Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 October 1875 — Page 1

Vol. 6.—No. 14.

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

A HEW STORY.

THE BEST YET PUBLISHED.

Ib the Saturday Evening Mail, of next week, will bo commenced the beast serial story we have ever printed. It is entitled

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JU8TINHARLEY,

A Romance of Old Virginia.

it is written by John Eaten Cooke, author of "Dr. Vandyke," "Surry of Eagles Ne*t," "The Virginia Comedians," Ac.

We invito the particular attention of the reader to this line pieco of American fiction, sm we believe that It will be acknowledged as one of tho most exciting HtorieH that has appeared In any American publication for years. Mr. Cooko ha* undertaken a delineation of Old Virginia life in tho pro-revolutionary days, and has engaged with enthusiasm in tho elaboration of a most congenial theme. The period was a romantic one for country life In Virginia during the colonial times had more picturesque elements in it than it has ever had since, and no man is better fitted than Mr. Cooko to give vitality to tho men and women of a bygono age, and to make them living realities for the readers of tiie present day.

Whilo thoro is a deep lnld mystery— unveiled only with tho closing chapters, —the reader will be charmed with delightful pictures o! those old Virginia festivities, whero mirth and music, laughter and bright eyes niado up a sceuo of *0 much picturesque attraction. Those scenes Unit coino I nick now— those old gatherings—to the memory of the aged liko a breath of springtime, or un echo from old year*. How they danced and laughed In thoso long gone hours! How the sparkling eyes were brighter than diamonds!—tho voices merrier than the music of tho violins. How tho youths and maidous bowed in Iho mlnnef,or ran with flushed cheeks through tho old Virginia reel*—minuets that are dead and gone—reels that have dropped to silonoe, oven as the roses, tho bright eyes, and the gay laughter are gone. I'.y all means read

I'STIN HARL10Y,

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T. T. scarcely ever picks up a papernot even his religious weekly—but what there are to bo Ibund parsfpraph after paragraph, and in some papers column after column of descriptions of ladles costumes, with seldom a word in regard to what the gentlemen are to wear. In vlow of this state ofafTalrsT. T. has been at some pains and expense to ascertain what will 1k worn this winter by the different social representatives who have hitherto 1xen tho "models of ftishlon." In gathering this knowledge T. T. has consulted many of theeo "models," and *11 tho leading cutters including Prof. Niekamp, who, by tho way, will not lecture, as announced in the papers this week. On account of the extreme tightness of the money market, and tho feet that many of tho most promising young men In Torre Haute havo their hoarded earnings deposited In bank—malicious minor says ftypo banks—there will bo a decided change In the gentlemen's fashions for the (all and winter.

WHAT TIIKY WI1.1, WRAB,

Thin summer goods will be worn for into the winter by many, especially by clerks on a salary of less than 15 a week, who attempt to keep up a show of spending twice that amount.

A wry neat pair of pants may be mado by varnishing white duck panta with a compound of lamp-black and molasses, and, before the last coat has dried, sifting coal dust and black sand over the garment. These salts cannot be told from U» flneat black cassiraere by experts,unless the latter chew them. The molasses renders the cloth soft and pliable, while tho coal dust and black aaod gives it a "nap" that Is elegant, and the wearer of l-heee breeches may defy th«». blasts that whistle thmugh the clothes of others p^rty dad. Ohl linen pants that have b*v a worn all summer, can, by being dipped In a kettle of hot Indian pudding, or mush, be made t# look Uke new, and the fabric acquire* a body that will rodwt anything but a rain sKmn or a billy goat,

Shirta trill—owing to the hysUtthsai, condition And suspicioos nature of the washer-« Jen—be worn a ser shitde than duri* the summer. im Wlli&rd room pmprietoni of this city hare kindly permitted their principal patron* to1 chalk over their shirt boooms, as well as their ctHNt, it extra chsr..' Thia

gentleman to sport a white shirt bosom who otherwise would be nnable to support the luxury.

Stockings will be worn only by the wealthy, but the poor and ambitions young dry goods clerk may enjoy a very good substitute by sprinkling a mixture of cayenne pepper and sawdust in bis boots each morning. By doing this and eating a mackerel breakfast, he can keep warm and dry in.the most inclement weather.

To the young man who cannot afford to purchase a new silk bat this fail, and who is afraid to steal one, T. T. would only say that ^ld silk hats may bo remodeled into uqw and fashionable styles by so&king them in brine for two or three days, then pressing them into the shape desired, and drying over a slow fire.

Underclothing of very good quality may be mado out of newspapers. T. T. knows a young clerk who wears a dia mond, and whoso outward appearance is faultless, yet for years this young man has wrapped a nowspapor around each leg for drawers and his bosom is covered with several layers of Mail.

A dress coat is indispensable to the wardrobe of any young male person who mingles much in society, and many a noblo youth may mourn the fact that he will be debarred from social festivities this winter because of his inability to own a coat whose tails are of that peculiar pattorn known as "swal-low-tail" or "claw-hammer." But there is relief oven for this class. Every 3'oung man wears a business coat. Now why can't some enterprising tailor mako a lot of coat tails that can bo put on as the ladies do their paniers or overskirts? By all means let such an establishment bo opened whero eo:it tails can bo rent ed, so that for a few cents the povertystricken individual may transform his every day coat into a dress coat." These patout coat tails should bo of all shades and sizes, easily adjusted and warranted to give satisfaction.

Patched boots will be worn considerably during tho winter, though where tho uppers aro badly worn, rnbbora will bo used. In case the 'voarer's toes pro trudeor his heel is visible, a littlo putty will removo the trouble, though many preler to black and polish tho meat, and this, when skillfully dono, will hardly be detected, oven by tho police.

Old straw hats covered with bed-tick-ing, ami ornamonted with rooster's feather, are ncft only chonp and nice, but quito as "nobby" as the tall styles In the windows of tho hat stores, which cost money.

For parties and balls where comfort is not sacritlced, buckskin gloves aud sheepskin mittens aro permitted, but those should bo removed whilo at the table.

Ijistly, no gentlemen fools dressed without at least one article of jewelry upon his person. If ho lias no intimato lady friend who will permit him to wear hor sleeve-buttons or diamond ring, he can Invest In tho Imitation jewelry and a pair of sardine boxes can, by a litUo labor, le transformed into a pair of sleeve buttons.

Husks and Nubbins.

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OCTOBKR DAYS,

Undoubtedly in this climate tho loveliest season of the year is Fall. Of all the months from January to December, soft, mellow, golden October is tho most beautiful and delightful.

In Poland the people have a superstitious belief that each month is under the influence of a precious stene which affects the character of tho person born therein. January is garnet and portends constancy and fidelity. February Is amethyst, sincerity March, bloodstone, courage April, diamond, Innocence May, emerald, success in love Jnne, agate, health and long llfb July, carnelian, a contented mind August, sardonyx, conjugal felicity September, chrysolite, antidote against madness October, opal, hope November, to pa*, fidelity December, turquoise, prosperity.

We have come to put aside superstition so grows as this and do not inquire of those we meet what month they were born in In order to know their mental characteristic* but if we were seeking some quality of mind that ahould symbolise October what more suitable one oould we As upon than that which the Polanders applied—Hope! tfTbere are other season w- tbel more resolute, more assured, bni our feeling and material, and .- a. s* thing of the spiritual, tl -su ath of death. The fUUage its xuiierml dree* but it is of rare coloring and exquisite beauty. If it might be Intended Air its re*um *£!on robtt. The bieen that stirs the leaves is a dirge, yet Its masie has a serene undercurrent of hope. Nfcverdoee the sky seem no dear and distant, yet never else does it bend with such loving tenderneas over on Erery tree and stooe and all Inanimate things seen- instinct with a mysterious iifaand om Ikn~'~« They would

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J. P, TCTT, 107 Xaui Street,

love of the Infinite seems to be in and abont all men and things and- to bind every atom of the universe into a kind of sympathy and kinship. It is a time lor meditation. Wo stand by the grave of nature and cannot help asking ourselves what we have been and what we shall be. Instinctively we count the years we have lived and, from the ages of our ancestors, would compute the length of time that may yet reasonably remain to us. The yellow and scarlct leaves shimmer down in the breeze how long will it be ere we follow them. Though the time bo longer or shorter still must it come. And whither then do we go? Hope alone makes answer. From the mellow warmth of tho sun, from the wistful wind, from the misty, dreamful atmosphere, there comes some subtle influence which kindles hope in our hearts and makes us look with serene happiness on the closing scene of the year.

October days! Why has not some poet, to whom all words of beauty are familiar, woven a phrase adequate for their description! Why has not some painter, upon whoso pallette the rainbow has been ground to powder, pictured their soft and tender beauty As it is each must see and feel for himself the glory which cannot be painted or spoken.

WIND.

Last week tho supreme judges of tho State were hermetically imprisoned for several days, much against their wishes, to listen to tho long-winded speeches of lawyers who desired to lead them to a right decision of an important case. The grave gentlemen did not relish the treat and wero not dainty about saying so. They preferred to bo in their chambers, thoroughly examining the casos and the authorities, than to hear the high-pitch ed oratory of the lawyers. But the law yers must be hoard though the heavens lull.

This is only one Illustration oftho fact that there is entirely too much gas and oratory in the present management of affairs. Half the speeches that are made would be bettor not mado at all and the other half might bo condensed to half tln-ir volumo and loso nothing by the process. No matter how easy and plain tho case is thera^must always bo the regulation amount of oar-splitting elo quenco oxpended.on the jury as if men who had heard all tho evidenco from tho witnesses' own mouths wero not ablo to know its moaning and import

Some people can not transact the smallest affair without making as much fuss about it as a hen does before laying an egg. They talk of things that have no more reference to matter than they have to the moon and consumo time enough In idle chattering to give them, if devoted to honost study, a respectable sharo of the knowledge they are sadly in need ol'. There are people who will not buy a calico dress or a dozen yards of muslin until the clerk has argued and palavered with them exactly so long. As if they had not eyes for the very purpose of finding what they want and fingers for examining its quality.

Cut off this superfluity of gas, this prodigality of words, and the business of tho world could be conducted on the eight hour system Instead of the ten hour system. If people would remember tho old motto that "Business is business," they would not waste so much preeious time In idle "blowing" and empty gasconade. It must be a gratifying thought to most sensible poople that many ol the finest and most successful business and professional men are men of few words. When they talk they talk to the point, and when they don't talk to tho point they don't talk at all.

These remarks are not Intended to apply to social conversation, of course, as that is one of the purest and most refined of pleasures. It is indeed that there may be more time for this that we urge dispatch in the transaction of business.

Incidentals.

THR .TTKKKT RAILWAY.

I protest against the hasty course of tome of oar citizens in condemning Mr. Taell and the other members of the present street railway company. They have been likened to the "dog in the manger," abused and maligned, because they did not at onoo receive with open arms the proposition to const met another Une and one correspondent of a city paper went ao &r as to say that "an Individual can not long confront the will of the people."

Of coarse we all wish to jtee street railroads built, in every put of oar prosperous city but we can and ahould give oar sympathy to rack enterprises without traducing our fellow dtixeoa. It may be to the interest of the company to let another management bnild the Sixth street rood, and It may not. That is their business. If it is against their Inters** pecuniarily, they are perfectly right in taking thecoume they did. A mtn may with a fit* coxwrieaoe sUnd in the way of a public enterprise, fit is again** Ids private and personal MM, Everybody regards first tbe Interests of No. l. and that is toe natural way of the world.

TEKRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1875. Price Five'Cents

People and Things.^,

Dory Ulton floats a green necktie.

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A name that history Mill never permit to die—J.Smith. ,' Eternal vigilanco is the price of not getting found out.1 y'i

A phib is a lie painted in water colors.—[Josh Billings. As a rule, the leading dentists are men of gentle extraction.

Ben Shott is the efficient clerk of the Coroner of Cincinnati. It is said a hot air bath will make the ague exude from you%

Tennyson has 200 sheep, and is. therefore, 199 ahesd of Mary. The great art is not to do li&e everybody else.—[Arseue Houssaye.

There are just as many fools blowing down shot-gun muzzles as over. The good little bootblack's epitaph— Qone to shine among the angels.

There is music in all things.—[Byron. Barring amateur band rehearsals. Begorra," said Barney Sullivan, fhwat a pieco of worruk is man "The deceased is called to his homo elsewhere.—]Non-committal obituary.

Live beyond your means and you will soon find it beyond your m^ans to live. Personal inflation" is what the New York Commercial calls bribing voters.

Tho best city trade is stated to be among the middle classes.—[N. Y. paper. In the newest danco tho feet are glued to the floor and the knees gently undulate.

Mr. Harrowing, of Georgia, gives tone to bis name by shooting his son instead of a cat.

In making our arrangements to live wo should never forget that wo havo also to die.

Give us tho man who sings at work." —[Carlyle.] Certainly tuko him a)ong. And tho whistler, also.

Embezzlement has becomo a favorite crimo. We now have one of tho Oneida Community indicted for it.

Mr. Browning's new poeni treats of the effect produced upon a man's mind a sudden loss of fortune. Ho probably foels cheap.

Joaquin Miller has abandoned tho wild costumo of his mountain homo and adopted tho commonplace garb of an ordinary New Yorker.

Somebody says that "large ears donote broad, comprehensive views and modes of thought." What magnificent Idoas a jackass must have

Philanthropists are an odd-looking set. James Lick's oyes "aro a cold, pale, bluish gray, and a long, straggling un-de-beard covers his throat."

To bo always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good, because the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

Never plaoo much reliance on a man who is always telling what he would have done bad he been there. It is a noticeable fact that, somehow, this kind of people never get there.

The Detroit Free Press says when an old veteran in Cairo was asked to split his vote he replied: "How could I face tho Judgment Day with them angels knowin' that I'd gone back on the Democratic party t"

Tho Detroit Free Press: "The doctor* don't believe In advertising—it's unprofessional, you know—but let one of 'cm tie up a sore thumb for John Smith, and they'll climb seven pairs of stairs to have a reporter 'Just mention It, you know.'"

If anything gives a man confidence, it is walking along a dusty road, dressed in blsck, with a plug hat on bis bead aud a pair of dreadfully tight boots on his feet. Con try people are always confident he is patting on airs. They Judge from his walk.

When yon touch a man's pocket yon hit him where he lives. The absorbing question in politics will always be the one that most immediately affects the voter. Abstiactions about other people don't heal his little sore, and he don't mind them.

The cashier of the LouisvlIT Gas Com* pany is a defaulter to tho extent of |S0,000. The wretch who could steal from such a generous, trustful and pub-iic-epirited a corporation as a Gas Company must be vile and hardened beyond all comparison.

The disappointment of a Michigan man, who cat oat a bee-silng and four inches of his leg, and then swallowed a pint of whisky under the linpreasion that be bad been bitten by a rattlesnake, was Intense, and his indulgence In a second pint would have been par* donabie..

At a territorial bang!tfg,*thf'"Vlelfcr who had been liberally supplied wlU* whisky prior to fulfilling his engagement with the aherUX was asked at the ha* moment if he would hare anything.

Just a drop," be replied. He got it. It was abont six feet and broke Ms ncck. uc.t*fc*4iop^

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is'closulf bat his stock cf BOOTS AND SHOES at rodaccd prices.'

FeminitemsP

Oliv© Ijogan's eyes are aowriooftly affee ted.

Miss Lisa Weber is now singing in a London Music Hall. te",

Black striped stockings for mourning have bee brought out,/ Star-spangled-banner stockfng^%^ predicted for next year.

Happy—the milliners. AH the church* es are open.—[Brooklyn Argus. Miss Anna Drasdel, contralto of Grace Church, New York, is paid $1,200.

Having the palps" is Vassar College slang for being smitten by a girl. Lotta talks of quitting tho bustle of the stago "in tho not distant future."

Florence Tiiton has resigned her position as a school teacher in Brooklyn. Not one woman out of a hundred knows tho art of looking lovely out of her eyes.

Tho Paris hairdressers have a new weekly illustrated paper, devoted to their interests.

Jennie June calls striped hose, "can-dy-stick stockings, only fit for children a

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This is a lato fall," as the woman said when sho tumbled down stairs at eleven o'clock at night.

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Anew Parisian bonnet has tlio back brim turnod up and tho front shades the forehead. They can ba worn oilher way.

Mrs. E. S. Tupper of Des Moines, Iowa, will sell about 20,000 pounds of honey this year—tho product of her own bees.

A suspicious Fort Wnyno girl said to her lover, "I havo no doubt you peddle out' my kissos among other lady friends."

Mrs. Collins, widow of tho late Charlos Collins, D. D., succeeds her husband In tho presidency of tho Stato Female collogo at Memphis, Tenn.

Queen Isabella can converse in German, French, English, Danish, Italian, Russian, and Swedish, besides having a a tongue of hor own. ~|S .''

When a Canada girl loves, sho loves like a hand-engine going to a fire. In a breach of promise suit, the other day, it was shown that a young lady wroto to her lover eight times per day.

Ida I^ewis, tho sea heroine, has saved another man from drowning. Ida would mako a splondid wife for some man unablo to swim or afford a life preserver, there's no question about that.

It is hard to say who the happiest man is, but the happiest woman Is she who is called upon to decide the question as to which is the cunnlngest of two of the cunnlngest babies that over lived.

In tho order of tho Daughters of Rebecca," says Hon. Schuyler Colfax, "aro 60,000 American women, and yet no one outside knows anything about tho society. Who says a woman can't keep a secret

A Danbury, Conn., mother has determined to frown down such exoeselve folly in fashion as striped stockings and the like. She says her son "shall not keep company with any girl who makes a circus of her legs."

Miss Hulett practices law in Chicago, and keeps very far in advance of her indolent sex. She refuses to take any divorce cases, as she thinks "any woman who will marry a man ought to be forced to live with him."

Mrs. Bloomer, the woman who is chiefly known to the world by tho name she has given to a certain style of Woman's dsess, still lives at Council Bluffs, Iowa, is on the shady side of fifty, and —wears long skirts?

Nothing new about theae pull-back skirts after all. In the reign of Edward II. (1307 27) a monkish chronicle records that the ladies "wore such straight clothes tbey were constrained to have long foxes' brushes sewed within to bold them forth."

Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker is at San Francisco, trying to raise funds to establish a female medical school there. She Is going about In blue breeches, rufiled shirt, and a abort roundabout, which she calls a drean. The less money the San Frandsoo people give Dr. Walker the better, "v I

Miss alia Ward Howe has given a "blue" tea to the "blue" friend, at which all the guests were dressed in blue and the teapot was tied with blue ribbons. Our Informant does not say whether tbe gentlemen were attired in blue, but some were present, for we are told tbey were among tbe contributors to tbe intellectual excrdse* of tbe occasion, and it Is to be presumed tbey wore blue neckties, if not tbe traditional coats with brass buttons. Doubtless Mrs. Howe has set a fashion. Blue is already tbe rage for ladies* dreaeee, and now we any expect that everything In the house and about the bouse will become deeply, darkly, beautifully blue. It would perhspa be too much to hint that men fmt,»nw do sot seed to be made any :oer I't-t-i aseatatody. I 1 -M A '&

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Connubialities.

"Say, Liza, sling me dawn some keyholes [Fuddled and belated Detroit husband. 't .•, *^5 "Was not her death quite sudden?" asked a condoling friend of a bereaved widower. "Well, yes, rather, for her."

TVe most attentive man to business on record was he who wrote on his shop door: "Gone to bury my wife return in half an hour.

A man never looks so helpless and insignificant as when standing around in a dry goods store waiting for his wife to get through trading.

Has anybody ever explained why a young man who is going to be married invariably casts a gloom over the occasion by having his hair cut, and short?

The time of the year is fast approaehing when a woman always insists upon her husband going to bed first, aud kindly intimates that it would be better for him to get up first. I

When you see a young married man contemplating baby buggies with a calm and thoughtful eye, you may reasonably Infer that bis matrimonial sky is bright, soreno and a littlo sonny.

Few women are like Mary Ann Davis, of Louisiana. When sho found that her bread was "heavy" sho hung herself with a bed-oord and gave Davis a chanco to' marry a French cook.

When a woman marries, hor happiness for a little while depends upon tho state of her husband's heart after that, it's pretty much according to the state of his stomach.—[Brooklyn Argus.

Some people aro terribly penurious. A Dakota m«n engagod himself to a girl whose namo began with the samo letter as his own in order that bo might use up stock of initial paj»er he had on hand.

A lady whbso family were very much In tho habit of proposiug conundrums, was ono evening asked by hor husband, in an excited tone: "Why are all thoso doors loft open?" "I glvo It up," instantly replied tho lady.

Tho Boston Independent Chronicle for March 12, 1708, contained tho following marrlago notice: "At Bod ford, on tho 8th Inst., Mr. James Wilson to the amiable Miss Dolly Glason, both .of that place, after a long and todious courtsiiio."

Think about marriago as we please, there is no pleosanter sight than a now-ly-wodded couple walking home from church on the first Sunday, with tho bride's mother in tho rear thoughtfully adjusting the bustle and back bows of tho happy daughter.—[Danbury News.

As Von Stolnsays: "The frugal wife in her neat dress at break fa it, who Bends her husband to his business in good spirits, has more £old en him year in aud year out tnan tho spendthrift pleasure-seeker who tries to charm him in the evening by her silks and jewols."

Did you ever come down stairs on Sunday morning and ask your wlfo to put a button on your wrist band, but what she immediately lifted her eyos to heaven, and with clasped bands assured you that when that shirt was put away there was a button on it?—[Yonkens Oaaette.

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Kvidently tbey were a' runaway pair, he going to college at'Amherst, and she a young woman able to care for herself. A Springfield clergyman married them, and then tbe groom went to col lego and the bride to earn her daily bread until ho should have oompletod his collegiate course and attained bis majority.

A great deal has been written and said about a "man's Inhumanity to man," but bow little Is said of roan's inhumanity to woman. Think of it, young man, as tbe cold weather draws nigh, and o'.on't Insist upon your wife getting up to Ight the fire while you crawl still further under tbe blankets for another nap.

A returned Enoch Arden was tearing around and railing at a Christian com* munity that would allow a woman to starve nearly to death in tho absence of her husband. The truth is he left her in tbe days of hoop-skirt* looking liko this O, and on Wa return found her pinned back and looking like this I. Tbe impression that she bad starved was natural.

How is it," said a woman to ber husband, "that you can't come homo nights In some kind of season "You got me In tbe way of It," was his gentle retort "before we were married you used to throw your arms about my neck at three o'clock and say, 'Don't go, darling—it It Is early yet,' but now if I happen to stay out till, two it is a terrible affair."

They wore married in May, ami since that nothing has occurred to ruffle tbe •west serenity of tbe man to whoee keeping abe entrusted fc~r loving heart, lie only smiled when jund a shirtbutton off, and never once hinted a( extravagance. But now comes the severest test of alL Tbe stove-pipes are to be put up, and, be passes that ordeal in safety, she may confidently eount on a life of sweet sam'n-r lanin*. r* 'T?* -ftrxi/ •MtMi

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