Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 February 1879 — Page 1

Vol. 9.—No 31

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

Town-Talk.

HANGING

Is getting to be quite popular. T. T. has noticed the change in public sentiment with a good deal of interest. It is but a very few years since the individual, the paper, or the pulpit having a word to say in defense of capital punishment was regarded in Terre Haute as a "relic of barbarism" of about the worst possible sort. About the time of the hanging of Morgan two clergymen, neither of them In the city now—had a tilt in their pulpits on the subject. The popular sympathy was very decidedly in favor of the bne opposing capital pun ishment. His sermon was published in full, while no report was made of the other, and the reason given by one of the best editors that ever wielded pen inTerw Haute—that is saying a great deal—was that his paper should never be used in any way to support such a barbarous custom as hanging. But now the papers are in for it. Even The Mail, if T. T. is not mistaken, has bad a •change come over it. At all events it is in favor of this penalty now. It fact this change has been very general, not only in this city and state, but throughout the ountry, and T. T. thinks, with good reason. It bad come to be a fact that murder, so far as penalty was con•cerned, was one of the safest crimes a man could commit. Not only could the wealthy manage to escape any penalty at all, but even when some poor devil who bad spent his entire life in crime was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung, no matter bow worthy bis victim, and no matter bow atrocious his crime, he at once became the pet of society, and was pitied as a poor victim, and heaven and earth were turned to secure a commutation of his sentence. •Consequently, juries, when they bad the power, generally sentenced to imprisonment forj|life and when a jury was found so far "behind the age" as to send to the gallows, or was by law compelled to do so, the sentence was generally •commuted. And imprisonment for life in this country averages seven years. But this

SICKLY SENTIMENTALISE

Is dying out, as it always will, under the influence of great am) frequent •crimes. When a community wakes to the fact that its best citizens are liable to be killed like dogs by a set of vagabonds, when such men as A. C. Mattoz and Dr. Armstrong are killed as they were without provocation and for the weakest motives, the people lose their interest in the palaver about "relics of barbarism," and sending "poor victims into eternity," and begin to think that eternity cannot have less use of them than this world has, and that if hanging is a relic of the dark ages, it is A

relic of darker ages still to let scoundrels kill honest men and go unwhipt of justice. Such murders as have become common in this city of late have toned up public sentiment, and the frequent and diabolical crimes common elsewhere have had a similar effect upon public sentiment generally. The time seems to have passed when society throws its arms about the murderer and begs that he may be spared. It seems perfectly willing to spare him, but not till the gallows are done with him. This revival of capital punishment and increased demand for it, comes from the instinct of sell-preservation. There is no use in blinking the fact that

SURE DEATH JS A rBKVHNTIVJE

Of crime. The Vigilance Committees of California brought order out of chaos by means o( it. It ia thejnsans by which Bocletv oa the ftotoder protects itself against the criminals who flock there. And wherever and whenever people come to feel strongly the need of eeifprotection they fall back upon capital punishment. There is no arguing away the belief of tht people that It is tift strongest defense against the worst crimes. Let every vagabond in this city or state know that as sure as he commits mcr4er, an£ i,t to fpnad jput, bis neck will stretch, fend many of them ill think twice before they commit the

»T ##*f&&

4'S-»*

VK "*81 WW^WSI" 1L t'l v'4"«* «w

(£.

M» l.il

L. .,

crime. Severity, certainty and promptness in dealing with crime are In the end the most merolful merciful to the criminals, beoause they deter him from orime, and merciful to society because they protect it against orime. T. T. believes, and always has, that the law of self-defense for individuals and society is justified by Instinct, reason, and the Bible. He also believes that the strongest protection against murder is capital punishment. Therefore, he says, let the murderers be hung promptly and surely. The less bungling the better. But if it can only be dono in a bungling way. still let it be done.

A Woman's Opinions,

HOW TO SELECT A WIFE.

Adam wa9 probably the only man who never received any advice upon this subject, but even he was not allowed to select his own wife. He was awakened jrom a deep sleep to find her ready-made and waiting for his approval and acceptance. It was indeed "Hobson's choice" with him. He wanted a wife there was but one woman on earth and he concluded to take her. So even down to this day, whenever a man devotedly loves he imagines the object of his affections to be "the only woman in the world." Those people who have been married some time feel competent to advise all others who contemplate matrimony, and the greater the number of wedding anniversaries they are able to count the greater weight they think ought to be given to their admonitions, and yet it is a well-known fact that widows and widowers, especially those of mature years, are more apt to make foolish matohes than any other class of people proving conclusively either that their advice is not sound or else that they do not themselves profit by it.

Of all the advice that is so freely offered, almost forced upon, the young men, how few of them accept or even consider it. The wisest precept of father or mother is flung to the winds by the sparkle of bewitcbi ng eyes or the blushes of conscious love upon the cheeks of some fair-faced girl. It is so bard to convince a youth that he will need any thing more substantial to eat than the nectar of her lips or that the fires of love will not be sufficient to heat the whole house and cook the meals or that white and dimpled hands may not be initiated into the mysteries of polishing shirts and sewing on patches.

Yet after all it seems a pity to disturb the romance of Love's Young Dream with such prosaic suggestions. There is a celestial atmosphere about this youthful passion, purer and finer and sweeter than any they ever breathe again. An honest love, returned by one equally true, lifts its possessor into another world of surpassing beauty which im prints upon the heart a divine memory that can never be effaced. Even after they have dropped back upon this dry and dusty sphere, the recollection of that brief sojourn among the clouds springs up In their toil-worn pathway as fresh and pure as a spring of sparkling water. But after a man has come back from that unreal country it need not follow that he finds nothing lovable or comforting here below. If bis has been a truly happy marriage he ought each day to discover new charms in his companion. There are so many noble women in the world that there would seem to be no excuse for men making such wretched mistakes as they do in selecting a wife.

Before offering any remarks in regard to this subject I must make an earnest protest against early marriages for men. I think I have considered the arguments in favor of this step, but they do not possess enough weight to justify any man in making the most important contract of bis life while be yet possesses only the immature judgment of youth. It is claimed that a man never saves any money while be is single and that he must feel the necessity of supporting his wife and family before be will attempt to aocumulate property. That may be, bat it always seemed to me right and proper that a young man should spend some years and some money in seeing the world and enjoying himself in a legitimate way. He is generally better contented to settle down and go to work after he has wearied of the frivolties of life and learned the value of Industry and close application to business. It has been said that a man should marry young to prevent his sowing that crop commonly called "wild oats," bnt I have often noticed that if a man is foreordained to sow tares and does not put in his seed early in life he will do it later, and when his hairs are gray and he should be a deaoon in the church and a shining light for his neighbors, he Is suddenly possessed with an unoontrollable desire to enter into the gayeties ay wickedness of the world to a degree that it is hard ,to tolerate in one so far advanced in years. But the great objection to be urged against early marriages is the marked change that takes place in our tastes as we approach years of maturity. Why, the man of twentyfive looks back with disdain on the girl he adored at sixteen and at thirty be

$T~*rf#~T!fFrirv* ipc&

Hi-MMr"r .'.i*' i}'j

4

^*}n»1» Yfc*,!} *i£ i?#

i.

M«uirtr *r' -ie.i

shOHld

V, T,« 1

will find that even the last five years have altered bis ideas in regard to womankind.

A man's career depends so much upon hi^wife, and the changes that are rapidly taking place in society render it more important now than ever before that a man should be extremely careful in his selection. Women are taking so prominent a part in the affairs of the world that a man may have some trouble in hiding his wife under a bushel, in case she does not suit him. In the first place, do not seek perfection. If a woman makes you believe she is entirely free from faults, depend upon it, she is perfect in one thing at least, the art of deception. Better make up your mind to find a few imperfections as a sort of counter-balance to the many you possess yourself. In selecting a companion who is to go with you through life, preside at your table, sit at your fireside, train your children and meet with all the trials and vicissitudes that may come to your household—first of all, study her disposition. By this I do not mean that she have a temper which is never ruffled. I do not admire those dreadfully amiable dispositions. They make lovable sweethearts but most wofully "slack" housekeepers. Their houses are topsy-turvy, their servants ill managed, their children slovenly and ungoverned, and, in the midst of it all, these amiable women sit and smile, serene and unmoved. But choose a woman with a well-controlled temper, reasonably firm, honorable, discreet, and moderately affectionate. A woman too cold cannot give the sympathy a husband needs, but one too demonstrative is apt to tire and annoy. Next, study similarity of tastes. If one is fond of books while the other cares nothing for them If one loves society while the other cares nothing for it if one is religious and the other skeptical, then the married life will not be happy. Before marriage it would seem an easy matter to yield to the wishes of the loved one, but as the years go by the natural stubbornness of each will assert itself and dissension and unhappiness will result. In the third place, seek for a good housekeeper. No home can be cheerful and happy unless it is well kept, and this depends upon the wife. Order is a gift from heaven. People are born with it, and it is as valuable as common sense. "A place for everything and everything in its place." The woman who can successfully carry out the golden rule in her household is entitled to the everlasting thanks of her family, for they can never know the comfort and peace of mind which depend upon its observance. Then a wife

know how to cook

well, as the health of the family is subservient to this knowledge. The hours of dinner, supper and breakfast should be the pleasantest of the day, which is impossible if the food be unpalatable and suggestive of dyspepsia.

Therefore in selecting a wife I would advise young gentlemen to keep these three qualifications in view: 1st. A good disposition 2d. Similarity of tastes, and 3d. Housekeeping ability. "But," says some perplexed and mystified lover, "how am I to ascertain all these things?" By keen and close observation.

Do as the old Quaker advised his boy. "My son, before marriage keep your eyes wide open after marriage keep them half shut." If your courtship is of the proper duration you oertainly can learn her disposition and tastes. You should be very particular to do so. It will be much more difficult to learn what kind of a housekeeper she will make. You cannot judge of a girl's neatness by her personal appearance. I could, this minute, mention twenty ladies whose toilets abroad are exquisitely neat, dainty boots, spotless cuffe, stylish hats, etc., and their rooms at home are scenes of dire confnsion, with each article of clothing just where it was thrown when taken off. I have often looked at these girls and wondered how anything so beautiful could come out from such a chaos. Do not judge by •rnaments of person, but while you are visiting these young ladies look about their homes and observe the order or disorder, and whether they contribute to the one or the ather. We can hardly expect girls with their school, music, oompany and various employments to enter the kitchen and go throngh a regular coarse of training, but cooking is a gift that is inherited and goes from mother to daughter. If the mother Is noted for her skill In oookery it will oome naturally to the daughter if anybody doubts this let him make observations among his acquaintances before he resobes a positive conclusion. By taking a few sooial meals with the family a gentleman ought to form some idea of the culinary skill of the mother, and it will be safe to assume that, with'.tfee same experience, the daughter will do equally as well.

If young gentlemen would only take a sensible view of these matters they would not so often find married life a disappointment and a captivity from which they long to escape. The man who marries for personal charms must expect, through the inexorable law of nature, to see these beauties fade away

fr"

*Vr

vi

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1.1879.»«j^,f,:

f, .Jpf" 1 iJ

ferfStif I*

ifoW"

with the coming years, but the graoes of mind and heart are infinite and eternal, lovelier even, and more perfect In mature womanhood than in capacious and inconsistent girlhood. Such is the wife that every earnest, thoughtful man should have, to walk by bis side through time and to the portals of eternity, to complete bis happiness and give the perfecting touches to an honorable Jj|e,

Scraps of Style,

AND SLICES OF GOOD MANFERS.

Much jewelery is vulgar. Do not smack while eating. Do not cut your nails in public. •, Do not run after famous people. Do not breath bard while eating. Cheese should be eaten with a fork. Serve vegetables on separate plates. Unsweetened coffe cures bad breath. Do not give mere friends costly presents.

A man's dress should not be remarkable. Short nails make the finger tips grow broad.

In going up and down stairs precede the lady. Girls who part their hair on the side look "fast."

Try to see yourself through the eyes of those around you. A formal call is long if it lasts over half an hour.

Never take bits out of your mouth with your hands. There is too much promiscuous kissing in this country.

Some men unpleasantly comb their mustaches at the table. A pink ribbon under the chin makes a pale woman look brighter.

Always take the last piece of anything —there is supposed to be more. The new bounet of the period is faced with fur. Probably chin-chiller.

Introduce the gentleman to the lady unless the gentleman is considerably the elder.

Unmarried ladies' cards are three and five-eighths by two inches. Cards for married ladies are three and seven-eighths by two and a half inches.-

Gentlemen's cards should be three and a quarter by one and five eighths inches.

Fashionable church weddings at San Francisco have violin and piano solos. You need not call on newly-married people, unless you are invited to the wedding or reception.

It takes a good deal of grief to kill a woman just after she has got a new sealskin sacque, says Andrews Bazar.

Very small figures, checks and stripes on white grounds, are the feature in the new spring calicoes and percales.

A double cape of heavy silk chenille, with tinsel thread twisted in the same, is the latest novelty for the neck in place of a scarf.

A Chicago paper says that "a young lady should never stretch her feet out in company." Very good advice, especially if her feet are long enough already.

Snake bracelets, winding several times around the arm, and having jewelled eyes, are among late novelties in jewelry and ornaments.

Square necks are much worn on low corsages. necks are also seen, but round, low necks are preferred by most young ladies for ball toilets.

The but of the passing moment is the equestrienne, in rough gray felt, banded with three narrow ribbons placed at intervals around the crown.

Jewelery for the hair and imitation jewelled ornaments for this purpose are seen in great quantities and variety in the jewelry and fancy stores.

Mummy oloths, rough surfaced cotton fabrios in all the fashionable shades for upholstery, are all the rage at the moment for portieres and window draperies.

For street wear, under all circumstances, a very simple dress, although it be a little shabby, is preferable to one more elaborately draped and trimmed that has lost its freshness.

Musical lace pins are small bugles, cornets, flutes, clarionets, flageolets, guitars, horns of all kinds, and sometimes an open musio book, with an enamelled bird singing on the lines of the bars of musio.

The fancy of the moment in short costumes Is a skirt and jacket of sealbrown cloth, the wrap also of the same in English coat shape, trimmed with a oollar, revers, cuffs, and pocket straps of fur seal.

Foot muffe for sleighs and open carriages are made of the head of a white or blade bear, or that of the tiger or spotted leopard, naturally mounted, with the nose, eyes, and ears well preserved, and lined with aheepakin*, with the wool well preserved.

1 HE BOUND BANCS. Bli Perkins in Cincinnati paper. "That dreadful round danoe, the new hug-and-jump waltz, is making the innocent blush all over New York. The Dosture could not be worse. The gentlman stands directly In front of the lady,

Eer

uts bis arm clear around her and bugs as close as a bear could hug a tree. Thus melted into each other's ih«»y go ho^around the room Uka a saw1

V-

*ic*9-

vi'"-"

-A--*

i-v'i.ii

KlffllH

W*4l

"She's an angel on toast," is the latest. Puck:—'The girl of to-day perfects her form and—stays so.

The averge woman doesn't take naturally to the toothpick as an article of diet. A New York lady, of fond disposition, has nineteen cats, each of a different shsde.

The coming woman has come at last, and she wants a dollar to help pay for the new carpct in the church.

We're heartily in favor of giving women the ballet, if they will agree to keep the sidewalks clear of snow.—Ex.

A Boston doctor says that ladies who wear cotton stockings through the winter, furnish the fli$t?qrop of bjqyiajs Jn the spring.

It is when a woman tries to whistle that the great glory of her mouth is seen without being heard very much.—Andrew's Bazaar. "Love and Marriage" is the title of the lecture delivered in Iowa by Miss Helen M. Righter, who "never was in love, and never was married."

The lower house of the Ohio Legislature has passed a bill allowing women to swear officially that is, to become notaries public. If the Senate ooncurs, and if the constitution, which confines office holding to the ruder sex, allows, the suppressed sex in Ohio will hereafter be able to join the army of notaries.

You can retain either your middle or maiden name after marriage, or both if you choose. After a second marriage you should drop your first married name. You should register at a hotel as "Mrs." A widow may have "Mrs." engraved on her door plate. It is courteous to find the place and offer a hymnbook to a stranger in your pew.—Harper's Bazar. "Poor Herbert Btowt wish you "did not have to slave so at that horrible store from morning till night!" said his wife, as, with a fond caress, she seated herself on her husband's knee, and gently stroked the auburn locks from his sloping brow. And the grave, stern man of business understood her at once, and answered: "Well, Susie, what is it —a bonnet, or what Go light on tne, for money is scarcer'n ever."

Mr. Nathon Lyon, of St. Paul, said that Misses Emma Faber and Mary Hendricks were too proud to stoop to the duties of farmers' daughters, and promised them each a 950 silk dress if they would drive or lead a cow through the streets of the Minnesota metropolis. Acoordingly at high noon Miss Faber took the cow in tow, with Miss Hendricks, armed with a broomstick, acting as rear-guard, and thus they escorted the animal down Third street, and earned their silk dresses. correspondent: It is well understood that half of Gen. Logan's popularity is due to the strong personal magnetism of his wife. On the evening of the reoeption she was worn out with anxiety and fatigue, and by no means looked her best, but she did not fail to give a tmile and pleasant word to every voter present. She is no longer a young woman, but young men and old are proud to wear her colors, and even her political enemies utter a fervent "God Bless Her" for her devotion to her husband's interests.

It seems to be finally settled that Mrs. Senator Bruce, though having a slight tint of oolored blood in her veins, is to be received in Washington society, and she has already been called upon by the wives of divers Senators and Judges of the Supreme Court. Her husband is a sensible man, and has achieved feme by attending striotly to his own business, and Mrs. Bruce will get along because she is educated, sensible and pretty. She dresses very handsomely, and at the theater, where she and the Senator axe often seen, creates qnlte an impression as she comes smiling down the main aisle to the best seats in the orchestra chairs, where they always sit.

Mary Ryan was one of the brightest and prettest girls in Columbus, Ohio. Her father, a police sergeant, was exceedingly proud of her, and did all in his power to aid her to sooial success. Her mother, on the oontrary, desired her to become a nun. Mary was reluctant to give up the pleasures of the world, but at last gave assent te her mother's project, and was sent to a convent in Ebensburg, Pa. Her father knew nothing of

€»?^T

Feminitems. .J*..,

3

A New Haven woman has petitioned for a divorce from her husband because he has no style about him. It is to be hoped for bis sake she will get it.

A charming young thing at a New York school examination, in reading her exercise before a large audience of parents, changed Keats' line, "A thing of beauty is a boy forever!"

r(

Mrs. Shoddy's views are interesting to those who are thinking about keeping a carriage. She says she has thought it all over, and come to the conclusion that brooches are almost too large that these 'ere coupons are too shut up, but that a nice, stylish pony phantom seems to be just the thing.

1*

Ninth Year

fl,f'v'«^! r%

her departure until she had gone. Then he was furiously angry. He fired five shots at his wife with a revolver, chased her out of the house with an axe in his bands, and started for Ebensburg, declaring that be would level the convent and kill everybody in it, except bis daughter.

THE NEW DANCE.

New York society has just started a new dance called the "Wave." Of coarse it will try to supplant the German. It has already made its way from New York to Washington. The ultra society people will give it quarters. We expect to see it waltzing this way before the season is past. A correspondent of the Chicago Times has this to say of the "Wave:" "Society just now—that is, the progressive element of Washington society —is very much interested and just a shade shocked by a new waltz that is just brought in from New York. This waltz is called the "Wave," and it is expected will supplant the popular Boston. The "Wave" is a most ungraceful dance. It is made up of hops instead of slides, and the vigorous hops necessary to a successful rendition of this waltz produce an impression upon the minds of spectators that savors a little of indecency. The "Wave," with its violent exertions and eccentric motions, is constantly bringing the bodies of the dancers into contact, and if one can judge from the blazing red color of both partners at the end of the several movements of this dance, the effect of the jostling into each other's arms is anything but moral. A dashing blonde young woman from New York has introduced the dance, which promises only to be fashionable in the branch of society that is inclined to be fast. The critical comments made by some of the spectators when this dance was first exhibited stamped its character. It is fashionable in New York, however, and it may have a run throughout this coun­

A

..

HOW TO LIVE AT A HOTEL. N. Y. CJor. Boston Journal. I was talking with a gentleman the other day who has spent nearly thirty years at a hotel in New York, hale, hearty, vigorous—outliving by a decade bis associates in hotel life. "Yes," he said, "I have outlived all my companions. Most of them were younger than myself, and gave promise of a much longer life. Their style of living ruined them. The bill of fare was large and

Jn

generous. They paid for what was it, and why not eat it? They began with soup and ended with nuts and raisins. Their diet palled on their palate. Vigorous oondiments were added to give weir food relish. Copious drafts of liquor were enjoyed. They lived a fast life, and had a fast life's reward. My style of living is entirely different. I regarded the hotel as my home, where I was to live for years. The spread was affluent, but my living was simple. I changed my soup daily. I confined myself to one kind of meat, and changed it every day. The dessert was varied enough to give me seven new oourses a week. Sometimes I had coffee, sometimes tea, sometimes milk, and then occasionally water. My associates were always ailing, always in need of the doctor. The hotel's physician made me a friendly call occasionally I have not sent for him in twenty-five years. I have seen many a.man eat himself out of house and home. I have followed many an associate to the grave who died from over-eating and a bad digestion. I am here, hale and hearty, with a decade longer to live." 1 ..v

HOW TO PL A OO TO ALB AN Y." The players sit in a row, and the first say:

"1

am going on a journey to Al­

bany," or any place beginning with an A. The one seated next to her says: "What shall you do there?" The verbs and nouns in the answer mnst begin with the same letter^ and so on through the alphabet. The one who asks the question, "What will you do there" continuing the game. But as an example is better then any directions, we will relate to you how a party of children played it:

Ellen—I am going on a journey to Albany. Louisa—What shall yon do thero

Ellen—Ask for apples and apricots. Louisa—(To her next neighbor.) I am going to Boston.

Frank—What will you do there Louisa—Buy bonnets and bnns. Frank—I am going to college. Susan—What will you do there?

7

Frank—Cut capers. Susan—I am going to Dover. Sarah—What will you do there Susan—Dress dolls. .r */. S a ah I am go in to E Russel—What will you do there? Sarah—Eat eggs. Russel—1 am going to Fairhaven. Grace—What will you do there Russel—Feed fawns with frogs. Grace—I am going to Greenbuah., 'r Howard—What will you do there Grace—Give gold to girls. Howard—I atp going to Hanover. Sarah—What will you do there Howard—Hunt with hounds' and horses.

The party goes through the alphabet in the above manner, whoever can not answer readily,' after due time is allowed, must suffer some penalty.

WHEN TO EATFBUIT.

*HKl

Suggestions Worth $oting,

Prolt Recorder?1

The S pa is ha it it Is

gutleadinn

olden the morning, silver at noon, at night." Americans do not seem to have heard of this proverb, nor to have one of their own experience. Mostly they eat fruit at night, and hence have not the sovereign idea of it that they would have if they had eaten it at more proper times. They eat it at dessert for dinner. This may be the most proper time to eat dried fruits, but it is not the right time to eat juicy ones. The Spanish People learned their proverb from eating the very iuiey fruits, like oranges. They should be eaten in the morning, a little before dinner—not later than noon. Early in the day they will, if eaten, prove to be the best possiin or he

Sfit