Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 11, Number 49, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 June 1881 — Page 4

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,

PUBLICATION or KICK,

*0 16 South 5th sU, Printing House Square.

TERRE HAUTE, JUNE 4,1881

"ROSCOE CONKLING, Attorney and Counselor at Law," may be looked for at an early day, In gold letters, at the foot of

Home

stairway in New York.

AFTER a continuous session of 14TI days the Illinois Legislature adjourned last Monday. It will not go down In .history as a brilliant legislative body.

Mas. LINCOLN, the widow

of

the great

President, is lying in a critical condition at her home in Springfield, 111. She grows weaker daily and ail hope of her recovery has been abandoned.

THE ceremony of decorating the soldiers' graves onoe a year with flowers loses none of its popularity. The observance of the custom was general throughout the country last Monday.

JR STICK STANLEY MATTHKWS, suspected hitherto of too strong a leaning towards railroad corporations, has signalized his career on the Supremo tiench by deciding his first case against them. __________

BOSTON witnessed a novel spectacle ou Monday, being nothing less than eight hundred bicycles in line. It was the .first annual tournament of the League of American Wheelmen. The bicycle is an important factor in modern civilization.

THE fact that more than sixty lives of Christ bavo been published within the past eleven years is significant of the interest whioh the people feel in the subject. No other man ever lived who has been thesmbject of so many biographers.

WHILE the population of the United States increased about 32 por cent, dur ing the past ten years, the total grain product of the oonntry increased WO per cent. As long as this ratio can be maintained there will be no need of anybody going hungry.

Bon INUKAHOLL may take encourage ment. Beecher says ho is even doing good in a bad way, though his influence ou the thought of the country is evanescent. Bob can go on in his good work of gathering in (not the "sheaves") but the shekels, with a clear conscience.

THRUM is much activity among our German citizens throughout the State on the subject of temperance legislation, and anti-prohibition leagues are being formed in all the principle towns. They purpose making a hot tight against the proposed constitutional prohibitory amendment.

THE groat religious revivals which have been going ou in Indianapolis for some week* past, still continue with apparently unabated Interest. Thero is a deep and remarkable interest felt in the subject throughout the city, and the various churches are working with zeal to keep the interest alive.

THE people of New York are generous hearted. Hading that Mr. Conkling was giving his great talents to the service of the State at a pittance of $5,000 a year, wheu he could have been making ffi0,000 at the practice of the law, they determined not to ask such a sacrifice at his hands any lougor. Acting ou the principle that the servant is worthy of his hire, and finding they could not pay what Mr. Conkling was worth, they generously discharged him.

T. H. ALUIUCU UH the fourth editor of the Atlantic Monthly. The first was Jnmos Russcl I/)well, now minister to Great Britain, who took the helm of the new venture on its first inception in 1

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ami was succeeded five years later by James T. Fields, lately deceased. Mr. Melds continued his editorial connection with themagaiino for eight years, when Mr. Howells caine in. The latter held the position for eleven years and resignedIt in order that he might have more time and fredom for purely literary work of an original kind.

THE country is certainly highly favored in the late selections of men to preside over the Treasury. In bringing about the resumption of specie payments and placing our national currency on a sure foundation, and at the name time greatly reducing the burden of interest, Secretary Shermanadministration of the public financed will always be a conspicuous page in the history of the nation. And now Secretary Windom enters upon a career, whi*h, unless present Indications prove false, will be a worthy continuation of the policy of his predecessor.

IN its July manlier Sorihner's Monthly will appear under its new name, "The Century." In the June number Ir. Holland gives an Interesting review of the inception and history of the magazine, whirlJ was planned, he tells its, by hi tnself and Hoswell Smith. formerly a lawyer of I^ifayeMe) on a bridge lu Switzerland, while both of them were summering in Europe. The highest mark they ft* Hat beginning was t« reach circulation of 100,000 copiee, a figure already reached and panned and the aim of the future will be t« teach W.CW0 coffee. By the change tlisvnnaiing the magazine from the book publishing bouae of ScribnerA Ox, the former continue* to he utwler the name management as heretofore, lr. Holland remaining it* editor.

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THE OREEK PLAT.

Harvard College has succeeded in getting up quite an excitement by reproducing

am

old Greek tragedy upon

the stage. When people take their positions in the line to secure tickets hours before the affair is opened, in order to witness a play in the ancient Greek language it indicates a remarkable degree of "culture" on the part of the community, or the prevalence and power of "fashion." Probably it is a little of both, or rather a great deal of both. The purpose was to represent the stage as it existed in the palmy days of Athens, with all its surroundings ef scenery costume, language and methods. Ana it is said to have been remarkably well done. The leading actor, a teacher of elocution in the University, had 900 lines of Greek to learn, and many of the other participants a very large amount. The New York papers have criticised the moral effect of the play because it represents the hero as having killed his own .father and married his own mother. But all this is done under the force of fate and not with the consciousness of either party. The play represents the unravelling of this mystery and revealing the terrible fact to the parties, one of whom commits suicide and the other puts out his own eyes. There is no dallying with vice such as is often seen on the modern stage, and nothing in mind or deed to influence passion, but the very reverse. Probably the fact that the play is a production of Boston has iaore to do with the New York criticisms, than any moral squeamishness, at all events the play is all the rage.

"THE true inwardness" of the Conkling movement is explained by our old friend, Rev. Lyman Abbott, in the editorial department of the Christian Union According to his notion, Mr. Conkling did not resign in a pet, and is not aeting the "spoiled child," but is working out a long-headed, political plan. Having become convinced by the result of the Chicago convention, in which Grant was beaten and Garfield nominated, and by the appointment of his old enemy, Blaine, to a place in the Cabinet, and by his failure to defeat Robertson, that the Republican "machine" has passed out of his bands, and that there is no chanoe left that the Republicans will nominate Grant in 1884, he withdraws from the "maehine." But this simply means that he intends to construct another "machine" which shall make Grant at least a candidate in the next contest. If he cannot elect him, he can make certain the defeat of either Garfield or Blaine, and so get his sweet morsel of revenge. In a word, Conkling intends to head a new party, preferring "the chance of being commander in ehief of a new party to the certainty of being lieutenant in an old one," and the main purpose of the new party is to make Grant president or, perhaps it would come nearer to the idea to say, to make Grant the instrument by which either to restore the prestigeof Conkling or be revenged upon liis political enemies in the Republican party. The chief figure in the plan, the one object aimed at first, last, and all the time, is Conkling himself. So far, at least, the plan bears the mark lof credibility. Whether it originated in the head of the Senator or the editer, time will tell.

"MY friends, and I am your friend, I would lay down my life for you I would give my blood for you,—my purse, my garments,—but I would not be slave enough to come to an explanation." This is the sort of nonsense which a Catholic priest talked to his people, last Sunday, because a mooting had been culled by his parishionors to protest against his going on to build a church where they did not want one, and without explanation us to the money which they had subscribed and paid, and as to future plans. Such talk as that may go down in the Old World, but no priest or minister in this country can manago things in this high-handed way. And the very fact that the meeting was held, and held in the church, too, and in defiance of the priest, and his course was denounced, and measures taken to appeal to the authorities above him, is an encouraging indication that the leaven of freedom and self-respect is working.

And then, too, what nonsense it is for any man to talk in that way It is a very easy thing to give an explanation, not always a satisfactory one, bnt some explanation, and when this is what people want and complain that they do not get, why not give it to them We have known much trouble to come from this false pride about an explanation. Even here in Terre Haute, not by priest or minister, but by laymen, who were unwilling to explain and let the people know their plans in church affairs, no small trouble has been created. Tyrants have a hard road to travel in this country, and it goes harder all the time. The nearer those who manage affkirs in politics or religion

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keep to the people,

and the mere open and frank they can be in all their plaus and work, the better it is for thero and for their cause. Of courae this is true only of thoee who have plans and methods which will bear Inspection, and no one ought to desire the success of any other. Ft is only those who are mistaken, or who have, wrong motives or objects, who need to fear the daylight. An honest man can afford to show confidence in the people, and they will speedily return the confidence.

THK Philadelphia Tiroes publishes the opinions of several leading physicians of that dtv who join in the opinion that cigarette smoking is the worst form in which tobacco can be used, for the resson that the paper is often poisonous, the tobacco artifinally flavored and the smoke is inhaled into tbe tangs. Smokers will do well to make a note of this.

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PRESIDENT GARFIELD has taken out a policy of insurance of $25,000 on his life, in the New York life Insurance Company.

PIER No. 1, in New York City, is being fitted up at a cost of f80,000 for a Summer resort. It will accommodate 6,000 people. :==_==__^

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IN Berlin, street cars are run by electricity, with the most satisfactory results, and electricity is believed to be the coming motive power.

IT is authoritatively announced from Washington that U. S. Marshal Dudley is to be appointed Commissioners of Pensions, at an early day. ri 4

AT the rate the great Northwest is filling np and developing at present, it will not be long until several more territories can be added to the galaxy of States.

IT would seem from the balloting in the Ifew York Legislature, that the Republicans of that State have a number of men of whom they think senatorial timber could be made.

DE LA MATYR, the ex-Congressman and preacher, is expounding the gospel of Greenbackisn* to the grangers of Iowa. The Dr. should engage in more profitable employment at this busy season of the year.

DENVER has six railroads, with the prospect of several more, and counts on a population of 100,000 in 1890. Con sidering the rapid developement which is going on in the western country we should think this expectation was quite modest. Sfev

ANOTHER indication of the awakened spirit of the South is the proposed cotton fair to be held at Atlanta, next-October. The idea has grown from its original scope until it is now designed to include all the great industries of the South. Letters from manufacturers abroad express a desire to enter machinery for exhibition at the fair. f'

THE American horse Iroquois, the property of Pierre Lorillard, won the English Derby race on Wednesday This is the first time an American horse has ever won the Derby race. The bet ting at the start was eleven to tw against the winner. Lorillard won about $40,000 oa the race. Iroquois is throe year old colt, and evidently has splendid possibilities.

MR. D. S. ALEXANDER,of Indianapolis, for several years the Indiana eorres pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, but more recently a lawyer, haibeen appointed Fifth Auditor of the Treasury The appointment is in every way an excellent one, as Mr. Alexander is a capable, industrious, energetic, and thoroughly honest man. He will make a clean record in the office to which he has been appointed.

THE following statistics of the in crease and strength of religions denomi nations will bo of interest to church people. The Baptists lead, with a membership of 2,374,339 Methadists, 1,742,922 Presbyterians, 915,740 Lutherans 700,718 Episcopalians, 345,841. During the year 1880, the increase was as follows Baptists, 163,624 Methodists, 52,620 Lutherans, 10,233 Episcopalians, 20,846 Presbyterians, 16,438.

A CHICAGO man who has recently re turned from an extensive tour through the West reports that the long, cold winter did not produce the disastrous •onsequences feared. The stock was not greatly injured and on every hand the people are busy with their crops, which promise finely. He found many home-hunters, while real estate is steadily advancing and thousands of mortgages have been paid off since the year began. In short, the evidences of prosperity are to lie seen on all sides.

IT appears that Ireland is in a state of siege. A Herald correspondent says the government police are rapidly becoming demoralized under the treatment they receive. Every man's hand is against them. The public houses will not supply them with food, the women hoot at them, the children pelt them with mud, and the men stone them. After along march they find the wells defiled so that they cannot slake their thirst.,J Fresh soldiers take the places of those who are worn out and broken in spirit, but the same thing goes on. Severer measures than coercion are demanded, the author' ities say, but what those measures shall be it is not so easy to decide. The Irishman is almost too much for Joh^ Bull.

GOOD for Mrs. May Wright Bewail, of Indiana! She was in Boston attending the anniversary meetings, last week, and was introduced to the audience by one of the wise women of Concord as a lady wlw, though not born in Boston, like everybody else so unfortunate, was doubtless very sorry that she had not been born there. Mrs. Sewall came forward and wry promptly and emphatically said she was not sorry that she was not born in Boston. Boston was a very pleasant place to visit and possessed many attractions, but she was very well content to acknowledge and rejoice in her native State. The plucky little Hoosier woman who dared "to beard the lion in his deft," and administer a very polite and well-deserved rebuke to Boaton snobbery, brought down the boose. Shethea read a paper on "Disinherited Children" which convinced her auditors that Indiana, as represented in this woman, was not to be despised, and couki maintain herself even in Boston. Mrs. Sewall has the thanks of Hoosier-

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TERRW "fEAUTE SATUfviuAY EVfgfsTJS! Gr MAIL.

THE census recently taken gives London a population of 3,814,157. Gllad we don't have to live in such a hive.

IF at times, when noting the enormous immigration of foreigners to our shores, we become uneasy as to the space for all these people, coupled with our own increase, we can find encouragement in contemplating the fact that there are, in round numbers, a billion acres of cultivable land in this country and that as yet only 11 per cent, is used. There will manifestly be room enough for some time yet.

THE revised New Testament, which has met with eueh flattering acceptance in this country, is unpopular in England. The literary people are arrayed against it and it receives but slight commendation from the press. The obstinate conservativeness of the average Englishman probably accounts for this state of affairs. It takes a good while for John Bull to make up his mind that any new thing is an improvement on the old.

THE vigorous investigation of the bureau departments, at Washington, still goes bravely on with satisfactory, if not altogether gratifying, results. It is said that the discoveries so far made will necessarily furnish work for the criminal courts. The resignations of Sixth Auditor McGrew and his deputy, of the Treasury department, have been peremptorily demanded, for irregularities discovered under his supervision, in connection with the Star route service.

THE filing of a suit in one of the New York courts, the other day, brought to notice a curious transaction, which occurred several years ago. A man named Smith had married Charity Miller, the belle of the village, and they lived together for several years, none too happily, for Smith was not a very liberal provider. Four children were born of the marriage, when a wealthy bachelor became much attached to the young wife and jokingly offered Smith $2,000 for her. Smith accepted the offer, papers were drawn up in legal form transfer ing all the right and title of the husband to the woman to the bachelor, who paid his money and received his prize. What disposition was made of the young Smiths we are not informed, but the probabilities are that they were not in eluded in the bachelor's purchase.

$ OUR VOORHEES The Brooklyn Eagle closes a long and appreciative sketch of Senator VoorheeB by saying: "Long ago Voorhees won from the enthusiasm of the admiring tribes in his native State the airy appellation of "The Tall Sycamore ot the Wabash," and as years nave aaaea honors tn have added, too, an adipose and brawn that' have fitly clothed, with proper symmetry, this towering edifice of arboreal ascription. Voorhees is, in fact, physically a handsome giant. A colossal head crowned with a shock of auburn hair such as refusses to grow on the American poll east of the Alleghenies an eye like a frontiersman's, and the shoulders and tread of Thracian Spartacus, give him an appearance altogether imposing if not formidable. And yet with all these incidental personal advantages, added to a generous disposition and a gift of oratory which is not without its effect and repute, the Indianian will not probably rise much above the reputation he has already achieved nor as a figure of statesmanship above his time. But while Hoosier Democracy lasts undor its present organization he will undoubtedly remain its ablest and loyalest representative."

THE CZAR'S TICKLISH LIFE. That was a remarkable speech which the autocrat of all the Russians delivered to a Prussian military deputation. Said Alexander III.: "Gentlemen, how happy are you who can enjoy life without care, not needing to heed sccretly threatening dangers. Listen to what happened to me the other day:"

It must be known that the Czar sleeps bv himself, but has some 5.000 soldiers placed around him to secure nis personal safety. He continued: 'So, tho other day, when I was being dressed, I accidentally put my hand into my pants' pocket, and what did I find there Apiece or paper, which notiflod me that within twenty-six days I would share the fate of my father, unless I should concede to the wishes of the revolutionary committee. I then placed my baud in the other pocket of my pants, and what did I find there? The same sort of apiece of paper, but in that were given to me only six days' respite. Let me tell you further. One evening I sat here before my desk, my room being illuminated with wax oandles. Suddenly one of the officers of the watch rushed in, without having been called, and blew out all the candles. Surprised and amazed, I asked him what toe devil he meant oy such an extraordinary proceeding. Then he told me that ne had just been told that each one of those wax candles was filled with dynamite. We investigated the matter, and it turned out that, bad that faithful officer come in but a few moments later, there would have been a tremendous explosion. You may therefore, well comprehend that I have lost all confidence in those around me, who are mostly Russians. I wish that I could have only Germans around me, for they alone are trustworthy Such is my life."

MKN are deceivers ever. A woman will let her team course down her cheeks at a tale of woe, without thought of shame but a tnan will hide them in bis nose, the coward!

WHY be so severe in dealing with the faults of those at borne, while weexense anything friends or acquaintances may dot Tbe laws of politeness should be binding at home as well as abroad.

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"Tother day when I wus in at Rippetoe & Miller's they axed me to talk through their telefone. They sot it all right, and I said "Hello!" and a voice came back, but it sounded so like a ghost that I dropped the

dropped

EII thing, could induce me to

tarnal thing, and nothing could induce mi Italk through it. Still its mighty handy fur folks when they want sum tra\vberries and things sent up in a hurry fur

dinner. And then their electric light jest beats all, I swan its lighter than day at night. But what I started fur to say was tnat at the big White Frunt today thare's a big lay out uv Strawberries, Cherries, Currants, Beets, Gooseberies, Peas, String Beens, Bermuda Onions, Asparagus, Lettuce, Radishes, and Pie-

Spinach. Kale Cumcumbers, quashes, Cauliflower, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Spring Chickens, New Hams Breakfast Bacon, Smoked Halibut fresh Fish, Pea-nuts, mixed Candy, Caramels, Chocolates, etc., Cigars and Tobacco, choice line of toilet Soaps, canned fruits, of all kinds the best brands of canned Meats, Fish, of all kinds. Maple Syrup, Rock Candy drips and Sorghum Molasses, French and German Prunes, dried Blackberries, Alden dried Apples, dried Currants, Raisins and Prunnelles, D. F. Bremner's Biscuits and Wafers, Fresh Bread, and Western Reserve Butter. Stop and take a look at the nice flowers from H. Graham's Garden.

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