Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 January 1878 — Page 8

THE MAIL

A PAPER

FOR TIIE

PEOPLE.

Personal.

Henry Peakes' Sir John FalstafiT will be a feature of the Opera to-night. David Oren, formerly of the firm of Soott. Oren A Co., has returned from •mr •,

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ITevada. Rank C. Donaldson has Assignee of the estate of Frank and Bothschiid.

ee'n elected

Geo. C. Duy, who has bren confined to Ids boose for several weeks is getting better, bat slowly.

Mrs. Phoebe A. Reddish, of Des Moines Jdwa, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mzs. A. R. bummers.

Tbe Vandalia line took Col. Nelson oat of town Wednerday. He was en route for Washington.

Charles Anderson, the newspaper man and amateur actor, is putting in his spare moments studying law.

Judge Gookins was forty-four years oJdon Wednesday—that is, that was •heforty-fourth anniversary of bis mar whkge.

Lawrence Hudson is in Marshall, reporting the trisl of.S. S. Whitehead charged with manslaughter, now in progress.

Capt. Mass, the jolly landlord of June Hon Hotel, at Vincennes, was in the city a couple of days and honored The Mail with a call.

Philip May is first to enter the grand army of candidates for the coming elec tions. He wants the democratic nomination for Recorder.

Judge Carleton returned from Wash 3ngton, Wednesday evening, accompanied by bis son Richard. The latter will remain here about a month

Prof. B. C. Burt, of the State Normal School, will this evening by invitation, repeat his lecture at Richmond, Indiana, on "Enthusiasm for English."

George A. Hayward has been appoint ed government storekeeper, and Crawford Soott, gauarer, under Collector White. They wi!l render service at this point, --vv.

George Ballew, formerly of this city, but of late doing business at Prairie City, Illinois, has been forced to make an assignment fr the benpfit of his icreditors, and will return to^lhis city

W„ R. McKen, on ae ount of his railroad and other business, finds it Impossible to serve on the State House commission and has tendered his resig nation. Hon, John Collett takes his place.

Mrs. J. M. Hammerly, of Ipdiancpolis, In renewing, says: "I eerUinly do wish 4o continue taking Th« M-iil

for

it is

more welcome at our hvm* than nny ether paper, and is eagerly looked for and read by two families."

OoL Edwards delivered the second lecture to the people of Hartford, south of this city, on Tuesday evening, to a large and well pleased audience. Ilis •object was "Keats." The good people down there entertain the lenturers HI the aoost hospitable manner. Col. Win. E. McLean goes down next. .*

Have you ever been in at Foster it Son's furniture store, on Fourth street, jost north of Cherry? Many of our readers we know have, but there are others perhaps that do not know of the fhmstock there shown, and the low prices at which they sell.

W. H. Paige A Co. want to see you you, we mean—whenever you want a piano or organ, or sheet music, or •nosioal instrument of any kind. They have among others the Chickeritig Piano, the Mason A Hamlin Organ, and a fall line of musical merchandise.

A couple of runaway horses yesterday made a sad wreck of a set of harness, but the owner went down to F. O. Froeb's, on the north side of the public square— everybody seeuis to go there for harness —and he was surprised to fiud for what asmall sum be could get anew and sub atantial set. Mr. Froeb also does re pairing in very careful manner and at reasonable prices.

We feel that we are doing the public a great favor when we point out a man who is living for the good of others, who with unselfish motived la daily doing good. We have a man in hand and we •re going to speak his name right out loud. He Is found every hour of the day working like a beaver, and selling more goods than any &her dealer In his fine In the city. Probably many of oar readers have already guessed who this gentleman Is of whom we speak. It is ft W. Rippetoe, the "White Front" grocer, and In proof of the foregoing we direct towards hi* house the footsteps of any reader of The Mail who has doubts en the subject.

A visit to Button A Co's Central Bookstore is always an aggravation— because there are so many desirable books and pretty things one is tempted to buy. And, indeed most persons thus tempted, do buy, and only lament that tfcey cannot purchase more. The very atmosphere of the establishment—its deep and taatotal room, beautiful pictures, and things elegant, tasteful and useCul, make a combination of temptations that will make you unhappy If your purse isn't liberally supplied. Atd we must not forget to speak •f the fine stock of blank books apod stationery or every description to be seen at Button & Co's Central Bookstore. In Blank Books they have by liar the largest stock in the and in stationery, either plain or fcney, it has long been an acknowledged feet that they are headquarters,

A. Z. Foster, of the dry goods house of Foster Brothers, started to New York, Tuesday afternoon, immediately on receipt of the news of the death of bis brother. ,3

Miss Emelie Melville, who has given greater satisfaction than any lyrio star of her school that has ever appeared here, will play Elizabeth, Qaeen of England to-night.

Sidney B. Davis is announced in this issue as a candidate for the office of Judge of the Circuit Court. Judge Patterson is also a candidate, and the race for the Democratic nomination will doubtless be between these two. $

CoL Wm. E. McLean will lecture at Hartford on next Wednesday evening, on Charles Dickens, in place of Judge Long, whose engagement to hold court at 8ullivan makes it necessary to postpone his lecture to the following Wednesday. *,

A. B. Barton started yesterday for Montreal, Canada, having been summoned by a dispatch announcing that his sister—seventy years of age—had fallen and broken a leg. He has not seen her for more than a quarter of a century,

S. S. Kennedy, our former townsman, we are glad to see, is prospering at Greeley, Colorado. He is senior proprietor of the Greeley Mills, and now in remitting his subscription he encloses a card on which bis name appears as director of the Union Bank.

Sbryer Brothers, the well known wholesale dealers in hardware have pur chased the stock of goods of the late Simeon Cory, and will operate it as retail hardware bouse, allowing them to use their old *tand as an exclusive wholesale house. This is a good move for them. They find a good stock of the best gocds, to which large additions will be made, making it complete in every respect. They bonght the stock at bargain, and propose to give their patrons the benefit of the purchase in the way of low prices.

People and Things..

Did you ever reckon up the number of people you would like to kick if they were not rich

Within the past two months seventy thousand.'persons in northern New York have signed the temperance pledge.

An English judge defines bankruptcy as 'when a man owes a lot of money,and a lawyer and an accountant divide his estate between them."

Nearly all the ministers are now preaching on bell. The fashion is to preach just one sermon, in which they define their views. Then they let the matter drop.

The Brooklyn Eagle says the complaint 1 becoming general that there are too many Democrats of the same size in the House of Representatives and that the size is too small."

President Hayes still keeps one of his home customs at the White House. Every Saturday night his family and a frw

friends

meet and sing some of the

old Methodist tunes,' "-f A man wrote to the Buffalo Express to say that he wanted the paper, but had no money, and offered to send for it two undershirts, worth $3, which had been presented to him but were too small. He got the paper.

They have unusually lively revival meetings in Kentucky just now. At Mount Washington the other night the man who was passing around the plate got into an altercation with one of the parishioners, who wouldn't contribute, and finally drew a pistol and killed him.

The street car drivers of Montreal are compelled to advertise their dishonesty by carrying cash boxes slung around their necks. The passenger places the money on the lid of .the box, the conductor presses a spring and the money falls in. If the conductor touches the money he is discharged.

A patriotic maniac residing in Kenneheo. Maine, has painted his bouse and barn from foundation to roof with alternate bands of red white and biue. At each corner of the house is a huge "Union Jack" about seven feet wide, aud the chimneys are painted with the national colors and studded with stars.

Mr. Colfax arrived at an inn in Warren, Illinois, the other night at a late hour and as h« was to take an early traiu he told the landlord that he would not go to bed. The landlord, therefore, who did not know his guest, asked him to act as clerk during the night, keep the fires going, and wake the porter in the morning. The ex-Vice President did so.

A clergyman in Davenport, Iowa, preaches a sermon to his Sunday School every Sunday morning. Ita regulation leugth Is just five minutes, and the children are greatly pleased with it. And now the older people, having caught the idea from the children, want him to cut down the sermon which be delivers to the congregation to a uniform length of five minutes. It la thought that if he will adopt their wishes his church will be the most popular one in towni^r.

Good forgetfulnees is considered by the Scientific American scarcely less valuable than good memory, "Actors," it says, "who ore obliged to study new parts frequently^ and oommit long speeches to memory In very abort periods of time, apparently have the power of cleansing the memory and rendering It blank and receptive to new tasks. After taking part in a performance which has been repeated night after night for months, the reproduction of the same play, after the lapee of a

TERRU HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MALL.

year or so, finds them almost ignorant of the text, and necessitates complete restudy." Mr. Verdon, in a reoent article on Mind, holds that the memory of every individual has the capacity of keeping in fresh recollection a certain number of things, and that these, on being displaced by others, grow dim or entirely fade away. He says that a person may expend all his energy of memory on a few things and become "absent minded," or may make it cover a great number with less distinctness. "Have you a copy of the Koran askei a young man in one of the city book stores a day or two ago. 'A book about corn?" inquired the clerk, evi dently a little puzzled. "No, the Koran —al-Koran Mahomet." "What is it, novel?" asked clerk No. 2ooming to the rescue. "Must be something just out, suggested another. "No, no," said the customer "the Koran, the Mohommedan bible." "Well, who is the author of it Exit customer in great haste.—Spring field Union.

The best recipe we know, if you wan to be miserable, is to think about your self, how much you have lost, how much you have not made, and the poor prospects for the future.. A brave man with a soul in him gets out of suoh pitiful ruts and' laughs at discourage ments, roll9 up his sleeves, whistles and sings, and makes tbe best of life. This earth never was intended for a paradise, and a man who rises above his discour agements and keeps his manhood will only be the stronger and better for his adversities. Many a noble ship has been saved by throwing overboard its most valuable cargo, and many a man is better and more human after bo has lost his gold, *2 y.y Ait

Feminitemsl

The song of the widow—"What is home without another?" Short sleeves or none at all lend an alabaster effect to Washington society.

Barnum is looking for alive woman who lit a fire with kerosene. He wants to show her for money.

A Parisian definition of a beautifu woman—The paradise of the eye and the purgatory of the purse.

CommodoreVanderbiltsaid: "Women are not fit to have money, anyhow." Crazy? Of course ho was crazy.

Fashion is putting on scollops againThe late styles of collars, cuffs and handkerchiefs have scolloped edges.

Now let us sit down aud consider why a woman invariably carries a bundle as though it was a baby.—Easton Free Press.

The difference between a model woman and a woman model is: One is a bare possibility and the other is a naked fact.—Exchange.

Vassar College," says Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm, "is a college at Poughkeepsie, with 500 young lady students, principally foOls."

In the opinion of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia the occupation of constable is not a fit one for a woman to engage in.

The

fashion

of rearing the hair over

the forehead is as prevalent as ever and some ladies wear short scallops reaching almost to the eyebrows.

Girls who skate this winter are com palled, by the pressure of fashion, to skate on one foot and hold the other up like a ben in wet weather.—Rome Sentinel.

A young lady who has Buffered from baggage smashing" has had her trupk covered with flannel this season, having heard that flannel is a good chest protector.

Lucy Hooper says there are from three to seven hundred American girlsttudying music in Paris, and of that number perhaps about four will become known hereafter.

The following is rather equivocal: "Maria Brown, wife of Timothy Brown, aged 80 yeai^. Sbe lived with her husband 59 years, and died in the hope of a better life."

Canvas suspenders now seem to be worn by most all ladies. There's no "give" to tbem, and that's the reason you occasionally hear a button fly off when a lady grabs for her skirt.—Free Press.

Russian wojtien go out of doors with their children, but seldom with their husbands and a man is not expected to take notice of another man's wife by bowing to her when passing in the street.

Tbe Leipsic polioe are making war on ladiee' trains on. the street. Notice has been given through the German newspapers that all persona whose dresses are found trailing on the sidewalks will be fined.

Poor yonng thing 1 She fainted away at the wash tub, and her pretty noee went kerslop into tbe soapsuds. Some said it waa overwork, others, however, whispered that her bean had peeped over tbe fence and called oat: "Hallo there, Bridget, la Mias Alice at home?"

Six women of Harrison, Ohio, sat perfectly speechless in a sewing circle recently. A gentleman offered to give ten dollars to the society if tbe feat could be accomplished, and the money was justly earned. Women do occasionally astonish the world.

Again: Yon are equally mistaken If yon think pantaloona the ultimatum of dress reform. Women would net be as healthy in them as in short, loose skirt* and I doabt If men are. If weoonld have a perfect dress, both sexes would wear drapery more or less flowing, and no one would be staffed Into his clothing Ilka a

frog or a crab. Tbe body wants more light and air than it gets in the present costume of either men or women, and the one is little, if any, better than the other. I suggest for school girls tbe German peasant dress, in which there is no bifurcated garment and if one be added, it shoald be of very light material.—Mrs. Swisshelm.

Mrs. Swisshelm not only disapproves of women wearing pantaloons, bat she wants men to wear skirts. She does not like pantaloons she thinks women would not be so healthy in them as in short, loose skirts. She says: "If we could have a perfect dress, both sexes would wear drapery more or less flowing, and no one would be stuffed icto his clothes like a frog or a crab. Tbe body wants more light and air than it gets In tbe present costume of either men or womeo, and the one is little, if any, better than the other. I suggest for school girls the .German peasant dress, in which there is no bifurcated garment and if one be added, it should be of very light material."

American women are described by Catharine Magerka of Vienna, who was with her husband at the Philadelphia Exhibition. He was one of tbe Austrian Commissioners. Madame Magerka says that our women are handsome, and well dressed, but are too fond of showy ornaments. Tbe prevailing modes of dressing the hair, especially by girls, sbe approves as simple, natural and becoming. She was impressed that "to many women the toilet was tbe sun around which their existence turned, lor whom no other stars bad radiance, but diamonds and pearls, and to whom there there was no ambition higher than to be admired." This idea was based on what she saw in public places, mainly, for she had littie opportunity to observe Ameri can home life but sbe was convinced that American wives are not so tenderly careful of their husbands as are German wives, and that the former are too inde pendent, and the husbands too subservient. She found few girls here—all were children or women and she was astounded at hearing of a young woman who sat alone in her parlor with a young man from 8 pm. until midnight.

NOTICE!

We are receiving daily orders tor samples of merchandise, or merchandise, mainly embroideries, zephyrs, kid gloves, fringes, corsets, etc., from surrounding towns.

Parties generally send the correct amount of money for goods and order them sent by mail. We cannot, bowever, afford to jiay the postage out of our pocket, as we charge bo more for goods to go abroad than what we sell them for at home. Therefore, we will hereafter not recognize any order unless accompanied in addition to tbeamonnt of the bill with sufficient means to prepay postage. This applies also to orders for samples, when sufficient postage stamps should be added to prepay postage thereon.

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ALL BEST PR

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PEARL SHIRTS!

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Tbisis the the BEST SHIRT manulaotared in America, at the price, ONE DOLLAR. Made of the best Wamsutta muslin, the bosoms areS ply made of the best line each ply is guaranteed all linen the workmanship superior to any other a perfect fit and warranted to give complete/ satisfaction in every particular. j&~Give tbem a trial for the truth'a sake.

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L. KUSSNER'S

PALACE OF MUSIC,

213 Ohio Street.

Remember that in renting either of the above Instruments, for six months, and then buying a Piano or Organ, the rent paid will be applied as part purchase money. Parents

•Give Your Children a Chance

This winter, by renting an Instrument for tbem, and if they show talent and taste for music, bu\ them a piano or organ at the end of six months. Don't/orget that

THE PALACE OP MTJSIC,

wrh No. 313 OHIO STREET,

selection

Is the place where a good selected from.

Terrible Mud Blockade

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An entire season of impassable roads. The disastrous effects everywhere seen." Business Paralyzed and ink*, bankers, insurance companies and leading merchants failing by the hundreds.

For nearly four months we have had an uninterrupted reign ot mud throughout the entire West. The Immense crops of last summer are still unmarketed. Last fall tbe merchants or tbe West, encouraged to expect a heavy trade because of the prosperity of farming communities, laid in unusually heavy stocks and •till have their nnpaid-for goods upon the shelves bonght at prices cearly double tboM which now prevail. It is under Just suoh circumstances as these that our splendid organisation tells the most powerfully in our favor. With two members of eur firm at all times in tbe New York market, we are enabled to make dally purchases, and thus avoid buying heavy stocks at tbe opening of the season, when goods are at their highest figures. During the peat 80 days we have purchased some of the greatest bargain* we have ever given to the people of Terre Haute and vicinity. But the flme for our aemi-annnal clearance sale has arrived, and, ln consequence, even these goods, bought at such ruinonely low prices, must go still lower.

Grand Special Sale at Mud Blockade Prices.

Sale Commences Saturday Morning, January 19th, 1878.

Tell your neighbors and friends about it and remember that earliest buyers will have the best assortment from which to select. Avoidthe crowd by making your purchases in the morning whenever convenient to do so.

Grand Smash Up in Prints. Handsomest Styles of the Season.

5 000 vazds beat Merrimack Prints, 5c. 5,000 yards best Wamsutta Prints, 4c. 3 cases best Cocbeeo Prints, 6c. pacific Printa, 5c. 200 pieces Gloucester Prints, Sola. 5,000 yards best American Prints, 5c. 1MTS of whale

We have Slaughtered Prices in every Department Nothing Held Back Good robe prints, 4 oents. 5,000 good quality unbleached muslin, 4 cents a yard. Children's fine muslin hoee. 8c and 10. Double fold waterproof cloth, 50 eanta. Handsome felt skirt, 50 ceuta. Sad all wool flannela, 15 eenta. Good Canton flannels 7c and 8a Entire stock of beat prints, 5 eenta.

Until FcJriiary Sixth, \''J'

B. EHRLICFFS SEAWL DRAWING

I have obtained permission from the committee of tbe ball to be giren February 0th, and ivill have the drawing at Turner hall, during the fariy part of the evening on the abore date.

Wo will se our entire stock ot winter goods at greatly rednced prices. We have a fall line of CLOAKS and SHAWLS •till on hand which will be sold at cost and below cost. Having a few tickets left, each purchaser or $5.00 worth of goods will get a chance'inthe

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whatever make and of tbe latest and most desirable styles, A CEHIfe A YARD.

"nrioM aresimply unprecedented and unapproachable. These same goods were always sold at 103 a yard before The other dry goods establishments of Terrs Haute are getting 8c a yani for them.

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Job lot of dress goods. 7c and 0c. 40 pieces elegant suitings, 12,5^ cents, •old early in tbe season at 25 eenta. Handsomest goods you ever saw at 20c, 25c and SOo. Tyooon Beppa, 12^ and 15 cents.

ffl W urATiril? This great special sale will commence on the morning of Saturday, lan. 19th, and continue^ 1 AJLJcj UvJLlv/JEi until'our immense winter stock is all. disposed of. We have been enabled to give but a few buttbeeut we have made extenda to every department. Dont delay haying until your more active neighbors have $ us out of some of theae extraordinary bargain and then find fault with as for the results of your own tardiness.

FOSTER BROTHERS, Great New York City Store, 418 Main St., Terre Haute, Intl.

BUCKEYE,

Under oar new move our Btock is going off very well, but not so fast as we wish it was. The condition of the roads is preventing our friends from the coun try from taking advantage of these golden opportunities, and our city trade is getting most of the great bargains. We are "pushing things" at a fearful sacrifice determined to cl,ose out the stock in some way by the first of March, and avoid another new move. So wake up, you who want to secure unparalleled bargains, and not miss the chance. We are having a run on the celebrated,

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of renting Instruments can be seen and

Nice fnr muffs, 75 cents.

Good prints, 4 cents. 910 cloaks down to |8. fa) cloaks down |12. 940 cloaks down f14 50.

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Beautiful seta at 1.60 and $1*75. Good Undershirts 25 cents,

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