Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 October 1875 — Page 1
Vol. 6.—No. 17.
THE MAIL
A PAPER FOR THK PEOPLE.
SECOND EDITION.
Town-Talk.
A VERY COMMON BAD HABIT, A distinguished public man once said to T. T. that after an election in which he had taken a part and in which his party had Buoceedod, ho always signed the recommendation of any body who asked him for any office ho wished. And when T. T. remarked that he must have «ad!3' cheapened his name with the appointing power, the excellent statesman answered, "Not at all because I wrote by mall that no attention was to bo paid to my request." l'orhaps he thought that this was not cheapening his name, nut what must the appointing power have secretly thought of a m»» who respected his own name so little? And a prominent ex-offlcial of long service in thin county told T. T. that a most gushing recommendation was once delivered to him by a man of notoriously bad character fur a responsible position under his control, and that tho recommendation, to his astonishment, contained tho name* of some of the best men of the town. I'uttlug the applicant oil", ho carried tho pajer back to some of the gentlemen who had signod it, and aaked if they really wished the person appointed. "Not in tho least," was tho reply in every caso, "I signed his papor to got rid of him."
T. T. does not doubt that a good many readers will bo able to call to mind cases In which they have signed their names to papers from much tho same motives papers which probably wore not of mudi'lmportance, but nevertheless, papers in which they did not feel the slighte*t{lntercst,and which, consequently, only served, so far as they were individually concerned, to cheapen their names. Home men sign everything they are asked to sign, as long as it does not invole the payment of money not taking tho troublo to read probably, but »lm 1,1 asking what It is. A man wants an ap|olntmeut on the polieeforce. lie geUsome friend to indlto a gorgoous heading for a petition to "'Iho Honorable Mayor and members of the Common Council of the city of Torre Haute," sotting forth tho peculiar and extraordinary fitness of the applicant for tho dOJurtnl position, winding it up in the accustomed absurd way about "your petioners ever praying your honorable body," etc., anfl starts out with it. In a few hours a hundred prominent and well known names will bo attached to It, and it may be that a majority ol the signers never heard of tho man before or, If they did, never any good of him, but thoy sign his petition beenuso that is the easiest way to get rid of him. Hy and by some interested party hear* of tho petition, and starts out with a remonstrance against the appointment. Ho has no more dlficulty obtaining signatures than Iho other had, and in many cases he geU tho samo namos. It makes no dllTeroneo to the men who sign—for they sign anytl^lng—but la It not a pity that they have no more r»*pe«t for their names?
There are well known names that appear upon every occasion. They ask all tho Dunderheads to lecture they petition for and against all public objects they recommend everything from aCorr.ggio to a corn plaster they ofltor benefits to actor* they are honorary directors of Institution* of which they are painfully ignorant their names appear so universally and so indiscriminately that they have no more effect upon public attention or confidence than the machine* with which the Chinese bonw* grind out prayers can be suppose*' to have upon tho Divine intelligence. The consequence la that all sensible men come to regard these signatures a* of no consequence what ever, and to look upon the signers as men whose only dealre is to have their names constantly before the public, without any regard to what they endorse. Sinoe the writer* have ceased to respect their own nat*oa, It should not be wondered at that others cease to respect them.
And so say* the old story, after cryIdg wolf so long that tho shepherds no longer heeded Win, one day the boy cried wolf lustily, for the wild beast had really comet, Hut the louder_ be cried, the louder they sn ared. "No, no we've learned your ti,v*s at last, you wicked boy, and you may shout until you are hoarse 1** And while they laughed the wolf devoured the bey. Remember then, gentlemen, you who aign pet»:i n, tr-nutrials, remonstrances, rec^mu*»nUaJona and all that sort of th a ^, indiscriminately, to get rid of people and keep peace, that some day yon may want to sign something because itc ^bt to be signed and beeau**» you want *. T. and Hie rest of the pub to pay attention to it hut seeing your stamen which we have seen to a thousand other things which you had no inte -d in, and knew but little about, we w»i. only !-mgh at you, and reply that we lure you
out. You havo invited discredit for your namos a thousand times and we, who have been deluded so often cannot be expected on the thousand and first to know that you are really in earnest.
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THK runiJC LIBRARY.
A couple months ago we closed one of these articles in the following words: "By the way Isn't it a little strange that a town of so much culture, intelligence and enterprise as Terro Haute has, is without a publledlbrary?"
We notice In tho last Issue of Tho Mall a paragraph stating that a society Is lit process of organization for the purposo of creating such a library and that an election of officers would be held this week. Wo will not have tho presumption to supposo there Is any connection between the interrogatory and tho movement last mentioned, but it is gratifying to hear that Terro Haute has at last set about procuring a public library and with a good prospect of success. The value of such an Institution is beyond all price. The influence of a good collection of books, accessible to all classes, will make itself felt In any community. It is true that the rich can afford to buy ail the books they want but the rich are Hot always those who mako the best use of them after they are bought. Tho very peoplo who are fondest of reading frequently ran afford to spend but little money in the purchase of books. To such tho public library is a grateful fountain Irom which they can drink and leave It as full and fresh as before.
It is astonishing how boys and girls will read when they can havo free access to books and such as suit their tastes. Travels, biography and tho lighter kinds of fiction they absorb with the avidity of sponges. It is unquestionably true that they read a great deal of trash, or what would be trash to a mind more mature and disciplined, but doubtless it has an improving and beneficial effect on them. It gives thom a taste for reading if nothing else, and by-and-by they will havo done with trash and will tako to something mora solid and profitable. The boys and girls who contract a habit for reading in early years are not apt to give up books when they grow older, whllo those who have read little or nothing when young are in a fair way to be light readers through all tho rest of their life. Put a largo stock of boys' and girls' liooks in tho library by all means and let them bolt to their hearts' content.
After a public Horary has been in successful operation in a place for some time it seems almost out of tho question to get along without it. Peoplo get into tke habit of going there for books and find so many which thoy have long wanted to read but never felt quite rich enough to buy, that tho institution seems almost indispensable. Then people meet each other there, and coming and going with books in their hands, fall easily into conversation upon literary topics and receive from and Impart a mutual stimulus to each other.
Tho cost Is, of course, a mere trifle. One may read books which would cost him fifty dollars a year by paying a tax of a few cents for tho support of a publie library. It is one of the most mouey making things ever Invented. By all means let Terro Haute, the most intellectual and literary town in the State, in proportion to its si*e, no longer lack tho prims essential of a good public library.
Speaking of books and libraries, how little wo are permitted to learn in this world after all! We who are advancing In year* will recollect what ambitious plans we formed in early life. While at school the key* of knowledge were placed in our bands with vhich we fondly hoped to unlock all mysteries. We studied several languages and knew we had the merest smattering of them yet we obtained a glimpse into the grand temple of Philology and said to ourselves, "In the years to come I wilt explore this temple and become familiar with iU every nook and corner." We studied Mathematics too a little Mid Physics and general Literature. We readily recognised the fact that we never more than approached to the threshold of these great departments of knowledge but in the forty or fifty years ahead what grand schemes we should be able to carry out! Then came the sharp, hard struggle with practical affair*, the business of bread *nd I ntter getting. Our time was coi^umed a th -i"*nd way* by those who set no value upon time. One by one our great schemes were laid upon the »h 1/ and we learned more sr n-.-r» bow after all, we could tie* Lupe to kuw and that we snug confine ourselves to »ome one certain branch of study if we would a to any ex-Hence or die* Unction, liu dlity ir rdimie smbitk'!!: "1 cm. ww» Hu^in U*J» !H \V» Jerring, Jo*' Of Wtrl mid, art to work to know some one tiling and to know It well. And is about theer.-r,t
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Tho Thoodore Thomas concert on Tuesday evening was well attended and gave, as they always give, the liveliest (satisfaction. Tho programme was well selected and tho execution faultlosa. In faet this wondorful orchestra is so far l*eyotid criticism that one feels in writing of it that this Is about all that can be said. No entertainment of any kind can l»e worthier of praise yet of none does praise seem so futile. Wo go and listen and onjoy and wonder, but when wo come to talk about it, expression fails. It is tho grandest traveling organization of tho kind in the world, and the opportunity to see and hear it should never be neglected.
Tho opinion is freely expressed that Mine. Schiller, with tho Thooiloro Thomas orchestra is tho finest female pianist that lias over appeared In this city. "Kecotlections of Ireland" captivated everybody and it was, indood, a wonderful performance.
Tho Tennosseo Jubileo Singers will give one of their incomparable entertainments at tho Opera House this Saturday evening. Those who have heard thom will not need to be told that they are the sweetest singers on tho road.
Tins evening at Dowling Hall, Vlctcrla C. Woodhull, quoted as the "Queen of tho nostrum," will deliver her new lecture, "Tho Truo and tho False, Socially." Something of the lecture and lectureress mny be learned from extracts taken from leading papers of the country and printed in another column. Seats can bo secured at tho Central Bookstore.
Ou Monday and Tuesday evenings of next week, at the Opera House, the McICeo Rankin Combination will present the great drama of tho day, "Tho Two Orphans." No play of modern times has caused such a sensation, or drawn such houses. The Rankin company has been playing it two weeks at Indianapolis*, closing to-night. On many nights seats could not bo had. A season of two weeks 011 one play was never before known in that city. "The "Two Orphans" Is a historical story dramatically told. The plot is n.simple ono. Just prior to tho Krciich revolution two or
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girls art allured into I'm Is. Hot !i arc beautiful and one is blind. The object for which thev are enticed into the capital is, of course, a brcse one. Upon their arrival, one sister, Henrietta, is forcibly abducted bv a nobleman, and the other, Louise, the blind girl, falls into the hands of a professional beggar wench, who gives her shelter
the purpose of trading upon her affliction. I bis old hag has two sons—Jacques Fruchard, (Mckte Raukln)—a cruel, cownrtllv. la*y, and rather handsome outlaw, and Pierre, a noble-hearted youth, made a cripple by his brother's brutality, and kept In abject beggary by his mother's avarice. Beautv and pity make a lover of l'ierre and lust raises bun a rival in the person of his brother. The abductc.l girl awakes In the nobleman's garden, sui rounded by a gay company of gentlemen and courtesans of that day and climate. Hhc upbraids her
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despair, she asks if there Is 110 Kenllt'tuan present ready to help a defenseless woman. llehiK toltl that they are all gentlemen, Henrietta (Kitty Hlanchard) Imploringly cries, Is there no man of honor among you all! The chevalier Marquis l)e I'resles re«ponds to that call, and a duel ensues, which results In his triumphantly carrying oft the poor girl. It is not necessary lo follow the plot through its many details resulting In the llnal rescue and reunion of the two orphans unharmed. The play must le seen to properly appreciate and comprehend all of that. It abounds In more effective Incidents than any play of modem times, and Is intensely Interesting and thoroughly enjoyable. {Something of the causes which led to the terrible French revolution ought to bo understood to comprehend the full significance of the play. The Intolerable licentiousness and brutality of the nobility which prey.nl upon the Third Kstate, so seon, to liecome terrible in Its mad revenge which made the forcible alstuctlon of Innocent girls of the lower classes of society, guiltless of everything save the fatal gift of beauty, a matter of dally occurrence and a shameful Hubject of shameless aristocratic congratulation which ground the peoplo to death with taxation as well as contumely until they doubted first the goodness and then the very existence of iknl. It was the remembrance of these long sufferings and bltu»r, burning wrongs, which made it possible for the first assembly to declare by a solemn resolution, "There is no Oed.' Noting how the bare portrayal of them a hundred years later excited the people to sympathy, Indignation and enthusiasm, one is no longer at a lews to account for the universal uprising In Irresistible force of the people ort hat day who groaned under the temble reality ltsejf.
The Isdies will hold their Centennial Tes Pftrty in Demas Demi jig's new building, on Friday evening, October 29th. Kvery effort has been made to insure a success. Dancing, a bountiful supper—your fortunes prophesied, and a good time anticipated by every one.
Next Thursday evening Mr. James P. Voorhee* with a home company of amatners will essay the difficult play of Hamlet. The most carefal preparations have been made to put it properly on the stage, and every member of the company is said to be well up in his or her part, while the utmost attention has been paid to the sppropriat* costuming of the entire party. Mr. V.-.rhees, who takes the leading part, has given several private readings before gentlemen of acknowledged t*«te In such matters,! siTdt^'~!!r' iN«n sn-sk in the Wsrh-' tet ius el ti and ret .Sitkm of the character of Hamlet, tuxl predict far him an overwhelming soe-o-M. As be ha* a h- warm personal fr.i in til* city wl a vital inter-
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through, can not but challenge our hearty admiration, and though to some it may look like presumption in him to undertake the grand port of Hamlet, there is no one who does not hope he may be spared the mortification of defeat. i/ovely, luscious, little Lotta comos on the 8th of November, which the same is Monday.
The third annual ball of tho Terro Haute j»ollce force will take place at Dowling Hall, Thursday evening, the 16th of November. Touto's band has been engaged to furnish music.
Charles E. Furbish has tho Opera IIouso engaged for ono week in Deceml»er, for the Fifth Avenue company. "Divoree" will bo given two evenings and something equally good tlio other four. Such a company as tho Fith Avenue affords more solid amusement than anything traveling and it will undoubtedly bo well patronized here where it is known and appreciated.
N. Y. Sunday Dispatch: Great men are not exempt from the afilictions ef this world. Ono of Dan Voorliees' sons intends shortly to appear on tho stage as Hamlet.
Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack are on tho stago again nourishing pine bowieknives and uttering the awfulest kind of howls and yells.
Little Nell, accompanied by George Oiddens, comedian, has gone to Australia.
Tilton's audiences have all been very largo thus far in his lecture course.
Madame]Paton, at the ago of ninetyfour is dancing with a French circus. An admired song bird, who for along time has been Moulton, will shortly become Lindercrone. Tho happy man is a countryman of Hamlet.
Adelina Patti knows thirty-four operas from beginning to end. Philadelphia Star: As tho concert soason will shortly bo upon us we respectfully suggest to tho prima donnas, who may bo so unfortunate as to securo encores, tho propriety of giving their audiences something a little fresher than "The last rose of summer," "Coming thro' tho rye," and the one or two other very beautiful songs with which thoy are almost invariably certain to respond to tho compliment.
Ind. Herald: Tho Billy Emerson swindle has gono west, taking with it tho body and breeches of Mr. Mack, the gorgeous advance agent, in a cotton velvet ceat and white plush vest. "Billy" was so disgustingly drunk Saturday night that ho had to bo carried off the stage. In fact ho is seldom sober now. Whisky, wamen and the tiger havo used him up pretty effectually. The dandy minstrel who used to break the foolish hearts of all the women with his "I»vo Among tho Rosos" is now blear-eyed and a total wreck. He and Lucille Western should form a coalition.
VICTORIA a WOOD HULL Is announced to deliver her now and startling oration, "Tho True and tho False, Socially at Dowling Hall this evening. Seats are on sale at the Central Bookstore. Of her the press says
Victoria Woodhull has risen from nothing to a position on tho forum whero sho stands without a peer. Her Intellectual position and vigor are 110 longer a question of doubt In this respect she is abovo discussion."—[The Chicago Times. "The house was crowded, and the Academy could havo been filled twice over. The strangest part ol the proceedings of the ovening was, that these 'advanced views' received an evident and enthusiastic endorsement from the audience."—[The New York Herald.
Victoria O. Woodhull Is a woman of brains, of eloquenoe and elegance—like herself and nobody else—victoria C. Woodhull to the core—bold and defiant in her theories, and unrelenting in declaring thom. 8he has a perfect grace of oratory every gesture and attitude is reAned and eloquently expressive, snd she sends forth her silver-voioed sentences as though she had tbe power of a hurricane behind them."—[Herald, Dubuque, la.
Horticultural Hall last evening was filled, the audienoe being mostly Isdies who had assembled there to hear Victoria C. Woodhull lecture on 'The True, and tbe False, Socially.' Her brilliant oratory, fine impassioned eloquence, sweet-toned voice, dramatic power* and graceful appearance flUrlv entranced tbe audience, the spell being frequently broken by enthusiastic demonstrations." —[Tbe Public Record, Phi la.
THK cnURdTKS TO-MORROW. Baptist church—Morningsermon, first of three,on "The Dwd* of Oirtst* Earthly Lite. Kvenlnt, "The Heavens of ocr 1maginatloa." C. R. Henderson, pastor.
Tares" Is tbesul^eetof Re*. R- F. Howels rrmmi to-morrow evening at tbe cettgi*. gatlonal church.
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Charles Read has written 300 stories. Better run in old clothes than in debt.
Why do cats always range their dead rats in a circle. Fashionable people are apt to starve their happiness to feed thoir vanities.
Borrow as you go," is popular, but borrow all you can and then go," is more so.
A man is distressingly pressed when he i9 too poor to pay a little attention to his Irieuds.
Moro peoplo fail in their attempts' to become centenn&rians than in any other business. Don't they.
Hustled Himself to Hell" is tbe Chicago Times' cheerfully alliterative head lino for a suicide item.
Tho Philadelphia Star says: "Almost evory prominent politician in this State has railroad connections."
George Eliot says: "There are men who don't mind being kjckod blue if they can only get talked about."
A German savant decides that the shape of tho American axo is tho best that could be devised for cleaving wood.
California hunters say that grizzly bears, when captured alive, though not wounded, soon die of a broken heart, induced by excessive rago.
J. J. Guth, a young physician of Peoria, died a lew days since from blood poisoning, from a diseased limb, which ho amputated ovor one year ago.
As an Arab clings to his horse, and as an Indian clings to the legonds of his father, so do deaf mon cling to the habit of walking on railroad tracks.
A Chicago Chinaman was recently buried with a pack of cards in hiscoflln. His frionds were determined that he should not bo "left" on tho last trump.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth is it to find your winter overcoat is an inch and a half shorter than tho long ,3 you havo been sporting all summer.
Mrs. 13. IX E. N. Southworth, Svlvanus Cobb, I^eon Lewis, and Ned Buntline are all sick in a heap. Anyone who says that Providence isn't around these days is mistaken.
Tho man who blushes whon a lady acquaintance sees him coming out of a saloon is not entirely lost—he may be found most any tiuie aftorward going into tho back door.
Tho woman who shuttles around in cloth Blipporo, broken down at tho heel, and wipes her uoso 011 a fiat-iron holder, is tho ono who leaves gristle in her mince pies and a hairpin in her bread to see if it's done.
A Boston business man is under arrest, charged with libeling a creditor through the modium of a postal card. If tbe postal card system was not created and adopted for that purpose then what was it dosigned for
At the marriage of Senator Frelinghuysen's daughter, to a son of the Hon. Bancroft Davis, American minister at Berlin, a weary wait for tho weding party was filled In by the organist rendering "Oh what can the matter be.l' Much merriment was created by tho circumstances.
Schuyler Colfax has been ap]ointcd Judge at a Michigan baby show, and when peoplo ask him his opinion on tho currency question, bo simply replies,
Rag babies do not Interest me at present. I havo too much to do with tho*e that are made of flesh and blood to meddle with the inferior article."
One of the most distressing cases of ministerial wickedness whleh has come under our notlco is that of Rev. J. W. Henner, of Tennewee, who has just been retiml by the conference for attempting to Beecheriae Miss Naylor. Dr. Henner is old, eloquent and popular. He ad mits that the devil temporarily got into him.—[Ind. Herald.
Feminitems.
Now the female with thin shoes maketb music on tho sweet catarrh. Mrs. 8. Llpe, living near HUlsboro, Ills., is tbe gradmother of 136 children.
I for a woman dressed plain. Better that than Wf for extravagant dresses.
I guess you can pull off now, Sam Is her Icy remark, "this egg wont hatch."
Young ladles tn the cbotir with striped stockings, sing with particular unction, "hose, Anna."
When a backwoods Ho-^ier girl gets tired of a lover and •ter:niii»* to dismiss him, »be «k«*«n*t throw much fresco work Into ber 1 h.
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As a Columbia, Pa., lady was sleeping the sleep of the innocent, a few nights ago, she was awakened by what she supposed to bo tho noise of a burglar sawing his way through the window. Her husband was asleep, and thinking to show her heroism she quietly stole out of bed, got a pistol and approached the window under whleh sho had placed some newly canned tomatoes. Her torror can be imagined when an explosion took place and she felt tbe warm blood trickling down her/face—she way dying. Tho husband was aroused by tho report, a light was brought and it was discovered that ono of tho tomato cans had bursted, scattering it# contents all over ber, and tbe noise she supposed to bo sawing was the escape of gas from the can.
Although a great deal has been said about tho unhealthiness of wearing steel corsets, it is doubtful if a case can bo fouud in which they have killed anyone in a low moment's time. But wo havo a record from Connecticut of a case Friday evening of last wook, In which a woman's steel corset saved her life. A W. B. Hitchcock fired at his wife with a pistol at a close range, tho ball striking tho corset in front of her heart and glancing off by her side. Married ladies will find it to their interest to wear corsots with heavy bars. After tho shot Mrs. Hitchcock escaped from tho house, hor husband having a wooden leg and boing unablo to Intercept her, and ho immediately turned back into tho house and shot himself.
Connubialities.
Matchless luisory—hunting for husbands.
Ho that tells his wife news is but new ly married. A Lohigh quarrytnati droamt his wifo was a boulder, and hurled hor from bod.
Thoro are nine hundred thousand wo men in Great Britain who can not marry.
My husband," says a lady, "is the most Gven-tonjpered jxirson in (ho world —ho is always mad I"
What is homo without a mother?" In tho first year of married life it is a very nice sort of place.
A neat Spanish proverb: "In thinking of love, you begin when you liko and leave off when 3-011 can."
Tho married man who consents to go to bed first from tho beginning of October, is as great a slavo a*—the rest of married men.
A man can get married for $0, but it will cost half I10 is worth to got divorced. This shows how much more reasonable ministers are than lawyers in their chargos.
Tbero Is nothing a man will look at moro frequently, and resolve to do every time ho looks at It, than to clean up tho cellar, and yet invariably leavo it for his wifo to do.
Indiana women don't believe in dreams, but let one of thom dream that she saw hor husband with bis arm around tho widow Smith and she'll sulk around for half a day.
Marshall O. Robert* of Now York, aged 73, has married a beautiful young lady, whom be met aix mouths ago on an ocean steamer, when conveying tbo remains of his former wife to their last resting place.
When William Hemming, a Monroe (Conn.) Enoch Arden, reached homo tbe other day after a four years' unexplained absence, instead of dissolving in tears, he swore liko a pirate because bis wife had not married again.
Ho builded better than be knew," remarked a shoemaker's wife about two o'clock in tbe morning, as she nervouslp grasped one of his pegged sole boots in her right hand, and patiently waited for tbo sound of bis footfall on the stairs.
Love is blind," said Miss Msry E. Chaney, the banker's daughter of Sodalla, Mo., as she marched up to tbo altar and allied ber band and fortunes to those of tbe blind leader of the town band, despite tbe strenuous opposition of ber par jnta.
Just before marrying an old man for his money, a Louisville girl called ber fktber aside, and, throwing herself on his neck, exclaimed, amid smiles and tears: "Oh, father! Your poor, miserable daughter will have a new bonnet every week."
Phil. Sheridan Is too shrewd to be un-1 dcr the restraining influence of a moth* er-in-law. Gen. Hucker, his respected fetber-in-law, who live* on tbe same street with Sheridan, has been transferred to Pennsylvania. Tbe influence of tbe lieutenant general is manifest here and the reason is obvious.
In a Baltimore police court, a husband complained that he had !x«'n swindled by his wife, abetted by a nurse, Tbe fraud consisted in ma^ ng him believe that a baby procured from a foundling asylum was hf* own offiiprintr. Tho Justice told hi that th law wni-l give him no but that of coarse lie need not *np|x»rt tbe child.