Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1875 — Page 2

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THE MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.^

I HAUTE,

TWO EDITIONS

Of Paper are poblUhtd. Tbe FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evi-ning hss a large circulation la tbe surrounding towns, when It la aold by newsboys and ageota. Tb« SBCOJTD EDITION, on Saturday Evening, goes Into the hand* of nearly every reading penon In the city, and the. I*|ro era of this lranmllaw vicinity.

Kvcry Week** IameU, in fact, TWO NEWHI'APERB, In which all AdverUnemenU appear for

ONE CHARGE

SECRETS OF THE GREEN-ROOM.

How A ctor* ami A ctre**e* Di*gui$t Themselves for the Stage—Mysteries of "Make-Up.

By no means tbo least Important feature of the actor's or actress's wardrobe is the wig, which by its shape, color, and pose indicates tbe style, age and a host of other of tbe wearer's minor assumed peculiarities. Especially among American actresses of note is it the case thai the wig needs but in very few cases to be resorted to to supply deficiencies in either the quantity or quality of their natural bead-dress, yet many a one of tbeni is often obliged, from obvious reasons, to be a pronounced blonde during one week and a perfect brunette the evening following, in which case, of coarse, the aid of tbe coiffeur has to be invoked. With actors, however, tbe case la different. In everyday life, even though Nature should have been as bountiful to thom as to Absalom of yore, the hair is worn short in obedience to the dicta of the fashion of tbe time, and in all except the most modern characters tbey »»nme the wig has to be called In as a necessary accessory. Recently a reporter of tbe New York Graphio aUled at the hair establish mentofM. Ilelmer, No. 303 Sixth avenue, and took a peep into the mysteries of that peculiar art which helps to enable the Hamlet of one day to appear as be OUuUo of the day following or tbe Jtomeo of tbe day after. M. Ilelmer was soon discovered to be an enthusiast In bis business, which, be assured his hearer, was in France, his native coun try,

of the finest that could be learn

ed, many of the more popular of tbe prv/esMurt visiting daily in their own carriages an incredibly large number of patrons. At the same time be said, there wa*"n© subject in tbe world which sbonld be approached with more respect or treated with more delicacy than wigwearing. A- ladv never objected to tell where she got a 11,000 set or jewelry, or

fSOO ball atecs, or evon a new set of teeth, provided the plate is of gold, but there was never yet known a woman who of her own accord turned the conversation upon tbe subject of her new scalp.-.

And,

according to the wig-maker

this peculiarity is not common to the fair sex, but manv men are even more fastidious with regard to tbeir wigs or toupees, and tbe success which they achieve as concealers of deserted crania. THB TOUPKB

riSRHAPS THS MASTERPI KCK

Of the art of wlg-maklng. It is in reality a little ig made to cover tbe varlformed bald patch on the top or back or occasionally on tbe side of the skull. It must not only be so arranged that its Join with the forehend must be so natural as to be nnnotlceable, but tho hair must match perfectly with the natural hair which run® over-the wearer's ears and warms up tbe lower portion of bis occiput, and then it has to bo pasted upon the head with exactitude, or else its artificialness wlH soon be discovered. The toupee is made of all alios and sbaoee from the circular capillanr natch thai is glued over tbe trade dollar of baldness corruwMlng on tho crown up to the long affair which harmonizes with and utilises the fringe of hair remaining upon tbe partiaUy bald head. It is in the creation of Imitations of this fringe of hair that tbe wig maker's art most ably seconds that of the tragedy of comedv "old man." Into it he professes an ability to throw all aorta of feeling, whether it be the pomp of a Poloniua, tbo Ire of a King Liar, the low cunning of ft Templeton JUL the paternal solicitude of a Brabant*, or tbe coarse bru-

^Af^etberlSe wlft-makeris as indispensable to tbe actor as tbe prompter or the

scene-shifter,

halr

would take a large amount of money to imitate." While tbe reporter waa examining tbe wigs a young man in whose features bucolic simpltfftv end^ dwrn*1!"®

Cut

and a good one is held

In high eeteeos In the profession. Some actors are supplied with wigs enough to be afete to wear a different one every night, should tbe exigencies el a six months'season require it,

J»OTKD ACTORS* WIGS,

Barry Sullivan, far whom M. Ilelmer la at present gtUtaa up several new bead-dresses of greai fcesuty ,hss already over l» different wigs, with several more

dreeeer* to hear from. Feeh-

ter has almost as many so baa Booth and it is a very pooeJy supplied leadin* man who baa not hia two or three dosen of different shapes and slses. Miss Clara Monrla has more than fifty •-.& coiffures, ranting In variety from the i* Jmek SArppard wig which she wore lo a

Clsvfisncf theater when she waa sixteen yean old, to the blonde wig with whloh t» ah* set tbe «rltic* by the ears when she scently played Lxtd^f JAMMA lo New

York. Taking Into consideration the Act that a first-*.lass wig costs from f36 to 300 It will be seen that an actor's I false hair la bv no means the leaet exnensive part of hia property In actor's 8 Vls« the most expensive are tbe pure white, a hind of hair which it la venr 0 (HAenlt to procure.

'f verv covering for

snow-white, sif-

A'TNG

liar's heed will

aell readily tor from flfiO to $173. The other shades become l««s expensive ss

halrwhlcb lasnppUed to the poorer clasa of minsttel performer* for |l. !s fbt hvortto shades for women are still the light onm, "bade of blonde hair sellingatt»0ia coiffure,and imw* qvuUU^ind prtw ro° down

Ihrmigb Intermediate r«l« £«ok»r. AmoM eetreesee rsinarkahls for the Isnirthand beauty of their hair may be mentioned Mlm Kose KyUnge, who ha orofuiOooofrilky. Woe-black trtM, aod Ml» OarlotU Leclertq, from whose '7V bsad fella sshimmering mass of

fess-Syf

.uaount B»n»T

rtti JfBST. h*

eavitorenlsoeIk Then there are

S^jilb.1. «b» Ml""* hJ'

firo

seemed to sta»fgle ir tbe tered tbe store and snnounoed thsUia had bees cnpMcmed by the Salvini Dramatic Cli^offmentioningthe name of aNew Jerfiy town) to make arrangements in NoW'York for tbe securing of oostnmes for tbo representation of tbe "Lsdy of Lyons" next month, lleexplsined st length the importance of the occasion bow that the town ball bad been fitted up with wings and wsenery at an expense of f300 bow that an audience of at least 350 people sre expected to be present and hsw that a renl actress waffl going to P1*yil^v,M',fl

a5®|T

having spent week* In drilling

tl,f.

of the company. Tbe wigs lor all the

irts except thst of the leading characwere soon selected and laid aside, and when this was done tho young man posed himself before the pier ghuw, and after a few moments of complacent meditation remarked, "And now fetch me a wig tor the character of Mclnotte."

A CURLED WIO FOR CLAtJDK MELN'OTIK.

In a trice his bewl and shoulders were enveloped in a flowing mass of light brown waves. lie gazed critically at tho counterpart presentment of Claude Mclnotte in the glass before him, and shaking his head In a deprecatory man ner, remarked decisively, "It won't do this ain't the right kind of a wig."

Pardon me," said the eojffeur, "that is the wig in which Harry Sullivan play od the character when here."

It ain't the thing," said the young fellow decisively, and in an instant ajriother waa placed upon bis head by the coiffeur with the remark: "There is tho wig that Fechter and Rignold wear. I

made

one just like it for Rignold." If I remember right," resumed tbe young man with asperity, "I (crashingly emphasized) atn to play tho P«rt, and not Sullivan, or Fechter, or Itignold. This won't do unless its curled, curled right up abort. Curl this wig right up to tho handle and it'll do."

The obliging wig-maker laid the wig aside, promised to curl it right up short regardless of consequences, and the youth departed.

Tbe wig, however, though an important portion of the actor's make-up, must oe supplemented by many other artificial devices. Tbe natural complexion is ghastly in tbe gaslight's glare, and must be heightened by coloring, which process, too, is relied upon to lend tbe characteristics of tho different ages represented. In this connection the art of the actor can be applied with rare subtlety and consummate effect. Many of the great actors of the day are remarkable for the correct taste they display in the coloring of faces. Common sense is the foundation upon which this taste Is built. Salvini, when making up for an old man part, pictures to himself what Salvini will be at the age he is to represent, and paint* the wrinkles in accordingly. Ristori can upon hor own features reproduce startling likenesses of Queen Elizabeth, Marie Stuart, Marie Antoinette, and other of her greater impersonations. Mme. Rachel was a genius in the art of face-col-oring. It has been asserted by foreign critics, whose opinion is well worthy of respect, that American actresses arc, as a rule, not only too prodigal in tbe matter of rouge, but also thst tbey lay it on inartistically. placing it over tbe bodv of tbo cheek instead of around the cheek bono and towards the eye, where its effect is most agreeable. The rule is, for a younpt complexion, rouge tbe upp«r poition of the face for an older complexion, lower down.

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SCIENTIFIC FACE FAINTING

A large variety of tints may be employ ed, but for ordinary uso there are usually eigbt tints. Of flesh and rouge tints there are of each two kinds, one used for juvenile, the other for old parts. Then come the brown tint, which is used for working in wrinkles the white which is for lining or setting off wrinkles the gray, which is used for giving tbe features a hollow appearancc, and the black for eyebrows, Ac. A «adaver-4 ous cheek can be made to look quite plump on the stage if only it is properly rouged, and a dot of white, which dovelopcs into a dimple in the gas-light, is

in the centre of it. It needs, too, ut a slight application of gray tint to make a plump cheek hollow enough for tbe ghost in "Hamlet." One important consideration which must never be overlooked in dressing for tbe stage is tbo siz9 of tbe bouse, as a make-up of features which would be grandeur in Booth's Theater, would be a horrible daub in one of tbe smaller bouses.

Tbe moustache often acts as a deter rent to the youth who sighs to partlci pate in an amateur performance, and yet cannot sacrifice his upper-lip's glory to the supposed, exigencies of tne occasion. As feet, however, such sacrifice Is unnecessary, as. with tbo ex ception of tbo heaviest kinds, the moustache can be soaped down and painted over so that its presenoe would nover be snspected by the most crMcal In the audience. It is by no means generally known that Dion Boudcault played all through tbe "Shaugraun's" run with his moustace thus artistically secluded from the public gase. Kignold's moustache oeuld be disposed of, should oocason require, In a similar manner.

MCDBY THB BLACKSMITH" DISQL'MKS. It occasionally happens tbat the coiffeur Is called to provide hoavy disguises tor pemona wboeo profession Is not that of the stage, whose calling in fact is a profoundly mysterious one. On one occasion a decidedly hard-looking cut tomer, accompanied by Reddy the Blacksmith, called upon M. Ilelmer and ordered four disguises. He called tor them, took away three which were ready, paid for the lot, and never caltod for toe fourth. The painful supposition Is unavoidable that In the meantime he had been called away to the place wbire beard*, both false and natural, are not allowed to exist.

Tuna* who look with approbation upon the theory ofthe Inflationists cannot be recommended too often to study tbe financial history of the Freneh Revolution of 1798. Here Is a pertinent extract from the Paris Monlteur of October 15th, 17VS:

A WAWHWO." $

Were beheaded, yesterday, by order of the Revolutionary Tribunal, Marie Jeanne Faisseur. huckster woman, aged thirty nine, and her daughter Louise, age*! fifteen, for saying tbe swdgnatoFreneh greenbacks—were no money, but only certificates of national inilebtednesa. All speculators In gold had better take warning."

CitxrK!t!OAL tea parties have broken mat all over tbe country. This centennial business will grow stale before the centennial comes. If things do not change for the better.

RKX

TERR Elf A UTE V&fLlTS, In the Burlington, Iowa, "i^very Sunday Morning" wo find this editorial article ,i:: Wl:

Ttiero isuo deubt aUout ihh itriith of spiritualism, any more. It must be so, But it is a great pity. For, according to Its most prominent and its most agreesble manifestations, we are better off.ln this world than we can poaalbly be In tfce next. Ws can do some good here, but we can do nothing thore but child a play. Somo of us can speak ordinarily good English, here but none of were ever known to return from there ana do ft. Any one of us, In tho flesh, «m car ry a beefsteak and a sack of potatoes to some poor, starving famllj'—If we can get it to carry but not one of us can do it after wo have passed to the spirit life we can do all things wrong tut nothing right. We spirits can tip a table wrung side up and make trouble bnt wo can keep it right side up, and cook a Thanksgiving dinner, anu set it out, and help eat it. Nor are wo sure that we go to the spirit land after we die. At least two good men have died, who certainly cannot be there. They are Llndley

Murray and Roswell C. Smith. It is impoKslble to believe that they can have forgotten all the grammar they put in books in this world, and tbey certainly would trach a littlo of it to tbo uplrita who coino back here to talk to us. '1 bene excellent toachers cannot bo anywhere lu the next world. Their souls must have been lost.

Those lamentations were suggested by our reading an account of a "scanc©' InTerre llnute, Indiana, where a correspondent of th» Keokuk (Jato City liappened to be. He saw spirits who bad walked boldly in God's blessed sunlight in this poor world, when they were freighted with flesh—bnt cannot endure even gaslight, when they return to it etherlalized. Tho controlling spirit was that of a squaw, who probably never heard a muslo box in her earthly life— but couldn't work without it, in thellfo to come. And even then, neither she nor het medium could do anything until thev were shut up in a box. And after that, they couldn't do anything that was of any use. That squaw who, perhaps, had spent all her life making oead-moccasins, k.ever thought of making a pair of shoos for some poor barefooted little Terre Haute girl. But she "materialized" a Quincy girl, who had been dead five vears and made hor knit a pair of stockings which wore only four inches long—and who in the world could wear them? Then she brought out a young man, who brought arose for his mother, but forgot all about bringing a pair of stockings for her. Perhaps she didn't need tbem just then. But tbey would do her just as much good as the rose, wouldn't they

Now, this is an awful revelation from the spirit-world. And it must be true and genuine, for there was nobody in tbe box, but Mrs. Stewart and the squaw. It is very sod,—but it forces us to the conclusion that tbe spirit-world must be a very poor place. We forget all wo ever knew, as soon as we get there, and aiefit for nothing but child's play and nonsense. "As far as heard from," this is tho best world we have experienced and we prefer to remain hero as long as possible.

Svi VINO TIIE PIECES.

Lu6y Hooper, in one of her recent clever letters, says a French family would live very comfortably on what an American family throws away. Other writers on French domestic customs tell tho same tale. It is undoubtedly an exaggeration. But, like many other overcolored statements, it doubtless covers a real truth of great importance. One reason of tho wonderful recuperative power shown by France since her terrinle war with Germany lies in the fact that she has the mest economical people in the world. The French have mastered tho actof saving. They make a little go further and last longer and show to better ad vantago than any other nation. Thev know the value of Infinitesimals. They buy only just what they want, and use every particle that tbey buy. They calculate appetites to a mathematical exactness, ana purchase by tho pennyworth and cook by measure and by weight, and what is loft from one meal always coixes back In the unsuspected form of some delicacy at the next. Cloths and ribbons do all kinds of service till actually vworn out. Tho genius of tho peoplo is shown In making a sou go as rar as a franc. They pride themselves on the ingenuity with which tbey turn everything to account and get a great deal out of next to nothing. They have raised eoonomy to the dignity of a fine art.

There is not tbe same reason for this painful attention to tidbits In America asin Europe. Food Is too plentiful here to make it necessary for sny one to uso microscope in its preparation. But tho principle whose application has made France one of tbe thriftiest nations on the globe could bo studied with immense advantage by our people. Our national vies is extravagance. We arc, perhaps, tbo most wasteful people In tbe world. And this, too, while our ancestors were remarkable for their frugality and thrift, and accumulated fortunes by a process of saving which has unfortunately beoome one of tbe lost, arts. Tbey fought tbe Revolution on what we should consider boggars* fare, and raillied from Its strain, and paid tbeir debts, and grew rich by a species of economy tbat we know nothing of. The last half centurv has witnessed a development of speculation and extravagance among all rianers which would nave filled our grandfathers with dismay and despair for tho republic. It is not tbe Increase of comforts and elegancies and refinements that are open to criticism tbey have their manifest usee and belong within tbe recognised economies of life. It Is not tbe generosity tbat give* away to a thousand worthy objects and charities more than our ancestors dreamed of bestowing for wise giving Is the best invert men! that oan be made. It Is the absolute waste of what might be turned to good account if we bad tho trained wit to utilise It. Somebody has asid.

We let our blessings mould and call them curses 1" Tbe extravagance consists in letting good things spoil and spoiling good things buying more than Is needed aud throwing away what to not used negleoting to get the last half of tbe use out mt what la purchased working for what oan be better dene without than with and squandering on vulgar display what should be spent for objects of real excellence and worth. And the real virtue of economy constats aot in pinching the faculties, nor deny* tug the taste, nor tying up the heart to evenr prompting of generosity, but in mskfag a wise and belpfal use of everything. and seeing that nothing which oan be utilised Is thrown away. living cheaply and finely Is possible if people only hare the wit and patience to master the art. Bnt It Is an art wWeh ro»

Jenlal

pain becomes greater than any

one ran »**r them Is si* sys a banco to lalnt away from it.

ulre* thought and patience and selffor perfect mastery.

Every tny should under**and that he most make a name for hinwlf. Tbe name g!v *n by hi* parents Is only one to begin on.

TEHRE HAUTE ftAlUHDAY EVENING MAIL.

SALUTATIONS

"Oris" of tbe Cincinnati Saturday Night says it would b»eu£&u«t4fl94i the various salutations with whteh pie accost eaoh other. "How d?Je Is the most ttftnmott, ol course,tO wh the almost invariable rejoinder fs "tfam are ye|** This interrogative reply rarely falli to gtfnThbe most Intense satisfaction to tbe interlocutor, who Is dying to know how bis friend is getting along, of course.

How does tbo world uso yoo W quires one. *'1 dojit complain," aayi the other, with sublime resignation, leaving it to bo inferred that, although he is the subject of tbo most cruel persecutions, vet tho tortures of the Inquisition coufd not wring from him a murmur or a oomplaint, a touching example of self-control aud patienco under suffering.

Wo know one man whose Invaaiable reply to the question, "How doee tbe world use you?" is, "Slow, slow," What doos ho meanT Would he have us Infer tbat the world Is slow to discover his uses, and therefore tardy in using him or, that instead of nsing him up fast, as it often does some or its most distinguished ornaments, it is lenient and easy with him? "How goes it?" is one of the most nsual and comprehensive of our aumerous salutations. A cheerful heart, prone to look upon the bright side of his own lot In life, as well as the lot adjoining, very naturally responds "Bully!" but the complaining man who is never satisfied, growles out "Rough."

How does tbe world wag with you is another form of putting tho case not at all confined to waggish people. "Been well is the laoonic salutation of the busy man as he brushes past you. You may not have been well for a month of Sundays you may recognize unmistakable indications of being worse very soon, or of not being anybody at all yet it is all the same to nim. He stops for no explanations but hurries on, satiFfied,.apparently, tbat bo has performed his social duties to a

him

friend

well-meant

frequently

by asking

he has "beon well."

One of the most common salutations with us here is. "What do you know It sounds a little impertinent to a stranger who bears it for the first time. He half suspects a covert insinuation that ho don't know much, and, therefore, could convey it all In a reply to a streetoorner greeting. If he be one who knows a great deal, and knows he does he is puzzled to know where to begin

JOAQUIN MILLER'S, gTRUOOLE ~N LONDQ&. il#r tslbraa liMMiwer an ty tegardjiig Ms struggle t* Xonaon. Wbenbe hettot lodgings in an attio itlfi li^ethulhssending tbern to the papen*/* But tfcoy never

ing my poems suitably for publication in Dook form, and to seek for a publisher. I worked bard all tho foronoon, and in the afternoon walked against fatefor (mhUnlieVbut always cot beaten. Then at night I would come Lome with a heart so heavy and so utterly desolate that I was sure I could never look up again. Time after time I have stood before the melancholy old fire-plaoe with my poems in my band ready to fling tbem into the flamta, and the resol vo in my heart to fling myself over a bridge and make a hole tne Tbamea. But I was generally too tired to make the effort to do either, and would go to bed, havo a good rest, get up in the morning refreshed and hopeful, only to go over the same old discouraging round again. I became terribly pushed for money, snd had to pawn my watch and rings. I seut to my brother, got belp, but never could get a publisher.

No hope came. I resolved to see tbe poems in type, snd issued fifty oopies under tbe title of tbe 'Pacific Poems,' issued from the Chiswjck press on New Yesr's of 73. Then I sent copy to tbe leading newspapers and reviews, and— well, I locked the poems and tbe criticisms in my leather bag, and received the publishers ss courteously as I knew bow! I had got fame, and, thanks to nobody, I have had my price for work ever since. Then the Savage Club took me up. I met noble Tom Hood, who gave me a letter to Fred Lockyer, brother-in-law of Dean Stanley, and he made mo at home In London. Everybody seemed to want to take me by tne hana that they would have thrown aside a month uefore and lead me up higher. From the Savage I was sent to the Whitefriar's from that to St. Albans from tbat to tho Garrlck then to tho Pre-Ranhaelites' then to the Athdntcum, and was made an honorary member of all. Then the 'Songs of the Sierras' was Issued by Longman fc Co., and everything seemed In a dizzy whirl."

A ROMANCE ENDED. [Washington Letter.J

he is pHzziea uj khow «ub'o wn ••, And lastly there is poor Avery, with but before bo can decide the questioner one foot in tbe penitentiary and dragis out of sight to memory dear. glng the other over the threshold.

Some men have salutations peculiar About four years ago Avery married a aloae to themselves. We know one

young

man whose Invariable greeting to an ao- clal position In Washington." Tbo era quaintanoe is, "Sound?" It is a terse was one of show and splurge tbe woand

wav of sounding a man was handsome, bright and ambi-

friend "How de?" fs old fashioned and tious the man indulgent aud vain, and obsolete. "How have vou been?" is ihesalary only 11,500 a year enough,

employed, generally with a God knows, lor plain, honest comfoit tone of great apparent solicitude, al- enough for a oozy, quiet home, and for though, in nine cases out of ten, it is a such "social position1' as good behavior matter of the greatest indifference to tbe and sterling manhood and womanhood questioner how you have been, any- oan always find if they seek It in the how. "A very good morning to you,

proper place

sir is a polite elaboration only inaulg- people who love each other better thaa edin by gentlemen ot the old school, a they love fuss and feathers, and who race that is now almost extinct. recognize it as their duty to please each

Among parting salutations, "Take other before they try to please anybody care of yourself," Is probably used more else. But it was not enough for Avery care or v_

frequently than any other, except. "Good bye," You psrt with your friend who is about starting on a journey.

Take care of yourself, old boy," is your final expression as you wring his hand for the last time. Do you mean ts insinuate that you have been taking care of him all along, and that now be must manage to shirk for himself? It sounds a little tbat way. When he assures you that ho is "Bound to do It, what an anxiety is removed from your mind.

I'll see you again." How do you know you will And how often the expression Is used where the speaker don't mean to if he can help it. He owes you some money, perhaps. He says he will "see you again," but In reality he don'l mean to if he can help it. Or you ares bore, perhaps, for bores have power to assume a pleasing shape, and he engages to "see you ageing at some remote and undefined period, simplyto got rid of you.

SENTIMENTAL TEA SET. [Providence Journal.] The latest fashion in china is something entirely unique, and needs a little explanation for the uninitiated. A lady announces her intention of getting ups "sentimental tea set." This means tbat she desires each of her friends to present her with a cup and saucer, whose rise, quality and coatliness are left to the tastes and generosity of tbe donor. When a sufficient number has been presented the nondescript collection is christened as a sentimental tea set. The lady Is then in duty bound to rive a tea p*rtv to ber contributors snd friends, in which tbe cheering woei la served in tbe motley ehlna, gathered together In this light way of putting one's friends under contribution. Of course the ladies vib with eaoh other in seeing wliocanoollect tho greatest number of offering*, and tbo gentleman are warmly welomed who come bearing in their hands costly cups of delicate Sevres, of tbe petite creations of Oriental tate. We know of a lady in. a neighboring city who numbers already twelve of these oddities, and she has but just begun ber collection. Her tea service thus far ranges from a tiny cup and saucer a hundred years old lo an offering large enough tor a bowl. Tbe Intermediate range Inclndea a ridiculous variety in form, siao aud material. Great was the sport at the first tea-drink, while tbe nniquo display afforded an abundant subject for conversation. We are told by those in authority tbat that tbe fashion promises to be quite universal thla winter, and we are sure it will be provocative of endless fUn. and perhaps just a little rivalry, for will not a woman's attractive powers be measured by tbe number of these fragile offerings she receives from her friends? What a resurrection of eld tea cups and sauoeis from long occupied hiding places will take place, and what a search there will be In tbe china shops for specimens rich and rare!

THE QRRA MA IT' OF A TOWN.

and bift

ambitious, brilliant partner.

Well, that romance will soon be ended: and, though it takee a ruined man and a woman with all her hopes blighted and all her ambitions dashed into despnir to illustrate it. it will yet be worth the sacrifice to the American public.

A FEW WORDS TO OTRIJS. Tho pastor of a church In one of our largo cities said not long ago: "I have officiated at forty weddings since I canto here, aud in every case save one, I felt that the bride was running an awftu risk." Young mon of bad habits and fast tendencies never marry a girl of their own sort, but demand a wife above suspicion. So pure, sweet women kept from the touch of evil through tbe years of childhood, give themselves with all their costly dower of womanhood. Into the keeping of men who, in base associations, have learned to undervalue all that belongs to them, and then find no repentance In tbe sad after years.

There is but one way out of tbat tbat I can see, and that is for you to require in associations and marriages, purity for purity, sobriety for sobnoty, and honor for honor.

There is no reason why the young men of this C'bristisu land should not be Just as virtuous as its young women and if tbe loss of your society be tbe price tbey are forced to pay for vice, tbey will not pay it. I

IT is almoet cruel to disregard a little child's desire to gratify its natural and innocent curioalty. Expense is often the wretched reason given for tbe refusal. Necessity tor economy must frequently form a decided "no" from a parent's lips but the painfUl denials come sometimes from a thoughtless mood, from an unsympathbdng temper, Just at tbe mo monttne request was made. I know a man wboeo father 60 years ago refused him ten cents, when no was five roar* old, and to-day he vividly recalls th« bitter disappointment which bo endured In not seeing tbo elephant which was on exhibition in his native villago. And it was so unliko his father to deprive him of such a pleasure! He was a kind and generous man: bow did it happen that the little golden-balred boy went off from bis father's sido wJth his blue eyes full of tears? It is so distinct to his memory thst be recalls tbe busy ana troubled look his father bsd at the time, and the strange carelessness with which he listened to his request for ten oenta. Yet the man was In one ot those moods when friend or child could be dismissed to endure unnecesssry pain. It is easy to hurt tender spirits in our rough way. 8ometimee a child knows, when hia father says, "I cant afford It." tbat It Is not true the assertion Is only Intended for an excuse. Tho example may bear its fruit someday in tho false excuses which tho boy Invents.—{Christian at Work.

Tax following anecdote of (Jbief Justice Chsse Is told by ths Toledo Commercial "Moon after Chief Justice Chase assumed tbe Gubernatorial chair in Onto he issued his proclamation ap-

holds tho financial power and the serial sure of being orthodox, U* Governor throne of a town, makes the town la a composed bis proclamation almo* en•ood iliaiee. what be la. If he Is vir tlnly of passages from tho Bible, which ESl mSS, wSsUwTg«d. »dtd m*d3gn»tess quotations, prebensslh him shape themselves snming that every ens would recognise consciously or nnconsdooaly, to his them and admire the fltmxeof the words character. Viee shrinks into disgrace, as well as hia taste or files to more congenial haunt*. The Tbe proclamation meeting the eye of a unitd for sold wbiclt grsspe and over* Democratic editor, he pounced at onee KShes. tSomea ashamed, or changes «Pg»_|«*and d»elaiodt&tho had" ndshborlv bonefnlnesa. The dtscon- before—couldn't exactly aay where—hot ^r^^^un'Tibe ehodow of he would take his oath that was a an

it that springs up iu tbo shadow of unprincipled snd boastful worldly sneeews dies snd meo beoome bsnpv In the toll thst wins a comfortable liiHter ssd daily breed, when ho to whom all look up, looks down upon thorn with friendly snd sympsthetic eyes, ami lmlds his wealth and power In service of their goml.-IKr*»n» Dr. Hnll*o4"* «tory of*evt*nosk* *cTtboer for Decern ber.

downright plagiarism from beginalng U» end. taat sroctkl have been a peetty fair joke hot the next day RepuhUoan editor came out valiantly In defense of the Governor, pronounced the charge tttxilaea, and ebailonged any man living to produce one Mngle Hm of the proclamation that bat appeared iu print he* (••re."

GOLDEN

Do not kick orafgr co# datfoy,—Bumy. pardon oullMtidH aO^themX^ way maid •gWltiny loads fruition with

Chara4|fnrj Sooner oYlateri the injuries j#6 h|

There faAWild in life which evl satiety.

Help others when you can, bnt never give what you cannot affora because

ui fashionable, rr When we know how to appreciate a merit, we have tho germ or 1| wUhin oursel ves,—{Goethe.

Learn to aay No. No ncseasit.v of snappingit out dog fashion, but say

it.

firmly and respectfully. 1 There is a gift tbat la almost a blow, and there Is a kind word that Is munificence so much is there in the way of doing things.—[Arthur Helps.

Let no young man ever permit it to enter his mind that economy is meanness, or that it is to be despised. It i* he who saves that can afford to give and nothing is mean which is honest, snd goes to establlah one's independence.

Persons of genius are more individual than any other people, and less capable consequently of fitting themselves without hurtful compression, Into sny of tho small number or moulds which society provides In ordor to save its member* the trouble of tormina their own characters.—[John Stuart Mill.

How far and safe, God, dost thou keep thy aaints, when once gone from us 1 We may call against the lighted windows of thy fair June-heavon, whero all our souls are happy.—aud not one, not even a father, look from work or play to ask "Who Is it tbst cries after us, below there in tbe dark?"—[Aurora, Leigh.

In the eld days thero were angols who came and took men by the hand and led them away 1hm threatening destruction. We see no white-winged, angels now. But yet men are lod away from threatening destruction a hand i» put into tboirs which leads them forth toward calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward and tbo hand may be a little child's.—[Geo. Eliot.

You have all, when children, tried to walk over the snow so as to leave a straight path behind you, and havo found that the only way was to fasten

four

widow who aspired to "high so

enough for any two young

eyes on some object and advance* have tried it at first I looked back over my shoulder to see if 1 was going straight, and I stumbled to one sido. It is just so in religion. Make heaven the objective point. Fix your eyes oil Christ and keep straight ahead.— [Moody.

There Is not a father or motbor lftre but feels tbat it would be a crowning misfortune if one of tbeir children could not speak for ten years. Did you ever think bow many dumb children God hsa got They can talk about politics, they can talk about the weather, but they can not talk about Christ. I havo got a little boy threo years old. Suppose he should not grow for fifteen years. Don't you think it would break our hearts? Oh, how many half-starv-ed Christians there are in tne cburoh of God I They don't work, and tlieroforo they don't grow. If they use the talents Goa gives them they will grow. They can't nelpt it.—[Moody.

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STEEP STORIES.,

A lato German aowspaper relatod tho following anecdote: In an imperial city, lately, a criminal was condemned to bo beheaded who had a singular itching to play at nlne-plns. Wbllo hlssenteaco was pronouncing, bo had tho temerity to offer a request to bo petmitted to play once more at his favonte game at the place of execution, and then, he said, no would submit without a murmur. As the last prayer of a dying man, his request was granted. When he arrived at tbo solemn spot, bo found everything prepared, the pins being set up and tbo bowl being readj\ Ho playod with uo littlo earnestness. But tho sheriff at length, seeing that bo showed no inclination to desist, privately ordered tbo executioner to strike the fatal blow as he stooped for tbo bowl. Tho executioner did so, and tbe head dropped Into tbe culprit's hand as he raised himself to seo what had occurred. Ho immediately aimed at tbe nlno, conceiving It was tbe bowl which he had grasped. All nine falling, tbo head loudly exclaimed "Well, I have won the game!"

This reminds us of a ««tory which ha* been told In proof of tbe amazing doxterlty of tbe German oxecutloners in cutting off heads with the sabre. A cut-

Elow,

rit being bound and prepared for tbo ana not feeling it whon It came, coolly asked tho man what hindered him, since the signal had been duly given. "Shake yourself I" said tho executioner. And, on the criminal doing so, bis bead, which bad been severed but not displaced, tnmbjed on the scaffold.

HOW TIIE i' DO IT IN TEXAS. Miss WillWGreer, of Kimball, Texas, made tbe error In love ef bestowing her affcctions upon two men. She was only wrentcen years old. and courtship was so new to her tbat she could resist neitb erSimmesnor 1'razlcr, whoa they simultaneously pressed tboir suits. She promised to msrrv both. Of course titer* had to be a doflnito choir* by Willie after awhile, and she decldod tbat she wantod Sltnms but he had murdered a man, a few years before, In another

rt of tbe State, for which crimo he nover been tried. She said sbe would marry hint only after be had been acquitted by a court. Tbe condition was hard, because It Involved a likollhood of hia being banged, snd be declined to take tbe risk, whereupon Willie formally accepted Frazler. Simmons went awsy, but returned a few daya ago, found ber with Frazler, and shot her and himself todoatii*

Tnit German Krnplre shows an awful disparity of sexes. The excess of females over males Is no less than 735^76— the three wars wltbSchleswig-noMeiii, Austria, snd France having doubled the snrpltis existing In 1885. This excess I* oqnal te all the women In New England. It put In a straight line tho^plcturesque procession of olu maids would reach around tbe globe standing forty feet apart, near enough for sighs to be audiMe like Bunker Hill monument tbey would greet tbo sun in bis coming, and bis last rays would linger snd play upon their summit*.

A FACT WORTHKNOWINO. Are you suffering with Consumption Cbugbs, Severe Colds settled on tbe breast, or any disease of tbe Throat and Lungs? If so, go to your Druggists, Orovss A Lowrv, snd get a bottle of BONCBM'sUiMMAKHrBrr. ThlsmecTlcLno has lately beeu introduced from Oormany, and is selling on lis own merila Tbe people are going wild over its Mtrron and druggists all over our country are writing us of its wonderful cures aiaon# their customers. If you wish to try its superior virtue, get a Sample Bottle for 10 cent*. Arsre also bottle, 7* oentm Threo kr*os will relieve any case.