Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 7, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 December 1876 — Page 2

THE MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. I

TKRRKHAUTK, DEC. H, 187*

N oTwrrnuTAKni J»0 lb* mudd lathers Is iltetdy dMliinttn gSIG/ lt talM pw cent. lower now than before the election.

Aw Ineligible l«mtcratio elector bee been discovered in New Jersey and the Republicans propose to play him off

•inline Oregor

Inst the one Who was bounced in n* Sr. "Louis has had its regular annnal •mashing of steamboats by floating loe this week. About ten were destroyed or

badly injured aa to be rendered almost werth!•*«. A

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THE

destructive fire took place

Thursday night at Little R«ck, Arkan ess. A gale of wind prevailing at tbe time a large portion of the beet part o' tbe town was destroyed before the progress of tbe dame* could be checked.-

THBcountry wouid be gtad to see the opening of navigation on Salt river, but it is not piobable now there'll be any travel in that direction before the 4th of March. And tbe fact cannot be denied that it's extremely uncertain which partv will go" then.

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TUB recent uyclonc IU India lasted only twenty minutes, and yet in that brief spare of time 251,000 people per isbed. It Is the most awful catastrophe that Has visited our globe since tbe flood And aow, we are told, famine is walking In tho wake of the whirlwind,

IN the twrnity-one Northern States Hayes received 2,925,600 votes. This was 709,(302 more than Grant received in 1872, and 1,035,523 more than be received iu 1868.

TNO

Cincinnati Times thinks

this shows bow tbe Republican party v9 lost the confidence of tbe people.

situation in Mexico Is getting ne

better fast. Iglesias, one of the aspir ants for the Presidency is also chief juatlce the other, Osneral Diaz, is Com niander in Chief of the army bnt it is evident that one has about as much re apect for law as the other, and neither is hurt with it.

THK silver bill which passed the House Wednesday by 167 to 53, was the substitute offered by Bland for the original bill. It uirect-i tbe coining of silver dol lars at the mints of tbe United Slates of tbe weight ot 4V2lA grains, standard sil •er, and declares said dollars shall be a legal tend, for all debts, public or pri vate, except where the payment^of gold is required by law.

THB idea of electiug President Grant United Statea Senator from Illinois, in stead of Logan, has been suggested. It Is not at all likely that he would accept tbe place, having probably had enough or politics to last him during the remainder of hia life but if he should accept be would be a decided improvement on Logan. There is no reason why lis wouldn't make a first class Senator

Wit notice in a "society paper" that It is tho correct thing, when a wedding takes place in tbe church, to pay the sexton and organists from |15 to $100 eaob. We mention the fact because of a certain sort ot apprehension tkat some of our fashionable readwni may bare overlooked it. Tbe paper from which wederivo the Information says that any omissions in this respect are in very bad taste and Infallibly stamp tbe delinquent as a parvenue-—which la positively awful when one thinks of it.

THB

firemen of La:ayeue will give a

ball,-on the evening of the 21st instant, for the benefit of a man with theeuggealive name of John Short. He may be no blood relation ol the Johns who are short, hs*ro but a touch of nature uekes the whole world kin and three fourths of tbe population will take a deep interest in tbe success of that ball. John Short, may It effectually and satisfactorily shorten vour shorts™* 1 sr*

THB Indiana State Senate baa now Is Democrats, 83 Republicans and I Independent. The Houee stands 47 Democrats, and 52 Republicans. There are two vseandss to fill one in the Senate, from Delaware and Madison cosnties, and one In tbe House, from Parks and liontgom«ry. The Republicans are

pr*»tv certain to elect both, which will,

|ive them a majority of 4 on a Joint

W* hrre good authority tor the state-

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it la eat)mated thai, taking the wWe world, not leas than 25,000 new books tnske their appearance jverj^ y»y.

newapapers.11^*^Ob# mKwmMF with the books ilone, iroll rewire reading of abotk ay^-el^t day, which wodp «°t 1®**® him much time fbr readltl upifcch arrears aa the ol amies, etc., orVtteblng very closely the political e\ rnta of tho world aa reported in tbe daily papers. It la pretty clear, therefore, that If one |a bS BP bitious to do a moderate amount of reading he must exetdsssome Judgment and care in tbe selection of books. Now we have recently been reading something about reading, a very entertain ing work by Fred. B. Perkina, ontitled "The Best Reading." We do not know who Mr. Perkina is, and are conscious that "not to know him msy argue ones self uuknown." At the same time, candor compels the confession of ignor anca on that point. That be la no kin to Kli Perkius we dare swear, for he writes like a sensible man. Some or his obser rations are so curious and interesting and withal so clever, that we shall take the liberty of condenaing a portion ol them fbr the benefit of auch of our read ers as may not have an opportunity to peruse Mr. Perkins' book.

As to whether reading is, after all, the most useful mental employment, when there are speakers to hear, conversation and debate to maintain, and thinking ot one's own to elaborate—whether these are net more real aad profitable meutal activities atid wading rather to be made a last resort when thesti are not practicable—be does not discuss at any length but declares that if only one ol these kinds of mental exercise might be had, it should bo "books, books, thousand times to one that compared with books, "public speaking is a war danco and conversation a beating oi bushes for wild fruit well enough for savages and strays, but having small place or power in the discipline of a cultured mind." Some doubt, we think, is allowable as to the soundness of Mr, Perkins' position in respect to the relative value of conversation, but we let that pass.

To tbe questions: "What shall read Shall I pursue a general course? Or shall I work at some department ol knowledge exclusively? What book shall I begin with? What books shall I go on with he makes answer "Do you want to read as a work, or as are laxation? for accomplishment, or for knowledge? What do you know al ready What have you read already The answer is only another question, for the questions supposed—thej are the usual ones—could not be answered otherwise. They are like the well known queries: How long is a string? How much does a horse cost? There area great many people, as be aays, for whom tbe profundities of Tupper and Tbmpkiss are the selidest readlBg that can be endured, and Southworth is splendid I There are others who want Plato in the Greek and Kant in tbe Gefman who, like Queen Caroline take Butler's Analogy for their li(tht reading and among tbe "gaily vsriegs ted mosaic stuff that constitutes a cer tain well known pavement," be sup poses there are "aa many Courses of Reading, as geod revolutions of any other kind." Hut he will .have none ol them. Hia advice ia, "Don't pursue a oouree of reading. Or, rather, don't trj to there's very little danger that you wH."

Hia suggestion aa to courses of reading (taken from Mr. Hale's "How to Do It,") is, te know, first tbe Bible, second, tbe history of your own country, pretty ell of your own Siate, better of your own town best of all. Third, (for Americana) "a olear knowledge of the general features of the history of England." Fourth, most of Shakapeare'a plays. Beyond this, to begin with, make up your mind what yon want to read about and read it. Take a blank-book, be says, note down the chief significant words in tbe passage that you have read,

meat that noveptec Williams baa pri- Tri'uns, and Tbe Saturday Evening Tfttsly snnsuooed «a several ooosaloae MaiU Take others if yoa preler. TrT*

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your chosen subject (he takes It

for granted tbat you have read something and then rummage and search for more reading about tbe subject itself, or about tbe (lateral subjects named by the entries In your blankbook. If any of these are debated aubjecta, read on both aides Use Poole's Index to follow your subject Into tbe

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wmmmm—mm—m I d-Ue* or other facta about your subjects, THB Waablngton correspondent of waeb under Its proper word In The Commercial belieVK there Is a ^oUr oook. Note there, also sny strong disposition on the part of South to^UN ou

ern Democrats to yield tbe election of Bayeaand accept tbe situation In good faith. Their respect tor tbe man has beeb much Increased ty bis seat! ble and modest course daring all tbe recont trou S, and tbey are banning to feel ftbat after a'l there night be Forae things for them then bis accession to tbe Presidency. Tbe specials to tbe Ouit'o confirm the report aa to the extoteMeofsorh a feeling.

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his firwt official R**d these regularly and carefully

well informed about, makea little difference. Fix deliberately on It*,whatever it is, and then aet to workfcm out about it. fbevaarf« number ef otbsr rules and o^ ^t ihes^Ht teeti« t« us, bribe thufnost ijpiportabl,%nd, at rile, are ill we havto space for now. will only add tbat the greatest stress is placed on the importance of havinp as many good reference books st band, while reading, as poeaible. If you can have but one, have Webster's Dletiona-^ry-r4he jp|bridnd pec^orial, possible sua, If not, the n4xt lsi^eSteditian you can afford. The second should be a good atlaa, and the third a biographical dictionary, or, better, an encyclopedls. Use tteee reference books aa often aa yon can find an occaaion to get into tbe habit of using them. And use as many more reference books as you can afford. Read attentively, and stop frequently and repeat—not In mere indistinct thoughts, but In framed sentences—thi tubstanoe of what you have Just read. And when you are tired and find your attention wandering, stop. Wh.eh is what wo will now do. mf

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this sgs of tslegrmulM and mm, we

msy kuow the woSl ss well satbe vil-

When you coaoe to agytUag that puaaka you, doat stop jMd wovkatittLst ta, «aon Use a little whilst but go rnd Aad sowsbody or soiaetiilBg will axplaUilCywiMlker Itls MM of »uae paUia maa wkoaa career you waafe to know, er ot a country, or of a metal, or a as chine, or party, qr a phlisseshy, sr a priaclpie that yew am as* saWelsailjr

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find named. Tbla way

or searching and recording will branch out as fast and ssfar as soy body will pursus it,

Tbe nesrest thing to a Course of Raiding tbat he recommends Is tbe following which we quote almost literally: 1. Subscribe tor a year, pacing sacb lu advance, to a wekly paper, eecu**r rather than rellgieue, which gives great and varied breadth of news. If yirn absolutely must have stories, take oWo, not inHmtLm weekly story paper Tbe two which I recommend

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rERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

DISSOLVING VIEWS. («. \r. When the report wss current that Secretary Fish disagreed with President Grant as to the policy of sending troop to South Carolina and that lis had threatened, in case the President did not yield to his views, to resign at once, tbe Democratic papers were exceedingly sweet on him, and commended him highly as an able and conscientious statesman, and were correspondingly grieved that he should bo subjected to the bad influence and evil associations of such wicked monsters as Grant anci Chandler. But presently, somebody interviewed the Secretary in reference to the roport, when he declared emf hat cally that be was and had been entirely in unison with the President, and that )thlng had been done by tho latter,_ in the South, that he did not fully approve of. Then with the most astonishing promptness these very same Democratic papers with one accord immediately discovered that tbe unreliable Secretary was the most infamous scoundrel of the whole lot, and always had been, and the unanimity with which thiy set about publishing to the world his utter depravity and moral blackness was as startling as it was amusing. Tbe New York Sun hastened to declare that there had been no other man around Graut, either in his Cabinet or out of it, whose conduct had been so reprehensible, so destitute of moral principle, or so false to every patriotic duty and impulse, as that of Hamilton Fish. That being Secretary of State, be has connived with his son-in-law, agent for the Government of pain, to conduct the foreign policy of this Government in tbe interest of Spain, and thus be had prostituted going to leoture. tbe dignity of the United States and the Bnrdwtte.

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authority of Ita national Executive to Spanish uses snd his son-ln*4^w had been paid out of tbe Spanish ipBiury.

Such hagsh words ^pnsepwefpta amiable drnetdyapor aa the have caused tb^oorSeorptary^poi snt anguish, and know Hhey^irere

repeated sQd certified to-by Sll thsTeat of tbe pack, each of which on its own seoount, inadf Other charges equally bad, undoubtedly filled bis heart with the keenest grief. In the meantime tbe 0»*y gather a lesson as te tbe reliability of those talented slanderers who profess to make and mold public opinion. 1 t*

studsnt of hpipan nature, as d^moi .-striated in pactisSn nfcw«[6ip(Brs, inl

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The Democratic State Central Committee met at Indianapolis on Wednesday and issued an address calling for meetings st tbe vsrlous county scats on Saturday, the 23rd Inst, to appoint del egatesto a Stats Convention, to be held at Indianapolis on tbe 8th of January, "to take into consideration the state of public affairs, and to take such sctlon rs will secure the full execution of tbe constitution and laws of the country, and the preservation of constitutional government, based on the superiority of law over brute force in tbe administration of public affairs." Tbe address declares uneqni vocally that Samuel J. Tildeu and Thomas A. Hendricks have been elected respectively to tbe offices of prfsldent and vice-president ot tbe United States and, inftyentlally,that they shall be inaugurated as such at tbe coat of a civil war. It is a pity that some of these blood thirsty patriots hadn't remained In Canada.

Paris there ^We contractors who pay he city $20 000 per annum for the privillege of keeping the streets clean. Tbe work is done under the supervision of the mupicipal authorities, and the con tractors are reimbursed by the sale of the mud and dust, which when manufactured into fertilizers, is said to yield $600,000 annuall ?. Is might be a good idea to import some of those contractors to this eountry, even if we didn't charge them a cent for keeping our streets clean. They must be a different breed from the ones we have

AND this is the plan suggested by the Graphic: "The city council should immediately pass an ordinance requiring every place of amusement opened hereafter to be built without walls, galleries or s-airs, in the middle of a ten acre lot,

protected

only by a sheet iron roor sup

ported on steel columns. All the scene shou Id be painted on tin."

THB humorous writer of the Burlington Haw key e, probably the moet popular paragraphist in the country now, is

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Heavy CSnton Flannels, 9c, 10c, llo, an! 12Vo. AH W.»ol PlssnoU,18e. aad 20c. Bi«t lot of Blankets, «1 75 and 92.00 a psir. Better Blsnks juat as cheap. Big lot FVit Skirts, «&*, formerly fl uO. Big lot High C»l«r l^linoral Skirts, Be. fhtmerly 91.00. Big let Heavy |*lt Skirts, 75c, 00c, and 91-00. ,f Ticks, Deuims, Shirtings, st {uathidf last year'spricea.

MUSLINS HAVE ALSO FALLEN AGAIN.

Big lots of GuAd Muslins. 4 cents and & oaota. Kxtra Hsav« aad Wide Husfliia, cants and 7 centa. (lead Tad WWa Mualina, cents, 7 cents, andS osnta. We Rstall Muslins at Wbolsaala Prices. 90$ Two Busbal Grata Bsgs at W oanta, ita. Cmocad,

WbHa Ohrpet Ctekm,» IBasnta.

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those charged by small stores or large bouses doing a credit basines

Tl( KM UTIST USI PllltB! BUT THUS FIFTT CUTS 01 III DOIUR!

WHY IS OUR STORE CROWDED "IN SUCH HARD TIMES AS THESE?

mill, and wblls we make a •mall profit in tbe transaction, havii.g bought tbem ir' •"£naUSKSi

what hrlnm the Monle from a hundred miles around. It is'tHe terribfe sacrifices we are offerlngon tbe beet goods ever ttisde by j|

.26,000 Yards of Yard-Wide Percales, 7 cents, formerly 121 and 15 cents. 20.000 Yards of Tycoon Reps, 10 and 121 cents.

Best Spr&gue Prints 5 and 0 cents.

PIAIFDI BREAK-DOWN IN CAItPETS.

Nice Cottage Os'pe's, lflc, 20c, 2&c, 30c, snd up. liood Ingmn Carpets, 86c: lormerly 60»- for 45c, formerlv ®Ws. (Virnets far ftOo, Ibrmerlv S5c Carpets 60c. formerly J8c for 7V, formerly 90c. III25 Csrpets redsct-d to 91.00. Tspestry Brussels as low ss 100. Yuu nsed not be afraid to put your moi.ey In carpels at auch prions.

GREAT CHANGE IN PRICE OF FLANNELS AND BLANKETS.

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This Terrible Depreciatldn in Gooda, coming so early in the FaU, is a great blessing to the depreciation in uoocui, coming so «ariy 111 uuo rcui, 10 Majority of the People, who have not yet made their purchases.

Big lots of Jeans, 16 hsavy ftetory Jaas QoodrfaTT nm W«

LAST WORDS.—Come and see ns. If noi satisfied, take samples and compare them with other stores but do

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not wait until these Unheard of Bargains are gone and then think we do not sell as we advertise.

THBinauguration of Wade Hampton A OAS oontrpveray In Cincinnati as Oovernor of South Carolina took place developed tbe interesting information Thursday In tl&presence of an IrngMnae that gas In the holder coe|£ In ClntfanaCjrowjd, wbich4mluded t|)o cluba" tnm atparfi of The Con^|easS|pal l^onuftlUee v^Qf^apied a proniloeiii po«ionon o|fe of tha, baleoniea, AAar tfii lustigi^Htioi^ a^remonies, Hampton, in a chair wrapped ia

tho nationsl colors, wss borne on tha of gas is not a reasonably remunerative* shoulders of bis admirers to his hotel, business yet who ever knew s*company, Tbe State hss now two Governors, snd a

little squabble in France, trying to reorganize the Cabinet. Hie trouble is still unadjusted, and may yot lead to serious consequences. President MacMahon is showing a good deal of the determination and pluck that characterize oar own President, and if appearances can be relied on, will prove equal to tbe eraer-

gency-

THB Cincinnati (.vmmerclal naively remarks "the entirely pacific proteata tlons tbat we hear from the South are pleasant, but they would be reassuring in a greater degree If there were not so many rifle clubs scattered about the country and ready to obey telegraphic orders."

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crisis—perhaps dangeroua one—is, jafanm be doubled, rapidly approaching. RwdM-ioaif papers generally are an* geged In poking fun at tbe ambitious

CHAS.0'CO?«*OR bar been getting bis Oregon elector who seeks to "make a* back up. He has written a private letter President but the ugly faot remaina (which by some means which bs spesks of President "tbe drunken Democrat dragged by tbe Rspublicsos outof the gutters of Galena," and declares that 'Hbe Republic perished on the dsy that McDowell moved on to Richmond." Something must be tbe matter with Charles.

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litutf 'i ftt i' V* A I V|. i*j if il.it .i,*,, t. j««I :1

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$20 arid $25!

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Full trimmed, and warranted a No. 1—and all sold before the 1st of February will bfl subject to a1

Discount of 10 Per Cent, off.'

Who will be the lucky man? !.

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Are the times

by it, Change Your System of Business, and Prosperity will

REFORM NO 1.-STOP TRADING AT SMALL STORES!

While these stores are honest and trustworthy, perhaps and all tbat, yet they pay such h'gh pHcrs for their goods in buying, and charge such enormous profits

aen selling, tlist tbe people are fairlv ilseced in the end.

REFORM NO. 2.-REDUCE EVERYTHING TO A CASH BASIS.

If vou sell an srticle and a man won't pay cash, tell him he can't have yonr property. Then, in turn, Ifyon your baud, you «.an go to some large city and make it tell. No one not potted can {mapine tb« difference this fall bet your nauu, you

Call at

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saorifice Is terrific. Head andjadge tor yourselves. .»

Oood 8hswls 75c formerly fl 00 For 11.00, former^ 91.60. .j,. Fine Shaw la 91-50,9^ 93.*(d 9 but fall tbey were 91 and ft higher^., B»g lot Stytlsh Cluaits, 93.50. worth 95 00. »i Fine Cloak*, handsomely trimmed, 94.95. 96. 97.. «, Kiegant Paris-made Cloaks, 910,912,915.9®, up to 940 eaoh. NtcePura, 92,92.60. 93,9t. 95. snd 98 set. Fine Mink and Seal sets, from 90 to 910 a set. Ws Retail Furs at Wholssole Prisea.

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bolder roet^ In Cin^ii^

ti, but fifty Qsntsp?r1*oUaandrfeei aiMfr in LouisviMg f^re esats more, or If five cents. thffPreaMenls oi th*ti companies named sne autborHjr for Iht statement, l^ider tke clreviinstances, Is diflBcult to see why the iiisiinlkaf iil

did uot claim to be Mnklng money 1*

got published) in that bode of them know exactly l|ow ha esident Grant aa Is to be gotten rid of, snd the mirth lanot as hearty aa it might be if Tlldea didn't have 184 votes without his.

Tax ootio^k te Eastern Europe is ss wsrlike ss ever. The Russisn srmy continues to prepare for hostilities, and the accumulation of military stores

a lively on, the Government still monopolising

tbe transportation of tbe railroads lnad Ing to the anticipated deld of operational

OUR Congressman, Hon. Morton C.®* Hunter, made a bold strike lor fa ma-, and another election by introducing the bouse on Monday last a hill to makB' the silver dollar a legal Under for all* debts, public and private, including duties and coin interest.

AND now, right turn in th" midst of all this Presidential muddle, oomes tha disheartening news that the match batween James Gordon Bennett and Mlm® May ia "off" again. It is such blows ss this that crush patriotism and hope out of the great American heart.

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Great Decline in Dress Goods and Alpacas

Dr -as Goods 10c formerly 18c. Drea« Good* 12Xc formerly 80c, Dress Good* 15c formerly 25c Dress (Jorda, iflA- formerly 90c. Very Fine Dreea Gooda 25 formerly sold for 36c snd 40c. Alpacas, 25 formerly 35o Alpacas, SO formerly 45c. Very Fine Alpacse 40r formerly 66c. AlpsnM for fine: formerly 65a

CLOAKS, SHAWLS AND FURS! Within Reach of All!

Cassimeres, Jeans and Waterproof .Down.

IS cents, 19 easts, 20 cants, 25 cents aad Mosata. feaasL 40 deals aad 60 cants. --ti

Good "H&rj BTaa WaUnwoof, 76c last year's prios, 9UW, Heavy IV aterproof Clota, tt osats: last year** price, 90 esata. Bsrfuaa lu Csssl meres, 60 osats, 00 osnta^ 76 ceuta, 90 osats aad 9UI0 a yard. Kstra QasliTj WatsQaoo^TI osats, 90 cents worth $IM aad JL*.

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