Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 13, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 January 1883 — Page 1

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Vol. 13.—No. 30.

This is an objectionable feature of the bill.and should be amended. Some at tention should be paid to the appearance «f ibe-men, and their eduoatiou. The pay, two dollars per day, is sufficient to secure "men of intelligence, and each should have ability enough to write an affidavit in ordinary cases which come before the mayor.

The commissioners have ontire con trol of the police force and all buildings books, pfttrol wagons and equipments connected with the department. They will make all rules and regulations governing the force, and in no manner can* the city authorities interfere with them. It Is a case in which the coin mitisioners exercise the authority and incur iho expense while the city pays the "bills. Each commissioner makes oath that polioical opinions will not be considered in making appointments buthe is very simple indeed who believes tlmt politics would be ignored: in the operation of the act, uo matter which party is in the majority. Suppose there wore two Republicans and one Deuio matlc member on the the board hore, does any one for moment suppose that in the absence of any requirements quantitations and competitive examlna tion, thoy would disregard the demands of their-party friends? The only com mendable feature of the bill i* the aboli tion of the office of city marshal, and transfer-of bis duties to the regular members of the force. Under the act tho station house is revivod, another additional expense of so mean proportion The special, or merchaut, polioemeu are .appointed by the commissioners, ooute under the rales governing the force and .*re subject 4o removal at any time toe cruho. In ca?e of an emergency, such as a riot, for instance, or a mob, before may special patroknan can be appointed the conunisaioueia must have the written consent of the Governor and Mayor of the city, a difficult matter should eUher of the officials named be abeent from home at the critical time. Bat the most jtmusin# section- of the bill is that which ipretendu to keep the force from working «t an election, by providing

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Town Talk.

TH8 WKTJROPOLJTAN POfcarjE BILL, Of late there has probably been no bi! Introduced in the Legislature which baft caused so much talk in the localities interested as the Metropolitan Police Bill. Here in Terre Haute it has been the salk of the town ever since the project wa» broached, and«lmost Ofery one looked with favor upon any measure "which wotild take the police^force out polt tics, and at fbe same time give to the cities better-guardian*of the peace. Such a law would be a relief to coancilmen| who are pestered almost to death bj wares of hungry ^mall fry in quest of positiona-on the pwiice force, fcesidesgiv«j Hng a chfof men batter qualified in every ^respect for the work. But the bill now 'before the Legislature does not meet th«f requirements of *be case, and if passed In its present sbc.pe will leave things in pretty much the same fihape as now, witb'the exception of a change from Re publican to Bemocratic forces in this city-and Indienapolis. Under its pro visions the Governor, Secretary, Audi tor and Treasurer of State are consti tuted aboard for the appointment of sub-board of three commissioners for each city *f twenty-live thousand or more inhabitants. It is understood that in each case the board shall be composed •of two Democrats and one Republican and the powers conferred on them are almost unlimited. In the appointment •of the force it is provided that "all persons so appointed shall serve during good behavior, and shall be of good moral character, and bo able to speak the English language." These are the qualifications required. It makes no difference how ignorant or incapable physically the applicant may be, if he is of good moral character and can speak the English language be is eligible

patrolmen 128,380 00

gaperlntendent

The

temperance workers certainly deserve credit for their untiring efforts to suppress the use of intoxicating liquors, Their latest move has been, as usual unsuccessful. They petitioned the coun nl to dose the saloons on Sunday, and asnal, that august-body has dodged the issue. Asan artful dodger the average pollician is a success. He can get around issue with the greatest of ease aedputoff a {petitioner with a grace, cbeek aid suavity of manner which forbids protest. In the .matter of Sunday closing he committee in substance reported tiat the mayor should constitute tbiaiselfk committee of one to stand around be saloons on Sunday, discover •who violate the law, file complaint against them, try them and fine them. Itroay be the plan is a good one. It is •oertainlya novel one, and the originator deserves jsredit for his astuteness. The difficulty!of punishing persons for carrying

business on Sunday is under Stood by very few. It is true the law provides for the punishment of those who carry-on their business on Sunday, luitiit doflS notforbid them from keeping

open

-their' places of business on

Siunday. If a business man wishes to keep opens house on Sunday he is at liberty

do so, and to make a case Inst him he must be watched and ight in the aet of -selling. Does any i«

{or a

moment suppose that the sans coold be closed in this [manner? police- certainly could not do it. It hAf

been

suggested that the temperance

fdlks

a little less petitioning and get

d$wn

the stern realities of work.

By comparing the county auditor's lift

with

to^c

that of tho collector of

internal revenue they can learn the

names

of those who sell without

lieeiwe.

They

cute

cau then watch and prose

well as make speeches and pray. The

same

statement applies to Sunday

closing. Out of two thousand persons who signed the petition to the council there

could

eertainly

he found

around

that "tckSe

duty" no officer shall solicit votes, challenge any voter or attempt tb influence voters. Now every one knows that the

Bight

force is composed of

nearly all he patrolmen employed by therity, ant as they are not "on duty" during the day time they would be at liberty to exercise

their

own judgment

about working at the polls. The strongest objection urged against the bill is that of expense. When the pocket touched all ether considerations must go to the wall. At present the police force «osts tbe city about as follows, per annua):

..S^awoe asooo s»oo ittssd .. moo 800 00

MiiriiJutl Total tSMCSO

EAkiniating the force at the same number umier the bill the coat would he as follows, the figures used being the maximum

and

watch.

Baysbe

win

glorlona

v*4

1,600 00

1 Captain 1,000 00 2SeiSt»ttte .. 1,000 00

Commissioners. 1,20000 clerk—. 600 00

Total J.. .$29,260 00 Ttiis makes a difference in favor of the present system, in men alone, of 12,317.50. get the bill provides that the force may consist of one patrolman to each 750 inhabitants, which might increase it to tbirty-ft^e men, a farther increase -of

$2,190.00,

and to this must be added&ie

coet of a station house, station bouse keeper and other incidental expenses. In its present shape the "bill, if a .good one, shows that the Terre Haute force is exceedingly wetland economically managed. A careful comparison of itsipoints ltb the rules *nd regulations of this city governing the police shows "hi favor of the Matter, 1fae city ordinances being even stronger than the provisions of the bill. If it is not intended as a political measure it can certainly be amended to advantage. There-are a number of large cities in which the qualification of the applicant takes ^precedence of political influence, and if each an act-is intended it can be found without going very far

SURDAY CLOSING.

enough

Mayor Lyne

enforce the law in

all

opportunity

cases

when complaints are filed before him, anduio

one

questions his

word

in the

least. Soeh has always been bis course, andtbereis no reason to believe that he intends

change it.

would be a

for the temperance

workers to quit theorizing and indulge in a little practical work.

is true they

might find some difficulty in making theip«*eSstiCk_riQ fact it is true their efforts would be a signal failure,but then they-trmkl have all the benefits which are to be derived from experieneo. This Sunday closing business has always been '*delcS

and a snare, And has

never been enforced successfully in this country. it

sometimes tried U*silence

proteat,botes soon,as quiet is asstored they «r allowed to proceed in the usual manner. Aa long as men wish todrink on Suldaytj^y will have it. Educate wen and boy, to keepout of saloons «ed the saloons will doee through want buaboj, Xne only manner in which tfceyi»do«0d legall3Nn Sunday, or

after*^«cifiedionris totftmish

tkeee

foand CHi the premises as well as the maa wbc.«eii^ £Uch a laar impartially eafocced noajdclose the saloons atreaaonable

on So*days, aod

would t«ad to encourage tbc formatioe of duh«.

ALL ITCOST8, S*W*rWid Palladium.!

In the* day, "patent insiSes" and other pnntfng dwicee, almostany one witfc a or so, and a sSock of audacity au,

paper. 1

Petsrar J. Frank O Ctarld Dattrieh

ailt^tsd news-

LICENSES, &

The fol^*^ marriage licenses feaw ®»ce our last report: Jmm Lore®. Albert juid Ellaabeth Horonf. and Mary Bhofnrr. boTand Martha J. Harris.

A Woman's Opinions.

-It *A«OAl»S.e^ One of the funniest sights in the world is a crowd of women "making bargains" In a dry goods store. There is a sort of underground telegraph among the sisterhood, and when a firm offers great bargains in any article, the news spreads like wildfire, and every woman who can raise a dollar, pats on her bonnet and shawl and starts for the grand slaughter, If her purse is hopelessly empty she goes anyhow just for the excitement there is ii^ it, and the woman without a cent in her pocket will ask just as many queations and take just as much interest in the prices as if she expected to buy out the establishment. The salesman should be allowed a commission on "bargains" and if he beoones sud-

denly insane and jumps through the plate glass window it should not be charged up to him. This over powering desire to "make a bargain" is a feminine weakness, and the poor woman possessing only a few dollars is not a bit more anxious to make a "sharp trade" than the woman of unlimited wealth. In the former it is excusable, for she is obliged to spend every dollar very judiciously, but it is positively amusing to see a rich, pompous, elegantly dressed woman "jewing" the clerk and arguing about a few cents when probably she will spend ten times that amount at the confection er's next door. This habit of beating down prices has become second nature to some women and they feel It a sort of duty never to pay what is charged for an article until they have tried to get a reduction. It is a very great hardship for the clerks to endure sinca they have nothing to do whatever with fixing the prices and have no power to change them. A few days ago I heard a wealthy lady trying to persuade a salesman to sell her a piece of lace for two dollars which was marked two aud a quarter. Said the girl, "If I should let you have the lace for any less than it is marked I should lose the balance out of my salary." "Well," said the lady, "I will just give you two dollars for the lace," and failing to get it for that, she flounced out of the store.

But while we are talking about"prices our "bargains" will all be sold. When a lady goes to a store with the determination to get a "bargain" she marches in with a determined step and sits down at the counter with an air which says, "Now you needn't try to fool me. I'm an old hand at the business." She hauls over the goods in a suspicious sort of a way, ask if one piece is all wool and then ravels out the end to see if the salesman is telling the truth inquixes if another is pure linen and then wets it with her finger to try his veracity again being told that the goods will not fade she chews a sample to prove it and, at the same time, holds another fabric up to the light to find if it is moth eaten. She assures th( clerk that she can buy the article just as reasonably someplace else and then tells him that shejknows it must be damaged or he wouldn't sell it so cheap. She buys a lot of things that she does not need, just because she can get thenvat a bargain, and goes out of the store hugging herself with satisfaction at the thought of how she has got the best of the merchant, while he balances up his books aod smiles in his sleeve as he wonders what would become of his trade if it were not for ^credulous women.

The dictionary says Bargains are' transactions which satisfy both parties. Very true,|So they do."

MASHERS.

Nobody knows, in regard to a slang word, whence it comes or whither it goes, but as erery new one appears we wonder how weover were -able to express ourselves without it. Perhaps the necessity begets the word. When idle men were in the habit of lounging from plaee to place without -any definite occupation, we -called them "loafers" when moving about became too laborious and they took to perching themselves up on railings or store boxes while they stared honest people out of countenance, they naturally suggested "roosters" aod when the devil entered into their uaoecapied minds and suggested that they coneentrate tfeeir feeble energies and, like a pile-driver, so to speak, make a tremendous impression upon some soft-headed woman, they were immediately christened ''masb/rvv

Two of the fraternity having been publicly horsewhipped during the past week, one in Chicago and one in St. Louis, people are just bow feeling a slight interest in the species. It is aomewfcat difficult to define the animal: that is to say, it is bard to tell where the man ends and the "masher" begins. He does not need wealth or beauty or brains— oh!

10,

2*2t&£SLB9*°~'-

One of

hat in a woman's

datiea is to Uke off his oaght to be bne ef I sequences.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1883.

not any brains. He ought to

have a mustache, but it Is not essential. He may be any age, provided he is not too old. What he most needs is plenty of assurance ("cheek" or "brass" he calls It), and a certain kind of shrewdness wbich will eo*ble him to dodge tbeapn-

There arc differaot degrees of wiefced-

*j. Joi Gilbert

ness among these creatures. The aim with^manylof them is simply to establish a)reputation for being irresistable among wonien. They mean no""positive harm, and are so infatuated with themselves that they are Hot very dangerous to the other sex. Others are desirous of inspiring a feeling they call love, and spare no efforts in this direction, the game being to win the affections and then abandon the unhappy girl. And still another class do not hesitate to ruin the character and break up the home. There is no condemnation too strong, no punishment too severe for these wretches. They deserve to be classed with thieves, with wile-beaters, even with murderers.

While there is no excuse in all the world for these miserable fellows, standing like highway robbers awaiting the victim, yet there are two sides even to this dark picture. We alwaya imagine the woman to be a yoang, innooent preature, guileless and unsuspecting, fresh as a rosebud and shrHiking as the lily of the valley, but this is not always the case. On the contrary, it is very seldom that a quiet, well-behaved woman, walking modestly along, attending to her own business* is aooosted on the street. Of course there is, occasionally, an intoxicated man or one that has lost iftl respect for purity and virtue, who will endeavor to attract her attention, bat this is an exception. As a rule, every woman has it within her own power to draw around herself a boundary line over which ho man shall dare to step. The mistake which many of them make is that they think to draw this line exceedingly close to themselves and yet be safe, forgetting that theuearer sin is allowed to approach the greater the danger. This does not 1 ustify a man ip overstepping these bounds, nor would I defend a sex which bas so little respect for itself, but it must be acknowledged that men, too, have their temptations, and if they incline to wrongdoing, they are not without encouragement When a girl, arrived at years of discretion, gets into trouble, she herself, is not entirely blameless. The "masher" would soon find his occupation gone if his advances were promptly snubbed. Fully half of the cases of sedtntion, etc, which we read of in the papers, when 4Yraf&&igated, proteose* the character of the woman as the man. Take, for instance, those of the past week. When we read the verdict of the jury in the case of Miss Livingston, of New York for breach of promise and seduction, we said, with satisfaction, that |75,000. was not too much for the man to pay who had ruined her reputation but subsequent events proved that the wrong man had been assessed for damages and our sympathy was charged to disgust. Again the public went ff into spasms of indignation over the poor, in nocent young girl who was enticed away from her virtuous home in Columbus, O. by a wicked old woman who intended her for the Terre Haute market, but just as we were about to murder the woman and canouiae the girl, the story exploded, and among the ruins, it was impossible to distinguish one from the other as both were found to be equally disreputable. Scarcely had our much abused sympathies recovered from this shock when evory nerve was strung to the highest tension by the thrilling account of the abduction of a pure, lovely girl in St. Louis. While we were trying to decide whether the abductors should be hung or only tarred and feathered when caught, we were dumb-founded by the disclosure that the girl bad abducted tbe men!

In consideration of such facta as these it is net surprising if people sometimes grow cynical and lose faith, but this need not be if we only stop to reflect that, for every one of these frail creatures, there are thousanda of true, honored women whose beautiful characters are as far above a thought of wrong as the shining pathway of stars which, night after night, points out a higher world. These women will redeem their race their earnest, sincere lives will find expression in a noble generation of chHdren they will walk and pray for •very erring sister and their tender yet powerful influence will turn many a man from temptation and gently guide his wandering feet along the path of rectitude. Upon such women depends tbe salvation of mankind and, after all the changes and revolutions of centuries, tbe world beholds to-day the purest, strongest and most intellectual race of women ifaat ever lived. .. .. IDA A. Harpbb.

f„ SEW FASHION IN HAIR lobe- Democrat. There are unmistakable signs in tbe sky of fashion that a boom in red hair is gathering for a decent upon as—not the sort cf red bair which isorange-huedand too utterly Milesian, but that other and softer kind, saggestive of very ripe corn -'and the crimson tinge which makes tbe waving harvest Held so beautiful."

ROCKVILLSTS FIRST BEQGAR. fBockvttle Tribune.}

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The word "Tramp" in its present sense, is not twenty jears old here. No early edition of Webster gives it In this meaning. In 1853 a beggar appeased in RockvlQe. the first we ever saw, exeitin more nuiosity than a wi'd man now.

Our Breakfast Table.

The MajdT said: "We dtp judge by men who have lived among, us and are gone. In a general way, what group of men coald be so honored as |he old doctors, Clippenger, Patrick, Wood, Ball, Bell and others they had |belr peculiarities and peculiar exoel||jpce8. They 'n'earw large fortunes which they never got."

Derby, laughing, said: "I studied one branch of medicine once—the collecting branch. An old physician said, 'John, if you collect these bills for me I'll give you ten per cent.' I saw large money in it. After I bad tried them all—and returned them all, with the various insulting messages—said Dr. Freeman, 'John, when tbe man is sick/ the doctor is an angel when the bill oomes in he is a devil.' The old fellow was a cynic."

McEwan remarked: "Physicians have an opportunity to direct charitable work, which perhaps they do not improve enough." 'T'-. "Well, I should remark," said Jack. "Didn't one of them try it awhile back and get abused as if he were trying to steal, instead of soliciting benevolence." "I can tell you something different. Did not one direct the atteution of a benevolent Catholic to/ an open field, and secure the hospital here by the liberality of that one and others?" "Yes, but did not that enterprise interfere with a city hospital that was projected and provided for, and isn't there a feeling that it is to be limited in its work, and isn't it true that yonr disinterested physicians hold aloof from it?" "One thing at a time,' answered McEwan. "It makes no difference about the city hospital if this is as good, but this is better because it bas a force of voluntary trained nurses that coald not be maintained in a secular hospital in a field of this size. The limit of the work will only be in the limit of the applications for aid—the supply is free enough. To the doctors holding aloof,tbat may be or may not be objectionable—I can't say." "i! 1.

Derby said: "It is objectionable, foi it is desirable that tbe physicians encourage tbe hospital and its use by their patient*. Also, that the peculiar ability of any practitioner should be available. Why this may not be tbe case can be explained in a general way without any fault-finding."

I should like to knew what good cause can keep anybody from, charity free to all humanity." "It is like this: If I found aud endow a library I have done all tbe good my money or benevolence can do. If I turn it over to tbe city with the request to appoint suitable directors, I show still more disinterested liberality in removing any complications that might arise from my own peculiarities, and prove that it is a free gift. But if I were to try to run the thing I would remove the incentive to somebody else's active workperhaps keep away some enemy of mine who was a good deal smarter. Just so with this hospital. It is ostensibly and really, I believe, consecrated to suffering humanity. Any poor body, racked or mangled oat of resemblance to its original divine image will be cared for. There should be but one authority—the Sisters. The benevolent supporters should be

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"The doctors are way np in G," was Jack's irreverent remark in a serious conversation over the very full report of Sunday's servioee. "Why should phy sicians be exalted any more than bookkeepers or merchants. They all work for money, don't they "Yes that is so the dootor Wbrks for his money, and works to get it," said the Professor, candidly, as he uever was sick in his life. f* "Exalting the profession is right enough. The preacher is talking of the ideal physician. Tbe ancients deified him, perhaps with the shrewd idea of elevating the profession. There are two classes, Master Jack. One, you speak of, which wants to make money,and all men must live, and another which Is drawn to the study of disease and its care as irresistably as others are drawn by the salty sea breezes, and thinks leu of money than cure." "We all believe in ideal doctors," said Derby. "We like to hear ot the celebrities, with nerves as firm as iron, and yet a touch as soft as silk, with eyesas keen as a hawk's, and yet compassionate as a woman's with a will that is strong and decision that is quick, yet humoring the sick and coaxing the fretful." "Still, I don't see why we hear so much of them, when we know so well what we think of many," continued Jack. "And why them alone?" & "Well," replied Derby, "it is the omy profession that seems to have a code of ethics, that at least demands a certain standard of ability and conscientious performance, of duty. It aims to make suocess go by merit. It endeavors to shut out charlatanism anJ humbng. I don't say it succeeds. It takes a strong hold because it reaches us in bur homes —and the men who have saved lives for us, as we most think, unless we believe in Kismet, have gotetroo(jfcold on us."

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?Jr *:Vz Thirteenth Year

invisible, except as their charity receive* merited recognition and their disinterested abnegation adds to it. The gift nf time or money should not be recognizedin the management—it goes up above. The field for the hospital is this city. Every dollar for hospital work in years to come ought to go to it—if it represents the entire city. A physician of large general practice would do all that the lowly Sisters of Charity could demand —what he would do for no man—at a sacrifice and his co-operation is needed. Stand aside, every one, every motive, even if kindly, that stands between tbe nurses and the suffering, between the modest beginning, and tjie great result it may be not very many* years hence." "Gath! and who is he inquired Jack, going off at a tangent.

ABOUT/ WOMEN.

At Salida, Mo., a woman won

ilii!

"If you had been a little older when the war was on you would know the brilliant war correspondent—and one who has never declined. The others are gono, and be is the leading newspaper correspondent of the United States." "What is the use of paying half-a-dol-lar to hear a newspaper fellow lectureread it all in a letter some day!" "Not much. I'll tell you about this Gath," said Derby. "I was in school with him, on East, just before '60. We boys were all tickled over a bright eightpage paper published by George Alfred Townsend, of the school, and Virginia Townsend, whom you know now as a novelist. George wrote quite a flue continued story for it—lie was about seventeen. The boy was the father of the man, and he has been writing over since. His declamations were very happy. I remember one very funny mixture of French and English, when we disgraced ourselves by our disorder. I think the wonderful wood-cuts of our fifteen professors killed that paper. Then George Alfred commenced writing for the dailies, came occasionally to where I was combining study of a profession and light literature, aud told of the pedestrian tours he was making, and to ask my chief about his pretty black-eyed sister, whom he afterwards married. The first thing I knew he was down in Virginia, and his war-letters were among the finest published.^ Townsend was always in tbe front. Then he worked and studied and wrote to the, tune or ten thousand dollars a year— didn't matter whether he wrote five columns or twenty a week, he never repeated. I wondered how he could remember the facts and drive the pen through all. He is a remarkable fellow for getting hold of everybody from a page to a president. Fact is, he is just the man to lecture, because he has seen the inside of everything, has cultivated the faculty of description and of condensing, and is a walking cyclopedia with a ravenous pen and a witty, quick tongue. Good deal better lecturer than a professional who delivers one lecture one thousand times, and he can tell the average news-loving citizen pioro that he wants to know in two hours than the Major conld in a week." "Makes $10,000 a year, you say. Well, that proves him to be far above the average. "Oh, that is nothing for a newspaper man—only this is not a newspaper story it is true."

sir's

$20 in

bet that she conld chop a -:Ord of wood sooner than a certain man. It is said that Mrs. Theodore Tiltou has, because of her great poverty, becu compelled to hire herself out as a nurse.

Albani travels as a civilized wife should, with her husband and her baby. There will be no Freddie Gebhart following her around the country.

Jokes about tbe mother-in-law are generally concocted by some baldheaded old bachelor who is too mean to try the experiment of securing one.

Emily Faithful's friends admit that she is the homeliest woman in the world, bat say that she is mighty good and always wears a veil on tbe streets.

Mrs. Upton, wife of Charles E. Upton, tbe Rochester City Bank embezzler, wrote a novel, "Castles in the Air," which was published by Putnam in 1878, and in which occurs a chapter prophetically descriptive of tbe troubles in which ber f&mily are now placed.

Miss Clara fiarton recently gave a reading in New Haven, during which she related the following of an old lady who could not comprehend bow the war should increase the price of candles:

Caudles higher!"tbe old lady exclaimed. Why, bless me! Do they fight by candlelight?"*!/

A young Ohio woman jast married at the age of 24, bas sued ber aunt and recovered 11,800, because that relative, since tbe girl was 11 years old, made her do tbe work of a man in tbe field, clean tbe cow stables Mid hog pens, and in all that time never allowed ber to wear any female underclothing. She never put on a petticoat until after her marriage, having been compelled to wear men's overalls ander her dress.