Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 21, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 January 1891 — Page 4
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TERRE HAUTE, JAN. 17, 1891
Those people who rushed down to 2*ew Orleans to »ee the prize fight should have lived two thousand years ago in Rome. There were some exhibitions then that would have suited them.
ON the average book writing is not a lucrative profession but there are some shining exceptions. Mrs. Burnett is said to have an income of $25,000 a year from her pen. Mr. Howells and a few others also "live in clover."
AFTER all Lhe railroad business seems to have some drawbacks. During 1890, 2» companies, with 3,000 miles of track and ?I0."» 000,000 of securities, became in solvent. Borne yery much smaller kinds of business did better than that.
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now it is said that Emperor Wil
iiarn, of Germany, is going to propose a universal disarmament of the European nations. Very good if true, but where does the young man's warlike spirit come in in such an arrangement?
SIXTY TIIOI'.SAND people out of employment in Heriin, men and women starving in London and ten thousand thrown out of work in the Mahoning valley by the shutting down of the furnaces. Truly, our civilization lucks something of complete success still.
A sc ientist of hitch standingin Berlin has expressed the conviction that Dr. Koch's new consumption cure is killing instead of curing those to whom it is administered. There seems to be a great falling oil" of confidence already in the new wonder. Can it be that Koch has only added one more to the sadly long list of failures to cure the most terrible disease from which the race suffers?
Jooi)-itYK, Senator Farwell of Illinois. Your money bugs secured you an unexpired term in the United States senate but can not secure your election for another term. Three farmer legislators stand in the way of such a victory. But tho loss is not great. You were never designed for a nation's lawmaker and it was an anomaly that you should ever have got there at all. May the day como speedily when some others of your ilk shall bo eliminated from the senate.
Mas. CiiKVKi.ANn is reported to have returned recently a check for $600 sent her by a publisher who requested an article on her personal recollections of tho White House. The late mistress of the White House is to be commended if she did this. Doubtless she took the view that tho large sum was a tribvte to her notoriety and high social position, rather than to Ler gifts as a writer and she preferred to let the money of publishers go, where it ought to go, to those hard-working men and women who make thoir livelihood by authorship.
OKOHOK KKNNAN, the intrepid Siberian exploror and lecturer, thinks there is little hope of freedom in Russia for many years to come. The system of military espionage and iron rule over the masses Is so perfoct and complete that it seems an uttor impossibility for any concerted action or uprising among them. Tho sporadic attempts at revolution ate the work of Individuals who take their lives in their hands and generally meet with death or, whai is worse, exile to Siberia. Russia is in fact the nightmare of modern civilization—a horrible dream. When will Russia awaken from it?
AM. wills are criticised and that of Emma Abbott i* no exception. Members of her company supposed they would oome In for a share of her estate and theatrical people complain because she left bequests to several churches* Doubtless Emma Abbott did not dispose of her property as others might have done, but alter all the person who earns a fortune has the ben right to decide how it shall be disposed of, though St is a mistake that large estates are not in the main given away in the owner's lifetime, thus avoiding much wasteful litigation.
SKNWTOK JOHN SIIKNMAN is one ot the most level-headed of our public men and his proposition that the United States shall aid in building the great Nicaragua canal is a sensible and farsighted one. The estimated cost of this grand waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is S190,000,000— too large an undertaking for individual enterprise and one which may well ask the backing of a nation. The United States would own and control the canal and is only asked to guarantee the bonds issued in payment for the work of construction. The l^oreign Affairs Oamrnittee, after carefully considering the mat* ier, are unanimous in recommending this action by the United States.
TIIK Indianapolis Sentinel of last Mon day published elaborate reports from the towns in Indiana using natural gas to show that there is no falling off In production of the precious commodity. Nevertheless it appears that many wells have failed and that a well lasts bat three years. New one* have to beaunk, which, it is said, How all right. But if there is as much gas a* ever how does it come that those towns to which the gas is piped all report a declining pressure?
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Evidently there has been a falling off in the supply and it is only a question of time when all the wells will give outand the gas fields will be exhausted, as has been the case in parts of Ohio and tennsylvania. If we are to have gas for fuel permanently it is clear that we must learn how to make it for ourselves. Nature has pointed the way, which isprobably aJl she intended to do
THE most interesting part of Emma Abbott's will is that wherein she directs that her body be burned after having first been tested by electricity to see if life is extinct, the ashes to be deposited beside the remains of her husband. This action of the noted and beautiful singer will have an influence in developing a sentiment favorable to cremation, which for some years past has been steadily increasing in this country. Another noteworthy feature of her will is that the great bulk of her estate goes to charitable institutions. She provides muni ficiently for her father and mother and gives ?25,000 apiece to her brothers and sisters, but most of what she was able to earn goes to relieve the unfortunate and suffering. Her will speaks, as did her life, of a true and noble heart.
WHOLESALE SURGERY. A singular scene will be witnessed at the Emergency Hospital, Chicago, tomorrow. A member of the Masonic order suffered a surgical operation for the removal of a cancer. The cancer was destroyed but the wound refused to heal because no skin will form over it. It is necessary that it be covered with human skin and to accomplish this 150 members of the order have agreed to surrender each a square inch of his cuticle, which will be taken from theii arms on the day mentioned and applied by the snrgeous to the sick brother.
It is stated that every man in the commandery of which the invalid is a member volunteered to suffer the slight amputation necessary to supply the requisite amount of human cuticle. The case is a novel and interesting one and speaks well for the humanity and brotherly love of the order.
BEHRING SEA.'
Lord Salisbury, outwitted iu his efforts to negotiate a satisfactory treaty on the Behring Sea controversy, has contrived to carry the case into the Supreme court, at Washington, or rather has tried to do so, for it remains to be seen what success his effort will have. Under cover of one of its own citizens her Majesty's government formally appears in the Supreme court and asks a decision on legal points which boar on an international controversy now in course of negotia tion. In other words, the British government steps in to press the case of an individual litigant. Nothing like tnis was ever heard of before and it is not to be supposed the court will entertain the suit at all. More than that, it is a ques tion if the British government has not put a deliberate affront upon the United States by its action. The subsequent proceedings are awaited with considerable interest, and it is expected that Mr Blaine's hand will be vigorously apparent therein.
One thing is certain this country intends to fufly protect its rights in the Behring Sea business tis long as the present administration has control of affairs. Lord Salisbury will probably realize that fact after while.
THE LATE PANIC.
It will be remembered that The Mail was an optimist during the financial llury in November and December, It took no stock in the lugubrious predictions which some of the newspapers were theu circulating, but expressed the conviction that the country would continue to oe prosperous, and such has proved to be the case.
Business has moved along smoothly and the financial recovery has been even more speedy and complete than could have boon expected. The Bank of England has again reduced its rate of interest to 4 per cent., few failures are reported, the deposits in the banks have steadily increased and there is money at reasonable interest for all legitimate enterprises. Bankers report a good but not urgent demand for money, general collections good, although in some lines rather slow, and considerable buying of commercial paper by country banks.
There may be less of a boom and speculative element in this year's business but if so it will be all the better. What the country wants is safe, steady prosperity, year in and year out, rather than booms and speculation. The indications are favorable for such a state of things during the present year.
Mardl Qras.
$22.25 round trip via Evansville Route, to New Orleans, tickets good going February 3rd. to 9th inclusive, and retorning until February 2Sth. Only one change of cars. Shortest and quickest route. Gall at 636 Wabash Avenue for information in detail.
R. A. CAMPBELL, Genl. Agent.
Ringgold mask ball at Germania hall, Monday eve., Jan. 19th.
Money for the Boy*.
The Detroit Free Press wants to secure a lively boy In this locality to sell their famous weekly. The Free Press is the most popular and one of the best selling papers in the United States. It is sup plied to dealers on very liberal terms the Company taking back all unsoulc copies and requiring payment only for such papers as are sola.
Only one boy is appointed in & town, so the boy that writes first, giving good business references*, will probably get the agency. State how many papers you think yon can sell at five cents each, and they will at onee be forwarded, reaching yon in time for Saturday sales Address The Free Press Co., Detroit, Mich. Anyone on writing for it can geta sample copy of The Free Press free.
TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAHi
A SHOR1 SERMON BY TALMAGE. Rev. T. DeWittTalmage, writing nn derthe head of "I Sometimes Think," and with a frankness that commands admiration, thus frees his mind of serious reflections which have suggested themselves to him:
That there is nothing proposed by men that can do efifectiye work like omnipotent Gospel. The religion of Ralph Waldo Emerson was the philosophy of icicles, the religion of Theodore Parker was a sirocco of the dessert the religion of Renan was the romance of believing nothing: the religftn of Thomas Carlyle was oaly a condensed London fog the religion of the Hurleys and the Spencers is merely a pedestal on which human philosophy sits shivering in the night of the soul, looking up to the stars, offering no help to the nations that crouch and groan at the base.
That the church needs a change in quality as well as quantity df membership. One half the professed Chris tians amount to nothing. They go to church. They have a kind regard for all religious institution-. But as to any lirm grip of the truth, and enthusiastic service of Christ, any cheerful self-de* nial, any overmastering prayer, any capacity to strike hard blows for God, they are a failure. One of the thing these half-and-half professors ought to do—either withdraw their names from the church-roll, or else go so near the fire as to get warm.
That the mission chapel has become a kitchen where the church does its sloppy work. Hundreds and thousands of churches in this country—gorgeously built and supported—that even on bright and sunshiny days are half full of worshipers and yet they are building mission chapels, because, by some expressed or implied regulation the great masses of the people are kept out of the main audience room. Now, I say thut any place of worship which is appropriate for one class is appropriate for all classes. Let the rich and the poor meet together the Lord, the Maker of them all. Mind you, I say that mission chapels area riecessity, the way churches are now conducted but may God speed the time when they shall cease to be a necessity. God will rise up and break down the gates oi the churches that have kept back the masses. And woe be to those who stand in the way! They will be trampled under foot by the vast populations making a stampede for Heaven.
That" sometime when we have sorrow ourfriends come in,and they try to sympathize with us to a certain extent, but they cannot understand all the grief. They do as well as they can, but they cannot understand it altogether. But, blessed be God! Christ knows. He has been all through the trouble, and all around about it. He has counted the tear, and counted the groans, and before the tears started, and before the groans began he saw the hiding-place of the sorrow. Bone of our bone flesh of eft tlesb heart of our heart sorrow of our sorrow. As long as He remembers Lazarus' tomb, He will stand beside us in the cemetery. As long as he remembers his own heart-breaks, He will stand with you in the laceration of your affect.ons. When He forgets his footsore way, and His lonely nights, and His weary mind, and his exhausted body, and His awful cross, and His solemn grave, then will He forget you but not until then.
That there are times when we ought to give ourselves to the contemplation of that solemn mement when to the soul time ends and eternity begins. This ought not to be a depressing theme. On earth, with many of you, the evening is the happiest part of the twenty-four hours. You gather about the stand. Yon talk and laugh and sing. You recount the day. You plan for the morrow. You have games and repartees. Amid all the toil of the day that is the goal for which you run, you thrill with the thought that it is toward evening. So death comes to the disciple! What if the sun of life is about to set? Jesus in the day spring from on high the per petual morning of every ransomed spirit. What if the darkness comes? Jesus is the light of the -world and of Heaven. What though this house does ci unable? Jesus has prepared a house of many mansions. Jesus is the anchor that always holds. Jesus is tbei light that is never eclipsed. Jesus is the fountain that is never exhausted. Jesus is the evening star, hung up amid the gloom of the gathering night.
To the Mardi Qras at New Orleans February 10th. These carnivals are famous all over the world and need no description tourists have come direct from Europe at this festival time to see this quaint historic city in its holiday attire.
The Queen & Crescent Route is 94 miles the shortest and quickest line running from Cincinnati through Chattanooga by Lookout Mountain and Birmingham, Ala., crossing the famous Lake Pouchart rain bridge over 21 miles long and one of the most magnificent feats of railroad engineering in tho world.
Round trip tickets to the Mardi Gras at half rates. The only line running the Mann Boudoir Sleeping Cars (Owned by the Pullman Co but instead of berths opening into the aisle, each section is in a small drawing room and is sold at the same price as the regular open berths unequalled in comfort for families and invalids, or any one desiring the comfort of a private room. First class Buffet service on all care.
Trains leave Central depot every morning and evening with through cars. Ticket offices all over the country sell tickets over this line, or they can be purchased at depot, and Q. AC. ticket office, 92 West 4th street* or by addressing D. G. Edwards, G. P. A T. agent, Cincinnati^ O.
Neither fire nor smoke nor dust and no flies on our clothing. It is clean and fresh and must be sold. This means money to the man or boy that wants to BUY. FORD «FC OVERSTREKT.
Have you seen our elegant overcoats, those heavy winter coats that we are now making up for $30? They are the same kind usually sold for $45. These are the greatest bargains ever offered. Come and get first choice. All shades.
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KNIGHT & GROVER.
Rooms over Buckeye Cash Store, corner Sixth and Main.
MzS CHEAP FENCE. Slat wire fence, four feet high, plain wire, 60c a rod Galvanized, 75c a rod. For sale by Terre Haute Shovel & Tool Co., South 3rd Street.
Amusements.
XTATLOR'S OPERA HOUSE Wilson Naylor—Manager.
To-Night, Saturday, Jap. 17,
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And an excellent company in the musical extravaganza,
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NewMusic, Songs and Specialties. lE^P-ICIES, 75, 50 & 35. Secure seats at Button's.
^TAYLOR'S OPERA FOUSE •, Wilson Naylor, Manager.
Tuesday Eve., January 20th, ZMZ. IB. LEVITT'S
Spectacular Production of the Pantomimique Burlesque,
More Novelties, Company Bigger and Better than ever. PEICES $1, 75, 50 & 35.
"VPAYLOR'S OPERA HOUSE. -I-N Wilson Naylor, Manager.
Wednesday, January 21st. OLIVEB ZBYOZROST
The Plunger,
Supported by the charming artiste, MISS KATE BYRON and a strong company, Featuies of the Play—Elevated Railway Train in motion an Elevated Railway Station a Fierce Kncounter between the Plunger and Jim Thunder-storm with torrents of real water. PBICES, 35, 50, 75 & $1.
~VTAYLOR'S OPERA HOUSE. -LN Wilson Naylor Manager.
^Thursday, Eve., January 22,
THE GREAT AND ONLY
Supported by his charming little daughter, MATT IE and the Rooney Musical Comedy Company, in
PAT'S NEW WARDROBE.
PRICES, 75, 50 AND 35.
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Saturday, Jan. 24,1891.
The Great Event of the Season, the Institution of Nest No. 10.
We will leave Union Depot, Terre Haute, by SPECIAL TRAIN at 10:30 a. m., Saturday, January 24, and arrive in Cincinnati at6p.m. over the E. FC T. H. and O. & M. Railroad fare from Terre Haute to Cincinnati.
$8.05 Round Trip.
Retuf tickets good to January 26, inclusive. This is a very low rale, and over a new route for most of our members. Added to all this is the companionship of our St. Louis broth era. Really, you cannot afford to miss it. Lay aside the cares of business for a couple of days,and draw fresh inspiration from the hearty good fellowship which always prevails on these occ&sions.
Remember the date,Saturday,Jan. 24. Remember the time,10:30 a. m. Remember the fare,83.65 round trip. Through sleepers will be attached to train leaving Cincinnati Sunday night.
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Due notice of this sale will be given in tlie daily papers.
Wait for it!
Hoberg, Root & Co.,
518 & 520 Wabash Avenue.
STATE AND COUNTY
Taxes for 890.
Notice is hereby given that, the Tax Duplicate for the Year 1890 is now in my hands, and that I am now ready to receive the Taxes charged thereon. The following table shows the rate of taxation on each $100 taxable property and Poll Tax in each Township,.
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all cases whem as much as one-half of the amount of taxes charged
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First Installment of Taxes.
Tax-payers who have Free Gravel Itoad and Drainage Tax to pay, should see ..that they have a separate receipt, for each road and Drain the property Is assessed on. For the collection of which I may LW found A my office In Terre Haute,(isdirected by law Kf Pay Your Taxes Promptly and Avoid Cost.
GUS. A. CONZMAN,
Decamber 31, 1890. Treasurer Vigo County.
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