Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 January 1892 — Page 1

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TOWN TALK.

AS THE TWIG IS BENT THE TREE'S INCLINED."

In Other Word*, If You Bring Up Your Boy in Idleness Ton Needn't be Surprised if Vice Follows—Total Depravity and

Other Matters.

Tbe number of young men who are educated to grow up In idleness Is really on the increase. The fathers of twentyfive years ago were wont to remind their sons of the degeneracy of tbe human race in general and the young men of that day in particular. But if tbe youth ol twenty-five or thirty years ago was considered shiftless, what might be said of the rising generation of to-day? Many men who have been compelled to •work hard and whose labor has resulted in the accumulation of wealth seem to think it best that their children should grow up with no thoughtof the morrow,^ and the children nearly always take kindly to the inspiration. The son of a rich man nowadays who works for a living is a wonder among bis fellows, and is always held up as a shining example of foolishness by giddy companions of the same social set, who believe in a life of enjoyment at the risk of filling a pauper's grave. Look back for a quarter of a century, recall the boys with whom you associated and CO«ut how many of them aro to be found among the successful men of to-day. The list Will not include the names of those who were brought up in idleness and taught to squander when tliey should have been taugbt industry and econofny. But industry and economy aro no portion of tho education of young men generally to-day. Thoy toil not, neither do they spin, and tbey smoke cigarettes, wear fashionable and expensive elothes, attend balls and parties, play pool and billiards with professional skill, can take a hand at draw poker, and are well acquainted with all the small and largo vices of tbe day. This is no fancy picture, nor is it confined to the sons of wealthy parents. There are many young men who want to move in a circle above them, and who manage to keep up appearances at the expense of parents who can very ill afford any such extravagance, and who Will certainly suffer for setae 4ny or other* It bode, no #t»od for a young man to bring him up to a life of idleness and an increasing desire to spend money which can only end dls astrously. Riches take wings, and it is often the experience of young men to wake up on the death of a supposed xicli parent to find themselves poorer than the poorest iu the land—without means of support, without any business educa tlon, and without any inclination to work. Tho end of such lives can bo easily imagined. Every parent should insist upon his son following some kind of businessaud should teach him to roly on his own efforts for his living. Then no bad results can fallow, whereas if be is taught to do nothing, when the day comes that he must support himself he will curse tho day he was born and those who roared him to a life of idleness.

TOT A I. IKPRAVITY.

There are few people of this day and generation who are believers in total de pravitv. Men and wouieu are provided with hearts, and no matter how far lost they may be to all that is good there is a teuder spot somewhere that will respond when called upon to do so. The writer knew a man who was accused of nearly all the orimoa known to law, aad who was ready to undertake any dare devil feat for gain, who rode sixty miles after night over one of tho most mountainous roads in Arizona to bring medicine for a sick child, and who indignantly refusod pay for the service, saying that he did it because he had learned to love the boy. But different from this was a case which appeared at police headquarters A few days ago. A man called upon the superintendent with a child In his arms which didn't seem to bo more than a year old, and another one at bis heels about five. He wanted the police to arrest his wife because, he asserted, she had left him and was about to go elsewhere with another man. Tho woman was fonud and taken to police headquarters, where she charged tho husband with compelling her to go on tho streets aud make money for him, and that he had beaten her the night before because she had returned homo with only a dollar. This he denied, saying that he had no charges to make if the woman would return and be a mother to her children—a wife she couldn't be. It was a pitiable case, and if there is such a thing as total depravity came very near being a striking illustration. Hut the woman consented to return, and hothing has since been heard of the ease.

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Over In Indianapolis this week the street car employes went on a strike. There

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involved, out the men insisted that, they should be allowed the freedom of the lines at all time* when ofl duty. To this the company demurred and the men went out. Then the company undertook to put new men to work, and the strikers resisted by force. The polled Interfered to protect tho company and its property, but they were defied, and

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in this way the company was compelled to arbitrate. Now no one denies the right of any man or set of men to strike. They can strike at any time, for any cause which they may deem proper, and as often as they choose that is their privilege, and no one has the right to deny it. But, on the other hand, there are other people who have some fights in the matter which should be respected. Among these are the rights of other men to fill tho strikers' places, and the company's right to employ them. If the terms are agreeable to the parties interested in them directly no outsiders should be allowed to interfere, and when tbey use force to carry their point they lose the respect of all fair minded men. In striking contrast was the action of the street car employes in this city a short time ago. They filed their complaint against the compensation they were receiving, and on the refusal of the company to come to teraas the men laid their case before the people and struck. Tho people were with the strikers, and notwithstanding the bad weather refused to ride. New men were put on the cars but they ware allowed to run empty. Only moral suasion was used, and the company soon came to time. There was not a ripple of excitement over the matter, and the company was the only loser by not complying with tho request for arbitration when first made.

REGULATING FEES.

Livery stable keepers, barbers, shoemakers and others have their scale of .prices which confront their customers in black and white when they want anything in that line. Doctors have their fees agreed upon, so that a patient knows the exact cost in all cases, from an addition to the family to cutting off a limb or a simple prescription for a case of indigestion. But there is one very important,profession which hasno "scale," and which in many cases regulates its charges with an elastic scale which adapts itself to the ability of the client to pay, and that is law. It has remained for the lawyers of Huntington, this state, to set tbe example, and they have arranged a schedule of prices with whioh their clients must come prepared to command their services in the dispensation of justice. It costs $10 to institute or defend a suit petition for ditch or gravel road, $25 application for liquor license, $10 complaint for divorce for

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commissioners' or justice's courts in the city, $0 attending justice's court in the country, $7.50 preparing deed or mort gage, $1, They also furnish a price list on probate business, but are ailent on tbe discount made on the regular market price to cash customers. Very few men who go to law have any idea what it is going to cost them, and a still fewer number care anythin* about it. Some mon go to law through a love of conten tion, a few because they think they have been wronged, while scarcely any have any idea where they are going to land. At any rate the Huntington scale cannot govern in Terre Haute, where there is such a diversity of talent and want of talent. Here the practitioner is piid according to his quality, and his services •can be secured from a dollar up to the thousands.

PATRONIZE EACH OTHER.

There are people in all communities who think there is nothing good enough at home for them, and on every occasion when they want anything sond to some other place for it. In this way nearly •very branch of business suffers more or le.«s each year. The people who do this should be treated to their own medicine when any person is in need of anything in their line. There is?neither sense nor profit iu sending away from home to make purchases of articles which can be obtained here, and certaiuly the merchants of Terre Haate are as well sup plied in every line as are the stores of any other town. Every person should resolve to make all their purchases at home, and allow no money to be seat away for any thing that can bo procured here. Lay up a little nerve and the thiug is easily done. You can get just as good quality here and at as low figures of your home merchant as you can by going abroad, and the money may come back to you in a yery short time. To build up a town, its people must patronize each other, and just in proportion as they do this will it prosper. If no person advertised, the town would have no papers to set forth its advantages to the world and assist them in business if every business man painted his own signs, the population would be decreased by the number of sign painters compelled to go elsewhere if every man did his own paper hanging and hung his own blinds, there would be no use for paper hangers, and if every man in business kept his family in another state, advertised nonet patronized no other branch of trade, hired a few clerks on the cheap and sent his earnings away, be would be a good man to avoid. Live and let live by patronising the home institutions which patronise yon.

The Oratorio society has been compelled to suspend rehearsals on account of the prevalence of grip among its members. In consequence the presentation ef tho Messiah, which was intended for the middle of this month, has bees postponed:

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A MAN'S OBSERVATIONS.

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THE BOY WHO FATHER AS THE

SPEAKS" OF OLD MAN.'

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The Burning Desire of the Boy of the Period to Accumulate Wealth, and the Other Young Man who is Allowed to

Grow Up Regardless of Consequences.

An exchange says: Boys, when you speak of your father don't call him "old man." Of course you are older now than when you learned to call hiiia "father." You are much smarter than you were them You are much more manly looking. Your clothes fit better your hat has a more modern shape and your hair is combed differently. In short you are more "flyer" than you were then. Your father has a last year's coat and a two-year-Old hat, and a vest of still older pattern. He can't write such an elegant note as you can and all that—but don't call him "the old man." Call him father. For years he has been rustling around to get things together he has been held to the thorny path of uphill industry for years and the brightest half of life has gone from him forever. But he loves you though he goes along without saying much about it, and if he knew that you were bad it would be the heaviest burden he has to bear. 5

Nine out of every ten boys of thepres? ent day have their minds centered upon the all-absorbing thought how to get rich. They thipk it absolutely cruel that so many men in this country should be permitted to accumulate and hold their millions while so many young and. ambitious youths are anxious to acquire, wealth. This is natural in youth. Their day dreams are golden dreams But should fortune favor them as she did those who preceded them, they undoubtedly would be like them, and keep piling up their wealth to the great displeasf ure of others. This is the way of the World. In this particular respect people have not changed since the creation anc},

man or woman accumulating wealth. To the possessor it no doubt proves a great convenience. It certainly procures more of the offerings of the world than any other condtf modity. It is only in this world that iji has a^yalue. is wortiil earth is no bettef^than the pauper under the sod. Is it not strange, then, that either young men or old men should crave for weilth? When wealthy men die they are forced to leave their accumulations to others. The man who en joys health and has sufficient to live comfortably is richer by far than the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers and Goulds. Remember that an appetite for wealth leads to temptation, thus endangering that which is more precious than the whole world—the soul.

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The newspapers abound with facetious paragraphs concerning the typo-writer girl. The alleged' humorist considers her one of the resources of his stock in trade, and many of his brightest witticisms have employed her as a foundation to rest upon. It is perfectly natural that so bright and attractive a subject should invite and receive considerable attention. There is, however, a weightier, more serious side to this practical, bread-and-butter topic. The type-writer girl did not come into active, tread-mill business life just for the fun of the thing. Opportunity invited her and necessity drove her info it, and now she

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probably will not until the end. "*Ktjp^.eing alloyed after fiveyears service. ___ should be blamed fo^jjJi Ed^u.^ Wall, son of John Wall and

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Where is my boy to-night? sical conundrum, and many parents in this city give it up after guessing a few times. A partial answer to the question sometimes comes in an unexpected way, as was the case when one evening a week ago, quite a company of lads, some of them of very respectable parentage were found in a gambling den "shooting craps." Now, who is to blame in this matter? When a father deliberately sits down to a newspaper, or becomes so absorbed in a game of cards as to entirely lose sight of his son, knowing absolutely nothing of his whereabouts, except, perhaps, the boy's own state ment, he is very remiss in his duty. A boy or girl is all interrogation points They all want to know. They are born into the world with a "why" on their lips and those "whys" develop with the age. A boy's curiosity ought to be gratified so far as it is good for him, but between him and his father there should be no hidden practices and there will not be if he can gain his confidence Josh Billings, who said many truthful things in a quaint way, remarked: "If you want to train up a boy in the way he should go, you should go that way yourself occasionally." A man who would maintain a den for corrupting boys by an encouragement to gamble in any form is not a safe, law-abiding citi ten. A man who sets an example at home,of playing games for prizes should not be surprised to find a son engaged in the same business in the hay loft, on the river bank or in the woods. Remember that papa is looked upon as the most perfect and wonderful man in the world. Therefore, what papa does, Sammy, Billy and Icbabod are apt to do.

TERRE HAUTE, DSTD., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16,1892. Twenty-second Year

is in she is going to stay. She has discovered what nature intended her to know from the beginning—that she is oapable of doing the real workaday business of the world. In the past men have known too little about women's work wouien have not known enough about business. The type-writer girl has come to dispute man's unrestricted claim to the realm of business. From the humble position of type-writer she will be advanced to places of greater trust and importance until she has a proprietary

in business enterprises. Being

^elf-supporting she will not feel it her duty to wed the first piece of masculine worthlessness that offers itself She will letain her heart until the matrimonial market oflers a good chance for disposing of it. There is a place in business for the type-writer-girl. She is a hopeful and practical combination of the useful with the beautiful.

Obituary.

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Orviile Haywood died at the residence of J. W. Stout, where he roomed, on Tuesday night, of typhoid and brain fever. The deceased was 22 years old .and was a clerk at Cook, Bell «fc Black's. The remains were taken to Indianola, 1 1 1

The infant daughter of Mrs. T. P. Halpin, formerly Miss Kate Lamb, of this city, died at her home in Chicago on Wednesday of bronchitis. Tbe little one was 18 months old. The funeral occurred yesterday. Mrs. John E. Lamb and Charles Lamb, of this city, attended. Mrs. Halpin has a large circle of friends in Terre.Hai^te who deeply sympathize With her in her loss. *,

Miss Casrie Bell, who has been engaged .In missionary work in the East Indies :d,uring the piwst four years, died at Madura mission, in that country, on the 13th of December. She was formerly a resident of Indianapolis, and was well known in this city. When taken ill she Was looking forward to her vacation and return h« aie on a visit next year, that

i-ssj •wife, die( at the home of his parents, 1516 Chostnut "street, on Tuesday morning of consumption. The deceased was 19 years old, and had almost finished his •apprentice ship in the Yandalia black-

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turned from PittsE91#t6i®Bftdk, where be went to consult tne healing priest, Father Mollinger, who could do nothing for himu

Geo. B. Willoughby died at his home on north Fifth street on Wednesday of grip, after a short illness. He was born in New Brunswick, N. J., and was a resident of this city four years, and was 46 years old. During his residence here he was in the employ of the tool works company. He was a member of the /Masonic fraternity, and that order had charge of the body which was sent to

Auburn, N. Y., for interment, The deceased leaves a wife and grown son. Madison S. Crandell died at his home on north Eighth street Tuesday morning, after a protracted illness, aged 37 years. He had an attack of la grippe last winter from which he never fully recovered, and which resulted in a case of pneumonia, causing his death. For seyeral years the deceased was employed in the office of the superintendent of motive power of the Yandalia, where he was highly esteemed. He leaves a wife and three children. The funeral occurred Thursday afternoon, and the interment was in Woodlawn. 0. N. Cheek, who was killed in a railroad accident near Crawfordsville last Monday was the son of Samuel and Hannah Cheek, of Lost Creek township, where he was born iv 1849. The greater part of his life was spent in this county, but for several years he has been operating a saw mill on Cash river, near Cairo, 111., and is said to have accumulated a fortune estimated at $100,000. In 1882 he married Miss Mary Crouch, of Greencastle, who survives him with a daughter nine years old. He was buried at Greencastle on Thursday alternoon.

William C. Griffith died in Indianapolis last Wednesday of heart trouble, aged 46 years. He was a brother of Thomas JM Charles D., Warden D., of this city, and John A. and Edgar J., of Marshall, III. He was sick about eight weeks, and at no time did his friends lose hope of his recovery. He was in the bond and loan business in Indianapolis, where he was a member of the firm of T. C. Day & Co., for fifteen years. He was a member of the Baptist chnrch and a thirty-second degree mason. The survivors are his wife and four sons, the oldest being 19 years old. The funeral took place from his home In Indianapolis yesterday afternoon, the interment being in Crown Hill cemetery

Mrs. Catherine Mann, relict of the late Samuel P. Mann, died at her home on south Fifth street last evening, of heart failure, after an illness of a week, commencing with an attack of grip. From the beginning of her illness she did not believe she would recoyer. Mrs. Mann was one of the oldest residents of the city. She came here with her parents In lSSl, when she was 15 years of age, haying been born in New York City, July 30th, 1816. Her father, John B. Mc­

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Clelland, died October 13th, 1844, and her mother, August 16th, 1870, at the age. of 89 years. She was married to Samuel P. Mann by the Rev. M. G. Wallace, November 19,1834. She had three sons, Gustavo, who died wheu an infant in 1837, Gustave, who died in 1881, aged 44 years, and Horace, who died in February, 1888, aged 48 years. Her husband died January 23,1S62. Louis Guerineau and sister are her sister's children. The funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. in., interment at Woodlawn cemetery.

Augustine A. Smith, undle of Mrs. Geo. Glick, died at his home in Naperville, 111.,'December 8,1891, after ah illness of only ten days, aged 85 years. Mr. Smith was born in Sandisville, Berkshire county, Mass. In 1828 he.settled in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and for several years wa? connected with the schools at Austinburg and Oberlin. He was married in 1832 to Miss Eliza'Cowls, sister of Rev. Henry Cowls. In tbe spring of 1857 he was licensed to preach by tho Grand River Congregational Association, and cordially recomtnended as an acceptable minister of the gospel. In 1862 he accepted the presidency of Plain field college, 111., but removed lat er to Naperville, and named the North western College. In 1883, because of his advanced age, he resigned the presl dency, retaining a professorship until his last fatal illness. Three childi'en have gone before, the youngest soh kill ed in the war of the rebellion, leaving only the mother and second son, H. C. Smith, Professor of Latin and Music in the Northwestern Uniyersity, at Naper ville.

Miss Jane Hersey, the oldest teacher of the public schools of this oity, died very suddenly of heart failure'on Wednesday afternoon, at the liome of her sister, Mrs. Lydia, L. Grover, No. 522 south Eighth street. On Tuesday she attended to her school duties as usual, but on Wednesday morning she complained of pains in her lower limbs, and asked that a physician be called. Dr. Elder was sent for and Miss Hersey went to bed, Where Bhe remained until the middle of the afternoon, when she got up believiug she would feel better sitting in an easy chair in the drawing room. Mrs. Grover, who was attending her, left the room for a few. minutes about four o'clock to prepare a oup of sister, and when she re-

was hurriedly summoned, and on his arrival pronounced it a case of death from heart failure. Miss Hersey was born in Massachusetts, and was a direct descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims. She came to this city in 1819, and shortly after was engaged in school work, conducting a private institution for a number of years. Ever since the opening of the public schools in the fifties she has been connected with them, and had the reputation of being one of the most successful teachers in tho employ of the city. Her parents have long been dead, and of her father's family only two sisters and a brother remain. Her relatives are numerous and live ,in various parts of the United States. Her nieces, Mrs, Dr. Irons, of Logansport, and llrs. Henry Rlckard, of Kansas City, were telegraphed, as also was her nephew, Ira J. Grover, of Indianapolis, who is well known here. The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon.

Toussiant C. Buntin died at tbe residence of his son-in-law, Edward Gilbert, last Monday morning, after an illness which confined him to the house since December 23rd. Tbe immediate cause of death was heart failure, which was aggravated by an attack, of grip. With the exception of his son Dave, who arrived here on Monday night, all the members of the family were at the bedside when death came. The deceased was born in Knox county in September, 1814, and was the last of a family of thirteen children. His father was a native of the north of Ireland and brother to Lord Baltimore at the age of twelve years be came to the United States, and in 1793 settled in Vincennes, where he married Miss Mary Shannon, whose father settled there in 1785. During his youth the advantages for procuring an education were very meagre, and the deceased obtained his principally through business experience. When still a boy he entered the store of his brother-in-law at Carlisle, where he remained till he had attained his majority, when he returned to Vincennes, where he was engaged in mercantile business for a time. In 1840 he went to Grayville, White county, Illinois, where he formed a partnership with a Mr. Allen. From Grayville he went to Shawneetown, where he managed a hotel for a year, after which he came to this city, then went to Greencastle, and in 1846 left for New Orleans, where he remained a year and returned te this city to make it his permanent home. His first business after returning to Terre Haute was is the capacity of clerk for Jaeob D. Early, after which he opened the Pi airie house, now the Terre Haute honse, which had been closed for eight years. The Prairie honse he managed for about three years and then opened the Buntin bouse (now the St. Charles honse) on Third street in 1852. He remained proprietor of the Buntin house till 1861, when be gave up hotel keeping and entered the army as

quartermaster of the Fourteenth regiment, Indiana volunteers, three years' service, under Colonel Kimball. After a year's service Mr. Buntin was eommissioned captain and assistant quartermaster and assigned to General Kimball's staff, Colonel Kimball having been made a. general. Mr. Buntin served in tbe army four years and a month and left the service at Paduoah, Ky., whore he removed three yelrs after being mustered out of service. Mr. Buntiu then returned to Terre Haute, took charge of the Terre Haute house,'became a member of the hotel cwmpany and for three yeais, up till 1S71, was proprietor of the Terre Haute house. In 1871 he purchased the Yigo abstract office. On January 2,1877, Mr. Buntin was elected a trustee of the Terre Haute Savings bank and was chosen its president on November 6, 1878. Mr. Buntin did not devote all his time to the bank till 1S83, when the bank removed to the new building it how occupies at Sixth and Ohio streets. Mr. Buntin sold bis abstract office later. He was superintendent of the Asbury Sunday school for about fifteen years prior to theerection of Cen tenary church. When the Centenary church was built Mr. Buntin joined it and was one of its trustees up till the time of his death. The deceased was a member o£ Terre Haute Lodge No. 19, F. & A. M., and the only life insurance he carried was in the Masonic Mutual. Mr. Buntin was the Republican candidate for county clerk in the fall election/of 1S72 (tho Greeley year) and was dofeated by Martin Hollinger, who was theu running for a second term. Mr. Buntin was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Margaretta Clippenger, a sister of Dr. Geo. W. Clippenger. Mr. William C. Buntin is the sole living issue of this marriage, auother having died in Infancy. After the death of his first wife Mr. Buntin was, on November 13, 1849, united in marriage to Miss Emma Steele, daughter of Whi. Steele, a farmer of Crawford county, 111., whocatne west from Philadelphia and, at one time, operated stores in Terre Haute, Eugene and Hutsonville and was Wjell known here in early days. The ohildren of Mr. Bun^'n's second marriage who surviye hii. aro,Mrs. Edward Gilbert, Harry Buntin of Bushnell, 111., David 0. Buntin, of Duluth, Minn., and Messrs. George, Cam and Rollln Buntin, of this city. The funeral took

day afternoon. cServlces^ore condu/rtrJ by Rev. T. I. Coultas, and the room was crowded with ^friends who wanted to pay a last tribute of respect to the dead. The six sons of the deceased acted as pall bearers. The. interment was in Woodlawn.

There was a case of attempted kidnapping at the Second district school on south Seyenth street one day last week whioh caused considerable excitement among the teachers and pupils. A woman drove up in front of the building in a'bus. She was accompanied by a boy who remained on the outside with the driver while she went in and entered one of tbe rooms. She informed the teacher that she wanted a boy, whom she named. The boy screamed, saying that she was his stepmother and he wouldn't go anywhere with her. The woman became furious, and while the boy was dodging her around the room the janitor was called in and she was compelled to leave the building, at the same time announcing that she would have the boy yet. It appears that some years she managed £0 get away with this boy and his brother by taking them out of school-one day, and it was some time before this one was recovered, while the other has not since been heard of, nor has the whereabouts of the woman been known. Her appearance last week was a surprise, and sinceL she left the school building nothing has been heard of her. The matter was kept very quiet, not even the police knowing anything about it.

It is a rule of the courts here that no divorce decrees are entered on tbe records by the clerk until the fees are paid nor is a license to marry issued to a divorced person until he or she steps up to the counter and pays the costs. The other day a young man askpd Deputy Clerk O'Reilly for a license, at tbe same time giving the nanies. Tbe venerable deputy studied a moment, went to the fee book, and after consulting it informed tho prospective groom that a license would cost him just $8.25, of which $6.25 was for costs incurred by the bride in procuring a divorce last month. The required sum was fished from various pockets in the course of time, and the young man was sent on Ms way rejoicing. The moral to this is that persons who procure divorces should pay the costs otherwise tbe omission of the formality may cause inconvenience should he or she commit matrimony again in another county or state. It is better to pay costs than run the risk of an indictment for bigamy.

"The Kails That Tear My Coat," is the subject of a lecture which will be delivered in Asbury church next Tuesday evening by Prof. L. H. Murlin, under tbe allspices of the Epworth league of tke church. A small admission fee of ten cents will be charged.

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