Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 November 1878 — Page 2

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Some Mistakesof Moses

Col. Robert G. Ingersoll's Review of the Pentateuch.

THE BIBLE ARRAIGNKD ANBCONDKMNED.

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Baptist or that his wife is a Presby terian, or that bis grandmother was a Catholic so that the people will not care what bis religion may be, but will judge him by bis acts and deeds, instead of his profession. If we are to have a free government, he said, it must be founded upon free thought. If government ever goes down it will be because people have not been allowed to express their real honest thought. He referred to the pulpit, and said that tbe Andovor professors every five years take an oath that they will make no intelleotual advancement and, he added, there is no oath in the world that an Andover professor oould keep as easily. He was one who believed that there is advance to be made iu religion as well aa in politics, in art or in any dlrectiou toward which the human mind turns its attention.

Coming down to the subfect of saored reoords, be said we have sacred records, and our sacred records are like the •acred records of other countries. Minclod with some good things will be found an immenso mass of superstitions rubbish. While he was willing to be tieve everything that is god, sweet, tender, true, holy, be could not believe that such a thing as a miracle ever was

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He was going to admit for the sake of tbe argument that a gentleman by the name of Moses wrote tbe Pentateuch which, of jourse, he did not. He did not oertalnly write all of it, for be could not write an account of his own death. He speaks of tbe cities that did not exist until he bad been dnst and ashes hundreds of years $ hs speaks of facts that did not occur until be bad been d«ad five hundred years. Moeee, in the fir«t place, gives an account of the creation, and be said that Clod divided the tight from the darkness. The man who wrote that regarded darkness as something, as an entity. In his imagination, probably, be saw tbe Supreme Being throwing great chunks or darkness on one side, and silvers, pleom, chips and beams of light on tbe other. They had on exhibition hi Rome many hundred

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ars a bottle tilled with the darkness once overspread Egypt, Memos next tells us that Ood divided tbe waters under tbe firmament from those above. The man wbo wrote that regarded tbe Armament as a solid body, a character that would hold water. He looked npno the firmament as a place where gods and goddesses and angels dweU, beoanse at tbe time of tbe flood tbe windows of heaven were Opened, and (bat accounted for tbe wonderful amount of water that was poured upon tbe earth. The man who wrote that knew nothing about evaporation. Tbe next thing happens on tbe third day, wbeo tbe eartb Is clothed and carpeted with green, and tbe trees grow and tbe leaves murmur In tbe air and all this happens before any sun shone in tbe heavens. On the next day tbe ran was nade to rule tbe day. Do you suppose the maq wbo wrote that knew anything about tbe sun And the next thing which was don*—and It nearly slipped bis mind— be made tbe stars s'.so. Do you suppose tbe man wbo coqapreseed the astronomical history of the world Into five words understood that history Then be makes animals. And* whst next.? Fa make* nan out of the dust of the ground. He makes animals is the

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The Boston Post gives a inmmiry of Ctol. Ingersoll's new lector® on ''Some Mistakes of Moses." It saya be began bis address by explaining why be Iron bled himself about these matters, and said, in the first place, he wished to free the public mind of this country. He would like to take the chains and znanaoles from the pulpit of the country and assist in giving liberty to thought. He wanted to free every politloian, so that it would not be neoessary to be a hypocrite to get any position in this land to assist iu making people noble enough, grand and sublime enough, to allow every being intellectual liberty so that a man running for office will not have to pretend that be is a Methodist or

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iieve that nature is any different to-day from what it has been through all the ages. He believed that all the laws, principles and facts in nature always have been and always will re main the same. He believed that fire ia always hot that water is always wet that tbe attraction of gravitation has always been at work that water has always ran down hill, and always will, and nothing more wonderful ever hap pmed In the history of tbe world than happening berore our ey^s. Our •acred record we get from tbe Jews. If they were to write it now tbe horrible things would be left out, and tbe foolish things would not be written. He considered this letter a record addressed to trim as well as any one else. If God wrote it be knew exactly h"w he would andenitand, and if be could not understand it rightly, then the fault was with the writer and not with biin. Now be bad wasted a certain amount of time in reading this record. Commencing bis criticism be saiJ: I take it for granted that tbe Qod who made this world knew the shape of it that be knew every fact in astronomy, every fac in geology, every fact In chemistry that be bad a •plendid idea of the rights of roan that real Ood won Id think just as much of women as of men, and if there is one •ingle mistake appears in tbe record, that mistake was not made by infinite wisdom it must have been by tbe writer. Of oourse I cannot imagine a creator. I do not say there Is not one. I just say I cannot imagine one. I cannot imagine any being that lived iu infinite nothing and all at once coneluded to make something. I cannot conceive of nothing as raw material. I cannot conceive of a time when there will be nothing, because I cannot conceive of something being annihilated or changed to nothing. I can conceive of •ternity, because I cannot conceive of the cessation of time. I can conceive of Infinite space, because, Imagine as much as I will, still my imagination will stand upon the farthest edge and see Infinite space still beyond.

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asme way, and If you want to know exactly "how they were made, read Mtlton. The reoord doea not atatf, But he staves that be tpade tbem, male and female. A second account of tbe ores tiou is given Iu tbe saute chapter. But the gentleman who wrote the second account does not agree with the gentle man who wrote tbe first. According to the second account man was .made before tbe animals, snd there was no Idea of making woman at all. After the animals were made, Ood caused all the animals to pass before Attain, to see If be could not pick out one that would do for a helpmeet for him. Head It, and you will jlud that Qod tried to palm oO on Adam a* a wife one of the beasts of the field. Well, Adam did not see anything U* suit blm. [Laughter.] 1 am

of it. If be bad, mere never would ave been a free thinker on this earth the world would have died orthodox. Nothing was found to suit Adam. The megtberium.the giraffe, the mammoth, tbe ichthyosaurus and all the crawling monsters, they carue thousands oi birds, thousands of mammals, baboons and monke3,a and the parrots probably lit on tbe tree of lire and commenced crying, "Pretty Poll wants an apple." So God was driven to necessity, tie bad to make a thing, and be bad not anvthing to start out with. How did he get it He took a bone out of Adam, t^ow did he get it? Did he pull It out— c}it it out—bite It out Hew did be get it out? Just imagine an infinite Uod with a bone in his band to start a wumtn with! [Laughter.] And yet you have to believe that, or it will not bp well with you li tbe next world.

Well, after they got this woman made she was brought to Adam, and they were put in the Garden of Eden, and tpey were told they could e»t of everything except the fruit of a oertain tree. They most not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 'What kind of a tree was It, do you suppose All at once there came a snake slipping through some craok in tbe fence. And he seduced the woman. Why shouldn't be? God bad told Adam that if be ate hfe should die, but lie never told her. How did they know what death was? Tjiey hadn't seen anything die. But here oomes.tbe snake. He most bave walked, because afterwsrd be was condemned to crawl, and that crawling was a punishment. But they say the devil took possession of the snake. Then why not punish the devil The snake could not help it. And yet we are told to believe this, or we are in dan ger of hell fit*. But tbey ate and were guilty, and labor was pronounced a curse. There is another mistake. Idleness is a curse. Labor is a perpetual prayer, and it is the only prayer that has any right to be answered. But labor is pronounced a curse. Then what hap pened Under the administration of God himself men grew worse and worse, and tbe great God made up bis mind to drown them. He drove Adam and Eve out of tbe Garden of Eden and when bo drove tbem out he made thom clothes of skins. Where did he get these skins? He must have killed animals, and then skinned them, and then tanned them, and then mads tbem up into clothes. [Laughter.] Is it possible that a record is true which describes God as a butcher, a tanner and a taiior Can you imagine God making clothes? Can you think of a supreme being trying to thread a needle? Can you imagine him sitting there and bis goose getting warm? [Laughter.]

Now think of a God having to drown his children, and having the impudence 1 to tell me bow to raise mine. Can you worship a God like that I can't and I won't. [Applause.] But he made up bis inind to save a few. So be got a man by the name of Noah and three or four sons. He bad been a bachelor until be was live hundred years old. Just think of that fellow. [Laughter But Noah built an ark three stories high, and *vitb one window twenty two inches square. What did they have to put into that ark Four thousand animals, one huodred thousand birds, oleven bun-, dred thousand insects, all tbe animalcules, all the monster animals, the ani mala that live upon trees, fifteen thousand snakes, and everything that crawls or jumps, bites or scratobes or fiies. [Laughter] And when be got them in he put down tbe window. It rained forty days, and it went above the highest mountains twenty seven feet. Conse-

ueutly his water had to be five miles and it would bave to fall at the r*to of eight hundred feet a day or thirty feet an hour. How much water would that take? Eight times as much as there is in tbe werld. And so they whacked around in the ark, with no rudder, sail or compass. Nothing except Captain Noah and his three or four boys. Nobody to tend these animals, no system of ventilation, nothing plenty ex cept water. How long were they in it? One year and ten days. Tbey settled down and down until they got to the top of Mount Ararat, and that lis only 17.000 feet high—four thousand feet above tbe line of perpetual and everlasting snow, and two thousand feet of the peak of Ararat is oovered with solid ice. But there is where he lauded, and be stayed there seven months with all the animals of the tropica. Now, can we believe that? I never thought the aik was quite big enough.

Passing over the story of the tower of Babel, Colonel Ingersoll came to the narrative which states that seventy of tbe Israelites went down into Egypt, aad in two hundred and fifteen years tbey had 400,000 men of war. Tbey most have bad at least 3,000,000 people. Tbey fonnd out that they bad 22,273 first born males. Now there could not bave been more irst born than there were mothers, and there wore about as many mothers as there were first born. Then these 22 273 mothers count bave had 1.600 children to every mother.

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straio in speaking of the through tbe desert of Sinai and delivery from Pbaroab, and tbe entry into Canaan, and In summing op, said ••The Old Testament upholds murder, polygamy, assassination, and there Is no crime It does not uphold. What crucified Jesus? Tbe Old Testament. It was by that law be was tried. He had been guilty by that law of blasphemy, and tbe Old Testament drove everv nail In bis bands and feet, and tbmst the sp^ar into hts aide. It was tbe Old Testament that did ft. According to their owa account tbe law of Ood did it, and be was Ood, and perished according to bis own law. That wont do. There to no sense In all that* I don't believe ooe word of it. What else has this Bible done. This Bible bas built every InqoWUon, and made every religions martyr, driven every stake, set every feggot, Minted every torch it bas made every thumbscrew, every rack, discovered every taint $ It bas produced everv rellgious'wsr,*VIIvtded us up into seats' and ban set tether against mother sbd child against parents this Bible bascovered tbe world with blood bss covered the human face with tears bss crashed honesty) baa offered a premium for rascality, stupidity and by* pocracy bas opposed every invention of man has snin to tbe astronomer, you mnm rotte'l the secrete of tbe universe this Bible baa opposed eTfry man of sci­

ence put Galileo in prison made Oupernicua afraid to punllgb bis Immortal work made Kepler keep his three laws a secret pointed tbe finger of soorn at Descartes, booted every man that was investigating for himself and endeavoring to make this world suMlmer and better. It bas been a perpetual obstruction upon the highway or progress, and I am opposed to It and am going to do what little 1 can against it. [Prolonged applause, and "What will you give us in the place of it?"] In place oi the iguoranee of Mosee I will give you the astronomv of Newton, of Descaites, of Galileo, ol La Place—of tbe greatest and tbe best in plaoe ol tbe ignorance of Moses I give you geology in plaoe of polygamy, I give you the marriage of the one man to the one wi»e in place of a god of blood, I give you natum in place of all this superstition, I give you or want to give you the truth. We w?J|nt fact*, we want something to lesn upon. In place of all these sorrows, orueltiea and infauiies we present tbe facta of nature, and we say tbe only way to be happy is to try to make somebody else happy the only way to advanoe intellectually is to be Intellectually true tbe only way to do mankind any good Is to Investigate, That, it seems to tne, is about all we need in place of tbe mistakes, the fol lies, the weakness of the olden time, [Applause] in .i. 1NDISCRRKT APPAREL,

Talmagein last Sunday's Bonn on. The at!ire of women for the ^ast four or five centuries has been beautiful and graceful beyond anything I have known. But there are thoae wbo will always carry that which is extraor dinary into indisoreet. I am told there is a fashion about to come ia upon us from Paris which is sbooking to all righteousness. I charge Christian worn en, neither by style of dress oraojustment of apparel to become administration of evil. Perhaps no one elso will dare to tell you, so I will dare to tell you, that there are multitudes of men who owe their eternal damnation to the boldness of womanly attire. [Applause.] Show me the fashion plate of any age between this and tbe time of Louis XVI. of France and Henry VIII of England, and I will tell you the type of morals or Immorals. Modest apparel means modest peonle.

MR. BEECHKRySPROGRESSIVE THEOLOGY. Extract from his laet Sunday's Bermon. The old Ten Commandments belong to a barbaric state. Tbey area string of negatives. It's not till you get down into the New Testament that you find "Thou sbalt!" I believe in the justice of God. I believe that punishment exists both here and hereafter but it will not continue after it ceases to do good. With a God wbo wonld give pain for pain's sake this world would go out like a candle.

A DESERTED CITY. Cor. N. Y. Evening Post.

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A COLD WINTER COMING NorriBtown Herald. If signs don't fail, the coming winter will be th6 oddest experienced in this latitude since the discovery of the country by a man named Columbus. The squirrels are laying in their winter coal, tbe beavers are putting beaters in tbe basement of their lodges, the bees bave killed off all the droneB and lined their hives with sheet iron, tho musk rats are flying south, wild ducks are committing suicide, tbe goosebone is Mack sixteen Inches deep, poor families are buying an extra dog, and wo bave had anew collar put on our overooat.

"WHOA, EMMA." Albany Argus.

A good story Is told of tbe leading clergyman of Albany, wbo is a devoted equestrian. new borse bad been sent him irom tbe livery, and to quiet its friskiness the gamin who brought it was shooting "Whoa, Emma!" The roverend gentleman, In all innocence, asked if that was tbe animal's name, *nd mot with an affirmative response. Hiding through tbe park, the animal became rentier*, and tbe byntanders were convulsed with laughter to hear tbe good dominie repeating in tbe most earnest and somewhat excited tones: "Whoa, Emma I Wboa, Emma I"

NKARLY 12,000 deaths arc charged up to tbe account of tbe yellow fever since tbe outbreak of the dlseaso in July. Tbe New York Son well says this ought not to be permitted to occur again. The entire Immunity of Natobex affords very strong reason for believing that it can be prevented.

A Yotmo man iu an Austin, Nev., barber sbop was particular about havlog

TanMHbM I moustache nicely perfumed. "Going ind their ha onti-c tbe barber asked. Tbe youug man with much dignity replied: "See here, my friend, do you suppose I put perfumery on my moustache becauao I'm to see a man, or a boy, or an old woman, or a baby in arms? Do men gatber grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?"' ft

Yoeno mother, deeply interested in novel, but preserving some idea of her da tie* as a mother, to her eldest-born-Henrietta where is your little sister?

Henrietta—In tbe next room, ma. Young mother, turning over a pago— Go and see what she's doing and tell her to atop it this minute.

At a recent marriage in a suburban town the bridegroom, when asked tbe important queauon If he would take tbe lady for better or worse, replied, in iMMtaUng maner, "Well, 1 thfnk 1 will." Upon being told that be most be more positive In Ma declaration, he answered: "Well, 1 don't eare if 1 do,"—Boston Courier.

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Riding one autumnal day in company with a party of borderers in quest of buffalo, we came upon a town standing silent ahd deserted in the midst of a prairie.

said one, 'in Carson City.

It did a good trade in tbe old wagon days, but it busted up when the railroad went farther west and tbe people moved on. There's only one man left in it now, and he's got snakes in his boots the hull year roand." Marveling what manner of man this was who dwelt nione in the silent city, we rode on. Only one house showed signs o' occupation, and in it dwelt the man. We had passed through the deserted streets and gainod the prairie beyond when a shot rang out be bind us and a bullet cut the grass to our left. "Hello! he's on the shoot," cried one "ride, boys!" and we rode. Cars City soon faded from view, but not so tbe memory of that "buBted-up" town and its solitary Indweller, who bad perennial "jim jams" and was "on the shoot."

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JEFFERSON'S TEN RULES. Take things alwaya by the amootb handle.

Never spend your money before you bavn it. Wo seldom repfnt of having eaten too little.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.

Never put off till to-morrow whst you mm do to-day. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.

Never buy what you don't want because it is cheap. How much pain the evita bave cost us that never bave happened.

When angry, oount ten before you speak if very annrv, count a hundred.

PENALTIES.

Tbe penalty of popularity Is envv. The penalty of thin shoes is a cold. The penalty of tight boots Is corns. The penalty of a baby is sleepless niahts.

The penalty of marrying ia a mother-in-law. The penalty of intorfering between man and wife Is abase, frequently ao oompanied with blows from both.

The penalty of remaining 9lngle Is having uo one who cares a button for yon, as is abundantly proved by tbe state of yoor shirts.

The penalty of bnying cheap olothes is tho same as that of going to law—the certainty of losing your suit, and having to pay for it.

The penalty of lending ia—with a book or an umbrella, tho certain loss of It with your name to a bill, tbe sure

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SIMPLE LESSONS IN SCIENCE. Force ia that which sets abody in motion as for instance, the police force, which makes a body move on.

A liquid violently resists all attempts to force it into close confinement, spread ing itself out so as to make its surface level and many liquids communicate these little peculiarities of theirs to those who imbibe them.

When anything is weighed in water it suffers a loss of weight. This is espe-_ daily true in the case of salt.

A pound avordupois is exactly equal to 7,000 grains. Take a pound of sand and oount.

When bodies becomes heated, movements a little backwards-forwards take place, as you must have seen yourself in the case or a street fight.

PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FITS.

For a Fit of Passion—Walk iu tbe open air. You may speak your mind to the winds without hurting anyone, or proclaim yourself to be a simpleton.

For a Fit of Idleness—Count the ticking of a clock. Do this for one hour, and you wiJl be glad to pull off your ooai and work like a man.

For a Fit oi Extravagance—Go to tbe work-house, or speak with the ragged inmates of a jail, and you will be convinced.

For a Fit of Ambition—Go to the church yard aud read tbe gravestones. They will tell you the end of man at bis best estate.

For a Fit of Repining—Look about for tbe halt and the blind, and visit tbe bed ridden, tbe afflicted and tbe deranged and tbev will make you ashamed ofyour light afflictions.

For a Fit of Envy—Go and see how many who keep their carriages are afflicted with rheumatism, gout and dropsy how many walk abroad on crutches or stay at home wrapped up in flannel and how many are suDject to epilepsy and apoplexy.

HOW THOMAS BETRAYED HIMSELF. Harper's Bazar.

When Thomas drove up to deliver the usual quart of mixture, the gentlemen of the bouse kindly inquired:

Thomas, how many quarts of milk do you deliver?' •Ninety one, sir.' 'And how many cows have you?' •Nine, sir.'

Tbe gentleman made some remarks about an early spring, close of the Eastern war, and tbe state of tbe roads, and then asked: 'Say, Thomas, how much mllkper day do your oows average?', ..

Seven quarts, sir.' Ahl um!' said tbe gentleman, as he moved off.

Thomas looked aftor him, soratobed bis head, and all at once grew pale as be pulled out a short pencil and began to figure on tbe wagon covcr. •Nine cows i« nine, and I set down seven quarts under tbe cows, and multiply. That's sixty-three quarts of milk. I told him I sold ninety-one quarts per day. Sixty-three from ninety one leave® twenty-eight, and none to carry. Now where do I get the rest of the milk! I'll be banged If I haven't given myself away to one of my beat customers by leaving adurned big cavity in these Aggers to be filled with water?'

A boLORED Georgia minister preaches tbe following practical theology: "Breddren, my *sperience is dat it ain't de perfesslon of 'iiglon, but de 'casional practice of it dat madea a man 'ceptablo op yonder. Wen yer gets to de golden gate an' Peter looks yer right in de eye and yer shows blm yer long creed and says, pompous like, dat yer b'longed ter a big church, de 'postie '11 shake his head an' say, -Dat ain't nuff ter get yer through.' But if yer takes all yer bills under yer arm, yer grocer bills an' yer rent bills, an' be looks 'em over an' finds 'em all receipted, he'll say, 'Yer title's clear,' an' unlock de gate an' let yer iltch yer voice for de angels' song. But ain't no use ter trabbel along dat narrer path 'lees yer oan carry, folded up in yer creed, a good rec'mendation from yer creditors. Hebben ain't no plaoe for a man wbo has to dodge roun' a corner fur fear ob meetin' some one whoU ask for dat little bill dat nebber was paid."

I BAD rather be a beggar, and spend ly last dollar like a king, than be king sd spend my money like a t* It's got to go, let it go. Get the can for your family, and look as well aa you can yourself. When you used to go courting, how nice you looked Ah, your eye was bright, your step was light and you just put on the very beat you oould. Do yon know that it la insufferable egotism in you to suppose that a woman la going to love you always, looking as bad aa you can? Think of it I Any woman on earth will be true to you forever wben you do your level beat.— Robert O. Iogersnll.

wooxsm'T give ten oenta a yard for ... tbe pedigree in tbie world if a man has got a level bead on bis hia shoulders, •nd an bonest heart In bis body, be baa got all tbe pedigree I am in search ov.— Jgab Billing*.

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LOST ARTS OF WOMEN.

The Almost Forgotten tmploymtnta of learning and Mending.

Mm. Henry Ward Beecber.

It is possible that in olden times too much stress was laid on tbe importance of training girls to mend and darn so exquisitely that it would be difficult, almost impossible, to discover that there had been any necessity for tbe Isbor but if there was any error in teachiug and exacting such perfect work it was a fault that leaned to virtue's aide," and beyond all comparison better than the wretched "notching" to be found on tbe raiment of some—of many—or the girls of tbe present day. Laundresses that wash for school girls could make strange revelations of neglect of garments and careless repairs, were not their lipe sealed through fear of losing good customers. When a broken stitcb is allowed to go on uncared for until it bas beoome so large that the stockings cannot be worn without some repair*, and is then drawn up Into an ugly bunch—hard enough to blister tbe feet—instead of being nicely darned or when a tear or rip on dress or undergarment is pulled together with thread ooarse enough to injure the fabric, who is to blame—tbe mother or the daughter? What instruction has ever been given tbe young girl sbout looking out for the beginning of evil in her wardrobe? Has she been taught to darn or to mend every rip or rent the first possible instant after it. wss discovered, and to do it neatly? Ob, nol Her muslo or drawing lessons, her French and German and dancing, are apparently of more importance than suob useful work as mending or darning. If a young lady has what, in these days, is tbe rare skill of compelling ber needle

tofessist ber in carrying out all the requisitions which will enable ber, with scant materials, to keep herself neatly and genteelly dad if she can turn, remodel,

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iece nea ly, cover tbe lack of material simple snd appropriate trimming until she makes an old, dilapidated looking garment look "amaist as weel's tbe new," she will bave cause all tbe days of her life to thank tbe mother wbo led ber in tbe way she should go and whatever changes or vicissitudes may be s^nt, she has rar less to tear than those wbo, in prosperous days, are only fanciful ornaments of their homes, but wben tbe evil days come, will, through their igno ranee, beoome oppressive burdens open those who must provide for tbeir support.

They tell us that Gall Hamilton Is only sixty five. Well, the poor young girl's game must be Seventy up.

"My Mother in-law is a walking advertisement for Dr. Bull's Babv .Syrup," a subscriber remarked yesterday "she recommends it every where."

Clifford's Febriftage Is not a panacea for tbe ills to which flesh is beir. We do not profess to have discovered a a cure all, but we confidently recommend it to you as a safe and speedy cure for all diseases arising from Malaria. In this class of diseases it is a specific it enters the circulation and utterly destroys tbe germs of the poison ft will purify and build op tne debilitated svstem in a shorter time and with more lasting benefit tbau any other known remedy. ,-j VM,* •, J. C. RicHAiitttON, Prop'r,

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"Have you ever been in prison?" asked a lawyer of a witness, whom be was disposed to badger and bully, as tbe pro fession are apt to do. "Yes, sir." "When?" "In 1863" "Where?" "At Andersonville."

There was a momentary pause for breath, and then around of applause that sh ok the court-room. The lawyer felt all tbe rest of tbe day as li an inch and a half hose attached to a street hydrant was playing the tune of the "Rogue's March" up and down his spinal column.

POOR CONSOLATION. Harper's Bazar

A clergyman said that be once visited a lady of bis parish wbo bad just lost her husband, in order to offer her consolation, and upon ber earnest inquiries as to the reunion of families in heaven, he strongly asserted bis belief in that fact. When she asked with anxiety whether any time must elapse before friends would be able to find each other in the next world.be emphaticilly said: "No, tbey will be united at once." He was thinking of the happiness of being able to offer the relief of such a faith, when she broke in npon his meditations by exclaiming, sadly: "Well, bis first wife has got nim again, then, by this lime."

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For sale by all druggists. 19-4t.

MRS. SA*K A. EIXJOTT, tbe authoress of "Mrs. Elliott's Housewife," Oxford, N. C., writes: "I was among the first that used the 'Loodon Hair Color Restorer' in this section, and recommendedit to M. A. A C. A. Santos, Norfolk, Va., as the most beautiful bair dresser and preserver I bad ever seen. I was advised by an eminent physician to use it. Since doing ao, it haa proved so sat iafactory in restoring and beautifying my hair, aa well aa strengthening my eyesight, that I bave recommended it to my druggists here in Oxford, Raleigh, and a gr^at many of my frienda, and I believe I have, from what others say, caused It to hs-ve a wide and extended sale, aud deservedly so, as It is oertalnly the most cleanly and effective hair restorer now before the American people." The "London Hair Restorer" can obtained at all tne leading drugitists at 75 oenta a bottle, or 94 for six bottles. Hold by Buntin A Armstrong, Terre Haute.

ITCHIffU PILBM.—Tbe symptoms are moisture, like perspiration, Intense itching, increased by scratching, very distressing, particularly at night, aa if »in worms were crawling In and about be rectum, tbe private parte are some* times sflected if allowed to continue, very serious results may follow. DR. SWAYWK'S Au HKAUKOOIKTMKWT ia a pleasant sore cure.

HOME CURES.—We. were great sufferers from Itching Piles, the symptoms were aa above described, tbe use of Swayne'a Ointment in a short time tade a perfect cure.

J. W. CHRIST, Boot and Shoe House, 44 N. Second St. T. C. WEYMAN, Hatter, 8 & Eighth St., Philadelphia.

Reader, If yoo are suflbring from this distressing Complaint, or Tetter, Itch, Scald Head, Rinc Worm, Barber's Itch, any Crusty, Scaly, Skin Eruption, use Rwayne's Ointment and be cored. Sent

W«sJ MV W W.M by mall to any address on receipt of price (in currency or postage stajnps), 60 cents a box, three boxes 11.22. Address letters. Dr. Swsyne A Son, 830 N. Sixth street, Philadelphia. No obarge for advioe. Hold by lesdlnt drairgists. In Terre Haute by ttontio Armstrong.

A FRAWKFORT, KY., PHTKIRIA* writes to Dr. Swayne A Son. Philadelphia Some months ago the daughter of one Of our prominent cltisens was pronounced a hopeless consumptive and to have seen her at time one would bave supposed there was ground for the decision, as she waa very much reduced in fiesb, had a terrible cough, expectorated blood, streaked tuberculous matter, very nervous, that she could scarcely sleep. She bad been doctored along while with cough and various specifics, and several physicians had tried their skill on her. but without avail, ber life gradually wasting away. 1 recommended ber to use Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrop of Wild Cherry, which she did, and in a few weeks she was free from all cough, and other symptoms of disease, and it was considered miracle in tbis section, ss she is now rosy and healthy. Let all wbo are predisposed to weak lungs. Coughs and Colds, Throat, Breast and Lung Disorders, try Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry, they will soon discover that it is vastly superior to anytbinK they bave ever used. It is equally valuable In asthmatic and bronchial aflections. Prepared only by Dr. Swayne A Son, 330 North fcixtb street, Philadelphia. Trial bottles, 25 cents, large size (holding five.of tbe small), 91, or bait

d«zun

$5. fidld by Buntin A

Armstrong, Terre Haute.

Cbills and Fcter-Hnre Core. Why suffer from ague, Intermittent or remittent fevers, wben Swayne's Fever and Ague Pills only cost 50 cents a box, and area certain cure for all diseases having tbeir origin in malaria. Tbey contain no calomel or quinine, or other minerals, consequently bave no bad effect, as is tbe case with many other remedies. They act on tbe secretions of tbe liver, and btace up the system to a vigorous, bealtby condition, thus effecting a permanent cure. Bwayne'a Fever and Ague Pills are very valuable in all cases were a strengthening or tonic medicine is required, and during the malarial season should be taken occasionally to w»rd off fevers, &c. Do not wait to see all tbe marked stages, suoh as a shake, a fever and a sweat, but should you feel more depressed one day than another day, or out of sorts, take some of Dr. Swayne's Asue and Tonic Pills, tbey will be sure to better your condition. Price 50 cents a box, three boxes, |1 25. Sent by mail, on receipt of price, by Dr. Swayne A Son, Philadelphia. Sold by Buntin A Armstrong, Terre Haute.

T)* 1,,^ MOULDINGS,

Picture™^.

Largest Stock, Bent Assortment, Lowest Prices,

At J. r'. PR0B8T"8 623« Main street, between Ifih and Sixth. Have your pictures framed before they are soiled. Prices far below any ev*r given in Terre Haute.

FULTON

OYSTER

MARKET

HOUSE,

Teutonia Building, North Side Main street.

undersold the season tnrough. Kf. C. RAFFERTY & CO.

O S S

We have a large and complete stock of

MEN'S, LADIES', t'r MISSES'and ,7 CHILDREN'S

Boots Shoes

IN ALL THE

Most Desirable Styles

MADE. OUR

PRICES ARE LOWER

Than tbey have ever been bofore

VERT MUCH LESS

Than the sajno grade of goods arp,»old. to e!aewhere,

GOODS THAT WE CAN

Recommend for Dnrabiltty.

DANIEL REIB0LD

Cor, 4 sad Mala Hts., Ko. 800,

1

TBBBK HAWK WO.

PROVISIONS

WHOLESALER."

In store and for sale In job lots, at

118 MAIN STREET

Choice sugar cored haras, shoulders and br»*alcf«st bacon also h« avy clear baoon sides and sbo.ldcrs, and kettle rendered leaf lard in lieges and buckets.

SAM S. EARLY•

ALLEN. MACK A BAVI8, Attorneys, Office Obio street, between 8d and 4tb.

A DMINKTRATOB'S SALE

REAL ESTATE.

N'otloe is hereby given that by virtue Of anordnrof the Vigo Oreult Court, the unjfiti

UlVitfllVWIU§ MCWIfWVM V/ I* The northwestor tho northwest of section #. and ibe southwest )$of tnwseptb-AvJL1

M. •-.Mk*thAaat

"•"""-"•TEBMSOrBALB. One-third (Hi c"1*in

b®DdJ

secured

one-lbbd (X)

in twelve months, and tbe balance in eighteen months, the porcbater living bis notes

by mortgage on the aoove

Administrator of tbe estate of Matthias I iCiark. Oct. l», i*T»-«w.

EGBERT

CUHTIS, Terre Haute, Ind.,

Breeder

of Pore Brown and W bl Lef

bornx. Brown and W bite Cbina Geese, and Musoovy bucks. Htock and Eggs

for

sale.

*K nt

tor Animal

Meal

for

Fowls and

Swine, ana Ueraan Rour FlUs.