Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 15, Number 4, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 July 1884 — Page 1

15.—No, 4.

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Town Talk.

Society in the recent Fourth of July celebration has given that organization boom which promises to carry it on to future success. Wben the present Board »f Directors assumed control it foQnd ban gin glover thejsociety an indebtedness ^jpf about twentyseven hundred dollars,

With the treasury overdrawn. Nothing daunted it set to work to clear off the {debt. On the Fourth of July it cleared about six hundred dollars, and is now making preparations for a fair in September. It has also undertaken the task of selling additional stock to the extent of twenty-live hundred dollars. Of this amount fifteen-hundred dollars worth has been disposed of, with every prospect that tne remainder will be taken in the course of another week. For several years the society has been In bad repute, but the energy displayed this year in the attempt to extricate it from its troubles should restore confidence and materially assist it in its demands upon the public. The fair grounds should be retained as a place of public resort, and when called upon for assistance, with that end in view the business men should render every eo oouragement in their power.

There was a rumor some time ago that the Trotting Association would, before the next meeting, purchase grounds of their owu, make anew track, and have things their own way generally. As far as can be learned they have been offered ground, rent free, in the neighborhood of the new park. Of course it will cost considerable to fence It in, build an amphitheater and lay anew track. In view of the fact that a year ago last Spring they lost money and that last year, with the grounds rent free they cleared but six hundred dollars the proposed new venture is one of very doubtful utility. The Agricultural Society has good grounds and race track, and lf-it feels so Inclined can give races at any time it chooses. Under proper raauageinent there is no reason why it cannot control both a Spring and Fall meeting in this oection, in whiob event the Terre Haute Trotting Association might go begging •for its patronage.

While on the agricultural question, it might be In order to remark that the society is entitled to a certain sum for each I

performance in the opera house, which has, thus far, never been collected. At the close of last year it was estimated that Brooks A Dickson owed for this purpose several hundred dollars, and that they had never paiAa dollar of their Indebtedness. As Brooks A Dickson consider this the best point for amusements in their circuit, and as they have taken away much with but a very small return, it is but fair that they should I come to the front and pay up. The law 1 upon the subject is plain, and they should be made to oomply with its 1 terms.

For some time there has been a gener-

al complaint in business olrcles. The merchant has had a hard time, and the railroads have all been compelled to reduce their working force, but now there la every prospect of a decided change for the better. The harvest is about over and the termer, contrary to general expectation, reports much better crops than be anticipated. With oae exception the wheat crop is said to be the best ever known. The corn promises to be abundant, and the grass was never better. Soon the wheat will commence coming to market, the railroads will be taxed to their skmoet capacity in inov log it, and the merchants will danco to the merry music of good times.

The campaign Is on again sad the average polittean Is In his element. The Katioual and State tickets are both In the field, and* all have gene to work with an earnesUyM* which promises to make things lotorNtag between the present time and November next. The Demo* crats have been the first to enter the field with their speakers, bat do not seem to have made much headway. The famous straddler, Hendricks, has been heard from, bat his words have not been as encouraging as they were expected to be* For once In his life the cautious Thomas has been a little premature In his expressions, and Is coming to grief iuconsoqaaoca. His sayings have open •d up old sores, and b« Is liable to aoffcr in consequence. Geo. Ben Batter* ok) speech, made eight years ago, has been raked np against him, much to his disadvantage, and there an numerous other counties to he heard from. Berry Sulgrove ones made a few remarks concerning Mm which some enterprising Journalist should hunt np sad reproduce.

The prohibitionists have come to the iJmnt again this year sad will doobtlsss pots ticket in the field sees mora. They will holds mam convention in Indten»

polis sext wedk. The father of the call

I I—I r-i ]\/1 l\ I I 'edits a prohibition sheet in the capital

-L-/ jolty, and unless he can keep up tbe agitatlon his occupation will be gone. In politics be has always been a Democrat,

I and as the temperance vote draws from I the

Republican party his zeal can be appreciated. As every person is invited to attend the convention and participate

The success of the Vigo Agricultural in the proceedings the result can be an-

ticipated.

A Woman's Opinions.

CONVENTION ECHOES.

In this age of progress, news a week old is "stale, flat and unprofitable," consequently most of the notes taken during the Democratic convention are already out of date. But, as the newspapers must have something to talk about until the campaign gels under full beadway, a few general reflections u»ay possess Bome degree of interest.

The man, or woman, who attends National Convention will return home considerably wiser in many respects Some of his information be may impart to his neighbors and some of it he will consider it more prudent to keep to himself. He will need, to start with, a pocket full of money, a vast reserve of physical strength, an even temper that can bear discomfort, an elastic conscience and an unlimited supply of what is commonly called "cheek." If he can not possess all of these he must certain ly have the last. It is a substitute for all the rest and completely overshadows talent, merit or real worth of any kind.

The ball has been described so many times, a big, bare room, draped with soiled flags, the speaker's table of cherry wood, back of it three carlactures of Washington, Jefferson and Jackson, apostles of Democracy, (so I was told) on either side, long, rough

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benches for the reporters, betwoen these, the seats for distinguished guests, among whom I noticed seveial young lawyers from Terre Haute, in front, a thousand cushioned seats for the delegates and alternates, and, rising up on every side, row upon row of the hardest chairs that ever were manufactured, so narrow that your neighbor's elbows almost met in froiti&f you. Upon these the common people sat and saw the circus. One tlay we went in at ten in the morniug and remained till six in the afternoon, without food or drink, for if we had left our seat we never should have got it again. One night we went at seven and atayed till half-past' one. One does not get so tired as might be imagined, for the scene shifts every momeut and excitement is at the highest pitch, but, after it is all over, every nerve seems unstrung.

Half way across the hall you could not recognise your moet intimate friend, without the aid of an opera glass. The individuals composing the audience were no more than the white caps on the waves of the lake. You could not point out any particular person to those sitting by you for It was impossible to designate any certain spot, snd if you turnod your gaze away from one for an instant It would take quite along time to locate him sgain. As the crowd were assembling, the audience wonld occasionally break out into cheers, and looking down among the delegates coming ing in, you would see, perhaps, the dignified, serious fsce of Hendricks, the massive head of Thurman, with its flow ing white hair and whiskers, the graybearded, soldierly Wade Hampton, the handsome, popular Voorhees, the palefeced, scholarly Carlisle, the fiery un tamed Watte reon, the bald-beaded, irrepressible Ben Butler or the white, slouebed hat of the great John Kelly.

Whichever way I turned my glass it involuntarily leveled at a little group who sat nearly in the exact centre of that great hall. To me this was the most interesting point of the whole Convention, and possessed almost a fascination. I refer to the Tammany delegates from New Tork, and more especially to John Kelly and his two lieutenants, Senators Grady and Cochrane. They brought a delegation of six bandied men to Chicago and one can easily credit the statement that they control seventy thousand votes In New York. John KeUy Is a short, heavy-set, strong-ly-typical Irishman, with a round, bald head, bias eyas, nose inclined to turn upward, closely cut gray whiskers mixed with red and a firm, square jaw thst thoroughly indicates his character. His face is perfectly impassive, with rather a pleasant expression. Daring the discussion and voteon the unit rola, which rsally mssnt victory or defeat for Tamatany, he never moved a muscle, bat was apparently a men looker-on. When Cleveland was actually nominated, however, he turned pate and settled down In his chair with the sir of man who Mt vary mack crashed, Senator Cochrane, who Is one of the yoong leaders of Tammany, Is a peculiar looking man, tall and portly, with a pale Sees, piercing blade eyas, black mnstaahs snd pointed board. He looks like a Spaniard, but, I nndsntsad, is a Jsw. Hs is a better speaker thsn either Kelly or Ora^jr, although be made a terrible blunder'

when he said that "they would not have agreed to the unit rule at Saratoga but they supposed Tammany was in the majority Grady is a tall, brown, dark-haired man, not more than thirty years old, with a smooth face and the most determined mouth and eyes I ever saw. Early in thb day, before he had taken any prominent part, I said "That man would cut your throat if you stood in his way." The Convention had too many throats but Cleveland may look out for his neck. When the vote was being taken.on the unit rule he stood in the aisle, his eyes flashing, his faoe livid, and when the result was announced the blood rushed in torrents over his face, he passed his hand rapidly over his head two or three times and then sat down. Only for a few moments though, for all through the Convention he was on his feet, laboring with the delegates, addressing the Speaker and burling defiance at bis opponents. Mr. Fellows, leader of the County Democracy as opposed to Tammany, is a veritable Mephistopheles, willing to take either side of a case and pretty sure to win.

It was evident from the beginning that Cleveland would get the nomination. You saw it at every session, you felt it in the hotels and on the streets. His organization was almost perfect and u.ider the leadership of a political general who could not have been surpassed It is said that in addition to the delegates, a thousand Cleveland men were brought to Chicago. We noticed the very first day that all the Cleveland applause started in a certain corner of the hall, and a Terre Haute man who happened to sit in that locality overheard them giving each other the signal when to applaud. There is no doubt whatever that either Hendricks, Thurman or McDonald would have been more acceptable to the vast majority of the audience. The wildest enthusiasm of the whole four days was when there was a prospect of 'Hend rick's nomination. For a quarter of an hour the crowd seemed to have become irresponsible lunatics. Howis^ shrieks, cat calls, Indian war whoops, the old'rebel yell, every imaginable sound came from all parts of the building. People stood upon chairs, waved hats, handkerchiefs and newspapers, tied them on their canes and flourished theui, threw their hats in tho air, raised umbrellas and struck out wildly, every man in the audience trying to be a bigger fool than his neighbor and succeeding. Only fire and brimstone were needed to make it Hades. Finally the band struck up and fairly drowned the people out. This outburst exhausied the already weary spectators and when the nomination of Cleveland was announced a few min utes later, the applause was very tame. The audience were tired and disappointed they began to clamber over the seats and- start for home. In five minutes time the great hall was vacant, the seventeen thousand people had Scattered, the great show was over. The Convention was numbered among the things of the past, and the present problem was the quickest and best way of getting a good dinner. The minstrel performance, that follows the circus, took place at five o'clock bot excited little interest. The Convention, with that magnanimous spirit we are apt to exhibit toward those we have defeated, gave the Vice Presidential nomination to Thomas Hendricks, not as any par ticular reward of'fidelity but because he would give strength to the ticket. P&itics, like a corporation, has no soul.

The first day there was a terrible struggle for tickets of admission.1 There were sixteen thousand seats and a hundred and sixty thousand applicants, but in twenty-four hours the public found that admission into the convention could be nought as easily as into theatre or sn opera. Any man with the requisite amount of "cheek" could walk up to one of the doorkeepers, hand him a folded piece of paper resembling ticket, enclosing a two dollar bill, and go Into the convention. Another friendly Up of fifty cents or a dollar to the usher would secure a comfortable t. I saw this done and knew of its being done repeatedly. Probably the maddest men in Chicago were those who missed the whole convention for want of a ticket and then discovered this little scheme when it was too late.

Hie hotels furnished meals eighteen hours out of every twenty-four, wellcooked and promptly served. The Grand Pacific employed one hundred and seventy-five waiters in the dining room. The FUlmar House bad probably more. The scene around the latter place was almost indlacribabte. At times one could scarcely get within a block of the hotel and once Inside ooald only stand still or be moved In a solid mm with the crowd. One evening we went early, took a seat on an upper balcony and watched the people for several boars, white we ltetenad to the Incomparable music of GUmore*s band. Below as was perfect snow storm of white hats, many shapes and styles but all white. Most of the men wars well drsssed sad wore one or mors satin badges and b«ttonhote booqaets. I did not know than so many hsndsome aw In

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 19, 1884. Fifteenth Year

ica and sat in speech!"** admiration. I rather enjoyed seeing riio largest and handsomest of tho crowd beauti fully taken in by *retty woman who sat near me. It

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ness of hero-worsLi: vi •4-"instrated that a handsome mau is iiovjuently a very weak one. An aspiring young politician of our own city says he is convinced that a man cannot amount to anything unless he is long of limb and generous about the waist. Such a man does have a temporary advantage, but he does not always come in ahead at the end of along race.

The brass bands were a marvel. They played all day and all night. A member of our Bar says he used to wonder how the walls of Jericho were (blown down but he has made up his mind it was by a brass band. I wish there were space in tbi* article to mention the cable street care, to describe a charming drive to the parks, the Washington, Park club house, the races, &c. dsc. If the visitor to Chicago has only time to eat bis dinnep or visit the panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, let him do without his dinner, il wonld especially enjoy relating numerous incidents of the trip going and coming but, as I may want to travel with a Terre Haute delegation qgain some time, I will forbear, only remarking that our city has no reason to feel ashamed of any of her Democratic citizens who attended the Chicago Convention. I also wished to speak of temperance as viewed from the standpolntjof a political convention, and to comment upon the presence of women on such occasions, but the limit of space has already been reached and these topics must be reserved for a future paper.

IDA A. HARPER.

THE RAMBLER.

VOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON MATTERS AROUND TOWN.

The hardest-worked and most poorly paid class of workmen in this city are the street crossing watchmen on the different railroads, and it seems their effort to secure relief does not promise to meet with any great success. From six o'clock in the morning until nine at nightt^htinuousservice,isa pretty good day's work, particularly when the pay of the average watchman does not exceed a dollar a day. They are certainly entitled to some relief, but whether it would be expedient for the council to lessen the number of hours required, is a question. The most feasible plan would be for the railroad companies to pay the men living wages. Even the street car company, which comes near wanting the entire earth and all that's on it, pays the drivers eight dollars a week. A slice or two off some the fancy salaries paid the officers of several of the roads might give some of the starvation priced employes a chance to get a living —which is more than they get now.

About the "galliest" thing on record was that of a Fourth street saloon keep er who flaunted a huge sign in front of his plaoe of business yesterday, bearing the words "Rspublican Headquarters." The most depraved denizen of that despised locality "Gallatin street," would not have stooped to such contemptible trick as this. And it was rendered the more contemptible from the fact that the owner of tho

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and doubtless the originator of the idea, is a delegate to [the Republican conven tion which meets to-day. It would have been a dirty trick for a Democrat to have played on the Republicans, or vice versa but for a Republican to bring bis party into disrepute with such a miserable attempt to advertise his business, is just too little for snything. No boot could be built Urge enough, nor could the human frame be given sufficient strength to do that man full and complete justice.

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Both political parties have made their nominating conventions unusually late this campaign. The Republicans nominate their county ticket to-day, but the Democrats will not nominate until after their congressional convention at Rockville, on the 8th of August. The delay in nominating candidates will be more than atoned for, however, by the warmth of the campaign from this time on. The Democrats will put a strong ticket into the field, it is ssid, snd the ticket fixers make it out about as follows Sheriff, John Cleary treasurer, James Cox circuit judge, Tbomss B. Long prosecutor, 8. R. Hsmill coroner, A. J. Drought, with stong man for representatives and senator.

It was said before the campaign commenced that there would be less show and display, and more earnest, hard work than In sny previous canvass, but the flourish with which the Republicans begin their work gives the lie to this. Thsrs is a fieetinc among some of the Republicans that thsrs is jost a little too much show about this, but as the candidates themselves pay for it, perhapsotbsr persona have no right to ob-

The letter carriers are to begin a fifteen days' vacsttoB every year, by outer of

the postmaster general, their pay to go on while they are absent. There to no class of government employes better entitled to a vacation than the letter carriers, whose work is most severe. People who imagine letter carriers have an easy time are very little acquainted with the amount of work they have to do. There's no loitering by the wayside as in many other government situations, but hard, continuous work. The carriers at this office have been highly indignant of late over an order-requir-ing them to wear their heavy uniform coats while making their rounds—an order which is very obnoxious during the heated term. The carriers are on the anxious seat since that order was issued, expecting an order requiring them to wear piccadilly collars, and have the boots shined during the time they are on duty, and it would not be surprising if such an order is issued.

JSA YINQ8 AND DOINQ&.

Vanderbilt'B household expenses are said to reach $230,000 a year. The Boston Post calls Kelly and Butler the James boys of politics.

Albany has a man who says he hss been confined in prison 206 times. There have been 2,872 hotels destroyed by fire in the United States in the last eight years.

Governor Cleveland has no real estate and is estimated to be worth in personal property about f5,000."

Sheriff Beach, of Whiteside oounty, III., cried for two hours after hanging the murderer, Reibling. jy.

A bridegroom in Norwich," Co&ft., thinks wedded life tod short for bridal tours. He has just married his seventh wife.

In New York bova masquerade as girls, because they (fan obtain employment more readily than if they applied as males.

Miss Gail Hamilton is said to be the person to whom has been intrusted the care and preparation of the scrap-books into which Mr. Blaine is to have pasted everything that 1B said against him. Gail will have work enough to keep her out of mUwhlBiOts summer.

A Pitteburg juryman hauled from his pocket a big, blaok bottle, and inverting it over his head, took a long pull. He subsequently proved that the oentents were cold tea and sugar, but the judge still held that the display of a big black bottle in the jury-box did not look well, say the least.

A large manufacturer in New York says the trade in ohurch pews is falling off, chairs being used more and more in stead. He says as a matter of actual experience churches that have substituted chairs for pews have obtained premanent increases of income from the sittings of from 60 to 80 per cent.

The latest is the double tricycle—threewheeled affairs, with two saddles snd two pairs of treadles, and usually ridden by a gentleman and his lady friend. They are easily sent along good road* at a rate of speed equal to the best of a fair trotting horse. This will enable young gallants to take their girls out for a jaunt without being at the mercy of livery atable men.

The evening that Cleveland was nominated an enterprising advertiser with a camera attracted a crowd of thousands not far away from the Exposition building. Pictures of TLlden, Bayard, Hendricks, Hoadly, MoDonald each in turn called ont cheers from the crowd. Finally the picture of Blaine followed by Logan flashed ont, snd. such a yell was raised as was deafening, and policemen rushed in and hustled the wagon and the camera away from the grouud.

Bishop Simpson wss once asked the secret of bis success ss a minister of the Gospel. He replied: "At school, the one thing I could not do wss to speak It cost me unspeakable effort to bring myself to attempt it, and I was Invariably mortified by my failures. At length, having felt called to the ministry, I sought to forget myself ss far as possible, and, banishing bll thoughts of oratory, to give myself absolutely up to the task of saying things so that people could rsodily understand them."

Chicago News: It was gnat fun to see Ben Butler roll out of the diningroom at the Palmer house last week. In the fin* place Butter is the homeliest and awkwardest creature Iq the country, His face la repulsive, snd as be waddles along be impresses you ss being the most inferior looking object yon aver est eyes upon. He wears bsggy pantaloons in which hi* legs flop about like the flipper* of a seaL Ben's legs are curious contrivances they most he without knee-capo, for they bend out backward like the hind legs of a quadruped. At hte meals Ben eats ravenously. Brignoll Is a mild approach to him. When hs leisurely rolls from the dining-room, you see bis toogae wallowing around In his mouth, exploring his gums snd the recesses of old toothstamps, ferreting oat the stray bits of food which have lodged there and pushing oat from between his fangs the par* tides of mset secreted there.

THE DRUG TRADE*

PATENT MEDICINES AND TOILET PREPARATIONS MOST PROFITABLE.

"How do all the druggists live was asked a druggist yesterday. "Some druggists don't live," he replied, "they only exist. Then there are a great number, who, speaking in business sense, die. I will admit that it seems that though saloons and drug, stores flourish on every block in almost every city. But many of the drug' stores do anything else bat flourish. The trouble is that every graduate in pharmacy hastens to get into business,' for himself. like all other persona who: have not tried the bufiness, they imagine all that is neoessary is to open a store and fortune will follow sure snd

"Then the drug business is not the best in the world "I should say not. The drug business proper—well there is no such thing* Whom do you think supports the drnggists. The doctor! Oh! no. It is tho ladies and the indisposed. If it were not' for the hypochondriacs and womenGod bless them—the druggists could n^t live. To the former we sell new remedies, patent medicines and appliances, while to the latter, well what don't we sell them? Court plaster, tooth powder, face powders, soaps, brushes, toilet preparations, cologne# fancy toilet sets, soda water, bandoline, hair oil, cacbous, hair,restoratives, dye, Turkish towels, sponges, bath rags, skin preparations,—to sum it all up in one breath, everything that can possibly lacrosse thei» outward loveliness."

No band of workmen in the city embraces more skill, Intelligence, manliness and all the elements that go to make good citizenship, than those employed by Clift, Williams fe Co. There is a bond of nnion between employer and employe that has been notable and is worthy of Imitation. And it was but natural that these employes should meet one night this week to consider means to help their employers to recover the disaster of their flre last week. A mittee was appointed to draft reso1, to be presented at a meeting to* git etfi»«3ienijr*^^

Tint the city council should be-asked torelieve the Arm of taxes on their business for the next Ave years as was done for the Nail Words and offered to the Wagon Work*#

That'the attention of the Board of Trade be called to the need, not only of looking out to Induce strangers to settle here, but also to Interest themselves in ft home Institution whioh for nearly a quarter of a century has been among the foremost of the business Interest* of the town, but upon which now this great disaster has fallen.

Some peculiarities about seersuckers are noted by the Philadelphia Times. The article is made in Calcutta of silk and Sea Island cotton, and a whole suit weighs about nineteen ounces. When ordered from tbe manufacturers It has to be paid for a year in advance, and it is never known what patterns or how much is coming. It is bought by the box and each box contains fifty pieces, and the pieces may be small or tbey tnsy be 4arge. Tbey may be blue

xtripes or bluff stripes, or even red tripes. It is all chance, and what comes has to be kept. There is no way of sending it back. Sometimes in dressing it with rice-water the material be- V* comes discolored, but it has to be taken, just the same. There is no redress. It is a cool heathen garment from a hot heathen land.

WOMEN'S WAYS*

Clara Morris says she must read or bear some pathetic Incident before going on tbe stage when she has a pathetic part to play, else she cannot cry. There must be real tears in eyes and voice to act well.

The fund of |5,000 collected in the Cesar d' Alene mining region for the grst baby born within the territory was swsrded to the wife of a freight band on the Northern Pacific, who walked twen-ty-five miles that her child might first see tbe light in accordance with tbe terms of the prize, and received the money.

An eccentric female in Reading, lately died, leaving a will In which she specifically cat off all her male relatives from participation in her estate which was of considerable value, and directed thst no man ever be buried In tbe lot in which her *remains reposed. With singular perversity she constituted an obnoxious mate relation tbe executor of her will, satisfied that this was tbe most effectual method of testifying her dislike for him.

COUNTY CONVENTION. Tbe Republican nominating convention met at Dowling Hall, whioh wa* well filled, at 11 o'clock this morning Col. B. W. Thompson was selected as chairman and spoke at some length. J. D. Esxiy wss selected as Secretary.

It was ordered that tbe nominations be made in the order announced In the call far tbe convention.

A resolution denouncing tbe extravagance of tbe commissioners in building a court bouse that will cost a million dollars, and holding tbe Democratic party responsible for the same, was adopted.

A recess was then taken until on# o'clock. Tbe Mall goes to press at 12 and hence cannot give further report,