Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 April 1874 — Page 1

4.—No. 40.

THI: MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A LIFE IN THE BALANCE. l£ In next week** Mail will be commented an exciting aerial story entitled "A Ufa in the Balance" toy^Mr. Charles Morris, the author of

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Hleete Button." It will be handsomely Illustrated each wee*, with design* by Mr. W. I* Hbeppani, of Philadelphia. Mr. Morris Is oae of then*** fascinating Mtoiy«ttt«n8f tbedey, and

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the BaJanee** 1» one of the best stork* Iphas vet produeed. aseseas

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SFlMTf*—«WKKT I*V KK. Spiritualism Is not dead, dying, sleep1„- or *L«py. A* will be easily rememberod T. T., several month* since,***" elarcd himself a spiritualist, The truth of this wonderful religion was revealed to T. T, by means of the manifestations of f)WVi

Cooper, Ia"1® Morgun, and

Mn. Stewart, which manifestations he

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ted to examine by the candid, open, and loving dinpowition shown by the py*-- ,04 other members oft his church toward one Bro. Bald win. a great median who proftwed to manifest without the aid of spirits. Spiritualism is now twenty-five years

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celebrated the nativity of this if**** child by A PROTKATKJ MEBTIMW. The meeting took op tinued till Wednesday night. T. T. attended all the meeting*. He fedtothat he has been made abetter man by these religion* exercises, or perhaps it woald tie more exact to say, that he ftcb thai he is abetter man than he supposed he «vaa.

has been

troubled

at times

•by the notion that some of his practice* were not jnst right, butt he has found reBet There is a balm in Gilead and T. T. han it. He has learned that these very things which had troubled hiaeoi*yiaafffl are net only right* but are tending upon him as a religious duty. It a man likes some ether woman better than his wife, why that other w«man fc his wife jnst so long aa he prefers her to his so-called wife. If a bachelor, like T. T., lores a woman and she him, that woman fai bis wife, and no other wan, btosband or not, has any right to interfere. Thai Is a kind of reHgion that exactly suits T.T. It makes him feel that he Is not so bad after all. Be fe«*s that fee is even superior to those bigotted ninnies who are tied to the apron string* of one woman. T. T. has often said in this cohtmn that he is a bachelor. He generally is. Until he became a spiritualist and had his eyes opened, he supposed be was always a bachelor. Bat be ha* not been a bachelor all the time. He slips on holy wedlock now and then bat he don't wear It long. T, T, taftteres in "freedom." What was the use in oar fathers lighting and dying for freedom If wo

not practice and enjoy it.

«olw« T. T. Is eoaoarned be has always been free and easy. But he didn't know before that it mm "religions freedom" that he was eigoytng. lie learned

now. He got an inkling of

'•iSISffi '..

whlcl* snlmnl* lh^\ th^re will be no "sooLil evil, Aw IJUl wla t»

in Woodhull Weakly, a»d Mr*. Herria nee made

all perfectly plain. T. T.

hw feels an bonsst pride fn thAt of which he was formerly ashamed. We apiritwIMa all pee th*^ matter* Just alike. There is no hypocricy about m, heBeve i«* "pruHdaeatty." We preach H, and we make ««r pm-Uce and onr jimiching agree. Mrs. Hereranee paid «s a high, but Justly deserved com wImvu she anked t» from the platlbrsn, Wednesdaj night, "Ho yoo li%-« stflctly mooogwnfc

llvesr

She

knew we didn't, and »o »«he answered the rorrandrrmi herself and aatd, "Tow need mat sUrtWi Immm would be too asamimoaii.* tlh* knew that our sentiroeafti concerning monefpamie mar-

Is often asked by akeptk*, wAy'fflS^st when we ^«iiit.ualii4a get together In a eoaventkm, or celebrate the |»irthdajnn of spiritaaii^fc, or fir sny'bther purpose, we talk abnrtfbe*»ocial Rril," ^'Sexnttl RelaUonH," Ac. rawh, and »*o little stoat the vahtefck* wrelatk»ns from the spirit wadd, cad our philosophy Thwre an wr«nl reason*. In «|m first pbM* there la nothing else that ewipatlunkiww so mooh ahmt, snd nothing that they so hkm* enV** talking about, "Chit of the abroad*!-e of the heart the mouth apsah^h And beiddea this, there in nothing whk4» we sfdritnailsta so »wH **9°?

About. It doea our wy aoate u#«d to f|»ear a woman get up hi pttltfe Md talk

'fokea »u.«t "sexual relations," than any nmn wonld dare to do. And another iwaaon hi that we are bound to rid the isrorld of thte "Social Bvil." We Intend ito aboIWi monogaanle marri^e and to ^tearfe tmsey man and woman to dojmt las they please, and whan we hare raised hamtttltjr, lo ,!|e, jofly

now

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nated by the tertu HkhiW evil** will be the true and only marriage relation. We are dead ton this thing. We are h-.-.ml to

abo!i!-i""rriige,

and put tin

ttu sexual «°f entire freedom in its place. In a word we will rid the world of what Is now called marriage and then give the naraeto that which Is now called nodal erlf There also

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Vot intnxlmdng the subject on Wednesday night. These anniversaries cost somctliing, and we wanted to ndse the wind In some way. We knew, or thought we knew, that there were a groat many peof^e who would almost as wttlingly pay to hear a good plain talk from a woman on these subjects as they would to go to see LydiaHHmieon, Wo knew that Mrs. Severance was a trump card in this reopect, Perhaps Mrs. Woodhull ran sntpaas her, but her superiors In this kind of talking are few. So we thought we could draw a paying audience by ad vert wing her "radical

Mleetureon

the "so

cial erll," and in that way kill two birds with one stone, pay onr bills and instruct the people. MB.Severance did her part, hatthe pnWic did not do its part, T. T. fear* that in these degenerate days the people are getting tired of this plain talk and sharp joking from women. The present supply of women ready to follow In the illustrious Ibotatepa of Saint Victoria C. Woodhull, is greater than the demand. Sneaking of sharp jokes nyninds T. T.of

J^OOK Mil. WESTFAut*

T. te liapftrilal, and in the discharge of duty'cannot spare even the editor of Tlie Mail, «mi yet he is in duty bound to help him out of trouble. Last Saturday the editor of this paper referring to some remark* made concerning Mrs.

k» a Spiritualistic paper, said: "The Religio-Phiioaophfcal Journal, of Chicago speaks of her as the ftreo-and-essv wife of the equally yielding husband J. 1L Severance.'- In her last lecture Mm. S. said.

When I saw the notice Hurt, I did not know but that the editor was an ignorant ituan. but an homst man consequently I Mid nothing. It has now been tour days, and I ant naiislled that he is not an honest tnan for a man that could throw out that kiud of a fling ftta woman sort of amino—

man with that

wonld have been very mure,

had he honestly believed me to have been

a woman

of that claw*, to hare called upon

iih, He ha* not called." Neither Mrs. Severance or her friends here oltfeet to the representation made of her principles, but they do think, not without reason, that Mr. Westfell should have shown hi* honesty and sincerity by calling upon her. But T. T. is partially infault here. Hedid at once call-as he always doe* under such drcumstanoea, and from the asidoous attention given her by the pastor and officers of our church, T.T. was led to

infer

that it would

be of no use for Mr. Westfell to call, and he told him so. Yet it wonld have proved his sincerity and honesty if he had made an effort. T. T. thinks Mr, W. would have gone If be had known she was expecting him!

Husks and Nubbins.

No. KB.

SIOM^TO THK KRWK.

The workers in the present temperance movement are actively engaged in drnhlating pledges which they prevail on people to sign. When they get many signer* they are gratified and count it part of the victory against intemperance I believe that the practice of signing pledges accomplishes no good and w#oi*y wrtpg in prlocipie.

AndJnM!here, byway or prefece, I amy remark that I do not take this view for the sake of being eontmry or eeeentric. Hot by any means. There are Home things I abhor and among them are oontrariinem and eccentricity. |No words should ever be spoken ootln a spirit at i»w»f #orvon#y« k* printed. So one ought to put p«ndl to paper thoughtlessly, or write a word without feeling that ho will be called to account for It and that he ia ready to aecotmt #br H. Whatever view* have from aff«ared hi this oolumn of The Mall dorfng flto past two yiears, have been the honost and candki opinkMM of the writer and were written fn all iite«rtty and wtlh fWl scnae of the respwislbiMty referred to. ttonallsnv |h| mm «fteof sensatkmalMh,fii a rkoM detMstfte thing but 1 h#dth«l Che sxprwrton of optntorw honetrtfy entertsfwd will never result in harm Imt mther In good. Begging pwdnn If Shis dlgre«w5on was nnneceaairy, I proceed to give a nam* fer the fldth that to 1« me •OMNtfntns pledgee.

The theory of a pledge that the sign-

cr will not break hi* w«ff-4hii having oner given his promise fie will keep It, No man has aright to make a promise *ideh will hind him tor yeare or jwr•ps fer life. It Is equivalent to Ms

Viwtng away his liberty of thought and of arftoti. If h# were never to ehaege, If he were to be exactly the same man Uirmigh all his life aa be waa at the moment of giving the promise, time might he little or no Inconsistency In his action. But he will not be the same man tor a month even. lis will grew, he will ehange. The drcamstaneea of Ufe, the development of his fecultim

condition Inf champ him. His opinions change.

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TEKRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL

ahedis them tm eeit«in saitnals do their Kkiim. Every now and then heeomea out in a new coat the old one being sloughed off. Many opinions whicb be «nee held with great tenacity now appear bsurd or ridiculous ho sees things very differently from what he did. Therefore a pledge which he gave years agw binding himself through all eomlng life may appear to hlni a very foolish proceeding. If he keep* that pledge lie hi no longer free. It Is as If the hoy stood master to the man telling Urn what and how to do. lie must rebel against the unnatural bondage. It was well enough fbr the boy to do aa seemed good to hlin, but the boy had no right to say that the man should do so too. That is the principle of It. We ehajige onr view* and opinion# eiiougu things do not present the aauio phase thi#» year that they did last we should be at liberty to act according to the light \vhich is around us this alone is Intelligent living but how ean we do so while bound by pledges given yenrs ago? The thing is without sense or reason. Kit her wo must hold that a pledge given in such a manner Is null and void or else we must be bound to a course of action whicli^ if free^wp would not follow, .Th&t*

Again: Is It any easlortokeop a pledge than to resist the temptation against which it was given? I pledge myself never to drink intoxicating liquors. Why do I do it? Does the pledge take awav the temptation? If I liked liquor 1hfore,do I like it tho less now? Iam asked to drink. No, I reply, I have pledged myself never to taste it. Is the temptation to break my pledge not just as great as the temptation to drink would have been and if I can keep the pledge could not I refrain from the V, f,

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drinking? There is really something childish in this whole theory of pledges. It is virtually admitting that one is too weak to trust himself to act in each emergency as it arises, wherefore he seeks to put himself under the control If an Imaginary influence. Ifc would be better it seems to me, and more manly, to go unfettered and face every tcpiptntion in the strength of a free, nntrammeled will. It is just as easy to be virtuous that way and a deal more independent. A pill is a pill whetherit be sugar-coated or not, and disguise our temptations as we may they will be jnst so hard to con quer after all.

The general opinion is that a pledge once given binds one for the whole period, no matter how long, which it covers. I do not believe this idea is correct, and for the reason indicated above. A man may bind himself to a certain line of conduct for such a length of time as he remains just the same man, with the same views and opinions, but he cannot go further than that. If ever a time conies when ho sees things in such a light that he would not, if free from Ids pledge, bind himself *6 again, that mo-, ment Mis pledge be&mea ritfll, I care not if it was stipulated to cover time and eternity too. Then it becomes an unreasonable tyranny against which his soul must rise In rebellion. Here then is the philosophy of tho whole thing. AS long as ho thinks just as he did when he gave the pledge he needs no pledge, because he will voluntarily govern himself conformably to Its pro visions when he comes to think differently from what he did then the pledge ceases to be longer binding. The principle Is that no man has tho right to bind another man, and a man is another tnan many times in his life*

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Particularly to be condemned Is the custom of getting young children to sign pledges. If there Is apiece of felly on earth this Is It. Hie idea of any grown person being bound to a certain line of conduct bv a promise given when incapable of oomprebending anything of tho scope or purpose of life, hi an abswdity entirely aneurpaaaable. And y«i J* practised in good fcilh evo*y day, and ecgMtially once a week among the chll drea of the sabbath school*. I think If we would, Instead of trying so Inge* niously to disguise and sugar-coat tho temptations of life, teach children and people generally that they were to lie met and overcome, and not merely uhled around, It wonld he to better.

IjfTKR*Jtxm—Tba following la a lis* of interraents in the city cemetery since

lt«lS»2:-:Mw." Ahtrta

0*dcft,«ced8if,i*

War^'^frt^ Wfcrah Keee^acfctftyrart Inn# fpfmr. *l*reti an—Child of }. R. Bumrll, seed

"T^rtlltMU^HaiT Hawtay.

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IM yeara

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ton, MAttntAus Ljoowrtssu^Whe following marriage litwM have been Issued by the County Clerk since our last report:

Martin Lowish and Addle Van Vaetaf. Jainrs Troup and Ml* McKaf. gom Trron and Anna «aHsgh«r, Andrew Acltmldl and Itarathea Drr«ak-a. fk#i*S WaUM* Mid Alios WII Haw Hjilwon and Oertrsde Oaiww.

Ilox WitxtAM Baxtkr will address the people of this city, oa the aubject of temperance, on Friday evrolng, April 10th. Arnmgoments have been made with him for two more speeches In this county. Time, l«th and 17th of April, place to be determined hereafter.

The Nddcst (food Templar" has now commenced dying off. Vice-Prwddent Wilson jswued tftreugh tho city to-day onroute for the JTot HpringH. 3

All people should read ti«T IThlstl^tcd story of "A Life in tho Bulanco," to be commenced In next week's Mail.

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People and Things.

Business men who have presented little bills to their customers begin to real ise that "to-morrow never comes." ,Jone» mixes a little suthln' in hf» wnter, because, he says, ever slnco the deluge, fresh water tastes of drowijednjnncrft.

An Iowa postmaster refused to --lick on'- a stamp for one of his neighbors wives, and the act of discourtesy resulfced in his being shot in the hip. Postmasters can't 1jo too accommodating.

Mr. Henry Clay recently delivered a pleasing address to the Beech Grovo school in Warren county, Kentucky, and George Washington, Stonewall Jackson and John Morgan were present

Charles Sumnor raid to Vice-President Wilson less than a year^ago: "If my works were completed and the Civil Right bill pawed, no visitor could enter my door that would bo more welcome than death."

A cheap way for curing the rheumatism was that which a Fond du Lac man named Savage recently tried. He was carried over the mill-dam, and the disease which had effected him for eighteen years entirely disappeared.

Conceive the rapture that the Duke ancl Duchess of Edinburgh must have felt at being welcomed by an individual named Death on their arrival at Gravesend. Being the master of ceremonies, Death wore a smiling face.

A strolling minstrel In Missouri was recently fined two dollars for some trifling offense. As he had no money tlie judge kindly adjourned the court, and the minstrel was allowed to give a performance In payment of his fine.

Prank Dumont, of Duprea A Bendict's Minstrels, who whs tried and convlctcd in Atlanta, Go., for picking the pocket of a Mr. Damp, has been freed from suspicion by the discovery of the pocket book, with contents intact, near gambling den. Dumont waa fined $750.

A few years ago Hangman Foote offered a reward of *10,000 for the scalp of an Abolitionist. One night last week this ferocious individual went to a colored man's restaurant in Washington, and dined with Wendoll Phillips and Mr Phillips retired from tho sitting with what little hair he has Intact.

Sumner gave one invitation tohls own ftmeral. A young man from Massachu setts, last week called on the Senator. Ue told Mr. Sumner that he wftuld like to see the Inside of the Senate chamber. Sumner gave him a tine, requesting tlw doorkeeper to admit hUu. On the day of the funeral this man appeared at the door, showed his card. Mid wan admftt to the lloorv--nvs*bin«ton letter. "How much better It would have been to have ahaken hands and allowed it was all a mistake," said a Detroit Judge "Then the Hon and the lamb would have lain down together, and white robed peaee would have fumed you with her wings and elevated you with her smiles of approbation. But no you went to clawing an biting and rolling in the mud, and here you are. It's |\00

The King of the Ashanlees la said to possess a numerens harem—which, it Is presumed, was surretiderd to General WohMley with KtsBfee. The King privlkiged to marry as many women as he choose**, and to make his selection* fn tn the noblest In the land, ft Is certain death for any man to look upon the fee* rf any of the chosen ones but out ttVfe the King's household the women I ecjoy th? mine freedom as elsewhere.

1874

Ohio dealers evade tho law by selling Uquor by weight. Some of their customers get more pounds than they can carry,

Beccher has elaborated the subject of dancing. lie says "it is wicked when it is wicked, and not wicked when It is not wieked."

Th* Washington Star says that on account of want of practice It takes a veteran Congrotwman very long to apply a postage stamp.

The Danbury philosopher observes thut tho placidity of expression worn by a man who Is "next" In a frill barber's shop cannot be counterfeited.

Some men die and uever think of their families, and some don't. A New Jersey farmer's last words were "I'll bet $10 Johnll forget to grouse that wagon."

It was a Canadian road, and the brakeman had called out In a sonorous voice, "Tees-water 1" whon an argumentative passenger got up ami. cxcUUmed, "It's a He!"

Air. P. T. Barnum is advertising In the London newspapers far estimates for the construction of his trans-Atlantic balloon, which he intends to have finished early in the summer.

Feminitems.

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Generally speak5mfr-rwotnett. Old maids in Virginia am poHioly nailed "belated sister*."

A Boston woman has attend**! fortynine fnnemta this year. The New York Soroete has psOr cehr Inatod its sixth anniversary.

In Illinois usage a divorced wife takes her maiden name,with "Mm." prefixed. A girl of fourteen in Brooklyn, la., has sued a boy of sixteen for breach of promise of marriage.

Tho sands of awnmail'a life run out all the quicker when her waist is sliaped like an hour-glass.

Corry, Pa., has a woman bill-poster, while McConnelsborg girls, in the same State, steal door-eerapem.

The ladies will be pleased with tho fdMcinatiug story of "A IJfo in the Balance," the first chapters of which will be given in The Mail next week,

From all parts of the country come reports of destructive flood*, f^an't tlie temperance women do something to prevent the rivers getting high?—-[Graphic.

A tombstone in the Yazoo, Miss., cemetery bears the following inscription Here lies interred Prise! 11a Bird

Who sang on earth till Kixty-two ."£ Now up on high, above the fky, ilmiKt alia uinM 11aisriM

No doubt site sings like sixty, too An To wa woman poured hot water down her husband's back to cure the toothache, and the jury held that she was practicing without a license, apd sent ber to jail for six months.

Onoof thetest'writers'oi tlie present time asks: "What will not woman do for the man she loves?" We answer: She will not eat unions when going to a party, no matter how much she loves him.

Two Detroit girls litifo boou arretted for getting on a locomotive, opening the throttlo valve, and slatting the machine. They then jumped off, but the engine ran through a freight train, doing $700 damage

In tho South itcd&sa bale of cottoii, in the West a stack of hay, in Cincinnati a barrel of pork, in Virginia a hogshead of tobacco, in Pennsylvania a ton of pig iron, and in New England a first-class sewing machine—to dress a belle for a bait.

It is said that the custom of having orange blossoms for bridal wreaths was derived from the Saracens, among whom the orange branch, from the circumstance of its bearing fruit and flowers at the same time, was considered an emblem of prosperity. Not one bride in ten now a days knows anything about tradition, however. »j

A youth at Corning, Towa^ paid hi» at tentions to two young ladies and proposed marriage to both. They found out about it, invited him to the house of one of them and asked him to tako a seat be-, tween them, which he did, sitting down in a tub of water over which a covering had been nicely spread. He did not stay a great while after that.

Here is a droll epitaph: "Mrs* MeKadden has gone from this life she lias left all its sorrows and cares she caught he-rheumatism In both of her logs while scrubbing the cellar and stairs. They put mustard Rasters upon her in vain they bathed her with whisky and ram but Thursday her spirit departed, and left her body entirely numb."

Speaking of that woman who complained of ill usage, a lady writes to tlie Observer: "A womanly woman never gets Jammed or crowded or pushed. I am neither young nor pretty, but I never stand, nor am I shut out. Do you knowwhy Simply because I never push. If I do got In a crowd and am pushed before a man, I bog pardon and try to atop back and give him his place. Do you suppose he lets me? Never. On the contrary, he will help me forward, and I thank 1dm, and then he helps me more, No man lmt will help a quiet lady $ but dont they one and all like to be rude to a masculine woman

This 1a Willanl Nash's opinion of "complexion:" "The girl of the period pays particular attention to complexion Her religious complexion Is a subject of udnor importance. 8be cares nothing for the moral eomplexloiiof Iter admirer but his skin must rival tl«c ripe peach in tint. She ean satiety her mind with dime novels, but her ccameties must l» of the very best. They must render the skin soft, pure and white. It matters not how clouded the Intellect, tho complexion must be all right. That I* the all absorbing question. She disdains to walk in the footsteps of her mother, and Impart a rosy tint toher sallow cheeks by healthfVil exetrfc*. She is Ignorant of the beautifying properties of the kitchen stove, and that excellent painter, the wash-tab, Is not on ber list of acquaintances. The painted fees and penciled eyebrows are not fair to look uponThey are suggestive of the flush of death and the blackness of pollution. The gtri of the period who Indulges in the fr«e use of cosmetics is aimply following in the wake of the cyprian who, In the days of the long ago, practiced the art In order thatahe might lore ber ftUhwere to their death

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Five Cents.

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Connubialitle^

ikMSp' *», *Ml*e Written for The Mail. GfiOttY 6LT OF BUTTONa Hadi, the prudent wVltehjnmrii her door 51., Was waited at mtdntghfey herhoshands And, asshe gently turned herself In bed, A spiteful Uiou$rQt neVr lodged within her

Bat roond W f-U^ping lord she tucked the ThenM^l the which only virtue But, MdwuiuBtod up to hub, she »w A sight that IUh*I her placid soul with awe, ForThruding «»Vr a golden book, appeared An :,'ad man, adorned with snow-white ilMUd, Who turned oVr Its kaves, tlU, wild with The l*rt»Aent

«wdc«*l,-4What

ing hen

art thou do*

'•Andwhnt thy bwfc? thou cbooscst tuch a "T6 frighten folk With ghostly pantoinline." .., "Behold, 1 seek." exclaimed Ui' unbidden

RUfMt,

Thorn women'» names who lovo their hutband best." "And, pray," said Hadi, with a troubled look, "Canst tlnd my name within thy mystic book!"

Thy name, indeed P* It muttered, with a sneer, Hast thou done aught to merit mention herer* Alas," said Hadi, with a gentle sigh, To prais* on*'* self bodea laek of modesNo gadabout am I to other doors. But stay ut home to do my household chores. "I'm sarin*, too, for wh#| Is saved is gain,

But Poverty ne'er asked my aid In vain. "To Idle tales 1 lend no willing oar, And gossip# shun me With a wnoiesonee fear, 4

Ne'er have 1 «U.sobeyed my^ord's behest,. And curtain-lecture ne'er distorbed hw "Mavniitw," the !hade broke In, "tby •wisdomprove,

But entry here demands unselfish lov^,* One thing I do, then," Hadi, fiUtringi I keep hli aiii-U with buttons wril-BUppi-eu'" The vision ^luiied, then melted from hr But cuiue again at witciiing hour nejrt

Behohf/' it cried, "the names of women blestHum* nnWMl«a mime

By a late lowing, Mich., wedding the bride become* her own aunt Laura Pair Is said to mtme modfct housekeeper, and her husband ison^oi the happiest men in California.

Husbands and wives should read tho illustrated story of "A Ufe in the Balance," to be commenced in next week's Mail.*

A young woman married to an old and bald-headed man said she supposed she would be compelled henceforth to waste her sweetness on the desert hair.

Mr. Marrowfat rather snappishly remarked to his wife last Sunday that a man can't be always thinking of his immortal soul. He must have time to $at his meaK

Court ins? receives afresh impetus from the advent of maple sugar. Twenty-five cents worth of maple sugar will go farther than two dollars worth of candics, say* Danbury.

An Illinois Judge decides that marrying revokes a man's will. That is »m news to some men whose marriage frot only revoked their wills, but substituted those of tlioir mother-in-law. "Farewell, Susan—yon have driven me to the grave," wroto John Larchf^f Alabama, four years ago, and left the note on tlie river bank. He was arresfcil in Cincinnati, the other day, living with another woman.

A Detroit young woman said "Bully for, you!" when her husband brought home some confectionery. He demanded an apology, she refused, and a divorce after one week of married life is the consequence.

A Newark man who gavothe toast: Woman, tho last word on our lipw because It comes from the bottom of our hearts," went home and gave his wife a black eyo and sold he'd bo shot if lto didn't wish ho was single again.

Sneezing is very seldom heard in par. lors now after the old folks have rethfed, for lovers bear in mind the recipe given by Dr. Brown-Sequard—that aneedng can alwny# lie stopped by pressing npj*»r Hpi—and set accordingly.

A lady of JSpringfleki, Mass., attempted to supprcw*! a sncese, »nd tho eflRM wis a pariiAl paralysht of the tongue Ovd one sklu of her dm. She can't talk, I2»l ho^ winking l»w got to be all dono with one eye, The moral of this Is: Hrtsl4nds* get yo-^r wivot* to siygprc^ a

A awn Jai lUverhUl, Sfim, who had reoently burie*l his wife, on learning't the sudden death of his nearest neighbor's better half, hastened over to t»«s house to cuuNoie him. After hobetfeM tho ttfctass remain* of the lady, boremarked: Wal, wo hev both lost our women, |um1 alt we hev got to do is to find two more»"

At a tmjt aurtcesaffiT ssaftee In CtaototMii tho oilier night a jmsn buret Ihto tears when the medium dcarribed v®ry accurately a tall, blue-eyed spirit staging by him, with light side-whiskersflhd hts hair parted in the middle. "Do ysn know him inquired a man at his skki in a sympathetic whisper.' "Know htth I gnesa I do replied the unhappy niai^ wiping hte eyes, "He was engaged to my wife. If be hadn't died he would have been ber husband Instead ofitih Oh, George!, George 1" he murmured? in a voioo dMk«d with emotion, "why 5JW you peg out?" a&ti

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Lo, Sadl's name preceded all the rest! RocKvir-LK, April, 1874.