Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 11, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 October 1880 — Page 1

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION^

Town Talk.

OAMBLIXCI.

A few days ago T. T. saw an item in the papers to the effect that a correspondent of the New York Herald had been in Terre Haute, and, during what he called a flying visit bad seen in the course of half an hour the fabulous sum of $50,000 drawn from various pockets to accept a proposed wager on the Presidential candidates. Of this sum #21,000 wax produced by a member of the sporting fraternity commonly known as gamblers. It has come to be considered almost a legitimate business to bet on elections and large and successful bluffs are often made to intimidate the opponition and bring over a class of voters who always wish to 1)6 on the winning Hide. But as there has been no election of late upon which any one man 4-ould have won $21,000 it set T. T. to thinking where a "sporting man" could have accumulated so much ready cash. Thought suggested inquiry upon the subject and inquiry revealed the existence of a state of affairs in this city which T. T. never suspected. It is said the "sporting man" mentioned came here about two years ago with a small amount of capital and at once proceeded to open a gambling shop. His efforts have been very successful, If the correspondent Is to be believed,and of course the Now York Herald would not, knowingly, tell an untruth. Peoplo say his bank is always well patronized and that when he loses dollar ho Is sure to win a hundred. IiUck is always on his side and so soem to bo the police. T. T. has boon informed that his establishment is gotten up regardless of expense. It is situated on the principal throughfare is kept rumiing day and night for tho bonoflt of any and all who may desire to try their luck at faro, where it is an even thing, with the chances In favor of tho dealer the room is gorgeously fitted up with tho latest xtylo of furniture the walls hung with oil paintings which Wre'imported at an enormous cxponsc the lloor covered with rich brussuls carpet of exquisite pattern, while a sideboard supplied with wines, liquors and cigars to regale' the players graces One

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Of courso such grandeur cannot be Indnlgod in for nothing somebody must pay for it, and asjtho gambler is there to make money ho cannot afford to tako so many chances upon what he styles "an even thing." The grandeur of this particular hell may have been pverdrawn by some one who wished to practice upou T. T's. credulous mind, but of its existence there is no doubt, and that it is well patronised there is just as Httlo doubt.

One of these gambling hells is not suflicientto supply the growing wants of a city llko Torre Haute. T. T. is informed that mauy of them exist and arc run in open defiance of law and order in front rooms on Main street. There was a time when such proceedings were not tolerated in this fair city, but it seems that day has gone by, for the time being, at least. This seems to be a haven of rest for tho persecuted of other cities. When all other retreats fall they just pack their kits and eome to the Prairie City, where there are none to molcwt or make afraid. During the post few weeks tho number of these gentry who have here taken up their abode is very large. They must all make a living, and to keep them in the style which they are accustomed to live many must suffer.

An investigation of the subject proved to T. T. that gambling ia carried on in this city to an extent which would tthock the moral portion of tho community were all tho facta known to them. Poker, faro and keno rooms are all well patronlmi. The crop of men who are willing to stake their money upon the turn of a card Is very large, and is not diminishing. Tho harvest seems to be a rich one, and the supply of reapers is fuHjr up to tho demand. Fresh arrivals are chronicled almost every day. They are all well clothed and live in the best style. Of them it might almost be said "they toil not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in all Ills glory was not arrayed like one of these." Their life seem* to be one of elegant leisure, bat when tlie.v do work they make it pay

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turn night into day and day into night. As a rule they area very plausible set of gentlemen they are very accommodating, and are even wilting to

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when there Is any money in it for them. They are free with their money, when they have any, and will make ft flow like water upon every possible occasion. Among themselves they are said to be a good net of IWloww, but tfaey had belter l«c let severely alone bv UKW

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any money and who would liki? to keep it. Front the namber of gambler* pointed out to htm, T. T. would infer Unit

business mast be very good, and morality at a very low ebb. These men who come here for gambling purposes are all said to be artists in their profession. Now T. T. does not know what that means, unless it is an ability to polish off their victims in a superior mannercheat them in such a way, that detection is impossible and then invite them politely to call again when they have more money and longer to stay. It is said that many of them are used as stool pigeons, and put in their time looking around for victims when one is found he is skillfully walked into the trajj and relieved of bis roll, after which h* is quietly allowed to depart, cursing hiriv^ self for his folly and the dealer for his good luck. T. T. is informed that these cases are by no means rare in Terre Haute that they are of daily occurrence, and thata man whoputs his foot within one of these gambling rooms is sure to come out fleeced if he puts down his money. Is it not about time such proceedings were stopped? These men come to town, make all they can, and then move on to a more promising field, taking with them their ill-gotten gains. They are all sharks, and never hesitate to take a man's money without giving him the slightest chance to win a cent. It is robbery under the guise of fair play. Many men frequent these dives and lose money which their families require for food and clothes, and who are helpless to protect themselves. Such people re quire protection, and they should have it. It is a duty which our police force owe to the citizens who placed them in their present positions to close up these dens and make their proprietors seek other pastures. The large cities are able to watch these places and keep them closed, and there is no excuse for a city tho size of this tolerating them for a day. There is no use for them here they serve no good purpose and do much harm. They are an institution which no one will attempt to defend. Gamblers are but sojourners with no abiding place. They are outlawed by society, and know not how long they will be tolerated in any place, and those who have been pouring into this city for some time post had better be given an intimation to move on Itnd find more congenial quarters. This sort of business has been going on too long, and T. T. would whisper Ml.'Urn ear of thpf new police force that an excellent opportunity now presents itself by which they can gain distinction and the everlasting thanks of the community at large. p--i.

A curious little book called "The rules of Civility," whichjwas published in 1(175, throws amusing light on tho manners of our ancestors two centuries ago. "Being in discourse with a man," we read on one page, "'tis no less than ridiculous to pull him by the buttons, to play with his hand strings, belt, or cloak, or to punch him now and then on the stomach." Again, "It argues neglect, and to undervalue a man, to sleep when he is discoursing on reading Therefore, good manners command it to be forbid besides something may happen in the act that may offend, as snoring, sweating, gapping or dribbling." Moro#expiicit are the rules for behavior at table. "In eating, observe to let your hands beelean. Feed not with both your hands, nor keep your knife in your hand. Dip not your fingere in the sauce, nor lick them when you have done. If yon have occasion to sneeze or cough, take your hat, or put your napkin before your face. Drink not with your mouth full or unwiped, nor so long till you are forced to breathe in the glass." There are rules also for drawing room. "If a person of quality be In the company of ladies, 'tis too juvenile and light to play with them, to toss or rumble them, to kiss them by surprise, to force away their hoods, or fan*, or ruffe. It is unhandsome among ladies, or any other serious company, to throw off one's cloak, to pull off one's peruke, to cut one's nails, to tie one's garter, to change show if they pinch, to call for one'sslippers to be at ease, to sing between the teeth, or to drum with one's fingers." ...

THK habit of exaggeration grows almost imperceptibly on one by use. "I'm tired to death," says one. So you have said a thousand times, and you'll say so a thousand times more before you die. "I had not a wink of sleep all night," says another. And yet your bedfellow heard you snore many times. "I would not do it for all the world," says a third, and yet you have done it and tnQuy things equally as bad again and again. "We were up to our knees in mud," says a fourth, when you know vety well that the mad was not over your shoes. Be correct, truthful and moderate iu your speech. The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow* Sow an act and you reap a habit sow a habit and you reap a character sow a character and you reap a destiny.

A 2CEFHKW of Gov. Williams was killed in a house of ill-fame at Vincemnesafewnlgbtsrinoe. If the murderer desires a pardon from our soft-hearted Governor, he should huny up his trial, before tho pardoning power ischangni and an afcVr man.

THE BETTER WORLD.

CHURCHES, PASTOR AND PEOPLE.

Rev- E. W. Abbey, who has been in in the city this week, contemplates accepting a call to a church in Hamilton, Ohio.

Elder H. T. Buff, of Sullivan, brother of Attorney Buff, of this city, will preach to-morrow morning and evening, at the Christian chapel, at the usual hours.

The Moffatt street M. E. church Li hereafter to be known as Greenwood chapel. Rev. J. 8. White is the new pastor, and J. A. Marshall is superintendent of the Sunday school. ^,

The members of the Congregational church, at a meeting last Wednesday evening, voted to call Rev. H. M. Bacon, of Toledo, as pastor for one year—"one year with a privilege," as the auctioneer says.

Rev!, Thomas Parry was installed on Wednesday evening as pastor of the Presbyterian church. The church was beautifully decorated with plants -and flowers, and a large audience witnessed the interesting and impressive exercises. The new pastor is becoming very popular, and is encouraged in his'work by large congregation^.

A La Crosse minister prayed for those "who are smitten with illness, and those who have gone a fishing, and also those too lazy to dress for church."

In this country there are more women than men among the church members. In New Zealand it is otherwise. The men number eighty-nine per cent, of the whole membership.

To allay the endtement incident to Bishop Simpson's sudden attack of illness in a San Francisco Methodist church the pastor directed the stewards to pass around the plate. This remedy was instantly efficacious.

The London Sunday School Union has appointed the 17th and 18th days of October as a season of special prayer for Sunday schools all over the world. All the schools are requested to preach on the subject oft Sunday, the 17th

A Vermont shoemaker, being asked if he had any religion, made answer, "Just enough to make good shoes, glory to God!" and with an extra pull he drew the waxed thread firmly to its The Christian Register pertinently suggests that his bench be endowed as a new. chair in the divinity school.

A clergyman recently preaching at Chaplin, Conn.^ on Abranain's call tb offer up Isaac, very gravely remarked: "It was no doubtful voice. I believe Abraham knew that he heard the voice of God just as plainly as you know you hear my voice, if you are awake." A straightening up ofthe aggregation followed quickly.

A Texas brother prayed in a conference meeting that all things might be done decently, and in order, and in modesty. This brother had probably been vexed by the actions of some of the brethren who ran the meeting and who were fond of "having the chief seats in the synagogue and the uppermost rooms at feasts.

The Methodist says tfeat "Calvinism is hunting with a double barreled gun, a college barrel and a pulpit barrel The college barrel is loaded with predestination, and the pulpit barrel is loaded with free salvation," and it asks if the divinity students are not taught one thing in theory and told to do another in practice.

David Swing, in the Alliance, tells how a bride reformed her profane husband. She invited her bridesmaids, four in number, to a quiet dinner. As they knew of the profane habits of the groom, and also of his good qualities— that he was a man worth saving—they entered gladly into the proposed comedy The plan was that all these beautiful women should use proftme words at the table, as the hot

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slow servants might afford opportunity, It was a bold plan, but it is said to have cured the wicked husband for when his elegant wife applied a profane term to the biscuit, and a fair guest made alike remark of the coffee, and still another applied a profkne expletive to the movements of a servant, the husband absolutely cried with remorse that he had ever used such an outrageous form of speech. Prof. Swing thinks that "while such a

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it kills th$ ladies without curing the masculine offender, yet the story itself may serve to show that man as an animal that swears is a mournful curiosity.

The evils of the ordinary methods of providing clergymen for vacant churches are well set forth in the' experiences ofa Baptist minister. Being out ofa church, he had invitations from nine vacant ones to visit them with a view of becoming pastor. This visiting in

volved the preaching ofa specimen sermon or two and the spending of one Sunday. To each of these churches be wrote to this effect: "If your church are proposing to settle a pastor by the •competitive examination' method, that is, by hearing from twenty to fifty mm, and taking their choke between them, I do not wish to enter into a contest of

that lrinii with my brethren in the ministry. But if the church have any serious curiosity to get acquainted with me, and wish to hear me several Sundays in a variety of sermons, and see main their social meetings, their Sunday school, at the communion table, and in their families, with the understanding that I provide for myself during the time, I should be glad to visit them." This was not what the churches wanted. Each of them had a list of candidates to be listened to, and such a proceeding as was suggested would have necessitated the spending of over a year in the candidate business. They were compelled to hear one man on a Sunday as long as the lot held out. Therefore eight of these nine churches wrote to the minister saying that they could not comply with his wishes. On the strength of this experience the Baptist Examiner and Chronicle announces its ijf$ention to give thiity dollars for the bpt essay which will propose an adequate substitute for the present demoralizing candidate system. If anyone is wise enough to devise a really satisfactory way to get rid of this evil he will be bailed as a benefactor both to churches ministers.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Sara Bernhardt and her dresses will leave Paris for the United States Oct. 4 Young ladies are informed that hopsootch is good practice for the new style of waltzing known as the racket.

A German lady says: "Beware of the one black sheep that is almost certain to steal in among any large flock of girls."

A vulgar woman is the meanest product of evolution. It is easier to eon vert a cannibal to vegetarianism than to make her refined

The Milwaukee common council have "rwsolved" to have a woman on the police force, whose business it shall be to have charge of female prisoners taken tothestation. there is a Japanese proverb. "The beautiful woman is unhappy." Yet nijhety-nine women out of a possible hundred wouldjaccept beauty, even with tlfi#|»mpe'nsation of nature.

the dishpan after using it, but the world hasn't yet produced a woman who ever forgot where she hung her false hair Jefore retiring. ...

Ladylike qualities canuot be concealed no matter in what position she who possesses them may be placed. A Leadville lawyer was cross-examining a womm on the witness stand, and becoming somewhat abusive, she exclaimed: "I'm a lady by thunder, and don't you forgit it!"|^f^

Mrs. Lucy Taylor has practiced denistry in Lawrence, Kansas, for twenty years and has enjoyed a good pay. She was the first woman graduate in her profession in this country. After her marriage in Chicago, she taught her husband her profession, but has always been the head of the firm herself.

Everybody remembers Nellie Hubbard, the daughter of an ex-governor of Connecticut, who ran away with and married her father's coachman. She is now working away at the dressmaking business at Hartford, and lives happily with her husband, whe drives a coach, although papa has not forgiven her.

Mrs. Hayes has been as much honored during the trip to California as any member of tho Presidential party Everywhere the party has gone Mrs. Hayes has received an ovation. Tho men of California are no exception to the rule, and the county everywhere is ready to do honor to this modest, unassuming, and true woman.

The Milwaukee Sun says this incident actually occured, and we do not doubt it, for we have seen scenes almost as ridiculous between pup and mistress: Stylish lady holding a lap-dog is about ready to leave the car. Dog manifests impatience. Lady says in her sweetest tones. "Wait, darling, till mamma puts on her glove." Passengers roar with laughter.

The nicest of mothers lives in Topeka, Her youngest child had been very ill, but recovered and visitors calling one day, the lady apologised for the alovenly appearance of the little one, as she fondly kissed it, in these words: "Poor little dear had been so sick that its mamma didn't think it would live through the summer, and therefore hadn't bought it any new clothes."

Red-headed giris make the best Albinos for the side-shows of circuses. They are advertised for openly, and the agent doesn't hesitate to say what they are wanted for. He explains the process by which they are transformed as follows:

$1,50 per Dozen for Silk Handkerchiefs, CENT.STORB for Fancy Goods.

human hair is a tube,

nearly white, and transparent. The coloring matter is Inside. This coloring matter is eerily bleached out. When the coloring is bleached out of red hair it leaves a shade of white more neatly the hair of a true Albino than in the case of other kinds of hair.1' The agent said the only

strange thig about it is, that out of a hundred red-headed girls that answered the advertisement, not one would consent to go with a side-show. They all want to go on the stage and be Clara Morrises.

A woman on a New Brunswick rail-* way displayed rare presence of mind the other day. She was walking over a long and narrow bridge, when a train came upon her, and there seemed no way of escape. Instead of losing her head and jumping into the water, as many would'have done, she deliberately lowered herself between the sleepers and hung there until the train had passed over her then she drew herself up and resumed her walk. *tbe astonished tram hands gave her three cheers for her display of courage and muscle.

In Bryant's History of the United States the following is found as a sequel to the attack on the Oyster River settlement (N. H.) in 1094: "Ono woman during the succeeding winter was delivered of a child in a violent snowstorm. The Indians killed it. She lived fourteen .days on a decoction of l)ark and water, became senseless from the cold, was revived by the usual Indian remedy of warm water poured down, her throat, remained in brutal captivity four years, rejoined her husband, had fourteen children, and died at eighty-nine. Of such stuff were made the matrons of those perilous times."

'SCRAPS OF STYLE.

LITTLE ITEMS THAT GO TO MAKE THE LADIES ATTRACTIVE.

The strings of bonnets are very wide. The old dotted delaines are quite the style again.

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Only tall and graceful women wear the Tam O'Shanter hat. French heels are going out. The new ones are English—low, broad and sensi ble.

Scarf sashes of all kinds of fabrics, fin ished at the end with tassels, are much worn.

Little gilded pips aud large gilded spiders are fashionable bonnet and hat ornaments.*

Plush bands will be worn on the bottom of plain skirts of rich satin and silk

Head gear this winter will go to extremes, either very large hats or very close bonnets being the style.

Jerseys are the rage, and cashmere overdresses, ornamented with uncut velvet, will bo worn with brocaded velvet skirts. 7^'

Ladies would do well to save their scraps of cottons, silks, velvets, etc., as patch work is oiice more a fashionable employment.

Large gilded hooks and eyes fasten bonnet strings under the chin, and ornament the crown trimming of many nobby bonnets.

Very large, almond shaped spots of uncut velvet on a satin background or fawn tinted velvet on a blue satin ground delight the eye.

The fashionable colors are copper-red and brick-dust red, bronze, chestnut brown, mastic fawn and corn, pansy, violet, prune and navy blue.

Why will short, stout ladies aflfect dolmans, and narrow shouldered, thin chested ones persist in adopting the redincoats? Echo answers, "Why?"

New cravats, shaped exactly like those worn by gentlemen, are made to wear with a habit shirt. They come in all tho brilliant colors of brocaded silk, and also in the graver hues of Japanese and Chinese fabrics. Neckties of Persian twilled silk in various designs are also worn by young ladios. They are very broad, and are sometimes worn with a slide or scarf pin. They are called the De Joinvillette scarfs. The delicate fishermen's green, palest blue and Persian mauve colors in floriated patterns are worn by blondes, and peach blossom and frou-frou buff by brunettes.

Although some women are foolish enough to dangerously compress their vitals for the sake of unnatural slenderness, a fashion writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer says that no such proceeding is required by the prevailing styles. "Corsets as now generally worn," she continues, "are more a comfort than otherwise. The present evil practice in this direction is that of forcibly flattening the bosom. About no other article of dress is a fashionable woman more finicky. But women who can afford it have their comets made to order, often paying as high as 925 for a carefully fitted one. Those who demand of their drewunakers that their bodices shall fit like a glove, without a wrinkle or a strain, most consent to wear corsets always of the same size and shape. Otherwise a perfect fit at one time will not be so at another. Many women are so soft and pliant that they can be shaped by a corset to almost any desired figure but, having chosen a model, they must stick to it, or alter their dresses with every changeof stays. Formerly, when skirts were voluminous, it did not matter what the corset was like below the waist line bainow, with skirts lying flat, all the outlines are of importance. This has led to extension of corsets downward, -iw&U women who are at all round are com

monly encased from shoulder to lGg*^ The corsets displayed in the stores, with their ribs of bone and metal, look lileo rows of ancient armor. The lengthening is a good thing, because it equalise* the pressure and prevents a girting in of the waist alone.

The "baby costume" is the latent Paris novelty ii^evening demi-toilets it has a short round skirt covered with flounces to the hipe, a scarf knotted to make a pouf in the back forms the short tablier and tunic, while the bodice is gathered full like a baby's waist to a yoke at the neck and a belt around .the

waist. Among the liberties taken by fashion is the introduction of hooks and eyea for the outside of dresses in place of buttons. The hooks are about an inch in length, of various styles and designs. Some are brilliantly enameled on metal, others are steel, out in guttering facets, gay irridescent steel, steel and jet. Very handsome styles are inlaid with mother? of-poarl.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in her lecture "Modern' Society," strongly portrays the supremacy of the dressnjaker of to-day. "The fashionablo women say to hor: 'Do how you will with me. Mako me modest or immodest. Tie up my feet or straighten my arms till the use of them becomes impossible. Deprive my figure of all the drapery, or upholster it like a window frame. Nay, set me in the middle of a movable tent, but array mo so people shall look at me and say I look well.'"

Good health is a blessing that few think of being grateful for. Some remnants of good can be found in the most depraved characters, -J

Stay not until you are told of "opporw tnnities to do good—inquire after them. He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.

All people who are too much absorbed in themselves, are apt to be forgetful of others.

Don't be afraid of work life ft short and you will have time enough to rest wli«KiVil«wr

Good, honest, falthfut work, steadily persevered in, seconded by good fyabits, never yet went unrewarded.

We every day see illustrations of the fact that it is the weak and vicious peoplo who cafct the blame on fate.

Gain the confidence of your children in their younger years, and they will not be afraid to trust you lator in life.

Happy is he who has learned this one thing—to do the plain duty of the moment quickly and cbeerfuly, whatever it may be.

Yoif can't make your child lovo you by scolding and fretting all tho time, any more than you can catch a bird by flinging your hat at it.

Before trusting him to any extent, study closely the character of the man who is continually denouncing this world as vile and wicked.

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The man whose honor cannot be trusted in a business transaction is an infidel, though Jhe Superintends a dozen evatogelical Sunday Schools, presides at the noon day prayer meetings, and is accounted the most polished pillar of the church.

A dying person ouce said: "I have no fear of going home. God's finger is on the latch and I am ready for Him to open the door. It is but the entrance of my Father's house." May this beautiful thought bring peace and comfort to many an invalid.

THB New York Graphic takes up this lino of discussion: "Man's apparel, as well as woman's, is open to improve ments. His regular every day ^ttlreis

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a free, unfettered working dress. It is too stiff. There is too mush starch and paste-board for comfort and free play of limb. Any dress impeding the working of any part of the body is directly unbealthful. The proof that man's dress is to some extent a shackle is the fact and custom that if there's anything to do demanding muscular exercise, he must pull off not only his coat but his collar and cravat, and sometimes his shirt. Our pedestrians, our yachtmen on duty, all in order to do their best are obliged to strip themselves of portions of their conventional attire. If this be noosssary for the fullest muscular exertion of a few hour* why Is it not equally necessary for that of any hourf How much weakness and disease may bo indirectly developed by dogs to physlcal exertion, by nndue pressure and bandaging, by cramped feet and necks, by everything which fettewmotion and "*"ir»tlon.

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terred in the graveyard a thunderstorm 1MB. Au the group of friends stood $4$$^ around the grave, a holt of lighting deaeuded in their midst and struck and insUutly killed Rev. Mr Hesm, who was in the act of praying. It al& knocked his brother to the ground *m*eie»»«, and knocking down G. H. Weaver, James Shaw, and George Rogers.

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