Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 February 1888 — Page 2

Vol. 18.~No. 36.

THE MAIL.

"'A PAPER

FOR THE

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PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

iwill some one please rise up and aver that the backbone of winter la now broken?

Song of the Blaine Republicans: "Bat booms may come and booms may go, but Blaino goes on forever." all the fire Innuranoe companies are losing money it is a wonder that more of them don't go out of business.

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A foolish married woman in Auburn, N. Y., ran away with a newspaper man. What is to be thought of a journalist anyway who allows® married woman to elope with hlm^

troubled himself about when

Phil Sheridan was born when he was fighting rebels some twenty years ago. If he had dropped down from the moon it wouldn't have mattered.

Ignatius Donnelly's "great Crypto-' gram must have got snowed under out In Minnesota. It seems to have a hard time getting before the country. But the country can .wait, a» far as that is concerned. ^Prank Stockton, the story writer, says he only works two hours a day and thinks that is quite enough, since it produces two large books a year. So it is, VMr. Stockton. And now if somebody could only persuade Mr. Howells to take a similar view of the matter

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Phil Sheridan's mother says that since he was 10 years old he has never had anything but care and anxieties. If that is true he has managed to thrive on that kind of a diet much better than most people are able to do, for "little Phil" to just about ss broad as he is long.

It is reported that our own Hon. Buffalo Bill is contemplating a permanent residence in England. This is too bad, but if the calamity should be still furtlior increased by a similar resolution on the part of the Hon. J. L. Sullivan, this country could scarcely sustain the *4^* SjbiOOk.

National DemocrattlS convisifttofl

gbea 10 St. Lotils and the date is fixed ft* June 5th. The choice of St. Louis Means taart? thousand dollars to the two St. Louis roads running through here. Them will be a repetition of the excursion business of the time of the grand aifey encampment. are has been more of the Gresbam3arri?on quarreling during the week. The Chicago Tribune seems to have token It on Itself to be the special champion of the Greshasn cause and is daily giving a great deal of space to articles written by friends of the Judge. It has also made the editorial suggestion that Indiana Republicans should accept Judge Greaham as their candidate for President with the understanding that Harrison is to go ki the Cabinet.

The police change haa been made at last and now let ua have peace. There can be no doubt that Ed Vanderveris the beat detective that has ever been on the force, but for two or three years not the least in importance of the Issues in the city campaigns has been the Vanderver question. In several wards candidates for the council have been elected or defeated on that issue. In the First, Fifth and Sixth wards it haa been a more important question than any other. It is now settled and it is in order to discuss mal^ct of more importance.

The Pitl#urftXmtoerclal Oasette announces the sucoees of Mr. Westinghottfte to manufacture cheap fuel gas fromooaL The works near Pittsburg are now able to tarn out gas so cheaply aa to make ft competitor Willi natural gas where the later haa to be conducted any considerable distance. Any kind of coal, even alack, can be used for the purpose and a ten of coal worth #1.36 will make 90,000 feet of gas. Other procesaee hate also been discovered for raakUkg cheap fuel gas «nd may now be considered about cei tain that gas ia to be the fuel of tbe future and will soon be in nee In all the hunger towns and cities.

No one can ever know where the terror of fire, earthquake or cyclones is going to tell. Once it was Chicago, then it was Charleston, and now it ia the once prosperous little dty of Mt* Vernon, 111., that is overwhelmed by disaster. From aapot of beauty and comfort it became in thejtwlnkllag ot an eye a aeene of denotation and ruin. In a tew moments, on amulet Sunday afternoon, more than a aeore of its people were killed, three tines as many Injured and a million dollars' worth of property destroyed.

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he scene of destruction is beyond the of words to adequately picture. Nothing remain* bnt to give sympathy and help to the unfortunate people of citv. This, according to the generous spirit of modern humanity, haa been prompt and liberal, and It should and will continue until the necessities of the stricken community ahall ,b»va been fully provided for.

It was declared of old that "he who takes the sword ahall perish by the sword," and in like manner are the coal companies in Pennsylvania reaping of the wind they sowed when they imported from Poland and Hungary cheap laborers to replace their old workmen with whom they had quarreled. These hordes of ignorant foreigners worked for nominal wages at first, but in time they caught on to the American idea and demanded as much as any other miners were getting. They have been troublesome fellows to deal with and have been at the bottom of the recent riots and troubles in the mining region. It serves the importers of cheap foreign labor well enough.

One of the auspicious signs of the times is that fewer newly wedded couples are repairing to the everlasting boardinghouse—that perdition of married people. The prime object of marriage is the foundingof a home and if isn't founded, the grand object is lost, much to the social and moral damage of the parties concerned, aa well aa the comunnity in general. But perhaps quite aa serious a mistake Is made when the young people are ambitious to set up an establishment beyond their means and especially when they try to shine with "borrowed light." Ruin and disaster are sure to follow. No bride should, for a moment, expect a husband in his early life to be able to place her in a home as her father possesed at his age, unless, he possibly has an inherited fortune to start with. The safe way is the best way in the end. It is better in its effect upon the finances and upon the character to begin modestly and calculate upou making the home a matter of growth, care and thought.

It is an iiitdresting study to sit in a barber shop and note the customers as they come and go. It is an honored rule of every .tonsorial establishment thatthe first come are the first served. The millionaire and man of modest means are equally subject to Its provisions. Each feels the keen edged blade In turn—that is if he is observant of bis rights under tbe unwritten law. But sometimes an especially accommodating individual gives way to an impatient or hurried candidate for razor attention, or Is indisposed to protest when the latter flagrantly usurps his l^tioui^ssMl^llir, however- one's^ turn ia missed by his failing to recollect hia turn at all. He probably entered when aeveral customers were waiting and, becoming engrossed in a temptingly plaoed newspaper, is finally unable to say who have come in since himself. He feels nettled but evinces his respect for the regulation by waiting until satisfied of his claim to an enthroned seat, unless the artist graciously puts him right in the meantime. The face of the man who is "next" becomes a melancholy study when bis predecessor, after the completion of his shave, quietly orders a hair out and shampoo. The woes of barber shop are legion, and patience is therein teated even unto the very snapping of the cord of resignation and human brotherhood. Then a barber has to encourage the vanities and conceits of men more than any other class of people. For instance, the nae of powder on a man's face after ahavlng ia only a species of vanity. The harmless ohalk or magnesia that is rubbed on the face is productive of neither good nor harm, and a few minutes after leaving the barber's chair the powder disappears, either being blown off by the wind, bruahed off by the hand or dissolved in the perspiration of the face. In no case does the powder last five minutes after a shave, yet people demand Its use, and the little vanity Ia encouraged. The moat careless people are particular about their barbers and about the way their hair is cut or beard shaved. No wonder the barber is proverbially pleasant, and speaks of your family, your growing fame and attractive personal qualities. His trade demands the encouragement of various petty conceits. Next to your wife, your barber ia the flattering glass in which you see all your good points and none of your weaknesses.

W. W. CORCORAN, the well known public benefactor and philanthropist, died In Washington yesterday. He had started on his 90th year.

The intensely interesting story "Valerie," now running through The Mail was commenced Dee. 17th. We can fnrnifh a few sets of back numbers—ten in in all—for 20 centa.

Miss Josie Holmes, the private secretary of Banker Harper, who was indicted along with that gentleman and the other Fidelity Bank officials at Cincinnati, haa been released from jail and the indictment against her quashed.

N. W. Ayer A Co., of Philadelphia, claim to be the originators of "Keeping everlastingly at it brings soceess" with respect to advertising. Whoever is responsible lor it, it is a good motto, and we repeat the injunction for the benefit of all sagacious and enterprising boatman.

Tlie women question: going to trim it withT" 'M

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THE PASSING SHOW. SHOWS AND SHOW FOLKS.

Roland Reed long a favorite comedian in this city, comes to Naylor's this evening presenting "Hie Woman Hater" a play which was made known to Terre Haute play-goers by John T. Raymond during his last engagement at Naylor's. "The Woman Hater" is a farce of the prevailing German fashion, which devotes several acts to a quiet succession of ludicrous incidents. The plot concerns itself with the adventures of Sam'l Bundy, an old bachelor with a Wellerlike abhorrence of widows and a Pickwickian perversity of falling into their meshes. The first two acts are lively and entertaining, and the fourth is ingenious in construction and witty in dialogue. Mr. Roland Reed may congratulate himself, however, in having in "The Woman Hater" a farce superior in cleverness to those that at present satisfy a degenerate taste. It is better, too, than any in which he has recently appeared, and it will serve to lead him by pleasant stages to the fields of light oouiedy. It is genuine comedy and from a popular standpoint is a highly effective and successful characterization. The company supporting Mr. Reed is the same jthat shared his honor at the Bijou ThdWire, N. Y., during their most successful engagement lost sum men. A thoroughly satisfied audience will leave the Opera House to-night, i"

Miss Minnie Maddern, a young actress who has made herself a favorite the country over by her artistic peiformances, will appear at Naylor's on Monday evening in her new play. She has been playing at Indianapolis this week. The Journal says:

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As Alice Clandenning, the devoted wlfC Miss Maddern does a most finished piece Of

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nt once captivating her audience aur

enlisting the fullest degree of sympathy, which does not flag throughout the play. Tbe chief charm of her impersonations lies in her strict adherence to natural method®, and the absence of strained eflbrta to produce the effects desired. Her stage presence is greatly in her favor, and her acting as "Alice" would do credit to tne most finished veteran. Miss Maddern Is yet a very young woman, ... ji. to

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Minnie Palmer, the daintiest of all the comediennes of the day, aa pretty, bright and vivacious aa ever, comes to the opera house on Saturday night of next week. Everyone who ia a theatergoer knows her as "My Sweetheart." Here, however, she will be "My Brother's Sister." The new play is most warmly commended by all the leading critics of the cities in which it haa been presented. Aa an example*of the hearty words which have been expressed by the writers concerning stage production, the following from the Chicago Journal of January 31 is quoted. "There is a whlr-r-, and down the chimney. Into a fire-place in a handsomely furnished apartment, drops Minnie Palmer, attired as a street urchin. Turning a somersault, sbo comes up smiling, ana acknowledges thd plaudits of the audience. Having confessed that she is a girl, and that she had donned boy's clothes to assist her Impecunious father in making a living, she is confronted by the lady of the house, who desires to know the meaning of "his" presence there. This is readtly explained by the "boy." The lady of the house conceives the Idea of Introducing the boy's sister as a distinguished young lady from Boston to a haughty acquaintance. The "boy" departs commissioned with a message to send "nls" sister there at once. In a short time Miss Palmer presents herself as "My Brother's sister," is accepted, and then does a graceful song and dance. The girl is sent out of the room to array herself in a costume befitting her new station in life. She comes back shortly, decked out in a handsome silk train dress, is presented as the Boston belie, and Is also Introduced to the haughty lady's son, who proves to be one of the ex-boot-black's best customers. 8he shocks all by asking the young man if she can "shine 'em up?" Eventually the girl becomes a member of tbe family, wins the esteem of the

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gives ho- ample opportunities to display her versatilities. She appears aa an actress, not as a hoydenlsh, silly school girl, and as such displays abilities which have remained dormant. The actress was never seen to better advantage, and she richly merited the favor which her admirable performance evoked. She folly convinced the audience that she was capable of doing something better than looking pretty."

PROSCRIBED CHESTNUTS. Philadelphia Hews. The "comic papers" would do the reeding public a favor if they would atop printing jokes about the Chicago girl's foot, the Kansas City reel estate agent, the Boston girl's big words, the plumber's bill's, the married man's nights! the club, the boarding-housekeeper's butter and steak, the editor's poverty, Philadelphia's slowness, tbe commercial traveler"* cheek, the groeerS sand, the lawyer's lies, the doctor's big tees, the messenger boy's slowness, the barber's telkstiTeneee, the poet's honesty, the dude's Anglomania, the female sex's extravagance, the cabbage-leaf cigar, the Wall street "bear's" love for lambs, the drag clerk's mistakes, the Kentockian's love for whisky, and the bank cashier's trips to Montreal.

President T. C. Mendenhall delivered a lecture on "Sound" at Salem, Ohip, last night.

TERRE HAUTE, LND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25,1888. Eighteenth Yeai

Tbe question of a man's marrying his deceased wife's sister, although settled in England, seldom troubles the widower in this country. But the movement has begun. The pastor of the Cold Wa t«» Lutheran Chnrch, the Rev. Mr. Toewe, entered his pulpit last Sunday mprnlng, with a look of stern resolve on his face. He had before him the unpleasant duty of censuring the proposed ndAon in marriage of Miss Lavina Perk, of his congregation, to Mr. Henry N. Battles, of Wellington, Ohio. The future bridegroom had previously been married to a, sister of Miss Perk, so that the contemplated union was marriage with a deceased wife's sister, which is expressly forbidden by the Lutheran canons. The pastor entered such a vigorous protest against the forthcoming ceremony as to cause the fainting away, of Mrs. John Perk, the mother. The resulting excitement was intense. Nevertheless, the wedding came off the following evening, but the Methodist pastor officiated. The Perk family will withdraw from the Lutheran.

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woman vdlfttiiy' aiid hel do* There to a to our ohurob tbat si& on right, %i

yet, no matter wb hat comes home al£ on tbe left side, wlie1

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Did you ever go-. s$&chiftg foV the longest word in the language? Set your friends to work at this and let them bring to you the result. Some one has |paid in answer to this question that the

4*agest

irf the language is "smiles,"

Ijeoause there is a mile between the first and last Tetters. This Is witty, but not just to the" purpose. One who has mads the search says thfcg^ofigest word tithes been able to find is ^disproppribleuess." twenfcy-

interesting thing ilifiis kiqd, i^lgKgest wqrds whoso letters

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high filing is

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the handsome bead^tr^panel is always put On the left side of my dress if anything Happens to my glove, it is the right one of course. I'm just going to change my seat, and get on the right side of her. But then if I do the fashion will change, and they will stick everything on the right side, as sure,as fate."

The Indianapolis News tells us that if anybody thinks the improvement of the civilised female form oalled the "bustle" is a comparatively recent invention the misapprehension may be dispelled by reading one of Marryatt's novels, the

King's Own," published in 1838 or thereabouts. The allusion is to a lady 'busy in the adjustment of a bustle," to which afoot note adds: "I am not certain whether Ispell this modern invention correctly if not I must plead ignorance. I have asked several ladies of my acquaintance, who declare that they never heard of such a thing, which, perhaps, the reader will agree with me, is all humbug." It is more than halfl* century old, and grows with growing age. The ladies ought to celebrate its semi-centennial.

Here's a good feature about the much maligned Charles Arbuckle. He has two hundred girls in his coffee roasting establishment who average twelve dol lars a week. These young women must bring positive evidence of good character must not go to dances nor use slang no, nor chew gum. Every girl Is compelled to pay ten cents a week to provide a general medical fund that will secure five dollars a week to employee who are I1L When a girl dlea, twenty cents is assessed, thus providing fifty dollars for funeral expenses. Orphans are the last ones laid off dnring a dull season. No girl of doubtful character Is ever allowed to remain and forty hare married within the last two years.

Some time ago a number of Detroit physicians conceived the idea of adopting the contract system. That Is, contracting to look after the health of a certain number of families charging each family $10 a year. The scheme appeared to work well, and the doctors thought they had discovered a bonansa, as they had taken care to make the contract with only healthy families. But they were accused of unprofessional conduct by some of their brethern, and one of them was Med. He was acquitted, however* and the contract system has apparently come to stay In Detroit. It is likely ai#o to be tried in other dtiea.

A little girl in school the other day, when asked by her teacher to explain tbe difference between climate and weather, replied: "Climate is what we have with ns all the time, but weather only last a few days."

SAUCE FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.

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Philadelphia North American an i8 woman's worse traducer. The Judge: Justice limps, but she keeps afoot w'ile de t'ief am a-restm'.

Philadelphia Call: The only thing a chronic borrower will not take is a hint. New York Graphic: A breach of trust —when tbe grocer demands cash down before delivery.

Rochester Post-Express: Tbe one spot loved by mon who play cards for a livelihood is an ace.

Philadelphia -Jjortb American: Every man should have a hobby and ride it, but not let it ride him.

New Haven News: A priest In Pennsylvania has declared* war on bustles, but a bustle is its own fortress.

Philadelphia North American: It is with knowledge as with money—some do a large business on a small capital.

New York Graphic: The road to success is open to all, but too many want to get there without the trouble of going.

New York Graphic: How would it work for the women suffragists to ooloniee and govern the Territory of No Man's Land?

Louisville Courier-Journal: The Mas sachusetts pastor dismissed for smoking tobacco may be said to have gone out under a cloud.

Boston Gazette: "Why don't you let your wife take chance in the lottery?" "Oh, she's not lucky shr can't even draw a cup of tea."

Boston, Transcript: Instead of mak ing politics your business, young m^n ii i&^nuch better, in the long rpn, to make business your polities.

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Burlingtoti.Free Press: The beauty of reading Browning is that you can turn over t^f pages at a time without ever khowitig' the difference.

Texas'Sifting*: "Do you use nightcaps, dear?" asked'hissweetheart. "Yes, love," he replied, "with a little sugar and sbe couldn't think what he meant

LITTLEL&ERMONS.

man oherishec^in his heart some line 3hrit\e at which his adflfl|» to

not court the (praise of the world, but perform the actions which deserve it. It is always to be feared that they who marry where they do not love will love where they do not marry

We frequently confess our little faults in order to have it thought that we have no great ones.

Knowledge of our duties Is the most useful part of philosophy. Give things the right color and avoid varnishing them over with a false glow.

Learn in manhood to unlearn the follies and mistakes of early youth.

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MEN WEARING BUSTLES. New York Truth. I don't suppose the actual wearing of bustles will ever become a fashion among men, but certain it is, that many of the Broadway exquisites have lately taken to padding the region of their seat of learning. It would almost seem that a man Is to be valued according to the size of his hips, for trousers have to be made specially to meet the new fad, and the larger tbe "success" the more fascinating does the dude apparently become to the fair sex. The implement, which is placed inside the pants, is an appropriate, pliable, network affair stuffed with cotton wool, the more elaborate and expensive ones with dried rose leaves, carefully modeled from nature, and the whole, covered wKh nndressod kid. It gives in the most natural way when yon sit down, and can withstand the rudest shock. This fad appears to be growing, in more senses than one, into public favor, the only aerloua difficulty solar encountered being the choice of an appropriate name. TALMAOEON WOMEN SUFFRAGE.

Dr. Talmage says: "We are told that female suffrage would correct two evils —tbe rum business and the Inaufflciency of woman's wages. About tbe rum business! have to say that multitudes of women drink, and it Is no unusual thing to see them In the restaurants so overpowered with wine and beer that they can hardly alt np, while there are many so-called respectable restaurants where they can go and take their champagne ana hot toddy all alone. Mighty temperance voters those women would make! Besides that, tbe wives of tbe rum sellers would have to vote In the interest of their husband's business or have a time tbe Inverse of felicitous. Besides that millions of respectable and refined women in America would not vote at all because they do not want to go to tbe polls, and on the other hand, womanly roughs would all go to the polls, and that might make woman's vote on tbe wrong side. There Is not In my mind much prospect of the expulsion of drunkenness by female suffrage,

Everybody needs a spring medicine.

the appetite stimulated, and the system prepared to resist the diseases peculiar to toe summer months. Ask for Ayers SanafMrllla. Take no other.

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WOMEN'S WAYS.

It is a fact that a man seldom aocumulates money and property until he gets. some good woman to help him. It is-,.'\^ equally true that many men who have^ made failures in business would havet succeeded had they taken the advice ofs the wife.

It is cheerful to note that a St. Touisffpaper, while recognizing the benefits of|^ the past, commends the improvements. of the present. It devotes a column to? the pretty girls of to-day, and concludes^J that their grandmothers were never solf strong nor so lovely.

Three ladies oaliing themselves the "Giddy Young Girls" have left Boston^ for a Bix weeks' trip to Florida. They*' '•*$..*, are Mrs., Pliss Williams, of Montclair,^ vj N. J., 82 years old Miss Jeptha Harrison, of Orange, 76 years old, and Mrs. J.jr T, Morris, of New York City, 58 years.

The female mayor of Argonia, Kansas, was elected as a joke, but a good manyfk of the citizens think they have caught a1 f. Tartar. She has put a stop to the poker games, billiard playing and similar amusements after 9 p. m., and spreeslf and jamborees are things of the past. Everybody is in bed at 9:30, and sport-fe ing men are seeking fields aud pastures^ new.

Mrs. Cleveland is developing a tasto for having her "picter took" that exceeds that of of any lady of the White House. She has been photographed in as many attitudes as a popular actress, has been etched by a French artist, and is now having a water color portrait painted by a Russian. All that remains is to ber done in oil by a French sardine.

Two women, Mrs. Victoria Woodhnll and her sister, Tennie C. Clafflin, oncet notably free-lovers and tabooed in American society, are uow visiting this country, one as Lady Martin and the other an Lady Cook. They made things so hot for themselves here during the Tilden-^ Beecher trial that they left for England: started a publication of a high moralj, tone and married Into the nobility. They, are noted for their wealth and benevolence. I

Probably the most expensive opera worn this winter belongs to Miss it^, who is equally at home in New. and Washington, and who Is an ,000,000. Her cloak Is In, brocaded in sliver, out^isnd trimmed' depend7 *flfoVev^ff on make, but on jeweled clasps, which are ranked at high figures, being in antique, gold set with large pearls.

A story In London Truth, possibly a "regular terrible story," asserts that if a an pa in a an if a S who has been eating cloves will breathe upon that paint it will turn black. Any&vU, who use rouge or powder, or any patent fu preparation whatever, would better tost it on the back of the hand before apply- y/ ing it, because it might be embarrassing to have it turn black under—oertain olr-^ cumstances. The Prince of Wales Is, i&" a covert way, given as authority for tbis^"rediscovery. It would be unkind to la--!^, quire where H. R. H. acquired hiss'' knowledge.

POSSIBLE LADIES OF THE! '^-1F WHITE HOUSE. Philadelphia Telegraph gossip: One of the first remarks I heard in con neetion with General Sheridan's candidacy^ was that Mrs. Sheridan would be anK adornment to the White House She is" a pretty and very delightful little lady, ,. and as popular as any who has ever appeared in Washington. She has enter-*, tained very largely ainee they have been at the capital and she has shown a wonderful amount of tact. j*.

John Sherman has aVer^mlabl^ wlf# Though very little is ever heard of ber in public, all who have had tbe fortune to meet her are impressed with her kindness and amiability of manner. Those who know her best say she is beloved by hnmble people, who seem to find in her a claim for first consideration, and attention. She has no pride that makes her exclusive and no ambition that leads her to seek popularity. She is by no means a plain or ordinary woman.

General Hawley, who is liable to go on one end or tbe other of tbe ticket, has but recently married a lady who Is nigh- ^, ly regarded.

Senator Allison has ne wife. He is a widower. Judge Gresbam's wife is nothing of-a politician. While in Washington she entertained, but not to an extent to give her the title of a "society woman," She is not ambitious Hke Mrs. Logan nor cold like Mrs. Blaine. Her popularity is due toother qualities than diplomacy,* though no one ever accased ner of a want of grace proper to tbe occasion. She Is a lady of education and refine-*^ ment, and of modest, home-like man* ners. 8bt has a daughter, just grown, who Is reported quite beautiful, and a son, who is a bright young lawyer.

When a threatening lung disorder, Shows Its first proclivity. Do not let It cross the border— 4,aell It with activity. Many a patient, young or olden.

Owes a quiek recovery Ail to Dr. Pierce's (Jolden Medical Discovery.

A fellow White Man.

feels worse than he looks, but ntow that speedy cure has been found for jaundice and biliousness, there is no excuse for & white man resembling a Chinaman. Paine's Celery Compound at onoe restores tbe liver to healthy action, and always sores these disease®.

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