Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 May 1893 — Page 1

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RANDOM SHOTS.

For a time there was a marked falling off in the number of divorce suits brought in the court* of this county, but the increase of late indicates that it was only a calm preceding another storm. It is a eomewbat singular fact that many of the suits brought on the ground of desertion show that the action was commenced within a day or two of the date on which the desertion is alleged to have occurred, and to make the petition binding other charges are set out. Occasionally, it would seem, divorce suits are brought without giving the matter much consideration, and when the parties come to their senses the attorney's fees and costs are paid, the case 1b dismissed and the man and wife resume business at the old stand on the old basis. The attention of the writer was called to a divorce suit which

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brought in the Superior court of this county a short time ago through one of our prominent attorneys. The suit had been bronght by the husband, and after the complaint h»d beon filed tho wife sought a reconciliation. In reply the husband wrote her something like this: "If you will go before Mr. and have him swear you that you will not drink anything that will make you drunk, or keep bad company, or have any of such company come about your house and if you aro seen or caught with siioh characters you shall be fined $100 and six months in the county jail, I will stop the suit, and if you don't I will let the court carry It out. Uuderstnnd, you must not be caught on the Htreet talking to any woman who is a sporting woman, or any man outside of mo, and allow none but decent people to come about your houao, such as Mrs. don't want to oome, and if she does you give her the door, and oomo home at the right time and don driuk any intoxicating liquors except through sickness from the doctor or I give it to you." ________

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to obey, making oath as followa: "In accordaueo with an agreoment made this day of ——, 1893, betwoen the above riftmed parties conditioning, that, on the making of the subjoined aflldavit the suit ponding is to be dismissed, I do heroby declare or oath as follows: From and after this date, and so long as I live, I swear that I will abstain from the use of intoxicating liquor as a beverage I make this pledge and take this oath frooly and voluntarily, without any meutal reservation or evasion whatever, and on similar conditions I promise hereafter not to converse with or assoclato with any man or woman of doubtful character." The affidavit was duly signed and sworn to, the suit was dismissed, and the parties have been living togethor harmoniously ever since. But many of the divorce cases brought t'nowadays, in fact tho great majority of them, are on far less serious grounds they may originate in somo slight disagreement which a little common sense and good judgment would have settled without further trouble, but in the absence of these oame the inevitable divorce suit and in many cases the ruin of two lives. Thbre are, however, cases in which divorce Is Justifiable, although naauy doubt it. I\»rhaps If divorces were as hard to obMun in this country as they are in Engluud men and women would study each other more, and there would be fewer hasty manages. In this country there is too much marrying iu haste and obtaining divorce in the same way. If there were fewer divorces there would probably be fewer 'marriages, and those who entered the married state would do it only after due consideration and mature deliberation, and their subsequent lives would be much happier. This country has reached that stage when it is time to call a halt on divorces, and those who seek to abuse the divorce law* of the state should bt» suitably punished for It.

There seems to be,an impression in many minds that every man, wornau and child who goes to Chicago this summer will be robbed, and that the people of the windy city He awake nights devising scheme* by which these robberies can be most successfully conducted. Time are people In Chicago, too, who have encouraged this belief, *ol they are the person* who It would be better to watch. More than a year ago eom.meoced the plan of building and running World's Fair hotel# on the co-oper-ative plan. Agents were sent out in every direction wbase mission It was to ttiakS peopie believe that there would be such a rash of humanity to Chicago during the continuant of the fair that rooms could aot foe obtained for love or money. Bat these philanthropic genUemen had a remedy for this evil—in fact they had several of them-on th© installment plan. ©«se of thwse was the

Aldlne Hotel company. It rented It* room* la advance, and collated its rente In ad ranee on the installment plan. Its agent* went only to tb© beet eiUaens of town, and they did a bUc boat nee*. In 'Indianapotis it caught the governor, auditor of •tale and many prominent bankers to earn* ranging from USD to |200, and aggregating, It I* esUsaated, f?&,QG0. It also had a long list of anb-[berry,

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Bcribers in this city, who paid in their money in advance. On Wednesday word was sent out that the company had failed, the reason assigned being the increase of the cost of building material and the higher prices demanded for labor. Of course those who have contributed liberally to the concern will demand an investigation, and it may be that they will derive some satisfaction from knowing just how they have been victimized, but that won't return the lost money. In the meantime there is not so much of a rush to the fair but what plenty of room can be found at the hotels, and the rates charged are not so unreasonable as iu generally supposed.

Only a few of the building and loan associations of the state have thus far complied with the Gifford law and filed their reports with the auditor of state. Tho law itself provided that it should go into effect on the first of April, but as this provision is unconstitutional the associations ignored it. Now that the laws have been proclaimed in force by the governor the auditor has announced his intention to enforce this partiaular act. The law provides that "immediately upon taking effect of this act, eyery corporation, association or society, organized under the laws of the state of Indiana, and conducting the business of a building, loan fund, savings or investment arsociation, shall file with the auditor of state a statement of its condition at the close of its last fiscal year and thereafter such corporation, association, or society shall, in the month of July of each year, file in the office of the auditor of state a statement of its condition of the close of business on the 80th of June preceding." If the reports show any association doing business contrary to law its charter will be revoked, and a failure to make a report within thirty days of tho prescribed time subjects the president and secretary to a fine not exceeding ?100. There are some ugly rumors ailoat concerning some of these associations, and there is a desire not born of curiosity to know bow they stand. It is said there is one in this city which has no less than $60,000 outstanding in orders bearing a heavy rate of interest, and it is also asserted that not long ago $25,000 iu building and loan orders was offered for sale In this place by one man. Home people say that it is an evidenoe of prosperity to do a building and loan business in this way, but few can see it in that light. At any rate those which now have paper standing out are anxious to get it in, and no more loans are being made by them until it has been redeemed.

With a general delivery and mailing boxes and stamp depositories all over town It is frequently a cause for surprise why there Is such a rush for the postofllce by certain classes of people. Of course many young persons, especially ladles, are sent to the office to mail letters and purchase stamps, and thesurprise does not attach to their presence. But if the letter boxes in the office could speak they would a tale unfold which would be a surprise to many and a cause of family ruptures in many case*. Young girls by means of these boxes are enabled to carry on correspondence" clandestinely which their parents wouldn't tolerate for a moment, and which would easily be discovered were the letters delivered by the carrier at home. Nor is the practice confined to silly girls. There are not a few married women In this town who own boxes in the postofllce, and if their husbands knew the uses to which they are put there would be murder in the air and an alarming increase In the divorce business of the courts. Of course it would be no use to remonstrate with women who resort to such practices, but girls are not yet bsyond reclamation, and if they have any strength ofcharac tor will soon see the error of their ways. No girl should write a louer which she would be ashamed to have her father or mother read, nor should they indulge In clandestine correspondence of any kind. The girl who will do this Is not respected by the man who tares her into It, and the chances are ten to one that the letters she writes are read not only by the one to whom they are addressed, but also to bis boon companions. The men who start clandestine correspondence or meetings with girls with good intentions are more rare than angels visits, as their victims Invariably discover when it is too late.

'The horrible death of Michael M. Joab on Thursday morning, was tbo sad ending of ii life which started out full of promise, but which, through care and trouble drifted upon a stormy sea wad bocame a total wreck. Shortly before noon on Thursday morning bis mangled remains were found under a freight train In the Vandalia yards near Twelfth street. Ten ears had passed over hie body, severing it below the shoulders, *nd scattering portions In all directions. That portion of the yard* where the body was found la unfrequented, there being no crossing near, and how he oame there Is a mystery. It appear* that he had been In the habit of going around that way wheu visiting his sister, Mrs- Mick el of 110 north Fourteenth street.

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Borne time ago he fell in a fit on Ohio street, and it may be that while standing beside the track waiting for the train to pass he fell in a similar manner, although the prevailing opinion seems to be that it was a case of suicide. The deceased was 54 years old. He was a man of good education studied law under Judge Mack and was a graduate of Harvard law school. He commenced the practice of law here about 1867 and was quite successful. While not brlHiant he was studious, painstaking and industrious, qualities which always insure success. He was thoroughly honest in all his dealings, and no man had a greater abhorrence of wrong than he. Never anything of asooioty man, yet he was always neat in appearance, and created a favorable impression wherever he went. Some twenty years ago he married Miss Nettie Boore, who died nine years later without children. Afterwards he married Mrs. Mrs. Sheets, widow of Elias Sheets, of Sugar Creek township, by whom he had a son. The marriage was an unhappy one, ending in divorce and a bitter fight for the custody of the boy, in which the mother was victorious. From that time Mr. Joab lost all interest in life, caring nothing apparently for property or personal appearance. Ho dropped his law practice, shunned bis old companions and went from bad to worse until finally his presence was not wanted even in the saloons. On the death of his father he inherited considerable valuable property, which had almost dwindled to nothing at his deaths He had two sisters and three brothersMrs. Mary J. Mickelberry, of this city Mrs. Martha J. Balding, of Paola, Kan. Charles W., who is iu tho east George C., of Sugar Creek township, and Albert A., of Taooma, Wash. His son, Albert, now 14 years old, Is in the city. He was insured for ?2,50Q, of which 91,500 goes to bis son and 0500 each to Mrs. Mickelberry and George C. Joab. He was a member of Terre Haute Lodge No. 19, F. fe M., and the Terre Haute Comtuandery, Knights Templar, which conducted the funeral services yesterday afternoon from Ryan's undertaking establishment, where the remains were prepared for burial. The interment^was in Woodlawu. 'f

The case brought by Sheriff Stout, of this city, In the Marion Circuit court, to test the constitutionality of the fee and salary law of 1891, came up for a hearing on Monday last. Judge Byron K. Elliott presented the oase for Sheriff Stout, insisting that the bill is unconstitutional for these reasons: Because the legislature is positively forbidden by the constitution to enact special or local laws on the subject of fees and salaries, and that such laws must be general and uniform that the law of '91 violated this provision of the constitution by omitting Shelby county, and that the omission of one county was as yital as the omission of many that the enrolled bill was oonclnclusive that it was the only bill that went to ths governor, who was apart of the law-making power that the aot of 1893 attempting to remedy the defect In the law of 1891, In referenoe to Shelby county was abortive, because an amendment to an unconstitutional or invalid law, is Itself invalid that the law was not unlfotm because of the provisions that the law should not apply to any person then In office, or who had been elected to office, thus making the operation of the law different in different counties, and with reference to different officers in the same county, depending upon the terms of the officers previously elected that there are two modes, and only two modes, in which the law can be put in force (1) by the declaration of an emergency (2) by publication and circulation iu the counties of the state. In this law is provided that it shall take effect In a different way, depending upon the expiration of the terms of office of persons then in office. It was argued that the law assumes to cover many and different subjects, wheretis only one could be properly embracod in the law and that where there Is multiplicity of diverse subjects is one act, it is void also that the act of

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rights that by it a tax Is laid on justice, and that this can not be done is a principleas old as Magna Charts. It was permissible to require litigants to pay fees to the officers rendering service for them ia the course of litigation but under this law the fees, Instead of being reduced, were in many ins tan cos increased and turned into theoonnty treasury for the purpose of increasing the revenues of the county. An amendment to the constitution provides that fees and salaries may be granted according to population and necessary services rendered but under this law there ia no attempt to grade according to necessary service so far as there is no graduation or scheme of graduation, it is to make litigants pay more than the value of the service rendered, so that the connty revenues may be increased. The scheme provides that fees shall be paid so that a surplus may remain, In direct antagonism with the command that the gradation shall be according to the necessary services required. Attorney General Smith will be heard in the mm later on, bat it ia generally conceded that the law will be knocked

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through your body but never meets your eyes as of yore. Ella Wheeler Wilcox knew what she was talking about when she said, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone." It's hard medicine, but then, like a good many other bitter doses, it does you a lot of good in the end. The people are not hard-hearted that turn the cold shoulder to you. Tney are only

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averse to knowing of any more miser/" welfare, and to do this a man mast labor than they already have to bear. We every one of us have our little troubles. In some oases they grow to be very large ones, and it isn't pleasant to have the dark side continually thrust before us just when we begin to feel a bit comfortable in our minds over some unpleasant occurrence that has upset us for a time. Take a bit of valuable advice, and when you feel like telling someone of your spat with your intended or how low your finances are, just remember our warning and don't do it. Your mother, your father and your husband are the truest sympathizers, and, outside of them, you are certain to be soon called a bore if you persist in your harrowing confidences.

An article has appeared lately regarding the evils of the rocking chair, and the writer expresses the hope that this great comfort to womankind will soon be banished from all homes. The sentiments advanced are, we know, true and worthy of consideration, yet what woman would think of fufuishing her home without one single rocking chair in it? It is, we know, oonduclve to lack of repose in our manner, yet there is something particularly soothing in the swaying back and forth of one of these lo^S^ted chairs that a woman never catv find'in the most luxuriously upholstered bit of furniture that has no rockers. In the article mentioned above it states that the rocking chair creates and feeds nervousness, and for this reason appeals strongly for its banishment yet there will have to be thousands more articles written on this subject and a general revolution in woman's nature before manufacturers cease making them and the women of the land refrain from buying them. What though they do wear out the carpet and contrive to knook women's shins In dimly lighted rooms, they are above and beyond all else in the home the greatest comfort in the way of ita furnishings. Have we not all of us at some time or other had a good cry in a rooking ohair, sobbing in unison with its swaying, and would we have felt as much relieved by this emotional shower had It taken place in a more puritanical, stiff-bscked chair? How could the baby be tended without this all powerful item would gossip be as pleasant, or the piece of needlework or crocheting as glibly undertaken in any other positlen? No, man may prate that the rocking chair is an evil, yet until the nature of womankind Is changed entirely it will remain with us as it has done for so many years,

How many wotned, we wonder, know the value of a midday reat? This does not mean a long and exhausting sleep from which one rises with a headache,

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them. The women of America do not know the meaning of rest it is hurry, hurry, hurry from morning to night, and even in their sleep they jump and

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•fkere is nothing so certain to make yo»i disliked as to tell your troubles to a friend. Prosperity means friendship, or a woman from various standpoint, but once you take it into your head to and the many letters which have been retell your woes you will soon discover received on that topic show a great that your oompany is not wanted and th# people wno once bowed to you in pleasant recognition now walk on the other side of the way with a cold and

The New York Recorder has been con sidering the advantage of being a i»

diversity of opinion. That is of course to be expected when so prolific a subject is under discussion. As we think there can be no other existence half so en

long and earnestly against many odds and with many difficulties to overcome. Many will say that with the responsibility comes a sturdy independence that a woman never can possess. This is not true, for with the position of mighty manhood is coupled a dependence of a certain kind. There is always just so many relying on him for help and advice that the boasted freedom is but a myth after all. The woman with a husband or father to anticipate her wishes and to be her staunch friend in time of need is really the most, independent creature in the world. And' then

but merely the giving up for five short once considered their own particular minutes and closing one's eyes to the property you must be

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Wilcox once said that she owed much of her capacity for work to the short •'cat naps" that she is able to take in any

start, proving that tb.tr asm* are MM""®! muck on tba alert in .lumber *. daring jwinnat. womanly charm fay n»lothe labor, of the day. Ella Wheeler UUnlog« 8entlom«« of quite in keeping with any, calling that yon may undertake. Men who come in contact with women in business respect at anytime when^r the o^ portnnity offer, for.»ch an Indnlgeno. dignity 1. .otjn. ng it matters not whether she ia sitting up or lying down, for by the mere force of her will she can go at once into a restful •leep, which, even though It only last: a few minntee, helps to invigorate and refresh her. So many women rise early and go throagh a ronnd of duties by 12 o'clock that would stagger a man if he were called upon to perform them after which instead of resting for a little while they will rush at their work baskets and commence a task of sewing that is as great in proportion as the labors of the early morning bonis. If between morning and. evening every woman woald take even five minutes for reat tkey would find it of the greatest benefit to them. Lives are prolonged in this way and many are shortened by the mad rush that women think it nece* to keep np. Now that the summer days are coming and the heat naturally enervates, the necessity tor rest la more apparent. Just a word of friendly ad vice: start in with the little daily naps at ones and yen will be surprised how much better and stronger you

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the cynical utteranoes of men who will perhaps say "Sour grapes," we announce in all sincerity that we would not be a man if we could, and we think that every womanly woman thipks the same way. To be a man in the truest and best sense of the word means to be a rock that shelters wife and children from the blasts of poverty and distress it means to asBuxne all responsibilities of their

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if woman needs must go out from her home and seek employment, can she not in various fields make her mark as honorably as any man iu the land? She is his equal in brains she can enjoy his rights and at the same time revel In her privilegee, and what woman who has some little life dependent upou her and who hears a tender little, voice say "mother" would exchange her position for that of one of the lords of creation, even though, from a man's standpoint, great benefit might accrue to her thereby.

If fate has ordained that you should be a business woman, do not spend your time dither in growling over what you would rather have different in learning to become aggressively unwomanly beoause you think that the public life that you lead demands It. There are, of course, certain ohanges that you muBt become accustomed to when onoe you leave the shadow of your own home and go out in the world to do battle for your daily bread and butter and an occasional slice oi strawberry shortcake. To beginiwlth, when you start outtoobtain a position do not from embarrassmentor the fear of appearing commonplace think it necessary to be facetious and treat the whole matter In the way of a joke. It is much better for you to be serious even to stupidity. A man or woman does not care to hire a flippant, irresponsible young person who gives them to understand that the seeking for employment on her part is an Immensely funny proceeding do not make the mistake of trying to appear too clever be willing to have a few things explained to you rather than to assume a knowledge that you do not possess respect you should expect and demand, but those airy courtesies of social life that you have been accustomed to will not be found when once you mingle with the world in a business capacity. When luncheon time comes and you patronize some near-by restaurant, do not make the mistake of being either too mannish or too helplessly feminine. Be womanly always, but remember that In securing an equal footing with men and sharing their right to earn a living in pursuits

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who, even though she may have to con tend side by side with the stronger sex, has with it all a purely feminine and lovable character.

It is usually supposed that the faint and squeaky band organs played by woeful old women, seated on curbstones Mid wrapped in shawls, ere decrepit from long service in the cause of art bnt this is net the case. Their builders Intentionally leave out notes, so that they shall sonnd more mournful and touch more quickly the sensibilities of some people. Organs of this kind are known as '-wheezer*."

it ft at this time of the year that the disgruntled husband flees from his onoe happy home, now made miserable by the demon of bonse-cleaning which possesses his sometime sweet wife, and hies him to the cheap restaurant, where the email of diversified cooking ia grateful to his nostrils and the interminable •webbing of the floor a pleasant thing will {to contemplate.

That the next Columbian Exposition will be held in Terre Haute. That the green goods sucker is the easiest fish to catch this season.

That the World's Fair pies left over each week are used for street paving. That it is almost as hard to get a piece of pie in Chicago as it is in Washington.

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That every Chicago ruan blushes

a woman in fact, despite soon as he enters the art gallery at the

fair. That the Chinaman thiuka Uncle Sam'sr way of telling him to go Is a collar and cufl.

That all the old roosters beheaded byMaxwell are too tough for anything but soup.

That the country postmaster is expected to wear an air of resignation at this time.

That our income tax would make nearly every bodys income sag below the tax limit.

That including angels more than a thousand different things are made from petroleum.

That to the victors belong the privilege of blocking the entrances to the White House.

That faith cure fails when its diBciple comes in contact with tho business end of a yellow jacket.

That wheu otfiao-seeker meets officeholder then comes the tug of war for the pie end trimmings.

That Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell believes that heads were made primarily for the purpose of being cut oft.

That there is sideboard in the Kentucky World's Fair building, and that everything is ready for the grand opening.

That the great work of reform goes merrily on at Washington and the scuppers are running red with political goiu.

That their trouble hus just begun if the Nicaraguan revolutionists are in poaseasion of the ship c..ual across theIsthmus.

That the Republicans are in favor of eoforoing the exclusion act against Democrats who want their places in thepostofflee.

That cremation will never be popular with those who believe in a literal hell, because they think one roasting will be a Hufficlency.

That white to the viotors may belong the spoils there are many victors literally spoiling because they are npt getting,, any of the division.

That while fishing of any kind is poor In this portion of the Wabash, they are oatching suokers and gudgeons in great abundance in Chicago.

That it is impossible to interpret correctly the news of Central or South American revolutions unless you know which party controls the telegraph stations.

Each person who wishes to try to supply the missing word in the paragraph that is to follow must cut out the "Missing Word Coupon" on this page of the Saturday Evening Mail, and with name and address and the missing word plainly written in the proper blank spaces, send the same to this office together with 10 cents in postage or currency. The total of the entrance fees will bo divided equally among those who correctly supply the ml&sing word. This coupon will be printed ia the paper each week until the close of the contest. The contest closes at noon June 14th, and no coupons can be received after that date and hour.

The quotation for this contest is taken from the Bible. The paragraph readsi will love thee, O Lord, my

Competitors may make as many attempts as they choose, but-each attempt must be made on a coupon taken- from this paper and accompanied by the entrance fee of 10 cents. But one correct answer can be credited to the same name.

That the rule that the office should seek the man ought to be generally adopted, because It Is much easier for the office to find the man than it is for. the man to find the office.

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In addition to their pro-rata shares the* total amount of money received, The^ Mail will give to the third correct answer received an order on any business house in the city, that advertises in The Mall, for $5.00 worth of goods.

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