Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 February 1878 — Page 4

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THE MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALL,

ED1TOA AND PILOPKI ETOK.

TERRE HAUTE, FE& 2, 1878

TWO EDITIONS

Cf this Paper axe published. At FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening has a large circulation in the surrounding (MTM, where it la sold by newsboy* and agents. The 8EOOND EDITION, on Saturday Evening, goes Into the hands of nearly every reading person In the city, and the term era of this Immediate vicinity.

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JCvery Week** Issue is, in feet, TWO NEWSPAPERS, In which all Advertisements appear for

ONE OHABOK

THKY are stirring up a red hot kettle of pitch down at New Orleans.

Two hundred people—four car loadsleft Indianapolis one day this w©ek to settle in Alabama.

PBRSONS hesitating about putting on the blue ribbon will be interested in knowing thrt the House of Represents tives on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring that any reduction of the tax on wbiiky at the present time is in' expedient.

NEWS comes of another terrible marine casualty, off the North Carolina coast, near the scene of the disaster to the steamer Huron, a few months ago. The steamer Metropolis, bound to Brazil from Philadelphia, with 248 persons on board, went ashore on Thursday evening in a furious gale. 150 persons were lost, and it is feared that P. C. Campbell, late of the Midland road, is among the number, as be left here expecting to sail with this expedition.

DAD'S dollar went rolling through Congress this week with an impetus that seems to settle the silver question. Matthews'resolution, declaring that all debts, public and private, justly payable in silver dollars of 412)4 grains, passed the Senate by a vote of 43 to 22. And then the House sent it rolling on by 189 ayes to 79 noes. In these votes Congress says the bonded debt of the United States is payable in standard silver coin existing at the time the bonds were issued.

THB Peoria Call notes that one effect of the hard times is seen in the crowded condition of all the asylums for the insane. It requires a strong mind to bear the downfall from comparative affluence to poverty, and the strain has proved too much for many men within the last three or four years. Nearly all of the Governors, in their recent messages to their respective

State Legislatures, have

called attention to the inadequacy of the means provided for taking care of the insane.

THB first day of the new year was, -says the Newark Advertiser, a dies mirtibitig, and has such a weather record as no other day in the memory of man can •boast. During all the twenty-four hours of New Years day, not one drop of rain •or flake of enow fell in the whole area of the United Htatsa. Tbe whole country 1s now so well equipped with signal ser Tfoe stations that such a marvelous iuci•deotcan be known with certainty. It may have happened before, but not within the life of the signal service. 1

THE first inontb of the new year has ipuoood, and just for the amusement of -the thing we wo*«W like to know what 'has become of the many good resolutions made by tbe readers of The Mail ttt tbe advent of the ne-v year. At that time *11 of us turned over anew leaf. It was very clean. Wr promised ourselves to keep it unstained by any vice of ours. We swore off excessive drink we stopped abasing mr wives, our children, and x»r dear old parents we quit loafing, w»« stopped snarling at our neighbors and finding fealt with the world some of as even went so far as to promise to lore oar neighbors as ourselves. Now, after the lapse of one short month, see where and what we are. Tbe same Jealous, revengeful, lasy, slothftil, unbathed mortals as ever before.

PKACR ON THE SOSPHOBUS. What a few months ago was an uncertain problem and a sulject of infinite speculation among the editors of newspapers, namely, the dnal outcome of tbe Eastern war, is now a matter of history. Theeostlyand bloody struggle is prvctloally ended and tbe northern bear stands triumphant over his prostrate foe. An apnistioe has been agreed upon and the treaty of the peace is to be signj*d by the Grand Duke within the walls tot Constantinople. Tbe war has been a .disastrous one to Turkey. Her territory tin Europe will be greatly reduced. She dsio pay to Russia, as a war indemnity, .about 9100,000,000. The straits of the ^Dardanelles are to be opened to Russian •vessels of war. These appear be the main {features of the proposed treaty and if thoy prove oorrect Russia will have gained surest point and one which she has sought for along time, namely, an eetfet to tiie Mediterranean for her men-of-war. By tbe treaty of Paris tbe Dardanelles cwere to be open to the free wnsMtoe of *11 nations, but Russia, In oommou .with the rest, was prohibited from maintaining vessels of war on the Black Sea. By «he present peace this restriction wihi be nusaoved. "w

It remains to be seat what the other nations of Europe wiM aayto the arrangement. England has Mustered and threatened a good deal and.still talking preUy loud, but ahe will hardly get jnto the fight at Ihlt late day. Public

sentiment in that country Is divided on the question and the liberal pai ty strongly denounces the Eastern policy ot Disraeli. It is altogether probable that Great Britain will not be pleased with tbe terms of peaoe dictated by the Czar but what will she do about it? It looks as if Russia were to have things pretty much her own way.

ff0 WTO GO TO SLEEP. Sleep is undoubtedly one of the greatest blessings enjoyed by man. It is tbe sweet restorer of the weary brain, the only Lethe known to human frailty There are few persons in this works a or os a re no of nervous temperament, who have not known what it wia to lose a night's sleep. It was Dr. AUsrnethy who said that a fool never bad a oold In his bead be might also have added that only tbe most unimaginative or unsympathotic of natures never lose their sleep, man may have a good digestion, a placid temper, a conscience void of offense, and yet feel unable to sleep. It is one of the misfortunes of our rapid system of living and working that tbe best of us will carry business to our homes, and nurse our worries during the hours which should be devoted to sleep. Sleepless nessis killing more people than drunk enness or virulent disease. It is, of course, a symptom ot disease of the brain and nervous system, and is but too ofton the prelude to more serious consequences.

Many persons resort to opiates to pro-' duce sleep. These are but a poor sub stitute, however, for nature. Their effect soon passes away, and the injury done to the nervous system counterbal ances tbe temporary relief. Many re cipes have been given by medical men and those who have suffered, to induce sleep. One man recommends exercise before bedtime another, hard rubbing with a flesh brush a third, hot applications to tbe spine a fourth, a little piece of cracker eaten at bedtime a fifth, ty ing a wet handkerchief round the wrists a sixth, lying down and thinking ot sheep jumping through a hedge, and so on. Mesmeric sleep, according to Dr, Carpenter, corresponds precisely in character with what is known in medicine as hysteric coma. It is caused by a reduction of the supply ot blood, produced by a sort of spasmodic contraction ol the blood vessels. One of the most ingeni ous methods to produce sleep we have^ yet met with is that discovered by Mr. Braid, of Manchester. We commend it to the notice of all persons, more particularly our new blue ribbon converts, afflicted with a tendency to this distressing affliction. It simply consists sticking, in imagination, a cork on tbe top of the nose and fixing tbe gaxe deter minedly thereupon. In the case of persons who are in tbe habit of taking a little spirits for their stomaoh's sake, or even those who indulge too freely in the flowing bowl, the imagination can read ily supply a bottle, and contents to suit tbe taste. A writer in Chambers' Journal recommends keeping the lower extremities perfectly still, and determin edly fixing attention on the act of breath ing through tbe nostrils. The person who tries all of the above and fails to go to sleep, might as well get up and put on his clothes, take .a newspaper, sit down and read until morning. We know of some newspapers, but we wont name them, that might produce the de sired effect.

THE PARDONING POWER. Governor Williams is doing himself no credit and his State no good by his too frequent exercise of the pardoning power. The latest use, or abuse, of the power was in the case of Gillooly, tbe Howard county murderer, whose sentence of death has been commuted to imprisonment for life. The Governor was besieged by tbe friends and relatives of tbe condemned man, who, of course, exerted all their ingenuity to prove that bis case was one or peouliar hardship But that isWways done, and is always to be expected. Tbe murder was premeditated and committed in cold blood He was defended by able counsel, who exerted all their abilities to secure his acquittal, or at least alight sentenoe, but in spite of their efforts, he was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to death. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, where the action of tbe court below was affirmed. This shows pretty conclusively, we think, that there were no mitigating circumstances in tbe case.

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Williams comes to the rescue of the prisoner and snatches him from the scaffold already being erected for bis ex ecution.

Doubtless many snper-eeusitive souls will applaud the action of the Governor, but to others his conduct can only be accounted for on tbe ground of weak nets, or else of a misapprehension of duty. If It Is the former, it is contemptible if tbe latter, it is a misfortune to the State that another man does not oc cupy the gubernatorial chair. That there is a sentiment in the country opposed to the infliction of tbe death pen alty eannot b) disputed, and many who indulge this sentiment are excellent and worthy people. Nevertheless we believe it Is erroneous. Black stone says that the end of future punishment is to prevent tature offenses: First, by amending the offender second, by deterring others through bis example and, third, by depriving him of the power to do future miscbieh Here are three things to be accomplished by the punishment of evil-doers, neither of which must be overlooked. Of tbe three, perhaps the second, vis tbe deterring of wicked men by making examples of others, la of tbe most Importance. And this is the very one the opponents of capital punishment leave oat of the calculation. They sympathise with the

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criminal, want to reform him, and are willing to put him, if not "where he will do the most good," at least where be ean do no barm, namely, In tbe penitentiary. That is well enough as liar as it goes, but.it don't go fur enough. The effect of tbe example fs lost. And it cannot be denied that the fear of death exerts a powerful influence on the minds of men and especially of wicked men. Tbe execution of a murderer strikes terror to their hearts while the pardon of one renders them ten fold more bold and daring. It is useless to deny that this is so. Imprisonment for life Ineans imprisonment for a few years and then escape, by meana of apardon, or some other way. At any rate there is room for hope,, and looking [into an open prison door is a very different thing from facing a gibbet or a guillotine. The solid colours* of crimes which help to fill the newspapers every morning show that somo deterrent iofl'"*n-« is needed at this very time, and 4 'lr-c1, at all times, to send a|tiirill of terror through the world of,criuiinals. It is no time for sickly bentimentalism. There is a demand that tbe majesty of tho law assert Itself that it unsheath tbe sword of justice and cut down relentlessly the brood of hardened crim inals that are spreading blight, death and desolation throughout the land. Can any right-thinking person doubt for a moment that a few healthy hangings in tbe State of Indiana within the next twelve months, would tend to materially lessen the carnival of crime that is now going on It is a poor time for weak-kneed magistrates. We need just now, if ever we needed them, men of nerve, like Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, and like old Governor Chamberlain, of Maine, who, while delegations from every quarter were pouring in upon him, begging mercy for a brace of hardened villains, whose guilt was clear as the noonday sun, vigorously declared that be would hang them though every man, woman and child in the State should ask him to- do otherwise, because it^was bis duty to do it. And bang them he did. That is the kind of men we want in high p'afces for awhile. _______

FUNERAL CUSTOMS.

Tbe Home Journal, tbe society paper of New York, is publishing weekly a very interesting series of articles on "Social Etiquette in New York." The last installment is on funeral customs and seasons of mourning, and as of late fashion has much to do with even tbe last sad rites, we transfer the article to these columns. The Home Journal bays that a few years ago a portion of this chapter could not have been written. The etiquette which carried formal people through the old ordeal of bereavement by death was invariably the same among all classes of society from one end of our laud to the other. The very monotony of expression which grief felt compelled to assume in order to be respectable was one of its least endurable qualities. We all knew that whenever one of our kinspeople departed from us there were just such and such processes of systematic attentions to be performed over his remains, and just such quality and quantity of solemnity was to be thrown about tbe conduct of our lives for a certain length of time. It was all settled by custom.

We knew that whatever agony we suffered, much of our distress must be endured in the presence of auditors, and that all the offices of kindliness which it was possible to bestow upon the beloved dead must be performed by the hands of neighbors or hirelings. Among such liberties as are enumerated with thankful pride, tbe freedom of mourning for our dead, and of caring for their inanimate forms, according to the suggestions of our affection, could not be counted.

A transformation in funoral services came about, but just how it happened nobody knows. There is at present really no strict etiquette for tbe conduct of burials in New York. Of course the religious services performed over tbe dead are more or less under tbe influence of the cburoh to which .the officiating clergyman belongs, but tbe usages ef burial are no longer guided and controlled by any fixed set of regulations. -Tbe arranging and composing of the person of tbe departed has ceased to be a stereotyped crossing of tbe palms upon tbe breast, and a rigid upturning of tbe face. Natural and easy pesitions of the bands, with the features in partial profile have become customary ana more agreeable. The clothing is almost tbe same as that worn in life. For the young, festal costumes are often selected, and bappHy the appalling shroud ana winding sheet belong to the dreary legends of the past.

It is not uncommon for the soulless body to be neatly attired, as if it were a serai-invalid who had fallen asleep upon a sofa. Jt is tenderly pillowed and luxuriously draped. Friends take their last look upon the quiet face, and tbere la, at least, one throb of pain the less because of tbe absence of a coffin.

Tbe apartment ia often made to wear a cheery aspect by the presence of bright and cheery flowers, which are chosen and arranged with a taste from whioh ostentatious lavishness is excluded. Pallid blossoms are not chosen by all who have been bereaved. Religious servlops,are frequently performed while tbe deceased is still lying unoofflned, and tbe burial takes place at any subsequent time which is convenient to the survivors. This satisfactory arrangement baa led to less public interments, because under such circumstances none bnt immediate kinspeople follow tbe hearse to tbe cemetery.

It is not uncommon for only tbe male relations of the deceased to be present at the interment, but etiquette Axes no rule for these thing*. Individual inclination determines the form of such sad offices.

So lavish have been tbe offerings of flowers wrought into unnatural forms and dedicated by their letterings to absurd uses, that many families beg through a public card which aooomponies the funeral notice, that no friends will contribute flower*. Not that they are banished utterly, but they are delicately selected, and a sentiment of reserve rather than ostentation Is express ed by their selection and arrangement.

Sometimes a tiny sheaf of ripened wheat Is laid with a palm branch upon the coffin, or by the side of the venera ble dead. A wreath of bay leaves Is ebosen for tbe one whose loss is a public calamity, white lilies and willow

branches, or a garland of popies for the long suffering, bnt pillows of wire-fet-tered carnations, and harps of rosebuds, are beooming leas and leaa attractive to individuals or refined taste. These costly and ungraceful contributions, with the cards of their donors attached, for news gatherers to copy, and to publish, are not among tbe refined accessories of a funeral sinong our su|ierior people.

A bunch of fragrant blossoms upon tbe bosom of tbe dead, flowers selected with an appropriateuees to tbe circumstances, a«e, or sentiments of tbe soulless sleeper, are always an agreeable and suggestive attsntion, but flowers tied into forms or in any excess, are no longer considered refined or desirable.

Ihe old'custom of sitting by the dead during tbe long solemn nights that oome in between death and burial, has alsj panned away, except where tbe remains require attention. It is a eep that needs no guarding under ordinary circumstances. For the funeral of either a lady or gentleman, six or eight friends are chosen from the immediate circle of the deceased, to set as "bearers of the pall," provided the burial follows tbe funeral. This formality becomes an unnecesstry usage when tbe burial is not immediate. These bearers are furnished with black kid gloves to wear at tbe funeral or a gentleman or an elderly lady, but white ones are usually worn when a young lady has departed. A scarf of black crape or of fine white linen, according to tbe occasion, is tied about tbe left arm or laid about the shoulders. These gentlemen sometimes carry the dead to and from tbe hearse, but oftener they only serve as a guard, and stand with lifted bats during the removal or tbe dead by servants who have been detailed for this duty.

Tbe family and intimate friends do not take leave or their beloved in tbe presence of the public, when a funeral service is held at the house or in church. This suffering is endured in private before tbe arrival of those who are only acquaintances. Tbe family are not visibleat tbe time whejp the religious rites are being held, but they are within the hearing of tbe words of the clergymau.

Sometimes a chosen friend and sometimes a sexton arranges the mournful programme that begins a funeral and terminates at the grave, thus sparing the wearied from unnecessary anxiety.

A widow wears tbe plainest of crape and bombazine costume, with a little cap border of white lisse, or tarletan. During three months, her long veil is worn to conceal her face. Afterward, she may wear a short black tulle veil, with her crape drapery thrown backward. This extreme expression of respect, or of mourning, must be worn a full year, and as much longer as the widow chooses.

In France, the customary evidences ol grief are fixed and permanent, as were our own until verv lately. This invariableness of costume during times or bereavement contrasts sharply, and almost absurdly with the usual Parisian caprices of dress. In New York, widows seldom dress in gay colors, and not a few of them wear only black dresses as long as they live, or until they are again wedded. This constant costume is silk, cashmere, etc., and lightened by laces, white tulle ruchings, and othor softening bits of gauzy pr^tiness. For a father, mother, and for children, the deepest expression of sorrow that garments can produce, is worn for one year at least, and afterward, circumstances and individual convictions determine bow soon black shall be lightened in quality until it ceases to be a mourning attire. For brothers and sisters, there aie six months of crape and bombazine, six ot cashmere, unlustered silks, and grenadines ©f plain texture, and afterward, black, white and gray, are considered appropriate tints of dress tor another half year. The wearing for three months of colorless garments is customary after tbe decease of grand parents, aunts, and uncles, but crapes are not usually selected after tbe loss of these remoter kinspeople.

Children wear mourning garments a year when they have lost a father, mother, brother, or sister, but white and black are so combined in their costumes that tbe little ones are not too deeply saddened by their attire.

Gentlemen's hats carry a depth of weed that is cut according to tbe nearness of the relative for whose loss it is worn, and except in case of a widower, they continuo to dress in mourning garments as long as it is tbe habit of their households, leaving the period of its use to be regulated entirely by tb# ladies. A widower should wear deep mourning, which includes gloves, necktie, and weed, with a costume of black or of very dark gray, for at least one year. Scrupulous ana formal gentlemen wear black bordered linen, and jet ahirt studs and buttons, but these persons are not numerous in New York.

Satisfactory as it would be to an nounce that limitations or fixed periods fop the wearing of sombre robes after tbe loss of our kinspeople, had been decided upon by any social leaders, we have not yet reached that point. Tbe quality of the fabrics which express tbe utmost sorrow, has been the same for many a year, and it is recognized by every lady, but just bow long it is to lie worn is undetermined by our author! ties in these matters. It is an unques tioned custom for sll who attend a funeral, to attire themselves in black gar ments, if possible, and certainly not in gay ones, as a mark of respect to the afflicted family.

Tbe length of time to be devoted to seclusion from society after a funeral is another unfixed limit. Indeed, in regard to funerala and their subsequent and consequent appointments, tbere Is no rigid etiquette, and this chapter is written to explain the freedom rather than the formality of these things. Many people eutertain conscientious scruples which prevent the adoption of a mourning garb under any oircuinstances, and their convictions are respected. They Insist that no set 6f sentfmeuts should be expressed by material things. Hence our ebsotio freedom in these matters.

Neither visiting nor a general receiving of guests, formally, within a year after the loss of near relative, is considered in good form, and usually two years are devoted to more or less severe seclusion from general society. This retirement does not lessen tbeoonsiderate attentions of friends. Cards are ssnt to express sympathy when a death occurs, but only an intimate friendship sffords one permissions ta write a note of condolence. Long, torturing letters of sympathy are fortunately among our obeolete customs.

Printed or engraved notes, or large cards In gray, heavily bordered with black, sometimes announce tbe decease of a member of tbe family. They nan* ally furnish tbe place and date of birth, tbe residence ana date of decs set. Some* timee a brief aocount of tbe departed, with the place and time of funeral,

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included in this announcement, which Is seldom sent to acquaintances until after the burial. Tbe press announces tbe depth and date or funeral.

It is proper to call at the door in person and make kindly inquiries for the housshold, also to leave visiting oards with tbe left side or leit lower corner

folded over, as soon as a death in one's circle is published, but it Is not etlqnette to ask to see the afflicted unless there exists genaine intimacy between tbe visitor and tbe bereaved.

MR. BEECHSB'S POSITION Rev. Mr. Morrieon, formerly pastor of tbe First Presbyterian church, thia city, now publisher of the Presbyterian Weekly, Baltimore, has recently addressed a note to Mr. Beecher, asking him If tbe secular press bad properly represented his views of tbe "atonement" and or "retribution to tbe finally impenitent." The letter will speak for itself:

BROOKLYN, NBW YORK, Jan. 18,1878. j/y Dear Mr. Morrison,: It is inconceivable to me how' rational men should allow themselves to be ex cited by the periodical mis reports of the reporters, and tbe Associated Press reports bssed on them, in regard to my sentiments. Week after week my ser mons are reported in full by Mr. Ellin wood and printed in the Christian Un ion, of New York, and no man need be at a loss to know my religious sentl ments. For twenty-five years, in news papers, in printed volumes, as well as from the pulpit, I have preached and printed, io every conceivable form, the truth or tbe inspiration or the sacred Scripture, the existence and governmentor God, the doctrines of tbe Trinity, tbe divinity of Christ ss very God, the universal sinfulness of man, the atonement of Christ, the doctrine of change of besrt, tbe efficacious influence of tbe Holy Spirit in regeneration, the doctrine of retribution, and hereafter.

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It is true that the question of tbe nature, of suffering, the object of penalty, and the question of its duration. I have discussea with such light as I bad, deny* ing that all the light had yet broken out or Holy Scripture on various points that it contained. The charges of atbeism, infidelity, universal ism, theism, are made by men who knew nothing, and who take no pains to know anvthing.

Eyes have they," etc. My working sympathies go with the evangelical, orthodox ministry. I reruse to be held to consistency with any dogmatic system of theology of the past. I am with Calvin, and against Calvin I am with Arminius, and agsinet Arminius I am with Episcopacy, and against Episcopacy I am with the Roman church and against it—my object being, not to build or to defend any system of theology or government, but to bring men nearer to God, aud build them up in holiness ot life.

HENRY WARD BBECHER,

GETTING MARRIED

The Rev. Mathew Smith Hale in a reoent lecture on "Our Young Married People," after quoting various poxtions of the Bible to show that conjugal love is Inculoated in every portion or it, went on to speak or the relations between husband and wife. If tbe hnsband demands reverence from the wife, he must in return treat her with tbe respect due her ard make her feel that the respect aud reverence is mutual. Many ladies make a bargain with the minister before tbey are married that tbe word obey shall be omitted from tbe service. The omission makes no difference. Tbe Bible says distinctly that the wife must obey her husband, and tbe laws both of God and nature demand a prompt obedience to tbe husband's wishes. Wben a young couple get married tbey know really nothin about one ^nother in most instances aOi have to become acquainted with each other's character after they are united. Tbey can not learn these things before, because courtship is full of deceptions. The man deceives the woman, and tbe woman deceives the man, but in most cases the woman gets the best of tbe man. Young people are in too great haste to get marriod, and nine tenths of the marriages turn out badly because tbe courtship and engagement are too brief. After marriage, men are too often in tbe babitof leaving the family affairs and tbe bringing up of the children entirely to tbe motner thinking they have done their entire duty iu earning the money to support them. Many men know nothing of their own children, ef their associations and habits of life. Tbey take no pains to study their characters, and in some cases hardly know them wben they see them. One man in New York was '.n tbe habit of going to bis business on Monday morning and not returning until Saturday night, wben bis wife would have tbe children properly dressed, and would bring tbe'm into the parlor and introduce them to their father. Tbe great oonflict as to who shall be head of the family is a subject that is agitating the whole world ia is the cause of most family quarrels. true marriage tbere should be no such oonflict both should be willing to give way and to make mutuil access sions. Jt is a terrible blow to a mother to give ap her daughter to a stranger and to find that tbe affection which she bad foetered and called out by years of loving care was transferred to some man or whom the daughter knew almost nothing. It does not take much money to buy tbe few comforts necessary to make a happy home and a young man who would consent to be dependent on bis wife's father is a very spoony fellow and does npt deserve a wife.

HOME ETIQUETTE.

Manners Pitt On and Off at Will—A Short Sermon on This Theme.

There are some people, aaya the Bazar, who seem to think tnst home is tbe last place where it Is neo^esary to put their fine manners into practiu**, quite heedless of tbe foot tliHt those which are not worn constantly sbow unmistakably that tbey do not belong to the wearer, are but borrowed finery, an awkwsrd fit and an embarrassment, like tbe Sundsy suit of tbe poor hod csrrier, which is so much finer than anything be la accustomed to that be feela at a disadvantage in it and ill at ease. Tbe person who allows lis wife, for instance, to pick up her band kerchief ber*elfin private wiU render the serv'ce with such a poo* public tint Hiiacuteobrv»r will fail ti d**c -ived. She Who is in the habit of losing her temper at home will not always succeed in keeping it abroad. Many do not recognise tbe dalactio nature of manners, ana tbe tact that tbey disclose our true status more accurately than any genealogical tree la not patent to them. Tbey trust to their skill In adapting their manners to tbe occasion and the person, aa well as to tile Ignorance and lack of observation of the bystanders, rather then make the effort to be uniformly polite. They act as if good manners were dress suit into which tbey could jump st short notice, and as if everybody won'd take it for granted that they lived and moved and bad their daily being In such regalia. At the aame time it strikes ua that if fine behavior were innate it would be displayed naturally at one'a

fireside, since, to use a homely phrase, wh,at is bred in the bone will appear in tbe flesh. Why is it that one who will

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ermit tbe members of bis own houseto wait upon themselves, and upon him, too, without demur, will yet fetch and carry for a stranger with alacrity? Is it because the one is an exception and tbe other might become a rule, and this is a case in which exceptions do not prove the rule? Does he fancy that these little attentions are wasted upon the home circle, that tbe approval or applause of a guest or a chance acquaintance is more important tu bis welfare than that of bis own kltb and kin? Or, being already certain or 'their regard, does it never occur to him that they may not feel so sure ol bis esteem while he omits all the little elegancies of manner which he readily accords to tbe public? If politeness is a power in itself, as we are told, ought we not, like other powers, to exercise it among our own before employing it to subjugate foreign realms, and, like charity, should it not begin at home?

Oh! If ever I git my hands on tbe good-for-nutbin' wretch, I'll learn him how to (ass an old woman es is old enough to be bis grandmother! Ye see I jist kind o' accidentally drapped in to one o' tnem Peter Funk grocery stores, ez I call 'em, seein' a neighbor woman I kuowed in tbere a tradin', an' she waz a buyiu' tea, an' coffee, an' sugar, an' llour, an' be waz a chargin' her

the most outrageous prioes ye ever heerd of rur 'em, an' I up an' tole him

these things wusasellin' fur less money. Then be up an' ordered me out o' the store, an' called n\e an old meddler an' a fool an' I don't know what all disgraceful names, but he took precious good care not to come outside where I could git hold of'im. Oh! Ifeverldo— but never mind!

HERZ is.' willing? to take it up with any' Retail Embroidery merchant from the Atlantic to the Pacific as to styles and prices.

New Goods just received in all the novel designs of everything pertaining to the muslin trimming line. An examination is solicited.

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At Lawrence & White's Popular Lunchi Room, southeast corner of Fburth and Cherry streets. Alao, oysters by lie can at the lowest rates.

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CLOAKS.

TEN CLOAKS will be closed out at ridiculously LOW PRICES to make room for spring goods. rJAURIET & CO.

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JAURIET & CO'S, Marble Palace. Fine Meats!

Charley Dorscb, at tbe popular Star Meat Market, is daily serving his patrons with some of tbe finest meats we have ever seen in this market. Bla shop presents a magnificent appearance, and the display attraota much attention. Mr. Dorsch takes a pride in his business snd takes especial paina toplease bis patrons and give tbem the best that can be bad in this market. If you haven't been dealing with him, justgive him a trial, and our word for it yon* will be so well pleased that you wilL continue to do so. ,iS .r.

EMBROIDERIES. We open to-day a large line of handsome Embroideries and Flouncings all of th* latest designs and newest patternSf at 3, 0$ 7 8and 10c, and up.

J. F. JAURIET & CO-

THI best newspapers to advertise in• sre those papers which go into tbe household and are read by tbe whole family. Tbe Saturday Evening £iaii is emphatically a paper for tbe family circle and hence as an advertlaing medium is worth more to tbe merchant or general dealer than a paper hastily read in tbe.business houses solely for tbe news oftbe day— and then caet aaide. •. m,

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