Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 21, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 January 1891 — Page 4

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TEREE HAUTE, JAN. 31, 1891.

SECRETARY WINDOWS DEATH. The Hon. William Windom, secretary of the treasury department of the United States, died Thursday night while seated at the banquet table of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation at Delrnon ice's, New York city. Without •warning and in the midst of a most happy occasion the tragic event occurred. Ex-Secretary of State Bayard •wan at the time responding to a toast and glanced toward bis honored friend opposite only to see him growing deathly pale and losing his balance in his chair. The next instant Mr. Windom fell biurk and within ten minutes all signs of life hud disappeared. Continued attempta were made to reyive him by means of electric shocks, but the heart had completely collapsed and the efforts were in vain. The sc#ne which but a brief period before had been on« of liveliest character became one of great griof. Tho tables were abandoned and guests departed to their homes carrying tho news of tho blow all had received. The echoes of the secretary response to the toast "Our country's prosperity, dependent upon its instruments of commerce," which was tho one preceding Mr. Bayard's, had hardly died away when the voice which gave them birth ceased too forever.

Mr. Windom was a man of great worth, sincoro in christian devotion, noble in character and of high aim in life. To every duty undertaken he imparted a conscientious attention of inestimable importance. As secrotary, he displayed financial »hrewdnese which on more than one occasion averted serious disaster in tho commercial world. His administration was conseryative and at the sumo time judiciously liboral, so that his hand will be seriously missed in tho guidance of tho nation's finances in days to como.

Mr. Windom was a man of family and loaves a wlfo, one son and two daughters upon whom the blow will bo most nevero. Ho also leaves a host of warm political and social admirers who will add their griof to that of the family in the country's bereavement. The secretary was subjoct to heart attacks and possibly had a premonition of hie death for ho asked on finishing his toast that tlioro 1)0 no applause. This was thought singular, but no groat importance was attached to it until death so suddenly removed the great man from their midst. His removal seems in a sense a continuation of the fatality that has marked President Harrison's administration from tho tirat, and following so quickly upon other disasters possesses an additional sadness that will impress itself upon all.

AFTER ELECTRICITY WHAT* Tho statement has recently been made by scientific men that tho steam engine if» going out, which means that the age of steam is to ho succeeded by tho age of electricity. And seeing what electricity has dono in rocont years this does «ot soein Inoredlblo.

But back of such statemont and belief is a world of suggestion. If electricity is to succeed steam what powor is to succeed electricity? Are thore forces in nature more subtle and powerful oven than tho electric fluid which are yet waiting to be revealed to man? It would seem so, for to believe otherwise would be to assume that

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end of discovery, bew minds would be arrogant enough to entertain such thought. Doubtless it will be as it has been: the race will lift the veil of nature higher and higher, revealing moro and more of hnr mysterious powers. The historv of man has been that of gradual progress from things coarse and clumsy to things more tine and delicate front the earthly to the spiritual. The first man i-hipped himself a rough axe out of stone. Hi* descendant* discovered that some kinds of ro conid be melted into crude f-' age of to wuh tli!1 to axe

a ureiii advance over the The edged tools of to day, kct»!ini"*s. are as spirit y*vi with Use crude battle

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come J*me* Wait .,nn revealed the power of M«»m. That ti-au^forumd the world --praotieaUy ieer*ated it. Meantime Frankl.n and others were experimenting with tho lightning ilssh-with that strange, inrisil l#, subtle power, which seems to reidde in all things-of which men h»d long stoixi »wful

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the angrr voicfl and glano® of (tod himself, fit onlv to scathe and burn and wither. That is the power which now ulka instantaneously between the ends of the earth, that light* parlor, and church and street with the brilliancy of day, that propels machinery and speeds the ears on a thousand electric railways —that is the silent, irresistible power which is to supplant the noiay, cumbersome steam! Wonderful Indeed.

But what then Is electricity the end any more than horse, or wind, or waterfall or steam was the end? From grow to fine, from the physic*! to the spiritual

is the order of nature. But what can be less gross or material than eleotricity? That we do not yet know. Perhaps it is some essence simple and all-pervasive, aronnd us, through us, in us, which as yet we have not the fineness to apprehend, but which will be revealed when our natures have become delicate and sensitive enough to perceive it. The Edison of the post-electric age has not yet made his appearance, but he will surely come when the time is ripe for him.

WILL THEY OO

The London Times believes it has found the trne solution of the negro qnestion in America and it is to send the negroes to Africa, where they come from. This is not an original idea. The subject has been more or less discussed for years past, but the new opening np of the great Dark Continent at this time and the discovery of its rich resources, naturally puts the project in a more favorable light.

Everybody aeems to admit that Africa would be a good place for the African. It is his native cMrne and he would flourish there. Thereare millions of acres of rich land waiting for him and no one to molest or make him afraid. He could live in peace, under his own vine and fig tree, run politics to suit himself and have a jolly good time generally. The white brother would not vex him nor would he vex the white brother. It all looks very nice.

But suppose sambot'won't go? What if he prefers the troujdous land of his captivity, vj^iere he has now lived for so many generations, to his ancient home on the Congo? He is a free American citizen, be it remembered, and no one has the right or power to coerce him. Persuasion alone may be resorted to and if this fails to move him he cannot be moved. S* far it must be admitted the American negro has manifested very little interest in the recent discoveries in Africa. He seems to have become thoroughly alienated from his old home. America is good enough for him and it looks as though he intends to stay here and tight it out, unless he can be educated to take a different view of the matter. Possibly if Uncle Sam should obtain a rich tract of African territory and get up a grand colonization scheme, with a lottery feature attached and free passage to all negroes who would go, the dusky sons of Ham might look at the matter differently. But Uncle Sam seems to be concerning himself less with Africa than any one, great as his interest may eventually prove be.

THE CASH SYSTEM.

The trade papers note a growing disposition among Western merchants to do business on a cash basis. It is the testimony of many who have tried it that they are doing a larger business under the new system than under tho old. Eastern merchants are also seriously considering the matter and it is being widely and favorably discussed in the trade papers representing the various lines of business.

There certainly is much to be said in its favor. The man who sells for cash can buy for cash, which means that every article comes to his shelves at the lowest price possible, and lower than the time purchaser can buy it. Buying cheaper ana saving the expense of bookkeeping and collecting, besides the heavy loss in bad debts, it stauds to reason that he can give his customers the best goods at the lowest prices, and as this is what all men and especially all women are seeking, the cash merchant's store ought to do a larger business than any other. And he will when people seriously consider the advantages of the two svatems.

ETDWAKD BELLAMY'S article in the Ladies' Home Journal for February is crisp, suggestive and readable. "Woman in the year 2000'' will be women in a little more than 100 years from now and when we look back and consider all that has happened in the last 100 years we may have the more faith in tho great Nationalist's predictions of the transformations to be wrought in a century to come. Speaking of the unkind and unjust differences between the unmarried man and the unmarried women of to-day ho stingingly says: "While the unmarried woman of the year 2000, whether young or old, will enjoy the dignity and independence of the bachelor of to-day, the insolent prosperity at present enjoyed by the latter will have passed into salutary, it sad, eclipse. No longer profiting by the effect of the pressure of economic necessity upon woman, to make him indispensable, but dependent exclusively upon his intrinsic attractions, instead of being able to asounifl the fastidious airs of a sultan surrounded by languishing beauties, he will be fortunate if be can secure by his merits the smiles of one." How does Mr. Bachelor like that? It is pretty severe, but there is truth in it as many of us have long felu The Mail has always insisted that wamen should be no more dependent than men and the time is rapidly coming when sfce will not be. Then marriages will be made from love alone, and so they ought to be.

THKRE has been a great deal of talk recently upon the various cures for consumption, but too little attention has been given to the prevention of the disease from the milk and beef of infected cattle. It has oeen discovered within the pa*t few years that tuberculosis CM be communicated to man by means of milk and beef from cattle having the dl«e«*e, but little has be«* done in the way of prevention. In Massachusetts, near Boston, some herds have been Inspected and out *f 886 cattle 313, or more than one-fourth, were found diseased and were killed. If anything like this proportion helds good thronghoat the country, it Is evident that the danger of

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contracting consumption from diseased cattle is very great. The matter is of the utmost importance and should be made a subject of most careful and thorough investigation in every State, ,t,^

THE country will regret the defeat of Senator Ingalls, of Kansas. The keen, sharp, brilliant Kansan gave his State fame during his term in the Senate. But it is not fame but favors that the grangers want

ABOUT 'WOMEN.

Mrs. Custer, widow of the dashing cavalry general and Indian fighter, has asked to have her pension of doubled.

Sarah Bernhardt has been sitting to M. Clairin for a medallion portrait, in which she wears the crown of Cleopatra. Miniaturists are copying the print, which appeared in a French journal, on ivory to fill orders from United States jewelers.

Miss Nelly Kelly of the Ohio State Journa is a regular "first-wire" operator of the Associated press, at the same salary that is pa.d to first wire men. She takes 15,000 words in a night and at 2:30 a. m. she goes home alone aad unmolested.

Miss Mary Abell, of Baltimore, a daughter of the late Aruuah S. Abell, owner of the Baltimore Sun, is in a convent, and will probably take the veil next spring. She has a fortune of over two million dollars, which, it is expected, she will give to the Roman Catholic church.

Lady Caithess, duchess de Pomer, has applied to the French authorities for permission to erect a statue of Mary Queen of Scots, on a site adjacent to her house, at the angle of Rue Bremontler and the avenue de Wagram in Paris. She has commissioned a sculptor, Ringel to execute the statue.

The oldest banker in the world is a woman—Deborah Powers, aged 99, senior partner of the bank of D. Powers, fc Sons, Lansingberg. Her business shrewdness is quite equal now to that of her earlier years and t»he has also established and maintains the Deborah Powers home for old ladies.

The German Empress Augusta Victoria, who has already given her emperial husband five sons, is now in her 31st year, but her fair, fresh complexion makes her look younger. She has an oval face, soft blue eyes, beautiful teeth, and an abundance of blonde hair, an ensemble which is pleasing and attractive if not decidedly pretty.

Mme. Fanny Vincent, a Parisian dressmaker, has brought suit against the portly but vivacious Mme. Judic. The dress-maker wants 20,200 francs in settlement of her bill. This is said to include a large variety of articles, among them being "invisible night-corse®," "luminous Japanese petticoats" afcd other unusual luxuries.

On the eve of the marriage of Miss Lucy Drexel, of Philadelphia, to Mr. Eric Dahlgren, the bride-elect was notified that a package awaited her disposition at the custom house. It contained an elegant pearl bracelet, a wedding present from an English friend. In order to get it Miss Drexel had to pay $37 duty, half the value of the bracelet. "I want to see my old army friends," said Mrs. Custer the other day when asked if she was going to the Grand Army encampment in Detroit next year, "but I fear I cannot trust myself. We get to talking over old times and they get to crying and I cry, and then I am ill for long time afterward. So I feel as if I would do best to stay away.

Mrs. O'Shea is described by a writer whose intention is clearly not to flatter, as having the thick lips and bulging brow we see in the Cleopatra medals, and as being as cold-blooded ordinarily as Cleopatra was known to be. She is not a very tall or big-boned woman, but Is ruddy and full-blooded her hair is blond and profuse, and her complexion is fair.

Nera Sassuiitch has been the cause of more alarm to the czar than all the other Russian anarchists combined. In her early years she was a pretty governess in a little country village In Russia, and she still possesses traces of beauty. She is a woman of iroa will and stern resolution. At one time, finding it impossible to conquer her, the Rusian government is said to haye offered her a bribe of 10,000,000 rubies to quit the cause of anarchy and leave the country,

Miss Kate Field in her Wasuington, criticises Mrs. Kendal for wearing a veil when she read her address before the Goethe club: "I wonder why Mrs. Kendal should have worn a veil. She rightly looks upon her profession as ideal, and would have its surroundings equally so. Is it quite ideal to read manuscript, especially by artificial light, in a veil? Is this setting a good example? Is this holding the mirror up to the best nature? Think of the vain, silly women only too ready to imitate what is supposed to be becoming! In Mrs. Kendal's case the veil proved^ detriment to facial expression."

Mrs. Henry M. Stanley is so very tall and Mr. Stanley is so very short that when they are out together and are seen from a distance he looks like a little boy oat with his mother. The New York ladies who hare seen Mrs. Stanley all agree that she does not make any eftort to appear less tall than she is. Her straight, clinging skirts, long waist, hair puflfed high on top, tall hat on top of that, and feathers surmounting, all add at least nine indies of unnecessary length to her figure. Mrs. Stanley Juts been spoken of aa a beauty, but it Is the keen intelligence that shines in her great eyes which wins bar the greatest admiration.

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The fashionables in New York have gone on docking (that is cutting off the end of) their horses' tails, although there is a liw against the barbarous practice. The society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is collecting evidence and will prosecute the offenders, as it ought to do. There is no prettier ornament for a horse than a fine, flowing tail. Besides it is a great comfort for keeping off flies. These barbarians should read "Black Beauty."

SOCIETY HOURS. [Exchange].

There has been from the beginning of the present New York season, an attempt making for the revision of the hours of social functions, especially balls. For two or three years past the fashionable hour for beginning the daace has grown gradually later, until it is midnight. At the last big semi-public dance, given several nights since, the invitations therefore emphasized the hour of "1(1 o'clock" as the seasonable time at which guests were expected to make an appearance. Whether or not there was an organized attempt at infrisagement, as very few people went before midnight, and the few concientious individuals who stuck to the letter had a very tame interval of two hours, waiting. As a matter of fact the innovation made matters worse than ever the cotillion did not begin uutil 1 o'clock, and it was daylight when it ended. It is doubtful if existing preferences can be revised, and it is even more doubtful that there will be any more efforts looking to that end. At present the following hours seem to be derigueur: Breakfasts, noon receptions, 4 to 7 teas, 5 o'clock weddings, 6 o'clock dinners 7:30 o'clock "snaall-and-earlies," 8 to 11 dances, 10 o'clock balls,'iiidnight.

WHEN IS MARRIA QE A FAIL UR E.

THE MEN SAY:

When a wife thinks more of her relatives than of her husband. When a wife believes that her husbnad must love her whether she deserves it or not.

When a wife stoops to her husband's level and tries to equal him in being a mail.

When a wife fails to realize that patience and gentleness are more natural with her than with a man.

When a woman marries for conven ience and pretends that she is marrying for love.

When a wife pays too much attention to her husband's old vows, and not enough to the nature of the man she has actually married.

When a wife insists that her husband shall be as good as his mother, instead of as good a.s his father.

Whpn the wife blames all the trouble on her husband, instead of accepting her share.

THE WOMEN SAY:

When a man savs he caunot control his temper when with his wife and children, although they know he controls it when provoked by a larger muscular man enemy.

When a man is a liar and his wife knows it. When a man is liberal and fair and cheerful with every one, except his wife.

When a man is fool enough to expect that an angel would marry him. When a man expects that his wife ought to buy as much for one dollar us he himself can buy with two.

When a man frets because his wife did not love him before she knew him. When a man smacks his lips in recollection of his mother's cooking, and forgets that he bad a better appetite as a boy than he has a9 a man.

When a man believes that a wife should give all her time to their home, and then wonder that she never has any money of her own.—[Wichita Mirror.

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Monday

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Muslin

Underwear Sale

Will continue. In addition we will show the finest line of Infants' Long and Short Dresses, Aprons, etc., ever shown in this city, at very low prices, starting at 25c each, upwards.

Our P. D. Muslin Underwear is having a great run, several new lots have been added which will also go in the sale Monday.

Gowns 60c up, Drawers 25c up, Chemise 50c up, and Skirts 38c up. Good muslin imd perfect fitting garments.

Plaids nnd Diagonals for Early Sxjring wear at

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