Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 12, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 September 1881 — Page 2

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. TKRRE HAUTE,

A LIFE OF LABOR.

GIRLS WHO TOIL FROM EARLY MORN UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN.

WHAT THEY WORK AND SINGLE BLESSEDNESS.

Business.

8L Loois Globe Democrat.

It is not likely that the Creator ever soriousily molded woman for the duties and vexations of a life of bnsineas. She was intended rather a companion to man to share bis ioya and soothe his sorrows, such surely in her true sphere, but the moral and social laws are often pervertod in actual practicc, and from the illitorate drudge, who scrubs is the kitchen, to tbo gifted actress who is the delight of the public, there remains hardly a single reputable trade, vocation or profession, into which woman has not gradually made her way, despite the many obsticles which have been thrown iu her course. Hhe has acquitted liorself well in the various vocations which she has chosen to pursue, equaling in many instances, the achievements of man, and by her zeal, bravery and purity, challenging the admiration of all. The old-time prejudice existing against the employment of women in tne Tighter branches ef business to which they seem best adapted, hss now virtually been overthrown by the spread or modern intelligence, and in largo cities and towns women are employed in great numbers. It is not the invention to treat of the professional class of women, such as authors, actors, doctors, artists, musicians, etc., for their livos are often before tho public, by wh they aro well known, nor yet of tho

cooks

nousemuids and tollers in the

lower walks of life, but with a claas of women and girls uot so well known, whose social uphore lies midway botween tho highest and the lowest of the pre-viouHly-montioned characters. In a word, the working-women—conscionti ous, worthy, uncomplaining—these women piirxuit tho oven tenor of their way, viewing with fortitude the shadows, and Mmfllngly groetlng tho sunsbino wheh fall to thoir lot. Marriage is tho true mission of womon, as well as, In most cases, her mont ardently cherished desire.* Hut iu the complications of lifo's vistdssitudos, daughters, who nerehtuico have heen tend»jrly reurod. lose thoir fathers, HUter* losetm

ehtuico have been tend»rt-ly reurod, lose hero brothorw. and wlvos IOHO their husbands. And then It ofton happens that the delicate young girl and tho lone widow, by an adverse turn in the wheel of fortune, aro thrown suddenly upon tho world, without any previous preparations or experience, with the stilemu necessity of Moolting tho way of earning livelihood, or olso, may bo, of starvation, or embracing.

LIKE OF 8IIAMK.

But the iss of women referred to aro commonly virtuous find courageous, and will make any Hurrillco, onduro any fatigue, and labor and livo in tho very humblest style ero they consent to part

for

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SEPT. 3, 1861 escort of a mechanic, clerk, or

at the

theatre,

reporter.

TIIINK ABOUT

A HTOBAND.

Jealousy Between Male and Female Tape Measurers—Some Points About Girls in all Lines of

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InitnniOHl HVVIi? VRO vuuy HHIWUV W —. with their honor.

Perhaps tho

gentnl and profitmble employment ojvui to the average working girl is supplied by tho largo dry goods establishment \V corner of sixth and Olive streets, in the busy swwon of the yenr :ui iivenigo of 125 girln and women (ire employed. A few of tin in »i«t saliwwomen In tho retail trade, uud are used especially in tho millinery, »hni«, bulics' underwear and eorset, Hiiit and cloak and w»phyr departments*. The salaries vary, according to

ability and

lUOulM, IH HHIili *111 J, «WV/|UIII|, mill IIOU Wl mig £ivn*Mp,

$10.

such

remnnerution the girls are re

quired to ln»nf mKd uddresM, ever polito and iitteutivo to eiiHtomers, and to remain on duty behind the counter,showing goods, inakatg nales, etc., from 7:30 o'rloek A. ni., to I! p. til., occasionally working at night* in bu«y ttnios. for which they nveive extra ptiy. Stools are arrangi'd iVliiiul tin' counters, but it i* Heldmu. if ever, except iu the summer Koasoti, thsit a girl gets a chanee to sit down and reM. She must amilingly submit to all tl»- i'l-iemjioretlcapricos of patrons and employers, and if It su happens that tiie ladies who have called on ner and made her nhow tkem all the latent goods, have not Isjen inclined to purchase, she i» very apt to relniktM by the manager for having wasted hor time, and if her sales continue for any space of time to run uiHch Ixdow the sales of other girls iu her department, the chances are in favor of her dismissal. A strong spirit of jmlousy is exhibited on the part of the male clerks toward tho mloawoman, who are accused of ineom-

teteney, lft*inese, etc. "I've been ctelling KWHIM for twenty years," said one of thaao dapper

MAt.K TAPR-XKASURBRS

To a Globe-Democrat reporter, "and I don't think the aales-glrls are of anv account. You can't teach them the businms. I^adles prefer to be waited on by gtntlemcu (?). When the girls ait down thev are too la*v to get up to attend to a customer, and If anything is said to them they get huffy. Hut, despite the opiniou of this chivalrous clerk, the girls, while not considered so efficient as men, exce|t in the departments named, enjoy an excellent reputation for intelligence, Industry and morality. The buitinesa of the suit and cloak workroom, the millinery room, the upholstery room, and the mii It-room. I* carried on almost wholly by the labor of girls. The upholstery work-roam is devoted to the manufacture of mosnulto bars, lace curtains, furnitureeovers, lambrequins, ete. It takes months to learn the iusinesa, and to earn anythingagirl must be expert. Et«i at b«a It Is but a rrty modesi sum. At the noon hour a few*of the girls go out to some cheap restaurant and get a cop of hot coffee, but a majority of them take a cold hinch in the store. In the suit and cloak-room work Is paid for by the pieoe.

Home of the hands make especially of making a certain style of dress, and earn |8, fli. and, in a few ex« onal fl}4 per week. The head «:uw»mak*r in this (kfmrtment recrtves a salary of |3& weekly. The faster and longrr a girl werks the more she makes, so that the proprietor* ran no risk of lowing anything by her .%or. The girt*, as a class, the

nte toe daugl r* of ik*, Ure at home, and are of good moral character. When they get on duty tteey have but little time or lndlnatinn for modal pleas-

most con- the reason that more politonoss exists ltotweon members of the opposite sex tlmn between women, or botween men.

Next in tho list of working womon

oods iiousoa. At tho «, Barr Co.. at the coinos tho class employod in the shirt man ufactories. Wilson Bros, it Boyd,

Fourth street, employ about 100 girls to makound laundry gentleman's shirts. With fingers weary and worn,

With eyelids heavy and red.

Such was doubtles true in Tom Hood's duv, but now, since the introduction and use of the sewing machine, the con-

experience, from $0 to$isper dition of tho sowing woman's lot have week, and average about

In return been materially altered and improved,

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urea, and are accustomed to retire early sorry and poorly paid huamws. At toe so as to be punctual and in trim for duty Great Weatarn factory the reporter «w the following morning, at the store, a score of dirtily dressed and rommoD Still a few of them are members of ama- appearing girls and JJ® "jfL teur dramatic and musical societies, and smelt very offensively frora glue. The are to be seen now and then, under the girls

TiKKDOFBCsnraa,"

said one, "and want to catch a husband. "I don't," said another "I'm satisfied to of myself, without being botbered by a man." "Doyou find yours diffi-

disagreeable?" asked the report

er. "No," was the reply, "I don't know as I haveany cause for complaint." And as the speaker, a beautiful blonde, said this, standing with her white and well

•TIME OF THEM HAVE NO DESIRE FOB rounded arms bared to the elbow, with

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sparkling eyes and laughing lips, ahe certainly did not appear as if she would long lack a husband. But it must be remembered that in many of the smaller houses the girls are treated with far less consideration.

At the dry goods house of Scrubbs Vanderbllt A Barney, are girla who have been in the employ of the firm for upwards of fifteen years. Some of these commenced their business career when young girls as apprentices, and have thus grown to womanhood. Many of the girls live with their parents, some are orphans and have to support an aged mother, while others are burdened with an idle or worthless husband. Scattered through the different departments are mothers and daughters, and in a few instances entire families. The forewoman of tho establishment draws a salary of fl,700 a year. Her daughter is also employed as a salesgirl, and her son as a cash boy. Salaries range from |6 to $10, and assistant forewomen get $15 to $17. The average amount earned by the sewing girls is frem $7 to $8 per week. The work rooms in this house are very commodious and convenient, with excellent light and ventilation. When the girls work overtime at nights it is the pnfctico of the firm to supply them with a lunch of coffee and sanwicbes. Very few of the girls live alone, being located either with their friends or families. Many of them marry, and almost always, marry well with some traveling salesman, clerk or mechanic. Usually then they retire from business and devote themselves to

DUTIES,

but if their husbands be not able to support them properly, or meet with unexpected reverses, they will often resume their old duties behind the counter or in the work-room. The firm employes a limited number of sales-women including yoi^ng girls, married women and widows. A number of the girls working here live at home with parents who are well to do, but prefer to labor so that they may indulge themselves in fine dresses and other luxuries which their fathers are unable to supply them. It is by no means a rare occurrence to find among these female workers girls of beauty, refinement and education, who have lind musical and literary culture, and wore once wont to move in best circles of society. In manner and appearance the girls are modest and well dressed, attentivo to business, amiable in disposition, and too tired to care much for flirting or gadding about after reaching their notnos. For these rea-

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of all the sowing in this houso is done bv machines, run by steam. Each girl has her speciality, such as neck-bands, rist-lmnds, bosoms, etc., and does nothing else. The button-holes are ..orked by hand. The hours at this business are from 7.30 o'clock a. m. to 6 'clock p. in., with half an hour off for dinner. Practiced sewing girls earn from ton dollars to fifteen dollars per woek, RIUI green hands from six dollsrs to ten dollars. In character, etc., the description of tho sewing girls. Ascending two flights of steep and winding stairs the factory is reached. At a loug table on either aide are seated a lot of girls, some looking well and nieriy, and others sad, jaded and haggard. Upon the floor and tables are piles of white linen, collars, cuffs, etc., and on the shelves around the walls are boxes of Bhlrta of all sizes and descriptions. The girls are bending over their sewing or neated at the machines. The room is close and the rattle and whirr of the machines deafening. But regardless of these annoyances, to which they have grown accustomed, the sewing girls keep steadily at their task, for they woric by the piece, and with them time is money. One of the girla ia engaged on shirt bosoms, and says she can make twenty-five to thirty doaen per day, for which she Is paid about twelve dollars per week. At one end of this apartment are the cutters, and on the floor above is the laundry, with its various machines for wringing, drying, and starching. Here the temperature of the air is excessively toot, the ironera pending over the table and pressing hard upon the shirts, have their. 81.KKVKJ* ROLLKT)

and wet clot ha tied about their foreheads. They are stout women, some of them, vet they seem weary and like as if thev*had just come out of the hot air room" of a Turkish bath. Girla were rubbing atarcn into the shirts at a table and thrustiug their arms into tubs filled with blueing and water. The task of polishing the shirt hoaoma requires a deal of skill and experience. From $10 to $is the avwraga salary of the sewing a

while the laundry women run .'root $13 to $16. Women also find work in the candv factories, where for doing the fancy work—that is. wrapping in tinted tissue papers kisses and caramels— thev rwelre $1 a day for nine bourn'

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TERKE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

rtandmRat a table with a lot

oi glow toxea^.etc-, on eufaer

or some resort of public them. Tbe prlsdo the covering ol tnese

amusement. The girls in the establish- boxes, and the ,3®m ment mentioned looked generally bright, MODK OF OPERATION rosy, and cheerful, when visited by a jg

a strip of colored paper

properly cut and glued, and with their

fingers to paste it around the rim of the cover or box and then turn in the edge or smooth the surface. The hours of these girls are from 8 a. m. to 6 p. and the average $3.50 per week. These girls are of an inferior class to the ones already described. They belong to poor families in the lower classes of society, whom they are compelled lo aid in supporting. A smart girl can cover 150 candy boxes. The girls employed on morocco cases and shoe boxes make in some eases $5 a week. The paper box business could not advantageously be carried on by either men or boys.

THE GATE AJAR. 3l

Did you ever hear two married worn en take leave of each other at the gate oa a mild evening? This is how they do it: "Good-by!" "Good-by! Come down and see us soon!" "I will. Good-by!" "Good-by! Don't you forget to come goon/1 "I won't. Be sure, and bring Sarah Jane with you next time." "I will. I'd have brought her up this time, but she wasn't very well. She wanted to come awfully." "Did she now? That was too bad! Be sure and bring her next time." "I will and you be sure and bring the babv." "1 will. I forgot to tell you he's cut another tooth." "You don't say so! How many has he now?" "FH-e. And it makes him awfully cross." "I dare say it does, this hot weather. Well, good-by! Don't forgot to come down." "No, I won't. Don't you forget to come up. Good-by!"

And they separate.

A HAYTIAN PRINCESS. Boston Traveler. The face of the Princess Soulouque was a dead jet-black, but the features were softly moulded, and, with a fine set of lapghing teeth, made her appearance prepossessing. She wore a jaunty white turban hat with an immense cardinal red feather floating away behind like a shin's pennon. Her ridingdress was of sky Dlue, very long, and trailing in the dust. Around her waist was abroad gold sash, and in her besom she wore a sapphire brooch almost as large as a saucer. She was mounted on a Venezuelan horse about sixteen hands high, which was made a present to her father by the President of Veneauela. The horse was as remarkable as the woman on his back. He was a clear cream color all over the body, with long, snow-white mane and tail and most admirable shape. The lady's/riding whip had a gold handle stuped with precious stones, and the bridle-

sons they make tho best and most in- chain was of solid silver. She wore eldustrious wivos and mothers, and when low leather gloves, with gauntlets-'ex-mated with somo good man reap the tending as far as the elbow. Her voice reward of, their early lives .of toil and a tondency to falsetto, andjta it* tones werOjAjculiurly entertaingt* hear.

Mclfdcniul. Tho house doos all it can to aid widows in its service by giving employment to thoir boys and girls. A strict standard of mortality maintained among the employes. It is tho belief of dry goods dealers that, except in certain named departments, men are more valuable as salesman than women, for.

The Prince*** but no longer a jrincess bv the laws oNijje lar S^TYadccated in Eu

MAN.

GOING OUT TO St. Louis Globe This expression, which! is often heard as originated by "Aijtemus Ward.' was originated by "Aijtemus Ward.'' Tho story of its inception is as follows: Once the lamented humorist was engaged to fill an evening in the lecture course of |a_popular lit«rary institution of a Now England city. During the lecture an individual Avho occupied a seat on one of the front benches seemed determined to resist tpe speaker's efforts to make him laugh. Artemus soon discovered both tho listener and his inattention, and concatrated all bis powers on him. For long time it seemed as if the man hai the best of it, but by and by one of Browne's queer conceits took effect. The obstinate fellow gave way, and laughed and kicked like a schoolboy. Artemus celebrated his victory by coolly/announcing to his audience: "Ladies and gentleman, this will terminate the first act, and wo will drop the curtain for a few moments while tho scenery is being arrangod for the next act the lecture will take the occasion to go out to see a man," and with perfect sang froid he left the platform for the ante-room, where he refreshed himself with a pull from a flask of old Bourbon.

locrat.

ADA UGHTER'S SELF-SACRIFICE Tho fashion which came in vogue sometime ago of the girls wearing necklaces made up of silver coins with the monogram of friends engraved thereon, has broken out afresh in Canada. One gentle maiden in Toronto haa handed her name down to posterity, if the writers of Sunday-school books only get hold of her noble act. The bailiff was in the house for rent. He threatened to seixe the cook stove, the piano, and the saw horse and the axe—the latter used by her father in gaining the family's livelihood. The inexorable officer wanted $3.92, including costa. The trembling mother could only scare up $2.68. The daughter, Mary Jane, all this time was pacing the room in tears, and her beautiful locks streaming down her back. All at once ahe rose equal to the occasion. Her face became ethersaliwsd. Tearing the silver necklace from her throat, she broke the little links joining the coins, and gath ering these in her hand she approached her parent in high theatrical effect, saying: "Dear mamma, take even my jew-els, and pav the exorbitant jadge. Hard it Is

Then kissing them tenderly, she passed them to her mother, who paid the bailiff, that worthy official agreeing to shave off five per cent, of the fane value of the monogrammed coins.

A PHYSICIANS REPORT. Many physician* are using Compound Oxvgen in their practice, and with remarkable success. One of them writes: "Mv patient has now been under treatment about four weeks. His condition at the time of begin ing the treatment was verv unfavorable Indeed be very feeble, severe cough, expectorating pas in considerable quantity he suflfer-

wofk. In the bookfeimWie* girls are ed with night sweats all of hla frienda hired t* do the sewing, folding and pag- eomMerwfbia

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week, and expert cutters, drapers and flU* dfcrVl Tm flua mUKnArv sto, ... $10, ind the saleswomen from f!2 to The women ec)AT a monopoly of bat it is paper box mai seturing, Is a

WILL PRICES GO UP OR DOWN In the present rage of speculation grain, etc., the following explanation the ways and doing4 of the "bulla" and "bears," will be of very great interest. It is from the pen of Mr. Orange Judd, in the American Agriculturist for Sept. 1st.

During two or three years past, and never so greatly as now, the methods of the Stock Exchange have been introduced into the produce markets, and hundreds of men, in leading cities, notably in Chicago, Toledo, St. I^juis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, apd New York, are daily betting milliona of dollars upon the probable prices of wheat, flour, corn oats, lard, pork, bacon, etc. To illustrate: Mr. A. offers to deliver to Mr. B. a million bushels of No. 2 Red wheat at $1.22 per bushel, on the 21at day of August, though he (Mr. A.)does not own a single bushel of wheat, and does not expect to. Mr. B. takes the offer, and makes a deposit of a small portion of the price or "margin." In this case Mr A. is said to be "short," and Mr. is "long." Mr. A. is "short" of what he has agreed to deliver. If the closing sale of this grade of wheat, on Aug. SI, is onlv $1.20, Mr. B. pays Mr. A. 2 cents a bushel, or $20,000. But if the price is $1.25, Mr. A. pays Mr. B. 3 cents a bushel, or $30,000. Usually no wheat ia actually delivered. Sometimes, however, if there is a limited supply of wheat available, and Mr. B. has capital enough, he secretly buvs up all there is he gets up a "corner'r in wheat and when settling day cornea, he may require Mr. A to deliver the wheat, or be may get oth era to try to buy it, while he refuses to sell until $1.30, or $1.40, or even $1.50 is offered, and the price of the day is fixed at that rate. In the last named case Mr. A. would have to pay him the difference between $1.22 and $1.50, which, on a million bushels, would be 28x1,000,000, or, $280,000. If, on the contrary, the price could be beat down on the settling day to $1.00 per bushel, Mr. B. would have to paj Mr. A. 22 cents a bushel, or $220,000 We have named only two individuals, but there are hundreds or thousands of persons doing the same thing, some betting on a few thousand bushels, others on hundreds of thousands, and a few heavy operators on millions. In times of excitement and activity, the speculative "sales" of wheat, during a few days, amount to more than the entire sur-r— crop of the country during a year, operators are in two classes, those like r. A. are "shorts," and those like Mr, B. are "longs." Precisely the same operations are taking place with reference to other grades of wheat, corn, oats, lard, pork, etc. The same man often operates in several kinds of produce, and may be "short" of one and "long" of another. One speculator will often be short for August delivery, long for September, and short oc long for October, or for "the year."

The great operators in grain and other iroducts, both "bulls" and "bears," *jave immense sums at stake. They are each spending large amounts of money to privately ascertain the actual facts of the case, and are far better informed than ordinary farmers or dealers can be. Indeed, the common mass of speculators take their cue from the movements of these leaders. If prices wore sure to go up in the future, the bulls would buy all the wheat offered at present, and even higher rates. If the bears were sure of a decline, they would not buy at any present rates, but would oversell the market very largely. For ourselves, we believe future prices are just about as likely to go Up as flown, or duwn

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part from these dear tokens.''

case as bopeleas. Ei improved his eond

much better bis strength and geoerel appearance haa improved a bun-

era, oimppTii mm dred per cent in fcet he has the ap-

iPMo #25. In the millinery pearanceola new man." Our Treatise «. tr ioerTav*rsge froml& ti on Compound Oxygen conUdning Urge roporta of cases and fall information, sent free. DM. Starker A Palen, 110® and I til tlirani St, Phi tad' Ifldi, Pa.,

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greatly as now, the methods of but I've lost track of her for several Exchange have been intro- years." "Were you intimately acquainted with her?" "Can't say that I was so powerful intimate. 'Bout as intimate as two people ought to be." "You visited her at one time didn you and the lawyer, who in a sly way was trying to impeach the charaoter of the woman, looked at the jury and winked. "Well, she used to come to my house occasionally." "Will vou allow me to aak," and again he looked at the jury, "whether or not this woman visited you in the day time or at night?" "Sometimes she would oome in the day time and stay all night." "Would there be any one else in the house?" "Not usually." "That settles it. Gentlemen, you observe that this woman—" "Hold on a minute," said the witness, "there's one other fact that you should know before you are too hard on the woman." "What is that, sir?" "Nothing much only she used to be my wife." ____

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only safe rule is, to sell when ready, to take as little risk as possible of damage in storage, and, being ready, and having sold, to simply say, "I nave done the best I could.'' Then if prices go down,

If they

say, "Well, I was lucky." If they go up, "I might have done better to hold

night have done bettei

onj but if I had, it might have been dif-

ferent, and so I will not worry over it,' NEW MARRIED COUPLES. Newly married people ar^always a source of great amusement. mThey try so hard to look as if theyllad beon married all their lives, and fail so utterly. Their looks of beaming happiness are tell-tale enough even if they did not sit always so remarkably close together. If it were not that it is rather nice to see them so delightfully happy, I think I thould compile a little code or rules for their guidance, such as—Elderly married couple do not as a rule converse entirely in whispers nor press each other's hands under the table nor sit in dark corner of the boat by moonlight,

inired. I have done so and the results have invariably been most satisfactory. Under its use the blood becomes richer, the digestive, urinary and pulmonary organs arc made strong and perform their natural functions readily and without pain, all decay seems to be immediately checked and the progress of the disease arrested, the pulse becomes fuller and stronger, the lips red and the cheeks rosy, the temperature of the body increased and more uniform, the action of the heart regular, and the muscular strength greatly invigorated. In justice to the Inventors I will say this remedy is called Brown's Iron Bitters, it is a preparation of Iron and vegetable tonics, contains no alcohol, and it is the only preparation of Iron in a perfectly assimilable form and that does not blacken the teeth. I have never known it to fail to give permanent strength to every part of the jbody, or to injure the most constitution. I have known it to assist nature in caring many chronic when all other remedies had failed. Its soothing effect on mind and body ia most remarkable, and it is the onlv positive care I know of, for sexual weakness, ete~ tboae moat stoborn of all debilitating dfresses. —, M. D.

Many Clergymen who were obliged to withdraw from the pulpit on aceoant of •*Ciergvmen*B Son Thrtmt,''.have recoreral by using Fellows' Compound Svrup of Hypo phosphites, and are weaoilag again

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ONE OTHER FACT.,

IMPEACHING THE CHARACTER OF A WOMEN.

& Little Rock Gasette. K* "Are you acquainted with this lady asked a little Rock lawyer of a witness in court.

"Yea, I used to know her pretty well,

A BACHELOR'S PLIGHT.

HE IS CHABED IN AWFUL FEAR FROM A FIELD, BY A BEVY OF MAIDENS.

Charlottesville (Va.) Jeflbrsontan. 21 here livos, not a thousand miles from town, a fascinating youngbaohelor, who tills his ancestral acres with his own bands. During the reoent heated spell he was engaged in plowing his corn, and the excessive red-hotedness of the temperature constrained him to shfed more than the regular amount of clothing, in order that he might extract as much comfort as possible from the shy breezes that occasionally flitted about his undraped extremities. While the amount of his drapery was limited almost to that one snowy garment which tho lines of Hood have immortalized, some evil spirit moved a bevy of fair maidens to call upon the industrious bachelor. Finding his mansion locked, they proceeded to the field. At the turn of a row the unfortunate plowman caught a glimpse of the fair invaders. His pantaloons were at the otljerond, and terror seized him. What should he do? Should he meet the maidens at so great a disadvantage, or should he escape to the friendly shade of a neighboring thicket? Discretion finally gained tho mastery, and his two stout and unencumbered legs bore him homeward with the velocity of the wind. At a convenient distance his tormentors followed, and as they reached a crest overlooking the bachelor's hall, they saw a figure, half draped in a robe of flowing white, disap[ear through tho window of his rustic Jodge. They had come they bad seen they had conquered.

««WANTS THEM UNS.'* During the seige of Nashville, a Confederate battery, placed upon a hill, was seriously annoving a part of Pop Thomas* line. Hiding up to Col. James Brownlow, the old man said: "Col. DrrTnolovr, 1 w*nt guna, nna want them bad," at tho samo time pointing his sword toward the offending battery. Drawing his sword and stepping out in front of his regiment, Col. B. said: "Men, the old man wants them gunn, and says he wants them bad!" Everybody was silent for a momont, and then a six-footer in the ranks sang out: "Boys, if Old Pop wants those guns he ought to have thorn. Let's all chip in and buy them for him, for it looks mighty unhealthy up that way." A perfect storm of laughter swept along the line, and then the boys started up for the guns and got them for the old man, though many a poor fellow who started for thera never got back again.

WICKED FOR CLERGYMEN. New York Baptist Weekly. Rev. Washington, D. G\, writes: I believe it to be all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or other public: men to bo led into giving testimonials uack doctors or vilo stuff* called

a dark corner of the boat by moonlight, to quack doctors or vilo stunk called with the gentleman's arm round the medicines, but whon« really meritorious ladv's waist, and the lady's head on the aricle made of valuable remedies known

gentleman's ulster nor—this is very important—nor do old married people find it necessary, in ordering dinner or lunch, to say to each other: "Do you like sole or, "What is your favorite soup These questions have been asked and answered years and years ago, under probably very similar circumstances. Many a bride would betray herself in this ingenuous way were it not that she is already betrayed by the excessive newness of every article of clothing she wears. Who but a bride, for instance, ever travels in new boots And what bride ever traveled in an old pair? RED LIPS AND~~ROSY CHEEKS.

WBKKLINO,W. VA., May 30,1881. I am an old physicians, and have loat many of my youthful prejudices. Haplening to learn of the great good done jy a certain remedy in restoring to robust health a former patient of mine who suffered severely from several chronical ailments resulting from weak pulmonary, digestive and urinary organs, and whom I was unable to benefit with my most careful treatment, I determined to prescribe It as occasion re-

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»all, that all physicians use and trust daily, wo should freely commend it. therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for tho good they have done mo a*d my frienas, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not bo without them."

pound, tho great medicine for tho cure of all kinds of female complaints, is the greatest strengthener of the back, stomach, nerves, kidneys, uninary and genital organs of inan and women ever known. Send for circulars to Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn., M-ws.

TMtlmiUI T*E*r.:r«ll«ws. opdonlgned, Clergyip.«p..°f. tUe •Uod»«t Church In Nov* Hootla hav "on knovn PKLLOVI

ing need The prepanrtlon known as Fm.uws' CoKPotTKn fnruvr or Hi TMREDBY MR.JAKBS I. FIQLLOWS, Chemist, K. John. N. B- or having known CUM Strain to eiftcfi were bene\ci»J, believe It to be a reliable remedy for the alaaaaea for which It is recommended. James G. Hennl«ar, John McMurmy,

HTi-orooarHmES, pre-

Pwa. of Conference, Kx IVwMpn Wm. Hentent, Ribhard W. Wertdall, John ATSosber, Alex. W. N»cbo«oo, John W. Howie, Craiwwlek Jo«t Stephen F. Hoestia, Rowland Morton,

John Johnson. letter* from various the United Htatcs.and ng the assertions herened, which "win be tiiown at his

ofllee, on application. relate the core of Disease* of the Longs, Heart, Htomacb, Me. fellows' Myrmp mt H|-M*

PLI9«L»KTFE«

Speedily and parmanentiy cores Ocm**«tioo of the Lome*,Bronchitis, lummampilfm, Nervoos ProstmUoa, Bhurtnw of Breathy Palpitation of the Heart. TremWtn* of the Haadsand Umbs, Pbjntfeal and Mental P* prcMioo, Law of Appetite, Las* of Knerxy, Loeeof keroory, andwlll rapIdly Improve UM» weakened rnnctlans and omcaas or Uie body, which depend for health np^jwrtm* buy oerrtNM asuon. It acts with vigor, aentJcoess, and sofrUety, owing, to harmony of Hs Ingredient*, akin to pore blood Itself.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRCGG18TB,

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THEGREAT

FOB

RHEUMATISM,

Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Cnest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and

Scalds, General Bodily Pains,

Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted' Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches.

Ko Preparation on NIRTH equals ST. JACOIW OIL

a ia/r, sure, simple

and

cheap

External

Homwiy. A trial entails but the comparattv*ly trifling outlay or SO Centa, and rvery one suffering with pain can bavo cheap-and poaltiro proof of its claims.

Directions in Sleren languages. SOLO BT ALL DRUGGI8T8 AND DEALEB8 IN MEDICINE.

A. VOGELER

CO.,

Baltimore, Md., ZT.8.A

MRS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM.

OF LYNN, MASS.

DISCO VKRKR O

LYDIA E. PINKHAM'8 VEGETABLE COMPOUND.

ThoPoeltlveCnre

Tor all Female Complaints.

(Bhi» ita mi. oonsifts oP Vegetable Properties that aro harmless to the most delicate Invalid. Upon one trial the merits of this Compound will be reeogniaed, a* relief Is tmmediatoi and when its use Is oonttnued, in ninety-nine caeos In a him. dred, a permanent euro l«o(Ic^©d,ae thousand* will testify. On account of Its proron merits, it is to-day recommended and proscribed by the beet phytic Una In tho country.

It will caro entirely tho worst form of falling of the uterus feeucorrhoea, Irregular and painful Menstruation, all Orarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Hooding!, all Displaeements and the consequent spinal weakness, and Is ceperlally adapted lo the Change of lif» It will IIIMOITO and cxpol tumor* from tlio uterus in an early stage of development. Tha tendency to canoeroos humors there is oheclsed Tory •peedlly by Its use.

In fact It has proved to be the greattst and beet remedy that has ever br«n dlseorer*d. It permeates every portion of the system, and give*' new life and TlgSr. It remove* falntneM,flatulency, doitroys all enuring for stimulant#, aod relieve* weoknes* of the stomach

It euros Bloating, ItauteftfaeM, Kerrou Prostration, fleneral Debility, Sleepleesncas, Depression ami Indigestion. Thai feeling of bearing down, canslng pain, wslgbt and beckachA, le always permanently cnrwl by IU use. It will at all times, asd underall circumstances, act in harmony with the law that gown* the female system.

For Kidney Complaint* of either sex thU compound is unsurpassed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is prepared at BO and SB Western Avenue, I.ynn, Mam. Price (1.00. Six bottle* for $6.00. Sent by mail in the form of pills, alsotn the form of Losenge*, on receipt of price, per bos, for either. Mrs. PIXKJiAil freely answereell letters of inquiry. Bend for psun phlet. Adiln—asatioTe

Mention th paptr.

Ko family should be without LTDIA K. nNKIIAM' LtVStt PItXJI. They cure Constipation, l)Ulotutne*, Torpidity of the Lirer. cent* per bo*

JOHN D. PARK & SON,

Wholesale Atrents. Cincinnati. Ohio.

LIVER

TABAXINE

The Great Vegetable Liver Corrector. Jt contains no Calomel or Mineral of asf kind, iU Main Ingredient it the Concentrated' Mrdleat Principle of the Tararieum or

Ihindelion.

TABAXINE

It a Hpeeifle for all TiUeatr* arising from Ueranaed Liver, Itotwels, bpUem or Kidney*.

TARATINE Cure* Liver Complaint in all Us

Stages*

TABAXINE Cures Habitual Constipation.

TAIIAXINE Never fails to at re Chronic

Ague. Try it.

TABAXINE Cures Dyspepsia and

Indigestion*

TABAXINE

mUtjrTusu?..""*

P*'*M

Price, 50 Cts. and $1.00.

A.KIEFER,

Indianapolis, Ind»