Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 July 1874 — Page 1

Vol. 5!—No. 2.

THE MAII.

a PAI*R FOR THE PP plk.

Town-Talk.

Entirely toqtMH to go ehureh. And though the de\ dont Uks a va*tlon f, T. m-«* «^n having one of a fewfiuL ay*. fee n^y up strength and renolutkm enough to try one service to-morrow. He cannot pr..posit"% lytodo so. BaikH a)'-':ji«ardly W*n criticise either Iti or when the thermometer hi frfciklng around among the §int4tea, *»d now and then taking f®»* era day or two somewhere up above a lr:- drvl. But the fair thing shall be d:3 sootiejr or tetfr. T.T. has set out to do the ehuwhes f«»d ho not going hfb on Us piwoitoe. The chorehes shall be f, re tf If take* all summer. 'X^M^LsnMoQ^m&d necessary in order to remove any lurking fpp*. any churches or ministers were to be slighted. Be patient all ye panting souls who long for a day of glory, when the beauties and the blemishes of your pet minister, and off As church (our own church is always ih«f church) shall be impatiently portrayed in this column. Bt a little easy on a follow who ftnds that It goes across the grain to sit regularly under the droppings of the sanctuary, and in due time sll shall have their portion*. If it is hard1 to curb your impatience to get a glimpse of yourselves as others m» yon, remember that, if such a thing to possible, it is harder tor r. T. to go to church. By the way, having alluded to that oft quoted prayer Of Burns,

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T. can but suggest wtfet an AWFt'X. CS9TB An answer to that petition would csuaeto the comfort of a large cla-ns in the community. If, howfever, happiness is a proper otgeet of pursuit then it would be too bad to destroy the bliss of those who, In their own eyes, are modfla oiT oievenieas, and lit the eyes of othera are stuptd aasea. 'flake for example that man—no myth, but lksh and bones, and probably a fewttyains—who, tf permitted to nsme Wra^f, would havtibeen chrhtened

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iters of wtodon ind «ML Bwy W? |se think* a woipdeni of «fi*y pkiity. Wi.tU- he flourtohw about Ja^ py In M* otheia J^y liiii! 1k« n*kes WW4» W»«f iuiuiuli *Ad tUu know ll» He WM Will know it. And totry t® n»ke htm w^) *elf as others see Wm wuW 1* tfee unklndest cut of ill. The spirit of Uargh, ii 1 of *11 htoanti-cruelty-to-anl-iv-.s to vorn, f#rbid any torturing rev it!.iu

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He generally w^lw *!ne, ThA* affair long ago, hut It has not. tworeaeoiia for this. H# preCsrs the se- xotwitbrtanding the fbet that a woman laetaoch^y of Uaaslt, and other people

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#rtt» and tboae who disj^ieaae him he mkI eharactearof Mr. Beechw tarturea and withani by raftirtng att

ssMgBltie^)t«^th* twpreseion that eoftBervative minds throughout the counlMletiCtad(y u* of (n w^cf jattf^i with .the former's *!*«. Ha la feafpy, ao happy, la «ir A, that be has laid his friends an- sun, whiten lurked in the air* and dh»»likp*l*iyMe«i*adNeendlist refused to be altogother hashed and tm^oe, and maO» tornm mmti

under hfs aagie«t. Hla Mends, mean- was not right in the ywat p»a9het*s life. wtd)a,tiMte wouM »fatt«n went on so for a coople pf yeuw ii if be ^werenol m* aoonceWed oi »u ones, like a Wt ^roma I py, AndhtoanamlcenotosOymau- (^adim aky.camaa long 1M1»tovrn a^ aowhww to Ute wHho«t Ow «vn- .n«ofthetwoiiM4h tav^ved^ shtneokisfa r,l»uta»glsdtottob implimtton the wo*s* tlud Mrs. 3cd by him.' '#4**0**.M«,»w*er. low ft to mm Irt—lf aa qthssa 1 Then Hmm Mi from com end ef th» ww-? to take Uai««t^iM^to^«hertli^the«ini# oo^ I, tdtaeawl *hhn upon the adNttrina tip of the' great #k A':'* hi.-h ?!.:•% lit .fuu-h md the vos«v0f Uh» proMwncfldi Up In a gilt lv I I 'f i:

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('oinw next. He to fouujf fellow. He i- most entertaining companion to tv JU*d. He can tell a stoiy with bettor cffcet than any other living roan. He gets off the wittiest sayings of any humorist living, dead, or unborn. He Just sparkle* with amusing things, He cannot help it. He was born so. Ho hardly daws to be droll as he caii. lie only leta off the wit which he cannot hoki in. It wouldn't be safe to give loose reins t* his jolly steed. This is the way lie see* himself. Others look upon him as an unmitigated boro. One of his stories Is more dreaded than the seven y. tteh. It lasts about the same fength of time, and Is worse while it lasts. His Jokes are of about the same age as biiuaelt All who listen to his sparkling conversation Consider themS3lve« deserving a place lia Fox's Book of Martyrs. Who would be so cruel as lo give that man the power to see himself as others Me him He is happy now, very happy. What misery would foston upon him if he knew what a bore he really is.

Burns meant well. But ft was an awful prayer which he uttered as he sat there in church and saw that louse on

The very.topmost, toweSrlnr height O'Mlstrtt fcomnet/' Why tliitur^ her by revealing ihat which was hidden from her eyes but in sight of all others 7 Whv cry out, "{Xlenny.diniMkic*w yoar head. --ms.-:

And set your beauties a'alwead V« little ken hat ««aedfpeea .j The bla/le"h makln' Thae wlnka And finger rods, I dread,

Are notice takiu'!

What of It? Let happy Jennie alone. She don't know any thing about the louse or the finger ends either. She enjoys tensing her head, and let her toss. It may do fbr peoplo who set a high value upon wisdom to utter the prayer, «AJa wad some power the giftlegie us To see oarseto a* oilier* khj I It wad trae man/ blaiWer free us, ,r^^

And foolish' notion

What alts in drew and gait wad lea n% And even devoBon." Bat there would be a great cruelty in securing such a vision for those who are supremely contented with thcmselvos.

He thinks he knows all, and, if thee* tfMttld chance tej be Bome-ftw things which bedoes not know, theweare of no great consequenee. Upon Belig5 km, whether aadent or modern, pagan or ""•*«***«»", upon Government etvil^ f« tiwl »1,s',''#asti«dami domeattc upou His- kavimu 1 tory, past, pees mat and nature upon ttoe of the most mysterious andatubR»w» BaUwada and Grangers, lit that we, have known for abort upon all subjects under the sun, jong time Is the B®eoher-Ti

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aiares Ills opinions with nuthnrity as •prencbet this country has ever much as to aay, Here as Is supposed, but not eer eontrovetsy. He la happy, supremely tainly knowh, the wife of a man who, bapp* i« the flwaaetoaanesa of hi^owu «i theeffltor of several prominent joursuperr wisdom. A ftw peopla accept jjgjjgjyj {w a popular lecturer has exerted hhi own MtttuiUmv o# himself, but the immense iniiuonco on the religious general cxpr^rton ^g him to, lt wo»ldse«n that What ao asa. He about the the promlnenee of those involved would •tweta with aa«ir of «ip«l#rlty»

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aadoth«m rtaiAw Wm togieatafetoi to be a woman of no1th him. me? go their way, i0tUm disr^uUUe diaractor and h- goeahlaway. Tpon those whom the great preacher of Plymouth church mtongm&Mmmfoifrl"•>**** wouk) not deign to reply toheraweeptfae is mnaga hto aitontion, a Btti^:

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writer was ev»n aqrry that be tad been compelled to allude to it. ^Ho would net riae by Mr, BeedUer's^ ruln. lie "would not lay ao much a finger on that aad and sorrowing head." With the scandal he had nothing to do. If thatif wim akeleton In the ckmet of Plymouth church ita members would probably hasten to open th? door and let daylight shine through the dark place. In such a strain of mingled regret at what he had done and of Indecision as to what he should do, does Mr. niton's card run on, ib that If we were in doubt before, we are doubly so now, and can only be oertidn of ©he thing, namely, that there la some mystery in Plymouth ohurch which ought lu somo manner to be cleared up.

There is one point in Mr. Tilton'a eecond card which calls for a passing notice, fiiisys:

Hut one thing In the whole matter Is so eonspJcumm and grond lihat It dt*orv»«« tt notice it kaa not received. refer to the toleration, thenympathy, and the aollcltude of the America* people ibr a great and use* nil man under a cloud of auaplclon, thick and heavy enough to crush an ordinary character beyond recovery Had thin thing happened twenty-live yeani ago Mr. Beech•r won kl have been dragged before nn ecclt#i&sU«d tribunal for trial in leas than a month after the accusations ivwnmed a deflnite shape, and had he tried to preach before a trial he might have been mobbed. To*lay there ia scarcely a man or woman lu America but hopes he ia Innocent of any wrong, and tries to believe him so. In spite of circumstantial evidence, confirmed by hla own course, hla naine is a precious household word. He haa the sympathy of 5,000,01)0people, who bend forward toaave andblesa him. There is something almost sublime in the spirit and attitude of the American people, who refuse to condemn a great and me nil man, even If in aorne moment of temptation or undue heat of an Impulse only the strongest natures underrtaud, he did what he ought not. At least until compelled to do ao by the necessities of the case, they see the terrible iiUustloe of welshing a whole life ofuuequaled servlcoableuess against a momentary intotuatlon, and throwing thirty-live years of consecrated effort for the highest ends utterly away for what may have been done in a fit of ftenxy and If they condemn him at all it will b® for his efforts to evade and conceal what should have been frankly acknowledged to his own people at least, and his willingness to shield himself by allowing the innocent to suffer for his offense.

There is something true and much that to fltlse in the above. The forbearance of the people has been great in this matter. They have not been willing to condemn Mr. Beecher unheard, have waited patiently, but so far in vain, for his defence. But we apprehend that this forbearance will not last much Jouger. Mr. Beecher'a prominence, his great abilities and his vast influence In ahnping the religious thought of the age, cannot plead extenuation for a great crime. If he has Sinned the people tnust know it. They may forgive, but they cannot excuse him. Because Mr. Beeeher is a great man, because he has devoted along and laborious life to the elevation of society and the good of hla race, hia grave offense* and scarlet sins ate not to bo overlooked. Of a man who has preached purity for thirty-five years the people have aright to demand purity in his private life. Let us not inculcate the idea that because a man is great and useful, towering far above his fellows In mental superiority, that hois less bound by the minor morals of Hfo. Not ao. On the contrary have a bettor right to demand purity in the Ures of wch men because of their greater strength to resist temptation.,

One thing may be set down as ccrtaln in this matter and that la that the whole nation unitedly demands aa explanation of Mr. Beocher. This mystery has slept too long already. It ought to be cleared up. Mr. Beecher has certainly done something. It may not be so bad but it can hardly be worse than the people will imagine It to be II left in the present state of uncertainty. Mr. Beecher shooed be strong enough and brave enough to meet the matter, not with the poor defence of silence but witb an open declaration of the troth.

/.Fashions' Fancies.

Rubber jewelry is again foishionable. Beaded waist belts are new and fashionable.

The Alpine hat to becoming flsshiona* btofor ladlea« _. A return to poaltive colon is ahowu In the new importation*.

Fe*Ui«r ikns arc lo vogu They took wieUbuigtooUttleair, White linen'raite am trimmed with open-workembroidfrry.

BlaHr rtllt »hir*t corded with vel vefctiy the «UraU»hlonal)les. UraakOwtiaekets are of white Frenah cambric covered with embwrfdwy Hi the most dabonrte manner.

Whlto 104 sho« tipped with Waek and

Bat «UH Mr. I wtth black heels are wont by the Flora

-b. r#dff't «fly. bMtotodrhe! _' rtd ft»rtinse fofiilJu vm**-' HN«#ww*^a rttn front and jm •tifficfcoQy 1«% t^iUnd to touch the ground. fn the matter of hair, a modified and k-jR corojw* Mild ta woru, *hd at Ijj*

mthe^Mi itde white alpwsa «rimw»ed

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th l'lack velvet to a dr»^. »m mi aJ&otod tqr ttm mit ai*. It* newwrt thing tn glow bo**# is miniature trunk, dliridcd into ot»mpartinMrts for moraies, afletmoon and ew

«a*dtyt" tdm$ fkmi*. It I* Of Boaito toatlier,

I.tv .1 *8 Mr .Item# with Rr^-gilt, and will do In owsmtry bouaes Ibr a wanUl ornament.

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ed, the whole aflWr will demoralise a hundred dollar bill. No fttshloaabla woman thinks of wearing a collar now-a^toya. RufHea are all the go and Uahle to be for some time to oonM.

Hxera hi ona geod thing about those White ganae vdls a woman who powderj looks a* rmpocwble behind them as a woman who doesn't.

The long apron frouta now In vofjuo admit of very Uttle trimming on the undenklrt. In most casea two ruffles are only seen on the bottom.

iPeople aad Things

The school boys of Boston have a rcgImcntSOOWrong. In England there are three hundred different religious secta.

It Is denied that Tiiton will lecture on the Beecher and Byron scandals Fish, Bass and Mullett are now prominent officials under the government.

It takes sixty fortune-tellers'to koep tho Chicago folks comfortably swindled. When a man parts his hair in the middle tho crease is very apt to strike into the brain.

What shall bo done with tho weakor vessel—Scuttle her, or Beecher?"— [Graphic. I \n ih.f

Mayor Iluvbrmeycr, of ^few York,'the reform Mayor, Is now abused by all the reformers.

People rise early at Saratoga and go to the lake to see the college lxys take their morning swim*

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For gossiping, gadding and gambling, Long Branch comes first, Cape May second, and Saratoga next.

And John Champlain was lying cold and dead, writhing in his mortal agony," says aNew Jersey paper..

It's astonishing with what -unanimity English short story writers lay their scenes in the railway carriages.

The 650 Chinese students in this land must go home, being of too much cxpeuse to the paternal Government

Satan may vent his sharpest spite and all Ids legion roar" was what they sung at Beecher'a church, on Sunday*

Nine dressmakers and six milliners in Paris a,re men. They all drive In their own coaches, though many of their customers walk.' ^w1F

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Mr, Jewell, the new fostmastax General, learned the tanner's trade in his father's tannery and subsequently studied telegraphy.

Donalds in is projecting a trip to the skie£ on an Indian pony which is to be hung in slings attached to the concentric ring of his balloon.

Two theological asses of Vermont are about to discuss in public the momentous question whether or not a backward immersion is the Bible mode of baptism. ,t -mHt fii'

Tlie youngt^ay gtfeductes are beginning to part their names in tho middle, The valedictory at the commencement of the Louisville High School was delivered by Miss If. Emma Davi*.

The oppreaaed tobaoco-chewem of Wooater, Ohio, cant have any peace, even in church. A preacher there has now begun a war upon them. "Sunday week he discoursed on the 'hoggi&hnom' Of chewing in church, and after painting the o0Nt»e In all its enormity, proving conclusively that every man who chewed the weed In church was a hog, a villian, a rascal, and a knave,.be paused in hia sermon, looked hia hoaxers steadfastly in the lace, and said: 'Now I went no more such dirty practices here. If any man chews tobaoeo in the beuse of the Lord next Sunday I

Robert Oollyer don't have a very high opinion of the Patriarch Isaac. He recently characterized him as "a poor, feeble young man, who didn't h*m grit enough to court his own wife."

A VirgUxia sheriff asked a muruvror if lie wanted to make a speech on the gallows, and the man replied: "Guess not it looks like rain, and I don't want to get wet. Go on with tho hanging."

A drunken Chinamen, feellug rich and elated at hia progress in American civilisation, went through the streets of San Francisco crying, "Hoop-la, hoopla! Me all the same as Mciiean man. Hair (nit short and drunk like hell t"

A Brooklyn writer on street-car cour teatoa holds this opinion 1 "T6 vacate your plaeefor eveiy young thing who entet*—who h&s been on a visit or shopping, and who will doubtleas dance a half dosm acta aft* she gets home—is not gallantry, but the idr of an afifected fop or downright fool, and will never be performed by a sensible man who has done a hard day1* wort.w

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you damp sheets in your

hotel?" inquired a flwtidioas old party at the —Mottle, the other evening, after ho hid written his name and handed hia carpet bug to tho hall boy preparatory to ascending tb the room MRigned to hlnu "I doft*t think we have any on hand Just now," answered the bald-head-ed dark, "but I'll order a pair put under a fliucet for you, air, directly."

Tha editor of the Worthington Xlmea )um Meeivfd a booeh of flowers. He «ays: "The kind ladies Of Worth! ngton have shed a halo ol' aweetnees through U»e Time* office adnosour lairt Imrm,caiwiug it to bear a striking refsamblance to a inodei-ti Eden, In M, floral prfnt of view." *X1Uala a very praoelb* acknowledgement 5 but to go from such a place to wood-abed, *aw a quarter efaeord at tou&h oak knots, and theurit in the kttcheu and hold the beby while Ma wife stows the dried apples for supper, takes all the romance out of it,—{Logan*port Pharos

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Texas women, it'is. rep^M ridflSh both sides of their horses. Elevert counties of Illinois have ladies as superintendents Of schools.,.

Three young ladies are runnings stock firm near Mto, Colorado is out of girls, and asks for a fresh invoice (assorted) from the East.

Detroit Free Press By the way—but nevermind. Doctor Mary Walker has as much right to a h&nd pocket as any °f .m}/, JlsJt uumM t#

Between her ruff and the white frill inside her hat. the fitshlonable belle peeps out like a chicken coming out of the shell.

Sarah Ward, a sfijiool girl of BurUngtoir, IOWA, jumped the rope 180 times, and then was barely able to drag herself home to die.

A girl in thiscBy visits all Sunday evening with her beau and at midnight makes him bring ipjthe water^for the Monday washing. Ml., 9*%*

Lot's wife wouldn't have looked back, but a woman ws^th a new dress passed her, and she wasted toaea- if the back breadth was ruffled.

A Mrs. Chase pays three hundred dollars a week for the privilege of living in the rooms once occupied by Bow Tweed, at Greenwich, C^jn^

Who was the meeitest manT" asked a Sunday school teacher. "Moses.

Very well, who Was the meekest woman T" "Nevqr was any." ,«W. A Baltimore bride, according to a reporter, wore cafia lilies in her hair. Seven oalla lilies In a neat cluster on the top of a lady's head would look well.

A Cincinnati boarding school girl, while indulging with her companions in the amusemwlt of kicking at a mark the other dayV dislocated her thigh joint.

Ladies who take no particular pleasure in the looking glass are easily recog nized by thq fact of their wearing a gauie veil otter their feces, oven in the hottest summer (lay.

The belle of Dubuque won a silk drew by carryings bod of brick to the top of a forty foot ladder, whlio a great crowd stood and cheered at the aight. And yet people contplain of hard times.

If ladies want to look beautiful, l.ere is a sure receipt: Eat meat once a day, pickles on^ a oek, and sweetmeats once a yetitt *«id bath evary day, walk ftve milea every day, and then you will have no u^^paftrt otptrwder

French AlflleaineVcr fold th«lf summer dresses lit iMtlnfi. They are rolled lu wrapping and thus their fresh and stiff a|ipearanoo to always relalned There is no reason why American ladles should uot .ta^ the hlnt and do likewise.

An old lkdy tn Massacusetts being inftHrnwd a dam above &e village where she lived was likely to give way, immediately wished for a pair of clean Btocking^'jsfcying in explanation that she onca s*w a woman struggling in tho water atAl that she floated rfkmg twe wp» ward. ,,,

The 4tell drew" of society how-a-days to bad enough, butiswas a great deal wtow In the Byrohlo age. Tlio Htory to told" that the poet M&x* onoe caUedwt^he hmw© rf Wfe^foshlonabld fri^hds who had Jttst fnsfcalled

untrained raatlo coachmar.. The latter answered the port's knock, aa*, nonpltutied at the intcna^atlon whether the ladies were at home, when the question was repeated finally stopped forward and eonftdently replied in a supprowod toflis: flCh^r toli me to mjt tlicy were out, but they're in. They've gone up stairs to strip for dtoHser/'

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him by name in open church A Chieagoan, whose heart is with Beecher, writes "I want to see some comment on that business enterprise which caQsed an advertisement to be inserted in many newspapers to tho eflfoet that The Golden Age, containing a full account of ita owner's domestic wrongs at the handa of Henry Ward Beocher, would be mailed from the publication office to any address on the receipt of tenoeats!" #•,.

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Ti»o women preachenf nnmber thirtyeight now. A romantic boarding school girl spells Jelly with the"io."

Female social clubs are becoming numerous in this countryit«ss 1 Seventy-six Michigan Journals are in favor of woman suffrage f*,- ^u

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Five Cents.

Multitudes »f women loae health, and evea life every year by busying them* selves until warm and weary, and then throwing themselves on a bed or aofit without covering, or in a room without a fire, or by removing their outer gar* ments after along walk, and changing tkeir dress while in a state of perspiration. If you have to walk and ride both, do the riding first, and on returning go to a prarm room, and keep on all your wraps until your forehead is dry.

Stupid things ooming from the lips of pretty women are laughed at and con-

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red bright, when an ugly woman's witty sayings fhll flat. This to not always the case. There are women whose lkoeaare almost plain enough to ache, who have such agreeable manners, sparkling wit and lovable dispositions that they are general fevorites and belles wherever they are. It to by no means necessary that a woman shall be beautiful to attract gentlemen. However, men never frown on beauty, as women know. 1

California pea-pods are for superior to orange peel Ibr throwing tlie unwai? pedestrian off his equilibrium. Hereto what happened to a lady in San Francisco, as described by a paper of that city *%he'kicked with both foot as high as a ballet star, gave the peculiar, shrill, feminincs cream, eat down, said, •Oh my,' smoothed down her disordered attire, looked around wildly, rose quickly, shook herself to see if anything was loose, gave a withering glance at the place where she had fhllen, and, with all the spare blood she had in her flice, went on with her shopping."

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Connubialities.

•rtr-sH MENTAL RESERVATIONS.: UK. For better, for worse" (And the sate of her purse

For richer, for poorer" (Of course IH endure her In sickness and heslth"

4 (Why not with her wealth 0 To love and to cherish" r«(I'd otherwise perish) ,, ... •"rill death us do part'4

(Then at her aim hla dprt!) SOT. For better, fOr wowe" (To old maids I'm averse

mi pOT ri^er, for poorer" -*r (And age has no curer "Inslekneasand.health (Time creeps on by stealth l»yr. To love, eherish, obey" i« (So I marry this day.} _.

Till death do Us part"

Twenty bridesWere at a Niagara hotel in one day last week. If a pretty girl cannot see any joke in a kiss, repeat it and ask her to solve the re-buss.

Brigham Young's favorite wife has an outfit in the way of horse*, harnew and carriago valued at 92,000.

Mem. for young ladies An Iowa court holds that a promise to marry must be in writing in otder to bind.

Down in Kentucky the traveler hears fond husbands say "Come, darling, come in and get dinner, or 111 mash your old red head with a club!'

A couple recently married at Taunton had been courting thirty years, having been affianced before the birth of tho clergyman who united them.

A Brooklyn husband comforts his wife for the low of their dear little eight-months-old, by reminding her that there will be more room on the clotheo-line now.

An Iowa charivari party that pulled the clothes off the bed were each fined twenty-five dollars the next day. They haven't such a keen sense of humor now.

Tho Warden Of the Utah prison is said to have five wives, with children by four of them. He has a written oontract with two of those wives binding them to support themselves and their children, f,

Ah, ladles," said an old epicure, wl& opened a bottle of wine, "what to more delightful than the popping ot a champaigne cork?" "The popping of tho question," unanimously crieu the ladies.

The Schenectady Star to responsible for the statement that a Juno-bug, bussing around In a dark Watertown parlor, flew against a young lady's ikce with such foroe as to become hopelessly entangled in her beau's mohstac4ic.:" _-_

An eiderly clergyman of Chicago when asked the other day why he had new married, replied that he had spent his Ilfc In looking for a woman who should regain from working him a pair of slippers, and he had never found her.

In Pcesoott, Wis., an ambitioua widow married "a wealthy planter from the Bermudas in March of health." He afterwards stopped out to convert $1,200 of her money into United States bonds, and it to supposed that he has gone bade to'the Bermudas.* 3fot m*wy yeans ago a Hartford man was drowned, and friends brought homo the dedd body to hto afflicted wife, As they came to the front door with tha corpso the now-made widow appeared and sadly remained: "I gnow you had bettor take him around to the back door, sot be won't drip on the oarpefts. -ftfrv