Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 October 1871 — Page 7

ft (Emm theTbladoBlade.1 I j. TTfE TWO PATHS.

"r BT JtABT A. FOKD. Yoxtir path wltWU up the hillside fair and sunny, Through flower* of fadeless bloom And mine throagh lone and ever deepening shadows Of evening's twilight gloom.

Before your eyes, sweet a* the shores of Eden, Blossoms a pleasant land For me, the tangled wild and dreary desert, Stretch wide on either hand. Lore, beauty, friendship, woman's dearest blessings And fondest hopes are thine A sore, despairing heart forever starving, On empty nu»ks, Is mine.

God pity as, whose feet innst ever linger By Marah'o bitter streams, Whose yearning arms bat clasp ]the mooting phantom* .iff Of vain, delusive dreams, -J

It is becanse my "sins are red like crimson," And retribution inln. That to my portion, life's tasteless aahesC Toyourt the golden wine? t*J », If I have sinned, have others, pore and blameless Passed throagh Umflame* unscathed? No scorch or *tM&lipQn their garments' whiten ss. *T Their spotleso kkirts unmarred?

Or, If they throagh leng years pi wrong and folly To adverse winds hav# rown, Wherefore must I, unblefetaud unfoiglven, The whirlwind reap abmef

Repining heart, aggrieved and heavy laden, Be silent! Otl is just He heareth every prayer and cry of anguish lkllcvu him, love aud truht.

Oh sister young and fair, for you sweet fields of promise, f* «i, Blossom'neath summer skies: For me the path across life's dreary desert Ijonc and becloudtd lies.

Bat in the bettor home where. faUs JQO shadow, That home from sorrow free, I, now deformed, bereft, shall, clothed in iKjauty Walk side by side with thee.

SIX DAYS' STIC (/OGLE WITH A 110IL. I awoke on Monday morning with a painful itching, biting, stinging fooling, all in a spot no lnrger than a lozengo. Woko up Mrs. Quad, and asked her opinion. Sho snid it was a boil. Woke up Iong Primer who shares our couch. After sovoral kicks at tho spot, ho inLi mated that it was a boll. Had some difficulty in standing up to eat breakfast. Wont down town asked everybody what was good for boils. Ilad seventy-four recipes, running from sticking salvo to a hot iron. Only swore forty-ono times during tho day.

Tuesday.—Didn't wake up—I was already awako. I moasurod tho boil and found it as largo as a teacup, and the leellng was worse. Tried to repoat a hymn, but had to break off and kick tho dog four blocks to ease my mind. Children got undor the table, and Mettled to feel a presentiment. Mrs. Quad unusually gracious, and not hinting anything about pin money. Wont down towij, Man sHid ho'cl pay my |fare ou tho car. Htruck at him and oxplaincd that it made my back aoho to rldo. Newsboys kept a whole block off. Man asked mo for a dollar, and I tried to kill him on tho spot, only rostralnod by rosjoct for my boll. Numler of swears frightfully incroasod. lad Job Hung at me forty times. Concluded to sit up all night, but got a ^little sleep white standing on myuoud.

Put MX)M jt I It Wednesday.— Mouse got on 11 ro at daylight. told the folks to lot hor hurt*. but they put it out. Ono man wunted to know why I didn't display moreambition. Tried to shoot him, nut ho got over the alley fence. Children wero sent to tho country this morning, probably for tho chaugo ol air. Boll is now as large us a teacup and saucer both particularly tho saucer. No signs of 'heading.' Seems as If I should go mad —I am mad.—l'ut some moro ilaxsoed on, and tried to look sad and pensive.

Just got to looking so when 1 ran against a ehalr. 1'ollceinan nounded on the door and said ho would arrest mo if I didn't stop that family light. Told him I was tho only ono up, about as high as I could get. Said ho would sympathise with me, but wont off and forgot to. Can't keep track of tho adjectives. Have contracted for a barrel of tlnxsoed.

Thursday.-—Wife left homo this mornIng, probably for a change of air. Left a note on the table, tellinii mo sho wan |ulte jHisUivo I had a noil. Peddler rang lie door-bell, and asked me if I wanted some pie-plants. Tho coronor was lugging him away on a dray the last I saw. Friends culled and wanted to see my boil. I indignantly refused to allow'them to do so, and tl\ey went off offended, saying that I was mighty particular, llig Ore round tho corner, and I started to go. Fireman gave mo kick for a joke. I tried to fight the whole department, but came to just as they wore shoving mo through a back window. Tho exerclso caused tho Vtoll to en largo. I was too exhausted to swear, merely stood myself nn agninst the wall sla'ntiug, and reviled Iwlls. Cat and dog both disappeared probably for change of air.

Friday.—Am lying on tho floor, too indignant to move. The boil Is there yot. I have m»do up my mind to let it run. Servant girl reached mo in some victuals through tho window, and said that I seemed to bo restless about something or other. I could only roply by a look. 1 have calmness which come* from a knowledge that one Is looking into his tomb. Coroner has been here twice, and soomed much put out that I hkdn't killed anybody elso. Said 1 had gone back on him. Fellow came up here to pay mo some borrowed mono v. Asked me why I was not playing base ball, and got offended at my* alienee. Said I noodn't feel so stuck up cause I happened to have and went away without

big

Kill} ar

I asn 'u*t at the i*irtt

hauTjitn ovnr.

when' iii.iivi-are* liing for anything. The Ihu-s atv shiMisinc mad «i«'g under the wiiuknv, hopiu^ got tuc up, bat I don't move. 'y.— tV.w

ing an

UIH?on«»oi.»tt»&t ite,' MUiiUli a hymu «'f wsK'tKiUuit, when I felt—I |feit—wfll I vf'.''''!, «r-an« -ti ton of thP taM®, j.

gom. tor^ ut' ton nttJhiiip: ^ter, an trlen Una s"Mieoni' to tak« my note pay^hie on !i.^N»il was broken.: 1 call' 1

shi

a to il:' o.kt,:

sent .ml.-h so t: I milly, paj- the wages of the .rl, an 1 told t'lieuiaiiwho owe%l rmr. ,i ... wiey, tU.* he could nt iiiiy tu .o it tatt«d bun. nnd I hav- n" vet.

Take ths nk c-Mty 'when you

v"t*C

bolL T!ioy .ire g»Knl ft^r the AU-hongh .-n.- imes a mail with a boll ft»r »«r:irnv. ion'i »wMr. Tbey don't amount to anyH.snc. Anv on« can have a toll as well a* All TOO have g*t do is to endure.

A cynical writer *ay* that if a woman knew how much the lo«t by fr«v«r smiling in a man** face she would quit ft altogether. More men are won by a little pretence of quk* Midneaa than"by the sunniest unite* that wereev*r teen.

an involuktar and perilous RIDE. A locomotive, running as an extra on the Hudson River railroad, arrived at New Hamburg from Poughkeepeie I fin Saturday, being stopped there by a telegram from that city inconsequence of a singular and what might hare been a tragic incident. Before the locomotive left Poughkeepsie, four little boys who were playing aoout the depot, supposing it was a switch engine, and only going a little way down the track, climbed stealthily upon the wooden guard just above the bumper on the rear of the tender. This guard is only six inches wide. Three of the boys sat down upon the guard, with their legs hanging oyer, and the fourth got astride of the iron link which protrudes from the bumper.

They could not bo seen by the men upon the engine, which moved off and continued increasing its speed until it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour, as was ordered. Tho boys were in a terrible situation. They dared not climb to the top of the tenaer for fear of losing their balance, and their cries were drowned by the noise of the engine. Over bridges and on the edge of precipices fhey were whirled, the tender surging to and fro, tho dust filling their eyes and noses, and almost choking them to death, and entirely obscuring them from the view of the flagmen ana trackmen who were passed. The locomotive was signaled at New Hamburg, Mr. Jas. Signer having seen the boys on the rear df the locomotive when it loft Poughkeepsie. The poor little fellows presented a sorry sight, as they wero covered with dust from head to foot. The boy who was astride of the link was unable to walk when taken off, bis legs being awfully chafed by the motion of the engine. The hanas of the other boys wero Dlistered terribly, and tho blood oozed out from under their finger nails, so tightly had they grasped the wood work of the tender. They were nearly exhausted, and could have maintained their position but little longer, when they would have been

¥robably

FINISHING jKsTA LTSIIMENT. Throughout Japan it is tho universal custom Air young ladies, when arriving at tho nge of fourteen or fifteen, to be placed in what may be appropriately called a finishing establishment. This establishment has tho following among other peculiarities: All the masters pay for the privilege of teaching, instead of, as is tho case with us, Delng paid for their lessons. This makes tho instruction a labor of love. Then, Rgnin, to a certain extent, a Japanese young lady Is allowed considerable Ireedoni as to the selection of her in? structors and she generally prefers tho best looking.

The scholars do not sit in a close, pent-up room, Oiled with girls bolt upright, each perched upon an educational stool, but in a delightful garden, fraff rant with tea and flowers, surrounded by number of little summer-houses,

embowered in the midst of the most charming vegetable products. Hero are the bright-eyed damsels, with cheeks as pink as the roses, moving around with grace Ail steps, each bearing a small lacquer tray, with tea and cakes. In each of these summer-houses there is a master or professor, either waiting the return of ono of the refreshment bearing damsels, or olse sitting by tho side of one who has already come back. Japanese girls remain in educational seminnri of this kind until marriage, and th^yniake excellent wives.

Titk Last Arouxir.—A few years Rev. Mr. a faithful, f.-ar-the "hill.

ft .f iTBim I A

TERRE-HAUTE SATURDA

instantly killed by the fall

bey were taken back to Poughkeepsie, where the incident had become noised about, and a large crowd of people was in waiting at the depot to see them when the train they wero on arrived. National Oar liuiUter.

HORRIBLE SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY. African travelers havo Bpoken of a tribe of negroes, who possess that ornamental appondago so much admired by Lord Monnoddo, a tail, but their statements have never received credence. It appoars, however, that a raco of men wltn tails does exist in tho terior of Africa. In a recent sitting of the Academie des Sciences, M. de Couret relatod that in 1812 ho found in tho service of a friend at Mecca, one of those wretches, the lowest assuredly of mankind. Tho creature had an exterior prolongation of tho vertebral column to tho extent of three or four inches. Ho stated that ho bolonged to the tribs of tho Ghilanes, whose territory is situated far beyond tl}0 Sennar, who arejthlrty or forty.thousand^n number, worship tho sun, the moon, the stars, tho serpent, and tho sources of a great river.—supposed to bo tho Nile,—to whlcu hist thoy immolato victims. Thoy oat plants, roots, fruits, aro very partial to human flesh,nnd like it bloedIngiHthej'Jeat the bodiesof their enemies of all ages, and both sexes, whom they may slay In battle. Thoy however, DralAcilutilaHli (if ufimian aud abildren as more succulent. They rarely excoed Ore foot In height, aro ill proportioned, with long/tlim b&ilA, iffliSg itrm»', longer and llattor hands and feet than the rest of human kind, have the lower jaw large and long, tho forehead narrow and excessively retroating, tho oars long and deformed, the eyes small, black, brilliant tho noso largo and flat, tho mouth largo, tho teeth strong ana sharp, tho hair woolly, but not abundant. Tho man examined by M. de Couret had been so long in slavery, as to havo forgotten his native language but ho stated that, notwithstanding ho had done all in his power to subdue tho savage appetito, ho was twico a week seized with a rage for raw flesh, which his master satisfied by giving liitn mi enormous lump of mutton, and that if tills were not done, ho felt that he could not refrain from slaying and eating a woman orchild. M. do Couret says that tho natural dispositions of this animal were goodM|Mytis fidelity to his master was strflHng3Plnd*that he was uot without intcUlgeilM but in the slave mnrkct of the J&cre the race is not unknown, tliey&iVlbnsidored detestable.

BISTOR OF ALCOHOL. :J Alcohol was invented nine liqndred and fifty years ago, by the son of a strange woman, Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it with a powder to paint themselves, that they might appear more beautiful, and this powder was called alcohol. Daring the reign of William and Mary an act was passed encouraging the manufacture of spirits. Soon after, intemperance and profligacy prevailed to such an extent that the retailers in intoxicating drinks put up signs in public places, informing the people that they might get drunk for a penny, and have some straw to get sober on. In tho sixteenth century distilled spirits spread over the continent of Europe. Aoout this time it was introduced into the colonies, as the United States were then called. Tho first notice we have of its use in public life was among the laborers of the Hungarian mines of the fifteenth century. In 1751 it was used by the English soldiers as a cordial. The alcohol in Europe was made of grapes, and sold in Italy and Spain as a medicine. The Genoese afterward made it from grain, and sold it as a medicine in bottles, under the name of the water of life. Until the sixteenth century it had only been kept by the apothecaries as medicine. During the reign of Henry VII, brandy was unknown in Ireland, but soon its alarming effect induced the government to pass a law prohibiting its manufacture. About one hundred and twenty years ago it was used as a beverage, especially among the soldiers in the English colonies in North America, under the preposterous notion that it prevented sickness, and made men fearless on the field of battle. It was look-. ed upon as a sovereign specific. Such, is a brief sketch of the introduction of alcohol into society as a beverage.' The history of it is written in the wretchedness,the tears,the groans,the poverty, and murder of thousands. It has gone through the land with the tread of a giant, leaving the impress of its footsteps in the bones, sinews, and life's blood of the people. ,,

While a colored gentleman was swinging himself from a hook in an ice-house in Louisville, the hook came out and the darkey landed in the cellar, striking his head on a chunk of ice, breaking it in pieces. His. employer hurried down, expecting to find Sambo dead, but there he sat, looking up at the place he fell from. On seeing the gentleman, tho darkey exclaimed

Fo' de Lord, boss, I'se sorry I broke dat ice, I is, saitin."

rpHE GREAT WORLD TOifIC

AXD

n.r '4

System Renovator.

What the Public Sliotfld Know.

r-T* .,

Of II ii!ip%hirt' County,prt u.'hed n* !hV of ar

dent spirit*, «.(» i!v !.•• „-ued a momK-r of his«• cr who was in iLc hoiiit of hliKii !»i* l» ilp at a low priw, in consider.*:i of the fnvjmmt "tjv.ita" that b'1 mr I Ms worki" n. "Old Nat" ft»lt inIf particularly hit" by the di-^vMime, as thf coat jiued htm exactly, nr. th*r*for© absented himself ftvm th urch for some two yt vrs. A few weeks ago he waa aelwd w.:i) hi# last illness, and ex-

irencd a great isir» to see Rev. Mr. b'f.Tv he died. His son went post-baste for the minister, who. of course, waa quite ready to respond to the dying man's summons. On entering the room, he was greeted with the cool salutation:

Mr. I'm about to die, and I have sent for you, that you might hare a chance to apologise to me for that liquor sermon preached to me a (tow years ago."

ABASH BITTERS iese Bltt etable Tonic.

These Bitters area purely 7egThe component Drugs having been se

lected with the greatest care as to their medicinal Properties. They are no cheap com pound prepared with common whisky.

ABASH BITTEK8

Just the thing for morning lassitude and depression of spirits caused by late hours or

overwork.

ABASH BITTERS Are an Infallible remedy for

to the digestive organs, by their healthy action on the blotnach, Liver and Kidneys. ABASH BITTERS

Taken regularly three times a day in small wineglassful doses will give strength,

health nnd vigor, and a cheerful and contented disposition.

\r/-ABASII

BITTERS.

Take it If you want pure, rich, electrical blood, blood that Invlgomtes your system,and

gives the glow of health to your cheek.

ABASH BITTERS

Are the sure preventative of a Intermittent Fe-

V,'

Chill and vers.

ABASH BITTERS Cannot be excelled as a morning Appetizer. Promoting good Digestion,and are lntalliblo for all the manifold diseases arising from a deranged nnd debilitated stomach.

ABASH BITTEItS Are the lx st blltersln the world for purifying the blood, cleansing the stdmnch, gently stimulating the kidneys and acting us a mild cathartic. 1)k. A. ARNAtTD. Solo Prdprtetor and Manufacturer of Wabash Bitters. S. E. corner Ohio and Fifth streets, Terre^Haute Ind. 7-#m

*s?Gjs2

**£'£.3

SC'/S

J. A. TRTtAO«. I.. S. CI.ARKE. RYDAGH & CLARKE,

Architects & ^'nperintendents,

Comtncrelal Collece, opp. Court House, ETUSTIIIP, Indian*.

CORKER MAIN AND HEXTff (Demtng*H Block), TrrreK*iii«, Inctlnns. DmIciw and ttilltMt«« made tor all kinds of Building*, both prshtie and prfmt».

Order* *ent by mail will i*cclv prompt attention.

UNITED

STATES

'A. 4 A -i 14 i' A .*

EVENING MAIL, OCTOBER 28, 1871.

TfTR Stove Trade

.. •, 9 ^, ..

HAS COAIMENCED AND

u. t'i

R. L: BALL

Takes the lead, having selected the

Largest, Finest & Most Complete

STOCK OF STOVES

Ever brought to this city, snd prices lower than they nave been since the war. Among this large collection of Stoves can be found tba following first-class 4 ,4,4 [, ,«4n5? „"l

COAL AXD woon COOK STOVES:

TIIE CEWTURY

CO.1L COOK,

SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW AND THE -.-vw BEST IN MARKET.

The Telegraph coal cook. The Western coal coo! The Cincinnati coal cook. The Align!or coal cook. The Challenge coal cook.

"EUREKA"

2 -H

Accident Live Stock

IXSlTtiXCE COMPANY,

In Mi re* Hor*9* and OatUe Against Death by Accident,

By the year, or while being tnuunporUd on F. AAnitMJXTSec'y.

For fartberjpiirtlcnU.nl enantre at my of* I (lec^at Tctrre-Haato Mas leal Institute. r. H. HOKE, AfMl,

Tterre-Hante, Ind.

^XVELOPiBft.—Wtth*tb« mrd of roar boaln«M printed Mllr 00 the oorn*r at cmuij ndoocd orteaa, at Tetr»-Haate Printtnc Boom, Itt Mala •trace O. J. Smith Oa.

sill

FOR WOOD.

-J TIIE €OXTI.. ENTAIL WOO It COOK.: The Peerless wood stove. The AYic Concord trood cook. The Olive It ranch wood cook. The Early lireakfasl wood cook. /-h The HVnona ood oo/ The Jflay ({item wood coo! The Enterprise wood cook. The lira ttback wood tool Grfat_ It uublixjLoaLixtiuL- .—— %\rlui a great variety ii" other Stoves which we cannot enutii'm't*, lut we have the largest stock. In towu lo seleei from und PfWftS (tdBllflt ltr II HUtT mjucluitPurlor Stoves, OHief Stoves, School

House, Cimrcli, Hall and Store Itooin .Vtoves. And in fnct al kinds of Stoves. The Bent Stores. Tin- b'hmxt Stores. The

J.arrjext Stock of Shnv*. The Clieitprst Stores. •.

nantolM tiiii! irates. Mantels all Styles and I (Jre'e:- an styles and Prices. Common Jamb Urates.

PATKJV^ €ANS,

A/Li. MTYLKf.

Redway's Onen Front

FAKLOlt NTOTB-.ILL MTLBI, FUla and Ettamded. White or Black, We keep r.fruhi«a u»tt«iljr f'«nd La a thta kind, aod and

fint-cUMh O Uimr ee*lm i.

1871

Ku-e Brick Cheap.

IZurefcti' Clothe* Wringer!

0. H.

TTNION CHRISTIAN

-COLLEGE!

Uooirrnnliy. Arithmetic, (•rniiimnr,

And lliatory.

The various branches of Mathematics, the Natural Hcicnccs, Latin, Greek, French, German, all the higher branches of a full and thorough College Coiirse, will bo taught as laid down In the Courses of Htudy In our Catalogues and Circulars.

Ladles pursue the same courses of study, are subject lo the same regulations, enjoy the same privileges, and receive the sumo honors as gentlemen. ».

KXI'KXKEN.

The necessary expense of obtaining an education at Merotn dooe not uxceeutwo hundred dollars a year.

Tnition, per Term.

In the Academic Department 8 6 00 In the Classical Department 8 00 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. Boa it 1. Both ladies and gentlemen will And good boarding, with furnished rooms, In private families, for S3.50 per week. Home 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

JpiANO TUNING.

P. H."MOREF

PIANO TUNER & REPAIRER,

Orders left ai the Terre-IIaute Musical Institute, Rou Iiulltiing, Smith fdh St., will receive Prompt Attention.

MR. MORE Is a llrsi-ctafl* Tuner and competent Repairer he has worked in the celebrated Piano establishment of Steinway A Sons, ma practical Piano maker,and In the most prominent llano factories In the country. He is entirely worthy of the high encomiums with which be Is recommended.

ANTON HHIDE.

47-«m Principal T. H. MosU a! Institute. ^ETOCTaute

Commercial College,

Established in 1862.

The Best Patronized and Most Sufi'ful ]hnines* (MUgr in the fiui.'t.

An Inatltatioa for the Baffin*** 3fan. THE COLLEGE OFF ICR, with Kpa^ow rooms for Instruction in Theory and Practice, are situated In the mart central part of the city.

Center Mai* and Fifth BtreHs, TERRE-HAUTE, IXD., 10-sm wl oa grw, rriwtpsi.

FARLY

thi« kind} and

ix f*iO Will call

it.

BALL.

A ROACH,

KAVcrArrruBSor

Saddles and Harness,

Dealers in OoUan, Whips, Trunk*, de.,

no.

MAIS STREET,

Iforth etde, between and (tk, TerreBaote, Indiana. A tea Uncle Bamt

OU, 8Wy.

THIS FALL AND WINTER

WE WILL OFFER BY

Far the Most Attractive Assortment

Foreign and Domestic

DRY GOODS!

TO BE FOOD IN TERRE-HAUTE.

Close, Careful Buyers Cannot Afford to Buy Before Looking Through our Large Variety.

Courteous Attention to All—Our Motto.

Warren, Hoberg & Co.,' 7

Fall Campaign.

W. H. BANNISTER,

AT NO. 79 MAIN STREET,

fr. I» now receiving his t!* a

Fall and Winter Stock of Fine Black and Colo vat'

Cloths,J Beavers and Doeskins,

Fine Frencli, English and Amerlean Cnssimeres.

Beantiftil line or

Diagonals, Stripes and Mix Suitings,

BEAVER COATINGS,

And a General Variety of Gents' Furnishing Goods.

These Goods were bought in New York, direct fYoin tho Importers and will he made up in the best style and sold at reasonable prl«M.. (Jail and mw

flnr

September 13(h, 1*71,

At 10 o'clock, and will continue twelve weeks. Classes will be formed In Or! hojfrnphy,

ItriMllnir.

yourselves.

URIAH JKPPRRH.

Merom. Sullivan County. Ind. OommiSSi'll Merchants

The Fall Term of this flourlshlug Institution will commence

Iturk «Iovos, Shan I

Ss«li

T-:#,

OPERA HOUSE CORNER,

TERRE-HAUTE, IND.

FINE MERCHANT TAILORINO.

871.

11 -2m

lCLISIIA HAVENS.

.And Wholesale Dealers In fit

Staple anl Fancy-

N O I O N S

PI,and

Woolen

j!OO«IN.

^Vliite Goods, Shirts, &p.,*

140 Main St.,

Ti:nni:-ii.t urn, rxt.

Exolnslvc Agents for all Piece Goods made by the Vigo Woolen Mills. Orders promptly attended to. 0-tf

KIS^NEIVS

Palace of Music,

NOLTif side

or prnuc

rqi ark.

Tcrre-Haute, Intllautv,

KXABE P1AAON, NT£( »f

LUVDEWAX A S05**, I'ATF.ST €T (LOUMANQCAItKN.

AIbo "MELODEONS, ORGANS

And 4II klndAol smaller Musical Instrnmenta. 2-tf.

-PI" USHERS *~7

Photograph Gallery^ BEATI*N

BLOfK,

CX)R. MAIN A SIXTH STREETS.? U-tt.

QMNLBUS

TRANSFER LINE.

run a regti from the

On and after this iar Omnibos Trai: Vandalia Depot to the I. dt St. L. Depot making connection for all trains.

"t LI'

F«sb. fo—tf. CJR1FFITH A UI«T.

FC.

CRAWFORD,

O S A N

O E S

98 MAIN STREET,

ML TERRJ&-HA UTEt INC-