of liquor that la not picassnt to me, that would not be a precious drop on my tongue. Look at me. Do I look like a man easy to be overcome by temptstion Do you know my ilfef Go back and learn It, and see what have suffered and yet I say to you, witb this background of evidence, I declare to you as I yalue my manhood and my standing and my soul, I would not dare to drink for three weeks a glass of liquor a day. That cbaam yawns at your feet and at my feet. Those who say there is no danger in that first glass of liquor do not recognize the peril of hereditary weaHpese."

Ferainitems.

A jeweler labeled some diamonds in his window as being ss sparkling as the tears of a young widow.

The patriotic earnestness of the women in their crusade against whisky is attributable to the fact that they are inhabitants of the temperate zone.

While ruffe and standing collars are worn, round (globular) ear-rings will be in demand, as they sweep the edge of a light, transparent fabric without catching it.

For an instance of remarkable presence of mind, commend us to tbe sagacious Illinois woman, who, when her husband was bitten by a mad dog, drew a pistol and promptly shot tbe man.

The saddest thing in life is the spectacle afforded by a young person who has burnt all tbe hair off her forehead with a hot slate pencil and cannot afford to buy a row of curls.—[Boston Globe.

Two sisters, residing within six miles of each other, near Bennington, Tt., have not seen each other for about thirty yean. There is not, snd never has been, any ill feeling between tbem» but it has "{est happened so." .'

It is quite true thst no fashionable young lady now goes to bed without looking iu her glass. Considering the "transformation scenes" in which she engages, she might forget herself but for this precaution. !.iR V'|

A widow in Sutton, Vermont, recently visited dying womsn and aald: "I have been wanting for some time, to see some one about to die that I might send a message to my husband. Tell him that we are well here, and send our best regards."

The best Llbrarlan*ln&tana ever had Is a woman. Since her installation Into office the laslness and abuse* of some of her predecessors have been exposed la a manner and with a vigor that reflects the highest honor on her administration. We are in favor of a new State Hotufe, if only to put her in it.— [Greenoaatle Banner.

The Boston girl* and women are said to dress very plainly—at least it is so when compared with the New York or Chicago styles. Aad yet, tbey are pronounced the most perfectly good, sensi bis and lovable women oneoan meet, and the girls'sr* said to be the sublimit creature* in existence.

ANew York paper ssy* it Is very dull In society jast now, little of interest transpiring. Young ladies sit in the drawing-rooms at night and rearrange their dree* every time the door-bell rings, anticipating young gentlemen visiters. During tbe day they read novels or look over last year's "duds," to see what oan be "fixed over" for, Easter. Tbe effects of the panic are •till f*tt in society.

Abb* G. Woolson closed recent lecture In Boston, on woman's dress, by declaring that, bad she autocratic power of tbe shah or csar, she would command every man In her kingdom to chance hi* apparel with the women for oa* day only, that both might see bow good It waa f. By night the men would be groaning and fuming to rid themselves of tb* horrors tbey had considered as the type of beauty in the other

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Dress-parade—* fkahionable wedding, What will not woman do

heart is like iron—softest when warmest." Then of oourse weshould'attnck it while it is male-able.

A man was boasting tbe other day, that his wife was "the evonest-temper-ed woman" ha over saw "iu fact," safd be, "she's tdway* mad!" ''•5

One of tbe features of the New Orleans Mardi Gras procession was a woman whipping her husband with a pole. No burlesque about that. "And did you bear him call her "my dear" or anything like that?"asked tbe lawyer. "No, air! of course not why, she wss his wife," aaawered tbe lady witness.

Keokuk has formed a ladies'society to hunt up has baada who remain at "the lodge" after eleven p. v., thus gratifying at once the impulse of affection and ouriosity.

John G. Hess, of Jacksonville, Illinois, publishes the following notice: "I have left my house snd borne and I hereby warn the public that I will not hereafter be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife, Martha Elizabeth Hess."

Husbands are well protected in Kansas. A womaa who make* her husband's life a desert of sadness by msnling him out of bed with tbe reil-ing-pln is not only sent to prison for three months, but he receives a gasae sapper at the hands of bis friends.

IJTever sigh over what might have been, but try to make the best of what is," were tbe cheerful words which a loving wife addressed to her hasbaad, as hs pitched headlong down stairs with a demtyoha of whisky in his frantic grasp, and dashed his brainaout in tbe hallway.

A Boston man is telling. In a series of lectures, "What women will wear, and bow they will wear H." Several other gentlemen have heretofore tried to suggest to ladles intimately connected with themselves what tbey ahould wear, but for some reason have signally foiled to produce tbe desired itnpresslon.

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sex, while the poor women would be wailing over a return to their normal oondition of petticoat fljflfljrftndo aad imprisoning baada.

A flat Frenoh Isdy says: "I smsoftt that I pray for a disappointment to make me thin. Mo sooaer does th»» dlappolntmeat eome than ths mere ex pectation of growing thinner gives me saoh joy that I become Miter than •ear." ,« -A Mun»c»V bomeof the new Freact» flowers are msds of tlnfbtl, colored and tinted in the most perfect style. They •cry frail and delicate, and on that aoeount —it is to be presumed—are so expensive. Tinfoil wreaths around tbe front of your new spring bonnet wUi be the tip of the fashion."

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A Chicago paper aays a "first-class baby" costs |5Q0 the first yesr.. Mr. Stocking has been and married' Anna Frost. Ihis calls for a "HoseAnna I"

Love is said to be a magnifying glass ,, which does not give enchantment only leas It.

Who has the head of the table, wewonder? "Mr. and Mrs. Nllaaon" lathe way it is registered now.

A couple of lovers, at Cairo, weremarried by telegraph the other day, the olergyman being In Memphis.

A rich young lady in Rochester is going to marry a blade barber, unless her father kills her first, as he threatens.

Joseph Med 111 writes that Paris differs from Chioago in that prolonged oonrtship is not tolerated in the French capita?. "57 ,.ff

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A gentleman or Caanelton got drunk abused his mother, and whipped his wife snd wss discharged from bis place la the mill, made a disturbance on the street*, was arrested, fined about thirteen dollars and sent to fail. Thence he eaoaped, soeled the wsllsjsnd quit the State. All this extraordinary conduct was the result of receiving a valentine with the inscription "Mother's Pet" which he believed emanated from hi* immediate household.

Dubuque wives are not as tru*tfttl ss thetr husband* are innocent. Tbe latter, while visiting in Chicago, are obliged to be exceedingly circumspect In their conduct In order to guard against the suspicions of the sponses at home. A well-known lawyer and politician from that city waa here last week, and urged a realdent friend to stay with him at the hotel *11 night. The Mend raised aomo objection, when the Dubuquer silenced him by the appeal: "Now, George, you must stay because before I go homo my wife will hear some yarn abont me, and I want to be able to prove aa aWn." George stayed,

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