Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 November 1875 — Page 1

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Vol. 6.—-No. 20.

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THI-: PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

Town-Talk.

OITICS-SKKKINO.

la a recent number of Tbe Malt, "Husk* and Nubbins" discuss-*! one phase of our political system In a man* iter which T. T. cannot approve. He referred to the charge that "certain men whoee nsmos it wor« eaay to mention, have an eye on the Whlto House and are csutiously netting thing* up tosecure the nomination next summer," in Much a manner an to leave the Impreasion that he held scheming of thin kind to be highly becoming in great men and entirely proper. He said, In eflect, if ambitlou* men cautiously set things up to Hcscure a nomination, what of it? OfHoeMoeking 1« all right. Farther along he said, in effect, If unscrupulous politicians take possession of %he primaries and the nominating conventions and nominate bad men, the remedy is for tbe people to beeomo politicians also and beat the bad ones at their own game.

Now T. T. does not regard ofliceaeeking as a becoming business for any man, least of all for a man whose culture and attainments fit him for the presidency. To wish for a high place of |Kwor and usefulness is a worthy ambition, especially when it is associated with those gifts and that culture which accord with its dignities and render one lit for Its duties bnt to ask for it, snd intriguo for it—to bargain, and buy, and dicker,—and to shape the policy of a life for It, is the lowest depth to which voluntary degradation can go. Webster, Clay, and Calhoun gave their lives and talents to public life snd were rewarded with great Ikmo and all but the highest office, yet bow much brighter would have been their names to-day had they never sought lor that. They died disappointed men, and it is written against them lor all time, that in their eagerness for the presidency they stooped to unworthy things, sacrificed their dignity, made compromises with their polltcal integrity—and all their greatservices to the country cau not blot out the record.

A few of tho great men of the nation have, during this generation, yieldod to that which was meanest in tliem and become makers of tho office of the presidency. These men, every one of them, have come out of the fruitless chase with garment* draggled, and reputation damaged, and tho lesson of a great life -lived faithfully out upon its own plane •—forever spoiled. Could there have boon a more melancholy ending to a uteftil and honored life than tho candidacy, defeat and death of Horace (Jreeley? And, other proud names aro easily recalled which were dragged from their heights and made tho loot-balls of the political arena and never again while time lasts can they stand where they once stood. Great In many things, these men made a voluntary exposure of weakness In this, and dropped into tho fatal depths of popu'ar contempt. They became "office-seekers" and were forever rained. There Is something about the business of office seeking which every man feels to be repulsive. We instinctively turn from a man who stoops to it. It Is not the calling of a gentleman. No man with sell-respect and the modesty that accompanies real excellence of character, can possible place himself In the position of an •fUce-eoek-er and enter upon the Intrigues with low-minded and mercenary men which are necessary to the securing of hi* object. It is a debasing, belittling, ungentlemanly businem. It take* from him any claim to jxpular respect which a life of worthy labor may have won, and brands him as a man of vulgar instincts snd weak character. Yet it is very true that In this country, men very rarely gtt a nomination for any desirable offloc without avking for It, and when they aro so nominated, it is, in ninety-nine oases out of a hundred, because their nomination was a party necessity and nol because of any special fitness Is the man. The party leaden took him up because he was more available than any of tbe party hacks, srd because his name would help to poll some other of these latter through. The party leaders tlx up the political slate to suit their own selfish end* and we, tbe people, when it conies* to voting, have only a choice between two evils. We cannot wonder at the raptlons of politics, because it is the politicians, tbe of&ee-^eekera, who an* in offlc*. S* Ibem who have sold their inwniioox! for place and power that we have put where they are. We did notnekrt them for the places they o«r y—^ perietal*# dm th**—bat w© wu*! Ut tfcet' -i the Is bi a ase they were of our ty. It hi notorious that our best men am not In polities, and cannot be taring «h! to enter tbe field, snd tl i' our cal rewards and .~rs be- »m! upon the tnen who are Nw en to ask for them, and to In and trade

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and Intrigue with other men of tbe same class as themselves. And thus selfish or party Interest, and net tbe public good, becomes the ruling motive in all political preferment, and tbe results are tbe legitimate fruits of the motive. Out of this motive spring all tho intrigues, bargains, sales of Influence and patronage, briberies, corruptions and general crookedness thst makes politics a reproach and our institutions a by-word among the nations. Our candidates are tbe candidates of the politicians, and never those of the people. Our choice Is between evils, and to this we are forced. Second and third-rate men, dangerous men, devoured by the greed for power and place, men without experience In statesmanship, men who have made their private pledges of consideration for services promised, men who have been selected becauso tboy can be used, are placed before us for our suffrages snd we are compelled to a choice between them. True, we can turn out to tbe ward meetings and the nominating conventions, but what chance have honest men when pittied against tricky, unscrupulous professional politicians whose bread and butter depend on theirsutcess In defeating our wishes? Politics is their business and they have no other. We who have our bread and butter to win in some other way, have no time to watch and thwart all their intrigues.

As to the remedy, T. T. confesses that he is well nigh hopeless. It is perhaps impossible to work effectually except through party organisations, but as long as these are controlled and operated by office-holders and office-seekers, there will bo no reform. Only one thing is certain. Wo need nothing to make our government the best of all governments except to take it out of the hands of self-seeking and office-seeking politicians, and to place in power those whom tho people regard as their best men. Until this is done, and until it is regarded as a oontemptablo and unworthy thing for a man to "cautiously set things up to secure his nomination," we may expect corruption in office and a cotinuation of the ovlls that now disgrace us ss nation.

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rOBTIC LICEN8K.

Doubtless Mr. IJayard Taylor is not chargeable with any conscious or intentional plagiarism in his new volume of poeins but he and Joaquin Miller have happened to fall upon the same words to express tho same thought. In "Ad Aiuioos" Taylor has tho following lines:

Aud "till must answer, for the cheer you've brought mo, I mng because 1 could not choose bnt sing."

In "Songs of tho Sierras" Miller unburdens himself thus: A ad blnls in blended gold and blue

Were thick aud sweet an aw arming bees.

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nana an If In Piiradlse, And all that Paradise were spring— Dli! I too sing with lifted eye*,

IleeatH* I eouM not choote but ting." There Is perhaps nothing singular in this coincldenco. From Pope who— "lisped in numbers, lor tho numbers came"—down to the present, poets havo proverbially claimed to sing by Inspiration and it is not to be wondered at that they should occasionally fall upon the same formula to express this one trait of universal resemblance.

Is the literary and art spirit declining in tbe present generation Tbe thoughtful reader of current publications can hardly arrive at any other conclusion. Tbe newspapers are lighter and crisper than they used to bq but they are also much more devoid of anything like a literary tone. Even the magaginee, those once sacred repositories of fancy, sentiment and Imagination have become exceedingly prosy and practical. They are filled with disquisitions on political, religious and ethical subjects, novels, stories and poems, but the old time spirit of Art is sadly missing from their pages. Almost everything is written either to teach, to convince or to controvert. There Is little sentiment, little ideality in them. If It were not that we havo to stop and cut the leaves we might almost think we had tbe morning paper In our hand. One might easily imagine that some of tbe pieces which appear in tbe MontLly Souvenir had been sent to tbe editor of the morning Post and miscarried in tbe malls.

There are those perhaps who will argue that Ode change is for the beUerthat it shows an abandonment of tbe fanciful for that which is of practical utility that It is caoro profitable to discuss questions of scientific interest than to dream idle and incoherent dreams. This may be partially but It is not wholly trite. It is a matter of regret to w»tbe «4d literary spirit and culture l:ng fr*m our correal perfodksK It is very proper that we be practical that we learn bow to build oar booses so that they shall b* most convenient and rtsble to c-ok our food la tbe t-4 healthful «nd nourishing mauner to weave fiabrioa for oar dk thing that tbe moat an I darat-i- it is lit ougb that we bulk! railroad* and rivers sod improve and perfeet our scm ':il an j«»i ileal ay*!ct)s* but Is not 51 If, In 'If sr lb* thm

lose our interest in Art and allow oar sensibilities to become blunted to it* subtle and delicate beanty. Oar reason and Judgment should be trained and strengthened for it *s on them we must depend for the neoeseariea of lite, but we shall be but half men and women if our education stops with these. Sentiment and imagination demand something too. When we have become able to live we should next make ourselves capable of enjoying, for this ia the chief reason why we should care to live at all. How is this to be done To a largo extent by cultivating and developing those finer tastes and sensibilities which lie within us and which are more than worthless in the market and counting room. __________

Shows Show People.

Notwithstanding tbe collapse of the Fifth street varieties, our city baa been chuck full of auiusementa this week, snd show-going people have been constantly on the go. Monday evening we had Ix)tta Tuesday evening the Stereopticon at Dowling Hall Wednesday evening Jack and Jill Thursdsy evening Cal Wagner's Minstrels Friday evening tho Y. M. C. A. Tea Party and Angle Schott's Phenomenal Troupe, and to-night tho latter will close the week, leaving the peoplo ready to oxclaim "give us a rest."

As might be expected out of this medley, the inimitable Lotta took the cream of the business. Why shouldn't she—she had the first dip and knows how to gather it. Her new play is a curius medley, the main currcnt of the story running on tho hackneyed basis of an heir cheated out of his inheritance by a trick of substitution of a purchased child for the child from whom the property comes, and who has died, the rascality being perpetrated by a guardian with the view of ultimately absorbing the property into his own family. There aro one or two side-currents of lovestory, but they are of small interest, and the whole thing amounts to little except as a thread upon which to string Lotta's "song and danco" business. She is as vivacious and sprightly as ever, and the large audience present Monday night, was delighted of course. Her support was quite fair. Mr. Locke, as "Timothy Tiltere," hadn't much to sayt but his make up aud his "Excuse mo—excuse me, if you please formed a picture that will not soon be obliterated from memory. Mr. Couldock as the gypsy chief, gave us a stylo of acting—of the Forrest school—good in its day, but which we aro glad to see dying out.

The Jack and Jill Troupe on Wednesday evening had a fair house, and gavo an excellent performance. As long as thero are children—and grown people with children's tastes—the pantomime will flourish.

It was not a largo audionce that gathered at the Opera House, Thursday evening, but Cal Wagner and his ebonyhued companions gave a good performance. There is a disposition of late to sliug hard words at Cal Wagner—(perhaps his known indisposition to s'ing around complimentary tickets, except where deserving has something to do with it)—but say what you please, as a personator of real negro character, he has few superiors, and in his talk as end man, there is an appearance of impromptu utterances, off-hand Jokes, that never foil to bring him in tbe closest sympathy with the audience. Of his company, there are two or three members whoee places could be better filled, bat tbe instrumental portion, the quartette, the double-voiced Blanchard, (If he would only dress entirely in foinale attire, Instead of that outlandish hermaphrodite, half man and half woman costume) with Cal to lose! tbe oomodlans form a combination far ajjpvojhe AVerage,

Other engagements last evening prevented us from seeing but a portion of tbe Angle Scbott Combination at the Opera House, bnt it Is spoken of in such high terms that a foil house is certain to result this evening, when the second, and last appearance will bo made. In some regards it partakes of tbe "variety" order, but there is nothing ia it that can offend the most delicate or fastidious taste. Tbe company cornea with high endorsements of the press. The following from tbe l*fayrte Courier:

Those of our Htisens who did not attend tbe Angle Scbott entertainment last evening missed a rare treat. We promised our reader* a candid expre*to

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lie able to offer a most favorable one. Iafoyette was never visited by abetter variety combination, snd tbe most refined people may attend this evening and witness a performance perfectly free from indelicacies and replete with interest. $

And this frfMH ttuffkln Courier: Mim Angle Hchott, tbe Illusionist, went for beyond tbe expectation of tbe audience, she is a superbly beautiful Isdy, with

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certainly the nioet exerlleii we hs\•• ever beard. Miss Schott's diabolical sad Uisgica? dHwJen. entitled **1j» Salon do is I!"* 4 incomprj.. *. -up'.- tl- age, and every

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1875. Price Five Cents

As we go to press, a paper is being extensively circulated and signed, asking Mra. Fred K. Wright, tbe distinguished elocutionist, to give a public reading in this city some time during tbe coming week, one-half of tbe benefits to go to the Ladies Aid Society. It is oxpected that she will name Monday or Tuosdsy evening as tbe date of the reading.

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Keep in mind the coming of tho Mendelssohn Quiutette Club, the first week In December. Miss Fsnnie J. Kellogg is with them, and they are meeting *.vlth groat success all along the route.

Chris Vates, proprietor of the fifth street Varieties, has thrown up his hand and skipped. Whoee deal next?

Dowling Hall is booked for the following .. Nov. 16, Police ball.

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Nov. 18, 19, 20, Supper by Catholic ladies. Nov. 25, O. U. A. M. bsll.

Dec. 2, Panorama Dr. Smith.) Dec. 24, ball Brotherhood locomotive firemen.

Dec. 31, Lodge 3, A. O. lT. M. Feb. 10, 11, oombiuation. Vol. At

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A school girl in this city who was at the Opera House Monday evening is nearly dead" to do something for which her teacher will call for an apology, when she intonds to get oil Timothy Titters "Excuse me—excuse me if yeu please!"

That excellent and much admired artist, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, will bo here shortly under the management of H. W. Abbey—the same that favored us with Lotta.

The Indianapolis Journal

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that the management of tho theaters closo tbe doors during the last act to prevent ill-mannered persons from destroying the effect of the last scene by rushing out.

In the minds of many people tbe men who perform on tbe minstrel Btago are an indolent, careless, go-easy, irresponsible set of people, who carouse all day, play two or three hours in the evoning and then, perhaps, go on a big drunk for the rest of the night. Such is by no means the case. Here are some rules adopted for the government of Cal Wagner's Minstrels. They give an interesting inside view of negre minstrel life, and we are assured that they are rigidly enforced:

I. A proper respect shall be entortained for each member of the organization, and it shall be the duty of all to cultivate feeling of "brotherhood" between cncli other.

The Rehearsal of the "Ilraaa Huud" commences every morning at "ton o'clock,' or at such other time tta the appointed

Leader" shall direct. :i The Hehcarwil for "Vocal String Itnnd" commences every morning aixuchtlmeas the Htage Manager shall appoint. A nnc of two dollars will bo tmpowd upon each absentee, unless his absence shall be caused by sickness (sot brought on by dissipation), ol which proper testimony will be required by the Management. 4. Itehearaals are under tho control of the .Stage Manager—his opinion in stage matters being paramount to ail others.

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any member be accepted when tendered In the shape of a suggestion the Musical Director or State Manager listening t« anything which might be advantageous to husiues. 0. That each member will hold himself In readiness for his act, or the act of any members, to assist in taking on and o(T the stage anything that may be required for the coming act, and not to keep the tdage In waiting. 7. That each member will be dressed and ready to appearupon the stage Ave mlnntes before the time or commencing, with patent bather boots, straps on pants, clean vest and bosoms, clean collar, respectable wig, clothes, white gloves, etc. 8. Any member not being In readiness at the time appoint**! by the Manager for Brass Procemuon. will be 0ned two dollars. Absent from Orchestra, five dollars. 9. Members of the Company will give no order* or pass, as they will not be recognised, and tickets he most pay for. 10. Intoxication, under any circumstaucot, will be dlicoiintenanced' If any member should be in toxica led—either previous to commencing or during the day of performance, or absent from the aatne-h* shall forfeit the full amount of "one week's" salary and a repetition shall reader his discharge discretionary with the Manager.

II. By mutual consent, tbe memtnus will abstain from '-singing In bar-rooms," or other places of like nature: the penalty being ten dollars for each offense. 11. No member will tie allowed to invite strangers, or others, into the dressing room, either at rehearsal or during the performance. Bhoold any of the company be called upon by such part y, he musv lie kind enough In respectfully

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13. lu uo case whatever will Intoxicating liquor* te allowed to lie brought Into the •I reusing-room, under the penalty of Ave dollars one fur eseh otlHwe.

II. Members not going on tbe same train of cars or boat, or stopping at a different hotel from thst of the company, will do so at their own expanse. l\ Each member t* required to settle bis sundries at the hold! prior to leaving It, as mistakes are liable to arise, if each ac­

re ember* who Indulge. Halarle* will be paid sreokly. and members will be kind enough to draw moneys on Malar? Day only —earh and every Wednesday.

I*. Members wilt be kind enough not to aak advance laoocys, a« I cannot comply with tbe demand, for reason*, misuader-

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•tending* snd dlvcnnMnenta. IT. Members will not absent from tbe Hall until the rehearsals and performance iMadadai, nndr a One of two ilniiars. 14. Any rac.'wsreaeortlng or accompanytog guy improper character into the hall or h«ytet, «r having them stop at the sun* told with the ecHneany, Miail be fined one vcrk ssiarr, ana immediate discharge at

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settling with tbe bill poster and hall proprietor. She aent her mother and daughter with baggage tbe day before, drove oat to Peodleton at seven o'clock in the morning, and had the express train flagged and stopped—when, if "conditions had been right," she ooold have taken the cars at the Cincinnati depot.

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Madge Robertson (Mrs. Kendal) tho charming English comedienne and sister of Robertson, tbe dramatist, speaking of her brother, not leng ago, said "Peoplo tell you he died of heart disease. My dear, he had no more heart disease thsn you or I. He died of critics. English critics killed him."

Thomas, of concert fame, oemplalns that "a nigger song" written by someone in the backwoods, will outsell any genuine mnsic prepared at an expense of hundreds of dollars.

Theodore Tilton had 'a rbse-oolored curtain hung behind him on the platform at MoCormick's Hall, Chicago, to give light to bis countenance, says tho Indianapolis News.

Ducnas' play of "Camille" has never been played in England, ewing to the fact that the Lord Chamberlain would never allow its representation.

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The Big Bonanza" has been burlesqued under the name of "Big-bone Nancy."

We will have Angle Shot at the Opera House to-night. The actress who "draws" also paints.

A good usher is born not made.

People and Things/

Tho soft-money men are still hard up. To remove stains from charaeter—Get rich.

It takes two boys to go on an errand easy. Round dauces are falling into disfavor in pelito society.

A night's sleep reduces the human weight one pound. It must make a prisoner raven mad to be called a jail-bird.

Cock your hat on one side if you want to pass for a bummer. There a heap of work etit out for the charitable next Winter.

Success is one of the few things which the world never langhs at. It is impolite to say a man has cheek say "facial area."

A stove-leg that won't get lost every summer has been patented. Live within your income" is tho sage counsel of old Mr. Vanderbllt.

The friend whoso advioe tallies with our own opinion, how we love him. All honest men will boar watching. It is the rascals that cannot stand it.

Of Theodore Tilton's novel, "Tonpest Tossed," 18,000 copies havo been sold. Ilarnum's iron-jawed man" is in jail at Cleveland, charged with illegal voting.

Anew sentimental song is ridiculously entitled, "Mother's Teeth Will Soon Decay."

Tailor measuring fat customer— "Would yeu hold tbe end, sir, while 1 go around!"

A down-Kast tramp asked a lady If ho might go to bed long enough for. her to iron his shirt

Darwin now says thst all men were •nee plants. There are still a great many small potatoes.

Fifteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-five survivors ot we war of 1812 are on the pension List.

Emerson says every man is wanted, but not wanted much. How is it when and old maid gets after him.

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"8ilver Threads Among the Gold" has a rival In "Only a Orey Hair Darling," the latest musical idiocy.

John Campbell, a farmer near Des Motnea, Iowa, reached bis hundredth birthday a few d»ys ago, and he goes on voting the Democratic ticket. ,'

It Is add that nature blushes because tbe leaves fall, and tbe bare limbs shiver in tbe blast. As though nature eared a fig, or even a fig-leaf, bow barg they are.

Most persons who know tbe ten commandments aro far more interested in speculating what tbe eleventh mandate might have been thsn tbey are In considering tbe other ten.

Voting man, don't stand around complaining that there's nothing to do. Nobody baa invented a successful dying machine yet, and tbe fellow who docs Is promised a monument eleven feet tall.

The Iter. Mr. Xailocb, of California, formerly of Massachusetts, thinks that there is no more sin in going to a theatre thau in going to a church festival, but young men aboald not go to either t* their washing bills are unpaid

Ou iiers! wboop, goab to bls»s! I Him mit, might ev known better. Ixme It If more'n a hundred times when a i: 1' and tbe old party limped on, 8f.fr cordial Iv boot. ng an inoffensive old tite on fts r»*- I i! *irrv does repeat l:« l£ ir

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The only church in the United States where preaching may be heard in Irish, is said to be at Elmira, Illinois.

A man who has traveled says that it didn't take him long to And out that the brakemen own all the railroads and the olerks all the hotels.

Two men at Bevier, Mo., fell dead lately because they took prussic acid In their whisky by mistake. It's a bad thing to mix drinks that way.

It is said the reason that Boston detectives use an axe to onter a gambling bouse is because they want to get tbe chips.—[Boston Commercial Bulletin.

The Khedive of Egypt has decreed that hereafter tbe calendar need by Christian nations will be used in that oountry Instead of the Mohammedan.

One of tho best preserved of the customs handed down to us by our ancestors is burning straw bedding In the back yard. A few fresh bones in tbe heap imparts an aroma that no one can describe, although all the neighbors will try to.

Feminitems.

No woman is beautful who is fhlse. Haven't fashion-inventors exhausted all the possible shades of color?

In tbe bright lexicon of feminine fashion there is such a word as fkllle. Henoeforward I live only for my vindication," Mrs. Woodhull says.

Some of the new stylos recall tbe modost, and long forgotten Cottage bonnet. "4r --'ft

Is it a fact that tbe ladles who attend the sewing society do not talk about the absent members?

Julia Ward Howe lectured in Milwaukee, last Sunday morning—"Ia Polite Society Polite that Is her question.

There are eleven different patent garters, but it is hard to dlstlngulah one kind from the other across the Street.

A medical man of extensive practice in Lafayette, arsArts that there is not one sound woman in flve hundred, ln tho country.

Say what you will against narrow skirts, it is easier for a lady and gentleman to walk under one umbrella than it used to be.

A woman purchasing some cupe and saucers was asked what color she would have. "Why, I ain't particular, said ahe "any color that don't show dirt."

A Tolono girl told a follow that she would give him a kiss if ho would cateh her. She ran well till h1»o gut out of sight of the old folks and thou gave in.

Whon a Terre Hauto girl don't like an admirer she just heaves a brick at him, and he takes the bint and loaves without any more palaver.—[Detroit News.

Mrs. Rapp, conviclod in St. Paul of participation in a murder, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life, twelve days in each year to be spent in a dark colL

Rev. Mr. Sankey says that Queen Victoria is just "such a pleasant, womanly body as wo see every Sabbath in the amen corner of our Methodist church in America."

Tbe Crown Prlnoess ofOormany commands as colonel a regiment of htunar*, and during recent manoeuvres before tbe Emperor she appeared mounted at tbe head of her cavaliers. A®

The New York Commercial Advertiser objects to star-spangled banner stockings next year, on tbe ground that they aro too much calculated to make the wearer's footsteps "flag."

Miss Warner, the author of tbe "Wide Wide World," performed the funeral services at ber fhtber's burial, the clergyman invited to perform that part of the duty having failed to be present.

Mrs. Livermore says that marriage and a home is not all thats woman wants. She's Just right. They'd want something more ifln Heaven—probably want to fly down and show off their azure robes.

If tbe fashionable belles of to-day were to place a watch beside them snd note tbe number of minutes they spend before tee looking-glass they would l0 shocked and surprised at the time tbey waste. Think of this, girls.

Tbe woman who waa arrested at St. Albans with four hundred yards ef black silks concealed beneath her skirt*, oonid hardly have worn a "pull-back," though ber arrest was a decided drawback on ber proceedings. [Boston Globe.

Rlicabetb Stuart Pbelps Is said to have written some of her best stories on a buge rock which rises in the water in front ot ber borne in East (Jlouocoter, Mass. Tbe rock is overrun with wild roses, and is a spot conducive to inarration and a bad eokL a

Krigham Young lectured his harem on style, Sunday before last. Tbe prophet could hardly be expect"'? to exprcsa disinterested *f'nlon mi this dellcsto question, but took -trong grounds against U»i prevailing extravagance In Jk'tn-deJ I"")*. IIelnvritr) "d part'null»rly ap:»inst striped stockiajr*.

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