Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 16, Number 9, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 August 1885 — Page 4
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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
P. S. WESTFALL,
EDITUK AND PKOPRIETOK.
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22 South Fifth Street,
Printing House Hqtmre.
TERRE HAUTE, AUG. 22, 1886.
MB. HEX RICKS' arduous efforts to wag the Presidential dog have uot been /notably successful up to date.
11« DI AM A will harvest the largest corn crop thin fall she has ever raised if the conditions continue to be lavorable.
THE New York World's pedestal fund continues to grow, although the whole amount tushed for has been subscribed. 'When the American people once get a-going it is bard to stop them.
IT would be a kindness to the VicePresident if some esteemed friend, in whom he has conlidence, would gently whisper in bis ear that the Vice-Presi dent is making an ass of himself.
So then it seem that after all the Em press of Russia did not request the translation of Miss Cleveland's book into her native language. So much the better for the Empress of Russia's taste. -1
THE news from London is that the two noble "luda" have made up their differences about one Mrs. Langtry. Up to the last aocounts that lady's busband bad not been heard from in the matter.
IT is reported that William H. English would like to write U. 8. Senator after his name. Then it was not for "ycung Bill" alone that "old Bill'' was planning in bis recent eruption into political life.
MR. HBNDRICKS appears to think that his ideas ought to be carried out by the occupant of the White House. Mr. Hendricks should have patience and wait until he gets to be the occupant of the White House himself.
EASTERN sporting men are all exetment over the fact that Pure Rye, anew horse, won a big race in New York. It shouldn't create such great surprise, as it isn't the first time In the history of mankind that pure rye has won a race.
THB statement that Mary Anderson is to be married to a wealthy young Louisville gentleman is "branded as a lie." All the same Mary has bad a good advertisement out of it, and that Is probably all the story was originated
MB. HRNDRIOKS ad raits that there is Some disagreement between himself and the President, but says it is not serious aud denies that he is in any conspiracy sg*inst the chief executive. It is pleasant, if unimportant, to bear that the Vice-President is not ilguring in the role of a Catallne.
UP grade seems to be the tendency in biisluess at last. The failures for last week were less than for the week previous and Bradstreet's notes au improved trade in dry goods, boots aud slices and woolens. The clearing house exchanges for the week were ton per cent, larger than for the corresponding week of last yoar.
NOTBINO Is sacred and the most delicate subjects are converted into schemes for making money. The recent revelations of the Pall Mat! Gssette have been dramatized in Vienna Into a play of Ave acts entitled, ''How Shall We Protect Our Daughters?" One way would be to keep them away from the British aristocracy.
ViNc«NNKS is certainly entitled to the distinction of being tbe worst town in 'Western Indiana. There is scarcely a day passes but that we bear of some dreadful crime being committed there, a rape, or murder, or something almost as bad. There is need of a refining influence at the Old Post from all indications.
IT is said that under the civil service law ths scrub women and tbe spittoon cleaners at Washington will have to pass sn examination in the arts and sciences. This is unjust as it prevents tbe Democrats from providing for their special friends who, it goes without saying, are fully capable of assuming tbe Above mentioned duties.
IT looks as though the only effect of the Wabash strike, at least oil tbe eastern division of the road, would be to throw a number of men «ut of employment. The Knights of Labor sre in a deddod minority and there sre plenty of men ready to take tbe places which the strikers have left. It looks as if tbe strike had been ordered without due consideration. Tbe alleged grievance of the Knights Is that Superintendent Taint age was dtscbsTging men from the road simply because they belonged to crder and tbat he refused to bold conference with them or make explanation r«f his ccnd Of »ur*e Mr. T*linage denies making any such dlserimlnsUon against tbe Knights, bat whether be did or did not do so, tee might have given the complaining workmen a retgwciful bearing and taken the trouble to set himself right with them. Rail roads are great ntlkirs, to be anre, but »BNY owe some HI (testes to the men !i build and wrk them for all that, and tbe «st an enr! yar do Is to listen to the grievances ef bis workmen, whether they sre well or 111
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REVIEWING Mr. Howells' last novel, "The Rise of Silas Lapham," the Springfield Republican complains of the general littleness of the present school of fiction. Never before were so many novels written but they all belong to the class known as stories of real life and the objection to them in general is that they are only too real. They lack all imagination, all ideality. As the Re* publican critic well says: "It is the petty and ordinary world that we are invited by our scores of novelists to contemplate just the world we are living in, where ail the story is of shopping, touring, tennis-plsying, dishwashing and every other sort of fiddlefaddle of our too familiar life. The work is surprisingly well done but it is not worth doing. We live naturally in the trivial the photograph is always ours what we need in fiction for the health of the mind is something of the uncommon is character in action, lifted by thought, by purpose, by passion, to transcending heights,—in short we must have heroism." That is to say, we need to be lifted above the low plane of our daily living oh the wings of theimsgination, so that we can get a broader view of life. Such a view stimulates the mental and moral facualties and gives relief from petty cares snd troubles. We get such exhilaration from the novels of Scott, of Hngo, and of George Eliot. But that kind of fiction is not the fashion now. The stories of to-day seek only to be "bright," (an overworked word) entertaining, diverting. They hold the mirror up to nature but they select very small bits of natnre to reflect in their glasses. |t is very perfect and true as J^r as it goes, but it does not go far enough. This fashion must soon pass away for it is not worthy to last long. It will be succeeded by a less trifling literature, by one that will have some earnestness and purpose in it. The art for art's sake era will close whenever a writer of feeling and imagination appears before the litersry horrisson.
THE old commonwealth of Massachusetts is in a bad way if we are to believe the wail that arises from its people after a contemplation of the last census returns. The disposition to center in cities is rapidly reducing towns that were once of considerable size to tbe dimensions of hamlets, and the conclusion is reached that within a generation to come many towns, if they do not become ac-, tually deserted, will be scarcely larger than cross-road settlements. In the past five years the population has increased only 160,000, which indicates a pretty bad condition of affairs in tbe Old Bay State. There seems to be no remedy for it until tbe people can be brought to realize that the opportunities for wealth are more numerous with the energetic, progressive farmer than with the city dweller. Then, and then only, can we expect an improvement in the condition which causes the wail that comes up from almost every Eastern farming community, of the tendency to abandon the tilling of tbe soil for city labor.
THE project of a national monument to Gen. Grant should not be suffered to fail, as there seems to be some danger of its doing from presentindications. The public generally do not take kindly to erecting such monument in New York, but that is because they do not feel that New York is the proper place for it. The national monument, the gift of tbe people of the whole country, manifestly ought to*be located at tbe national capital. Let subscriptions for such a monument at Washington be asked for and tbe people will furnish the money needed. To be sure it may take some time to raise so large a fund as would be required for tbe kind of a monument tbat ought to be erected, but iu due time the money could be raised by popular subscriptions. _____________ )5:j
IT appears tbat the more that is known of Sir Charles Dilke the less it is to his credit. The latest phase tf his moral escapades Is tbat he made love to Mrs. Pattison while her husband was still living, snd, it is intimated, was more ardent than be has been since bis affianced became a widow. Whence it is conjectured thstthe lady made public ber betrothal to him more to keep bit* from getting away than from any other motive. There are some women who would perbsps hef® been willing enongh to give Sir Charles op after the recent disclosures, but they are not tbe kind of women who accept suitors while they have one husband living.
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BUTLER bas announced his in
tention of coming oat in a short time in snpport of President Cleveland and his policy, and he Is catching it on all sides in a manner that would bavo Its efface on a roan less impervious to ridicule than Is the Massachusetts man. He la politician in the strictest sense, and while there may be lacking sincerity in his conduct, be stands far above tbe persons who so delight in abusing him. Gen. Grant is quoted as saying not long ago that "Butler is a man it is a fashion to abuse, but be is a man who haa done tbe country great service, snd who Is worthy of Its gratitude."
PYHAIHTK explosions are getting to be entirely too frequent. Fortunately they have not so far proved very destructive of life, but that on board the Philadelphia steamer almost by a miracle escaped toying a number of women and childivii. Persons who will resort to such a method of avenging their
MAXWELL, alias Brooks, who murdered Prellerin a St. Louis hotel last spring, concealing his mangled remains in a trunk, has been unable to withstand the pressure that has been brought to bear against him and has made a confession. He says that as a physician 'he was accustomed to administer choroform to Preller and that he by accident gave him an overdose of tbe drug which caused his death. This explanation fails to account for the cutting off of Maxwell's head, hiding his body in a trunk, fleeing from the city and &king a vessel bound to New Zealand and for telling so many lies about tbe case. Dr. Maxwell will in all probability have to bang.
THERE is a division of opinion among American newspapers respecting the action of Mrs. Pattison in telegraphing to have her engagement with Sir Charles Dilke made public. A few think it was an admirable thing for her to do bat the majority voice of the press has been, as it clearly ought to be, tbat Mrs. Pattison only compromised her own honor by her act. While a woman should not abandon ber lover upon the first evil reports that cloud bis good name, she can be excused for waiting' for an explanation of such a transaction as Sir Cbarles proposed with Mr. Crawford, the injured husband. 1125,000 is a suspiciously large sum for an innocent man to pay to a blackmailer
TSCE Insurance Chronicle has been investigating the causes of suicide. For a certain period it fiuds that 174 cases were due to business trouble, 214 to family troubles, 294 to Insanity aud 114 t6 dissipation. These four beads cover the great mass of suicides and it will be seen that insanity leads all tbe rest. But insanity itself is only tbe result of some otber cause and if we cculd go back of it we should probably find that trouble of some kind, domestic or financial, in most instances caused the insanity from which suicide resulted. Suicide is essentially the act of a deranged mind and we are disposed to believe that few, If any, persons voluntarily put an end to their lives while in a sound mental condition ___________
A SOJOURNER in Michigan does not wonder that the Western fever never strikes that State very bard. It is so replete with all tbe comforts of life that most of the people who live there have sense enough to stay where they are. A few, not knowing when^they have a good thing, move away and are glad to get back again, cured of their desire to roam. Tbe same may be said of Indiana. With her rich soil, in the main healthful climate, and the many comforts and luxuries which an older civilization confers, Indiana has more to offer ber citizens than the wild, raw regions of the west. There sre some drawbacks everywhere and while one disadvantage may be overcome by moving to anew place, tbe chances are manj to one tbat other drawbacks wilf be met with that will make tbe change of doubtful utility.
THB growth of the Northwest was never better illustrated than by tbe(rival cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. 'The census just completed shows St. Paul to have grown from 41,473 souls in 1880, to 111,898 in 1885, while during the same period Minneapolis increased from 46,887 to 129,200. These sre marvelous figures, and give an insight to the almost boundless possibilities of tbat great region tributary to these twin cities of the Northwest. This prosperity is not of the mushroom order as has been tbe case with so many Western communities, dependent upon a sudden "And," which may sny day fail. It is the good ri£h toil tbat bas brought prosperity to the region in question, snd while it cannot be expected that such prosperity can continue forever in tbat ratio, as long as the soil remains as productive and fertile as now, a steady growth is enBured.
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.
Gen. Sherman says he is getting too old now to kiss the girls. No gentleman will ever swear before a lady—unless she is his wife.
Iced soup has become a popular beverage in Chicago. They will drink anything iu that town but water.
Mayor Kilgore, of Pittsburg, says be and Bartley Campbell worked in tbe same brick-yard in that city when boys.
Thethirty-eight States of the Union contain 2,290 counties. Texas leads off with 151, and Georgia follows with 157.
Colonel Fred Grant's wife was Ida Honors and was nicknamed Sunshine by General Grant, to whom she was devotedly attentive,
Tbe fact that when an elephant has tbe chills five gallons of rum and whisky are prescribed leads one to suspect that tbe elephant is a native of Kentucky.
At Mt. Mansfield, Vt., a monument to General Grant bas been started In tbe shape of a simple pile of stones. Each visitor till doomsday is asked to addone rock to the pile.
Sam Jones, tbe revivalist, In a sermon in Cincinnati, said: "I don't believe any of Darwin's theory, unless ypn invert It. Invert it, and my jud^mSat i*, it's a fact. We came from tbu blessed hand of God perfect. But I look about me and 1 think tbe world Is running to monkeys.M
S*oaior Colqnitt has fnmlshdft tbe first instance In tbe history of Georgia where father and son represented the Stale in the United States. Such occurrences are very rare. There are only
gricva'^"* gainst those who have innocent lives in huge are not worthy to be called human t«i«jgs. Tbey are simply thrseon record. fiends in huuian form and should he atom Bayard, Don Cameron and Colkilled sacuu as rattlesnakes when detect-1 quitt. Tbe Bayards have represented ed in their work. I Delaware in the Senate withool toUr-
XERRB HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL
Tbey are those of Sen*
ruption for three generationa. Don Cameron took his father's seat. There was thirty years between Walter T. Colquitt and his son in the Senate.
Minneapolis has thirteen grain elevators within ber limits and no distilleries. Louisville, ky., has thirteen distilleiies and no elevators. This preserves tbe balance of trade.
Cigarette smoking has become such a general nuisance in New York that small signs have been printed and are kept for ssle, whicb|read: "No cigarette smoking allowed in this office."
Oliver Optic, whose stories, over twenty years ago, gave many boys living in localities far removed from the battlefields their only picturesque glimpses of tbe war, is only Sixty-three years old.
Spesker Aldrich of t£e New Hampshire House of Representatives so closely resembles President Cleveland tbat numbers of persons respectfully addressed him as"Mr. President" in New York last week.
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A novelty in legislation is found in a bill now pending in the Georgia legislature, which proposes to levy an annual tax of $2.50 oti all bachelors in tbe State and use tbe money in educating fatherless children.
In reply to the criticisms upon tbe tdvia! or pet names often borne by young ladies in college lists, Col. T. W. Higginson has examined tbe Hsrvard University Catalogue and there in tbe officii! list of tbe sterner sex he found nearly forty of the familiar nicknames which are thought so preposterous in a woman's college.
An English statistician, who has been studying the growth of London, says tbat without tbe agency of steam power tbe London of to-day would be an impossibility. If a sudden invasion or sny calamity were to destroy tbe steam facilities the citizens now enjoy, they would be reduced, he says, to starvation in less than a week.
VIGO STREET RAILWAY. The Vigo Street Railway will connect with tbe Terre Haute Street Railway on east Main street every fifteen minutes. Tbe fair ground is open at all times free to visitors except when occupied by some entertain ment, affording a pleasant place for private picnics and tbe like. The motor is in good working order, and makes tbe round every fifteen minutes. Fare five cents.
GOOD CLOTHES.
They Help to Make the ManWhere They Can be Had.
Ford & Owens Have a Splendid ... Line of New Fall Suitings.
It is time for tbe young man who prides himself on his neat, wel.1 made clothes to be looking for his new fall suit. He will naturally go to Ford fe Owens, who are receiving every day the latest designs in fall suiting, which they mske up in tbe very highest style of tbe tailor's art.
Hunters, Look Here!
Macbiue loaded shells sre loaded with absolute accuracy, giving ubiform charges, with .suitable and unvarying pressure upon tbe wads. Every wsd is forced intos perfectly level position, an advantage that cannot be secured in band loaded shells. These shells are carefully pscked twenty-five in a pasteboard box, labelled with statement, kind and quality of shells used, kind quality and quantity of Powder, quan tity and size of Shot. A. G. Austin A Co., 808 Main street, are appoiuted sole agents for this 2ity for the ssle of Machine Losded Shells. Hunters and sportsmen generally are invited to call and get full information, also illustrated book, gratis. ......
—The sdmission to Our Folks is only twenty five cents. All should go and enjoy a good hearty laugh.
$10 to $20 saved by purchasing Suit Patterns at Hunter & Smith's great woolen sale.
—-All persons desiring to see *'Our Folks" previous to Tbursdsy evening can do so by visiting Umber's Studio, Button's, Sibley's on Bast Main St., also Riser's
The best line of Woolens ever shown in the city, for 50c on the dollar, at Hunter & Smith's.
—To test progreee in medical as in other sciences and arts, use Antizymotica. For gale by druggists.
STEIN WAY
Grand, Square and Upright PIANOS.
8TBINWAY A SONS sre tbe only manufacturers who make every part of their Piano-fortes, exterior and interior (including tbe casting of the full iron frame*) in their own factories.
These Pianos are thoroughly reliable. Sold only at Opera Music
Hunter & Smith's Woolen Sale now going on, clos1JAMES ing out at 50c on the dollar. Cor. 6th aud Main.
Amusements.
0PERA HOUSE.'
Tuesday Eye., Aug. 25fch.
Grand Entertainment
W-J.'
For the Benefit of
St. Anthony's Hospital,
OF
Leading Amateurs of this City,
Assisted by the
RINGGOLD BAND.
Admission 50c. No extra charge for reserved seats, on sale at Button's Monday.
seats
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HOUSE.
Wilson Naylor Manager.
Thursday, August 27th.
OI FOLKS!
ADMISSION 25 cents, RESERVED SEATS.. -35 cents.
Grand Matinee Saturday.
Admission 10 and 15c. Reserved Seats 25c. Sale of seats begins Monday morning at Button's.
GRAND BAND
Tournement!
TO BE HELD AT
On South Third Street,
Terre Haute, Aug. 29, 30 and 31st. 15 First Class Bands
Will be in attendance
Grand Band
OF
250--MEN--250
Afternbon and Evening Concerts Admission 25c. Children 10c.
J. BREINIG, Director. For farther particulars address H. L. BREINIG, Manager.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Thlr powder never varies. A marvel off purity, strength and wholesemeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and caunot be sold In competition with tbe rauJtltnde of low test, short weight, alum or phot* pliHle powders. Hold only In cans. FtnvAi, RAKIWO POWDKR CO.. st. Y.
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HOBERG, ROOT&CO
518 and 520 Main Street.
GREAT
OF
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Dress Goods
Reduced Prices!
AGAIN REDUCED
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Parasols, Lawns,'' Ginghams, Sateens, White Goods, Laces,
Summer Silks,
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Special Bargains
IN
Cheap Dress Goods:
(Fall Styles)
NEXT WEEK.
IIOBERG,S ROOT & CO.
SUMMER HOMES.
Where to Go—How to Go.
How Much it Will Cost.
A large eapply of beautiful tourist's guides KOtten up more elaborately than ever before, have been received by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
20th Annual Fair 20th,
September 14th to 19th Inclusive.
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Terre Haute, IncL
Premiums: ®6,000.00.
Best Herd of Cattle, Short Horn, Herefords and Angus Breeds to Compete ffrn nn Best Herd Jersey Cattle Wj*0.00. Races 91,400.00.
Best Half Mile Track in the State. Finest Grounds in the State. Good Water on all parte of the Grounds.
New Stalls and the Best Accommodations. Street Railroad to the Grounds. All Premiums Paid in Fnll.
For Farther Tariiculars Address 1L 8ANKEY, Pres. GEO. A. 8CHAAL, Treas. iEDWIN ELLIS, Vice Pres. Wx. H. EUHCAN, Secy.
U. E. JEFFERS, Genl Sapt.
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Hosiery, Underwent, .Corsets, Etc.,
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giving fnll informstioa relative to the various Bummer resorts of tbe north aud northwest. Call and get a copy. Any "f information desired will be cheeriully Uk furnished.
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