Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 October 1891 — Page 1

Vol.

22.—No. 19

TOWN TALK.

"THE ALTITUDINOUS KICKER WHO MAKES PEOPLE TIRED.

Together with th® Sf»» who Know* all About the Way Paper Shoald be Conducted -Belief at La*t from the Howling

I»or, hut the Wl«k«l Boy Continue*. If the Almighty ever created a human lie lug of Jo«u» u#e to hi* fellows than any *other of hi* specie* it i* the chronic kicker. He came Into the world with /the colic and bin entire life has ieen a squeal. If he could live a thousand yearn it would be one continual kick with him all the while, until he finally kicked himself into a hotter place than /this, where he would doubtless try to /make it warmer oven for Satan himself. The kicker is one of those "Mictions which r.ve's indiscretion doubtless brought on the human race, and as a source of annoyance he has succeeded In making himself a shining success. He can cause more profanity

In a few minutes work than a disappointed offlce seeker would get on the Outside of in the course of a year. Of course there are times and occasions when a good, honest kick is deairablo and accomplishes good, bill that kind of kicker Is not referred to here. It Is the follow who Is always prying his nose into affairs which do not concern him

In the remotest degree, and who would walk ten miles out of his way any time to make his kick if he thought he could injure any person by «o doing. In his mind ho is a great man who has been turned IOOMO in this world to regulate Its affairs, and it Is always au unfinished Job with him. Ills attention is always given to the BITAITH of others, hieh creates a we!I grounded belief that he has no business of his own, and that Is generally tho ease. Ho Is full of sound, but nover takes anything to chock tho dlarrhuM of words with which he is »filleted or to relieve the constipation of thought which Is not in him. Tho worst feature of his work is that he seldom, If ever, makes his kick to his victim's face. Being without either morel or physical courage he Is not above taking every underhand advantago which comes In hi# »nd ij*oops to inuondo, Insinuation and lying in a manner which bespeaks the adept In all such art*. Like the Covenantors of old he would kill men for merely differing

In opinion with him, no matter how small the matter may no. His inconsistency, too, Is almost as great and tiresome as his talk, but that Is nothing remarkable, although he is the only person whose notice it escapes. Hw kicks on others !*r mistakes he has committed frequently himself, and which ho stands ready to commit again under similar circumstances. Ho doesn't believe that besides himself, any person lould have an opinion which they ars liberty to express. If he should hapen to be In business he kieka If his telghbor succeeds better than he. If

Is In politics any man who differs nun him in opinion ought, aceordlug 0 his notion, to be kicked out of the arty, and if he chances to be a church uemher he kicks on every other 1 (nomination as being on the broad lul to perdition. The kicker is a very rest man, in his own estimation what ie doesn't know he doesn't believe .vorth knowing, but, all the same, that w|\ich he doesn't know would till S^rersl very Isrge volumes, in fart joold make an extensive library ol i^neral useful information, a little of Which would do him a world a good If

Is narrow mind could only grasp it. now TO NR.N A CACKU. A very near relative of the chronic dicker, and as great a nnisan#© In his vay, Is the man who knows all about tinning a paper, Aa the air we breathe o«t» nothing, and as advice Is cheap, he 1 very lilmral in giving the latter away, (e is great ot» going back a generation od telling how John Jones and Bill «mlth UMHI to run papers which were night after by tfee masse# and read igerly by everybody,and then moraliice rer the modern defeneration of the ^rt** in genaral and the "Dally ump«l" in particular. Ilia paper is ever what it ought to be. Somalim*s he editor i» abused for what the paper ntains, and often for that which it pwn't contaia. It la never run to hla „.te politically, being sometimes too rigorous, and at othsr time* too tame it leans too much toward emocrary, and at others it is too

Mih-aiiT r*pubn*n—at any rate, it i» iev*r run to still this newspaper man ho knows Utile of anything and l*«* •«UH about newspaper businaaa. Someime* he favors a vfgorott* j»!kj »#l rops In to tell the editor how he should •jteh Into so ami #o and raise hades enerslly. But a*k him to mmk* th© tiark over his signature and tee sneaks nto his hole. One weald naturally suppose that a man who Has all hit money

In a newspaper, who has given

iia best year* of his life to building p, and who baa tnada it a saccaa#, agbt to feuow something about running I but rd lug to this eapttou* critic knows no more sl*ut hi* ba#loe» tan a mule does aboat the apmtl*' reed. One* In a long while a few of

these amateur journalists combine to start a paper for the purpose of teaching a lesson and reforming the world. This was tried in a town not more than a thousand mile* from Terra Haute not long nine* with tha inevitable result— the investors lost all they had in the concern, made more enemies than they cau reconcile in a lifetime,accomplished no good to any person, while the concern was in debt wherever it could run Its face, and finally expired in .the sheriff's bauds. A paper is like any other brtslness. Its proprietor runs It to make money, and not as a means of recreation. To succeed, it must be run on business principles it should deal impartially with all matters, and should accord every man fair play. You have all seen men who believe in a short life and a merry one thsy start on their career with plenty of money, make their life one of carousal which rapidly increase* the pace until it kills, and die ia poverty before reaching their prime. Their life might have been one of usefulness but tlfey chose to make It otherwise. A paper run on tho same principle can live no longer, and will die with just as few friends around It. Where an evil exists it should be handled without gloyef until it is corrected, but this thing of making life a continual "hurrah" is just a triile wearing uo matter how much it may be to the taste of a few self contained journalists in private life who are willing to pat tho editor on tho back so long as he will bear the brunt of the attack and nota*k thorn to share the responsibility.

FOB MI'KDKRING 8L.KBI'.

There is nothing more refreshing than sound sleep after a day of tiresome work, nor is thore anything so aggravating as to have one's sleep butchered by a howling dog, kept by some thoughtless neighbor, who seems to enjoy the unrest of those around him. Many pooplo of this city hav'o suffered long from this uuisauco in Iguorance of the fact that there Is a remedy. It appears that away back in 18(54, when good old Albert Lange was mayor, and tho cityhad for council men such citizens as W. R, McKeen, Allen Pence and the late John II. O'Boyle and Joseph Fellenzer (tho city was republican then, too) some one introduced and secured the passago of an ordinance, making unlawful for any person to harboi or keep any animal of the dog kind, which by loud and frequent or habitual barking, howling and yelping, shall cause any serious annoyance or disturbance to the neighborhood, and providing a penalty not to exceed twenty dollars. Tho law seems to havo boon forgotten or overlooked for years at least no attempt has ewr been made to enforco it until this week, when the wife of an east end blacksmith tiled a complaint against a neighbor under it, and tho mayor assessed him two dollars and trimmings for the offense. The age of the law Is no argument against its enforcement, because tho howling dsg Is just as much of a nuisance to*da&§p it was In 1864. and nuu?h uiore nulp||ps. There Is a surplus of dogs, howling and otherwise, in the city anyhow and about seventy-live per cent, of the canine population could Iw spared without any person snflering any inconvenience. Now that some one has found nerve enough to inaugurate hostilities against tho howling dog It is to bo hoped the good work will be continued until the cur becomes extinct.

HAD HOYS ON Til* STRBKTS.

Some one has cooiplained of the bad conduct of boys south Eighth street, and makes a vigorous kick against its continuance. That portion of town hasn't a monopoly of that kind of boys. They are Indigenous, and are to be found In alt portions of the city and among all classes of boys. They congregate on street corners and make night hideous with their yells. When the weather is good they congregate around the fire department houses where they can be found by scores, but are generrlly under some restraint there. Sometimes they vary the noisy monotony by throwing atone*, and if there is a vacant botlae in the neighborhood they soon leave it a total wreck. To remonstrate with them ia worse than usclees, and only draw* forth jeers and eureee. They always keep a keen lookout for a policeman, and it ia about aa difficult for that worthy to catch them at their pranks as it is for a sportsman to get a shot at a crow. Of course much of the alleged depravity ia harmless and may properly be charged to the exuberance of youth. Take it the world over, boys will be boys, and they mast have their fun regardless of th® consequent*®. When the fan is harmless there ia no use trying to curtail it. There was a time when we were all boy*, except the girls, and who doe* not look buck with pleasure to the good old day* and wish he could commence life over again at that stage?

The king of Slam ia attended by a guard composed exclusively of 4,090 of the prettiest young women in his realm.

Senator Sherman, in his library at Mansfield, has a la***

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VICTORIOUS BANKERS.

TAX COMMISSIONERS KNOCKED DOWN AND DRAGGED OUT-

They Were Not Granted Inquisitorial 'Powers, Jior do they Constitute a Court at all—The Metropolitan Case In Course of Digestion by the Supreme Court.

THK KTKOrOf.lTAN LAW.

The argument in the appeal from Judge McNutt's decision in the metropolitan police muddlo was heard in the Supreme court Tuesday morning. The city was represented by Attorney A. C. Harris, of Indianapolis, and City Attorney Stlmson, aud the police commissioners by Judge Jump and Attorney J. D. Early. Each side was allowed an hour and a quarter in which to present its side of the case. The city argued that there Is no possible relation between the number of school children and police regulations, and that, consequently, the basis of classification which restricts the law to Terre Haute alone is arbitrary, unreasonable and Illegal. It was also argued that tbe Fourteenth amendment to the National constitution, which re quires, In effect, that all persons shall have equal rights, and privileges, and protection, Is isolated by the law. Tho commissioners combatted this doctrine and insisted that the officers who were ousted, and not tbe city, were the only persons who could bring the suit. A decision will be rendered in a few days.

ODD FELLOWS.

Important Meeting of

re-proof vault

containing his enormous private correspondence with prominent men and women. There i» material for a magni&cwot autograph collect km in this meats of letter*.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1891

The Marlon eounty Superior court last Tuesday handed down a decision in the case in which the Indiana baukers locked horns with the State Board of Tax Commissioners. The decision is in all respects in favor of the banks. The point in dispute it will bo remembered, was as to the right of the Tax Board to compel the banks to show a list of their depositors, with the amount credited to each on the first day of last April. The demands of the Tax Commissioners were resisted and three test cp.ses, one of a State, and one of a private, and one of a National bank were made up.

The decision was in the case of Phillip C. Decker, of the German Bank of Evansville, against the tax board on habeas corpus proceedings. Decker bad been fined $500 for refusing to produce his books. Refusing to pay the fine, be was ordered committed to jail, and the habeas corpus pVoceedings brought all the questions involved before the court.

The attorneys for the bankers based tlioir resistance on tbeso tbreo propositions: 1. That the statute rightly construed does not confer inquisitorial powers on the tax board. 2. That the tax board is not a court, aud therefore has no power to fiue or commit to prison. 3. That the provisions of the State and Federal Constitutions declare that no man shall be subject to unreasonable search and seizure of bis papers, and the Legislature is fornidden to confer that power inqnisitorialy.

On each of these three propositions the finding was in favor of the banks. It was hold further by Judge Taylor that the authority and functions of the State Tax Board are limited to the assessment or the valuation of railroads and to equalization of assessments as betwoon countries, and that when it tried to pry into the affairs of the banks it assumed an authority that is unconstisutlonal. The petitioner,. Decker, is therefore ordered discharged.

The decision Is a lengthy one, containing about 6,000 words, and was listened to with much attention by the members of the Indianapolis bar, and the attorney general, Green Smith, who has caused all the trouble, and who could write several large volumes on what he doesn't know about law. It Is verysweeplng in its character and doesn't leave standing room for the board or its illegal adviser. It covers all the ground completely, and is just as the Mall said along It would bo. The case will now go the Supreme court on appeal.

A MAN'S OBSERVATIONS.

THE UNGRATEFULNESS OF PEOPLE AS SEEN IN EVERY DAY LIFE.

Some Thins* Which ara Calculated to Give the Averag« Man the Blaw, Although it is Better to Take Things Easy aiodlet tbe Other Fellow Walk the Floor.

When a man or woman displays a spirit of ungratefulness, they also exhibit a heartless body. Terre Haute is full of this class of individuals. With apparently heartfelt prayers they accept the kindness of friends when those are most needed, and it is surprising how quickly those friends and their kindly offices are lost to memory by those who are benefitted. There are some so wanting in the attribute of common decency, as to put themselves out of the way to injure those who have stood by them in their direst need. "A friend in need is a friend indeed," says tbe old proverb, but- to this class such a friend is deserving of no more consideration than a stranger. In

fact

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their ungrateful hearts

turn sympathetically to the stranger in preference. Is it any wonder then, that the kindly disposed hesitate ere they manifest a disposition to alleviate the sufferings of tbe unfortunate, or extend a helping hand to those who need assistance. There are cases innumerable where the hand of the party aided, has been raised to. smite tbe benefactor. We must admit that we live in an uncharitable world, yet it is bard to comprehend how one who has been rescued from the slough of despond, can tum about and strike and trample upon his rescuer. These things, however, are evidenced in the exciting whirl of everyday life, where philanthropy is at a discount and beartlessness at a premium. The hardened world renders adamant the softest hearts and all appear as participants in a race of Ingratitude, immorality and baseness. Still we adhere to the principle that a man or woman who can wilfully turn their backs upon a friend, is unworthy to be denominated aught else save contemptible. a

Taking it easy is a perscription not always easy to take. When business is 'dSjjtt and bills are unpaid and the note at tbe bank is likely to go to protest, it is hard to take the matter easily and smile graciously to every acquaintance and crack jokes at the breakfast-table. Whon the monthly bills are double the income, and one does not see exactly where the money is coming from to meet the demands of the occasion, It Is rather difficult to sit comfortably in a stuffed chair, or preserve an air placid serenity when customers come In and neglect to buy. It is hard to take it easily when the cook spoils the Sunday dinner, und the chambermaid wipes the pictureframes with a camphene cloth, and a caller sits down on your new hat, and your boy's coat is out at the elbow before you have money for the new one promised long ago. Smiles are usually pleasant articles to look at, but sometimes they are hard to manufacture and when tbe gentlemanly capitalist forecloses on your pretty house for a sum not half its value, or your favorite horse dies of epizooty, or your pet boy is suspend'ed from college because of his stupidity of disposition, or your daughter is jilted by the fellow you had doted on having

son-in-law,

Order to he Held

Here Next Week.

A meeting of importance to all Odd Fellows ia this portion of the state will be held in this city next Tuesday. There will be ao banqueting or display, bat the time will be devoted exclusively to the exemplification of ritualistic work. The following programme has been pre* pared for the occasion 10 3» a. m.—Degree of Rebekab. to 4300 p.»—Initiatory Degree. 4£9

SiSO p. m.—First Decree.

»2tt to 165»p. ttk—Third Degree. The programme for each degree will be the satae, and as follow*

J.—KsecnpHOcaUoo of Ritoalistlc Work. 1—Addrwss—Explanatory of Degree. 4.—Ct* written Work. 4.—q»«*tioa* and Aoawert. The addresses will be by tbe following brothers, subject to a alight change if necessary: J. B. Oockram, U. Z. Wiley, A. N. Grant, Oeorge Shirts.

When tbinl degree ia completed, brothers will he privileged to aaksach reaaoaable qoeati4»Bs relative to ]*w, work, practice, etc, as may fre aaggesied, followed by general interchange of ide*s.

The meeting aril! be under control of the grand master, an will have no ere* tire or legislative power. Delegates will be in attends ice from all the worrcro udiftg town*.

who adds insult to in­

jury by marrying Miss Clouts over the way, to preserve one's temper and wreathe the face in smiles Is as bard as

to

raise geraniums In a refrigerator. If you have spent fifteen thousand dollars on an election in order thai the country may have the benefit of your disinterested and Invaluable services, it is no easy matter to congratulate your rival OD bis election and subscribe for a complimentary dinner. It rubs tbe fur of human nature the wrong way, and excites the latent electricity which is not confined to the cat species. We may just as well confess that there are simple things which are very hard to do and keeping easy under all circumstances is one of them. It is not every man tbat has the philoeophical composure of the mill-owner who, when his factory was burning, quietly remarked tbat the pleasure of earning eighty thousand dollars was compensation enough for him, and having done it once he could do it again, or semething better. Bat there is no question that this disposition is a very convenient commodity to have a large supply of in these uncertain and pinching times. There Is a good deal oiore disquiet, chafing, wad Irritation among as than is wholesome or well. We fret too much over things that cannot be helped, and the boiUng over of the pot pate out tbe fire. Competition mekes our people eager, and it is hard not to quicken one's pace when everybody else is on the runIt would be really better far our health If we took things more easily, end laughed and joked and played with children and made merry with friends in the teeth of misfortune- More people fret themselves out than work themselves out. Cballng is taking things by the wrong handle and cutting the fin gem iwrtead of earring the meet. Tbe eockeie of human nature require a greet deal of the oil of gladness to keep them

in good working order, and the art of life consists very largely in keeping them well lubricated. In these crowded ways people do grind into each other terribly unless they protect themselves by fenders of good feeling, as ships keep their sides from being rubbed through. To take things easy is the happy way. We tire of teasing one who turnp every criticism into a joke, and tbe fates relent and grow kind toward those who keep an unfailing ato$k of sunshine for cloudy days and welcome the storms for rest or experiment. There was sound wisdom in the course of the woman who was terrified by ligbtuing till she caught a glimpse of its effects on tbe landscapos, and forget^her fears in watching its spectacles and admiring its splendor, Americans are pioverbially anxious. They borrow trouble when they do not have It, aud when they have a little they borrow more. They are too much exercised about to-morrow to quite enjoy to daj' or use it to the best advantage. One of the things we need especially to cultivate as a peeple is the act of taking things easy. It makes a world of difference in the comfort of life whether the peas in the shoes are hard or cooked.

Notes and Comments.

Somnambulism is the latest scientific excuse to bo brought forward for crime. As for justice herself, the somnambulism of the scale-holding goddess has long been utilized as a protection for criminals.

Before England joins France in a demonstration against China had she not better ascertain what her relations with France are likely to be when the coming European war breaks out? The missionaries had better come home.

Hotel clerks are by these presents appraised that there is some fear of a glut of diamonds, the production being very large, but for a few years at least ornaments of American tin may glitter on their shirt fronts without fear of becoming too common.

The Cincinnati Enquirer prints a long item a&out a girl of 8 years who has never heard of God. It is a sad case. But look. at Russ Harrison. He has hoard of afod,' and $4*" ho mm- tlie American navy should carry him free to Sandy Hook and back whenever be wants to go.

The Hon. Calvin S. Brlce does not spend all his time chasing rainbows. Just now he is trying to compel the citizens of Dayton, O., to pay 26 cents for natural gas which he agreed to furnish for 10 cents. It is the hard, substantial and almighty dollar that Mr. Brlce is chasing with tho greatest zeal aud energy, and it may be said in passing that his efforts in this direction have beou more successful than his pursuit of the elusive rainbow.

Tbe first dress reformer has ventured out into the ftreetn of Boston in a snort Hkirt, Turkish trousers and top boots— altogether a striking and probably a graceful costume. Butasyet the indicia of Nuccess arp wanting in tho Boston end of this movement. We hear nothing of Ibsen, or esoteric Buddhism, or the poomsof Emily Dickinson in connection with tho reform, and it is sadly to bo feared that the best people are not interesting themselves in it. This Is a pity. Cannot there be some fusion of interests?

It is most natural that the peOple'sparty leaders should desire to havtpostmasters and federal judges elected. They dote on elections, abd tho more elections they bave the better. People who have no especial fondness for elections simply because they are elections will not, perhaps, be so anxious to see experiments tried with

two

branches of public service

which are, on tbe whole, very satisfactory. Cemparing judges which are elected with those which are appointed, one finds, it must be confessed, no argument for the election of judges. j.

The paragrapher has made no end of sport of tbe European war cloud, but it isn't as chimerical as it was. Russians are hungry, and the bear is always extremely quarelsome when he's underfed. It was Napoleon's idea that Europe, like an ill-conditioned man, needed bleeding, and 21 years of bad blood have made her full of faumon*. A large number of prominent generale are eager for tbe opportunity to achieve greatness, and tbe masses of soldiery—well, they don't count in monarchies. If royalty wants to fight, their more or less ignorant subjects will have to furnish the blood.

Tbe report of the formation of a "League of Peace" under the distinguished suspioes of the exar la not to be lightly discredited. The czar is for peace, and has said so Himself quite lately. If we hear,that Servla, Montenegro and Greece, those vigorous and formidable powers, feel themselves sufficiently free from other engagements to ally themselves with Rttsela—es pedally when they behold two of

France's nearest unhampered neighbors, Denmark and Sweden, accepting her as a partner—no body should look incred ulous. The peace society itself could do no more than the caear is reported to have done. When will he bring Persia and Afghanistan into this quiet fold?

Twenty-stcond Year

TRIALS OF PRETTY GIRLS*.

A STORY ABOUT GIRLS AND WRITTEN FOR GIRLS.

Written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox In her Usual Inimitable Style—A Story With Moral, Abound lupin Interest,and .Should be Read by All.

Dolly Sumner was a beauty from her birth. People exclaimed over her cradle, over her baby carriage, and as she grew old enough to walk out with her nurse or witb her parents, she was accustomed to seeing everybody turn to look at her, and to bear llatteringexpressions about her lialr, her eyes, her teeth, ber complexion. All ibis would havo spoiled her long before our story begins but for the counteracting effect of her mother's iuliuenee.

Dolly adored her mother, who was a most sweet and tender womatf, and quite an invalid. So when sho saw her mother weeping, it broke her little heart and made her very serious. One of tho first things which Dolly remembered was having her mother take her aside and say: "You are very, very pretty dear, but instead of being proud and vain, you want to cousider it a dangerous gift, and something to make you very, very careful in your conduct. You never want to speak about your beauty, but you want to realize in your heart that it makes you a sort of target to attract public attentiou. Any bad conduct or careless bebaylor on your part wj.ll be noticed and talked about, and it will bo said tbat you have nothing but a pretty face to rocommend you and if you aro a poor scholar and backward in your lessons, people will say you have an empty head behind your pretty face. You can never know what real privacy or retirement Is, for you will always be noticed and solfish men will try to make you bolievo all tholr silly and false words, and jealous women will wound your feelings. Oh, It is a very, very sad thing, a very grave thing to be the possessor of such beauty as yours, and it makes mo so sad to think of all the trouble it may bring you, as it brought your aunt?" And then Mrs. Sumner usually ended in a fit of weeping, which made her little daugb'"S#tdeeii, and filled hot- with a tremendous sense of responsibility.

Dclly was devoutly fond of her dear mother, who was a swoot dear, soul, and she brooded over her words, which were repeated just often enough to bo always impressivo, and they acted as a strong antidote to the llattery she received from every quarter.

So at fourteen, instead of being a vain, spoiled child, witb llippant,disagreeable manners and conscious airs, as most beautiful girls become at that nge, Dolly was modest, unassuming, and remarkably serious for her years. And sho was too, an unusual scholar, having applied herself earne-tly to her books, for fear of hearing it said that, her pretty face had an omntv head behind it and as she was not quick to learn, she often was obliged to remain indoors at recess to study, or to he earlier in the morning to con over some lesson.

Already she had found the thorn iri her rose of beauty. One day she came borne from school and threw herself on the floor at her mother's feet, weeping bitterly. "Oh, mamma," she cried, "I wish I were a real homely girl! I am so tired of being pretty and having to give up ail tbe fun at school. To-day I stayed in both recesses, and part of tbe noon hour, so as to bave my lesson, and Ellen Graves said they never had so much fun in the court as to-day. She failed in lots of her examples and couldn't answer one of tbe questions in grammar, and she didn't seem to care, either and tbe teacher did not reprove her at all. Every body says Ellen is tbe homeliest girl in the school, but sho seems to bave tbe best time of any of as, and the teacber gives her ber way In everything." "Well, dear, that is because EUen'e father Is a very rich man," answered her mother gently. "It is a great shame tbat the school-teachers so often show partiality toward tbelr rich pupils but such Is the case tbe world overt Ellen's plain face will never attract attention to her deficiencies, and ber money will gild them over if tbey are noticed. But as you bave beauty and no wealth, you must strive to make yourself invulnerable to the world's criticisms. Your poor aunt would never take this view of it, and ber whole life was one sad failure and tragedy in ooneequence. It would break my heart to have you follow in her footsteps."

One day Dolly overheard a neighbor remark to her mother: "How delighted you must have been when you first sawthat your little girl was tbe possessor of euch unusual beauty!" and sbe heard ber mother reply: "On the contrary, it VM the saddest aud most troubled time of my life. I was heart-broken when I saw that her childish beauty was going develop into something greater as a woman, for saw in her the reproduction of my beautiful and unfortunate sister. I would rather aee Dolly in her coffin to-day than to know sbe would live through such misfortune* as my •Oopyilfbted.