Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 44, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 April 1887 — Page 1

Vol. 17.—No.

Notes and Comm&it

Vote for t$e cow ordinal^:

The stero©rae^B** co* dPfrl for the co$f

Terre HfcttfeVij

It is said the Browning craze is on the wane and is likely to be succeeded by a craze for Poe. There would be good -sense in such a change.

Good-bye to the pretty portiere. The doctors denounce it as an absorber of dust, odors, malaria and all manner of infectious unclean ness. The portiere will have to go

Mr. Charles Kern, of Chicago, has been to Washington to tell the President how 4he put an end to Carter Harrison's political career, and the Chicago Democrats think they soe in our former fellowtownsman Mr. Cleveland's Illinois adviser. ________

In a landslide on the New York Central railroad the other day Edward Canarr, the engineer, was killed. Ilis last words before ho died were: "Boys, flag the trains." Why wasn't there just as much heroism in that as in Capt. Lawrence's famous "Don'tgiveup the ship"?

An Evansvillo special to the St. Louis Olobo-Democrat telling of the boom indications exults over the prospects of inducing the Fish Brothers, wagon makers pf Racine, to locato there. Evansville always was a little tardy. Terre Haute Is a year or so ahead on that entorjjrise and is wise in its experience. ddie Hutchinson, once a Now actory girl, is now a successful in Minneapolis Miss Alice who. graduated from the Yale

I last Juno, has boen admitted

wn.1i Ipnrt btwIi

the

their

state stook law imposing

a fine on tho propor officer .for non-on-forceiuent.

Thore was a schemo on foot to corner Mayor Kolsom at the moetlng of the council last Tuesday night and make him cast the deciding vote on the cow ordinance. It failed for two

Dr. Roberts, of this city, has been ad ministering the Bergeon treatment for consumption to Richard Jay, with considerable sueoess. His patient was fast sinking with what Is known as nailer's consumption. The natute of this new treatment la mentioned in another

Pr«s.

An account of this case was the country by associated

column. sent over

Since then the *°ctor has re

celved many letters fiom*U partrof the oountrv, one being from the French consufat Philadelphia.

•Hi© Indianapolis Journal says the manufacturer* there are not as extremely opposed to the interstate commerce bill as they were at first that they begin to feel they are not to suffer to ttie extent that th.y had change, in the freight rate." and that the railroads evince a willingness to correct the crudities occasioned by the hasty change. Herein lie® a great deal of the cause of complaint against the new law. The railroads to make themeelvw proor against loss put all rates beyond peradvoniure of being too lQ*» These will naturally adjust themselves to the demands of trade and In the course of time the law will tend to general benefit. ^At ail events It Is far too soon to declare it a fctitttife. The inauguration of the »w mmi owiarilr caused something of a panic but aov attempt to furnish relief from the unjust discriminations would have done *o.

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_,ur i*tty spa spring disgraceful ^dionld be a the oowjortlitianc

vote

Bg^too big for a

cow pastttfB|jKvo'««rf the cow ordinance. .* What has become of the Pound Motor? Where is it in the*) days of diswveries and-boom u?

has been made Treasurer of a Pennsylvania raiload. The women seem to be making some headway.

The same reason that made a dozen council men run from tho cow will opor-. ate on any official whoso duty it may be to enforcoa cow ordinance. If the people nay at tho polls that there must be such nn ordinanco the next Imperative stop is to so frame it that its enforcement will result. It might be woll to adopt the provision of

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*ity is putting tiftft green. sterecoraceous it** Vote

An Sk couple

celebrated the other niversary of their ly tbift old pair propdse to until death does them part

Two of the oldest and wealthiest copal churches in New York have Jeei ed to make their pews free to the publfi* hereafter. Free pews are growin favor and will be the rule in allcharcBes in time.

A man makes a fatal mistake when he takes his doctor along with him on a trip for his health., The mere presence of a doctor will be a constant reminder that he is sick, than which nothing can be worse for an invalid.

In many of the shops in Philadelphia saleswomen are prohibited from fine dressing and are required to wear dark colors and eschew rich jewelry. If this does not cut off the ten cent pinchbeck bracelets, pins and earrings the girls can be happy yet.

The madstone miscellany is again going the rounds. Some one has written the old, old story about the Georgia stone. The Terre Haute charmer's turn will come along soon. The record of the ^tone owned here is quite as good as any and it is the fashion to herald all •advantages of a town.

George W. Childs has two maxims, it is said, which he tries to live up to. They are:—"Do the besc and leave the rest," and "What can't be cured must be endured." These bits of philosophy and the habit of taking long walks keep Mr. Childs in a state of unruffled temper. Go and do likewiso.

Thore is no use defying that Sam Jones is a level-headed fellow. When he said, "Tho most beautiful sight in the world is to see a family around a cheerful Are, with the head of the family reading his local paper, which he has paid for in advance," he uttered a profound truth, as every editor will testify.

A soore of pretty girls in a Ma^aclm-

Ing husbands. They organized a society to opposo matrimony as a humbug and pledged themselves never to marry. Being in a manner forbidden fruit, these ingenious damsels soon come Into great domand. Within a year eleven of thorn were married and now have babies, six have husbands without tho infantile attachment and the last two are engaged this spring. They were wise virgins.

Somotimes when true love foosn't run smooth

rea«oi*:

first, becnnso there was an absentee ana second, bocauso the

members

of the

council thought they saw away out of

dllfioulty by unanimously voting to submit the iuostion to tho people. Vote for th« cow ordlnanoo.

Standard Oil Company is gathering in tho natural gas wells. Thero Is no particular objection to this now in the ©nrly stages of tho discovery because no company is better able to develop thei|u The alarm is as to tho monopoly feature after tho people become dependent on this new fuel and light. It is better that homo interests develop the wells and after the manner of discussing booms nowaday, we hope our local wells, taking It forgranted that we will have them, will lx? owned by homo people.

ingjQftJh loroeutSj First wis

runs deep and «ng. lor

instance. Twonty-rtvo y**™ and girl wore schocMMtM In Ohio and becamo lovera. The girl'a paronU oblooted to the

match^and

both parties

married other partrfVs. Their mates dlod in thMrwurse of time and at Marion, Ind., the 'othot' day the original lovers were at last married. When wo read of such thlftgs in novels we are accustomed to say that they are not natural.

Professor Coulter of Wabash college In lecture on natural gas said thero arc "street corner sclontists" who know all about the "gas belt" and could tell whothor this or that locality was "in line." Students of natural science, liow.jr, depend on the drill. Whon the State has been thoroughly punctured tho scientists will be able to tell where the gas belt is and not before. It may range northeast and southwest and it may traverse the country from southeast to northwest. The professor exploded the northeast and southwest theory which brings tho bolt from Findlay, Ohio, through Munclc, Marion, Anderson and to Terre Haute, by calling attention to the big well at Greonsburg down in the southeastern part of the State. He also exposed the fallacy that the presence of coal had any connection with natural gas, because the gas Is found several stratas below the carboniferous layers and below a shale or slate which it can not penetrate to rise to the coal region

If that man Harman dies a murder has been committed. He was *bot because he was supposed to h^vfLstolen a bucket from the man who did the shooting The belief that a petty theft, or grand larceny, is punishable with death on sight la too common. Pistol practice of this sort, by the police even, is not to be tolerated. No one has the right to take life except in self defense and this thing of shooting at fleeing prisoners, charged with petty crime# or misdemeanors, or clubbing a staggering drunken man, on the claim of "resistance" ought to be stopped. If the fact that abuse of thl kind is apnult and battery, even by a policeman, were once established by a wholesome example there would be lew of it. The law Is ample and plain. In New York they send policemen to the penitentiary on the charge of "assault and battery with intent to kill" for shooting at prisoners accused of anything less than a capital offense. A policeman is now being tried tor murder at Indianapolis for killing a man charged with a minor aAraae.

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Second W_ Third ward5 Fourth ward Fifth ward—E^SSixth ward—Fratfk Stow

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The delegates appointed a cratic ward primaries met pt house Thursday evening and Wftf": exception renominated the old ticket city officers. This is their ticket

Mayor, J. C. Kolsem. Treasurer, James Fitzpatrick. Clerk, W. H. ScUdder. Marshal, Frank Morrison. Assessor, Shepard Watson. The Mayor, Treasurer and assessor were nominated without opposition For Clerk, W. H. Scudder received Ifl|f votes and Perley Bell 13K»

For, Marshall, Frank Morrison recoiv^d 21 votes and John McNelis 9 votes. The Republican delegates

The opera bouse should have been filled last night, for aside from the merits of the entertainment, the Ringgold Band deserves a big bumper of a benefl it was, there, was audienco of fair ff bers. To-night when the prograr will be repeated, we.hopc to see seat filled. The first paK of the even is taken up with a musical miscellsn^, under the direction of Prof. Shi$6,_£a) bracing overtures and quartettes- b,

by Miss Florenoe Sage, and remar ably fine violin solo by Pet* Breini, the" coming successor °J®

not

seem to weary, the children

receiving frequent applause, with several not-to-be-re fused demands for repHi tlon of the dances. The ballot will no doubt move more evenly and gracefully to-night and as before remarked the house should be filled.

The only attraction at Naylor's next week will be the appearance on Thurs day evening of the noted John L. Sullivan, the premier pugilist. The champion is accompanied on this tour by a galaxy of athletes, Including the veteran Steve Taylor, George LaBanche, who has had many encounters in the ring Joe Lannon, who recently had a meeting with Jake Kilrnln Joseph Carroll, Bob Turnbull, James McKeon, Dan Murphy and others. Pat Sheedy, the famous sporting man, is in charge as manager of the combination.

The big petition, containing 1,050 names asking for an ordinate prohibiting cows from runuiiig ut large in this city, was presented to the council on Tuesday evening. Remonstrances with 506 signatures accompanied it. The council shirked the responsibility by referring the question to a vote of the people, and opportunity for expression will be gfven at the city eleotlon. Vote for the cow ordinance.

When you enter a sick room do so honestly and dlrectlyf Do not spend five minutes turning the handle like burglary thereby producing a series

people enter the room of person as If they wished hii

been

and ap tl

Irritating squeaks and clicks, ending with a big snap.

you wish to

implicated in the reoeni

ered wholesale robberies handle road. The fact is a testimonial to the up of thoae orgmnirations.

The New Orleans ered that "it is the that ruins people,," opto 20 cents a mug would lay by

The Supreme elded that .need not tab she

go In, but don't Keep the patients In state

*of

suspense. The majority

very sick to murder

A deserved prominence isi giten the fact that not a single member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En and the Brotherhood of

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tostim physic the he he wro$ Wreck at: quite as goc her own age her older ichdo the'

wilmeetv«

the court house to-night to name ad QJK position ticket. The election occurs one week next Tuesday.

Vote for the cow ordinance.

AMUSEMENTS.

dressy of thrfjA

Duoi&hous* mother of whom Ipbg $poke£ of shAjiek ss ftes^f et her in Loiidpn, dress into a fi| ttyj eiiVy,ot on$ aeatf

BAJJNTED

[r,f

A'coai miner, it is saidj ighost when bedpeft'of oy ~'ne. He drcamgr*

«Mfond is

ev«

lir

B"V

Then follows tho ple-stng Drawtrie Room Ballet composed by Prof. Law\ In which some seventy of thj Professors pupils participate In a varUtj of d&*^es» marches and pretty figuies. Last night, though thfc curtain did jot fall until after eleven o'clock, the audience did

but

of thg

b'rdods but objects

,^B/lel8ure for thought, ion silence becomes noisy it,

airy

echoes too tangible

for

les ou

currents of foul air, imperiling

hia life. Theso are the times of ghostly presence, if ever. The Woman in Black tfoat haunts the Wyoming Valley is a verity. Old miners heftmtill shudder at the* thought of the wtaitiv of

tMollie

Maguire victims among tho »«innsylVaiUahills. A short time since a young miner emIldyed in*ne of the mines near Brazil was drawn up much earlier than usual,

I long before he could have cleared the coal loosened by the blast the

ing

night.

crushed

nine,

complained of be-

sick. On being questioned he hesited to name his ail fruit. Finally he he had seen a gbosM Ho was at torkinhis room, when suddenly his itmp spluttered, then died out in a thin Sue flame. A poor miner, who quarreled with his wife before going to work One morning, two or three years ago, iras

under falling slate in the

and the supernatural appearance is directly traceable to him. A bent, crushed figure, with a troubled look on his faoe, is what has boen dimly seen, and is believed to wander amid the subterranean chambers as if in quest of some boon.

EVENING FUNERAL SERVICES. The New York Times states that evening funeral services are becoming very frequent in this city. It is urged in favor of the growing "custom that it affords gentlemen opportunities for attendance that they can hardvy take during busi ness hours. Besides this great conveni

ence

distressing scenes of parting with the dead loved ones are X©pt from the gaze of the curious and unsympathetic Upon the score of economy, too, it is to be commended. The remains ax) kept

over

night and the next morning they are unostentatiously removed to the place of burial, followed by only a few carriages with the nearest relatives and family intimates.

Ladies, do you wish your hands soft and white. Then listen to this receipt Scrape off equal quantities of spermaceti and pure beeswax., co *#ir with' sweet oil and simmer until it becomes liquid in a small china pot, cup or Jar ad (La few drops of rose water, and mix it wSh the other ingredients. When well-Mended it from the fire and let it set firm in

In which it has been melted well into your hands on retir a pair of soft kid gloves, king wash them with oatmeal ler, not soap, and yon manifest improvement

to l»?e been

all, for John T. The New \is family live,

|^^Vaumnce policy

are not

Sometimes leaves a

never healed. ect too much from those

around Jjrou. Listen to both sides of a question before you decide.

The best pooplo are always most lenient to the. erring. Let your character be as firm as granite and the shafts of your enemies cannot harm it.

Help others whenever you canf^bu would yourself be grateful for a helpful hand in a moment of need.

ruining of the

children committed tosgr care, a good mother is the greatest of bt^jngg anj

bad mother the worst of all ev»^ People do not beeggae dlscoura^ easily in business lif$as thevdo_ in W, moral life. Heavy financial i?"68

are

often an incentive to greater eflbrte in order to repair what was lost. OA the contrary failures in the moral* Mfe too often lead to discouragement and depair. A very little good judgment shows how foclish the latter course Is.

DONKEY PARTIES.

One of tho forms of amusement in fashionable circles of the eastern cities is the "donkey party." We have been curious to know what it is, and so may many of our readers. The Boston Sunday Globe gives us the important intelligence. It says: tta

It will create considerable mystification if invitations are sent out under the title of "a donkey party," Pf°vldei Ute anew thing to the guests invited. Some mav feel offended and stay away because of it, but they will bo sure to be very sorry for It afterward if they do. Prenare for the party by cutting from some thin dark cloth (woolen is best) the figure of a donkey about three feet long and roportionately high. Pin or baste this

v.onkey

upon a sheet. This interesting

animal should be as perfectly represented as possible, with the exception of the fact that he is made with no tall. Then cut from the cloth as many tails as there are to be guests, and stick a pin through the upper end of each.

When the guests are all assembled produce the sheet, and pin it upon some wall where will have a chance to hang smoothly, witl space in fron donkey shoulc the shoulder of a person of an average height. One of the tails should be given to each person. The flint victim is then led np in front of t!.c donkey and blindfolded: he is then to walk backward for ten or a dozen steps (according to the spacei, turn around three times, and then soand pin thedonkev's tail on. In advancing he must hold the tail out before him, with the pin in position, and, without any fumbling about it at all, pin the tail on the place which his hand first touches.

Any one who has ever seen the ancient same of "blowing out the candle" will imagine the laughable results of these attempts, and can guess at the shouts of laughter that will arise as the tall gets pinned carefully to the donkey's nose, its left ear, a hind hoof, all over the sheet and outlying wall space, or even upon atray articles of furniture or unfortunate individuals who may be standing near.

A prise should be given to theoae who gets the donkey's tail most exactly In position, and a consolation prise to soothe the mortification of him who goes the farthest wrong.

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People who talk a great deal of their own good works are like balloons, and a very slight misbnp will show what they are made of.

It is often said that the next world is •^iQng way off from this one, and yet notfr^

know but our next step will

be Into lenity. A mothd»»8 mission is the most important in litoi9he has the making or marring, the saving

Lizzie Baker, of Cairo, was told tlwt her mouth was too large and off she gum and jumps Into the cistern and seek»te» drown herself. Lot it console her tZksl all the present queens of Europe bmn large mouths.

What broke up a matrimonial mateSa

111

Pittsburgh was the fact of the yoangc ladyPbiMng thirty fried oysters of size inside

man thought

..^ .. .^.JgSS

arm

fping, andt

Try to pretendl.

/don't know how to

at the two-boat female vk»— [the country are Miss Dnkc» iter of General Basil Duke eC hnd Miss Maud Tarleton of

ripirkingngirl for seven yemsf man gave her the shake becans* he found her with her feet in a chair antf. a briar-root pipe in her mouth. He called! twenty minutes ahead of his usual tiaMC

picked up Miss Loniset

Danforth, of St. Louis, on his horra^, tossed her over a fence into a yard, and! she stood there and cried because one of the ribs of her parasol was broken In tba toss.

Physical training for girls must gnu A girl in Boston discovered thata month's!, work in a gymnasium increased the s!m» of'her hand by one size of glove, and »bs* quit trainingjfaster than you could drag*

It is reported that Mrs. Cleveland lovefc tiio daily papers as much as the President dislikes them. The reason is plaiifc. Every paper praises the fair mistress e§" the White House, and but few so honoar the master.

•XT

v.octor has found a wspr

to remove the mnstaches which ack*rr« tho upper lips of many females. E&» gives them a clean shave by electricity and the hair is forever killed at coms oporation.

laigBn

tnn min„taa

ten minutes. The youag:

cou](j no^

sentiment thore.

matin

s......

Mrs. Price, of York to vk .. Ut« CIOMfwDK amined her husband while ,T.^. he gave himself away to such an that she has filed a bill for divorcow chap who can't keep his head shut inloL sleep has no business to marry.

Sbme of the Pennsylvania girls thAalt iUb&tter to take rat poison than not tofte* allowed to go out at night. It Oceanian— ally haj|pens, however, that when a girl Is allowed all the freedom she wants, ahe» gets to the rat poison only a few yeans later.

Except to those In the know, it will be source of reflection that Charlotte Crabtree* (Lotta) was touring the FtoeHte Coast thirty-two years ago, tfb& was. then dancing to more or less discordant^ music in the mining-camps.

A woman in Pawtucket dreamed* ato would die at noon following day, aod busied herself during the morning getting her grave-clothes. Not to be- behindhand, her husband went out an* bad a weed placed on his hat. When the* deceased saw this she got mad, and km. been quite alive ever since.

Of three sisters in New York one has* Jew for a husband, another a Protestant, and the third a Roman Catholic. They met by appointment, says the Times, et the residence of the latte- on Easter Sunday night. The Jewess residing atthe piano, sang the touch Methodist hymn, "Shall we kno each other there."

Mrs. Jeiuiees Miller N *al«l to bo the rising star of the feminine firmament.^ In her lecture on "Some Reasons why Women of To-day are Less Beantifol than Mother Eve," she advocates trot*sere, genuine ones of heavy cloth, comIng to the ankle only and worn ander^ the dress. Petticoats are dismissed, ditto« eorsete, etc. She has her gown made te-i# one piece, the weight to rest upon tha shoulders, and of the best material 1 which can be afforded. Mrs. Miller is tter wife of a Washington merchant, and im* young and beautiful.,