Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 July 1889 — Page 2

DAILY EXPRESS.

GEO-*. ALLEN. Proprietor.

Publication Ofllee 16 south Fifth street, Printing House Square.

Entered as Second-Class Blatter at the Postofflce ot Terre Haute, Ind.j

SUBSCRIPTION OF THE EXPRESS. BY HAIL—POSTAGE PMH'AID. Daily EditUm. Monday Omitted. On« Ymt 110 00 One Tear Ij go SU^Montbs 6 00 Six Months 8 76 One Month One Month 66

TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS.

Dally, delivered. Monday included. 20c per week. Dally, delivered. Monday excepted. ...Mc P« Telephone Number, Bdltorlnl Koomi, 72.

SF'JHE WEEKLY EXPRESS.

One copy,1 one year, In advance ®1 2j One copy, six months, In advanoe.^..^....".." Postage prepaid In all cases when sent by tnall.

The EipreM does not undertake to return rejected manuscript. No communication will be published unless the full name and place of residence of the writer Is fur nlahed, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

Those Southern governors continue their proclamations against the prize fight and we are more than ever deeirouB to see the best man win.

Jason B. Brown says that the criticisms by the Democratic press against Judge Woods are all unJust, and that his charge in the Dudley case states the law.

Every

ssnslble man knows the purpose

of the assault on Judge Woods, and hence gives It no attention whatever. [Columbus Republican. Every Democratic lawyer in the state who is more lawyer than demogogue, knows that the criticisms were unjust. Only the slam-bang writers of the press and the Lwn Baileys of the bar indulge in the abuse of the adge.

The cause of the increase in the tax rate for county purposes is explained in another place. We do not think the people who pay the taxes will complain of a judicious expenditure of money for county roads and county bridges, but they will justly demand that an end be put to the wastefulness about the court house. This thing of paying juries for forty days when but four days' service is actually rendered will not do. The courts are kept in session without any work being accomplished in these days, seemingly for no other purpose ttTan to make it possible for jurymen, bailiffs and deputies of one kind or another to draw their per diem.

Mr. Patrick Ford's live-columed, double-leaded article In his own paper, giving alleged reasons to prove that Dr. Cronln was the victim of the London Times, the Democrats

and

C. O. I).

"A Poor Week For Literature. "See here," said the poet, indignantly, "when you accepted my poem I supposed It wonld be published. If I had wanted to wait I would have sent It to a magazine In the first place." "My dear sir," said the editor soothingly, "we will print your poem Just as soon as we can spare the space. But you need not expect It to appear until after the Sulllvan-Kllraln light Is over. This Is pre-eminently a newspaper."

"I Told You So."

The dearest boon to womanhood. The sweetest pleasure she can know,, Is some poor erring man to grind 1XS with these four words, "I told you so."

jjjh'," A Thin Costume. He—What made you start so? She—I didn't hear you coming. I was wrapped in thought.

He—Well, that ought to make a pretty comfortable costume these hot days.

An Old Kxcuse.

Wlckwlre—How did you get the eye, Tabsley? Bun Into a lamp post? Yatwley—No. I said something to Mudge and he hit me. He was drunk.

Wlckwlre-I thought you knew how quarrelsome Mudge Is when he Is drinking. Yabsley—I did know It. But I didn't know he was loaded.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

Athletics and Protection.

To the Editor of the Express: SIR—There seems to be but few subjects upon which the organ ot Cobden club in this city is not thoroughly prepared to express opinions opinions too, that shall go to the very root and essence and truth of the matter under discussion. Yesterday it discussed ex-President Woolsey, John L. Sullivan and Greek athletics, and out of such Incongruous materials It managed to construct an argument In favor of free trade that was abler and more Ingenious than Its average efforts have been.

That good old enemy of protection, ex-President Woolsey, ot Yale, having at last gone to a place where his "political

economy1'

truth. For the ugly facte, let us taratoBolMn, book x, chapter lit Of boxing, or the castas, he gars: "Boxing Is a combat at blows with the flats, from whence it derives its name. The combatants wered their fist* with a kind of pensive arms called cestus. This "cestus was a Wnd of gauntlet or glove, made of leather and plated with brass or iron!" The Gazette will see that boxlng gtoves

among

the Greeks were not_ staffed wlthcotton. Oar author further saw "BOXIM waaoneoflOw roughest and most^^i^ of the grpnasttc combats because, besides to? danger iof being crippled, the combatants ran the hazard of Jthelr lives. They gomeUmes fell down dead or dying on tbe sand. It was common for them to quit the field with a countenance so dlsngwed that it was not easy to know them afterward carrying witn them the sad marks of their vigorous resistance, such as bruises aid contusions in the face, the loss of an eye, their teeth knocked out, their Jaws broken or some more considerable fractnre.

Tbe Incidents connected with scores of boxing matches have been related by ancient miters and, perhaps', the fight between Epeus and EnsyiUus at the funeral games celebrated by Achilles In honor of his friend, Patroclus, will serve as a sample as well as any. In this case the champions fought for glory and a mule. Fancy, If you can. Jake and John L. pounding each other Into Jelly for a mule. But a king, "the bravest of the Greeks," offered tbe donkey as a prize and immediately Epens reared bis giant form to Its full height, and said: "Other men In warring fields may shine, but the first honors of this light are mine." Ensyalus promptly came forward to dispute the claUn. The men fonght with fists, reinforced with leather graves studded with metal bosses. A single blow straight fr*m the shoulder ot Epens reduced the face of his antagonist to "one undistinguished wound," and the friends of the unfortunate man bore him from the field. In this way did the gentle and playful Greeks, "who never set two human beings against one another to pound and batter each other out of all semblance to the Creator," fight ln£the year 1184 B. C., and for a thousand years thereafter. Nor were the men who engaged In these combats ruffians and outcasts, as for the most part they are now. They were the most distinguished citizens, and these whose "countenances were so disfigured that It was not easy to know them afterward, wore their scars as the highest badges of merit Kings honored them, orators praised them, historians preserved their names and deeds and poets like Homer, Plnder and Slmonldes immortalized them In verse. When the victor returned from the Olympic games, perhaps bringing nothing but a sprig of passlyora few olive leaves, he yet came as conquorer and the people greeted him with acclamations and often he was greater than a king. And though the golden age of the prize ring has gone forever, we may sou be pardoned for taking a little Interest in John L. Sullivan and in spite of all his faults we may heartily wish htm success, and we may do this the more readily because Jike Kllraln, like the Gazette, seems tohave Joined the British. Thirty years ago Lord Palmerson, then the most influential man In Europe,was one of the active partisans of Sayers In his fight wtth Heenan, and If Hullllvan don't clean out the Mltchell-Kllraln combination It ought to be regarded as a national calamity. y-

JULY 2.1889.

mugwumps, is a

piece of colossal impertinence. Who cares one straw what Patrick

Ford

thinks upon any subject

of Importance? At some time or other he has i' been on every side of every Important question, and his good or bad causes he always Injured -v. by being able at any moment to produce the worst oTposslble arguments In their supposed defense.

It Is an Insult to the Intelligence of all American citizens that they should be lectured at this time of day upon the high moral character of Clan-na-Gael leaders by ene who Is evidently Interested In defending them, and In the face of strong positive evidence against them.—rChicago Jouraal.

The Journal voices the sentiment of the press everywhere in the above. The Clan-na-Gael is an institution which places obligations on its members they cannot adhere to and retain their loyalty to the American government. When Mr. Patrick Ford undertakes to appeal to the prejudice against the London Times, Scotland Yards, British gold and the Democratic party, he makes a great mistake. No matter how strong afid just may be the sentiment of Republicans aguinst any one of these he will utterly fail in arraying that party on the side of those who are constantly defending a murder conspiracy, and the Chicago Journal, like every other Republican newspaper in the country, hon,eeHy repudiates any such trick.

EXCHANGE ECHOES.

Detroit Free Press: We don't mind a law to purify elections half so much as one to purify a chap alter he has been elected and begins to reach down for boodle.

Boston Traveller There have been miscarriages of

Justice

here at the North, but they have

not been met with such popular bursts of approval as has been manifested In the case of Dr. McDow In Charleston. There is certainly need of "anew South" In more senses than one.

St. Louis Republic: Br. McDow Is conducting himself as might have been expected of a libertine who, although a married man, deliberately addressed himself to the task of a seducing a young woman, and shot dead noble-hearted gentleman who called at his office to remonstrate (•gainst his villlany.

Chicago Journal: Colonel Shepard's qualifications for the Busslan mission are being widely discussed by the papers. Among the most peculiar recommenaatlons mentioned is the fact that he is a learned student of the Bible, a quality, says the Pittsburg Commercial, which ought to make his society particularly valuable to a man as near the nextfrorld as the czar of Russia.

Chicago Inter-Ocean: In his own Interest and for the sake of his own reputation Mr. Sullivan should Insist that his friends cease to play the part of obstructionists. It they are Innocent of the accusations made against them they cannot be harmed by the most searching inquiry into the Cronln murder. The Inquiry is in progress, and It will be pushed to the end, and those who resist Inquiry will remain under suspicion until the end comes.

Indianapolis Journal: The New York Press Is opposed to postponing the Republican convention of that state until after the Democrats have held theirs and have spoken. It holds that the Republican party is not a party without positive convictions. It says "speak out on all questions, and especially on the liquor question and the ballot reform question, and make an aggressive fight." It adds: "The inexpedient expediency game may do for Democratic machine politicians, but Republican voters do not build in the Democratic way."

New York Graphic: The Democratic tOHghs of Cincinnati, having had the government of that city wrested from their unclean hands by legislation prompted by Governor Foraker, are now raising the cry on him that he Is against home rule. The governor favors home rule for Ireland, because he believes In the honesty of Irish hearts and the patriotism of Irish blood. But he Is probably opposed to home rule In Cincinnati because there Is neither honesty nor patriotism In the Democratic rulers there.

"CAKES NOT FOB TRIFLE'S

waB

probably

not a part of the regular course of study, the Gazette takes occasion to compare his "beautiful and powerful mind"—and It was a free-trade mind, you must remember—to the mus•ales of our great athlete, and what follows Is richness Itself. It says of the venerable professor of is profoundly versed In the athletics of the Greeks, which was never degraded In the Olympian games to the brutality of our pugilism. They ran races, threw the discus, wrestled and went through a multitude of contests calculated to determine superiority in physical prowess, but they never set two human beings up against one another to pound and batter each other out of all semblance to the Creator, In whose Image they were made. That sort of thing has been left to a later age and men like this venerable philosopher, the light of whose life has burned to the socket and gone out, are behind the times,"

This would all be very nice and commendable but for one thing. It contains not one wont of

W.-^Sm*»

45

The School-Book Law Interpreted by the Attorney General.

Attorney General Michener has prepared an answer to the questions submitted to him by the state board of ed-. ucation, relative to the new school-book law, says the Indianapolis News. Ke tells them they are required to advertise for bids for twenty-one consecutive days, and that they cannot spend more than one thousand dollars, the amount appropriated, for this advertising. "Will, falling below the legal standard in any particular, as to quality of material or style of work, estop us from adopting any book, though its real value is equal to the lawful standard as a whole, through superior excellence in one or more points?" is one query. The attorney general replies that they are not authorized to accept any bfeok unless it is "at least equal" to the prescribed standard in each particular. "The law cares not for trifles." This maxim may be applied to the construction of the school book statute if the deviat'on is a matter of mere trifle, which, if continued in practice, would weigh little or nothing in public interest.

The attorney general holds that a contractor can not substitute a book for one on which he has submitted an acceptable bid. ______

JOINED THE EPWORTH LEAGDE.

The Young People's Methodist Alliance Indulge in a Very Acrimonious Debate.

The national convention of the Young People's Methodist Alliance effected organization at Indianapolis Thursday by electing the following officers: President, the R9V. W. F. Coggeshal, Nilee, Mich. vice presidents, the Rev. W. F. Switzer, Covington, Ind., and F. H. Rossiter, Indianapolis secretary, Miss Lavilla Ambrose, Evansville. The question of merging with the Epworth league was then introduced by' a resolution favoring the union, and the introduction of a resolution declaring that the alliance

doing a complete work in itself

and the union was not advisable. By a simple coincidence the Rev. S. W. Keen, of Indianapolis, led the advocates, and the Rav. S. W. Keen, of Chicago, the opponents of the Bcheme. The discussions were at times acrimonious, and the president had to call the attention of the disputants to the fact that they were all engaged in the same work, and that some of the remarks were very improper. The discussion was protracted till a late hour, when a vote was taken and it was decided to merge the two organizations.

A Site for the Encampment.

An effort is being made to influence the state authorities to select the highlands south of the arsenal as the place of the next encampment. The beautifully shaded lawn would be an excellent tenting place, it is claimed, and the extensive space could well accommodate a large attendance. Water oould be furnished by the water works by the use of a hoee oonneoting with a fire plug in tbe vicinity, and other conveniences are mentined in connection with the ground.— [Indianapolis News.

THE TERRE HAUTE

SHE HELD THE CROSSg:

A Strang* atory ia told in St. Petersburg of an experienoe of. the late Count Tolstoi, formerly minister ot the interior. The oount haa repeated it eo many timee to many of his personal friends that it' not one of those attributed anecdotes which usually happen to have been written by an enterprising reporter hard up for oopy. The oount waa a firm believer in the ability of the disembodied soul to warn its earth friends ot impending dangers, and, though a man or the world and a cynic, could not raaist the fascinating study of spiritualism. He was at one time extremely intimate with the American medium Home, who made such an impression on the ozar and his wife. The circumstance to which reference is made took place in St. Petersburg and had nothing to do with any of the spiritualistic manipulations. A friend of Tolstoi's happened^*) be taken suddenly sick while staying at her hotel in the Russian capital, and Tolstoi was summoned to her bedside, the husband being absent somewhere out of town. To the count's horror he found the lady in a dying condition and also her only child, a 2-year-old infant daughter to whom she waa pa«ionately attached. He lost no time in sending for the ablest physician he oould think of and telegraphed the husband to return to the city at once. While Tolstoi was keeping his vigils that night by the lady's couch the beautiful child died in the adjoining chamber, and the fact waa of course not communicated to the barely conscious mother. The husband returned on the following day about noon, and found Tolstoi still sitting by his wife's bedside, a position which he had not once changed since entering the house* except on going to look at the child for a few moments. Upon the arrival of her husband the lady signified her desire to speak, apparently having something on her mind whioh was troubling her. She was too weak to speak above a whisper, and when the two men leaned above the bed informed them that two weeks before she had lost a little cross in gold which had been given her as a talisman to keep her daugh'er from harm. She had beerf told that if it were lost before her child grew up and became settled for life evil would befall her. The fact that her child had died was of course kept from the mother, who, believing it only ill, besought her husband and Tolstoi to make every effort to. regain the talisman. The 'only clew she could give them to aid their search was the fact that Bhe had missed it two weeks before on leaving a shop in Moscow, and supposed that she had dropped it from her purse, where she always carried it, when paying for her purchases. The lady was calmed by the assurances that every every effort should be made to recover tbe missing article, and while Tolstoi went off to instruct the chief of the third seetion regarding the loss and to request him to put hiB most skillful Bleuth-hounds on the track the father retired to the chamber of his idolized child to weep over the poor little frigid figure which was all that remained to remind him of his lost darling. Tolstoi was most anxious to recover the talisman, for he felt confident that its appearance would have the effect of assisting hiB friend's recovery, though, unfortunately, it was too late to exercise ite original function. He had little hope, howetser, that the police would be able to asist him much in its recovery, and returned to the house somewhat dejected over the hopelessness of the task be had attempted. He made his way to the ohamber in which the unhappy. father was giving way to his uncontrollable grief, and for some time sat a silent and sympathetic witness of a parent's grief over its dead offspring. While Bitting by the bedside by which the father was kneeling, and upon which the little one lay, his attention was suddenly arrested by seeing movements upon the pillow whereon the little baby face was resting.

The movements appeared like imprints made by an invisible finger, and after watohing them for quite awhile Tolstoi became convinced that they were the work of supernatural agency. He then roused the father from his fit of grief, and bade him observe the

Btrange

marks which still

continued to come and go upon the pillow* For a long time the two men stood spellbound, watching the imprints of the five finger tips as succeeding one another they left their impress again and again upon the pillow. This continued with the greatest regularity until the two men had witnessed it several times, and then there was a mark as of along forefinger pointing across the pillow to the child's bed. A second and third time this mysterious performance was repeated, and the last time the sign of the cross was made against it as if to indicate some subtle meaning. The signs then disappeared and, convinced that the movements must have some reference to the lost tailsman, the two mourners commenced to search in the bed for the missing cross. Alas! their search waB futile, and they were about to relinquish their efforts when for the fourth time the imprint of the forefinger appeared, accompanied by that of twe little hands looked into each other. Strangely enough, the hands of the child, locked in the last death struggle, had been suffered to remain in that .position, and when they lifted the little, tightly-clasped members asunder there fell from them the missing talisman. The little cross had been clasped so tightly that its shape waa imprinted on the palm of the infant's hand. Its discovery had the desired effect of assisting the mother to recover from her prostration, and the painful fact that her darling child had passed away W8s not revealed to her until all doubt of ber recovery had vanished. The lady is, curiously enough, the only survivor of the group. She lives in Paris, in the vicinity of the Arc de Triomphe, and is ready to corroborate the Btory at any time. The impression that the circumstances made on Tolstoi was profound, and no one who ever heard him repeat the story oould doubt its authenticity for a moment.

'"Margin" Notea Held Valid.

KANSAS CITY, July 5.—Judge Field, in the circuit court this afternoon, decided the suit of D. R. Francis, governor of Missouri, against B. B. Lyons and T. E. Price, ,of Sedalia. The suit was 'brought to recover the face value of two notes for 15,000 given by the defendants as collateral eecurity for dealing in margins in wheat on the St. Louis market through Governor Francis' firm. A change of venue waB taken from St. Louis to Judge Field's court here. The defendants claimed that the notee were given for gambling purposes and void. Governor Francis claimed on the witness stand that the transaction was entirely legitimate and that he was ready to deliver the wheat at any time. Judge Field gave Mr. Francis a judgment for 95,000 with interest at 8 per oent. far'1' -i

Dosra't Like OkUhtnm.

"Let Hadea be a thousand times as bad as painted," says a Wolverine who baa

,'-i BIO OIL SUIT.

l^fe^s^^ttirG

juit returned from the Wset, "and I would sooner live there a year than in Guthrie one week." He doeant own any cornerlota there..

DUN ft CPS RBVIEW.^ 1

BulMM rairiy Maintained aad Bradnally htprwlt In riwpnu. NEW YOKK, July 5.—R.C. Dun A Co's weekly review: Business has bean fairly maintained in volume and is gradually improving in proepaots. June has been a month of exceptionally large transactions. Prices of commodities, in spite ot the rise in some speculative markets, have on the whole fallen during tbe month about 2 per oent., and are now hardly IX per oent. above the lowest average ever recorded. But then are eigne of substantial improvement in the moet important branches of industry. The monetary system remains undisturbed. Nevertheless the stock market, by many considered an indicator of the future, haa been sinking. The wars ot western and, to some extent, of eastern railroads have disheartened many investors and caused much selling. Reports from interior points are generally favorable. Collections are nowhere seriously disturbing. The half yearly return of failurea shows a relatively larger increese in New England than in any other Bsotion—about 28 per oent.— and next in the trana-Mianssippi regions this side of the Rocky mountains—about 20 per oent. In the Middle states the increase haa been but per cent., thence to the Mississippi about 5 per cent., and at the South about 3% per oent. Against a general increase of 8 per oent. in numbers there is a decrease of 334 per cent in aggregate liabilitiea

The markets have not changed greatly during the broken week. Wheat is about %o higher, owing to accounte of injury from prolonged drought and heat in Dakota and Minnesota, where heavy rains have just improved the outlook considerably. Other crop prospects continue favorable. Pork products are weaker, and dairy products are coming forward in immense quantities, so that prices are depressed. Leather does not change, but the revised quotations of wool for the first of July for an average advance of about lo per pound, and it is becoming a serious question whether the hopes of improvement in the manufacture may not be defeated by an advance in the material, which may keep many of the mills idle. The price of cotton has advanced 316c, in part because of scanty supply of desirable grades. The iron market remains strong in tone. Southern iron is still offered in large quantities at $16.50 for No. 1, and the demand for manufactured, iron is less active. Sales of about ten thousand tons steel rails appear to have been on a basis of $28 at eastern mills.

The monetary prospect is clouded by the exports of $17,507,640 gold and $1,135,464 silver from New York alone since June. In consequence, the circulation of all kinds has been reduced $17,000,000 in June and though the aggregate iB even now $8,000,000 larger than a year ago, it is felt that-a continued outgo in July would be apt to cause pressure in September. The New York banks reported last week a surplus of only $7,500,000 and the actual surplus, probably was not over $6,000,000. Unless grain exports are hastened by the cut in east-bound rail rates, or foreign holders cease to realize on securities, the outgo of gold may continue. Thus far the treasury disbursements for the week have exceeded receipts by only $300,000, but will be much larger for the week to come.

The business failures number 202, as compared with 215 last week, and 220 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 214.

Trying to B$cover on Leases Transferred Year* Ago.

PITTSBURG,July5.—An important suit was entered yesterday by J. H. Smith against James M. Guffey, John H. Galey and E. C. Beardsley for $100,000 damages. Smith states that in October, 1884, he leased a large quantity of land in Butler county. There were twentyseven leases in all, giving him the right to bore for oil and gas. In 1885 Smith sold the leases to Guffey and Galey. The terms were $600 in cash, and onesixteenth of all oil and gas obtained, payable in the same manner and at the same time aa provided in the leases for the payment of royalty to the owners of the land. Guffey and Galey further had the option of within one year paying to Smith the 82,200 for the extinguishment of all royalties accruing thereafter. If this was not paid, within one year the royalties were to continue. The money was not paid, but instead, Smith claims, Guffey and Galey, together with E. C. Beardsley, formed a company to defraud him. Two of the leasee contamed the terms of agreement of all. These leasee had been procured from Jacob Heid and Andrew Blakely. Beardsley took them and went -to Heid and Blakely, aqd representing himself as appearing for Smith, endeavored to have them cancelled' and new ones issued to him. Blakely refused, but Heid cancelled his. •To further crowd out Smith they afterward assigned the Blakely lease to Mes6r& Phillips & Osborne for $5,000. Oil and gas have since been obtained on the lands. Smith has received no royalties nor money, and now

Bues

Special to tbe OoauMntol ttasette.

Guffey,

Galey and Beardsley for $100,000 dames for-defrauding him of his intersets, wnich he claims would have fully realized that amount.

The Change From Boots to 8hoea.

Considerable attention has been called to the calfskin situation. O* late years the demand has been falliog off, aa other kinds of leather have been taking its place. One of the principal causes' of tbis lies in the fact that long-legged boots have been going out of favor, shoes taking their place to a great extent. This has had great effect on-the consumption of leather, as on an average it requires about two and one-half to three times as much stock in the manufacture of boots as is required in the making of shoes. In this WBy the use of heavy calfskins has greatly declined. During the past few years the styles have run more toward "Dongola" and "kangaroo" leather for fine shoes, and this hss been a serious set-back for fine light-weight calfskins. —[Boston Daily Advertiser.

Clergyman Ford's Will and Hie Two Wivw

KANSAS' CITY, July 5.—Judge Field rendered his decision in the noted Francis M. Ford will contest esse. Mr. Ford retired from the ministry in the Presbyterian Church sometime before bis death, and went into the real .estate business. When he died be left an estate valued at 1100,000. lie was married twice, having procured a divoroe from his first wife in the Indiana courts. To hie second wife he left the bulk of his property. His first wife contacted the will on tbe ground that the divoroe which her husband had obtained was illegal. Judge FieH holds that the divoroe waa legal and that a partition of the property may now occur.

^•4£-*SWS^V*IVV?

?uLY '188?.

•Urf^X

A QDBnORVOB OOHftBIHi

WASHINGTON July 4.—Mr. J. E. Todhunter, an expect on oeneua matters, discuaass, in oonnsction with the huge inninsas ot population in the United State*, a very important qusstion, and that ia the appointment ot members ot the house of representatives tor the fifty-eeoond and subeequent codgrsssss tor the next decennial. The house in tbe present oongress, the Fifty-first, ooneistsot 325 members, one member to every 15^325 inhabitants on the baaie of thai tenth census. Upon the same besis, assuming the population to reach 67,710,293, the next houss will consist ot 438 members, or the ratio ot constituency will have to be inoreassd to one in every 208,239. One or the other ie inevitable.

It is admitted that the house, at ite present number, is too unwieldy, taxing to the utmoet the powers of one man to control it, and, indeed, he must have experience and ability .and be possessed of peculiar qualificatione to be suoosssful. On the other band members, and especially Southern and Western membere, complain (already of having too |large a constituency, giving as a reason that the riamanda ana importunities of their constituents in regahl to their private interest seriously interfere with the member's duty ss a legislator.

They are not, therefore, desirous of a larger representation. There are also other-considerations in this connection.

Some states will gain members, others will lose, and sectional jealousy will doubtless cause a very acrimonous debate before the ssttlement of the queetion. It is true that the English house of commons oonsists of about six hundred and thirty-six members, but in the whole number there are less than thirty acknowledged and admitted leaders. The reet are mere voting machines, who acquieeoe in and submit willingly to the diotation of their managers. They are only of importance when the vote is taken, rarely preeuming to differ with their side of the house. Not so here. Every member of our house of representatives believes himself to be a peer of any other.

To Purchase Minnesota Mill*, NEW YORK, July 5.—A special from

Minneapolis says: The presence of three Englishmen at the West hotel has given rise again to the rumot that the flour mills here are to be .sold to an English eyndicato. These men, without openly avowing that such is the case, intimate tbat their object ie to secure the control of the mills. The mill men say they have heard nothing of theae buyers. Another rumor is that an effort ia being made to purchase the water power. One of the millers admits having given an option on his mill property several weeks ago, but says that that option has expired. The supposition is that the men at the Weet hotel are deeirous of securing an option on the mills, with a view of disposing of them to a syndicate at a good profit.

The Three Senator*' Compact.

The story of the compact between Senators Ben Wade, Zach Chandler and Simon Cameron comes to the front again upon the death of the last of the three. This story is to the effect that these three senators, after the Brooks-Sumner difficulty, entered into a compact to challenge to mortal combat any senator, North or South, who insulted any one ot them either directly or by implication. This compact duly signed, with certain marginal notes and remarks, is now in the hands of either the Hoa. Wayne MacVeagh or Mr. Charles A. Dana, and will likely be produced now that ex Senator Cameron is dead.—[Washington Critic.

A Startling Discovery.

According to reports from Paris, published in|the)Courrier des Etats-U nia,_Dr. Brown-Sequard has formally announced to a French scientific body the discovery by himself of what appears to be an elixir of life as potent as that which Bulwer dallied with in "Zanoni" and Margrave used in "A Strange Story." The discovery is of a mandicament which, when administered: by hypodermic injection, restores the aged and decrepit to youthful vigor and sets lingering convalescents upon their legs again, as so many nostrums are alleged to do but do not.—[New York World.

An Appropriate Name.

"What's the name of your stylographic pen?" "The Anarchist! It's a very appropriate name, too." "Why?" "Because it won't work more than one day in a month."—[Epoch.

Iaw-Makera

the Law-Breaker*.

Justice—If the prisoner here made a disturbance when coming out of a BBloon on Sunday, why didn't you also arrest the people who kept the place open?

Officer—(in stage whisper)—Whist, yure honor! It-wor Aldherman McSwill's plpce!—[Times.

Decatur's New Daily.

The Decatur, III., Daily Despatch, published by the Hon. W. F. Calhoun, ex speaker of the Illinois legislature, made its first appearance Thursday. It is a morning paper, Republican in politics, and is an eight column folio. J. Mayo Crane ia the city editor. Decatur now has five daily papers.

Summer Goods Are I^ipe.

Yellow shoes and flannel shirts? Why not? Every man who is not a hypocrite must confess to yearnings after these artices of comfort. Let us have a campaign of common sense in wearing apparel. Hurrah for the dirtless shoe and whitelessshirtl—[New York Herald.

Aged Rapidly.

Young Husband—What! You are 25 yearoold to day? Why, you told me a year ago, just before the wedding, that you were only 20.

Young Wife (wearily)—I have aged rapidly sinoe I married.—-[Yankee Blade.

A Demoniacal Wish.

We printed yesterday a list of tbe prize-fighta that have proved fatal in this country and in England. We live in hopee that tbe number will be increased in about a week.—[St. Louis Globe-Demoorat.

Docks Chin*.

The duck is to China what the oodflah is to the rest of the world. They eat dock raw, cooked, boiled, fried, baked and every other way, and they worry over thai duck crop the eameaa we do over wheat.

/f fteady to Fight. Russian military authorities state that they can in twenty-four hours put 180,000 soldiers in the field prepared for war. "V.

«^SiP!ra?y

Bmnn neuron.

I IVKALB Damons.

Have yoa MB the Itfnt uuwn lathe Md? When jou gue aeon her, kaow ropr

Fate is sealed I

It's no sort of nse to throw yourSelf befere ber And lnphxe ber,

In your weakness Or jour meekness Nor to mutter. You ve bat a

Man. and she a ftonale drummer. She will talk yon deaf and dumber Than a dam Though you knew tbe goods SIM'S selling

Area sham.

You give in—there's no repelling I- Her mvastan Asian,

White or yellow, Where's tne fellow Tbat is human, Born o( woman.

Can resist the female drummer?

Be It winter, he It summer, She will drum On ber toon of devastation*

Sbe will come,

And your bump of approbation Can but dwindle At tbe swindle

You submit to Wife will twit, too. Till you wonder W by In thunder

Heaven e'r made tbe female drummer. —rBoston Globe. Kilrain was a vegetable peddler before being a pugilist. "Grandma Sarah? ia what they call Bernhardt now in Paris.

Eighty thousand copies of Sheridan's book have been sold. The eubmarine cable fleet of the world numbers some thirty-six vessels.

Robert Browning makes an income of $5,000 a year from his literary work. A little girl in Mansfield, Ohio, committed Buicide because

Bhe

failed tp get

a prize for her composition. A prisoner in a Kentucky jail attempted to commit suicide by eating two dozen pads ot blotting paper.

The earl of Zetland, the new viceroy of Ireland, enjoys an income, salary included, of about three hundred and sev-enty-five thousand dollarajper year.

Over $1,000,000 worth "of granite ie wanted for the new congressional library building. The building is to cost $6,000,000.

Professor William James, of Harvard, has gone to Europe to represent America at the world's convention of psyoologists, in Paris.

A good many Kansas farmers are complaining that that the corn is growing BO faBt now that they hear it at night and that it disturbs their sleep.

Our leading colleges have gratuatod several hundred young men during the past two weeks, and yet there is compjaint of a scarcity of good base ball pitchers.

Dr. Eugene Thayer, of New York, who committed suicide the other day in Burlington, Vt, appeared in over 4,000 concerts in the leading cities of Europe and America.

Acoording to the most reliable estimates, the population of London is now 4,250,000. Of this number 900,000, or more than one-fifth, are in receipt of some form of pauper relief.

There is to be an international brewery exhibition at Antwerp in August. Ten deooratal tasting bars, five for Belgium, and one each fbr England, France, Austria, Germany and Holland, will be established in the center of the exhibition.

A fond parent in Massachusetts, wishing to assist his little son to make up a puree for the Fourth, agreed to pay him one cent for every potato bug he would capture. At the close of the first day the child had 640 bugs. The father paid the 16 40, but the contract did not continue.

The Yankee holds his own as an inventor. One person to every 829 of the population of Connecticut took out a patent last year. The other extreme was represented by North Carolina, to which only fifty-five patents were issued, an average of one to every 25,450 of the population.'

The oount de Vehrney, of Parip, now visiting in St. Liuis, is a grandson of the late General William S. Harney. The count is a thorough Parisian in manners and appearance. The objeot of his visit to America is to secure his interest, which amounts to one-third, in his grandfather's estate.

The postmaster general of Siam is named Somdetch Phra Chow Nong Ya Thor Chow Fa Bhauuvauqsi Swanguvuq9e Kooma Phra Bhanubhaudawouqsee Vavadey. Applicants for positions in the Siamese postoffices Bhould, in their .applications, be particular to spell the postmaster's name rightly and in full.

The German emperor lately visited the barracks of a dragoon regiment, and while the men were in readiness the commanding officer was half an hour late. He expected immediate disgrace, and when evening came he opened with a trembling hand a small parcel from his majesty. It contained au alarm clock.

Jacob ienzsr, of Columbia, Pa., returning from a Sunday school picnic, sat on the rear platform of the last car, letting his feet dangle BO they would occasionally touch the rail. As the train passed a switch his feet caught in it and he was jerked'from the car. His left leg was broken in two places and apiece of iron was driven through the right foot.

An alligator and an English sparrow were seen to engage in a battle near Darien, Fla., the other day. The 'gator provoked the fight by snapping at the bird, which in turn flew furiously at its ugly antagonist, aiming with precision at the saurian's eyee. The 'gator finally gave up the contest, and sought safety from the spa-row'a attacks by hiding itself under water.

An effort is making in Australia to restrict by law the reckless slaughter of kangaroos. The great market for kangaroo skins is the United States, and so high a prioe is paid for them that the young animals are killed in such numbers ns to threaten the rapid extinction of these singular creatures unless effectual measures are taken for their preservation.

A little girl in Albany whose famity was about to move to New Jersey, and who had heard Jersey spoken of as a forlorn and particularly God-forsaken place, was Baying her prayers at her mother's knee the night before their intended departure. She said all that had ever been taught her, and then with peculiar emphasisand solemnity added: "And now, good-by, God, for to-morrpw we go to New Jersey."

Dr. E.P. Fowler, of New York City, has started out upon a mountain tour that ifc likely to be agreeable. He ie taking along drive over the Catekills, enjoying the bracing air and fine scenery of that region aa he wends way to his summer home at Cooperstown. He will cover a distance of nearly 200 miles in a period ot less than a week. He is driving three horses abreast in a hardy carriage that can go up hill, down dale, or urines the purling brooks without falling to pieoas. He has made the journey before, and aays that it ought to be better known than it ia by New Yorkers.

*??rr* *v

POWDER

Absolutely Pure.

This poiwMt never vacua, A marvel of punt* strength and whotasomeness. More eeonomloa* than tbe oNlnary kinds, and cannot be sold la oompeuaon with tbe multitude of low test, short weight slum ot phosphate powders. Sold only in Ml.

ROTJU.BAJOS& PuWUBK CO.,HO WiUM,

Drese goods continue to be the piece de resistance of dry goods. Our drees goods business is like a Niagara torrent, the main movement is deep and strong, and as it moves it is jeweled with a brilliant spray that sheds over all a changing beauty.

INDIA SILKS.

They make the beauty. We make the bargains. Fifty different styles of these Ss

FIGURED FAVORITES. .,

1 A

—.

$1.25 Reduced to 79C

On the Counter Monday Morning.

A rare chanoe. No reserves.

LT AUKS CO

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

TIME JTABLE.

Trains marked thus (P) denote Parlor Car attached. Trains marked thus (9) denote Sleeping Cars attached dally. Trains marked thus (B) denote Buffet Cars attached. Trains marked thus run dally. AU other trains run dally Sundays excepted.

VANDALIA tlHE.

T. a I. DIVISION. UAVS VOB TBS WIST.

No. 9 Western Express (84V) 1.42 a. m. No. 6 Mall Train• 10-lHa. m. No. 1 Fart Line (P4V) 2.16 p.m. No. 1 fast Hail #.M p. m.

LKAVK FOR THK KAST.

No. 1'2 Cincinnati Express (SI 1.90 a. m. No. 6 New York Express (S&V) 1.61 a. m. No. 4 Mall and Accommodation 7.16 a. m. No. 20 Atlantic Express (PkV) 12.42 p. m. No. 8 Kant Line 2J» p. in

ARB1VX FROM THK KA8T.

No. 9 Western Express (S4V) 1.30 a. m. No. 5 Mail Train 1».W a. ui. No. 1 Fast Line (P4V) 2.00 p. m. No. SMall and Accommodation 6.45 p. m. No. 7 Fast Mall ».03 p. m.

AHHIV* FROM THK WIST.

No. 12 Cincinnati Express (8) 1.20 a. m. No. 6 New Y»rk Express (S4V) 1.42 a. 111. No. 20 Atlantic Express (PAT) 12.87 p. m. No. 8 Fast Line 1.40 p. m.

T. H. & L. DIVISION.

LKAVK TOR THK NORTH.

No. 62 South Bend Mail 6.00 a. m. No. 64 South Bend Express 4.00 p.m. ARRIVE RBOX THK HORTH No. 61 Terre Haute Express 12.00 noon No. 68 South Bend Mall 7.80 p. m.

Dr. Pierce's" Golden Medical Discovery, is tho only medicine of its class that is liw an teed to benefit or cure in all diseases for which it is recommended or the money paid for it will bo promptly refunded.

Golden Medical Discovery cures au numore, blotch, or eruption.

cures all humors,

from the common ,— ... to tho worst Scrofula, or blood-poison, saltrheum or Tetter, Ecsema, Erysipelas, Feversores, Hip-joint Disease, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, Enlarged Glands, Ooitre or Thick Neck, and Eating Sores or Ulcers.

Golden Medical Discovery cures Consumption (which is Scrofula of the Lungs), by its wonderful blood purifying, invigorating, and nutritive properties, if taken in time. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Catarrh in the Head, Bronchitis, Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindled affections, it is a sovereign remedy. It promptly cures the severest Coughs.

For Torpid Liver, Biliousness, or "Liver Complaint/' Dyspepsia, and indigestion, it is an unequaled remedy. Sold by druggists.

PR°FESS|°NAL

DR. E, A. GILLETTE,

DENTIST.

Filling of Teeth a Specialty.

Once—McKcen's new block, cor. 7tb and Main sts

W. R. MA IT- B. BIKTHOLOMW.

DHS. MAIL & BARTHOLOMEW

Dentists,

(Sueeessors to Bartholomew ft HalL 629X Ohio St. Terre Haute, Ind.

a.

H. C. IfOYSE,

HO. 617 OHIO STREET.

DR. C. O. LINCOLN.

DKMT18T.

5

CARDS.

'h

E£2sr%2rT£: