Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 October 1897 — Page 1

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VOL. 28—SO. 15.

ON THE QUI VIVfi.

From the number of Vandalia employes in the several departments that have been married this week it looks as if they think prosperity is in sight.

A gentleman in this city had a peculiar experience with the Arena, the magazine which the late Fusion candidate for congress in this district, Hon. John Clark Rid path, is now conducting in Boston. Glancing through the magazine some time ago he saw the advertisement of a book which struck his fancy, and he enclosed fifty cents in a letter and ordered it sent to him. A few days later he received an acknowledgement of the money, but the book did not come. After waiting several weeks, he wrote to the magazine calling attention to the fact that his money had been sent and its receipt acknowledged, and asked that his order be filled. In a short time he received a note from the office of the concern, stating that it had been placed in the hands of a receiver ahd was now paying ten cents on the dollar, and if he would file his application he would receive his dividend of ten per cent. Not caring to invest in the luxury of an affidavit before a notary public, and postage, to get his ten per cent, dividend on fifty cents, he dropped the matter, and is minus both money and book.

One of Governor Mount's farmer friends from the outside townships takes credit fer the closing down of the gambling rooms and slot machines, recently ordered by the police board. According to his statement be came into the city one day the latter part of last week, found the slot machines merrily at work, tried to break them himself, succeeded partially, and then took his pen in hand to write to the Governor, complaining of the manner in Which the police board are running things here. He asserts that this letter brought another from the chief magistrate of the state indicating his views to the police board on the manner in which things should be run, and this was followed by the closing down of everything. Q. V. heard the gentleman make this assertion on Main street the other day, and gives it for what it is worth.

Col. Wra. E. McLean and Mayor Fred A. Ross, who are about the same age,— although the Colonel has more gray hairs than the lattei—were clerks in Terre Haute mercantile establishments down towards the river front in nearly '40's. To the average person it seems so long ago that to look at either of them it is hard to believe that they were able to clerk then. But they were, despite their youthful appearance, and whenever either of them gets in the other's vicinity he is bound to and indulge in reminiscences. One day this week they met in the mayor's office in the city hall, and in one way or another recalled the fact that they had once attended circuses together on the land situated between Fifth and Sixth and Main and Ohio streets. That was when it was a vacant lot in the latter part of the thirties. This called to the mind of Mayor Ross the fact that Col. T. H. Blake, who was a mem ber of Congress from this district in the latter part of the thirties, had purchased the whole block lying between the streets named for KMX). He came back from a session of congress in the latter part of the thirties, had purchased the whole block lying between the streets named for KMX). He came back from a session of congress in the latter part of the thirties with WOO in cash in his pocket, and didn't know what to do with it. There wasn't $000 in cash in the town at that time, and the man with $600 in his pocket was a genuine curiosity. He called a consultation of his friends to get their advice as to what to do with such a large amount. This plan was discussed, and then that, and finally he wns advised to purchase the square lying between Main and Ohio and Fifth and Sixth streets, and he acted upon it, buying it for 1000. When he died in 1851, and Dr. Blake, a relative, came on from Washington, to settle up the estate, he disposed of the square to Wm. B. Tuell, John P. Usher and Dr. G. W. Patrick, the father of Mrs. S. M. Rice. Tuell and Usher bought the half of the block on Main street from Fifth to Sixth, paying 11,900 for it, and Dr. Patrick bought the Ohio street front, paying for it #400, the entire block bringing •1.600. The' advance in land values in Terre Haute is shown by the fact that in the last real estate assessment here the Main street property is assessed at from $875 to 1400 a front foot, the corner lot at Sixth and Main being assessed at 1400, and the corner lot at Fifth and Main at 1875 per front foot. The Fifth street front is assessed at from $110 to $135 per front foot, the Ohio street property at #120, and the Sixth street frontage at from #150 to 1350 per front foot. This be it remembered is only for purposes of taxation, and does not represent the full value of the property. Things have changed in Terre Haute since that block was sold for $300 in cash, and illustrates how in the large cities when the growth has been more marked than in a city the sixe of this, fabulous fortunes have been made simply from the improvement of land values, as In the case of the Astors in New York city.

While in a reminiscent mood, Col. McLean called to mind a bill that he bad discovered in the office of the auditor of state in Indianapolis, daring his term of service as a senator from this county. It was a hill for the erection of a fence around the old state house grounds, when the capital of the state of Indiana was located at Corydon, In Harrison county. This was in

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the early 20's. The bill read as follows, and may be found on file in the auditor of state's office at Indianapolis to-day:

The State of Indiana, To John Smith. Dr. To building substantial worm fence, ten rails high, stake and ridered, pig tight and bull proof, around the state house grounds at Corydon. Indiana, as per contract, $52.

It would seem at this late date that a fence filled all these requirements was furnished at a very low figure at the price named.

Chauncey Rose would probably turn over in his grave if he knew that some of the aristocratic students who are taking advantage of his bounty at the Rose Polytechnic school had refused to play football with the High School team of this city, because one of the players on the latter team happened to be a colored boy. The Polytechnic long hairs were booked to play the High School foot ball team, but refused last night to go into the game so long as a colored boy named Miller, was on the team. He is one of the best men on the team? and the High School man ager decided to withdraw him in accordance with the protests of the Polytechnic team. If the High School boys had had and the proper spirit they would have told the cerculean blooded men from the Poly to take their foot ball team and go to Halifax. About the next thing the Polytechnic players will do will be to refuse to play with the High School team unless every member of the latter can satisfactorily demonstrate that his ancestry can be traced in a direct line back to the crusades. '^Unable to do this the Poly boys will refuse to have anything to do with such a common crew. About the best way the colored boy can get even for this display is to watch the Polytechnic boys in their next disgraceful street riot—which Terre Haute boys would not be permitted to indulge in—and have the colored policemen arrest them. That would be getting even with a vengeance.

When the members of the Trotting Association meet to audit the accounts of the recent race meeting, it will not be surprising if some of them make a determined effort to close up the affairs of the association, prorate its debts among the members and go out of the business of giving race meetings. A numbc? of them feel like this, and have determined to do all they can to bring such action to pass. They are disgusted with the way in which Terre Haute people patronize the meetings, and point to the last one as the climax. With all the business houses closed especially for the «MaHliere were only 520 paid admissions to the grounds on that day. It is discouraging, and some of the most active members of the association are about ready to quit. After the sting of the failure of "Terre Haute day" has worn off, however, wiser judgment will doubtless prevail, and an association with the world-wide reputation that the Terre Haute association has, will not be allowed to pass off the face of the earth. At any rate some innovations are likely to be made next year in the effort to get the people interested in these race meetings, the last one of which is accepted by all race authorities as being the greatest that was ever held on any track. Q. V. has always believed, since the hard times came on, that a fifty cents admission price, with twenty-five cents for the grand stand for those who cared to go there, would bring twice as many people to the gates, fill the grand stand, and enable the association to get greater prices for the privileges. On the other hand it is stated as an absolute fact that the year that the price was advanced from fifty cents to a dollar the attendance for the week was the greatest the association has ever enjoyed. This would seem to knock the fifty cent theory in ihe head, but while looking around for new methods to bring the people to the races the latter is certainly deserving of one year's trial. _____

As Q. V. prophecied last week the street cars resumed their regular schedule on Wednesday morning. President Harrison announced that he had given the people the object lesson he desired in three days, although the original announcement was that it would be for a week. Perhaps the fact that the people gave Mr. Harrison an object lesson in refusing to patronize the poky cars had as much to do with the resumption of the old time as anything else. Ordinances were submitted to the council Tuesday night providing for a speed of eight miles an hour for the cars on all streets except Main where it is reduced to three miles an hour, but they were postponed, and no one believes they will ever be passed. They ought not be passed. It is foolish to say that the reduced speed demanded by these ordinances and an increase in the namber of cars would bring an enormous increase in the business. If Mr. Harrison would put enongh cars on his lines to make them look like an endless procession people wouldn't patronize them, running at three and eight miles an hour. They would walk, as they walked this week while Mr. Harrison was playing the martyr act. Q. V. does not believes that there is a man in the council who would deliberately outrage public sentiment by the enactment of any ordinance that would destroy the efficiency of the street car system. And Mr. Harrison's illustration of how street ears are ran in Eransrille had very little to do with bringing them to this frame of mind.

There is blood on the moon. It's female blood, too. It grows out of an article which appeared in Miss Rose Brothers' Weekly Sews, last evening, in which she goes after Miss Mary McCombs, the bead of the west end Light House Mission, for

the part the latter took in the HammondSavoree case. Miss Brothers in unmistakable terms charges Miss McCombs with being a traitor to her sex in the efforts she made to shield Fred Savoree from the punishment provided by law for the part he took in ruining the little Hammond girl. She questions the sincerity of Miss McCombs in her avowed zeal to

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tian duty and devotes over a column to a discussion of the case. The article is likely to create something of a sensation, for Miss Brothers charges that Miss McCombs receives $70 a month from the Christian associations of this city for her services, while she devotes her time to securing release from punishment of a man guilty, according to the testimony of the physicians, of one of the most heinous crimes against the sex.

The agony is at an end regarding the revenue collectorship. The president yesterday nominated Judge D. W. Henry to the position of revenue collector for this district, to succeed Judge Jump, whose term expires on the 6th of November. The ju&ge was apprised of the fact by a telegram from a friend in Washington yesterday afternoon. He will not take his office until the expiration of the term of the present incumbent. Upon his resignation from the bench his place will be filled- by Governor Mount by the appointment of Samuel C. Stimson—an appointment that will give universal satisfaction, because it recognizes the merits of one of the ablest lawyers at the Terre Haute bar, who is as well a popular gentleman, and a good Republican. Judge Henry's chief deputy will be 01. Tichenor, of Princeton, who will remove with his family to this city. According to recent rulings of the departments at Washington, there will be several^ other appointments open to' the new revenue collector, the most important among them being that of Crawf. Scott, which pays a salary of four dollars a day.

WOMEN WHO SHOULD NOT MARRY,.

Types of Feminine Fairness That Air'e' -Better Off When Single. The woman who proudly declares that she cannot even hem a pocket handkerchief, never made up abed in her life, adds with a simper that she "been in society ever since she was 15.-"

The woman w" would rather nurse a pug dog than a baby. V*-* The woman who thinks ahe can get $5,000 worth of style out of $1,000 salary.

The woman who wants to refurnish her house every spring. The woman who buys to% the mere pleasure of buying, ''r

The woman who does nbt '•know how many cents, halves, quarters, dimes and nickels there are in a dollar. M-

The woman who thinks that ngen are angels and demigods. The woman who would rather die than wear a bonnet two seasons old.

The woman who thinks that the cook and the nurse can keep house. The woman who thinks it is cheaper to buy bread than to make it.

The woman who buys bric-a-brac for the parlor and borrows kitchen utensils from her neighbors.

The woman who wants things just because "other women" have them. The woman who thinks she is an ornament to her sex if she wins a progressive euchre prize.

Rules for Waltzing.

The dancing season is close at hand and here area few rules prepared to govern all polite assemblages where the waltz has not been driven out by the two-step.

Do not, in waltzing, seize your partner about the waist with both arms. This insures against separation in the accidents Incident to a ball room career, but is like ly to attract attention.

Remember in all cases to keep time with the music. If your partner fails to emulate you in this, gently, but firmly procure another partner.

Bear in mind that the floor is the basis of operations, not your partner's feet. Do not rest your chin upon your partner's shoulder. It is a handicap for her, and, besides she may jolt and loosen your teeth.

It is bad form to elevate yoar partner's right hand to a level with your ear. If you want to scratch your ear disengage your own hand and do it like a man. It is usual to preface the performance by saying, "Excuse me."

When you feel yourself failing, let go of your partner. It is true that she might serve as a buffer: but it is easier to pick up one person than two.

Never romp while waltzing. If you need exercise, go out and run around the block. Do not hold your partner so close that she cannot get a full breath. On the other hand, do not push her away as if under the suspicion that her corsage is full of hatpins.

If you are going to waltz, waits. Don't hop, or two-step or polka, or spiel, or cancan. Just waltz.

An Unique Bicycle Ran. The most unique bicycle run on record trill be that of the City Hall Flyers, who will go through the new Hulman street sewer to-morrow morning on their wheels. The new sewer is finished to Fourth street on Hulman, and the run will proceed from that point to the outlet at the river. The new sewer is eight feet in diameter in some portions, and 'runs down from that to four feet. The sewer contractor has arranged for the run, Mid will have lanterns along the sewer for the benefit of the cyclists.

Man wants but little here below, and keeps on wanting.

TERRE HAUTE, HTD., SATURDAY EVEHlSTG, OCTOBER 9, 1897. ^.^'^^TWEHTT-BI©nTII TEAR

ABOUT WOMEN.

Pretty gtrts^&ce delightful to look at and very- nipe td know, but there area great ita this practical workaday world of dttr^, who have very tender spots', invitheif heart? for the plain girls. While. the£may and probably do adore pretfcitie&B,' ,they ilqng ago learned that there are ma^y„ pretty girls who base all theft' idea£of preaehit success and future hqpi^ tH|f]&.gG6d looks, and overlook the fact thi& iihettf. are much more substantial .thu^setta. tht^world than beauty, even tliougllj t&e \ybrid puts a very high value uporf $Eat. most" desirable commodity. ^.4..-

It is a misfaiwne fco be pretty if one depends solely ilpoa ,th»t f&ct for one's curtrency in soci^j oife'.s .material pros'perity, but 1^,0$. yt *tlie greatest of 'blessings to vB^ ljeautiful if one has judicious parks' toil friends and is carefully trained^ ad ^auglitj+the true value of beauty and nM.'.MTahtages to be gained .by its possession^ iiisi supplemented and aided by good*senserand. good breeding. Everything that ^ddp'fo beauty and tends toward its permstnen^y has a high value in all of the |e)ktiops_of life.' Whether it be a house, ho?sev work of art or a child beauty, ^gd^in £very way to^its consequence., *, tr

Physical syrtnuetoy and 'perfection are rftrely found codp!6fl wjth exquisite mentail balance Aid a good stock of sterling common sense. &ut once in awhile this admirable cpmbiiptio^ fah discovered, and truly its price'rubies. w.

"If a girl shrinks fcotflf the wbrd 'obey,' or hesitates to speak it afr the altar, it will be better .that ahe'Snall never approach the hour o^herflpmrritige," writes Edwin YjF# Bok in the dctober Ladies' Home Journal, in reply fo inquiries from two gMs if they should insist upon the word "obey"4 being omitted from the marriage ceremonyM" Either she is doubtful of her own lov&jd^distrusts the heart of her lovdr. ArSr in either case her marriage will be a sin i«*the eyes of God."

Little it^u^sllflsh people, really do mot^fprift-than good. They foster selfishness in others -by teaching them always tdixpect tlieir whims and wishes to swee^.all before them. The children of a very1" Unselfish .mother are usually spoiled soatpfe the brothers of an unduly self-effacing sister. The balance dijs too much to dj&Ss&ide, so that the law of give-and-take is^sibrogated. Therefore, question arlses^A'What is real unselfishness Is it merely the surrendering of all personal wishes to others, putting their fads and fancies first, never contradicting, or is there a higher kind of unselfishness, which consists in doing what one conscientiously believes to be the best for others, even if this should include the duty of crossing their desires, or telling them a home truth now and then, regardless of the lact that one will be blamed, perhaps even abused, and thought disobliging? What we call unselfishness is, perhaps, ofteti a subtle form of the contrary vice,. which makes one prefer to "give way" upon all occasions, rather than risk Unpleasantness, or incur unpopularity.

The world does not believe in love in a cottage very much, that is, the world assumes not to believe in it. But there are some things that stand the wear and tear of time with tolerable success, and love in a cottage may be one of them, the world ostensibly to the contrary notwithstanding. From the secure pedestal of a large experience the world looks indulgently and pityingly down upon aspirants for happiness in this particular line, and scoffs mildly and prophesies with grim cynicism. But love makes the world go round just the same, and there is no place where love enjoys the manifestation of his powers as he does in a cottage, with two young people who have just gone from the altar to housekeeping. Love is in his element there, and he turns in and helps with the power mightier than the combined force of a dozen experts. He loves to help two young people to select the pieces of furniture which are to adorn the cottage, and he suggests schemes for the artistic arrangement of them he helps to lay carpets and put up stoves and to hang pictures and adjust tidies. Ah! Love is a sly boy when he joins forces with two young people who have gone from the altar to housekeeping.

The faces of women one es in the street form curious story, says the Family Docto One woman purses up her lips, anothei Sws her eyes into unnaturalness, whik third will wrinkle up her forehead and eyebrows until she looks absolutely ugly. The trick is an unconscious one, but is none the less a trick, and a bad one.

There is no reason why any woman should look forbidding and bad-tempered just because she is annoyed about something. Deep-seated trouble has a way of writing itself upon the face whether we will or not. Sickness, too, has its handwriting, and will not be concealed by art. But the frown caused by superficial trouble should not be entertained by the face for an instant.

We should strive to look as pleasant as possible for the sake of others a corresponding cheerfulness of temperament will inevitably isult, and always to the sweetening of oi nature.

We can tt afford to go about with gloomy ft |||, To depress others is not for us oar work is to cheer, to raise up, to comfort, but we shall never do this unless we cultivate a pleasant

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and the cheerful temper inseparable from it. This brings us to that question of worry.

Can we put it more strongly than to say that it is a duty to put care, worry, fretfulness behind one? The habit must be learned, or we shall not "grow straight in the strength of our spirit, and live out our life as the light," as Swinburne so \ell puts it. "It is difficult to do thafy jsays someone.

We all know that it is very hard, but women are not afraid of difficulties. The more difficult the right thing is to do, the greater reason for doing it. All we need is to make the first effort—strength will be born which will increase at each subsequent attempt, and we shall conquer it in the end. Salvation for women lies in this —not to be overcome by troubles, but to overcome them.

Such an ideal condition as that outlined in the following extract from the Philadelphia Times may be possible, but there are very few persons, men or women, who will believe that it is. It is all nonsense, says the writer in the Times, saying that there cannot exist real friendship (without a trace of another more sentimental attitude) betweep men and women. Some wbmen are born to have scores of staunch, loyal men friends, who believe in them, who enjoy their society, who would fight for them, but who would never think of making love to them. Not that the women may not be as thoroughly and absolutely lovable as others whom the men feel must be complimented, must be made love to, but whom they never would dream of being only friendly with.

A man friend, if he deserves the name, is a jewel. He is a dependable, helpful rock of stability, that is not so aggressively familiar as a brother, or annoyingly jealous or persistent as a lover.j^

Happy is the woman who has such a friend, and, let it be added in parenthesis, many a man who starts oufdetermined to be a lover ends by being a friend. The tactful woman who can by easy stages lead the man from the heights of wild adoration to the sunny plains of a placid, genial friendship secures one of the richest blessings life can afford. Then, if she is well, he is her ever-ready companion, her confidant, her adviser if she is ill, he is her kindest nurse, her honest sympathizer, and anyone who thinks men cannot be as gentle and resourceful as women in the sick room, just ought to see one of these devoted men friends when put to the test.

Of course someone pooh poohs all this and says: "Well, it may be called friendship, but it looks very muoh like love." So it does, but can't friends loye each other isn't friendship the twin of the warmer emotion? And just because it happens to be a man and a woman on this friendly footing, why on earth should everyone think that he must adore her madly because he is kind to her? The woman who has no father or mother, no brothers or sisters, can appreciate a man friend every time, and if he should some day become her husband, does he have to become any less her friend Ah, no I A woman's best friend should be her husband but if she hasn't any husband, why on earth can't she enjoy the real kindness of a real man without the world thinking he is in love with her or she with him

"NAPPY-LAND."

Go, seek play In Nappy-land: Dear, my baby, go. Elfins wander to and fro

High and low, high and low, Ring their romps in Nappy-land.

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Find soft sleep In Nappy-land Close your eyes of blue Let-no little wink shine thro'.

Stars shall be alight for you Down in shining Nappy-land. Wing your flight to Nappy-land

Sweet, my blrdling, go. Angels will the pathway show. Soft and low, soft and low, Sound their songs from Nappy-land. Where lies wondrous Nappy-land?

Give to me your ear. Soft—none else must hear. Here, my nodding treasure, here, Close in mother's arms, my dear Easy journey, never fear. Listen, sweet,Jiow close and clear, Nearer, nearer, very near, Ring the dreaming children's voices Out from happy Nappy-land. —Ida F. Chunn In Harper's Bazar.

A Female Minstrel Show. The young ladies connected with St. Stephen's Episcopal church will give a novel entertainment at Harrison Park Casino on the nights of the 19th and 20th of October. It will be a female minstrel show, in which many of the best known young ladies of tne city will participate. The end men—or should it be the end ladies t—will be the Misses Eva Hollinger, Franeeska Strong, Janie Hunter, Julia Ford, Else Crawford, Mabel Cook, Alice Hammerstin, Grace Jenckes,' Rosa Herz, Nelda Dickson, Caroline Preston and Blanche Barnes. In addition to the minstrel first part, in which Miss Hattie Sleight will preside as interlocntor, there will be a Trilby dance, an automaton dance and a song and dance by sixteen young ladies, a fancy dance by Misses Rose Braman and Bertha Dnenweg, a whistling solo by Miss Cora O'Boyle, and a drill by twenty-four young ladies. The performance will conclude with Gilbert's "Trial by Jury." Prof. Oscar Duenweg will have charge of the dances, while the entire performance will be under the direction of James B. Dickson, who has a national reputation as a producer of spectacles. The entertainment is likely to attract large crowds. c"9 t.f

The woman who hesitates is won.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

It was Pat Foley when he worked at his trade as a carpenter. It is Signor Foli now that he is on visit to his old home, in Hartford, Coun., with a record as "the would rtenowed basso" back of him. 18f£daughter of the Czar of Russia, the little Grand Duchess Olga, is said to be the richest baby in the world. The week she was born a million pounds invested in English and French securities was settled upon her.

In Mexico everything and everybody pays a direct tax, from the street porter to the largest mercantile establishment, and the stamp-tax for documents is equally lucrative. Even placards and posters must bear a^ stamp.

One million and a half of men work in the coal mines of the world. Of these Great Britian has 535,000 United States, 800,000 Germany, 285,000 Belgium, 100,000 Russia, 44,000. The world's miners of metal number 4,000,000.

A "new" father in Missouri town found a twenty-dollar gold piece tucked into the lining of a baby carriage he bought there, and in 34 hours there wasn't a baby carriage left on sale in the place. The dealers were the on?s who laughed last.

A number of unmarried women in New York have formed a society for the prevention of hereditary diseases. They have registered a solemn vow not to marry any man whose family is tainted with consumption, insanity,, alcoholism or other heritable disea^p. '/J*.*-**

A rew.ard of ,26 cents for promptly returning a check for $245,000 indicates that the premium on honesty is not very high just now but that's exactly what a New York messenger boy received from the confidential clerk of the Wall street broker who lost the paper.

It is estimated that 22 acres of laud is necessary to sustain one man oh fresh meat. The same space of land if devoted to wheat culture, would feed 42 people if to oats, 88 potatoes, Indian corn and rice, 176, and if to the plantain or bread-fruit tree, over 0,000 people.

A man in Cartersville Georgia, purchased the gallows on whicfe a man was hanged and built a hennery of the lumber. He has never had a chicken %tolen*from it, and it is said that the c&tored brother won't go within a block of i^if he, can possibly avoid doing so. ..

There are several new grades in Paris. 1 You find dog doctors, dog dentists, dog barbers "ttnd ijog dressmakers advertisid in the newspapers, and they seem to be well patronized. I heard today, writes a correspondent, of an American woman who spent $80 for garments to dress a $2 dog.

The privileges of the young men of'V to-day are being slowly undermined. At St. Louis those who are bonded by the surety companies are reported to their employers if seen hanging around a stage door or frequeuting the society of theatrical women. Taking a soubrette to supper almost risks the forfeiture of a bond.

There are no prisons in Iceland. There are not even any police in that country. The people are so honest that there is no need of such guardians of peace and property or places of punishment. It is not even considered necessary to have locks or bolts upon the doors of houses. The history of Iceland for 1,000 years records no more than two thefts.

No wonder foreign celebrities hunger after engagements in the New York music halls. Cleo de Merode is receiving $1,596 a week for walking on her toes a few minutes each evening. Marie Lloyd is to be paid $650 a week for singing schocking songs. Yvette Guiibert was paid $700 a night, Otero $1,700 a week. Loie Fuller 25 per cent of the gross receipts and a guarantee of $3,000 weekly, and Chevalier $1,200 a week.

The coroner of El Paso county, Col., has just given out an astounding record of violent deaths at Cripple Creek. The record covers a period of three and onehalf years and shows Cripple Creek to be the "toughest town" in the United States. It gives a total of 247 recorded violent deaths in Cripple Creek alone since January, 1804, or an average of more than 70 a year, or one for every five days, and this for an average population of less than 5,000 people.

THE OLD DRESS.

What shall we do with the poor old dress, Fit to be cast'aside Long ere out of life's storm and stress

Its busy owner died? Not worth remaking, and room is scarce, And to leave it hung in its place Means sudden pangs of a scarce-healed woe

And a lost beloved face. Yet that dress was shabby that close beside Another of silk might bang, And it brushed its neighbor nestling there

With never a grudging pang. For the heart that beat in the shabby gown Loved the heart In the silken dress, And left it a lesson of life-long Jpve

And patient unselfishness. O silent witness of mother-love Till the warm heart fell asleept Good enough for the mother's wear,—

Then good enough to keepl Fold it away with reverent hands And quiet and loving: tears, Then pray for the heart in the silken dress

Through the motherless coming years! —Florence Evelyn Pratt in Harper's Bazar.

Flatter is the art of making others believe yon are interested in them, when in reality they give you that tired feeling. "VP.

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