Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 November 1891 — Page 1

Vol. 22,—No. 22

TOWN TALK.

THE ART OF SECURING CASES BY QUESTIONABLE MEANS.

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He Is never consulted on the moat trivial case advising his client into a law suit. It make* no difference how trivial the case, or that it could lie nettled satlsractorll.y to all parties concerned for a few dollar*, his client must go to law in order that he can make ashowing in court and collect a fee. Such ease* are not wo rare as one would suppose, and the wonder is thatauch people can continue to practice. It is true they rarely have the name client twice, but the world Is full of people who seem to bo ever ready to f*ll into Just Much traps, and there always Home around looking for just such vieUius,

MR "HAH t.AW RR mnKr»." Then there is another man who is always looking around in search of a lawMilt, but thl* time ho isn't a lawyer. Neither in he much of a busines* man, else he would find something more profitable to which to turn his attention. He is generally an antiquated old fossil who should have been burn three or four hundred years ago and should have been stillborn at that. He is out of his day and generation In the world at the present time. He is always daixMng around with a chip on his shoulder wanting some one to knock it«»It so he can have a law suit on hand. Hut he is most contemptible when he chances to hold some position which is In the nature of things semi public. Then his meanness shiues forth in all It* pristine glory, and that every person doesn't administer a sound kick in passing is simply because he is beneath contempt. ll» is ahvays snarllug at something or somebody, and his everlasting rUHsedncs* creates the impression that he lies awake nights dovising some new deviltry which he can perpetuate upon some hapless victim. If there is any person of whom he thinks he can take advantage with itnpunlu he will lose no time in doing it, but will hasten to prolong the infliction with all his might. He is generally man of means sufficient to live easily, and the possessor of a dispnsit'on so devilish that »SaWn will k*ep him in his service here far beyond the time allotted to letter men. Then he is one of those fellows who wants to do all the fighting himself, and cannot bear to have any person strike back, it is frequently the boast of such a fellow that bo has "a lawyer hired" to wateh the papers for hitu. and if anything libelous appears he will bring suit at once. Ilia existent® in oae continual round of snarl, bite and dtsagr*«*blene»». No person ban any respect for him, and to know htm Is to hate hlns. Ilia Hfe furnlsnea one of those unsolvable enigmas, and eventually every one in compelled to give up guesting what he was created for. stKKirr tMrROVKMKNTS ASP

Along about spring election time each year there I* a marked activity In the matter of cleaning the street* and putting them in repair. This t* wot only gvnxi thing for the *treeu» and the men who are given employment, but It la expected to assist th* P*rt* power by catching the vote* of the men to whom employment is given. The attempt a short time *gv» to defer street work until March next had probably some *»ek «ch*m« as this at the bottom. But the men *h work on the streets will not have to look t'' th« city far work tiwl spring. Th«* who have the contract for psvteg Main ted Sixth street* will fee able to «ork all the wen they can K«t. and way find it nocoasary to import a few, This will tend la destroy th» political ittrtaenop of the iW*l brigaile, which t* not io Ise rogrvtted. Hvtl »rrvt.-r k» a gmat thing, e**n when applied to street improvements, and when

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HUiii~Stre«rt« and Politic*, etc.

"It takes all sorts of people to make up a community add it requires a variety of talent to constitute a bar," remarked a gent'eman to the writer a short time ago while engaged in conversation about a lawsuit then in progress. The gentleman wan a lawyer himself, and had a grievance. He says there are a few Hhysters in thin, a* in every other community, who lie in wait for client*, and use every means which they can command to steal business from brother attorney*. A cane wan cited in which suit was brought, and it w.vm not until the cane had been called for trial tnat the plaintiff became aware of the fact that the attorney who represented him was not the person he believed ho had employed at all. Ho had been Kent to a certain firm by a friend aud chanced to make inquiry or some attorney whom he mot in a hall way, and that attorney, having mere time than UiiHluess, steered him Into his own office, got a statement of Jhis caw, and in a very short time had the complaint made out and filed, his client in the meantime being under the Impression that ho was in the hands of the llrm for whom he hail been looking. Tills practitioner in closely related to the other who advises every person who goes to him for advice to go to law, and in that way

a groat show of business.

the council appointed tbe present street commissioner it did as much to check active Republican work as anything which has been done since, and that is saying a great deal. Of course the contract work on the streets next year will have no political significance. The men who will do the work are only lnterosted In complying with the terms of their contract and doing their work well. But if there was any disposition to make votes itcouli be used with telling effect.

BKMOVK THE POWDER HOUSES. For some time an effort has been made to remove powder magazine* from within the city limits, but there is an element in the council which seems bound to prevent it. The Hazzard company has a powder house in the southwest portion of town which seems bound to stay whether the city wants it there or not. Its agent has boasted of bulldozing thirty city councils,and intimated that he would do the same with this one. The magazine is a menace to life and property as long HH it is allowed to remain where it is. An explosion of a poivder storage house in this state not long ago caused an immense destruction of property, and the lesson should not be passed by in silence. Threats to remove tho agency from the city should not bo allowed to have any offect in the mutter. The owners of the concern are not only maintaining a nuisance, but something whioh is a standing menace to life and property. Tho fact that an agent boasts of bulldozing should afford tho council sufficient reason for immediate action. The powder house (should not be allowed to stand upon the order of itH going, but should be made to depart an once. thk nooM of '52.

The building season of 1890 was said to have been the best this city has ever experienced, asd that of 1891 has not been far behind it—probably would not have been behind it at all had not the striKe of last spring seriously interferred with contemplated work. But the building boom of* 1892 promises to eclipse all previous efforts in that direction. The immense crops of this yoar aud tho big prices which they have commanded have put the whole country In good humor. Business has already felt the reviving influence of agricultural prosperity, and an the crops continue to come in the boom "will spread. Good Crops mean better business, better business means more money, and more money moans more extensive investments. Koi several years there has boon a steadily increasing demand for more housos in town, Mid in six years the aggregate amount put into new business houses and dwellings has been enormous. But the builders say that nothing which has heretofore been attempted In their line will equal the work in prospect for next year. The town is growing. It isn't having a boom In the Kansas sense of tho word, but Is steadily growing, Property is valuable anywhere within the corporate limits, or in a reasonable distauce on the outside. Owners and purchasers both know this, and no one over has to make a sacrifice in selling. a imtiu.ic wkkuikh.

The fact that the city appoints a man 11 inspect scales is no guarantee that the people will obtain honest weight, because it is a very easy matter to change weights ami balances, no matter how often they are inspected. To a certain extent this could be guarded against. In the purchase of groceries and such things it is a dangerous matter for a business man to give short weight, for many of his customers weigh tlieir purchases at home, nor does any person believe there is much cheating done this way. It in pretty hard, however, to make many cltf*ens believe that when they purchase coal they ever receive honest weight. Of course this is a slur upon the dealers, and in the great majority of cases the charge is without foundation. But there i* a way to avoid all this trouble. The city should have a public weigher and scales, and every load of coal, hay, or anything else sold in large quantities by weight, should be weighed there. There would be nothing In this objectionable to aoy honest man. It would satisfy the purchaser aud protect the seller against many groundless chargaa which are now made. Will the couneil do It?

A sign on a London shop reads: "Plots for novels or short stories. Prices reasonable." The occupant of the shop Is said to have a rare talent for devising plot*, bat no great power of narraUoo, so he sells hi# Ideas, The establishment of such shops in Ibis country would be hailed with delight by along suffering public, who hare been compelled to wade through pufM of the egotistic matter of unimaginative writer*.

In this age of railroad reword breaking on ordinary and regular train*, it Is ptasaant to know that the Flying Yankee will be outdone by the New York and Buffalo express, which will cover the distance, 410 mile*, including four stop*, in eight ho or* and forty minutes an average of nearly 61 milw an hoar. Bat even this t» surpassed In England, where upon the Great Northern tbe train from Grantham to London, 105H' wiles, make* the run in one boor and fifty-ae*an mla* uuss. averaging 14 mi lea an hoar Uw en tlr*

A MAN'S OBSERVATIONS.

SWELL WEDDINGS AND HOW SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT THEM-

A Dissertation on the Gallant Bachelor, Who Tolls Not, Neither Does He Spin, Yet Always Manages to Kwjoy Life, Until

Finally Society Drops Him. Young people about to be married feel no little concern as to whether they are to hare a quiet wedding or a swell affair. Unless they have an abundance of wealth in their own name, they naturally look to the parents for a display. To young and inexperienced people, a big show at the wedding is of more importance to them than the wedding itself. They fail to comprehend how quickly the fog of obscurity envelope tbe people over whose spectacular weddings such abominable fuss is made. They cannot realize that a grand wedding and reception is only momentary, lasts for a day or two in memory and is then obliterated by other events of a similar cabraeter. They do not appear to care what may attend their future if they can only get a glorious send off at the start. They would rather spend every dollar they possess than be obliged to submit to a quiet marriage. They are even willing to cripple the circumstances of their parents to gratify this desire. Parents have due consideration for their children and very frequently do procure music, supper, dancing aud other accessories to make the wedding appear fashionable. Experience lias demonstrated that it i-s injudicious for children to start life in this way unless they nan well afloM it. It Is equally unwise for parents to encourage this class of weddlntrs. If people have plenty of money, they have the right to spend it as they see tit. If they have not, they should not attempt to suit life with such nn exhibition of extravagance. Weddings are tho natural result of love, and love need* none of this fictitious graudour to cement "two hearts that, beat as one." Tinsel and show is all well enough for stage weddings, hut in real life it looks like folly so transparent as to elicit criticism and reflect discreditably upon all concerned.

The gallant bactel duce him to our read portly. His age may tween thirty and to native Is smiling and garments which he wea cut, and tho quality of excellent. There is mo and there are rings on mil lingers. A massive gold chain dangles in frofit of his waist-coat, and diamond|tudsglitter upon festive occasions in hW shirt front. Perhaps you would like tq bave Atl explanation of all this. The explanation is simple. When we repeat Ills oft-reit-erated declaration that he l»"Qot a marrying man, we have given lt^ Heh successfully steered his jbark atnidkt th shoals and quicksands df society, and,is now so accomplished a marijMl tha£ ifio one supposes that he wlljftever suffer shipwreck. The feat which he^has performed is a great on©, and he Is proud of it. lie dwells upon hi* cleverness and prudence with unctuous satisfaction. He holds himself up as an example for young men to imitate. He laughs contemptnosly at the poor fools who have yielded to feminine fasciuatians and burdened themselves with the care of wives and households. As he puts it, his object in life is to make himself completely comfortable, and ho doea so. Ou tbe other hand, married men, as lie also put* it, don't. You cannot gull biro with the argument that it is,easier for man to keep and I wlfotba# himself only, and he tells yon so wrjjjj

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many scornful hfcughs. It most not understood, however, that bo holds tbe female sex in cotitempt. The gall an creature dotes upon It. He follows it from place to place. There Is scarcely a ball-room In which he does not put in an appearance in ortler worship it. At bazaar* he shinee with a brilliant lustre in his effort* to pay it becoming homage. Of many a velvety croquet ground be ia the champion, and hero and willing slave. He addressee ladies in tones aa gentle as a summer xepbyr. He convey* to ea«h favored one that he ban never loved but onee, and that she la the object of bia adoration. He bands them icea with perfectly bewildering grace, and belpe them on with their wraps with tbe most charming elegance. But notwithstanding the ardor of his natare and the extent of his devotion to them be lom not commit himself. Nor doee be, through bis delicate attentions to them, deny himself those little luxuries which be imagines are necessary to the proper sustenance of his extremely sensitive organisation. He never goes without a good supper, however crowded a {tarty may be it is simply useless to attempt to satisfy, him with a rnski^ shift. He always finds out where the beat bottle of wine is to be found, and waiters know that It hi a waste of Ume to attempt to humbug him. He la, also, csursful no* to Injure his sensitive organisation by overwork. If bia partner at a ball Is plain and does not dance well, be la above patting himself In a petwplratlon la order to gratify her. Of course be Is aware that he is a great

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man. Of course he is cognizant of his wonderful powers of attraction. In bursts of confidence he will tell you that Mildred is dying for him, but that he is not such a fool as to be caught, though tbe girl is passable. In another burst of confidence be will inform you that old Mrs. Moneybags is working with all her might and main to entrap him for her dear little pet, Florry, who has been in the market these six years, but that he is above falling a victim to such petty wiles as hers. As he has these bursts of confidence pretty frequently, it is to be presumed that tbe number of his conquests is correspondingly great. The pain that his indifference causes does not hurt him. The fact that he is considered to have behaved with abominable meanness in half a dozen cases does not concern him. Indeed, he thinks it the finest thing in creation to flirt with a girl until the chase becomes too hot, and then, when she has succumbed to the matcte ofhis influence, to suddenly drop hef and betake himself to other sweets.

Such is the gallant bachelor. Is it woifth while for the rising generation to imitate bis career? Let us glance at the latter scenes. Even he has his day. When people find that he will not marry and that he is getting on in years they gradually drop him." He ceases to be asked to parties, and haughty beauties learn to turn up their noses when he supplicates for their favor. He may not lose caste at the same time that the bloom of youth is rubbed from him, but when hfa begins to enter upon the regions of the sere and yellow leaf his flatterers drop away. He sees younger rivals upon his heels, and he has to make room for them. The old ties that rendered life dear to him snap, one by one, and none form to take their place. Not being engaged in any work of usefulness, he has to fly to his club for companionship, and he has no difficulty in discovering that the "friends" whom he makes theiedo not care a straw about him. People feel that he is in some respects a social failure, and they feel further that this is his own fault. They laugh at him because he is vain and selfiish 4pd continues to hanker after admiration they hold his little foibles up to ridicule thuMMthim when it suits them, and l^pB^^pln when it suits them. Perlflp':t^P is no man more hopelessly 9ujMjyi|^lie world than the gallant bachel^^ffio has outlived the pleasures of youth and turned fifty. Nor is this all. As his digestion fails him he cannot solace himself with tbe delights of the table. As bis strength fails him he cannot keep up his courage in defiance of the world's opinion. Often at the last, he has no alternative but to inarry a woman who is no sooner his wife than she wishes him dead, in order that she may save his money, or else to Rurround himself with a crowd of hungry nephews and nieces who, almost from the day of their birth, have been taught to regard Htn as their law ful prey. On the whole, young men will do well not to imitate the gallant, bachelor. If they love, let them marry if they do not love—well, let them hope that they may be so fortunate as to do so in good time.

Notes and Comments.

The action of the presbytery in dismissing tbe case of Dr. Briggs has been spoken of as a victory for the doctor. Dr. Briggs will scarcely think so, for he won Id prefer to have the case test«d on lis, merits. He is not contending for tbe ffrivilege of remaining In the Presbyterian church. He Is fighting for the right to speak tbe truth as be sees the troth, and no one desires more than he that the matter shall be finally settled bis own status fixed. When a great -principle is involved, expediency should not be considered. The statement that, tbe dismissal of the case was in the intest of "harmony," reflects no credit upon the presbytery.

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One of the most interesting exhibits that has been promised for the world's fair is an ingenious plant of Guatemala which grows, we take it from tbe description of a veracious sojourning Englishman, somewhat in the semblance of a mouse-trap and exudes a kind of vegetable gin-fin, imbibing whieh tbe profligate bugs and worms of Ouatemala become strait way sbamsfully and helplessly drunk. When they are in this eondidition tbe villainous plant falls upon them and devours them. The plant should certainly be exhibited and examined. It seems not unlikely that somewhere in the carcivorous fibers or Intoxicating juice of this natural groggeacy may be concealed the microbe of the saloon habit. This will lead to a step further in tbe development of the popular theory that drunkenness is merely a disease like measlee, only w»f»». For If tbe microbe can be discovered there la no reason why It cannot be need tor purposes of inoculation as vaccine now i*. Thus it may be possible at a trifling cost and annoyance to positively insure tbe yontb of tbe land against catching dipsomania, and Anally to wrest tbe eliminating of tbe liquor traffic from the acquisitive bands of Dr.

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SHOULD SHE BE VAIN?*

WHY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX THINKS IT IS BEST FOR WOMEN

Under Certain Circumstances—Is Personal Vanity an Excellent Vice for Women?-— few Women Wholly Free from Some

Phase of It.

The sweetest wife and mother in New York said to me the other day:

Again, it seemed to me that this sort of personal vanity and love of approba tlon was a most excellent vie® to possess and aa I looked about among my women friends, I decided that a certain amount of vanity—so called by the unthiuking critic—was necessary to the perfect development and roundingout of woman's most charming qualities, or the fullest attainment of their noblest ambitions.

I have met but few women who were wholly froe frpm some phase of vanity, and those few women would have been better in many ways had they possessed a little of it.

It Is to the female character what yeast is to bread. The noblest of virtues and the greatest talents are apt to lie hidden or undeveloped, without a drop of vanity to push them up into notice, just as the flour and milk and salt lie in it useles* mass without. t.ho yeast cake.

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know, and one of the strongest principled, is without vanity. She is incapable of personal ambition. Sim loves art for art'* snke, but has no df sire to shine or be noticed for her achievements in art. Am a consequencc, others with half her talents pass beyond her and attain success, spurred on by personal desire to be noticed by fellow-beings, while she worships abstract art, forgetful of her own personality, and therefore not achieving all she might achieve. "I could never in one short life," she says, •'do anything worthy of art. I am nothing—art is all." Were she, on the contrary, to say with reverence mixed with vanity, "Art is sublime, but I am sublime too tbe same forces created me that created art. I am capableof finding things in art which no one else ev«r found," she couid startle the world with her power even if she did not attain to all the heights of her fancy.

A belief in one's self is half the battle in any effort. A profound belief in one's self, with a strong flavor of personal desire for success, which is called vanity by the world at large, will bring success with only sbiiity (for these qualities lead to industry and perseverence) where absolute genius often fails because of an utter lack of self-confidence and an overwhelming humility.

It sounds very spiritual and fine in books to read of heroines who are devoid of vanity, and who never think ol their own achievements in some chosen field —only of tbe work achieved. But in real life such women seldom attain great heights and always lack an indescribable charm, which belongs to woman as perfume belongs to flowers. do not believe it Is wise for a woman to obliterate ber personality in anything, whether art or love. Men appreciate a woman who makes them oon•cisus of her personality far better than they do the patient Grtselda, who gives all and expects nothing. Tbe latter is never disappointed. 8h« expects nothing and gets it—not even thanks forgiving all while tbe sweet little creature who wants to be loved, and makes herself lovable as well as loving, they are ready to praise and adore, though she be far enough from a patient Qriselda,

Art Is masculine in its altitude toward it* worshippers. She who gives all and

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any one I know is rude or uukind to me, I am sorry for that person, but I do not take the act as personal. I attribute it to ill-health or lack of training but I never permit myself to think that I can be hurt by it. When any one is kind or thoughtful, however, I take it as a personal compliment and mark of especial favor, I suppose it is a very egotistical way of looking at things, but I get a great dealof happiness out of my vanity. I go through life never feeling slighted or insulted or wounded, and am constantly delighted with the goodness and sweetness which people bestow upon me."

As I listened to tho fair lady's words, it seemed to me that such vanity as hers was a most desirable quality to possess, and I wished there was more of it in the world.

I know another woman who made it a rule early in life to only notice other people's faults to avoid contracting them, and to carefully notice their graces

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virtues in order to adopt them. "1 was desirous of pleasing," shosaid, "and I think It was all due to personal vanity that I made this rule but I found it a very comfortable one to follow, as well as a valuable one in the way of character building. But I know in the beginning itrose from my vanity and intense desire to bo pleasing to everybody. I wanted to possess all the virtues and graces and none of the faults of the people I met. I have not acquired the first or avoided the latter, I realize now but the rulo I formed in early life has giyen mo much happiness."

asks nothing usually gets a slap in the face. The most unkind and cruel woman it has been my misfortune to encounter told me she was absolutory indifferent to the opinion of her fellow-creatures. She had certain ideals she worshipped— she loved art for art's sake, and humanity was no more to her than tho dirt- of tbe streets. She cared neither for praise nor blame she cared only for her ideals, which were far above the heads of the common herd. I suppose this was very fine talk but it did not appeal to me somehow. I would have respected this ideal-worshipping woman more had she been possessed of enough personal vanity—even if she had no heart—to wish to pleaso her fellow-be-ings and to avoid wounding them needlessly.

Of course vanity running riot In a character ruins all its other qualities, just as too much yeast spoils the bread, I am not advocating a ridiculous display of self on all occasions the vanity of which I speak is not selfishness at all. Indeed, it would curl) selfishnoss, siuc6 the latter quality is one which brings consure instead of praise. But I am quite oontldent that a certain modicum of the vanity which springs from love of approbation is worthy of cultivating in a woman's naturo, and properly weeded about and watched will tend toward making her thoughtful of others and ambitious to make tho most of horself and her brief life on tlii.« sphere and that its entire absence is an absolute hindrance to development and success.

I heard a woman severely criticised onco as vain and egotistical because she said, "I always thought my hat and dress was tho prettiest in school wlien I was a child inv home and parents seemed nicer than those belonging to any other girl and I have gone through lifo thinking anything which was miuo possessed peculiar value. 1 am always astonished when 1 discover that other peoplo do not feel the same about it."

How much less grumbling we should hear in the world if more peoplo were vain in the same way 1 "Ally lsso modest, she never thinks her possession* aro of any value," said the mother of a faultfinding aud ungrateful girl to me snco, "No matter how much she covets a thing, if we get it- for her it loses its value lis soon as It Is hers, sho is no modcat and humble."

Heaven defend us from humility of that kind, and give us more vanity of tho other sort!

When 1 speak of vanity, I am not talking of conceit. The most hopeless sort of woman to deal with Is ono who is full of conceit, butdevoid of vanity—for bo it understood tho two qualities aro quite different, howover much they aro confronted by unthinking minds.

Tho conceited woman thinks sho is all rltrlit, and issatistied with herself whethor she receives praise or not. Mho values her own opinion of in-rseif so highly that she does not rnins the praise of others, regarding them as incapable of advising her, and believing her own accomplishment* -upei x'i to all others.

Tho vain woman, on the contrary, Is so sensitive to neglect, that she studies herholf constantly to *ec wherein sho fails, and makes a great eflort to win appreciation and prai-e.

The conceited won.no will hoar you talk of faults and awkwmd habits which she possesses, and untile blandly and agree with you, never dreaming that you refer to her the vmi waman lsso on the alert to Mieilt *»»»iy admiration, that she takes a mout«l n-te of all your criticisms of others, and is careful to avoid tbe faults and gsticneries she hears ridiculed.

Asa wife, I think the oman devoid of vanity is not a kuc-ch She is far more liable to be jealoiM Mitn is ber sister who is tinctnred w.ih that much abused quality. Th# wife who possesses a pretty good opinion o' her personal charms and her worth is a much more comfortable being for a msn to dwell with. She is more apt to be liberal and generous minded, belloving it impossible that her husband could forget her for any other woman and a man will keep true to that sort of woman, where ho will be driven to inconstancy by the one who is forever Jealous of bis slightest attentions to another. The woman without any vanity is tbe one who as a rule suffers the keenest pangs of jealousy, believing all other women to be more attractive tban herself. Then, teo, tbe woman who has no vanity seldom makes the most of her personal appearance, 8be is indifferent in regard to dress, and does not study bow to arrange her hair becomingly, end selects her bats and bonnets with an Idea of utility only, She forgets that one of tbe first duties in life for a woman i* to be pleasing in the eye. The woman who neglects herself cannot be surprised if others neglect her. If she does not appreciate her womanhood enough to make the utmost of herself in every way, others cannot be expected to appreciate her. And that Is exactly what happens to the woman devoid of vanity—she Is never appreciated.

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No change Is to be seen in the shape of bonnet#—that is, none to note.