Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 March 1880 — Page 1

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HE MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

lECOND EDITION.

JJ'jll 3JST leave this place. I cannot: iti*k comfortably and hopefully any •, gor. No fault of uaine—so say 999— one bumble-be© in your breeches is ugh." That is the way the parson /It, not publicly in the pulpit, but to ?llow parson. And it was well put. bumble bee fci your breeches vt .gh, and if be chances to be a lively 7 as he is apt to be when alone, ho 4*mako a fellow hop around almost & ^ly

a nest full. Ono discontented, freeable, fault finding man orwomjA1)) and

generally does, counteract

efforts of "999 contented, agreeable, I well pleased friends, aid mfckes the |ct of his ill will more conscious of ^presence than of anything else. In community, in the church, Ln the 50, in the family,

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is all the same,

best method of proceedure is to get one bumble bee where he can be ^ped on, and the

whole

999 ought to

a in .and help do this. Butsotnefes be cannpt be stepped on, and then vmly chance left is between letting sttfig til! he gets tired of it, or uiag. The chief objeotiou to runis that the pesky fellow is not only posting somebody else, aa he la sure b, 'but one is very likely to run to a Jjwhere ho will get another bumble io his breeches, for 'these troublet.e fellows aro by no moans scarce, community or organization which not such among Its members is the ^-exception to a very general, almost tarsal rule. Once got "inside the V," MO matter how lovely things

J&r on the ^utside, if there is not a Uing, and somebody crying "Ouch!" is* a

spot that has been found,

^h spots do exist, but not insufficient utities to make it safe to run too .iohly. The best way is to get the glng follow under the heel if possiand tho next best way is go about )r business smiling as if utterly un^ious of his presence and let him

Jul self out. If both of these proare Impossible then run, but n't bo overmuch surprised if, when a stop running, you find that you are .of that beo and have another one.in

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tils HUOOUSTS, though in a little dif{$nt lino, a philosophy found in one Y,amb's letters. "I try not to think much of the ploaaaut possibilos, lest -\vould become disgusted with present iplds." The fact is that there is ugU of humdrum, enough of drudg- •, enough the insipid, in almost circumstances that uiay surround i.o disgust ns with our present lot, if jtflke tho pains to reckon it up. And jill not require much effort. On the '•r hand, there is enough that is pasily pleasant, at least not as bad as it

Ut be, in almost auy ordinary lot ln to make it at least baarable, generindeod quite agreeable. And there jo surer way of making the present 'learablo than to "think too much of '(Lint possibles." It Is very easy to fj|l castles in tho air and leave out all

Uinagroeables that tlnd their way tho habitations that rest upon the earth ai.d when such castles aro Lit and furnishod tho realities which

About UH seem very ropulslve inconjnt with them. But the difficulty Is we cannot live in air castles, and so tv as those wonders of beauty and begin to settle down into realities breed disagreeables enough. So it as to imagino a "perfect partner of joys and sorrows," and the imperone who endures our own Imperious does not shine by comparison, jjeeond husband or a second wife itrasts most favorably with the first, [Ho the first is in flesh and bono*, [t, let the preseut insipid pass into auy nothing, aud the pleasant possible ftteriallze," and the contrast may r.s be aa great, ouly "t'other way." It isy to Imagino a situation or busljust suited to tho mind, and much 1 Icing upou this model will make piesent method of earning daily Ltd exceedingly distasteful. But very fly no such business or situation 1(0 imagine exists, or if it does exist Vonly one of the doubtful possibles

Is, and why mane what we must do, fleast for the present, needlessly (Urisonio by thought of what we aid like to do. It is not only better adurcthe ills we have than fly to 4 we know not of, but it la also the \)f wisdom not to make the present kthe worse by contrasting them with it may possibly, but probably will be. It pleasant possibles choose to up surprise parties and cone down a us. fet us not lose the pleasure of surprise by being always on the [eh for some such visitation, and not upon ourselves the pain of useless lety about their coming. Here is osophy for a happy and contented a very small capital, and it is on

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en must work ont a happy life if they do any successful business in that direction.

IT is not so much the lies that oar enemies tell abotlt us that hurts as the damaging truth that they blurt out.

JUST call back that customer and tell him you cheated him and are sorry for it, not forgetting to refund the amount, and it will help you to remember to be honest a great deal more than telling the Lord privately about it and asking his forgiveness while you keep the cash.

JUST run over to the neighbor's and tell her that yon told that story aberat her that wasn't true, or that was true but there was no need to tell, and ask her pardon, and when you get back home you can tell the Lord all about it —or if you don't, it will not make much difference for He would prefer that you should neglect to tell him rather than neglect tho neignbor. This rule don't work both ways, for If you tell the Lord it does tff&ke a difference whether you tell the neighbor also or not.

CAN'T break off swearing? Try for one week apoligizing to every man in whoso presence you let fly an oath telling him you are trying t© become a gentleman. If one week don't effect a complete cure, try a second. not take long.

Seriously, Josephine, I think our sex aro a little bit imposed upon in regard to the above matter. The newspapers browbeat us—Tho Mail is just as bad as any of them—themen swear at us, and even some of our sisters who never do anything wrong themselves pick at the rest of us for being immodest enough and impolite enough to always make the sterner sex walk In the mud, getting their feet wet and thoir tempers ruffled, while we step high and dry on the nice stone crossings. They also say they wouldn't care if there was but one atone crossing, but when there are two the ladies ought to take the right hand one in passing 1 And so they should. But, ye grumblers, before you make the sweeping assertion that we all are guilty of such impoliteness, pause a moment and reflect. If you take the trouble to notice who jostles you into the mud, you will find very seldom that it is a lady who does so you will find that it is done more from carelessless than selfishness and you will And that it is unusual for a city bred lady to be guilty of the offense. Every day our town is thronged with groups of country people who are well dressed and perhaps well-to-do, but who aw wandering idly around, looking in the shop windows, perhaps looking for some particular store, yet doing it all in an aimless way, aa though they were at a loss exactly where to go. (I speak from experience, you know.) Now these country people very seldom know which side of the walk to take, bat candor compels me to say that the men are jnst as ignorant and careless about it as the women. Another class of women who are guilty of this impoliteness is that composed of the most ignorant and degraded in the city. If the grumblers will take notice I think they will acknowledge that the city ladies do not as a rule compel men to walk out in the mud. Even if they did, is that any worse than to stand on

lail capital that most men and worn- the corner In groups takiag up the

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Susan Perkins' Letter.

TERRE HAUTE, March 6,1880.

DEAR JOSEPHINIT:—I have been going constantly the last few days, but still have nothing very interesting to relate. Saturday evening we wont to hear Riley, the poet, and Tuesday evening to see GU8. Williams in "Our German Senator," but doubtless you have read all about them in the papers, and I will not attempt a description. Speaking of papers, reminds me of anew one which has just been issued here,—the Daily News. It is really what I would call a Titwjpaper. For its size It contains more interesting reading matter than any paper I have seen. Evidently its proprietors are go-ahead men, and intend to make their paper a success. They printed a little paragraph not long ago, however, which aroused in me a spirit of retaliation, as it were. To this effect: that a certain young man in this city, worth 525,000, bad solemnly asserted that he never would marry a woman •who had not sense enough to take the right hand in passing people on- tha street. Any sensible woman with en eye to future bank accounts would naturally take the right hand in passing after reading that, and if the young man ln question would station himself^ on some corner, he would doubtless see a long procession of marriageable maidons daintily picking their way on the right hand. Even I have found myself veering in that direction, for twenty-fivo thousand is a very good start for a young couple. Then it is such an easy thing to do. Had he said that his wife must be able to cook, or make her own dresses, or dance the Highland Fling, or paint on porcelain, perhaps everybody could not have suited him. But only to walk on the right hand side of the streot! How very easy.

whole sidewalk, chcwing and spitting tobacco, as men are apt to do? Hardly a corner on Main street but what is infested with these loafers—mind, I do not say gentlemen! The corner of Sixth and Main, by Arbuckle's, is a regular roosting place for these loafers, and I have often wondered that the proprietors of the store have not cleared them out in the Interests of their business. Of course ladies would rather go some place else to make their purchase than elbow their way through such a crowd. At the corner of Fourth and Main, the other day, some ladies had to walk out into the street to pass a crowd of men who monopolized the sidewalk and were too much engaged in their discussions to know that anyone else had a right to it.

Yesterday I attended the meeting of the Horticultural Society at the residence of Mr. S. H. Potter. This is not the first time his hospitable mansion has opened its doors to this society. Mr, Potter makes a genial host, and one who has taken an interest in the society from its very start. I did not see Lottie Tot there but probably that is owing to her being so very small that it would tako a magnifying glass to make her visible. She has her own opinions though if she is little. These New England people are always rather shrewd bat they are not so good at keeping secrets. Besides Lottie Tot, whom I did not see for reasons stated above, there were present a number of my friends whom I was delighted to meet. Among them were Mr. and Mrs, Jos. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Heinl, Mrs. Barbour, Mrs. Jones and others. I am almost afraid to give an account of the subject of the da* and the able manner in which it was discussed, for fear of making mistakes and that might lead to something serious as a certain reporter will testify. It is safe to say, however, that "parks'' and not "pears" was the theme.

Since my last letter the council has passed a law regulating the auction business in regard to fees, taxes, etc. In other and more homely words, since the horse has been stolen they have shut the barn door. It is a step in the right direction though and may save the rest of our blooded stock from a like fate.

If you do riot write sooner than you did last time. I shall think you jare real mean and will retaliate, seo if 14on't,

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 6,1880.

Affectionately, SUSIE.

RANDOM SHOTS.

THE GOOD-HEARTED FELLOW. "Oh! he does not amount to much, but ho is a good hearted fellow!" Inquire who these "good hearted fellows" are, if that remark is considered complimentary. They are the easy, good for nothing, do nothing, lazy, sauntering kind of men, enemies to themselves and their families. They sit on a box in front of

Borne

store and whittle, chew

tobacco and tell jokes, and when the weather gets too cold for whittling, they get in by the stove where they can keep comfortable and enjoy themselves generally. They always find company, for tho "good hearted fellow", is not an isolated character by any means, and the finding of such company encourages the idoa that they are much like the rest of the world. The fact is, thatjbusy, wideawake, energetic men, acting on the belief that the world owes them a living, and that, like any other debt, it takes hard work to secure it, do not look for that work in such company. These "good hearted fellows" are generally married men, for, in their youthful days,' some unfortunate girl imagined a pleasant companion would make a good husband, and found when to late that pleasant companions are frequently fit for little else. Alas for her! She does not like to talk about him, he is her husband, the father of her children but many a night after the children are abed and he tired out doing nothing, sleeps soundly, she lies awake and thinks until the hot tears force themselves through the closed eyelids, blistering her cheeks. Poor thing! she needs rest, body mind. Her feet and limbs ache so she could not sleep even if she could stop that everlasting thinking. What, with nursing a fretful babe, cutting, turning and contriving, is it any wonder that the poor soul is almost worn out andjlongs for rest—for rest that this world cannot'give? Where are the glossy brown„locks, the rosy cheeks, the plump little hands that the very touch of used to thrill some boyish heart? The "good hearted fellow"comes in, sees the silver threads gleaming here and there, the worn, weary look, and wonders what Nell does with herself to make her look like that. Friend stop right there. Ask yourself seriously why your wife looks like that who is to blame? A wife should be a help mate, but it is not right that the burden and otre of a family should be thrown on her. For Heaven's sake, go to workt Cut wook, drive a.team, maul rails if necessary, but go to work arouse your sleeping energies, and hew out a nitch for yourself. Write your own epitaph, and let it not be "Oh, he did not amount to much, but he was a 'good hearted fellow.*"

WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE*

BY JIAK1E.

Oh, what can the matter be What can the matter be, That silent he must keep?

No letter comes to cheer me, And greatly now I fear me, His heart's no longer near me,

My tears I'm doomed to weep. Oh, what can the matter be? What can the matter be,

My lover does not write He's aye so kind and loving, He surely ean't be roving, And needs a sweet reproving

To change his fickle flight. Oh, what can the matter be What can the matter be,

He seems to have forgot. To love he aye was tender, To nourish and befriend her, And loving billets send her,

And happy make her lot.

Oh, what can the matter be What can the matter be I wait the long, long day,

Until my heart grows weary, 5 My sonl tc sad and weary, In sighing for my deary I To take fiiy pain away. Oh, what can the matter be 1 *.

What can the matter be, He cannot false be grown?He who lwed me so Kindly, And I worshiped BO blindly, In whom.my heart and1 mind lie

As though they were his own. Oh, what can the matter be? What can the matter be

My spirit sorely cries: Your silence, love, is kil ling, And all rey sonl is filling I With thonghs so sad, ana thrilling

With pain my being dies.

Terre Hante, Feb.28th, 1880.

LITTLE SERMONS.

A noblo heart, llko the sun, showeth its greatest countenanoe in its lowest estate.

Every maiu however wise, requires the advice ctfsome sagaolous friend in the affairs o?|ife.

Youth nimbly runs neck and neck with Folly, tfbt both are out-distanced by Experience.

There is a touch of the eternal fitness of things in a shabby exterior for a shabby oharacter.

Anticipation is only a merry mask under which grins the ghastly death's head of participation.

He who cannot pity nimseif is umikely to feel his heart bleed for those who need compassion.

Adversity 1b the trial of principle. Without it, a tuan hardly knows whether he is honMt are not.

It is on$ tfflng to try to behave like a gent^afl'afa quite another thing to be a gentleman and not need to try.

Prosperity is a great teacher adversi ty is a greater. 'Possession pampers the mind

pri'fe^ton trains and strengthens

it. He fa happy Whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circum stances.

LEAP- YEAR HINTS. New Haven Register.

Girls know only one quarter as much about courting as boys, because they have only one year In four in which they are allowed to practice.

As a matter of course, leap year finds them poorly prepared to "step in and win," and we will give a few hints as to how it should be done.

First, fix up in style, black your boots carefully, heels and all, and if the "shine" don't come in a hurry, slat the brush across the floor into the corner, quoting what scripture you happen to

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be a big job to put on your col

lar and neoktle, and the chances are that there will be more looking in the glass than in the case of a fellow coming to £36 you.

Stroll down to the barber shop and cot shaved, and havo the barber oil ap" freely, otherwise all efforts to grease the wall paper will be futile.

On the way_ to "his" house speak to all the fellows you know this is a good point, and the only way to pay him back for flirting with the girls for three years.

As you near the house, cross the street and pass by it. This will give you a chance to see if the parlor is lighted and to surmise if any other girl is call-

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when you step up and pull the door bell, your heart is not in your mouth, you've struck the wrong house.

Inquire if the young gentlemen are in, and don't forget and wear your hat, but hang it up on the piano or the floor, or some other place.

Chew cloves assiduously during tne call otherwise "he" may think you've been drinking.

If he is a little timid blushing thing, talk about the weather, his ma, his pa, and other distant subjects.

If he plays and sings, stand up like a little man and turn the musio—wedon refer to an orguinette.

Hell probably yawn and cover up an immense gap with his jeweled hand but don't take the hint.

Playfully turn the gas down he II probably say "Oh you shouldn't," but recollect how he "doused the glim last

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don't need to say much at this

point. Conversation is apt to be a nuisance at critical junctures. Previous experience will doubtiew suggest the course of events for the rest °*WhecTthey'd lady calls out "It's ten o'clock," don't mind it wait till she calls eleven and twelve in fact, stay till you hear the milkman rattling his cans.

Ask for a match to light your cigar, linger at the door a' half hour longer, make him think that he is your own and only—and go and see another fellow the next evening.

The {dace for honest hone noes is at Miles City, D. T. The citizens there hanged a man the other day for allowing his horse to be beaten,

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IGSABOUT WOMEN.

A Utah wedding item says "the bride was togged out in white gauze." The women convicts in the Kentucky penitentiary wear men's clothes.

The women who do fancy work~are generally those who don't.fancy work. Of all the living creatures, cats, flies, and women lose the most time at their toilet.

At a church sociable in Augusta, Maine, the other evening, five young ladies were sold at auction at prices ranging from thirty cents to $2.

Mary Anderson, in the play of "Love," exclaims to the empress: "I'll deal with thee as woman dealB with woman!" and then she sails in and jaws her majesty up hill and down.

A Chicago girl says that the one grand objeot of having a beau is to save her pocket money. A smart girl can devour about ?25 worth of luxuries per month, if paid for by some one else.

The daughter of the wealthy Senator Sharon is admirably*,described as having a sweet, childlike face and gentle manners, and aaj'dressing with the greatest simplicity, entirely without jewelry.

It is estimated that the time wasted by women of the United States in looking under beds for men at night, if deyoted to work, would result, in a year's time, in making over 17,000 pairs of suspeiiders for the heathen.

The fashionable walk in New York now is'the skurry, and a fashionable bow is preceded by a stare of mind perplexity, indicating that one is so absorbed in her errand that she does not easily recognize those! whom she passes.

A bill has been introduced in the New York Assembly of which the first section provides that no person shall be debarred from voting for President and Vice President by reason of sex. The bill will speedily pass—out of mind

Miss Frances A. Willard, writing to the Woman's Journal, tells of a spirited female physician who, when fashionable women who have ruined their health by dissipation come to her for aid, insists on their following her directions, and usually finished her advjice by saying, "I doubt if you are capable of keeping "j-'th lace edging your word, and I don't believe I care to around the neel risk my reputation by taking such a light weight as my patient on any conditions whatever." "*"We were

Just goffng to tnake a similar

remark when we saw this in the Philadelphia Times: "It must not be supposed because we give so much space to household affairs and to matter specially prepared for the home circle, that woman readers are interested only in topics therein discussed. The truth is that American women are more omnivorous readers than the men, and for that very reason they must be supplied with extra mental food which the men tio not require."

A Virginia lady writes: "And now a few words to the girls who may read this. Be careful to whom you write and what you write. Many a loving, trusting letter is sent by a true hearted girl, and is read by the deceiver to a laughing crowd of men, and various remarks are passed about 'the silly girl.' I can conscientiously say, on the other hand, that I have never seen nor heard of a girl showing letters promiscuously, even from a man she did not care for, though they are often shown to the one 'dear friend' in strict confidence."

A woman who is a close observer of round dancing, in Washington, writes to the Springfield Republican as follows: "It has become the fashion for girls to wear a bunch of Jacqueminot roses low in the corsage. Many of these roses shed their dye when touched or rubbed, and so upon the snow white shirt bosoms, encased in low cut vests of dancing men, is often to be eeen a delicate blush which gives a touch of color to their sweetly simple costume. In this way there are some girls at least who imprint themselves not only upon the bosom of their lovers, but upon those of many other men. Is it not a charming idea?"

A TRUE WIFE. Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Oftentimes I have seen a tall ship glide by against the tide as if drawn by an invisible tow line with a hundred strong arms pulling it. Her sails furled, her streamers dropping, she had neither Bide wheel nor stern wheel still she moved on, stately in serene triumph, as with her own life. But I knew that on the other ride of the ship, hidden beneath the great bulk that swam so majestically, there was a little toilsome steam tug, with a heart of fire and arms of iron, that was tugging it bravely on and I knew that if the little steam tug untwined her arms and left the ship, it would wallow and roll away, and drift hither and thither, and go off with the affluent tide, no man knows where.

AnH so have known more than one genius, high decked, full freighted, wide sailed, gay pennoned, but lor the bare toiling and brave warm beating heart of the faithful little wife that nestled close to him so that no wind nor wave could part them, he would have gone down the stream and been heard of no more

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Blonde dogs are the fashion. New jewelry is large and ponderous The bonnet of the day and hour is theflat turban.

Five o'clock tea is the fashionable party in Lent. All fashionable coiffures in Europe are worn low on the neok.

The Derby hat once more peeps jauntily above the spring fashion horizon. The fashion of wearing powder in the hair for evening toilet is to be revived.

Pieces of wire are run into the flaring Valois collars to keep them stiff and in place.

Flowers are conductive to holiness, says a pious New York paper, speaking in the interest of the florist.

The newest fancy is to have the sleeves slashed so as to show a plaited place matching that placed beneath the opening at the throat.

One of those Russian Princesses who spare no expense to be lovely sends to Paris for a hair dresser when she wishes to beiespecially lovely.

Old linen tablecloths, which wear out first in tho center, are made into fancy cloths, with a centfer of sky blue or pinfc sateen, the edge cut In small points and worked with squares or medallions in satin stitch. A trimming of long points of the sateen is added to the edge.

The latest novelty in dress goods is ecru cotton, thioker than the heaviest unbleached muslins of last summer, aud with bayadere stripes of bright Bhades of blue, scarlet, yellow and black. Over thesis bayadere domestics are sometimes draped the cheese cloths of last summer.

It is alleged to be a veritable fact that with the fashion of low necked dresses there has come in use Paris neckj, costing something like $200 aplec4, by which the ravages of age or natural dcfects are carefully concealed. At the point where nature's handiwork ends, and the exhibition of the triumph of art commences, abroad band of velvet, to which dia» monds are usually' attaohed, is worn round the neck.

The Sara Bernhardt neckties are scarfs of white Indian muslin edged point Languedoc laoe,'or else they, are point d'es-

The scarf

passes high around the neck, aud is tied in front with one wide loop hanging on the side and two ends down the middle, and are finished aoross with plaited ltfee, while a single large flower is oppo-, sito tho loop close beneath the chin. They recall the lace cravats worn in the time of Louis Quatorze, and are very handsome with the masculine coats now worn by ladies.,

Among the developments of art education in this country, there is none that is more beautiful and interesting or useful than that displayed ln the "present fashion" for pretty pictures, such as may be seen on fans, cards, stationery, menus and many other articles both useful and ornamental. Very beautiful and exquisitely finished engravings of landscapes and figures, graceful, delicate and quaint designs and embroideries decorate articles of daily use, educate as well as please the eye, and furnish suggestions for thought. It is a revival of an ancient custom, and is a most beautiful one in household use as well as adornment, and has a direct tendency to a practical cultivation of aesthetic'.taate. Exquisite specimens of household art are to be seen almost every where, which are not only fit for the passing glance of enjoyment and as souvenirs of taste and affection, but for permanent preservation. The fashion is very popular at the present time, and is most abundant in its productions and we believe will not soon go out of date but become a source of utility as well as ornament with the people.

The belief has been current of late years that the dreadful habit of tight lacing is out of fashion, but there is reason to fear that it is not so muc| an evil of the pastas has been supposed. A painful impression has lately prevailed that

practice,

young married lady, mov

ing in very fashionable^ New York society, whose death oocurred not long since, was

victim to the pernicious

and those very well qualified

to form an opinion aver that there are many here who pursue it. The Lancet quite lately remarked on this subject: "Surely, enough has been said as to tight lacing to make it plain that danger must attend the process. The notion of improving nature by forcing the feet into tight boots, and the divers other devioes with which fashion beguiles the love of personal embellishment, are sufficiently monstrous but the audacity of attempting to compress the trunk, which contains the central organs of life, for the sake of appearances, surpasses belief. Perhaps the recent death from tight lacing, in which the heart was found to be so impeded in its action1 as to render life impracticable, may have some deterrent effect but we doubt it. Fashion will prevail, and wasp like waists will be cultivated in defiance of nature."

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