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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

Lacy Parson* is spoken of ss "half crazed" and H#rr Most ss "half civilized."

Kentucky1* ©lection for state treasurer takes place next Monday. Time to tarn the faucet. _______ "Mule-iclty" has been superseded by electricity en Lafayette street ears. Where are -we?

This is an off year In politics, only •eleven elates electing state offiofrs. The vacation is acceptable.

Anew play in London is called "A Headless Man." The hero is probably Scotland yard detective.

One would suppose from the amount of "free traders, protection" talk that a presidential campaign was on.

James B. Garfield will enter politics it is said. Predictions are that he will prove a worthy son of his father.

The murder of Dr. A. K. Jones at Cincinnati is another illustration of the brutality of which men are capable,

Joliet is boasting of being the second city in Illinois, and yet people employ lawyers to (keep them from going there

Boulanger has been snubbed again by Frenchmen, and now several are asking if we would like a little of him here No, thanks. ______

New York proposes to have a monu ment to Christopher Coinmbus. What .gonerous city In the West will come for ward and pay for It.

It Is said that British capitalists have invested over #200,000,000 in this country within the last year. Their latest Is the ballet girl trust. Next.

James Morgan, a queer rich old fellow of Columbus, advortlses that he will pay |S,000 for a young and pretty wife. That kind of girls don't have to sell them

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golden wedding was his wlf&r^lftle. •Grand Old Man and bis wtta jat years furnish an example Of marriage that was not a failure.

Two Alabama families had a social re union, last week, and enjoyed them selves hugely. At last aooounts the shooting was still going on, and three uiea had been killed.

Another horror at a hanging, this time in Louisville, Ky., where the rope slips its noose and the victim has to be strung up the second time. No wonder they want to kill men by eleotricity.

It Is said in England that Queen Tic toria took a great fancy to Russell Har rison. She said that ho struck hear as "most uuassuming man who possesses great deal of common sense." "Firecracker Foraker," "Fire Alarm Foraker," "Utile Breeches," and "Skin Cane Foraker," are a few of the titles bestowed on Governor Foraker by the opposition press. Nothing like a lively campaign. _____

For the promotion of harmony be ttvpen political leaden there is nothing so effective as a few offices judiciously distributed. Substitute "discord" and "injndioiclously0 for harmony aud judl ciously aud the statement is equally true. _____

Realism in art will have an oxtraordin ary revelation in New York when a lion painted by a Boston artist is placed in position. The owner of the picture, hotel man, will illuminate the lion with electricity and place it behind a row of real bars. _____

Mrs, Benjamin Harrison has offered a •liver oup for the neweat seeding chrysanthemum of American origin shown at the annual display by the Society of Indiana Florists, November 5 to 0. Mrs. Harrison distributes her patronage with great wisdom. _____

Kx-Ooveroor Kvaristo Madero, of the stale of Ocahnils, Mexico, who sailed re oeutly for the ox position, took with him a father, a mother, nine sisters and brothers, aud ten children. And still it is said that be goes as a private individual and not an exhibitor.

"Moet of the poets have been insane," was the deliberately expressed opinion of Br. Charles 8. Pans, an Insanity expert, in a case before a New York court. He no doubt thought it wiser to say "Insane" than to equivocate by merely say«sont of their bead," as most people would have done.

The suggestion has been made tliat we rfvers© such terms as German-Ameri-can, Irish-American, French-American, and so on, and say instead Amerk*nGermans, American-Irish, AmericanFrench, eta. The idea Is a good one. There are ftwr oitiiceu* of foreign Wood who are not proud of their new home and would not b# witling to thus indicate It,

It Is said ex-President Cleveland contemplates making a few speeches in Ohio previous to the state election in November. He is like a garter snake in that he still wiggles** ter his bead has been cut off.

Edison, the wizzard electrician, sleeps in hisjclothee from one o'clock to six in the morning and works all the rest of the time. His wife and children must find him about as hard.tQ streak of lightning.

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Buenos Ayres now proposes to hold a world's exhibition. Wouldn't it be a good plan to form a syndicate in this fair business, and arrange a circuit, allowing one grand exhibit of all nations to travel from country to country.

A Chicago gas syndicate proposes to defy the prohibitory law and pipe natural gas from Indiana into Chicagcj. Thfe Supreme dourt will have ft- word or two to say about this. But what court dares refuse

Chicago anything she wants.

It is rumored that the Sampan treaty may be rejected by the senate that even Mr. Blaine himself is dissatisfied with it. If this be truQ, the American representatives at the Berlin conference didn't do so well as the German papom seemed to think at the time.

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The New Haven Colony Historical Society will issue a unique book next month. It is a compilation of the opl aphs in the old Milford graveyard which bear date prior to 1800. The transcriptions will be literal, with the type representing as nearly as possible the lettering on the stones.

A Washington correspondent states that there is an Indiana man there, an old friend of President Harrison and Attorney General Miller, who is said to have made a good living since March 4, introducing office seekers to them at $10 for Harrison and #5 for Miller. Then it is true that one Indiana Republican has not asked forofHoe.

The death of Mrs. Morse, the iifother of Mrs. Theodore Tllton, which occurred in Brooklyn about a week ago, removes another of the central figures in the great scandal. Moulton, Beecher, Mrs. Morse and, we believe, Thos. G. .Sheiv

"The revolution comes, the red flag waves, the bastile falls the common

people are triumphant, and history reDeats itself." With these words Lucy Parsons closed an anarchistic speech in Chicago a few days ago. The anarchists are daily beooming bolder and It may possibly be but a question of time until the Hay market tragedy will be repeated If this should be, it «an never be said that frequent warning was not given.

NOT to be outdone by the trusts, It is reported that the farmers In southwest ern Indiana have combined to crush out the morchante. Having conceived the Idea that they were paying the merchants large profits on their goods, the farmers concluded to start up stores managed by themselves, the profits of which would be shared by themselves alone. It is said they have succeeded so well that the merchants In several towns have been practically driven out of business. This is not an entirely new thing, however. The same scheme was tried in the west several years ago when tfee

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attained their highest power and although temporarily successful in many places the plan did not become perma nently so. It will be found in the long run that men succeed best by sticking to one line of business, and when they branch out into something they don't understand failure Is pretty sure to over take them sooner or later. The farmers will learn this by experience in time.

The members of the First Baptist chinch are united in an effort to pay off the stsmiing debt, which, with interest, now amounts to about |W,000. A bus! nees meeting of the congregation for the purpose of agreeing on a plan of action, proposed by the trustees, was held Wednesday evening. Before adjournment a subscription list was circulated, •ad In a abort time nearly #4,000 was raised. Only about half of the congregation was present, ana quite a \»umoer of the leading members of the church who were In attendance did not name their contribution, prefer!ng to wait and find how the effort would succeed. Rev. Kirtiey to quite determined in the effort and the full debt will be made up in a few weeks. The people of Asbury are also working to reduce, if not wipe the existing indebtedness of their church and have instituted a novel plan for securing small donations from those not tmmeduely interested Is the church's work. Small cards with a cirri* the aim of a dime eat cut and adhesive slips so arranged that a small coin can be p***ed in the n»4 —cured bv sr. icing tbet'rps, taken-— by the ladies *n.i are V:if circulated and subsequen ly In this w*yjnt gt nanv !*ars .:•! wl" t-p seen. ,1* a*

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THB M'GRKOOB HOMESTXAD. There has long been a strong fsfabllc sentiment in favor of aether pttblic park nearer the center of the city by about two miles thiyn Qollett park. There is only one piece of gronnd eonsidered suitable for such purposes that could be had and that is the old McGregor property on north Sixth street. But this is now so valuable lhat it is practically impossible for the city to purchase it and if any move in the direction of securing it is to msd^, it must necessarily be by private individuals. This would be an excellent opportunity for some ohilantbropic citisen to perpetuate his name- by buying the place and turning it over to the elty. It Is a fAct that there Is not another vacant blopk within ton squares of Main street* and unless immediate steps are taken to secure this property, it- too will be beyond reach. Surveyors have quite recently platted the subdivision, and it is the intention of the McGregor heirs that it shall be sold in lots for building purposes. The value of the place is not known, fcujfc if there is any hope of getting it thiskold easily be found out. The land Is naturally beautiful, and a small artificial lakfe could be made with very little trouble.

Then winding walks could be laid Oot and in a short time a park, not exeefied in beauty anywhere in the State, be had. To those who are as poor as T. T., it seems a pity that this chance of securing a do%n town park should be lost, yet rather than plunge the city Into greater debt by its purchase, the idea of buying it should be abandoned.

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literary tide seems to have spread over the city. Quite a number of young people of acknowledged ability are m&k ing their first effort at story writing the hope that their talent will find, preclatlye readers, and several peri of pronounced courage are writing bo A young attorney is deeply absorbe what he hopes will not only bq a worthy of his labor but one whicl meet with success. It is his firs and it is to lae hoped will meet w! reception he desires. The natu work is not known, but that It "W

excellent education and a good litefHK^ critic. Several new writers also aspire to become newspaper contributors. They still ha% a reputation to earn, so in justice to them no names can now be mentioned. Among the older lovers of literature there 1s still an active and ambitious spirit and more or less writing is being done by them. The amatuer poets are not so brave as a few months ago, possibly because some of their poems have been severely criticized, and not welcomed ^by the dallies in the most cordial manner. It isn't expected that beautiful and finished verses should burst spontaneously from their pens on every occasion, and even those who are most enthusiastic must acknowledge that they have written stanzas which were better than others, so that if their best do not meet with popular approval the effort should continue until something worthy of compliment is produced.. 1" HOLD THE FOOT. "There seems to me but one way by which the people here can make the cow ordinance stick," remarked a south Seventh street citizen, a few days ago. "That is by taking down their fences, cleaning up their lawns and keeping their walks in a good condition. As long as no effort is made to beautify the streets there is certainly no very great necessity for having acowordinanoe. If weeds are to be allowed to grow along the walks regardless of general health or public appearance, it would be better to have the cows turned loose that they may keep the growth within bounds. It seems to me that the citizens here are wanting in pride. They make no very great effort to beautify their homes, and the consequence is that streets which could be made beautiful are now only ordinarily attractive. By almply taking down the fences the Improvement would be remarkable." Hie force of this will be apparent to one riding 6r walking on south Sixth street. Several fenoss have already been taken down and lawns cleared up and the attractive eontrastovwr adjoining property Is quite remarkable. As la suggested the taking down of a few fences wonld undoubtedly have a tendency toward Impressing on the council the necessity of •ad enforcing the eow ordinance. A measure for repealing the ordinance is now before this august body and member gave as his opinion a few d*ya ago, that its adoption was almost a certainty. Be said that personally be was opposed to repealing for In the few weeks that the ordinance has been in force its benefits have t^en clearly demonstrated. If this is true, aod all but few hundred cow owners will sgree that it is, the onlioaace is success, and should -4:' wed to fall for want of snpwithout as well as within the -ii. Thtee who advocated and sehe adoption of the first ordinance be on their guard, else before "sis

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they realise what la going on the ordinance will have been repealed and those objectionable things for which a cow is responsible' will' be annoying a community that has enjoyed relief for a brief, happy period.

BRAVO! BRAVO!

A Terre Haute policeman did a brave thing at the base ball park yesterday afternoon and here's to his health. In the face of an audience of 1,000, Captain Murphy stepped between two gentlemen of betting proclivities and stopped a wager of $70 on the result of the game. It is true he did not prevent the bet as the men went outside the park and "staked" the money, but his intentiotas wete of the very best and he certainly deserved the round of applam*e which came from the grand stand. In stances of like bravery are few in tl»e annals of Prairie City police doings, and on this occasion there is oonsequenth iioubie reason for open commendation T. T. believes in bestowing praise one» in awhile even If the record Is a little iucousUtent as compared with that of months gone by. It only shows that a policeman will sometimes forget him self and do his duty notwithstanding the opposition of the city fathers.

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OOATES COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. The trustees of Coates college have completed the board of instructors and lecturers for the year '89-90. The list, whioh is appended, sets at rest all question as to the advantages oflfered in this institution and places the oollege eminently and substantially before the community.

Professor Tudor, the new professor of mathematics, has been oommended in these columns before, and to the endorsements of men like Sillimanf Porbes, Keep and others, we need add nothing.

Franceise Giese assumes the headship of the departments of German aud Greek. Miss Giese is the daughter of a professor in the royal academy of Pottsdam, near Berlin, in Prussia, and will bring to her work the mature fruits of •an accomplished scholar's descipllne

The teacher of French language and literature has the following commendation:

Monsieur Diet*, one of the most thorough Native French scholars, late director of IV the well-known International

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Languages of Paris, selected by one distinguished literary critics of HlsWof WTO

man possessed of the purest French accent and fully endorsed by I)re. Saveur, Van Dael, Mlel and Wormrvn, says: "I was amaxqd at the correctness of her pronunciation, even in regard to accentuation and cadence—vernacular characteristics to which few persons, not French, ever attain. It seems to me that a class in French wonld be better under her tuition, with her special aptitude and training, than under the tuition of many a French teacher whom I have met In this country. Very Respt,,

AMBROSE P. DIKTZ, A. M.,

Meisterschaft School of Modern Languages. DiC Scoville takes the physical geography work, whose special fitness for this instruction our community will understand.

The college takes broad and bold ground In the matter of art aud music. In the former, great is the acquisition of Mr. Theodore Steele, of Indianapolis, as director of the oollege studio. Mr. Steele, as many of our citizens know, Is a graduate with first honor medal of the Royal school of Art in Munich, Ger many. It is the plan of the oollege to have a studio down in the central part of the city as also a musio school room for the benefit of those reelding at long distance from the south end.

MiSfe Alice Mitchell is also retained on the art staff. Her work in our own community speaks for itself, and is attested by all who have been (under her instruction.

Certainly our art aspirants have been well provided for. The music department wlli Be con ducted by (probably) Miss Eva Alden, as to the pianoforte by Mr. T. S. W. Belcher, of Indianapolis, as to the voice and pipe oigan and by Mr. 3. P. Breinig of this city in the violin.

Mr. M. E. Norbon-Woodsf M. A., of Michigan University, assists the president in his department of instruction

In addition to the above a board of lecturers has been constituted who from time to time will offer the oollege and and the community some instructive opportunities.

Very active plans are In oourse among the trustees for the erection of a new building which they hope to be able to put under way right early.

The trustees of the oollege will offer three free ecoiarahlps for the year 1889-90 —two In the preparatory and one in the college department or should their be no oollege candidate, three in the preparatory department.

These soolarships will provide the tuition of the holder Awe, during the year *89-00 and will be granted to any young woman of Indian* or Illinois most successfully passing the competitive examination. The only conditions an limited means and exemplary character, both of which must be well attested. All going well, the scholarships will be valid to the graduation of the holders. _______ mditrr

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Hervey B. Bl ^-mtoon and Mamie E. Devi* lames Btaith it ftalite E. Hxxuiet. OeofgeT. W or and leaaeUe 1 '•.*. Dayton Cock and Jennie Wei1 Lewis DccSiixr and Mary Botch* WB.STWOOD and Mattte Lawra.

The Old Women's Home

HOW TTH"E OLD LADIES OF VIGO COUNTY ARE TAKEN CARE OF AT THE BEAUTIFUL HOME.-SOCIETY NOTES.

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Those who have not visited the "Old Ladies' Home" have no idea what a delightful place it is. If you are not so fortunate as to have a horse and carriage and those of your friends who have, forget ti ask you to go with them, just take the Collett park car, stop at Locust street, go west until yuu come to Fifth, go north a little way, and you find yourself at the side gate of the Lome. Walk around to the front door and there you enter along large hall. On the left are large double parlor*,, neatly painted, papered aud furnished. On the right of the hall, a* you enter, is the room fitted up by the Indies ot the Congregational church.

The ll «or is painted a pretty color and iti the center an ingrain rug. Two bingle bed*, a bureau, washataud, table am1 chairs make up the furnishing of the room. This is occupied by Aunty Baklv and Mrs. Woodruff, who takes care of her. Aunty Baldy will bo 100 years old in October. She lived for a great many years in the family of Harvey D. Soott. She does not look to be over eighty, is very oheerful, smokes a pipe, likes to talk, but it is difficult to carry on a protracted conversation with her on account of her deafness. At the end of the hall you enter the dining room, a large pleasant room, with two windows, and a door opening on a porch. This room was fitted up by Mr. A, Z. Foster. The kitchen is a model. The range is large and has all the latest improvements Two rooms open out of the kitchen, one used as a store room, and the other as a kitchen pantry. A lirge laundry also opens out of the kitchen. As you go up stairs you are struck with the lovely view from the east window, which opens on a balcony formed by the top of the porch. The room on the right was fitted up by the ladies of Centenary church, and is not yet oooupied. Across the hall Is the matron's room, back of that the one fitted up by the ladies of St. Stephens church, not yet occupied. Across the hall the one fitted up by the ladies of the Baptist church, occupied by Mrs Hunt. At the end of the hall Is a nice room oocupled by a German lady. Next mu sitggimt The third story has six nice rooms, jyp each of which are three dormer windows Two of these rooms will be furnished by the ladies of the Presbyterian and Christian churches. Everything all over the home is In the most perfect order whloh shows the able management of Miss Patty, the matron. Miss Patty will be remembered by many as having been at one time a teacher in the publio schools. Every room in the house is pleasant, and what a nice place it is for the dear old ladles. As one of them said to the writer, "everything is so pleasant here, so nice, and so home-like." There seems to be an increasing Interest In the home as evinced by the large number of visit ora, the register for Monday alone show ing twenty-three names. Everything about the place is neat and tasteful. All the walls except those in the third story are tastefully papered. A few pictures would Improve the parlors. Perhaps some kind-hearted, artistically-inclined lady or gentleman will donate some. The parlors, matron's room, and kitchen were fitted up by Mr. and Mrs. McKeen. The home is managed by a committee from the Ladies' Aid Society, with Mrs. Dr. Elder as first directress. This com mittee is divided into a finance and examining oommittee. The home Is supported by voluntary contributions. Several of the grocers give so many dol iars* worth of goods per month, some of the butchers do the same, and many pledge a certain amount of money pei year. Here is a noble chance for one of our generous rich men or women to step in and endow this home. It wonld not take such a large amount. Mr. McKeen has done, and well done, bis part. Now the public looks anxiously for that other to step fon^aisl aud finish the good work.

The many readers and admirers of that charming little story, "The Bow of Orange Ribbon," will certainly be interested in knowing something of the life and personal habits of its author, Mrs. Amelia Barr. She was born in Lanoa*shire, England, In 1881, her father was a preacher. She had little schooling In the usual sense of the word, but was from her early childhood acquainted with books and literary people. At nine she was her father's reader. At seventeen she entered the Glascow High school, but left at the end of one year to be married to Thomas Barr, a minister's son. When they had been married four years they came to America, settling in New (Means. From there they went to Austin, Tex., and at the close of tbe war to Galveston. In 1887 her husband and three sons died within a few days of each other of yellow fever. Mrs. Barr and her daughters then came to New York. She was introduced to Mr. Beecher, gnv- her some work on the Christain Union which be was tfj just starting. «ihe wrote her first no when she wa« :«st but she had had

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sine work before. She lives in Corn-wall-on-Hudson. Her house is on Storm King mountain, 1,400 feet above the river. The room where she writes Is in the tower and three-fourths of it is s, so she can look at any time on the grand scenery all about her. Her literary work is done early in the morning. She makes four copies of every manuscript on the type writer, two go to Erfgland for serial and book form, and two are for use here. She spares no paius in making every preparation in getting material for her books. She consulted 2,000 volumes before she wrote "The Bow of Orange Ribbon." Mrs. Barr has great faith in dreams and special revelations. She Is a devout student of the bible and it Is always by her lde. Dr. Deems, of New York, who has been forty-nine years in the ministry, was laid aside not long since by sickness. During that time he pioked up one of Mrs. Barr's novels, read it and sunt for all the others, read them, and was so impressed with their purity, with the noble lessons they taught, with the effort made in all of them to lift men and women up and to Inspire them to nobler living, he declared from his pulpit that he believed himself called of

God to assist in circulating these books. One of Mrs. Barr's daughters is the wife of Kirk Munroe. Her first novel was "Jan Vedder's Wife," published in 1884. Among her other works are

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Daughter of Life," "Between two Losses," "Paul and Coustanoe," "Master of his fate." She is now writing a story of tfie times of Cromwell.

A party of young ladles and gentlemen went out to More Lake last Saturday evening. Mr. Cox's house Is a model for a summer home. The porch goes all around the house and Is so wide the danolng was done out there. On this oocaslon It was hung with Chinese lanterns, which produced a beautiful effect. Mr. and Mrs. Cox make a charming host and hostess, Whioh, together with the lovely sport, the perfect night, and Kinggold's best music, made one feel and say that It was a perfectly delightful affair. Those present were Bolle Allen, Anna Brown, Blanche Boudlnot, of Rockville, the. Misses Thompson, of Rockville, Jessie Perdue, Sue Ross, Anna Paddock, Mary Clatfelter, Louise Haberly, Mesdames Anton and Herman Hulman,

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ana James Ctttwfrtrd^* JTred Rrown, Adolph Gagg, Ernest Rounsauville, Will Thompson, Charles Johns, Jamej Burns and Herman and Anton Hulman. Mr. and Mrs. Franols T. Hord have gone North. Mrs. E. Havens, Misses Grace and Ethel Havens, leave next week for Lake Maxmkuckee Miss Geneveire Wright, of Danville, arrived Thursday to be the guest of Miss Louise Haberly. Judge and Mrs. Jump will board at the Terre Haute house while their bouse is being built. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred lloberg will move Into their new home about the first of August. Mr, and Mrs. B. G. Cox gave a delightful musicale at More Park Thursday evening. About fifty people were present, who enjoyed listening to the Davis family and Mr. Strlckler from the East, who is visiting the Cox family. He is quite a musical wonder, plays entirely by ear but plays exquisitely, is almost a second Hoffman.

A few days ago a man living in the west end was arrested for beating his wife, and on her obarge was to have been prosecuted. But when the time for trial came she refused to appear against him and being the only witness for the prosecution, the case was dismissed. Commenting on her action, Deputy Prosecutor Huston said that In nine out of every ten cases of a similar nature the wife will refuse to prosecute her husband, and more than that, will ask to have the case dismissed. She will seem to be full of courage until time to press the charges, and then weakens completely. Or if a case is made and the husband Is sent to jail it isn't more than two or three days until the injured wife is around asking that he be released. Under such circumstances it is difficult to punish men for beating their wives.

A department corps of the tioast and geodetic survey Is now working near Nashville, Brown county, lud, Theo. L. Condron, of the senior class of the Polytechnic, Is with the corps, and writes that their signal station is on the highest spot in the stste, 1,100 feet above the leveL From the tower built by the party, objects can be sighted a distance of forty miles away. Their observations are made at night with the aid of powerful telescopes and signal lights, signal towers being stationed every twenty, thirty or forty miles on the line of messurement. The assistant superintendent of this corps is Mr. Baylor, who was in this city last summer engaged in making corrections for the magnetic needle. His experiments at that time *ere 06relucted on the vacant lot oppo-

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