Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 11, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 March 1881 — Page 1

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ii.—No* 38.

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND

EDITION.

Tpwn Talk.

BRAttM

Is a very valuable article in many respects, but when it enters Into the comxwition of humanity it becomes obnox'.ous to the very highest degree. The man of brass, like a court which ones existed, in an object of contempt at all times. Ilia room i« always preferred to his company, hat that never prevents him from atWmtftag«H gatherings, public and private. At pflfelic' meetings be is always to be found fa the front row if he cannot obtaUi standing room on the platform, which is seldom. He is airways loaded for a speech and when he goes off it is with a laud and long continued noise, which when -it subsides, leaves nothing behind but a feeling of relief to the audience. iLike truth crushed to the earth he is sure to rise again, find that too with ,greater pompotdty than ever before. T. T. -can generally tell a brassy *man by his general appearance. His-self Importance show's itself in his every gesture. "He bold* bis head above his fellows. When he recognizes any one it is always in an "I am holier than thou" sort df-style. Ht* walk and gesture speak as eloquently a* bis words of -his pomposity. Modesty in anything 4s something which he cordially detests. He never loses anything through a failure to ask for it. If he wishes to assume a (prominent role at a public meeting he does not hesitate to ask for its 17 no heed is paid to his request he 4s not the least discouraged he is a persevering fellow and asks again if he is refused his faith is great, aud his persistence will.generally thrust him to tinal success. If T. T's. observation is correct, the brossy -man thinks no meeting is a success-without his 1 presence, and in this qpinion the stands solitary and alone»lnall hi#grandeur. Of eourse everybody Js acquainted with'him to familiarity. At .public meetings he stalks in and.takee the lead as though it wore Ms by Divine right. -Sometimes he is tebotaund La.groups. At times when watte ware dull, be #111 form a union with congenial spirits-aud get op some sort of exdtement to keep himself before the public as a talkor. When he comes in contact with one of his own class, and a.jealousy as to precedence arises, there is sure to be fun ahead for tbo audience. T. T. once witnessed a bout between two of these gentlemen.

One wastdeteririined to tell a story, and the other -pertlsted in interrupting him. After setvoral .interruptions, the story teller Anally turned on his tormentor and said: "Judge, I wish to Heavon you would subside for .a short time. You talk, talk, all the time. If you would occasionally curb your tongue and listen to others, you would not be HO ignorant, "and be constantly exposing ILM It was a case of brass against brasq, and the superior article won the day. Brass noarly always succeed* life. It. i~««»seB no merit, but it does not require any of that artiolo. It pushes itself forward with a vim which will not bo balked by anything it override* all obstacles And generally manages to lodge safely lu the goal. Modesty stands a small show In the raw for distinction wheu it has brass for a competitor. It is a sad-commentary on the ex lsting state of affairs, and there seems no prospect of reform for some time to come.

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By the dally papers T. T. observes that the city couudl at its last meeting appointed throe special policemcu to serve at the temperance meetings. As no pay is attached to the appointment Y. T. concluded that It Is a service for love, but at. the same time wondered what use temperance people have for police at their meetings. Upon Inquiry it is said that the beet of order la not preserved at these gatherings. The crowds that at tend are large and enthusiastic. I1m exhubermnce of youth Is the predomlna ting feature. The audiences are easily arnuted and the heavy winter boots ate convenient when applause is required. In fact the applause is always greater than the management like* to see. Requests to desist are soon forgotten and fresh amusement brings forth mors applause. At one of the meetings last Sunday evening T. T. is Informed two or three of the audience were unceremoniously ejected, which probably accounts for the application for police. At a temperance meeting which T. T. recently attended the crowd was large and enthusiastic. Standing roomwna at a premium and mirth ran high* When the meeting was dismissed a number of the more enthusiastic members of the congregstion stationed themselves on each side of the door on the outside and amused themselves by crushing the hats of those who could not defend them*clv««. The noise on the street for a abort time reminded one of the dismissal of an audience thai had just witnessed the performance of a border drama and

were thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the play. Such is life.

A WABWWO.

A worthy widow, now well advanced in years, who has worked constantly and hard to raise her family, and who now depends for a livelihood upon renting tarnished rooms to single gentlemen, complains to T. T. that she has a bard time in collecting from some of her lodgers, and that some of them make no effort to pay her at all. She gives several nmes one of them draws bis pay rqgui«rly from the city treasury for his eervioes on the police force, and another has good wages in a clothing store. All aie amply able to pay, but do ilot seem inclined to do so. Young men, you shocricL.be sshamed to treat poor widow in such a shabby man^r. Yon knew she needs the money to make both ends meet it is unfsir, ungenerous and unmanly in you to take advantage of an old woman in such manner. Probably you, too, have mothers. If you have, how would you feel towards anyone who would treat her in such a manner, and she powerless to help herself? You may be old and helpless yourselves some day, and then you would not like to be treated in inch a shabby manner. T. T. knows your names, bnt withholds them in the hope that this advice, given in kindness, will be heeded, and that the woman in question will have no further cause of complaint. •/f j£T THB POSTOFFICK.

Turnwhlch way he would during the past week T. T. has heard on every corner, and almost at every door, "Who's got the postoffice The excitement over this question is almost as great as was that which prevailed during the stormy sessions of the Chicago convention last year. Men who had not before taken sides during the contest have, during the past few days, shown their hands* The candidates have been making things lively for each other, and the prospect at present writing is that no matter who may secure the coveted prise there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth for some time to come. Demo--crate view the scene of action with composure and silent approval. The members of the lste greenback party have taken ho interest in political aflfcirs since last year and don't care a straw who

wins, while the HspuhUcana ace imtjirtL indnaigy if she dipssi 1 patient'and alarmed, but think they can calm tbe troubled sea before «UMio*v time approaches. As a late Democratic politician used tossy, "There*altogether too much harmony" to accomplish much good.

T. T.

always thought thst

the men who engfcged in political? work did so for tbe glory there was in it. If this be true there should be no disappointments over appointments or failOres to secure appoinmente. Men should belong to parties for the sake of principles, and not becanse they may derive a pecuniary benefit from it. T. T. would like to see a fair fight in the city election this spring. He would like to see the forces united and move on the enemy's works in true military style, therefore ho advisee a cessation of hostilities on the part of the disappointed ones until after election time. A party divided against Itself cannot stand. A united force is a strong one, and strength generally achieves victory.

While talking about the postoffice T. T. would like to say a word further, and he believes all the citizens of Terre Haute will back him In It. No matter who may obtain the postmastership, Will Arnold must be retained as duputy. He has been in the office until he has almost become apart of it, and had the boasted civil service rule been applied in making the change be should have been principal instead of deputy. Without disparagement to any, he is the most competent man to take charge of the office. He is efficient, faithful and oblig log, and the public cannot spare him from his present position

Thus doctors occasionally tell us some odd things about our internal mechanism. A Detroit physician has published treatise on delirium tremens, in which he says death from such source is not? painful, but very pleasant. Many who have witnessed the ravings of a patient with delirium tremens, when it required three or four men to hold him in bed, in his anxiety to escape from serpents which crawled about tbe ceiling, and rats that hong about his pillow when his best friends bad turned t© be the worst friends in the imagination of the suflhipsr, may reasonably dout* the doctor's conclusions. Death from no other diseases leayes such marks upon the poor wrecked vital organs of the body ss from delirium tremens in an old drinker. The coats of the stomach, instead of being aa thin aa aknifs blade, am often found an inch or two in thickness, and oovered with alcen. Tbe liver is nearly always a mam of and arteries which convey the alcoholic

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TERBE HAUTE, IND, SATURDAt EVENING, MARCH 19.1881.

QIRLS SHOULD LEARN Tesew. To cook, ,. To mend. To be gentle. To value time. To dress neatly. To keep a secret. To mind a baby. To be self-reliant. To avoid idleness. To darn stockings. To respect old sge. To catch a husband. To hold their tongue. To make good bread.. To keep a house tidy, To be above gossiping. 1 To humor across man To control theirtemper. To take care of the sick. To make a home happy. To aweep down cobwebs. To marry a man for his worth. To be a help-mate to a husband. To keep clear of flash literature. To take plenty of active exerciae. To read some books besides novels: To see a mouse without screaming* To be light hearted and fleet footed. To wear shoes that won't cramp her

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To give poodles the second place in her affections. To be a womanly woman under all circumstances.

To be polite to all people at all times and in all places. To keep the best side Out—of afar lined cloak for instance.

To use no cosmetics but soap, water, fresh air and sunlight. To live on more healthful djfet than candy and confections*

To avoid the head and tail ef fashion and keep a middle course. -JY'' .1 To distinguish a suit pf ctotips from the man that wears them.

To respect herself that she may know how to win respect from others. To know the worth of her heart and hand and not to give them away too easily.

To wriggle S round a man and keep him in a good humor wbe& dinner is late and he in a hurry,

Tobemistress of some lucrative bran

own exertions for a living, QCA. Iqa I.-

the barain and tbe deikate nerve

centers in an almost pure state, are neceaaarily diseased. If death, with tbe body and mind in the condition of delirium tremens, "is not painful, bat very pleasant," ss our Detroit doctor declares, then hanging or strangling to death must bee real luxury.

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cumstances, as she may one day be an old maid with other people's children to take care of without pay or thanks from anybody.

To tutti to any honest employment that presents itself whereby she may earn a livelihood, Instead of waiting for a chance to make a fortune by writing poetry or painting pictures.

To look on a man as a creature with a head, heart, etc., and not at a mere machine to turn out so many dollars a day and keep a woman in all the solid comforts of lifs.

THEY 8A

That six out of every ten girls in Terre Haute are without beaux. That our merchants are preparing for a big trade this season.

That it is not possible for three women to keep the same secret unless two of them are dead.

That musical people who are the poorest players and singers are the quickest to show off their acquirements.

That the girl who was courted by a spruce young lawyer said she liked to be protected by the strong arm of the law. __________ ..

tells us that they start a

railway train in Germany in this way: When all is ready tbe bell rings. Then another bell rings. Then the engine whistles, or rather she toot-toot-toots generally. Then the conductor tells the station master that all is ready. Then the station master looks placidly around and says "So?" Then the conductor shouts "FertigT" Interrogatively. The station master ahouts 'Fertlg!' positively. Tbe conductor blows a horn the engine whistles, the bell rings, the other bell rings, the elation master says "So?" tbe passengers swear in various tongues— and tbe train starts. That is, unless a belated fat man comes—then they do it all over again. Thia might do for Toil's Worthington road, where time is no object, but such red tape could not control the lively boys of Vandalia fast trains

Sox* French savants wished to test the continued effect of various alcoholic stimulants, and, as tbe stomach of the hog is in many respects to the human stomach, nine pigs were' taken to experiment upon. Absinthe made a pig gay at first, then excitable, irritable, pugnacious and, at last drowsy. Brandy caused the pig to exhibit much sbsuifnlneas until he went to sleep. Rum, on the other hand, made a pig very sedate, melancholy, and finally aomnolent and to snoring. Gin caused a pig to undertake the greatest variety of eccentricities. He would squeal, shed tears, sit on his haunches and wag hie head solemnlv from side to side, then attempt acrobatic feats and grant approvingly over bis queer doings. The only dufcrsnos between tbe biped and the quadruped drunk seems to be nothing worth considering.

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4= ^AftpUT WOMEN.

H&MjSf women look the host in big ifo state this in the hope of seegjljsifyr small hate at the theatres.—

OifW I«fan and Princess Louise a*f tryinjto start the fashion of having lags and wives live on opposite ^deeo&be ocean. •Budt and ftannj Davenport appeared in Detroit the same night, and i:he pi»pMf desiring to go where they see the most, gave Fanny the SuifeMt andience*^

The long hair of aledy at Pine ^aHey', N. became wound around her neck in herrfeepao tightly that had help not been fl^band, she-would bavesuftocated ft Aft* moments. aay what yon please, bnt thisre j^|luck ifr horseshoes. A woman natisd. ooe up against the woodshed 4 wft«gO) and last week her husband ee|)M |wlut the hired girl. The man had'Interned a cent for more than two J0Ulk 1 1 j^ung woman belonging to a wed^by family at Atlanta, tfa., atepped into railroad switch house, removed everf particle of clothing, and started out fhri| walk. This was the first indioation ef what fras pronounced hopeless insaid^,

Ther^ seems to be a little sarcasm in the rwak of a^eoigir newspaper when it sayai

A number ofTnsealoosa(Ala.)

yoonj^Niea have formed a cooking club iqp the purpose of cultivating culilM art. Tter meeting the decij^ whriieadi-Mieriiieifeld fiiriihnl*"" enlei^nment of tbe club, theiflfedlBg. Eeob young lady qbos4 of which

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heir was prtfMent." 7 This Is dipped from an article in thl PeoHa Chli^ "Tp hegin with, my lady friend l#ended the bell last night, inj dulged ln coulee cssam and cake at midaig|i, went jsom theoverhsated and vitiate# of the roein directly into a wldfiy&ml, And, aa MMfcin* home, re* tired *tf her Chamber feverish and ex-r

Arising this morning, she ol»

servejtP*** few whits flakes were falling/arid fear remark was: 'Idon't ss^ why it i4that a snow storm always givss

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jCpmiliUnflMa-w-nuuvi^V «f T*J* markable ordeal for a woman, in being swofn in. Judge Hawley adjured Mise Kettrell to support the Constitution and the laws, not to bear arms against her country, and to pay no attention to the laws1of the Legislatures of other States when they happened to conflict with those of her State. He assured her that she was not.eligible..as a servant of the State if she had, since the adoption of the Constitution of Nevada, fought a duel, acted as a second at a duel, or carried a challenge to fight a duel. The young woman was able to set Judge Hawlfy's mind completely at rest.

A beautiful girl who went by the nick* name of La Comete, and flashed through the Parisian world during the last year of the Second Empire, has just died in a Paris hospital absolutely destitute. Sbe was called "Comet" on account of the exceeding length and loveliness of her golden hair. Theophile Gautler wrote a sonnet to her, Cabanel painted her portrait, Worth dressed her, and Leon Cognot took her as the model of his pretty statue, "La Baigneuse." Her real name was Adele Terchout, and just before the Franco-German war broke out she declined an offer of marriage from an elderly Duke, with a very ancient eacutcheon. At that time she owned one of the finest mansions in the Champa Elysees, had twelve horses in her stable, and a buahel of diamonds in her dressing case. The disease which carried her off was the most hideous that could befell a pretty woman—a cancer in the face, which totally disfigured her. Like Zola's "Nana," the only vestige left of her beauty when she died was her matchless hair, which measured nearly five feet.

A recent writer in a fashionable mag aainelays down some very important rules to govern the behavior of women. Fat women, this writer says, should never be sentimental, but should stick to dignity, and by all means never giggle. It is awfully vulgar, abe says, for

fat woman to giggle. Sadies are becoming, but a eerioos demeanor is preferable tall and slender women may in

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in demurenese, and, if their faesa

delicate and refined, may safely go to the lackadaisical point abort and thin women bed best cultivate sprightly alert, quisatcal ways, avoiding all attempts at ponderous lmprwesirww while the fat little dumplings may undertake babyiahness, archness, and friekinesa, bat should eecbew sentimentality. The writer saya: "Looking

into a mirror is a good thing to do: and don't you believe thoee who teil you it

leads

to vanity. Bather is it a sign ef canity to despise tbe mirror, for that indtaates satisfaction with yoursslf. Study your facial expressions carefully, improve them when possible, and avoid those which are unbecoming. Not half tbe women know bow to smile prettily

laavingont those who couldn't if they tried. Ah hoar a day may be profitably spent before the glass."

Julia Ward Howe s^ys: "I sometimes ftosl thst if we would prey for woman suffrage we must pray to women rather than to men. Women who press forward so eagerly in some departments of program, are content to lag behind in this one. They do not study the doctrines of woman's rights as found in the best expositions of political economy. They do not eeek to become pupils of the beat .and wisest men. Tipsy cherish fatal prejudices, they are imposed upon by dogmatism, and I am afraid they too often curry favor with men by giving up the cause of their own sex as unworthy of interest or effort."

SCRAPS OF STYLE.

V'.VA V\S V.'T f.W n# LITTLE ITEMS T&AlT GO TO MAKE THB LAMBS ATTRACTIVE.

Stripes will be. worn for traveling a a

There*re no poekete in the new spring wraps. linen cuffk pat inside the sleeve have disappeared.

Mantles with havelock capes attached will be worn. Hoods, it is prophesied, will not l»a» xintil next Jhll.

Cheeeo'doth comes in a much taproyed form for summer suits. Anew material for 1 bonnetstri*^ ie silk net with a tap* silgec jBebe bonnets bedtime none but youngf small and pretty wonted.

The tardineps of spring arrests t|* blooming of faahiooito faneiee.r1 Some of the }ie#/gowns %£Ve Want* oo at ha ok it a

Large white collars of Uneh hatisU willbemnch wornintheeummetv Close fttting sleeves are becoming td plump, rodud arms, and to those alone

The last charm hm been added to arti* flcial flowers by tangling them together as if just placked.

Tie your bonnet as close as you can. Yon will keep your ears warm and be in the height of tbe mode.

The kangaroo'walk hmlaow been supplemented by the kagawn sleeve the lateet elegant add^n to the nomwaclature of millinery^

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The polka dotted stuflb are not visible

and offered at a low price to any one who will buy it. Stout women are groaning inwardly at finding that tbe very height .of the mode is in the bayadere atripes, which make adipose wearers look as though the cooper rather than the dressmaker had constructed their gowns.

Why do not the girls of to-day, asks Jennie June, become their own dressmakers They would find an extraordinary stimulus end pleasure in the occupation, and there is nothing that would do more fli take the nonsense out of them and put sense in its place.

Draperies are more appallingly in tricate than ever. Titey wind in and out, twist and turn, wrinkle up and hang down, and look, when they are hanging upon a peg, "without form and void." But when on they are bewitchingly pretty, graceful and well proportioned, yet odd withal.

LITTLE SERMONS,

FOB SUNDAY CONTEMPLATION.

A bad temper defeats the skill of the best cook. /?'5'" I Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than ill nature.

He who has nothing to do has no business to live. He that fears you present will hate you absent.

Men Acquire acuteness, women are bora with it. It costs more to avenge wrongs than to bear them.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. It is weak and vicious people who cast the blame on fete.

Search others for their virtaes and thyself for thy vices. No man has any time to form any definite idea of eternity.

It ia necessary to be almost a genius to make a good husband. The man whominde hie-own busini has a good steady employment.

The road to home happiness lies over small stepping'Stoaea. Slight dreumststecee are tbe stumbling Modes of families.

Wmtmo of society in Washington, a correspondent calls attention to a growing caatom, which is prevalent not only there bat in sll the cities of sise in this eountry, and which Should be discouraged that ie, tbe frequency of entertainments at which only one sex is repmeated. Tbesodal life of men and women is growing more and more apart. The evening party, unless it be a ball, is oat of style, and tbe old-fashioned "visit" is almost obsolete. Women take to lunch parties and men to dinners. It the fault of the wives and daughters and sisters, as well as tbe fault of tbe men, but it ought to be discouraged.

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A TEMPERANCE STORY, Governor St. John relates in one of hisspeeches the following incident: "A poor woman with a baby in her arms came to me with a petition for the* pardon of her hnsband, who was sentenced to ten years in the Penitentiary* for homidde. After examining her papers, he said to the woman: 'I jm oound lw my official duty, and muatnot consult my personal feelings.' Tfce* an, standing with the child in arms, made the following plea: 'Heir me, and I will tell you the true We were married seven years ago. husband was sober, industrious, ana thrifty. By great exertion and self denial we finally got our home paid fqr^ and were happy and prosperous. In an evil hour the State licensed a saloon between our happy home and his workshop. He waa solicited. to enter ttais saloon and weakly yielded. Hour aftyr hour be epent there phwlng cards. Que day he became embroiled in a drunken quarrel, and, fired by drink, struck man and killed him. He was tried tod' eent to the penitentiary for ten yeais. I had nothing to live on and by and tar the Sheriff turned us out of our comfortable home into a rough shanty, neither lathed nor plastered. The cold wind* in through the walls and ceiling* oldest boy took sick snd died. Then little Tommy, my next, fell sick and died* Now this babe in my*nna is aiok^ and I have nowhere to take it. The State licensed that saloon the State murdered my childreni and now, in God's

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you to eet my husbaqd

lid I would, and I did."

C0NKL1X&* AMPXJRANCE. Hugh Hastings, said to Gath, he seldom drinks anything. I rememwr once.onmyiray to Albany on Ca "noe's steamboat—Conkling bein nard—I said to the Captain: dont you give Conkling the" bi amber

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Comfortably and lying down with ciptbes on. JRufe Andrews snd I went to see Conkling. He made no suggest about any refreshment, and after sliced eometime

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any drmi *^9eAeni! anout ten, Ocmk-

ItMr," I rcnalled. ""Well," Mid he, "if I were to take \alf that number it would

THE AGONY OF A WOMAN I&~ FULL DRESS, •i. Clara Belle. 'r-

P|ns stiek into places she osn't reaelp at 'the time, garters are too tight, and! atop the circulation of the blood in her limbs corset steels break, and the sharp ends prod her sides changes from the* flannels of every day to the bareness of evening costumes give her shivers and' neuralgia her hair pulls frightfully in spots when elaborately done up she is. covered with' contrivances of ornamentthat a man would not bear the annoy— anceof, and she is sure to itch in numerous dl have known moments when

TRAINING CIRCUS ELEI'HANfS* "How do you train elephants to do their funny business, sUmdliig on thelir heads and all that sort of thing?" aNew Haven reporter queried.

Use the mechsnic," explained Mr* Hutchinson. "We put a band about the bind legs ef an elephant when wewant to teach him to stand on his head. Then we put a pillow under his head. At the other end of the tackle is another elephant, and when tbe word of com* mand is given, off goes the elephant on tbe ontsiae of the ring, and the fellow on the inside is obliged to stand on his head whether he will or no. This is repeated until finally tbe beast knows what's wanted, and then, at the word of command, up he goes on his bead. And it's so with all other tricks. It's persistency that does It."

He explained further that when once tbev baa received instruction and werechained back in their places, they would work st their tricks, apparently trying to perfect themselves in them. Itis, Mr. Hutchinson says, much more amusing to see th**" then, than at any other time»-

WORK OF THE EDITOR. Albany Sunday Press. Most people think tbe selection of suitable material for a newspaper theeasiest part of a journalist. It Is by all meanstbe most difficult. To look over hnndrede of exchange papers every day, from which to select enough suitable' matter to compoee another paper, especially when tne question is, not what Shall, bat shall not be selected, is no easy ~f every person who reads a newsnaper, eoakl become editor and edit a paper for a single day or week, we should bear less complaints. Tothe editor who haa the least care asi to what be the writing that be has to do ietbe easiest part of the editorial labor.

EPISCOPAL DANCING.

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said to Andrews^,: here." Conkling

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looked et ns curiously, 1 After a while I said,

bnt said nothing lufe, we don't g»i

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anything to drink here, so if you tip!

hunt up'my cost you wiil find a flask of something my wife has put in therei"' Andrews got the flask and offered it to Conkling, who took a very few droj dl

Rule and I took 4 drink apiece, and after another half hour I snggeeted another drink. Conkling lookea it us wlth a

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have given my purse and contents for ar good claw at the calf of my leg. Mam grumbles at the slightest Inconvenience? tbe way of dress but woman

"Miut *lt on her style, imW's And continue to smfiv,!

though a bent pin Is at that very under her. I mention these things sothat the husband or father, when he? sufferingly pays the bill for a line femalei, costume, may understand that the wear-s er is incidentally punished fbr her ox-* travagance. ..

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3 Dead wood Times.

The ladies of St. John's Episcopal* church are giving a teries of dancing parties, admission fl, for tbe benefit of tbe church. _______ —Tbe famous Mermaid, one-half-woman and one-half fish, is in town.