Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 August 1889 — Page 1

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Notes and Comment.

Business men predict a good fall trade.

The council i« responsible In thegrav©1 pit «ale. _______ #. 4 The fair took the premium ss an unprecedented success.

To the county commissioners: The ferry should be free. j• -s It is that police and tramp* fraternize because both are on the beat.

New York City ha* a debt of §96,000,000. No wonder she can't build the Grant monument. ______

It Is thought congreaa will assembleln extra session before November. Nothing like an early start for anew administration.

The Txmdon Topical Tiroes calls the queeo "Her EOulgency.' This is about parallel to calling the base ball umpire "His Honor." ______

The "closing" week of school is near al hand in accordance with the custom that refers to the last week aa the •'commencement" week.

It has been decided to use crude oil for fuel in the Michigan City state prison. This method of execution ia thought superior to electrocution

Now that Russell Harrison and Chauncey Do pew are both on this side the water again Europe will have little that can interest the United States.

A Santa Cruz, Cal., Jury returned this verdict: "We, the Jury, find they, the plaintiffs, guilty as charged." What a striking example of western intellectual advancement. ______

The constitution of the new State of Washington was signed with pens made from eagles' quills. The eagle will so ream at a great rate when the new State is ushered in.

A Nebraska man has been sunr truck, llghtnlngstruck and frozen until he lost consciousness, but be is still a Nebraska boomer. This Is proof that life Is not lifeless out there.

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The City of Paris has beaten her form er remarkable reoord by crossing the Atlantic In 5 dagj. l&i>»i»r««ud 18 minute* WSenTT comes to fastness the City of Paris always takes the cake.

Old Tecump" missed splendid op portunlty the othor day at Milwaukee of kissing a pretty girl. This Is the first substantial evidence we have had that the general Is really growing old.

A plot Is being formed to call out the Terre Haute rifles for the extermination of the Express' correspondents who have for years been quarreling over the pronunciation of "Terre Haute."

Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, has visited every county in the state since he became governor. There are few other state executors who can be said to have taken an equal Interest in their people. _____

The trial and sentence of Mrs. Maybrick will likely end In the establishment of an English court of appeals. If this concession Is made the death of Mr. May brick will not have been In vai^ _____

Cincinnati la happy. President Harrison pronounced her police force the beat in the United States, and the evidence is that the President waa not mistaken. A Cincinnati policeman lias the courage to arrest a saloon keeper.

London, which generally has a mob of some kind on hand, la Just now beselged by an army of 150,000 strikers who want wages enough to buy food for their families. The lords cannot understand why common laborers should want so much. _____

When laboring men In London go on a strike they give notice of their action in a public parade. On 8unday last 100,000 of these discontented workingmen paraded, and it l» thought that durthe prawnt week the number will be largely Increased.

It la announced that a syndicate of Philadelphia and Chicago fruit dealers are going toeet out 990 acres of fig trees In California next winter, where can be produced two crops a year. That's business. We hare thought tor a long time that the toothsome "layer fig" was too high.

In the United Spates aa editor was refused the appointment aa minister to Franc*. In Mexico aa editor has just been chosen president of the national congress. In which country would tt seem that real r—th rather than vocation la taken aa Itaaf of character?

The tea-kettle dispute in Hayti btow. Klpr-'yte ta bosa of the play house, and Leff.—se has decamped with a grip-each full of stata funds. It seems from past and present experience that theoaly object In rating Hayti la to get hold of the treasury and than leave.

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TERRE HAUTE,

The flag of the United States will hereafter fly over all federal buildings during business hours, when the weather la favorable. It Is but highly proper that the federal buslnees houses should be thus distinguished from court houses, school houses and other state and city buildings.

The charge against Justice Field hss been dismissed—It never should have been entertained—and that Marshal Nsgle will be cleared is beyond a doubt. When bandits seek to terrorize the courts and meet with death, their killing la not murder,, rather "commendable homicide."

What baa become of John Jacob Sehweinforth, the pretended Christ, who hat been carrying on an earthly paradise near Rockford, 111.? He seems to have dropped out of sight and notoriety of late. Doubtless the Rev. Jacob is having a ooey, comfortable time of It and Is quite willing to be let alone.

The mountains of Kentucky swarm with the stills of moonshiners, and it ia said that whole communities are armed to protect the law breakers. Why not let the standing army make a raid Into the bourbon state if the government marshalls are unable to exterminate this wholesale violation of law -& _____ i'-.-sJ »,

The international American Congress will meet at Washington at noon on October 22, and will be attended by from fifty to sixty delegates, Including some of the most distinguished men in Central and South America. The prediction is warranted that the convention will vastly benefit the United States from a commercial point of view. «f,,

The statement that Mr. Parnell Is coming to the United States in the hope of benefitting his health will be received with pleasure by many not of his blood, who admire him for his able and moderate leadership in a great contest.

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reception on arrival will outrival even that tendered to John L. Sullivan on his return to Now York after the fight.

It Is not many years since Amorlcan books, typographically, could boar no comparison with books of English print. As In all other things In which England claimed superiority there has been a change, and Americans will proudly take note of it. The great Philadelphia publishing bouse of J. B. Lippencott A Co., took the gold medal at the Paris ex-

There are nearly seven hundred totally blind veterans of the late war who are pensioners at $72 per month. These veterans—known at the pension office as •'the sight loss brigade"—want an Increase pension, and Commissioner Tfcnner will go before the next Cohgress with the request that $100 a month be allowed them. The pension bureau, in its liberal consideration of claims, is coming to be a great institution.

The horrible news comes from Egypt that famine prevails at Khartoum, Kassala, Tokar, and other towns along the Nile and that the bodies of the dead are devoured by the living under the dreadful stress of starvation. Where, O, where is that English sympathy which is eaiit^ to 'protect Egypt in her trials. Egypt in prosperity and Egypt in despair are different countries In English eyes. _____________

THE OIL WELLS.

There are no new developments In the oil well situation. The Markle well is 1,100 feet deep, the Boore about the same depth, and the Colonel Thompson well about 1,000. At the Elsworth well the eflort toward casing out the water has been abandoned and as soon aa the lost tubing oan be pulled out, drilling will be resumed, in the hope that at a greater dephth the water can be shut out and gas, if gas there be, collected with ease. The Maxville company la still pushing ahead and hopea to find something worth uti Using between the present depth and 2,000 feet. An oil man having extensive experience, apeaking on the local situation a few days ago, said: "Movements looking to the development of the oil field here are at a standstill just now, aad In my opinion, they will remain so until something la known from the wells at present drilling. No more money will be invested In Terre Haute until the outcome of the walla bring drilled eouth of here Is known. Than, if oil la not dlsoovered there, a consolidated movement will be inaugurated to explore further here. In my opinion the Dial and Phoenix wells struck a crevkw leading from lowar strata up Into which the oil is forced by dydraultc pressure. I do not anticipate that either the Markle, Ellsworth or West Tsrre Haute walla will amount to anything.** Ux

The following la the report of the superintendent of polk* for August: Tbtal arrests, 151 for drunkenneea, 89 patrol wagon runs, 114 saw buildings erected, 22: cows Impounded. t| horses Impounded, 8 unmusatad dogs killed* 71 vacant houses, 71 vacant houses raM, 144 total change of rwMima, property afettea, |S1*: amount recovered, none Injured by aocktont, S children lost and found, 4 street lamps aotltghfr.

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Geraldines Letter.

MY DEAR RUTH:—I have been put* ting In tills week attending the oounty fair. I go every year. I like to go for several reasons, and then I consider it a sort of duty besides. I like to see the crowds of people. I like the excitement of the horse race, even If I do always bet on the wrong horse. I like to look at the cattle, all exoepting the pigs. They are not attractive to any of the senses. I like to see the poultry, and this year goes ahead of all others in that line. I like to look at the bread, the cake, the jelly, fruits, and the flowers. The art hall waa full and running over. I stood along time before the display of hardware arranged by Mr. Hugo Duenweg. I would never have believed that chisels and hammers, mouse traps and a thousand equally common and in themselves unattractive articlee could have been arranged to look so pretty. They were put on a back-ground of red cloth and arranged in symmetrical groups reflecting great credit to the taste, skill and patience of Mr. Duenweg. The rag car pets, the crazy quilts were all there as of yore. I have a sort of veneration for the patch-work quilt. Nearly every family has one, an heir loom, a sort of map of the colors and styles of two generations. They are dead now the makers the hearers, and the quilt lies folded up in the ceder chest. I never look at one but I think of B. Taylor's disoriptlon of a quilting, which is so good that I am going to quote it for you. "Many a time have you been sent a sort of Mercury in striped pantaloons, to Invite the neigh boring women 't'oome over t'our house t'spend th'afternoon and stay t'tea. Ma's got a quilt on.' That meant thimble and needle, and so they came and quilted and talked, and the squares and diamonds that about filled the room at first and rested on the shoulders of kitchen chairs, like so many natives bearing a palanquin, were gradually furled, until tbey looked like two big flags rolled aiound the staflfa. Then thinga were picked up and the table was Bet, and the tea was put down, and by-and-by they sat around the board and drank tea like the dear celeatlal souls they were, and sampled preserves, and nibbled cake,

I strolled aroutfd and stood before the oil paintings. Here was a head of an old woman which was really good, and a few plctuies of still life that were very creditable. The planer pictures were unusually good showing decided improvement. The large landscape representing a storm (I suppose) made me earnestly hope that I should never behold its counterpart in real life. It would certainly be terrible to be looking upon such rivers, such rocks, and above all such a sky. I saw some exqiaite embroidery upon flannel and some marvels of skill In crochet. The dolla were one of the great centres of attraction. The most beautiful collections belonged to Mimes Grace Jenckes and Annie Crawford. In the former little Lord Fauntleroy and the dainty young woman in a Partalan costume, with a wealth of beautiful blonde hair, were greatly admired, and divided the honors with the bridal oouple and perfectly represented priest of Annie Crawford's collection. The Singer sewing machine company had some screen panels embroidered on their machine In the Kensington stitch, which would decieve the very elect. The center panel was a apray of purple vistesla, so beatifully ahaded, so perfectly done, no one would have dreamed It was the work of a machine. The baby Grand piano from (issuer's made me wish more than ever to be rich. The management oan be congratulated on their efforts to make the fair such a success. The wedding was a maatar stroke. Mayor Danaldson, as usual waa equal to the occasion.

What wiU you i«y when I tell you I am going to take up several •todies this winter, and Garman among something I have saver ye* studied. When I left school I thought knew it ail. Afterward 1 gradually asms to find out did not know qwite alL Now that I hava almoet reached the milestone, tha figures In which will relegate me to the ranks of tha army of **old maida," am going to take Bill Nye's advtos to the Southeriaad sisters, and hava a "goal," and that goal is to try and know something worth knowing. I hava changed my opinions about age somewhat, and do not now believe that after one is twenty-five life is done. I knew a man who wasa dgarmaker until ha was twenty-five who then decided to «t»dy music, aad afterward became a

I teacher. Several femous artists hava begun lata ia Ufe. I read of a woman seventy yeare old learning chine

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he published the "French Revolution Tennyson waa fifty when "Elaine," "Vivian," and "Guinevere" were published Longfellow gave ua "Hiawatha" when he was forty-five and "Tales of a Wayside Inn" when he was fifty-eight Motley waa fifty-three when he completed tha VJHAatory of the Netherlands Kant waa only a proffeesor until he waa fifty-seven when he published hi*"Critique of Pure Reason Geothe waa fifty-six when he wrote his immortal ••Faust" and eighty-two when he published "Helena." I do not intend to do any of these things for reasons which are obvious. I only cite them as illustrations of what can be done even after one's youth is passed.

Why is ii. that a man like Robert Ray Hamilton With his honored name, his fortune and his attainments should marry auch a woman aa his Wife is proven to too? It goes beyond my powers of comprehension, and is one of the many phases of the masculine character which seem to defy explanation from anybody. Bnt so it goes, so It has been, so it will be till the last sun dies in the Inst lit west. To the end of Itlme it will still be the tame. Men and women will go on making the greatest of all mistakes, and no one can hinder.. The years and wrecks upon the shores teach me a lesson. Your own W W QERALDINI. jp.iv

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and destroyed parallelograms of pielji^ed. j„ reality there waa no foundaserved from the old-fashioned square tins and then ta the cool of the evening each nice old lady with work-bag and uUtto, ajtyd eAphjQKfipt young l*djr home-made hoee, and gowns that hung like the robes of Angels, and aprons that puckered with a string, went their way over the hill, and across the creek, and down in the hollow, and the moon came up, and tne noise of the mill water was louder, and the twinkling lights went out, and 'He giveth his beloved sleep.'

f. -fssQF .Yif- J*.^y'1 BASK BALL VS. FAIR.

That was an unfortunate disagreement between the Agricultural society and the base ball management which led to such an open avowal of hostility on Thursday afternoon. The base ball people had for some weeks been endeavoring to secure a game with the St. Louis Browns, and were fortunately or unfortunately, as you choose to oonslder it, able to gt*t the champions for Thursday afternoon. As T. T. understands the matter, the Agricultural society made every honorable effort to prevent the game, but without any apparent success, until a dispatch received from St. Louis Wednesday stated that the Browns would not be able to come. Immediately the conclusion was jumped at that the society had paid the St. Louis club for not coming, and indeed this report waa currently be-

(ion for the charge, at the society had gone no further than to request Mr. Schmidt to have no game and to inMtfenee the park directors to prevent it impossible. Mr. Smith did not share in trie belief that the game would Interfere 'wita the fair attendance, it being called so late as 4 p. in., and when the Browns could not be bad, arranged for a game with the Danvilles. Mr. Schmidt's desire was to furnish base ball enthusiasts a good game, and that he was sincere in this waa evldenoed In the offer to give the Browns the entire gate receipts. The disagreement was finally taken up by base ball supporters and a subscription paper placed In circulation to raise funds for employing a band to parade the streets in the interests of the ball people. The outgrowth was a great deal of hard feeling and although the fair attendance was unprecedented and the park attendance also very large, it is likely that there will be some feeling over the affair for a good many weeks to come, ggt# l&it* fir AT BOLE SALK BAROAIW.

Mayor Kolaem la still on top in the gravel pit discussion and has the advantage of not only having oonducted ha part of the transaction perfectly honorably bnt in possessing the pit. No one can blame him for getting a bargain in the purchase of a piece of property, although it would seem that he knew uncommonly well about how much money would be required to meet the appraisers' valuation of the pit. The whole responaibility rests within and near the council chamber, and tits twelve members of that careless organization, the mayor, ex-treasurer and city attorney are fully aware of the fact. To a casual observer the question arises: What could have been in the minds of several of the old oouncilmen, who were in office when tha 12,000 offer for the pit was made two years ago, that they should vote so thoughtlessly for the sale? An attempt Is being mads in certain quartan to shift the responsibility on Mayor Danaidson's shoulders, but the blame should not rest there. In one sense the mayor is responsible, ss all connected with the salfe are responsible, but the burden of the blame undoubtedly lies on the council proper. The attempt has been made to persuade Mr. Kobem to deed back his property that the council may make amsnds, bnt this effort has proved futile. The entire transaction makes evident to the public the carelessness sad at times shseat minded consideration tha council gives questions of tha greatest importance. The one object at council meetings occasionally ssemi to hurry tha proceedings to gain an sarly adjournment. The oouncilmen aiaoertainly to be commanded for loving their homes and for seeking these pleasant recreate at as early hoar l» the evening, bat they should In liberality to the public deprive ihsnisel va» of aa hour or two of plessure twice each month and dtrote this time to tonhiassd

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Women in the South.

WHAT THE SOUTHERN STATES HAYS PROVIDED IN LINE OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THEIR

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Georgia clalma the honor of eatabliahing the oldest chartered and regularly organized college in the world for graduating young ladies, writes Mm. Helen P. Jenkins. As early as 1825 the subject was under disoussion—the Hon. Dunean G. Campbell Introducing in the Legistpt tur« of that year a bill "to establish a public seat of learning in this State for the education of females." The preamble of the .bill set forth the foot that "In no jiHrt of this vast Confederation has the ••duration of femalee been the object of publio munificence.'* The bill provided that the board of trustees should consist equally of men and women, a feature that would mark it as libera! even today. The bill passed the House, but was defeated in the Senato. For five years previous to the time he had been laboring to the same purport—his objeot being to secure to women the same educational advantages as men. He died in 1828, *and in the eulogies passed upon him by the bar, the press, and the State University a tribute was Invariably paid to his efforts In behalf of education for women. The gauntlet was taken up again In 18S4 by Daniel Chandler in his brilliant address at the annual oommenoement of the UniveraJty of Georgia. Taking for his topic "Female Education," Mr. Chandler spoke of the hitherto shameful neglect of this subject, but added that the opinion as to female incapacity is undergoing a change. "The developments of the past, made under circumstances of peculiar neglect and oppression, corrected preconceived opinions and pre-existing prejudices." The address was printed and scattered all over the State, and did much to prepare the way for the establishment of the Georgia Female College in 1836, which beoame the Wesleyan Female College In 1850.

Georgia has, besides the Wesleyan, several colleges of a higher standing for women. The Baptists support four. One of the formost is the Southern Female College at Lagrange, organized in 1848, and for the last two years under the management of Mrs. Cox, widow of the late president. The Emory College founded in 1836, allows women in its school of telegraphy. The North Georgia Agriculture College extends Its privileges equally to both sexes, and the report states: "It Is a common thing for the A. B. degree to be conferred upon females at Daliloncga.'! .J*

In Florida, of the few school of importance, the best are open to women. The West Florida Seminary at Tallahassee opened its doors to women in 1868, The Rollins College, under management of the Congregationalists, is co-educa-tlonal, and ranks high. The De Land University is under Baptist patronage, is co-educational, and doing good work.

In North Carolina there has been a notioeable lack of higher institutions for women, but the Salem Female School, founded In 1802 by the Moravian settlers, has been throughout Its existenoe well equipped and well patronized by all the Southern States. A great many of the alumna? have become heads of seminaries and academies, and the historian says it is probably owing to the influenoe of this academy that preparatory institutions for the education of girla are more numerous In the South, and, as a rule, better equipped than are similar institutions for boys.

The instltuttona established by the Friends in North Carolina and other Southern States were co-educational, and their New Garden School was the first in the State to employ women as trustees.

With regard to the prospects of establishing co-education, the historian says: "In North Carolina the opposition to the co-edncation of the sexes in the higher Institutions of learning is so manifest that no one would dare propose, with any hope of success, that women be admitted to tha university and leading denoml national colleges of the State. But co-education Is making headway in the institutions for secondary instruction, and its friends claim that good resalts have been manifest. The rank that women are taking in some of the best of the English and American universities precludes tha argument that they can not man tain themselves In intellectual competition with tha sterner seat, and so the objection that their admission would necessitate the lowering of the educational standard Is not valid. The expediency of their admission is an opsn question which the writer Is not prepared to advocate but at this time when a number of the female teachers of the State are seeking admission to the normal department of the university, endowed by the State for the express purpose of giving the teachers of the State, a large proportion of whom are woman, abetter opportunity for special preparation in their profession, the question is prsctical to ail North Carolinians aad ta worthy of eareful study.

It is ssid thst women should not vote, because they hare avenues enough now to ssrve humanity, ia tha various philanthropies, etc., ste. The work tha

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women are doing for the poor, the miserable, the sinful, the criminal, is noble work—a great, good work but these efforts do not reach the sources of wretchedness and poverty and cr^ne, and thus diminish them. Good as they are, much needed as these efforts are, they are but soothing applications to the sores of the deceased system. Would it not be well to doctor the system, and have less of the disagreeable drawing of sores to da? To care for the wife and children of a drunkard, kind as it Is, is sot as good service as to make it possible for that husband to take care of them himself. To nurse a girl who has gone estray is good work but a still better work is some healthfuisubsollingwhich wHl make iulquity less frequent. I think women would make excellent doctors ol the body politic as well as of the individual body.

The women who are working for women suffrage see (they think they are not mistaken) that with the ballot they may be able to strike at the roots of muoh of the wickedness and wretchedness and poverty of the world. There are signs of such things already In the earth. FOr instance: In Oakaloosa, Kan., one year ago women were elected to all the city offices. These women did not seek these offices they shrank at first from filling them. Men nominated them and helped to eleot them then they bravely consented to take the burdens of offtoe. One year of servloe has proved so satisfactory that this year they have all been reelected. The jail, whloh formerly had many occupants, has none. The debt which has hung over Oskaloosa ever since the war has been paid ott, and the city treasury, which was empty, has now a surplus of flOO and meantime those women have not neglected their homes. Is there any significance in this? It seems to me there Is something well worth the study of our people—and our Legislators—In this simple but significant story. This "ballot for women" Is not a question of whether we women want more responsibility or not it iaa question of duty, religious duty, national duty. We have a nation to savo and not our own comfort to oonsult. We have a race to rescue, and fine ladyiam must not restrain us from doing our work.

The spirit which prompts some women to engage in the various philanthropies in order to help their fellow-beings is the same whloh enoourages others to work against all obstacles and obloquy for woman's power in the State and all things shall work together for good.

1 AMUSEMENTS.

The Fenner & Crane Comedy Company close very successful engagement at Naylor's opera house, giving two performances to-day, At the matinee this afternoon "Pygmalion and Galatea" is being put on and khis evening the exciting piece, "Sea of Ioe," will be repeated. A present will be given to the person holding the lucky number. Thin oompany has proven to be one of tha best popular priced companies that haa ever appeared in the city. One notioeable feature being the attention paid to the details In regards costuming, etc. The company is in every way worthy of a most generous patronage.

On Tuesday evening Hoyt's latest comedy sucoees entiled "A Brass Monkey" will be presented st Naylor's by the original oompany. The oompany is a good one and includes Mr. Chas. Drew and Mrs. Flora Walsh. A Brass Monkey, Mr. Hoyt says, is somewhat desultory reference to a variety of subjects having no particular relevancy to what little plot that may be in the play." There la an endeavor to make a little mild fun of the 1001 petty superstitions of the day which everybody derides snd secretly believes in neverthe leas. The advance sale of sests open Mondsy morning st Butler's. Prices 75,50 and 25.

On Thursday evening, Sept 5, Lilly Clay's Colossal Gaiety Company, composed of number of bright and handsome ladles, in sn attractive programme will be the attraction at Naylor's opera house. The spectacular burlesque of "The Devil's Frolic" which closes a very lengthy programme, Is one of the beet things they have ever done. Sale opens Tuesday morning Sept. 3, prices 75,50 and 96.

On Saturday evening, September 7, Wm.8. Cleveland's Haveriy Mastodon Minstrels will appear, preeenting aa unique and novel minstrel performance which In elegance Is ssid toootrivsl anything seen in this elty. The company headed by Billy Emerson snd Hugbey Dougherty, inclusive Burt Sheppard, B. M. Ksyne, John Queen, J. Marcus Doyle, J. K. McMorray, Bank Winter and others. The Venitian first part, tha Oriental patrol march, the Egyptian Phalanx and Takargaws Imperial Japanese troupe, are some of the special features. The advance sale of sssts will open on Thursday morning at Button^ prices $1,75,60 and 2ft cents. The company will parade at 2 p. m. Saturday.

At the CentralX*hrtstian church, there will be preaching by John. Brandt at 11 a. mM on "Victory," and at 7:45 p. m. on Aasiociatas and bow to choose them." Sunday school st 9,30 s. m. Y. P. & C. E. at 6:30 p. m. Everybody welcome, 'ill