Daily Wabash Express, Volume 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 January 1871 — Page 2

-DAILY EXPRESS

TERB.E H&UTE, 1ND.

Tlt.ir.stliiy Morning, Jan. 5, 1871/

GREAT Barrels has one-third of the entire commerce of the globe, France about one-fifth, and the United Stales •ono ninth. "J-SS

TJIK English taii levied upon nine article1, namely: spirits of wine, tea, cofi'ce, sugar, tobacco, chicory, currants and rai-soas, which tea, Bugar and coffee furnish one-third of the revenue.'

THE Boston Time» intimates that a number of the leading temperance men in the Bay State, .who have heretofore been strong advocates of legal force, brst who have been convinced, experminen'.aliy, of its non-efficacy in suppressing intemperance, have organized anew party, founded on tlie old Washingtonian principle, and will soon publish their plat form.

A MIKHKJANCOUIIT has RERCNUY given an important decision in an insurance' (suit. Tlic- case at issue wa that of a man robbed and murdered while walking home. He held a policy in an accident insurance company, and upon this his administrator sued to recover. The court, however, rilled that traveling on foot can not be construed to meet the conditions of the policy which proscribe recovery only when tlie accident is the result of traveling "by private cr public conveyance." The court I hereupon siMained the company in its refusal to pay its policy upon the murdered i.ian'ii life. An intelligent coleinporary speaks of this as a very strict construction of the law, BO strict, indeed, as to render the present form of the policies of accident companies less valuable than they have been considered. Holders of them cc-rtainly under?tood that they covered accident to the person, no matter under what circumstances accidents occurred. For instance, under this decision their validity would seem to lapse the moment the insured set foot upon the ground, even in leaving one train for another, or in going from his carriage to his horse's head.

TIIK following '•hows the condition of the State Treasury, January 1, 1871: Bnlnnoo on hind Dec. 1, 1-S70 §317,62(5X? Receipt* for Decuiit'oer

Total ...SCO.':1." Id Wiirrnnts issued for Uccom'oor 71.932 31

Balance, January 1. 1871 -8208,471 71

TIIK new Supreme Court of the State has been duJy inaugurated and has gone to work. The Legislature will probably add a fifth member, in which ca«e the Governor will, it is supposed, appoin Judge RAY, of the old Court. The In dianapolis Journal thus notices the cluing! in this high tribunal:

The old members of the Supreme Court yesterday vacated the bench in favor ol the newly elected Democratic Judges who assumed their duties at once. The Republican Judges go out of office with reputation for fidelity, for earnest and un ceasing application to work, for strict integrity, a ml-for ability, second to no other Court which has ever honored the jurisprudence of Indiana. They can well afford to be judged by the record. The new members of the Court will only have to emulate their predecessors in the vir-tue-i named, and achieve moderate sue ce3s, to please their political friends and enemies alike.

Tiio Drowning of (he Heir Apparent of the London Times. From the Philadelphia Ledger-]

In the cable news of yesterday there was a brief sentence announcing that Mr. John B. Walter, son of the principal owner of the London 'Times, was downed whifo skating. It, is but a few weeks since young Mr. "Walter was in this city, having just concluded his second visit to the United States. He sailed from New York on the 10th of December, full of the anticipated enjoyment of the Christinas holidays "at home" at his father's country house in Berkshire. But the glad Christmas time for that house has been changed, if the news be true, into many a day of mourning. Mr. John Walter (the father) set great store by this son, who, if he lind lived, would have been the fourth of his name, by direct descent, in the ownership and control of that renowned journal, the London Timet. The senior of the house, having become aware during his own visit to this country, in ISGti, of the great advantage it is lo the influential English joum'lists to have knowledge oil) personal observations of the United State* -ijem to have though' it desirable that his eldest son and probable scucessor should have a second opportunity of making him=elf acquainted with American affairs. This visit, as we have mentioned, was made in the fall of this year, as the conclusion of a to sir all round the world, and young Walter could have been home but a few days when the sorrowful catastrophe, told in the brief cable di patch, occurred. We can well imagine the deep anguish of that family thus suddenly turned from the glad rejoicings of the Christmas time, made doubly glad by the "welcome home" of the lirst-born son, into a house overwhelmed with affliction. And for Mr. Walter, the father, the calamity has more than a private grief, for, with an expanding sense of the high responsibilities of the great organ of English information and over which it seemed destined to preserve control, he had carefully trained his sons, by every advantage of education, lit home," at college and by travel, to so fulfill their mission that the world at large should be the gainer by his and their labors.

Mr. Nathan's Murderer Discovered. The intelligence that the murderer of Benjamin Nathan has been discovered, that the evidence against him, though circumstantial, is clear and convincing, and that he is now in the hands of the authorities, though arrested for a different offense, can not be read without a thrill of excitement by even the most apathetic and incredulous.

The discovery is due to the skill and determination of the well known counselor and advocate, Count Joannes Following, step by step, with remarkable perseverance, a clue that had fallen into his hands, he seems io have entirely cleared up tho mystery. The assassin entered Mr. Nathan's house as a burglar, for the purpose of plundering it. Mr. Nathan was asleep. The noise of the intruder awoke him. Supposing ii to be one of his sons, he said: '"Harmon, is it you?'' These were his bust words The robber at onre became murderer, striking the old man dead with the iron dog, or, as he called it, the "rung." Mr. Nathan was killed in order that the burglar might not be detected, arrested and punished. The blow was struck bv a left-handed man, whose right hand had been mutilated, so that when, covered with blood, he laid it on the wall of Mr. Nathan's room,"it left there

the mark of hand with only four t,i~ gers.

That man, we arc assured*is now in custody.—.V.

V. Sun, December

31.

€IP1IES1I]S« JIM.

A HOLIDAY SKETCH

The teacher had just rapped'ns%o order of a cold winter's morning, week after the holidays, when the wihbot-room door opened, admitting a youth, who entered with the air of one who had a right, and took a seat in the corner next the doo like a boy who speedily expect-' eel to get a better and warmer one nearer to to re

The teacher stared the pvpils stared the i'cn mer surprised, the girls contcmptti6us,"the boys belligerent, arid all curious. Each privately censuring his bold, self-sufficient manner, and condemning as highly reprehensible—even had his demeanor been the most humble and servile—his pre-once among us.

From the oldest to the youngest of the fifty scholars congregated in the brown district school-house of the old New England township, all received the new comer coldly. Individual if not Sta:e prejudices rebelled against his color, and the young mulatto might shiver by the door, and none pity hiru that he was cold. My heart was as selfish as the rest, but for my life I could not help looking at him with admiring intere-t.

A. rather slender boy of twelve, bright yellow grief, as a Creole Louisian inn would ftfiy—pray don't infer, as nine ty nine out of a hundred do, tiiat the ivord ''Creole" implies tainted blood— »vith small Saxon features, add the finest •row and eyes I ever saw in'the child of any race. I mean fine in a phrenological -ense. A massive forehead, square and clear, cut slightly prominent at the temples and full above the eyes, which were die large, mild, soft black, peculiar to .he African of mixed parentage the long, silky jet-black lashes curling back the eve-lid, left his gaze singularly pen and intellectual, and must have im pi essed the most biased as marking him as a lad of more than ordinary promise

Ilis hairwns thick and glossy as black -^atin, somewhat long and curling at the ends. Such ringlets on the head of a very plain girl would have made her a fifeauty. The large eyes went slowly around the hushed school room, takingin each reposing face in their questioning lourney, not timidly or cringingly, but courageously and self-confident. A. look hat said, am a negro, but my genius is superior to yours, and genius in any race, the world over, is, respected. I car ry the right to be here in my head, and let him who can, dispute it."

He was poorly dressed, his thin jacket mttered at the elbows, and the patches"bn the knees of his baggy pants were slowly but surely giving way, the loosened stitches yawning in their desperate attempt lo make good their ostensible purpose and keep together both unaffiliating apd different colored textures.

Our teacher, Mr. Stubbs, looked rather nonplussed, his-features plainly telling that if his principles, were collectively radical, they- were not individually,, a.

2 800 2i applied to this particular case at any rate. The boy's large eyes went critically from face to face, like one hardened to the prejudices of popular opinions, and (Uolil ly determined to brave it by return ing as bold a glance as the many gazers were snceringly staring at him.

It was very cold by the door, and the breeze from the cracks and sill fluttered the ragged fiingc of his old comforter, that was a little better than a string Evidently his studies were limited, Cor he had but three pieces of school parapher nalia, all told—a writing-book, slate and arithmetic, that he held very light on his knee and seemed to be very fond of. His boots had given way at the toei and were worn and uncertain about the heels, looking altogether wretched and water-logged, and as if they had long been exposed to a heavy wet. The snow melting from the foxy- cowhides run little puddles under the bench and di ippej from the frayed hem of his thread-bare pants, but neither pupil or teacher ofler ed a warmer seat or said, "come and dry your cold feet by the fire—it is burning for all."

Tom Hart, sitting by me, gave me sly nudge. 'I say, Dick, don't you know who Mr. Nig is?" "No do you?" ,. ''Why, ii's cipherin' Jim from the Hollow. Theirschool-house burnt down last week, and he pokes himself liera darned if I'll go to school with a darkey!" "But lie ain't so very black," I cautiously apologized. "That's so," assented Tom, "and he is ranky at figures, ciphers clean awav from every thing in the Hollow, and if Seth Jone3 wasn't gazin' he'll make our old Stubbs scratch his pate to keep up with him."

Tom looked dismally at the figures on his slate, and heaved a sigh which interpreted, meant- "I'll stand the darkey, if he will put Stubbs to his trumps."

The Hollow was four miles distant, the snow two feet deep and the roads almost unbroken and, taken in connection with his thin, scant garments, ciphering Jim mist have had a rough walk of it and the dusky feet, swinging in the leaky old boots, could, but be nearly frozen. And with this thought a little sympathy strnggledjiito existence for the owner of the tattered comforter, and I mustered courage to say to Mr. Stubbs: "He may set on the end of my seat (ill he is warm, if you please, sir. He looks chilled."

Mr. Stubbs reddened with conscious .- hatne and went over lo the object of my pity. Installing him on the vacant end of my bench, our revered pedagogue wrinkled his erudite brow and thus interrogated him: "Is it your intention of becoming a regular scholar of this district?" "Yes, sir."

Mr. Stubbs was perfectly conversant with the laws of his State on the matter o! common schools, and wisely swallowed his chagrin, 'Ah, hem! what are your studies?" "Arithmetic and writing. I don't care for any thing else, and ain't learn them." "Not advanced in those two branches, I suppose. Let me see your writing."

The lad handed over his book. Mr. Stubbs was surprised. "This is excellent. I doubt it one of my bovs can excel it. Who taught you to wiT?? so perfectly?" "I go by the copy." "And this is copperplate, and it is hard to detect the least difference: a perfect fac simile. You may consider the corner seat as your.--. and after you are sufficiently warm I will examine you more minutely in your brief class of studies."

In the afternoon the arithmetic class was, as usual, ordered to the blackboard, with a more than ordinary number of knotty algebraical problems on hand,one of which-baffled ill their numerical skill, and puzzled the brains of the be.-t. I •hiuk I can remember it and for the benefit of those little boys, and big boys too, who think they can work out the correct answer between this and next Christmas, we give it in full: "Five men bought a grindstone together, the diameter of which was five feet and five inche«, with a hole in thecenterthree and a half inches square, for which thcr paid thirty-two (32) dollars: A. paying one third, B. one-sixth, C. one-twelfth, D. three twenty-fourths, and E. the remain der of the purchase money. Now. how many inches must each owner grind off of the surface to get his share of the stone? After it had been in use three year*, the diameter of the stone was found io be twenty-seven and a half inches and how long will it take to wear out the remainder^ ihe same rate?"'

This wan the mser, and the boys nibbed their pencils, and crumbled 'he chalk in hopeless perplexity, and even Mr. Stubbs looked his inability to readily fathom the solution.

The new pupil kept his eyes on the blackboard, aud watching him, I fancied

that they grew larger and brighter with the momentarily increasing concentration cf his rapid calculations. In a second he seemed to have mastered the idea, and the play of his fingers over the slate, resting on hfiknees, was something,marvelous." liii iifw moved jns jast as the stubby bit l^pefi||r, aud ten minutes from thejtme hi- eyes left the,-blackboard, he slylv held up for my gsire alone the answer. I nodded back a smile of woudervthat did not escape the keen optics of Tom. "Did he do it?" was his cautious whisper." ''Yes, and not a third of the figures as we supposed."

Tom-was indignant.« .-w*.»-»i. 'J&VW "Well, I'd like to know what right a nigger has to understand so much about figures? We are cracking our skulls trying to do sums that he works out in the little half of a second."

Jim's quick ear caught the words, and he was not so black but what a crimsoii tinge flushed hot to his swarthy cheek, and the mild eyes lowered at the rude insult as a white child's might under the same circumstances.

But Tom was only envious, for mathematics was his especial boast, and did not scorn to lean across and ask him how he did it. •'•Just give us a hint of Ihe way it's done, and I'll be hunky with the class." said Tom, graciously. "You ought to be able to do what a twelve-year old "nigger" finds easy," said Jim, sarcastically.

And before"* could get another sight, of it he rubbed it out with a triumphant laugh that showed us two rows of teeth ^s white as snow.

A malicious urchin had attentively remarked our telegraphing, and delighted at the opportunity of speaking, cried out before we could threaten him to silence: "Please, Mr. Stubbs, this 'ere new boy has done it."

The teacher frowned on the officious nrchin, and ttirned incredulously to Jim. "What is your name? I forgot to ask." "James Marshell." "Did you do the sum9" '"Yes, sir." ./ «ji "Wbereis il?"

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"I rubbed il out,-ir." 44j "Can-vou do it again'" i« a

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"Yes,Sir-," "Well, James Marshell, if you can, you are the best mathematician in the State. Go to the blackboard and let us see what yon can do."

Jim obeyed. It Ava1.- almost impossible to follow the lightning-like motion of his hand, and when the answer stood plain before us, not one of us could tell how it was done.

Mr. Stubbs had forgotten little Jim's color, and gave him a kindly pat. "Now, how did you do it? how arrive at the correct answer?" "I don't know."

Jim looked helpless for beyond his faaultv of numbers he was a decided mediocrity, and for his life could not hare comprehensively explained how or why he. brought out the complex solution as lie did. A hush of amazement followed his shy reply, and Mr. Stubbs asked suspiciously "Did vou ever see the example before?"

Never, sir." "Are vou sure it is right'.'" "I know, it is." "Why?" "S don't know," again was the startling K-ply. "What is your rule? You must have some psescribed method." "it is one of my own." „t "Be so good as. to explain it.'' "I—I can't., sir. I cipher as fast in my hy head as I do with my fingers,- and always throw over half of the figures away." "And what do you mean by throwing away figures?" "Why,' dividing and subtracting and the rest in my head—think it out sir, and put down only the amount that's as near as I can tell how I do it." 1'oor Jim made bad work of attempting to define tile mental science of numbers, although so extraordinarily gifiedin executing what he found it, so difficult to explain. This "throwing away of figures" accounted for the power he used visibly the mind, as lie said, ciphering as fast as his fingers.

Once understood, and his system was simple enough where one possesses his immense genius for computation. His mental powers appeared to be infinite, and the rapidity with which he cast up a column of figures three, and even five rows at a time, made us drop our slate in despair, convinced that we were not nat-ural-born mathematicians, and could never hope to rival ciphering Jim. He had but one talent beside, and that was the talent of imitation—this was illustrated in his writing. Jim had no established hand of his own it varied with the copy, and was always an exact counterpart of what his eye was upon even the slightest fault was faithfully reproduced, and in a week he wrote precisely like Mr. Stubbs and that worthy gentleman declared that while Jim lived he would have scrouples about swearing to bis own autograph.

The little darkey was arianimously voted a wonder and out of respect to his genius we magnanimously concluded to tolerate him. None of us had failed to notice that Jim had"no dinner, and that he stood shivering in the entry while we were eating ours so at recess, mine being not yet exhausted, I took from my basket a liberal slice cf bread and butter, and holding it temptingly even with my month, I sttid: "Jim, ain't you hungry?" -i "No, I—i.ot much." He wriggled closer against the wall, too proud to own it, although I could see the hunger in his face.

Don't you think yon could go this nice hunk of bread and butter now. Jim, if vou tried hard?" "I guess I could." His mouth fairly watered. "Well, go in, then." I tossed him the slice, and he did go in with a will. "And don't you think yon could worry down this joi'.y big apple?" said Tom, giving him a great red apple.

Jim readily undertook tin feat, the graiefnl tears slowly filling (hi large eyes to the imminent peril of being absorbed by the fast-vanishing bread and butter. "It's mighty hard to be called a nigger, if you are used to it but I'll help you do sums after this," said poor Jim, in a burst of gratitude.

Tom became more benevolent as well as complimentary. "Here is a rousing doughnut I don't want it. You are a right smart chap, darkey or not, and we will call that quit square.!'

And after that ciphering Jim met with no unkindness from the most anti-radical of us.

He was born in Alabama, of a quad roori mother and a white father—the mother a slave, the father one of the ablest men in the State, distinguished for his scicntific learning and great mental powers. Jim was sent North to be edu cated. There was father-love enough for that but the breaking out of the war suspended remittances, and the friendless child speedily came to rags and hunger. The people employed to take care of him reti.rned South, leaving him wi a poor colored family and in this manner he became thrown alone npon the world, and, for the privilege of going to school, was willing to endure any" amount of hardship and w*nt. But they who strive win and. at the present ciphering Jim, al-' hough a mere youth, is a first-class bookkeeper in a large New England bankinghouse, at a salary of $2,000 a year and, in these latter degenerate days, I am not at all ashamed to say that I went to the same school a« darkey Jim Marshell, or to admit that through him I was first led to feel a true sympathy for his race.—

Phitadduhta

THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The following is a list of the member* of our State Legislature, which assem* bles in regular biennial session to-day.

SENATE.

Alsop, Joshua, Clay and Sullivan, Anarews Alanson, Scott and Jennings,

Armstrong, Ad. Howard and Carroll,

Beardsley, James R, Elkhart, Beeson, Otbneil, Wayne, Beggs, Jonn, Franklin, Botto. James R, Adams and Allen, Biadley James. Laporte and Starke, Brown Jason B, Brown and Jackson, Burson, John W, Delaware and Madison,

Carnahan, T, Posey and Gibson, Case, S, Noble and Lagrange, Cave, Lerov, Pike, Dubois and Martin,

Caven, John, Marion, Collett, John, Parke and Vermillion,

Denbo, Geo W., "Washington and Harrison, Dittemore, W E, Greene and Owen,

Doughertv, Hugh, Huntington and Wells, Dwiggins, Robert, Pulaski, White, Jasper and Newton,

Elliott, James, Fayette and Union. Fosdick, Ed \V, DeKalb and Steuben.

Francisco, Hiram, Jefferson, Fuller. S, Warrick and Spencer. Glessner, Oliver J., Shelby ana Bartholomew,

Gray, Isaac P, Randolph, Green, John, Hamilton and Tipton,

Gregg, Richard, Ohio and Dearborn, Hadlev, John V, Putnam and Hendricks^R

Hamilton, Thomas M., Clinton and Boone, R. Henderson, E B, Johnson and Morgan,

Hess, W, Ilenry and Hancock. R. Hooper, A Y, Kosciusko and Whitley. E

Hubbard, Lucius, St Joseph and Marshall, R, Huges, James, Lawrence and Monroe,

Johnson, Arch, Montgomery, Keigwin, James,{Floyd and Clarke, .Lasselle, Charles B, Cass and Fulton.

Conner, W W, Hamilton and Tipton

Copner, John W, Montgomery, Cox,' D, Miami, Cunningham, Daniel W, Fountain. Custis, James J, Shelby, Defrees, Joseph H, Elkhart and Noble

Deputy, James W, Jefferson, Devol, William J, Boone and Clinton

Donliam, Isaiah, Vigo, Friedlv, W, Lawrence, Furnas, Dr. Allen, Hendricks, Galletine, M, Marshall, Gentry, Jame«, Spencer, Goble, Israel, Franklin, Gordon, A E, Boone, Gordon, W M, Cass, Guthrie, Wm R, Owen, Hardin, James, Perry, Hartley, Wm L, Ripley, Hawlev, IC D, Bartholomew, Haynes, Robert P, Daviess, Heilman, Wm, Vanderburgh, Henderson, Joseph, St. Joseph and Marshall,

Hendry, Wm, Huntington, Hill, Benjamin F, Rush and Decatur,

Holland, "W G, Ohio and Switzerland, pq, Hooker, Robert P, Vanderburgh, Rjy Ilynes. Wolfgang, Pose,y, Kennedy, A M, Rush, King, Edward, Marion, Ivirkpatrick, M, Howard,

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Martindale, E B, Marion. Miller, Robert, Miama and Wabash,

Morgan, Dr Daniel. Vanderburgh, Robinson, W J, Rush and Decatur, Rosebrougb, K, Switzerland and Ripley,

Sarnuigliausen, John, Allen, Scott, Harvey D, Vigo, Steele, Asbury, Grant, Blackford ana Jav,

Stroud, John, Perry, Crawford and Orange, Taylor, Henry, Tippecanoe,

Wadge, Richard C, Lake and' Porter

Williams, Jame^D, Knox and Daviess

Wood, 3 F, Fountain and Warren, HOUSE Abbot. 0 P, Bartholomew and She! by,

Ballenger, Wm S, Wayne, Barnaby, Henry J, Clarke, Beeler, Fielding, Marion, Biggs, Hiram S, Kosciusko, Biitton, Lewis D, Dekalb,

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Browning, W W, Brown and Jackson

Bntner, Ilenry O, Jennings, Butterworth, W W, St. Joseph,^R Caldwell, Frank M, Clinton, J) Calkins, Edward, Kosciusko and Fill ton, Ii

Calkins, W H, Porter, Catuhorn, II S, Knox, Cogg-rwell, Luke B, Crawford and Or ange,

Knight, John L, Miami and Wabash,

Lines, S, Madison and Ilenry, Logan, Robert, Pike, Mack, William, Vigo, Major, Noah J, Morgan, Martin, Benjamin L, Wayne, Martin, B, Hendricks and Putnam,

McDonald, Isaiah B, Whitley, McDowell, George, Wells and Adams,

McFarland, A P, Carroll, I) McGowan, Dr W J, Gibson, Minick, Dr A, Greene, Miles, N D, Sullivan, ,, Milikan, John R, Henry, Mitchell, D, Monroe, Monroe, Daniel P, Jefferson and Ripley,

Montgomery, D, Johnson, Myers, Elam B, Elkhart, .ui jk», Neff, Willis G, Putnam, Netherton, George A,. Laporte and Starke,

Oiley, Dr H, Washington, Rawles. W, Lagrange, Ray, Benjamin, Tippecanoe,

Shutt, Jacob. Allen, D.

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Rhodes, William P, Warren, Rice, James II, Floyd, Robertson, D, Warrick, sRnddell, James H, Marion, V, Sabin, S C, Steuben, i" Sansberrv, W, Madison, Savers, Daniel, Wab sh. Shoenemann, William, Laporte, R. Simpson, John D., Clarke, Scott and Jefferson,!). •, sft- •$•$•£»

Snodgrass, James P., Delaware R. Stanley, Henry C., Noble, D. Stephens, R. C., Martin and Dubois, D. Sr6|»ltensoYi, R. Hamilton, R. St. John, Robert T., Grant, R. Stone, Asahel, Randolph. R. .••susssw Strickland, Wm T., Decatur, R. Tarlton, Caleb B., Morgan and Johnson. D.

Taughinbaugh, Wm., Blackford and Jay, D. Taylor, Robert S., Allen, R. I

Tebbs, Warren, Dearborn, D. Walker, J. D., Clav, D. Washburn, Israel B., Pulaski, Jasper and Newton, R.

Wannm. Noble, Hancock, D. Weakly, Orho K., Tippecanoe, D. Williams, F., Fayette and Union, R. White, Henry A Vermillion, R. Wilson, O M., Marion, R. w.v:„ Wymer, John W., Benton and White,R. Wood, Martin, Lake, R. Woodward, John E. Parke, R.: Zenor, Peter M, Harrison, D.

owned. He wa*n any of your common

sheep lo kill, and as children wore buckskin in tho»°e days, I didn't apprehend any danger. I called the feline -"Socrates," and he learned to respond to the cognomen with great ardor. 'He had his strong points, and he had his failings. Once, on a Fourth of July, at the request of the Mayor, who wanted the day to pass off with e—elan, I put Socrates in a pen with thirteen dogs. The result was j'ist what I had expected. Thirteen farmer's wagons went out of town tiiat i. M. with no doe under the hind axletree. I might prevaricate a little, and say that Socrates escaped unhurt, but I shall speak the truth. He came out of that pen without any ears, his tail off, one eye eut, lame in both hind legs, and the lonesomest look in his face that you ever saw. He avoided me entirely, seeming to think that I had piled on the dogs a little too thick, and he soon after took to the woods and committed suicide by hanging himself with a strip of slippery elm bark. "I was careless for a year after this, until one day the bell rang, the door opened, and a boy asked me to take a look at a huge yellow feline he had in a bag. He had heard that I wanted an uncommon kind o' cat, and thought I would like the sample. The cat was poured out on the floor, and I commenced laughing. He was cross-eyed with a mouth that was intended for a cat three times his size, giving him the oddest look in the world. 'You kin bet he knows his mind,' said the lad, and so I bought "Sisyphus." I went to bed that night, leaving one of mr unfinished epistles on the table, and did not observe anything strange about the cat at the time. About midnight we were all awakened by a terrible laughing, regular peals of it, and a voice roared, "Oh! hat ha! hoo-ha ha!" I tell you, sir, in the greatest sincerity, that when I got out of bed, that cat sat up on end, holding his sides, and was reading aid laughing over my epistle! I confess 1 was a little surprised, as he was the first thing that ever saw anything in them to laugh at, but I could not help but feel a renewed affection for "Sisyphus," a sort of recognition of his talents and keen perception. But he had his failing—he would suck a person's breath. He never tried the game on me, for some reason or other, but 1 saw him fooling around Small Pica's cradle one day, aud I determined to fix him.

I got a blacksmith's bellows, and fixed the end through the kitchen wall, close to the rug where Sisyphus generally slept, and then waited for him to retire When he got settled I gave a little mo (ion to the bellows, and the cat took hold of the end, just as I hoped probably supposing she had got a big thing on some infant. 1 suppose you will doubt m\ character for veracity, but I solemnly tell you that then and there occurred such a struggle as you never saw. I put on tlie "blow," and the cat tried to inhale all that came. I worked the Bellows up till the joints cracked, and the cat plowed furrows all over the floor in the endeavor to hold the thing. At length, with a yell of despair, he let go, jumped through the window, and was found out in two be side the axe next morning, a sad proof of the superiority of machinery over cat capacity. "Doyou suppose that I stopped here? No sir. It did not dampen my ardor for cats, but rendered me a little more particular. It was two years before I could find another feline, but 1 at length hit on one that was travelling with a circus. He was a beautiful straw color, with spots of violet ringed around hirnj and the owner informed me that the animal could talk as plain as any child, though he never did it except when heartily pleased, or in case of imminent danger. The owner called him 'Pythagoras' but I changed it to 'Archimedes,' because I had an idea that I might want to move him with a lever some day. Well, I had the animal four months, and had never observed anything like talking in his voice, when one day the agent of a stump-pulling machine came along and wanted to sell me his patent. Archimedes seemed to take great interest in the conversation, and couldn't stand still or sit down for a moment. To convince me of what his maagen stump, hitched the 'backhold' to my horse barn, and put his team on. 'Now look to see her come!' says he, and the horses hadn't gone three times around before my horse barn was pulled square over. "Oh! ha! ha! here's richness 1" shouted a voice as thecrash occurred, and that miserable cat actually laid right down and gasped till he afterward stag gered in trying to reach the house. After dismissing the agent, who bad made a mistake and hitched the wrong end of the chain to the barn, I went in and went to bed. In the night, just as I was dreaming about running for office that cat happened to remember how the barn came over, and he went off again, yelling: "O o! ha! hal it's 'nough to kill a teller!" and then heard him lay down and hold his sides. Not being personally ac quainted with me, you may take me for what I am not but I must say that when I got up in the morning Archimedes had laughed himself all away but his tail, and that was still Bhsking."

FISK thusexplains the remark which made him immoital "Yonu see I was be fore that learned and dignified body, the Committee on Banking and Currency, and when Garfield asked me where the money got by Corbin went to, I could not make a vulgar reply and say up the spout, but observing, while peddling through New England, that every spout of house or cottage had a woodbine twining about it, I said naturally enough where the woodbine twineth. That is all. It seems the Congressional cheesewaxes did not understand my delicacy nor my delicate allusion.

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Having refitted the Confectionery and Bakery formerly kept by Messrs- JUiecsen A Co., No. 16 North Fourth street, and engaged the services of Mr. tM.giin, 1. am no ^prepared to furnish orders of any kind for Weddings, Par ies. Festivals, Ac., in our line. We have also a new and selected stock of all Hinds ot Candies, Nuts, A^.. at the lowest possible prices. We ask a share ef the public patronge.

N- B. Fresh Milk at all times. 0. I. King,, dee3?d3m No-16 North Fourth street.

TII IS QONT HA ST!

FIFGH-PRICED STORES

With Crowds of People outside Looking at Handsome Windows.

FOSTER MOTHERS' .STORE,

With Crowds of People inside Buying Lots of Cheap

Goods.

Another Great Fall in tlic Dry Goods Market t1 ESPECIALLY ON

MUSLINS AND DRESS GOODS

Thousands of yards of MUSLINS sold in New York at a fearful sacrifice. Weisfssftii propose to give them to our Customers ior less than High-priced Stores can buy them.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTiCE WE WILL SELL

5000 yards of Atlantic Mills Muslins at Cc other store* are now charging 10c4000yards of Dwight Mills Muslin at 7c now selling in town at 12Jc. 4500 yards of yard-wide Unbleached Muslins 7c other stores are now charging lic.iM4w«»/ 6000 yards of Lawrence Mills Muslins, Oc others all charging for saiue good* 12jc 8000 yards of extremely Heavy Musi ins, lull yard-wide, only 10c high-priced? stores charge 15c.

These prices we can only guarantee while the present great decline in Muslin* continue-. They •tnav advance again at almost any day, so we advise our customers"' to buy immediately.

We claim the honor of having SMASIlIil) the high-priced system, and of beings always the first to notify the people of a decline fn prices. At times during the last two weeks the crowd ol customers have been so great'' that some have been unable to get waited upon. We have recently added largelv?^ to our help and unless the rush become! still more extraordinary we hope to bi&jtiable to accommodate all who come to trade with us. ...

Dress Goods cut into patterns ready io wrap up. a pattern. Choice of another pile $3 a drc-

A lot of double-width Alpacas closing out at 11c per yard.'' Shawls for Holiday presents $2, §2 50, S3, $4, $5, S6 $7. Balmoral Skirts 65c, 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $2 and ?2 50. Big Jot of Embossed Skirts only $2 25. Best qnality Davton' Carpet Warp 30c a pound. Lot ol English Brussels Carpets SI 25 carpel stores charge $1 60.' Big lot oi All-Wool Ingrain Carpets reduced to 75c Good quality of Carpets 30c, 40c,50c and 55c VERY ('HEAP. New lots'ofFtirs cheaper than ever—S2 50 io!?75 00 a set. Double-fold Plaid Flannels 22c—a gi cat bargain, -M Vw a'ti

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The Ladies should not fail to examine our

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ELEG NT LINE0F DRESS GOODS

Embracing all the LATEST STYLES, „/,

and a splendid line of ,. **"1' ~A ».»««.*•

LOW-PRICED GOODS!

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A large line of Double-fold Alpacas at 18c per yard. A limited supply of 3-4 Alpacas at 12 l-2c per yard.

(.These are ol excellent quality and color*.* r,e ,?-• mm

A ful line of Standard Prints at 10c.

(These are good ftylesand full Maiider colors- Wo RISO have the cheaper trades.)

Sterling Sheeting, yard-wide, at 10c. Standard Sheeting, yard-wide, at 12 l-2c.

Lower Grades as cneap as 6 l-4c per yard. Black and Whitf Plaid Diagonals are the latest thing in Dress Goods. We have a nice variety and Dundee Shawls to match.

We oflfer full lines of Velours, Satin de Chines, Lustrei Crepe Plaids and other Goods which are considere particularly Fashionable and desirable this Winter.

We Have No Exorbitunt Prices

We not only Sell Staple Goods chea it wo offer all Fancy Dress Goods. Trimmings, Whi^ Goods and Hosiery at prices that Defy Competition.

(We keep the largest and best aesortment in the citv.) ioj

We will ba prepared tljis year, as usual, with a beau tiful line of

OH^xsT^Jk.s:,broo?io2iTsr

And are determined to make our Emporium THE attractive Shopping Place of Torre Haute.

TUELL, RIPLE¥DEMlNGb:

Corner Main and Fifth Streets.

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FANCY AND JET JEWELRY A 1 HALF THE IJSUA PRICE

This is a grand opportunity for buving Ilolidav presents at reasonable rates,

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