Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1888 — Page 1

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Vol. .18.—No. 32.

THE MAIL.

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A PAPER FOR

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PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment

Another bank cashier gone to Canada. It's a wonder how Canada manages to holds thein all. (Senator Ingalls will, it is said, rewrite his novel, the manuscript of which was destroyed by the burning of his house. It must be a mighty good novel to war mit such an expenditure of effort.

Prank .K. Stockton, the novelist, complaint* that his stories are very hard task masters and that he can't get away from •them. A good maay of his readers don' And it

very

hard to get away from them

Louise Michel, the Lizzie Parsons of fe franoe, was shot the other day while haranguing a crowd in Havre. The preachers of Anarchy find this a rough world wherever they go to stir up dis

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"•Every n»w»nd then tbo signal service predicts acrid wave for lakota. Cold wave doesn't begin to express it. It is whole ocean of .cold waves rolling uud tumbling upon each other's heels. It is the North Tcfte moved down to the 47th paraliaL •, "Samuel Spenoer, the new president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, reeeives a nalary of $25,000. Less than twenty years ago he was getting only f300fl your- But there are lots of rail road men who were getting $600 a year 5 then and *t* getting *KX) a year still

Jt neeutn hard to realize that Lord Byron migfet be living yet or at least have died "but recently had he attained the longevity of some liteary workers 6 The one hundredth anniversary of bis birth was -celebrated last Sunday. Yet to the youths of to-day he seems like a shadow of the distant past.

H-i 'It is currently (reported that Harper, the Cincinnati bank-wrecker, is conducting a bucket-shop from his quarters in the Ohio penitentiary and has already made several thousand dollars by his speculations. Perhaps the Ohio authorities will sympathise sufficiently ,wltb this Napolean of finance to allow him to manipulate another wheat corner from his Jail. _____

The Supreme court of the Un}tod States has refused to have auything to do with the case of Brooks, alias Maxwell, the St. Louis murderer, and lio will hang according to the just sentence of the court which tried him. By and by it will be learned that the Unitod States court will not interfere with the verdicts of juries against red handed criminals. ______

There are indications that the same policy which prevailed among Republican politicians in Indiana in 1884 is to be pursued again this year. The antagonism of the friends of Harrison, Oresham, and Porter is already beginning to manifest itself. It is a very short-sighted and foolish policy

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If pursued will

result, as it did four years ago, in killing off all of them. A Chicago preacher has an ingenious take off on Ignatius Donnelly's Baconian cipher, in which he shows that by the use of Donnelly's cipher he can prove that Sir Walter Raloigh, and not Francis Baeon, wrote the plays. He says moreover that by a similar process of reason* ing he could demonstrate that Bob Ingersoll wrote the Pentateuch. Ho is probably about right.

It is said the lard men are aroused against the proposed action of Congress on the subject of adulterations in food. The manufacturers of bogus lard don't want to be interfered with in their method of converting cotton oil into the

finest

quality of refined lard. But they should he Interfered with and that very vigorously. There is no more reason for tolerating bogus lard than bogus better.

Buflklo Bill complains that his London season has only netted him $37,000 and that he is sorry he ever left America with his Wild West show. But Col. Cody should not estimate lightly the social distinctions which have been showered upon him by the English royally and aristocracy. Even if Colonel William had only come out even there are plenty of

anglo-maniac*

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try who would have been glad to exchange places with him.

There is a big storm brewing in the Republican camp in this State over the preference for a presidential candidate, the choice between Harrison and Greshatn. While the former is undoubtedly a candidate the latter is believed to regret that his friends are so active in his behalf. Harrison has the party leaden for him, white tli# "qui«t pt^i'le"

for

Oreaham. Within the past few weeks the Gi-esham boom has been growing remarkably. It has its central point, If a boolean have a central p^int, in Chicago, where about all the newspaper*, Republican and Democrat, we filled with his praiss almost daily. The Republican Congressmen from that state have been interviewed ftnd moetofthem foundto 'V

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be Greaham men. Down east the mugwumps are kindly disposed toward bis candidacy and from the outside there is a pressure on Indiana to take him up. Hie Chicago Tribune which, because of its free trade tendencies cannot take Blaine, is at work for Greshafh and has had a special correspondent in this-State writing letters that are calculated to help the boom and injure Harrison. Indeed there is ft heap of "interference"* in Indiana's choice, some of it wild like this from the Chicago Journal: "Judge Oresham has a host of friends in niinoia who would be for him for President, if Indiana would only adopt him as her favorite son. Let Indiana take the hint."

Mr. John Lamb is in Washington and from Washington comes the confirmation of what -the Matt repeatedly has said, that is that he is to be a candidate for congress thtif year. There have been many persons who did not believe that he would be such a candidate, but they did not take in to: consideration his great ambition. The wires are already laid for bis nomination and if any of the half dozen avowed candidates in the district expect to make a respectable showing in the convention they must get to work soon and do some very effective work.

At a meeting of the Union League Club of Chicago, Tuesday night, General Stiles made the astonishing assertion that when he was States' Attorney seventeen years ago, no valuable franchises passed the city council without money being paid members of that body except in a single instance. Men who were poor before going into the council were rich soon afterwards. Chicago is not the only city where such demoralising practices have prevailed and do prevail still though not so fragrantly «a heretofore A hoalthy public sentiment has made it pretty hot for boodlers in several places, Chicago included. The good workshould go vigorously on.

The unfavorable reports concerning the Knights of Labor continue to be circulated. The latest is to the effect that since the Minneapolis convention thousands of assemblies have not paid anything into the treasury of the orde? and that the fpnds aro so low that even the salaries of -the officers cannot be paid. The order is also reported to be dwindling in memb^rship j^idly. These reports are probably exaggerated but theri" must be a modicum of truth in them and it is doubtful if the order will ever again attain the iinpoitance it once had. Unwise management and rash strikes are mainly responsible for the change which has overtaken it.

The Republicans of this congressional district will [hold a convention here on Thursday to select a State central committeeman. While there is not much set forth in the call the political quid nuncs think there will be a great deal more political significance in the meeting than is now apparent. This convention really sets the ball rolling for the congressional campaign and at the gathering here on Thursday, much will be said and done to Shape things for the nominating convention that comes later. As yet si one has been put forward for the nomination as against Johnston and from present indications the race will be the same as in 1884—everything deponding on the kicker*.

One would think that a Pullniati car conductor was the happiest of mortals, but a talk with one during a railroad ride the other day revealed the fact that the life of this much envied individual is not the rosiest. He said the attitude adopted by the Pullman company toward its employes Is so rigorous and unnecessarily exacting, and so much is expected for the low wages paid, that it is wonder a sufficient number of men answering the requirements are always to be found who will engage and be thankful for the opportunity. A conductor is paid $65 per month, and from this he must furnish himself a summer uniform, costing $27, and a winter uniform, costing $33, while his meals are furnished him at the rate of 25c each. But it is au event when he receives the full amount due him at the end of the month, a large portion of it being lust through the frequent suspensions to which he is liable for alleged infractions of the company's rules. To this, however, there would not be so much objection were it not for the spotter. To fur-. nish causc for his being he must necessarily make unjust reports, and there are few of his class who will scruple to bear false testimony when it is their interest to do so. Between the spotter and the finer the |65 often dwindles to a small sum, and is really no indication at all of the money a conductor actually receives for his services.

Considering the natural tenderness of a mother for a child, it is strange to find them very often overlooking its eomfdlt and turning a deaf ear to its complaints when it is actually suffering. How often we see a little child strapped down in a carriage, feebly struggling to change its enforced position. Then they drag little toddlers along at apace entirely beyond their physical ability and lift them by one trader arm, to the iminent danger of its dislocation, over crosswalks, entirely indifferent to the suffering of the little one.

A Woman's Cha^

I met recently at a reception young debutante, with her mother, who was s^| dainty and exquisite, in her appearand that I remarked upon it to my friend with whom I was doing the rounds of the flower-decked rotftns. She smils»t and said, "O yes, at a reception, ah* I charming! I wishyon could see bar home just after breakfast in the* mom ing." I really thought the remark nn charitable. Shemight at least have al~ lowed me to discover the truth myself or not, as chance offered. I did discover it and very soon after that day. Being ehairman of a committee that imposed upon me the necessity of calling U[Kn the young girl's mother, I found touching the electric bell at their elegi residence, one morning about o'clock. It just seemed to have h4$' pened that of all the mornings of tllij winter, the furnace fire had expired Till that particular one. A little girl ushexed me into the back parlor. I heardadtBflt1 young voice in the dining room s$y, "Who is it, Katie?" "Oh, nothin' but,a book agent 1 guess," answered the oliil^ who had lfct me in. So the door pulled rudely open and In stftpp^—% could it be—that thing of dirty wrap slip shod shoes unbuttoned and ourfcpa pers—could it be the dainty yojii creature I had so admired a week pre-* vious? She gave a smothered little! cry when she recognized me, and got behind a chair, so I could see nothing but her crimsoning face and horns df bangs done up in newspapers. "O, Mrs. N— I had no idea it was you! O, I'm so sorry you caught me looking so. s£ou see —that is—I guess I'll go and /$elJ mamme it's you!" One thing I said to myself as she left the

Thinking people and those interested in the welfare of women will be indignant at a sentiment expressed in a recent number of Harper's Bazar. Ipji^isiklng mo»b favorably of Miss .J?«%«nfti»^ n^Q^ ^says, XsiBeemW1 almost apity that a woman of such rare endowments, and' so eminently^ fitted for the position she held should virtually return into private life." This is saying that women of rare endowments are not needed, are out of place in-the privacy of the home. This is saying that the women of the home have no influence worth having and that any kind of a woman is good enough to marry, that the really eminent ones should belong to public life and never marry. Who governs society, if not the married women? Who judges and controls the influence of these very women in public life, if not their married sisters? Who furnishes pupils for Wellesley and other schools, if not the married women?

The influence of a noble woman, rarely endowed, of broad culture mentally and of pure heart, in a home, isjbeyond all calculation, and such that need be carried by no woman in public lifo. Every incentive should be held out to woman to cause them to fit themselves for that highest of all missions, the leader of a home.

Ihad far rather see unworthy, ignprant uncultured women in public places than in the privacy of the family. For they could be avoided, but the mother must wield her influence over her own fomily —be It good or bad, and they cannot escape t. _____'

It is a sad commentary upon the sterner sex that women are getting to be cashiers almost universally now. And single woni|n in particular, because the husbands of the married ones induce them to steal. And then women can be engaged for responsible positions at so much lower wages. Their honesty does not appear to be as reliable, as a man's. Probably because more common

At a recent funeral service the ceremonies were so impressive and evidenced so much respect for the deceased, that a gentleman quietly remarked, "If as much respect was shown to people while alive, as when dead, what a happy world this would be!" There is much undeniable truth in this remark. Sorrow and respect are proverbial when a member of the "community is removed by death. Tears flow, flowers are contributed and the most kindly and laudatory words uttered. Virtues innumerable are referred to and dwelt upon. Is it not strange that in death alone these excellent qualities are unveiled. In life they are apparently unknown. If knowt they are seldom referred to or encouraged, and the possessor plods along life's weary way until death affords an opportunity to have them brought to light. Kencc, the truth of the remark above quoted. We should respect the virtues of man or woman in life as well as in death. By doing so all would be happier and much of the hardship of life would be rendered so easy as to convert existence thia side of the grave something worth living for.

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marries anil looks like that in the mornings her husband will soo^los»e respect for her, and his love will follow hard after. Girls, for your own sakes if for that of nobody else, look tidy in your own home, dont have more regard for the people you meet at a partj than for your own nearest and dearest onefr

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28,188S. Eighteenth Year

A woman who is actively engaged in charity work and who has visited literally hundreds of families in the tenement of St. Louis has told The Spectator many interesting phases of her experience. She says the potraits on the bedroom walls and on the bureaus of young working girls are all photographs of pretty actresses—or so nearly that the exceptions are remarkable. Rarely has she seenf pictures of actors. She accounts for this strange popularity of the stage beautiCs^with their own sex. and this unlooktfd for slight upon the male fra ternity" in this wise: a picture of a pretty

represents the acme of feminine

charms in beauty, grace, fashionahle at tire, luxury, ease, success and popularity. The possession aid posting up of pictures of professional beauty are exissions of mild idolatry—the'worship

Everything desired by or possible to tl^sex. To a poor, unknown, hard working girl, there is the same consolagl. tion and comfort in looking at and reflecting upon such a portrait as ^er to a poor working boy in reading &e fe of Benjamin Franklin, or Abraham ncoin, or Commodore Vanderbilfc .It is a Risible actual mark to strive for witfc'lhe boy, while to a yottng woman springs up anew when sbe soes pretty and successful women, whom Hhe tancios like herself because they are

wQnien, may be in certain cases. She gp@&sat the picture of a pretty actress as a pious ftrench woman studies a saint's picture devoutly. But this missionary lady says that she has found that this worship of success in the weaker sex leads some of those girls to spend hours of their spare time in trying to look like the pictures. They will spend a whole Sunday afternoon in letting down their tresses to do them up anew in the style In which actresses wear their hair, taking one picture, and then another, and itill another to copy from, the lookingy*)ats always before them, with the photograph in one corner of it, or underneath It* '^1 -V-:-

The St. Louis Critic relates the following true story of one of the most effective rebukes that mild and lovely woman ever administered to* vain and lordly man: Two young matrons wore in a horse car. "Well," said one of thejjn, "I ?||ish Charley wouldn't act as if he jflll^ht thM~that--bccauseitis i#£ |irat o^b^r ftTdh't BTAb^ -how tu take care of it. He neve* interfered so with anything before. But now, when he is starting off in the morning, he begins:

wouldn't take baby out if it turns cold and don't put that wool veil over her eyes again and you had better try the water in the bathtub before you put Iter ii,'and so on, and so on."

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"Yes, I know," rejoined the elder lady philosophically, "they all do so till the novelty wears off. To hear the rooster crow one would think that it was he who was doing the incubating. I stood it as long as I could with Harold, but one day when he was struggling into his overcoat and leaving numberless charges about baby's food and flannels and medicine and wrappings, I said very sweetly and dutifully 'You may rest easy, dear, while you are in town at your business, I will take just as good care of baby ns though she were my own child.' 'Your own child!' be replied, gaspingly. He looked at me a moment then he saw the point. He kissed me good-bye in silence and then went off, but he has never since tendered me any gratuitous advice on that subject."

SAUCE FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.

Cleveland Sun: A kneeded reform— home-made bread. Puck: This is the year when the girla leap.and the men fly.

The Judge: Ole age comes in a cantor toe him dat libs in a trot.

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The Judge: The older we grow the more we see how little other people know.

Ottawa, Kan., Local News: A man who Is well thought of at home had better stay there.

Ycnkers Statesman: some girls shade their eyes with their hands and others use pencils.

Boston Courier: There is no better cure for dyspepsia than the knowledge that there is nothing to eat in the house.

San Francisco Bulletin: Many a broadcloth husband owes bis prosperity to the fact that he married a gingham girl.

The Baltimorean gives a list of twenty words which not one person In ten will spell correctly without preparation 'Abhorring, bayou, aisle, trisyllable, agreeable, amateur, beleaguer, mysterious, different, illiterate, initial, crowd, exemplary, complaisant, recommend, collectible, chaiae, solicited, actuaUy, prepara-

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An Ohio gill is In mourning for the loss of her pet pug dog. What will she do when she loses a husband. Bat fortunately, pug-dog girls seldom have husbands.

Users of the Diamond Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronae paints will be glad to bear a Diamond Paint liquid to now put up. By using this in mixing the Paint*, satisfaction auways results. A hut^ size camels hair brush is given with each bottle. Ten cents. At all druggists.

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AFTER WHIMS.

After wliile—we have in view Afar scene to

journey tOr-

Where the old home Is atid whereThe old mother waits us there, Peering as the time grows late, Down the old path to th^jrate. How we'll clioJi the latch that locks In the pinks and hollyloekx. And leap up the path onw more Whereslie waits us nt the door. How well greet the dearold smile, .And the warm tears—after while.

Ah! the endless after while! Leagues on leagues and miles on miles, I the distance far withdrawn, Stretching onv and on, and on, Till the fancy is footsore And faints in the dust before .» The last milestone's granite face Hacked with: Here beglnneth Space. Oh, far glimmering worlds and wings, Mystic smiles and beconings, Lead us through the shadowy aisles Out into the after whiles. [JAMES WHITCOMR RILKY.

WOMEN'S WAYS.

ANew York woman is quaking shirts for seven cents kdoseh. Oscar Wilde thinks that the culture of the world will be in petticoats in the twentieth century. ,i

It is estimated that $8,100,000 was spent for bustles in this country last year. They were not made of greenbacks either &j[rs. Hawley, the charming English worifan who put off the nurse's cap to become the Wife of a Senator, is a great favorite with Mrs. Cleveland.

Miss Jenuie Chamberlain, the Buckeye beauty who attracted so much attention in. Europe, has returned to her home in Cleveland, and is reported to be "hand-: somer than ever."

Josie Holmes, the exchange clerk of the Fidelity Bank, who ,was arrested along with Harper, Hopkins and the other bank officials, is to bo released, and her case to bo nollied.

Sam Jones has found a woman who never had a corn. She rose in meeting at Kansas City when Mr. Jones said he didn't believe there was a woman living who didn't have corns.

Mrs. Dow, the woman street car presto dent, of Dover, N. H., has begun by reducing fares from six to live oents. She is worth $100,000 which she has accumulated by judicious real estate financiering right at home.

New York firms have be^n tryliig good looking women as bill collectors, but they are not a success. They can not only ba talked out of i* ing men, but they carelessly what they collect.

The plucky and thoughtful young lady school teacher at Mina Valley, Neb., whose heroism saved the lives of thirteen of her pupils during a recent blizzard, has since received as many letters containing offers of marriage.

Chicago ladies used to eat so much arsenic to purify the complexion that druggists ordered it in quantities to amaze manufacturers, but the "fashion" has changed and now not an ounce is sold where a pound used to go.,

Mrs. Charles H. Hazard, of Providence, R. I., has adopted a new way of contesting wills. Her father disinherited her, and last Saturday she went to the Surrogate's office, asked permission to see the will, and then tore it to pieces.

A young man proposed for the hand of a beautiful girl. As she hesitated, he said, "I await your answer with bated breath." The girl, who is a good deal of a humorist, said: "Well, Mr.M„ you will have to bait your breath with something brides high wines to catch your humble servant." And that girl was right. If more girls would act upon the same principle there would be fewer divorce suits. Whisky breath and the acts resulting are behind a multitude of divorce suits.

A total eclipse of the moon that will be visible here will occur this evening. Though a celestial phenomenon that is not particularly wonderful it will nevertheless be interesting. Such an event is altogether of too seldom occurence to allow it to pass by unnoted and unobserved. The eclipse will begin previous to sunset, and before the moon appears above the horizon, in this portion of the country, and consequently the phenomenon will not be seen until the first stages of its progress have passed. As the phenomenon will be visible, as a total eclipse, immediately after sunset, and at a convenient hour in the evening, when most people will be prepared to observe it, a favorable opportunity will be afforded to witness the imposing spectacle, should the sky be clear.

Old moneybags mopes in his office all day, As snappish and cross as a bear The clerks know enough to keep oat of his way, Lest th*- merchant should grumble and swear Bven Tabby, the cat, 1* in fear of a cntX, Or a kick, if she ventures too near: They all know the master is apt to be rough, Ana bis freak* unexpected ana queer. What makes the old fellow »o «uriy and grim, And behave so confoundedly meant There's certainly something the matter with him— Is it stomaeb, or liver, orspteen? We've gnessed It—his liver is sluggish and His blood I* disordered and foul, It's enough to make any one hopelesrfy mad, And greet bis best friend with a growL

The world-wide remedy, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, will correct* disordered liver and purify the blood, tone your system ana build up your flesh end strength*

THE PASSING SHOW»

SHOWS AND SHOW FOLKS,

Charming Margaret Mather, on Tuesday evening played 'Juliana' in "The Honeymoon." The character was uever better presented in this city and yet the only time she was called before the certain was at tin end of the scene wherein she showed her pretty foot in the dance and did not speak a word. Now of what is this significant? Of the superiority of her dancing or the audience's lack of appreciation of her acting in.the "speaking" scenes? "The Bostonians" in their presentation of "The Poachers" last night fully sustained the good words said in advance of their coming, and the audience was fairly entranced with the dashing chorasses, the sparkling duets, the tuneful solos, and the admirable orchestra. In the very large and brilliant gathering we had another illustration that Terre Haute seldom fails to show due appreciation of merit at the opera house. This has been true with the appearance of Margaret Mather, Fanny Davenport, Gypsy Baron, Modjeska aud others. The amusement going public scent a good "show" afar off, and when it comes the people are there in about all the seats.

And what is true in this direction has its proof in the fact that the people remain away from the attractions that are not first-class. Another faot has tyeen established this season: The people .appreciate popular prices. There are many persous who are willing to pay 50 cents every few nights to go to the theater, but one cent above that raises a doubt and the theater-goer gives, the billiard room or the quiet ovening at home the benefit of the doubt.

A stereoptican exhibition will be given at Naylor's this evening of views in the Rocky Mountains, by Dr. Charles Carroll, the tourist. The St. Louis Times says: "It is the next best thing to look at the natural scones themselves to see the faithful representations given of them here. The pleasures of actual travel aro brought within the reach of all."

All of next week Prof. Bartholomew and fhis horses will occupy the opera house stage, of which more extended mention is made in another column.

FcftQk Mayo's company played „"Nori«f deok" at Logansport last night, After years of enmity that took on aU most the malignant complexion of the vendetta, McKee Rankin aud Lrfuis Aid-"

rich have shaken hands across thfe bloody chasm and sweetly agreed -, "That old feuds may forgotten J'Vrv

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And that wounds bo healed forever'" On the stage Clara Morris and Saral^ Bernhardt smile and kiss their dainty^ hands in return for applause, while a'sr soon as the wings afford concealment,?^ fy." they swear and rave at an attendant for^, a misplaced bow, a forgotten pin. On.^. he ha be so an an a re a heartily jolly in the real, as in tho mimic life Mr. and Mrs. Florence are the same devoted lovers behind the wings' as before the footlights, and W. H.^.r Gillette is as quaintly funny among bis associates, as he is when acting.a he at S re tary-"

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A quarter of a century ago ss Anna Dickinson wan a central flgurg and the subject of almost universal favor. Wherever she lectured she was enter- ',v tained, not at hotels, but by the elite of the city in their own homes. Her manners, her style of dress, her short hair, were copied by ladies in tho best society. ''k To-day she is poor and almost forgotten. Not because she championed the cause of women not because she was a failure on the platform, but because, not con- jtent with praise for that which she was capable of doing, she aspired to that for which she possessed no ability. She did much while on the platform to elevate woman, and was herself an example of womanly refinement, coupled with strength of intellect and character, and had she continued in her proper sphere, there is no reason why she should not stand to-day by the side of Lucy Stone, Mary Livormore and Julia Ward Howe. But she became stage struck, imagined herself possessed of superior histrionic ability, and like hundreds before, and scores since, was wrecked on the rocks of imprudent ambition and mistaken and misapplied talent.

Buttons made of dried fresh beef blood arc among the trimmings used hugely this season by dressmakers. They are made in a factory near Chicago, and some8,000 or 10,000 gallons of of the blood is utilized daily. Many a woman- who buys cheap jewelry has ear-rings or brooches, belt clasp or hair ornaments, or any one of a dozen other ornaments made out of this dried blood. She ma comb her hair with the same materia and think she is using horn or xylonite or celluloid, when she Is using only the albumen left after the bulk of the blood treated has evaporated.

-The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette de~ fines it thus: "If you are poor and at-' tempt to cure it yourself it is only m, severe cold but if you are rich enough to call in a doctor it will probably prove a case of pneumonia.

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