Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 March 1889 — Page 2

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The new United States district attorney has taken charge at Indianapolis and ere long Vigo citizens will be interested hia wnrk as a prosecutor of violators of the federal eiecimu •»...

Mr. William "Wallace, the new post master at Indianapolis, has offended Lucius Swift, mugwump, because he said that other things being equal good Republicans will be given the preference. And this calls to mind that Lucius Swift and his little clique found more fault with the Democratic management of the Indianapolis postoflice than with any other oflice in the country. Why, then, should they object to a change': It couldn't be worse.

We think it is safe to say there will be no hypocrisy of the "offensive partisan sort in this administration. Many Democratic officeholders may, and likely will be removed, because of their use of public oflice as a party machine, but when it is desired to remove a Democrat to make room for a Republican, who will be a better official, there will be no hypocrisy or Becret charges against him, such as Vilas, the trickster in patronage as well as rhetoric, inaugurated under the Cleveland administration.

Postmaster Wallace, at Indianapolis, says: "I regard the public service of primary importance, and hold it above all personal or party consideration." If Mr. Wallace had made it plain that he included the civil service reform party in this remark we would say that he had put this whole question of civil service in a nutshell. The man in the public service is an employe of the people and the people want the same rules applied to him that are applied to the employe of a well-managed business institution. That is the primary importance, and if no Republican can till the bill, then choose a Democrat.

Don't forget to keep your mind on the main point in the scramble for patronage. President Harrison, able as he ie, can not make the distribution without causing dissatisfaction on the part of some of those who feel that their wishes should be respected. None but a performer of miracles could avoid doing so. But the main point, we say, is this: He has not made any mistakes so far. Not an appointment has met with adverse criticism by leading men or 'newspapers of either party. We mean to say that no appointee has been found wanting as to his ability and general titness. Let Perident Harrison continue in the exercise of such accurate judgment of men and though there may be factional troubles here and there among Republicans, the party in general will be stronger and more certain of victory in the end.

BISMARCK'S ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION.

Some time back Bismarck in a speech in the reichstag said that England and Germany were in harmony on a colonial policy, and especially as regards the Samoan islands. It is now made known that the English government notified the Herman minister at London that this statement was not correct. The signilicance to be found in this information is that very soou after this notification Bismarck called a halt on tne high-handed proceedings at Samoa. It was then that he began to show some respect for the indignation of the American people and asked for a conference.

There was another influence he did not expect would confront him. He estimated that any jingo sentiment in the United States would meet ^ith opposition, decided and of great extent, among the Germans in this country. He counted on this division of strength having its political etTect in dividing aud weakening the councils of the administration but simultaneous with the English rebuff he learned that German-Americans are Americans when the issue is raised between the two countries. And so it was that for once in his career the crafty aud domineering chancellor was mistaken in his calculations.

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Tlipy Hml Job Ofllcc.

Managing Editor Did you write this article on the «tter uselessness of hand bills as a means ot advertising. Mr. Banes'.'

Assistant Yes sir. I llatter myself It Is pretty well written sir. Manager-Oh yes, It's written well enough, but It does seem that even a blooming Idiot like you ought to know that the Job office Is the iiui'n part of this establishment.

Short Stops.

(nly one month left, young man. In which to be sure of your best girl. After that time she Is liable to get mashed on some base ball player at any time.

Mr. Wanamaker wonders "wliy a woman always adds a postscript to her letters and Interviews? Because she not always wants the last word, but two or three words more In addition. V. S. And then some.

A crank is a man who Inflicts on the world the fool notions and queer manners that average man reserves for the bosom of his family.

MANIA FOR THE OPIUM PIPE

From the San Francisco Examiner. 1

"Bare your arm, sir!" The miserable fiend before the com missioners of insanity yeeterday rolled up his tattered sleeves.

His arm was amass of ulcerated sores, and not an inch was free from the holee punctured by the instrument used making hypodermic injections. Blue, half-headed scabs, swelled tlesb, soft muscles and unhealthy veins full of poisoned blood told plainly that it was an aggravated case. "Bare your leg, sir!"

Painfully and dejectedly Patrick Savage, alias James Kelly, whose good edu cation and superior intelligence had been unable to counteract his baser longings, obeyed the command. A sickening disclosure was the result. "Bare your breast,sir!" said Dr. Eaton hurriedly, anxious to retire from the waiting room.

With trembling, lean, bony hands, on which he wore two gaudy but worthless rings, the man opened his coat. The same terrible holes from the poisoned

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and the same running sores were ible in all their rojjuini.-~.oc Great God!" ejaculated the doctor, turning away his head, "this is the worst case I have ever seen in my life. There is not a spot on that man's body into which morphine or cocaine has not been injected. How much do you take in a day?" "Twenty-seven grains of morphine and eight grains of cocaine murir ed the man, as he puffed listlessly at a half smoked cigarette, without once raising his eyes from the Hoor. "How much does it cost you a day?" "Five dollars." "And how many holes do you puncture in your body each day?" "Eight, ten or twelve." "Enough to kill a dozen men if they were not habituated to it!" said the doctor, amazedly. "I have seen men who ate morphine take even more than that, but never one who could stand that amount of the drug hypodermically injected!"

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An order was then made committing Savage to the Napa ssylum, and the reporter undertook the task of further questioning the wreck before him. "Tell me who you are, and how you contracted the habit," he requested. "I am a native of Illinois," began the man, "and my father stands beside you now," pointing to a gray-haired respecta-ble-looking man, who seemed to feel his son's disgrace keenly. "I am 24 years of age," continued the fiend, "and by trade am a decorator, but for the last two months I hare been unable to work, in consequence of the state of emaciation to which I have been reduced." "How long bave you been a slave to the habit?" "Eight years, sir, and if I am not cured now I shall die in a short time, for I am taking the very strongest drug that I can procure, and the taste has become ungovernable."

Gradually he became aroused from his apathetic state, and his sunken eyes looked less glassy but his cheeks were haggard and unshaven and so pallid as to be ghastly. "Eight years ago," he continued, "I was strong and in possession of the finest physical health. I weighed 160 pounds and could hold up my head before the whole world, as manly as say man. Now my bones weigh about ninety pounds and I am owned by the devil. "Sometimes physicians prescribe morphine for their patients, as it deadens pain, and the immediate relief is what the sufferer desires. Then at the least recurrence of the old complaint they fly to this baneful remedy until the craving for it is acquired and the habit becomes unconquerable. "But it was not so in my case. I tried it first out of curiosity. I was running around with some wild companions, and one night we went out together and called at an opium joint. I did not know where we were going, but allowed myself to be persuaded to accompany them. When we entered the room I was horrified to see four or five boys hitting the pipe.' I had always loathed the idea of a man becoming a fiend, but before 1 left the room that night I had inhaled the cursed fumes into my lungs and sealed my fate. "What were my first sensations? I felt as if I were walking on air. All the pleasurable emotions that a human being could experience were crowded into a single moment. My brain seemed as clear as if every cloud had been lifted from it. I breathed rapidly, and I felt a reckless, rushing, indescribable sense of exhilaration.

EFFECTS OF TIIF. "DOVE."

"The most entrancing visions passed before my eyes. The most lovely landscapes, the bluest skies, the sweetest warbling of birds, the most desirous, maddening, delightrul ministrations of beautiful beings took possession of my frame, and I thought I was in paradise. "I was a king, and voluptuous maidens sought to soothe me with the light touch of fairy hands, which only carried me higher and higher into the realms of pleasure, until it seemed that I should burst every vein, and nihilate my material body and become a spirit, owing allegiance to no power, and untrammeled by time or space. "I reveled in that atmosphere of delights, giving rein to every wild desire, using up a year's vitality in a moment of time. 1 actually felt nearer heaven, for my vision was clearer and the sunbeams seemed to whisper that the supernatural was real and that no man could doubt the divine origin of all things after the glimpses on the infinite which had been vouchsafed me."

The deluded "dope" fiend seemed to be almost transformed into a man again as he uttered these words in an excited manner, but the reaction soon came. "What happened then?" asked the reporter. "Then came hell—black, accursed hell!" he replied, passionately. "The ecstatic visions and sensations by degrees vanished, and cold, black chills crept over me. The quick, hot flow of blood through my veins was stopped, and leaden weights dragged me back to earth. I seemed to breathe lead, and walls of lead seemed to close around me until I gasped and felt that I should choke. This was succeeded by a dull, exhausted feeliDg which left my body trembling from head to foot. "I left that room, but from that moment my former self was dead. I must have another glimpse of that sensual paradise, if my death was the price. I bought a lay-out, and smoked it until it was meat, drink, sleep, home, religion, heaven to me!" "And the next step?" "Oh, in time opium smoking was not powerful enough. The old sensations were not so easily produced. Besides that, I was constantly being arrested in country towns for 'hitting the pipe.' and

it took all my money to pay the fines I had to seek some other way of indulging my craving, which would not be against the law, and I began to take shots.'" "What do you mean by that? "Using the syringe—morphine. The effects were more rapid. All one has to do is to pierce a hole through his flesh and inject one and one-half grains or so of the liquid. It was two years ago when I first took morphine, and I kept to that.alone until about two months ago. From small quantities I consumed twenty, twenty-five or more grains of the drug daily, and even that did not suffice. "I resorted to cocaine—that king ol deetroyers. That ie the last step. Morphine induces sleep, but cocaine causes protracted wakefulness. "I have not slept for as many as seven or eight days when under the influence of 'coke.' They say there is a kind of bug in every drop of cocaine, which poisons the blood and prevents the scar from healing. I have seen the bugs, and the pain they cause is maddening. The pleasurable sensations from cocaine only last about two minutes and another large dose is desired at once. But it will not recall the feeling. A man must sleep eight or nine hours first, and then on taking a 'shot he feels splendid. Each time you have to make afresh hole, as cocaine kills the flesh. Cocaine is very dear—it costs 5 cents a grain, but morphine can be had ot 75 oanta ft bottle, which contains fiftysix grains. Fiends always commence on their arms, and after covering them with holes, puncture their legs and other parts of their body. I use a bottle of vaseline on my sores to try to heal them, but they always leave a blue wound." "Will druggists sell you the morphine and cocaine readily?" was asked. "In most cases there is no difficulty if you have the money. I could tell where I have bought plenty of it, but what is the use? It would only make trouble for nothing. Nearly all sell it, and there is no law forbidding them to do so." "How do you feel now?" "Sick and dizzy, for I have not had any cocaine since yesterday but I came here voluntarily. I was rooming at the Petite house, at 114 Fourth street, and when Officers Dillon and Seymour called there for some other people I asked them to get me sent to Napa. It is the only chance I have. If a man has strong will power he may overcome the craving himself, but I preferred to be confined and kept without the drug." "Who is this girl who has been living with you?" "Her name is Cora Crystal, but you needn't say anything about her. She is 18 years old, and says she works in the Comstock saloon, on Sacramento and Kearney streets. She is a very pretty girl, but she will kill herself soon. She just pours the drug into her veins. It is a great pity that she is such a fiend. She comes to my rooms and takes a 'shot' whenever she feels like it, and so do other girls. Her arms are marked, but not so bad as mine, and she has not punctured her legs as yet. I have known her two years, but she has only taken 'dope' during the last eight months. We came here from Petalumna after the last fair. She was arrested for vagrancy but managed to get out of it."

Officers Dillon and Seymour state that they will arrest the girl as soon as they can find her. •'She has been providing Savage with the money to purchase the drugs," said the man, "and she is really a very pretty girl. It is marvelous how any one of her appearance will consort with a fiend and become one. herself."

AN INGERSOLL STORY.

How Gentlemen in California Tears Ago Compromised Law Suits.

"I'll tell you a story, boys," said Colonel Ingersoll, while waiting for the Kerr jury to come in on Friday afternoon, reports the New York Sun.

Colonel Fellows, Lawyer Bird, Mr. Kerr and the reporters leaned forward expectantly. "During the gold days in California," continued the colonel, "it was the law that the holder of a claim should be liable to lose it if he let it remain idle for ten days in succession. Well, there was one fellow who had been working faithfully, when he fell sick and had to take to his tent. Another fellow came along and jumped his claim. The first man pleaded and argued, but the other was not to be moved. So when the first man recovered he sued the interloper. "The case up before the justice. He was very sorry, he told the plaintiff, but the law was absolute on the question, and the defendant could not be ousted, No sooner had he finished than the plaintiff jumped up and hit the defendant a stinging blow behind the ear. The defendant fell over, and the plaintiff jumped on him and began to pumme! him soundly. The constable ran up and was trying to part the fighters when the judge arose, and, pounding on the desk, yelled to the constable: you, sir, leave them alone! The law is the law, but if the gentlemen vwt to compromise they mustn't be interfered with.

The colonel's way of telling it was as good as the story.

Offensive Partisanship.

As an illustration of the idea of offensive partisanship this story, told by Mr. Enright, is pretty good:

There was a Frenchman in his time who wanted to be a postmaster, and he came to Washington to see about getting the appointment. His only plea was that he was a Democrat and the other man was a Republican, and on that ground he wanted the office. Said Mr. Enright: "Was he an offensive partisan?" "I do not know what you mean by offensive partisan. What was dat?" "Why, I mean was he offensively partisan in the management of the office? You know you must have some charge tt make against him under the circular which has been issued by Mr. Vilas?" "Oh, you say he was offensive. Well, I should say he was offensive. He skinned catfish in the postoflice."

It was decided that that offense was offensive enough, and the Frenchman got his appointment.—[Washington Letter to Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.

Kvansvllle Wants Natural Gas.

The Evansville Journal encourages its capitalists to continue prospecting for natural gas, although two holes sunk to the depth of nearly two thousand feet have beea unsuccessful in striking tbe coveted treasure. While the Journal claims that Evansville has an inexhaustible supply of cheap coal, still it admits that natural gas is the ideal fuel.

Worse than the Blizzard.

Dakota—Hi, there, New York City! You've escaped the blizzard this year, haven't you? Let me offer my congratula—

New York ^wildlyl—Don't mock at my misery! Wait till the pigs-in-clover puzzle you, you insulting wretch.—[Chicago Tribune.

THE TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1889.

THE NEWS AT INDIANAPOLIS.

yThereare several explanations possible of the change of policy which has brought the Brush

electric

company into

the field with an incandescent light, says the Indianapolis News. If the gas company has the same influence it had with the Brush when the gas-electric dicker was made, it o|ight now easily "persuade" it to go into competition with other incandescent itetric lighting companies. The Nordyke pany, as^potated with lzed a company to use t^ Jeoney tight. Over three thounod incandescent lights hgjre already been contracted for down town- Heretofore the Brush compufy, hgjJBg without a competitor, has reffesed to put in incandescent light because that Would interfere with the revenue which its ally, the gas company, has received. There is a colored gent in the wood-pile. Developments will be observed with interest.

District Attorney Chambers-

Smiley N. Chambers, newly appointed United States attorney, yesterday qualified and took possession of the office. His deputy, John B. Cockrum, had previously arrived and taken the oath of office before the federal clerk. Mr. Chambers and his deputy inherit about one hundred and sixty case#, of which about one hundred and thirty are election cases. Mr. Chambers said that it would be his ptrpose to bring all of these to trial as Speedily ae possible, so that the innocent, if any, may be relieved, the guilty convicted and the court relieved of its work before the summer heat and'the long Vacation.

Divorce Asked ky Prominent People.

By agreement between thfe two parties Stephen W. Morgan htte brought suit for divorce froo Mary J. Morgan, alleging incompatibility. They have been married ttairy-five years, and have a

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rown 4eeiily- Mr. Morgan is well as a gentleman

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ity and means. He is abrbther-lri-law to the late Vice President Hendricks. Mrs. Morgan is also highly connected and is well known by literary fcnd social people.—[Indianapolis Nfcws.

A Dinner in HonoroiMr. Porter.

Auditor of State Brum Carr and Superintendent LaFollette gave a dinner yesterday evening in h6nor of ex-Gov-ernor Porter, minister tc Italy. Among the guests were Governor Porter, the Rev. Dr. Ford, Attorney General Michener, State Treasurer Lemcke. Mayor Denny, the Hon. Stanton J. Peel'.e, Supreme Court Reporter Griffith, W. T. Noble, clerk of tbe supreme court, Chief Justice Byron K. Elliott, R. R. Shiel, and others.—[Indianapolis News.

Nixon, Loftln, Sullivan.

In the suit of John R. Nixon against Sample Loftin in which the defendant is accused of keeping off the records certain mortgages given him by John E. Sullivan, a demurrer was filed this morning, the defendant claiming he had a right to

withhold the papers if he

wished.—[Indianapolis News. [This is the mortgage on the property in Terre Haute.]

Francis Miipphy.

Francis Murphy wifl hold meetings next week at the Meridian Street Church, Indianapolis. He goes to Logansport, April 14.

CLEVELAND VS. DANIEL WEBSTER.

Tlie tatter's Pit-tare Removed For One or the Former.

Notwithstanding tbe declination of Mr. Schuyler to be made assistant secretary of state, some progress in the reorganization of Mr. Blaine's department was made to-day in an order to discharge Grover Cleveland and reappoint Daniel Webster to the place which he formerly occupied in the department, says a Washington special. When Mr. Bayard became secretary of state he found on the wall of his office, looking down upon his desk, the portraits Of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel "Webster, and U. S. Grant. This arrangement of portraits did not suit Mr. Bayard, and ere he had been in office many months he .- brought in a portrait of Grover Cleveland, banished Daniel Webster to an ante-room, and hung the former sheriff of Buffalo between Lincoln and Grant. When Mr. Blaine came to the dBsk two weeks ago the first object that met his eye was the face of Grover Cleveland. For the face of Daniel Webster he looked in vain. There was something about this substitution which rasped the secretary's sensibilities, and so he

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issues his order,

without any disrespect to the late president, that Grover Cleveland shall, as the latest comer, return to tbe anteroom and Daniel Webster be reinstated in his old place above the desk of the secretary of stBt0.

A Constituent's Advice to Yoorliees.

The hungry Hoosier, who for a week strode the White house, has run out of rations and returned to the Wabash. A gentleman told me to-day that the president caused the word to be given out that if the Hoosier contingent didn't get off the steps of the White house he wouldn't "set 'em up.'' By which you are to understand that he would not make any appointments for that state. Hence the exodus.

A six-footer from the presidential state called on Senator Voorhees and asked for consideration. The senator said: "I have no influence. Goto your congressman." "He's a Democrat, too," said the sixfooter. "Then you had better go home," the senator replied.

The six footer giggled a chills and-fe-ver giggle, and rubbed his chin as he said: "I reckon you'd better go with me yon don't seem to be much use here."—[Washington special.

The Baldwin Prize at Wabash.

The annual Baldwin prize contest came off Tuesday night at Wabash college the speakers being O. S. Hoffman, Chicago J. A. Greene, A. A. McCain and R. M. McMaken of Crawfordsville, W. E. Willis of Eofield, 111., and J. R. Jones of Kenesaw, Neb. The prize was awarded to A. A. McCain, who will represent the college in the coming state oratorical contest. He is tbe son of Editor McCain, of the Crawfordsville Journal.

RoatoiTs Big Pork Packing Firm Falls.

BOSTON, March 20.—Charles H. North A Co.,33 and 34 north Market

fifty thousand dollars,

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photographs of his mother which had just been sent home. There were two views, and the youngster was decided in his preference for one over the other. "Why do you prefer that?" asked his mother. -'Because," said he, "in the other one you look as if you meant it."-

Boston Transcript.

ED. PATTERSON'S LATEST ESCAPADE.

The Young Han in Trouble at Ft. Seott,

J't. Scott, Ka

Sunday CaU is of interest to many persons here in Terre Haute who knew young Patterson. "Eddie" left here soon after he got up the burglar and ftre scare at Swope's jewelry store, where he was employed:

Tbe chief topic of conversation yeeterday among a large class of our citizens was Mr. Ed Patterson, the effeminate young man whofmanaged" the "Beggar Student" opera, and who travels mainly on the strength and volume of his

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voice. Oh, he's a daisy! The assurance and cheek of this young man is unsurpassed and his gall almost reaches the Eublime. Briefly the facts are as follows: A few weeks ago this young man left a very unsavory reputation at Terre Haute and came to Fort Scott. Here he succeeded in enlisting a numl e~ o' our best young ladies and gentlemen into his operatic scheme of producing the "Beggar Student promising to divide the proceeds over and above expenses. After a few weeks' practice the opera was produced three nights, and when a settlement was demanded from Mr. Patterson he claimed there was no "divy" to make. He claimed the door receipts were only $230, and gave an itemized expense account of $263.10, leaving him out of pocket $13.10. A committee was appointed, and after a careful investigation find that the receipts are about one hundred dollars in excess of the figures furnished by Patterson and cut down the expense account to about one hundred and seventy dollars. Pat.iUdhig"' ooila tf£bt6DlQft rut him, hurriedly comes forward with a new expense account, this time swelling the amount to $370. The itemized account we cannot give, being crowded for space, but the figures given are not only ridiculous, but have been proven false in nearly every particular. For instance, he.counts in all his own personal expenses, such as buggy rides, BUftjpers for his friends, etc. His

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bUi, $3.60, is probably correct as he had hiahair cut short. His gas bill, $9, burned mostly over a poker table, is also accepted, but the committee takes exception to nearly all the rest.

This is not all. No longer, ago than yesterday this young man was accused ot Jftealing an umbrella belonging to Mis* Daisy Chapman, which he strenuously denied, but when the proof was established, he begged off, ana compromised by paying for it. The umbrella was a very fine gold-headed one, and as he had scratched his name thereon, of course, Miss Chapman did not want it.

There are a number of other very serious charges brought against this model young man which we prefer to pass over, the above being sufficient to condemn him in the eyes of all respectable citizens.

Contributed.

General Ollendorf (singing)— I'm very sory to tall yon. But I think It will be beat.

Tills noble Prince Wlblckl Was but a little Jest.

Chorus of Indignant publicWas but a little jest. Llum»«m I I' TT-**CT"

His money and his clothes, etc., you see Were furnished him by me, In order'that he, thus supplied. Might hoodoo and skin the other side. Stronger chorus ot Indignant public—

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Might hoodoo and skin the other side. [Exeunt Prince Wlblckl for Montreal, Canada. —[Scene 8, act 3, from "Beggar Student."

There was a young man from Terre Haute, Who arrived In the town of Fort Scott He got up a show

And the people now know

How sweetly ana completely they're caught.

the

second largest pork packing firm east of Chicago, made an assignment tonight. Liabilities cannot yet be given but will probably

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She Meant Busine**.

An 8-year-old boy whose superabundant animal spirits require an occasional check was looking at some proofs of

A young bloomer from the cits of Terre Haute, Who thought that he wouldn't get caught, Came out to fair Kansas to travel And give the hay-eaters a razzle-dazzle.

We can only think right now to tell—o About his little game of umbrell-o He at last Is

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dupe.

And Is laid In the soup.

And all he can do Is to bellow. There was a young man from Terre Haute, Who came here to make his debut

He tried to give us a gime. But he got lelt just the same,

And now is decidedly hot. He claims he Is a jeweler by trade, Of the truth of which now we re arralil,

He puts on lots of dog, But Is really a hog—

That's why all this tirade.

He ought to be iu the legislature, Beciuse he's a contradiction to nature A jewelry Co. wants him.

And some day will pin him

To the wall for a certain adventure. Ta, ta, young man from Terre Haute, You came here end now you are caught:

Put on your long hair and rustle, And get out and hustle,

Anil dig out of the city ol Scott.

A Change in Saturn's System.

Professor Brooks has obtained several observations of the new white region of Saturn's ring, and announces his discovery that the light is variable and that pulsations of the light at irregular intervals have been detected by him. This evidence of a change in Saturn's system is of the highest scientific interest.

Another Madstone.

D. F. Featherngill, near Franklin, owns a "madstone" which is credited with having cured a number of cases of

hydrophobia,

and also a girl bitten by a

rattlesnake. It was given to his Tather by a Kentuckian over forty years ago, and it was a portion of a stone which became famous in that state many years ago.

Fabulous Hailstones.

A tremendous hail storm swept across the river below Evansville'Monday afternoon, and the stones which fell were of fabulous size. The steamer John S. Hopkins was caught in the storm and many of its windows were broken, while the passengers were greatly alarmed.

Gold Found in Scotland.

Scotland has a gold fever, the discovery of a bit of gold in the gizzard of a duck recently killed on a farm in Forfarshire having been followed by the finding of gold-bearing quartz in the same neighborhood.

Horrors of the Slave Trade.

The Arabs bring 50,000 negro slaves to the ease coast of Africa from the interior. More than five times that number are torn fyom their homes, but perish on the wy.

The Great Tower Done.

The Eiffel tower, Paris, is finished. Its bird-cage hat is 92o feet from the ground.

When beset with headache or other painB use Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth for pain.

JtXPBISS PACKAGES.

SHS 8MPLT WASTJ THE KARTH.

The linsband I want Is a man who cno show

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A record as clean as the Den fallen snow A chart of descent from the very beet Mood In the veins of mankind since the time of the flood A crown of green laurel his temples to bind A badge that shall prove him a master of mind, A medal of honor for valorous deeds: A reaper of grain and a snwer of seeds— In all and In all, to my lire he must bring The pride of a lord and the wealth of a lung. ,~ He must live in his splendor reserved and aione. A tenant of earth. In a palace ot stone. In short.to be clearer, with everything saldThe husband I want Is the husband that's dead. —[Washington Post

A great scheme—Making a fire. It is said that three cities will compete for the "Joan of Arc" at its sale in New York.

ANew York lady inquired the other day for a "the rectory gown." An appropriate garment for Lent

A forty-pound lake trout was caught at St Ignace a few days ago. It was embalmed in ice and sent to New York.

A fakir in New York has been selling poor chromoe of Mayor Grant for $5 each, representing them as oil painting?.

At a condensing company factory in Illinois seventy to eighty thousand quar' of milk a day are used, at an average of nine cents a gallon.

Jackson, Mich., Presbyterians held a church banquet a few nights ago, in which men cooks, waiters, dishwashers, etc., did all the woik

William K. Cavett. a workingman in Pittsburg, has patented anew submarine ram that will pierce the side of the heavest ironclad.

The morning reception is a new feature of Lent at Washington. Music, recitations and conversation are the attraction from 11 until 1 o'clock.

It has been found necessary to turn the city hall at Walla Walla, W. T., into a temporary home for immigrants, the rush into the territory is so great.

An occuDJM»fe,"* Washington marKet, Tfewi ork, confesses that he gave Mr. McAdam, chief clerk of the bureau of city revenue, $3,000 for six market stands.

Australia has promised to give £35,000 annually for ten years toward the building of the proposed new British ships of war, and to maintain the vessels when oompleted.

A bill has been introduced in the New York legislature for a commission to inquire into the expediency of consolidating Brooklyn and Staten Island with New York city.

Almost every day there are men at Castle Garden who assert that they are in search of and willing to marry any bright and intelligent emigrant girl who pleases their fancy.

A citizen of Hagerstown, Md., claims that the inside of a box in his possession was made of apart of the Penn treaty tree, and the outside of a part of the the original coffin of Washington.

Testimony is a recent suit brought by Harris, of Philadelphia, to obtain wages due him, revealed the fact that be had been employed to make trourers for 90 cents a dozen, or 1}{ cents a pair.

Theater-goers will be glad to know that fashionable woman's high-crowned hat has had its day, and the other extreme, a crown like a pancake with a rim like a saucer, now holds sway for a season at any rate.

Hamilton Disston, the Philadelphia saw manufacturer, owns more land in Florida than any other six men in the Btate, and is consequently looked upon as something of a nabob bv the residonto ,. ... »uu,0.

California's agricultural resources are being developed at a tremendous rate. Six hundred thousand fruit trees have been planted in San Diego county this season, and similar activity prevails in other sections of the state.

Some of the "cures" at a European resort are mineral water cure, grape cure, whey cure, cold water cure, massage cure, pine-needle bathe, Russian, Rompn, Irish, mud, steam and electric baths. All ills are met by "cures."

Two prisoners in Sing Sing engaged in a fight yesterday on the second tier of cells, and they both fell to the ground, a distance of thirty feet. One of them had his thigh bone broken and was insensible. The only other was not scratched.

The Americah Society of Naturalists is energetic in its efforts to increase the study of natural history in schools. It will be represented in the various educational associations in the country, and will make every effort to push the matter.

Fashion in beds is returning to the four-poster with a rich canopy, and as a modern invention, a shelf between the upper posts for bottles, glasses, etc. In the simple days of our grandparents the eye opener was kept under the pillow in a green bottle.

In Connecticut last week a man who pleaded guilty to killing another man was sentenced to three months to jail and fined SI. In Boston last week a man who was convicted of mutilating a book belonging to the public library was sentenced to five months in jail.

A Canadian paper wants to know why 5,000,000 Canadians should pay more to be governed than 60,000,000 Americans pay. The thirteen cabinet officers of Ottawa receive $105,000 a year, while the eight cabinet officers of the United States receive $64,000.

Two colored men were seated in front of a colored saloon fronting the bay at St. Augustine, Fla., recently. One held in his hand a revolver they had been examining, when by some careless movement it was discharged. The ball passtd through the other hand of the owner and both hands of his companion.

The electrical apparatus by which doomed criminals will be put to death in New York consists of a chair, probably iron. The current will be sent from arm to arm of the subject, or from the head to the spine. Toe exact location of the poles will, no doubt, vary with the subject and the opinion of the physician.

In 1888 811,410 barrels, containg 2,434,230 bushels of apples, were imported into England from this country, in addition to thousands of tons brought from various parts of the continent. Eogland is paying out over $40,000,000 a year to foreign fruit growers, and more than $500,000,000 yearly for imported food products, more than half of which, it is claimed, could be easily raised at home.

A resident of Martin's Ferry, Ohio, has two small boys and one big dog, a Newfoundland, their constant companion. The other day the bovsgot to fighting, and the smaller was getting the worst of it, when the dog, who had been an uneasy observer of the proceedings, rushed between the lads, separated them by main force, and then dragged the larger boy away, without hurting him in the least or showing a particle of ill temper.

A monument

Bhould

be erected to the

memory of the late Dr. John W. Bull, discoverer of that wonderful remedy, Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.

The Favorite

Medicine for Throat and Lung Difficulties has long been, and still is, Aver'3 Cherry Pectoral. It cures Croup, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, aud Asthma soothes irritation of the Larynx and Fauces strengthens the Vocal Organs allays soreness of the Langs prevents Consumption, and, even in advanced stages of that disease, relieves Coughing and induces Sleep. There is no other preparation for diseases of the throat and lungs to be compared with this remedy. "My wife had a distressing couch, with pains in the side and breast. \Vo tried various medicines, but none did her anv good until I got a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which has cured her. A neighbor, Mrs. Glenn, had tlie measles, and the cough was relieved by the uso of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I have no hesitation in recommending this

Cough Medicine

to every one afflicted."—Robert Horton, Foreman Headlight, Morrillton, Ark. I have been afflicted with asthma for forty years. Last spring I was takeu with a violent ccugh, which threatened to terminate my days. Every one pronounced me in consumption/ I determined to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Its effects were magical. I was immediately relieved and continued to improve until entirely recovered."—Joel Bullard, Guilford, Conn.

Six months ago I had a severe hemorrhage of the lungs, brought on by an incessant cough which deprived me of sleep and rest. I tried various dies, but obtained no relief until I be-

f:au

to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A ew bottles of this medicine cured me." Mrs. E- Coburn, 19 Second

St.,

Lowell,

Mass. For children afflicted with coltls. coughs, sore tliroat _or Jilt'give kno\v fellef than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I have found it, also, invaluable in cases of Whooping Cough." Ann Lov*joy, 1257 Washington street, Boston, Mass.

Ayer's Cheny Pectoral,

PREPARED BY

Dr. J. C. Ayer it Co., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druggiala. Price $1 six bottles, $&.

A3MTOSEMENTS. NAYLOR'S.

ONE WEEK,

Commencing Monday, March 18 The Wonderfully Successful Actress,

Supported by her own excellent company, under the management of WALTER S. BALDWIN.

RKPKRTOIKK:

Monday Galley Slave Tuesday Two Orphan* Wednesday East Lynne Thursday Ten Nights In a Bar Room Friday Oueen's Evidence Saturday Wella-Fargo Messenger Saturday Matinee (announced later)

SCALE OF PRICKS:

Gallery llta Family Circle Entire First Floor 30c Box Seats 50c

No extra charge for reserving teats at Button's Book Store.

A GREAT EVENT

Tuesday Evening, March. 26.

LYDIA THOMPSON

And her own grand English

/ITil

iiil 1

In Stephens & Solomon's Satire,

PENELOPE.

Charming Music I Elaborate Costumes! New and Special Scenery 1 45 SELECTED ARTISTS 45

Sale of seats opens Saturday. March 23. Prices $1, 75c, 60c and 25c.

JOHNSON & SLAATN'S

Saturday, March 30.

TIME TABLE.

Trams marked tbos (P) denote Parlor Car attached. Trains marked tnus (S) denote Sleeping Cars attached dally. Trams marked thus (B) de note Bnflst Car* attached. Trainsmarkedthuaf*) ran dally. All other train* ran dauj Sot aays

excepted

VANDALIA LIKE.

T.R4L

DIVISION.

LXAVB FOB

THM

WBT.

No. 9Western Express (S4V) 1.42 a. m. No. 6 Mall Train* 10.18 a. in. No. 1 Fast Line (PAY) 2.15 p. m. No. 7 Fast Mall ».04 p. in.

LXAVX FOR THJC XA3T.

No. 12 Cincinnati Express *(S) 1.30 a. iu No. 6 New York Express (84 V) 1.51 a. in No. 4 Matl and Accommodation 7.16 a. No. 20 Atlantic Express *(P4V) 12.4JJ p. No. 8 Fast Line* 2.00 p.

JLBBIW 7B0M TBS XAST.

No. 9 Western Express (SAV) 1.90 a. m. No. 5 Mall Train 10-12 a m. No-1 Fast Line (PAV) 100 p. m. No. 8 Mall and Accommodation 6.45 p. No. 7 Fast Mall B.OOp. m.

IBBM FROM THX WW.

No. 12 Cincinnati Expresses) 1.20 a. m. No. 6 New York Kxpress»(SAv) 1.42 a. m. No. 20 Atlantic Expre«s*(PAV) 12.87 p. m. No. 8 Fart Line* L40 P. m.

T. H. 4 L. DIVISION.

XJEAVS FOB TH1HOBTH.

No.

62

South Bend Mall 6.00 a. m. No. Booth Bend Express 4.00 p.m. ABBJYS THOU HOBTH. No. 61 Terre Haute SxpreM 12.00 noon No.

68

South Bend

Mall 7.80

p. m.

WARREN-SCHARF

Asphalt Paving Co,,

CONTBACTOKS rOR

GEIOIKI TKIUDAD ASPHALT SHEET PAVIMIfT

As laid In over Thirty American Cities, ranging In climate and other conditions from New Orleans and Savannah to St. Paul and

Montreal, to the extent of

Over 4,000,000 Square Yards,

OR 225 MILES OF STREET,

Ten miles of stone block pavement have been torn up and replaced with Trinidad Asphalt In Buffalo alone.

AmWM1

1114 John Street, New York.

Gen 1 Offices Blymyer Building, Cincinnati,