Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 43, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 February 1878 — Page 4

THE MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALL, JEDITOB AND PROFJtlETOR.

TERRE HAUTE, FEB. 16,1878

TWO EDITION*

Of this Paper are published. .'i,

Tin FXB&T EDITION, on Friday Evening kiiklu|BfllTeBlitlM In the surrounding town*, rban It la told by newsboys w4 agents. The 8BOOND EDITION, on Saturday Eventag, goes Into 11MHISDI of M«RTL •vary reading person

the city, and the fkrm

em of thli Immediate vicinity. «very Week's Issue U, In fact, ifefc' TWO NEWSPAPERS, in which all Advertisement* appear 0Jfc

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THJBSK »e a mixed op men now in and •boat Constantinople, and some stirring news may be expected from that .quarter. ..'j.

CONGBESS has been in session nearly four months and baa passed only (en -unimportant bills and resolutions.

About four thousand bills have been offered—over fifty of them to regulate tie finances.

THE Democratic Convention for the nomination of State officers assembles at Indianapolis, on Wednesday. Quite a number of our leading politicians will go over Monday morning, in time to get good se&t and help "set 'em up 55S fc»j30R...

HON. GJDBON WEJULKS, Secretary of the Navy during Mr. Linooln's administration, and the last surviving member of the cabinet wben the emancipation proclamation was iuued, died at Hartford, Conn., on Monday, In the seventyfifth yea* of his age.

IT is regarded as a sign of improvement in the St. Louis bar that out of «ight students recently examined for admission only two were granted certificate?. A little of the same kind of tonic would improve the health of the Indiana bar very materially.^'

IN the struggle for the United States xnarshalsbip of Indiana, Gen. Ben Spooneroemesout ahead, being renom inated for his fourth term. There was a good deal -of opposition to his reappointment but bis opponents all lacked one strong argument which be possessed, namely, an arm loat in tbe service of his country. __________ if- a

THB christians in Constantinople are liable to utter tbe cry "save us from our Wends." Tbe English fleet is at Constantinople to protect the christians tbe Russians have gone there to protect the christians, and as tbe Sultan has expressed a determination not to leave the city we suppose be is going to protect the christians.

AXTHOCOH it has been a dull season for the theatres it is said that Booth's recent engagement in New York has been a grand sucoess, probably netting him $15,690. His spirits have greatly improved and the threatened insanity which followed his bankruptcy has passed away. It is said that, unlike many actors, bis domostic life baa been quite happy,

THB scriptural Injunction regarding the duty of children toward their parents might be more effective if it contained a warning ,tbat disobedience would be punished by disinheritance. The wilt of the late James Clemens, of St. Louis, directed that the bulk of the estate, valued at f5,000,000 should be divided among three of bia ohildren, tbe other three being Jout off with flOO each "on aooount of disobedient and d'.srespeotfol oonduct." •'••ii -UL S & A

THIS tax assessor is now making his annual rounds, sod property owners will do well to profit by a recent cane in Indianapolis, and make full return of all (hei? property. One Belle Rusaell wss aooused of stealing diamonds from Fanny Rosa, and the accomplice of Belle had already confessed and been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. But as the trial progressed Fsnny Ross' tax list was exhibited In court to show that she was not the owner of such jewels,none being returned for taxation, and the Jury acquitted Belle'Russell.

A STORY is told by a Lafayette paper which forcibly illustrates tbe evil effects of indiscriminate and excessive novel residing. A prominent citisen of Frankfort came to Lafayette in search of a fourteen year old daughter who bad unaccountably disappeared from her home four or five days before. The young girl wss found in the Orphans' Home, whither she had fortunately drifted, under the assumed name of "Lena Rivers," adopted from one of the thrilling Holmes series of school-girl novels. As might be suspected, Miss "LenaV' mental condition was a little unsteady and her clandestine journey wss prompted by the daring adventure of some brave and beautiful heroine of tbe milk-and-water romances she had been feeding on so devotedly. But this 1* no argument againat the temperate reading of good works of fiction.

DISTANCE AROUND THB WORLD. If any reader of Tbe Mail contemplates a trip around the the world, here Is a table of distances te pat In his vest pocket: New York to San Francisco, Osln by mmxmn.imu.ii 1 mL I) II tim nil I til II wJKff Han Franclsewto Calcutta, India by ateam«blp..~~ Calcutta to Mombay,by railroad ... 1^10 Bombay to Marxill'-*, France, by »t«m*lili «r*rJ!U» to Havre, by railroad.... CS am to New York, by «tnuinhlp S»1M

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NIGHTMARE.

There are persons who oannot eat very much food, or too hearty an evening meal, or late suppers, without being visited the following night by some terrible dream. Tt may be that they are falling from some precipice leaping from a high window In battle, and about to be ahot wrecked at sea, and drowning attacked by midnight robbers, and likely to be murdered the hopeless victim of unrequited love, ortortnred byssonr tempered mother-in-law. Such dreams take innumerable fantastic and hideoua shapes. In Whatever form they come, they are designated by the compreben aive name of Nightmare.. Sometimes therdis bnt an indistinct impreesion of snob dreams remaining after waking at others, the recollection lasts for daya. They are always moet unweloome visitors, leaving behind them painful associations of thought. The nightmare la bard and galling borje to ride. At the same time it may not bean evil untem pered with good to be liable to tbie prompt and most disagreeable penalty for an infringement of the laws of health. Tbe tendency is to make one more observant of regular hours and wholesome diet. Philosophers have maintained that the most robust const! tution does not afford the beat ohance for long life. This was the opinion of Sir George Combs, the author of a re markably perspicuous and profound work on the "Constitution of Man." Moses Brown, ofSwanaea, a rich, benev olent and highly esteemed member of the Society of Frienda, who lived to the age of nearly 100, held a similar doctrine. He said that when a young man be was so feeble tbst, had it been posai ble, be would gladly have compromised for forty years of life. His very feebleness, however, and the quick penalty he was compelled to pay for aqy Inattention to the requirements of health, had made him constantly careful of himself and the consequence wss that be lived to a great and unusual age. A person with what is called an iron con stitution may do what he pleases In the way of indulgence and excess without experiencing any immediatedisagreable effects whereas one df less hardihood and endurance has to pay as he goes. Tbe two have been aptly compared to the credit and cash systems against one the score ultimately becomes large and ruinous, apd he finally suddenly breaks down while the other, never baying A long acoount against him, settles the more easily because he settles so often. We are inclined, therefore, on the whole to regard what la often spoken of, and not inaccurately, aa tbe "horrid nightmare" as, in reality, a minister to health —a useful moral sgepcy. At the same time we must admit that he is a minister snd amoral agent whose utility depends upon his being avoided. His, place Hi better supplied by the sweet influence of refreshing sleep, which waits on manly exercise, a wholesome and generous diet, early and regalar hours, a clear conscience, and a good newspaper^Jike The Mail. ________

TAXING INCOMES.

We trust the proposition in Congress to restore the income tax will be carried into execution, Notwithstanding the objections urged against snch a tax, it is one of tbe fairest that can be devised. Much can be said in its favor. It touches only those who are well able to pay tribute to tbe government. It takes but a trifle from such as have more than enough to supply all their needs, and, while they scarcely feel the loss, it adds a handsome revenue to tbe government. By means of it a vast amount of wealth that is now exempt from taxation can be reached. We mean the government bonds, whiob, though not taxable directly,produce immense annual incomes that could be thus made to contribute very justly to tbe support of the government. We see no good reason why a tax on lnoomea above a certain aum ebould not be one of the perlnanent methods of raising a national revenue.

IT would seem that silver is becoming a really aerioua affair in New York. At a recent meeting of wholeeale merchants in that city, called to protest against the remonetisation of the alblnoua metal one merchant stated that he had already been obliged to boy an extra sails to keep his silver in and another said he had to employ a wagon much of' the time In the service of carting silver around to pay his bills 1 Well, tbst Is a pretty Inconvenient state of affairs, to he snrf still, we wouldn't grumble much, even If we had to boy a brand new wagon, If we oould only get diver enough to cart round In It. Those New York follows want to be "just a little too nice to live," In the language of an honored exoongrcasman.

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TBI Preabyterlan Church, at South Bend, has revived the old custom of separating the male and female portion of ita flock. Tbe Tribune, of thatdty, says of tbe first effort:

It was a genuine surprise party to some of the young couples that came iu. Tbe usher would grab tbe young man and eend him waltzing down the main aisle, and in the same breath courteously waive the young lady to aside or "eryaeat. Considerable neckatretchand looking acmes lots waa tbe re-

galleryaeat. Oboslderabl tng and looking acmes suit. But it worked well. Tbe appearance of the audience, under this arrangement, waa decidedly 8bak|*tfeh»

TURKEY ON THB NEW MAP. [Chicago Tribune In the revised map of Europe. Turkey will look about as Dig as a reed-bird on

AT twenty yon know everthlng, at thirty you have yoor doubts at forty there are some things you don't know at flay you are aure of your" after that you read Mr. Be« mon on everlasting punishment and hope be is rigbk—[Exchange.

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TERRE HA LITE SATURDAY EV EKING MAIL.

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Shows and Show Folks.

"Sownea from pav4dOop»W fleld* were given at the Opera Honse Tuesday evenlog for the benefit of the Congregational Churob. There wan a food audience and a considerable sum was realised. It seemed a pity to waste ah much good talent as waa brought upon the Mage that evening in disjointed "soenss," when a more sstisfectory performance could have been given In a connected drama. Two or three of tbe "scenes" were a trifle tedious, but on tbe whole tbe entertainment wss creditable, and aeveral very marked peraonatlone Were given. We should be pleased to mention theae, but then thoee omitted woqld never forgive the slight—for In an amateur performance, it la naually thoee who do tbe poorest that imagine they are tbe beet—and beeides, where all volunteer their aervleea without Hy* and do their best, it is hardly iatrjnr a newspaper to criticise. The audience will do enough of that. The personations were by the following: Bet'y Trotwood....^.. FTor*. _K.«ller Mm. Mlcawber. Jane Murdatone..... —-Mis. Keith Dora Mis. Heep......

liMiss Grade Teel Mtn XSUa Yates

Bill, Little Em'ly Ml« Grace Ptoote Mias Foland

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...Uisi B0nn Mrs. lttith Harry Graham Eddie Mancourt .C. 8. Anderson

Traddles Charles Adatna Mr. Dick ,....6. R. Free? Steerforth ,F- BANDD Mr. Murdstone. ..*.. ...:.i..»C. T. Bill,— Uriah Heep „...Wlll Morfan Barkis Edward Friend Ham

R- M. Bterrett

Friendly Waiter -..Harry Gniham Mr. Peggoty C. 8. Anderson Old Clothes Man Charles Adata

An audience that contributed to the ticket office not quite three hundred dollars, about half the sum tbst should have been deposited, gathered at t|e Opera House Wednesday evening, to hear the famed Gilmore Band.. There can be no doubt that Gilmore understands the popular taste In music better tban Theodore Thomas, or, st least, that he gives music that goes more directly to the popular heart. We have ''not space to speak in detail as tbe entire programme deserves, but we wish to ssy, and we say it reverently, that tbe man or woman expecting to hear, in this world or the next, more heavenly music than "Sweet By and By," as rendered by B. C, Bent on tbe cornet, will probably be disappointed,

Frank Mayo, with tolerable suppt rt, gave his grand conception of Davy Crocket at tbe Opera House Thursday evening, and it is sufficient to say that although tbie is his fifth performance here within eighteen months, it was the lsrgest audience he has yet had in this city. With each return there is, a noticeable improvement, until now, his conception of the character seems perfect. He is so suited to the character, in voice, physique and action, that he would seem out of place in any other drama, and "he does well to hold on to it. Let him bring bis Davy Crockett again next season, and he will have, a still larger audience.

Mable Pearl'a Female Minstrels are to occupy the Opera House next Saturday evening, with the understanding that tbe doors will not be opened unless the manager guarantees a deoent and proper performance. It will be difficult to decide where the linejshall be drawn as the programme pf a, female minatrel troupe is now constructed. We might sll be safe if the Opera House management would allow Hod Smith to run the stage.

Joe Aurphy In his "Kerry Gow" on the evening of the 28th. Heywood's Minstrels, whoever .they are, come on the 1st of March.

Barlow, Wilson, Primrose & West's Miustrels will probably return tbe fore part of tbe month.

The next great musical eV«nt of the season will be the entertainment given by the Terre Haute Oratorio Sooiety upon Friday evening, March 8th, at which time will be produced Mendelsohn's Cantata "The Hymn of Praise," assisted by a large orcheetra ef professional and amateur talent. An additional programme of solos and quartettes, Instrumental and vooal, will combine to render the entertainment one or the moet agreeable ever given here by an amateur organisation. We take occasion to Inform the musical public that the Oratorio society was organised in July last under the leadership of Prof. Shlde, for the pnrpoee of studying the beet class of sacrsd and secular music, and will from time to time render in public the works of tbe great masters. The memberahip Is already large, among which wo And the names of a majority of the favorite singers ef the city. We bespeak for the organisation a Hearty welcome In its new and ardnoua work.

Mai Anderson, one of the brightest stars In the drama, comes on the 13th of March the Florencee in the **Mlghty Dollar" on the 14th Charlotte Thompson tbe 15th and 10th, and Fanny Davenport In "Pique" on the 1Kb. What a feast there Is in thie paragraph.

Lawrence Barrett's engagement for next month has been cancelled. He will come later in the season

James P. Yoorheee Is to play Elliott Gray, InRoeedale, at tbe nextcfaureh dramatic performance.

BuffUo Bill and the Hess Opera troupe have been furclahing the Indianapolis people with amusements this week.

Fhnny Davenport Is said to be alinoet heart-broken over the results 'of the accident which oocurred aoaiie time ago in Detroit. The removal of a portion of the cartilage of the nose has resulted In a alight but very perceptible shortening

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of the member on one side. In fset, one of the main beauties of her fisee will remain forever dsetroyed. She will be here next month and. then we will see for onrselves.

A colored barber named Jeffreys la playing Othello te the New England States, -i

Mrs. Lowery, ssfd to be a converted actress, Is presetting In the Philadelphia churchea upon the text, "From the Stage to the Pnlpit."

Miss May Bowers, daughter of Mra. D. P. Bowers, msde her debut at the Perk Theater, New York, on tbe evening of February 1st.

Five thousand dollara in premiums are offered at the "Greet International Confrees of Bsanty and Culture," wbieb waa opened In New York on Monday. ••The Governess" is what Clara Monrls calls ber new veralon of "Jane Eyre."

Gilmore's Band start for England tbe latter part of April, and will give their first concert In Liverpool. In May GU* more is to lesd a choir of two thousand voloes, In conjunction with hia own band, at the Crystal Palaoe, Ixndon^

A novelty In the way of a drama&c performance was given recently at the Blind Aeylum, Philadepbia. "Every body'a Friend" w4S played, and every pereon in the bast was totally blind.

The drop curtain is so called because the gentlemen go out for a drop while It 1ST down.

Lotta's nfew play is called "The Grass hopper." Evidently a play of the period—all legs.

That "reform of the theater from within" of which so much baa been aaid, and ao well said, of late, seems to have been begun in Baltimore, where a "manager" has "put bis foot right down" sgainst having rehearsals on Sundsy.

Jsrrett A Palmer cleared 930,000 by their last "Uncle Tom's Cabin" venture. D'Eunery, tbe author of the "Two Orphans," receives an income of half a million a year. ,,

P. T. Barnum estimates that he has sold 983,000,000 worth of tickets since he went into business.

Mr. McVicker, of Chicago, refuses to rent bis theater for Sunday evening performancee, which of late. h*ve become the fashion lis that Cist city.'

Irene WbtMlI has left tbe George A. Knight combination, and the company is expected to break up pretty soon, when Knigh.t will join the Evangeline company,

Annie Cary once sang at tbe Potsdam, N. Y., convention, for 93- She sang there again, recentlv, for 9700. Quite a riael'

The American "Old Drury," (tbe Bowery Theater, New York,) has the largest stage, isd the Stsdt Theater, of that city, the greatest seating capacity of any theater in the United States. Tbe stage of the former, Inside the cur* tain, has an area of 8,968 feet.

While on her recent Western tour, Miss Gonevievs Rogers made a futile effort to get an Omaha papoose named after her. She offered twenty dollars as an inducement, but the superstitious squaw couldn't see it.

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Bob Ingersoll spoke to an immense audience in Gilmore'a Garden, New York, last Saturday evening. The peo pie will go to hear his- lectures. Ttiey are haughty, but they're hice.

Mr. Beecher will not probably ^oome West sgaln iiiMl uly. An effort-has been made to secure John B. Gough for oae or more lectures in this city, but he has engagements for every night this season.

Will Carleton lectures every night during February to the middle of March, in Illinois, Wisoonsiu, and Minnesots.

Elisabeth Cady Stanten speaks every night tbe present month, and in March, through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. '7."

Susan a Anthony,Hi apwklqg in Illinois and Missouri, ii«*IIV»ebhiary, in Iowa, durikgt Mfarsb.

The Honi tteikry WafflSSM^ho has lectured evWy lBlcbt for *0 ysst six weeks, delive^ed^ hls last l^ctaTe in the preeent season at Calttsge^^o., Feb. 13

Phmbe Cousinsisspeaking in ILlinols and Ohio, Turing February and March, Will be in Iowa and Mlaneeota during April.

Tbe Hih? George It WendUng. oMUlnols, is delivering his lecture, "A Reply to Ingersoll from a Secular Standpoint," in the principal cltiee through Illinois and the large cities East ss far as Washington, D. C., during ths months of Feb ruary, March, and April.

THB DE8T LIAR& Extract from Ingersoll's Lee to re. There were a neat many Christian people who acted as though they believed tbst the Savior, wben he said.

Suffer little children to come onto me," bad a taw hide concealed sboot hisperson. and only wanted to eoax them within resch of It. Even when they do not beat their ofbprlng, they lie to and deodve them, and then expect them to tell the truth. The lecturer told a story about a little boy In Grand Rapids, Mich. Tbe cbl.d'i father and mother had promised to take It riding with them the next time they went oak Weeks passed and still tbe premise was unfulfilled. At length, one Might morning, tbe tether and mother went quietly out of the rear of the boose, got into their carriage, and drove away. As they srere going out, they passed the front pisias,oa which tha child was standing with his nurse. The little follow looked up Into the mine's fine, pointed to Ma departing parents, and said, "There go the two d—dest liars In Grand Rapids

Hamaras Is in taste and not in thing* aod it is by hsving what we love that we are happy, not by having what othwa find agreeable,

BRINGING IN AN ITEM. The Country Editor and the Church Feavu tfeot De*d Beat .i

From ths Fairfield Ghtoalel*. He waa the manager of a church Mr, and one morning walked into tbe newspaper offloe and ssld: "Want an item this morning?" "Of eo'urse," replied the editor. Whereupon the visitor laid ths following note on tbe table:

The ladles of the Street Church will give a feetlval at their veetry ball next Friday evening. Literary and tnu slcal entertainments will be provided, and a snppsr will be served to all wbo daslre. The ladles In charge of the affair have much experience iu such matters, and are sure to provide a good time. The admission will be only fifteen oenti snd It is certain tbat no one can spen that amount to better advantage. Be sure to go and take your friends.

When theeditor bsd read It he said: Ob, I we—an advertisement." No: not an advertiaement. We prefer to have it go in the local column," replied the manager.

And seeing that tbe editor looked skeptical, he continued: "It will interests great many of your readers, snd helps good cause. Besides we have apent ao mnch money getting up our entertainment that we can't afford to advertise it without Increasing tbe price of tbe tickets. In such a mat ter aa this we ought to be willing to help each other/'

Well," said the editor, "if into the locale I suppose you woula reciprocate by reeding a little notice in your own church nextSnnday T"

The viaiting brother asked what notice, and tbe editor wrote and banded him the following:

Tbe Weekly Chronicle for the edging

rear will be tbe best and cheapest paper Main#. Its proprietor bss had much experience, and has nil the help tbst a large outlay of money can procure. His paper bas a larger circulation than any other published in theeoubtry, and is to be furnished st only 9& It

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tbat no one can spend that amount to better advantage. Be sure to take the Chronicle and subecribe for your frienda.

The manager hemmed and hesitated, and tben ssld solemnly that he doubted whether it would be judiclotia to read such notice, but suggested that printed copies of it might be distributed at the door of the vestry on the evening of the entertainment.

Yes," said the editor, "but It would attract more attention in the m'ddle of a sermon. It will interest a large num ber of the congregation and help a good cause and besides, ao much money is spent upon the Cnrqnicle that I don't see how the owner can sfford to print hand bids to advertise It Without increasing the subscription price. In such a matter as this We ought to be willing to help each other."

Then the gentleman saw the situation.

A.REOIPEFOR THE"BLUE&» St. Louis Times, Things were looking decidedly blae ye&terday. The weather Was stroclous tbe war news perplexing tbe ladies oould not get out, and the merchants held their heads low. At the hotels tbe dining rooms reflected the same sad and sorry tale. There Was no conversation #nii there were even a few tearful eyes st some of the tables. It was just .such a picture tbat presented itself to the genisl Dr. Reed as be entered one of tbe leading bonses yesterday, and tbn following Impromptu remarks pertinent eeeapM his lipe in the presence or a Times man: "The beet recipe I know, if you want te be miserable, is to think about yourself, bow much you have loot how much you have not made, and the poor proepect for tbefoture. A brave man with a aoul In him gets ont of such fretful ruts and Isugbs as dlscoursgsments, rolle up hie sleeves, whistles snd sings, and makea the beet of life. Thli earth never waa intended as a paradise, and a man who rises above his disooursgemente and kseps bis manhood will be the etronger and better for his adversities, Many a noble ehip has been ssved by throwing overboard tta moet valuable cargo, ana many a man is bet* ter snd more humsne alter he has lost bis cold."

ASA TALE THAT J8 TOLD." We don't like to make oar readers feel bad, but sre they aware that ninety years hence not a single man or woman now twenty years of age will be alive. Ninety years! Alas, how many of tbe lively actora^ atf preeentop tbe stage will make their exit long ere ninety years have rolled away. And could we be sure of nlnetv years, what sre they?

A tale tbat is told," a dream, an empty sound tbst pisseth on the wings of the wind away-and Is forgotten. Yesrs shorten ss a man sdvanoes in aye. Like the degrees in longitude, man's life de dines as be advancee toward a .point and Is lost forever. Is It possible that life is of so sbbrt dnratlouf Will ninety years erase all tbe golden names over the doors In town snd country and substitu others In their ateadf Will all the now blooming beauties fade and disappear? All pride and passion* the love, hope and joy pass aww in ninety rears, and be forgotten. "Ninety years,1• sajrs death. "Do you think I shall want ninety years? Behold, to-day and tomorrow and every day la mine. When ninety years are pasaed this generation will have mtngied wttb the dust and be remembered not."

Tan Cleveland Herald wishes to know the exsct opinion ofclergymen of sill denomlnationa in respect to tbe doctrine of endless punishment, and therefore it aaks them individually to respond briefly to the following qnettions: 1. Do you believe In a bell? 1 If ao, what sort of a place do you think It 1% and where i« tt? 8. What classes and kinds of people go there? 4. Why are they sent thers? ft. Once In, can they never get ont? & What la the character of tbe punIsbmeut Inflicted on the soul? 7. Ia tbe doctrine of eternal damnation plainly and necessarily derived from the original Hebrew and Greek ventioneof tbe Bible? &. Ia a belief in hell an easentlal part of the Christian religion

ANOTHER BEECHER OUTOFTHE TRACEtL [Springfield Espobltoan.]

Newburyport is in aasd way, accord' ing to a loosl paper. Rev. Cfcarlea Bsechsr, following the example of his Brooklyn brother, has "gone hack on bell," and taken to preaching Universal 1st sermons, while other clergymen and "church pillars,'* being spiritualistically deluded, one of tbe former exmessing the belief that he talked with the shade of hie daughter at a recent seance, and another tbat twentv "msterla'iasd forms" which appeared to him wars real spirits.

THKU fa nothing that ao convinosa a that there la truth in religion aa to see trne religion la Christians.

N. Y. Conrespondenee Claelnaatl Oaeette. Who is tbat large, ruddy faced man on tbe other aide of tine street, who swings his arma with all the bappy independence ot a big boy, and lets his coat hang loosely sbout Him se lf he wanted hla great cheat to take

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air it needed? That la Bayard Ikylor, one of tbe moat indnstrloue, one of the most successful, snd one of the least pretentious cf literary men. He has come back from the south grestly invigorated by hia sojourn there, and is now aa hard at work as ever, lecturing, writing editorlala, contributing to tbe magi sines shd reviews, and executing' literary plana of great Importance, the secret of which the world lenot to know until later. One of the best things about Taylor—for I shall use him ss my first text in this littls sermon on literary manners —is tbe fact that he Is ss entirely free from sll pretension and *atnckupedneas.' As a rule, men wbo have been,and done and seen as much aa hs has, consider that they have aright to lift their heads ratber high but Taylor, though he is dignified enough, has not a particle of this false pride. He is off hand, easy, and good humored, and will talk to toe pooreet newspaper *8ub' with the same cordiality and freedom that he would use toward a man of note. The fact is worth mentioning, because tbe literary temperament does not often take this tinge.. E. C. S ted man, tbe broker poet, Is a very different sort of man. He is short, slight, snd quiet, with a clear cut, New England faoe, and a clear, sharp, New England voioe, rather monotonous, indeed, even when he resds his own pooms. He mingles by day in the swarming, swearing crowd at the gold room— at night abato himself up with hia poet's fanciea. Be deliberately abandoned newspaper work for a broker's calling, tbat be might bring to his loved work a mind fresh for writing, and ahead that had not been Wearied with reeling c^f paragraphs and editorials.

L05GFELLOW, AND OTHKBS. ,'^ Br! Holland ia inolined to be severe and solemn. Hebasapsce like am Indian, and lank, blaok Indian's hair, and bia countenance Is seldom lighted up by a smile. Mts. Mary Mapes Dodge, who wrote Hans Binker and Rhymes and Jingles, and edits St. Nicholas, is a bright eyed, rosy checked woman, frqm whose face one would never guesa that ber life had been one of much affliction 8he haa two sons wbo sre more devoted to ber sociely.kban moat boys are to their sweethearts, and her little office in Scribner'a building is probably the most luxurious editorial room in the country. There is no editorial sternnees sbout thie lady. Mini Mary L. Booth, of Harper's Basar, is a feminine editor of longer standing tban Mrs. Dodge, and is one of the best sohls alive. Probably no liter* ary woman In the country baa so poany friends. But though the literary circle In New York is growing every year, it Is still suiall. Boston still bolda tbe palm, though the time is not for distant when she will loee It. To Boston, then, for further illustrations of literary manners. Longfellow is said to have the kindlieat, most benignant, and gentle manner conceivable. He treats svsry one w*ho approaches bitn with the utmost courtesy, tbat is at the same time without atufness or reserve, if be has to get rid of you be doea it without letting you find It out. Lowell, on tba other hand, wbik a most thorough gen* tleman, is tnoody and uncertain, and those who appr6ach him are not always sure with what degree cf pordiality they are to be received.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes is a brisk, witty man, who dresses In the most charmingly Old fosbloned style, always with a drab waistcoat, and a cdat that seems too stnsll for him. He looks like' cross between a Yankee t»nd a Scotchman, and haa a dried' up appearance, very much like an autumn leaf. But he has a keen eye, that laugba wben ha laugba. And be ana wakes you up tier, to go to the otber extreme, is al-

Bojoys laughing, and with bis fun. WhiU

ways a Quaker. He Invariably say* thee" and "tbou" and has tbe qutot, gentle Quaker way. Emerson is another of the quiet, soft spoken writers. I bap*

med, years sgo. to be standing near in a publio place—quite accidental)y, I assure you—when an enthusiastic, fellow, whoee speech betrayed tbe oookney, rushed up, seized his hand, add with his hat on, rattled off tbe following:. 'Mr.' Emerson, allow me to take you by the 'and. I consider you the greatest writer since Sbakespesre." Mr. Emerson bowed slightly, and a quiet smile stole over his face, Of Howells, who' edite the Atlsntic, It will hardly be necessary to say much to tbe people who livfe in Ohio. He has a shy way aboot. htm. and something of the dellcscy and' gentleness tbat mark bis writings are visible alio In his bearing snd movement*. And so the list might run on^ Tbe moral of It all would seem to betbaCT tbe popular Ideal of a literary as a long'' haired, snlky fellow, with no manners and no amiability, needs revision. These men I have named would probably Show a higher degree of personal affability, charity, and generosity than anjr equal number of men taken from slmost any otber profession or businsss in the world, 9BBSB9seaas A NOBLE TEMPERANCE MARTYR,

Nine o'clock -"I Isi hand on my heart and forever the use or intoxlcatlag beveragea."

Ten a. m.—"No, thank yoo. I lay my band on my heart and forever forswear th» uae of intoxicating beveragea."

Eleven a. m.—"Nuck, drink, drink. Laid my ban' on m' heart's morn in,' an' forever forswore the xse of Intoxicating beveragea."

High noon.—"Norrabit. Laid my ban', on my heart'ah morning and frever forswore th' ass of intoxicating bever^ agesh." iji ^fwo p. m.—"Flrsh time doesbn'ty count, out 'sh morning istd m'—bio—? hand ommy heart, and forever for* swhore use of IntoxJ^lng^eveU^gj,^

Four p. m.—"Settumdpagaln laat time. Laymy ban' nomy—hie 1— heart, and fullever fotswear uge of intoxicated bellavagea."

Ten p. m.—" Lain rod, fill th' fuf—fuf— hid—fuf—flowing bo—ble I—owl! He'a jelly goo* fuf—feller! Leah felleverrt fab wear uge of tocksbicaded bevagel*

Eleven p. m.—" Wboop pee! I'm al' ri'! ^matter th you Nev' mind boo tab alius Alsep 1th 'em on. Lesh fever fsbwear hlc!—tocksh—fshwear tockshy—tocksb—tocksbead!—"

Tbe Dell strikes twelve. Mr. Duffy takea no note of time.

NOTBIKO in tbe Quaker City bss received more unlimited or well merited^ praise from Its gneste than the Oolonade Hotel, Philadelphia, for liberal manage-' meat and excellent ooorteey.

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