Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 October 1874 — Page 4

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TERIUS HAUTE, OCT. 3, 1874.

Ten Pages!

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We prl£tli( week an C*tra editkmof twelve titatife!|pd ooplee oif Tbe Seta Bvenlagg j|l§1. It will fall lute sy who Mf not «k for it *e*reftalre»dii$g, will be pleeaed to «n-

remem

The little folks will aci b* forgotten!, in fact the aim is te make The Mail a weloome visitor to every man, woman and child. ^11

NEW XQ&K LETTEB. the tenth page—supplemental

sheet—we give this week the first of a .series of gossipy New York letters, which will hereafter be an interesting feature «f The Mali These letters are written by a gentleman who has the entree of literary, dramatic and fashionable circles of the great metropolis, and :will be,fo^nd of interest toallclasses of readers. *.

Our lady correspondent also contributes another Washington letter, which will be found on the ninth page.

AMERICAN SEBVANT OIBL& Jt "Jersey gfrl" addressee a eommunlsation to the New York Evening Port en the ab v* subject which is one of the most sena*bi#e*nlfibQ&>na to the literature of thla vtotal question that we have sera for ajong timd. Speaking of the oftey expgoiwad Inability of people to get .iinerioan girls to do housework and tbe foC*Jbal they prefer to work in crowded fnilWaiHl or

There has

Tbc Mail «jrtao#y

year, and to Midi «j»tbow to tlwcity yoeelvlftg the choice of two new

and heaattfufchromos, Cherry Tims" and Seejwrospectus

I TtfSJJML Is net* p*p«tlMl common aces#**n|TW ternS*"M yteW blind adherent to W» pNy. l^will condemn all it wrong aadoomtyend all ilgfseitm right, wfcerWwr these «re found. fting* tob» fair, ceratedkpfcMd truthfoliij Jt ]M 45reat*cairo lo taken nd|to onWwgood tafctoandmorolp. Every numbs* of the paper can be introduced info the family circle, under elf line of it »Md aloud in Mishearing of young and old, mate and

m&sjkumAr xrmimuAiL Isdevatedto new* choice litewture, tomanHfe, i^rimlture,v4|rt», acfettoes, and general information.

The aim of it* publisher Is to place it ahead of a» competitors a«» valuable and interesting family papei |j| ^wtkttUse attention *pM W$R$} and neighborhood news.

A pleasing variety of original and selected miscellany will always be found in its columns. f^fv

Each issue of the paper will contain two or more finfeclaaa stories, which feature in itself will, in the course of* year, be worth more than the entire price of subscription.

It will contain useful information for the housewife, the ftacmer, and for all -olasBea. %g *£«. v\.

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*beir ttv«ajiewlng ftaf a mere jptttance, when they conjtt have pt&asw&t bwnw gr#& fnmSBai sl^prapeeds to detaU own ^xperieice. Bheata^eathaf she itirinislroi iiirif had &t wm mtDt hi want of of rtrjTi poor and her vym gyei| thailhs fcww*r if ifce kind ofwwkMwmldlMMkdfpn herpatren« ofltoed .Mjr would 1

joolllMwit dM ['^rorkabotitthe MMpted*.. She^rnd »lnd for some drtfwbaeka ind for iaw|pMmged Jfor her former roving B^lro that feelfog soon wore off and, after a nine months' experience, she declares hera«lf to he happy and contented, her health modb iniproved and her eyes as i^rong as em. She do** her eommu^nieathm with a few word* of advioe te theae who may wtoh to follow her ex* aaaple, and tfcey m* to amalhle that we «HUMtr«frala

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-ffidl tMrtft foh jfcK away Tear trinkets, wear caiico drnases about jonr work# and have g«»d Jrtg anrons to *over your dma, for nodtong tooxs mow mmk»a than a #rty *e«*len dwas, «^al^$fyoar ptooe lain the kitchen. "And When «&«taw to find a jriace, don't Ithink you will 4 mnoh work tot so "fau*lh£iey« m&t Urtak Jfwo

,aim^a»ring out i&trr llv«a |thin%I^^mOTe g»^»l thi

wfS^it tiMt iSw and Mart to And health ahd a pwdwrn^tftl,

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tke «wt Jata«3r #ri, y«|n ^wont beatMEfy.** -»1 TWe me la only s^aiersi^ iter, but fifteen, 1» trying the same thing

WeeoBtaMnd tldaarwns tody'ieowse ^to girls who sre thrown opoa their own |reaou rces fo^wfitjoft ««d who are following hard and ill-pakl labor. There leeftalalyeagfetto be nothing diespface^fktl In a i«romsn's doing thai wt&fe 'JpMMWiteiWstty wimww'a erork-~sa«*«ly, labor. If www not to 94*0* and sweep and ai ^•B i|iiulilW» *i SllWlt

1 iron, pray (i h--

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honorable theae, limadlM^y]a

mm—rr is honorable. Yet It Is true

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In the current number of the Qalaxy, the subject Of ^'communism" is treated at length, and apparently by an able pen. The writer foils to find in it any satisfactory explanation oT the present condition of things or any reasonable plan for their improvement. The communists seem to possess a blind instinct for overturning and pulling down, but have nothinjj tangible with which to replace whatlhey destroy. The terrible scenes they have enacted mope than once in Paris indicate that little good is to be expected &um them. Tot the doctrines of communism, if its shadowy and half-declared pnrpoeesmay with any propriety be termed doctrine*, are, according to this writer's belief, beoatning wide-spread and are taking root not aione in tbe natiwHantlfs orthe tfld World but in ofctr own jsooiitry lit will, and the spread fef thesi prineJ{ftes |nd tbe organizations that grow out of fibet^ may occasion jast alarm.

We do not condemn the labor oigani»Oon». lonbae«theyhave done good and have had a tendency te benefit tpo condition of the labw«r. if they ait property conducted, and the alms Which they profe#a are carried oat, lew ifill be dipped to deny to them many aautU lent charaoterfstka. But there are some wrongs ecHmpd|t«idl^tbf tfadetrunjon^ one of, tfce S»i#f, Of frfcich ip the limbing of apprenticeship by consequence, the number skilled workmen. T&fet feature -of the unie«rm*0t meet with nnqnaHfl«S, oondemo^lfiWifibili fvtfjrone

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ed- W!""1 upon with contempt and tyrannised over. Their woman's pride Is wounded in many and they rebel

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igahKte fipf« 0pm pfaf Wf •yfta'w^S tHa* there Is truth on eithea- side. Many "girls" are qarelwp, slovenly and in«fflcipfif mm I•»*#»•*•* tyrannical%iMl over-exaoting. We have nodonbt either that U*e*e aiem«ny ftrnt? throughout the country where young women of tWy haWta, pleasant and cultivated manners and .cheerful

ly kind tTestmept and fts.d hapay homes, ^ueh irotiiot) b# ln oe% maad. Hiey could choose th^r sma

Um "Jentej girP are worth opsl^krii^

THE AMERICAN LABORER. The labor quartieivia doming t« occijpy a large part of thl public utiiwi and of public discussion. It has been evident to many for some time past that the

considerable modification to make them so. Yet as to just what ehahgee are necessary there seems to be great diversity of opinion. In fact the question la such a difficult and eom^U«tcd one that none but shallow and windy blatherskites havgpwtended toflttd Its true solution. Men of this kind are accustomed |o mdimt the platfonus^rf labor a^emhlies and poor out a torrent of wordy rhapsody about the tyranny and oppression of capital, the injuatioo

light," and nothing more thaii their utter inability to cope with the qti&klofi in hand but to theae who have thought deeply on the subject and yiewed it from VftridiiS "stiinll-points, ft has grown tobe whfgut that ffie"T8BgT~qtifestion Is only oneottatfftfgWWBfe^ttloraivln®perfecfcstateB of eocietywhich probabljr will be understood and solved Ciily so fast as the general improvement of a

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the wait bWn# df *&mf rt Wmbt hinders many ^opng me^i j^oin becoming skilled srilsahs and holds them down to tbe fowl of the day laborer, thus overcrowding the poorest jisid departmentaJf i|(^i^fijijB*tlitr*rfleii are really k«i|t i* a «la^.|f dii®let%i

A few days age tbe Philadelphia Grand Jury were making their usual visit to tMprtpnand neiiliantlarj and wp*» «ujpr1«edjt the ^rg| n|ipl|erof yvktfr men, from ywwwof age, whetf pm0l» tbed. They made inquiry of tbe young criminate, and learned that meet of them had never been instructed In liny trade*Md that wbea they had applied tor an opportunity to loarn, they were needed by employers, on the ground that onjy a small number of ajijsarraittwp |fo|Kd taken. In making their presentment to the cowl* Ifci f&T tbtir Utter that the anfortunato condition of things which tbey had discovered i#i»ii*ia^

Uw departmanu ot me^aki«1 W nlver oteralodtOd attd that tlu«^fo|ftlM0f our medsanlciiarelni.a-.-.-.: .4i iJWBrHW- JavHU PPVfn^pR' WwUN 1"1 •«IB atateiMRri, Joined to flM weltknoir* foct that many members of ttnlons are tbemselvei Ibitigneia, Ir •meRMttvo and may lead ewy well•w?-..... of Ar.f-ri'-m meclianlcs and ]si. mti dt ftber, by tttls m$v flpf«39

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admisdon of skilled foreigtiere.

testis'

tlon that tbei have a wonderfhl stnount of vitality, ai»d are exhibiting it In strike ing and novel ways, fifty jwsaw ago the entirely da* vera

cd Srii

4Apn#ia

nod jplaces of amusement. Theytrswl«i hut little and they wrote leas, but took

tacbed to ^»e Jte«? woincp *rlio took an active part in thft snH-«lavery movenraal ia the soriy stages of that historic controversy was tbe natural expression

of the pppjadH56 of

to do a r^sonable amognt^ tradlttenal wswand

^nst any

d^ilTO*fromt!wtrafl w*yr«ua

shof'n by the altered p«dtlou of woman and like enlarged sphereof her activities, ^oterywhe^ natc^he few po&n #W9 do|?|T*tt-wWlvr S^^ttoTsheh^Snea Meat oTUMi taradee and business are open to her, It is eHtiinatcd that over forty

r«cclv4jti^4ag^^^ald ha^1^^! health, and, In many casss, mig^t Uve for years under one roof£ ^tgeyirtg a 1^ of tto oomfom .nd phM of refined homes. "P# Wuartlqjia Pf mommHtAmiiinn

ent'ntechimlcal sr.d mercantile callings in New York fHy alone. There me more girls than boys in our schools, and tbey are cpnfepedjy the better pupils. ^ie actt^is ttd oo^W for girls and Jfoung ladles nave lhcteas^d and lmmore than' those for the other within ten years. More than stfotein cdllWWbi^o Open^ the^ d^ors and'tmited yourlg wdmen to ift««rtBeir advantages with jjoung men. Our most popular novelists are women, and nearly as many women as men live by literary laber. Women a^ amopg our most popular readers and lecturers, and a few have mQ».aj^pwtam,J^ttonjAtbe pulpit. The departments at Washington are full of women clerks, .and in s$vemf3&tes women i»ave bpeo elected places on the'School Board In the Cftaritleir W otiir time they take a rand tfiye ptot, teid \^it for their tirelei# iadu^y nd

ous cnthttsijuim nianyiif our""bSst ^hiritiM WOtdd foil. They make our hospitals hqme-like by the taste and tenderness and unwearying patience of devotion, and in medical practice have gaiaedJ^foQ^ld Toansenf possession.. As teachers they al^ jjr^emiuent, ajgP^iey are thjj life of the churcEes and, Sunday schools. Clergymen or ill denominations confess their dependence upon the women in their oongregatipns for the needed^ seconding ofrtheir iefibrt^.Ther|iew efttWdpagaini iri&imp^ranoe Was ft^gun by Mmkn, an,d has won its yictories^ thus f*r

This wonderfhl evolution of society deserves study. It m/jans something more &an'ithj9 bwi4| V^tkii^ away 'froirte^ tablislicd precedents and a time-honor-ed routine.' It indicates a new development of humanity under the influence arid institutions of onr democratic civilization. It wetadfteem thatlb^ety do# not move|®ta|ci0ierdiiultfUMoti&ly, half at dtime, tfn^tiie"VitalSty of our age is most strikingly shown in the evolution of the feminine halt It is no irruption of tbe Amaxdns, but anew develOpment of the nice. Woman must take her plaoe by the sidc of man, to shar# his re^pon#ibilitk»and strengthen hfm jfor his #ork, and unite with htm in bullying |h« homo, the ighool, and the 43MHMttottof the future.

^.iher CO V&TJffUUBl and Ooidt*r, Mpadafily tb» pQWP*

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m®ntha.

The

lalgedtle* have their, cxpQRjLions, and the stiates and counties their Ikirs. The ct*nn|ies are lew, if Indeed there are asy, -in this State whloh-bave not aome kind

of an agricultural society, and do not go through the metfams at least ofholding^tn atfnull IWi. Some qf themare ponatftftlly succeaafttl, making a fine aluyw 0 rtock and Industrial products, aii» W«)l pAtroni»d by the people and Irtrre atmndant receipt* wi*k wjbich to

Wriomfl^ w^%ead fortfe the unweloc^worda,^ fi»«mrialf|»ure Thi. year, we are happy to be able to say, nearly all the fidrs that lave been Held fkr have bacn gNgflBputiy, which

our former

fHcnds do not sot aa much value on these annual exhibitions as they ought to

tttfCe b«K aMNNM# a|hMta|4 fifom them. This ought not to be so. The county foir is an institution which no good former am affoifc to do without It ought to be the pride of every

tke county. Samples of everything that la|i«^llidi«ii»the». Thefinwt rattle^ horses, sheep, h^s, poultry, the imh +r*if*eni, tbe plumpest tneasm ofirbwt, the goldenest hotter, the rit^est Jyfese, tbe m«m lusdous iVuits, the deftest needle-work, apedmaiw of all the mlnerate, whatever they may be, oollecUons of CTiriodUse, everything In rtK^thatMcmf^io tbe cettBty,* health or production oagfrt to be c^MMted aft tbe eoonty tot. Ofcoorsc It Is tbe purpnweoftheaodetiersto do ild«,b«it ttla not dome it might be If mwf dUtea would take an active pari and 'Hribute his fiill share to the

«wST Is to ocrnt- if ltfN«ae»'

former. "WfllHpay

me to let my plow and drill stand idle for two or throe day* in order to take something to the foic and tben gotoeee what other* ha^e takenT" Wo answer yea, emphatically. It will pay you bet* ter than a roupie day's wradk to the field. It will pay you to know what yewr nefghbow are d^ng,* to examine the various products of the county and see which are bm and most profitablp to raise. It wiU pay y*$ to ulk withy^ur neighbors, to get their viewe, to compare notea wMlitheta. ,Yon cannot help getting some new ideas of greater ot" leas vatae Awb* them and ofini parting some in exchange. You will find some who know things that you do cot and you 'etftJ§!!Rit thooojjfw erill find ma4y Who know leas than you and these yon will find it pleasant to instruct. .Your life is too isolated at best. Tim country is sparsely settled ym do not often see many of your neighbors. You haven** enongh holidays and days of recreatjoa. fou lack social culture and do not cultivate the amenities ftflUc enough. You are comparative strangers to each other. There are many old attiseas In the county with whom you are not acqoainted, perhaps hardlyknow by right. It would be better and pleasanter If you were more acquainted with each other. One rarely talks with anybody long without hearing something'tlmt new klm. One of the best sontooa of education ia tlii» commingling of people together, lite effect of the contact is to stimulate and develope. Our ftcultie# rust when we live in utter solitude. "We need to meet and talk with others—to tell them what we doing and hear them tell what tbey are doing* The county fair should be made the great yearly harvest foast, generous and bountiful as the abundtmt crops that have been gathered from garden, field and orchard. Surely the former has aright to his holiday once in the year and he need not grudge the day or two that he spends at the oounty fair for none In the whole calendar will yield him more profit if he employs them aright.

CONSIDERABLE money cbAnged hands," Is the report from the game of ball played here on Monday. It is to be regretted that the spirit of gambling Is destroying our out-of-door pastimes. As society is now organized, It is impossible to prevent this unfortunate condition ot affairs. There are those who, like Mark Twain's man, will bet on any and everything. Said he to a neighbor, "Huw ia your wife this morning?" The answer came, "Much worse the doctor says she cannot live until noon." "Bet yon twenty dollars

lives till sundown," rejoined the inveterate gambler. The proposition was as natural to him as the breath with which he uttered it. The shock to the feelings of the melancholy husband was all unappreciated.

IF wC view the human body in regard to its maladies and the season of the year, says an English observer, we shall find that Summer is divided firom Winter by a line drawn frog* somewhere by the third button of the waistcoat As the mercury in the thenfiometer goes up our ailments go down. In cold weather our respiratory organs. Inhot weather the digestive organs, are severally the places In which we go wrong

ONE Polar Expedition, the Austrian, has come home with the honest tale that nothing is to be expected from a search for the North Pole, and that the theory of an open Polar Sea, is entirely mythical. It la the first expedition on record that dldnt proffessto have found something wonderful from an open sea to "Symmes' Hole."

Tub Sodete Internationale, which only a few years ago, spreading like wild-fire over Europe, threatened tbe overthrow of nations and the general upheaval of society, held a general congress recently at Brussels, the great hotbed of theae hot-heads, and only thirteen delegates put In an appearance.

In all the States west of the Mississippi, exoept Missouri, drought, intense heat, hot winds, chinch bugs, and grasshoppers have reduced the grain crops for below the average. Returns to the Agricultural Department indicate fine crops In nearly ail other parts of the country.

Mtt!" BncBSB conducted the services at Plymouth Church prayer meeting lMt night for the first time since his vacation. His appearance on the platform was greeted with "a (rtoraa of ip» plause," the telegraph tells us.

Tar* naval s&ool at Annapolis now has a bone of contention In the shape of an African cadet, as black as tbe aco of spades. He comes from South Carolina, and Ma noe for naval honors will doubtless have a hardirow to hoe.

A PBSii i*t»ic*D patron says of The Mall thai^ itdUfem from other papers in fee respect that there hi nothing in It— which ia aot worth leading.

MAJ»Y formers who can barely "hold their oats" are holding their wheat for a rise, and there is great complaint on the

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Mokton went to California

this week, tc spend the titfao intervening before the sitting of Ctengreaa, in recruiting bis health.

freest* torn to take a weekly paper than a dQttgent ben can earn in a year, at the market price ofi^ga.

ISat gtajn* is the teana of long and labored editorial In the Xew t«k Post. 1.1.1.1].UJJLUgal

Tsk Depraved Drama fai n&Mnp attenthm of the »#W York pf-

"d4mtrt GAMBLmo.

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TBXsecia^reor TITR emtaKcaww. POWEIfc.

Oambling has its miseries, says the K. Y, Mail, and its mystertes, ewybod^f knows, Of the two, however, erai publiels iMo«il-fondliar With tftf* miseriea. And yet the» Is something

for. wheca choatiag is reduced tobwt and science, all idea of ebanee ie and the game becomes the baid^st Awit^jyUiVK. in no seipe ditforlifflf from pfcket~{4ckii^ or aneak-thievery. It is not geiMwal|v krwwit, we assume, that evervfocility is famished by aceiw tatn cfaM of dealer* to thoae e«wy-con-^Henced persons who inolino to imder-

publicatjona now befiwe us, (md wiiich anybody can procure who will ^send for a circular/*) ttie mysteries ©f gam«ing all ladewwtty and resolve themselves, as we have said into pocket-picking puro and simple.

Invited by a newspaper advert isementj a yonmr friend of ours recently was led to "send for a circular,*' the remarkable contents of which he has no wish to monopolise, and so proposes to share with the readers of the Mali. Premising that the document is obviously Intended to lend every help to professional blacklegs as also to increase the number of that class by developing the proclivities ol unsophisticated youth in that direction, we quote the opening paragraph of the circular

E. SI, 0— No «£rcejfy%ew York. manufacturer and dealer lu advantMre ana mark**! toaek playing o«^b?^wW«\

Returning to the circular, we find it covers somewhat more than one hundred different items, with descriptions in detail and prioes affixed to each. These prices, we notice, are considerably higher than honest goods—that Is, square dealing articles—usually sell for. But roguery must always be paid for, in one form or another and these high-toned maiAifoctureia of the* implements of cheating naturally expeet to be paid a premium for helping young or uninitiated thieves to learn now to steal without detection. Nor would It be reasonable in any one to hope to buy a sure means of "advantage," without paying something extra for the satisfaction of "knowing just what your opponent has in his hand," which same, of course, ''would enable you win." I*t us look over this list of goods for "practical use." First oomes a price list of marked cards of which any style on the sample book la offered for fl,25 per pack (or 40 per cent advanoe on honest prices.) In quantities these cards are sold at MO per down packs, or $85 per gross. It will be seen that the sunply is unlimited? and that the traffic bears the marks of having reached wholesale proportions. The inference is natural that one can never be sure, in playing with a sfcrangsr, that the cards he produces are not of the kind hero described and common-sense suggests the expediency of wariness about being led into the temptation of accepting such opportunities of being fleeced. Further on the list of goods offered by these scalping dealers are found all the essentials for foro, keno and similar swindling games, everything being, of course, got ten up with reference to cheating over-confident dope and victim. Hi'

wouW aosfft to be, fflnjue adepth: er an am

Sstein

yon

can tell tbo atx* auif suit by the bMksas well as hy 4he faoe». Ereirstyle of back Ju?Dt oonstantlr on hand. Theae cards are JtSWlmluaonof tlie fotr pl^ngcnrdj Ineommon use, and are adapted for Waff or poker, seven up, forty-live, eoohre, criobage, casino,. IoOiJMmI all other games of ^lil where knowing!ust what your opponent has in hand would enable you to win. Hquoro and marked card*, cot to order for mocking hands for every aamei alsoforo boxes, lay-outs and tools ioaiefte wheela keno sets, ivory gooda, rouge et uolr or red and black, roulette, feather and ^anchor. Over and under seven, eight and ten dibe, and foro cloth*, and every vartety of spertlns imolemeutaaud materials. "My cardA are nowIssued not only in ek* aet imitatiun of the square cards of the same pattern* in color and Style, but al* la the material and quality of the board, and are unequalled by anything In the way of marked cardHto be obtained in this conntry. Faro boxes, tools, painted spreads csd sil other aoods herein *dverU«ea are of the very beat quality, and parties wishing to set their goods for practical use will do well to fovorme with their order. B»pecially Is Oils true el thoae wishing to purchase foro tools."

Accompanying the circular la a "SamBook of Card Patterns,"

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the end indicating where the private marks are placed "by which you can tell the sise and suit by the backs as well as by the faces." For example, No. 1 is "sieea near right corner suited near left cornen" That is, when your opponent holds a card with its back toward you, a private mark in the right corner shows what the size of the card is, and a mark In the left corner tella what suit the card belongs to—whether a club, spade, heart or a diamond. This, of course, brings card-playing down to a rather fine point, and, to him who is familiar with the marks, makes the cards "advantage cards" in a very literal sense.

the

too, there are "loaded dloo, warran sure—exaot Smitatio of common (or honest) dice," of which 9, i. e., 8 high S low, andS square cm be bought for 15. Also, "feather and anchor," or Mustang dice, Ji-lnch—whatever these may be— are offered for 910 per set which has rather a steep look to our unsophisticated vision. For fa you can buy "etehtsided dice tops that you can spin high or low and force yonr opponent to spin as you dwdra."

Under the head of "Specialties," those accommodating friends of the Incipient or professional blackleg offer a "sleeve machine lor^lffffif"eHr Of playing extra cards the most perfect pieco or mechanism ever gotten up for this purpose." This article works In the coatsleeve noiselessly, admits of holding the hands In the most natural position, re* quires no ftilao 'm6vcnjofst«, and weighs but about four ouneee. "This article," the circular goes on to say, "Is manufiwtored by no other firm in the country, and ^guaranteed to be all it hi advertl* ed. F&ee, with toll directiphs for w, |35." Now this, we submit, for a little four-bunco fraud, or rather l«*tmctor in

fmS*'thfnk Sfth7j^ of "atlvantage" Its use involves, and, remembering Ah Sin's auooeaa, Wf ma* conclude that It is not so unconscionably dear af-

Kevetihelew, we b^ to dls-

mentioR^ "Tbe »ig," a neat oontrivanos for hiding away an extra eard or two, or anexiUTftcard—utter! defying detection." This entomolc*lcal (TsindUng contrivance can be ha4t for only $L KOr ahould we Overlook the offer of book called "How Gamblers Win," which, for the small Investment of half a dollar, givea a "Complete expom of Advantage Oarti Playing, showing all the different method* of cheaJlng at the various American games of card*." Sorely, thl* is a volume that no sporting gen11 I-! irv I^Ottld b® Without

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&uy_i)YoaLiower King than professional gambling itself, and If tbemJi noiakv texeadU artl stop it, saAikrciMWn be'emictedatnce. If there a law prt^ibiting tlm diablerie, It devolves upon oujr police oommhtsioners to see to its enforcement. For why males aomuch ado about elating up a fow uxorious gambling dem now and then while this machinery for broadK attfig the seeds of vice Is suffered to have a headquarters In our city and emit Ms debasing circulars without loit ot* hlndranoef Wo can conceive fit no more tberouah means of increasing vie* and crime ailover the country than the circulation through the malls of tbe kind of ibUcaUona~ «bovo reviewed. And it oceursto us that now, Kince the (Society for the Suppression of Gambling has gone to sleep, there is room for the labers of another Anthony U»matock who shall follow up these traders in vice just as the dealers in obscene literature have been followod up and rooted out.' There can be no question that, in the degree It shall be suooowful in reaching our young men, this infomous

of sapping morals and feeilltaig villiany may become disastrous in its effects. It is with this view In mind that we make these exposures. And now, we would be glad toknow that the proper authorities are prepared to do something towards squelching this enginery of

LUTHER BENSON.

This gentleman, who Is to speak lifew next Tuesday evening, in the cause' of Temperance, recently mad? a statement to Mr. Harding, of the Indianapolis Herald, which wo reproduc* below, as a powerful argument In favor of restraining the traffic in liquor, and the enforcement of a law for the protection of the unfortunate drunkard. Think of a man having himaelf Incarcerated in jail to save himself from those who are plotting his ruin This ig Mr, Benson's statement fj

For ton months, lacking two days, I never touched a drop of liquor, and when men stand up and tell you that I have been drinking moderately all the time, you may know that tbey lie. for It is no more possible for me to begin drinking and not to become drunk than it is for me to stretch my hand into the fire and draw it oat unburned. When you hear stories about my having been drugged, or liquor put in my medicine, you needn't believe them, for no man Is responsible for my fall except Luther Benson apd if you ask me why I drank I shall have to tell you that I couldn't helf it, I can give no other reason. At intervals throughout those ten months that I was a free man my appetite has been such as no one can ever know till they lead the lifo.that I did for fifteen years: and I pray jod that none of you ever may experience it. For several days before I drank that last time my thirst seemed to mo more fierce and terrible than It ever had been, so that for three days and nights I could neither rest not sleep, but walked the floor Of my room and felt as though I should become a maniac and then, in my desperation, I took the first arink, ahd for eight days the fetters of my old enemy boond rpe. Then my old friends, the saloon-keepers, held a jollification meeting over my ruih. ana took care that ,1 was supplied witn liquor. After I got the first drink I never lacked fot whisky they would slip it in my pockets, place it before me everywhere, and even set it in my room at the bead of my bod. This, continued until, in my desperation, I went to the sheriff of Rush county and implored him. for the love of heaven, to swing open the doors of the jail and lock me in, and tako care of me. He did so,, and for twelve hours I occupied that cell, and there I renewed my vows to yet live and die a free man! I want your pity and your prayers. I throw myself on your charity, and ask that you deal with me as your loving Master did with Mary Magdalen, or with the repentant Peter. Forgive me as you hope to be forgiven when you and I shall stand before our Father's throne and your pardon then shall be, not of merit, but all through thp loving mercy of arisen Lord.

MA TRIMONIAL MO W& Editor Mail: I wasmuch pleased last week with Town Talk's article on "spectacular weddings." Hie custom of marriages in church, which in its inception was a very excellent one, Is rapidly degenerating Into a sort of free exhibition at onoe offensive to good taste and opposed to tbe sacred character of tbe oeremony. It frequently happens that persons with a largo circle of acquaintances and limited means, in this manner are able to satisfy the pride of all their frieods by giving them an Invitation, when it would have been impossible to accommodate them within the limits of their rosldonoea.

Thus for, the custom is very well but it does not stop here. The church, being a public place, parties Jsel privileged to go on such an occasion to It who would not Intrude Upon the privacy of® family residence and accordingly on eveiy occasion almost we see the church crowded with careless lookers on, attracted by motives of mere curiosity or worse* The conduct of these assemblages to notalways such as beflta either the occasion or tbo place. "Shows" at the opera hoqpe require a ticket before admitting spectator*. Why should marriages. If taoh attractive performances as they seem generally to be regarded, be

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dhows 7" The exclusion of all persons not bearing invitations shouldcertainhr bo WoMa*. [p^mmMVATOMrpFitvsm

What has long beOn needed In this city to complete our excellent system of education, has at last been consnmated. this la the organization of the "Indiana Conservatory of Mnsie," with a faculty composed of our leading teaehei* of, mnsta. Tho ewpa consist of: g. C. KUbourne, Teacher of Wano, Organ, Vdee and Harmony, and conductor of Choral Union. *_

Robert Brown, Teacher of tlon and WnritMr. L^ader Wm. ZobeCTeadhier of Piano and Organ »nd HanUrt for Choral PnloP..

W. H. Paige, AmiirtantTeaeher. Mlm Ada iowtfs, A«i*t*nt Teacher of Piano andOrifan.

The ot^otto to furnish superior advantages for thorough musical culture, at tbe lowest possible cost. Tho fall tem commences next Tuesday, but pupils can enter al any time. For circulars and particulars address W. H. Paige, Secretary.,

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