Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 11, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 September 1880 — Page 1

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

VEraoBJwyshe already foresee* "very vpi early and severo cold."

THIS

beat part of vacation is getting

bo me well rotted and eager for work. 1 '11

I THK

childlike and bland smile is pass­

ing from tbo faces of the ice men to the •coal dealers.

How about amateur entertainments? Are we to be inflicted with them as usual this season.

'THB

police are shooting an occasional

dog—just enough to encourage th? sale of license checks.

A timeta* item in tbo statement that in this glorious country or boars aboot ouo buudrod thousand watches are sold every month.

THAT

week is counted as lost that

does not record the starting in this eity of anew lodgo of the many benevolent and Insurance orders.

-JTHBHK

tlie Fair grounds next week, and we arc assured that It will be ont In open ground where all can And it.

A smalt, man never so much feels his littleness as when bis boys grow up to be great strapping fellows and bis wile cuts down their old clothes to fit him.

THAT

the country Is indicated in the fact that the fall fairs this year have been well attended and almost uniiorruly sueceaaUil.

THEM?

has been a decided intimation

In tho atmosphere this week that tbo summer days are about gouo. To the man who hss no winter clothes this appears more than a more announcement.

A PKE&tnEM TAX. election year has usually been considered unfavorable for trade, bat. this sceuis to beau exception to tlM» No hMtftftas yieieoDie from politico,aqd our merchants havo staple reasons for expecting a big fall and winter trade. .,ov$'V vj

LATJIW®

reliable advices from the

Porter- Lmders debate are to the effect that Porter thrashes the ground with what littlo there Is left of Landers, while Landers devours Porter, boots and all. We gat our advices from .the papers of both political parties, Hi

NKW YORK

has just received a colos­

sal bronze statue of Robert Burns, the work of Sir John Steele, R. S. A., of Glasgow. If the poor poet oould only have had more of his fame during life, bow much happier be would have been 1 It makes one sad to think of his honors now, and tbo fortunes which have been reaped by others from bis works, and he compelled to lead the beggarly, mis orable life he did.

BLOCK ISLAND

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THK

is one of tbe quaintest

of summer resorts, even more remark able in its way than Nantucket. Out or a population of 1,148 persons 1,032 were born on tho island of native Block Islanders. For one hundred and twenty years no mai|s came to the island, and there never was a lawyer or jail In the place, Seaweed nets the inhabltauts an iuccroo of 133,000 a year, aud moss about |1,009 more. Peat is generally used and Is tbe only fue' know to the poor.

THK Southerners who used to visit Saratoga in great numbers, have been returning there again this season in greater force than for several years. They do not spend aa much money as formerly, nor make aa great display of toilets and fine equipages as they did before tbe war, bnt they seem to enjoy Saratoga as heartily aa ever, and love to recall tbe olden times when they lux uriated in easy splendor. They are given to boasting of their comparative poverty now, and think it rather a credit to have light purses.

thoroughly fashionable girl

(writes aLong Branch cor respondent) as represented at that capital of frivolity, looks aa if she had stepped out of a picture painted in the middle of tbe last century. She droops her shoulders, represses her bosom, and humps her back until she ia interestingly shaped Alike a consumptive in the stages next preceding death. Her shoulder blades show like rudimentary wings through the thin muslin of her white drees, and her hair hi arranged with angelic simplicity. Over her shoulders and obest ia a Doha like tbe neckerchief familiar in the standard portrait of Martha

Washington. Her skirt la gathered ia at the waist, and bangs as straight and! Ltotaln aa an old fs*hion*d petticoat to •Asrithin six inches of the ground.

Ooscofio, and Concord philosophy, have for many years been suggestive of an absence of belief in Christianity, if not indeed atheistic. Bat evidently there is a tarn in the tide there. The lectures and conversations of the recent "Summer School" held nnder the direction of Bronson Alcott, and nnder the shadow of the home of Balph Waldo Emerson, bad a very decided religious, even christian tone pervading them. It wsa a great surprise to some "advanced liberals," wbowent there to get con* firmed in their belief in nothing but protoplasm, to bear so much of the great truths of Christianity. It is said that when Dr. Peabedy lectured on the question "la life worth living?" there were times when the eyes of many of the audience were filled with tears. And In the discussion which immediately followed two or three of tbo speakers said they felt as If they bad bean iu a revival meeting. And tbis, too, in a meeting of philosophers, and at Concord 1 The pendulum seems to be swinging back from the creed of disbelief to one of strong faith in the fundamental teachings of the christian religion. Will those at tbe west who swear by Concord, and Emerson, still follow tbe!r leaders

IK

will be only one beerstand cn

Is not a bad idea of some one,

that the tale bearer and tale bearer should be hanged up together—tbo former by the tongue, ibe latter by the ear.

THK

hoaltb, wealth and prosperity of

almosi every city, says a Cincinnati writer, there are many cheap dry goods stores, which are doing a large credit business, the baneful effects of which are too apparent to any one who will give the matter eome little thought and study. Many a womau, from vanity and an inordinate love of dress, enticed by this easy and ready means to dress well or equal to her probably more fortunate neighbor, soon finds herself in a sea of trouble, which ofttiines ends in destruction and despair. There are very few women, especially tbe married, of any standing but are able to obtain credit at some store for dry goods and finery. Women are allowed to open accounts, aud goods are sold with tbo understanding that payments can be made in sums as beat suit the purchaser, or BO much weekly. If the bill stands too long tbo importuning collector is brought to bear if this fails, the law is threatened, but this by all means uust bo avertod, beoause it would not only bring scandal but exposure to tbo husband as well, and to avoid this history has failed to record to whatly thatJ)aun6r .found meandHNPftfifan

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HOSPITALITY

no!- resorted or the

wrong she baa done to pay a debt which she never would have been led to incur had not her vanity been offered the inducement to embark upon the dangerous and destructive sea of credit.

is not the easiest thing

In the world to manage oven on the part of those desirous of exercising it in the best way. One of thejoommonest mis takes is in overdoing li It is overdone by the effort to "entertain" the guest constantly. Of course guests should not be neglected neither should their conversational powers be kept constantly upon tbe strain. It is generally re garded as impolite to leave a guest alone. Consequently when it becomes absolute ly necessary to do so there are profuso excuses and apologies which make the visitor feel that bis presence is a burden. Or, worse yet, there is a continual relay of entertainers. When tbe host must go tbe hostess takes up tbo duty. When both host and hostess must leave the room, a son or daughter, aunt or cousin, or friend, must be sent in. And so the poor guest gets no rest, but has a "fresh hand" to meet at every torn. This is not hospitality, it is cruelty. If it were as allowable as to ask for a glass of water when thirsty, many a guest would say, I will thank you to leave me alone for a little whiio now." It is dreadfully hard work to be entertained and to be entertaining all tbe time.

Another overdoing of bospttality is at the table. It is all right to have a better dinner than usual, if company ia expected, and yet there is no table at which a guest feels so comfortable aa that at which there is no appearance of change on his aooount. If changes are made, they should be so managed, as Car aa it Is possible, aa not to bo apparent. Tbe pleasanteat hospitality at table is that where one see any to drop into his awn place, while all the rest are In their placee, and to share with the family just what they would have had if company were not present. Instead «f this, vary often there are incessant voioet declar* ing, aa plainly as if uttered by tbe lips,

We have taken all thia trouble to make it pleasant for you." Display is often mistaken tor boepitality. Instead of taking all pains to make it pleasant for the visitor, great pains is taken to win his admiration. In dreca, and in the setting ef the table, In parlor and dining room, Instead of an air which seems to aay, "We are glad to see you, and trust you will find comfort and pleasure In our home," tte» hi in incosssnt cballege to admit*. To make a display la not hospitality. DiepUy fer the enjoyment of the host. Hospitality looks to the enjoyment of the gttart. No changes should be made aave thoae that will add to the comfort and pleasure of tbe guest.

Vol. 11.—No. 11 TERRE HAUTE, IND„ SATURDAY- EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1880. Eleventh Year

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ABOUT WOMEN,

Ole Bull's young widow will ret to ber parents at Eau Claire, Wis. "Crushed strawberry" is a new Par* Irian color. Every red headed girl is a crushed strawberry.

It is remsrkable how smart a woma$ is discovered to be after her husband has been nominated for president.

Miss Tanner, who recently married a widower named Hyde, with eleven children, says that she has given np tanning, aud is now dressing Hydee.

Mrs. Grundy says that some Saratoga ladles wear stockings costing $125 per dozan. Their husband (soc et tuum) are disbelievers in the philoeopby of Soc-rates.

Miss Parsons, one of tbe American "professional beauties" of tbe fashionable season iu London that has just closed, bas been pronounoed by tbe Prince of Wales *'tbe loveliest womsn of tbe day."

The richest young lady in the United States is Miss Catherine Wolfe, of New York, and she has just erected a home and lodging house for newsboys and other street arabs. Her millions number about fifteen.

An English woman bas brought suit against a cabman for taking ber to tbe wrong funeral. The Boston Post doesn't see why she houldu't enjoy riding after one corpse just as much as another, as tbe drive wss over the same road.

Female barbers are gaining consider able custom at Washington, All are colored, and their entire custom comes from their own race. They oharge five cents for an ordinary shave, but when a customer has bis bead shaved ten cents Is asked. .Dress is so excessive and preposterous at Saratoga tbis season that a modestly and suitably attired woman attracts more attention than pleases her. "White satin for breakfast," and a diamond ring on each finger of a woman's hand, was not excelled in the halcyon days of Shoddy.

Ono end of tho (Jarfleld and Arthur flag iu Washington was attached to the chimney of a house occupied by a fema!e clerk,in the Post office Department. She was discarged last Saturday, and just about as swiftly as pen can describa

from the opposite chimney. Miss Smith was to have beeD married at Springfield, 111., but she disappeared on the morning of the wedding day, and various were tbe conjectures as to her conduct. She bas written from an adjoining State to her affianced husband, saying that she fled because she was scared, but is now ready to face tbe clergyman.

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Tbe Princess of Wales is a pioture of modest good taste as she walks the deck of her husband's yacht. She always wedrsthere a plainly made dress of some dark color, with a sailor's hat, or a close soft hat, which is exceedingly becoming to her. Her little daughters are dressed In dark serges or simple cottons, and sailors' hats always crown their long, fair hair.

Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon, the first female who ever addressed a jury in California, defended reoently a man charged with murder. Mrs. Gordon wore a black dress, and her only orna ment was arose at her throat. Her appearance caused excitement which she endeavored to ignore, and she was sev era! times applauded, to the disgust of tbe court. Her client was acquitted on a technical point.

A Saratoga correspondent says: "I think tbe articles of dress on which tbe wearers of expensive toilets here spend most money are stockings, parasol, sashes, belts and artifioal flowers, l^adies wbo want to have their feet always dressed in the latest and most expensive style of stockings pay as high aafl25 per doaen for them. Tbe embroidered ones are, of course, the moat expensive, are obviously meant to be seen, aa a lady wearing such may often be observed sitting on a crowded plana with one leg (the use of tbe word "limb" would be superfluous In the case of so obvious an extemity) thrown over the other and the uppermost foot thrown out as If lor inspection. Again, a wearer of dainty slippers and hose extends both feet far beyond the oover of hsr skirta as sbesita where be wbo pa— may notice.''

The saleswomen of New York are ventilating their wrongs through communications to t^e newspapers. No one can read them complaints without feeling a warm sympathy for tbe unfortunate women wboee condition In life compels tbem to choose between a career of shame and tbe oppression and abase of heartless employee. For some of the hardships of which they complain then amy be remedial supplied by legislation, but for most of them nothing is possible to be done so long as the hearts of employee are hardened egsinst their appeals. Aa a rule these women am compelled to work long hours, required to remain on their hat discing tbe whole time they are on dnty, and receive wagea upon which they can

barely eke out a miserable existence. The result is that their health is impaierd, their constitutions broken down, and their livee rendered wretched, in many cases ending at last in despair and poverty. There is afield in the metropolis for missionary work in behalf of Us saleswomen which ought to be industriously worked.

Tbe day of stiffly starched dresses has gone by. Petticoats of silk,, or foulard and pongee, are worn by people who can. afford tbem, while ladies who still ding to cambric petticoats have then starched only aronng tbe bottom, to h&tttonize with the soft, limp materials whiuh are now tbe acme of elegance. Lairudreues reduce tbelr starch to the la$k dejgree of thinness, and English joutnala advise bran, water as a substittttfSHbhe bran to be boiled in the water, ben strained off and used oold. wh^h^Ut

TJHE BETTER WORLD.

•rm%y CHTBCHE3, PASTORS AND PEOPLE

Sttioking is not allowed in Texas churches. Tbeto Is religious excitement atShelglabl, Iowa,'because a Methodist pastor 1| rabk lager beer]at a publio bar.

Tbo Pittsburg Christian Advocate says: One of our reverend and valued contributors sends us ah article, and makes the following startling request: "Please omit the *D. D.' It is too 'blasted* common."

Freddy Miles, of Cleveland, aged four, accompanied his parents to church. On entering they knelt and bowed low. As they resumed their seats, thus said Master Fred: "Is you 'fraid cause God is here?" "Why, no, child!" "Then what makes you hide

Clergymen in Philadelphia who, were unable to get away to tbe watering places have been preaching what they call eermonettes. They are little ones, not intended to save souls, but to simply keep tyis majesty from moving in and ofecuj$f!ng the churches duriqg the dull SfcUSGggk

Tbg||h7i|t!an at Work has coined two Ooi is "sermonette," suppose^BjHj|u^^^jy^|H^U0i% and tbo otifll^^^^Mite:iifrhort' prava:

a eermdnelte, and

Itoe^XtSrd's prayer would be classed among the petitionettes. The Rev. Geo. E. Strobridge, Methodist EpiBoopal minister of New York, preached a late sermon on the text, "Tbe Sabbath was made for man,'' in which he made a plea for the Sabbath sea-aiders, saying that those of true Christian spirit "should be slow to join in the wholesale denunciation of those who flock to tbeaeaside resorts on the Sabbath day, lest tbey be found smiting some jaded and wearied brothers and sisters or blowing the breath of untimely wrath iuto tbe face of some drooping child."

A muscular and energetic negro revivalist is at work in Little Rock. "I sees a good many ole tuffs in dis boose," he said, in on4 of bis meetings, "an' I wants 'em to come up ter de mourner's bench right now. Day's got ter come. De Lord doan say I wish you would do anythin but says you's got to do it. Firmness is religion. De rock of ages is made outen flint. Mr. Johnson," said tbe preacher, addressing a sinner, "come up an'put yer head on dis bench. I'se played kyards wid yer, but yoa'se got ter reform. Come on, I tells you is yer comin'T" "No, I isn't," said Mr, John* son. "Den I'll fetch yer. You'sebeen standln' off de preachers long 'nougb." Tbe preacher left tbe pulpit, advanced to where Mr. Johnson was standing, and caught him by the collar. Tbe two men began struggling, and confusion prevailed :?bnt Mr.

Jobnson was dragged to

tbe bench. The Rev. Dr. Williamson, of tbe First Methodist church, of Chicago, found that his congregation were relaxing their belief In a hell of literal fire. He therefore preaohed a sermon on the subject, making the following points: 1. That if those Saripturee that relate with such apparent clearness to the tact of an endless bell are meaningless, no other part of tbe Bible can be depended upon 2. That unless men dying in sin are doomed to awfol and endless suffering, the humiliation of Pilate's oourt, the agony in tbe garden, and the final, bitter expiation on Calvary must be regarded as means utterly disproportioned to the end to be accomplished 3. Tint, If Bible language was written to be read, and if, like all other aerioua speech, It nseansanything, so plain and so repeated are tta statements on this salgcet there can be no doubt that an awful and eternal reality of punishment for unpardoned stances exists in the unlvetse of God 4 That hell Is a definite locality &. That the torture of hell is bylitecal and endless fire.

Colonel Bob Ingemoli says that wheat amansmckes or chewa he should coojeasthe fault to intended wiie, and if after that she accepts him, he **hss the dead wood (Mi hsr."

Old Gold Laces, Polka Dot Handkerchief, Handsome Jewelry, and for many new Fancy Goods, see CENT STORE.

Written for The Mall. SORROW.

FRANKT. CRAHPTON.

Oold are tbe winds but oolder still Are the tear fountains of my Jieort, Locked In an icy band. An icy dart—That wounds, yet does not kill— Goes rankling, with a biting thill,

I my veias. The western sun— that the race of day is run—

As itstnks down, casts o'er me adarkrpall Wet with the tears of Woe and Sorrow's gall.

HOME.

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest. Home keeping hearts are happiest, For those that wander tbey know not where Are fall of troubleand full of care

To stay at home is best.

Weary, and home&ick, and distressed. They wander east, tbey wander west, Ana are baffled, and beaten, and blown about By the winds of the wilderness of doubt .,3To stay at home is beet.

Susan Perkins* Letter.

TKRRB HAUTB,Sept.10,1880.

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DEAR JOSXPHINK—Yourlast letter lull of the cblt-chat of village life, of tbe ups aud downs -of existence in the rural districts, was read with mingled emotions of interest and amusement. The photograph album was a very nice present to reoclve, and I am sorry I cannot comply with your modest request of sending you some piotures of Terre Haute people to put in it. How like your own innocent impertinence that was! Your verdanoy is charmingly original, so much so, that it deserves to be rewarded in some way. You really want me to send you a dozen or so photographs of some of our prominent citizens, gontlemen preferred I Pardon me, desr Josie, but no one except a simple country girl oould possibly conceive of such an idea. Know then, sweet innocence, that it is considered. highly looproper for a young lady to ask for a gentlemen's picture, and as they are not for sale, and there is a poor prospect of any being given me, I shall be compelled to disappoint you. However, a happy thought has come to me iu connection with tbe above. If you really wish to get some idoa of UiQ-eyppparanoe of a few of ourartbstantlal citizens, and your request was not altogether actuated Iroiii the motive pf "filling your alter ta ^IcaUfc fun wt

&*with

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me assure you in tbe beginning that any wbom

I

may thus describe are by

no means nonentities tbey are busy, upright men, each with his own especial duties to perform in the practical city life with which we are surrounded.

As I write I see before me tbe genial coutitebance of one who has won a place in tbe hearts of many, but so quietly that he little suspects his own popularity. He is of medium height but well built. He has dark hair, a dark moustache, showing perhaps a few gray hairs, and %cbin that is inclined to be double. As to tbe color of his eyes, I am not positive, but am oertaln that tbelr expression is kindly. A banker, the president of a railroad corporation, he is still a friend to tbe people, and I am told be takes a decided interest in tbe political questions of the day. I shall not tell his name, for I think you oould guess it.

As I look out of tbe window I see a phseton drawn by a white horse, and seated within it, contentedly jogging along, a friend whose familiar face is a welcome one In many an invalid's room. He is rather large, baa aandy whiskers and shaggy eyebrows, and wears spectacles. At present be is dressed in dark clothes and wears a stiff black hat.

Here oomes another important citizen -important- in a two fold sense:—First on account of the respect he wins from all, and second on account of his portly appearance wbich indicates that he is used to good living or else be has a remarkably clear conscience, perhaps both. His age ia between fifty and aixty, probably, bis iron gray hair rather thin, a smooth face, florid. His expression Is bensvolsnt and fatherly, be carries a cane and wears alight brown hat with a black ribbon band around it, is a member of tbe Methodist cbareb, and father of a large family of promising boys.

The next picture that greets my mind's eye Is that of gentleman in a high, open buggy drawn by a bay horse, said horse being a source of much pride toite owner, and the Innocent cause of a little bragging, Its owner hss white hair and whiskers, Is drees id in a dark blue suit and dees considerable driving areocd tbe eity. Bspedally If there fa aa stam of Ate, we ateafaMSt aa sore of ssetsig his familiar faee, as we am of seeing the fire engine.

Here hi a gentlessan, taQ, thin end of serteos aspect. He has brown hair and wMkm slightly stsMbad with gray: wears a brown salt «d ametbyst ting and rMeein a carriage dmwn by a black bone. He is ss nest, dainty and fastidious as a woman and although he looks so dignified, enjoys a good joke as mueb aa anyone.

Here Is —mbtttmtial dtixsn: his weight J»0m two hundred pounds and his beeztts geneioos in proportion to his body* A lawyer, h« Is Interested

in all the questlona of the day, social well aa political. He sometimea-lecturee, sometimes gives vent to his ideas on thg subject of cookery, and enjoys. society with the ardor of youth. It Is safe to say that he ia one of the few o» record who has no aseforan ovcrcoaleven In the coldest weather.

And now I see another face, that of a well known Main street jeweler. It is a broad, good humored

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with kindly

blue eyes and sandy whiskers and hair* He can play checkers as well as he am repair a watch, ie mildly addicted to croquet and as good natured as tbe day to long.

Speaking of croquet reminds me Of another subject for a pen pioture—tha of one whom I often see In my ftequent walks past the croquet grounds. He Is tall and thin, has blue eyes, white hair and a fringe of white whtskere nnder bis chin. He carries a carries a ottae bat his still straight figure hardly qeeds a support. His children and grandchildren, neices and nephews, of whom there area goodly number surround him and make his m£hway a pleasant one. Those who know blm call him "Unole Hariy."

Here is another frequently seen to different psrts of the city. He rldee in a backboard, has a pale face, gray eyes, a red beard and a- pleasant voice. HI looks delicate but there is a world of energy in that slender, physique and a talent for getting through with untold quantities of work that is almost miraculous. Every child In town can tell you his name.

Another friend approaches. He ls rather large, inollnod to be stout, has iron gray hair which be wears a little long, moustache to match, parries a cane and wears a light broad brimmed bat. I em told he is not slow to defend hie honor and good native in tbe courts ofjustice.

Another prominent citizen, aud one about wbom I never heard an ill xtatnre& remark, now looks we in tbe Xaeswlth kindly greeting and ea»rtoGus)gr inquires! I want all-wool, double .width dress goods. His handsome figure is crowned with a well shaped head} brown hair, In whioh silvery threads appear, out close, and a handsome beard If.ever a man was bgjrtf$$ilU $ totebe In life, hew

love. •*. Aud now let me show you the picture of ono of our druggists. Of medium height, slender, quiet and retiring disposition. Black hair aud whiskers, blue eyes and a general air of friendliness* He is hsppiest In his home, and noxt to that he enjoys hunting, fishing and boating.

There, my dear Josio, are tbe pictures. Spread tbem out, survey them at yonr leisure, and tell me which you like best* Yours ever,

SUSIB.

THEY TELL US

That Lotta is coming with anew play In seven kicks and forty winks to the minute.

Tbat tbe fashionable color continues to be old gold. Even freckles are of tbat color.

That tbe habit of eating apples In the dark is what brings many a poor little worm to an untimely end.

Tbat an over confident mother in Ontario county, New York, intended to name ber baby Hancock. Tbe littlecherub came and she called it Han*nab, She BOW says she will bet all of her dried applet tbat tbat ia as near as the psrty will come to naming tbe next President.

Tbat a laWyor and! a doctor were disputing, tbe other day, about a bill a fellow owed each of tbem. He was only able to pay one of tbem, and left It to tbem to eettle which ongbt to have it, "Why, I ought to have the money, of course," said the lawyer "I saved tbe fellow from going to the penitentiary." "Well," said tbedoetor, "I have saved him from going to hell!" It Is needless to sdd wbo got tbe money.

LITTLE SERMONS.

Don't let yonr piety inconvenience those around yea. Never fail to give a helping hand and a word of advice to thoee younger than yourself.

Don't be afraid of work life fs short and yon will have time enough Co rest when it is over.

To preech yonr religious ideas to those atoand you without a license for so doing is pieoe of unwarranted Inter*

If yoa learn to talk hat little end to listen a great deal, yoa will gather np a large shore of nasfol information.

Pay your honast debte before yoa subscribe to charitable undertakings. Honesty before charity. la wonderful bow sflefit a man ean be when be knows his cease is just, and how boisterous he becomee when b* knows be is fa tbs wrong. 4*^

Old age fa tbs nlgbt of life, a* nfgbt is the old age of the day. Still night to tall of magnificence end, for msny, If ia more brilliant thee the day.