Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 March 1879 — Page 1

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Vol. 9.—No 38.

THE MAIL

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SECOND EDITION.

Town-Talk.

HOCSKKBKPINO."

"Indeed, she herself was accustomed to think that entiie freedom from the necessity of behaving agreeably was Included in the Almighty's intention about families."

The article on Housekeeping In The Mail of last week, by Capt. Potter, like all the productions of its gifted and voluminous author, was thoroughly Biblical, and, except in its humorous parts, was pervaded by a deep tone of piety, It also was marked by the usual comprehensiveness of the author, who prefers, in literature, to employ the shotgun rather than the rifle. But while at the first reading there seemed to be omitted no subject connected with the family, except possibly housekeeping yet, on the second reading, T. T. found no allusion to the subject touched upon in the quotation above, taken from Oeorge Elllot'8 writing*, a«d therefore felt free to write

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bly" wis one of the privileges of the family olrole. If a lady chances to drop a fan or handkerchief in the parlor, a half dozen men, or all in the circle, uiiore or less, make a dash for it, and it is returned most politely by the successful contestant. She must not be allowed the painful effort of picking it up. But in the family every one of those models of politeness would allow their aged mother, or their sister, or wife, to engage in almost any drudgery without an offer to relieve her, not only allow it, but expect it. Very likely the fellow who sprung the quickest and was sueoessful in recovering the article dropped, and returned it with so many bows end smirks, the very next morning, when his own wife gently suggests that according to Capt. Pother, "The wife should feel It her duty to be in bed, until the husband is out

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gone" to build the fire, will roll over with a growl and commence snoring •gain. He would rush to pick up the fan for a woman out of the ivnily, but his wife can build her own tirti*, for she belongs to the family. At the depot a man and woman came into the cars, and, as there were no vaoant seats, a polite young fellow rose and offered to go into another seat, and allow the pair to sit together, when tho man said, "Ob, never mind, we're married." And T. T. has seen any quantity of men whose entire treatment of their wives indicated "O, never mind, were married." And by the by, it isn't always the man alone who shows this spirit. At a party a few evenings since, T. T. saw a lady drop her fan and her husband picked it up and gave it to her, and she never even acknowledged the £av'or by nod or look, but continued her conversation as if nothing had happened, as much as to say, "We're married and its his business." Now T. T, believes that "behaving agreeably" in the family is a part of that comprehensive "housekeeping" treated so ably in the article last week. No doubt it is the wife's duty to have the meals promptly, as suggested, or to do her best toward accomplishing that end, and when she fails, it is the duty of the husband to behave as amiably about the failure as he would if it was another man's wife who failed to come to time. Too often he makes things "blue" in his own home if dinner is not on time, and is lavish of excuses when another woman compels him to wait for his dinner.

According to Mr. Potter, morality, religion and Sabbath observance belong to good housekeeping. They do belong to family training, without doubt. And nothing so weakens man or wdsaan's power to instruct sucoessfully in these as "freedom from the necessity of behaving agreeably" in the family. A drunkard can teach temperance just as well as a fretting, fuming, soolding, and disagreeable man or woman can teach the law of right and the goepel of love.

And as for the Sabbath, the effort to teach its observance by putting into it everything disagreeable, and excluding everything agreeable, will prove a failure. T. T. was in a family where there were two little girls. When breakfast came they both had coffee. That was their Sunday indulgence. If people would only study to find pleasant things to permit the children on Sunday, instead of making it a day of denials, it would be observed better than it is, and the instruction proper for the day would be given more successfully. Besides, if something is done in the family that one does not approve, the way to stop it is not by being as disagreeable as possible. In fact, disagreeable people and disagreeable ways do not help morality, religion, or anything else good. If there is one' place where, above all others, men and women should feel that they are never "free from the necessity of behaving agreeably," it should be in the family. If one needs must be a snapping dog, or a growling bear, or a selfish hog, somewhere, let it be anywhere but at home. If there are to be kind words, polite attention and self-denial in but one place, let that place be in the family.

A Woman's Opinions,

I understand a number of the "sisters" are highly indignant over the remarks, in last week's Mail, about gossiping. I Ihink, myself, there is one fault, at least, to be found with them,—they were not half severe enough. This column does not claim to preaoh, teach, lecture or even give advice but only to express opinions which are by no means infallible and are always open to criticism. I am, unfortunately, responsible for what I say and, for that reason, cannot say many things I would like to. In this respect my friend Town Talk has muoh the advantage of me, for, having been able to preserve his incogniio, be can ausail high and low, rich and poor, hold them up on the end of his fish-line for the public to see them squirm and then drop them into the basket, while the poor victims, whose weaknesses he has exposed cannot even have the melancholy satisfaction of saying, "your'e another," because, as they are not acquainted with the old gentleman, how can they tell whether he really is "another"?

A young man in the city says he will stop reading these articles if I don't quit writing about women, and a married lady friend comes to the rescue and says she don't see how I «an help it for they are such fruitful subjects.

I confess to a particular interest in the sex I like to study their habits, their caprices, their peculiarities I grieve over xh^s'i mistakes and rejoice over their successes, and, feeling such an interest in their welfare, it is not surprising, when I sit down for this little weekly chat, that it naturally includes something about them. This Is my apology, If an apology is necessary, and perhaps an additional reason may be found in the fact that women lovo to talk about one another. Therefore, to proceed.

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That after all which has been said in the papers with regard to ladies taking only one side of the crossing, they persist in occupying both it is universally done, and I think any gentleman would be justified in taking one side and maintaining his right to it, even if a pair of French kid boots did have to step into the mud. Kid has no rights which calfskin is bound to respect in such cases. Then, there is not one woman in twenty who pays the least attention to the injunction "Turn to the right, ms the law directs."

A couple of gentlemen, who have plenty or leisure to study human nature, told me that they bad sat for hours on the stone steps leading up to the Commercial College, for the purpose of making observation*, and that only two per oent of the women turned to the right upon meeting anyone. Of the remainder

part insisted on the privilege of the inside of the walk, and the rest dodged around in an irresponsible sort of away till they at last suoceeded in getting past without a direct collision. When gentlemen pass and repass on the streets, there is not the slightest difficulty, for each follows the simple rule, "Turn to the right but when one meets a lady, be must begin making observations at a distance of several yards, to see which side of the walk she intends to take, and even then be must proceed very slowly for she may change her mind at the last moment, and cause an embarrassing accident. Where is the sense in ladies claiming the inside of the pavement, and thus causing so much annoyance Another charming habit of the fair creatures is what might be termed

OURBSTOWB SHOPPIXO.

Every merchant knows what this is, but be dares not remonstrate or be might lose some of bis influential customers. A couple of ladles drive up to a dry goods store and stop then, instead of one alighting, while the other remains in the buggy to hold the reins, they both sit still and wait presently

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the expected salesman steps ont and is told they wish".to look'^at some dress goods he Immediately proceeds to bring forth the contents of the store bolt after bolt is carried out and back again, until at last the ladles, utterly exhausted with the effort of looking at suoh a variety, fall back languidly upon the buggy cushions and say they will call again, while the clerk wipes off his perspiring brow, and carries the rest of the stock back into the store, to find that standing bareheaded in the wind has given him the worst oold he ever had. A short time ago, I went into one of our largest shoe stores, and found the proprietor himself busily engaged with some curbstone customers. I waited till he oame In with an armfull of shoes, while the ladles drove off. Upon counting, we found he had oarried out seventeen pairs of shoes, half of whiob she had tried on her ohlld, while the merchant stood in the gutter and waited, and finally refused to take any, because threes were too small and threes and a half too large! This Is a positive fact, and the gentleman assured me that it was not by any means an unusual 00ourrence.

When ladies oan drive up to a store and ask the clerk to matoh a sample or exchange a pair of shoes or execute some commission which can be done in one trip there is no objection to it, but where, from simple indolence end because it is a little trouble to alight, they will require a salesman to engage in a walking matoh for their benefit, it indicates a heartless and unfeeling disposition, and is no mark of good birth or breeding.

RAINY DAT COSTUMES.

On one of these dark, chilly, rainy March days everything and everybody looks gloomy and disagreeable, and now, above all times in the year, does the slovenly woman show to the greatest disadvantage. She is distasteful enough at all times, but never so muoh so as when viewed among the uncomplimentary surroundings of mud and rain. If women must go upon the streets when it is raining, let them prepare for it before leaving home, nor in order to do this is it necessary to make one's self look frightful. First, protect your feet with rubbar overshoes. Nothing displays a weaker mind than to see a lady picking her way along the sidewalks, ruining her shoes and her health because rubbers make her feet look large and she won't wear them. Next, let the dress be short. This advioe might seem superfluous, but if you will take the pains to notice you will find that it is not. Very few ladies, not one in a thousand, can lift a train gracefully at any time, and it is very ludicrous, wbeu the sidewalks are oovered with mud, to see a woman grasping her skirts with one hand, clutching an umbrella with the other, dropping her parcels in the water, running against half the people she meet?, and floundering about till she reaches her journey's end. Again, what can be in worse taste than a white skirt on a muddy day, or rather, a skirt which was white when its owner left her.dresslng room Every lady who Is obliged to be out a great deal in bad weather should have a gossamer circular, impervious to water, yet so light it can be rolled up and put in one's pocket. Avoid nodding plumes, streaming veils and delicate gloves. It is impossible not to wonder what beoomes of some of these women when they reach home. Do they go around to the back door and wait till some of the family brings them dry clothes, or do they take their soiled skirts and muddy shoes in upon clean carpets? Rubber overshoes, a short dress, a well fitting cloak, a neat, dark bat and an umbrella will render any woman not only comfortable, but presentable upon a rainy day, and when she arrives home she has nothing to do but lay aside her wraps and she is fit to enter the parlor, nor will she have to spend half a day in removing from her garments the traces of her walk. I feel as if I were almost inexcusable for introducing so trivial a subject in this oolumn, but sitting half an hour by a Main street window a few days ago daring a steady rain, I could not but notice how totally unprepared for such weather nearly all of the ladies who passed seemed to be, and the great disadvantage under which they labored in consequence, and so have ventured to suggest that they exercise a little more taste and judgment in the selection of their rainy day oostumes.

THE TBU1H FOB TWO.

New Orlaans Times.

Speaking of women dauaing on the stage reminds us of a story about Mrs. Saxon and Dr. Holoombe, than whom no staider, steadier man ever drew the breath of life. It was when Lydia

if he is Dr. Holoombe, bat when he found that Mia. Saxon occupied the •eat in front of him at one of these performances be thought some excuse for his presence was nsoessary, so he leaned over and mid to the lady, "Just remark ber wonderful expressive countenance. I came here to watch the play of her features." "You did! did yon?" cried Mrs. Saxon, "and I came to watch the play of her legs."

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1879.

Feminitems.

"Pinafore" bonnets are ripe and In the market. Embroidering piano oovars is litest whim of Boston ladies.

Ann Elisa Toung says the women in Utah are child-bearing slaves. Mrs. Lome wants Queen Victoria to come to Canada and try sliding down bill.

It is said that one may do almost anything now, except wear a one-button glove.

When a women declares she thinks the short walking costume is horrid, just look at her feet.

Mrs. M. C. Williams has succeeded ber husband as President of the State National Bank, of Raleigh, N. C.

Miss Lavlnla Goodell and Miss Angle King have formed a partnership for the praoticeof law in Janesville, Wis.

six women lawyers In the United States, There are nearly forty. There is a young lady in this city who goes by the name of "Earthquake" among the boys, because she has "shaken" so many of them.

The latest idea in jewelry Is for young ladies to fasten a gold coin by a short, light chain, to one of their finger rings— we don't know what they call the style, but we suggest "dangles" would be a good name.

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than it is for a young woman in a fur-lined silk cloak to walk along without letting it flap open just a little, to show that the fur is more than mere border.

Poor, young thing. She fainted away at the washtub, and her pretty nose went kerslop into the soapsuds. Some said it was overwork others, however, whispered that her beau peeped over the back fence and ualled out: "Hullo, there, Bridget, is Miss Alice at home?"

Every girl who passes through the Boston schools, now receives three years' instruction in various kinds of needlework, and is capable of being an expert seamstress. It is said that the benefits resulting from this instruction are seen in the improved appearance of the children's olothing in the schools, and are felt in thousands of homes.

When a woman spends three hours in a hot kitohen, and roasts ber brains out, almost, in preparing a tempting and appetizing dinner for ber husband, to which he sits down without a word of commendation, and replies, when asked how he likes his dinner, "Oh, it will do!" the tired out wife doesn't feel encouraged to waste muoh time on his supper.

Woman's Words has this paragraph on skilled labor "After all, it doesn't so much signify what you do, aa that you do it well. The value of skilled la bor is estimated on a democratic basis now-a-days. President Eliot of Har vard University, the 000k in the Parker House restaurant, and Mary L. Booth, editor of Harpers' Baxar, each receives |4,ooo."

She is young, pretty and married. She never told a lie—not she. But when out shopping, the other day, after putting the salesman to no end of trouble in taking down and showing the goods, until the counter looked like a South American city the day after an earth* quake, she turned away with the remark, "Well, the lady didn't authorise me to purohase nbe only asked me to see if you had it 1" And this from the Hps of one who apparently only needs wings to be an angel. }.,*

When Belva A. Lock wood appeared before the bar of the Supreme Coart the unususl sound of applause is said to have resounded throughout the court room. Her appearance is thus described by an eye witness of the scene. Mrs. Lock wood presented herself before the bar with uncovered head, wearing an elegant but plain costume of black velvet, with dainty ruches at the throat and wrists, and a gold pin of tiny scissors and thimble in the bow at ber neck.

This is the way in which a Louisville girl disposes of a young man, according to the Courier-Journal: She says: "You have asked me pointedly if I oan marry you, and I liave answered you pointedly that I can. I can marry a man who makes love to a different girl every month. I oan marry a man whose main occupation seems to be to join in gauntlet In front of churches and theatres, and comment audibly on the people who are compelled to pass through it. I oan marry a man whose only means of support is an aged father. lean marry man who boasts that any girl can be won with the help of a good tailor and an expert tongue. loan marry such a man, but I w—o-n-t !"fe

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Ladies wear gentlemen's scarf pins as well as their collars, coats, vests, and—, but no, only a few married women wear the ahem!

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TWO OF THEM.

In the farmhouse porch the farmer sat, With his daughter having a cozy chat She was his oaly child, and he Thought her as fair as a girl oould be. A wee bit Jealous, the old man grew, If he fancied any might come to woo His one pet lamb ana her loving care He wished with nobody else to share.

"There should be two of you, child," said he—1 '-There should be two to welcome me When I come home from the field at night Two would make the old homestead bright. There's neighbor Gray, with his children four. T« be glad together. Had I one more, A. proud old fat her I'd be, my dear, With two good children to greet me here."

Down by the gate 'neath the old elm tree Donald waited alone and she For whom be waited his love call heard, And on either cheek the blushes stirred. "Father," she said, and knelt her down, And kissed the hand that was old and brown— "Father, there may be two, if you will, And 1—your only daughter still.

"Two to welceme you home at night Two to make the old homestead bright I—and somebody else." "I see," Bald the farmer and whem Jmay 'somebody' be?" Oh, the dimples in Bessie's cheek, That played with the blushes at hide-and-

Away from his gaze she turned her head, "One of neighbor Gray'a children," she said.

"H'ra!" said the farmer, "make it plain Is it Susan. Alice or Mary Jane Another kiss on the aged hand. To help the farmer to understand (?).

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It's two for yourself and one for me." But Bessie said, "There can be butone For me and my heart till life is done." —Harper's Weekly.

SPRING FASHIONS.

What Men Will Wear When the Frost Leaves Us.

New York Evening Post.

In the new spring styles of clothing no startling innovations, novelties or changes are noticeable. In suitings there is, of course, a leaning toward lighter colors. An attractive variety of mixed goods for every day wear is provided, and cloths of subdued shades and patterns are provided for middleaged persons. Men's coats are growing tighter, while their trousers are growing looser. In the newest full dress evening

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gentlemen's suit the cloth is rolled very the lappels are of good width the skirts are narrow and long, and the edges of the coat are bound with silk cord. The vest is of the same material as the coat, or of wliite satin. The latter is the novelty this year.

In business suits five buttoned single breasted sick coats will prevail. Last autumn a four buttoned sack coat was the proper thing. The sack coats worn this spring will button very high in the neck, and the vest will match. The four buttoned Newmarket cutaway suit, close fitting coat and large trowsers, will probably be preferred by many. In England the ooats and vests of these suits are made of one material and the trousers of another. The skirts are shorter behind, and are not cut away so much in front. In midsummer fine black and white and blue and white English checkered goods will be made up into loose fitting suits. Scotch goods will, as usual, constitute the bulk of the material for spring and early summer business suits. The best of the patterns already to be seen are invisible checks, small checks, stripes, mixed stripes or mottled.

The latest block for silk hats for gentlemen produces a jaunty looking affair with a slight bell crown about nix and Beven-eighths inches deep. The brim Is only slightly rolled. Stiff felt hats will be worn more than ever before. The latest shape, which has a tight rolling brim ana a crown square across the center, and a little higher than the Derby of last autumn, is either black or dark brown. Soft felts perfectly plain, of one piece of cloth, with a sample oord for a band, will have a moderately large sale.

A QUESTION OF DAMAGES.

Some lawyers take very practical views of cases in which they are retained. In a certain town in Missouri, Squire was defending a obarge of malpractice. A colored man was suign for damages, his wife having died shortly after an operation for the removal of canoer. When it came Squire 's turn 0 cross examine the plaintiff, he asked: "Mr. Wilson, bow old was your wife when she died "About forty-five, sir?" "Been in feeble health a long time, had she not, Mr. Wilson, and cost you a great deal for medicine and help?""Yes sir?" "You have married again, have you not?" "Yes, sir." Ml "How old is your present wife "About thirty-five, sir." "Is she stout and healthy, Mr. Wilson uyM «|r." 'fc "Then, Mr. Wilson, will you please state to this jury how you are damaged in this case?"

Mr. Wilson had evidently never taken this view of the matte, and oould make no snswer. The good and- true men thought he bad made rather a good thing by his bereavement, and brought in a verdict for the defendant.—Editor's Drawer, In a Harper's Magazine for

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Baltimore News.

The spirit of tb« age is for condensation, the lopping off of superfluities, a boiling down to the essence, to a sort of solid extract by distillation. The days of expansion, inflation, and diffusion are past, and compression has become, if not a necessity, a desideratum in the expression of our thoughts, whether

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or tne press. The man or woman who would gain the attention of the busy world and impress a lesson must teach briefly and pointedly. Humanity is restless—more so now than in the past— in the pursuit of wealth and pleasure, and tbey have, or think they have, little time to spars. Hence he who would impress them most photograph his thougnts upon thsir minds with rapidity, and indelibly. Impressive brevity only can accomplish this. If It be laoklng, failure is almost oertain.

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Madison Courier.'^

Old Bodkin likes a game: '6f euohre, but be is suoh an inveterate narrator of

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incidents that he often makes unpleasant for others by tr spin a yarn at the same time other evening he began a story just as be and three others sat down to play a social game. He said, "It w&s in 1849 that a family by the name of Oobbins emigrated from Greenbury oounty, Va. —cut for deal—to the glorious West— shucks, I never could cut anything bigger than a ten spot. There were seven in the family three glrla and four boys, The girls were bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked—I pass—graceful gazelles, and two of tbe boys were big enough to handle their axes and rifles—d'ye turn it down? I'll make it clubs—and could help their father a right smart chance—an ace beats a king every time. Play on a heart. They wound slowly over tbe Alleghanies, and finally in May, '49, crossed the Ohio Valley—good enongh! hearts better 'n trumps, but I haven't any left—heading straight for Arkansaw,intending to make that Territory—hold on! you don't play that on us, my partner trumped tbe last trick— their future home—take it up best we've got, lead, partner, according to Hoyle. They got away out there in the wilderness, and tbe weather was pretty hot—that's it I Now we will come the cross-lift on 'em 1 play on that bower 1 One evening they stopped near where a spring gushed up—that makes us a couple more! dog my picture if it wouldn't be a good joke if we oould skunk 'em tbe first time. They thought it would be a good plaoe to camp, and the old man unhitched the horse—well, what a foolish play that was of mine: it let 'em have one on our deal—and one of the boys ran to tbe spring to get a drink—pass—it was one of the hot springs—play, captain, don't be so undecided—and when be touched his lips to tbe water—that's our triok—ne bounced up and yelled to tbe old man —whose ace is that eh I'll salivate it with a trump—yelled to the old man, 'hitch up and drive on, dad. Hell's not half a mile from here!' How did you come by these points? Seems to me you're good counters, if you can't play much. Well, sir, it had the effect to— diamonds? haven't any: pass—change the q}d man's opinion of Arkansaw, and —what led? Spades? Have a little one—he started across the wilds for Oregon."

Thus old Bodkin oontinued the same narrative through thirteen games, and when the party arose from tbe table at ten o'clocK, Bodkin had the Qobbins ,y out beyond the alkali desert in the sage brush, with their

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horses stolen and two of the girls captured by Indians, tbe boys following tbe Piutes with their rifles, and tbe old woman a raving maniac. And yet the story was not more than half completedwhen the party walked off on narrator.

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HOW MEN LOCK DOORS.

Thore is something curious about tbe way a man closes up a house for the night. A woman will secure all tbe doors in the house in ten minutes and spend twenty minutes in taking down her back hair, and getting her frizzes ready for morning. The man of the house having no back bair to take down and no frizzes to put up, spends his time in closing up the house. He begins at the baok door and locks and bolts all the doors from that to the front door. Then he takes off his ooat and collar. By that time one of his children wants a drink of water and he has to unlock one of the doors to get it. Then he locks the door carefully, goes bsck and takes off bis vest and winds up his watch or clock, as the case may be. His wife suddenly calls out from among the bed clothes—it being the winter season— and asks her liege lord to make another expedition to the kitchen and see if the pancake batter is liable to rise in its might and overflow the dish. He unlocks two more doors and makes a tour of inspection. All is well. He removes his stockings, warms bis feet and proposes to retire. Suddenly be is overcome with the conviction that the rear door is not locked, and away he goes barefooted over the oold floor of the kitchen and woodshed. By the time he reaches the woodshed door he is uncertain whether any of the doors are locked, and be makes the grand rounds again. All is secure. He removes his pantaloons, blows out the light and Is just about to lie down when his wife suddenly bethinks herself that the girl probably forgot to put the milk pail out. and away be goes again in a huff and white and flowing garments. Before he gets bsck to bed again be steps on two marbles and a sharp piece of tin which the children have left on tbe floor. At last be gets between tbe sheets and lies him down to pleasant or horrible dreams —be is never sure wbioh it will be. As ]£orpheus gobbles him up and is about to take him to tbe land of Nod, the brilliant thought that tbe hired girl is out flashes athwart his brain, and he gets up and nnlocks tbe kitchen door. In exactly one hour and eleven minutes from the time he begins preparations to retire he is in bed for good and one of the doors still unlocked. He says softly but solemnly to himself that he'll be blowed if he'll undertake to lock the doors again if robbers surround tbe house four deep. But tbe next night he repeats tbe performance, by special reqieat-

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Detroit Free Press.

The Colored Men's Whitewashing Association of Detroit have reported the following new schedule of brioes for spring and summer work: For whitewashing a common ceiling without spilling any lime on the carpet, 35 cents for putting a chromo-centre in a ceiling, 75 cents for imitating any of tbe historical paintings in the national Capitol with' whitewash and yellow ochre, 91 extra for wall and fence whitewashing, |2 per day. Where the white washer gets around in time to eat breakfast With tbe family, a reduction of 5 per cent, will be made from the above figures.

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as nice as new all tne time, wash the IIIUO W WW waawwf isinglass occasionally. You will more heat from your stove, too, if isinglass is clear,—M. C. S.

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