Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 4, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 July 1879 — Page 2

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THE MAIL

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for the

TERR# Hi ii iii^j.^i

People.^

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TWO EDITIONS

-ir ALLEN'S EARLY LIFE. %ii

WHAT SORT OF A MAN HE WAS BE-FORE-HE SOWED HIS WILD OAT.-. Cor. Chic*go Tiibuue. —e

presence.

"Good morning, good morning, gentlemen said Uncle Jones. "Take a seataud make yourselves a*jcomfortable at ou can. This is scorching weather, isn't it?''

An affirmative reply' brought forth the further observation from the old gentleman that he- had hardly ever, known worse we-ither in all the varied experience of four score aud seven summers.

As soon as convenient, my companion broached the subject of the death of William Allen» which the papers of the day before had announced. "Yes, they told me that Bill Allen was dead. He and, I were young men together. I knew blm better than I do any lawyer lu Bryan to-day. I first kuew him wh4n we wene uo more t&an' twenty years old. I tell you he was a smart youqg feller. Tbei was only one fault he had: he would drink hard. He had been a poer young boy around town, and finally be showed that be was sunrt, and be began the study of law with Ned King. They were both very Ktntrt, and tbay went into partnership when Bill flbisbed his study. But they both drank hard, and BUI got rather a t»ad name." ...... "You used to spree with hiita aome, I suppose?" asked mv friend. "No, sir, -I didn't. I never did anything of the kind. I well remember one time when Bill went up to Circlevllle to attend court, and he got beastly drunk aud down in the gutter, and a crowd took him in a cart and wheeled Uirn out Into the middle of the sguare and dumped him down there and1 hired a nigger to cleau him—for be needed it very badly." "riow loug did *bi* wild career of his continue?" "Ob, for s0m9 years—I cannot tell Just bow long but I know that fiually he was liked of for Congress and promised that be would abanaon his drink if he were eldcted. He was always a man of iron will. If be once said a thlni, it could be evermore relied on. Everybody liked him and everybody knew that, if he said he would do it, be would keep hia word. He was elected, and from that tftne to thle, as I understand It, he has never draftk to excess." "Do you know auythlng about the refusal of Gov. Duncan Mc Arthur to permit the marriage of his daughter with Mr. Allen?"'

I should say I did. He refused purely on the ground that Bill was too wild, aud he had the prospect of filling a druukarJ's grave. But like many other strong aud noble men, BUI Allen never lovea out once. Miss McArthur was his choice, and, when she was wedded to the choice of her father, Bill made up his mind never to marry. So the time passed oq. Bill had long since reformed, aud had attained that degree of fame that he could have made almost any destra&le matrimonial alliance. He remained true to hia purpose never to marry, however and it was only when the woman of his first love was left a

the woman of his nrat love was leu a

that he

BOW BE OPENED IT.

GRANTS CANTON DINNER* Cincinnati Enquirer.

The dinner given by the Vi Canton, in honor of,. Ge: iBOgaptuons aflair in th6 menu list "turn Kong papers, be caii|l ^delicious savor of tM1 ma nose. He can also ..—„. or satisfaction which spread over the eeneral'a face when he looked on the iat and saw that they bad Sbau Cba

Of this Paper are published. The FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening, |jaj toa RAW tuu tney uau ouiu v«j Ita* alargeoiroalaUon in the surrounding 5uo, Tsum Muu Tim, and Tsip Ta'an, town*, where it is sold by newsboys and Ro in the first coarse. After the firs uge&t% oourse bad been served, pne of the fl«SEfed:ft Saturday Even- many hundred walte/B stood stiff aa a ing, g.*s luto the bauds of nearly every sentinel behind the generals chair and

TCrdlng person tvthe city, and the farmers aald:^

of tois immediate vicinity £very Wee*'* Issue Is, in lac TWO NEWSPAPERS, In which alt Advertisements appear for

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TISE PRICE OK OXE ISSUE.

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piece, if you pleasp.' The servant returned presently with some melon seeds, almond a and a pomegranate on a silver tray. When be distinguished guest got dowt) to bis al-

BRYAN. O July 13.—The object of tills nionds he attracted the attention of the letter is to give some reminiscence* of servant, and ®kook animaginary^salt the dead governor, as gained from a box over them to indicate that* he want conversation to-day with an old gen- ed salt. The servant etared at him tieuian of this village, commonly called blankly. A fterJS? *i«e Uncle Jones. Uncle Jones and Uncle imaginary box without reaching the in B:*H Allen were young men together in

the

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KTSS eouoty, tifty years ago, and the Will you please pass the Bait, sir former'^ remembrance of the early days rak?' -, b,t» $&it

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id said to be very vivid. A walk of a mile through the hot July suu brought us to the cosey rural residence of 'Squire Ayers, the son-in-law of the object of our search. Uncle Jones, an old man of more than SO, was seated upon the ox more »uou W* w#" 9UAIVU UPUU VUTI _» _I.^ & porcn iu his Sunday garb, with ul9 shirt and the general had no alternative but collar unbuttoned and thrown back as to eat his almonds without salt. Pr®®far as It could go, displaying his bronzed ently the viceroy ask^d him if he woujd neck aud breast. He was intently pe- bay®

The servant did not budge. "Salt, my good friend, ealt!" The servant was not touched^ "Farlez voua Francaise? oder sprechen sie Deutsch?" asked (he general, as a last resort. The savage was unmoved,

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rusing hii Bible, and it was only when Oh ih. The general aald be would, that my companion bad approached clcfce be was always passionately fond of it. mhis^Zwand spoke a cheerful good ''Mrs,Grant, ^e "jW to cook it morning that be became aware ol our lo

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I thoughtthere neverwa^ any-

thing quite so delicious as it was!" And be passed up his plate. The viceroy gave the order to the servant, who disappeared In the next room like a flash, and returned almoin Immediately with a plate of oranges and white grapes. To Gen. Grant the dinner was a serious Of surprises, When he expected meat, he got pastry or fruit when be thought bey were aowu to -des&ert, the roast meat and soup began to pour in. Looking down the list be picked out something which fro'm its position he supposed was ice cream. He whistled to the servant, and pointing'ont the article 1b the list, said: "A little Cblng Ton Vin Choi, and some strawberries, if you have thetp."

The waiter sb out t6 *tbe sideboard and returned with three slices of boited ham and aome mustard.

SLEEPING CAR LA &NDRY BIL LS.

One of the principal expenses of those prime necessities of comfortable night travel—sleeping cars—is the laundry bill. Even. here at Boston, s^ys the Commercial Bulletin, from which point only aa average of about five or six Ptillman sleepers are in regular operation, the monthly wash list includes about 6,000 pieces of linen, and the bill upward of^90. 'Each car contaiiis 24 berths, but has a total equipment of 100 sheets, 100 pillow slips, 30 hand towels, and 10 rolle*.towels., The entire equipment of the Pullman Company in the matter of linen is about 50,000 Sheets, 46,000 pillow slipa, 16,000 hand towels and 6,000 roller towels. The company also uses about 13,000 blanketer—

A sleeping car is entirely cleaned out and its linen sent to the laundry'as soon as it arrives at its destination, and the companies have their laundries at bll of the principal centres. The Pullman company also wash and rejuvenate their blankets at proper intervals at the cities in which the division headquarters are situated.

The Wagner company, however, send Uteirs to be cleansed at the mills in

Pitts field, Mass., where they were made. The total equipment of the Wagner company is-4,000 woollen'blankets, 18 851 linen sheets, 12,202 pillow slips, 5,740 bantl towels, and 2.347 roller towels. The aggregate expense of. keeping the bedding of the Wagner couipany clean amounts to between 92,000 and f3,000 a month, or $30,00® a year that of the Pullman company to f9,OO0 or 10,000 a month. Yet the cost of the laundry work Is reduced to the lowest possible point. Sheets are waahed for a cent and a-baif apiece, and pillow slips and towels for one cent each.

In addition to the other expenses, that of providing the-sleeping cars, with combe, brushes, whisk brooms, feather dusters, soap, and other accessories of the toilet, is not au insignificant one, and is largely increased by the theft of these articles by passengers.

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THE ALHAMBRA DANGER.

j,0ve Grenada, on which

The hill above Grenada, on which ..ands the famous palace ol Moorish kings of Spain, has recently sliding away, so that this nment of a memorable epoch in the history of Europe, made dear by Washington Irving to the hearts of all "his readers, is in danger ol ruin and downfall, even more complete than wars, earthquakes and time have al

widow by tlie decease of her husband ^tan(j8 the famous palace or the ancient

changed hla purpose, and ooart- irimM nr train has reoentlv ed and married her. His wife already

had several children, but they found in Bill Allen an affectionate foster father and the days of the wedded life of this nobla "»up1e were many and unclouded. "What oavd you to say. Uncle Jones, about Gov. Allen's age?" "I think there has been some mistake all the while in this matter. I fa that I am 87 years old, and I know ""ill Allen was practising as a lawyer be .re I was married." "At what age did you marry?" 1' *4 was 30, and I know that Bill Allen Xicabayva spacfotts and spletodid was then practising, and had attained gtmcture at the base of the hill, which considerable prominence. was formerly the residence ol the Moor"That *oulj him something

given signs splendid monument

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istaite

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jy produced. On the authority of

the Lealtad newspaper of Madrid, It is stated that the soil nas begun already to slip away In masses, and threaten* to break into pieoes.destroying the Alhambra with itself. It la further said that

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over 80, would it from the same cause®. The Alhambra, "It would, and I tWnif loanoot be (8 commonly assigned "a second mistaken," place among ruins of Europe* theOolos-

Uncle Jones gave some other remlnis-

bmty, is in danger o{ destruction

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c^ncesofthe dead etatesman, but they Castle third, was erected atdifferwere not partieularly new, and so I will ^td^tes, chiefly W ween 1243 and 1354, not repeat them. aud was occupied by the Moors until •-1 4.., their expulsion from Spain in 1492. It

Rome being first and Heidel-

was fortified in the strongest mannei

Dan bury N«wa known to the period. The wall is more A laundry man went into a hardware than a mile store the other day with a bag. He aald thirteen aquare w®**v mf •b.ntoo.ula^ clo.h'p^th^w^'ob. *Tl.««r^of th.fortrei

quarts of keys were given him, and he inLerior^L^U ^od'the •at down and tried tbem. He tried ^und 1^ bnt^e Int^or bjdia

them all. It was a very warm day, and deoorationa be grew considerably Interested aa the P*l««* f*~. time advanced. Not one of the keys would fit, although ail were fairly tried, bella, then Queen of Spaio^, p» There was another box of the same arti- Uona for the w*J«ra^on cles, and he was gi\en them. Some ita ancient condition, while the would almost do It. coming so near it aa work *5L tn am th* iflUDNKMon thai the right one vigor for some time, Ite aw ma of money ha^finally been found but they would

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miaerablv flatten out at the climax, complete the Work In a satisfactory When the last one bad been need be manner. WBATPABTf

rose weariedly to bit feet, and prepared to search another store. Ibe dealer took beld of the bag, glanced at the lock, moved a slide and the bag opened, aa It

^NG

inflhe

Hong Yftn

or Kwa T^ae?"

••Is it boiled or fried?" asked the general. Here the vioeroy told the servant to bring the honored gnesta eonae Sin S.nn and Wong Ktra, and be lively about it. "And, see here," called the general after the servant, "fetch me an outside

StMiSor!

Sao Frand«x News Letter.

waa not locked. When the laundry man: "I beg yonr paxdon, but where man saw what bad happened, be aakl In bell have seen you before, air?' out load, "Every heart kuows its own Geutleiuan(looking up from his paper): bitterness," and polling hla bat down "I am sure I oanl tell. What part of over his eyes, be sailed from the store, boll are you from, «tr

Soene— Hotel reading room. Gentle-

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TERHli! HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAUL

WHO IS THE TRUE OEN^EMENf

A LESSON IN POLITENESS AND feUa *AN NATBRE TO TRJS

OENEltATION

Virgl^a (Nev Chronic!

"I beg youlpardour with aamlle and a touch ot bitffefat, Harry Bdmond bauded to an old man, against whom he bad accidentally stumbled, the cane which he bad knocked from bis hand. "I hope I did not hurt you, We were playing too roughly." "Not a bit!" said the old man, cheerily, "xtoyiwill be boys, audit'/ they should be. You dia'nt do me*any harm." "I'm glad to hear it ind lifting his hat again Harry joined his playmates with whom be had been frolicking at the time of the accident. "What do you raise your hat to that old fellow for?" asked nls companion, Charles Gray. "He's only Giles, the huckster." "That makes no difference," said Harry. "The question is not whether he is a gentleman, but wJ^th^.If^acpt Qipe.— Moral Exobange.

TFLE STORY CONTINUED (ON THE COMSTOCK). I "What kind of taffy 'us yoa a givin' us? demanded Onarles Gray, with a sneer. "It's the true racket," replied the noble boy, proudly. "Aw, pull down yer vest," was the rude retort. "I'm the gamest rooster o' my size in the ward," cried Harry, hia blue eyes flashing with honest Indignation at the implied doubt thus cast upon his motives. "See here, cully," said Charles Gray, thrusting his hands into his trousers pockets, spreading his legs wide apart, and closing one eye, "see here, cully ive us the business. What's yer game doin' the pretty by that old snoozer? None o' yer Sunday school pie now, but biz—the cheese, you know. You don't, think he's got any scads hid away in a sack, that he'll leave you in his will, do you? P'r'aps yeh think he's long on Serrey Nevady, but yer off, He ain't worth a short bit an' he came out o' soak yisterday after bein' in for five months for petty larceny." "Peel yer rags»..Gray," biased Harry through bis teeth. "I'm on it bigger'n a wolf, an' yer scalp's pai«9," "Peel goes," rdjoihe(r tDd wicked boy, and in a moment after. Virtue aud Vice were roiling in the oust on Howard street, with ail the boys in the neighborhood gathered Around offering odds, with no takers, that the ear of Virtue wouldn't hold out longer than the teeth of Yiqe. Old Giles, observing the crowd, hastened back, and, quietly gathering up the jackets arid hats' of uis young friends hobbled •adly away.^ ^'Sis'

TWO STORIES OFSZTMNER.

WHICH WE CAN H&ARDLY BELIEVE. 'a

'Li^h.'ainx

Buffalo Express.

Once, when Charles .Sumner walked hastily into a back garden in his stock' ing feet, to drive 4 cat out, heaccidentily trod on a thistle. A, loofe of extreme pain crossed hie countenance, succeeded immediately by one bf firmness mingled with injured dignity. "Send for a fackass!" he exclaimed, in his sonorousest. v.oice. "This inclosure must be cleared of this pestiferous weed at once: I thought at first it was the sting of the gentlemen from North Carolina." -i

And they went and brought Ben Butler. On another occasion, Mr. Sumner, walking sedately and with an air of deep thought through one of the streets of Washington, was somewhat annoyed by a persistent buzzing in one his ears. He gave it no notice for a time, but suddenly stopped, and, looking apparently at what appeared to him to be the other end of the Congressional avenue, called out absently: "Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Ohio belongs in the House of Representatives, I think. Now, while I wish to deny the privilege of this chamber to no fraction of a co-ordinate branch ef the Government, I insist that this annoyance is beyond human endurance, ana must be stopped." "To whom in-e you speaking, Mr. Sumner?" pleasantly inquired a friend who happened alopg. .... "To nooody, sir—most decidedly nobody ejaculated Mr. Sumner, aoating his earnestness in not the slightest de-

f'ree,

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and viciously "Striking at the noise his ear "but the truth is, sir, that that miserable Sam Cox is getting too familiar."

==BSSSISSSSSS

THE GREAT LONDON.

"jJ The Spectator.

In the eighteenth oentury Hume, the philosopher, had conjectured that no great city would ever have a population of more than 700,000—a speculation which he tried to demonstrate by citing the cases of London and Parie. In ract London has now a population of 4,000,000, "a population approaching that of Scotland." France is afraid to seat her parliament in Paris, The United States are averse to seat theirs In Washington. England feels no anxiety about seating hers in London. In spite of a great profoaaioaally criminal class, a handful of police effectually keeps order, while the mighty self-acting mechitlsm by which the 4,000,000 of Londoners are fed surely, and without even the chance of mishap, is one of the wonders of the world, and one of those which is least wondered at. In Rome, you catch Roman fsver. In Constantinople, you wake up and find that a third of the oity has been burned down while you slept. In a single twelve-month, and but a few years ago, Paris suffered two sieges, famine and civil war. In the great cities of America you bear of vast conspiracies of corruption, which make your hair *tand on end but London, so much bigger than any of them, goes on her own way, not, of course, without great blunders, but still, with a certain uniformity of peaoe and progress. London is a great marvel among cities. And her strength consists not in Intensity of social feeling, like Paris, nor in splendor of historic memories, like Rome— but rather in sagacity which oomes of aober, practical energies, and of a sedate acd solid, but sometimes both slow and HLU SOUS. UUk wu frigid judgment.

A BRAVE LAD. Fekln (Hla^) Republican.

A coal shaft la being sunk just north of Hollls, and the other day a workman by the name of Harland lighted a alow match leading to the blast, and then signaled to be drawn up. The depth of the abaft waa seventy feet. When he bad been raised about fourteen feet be struck the bottom of a board partition and was thrown back to the bottom. Thomas CrandelL, a stepson of Harland. was a witness to the accident, and promptly slid down the rope, seventy bet, and tore the match from toe fuse In time to prevent an expioeion. The act was a brave one, scarcely to be paralleled. The boys hands were terribly laceraten by the friotion of tbe rope. The stepfather was rescued with a Droken rib and other severe bruises.

SETTLED,

Syracuse Time

"Landlady," said be, not setttid," A^e^^bt oomes as negPitlfs your board fill (Mes spoke qjpinelurl

Sour

Colorado J»s tbe moat delightful climate fnrtlt* *orld, and bedbugs. A mother in Israel residing there requires her granddaughter, a young high school miss, to read to her dally some portion ot tbe Oood JJookt While sa engaged recently tlie ycfuiig lady suddenly stopped, and exclaimed: "Why, grandma, I declarer Here is a grammatical error."

The old lady replied: "No matter, darling. Kill It, and go on."

The girls In the prificipal cities in this country are noted as follows: *. Boston, the handsomest.

Baltimore, the most iutellectual. New York* the gayest and most expensive in dress.

Philadelphia, the most refined and lady-like. Chicago, the fastest anil qaost dissipated.

in the 'b-^-1 y"eu 'pftt up agin tbto 'ere rooster.!'hru. -i *itl ai yd fc

Where are your comrades "I am alone." "Where are you going "To Mecca." "How will you get there?" "God will help." "Peace be with you." "And with you." The figure moves off and the irmed circle breaks up. This poor devotee had tramped hundreds of miles through bills and valleys, swarming with cut throats, secure in his simple faith Which had led him to leave distant Turkestanin quest of the still more distant Mecca. »,. i,.»,

FA GTS OOXGERMING LOGOMO-

WSji uJiOj"-i

iWIJTE&ttl- tiVii-h&S

A locomotive, traveling at the ordinary rate of thirty miles an hour, performs forty-four'ieet per second, ana at severity miles an hour one hundred and fifty feet per ieccbd. Two objects near a, traveler, a.. yard apart, pass his eye in ,rt of a second. When this speed p^ss each will be seven-

the thir tWo trains havin __ other the relative velocity ty yards per seoond end if one of tbe trains were seventy, rods long it would flash by in a single second. To accomplish this, supposing the driving wheels to be seventy feetln diameter, the piston must change its direction in the cylinder tea timep ju, a second. But there are two cylinders, and the mechanism is so regulated that tbe dischargee of steam are alternate. There are, therefore, twenty discharges of steam per second, at equal intervale, and theae twenty exhausts divide a second into twenty equal parta, each puff having a twentieth of a second between* It and that which precedes and follows it* The ear, like tbe eye, Is limited In the rapidity of ite sensations and, sensitive as that organ ie, It Is not capable of distinguishing iounds which succeed each other at intervals -of the twentieth part of aaecond.

THE FINEST DIAMONDS IN THE WORLD, 'i Oaliganl's Messenger.

tVeatern sovereigns are not the poesemors of the finest diamonds in the world* for tbe Ralahaof Matan, Borneo, and tbe Shah of Persia have the largest hitherto known. Tbe one belonging to the Emperor of the Mongols weighed 279 carats (about 4 grains each), and was valued at 12,000,000 franca. Tbe famous Orloff. tbe property of tbe Russian crown, is one of the most remarkable diamonds, on account of the well known circumstances under which it was brought to Europe. The large stone belonging to tbe Emperor of Brazil, which weighed 1,730 carats, Would be worth many millions were not its brilliancy diminished by eertain defects. Tbe Sultan of Nizam's diamond weighs 400 cerate that of tbe Emperor of Austria 29 grains and that of the Kins of Portugal 25)4 grains. The famous Koh-i-noor, or Mountain of Light, is the property of the Queen of England. The one whlch adorned tbe tiara of Plus IX., end waa bequeathed by him to his sucoeaeor, Leo XIII., is one of the finest et«nee known. It came from the treasury of the Duke of Burgundy, eelzed at Gransom. It waa sold after tbe battle to a Jew of Berne for three crowne, then successively for 5,000 and 6,000 duoata, end afterward purchased for 14,000 by Lulgi Sforza, from whom Itpaased into thenattds of Feme Julius for 99,000 doeate. Everyone knows that tbe "Regent" of tbe weight of 136 carats, la tbe finest of the diamonds^belonging to the French regalia. Connoisseurs consider it to be worth 12,000,000 firanos.

SNUF,

On each

last month*

thai man never

most

them**!.

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A $RXitMM'l&kL ERROR.

OUR OIRLS.

Toledo, the biggest feet. j- ,• St. Louis, tbe most reckless. New Orleans^ the most truthful. Cincinnati, the gayest flirts. Louisville, the proudest. Maysviile* the moat amiable disposition. ..

A FAIR GAME, BUT NOT EQUAl. Meridian Homestead.'

During the toar a Georgian started to Marietta with some chickens for sale. He meta squad of soldiers, and they bought all his chickens but one rooster. He Insisted tbey should take him, but they were out of money and couldn't buy.

The old man said he,bated to go on to, town with only one c'hickon, and was greatly puzzled about It.

Sebt

Detroit, the wildest. Cleveland, the most graceful and eritertalning in conversation.

San Francisoo, tbe most indifferent. Mobile, the most liberal entertainers. Hertford, the best musicians. Buffalo,'the dullest. Rochester City, the most anxious to beloved.

At last one of the soldiers said: "Old man, I'll play you a game of seven up for him." "Agreed," Bays the old man.

They played along and spirited game. At last the soldier won. The old man wrung the rooster's neck and tossed him at the soldier's feet, and mounted: his swab tailed pony and started borne. After gettltig some two hundred yards he stopped,' turned.rourrat, aud rode baok, ana said:

THESENAT.

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lijdlantlofljefer.

The following Is an incident on the recent' return Of s/orne British officers from Afghanistan: Soene—The wildest part of the Kuyber, with barren roeks towering on all sides an English officer riding along, escorted by a motley company of maliks rfhd tribesmen all armed to tbe teeth moie armed Afreedees in the middle distance a wary, lonely figure toiling,on the dusty road in huge black boots, face burned a brick red and fringed by a soanty sandy beard. The figure is -dad in a thick wadded garment and has a bundle on its back. "Halt! WW are you?" "A Turkestan."

ATE. *£ld

the Vict President's

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United States Senate are fasot* anufl "boxes, wj

tag the„ attendants. ..They are oil c&stopi inaugurated al-

foundation of the Goveru ben ttuuff taking was a univerThurman lathe only Senator

who makes a habit of using snuff, but sometimes a Senator will stop aud take an occasional pinch, while the many visitors to tbe chamber take a little out of couriosity. At 11 rat the box was kept on the Vice President's desk, but iu those days so many of the Senators used tbe article, and so frequently forgot to bring their boxes with theno,, that it was resolved to place' two public receptacles for it, and in tbe annual expenses ol tbe Senate is always found the item of snuff. The aged doorkeeper, Isaac Bassitt, stated to your correspondent that he bad often seen Henry Clay leave his place in the midat of a speech, walk gravely to the box, take a pinch and oontlnue his remarks. "When I was a page, nearly fifty years ago," said he, "many of the Senators would give me a sign which indicated that they wanted snuff, and I Would carry the box to them. Nearly all the senators used snuff in those days. Henry clay was in the habit of giving me 50 cents a week to keep his box full of suuff, and I have never forgotten that when he left here for the last time he owed me 50 cents for this service. I have never brought a bill against the estate,", said the old

eutleman. smiling, "and I guess the is outlawed by thlfc time."

THE GOOD OF MARRIAGE.

The French savant, Dr. Bertillon, has given tbe result of his study of the mortality statistics of every country of Europe. He oomes to the conclusion that marriage is.conduotive to good health, long life and morality, and is, so to speak, a limited insurance against disease, crime and suicide. He says that a bachelor of 25 .has not ,a much better prospect of long life than a married man of 45 that among widowers of from 25 to 30 the rate of mortality is aft great as among married men of from 65 to 60. Taking tbe French bill of mortality, he shows that while the annual death rate among married men between 20 and 25 years of age ts rather under 10 per 1,000, bachelors of that age die at the rate of 16 and widowers at the rate of 19 per 1,000. These figures apply to the wljole of Paris, while, takingParis, it appears that tbe rate for men between 20 and 25 years of age la 15, 7 per 1,000 for married men, 27 per 1,000 for bachelors and 32 per 1,000 for widowers. With advanced life the difference} goes on increasing. With regard to crime, Dr. Bertillon asserts that the offens.ee against the persons are50 percent less,and against property 45 pg£j&i& If^JftlOJQg married men than among unmarried. The different women .number per millicn lor wldgwera, 273 per million

among

bachelors, and 246 per million

for married men.'

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Tbe gambling hell at Monaco returns within a trifle of £500,000 sterling to its The princely revenue* will

short this year to the income Of a Grand Duke of Puttibefnickek OnG of tbe most remarkable instances of lucky gambling ever recorded has just set tbe crowd at the" little 'free city crying tbe cry of Dominie SfttripsOn. Early In »the spring there-were signs of disaster impending overan, ancient British baronetcy, which has given heroes, poets and lawyers to-ttie country. The heir had inherited 91,000.000 of debts, added to around sum be had raised from the Israelite's at Aocommodatlou Bank Interest. Whdri the usurers found their security a shadow, and the mortgagees discovered that the successor to tbe title and estates had begun by dipping tbe property further it was resolved to force paymerfct. A noble Dbke, whose name wasmnob mentioned in connection with tbe Glasgow Bank, generously lent aa much a% deferred the evil day* But tbe smash would have come Tall the same this very iteoolh' bbt for the Wonderfbl stroke of luck iwhioh befell the spendthrift patrioian at Monaco. He broke the bank three nights running. His last coup made a rotind $500,000 In addition to the f400,000 captured by him the two nights previous. He- h«d the wit to withdraw his winuings, and is now at home negotiating wltli hi9 creditors?^

SCHMIDTS MUSINGS.

a »•mw York Herald. "Frederick Sobmldt," said the Ess*? Market Court Justice yesterday to sleepy looking German, "you are fineo 910 for intoxlOatlon. But what's th* matter, my friend, you appear to be on the point of crying?" iNo4ings, Shudge, I was only dinklug." "Thinking? of what?" "Veil, I'll spoke it, if you told tnf SO." t«: -U"Then I do tell you." "I vaaa dlnking, Shudge, dot you a me und I vas you. Dot isb, you know midout any change. You vas der poo. Dutchman. I saw you oome la uiitou friends und aorryful, und I say 'Sobmidt, vat vas dose troubles?' und you «pok out,'Shudge, I took me eome leetc peer.' Und I say mlt a look on youi face, 'Schmidt, yoa vas married?' Yoi say 'Yah.' 'End got you some cbilder? •Yah.' 'End you don't vas so trunk a* you can't walk?' 'Neln.' 'Veil, Scbmidi you go right avay home.' Und dot va* mydinking." •Those are very pleaaant thoughts,' said the magistrate, in good humor. *al think we'll make the fine 93, bat I can't let you off altogether" •Dree dollora I. Veil,, I paid.it, uod

waddled out

of court. A ooRGBora English swell, lead log dog. Inquired at a railroad elation. "Must I, aw, take* ticket for a puppy?" the bewildered clerk regarded him Intently for a moment and then replied: ••No, sir you can go aa an ordinary person."

THERE was a case, not a very fong time sinoe, say* tbe Boston Transcript, when It became necessary to draw a cork, and the only one present of a large party having a pocket corkscrew waa a clergyman. He remarked that be used It to open ink bottles.

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TMa anciettt bit of advice is well enough for "spare" people, but how abouf tboee that are already too fat? What la to become of tbem Sit still, and 111 tell yoa. After many experiments, extending through months of Datlent inveetigatlon and tall, the eeleprgted analytical chemist J. C. Allan, has perfected and given to the world Allan's Anti-Fat. Thus far in several hundred cases this peat remedy baa never failed to reduce a corpulent pereon from throe to six pounds per week. It is perfectly baroJeaa and poaitiyely efficient. Sold by druggfcta.

KB?,(be great Kidney and LiTef Medl-

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-za cine,curesPains f\s|ln the Bbck.ftdegl or Loins, and all'-

Disease# of the

I can testify to the virtue ot HUNT'S REMEDY in Kidney Dlseases from aotual trial, having been greatly benefitted by its

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Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, Retention, or Incontinence of Urine, Nervous IMsetwes Female Weakness.and Excesses HuNT S KKMSOY is prepared EXPRESSLY for. tbesediseases. ,n

PROVIDENCK, R. I., Aug. 19,1»'8.

W*.E. CI.ARKK—Dear Sir: B.avlng wit-^ nessed the wonderful efltoota of HUnits REMEDY in my own vase, aud a great number of others, I reoommended it to ail afflicted with Kidney Diseases or Dropsy. Those afflicted by disease should secure the medicine which will cure in the shortesj. possible time. HUNT'S REMEDY will do £hS. E. R. DAW LEY, 85 Dyer st.

From Rev. E. G. Taylor, D. D., pastor First Baptist Church. Pbovidksck, I., Jan. 8.1^9.

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HUNT'S MM EBT is purely Vegetable, and is usea by the advice of Physicians. It has stood the test time for SO yea and the utmost reliance may beREMEDY1of

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placed in It. ONE TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU Bend for pamphlet to Wst. E. CLARKE.^ Providence, R. i.

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.:

enson's Capcine Porous Plaster

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Celebrated the World Over, ... The manufacturers were awardetl the highest and only medal given rubber •blasters, at both the Centennial and Paris Expositions.

FAR- SUPERIOR TO

Common porous piasters, liniments, the so called electrical appliances. frc. Ii i,he bent known remedy for LAME AND WKA.K BACK, Rheumatism, Female Weakness, Sciatica, Lumbago, Diseased Kidneys, Spinal Complaints, and all ills for which porous plasters are used. Ask your druggist for Benson's Capcine Plaster, aud see that you get nothing else. •Sold by alldrugglsts. Price 25 cents.

Mailed on reoeipt of price by SEVBURY fc JOHNSON,21 p4attstrett,N.Y.

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'My imiJrovlf^Wagbn'iffnd Rftliroarf^Ack0 Bcalesare taking the lead in all localities where they,- have had an introduction.. Mechanics and others who have examined them pronounce ithem constructed on betterprinciples thau any others In use, In-, surluga greater degree of sensitiveness and* durability. If you want scales, den't bej humbugged Into paying a big price »r a, name, investigate and save your moneys and at the same time get a better scale.•» The march Is onward, and scales are being4 Improved, like everything else. Circulars/ references! price lists, otcu free on applicatlon. Auaress' S. J. AUSTIN, Patentee,

Teirre Haute, Ind.

Ofllce, corner Fourth and Ktirlngton.

kbi bOA per day at home. Samples Mb 10 q£U wortl, »5 free, Address, ST1NSON A tHJv, Portland, Maine.

FROM THE

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Vigo 'Woolen Mills

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Wool Growers.

ma ilt &

have a full line of goods expressly madew I for FARMER^, wliich I will exchange jtor wool at the highest market price, or for ^•I, nlsb*receive wool on commission/ and make% cash advancement on Phlla delphia and Boston market price-

We believe it will be to the advantage farmers to call at the Vigo Wooleu Mills aud exchange their wool for goods. ,.i

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Cor.Tenth and Main sts., Terre Haute, Iud.

a week in your own town. Terms v, nud $5 outfit free. Address £. H.ALLETT JtCO., Portland, Maine. -r

$66

CURTIS,

EGBERT

Terre Haute, Ind.,

Breeder or Pare Brovtn and White Leg horns, Brown and White China Geese and Muscovy Ducks.

Stock and Eggs for sale. agwtit for Animal Meal for Fowls and Wine, and (ierraau Roup Pills

'ERRE HAUTE ICE CO.

We take ptesware In saying to thepubtlc ttenerally that we are,well supp^Ilea with tplendia lee. Prices low and orders promptfilled, If left at ofllce or given to drivers.5

L. P. PURDUE.

JOfflce, 611 Mala street, between Sixth and .seventh.

Eransville, Terre Haute and Chicago R'y.

I DiXVILLE ROUTE. THROUGH TO CHICAGO WITHOUT

CHANGE OF CARS.

Trains leave Union Depet, Terre Haute, asftllows: --J 6 40 a. m„ dall^, except Sunday.

T^vugh sleep^Jg cars on all night trains.^ Close connecuon is made at Danville for Peoria and points west, also with Wabash -, trains both east and west.

JOS. COLLETT, Superintend eat.

J. 8. HUNT, G. T. A.

PIANO

TUNING.

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If voar piano needs toeing or repairing, you can save money by employingthe popalar and reliable toner, A. H.PAIQEI wfio makes a specialty of tuning and repairing, all kinds of instrnments. All repairs exe-»* coted the same as at piano and organ rn.aufactories.

Pianos tuned and cleaned, moths exterminated and wires prevented from rusting without extra charge. Pianos tuned by the year at reduced rates. Prioes greatly re-, doosd for rebuffing pianos. The best of ref-5= crences given when desired. Leave orders with W. m. Paige, 007 Main street, or send.'. your ad Areas through the pewtofflce

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he residents of the towns and country sur toondlng Terre Haute.