Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 September 1895 — Page 3

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PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINES

Th« Ever Failing. Never Ending 8«*rch

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Such Mechanical Contrivance*. Closely allied to the periodically recurring claims for the production of perpetual motion are the class of exhibitions -which have been profitable to their 'Inventors by organizing companies &hrcragh active promoters, upon evidence, for instance, that a few drops of water can prodnce a pressure of 10,000 pounds per square inch, as though this was tantamount to the performance of a useful amount of work.

Again, there is the line of pseudo experimentation, based upon the oft re* pea ted assertion that harmony of sound oan set up such motion as to produce large mechanical effects, such as the rotation of machines, or act with explosive power in guns. All such devices may properly te considered as perpetual motion machines, for in such cases the power manifested is much greater than that required for its initiation, and it must follow that the machine, after supplying itself with such initiatory excitement, will have much surplus energy left over for useful purposes, if the facts are as stated- In fact, such surplus energy has been looked for by the promoters, but has not yet so far revealed itself as to render feasible the construction of machines of practical use and commercial value.

The means to carry on exhibitions of such reputed inventions are obtained from widely scattered sources. Generally those who have furnished the capital are not interested in the exposure of the frauds or do not realize that advantage is being taken of their crudnlity, while those who are not pecuniarily interested are afforded no opportunity to prove the correctness of their assumption as to the fraudulent nature of the display. The floating of such schemes is much too easy, as the ordinary tendency of the human mind is to freely believe that remarkable results maybe obtained from modern scientific methods. This faith leads many to venture at least small investments, in the hope that large returns will be realized, and I fear this tendency will continue to exist as long as faith without reason is dominant in miUiy minds.—Professor Coleman Sellers in Cassier's Magazine.

QUEER FINANCIAL METHODS.

How the Daily Routine of Banking Is Conducted In Marseilles.

We had to make our way through a crowd occupying a large room or small hall in which business was conducted. This hall was filled with people, some of whom wore there to look after their own or other people's affairs, and others of whom had obviously dropped in for a casual chat. Almost all were smoking cigarettes, an amusement which they shared with a good many of the bank olerka When we had got through this crowd, my friend and host presented his check at a guichet. The man behind the guichet gave him a metal disk stamped with a number. Armed with this, ray friend ryade his way to another guichet, behind which stood not a clerk, but an ordinary porter wearing the livery of the bank. This porter had his hands full of similar metal disks. After a weary waiting ho called out the number —say, 802—on my friend's disk.

Then my friend advanced, identifying his check by another number obtained at the first guichet, und then received his money, not in the cnrrency or form which he wished for, but in such shape as the porter had at hand to dispense from the authorities above him. Then, some of the notes being only locally negotiable, my friend had to go to a third guichet to see if thoy could bo changed into negotiable notes. On occasions this is impossible, and the unfortunate holder of the check has either to leavo part of the money he has come for until a favorable opportunity or accept what he can get on the chance of paying it away or getting it changed or both with soiue of hia tradespeople. Beyond this there is no Wearing house system. Each bank makes a charge for cashing a check on another bank, and these charges practically swallow up the tiny amount of interest nominally allowed on a constant balance. And this is how the daily routine of banking is conducted in the first bank of Marseilles.—Longman's Magazine.

Women's Wages.

The New York Sun says that during the last two years there has been a steady decrease in the wages of women, and it seems likely to go further. There are several causes for the decrease. For one thing, men are now entering employments which formerly belonged exclusively to women. These men are mostly Poles, Hungarians and Italians, who will work for the smallest of Wages. Foreign women are also coming in and accepting wages which American women cannot think of taking. Employers resort to various methods for forcing down wages. During the holidays they take on cheap help, and when the rush is over keep the new girls and drop the old employees. Many women are said to be working for from 80 to 60 cents per day, and the army of unemployed is steadily increasing.— Advance.

Mary Andcnofi'i Experiences, The forthcoming reminiscences of Mary Anderson's life on the stage aud her impressions through her professional career will be eagerly received and should be read by all stogestruck young women. If a woman of "ctjr Mary's" genius, and one who achieved the success before the footlights that she did, can declare, as she does, that the day when she voluntarily turned her back upon it all and left the stage forever was the happiest she had seen, what can the boards offer other women?— New York Times*

Tim Editor's Idea of It»

'4 Yon should live near heaven, said the preacher to the editor. "I know it," replied the editor,

4'but

ihe.«e mountain lots come so high."— Atlanta Constitution.

A Remarkable Toad.

In Surinam there is a remarkable toadlike creature, the female of which carries the young in a series of cells lu the thick akin of the back, which assumes,a strange honeycomblike appearance. When this lady toad is carrying her nursery about with her, she is a very repulsive looking object. Single handed she would be quite unable to cope with the important question of placing eggs where they will be most favorably disposed for hatching, and for this she has to rely on the good services of her mate. Soon after the eggs are laid they are taken up by the male and pressed, one by one, into the cells in the thickened skin of his partner's back. There they grow until they fit closely to the hexagonal form of their prisons, each of which is closed above by a kind of trapdoor.

After a period of some 82 days the eggs reach their full development and produce, not tadpole®, but actually perfect little toads. The reason of this is that the tadpoles, which require to breathe the air dissolved in the water by means of their extertial gills, could not exist in the cells, and consequently this stage of development is passed through very rapidly within the egg. In due time the young toads to the number of

or 100 burst open the lids of

their cells, poke out their noses and make their entrance into the world. The mother toad rubs off the remains of the cells against any convenient stone or plant stem and comes out in a brand new spring outfit.—Knowledge.

Use of Ginseng In China.

In China ginseng is often sent to friends as a valuable present, and in such cases there is usually presented along with the drug a small finely finished double kettle for its preparation. The inner kettle is made of silver, and between it and the outside copper vessel is a small space for holding water. The silver kettle fits in a ring near the top of tho outer covering and is furnished with a cnplike cover, in which rice is put, with a little water. The ginseng is placed in the inner vessel, the cover put on and the whole apparatus set on the fire. When the rice in the cover is cooked, the medicine is ready and is eaten by the patient, who drinks the ginseng tea at the same time.

The dose of the root is from 60 to 90 grains. During the use of the drug tea drinking is prohibited for at least a month, without any other change of diet. It is taken in the morning before breakfast and sometimes in the evening before going to bed. —Chambers' Journal.

A Man and His Wife. C*'

Again, on the underground railway a little while ago a man and wbman got into the carriage. He was snarling at every one—the guard, the porters, the newspaper boy and a passenger whose foot he kicked getting into the carriage. The woman was a little thin and pale, and I fancy all the passengers were sorry for her and thought she must have a very bad time of it. Presently she spoke to the man. She said, ''When shall we reach Richmond?" He said, "We shall be home inside 40 minutes." That was all, but voice, look, manner were absolutely kind and tender. The whole man changed when he spoke to his wife. A brnte to every one else, he was a lover to her. Lucky woman! Every one would hato her husband but herself and he hated every oue but her. What more could she want? As for the other passengers I think they went home singing, because they had seen love.—New Budget. "X

Point Judith.

It was colonial day at the Professional Woman's league and Miss EmmaTuttle Lewis, who is a descendant of the Puritans, in an interesting talk on the subject said "An ancestress of mine, one Judith Hull, was responsible for the name of Point Judith. She was a scold, in fact a regular shrew, and kept the whole town in which she lived in a broil one-third of the time. So it came to pass that the little peninsula that puts out from Rhode Island and creates such disturbance in the waters of the sound and proves so trying and often disastrous to the seamen and landsmen alike was called Point Judith in honor of the human prototype. It wasn't exactly honorable at the time, but after all those years we regard it so."-—New York World.

Publisher and Authors.

I remember, a little while before the death in the huntiDg field of that delightful companion and brilliant gentleman, Whyte Melville, a publisher said to me one day, "Ah, you know, if your books sold like Major Melville's, we could afford to give you as long prices as we give to him." The publisher was not aware that I and Whyte Melville were friends. The latter, however, came to dine with me a few evenings later, and I told him what had been said. He stared, laughed and pulled his long auburn mustache. "Well, by Jove, that's droll!" be said, with much amusement. "If the fellow didn't tell me last week that if my

books sold like yours he could

pay me double and treble I"—Ouida in North American Review.

A Cure For Stammering.

It is said that stammerers rarely, if ever, show any impediment of speech when speaking in whft?pera On this fact a new method of treatment has been advocated, which is as follows: For the first ten days speaking is prohibited. This will allow rest to the voice and constitutes tho preliminary state of treatment. During the next ten days tpreaking is permit-ihle in the whispering vote?, and in the course of the next IS days the ordinary conversational tone may be gradually employed.

Dnrfn# the war between Richard I of England and Philip Augustus of France prisoners on both sides were blinded as means of intimidating the besieged party, .. ..

A baby's smile makes the whole world grin.

TERREQHATJTTfiiSATTJRDAY EVENING MAIL, SEPTEMBER 28,1895.

A WOMAN SHOEBLACK.

Miss Edison of Chicago Has Established a «'Parlor" Where Shines May Be H*d, The Woman's Journal tells of anew if humble field for woman's industry—a shqeblacking parlor for ladies. We all know the discomfort—not to say di8graoe-~of unblacked shoes, and we are all painfully aware of the trouble and effort it is for a woman to protect her boots from the dust, or having with toil and struggle blacked them to keep them clean. The so called "ladies' blacking" is a boon to one's muscles, but it has many drawbacks, while the strength and skill needed for "men's blacking" are quite beyond most of us even in these atliletio days.

Miss M. L, Edison has therefore established in Chicago a parlor where ladies as well as gentlemen may have their daily "shine," and she thus describes her idea and its practical results:

Some months ago I oame down town one night $nd got my boots soiled. I hunted around for a place that was suitable for a woman to go into to have her boots made presentable. I didn't want to go into a hotel, and I didn't want to sit on a chair in an alley. "Then I began to think. I had been making my own liying, and a hard way it was. I thought out this scheme. I thought why not get a cheerful, clean room, employ clean and competent boys to do the work and make the place one where women could come without suffering unpleasant comment. "I went to every office in the office buildings from here to Adams street and particularly to the offices where women are employed. I tsrld the women what I proposed to do. asked them if they would patronize the place, and 75 per cent of them liked the plan- and told me I could rely on tliem for at least a certain amount a week. I saw the men, and many of them told me they would give me their 'shines.' "I insisted that the boysmusb be gentlemanly in their deportment, and that they must be experts in their business. So I started in a block below here, and, after I had been there two months my business warranted my removal here. "You see my place is clean. The chairs are easy, and the foot rests are roomy. I think I may say I am the only woman in this business. I have traveled everywhere, and I have never met with a woman anywhere in this business."

Her chairs are usually crowded Saturday, and it is not unusual to see a half dozen well dressed women having their shoes'cleansed and oiled and reading the papers. The price for a shine or an oil is 5 cents.

Ladies of tho Maccabees.

It is only a few years ago that a number of bright women in the neighborhood of Port Huron and Ann Arbor, Mich., many of whom were graduates of that famous western college, started a small organization under the curious name given above. The society was to be secret, fraternal and beneficiary and helpful. It is now nearly six years old, and has grown steadily, until it has nearly 50,000 members. Michigan is still its first state in point of membership, while New York comes next. Its branches, or hives, are now found in no less than 21 states. It is essentially a woman's organization. The members and officers are women, the attorney, council, physician and chaplain of the order are all women, and its business and business relations are conducted exclusively by women. The national organization is known as the supreme hive, the state as the great hive and the local branches as subordinate hives. The women are the bees, and no drones are allowed. The officers are Mrs. Anne Wastell, supreme commander Miss Bina M. West, supreme record keeper Mrs. Kitty C. Warner, supreme finance keeper, and Dr. M. M. Danforth, supreme medical examiner.-—New York Mail and Express.

A Gentlewoman Hotel Keeper. A picture of a beautifnl woman in evening dress, with an unmistakably aristocratio air, appears in one of the current English periodical A casual reader, wondering for what reason this especial Lady Clara Vere de Vere was thus presented, turned the pages to find that she was "a gentlewoman hotel keeper." It turns out that the hotel is an ancestral castle in one of the loveliest corners of England, which its owners, being unable to keep up, or to let, or to sell for its value, determined to utilize in this way. The wife overlooks the castle interior, the husband superintends the outside attractions of hunting, fishing and driving, the fortunate guests enjoying an independent stay at an aristocratic, well appointed establishment The point emphasized is that a woman Who knows how to conduct an elegant home is the one to be at the head of a high olass hotel or boarding house.— New York Times. ,•}*$}

War an Knickerbockers.

The trials of our "advanced" sisters who have pledged themselves to popularize the knickerbocker costume are apparently only commencing. We are informed that the Paris authorities, following the lead of Chicago, have issued an edict which will banish from the public thoroughfares the dainty novelties paraded upon wheels for the benefit of those qui s'amuse. Philadelphia Ledger.......

Princess de Metternlch.

Princess de Metternich the other day met a friend of former years in the Prater at Vienna who asked with frank solicitude after her health. "Oh, I'm well enough," said tho princess "that is, fear a woman of my age." "And what .age may that be, princess?" "Fifty/' was (ho reply, given without, hesitation. "Not much for a cathedral, but a very respectable age for a wcantn."

The woman who is earning fl,200 a year and upward isn't worrying veiy much whether people speak of her as an Did maid or as a girl bachelor, or even spinster.-—Brooklyn Bag la

Women Health Inspectors.

There shonld be women inspectors in the health department. They can arouse an amount of indignation over a filthy alley which no man would have the courage to stir up, and I predict that when all the inspectors are women this .town will be the cleanest and healthiest in this country.

Not long since the mayor of Chicago appointed a woman as a sanitary inspector, and the funny newspapers of that town immediately printed pictures of ffvrbage boxes with bows of ribbons kno'iyfed on the corners.

But that's all right. Better have bows of $bbons than bunches of bugs and worms that mean the spread of disease. Better have a trifle of iBstheticism than the carelessness and negligence which characterize the present service in this town.

A smart young man in a buggy has twice visited my alley during the past six weeks. He has carefully unfolded a long memorandum book and made entries enough to start anew town. But that was the last of it The alley is just as filthy as ever, and were it not for an extraordinarily courteous garbage collector we would be oompelled to move out of St Louis, or at least out of this neighborhood.

Would this have been the result of inspection by a woman? I trow not. I think she would have bad that alley oleaned or raised a big disturbance in the health office.—St Louis Post-Dispatch.

.,Ihe Pioneer Woman Stenographer. *i

Miss Nemittof Chicago, who has been declared to be the first woman to be appointed special examiner to take depositions for the federal courts, has a rival in Miss Effie V. Ryan, stenographer of the United States court for the southern district of Ohio. Miss Ryan is the only woman who ever took testimony before a United States grand jury. She was appointed a special examiner by Judge George R. Sage, in Cincinnati, June 15, 1887. In her official capacity Miss Ryan, unaided, took 'till the depositions in the celebrated Fidelity bank cases, taking the-depositions of E. L. Harper when he was in the penitentiary, and she acted as such in the case of David Armstrong, receiver, versus Briggs, Swift, et aL She was also special examiner in the famous Metropolitan bank case in Cincinnati and in the case of tho American Exchange National bank versus David Armstrong, receiver also in the case of Nellie P. B. Comstock versus John W. Harron, trustee, and others. In the Fidelity National bank case alone she personally took the depositions of 51 witnesses and wrote several voluminous folios of typewritten testimony that is on file in the United States district court and covers over 2,000 pages. In every important case in the United States court of the district she has been the special examiner for over eight years. —Chicago Times-Herald.

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The double breasted reefer coat, a most comfortable and sensible design, is again seen and liked, the only change being that it is a bit longer than it was three years ago. In a rough blue serge, with facings of black velvet and large gntta percha buttons, the reefer model is very jaunty and well suited to the woman of slender figure. All coat sleeves, while they are full, stand out rather than up, and though the coat itself may be lined with less expensive material silk is almost invariably used for the sleeves that they may be easy of as sumption.

Long coats for traveling or bad weather wear have deep rippling capes attach-^ ed and usually pointed hoods in addition.

Tho Eton jacket in black velvet and with fancy buttons upon it—that is, either richly cut steel ones or those glittering with rhinestones is very much liked and really makes a most stylish toilet if worn with a handsome crepon or silk skirt.—Ladies' Home Journal. ,—

Princess Harry Is Fascinating.

'^Curiosity is rife," iL, \the London Figaro, "concerning the projected engagement of young Prince Christian of Denmark and one of the Princesses of Wales. Princess Victoria by disposition and inclination is far more suited to be the consort of a future ruler. But she has neither the beauty, verve nor charm of Princess Maud, who, as 'Miss Mills,' has, when paying private visits to intimate friends, broken the hearts of scores of susceptible youths. 'Harry,' as the royal family call Princess Maud, is a most fascinating girl, gifted with many talents, a strong will and an affectionate disposition. She is her father's favorite daughter and is in taste and temper exactly fitted to be the wife of an English gentleman. She is very olever With her fingers—after a boyish fashion •—and her favorite pastime is stuffing and JDOunting birds and small animals, wood aarving and the working of iron and copper. She rides, drives and skates to perfection, but, contrary to general beliof, does not shoot"

Women Sleeted.

School elections were held in some of the cities in Michigan on Sept 3. At Ann Arbor the women voters turned out and worked for their candidate, Mrs. Anna B. Bach, who was elected. This makes now two women members on the school board. At Ypeilapti, of the 636 votes cast 183 were deposited by women. Mrs. Jennie Kinne was elected a member of the school board.

Don't you know that Hood's S&rsaparllls will overcome that tired feeling and give you renewed vigor and vitality

Rheumatism Cared In a Day. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism anil neuralgia radically cures in to S days. Its action upon the system is remnrkabie and mysterious. It temoves at onoe the cause and the disease immediately disappears. .The first dote greatly benefit*. TSoenl*. Sold by EL H. Bindley A Co., Terre Haute, Cook, Bell 4 Black and ail druggists. "T. F. Anthony, EiT-Pog tin aster of Promise ht one bottle of dtp* Iowa, says: "I bouet •Mystic Care* for Rheumatism and two doses of It oid me more good than any medicine 1 lid me more good than any medicine 1 took./ Bold by E. H. Bindley A Co.,

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THE BLUES.

tfbj do Women have tho Blues more than Men?

(sraoux. to otr* udt Riurn] Are not women naturally as lighthearted, brave, and hopeful as men

Yes but woman's organism is different from man's. Women in perfect or good health are rarely victims of this symptom.

When the female organs fail to perform their functions properly, when the dreaded female complaints appear, there is shownnervousness, sleeplessness, faintness, backache, headache, bearingdown pains, etc., causing the dreaded "let-me-alone" and all-gone", feelings. tu'

When the woman does not understand what the matter is, and her doctor can not or will not tell her, she grows morose and melancholy that's the blues.

Mrs. Newton Cobb, of Manchester, O., says: "Lydia E. Pinkhaiti's Vegetable Compound will correct all this trouble. I cannot praise it enough. I am pleased to tell every one that it cured me and ii it will cure me, why not others I am sure my case was severe enough." It wilL

Get it of your druggist at once.

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Women nearly monopolize the blues, because their peculiar ailments promote them.

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OT1CE TO COAL OPERATORS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the common council of the city of Terro Haute, Ind., at its regular meeting, to be held on Tuet-day, October 1st, 1895, for furnishing the city with coal for the year.

Bids will be received for any and all kinds of coal, the contractor to furnish the best of any variety ou which he mwy bid, block, lump and nutcoals preferred. Each proposal must, be accompanied by a bond with good freehold sureties or equivalent security, in the sum of $200, liqukhited damages, conditioned that the bidder shall duly enter into contract and give bond within Ave days after the acceptance of his bid, for the performance oi the work. The city reserves the right, to reject any and all bids. Hy order of the council. CHAS. H. GOODWIN,

ADMINISTRATOR'S

J. M. Clift,Sec'y and Treaa

Hyke There!

If you want a Buggy, Phaeton, Carriage, Road Wagon,

Cart, or a Set of Harness, don't let the 30 day limit pass.

You will never see these prices made again.

Tern Haute Carriage ypy Co.

Wabash Ave., One SquafS

Court House.

Opposite Bauermeister & Busch.

City Clerk.

NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Elenor Parish, late of Vigo county, Indiana, deceased. The estate is probably solvent/ MARTIN HOLLIN&ER,

Sept. 11,1895. Administrator.

Stimson, Stimson & Condlt Att.ys. for Plffli. OTICE TO NON-RESIDENT.

State of Indiana, County of VIko, in the Superior Court, September term, 1895. No. 4662. The Huber Manufacturing Comiany vs. James Inmau, George Inman and Tarry L. Morgan. Foreclosure.

Be it known, that on the 121 day of September, 1895, It was ordered by the court that the clerk notify by publicutlou snid James lnman as non-resident defendantof the pendency of this action against him.

Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action against him and that the same will stand for trial November 9th. 1895, the same being at the September term of said court in the year 1895 [SBAt] Attest: HUGH D. ROQUET, Clerk.

H. J. llaker. Attorney.

OTICE TO NON RESIDENTS.

State of Indiana, County of Vigo, in the Vigo Circurt court, September term, 1895. William H. Roberts vs. Ellen Greggs et al.

Be It known, that on the 18th day of September, 1895, it was ordered by the court that the clerk notify by publication said Nancy Burgner, J. M. Burgncr. G. F. Burgner, Rhoda Newbyand Louisa Ash brook as non-resident defendants of tho pendency of this action against them. That the given names of J. M. Burgner and G. F. Burgner, upon diligent inquiry, are unknown.

Said defendants are therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action against them and that the same will stand for trial on the 6th day of November, 1895, the same being September term of said court in tlie

HUGH D. ROQUET, Clerk.