Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 May 1893 — Page 1

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Vol. 23.—No. 45

RANDOM SHOTS.

After deliberating for several weeks tbe board of county commissioners dis posed of the petition asking for an increase of $1,500 per year each in the salaries of tbe judges of the Circuit and Superior courts. The signers of tbe petition were Sydney B. Davis, H. J. Baker, L. B. Martin, Robert 8. Cox, J. W. Seath, R. W. Thompson, D. Deming, A. J„ Crawford, B. G. HtfHnut, Marx Myers, B. V. Marshall, John G. Williams, W. R. McKeen, John S. Beach, C. H, Morgan, Ellis Ferguson, J. W. Collister. H. Hulman, Joseph Strong, J. D. Early and James H. Carrlthers. The old law fixed the salary of the Circuit Judge at $2,600 per year, which was paid by the state, and that of the Superior Judge at $3,000, of which §2,000 was paid by the county and $1,000 by the state. Under tbe new law the salary of each is $2,500, payable by the state, which sum may be increased to a sum not exceeding $4,000 each by tbe county commissioners, on petition of tweoty freeholders, the increase to be borne by the county. The Increase petitioned for would have increased the county expenditures $1,000 more than it was under the old law. The county attorney gave tbe board a written opinion on tbe subject in which he held that if the petition complies with the requirements of the law, and the preponderance of the evidence favors the increase, the act Is mandatory and the petition must be granted. In the face of this the commissioners refused the petition, and the case has been appealed to the Superior court. When the case is called Judgo McNutt, being an interested party, ill appoint a special judge to hear tbe evidence and determine the case. Then it will probably go to the Supreme court, and it will be several years before it is finally decided. It has been a great movement In the way of shifting responsibility to the court of last resort.

From time to time considerable has been said in these columns In relation to putting the city in good sanitary condition aud keeping it that way also in regard to t,fie bestF*ft«ans of guarding .... }}g

should be prohibited, because to a gfea extent It Is used olther solely or in part as the nourishment for children. The health officers caused an analysis of sovoral milk samples to be made atul promised further Investigation to be followed by stringent regulations and a penalty for their violation, but nothing farther has been heard of tho matter. Then the Mail published an aualysis of the water taken from more than a dozen of the wells In all portions of tho city, and it was a revelatiou. No no of it was lit to drink and much of it contaiued the substnnoe whioh breeds diseases of epldemlo nature, including typhoid fever, dysentery, various forms of bowel complaints, and eveu cholera itself. The investigation showed conclusively that there Is not a well in the city whose water is tit to drink, and that hydrant water Is far superior to all of them. These facts are known, or should be known, to tho board of health and the school trustees. It is also well known that the mortality among children from dysentery during the two last summers was fearful. Yet In the face of these facts there is not a school child in the city but Is compelled to drink well water while at school, and many of these w$Uu ar$ dug on the edge of fbe sldeValk bordering tbe gutter, while others are within the prescribed distance of seveuty-llve feet from vaults or sinks. This is a very Important matter, and one to which the board of health should give Immediate attention. If the school children are kept In healthy condition the adults can take care of themselves.

At its last meeting the olty council adopted au ordinance which abolishes the office of sealer of weights and measures, a position which has been held under this couuoil by Wm. C. Fremont. The ordinance which created Mr. Fremont, officially, was adopted January 20, 1891, aud was a very elaborate affidr of ten sections, covering almost the entiro earth, and giving unlimited power to the sealer, while It taxed each public scale at the rate of fifty dollars per annum. It empowered and directed tho sealer to Inspect and seal all scales and measures once every three months, and as much oftener as he pleated, allowing him to collect feea for each inspection, and allowing him to hold the scales until the fees were paid and sell them if the torn were not paid. It was a great ordinance far the sealer, but there is no evidence that it ever secured more correct weight or measurement for the citlsen. With all the complaint* which have been heard of short weight in coal there has never been any effort made to remedy the evil, although the ordinance which has been repealed provided that when a purchaser doubted the correctness of the weight he could demand that ItW re-welghed on any suitable scales in the city, by paying for it, and on a refusal to do this the driver or owner was liable to a fine of fifty dollars. The city

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lost nothing by abolishing the office of sealer of weights and measures, thongh the ordinance abolished contained some features which ought to haye been allowed to remain. What the city needs is a weigher on whose scales all coal, hay, or grain

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of young hoodlums who make night hideous around Asbury church whose presence should be dispensed with.

"Are you going to the World's Fair?" is a question which one hears every hour of the day, aud whioh is seldom answered in the afflrmatiye. Eveu at this short distance one is scared at the probable expense of a trip covering a period of only a woek. A gentleman of this city thought it would be a nice thing to rent a cottage ther^ for a few months, take life easy and enjoy the fair leisurely. He wrote to a ChlcagQ friend, asking him to look around for a cottage of seven or eight rooms on the Lake front, with a little bit of grass around it, and for which ho said he would be willing to pay forty or fifty dollars a month. The friend set out to fiud the de?lred domicile. After a long ride he discovered a six room cottage on the Lake front, pretty neat, and taking the address on the "For Rent" card he dropped a postal to the agent, telling him be had a friend in Terre Haute who, he thought, would rent his cottage for two or three months, and who was willing to pay a fair rent. In due time the agent replied that if the renter was ft responsible person, and would rent the coitage for six months, pay all reut In adyance and take good care of the property, he would let him have the plaoe for $4,200. The Chicago man was thunderstruck, but ho sent the reply down here, and the programme of taking a small family and maid for a summer visit to the Lake front has been reluctantly abandoned. It is said that Chicago parties who own fine homes are renting them for $1,000 to $1,200 per month, and will take their families to northern resorts for the summer, where they will be away from any danger of contact with cholera, aud at the same time be able to lift the mortgage from the home. The people of Chicago are great schemers.

There being trusU in almost every other branch of business in this country it caused no expression of surprise when it was announced this week that the Indiana Block Goal operators, who control 90 percent, of the output, have decided to pool their sales, or, at least, to conduct all sales through an a«ency in common. To this end the Indiana Block Coal Company is being organized, with Leslie Thomas, of this city, as president, with headquarters in Chicago, •which is the accepted market for Indiana coal, both block and bituminous. The operators, who last week agreed to an advance of 5 cents a ton for mining for eight months of the ensuing year, My that much coal was sold last year at less than cost, and that the new plan has bean agreed on to maintain prices. The output last year is estimated at 1,400,000 tons, and thane figures will be largely increased the present year. The capital stock of the new compacy la

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sold, and for this the city can afford to pay a good salary, and were it not for tbe fact that it might be looked upon ar another imposition on the honest granger the council might, in its infinite wisdom, pass an ordinance which would make a pound roll of butter weigh sixteen ounces instead of twelve as frequently happens.

Almost daily complaints are heard of the nuisance caused by tbe expectoration of tobacco jaice on the sidewalks, especially on Main street at the principal corners. Those who produce this kind of filth cannot be too severely denounced, nor can well merited castigation be administered too often. There are portions of tbe Main street sidewalks which are dally converted Into lakes ot tobacco juice when the weather Is at all favorable to the presence of tbe corner loafer. It is impossible for a lady to pass these points without injury to her dress unless she lifts it to her shoe tops, and if she does that she is made the butt of tbe jokes of the loafers who frequent those spots. As the police will not take tbe matter in band some kind of an organization should be formed for the education of these swine, although it is to be feared that no amount of education would bring about correction in this generation cr the next. Why cannot the police lend a helping hand? What should be done Is to have the police order these fellows to move on, and to see that the order is obeyed. There is no other city in the country where these loafers would be tolerated for a minute. There is another nuisance whioh should be abated, and for which the olty has made ample provision—the men who congregate around tho stairways of the opera house and on the sidewalks in front. There is an ordinance which makes it unlawful to loiter about theaters or upon any sidewalk adjoining the building, under a penalty of nof less than one nor more """hese loafers are in before and a£ter ba

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$50,000. Tbe directors are as follows: Leslie Thomas, C. B. Niblack, of Chicago, 1. president of tbe Brazil Block Coal Com- j»| pany F. Seigler, of Knightsviile Daniel Corkery, of Chicago H. E.jli Weaver A Getz Company, of Chicago O. S. Lyford, of the Chicago fe Eastern Illinois railroad, and Mr. Matthews, of the Watson-Little Company, of Chicago. 1 If it is to the advantage of the block coal operators to form a combination of this kind, a similar trust by the bituminous operators would be equally advantageous to tbe latter, and, if it has not already been done, it may be looked for in the near future. The trust is a great combination for those who are on the inside, but there is a steadily growing demand for its extinction,

The biennial congress of the American Trotting Association was held in Chicago this week, and was a very important eveut, no less than 305 associations being represented. The report of tbe joint committee of the American and National Trotting associations on the revision of the rules for time performances, adopted by the American Trotting Register asr sociation, aud the reduction of the flag distances from 100 and 150 yards to 75 and 100 yards respectively was, adopted unanimously. The following officers were elected: President, W. P. Ijams, Terre Haute, Ind vice president, (J. B. McFall, Oskaloosa, Iowa secretary, J. H. Stiener, Chicago treasurer. Edward Hayes, Chicago. Directors, C. L. Benjamin, Saginaw, Mich. N. J. Coleman, St. Louis E. C. Lewis, Ottawa, IH-ll George H. Ely, Elyria, Ohio and Morriitffthough it may sound J. Jones' Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Civil service rules govern in the ma ter of promotion among the employes the Yandalia, consequently it was surprise to the many friends of Cbarl R. Peddle, jr., where they learned week that President McKeen a General Manager Williams had appoi ed hina purchasing agent of the line fill the vacancy caused by the death his father, who for years had well fl! the position. The appointee lias connected with the office for a num of years, and by training and inclluati is emineutly qualified for the positio The salary is $3,000 per ye$r.

DON'T YG4TKNOW.

That -jj private scoop. That the walking delegate usually gets there with both f-iet.

That time will change everythin/r-Hftit a conterfeit dollar. J^peop^ That the style of strike is worn®841"'6 shorter than usual this seasoti.

That the busiest uian in townij^eei) man who has no business of his otmf« That every boy would rather

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lawn mower next door than the home. That it costs as much to convict a New York murderer as it does to build a public school.

That the Introduction of the cranberry into Turkey would be an eminently proper combination.

That the president is making haste very slowly in his selection of an embassador to Tammany.

That while every man has bis influence it is sometimes a hard thing to find it when He's in a hurry.

That there is little excuse for a Texas legislator indulging In poker every night on a salary of two dollars a day.

That with only one bar to the county in South Carolina the natives will have to do some tall hustling to get drinks.

That while the woman generally turns the house upside down at the spring cleaning, the man merely raises the roof.

That the4 old query "Who shall decide when doctors disagreeT" has been answered by those who have to foot the bills.

That South Carolina won't go into the business of running gambling dens until she sees how her forty-six saloons will pan out.

That Mr. Lease, of Kansas, is one of those men who don't mind a small thing like a cyclone, because he's tough and well seasoned.

That it» strange what a difference of opinion frequently exists between a man and his wife as to the beauty of their female acquaintances.

That the gentlemen with the long polee who have been assiduously hunting the persimmon have come to the conclusion that the fruit isn't ripe.

That the Pinafore performances nearly came to a sudden termination because at rehearsals one of the male performers was altogether too realistic in his embracing act.

That some men are like hornets—«1 ways found sting uppermost. They sting their friends to show their independence, and each other to keep themselves In practice.

That It is a fact not known by all men that people who make most money do it by attending strictly to their own business, and thst the fellows who srs everlastingly sticking their noees In othar people's affairs are those who make the loudest calamity howlers.

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TERRE HAUTE, END., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY (5,1893. Twenty-third Year

WOMAN'S WAYS.

Speaking to a gentleman in reference the question "Why Do Not Men ®o Church?" we said: "How does it hapthat the question is, "Why Do Not omen Go to Church?" "Obf" said he reply: "There would be no sense in ch a question, for all women are uruh-goers. It comes naturally to bem, for, being sweet, good and, gentle, ith religious tendencies, they enjoy oing to divine service and there is no "Reason to ask why tney do not go, simply ^ecause they always do go." The gentleman who voiced these words Bpoke the general sentiment of all mankind. They may call their wives and sweethearts extravagant they may think them frivolous they may laugh at their illogical reasoning, but deep in their hearts they regard all womankind as infinitely their superiors in goodness, and have a genuine respect for the religious uudertone that is the fundamental principle of a woman's entire nature, no matter how fond she appears to be of the frivols of this world. The writer of these lines is a woman and she knows the great universal heart of.,womankind bQth thoroughly and well. One woman's nature Is the same as all the rest. Tbe rurfaoe ripples may be more commotious in one life than in another, but underneath the whirlpool of contending

emotion there is always one strong underlying-motive, the desire to be good. Going to ohurch is but the outward in-

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of this desire and therefore egotistical, we bewomen are natur&lly

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who said it would neyer have to be sked concerning women, "Why they ^do not go to ohurch."

In these days of progressive womanhood it sounds like treason for a woman revel in tbe delights of her home and tbe friendship of men and women. It is rery much opposed to th» sentiments of |th6 hour to candidly confess that she loves to be petted and made much of in /aot, to declare openly that she doesn't [•Mfaat to be anything but a bright, |rave, itrue hearted helper to her Lusban*^,'a Ktender, loving mother io her children id a trusted friend and adviser for all lose who oome within the circle of her

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to mount*the platform, to run for office uud to assume the hundred and one duties poperly supposed to belong to men, such a statement seems both weak and foolish, but the home-lovers have a chance to crow a little over the ger minded of their sex when they that Mrs. Anna Potter, who aspired mayor of Kansas City, spent $9,000 in ter camgaigu and succeeded in capturing twenty-aix votes. There may be rid of glory to her in the thought twenty-six people regarded her as fit to assume the reins of local government. She may feel that her $9,000 wan wisely spent in finding out that she had twenty-six adherents, but it seems a very empty honor indeed to the woman who regards her husband's praise as the highest earthly reward and her cbilren's confidence and esteem far aboye the applause or approval of tbe great public. It may be weak, it may be unprogressive, but it is true womanliness, and tbe writer of these lines is more in sympathy with the quiet home bodies than with pushing, aggressive females who find too frequently that they have overstepped the bounds and have only dead sea fruit as their reward for their endeavors to enlarge their sphere.

Now that the sua shines once more and spring, gentle spring, seems a bit more of a reality, we want to plead with the mothers for the little folks who are traveling that up-hill road called tbe path of knowledge, and are strumming their little flneers numb on the piano or racking their youthful brains over the problem, "If John has six apples and gives Mary two-thirds of the number how many will hs have remaining?" in the tliesome effort to acquire an education. Of course minds must be developed and accomplishments learned, but little bodies must likewise expand, muscles must harden and a foundation of strength and health gained in the early years of life if it is to be obtained at all. Therefore, instead of insisting upon the doing of snms and practising of scales, tell the small folks to run out and play in the park or even on tbe side walks where tbe trees that line the curb are beginning to pnt forth tiny shoots of green, and a sparrow twitter now and again in sppreciation of ths pleasant weather. We grown ups become desperate onrselvss for change, and the routine of housekeeping or boarding becomes so monotonous at times that we would gladly flyaway if we

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leap frog, and you know that both your boy and girl have lost nothing either in mental or bodily training by tbe happy, healthful exercise in the open air, instead of studying in the close atmosphere of the school-room.

"A woman is a regular nuisance in a hotel," said a clerk, whose position calls him to daily duty at one of our finest caravanseries. "She gives an order one minute and countermands it ths next. She keeps the bell-boy running up and down and never dreams of feeing him, but smiles so sweetly that he forgets all about the money-and does his very best to remember who she is 'in' to and the half a dozen other orders about expected parcels or telegrams that she loads him down with every time she goes out for a stroll. She uses the chamoermaid as her own particular property and expects tier to clean her gowns and button her boots without extra charge. As she never makes out a laundry list she is always ready to declare that there is something missing when the wash oomes home, and insists with petty persistency until the article is discovered tuoked away in her bureau drawer, where it has been all the time. Tho number of letters that a woman thinks it necessary to write as soon as she reaches hotel would stagger the greatest professional scribble* In town, and this fad of hers UBOS up more paper than a man could consume in a year. Of course we see through her pretty little ruse, but must look as though we did not know that she wanted to show off a little to the friends at home or elsewhere, whom she Intends to astonish with a letter written on stationery bearing th6 address of some wellknown hotel. She regards everything in tbe house as put there for her especial benefit she plays the piano in the parlor, puts her jewels in the safe for one single hour at a time and would rather stand impatiently ringing the electrio bell for many minutes than to walk up one short flight of steps. As a last and crowning bit of pure womanliness, she always on principle finds fault with her bill, being absolutely certain that she has been charged too much, but when she discovers her mistake she apologizes so prettily that you forgive hor everything that she hag^sretofore done to annoy you, and yfa £r^generally sorry after all when she goes away."

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we should be lenient with tbe little girl whose hands stray listlessly over tbe keys while her eyes continually rove to the outer world where her companions are jumping rope, playing jackstones or indulging in sundry other especially springtime amusements. When the boy draws kites and bats on his slats instead of the tiresome figures that get so mixed at this time of tbe year, send him ont to play he will study all the better aftsr an hour or two of marbles, base ball or

It ofto% happens that mothers ^&ho most cartafuiare alsolfloS

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ing, not designedly so, of course, yif just as cruel results follow from this mode of action as though they were, and tbe defects are none the less apparent in their children. The neglect comes from overdoing, in supplying this and that desire which the child might supply himself and thus cultivate Independence. It is not only a waste of the mother's energy, but It is cruelty to the child to thus prevent liis development. Individuality can never come but by exercisa of the powers. Many people have never tasted tho delights of purely individual action. They can never do so until others do. They thhik what others think, if such a term can be applied to what mental activity they have. They would as soon think of cutting off their right hand as of leaving off a habit which others of their "set" indulged in, for it would make them "peculiar." So they live out their existence, and when it is ended they are not missed, for they never had enough force of character to accomplish anything positive. In many cases apart of this is native weakness, but it is oftener a result of training. Often babies are not allowed to be either good or bad. If good they must be fondled, caressed and jostled about until they become bad then mamma conscientiously lets everything else go that she may nurse poor baby, for sure he must be ill ne Is so cross I So she continues the treatment which has already tired the child out and wonders that be is so fretful. Subject yourself, gentle mother, to a like course of treatment and learn whether you can endure it as long as your child before you become positive ill (humored). Children need to bo left to think for themselves iu their plays. An occasional general suggestion is far better for them than a constant dlreotor and waiter. Tbe wise parent, while helpful beyond the child's ability, does not do for him what he can do for himself, but, rather, by a studied neglect, develops his self-reli-ance, without whioh he can never successfully cope with life.

With Its. usual liberality The New York Store, of Indianapolis, has given $500 to the fund for the entertainment of the G. A. R., at Indianapolis in September. Our readers are familiar ^witb the store and its business through the advertisements published in our columns. It is by liberality in the matter of public enterprise as well as by liberality in prices that this house has bocome one of the leading retail stores in Indiana.

The crop prospect in the southern portion of the stale is so poor at ths present time that tbe Hudnuts will not rebuild their mills at Mt. Vernon until they know whether the farmers will be able to plact their corn Is the bottoms this spring.

THE PASSING SHOW.

This evening the people of Terre Haute will have an opportunity of hearing the most distinguished orator of his day— CoU Robert G. Ingersoll, whose admirers here are numbered by thousands. Wh^n Ingersoll dies there will be no one to take his place in the public esteem as au orator. Eveu the doughty colonel will not live always, much as he would like to do, because he is so thoroughly happy and contented, and it would seem well for our people to her Colonel Ingersoll while they have an opportunity. He will deilver his famous lecture on "Shakespeare" and it is safe to say Naylor's opera house will not be large enough to hold the people. The advance sale ol seats has been large, but many good seats yet remain. The prices of admission are 50, 75 cents and $1.00.

MR. A MRS. ROBERT WAYNE,

supported by a capable company will hold the boards at Naylor's all ©f next week, with a Saturday matinee. The engagement will open on Monday evening with "Forgiven," which has been leased by this company from Frederio Bryton, who starred in it for a time. Their repertoire includes "The Gold King," "The Unknown," "Lynwood," "Queena," "The Black Flag," etc., some of whioh were secured at great expense. The company has been playing successful engagements all season, anri comes with some very flattering recommendations. Popular prices, 10, 20 and 30 oents, will prevail, and as Mr. and Mrs. Wayne have many warm friends here their engagement will doubtless be a successful one.

GENUINE PRINCK COMING.

His Highness Prince Eristoff of the Kabardan tribe of Cossaoks is the commander of the Wild Warriors of the Czar, as his Majesty's body-guard of Cossacks. As a special mark of royal favor this most famous troop of fighters, at present in the service of tho Emperor of all the Russias, they have been given, permission to make a tour of America this summer. Learning of their contemplated journey Mr J. T. McCaddon, IS! imager of the Adam Forepaugh Shows, with his characteristic energy and enterprise, sent an embassador to Russia with the power to extend an invitation to the famous warriors to make their American tour as bis guests. Appreciating

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Czar, whereby they am to take part it the exhibition and shows to t,he American public the sort of warriors the Czar has In his service. Whether this is done by them in order to let the world know what kind of men they will have to light if they attack-Russia is not known, but it is suspocted that it is one of the reasons the Czar '.vm led to grant such an extraordinary privilege to any of his subjects, much loss any of his warriors. These Cossacks are famous the world over as the modern Centaurs. All itielr lives are spent in the saddle and t!iey learn to fight as fast as they learn eat. They will exhibit all their wonderful feats in horsemanship, and It is said that they make even the Amorican cowboy take off his hat to them in the matter of daring horsemanship. They will live in the tents of the shows just as tliey do in their native land, and will be eon in the pursuit of their domestic vocations as well as their professional ones of fighting. They will be there with ail the other wonderful features of the Adam Forepaugh Shows on Saturday^ May 20th.

To adequately describe the circus hippodrome, menagerie and the sublime, historic representation of the soenes and battles of 1776—the American Revolution, which are all exhibited beneath the really water-proof tents of the Adam Forepaugh Shows would be to write a verltlble encyclopaedia of arenic, zoological and spectacular literature. All the olden time, but ever new, features of the circus are presented, but upon such a scale as was probably never dreamed of at a time within tbe recollection of tbe average reader. To these were added in extravagant profusion new acts, which displayed human skill and daring in its very highest state of development possible. _______

The Adam Forepaugh Shows are the only shows on this continent which have played in all cities of 50,000 population and upwards in this country and Canada, and are the only shows which are known everywhere this side of the Atlantic,

The contract for building the addition to tbe State Normal school was awarded toJungclaus A Schumacher, of Indian

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this week for $36,675, they being

tbe lowest of fourteen biders. Tbe four lowest rapged from the award to $37,205, none of them being by Terre Haute contractors. Tbe accepted bid is for tbe erection of the walls, roofing and enclosing, includes hot and cold air ducts, outside door®, rough flooring and ekterior painting. Ths work will commence as soon ss possible.

THE public debt increased nearly fou millions during April. A public deb may be a public blessing, but the peopl of this country are heartily In favor taking blessings of that kind iq ve small doses.