Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 November 1874 — Page 4

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*Th? machines sold in the on leas* at 15 per month. All sums under S«S^n hand. Sale positive. Everything 2M owwl will be sold if a bidder ean be found.

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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

RRRE HAUTE, NOV. 7, 1874.

SECOND EDITION.

TWO EDITIONS

»f this Paper are published. rbe FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening, has a large circulation iu the surrounding towns, where It is sold by newsboys and agent*. rhe SECOND EDITION, on Saturday Evening, goes into the hands of nearly every reading person in the city, and the faim ei* of this Immediate vicinity.

Every Week's Issue is, in fact, TWO "NEWSPAPERS, Ir vliich all Advertisements appear for

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QTATE OF INDIANA, VIGO CO. ONotice is hereby given that John Fremont, surviving partner of the late firm of John H. Fremont and Jacob Fischer, has filed his petition to sell the Real Estate of said firm of Fremont and Fischer *°XUe:North half of Out-lot No. twenty-five (25) of the original Out-lots of the Town, now City, of Terre Haute, divided fromtho South half of said Out-lot by an East and West line, parallel with the North and South line ofsaid Out-lot, with the flouring mill, machinery aad ar purtenancesto the same belonging. Situated in Vigo county, ''roe'^ersonal property of said late firm being insufficient to pay the debts ofsaid firm, and that said petition will be heard on the 2nd day of December at the November term, 1874, of the Circuit Court of said *Witn«s! mgtond this 7th day of Novem-

3 HE POLITICAL LANDSLIDE. Tuesday was a great day. It was fun tor the boys, but death to the frogs, the Democrats taking the part of the boys, and the Republicans that of the frogs, in the play that was put upon the stage. The story of Democratic victory was repeated so often that it became a little monotonous, especially to the Republicans, who felt, long before the end came, that this thing had gone far enough and ought to be stopped. But it wouldn't stop. It just poured. Evidently the great fountains wfflfe broken up, and the deluge came. Effort was made to keep up courage and think there wasn't going to be much of a sbower after all. But when old Massachusetts gave way. eveiy last Republican knew that the breeching had broken and that there was no use in trusting Providence any longer.

But what does ifall mean It simply means that the people are ready lor a change. Evidently the temperance issue had very little to do with it, for where there was no such issue the Dem ocratic majorities rolled up just as over whelmingly as wheM that question was prominent. The financial question did not do it, fbr the Democracy of New York and Indiana diflter with each other far more radically than the Republicans and Democracy of Indiana. The Journal is making a great deal of noise about that wonderful plank in the Democratic platform of this State which was propared by Mr. Voorhees. It probably had about as much to do in securing the Democratic victory here as it did ii electing a Democratic Governor in Massachusetts. The feet is that the Democrats are hopelessly divided on the currency question, and therefore their victory is not in consequenee of their financial policy. And more than this, unless there comes to be greater harmony on this subject before the Presidential election, and this becomes the main issue, they will And it droadlWly perplexing work to tinker xtp a na»nal platform upon which the two wings of the party can itand. The troth of the matter is, that no question has been settled by these elections, except that the people are ready for a change. In some cases it was one thing which prepared the people for some new experiment, and in others, another thing, and in some nothing in particular. The people had become restless and ready for almost any thing new. If the two parties had changed platforms in each of the states, we do not believe that the results would hove been materially changed.

Unless this victory so intoxicates tKe Democracy that they throw away their opportunity, as they have invariably done since the rebellion broke out when ever they have had an opportunity, tb_i same restless spirit prevalent among the people will give them tho next President. But they can easily commit suicide, and, judging from thair biatory for the past fifteen years, they will probably de it. But it must bo admitted that the signs of the times all indicate a change not only in Congress, but in the political complexion of the next administration.

On the other hand It must not "be forgotten that this is the "off year," and that the stragglers and the scratchers and the Jndifferents, will get inside the party lines when a presidential campaign comes round. It must also be remembered that with the present divergence of opinion on the financial question it was easier for the state* to, fix up matter* singly than it will bo to harmonise all the varieties of opinion in the different States. This year the political warfare has been carried on su a sort of bufth-whacking fashion, but in national polities whole armies are to be marahall1 flash whacker* may not make good i-ular*. Bat there is little profit in predicting. Things are in mighty on certain way. Perhaps the next President may be a granger.

THK want of ISSUES between parties has been severely felt during the political campaign just cl«ed. Time was— and not long ago—when the words "Republican" and "Dewoerat" had pre mt meaning were suggestive of and those id«w were antagonistic, diametrically opposite, such as freedom and slavery. But that time is past it has "mingled with the years beyond the Hood." During the campaign of *74 the Republican platform of one State has been almoat synonymous and identical with the Democratic platform of another State. The straggle has been for the plane, not for principles for persons, not for idem. In each a contest

"the floating vote," which is always strong enough to control, has naturally

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nn.ior i- mu upm rm. 5ii.it i* :«U there It* in that dii 'ion.

has been In session, in New York, tor several weeks, held its dosing meeting on Monday of the present week. The questions which came before that body of able men, lay and clerical, were mainly such as pertain to. ecclesiastical machinery, and however important to the church itself, of very little interest to the general public. Probably not one in a hundred of the readers of the telegraphic newa knew, or cared to know, what the "House of Bishops,"or the

Bouse of Deputies," meant by the resolutions which they passed, or refused to pass, or even what these Houses were But in one or two points the public is interested, and pretty clearly understood them. One is that a clergymen elected Bishop of Illinois has been refused confirmation, and so loses his bishoprick because of his High Church, or Ritualistic notions, or, perhaps it is more correct to say, because he was very strongly suspected of entertaining such notions, The main charges made against him seem to have been pretty thoroughly disproved, and yet the taint of Ritualism was too much for him, and be must submit to a most uncomfortable "slip between the cup and lip." Dr. Seymour, the rejected candidate, is a divine in all respects qualified for the position to which he was elected, being a ripe scholar, an earnest Christian, of great executive ability, an eloquent preacher, and In short, all that could have been desired in a Bishop, save, as was supposed, very "high-church" in his views and practices. His rejection was, and was intended, as a direct reproof of Ritualism.^

In the same direction was the now canon passed against the use of the crucifix and of incense, the elevation of tho sacramental elements, bowings, prostrations, and "such like," which was aimed especially against gestures

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TERRK HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

and

postures

intended to adore the visible presence of Christ in the bread and wine of tho sacrament. A strong effort was made to modiiy this canon so that it should only condemn prayers for tho dead, and prayers to the Virgin Mary, private confessions, And such. But the effort failed. The convention evidently had made up its mind that "this thing must be stopped," and it put its foot down.

Both these actions are a decided triumph for the low church, or perhaps more correctly, the anti-ritualistic party, in the Episcopal Church. It is very probable, almost certain, that the action of Bishop Cummings, in inaugurating his reform movement, opened the eyes of a majority of the convention to the necessity for this decided action. In fact the argument was openly used, that, unless this action was taken, the reform movement would draw off large numbers. So, while the action taken will probably have a tendency to retard the growth of Dr. Cummings' church, if he is a trle«

he wiUf-be^attafiad,

with the fket that he has forced the church which he left to face these important questions, and to take decided action on some of tliemi

Outside of the church itself the sympathy of the public is entirely with the low church party, and from every quarter, in the secular and religious press, come warm commendations of the oourse pursued by the Convention on this subject. Yet, in the church, the ritualistic party is very strong, and many of the be^t judges think that its numbers and strength are rapidly increasing. It includes many of the ablest divines, as well as many of the most devout and zealous and Intelligent churchmen among the laity. It is more than possible that the next Convention the triumph will be on the other side. Without question the breach is fast healing. The contest which has for a long time been ii) preparation has openly begun, and, in these days when the tendency among churches generally is to unity and tolerance of differences, the Episcopal church seems to be rapidly nearing a division. Tho issues are such that so aoos as tho one party shall gain a permanent and undisputed supremacy, the only alternative to the other party will be separation. Submission is out of the question. Yet this may not be a great evil, or any evil after all. Division is not to be dreaded one half as much as stagnation. Truth comes from discussion, and unity, the true unity, is often born of division. Tho other churches have fought among themselves till they have purified one another of tho worst errors, and established each its most 1m portent truths, and now they are beginning to see that there is not much difference—no difference worth fighting about —between them, and they are coming to like each other bettef, and work togetheh more harmoniously and efficiently This movement will certainly have a tendency to put a large part of the Episcopal Church, the majority at present, more nearly In sympathy and co-ope ration with the other churches, and secure for it the respect and sympaty of those in return. The Efrfacopalians have good reason to be gratified with the character and course of their last convention.

THEWS IS rejoicing all along the line®, in the regular army, over the defeat of General John Cohurn, of the Indianapolis Congressional District,chairman of the House Military Committee. John wont infer "reducing the army to a skeleton," and now be Is reduoed to a "cold, cold corpse," aad the boys in MM are singing iM? him low, lay him low,

In the clover or the snow WtteicanwbeT He cannot know Lay hirn low, lay him low."

it or an S am at a in ha be re am a Thna !\. !o» th Mississippi, hook oat one of ever appears In their audiences, the A3•k. Ai th. Morning for some startling newa'aertionof the Capital must be regarded

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it ir 17AI ISM IN A HAD WAY. N«* have peace on the third THK Indiana Senatorehip is attracting The regal ar Triennal Convention of! term busing, attention all over the country and parthe Protestant Episcopal Church, whkh

THK making of singing school

boofcs

apjpfcyrs to be endless. •&,

THK grasshoppers and Democrats seem to be taking the country.

A» exchange mourns times when slang w«a never alung.-

THB year 1875 i» apt to be historic in the annals of great European wa*s.

ONE Ream of applications for the office of State Librarian is already on file.

"SUPPED his grip," is tho latest slang synonym for "passed In hla checks." PUMPKIN pie doesn't taste as it did 40 years ago, in Mr. Billings' estimation.

WE are told that the periodical trade has snffored little, if at all, by the hard times.

A NEW YORK Eplsisopal divine refused to let a wedding be rehearsed in the church.

FREE labor and free banking would be a good rallying cry for the presidential campaign.

THE Indianapolis Sentinel is correct in its opinion that Senator Morton wore out his last pair of pants to small advaatage.

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THE Mormon Temple at Salt Lake was commenced twenty years ago, and the walls are now only fourteen feet above ground.

THE unanimity of federal office-hold-ers In favor of the third term, Is the most charming phase of the political situation. =====sz__

HOBDES of hungry office-seekers are preparing for a descent upon the Legislature. Already tho malls are crowded with their piteous appeals for support

THE most imperative duty of this State is the care of its incurable lunatics. Will the incoming Legislature attend to this, and thus remove a long-standing disgrace _______

IT is

generally

supposed that the Phil­

adelphia Centennialists will get a Itft from Congress this winter. The proprie ty of such an appropriation is, at least, extremely doubtful.

ALREADY the Democrats are querying whom they shall elect for Speaker of the House. They haven't had any experience In the business since Orr, of South Carolina, went out in 1859—sixteen years ago,

THE Woman Suffrage amendment to the constitution of the State of Michigan upon which the women were permitted to vote, was voted down on Tuesday It received a larger vote, however, than was anticipated.

THE Presidential Intellect is profoundly cogitating the annual message. It contain a "learned and pathetic account of ffie ravaj^s at granahfeppem, as vria Excellency thoroughly Investigated this subject during his recent Western tour.

A REPORT of the Chicago Public Library shows that the works of Emma N. Southworth are in greater demand than those of any other writer. An equally suggestive feet, from the same source, Is that the works of Dickens are not called for at all 1

LATEST advices from Washington represent the administration standing at a front window of the White House "smoking a cigar strong as proofeof holy writ, and gazing at the brass Jackson with all the Intensity of expression peculiar to a salted mackerel.?

TEMPERANCE crusading has recommenced at Washington, C. H., the start-Ing-polnt of last winter's movement. According to the reports heretofore published, that place has more drinking saloons than before the original movement began. Tho novelty having worn off, it is doubtful whether the revived crusade will prove as effective, oven temporarily, as before.

EVEN in Massachusetts Republicanism breaks down when it attempts to put into Congress a man whose only qualification is his great wealth amassed as a quack. Pill-maker Ayer was de feated. Tho party bore up under tho burden of Ben Butler for a long time, but either he has grown to be a heavier load, or the strength of tho party has lessened. It broke down under Butler at last. Good enough for It.

J. C. VAN PELT, the Ohio saloon keeper, who made himself somewhat notorious last summer, as a reformer, is at his old business again, as will be seen by the following order published in the Cincinnati Commercial

VVILMINOTOS,

ties, or factions, are concentrating on

(Voorheea

or McDonald as the reprawnt-

atlves of Inflation or contraction.

IT IS a £$ct not generally known that, according to a decision of the Supreme

the good old Court of this State, a single glass of in-

toxicating liquor, taken by a juror during a trial, vitiates a verdict and is ruled ground for granting anew trial.

A BUREAU of statistics, in connection with tho office of Secretary of State, is one of the urgent needs of this commonwealth. If properly organised and well conducted, It will be a source of great profit to the people. Will the Legislature give this Important matter such attention as it merits?

FROM Ibe earliest days of our national history, tho navy of the Republlo has deserved and maintained a glorious reputation. Duly valuing this feet, we see with deep regret the present tendency of that branch of the service toward barbarism. We refer to the great and expensive efforts now being made to perfect the manufacture and use of torpedoes. The use of this terrible instru ment of destruction Is not civilized warfere, but wholesale assassination of the most diabolical kind, without a single redeeming feature.

GOTHAM OOHSIP.

Correspondence of The Mail.] NEW YORK, NOV. 4. CASTLE GARDEN.

It Is doubtful If Jenny Iind should be landed unexpectedly at Castle Garden, whether she would recognize the place, To be sure the old rotunda remains the ««me as it was in tho days when its echoes awoke to the magic of her matchless voice. But the old place has been so added to that there is little of the or iginal to be seen. Entering the grounds by the gate "for emigrants only," one can see the loop-boles that perforated old Castle Clinton Passing into the rotunda, you see a high, vast dome, painted here and there, with bits of blue, the remnant of departed glory. The old sky-llght Is there, and evidently the old floor, for the boards are rotten and in many places entirely gone. Where the stage stood, are the offices connected with the building, and where once sat the most fashionable audiences of New York, dazzling in their diamonds and languishing in their laces, now stand groups of forlorn looking emigrants, wrapped in their many colored shawls, Two big stoves partially heat this immense room, and around them hoyer the latest arrivals from the old country. A correspondence bureau is in this room, as is also a telegraph office, a post office, a couple of lunch counters and a money broker. A bulletin at the money broker's desk Informs the emigrants of the fluctuations in gold. The passengers are all landed .t the pier upon which the rotunda opens and off of which are the

baggage-rooms.

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O., October 20,1874.

"Gnmbrtnu* Stock Cb., Oft). O. "Sin—I start again In Bnissnww and would like to Milt your beer. Please ship 8 Doe. Bou-is of Bwr. I will toon st'Ue o»vr mild aeeoant, I shall start slow But have a good Bulwnett Place hear. Yours,

J. C. VANPKLT.

THK Capital, Don Piatt's newapaper, stoutly contends that tho siago teaches "ahigher morality" and "more refine* ment" than the pulpit. This is one of those sweeping generalities calculated to tickle the public ear but it is not true. Take the average audience of a church and compare it with the average audience of a theatre, and you will.have no difficulty in deciding which has the advantage on the score of morality and refinement* It is true that both of ifceee great educational agencies are for below their true standards, but so long as every considerable city on the continent supports theatres so vile that so woman

as maliciously falae.

A barge takes such

emigrants as desire to go west, from the kpier d|rect to the depot of the Erie Bailroad. There is

large baggage .room

and custom house office on the pier, and passing around the building we get to the front again, and into the Labor Exchange Bureau.

At this Bureau, situations are found for emigrants without charge, and not only for "green horos"but for many who have been in the country for two years. The Castle arden authorities find places for girls as long aa they behave themselves and bring reference from their last employers. There area great many

this class at the Bureau than of

any other. Persons going to Castle Garden expecting to find "green horns" are very much surprised to find any other kind there. No person is allowed to take servants from the Garden without giving a reference to the officers. By this means the uninitiated are kept from falling into bad hands. All keepers of boarding houses for emigrants must be licensed by the Mayor, none others can take such boarders. With all these precautions, however, the unsuspect­

creatures too frequently fell among thieves. THE WILD IDEAS OP THE EMIGRANTS.

It Is curieus to hear of the strange Ideas some of the emigrants have of America. A gentleman In the Labor Bureau told me that frequently mon just landed would come up to his desk and ask for situations as bank clerks or officers of Insurance companies. Some even ask for engagements «s musical stars. Any number expect clerkships in stores to be found fbr them, and all are surprised that such places are not. awaiting their arrival. Very often on finding out that the streets of this city are not paved with gold, they will return home by the next steamer. A. T. Stewart Is the only merchant In New York who ever gets clerks from Castle Garden. He picks up young foreigners, English and Irish, much cheaper than he can Americans. Seven dollars a week seems like a fortune to a man who has not a penny In bis pocket and don't know where he Is going to get one.

I am told that often very respectable looking people will come over in the steerage, people who look as though they might be well off In this world's goods. The German emigrants are the most satisfactory. They nearly always have a little money, and know exaetly where they are going. The Irish on the other hand seldom nave a penny upon landing, and have no Idea what they are going to do as they all expected to find this an El Dorado. Alas, how easy it is to be mistaken. One poor fellow has left the record of his disappointment written in a bold hand on ono of the doors, it reads, "Bad luck to the day I first saw New York." No doub- hundreds of others would leave the same line if they only knew how to write.

The Monnonites who tended recently, brought $100,000 with them, but they are exce ptions. There have been oompamtivelly few arrivals wihin the past few months. The people on the other side of the water imagine that we are starving over hero. Letters are being continnaliy received by those already here urging them to come home and flee from the misery with which they are supposed to be surrounded. There are a hospital and two doctors connected with Castle Garden. Patients are kept there uutil they are removed to Ward's Island. *The hospital at the Garden, although merely temporary, is as com*

THE COMMISSIONERS ON EMIGRATION. The Commissioners on Emigration organized In 1864, with the present Mayor, Wm. F. Havemeyer, as their president. He resigned the next year and the vacancy was filled by Mr. G. C. Verplanek, who has held the offloe ever since. The headquarters of the Commissioners was at first in the old almshouse, where the new Court House now stands. Itwaa moved several limes, and finally Castle Garden on the Battery was settled upon In 1865. Anew baggage-room was buHt iu 1860 at a cost of 175,000, which will accommodate fifteen thousand pieces of baggage. The arrangement of this roomIs so perfect that nothing is ever lost. fe-'

Almost every nationality has been represented at Castle Garden. Some years ago eight Moors landed, and entered their names upon the book in Aru- g" bic letters.

In nine years, from I860 to 1866, remittances to the amount of $4S1,055.21 were received at the Garden. Tho annual g, rent of Castle Garden is 12,000. Tho buildings, furaiturw and fixtures are Insured at $50,000, and the baggage Of the emigrant's at $30,000. That this insfcitution is the greatest protection to etnigrants, there is doubt. How far it felk* short of a Paradise, is to be estimated by the emigrant's Imagination. It is very certain that there is no place that looks more beautiful to the home sailing wanderer than that little patch of trees and grass known as the Battery.

MUSIC AS A MEDICINE.

A book has recently appeared In Paris with the curious title, "The Effects and Influence of Music on Health and Disease." This singular subject is treated upon at length by Dr. H. Chomet, who argues for his theories as only a Frenchman can. The book created considerable attention In Its original form, In consequence of which G. P. Putnam's Sous will soon bring out a translation in this country. M. Chomet gives a short history or musicin his book, from its origin in the orient to the present day. He, strange to say, plaoea Rossini at the head of the composers of the present century, and regards Wagner as only great in harmouy. This opinion will find but little sympathy among the, American and German readers of the book. In dealing with music as a theraputic agent the writer takes health as the perfect accord of the human instrument and music as the vital touic. Music puts new life into the debilitated frame, arouses men to action. We need

So

no further than Barnum's Hipporeme to see the efiect of music as a tonic. During Weston's recent walks, the band In the ring was regulated bv the doctor, who, whenever he saw kfs patient wearv and drooping, would give a signal to the leader. The braying of the trumpets and roll of the drums acted like a stimulant to the tired man,who would Immediately start off at a rapid gate, looking as fresh as though ho had just taken a bath. There is more in muslcthan the gratification produced by pleasing sounds, and M. Chomet has agitated a fraitfhl subject, and his theories will have many enemies and many friends.

HOUSEHOLD ART.

There Is no longer any excuse for furnishing American homes like hotels. There are almost as many opportunities for pioklng up tasteful furniture and bric-a-brac in New York as in some of the cities of Europe. There are firms in this city who have agents across tho water constantly on the look-out for rare nhina and graceful old furniture. Then we have other firms who make a specialty of household art. You tell them about what you want, and they will design and make such articles of furniture as you only imaglnlned to exist in tho palaces of the old world* It costs but a, trifle'saerefaad -often even less than that which Is sold by the ordinary upholsterer. Sypher & Co's, on Broadway, is as well known In this city as is Stewart's. There you will find old sofes. cabinets, chests of drawers, bureaus, sideboards, silver-ware and china of the oldest and

most

beautiful patterns. Most of these things are valuable as historical relics. There Is Sevres ware that belonged to Louis Philippe with the royal crest and monogram chairs and china owned by Napoleon III. old Gobelin tapestry elaborately-carved jewel boxes from Itar ly Venetian glass old Dutch china, old French china with delicate paintings, worth $150 a plate silver sold by impecunious old femilies bronzes and brass candle-sticks iu fact, to pass through this store you would think that some old. European castle had been robbed and its contents pitched hurriedly into this room. Cristalar's store, further up Broadway, is on. the same plan. An old rosewood table, inlaid with gold, from the Thorne mansion, is shown In tho window, while inside there are many rare bits. Then there Is the Eastlako furniture store, where you can buy after the severe patterns of that relormiug Englishman. On Fifth avenue we have Cottier's inviting salesrooms. One would think himself In a parlor rather than in a store, upon first glancing about Cottier's. This place is similar to the celebrated establiwiment of the poet Morris, In London. Cottier fe Co. have also a place In London, of which this one in New York is a brancu. It will bo remembered that Mr. Cottier's residence, on the Thames, near London, waa recently completely destroyed by a gun-powder explosion. Alma Xadama's house was ruined by the same explosion. Both of these houses were rich In treasures of art, which neither time nor money can replace. One can get the furniture ai'd decorations for an entire house at Cottier fe Co's. They design and make everything themselves—wall paper, tiles and mantel pieces, gas fixtures, sideboards, picture and looking-glass frames stained glass windows, curtains, and every sort of furniture. Notwithstanding the feet tnat this firm came hero during the panic ef last year, they have met with sufficient encouragement from the more cultivated ol our citizens induce them to remain in New York.

It Is hard to understand bow a pt-rso with any degree of cultivation, can go into a furniture store and order tho latest fashions without the slightest reference to good taste. When the city is fall of beautiful things, it docs seem queer that a man will furnish his parlor like the parlor of a steamboat. Thanks to Eastlake, Morris, and a growing re^ finement among our people, household art is reoelving some attention in thif* country. Boston has a store where tin beautlral in furniture ha* the preeedencc of the fashionable. In Philadelphia there area number of shops where ajg tique furniture may be found, and atra small cost. There area numbesrof houses In this city now where good taste in evident from kitchen to parlor. It used to be that only among artist* and a seiec' outside circle, was any attention paid household decorations, but now the feet that homes should be more than plaoea to eat and sleep in, is being pretty generally appreciated. Our picture dealer* every year are selling a better class paintings, and chromos are giving waj to gooa engravings. We have made great strideln music during the past ten

piste in its appointments and as well I years we certainly have no reason to tx kept an though it was for nursing pa- ashamed of our literature, and our be«^ tients through months of sickness, the painters rank with those of the old beds and floors are aa white aa snow, world, particularly in landscape art. Wo and the rooms smell as clean as water have a great deal yet to accomplish, but and whitewash can make them. we have no reason to he discouraged.

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