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Vol. 19.--No. 39.

THE_MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLI

Notes and Comment.

If Terre Haute is to be "in the swim" «he will have to

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able to pay *000 a year rent for a small room to do business in. The Weldon extradition bill has been pigeon-holed by the Canadian legislature, but temporarily it is to be hoped. Meanwhile the exiles from the United States have anew lease on life.

James Hughes, of Corydon, Ind., who had a quarrel with his wife, looked on placidly and let her

The sending of Whltelaw Rold as minister to France is a Just recognition of the press of the country. As editor of the New York Tribuno Mr. Reid stands as one of the leading representatives of American Journalism and tho honor conferred upon him is in some measure an honor to the profession he represents.

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Now York telephone company has earnwl a net profit of nearly three million dollars In six years on a capital of |000,000, or at the inte of almost 150 por cent a year. And ye* tf thb company were threatened with Inimical legislation, or anything of that kind, it would goubUe** go into court wad show that it ViU hot earning a bare llvlog.

Tho following paragraph, which is going the rounds, is splendid "ad" for Philadelphia girls who want to get married: "Miss Louise Drexel, who was married recently, presented to her husband as a wedding gift the title deeds for her country residence at Andalusia and a city mansion in Hitter, house square for which Mfes Drexol psld $130,000."

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the "pigs in clover" puzzle for immediate use. Sam Jones has moved upon San Francisco, says a Heating item. It rpmams to be seen if Fiisco will "get a move on itself," under Jones' influenoe.

Smith, the boy preacher, is abusing the press. Reporters suggested that the youngster be educated, and the boy's ire was aroused. He is now in Jeffersonville.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes advises young men not to smoke, and yet cigar sellers in good locations in large cities

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tree without interfering. Here is a glorious opportunity for

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punish an inhuman husband.

Here's a pointer to some of the officeseeker*. Several thousand census takers will be appointed at an early date. You may not become a minister plenipotentiary or a timber agent, but a place as canvasser may remunerate you for some of your campaign work.

Albert Hegg, Of Covington, dislocated his shoulder while trying to put on his shirt, and now the papers have been discussing how a reform can be made in the make of the shirt to lessen the danger of throwing tho arm out of joint. What's the matter with getting a shirt largo enough to get Intq?

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The American misslonatte* ifn Chjna l»**fj|fttloned tl* Rresidentfor tha reappointment of Col. Charles Denby, of Evansvllle, as minister to the Celestial Emplro. They urge his retention in office becauie it requires years of experience to become acquainted with Asiatic diplomacy

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Dr. William A. Hammond sajte that one of the most usual symptoms of that

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disease general paresis Is dellre

de grandeur, the patient Imagining that he is the richest, or strongest, or handsomest man in tho world. The statement will no doubt be alarming to many of the young men of this city.

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The us* of tobacco In Connecticut will prove costly to youths. A law ha« been passed providing that no person shall sell. g'.Tts or deliver to any miner tinder 16 tobacco lu. the form of cigarette® or any other form under penalty of a fine, the maximum of which is fixed at *50. It also imposes a An® not exceeding f? cm any minor under 16 who shall have, smoke, or to any way use tobacco in any form whatsoever in any public street, place, or resort, ______

There la horde of politicians from this State who are anxious to advise the President regarding affaire at home. The annoyance became so great that It became nece«sa*y to squelch it. The President gave few suggestions to »n adviser which other* should take home. He said: "I have received a good deal of attention from Indiana In regard to just such matters as yon s^ wt. Now, I will take the liberty of making auggeati to thrm through yon. TL-. Kthe I itielana can go borne withoutta lit th. tthey are neglecting their duties. I know all about tJl»e state of affair# In tlx* politic#

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In speaking of the new election law the St. Louis Globe-Democrat sums up the situation as follows: "In no other part of the United States has reform of some sort been more sorely needed than in the Hoosier State. For a dozen years past it has been one of the two oc three principal strategic points in the political battle line in Presidential years. In all of this period Indiana has received an attention from the politicians and party leaders and organizers not accorded to any other State except New York. The even balance which it has maintained between the parties, and the narrowness of the margin by which it has been carried by either organization, has made it the most doubtful of all the doubtful States. As a consequence it has been the field on which the most qjbjectlonable and mischievous of electioneering practices have been perpetrated. The reform in the ballot which will now go into effect, therefore, will be a triumph for the cause of honest and descent politics, for which the State deserves the congratulation of all friends of good government."

••How comfortable life would be," cries a writer in the Chicago Journal, "if only in our style of living we suited ourselves. If only we could rid ourselves of an ever-haunting sense of "what some outside party, who should have no voice at ail in the matter, may say about the things we cannot immediately rectify, and could pass over indifferently except for the sense of outside criticism about the faded carpet, the cheap curtains, the woru chairs, the nursery litter." Well, why not do it? Surely nothing is to hinder but our own weakness. This is a free country and everyone can live as be likes. Some wise people have learned the secret of being happy by sensible independence. Whether their incomes be |1,000 or $10,000 is not of so much consequence really as that their expenditure bo something less. With even a small margin of income over outgo there may be comfort while there is absolute distress if the margin be the other way. These wise people are also independent in other ways. Not recognizing their obligation to please their neighbors, they strive to get comfort out of life in their own way and succeed so well that they materially add to the enjoyment of their neighbors, sifcee a contented person oar" ries with JSim' or her an atmosphere Uigi is pleasant for«ll men to bask in.

WILL SOME ONE ST ATE If Jerry O'Sullivan's speech of Tuesday night will go thundering down the corridors of time, or will it be used as a campaign document this spring? 11

If the Normal will be occupied before the government building? If tho Democrats will nominate Frank Schmidt for mayor?

If the question of a wide open town will be made an issue this spring? If the activity in the transfers of real estate is not Indicative of something of a boom?

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Why the fire department uses Main street in making runs to fires when other streets could be selected?

What member of the Columbia club couldn't find the sleeping oar in Washington?

Who is champion of. the, bowling club at Germanla hall? fs. 4 Why orders to repair sidewalks are not obeyed and whor? tho responsibility

If Jimmy Fitzpatriek will make the a a a

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LENTEN RIPPLES.

Aftwr due deliberation a family in the north end concluded to observe the Lenten season by an entire fast, of meat, during one day of the week. Friday of last week tho good wife and mother prepared breakfast herself and the family was sterved with delicious fried oysters on toast. At noon the same hand baked an oyster patty fit for a king. At tea they were all enjoying a rieh oyster stew, when the youngest member of the family, a little four-year-old, without that due regard for the self dental they were practicing, exclaimed, between the spoonfnlls whi« had been traveling fast to his Hula month, smacking bis lipe: "I say mamma, Pll tell you let's do, let's fast three days a week."

At one of the churohes small banks were distributed to the Sunday school children and they were told to deposit their pennies in them for an Easter collection to be devoted to the poor. One little fellow from the river district, with a bright face peering out from his ragged iothe* and rough exterior, created quite a sensation by innocently making an in.{uirv. The teacher, Mrs. M. A. Aydelou«s had explained the purpose of the collection and instead of speaking

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News and Interviews.1

A democratic politician said the other day that the new election law does not apply in city elections. It is generally supposed that all came under the provisions of the law. In consequence of the erroneous impression some who hav* been contributing to the campaign fundi) will find the usual demand made for money to be used this spring. National and State elections are bad enough fee the use of campaign capital, but city elections draw heavily upon the pockets of the candidates and politicians generally. Aside from the bleeding which every candidate undergoes it requires a large Expenditure for use at the polls ift the way of fixing voters. It is the intention to make the campaign this spring a short one. Both parties are tired of long campaigns, involving exoessive labor and expense.

The DePauw school of music has been quite successful since its organization. It has a large number of students and new ones are being added. The management has become more ambitious and propose to establish branch schools at some other citiea to prepare pupils for higher instruction at Oreencastle. Among the cities in view Is Terre Haute. As yet nothing definite has been decided upon. The Greencastle musicians made quite an impression at their recent performance in this city. The

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also surprised everyone and lavish praise was extended to them and Lieutenant May, their instructor.

There was an amusing incident on the evening train on the Vandalia this week. Several fellows who evidently were not accustomed to railroad traveling had been furnishing amusement for the other passengers, but as the train was passing through the east switching yards the climax was capped. On either side was a line of box cars. The rumble of the cars sounded more distinctly in consequence. "Say, mister," said one of the countrymen, seizing the gentleman iu front by the shoulder, "Kin you tell us what long bridge this is that we are goin'through." (h

If the city council does not cease ftM* think it looked exactly right. He had, ingwltk the Main street itflpr»a£f«.« however,

Nothing has been done in regard to tho pavement matter. The injunction granted by the court prevents anyfurther action by the council. It is hinted that a law was before the last Legislature which gave the right to city boards to assess property owners for street improvements. Should this be found to be true there would be a howl greater than ever.

The young ladies of the city have concluded that it would be well to take more exercise, and toward this end many of them have been making preparations. For graceful dancing there is perhaps not a city anywhere that can compare with this. (There is, however, room for Improvement in other graceful movements. Many have an ungainly walk, becanso they have neglected to take proper steps to correct their carriage. Aside from the poetic motion which exercise gives to the muscles another benefit is to be derived, a more robust form and the enjoyment of better health. Regular and systematic exercise will induce a flush to the eheek which all the fair maidens so greatly desire. One young lady, regarded as one of the belles of the city, la quite an athlete. She takes dally exercise In her boudoir and indulges in considerable outdoor exercise. Sho has in her room a pair of Indian clubs and dutpb bells. Every morning she goes through the various movements, and has become

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trous, especially in the use of the club*. Si) has indulged la the exercise for *!u* time, and finds that more has been •Mti-i lished than she at first anticipated. Br fore the mirror she advances and and has reeted her faulty :n walking. The mild tr .• shr has tirdeifcooe has .' i' her system, and she can in ludnlgt- ia nsofr* thv.iOlht ns uhout it prwin-rtlrc^me. I §h- v:s.«i t!i h* have pale faces to

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adopt the same rules and restore the glow to their faces. Young ladies who have an abscence of good color will find it advantageous to walk every day, if they do not choose to swing clubs, and take other calisthenic exercise. The ladies are becoming more and more interested in the subject, and a number have commenced gymnastics. There is some talk of a club being organized for the purpose of taking a regular course in training. Already there are many who are becoming athletically inclined, and it will not be long until they can easily be recognized if they continue to devote apart of their time each day to exercise.

The leisure which Lent affords has proven an opportune time for the discussion of summer amusements, and from present indications there will be more interest taken in sports this year than ever before. Base-ball players can be found everywhere. Enthusiasm in this line will be confiued this season to the rivalry between local clubs, for we are not to have a professional club. Football will also prove a popular game. The Polytechnic students will perhaps give an impetus to athletio sports. It has been decided to hold a series of athletio exercises at the school every Saturday afternoon, such as base-ball, tennis, fodt-ball, running, jumping, etc. Heretofore there has not been muoh interest manifested in tennis, but this year there will be more than ever. The young ladies are especially enthusiastic, and of oourse their gentleman friends must be also. Several clubs have already been talked of, costumes procured, and everything in readiness for the inauguration of outdoor sports in general.^' viy

Senator Andy Grimes, in speaking tiie other day of his contested election case with BichowsRi, said that he had not received any pay as Senator. There was no money to pay salaries. He will, however, receive pay as if he had served the entire session. Bichowski will also be remunerated for the time he sat as Senator from Vigo. Mr. Grimes said in contested election cases it is customary for the successful candidate to present a bill for his expenses, which was usually allowed. He added that he did not care to do so because he did not

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it vrtll m#itB6lf in the ee^err^Tthe! tectJHng the^se^utheprlfers one whioh it is proposed to build. At the last meeting a resolution was passed instructing the olty engineer to prepare plans and specifications for as much of the sewer as can now be built with the money !n the sewer fund, and to adyertise for bids. Donbam fathered the resolution and Hertwlg opposed It, saying that it was impracticable to build only a part of the sewer since property owners could not be compelled to tap it. As a result there would be no end to ioconvonience and expense. The resolution, however, passed by a vote of 7 to 4. Jerry O'Sullivan said in speaking of the sewer: "Mr. Chairman, if any citizens living out about St. Ann's or in Batiblt Town want this sewer, let them pay for it. I am here representing the people, and I don't want to be ignored nor see the people ignored. What did they send us to Indianapolis for to inspect pavements? I represent the people. I spent $50 of their money, and I want to see thom get some benefit from it. Iam not here to vote for anything that will not benetlt the people,'*

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Uthat his own pocket shall stand it. He Remarked thoughtfully that he would be rich if he should receive pay for all the abuse that had been heaped upon him by the newspapers, but he had paid non attention to the attacks. ,*41

Tile county commissioners have done a commendable thing for the city of Logtnsport by acting upon a petition signed by prominent citizens and business men. Several large lots were purchased near the court house, and a park will be established for the benefit of the public. This city is far behind the times iiji the matter of parks. The general public does not seem to Appreciate the v«lue of a park. When Josephus Col let gave to the city quite a large tract of Uttid on the northern suburb it was scarcely thought advisable to accept It the reason that some expense would attached in beautifying the grounds. The success of the park has been very gyt. During pleasant weather many persons visit it, and on Suuday it is a favorite place to spend the afternoon. The only slight objection to the park is itfelocation. It is quite a distance from the eh?, but catt to reached by

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car line. Tho park has grown into such popular favor that the city oould not now w^ll do without it. It Is more than probable that the resort will become more popular than ever this summer Another park near the center of the city would be the proper thing, bnt it is almost useless to speak of such a matter with a big city debt and extensive improvements contemplated, involving heavy expenditures.

The Indiana coal operators who withdrew from the Columbus convention because a reduction of 12 percent for this Sta

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'was denied, met in this city on Monday. There were many of the leading mine owners of the State in attendance* The meeting did not adjourn until Tuesday. All the sessions were secret and nothing was learned of the conclusions arrived at. The operators declined to state what had been done because a joint meeting is to be held with the miners in a few days. The price of mining, it hi claimed. Is higher in this State than In Illinois, and thus Indiana is excluded from the market to a greater or le«s extent. It is insisted that a reduction is absolutely necessary or the mines can not be operated with any profit to themselves or to the miners. The past has been the worst ever experienced by the Indiana coal trade. The demand w*a greatly lessened by the mild weather, and natural gas and oil played sad havoc with the trade. In the .winter was a combination of bad cfreuimtuces to the prosperity of coal minlug. The Brazil block coal company, owfting 13 mines, had bat one of them In operation one day the past week. Operators tak* a gloomy view of the situation. OIK: large owner of mining stock, it is said, ban bf^.me discouraged and int"disposing of all hxs interest in mini. property.

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A Woman's Chat.

'BY BRRENDA BI/OUNT. V,'

I suppose there id hardly a woman who does not groan over the trials of her dressmaker. My own experience is that the good ones are very rare. One will tit my waist well and make my skirt hang in scollops. Another makes a beautiful sleeve and squeezes me in at the waist so that I have to use a good strong shoebuttoner to fasten the buttons. Another makes a nicely hanging skirt and an awful looking collar, while my back draperies are apt to fall off at the slightest motion of the air. I read of a woman the other day who was brave enough to sue her dressmaker for making her an illfitting garment. And why not? She agrees to fit you and finish off your dress for so muoh. If she fails to do it, you have a right to compel her through the law to fuiill her contract, It is customary in some eastern cities to pay at the second fitting and them the poor woman is at the mercy of the dressmaker. I believe the boycott system would be a good one to apply to these tormentors of the feminine soul.

I hope I shall never be such a customer as is a lady I happen to know of. When she steps into a store the clerks immediately begin busying themselves, and in every way avoid waiting upon her. She has a reputation in every store iu town, and yet she lives in a $60,600 house, has her private coach and servants, and we would suppose plenty of money. But how she does "jew!" She wants everything for a little less than is asked for it. Nothing suits her. She has some objection, perhaps quite absurd, to everything sho examines. She will, without compunction, occupy a clerk's entire forenoon, and never a cent's worth will she buy. And then go away with a dissatisfied air without even saying "thank you" for their trouble. V:

As I stepped into a quiet street the other afternoon I saw in the distance a young girl and rather a fast looking young man taking a leisure promenade. The girl was not more than 17, a sweet, lovely young creature, the only daughter in a cultured home. The influence of the Spring was in the earth, air, and Bfcy, the glorious time of resurrection when "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love," and a young girl's too, for that matter. My first thought was, as I watched the sweet grace of the girl's face and form, "does her mother know?" You may laugh at it if you will, and call it "spoouey," "sentimentalism," "calf-love," and all that. But^a girl's first love affair is a very serious and often a sad thing to her, and you, her mother, should so possess her heart and confidence that she will fling herself Into your arms and tell yon all about it. I once knew a mother who had so many nerves that the girls never dared tell her anything for fear of upsetting them. "Mother, Fred asked me to take a walk with him this evening," would set her off into the wildest hysterics. So no word of advice or consolation or sympathy was ever asked for by her daughters, and what was the result? Why, that one married a gambler, another ran off with a scoundrel who soon deserted her, and the third married a man who is to outward appearances respectable, but who makes her life a round of misery. fA mother should seek the confidence of her daughter and get her to tell all of her experiences of every sOrt. So muoh of trouble and wretchedness could thus be avoided 1

Many a girl virtually has no mother for all the aid she is in guiding the young life entrusted to her care. Girls are naturally aflectionate and confiding, and it is a mother's duty to gain both affection and confidence, even to the neglect of all her clubs and missions.

SAUCE FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.

Puck: An ungrammatlcal State—R. 1. Burlington Free Press: A spanking team—parents.

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Exchange: No blow the wind can give will cause a break of day. Lafayette Courier: If the killing of editors becomes fashionable, we hope that anyone who engages in the industry hereabouts will begin at the other end of the alley.

Anthony Trollope: A piece of cobbler's wax that will keep a man fastened to his work chair ia the potent thing that the world calls inspiration. %4,

Youngs town Telegram: There ft "no crop that pays better in the spring than advertisements. And they should be planted early.

Atchison GIOIHS: It never surprises a fnan to be admired, but no man ever live long enough to know why people disii^ him.

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ABOUT WOMEN.

Ouida asserts that no man or woman oan possibly write more than four ?r five admirable works of fiction.

Mary Dickens, a granddaughter of Charles Dickens, Is playing the part of Little Lord Fauntleroy on the English stage.

Mary K. Longfellow, of Portland, Me. a niece of the poet, Is attracting notice as a painter of picturesque views in water colors.

And now a physician says that going to matinees and sitting in draughts or with wraps on is what gives so many women neuralgia and rheumatism.

Miss Rosa Burnand, the daughter of the editor of Punch, is her father's literary secretary, and has lately compiled a birthday book from his famous "Happy Thoughts."

Mrs. James K. Polk, now 85 years old wears black kid gloves all day and walks with a gold-headed cane. She never leaves Nashville nor goes anywhere in that town except to church Sunday.

Theater-goers will be glad to know that fashionable woman's high-crowned hat has had its day, and the other extreme, a crown like a pancake with a rim like a saucer, now holds sway, for a season at any rate.

The Princess Maria Theresa of Bavaria, has a passion for pets, and has no less than fourteen animals constantly traveling with her, including several dogs, two magpies, a tame rat and a cub bear.

A good many women fond of amateur photography are amusing themselves by photographing tableaux and scenes intended to illustrate popular poems, which are then bound with the poetry and make artistic souvenirs.

The yachting fever has seized the feminine beauties of New York and on Wednesday night, under the instructions of competent sailors, a number of them took their first lesson In splicing ropes. It is to be presumed that they will leave the tarring to tougher bands..

Mrs. Helen S. Conant will probably succeed Miss Booth as the editor of liar-* per's Bazar. Mrs. Conant is the widow of Stillman S. Conaut, editor of Harper's Weekly, who so mysteriously dlaappeared about three yearn,.ago, and^ot^ whom no tribe has ever been discovered.

Attica, N. Y., has a sleeping wonaer in Mrs. Emma Althouse, who has not risen from a recumbent altitude in over a year. On February 26 she awoke from a trance lasting twelve days. PreyiouB to that she slept for thirty-five days. She is now only skin and bone and weighs eighty-five pounds. She is not expected to survive long.

Mrs. Deland, the olever author of "John Ward, Preacher," Is rather a pretty, little, plump and very pleasant-faced woman of about thirty. She looks upon life and especially upon literature as very solemn affairs indeed and there is little of the insouciance and suoerficial brilliance and brightness of the modern American novelist about her.

Mrs. Parsells, of Bayonne, N. J., was 108 years old St. Patrick's day. Her father was an officer in the Continental army during the Revolution. She has never been particular about her eating, but has always been fond of very strong coffee, drinking it with every meal. She claims that Washington once kissed her when she was a very little girl.

EASTER NOVELTIES.

Among easter novelties a paperweight, on which sits a stufled duckling, Is an odd design.

A two-inch piece of scarlet sealing wax with blackened and melted end Is a most deceptive match-box.

Fire screens with bamboo frames, and having as a centerpiece a portrait head lu raised paint work, are largely in demand for decorative purposes.

A miniature Russia leather covered concertina, with silver-plated keys, hand-straps, and other features complete makes an odd inkstand for travelers.

An oddity In domino sets is in the shape of a walnut. Two natural xhells are fringed together at the bottom and snugly stowed away inside this deceptive little nut are twenty-selght small bone dominoes.

A pair of stuffed chicks, apparently just hatched and still in their fluffy golden coats, is the principal feature of an Easter bon-bon box. The box proper is in the form of a little two-wheeled silk-lined cart, which the feathered team Is drawing.

The business men held a meeting at the board of trade rooms on Tuesday night and discussed the best plan for a reorganization. Messrs. Geddes, Kidder, Hulman, Jludnut, Duncan, J. M. Allen, and Havens rather favored the stock subM-ription plan, with a more aggressive and extensive line of operations than any yet adopted. A committee \m* Appointed to report on sn improved 'ill--I of organization, consisting of M'syr*. John Q. Williams, Herman Hulman, B. G. Hudnut, Willed Kidder, and A. Here. The l'.url will have a mnfrr^rrc r.n iatporvmt mamfacLMT:R V» LI" to Inna'IF here if

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