Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 May 1889 — Page 4

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE

EDWIN P. WE8TFALL, MANAGER. JDOUULAH H. SMITH, LOCA I. SOBSCRiynOM PaiCS, fLOD A YSAB.

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So*. 29 and 22 South fifth Street, Printing House Square.

TERRK HAUTE, MAY *, 1889

Some of these days the postoffi will be filled by election of the peup.e, as they ought to be and

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power of the postofftce in politics" will be removed. ,,v

"Trkt yeftrs ago Ui6 fastest time that 'Could be made across the Atlantic was seven days. Then it was cut down to .•six where it stood for a long time. Recently the City of Paris made it fn about one hour less than six days. Will we eventually get the time cut down to a jpossible five days limit? Hardly more than that can be expected within the present century at least,

For three weeks in May the record of suicides in Indianapolis was seven, two cases occuring in one day. There Aas been a real suiqidal epidemic which the XttwH believes is worthy of aclentitic investigation. We believe the common theory that publicity of one case incites others to commit the act, is the true one. iSoirie miuds are peculiarly sympathetic .and are easily influenced by the actions of others. This would be specially likely of the class of peopl^who take their lives from despondency or weaiiuess of life.

Tub IndiarT^n^eivilize, eh? Well 'the Cherokees seem to be civilizing. At any rate they have learned not to sell their hunting ground for a song or for "fire water." They propose to have a good round price for their lands if Undo Warn wants any more of them. Something like |5 an acre appear* to be in the neighborhood of what the poor Lo man .thinks his wild land is worth'to the pale tfaee. Well, that's all right. We have no fault to find with the red man. He used to own all America and has but

Httlo of it left now. He sold too cheaply in the first place and he has a right to get vflaafc be can for the remnant that is left. l»noK. DavidSwing,thenoted Chicago divine, makes the radical suggestion that all federal offices be limited to a single term of four years that in a re public like ours as many worthy people possible should be honored with office, but there should be no office-holding class and that no one who asks for office should get it, the persons being selected because of their merit and fitness alono. Mr. Swing i« a good deal of a philosopher and The Mail is inclined to indorse hirn in these suggestions. The idea of "once* in office always in office," or wanting40 be, should be emphatically discarded. Slro the-boys four- years atthef^ic -^rib and thonlat them make way for a •Iriew lot. That's the American way ft doingjgkid it's the right way. ..

Th® coming greatness of the United States has fairly dawned upon the European intellect. The London Spectator has expressed the belief that children now living wiU«see the population of this country grow to 200,000,000, with resources that will provide a billion and a half annually for government expenses ftttul thatonly a combination of European powers could withstand us in ^war.

Doubtless this may be so, but we need to look at other things than mere physical greatness. As a nation we have been rather too much given to the notion of material grandeur and have overlot ksome of the finer elements of civili station. We are coming to the study of these now and will b«s all right in time, not lacking any of those things which pertain to culture, refinement and humanity.

Tm Atlanta Constitution comments on the gieaf change that has taken place In this country within a hundred years. Then the leading toon of the nation were all country gentlemen. Now they are «Jty men except in the South, which «*onUnues t6 send farmers to Congress and the Legislator*. The paper referred to says: "This era*© far-town life i* all svron«. tthalf of our ambition* rating wen who are living In shabby Kf'nteel 'way to the professions and in dry uwxls stores would pat their brttfnsand energy into farming our eovui try districts would noon become thickly settled, and, with nvell tilled farms, or mfortable wf^crn ootteges, aiid good life o£isi-J® of the towns would be In every way superior to the mod# of existence found

vrithln the walls of our crowded cities.'" What is needed is to get rr of the 5 Irtt of progrww and ©nterp?W. Into tlio

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districts. Farmers* by» -n Seeed

I -well in towns and cities. Tom large extent they become leaders in the great movements of society. But it is to be

feared that the best of them drift away from the country, thinking there is lack of i.eope and opportunity there. This is a mistake. The country oflters limited opportunity to those who will apply to tt the same enterprise, energy and alertness are required for success In hi*. One of these day» there wiU Le a grand refection from the erase to Uve l» towns end cittes and the country trill r,» ae In lor its tidal wave of prognm. jsriit*

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•Itie foreign ^r"»l«tlons c^-tlnae to wMor lot"' Vmit States at -,he mte of aboot Sk,

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number but II la likely there will be anr falling off Me some time to come. people come not because of any ttnusoaJlproH*^ prevailing here at

this time. Business has been quiet and wages have on the whole rather declined than otherwise. But this fact does not seem to discourage foreigners from coming to onr shores. The general fact remains that America is a good country to live in, the best, in fact, of any now existing. So these people believe who come here at the rate of 20,000 a weeK. There is more room here than in Europe and the rewards ol industry are on the whole better.

America is a good country for the people of the overcrowded portions of the old world to come to, provided they come in the right spirit, intending to become citizens, obey our laws and

agreed,

onr institutions in good faith and settle down to a peaceable and industrious life Those who so come are welcome those who come with a feeling of antogonism to our institutions, or filled with hatred of government and social order in general, should remain where they qre.

sus spots.

During the last few ytiars the public has become quite familiar with the

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spot" theory. At least they have heard and read a great deal about this measley condition of the solar orb. The trouble with old Sol appears to be chronic for we are told every little while that he is suffering from a virulent attack of the spots. Just what these spots are and what effect they have astronomers are hot

although there is a growing

conviction that they play an important part in atmospheric conditions on the earth.

Some of the students of sol^ir phenomena believe that storms and tornadoes are directly traceable to the spots on the sun. One of them goes so far as to say that the signal service will nevpr be able to make rational forecasts of the weather until a daily examination of the sun's condition shall enter into its -calculations. It Is claimed that violent eruptions or spots on the sun sensibly effect atmospheric conditions on the earth and many instances are given in proof of the statement. The sun spot astronomer further assures us of the probability of a steady increase of solar spots for some time and that "as the solar disturbances Increase in number, violent storms will be more numerous. That is, the storm curve will correspond with the sun spot curve. AH of which is interesting if true. Ha

EIGHT CENT OAS.

There is no problem now before the industrial wOrld that is of more importance than the manufacturing of cheap gas. We know what natural gas has done wherever it has been discovered and if artificial gas could be made as cheaply it would of course accomplish the same results. The Mail has long believed that gas of some kind will be the fuel of the future because of its economy, convenience and Cleanliness. Many persons have been working on the problem of making it cheaply enough to supplant coal in its crude form and every now and then the announcement is made that the secret has been discovered. But

burnln&jp^m The la^l8^oira^meif^of this is JfrtNU Nw^^liam, England, whore is claimed that a pfcoess has been discovered for piaii^igbv*rt$r a* a oost of only 8 cents p«C thousand that is superior to.coal gas both for light and heat. It is furthermore declared that a year's trial in large establishments in England has demonstrated the truth of these claims.

This would seem to be pretty satisfactory evidence, and the wonder is that this eight cent gas doesn't cross the Atlantic in six days and lay hold upon the waiting territory of the United States. We are paying anywhere from $1.25 to $2.50 a thousand for gas in this country and making millionaires every week at the business. Why doesn't John Bull, with unlimited capital behind him, bring his cheap gas over to cousin Jonathan?

Whether he does or not we shall have the cheap gas anyway. Trust the Yankee genius to find out the best ways of doing things. Cheap gas can be had and will be had in this country before long whether it bubbles ttp from the ground or comes out of a retort. We will not go on forever with our soot, ashes and waste. The wonder is thnf with tfco great advance we have mauc in iliuma

atlon we have not reached gas for fuel long ago. ''tv'

A false err* 1ST.

A man going by the r»ihr heavy name of George Jacob Schwelnfnrth has be#n filling a good deal of space in the newspapers of l.u\ He is the .«uec s-ir Mrs. BefVrmui, founder «f th* iknk manite ttcfc, and lives on »n S@© acn farm near Rock ford, 111., the gift of a farmer who became a convert to the new religion. The house Is sumptuously fttrafc'. d, with velvet carpets, rich rugs, etc., *ud Is lnb*bit*»d by a number men and wot constitute tl heavenly family. Schweinfurth professes to be Christ returned to earth and Is so regarded by hi* deluded.votaries. He dresses In the latest stylish garments, with pst»»ot l«*ther shoes and is ey i' ntly In the enjoyment of all the money he can use, the donations of those who betvMae his ft Howes*. One report teditt a with mg worth half a rr^Uion. Sev«*ial chuivhes have been efeuiLlished In different parts of the country and the sect Is growing constantly.

Mr. Sehvi a furth seems not to be a married nun and ^'s relations with the sever** '~_jely feaiw who Inhabit the Hear '.j Rest» *h hlna, while supposed to be entir iy spiritual, ate somewhat pr ematfc One who is described as a "pale, dark-eyed lissome creature of 22, willowy and spirituelie, with afar away took in tar eyee/'«» We "eonl^ •41)1 y* h*

TERKE HAUTE SATURDAY T^VTiNTNO- MATT

mate." "She occupies a special apartment, which is the most lavishly and richly adorned of any in the htpse. Her room is very near 'Christ's,' a^d she is never seen about the house, aid visible to the others only at meals, jrhen she sits on his right hand." Thtfe is certainly room here for unpleasant speculation and suspicion to say thepeast.

Mr. Schweinfurth is either knave or a lunatic. He does not seem ^o be the latter. He is evidently a mai| who enjoys notoriety and good living and has shrewdly undertaken to get the good things of life by playing on theferodulity of weak men and gullible women. It is not a very hard role to play, this role of religious humbuggery. There! are peo pie who would believe that an old goat was Christ if it could in some vay make known that it pretended to bej The re ligious fanaticism of human kind is appalling. Doubtless when Schwein furth gets enough money together, or the atmosphere becomes too wm for his enjoyment, he will quietly steal off to some far-away spot, accompanied by his "soul's mate," and have a good time after the fashion of ordinary human day.

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.? FREDERICK WARDE. -f

What promises to be one of the most

brilliant and fashionable events of the season will be the coming engagement at Naylor's next Thursday and Friday evenings of the distinguished tragedian, Mr. Frederick Warde. Mr. Warde is supported by a veiy capable company of legitimate artists, which includes two leading ladies, Miss Adelaide Eelgarde and lilies Stella Boniface.

By request the great six act tragedy "Yirginius" will be put on Wednesday evening with Frederick Warde as Virginus. On Thursday evening the romantic drama, "The Mountebank," will be presented for the first time in this city. The Denver Tribune, speaking of the play, says: "The Mountebank" is an adaption from the French, and its aim is to show that manly and oven refined feeling, truth, and constancy may be found in a condition of life where few would look for tfoem. That the Mountebank who earns his hard living by the most ludicrous shams can feel the holy affectiousof nature, resist temptation, bear himself erect and independent, and venerate himself as a man in the consciousness of his own integrity.

When Mr. Warde came upon the stage dressed in the motley of a street clown, it was difficult to recognize the dignified Yirginius of the preceding evening and a slight feeling of disappointment or rather regret, was perceptible in tho audience, which, however, quickly disappeared as the art of the actor unfolded itself, and from that moment to the end of the play he held his audience as by a spell and moved them to laughter or tears as the situation demanded

At the end of the second act" Mr. Warde treated his audience to one of the most finished pieces of acting that hu^ over been seen in Denver, and twice the to be raisedtgienable hi in to

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to the heights of. tragic, power

an/l fairly dlSctriVted the audience. If M*. Warde played riS^^her role than Btlpliegor, that alone would entitle him to the rank of one of the greatest actors of the day.

The support throughout was admirable. Miss Belgarpe as the suffering wife of Belphegor appeared to the best advantage, particularly in the second act, and Miss Stella Boniface gave a delightful rendition of Mile. Flora, the danseuse, full of spirit and fun. Mr. Henry Weaver played Savarennes with discretion and skill, and Mr. John Marble was most entertaining as the Mountebank's assistant. Fanfaronade. The costumes were bright and gay, and the entire performance a delight front beginning to end."

The advance sale for the engagement opens Monday morning. Prices $1, 75, 50, and 25.

During race week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, June 5, 6, and 7, Martin Hayden, supported by Miss Eugenie Bensever, .will appear at Naylor's presenting the successful play "H in biavery." The piece, although of the sensational order, is very phasing. The engagement, which closes the season at Naylor's,-will be at popular prices, 15, 25, and 35.

Price* of photographs reduced at EpperttV Hon's. Cabinet size, full length, half length, $2.50, and bust view $3*

Stein A Hecklesberg are displaying an elegant line of slippers^ walking shoes, Oxford ties. They have also a nice ji ae of Ooce calf walking shoes. Children's shoes In all colors. A full assortment of men's Kangaroo and Dongola shoes in lace and congress at prices within the reach of everyone. Call and examine and yon will purchase. 5 I I II "*%. N. Hickman don't have to scheme to compel people to buy the "White" as in the esse of the overall factories with the machine they recommend.

Dry Air BefMfferatora.

The Alaska Dry Air Refrigerators have been sold by na for the past eleven years and have given entire satis fiction.

Examining their system of Diy Air Circulation, we have received a car load of Alaska* and will give yon the best refrigerator made at the same cost of a cheap one.

Also Stone-lined 1 And Fibre-lined

TOIrl8«*tors.rn

Triple motion ioe cream freessrs make iba smoothest cream with less foe and labor than any other.

Bath tubs of ail kinds. Towsunr Stovb Goxpaky, awwabaeh Ave.

Fish Globes, all sizes, Richardson's China Store, 807 Main street.

Firat-class Cabinet Photographs at Holloway fc Buckingham's for §2.00 per dozen.

J. N. Hickman says the influence of the overall manufacturers for the White costs too q^uch, and another thing, he says he would much prefer to give the customers the $15.

The nicest and ckoicest Meats in the city are kept at Wahler's Meat Market, 210 South Fourth street. Anything desired in the Meat line can be found at this popular market.

Throw aside your hat which you have worn during the spring and procure straw hat or alight hat suitable for summer wear. Seek comfort by keeping t&e head cool. Step in at S. Loeb's, Fifth and Main streets, and examine the new arrivals of goods. All the latest styles at very reasonable prices.

Think of it once! You ladies who sott for the overall factories pay the proprietors 113.75 to 515 for the privilege of doing the work. What think you of a Sewing Machine company or corporation that will impose on the poor people that way? Buy a White Sewing Machine of a white company.

Is the "Loader" To-day wt

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Sweet and Sour Cherries, Gooseberries,

Pie Plant, v.--,1'^. Fresh Young Onione, New Tender Peas, 0.V Cauliflower,

New Tomatoes,

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Ef you can't talk all about ile in this day an' aige uv Terre Hut, you aint tu be Considered mong its four hundred progressive citizens. It's all well 'nough to be talkin' 'bout derricks an' histin' an' drillin5 and casin' an' the rest uv the category uv names which air as fermilliar tu inenny

peple hz ef the wurls wiiz in their mouth ftum the fust time they culd holler. Taint fer no sich purpos that I kum before the publick every weak tu liev my little say. Tbey kin talk ile till thoy git tired, then they'll waut suthiu' good tu eat an' I kin rekommond them tu E. R. Wright's White Frunt. He's tendin' tu his konstantly Increasing business an' has on hand fer your inspectshun tuday all the good things, sich az:

Strawberries, Lettuce, Radishes, Spinach, Young Onions, Kale, Asparagus, New Beets, Rhubarb, Maple Syrup, Dressed Turkey, White Clover Honey, Choice Sorghxtm, New Orleans Syrup, Honey Drip Syrup, Mine« Meats, Apple Butter, Choice Teas, Dresaed Chickens, Dressed Ducks, Choice Oranges, Choice Cranberries, Choice Bananas, Fancy Brands of Fruits and Vegetables, Smoked White Fish, Choice Creamery Butter, Choice Country Butter, nil at JBoytoni Rock Prices. *1 Jv

immm to'paris (feanciO

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world's exposition 1 & LOW RATKS. Tickets to and from Europe over nil the best Traiis-Atlfintlc steamship lines. gps

JOHN G. HEINLf,

\o. 26 North Eighth Street, Terre Haute, Ind.

New Potatoes,"" New Florida Cabbage, Asparapis,

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New Wax Beano, New Green Boacs, Frog Legs (Dellicatircon)t

Florida Oranges, Coi'fornia Oranges,

Asptnwall Bans i. S

.Y." KAUFMAN,

Seven til and viain. f.

At onr fa' t.»ryyou ceo buy a or$S0 trunk with a lat^e assortment of Ladie^ and Oents Tourist Trunks, Extension Caaes, and Satchels in large varieties at

DICKHOtrrS, i. Wabash av. Sign—Man Carrying Trunk.

STECK

PIANOS. All styles at uasner's Palace of Music, Albert J. Knssner, Sole Agent

Collars and Fancy Hosiery.1

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Excellent Values'\vill be foufkl ariiong the list .. below. "-'Every Department ^/|f* a O a a in

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•, *La Tosca ^5 and Fish Net Draperies. Summer Corsets, New Handkerchiefs, and Kucliings,

PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE.

HOBERG, ROOT & CO.,

Jobbers and .Retailers. 518 and 520 Wabash Ave.

W1IKN YOU CAN 1$UY

NEW SPRING SUITS

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derwear, all Grades and Pricey Ju^ the tiding Jo Iceep froiii,

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Vests. 50c for Plaid Dress Goods, worth 75c, Printed India Silks at very low prices.

Reduced prices on Parasols. Lawns at 3c, 5c, 8c and 10c. Exquisite line of Challies at lUc. f2.95 for Besd Wraps reduced from $5. $3.88 for Braid Trimmed Wraps reduced from $6.50, and so on.

taking cold and yet so p]easant.V^^^^^ v*. r. -A

Invito Your Inspection.

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MKEE & WATSON-.

SUIT SALE

That'll Create the Wildest Excitement^

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th'f v% A PRICE AND QUALITY THAT'LL KICK THEIR

wheels at conpetition.

This is a regular screacher, for we've just split the prices wide open. Regular $15, $16, $17 and $18 Suits for $1L25 is exactly what we're offering. But one can't always tell from an advertisement whether or not the article is what it's advertised to be. A few minutes examination, however, of these Suits will settle that matter. There never were such fine All Wool Suits sold for the money, and that's why we want yon all to see'em.

GENTLEMEN, OOME THIS WEEK IF YOU ABE PABTICULAB. A'

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lerelut Tailor ud CloQler, Cor. FUUi ud Itis.

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a 26-inch gold cap Um-

$1 will buy brella. §l.i»8 will buy a very pretty Bead Wrap. A' 15c a yard for Wash Mulls. Beautiful styles -i $1.98 a pair tor Tape Bound Lace Curtains, worth f3. 1 25c each for Curtain Poles with brass fixtures complete. 8Kc a yard for Sateens, colored grounds fancy figures. .* 10c for Ladies' Jersey Rib Vests." 8}^c for Dress Goods reduced from 10c. $1.38 for Gloria Silk Umbrellas. |8 for long Silver handled Umbrellas. lOe for dark ground Challies. 5c for light grouud Challies. 15c for tho prettiest American Sateens. 10c for Plaid Dress Ginghams reduced from 12}i'c. 25c for Ladies' Fancy Hosiery, worth 25c. 25c for a lot of fancy colored Jersey

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HEADQUARTERS FOR

Athletic Goods,

ALL THE LEADING BACKETH,

TENNIS NETS AND BALLS.

FISHING TACKLE.

IN THE STAT®,

Razors, Pocket Knives and Sissore Good Steel ••)«, Nickel Plat":', s'o.

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