Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 5, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 July 1889 — Page 4

I HE MAIL

A PAPER

FOR THE

TERRE HAUTE, JULY 27,

IT is announced that Col. W. R. Hollowoy, ex-postmaster of Indianapolis, who has been in Washington since March looking for an office, has finally abandoned the hunt and gone home. Well, the Colonel had a good long poll at the public teat and ought to let some .of the other boys have a chance.

ENOLMH money has been coming into the United States for investment of late at an unprecedented rate. Not only have some of the largest breweries teen bought up but all kinds of manufacturing property are in demand. The purchases are made by companies representing a large number of stockholders and it is said that the subscriptions are always largely in excess of the amount needed. The fact rnun indicate that industrial enterprises in the United States are as a rule much more profitable than in England, else foreigners would not bo

eager to put their money into American mills and factories. THK international labor congress which has just closed at Paris has fixed upon May 1, 1890 as the date for demonstrations in favor of the eight hour day in all the countries represented in the congress. The plan is a good one. Eight hours a day is long enough to work and the world ought to come to that Htandard. It is the limit fixed by tho government for work in the various departments at Washington and it is a reasonable oue. The multiplication of labor saving machinery, the vast accumulation of manufactured articles and tho enormous army of workefs, all combine to make a reduction of the hours of labor both desirable and practicable.

A NCFEN'1 DISCOVERIES. Much interest centers in recentdiscoverlos of ancient writings in the old ruins of Egypt, Hyria and Palestine. Rich as ^bave been the results already reached, more important ones are likely soon to follow. It has been clearly demonstrated that Babylon, more than 1500 years before Christ, was a land of scholars and libraries and possessed an extensive civilization. The literature consists of clay or stone tablets, written in tho cuneiform characters. It took a groat deal of time aud patienco to decipher these but the secret was tlua'ly acquired aud they can now be read by pesrons skilled iu the work of deciphering them. .nflBh-x Je vw\*«ii wdtaoowXuAsi* ophia 111, which go back to the date of ItJOO H. C. 11 Is now believed certain that great libraries of these ancient peoples lie ^buried in the sands of Egypt and that the .location of some of thom has been pretty definitely determined. These rich treasures of oriental literature are awaiting the work of excavation which Is being pressed as rapidly as the money at hand will permit. More funds are noedod and will doubtless be provided, since the Christian world is taking a great deal of Interest in the matter. Thero are many things connected with the art and achiovomonts of the ancients which have always been involved in mystery and It Is probablo that the discovery of more of their literature may throw light on much that has heretofore been iuvolvod in mystery.

THE FTtW^lNLnrTiFMANY. Tho Kvansville Courier says with truth aud pertinence: "It Is a most singular stale of alTalrs when the discovery of gas or other cheap fuel will cause starvation among mining districts. If the manna were to fall from heaven, would our bakers starve? The greater our discoveries tho moro oppressive the wants of the poor become."

And tho Indianapolis News, iu a long article on the labor question, declares that: "The problem is to secure,for all mankind the benofitts of these things in just proportions, and uot in the unjust proportions tlmt the present time witnesses. For illustration, the condition of the sewing woman is to-day as bitter as when llood sang "The Song of tho Shirt." Is this new latul in the West uncovered with all its Ingenuity and activity, to iuvent and toil that Aators and Vanderbilts may have riches beyond the dreams of avarice—and 6,000 people as good as they starving for bread |in Clay eouutv? A man would not ooioniste ml ants on such a scheme as that."

We are glad to hear tho press apeak out on this subject—the most vital oue that now confronts the civilised world. The question is whether the bounties and blessings of heaven were created for the few, who have no more right to them than others, or for all men alike. If the world has been looking at the matter wrongly for centuries that la no good

reason

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PEOPLE.

EDWIN P. WEbTFALL, MASAGKK.

MUBSCKIPTIOIF FBICK,

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PUBLICATION omCB,

pros. 20 and 22 Sooth Fifth Street, Printing Hoaae BquJtre.

why it should keep on

doing so. It fairly makes one's blood boil in his veins to read that John D. Rock fellow's income from the Standard Oil octopus la a year. How many men would feel rich If they could be assured of an Income of $1,000 a year. Yet this one man baa the portion of nine thousand auch men! Or counting a family of six persona as dependent upon the earning* of each tr n-n, w* have this one man drawing the of 50,X»o people, or of an entire titty lsrgw than Terre Haute. And this i» only one of many similar instance*, if Gould, the Vauderbllta, and many others *it in receipt of like income# representing the

revenue of whole towns and cities. The thought is appalling. While the favored few have more than they know how to spend, although revelling in every luxury that wealth can buy, the miners of coal, whose employment is hard and hazardous, are able to earn bnt 95 a week. Of these Mr. Rockfellow, it seems is worth 36,000! What shall thoughtful men and women think and say of these things?

SUPERFLUOUS LABOR In considering the industrial system of the present day one cannot help being impressed with the fact that an enormous amount of needless labor is done. Wherever three stores are supplying a community which might equally as well be supplied by one, two-thirds of the work done in those stores is really a dead loss for after all the people only need and buy so much and they could buy it as well at one store as at three. And so it is in every other line of business. The extra cost must be paid by the consumers. It is necessarily a tax upon the goods sold and used because the merchant must make a living and the profits which his customers pay constitute his income. It must be evident, therefore, that the saving of unnecessary work in producing and distributing the necessaries of life would be in the interest of consumers.

But what would become of all the people who would be thrown out of employment by the abolition of all superfluous establishments? The hours of laborwould simply be shortened. There being so much work to be done and so many people to do it each could work a less number of hours. That is to say, if all superfluous work were abolished, the really necessary work of the world could be done by the same number of persons in a shorter space of time.

But when it is asked how such a revolution In the Industrial system could be brought about there seems to be no answer. As society now exists each man must make a living as he can. He must light his way to a foothold where every profession and industry is already overcrowded. He opens a new store where already there are more stores than are needed. He hangs out a sign as a lawyer or a doctor where the community is already more than served In those professions. It is not his fault. The crowded old world owes him a living and he tries to get it is such away as he can. As nobody will look out for him he must lookout for himself. That his work is not needed anywhere, so far as he can see, has nothing to do with tho case. He must push in and take his chanoes with the rest.

The dream of the social idealists is that a time will come when organized society will control all these troublesome questions, assigning each man his task in such away that all superfluous work will be avoided producing just so much distributing the product with the least outlay of labor. But that time has not come yet and may never come. Meanwhile it is worth considering whether there is not possible some modification of the present system that would be for the good of all.

SAUCE FROM 01 HER SANCTUMS.

Burlington Press: Every man is "hunting for a girl" until he is married, then he takes a rest and his wife begins.

Pike County Democrat: The man who has a mortgage on his house knows that he has ono thing a cyclone can never lift.

Evansville Tribune: When a farmer comes to town loaded with hay and goes home loaded with rye, It may be said that he holds the balance of trade.

Inter Ocean: Poems, like gas, are measured by the meter. Puck: Caesar was slabbed for wanting the world, and the other night an Italian stilettoed a poor devil for stealing a two cent orange. The Italian character is variable, but it sticks fast to die habit of using knives on people who have none.

GERMAN ETIQ VETTE. [Exchange.] Perhaps the best criterion of the minuteness of German etiquette is the little unwritten code of pocket manners. German good form is shocked by the helter-skelter condition of the American pocket. A well-bred German never allows his keys and his jack-knife, his small change, his shoe butioner and his cigar cutter to jingle loosely in his trousers' pocket. The greatest offense against German pocket manners is to carry small silver coins loose in the pocket. A German lienteuant may have only half a dollar to his name, bnt he carries as big a puree as If he owned all tho notes of the Imperial Reichsbank. In paying for five cents' worth of beer he goes down into his trousers and draws out his flabby pocketbook with a dignity, thanking heaven that he is a mann* '", high-born Prussian, and not a vu'^ \t tradesman like the American at hisa who has just slapped down on the table a mess of gold, silver, keys and manicure apparatus. The small German sch boy is not even allowed to carry his c*r fare without a purse.

WOMAN'S INFL UENCS. Woman holds the ballance of power over man, and oan thr-r that ballance to the sidt «^je wills— her for his good or his rain. Her li^«w» can make man pure, brave or strong, or make him stoop to things so weak and unbecoming tf not erin 'ril perhaps, yet so be»«. a that the blush of sL^me :1, cheek when away from that preset Whisky makes a man money will make him av.v cioaa, nut can make his life goud or evi*—«s she chooaea.

TERRS TT A uTJS SATURDAY JKV.KITING MAIL.

The? Feminine World.

MBS. JULIA WARD ON THE INDIFFERENCE OF WOMEN—NOTES OF INTEREST. 56^

I am far from saying that women could, by an effort or exertion of theirs, at once make all things better, writes Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, but I do think that they are as well able as men are to make thorough and scientific inquiry into all the evils which surround them, and especially into all the forms of law and custom by virtue of which the strong oppress the weak and drive them to the wall. May they not undertake this, in the hope that their united study will bring them within sight of some finer principle than this mere market maxim, which, equally with undisguised slavery, considers human beings merely in the light of merchandise? How would the Golden Rule, "Do as you would be dono by," answer in the place of "A thing is worth what it will bring i. e.: worth the cash which can be got for it?" What would be, by this estimate, the value of a crying babe, of a sick neighbor, of a superannuated parent?

An enlarging influence for our wellsituated ladies will be found in the adoption, as early in life as possible, of some one serious business or study, with the determination to make one's pursuit of it profitable in some way to others, as well as to one's self. Among the advantages of study, one of the greatest is that it soon carries us out of that shallow conceit of ourselves which makes us satisfied with our poor efforts and attainments, and which tends to group our life interests more and more closely about our own personality. We go but a little way in any study without finding in it hard things, matters that task our mental powers. If we persevere, we indeed may find these things easy in the end. But in getting to this point we shall have a valuable lesson concerning our smallness, contrasted with the depth and magnitude of the principles which underlie our life, of the things which it greatly imports to us to know.

Two ladies who had once been intimate met after a lapse of years

on this occasion, showed her jewels, ana jjjJn

talked of her enlarged list of fashionabl acquaintance. The other said: "In thesj years I have learned something of tl Greek language and literature. is my diamond necklace. This is fashion.

Now, I will n&t lay how far worn attain or come short of the divine graqja* charity, but I will say that without if they must always lack the erown glory of true womanhood. I will say,/ too, that in the present day the especial and providential subject of this oha^y is their own sex. How does our record stand in this particular? We are held

our sex to reoognized pollution and de gradation. Some of us live and move on a high table-land of circumstance and opportunity. All about us are the deep vales of misery and privation. Tho wall of Women who cannot feed their children, who break their health with overwork, or waste it in ignorant idleness, comes up to us. We shrug our shoulders, fling an alms, fill up a subscriptions, are sorry—that is all. But if we ha3^ oharity, Paul's charity, we should gf down into those low places and Inquire Into the causes of all this misery and degredation. And then the superfluity of our wealth would all be directed to the true alchemy the turning, of society dross into human gold.

You, society women, apply yourselves to lifting up the womep of the poorer classos. Young ladies, let each one of you help some young girl who stands on the threshold of life unprovided with the skill and knowledge which are requisite to make a woman's life pure, honorable, and self-supporting. "Mothers, who lay your infants in a silken bed or gather around you your well-grown children, have a care for the mothers whose infants pine in unwholesome dens, whose children, if left to themselves, will learn only the road to the gallows. Rise to the entertainment of this true thought: "The evil which we could prevent, and do not, is in that degree our fault."

Maids of honor and bridesmaids still prefer the long-stemmed loose handcluster of flowers to the stiff, primly arranged bouquets, or wicker baskets. Those most used for summer wedding are the La France roses or else tea roses with mignonette stalks. Pink geranium blossoms and lillies of the valley are frequently selected, for the reason that they retain their freshness for many hours, and can be preserved for days even, by changing the water frequently into which is each time dropped a bit of amonia or charcoal. With certain toilets are carried pale-yellow daffodils or crim-son-hearted jacqueminots mixed with sprays of maiden-hair ferns. Primroses are combined with hothouse lobelia bloernus and white marguerites with the pale-green phantom foliage. Empire garlands decorate the corsages of bridesmaids' gowns, and there axe added shoulder sprays, half wreaths for the hair, 'and girdles, with long swinging spnys that reach to the skirt hem. Flower bonnets, fichus, vesta, and round hate are also provided, fit in dainty bwaty for the wear of Queen Flora herself.

There is a marked increase ia the rank and file of girls btsve enough to go corseUeas and bnstlekas, not only at home &ut along the promenades, and the mJoiling among dress refOrmeni is correspondingly large. The emancipation from reeds, steels, straps, springs and t—ss is not without its drawbacks, for, jed of support, the modern woman

does not show any grace or ease in adapting herself to a seat. Formerly in a street car, carriage or arm chair the girl of the period balanced herself on the edge of the seat, leaving the space between her own back and that of the vehicle for the accommodation of the wiry extension. Or she threw herself into the seat obliquely, sitting virtually on her side, in order to accommodate her skirt like ladder of reeds and elastic bands. Both contrivances abandoned, she sits sideways from force of habit, as any cursory observation will show. In a public car containing fifteen women of fashionable tendency you will not find three squarely seated. Even in a vacant car the fair passenger on entering throws herself down rather than seats herself, and in a majority of cases on the left hip.

iPERSOlTAL AND PECULIAR.

It is against the city ordinance in Castile, N. Y., for a donkey to appear on the streets unless accompanied by a man.

A mine of natural shoe blacking has been discovered in Rush Valley, Utah. It contains 16 per cent, carbon and 33 per cent, aluminum. It is said to produce a fine and durable polish.

Jay Gould pays a man $25 a week to read the papers for or to him. Such a man must have good discretion if he knows what to skip on days when Jay is out of humor.

Two more of the late President James A. Garfield's sons, Irwin and Abram, who have beeu at St. Paul's School at Concord, N. H., have entered the class of 1893 at Williams College. SI

The only colored member of the graduating olass at West Point academy, the present year, was found deficient in his studies, and is not therefore eligible as an officer in the United States army.

There are seven towns in Nevada liable to destruction by the bursting of reservoirs, but the people go right on with their daily labors and trust that the bursting will be put off until they cap sell out and strike some other town,

A representative of a French syndicate has b6en looking at an island near San Francisco with a view to establishing there a frog farm. According to his es-

One of themj Qtanates an enormous fortune awaits the

who

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completely by surprise. The catcher of the Bowdoin College Base Ball Club took a prize of $500 at the recent commencement in a special mathematical competition. Parabolas, spirals and other eccentric curves were as pot-

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clay in his hands and of those who ntested with him for the prize, not reached first base. r. Watterson'a state has a mail car90 years old who was born in Vira and "talks interestingly of his llectlons of Washington" and other eat men of the day. As Washington ed ninety years ago, the mail carrier's precocity would seem to have been as ^(iuarkable as the vigor of his old age.

Sixteen Indian boys and girls, representing nine different tribes, have just been graduated from the Mutual Labor Institute, near Wabash, Ind,, and sent back their respective tribes. When brought to the school they were thoroughly untamed little savages. Now they are fairly educated in book knowledge, and have received pretty good manual training.

There is in the Paris Exposition an immense globe representing the earth. It is on the scale of one millionth the actual size, but is 100 feet in diameter. Every detail is given in true proportion, the city of Paris occupying the space of a third of an inch. All the prominent lines of communication on land and water are shown, while tbe daily rotation of the globe is accurately governed by clock work.

The "model town" of Pullman, Ills,, Sxiay have a rival in the "model village" of Wagner. It is stated that an option has been secured by the Yanderbilt interest in the Wagner Car Company on 240 acres of land lying east of Morgan Park, between the Rock Island and Pan Handle tracks, a few miles northwest of Chicago, with a view to establishing a model village there, with the Wagner Company's shops as a nucleus.

The pigs in clover scheme was patented ten or moro yean ago, and when the latest "inventor" applied for a patent he discovered that it was not obtainable for this reason. He is said to have realized more that $100,000 of profit before the game played out, and he was only brought op with a round turn a short time ago, when the original patentee secured an injunction restraining him fram conducting his businen may longer. ________________

Tbe cheerful announcement is made that the population of the Celestial Empire has been greatly exaggerated. Recent estimates place UM number of Chiztme st about 20,000,000 Instead of three or'four times that number. Tbe beauty of this is that there are not so many hat they can stay in their own country.

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takes hold of the venture in

right way. he new twin screw steamer Columbia, in England for the Hamburg_rican Company's line to New York, de forty knots on her trial trip in an and forty-five minutes. The comaccepted the vessel at sea, the itish flag being hauled down and the rman flag hoisted in its place A Salem pastor has taken anew departure in matrimonial alliances, and caused a notice to be read at a meeting of his parishioners, of his engagement of ifi^-riage to a young lady of his society, vrl"* no one had suppo®°d that he had around, and took them

:For Sale by Wm. Poths, South Sixth Street.

TO THK

West and Northwest, South aud Southwest.

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CLEYEUID, CHICAGO, CIlfCMIATI, 4 ST. LOUIS BilLflT

Will sell RoacdTrip E*cui*ion Tlcf*'-"-all prominent points In the WwtjSort Soath, and Soothwert.

A-t Half Rates

August 6th and 20th, September 10th and 24th,

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The amusement season will open at Nayk»r*s opera bouse Wednesday, Aug. 14th, with Thatcher, Primroae St West's mln»ireis.

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THE RUSH CONTINUES

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Xoechlin'8 finest French Sateens, 22c a yard reduced from 35c and 50o. Printed Wash Challies, dark colors, 5c former price 10c. 5c Lawns, 3c. 12K Lawns and Batista, 8c and 9c per yard. "Yard wide Brown Muslin at 6&c. Call and see it. uad lot of Tidy Towels, 15c. Another lot at 22c. All our fine Wool Challies reduced to 39c a yard. American Indigo Prints, 6Jic per yard. That's cheap. Ladies' Jersey Rib Underwear. Sale price, 8c, 12)$c and 20c each. Our fine Wash Bengallnes down to 17c. Just half price. Gloria Silk Umbrellas, gold cap, at $1.19. What next? Parasols at one-half cost price to close out. Summer Corsets, Silk Mitts, Fans away down in price. A big Bed Quilt, very heavy, only 97c reduced from $1.18. Summer Skirts at reduced prices. A few Bead aifd Braid Trimmed Wraps at less than cost of material. 15c Satteens, 10c. 10c Sateens, 7c. Challie Bieges, former price 10c, now 5c. 12}io Lawns reduced to 8J^c. 5c Lawns half price—2J^c, and so on.

HOBERG, ROOT & CO.,

Jobbers and Retailers. 518 and 520 Wabash Ave.

LADIES FINE PHAETONS.

The Best Work in tlie City.

Buggies, Cabriolets, Surreys.

-srKEYEB BUGGY CO., North Thirteenth Street, TERBE HAUTE, IND.

A White, Every-Day Sale!

Eqiial Justice to All our Patrons in Every

Department.

No Black, Red, Cyclone, Sacrifice Business to decoy any one, but the bebt goods in the market, at equal value, light weight, medium, all grades and prices. Don't be deceived. Call and see us and you will get good value for your money, ready made and made to order in the best of style. New Youths', Boys' and Children's wear a specialty.

WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION.

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