Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 October 1888 — Page 4

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALL, KD1T0R AND FBOPKISTOB.

8OB8CJUPTIOI* PWCa,|ELQ0 A YJEAB. PUBLICATION OMC*, Fos. and 22 Sooth Fifth Street,

Printing House Square.

TERRE HAUTE, OCT. 13, 1888

THE great Chicago fire occured seventeen years ago last Tuesday. The prese of that city made suitable reminder of the fact.

IT i* announced that President Cleveland is going to seii bis Washington country place, Oak View. Does this mean that he is getting ready to move out?

AKBWYOWC banker has committed suicide because of losses sustained in the recent wheat corner. How cheaply such a man must value his life! Still it is not unlikely that others will follow his example, while the business of getting up corners and going crazy over speculation will go gaily on. Be the crops short or long there are always fools enough for the shearing.

AFTER all It appears that Congress is going to adjourn. The people had got so used to the long session that it seemed likely the statesmen would just stay in Washington all the year round but it ii now given out tbat an adjournment will be had in a week or so. It has been the longest session in the entire history of the country and has not been remarkable for the amount and quality of the work done either.

AT the beginning of the campaign the betting in Now York was two to one in favor of Cloveland. Recently two bets of $10,000 each have been made even as between the two candidates, and now comes the statement of odds offered on Harrison, such as $100 to $95 and $50 to $40, with no takers. Betting doosn't sottie oieclions, of course, but it shows that thero has been a marked change in sentiment in New York.

AFTER a steady advance of fifty days the price of wheat in England began to decline and has fallen about 12 cents per bushel in the last two weeks. Unfavorable weather throughout Europe caused the advanco and a change which pro•duml a much better outlook for the crop brought about the decline. It seems probable that a similar change may occur in the United States when complete returns of the actual wheat crop of the country come in. Millions of bushels in Minnesota aro yet until rallied and the yield may largely exceed the estimates which have been made by the speculators.

CHIRP JTOTICK FUM.EH has taken the oath of office and onteiod upon his duties as head of the Supreme Court of the United States. The ciroumstance is something of a political event in the his tory of the country, In that it is the first time in twenty- four years that a Demo crat has hold that exalted position. Mr Fuller Is in fart the second Democratic Chief Justice, and is the direct political successor of Roger B. Taney, notorious, if not exactly illustrious, for his decision in the famous Dred Scott slave case. It is not likely that the country will suffer however, from any rulings of the new Chief Justice, who bears tho reputation of being an able jurist and a liberal minded man.

8AYH tho Chicago Tribune, speaking of the recont wheat dealing on the Board of Trade: "Probably $10,000,000 would be a moderate estimate of the losses sustained by those who bet their money on the accuracy of the September report." That Is rather a uew way of putting It for a Chicago newspaper, but it is the correct way. "Betting their money" describes aoouratjly the kind of business done on tho Board of Trade. It is gam bling simple and pure, but the local newspapers have been used to calling It by another name. The general sentiment of the country appear*, however, to have permeated to Chicago and the business is beginning to be known in its true light there.

OCT in Dubuque, Iowa, by way of relief from the monotony of politics, a religious war threatens to tear up the com munity. Jlev. Brown, of the Omgrega tional church, has charged Rev. Mott, of the Presbyterian denomination, with stealing wholescctlons of Rev. Talmage'a sermon* and appropriating them as his own. The wordy contest has got into the local newspapers in the shape of four-column articles and the bitterness of feeling runs as high as It always does when churches become arrayed against each other. If it is true that Mr. Mott has plagiarised from Talmas© he most be a marvel of ahort-aigbtednese, since the sermon* of the distinguished New York preacher are published every week to the four winds of ^r~vren, bat Mr. Brown might be In n.uch better, and could hardly he in much worse business, than fomenting discord between the churches of the town. When ministers of the gospel leave the work of ttgt sin and building up *K~lr own chutv««. to enter into pereo:,.. wrangles with brother minimum*, creating bitterness and discord in the community, they would better step down and oat of the patplt toget

Evidently trusts were known centuriee before the Christian era, wbea fSoroeeter taught, "There is no grrW cri*r* than to buy grain aad keepU uutit It b. dear,"

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A MEL IE RIVES.

This young woman has been receiving a great deal mare attention from the press and the public than the quality of her literary work deserves. Much of the criticism is severely unfavorable, it is true, but all the same it is an advertisement of the writer and serves the valuable purpose of keeping her in the public mind, just as the unhappy marital relations and lost diamonds of the stage people are utilized for advertising purposes by the flash actresses.

In an article in the Chicago Journal, Prof. David Swing, the noted divine, reviews Amelie's drama of "Herod and Marianne," which he treats with the condemnation it deserves. The passages given show that the work is gross, extravagant, one might almost say brutal. These samples will be all the average reader will want of that kind of litcra ture: 'There is very much of ordinary cursing and swearing scattered all through the composition,"' says the critic. It may be added that there is also some that is quite extraordinary, much read, it will create a very gen eral sympathy for Herod and not a little gra Jtude to Josephus tbat he did not write in the style of this Christian lady.

It is pleasant to know that as presented recently on the New York stage this

uevtravagance

done in bloody colors"

was a flat Yailuro. People may read such stories as "The Quick or the Dead out of mere curiosity to see what they are, being stimulated thereto by the talk of the newspapers, but they are not ready yet to go buck to barbarism, or to eujoy the kind of entertainment afforded by Spanish bull lights or the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome. Yet it is an fortunately true that there is a very pre valent taste just now for the wild, gro tesque and horrible in literature. Had Poe lived to-day his pen would have coined him money.

THE SUGAR TRUST.

There has been no more gratifying piece of news during the week than the announcement ofajuit against the notorious Sugar Trust, which has been authorized by the Supreme Court, of New York. The specific object of the suit Is to annul the cliartor of the Ilavemeyer company for unlawfully combin lug with the othor members of tho trust to advance the prico of sugar and conspiring to prevent competition.

In this action, it is claimed, the edtire work of the trust monopoly can be investigated. The caso will be fiercely contested since other monopolies are interested in the defendants gaining victory for, should tho sugar trusts bo broken up by the courts, the other outrageous and oppressive trusts might expeot similar treatment.

The public will watch the progress of this action with a great deal of interest. If these rascally combinations to throttle competition and arbitrarily advance prices and crush out small manufacturers cannot be suppressed by law, the poople are virtually at the mercy of all moneyed sharks who may choose to practice the arts of extortion for their individual gain and we may expect such combinations to spring up in every department of production of the necessaries of life. If, on the other hand, tho courts can declaro them illegal, can break thom up, and perhaps imprison the conspirators, the situation is very difforent. We trust the suit against the sugar trust will go straight to the marrow of the subject and establish a precedent for other courts to follow.

Here is a story for those who believe in the portents of fate. In Birmingham, Ala., Georgo Nichols, an engineer of a fast passenger train, and Bob White, head foreman of the Louisvilleand Nashville machine shop, were fast friends. It was the custom occasionally for them to show their esteem towards oneanothby the presentation of little gifts. On On the 1st of last July, White, who is a skilled mechanic, used his few spare hours in constructing a small clock, beautiful in workmanship and design, which he intended to give to his friend George. He had finished it and kept it at home a few days to set Its running gear before handing it to hi.s friend. Suddenly it stopped. The dial registered the hour of 2:35 a. m. At the time nothing was thought of the occurrence, but next day a dispatch was received by White announcing the death of his friend, the engineer, in a collision, and, strange to say, the death occured at the precise moment that the clock stopped. Afterward White employed all his skill to make the clock run, but without success, Started at any hour it will always run around until it reaches 3:85 a. m., when it suddenly stops. Tho leading watchmakers in the city have tried to make it run but without success.

John H. Warner, of Marion, thia State, is probably the meanest man in the United States. He is a well-to-do farmMr, and after being married thirty years, has been sued for divorce by the woman who helped him to accumulate ali st every ccat he is wor*h. Among her charges the plaintiff forth that ta-r* have been days and a week at a tin that she and her children had not!-.in-to eat that when they would e»m. thl-rand try to it th- defendant Wii stand by ltd jpit to ^4tiiH as Cant as she could clean it that hot wo !d cook his own meals and put the scrap* back, so that ne.: '-.erahe nor the eh Inn get i" thing to eat. She alecuuui that *_e had to eat most of th

wood, and that during cold weather th defendant sawed the ax handle off and writer of acknowledged reputation on locked ax and ban op in the chest, ehlna decoration and proprietor of at to frame her and children out If there taa Stele in the Union having a bigger brute within her limits now is the time to file a claim.

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING

THE CENTENNIAL.

THE WONDERFUL EXHIBITION AT CINCINNATI.

A TERRE HAUTE LADY WRITES INTERESTINGLY ABOUT IT.

It is a matter of qnestion as to wheth er our city people here fuUy realize how near by, how cheaply reached and how magnificiently grand a show the Ohio Centennial, at Cincinnati, is and alas, how soon it will be over. The short flattering notices in the Cincm nati daily prints are looked upon toe much as advertisements and as an effort "to boom" it. While the column long articles containing formal, exact, carefully gathered information explaining each exhibit are not generally read and our own newspapers are letting ihis wonderful display pass with rather scant editorial notice. There is an en thusiasm inseparable from a visit to and the writer hopes that as a result of this article one more person may see, enjoy and be taught by this great Exposition

There is wholly and entirely altogether and completely, very much too much of it for any one person to see, but there is something and many things excellent for each, no matter what the age, sex vocation or education of the individual Even in the least burdensome clothes and the easiest shoes an attempt to do it all is rash and only results in mental and physical exhaustion. Yet, if aftei the unity of the whole is grasped, the visitor elects for special study and obser vation the department of most use and interest to him, then the benefit is «ub stantial.

Forgathered here is a large sample display of every product that man's gen ius has invented his hands made his body needed his soul thought his imag ination conceived. Models or sped mens of everything to shelter, feed drink, clothe, clean for him. Ride him travel him on lund or sea or in the air rest, refresh, light, warm him. Preserve him in or restore him to health. Fight for him. Rescue him from peril. Entertain, amuse, cultivate, educate him Convey bis messages for him, speak for him, economize him. Patch him out artificially if unfortunate, prolong bis energies and faculties and finally bury him. And not only these things as pro ducts, but the tools, instruments, ma chines, materials, implements, forces, means used for making, and in many cates and in many cases the process of making also. When you reflect that each item in the list shows almost indef inite sub-divisions and that they are all thero, the latest and best of them, then some idea is had of the absolute com pleteness cf this "Exposition oT the Century

The government display alone pays for the trip. The war department with its doath dealing instruments, amm nition and relics, the navy with its beautiful modejs of "ships tbat go down to the sea" and obliging ofilcers to explain their parts and action. The Smithsonian display all will claim much time. It would take columns to catalogue tho things desirable to examine without mentioning the goods that can be seen in the city shops, sampled here in this large shop.

The art gallery is a pleasure—don't go into it though if tired—none of the pictures are hung to fill space but all ate ortby. The very large ones at once command attention. "The Interrupted Reading," "The Model," "Ease," and many of the portraits are to be remembered. ,r

Byron said, "see Venice and die"—but if its waterways resemble at all tho representation at Cincinnati we would suggest that death come to prevent the sight. How homesick the one genuine gondolier must feel! The gondolas patched out with worn modern chairs and the attempted picturesquo costum ing of the oarsman produce nothing but ridicule and some nickles and being surrounded by agricultural implements in operation, too, does not help the matter, But nobody cares, for what has Venice to do anyway, with this purely American Exposition?

Those of our ladies possessed of artistic taste and skill will be interested of course, in the work shown by the Women's Exohange, of Cincinnati. A very pretty case full it is too mostly in linen laces and light silks, dainty and pure: not the slightest suggestion of Cincinnati's proverbial coal soot on the fingers of the fair makers. Joining their display is tbat of the ladies of Chicago, which is characterized by the use of richer material and coloring. Chamois skin, bright beads and plushes are employed and though there is much to admire, the exhibit lacks frealm Next comee a case from a Ladies Decorative Art Society in New York city. A glance at shows its older and superior attainment. The antique, unnameable, fade shades, the delicate profusion, the Frenchy combinations, all to certainly assert themselves, that most con fees our western work that of beginners.

Kindred to this and of importance to the amateur artist are the caaee full of beautiful pi•«•«, after Royal Wooater .d Relet* models, the joint display of Mrs. Frackleton. of Milwaukee, and Miss Spinning, of Cincinnati. The exquisite taste and richness of their decoration call* for many expressions uf admiration. The emphasis of this exhibit however centers in a portable gaa kiln, a squatty, black, obese looking object at the front of their sacioaum. This kiln is the invention of Mm. Frackleton, a

tHn» decorating works In

Milwaukee A crowd each day watches the firing and drawing of the kiln with excited interest and the safety, cleanli-

ness and economy of its use is so completely demonstrated that one does not need to be much of a prophet to uagur that it will soon supersede all other methods for firing and be universally employed.

Near by are some skillfully executed pieces in a caso done by a resident artist, Mtas Owens, who is assisted by Prof. Lycett, of New York.

But the beautiful.by no means claim exclusive attention. It speaks well for the practical that wherever a labor saving machine was in operation there always are gathered groups of interested people. Stupid indeed would be the housewife that did not make useful application of her observations when she retnrned to her house keeping work.

The varied entertainments in Music Hall, the fruit, the flowers, and especially the brilliant lightiugup of itall at night must fix themselves deep in the memory.

The majority of folks go to tho Centen nial to see it—good. Many go to learn from it—better. Not near enough go to think it—best.

The Miss can see see it in two hours and discuss it to her eutire satisfaction during a fashionable call. The pioneer will spend days and carry home fireside talk enough for a winter season. The one has had no experiences in life and has nothing within to appeal to .while in the other a whole life full of memories are quickened. Yet but for the logs in the pioneers' fathers' cabin yea, but for the labor, the life, of that pioneer the beautiful home of the Miss could not have existed to-day.

The lad laughs and indulgos In school boy conceit as he s^ops in front the life sized wax figure of the Revolutionary soldier, standing by his clumsy gun and maturity and developement alone will teach him, how deep are his obligations to the courage of that soldier and to the hoom of his awkward cannon.

The American temperament is pecu liar. Wo do not do anything in a half hearted way. We gather a great army and fight a great war and follow it with remarkable return to peace. Just now 'with noise and excitement we are march ing and arguiug, shouting with enthusiasm at high pitch over a Presidential election but it will soon be over and all business and social life recover its equilibrium in a surprisingly short time Wo say we will havu,'a grext Centennial here it is, full, complete, wouderful aud so soon will have pussed away.

It is said tbat a watch, if expected to keep perfect lime, must be wound daily. It will not keep good time unless it runs regular." More men break down because ther don't "run regular'' than for any other reason.

It is claimed by physicians that few men are killed by harcl work. It is to the irregularities of modern social life that the high death rate is due. Men burn their candle at both ends, then wonder why it burns out so quickly.

The main thing in keening the hu man machine in good working order is to keep the regulator all right. "The blood is the life," and sound health is assured so long as the blood flows through the veins a limpid stream of purity,

Log Cabin sarsapjtlla, the old fashioned blood purifier, prepared after the best formula in use by our ancestors in good old Log Cabin days, and with the vigor of brawn and brain which must ensue in your life's lexicon you will find no such word as fail.

Less than half a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cured me of a severe bronchial affection.

H. 8. HODSON, 46 Hanover St., Baltl more, Md. Don't!—If a dealer offers you a bottle of Salvation Oil without labels or wrappers, or in a mutilated or defaced package, don touch it—don't buy it at any price. Insist upon getting a perfect, unbroken, genuine package. Price25 cents a bottle.

Dr. Jordon's Lung Renovator, the Great Lang, Blood, Liver and Kidney Remedy. Giving Immediate relief In In coughs and oolds. In deep-seated throat aad long diseases the most radical and positive cure on record, aad for alt wasting diseases it stands far mi peri or to any compound known, giving perfect tone to the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowel*. A trial of Dr. Jordon's Lung Renovator will convince the most skeptical. Dr. Jonion** Lung Renovator, the Great Lung, Blood, Liver ana Kidney Remeay, Is for wue by *11 druggists la America, Canada, England and Germany. tf.

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This powder never vartea. A marvel of purity, strength aad whofaMomene— Mont economical than tfce ordinary kinds, and auuwt b* sold In oompeUtkm with the ami tltnde of low test, short vetcht, alius or pboesbat* powders. Sold only la can*. feoYAt. BAKXXO ftesBttODL, Wall St. *,

MATT.

M.S. ARMSTRONG.

LOG CABIN LOGIC.

Brawn and Brain! Tho powerful engine, with its wonder ful propelling power, coupled to the long train full freighted with the richest fabrics of the intellectual looms of the centuries—what obstacles can stay the progress of this mighty force, when once under full T-team along life'B highay?

The

be American with brawn and brain d(5ea not see the necessity for titles of nobility, does not care for elevation by descent, he can reach out aud pluck the stars.

But with brawn or brain impaired, a man is Ladly handicapped in the mad race for success which is the marked characteristic of the present age.

The physical system is a most intriate piece of machinery. It ought to be kept well regulated, so that it will work harmoniously in all its parts, then it is capable of an immense amount of work.

TR. C. O. LINCOLN,

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DENTIST

810 north 13th street.

All work warranted as represented.

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GEO. MARBACH,

-LY DENTIST. REMOVED to 423% Wabash Avenue, over Arnold's clothing store.

GILLETTE., miEiisnriST. Gold Filling a Speciality.

Office—Corner Seventh and Main streets, In McKeen's new block, opp. Terre Haute House

T\ \V. VAN YALZAH, JL/ Huccessor to RICHARDSON A VAN VALZAH,

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Office—Southwest corner Fifth and Mala streets, over National State Bank (entrance on Fifth street.

will save the dyapeptle from many days of misery, and enable lilm to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent

Sick Headache,

use the food to assimilate and nos tho body, give keen appetite, ai

Develop Flesh

and solid mnsele. Elegantly sugar Prleo, Ueto. per boa.

SOLD EVERYWHERE.

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Jobbers & Retailed. Nos. 518 and 520 Wabash Avenue.

Aproiis, Hose, Mitts,IfUnderwear.

Ladies 'Lade Trimmed Apron?, 15c. Woolen Hose, 15c, Woolen Mitts, 15c. Underwear, all grades and prices

South Fourth Street.

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Fancy and Dry Goods ESTABLISHMENT.

518 and 522 Wabash Ave.

Extraordinary Exhibit!

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Our store is so large now it would be impossible to givo you any idea of the extent of our stock in this advertisement. Every department a store of itself. Please call and examine.

Retail Depts. 1st and 2nd Floors. Wholesale Depts. 3d and 4th Floors Annex 3d floor adjoining building. —Tako Elevator.—

Established 1886. Incorporated 1878.

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Manufacture and deal in all kinds of

Machinery and Machinery Users Supplies.

Flour MHl Work

OUR SPECIALTY.

Have more patterns, larger experience and capacity, and employ more mechanics than any other similar establishment within sev-enty-five miles of Terre Hants.

Repair and Jobbing Work.

Given special attention. Write or call on ns and see?or yourself. 201 to 286 N. Oth et., near Union Depot

Terre Haute, Indr

Established 1M1. Incorporated 1888,

QLIFT & WILLIAMS CO.,

Successors to Clift, Williams A Co. J. EL WIX,LIA*H, President. J. M. 1/i.irr, Sec'y and Trees.

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