Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 October 1871 — Page 7

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EROS.

BY OWES MEREDITH.

What that I loved her thus, that

niwonder ght?

And when «h« tiim'd un me

The sorrowInK light of eyes divine, 1 knew in a moment wbut

11 ve* mnst be

Henceforth. It llghten'd on me then and h«*r-, How -in' was Irretrievably all mine, I hens- Uiro' time, become eternity. It could not ever have been otherwise,* Gazing iuio those eyes. And If, Oblivion-*« III (l.'l f»! Of any Than n.m (The Hcr.-n lie

/iwvl on them, my soul, destiny, had foliow'd, silent, the control divinely hnllow'd Pr? nor beautiful white brows, iituits of ail earthly sweet-

Rtrai«Iu ty the record* of all other vows Of idol-w«»r.iuj» faded silently xsm Out of tin- '•, ilntf leaven of memory, For. vi ai.d fur- .er and inv heart" t»ircanu. Pure wti!ti at to kwp in ltsc lien,, And pei .' -t purity,

TR UK HISTORY OF Cli UHOE.

iplet

Her mystic name.

ROBINSON j#

J1Y TUB KAT C'ONTKIBUTOK.

Robinson C'rusoe was born with an ardent longing for the sea. Some might call it a notion of his, but it was an ocean which ho was a long time in getting over, if ho over did gotover it en tirely.

This longing for the sea manifested itself at a very tender age, though it is hard to think of Itobinson as very tender at any ago, iiis career was so vcrj tough. Yvhen they attempted to teacl his iniiint lips to pronounce the alpha bet they nevef could got beyond the C.

and were well enough, but when /he got on the there he stuck, strangely prophetic indication of what his futuro life was to bo.

When ho cried it was on the sharp, and when he got a cold his bark was on the ('.

When at last he announced his de termination logo for a sailor, his fathor endeavored to dissuade him frstn it. "VVIiy," said the old man, with tears in his eyes and a clicking voleo—"why go fur a sailor wlion there are So many ymher people to go for who have more money

Then he pointed out the disadvantages of a life upon tho ocean—how ho couldn't be in early niglus, or take long walks ovo. tho hills before breakfust, or go buggy-riding with tho girls (unless ho could borrow tho captain's gig), or go to the boor gardens on Sunday nights, or come in when it rains, or go squirrel hunting, or attend ward meetings, or vote, unless he bapponed to be at one or the other ol the "roles," or receive a line from any of his friends, •with the solitary exception of the Equltioxlal Line. lie tried to show how much bettor off lie would be to pursue some steady employment cm land, if it wasn't anything more than steadying himself by a lamp post.

He pointed out the perils ol tho sea— told of the "old salts" who had boon drowned in it, producing its salty llavor, and of the dilllculty a green hand encounters in wading ashore when a storm arises.

Voung Crusoe was so deeply ailected hv his father's words that he made up n'little bundle tint very night and ran liwav to win-—tum \VUS

He met with numerous adventures ami disasters before he succeeded in

fitting

himself shipwrecked suilleiontto mako out a narrativo for gonoral circulation.

Tho llrst vessel ho embarked on was wrecked In Yarmouth Koads, It being so dark and stormy they couldn't tell one Road from another.

After that tho vessel was captured by pirates, and all sold Into slavery by tho Moors, the Moors being ignorant of tho Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. Refusing to accent theso amendments ns constitutional, and scorning tho "New Departure," Crusoe took his departure in the old manner—he ran nwav.

We next find him on board a vessel sailing for (5uinea. They have a mis-eellaneou-5 cargo of trinkets, toys, and trifles, winch thev proposo to exchange with tho inhabitants or Guinea forgold dust, elephants' teeth, guinea pigs, also any able-bodied Africans who in Ihcir eagvi iichs

for the »II't arc ready

/to leave h.-iiii: and work i:\v generattons fur nothing. They v.^ aged prosper^irslv fbr many davs, but lit length a grcut storm arose.

If 1 recollect ri^ht It caught them when thev were In t.even degrees of Masonry, twenty-two minutes and fourteen seconds to a priwMlght, P. M. north latitude, with the wind blowing north--t by east by south-sou-west by north-

imrV"wt

hv Wst-- I«t, by we-west by

--jlmminy,* this hino much sailor Unit for me. It i4 too mnch fbr Crusoe as well.

Tlv- tonado lncreawd in violence, and the. waves wiled higher than he had ever known them to be, even when gold w,t- -ViO. The vessel was wrecked on an i-! uul. and every Tost except our hero, who, In hh '"u i'. state, thought it rather rom to save Hobin80:t and Hi.- rrs? of hi* Cninn\

He was wasb.-.i ushote, al:er being pretty thoroughly waMu-d he sea, and is »o«n as tho »ul*UU he built I art and bromtM away from the *m'k tt few «uch nMVs-.ri'-'«» an a keif of Uvr, a Uo^kirt, a box of jvijer coll:'!•*•, a Wk of e-u ils, pair «'f oorse?:.. a eoin^as^ a b»»ttl^ m' ii iv ii S

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It rn!: h? bo Jinn 1-Vrnnt Wonl-hs' any.'u :i f-^r it U-:| Crusoe, soliMry an-1 m-j to along very vtwl uw acvcr-d y*"" 1

dliu't iv a g.ts b»U e--musg in every lv?a mcn!!», wasn't thfivisened Wi'-U a to I Of,:' t.l

'k. hy th,' ih'iin: bstf«WI»i o-nt.

Of .'••• life In ithe, utime* pci*.:ot

irivlrv:

1 ,\'o -i .'inn .it* at

A 'i tit "IS Olii ih a# hev vS bV v.

the sand. It measured something over fourteen inches to the foot. No savage, he thought, short of Long

Joh"

We"tw,footh'

ort, of.

The Immortal* know each other at first: reflected that Long John was not yet on sight, earth, so it could not be he. And i-ove is of them. •«. I jie concealed himself, and quickly

,»,» rnriineitvht saw a boat load of cannibals land with In the fading light -4 prisoner in the midst, a gentleman by Of that delicious eve, who*« Ktarn even yet Gild the long dreamless nights, and cannot net, Bhe passed me, thro* the silence: all tier hair, Iter .\ -m:,'. was m, lri_'ht !o.r neglectfully 3'our 'i roi:iii in snowy Lktu^t, as without rap' Of lti beauty.

u^V^^Utfllv

1 sport such a hut he immediately

pre-

the name of Fridav, whom they pared to roast for cfinner. Crusoe, being conscientiously opposed to eating meat on Friday, interfered and rescued him from the cannibals. S6 from that day he became Robinson Crusoe's man Friday, doing his chores, blacking his boots, running of errands, and voting at every election as Crusoe directed.

After years spent on this lonely island a ship touched there for water, there being nothing else to touch there for, and took Robinson Crusoe to Kngland.

Itobinson, from bis boyhood up, had a nabit of crowing when surprised or delighted.

Years after his delivery, when speaking of the first glimpse" he caught of that ship, he used to say, never was there a period in his life when Robin son Crusoe.

When Robinson died he imagined he was surrounded by enemies, for his last words were:

Ite Foe! De Foe!" -a

ABSENT-MINDED MEN.' -s::

Though absent-mindedriess frequently leads to the commission of the most stupid mistakes, it has been observed that stupid people are rarely absentminded. That momentary state of confusion and obtuseness which the term absent-mindedness inadequately describes, generally befalls men of unusual intellectual activity,—poets, thinkers, inventors, and men engaged in important and complicated schemes. The 111:111 whose faculties are concentrated on one engrossing subject is likely to be now and then blind to his own immediate surroundings, and to commit absurdities which seem the result of thoughtlessness rather than of too much thought. The average man, whose mind is occupied with only the simplest a flairs, is apt to be clottrheaded, and, incapable himself of becoming absorbed in "matters of great pith and moment," haBa healthy scorn for the abstraction ofthe#awtnor the poet. Such an one would have little patience with a man like La Fontaine, whose pre-oc-eupation often caused him to be guilty of the most whimsical blunders. An amusing instance of his forgetfulness is given by Furotiere. A few days after attending the burial of a friend, La Fontaine called at the house of the decreased, and asked if ho wero in. He was shocked at Arst on being informed of the death of tho person in question, but presently recovering from his surrise, exclaimed, "True! true! I recolect, I went to his funeral!" That was a lapso of mounory totally beyond Mr. Brown or Mr. Smith in a sane state. It is related of Dante that ho once went to a bookseller's shop to witness the passing ot a groat procossion. Taking up a book, ho fell to reading. Tho pageant with its blaring trumpets and waving banners swept by unheard and unseen by tho poot. Perhaps a moro aggravated instance of absent-minded-ness is found In the enso of tho Count De Rrancas, the original of Menalcas in Ilruyore's "Absent Man." The count was on one occasion reading by the fireside when tho nurso brought him his infant child ho drops tho volunio, takes the child in his arms, and begins plaving with it. In the midst of this amiable employment, a visitor is announced. Forgetting enMrwty -«rutw hnd Win t.uiK for his child, lio h.iRtlly tiu*uw U»® infrtnt on tho library table, anil advanced to receivo tho uest. How inadame tho countess roished theso little vagaries is not recorded.

Absont-mindednoss, oven when its manifestations are harmless, is not a trait to bo commended in men of genius or others. It is worthy of note, however, that it is no sign of mental in-' teriority, but rather seoms to be a failing peculiar to tho higher order of mind. The two graveyard clowns, in the play, could not havo been so absent-minded as Hamlet. Literary biography abounds in anecdotes of the kind which wo havo quoted, not for tho sake of proving "an undisputed thing 111 such a solemn way," but as an introduction to an exceedingly neat instance of absent-mind-edness which lately came undei our olmervatlon, and from which the newspaper reporter of tho period has not yet taken tho bloom. One hot August afternoon a gentleman, whoso nan.e attached to a cheque would be more valuable to the reader than if written here, was standing in front of the Revere

House waiting lor a Washingtcn-streot car. Ho was a slim, venerable gentle-

man, with long white hair, and a certain dignity about him which "we suppose comes of always having a handsome balance in the bank, for wo never knew a poor man to have this particular air. It was sultry afternoon, and tho millionaire, standing on tho curb-stone In the shade, had removed his hat, and was cooling uis forehead with his handkerchief, like any common person, when the Cambridge horse-car stopped at the crossing at his foet. From this ear hastily aesc nded ft well-known Man of Letters whose pre-oeeupied expression showed at once that ho was veiling with an insubordinate bexatnetro or laying out tho nointa of a in Kirlne nrticle. Suddenly he found lutu-eli f.tce to fnco with a whitehaired old man dejectedly holding a hat in ouu hand. As i(ui«k as thought, the j» t—to whom ^either old age nor youth aptvivd* in vatn- erus! life h.rud

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hi v^: i"oK-'t. :u:J, a handful of uieksl and ftactional eurreney Into the extended hat. p.».HKrd on. Th iui!' .e-i.i j. ,5 ,r: it it for an instant, and U::»tt inverted it #!»aiao.IUuiJiy, a! low ng h«* mou#y to'

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TERRE-HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, OCTOBER 14, 1871.

IN DEEP WATEIi.

A correspondence which has lately taken place in the London Daily Neics Is likely to increaso the difficulties incident to the position—always embarrassing—ot a man who cannot swim, and who finds himself suddenly immersed in deep water. Mr. Home, who describes himself aa "a swimmer of fifty years practice," recommends persons in danger of drowning to "fight tho water with the hands by beating it down beneath them, and with the feet and legs do the same thing, by continuing to kick tho water down beneath them. All blows and struggles should be made under water, and not at all on the surface." Should assistance arrive, Mr. Home would advise the drowning person to seize his preserver by the hair. This letter has brought into the field another correspondent, signing himself "Natator," who somewhat warmly questions the principles laid down by Mr. Home. He deprecates all "fighting" with the water, and declares that "splashing up and down drives vour carcass as much down as up, and then the water gets into your mouth and chokes you. Fighting, plunging, floundering, and Lho rest of it, with duo respect to Mr. Home and his fifty years means, certain drowning." Imitator's own method is much more simple. According to him, the only rule is, "keep your nose and mouth, nothing else, above water and wait"—a piece of advice of which the latter portion is less difficult to follow than the former. Most persons, if they could succeed in keeping their nose and mouth above water, would be content to wait it is their inability to do so which causes that apparent impatience of their situation which Natator condemns. "If you can get any presence ol mind," h'e adds, "when you got steady in tho water you may halloo and probably will. That is very advisable

a means of attracting attention." As to a drowning person cathing his preserver by the hair, if any such person tried to catch Natator by the hair he would, he says, "feel bound to quiet him by a tap on the head and then take him in tow.

ACCORDING

to the Cincinnati

the movement to nominate Mr Greeley to the Presidency gains strength every day. The farmers of the northwest rejoice over his visit more than oyer their wheat-crop, and but for his unfortunate opposition to woman suffrage, the enthusiasm would be unbounded. Webster died from the effects of his 7Ui of March speech. If a wiser and better than Webster fails in his Presidential aspirations, history will write "Disloyalty to Woman" on his political tombstone.—Golden

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ASH BITTERS g»sJust the thing for morning Insf*5 situde and depression ofspirits caused by late hours or

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remedy lot

Dyspepsia, Heart Burn, tc., imparting tone aiul impulse

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ABASH BITTERS Taken regularly three times a day in small wineglassful doses will give strength, health and vigor, and a cheerful and contented disposition. «yt J.'Wjr, .v

ABASH BITTERS. Take it. if you want pure, rich, electrical blood, blood that

Invigorates your system,and

gives the glow of health to your cheek.

ABASH BITTEIiS

Are lie sure preventative of a Intermittent FeChiil and vers.

ABASH BITTERS Cannot be excelled as a morning Appetizer. Promoting good Digest ion,and are infallible for all the manifold diseases arising from a deranged and debilitated stomach. yyABASH BITTERS

Are the best, bi ttors in the world for purifying the blood, cleansing tho stomach, gen

tly stimulating the kidneys and acting as a mild cathartic.

Dh. A. AKNATjD.

Sole Proprietor and

Manufacturer of Wabash Bitters, S. E. corner Ohio and Fifth 8treets,Terre-Haute Ind. 7-gm

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Architccts A uperiii t^nden ts Commercial CoHps*?, opp. Conrt Hon**,

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to kuovr and the »rm8 of d4un.

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CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH 8TS,,

(Ikantng1* Block),

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Demean and made for all kiod^ of B'. '-rurc. bUc nnd prtnUe. 0r..'-» receive prompt utter.: ton.

Accident Live Stock

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Stove Trade

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R.L.BALL

JZ'ZiiiY-. is. (Takes the lend, having seli-cted tho

Largest, Finest & Most Complete

STOCK Of? STOVES

Ever broacht to this city, and prices lower thnu tlicy have Ij since the war. Among this lnrg* eollec inn of Stoves e«n be found the followinu flrst-cln.su COAI' A\! WOOD 'OOK STOVES:

FOIt WOOD.

TM1I'] fi'l TAI, .is*

The Petri--as-wood ov Tin- .Ww osteoi uoo cook. The Ohvc ilniHcU tcoo coo! The Karl)/ IiriolJa.it ood cook. -1, The li 'tuoiKt 00a 1 oin.. The tflan efm:» troot' atok.r The Kut, rtrviH ,reio.l took The Grtrnhaci iconrt cook. Qreal llfjmlilic wood cooh\

With a src it vari:-r,v if other Stoves which we cannot eiiUtni uif, but we have the largest stock in town to select from and prices cannot be bent in any market. Parlor Stoves, Ollice Stoves, School |ioiisfi. innIt 'll nn(l„ iSlore I'oiiui Stoves.

Anrl in faet ftti RjjjtN of Stoves.

The llfrti Slrtrrs Tlf I'in -f Stores. The l.ftrfirsl Stock of '•/(((•(•*. The i'lii'ttfX-st ,S'i

Mantels all styb^ and Prie~:. Grates all si vies and Prices. Common Jamb Grates.

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.THIS FALL AND WINTER

WE WILL OFFER BY

Far tlie Most Attractive Assortuient l- xv

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Tuition, perTrrn.1',

In the Academic Department 8 1 00 In tho Classical Department 8 Ofl In the Scientific Department 8 00 In each Department, Incidentals 2 00 Instructions on Piano, extra 10 00 Use of Piano, #ne hour each day 2 00

Instructions in Vocal Music, gratis. Board. Both ladienand gentlemen will find good txmrding, with furnished rooim, in prlvuto families, for $3.50 per week. Some board themselves for about 12.00 per week.

For circulars, or any further Information, address THOMAS HOLMES, Pres't. Merom, Ind., Aug. 3,1871. 6-tf

)IANO TUNING.

p! II.^iOKE,

PIANO T1NER& REPAIRER. Order»left at the Trrre-Haute Murtoal Tntliiute, Rout Building, South fth fit., trill g-- receive Prompt Attention.

MR. MORE is a first-class Tuner and competent Repairer he has worked in the celebrated Piano establishment of Stein way ft Sons, a practical Piano maker^nd In the inoRl prominent Piano factor lea in the country. He Is entirely worthy of tlte high encomium* with which he is recommended.

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Of Foreign and Domestic

DRY GOODS!

TO BE FOIXD IX TERRE-HAITE.

Close, Careful Buyers Cannot Afford to Buy

Looking Through our Large Variety.

.Courteous Attention to All—Our Motto.

Warren, Hoberg & Co.,

"W, H. BANNISTER,

Sleronu Sullivan County, lnl.

Tlie Full Term of this flourishing Institution will commence September 13th, 1871, At 10 o'clock, ami will continue twelve weeks. Classes will be formed iu Orthography,

AT XO. 79 MA IX STREET. ',

Is now receiving his

Fall and Winter Stock of Fine Black and Colored

Cloths, Beavers and Doeskins,

Fine Freheh, English and Aiiierieaii Cassiineres.

IleantifWl line of

Diagonals, Stripes atnd Mix Suitings, BEAVER COATINGS, And a General Variety of Gents9 Furnishintj Goods,

Tlicsc Goods were bought in IVcw York, direol (Voin the Importers and will be made np in the best style and Hold at reasonable prices. Call »nd sec Tor yonrselvcN.

CHRISTIAN

COLLEGE! V.

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KcndiiiK, vi \a CJoojfraphy, •'.' Jt A 11 li niol Ic, '1 (ilrnmniar,

And lllNtory.

The various branches of Mrithemutlcs, tho Natural Sciences, Latin, Greek, French, German, all the higher brandies of a full and thorough College Course, will be taught as laid down in the Courses of Study in our Catalogues nnd Circulars.

Ladies pursue the same courses of study, are subject to the same regulations, enjoy the same privileges, and receive tho same honors as gentlemen.

KXI'KXNKS.

The necessary expense of obtaining an education at Merom does not exceed two hundred dollars a year.

ANTON SHIDE,

47-6m Principal T. H. Musical Instltote.

rpERRE-HAUTE

Commercial Colleger

Established In 1802.

The. Bat Patronised tend Mod!

ma* QaUege in th* State.

Aa Inttlladoa for the BMlam Man.

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SOUTH HIDE OF PUBLIC NQL'ARE,

Terre-IIautc, Indiana.

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FINE MERCHANT TAILORING.

Fall Campaign.

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URIAH JEFFERH. KT.IHUA lfAVRNS. R. JEFFERS & CO.,

Oummiooi'ii Moroliante

And "Wholesale Doalers in

Staple and Fancy

N O I O N S

Back tiEoves, Mhawld,nn«l IVooIen UooiK.

White Goods, Sliirts, &c.,

140 Main St., TJSIiJlJC-ir UTE, INI).

Exclusive Agents for all PicxseQoodsinado by tho Vigo woolen Mills. Orders promptly attended to. 9-tf

fil«AB£ PUXOS, STXCK'fl, •'1 •. LIXDEJfAN A HOX-H, PATEKT (XOlBNANUVARJhX

Also MKLODEOXS, OTIOANS,

And all kinds of smaller Musical Instruments. 2-tf.

USHER'S •. ..

Photograph Gallery,

BEACH'S BLOC K,

GOB. MAIN

SIXTH STREETS,

QMNIBUS

TRANSFER LINE.

On aud after thin 1 l&r OmnibtuiTri

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VandaUa Depot to the I. dk St. L. Depot

nu oa connection tor Ta-lf. Oltli-1 IT!

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