Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 24, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 May 1894 — Page 4

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

HCBHCRI PTION PRICE, 82.00 A YEAK. A. C. DUODLESTON. F. J. FIEPENBBINK.

DDDDLESTON & PIEPENBBIHE,

PROPRIETORS. J-UBiaCATION OFFICK.

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Entered at the Postofflce at Terre Haute, Ind., n* second-class matter.

!'ERRR HAUTE. IND., MAY 28, 1894.

THE ex-busbanda ofj Lillian Russell will bold a reunion this summer if they can find a ball large enough to ac commodate tbem.

MR. BREOKENRIDOE declares that be will not withdraw from tbe congressional rpce, no matter what happens. Withdrawal would be an exhibition of common sense scarcely to be expected from a man of his calibre.

THEsentence given Coxey and Browne ia tbe Washington court for trespassing on the capitol grounds was too severe and was a case where the punishment didn't lit tbe crime. Tbe result is tbat it makes martyrs out of men who have few attributes of the martyr.

THAT week is rather uneventful that does not produce "prominent" states men with indubitable proof tbat Mr. Harrison is not a candidate for re-elec tion as president. Amidst it all tbe worthy ex-president says never a word, but goes along attending to his own business, like any other good citizen. Wherein be shows he is smarter tban any who profess.to speak for him.

THE women of the Ashland district are in earnest in their tight against Breckinridge's re-nomination whether the men are or not. They refuse to decorate the graves of the confederate soldiers on Decoration Day unless iBrecken ridge is expelled from the confederate veterans' association. And that is a pretty strong sentiment that will prevent the southern women from tang homage to the dead confederates. 'fw Hoboken. that all things come to Colonel Thorn ""wait. The Republicans of day is to be pubibeen waiting twenty years 9th. It Is emlneflcers. They did so the last that tbe friends %he elected officers, •Jr\ tft'"!^vantage that sort of

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officers will now hororover. The

publicans will probably have to wait twenty years more to getsuob a chance again.

IN addition to other novelties and attractions, Indianapolis has a ball club,— or at least that's what they call it over there. The players were all selected from the ''second nine" of the Tailholt club, and they plrty ball in a manner bellttlng their name. The next time they win a game, if thoy ever do, Indianapolis is going to have a big celebration, and invite tho people of the State to help the aftair along,—as a matter of "State pride."

THK writers who deal with the romance of crime fiud a ready market for their stories, for there are few reade who do not take pleasure in reading stories Chat tell of detectives and their work. The success of Anna Katharine Greene and Conan Doyle establish this fee?, ami although they deal in situations and incidents that seem improbable, it is doubtful whether either of them ever portrayed au incident as improbable as that told by a Muncte man named Crow. He discovered this week that a mau is confined In the Michigau penitentiary under life sentence for his (Crow's) murder over eleven years ago. As he is alive be thinks it rather unjust that a man should be imprisoned for his murder, and he is going to secure his release. What a strong argument such a case makes for ciicumstantial evidence in a capital crime!

A HKOHLAR army officer writes to an eastern periodical expressing the theory tbat while the recent attempt to make soldiers out of Indians has proved a failure, it is yet possible to make out of them serviceable allies in times of need. H? would do this by a kind of military colonisation, grouping Indian companies together in a community, under charge of a regular army officer, of known administrative ability, who would have full and complete control, and thus do •way with "Indian agents," who as a rule do little for their charge® and a great deal for themselves. He says, very truly, that so long as the appointment of civilians Indian agents is tainted with the political thirst for office, so long will the advance of the Indian towards our standard of civilisation be retarded, and fail to develop Its best results, and that as we have to feed and clothe the Indian anyhow, and he can be made into a soldier more readily than into anything else, the plan should t» given a trial. Not all regular army officer* are sentimentalists on the Indian question, and quite a good many of tbem ate agreed that no Indian can be thoroughly good until ha to dead, and so universally does the public assign this belief to them as a claae that It ia quite entertaining to hear from one who holds to the contrary. In justice and huwan-

ity we owe a great deal to tbe aborigine, and it is less bis fault tban ours that he grown to be a lazy, idling creature with not a care for tbe morrow because be knows its needs will be forthcoming. He is a worthless creature, now4 if the truth is told, and whether he been done an injustice or not, a movement to give him greater opportunities than he ba3 alread}' been offered is not likely meet with popular favor. It is to be regretted perhaps—from' a sentimental point of view, at least—that the ma jority of people look upon the ori ginal owner of this continent, with ifc trackless forests, rolling plains and treasures beyond calculation, as a tenant whose lease has expired, and, being without means to renew'it, should move

SOME man who has been looking into the matter has discovered that the reason that legislative sessions throughout the country are prolonged to unreasonable lengths is that*of the forty-four states, thirty-two pay their legislators by the day. The average rate is $5, though tbe Nevada legislators get $8, and so do those of California. Kansas pays her lawmakers $3 a day. West Virginia gives hers $4. None of the states pays its legislators well, New York and Pennsylvania being at the bead of the list with $1,500 a year each. In New York tbe pay of legislators is fixed by tbe constitution, and cannot be changed without an amendment, but the Albany convention will, it is believed, submit such an amendment to the people to vote upon In November, raising the pay to $3,000. Three thousand dollars year is rather a long price to pay for legislative talent, ordinarily, and especially the kind usually found in Indiana. A three thousand a year member of the Indiana legislature—If he earned his money—would shine among his fellows like a Kohlnoor set in sounding brass. The salary of Indiana legislators will never be increased until the quality has been materially im proved.

THE people of Venezuela have found a new way to put down revolutions—by building railroads, thus affording means of rapid communication with those states where heretofore the mountain ous regions lying between them and the capital prevented the transportation of troops to tbe scene of disorder. There has recently been completed in that country a railroad that is looked upon by experts as a marvel of modern engineering. The road runs over the Andes, is one hundred and thirteen tniles in length, and many miles of it averaged a cost of half a million dollars to construct, and the total cost will be over twenty million dollars. It surpasses in its engineering feats the fa mous road over the Peruvian Andes,constructed by an American, Meigs, which has long been looked upon as the most stupendous piece of railroad conBtruo

Re'%apltal

This road, how-

.ever, attempted,

constructed by American

nu -o*U ever, was not construc

or Amerioan engineers, but by

Germans, and Krupp, the German gun builder, secured the concessions, and raised the funds with which to push the work. It seems that nothing is impossible in the way of engineering construction in these days, and our own country has furnished many striking illustrations of this. Many of the railroads that climb iu, around and through the western mountains are but little behind tbe South Amerioan road that is heralded as a most wonderful achievement. What American engineering ingenuity cannot accomplish, it will scarcely pay to undertake.

CENSUS figures, as a rule, do not make very entertaining reading, but the forthcoming volume from the census office giving statistics of the wealth of the United States is of interest. According to this report the true value of all the property in this country in 1890 was $65,037,091,197, exclusive of stocks, bonds, notes, mortgages, paper money, and other property not having' an actual tangible value. This gives the wealth per capita as f1,039, which is greater than that of any other country, with the exception of Great Britain and France. The so-called "bonanza" states seem to bear out their title, as the average per per capita wealth in those states, including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Colorado, is $2,250. Nevada, which has few other claims to distinction, has the highest per capita wealth in tho union, $3,941, while poor South Carolina, misgoverned, has the lowest, $341. The croakers who have been telling us year after year tbat the country is going into decay, do not seem to be borne out by the facts. In 1850, the wealth of thecountry per capita was $308, and this has increased each census period as follows: I860, $514 1870, $718 1880, $870 1890, $1,039, and tbe per centage of increase during the last decade was 49.02. We had a population in 1850 of 23,191,876, and the true value of our property was $6,024,666,909, and in forty years we grew to 62,622,250 souls while our valuation has Increased to the remarkable figures, $*5,039,091,197, an aggregate of wealth greater than that

Awarded Highest Honors -World's Fair.

TERRE TTA UTJji SATUKDAY iDVMNIlSrG MAIL, MAY 26,1894.

of any European conn try, even ol any of the so-called great powers, and greater than that of Russia, Austria and Italy combined. A country tbat can in forty years triple its population, and at the end of that period have a valuation nine times as great as at the beginning—and after passing through a war more disastrous in its effects tban any known in history—can certainly lay claim to being tbe greatest that the sun shines on. The recuperative powers of such a people are practically illimitable, and while the country is now prostrated by the business depression, it only requires the restoration of confidence to start the wheels of industry, and bring back the prosperity that but a few years ago made usa ha'ppy,employed, contented people.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

There are about 180,000 suicides in tbe world every year. The town of Breckenridge, Minn., has asked the postmaster-general to change its name.

Andrew Wagoner, aged 78, married Miss Hannah Wedge, aged .76, at Bath, N. Y., on Wednesday, after an engagement of fifty-two years.^

It is now asserted, that Secretary Carlisle furnished the" money for Miss Pollard's court expenses because of a snub once given to Mis. Carlisle.

All the G. A. R. posts of Philadelphia will probably unite this year in decorating tbe grave of the old army nurse, Martha J. Kimball, who first suggested to Gen. John A. Logan the institution of Memorial day.

The craze for old furniture is a stimulant to a questionable industry. In the courts lately a witness gave as his occupation that of a "wormhole borer." Inquiry disclosed that he was an'expert at his peculiar trade, and made a good living by the skillful way in which he imi tated worm holes in oak furniture to give it an antique effect.

The average number of working days in a year in various countries is as follows: In Bussia, 267 in England, 278 in Spain, 290 in Austria, 295 in Italy, 298 in Bavaria and Belgium, 300 in Saxony and France, 302 in Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland, 303 in Prussia, 305 in Holland and North America, 308, and iu Hungary, 312.

It is popularly supposed that the youngest man in the Senate is Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, who was born in Crawford county, Illinois, May 29, 1851, and looks younger than he Is, but James Smith, Jr., of Newark, N. J., who Is gettiog a good deal of notoriety these days because of bis opposition to the tariff bill, is fourteen days younger tban Mr. Dubois, although every hair in his head is white and he looks at least sixty years of age.

Nearly 100 army officers are teaching perhaps 10,000 college lads all over the country how tc be soldiers. The Federal govern n^pt undertakes to lend each college aremt $1,600 worth of munitions of war, and the college In each case* must give bond for the safe return of the government's property. As a matter of fact, some of tbe weapons thus furnished are a bit antiquated, but they serve their purpose, and the alumni of these colleges already constitute a considerable body of men possessing some knowledge of military taotics.

$100 Reward, $100.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease tbat science has been able to cure In all its stages, and that is Catarrh Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medioal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying tbe foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.

Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., ^SB-Sold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, O.

Special prices for Ice Cream to churches, picnics and excursions, and waiter furnished if desired.

PRICE'S

PRESTON,5. 713 Main?

See the Wheel Revolve

Iu Refrigerator at A. G. Austin fc Co.'s. For further particulars call.

Ladles' Sailor Hats in a fine quality can be found at Schluer fe Foulkes'.

We have a complete line of Mandolins ranging in prices from $6 to $45 Guitars ranging ip prices from $5 to $50 Banjos ranging in prices from $4 to $35. Also-a large stock of all other Mnsical Instruments, Musio Boxes and Sheet Mustcl It you desire a bargain give us a call.

R. DAHLEN,

602 Wabash avenue.

Goodman fe Hirschler are selling boys' and children's suits for less money tban has ever been known befare. They have a splendid assortment and must sell in order to raise money, vjg

Powder

Tbe only Pure Cream ©f Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia Itfo Altub.

feed in Millions of Homes—-40 Years the Standard.

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ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. LeFavre, who is lecturing in New York on dress, says that men with classic features sLould go clean-shaven. As for women, they should dress with "true art, and be living, animated pic tures.

It is reported that Mayor Hopkins will appoint MrS. Potter Palmer a member of the Chicago City Board of Education on August 1, to succeed Mrs. Flower, whose term then expires. Mrs. Palmer will soon visit Japan.

Chicago has the first woman setter of type in the person of Mrs. L. S. Jones. Mrs. Jones is said to be the pioneer of her sex in this work in this country She thinks it is valuable and very suitable trade for women. MMMlf

Miss Cynthia D. Rockwell, a teacher in the Good Will mission school for Indians in South Dakota, has recently married one of her Indian assistants, Richard King. The young Indian is well educated and a licensed teacher.

Mrs. Humphrey Ward says that before she finished her first novel she was sei7ed with writers' cramp, and every word of the novel had to be dictated to a shorthand writer. She has since recovered the use of her hand. Mrs. Ward often rewrites a page twenty times be fore she is satisfied with the result

Nearly 400 women in the United States are graduates of schools of pharmacy, and a majority of them have charge of hospital drug rooms or are engaged as dispensing clerks in large drug stores. A large wholesale drug house employs a woman as buyer, in which capaoity she travels over Europe. The course at a pharmaceutical college occupies about four years.

Generals of the Civil War.

The generals' commissions held and received during the war or issued at the close were as follows: Generals, 1 lieutenant generals, 2 by brevet, 1. Major generals U. S. A., 11 by brevet, 152. Major generals U. S. V., 128 by brevet, 288 Brigadier generals U. S. A., 36 by brc vet, 187. Brigadier generis U. S. V., 501 by brevet, 1,170. Thero were also 8 generals of state troops in servfee of the United States in 1861. There were 38 gen erals killed and 29 mortally wounded in action, and 53 died of disease.

Some of the prominent names had more than one representative leading to confusion in reading history at this date. Of the name of Anderson there wore 5, of Baker 4, of Bartlett 4, Blair 4, BUFLE 2, Buford 2, Butler 2, Cox 2, Crittendeft* 2, Curtiss 2, Davis 7, Dodge 2, Doubledaj? 2, Ewing 8, Fairchild 8, Farnsworth 8, Foster 4, Fry 8, Garrard 4, Graham 4, Granger 8, Grant 8, Green 8, Gregg 8, Griffin 8, Grover 2, Hamilton 4, Harrison 8, Hatch 2, Hornley 2, Hays 8, Hooker 2, Howard 2, Howe 2, Humphrey 2, Humphreys 1, Hunt 8, Johnson 7, Jones 9, Lyon 2, Mansfield 2, McC.-ill 2, McCook 5, Mitchell 4, Palfrey 2, Palmer 4, Patterson 5, Porter 4, Potter 5, Reno 2, Reynolds 8, Richardson 4, Robinson 4, Russell 3, Schofield 3, Sherman 8, Sickles 2, Slocum 2, Smith 80, Stunner 2, Thomas 8, Tyler 8, Warren 8, Wilcox 2, Willcox 1, Wilson 7, Wood 5, Woods 2, Wright 7 and many others.

EORGE ILMER

.. The Origin of Memorial Bay. As a contribution to the discussion as to wlrae and when Memorial day originated'I will quote from my "war log," when I was involved with the fortunes of the Army of the Potomac:

Warrenton, Va., Nov. 11, 1862.—Wearrived here Nov. 8 and are camped back of the town, which is quite a pretentious city, with a fine hotel and lofty courthouse and many pleasant residences. There is an air of desolation around, and the yellow flag is flying from what were rebel hospitals, and some are yet. A graveyard between us and the town is nearly fliled with the graves of rebel soldiers, which are frequently decorated with wreaths of "immortelles," the spirit of the town being intensely "secesh." and myself had a pass on Monday and were reminded of this by a couple of ladies and some gentlemen on a porch commenting on and laughing heartily at our officers as they passed by, and another couple, one with black curls—very pretty—went by us with a score of wreaths on their arms to decorate the grave of some soldier taking his rest. I think the graves are more particularly cared for when we are around, but we think tbe more of them for it anyway. Our soldiers take very little notice of such demonstrations. A number of shopkeepers take both Confederate and Federal money.—G. T. in Washington Star.

I WRIGHT

ARD OF THANKS.

SEE OUR

WEST SHOW

WINDOW

A Minnesota woman has just invented a self-threading needle to be used on sewing machines, and has refused several handsome offers for her right in it. Her patent will be perfected soon, and at least two models sent to the ex position. A Duluth woman, however, has gone further than tbat, in inventing a street sweeper machine which prom isesto supersede the clumsy apparatus at present in use while from the country come reports of women who are working on plans for all sorts of household utensils.

CO.

•u Are Leaders in it

STRAWBERRIES

The fruit is abundant and excellent. Now is the time to enjoy

Early Vegetables.

Tbe members of Terre Haate Division No. 8, Uniform Bank, Knigbts of Pythias, desire in this manner to return their sincere thanks to the tmsinen men, ladies and friends generally, whose generous assistance enabled them to make a success ot their recent fair.

•GET YOUR

WHO'S FAIR AST PORTFOLIOS,

.. STODDARD'S VIEWS ..AND.. Sights and Scenes of the World

SOUMO AT

MOORE & LAMCEN'S.

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Hoberg's has always been known as the place to find Ginghams in all their glory. We have opened this morning a new shipment of 200 pieces containing all the late and new novelties We place them on sale to-day. One lot consists of 100 pieces of

ToilduNord

AND

A. E C. Zephyr Ginghams

Always sold for I2£ and 15c. At this sale the price will be 10c yard.

'THE SEAL

.' The second lot oonsiBts of 100 pieces of Fine Zephyr Ginghams, such as are sold throughout the country for 19o. They contain all the new shades of turquoise blue, heliotrope, pink blue, Scotch plaids and a hundred combinations too numerous to mention. All go at the popular price of 12Jc a yard. Come early and get first choioe. Mail orders receive prompt attention.

LEHIGH HARD COAL. BLOCK. LUMP, NUT. Btackstnithing.

5'8-S*O

Wabash

5s.sJi fe.

OF MERIT. jil1?ATffill,rrcgkMi^

PROF. 6. D. EDMONDSON

THE CELEBRATED

OPTICIAN Now Testing Eyes Free

At J. Hi. Bigwood*s Jewelry Store,

(Opposite Opera House)

As his time is limited, call early.

DECORATION BASKETS

1 Containing 15 Choice Bedding1 Plants

$1.00

Also a fine assortment of Rustic Vases well filled blooming plants and vines, very

OHN 6. HEINL'S,

Cor. 8th and Cherry Sts., Terre Haute

TERRE HAUTE

Goal & Lime Go

Main.Office.S36Ohio St. TeL 107. jTw. LANDRUM Manager.

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Interest Everybody at Present

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CEMENT. Sewer Pipe. Chimney Tops Fire Brick. Plaster, Lath

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