Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 43, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 February 1878 — Page 1

Vol. 8.—No. 43.

SECOND EDITION

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It is with great pleasure that T. T. calls attention to the letter of Rev. Lewis Loveless, published in The Mail last week, at the request of James Hook, Esq. T. T. desire* to call attention to some of the points In that letter which give It great weight as evidence in favor of the fact that, at Pence's Hall, through the inediumabip of Mrs. Stewart, may be witnessed most wonderful and convincing phenomena by all those who, in the language of Mr. Hook, "deeire to and have individuality sufficient to faee the Mother Orundys of society and know tor themselves the fact we can bold converse with our friends wbo have passed beyond the vale." First T. T. calls attention to

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Aye, Aye, Sir,' friend Hook, here Is T. T. lie can no more realat the spell of the gentle and perauasne voice of bbi most careful and Intelligent reader, and bis chlefest friend krid admirer, when be informs him that there is "another nut for T. T. to crack," than can the spirits of the vasty deep resist that same gentle and persuasive voice when informed by It that a dish of oysters is ready for them, and "I expect you to nome out and eat them." Consequently T. T. must tackle that nut. But, by the by, friend Hook came very near "violating the conditions" when be added "if be succeeds an well in misrepresenting as heretofore be will soon be able to- retire on his laurels as an expert in that line." T. T. didn't see the joke at first. He thought that his calm and placid friend wan out of humor, and intended this as a bit of sarcasm, and T. T. was half Inclined not to respond. But the dulcet tone i*i whWrh the sentence was written soon persuaded T. T. that ibis was merely a little pleasantry, a little playful banter on the pirt of Brother Hook, and so, just as the stately and majestic Indian squaw, Mlnule, came trotting up to her plate of oysters, T. T. oomes for the "nut" held out by hls.philosophlc friend. Uereatter, however, let Brother Hook label bis jokes and than tbere vrill be no danger of mistake.

His name is Loveless. But what's in a name? Possibly much. Had his name been Lovemore it might be feared that be was unduly influenced by his over affectionate natnre. But it is not Lovemore. On the contrary it is Loveleas. Evidently this man belongs to a cool and dispassionate family, and beyond doubt is himself a cool and dispassionate man. Therefore his testimony is of great value. Then he ia a minister. Thli ia important, very important, for while tbe vo'.oe of a thousand or ten thousand ministers against spiritualism only proves tbeir incompetency or dishonesty, the witness in favor of spiritualism who wears his name with a

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question, not only competent to jndge, but honest and bold enough to declare hit teal' oonvictlona. Hence it ia that while spiritual lata despise ministers generally, they /lager ly catch at. the lighteat breath of clerical approval. Bot this is a Baptist minister. Evidently be ia none of your nam by pamby Baptists who have convenience* for baptism In their church building*, for he lives at FrmH Crtrk Millet He evidently believes in out-door baptism, but allows bts converts to choose between a pond and a creek. Or, possibly, he may be auch a successful minister that it takee both a pood and a creek to supply the wants of his converts. And then, as to the kind of Baptist to which he belongs. As he cornea from the region of Yincennee, be is probably a forty-gallon Baptist, that is a Baptiat with a capacity for forty gallons of truth. This probably adds immeneely to the weight of his evidence. Bat as if to banish tbe laat and faintest shadow of doubt which may attach to the value of his testimony, not only is he a cool and dispassionate Loveless—a minister—a Baptiat minister—a success ful Baptist minister wbo keeps at hand pond and creek—probably a forty-gal-

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mingled rnuob among the Indians of tbe plains says that nearly all the squaws are called Minnie. Mr. Loveless does not dwell upon these minor matters. He simply tells us that be beard Minnie ask: "Chief Hook have you tbe oysters you promised me?" Poor thing! She bad doubtless been wandering about tbe happy bunting grounds all day wonder ing if Mr. Hook would really keep bis promise to bring ber some oysters. Those in tbe flesh wbo know Mr. Hook, know that if he once promised this or any other Minnie that he wonld treat her to oysters he would do it. He is a man of bis word. No Joking about that. Minnie ought to have learned that before this time, for abe baa been keeping oompany with him down at Pence's Hall lo, these many years. It waa probably not Intended as any implication upon his faithfulness in keeping his promises with Minnie. At all events the oysters were there, and when he bad assured Minnie of this fsct, snd bidden ber to keep ber part of tbe agreement, to come out and eat them" the cool and cautiona Mr. Loveless, a Baptiat minister of Pond Creek Mills, who ran for Conuress and was elected by his admiring fi lends to stay at home, saw, actually saw, with his own individual eyes, "a tall Indian squaw come out and walking up to the table commence eating tbe oysters." He does not tell us whether sbe finished them, not even whether they were raw or cooked, or what condiments* she used with them. Bnthedoes tell us—thereby adds greatly to the evidence that hs is a man of great culture, refinement and education—what ha said. When he taw the spirit of Minnie devouring those oysters, raw or cooked as the eass may be, with or without pepper, vinegar and salt, ba made the profound remark: "Whew, what a dose for a young investigator of Spiritualism." Mr. Loveless could not have been mistaken he must have seen whst he thought he saw, else he oould not have been Induced to exclaim:

Whew I what a dose for a young investigator of spiritualism." Tbis is tbe language, beyond tbe shadow of a doubt of an honest, intelligent, sobolarly and pious divine. Therefore T. T. la forced to tbe conclusion that after Mrs. Stewart entered the cabinet, Minnie also entered It, and that Minnie did ask: "Chief Hook, have you the oysters you promised me?" and that sbe afterwards did come out and eat the oysters, more or leas of them, raw or otherwise, with or without condiments, and that therefore spiritualism Is true. T. T. wonld be

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press Now if anything oan make it absolutely certain that a Baptist minister is both honest and sbnndsntly 00m petent to jndge of tbe phenomena exhibited through Mrs. Stewart, or soybody else, it -is the undoubted Act that be has run for Congress. And even this strong point is mad? stronger by the additional fact that in a community where be is best known he was not elected. Evidently the witness brought forwsrd by Mr. Hook is all that oould be desired—and somewhat more. Now if in anything T. T. has "misrepresented" Mr. Loveless, either by suppression of facts in his favor, or failure to justly extol bis good points ss witness, T. T. humbly begs pardon, and will try again at another time. Practice makes perfect,

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Mr. Loveless, tbe Baptist minister of Pond Creek Mills who ran for Congreas and didn't get elected, went to Pence'a Hall, and while sitting In the dim religions light which spirits love so much, after Mrs. Stewart bad passed into tbe cabinet, distinctly heard a voice asking the portentions and all Important question, "Chief Hook, have yon tbe oraters yon promised me?" What question could a spirit ssk wbiob should contain in itself stronger evidence that it came from a spirit. Of all things wbioh spirits most or ave in the land of shadows, oysters hold the first rank. A spirit and especially an Indian spirit that can feed on oysters ia in the most delightful of all spirit hunting grounds. T. T. must pause here to say Ho all ye that hunger and thirst after knowledge of the spirit world, all ye wbo are ever harassed by doubt as to the fact of a future existence, all ye who, to qu^te Mr. Hook, "desire to and have individuality sufficient to face tbe Mothor Qrundya of society and know for themselves tbe fact that we can hold converse with our frienda wbo have passed beyond the vale," go at once to Pence's Hall, and after Mrs. Stewart has entered the cabinet, bear the stately Indian squaw Minnie ask: "Chief Hook, baye yon the oysters you promised me?" Mr. Loveless, tbe minister, the Baptist minister of Pond Creek Mills, testifies that be, with bis own ears, beard tbis question. T. T. must not fall to point out tbe inherent evidence that tbis question dame from a veritable Indian squaw. Sbe addressed friend Hook as "Chief Hook." And then ber name, Minnie, ia none of your new-fangled white face names, but one of the most common of all Indian names,

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delighted lo go on with this latter mad hold op for Inspection the remaining portion of it, which is as conclusive as that pert to which he has already alluded. And If Mr. Hook deeirsa It, and Mr. West fall expresses bis permission, T. T. will not quit tbis letter till the nut is entirely crsoked, snd all the meat picked- out. Tbere is a richness In it which has hardly been touched yet. T. T. awaits orders from "Chief Hook" snd "Chief" Weetfall.

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CURING THK HARD TIMES,

The bsrd times sre not over yet. They last longer than anyone waa prepared to expect. Now and then tbere have been signs of promise in the sky but they have been very macb like tbe signs of rain, which proverbially fail in dry weather. Tbe list of business failures lengthens with each day. How long this state of things will continue js hard to predict but it is certain it cannot last always. The longeet lane has a turning snd the darkest night a dawn. Sometime prosperity will come sgsin to this country, and whether that day ia near or far depends not a little on tbe conduct of us all. If we are timid and irresolute and apathetic tbe day will be poetponed if we are hopeful and buoyant it will be accelerated.

A hundred thousand 1" answered tbe old grayrbeard "No, only ten thousand died of tbe plague and ninety thousand of fright." What is true of tbe ssnitary world is true of the business world too. Some men fail by reason of tbe hard times and many fall through fear. Pluck and courage always command respect and confidence. Men will fight for a man who fights for himself. They will help him. One of the crew of the ill-fated Metropolis observed tbst many of tbe passengers were almost guilty of suicide, so effortless did they tumble into tbe sea and allow themselves to be swallowed up by the waves, They were paralyse! by fear. It seemed hopeless to try to reach tbe shore snd they made no effort to do so. If they bad done the best they could some that sank like lead to watery graves might have been alive to-day. And none of them could have lost anything by tbe effort. If it was death at last it could have been nothing worse than death. Are not men suffering themselves to go down in business with some such apathy upon them? Have they done ail that they could, or have they given np merely because the road was getting difficult? '.J

It is a time for tbe exercise of heroism If tbe ship is springing leaks they must he stopped np. If necessary some of the cargo must be pitched overboard. But tbe voyage must be completedcoet what it may. Patience, courage and a cool head theae are what one need. No looking forward to the discouragements that lie in wait. "Sufficient onto tbe day ia the evil thereof." Meet eaoh difficulty as it oomes np. There is such a thing as beating an army In detail. There Is heroism of business as well as of battle. A weak man will pay wagea that he cant afford and will see his business going on at a. loss, not having the courage to call his hands around him and tell tbem why they must work for a dollar inatead of a dollar and a half a day. And presently there is an exployer In bankruptcy and a shop-full of men in idleness. It was poor kindness to msster or men. Better tbe wheels turning at a dollar a day than rusting in Idleaces A man must have tbe courage to look Into his buaineas'jand see what ails it and then the courage to apply tbe remedy. Tbere are some men who never fsll In anything. They oould take any business enterprise, no mstter bow broken down, snd nourish it Into health and streugth again. There is nothing wonderful in their method either. Tbe first thing they do is to make the expenaes of the business lass than the income. That is the whole secret of it. But that takes courage. Business men around them soon see the change and know what It mesne. They aoon get credit and confidence and success waits upon them. Two things cause men to fail—ignorance and cowardice. The former prevents them from kmtming what they ought to do, and tbe latter from doing what they ought to

People look to Congress to cure the hard times. Nothing could be more foolish. It is the work of individoala, not of government, When the dtisena are prosperous the nation will be so. If my business Is running st a loss of ten

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It le not a time to fold the bands snd give up. It is In tbe hour of temptation that a man needs virtue, in the time of peril, that be needs courage. Cowardice is contagions bnt so is kravery. When a fearless man stands up cslm and resolute in the midst of a panic-stricken crowd tbe effect of bis example is wonderful. Those sbout him are awed snd shamed by it. The coward always fares worse than the brave man. How many people have been killed through fear, pure and simple. "A hundred thousand people died of tbe plague," was once said to an inhabitant of a certain city.

dollars a day It matters little to me whether gold or silver dollars are tbe circulating medium. Whst I need to do Is to cut down expenees and Congreas can't do that for me. As soon as I quit going. down bill snd commence going up, the hard times sre practically over for me. Men never commit a greater blunder than when they become too deeply involved In tbe contemplation of national affairs. Whsn they get their minds focused on Washington tbe objects near tbem are overlooked or seen In vsgue and dkfjointed light. Tbe beet wsy to mend the timee is for every men to busy himself very fully sbout bis own affairs and endeavor to legislate wisely for hie own ebop snd household. When tbis is done with patience and courage the hard times will. ljtt like a fo£ at sun rising. tr* ——."l

NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPING

I found mysslf in Another larid. The vision I looked upon wss tbe moet been tiful that man ever saw. It would be impossible for me to give a description tbat #ould do It justice. My first feeling wss tbst of falling down a great height, and then I found myself in valley. I walked along until I came to a terrible, dark, black river, at sight of which I shuddered snd feared. Before me an 4 beyond the river wassdsrk cloud. Others were walking over the river, and although I dreaded it, some thing urced me on, and I felt that I had to go with tbe others. As 1 got nearer to the dsrk clond It hecame bright and

to beautiful, snd expsndlnp, ft opened and disclosed the most beantital sight. The first I saw wss Jesus I ssw a great temple snd a great throne. I saw my little boy wbo wss drowned two years ago, snd my other dear child. I saw my dead wffo. But I could not touch tbem. I ssw people whom I hsd slmost forgotten. I saw my old gray-haired grandfather, who died when I was but two years old. There were many whom I looked for, but I did not see them.

Then the vision began receding, snd I never osn de cribe tbe terrible disappointment I felt when I fottnd myself again in bed. I felt, indeed, grieved. It was 11 o'clock when I returned to consciousness, and at once I felt as though my life had been renewed, had not then, nor hsve I now, sn sche or pain. My eyeaigbt, my hesring snd my speech bad fully returned, and I now feel as wetl as ever I did in my life.

Tbe doctors don't know whst to think of this, sod the philoeophera are pussled as well. Tbe man wbo was stricken to death's door by disease, and waa apparently dead as death'a door nail, waa in leas than six boars restored to health, and la now walking around receiving tbe congratulations of his friends, snd telling the strange story of his consciousness in the journey to another world, while his frienda*were£erraying him In grave clotbea.

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A. strange story of suspended animstlon like death, and a return to consciousness with ether nstursl or unnatural phenomena, comes from Pbiladel phia. Mr. J. H. Sbrack la an intelligent young man of thirty, and a well known merchant. Last September he had an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs and became a-confirmed invalid. He was also afflicted with nervous spasms of the heart, and the physiclans pronounced bim a hopeless esse. He lost flesh'and grew wesker, could retain neither food nor medicine, and almost lost the use of bis limbs. To follow his symptoms clossly, since they, looked so muob like grsdusl dissolution: On Wedneedsy, January 23d, he had chills and severe spaams. On the following Saturday the spssms were followed by a rapid cbangs in the patient's sppesrance the left side of his body became numb and useless. Saturday evening hla eyeaigbt failed and total deafness ensued. He oould speak only with the greatest difficulty. At four o'clock Sunday morning he was blind snd in terrible suffering. His stomach was swollen, and the spasms increased in violence. At seven o'clock utterly helpless and thoroughly benumbed, be gasped to bis attendants, "throw me over." They turned him over in bed, and to all sppearances he expired. His limbs became rigid, and bis face showed the usual signs of dissolution. A mirror placed over bis face gave no signs of breath. The man was dead on Sanday morning, January 27. Tbe story goes—snd It Is well suthenticatedj—that at noon of that day, J. H. hracl only free from pain, but his sight and bearing bad returned, and he waa without any symptom of disease, and hungry snd hearty. These phenomena excited great curiosity and much comment, and an Interest *to get all the facts of tbe extraordinary oaae cf suspended snimatlon and complete restoration. The proceedings subsequent to the supposed death are interesting. It wsa not until eleven o'clock Sunday tbst the prepare tion of the body for Ainetfl commenced. Soon the sttendsuts, with tbe grsve c^othee in their hsnds, heard a groan. It came from tbe supposed corpse. It soon became very evident that the man was-not dead. He was wrapped in blankets, and bottles of* bot water and other restoratives were nsed under the direction of a pbysicisn. A profuse perapirstion came, and with It consciousness, snd sight sud hesring, and perfect heslth. On Mondsy he conversed freely of bis experiences, snd tbis is psrt of what be said:

Fashions' Fancies.

Large cords are no longer need on stylish drosses. White swisa soarfowith ends oflsee are again vara.

Fiat pocketa of laoe are seen on tbe rroet elegaot dresses. Blue grav Jet is the ooming variation of his popular fhsbion.

Table linen is embroidered in colois, with initisls in eaoh oorner. Tbe short ssslskin sreques of Isst year can now be bought cheap.

Dried natural butterflies sre conslderally used in floral designs. 'V Neckties for ladles are oat of fsshion cravat bows sre worn I nstead.

New silke have a polka dot or flower in satin of tbe ssms color. Rose color ia worn by tbe first bridesmsld when several attend a bride.

Bright colored silk vests sre worn with dark dresses by yonng ladles. Young ladies havs their, dancing dresses made with short pointed trains.

Old fashioned "clove pinks," with their spl7 odors, are again coming in use.

Menu cards and needle cases are made after Cleopatra'a needle, in obelisk shape.

Tbs last fancy in flower garnitures is for tbem to be studded with srtifioial dsw.

A pretty ornament for tbe hair for tbe evening is a gauzy butterfly in gold or silver.

Tbe gipey ring wlth'tbe jewel embed* ded in gold ia the engagement ring of the moment. 'V '.»-J

A favorite rifecklio* for etttftilrig Wfcar is a band of black velvet an inch wide, with pendant ornament.

Cow alinpera are of the aame oolor aa the evening dreae, and are worn with stockings of tbe same ahade.

The new fashion for lsdiee going to tbe theatre in London la to wear a red silk bsndsnns on tbe head.

Old fashioned pouches or retloules sre worn sgsin suspended from the eide to bold the bsnd kerchief and ten.

One of the ooming fashions is ribbons seemingly woven of metal—yellow and red, gold, silver, steel and bronze.

Belts of 'gold and silver braid, fastened by bouquete of flowers to harmonise with the ooetume,are fashionable,

It is not improper to send wedding cake to your friends after your private wedding, though It Is not cnstomsi-y.

Plastron snd puffed fronts, extending from the tbrost to the bottom of the skirt, sre very mttch worn for evening toilet.

The squsrer the neck the higher the shoulder straps, sud tbe ehorter tbe sleevee the more fashionable^ the .ball dress. •11 &

Anew blue Is celled Bruises, because it ia of a mortified purple hue. It looks well with ochre, now the fasbionsble yellow.

A rumer from Paris sfflnaa that the coming bonnet is to be a email capote of shirred silk, snd worn with a talis cap under it.

A new Spring wrap baa appeared, bnt as yet hss taken onto iteelf no name it fits closely to tbe figure In the beck and haslargealeeves.

Gold snd silver inks sri ased by lsdiee ho desire to send written compliments or social invitations in letters tbst appear in sunlight or moonlight hues.

An elegsnt novelty is festber ribbon. Tbe oemre is a wreath of flowers on a light ground.. On either aide a border of sort unravelled silk forma a featherlike fringe.

One ot the newest Imported hats hss two brims tbe lower brim rests on the hair, the other is doss to the crown ssob has different sdgisg, so as to allow of both bsinc distinctly visible. This spsce may be filled with flowers,

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"I AM willing to risk my reputation as a publks man," wrote Edward Hins to tbe Liverpool Mercury, "if the worst oaae of amailpox cannot be cored In three daya simply by tbs nssof cream of tartar. An ounce of cream of tartar diasolvsd Ins pint of water sad drank at Intervals after oooling, Is a certain, never failing remedy. In naa eared tbooaanda, never leavea a pit, never esoees blindness snd does sway with tedious lingering."

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suspended animation and restoration to mind, which happened fifty years ago to Rev. William Tennent. It made the tslk of ths time, and may now be pat beside Its psmllel. Tennent waa pro nonnced dead by the doctora, waa placed in his ooffln and followed to the grsve. In the midst of the funeral ceremony be returned to consciousness, msde some sign of life, put a atop to the burying, waa taken home, recovered and lived many years. But In his esse, It Was long time before he could recsll sny thing of hla former life. He oould not get bia sensss out of ths eoffln, and over the bridge of the open grave. He came out of his trance as Ignorant as a child and had to begin to learn everything over again. All the lettering on his mind was apparently wiped out. After yeara of study, ons dsy his msmory came back to him over a page of Latin and he suddenly regslned all his lesrnlng. Then he told his experiences In another world, to the admiration and wonder of hla frienda, wbo were oognlsant of all ths foots in his esse. Scbrsck's experiences differed from Tennent's in one important particular, which throws them out of parallel. Schrack's mind and memory are good as ever, and he reoslls with vividnsas sll the ineidente of bis illneee up to tbe moment when he said, "Throw me over." With this he seemed to dssh serosa ths bounds of time snd leap into eternity. Strange thinga happen to some people an,d this Is one of them.1 fU

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THE SEN&IBL Y-DRESSED MAN— THE" WELL-GOT- I7P" WOMAN. Tbe dress of men In sll Western nstions meets fairly all the eonditione of health and decency, and failsonlv on the side of besuty. The dress of women on tbe contrary, ever variable aaltls, persistently misses tbe conditions or health frequently violates the rulee of decency snd instesdofssearlng bssaty, st whfoh it sims first instead of last, aohievee ususl'y—ugliness. It Is to be remembered for our consolstion snd snooursgement tbst men hsve arrived at tbeir pfeeent good aenae In dress only within two or three generations. A hundred years sgo tbs lords of crestlon set besuty sbovs beslth or convenience, just as the lsdiss do now, snd pesoooked sbout in thsir peaeh bloeaom costs snd embroidered wsistoosts, surmounted by wigs for whose stupendous discomfort evens sest on the judicial bench osn scsroelv reooncile the modern Englishman. Now, when the men of every European nation hsve abjured such fantastic apparel, we naturally aak, why have not the women followed their example? Why ia the huabsnd. father snd brother hsblted like a being who has serious interests in 1Mb, and knows tbst his personsl dignity would be forfeited were he to drees himself in psrtioolored, be-ribboned gsrmente, and why is tbe wlfo, mother or sleter bedizened like a macaw, challenging every obeerver to note how much of her time, thoughts snd money must have been spent on this ftitile object? The snSwer is one tbst is not plesssnt to mske, discreditable as it Is to both sexee. The women who set the fashion's dress for sdmiration snd men like women wbo dress to be sdmlred and the admiration given snd received is very poor snd unworthy admiration, not much better tbsn salmon givea glittering fly, snd having very little more to do with any real sestbetio gratification—ss Is proved too clesrly by the thoroughly un-besu-tiful devices to which fashion hss recourse. It is the well-got up women, (to borrows very expressivs phrase) not the reellv wsll-dreseed women, wbo receives by far the greatest share of homage. And now let as see how sll this concerns the beslth of woman—bow much of their petite sanfe is due to tbeir general neglect to mske health the fli-st object of dress, or even sn object at all 00 ui pa red to faahion. Tight lacing among habita resembles envy among tbe passions. We take pride in all the rest, even the Idlest snd worst, but tight lscing snd sn envious heart are things to which no one ever oonfeesee. A small waist, I suppose, ie understood to belong to tbst order of virtues which Aristotle decidee ought to be natural, and not acquired, and tbe most miserable girl who spends hsrdsys in a machins more cruel (because more elowly murderous) than tbe old 'Maiden' of Seville, yet always assures us, smiling through, her martyrdom, that ber olothee are 'really hanging about bert' It wonld be wsste of time to dwell on this auprems folly. Mrs. Hswsis, in her very noteworthy new book, the Art 6f Beauty, has given some exceedingly useful diagrams,showing tbe effects of the practice on the Internet orgsns snd skeleton—disgrsms which I earnestly recommend to tbe study of ladies who may feel a 'cell' to erform this kind of English suttee for ivlng husband. Mrs. Hsweis ssys tbst sensible men do not love wasps, snd bsvs expressed to ber tbeir 'over-alliah-ness' when they behold tbem. Considering how effectively they hsve bithsrto managed to display their disapproval whenever women hsve attempted to introduce rational attire, It la a pity. I think, that tbey do not 'pronounce' a little more dietinctly agslnst this literally mortal folly.—[Frances Power Cobbe utemporary Review.

"MODELS" IN HIGH LIFE How Some Beautiful Women Make a Living in New York.

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As for the fortune tellers and clairvoyants, their numbers sre Isrge snd on the incresse: but, lankily, tbis clsss of people hsve been so often snd so thoroughly ventilated as to csll for nothing but mere mention. Perhaps tbe moet curious fsct lately unearthed about 'tbe world of women' la that there ere esveral respectable yonng women, technically 'ladies' In dress and social surroundings, and really female* of good obaracter, who serve In eeeret tbe purpose of art aa models. Tbe writer of tbis sketch la acquainted with an estimable lady—a genuine lady in birth, education and manners, who earns sbout ten dollars a week ss model for a 'Ufa class/ She keeps tbis fact a profound eeeret—her own mother Is not aware of It—bnt tfco fact is as stared, tbe writer having ssoertalned it through a visit to an artist's studio during tbe sessions of a 'life class' of art studente. Inquiring into tbis metter farther tbe writer discovered that the yonng lady In question hsd lb vain attempted to eecure employment la writing, translating or trade pursuits waa on the verge of starvstlon with her old mother, when a lucky hint suggested tbe livelihood of model, whfoh wss flnslly and suooesstolly adopted only after severe self-struggles, and nnder conditions of ths most profound secrecy. A prominent painter, with whom tbe writer held conversation recently, etsted tbst the supply of models wss st present greater than the demand, and that tbe mslority of models In tbe city of New York were not only well formed, bnt well bebsved 'a really superior class of persons," forced to exhibit theraaelvee by their- necessities. A model quite in demand ia ayoungOer-t man. Another model has recently beea married to a yonng painter wbo foil in love with bar from aeeing her aa a model in a 'life class' which be waa then attending, -and from all reports the daring and unconventional nstnter haa a worthy wifa. Ocessfonsfly in onr better classes, and even in onr beet eodety, it la rumored that ladies do not hesttste to eerve ss partial models for boat or arms, or for ciaasic poaee, to ptesss popular artists or to gratify thsir own vanity: bot these are isolated cases sod call for bnt the merest passing sllusion.

NOT READY YET. [Christian Iotellitenoer.]

When we are ready to return to barbarism we will take Mr. Ingersoll ss our leader for the preeent we sre eontent to enjoy the sd vantages of Christian civilization.