Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 11, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 March 1881 — Page 4

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TERRE HAUTE, MARCH 19,1881

THE CRIME IN It U8SIA. Alexander II, Czar of Russia, was assassinated, last Sunday afternoon. He was returning from parade in Michael Manege, about two o'clock, when bomb was thrown which exploded under the Czar's carriage, doing considerable damage to the vehicle. The Czar alighted unhurt, bnta seoondbomb exploded at his feet, shattering both legs below knee, and inflicting other terrible Injuries The Car was Immediately Conveyed, In an unconscious state, to the Winter Palace, where he died at 4:30 in tjM afternoon.. Two persona, disguised as peasants, were concerned in the crime, ota of whom was seized immediately.

White the people of America regard With interest and sympathy all proper efforts of the people of other nations to free themselves from the wrongs and oppressions of monarchical government, the assassination of the Emperor of Russia will awaken universal and profound regret. And this because he was, in many respects, a liberal and enlightened ruler, seeking in every way the aggrandizement of the nation which he governed. Six years after his accession to the throne he issued, voluntarily and from his own sense of justice, an edict setting free all the serfs and thus, at one stroke, converting 23,000,000 slaves into free citizens—the grandest of all emancipations. He made many other reforms abrogating corporal punishment and the farming-out system of taxes separating judicial from the administrative power, escsnjiuouag the system of trial by jury, removing many restrictions from the press, and establishing landbanks. He was very active in promoting learning, and sought to make Russia a great and progvessive nation. The quarter of a century during which he reigned will ever remain an important and illustrious era in the annals of Ru»-

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Bi«. :V„ Yet, powerful and well-disposed as he was, h#has lived for years in imminent dread of the violent death which he met at length, on last Sunday. As far back as 1866, his life was attempted, and the attempts were repeated at various times and in various ways, afterwards. He would have been glad to abdicate a thfflhe thus hedged about with assassins but his ^eM^ ot duty kept him upon 1$* reeling affifll 'tottering as it wai jAnd -who were his murderers Notrthepeo* pie of RU»la,' bit a secret jterty. at evil and scheming men, who style them selves Nihilists, and represent the grosi-

anil the division all property equally among all. Fanatics, misguided men they arti, certainly, for they are willing to gfe*-up life itself in the foolish attest to advance their cause. The two m«t who thro# the bombs Into the empenr*s carriage as It passed along a public Afreet in the open daylight, must have known that certain and ferocious death wolMUbe^the penalty of their crimefas others lefo»ethem did who openly attempted the assassination of the emperor They are willing, then, to lay 4e#» their lives for the sake of their cause,* "What iatho best way to deal *rith such men Will there not be others to throw bombs into the new emperor's carriage as there were to throw them carriage of 1** father?

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Will punishment cur® luo^'^ho do not four death itsalfT It haa beon tried and foifhd wanting. *lt will be found wanting again. What can be done? Throw tho delusion of the Nihilist folly to the Nibiifets themselves. Until that is done, either by timo or education, there will be po cure for the evil. I

IX was a lively day in the United (States Senate when Mahene, of Virginia, left his former party affiliations and voted with the Jtopublicans. He was ono of the beat fighters the Confederacy bad during the war and soon let it be known that his old time pluck had not deserted him* When he got through with Ben. HU1, of Georgia, the latter wadouly too glad to tit htm alone and it iiaftlo to predict thai heuceforth there wiH not be any picking otiOen. Mabone tor mere amusement of the thing. He lias shown himself quite able to tales care of his own and quito determined to do U, too. The matter is signi ficant because is tHo flrat birak in the solid soutJb. ^Vhan one Democrat Senator froJa southern State titf to alothK tbsi tissue t»no«artWb^ able In hi* State *ftf ibattiewouhl better not twt himself others utitil hljrtwit skifts aW clSai^, is an in to happen thing which is going to happen will be fbr the good ot all concerted. The South needs some more Ma bones and will have them bfeforo long.

TSIJK Senate ot the State Legislature amended tbeUxbill ao,as to dispetfem with tho i*Alh»tlaa of the de» Uu^uont tax list. While this will take mm handsome profit* from country publishers it will be tha saving of a good d*l to the people and will work no harm berautt) a copy of the delinquent list ia reqoi 1 to he kept on file (n the Auditor"a which may lie consulted by any iv^u al any time.

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HOW TO QROW OLD.

It is eaay enough to grow old—easier in fact, than it is not. to do so, It Is a prooess, in this respect, very much like that of thirboyls whistle whteh whistled itself. The question which is ofthe deeper interest te ®ow not to grow old. But iiselii£ libSt'the only method yet discovered oraoonlflkely tobe disoovared, to pnrd||io«|hig old is the exceedidgly inconvenient one af dying—« remedy rather wocaethan the disease—it still wmains a quest* of general importance, Hbwtekptoarold that ia, how to do it in the beat way, the way most agreeable to one's self and to society generally. Wedo not think that general society has any grudge against its aged members. There seems to be a common impression that the great bulk of the young and middleaged think that the only fit thing for the old to do ia to get out of the way, "shuffle off the mortal coil," or, at least, keep quiet. We hear a great deal of complaint of the slights which are pot upon the aged, how they are crowded out, or ignored. But really we do not think there is any spite against the old, or any desire to get rid of them, or ignore them, because of their years. On the contrary, we think that there is generally, almost universe ally, as high a respect, and as great a deference paid to the opinions and feelings of the aged as could be reasonably expected. Of course there are exceptions. But when one goes into a public assembly where there are old men whose opinions and plans are worthy of consideration and adoption, he can but be struck with the consideration given. The great difficulty is that with the oncoming of advanced years there may come, there often does come, that which unfits for leadership. Often, too, traits which were earlier held in restraint become not only unpleasantly, but injuriously, prominent and strong. Our Irish friends might say that with old age weaksses grow stronger what were mere foibles in earlier years, counter-balanced by strong and over-powering good sense in other directions, sometimes became the controlling principles In later years. It will generally be found that when the aged are disregarded, it is because— to keep up the Irish still—of some such strong weakness. It is not age that is despised, nor the wisdom of age that is disregarded, bat the weakness of age. As years increase it is very needful to self-comfort, to remember the liability to these strong weaknesses, and, as much as possible, to guard against them and, also, as much as possible, to excuse what may seem to be slights, on the ground of weaknesses of which we are unconscious. And the time to make thia poasi* ble is before old age comes. It is easy for the young and vigorous to see these tendencies in others,and there isa time to get it so fixed in the mind that this is one of the tendencies of age, that when they begin themselves to feel the slights they will be ready gracefully to admft that the fault may not all be in others. Of oourse, then, also, Is the time to guard

vigorous, broad-minded, well-balanced, and progressive men are not cast off or crowded aside simply because of age. The United States Senate is a, standing protest against this idea. Who thinks of crowding aside an old preacher, seventy years of age, by the name of Henry Ward Beecher or Richard S. Storrs? If these men were to loscf their vigor of thought, or breadth of view, and live in the past instead of the present or future— as so many old people do—they would very soon be deserted of hearers in pulpit and on lecture platfortn. Tha best way to grow old, though it is somewhat difficult, is to keep young in thought and feeling and purpose. Nobody will mind old legs If the heart is young, or gray hairs on the outside of the head if the inside has the vigor of ripe manhood. We may avoid decay as much as possible, but at the saute time remetaber.that it may cdme in spite of us, and when others think It has come, yield to their judgment as gracefully as possible. They are more likely to be right about it than woare, being ourselves prejudiced parties.

ALL this was suggested by the death of the Czar. Many of Jiis most serious troubles in later years,—though n6t his ioul ,murder for which there is no excuse—came from his failure to grow old In the best way. The elouds which will rest upon his meitiory rise also from the Same soutve. His earlier and riper years were fn&rked by deeds that will make his name honored in all coming time. The Single fact that he freed forty mil

the succession—a charge that will be easily disproved, aa both the assassins have been arrested. Not only jiad hia family been affected by the faults whiA he manifested in lator yean, but, for this game reason also, he lost, In a measure, his hold upon the people. We moat go back to the years of hia youth and middle life to find the man whom we delight to honor, and when we go there we find a man who, by his wisdom, patriotism, broad sympathy, and noble daring and doing, has honored and Messed the world out of which he baa been thrust so cruelly and nnjnatly by those whose names will deservedly be held in acorn and condemnation by all honorable people, the world over. The faulta and foibles of-the old Czar may well be buried with hia mangled body, and the virtues and deeds of the Czar who freed the serfs and instituted and executed ao many and such important measures lor the improvement of his em pirn, may well be cherished in the memory of tha world.

THE recent scare over American pork, in Europe, and the statement that hundreds of thousands of hogs die annually from trichinosis, in Illinois, has brought from the Secretary of the Board of Health of that State the information that, since 1866, only eleven deaths have occurred in Illinois from trichinosis, and in every one of these cases the disease was caused from eating raw ham or sausage. He regards the danger to life from this source as practically nothing, it being so easily prevented by cooking. There is no doubt, he says, that more deaths occur from many other articles of diet that are regarded as harmless. He further states, that out of the millions of hogs which have entered Chicago during the past two years, only two have died of trichinosis. Thus is the American hog defended from the slanders of foreign enemies.

THE New York Herald says there is not a position in the diplomatic and consular service, from Minister to England down, that has notj an applicant for it from indiana. Aa supportingt&ls statement thfe EvaoavUle''Journal motions the report that bio first class foreign mlatfbhs, two judgeships, six ccmJwUhips^inciading fhoee of Glasgow anct|Mjmch6atQr? K(ui two governorships of ^Territories, With great many smaller positions,, have applicants from the First District alone. Doubtl^sa the other districts are similarly represented. This looks Jlike rathdr overdoing the thing and wiU^ tend: to bring the State into disrepute A little more discretion and a good' deal less cheek might be profitably cultivated by Hooaier politick

Tafe tflWcutive committee of the World's Fair commission held a meet-ing-on Wednesday, at which it ijras resolved that if |3,000,000 was not subscribed to the fund by the 15th of April, the project would likely be abandoned. The total sum now subscribed is 9956,000. Gen. Grant advises a* poatponemont jxt -lOfli plains that the great transportation companies do not appreciate tSe benefits they would derive from such a fair, and are disc6uragingly slow with their subscriptions. Should the project be abandoned by New York it would probably be taken up by Chkago,

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Kansas 'CiTY^a #/fboo: plice. The livening Star, a spicy six-column evening paper, which was started there less than six months ago, by two Indiaana boys bas already outgrown ita first quarters and been compelled to move into new ones, enlaigening itself at the same time to ]tha extent of three indhaa in the length of ita columns. ^lie Star already claims a circulation^ of 5,000 eoples and has a fine rttn of advertising. Evidently the place to start newspapers is in the metropolis of Missouri.

FOKTWAYWB is exercised over the small-pox, of which five cases were reported on last Saturday. The disease was taken to the city by a railroad man and, as usual lost no time ill making its presence known. The autHorities are adopting vigorous measures to prevent the disease from apreading.

THE ygBJtyj£ iMgffie^eoinlng to the front, dw. QypCa^^iieolltbe youngest men eyr olfrtsd Wa^dent and his cabinet ia paipo«d of.inen *hjae aggregate agwlitc Kwa than tha aggregate ages' ofj any previous cabinet. The yotggJ«|i#§dW11s hald into itics quite anceessfirily.

Uon slaves, ia glory enough for one niaiu isinture to wliip the women Whippcrt,"

But added to this is the wonderful progrew of the Empire, under hisreign. in mate#& and educational a#^£[He first, however, began to lose respect when the Queen died, and In a few W«*t bk- ta.:UAbfe

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a cry haa gone up from tEaSS&nr

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the cry has been so far been disregarded, {feet Indiana place herself in the forerank of Civilization by enacting this wholesome and appropriate law.

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THE New York Titnes aunounces that the fund of |C250,000 for the benefit of ex-Prestdenfs lias all been raised and is livwrted aoaa to prodtiee an annual in* come "of f!»,909. fl*veral Dwncx^ats aubaMb*!

when tha Lord wantslo make the bigttiJM* Jo&hii uiaaiMiA and make* him a widower Onaoi the moat difficult poiuU concerning which to grow old gracefully, it most be admitted, is marriage. The dead OtatWes not an exception, rather he furnished fearful example of what folly even a matt ,*fhp haa,- ftijat other dixeettona, can commit in his old when he.haa a chance. Then,' too, be had thesjflafit na)|fi.nifM^^ia. had become exceedingly disagreeable to his associates aid family. It & well known, and has been fot fUong time, that his son, and sucefesr, had been estranged from him to a considerable degree. This gives tbo Socialists of this country some color .of poaobility lor their assertion that they believe that his death was not occasioned by the Nihi- SBCRKTABY BI^IXB is making a brave lists, bnt was insligated for the sake of gtand for the rights of the American hog

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GKX. LKV WALLACB haa resigned Ida commission as fipvemof i^cf Mesdep and will, it iaaaid, reeeiv* ihe-appotnt-ment of Minister to Peru. Tito change will doubtless be an agreeabie one to 'jf*

IT%lifted that the two groat liberators of the present century—Lincoln and tha Czar Alexander, bot!^ 6y the hands of assassins.

THE Constitutional amendments were adopted. Indiana haa taken another atep forward.

THE NEW LIGHT.

'As The Mail predicted a gocd while ago would be the csae, the electric light is surely and steadily coming on aa the supplanter of gas and all other methods of illumination. It is no longer a problematical matter but is reduced to a certainty. Electric illumination is practicable for it is in successful use. And aa happena with

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work of perfecting it ia that of many hands. As with steam, ao with electricity, many brains were focused upon the subject at the same time, employing their ingenuity to render its use as an illuminator practicable. Edison, the greatest of all masters of electricity, has himself been outrun by others and several successful methods of producing the electric light have been invented. Just which is the best or the most economical method may not yet be known, and may not be known for along time, but that electricity as an illuminator is far superior in many respects to any other substance yet discovered is certainly established. And arrangements are now making on an extensive scale, to bring it into general use. Already in most of the large cities it is used considerably and companiea have been organized for the purpose of introducing it generally. In New York, Edison's company are arranging to erect works for the supply of the entire city and it is proposed to put the light into peoples' houses without cost to them, simply charging for the quantity of electricity used, as the gas companies now do. The peculiarity of the Edison plan consists in this, that the electricity will be made to do double duty, being used for illumination at night and for a motive power in the day time. Thus it can be employed in running sewing machines or turning any other light machinery in houses or factories. As an illuminator, electricity is superior to gas in several respects. First, no injurious consequences can arise from it as is often the case with escaping gas. Secondly, it avoids the inconvenience of matches all that is required being simply to turn the fluid on. Third, it will be a more potent preventer of burglary than the police, as the whole house can be instantly set ablaze with light by the noiseless turning of a stop cock. Fourth, it will furnish a bettor quality of light than gas, and, fifth, at a less cost.~ Paraphrasing-Charles Lamb's apostrophe to candle light, therefore, we may say: "Hail, electric light! without disparagement to gas or kerosene, the kindliest of the three."

THE English government has decided that the war against the South African Boers must go on and unless this decision is changed Christendom may expect the war to continue until a brave, industrious and peaceable people is exterminated, for of course England can continue the war (persecution would be a more appropriate name for it) until the Boers are destroyed. The grounds of the decision are not stated and we are left to conjecture what possible excuse can begiven fbr the bloody persecution

"THE scholar in politics" sometimes fares very well. -There is Prof. North' rop, for instance^ who besidea filling the chair of rhetoric and Engliah literature in Yale College^ has fbr twelve years also filled the position of collector of the port of New Haven, for which he gets |3,500 a year. He is not a believer in rotation in office and will have another term if the President pleases.

COL. W. R. HOLI/JWAY who has been postmaster at Indianapolis for twelve years,* has to step out, the President having signed the appointment of ex State Auditor James A. Wildman to that position. Wildman is a wily politician, of the kind that don't make very n^uch noise but carry very long poles.

AUSTRIA, too, haa prohibited the importation of American pork into her borders. They will all get aver their little scare when, they get hungry and will be only too glad to send for our hams and bacon.

O wi*o to the large amount of unfinished work before the Legislature it is thought another extra session may be rendered necessary.

Land sakes! but this is a gittin' to be a bad town. I'm a-goin'^ to inaugurate 'a reform. I'm a-goin' to keep a preachin' to the men till they behave themselves* till the last sinner nv them quits a foolin' and goes to Rippetoe fc Milter's for thair lettuce, radishea, Spring onions, oyster plant, turkeys and chickens, can and bulk oyaters, cranberries, grated horse-rad-ish, cabbage and pam-

snipv turnip*, oakws aod beats, hai and erf", ''boulder?, breakfant bacoa, barf tonga* meed want, potted toogae, boneISM pigV feat aodspiead pigs' feet, tripe, beaa pork, com beef, miace peat, mixed pickin, chow-chb* in bulk, canned sad oottled foods of all triad*, to* bast braod* dried fruits, ptdid patches aad apples, French, German sod T«tki«h pruaco, dates, pruaallss, if, mixed aad fancy caadiss, the be«t Ifaads -f five esat cigars in the eity, mspie eager and rrcsfc maple tyrnpy sorghnm moles—, backweast floarvryeftonr, Graham floar, slid the best breads of flair aheap. Fresh bread aad "arm peanuts

For choice new grocery ies,botta staple sad fiutey, breakfast bacon, hams, shoulders, And all kinds of vegetables, go to Hertfelter Wnrster, Clirer's old stand, northwest corner of Fourth and Cherry

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Win find It greatly to tbielr adv.iitrtte, profli and convenience to become thor oughly acquainted with our stock. They cannot fail to recognize the liberal in­( ducements offered to them especially. Our early spring purchases will be found a sure index to the best stylea.

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Unusual effort and outlay have been made by us to stock up in pertaining to Dressmaking and Trimming. Our confidence in a I spring trade leads us to mark the most risky goods at extremely low prices.

Dressmakers' Prices will be Low.

We oordlally invite all without regard to time or trouble to carefully examine iur immense stock of trimmings, etc., in the Silk, Notion and Woolen Dept'j all our

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