Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 50, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 June 1890 — Page 1

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Vol. 20.--No. 50.

THE_MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

Perhaps this week hasn't developed decidedly summerish weather. Ninetynix isn't bad for tbe beginning of June.

Adversity frequently forces a man to reveal his latent worth. It also frequently develops his latent worthless* ness. ________

A Pensylvania man recently eloped with hi» mother-in-law. Tbe medical fraternity baa not yet bit upon a name for thin new phase of insanity.

It is said English capitalists have $60,©00,000 invested In American breweries. What a sad, sad imposition the McKinley tariff bill must be to them.

Forty-three thousand capable men have been at work this week taking the census enumeration of over 60,000,000. What an army of truth seekers they constitute! _____

London is to have a line of omnibuses run by olectricity on the storage plan. This method of electrocution is suggested for Now York in the place of the one now in use there.

Now Jersey lias adopted ballot reform. Perhaps the prediction of an honest presidential election will some day be fulfilled. Stop after step in that direction is being taken.

A female ball team, professing the usual modesty, beauty, etc., etc., is now making a tour through Indiana. It is to bo hoped the White Caps will not miss the golden opportunity.

When the first census was taken, ono hundred years ago, the population of the United States was 8,929,214. The prosont enumeration will show Indiana to contain about half as many as the whole -country then.

A G. A. R. Post In Brooklyn has resolved that there is only one flag in this country. No resolution could have been more appropriate than this. We are presumably one poople, one nation, con-

Were there ever before so many mosquitoes at this time of the yoar? When one slaps vigorously and missos the Uttle pest industriously drawing away on the Insido of his ear, ho is compelled by force of, circumstances to answer

Already there liavo been several fatal coses of sunstroke in Chicago. This fact Is being taken advantage of by 8t. Louis papers to boom that city's climate Verily the weakest fact, on whatever wubjest it may be, is used by the rival titles to wrangle over.

"The city of Mexico is not dead, indeed not even asleep, for 2,000 new houses are now In process of erection. This is as good a showing as some of westorn boom town of the United Suites can make In two years, and yot Mexico savs never a word of superiority and the like.

Tragedy is not to die out on the American stage, for Lawrence Barrett has returned from Europe thoroughly cured of the affliction which compelled him to temporarily abandon the profession aud go abroad for treatment. He will rejoin Booth next winter and the dramatic stage killing will go on as lefore.

How trua it Is that sad incidents overwhelm one ou memorial occasions. This W«s brought out by the Richmond gathering for then the Boston Herald remarked that the day was

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observed, and the Chicago Tribune retaliated with the sally that the Herald's statement was R. E. Loo uncalled for. What mournful puns!

In an address to Notre Dame students IU. Rev. Bishop Keane advised the students to all bo politicians, to vote from convictions, and knock down every man who attempted to bny their rotes. This WHS aggressive, advice with a vongenoe, but possibly I Indiana's politics would be materially improved were it carried out, at least in the last particular.

Again the newspaper men have ex-

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spiritualistic fraud in the person

of a Brooklyn medium whose annua) income from her seances was $5,000. Incandescent lights turned on whew spirits were flying hither aud thither, did good work There arc but few things electricity and a metropolitan newspaper man combined cannot accomplish.

The German Empress is forming "League for the preservation of good habits" among Prussian ladies. The! members bind themselves discourage luxury, to wear fewer, simpler and cheaper dresse®, and to practice economy In their households. This is not an absolute proof but merely an Indies* lion that the mUlenium is approaching.

There is one thing In connection with Stanley's trip into the dark continent to which England cannot quite rsooncUa herself. It this. When the hero vn

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so dangerously sick in the interior, he asked of his physician: "to run up the stars and stripes to cheer me let me at least die beneath the shadow of the American flag." It is the death bed that brings a man to his senses.

The farmers in a Kansas county decided to enter the political arena by placing a Congressional candidate in nomination. Before attempting to name a man they resolved to nominate "no man who is after office, or has ever held office, and no man who has ever been a candidate for anything." It is said they are still hunting for a hermit lost somewhere in a Kansas cornfield to take the place. ______

Town Talk.

SHOW DAY THOUGHTS.

What an opportunity show day offers for studying human life. Faces pictur ing every emotion of the heart and every thought oi the mind meet you as you pass down tbe crowded streets. An old and feeble man, barely able to totter along, raises hjs eyes as he passes and in his glance you read a premonition of the fast approaching end. Immediately behind him, walking with barely perceptible effort, comes one whose hair is gray and shoulders slightly rounded. By his actions you seo he is ready to let go the burden of business and give himself to an enjoyment of old age. Almost touching the second is a third. His steps are light, his eyes active, bis every action indicative of the prime of life. With him is a son just reaching the age of manhood, and as the two push along you realize that they are the progressive factors In the affairs of the business world. Next you pass a school boy, and his eagerness to reach a point of view from which the show parade can be observed to best advantage, revives memories of your own childhood. ButJ this pleasant reverie is soon interrupted, for the crying of an infant recalls the scene before you. Suddenly it comes to you that within one minute the entire history of puysical life has been unfolded, and you realize as never before that the beginning and the end are but briefly separated. The thought startles you, and the novel features of the scone escape you. The time is the very best for reflection, and if the jostlingand crowdiwffwjuld periftlfc'how^ lesson of the momont might be. But reflection is impossible under such circumstances, and knowing this you allow the serious side to pass away and the ridiculous to take its place. Then every peculiar incident catches your eye, and by studying the endless line of faces and noting funny aetions of the people in general,-you soon arrive at the conclusion that of all days in the year show day is by far the most interesting, for it is then that a thousand and one details of every day life, that on other days it is impossible to discover, are presented with a clearness tbat is marvelous. No wonder you ask yourself: Is this the mirror and are all these peculiar actions reflections of things I do myself?'.

A D1IAMA IN FOUR ACTS.

A western paper of recent issue had this brief aud appropriate synopsis of a play In which the actors were the leading young men of that city:

Act 1.—Before the bar of the saloon. Act 11.*^Before the bar of tbe court. Act 111.—Before the bar of the prison. Act IV.—Before the bar of God.

One coincidence the paper failed to note and that was that the same play was in progress in Torre Haute. It is a matter of general knowledge that such Is the case. Business men know it, everybody knows it. The ^majority of players are now in the first act, but as sure as tho present condition of affairs is allowed to continue, they will go through both second and third. Inevitable they must play the fourth. By licensing tho saloons the council took jthe first step toward breaking up the play. By closing the gambling rooms It took the second. Now let the third and best be the ordering of the strict enforcement

o! the eleven o'clock and Sunday closing laws. Then a thousand temptations thai are now constantly held out will be removed and gradually a new idea of the enjoyment of life will work itself open the boys who now think of the "tear" as the pleasure of all pleasures. There seems a disposition on the part of several of the new men to evade the issue. Let them consider but for a momani what responsibility rests on them, and then It will he difficult to see how they can refuse to do their duty. Of course, if the saloons close, all other places of business must close. When thisatatus is fashed it can be truthfully staid as one Of the daily papers remarked little previously few days ago, that Torre Haute is the most orderly city In the *tai*. Not many months will then be required to show that the coming generation of business men Is on the advance ruber than I the retreat In the erection nf a business foundation. rtm sea*©** mem

It Is becoming Intensely warm, and flies are growing decidedly numerous. In fact it might he mentioned In addition that mosquitoes are unus&Uiy plentiful, while the phsee of lee the Iceman leaves on the front step Is contnually decreeing in sixe. Next thescbool

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commencements are nearly here, sod finally everybody that can is getting ready to leave for other regions. All these facts are the most conclusivc proofs that summer is here. The very thought* of the thermometer going up to 100° in the shade makes one shiver, as it were. The recollection of the fl? and mosquito cause a nervous chillThe "evaporating" ice leads to indignation, the commencement to regret, and the pleasure trip to efforts at economy* But it is no use to complain. These are the fruits of the season. Accept them with fortitude and th^ misery will be wonderfully diminished. Forget it is hot do not listen to tbe singing of the mosquito pay no attention to the fly greet the ice man with smiles go to

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commencement and applaud everybody and everything and above all, don't count up the expenses of your proposed trip. It may cost an effort to do all this but happiness depends on it.

COUNTY P0I.XTIC8.

To one not immediately interested in politics, it seems that there is no end to campaigning. One election is hardly over before nominations lor anothor are made, and in consequence there is continual turmoil. It seems useless to advocate that the state, county and municipal elections should be concentrated at one tittie in the year, if possible. This has been done so long that the advocateshave grown weary of the hopeless effort. The newest things in tho political light now are the approaching county conventions. The Democratic nominees will be decided on next Saturday evening June 21st, and the Republicans one week later. Aspiring candidates are blossoming out by the wholesale, especiallyon the Democratic side as this convention comes first. The officials to be elected are: judge of the Circuit court, recorder, auditor, treasurer clerk, county commissioner, sheriff and coroner. Among those spoken of for judge, C. F. McNutt is probably the favorite, although he has not yet consented to make tbe race. For treasurer, us Conzman will receive no opposition in the convention. For sheriff there are many aspirants, among them *. A. Schaal, John Grimminger, W. S. Mahan, and Billy Stout have announced themselves, and for coroner, W. S. Davis, W. R. Mattox and C. F. Zimmerman haro done likewise. JFoy jrec^d^T|

are in the fteld for commissioner from the second district, W. M. Slaughter, T. G. Drako, T. M. Collins for auditor, John D. Bell and J. J. Dail^r for clerk, J. N. Phillips and Samuel Royse. The selection from this list will no doubt de velop a strong tight, and it is interesting to watch -the contest as it approaches. In a week or two the Republicans will come to the front overcoming a slight modesty at present noticeable, and then the musio will commence in earnest.

PAAI8K.

Indianapolis, Evansville, in fact all the cities of Indiana unite in praising Terre Haute for her enterprise in establishing such an enviable reputation as a racing center. Indianapolis openly acknowledges she lost a great opportunity sevoral years ago^when the State bad no race course, and does not concoal her sorrow in our prosperity. Evansville makes no eflort to conceal the envy she could not possibly conceal. Her newspapers say frankly that it is very humiliating to see a rival city occupying the entire attention of the entire country by reason of (he greatest array of line horseflesh ever seen on any race track. All this is very pleasing to us in our happy frame of mind and certainly is ample reason why we should feel a litUe proud. But Ut the praise fall not on the community at large, but on the Individuals who have brought all this about. First, congratulations should be extended W. P. Ijams and Frank McKeen, for what wculd have been accomplished had tuere been no Warren Park and Edgevood Stock farms. Then R. G. Watson, U, R. Jeffero, G. A. Schaal and a dozen or more others deserve a great deal of credit, for their work has been unceasing and success is largely due to them. The frankness of our rival citiea,in granting such liberal praise is very commendable and for it all we say "Thanks."

THK AERIAL.

It is time for the doxology. The aerial truck has for the first time been put to Use This morning there wait an alarm of tire and nearly tbe entire tiro department came rushing to Fifth and Main streets. True there was no smoke visible, bvt somebody said there really was a blase up in the roof of the Sage building. The aerial was hurried Into p. tion, the word "ready" was givon, and up into the Uncling height the guitded ladder shot, Jowed by the admiring eym of an excited populace. The hush of the multitude was inspiring. No", more than 500 persons dared to breathe. The agile firemen slexed their Oroadaxes, and spun up into regions above like little Sweeney stealing second base. In about ten minutes they came down, drew the extension into Its bosom, resumed a borixon attitude, and left Tor headquarters. Lucky It was that Mr. Hybarger's career was ended, otherwise some one would have hinted thai the alarm was a big Jok«, all for the purpose of potting the new apparatus to use. As it was. It can truthfully be remarked

that the whole action waa sincere.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 7,1890. Twentieth Year

.f: Going Abroad.

THE FEEING SYSTEM ON BOARD THE OCEAN STEAMERS—WHAT IT COSTS 1. ... TO "TIP" THE STEWART, jf* PORTER, ETC.

The time is now rapidly approaching, indeed it Is almost here, whjBn the tide of summer travel to England and the continent, will be at its flood, writes a correspondent of the Detroit Free Press. To take a trip abroad nowadays, with all the marvelous improvements both in the art of navigation and in ship construction, has declined from the really serious undertaking of a generation ago, until to day such an outing may lie made under no more inconvenience than might be endured were the prospective voyager to remain snugly at home throughout tbe summer.

But dismissing all the phases of the subject, consider for a moment how rioh Americans make voyages pleasant and comfortable. A life at sea has usually been depicted as something little short of an inquisitorial death and the funny man on his maiden visit abroad has long since penned that clever phrase, referring to the dreadful "Oh, my," of Mark Twain, "first," says the aforesaid f. m., "first I thought 1 would die, but soon I was afraid that I would live!"

But, presto! all this is now a thing of the past, a mere historical incident of the past. What has been tl^e open sesame to the luxurious life of tho habitual sea rover? As an American, you will despise it no doubt (abroad), but you certainly cannot afford to overlook the potency of this sesame while aboard ship—in one word, 'tis tips! "Tips, sir?'' said a gentleman who has traveled extensively. No enterprising American now thinks of going abroad without making due allowance for the sorvants on ship-board. I do not mean that the cabin passenger will be subjected to any open effrontery or malicious neglect if he does not contribute to the plate while en voyage, but what I do mean is that by a carefully invested :dollar or two his comforts will be more 'materially attended to. "A cabin passenger, of course, expects an£ will receive very liberal attention 0n yoyage from theseryants about him.

|!$ tips are not usually given

servant often takes his chance on being repaid for his many personal services to the guest. Very often a gentleman does not feel disposed to tip a waiter, and, of course, all the waiter can do is to make a mental resolution to 'get even' en the return voyage, should his victim patronize the same ship homeward bound. In this case tbe waiter has bis man quite at his mercy. Without being specific, you can of course readily see that where a person is dependent on the will of a second party for ten days' comforts and conveniences, while en voyage, the waiter has the traveler in a serious position, especially should tbe man of plates and spoons choose to be inattentive, sour or vindictive. You may depend upon it that, in some inexplicable combination of circumstances, you will always be served with the brunt end of a roast your salads will not be properly dressed your wine not properly cooled your salads reeking with oil, or tbe ship may give a sudden or quite unexpected lurch and the poor, blameless waiter will accidentally spill a plate of piping hot bean soup down ^our very collar. Oh, yes, these are some of tho milder evils that attend tho revengeful, tip-less waiter or

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who is deeply inter

ested in the adding to the harmony of your voyage. Of course it goes without saying that your boots will be polished mornings only on the tips that your bath will be so frightfully hot as to cause you to roar out in pain or that tho •lee-scupper' (or some such thing) will be accidentally left ajar some night when there's a sea on, resulting in a dreadful midnight awakening, the voyager drenched to the skin even while lying dreaming of the gentle angels In his upper berth. "But do not let me lay too much stress on the grotesque side of a disagreeable voysge. Happily for Americana (the greatest travelers in tbe world) such voyages are becoming more and more rare. On the contrary, with the improved service from year to year, a life at sea, tips or no tips, is one grand, long holidiy. Jf you desire to be a king for a week, take an ocean voyage—and tip the waiter. Then see wnat will happen! Your roon^ will be in apple-pie order throughout tbe trip your bath will be neither too hot nor too cold—just right yoar loots will be as radiant as the noonday sun your meals will consist of courses innumerable, all served aa they should be, and everything keeping time to the music of the band

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saloon in short, servants innamerabl' will fidrly combine to kill yon with kindness, leaving neither band nor loot unserved for ten long days together.

ask what tip* on the ocean

usually amount to? tfell, the receipts I spondency. Mr. Huster has been aresiof the steward can be compromised for! dent of this city for many years and Is about $5 the porter f3» and the rrat of! known to everybody In Third ward* them about $10 or #12 so that on an where be resides. He leaves five cbilocean voyage all extras may be covered dren three of whom ore small and doby, say. from 97 to *15. The majority of 1 pendent upon him for support.

travelers seldom pay more than $7, while ?15 is considered princely tipping, resulting in treatment becoming a prince or high official dignitary. "As I said before, there is no compulsion about the tips. A voyage may be made without them and be perfeotly satisfactory to yourself. But it is best to be on the safe

Bido.

Outside of the

tips a ?60 passage for a single man, who doesn't want an outside room, will be all the expense of a first-class voyage. The bridal chamber on the ocean grayhounds is in much demand during the summer season, and is often quoted as high as $500. As might be imagined, the accommodations, attendance and extras are simply superb. The fittings of the chamber are regul, and all the service is in accordance therewith throughout the voyage. "But to my mind the star accommodations on an ocean voyage are to be found in that rare resort, the captain's cabin. The captain's cabin is usually held at a high premium. It is given only as a favor, or through some personal arrangement with the captain. The captain's cabin is s(idom obtained for less thay ?50. It will accommodate two persons. The cabin has its special steward, porters and waiters, so that your servants are ready to do your bidding at any hour of the day or night. The cabin is located high aud receives all the oscillation of the ship. In this sense it is not a desirable place. But this disadvantage is more than counterbalanced by the regal that awaits the occupant. Tho voyager in the captain's cabin usually has the added privilege of the bridge. This oi itself Is a sufficient honor to warrant the the extra expense of $50. "On the voyage home one of the special features calliug for a tip is the unique entertainment of volunteer talent given in the cabin. All distinguished or talented poople aboard are invited to participate, and, of course, they esteem it a privilege to entertain their friends. The result is usually a very fine concert or dramatic entertainment. An admission fee is charged, and the money thus collected goes for the benefit of disabled seamen. Here ends the purely tipping feature of the voyage."

ABOUT WOMEN.

Sire.'Annie Jenness Miller is going to England to enlighten English woman tfr»#qb$ee? ff atvided „*t*»rt.

Miss Florence Nightingale has just completed her seventieth yoar, and her sister, the wife of Sir Harry Verney, has just died.

Mrs. Maxwell {-Scott, owner of Abbotsford, has a revenue of about $'2,000 per year from fee paid touriste who wish to see Sir Walter Scott's books, curiosities and personal relics.

Mrs. Potter has lost much money in Australia, is a rank failure, and now having exhausted England, America, and Australia, what remains but the diamond fields of South Africa.

Mr. Blaine is likely to lose his youngest and prettiest daughter, Miss Hattie, in a few months, one of the young diplomats attached to a foreign legation having captured her heart, it is reported,

Miss Nellie Arthur, daughter of the late President Arthur, has developed into a beautiful young lady, with a brilliant complexion, large, soft, brown eyes and a gracoful figure. Her taste in dress is original and effective.'

Mrs. John E. McElroy, sister of the late President Arthur, is a quiet little homo body and lives at Albany. Her love of domesticity, her charm of manner and her beauty are still as notable as when she was the first lady of the land, presiding in the White House.

The Queen of Spain's secret of success is explained by a Spanish statesman: "She is the exact opposite of an intriguing woman," ho says. "She tells no falsehoods, has natbiug of the hypocrite about her, is simple and modest as she is honest, and there is nobody in Spain who is not convinced that sho tries to do her best for the country.

One ot the brightest women in New York, Mrs. Isabel Mallon, who, perhaps, knows more about woman's draws and fixings than any woman in America, lias been added to tbe editorial staff of The Ladies' Home Journal, of Philadelphia.' Mrs. Mallon Is an experienced editorial writer, and will conduct one of the strongest fitshion departments in tbe Journal ever attempted In a general magazine. Her new position makes her the best paid fashion-writer in tbe country-. Mr

A. Mallon in young, pretty, and

one of the best known w*»men in New York society.

Last Monday Officer Smith found a man's .a aud hat on logs In the river !v •, fnd James Nlvhoi's grocery at iPirs-t •*:. Vine streets. The garni en t» were identified a* (hose belonging to f'red flutter, a German gmcer of south

Ttlstreet, on Wednesday afternoon I. lv was found by Ben Adams, a Ui '. jr.Ban, in tbe river near tbe island sooth tbe city. Th« only theory of his death Is suicide the' result of de-

Geraldine's Letter.

MY DKAR RUTH: The time has come around again for that great army of temporary officials known as census takers, to start on their rounds invading as it were, every heme in the United States. I had not thought much about it, remembered only that tho always disagreeable subject of age would come up, but when I read the list of questions that are to be asked, and such a number of unuecessary and decidedly impertinent questions too, I was quite stirred up about it and began to enquire if oven the government has aright to pry Into a persons private affairs. I found out from a friend who knows, that a certain article and section of tho constitution, provides that every ten years the people should be numbered for the sake of determining tho number of congressional delegates, but that it does not specify what questions shall be asked. That is all right to count the poople to determine the number of congressional delegates, but when it comes to being asked if you have any acute or chronic disease, its name, and how long you have bad it I cannot see that it is any of the government's business or how it would help determine the number of congressional delegates. You are also going to be asked if you are defective in mind, hearing, or spoech, whofcber you are crippled, maimed, or deformed, aud how. It a person has any of these afflictions bow cheerful and pleasant it will be to go into details abeut it to this census taker. Many a father and mother have a child whose mind has not developed with its body and who are painfully sensitive about it, and their closest friend would not presume to hint at its condition, but tho census bureau sends a stranger into their home who domands to know all about this child's affliction. "Is tho bouse you live iu hired, or is it owned by the head or by a member of the family?" After you have answered this, you will be asked if it is mortgaged, aud if so, required to give the name and post office address of the person holding the mortgage, and tbe causes, and purposes of the indebtedness. Did you over bear of anything as absurd and impertinent as that? This is a specimen of the thirty or so questions to be asked. Dopend upon it my dear, the chief of the C||n§tts bureau is a orank with a mania for htatlstio fheNvoilti Is tuu vbem lnow-a.days.

Not long since one of the

brotherhood figured out just how many people Heaven will hold. It seems to me tbat this bureau in its zeal for statistics has transcended its powors—has forgotten that the day of the inquisitor has long since passed away—has forgotten the value and sacreduess of personal liberty. I thing ono will be justified in answering a great many of these questions with a great many mental reservations.

It has always been a part of my philosophy to make the best of everything— to gather up the sunshine and to appreciate ail tho blessings of life. I hove succeeded better in every thing than In seeing the beauty and blessings of our present water works system. I drank the water until the mud got too thick for even my philosophy. It isn't fit to use in the batb, for after a bath in water yellower than the classic Tiber, "the last state of that man is worse than tbe first." A friend of mine, a young housekeeper, bad great trouble one day in making the tea-kettle boil. Tho fire was hot but tbe water refused to boil. Upon investigation she found two or three Inches of mud in the bottom of tho kettle. It is good for sprinkling purposes though unless it chokes up the hose as it is apt to do. Those whose grounds are low can soon have tbem filled up with a rich deposit of soil by using the bone faithfully for a time, but those whose grounds are sufficiently high would better use it cautiously. At the rate things are go! ng on now, all the nsud In tho bottom of of the river will be pumped out, possibly making a channel deep enough for ships to pass through. As to the filters talked of and promised so long, it looks as if they belong to the ago of fables. They are like the coach and dog.*, and the wonderful things Pip told his sister he saw at Miss Havisbam's, but afterward he steals into the forge to -M& and tells him "It's lies, Joe/' Poor Joe astonished, gasps, "At least there was dogs Pip, dog." So with'Us about the filters. With Joe, we a«"i loth to think "it's lies," and cling Ut the hopv if not filters a filter at least. Okhmahsz.

Dr. 'JP. C. Mendenhall, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, will be in the city during Polytechnic commencement week, and will oHiciate in the capacity of president of the institute while the closing exercises are on. During the last year he had done vary little active work as piesldent ot tho school has been desirous of giving uu the l^eitlon, but at tbe urgent request of the hoard of trustees has formally retained it, while the active duties .pertaining thereto have been discharged by Profeesor Waldo, chairman of tbe faculty. However, he hm followed the students In tbeir work, and on his visit will be able to take hold as though his trips had been frequent rather than far apart.