Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 11, Number 5, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 July 1880 — Page 1

Vol. ii,—No. 5.

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

POLITICAL BUT HOT PARTISAN. How shall I vote This la a question '"§t that never perplexes the thorough pertl'$@san. In fact it never saggeste itself to the mind of such. When the convention has selected tbe delegates the thorough A partisaa has nothing to do until election but to shout and hnrrah for "one side" and denounce the other Bide read, believe and retail all stories, true and false, favorable to tbe ticket, end do the same with all stories true and false, dam aging to the opposing ticket and then when election day oomes round, march to the voting places and deposit the straight ticket. But all men are not thorough partisans. There are those

who care more for country and prinoiple than for (arty, and tbe number of such is on tbe increase. We think it no idle 3 boast to say that probably Tbe Mail bas a larger number of such among its read liters than any other of the city papers, as would naturally be tbe ease with a non--partisan paper. The Mail is not taken ?on account of its politics but lor its literary merits. Therefore smong its readers there would naturally be a more thorough mingling of all parties than .* would be tbe case with a party paper

We have no desire to dictate, or even to •%l persuade our readers to vote either this ticket or that, but simply to indloate 5 -what seems to us to be the proper method to be pursued by candid and patriotic men in deciding their duty at *tf tbe coming election.

THE

question cannot be deoided by

the character or ability of tbe candidates. ^Personally either Hanoock or Garfield -would do honor to the White House. In .this respect neither »party oould bave selected a man lees objectionable, and not easily one with more points in his '. favor. .The non-partisan, and even tbe "candid and honest among party men will dismiss all tbe "oook and bull" stojrles prejudicial to oither. Some party f* papers and some party orators—not all illof either class, we beileY.e--.wlll try to penreadtr tnerrWadfir* "WhrtW** that their own candidate is the embodiment of all virtue and wisdom, and that tbe other man Is an incarnation of all that is bad and foolish. Skip all snob reading, and when hearing it from the stump gilet It in at one ear and out at the other. .Both Garfield and Hanoock are qualified intellectually and morally for the position of chief magistrate.

THJC

question cannot be aetttled by

studying the platforms, ir reed without the light of antecedent history there is very little in the platforms to dls'tingulsh them. Both declare for a pare or free ballot, both areevasive on tbe ^financial question, both are anti-Chinese, both go in for civil servtee and so on to the end. Evidently both were oonstruot ed, not for the purpose of putting before the country a clear enunciation of principles, but to oatch «s many votes as possible and repel as few as possible, saylug nothing therefore, of the proverbial weakness of platforms to oontrol party action after eleotion. but judging simply from the substance of the pro* ducttons themselves, and their comparetlve merits or demerits or lack of both, we believe that time spent in studying these platforms will be wasted. There is no Ught, or very little, in them. And letters of acceptance, as they run, are mere echoes of platforms, and so as little worthy of study.

Tfiie proper source of information to which the real patriot should tosnis the history, or eecord of the parttee 'themselves. Tbe government for the next four years Is not to be in the ha«ds of Garfield or Hancock, but in tbe bauds of tbe Democratic or Republican party. However strong these men may be, it is comparatively little that they oast do The strongest, as well as the weakest man, in the presidential chair, is little more than the tool, "Or, to ase a less objectionable word, the instrument in the hands of his party. He most surround himself by the leaden of his party. He must ordinarily yield to their judgment. The strong man and the wise can doubtless do more than the weak and foclish to decide the course to be pursued, but alter all the party governs.

BXAKTCO

in mind that the national

government i» to be under control of either the Republican or Democratic party for the uext four years, the question for the true patriot Is which of these parties, from its past history, wotttd be most likely to pursue the course which we think ought to be pursued on tbe questlous at issue.

Judging from the past will the Democratic or Republican party be most likely to secure what all true patriots desire, both a "free" and a "pore* ballot? Which will be the moat likely to secure all titixsns of whatever race or oolor, at the North and at the South, their tall political rights, light on this question

must be Bought in tbe records of tbe two parties. On tbe question or finance which party, from its past record,—not in its platform or candidate,—promisee to carry out tbe principles which the voter thinks oagbt to be carried out

Which, from ite past reoord and general character, will probably do the most to help forward the oivil service reform. Which has proved itself, if either, tbe most progressive i* tbis respect. Study of party history will reveal plenty of promises and declarations, and plenty of violations-of these, but which party has tried to detbe most for this reform

Which party from its past history will be most likely to deal fairly by tbe Chinese, while at the same time-caring for the Interests of the country"? It is to be hoped that either party will do better than its platform indicates.

Wbicb will most probably deal wisely and energetically with the Mormon quostlon and which, if eithor, will probably employ it to help perpetuate its power

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These questions indicate what seems to be tbe proper course to be pursued by the true patriot in deciding how to vote.

Susan Perkins' Letter.

TBRBB HAOTK,July 30,1880.

MY DBAK JOSHPHHNK

Tbe recent

visit of the leaders of the Woman's Rights movement, with the remembrance that an association of tbis kind' has recently been formed in this city, has led me to think more about the subject tbsn usual. When I went to the meeting, and beard the speeches ef Susan B. Anthony and others, I was open to conviction, and was quite willing to be oonverted to the side which was trying so bsrd to win that boon,— woman's suffrage. To my surprise, I left the meeting less convinced of the necessity of such a purpose than when I went I

To tell the truth, I am tired of hearing so much about tbe so-called slavery -of women! Here in America, where there is freedom of speech and thought, and freedom of the press, we allude to each other as oppressed creatures only on a level with 'the former slaves of the South! It is well known, and lamented by all right-minded people, that wo are subjects of that muob-abused law, which created such dlssention at the time of tbe Revolution,—"taxation without representation." The thought of tbat, coupled with tbe ^knowledge that we are, on tbe average, about as competent of deciding aright and casting a vote aa are our brothers, are the only two reasons why we should want suffrage. Indeed, there sre very few men but what concede our ability to take part in politics if we bad the opportunity. To be sure we do not take much interest, or at least do not take suoh %ckeidtd interest in the political questions of the day aa do tbe men, but neither do the boys who have not yet east their first votes, When the time comes for us to vote we will wake up—never fear. As I said before, it is not that our ability is doubted, but the feasibility of tbe plan Much as the leaders of the movement hoot at tbe idea, it is an un deniable fact that the proper place for a true woman la by her own hearthstone and not gallivanting around the oountry making stamp speeches and rallying voters. "But," say some, "it is not neooessary for women to become prominent politicians simply because they vote." Tbat Is very beautiful in

the abstract but will fait in practice. If women do not get interested and ex cited over politics the movement will be failure, and they will not take the trouble to go to the polls. Think of the speeches, torch light prooessions, rally ings, and different organisations which it takes to arouse the men to the proper degree of enthusiasm! Are the women to take a decided interest in polities without these things 1 It cannot be done, and so to save oar oountry we would be obliged to neglect onr homes, I know that some contend a wem&a can take prominent pacts In tbe word's panorama and at the same time be a model daughter, wile, or mother. Of course tboee people have the right to think as they choose, bat I do not agree with them. Tbe mere drudgery of a household can, of course, be left to others bnt there area hundred touches to be given a home which no hired help can give and which go fer toward transforming a Aotus Into a home. And so, I say, let the women of our country do all in their power to Influence the right, through their fathers and husbands., and by tbe instilling of good prinsiplss in the minds of their sons let them study and .become brilliant, even learned so that they oan take part in all that interests their male reiativea let them accept tbe ballot when it comes and vote according to tbe dictates of their own consciences, but keep them from- public demonstrations and fruitless readings after this forbidden boon. It is true that a very small percent, of tbe woaan of the United SSttatssffotn in this movement, If the majority wanted tt do you

think the men would have the heart to refuse us Certainly not. It is said tbat the vote of woman will purify the ballot. I am not so sanguine of tbe result. In the first place there are just as many bad women aa there are bad men wading in political waters baa not yet brought all of onr iniquity to the sur£nce. On an average women get just aa oneideaed and as obstinate as are their brothers, and I dare say if there la a Greenback party in existence when we get to voting that half of us will fly to it without knowing what we are aboutjust as tbe men did you know! In the second place, I have noticed that men of the same family, generally have the same opinion in politics. Very seldom do we hear of a father and son, or of two brothers, voting different tickets. They may have different religious opinions, many differ in regard to business affairs or society, but in political matters they are side by side, doing their best for the advancement of tlie party in whose fold they have been reared. Take a regular bard shell Democrat and he will move heaven and earth before giving up his birthright—the light of being a Democrat. He will talk a great deal and declare bis intention of voting for the right man regardless of party, and tbe slngu lsr fact tbat he always has and alwaya will vote the straight Democratic ticket, stares us in the faoe. The Republicans sre almost as bad, and now does it not seem natural tbat women should follow in the footsteps of the men It will seem quite spproprlate and natural for a wife to vote as does her husband, a daughter with her father, and those who are so unfortunate aa to be old maids, or lone widows, will vote in the faith in which they have been reared. After all why do we spend time in aaking for our right*. Think of the rights we now have which no man dare question! Tbejdgbt to be first and beat everywhere is not a lady always treated with deferenoe? Then we have a number of these little yet Important rights which no qian dare dispute. The right to be alwaya be helped first at the table the right to half of all of the sidewalk the right to make an errand boy of our male companions the right to wear our opera bat three feet high, no matter If the man behind is a little deaf the right to sharpen a pencil as' badly, and &*owetsiofl6 as awkwardly aa It can possibly be done the inalienable right of sitting on the floor when putting on our shoes, and above all the right to be adored! Don't forget that Josephine. Yours,

TERRE HAUTE, IND* SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 31,1880.

SuaiB.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Marriage makes the man—the woman was maid before. A oruel husband calls his wife "green fruit," because she never sgrees with him.

The individual who points with pride is the woman with a handsome diamond ring.

Mary Anderson is supporting .her stepfather, and many youths would like to see her go a stepfsrtber and support a husband.

A young lady, who has studied all tbe "ologlee"at Vasear, wants to know if tbe crack of a rifle Is where they pat the powder In.

A Wisconsin girl broke off her engage ment because her lover had no romance. She wanted to be married on stilts, and he wouldn't agree.

ANew York mother has twenty-five children, all girls. The display of striped hosiery on her wash line must he exceedingly daxzling.

Seven hundred Ohio schoolteachers are at Chautauqua, laying plans for the fall campaign, and the children will bave to suffer for it.

When a female contributor to monthly magazine speaks of "the most delicious, delectable, entrancing and distracting of all lnnooent indulgences," she means a kiss.

One reason why Leadvllle bas no schools is because all the school ma'ams who go there find husbands between the depot and the hotels, and don't care a cent whether school keeps or not,

Mrs. Margaret Perry, of New Orleans, has distinguished herself after a fashion, by calling her two boys and one girl, all born on the day on which tbe CIn clnnati convention made its nomlna lions, Hanoock, English and America.

There are many Spanish beautiea among Saratoga belles, with great Mack eyes full of the fire of their native South, and with speech that Is like liquid aasic. The troubles In Cuba have not prevented the reeent uirnsual number of visitors from that unflMtonate isle from spending their aqmnssr at Saratoga. .?

Of Mm. Hanoock as a girl, an' old friend fc» quoted by the Courier-Journal saying: **he was tall and graceful in all her nwTttswti, a fiecldod blonds, and remarkably pretty. "Her manners were chaste end slsgant, of theanexoeptkmabto'tan or style'of the highbred Virginian or Kentucky lady of thirty years ago. She wass lovely gld, and st universally admired, and I would add, ahe was ae moeh beloved as

sdmked because she possessed qualities of beait that far outweighed the great personal beauty that distinguished her."

Nothing will please a girl so much as the information that a rival, who ia trying to rob her ef her best fellow, ha» got a pimple coming on her uoee.

A tobacconist put in his window a sign reading: "Wanted: A Girl to Stripi" end nearly everybody who saw it supposed he was about organizing a Black Crook ballet troupe. A few days later the sign appeared with the word "Tobacco" after "Strip." It was plain enough then.

Lawyer Lockwood, of Washington, hss been married twice, end says proudly that she "never asked either of her busbsnfts for a dollar." Nobody doubts it. When a woman of genius marries, she expects tosapport her husband, and her husband, with loving reciprocity, expects to be supported. "Nor Samuel," calmly replied Mrs. Bartlett, In answer to his furious and sarcastic questions, "no. It isn't because there's no gray cloth in Burlington that I patched your summer trousers with seal brown basket clotb, but I'm going to break you of your loaferlah habit of going In your shirt sleeves during business hours or I'll make you the laughjpg stock of the town." And when Mrs. Evermore makes up her list of "superfluous women" she leaves Mrs. Bartlett out every time.

Miss Kate Field described the greatest of English female novelists ss follows: "Geo^e Eliot resembles a horse in that she

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high cheek bonee and when

looking on her one Is struck with the fact tbat her capacity for work Is almost unlimited. She Is about five feet three inches high. Her disposition Is very lovable.and she ismuoh liked. She Is the most retiring and bashful woman I ever saw. She Is generally abstracted, always .thinking, and her voloe Is no loader than a whisper."

It Won't do for women who pftnt thefr faces to drink much mineral water at Avon spring. A Rochester woman tried it andigot in a bad fix. Her face all of a sudden began to turn black and white, and her alarmed friends asked if she

Innocently answered no

&tt her fa& soen becjrine so Mdl dieoolored that her friends finally Insisted on sending for a doctor. The man of pills laughed when he saw her, and asked what kind of paint she used. The woman answered that she used none, only a little powder. Tbat was the trouble. It evidently contained some chemical which changed oolor when coming in contaot with the sulphurous vapor of tbe spring.

81REB1 ACQUAINTANCES. You know a great many people yon are not acquainted with.

Your aooustomed walks on the street bring yon face to face with men, women and children every day, who grow familiar to yon, bat you know them not.

Just about so far from the same corner every morning yon meet the care-worn man,:weighted with life's burdens, his faoe wrinkled with the history of struggles. You |always feel like taking off your hat to him end offering a sympathetic word.

The spruce yoaag clerk, with one hundred and twenty etepe to tbe minute, glances at yoa sharply and whizzes by if the world wouldn't move till he got there.

The distressed looking woman, with pale face, shabby, genteel dress and a bit of reeolation expressed by her cloeed mouth, tireeomely come down the wslk. Her face bas moved you to pity every morning for a year.

What Is this little breeze coming? With metallic heel-plate clicking, clicking on (the sidewalk like the ring of a clog dancer's step, Jaunty hat to one side of her head, neat oostumo, and a saucy, piquant air Meet her every day but dont dare speak to her.

This little toddling girl with bangs, protected by an older brother, playing on the sidewalk with hoop and dolly. A glean of childhood's sunshine that greets yon cheerily.

Those two jolly fellows coming, telling storiee and laughing all the way to their work. Light hearted, because they were born so. You feel like taming about and having a laugh with them, bnt they are only street acquaintances.

The "grubbing" sort of men whom yoa meet every day carrying a pipe between their teeth, round shouldered, and having a hangdog sort of gait perfectly IwBflRwt to everything. It makes a man feel bine to see them.

The gray halted and much-bowed veteran, whose life Is near adjournment. IN

meet him on 8nnday mornings only, kaataig on his staff, his white looks streeming In the brseae a picture whioh we all look upon with reverence.

These art bat a few types of the people w» meet every day In the etreet and 19 not acquainted with, tint apartef oar every d^y life seat* oar daties that add so much to oar pleasure aad opportunity for study» than books or iMws^sjiMs. MudsrnArgo.

THE BETTER WORLD.

CHURCHES, PASTORS AN to PEOPLE

There are now In the city of New York eighty-five Protestant Episcopal churches. Their number has doubled in twenty-five years.

Rev. Herbert H. Hayden, who was charged with the murder of Mary Stannard, has gone to work for the New Heaven Folding-chair Company.

The Tnnkere will not permit their women to wear hats. At their last annual Council a petition was preeented asking If the sisters might not wear "modeet hate," but the Council said no, and gave as Soriptual authority tor their decision the texts: "Be not conformed to the world "Abstain from every appearance of evil."

A number of the members of a church at Taylorvllle, Ky., determined a year ago to contribute to benevolent purposes one-tenth of their Incomes. The result hss been the Incresse of the church donationa from |700 to f1,200 In the course of twelve months. The people who have thus contributed say that they have not been incommoded by tbe change.

The "Christian at Work" says: "We hear a great deal about 'honeet doubt.' There Is saoh an article, and a good many possess It in its genuine form. But the oharaoteristio of those who secure it Is that they are never oontent to keep it, any more than tbe chrysslis Is oontent to maintain Ite aurellan shape. Instead they want to exchange it lor something better. The beet remedy for honeet doabt la honest Inquiry."

When en evangelist resolves to Invade the wicked precincts of St. Louis, he takee his lilala Ida hand, aa it were. Gen. Haskell, Commander-in-Chief of the Salvation Army, had hardly finished bis address the other evening, when a shower of addled eggs and^decomposed tomatoes fell about hie ears, and soiled the garments of his fomsle assistants. He hes finally been forced to ask the aid of the polloeln the conversion of tbope hardened sinnsrs.

The Rev. George T. McClelland went from Fltteburg to Reynoldsvllle, Pa.,-to conduct revival meetings iu a PresbytQTtattchereQ. itewatf^jaartseed in SUder Kelso's house. The neighbors heard tbe noise of a fight In the building, and presently tbe clergyman was cbssed out by the elder, wbo kioked him violently at every step. Mr. McClelland subsequently eald: "Mrs. Kelso invited me to kiss her, and I did ao. Then her husband assailed me. I wish now that I hadn't kissed her.".

Thlrty-elx years ago, says the Guardian, a Connecticut deacon violently objected beoauee It waa proposed tbat a violin ahoald be used In bis church. Twenty-three yeans ago he said tbatjio one but the devil oould have suggested a melodeon. Five years ago he said that be would never go to that oharch again, If tbe contralto and tbe tenor singers were paid one hundred dollars apiece by the year. Last week he was In New York Inquiring for a boy who oould pump an organ while his daughter, freeh from school, played a hymn to the tone, "When [Johnny, comee marching home."

The Hebrew Leader Is not quite pless* sd with watering place churcbee: "Up to half a dosen years sgo tbe ministers were oontent with closing np the sanctuaries in the Summer and taking their town pleasure at fashionable Summer resorts. The reverend gentlemen found that they wero very small potatoes down by the eea. There were places where they oould preach, If they were anxious keep their hands in, but there were no congregations to bear them. They oould not stop Sunday concerts they could not add an Inoh to tbe height or length of tbe bathing dresses they could not prevent bathing in houses or quiet games* at the club houses, and so they invented amoral bathing drees, very decent and very ngly, lifted tbe church up bodily and set it down eleee by the roar of tbe sea, right ander the feet of the racing nags and within hearing of the ballroom music. And there they are."

The Galveston people are tbe most polite in the world. A few evenings ago, at a little social gathering, a fashionable young Galveetonian oould not find his hat. He had not had a drink for more than half an hour, so be had to retire for tbat parpeee. Finally be discovered that a lady weighing two hundred pounds was sitting on bis hat. "Madam, will you be kind enough to let me have my hat for a few moments? As soon ss I return I will pat it right back where I go it from."

Dakewell, the originator and manager of a Leadville mining company, made his ssssssments ao heavy and frequent that th* rtookhotdara finally refussd to pat in any more money. Then he armed hinssslfwith a revolver, and started out avowedly toeollect or kill. He found several of the stockholder* In a barroom. They rstoeed to pay, aad he badly wooaded two before reosiving a fetal ballet MmaelC

Eleventh Year

FASHION'S FANCIES

Beads are the fashionable erase of the day. Trains are still worn exclusively on bouse dresses.

Japanese sun shades are very stylish with morning toilets. India mull and field flowers are favorite trimmings for coarse straw' bonnets and round bats.

Cheese cloth suits trimmed ijritl* bandahna plaids, or turkey red, mfeke fashionable but very showy auitn.

The old fashioned challies, revived foi* summer wear, have become very popular. Some of the most attractive of these designs are printed in Japanese^ designs.

Frenoh heels are worn as much a£ they were last season. Tbe most stylish shoes have broad, flat heels about an inch high, whioh are both comfortable and sensible.

The fashion of tucking dresses around the skirt, with a deep hem at the bottom is growing in favor. This style of trimmlug calls for straight, a gored breadths of tbe goods.

A late fashion for traveling ulsters is to make them of finely checked shepherd's plaid silk. A monk's hood is generally added, whioh is lined with brooade or atriped silk.

Few suits, exoept these made surtout fashion, are seen upon the street without tha addition of a shoulder cape matohing the dress, or a fiohu of lace, India nail of jetted net, $ of tbe prettiest bohnets of this are oompoeed of embroidered straw or fen ay braids. A scarf of brightly oolored Japansae silk edged with laoe Is often the only trimming on these hats. The alllc is twisted around tbe crown and tied In a large bow at tbe baok.

Neither hpope nor large bustlee sre worn. Clinging skirts are quite as fsshlonable as tbe more bouffsot styles. The fullness about the sides of dresses is merely formed by folds and sbirrlngs of the dress material, or some kind of trimming. This especially appears on very dreesy toilets.

Traveling dresses are made of camel's httf^sbeie^ UHimls and cheviots of pure woo], loosely woven. Some ef tbe most ooinfortable and becoming of these are made plain and full in tbe skirt, with a deep shirring at the top and a narrow pleated flounce around the bottom. Tbe round waist is generally worn with this skirt.» The trimming is usually of the dress goods* Plain machine stitching is also seen, upon these suits.

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The English "Jersey" dress, which la greatly in vogue in Paris and London* in an almost sesmless princess robe, fitting the form to perfection. The sleeves are woven in, and tbe bodice ia usually laced or buttoned at the baok Tbe garment has the appearance of being moulded over tbe waist and sides. A broad sash Is drsped over tbe hlpe where the skirt joins the bodice. Thla dress is generally made of stockinet eloth. The style Is very popular, but it Is a mistake to adopt it absolutely. To look well It requires a beautiful figure, neither too stout nor to thin. Otherwise it hss a ridiculous and ungraceful effect.

Raffs and fraises incresse in fullness, and width. Snowflake net, crepe lisse and India mall are materials most used for this style of neck-dressing, but the warm weather soon makes sad hsvoo with the fresh sppearance of ttese dainty fabrics. As a substitute the floest organdie is used, ususlly of a cream white edged with narrow thread or*breton laoe, which is lsid in high narrow pleats. A fichu to match, trimmed on both edges with the laoe, ia sometimee added to keep the pleating in place. A neat and pretty fashion is to pleat a Valenciennes laoe frill inside a wide ruff of the dress material, lining this ruff with Surah silk of some becoming shade.

The variety of coiffures is very great*. The old styles hold their own with msny who do not care'to yield to every fickle mood of fashion. For very young ladies the styles culminate in one called th» continental, which la a queue such gentleman wore in olden times, of single broadly plaited braid tied with a bow of brightly colored ribbbn. The front of the hair is simply waved, and! at one ride of the bead Is placed a knotof ribbon. Another style for an evening coiffure is to plait the hair in a basket braid, dreasing it high on the bead, coronet fsshlon, holding it In plsoe with a Spanish comb of silver or cut fet. A graceful fashion for young ladies is a cluster of short carle at the nape of the neck, fastened by a jewelled arrow. The hair is waived and brushed away from) the temples, and just below the parting ia iiaCaasd a sparkling ornament of son* dseerlptlon—a butterfly 61 French diamonds and emeralds being one very effective novelty for bead adornment.

"Ifs not the phlsky a mas drinks thetmakss him disxy," said OTlaharty "bnt ifti lookin'at tbe bartender's diamonde through the botton iv tbe tam* biers."