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A PAPER
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P. S. WESTFALL,
EDITOR AND PKOPKIETOB.
FUBUCATXOH orncx,
N«». 30 and 22 South Fifth Street, Printing House Square.
TKRRE HAUTE, JUNE 20 1885.
BEECHEIi AND EVOLUTION. Attacks nre being made on Mr. Beecher from certain quarters because of bis sermons on tbe subject of evolution. It is not charged at all that tbe celebrated Plymouth divine has signified his acceptance of tbe doctines of evolution, or that be bas even attempted to defend or justify the evolution theory. What is complained of is that Mr. Beecher is
Now that tbe conservatives have succeeded to power in England the question Is what will they do with it? The way is not plain and easy easy before them by any means. Theie are some very difficult questions still open which they will have to deal with and while it was easy enough to find fault with what Mr. Gladstone did and did not it will not be so easy perhaps to improve upon tbe course of the last ministry. The Afghan boundary is yet unsettled. It is quite possible to have war with Russia yet if Xiord Salisbury and his party are as anxious for war now as tbey were when Mr. Gladstone desired peace. Will they dare to earry out the policy on the Russian question which they urged when the Gladstone ministry was in power? There is room for plenty of trouble over tbe Turkish question. And then there
always ready in any emergency oiah a bone of contention for parliament in tbe absence of any more exciting subject. Already, on the very threshold of the new ministry, it Is announced that Lord Salisbury and Lord
In a serious argument for the eating of locusts and other animal organisms of a cleanly nature, the New York Tribune shows that the selection of food la matter governed almost entirely by habit and custom. Things which are esteemed a great delicacy by the people living la one portion of the world are considered abominable by the people of some other quarter, who, in their turn, nee as food certain organisms which are condemned by the former. The poinf la that the locust is a singularly clean feeder, subsisting almost wholly upon vegetable jttiem. How then can it be unclean On the other hand no one need to be told tbat swine and poultry are not dean feeders, yet we eat their flesh without compunction. Hie argument la probably good eo far as it preree that there Is no practical difference between ooe animal organism and another so far a* cleenlin«e» l« coooerned, and that on* aversion to eati« certain animals la puiely teatirnental and foolish. If we could persuade ow-
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in perfect harmony with tbe strict tenets of orthodoxy. In other words Mr Beecher is ridiculed and scolded because be bas the courage to say what he thinks from his pulpit in Plymouth church.
Now this is precisely what Mr. Beecher or any other preacher ought to be ad mired for. It may not be of any very great consequence what Beecher or any otber man thinks, either about evolu tion or anything else. It is unly one man's opinion after all, and tbe opinion of one man needn't be accepted by tbe several hundred millions of otber men in Christendom unless they wish to ac oept it. But it is worth a good deal to have men who are not afraid to express their opinions whatever they may be and upon whatever subject tbey may entertain them. John Milton was man of this stripe in an age when it rett quired more courage than it does now to speak out at all times what was in one's "1 mind. But Milton did it, and even in his time he was large-minded enough to see that only in free and full discussion was there any hope of arriving at tbe truth. And it adds to Milton's stature ".^immensely that he was able to take the view he did, in an age distinguished for
Its bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Whatever Mr. Beecher'a opinions may fj be on evolution, the plenary inspiration of th»scriptures, or any other subject, he has ft right to hold them and to ex press them. Others do not have to accept them. They are only entitled to such weight us Mr. Beecher's character and ability may give tbem. Whether this be greater or less is a question each person must decide for hlmseif. The point we make here Is that It would be an excellent good thing if more men and all men were brave enough to say ipwhat they really tbiuk without waiting io follow some leader as a flock of sheep follows their bell-weather. Next to the man or woman who is able to think give 4is the man or woman who is not a{raid *o speak bis thought to tbe world/ "I'i
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rukwfanf kormnntr urUh thfl fftnAltt .. of plants and animals to destroy tbese compounds and form new ones out of their elements, and this being the case how can it matter from what source the elements which they use are obtained
look at all kinds of food from' WHY isn't General Warner's solution cbwnl*i point of view, we of the silver question a sensible one? would see that anything that is health- His plan is that tbe government buy all ul and life-sustaining is really as clean as any other thing. As well condemn our garden fruits and vegetables because they obtain their nourishment from the rank manures upon which they are fed
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thing whether it is derived from a dungheap or from the petals of a rose. And so with every otber simple chemical element. Every substance is made up of these elements and whether the com
pound is clean or foul, poisonous or in nocent^ depends wholly upon how the
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A hemlock and an apple may grow side by side in the same sell, yet the one produces a healthful fiuit while the other other compounds a deadly poison They work with the same elemeuts in a different way, that is all. In such matters a glood plan is to follow the advice Paul, to eat what is set before us asking no questions.
IN his sermon on evolution last Sun day Beecher took occasion to declare very emphatically against the doctrine of eternal punishment as one utterly repugnant to the character and nature of God. He advanced the idea, which Is not perhaps entirely original with him, that the punishment of the wicked may simply constat in their an nihilation in going out as a candle goes out. "He that would live again," says Mr. Beecher, "must live well now, and if he does not live at the highest point conceivable he may live high enough to take anew root, anew start, tibder better and favorable circumstances. But as for the rest that, beginning high, go down steadily lower and lower until tbey lose the susceptibility, tbe possibility of moral evolution, moral devel« opment, let them keep on in the great abyss of nothingness, there is no groan, no sorrow, no pain, and no memory."
Some people may think that simple annihilation would not be sufficient punishment for some of those monsters of crime who exist upon the earth, but if tbey will consider fully all that is implied in the idea of eternal death as contrasted with eternal life, they will be forced to admit that there is something in it very terrible and awful. The murderer may stand upon the scaffold with composure so long as he feels that tbe spring of tbe fatal trap will only trans fer him from this world to the next, whither he will soon be followed by his executors and all the rest of mankind, but if that spring is to snuff out his existence forever it will be a very different matter. », a
fieates would circulate as money.
GEN. GRANT has been removed from New York city to Mount McGregor is New York State. The journey fatigued bim very greatly although it was made as easy for him as possible. This shows _L11 how weak he really is. Unquestion- dent Cleveland ought to
ably he is declining in strength from day to day and it Is only a question of
time, and probably of a short time at that, when the old veteran will be conquered In his fight with the last enemy. His naturally strong constitution Is slowly but surely wearing out and death cannot be far distant. Tbe only thing
tuo i"™* the doctors can do is to make his departIs Ireland, "poor Ireland," which stands journey as painless and comfortable always ready in any emergency to fur- possible. ^1"
THE campaign in Ohio is freighted with big possibilities forjudge Foraker. seems a foregone conclusion that Gov. Hoadley will be pitted against him
Randolph Churchill are at variance re- and the fight will be a hard one. As it apecUng the necmaity for re-enacting coercion measures in Ireland. Another troublesome matter will be how to provide for the deficit in the budget, the
will be the first State election held since the Democrats have had control of the Government, it will be sought to inject national issues into the contest and the
very question which carried the Glad- result will have a more than local in-
•lone ministry down. As it has been decided that tbe extra tax required shall not be pat upon beer, the qaeetlon arises be •IMAI It be pot npoat tea, «r upon what articles shall it be placed These an a few of the nuts which the new ministry will have to crack and It will try the strength of their teeth to crack tbem, especially with Mr. Gladstone In tbe ranks o! the opposition where he baa always been singularly powerful.
tereet. Should Foraker win it Is thought by many that hia chances will good to secure the Presidential nomination at the hands of the Republicans In 1888.
DCRIMS the week the trial of Capt. E. T. Johnson, formerly of Indianapolis, for killing of Major Homy, has been going on at Greenville, Tenn. Senator Voorheee la assisting the defense of Johnson. Johnson's defense Is that be kilted Henry In a fit of emotional insanity. He has made a strong cue and tbe sympathy of the community la reported to be overwhelmingly In his favor. There is little If any doubt of hia acquittal.
THE cholera plague la steadily increasing In Spain and there is no predicting the extent which its ravages may reach. With increasing heat of advancing summer the number of cases may be expected to multiply and the death rate to increase. So far no cases have been reported In this country but it will not be surprising to hear soch a report at any time from some quarter, ss it can hardly be possible to escape with entire immunity. xT*
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TERRE SAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.
the silver bullion offered to it at current prices, and, instead of coining it into silver dollars, issue silver certificates for its value. Thus the multiplication of
diver dollars would be stopped without
as to place swine and poultry under tbe contracting the currency, as theee certi ban because of tbe food they live on If we could put habit and sentiment aside we should be able to see Chat tbe food of every plant and animal is redueed'to its original chemical elements
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR*
-..0 iin old sailor gays a sudden sense of before it can be incorporated into tbe danger will put an end to all sea-sick ness.
growing animal or vegetable tissue, and that when so reduced it is absolutely
Sergeant Mason, who attempted to
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clean. Ammonia is precisely the same shoot Guiteau, is in jail on a charge of
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having robbed a fellow soldier. Many husbands and wives are said to be for less happy during the first year of married life than afterward.
There are said to be upward of sixty families in Washington in which either
tbe husband or the wife is a negro and the other partner white. Baldheaded men are so numerous in Chicago that an audience in that city is said to look, when viewed from above, like a cobble stone pavement.
A Brooklyn man got a divorce from his wife some time ago, and now he bas married his mother-in-law. Ibis looks as though the prophecy about the lion and tbe lamb bad grazed the target. (Some boys stuffed a suit of clothes with straw and pushed the "man" under abed in a hotel at Portland. The guest who occupied that room put six bullets into the figure and then jumped twentytwo feet to the ground to call the police.
Prof. David Swing, under the capton "An Educational Annex," in the Current, cites striking defects in our publio school system, and urges the provision of an annex to each publio school, In which some manual art may be made compulsory to refractory scholars. *.
Judge Charles Allen of Boston says that he is disgusted with the insolent way in which witnesses are questioned. It is, he thinks, neither funny nor profitable, and avails nothing with the Court. He would stop it if he could, but he cannot tell what counsel are driving at until it is too late.
An exchange says some go to church to weep, while others go to sleep. Some go their wives to please, their conscience others go to ease. Some go to hear the preacher, others like the solo soreecher. Boys go to reconnoiter, girls go because they oughter. Many go for sage reflections, precious few to help collectiops.
well off. A man recently got a 525,000 verdict for damages from a railroad company, thought it was too little, got anew trial and a verdict for six cents. Another man having been acquitted of
murder went away and got married the The answer may be condensed In one
the same day. Good lv)c£ is wasted on such fellows. v'Pickens county, Georgia, has a postoffice named "Talking Rock." The origin of the name is thus stated: Some one discovered in the vicinity a large stone upon which had been painted tbe words "Turn me over." It required considerable strength to accomplish this, and when it was the command "Now turn me back and let me fool some one else," was painted on tbe under side of theatone. .t
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "Presi
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House and make a tour of tbe country would aid him to get rid of the idea that the sun rises in Long Island Sound and sets behind tbe buffalo light house. He ought to take Bayard along, because Bayard holds astronominal views widely different from tbe President's. He thinks the sun rises in Delaware and sets in a Confederate uniform."
Joel Benton says in the Critic that a southern author told him, years ago, that when Pee wrote "The Raven," he rushed in with tbe manuscript in his hand and read it to his friend with great enthusiasm aud fine effect. When the reading was finished, "What do you think of it the poet asked. "I think," said the friend wbo telle the anecdote, "that It is uncommonly fine." "Fine I" contemptuously "Is that all yon can say of it? It's the greatest piece ever written, sir—the greatest poem In the
HOW SWELL WOMEN WALK. Philadelphia News. The new wiggle-waggle, which la equal in Its way to the Gredan bend or the tilt, lean achievement of the modern "mattreas" and "saddle," and not poseible without them.
It la a movement, a sort of swing from side to ride, which seems to be quite independent of tbe body, and to be ex leu ted only with the machinery of the dreas-eklrt, and this la very nearly the
An Inclination forward and a el determination In welkins from one to the other, aets the machinery In tion and producee the funny which any one can see who happens to wslk behind a faahiooably dressed girl.
A STAR BOARDER,
Who
Never Missed a Meal Ever Paid a Cent
A Tapeworm
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word—everything. South Fourth below Walnut.
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If a girl bad to look and act like that she would be a pitiable object, but aa It Is a matter of choice and dependent upon caprice, which will demand some new form of self-immolation shortly, it makes little difflsrenoe.
But no caricature could do more than justice to tbe dude And tbe belle as they appear in the street in this year of gear,
Boll* and Carbaaclc*.
Theee are the volcanoes of the human system. They proceed from impure Mood and from a riotous demoralisation of tbe digestive organ*. Tbey are annoy
ing, painful, and sometimes dangerous.
THE recent storm In Plymouth xiXy can b® driven out by toning up Cherokarcounties, Iowa, was more dee- tbe system, sod this #sn best be done tractive than at first supposed. The by the rf Bmajii 1Iron ..iimiiiri at nw Messrs. Handy A Rollmsn, druggists, property town are estimated at over
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1300,000, while a score of people were Brownrs Iron Bitters. All who use it killed or fatally Injured and many seem pleased. We bear not one oomothets were hurt more or leas seriously, plaint,*
ytf "We sell lots of
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Measuring Forty-
Seven Feet in Length Removed by Dr. Nicholls at the National
House.
The facts are tbese: For more than ten years I have suffered with pains all over my body, which were at times almost unbearable, and I did not care to live. I have been treated by scores of doctors, but Dr. Nicholls is the first man wbo told me my real trouble. He gave me two doses of medicine, and in less tban two hours, to my great horror, I passed a monster tapeworm, measuring forty-seven feet in length. I saw it, bead ana all complete, with my own eyes. It has been living within me for the past ten years, and, as the head of this testimonial states, has never missed a meal and never paid a cent. Thanking Dr. Nicholls for his great skill In removing tbe terrible monster I recommend him to all in any way afflicted. MRS. SARAH JANE WHITE, Near the Corner of Second Avenue and fifteenth Street.
TERBE HAUTE, June 13th, 1885. The monster can be seen at Dr. Nicholls' office.
fire! Fire! Fire!
Fires are not always extinguished. The best way to guard against loss is to to insure at Hager's Insurance Office. The oldest agency in tbe city.
Busjas Bees
The Noticeable Things About Jno. Dobbs' Grocery is the Bustle.
*He has several first class clerks, but tbe tide has ret in hiB way and all are busy. One of tbe greatest duties is to
Some men never know when tbey are buy enough, and for this end he has
made arrangements which enable him to be always supplied with the choicest country produce and all the early vegetables from the south until the homegrown yield is here. What has he got?
JAMES T. MOORE
THE OLD RELIABLE
IS SELLING
THE BEST
Gasoline Stove
IN THE 'WORLD
The "Lyman",
Get it at once and wbile avoidlngSthe^com lng summer beat, save your Usel.
JAMES T. MOORE, 657 Main Street
JSsteMlshed 1868. Incorporated 1878
PHCENIX FOUNDRY
AND
MACHINE WORKS,
Manufacture and|deal in all kinds of
Machinery and Machinery Users Supplies-
FLOUR MILL WORK
Our^Speelalty,,
Have mors patterns, larger expevieneeand saiiai II and employ more mechanics than any otber similar establishment within sev-enty-live mile of Terre Haute.
Repair aid lebklai Wert Given special attention. Write®*call on oa and see tor yourselves. Ml to 138 North Math street, new tiloa PayoU Twrt MaaSe. IM.
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We call especial attention to the above figures and that there tono fMsttontin our mind that out of 85,000 Rolls of Choicest
Wall Papers
In designs, patterns and colorings, the, most fastidious can be fully and satisfactorily
leading
manufacturers, the following
We would respectfully oflhr
INDUCEMENTS:
Tbe largest and choicest stock to select from. Our thorough knowledge of the business thereby enables us to assist you in making wise«e*ectfone. wioi c°°rt«x.
tWeE?»ealso
secured the service of
SKILLED WORKMEN
From vdier cities whose reputation tar artlsUc labor is unexcelled and will garantee satisfaction In every instance te all who have their work entrusted to our care.
that is left of the same at exceeding low
Thankful for the large patrrasge «ttended to us In tbe past, would solicit and hope to merit the continuance of the same in our oew quarters,
673 Main Street,
S doom west of 7tti street, south tfda.
THE W. ROBERTS CO.
t.j' ntih
518 and 520 Main Street.
Continue to offer their patrons superior inducements. .,',f
CLOSE CASH BUYERS
Will do well to see the goods now closing out at very low prices. It is money in your pocket to buy only good honest goods. Do not be deceived by cheap trash it is dear at any price.
THIS WEEK.
VERY LOW PRICES ON
Summer Silks, Surah Silks, Black and Colored Dress Silks
Summer Dress Goods, Embroidered Robes, White ite Lawn Suits, Fans, Gloves, 4 .f
We bought it at
Parasols and Umbrellas, Hosiery, a Underwear, Jerseys, 2 Ladies Muslin Underwear,
Summer Wraps,
Skirts, Corset Covers, Chemises, Night Dresses, etc.
Our Little Daughter!
Graceful as a swan she glides on her new Tricycle.
A.
G.
AUSTIN A CO.'S.
Wm. H. ARMSTRONG & CO,
The Only Firm in the State
Dealing exclusively In
Surgical, Dental, Oplteal, Mathematical and Veterinary Instruments and Appliances, and making Artificial
Limbs and Deformity Apparatus.
Gal vanlo Batteries, Microscopes, Drawing Iwitruments, Trusses, Tourists Glasses, Spectacles,
Eye Classen,
Our Trussy Elastic Stocking and Brace Boom is in charge of a competent physician, who pr*perly adjusts fuch appliances In each particular cose, and taket measure Yntnti conwtlptwhere it necestary to make to order to fU any special case.
Prices are reasonable and terms of payment made eaey. Call and examine our goods, or addres us for descriptive circulars and price list. wWm. H. ARMSTRONG & CO.,
Opposite Postofflce—No. 28 6th at. Terre Haute, Ind.
CELEBRATION
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JLT THE
VIGO CO. FAIR GROUND
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A, Grrand Parade
Will be formed on tbe streets, in the morning, eenwrttog of lW,| Military, City and County Officers, Police Force, Benevolent Societies^Sp^akers, Reader and Chaplain, P*8*1 £in8^ Guests, Comity Delegations with their respective music.
Programme at the Fair Grounds:
Prayer by Chaplain reading Declaration of Independence es by Hons. R. W. Thompson, D. W. Joorheea, John E. lUmba James T. Johnson, Thomas H. Nelson, Thos. B. Long and oJ£ers„ Singing by the Davis Family and Miss Helen Jeffers luncheon.*
afteenoon.
TROT.
Horses called at 2 o'clock. Purse $100. First, $60 second, $26 third, $15 fourth, $10.—best three in five. RUNNING BACE. For horses that never run in a race $5 entrance winning horse fa take purse. Best two in three, half mile and repeat, 6 to enter
MULE RACE. .f
Best two in three, half mile and repeat $1 entrance and $10 added winner to take purse. Five to enter & BICYCLE BACE. $2. fa enter, Society add $10. Five to enter, wlnaer to take pursed
Admission, 25cte. Children, accompanied by their parents free. No charge for Vehicles. Let every person turn out and bring their baskets fall Lots of fun anticipated.
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