Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 October 1879 — Page 1

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Vol. 10.—No. 17^

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR RFLK PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION. To wit-T alk.

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liasy person#"Of bloodthirt® disposition were in bcpw that the oewspaper figbtin the democratic party weald end io the sbeddteg of blood. ®Vom the Ungatgs used'by the btlHgntate it wss *ery generally supposed tha&the democratic party 'was not large "enough to coatain both of tbem, and ««e no other .party offered inducements -eufficieut to •draw either to its ranks, that it would result in the death or am or both o* them. They yet live aod are evidently as sound as -ever although, tthe party to which they belong has ^suffered considerably, and will suffer still moro'n future flrom^ts effects.

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ror its siao Torre Haute oan boast ot betng tho possessor ot a greater number ef this spooles of humanity than any other city to the stale. If^eu have any doubt qpon this subject lust take a Htroli through the streets ome nigbt after the business hoasee have closed and the aeber-mlnded stay-at-home people havflAll retired for toe night lilke aooie^y these fast young men are divided lutosets, and these sots are as numeral** nearly as the saloons of the city. Bach young man is to be found la his particular set, and each particular set has its particular places of resort and they are never to be found at aojrother. If one tatoes a walk down Main -street any night «t a .late hour and peeps into each saloon be passes, the mystery as to how each one of them can make a living Is mad* very clear. Any doubts •rhioh may have heretofore existed upon that subject are iounediately dispelled. It may be that in one place will be found a party quietly seated at their enps, drinking and telling stories they an rary quiet and very rarely drink too mueh they merely fill themselves comfortably fall aod then wander quietly homewards.

The next stopping plsce may command attention on account of the loud jnoise which proceed* from it. This «rowd is generally composed of boys who have just started oat on their preset course. They are ot the claae who thi*k it very smsrt to get away from borne at night and spend the Ume in carousals of this kind they are aoeompltofced in the nse of the latest slang phn««ft—ean taUt eloquently of sewing wild oats—ewear fleuntly In bed English—ell home in early In the morning, go to bed beastly drunk, and wake up later not worth a button. These yovths are not particularly bright when they are sober, and could they see themeelvee when they are intoxioated they wauid think very little of the ptoture. These boy* should be locked after carefully oy their parents. While It may not be right to keep a boy ••tied to his mother** apron strings," yet be should be held la restraint io

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fight. Tfcere was no judge but the pabj lie, and4t is divided cu tlie suh&eat, hence it has been an impo*sibiltty td decide ti*9 ease, and eaob has claimed th? victory at every stage ef the game. No* however, a change «f 1 pro gramme has been adopted by the editor of the tied ger, and unless the Gaeette either proves or retracts its charges, tbei case wiiUfo to oourt. It will not»be *n action for damages either, but will be a crimtanl prosecution for libel, and 1 is there is-.no appenance of retraction ifc is presumed Terry will have an opportunity of making good bis threat. "Tbe wheels of justice grind slowly but they grind exoaeding fine" is an old saying -«tbe truth of which will be tr eted. If 4be Gazette has told the .irutl 1, Terry is hard case. If its cbargee are folee owes him an opology »wblc ought to be made as gracefully as osslble. IThe statement of last Monday is very *msatlafactory to the patfer mo

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fits no man. It is no pleasure to look back upon years which have been mis-spent, even where the after life ha* been an honor to the mau and all with whom he may be connected. Dissipation always leaves its mark. The youth who thinks he will have'"* jolly time" and then settle down to business for the remainder of his life, generally finds when it is too late tfett fce has made a mistake. When the rat* to ruin cosemeooes it wlR brook *10 restraint, %ut continue Sis bead I tig course until the victim arrives in bfograve. When the case reaches fhe hopdless stage, frietfis will talk about "a^eod man goae 'astray," and **tbe weakness ol gjewics." This kind of slang has becom« "*o common la the prudent day aod -generation, as i& bo dtegusting to peopleof common twnse. •It is DO sign ot genius to beoeme a tfrunkard. The m««t accomplished dead beats In the werld can do that, ud it 6ou't coat tbeunraything. T. T. often

Inclined to thittk that the qaictesr such young men are allowed to -goto the dogs the betfteiiit would be fop.all parties concerned. They are of »o particular benefit -*o anybody, aofi "their room would'be preferable to •heir company."

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in the case, who claims to be entirely Innocent of any and all the charges .made against hlua. The controversy has gone as far as it can go through the columns of the press. The issues are* closed, and the merits of the caae*wlll 1 jereafter- be tried by a jury of twelve go Kl and lawful sitlaens of the county. 0 The decision will have great weight in deciding, to what extent personal*} ourn alism may be carried in this city in the future. It Is a question in which the be: iter class of «ltlEeus do not tako a very deep Intersut, and which generally ends dIsastrously to one or more of the .partici pants, jln «uch oases the result-cannot be other wise than unsatisfactory to till parties concerned.| |No man lsfperfect, and tho imperfections of any man, no matter hoy: insignificant they be, can v«ijr ea?ily be "exaggerated aud colored io such a manner as to rain him in the sight ofi^ils fellow-men for all time id

the bettor,

There is oire other class test young men that infest this city. They are of the classtbat ought to be presented with a coat of tar*cnd feathers, anfl treated to a free rid« •taeyond the liasito of civilization on-aTsil with sharp edges. They are the young men who bev« no visiblejitleman wascoommenting, not long-ago, means of support, yetare«ble to wearion the beaaty ot a lady's dress-and, good etotfbes and live oa *fce best the Lifter the manner of men, wondering town affwrdc. They loaf the street| "where she got the money."' When I corners and spend their time endeavor-| toid hum «rhat I knew to be the fact, ingtoaCtoafti the attentfcwiof innocent that the dvess was five years old and and unsospecting girls. QJbis kind of'khad beeo«twined inside out «nd '«*pside business isHlally practised-«n the streets'! down aad-fponged and pressed and the of this

and in one or two instances' patches hickfcy trimming, he .refused to by married men, who *sve nothing believe it. .After having fully express else to do.or no other business in wbichij ed their opinion on the frivolity and to engage. Under the vafpent act theyj excess displayed in feminise attire, one cannot be«onvicted, but aurely the po-J man will say, "They only drees to please lice coukhdevise some means by which}! the meo/" aad another wiil eay, "Oh, they couM be driven from the city. o, thgy doil't they dress to ^pite each They are-»disgraoe to the town, and theji other," aod you never can haanaaer it sooner their absence is made apparent^ into a uah's-head that the same senti

A Woman's Opinions,

The Bt. Paul Pioneer-Press admits that the Wora*at'r Congress which«sat at Madi sou, Wisconsin, last week, comprised some of the most gifted and diatinpaished ladies In the country, but still thluks it "doubtful whether theimmense aggregation of Intellectual strength there represented is capable of explaining how it is that the simple plu feather of a chicken, which may be had at any time for the trouble of picking, is worth five, dollars and a. half when mounted

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bonnet."

The abovet represents a specimen of the comments that the newspapers are lond of makhsg when referring to any Congress, Convention or Assoclstlon of women. Fouaerly they weea referred to as a gathering of the short-haired, the bloomer-clad, the Amszosicns, etc. but, upon being convinced that women of this nondeseript class were not recognized by the leaders of the many movements instituted for the advancement of womankind, they turn their batteries in another direction, asd blaze away at the faehionable follies of the

Upon readiug the above item I w«» led to wonder whether *romen really do pay "five dollars and a&alf for the pin feather ccf a chicken .but a little reflection suggested that tWs was one of the many ridiculous exaggerations that men perpetrate wheaitbey attea$t to write upon the subject .of a wuaMka's apparel. Che writer ot the paragraph probably ihad noticed ithe dainty birds and wings and feat hers that are being used to deoocato the bonnets at present, and in his ignorance supposed fekem to be "phu feathers of« chicken." Having •oeaalon to make the roo*ds of the milUaory establishments,

Ilook the pains to price theee

feathered ornaments, and was unable to find a (dngie one coating dve dollar* and a half. The .handsomest o*e I saw was marked feur dollars, and consisted of two birds, «tog* aod plottage,

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ranged as toeeostitute almost the entire trimming of the bonnet. Most of tbe price* ranged /com fifty cents to three dollars. Of ooooee this list doe* not include tbe long and beautiful ostrich plume* which have served for oraafbrgeneratkMM, and which ean be need for years. 80 much for tbe PloneerPreas man aod hi* pin feathers— aod now a few words in regard to women's dress. It ta a fruitful and everlasting topic for the ridicule and the denunciation of the aterner sex, who, if we are to infer anything from their criticism*, themeelvee oontiooe to wear the primitive costume of Adam. Of course they *t*

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with a love of the beautiful, aod this I* toetered and cultivated by every surrounding circumstanoe. A mother may eiothe her boy in jeeaa and let him coll in tbe gutter, and there is nothing thought of It but let her pursue the same plan with her girl and she would be tbe talk of tbe town, and her daughter would not be allowed to play with

some meaner. Sowing wild .oats beuf- my of the nice little mlaws in the

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Oirls sre oontlnually sooMed and admonished about their, dresses, and as soon as tbey are old enough they are turned over to the dressmaker to be pulled and twist ad end perplexed 1 with all tne mysteries of fashion. After having served a (ong apprenticeship and thoroughly osastered the art of dressing well, they ace rewarded by be* lug grunrMed at by their fathers, fnad fault with by their husbands and censured bj-every man in creation. If a woman have good taste and a 4ove of beauty and direct theee gifts toward decorating and adorning her hocne she is highly eulogised, but just as aeon as she turns her attention to her person she is severely crittciusd. It is every wornanVduty to drees becomingly and a* well as her coeaus will admit, and toi pre»3rve her yocth and bea«ty just act loag as poMiWe. A man cannot tell anything about the cost of a woman's wardrobe unless he is in the Airy-goods business. Nice times out 0/ ten when a«nan sees a woman glittering with 1 jet «nd jewelry «and the la»«et -etylee, he will assume that she Is extravagantly dressed, whHe a lady clothed in .plain black silk aod velvet will pass by unnoticed although dressed much the more •expensively of the two. Then, again, too man oan£ell by what prooesea lady'b «ttlre assumed its present form. Agen-

ment whieh-causes a woman "to beautify her home, to fill her windows with floweie, to ornament the obaiss with delicate needlework, to give the manifold touches that are possible to nobody but a woman, and yet are the inspiration of a home—that this same innate ^sentiment finds expressioa in seizing upon all the beautiful objects which fashion offers^ind adapting them to her •own person. One who has not this love •of dress and 'this power to clothe her •self in a pretty and becoming .manner, iia deprived of one of the sweetest and enost womanly of charms.

Women as a class are never accused of extravagance in but one direction, and that iadress. No man ever complains that hie wife pets too mveh upon tbe table to eat he (does not find fault becauee bie house is too light or too warm not often when new carpets or furniture ane needed madame may even take a journey if she choose, but the moment she broaches the subject of anew drees or bonnet his heart, and pocketbook are both closed. He seems to regard every cent invested in women's clothes as so mueh dear loss. I asa speaking now of the average man of course there are exceptions. To read the newspapers one wouldeuppose ttu& all women wore silk dresses and seal skin sacks and twenty dollar bonnets. No doubt tbey would all like to do so,%ut a great many women wbe always stake a stylish, handsome appearance do not possess a single silk dsoss. Very few have seal skin cloaks^ and the number of those who purchase twenty dollar bonnets i* exceedingly«ualI. In comparing the cost of the two, men have a habit of contrasting the •expenses of A fashionable lady with those of a man who makes no pretence to being stylish. It is not worth while to discuss the cost of a woman's outfit any newspaper will tell you all about it, but let us see if the sen have any preforeno* for fashions, or do tbey regard only the cheapness of an article regardless of it* style? Did you ever notice theeolored percale shirts the nobby young men are wearing? They contain not more seventy-five oents worth of material, but are quickly snatched up at five dollars apiece when they first come in market. Afterwards they drop to three dollar*. All kindsof gentlemen1* underwear eoet more considering the first price of tbe material than that of ladie*. Ordinary ootton nook*, if they happen to be of a fashionable color, oaet as much a* a very bandsome pair of balbriggan hoee for a lady. Gentlemen*' aboee ooet from Ax dollar* upward. Moat ladie* pay about live dollar* and both wear tbem about tbe aame length of time. It le somewhat difficult to make an e*Hmate in regard to outside garment*. Many of our fashionable ladies get only two suits a year a man moat have' at leeat that many. Estimating party suits'and all, a lady probably spends more money in this particular than a man. As to overcoats, a stylish young man needs two, a winter oa* at forty dollars, a spring one at twenty. Tbe number of ladies who

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neighborhood. Said a motjher to me not long ago,: "Look at tljls exquisite wardrobe I have prepared, and here my baby ia a boy 1"

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have cloak* wotth sixty dollars is not large. A young man who considers himself "toney" soorna to wear a collar when there Is a later style in market, oansequently, at the ead of a year his bill for ooliahi, cuffs and ties far exoeeds a young lady's for these articles. The expense for hats is rather hard to estimate. II a gentleman wears a silk bat, he purchases two a year with two caps at a eoet of severiteen dollars. If he wears felt hats the cost is a little less. A fashionable lady probably spends a little more than that, although many make a stylish srjqMaranoe ou much less. Handkerchief, ^lovee, etc*, coat about the same for both, Takingthe outfit of a lady and gentleman who move In the same society tbe cost of the lady's is somewhat, although not **great deal, in advance of aman'B.

But here a ^woman's expenses cease. Having provided for vfce needs of her toilet she iseatisfied. Ou the contrary, not twenty4cur hours pass that the man does not ooeke some unnecessary out' lay for hie personal 'gratification. It may be for Hquors, it may be for cigars, perhaps for billiards or fast borses, but it takes money, I do«iot hesitate to eay that If a woman could have the moaey that a man spends lor su :b things as these, shercould keep hen? elf suppHed with lacee and jewelry, in eluding -diamonds. *.len make bets they tvoat they loae money which is oever returned tbey^fpend money iu a hundnwd use less waye. Now since wot oen, asaolass, are not 'Charged with an expeneivo or extravagant habits, exce ft in 4he one direction,—that of dress,- -and staoe mea are so nearly equal wit! then in this respect end, in addition, 1 ire almost universally addicted to from, one to« dozen reckless and improvident habits, it

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consistent thing fer them to do is to keep silent on tbe subjiect of woman's extravagance.

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There are severe*! othear ideas so taseperably connected with tihis subjeofc that it seems-almost impossible to leave it without'touehing upon them. -One of these ie the commonly accepted notion that a woman oannot go anywhere without a Saratoga trunk. Hundred* of sensible as well *8 fashionable iladiea went to the Oentennial with only valise. In conversation with a lady, a short time ago,-who is somewhat a leader of fashion in the city where she resides, ebe informed me that she attended the Wocnan'-s Congress in Rhode Island, last year, and in Wisconsin this year taking oiily the dress ahe wore,—a handsome *Uk walking suit. At the last meeting she was entertained by the Governor and his wife, during her stay. I was particularly struokby her descrip tion of one of the ladies, who wore the same dress—a plain gray suit—at Provi dence, and a year later, at Madison. She was the finest speaker they had and, it might be remarked incidentally, is a millionaire. At the Social Science Association, held at Indianapolis, last week, not one of the delegates brought any luggage except a hand-satchel. One young lady who, I happen to know, has as extensive a wardrobe as any lady in this city, intended visiting two other towns before she returned home, and yet she brought no dress exoept the one she wore—an elegant silk and velvet walking suit, trimmed with jet. Any lady, however stylish, can travel in the same manner if she have good common sense.

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Of course there are fools among women, just as there are knave* among men, but it is not fair to put all of the •ex in the same category.

One more thought before closing this article, which ha* insisted upon spin niog itself out to an unpardonable length. Whenever anything is said {In favor of woman's Right* (and by that I mean tbe right to pursue whatever vo cation in life she is beet adapted for,) some man is always found ready to re proach the sex with their passion for dre**, and toadvise that they free themselves from that restraint before they aak for any further llbertlea. Did it ever occur to these men that tbe women who are so carried away by fashion* and Mvolitlee are the very women who do mot care for program or reform, who l*ugh eoornfully at the idea of having any right*, exoept tbe right to spend money and wear pretty clothe*, and who never give a thought to the thousand* Of women who must toll to earn their daily bread. These vain and selfish orsatures are not asking for education, for employment and for every nif*wf of self-protection that is given to a man. It is the dear-headed, largehearted, practical women of to-day that am demanding for the race an opportunity to employ their mind* and their lives with something else beside* the latest fashions. They aak a chance to become producer*, Instead of consumer* only, and to feei that independence hksh ia the result of honest labor. To audi women it is very annoying to be upbraided for the fhultaof thoee very members of the sex who are themselves, on aooount of their weaknesses, th* very worst enemies toward an imement in the condition of womanfor they are always quoted as au example of woman capabilities, and her unfitness for tbe more important and arduous duties of life.

Susan Perkins' Letter.

THKRE HAUTE, Oct. 28,1879.

MT DARLING JOSHPHINB —Seated in my cosy room, securely sheltered from tbe chilling blasts of autumn, I will try to answer your pleasant letter just received. I Imagine you, these cold evenings, wben tbe winds are whistling around the house, sitting by a blazing fireplace with your face roasting and your back freezing and, at bed time, having to go through cold halls and finally getting into bed with your feet so chilled tbey do not get warm till morning, and I wish you had one of thoee bleesings to mankind—a base burner. Isn't it strange that people should have lived all these years and just learned bow to send heat downward to warm the floor instead of upward to the ceiling to give us the headache 7 I have heard old fogies decline to substitute stoves for their fireplaces, because they would have "no coals to start the fires within tbe morning," but now we can find our rooms just as comfortable in the morning as wben we left tbem the night before. It seems to me that inventions to keep us warm can go no further unless, as I have been reading lately, they send us heat in pipes as they do gas and water. Then, instead of the delightful pastime of "poking the fire" we oan only turn the register and regu late the beat to our liking.

Matie and I are very busy sf#lngl We are trying to do all our own dressmaking this fall and hope by so doing to-earo enough to get ourselves a seal skin sack. Uncle Ezra says that is woman's idea of economy, to economize in onearticle of dress so that she may spend that muck more upon another. Aunt Miranda replied, "Yes, and a man

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may spend that much more at the Club." I have often noticed in a war of words the woman generally comes out ahead, ffbe Lord gave men the biggest fists, but women the sharpest tongue

Oh, Joeephlne, I wish you oould have seen Mary Anderson. It must be happiness to tbe so exquisitely beautiful, and when to this loveliness is added talent of the highest order, she seems more than mortal and deserves to be classed as a goddess or an angel. Notwithstanding her youth and beauty and tbe many temptations that beset a woman so gifted, especially If she be an ac tres. Mary Anderson has preserved her purity and her freshness in a singu lar degree. She personated Parthenia in the play of Iugomar, and gave a striking illustration of how a strong, wild, uncultivated nature, like that of Ingo mar, may be subdued and made a willing, helpless captive through the magic of love. But notwithstanding her Infiu ence over Ingomar, I thought she took quite a risk in marrying him. Marriage is apt to develop tbe worst traits of a man's character, and after the illusion of love passes away, Parthenia would probably wake some morning to find her reign ended and Ingomar a savage once more.

We have a walking maniac here, walked behind him quite a distance a few days ago. He wears tight knee pants, finished oft with a red ruffle,striped stockings, a short sleeved knit jacket and a black velvet cap. I should oall him a variation of a tramp, more harm less than tbe ordinary kind for be does not prey off of tbe public but pays his own way People make a good many remarks about his being a fool, etc., but it seems about as sensible to me as horse racing, and not attended with half the evils. As I walked along behind tbe tramp, I felt a conscious superiority in thinking that my sex weuld not condescend to anything of the kind. At this point in my meditation*, I happened to be opposite one of our principal hotels, in front of which was tbe usual crowd of drummers and other loafers. Two young ladles came driving by in a buggy. I know tbem and their families, and that indulgent fathers supply them with every luxury they ean afford. As tbey passed the hotel, one of them leaned out and made some sign to a drummer seated on the 'sidewalk, he returned It, then she leaned out of the back of tbe buggy and nodded her head. I had only one wish, and that was that she oould have seen the glanoee exchanged by those men after ahe paaaed by. A* for tbe drummer, he leaned back, put hi* thumb* in the arm bole* of hi* vest, and assumed all tbe airs of a young turkey ooek. Now I have every reason to believe that thia girl, who to etill in school, is pure and virtuous, but I doubt if a single man who wltneased that scene will ever again have the slightest reepect for her. Why will girls do these things, when tbey have been warned eo many timea, and why will parent* sit at home, in carelass security, while their daughters stand on tbe brink of ruin?

Country girls are so much safer than those in the city, net because tbey are any better but because tbey are away

from temptation and bad example. Farewell, Josephine, I must put my hair up in crimps for I am going to bear McCullough to-morrow nigbt, so, wishing you pleasant dreams, I subscrbo myself, Your Loving "SOUK

Tenth Year

THE MAIL'S BOOM! Hi ,* AN EXTRAORDINARY INCREASES

IN CIRCULATION!:

SWORN STATEMENT

J(0SI'«*3WWB(W«8 r.t. //Stt Newspaper publishers are noted for* veracity except on the one question of circulation. We have known* them to exaggerate verbally face to face with an advertiser, and give figureawhioh upon oath would be. wonderfully reduoed. The extraordinary success of The Mall from its first issue baa relieved the publisher of this paper fton* the temptation to exaggerate in thisdirection. 8till, for reasons, we deem it proper to make oath to the following:

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INDIANA,

Vigo County*.

Before me, Horace B. Jonts, a Notnpr Public in aud for said county ft-ud ctaU?* came Perry S. West fall, who "JwnoaUv says he is editor and proprietor ol the Saturday Evening Mail, a weekly paper pubUshed in Terr® Haute, and that the circulatlcn of the said Saturday evening Mail has Increased ONE THOLelANl) SIX^ HUNDRED AND FOUR (1.W4) COPIKB during the part four

Subscribed and sworn to before me tbl»23rd day of October, 1879.

HORACE B. JOKEW, tr'vl Notary Publics.

It is proper to add that this increae* of One Ttbousand bix Hundred and Pour copies is almost wholly In this city and in towns contributing tradein this city the circulation has been Increased In various ways—the principal agent being a thorough organization of The Mall's newsboys, and the prise® offered for more effl ienc work. Two hundred and forty (347) newsboys are now enrolled. To them we issued on the 20th of September a "Membership Card." On the first page a: thi» four page oard ia artistically printed

MEMBERSHIP CARD IN TH*F ^1%

SATURDAY EVENING MAIL'S CORPS OF NEWSBOYS. &

On the second page this is printed

ITH A VIEW to encouraging The Mail newsboys to great*r industry better sales during the next three

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W£Sti regularly will be fur'Similartotlsis.

nished a cam afternoon the number Oa each Batu. bo properly credited of papers he bus. & whom lie buys, on the card by the be kept In a book at The number will alk The Mall office. the first of Jau-

On tbe Saturday ben left at The Mall uary all the cards will looted up, and office, each boy's purchas set down, his average for the 14 week. -pj letor of Tho

On New Year's day the pre ij^Lding these Mall will invite all newsboys. naer, where cards to a Grand New Year's Di. '«. and upall who have averaged ten copi. of as wards will be given a present Inc papers, many cents as they have averaged 'ifpi 25

For example: If a boy has avera teJu papers a week, he will be given 25 cen money. If be has averaged 40 papera, will be given 40 oents, and so 011. v~.

In addition to the above there will bv given: ro the boy Helling the

Greatest number of Malls, 5.00 in gold. Next highest 1 8.00 In silver. Third 2.60 In gold. Fourth

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Fifth 1.00 In silver. Sixth "V V'TO

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Seventh 60 cents. Eighth 26 oents Tho aoove refers to the greatest mtnther of Malls sold In the 14 weeks.

We would urge upon the boys the great lvantage of working up routes. With a very slight effort all of them can secure a list of regular customers, who 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

.—Each boy must buy for

himself only. By buying for another and having tho papers credited to himself, ho orfolts all benefits offered above.,

On the third page is tbe following for making a record of tbe sales: OFFICE OF

The Saturday Evening Mail.

P. H. WESTFALL, Prop'r.

TKRRK HAUTE, Ind I»TO. j(Here Ifcwtboy'* name it inter ted.) .»

IS A MEMBER IN UOOD STANDING OF THX SATURDAY EVENING MAIL'S

CORPS OP NEWSBOYS./.yr ills purchases of Malls are as follows:

Grand Total,..

Weekly Average A...—..

Tbe reeponae to tbe above offer exceed* our most sanguine expectations* Tbe boy* have engaged zealously in tbe work, and have canvassed tbe city and suburbs in tbe most thorough manner. The friends of every little boy should wist him In getting one of tbe prises* A* will be observed every boy who sells ten or more paper* will get a sum of money, and all will be invited to tho Grand New Year's Dinner! fn Cincinnati Gazette has interview-* ed a number of the leading Democrats In that city on the subject ef Grant's candidacy for a third term. Tbey are "solid" against it. So much tbe better for Grant.

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At OPERA HOUSE THIS EVENING