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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

FTXBLICATIOS omca,

Nos. 20 and 22 Sooth Fifth Street, Printing House Square.

P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERRE HAUTE, MAR. 29,1884

THB latest style of church entertainment is the Pink Tea. People go expecting something particularly esthetic, y^si and are treated to the customary lunch

V*1- with the addition of a cup of sassafras vl? & 3%^ tea!

AIT exchange announces a birth by saying, "There are two more little feet 'fin the-home of Mr. Blank." This is a compliment to the rest of the family, but it also suggests the shoe bills that follow upon such arrivals.

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syrup may be communicated to cane or 4 glucose syrup by tincture of gusiacum deprived of Its resin by precipitation by water. A great deal 'of the maple sugar and syrup now sold is said to be nearly pure glucose prepared in this way.

THB days of the puppy are numbered fand in his comfortable place has stepped cat. A sleek, well-fed pussy is now the most fashionable parlor ornament. 'Tabby accompanies my lady on her 'daily ride, sups with her, sleeps with her -and in all privlgeles, has supplanted the "poor, forgotten pup.

THERE have been many surmises as to the object of the reception at the White House to the gi-ls in the different departments. As they are not supposed to -?4iaveany political influence it must be conceded to be simply a graceful act of kindness to a class of ladies who have few social advantages.

THE Methodist Conference, just closed «t Philadelphia, refused even probationary membership to ministers who at'tended the theatre. This may seem bigoted but so long as the rules of the church forbid dancing, card-playing and theatre-going, it is only consistent that they should be enforced. But these rules should be modified to suit the progressive spirit of the age. .. y-,

THB State Temperance Union, in annual session at IndianapQlls, on Wednesday, resolved that if neither the Republicans nor the Democrats should pledge themselves for prohibition in their State conventions this year, the prohibitionists would nominate a ticket of their own, upon a prohibition platform. They will undoubtedly have an opportunity of carrying this purpose into effect as it is a foregone conclusion that there will be no prohibition tjjls year in either platform of the old parties.

IF there is anything that would justify the administration of lynch law it would be the great lnorease of late of a nameless class of crimes perpetrated upon helpless women and children. Scarcely a day passes that the newspapers do not bring an account of some beastly outrage of this kind, and frequently several of them. Hanging is too good for this stripe of miserable wretches and their sudden stringing up, provided their guilt was so clear that no mistake could be made, would be cause for rejoicing. But of course that is the Insuperable objection to mob law—the possibility that a mistake may be made.

THE Inter-Ocean give an account of a •very fasionable ladies Club which met recently to discuss the Crusades. "One •of the ladies accidentally remarked •what a pretty arm a member had and (then they all rolled up their sleeves and ^exhibited their arms and kept up the •discussion on arms, hands and feet till it was time to adjourn and the Crusades were laid over till the next meeting." This story sounds quite probable except for the fact that, for the last two or three years, no lady has worn a sleeve that could possibly be rolled up, or even gotten off without turning it wrong side -out and "skinning" it off.

THB moat cruel thing yet said about •death bed poetry is from the South Bend Tribune which says: "We have several pieces of obituary this week which, out -of regard for the memory of the dead and feelings of our readers, we must positively decline to print, even at advertisi ng rates." The most poetical caricatures ever written have been on that most sacred of all subjects, the death of a loved one. Such poetry always precipitates both writer and reader down that one abort step which leads from the pathetic to the ridiculous, and should never be indulged in unless both the poet and the eulogised dead are remarkAbly great."

THE Minneapolis Spectator gives the following peculiar statement ef a Re* publican candidate in that city: had three hundred warm Meeds here but night, and not one of them had a pistol about htm. We have to confront 3» men «rmed to the teeth. Wedoat see them here icht, but if you step over-to Hunt's hall wtU find them, and those same twenty live backs, paid tor by gamblen. and yon wUl doubUWB ttxwo hack* go down to the •iMher wants, and those saute jMtkmwTOtgpuubter crowd In hack* gotng from one caucus to another have thus tor elected delegates enough to make tbe nomination cf Ames a foregone conclusion.

I« this really the situation in a northern State? It reads like Danville and uitah literature. We have often heard of tV saloon keepers making nominee* to *u. themselves, but it Ja a new role for tbe gamblers.

FBOX the eastern shores of Eurdfce civilization began its westward course and has traversed the entire round of the globe, pushing with its teeming life to the farthest edge of the Pacific coast. And now, singularly enough, the spirit of modern enterprise is beginning to touch into new life and activity the dormant energies of eastern Asia, the first and ancient cradle of the human race, Russia, it is said, is about to build a grand line of railway across the continent to the Pacific, with branches into India, Persia and China, and aggregating nearly 12,000 miles in length. Vast areas of fertile country will thus be opened up to settlement, and our great northwestern wheat belt will be more than duplicated. It seems, indeed, that the mineral and other resourses of eastern Asia are only beginning to be known, and it is now discovered that there are rich oil deposits in the vicinity of the Caspian sea, and that iron and copper mines of great value exist in the mountains. And so it appears that this supposed densely populated continent of the old world is not over populated at all, and that the inhabitants have been merely scratching its surface for all these ages and not getting down to its real treasure that there are vast areas whlsh have not yet been opened up to settlement. No doubt we shall soon be reading that the enterprising pioneers of Dakota, Montana and Idaho are disposing of their lands in those too tame Territories, and are pushing on into the wider regions of eastern Asia!

THX "Current," of Chicago, the new literary weekly which has come rapidly into public favor, struck a good idea when it offered to* divide |1,000 among the writem of several short stories for its pages, nothing to be paid for the mere prestige of name. Responses came with alacrity from all parts of the United States and four American writers in Europe. Commenting on the character of persons from whom contributions were received, the editor says that many of them live in out-of-the-way places and are engaged in pursuits not generally regarded as congenial to literary tastes, and concludes that the searcher for literary talent is as likely to find it in the counting-room as in the village aud "among those who have no time to write as among those .who have no call to labor." The truth of this is witnessed by many examples. John Burroughs, the charming philosopher of the woods and fields, is by calling a banker and so is Steadman, the poet critic. Charles Lamb spent his life as a book-keeper, and Mr. Bunner, editor of "Puck," the illustrated humorous paper of New York, has just contributed an exquisite volume of poems to our literature. Doubtless he is a very busy man (for otherwise he would not be an editor) but his poet instinct has managed to find time somehow or another to burst forth ill the flower of song, despite itB unfavorable surroundings. The history of literature is replete with instances like these.

GENERAL GTANT is still compelled to use a crutch, but hopes to be able to lay it aside before long. His trouble now is rbeumatism,for which he has been taking a variety of "treatments." Aside from his lamenes he is reported to be in good health, and it is not too much to say that the people of the entire nation will hope that the report is true. Of all Americans now living Gen. Grant undoubtedly excites the most interest. His fame is the greatest of all tbe survivors of the war period. He is Indeed regarded as the "first citisen of the republic" and wherever he goes is the cynosure of all eyes. While in Washington recently the waiters at his hotel were kept busy carrying the cards of callers up to his room. In order that the pressure upon him might not be too great he would let the visitors wait until a dozen or so had accumulated, when they would be shown up in bunches, and he would shake hands with them, sitting his easy chair. Whenever he was to be seen going out to ride, the people on the streets would stop and watch him, and lift their hats in honpr as he passed by. But for a strong sentiment against a third term which exists throughout the country, Grant would almost certainly be nominated for the presidency this year, and of course elected, as he has never been beaten. But the feeling of opposition to a third term is insurmountable, and perhaps it is well that such is the case.

THB Mil of fare for the Greeley relief expedition might almost reconcile one to the discomforts of Arctic travel. Not to speak of bacon, hams and smoked tongues, canned fruits, pickles, etc, the cargo Includes 2,000 pounds of plum pudding, 3,500 pounds of mince meat, 2,000 pounds of hard boiled eggs and 5,500 pounds of raw and fried oysters. As long as the government feeds its explorers on this kind of provisions it is ssfe to say that Arctic explorations wili not be abandoned. Tbe cool atmosphere around the pole gives the men such ke« appetites that plum puddings, mina pies and oysters are thoroughly en oyri.

MARIOS county has a very magniti cent court bouse which cost something near two million dollars, and, like magnificent establishments, it or* handsomely to keep it up* The Indl napolis Journal 1MM been looking in the matter and find* thatthf runnli{ expenses of the building, such as jauii work, fuel, light, etc^ amount to ao -ws 920,000 a year. In addition to this it oosts upwards ef 160,000 a year for 'be regular court expenses. Taken a .o-

TERRS HAUTE SATURDAT EVENING MATT.

THE DECAY OF MIRTH. In a recent sermon, Rev. Myron Reed, of Indianapolis, spoke of the decay of mirth in these latter days, commenting unfavorably to the present generation, It has been observed, he said, that the Englishman takes his pleasure sadly, but it is even worse with Americans than with Englishmen. To the average citisen of tbe Republic holidays are the hardest of all days. He does no know what to do with them or how to spend them. He can't get #way from ltis business long enough to enjoy a holiday. His business follows 1dm as a dog does his master goes with him to tho picnic tramps through the woods and along the river with him fellows him home at night and follows him away from home in the morning. An illustrated periodical some time sgo represented it by a picture of a slim, care-worn, melancholly man going about wfth a pile of counting room books strapned on top of his head. They were on lis bead as he sat in his pew at church, and when he forced a smile and tried to b^ cheerful at the party when he was with his family and when he was in bed, Hill the journals and ledgers were pressing on his pate, until finally they pressed him into a lunatic asylum. The picture was a caricature, of course, but there were several grains of truth in it. We have quite too much business in thi# country, We spend so much of our Ime "making a living," as it is styled, tfiat we have no time left to live. As Robinson Crusoe expressed it long ago: "As if the* only end of a weariseme life were daily bread, and the only purpose of daily oread were to keep up a wearisome life." The Chicagoans have been pointed to as tbe incarnation of business activity and energy and it has been wittily sdld of them that their children will never know their ancestors except in photographs exhibiting them as running to catch a train or something else. But there is one thing at least that can be said of tbe inmates of that great hive of industry, that is in their favor: They work very hard while they are at it, but they are not always at it. Six hours pretty much comprehends their day's work. From 9 to 3 the wheels of business bum then they stop and men go home early to their families add take time to eat their dinners. That is better than drudging along from eight in the morning to six at night and not taking time anywhere in die whole day for a square, honest meal^ith the wife and children.

It is no wonder that tfkere is little mirth in such lives. Mirth does not bloom in such an atmosphere. It is only the guest of a heart and mind that have room to receive It. It abides with little children always,'or nearly so, because their hearts, empty and innocent of care, offer it a standing invitation to come in and dwell there. Hence the shouts and appeals of merry laughter which come up in great rrAisical waves from every squad of revelers. Hence the rollicking jomty of the days of old "Merrle England," of which we read and which we see represented in ancient pictures. There was roaring fun in those times, because there was not so much science, so many books, so many hard problems to solve, so many schemes and inventions by which to beat and from which to escape being beaten. It was an age of simple faith, broad beliefs, easy business methods, simplicity of living and good fellowship. The play was not tbe thing the being amused by persons professionally set apart for that purpose. The story was the thing the amusing and entertaining one of another. "The Canterbury Tales" of old Chaucer would be impossible in this age of steam cars and telegraphs. They were told while the pilgrims traveled leisurely on horseback to Canterbury. In those times it was a "cold day" indeed when there was no party of riotous revelers at the inn drinking ale aud telling stories. Not that the social life of those times was in all respects commendable. There was coarseness and there were social sins of many kinds. But the mirth aud iolity of the times was commendable. If we could have that, without the rest, it would make a very valuable addition to our modern, social li

There is really a great deal to live for besides fine houses, expensive clothes and a luxurious table. If these were all the game wodld not indeed be worth the candle. Yet in our struggle for these are subordinate everything else. We are never satisfied never have enough. We think to gain happiness by the possession of something still ahead, but it is all a mistake. Tbe mirage is still in the distance and we press on more eagerly than ever in its pursuit. Yet the great, simple, common joys of life are all round us, easy to be grasped on every side if we could but see them. Tbe opportunities for mirth are infinite but we are not in tbe humor to improve them. We hear of great, good-hearted fellows, who are always full of life and re as welcome as the sunshine in April, fhey are simply men who are not overcome by business. They prepare to bave some "fan as they go along.'' Wise fellows they are, although often rnade tbe butts of ridicule by the men with the counting-rooms strapped on their heads. Bnt luckily their shoulders are broad, their digestion good and their nerves not over-strung, so they can stand ridicule better than most people.

In an age somewhat noted for "revivals" of one and another kind, we know of nothing that would be better in this country than a revival of mirthfulnees.

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*iHWBn has got to be so fashionable in New York that tbe young ladles get up special costumes to wear lor theme occasions. Tbe latest are said to be a

gather Marion oounty gets a rather 1 miM imitation of the garb of abator of psnsive quality of Justice. I Charity. Of course it is appropriate.

OUR COURT AT WASHINGTON. There is complaint, and well founded too, that society at Washington is becoming quite too aristocratic for the supposed simplicity of a republican government. The dressing and dining and general lavishness of expenditure are more in keeping with the atmosphere of foreign courts than of the city which bears the name of the great and simple father of his country. It is oertainly true that there is little of the old-time economy and* plainness of living that characterized the national capital fifty years ago.

The popular conception of social^lfe at Washington is well illustrated by the remark of an intelligent gentleman the other day, |n a conversation about a prominent official who draws a salary of |S,000 per annum. The remark was that a man with a wife and daughter In society at Washington could not possibly live on sucb a salary! Think of that, common men and women of the great Republic, who manage to live comfortably and raise families on incomes of from $600 to $1,200 a year. Here is an officer of tbe government who has nearly |700 in dear cash placed in his hands every month and it i»wondered how he am manage on this to maintain a family of three persons. This is, or ought to be, simply absurd. How much is it to be supposed that the dresses for a wife and daughter cost How mnoh do the lunches, receptions and parties they give cost Have we a coutt at Washington, with all tbe luxuriance and extravagance that the word implies, or do we still live where tbe simple manners and inexpensive habits of a republican form of government prevail? Why it has come to be the talk that if a poor man accepts a cabinet position he must have rich friends somewhere in the country who will assist him with money to keep up the expenses of his official position. This is all wrong and should be changed. While the government does not pay extravagant salaries it pays at least a liberal compensation for the services rendered, in many cases more than the persons serving it would be able to make in private life. Hence tbe struggle for office which is one of the most unpleasant features of our governmental system. This being tbe case those who hold official places should be expected to live within their salaries which are ample for any reasonable expenditure.

No doubt much of the extravagance of Washington social life is due to the examples sei by the representatives of foreign nations at the Capital. But we have no business to pattern after these examples of foreign monarchies and it is unrepublican to be doing it.

MR. HENDRICKS has reached New York on his return from Europe and simultaneously tbe old ticket begins to boom. Ex-Gov. Seymour is interviewed and emphatically declares that Mr. Tilden, though very weak in body, is tbe strong man for the Democrats to nominate. Mr. Seymour ingeniously argues that a decrepit, broken down old man is just the kind to make a President of, because his feebleness will be a protection against the deadly tramp of the hordo of office-seekers. If he is blind, no matter. If he cannot talk, so much the better. If he is deaf, the very climax of perfection is reached. This is anew view of the case to be sure but it is hardly likely to prove a popular one. The great mass of young men in a party, who really constitute its most effluent working force, will not take kindly to the idea of potting a feeble old man, with one foot in the grave, into the White House. They may have to take the dose but it will be a disagreeable one and will be taken under protect. The only compensating feature for Indiana Democrats would be tbe fact that Mr. Hendricks might be the active member in the Presidential firm, but even this would not be exbilerating to those who have lately been engaged in an arduous effort to throw Mr. Hendricks overboard in order to lighten tbe ship for Mr. McDonald.

SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

It is the undertaker who gives as a rest. The city undertaker of Palatka, Florida, is a woman.

The great secret of governing a child is to begin earl} Cbas. H. Duprez has quit minstrelsy and will keep hotel in Lowell.

A Buffalo colored clergyman has given notice to bis congregation that he wants more money and less shouting in the future.

The Indianapolis Times suggests that "if some men would treat their wives as well as they do their servant girls there would be fewer divorces."

Jennie June concludes that two people cannot live in any style in New York on *4,000 a year. If they follow the styles which Jennie prescribes in her fashion letters this wonld doubtless be true.

Oswald Pietacb, who killed himself in New York on Wednesday, wrote an epitaph for his gravestone which proves th*t be was not devoid of humor. Here it is:

Wanderer! stay and weep! Here lie my bones! I wtah they were yours,

ANew York doctor told a mesmerist to his face that there was nothing in mesmerism. He toucbed tbe doctor on the noee, and told him it wonld grow cold and not get warm until be asked to have the cold spell removed. He laughed and went away, bnt it was naked that he kept feeltbg bis noee on the sly. Then he asked a man if there was anything wrong with Ms noee, and it wasnt

an hour until he went to the mesmerist and asked him to remove the spell, as his nose felt as if it were freezing.

This, from medical authority, the small boy will find to his interest to cut out and paate up conspicuously in the house: "A ripe raw apple is digested in an hour and a half, while a boiled potato takes three hours. Instead of giving nasty quack nostrums for the blood, parents should allow their children to eat all tbe apples they want."

The year 1884 is with us and the work of another year is before us. Among other things to be done, and there will be papering you will find a suitable stock to select from at J. W. Roberts A Co's elegant establishment, corner of Sixth and Ohio streets. Their business has grown immensely the past year, on account of reasonable charges, and the artistic style of work under Mr. Roberts' direction. With large experience and the display of delicate teste he directs the corps of paper hangers in his employ in producing the prettiest effects in perfect harmony with the surroundings.

JOAQ UIN MILLER,

a story from whose pen we are now publishing, hss just written a new book which is creating a sensation in many circles, unseer the title of "Memorie ana Rime." Mr. Miller regards this as the best book he has ever written. It is nil of romantic incidents of his early frontier life, containing many gems of poetry—for Mr. ^filler rartks among the best of tha world's poets. It is published by Funk & Wagnalls New York, at the low prioe of 25 oenta in paper binding, and 1.00 cloth, binding. See their large aduertlsement on another paqe.

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SAVK YOUB KTK9. Terre Haute Eye Infirmary Dr. B. D. Ha!ey,of New York, late of Trenton, Mo. and Dr. J. E. Dunbar. of Ht. Louis,late of Winchester, Proprlet'i*

will treat all diseases of tbe Eye, 10 days, free of cham. If amide satisfaction is not Riven Office and rooms, southwest cornerThird and Ohio streets, where one of cs can be consulted at all hours during the day. City refferences: J.T. Mustek, drngglst, next door to post office, N. H. McFerrlnTdealerin agricultural Implements, west side public square Hiram Foultx, groeerman, corner 1st ana Main.

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We always sell goods cheap, but nevel before have we been able to show sucb an immense stock at such extremely low prices. Headquarters for BOOTS afld SHOES.

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