Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 February 1878 — Page 1

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION

Town-Talk.

ECREKA1 EUREKA!!

T. T. ia so glad. He thought it was one of the things which "no fellah «an find out." He has puzzled his brains— what few be bas—over it, night and day. He bas worked at it by the Rule of Three, square and cube root, algebra and geometry, and yet be could not get the answer. The problem is this: Why is it that people will not go down to Pence's Hall and learn from Mrs. Anna Stewart that taey can see and talk with their friends in the other world 7 That ia the problem that bas puzzled T. T. for, lo, these many yeais. After working at the prob'.em along time, he once thought that be bad tbe correct answer, and it was because her predecessor, Cburcb, was caught without bis coat—and if 1. T. remembers rigbtly, without his breeohes—cutting up all tbedidos which were believed to be produced by tbe spirit of the little "Digger Injun." But T. T. had all thin satisfactorily explained in this waj: Church was a splendid medium, but that night the little. Injun wouldn't come, and Church didn't like to have people go away disappointed, and so be off with bis coat and boots, and breecbe',and danced about himself. Of course snch an Innocent, rather meritorious trick as that couldn't oast any discredit upon Pence's Hall or Mrs. Stewart. So T. T. went at the sum again. This time he got ahotber answer, and it was that all her manifestations were perforated and explained by Baldwin, and Mrs. Baldwin confessed that she had helped Mrs. S at her tricks. But that was proved tbe wrong answer, because It was positively asserted by those yvho ought to know, that Baldwin was a medium himself, and petfortned bis trioks by aid of the spirits, and not as be showed tho public audience how it was done. This waa a satisfactory explanation. Next T. T. thought be bad the answer in the fact that Mrs. Stewart was caught in Chicago smuggling masks and other spirit trappings into tbe cabinet, anil was denounced publicly by tbe Spiritualists themselves. T. T. doesn't reoolleet just how this was explained, but the explanation was as aatisfatory as the former ones, and T. T. waa compelled to give up that answer. Then be thought it might be because so many much more putaling manifestations than Mr*. Stewart's bad been shown to be tricks.' But that was not the correct answer. T. T. at one time thought it waa because the spirits of sensible people who came back via Mrs, S. used •uch outrageous grammar, and ahowed ao little aense. But he learned 'hat the medium could not materialise grammar or NDN in other words that spirit* were compelled to employ the grammar and sense of the medium. It only shows how kind they were to persist iu oomlng back, even though they thereby appeared to the public to have lost all sense and oduoatlon. At one time T. T. thought it possible that the reason why the people didn't go down there to talk with their dear departed might be because what was aaid by these spirits waa generally ao senseless. Now thise many answers give evidence that T. T. bas not neglected to give attention to thla important matter. But still the mystery remained, and still T. T. scratched bis bead for what was in it, and not on it, but it would not come. But Anally friend Hook easily opens the and nimbly the long sought feline leaps forth. Here It is in a sentence of remarkable clearness and beanty of expression. He says in his brief note in The Mail of last week, that wonderfal phenomena can be witnessed at fence's block through tbe mediumabip of Mrs. Anna Stewart—here his exact words must be.etuployed—"by tboae who desire to and bare individuality sufficient to face tbe 'Mother Grandys' of society and know for themselves the Cact that we can bold converse with our friends whe have passed beyond the vale.'

Why do not people go flocking down to Pence's Halt to talk with dead folks, with Mm. Stewart aa interpreter? It ia not because they don't like the talk which these dead folks indulge. It

not because they believe Mrs. Stewart to be an Ignorant, bat very^harp swindler. It is not because her manifeaiationa have been exposed. Bat it 1s simply and solely because tbey are not among the number who desire to and have individuality suffloient to ffcee the ''Mother Grundy's." Now it is evident that tbe great mass of the citisensof Terre Haute do not "decire to bsve sufficient individuality to fsoe tbe Mother

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society." If Mrs. Stewart could only just materialize a stock of this "decire and "individuality," how it would add to tbe happiness of this city. Or, seeing she can materialise a spirit, couldn't she spiritualise these Mother Grundys and get them out of the way, by sending them "Wyond tbe vale." One of two things must be done. Either the "desire to and individuality sufficient to fsce the Mother Grundy's of society" must be incrossed, or these same "Mother Grundys of society" must be removed. T. T. hereby calia upon Mayor Fairbanks, in behalf of a long suffering community, to issue a proclamation to this effect immediately, and would respectfully suggest that our worthy felloiy citizen and former Mayor of the city, James Hook, be appointed to see that tbe proclamation is enforced regardless of expense or consequences. ttrrj.mini'

Husks and Nubbins.

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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.•*"*

In the old town of Salem, Mass., on tbe 4th dsy of July, 1804, was born a man whom an appreciative critic bas called "tbe rarest genius America has given to literature." Another, applying to him tbe epithet bestowed by the Germsns upon Jean Paul Ricbter, has described bim as "Hawthorne tbe Only." His genius was certainly unique and be cannot be said to resemble any writer of Engliab that bas ever lived, either before or since him. He deserves, like Ben Jonson, to be called a rare man. He was rare iu the purity aud delicacy of bis thought in tbe easy grace and elegance of his diction, which is the perfection of sweetness and simplicity. Whipple saya of it: "His excellence oonsists not so much in using common words, as in making common words express uncommon things."

He was rare in the singular reserve and modesty of his disposition, having, as one expresses it, "a physical affinity with solitude." Holmes says of bis conversation that "Talking with bim was almost like love-making, and bis shy, beautiful soul bad to be wooed from its bashful tendency like an unschooled maiden." And he was rare also in the patience and faith with which, through long and discouraging yesrs, he walked uncomplainingly in the path he had chosen.

In his latter days ho wished that "God had glrea him the faculty of writing.a aunshlny book/' but tbe world does not Isck for sunshiny books and no lover of Hawthorne would exchange the wierd melancholly of bis mood for any other. A man's genius is a mine of gold if he works it well he will enrich the world if be abandons it he will fail to produce anything of lasting vslue. Hawthorne worked with a steadfast faith in the direction of his genius and though, for many years, be was, to use his own woids, "the obscurost man of letters in America," yet tbe day of recognition came at last—a recognition which has ripened into a remembrance that will be green while American literature endures.

His father, a sea captain, as his ancestors had been before him, died wben Hawthorne was but fonr years old, leaving his widow plunged in sorrow and comparative poverty. She aeema to have been a woman of superior character. The boy's natural disposition for solitude (inherited probably from bis father, wbo waa reputed to bave been a man of melancholly temperament and much given to reading,) early displayed itself. He was fond of taking long walks alone and seldom bad a companion. Like Scott and Byron be was an insatiable reader. His first authors were Sbakepeare, Milton, Pope, Thomson and Bunyan. He was particularly fond of the Pilgrim's Progress, poring over its pages in silence for hours together.

When Hawthorne was fourteen his oxuHer removed to Raymond, near 8ebago Lake, in Maine. It was a wild lonely region and furnished fresh nourishment for tbe boy's solitary disposition. On moonlight nights in the win ter be would skate all alone until midnight, on the Lake, with the shadows of tbe hiila around him. "It was there," be afterwards wrote, "I first got my cursed habits of solitude." After remaining at Raymond a year he returned to Salem to prepare himself for college.

One cannot help noting the resemblances between tbe Hawthorne and the Bronte families. Something of the same brooding melancholly and habit of in tense introspection characterised both, In one tbere wasa wifeless father with a son and three daughters In the other waa a widowed mother, a son and two daughters. There Is a similarity in their isolation and loneliness, each farni

ly being much shut in upon Itself. The Bronte sisters while yet mere children begsn tbe publicstiou of a miniature magazine tow hioh all contributed verses snd stories, snd which was edited for a month by each in succession, the editor writing the entire contents In clesr, nest hand resembling print. So, at sixteen, Hawthorne began issuing small weekly paper, printed with a pen, on small sheets of note paper. The publi-. cation, however, like many more ambi tious ones, met with Insufficient patronage and was discontinued at tbe end of five weeks.

In-1821 Hawthorne entered Bowdoin college, in the famous class with Longfellow and Cheever. Here he also became acquainted with Franklin Pierce, destined to become President, and with Horatio Bridge, bis llfe-iong friend, of whom be said In his preface to the

Snow Image," "If anybody ia responsible for my being at this day an author, it is yourself." His life at college may be summed up- briefly as follows: he ranked well in latin and English Composition, was fined once for playing cards, and wrote some verses for tbe local newspapers. He graduated In 1825.

It is here that we reach tbe saddest years of the author's life, the thirteen long, solitary years which be spent in the little house on Union street, in Salem, writing those wonderful tsfes which met with such slow recognition by tbe world. It was a period marked by patience, hope and true heroism. When they left college bis friends and classmates pushed out into tbe active pursuits of life. Some entered one field, others another, but all went forward—all save Hawthorne. As for himself, he says:

I sat down by tbe wayside of life like a man under encbantiqent, and a shrubbery sprang up around me, and the bushes grew to be saplings and the saplings became trees, until no exit appeared possible, through the entangling depths of my obscurity."

Lathrop says of him, during thia period, that be had little communication with even the members of his family, frequently bis meals were brought and left at his locked door. He seldom walked in tbe town except at nigbt. In summer be rose shortly after sunrise and went down to bathe in tbe sun. The morning was chiefly given to study, the afternoon to writinjg, -apdT in tbe evening he would take.long walks, exploring tbe coast from Gloucester to Lynn.

In 1828 be published anonymously a romance called "Fanshawe," with which be was afterwards so much displeased, that be tried to destroy tbe whole edition aad succeeded so well that hardly a dozen copies escaped. After this he devoted himself wholly to the writing of short stories, seven of which, after long searching for a publisher, a young printer of Salem, named Andrews, engaged to bring out, but he delay* 1 tbe matter so long that Hawthorne recalled his manuscript and burnt it. Of this period he says in 1855: "My early life was perhaps a good preparation for tbe declining half of it it baviffg been such a blank that any thereafter would compare favorably with it." He wrote and read Incesssntly. Tbe records of the Salem library show four hundred volumnes taken ont by him from 1830 to 1838, besides bound magazines. His reading embraced everything, from botany to architecture.

But at last the young author waa discovered in his hidden retreat. A Miss Peabody (a sister of the lady who subse quently became his wife) and wbo had been an appreciative reader of his talea as they appeared, found at length that the ol'ject of her secret admiration was a resident of her own town, and invited him and bia sisters to spend sn evening at ber house. He accepted tbe Invite tlon, as well as one to dinner, at anothe'r plaoe, the next day. This was ao remarkable that on bis way home he was impelled to stop at the "Gazette" office and announce to the editor, in a trans port of enthusiasm, that he was getting dissipated I

V" [TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK-]

BUFFALO BILL. [From Thursday's Gazette.] Buffalo Mil, with his grizlly bssra, Mormons, war-w boo pa, scalps, Indiana, fce^ will take possession of Terre Hsute on Saturday. Tbey will camp at tbe Terre Haute wigwam, and will give a grand war danoe in tbe lobby after dinner, when that celebrated old Sioux chief, "Two Bears," will proceed to »mlp the hotel clerk and one of the Kloer Bfoa. He baa killed eighteen women and forty-two infanta already. All tbe school boya In tbe city are requested to assemble tbere shortly after dinner, to be addressed on tbe subject of "scalping after which will select three

ss a fine-haired art," by Cha sba-eba-b-ch Bill ya to be scalped in tbe most approved le. The fierce grisly, weighing somepound on human flesh, and ft will be necessary

pogeoi boya to atyle. ,. thing less than 4,000 pounds, is only fed on human fleeb, and It will be necessary to select two boys here to feed him on. There are quite a number of boys here that It believed will make .excellent bear feed. Tbe entire police force of Terre Haute will no doubt bave to be engaged to guard tbe dining room when tbe Indiana eat, to prevent weir scalping tbe pretty waiter girls there. Tbey axe accustomed to serving up girls In the shape of a cold chop or hot steak, bence tbe need of watching them.

OifLT one more little month of trlnter.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1878. Price Five Cents

Shows and Show Folks.

BUJTALO BILL.

To-night at the Opera House, this dletlnguiabed Government scout and actor will again make bis appearance before our people. He eomes this time with a really strong dramatic oompany, and a play that bears the marka of literary merit. It was written espedslly for Hon. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) by Major A. S. Burt, of tbs U. S. A., snd 1s entitled, "May Cody or Lost snd Won." In another column will be found an advertisement descriptive of the plsy, giving tbe strong cast of characters, snd a synopsis of Incidents snd scenery. The latter is new snd reslistic, Frsnk Skiff, tbe srtlst, having been through tbe country where the action of tbe drama lies, so tbst he knows whereof he

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has painted. The I to ry of tbe drama la based upon the infamoas "Mountain Meadows Massacre," In which Buffalo Bill bore a prominent part.

While in a camping scene, in the second set, Buffalo Bill introducea some new and startling fancy ahooting. These feats are seven in number, and are mentioned in detail in tbe regular advertisement on the eighth page. Beyond this fancy ahooting tbere is little of gunpowder and trashy effects which have heretofore characterised border dramas.

Tbe oompany has been tttraeting immense audiences in the large cities, and is now returning from a prosperous tour in the West. If you neglect to secure a seat, you had better put in an early appearance at the Opera House this evening, as tbere will be a jam.

No amusements booked for tbe Opera House for next week. Tbe J. W. Blankson dramatic company, with which D. G. Earle is playing, was at Marsbsll last night, and plays again to-night. "Ten nights in a bar room" is the thrilling drama fortbia evening..1',,.

Gilmore's Band was booked yesterday for an appearance at tbe Opera House on the 13tb.

Frank Mayo, now on bis sixth annual trip, will play "Davy Crocket" at tbe Opera House on the 14th Inst. Why don't somebody tell bim to stick bis gun barrel in that doer fastening instead of his arm.

Joe Murphy returns with '-Kerry Gow" on the 28tb. For tbe month or March a series of grand dramatic feasts will be spread before our people, introducing in succession tbe leading stars of this countrysome of whom bave never before visited this city. Those now booked sre: Lawrence Barrett, Mary Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Florence, Charlotte Thompson and Fanny Davenport. It is proper to say that our people are greatly indebted to tbe exertions of Mr. C. E. Hosford, the Opera House manager, in securing this brilliant array. See to it that he 1 encouraged in bis wsll doing, by giving a liberal patronage

Fcminitems.

The new Senator from Kentucky owes his success to bis wife. Kuglish ladies wear lisle thread stockings inside of silk ones.

Gold is getting so low tbst decent women no longer desire to be oompared with it.

Four sisters in Pawlet, Vt. were married in one day recently. How'atbat for Pawletlcs

A Dubuque woman met a slander by hanging her marriage certificate on a atreet corner lamp.

A Virginia girl whose intended failed to appeiar on the wedding day, acted as bridesmaid to another oouple tbe same evening.

A Kansas woman has reached the age of 130 years, and it is a pitiable right to see ber 100 year old son sit in the corner and wriggle, while he sobs, "Ma, kin I go out?"

Tbere ia one thing calculated to develop all the latent pedestrian ability a woman bas in her, and that is to be caught ont in a ahower with her Sunday bonnet on, and no umbrella.

That's the kind of a woman Susan B. Anthony Is! Shell get along formontha with an old pair of shoes, go without bustles, and then suddenly send 9200 in a lump to tbe Suffrage association.

Mrs. Hardacrs says of Elisabeth Oady Stanton's hair: "I suppose she has tbe prettiest hair in America. Spun glass could not be whiter, fresh snow wreaths were never lighter, thistle down was never softer than the rolls and rings snd tendrils of ber locks."

A girl In Biddeford, Me., bas got a husband by mesna of her graduation essay. It waa ^published in one of tbe papers in that city, end an extract from it, in which tbe young lady declared, bar intention of earning her own living, waa widely eopied and met the eye of a Cincinnati merchant, who was so much taken with tt that besought tbeauthor's

".May Cody," a refined, yet sensational drama, at the Opera House to-night "Buffalo Bill's" Marvelous Shooting occurs in the second act, about 9 o'clock.

name and addreaa. Correspondence ensued, and the young lady waa perauaded to abandon tbe determination announced in her esssy.

A young lady of Wllllama, Iowa, wiahing to return a young gentleman hia ring, attached a tag with hia name thereon, and dropped it in thepoatoffice. On the back ef the tag was written, "I bate to, but I must."

A girl will be one shesd every time. Recently young man asked tbe aise of a lady acquaintance^ band Intending to present her with a pair of glovee. She dropped her eyea inodeetly and replied "Sixes told him to be sure and get them at a certain eetablisbment in town, and what did that artless girl do but take those gloves to that same establishment snd have them exchanged for sevens—ber sise.

Women rule tbe educational Interests of Bloomington, III., exoluaively. The County Superintendent is a woman, and there Is not a man among the fifty teachers of Bloomington. It is stated, moreover, that since tbe beginning of "petticoat rule," tho annual expenses of the schools hsve decreased nearly 910,000, and the effectiveness of tbs schools has Increaaed.

FAST WOMEN IN THE BLACK HILLS. PEN PICTURES OF SOME OF THEM. [St. Paul Pioneer Press.]

CENTRAL CITY. BLACK HILLS, D. T., January 4.—A mining camp is made up of all classes of people snd of all nationalities. Among those in the Hills that are pre-eminently original* ia Calamity Jane, or Martha Canary. Born in the midst of a wild whirlwind of dissolute life—thrown wben a mere child upon the cold world for sustenance—uneducated, uncared-for—with a mother incapacitated to love ber—father dead—surrounded with aadness—Jane grew np among tbe rough and tumble of the world, and is to-day what delicate society would nominate aatrong minded woman. She Is about twenty-two years old, has a dark complexion, high cheek bones, an swkwara walk, receding brow, black hair, rather pleasant eye, but when In passion emitting a greenish glare. Her movements are all free and unstudied, yet in no sense unbecoming. Her conversation la animated, her language good, and ber heart warm and generous, bhe imitates no one is an original In berseli despises hypooriay,and to easily melted to tears. She is generous, forgiving, kind hearted, sociabls, and yet when aroused has all tbe daring and courage of tbe lion or the devil himself. Sbe has been long in tbe Hills bss been a scout in the army dressed In soldier's clothes traveled all over scsled tbe mountains rode horseback fought Indians, and is now dancing In a nurdy gardy bouse in Dead wood for a living. When dressed in ber own garmenta sbs looks comely when equipped as a man she bas all tbe characteristics of tbe sterner sex, with her pistols, bowieknives and other weapons of death.

Monte Verde la a woman about twen ty-five years old. Sbe ia probably tae uiost gifted female in tbe Hills, has a soinewbat large figure, dark hair, dark eyes is a most excellent dsnoer and singer has a quiet, unostentatious way, yet fully self-possessed. On the stage, in tbe role of a comic dancer or songstress, sbe is greatly admired. In her original play of the "Outcast" (whiob contains, I understand, only pointa In her own life) sbe 1s an exoellent tragedienne, and never falls to draw tears from her admirers. When she ft rat arrived In the Hilto ahe waa carried on a board (standing up on It) throogh the streets of Deadwood, borne on the shoulders of fonr men. Sbe deals *21,' sings, dsnces, plays sxeellentiy, and yet mlnglea In the rough crowd of the gambling saloon, and appearaenchanted with her surroundings, and yet I am quite confident ahe longs for a higher and abetter life, wbloh ahe could adorn with honor to herself and her sex.

Nellie, in Central, to one of tbe women in tbe Hills. No female attracta so much notice aa Nellie. Of course shs Is gambler, and tbst bsie to not deroga tory to one's character. In tbe ordinary proprieties of every dsy life yon see nothing to find fault with, but wben seated at tbe gaming table aurroanded by tbe rough miners, Nellie looks ber best and ber worst—best by comparison worse by ber company—not that ber companions are bad, but the plaoe, tbe Scene, tbe game. But then this is free country. Nellie is twenty-one. Has a very interacting faoe, a sparkling eye, a charming way with ber her movementa are graceful. Yet ahe loves tbe cards.

Kitty Le Roy, wbo was killed by her husband only a abort time|sgo,wbo then killed bimeelf, waa of a amall figure, and had previously been noted as a jig dancer, she bad a large Roman nose, cold, grey eyes, a low, cunning forehead, and was inordinately fond of money. 1 savr ber In her "Mint," which was opposite my office, where men congregated to apend their money ana as itty waa a good player, like tbe old

to spend their mone

grave dlj that is. tbetr money, *en are, in a general sense, fools. A small tress of

some ont of tbe world) know this fact and play upon tbe weak strings of men's hearts until all ia gone—money, character, and even life. Kitty had asen much human nature, entering upon ber wild career at tbe early age of ten. Sbe was married three times ami died at 28. A polite and Intelligent German met ber. He was doing well with bis (old claim, ahe knew it. Like the spider she spun her delicate web about him until be poured into ber lap 98,000 in gold, and teen when hia daim would yield no more sbe beat bim over tbe bead with a bottle and drove bim from ber door. One and another ahe married, and then when their money waa gone, discarded them In rapid succession. Yet tbere waa aomething peculiarly magnetic about Kitty. Men did love ber. and tbere are men

Inanimate husband, with whom she would not live, but with whom she waa obliged to pass quietly to the grave. i1:

Charles Utter has been a noted auout on the frontier for many years. He is a,.,, singular looking being smsll in stat-/ ure, with duck legs, thick set body, lony hair, which falls down over bia anoul-7, ders, a mustache and goatee, strongf features, a mild, pleaaant eye, and hto| bead capped by a broad-brimmed hat. There ia no braggadocio in Utter. He bas murdered no "pard." but has killed and hunted Indians. Never drinks but smokes constantly. When out of his particulsr line of business he deals "21," and, of course, has his Jenny with him, who 1s ss mild and pleasant a woman as'« Charlie to a man. Utter is a very modest, hence newspaper correspondents don't write bim up otherwise he would and ought to be famous among 7 tbe scouts of the plains. "Aunt Sally" to a large negro woman, almost as broad as she is long,' now. living in Crook City, 8he went out in Custer'a first expedition and waa with?: him wben he first entered the Hills.-' She 1s a walking enoyclopedia of matters aad facta oonneotod with this oountry, and presents a vary animated appearance when she rolls up her great white ,, eyes, shows ber beautiful teeth ahd ex-"*' claims wltb earnestness and animation, "Ise the first white woman as ever ... entered tbe Hilla." Of oourse it would be Impolite in the presence of a la^y to' deny tbe soft impeachment, so I simply^* accepted the statement as it^, every sense trap.

HOW TO OO AT IT.

Hints to Beginner*, aw 4 v.

The vender of a certain medicine? *, which used to be largely advertised, aends out a pamphlet giving his own experience. Tbe book to oertalnly very interesting and well calculated to fire tbe rustio heart with an emulative spirit, especially as the writer repeatedly avers that he bas more than enough of this world's goods. His "Hints to Beginners" sre so good snd tally so wel& with tbe oonduct of tbe persistent good natnred agent whom everybody baa met, that tbey are well worth reprodudng: "This book may fall into tb. bands of many who never canvassed or sold anything, and tbey want to know just bow toect.

Kice

Well, I can tell you bow I

done. After I got my bottles filled I put tbem in a small japanned trnnk, (some use a valise or carpet bag, some write me tbey filled their pockets wben tbey flrst started Into business, and in a few months afterward used a horse and wagon.) On approaching a house to sell I stepped along briskly like a man on business, and wltb a short quick rap at the door, generally the kltcben door, and soon as opened would enter ana salute whoever I met with good morning, fine day, rainy weather, cold day or warm day, and if a chair was not handed me I would walk to one and seat myself, and not stand like a dunce In tbe doorway. You must use a little boldness if you expect success, and you must, as fast as you can, study ease and

in your conversation and motions, n't forget to talk, and say something, and keep talk going, tell some news if possible, and yon will soon get those around you at ease, also curious ss to your business. "Pat tbe children's hesds, give tbem a small piece of candy or a few nuts, for by taxing particular notlee of tbe children, you generally reaoh tbe mother's heart. Touch a man's heart by praising his horses, cattle, bogs, fields, farm or anything to get bim in a ood humor. Above all, make people augb, if possible, for a good laugh breaks down tbe strangeness wonder* fully this is why certain people sell so fast dressed in fantastic clothes and odd colors. Get tbem to snuffing tbe annlbilator, catarrb, for this will soon cause shouts and laughter, especially if you can get seversl sntifUng together you must keep yourself In good humor, always have a barmleas joke ready to tell, and yon will soon break through tbe ice. "After you bave got tbem intereated. ask them bow msny bottles tbey will bsve. Don't ssk If tbey wsnt bottle for them to refuse, bnt bow msny tbey better chance on are you can sen no more, whether

want, wblch leaves you a better cbi of selling one don't leave until yoi satisfied you can sell no more. Whi you bsve scldor not, bid tbem good day with tbe utmost politeness, and say that you would be pleased to call again use sll with good humor and never leave a scowl or cloud behind, for they may be good customers tbe next time yen call tbey oertalnly will think better of you If you go away1 leaving sunshine snd good cheer in the family. I bave aold thousands of bottles by persistence snd good humor, urging tbe importance of trying tbe remedy. A beginner will find that the thinly settled parts of tbe oountry are best, where few others go to sell. Old, rich farming districts, near large villages, were always the poorest places for me. Tbere was too much dignity snd aristocracy, not to say contempt, to overcome. Don't ask a person ir he wants to boy, but talk on other subjects, till you know how to come grsduslly to the point, and tben use all your vocal organs to tbe best

advantage in selling."

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to-day wbo love her me ahe'agone. I saw her only since, lying dead by tbe body of ber

abea gone. I saw her only a abort time

TOO POLITE.

An elderly, prim, spectacled spinster recently took a paisenger train at Cheater station, on tne Grand River Valley railroad. The car was nearly filled. The first seat ahe glanced at waa more than half occupied by a young man who bad' expectorated tobacco juice within his territory until tbe bottom of the our wss a puddle. Tbe spinster lectured him severely on tbe evils of a babitso injurious snd filthy, aad hoped thereafter he would abandon it the young man made no reply. Two seats In front wss a seat partly occupied by a young man wbo waa gazing from tbe window^ Tbe spinster, resting ber bundles won tbe seat arm, peered down npon th* floor to detect possible traces e4 tbf weed after which, in strident tofs^ ab% said, 'I ssy, young man, do yc* baoeof •No,' waa the quiet reply, U»$t 1 ^ar\ get you a chew in a minute* If on wan%, one.'