Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 6, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 August 1873 — Page 4

0PERA HOUSE CORNER.

I10Itadjolnlug

Hp

Very At tractive.

100 Pieces New Style Percales,

.it Greatly Keel need Price*.

CHEAP.

OUR STOCK OF

Summer Dress Goods,

Grass Cloth Suitings,

Grenadines, Dress Linens,

Japanese Poplins,

Japanese Silks,

Seersucker Stripes,

Lace Points and Sacques,

Ladies and Children's Suits,

Ladies Scarfc,

Skirts, Shawls, &c., &c.

HOBEIiG, ROOT & CO., Opera Home.

For Sale.

iiOR

HALK—PORTA BLR SAW MILL— three miles below Maxvllle. Also one ox team—three yoke, wagon, chains, etc. Terms cany. For particular* enquire of A.

15,

WILLIS, on north Seventh street, near Locust. The mill Is number one, Kagle mill, nil In good order. aug!K.t

I1JORcellar,

SALE-THAT BEAUTIFUL LOT, with a comfortable dwelling of fl

looms,

goad closets, will, cistern, a new bani. Tho lot large, 7ixl82 feet, will M?il very cheap, and give possession Immediately. FRED A. ItOSrt, Heal Estate Broker, COO Ohio street,

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7OR HALE-WOOD! WOOD! S1.25 PER load for my choice hummer wood, delivered to any

part

otter

of the cltv. Leave or­

ders at Erlanger A Co., Opera House buildlng, at Stave Factory, or with the driver, who Is authorzed to collect. E. M. OILMAN. "•.lOR HALE-ONE HUNDRED ACRESOF I? good Farm land all

under

Creek

cultivation,

Township, Vigo County, ad­

joining Mnrklo's Mill. Has a good frame dwelling House of three rooms, for particulars Inquire of WM. P. MARKLIv

For Trade.

1.VJRfirst-rate

TRADE—A SPLENDID I'AHM O* 4UU acres, near Casey, Illinois—a tine orchard Umber— productive land— ItW acres cleared—will exchange tor desirable city property. Kltfcl) A. 1 tOHS, Leal Estate Broker,

rMi

Ohio street.

FOR

TRADE—A OOOD PIECEOF PROPcrty In the city, lot -.Ixiri feet, frame store mom, two story dwelling, and unall shop thereon, In a gosd location forbusl-nem-will exchange for a small Improved Sarin. FltKD A, KOH8, Real Estate Broker, f*! Ohio htriH l.

For Rent.

RENT--PASTURE— EXCELLENT blue grass. Apply t.. MILTON HOGKltS, Pool barm, on the cast. Jt

Wanted.

Wthatto

ANTED-AOOOD DRAUGHT HORSE, 10 hand-* high, perfectly geutlo one Isalsi suitable to drive to a b»»ckhoard dark color nrefered. Apply tot HAS. EPPINUHOUSEN. at Steam Stone ^iird, corner of Ninth au«l Cherry atreets.

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$5 to $20 SSWffTi/2&£2 working in^oplo, of either fW, onng or old, make more money at work for us In their spar* momenta, or all the time, than at anything else. Particular* fret». Address G.STINSON A CO., Portland, Maine, *7-ly

WANTED-A

FEW MORE RELIABLE

men to sell the Howe Sewing Machine In this and adjoining counties. The only machine without a fault. Callou, or address The Howe ach I n« Com pan Office,

Main «!r«. .1""''

Strayed.

Tit AY ED OR STOLEN-ON TESTER day, from the north side of the Court House square, a bay mare, white spot In nice, and umiul snip on end of no** led Minn foot white to the ankle left fore foot white around the top of the noof. Had on a low somerset Middle, bridle and halter. A r***onable reward will IJO «l*en for the retufnof the marc to JAMK-* FLYNN. on® mile south of KtbrUtge, Illinois. nnirtUl

JpHEP. A. ROSS,

Ileal Estate Broker,

800 OHIO 8TB8KT,

roR SAL*.

A very desirable property enrnw Fir»t and Cherry street*. lot ,114x1«. room*. food barn: lot »|wiallydc*lr*bl* ot» account of the »hrub«ry. Priw

Two HOBPW and loU In McOssirhcy tad Roach'* »ubd«*l«loB. st t^-very chesp. Twaemoa Bloom iwrton Howl, rtnr

^irt* tl«ftnt UoB*e on Berth Sixth rtmt, formerly «*ec»pied by the late Osor*» Rnraa,

WIxhTw»« V.Bttb fcail\rfc

itmU' (HstiniHit. Vacant lei 42xl2. ea »nth Third rtmt.sd^

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Mulberry rtwU. ,7^.TBr5n

'"Ihrtck boat* OB 50 frtt of gTovnd OB north

F\?o««MiBd

let OB»OBth Ssveaik«tr*et. «,M0

Very d««irabl« varaat lot* «a mmtt Httk

'^Jawbef'o^pleBdW^wla in ia»»r°red property. mtTUH,

S«r*ral turn ta Vi«t» Co*Bly. wSl l«ptcvod-wiH exehaago for city prop-

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brick dweHIwr. ®f

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E*Ute BrJhR«VdKtt^..

THE MAIL.

Officc, 3 South 5th Street.

TERRE-HAUTE, AUG. 0,1873.

S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

SECOND EDITION

TWO EDITIONS

Of this Paper are publlahed. The FIRST EDITION, on Friday Even lng, h&a large circulation among farmers and others living outalde of the city. The SECOND EDITION, on Saturday Even lng, goes Into the hands 6f nearly every reading person In the city. Every Week's Issue 1*, in fact,

TWO NEWSPAPERS,

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In which all Advertisement* appear for ONE CHAROE _bi_ii____—

A LAYSERMOX.

A good deal baa been said about the habit of dozing in church, all rather uncomplimentary to the dozers. But it has boon reserved for Gail Hamilton to And out that sleeping during church service is not a thing to be rebuked. She says that "not the least of the many benefits wrought us by the clorgy is the sweet somnolence which so gently broods over a weary and happy congregation on a sultry Sunday afternoon. Fore-ordination and free-will may be hard to reconcile moral and natural responsibility may be diflicult of discrimination the bearing of election on duty is not easy to see but no man can go into an airy, pleasant church, sit down in peace among his friends and neighbors, and fall softly asleep to the sound of holy words from holy lips, without great gain to the life that now is, and, I believe and trust, with no loss to that which is to come." Probably Gail wrote this in a flippant mood and intended it to be taken in the satne spirit by the reader, but it comes

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near to representing the feelings of a large class of church-goers that we have chosen it as our text for a little lay sermon.

There are many people in these days who look on the church as a pleasant place to go to, rather than as a place to receive instruction in the highest things pertaining to life. Bodily comfort is regarded more than spiritual culture. If the seats be softly cushioned, the choir unexceptionable and tho minister easy and elegant, it makes little difference what is preached, or whether the congregation listens or sleeps. We took occasion to intimate in an article last week that to this apathetic condition of the church was due, in a great measure, the increase of skepticism aud infidelity so much complained of in these latter days, and that the clergy were largely responsible for the lifelessness of the church.

It is several years since Prof. J. It. Seeley, the author of "Eece Homo," and oneoftho most profound and liberal thinkers in England, charged home to the English clergy tho sins which made their preaching of small effect. He said that a reform in sermons would take placo similar to that which at tho beginning of the century took place in poetry. The poetry of that time dealt in images which answered to nothing in human experience and were only faiut reflections of those which earlier poets had drawn from the world of actual life. There was n» feoling, no thought, no truth in it. It was artificial and without effect, because there was no life in it. So, Prof. Seeley showed, the sermons of to-day are but echoe* of the sermons which preceeded them. The latter wero full of power and truth a* they fell from the lips Of earnest and eloqoont men, but the former are what Imitations always are, the shadow without the substance of the original. Foro-ordlnation and election and free-will wero vital subjects at one time in the history of the church, but they aro not so now, They kave been exhausted, worn out, and cease to interest. It is no wonder that the discussion oT theni produce# a somnolent effect. The world Is progressing and demands something new. The church cannot stand still and maintain its bold on the public mind. If the astronomer never discovered any new worlds, or anything new about tho old ones, as-*r-nomy would soon cease to interest, it tho geologists of to-day contented themselves with reiterating the discoveries of Humboldt and Miller, geology would won be laid on the shelf. But they do nothing of the kind. Lyall and Agassi a keep pounding away at the rocks and D.trwln, from the materials which his predecessors bare gathered, attempts to dedooe a satisfactory explanation of creation. 1

The clergy have a lesson to learn from the scientists. They want to keep pounding away, not at the old rock# which have been examined and analyited long ago, but al tho new ones which the investigating hammer has never touched. It may bo said that right and wrong are the same in every age, that the system of ethics doss not chsngv. Bat new emergencies for the application of the moral law are constantly arising. What the preachers n«ed to do is to leave the general and abstract and come to the Individual and particular. The practical questions of the day are to be handled in lbs palptt. The cburci most come down to the needs of the people. There is no grander field anywhere than lbs polplt offers to an earnest, progressive mind. Tbs preacher stands In tbs csntsr of vast territory from every part of which converging dads bear tbs wealth of tbs whole region to bis fesi. No sphers was ever mors unlimited. Hs has 1stten patsnt to go wherever be will. What be needs Is energy and boldnssa.

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TF.RRE-H A PTE SATURDAY EVENING MAII/AUGUST 9. 1873.

He Is set up as a leader—1st him lsad. The whole gist of what we want to say is this: The clergy have been standing too high up—that is in one sense—and too low down, in another too high in a kind of ecclesiastic diguity, and too low in scholarship, cnlture and thought. They lack earnestness and practicalness. They want to throw all the old books of sermons in tho fire, let the Institutes stand on the shelf, and take anew start in anew direction. Instead of putting their congregationa to sleep with their first, secondly and thirdly, they want

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keep them wide

awake by direct and homely talks on such questions as they have been reading and talking and thinking about during the interludes of their dally toil* We can very well spare the "swoet somnolence" which Gall Hamilton characterizes as one of the ministerial benefits, provided it is supplanted by a quality that will make us glad to keep awake. It behooves the younger ministers of the church, those who are just entering on their career, to leave the old beaten path and mark out a new direction for tbclr energies.

FROM all partq of tho country we have reports of obstructions placed on railroad tracks. Than this, no greater crime can be perpetrated against any community. Ordinary murders aim at one life. The wretches who place obstructions on railways endanger the lives of hundreds. At present thero aro no laws which mete out punishment commensurate with this dastardly offence. There may be sympathy for the man who raises his homicidal kand to take one life. There can be none for the scoundrel who recklessly imperils the lives of hundreds.

SOME silly questioner, with just the least of conscientious misgiving, asks the editor of The Christian Union his opinion of croquet playing. To which he sensibly replies: We think it is amusing to women, agreeable to men, and fascinating to ministers. For all persons who need gentle exercise, it is even better than billiards indeed, it is a kind of field billiards, or billiards •'gone to grass." Anybody that is too pious to play croquet ought to be done up In starched linen, put in a bag, and hung up, like a suit of Sunday clothes, and not let out till meeting-time.

THE Smiths are as peculiar as they are numerous. Laura Cuppa Smith husband is "E Plurlbus Unum"—"one of many" Smiths—and he is an oddity, if Laura's evidence can be relied on. Sho gives in her spiritual experience as follows, and says although Smith knows all about it he does not mind it a bit "The lover of my girlhood now walks the viewless causeway of the air, and inasmuch as ho was cuftured, lofty souled and large-Uearted, ho doubtless loved and is loved by many a fair and queenly woman in "that land of light and song yet ho finds time to return to earth's turbulent scenes and batho my toll-worn spirits in the deep waters of bis passionate and intense affection, and those chords in my inmost being that first responded to his touch, remaining mute In the presence of all others, thrill and vibrate us of yore, in an estacy of rapture when swept by his spirit touch/V^^^^^_

THE annual convention of "Fat Men" will be held at Put-in-Bay, on the 10th of September. Obese gentlemen from all portions of the Union are cordially invited to attend. No credentials will be needed, save adiposity, and of the proper avordupoise of delegates a bulky doorkeeper is to be the judge. What the portly gentlemen are to do for the country'sgood is not stated. Their discussions are to bo secret, but no apprehensions need be entertained of their ultimate designs. Your Daniel Lambert is never a conspirator, but a good natured, frank philanthropist. High authority assures us that lean and hungry men are dangerous to the welfare of the State. Let us be thankful, therefore, that It Is the fat and not the slender men that are to take counsel together in Ohio on the 10th inst.

THEDANBURY NEWS MAN DISCUSSED. Froak Leslie's Weekly says

American humorists area queer race. They are generally born on some country newspaper, and cease to be funny whenever they seek a broader field for the display of their talents. The first oi thom was Doesticks—we speak of him because he is forgotten—and the last, we believe, the Danbury News Man. In his day, Doesticks was considered very fanny, and people laagbed immoderately at such fine things in bis letters as "And we took another glass of beer." Now it would be imible to force a smile out of a laugh-

.ng-iuachine at such stupidity, unl some other fitvorito should say it. Ths new favorite—the Danbary Jiewi Man —can be dull as he plessts while hs lasts, and everything hs says will be received as wise and witty. But he cannot last long. He has already taken tbe first atsp toward oblivion—he has published a book. By the time that be has published as many books as Doesticks snd the rest, be will be as completely forgotten.

We like this Danbary News Man as much as It Is possible to like any Danbury man. Hs is a bright chap, and he has mads Danbury bright as hs Is himsslC. If bs goes on, pwp» even learn In what Stats D"bury is situated. We ahall like hlrn all the mors for so important sn addition to geographical discovery. Even tbs

school

geographies will bare asbaptsr

something like this "Dartbury Is a village on the river, or basin, or bsy, or sound, or something. In tbs Stats of Connecticut: population, tbs Stats of Connecticut: population, tbs Danbury Nsws Man: produst, humor." Danbury, then, will be of ss much Im-

ury

will bs ss much of a Dsnefactor of mankind ss tbs discoversr of Living, atone.

TBISheriff Is playing an sngagsmant at tbs Lafliystts Opera Honss.

JoBi* Roancaov's sbow Is sway oat In Oolorsdo. 7.

TRAVKL to Niagara Falls i* falling off, and no wonder, in view of tbs fees charged to see tbem. One clergyman states that it coat twelve dollars for himself and family to enjoy what ought to be as free to everybody as the ocean. Down with this shameless extortion

THB projected balloon trip acrdta the Atlantic affords the wits of Gotham a standing subject for speculation, serious and otherwise. One of them is puzzling bis brain to know what court would have jurisdiction over a murder committed in a balloon three miles high at sea. Clearly, the perpetrator should be tried by a arum-head, or rather, a basket-head court-martial on the spot. Its verdict would stand In no danger of a supersedes, as there is no higher court on this planet which It could be ajjgealed^^

A WRITKR in the Woman's Journal thinks it is nonsense to talk about women placing too much weight of their clothing about their hips, for the reason that "the center of muscular and nervous forco in a woman lies in her hips and weights bearing on the pelvic arch pan be carried more easily than if they press on any other part of the body. A woman's shoulders aro weak compared to those of a man, and the burden of dress laid upon them would be intolerably oppressive.

THE origin of the present postal card illustrates the truth of the adage how great events may come from liCtle things. Mr. Rowland Hill, the great English postal reformer, is the pioneer to whom the world Is Indebted for this valuable institution. It was suggested to Mr. Hill by the following incident One day while standing near a humble door he saw a woman look long and eameslty at a letter and than decline it. Curious to know the cause he waited till the postman had gone, and then received the information that the letter was all on the outside that she and her husband had agreed upon a system of signs, such as variations in tbe lines and1 characters, by which she could learn that he was well, or 111, or coming home soon or wished her to come to him, and so on. Struck with the hardships which the want of proper postage must inflict on tbe poor, the great man conceived the idea of the penny postage, and so the world is indebted, like the Chicago fire, to a poor woman—in the one case for vast calamity in the other for a great blessln •.

TJIE POVERTY OA UQE. fN. Y. Cor. Chicago Journal Not iu six years can I recall a period when everybody complainod so much of dull times as now. The general complaint is "nothing doing." Said my barber to me last week, "I never had so few customers as now." In reply to my inquiries the owner of tho restaurant where I purchase my dinner said vesterday that seventy of his old customers had dropped off. When hard times come on, people here shave themselves, take their lunches with them to business, and drop other things which can be dispensed with. You can generally guage that financial condition of the average New Yorker by ascertaining how much lie expends in these things, which cannot be ranked as indespensable. It being tho fashion here to spend all you have, you can most always conclude that when the Gothamito is cutting off his luxuries ho is getting down to tbe hard pan. "Genoral Reduction" holds sway over the city just at present.

SPARTA, WISCONSIN. ?.

ITS ATTRACTIONS AS A SUMMKU KKSORT— THE MEDICINAL l'ROl'ZKTIKS OK THB JIAOSKCTICMISKRAL SPRINGS.

Special Correspondence of The Mall.] After the usual amount of fatigue Incident to railway travel, In missing the various connections nt the several points which you arc com polled to reach at stated time?, and being subjected to the many Inconveniences of some of our half-accommodating railway provisions for the comfort of their guests, In not providing sleeping coaches for the night train, we are, after much unnecessary delay, at last safely located, for a short time, in one of the many beautlfhl little villages of Wisconsin—Hparta.

This pleasant and growing little town with a fast Increasing population of some 4000, Is situated In the countv of Moroe, in the Northern part of the State, about twen-ty-live miles east of the Mississippi river, and In latUude perhaps a little aoutli of St. Paul. The main business part of the town is not of itself at all prepossessing as the majority oi the business houses are constructed of wood, presenting as it dp** almost entire streets of wooden buildings. The impression, however, is very much cbangtd, when you pass from the business portion of the town into some of the private streets, to find things so beautifully ornamented, as they are, with architectural structures of magnlflcentde*lgn,with all the the surrounding* In perfect Seeping with the individual enterprise. We cannot refrain Ironi noticing one item of public enterprise, which we find in Sparta, whlcn forcibly recommends itself toevery strnnger. The clean streets, and the good sidewalks almost every street Is thickly set with beautiful shade-trees, and provided with a good board sidewalk. It is claimed that Sparta has ov«r thirty miles of good side-walks. But it is not so much of tho town that we wish to writ*. There are many things which we might notice—and perhaps would be of some interest—connected with the spirit of enterprise which we find demonstrated in the improvements and beautifying of private residences, public parks, Ac., that speak volumes in behalf of the citlsens of Sparta. These are matters which do not much Interest the pleasure swker or those in pursuit of lost health. In visiting this pa|t of the country you are at first forcibly fmpreseedwlth the purity of tbe atmosphere the sky, and bight sunshine. The air seems to be light, and composed of Invigorating properties, making It a desirable reson for invalids who sre debilitated from excessive heat in summer. The scenery of the La Crosse valley—which Includes the village of Sparta—is magnificently beastllul, Car beyond our ability to describe. The eye oaanot Call to observe the beautiful elevation rising from the plain of the valley, which stretches out for miles from the muff, upon wkich stands the little village Sparta. This beautiful landscape Is adorned with teeming fields and pleasant form homes, with distinctive varying objects of Interest, which dot the valley til the vision rests upon tbe rocky

aon

bta.

fhese*tTtUe bab&inc brooks of clear water, thousands of speckled Trout, reading simost uaoqttaJea facilities to gratify tbs most ardsnt deairs for healthful exercise •ad reercsttam.

Proas tbe top of Castle Bock, which tow«n tewr or five hoadred fiwt above the land, in tbe immediate vicinity of Sparta, one or two miles distant perhaps, you can see the staamboats as they travel up and down tho Mississippi river a distance of twenty-five miles. 1V» scenery in this locality is undoubtedly the moat grand of any in tbe La Crosse valley, and is uusonnssstsl to the Ureat Northwest. As an acrtcultural Stale,

so tar as ouroboervatlon extenls,we are not so favorably impressed as before commit Into the State. The crops in some parts of this country aro very poor. The wheat crop Is good, and tbe grass and oats perhaps aboat the same as an raised in some portions of Indiana, while tho com is compar•lively failure. Tbe seasons are mnch later than with us, scarcely any of the wheat crops are harvested, while the large proportion of it Is yet quite green. The climate here Is quite dry, at the same time it is one of the best watered countries in the

United States. You cannot travel a mile In any direction without

crossing

beautiful

streams, which are fed exclusively almost fron springs of clear, cold water, which are found in eudlesa variety gushing from beneath the rocks, and of which it Is a pleasure to drink therefrom. The reputation for health which this country enjoys, is beyond any cavil or prejudice. Malarous diseases are entirely unknown, except In cases which are brought here in scarch of a panacea for diaease.

About four years ago the celebrated Artesean Magnectlc waters were discovered, which by proper analysis were found to contain medicinal properties not yet discovered in any other water. These springs are attracting general attention wherever known throughout the whole country, and In a short time are destined to enjoy as famous a reputation as any of the celebrated medicinal springs on this continent, on account of their healing properties. In connection with the springs are oneortwo water cure establishments, which are doubtless effecting some very remarkable cures. We have personally conversed with persons who have been permanently cured of diseases by drinking the water from these springs, and in connection with taking the "Turkish electro-thermal baths," and are convinced that nine out of ten of the afflicted who come here and avail themselves of these

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estorative ageneles ate either permanently cured or greatly benefitted. The Hotel accommodations are first class, with ample facilities to accommodate all. We find many persons hero from all parts of the country. New York, Pittsburg, St. Louis and many other of the larger cities are well represented, and all seem to enjoy themselves. Iu conclusion—for our letter is already much to leu*thy—we have taken our first "Turkish bath,,r and must acknowledge ourself as being heretofore entirely Ignorant in regard to tho real pleasure which way be enjoyed in "taking a bath." The Turkish bath is the bath, and when we say there is no pleasure equals that of "taking a Tusklsh bavh," with DrNlchols to engineer the general preliminaries Incident to the "taking," we are simply "ldestform,

putting Uie case In Its mil A.

MONTANA TERRITORY.

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM THOMAS C. BAILEY.

VJFCL HKLENA, Montana Territory,) July 20th, 1878, The "Mall" keeps me well posted about the local affairs of my old home, and without it your great progress as a city, could not be properly appreciated. I am looking forward, with much eagerness, for the day to come for me to visit you again, and to enjoy the genial Influences of civilization once more. A four years absence, away out here lu the Rocky Mountains, creates In ones bosom, a great desire to visit home and friends once more. Yet my stay here has been a pleasant one, and I do not regret that I came: my life has flown along the even tenor oi Its way, as contentedly and successfully as I could wish. This mountuin region is a pleasant place to live one feels so free and Independent. The summers are delightful, and the winters are not too cold. The country is self-sustaining, and the mines of gold and sliver aro rich and extensive It would do you good to see the great, quantities of the precious metals which th« country yields, and tho hfeavy crops of grain It produces, to say nothing of the great heids of cattle roaming over the hills and valleys. But we need a railroad badly to open up the laud, to bring lu capital and emigration, and to reduce the price ot living, so our vast mineral wealth may be developed, and known to the world. But now is the time to make investments in mineral lands and lodes It will not do to wait until the railroad comes, for by that time all of the present discovered mines will be taken up and held atfabulousprices. Oue man can take up 20 acres of "Placer" ground, and one lode of quartz, 1500 feet Jong—placer ground can be entered at 92.50, and quartz at So 00 per acre. The "Gravel Range," situated about thirty miles east of this city, promises to bs a more extensive told mine than any ever discovered in Call.ornln—It seems to be an old bed of a river heaved up by the action ef the elements, and Is rich In deposits of fine gold. Sometime since I sent Sir. L. A. Burnett a pamphlet of Instructions showing how titles to mineral land may be obtalnod, to whom I refer you and your readers. I havo invested some in mineral ground, and I am satisfied that I have "struck it rich."

Yours truly, T. C. BAILT.

THE OTHER HEMISPHERE.

CRt'lSKOP A TKltliK HAUTE HOY ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTll AMERICA.

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MONTEVIDEO, Juno 8tb, 1878.)

Correspondence of The Mall.] I arrived In the harbor of this city on the evening of the 2Mb of May. 8tayed on board tho vessel in which I came from "Rio" (the Camoerls) all night, Htid reported on boaid the "Wasp" on the morning of the29th. We were twenty-five days from Now York to Rio, and eight days from Rio to this place. Had a very pleasant passage all the way, no rough weather to speak of. Our flrat stopping place after leaving New York was St. Thomas, one of tbe West India Islands. We passed In sight of some, and close by several ot the other Islands, the day after leaving St. Thomas, and on the 6th of May arrived at Pars, quite a large town on the Amazon river, about seventy-five miles from its mouth, where we remained twenty four hours. I went on shore and took a look at the place. The houses are all built of stone, or brick, and roofed with tiles, as I expect all the houses In South America are, for I have not seen a wooden boose yet. Uoods, here, are transported in the ancient way, on the backs of diminutive horses and mules. The place looks very much like towns we see in the States. The population consists of Whites, Indians and Negroes. There are a good many of the two latter. Thero is a strect-rallrond which was built, and lsconducUHl by American*. I rodeout on the cars with one of our ship's passcn gers, to tbe suburb* of the town. The scenery along the road Is beautiful. The yards of the residences are filled with fragrant flowers and shrubbery. We saw orange orchards, mango trees, *c. This being tbe fall of the year in this part of tbe country, there was not much fruit on the trees, out the ground was dotted over with oranges, going to waste as you see apples at home. We lea Para at 9 o\:loek, P. on tbe 7th of Msy, and arrived at Pernsmbuco on Msy Wtn. This place is larger than Para, and somewhat prettier. All of the passengers went os shore and took breakfast, after which we went out to the suburbs on tbe street-cars, raw more beautiful gardens, and some cofrnlt of vartousgrowth*. k-nut trees full of

which is quite a large city, an a is oum on• high bluff. People reach the high part_of the town in sedan chairs, carrled by two negroes, for which they have to pay two cent*, f^ebustneas part ot tbetown at the foot at the bluff, near the water. All things, excepting flrulWsre aa high priced hers as they ate at hom^We went through the market, which is a sort of variety store,

snd

mctisg-

eris. They have monkeys, and all kinds of beautiful birds, beside* dry goods, groceries, and fruits for sale. We can

get

large, seed-

less oranges here, at the rats of about ten cents per dozen. We left this Placest o'clock, r. x., on the Mth, and steamed for Rio Janeiro, where we arrived on tbe morning of the 19th of May The entrance to tbe harbor at Rio-next to that of Naples—ta mtW to be the most beautiful in the world, Bad, indeed, the scenery isgrand. We ean see the mountains long before we get near tbem, snd early in the morning (the Urns we happened to sight them) tne view is charming. Ws tains way above the

clouds,

the lw« parts

of tbem being obscured by the clouds, which look at a distance as tboutfh they were Oca ting upon tbei^er. The entrance to the bay is quite narrow,

and lles

between

two high mountains, one of which is called the sugar loaf, from its exact resemblance to thatartlcle. It is in tbe neighborhood of MOO feet high. Its ascent is very dangerous, •ad It is wkl only one man has ever succeeded in reaching Its summit, and he was an American seanfan. who planted the United mates flag on ibe top, which floated that* until the winds and weather used it

up. I stayed on shore all night at Rio. Tbe sleeping apartments in the hotels are not

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a couple of chairs. They were just getting rid of the yellow fever here, which has been very bad during the past summer, an bad in fact, thatevery one who could get away lelt the city. It was the same In this place, (Montevideo) all the hotels were cloeeaTano

mack" and had my baggage transferred to the Brazilian steamer "Camoeus" and we started In tho afternonn for this place. We bad a pleasant trip considering all the passengers for tbe first day out were Brazilians, and talked nothing but Portugese, which, of oourse, I could not understand. I had three of them for room-mates, which was not very pleasant, as they were aa noisy as they could be. The Camoeus being a coasting steamer, we stopped at more places on the coast than the regular mall steamers do. ttle gua, situated on a bay of the same name.

We stopped at a little town oallcd Parana--situate*" which Is dotted over with pretty islands!

Our next place was St. Catharlna, also situated on a beautiful bay, nine miles from the sea. I met the Admiral of the fleet here, and took breakfast with an American, who is engaged in the business of ship chandler. Oranges sell in this place for one cent a docen. Oueof our passengers got nearly a hatbox full for five cents. We lelt this place on the23rd of May, and arrived at Rio Grande on the 25th, where we stopped two days. This is is quite a large place, nas bor, and does a large si

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called on the American Consul, for whom I brought a letter from St. Catharlna. I took dinner with him, and then took a walk through the town, but did not see anything worth mentioning. We left Rio Grande ou tbo 27tli of May, and arrived here the next day. This city contains from 80,000 to 100,000 inhabitants. We are anchored about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Tho vessel has been bere for some mouths, In fact, stays here most of the time. Weare waiting now for machinery to arrive from Rio, ith which to repair the vessel, and then we may go up the La Plata river for awhile, canuot tell at present how soon that will be. We are in the midst of winter now, and tbe weathei is quite cold. WILL PKESTON.

A PROMISING CORRESPONDENT! EK ROUTE, PER OMNIRUS, 12% o'clock, A. M., August 8th.

DEAR PERSY Please send me The Mai 1 for four weeks, care of Jas. W. Queen A Co., 924 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. I may send you a line telling about balloon and quality of salt water 1

Yours, etc., E. M. WALMSLEY.

[Written for the Mall.] ABSENCE. .-*

Do you miss me these long, bright summer days? I do not let a thought one moment stray, But that the beauty of the summer sky, Or of the grand, old woods that round me lie, Recalls sweet thoughts of you till charms so rare Gain added grace and they seem wondrous fair. Is the time long? The hours seem multipiled, So slow the time that keeps me from your side For answer, when I look into your eyes. Will they spcakjoy to meandglad suprlse? But If instead—nay, nay, no doublings, heart, Still let your trust bid every doubt depart.

We'll moet while tumraer still Is in Its prime Hasten, each lagging hour, and bring tho time When days will speed away as on the wing, And, filled with eweet content, my heart will sing,

Though absence btings its pain, yet doubly sweet The happy tiino when ported friends shall meet.'' KATHIE.

SANG HILL. Shelby Co., Ind., July 28.

The City and Vicinity.

THE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL is on sale each Saturday afternoon by A. H. Dooley J10™®8. IX. Baker Co., P.O. Looby. M. P. Crafts, Opp. Post Office. Will B. Sheriff, .......Paris, Ills. Walter Colo Marshall, Ills. Harry Hill Hu llvan, Ind. James Allen, ....Lllnton, Ind. J. B.Dowd Kockvllle, Ind. Francis A. Kldd .Hrazll, Iud. C. V. Decker Mattoon, Ills.

J. Feltus Greencastle, Ind. John W. Collins ..Kansas, Ills. Harris Ward Ind

W Greene Waveland, Ind. 11

NEW ADVERTISEMEN1 ut For Trade—Splendid Farm—F. A. Ross.'

Writing Papers— Denlo Bros. Wanted—Horse—C. Eppinghousen. Clothing—Erlanger A Co For Sale-Beautiful lot-F. A. Ross.

ROADS are dusty.

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Coal-Morgan# Ross. For Sale— Portable Saw Mill. For Trade—^City Property— F. A. Ross. Rolling Cutters—Ph. Newhart. Law Card—Voorhecs A Carlton, -j Dissolution—Bartlctt Co. Fine Printing—Gazette Job RootnW. i-i Fruit Contract—Cllpplnger A Co. Singer Sewing Machines. Real Estate-Fred A. Ross. Smith's Bazaar Patterns—Mrs. L. M. Thomas.

New Coal Firm-Jackson A Robinson. Delinquent Tax Payers—John Paddock, Treat

Homo-Made Preserves—Cllpplnger A Co. Butter at 30 cents—L. Rosenberg. Corsets, etc., at the Boe Hive Coal—Attention tho Wholo World. Important I terns—H. Fechheimer. —and— .u.J, Many Local and Personal Notice*, •ft

HOT! botter I hottest! red hot!

ARE we going toescapa tbo cbolcra

THERE'LL bo lota o' fever'n'agcr this

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TBK watermelon wagons have come to town. .£

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OWE year beooe tbe political parties will be "whoopin' 'em up." J'WJ

GOT any fat babies or other live stock ready for tho county Fair

THE frait crop is short, not only bere, but throughout tbe country/'

THE greatest sale of Tbo Mall ever mado to newsboys wss that of last Saturday.

OvERtbreo hundred business men have signed tbe petition for a free bridge.

In the absence of other berries, the huckleberry has quite a sale in this market.

IT will soon oome to pass that tbe only parties allowed to "pass" on railroads will be euchre parties.

THREE births of twins occurred in this city the present week, and it wasn't very good week for twins, either.

OPEH windows to let In tbe cool night air are also convenient for lettiog in tbs cool burglar now hovering about.

Tanralsof general

overage

entitles

this city to a big fire. We have been most agreeably slighted for many J**

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