Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 13, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 February 1883 — Page 1

13.—No. 32.

HE MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Town Talk.

THE AMENDUkXtS,'

ter the election it was generally supthat when the prohibition amendcarae up for consideration it would I-seed. During the campaign the jevelopod itself that there are Dempt counties in Indiana in which the l-.a, demanded that their candidates re themselves in favor of submisand such pledges were given. In [manner it was estimated that at twenty-three Democratic vote* secured in favor of the measure in [ywer house. But the hopes and exit ious of the prohibitionists have doomed to disappointment. Un-

Inately for thetn the Indiana Legis'e has a Senate. The measure first 1 up for consideration in that body, as been voted down by a majority Fie vote. It would doubtless carry |e House of Representatives, but the In of the Senate settles the matter the present at least. Strictly speakJt was not paitifan vote. A number ,/iocrata voted in favor of tbemeasa very few Republicans voted it. In the last campaign the rats dodged the issue, and the Resits went before the people in favor bmlssion. As the question stood locralic members could consistently las they pleased, but the Republiwore in duty bound to vote for the tare. The Republicans of Vigo Ity were pledged to submission, but

Senator voted against the measure. he voted with his party theamendjh would have been submitted, but fe matter now stands the work will 1 tve to be done over again. The prance question Isalwaysadisturbhement in politics, and never falls hmo to the front during a political jaign. The submission of the Kidments would have effectually set(the matter for many years to come.

Domocrats did not believe the dmonts could bo carried, and tbo [lblicansdid not advocate their adop-

Tbe question was not a party one, Utood upon its merits before the

Vo.

There can be much sontimontndulged in in its favor, but the w^ness sense of the country iaop-

As it is the battle will have

fought ovor

again."The

temper-"

People are indefatigable and will put down. Defoat never dlscourIthflDi. They aro a sort of political

Taploy, from whom the average [nbacker and labor reformer could itagoously take lessons. The presjgislHture will not escape their intimites. IJefore it adjourns it will [ve the usual number of petitious in of prohibition, and demanding tho lussion of tho amendments. If there Jy ono privilego moro than another |Mch tho average American citizen ready 10 avail himself it is that of petitions, lie will sign auytn that line, and will fall an easy Jto tho prohibition advocates, from it is easy to percoive that the Leg JIT

will have

110

]rcst until it takes

|*tep in tho premises. No oue for a lint supposes that tho amendment •reive favorablo consideration, but bly a compromise will be effected [stringent license law, which will the illegitimate dealers from the Ijpss and place the traffic in the of a favored few, who will make It respectable generally and profltatheraselves.

MKDH'At, LEGISLATION. medical profession pursues its -A with a quiet digulty which com^stherespoot of those unacquainted secrets. It is rarely that a ripffles its smooth surface. If the disagree, their dlflerences are to themselves and the public benone the wiser. The greatest iu the world can locate in a comJty and very rarely will a jpedical /raise bis voice against him. Time l^ain the legislature is asked to leg1 quacks out of existence, but such have thus far been failures in

Other States have driven

[roni their territory, but in Indiana still sure of a safe retreat. He here, stops at the best hotels, out his shingle, advertises to cure species ot disease, Incurable or (wise, and invariably secures large ^rs of patients and good pay. In msos out of ten they are men wltb-

common school education and are Miocent of the scieuee of medicine |it unborn babe. They travel on

I'Ueek and rely upon the ignorance gullibility of the people to carry hrougb. They are more successit beatiug hotels and newspapers curing patients, and their impu1 is only excelled by the exhorbiof their fees, and both are very

But the quack can give the est exhibition of cheek when the bat tire takes him in band. Then [ses ou his hind legs and fairly

The neswapers ate burdened

with his lamentations and protestations He claims a superior intelligence which requires no education for his so sailed profession. His knowledge comes to him by inspiration, and his instinct, he claims, is superior to education and ability. These are probably the roasons why he is still at large in this State. How long he will remain here depends on the action of the legislature. The matter is now under consideration, but will probably be allowed to die this year as it has died before. A good law which would protect the medical profession and the people is demanded in Indiana. Other States have such laws, and their existence drives these ignorant practitioners over into this State. Men to whose care life is intrusted should be required to furnish some evidence that they are fitted for their work, and if, stands to reason that men who have made the practice of medicine the study of their lives should be protected against men who have nothing but impudence to recommend them. And in protecting the profession the people would also bo protected. There is a class of people who are ignorant and easily led astray by glaring advertisements and bold assertions. There are also many afflicted with incurable diseases who rush to every new remedy advertised, never to receive relief, and often to receive injury. Th6re is now certainly sufficient intelligence in the State of Indiana to abolish quacks, and it should be directed in that direction.

THE POLICE MUDDl/H.

The longer the Metropolitan Police Bill remains on file in the legislative halls the smaller becomes its chances of passage. At first the opposition to it was not very great, but it has subsequently gathered strength until It is now in the ascendency. The latest proposition by the advocates of the bill is a provision that it shall apply to cities of 29000 and upwards, and that iu the selection of men they shall be divided equally between the two parties. This last proposition would take in only Indianapolis and Evansville leaving the other cities of the State to regulate their police to suit themselves. It seems at first sight a little strange that all the cities of the State, with two exceptions can regulato their own police affairs, aud that it requires the combined wisdom of the State to select about one hundred men to act as guardians of the poace for 100,000 inhabitants. It also seems strange that when the State assumes control of the police affairs of four cities of State there should be a dom'miasMMRni Ms. board could do all the worfc, commissioners for each of four^ities would cost those cities $4,800 per annum to which might be added about $2,400 for clerk hire, making a total of $7,200 Where the law prescribes the qualifications the selections could be made by a board selected from ail the cities inter e&ted just as well as by aboard for each city. The men selected would probably be better suited to tho work and a com plication of boards and clerk hire would bo avoided. But as the bill will not pass it makes little difference. A State police regulation could not improve matters so far as this city is at present concerned Things move along very smoothly here under the present administration of affairs. Those in search of plunder have learned to give Terre Haute a wide berth. It is surrounded by a disagrees bleclimate which is sure to bring to grief tho evil doer. It is very rare that au offender escapes. The sneak thieves thought they were safely located, but in two weeks they found tbemse.ves in the bastile with a sure case against them. Even the gentle Chicago slugger who came down here to imitate the verdant found himself safely under lock and key before he had an opportunity to use his latest pattern sandbag. The monthly police reports show that nearly all the property stolen is found and returned to the owners. With such a showing there is certainly small room for Improvement, and It is very doubtful if many desire it.

QUESTION OP

OAS.

The manner in which the council has been in the habit of providing for street lighting has long been a cause of unfavorable comment on the part of citizens generally. On bright moonlight nights gaslight is unneocessary, but in the experience of all thereare numerous nights upou which the moon is supposed to shine that the ens is not lighted and the darkness rivals that of Egypt. Probably if the man in the moon knew the nature of the contract with the gas company he would smile serenely down on the city and dispel the darkness which is not supposed to exist. But now that the streets are to be lighted twenty-aeven nights each month* the cause of complaint will be removed, and the population will be thankful. While the council has its band in on the gas question it should do something with the gasoline lamp fraud. None of them are of any earthly use, and all of them should be removed and replaced by gas. Some of the principal streets are lighted, or supposed to be lighted, by these oil affairs, and not a solitary case can be found in which they gl ve satisfaction. They only help deepen the darkness which sur-

The audience on last Monday evening resembled that usually seen at female minstrels, being mostly composed of men, bnt it was intellectual enough to suit the most fastidious. We didn't expect the new management to give us quite so cold a reception, and our enthusiasm was somewhat chilled by sitting two or three hours without any fire. Then, too, the beautiful arrangement of the stage was somewhat marred by having, in the centre, what appeared to be a big dry sjoods box, covered with a red table cloth, and we hardly knew whether "Gath" was going to preach a sermon or give us a tune on the organ. It reminded us of the days of our childhood when we used to watch, with feelings of awe, the head of the preacher as it went bobbing up and down behind the big pulpit.

The orator was introduced with that graceful eloquence which is so natural to Mr. Hanna, but I have often wondered how a speaker must feel to sit, like a post, while somebody is telling the audience all sorts of beautiful things about him, and thinking that probably thoy will be disappointed as soon as he opens his mouth. "Gath" explained the title of his lecture by saying that, from boyhood, his desire had been to toncb with his fingers the great persons of whom he had beard so much

The experience of the Thomas, of Bible fame, is different from that of modern doubters, for as Thomas came close to Jesus he was overwhelmed by his majesty and cried out, "My Lord and my God!" while the nearer we approach to our great men, the less inclined we are to acknowledge tlieir divinity. '•Gath" paid a

liv.e

Most of the lecture was written in

Howevor, it is a great honor to be the beet newspaper correspondent in the country and we musn't expect perfection.

Very

TERRE HADTB, IND., SATURDAY EVEMNG. FEBRUARY 8. 1883.

rounds them, and if the council wishes constituents wilf I to retain them it should place a gas lamp between two ho by the side of each to make it visible

They are of no benefit to any person but farther, the "Des» Sisters of the W. C. I A. __ 1. ffl TT II IflMlk Uahm AM. the man who has the coutract to keep them in order

A "Woman's Opinions.

nr* i^iii -v3jg

THOMAS, THE DOUBTER.

few of our good writers are

fine oratars. Artemus Ward, Petroleum V. Nasby, Josh Billings, R. J. Burdette are all indifferent speakers. Whittier, R. W. Emerson, Wendall Phillips and O. W. Holmes always disappointed their audience by their oratory. Yet, to write well is afar grander gift than to speak well, for there comes a time when the eloquent tongue isdumb, and when the multitudes, who listened to the impassioned voice, can no longer hear its music but a noble thought, caught in its flight and impressed upon the paper by the sunlight of the pen, will never know death or decay or oblivion. The speaker exists for this day and this generation, the writer will live in beaatiful communion with all the countless thousands of men and women yet to com", and upon the altar of his eternal fame they will love to place the fresh and fragrant offerings of honor and affection.

AJIBN-DMB*TS.

Having accomplished one object—that of defeating the Republican party, the Amendments can now take their place on the shelf or under the, table or in the waste basket. The Republicans can say. "I did it with my little hatchet," and the Democrats can say, "I did it with

siiiiis

aro enabled which is a great.! These Prohibit] had their missive by good result^

tribute to Wash

ington—and the mule. One could scarcely tell which stands highest in the estimation of the lecturer. We got a little confused right here but made out that a man would much better leave no posterity, at all, but if he does, let hfm leave it in the form of a mule, in which opinion, it is safe to say, Mr. lownsend stands alone and unsupported.

to the temperance element they can say Did you see how the other party defeated the Amendments?" and the poor tertaioed by Mrs. Henstis last night.

in find themselves a dilemma.

And then to ooinpticate matters still

T. U." set apart tS»B hour when the Legislature was to Consider the Amendments and askei4"all Christian people to earneetly pray for success, and that the vote of ev«£r member be directed for the real advancement of our cause." But, what toe Lftgpslator wants is votes, not prayers. l4 the W. G. T. U. could have said, "WetrUl pray for these men, but, if they defeilt (be Amendments, we will voteagainBtJhem,'' the result might have been quiteiBflferent. So the ladies, anticipating an overthrow, displayed a' skill in "hedging" that would be a credit to an accomplished gamester, for they say in their circular, '{We will accept the result as a victory, though it seems to be defeat." There is no philosophy in the world so aabliine as that of those people who expeet to accomplish their object by means of special prayer. If they are successful, they believe that it is the direct result of their prayers if they are unsuccessful, tbejl say, "God knows best. H?doeth^ things jrell but a skeptig wif beinclMed to ask, "If you have so ntgch faith that He will do everything jusfiight, why do you interfere with yourj^aiu aud wordly pray

unanimous

very scholarly manner and the closing g^nds before tils bar and drinks the fmht -as.i indeed, but fttinentj^ ,ve reatrBtrrotrcn OT Washington and Jefferson and all tly early presi dents, that we would have greatly pre ferred some reminisences of those nearer our own time, whom "Gath" has known and observed these many years. He not an orator. His voice is monoton ous and ho sways from side to side, while speaking, like an overgrown school boy. He stated that he was forty-two years old but he lookes older than that. He is about medium height was faultlessly dressed in full evening suit, and looks to be "well-exerelsed and well-fed." He has a double chin and that fullness about the belt which bospeaks high-living. Some time ago, in conversation with a gentleman who knows him well, I said, "Do tell me something about 'Gath.' How does he look? How does he talk?" "Well," said he, thoughtfully, "the last time I saw him, he hadn't been home for three or four days, although he lived right in the city, and he asked me if I thought he was sober enough to go and see his wife."

The hair of a girl employed in the Elgin watch factory was caught in the machinery and violently pulled. From that time all of the new growth was white, and now the receding color has reached a point half way to the ends.

New York, hard pressed for a really new social reform, is calling to have the male clerks in ladies'1 shoe stores supplanted with young Women, in order that "sensitive ladies may be freed from the embarrassment and incidental annoyances which now sometimes attend the trying on of new shoes."

A Philadelphia woman has buried five husbands inside of eleven years. She is still young and handsome, but as she has a comfortable fortune, the result of her numerous matrimonial speculations, she says she shall not marry again, she has had such bad luck with her spouses. It must be a rash man who would venture to marry that widow.

Not long snce a story went the rounds of a lady who accidentally threw her diamond ear rings into the fire and

diamond ear rings imo vn«

cue the ornaments. Her pluck was considered quite commendable, bnt a Connecticut woman whose store teeth fell into the grate is jeered at for the by manner in which she clawed over the coals to save those

useful

Louisville Ooarier-Jouro.1 wj». An

tameoMnumber yoong women teve

been sated

try bang.' This necessitates catting the

say tottoli^orelem^^Wd yoasee ranging this shortened crop in asenes

how we killed the Amendments?" and

flat reversed curls.

vw..'

fhir RrPoVfoc* Tahlp

fanatics what "Resolution" is to the work con amore, but Whs able only to The one partv al report that not only were there no mismeetings by submit- takes nor frauds, but that the system ting an Amendt^nt, the other, by offer- was the most perfect ever formed-any ing a Resoluti^, and in this way both change would injure it However, I do not join in the issue raised. Then, as much more now partisan bias sealed

ixpress their opinions, lief sometimes Amendments have the eyes to the virtues of a rival and exaggerated his faults. I presume it is and will be followed They have aroused a oe"01" to be a modern partisan and hon-

profound agitation, all over the State,on the question of temperonca, they have d«t©st the other fellows, than to be the compelled people to take a decided UULllLWliUU stand on one side

aroused the saloon keepers, themselves, to some sense oi the iniquity of their calling and impressed them with the feeling they mast endeavor, in some way, to infuse a little respectability into their disgraceful^nd Infamous business. We inust fight tikis evil, with public sentiment and" thajt sentiment should be unanimous in this that the man who

uch to be censured as

Trtt A W*nt»irn l"** the more

'.ABOUT WOMEN.,

A Boston deutistress is so pretty that "she could coax a man's tooth out by just putting her band under his chin and asking for it."

A warning for ladies who use preparations alleged to

beautify

the complexion

comes from Philadelphia, where a lady well known in society has her face covered with an eruption which no physician can remove. V,

Sleigh-bei 1 bracejals are atnong the novelties of the day, and are worn by the "dancing-class young girls," who, somebody says, will wear anything. With rings on her fiugers aud bells on her toes, music, etc, etc.

estiy admire your leaders, even if you

no-party man who doubts the virtue of

the other, and have all impartially and believes in nobody.

Your independent is, as Sydney Smith said, apt to speak disrespectfully of the equator and even of the immortal G. W." "Like that last sensation, 'Democracy,' interposed the Professor. "Read it? Quite a satire on modern politics. Very depressing, too, in its low view of our public men. Quite dispels the tendency yon speak of, that we have to admire rome one. In it no one is good. With Lord Ellenborough it assumes 'the ^tfe$ int»ffcar of politics. iy~and persoftil the motives of men.'" "To drop from the sublime to the ridiculoaS, Mr. Jack, why did you waste time and money on 'Sam'l of Posen "I don't know why, I am sure, when I can see him every day. Just suoh another keeps a store down Main street, and like him, when 'he soils nodings he mages thirdy-ade cents clear profit.' Commenced a few years ago with two hundred dollars and half a cent, has now five thousand dollars stock and discounts his bills." "How does he do it?" "Do it?" said Mac. "Does it by that rule an Israelite never forgets: 'The outgo must be less than the income and in that margin is the certain independence. I know one remarkable exception to the rule. He is a Russian Jew. He comes flying into our place with a caddy of tea and a box of cigars. He fills all our pockets with cigars, invites me to lunch, dinner and supper in a bieath, and if he gets au order will wind up with champagne, Chateau Yquem, or both." "But that's on bis boss's money!" said Derby. "Well, it may be, but he's always broke. Born in 8t. Petersburg—his brother is still there, a high official in police—left with $25,000, he went to Paria and spent it in two years with the prettiest grisette in the Latin Quartier— and now,

once

One

nre

burned her hands in attempting to res- all the high-priced luxuriea that was the worth of

"I hope

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v/Ul DiCdixlctul laUlU more dub, the less home—always. tpll me! I advise you, Jack, next season "I was surprised, Mr. Derby," said to propose a circle that will go through McEwan, "by the remarkable view yonr the heuses. If you cannot effect it, you much be-praised George Alfred Town- are not wanted, and can drop the matsend took of Jefferson's character. I ter." have been accustomed to hear that yonr "Yes'm," he meekly said, as he felt for earliest statesmen were giants aurely his last gold-pieoe that was to be sunk, you belittle them by traducing one so in the closing tlance. "I suppose you prominent among them." were never a giddy girl—or bey, Mrs.

Derby evaded the issue by saying: Welby. II yon were me, now, veryj "Who can tell the shoot an independent likely you would give this golg^nbdal journalist may take It is much more to the Presbyterian chuM^ij-. wouldn't Interesting and pensatlonal to tip ovei y0u an old idol than to follow a crowd to she

burn incense." with a missionary spirit in her eye as The Major rein&rked: "It id vei^ isiif she said: "Perhaps I was giddy once, nowadays to admire impartially all the and danced mqre than you. We used worthies, particulriHy if you are not to have gayqr Jlmes than Jyou do, and very familiar with their history but let didn't make so tnuch fuss about it either, one disposed to admire Aleaander Ham- suppose yon think I am like Mrs. Ten ilton take up the aocounts of tho bitter jjyck,

reaching down to the present time." "But Jefferson did not deal in this personal abuse." "Didn't? Well, he didn't hesitate to

un vua woraiy pray- charge him with fraud and peculation, wuuiu uo a

ers?" AU things are possible with the ~^aid he to Gallatin, Hamilton's splendid each for the church. She sent the same Lord, but in hpitters pertaining to the successor in the Treasury, 'Your most notices to her Eastern relatives, certain Legislature, it jjl safer to put your trust important duty will be to ex- Ten Eycks, or Van Vechtens or Yftn-der-in the Lobby. amine the aocounts to discover

It is said aaoiiDT Amendment will be 'be frauds and mistakes of Ham- whole circle sent each a hundred silver prepared and submitted two vearsjbence. "ton and ascertain the changes necessary dollars. Wasn't that nice?" », An "Amendment" is to the"temperauce

system.' GaUatin took up the "Hurrah!" exclaimed Jack. "It takes

every season, he flies from

the depot with a tea caddy under his arm, raises a row at the Terre Haute

'a-haalafa-an-hour.'

will

"It

articles.

Tbe CM»go °!noma, to dance In •omebody1. dloinf .ml H29 wm paid for

tn»wdn»«dlntbe«yIeofthe Leng- ^todolt pen»ot Ibefnneml 1.870. Oh, nonsense, let the yonng people

THE Decorative Art Society was en- anxious to run off the houses would be All kinds of dobs area dan-

t-'iF .*•'•'*•11 ,' $ -JUj

ing circles again," exclaimed Mrs. Wei- and oranges, with smaller expenditures

is a pretty pass when our young for mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and men have to hire a ball and a band to other condiments, in addition to the danoe, when jpoung ladies have to leave regular hotel bill, which amounted to deliebtful homes, with elegant drawing- $97. The special palace cars cost $400,

CoB,tljelteTBialiyhoWi,0y0ung whUM|llc

1|n the bou

Thirteenth Yea^

oomPetltion

with

home8-Don'tThe

did look longingly at the gold

who

feud between him and Jefferson, note the good of the church." the unsparing personal and political "Who is she, where is she, and what ablise heaped on the former by the lat- did she do ter's followers, and I think we need not "She is one of the Peorians that build wonder at nor call cruel counter-attacks

ran her silver wedding for

those fine churches they have over there. Not Mag ago when the twentyfifth annivezaftty

her

bilts—rich,

wedding came

around,'she bic^ her guests to the feast and notified them that the only silver acceptable would Wa a silver dollar from

whoever they were. The

a clever woman to do clever thingspretty little schemes, fresh little novelties, that pay the dunner and the donor, in profit or pleasure."

THE revelation of prison horrors in the State of New York as called out by the Assembly Committee on Prisons seems almost incredible for extreme inhumanity and brutality. Evidence has been given of terrible cases of "paddling" and of men being chained down until they became raving maniacs and had to be transferred to the Auburn Lunatic Asylum. Thomas Hicks was paddled in April, 1678. and then chained down in a screened cell for eight months, and became a maniac. Lunatics were in like manner made of George Gorson, John Shuster, Peter Gay, George Webster, Joseph B. Wright, Warren Wood, and John Wells. William Cresswell died in chains after long torture and, In 1875, Matthew O'Neill was brutally shot b«H cause he resisted the efforts to put hiq|r in$o one 0f the horror cells. Men in I soic&tetfmifaa ttfvn no chance to wash themselves during confinement, and have only a sprinkling of straw oft which to lie. It is in evidence that many convicts attempt suicide because of the outrageously barbarous manner in which they are treated. One convict who had been injured in the spine so he could not work, and was thrown into a dungeon on that account, testified that he was,so nearly starved that when his keeper sent him alive rat to eat he devoured it as a delicacy. The Inquiry into tbe conditions of prison life is being prosecuted with earnestness, and it is to be hoped some adequate remedy against the practice of atrocities will be devised in the provision of suitable punishments for the brutes who abuse their trusts in. the manner described.

THE burial of congressmen and other high dignitaries is getting to be an expensive luxury. This is especially true if a railroad journey is necessary. On these occasions congressmen seem to require a great deal of "creature comforts." The Itemized account of the expenses of the committee which followed the coffin of the late Congressmen Allen, of Missouri, to its last resting place, has been published, and, as is usually tbe fact in such cases, reveals some peculiar items. To the credit of a Republican Congress be it said that it was a temperance party, and the customary provision of wines and liquors, which In the past has created so much scandal, the omission

.i— was omitted. Bat the omission was House, and turns us all topsy-turvy in supplied by the purchase of other and

Oh, but he's a mag- more temperate supplies, which are

nificent liar I" not ordinarily considered necessary at a

more dance, one more opera, and well-ordered funeral. For example, then Lent," said Miss Laura, with the there were thirty-two boxes of straw resigned air of a cheerful martyr. berries, costing $16 $20 worth of spring

Jack tbongbt if Lent did not, some- chickens, the same amount in value of

»u« thing else would stop that dance. "Of sandwiches $10 worth of hams and,$10

never hear of your danc-

turkeys

most extravagant." butter $16.50 worth of apollinsris water,

worth of sardines

„d fooling the eh«ed at. co.t of $117, and nine black-

wfcfn tLre .re older people better „Ik one, *.co« of W- Tie to«

nJHouse.»

to the Terrs Haute House." "Nothey don't! If they weren't so

worth of apples

tr.n»portaCion.

Marl, wert pur-

MARRIAGE LICENSES. Tbe following marriage licensee bavn teen issued since our last report:

T7*nrv A rtiMt F»flA MorltfJT* f^tnrd Fllnn and Julia MulvahaJI. Redulph Htark and ttusao B. Jones. Cfeorf* T. Bevln and,

Ph«ebe Cooper.