Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 13, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 November 1882 — Page 1

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Vol. 13.—No. 21.

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. 3

Town Talk.

STMK* WANT P08ITI05S.

Tiwe trouble of tbedefeated candidates e^«i«sI when tbe result of the election •waum known, iMtd about tbe same 11 use.tintrouble*

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»wn« n«*!d. There is a certain claw of j*..,jO« v*bo am continually in -search of «UD«w. Tliey are not partioslar what they get, but tbeir want umisI be supin some manner. They all aiui but if tbey fail 10 attain much tbey v-»!l take little. Tbere are nary few oftlra but require one or u*ere assistants 11 the discbarge of tbeir Unities, and it is very rare case in which Abe supply does *u»t exceed tbe demand. On tbe day

Iter tbe election one saircessful candidate was beard say that on that day he tiH'i received no lea* than a dozen letters

persons in search of positions un derbim, and by this time tbe number ha* doubtless increased tenfold. Of ybourse none of tbe men asking these place* are out of work, or at least a very small proportion. Nearly all are making good saluries in other walks of life, and would no well to rwmin tbere. There are, however, certain periods In the lives f-»otiie men when they areattacked with be political itch. They imagine tbey are out out for politicians, and are nevef itntUfied until they are recoguixed li M&ouie manner. It Is in vain to reason |With them. .Show them that nine men 'out of tell who liuvo reduced politics to a scieuce, yet never uuiounled to uny thing, and they only become more zeal ous in tlieir caiiMt 111 order tbattbey may demonstrate themselves exceptions the rule, (iive thein a trial and no mat ler how great a failure they make they /stick to politics as long as they live,

Men whoareearnLug comfortablelivingH outside of politics would display tbeir good seuse to beat advantage by leaving well enough alwne. At best political *v positions ure unoiiain. Hven with the .'same party long continued in power change* are bolug often mu«ie and cou siantiy demanded, and wheu a party is (1 liven from power a change is certain. roi,rmut. Mtrriiom.

group uf gemivnien were discussing methods a few days ago wheu of them Illustrated the ditlioulty of ftoiidu. tiug a uampalgu to suit every 'body by a litth*ox|i«rloneeofa candidate he once knew. Ouo paper in a certain (vart of the State Jnslst«l that ho was a infidel, and should be defeated on that atouud alone. Every copy of the paper »4*'hW'h could be,procured was sent to an ^4ctlleuient of:free thinker»,and of course *thoy voted solul for the man of their own kind. Another paper, in another |hu:lou of the Htato accused ^hhn of bea Hoinnn Catholic, abused him oti W'ttt. ground and insisted .ujwn his de ••cat. This nbic\/? eilitorial was distribite«I with ti liberal hatidanumg the Irisli [miners uud made them solid for the man guilts whom they were ex|iected to vi»te. A miuiU'r of similar instances

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quotetl, and each one was used to lp where it wan intended to injure. KTHO fULlTAN IHU.H'R. Wlieu the legislature meeta this Wittier the question of establishing Metropolitan Poilco force In nil the cities m( the Htate will be s^Uated. If the movement is suuoensful it A\lll'|erma artently remove tbe police force from |K»litlo». Vnder a law of this kind three eommlafclouerw would have control of ,al) the appoitumemta in the .State, and Elections would beaiade with reference qualifications rather than political nttneuce. It is right that the guardians

I Jaw and order should le selected with iivl reganl to their foUtlcal preference. Under the present ^wtetn the political ootnplexion ot a city ^council is liable to ^jauge onix? a year, aAd with it all the j^potntuwiUi whlchil'Oin make. Under aunt) circumstance*, together with tbe wards for political work which have 1^ W ,marie, it is a dkWoult matter to nd -men who would atake first cla«s otftoei^whoare willing to^ive up stestly aip!o,vu»cnt for a poaiUon from which *y an" liable to be Quoted! within a •Ar. With law requking certain jiiaUAcalions a board of j»oiice comsstaner* «uld make good eelocliona, •id the n»eu would be certain of hold* ,^g thidlr position* as long they bev« tkMUMtvrs and of bek^g dfc»rged ,if fail to faithluUy dis'*rgf iheir Dulles, Under tbe

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•y»t(miarhiefol police, no matter how heient, works to a great extent with hatuia lied. If be reports a menvher liie force to may find that be ia Iraadon the tow of a counfilman who nuts that particular roan retained, and he piwdH* tbe matter may tnd bia 11 head in danger.

HAP MAKXB1M.

Tbere l*a claw of people, and il tato n^tretledl that it is inctamingin namr% rrho attend tbe Opera tioo*e and 'i-^at tbe pfrfcrtttttm a»d aodiertc* &«hy display of bad manners of

nary common sense woal'x not be guilty. At each performance, just before tbe curtain dropa on tbe last act, there ia a rush for overcoats an'j batsand the door, where they stand undl the scene is over. Thia crowd is not wn fined to a few in the rear of the bc.use. Tbey are to be found.in thedrcas drde, balesay and orchestra chairs^ sa weil as among tbe gallery gods, where they properly belong. Tbey gain the street probably two minutes earlier by tbeir break, and that ia all tbe advantage gained. On tbe other hand tbey demoralize tbe players, and disgust the better portion of the audience who are interested and want to listen to tbe end. It is discouraging to actors and certainly no company so interrupted can go away with a favorable impression of Terre Haute audiences. For tbe good name of theater goers this practice should be stopped. If it cannot be accomplished in any other manner a large force amed with clubs should be placed In positions where tbe offenders oould be reached in such a manner that they would not offend again soon. People who persist in such unmannerly interruptionsshould be hissed out of the house.

TWE OAVBLKU8.

Since the traveling members of tbe gambling fraternity were giveu to understand tbart this was no city of refuge for them, but little has been beard of tbe profession. It seems, however, that some of them have not been idle, and ef late threo fesno rooms have been operating in a sly manner, all of them on Main street. Wednesday nigpht the police raided all of them. Two were deserted em tbe grave, but the third proved to be a fat take. It is located-on the north side of Main, between Third aud Fourth streets, and when the officers entered the room tbe game was in full blast with about thirty players present. &ome of the ollicers stood guard and the remainder matched their victims, four at a time, down t®«he Mayor's ni!l«e, where they registered aud were allowed to go home en kndltion that they return in the morning and settle with tbo old man. Tbe raid occured early in the night, and the captured did not like to walk out with the officers, who were kind enough to escort them through the alley. This will probably settle keno for a time, but tbeexperieuee of all ofllcers basalways bees,-that as long as men want to gamble th^y will find means of dotnglt. If not allowed to do it in gambling rooms, tb$y will play in private rooms, or in saleons. It seems to. be a necessary evil,aud as such must be tolerated in some manner.

A Woman's Opinions.

T»B N*W MA IT. OFFJCK.

Newspaper work, some parts of it, at. lea*t, ceenjH especially adapted to women, but, in visiting tbe little dens set apart for tho editor# and misnamed "eanctum," there baa always been the feeling that somehow they were not tho proper place for a lady. They are neither private nor sawed, as tbe word "sanctuntf" would imply, but are gloomy and dustp

Nvwspaper woek seems eminently fitted for women tat are women fitted for newspaper work# That is tbe question. When three-tearths of all tbe men that attempt it fail, tbere ia not much encouragement for smiw to enter fhe Held. It require* literary ability to write well, nice diacrisnination to select reading matter, a fine tact to know jost what to say and what not to aay, and sound business capacity to keep the paper out of bankruptcy. These qualifications are not often aoited in «oe man, never, perhaps, in a woman, A gentleman, a few days ago, regretting that, while women could write so well upon most topics, tbey eoeld say nothing whatever upon political subjects. A lady'toid |him that 'if be had been disfranchised all bis lite be wouldn't know auvthing about politics either.* Yon neversea boy taking moch interest In these things until be approaches

be able to diseoss politico. Every newspaper of note has a lady correspondent or contributor. A woman is much better qualified to write up society notes than a man and is equally competent to make dramatic (criticisms. Tnen there is tbe local department from time immemorial women have (mistakenly) been credited with* monopoly of gossip and therefore would be quite in their native element when writing locals. There area good many aunoying things connected with newspaper work, such as running to (ires, investigating crimes, making police reports, rushing around in bad weather after items, all these unpleasant features of journalism we could turn over to the malo members of the firm, for why should yromen do that which is disagreeable if tbey can press their masculine friends into service? Imagine tbe newspaper lady when au angry citizen cornea rushing up stairs with a revolver in hand to kill the editor. She can meet him at the door with a smile so sweet that be will drop the pistol and tslide down tbe baluster.

Tbe chief reason why women do not attain much more than mediocrity in whatever they undertake is because they, bring to their business a divided energy. The majority of them marry before tbey are old enough to comprehend the grand possibilities of life or understand what occupation they aro best tit ted for. If a young woman adopts a profession it is with the fixed intention of some day marrying and giving it up, and consequently she has no special ambition to rise. If, after marriage, she is separated from her husband either by death or divorce, she carries to her work either a sorrowful or an embittered heart, a life clouded by grief or soured by disgrace, humiliation and disappointment. If she still is married, but is induced either by taste or necessity to engage in outside duties, she is ever trying to accomplish the tasks of two persons half her thoughts, half her energies are with her home and family, tbe other half are devoted to her business. When a woman marries she makes a contract to attend to her home, husband and children to the best of her ability and she has no right to violate this contract, but, if by force of circumstances she undertakes some other occupation she simply makes another contract which anuuls or weakens the force of the first. Consequently we seldom find a won^an who being* to her work her undivided time, her full mental powers and her concentrated energies, and therefore, we can hardly judge what she wouid be capable of do iug under favorable circumstances.

I.OVE AMD MATRIMONY.

When the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table said, in last week*4 Mail, that love and matrimony did not go together, he should have modified it a little by saying "hardly ever." We had a very pretty picture of love and constancy, last nigbt, in Eamerelda, and one of matrimony not so pretty. We may depend upon the stage to portray life very much as it really is, except, perhaps, somewhat ex aggerated. Why is it, then, that love is always represented as so enchanting aud matrimony as so disagreeable? And

and uninviting and not at all^while we are asking questions, why do so many gentlemen go to tho Opera House without their wives, and so many wives without tbe^r husbands? Why are our attractive, intelligent girls ob liged to go with parents, brothers, or la dy friends, while the orchestra chairs are filled with half tbe young men In the city? And why were the fervent senti ments of love, on the stage, so coldly re ceived by the old, young bachelors in the orchestra? Wrhat is the matter with the srorld Is love-making no longer the fashion Then starlight nights, tbe murmur of waters, tbe songs of birds aud tbe perfume of flowers must be considered out of style, for theeeare but tbe reflection and the echo of love. It is the rytbm, the melody, that makes the poetry of existence. Should all our life be esid and unsympathetic prose, if soowwbere, it may be almost among tbe very Arst chapters, we can remember this Utile poem, only a verse, perhaps, it will stag to our hearts through all the long pears, till it rises and swells forever into that music which is called celestial.

secluded. Wo associate tbe idea of a roll ned, intelligent woman with dainty, beautiful surroundings, and one cannot help but imagine that if she were to stay very long in the average newep^per office she would grow] old aud dingy aud faded like the room itself. But the new Mail office has! solved thi* d&tlloulty so large and airy with its spotless walls, bright carpet and glowing fire, why the very room is an inspiration to wvite something agreeable and entertaining. All it needs to make it complete is a pretty woman sitting st the desk with a rflower in her hair and a pen in her bawl. If any such tbere be, with a yearniqg to enter tbe editorial Klysium, now is the time to make appli oation at Noa. 36-and 20 South Fifth street, Printing House Square. It is not probable, however, that she will ever get auy farther than aoakiog tbe application.

Happy lives have no history. They flow along like a peaceful river and receive notice, but let tbe current be dteturbed and tbe surface broken by rocks and whirl-pools and it at once attracts osr attention. Cynical people examineo«r divorce records and read tbe daily list of *uicitfes and murderscansed by unhappy marriage*, and tbey come at once to UteconclusMO that all married life ia a failure. Tbey do not stop to consider bow small ia tbia proportion to tbe great number of marriages that take place. Tbe majority of married people live peacefully together, ate comparatively happy mod are beUer contented than tbey would be if alugrie. While married people are young asd resSleas and tood of gayety, tbcbaiaaof matri-

twenty-one. We need an incentive fori mony eocnetimes aeeoi heavy,and tney tbe study of everything. Laura R«am would like to throw tbem off and be free is the only political correspondent, of ooce mote but as age creeps oa and ber wx in tbe United States. On all vodety ta*s Ha cbarin, when sickness

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who shall be with us "until death." There is nothing on earth so beautiful as to see an aged couple go band in hand adown the decline of life. A short time ago an old man of ninety years lost his wife and went with the relatives to a neighboring town to lay her to rest. When it came time to return be refused to goi saying, "No, I never left her in my life and I shall not do so now," and in a few weeks he joined her, to be parted no more. Such love is like the setting sun it grows more beautiful as it nears the horizon snd, when it passes out of sight, leaves behind a radiance that brightens the earth and catching tbe gleams of this light, we will not lose faith. The)principie of marrigae is right, the sentiment of love is holy, and these truths cannot be shaken by any number of mistakes and failures. Love and matrimony do go together but they need to be cemented by those virtues which not only inspire affection, but command respect, the permant foundation of wedded hsppiness.

THANKS.

Will tiie many friends in Terre Haute and elsewhere please accept thanks for tbe kind and cheering letters they have sent from time to time. It is a very great pleasure to know that these hastily penned sentiments have proved acceptable to the generous hearts and intelligent minds of tbe readers of The Mail. They are written in fleeting moments, snatched frotn a busy life, aud offered tp tbe public with the feeling that they are almost unworthy of attention. For this reason the encouraging letters received each week froir friends, both knowtr-And unknown, are doubly acceptable and gratefully appreciated. v-rJ-'S IDA A. HAWKI:.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Tbe W$fs of President Gonzales of Mexico if studying medicine aud surg eiy iu Chicago. '"V". .-W,

The physician ot Miss Louis iM. Alcott has forbidden her to put a pen to paper. Mrs. Southworth ought to have that kind of doctor.

Miss Hfctte Wolfe of New York city has an inforad of $1,000 a day. No rea sonably j*or young man would want to keep that^V'olfe from his door.

Mrs. Bfetoiner, whose uame will be handed't« posterity tbtoutg-lbe medi of the bifurcated garmenture for tbe gentler sex, is still Hying. She is said to be "a quiet, sweet faced old lady, dressed without any of the trouseric foolishness of ber younger days.

Mrs. Thompson, of Indianapolis, was forbidden-by her parents to encourage Yanborn as a suitor, as he was a drunk ard. She would not give him up, and eloped with hint. He got drunk on the nigbt of their marriage at a Columbus hotel and she took a train for home, con vinced thit tbe old folks were right. "With a wotnan who is either posi tlvely pretty or positively ugly," says an observer, "tbe question of looks is set tied once and for all, aud

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calm on the subject, but with one who is about middling there is perpetual and barrahing doubt. One day ulie is raised to heaven by a compliment, tbe next she is lowered to Hades by something thai can be construed as a disparagement NoV she is tolerably well satisfied with herself,agaiu she is somewhat disgusted All tbe time she is in uncertainty."

LITTLE 8ERM0XS.

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Experieuee and wisdom are the fortune tellers. We all have a prospeusity to grasp at forbidden fruit.

Tbe seeds of our punishments are sown at the same time we commit sin. There is no benefit so small that 1 good man will not magnify it.

He who lives to benefit himself con fens on tbe world a benefit when he dies. A good wife is like an ivy which beautifies tbe building to which it clings, twining its tendrils more loving as time converts tbe ancient edifice into ruin.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have tbe same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking tbe solemn stilineft of tbe night.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is tbe best bred in tbe company. As tbe best law is founded upon reasons so are tbe best manner*.

What a thing it is to be cheerful, and or to have cbeerful people about one. life, except during the pressure of it* most terrible calamities, always has a bright side, and tbose who look at that side are far the wisest. Yet tbere are excellent people who go about bowed down under tbe weight of foreboding*, wbo fed aire tbe worst thing possible will happaa—wbo, indeed, make it manifest that tbeir opinion it ha* happened already.

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other topics tbere is no reason why a and sorrow come, when friends pass I who will carry a pistol should be spankwoman iAoiiM net write editorials and. aaray and leave us lonely, then comes led and put to bed bnpre luaiowii,"

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Our Breakfast Table.

The party at breakfast were chatty, good-natured and not political. Mis* Laura had been dropped at the door day or two back with au extra trunk and a new hat-box. The addition of a twelve-inch baud to her sealskin cloak and tbe possession of some exclusive styles made her feel at peace with all the world and she envied none. Sbe knew all about Langtry, who was, she said, a talented dresser and a middling actress, and she wouldn't miss seeing her for "a hun-dred dollars!"

Of course that manly step along the hall, in a kind one, two, three, four, five* six, a, b,o time was jack, with the Merry War in his heeld aud head. "Never had such a time!" he exclaimed. "Walked home Jast night in the most pitchy darkness sinoetbe Bgpytisn plagues. IJt a match to ignite a cigar, and when It wcut out I plunged into a lamp-post, it was so dark, and abraded my counteuance—just look at it. Then 1 came along the north side of the Nor* mal—guessed it was, couldn't see it—and plowed through loose bricks, stones and sacd, till I was lamed. Two nuisances— a city dark as a wolf's mouth, aud a city sidewalk daugerous to pedestrians 1" "About time to stir up tbe electric light again, aud jog the street commissioner, Eli, Jack said Derby. "Well, I don't care," he said, as he ruefully lopked down his nose, 'flf Ibey would only hang candles on the lampposts, so as I ceuld see 'em. As for (be rubbish on the Normal sidewalk, I suppose it auiuses the little boys to put it there." v' "Well, to conie back to the Metty War! Aren't you glad you weut aud who was there aud what did tbey have on?*' ashed Miss Laura, iu a breath. l| "Yes very few—gossamers. That is, I liked it. 'latere were few there, abont as many as for Jesse James. If it hadn't been for the Germans, attracted by their own music, it wouid have beeu shameful." "What Is tbe reason Is Terre Hante going back on the shows?" "Apparently, yes. Some say it iebe* cause they don't advertise some say because the times are really bad, and some because we have

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for a town of this nice, for it would t*ain„ one to *two thousand, week to give good bouses to all thepl«ys( etc.. that we have. When you remember that few young tnen get a salary that they are not ashamed to mention, you soe one class eut off. When the weather is unseasonable, another lot Is cut offso it goes 1" "I believe the number of Opera House entertainments cuts down the parties, said Laura. "Well, that is an idea Why "Oh, 1 don't know but there used to be about six shows and a dozen parties in a season. Now there are six dozen of the lirst and a quarter dozen of the last.' "Yes,"said Jack, "1 was talking with the veteran of caterers the other day and he sighed as he chcckcd off on his fingers the cartes blanche he used to have and has no more. 'Tell you what,' he says, 'if some of those old folks would get together as thoy ufed to, and give a round of balls, il would turn turn this town over and make trade lively—but with literary circles, aud dancing clubs, and cooking schools and church parties there is a decline of sassiety,' and be sighed again." "Talking of society remarked Derby "you should have seen such a society that invaded my office, not long since. It was a species of society for tbe sup pression of crime—and lawyers, too, judging from the way they weut for me." "Explaiu yourself, John. As usual, you are vague," said the Major. "Well, just over the river any number of first rate farmers have organized a vigilance committee. Their motto seems to be, 'Tramps get out! Death to bomethieves, and punishment to rascals generally.' "No wonder you

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committee came into your office," said Jack. "Why tbe facta were these: A miserable rascal over in Clark county was ripe for the penitentiary, but 1 thought I was sureef a couple of thousand by saving him from bis just decscrt*. Would you believe it? Those tough old grangers beat us badly. Wouldn let us take tbe case down to dear old Sullivan. Tbey made that man sell his farm and skip out tbe conntry. 1 feel that I have been imposed upon for once." "That happens so seldom to you lawyers that you will recover," entered Jack.

Said tbe Major: "Tbere is a moral In your story. Because tbose farn»ers bad some interest and more pluck tbey or ganized to purify tbeir community. Generally we are so easy and Indifferent as to leave justice and injustice a deputy. Organizations by respectable eitiaseos in every connty to demsud the enforcement of laws and tuppression of tke and vagrancy would do much good —more than some of the blind, unreasoning bolts at election time* do, I believe."

Thirteenth Year

"Oh, never mind. What a figure you would make as a Vigilant, Major!" exclaimed Laura. "You looked better in tho front seats at the opera last i\}ght— and weren't you pleased with Esmeralda?" "Yes: nice, light little piece. No extremes—nothiug outrageously harrowing or excruciatingly funny—a good average. There is oqeconfounded nuisance iu all the plays. A man or woman connivences a recitation that will prove their pathetic powers, when scrape, scrape, come some disjointed minor notes frotn the fiddles. If an actor cannot impress me by his voice without a doleful dirge from the orchestra he ought to quit —if he can't, tho fiddles ought 10 quit. They say one could tell when Ciarrick was crying, if his back was turned, by the wrinkles in hiscoat—and they didn't give a signal that 'here the crying comee in.'" "Very proper aud artistic, I am sure,'* said Jack. "Doesyou credit!"

THE BETTER WORLD.

CHURCHES, PASTOR AND PEOPLE

Rev. J. S. Bastow,- of Indianapolis, will preach at tbe First Baptist Church, to-morrow.

At St. Stephens Church to-morrow Litany 10:ir a. m., Matins. Sermon and Holy Euchant 11, a. in., Kvoniug Song 4:30 p. m.

A monthly paper, devoted to church work and good morals, will be commenoed next Jweek by Row Madison C. Peters. It should have a large circle of readers.

The ministers have arranged for union Thanksgiving services at tho Congregational church. Rev. Thomas Parry will conduct the services Rev. MCPeters 1 will make tho prayer. Rev. Alfred Kummer will deliver the sertnou and the Oratorio Society will make themusic.

Rev. Madison C. Peters will preach at the Greenwood Presbyterian church corner Third and Moffat streets, to-iwor-row ttt 11 a. in. and at 7 p. m. Subject-, of the morning sermon, "Daniel intbe Lion's Den." Evening, "Let your Light* Hbine." 1

Rev. L. W. Bacon, pastor of the Park church, Norwich,. CQpn., son of Ijeonard *£pn,is to retire roSlS^ labors and devote his time to the pvepti#* ation of a biography of his father, and' also to the compilation of a book of hymus for the congregational church.

Mr. Miller, deacou of a Baptist church in Wisconsin, was lately tried on a charge of irreligious conduct, in attending a minstrel show. The naughty man coufessed that he started fer a temperance lecture, but got into tho wrong ball, by mistake, and, once tbere, was so overcome by the fascinations of the vile' place that he couid not broak away. He knew he bad committed a lu, but promised never to do so again, and was lot off with a reprimand.

Hereafter on one Monday morning in oach month tho Baptist ministers of Richmond, Va., are to have before them for analysis, dissection, critiiasm, and suggestion a sermon written by one of tbeir number. Tbe sermon is first to be read in tbeir hearing, aftcfr which each minister in turn is free to speak his mind concerning it. It is expectcd that for two or three months this exercise will be a great success. After that it will become wearisome, or else lead to dissatisfaction and consequent alienation of friendship. If tbo little men criticise the big men's sermons too sevorely, there will be trouble. If the big men show their lofty contempt for (he comparatively poor sermons of tbe lees expensive brethren, there will be a coolness between tbe two classes which will prove fatal to tbe prosperity of the meetings.

FAHTAHJES OF FASHION.

Poke bonnets with pointed roofs and gable fronts are tbe latest. The fashion of short sleeves never made pretty arms, but it is more than proiiable that pretty arms made short sleeves fashionable. "A tall young woman," with a new grievance against cigarettes, writes ta tbe Sanitary Engineer, asking if excessive smoking of them is not one of the reasons why young men are so short. "It it forlorn," sbe says, "to walk or dance with a young man that only comes up to your shoulder, and tbere are so many of them" whom she nows. She evidently does not like to "overlook" such an offense as this.

MA RRlAQK^LlCjfNSES.

The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report: John C\

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Judge Johnson and Alice Otmnahan. Jamm H. Taylor and 8s rsb Lark Ins. David billon and Annie O'lftnrd. Klroer Omm and Adalln« Goodman* John 8. OibtKHt and Helen HarrU. Kriward Prstl and Fannfe H. H*m Henry P. Polk and Mary Morphy.

BOY WANTED.

A bright, intelligent boy, can secp situation at The Mail office to sw tend to fires, etc., and learn Uk trade.

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