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THE_MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICK, 82,00 A YKAH. A. C. DTTDDLKSTOK.

DODDLESTON

F. J. PIEFKNBRINK,

PIEPENBRINK,

PROPRIETORS.

PITBLiCATION OKFICI.

Nos. 20 and 22 South Fifth Street, Printing House Square. The Mall is sold la the city by 250 newsboys *nd all uewHdealere, and by agent* la 80 sur rounding towns. Entered at the PostofHce at Terre Haute, Ind. a* M*cond-class matter.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SEPT. 29, 18W

THE influences of civilization are being felt in'Central America. Guatemala bad a prize tight tb« other da

THE deposed Queen Lil is going to tiie a claim against the United States for damages sustained by her in the loss of her crown. The strength of her claim "will depend in great measure upon the political complexion of the next con greets, and from the present outlook it will be off-color—for her.

THE eflort of the Democratic press to make people believe that the enactment of the trust's tariff measure has started a revival of industries is about as true as would be the assertion that renewed strength had been given to a prostrate man, bound hand and foot, because the assistant released his clutch from the throat of the victim.

HAVING had a rest of two years, the fearful and wonderful campaign liar is now abroad in the land. He seems to faave found the fountain of perpetual youth, for his efforts have all the snap and fire that marked them years ago. Between the campaign liar, the spell binders and the voting of enough election tickets to make a three sheet poster, the Indiana voter is going to have a hard stime this fall.

"THE "independent American cltiaens" of Chicago have organized a new party of their own, placed a county ticket in the field, and profess to believe they will get 40,000 votes in Cook county. It is an easily discovered fact that the sccalled "independent" in politics is a man who renounces his own party because he can't have everything his own way, and the "independent citizens'' of Chicago who have organized this new party have done so because they couldn't get their old associates to take up the "know-noth-ing" fight, whioh they wanted to make. The new movement is not likely to attain any unusual prominence.

GOVERNOR ALTGELD is going after the Pullman company in away that entitles him to a good deal of credit. He appeared before the Illinois State Board of Equalization and showed many figures and facts concerning the company's manner of escaping taxation in that and other states. The company, for instance, gave in 136,000,000 as its capital stock, when it should be 161,000,000. He appealed to the members of the board to make an equitable adjustment of the company's assessment, as ft matter of justice to the other taxpayers. Before Geo. M. Pullman gets over the full effect of the recent strike he will wish many thousand times that he had given bis workmen more decent treatment than he is known to have done.

A CHICAGO paper publishes a list of 207 persons in that city whose estimated wealth is $461,000,000, and yet the assessors of Cook county return the total taxable property, personal and real, of individuals, railroads and corporations «t only $'200,000,000. If there is anything at all in the talk of grievances the poor have against the rich, it is in the leniency forever Hhown the latter in the assessment of their belongings for pur poses of taxation. The man who can devise some remedy for the correction of this evil and suggest a plan for administering it will be a benefactor to the human race, and especially that portion of it that is unable to accumulate bonds, stocks, bank accounts and other personal property that is beyond the vision of the tax gatherers and tax assessor"!.

TIIK political campaign is on in this state in dead earnest, and from this time on until November little will be beard but politics. Indiana as a rule has more politics to the square inch in a campaign year than any state in the Onion, and from the present outlook this year is not likely to prove an exception to the general rule. The most notable feature of the opening of the campaign was the reception given to Governor MoKinley at

Indianapolis on Tuesday. TomHnson Hall, where his meeting wiw held was crowded as never before in its history, and the speeohes of McKiniey and exPresident Harrison, who presided, aroused the greatest enthusiasm. There is no question but that Governor MoKinley, as the exponent of the protective tariff, is very close to the people, and his swinging around the circle will do no damage to his presidential boom, which is supposed to have a material existence. He is no closer to the people than the other distinguished citlten who divided with him the honors of one of the most notable meetings of the present campaign* A great deal has been said of Mr. Harrison^ jealousy of the aspirants for the presidential nomination who are said to be bis rival*, but his action of Tuesdav stamps him being far above tbepettyJe»Iouel««*rlbw*tohim by the

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was quite in contrast to the attempt made by the Deuaoorats last Saturday night, when suoh disuuguished speakers as Hon. John E. Laiuu and Hon. Jason Brown were obliged to abandon their Bpeeohes at Masonic hall because not enough of their party assembled to make a respectable sized crowd.

THE smartest member of his party, and the most oonaiatent, has been nominated by the New York Democrats for governor, David Bennett Hill. It was done over his indignant protest, and although he styled it an outrage, he has not yet signified his intention of declining the honor. He has on the tioket with him one of Mr. Cleveland's most intimate friends, and a man who was on the Republican ticket in Kingsoounty last fall and helped to overthrow the machine there, and who as judge of the Supreme oourt, sent Boss McKune to the peniteutiary—a peouliar combination that ought to fit any shade of political opinion. The New York Republicans have been congratulating themselves that they have a walk-over with Levi P. Morton, but if Senator Hill accepts the nomination he will give Mr. Morton t&e greatest scare be ever had.

WITH theadminlstration forces Bquarely0 defeated in an opeu fight in the Nebraska convention, the Presidents most determined enemy nominated for Goveruor in New York, and an almost hand to hand fight in every state convention, when the indorsement of his administration and policy is proposed, President Cleveland oan truly say, as he did when informed of the Hill nomination, "I am out of politics now." He is not only out of politics, but with the exception of a few idolators who believe that "the King oan do wrong,'' he is out of touch with the masses with whom it cannot be donied, he once had a peouliar strength. This oan be no better illustrated than by the fact that every slighting allusion to him, and to the bard times as being caused by his administration, brings down the house in every public entertainment where introduced. Two years ago such remarks would have resulted in riots. The show people are adepts at feeling the publio pulse, and know the safety of their position.

A FROST FOR A FROST.

Colonel Slnpsky Pats a Gentleman on lee to Take the Chill Off. The Sabbath calm that usually reigns seven days in the week at the Hon. Jim Cronin's establishment at Twenty-first and Mark* was violently disturbed early in the week by Colonel Abe Slupsky, the school board reformer, who attempted to kill, murder and slay Mr. F. C. Howard by freezing him to death in Mr. Cronin's icebox. Colonel Slupsky dropped into the saloon with a couple of friends just as Mr. Howard, who seems to have been blowing himself, invited all hands to take something. When he saw tEe colonel ranging up to the bar, Mr. Howard looked at him severely and said, "Nay, nay, Pauline it's off!" "What's off?" queried Slupsky, who had not been aware of Howard's generous intentions. "Your graft We are not playing ringers on this track. You're ruled off the courge. In other words, stioh drinks as you pays for you gets not otherwise. See?" "I was paralyzed," Abe confided to a friend. "I'd never laid eyes on the fellow in my life before, nor he on me, but I couldn't stand a play of that sort, you know. Great Scott! If I had all the •drinks that are coming to me! Well, anyhow, I put a quarter in the darky's hand and whispered him to open that long, low icebox Jim has over, against the wall and leave it open, and then I walked up to Mr. Howard and said: 'I don't know who you ape, sir, but you mustn't leave me out of a general treat this way. It hurts my feelings.' "He said he'd see me gormed first, and with that I caught him, and before he could even begin to cuss any I had him in that icebox, with the cover down. Well, sir, I thought I'd die. He was the most surprised man I ever saw in my life. I guess thtft icebox was about the last place on this earth he thought he was heading for when he began his play. "Well, I went to the door and stood there, although at first I intended to keep him there until he agreed to treat ma While they were getting him out and peeling the things off him somebody asked him what he wanted to insult Congressman Frank that way for. 4 'Great Scott! Was that Congressman Frank?' he says. 'Let sue see him,' and he came to me, with his hand out, saying: 'Congressman, you must forgive me. I had never seen you before, and I'm sorry that I insulted you.' "I stood on my congressional dignity awhile and asked what my constituents would think of it if they heard I was grafting for a drink, but finally I forgave him, ami we all went in and hod something I invited him to come down and seo me at my office in the Turner building, and when ho calls I guess Nat Frank and he will have a nice time getting themselves straightened out "I'd give? a dollar to see the interview between 'em. "—St Louis GlobeDemocrat

Hardship* In the Goldfleld*. Americana who are thinking to try their fortune in the new Eldorado of western Australia should consider some /if the conditions of life in the new goldfields before starting on a fool's errand, says a correspondent Recent letters are full of doleful tales of hardship. Not more than five men in a hundred are lucky enough to strike it rich, and tbe region ia already vastly overpopulated. The laak of water is the greatest drawback. Water -ramand- 35 oents a gallon at Coolgai-._j, 37 o.-its at Hannens and SO cents elsewhere. In the gold district many horses have died of t! nst by the roadside. Five hundred men at 1-gs-^e are anxious to get work at auy Wu^ &

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Professor Lilienthal, like most men who have solved difficult problems, has gone clear away from the principles to which other men have found limitations. When he decided to fly, in other words, he left the possibilities afforded by the balloon entirely out of his calculations. Balloons, said he, are crude affairs, dangerous, not to be depended upon, non dirigible and clumsy. There is nothing in nature built upon the principle of the balloon, yet there are things in nature whioh oan fly, and fly much better than the best balloons. Those things are birds. To the birds, then, I will go for the model of my flying machine. And to the birds he went

From these same birds it was that Professor Lilienthal learned the true principles of aerial navigation, whioh principles he has succeeded to a degree in adapting to the uses of man. He first learnod that it is the concave shape of a bird's wing that enables it to soar, rising or falling at will without muscular exertion in the teeth of a high wind. Then he learned that a bird's wing bones are constructed similarly to thosei in a man's arm. Knowing these things, he built his flying machine, or, to be more corcteofc, his soaring machine. He made for himself of light but impervious ootton olothand split willow wands two immense wings 28 feet from tip to tip, and a praotioable if not highly ornamental rudder or tail.

He preserved in their construction as nearly as possible the form of a bird's wings and tail, increasing the paraboliQ curve of the bird's wings to the exact proportionate degree for his larger ones., These wings and the tail, weighing in all only 23 pounds, are so constructed as to fold up like the wings of a bat. Having completed them, the professor adjusted them to his arms, took a run along a hilltop and calmly and confidently jumped over the side, spreading his wings as he did so. He soared some distance and alighted in safety and oomfort He repeated his experiment many, many times, learning how to oontrol his apparatus, how to change direction, how to rise or descend at will. He improved his wings and tail and kept on practicing until now he can soar for several hundred yards, rise to' a much greater height than he started from and fulfill most of the.functions ofj a big bird, save only that of propelling ljiipself in s|ill air and Btarting hi^ flight from levef ground. TheJ& tW things a man is. not strong enough jjtcj do, the bird possessing much greate^ strength for its size and weight than thq most muscular man. But what Professor Lilienthal lacks in strength he has made up in ingenuity, for he has now, constructed a little motor, operated byj carbonic acid gas, which, while it adds scarcely anything to the weight of his flying apparatus, is capable of developing continuously two horsepower, or more than enough energy to work the' wings. Indeed in the first trial the littie motor developed too muoh strength] and broke the wings, putting a stop to: further experiments for tbe time.

If Professor Lilienthal succeeds inperfecting the great invention, thepracticability of which he has already demonstrated, and in making aerial navi-' gation on the simple principles favored by the birds safe for mankind, he will? have achieved a notable triumph overs the wonderful foroes of nature-as well! as the world's greatest scientists. And he seems very likely to suoceed, unless he should grow careless in handling his experimental wings and perchance fall victim to the awful fate which overtook the lamented and legendary Icarus, the first man who, attempted to fly.—Chi-

oago Times.

THE BALLOON CYCLE.

The Latest French Army Means of Carrying War Dispatches. There floated oveir the. hamlet of Villeneuve la Garenne the other afternoon In midair a balloon. Suddenly it appeared to burst and fell rapidly towaru the earth. Fearing that a disaster had occurred, the terrified folk ran to the spot at which they expected the aerostat would reach the ground, when to theft amazement they saw a parachute detach itself from the oar and descend gently. Immediately the earth was touched or* of the passengers jumped upon a small bicycle which he had brought with him from the aerial regions, and he disappeared in the direction of Levallois, in the neighborhood of Paris, as rapidly as the machine could carry him.

Tbe explanation of this singular occurrence is simple. The balloon was the Caliban, and the ascent was made from Levallois by Captain Capazza and M. Hervieu, the latter being the cyclist. Their object was to test the possibility of a balloon being used for carrying war dispatches, and they assumed that an enemy sucoeeded in destroying it Yet

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proved that by means of the parachute they would be able to make good their escape and to outdistance their purr seers with the aid of the portable bicycle. —London Telegraph.

Boat Propelled by Turbine Wheel.

Several trials have been made cm tbi? Elbe with a boat propelled not by ttfe ordinary screw, which replaced the pad die .wheel, but by means of a turbine wheel. The inventor, Herr Zeuuer, states that a much greater speed oan be obtained than with the

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL SEPTEMBER 29, ±894:

MAN MAY Y£T FUY.

Wonderful Birdlike Machine Constructed by Professor Lilienthal. Can a man fly? Learned professors of the sciences of aeronautics agree that he cannot, and a formidable commissionof expert® appointed by tbe German government to investigate into the possibilities of aerial navigation have finally and decisively and officially said that it ia impossible. Still an ingenious ana observant German of the name of Otto* Lilienttihl, after a long series of experiments and in the face of the decisions of the eminent scientists, has sucoeeded in proving that a clever man oan fly, and fly for considerable distances too.

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the frioti«' is much If -. Three boat* have i't „y been coiMnirtod on thifc pattern.—West miu.-ter Gazette.

INGRATITUDE OF NATIONS.

An Instance of It Toward a Hero of the Fran co-Oernnan War. Apathetic story of national ingratitude has been going the rounds of the London papers, which is interesting enough to be repeated, especially as it concerns those days of intense interest during which Paris was last in siega .Publicity has been given it by the fact that the hero of the incident has just gone into a French hospital in poverty, there to die. The Pall Mall Gazette thus tells tbe tale: "When the German lines in the autumn of 1870 were gradually closing their boa constrictor grasp round the doomed capital, Durnof was the hero of the hour. An experienced aeronaut, who had three times been dashed into the sea and had run many other narrow escapes, he proposed, with his balloon,Neptune, to carry a mail out of Paris and to run the gantlet of the beleaguering armies. At daybreak on Sept 28 he set out on his adventurous journey, tbe director of the posts assuring him as he handed in the dispatches and the pigeons that his courage and devotion would meet with a splendid reward. Durnof succeeded in his task and landed safe and sound at Evreux, but tbe poor old Neptune was never fit for another asoent"

Twenty-two years elapsed, but the unhappy aeronaut never received a penny from successive governments. Even his claim for the value of his balloon, which liad been used till it was destroyed by the military authorities, failed to obtain the slightest recogni tion. After a couple of decades he got tho bronze medal accorded to all who oarried dispatches by balloon, and last year a small monthly grant was made, which barely sufficed to keep him from starvation. Swindlers and impostors of all kinds laid the foundation of future fame and fortune in the siege of Paris, but the first man who opened up communications between the imprisoned inhabitants and the outer world seems likely to die in dishonor and despair.

Deafuese Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one. way-to cure Deafness, and that is by%bnstitutional remedies. 'Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound of imperfect bearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflamation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.

We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.

F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. ^^STSold by Druggists, 75c

lf^£The Fair. Geo. O. Rossell, of The Fair, is receiving new goods daily, selected for the approaching holiday reason. The stook of goods surpasses al revious seasops in ^nfality and quai*: fty, and- has been selected with a v:«w to pleasing the large and constant) increasing trade of this popular store. The goods will be sold at prices lower than they can now be had in the eastern markets. The well-known reputation of The Fair is a guarantee that the new goods will find favor in the eyes of the customers There is also displayed a full line of House Furnishing Goods of every description that are astonishing on account of the extremely low prices.

Nobody can afford to buy a dollar's worth of Wintar Clothing without first looking through our stock and get our prioes. Wenever showed a largerand better line of Suits for Men, Boys and Children, we have all the latest and leading atyles and sell goods as cheap as any other bouse in the country,

Fresh Oysters,

Clean, large and juicy, at rock bottom prices, wholesale or retail, at Eiser's.

Jack Murphy, Tailor.

829 flain Street.,

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CHICAGO FACTORY

Pants to order. 9 3 00 Coat and vest to order .... 15 00

Salt to order #18 00

TERRE HAUTE CUSTOM TAIXX)RIKG PRICES. Pants to order 4 00 Coat and vest to order .... 16 00

Suit to order 120 00

This $18 goes to Chicago, HI.

This $80 stays In the beautiful city of Terre Hante.

QUESTION: Which ia the most beneficial to the city of Terre Haute *F H-

Fresh, Pure Candiex,

No paraffine or other adulterations used. Also a fine line of French fruits, etc., at is

Flower Stands?

Try our Turkey Knob smokeless ooal, makes neither soot or clinkers, un-' equalled for grate or fttrnn^o purpo^' i. Try a load. Frank Shcwn^ker, agent, 1006 Poplar street. Phone 1 -,1

This elegant M^es^coat in^two shades

$4.98.

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GOODMAN & HIRSCHLER.

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Miller's Ideal Home Made Bread is first-class in every respect. It is not a mountain of soft dough and air like a majority of the bakers' bread, but is just such a loaf as any housewife can bake. It is new to this city but it is the bread that outsells all other breads in Chicago.

Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Pair Highest Award.

Jvq-OTICE. We hare moved our law office to 511% Ohio steeet, over Foulkes' real estate office.

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In getting ready for winter don't overlook the elegant line of Flower Stands displayed at JFINKBINER A DUENWEG'8.

ADRIAN A. BEECHER. FRANK A. KELLEY.

rpo CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.

Notice Is hereby glv^n that eeaU A proposals will be received by Benjamin Wllhelm, superintendent oT construction, Ter.^e Haute Buggy Building Co., 512 south Seventh street, in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana, until 12 o'clock, noop. Monday, October 1, 1884, for the erection aad construction of one three-story brick building and one two-story briek building, to be erected at the corner of First street and Wabash avenue, lo the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. Plans and specifications can be seen at 6'2 south Seventh street, Te:*re Haute, Indiana.

The right Is reserved to reject any and all proposals. CHARLES 0ER8TMEYER,

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W. HAUCK, Secretary.

NOTICE

TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACTORS.

Notice Is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the common council of the city of Terre Haute, Ind., at a regular meeting thereof, to be hold on Tuesday evening, October 16.1894, for lighting the city with electricity, according to plans and specifications now on flleln theofBceof tbe city elerk. The number of light* now in use Is three

JWdfTwill be received for one, three and Ave years. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bond with good freehold sureties or eertlfled check. In the sum of two thousand dollars liquidated damage*, conditioned that the bidder shall duty enter into contract and give bond within five days after the accept-1 auce of his bid, for the performance of the

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Are now laden with the new novelties.

Latest Effects

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Gapes, Jackets, Cloaks and Furs.

Your attention is especially called to our large line of Misses'

Garments. We have them from

99c up.

THE COMING WEEK WE WILL HAVE A

Blanket Sale Scarlet White

BLANKETS. BLANKETS.

10-4 Blankets $1.50 pr. Blankets for only 29c Blankets at 75c, $2.50, 10-4 Blankets $1.98 pr. each., $2.68. 10-4 Blankets, all wool 10-4 Blankets 39c pair. See our line of Comforts $2.50 pr. 10-4 Blankets $1.25 pr. at 49c and 58c.

Gray

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518-520 Wabash Ave

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and Plastering,

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Moudy ,&d Coffin,

Leave orders at 1617 Poplar St., 1241 South Fifth St., 901 Main St., Terre Haute, Ind

H. F. SCHMIDT.

673 Main, 5 doors West of Seventh,

*The only exclusive optical goods house in the city. •'•t Money saved by ordering Watches, Jewelry, etc., by catalogue.

Artificial Stone "Walks,

REMOVAL

From 815 Wabash Ave. To 905 Wabash Ave.

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work. The city reserves tbe right to reject any and all bi s. H.GOODWIN,

City Clerk.

MERRITT,

The Merchant Tailor and Hatter,

?|g 145 Main t^uoet An t'W *tttstf' vv. miens for Fat

All the new ahapes In Fall Hat*.

Full line of Mantels, Stoves and Tinware. A lso prepared to do Tin and Slate Roofing, Galvanized Iron Cornice and Furnace Work complete.

John Manion

Telephone 290.

DO TOU WANT tbe LATEST THING

In Fine Correspondence

STATIONERY

Note Paper and Tablets, You can find Jt in the new retail department of

J. R. Duncan & Co.,

660-662 Wabash Ave.

Blank Books and Memorandums Ribbons, Paper and Carbon Paper for Typewriters.

School Supplies, Office Appliances. Stylish Forms Engraving and Stamping.

Stock thoroughly complete.

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