Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 May 1889 — Page 1

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THE _MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

Our next mayor will be one of the Franks. Plea of candidates seeking re-election to voters: Scratch me back.

May the most economically inclined candidates for council be successful.

Main street has been paved with good intentions, but very bad intentions upon the city treasury.

The Father of his Country made large sacrifices a hundred years ago, but he is getting paid for it this week.

One good turn deserves another. Canada has passed the extradition law, ana Congress should pass a similar measure for the benefit of Canada.

The "TheosophiM* of America held a convention in Chicago this week, Nobody oau tell what they are driving at and it is doubtful if they know them^ selves.

Some Washington ladies adopted an original mothod of making their pastor donation on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his installation. They gave him a boquet of 25 large lilies, and in each lily was a $5 gold piece.

Ice has been discovered on the planet Venus. This star will bo the must popular to contemplate this summer, since from present indications the frigid luxury of warm days will be as far out of our roach because of price, as tho planet.

At last a burglar has been found under a bed. A women found him. Thus is the labor of the sex for 500 years at last rewarded. The event occured at Omaha, and the fame of the olty is assured. The bod with an actual burglar under it Is bound to thunder down the ages.

In tho light of several recent events women do not seem to be the downtrodden creatures that they are represented to beJg£An Indiana woman used a club and 'MttugKl a railroad company ttfthntf! and out in Oklahoma the women were given tho choicest quarter sections.

And now they have driven Boulanger out of Belgium.' Why doesn't tho obnoxious French mat' come to America? He missed his chance when he neglected to put himself at the head of the Oklahoma |boomers. Still there are -always opportunities in this great freo country.

"R. R. R." was fatci to the Republicans in 1884. It may have been horror at such a recollection that prevented the tlckot from being headed by three Ds this spring, Danaldsou, Dtienwdg and Duddleston. Howover, Houck had been in the race for treasurer for some time before Duenweg's name was mentioned.

Large cities have a mania for annexing suburbs. Chicago wants to figure as tlie second city in population in 1890. Indianapolis has the fever. In this city there was a movement not long since to extend tho corporation but for some reason It was dropped. MacksvUI© was alarmed and Incorporated to prevent this city from taking her under its wing.

Washington^ father died when the future President was twelve, Jeftbrson when ho was fourteen, Jackson's before the boy wa* born, Matron's when he was a youth, Garfield's when he was a mere

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Harrison the elder's before

he liad reached his majority, Tyler's when he was thirteen, Johnson's when he was four year* old and Hayes's atad Cleveland's when they

were

young boys.

The characters of nearly all oVthese were molded by their mothers.*

A Carbon, Clay eminty, murderer has been

located

in Wvoming, yet he will

not lx brought back to answer for his oriine. Moras* shot IlabbStt several year* ago in cold blood. It would coet the great county of Clay a few pal try dollars to have Moras* returned. The expanse lit considered too great and there is no means of raising the money. Clay county, for shame! Bring back the murderer and punish him as he deserves. The lapse of several years should not defeat justice or detract from the enormity of the crime. If Morass is not tried it will be a blot on the fair name of our sister county, ______

A Chinaman, writing to the Paris Ftg*it» in defense of lady Celestial*, says that besides the China a* depicted by travelers, there fs "a China which Is not seen, bccause It hide* itself modestly, but which it l« not the lees worth while for Europeans to study." Woman is not an illiterate slave, as has been represented, but quietly fnlftlia her duties as wife and mother,and helps her husband and her eon with her counael. The government often recompense# her by giving her titles and honors, and by even slowing her to wear a uniform. Moreover, in urgent oases, and during the absence of her husband, the wile of the Chinese functionary baa aright to take emmm Into her own hand* and to decide upon them aa abe thinks fit.

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The New York centennial is over and Ward McAllister still lives.

The statement will probably not.be challenged that a reporter's cheek is always read.

During centennial week Oklahoma rather dropped out of sight. Anybody killed there or any land for sale?

Col. Clarkson is said to have patented a device by which a commission is dropped in the slot and off comes a fourthclass postmaster's official pate.

Mrs. Cleveland has been re-elected president of the Weils college alumni association. She is more fortunate in elections than her lord, the ex President.

Sir Julien Pauncefoote, the new British minister, ha3 four young and pretty daughters. This ends all discussion as to whether or not he will be popular in Washington.

The closing scenes of drunkenness at the centennial ball in New York were disgraceful in the extreme, both men and women being under the influence of wine. It is such occurrences that give inspiration and aggressiveness to the prohibition moment.

New Albany has suffered from spendthrift councils, and the Tribune is forced to make the following remark, quite appropriate to the situation here:

And such is fame. ,A wax figure of Captain Anson was displayed in Chicago this week by the side of that of the pa» ternal ancestor of the country. By the time Chicago loses a few more game? everybody will be crying, "£ome now, Ans., why don't you play ball," "Play bail, Ans.," and other familiar expresilons in base ball parlance.

The fact is worth bearing in mind that Washington, after having been disappointed in two love affairs, married a widow, and found the experiment a complote success. In a letter written ifc 1783, he wrote as follows: "For my own part, I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, give advice to a -woman who is Betting ottt on nflltrintmVfai-'Vtojmif&i first, because I never could advise one to marry without her own consent, and secondly, because I know it is to no purpose to advise her to refrain, when she has obtained it."

The Indianapflis Suri safs: "The boom that was given to the divorce business in this city last week is a matter of serious cencern. The promise for future weeks, with 300 case? on the docket and more to follow, is none the less appaling. Indianapolis Is really to be pitied but should not expect much sympathy from this direction. Not long since the reputation of this cfcy for the granting of divorces was not to be envied. It was even said that on trains in passing tluough here, the porters would call out: '•Torre Haute! Fifteen minutes for a divorce." While it is true that there are many divorce proceedings in our courts, there are other places that are worse. More stringent rules are being enforced by the courts and it is not so easy to procure a divorce aa generally supposed. Mor* stringency may lie enforced, and fewer cases will be found on the docket

II IS SA ID,

That some of Terre Haute's talent ha* been invited to participate in the Kirmess at Indianapolis.

That the Rev. Stanley received a postal asking when the Klrmess was to be given again for the Lord's sake.

That one of the candidates for council is a church momber and that his brethren entered their protest against his visiting saloons while electioneering.

That the Ri tier will make a a tannin' appearance in their new uniforms. That the spring races will be better than ever before.

That work on the Normal will have to be pushed In order to complete the building by next year.

By merchants that business is rather dull. That there will be an unusual fexodus to summer lesoraf this season.

That the Rev. Kirtley and John Taylor are ttys best anglers In the city. That frost on Tborsdav night killed, strawberries and injured titer crops.

There Is smne talk of reserving seato at the Indianapolis baseball park for •.!».• benefit of Terre Han i« ans. Atone©! the games 1 flww sMs week qnlto large dt.^uon was present from this rtty. Base ball enthusiast* who have business in the capital city make it convenient to go over when there is a game. Of course they do not admit that they make the trip for the purpose of witnessing the game, hot such is often the esee.

Several white cap »n have been •ent to persons •''-v. the side. One was neat at-^inkeeper Instructing him to

acc

his wife and family better

treatment or be would receive naidnight visit, The notice waa written In red Ink and adorned with the reguUtiim •knll and ernes bones. Some joker is playing his pranks, hot It may be to ®o purpose.

News and Interviews.

These are the times that try woraefc soul*.. Housecleaning is in progress and many wi\es,are without the help that they desire. Male hqlp can be procured but there are so many

have been

out constantly

procure

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do not gather peaches from dogwoo'd nor wheat from stubble fields, nor can they expect a good city government from incompetence and self-seeking.

TBBRE HAUTE, IND, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 4,1889..

little

things about

house cleaning that a man can not do. Girls have been very scarce and, although good wages have been offered, not many could be procured. The employment offices have been doing a good business, the only difficulty being in seouring help. There were many applicatibiis made for hired girls andfsigns

for

a servant she started out in her

carriage. Several trips were made into the country and about town. At length the search was given up and hoosecle»ning proceeded without the extra help. A strange thing is, the writer was .informed, that there is an exodus* about th's time every year, of girls from their positions. Many will remain in |he sei vice of a family until the approach of housecleanlng, then go home and after the spring cleaning is pver search "or auother position. There are mbre changes in the spring than during tho rest of the year. A good girl is a jewel, and the housewife who is so forlunat^as to secure one is the envv of all others.

The city election taken place on next Tuesday and the fate o! the candidates wlii then be known. The campaign has been peculiar in manv respects. The'.e we.-e several spirited contests for nominations, but the ill feeling has been generally allayed. One feature has been the rivalry and jealousy of the friends of

Normal building.

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or

more.,

One young lady had an application on file for a girl for some time. Failing to'

rivalry ana jealousy oi ine iiienu- ^feet if they were compelled to clean candidates on the eauie ticket. Some of

Uie meo on the tickets have oyer zealou« workers who conld be classed as fool friends. Au anesthetic has been administered to several of ttio candidates they have been placed upo6 the operating bloc«£ and will be arUsUcall.v butchered by those of the same political f:1tb. When ihey recover alter.the returns are nil in ibey will then perhaps realize that tbey have been martyrs. There were no end of names mentioned for the nominations, bat no doubt

caud'dates. The campaign has been singularly fought. One candidate was charged with having put an extia letter in bis name. Candidates for council have been charged wlh not being property owners. It would seem that too much time has been devoted to haggling over unimportant matters. The financial condition of the city has been discussed from partisan standpoints. Both parties have been pointing a finger at each other and saying: "You are responsible." The finances are not in condition and a discussion of what is past will not benefit the treasury, but may caution the new council against reckless extravagance. What is wanted in tho next city chamber is good, bard financial sense. The public demands better management and tbA best men should be selected. One good feature of the contest on Tuesday will bo the absence of large quantities of boodle. It will not be used as was done two years ago, openly and recklessly. The personal expenses of some of the candidates have been heavy and tbey will place considerable money at tho polei to be used in their interest, yet it is not likely that there will be any campaign fund of cansequence to be used by the committees. There are so many contending forces at work, Indications of very great scratching and so much knifing that a prediction can not be ventured regarding the result. Each party is claiming about half- the offieee.

The centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration was quietly observed in this city. Quite a number of the business houses decorated and flags were flying from all the prominent buildings in the city. Some few residences displayed the National colors and pictures of Washington and the present president of the republic. At a number of the churches services appropriate to the occasion were held. At St. Stephens Rev. Stanley and Judge Maek made short addresses. At St. Joseph's and 8t Benedict's appropriate celebrations were hdl. At Centenary short addresses wi r» made by Judge Eggleston, R. B. SuiusoB and'Prof. Waldo. The oration of the day was delivered by the old man eloquent, Ool. R. W. Thompson. In speaking of t!if Colonel's addresa, a gentleman said: "f was never more deeply impressed,with Col. Thompson's force and power as an orator. I have heard him for the peat thirty years, hut never to any better advantage than on this occasion. He was as clear as a bell and hie word* were as fresh aa the flowers of spring. Be waa an Ideal orator for the occasion. His life extends over a large portion of the history of the past century and it was eminently fitting that he should have been selected toad drees the large audience. He seemed to beposasescd of all the tigor of manhood, notwithstanding his white hairs, and a more impressive, inspiring and patriotic address I never heard deilvwed."

Speaking of the eelebntfion on Toesday recalls the fact that a dingy old flag er of the dog is out SO cents.

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4 floated from the staff*on the quarter of a million government building. There is ao flag so beautiful as the stars and stripes, but a rag so smeared with smoke and dirt that it could scarcely be recognized is not calculated to inspire patriotism. A flag that has seen service in battle is revered but the national colors that have been brought forth from a dusty closet to be hauled up on a flag staff on a costly building, to bang limp and almost without a flutter is not in keeping with an occasion as great as last Tuesday. By all means let there t)e a new flag purchased for the government building. A bright new flag was flying from the

an alley when it did not need it. Considerable work has been done in the way of cleaning the streets this week.

St. Stephen's church celebrated the centenuial on Tuesday, and had cause for rejoicing in another direction also. It waa announced that the church property had been relieved of ail debt. Th$re was $7,500 indebtedness until the Klj-mess. The young ladies cleared $},800 out of the performance, which arnnnnt was applied on the debt. The remainder was raised by subscriptions. Several $500 subscriptions were received, and several signed for $200. The raising of the money was due mainly to the incentive given by the Kirmess proceeds. Perhaps no city in the state can boast of as little indebtedness on church property as Terre Haute. With a few exceptions the churches have no debts to be paid, and none of them are very large. .j

It Is stated tliat quite a large ntifb^er of marriages are to take place in the near future. Of those which have been mentioned the contracting parties are all well known. Some events in the matrimonial line which were expected to occur after Lent have not yet materialized. Society is becoming rather impatient, and some of the rumored marriages should take place shortly to satisfy the social world. If marriages do not occur the next thing that pleases society is the announcement of engagements. The world loves a lover, and loves to see lovers united in marriage also.

Asocial was given at Asbury church last Tuesday evenitip which was in accordance with the ideas of the pastor, the Rev. Hollingsworth, who pronounced against the church affair at which those present were expected to pay for their pleasures. The social was managed upon a new plan. Members of the congregation, their friends, and those who desired to meet the people of the church were invited. Tbey were furnished with a sandwicd and coffee free. Everyone apparently enjoyed the evening and the pocket-book was not appealed to. It is the intention to give one of these socials every few weeks.

At the fire Thursday niki there several incidents which were laughsV after the flames had been subdued^ Jostlce.Slaughter saw the fire and got to the alley as quickly as possible. In his haste he was not particular about what he wore. He s®i*ed a spring ovo!foat, put it on, put on his silk hat, aud when bis property was in great danger assisted in the work of extinguishing the fire. He came oat of the exciting scenes with his silk hat almost rained and his overcoat drenched with water. One lady who was near the fire was struck with a stream of water and knocked down. She w*s not injured, and got into the house aa quickly as possible*

A lady of the East side waa very much attached to a pet dog. The canine took *iek last week and died and was burled In style in the yard. A monument was siot erected to the memory of the deceased dog, but the next best thing waa done. The mound beneath which the remains of the cur reposed was transformed into a flower bed. A half dollar was invested in choice flower seed, and itSwas expected that the blooms would keep fresh the memory of the dog. Chickens scratched out the seed and the spot remains uiunarked, while the own-

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tthat was made was that its light was hid behind the tower. The flag staff has been placed immediately behind the tower and a flag cannot be seen from the front.

The Democrats may not be expecting a "clean sweep" but one has been ordered by the street commissioner. The city council at its recent meeting instructed Commissioner Kinser to see that the alleys are cleaned and putin proper condition. Heretofore the sanitary force has had this work in charge, but it was deemed that the work could best be accomplished by the streec commissioner. Instead of making an inspection of every alley, the commissioner employed a number of men to make out notices and distribute them to every business house and residence in the city ordering the alley cleaned. Some few alleys bad been cleaned but they were exceptions. The commissioner is enjoying numerous objections from thoso who claim their alley is clean. Several have been so wratby as to declare that they would not vote the Democratic

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BRIGHT YOUNG WOMAN'S BUDGET OF NEW YORK GOSSIP.

THE SEASON OF MARRIAOBS—WHAT THE AVERAGE BRIDEGROOM DOESN'T LIKE— A BRIDAL CHAMBER CONVERSATION—A

WOMAN OF ORIGINAL SIX—HONESTY WITH WOMEN—THE STORY OF A NEW YORK MONEY-LENDER—HOW WOMEN, WHEN PRESSED FOR MONEY, ARE TEMPTED—THE INFLUENCE OK DRESS. [Special Correspondence

NEW YORK, May 1.

The are Is filled with music—the music of the wedding march. The brides come from all points of the compass, their garments are redolent with the odor of violets, their hair is crimped in the most exquisite manner they caress their left hands as if they were afraid they* were going to lose their wedding rings, and they have already gotten that aggressive air peculiar to the matron. The bridegrooms look ashamed—occasionally a proud air of possession sweeps over them, but of toner they have the appearance of regretting that they were ever born. The honeymoon is essentially a trying time to a man the sweet creature he has wedded weeps if he refuses to go to the big shops with her, and considers him hard-hearted if he shows any inclination to stop her ruining her digestion by feeding herself on sugar and spice aud everything nice.

Anybody would think a man, even a newly-married man, would be at home in front of a bar, but he is the most un-comfortable-looking creature, more suggestive of an eel than anything else, as he poses with his bride before a sodawater fountain: you'd suppose she had been in the habit of smiling about thirty times a day, and that he was a strict Prohibitionist, for he looks first over one shoulder, then over the other, then down at the seductive mass of ice-cream soda water and pineapple syrup, looks around again, and eventually swallows it as he might if it were a dose of castor-oil, and wondor, half audibly, "V/hat in the name of everything decent to drink a woman wants to make a man drink such rot as that!" But madam sips at her glass, lingers over it, smiles at her unhappy h«jfibattd, wonders if they niftke tho ice-cream in tho place, thinks it is extremely cheap because it's so good, and asks Charlie if ho will mind remembering the number.of the shop so she can tell her mother just where to go when she comes to New York. I have noticed that men named Charlie Incline to matrimony—now there is an interest ing question for the new commissioner of the census.

A BRIDAL CHAMBER NKORBT. I must warn the visiting bridegroom to speak lower not long ago he occupied a room next to that which belonged to a wicked and wily newspaper man about eight o'clock in the morning the n. m. was awakened by the noise of somebody taking a coljtl bath. He had been out late trying to find out what the exact position of the President toward Quaj was, and he said naughty words about being disturbed. Soon he heard a woman's voice call "Charlie," and reminded him that his razor-case was in the big trunk under her blue silk petticoats. After Charlie bad searched successfully and found what he wanted, he came up from the depths of the trunk, and in a voice accustomed to a free, wide sweep of country, he Inquired, "Baby, won't you have a cocktail?'* This was too much for the n. m. this combination of the sentimental and the material was the finest he

had

worth

fully

ever heard, and it was

while for this to have his morn

ing nap disturbed. A WOMAN OF ORIGINAL SIN. It andoubtedly takes all sorts of women to make a world, bnt the moat Inter eating just at prwofit yotfng woman who is seen in the park every afternoon driving a dainty little trap a young woman whose friends are of the Vere de Vwre cln«% but who is so well known as a pickj'ueket that not a woman among the many who know her will sit close to her. If a fan, a pair of gloves, a bangle, or any of the little trappings that are f-aally concealed about one are m!**ing after «h« has paid a visit, her faiLcr is imnu liately Informed of it and the articles are either replaced or a check

covering their value is sent. The girl is never toid about it, and so she got* on convinced tb*t no one knows of her weakness and jjra at ing herself on her running../* „.

Hoxwrry WITH WO* EX.

I deq^'t believe In women preach't bnt I must get up and say a word about this. It is all very well to talk about it's being original sin and born with her, bat if, when it was first found out, she had been properly punished and made to realize the shame, don't you suppose that she would have stopped in what Is absolutely a mad career?

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It is she is

marked with a scarlet letter, as positively branded a thief as if it had been put on her back with irons, and no effort whatever is made to reform her. This is the tenderness of parents carried to neb an excess natll, like many a vir tare, it becomes a vice. Another woman much bettor known, because handsomer and richer, not long ago took a diamond

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bracelet from her most intimate friend, and let a maid be discharged because she denied so positively that she had taken ^t. The maid, how ever, got a detective and told him her story. A good reward was offered for the bracelet, and it was discovered in a down -town pawnshop, where mademoiselle had gotten a hundred dollars on it. For what? That she might buy au expensive scarf-pin to give on Easter day to tho man she was going to marry. She believed t,he end justified tho means, but I am afraid alio will be less generous in the future. But what can we expect? Who teaches a daughter to bo honest? Ono says to a little girl, "Be good." To a boy, "Be an honost man.'' As long as honesty is considered essentially a masculine virtue we need not be surprised if it is neither appreciated nor practised by women.

ANEW YORK MONEY-LENDER. Did you ever try to borrow any money? mean from the people who make a business of loading it? Here is an experience for you: A young woman I know wanted a hundred dollars and had a seal coat worth five hundred on which she thought she could raise it. She could not bear to go to a regular pawnbroker—so she carefully rend the papers until she found an advertisement that suited her. The place was on Broadway and a private parlor for ladies was announced. Down she went, wearing her coat. She asked for tho man whoso name was on the sign, and to her horror there appeared one with whose face she was perfectly familiar, inasmuch as she had seen him in front of the different hotels in the city, and had had the pleasure of being stared at by his boid eyes. He greeted her as if she had been an old friend, and put out a pudgy hand, on which glittered an immense diamond ring, that she met half way, because she was so frightened she didn't know what else to do. Her legs were trembling so she. sat down, and ho took the chair just opposite her. He mentioned the various places where he had seen her, who she was with, and said sho was a woman he had always admired. At this sho grew brave enough to say that she had come to borrow a little money in fact, a hundred dollars. Quickly he became a business man, and asked on what? She said on her coat, told him whore It came from, how much it cost, and that It had been, very little worn. He said ho was willing'8 to let her have it rang a bell, and had a boy bring in the money.

HOW WOMEN ARK TEMPTED. Then he gave her a receipt for the coat, and then the beast told her his terms she was to pay him five dollars a month for the use of this hundred dollars, and to bring it in person, orsond him aletter written by herself with it as he refused to acknowledge receiving the money if it was sent without the message. She wanted the money so badly that she accepted these terms, got up and took off her coat preparatory to going. Then the money broker said: "Do you play the piano? Because if you do I shall be so glad to let you take a couple of diamond rings and sell them for me—you'd make a neat little sum of money by It." With almost the last bit of courage she possessed the poor little woman told him that she did not play the piano and then he sighed, "What a pity! A little woman like you could so easily work them off on some of your gentlemen friends!"

THE WORST HAD NOT COMK. As the unfortunate borrower was leaving she was touched on the shoulder, and the man said to her, "You've a nice little figure. Don't yon want to know some men about town?" With a last, last gasp as far as courage went, she turned and fled, leaving her coat behind her. When the first of the month came the five dollars and the hundred dollars were both paid, bnt they were paid by a lawyer, who sent home that coat by a messenger, and who threatened if that creatnre over dared mention the name of the prxrr unfortunate little fly who had walked into bis net he would be had up for usury. Do you wonder that the woman who is hard up goes wrong many times? And if the woman tempted the man in the banning, don't you think the man lias bean tempting the woman ever since?

THE IKFF.UENCE OF

The Toby frill, with its wide pleating of lisse or muslin, is encircling the throat of every other woman In New York, and tasking ber look as if It were the

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necting link between her head and ber body. JV* fleet is to give to the face a look stroftgirfsugKWtive of that worn by "Simple as represented in the nursery books Jiiwikiiid abhors th* frill, but approves Its saccessor, which is going to bes foil lace collar and deep frill* snch ss one win the flctaresof the Stuart type, law Is for your very "bestest" gown, and for every day you must look a demure Puritan, with a turned-down collar of white Unen and deep linen cuffs. Talk sbout the influence of dress «i conldn't to save your soul sing "Rawie Dawsle" with this quieting linen upon you while once you are enframed in the lace frills yon find yourself baying a copy of the life of Nell Gwynne, and singing "Over the water to Charlie." BAB.

The finest programme of the series at the Ringgold concert at German la ball to-morrow night.

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