Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 September 1879 — Page 1

THE MAIL

A PATCH FOR THE PEOPLE.

Ten Pages.

PA¥ING THE JUDGMENT. Beehayr, clerk Wlshl you'd jes look That judgment up. Maul out yer book An' nwgnr hot right up an' say How mach it In—fur I'm on the pay 1 I'd orto've paid the cussed thing When it fell due away las' spring. But I eouldnt—an' times kep' a gttttn*wuss, An' finance sot In a mls'able muss— An' ef it hadn't bin fur the big wheal crap I'd a-went right tu the dogs, kerslap Bat I've jes sold a gob o' the wheat An' tt hlstsn sqoar upon my feet— «o flggur her right up and say How much It is—fur I'm on the pay! —Frnnk May field. In Ind.-Herald.

Town-Talk.

LET BROTHKRLY IX)VK COWTINUB is a very good text and T. T. most re *epectiveiy begs leave the cff-r it to the democratic organs of this olty for their careful consideration to-morrow when 'they shall have laid aside the worldly cares of the week. In political circles the family quarrel has been the cause of much comment. Last week T. T. warn ed tho young man of the Ledger that he would hear something drop before long—and it has dropped. It made lowd noise. Terry heard it. Everybody beard it. Being a family affair it is of course entirely out of the question that an outsider should have anything to say in the matter. It 4e a very good thing to be able to ran an independent political paper—when you can do it successfully. Now the Ledger succeeded in securing all the oounty advertising, and the lion's share of the city work It would have satisfied any man endow ed with a reasonable amount of ambition There is plenty of money in this kind of work, and to a person who does not want everything in sight, would be con sidered a bonanza. The vigor of yoang manhood could not brook restraint. Somebody had to be hit, and as no fault •oould bo found with 'the Republican party, the batteries were leveled against the oity council and the Oazette.

As the mayor and oounoil had made themselves obnoxious to their organ they had to suffer. They made the great mistake whioh is quit$ common with political parties, that the party organ is made for its party and not the .party for the organ. They thought that the dog should wag tho tail, instead of the tail wagging the dog. In its endeavors to wag the body the tall has become out of joint, and it is generally couceded that a few more vigorous wags and it will sever itself from the body entirely,

Its age and experience in (political affairs enabled it to give the eity dads sound advioe on the subject of excursions at the expense of a railroad psesident. Its ad vloe fell as gently and unheeded as sepbyr. This made it mad. It also made the council mad. The council thought it oould exist without the Ledger, «o It took the city printing away from lit. Terry got mad again: he donned bis fighting uotfosm and started upon the warpath. He seems to be of ibe opinion that bis honor, the mayor, owns tiioi-Uy he addresseefcim as "our •Christian tnend, his honor, Mayor Ha •ens," "His Royal Nibs, B. Franklin

Havens," "Bounding Be»," Ac. The vocabulary is exhausted in the cearoh for language with which to baapcoalsof fire on the jxeaious hsai&of the demo cratlc mayor Mid "very «huboo council." They new«MUx*t*i' fact that hell hath no fury Hke the Ledger scorned.

Incidentally John Paul Jones came in for his shara of «d vice, fie bad left soute of his private correspondence within the reach of someoae who kindly burnished dt to the Ledger,end it was kl«£ enough to fur&hh it to the p«t»Ue. die was advised not to leave such documents lying around loose In future. Me called upon the warlike editor to get hie opinion of people who would steal a private letter and publish it, observing paren thetlcally tkat he did not blame him, as he was owoed and controlled by some one else, and 'that he ought to be adorned b? a collar, on which should be engraved the name of the Aforesaid owaer. These remarks were construed in the light of a provoke, so«John Paul had to bow the knee before the injured goddess who, in thin cast, was represented by Enquire Denehie. The language being considered snob as might hart the feelings of a sunsiUve wan, John Paul was assessed Jin the sum of one dollar and costs. This satisfied the law, and healed titie gash made In the "thin skin" of the editor.

A fight between a newspaper tod individual is always Ume affair In comparison with a newspaper quarrel. The Ledger oould meet with DO response from the city dads It twitted them In every conceivable manner, yet they remained as quiet as the Sphynx or Geo. Grant, It twitted the Qaxette and at first met with no response. The siletu 'encouraged It to greater exertion. i:,u

response, it waved the bloofiy garment and waded in gore till it lost its depth. The last straw broke the camel's back, and the response came. The force of the shock fully compensated for the prolonged sllenoe. Forbearance bad ceased to be a virtue, and the storm which bad been gathering for months burst with the force of an avalanobe upon the devoted head of the organ. Itbasbeen continued from day to day throughout the week, and seems as though furnished with a store of ammunition which is inexhaustible. The provocation was great and long continued, and no one can blame the Gazette for the course which it has pursued. The patronage of the party has been withheld from it and given to a weekly paper. The weekly was not satisfied with nearly all the spoils, and felt called upon te castigate its neighbor because it received a share of the city advertising. It was a very bad spirit to exhibit, and showed an elaborate want oi good taste in making such a fuss about it. Live and let live should be the motto of every reasonable minded man, and, instead of finding fa*lt with its co-laborer and exhibiting to the world an inordinate jealousy the success of others, and a

The Ledger has been loading its

thing dishonorable and nothing commendable. Tor a family Hfight it promises well. Lilke the Kilkenny cats, the prospects are that it wilboontl nue until nothing is left but the tip ends of the tails. ,1

The Express stands quietly by as a, looker on in Venice, *but at the first opporfcunitjr it srfflU, in «11 probability, dump into the breach a whole wagon load of mu iilated grammar.

A Wojoians ©pinions.

In the escriptio* of one of the St. Louispark 8, last week, the printer made me speak 0 "stationary lakes." Now all the lake I ever saw were stationary, and I sho aid^.bar&ly'have mentioned

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audible tono of voice, '^Look, lock, he's pgg^ffiee ostensibly for the purpose of *°,

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Now they're go^lug l^ave dlcner

"See, there somes the Elder "Die. you

hold of, give us your. Ideas oi every sort of social question, foal in slander, even discuss the latest public scandal, but don't, oh! don't *oll your little white hands with poll" Jos. I cannot see why you shouldn't 'jlscnsstblssubject, if you are 00mpotent to do so, but tbea have always been 'aught that while women might have in opinion on all other subjects with 1 perfect fjiopriety, yet when they med'ile wtoh politics they are awfully decoded. Then there is another reason ay I wouldn't botiior myself about it. if I were you. If you had the wisdom of ••statesman and tfhe cunning of a \raid politician your opinions wouldn't be'Worth a button. You are of not bslf so much importance, politically fe^eakittg, as a drunken white man or an ignorant negro. Gen fine yourself to this fashions and the beaux, my dear, and* avoid-eren the appearance of being strong minded,—-at least till you catch a husband. '"But if you area man, as many appose,-then it is not worth while for me to say any more, for I know from loag experience that advioe to your sex frocn mine is very badly wasted.

THE POSTAL DELIVERY SYSTEM, While most of our people rejoice over the fast that we are to have letter boxes

desire to want everything for itself, *it I 00 the street corners and postal delivery, should oenceal Its feelings^within ea-1 tberaare a few to whom the new order sonable'bounds, and if it caauot pre rise, of Iteiogs will cause some perplexity, should not condemn in such-a whole sale Among those who rejoice will be the manner. I husbands who willco longer be assailed

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all week and will doubtless return the 1 letters for me and did you mail that lire with all the force at its oomjnand.1 letter I gave you 4hls morning?" and The Gaeette will be charged with every-1 they will escape add the suspicious looks! that are usually-directed at them when! 'they answer the former question in &he negative and the tetter in the affirmative

that feet in regard to]these particular y0U they were-eoming but forgot to give ones. Wh. it I tried to describe was the

cry at home "Have you any

And the wives!—what woman has not written a letter which she, at least, considered very imfortant and intrusted it with many admeoitions to her husband, At dinner she receives the most solemn assurance that he mailed it the very first thing when he»went down towD. She waits and waits for an answer she wonders and worries, until weeks after when she finds the same letter within that inner receptacle of a man's coat known as the breast pocket. And when a lot of company comes in upon .you unexpectedly and finds you unprepared, what is more provoking than to have .your husband say coolly. "O, yes, I .got a 1 postal card foe you a week ago, telling

it to you." All those aggravations will be done away with now. We can mail and receive our own letters and one more cause for domestic jars will be removed.

statwvusy, la kes, Ac. WII »0W BHOOinVMATiNKE. Of the pi: ty it is hardly necessary to speak,eg it has been so thoroughly reviewed by ibe newspapers. Mr. Burgese ~tioy6arable are those personated excellently the character of a keen, fcard,, uuprinoipled woman, with out one lov ly or redeeming quality. It was abroad comedy, devoid of any

Among thosetto whom the new eys-

husbands and wives who carry on a eland 38tine correspondence and, sad to relate, there area few such in the city. Already the postmaster has received-a number of orders for lock boxes with instructions noUto put certain letters4n the general delivery. The post men have had partloular orders from a great many men to «bo very careful about leaving any of their letters at the family residence, but, notwithstanding all these precautions, mistakes will happen and -the postal delivery will not be without its thorns to those who walk in wicked •ways. •But the innovation will fail the

moral iasson. It was useful only in. affording to the spectator en opportunity for41 go td, hearty laugh, but there was too oauo even of this. We enjoy laughter bet) »r when it is interspersed: with the*oeri ous or the pathetic. Many of the mest interesting parts of the dialogue we lost entirely, thankc to threefemale wc me 11 who-eat directly behind us. They were evidently not In the habit of «emi ng to 6be42pera Hcuse, but probabiytook advantage of the twentyfive cest matinee. From the beginning upon the hundreds of young to the end-of the performance thoy kept

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hear him say this?" "DI you hear her say that?" t&ndthus they rattled on the entire aftornoon, completely %wil ic*£ the play* for everybody -who sat r.ear them. We tefed appealing looks, we tried withering glances, but they wpre of vr avail. Tiien I said, so that tfcsy eooH hear me, ^The perfiormance seecss to be behind ustostead of on .the stagaLt" but him* your heart! they seemed to

....... ... will not«be obliged to mingle with the prom^u. crowd cb.t immoderately for five minatos, so we seen arooad the poet offioe lobby.

give up hearing aad judged of .the play by what we oould Me. If this.wero an exceptional ca^e It would not bo worth mentioning, but I hare had a n«mberof entertainments spoiled in the same manner. The lady who was with me said that when ifanny Davenport p.'ayed here, herself and three others were so cliaiate,—when it Is neither ioo warm annoyed that they had to leave 4heir nor too cold, loo dry nor too damp, seats and go down into ibe orchestra. I when the hresxss blow softly through Everyone wjbo goes often to the Opera the trees, ami scatter the fading leaves Bouse has had a similar experience, about our feet. I have just returned Only the very decidedly ill -bred aad from charming walk and a most deunmaanered will make continual com* lightfai flirtation. Is there anything meut upon the play while it Is In pro-! more entertaining, Josephine, than to grass they will reserve their opinions off bewitch man just to that point where the performers till they getjamong peo- be is ready to die tor you, if necessary, pie of their own class, where they will and then carelessly inform him that It is probably be appreciated. If they have I not the fashion nowadays to offer up seen the play before, they will not an-1 sheep for a sacrifice provoke him into Udpate for the benefit of the audience, I all sorts of tosder declarations, and then but let the drama develop itself, Yet if laugh saucily in his face for doing so they must keep op their clatter In spite keep him just at the point of proposing, of everything, they will please go to the! bat never allow him to ask the momeo top gallery among their equals. tons question,-Isn't this royal fan Of

MO&k ADvioa TO Mtsa PBRKTXS. course as soon as you ue obliged to say My dear Sitsan» or Susie, I beg par-1 yes, or no, that puts an end to the sport, don I see with regret that you are he- for then you most either settle down ginning to dabble with politics. Don't into commonplace lovers—if you say do it, my child. It is so degrading, ["yes,"—-or, If you answer in the negative

holdeoed with its succees in it iviug no Write up ail the slUy go«slp you can get be rashes off to drown or

*he habit of making

three daily trips to the

or receiving letters. What ex

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th ibl make aow

the new arrangement there

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positiroly no reason why a woman should visit the post office at all. There is nothing lor them to do but to come too Idly out aad tell the truth •We come here to soothe men and to he seen *y them, to flli4r.4k make engagements, £0 amuse ourselves in our own way, acd what are tfou going to do about i»?" Nothing whatever, except to rejoiaE that, hereafter? modest woman

I.Susan Perking Letter.

TWIRK HAUTK, i«79.

DKARBST IOSKPHINB This Is one of UKwe perfect days that are so,care in this

find another sweetheart. But just to keep him suspended between hope and fear,—on a trapeze, as It were, while you pull the ropes that let him up or down, and all the time hear him exclaim, in the language of Widow Bedott, "Man is strong but woman is weak." A girl, to carry out this programme successfully, must have a dear head and a cool heart, for the Instant she falls in love herself her strength is gone, and she is gradually transformed from the captor to the humble captive, or in other words she is ensnared in her own net. But enough of love it is a subject one soon tires of.

I went Saturday night to see Neil Burgess play "Widow Bedott." It was immensely funny, and as free from vulgarities as one could expect, considering that eman attempted to personate a female character. It is hardly to be supposed that he could do this without occasionally displaying a little of the grosser nature of his sex. I nearly bUtshed myself to death in one or two plaoee,—for instance, where she dropped the trail of her dress over the Elder's head. I thought to myself that nobody but a man would ever conceive of that method to catch a husband. Then at -another place, where she dropped that same train over the back of a chair when she sat down, I was dreadfully embarrassed, but I noticed that the gentlemen present did not seem at all interested in .-(his act. They couldn't forget that after -all it was only an ugly man who wore •number ten shoes. It also seemed decidedly out of plaoe for tho Widow to go out into the garden in her robe de chambre to meet the Blder, and I would advise Mr. Burgess to change this scene very materially if he expects to play to respectable audienoes. The Minstrels,

Monday night, were very much like all such troupes, with no particular points worth mention! eg. I can tell you more about the Berger Family after I have seen them to-night.

You seem very much interested in municipal affairs but think I am a little hasty in assuming that the Mayor is the "Company" in the notorious firm of Conly & Co. I may be mistaken, but if he were on trial the ohain of circumstantial evidence would be very strong. The Ordinance was not prepared by or submitted to the City Attorney or Deputy the Record does not show that it was drawn by'any member of the Council, but was simply laid on the Clerk desk by some unknown band it is written on the back of an Insurance blank of a company which Mr. Havens repre sents, and those who assume to know say it is in his handwriting the notes given in part payment for the Maohine are signed by uonly fc Co., B. F. Hav ens not as security but as principal the checks presented by Conly on Saturday night to pay off the hands bore the sig nature of B, F. Havens, and B. F. Hav ens personally went to an attorney here in the city to see if he would take charge of the collections for work done. Now all this does not prove anything but it looks mighty suspicious. It is said Mr Havens will make a statement at the next Council meeting defending the Ordinance on the ground that if the Dead Animal Ordloanoe is legal the one under discussion is also legal. Ben enemies are praying that he will "go upon record" as giving tj is opinion, but his friends cry "Don't do it. The man who begins to make Statements is lost." .fielore leaving this facinating subject must tell you somethiug for which have good authority. In consequence of the frequent fires of late which are plainly the work of incendiaries, it is felt that some stringent measures ought to be adopted, and here our illustrious Mayor proved himself equal to the occa «loa. First he offered a reward whicb considering tbe principals of economy that the present Administration has strictly followed, may be considered as munificent, but he was not satisfied witu.&his. Having bad some experience ha drafting Ordlnauosd ho concluded to try it again, so he carefully prepared one whioh provided that "Any person within tbe oity limits found carrying matches about his person should be subject to a .fine." Before this was banded In, however, it was discovered by the Deputy 43ty Attorney who took measures to hare it suppressed. For doing this there is strong talk among tbe Republicans of lynching Mr. Anderson.

All these things are very amusing to tbe people at large, bat the true Democracy are weeping and wailing and gnashihg their teeth and exclaiming, "Only last spring and our prospects were so bright, and now Ben Havens hss sat down anon us end mashed as flat. Boo-boo I"

There! Josephine, I have taken up so much space that I cannot tell yon about an interesting war that la going on among tbe newspapers, but I will try to do so next week

With this letter I send you a copy of last week's Saturday Evening Mall. In it you will find tbe commencement of two new stories, blood-curdling end soul-thrilling just the thing for family newspaper. Already there sre a murder, A fight, a midnight attack on the highway and the almost certain prospect of an execution on tbe gallows. Besides these rooml tales you will find

plenty or "thin" diet especially for women, including editorials, "Woman's Opinions" and some poetry. Good-by, my dear, and believe me

Ever Thine Own,

SUSIB.

Feminitems.

Mrs. Southworth is at work on her sixtieth novel.

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The female mind will soon ran riot on the subject of fall openings. A negro woman 85 years old is going to school at Carsonville, Ga.

Girl waiters in hotels always favor the handsome, well dressed fellow to the utmost starvation of his plain neighbor.

Thousands of women have painfully observed that marriage means fewer excursions and less ice creams—Middletown Transcript.

Nature giveth to a woman a formation of tbe shoulder which prevents her from throwing. Some persons would call It an advantage.

Miss Porter, of Detroit, paid a backman less than he demanded, and he angrily struck her. She drew a revolver from her satchel and shot him dead.

Horace Greeley might have been a great man, but two orphan girls have made more more money out of his bad debts than he ever made from his most or at a in

A woman in Maine followed a tramp four miles, knocked him over with a club, and not only recovered her stolen calico dress, but took bis hat and coat to pay for trouble. "Female barbers," said Snodgrass, repeating a paragraph announcement he'd just read in tbe paper, "I don't believe in'em. "Why not?" was asked. "Because I remember what trouble Samson got .into by letting a womgm cut his r«alr." 1 |f?

The Widow Cohn, of Rapid Creek, Mo., received an offer of marriage from a wealthy but old and ugly man. She wrote back to him that within a week she would choose between becoming bis wife and another disposition of herself that she had in view. A little later be heard that she had attempted to commit suicide.

Mary Keesucker, one of tbe most enthusiastic of tbe converts at a camp meeting at Urbana, fell into a trance while praying. Her friends believed that her condition was tbe result of a special blessing, and would not permit a physician to do anything for her. She lay unconscious several days, and finally died of spinal meningitis. «J|f

A fashionable woman, suffering from a complication of disorders, recently sought the advioe of a prominent New York physician. Having related her symptoms, which were of a character to cause serious alarm, she was surprised to hear him say, simply, "Let me look st your shoes." On seeing them he added, "I cannot treat a patient who wears shoes with such heels as those' and politely bowed her out.

There is an old proverb alxrnt a fool and his money but it has no connec tion with the fact that a Now York girl has just paid |250 for a yellow yachting dress embroidered in red, white and blue, with designs representing marine scenes. On tbe front is a sailing ship on the corners of tbe overskirt, sailors climbing masts and unfurling flags on the drapery a lifeboat, fully manned on tbe sleeves and ribbons, masts and flags and on the pearl buttons sunset scenes. When not in actual use, this gown Is to be kept-in the family picture gallery.

There are society girls and home girls. One tbe kfnd that sppear best abroad—tbe girls that are good for par ties, visits, balls, etc., whose chief delight is in such things. The other is tbe kind that appears best st home—the girls that are useful and cheerful In tbe dining room, tbe sick room, and tbe precincts of home. They differ widely in character. One is frequently a tormen at home tbe other is a blessing. One is a moth, consuming everything about her the other Is a sunbeam, inspiring life and gladness' all along tbe pathway. Now it doee not necessarily follow that there shall be two clauses of girls. Tbe right modification would modify them both a little, and unite their characters in one.

Tbe New Haven Register says A young lady with a complexion as dell cate as the bluah of a rose, with tbe gauxiest lace trimmings npon her hat, and with tbe lightest shade of a silk dress, will sit by an open car window and tbe flying cinders will pass her by without making an Impress on her cheek, a whisper in her ear, or a stain upon her finery but tbe man who si la behind her with the window dosed will spoil his shirt boeom and collar, get more than half a peek of the little black naisanoee in bis hair and whiskers, and finally a great big soven-cornered bit of coal will come crashing through the sensitive cutide of his eyeball, and for tbe rest of his life he #iii have to be led abcat by a dog, labelled, "I am blind." Beauty is dnder proof in this world.

•$* Tenth Year

A Chance for the Boys!

FRIZES IS HONEY!

The Mail Newsboys will Compete far Them! ...

A NEW YEAR'S DINNER

With the establishment of The Mall nearly ten years ago, newsboys were mede a feature in Terre Ilautf. Previous to that time newspapers were quietly delivered by route carriers, and the Terre Haute newsboy of to-day was unknown. Other city papers are now sold on the streets by newsboys, but The Mail newsboy is still a distinctive feature. The old cry of "HAVE A MAIL, MISTER? Is now mingled with the other newer Saturday papers, but as will be observed Tbe Mail invariably leads tbe list in the newsboy's cry, for tbe reason that it has the largest sale.

These active and enterprising Mail newsboys now number near two hundred, and they go to every part of tbe city and for some distance beyor.d the city limits. Most of them are

SONS OF OUR BEST CITIZENS,

Who in this praiseworthy way earn, iu an hour or two's time each Saturday a no on 1 0 to 0 0 dreds of people, no doubt, buy Tbe Mail partly to .encourage these little business men.

In order to make a more oomplete organization, we have issued this week to each boy who sells The Mail, a four page card, on substantial card board, capable of standing the wear that will be necessary. These cards are from tho job room of Moore & Langen,'and are elegant specimens of typography. On the first page is artistically printed

membership card IS THK

SATURDAY EVENING MAIL'S

CORPS OF NEWSB0Y8.

On the second page this is printed READ THIS PA«12 CAREFULLY. ITH A VIEW to encouraging Ttui

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Mail newsboys to great*r industry and better sales during the next three months, the proprietor ol the paper proposes the following:

Each boy who sells regularly will be furnished a curd similar his. On each Saturday afternoon the number of papers he buys will be properly credited on the card by the person of whom Ik- buys The number will also be kept in a book at The Mall office.

On the Saturday before the first of January all the cards will be left at The Mall office, each boy's purchases footed up, and his average for tko week not dowu.

On New Year's day the prop' ietor of The Mail will invite all newsboys holding thtse cards to aOrand New.Year* Dinner, where all who have averaged ten copies and upwards will be given a present in cash of as many cents as they have averaged papers'.

For example: ira boy has averaged 25 papers a week, he will be given 25 reuts in money. If ho has averaged 40 papers, ho will be given 40 cent# and ho ou.

In addition to the above there win Iki given: To the boy selling the

Greatest number of Malls, 3500 In gold. Next highest 3.C0 In'liver. "v 2.60 in gold. £jwjfth 2.00 in sliver. o.!l% 1.W In silver, .. I 76 cents. §tv,e,, »th 50 ceuts. Eighth 25 cents aoove rofers to the greatest number of Malls sold In the 14 weeks.

We would urge ui advantage of work! very slight effort all 01 mem can secure a list of regular customers, wh» will take the paper each week. If, In addition to what he sells to chance customers on the street a boy has a dozen or more papers engaged/it Is a great help to him.

upon the boys the great rking un routes. With a all of them can secure a

Taks Notice.—Each boy must buy for 3 himself only. By buying for another and having the papers ensdifed to himself, he orfelt* all benefits offered abeve.

On the third page is the following lor making a record of tbe sale* OFFICE OF

The Saturday Evening -Nlail.

P. 8. WESTFALL, Prop'r.

No.....—.«. Tbbke Fautk,Ind,................• {Bene Sewtboy't nvme inter ted.)

18 A MEM3KR IS GOOD HTAN'DING or THK SATURDAY EVENING MAIL'S

CORPS OF NKvVHBOY*. Sis purchases of Malls are ai follow**

Grand TotaJ,

Weekly Average,.

The boys sre excited to tbe highest degree over this scheme, and are canvassing the city and suburbs for regular petrous. The friends of every little boy sboald assist him to getting one of the priEss. As will he observed every boy who sells ten or mote papers will get a sum of money, and all will be Invited to tbe Grand New Year's Dinner I