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THE MAIL!

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

Notes and Comment.

The ice men are no longer ''in the soup." In the language of the late campaign "What's the matter with Indianapolis?" She's all wrong

There is yet hope for Evansville. A movement is on foot for citizens' ticket at the spring election.

And now one of the critics has an article on "Shakespeare Interviewed." Where did he go to find him?

The man who was sure we could have no zero weather after an open winter up to the first of January, was simply—mistaken.

John E. Sullivan is nearly as notorious just now as John L. Sullivan. One is an Indianapolis and the other a Boston production.

It is now Colonel Bill Nye aud Major James Whitcomb Riley. We prefer however, to know our Hoosier poet as plain Jim Riloy.

Last Saturday was ground-hog day. What a oity the Indiana Legislature did not see i|gj shadow and go back into its hole for si'x-wgeks.

There seems to bo another side to this Sunday question. A Milwaukee preacher recently had to lay in a temporary supply of "flne.cut" on the sacred day.

Gen. Harrison's interest in his cabinet is about to give way temporarily to the interest in the dry goods bills which Mrs. Harrison has been making in New York.

The Chicago Herald felicitously suggests that pistol experts might do a great businoss by opening up training schools for young women with beaux. Such schools would seem tojbe a#ryins: need at th* times. i, --^iJ

v» Fvansvllle wife brought hor hus^ An fcNftnsviii oleverlY conceived band to terms by a cleve

i'»« ^^•"T,::,L"'

nights, one morm^

since

•H.

*it2v.'s

drawlqjcdbvillo ofdered tftet^ S|j,

out.

a-'" {1*7n

was burnedandan

nrou

incendiary* attempt

Above

fflftdo to buttt fV\A riming, in city "tre« »g»*

the

worst to bo ont »t "'8htTl,o newspaper, of the country aro tied whethor we shall go

now.p.p.™ •»th( qu0Uon to I

mortals, are not infallible. The country has been enlightened on I the ground-hog question by «^day inwfir house of our ij6gis „„Mi„„".tho lower to

1r,,.ti.t..t

lllu.iratel with ghaatly »k»u »n lie., giving him warning _t,. demote

wife

».'•••« fa.nttv llin I transacts business with the same non more ol hi. ""'''''""^e'lcUcr l.a.* found ohalonce »if there wa. no

bines? The Mt. Vernon weeklies have

entered

Into'a

combine, to lil prices. In

thl. b»»ln«w, more than any

othe,

i» announced that

merit o.tabll«he.and regulate, the prtos p»ld lor the l»'[»r. Enterpirise hidiiment ln furnishing news I. the only «•.««—• p»bligation of a newspaper.

Mr.

will become a member of a prominent will o«co^

York

upon the ex^rm-

law firm tton of his term of office

If so the fact

Ills »vl W* 41

Will tie another exhibition of his good aens*. The Mail has always mainuineci that an

ex-President

In business or professional life

anv*other citizen, and is i« gl^ to see tJat Mr. Cleveland has backbone enoxigh to carrv the idea into execution. Mr. Arthur"would have done so had not an untimely death come to him soon after retiring from the White House.

4 -pirH of reform is at work in the ns s«^«ndi«g Torre •tu being taken towards a better enforcement of the law and a uindav. The city council of Rockvute has ordered the saloons

anvone fonnd violating the instructions.

church revival itteuded ut.precedcnt^_ snceess.

Tbr«il

bedowdonsond.}.

#tlt S&3-**

i&iTS* 5i '?!. Viti.

dem,e wlth

membor8 will

Ul"

UnTd^'not'"Pea* well tor the predominating calibre ot our .talesmen.

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forts of a leading minister. Other towns are urging a more rigorous adherence to law, and it will not be surprising if the spirit prevailing outside will not strike in towards Terre Haute.

With a President-elect, a half million dollar embezzler, a defaulting County Clerk, a new union depot and a new soldiers' monument, Indianapolis has considerable claim to distinction

There is a growing impression in this country that six days are not enough for work without a rest. Let us "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" and we shall all be richer and better for it

The fight for the postmastership at New Albany has been precipitated prematurely. So interesting has it become that an election has been suggested as the best means of deciding between the rival candidates.

McOarigle, the Chicago boodler,' is singing in a church choir in Canada. Sullivan, the poultry house king, is perhaps crowing beyond the border, while Moore, the insurance defaulter, is playing "policy."

John Sullivan, the defaulter, started for Canada, and Bernheimer, the tally sheet forger, started for Indianapolis from the northern prison, on the same day. It is not sta^d whether or not they spoke as they pissed by.

Ligo Halford struck a better thing eyen than be supposed in the appointment of private secretary to the President. The Senate has increased the salary of the office from $3,500 to $5,000. That is what a Congressman gets, but Lige will be worth every cent of it.

Mrs. Harrison, while in New York made an announcement regarding wine at the White House during the next administration. Gentlemen will be given the privilege to do as they choose abont indulgence in it, yet Mrs. Harrison declares no woman will be allowed to taste it within her house.

One of the most frequent announcements regarding State Legislatures has been, "No quorum present to-day." Every State has been afflicted with such

mayr-jiottev ee, W Hjenefici^l *n~tnat it ^S^^needl^legiri^on^

It is surprising that a man whoshould have such a woeful disregard for the safety of public values, in that he embezzled the funds of the county, as did John Sullivan, should protect his resi-

electric bolls at the expense

.hJl no to war with LlW which remain. unpaW. It would After hlve°been better for Indianapolis if John

'T^"'mailod I Sunday, bound for Texas. They were

have their remark* printed in oharge of Colonel Hunter, a large 1- o^raUcIl operator ln the

waste of

^^^outThla

whereabouts An exodus is taking place ^om the Indiana coal fields. Three hundred miners left the Brazil coal district on

Other, will follow. It 1. .aid that^there are 500 minors in and around Clay City who have only averaged one or two days work per week for the past six months due to the limited demand for coal.

Henry S. Ives, the young "Napoleon of finance," is taking his imprisonment

Uko hllosopher.

sending the I personal liberty in the world. His ded with visitors, and the

her husband a model._ rooms are crow And are wo to have wn-

compact by which the

nuhacrlption price i. fi*ed at $l.o» pc ,1" There need be little alarm of I

n,Mr»

ANA

He smiles at misfor-

tune, receives his friends cheerfully, and

suoh

depUty shcrlff,who

are

Vernon weeklies have

»pp»v

her

ano

to close on Sunday, and the city hi* been instructed to prosecute

iogacttj u« of ..Poi,u«l.trife«''-i-orfe^son?ay"ch»lng.

thtougu the «f- ywttndrt to

ti:r/

thlng^a.

have^^mj^cha

becoming very fond of the prisoner.

b0 a be can

rUmtnS^ould .eem thatjambor, B. Chicago wonld have bad enough of Carter Harrison by this time. It was his demagogical administration of .:lty »f fair, that developed anarchism to the damrerous proportions It attained before

An exchange deeply

has the same right

Will Chicago

Ukeanolherdowof Carter HarrlsonwraT

aeem* interested in the problem, Os

H«ath Dainless?' and physicians are be-

inir interviewed, right and left, for ex-

nr^ion- of opinion. Like doctors etee- Lining complication of

on any given subject, they differ

activity went to are sign* of imp'

Vlnceonw te complaining^"-^*

lack ot »n«imHy of

itate of aflsirs exists in many e& their progre®. Theuty wu.ch 1 one id««- to devc, her

and engender a feeling of jealousy and envy that is more or less fatal to general progress. Putting politics above all other considerations the course of many has tended to widen this breach. Men of one or the other of the political parties who have labored earnestly for the city's good have been singled out and attacked in public and their efforts in behalf cl the general welfare set at naught. To be specific, nothing is so much needed in Yincennes to-day as harmony and a disposition of all to pull together. Merchants must lay aside their jealousy."

It seems to be fully settled that Mr. Blaine will be "the premier in the cabinet, and the Democratic newspapers are fond of representing him in the attitude of dominating the administration. One of them recently had a cartoon picturing Blaine as having vacated his chair of Secretary of State and gone ovdr into the Presidential chair and sat down on Gen. Harrison, who is barely visible wriggling below*. As a cartoon the idea is not bad, but as to cutting down on the next President, Mr. Blaine is not big enough a, man for that, big as he is. The man who will be President the next four years was elected last November, anc^ don't you forget it. *t

The ^practical joker," when he goes beyond reason, is a dangerous individual and often brings pain and suffering upo his victims. Occasionally the perpetration of some rude joke or other results seriously to the one attempting it. George Heidel, a farmer near Evansville, enveloped himself in a sheet to play ghost. Springing from hiding before a''^ negro the figure in white was felled with an ax. Heidel's skull was crushed and he died instantly. The negro fled but! there was no disposition to arrest him Such fatal terminations should serve a warning to those who seek enjoyme^^ by frightening others out of their wi' A joke is only a joke when it is harni

less.

A story comes from Pierre, Dako: which throws rather a bad light on Christian faith-healers. It appears ti A child was permitted to die of infi mation of the bowels, no physiciaP ingvpalled orinedicineftdniii^tera^W1 be the coroner's, jury was tft dnWfproper died JromwilM

catisedb^lii-iBfi0®00®

faith-healers. Such a verdict, jme be harsh, appears to have been justifying the circumstances. However The little there may be in the science of ^pd ing by faith-and it must be admit that some very intelligent people

The Peril of Richardi Pardon.

BY B. L. FABJPON.,

Author of "Great Porter Square^ "Blades-o'-Grass," The Nine of Hearts," Etc., Etc.

as it may seem, the announce- readers that it has made arrangements Strange as it may see publication, next week, of the ^entismadethatCaHer Ha

bis

Evansville has been asleep for sol

HAVAVNT

vot awake

from her leth

there are signs —, wi«th

sister city may yet *w»». argy.

pleased to ann0unce

chieaJ' of the

get Love mentioned, by the well-known

conceived, well

written

aays: "Evansville is L^antfc because of Eunice's betrothal

and ftnothor 8Uitor

wealthy uncie.

genlu8

.jy

nd do th. utmoet ^or ^bHc

ih« one which »k«l»

At Clay CMy. .avaMMWM- Oo

iAas.*

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBUARY 9,1889.

taken up with it of late-no parent tate Maxinkuckee and other right to trust the life of a chi Jjjj

resortinsc to ever*/| lakes, jeto^

an agency without resorting other remedy within reach. If an adi person chooses to rely on faith alone] cure his ailment that is another He does so intelligently and of ow volition. But it is little short of crimina to put in jeopardy the life of

one

whi

has no choice or volition in the matter.

W E E

A NEW STORY.

and entitled to

the credit, rather rare now-a-days, of gleam of freshness and originality the plot.

The story *will prove interesting everyone. The scene is laid at Seven Oaks, a charming place owned by an ex .centric man of wealth. It is sufficiently

presented by• h«r

Her governess is an evil

&er deeds led to an ente

weRlthy old

till as a rule, they agree that the pa- circumstances and Richard peril lies tlln't generally resigned to the inevit-

v. .i

aBrVnn

i'.-- ijos Gilbert

^-jss,

zzz'

to its

eontinued story

Gveut8'^®

man dies under myste^us

^^tion of having used foulmeans.

The p}ot

that It Is ^»me" wonder auch a dla-1 j, Vom.ntic, dramatic, realialong that itl.»m sh(W!cmei ««, ^ootatta plo«e everyone.

^"mrfe«lyn»igned to the ioevlubie," I "me'autbor move, with much Mae in ^dApparently suffered no pain when

develops with intensified in-

the dlflicuupart

I nn«iundSOSDODM

.U¥ sleep- However ^mhfnesthecomplicationsandsnspense th»r® are signs ot improvement, and our

the difficultplot

-l

pictur6s o{

ews and Interviews.

Secretary C. C. Oakey, of the Citizens Association, states that there is at present no prospects of new enterprises being oecured for Terre Haute. There are maiiy small concerns that desire to locate here, but they want a bonus beyond reach and reason. Any number of es tabiishments could be secured provided was seen fit to make them donations. In some cases, the secretary said, the bonus asked was so large that an entire plant could be purchased with it. In snfh cases negotiations are out of the |U0ition, inasmuch as the demands are unreasonable. Terre Haute needs new Industries but not so badly as to pay four or six prices for them. |v. dispatch this week says: "The Home 0M Fuel company, of Youngstown, O., have been short of a supply for some time, and completed arrangements for transportation of crude oil from the a, (O.,) fields, where it will be refinand its gassous properties secured and id with what natural gas the comcan secure. It is an experiment, the projectors are confident of suc-

The thermogen company of this has completed arrangements for the 'ting in of their machines in Youngsto utilize the Lima oil. The oonis quite a large one and is enoour*ihg to the company when they can ^A!e their machines in natural gas ter--vory.

rBil

ha in ti the for c:

ce than it has been for some years I

ujjast. There has been little ice barest-

ed in the north in comparison wHh other

considerable'quantity

[fyears.

season a will not be obtained

hbe

system of electric railway^, no deci.-|

hot,

horse-car lines, x"- storage

4ft -list

,' .x-4

There has been some feeling of alarm farding the appropriatipn for the Normal school, pending before the State ate. The bill appropriating $100,000 led the House but encountered more eful consideration in the senate, en the educational committee were /Jtre they were informed of the necessity 'ihe appropriation. It is stated that pae of the senators are opposed to the nting of such a large appropriation, 'iid wish to reduce it. Pressure has been ought to bear upon the committee and is now believed a favorable rccoinndation will be made. The approjjAfion is demanded and should it be

ed so aa to make the amount inent Uquwiau:

& aroused/__

schooL

ioe man, in speaking of the prosfor the summer, said the indicawere that ice will be higher

the lateness of the

consider ice of six or seven inches in

thickness very profitable to put

handle. By the time it is delivered to

size. It

does very well

the heaviest purchasers of ice, and they

Si thrLnr„LTh::rt :e%rTrn:ou^

mentof the lines very expensive. The| weight of the cars is also another slderation. A

50-pound

rail should be

used to properly support the weight ol rhemotoPr. ^he heaviest rail on the Unes here is 38 pounds. The ^-^attejy system is in operation in San Jose, Call fornia, and also in the East,

just the thing for street car linep,

of this strangs taleand

with «ome

home life. The characters

are strong, reminding the readers of those of Scott and Dickens. We are assured that our readers can no. fail to rr'of r^ lin» of this story »nd

that

a cli.vrmed, more and more,

with th., rapidity- and interest of each succeeding Hitter. J^ Cyras F. and on the

I.uw. by Ju

McSri 1* n-.w pub'.i-'.n-d.

h.i\ef"i 'mftrket,inad!'-'P^r'a iic Interests' on sale at Ofiv

vrn

There is a disposition on the part of our councilmen to indulge in light remarks to add sauce to the proceedings which at times become dry and tirosome. Dignity is cast aside and quick repartees occasionally take place in order to display the brilliancy of the councilmanic mind. In discussing sidewalks, Jerry O'Sullivan said we are supposed to be "white." He referred to the "heathenish appliances the Mexicans have for sidewalks." Mr. Dunham, who wears a Murphy ribbon, suggested that an 18 foot sidewalk would be the propor width for some of the councilmen who are out late at night. He looked at Storz, who replied that he would take the street when it is paved. The board of health's report was long and tedious, giving details of each death and a meterological summary, giving direction of wind etc. "Oh rats!" ejaculated one of the councilmen and the reading was suspended for a moment to allow the members to draw a deep breath in preparation for the remainder of the report. '1

anrt'-cwrorw

in better

dent_elect. The

has been

probably

Most of the ice to

used this summer will have to be shipped from the north. Dealers do not

patrons it is oonsidorably reducedJ® lumbers are personal friends of the

for home or office I

insist upon the ice being from 1- to W

President B. G. Hndnut, of the .tract her .l.tor. with too sereclty within. There «o

President

faull yet p.„,.,ed

no1

tion which was superior to others ^ith,

she 8aid

the use

bafcteI^ careless

Hndnnt says that in the ievent Jhe cost. we are 7 1,.

tha

service would be rendered.

will oe wiMiu.—. unred The ownership water works, it wa urgea .Tn with the Htv. There ha. ala great deal of criu-»m.upon .ki.

..\,v

fnr*!: the

This i- "k

tir.

•0%

K-

was

".?«" r*

iW- ^-vj ., %«,

v.-. !. j*".,*" ~*xr. "**-tj.:. •»•*•».',*!!«*»*«tLmkum. 4 -,

'telt

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'i ":H t*

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ed for the purchase of the plant by the city. This it was thought by the speak er should have been taken advantage of. Another gentleman said that we invariably rail against eastern capitalists and syndicates reaching out and securing western property. We are apt to decry against the West furnishing property for the wealth of the East to gobble. However, we do not stop to consider the fact that when a financial scheme requiring a large amount of capital is developed in the West, the first thing that is done is to rush East to secure the necessary capital. What would the West be without eastern money to develop it? wasa*ked. A third gentleman said that the purchase money of the water works plant will give that much additional capital for investment here. The stockholders will not premit the money they have received to remain Idle and it will soon find some profitable investment, most likely at home. There were other opinions expressed but nearly all fell in lino with one of those given above. Inasmuch as financial views of men always differ it is not surprising to find a diversity of ideas regarding the recent sale.

Hon affected. The Columbia dab will it Is symmetrical.

be a permanent political organtoti°°.

The club of this city has been *noorpor-|

ated and has adopted a seal. No other club in the State or anywhere else, per

favor with the Presi-

members are congratu-

themseiVes

n}hl^_a^^'

necessary for him to be provided

any member goes to Washington during

the nezt

administration it will

credentials bearing the seal of the Colum-

bia club, and in the language of the

recent campaign, he will then be all

The Columbia club has a num-|

di8tinction.

UP an* fir8t club t0

regidont elect From present

use but saloons and butcher shopsi are will wield a weighty

influenceand win

olwization.

:r vT„^:nySii:1ir!:,orye

ine totally unexpected, was bis opinion wiw editable but honorable. Some one nas r„t,my.:iontwe«" Xlifat a dJS w„ a g-^ extent ^'^".very woman, whether .he be

a a id a a a a if a a to foreign syndicates owning sucb[ ^tered'. Upon bis return rather than throw herself awaj' property In our city.

bome

the h.nd.of b°me™piu.»^^^ hom

"X'SZ.™"

towr.' is thf

of this ity

water works compl y- The ::t word* of s-. «1iiniwe yr in After a ,,

,!,ort

i-nn

who Is

^ated to ^m» auti huu* a

-M.J .y ,r-f "-j "L

attribut03.

Lature

Q{ten

It was the

endorse Harrison and go to I

ch in his behalf.

it i™- a^wide a^e of fr.e

and negligent in their ox-

-,••'

Really there is nothing reproachful in the term old maid, provided, of course, the maiden lady is well on in years. To call any woman old when her face is not puckered up into a lot of wrinklos, when her eyes are bright, hor figure erect and hev-step elastic is an unpardonable sin. But the term tills the bill. Around the word "maiden" cluster most of the fancies and recollections of youth. To most people a maid is a dream of adolescence. To apply the term maid to an elderly spinster would be a misapplication, because in the abstract a maiden is to the average mind a combination of beauty, blithesomeness, buoyancy and youth. Hence, if the term maid is to be used in connection with one well on in years, the adjectival qualiflcator "old" must be employed to note the distinction in age.

It is unfortunate that there should bg

Mde her 1|ght under th.

rlmony she

To begin I «no that knows her. And, beater than

blamable in a show her those little courtesies and at-

the

Part "f ®^fb^1^

"a". "WelUtivenc^l i^le. How can it be when there for using too much slang," said the lady, "and it is ali our own fault, so they say.

For my part I cannot see that the re

is reduced and the careless conversation Ind.^ quicksands of niiitri system will be superior to all others ana

A gentleman

^nfanitv among men, said, apropos mony. Th« reason in

the profan'ty among ^^Xutl "o^'yet come to them. The reason each one of these instances is not only Some one has

the profanity of Americans grated unworthy object, so respects

npon bl,

than ever

president-elect Harrison Is having a| time with bis grandson, Benja-

YOIIRGI

InTew

ITV'e

Nineteenth Yeai

The Unmarried.

SINGLE WOMEN AS FACTORS SOCIETY.

There are few people that have not looked into the dictionary especially to know how the term "spinster" originated. We often find it in Shakespeare and other of the English olassics, but it is used to define the spinner. This is its specific meaning. Its general significance is wider. There was an old practice in the years agone, that a women should never be marrried until she had spun herself a set of body, table and bed linen. It is not difficult to see how easily the term became applicable to all unmarried womon and finally became a law term and fixed. It is not the fashion among lawyers nowadays to specify the maiden by the word "spinster." "Single woman" is the phrase employed in its place, and, perhaps, with more satisfaction, because there is something about the spinster which is objectionable. It is associated with acerbity, wrinkles, moroseness and general disagreeableness. The term "spinster" is decidedly objectionable to an unmarried woman. It occupies a close position to "old maid," which is certainly and always resented with scorn and oftentimes indignation.

S^8 d™" D°J

b«.hel of m«

ls not absorbed into In faot, she

another's legal existence

has

justas much personality asi any man^ In the mind of every one that has a kindly nature the unmarried woman of .mature years is clothed in peculiarly

True, there are some

maiden,

wlth

contorted

whow mind, are

that to them the world is turn

ed upaido down and

chlld is

every man, woman

their particular enemy,

jjat thege are the

exceptions, and it has

been 8fti(1 that

the

ed the rule.

courage t0 bo an

indica-1

become quite a famous

exceptions prov

ed fule Not long ago a

honjelf becaU8e,

Many of its

ante.morteni

woman kill-

as she (•onfeHsed in

letter, she had not the

old maid. This woman

on0 Gf

tho foolish. The old maid

becoines in many

cases a hallowed cha

actor Thcre shine8 out of

the eyes of

nearly every unmarried woman who has

possible

much

«*u .v

.ponsibility rest, the| o^rmaW.^lT^^e^^e

beautiful, charming and lovable women, not to say heiresses, who are includea in its ranks? Some women re-

nthAr

in referring to are fean:

davs. Some Because vuuj

thelr

,deal has

her sex that she prefers the single life. And what praise is enough for that woman's heart whose life, on her own motion is bereft of maternal joys and blew

bee.-

quiet eno«?h during I 00® that is no more? In

in the!

TlK- little M*'»w ,r cirsr. bnfc i*ccrt.dn to »w» 1' of th' naorning "v. r-lv related that the only person who comfort him is Grandpa Harrison ohli i" the boy about In lullaby as he walks.

and it is I

'MM

we look at the old maid she appears to

f^st^rmvaed

a?b^

ter to win esteem a«jd coiitl ience iny maid is a distinct institutIon of socieW^AtldAit\Vno\'e^yato imagine how society could fill her place.