Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 January 1893 — Page 4

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PUBLISHER.

PUBLICATION OFFICE.

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The Mail is sold in the city by 250 newsboys and all newsdealer*, and by agent* in 30 surrounding towns.

TERRE HAUTE JAN. 14, 1893

AN eight ton elephant ate ninety poands of iron chain the other day and died. An elephant's stomach can stand much, but this

one

evidently drew the

line on iron chain in unlimited doses.

TIIK senator from Benton county described by an Indianapolis paper as "an old man whose face bears the stamp of devoutness and an immense wart on the left side of his nose." Such is fame at the hoosier capital.

"LONDON has a liar's club to which editors and fishermen are denied admis sion, possibly because they would stand no show, or probably because the other fellows would stand no show when brought in contact with them.

IT is announced that Private Secretary Halford will be appointed paymaster in the United States army by President Harrison before March 4th. The position ranks as major and is worth $4,500 per year. Elijah will accept, as a matter of course.

THE average age of the Indiana drummer is said to be thirty years. He must be loved by the gods most intensely, and must be very good, else he wouldn't die so j'oung. The great mortality, Nnvever, doesn't seem to decrease the r.umbor to any visible extent.

THK Prince of Wales has announced that he will not visit Chicago this year. The decision will be a relief to sensible American* who would be compelled to witness the disgusting spectacle of servile toadying which always accompanies the visits of royalty or titled heads to this country.

NOTWITHSTANDING the efiorts of the doctors, and thejpremature appearance of extended eulogistic obituaries, exSecretary Blaine persists in getting bitter, and it need be no surprise if he lives for months or years yet. If begets woll onough to read the papers it wont take him long to discover what manner of man he is, in addition to which he will learn many things concerning himself which be never knew before.

A SMALT, senatorial boomlet for Editor Shankllu, of the Evansville Courier, was been turned loose in Indianapolis, but thus far it hasn't made noise enough to attract attention. Mr. Shankltn is a most estimable gentleman and would represent his state creditably in the uppor house of congress, but this time he isn't in it, A gentleman named Turpie owns the legislature at present.

It sooms to b» settled that Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, will bo Cleve land's secretary of the treasury, which, Hhould it prove true, will bo a departure from the rule that the man for that position must be one who has an established reputation as a sound and successful business man. Mr. Carlisle may bo one of the best business men in the country, and if he is he will belong to Presi dent Cleveland by right of discovery.

A iui,i. now before the legislature ap propriutes $."0,000 for the G. A. It. encampment in Indianapolis next fall. As Indianapolis secured the enoamp rnent on the ground of its ability to accommodate and entertain the thous amis who would attend the meeting it should be allowed to foot the bill. The amount which the business men of Indianapolis will make out of the occasion is a sufficient reason why the state should ref uso financial assistance.

CUJTNKIIU's VANDKIUUI.T'S carriage over a messenger boy on the streets of New York, inflicting injuries which have since confined him in a hospital. A few days later Mr. Vandorbiltsent his lawyer

Around

to see the boy's mother

with an ofter to settle the damages for a hundred dollars. Mr. Vanderbilt evidently {lace« a very low estimate on the value of life and limb when possessed by the poor. It is such penurlousness and Hellish avarice which encourages communism and anarchy.

THK Supreme court of Pennsylvania has decided it illegal to sell a Sunday paper on Sunday. The decision was based on an old law passed duriug the last centuryJwhicli never contemplated that the Sunday paper would become a necessity. In spite of all the decisions which have been rendered in the past or may be rendered in the future, however, tke Sunday newspaper will continue to be printed, sold and read on that day The blue laws are a thing of the past more honored in the breach than the observance, and never heard of except when occasionally resurrected, as in the Pennsylvania case, to serve the purpose of a crank.

IPKONARLY

concerning

for

it is owing to the fact that

-ou cannot keep a good man down that veur Uncle Isaac Pusey Gray bobs iterenelv to the top with chronometer precision whenever anything is said

the organization of Cleve­

land's cabinet. Just now he is talked of

secretary of agriculture, a position made ridiculous by a gentleman named L- Doe v«ars ago, who was then commissioner of .•Kticoltur*. who

managed th'&bureau in a manner simi lar to that in which the old woman kept tavern. However, should Uncle Isaxc be given the position there is no reason to believe that he would allow the department to ran to seed.

IN his valedictory before the legislature Governor Chase took occasion if say something in praise of the tax law and one or two ruber acts of the Iemocratic legislature of two years ago, ami forthwith the Indianapolis Journal proceeded to jump on him, figuratively speaking, with both feet but that is nothing strange. The campaign last ^ear was more than half over before the Journal made the discovery that Chase was the Republican candidate for governor. On Wednesday morning the Express, of this city, had something to say in praise of Gov. Matthews' inaugural address, and it is iu order for some fellow-worker in the Republican vineyard to take it to task. The truth is there is altogether too much blind prejudice in politics nowadays, and it is refreshing to hear a paper or a man occasionally, at least, acknowledge that there is something good in the opposition party.

FOB the second time in its history Kansas has a governor who is not a Republican. Some years ago Geo. W. Glick defeated Governor St. John, who had been nominated for a third term, and last November Gov. Humphrey was defeated by L. D. Lewellyn, who rode.into power on the Populist crate. Glick was noted as being

the

greatest political non­

entity in the annals of that freak producing state, and for the good of the commonwealth it is to be hoped that the gentleman who was inaugurated last Monday is not of the tame stripe. The Kansas Populists are now iu a position where they can do much harm, and It is to be devoutly wished that their new governor possesses the inclination to sit down on such men as Jerry Simpson with sufficient force to knock the life out of them.

THE question of good roads is one in which every person should take a deep interest, as it is one which has recently assumed airs of national importance, and promises to hold public attention until it accomplishes its object. In this state, a Road Congress, composed of more than five hundred delegates, appointed by boards of county commissioners, municipal governments, com mercial organizations, agricultural societies and institutions, and of others interested in the betterment of our highways, wns held under the auspices of the Commercial Club, of Indianapolis, at the State Capitol last month. It is believed that much was accomplished toward the establishment of a bettersystem of road making in our state. Those present organized The Indiana Highway Improvement Association, of which any person can become a member by sending his name and one dollar to Evans Woollen, secretary, Indianapolis. It is the intention of the association to educate the people in the matter of good roads, and to influence the legislature to pass laws which will enable the people of the state to have good roads and maintain them. Certainly there is room for much improvement in the road laws of Indiana.

RAILWAY STATISTICS.

According to the report of the interState Commerco Commission this country has 1158,403 miles of railway, and a total track mileage of 216,150. There are only two states in the union which have le9s than teu miles of railway for each 10,000 inhabitants, \yhile in Europe Sweden is the only country which has ten miles of line for 10,000 people.

The total number of locomotives in use on our railroads is 32,130, and the various companies own no less than 1,215,till cars. The increase in equipments last year was 47,943, including locomotives and cars. The number of men who find employment on the railroads of the United States is 784,285. Tho engineers carry an average of 2(59,077 passengers one mile, and 2,329,639 toue of freight one mile.

The total amount of money invested in tho railroads of this country is?9,829,475,015, or $00,942 per'mile of line. The gross earnings last year were $1,096,761,395, or $6,801 per mile line. The operating expenses were $731,887,993, or §1,358 per mile, leaving the net earnings over operation $364,873 50, which was $37 per mile less than the earnings of the year previous. Tho number of passengers carried during the year was 531,183,988, and the tous of freight carried were 675,608,323. Each passenger averaged 24 18 miles traveled, and the average haul per ton of freight was 120 miles.

During the year 7,02$) persons were killed by the railways, and 33,881 were injured. Of those killed 2,660 were em ployes, and 26,140 of the injured were employes. Two hundred and ninetythree passengers were killed and 2,972 were injured. It will be seen therefore, that at least one-half of those killed on the railroads were persons who were walking on or crossing the railway tracks. The average number of employes killed was one ont of every 296, and for every 30 in the railway service one was injured. These are impressive facta and the number of railway casualties becomes startling wbeh grouped together in a carefully prepared report covering the entire country.

ANOTHER FAMILIAR FIGURE GONE. General Benjamin Franklio Butler died at hi» Washington City residence last Wednesday, at the age of 75 years, and in his death has passed away one of the brain est, most active and aggressive men which this country has ever produced. He was born at Deerfield, Mass, and when still very young his father died, leaving him with his mother-to

struggle against poyerty. Moving to Lowell, Mass., the boy's education commenced, and in 1838, at th« age of 20 years, he graduated at Waterville College, Maine, when he returned t- Lowell aiid settled down to the study of law. His success was remarkable, soon bringing him as associates such men {is Web Mer, Choate, Fletcher, Curtis, Evarts and Cushiiig. In early life he was a prominent figure iu politics iu his sta^e as a Democrat. In 1853 he was elected a member of the state house of representatives, and in 1859 was returned to the state senate. He was a delegate to the

National Democratic convention at Charleston, S. C., where he distinguished himself by voting fifty-seven times to make Jefferson Davis the Democratic nominee for president.

When a portion o^tbe delegates assembled later at Baltimore, Mr. Butler, after taking part in the opening debates, withdrew from the convention because of its pro slavery tendencies. In tip same year he was defeated as the Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts. At the time of President Lincoln's first call for troops, in 1861, he held a commission as Brigadier General of militia. On April 17,1861, he marched to Annapolis, Md., with the 8th Massachusetts regiment and was placed in command of the Baltimore district. He served through the war in Virginia, the department of the gulf and in the lower Mississippi region. Gen. Butler, on May 1, 1862, took possession of New Orleans and govorned that city vigorously until November, when he was re called by the authorities at Washington. Near the close of 1863 he was placed in command of the district of Virginia and North Carolina, being especially at the head of the Army of the James. In December, 1864, he conducted an unsuccessful movement against Fort Fisher and then returned to Massachusetts. In 1866 be was elected to congress as a Republican. In 1868 he was conspicuous in the impeachmeut proceedings against Prosident Andrew Johnson. He served three terms in congress. In 1871 he \Vas an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the office of governor of Massachusetts. In 1882 he was elected governor of Massachusetts as a Democratic-Greenback-Labor candidate. In 1884 he ran for president ou the GreenbackLabor ticket. During the- last eight years of his life Gen. Butler was not actively conspicuous in polities- What ever he undertook to do throughout his active life received his earnest attention, and was pursued with vigor to the end. He was a man who cared absolutely nothing for public opinion, no matter how forcibly expressed, and never seemed more at bis ease than when combatting with all bis might some popular theory or doctrine. He had the courage of his convictions and knew no fear in expressing himself. Possessed by other men his varied career would have been characterized as a glaring mass of inconsistencies, but no one ever thought of applying the term to Ben Butler. When he posed as the laboring man's candidate for the presidency in 1884 he traveled through the country in the most palatial of palace cars,sported diamonds, and was everywhere attended by a valet, yet the laboring men never seemed to catch On to the ridiculousness of the situation. He was a man to whom anything which he undertook seemed possible, and that he may have failed in many things was due to no lack of ability or energy on his part.

Terre Haute Carpet Hall—Closing out sale now in progress. Great bargains are being offered. Carpets atid other goods at cost. *Don't neglect this rare opportunity. Call and see the display of goods and compare prices. You will be sure to buy. 309 Wabash avenue.

That's all right about the New Method Laundry. It came hereto stay, but its proprietor didn't expect to leap into the large business which he is now onjoying in so short a time. The New Method has alreadj7 become one of the institutions of the city through the excellence of its work. Call and see for yourself, or leave your order at No. 725 Main street and the wagon will be sent around for your washing.

The annual inventory of Goodman & Hirschler will be taken on the first of February, and before that date arrives they want to make a material reduction iu their very large stock. With this end in view they have determined to put a lower price on all goods on their shelves than has ever before been known in this city. This they will do especially on heavy overcoats, their stock of which they are goine to close out entirely, regardless of price. Remember the place— 410 and 412 Main street.

Wall paper nt one-half regular price. Closing out sale at Walmsley's Carpet Hall.

Olives 30 cents per quart at J. H. Simmons'. Burget and Hidden have removed their insurance office to No. 28 south. Sixth Btreet, where they have a line of the best comDanies in the country.

Closing out sale at Walmsley's Carpet Hall now in progress. Unusual bargains. Are yon interested?

Have you seen those fine Balk Olives, only 30 cents pes qnaat, at J. H. Simmons'?

Go to E. R. Wright & Co., for extra fat geese and ducks, also choice country and cream# ery butter, rabbits and squirrels.

Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure for Croup,

TERR*] HATJTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, JANUARY 14, 1893.

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AMUSEMENTS.

Some Rare Attractions In Store for Aniuseiiitnt Lovers During tlie Coming: Week— "Across the Potomac"To-night, Followed by "The Fast Mail," "The Grey Mare"and

Oiliei First Class Performances. Ti night will be presented at Naylor's for the first time "Across the Potomac," a romance of the late war, by Augustus Pltoil and Edward M. Alfriend. It has the reputation of being one of the best war playa-ever written, and is presented by August Pitou's own company, one of the largest and best now on the road. The chivalry and heroism of both armies is well portrayed and developed in such a way as to stir the patriotism of the audience without reviving sectional animosity. After witnessing it in New York Col. Robert G. Ingersoll wrote: "We all enjoyed "Across the Potomac," and unanimously voted it a success. The rage and flame of war are in the play, and something better. We all concluded, that after all, love is better than war, and that it is far nobler to save than to destroy—better to unite than to break hearts. The play leaves a good taste in the mouth, is clean, spirited and holds the attention to the end, leaving everybody happy beneath the outspread wings of peace." Over sixty persons will appear in the cast here to night and doubtless standing room will be atva premium.

THE FAST MAIL.

On Monday evening, Jan. 16th, Lincolu J. Carter's great sensational play, "The Fast Mail," will be presented. This is said to be a melodrama of more than ordinary merit, while the scenic and mechanical effects equal anything that has ever been given in this city. There i3 a representation of an engine room on a Mississippi steamer, showing the fur naces under the boilers in active opera tion. A realistic train of cars shoots across the stage with wonderful effect. The moonlight on the Falls, and_the roaring of the plunging waters, the mist arising frofft the seething current make the scene as realistic one as it would be po-sible to make it. The play has an absorbing plot and the lines are all strong. There is. plenty of humor to re lteve the pathos, and altogether it is hWd to get a play of more perfect symmetry. The members of the producing company are said to show a good conception of the author's ideas, and they portray them with commendable accuracy.

THE GREY MARE.

Without doubt our theatre goers will heartily welcome the coming to Naylor's on Wednesday evening, January 18th. of the highly successful comedy, "The Grey Mare," from the Lyceum Theatre, New York. It is a comedy that gives an audience incessant opportunities to laugh, and that is just what audiences want. The idea on which the story is developed is both original and extremely humorous, yet not impossible. The mauy ludicrous situations, strange entanglements, sudden unlooked for tab leauxand happy climaxes are as well natural

as

equally consistent. Thestory

briefly is that of a young medical mau in the piece who asserts that social fib bing is a crime against morality. Th»lady to whom be is betrothed contest* this argument. In order to prove in round about way to her that he is correct the doctor tells a fib and awaits the con sequences with a confident belief that they will demonstrate his theory. His faith is entirely justified. Having begun his career of prevarjeation ho declared that he had spent the previous afternoon astride a grey mare, he is pres ently involved in sufficient difficulties* to maintain a logic less defensive than his own. The fact that his brother did at the time mentioned ride (his own) a mare of this neutral color, and tuereby caused an extraordinary amount of actual and mental damage to a number of people, naturally brings the innccent fibber into suspicion and disgrace. The grey mare was used as a vehicle for elopement. In its pr'1 rress towards Gretna Green it lame.i itself, and destroyed the neighbor's fences and flower beds, as well as the pBace of mind of a respectable family. The unwise young doctor is called upon to pay the bill for their misdeeds. He gets into other troubles having a direct relation to the apocryphal steed which an evil genius prompted him to say he had ridden. Complications one after another ensue until the fibber almost loses his reason and his sweetheart at the same time. The clever brothers finally hitch their disturbing animals to the wedding coach, and the play conies to a happy finish at the church door. Seats on sale Monday morning.

CHAS. A. I/ODER.

Lovers of musical farce comedy will be delighted to know of the engagement of the popular comedian, Chas. A. Loder, and his own company of comedians, singers and dancers, announced for Friday evening, January 20. Mr. Loder will appear in his great character, Judge Herman Pottgeiser, in the successful comedy, "Oh, What a Night." The management of the company asserts that "Oh, What a Night," is not a farce comedy, but a genuine high-class comedy with an interesting and highly amusing play, with acting by actors, singing by singers, dancing by dancers, and comedy by comedians. This being the case the attraction should do well here. Seats go on sale Wednesday at the usual price.

ROLAND HEED.

Pleasure is taken in announcing the appearance on Saturday evening, January 21, of the well known and popular comedian, Roland Reed, supported by bis own company of playera, in Mr. Rted's new and original eccentric comedy, by W. Stokes Craven, entitled "Innocent as a Lamb." Mr. Reed fa meeting with great success this season in his new play, and his engagement

CH ii he considered a comedy event of much importance—-OHO that should call out a large and fashionable audience. Seats will be placed on ale Thursday morniug, January 19.

RINOtiOLD BALL..

The fvinagold b.uui met at their new headquarter* on .»uuth Fifth strti Thursday and dec (led to make HI» etfort to procure new uuiforms. The plan adopted was to ue ihe proceeds of their seventeenth annunl !ail, which will be given foon. and ihe mainder by giving a grand oiehestra coneertat the oper* bousH toward the clo^e of the season. This is a good move on their part and should b« met with tho hearty approval and support of all our music loving citizens.

Assignee's sale at Merritig's, O./J Main svreetl Pictures, frames and artists materials away below cost., Oil and st for yourself.

Have you bought any of those fine Bulk Olives, only 30 cents p-«r qunri, J. H. Simmons', 031 Wabash ,»vcmm?

What Polly Did.

"I feel as cross as a bear!" said Polly as she came in from school. "Then you have a good chance to make the family happy," and grandma smiled "Your mother has a headache, the baby wants to be amused and little brother is fretful. Across bear will make him cry, and then the baby will cry, too, and that will make your mother's headache worse, and" "Why, grandma, what do you mean?" interrupted Polly. "Oh, I haven't finished what I want to say. Thatis what across bear will do, but a good natured bear can make Jamie laugh, and then perhaps Jamie will make the baby laugh, and if your mother hears them perhaps her head won't ache so badly, aud if she grows better it will surely make papa smile when he comes home, and if papa smiles I shall be happy too." "All right," said Polly. "You'll see what a good natured bear can do."

She went into the nursery and capered so comically that Jamie laughed with delight. Then she took his hand and they danced back and forth before the baby, sitting in her high chair, and Jamie's laugh was soon echoed by little May.

Mother heard the happy little voices through the closed do6r and said to grand ma, "It is better than medicine to hear these dear children." "That is what 1 told Polly," replied grandma.

At the tea table papa said, "It is such a comfort to find mamma's headache is really better," and he smiled at Polly, while grandma beamed at both of them as she poured the tea. "It's like a 'Mother Goose' story," said Polly. "The bear began to please the little brother, the little brother began to amuse the baby, the baby began to cure the moth er, the mother began to comfort tho father, the father began to cheer the grandma, the grandma—she began it all!" and Polly stopped for want of breath.—Youth's Com panion.

Importance of Being on Time. Few women realize the importance of promptness in the matter of keeping an engagement. A few minutes more or less in their eyes is too trivial to be regarded, and when they say 10 o'clock 10:20 will answer just as well, they think, and would be much offended if a person were to suggest that it is anything but pleasant to be kept waiting such a length oft time.

How many young men could tell of impatient moments spent in a parlor waiting for some fair damsel who was to have been ready at 7:45, but who fails to materaline until the clock on the mantel reveals the fact that at least half of the first act is over? It is all a matter of habit. Either way, a woman can just as easily make it a rule to be always prompt as to be always late.

The one on whom you can depend will bo the one. to get the most invitations, while the other may be asked out once or twice before her ways are discovered, but it will not. be a very frequent happening when she is at last found out, for men of business methodr. carry even into their social engagements an exactitude that they expect of others, jnd the woman who lets a man cool his heels at the door of some dry goods store for a half hour before she puts in an appearance, or fusses over her gown until the soup is cold or the curtain ip will not havo the enjoyment that the !0 who is on time to the minute is almost rtain to derive.—Philadelphia Times.

The Swedish Girl's Trunk of Llncu.

Swedish girls who come to this country seeking employment as housemaids usually bring with them at least one trunkful of household linen. It is really part of a potential wedding trousseau, for every Swedish girl counts upon getting a husband one day, and prepares against the event by years of sewing. The trousseau is begun in childhood, and doubtless there art Sweeish girls on the verge of old maidenhood who pathetically carry "about these evidences of preparation for an event that seems destined to indefinite postponement. —New York Sun.

Children Should Sit Erect.

Children should be taught to sit erect, especially if they are growing rapidly. When tired or in a position for rest, let them lie down and entirely remove the strain from the muscles of the back. If youngsters who suffer from dizziness or headache are carefully observed, it will frequently be noticed that their position is faulty. The curved form of the spine results in a pulling of the muscles of the back of the neck, and the difficulty is quite certain to be removed by correcting the habit of sitting.—New York Commercial Advertiser.

Never buy secondhand bedding unless you know exactly from whom it came when it was new»and if any one had been sick on it. _____

Many persons buy material for their own traycloths, h°ve them stamped at some art establishment, then embroider them themselves.

For Some Firstclass Bargains

Business or Residence

PBOPEBTY

See L. D. POWER,

OHIO STREET,

Who does a general 3'EAL ESTATE and INSURANCE business.

Make

Mistake

But go to

As hundreds of Ladies are doing who appreciate low prices on

Cloaks

and

S

Furs

It may seem strange to you that we are selling

5 JACKETS

fpr

$1.98.

S 8 JACKETS

for

2.98.

$10 JACKETS

for

5.00.

$12 JACKETS

for

6.75.

$15 JACKETS

for

8.98.

$20 JACKETS

for

12.50.

Overcoats and Kerseys, Covert Cloth and Clay Diagonals AH our fine \Vrap3 and Mantles away down in price to close out before inventory.

Fine Fur Capes

At About Half Price.

Muffs and Small Furs of every description at greatly reduced prices.

Beaver Capes Marked Down. Monkey Capes Marked Down. French Seal Capes

Harked Down.

Astrakhan Victoria Capes Marked Down.

Some Lovely Box Capes in Seal will be sold at $22.50. Former price $38. Cheap Capes at Greatly Reduced Prices.

We make things lively with low prices.

Remember our Great

LINEN SALE

Continues. Stop and Examine the Exceptional Values being offered in our Linen Deparment.

HOBERG, ROOT & CO.

518 and 520 Wabash Avenue |j

IP I

Copy/DCMT*^

LIGHT!

Some people prefer darkness to light. Those who sell poor

goods

always prefer dark places to show them There is no dark places in T. H. Miller's store, and no poor shoddy goods in any department Men's, Youths, Boys or Children's Clothing. You will always find the best quality of goods and lowest possible living prices. 522 Wabash Ave, near Gth. P. 8.—Either Ready Made or Made to Order.

CLEVELAND BUFFALO TRANSIT CO.

"C. & B. LINE."

Remember that commencing with opening of navigation (May 1,1893), thin company will place In commission exclusively between

CLEVELAND and BUFFALO

A Daily Line of the Most Magnificent Side-Wheel Steel Steamers on the Great Lakes.

Steamer will leave either city every evening (Sunday included) arriving at destination the following morning in time for business and all train connections. QUICK TIME,

EXCELLENT SERVICE, LOW RATES. For full particulars see later IHSUCH of thl* paper, or add rem T.P.NEWMAN, H. ROGERH,

Oen'l Manager. Oen, Pawt. Agt» CLEVELAND, O.

Dr. B. B. GLOVER,

Specialty Diseases of the Rectum. 104 SOCTH SIXTH STRBBT