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TERBE haute, ijvik

Satnrdny Morning, Nor. 27, 1869.

A Boston

paper

speaks of a man so

bad that passing counterfieit money was ''the most virtuous act of his life." That fellow will do for an illustration of "total ,, rwrav. s. rj._ »„.„»** depravity.

Andrew Johnson proposes to spend the winter in Washington, prompted by that strange impulse that often compels great criminals to linger around the scene of their crimes. It is not a new phase of human nature, being frequently mentioned by writers of that class of novels in which the "blood-and-thunder" clement is most prominent.

Dr. Livingstone'slast African discovery is a tribe that lives altogether in underground houses. Some excavations are said to be thirty miles long, and have running rills in them. A whole district can stand a seige in them. The "writings" therein, he has been told by some of the people, are on wings of animals, and not letters. They are said to be very dark, well made. Geographers and ethnologists wil^look with impatient in erest for further information concerning this remarkable people.

Tiie assertion is made that "resident Grant will recommendi he early construction of the Darien Ship Canal in lys forthcoming message. He is undoubtedly a friend of the project, but we arc assured upon good authority that there is no ground for the statement that he will take official noticc of it, and it is on a par with others regarding the contents of his message. Never before in the history of the Government has -any President succeeded as well as he has in preventing the contents of his annual communication to Congress from being prematurely printed.

Beef-packing in Chicago, formerly, a large and lucrative trade in that city, it is asserted, is rapidly declining, the business having been transferred to Texas and Colorado. The number of cattle packed in Chicago amounted to 84,624 in 1860, and gradually increased to 92,459 in 1S65. In 18G6 the number fell off to 27,17^111(1 in 1869 was only 26,9-50. The cause of this decline is attributed to the fact that beef can be more cheaply supplied to the Atlantic ports from the South and West than from Chicago.

A I)r. Jarvis of Boston has been guess ingattlie results of our Ninth Census which'will be taken next Summer—prob ably in June. He guesses that the total population of the United States (exclu ding Indians not taxed) will be 39,613,115 whe.-eof4,664,418 will be colored. As the total population in 1860 was 31,443,790, the estimated increase exceeds eight mil lions, and is considerably above twenty five per ccnt. The Tribune thinks that considering that we have had four years of desperate, bloody civil war in this decade, this increase must be deemed re markablc, even admitting that we owe a good share of it to im migration.

Christian Convention.

We have long been familiar with con ventions of almost .all sorts, good, bad and indifferent. In fact it is very natural and proper that those who have common interests or common purposes, should meet for consultation concerning these.— In business, politics and reformations, thus plan of meeting in convention is in almost constant practice, and has been for years. So, too, have there been gatherings of religious bodies, but these ordinarily have been of the nature of ecclesiastical courts—places whence come decrees and decisions—rather than assemblages of the people for consultation. These bodies, too, have been composed of those in agreement upon some denominational point, great or small.

But these Christian Conventions have come into vogue within a few years They are an outgrowth of the intimate mingling of Christians of different denominations during the war, Christians at home working and praying together for the good cause, and Christians in the field working, fighting and praying together for the nation's life. In this intimate mingling Christians learned the fact that there were good, earnest and devout men in all the branches of the Christian church, and they tasted the pleasure of going outside their denominational walls now and then. Going out thus, they often came back with some rich fruit which did not grow inside their own walls. In this way different denominations came to respect each other more, and to imitate one another's good qualities. At the close of the war, that noble institution, respected by every soldier, and by many regarded as the means of saving their lives, the United States Christian Commission, reorganized under the name of the American Christian Commission, for the purpose of "awakening the attention of the Christian pub !ic to the urgent need of evangelizing the multitudes not yet readied by direct Christian labor using for this purpose the press, public meetings, local organizations, and other suitable means."

Quietly and judiciously it has introduced this system of conventions into almost every Northern State. The Commission does not in any sense manage the conventions, but simply prompts the people to do it themselves and renders any assistance which its greater experience enables it to give, and which the people mav desire.

These conventions are in no sense ecclesiastical bodies, but all the denominations technically called "evangelical" are invited to send delegates: They are composed largely of laymen, or, at least, a prominence is given to the lay element not common in ordinary religious bodies. Their purpose is a practical one, and relates not to doctrine, but to methods of work. The zealous workers in the different churches and religious organizations come together and disCuss the bet meth ods of doing the appropriate work of the Church. Men of experience are thus brought together, and the results of their experience are made available to many who desire to do Christian work, but do not exactly know how.

As an evidence of an increasing spirit of charity among those who, too often in the past, have been bitter rivals, these conventions must give pleasure to all, both in and out of the churches, who believe in, and wish well the Christian religion.

The Convention which is to be held in this city early in December, promises to be one of no ordinary interest. A number of prominent Christian laymen, both in and out of the State, have signified their intention to be in attendance, and of course the clergy will be fully represented. We hear the names of such men as D. L. Moody, of Chicago, Charles F. Coffin, of Richmond, Col.

John W. Ray,

of Indianapolis, and many other laymen of less note, mentioned a3 sure to attend. The churches in this' city, we are informed, are co-operating in preparing for itg advent. We give the Convention the rough old miner's benediction, "May the Lord take a liking to you."

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The Washington Correspondent of the Philadelphia Enquirer gives a very interesting account of the three swords, formerly the property of the traitor General Twiggs,which shows^hat, in t|ie attempt to arrest General BtnxER for taking the weapons, {here was some very hard swearing done by somebody As the Enquirer justly remarks, this is precisely one of those suits that Congress should pass a law toprotect Union officers against. The claimant of the swords swears, in effect, that General Btttxek appropriated them to his own use, while a letteT from General Butler, and another from Mr. Lincoln, show that they were sent to ovulate murdered President, and that he turned them over to Congress. But perjury to injure a Union soldier is a small matter.

A THIEF'S EVENTFUL LIFE.

Sentenced to prison for Fifty-Eight Years—-His^Sufferings Destroy His In.tellect. -i

From theMilwaukee Wisconsin The readers of the Wisconsin will recollect a sketch of the adventures of Charley Laville, alias Hildebrand, alias half-a-dozen oilier names with very romantic sounds, published three years ago. Laville was arrested for horsestealing, and sent to Waupun three years ago, he pleading guilty to the charge. Although only thirty years of age, his history was a most event ful one. At an early age he left hU home in Monroe county, Michigan, joined a cir cus company, and went to Europe. His as sociates were none of the best, and very soon the boy quit the circus and went to stealing. By hi* own confession he had been sentenced to pri.«on for an aggregate term of fifty-eight years, and has suffered imprisonment in England, France, Canada and theUnited States. From some prisons he escaped, and in two instances he was pardoned out.

Upon going to'Waupun, Laville ex hibited symptoms of insanity. These were supposed to De "put on" for a purpose, and he was punished on many occasions for violation of the prison rule--. Commissioner Cordier, however, cavs that there is no doubt of the insanity of the man, and that he has been a ravin.!! maniac for two years. During the most oi this lime it has been necessary to keep him confined to a cell, and Laville, according to the Commit Moner's story, has sunk from a criminal to an object of sympathy and charity.

Laville has passed through a most strarge career, and his life |y oung as he is, has been full of striking incidents and adventure. After he was senteneed, and before being sent to prison he told a reporter of the Wisconsin that there was no punishment enforced in the prisons of the several countries named above that had not been inflicted upon him, and the marks of many of them he will carry on his person to the grave. He has stood at the whipping-post till his back was cut to pai'ces, and the blood flowed in streams to his feet, and until he fainted dead away, without uttering a groan, so powerful was his self-enduranee. He has been tied up by the tjiumbs, lain day after day in that dark cell, starved to death's door, and a score of times carried senseless from the shower bath, the most painful of all pun ishments.

The real name of Laville is William Henry Harrison Tompkins, and he was born in Farmington, Monroe county, Mich He first set out with Howe's circus in 1848, and went to England, and his first attempt at robbery was on the French coast when several of the party were captured, Tompkins among the number. He was sent to the Prison Oliquo, but, through"the aid of the American Consul, was released after serving three months, on account of his extreme youth.

Among the incidents related to a reporter of the Wisconsin, by Tompkins, was his arrest in 1854, when little more than 18 years of age, at Pittsburg, Pa. With others he robbed" a man on Alleghany bridge one dark night, was caught and sent to State Prison for ten years. He said that when sentence was pronounced upon him he did not care, as he felt as though he could cut his way through the walls of any prison in existence. Although closely searched, he had a small saw, made from the main spring of a watch, hidden so thoroughly that the officers could not find it, and he kept it with him. After being in prison a few months he made an attempt at escape, was detected and placed in a dark cell, where he remained ten days on bread and water.

For the second atttempt he was showered and then confined in the dark cell again. As soon as lie recovered he made the third attempt. By this time the officers of the prison had become thoroughly exasperated at the manner in which they had been foiled by this young prisoner, and as Tompkins expressed it, they "went for him." Every morning for three weeks he was kept in the shower bath until he fainted away, and as soon as he recovered he was placed in the dark cell, on bread and water, and was told that this punishment would be kept tip until he told where his saw was. With an iron constitution and a wilful disposition, he refused to tell, and said that he would die first. At the.end of three weeks the prison surgeon declared that the punishment must cease of Tompkins would die. The keeper said, "Let him die 1'11 kill him or make him squeal but the suergeon forbade further punishment. Tompkins went into the hospital. Here he lingered between life and death for some weeks, when he was sent bach to prison and to las cell. During his absence arrangements had been made to keep him safely, and the first night he was in his old quarters lie had an iron collar p».t about his neck, and by this chained to the floor. Irons not over afoot in lenght held him to the floor by both hands and by both legs. He could do nothing but lie on the cold stones—he could not move. In this posi tion he was held day after day and night after night, his hands being relieved so that he could eat twice a day, and he being taken out twice a week by two guards for exercise, but on every occasion his leg3 were shackled and he wore handcuffs. He said, as he lay on the floor one day, suffering in mind and body, he determined that he was getting the worst of it, and that he would ask for mercy and promise to make no more attempts to escape.

While he was revolving in liismind the best method of reaching the good side of the keeper's heart, that dignitary came in and commenced taunting his prisoner, asking him how he liked his place, and lien he expected to make another attempt to escape. Tompkins says then all his good resolutions scattered, and he determined that he would escape. He was kept thus chained to the floor for several weeks and then released and sent back to the shops. Within a month he cut his way out ef the prison with that same saw and escaped. During the three years he was confined he says he suffered all the horrors of perdition, and since then the agony of that season of his life could never be driven from his mind night or day.

The Inter-sexnal Contest, ass From l'aekattls monthly.] ffQ One af the most noticeable feaftireS "of the "Woman movement," as conducted by women, is the persistent and senseless misunderstanding, or, what is worse, misstatement of the sentiments and actions of the opposite sex. The women who call themselves, and are called by others, leadcrs'tti his field of reform, base their whole line of argument- and operation upon the opposition and antipathy of men and they do it with a bitterness and absence of candor which reflects no credit upon .either their shrewdness or their honesty. The fact is, intelligent men, as a class, are not opposed to enlarging the sphere of women, nor to granting them their "rights," whatever these may be and more than half the opposition that women meet—or think they meet—in asserting orbiting their rights, is that which they themselves beget. The larger share of the fighting that is done by those who claim the credit of being "strongminded," is against the wind mills of their own fancy. Attempting to profit by the Yankee's experience, who got so "awfully wrenched kicking at nothing," these doughty'champions fix upon the tangible objective, Man, and entertain themselves and the world by bruising their little toes against his unimpressible shins. Usually •he endures it with great equanimity and even enjoyment, but at times, if he does not kick back, he opposes sharp corners of contact, and somebody gets hurt. We speak of "Man in the aggregate, and not of the exceptional-male who delights to "worrit" the excitable female by turning her best efforts into ridicule, and purposely misstating her.

That women, sensible women, womanly women should honestly desire to see the sphere of female usefulness and female opportunity enlarged, is neither strange nor sad. They would be neither sensible nor womanly if the/ .did not. And for

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every woman who thus feels and. acts there is at least one man who will "match" her,both in the breadth and the ardor of her noble aspirations. It is a mistaken notion that intelligent men as a class, desire to restrict the sphere, or curb the honest ambition of women and a huge proportion even of those who are forced, out of mere self-defence, to make show of resistance to the peremptory demands of so-called reformers, are sincerely pleased with every indication of real progress in woman's behalf.

The fact is, the greatest obstacles in the path of women are women for not only are the great majority of the "weaker' sex opposed to any movement which shall give scope for renewed strength, bat they even object to the strength itsel£ Were a vote to be taken to-day of all the women in America over eighteen years of age upon the single question of Female Suffrage, we do not doubt that this great panacea for female woes would be shelved by an overwhelming verdict. In fact, if a great majority of the women of this country really desired the franchise, and would express that desire in befitting terms, there is little doubt that it would be granted. And we are willing to believe that the Suffrage Champions of the day, seeing this necessity, are honestly striving to meet it through the legitimate channels of the press and public speech. To this we do not object—in fact we would do what we can to encourage it, but we do protest against the wholesale arraignment of the "tyrant man," which constitutes the burden and Substance of their song. This is not the way to convince sensible women, who have good homes, kind husbands, indul gent brothers and charming cousins. The tyranny which mast women receive from men is of that sweet kind which induces them not only to bear it with equanimity but to bless and love the tyrant. This is the rule, and the exceptions which con stitutS the stock in trade of the reformers are too rare to be impressive.

Let the agitation go on, but let the women who would educate their own sex to a proper appreciation of rights to be at tamed, address themselves to the work ii hand, and let the men alone.

HASH.

Texts for sinners—Pretexts.' I'.-'vr Clerical loan3—Lent sermons.

The "new cut"—The Suez Canal. Popular diet in Utah—Spare rib. A frienly suit—A Quaker's dress. The Scene of disasters—Kerosene. 41 Unredeemable bonds—Vagabonds... Stump speech—Uttering a challenge." Original water works—A pair of eyes The greatest army contractor—Peace. Harmless pugilism Striking atti

tudes. i\& How to take a cold bath—Take It coolly-

It is pleasanter to eete than feel a lady's cuff. Motto for chess-players—Act on the square..

A tale of thrilling interest—The rattlesnake's. Strange bed-clothes—Three sheets in the wind,

The public Bulger that "draws" the best —A misquito. What is the greatest want of the age? Want of funds.

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Cheap generosity—Giving a man a piece of your mind. People Who let grass grow under their feet—Aeronauts.

Wanted— fresh covering for the bells that have pealed. It is a mistake to suppose that the sun is supported by its beams.

Editors ought to be able to live cheapthey get "bored" for nothing. A sufferer complains that squeaking boots "murder sleep" in church.

When is a small fish-pond like a bird cage? When there's a perch in it. Why is an over-worked horse like an umbrella? Because it is used up V:'I'

ll is said—ironically, perhaps—that blacksmiths forge and steel every day. It wasn't alone the conductors of cars who said on Thanksgiving afternoon, "all full."

People speak of the sun's breaking out. Will they account for the spots Oh its face?

Why do young ladies whiten their faces? Because they think the powder will make them go off.,

Some lawyers resemble folks who can sleep in any position it is immaterial on which side they lie.

What is the difference between a pill and a hill? One is hard to get up, and the other is hard to get down.

Height of extravagance—Getting your self run over by a railroad car just after you have bought your diary for 1870.

A young lady in Illinois having a dose "to be taken before going to bed," sat up until she got well, so as not to take it.

An actor lives on his roles by putting them into his head and other people their rolls by putting them into their stomach.

Woman—there is a purple half to the grape, a mellow half to the peach, a sunny half to the globe, and a better half to man.

Sgeakihg feelingly—The graceful weepiiig willow commands our admiration, but whoever said a good word for the whipping birch?"

An Hibernian Senator, speaking of suicide, said: "The only way to stop it is to make it a capital offense, punishable with death!" \,.

A story is told of a young man who was going West to open a jewelry store. When asked what capital he had, he replied: "A crowbar.

Spriggins says he once prevented ,'a severe case of hydrophobia by simply getting on a high fence and waiting there until the dog left.

Pat Doolan, at the battle ofChancellorsville, bowed low at a cannon ball whteh whizzed just six inches above his head. "Faith," said Pat, "one never loses anything by being polite." "I don't think I can see to shave me without a light," said Mr. Quilp to Mrs. Q., the other morning. "Oh, la," she replied, "I should think your face was plain enough to be seen anywhere."

An ex-devil of a country printing office was questioned as to the duties of a 'printers devil." He replied, *'to bring in clean water, carry out dirty water, steal wood, lie, and numerous other articles." "How do you manage to get along in Paris without knowing the French language?" inquired a gentlemen of Mrs. Shoddy. "Oh, we had an interrupter with us," complacently replied the old lady.

Gentlemen (to boatman)—You must often, I should think, get wet, do you not? Artless boatman—Yes, yer honor, we ddes, werry wet, werry wet, indeed but I'm werry dry just now, yer honor, and no mistake.

A lady, out with her little boy and girl, bought the boy a rubber balloon, which escaped him, and flew up in the air. The girl, seeing tears in his eyes, said: "Never mind, Neddy when^ you die and go to heaven you'll dit it."

Mr. Parsons, in his lecture on Curran, said that "genius can afford to wait. That's what an apprentice to th handcarte mackerel business was told. In time he might be able, like a grand artist, to draw his own establishment. "Jamaica Plain," said a horse-car conductor in the usually hurried way, as he was collecting fares. "Not a drop, good man, not a drop—allers takes old Bourbon," said an old lady who misconceived the purpose of the conductor.

"Don't put too much confidence a lover's sighs and vows," said Mrs. Partington to her niece. ."Let him tell you that you have lips like strawberries and cream, cheeks like a carnation, and an eye like an asterisk but such things oftener come from a tender head than a tender heart.''

A student was under examination once* at the college of Surgeons, when a hypothetical case was submitted, its various stages described, and the mode of treatment required. At last came the crisis. "Now, sir," said Sir A. C., "what would yon do?" Sir," replied the pulpit of Esculapious, "I would send for yu."

MY LITTLE ONE. A PRAYER. BY KDOAB PAWCKTT.

God bless ny little one How fair The mellow lampJishlSihtt his hair. Loose oil the cradle pillow there,. Sod bless my little one

God GuaH my little one 1 to me, Life, widowed «jf his life, would be As sea-sands, widowed of the

sea,

God guard my little one!

God lore my little one! As clear, shine holds the first green spear tareattows. hold himaearl r-little one!

these food lips are mate, and when I slumber, not to wake again, God bless—God guard—God love him then. My little one! Amen. —Merry Museum for November.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Christian Church at Lexington, Ky., lias a school for negro preachers. In Iowa there are 1,274 families of Friends and 570 parts of families, 8,339 members.

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The Baptiht Church has 25,000 members in New Jersey. There has been a great revival of religion among the Catholics of Omaha.

Anew Catholic church, to cost $100,000, is to be erected at Ottawa, 111. There are no more Presbyterian churches in New York city than twelve years ago-fso Rev. T. L. C'nyler says.

Bev. Samuel Roberston, who graduated I ii^ the first class at Princeton Seminary, died at Winneconne, Wis., lately, after fifty-five years in the ministry.

The number of Unitarian churches in Illinois i« now eighty, an increase of ten per cent, in one year.

The Rev. C. I. Machin has resigned his professorship in Racine College, and accepted a call as assistant minister Grace Church, Baltimore.:

A revival is in progress in Foundery Methodist Church, Washington City, in which members of other congregations have largely participated

The Kingstown, Mo., people have completed ahd dedicated a neat house of worship and are looking for a-pastor.

A Boman Catholic journal states that, with two exceptions, both caused by illhealth, all the English Catholic bishopB will take their seats in the Council at Rome.

Oversixty persons joined the Methodist Church at Chiccpee, Mass., during the two weeks labor of Mrs. Van Cott, of New York, six of whom were Roman Catho-, lira.

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Rev. H. E. Bdrfles, Of Moline, 111., is makes the famous' Elasti lieed'to suspend labor entirely for two obliged'to suspend labor entirely for months on account of bronchial troubles. His church received several new bers at their last communion.

Rev. G. B. Frothingham declares that Unitarianism is simply the old Puritan Congregationalism cleansed of ite canker, crime and incredibility.

The Baptist Church in Leavenworth, Kansas, is in danger of being sold to satisfy a judgment of $5500. It will require about $10,0(30 to finish the church edi% {ice.

On the authority of a Brahmin, it is stated that the hope of keeping up the system of idolatry in India is very discouraging, and that no class of Hindoos now have any faith in their religion.

Rev. James McLean, of Menasha, invented. Wis., has been invited to take charge of Iin^mTcHINE^O.8.

the church at Lebanon, Mo., but bis ac-1 Louis, Mo, ceptance of another call is elsewhere announced.

An advocate of congregations singing asks: "Why do we hnd congregations employing persons to do their singing who are notorious for profanity, intemperance and every immorality in the calendar?"

It is possible, evidently, to go to the I Scriptures on foolish erratlds. The Scotch,' it is said, refused to eat potatoes, for some time after their introduction, because they were not mentioned in the Bible!

The Presbyterians propose to build, at the general.expense of the denomination, &OAA per mot a great national church edifice, near the O I" salary Presidential mansion, in Washington, and I to sell our Patera. White Wj $150,000 is wanted for the purpose.

The Protestant Churchman regards the I Episcopal Church as holding in its bosom

ly further apart than any angelical parties. '•.£* M. It is reported that the arrangements in Chicago for anew Presbyterian paper, are so far advanced as to insure its appearance with the new year. It will have a grand field and should be a good paper.

In the Illinois Universalist State Convention, held recently, it was announced that a Chicago gentleman had drawn up his will, bequeathing $250,000 to found a University in Chicago.

The Rev. A. H. Clapp., D. D., declares that there was talk of a Congregational newspaper to be started under very bril liant auspices, in New York, but at last reports it was "indefinitely postponed."

"Jake, lend me ten dollars my dorg!" "Jake replied soothingly,and sympathetically: "Jim 11 wouldn't sell him."

An old tobacco chewer finds that the .Bible sustains his favorite habit. He quotes: "He that is filthy, let him be filthy still."

A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat

Requires immediate attention, as ncglect often results,in an incurable Lung Disease,

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Owing to the good reputation and popularity of the Troches, many icorthless and cheap imitations are offered, tekidi are good for nothing. Be sure to OBTAIN the true.

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There is a movement on foot to organ ize a Baptist State Suilday School and institute in Ohio, and to havfe annual conventions, after the example of their Methodist brethern.

Archbishop Cullen, of Dublin, in

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Agency. infringer ten, Mass., Pittsburgh, Pa., or St. Louis

Circular Saw Mills O SOLID tit ON, With improved direct attachment, wairanted capable of cutting over 2000 feet of flooring per hour, and unquestionably BETTEB, more Durable ana Cheaper than any other

OLOHON'8 CMldrea'-JUnder-Clothes Sapports er—Is the most perfect article of the kind ever offered to the public made prettily, fits nicely, gives ease and comfort and is just what every Miss wants. Mothers interested in the comfort and health of their daughters should examine its merits. For sale by

HERZ ARNOLD, Terre Haute, Ind.

Manufactured by D. B. SAUNDERS &CO., 96 Sumner St., Boston, Mass.

KNIT--KNIT--KNIT

AGENTS WANTED everywhere to sell the AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE, the only practical Family Knitting Machine ever

Price 825. Will Knit 2.000 stitches Address AMERICAN KNIT-

BMto^Mass.^r

For the Delicate Skin of Ladies and Children. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

THE

MAGIC COMB will chango any colored hair or beard to a permanent Black or Brown. One Comb sent by mail for one dollar. For sale by Merchants Druggists Address Magic Comb Co., Springfieli per month paid to Agents, or commission, ..'ire Clothes Line*. Address Hudson River Wire Works, 75 Wm. St. N. Y., Chicago, Richmond or Memphis.

A DAY—33 new articles for Agents Samples free. H.

For

Brown's Bronchial troche* will most invariably gije in

Bronchitis, Asthma, Ca

Consumptive

and

Corner 2d and Walnut Sts. Terre Haute, Ind. Repairing done promptly and at Low Rates jaSdtf shapes. Colburn

BILLIARDS.

TERRE HAUTE, WD.

With Six of the finest Tables with

Phxlas's

PATENT CUSHIONS.

W. SHAFFER, PBOP'B.

Pure Copper Distilled Bourbon and Ryo Whisky at the bar. and no other. Whisky sold by the gallon, quart ana pinti

B.Shaw,Alfred,

Me.

made It In six months. and sample mailed free. A.

DON'T SHAKE.

THE SOREST AGUE REMEDY KNOWN Johnson's Tegetable Candy Agne Care. Safe permanent and effectual. So pleasant ever body will eat it. Contains no poison. Sol everywhere. Made and sold by HOWELL JOHNSON, Bedford, Ind. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price.

ryold

A CURIOUS MAJT

has discovered a --needy cure for O tarrh.and cold in lac head, and —nds the recipe free to all sufferers. AddrcF.*

Dr. A. S. KENNEDY, Auburn, ]S.

DR.

WHITTIER, 617 St. .Charles St., St Louis, Mo., of Union-wrae reputation treats all venereal disease? also, seminal emissions, impotency, &c., the result of selfabuse. Send 2 stamps for scaled pamphlet,

.•ii ii 50pp. Jfo matter who failed, state case. Con till 1 sell suTtation free,

AFFLICTED RESTORED. Ignorance Exposed! Fallacies Unmasked Highly important to both sexes, married and single,in health and disease!

pages and 100 JSngravinps, upon

Gonorrhea, Gleet, Strictures, Syphilis, Seninal Weakness, Impotency, Inflammation of the Bladder, Old Ulcei,st Piles, Bright.8. Dis~ ease, Ac,, ko- Elaborata treatment with re-

fes

and certificatesof cures. Price SI. Mailfree. Offices for treatment, 896 Broadway, New York. Direct letters, Box 844.

How .. should seek relief in the hieroglincs of a doctor's prescription when they can buy as good, and nine times out of ten, abetter I -»ERFECT MANHOOD—Essays for Young remedy than most doctors give, for the in- -"T Men, on the evils of Self-Ennervaton,witn significant sum of 25cts. We refer^ to Judson's Mountain Herb Pills, these pills Redress cure Headache Liver Complaint, Indigestion, Female Irregularites, and all Billious disorders, they are prepared from a I formula pronounced by the most learned Physicians of our country, to be the best and most universal of family medicines. Give them a fair trial and you will never be without Judson's Mountain Herb Pills. Sold by all dealers. Nov3-dwlm.

certain help for the erring and unfortunate Sent in seated letter BoxP, Philadelphia, Pa,

"each"town and city to manufacture and sell Weatherstrips and Rubber Mouldings. Patent run out, free to all. From *10 to 9120 worth needed upon every building, from 300 to 500 per cent, profit. Send your address upon stamped envelope, for full particulars and price list of Materials, ready to be together, to

BKA BRABSxREET,Box

Boston, Mass. /f WiTCH FREE—GIVEN GRATIS to ev-XX-ery live man who will act as agentina new, fight and honorable business, paying $30 a day. No gift enterpris. No humbug. No money wanted in advance. Address R. MON*R0E KENNEDY. Pittsburg, Pa.

Ladies Private Circular of 3 most useful and indispensable articles ever invented, address

Madam Duval, P. 0

Box 2438, New York City.

Lock Havbx.Pa.

Messrs.Litpkkcott

Throat Diseases,

Pa* Gtnts:—We have been using your make oi Gang Saws in our Mill, and find them, in point of auality, superior to any we have ever used. Yours, 4c.

Shaw,Blakchabd

Patent Ground,

Co.

T.ippencott & Bake well's

Patent Temper,

,r (STAMPED.) CIRCULAB SAWS.

Jamkstowk,

N. Y.

they go right along. Temper perfectly uniform and quality un-

SUrK^tfullyt

CHAS. J. FOX

LIPPKNCOTT BAUWELL.

Manufacturers of Circular, Mulay, Mill Gang and Cross-Cat Saws. Chopping Axes, all shapes. Colburn's Patent Covered Scoop.

HITCHINC POSTS.

BILLIARD ROOM a At the Teutonia Hotel. HITCHING POSTS Kos. 174 and 176 Bala St., bet. 6th aad 7th Sta.,

FOR SALE

CKCIEIA^f

AT THE

EAGLE IJtOy WORKS,

CORNER FIRBT AND WALNUT STREETS, june3d6m

HARDWARE.

Just received a Large Assortment of

frrT

Cooper's Tools!

Carpenter's Tools!

Wagon Maker's Tools!

•AND

Blacksmith's Tools!

Mechanics to save moneyjin IbnyingCTools should giv« us a call.

Cory & DeFrees,

Wholesale and Retail dealers in

HARDWARE,1

121 Sain and 1 & 2 Fifth Sts.

TERRE HAUTE. IND.

MANUFACTURERS.

PRAIRIE

PLANING

CITY MILLS.

CLIFT A WILLIAMS.

Manufacturers of

SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, W in an am Moulding Brackets,

IM Start Ballings,

25 Brom-

St"

Aromatic Vegetable Soap!

n*! "NewellPosts, 1' Jl" 'W vT L"V*A -'.V i—?• Florlng and Siding. And all descriptions of Finished Lumber

WHOLKSALK AND RETAIL DEALERS IN

PINE LUMBER,

JLath and Shingles,

Slate Boofingl Cement Roofing, YjRoofing re vl 4Hr iH A Custom Sawing, Planing and

Wood Turning.

DONE TO ORDER

All Work Warranted.

Corner Ninth and Mulberry .Sts.

dtf

BOOT8 AND SHOES.

ENGLES & TUTT,'^

Main Street, bet. 4th & 5th,

TERBE-HAUTE, IND.

We keep the most complete stock of

'u Cl

BootsiShoes

That can be found in the city, comprising all the latest and most

Fashionable Styles

Manufactured, which are' offered at

Very Low Prices,!

*v s1

We have constantly on hand a large Stook of

Our Own Manufacture!

Customers leaving their orders with us Mb be furnished with a

GOOD PITTING BOOT

on short noticc.

Repairing done to cyder,

TRT ITS.

oct9dw3m.

MILITARY CLAIM8.

DAVID S. DANALDSON, Hlltary Attorney, Notary Secularly Authorized

All depositors in this Bank be come Stockholders, aiid share equally in its net profits.

A Passbook, containing extracts from the By-Laws will be given each depositor, by which the objects of a Savings Bank, and the law creating it. can be fully understood.

DRY GOODS

ENGLES &'TUTT.

and Claim Agent, and Licensed.

Office—Far ring ton Block, N. E. Corner Public Sqnarc, Up Stajrs, First Door,

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

Pension Claims Prosecuted. Ar rears of Pay Procured,

Bounty Money Procured.

«tt- Refor to Merchants, Bankers and Citi sens generally, and to any one of the thousand whose claims have been obtained by me. iafldwtf D. S. DANALDSON

TERRE-HAUTE

Sayings Bank!

The Terre-Haute Savings Ban)c is now comletely organized under the recent act of the —egislature, and will be open Wednesday, the. 1st day of December, and prepared to receive 'eposits on all sums of 25 cents and upwards

Business will be conducted at Mr. Beach new Banking House, first door North of the city Postoffice, every day in the week, Sundays excepted, from 9 o'clock a. m. until 4 o'clock p. m.

THOS. D0WLING, President

L. Ryck,

R.N. Hunsox,) JC nov25d2w

Bakkwell,Pittsburgh,

rohn

j- Vice Presidents. S. Bkach,Treas. and Sec.

Home for Sale!

One of the finest and most desirable suburban residences, with five acres of land, on the Bloomington Road, just outside the corporate limits of the city of Terre-Haute, a substantial new frame house containing eight rooms, hall, three porches, summer kitchen and large cellar then is an excellent well, cistens, stable, buggy house, wood and coal house the grounds are well laid out with walks and drives, ornamental, forest and fruit trees and shrubs, embracing 130 apple, pear, cherry and poach trees also quinces, raspberries, currants and gooseberries. There are one thousand one hundred Concord Grape Vint*, and an acre and a %aV of WiUon's Strauierriet, all in a high state of cultivation and just coming into bearing. t.The property will be sold cheap, and time given on a part. Apply soon to

HOSFORD &B0UDIN0T,

Corner 4th and Main Sts.,Terre-Haute. nov20dlw

ATTORNEYS.

JOHX

BA1KD, CHARLES CRU1T.

JgAlRD CROFT,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

Okficb—No.82 Main Street, up stairs.

MEDICINAL.

B. PRICE KEITH.

OFFICE—On Sixth street, opposite the National House. Calls promptly attended at all hours, orl2

Di8FiiA.Y or ,,'i"

New and Handsome Goods

Fall and Winter Wear'

DRY GOODS

'HEADQUARTERS.

JUST oTMirm),

French Poplins,

la Black and all Colere, at $1.26 per yard, w«rtt $3.00.

New Ohene -Poplins, 't 5 is

At £0 cento, formerly eeld at 75 cent*.

£-.» t-

TWO CASES MOKE

of thoeo 26 cant Dress Goods. These goods are ueaally eold at 86 coate.

All of the newest Stjl -rs of Drese Good®, |n

SCOTCH PLAIDS

V'i

for Salts

rBEHCH PLAID POPLINS, SKK6E8, Ac., «,

Am elegaat assortment of Plaid aad Striped

WOOL

X" I

^SHAWLS

'-j

write) 4?

WARREN,1H0BERG, f&J CO.,

SUCCESSORS TO

E0DS-A.LL

CO.

GO TO THE

V-k i.'f

1.^5-5

I i• -'5 st! I J_ ,J ~j tf', '-t*

Main Street,

For yonr Groceries & Provisions

SPECTACLES.

EAS£ AND COMFORT.

THE BLESSING OF PERFECT SIGHT, Thero is nothing so valuable as PERFECT SIGHT, and PERFECT SIGHT can only be obtained by using PERFECT

SPECTACLES. The difficulty of

Procuring which is wkll Known.

Messrs. LAZARUS & MORRIS Occulists and Opticians,

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,

Manufacturers of the celebrated

Perfected Spectacles!

Have, after years of Experience, Experiment, and the erection of costly machinery, beea enabled to produce that GRAND DESID ERATJtfM,

Perfect Spectacles I

Which havs been sold with unlimited satisfiaetion to the wearers in Massachusetts, New York,

New Jersey, Rhode Island, Ohio, Pennsylvania, .-£v-. Connecticut, Michigan,

JJKMOVAI..

JOHS

Has removed-his Gunsmith Shop to Mack's new building, on Third street, one door north of Farrington'8 Block, where ho will be happy to meet all his old customers and as many new ones as may make it convenient to call. a5dtf.

BOOKS.

SCHOOL BOOKS,

iiSPljyiP ~"~AT—j ,j -1

A. H. DOOLEY'S, lOO Main

Street,

TERRE HAUTE. IND.

Now Ready!—Agents Wanted,

To sell this most interesting and popular book in the market, "Mysteries of Crime, at shown in Remarkable Capital TVuib." "Truth ig stranger than fiction," and no novel is more deeply interesting than the facts attending the commission of great crina^, as traced by skillful detectives and developed by judieial trials. The publishers feel soured that in the "Mysteries qf Crime" thay offer to agents and. the public a book of the deepest interest and the orders and (he inquiries for it, already received, indicate an •«rtraordina-

Uy and immense sale*. Ci

S^jnicLfor Circulars giving term?, tc. SAMUEL WALH11 A CO., 22dSteod

S Tremont Bow, BOSTON. MASS,

WEDDING CARDS, Engraved in Latest

W. 0 *Ti ItltADEJff

S«ncl for Samples.

DRY GOODS

FALL STOCK.

DRESS GOODS I!

of tk

VERY LATEST STYLES.

S I S

IRISH& FRENCH OPLINS,

BOMBAZINES,

BABETZ,

Empress doth,

1 I

•UUH08,

--7 iSfc.

SATEVflDE CHINE STRIPES

SrSSKJ 5rf#

Diagonais,

•dm

CALICOS, FLANNELS,

sKtsw mi*?* lit** ife. 'ftiSBl

SHEETINGS & SHIRTINGS,

jdas-sam -4a?-b

HOSIEBY. is

?ii j, H.m..

v.^,7 IsdiM Underwesr,

COLLARS & CUFFS,

-A

(New Stylos.) ft' #*te

f- tif,i k, nr%!

jj a

-T)-p t"''

'•i itsstef'

GLOVES"

(Of every kind.)

In fact, everything calculatod to keen our stock as it is, the most complete in the State.

GIVE

Tuell, Ripley & Deming,

Main St. Cor* 5th,

TEKBE II^VXJTH:, IND.

DRY GOODS.

p'A

-Is

THE

»'y

New York Store,

ih .Mr

Illinois, New Hampshiro

Vermont, Maine, and the British Provinces, during the past nino years

These Celebrated Perfected Speotacles never tire the eye, and last many years without change.

S. R. FREEMAN,

Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Fine Jewelry, Diamonds, Solid Silver and Plated ware. Clocks, Fancy Goods ko., ke., ko..

No. 161 Main Street, National Hotel building, Sole Agont for Terre Haute, Ind

CUNSMITH.

'fiw

73 Main Street,

Terre Haute, Indiana,

IS NOW IN FULIJiLAST!

OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE in cvory Department, and we can ohow our patrons an immense variety of nil kinds of

DRESS GOODS,

,".'l

Domestics, 'i Clotlis, Cassi meres, 1a

Nhanls,

'r1 Flannels, Blankets, ...AC»9 STC.,

ALL BOUGHT FOR CASH AT THE

LOWEST PRICES!

And which wijl.bo.',vj,

Sold*^ Cheap!

We Have but One Price!

•Any child can be sent to the New York Store and will buy AS CHEAP as the best judge oi !)ryGoods 1 Thus .... -j,.

Justice is Done to A11!

-ii,i?'r. •pgtx*-,

Remember the Sijpi:

tXT

And try the New York Store!

TOtt will be convinced that the placc for

BABQAI3ST S

In Dry Goods, is the

New York Store,

73 Main Street,

Terre Haute, Indiana.

IadisBspollS, lad. ,,

noi-dim nittenberff, Bascbhaupt 4. Co.

GOOD*

our

LOOK!

AT-

DRY GOODS

HEADQUARTERS,

coiiEB or romnv

AKI» MAIX

20,000 Yards

P-

Printed DeLaino

per yard havo boon selling at 25c.!

\™*-109000 Yards.

Plain Lustres*

*At 20e per Yards, regular pqice everywhere 25« per yard. I r", •'X*,'-

A fieiv Lot of Zr

Handsome Prints

At 8, 10 and 12Hc.

4«*iM N'

3,0

4 r',

A CALL.

-HJTJ I

Yards

sm&i

V-..

Canton Flannels,

At 16%c Sol last Winter a&lOo.«sjfe -I

50 Doz. all

LINNET- TOWELS

At 150c per Dosei*

50 pieces Brown and Halt Bleached .......

TABLE LINENS.

Very Cheap.

lSl

vfl

A Big'Lot of

.. 5

Miners' Flannels,

At 823^c. Formerly sold at 40c.

A Pull Stock of

Fall and Winter Goods,"

AT PRICES BKLOW COMPETITION.

Warren, Hoberg & Co.,

(Suecessor* to Edtatl Co.(

DRY GOODS.

A RARE.BAItGAIN.

KID GLOVES!

C. Wittig & Co's.

170 MAIS^STRKKT,

DEMING BLOCK.

We ojen this week

1000 (One Thoasand) i'airs.of KID^CLOVUS,

In all Shades of Color and all Sixes, at the Low Price of

76c (Seveiit-y-Five Cents) Pair.

These goods were boOght of a hutive that re-i cently failed. They arc a Kooa artwle, fulljr, as good as any that aro bought at $1.25 or $1.50 a pair. We invite all to try a pair to prove tho truth of our advertisement.

"iifj Wo also open our lino of /t

All fresh and well mailt to rive entire satii-4 a '..wf i-

#-*,*

CALI, ,rr

C. WITTIG & CO'S,

170 JUA1JS ST111:ET/*Z

,-piaffe

Dvmiiig Blo«'k.

dwtf

mtiLt

INSURANCE.

QITY KIKE LNSl'li CO.

OP I1AKTFOBD, COSSECTICl'T.

INCOnPOHAtKI), lM7,|i

CAPITAL, $2X0,000 Assetts, $512,000

T. WEB.STEIt.Presi.luit 51 GEO. W.^LESTEk, Secretary.' S B. II. SIMPS0.V, AKcul.

DRESS MAKING. I

J)RESS MAKING.

Mrs. jr.E. KU2JM3ES

i4' JDd Making establishment l?nnV»^f ')u,i ijng on Ohio, between ffolVlnH streets, haa just rccclved her

Stylos, for ladit.- and ChiU

•rcn, also Fashion Plates, and will be pleased X? ,•

who

desire the most perfect work

in this hne. (v.J'rticulsr attention will be given, as hereto. ™, to the latest styles.

The most gkillftil assistants have been enraged. Wedding Costumes, Ball and Partv Dresses, Ladies and Children's Clonks, anl Dresses.manufactured with promptn^MaSd