Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 April 1889 — Page 4

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

EDWIN P. WE8TFALL, DOUGLAS H. 8MITH,

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LOCAL EDITOR.

SUBSCRIPTION PBICX, 12.00 TKAS.

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Booth Fifth Street,

Printing House Square.

TERRE HAUTE,

perfectly safe to predict that

Murat Halstead will not be turned one whit by the childish action of the Senate in refusing to confirm him. He has al •ways been a red-hot fighter and he will 'be none the less so after this bit of ex perience. __

It seems a little odd that America should go to Australia for a system of •oting—America, the cradle of free gov «rnmont. But for once the Australians seem to ha\ outrun us and we are pat terning after them. Massachusetts, Montana and Indiana have substantially adopted the Austrailian system of voting. It only shows that Americans take «ip with with a good thing whenever they can find it.

It may be a trifle late in the day to re fer to it, but it is true all the same, that the United States Senate did itself no credit in refusing to confirm the President's nomination of Murat Halstead as Minister to Germany. The country will not approve of this action. As the editor -of a great newspaper, Mr. Halstead spoke 'with much freedom and vigor, but so it often the duty of an editor to speak, and -even if he transcended the limit* of fair criticism in his comments on the Payne -case it did not become the Senators to refuse his confirmation. They have shown their littleness, rather than their greatness, by such conduct.

much more of the legislation of tbi last Democratic Legislature shall prove to be unconstitutional little will .remain that will stand the test of the courts. But the less the better in most ca»es, for it was largely political legislation, designed to strip the Governor of his constitutional powers and band the State over to the Demosrats for all time to come. Fortunately the incompetency of those who sought to deal unjustly with the people was equal to their desire for fraud and much of their work cannot stand. The latest piece of questionable legislation is the act authorizing a temporary loan to provide funds for meeting the maturing obligations of the State, and it is doubtful if the bonds can be sold because of the cloud resliing on them.

The lower California gold bubble has turst, like many another before it, and the droves of adventurers who went down to make their fortunes have spent what they had and are glad to get back as they can to the places they left. But with the next report that comes of anew gold mine they will be off again, for they are the kind of men who will chase rain bows as long as they live. It seems hard matter to find a real genuine gold mine any more. Moat of the ground has been hunted over so often for the precious metal that the big finds are about exhausted. There is a vast amount of gold yet undug but for the most part it is in small qualities and combined with the baser metals in hard rock. The business of getting it requires much maohinery and the investment of large capital. The soft simps in surface gold mine may be considered practically exI hausted.

Now that the Senate has adjourned with only a handful of the offices out there is said to be much disappointment mong the politicians and office-sieekers. This is natural enough. It was forseen iut could not be prevented. As long as ^ton or a hundred men rush frantically or the same office nine or ninety-nine [of

them

rvhe

are going to be left. Humiliated,

Isappolnted and disgusted, having spent a good deal of money to no purpose, they begin to realise the foolishess of chasing that \gn%ts/atuou^,f a pub io office, and turn their attention at last they should have turned it at first, to

matter of making an honest living in some nseful employment. Having bailed to get an office they find that they •Imn really get along without one. The '(.'act is they are better off without one, as tany a holder of a good fat office has ad to testify. The money that in earnby one's own enterprise and industry js better taken care of than that which ome8 easily in the form of aniceitalary. ['hen too there are many drafts upon a jtian in public life that do not come to woe in private life, or which he tuny dls-Ijn-egard at pleasure. So, however much

iehe office-seekers

may be disappointed

(tow those who got nothing may live to tffmlixe that their disappointment was a Uessing in disguise. 1

AN A MRU tCA COS FKR KNCE. When James G. Blaine was made Secretary of State by President Garfield eight i^earsago, he planned an important conference between the nited States and the I1*!,veraI republic of Mexico, Central and l*outh America, Hayti and San Doming laKhe death of Mr. Garfield canwsnl u,* i^bandonmentof the undertaking. Meanl^tne the matter come to the attention of r^ongress which acted favorably upon it Ihe. it

'ud with the incoming of President Mrs. WilliittrAsior's reappearance In larriftou's administration the attempt| society is a joyful thing, not only for FHllt be renewtd, delegates having just' her very long list of :v,5*n appointed to reprw&entlbiseeuntry Uncw, but for t*v cat r.» s.wcthe conference, which will be h«Jd in men generally, iuv bin*: ::sd lik^insbington in October next. The pnr-f recily and indirectly by her entertainof the meeting Is to consider the men to, always elaborate wl

uodailon of an American aoliveine, I ostentations, and generous without tru.v tpedlUng communication between of snobbery. ,'

North and South America, the adoption of a oommon silver coin, a uniform system of weights and measures, and other matters of common interest. It has long been Mr. Blaine's idea that a closer anion between the United States and the countries mentioned would result in mutual advantage, and now that he is again at the head of the State Department and in a position to give counsel to the delegates, there is reason to hope that the conference will open the way for important development in the near future.

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undertaken by this country long

ago, since it might have resulted much to our advantage to have closer commercial relations with our southern neighbors.

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TERR!! HAUTE

OKLAHOMA.

The railroads are preparing to carry excursion parties at low rates to Oklahoma and the "boomers" are squatting all along the line awaiting their chance to jump over the instant 12 o'clock, April 22, arrives.

It seems likely that the Oklahoma business will be overdone. There are said to be only 10,000 quarter sections in the whole Territory to be opened, while there are twice that number of men or more who want them. It will be singular if some of these poineers are not wild, reckless and high tempered and it will be remarkable if quarrels and bloodshed do not mark their entrance and struggle for possession, for it will not only be a question of getting one of those coveted quarter sections, but of getting' it in an eligible location. Towns and villiages will spring up as if by magic and will witness a growth the like of which will probably never have a parallel in this country. Every man will of course want to be in town or as near the town as he can get and there will be plenty of grounds for misunderstandings and quarrels. On the whole the outlook for the new Territory is sufficiently breezy.

OUR NEW NAVY.

The American navy has long been a standing joke. Our rotten old hulls were the laughing stock of tne world. But the tables are now turned. Within the last few years Congress has taken the matter In hand with a serious purpose to do something and the result is the beginning of a really powerful navy, which promises soon to equal those of other great nations of the world. Several of the new war ships have been completed and are of first-class modern dosign and construction. Others are now* building and the new Secretary of the Nary, Mr. Tracy, like his predecessor, Mr. Whitney, is determinod to devote all his eneigies to the completion of the vessels now planned and to the building of new ones as fast as the appropriations of Congress for that purpose

Will

allow.

Provisions has already been made for twelve additional ships, 'two of these are to be steel cruisers of 3,000 tons one a steel omiser of 6,300 tonfe one of 7,000 tons, and three gunboats of 2,000 tons each. One of these will be a big ship, and the 5,300 ton vessel will be bigger than anything than we now have afloat. Then there are to be a very fast ram for harbor defence, a cruiser of the Vesuvius class, also very fast two small cruisers of 1,200 tons, and last, but not least, a submerging armed steel cruising monitor of 3,000 tous.

It is evident from this that the United States will presently have a navy that will compare favorably, In point of quality if not in numbers, with those of first class powers, and will be sufficient to give the country protection in time of possible war. 1 .S *#, i. SA TJCK FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.

Merchant Traveler: The skillful cook may not know much about Shakespeare and Milton, but she is well up in Brownng. s.-

Springfield Union: The baldheaded men do not always crowd into the front seats. There is not one in the cabinet who cannot part his hair with a comb.

Chicago News: Indiana men who now go to Washington feel so much at home that they insist on calling the Goddess of Liberty by her first name.

San Francisco Wasp: What a difference it makes whether you put "Dr." before or after a name.

Oil City Bliezard: Forget

noC

the man

who has befriended you but keep your Benjamin Butler eye cocked on the individual who is your friend for revenue only. -V

Detroit Free Press: The opium smokers of New York nad a ball the other night and the behavior of those present was morphindish than has been seen In many a day.

An exchange says: A German specialist asserts that Patti has two extra valves in her windpipe. She may be considered, therefore, a kind of bivalve, a veritable oyster Patti."

Burlington Free Press: South Carolina is a moral State. Divorce is entirely unknown there. When a man gets sick of his wife he simply swaps her off for a cow.

The New York World say that

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Hal ford's belief in temperance Is so great "that he never wets his famous whistle." Glen Falls Republican: It Is easy for a bald-headed man to find his barings.

Boston Post: So you're a jail-bird eh? What did they put you in for? Robin. The Oothler: "The rival of the lark: The very latest thing in men's furnishing goods is the '-rht

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A LETTER FROM MUNCIE,

Continued from First pace.

This will not seem

so.incrediblewhen

is learned that a family may have natural gas in a oooking stove the year round, day and night, for |6 per annum and make monthly payments. ..."

In making the round of calls and visits I almost die with envy. If "cleanliness Is next to godliness," then these Muncie housewives area godly set. In one parlor, where the carpet was of a delicate blue and old pink pattern upon a pearl ground and looked as if it had just been laid, the hostess said, "I am anxious for spring to come so that I can take up this carpet, it has been down two years!" Another said of her spacious ai|d spotless parlors, "We only take all the furniture out and give the rooms a thorough cleaning once a month and then we do not find any dirt!" The lace curtains at the close of the winter are as white as when they were hung. The "drapes" and "throws" and tidies and toilet dressings never lose their dainty freshness. It must be remembered that in the whole city there has not been used this winter a hod of coal. Isn't this enough to make a housekeeper wild with envy Everytime I punch afire hereafter and see the soot and ashes sailing about the room I shall look around for somebody to hit with the poker.

But even this does not tell the story. In these cheerful homes not an inside door has been closed this winter, balls, bedrooms, bathrooms, all of the same even warmth. The house i« of the same temperature in the morning as when the family retired at night. Instead of waiting for the oven to heat and the kettle to boll, there is a rush to get ready in time for breakfast, which can easily be prepared in twenty minutes. When you make a call the lady of the house says solicitously, "Are you too warm?" and, with a little turn of the key, down goes the fire. Or, "Are you too cold?" and with another turn the flames go dancing and sparkling up the chimney. But it is vhen the bills come in that the surpassing beauty of natural gas is fully exhibited. For parlors, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and several bedrooms, 925 per annum in monthly payments!

A large party of-New York capitalists were here a few days ago and as part of their entertainment the "wells were lighted." There are 33 in and around Muncie. The night was dark and cloudy and favorable to a fine exhibition. We concluded to drive down to the "Fay" well which is one of the strongest ever discovered. As we approached the wells the road lighted by blazing torohes of natural gas, my cousin said he thought he would better fasten the horse as-they sometimes became very unmanageable. While we were discussing the matter the'well suddenly "shot off." My cousin says I behayed much worse than the horse. All I know is that while the horse was standing on its bind legs I jumped out of the buggy without any' regard for appearances. The first thing I saw was one woman trying to climb a rail fence, while another was makihg her 'way through an adjacent cornfield as If she had a contract to do the spripg plowing, and to give variety to the scene two or three children were screaming at the top of their voices.

I have seen the water-works of great oities, the Corliss engine, Niagara Falls but nothing ever conveyed such an idea of supreme power. I could think only of the end of the world, and yet it is but the commencement. We are really just beginning to control and utilise the forces of nature. From a large tube, 20 feet above the ground, the gas rushes forth at the rate of 3,000,000 cubic feet per day. So great is the pressure that the gas rises eight feet into the air before it bursts into a blaze. It looks like hissing steam and the immense volume of fire, 70 feet in height, seems to mount to the clouds and light up all the surrounding country. The roar is perfectly deafening, drowning even the noise of a passing engine. Suddenly like a flash it disappears and all is shrouded in silence and darkness. In an intftant, without any warning, It again bursts forth until the very earth trembles beneath our feet. A man's hand, unseen and uubeard, touches a lever an'd chains or loosens at will this mighty force from the caverns of the earth. No finer example could be produced of the absolute control of mind over matter.

Looking about we see the whole horison ablaze. In every direction the burning wells dlapel the night and produce a picture beyond the pencil of Do re or the pen of Jules Verne. As we start homeward I notice for the first time that, separated only by a narrow strip of ground, is the cemetery with its white monuments illuminated by the biasing gas until one almost may read the epitaphs. It comes like a shock to turn from this awful power that might nearly move the world and be confronted by the majesty of these quiet graves. In the dumb language of the silent dead comes again the well-learned lesson: Man strives with all the knowledge taught by science and learned from the experience of the ages, to discover the mysteries of the nniverse. He calls from the clouds the vitalizing, electric spark. He draws from tLe heart of the earth the motive power for the works of his inventive genius. But always and forever be is confronted by the one great, unfathomable enigma which, since the world's creation, has baffled and defied ail human penetration. With a wisdom that approaches the divine, he learns the secrets of nature, hidden through the past centuries. But with all his skill and mnnlnf, his deep research and untiring r. he known no more of that which He just beyond the bonder, dividing life fnm death, than did the early dwellers in dam The visest, the busiest and tt 'wM to this, to lie with foiled iMuiik, noontide splendor of

the present enlightened age shining upon their graves, but with all its transcendent brilliancy unable to pierce the shadows that separate life from death.

In our suburban drives we passed a beautiful tract of land ever the entrance of which was a huge arch blazing with natural gas and bearing the inscription, Delaware County Land Improvement Company. "You should pay particular attention to this," said my friends, "for some Terre Haute people are oonneoted with it." Of course I was immediately interested and learned that the vicepresident is Mr. J. Smith Talley, the well-known coal operator, and the attorney of the company is Mr. I. H. C. Koyse. They are putting down two large gas wells, grading and graveling the streets and expeot to have several factories in operation in a few months. Their ground is from twenty to fifty feet above the center of town, bordered by the river and two railroads, and is the most desirable spot in this locality. There is but one obstacle, and this is a very serious one, that prevents my making large investments here. It is my honest opinion that Muncie offers an excellent opportunity for paying investments, not in "wild cat" speculations, but in the rapid advance in the prices of real estate. There are about fifty factories already in operation and the town is full of strangers buying property. Natural gas is undoubtedly one of the greatest discoveries ever made.

I regret that the length of this letter prevents a description of the five, large glass factories, where cans, bottles, table ware, window glass, etc., are made in the twinkling of an eye of the pulp factory, where huge blocks of wood are put in at one end and smooth white paper turned out at the other and of numerous other interesting sights. Fortunately, perhaps, for the reader, there is a limit. Ida Harper.

The city can boast of many young as pirants for literary honors, and even among the oldei ones there are some who are struggling for recognition in the field of literature. Several literary so cieties are in existence give an impet us to this class of labo A few suggestions and advice to new writers is apropos at this time. A magazine editor says that Solomon tells us that there is nothing new under the sun but he spoke from insufficient data. When he enumerates the various vanities to which human nature is subject he omitted to mention the desire of seeing oneself in print, for that desire was bom a good many years after his time. The editor goes on to speak of the most universal characteristics of the race vanity and of the youAg writer who being 'decorated witii his first' proof receives the congratulations of his female friends and emerges from the.guck of mankind and becomes an author. "It is the opportunity of displaying one's cleverness to *?rtie's frien'ds "that is,mainly attractive to the would-be author if it were not so, lie would write because "he had something definite to say, and bis satisfaction would exist in writing and publishing it and not in the glory it might bring him in theamall circle of friends. Editors are like readers, they are attracted wheh they are interested, and the moral ot this should be therefore: Begin your story in the first paragraph, clothe your piofr-with the words which help to tell the tale, attempt no by-play—only great writers can do this—and be sure the Interest of the subject will last until the end or you waste your paper. A great deal is said nowadays about magazines having enough material to last for years in the safe. I think there is a great deal of humbug about this statement, for if an editor admits this he must admit that much of this over-stock is of little or no value, but let this be as It may, you never heard of on editor refusing a really good story, or article on a subject which is fresh and of public interest, because his safe is full of manuscripts. The more good contributions offered the higher becomes the standard—that is the only result." f.

NOTICE.

I wish to call especial attention to the display advertisement of the White Sewing Machine in this issue, because of some false statements neing made by disreputable agents of other sewing machines. These agents have been claiming that their machine got a medal or premium at the late Cincinatti Centennial, and if there was any other tewing machine given a medal or premium aside from the White, let them esiablithe fact, and the fl,000 will be handed over. These same agents, who are a disgrace to the sewing machine fraternity, know they are telling falsehoods yet there are some few people who don't know their reputation for truth and veracity, and only for this fact their statements would never be noticed by me there are other statements being made by these same fellows equally as false, one of which is the claim that one of their number was the man who established the White Sewing Machine in Terre Haute. Of course the claim amounts to nothing as I am willing to take the people's version of this matter, but simply mention this to show that there is nothing so low and degrading, but they will do It if they think it will gain their point. In conclusion, however, I will add that if at any time during the thirteen years existence of the White in this city, its life ever was in the dependant on as unworthy and unscrupulous specimen of humanity as proprietor, manager, or manipulator, it should have by a11 means have died.

News

JF. N. Hick MAX.

To a modate customers the Po-t Office

Stand, No. 12 north Seventh

street, will sell postage stamps, but will not sell over 26 cents worth at one time*

20-22 s. Fifth St.

Hobefg Root 8- Co,

"'Jobber* fc Retailers. Nos. 518 and 520 Wabash Ave. jsH

28 Departments.

As usWd we &re leading the styles and fashions in advance .of all socalled competitors. We stand to-day the only Dry Goods bouse in Terre Haute "right up to the times." We show about what you see in New York and Boston or Chicago, Si Louis or Cincinnati. We have quantities of everything in our line—a larger stock was never shown in this city before. Thus the goods, the ^prices and our large force of polite and accommodating salesmen and salesladies put us again in the frout rank, where we, with self pride, say "That's where we deserve to stand -w

Our Great Display

This season is due to a hard effort to please our customers. Their wants we continually study, and we think we have "just suited them" in our selections. A more beautiful exhibit of Foreign Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Dress Trimmings, Cloaks, Wraps and Mantles would be hard to find even in larger cities.

We offer some inducements in every department called "Special Bargains." We always have attractions for our customers. In short we say STICK TO US AND WE WILL STICK TO ¥OU« You will always get the best at the lowest living prices.

We expect to show you Monday or Tuesday a very fine collection of Lace Curtains. Perhaps the finest line ever shown in this city. They are entirely new in style with effects rare and fascinating. Outside of this line, recent purchases now in stock, are Cream Nottingham Curtains at 75c per pair, 98c., $1.25, $1.38, $L48, $1.68, $1.75, $2, $2.50, $3 pair and upwards. •Vjr pair ana upward

Grand exhibit of Foreign Colored Dress Goods—"Swell," 'Tony,' "Stylish" Suitings—a collection that we consider a treat for any ladv to see. Not expensive, not at all. Seasonable in price. Come ana see costs nothing to look. Dress rimmings! Well, we have nearly everything.

Silks! for every letter in the word we show $3,000 of the "stuff," thus making our Silk Department in value $15,000. This amount will buy a great many Silks. We don't expect you to buy half this amount but this just gives you an idea of what a great lot you have to choose from when you come to our store. At the present low prices you ought to have a Silk Dress, if you haven't one already. You can afford it when we sell you a Black Dress Silk at 98c $1.12^ or $1.25 upwards, and warrant it to wear well. A colored Royal Armure at $1.25 a yard just lovely all shades. India Silks, plain and printed, 75c and $1 immensely populai Printed SilkB for Sash, Curtains and Fancv Work. Everything desirable in Dress Silks, black and# colored. Can begin to tell you all what we show, but interesting it will be for you if you come to our Silk Counters.

Spring Wraps. These you'll find on second floor. Take elevator. 1,000 to choose from all sorts and sizes. Beaded Wraps in colors and black also Jackets and New Markets, Circulars, Peasants and Palelots. Jackets from $2.98 up. Beaded Wraps from $2.98 up. New Markets from $5 up. Ready-Made Dresses for ladies now open and on sale. S in

We could fill this whole paper about our stock, but this is enough, dont you think. Inspection invited Samples cheerfully mailed. fW?

IIOBEKG, ROOT & CO.,

^Jobbers and Retailers. 518 and 520 Wabash Ave.

Spring Opods, Spring Styles, and Low Prices

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A. H. BO EG EM AN S

Some of the attractions at this mammoth Boot and Shoe Emporium, 104 South Fourth Street for next week:

Children's Shoes, from 50 to 75c.

Next Week!

We will place on sale a beautiful line of 22-inch Printed India Silk* rard. enriettas, the finest keep these always in stock price from $1 upwards.

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Ladies Shoes, from 75c up.

Largest line' of $2 goods in Men's and Ladies' Shoes ever brought to the city. Hand-Sewed -Shoes—^Clearing-out Sale—at Wr&y,' $2.50 and $3.00.

Call and be convinced that Boegeman keeps evervthing in the Boot and Shoe line and at prices within the reach of alL Best Goods for the Least Money.

WESTFALE & MOORHEAD ..^Artistic Job Printers

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The Mail Building.

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