Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 August 1879 — Page 2

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

TBRKE HAUTE, AUG. 88, 1ST9

TWO TEDITIOKS

Of this P^per are published. The Kiltsr EDITION, on Friday Evening, aw* a large circulation in the surroundiug town «, where It is sold by newsboys and

I.£fStS.

ihe tJKCOND EDC HON, on Saturday Evening, *n lub i.ve bands of nearly every retiring pw-*a the city, and the tormers of tnl* iuiniedUttj vicinity. every Weeic'a imie Is, In lac,,

T** NEWSPAPERS,

In which a'i A tvertlsementa appear for TtLE PRI & UK ONE ISSUE.

BURNT CORK.'

SOMETHING ABOUT THE BlRTH AND GROWTH OF AMERICAN NEGRO MINSTRELSY.

A ttW O? TT3 MEN WHO HAVE MADE SVSK FORTUNES IN THE BUSINESS.-'-'*"

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Ind. Journal.

"My ole missus an' one or two mo' Will nevah get to heaven till dey jump Jim Crow."

These senseless words .form the first couplet of the old song -'Jim Crow," and from its production in Louisville in 1835 dates American negro minstrelsy. In the year named Henry L. Schoolcraft, an actor, wrote the lines, which were set to muaic, and the song was rendered by himself, forming part of his "business" in a drama then holding the boards. One night Schoolcraft was missing. He had run 'away with a beautiful Louisville belle whose rich and aristocratic Darents bad frowned on the young actor and repelled bis advances. Schoolcraft's part was taken by Mr. Rice, afterwards known the country over as '-Jim Crow" Rice, or "Daddy R!c?. He was an artist in his way, and imitated the plantation "nigger" to perfection. There was aomelutog in his delineation of the character and in the jingle of Jim Crow that took with the people, and he at ono made a great hit. For live or six years Rice traveled with a circus, singing in every pirt of the United States, leaving a train of imitators wherever be went. Thu'j be became virtually the "daddy" minstrelsy. Joseph Harper contend«ed with honor, bat the popular verdict accorded the distinction to Rice, who /held It to his death. ,uS-i

PBVKLOPAt E'T OF MINSTRELSY. Then came Joe Sweeny, the original »anJo layer. The banjo of '37 was ot tioo.Jedly primitive construction. It wn« ntm"'"' »«»urd with the mside6 Hcooped im. «ud strings stretobed across, it was called a gourd or dug out at that lime, and was something of a novelty dn the way of a musical instrument. Between 1835 and 1844 a dozen or more performers in the Jim Crow line occupied the attention of the public. They traveled around giving entertainments saparaiely. some of tbeui making profitable hits. In 1844 Joe Sweeney, Dick Pelbam, Billy Whitlock, George Howe, the left handed violinist, and Barney Williams, subsequently celebrated as a comedian, gave a performance in Chataoi Theater, New York, on the occasion of a benefit to Pelhaui. This was the lirat time a unU-n show had been given, and the success that attended tbe venture suggested tbe idea of a band of minstrels. The men named accordingly joined fortune*, and went abroad, playing with indifferent success in England. Pal bam and his associates fell out, and tbe band broke up md returned to America.

In the meantime tbe original "Serenades" orgauized under tbe management of James Dumbleton. In this band were Gil Pelbam Arlington, White, Stanwood, Germon, and others, many of who sufcseqmntly made fortunes in the business. The Sbrenaders went to England and played to immense audiences. In 18»5 E. P. CDrisiy's band was formed. The band was composed of only Ave persons, namely: E. P. and George Christy, R. M.-Hooley. Thomas Horn and "Bill" (Wm. A) Porter. Christy's baad made a tour of tbe West ern states. A successful foreign tour was then made, and to this day nearly all the minstrel combinations abroad are Oilled Christy Mi nereis. Up to this time there was no "first part," programmes constating wholly of imitations of the plantation darky. Dumbleton originated the idea or devoting a share of the show to the "dandy darky of the North and from this grew the first part that now forms on of the most Interesting features of a minstrel show. Minstrelsy had a great ruu up to the beginning of the war, and In that period the Virginia Harmonists, Sable Harmonists, Boston Harmoniums, Virginia Serenaders, Buckley's New Orleans baud, Bryant's Minstrels, Hooley ik Campbell'* band, and Hooley's Minstrels were am ng leading burnt cork combinations. pRtunNAt. aaeouuScrisNjj,

The sketch above embraces In brief the

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tory of tb* .iwvHopmeut of n»»gr mln#{f*l*y upn» within a lew years, given hurriedly »y R. M. Hooley and Luke Schoolcraft iu a conversation with a Journal reporter Both of the gentlemen have twen Identifltft) with the pro lesslon near Iv all their live*, the first named being*aa original mlustrel, and Mr S-shooleraft, a sou of the author of Jim Crow, mvtug spsn'. twenty years ,on tbe stag" as a delineator of negro character. None are: better qualified for tbe historical rot* than they. Thev are full of ret»h»l*eeuoes, aud a volume could b«s written «f Amusing Incident® that have come under their notice. Mr.

Hooley recall* with interest tbe good old days of vrben be traveled through this part of tho country as a "nigger singer?' Then the wardrob* of a mmotrol consisted of a checked shirt, a eneeked pair of pautaloons, and a wig. K%ch carried his w*rdmh«« in a baadana baud kerchief, and his entire bag«rag* waa lugged about in a small leather bag. Iu ihvm davs a 950 house was immense. The salaries of the performer* averaged |30 per month, and the daily expenses of a baud seldom ex -'ears rm«

oseded a day. Thlrtv-tour ago Mr. Hooley took part In a perfb JUJH la this city, being on* of a band of five, To day is at the head of the larcest combination on tbe road, fl'tyKnei being on his pay roll. His dally expenses are #400. Though known la later years oMrtj a theatrical manager, Mr. Hooley has probably made more money oat ol minstrelsy than any man living with perbai* one cleared over

exception, having cleared over 1900,000 with his troupeln Brooklyn, between 1862 and 1969. Then he removed to

1AM CHLOAGO'and loat the big end of his for iuneln the gr*U fire. He Is still "on the turf," however, and In the soopeand wvv

genius of his operations rivals Jack Haverly. He can be excused for Indulging in a little self gratnlation.

FORTUXXS MADS AMD LOST. Of all tbe minstrels wboaf nanMS bays gone into hlstory, BiHy Mannloijf ranks first. He waa an artist, ana bit pro Regional brethren accorded Blw the honor of leadership. Billy Mantling lias ope of those who made great fortunfe o«* of minstrelsy, bis earnings having exceeded a quarter of a million dollara. But he was unfortunate Iri his domestic relations, and went to all sort* of excesses, dying a pauper three or tour yean ago. He burned nia life out as quickly aa he could—and who can blame him? His career may bo likened to that of Lucille Western, the sad story of whose wrecked life fills a mournful page in the history of the American drama.

Buckley made a large amount of money with his New OrTeaua Minstrels, but he oonldn't hold it. Dan Bryant, too, reaped a rloh pecuniary reward for his work, having made over 1300,000 in a few years. An extravaggnt family and a careless, happy go-lucky wsy of doing business ruined him and brought him to a poor man's grave. Allen, Arlington, Lew Benedict, Kelly A Leon, Sam Purdy and a dozen others, made and spent fortunes. But of all the performers, Billy Emerson has, In sll likelihood, made the most money, his earnings approximating 1500,000. Of this vast sum very little has stuck to his fingers. He has always been prodigal in Hia expenditures, and the bulk of his fortune has been "blown in," to use a sporting phrase, as fast as it reaches his hands. Emerson is one of the most graceful men on tbe stage, and, when be was at his best, possessed a voice of rare sweetness. He now siDgs with great effort, and his voice has lost its freshness and flexibility, but still his name is an attraction, and he continues to coin money. Emerson may be classed as nearly as great an artist as Manning. There is something in tbe association and name that has always made it next to impossible for a negro minstrel to save money. No very high order of talent is required to make a passable minstrel, tbe gift of mimicry being tbe chief qualification, aud it so happens that those most successful in their calling have had very little stability of character to start with. They have been easily led into extravagance and recklessness, and few of them have had the moral stamina to say no. They are courted by the fair sex and considered members of the "gang" by tbe "boys." Generally they do belong to the gang, and no mistake. Cool Burgess and Luke Schoolcraft are about the only professional minstrels who have accumulated property au4 held it. Burgess is worth $35,000 or $40,000 in Toronto real estate, and Schoolcraft has a home in Cambridge, Mass., together with other property, worth, $11 told, 115,000 or |20,000.

Minstrelsy, which has been languishing for several years, seems to have taken afresh start this season, under the impetus given to it by Haverly and Hooley, and maybe it will be granted a na# and profitable lease of life. The country is full of minstrel talent, but very little of it can be classed as first rate. Negro minstrelsy has become so mixed with the vaudeville of late that not one man in ten who blacks up his face and goes through "monkey shines" knows anything about dialect business, which is after all one of the principal charms of minstrelsy. Thus it is that good men command high salaries, wages running from |25 to $100 a week.

THE OLD SONGS. Ind. News.

Not very remotely connected with the family of patriotic songs, popular forty years ago, were the party songs first made prominent in the "hard cider" campaign of 1840. They were inferior every war to their better bred congeners. The language wa3 coarser, and their melodies less musical. They were meant to be sung by roaring crowds, and were made or adapted for noise. One that was considered most affective, or at least was most affected by "glee clubs," was well contrived to call out the full vocal power of a mass meeting, enlivened by "hard cider" indurated with whisky, It ran something like this:

What has caused this great commotion, 'motion 'motion The country through" .. It is the ball a rolling on b'or Tippecanoe aud Tyler, too.

And with them we 11 beat little an.' Another which glorified the whig coon —wbv that sneaking, thieving beast was ever adopted as the whig symbol is one of tbe undlscoverable mysteries of party caprloe—was sung to tbe air of a new song about "dat same old coon." who was "sleeping berry sound," and thereby deluded tbe"locofooos," as the democrats were invariably called. Most of the songs of 1844, which was a prolongation of the campaign of 1840—the whlgs apparently deeming that the tactics which were so successful with Harrison would be Irresistible WiUi Clay—?were sung to *'nigger" airs, then reoently diffused through the couhtry by the pioneer minstrel troapes, add were generally an improvement both in language abd melody on the older group. Tbe democrats bad their songs in both campalgna—mainly In tbe second—but tbey were so obviously a shoot from the whig root on the other side of the fence, that they were as ineffactlve- as the you're another" ulawi of retorts usually is One fhat the writer remembers dls tsnctlv but imperfectly, was sung to tbe air, "Yhey're all on hobbles," and one line, alluding to tbe whig journey, "Up Salt river," said tbe democrats would "Polk 'em on Shore," a wretched pun followed by tbe chorus, "Up 8alt river, Up Salt river, Up Salt river, helgho, heigho." The whlgs did more singing, at least about here, and did it better. One of tbe Clay songs was sung to the tune of "Old-Ban Twcfcet?" a primitive negro melody almost forgotten now, and the chorus In most jubilant tones shouted, "Hurrah, hurrah, tlife country's rlsin' for Harry Clay and Prellnghuysen." Another, the words of which have vanished from tbe writer's memory wholly, If he ever knew them, was sung to the airof tbe "Blue Tailed Fly," with tbe spirited and affecting chorus of "Fal lal, fal lal, fal lal, lajr." Athirdwas decorated with lbs masicof "Nelly Bly,M with a chorus hardly so unmeaning, but more capacious of noise. About tbe mo*i popular of all the Clay songs, however, was one oontaining the following elegant allusion:

At Liu (leu wold the fo* is holed, And the coons all laugh to hear it told WUhaha.ha.Ua, what a nominee, Is James K. Polk of Tennesee.

thuslasm, the songs of tbe "glee oluba" formed a put of the programme, aa "untie by the band" does at college commencements nowadays, and tM crowd followed tbe club's lead If it knew tbe tune. The words were of no consequence. AU that waa wanted waa nolae, and that made any meeting "enthusiastic," and every meeting bad to be that if it couldn't be "Immense" and "overwhelming." Political songs and singing dropped out of party oontesU

after the disastrous result of tbe most musical campaign aver known,. and there waa little in 1848, an&JMftM In 1852. Tbe whig party hadn't enoogb *f the swan In its composition to sing aa it was dying, pud |ha demoomte hpdso clea? a field that If w«s hardly worth whity to make fuss about It.

Akin to psfirty songs were thoae that Breaftfiployed oy the first temperance -at

v.ators,

in what was known the

"Washingtonian" reform movement, nearly forty years ago. A man of native eloquenoe, coarse, crude and illiterate, but deeply in earnest and full of memories of the evils of liquor drinking, with a striking dramatio faculty of relating tbein, named Matthews, we beileve, was tbe first who came here, and on his appearance at the old oourt house a stirring temperance song waa always introduced, and one of these began in something of this fashion: "Whene'er we meet we kindly greet,

And say, 'What's the news? what's the news?

Some of the anti-temperance people changed the song to suit their notions, and made tbe second stanza begin in this way: "Oh, I have got good news to tell,

The temperance cause has gone to bell And the street Arabs of that day—we had some though not many, of the Phillips, Stodgell and Van Blaricum variety—preferred that form of the song to the other, and sometimes made tbe streets vocal with this profanity at night. A few years later Mr. Hawkins, one of the original Wasbingtonlans^xjf Baltimore, neld a series of meetings at the oourt house, and a regular temperance gl$e club was formed for him and led by John Cook, the first state librarian. One of his songs were sung to the air of the "Blue Tailed Fly," probably because he had got used to it as leader of the whig glee olub in 1844.

"TWENTY MINUTES FOR SERHONS." Christian Union.

The recent announcement by a Chicago preacher, that henceforth he shall take but twenty minutes for sermons, has a sound like the notice given by express train conductors at certain stopping places along the route—"twenty minutes for refreshments," and the motive which has to do with fixing the limit in both cases seems very much of a piece: namely, to give as short a time as possible to a necessary but rather irksome duty, which at best is an interference with one's plans, and must be done up with despatch. In connection with the twenty-minute sermons in this case, we are informed, the other services are not to be abridged. The organist will take his usual indulgence at his keyboard the choir will sing to their uttermost, and tbe long prayer will continue long. Expenses (in time) must be cut down, ana a beginning is to be made with the sermon. Suoh a considerate attention to the preferences of the average church-goer is expected, no doubt, to stimulate church-going and this ecclesiastical conductor, who is henceforth going to compel his people to stop only "twenty minutes for sermons" evidently counts upon a large increase of passengers.

A good sermon may be preached in twenty minutes but that does not justify the use of any such device as this to attract men to oburch. We do not know how the exact announcement may have sounded under what may have been peculiar circumstances but, judged abstractly, tbe fisber of men who baits bis book with "twenty-minute sermons" will next be advertising twenty prayers. Such expedients are undignified, unmanly, unbecoming. They tend to lower the name of religion, to cheapen the instrumentalities of tbe church, to put the Gospel before the world in the attitude of a beggar instead of the messenger it Is. Let a minister preach twenty-minute sermons if he wants to— and can but not attempt to make capital out of the practice by advertising it.

It is very doubtful whether this preacher, wbose name we do even know, will succeed iu matting his sermons short by confining tbem within twenty minutes. 8otne sermons would be long even at twenty minutes, while others are short even at an hour. Some subjects demand longer treatment than others some occasions allow it and for a preacher to measure out his "xieat" in due season, "in portions of uniform size, is sometimes to over feed his flock and sometimes to starve them." Old Dr. Emmons used to say *'No conversions after the half hourand be rigidly regulated the length of bis famous theological essays called sermons according to this maxim but we venture the opinion that a good many conversions have attended the last part of sermons which have stretched a good deal beyond the half hour. We know of a minister who, when be sits down totb* composition of a sermon, takes so pa any sheets of paper—no matter what the subject, and no matter what tbe occasion, and writes till he has fitledlhem out. Then hia sermon is done Nothing oould be more fatal to the beat preaching than any such mechahlcal wava of sermon measuring. Not the yard stick, nor tbe hour glass, should be tbe preacher's guide, but common sense. When his sermon's length begins to exceed its breadth and its depth, then It is getting too long, and it is time for bim to pat a stop to it.

A good motto for preachers is, Stop when you have finished. It is one also which applies to editorial writers.

Enough said.

THE DEMAND FOR ELOQUENT PREACHING. ~AQgtMt Atlantic.

One or the special dangers and defects of preaching in this country to oonaeotea with tbe popular liking for oratory in tbe pulpit, the demand for what is called eloquent preaching. Tbe common American Idea of pnlpit eloquence is low and sensational. It means chiefly a rapid and emphatic utterance of sonorous sentences, with something extreme, paradoxical, and violent in the thought presented, though not much thought la requiied. People demand of tbe preacher that ha shall arouse and excite them, and thev enjoy with a kind of voluptnouanees tbe temporary stimulus ana thrill of emotion which the

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(teaching causes. It results from the mental action that preaching of this kind does not inspire conscientiousness, nor tend to practice moral activity. It neoesssrily produces and fosters men­

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conditions which are extremely unfavorable to spirituality of character and Uffe*

This appetite for eloquence, working with other tenderoles of tbe age, has hefped to make the preaching In this oonntry dramatio and entertaining, but, in a large measure, unsplritual. Thla,] think can be rightly regarded only as a calamity, a tendency oppored to the interests of religion, adapted to weaken and subvert it, ami to ls^d tha who are Influenced.by It into a

where religion will be imi regarded aa unnecessary. Tfils of tbe most important amt, vorable tendencies of the made preach ins "morejnt attractive to Jp nu beenaoSmpipedby aaci that is es»nWin bilgVn

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What la the order of the day What's the news What'a the news? "Oh, I have good news to tell, The temperanee cause Is prospering well

ble or Is one anteIt "has

PERSONS' &KLDQM JLLlVti. The newspapers contain every once In a whlle.seaaattotial aooounts of the exhumation of bodies that give what is called unmistakable evidence of having been buried alive. Change in tbe position of tbe corpse, often asserted to be proof of premature interment, usually results froinoherolcal changes, especial

tive of tbe unquestionable revival of a man who baa been entombed three days. Doubts of his death having been excited, the grave was opened, and it wsa shown, aooording to tbe local chroniclers, that be had fongbt desperately for hia life, imprints of his nails being visible on tbe lining of tbe coffin, it in some places being torn to shreds. This needs confirmation. It has in all probability been exagerated, and warmly hued with imagination. While such things have happened, and still may hsppen, they are of the rarest occurrence. Winslow, the celebrated anatomist, is said to have bad two narrow escapes from burial alive, and to have published, in consequence, a treatise on tbe signs of death. Bouchut, Michel Levy, and other phystclans have also expressed their views on the subject but all testimony procurable establishes the fact that burial alive hardly ever takes place in these times. In cooroboratlon of this, many German cities have in their cemeteries mortuary houses, in which tbe dead are kept some dsys before fiual interment, tbe bell-pull being so arranged that tbe slightest motion of the body would sound an alarm. So far these precautions have been superflous. In more than forty years not one supposed-to-be corpse has proved to be anything else^

PARASITES.

The extension of our knowledge of parasites and of their life histories dearly points to the desirability for the exercise of great care in the choice and preparation of our common foods, especially of animal kind. Uncooked animal food of any kind should be unhesitatingly rejected on common sanitary grounds, the prevailing and fashionable taste for "under done" meat notwithstanding. The Mosaic abhorrence of the pig is fully justified by an appeal to zoological knowledge regarding the parasites to which that quadruped plays the part of entertainer and host bat the due exercise of the culinary art should in large measure mitigate the severity of the sentence passed against pork as a common medium of parasitio infection. Unwashed uegetables, which may harbor and lodge, without developing, the embryos of parasi es. are similarly to be regarded with suspkrion-^-lndeed It may be said that tbe chances of parasitic infection from this latter source are greater than those from badly cooked meat, tbe vegetable matter escaping even the chance of having its rniuute tenants destroyed. Unsavory as the subject may at first sight appear, it teems with an interest which should effectually appear to every one in the light of saving knowledge. THE POINTS OF A FINE WOMAN

London Truth.

Artists and anatomists are universally agreed that the shoulders of a woman should be narrow and her hips broad. The modern school of "wasp" waists and "pinafore" tippets induces the inference that a lady of fashion is broader across the shoulders than across the hips and the modern female torso has come to resemble an inverted pyramid. Finally, artists have in all ages save the present one come to tbe conclusion that if a lady be normally deficient in the peculiar attractiveness of the Cal ian Venus elle doit se meubler—

she Is bound to impart a strictly mod erate amplitude of drapery to that' part of her attire which does not courront the spectator. There need uot be absurd protrusion of tbe Hottentot kind, but the drapery should fall into folds. Just look at Hope's "Costumes of tbe Ancients," and you will see what I mean. Under the present astonishing sumptuary dispensation, where there should be flatness there is rotundity and where there should be rotuudity there is a ludicrous flatness. But tbe pur suit of such considerations would lead me to an Inquiry into dress, a subject which I reserve for another time. I have said enough, I daresay, to provoke a violent outburst of feminine ire, and a vast number of vehement repliea to my bumble question What has beoome of Beaaty T"

THE FAIR DIVER OF MAN HATTAN BEACH. ...j New York Letter In St. Louis Republican.

A daintily dressed woman in silks and diamonds entered the bathing house a few days ago and emerged on the sends In a becoming costume, Two gentlemen, her husband and brother, berphaps, niet her/and hand-lnband they ran down tbe beach, turned a somersault Into the water and were soon splashing around as though the brine was their native element. The woman proved to be the best diver I ever saw, and she attracted the attention of all by her wild encounters with the waves. She would climb up to the shoulders of her companions, standing between tbem like the Colossus of Rhodes balancing herself by clasping their uplifted hands. When an augry wave rolled In, increasing in size, her companions, acting in concert, pitched her into it, and for a minute was oat of sight: then she appeared, laughing laughing and happy, to repeat the experience, and, not to have all the lun herself, she dove beneath her companions and suddenly raising her body, sent tbem tumbling head-first Into the deep, while she swam around to splssh water Into their faces, in mischief, aa they cams up spurting the water oat of their mouths.

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. The following Is a literal copy of a set of school regulations posted in a school bouse in the interior of Missouri: "Each pupil la required to make a bow on entering the School-House of a morning also leaving of evening the school room, there shall bee no profane language used in tbe aebool or on the play ground nor there shall be no pin Slckin, pinchln, scracbln, nor tagin nor no Attn, nor no nnesery whtaperin in scooL No nupil shall leave tbe School House without the permission of the teacher. No uneaery moving from aeat to seat. No fitin on tbe road from or to scool, nor no nick naming. Every pupil over eight years is subject to those rales, and tbe teacher Is to make tbe allowance for all pupils under eight years and enforce the rules scoording. If any scholar brakes these rule* (ha shall be punished by switchen."

LECTURE INOIDXNTS. In her new book, "A .Register," Anna £||kinson telle ^eomrfanny experiences, Once ber In the nars and ut by ariclng qnes%o get he| to talk, tqpk m&is'pooketahd said: look here you'll never lecture In our town. It's too derned small. Bat I'd like to hear what yon can do when your steam's up, I thought I'd get a free blow out, bat I reckon you weren't born yesterday—got your eye teeth cut. There's a dollar, '11 that pay you for a good square talk and all the fixins

some meney "Well, now,

Another man commenoed a conversation with, "I beard you last nigbt, Anna," and went on to explain that be just happened in at tbe lecture and thought she was smart enough, but he did not like her sentiments. She was smsrt enough to punish his impertinenoe with ready wit and he soon beat a retreat.

The chairman of a New England lecture committee Introduced Miss Dickenson to her audience by a prayer of twenty-seven and a half minutes duration, earnestly Interceding for her at the throne of grace.

A western chairman Introducing her said: "In fact, wherever the English language l» spoken, wherever tbe American stars ana stripes wave, her nsme is like household words. Listen to her, then, and I know, yes, fellow citizens, I know you will listen to her, since she always Introduces berself to the poor, the maimed, tbe halt and the blind. You will listen to her since she slways introduces berself to the ignorant, the downtrodden and the oppressed of every color, clime and tongue."

A DANGEROUS GIRL. Long Branoh Cor. Chicago Times. It is said that our dangerous girls prefer Long Brsnch to any other summer resort. This was affirmed by a gentleman who ought to know, and I asked bim first: "What is a dangerous girl? and how do you find tbem out?" "A dangerous girl is one who is endowed with those subtle, indefinable magnetisms that compel a man to feel as it be bad known her all his life, only five minutes after he has been introduced to her. These girls are winning and oonfidlng in their ways, as if they should say, 'I trust you, depend upon you, and admire you. If you should ask me to dance with you, to ride with you. or to walk in the moonlight or starlight alone with you, or even to take a swim with you, I sbouid no more hesitate to say yes to you than if we were already affianced.' That is what her eyes, her smiles and her manners say to tne. It does not matter much whether each a girl be plain or beautiful. Of course, oy plain I do not mean downright ugliness, but simple comeliness, with her engaging manners. Yes, engaging is just the adjective I have been looking after. 1 say, with her engaging manners a fellow is booked toe an intimacy before an hour's Conversation is terminated. Add to comeliness of face and figure, seductiveness of manner, brilliancy of conversation—I mean a brilliancy ef talk aroording to the usual mental caliber of girls—a fine style of carriage, and perhaps a real grace of

K»e and action, beanty of eyes and uands, superb, fascinating, and an ever changing bewitchment of apparel, and there isn't many more virtues that a young man who is weary with a year's hard labor desires to find in a young lady—at least nothing more than these for a summer's vacation."

JOSH BILL1NGSISMS

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From his forthcoming book, "Old Probabilities." If a yonng man hain't got a well-bal-anced head like to see bim part hlx hair in the middle.

I don't tike any foolish ohances, If wuz calledr upon to mourn over a dead mule 1 should stand in front QV him and do mi weeping.

There is no man so poor but wnat nan xffjrdto keep one dog, and ihave seen them so poor that they could afford to keep three.

I say to 2 thirds ov the rich people in this world, make the most on your money, for it saakes tbe most of you. Happy thoughts-

I never argy agin asuocess-when see a rattlesnalx's hed sticking oat of a hole, bear off to tbe left and say to miSelf that hole belong to that snaix.

The Infidel argys just as. a bull da* chaued to a pest. He bellows and saw» but be don't git loose from the post, 1 notlss. Not much.

I thank the Lord that tbare Is one thing In thfas world that money kaat buy, and that la tbe wag ov a dog's tall

I notlss ooe thlug. tbe man who rides on the kata every day is satisfied with one seat, bat be who ride* oaco a year wants 4.

Flattery la like cologne water to be emelled oi, not swallowed. The man whom you kaat git to write or tell tbe truth until you git

lm half drunk, alnt-worth the Invest tnent. Whenever I sea real bandsum woman engaged In wltnmin'* right* blzzineas, I am going to take off mi bat and jine the processbun. See if 1 dont.

OA UGHT BY A KISS.' Toronto Globe.

Lately several burglars repaired to tbe residence of Narcisse Menard, Richmond street, Montreal. After affecting an entrance, tbey wandered through the house, collecting all tbe valuable clothing tbey could find, rolled it up, and threw It out of tbe window. They soon found their way Into tbe bedroom wbeie Menard and wife were asleep. Here they found a watcb and chain, a gold ring, and several other valuables, of which tbey quickly took possession. Tbe last of the burglars to leave the room bad to pass by tbe bed where Mrs. Menard lay asleep. He paused a moment, and then resolved to steal a kiss. He stooped down and kissed tbe "sleeping beauty," who was awakened. She reoognlced the burglar, who has siuce been arrested. J: f*/\

IWllgMtlOS.

The main cause of nervousness is in digestion, and that is caused by weakness of the stomach. No one can have sound nerves and food health without hen the

the poisonons aad waste matter of the system. See other column. »e Ten

Iteklag Piles,

Tbe symptoms are moisture, like jMfltolratlon, Intense itching, increased Ty scratching, very distressing, particularly at night if allowed to continue very serious results may follow. Dr. Hwayne* AllH«allng oStment is pleasant sore core.

L. Taylor, Hinsdale, N. H., writes: For thirty years lyhave been greatly troubled with Itching tales, have ooniulted several physicians and tried many remedies, which proved to b*?jiC remedies at all, uattl 1 obtained Swayno*8 Ointment at Thomas* drugstore In Brattleboro, Vt., which cured me completely. ,,

Header, If you are suffering from this distressing complaint, or Tetttr, Itch, Head, Ring Worm, Barber's Itch. ao\crusty scaly skin eruptlou, me Swaynes Ointment and ba cured. Sent by mall to any address on receipt of price (fa currency or postage stamps) 50 cents a box, threo boxes ti 'J& Address letters, Dr, Swavne fc. Son, 380 North ttlxth street, Philadelphia. No chaige for advice. Bold by leallng druggists. In Terre Haute by Buntln as Armstrong.

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MR. A.

Believe ft.

That In this town there are scores pMslng our store every day whose lives are made miserable by indigestion, Dys-

cents,

Yltallxer, guaranteed to cure tbem. Sold by Gnlick A Berry

g^.

MARVLAXD TELKPHOKE BALTIKORKCo.. MO.

Dr. Swavue fc Son—Gents: 1 have been suffering tor ten years with Asthma, Bronchitis, and an afTeotion of the stomach, causing me to expectorate a great deal of phlegm have tried various medicines and treatments, but never could get relief untU I tried your "Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry.,r It loosens the phlegm which chokes me, and induces sleep, and can feel myself Improving in health and growing stronger in Its use. This jls entirely voluntaryworn me, and you can make use of it, if you see proper, for the benefit of sufferers as well a* yourselves

E jBERT T. KEYS,

April 12,1879. Ill Park ave. No other known remedy possesses the great virtue of Dr. Awayae's 8yrup in eflfeo-» lively curing all troubles of their air passages and lung. Equally valuable in Bron-o chlal aad Asthmatic atfectlous. Tbe first dose gives relief, and it is sure to cure the wois cough, all throat, breast and lung dlseases. Price 6u cents and fl, or six bot lea for$j. The large sise is the most economical. Prepared only by Dr, Swayne «fc Son, Philadelphia. Sold by all prominent druggists, In Terre Haute by Buntln Jc Arm^ strong. Dr. Swayae's All Healing Ointment

worma were crawling about the parts affected,gives immediate lellefand cure ia certain. "Swayno's Ointment" Is

Bold

KTEFER—Ind.,

In

Terre Haute by Buntln & Armstrong.

Tbe Great Blood Purifier. Dr. Swayne's Panacea, celebrated tor its extraordinary cures of scrofula, ulcere, diseases of the boues, white swelling, ulcerated sore throat, blotches or pimples on the face, obstinate or scaly eruptions, boils, pains or diseases of the bones, weakened and debilitated stale of the system, Marasmus or wasting of flesh, hip joint complaints ulcerous sores, rheumatism, seres fn the nose, on the face, arms, mouth, eyes, and all diseases arising from 1 no pure blood, or ulcerous character, mercurial and syphilitic diseases. Sold wholesale and retail by Buntln A Armstrong, Terre Haute.

For Sick Nsrrow Beadaehc. Costive habit, inactive liver, and to ward off malarial fevers. -'Dr. Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparlll PilJs" are very effective. They act gently, without any griping or unpleasant sensation whatever, leaving uo bad effects, as is the case with blue mass or calomel. Prepared only by Dr. Swayne St Son, Philadelphia, and sold at 25 cents a box by all leading druggists. Buntln A Armstrong, Terre Haute.

TARAXINE,

N THE GREAT

Vegetable I4ver Corrector, Is an infallible remedy for all diseases arising from an in Inactive liver. It contains no calomel er mineral of any kind. Its main ingredient is the concentrated iaedical principle of the TA.RAICUM or DANDELION. TARAXINE never fulls to cure the following diseases (every boitle warranted): .«r

Mr^cHRpffc 'ague'J 7 *. It Beats the Docton-Ajrae Permanently cared.

H.

CAKMEL, 03tober 1, 1878.

Ji£

During the fall of last

yearl txk the ague so prevalent in this country. I at once put myself under the treatment of my family physician, who gave me the usual remedy, quinine and clnchonldla. He had nodittlou ty in breaking the ague, but it returned again and again,aud I became so discouraged as almost to lose all hope of a permanent cure. Having paid not Ws than J75 for doctors bill and medicines, It looked hopeless, but at the suggestion of Mr. N. J. Hanold I tried your Taraxtneand two bottles did the work so completely that I have had no chills since, and I am in perfect health.

W. JKrrBts.

J.- T't CONSTIPATION. uo

Bead ttefollowing from the Rev, 1, ist PMskjr*•f Mielbjr

Kent, a atwalsest PvesbjrC* rlan HlalMer ef Hhel^ I'eaatjr, fsHllaaa.

lit

About four months ago I need two bottles of Taraxlne for habitual constipation, with whl h. had been troubled greatly for many years. It gave me oomplete relief but idid not need to use as full doees as recommended. It also removed a continued feeling of soreness and oppression over the regions of the liver and stomachy and also greatly improved my digestion, which had be*»n very poor for many years. I have taken none for the last two months, but my Improved condition still continues. I might say I have thoroughly tested several popularstomach bltteis, and oan confidently sav I regard the Taraxlne lar su» perlor to anything I used. .»

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HEV.have EUIPHAI-KT KBMT,

June 10th, 20, Wt\. Bhelbyvtlle, Ind.

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DYSPEPSIA & INDIGESTIONS Read What the Rev. W. W. Walden Says:

BEDFORD, LI vl n^ston^oo.^M

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A. KiBjrsR: Dear Sir—I look upon itent medicines as nostrums sent abroad merely for I he purpose ol making money as a general thing. I have been, a subject to dyspepsia or indigestion, and liver eomplnlut for years, and for five months the past winter wan not able to get out or attend to any businent whatever. I tried several rem* dies, but with little benefit. Finally I concluded to test the virtue of your Taraxlne, and feel proud to say have recelycd great benefit, and believe It to be the bTSt remedy of the kind In use and can. witliont hesitation, recommend it to a 1 like

Respectfully, W. W. WAT,DIS.sufferers.

Liver Complaint. Sick Headache

How It Effects Derangement of the Whole System. Hoxaa, III.,June 1,1^4.

MB. A. Kisraa-tear 4ir: ^h*YTEHB*FI1 afflicted tor the last four rangement of the liver.

mend it to all

eau*ln*ly«pep*la,

w^°*P,®S*"^5*ngemen

of twuwr.« knuxK.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

A.KIEFER

PROPRIETOR,

INDIANAPOLIS.

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