Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 December 1895 — Page 4

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THE_MAIL

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SCBKCIUITIOK PKICJG, £2.00 A YEAR.

A. C. DUDDLLMTON. F. J. FIKPKN1IRINX.

DODDLESTOH 5 PIBPESBRIM,

5 PROPRIETOH-S.

SM PUBLICATION omens. f^7 ^JtOK.20 and 28 Sooth Fifth Street, Printing House Square.

The Mall is sold in the city by 280 newsboys g} and ail newsdealers, and by agent* in 80 surrounding towns.

•,l Entered at the Postofflee at Tcrre Haute, Ind., a* second-claw? matter.

SATURDAY, DEC, 28,1895.

THAT set of new resolutions is no doubt fully prepared, but will they last as long as wan required to make them.

WB'vKbad that chip on our shoulder for more than a week, and England hasn't dared to knock it off. Who's afraid?

IF the projectors and creators of good times have anything in store for the Amerleau people, let tbem spring it a* soon after next Wednesday as possible. We'll stand up to it with becoming grace.

THE year just closing has not been filled with as much prosperity for the average person as was expected, but we can give thanks that it was no worse, and live in hope that 1896 will bring renewed prosperity.

IT is reported from Washington that E. J. Phelps and Robert T. Lincoln, exministers to England, have been named as members of the commission to investigate the claims of England to the dlsputed territory in Venezuela.

TUB Cranks who are worrying because of war with England on account of that oouutry beiug our greatest customers seem to forget that we are her greatest customers, and that we buy more from her than any other country. We can better a fiord to lose her trade than she can afford to lose ours. If there is any floor walking to be done on account of loss of trade let her business men do It.

THB clergy of the country, as is befitting their occupation, have declared against war at any cost, but a number of members of the cloth have brought deep dlsgraoe upon themselves by expressing the opinion that England oan wallop the life out of us, if the occasion demands it. If the worst comes to the worst, however, probably the fighting parsons will be as numerous as they were a few years ago, when their advice was, "Trust to the Lord and keep your powder dry."

THE passage by the senate of the bill removing the restrictions to the enlistment of ex-confederates in thearmyand navy of the United States, WHS a very enjoyable Christmas present to those whose disabilities were thus removed. It was among the last war legislation remaining on our statute books, and no doubt there are many southern senators, and northern mugwumps, who were old enough to go to war, but didn't, who would be willing to see the very last legislation Incident to the war removed, that connected with the pension depart* ment.

IT is pretty hard to get the straight of the trouble In Cuba, but if the latest authentic advices from thnre are to be believed the Insurgents have the best of the situation, and the president is likely to be called on, shortly, to ac knowledge the Independence of the belligerents. As a matter of fact, the Cubans have not asked the United States to acknowledge their independence, but they seek a recognition of their belligerency by a proclamation of neutrality, which would give tbem the advantage of a status, an opportunity to employ cruisers at sea, and obtain loans, military and naval supplies, and enlist men abroad. One of the arguments they offer lu support of their position is that Spain recognised the Confederate States within three months after Fort Hump tor vjas fired upon, and even before the first battle of Bull Run, but at the same time the seceding states had a president and cabinet, a congress, and a judtclal system which had been acknowledged by several states. The beet authorities on international law advise the insurgents not to ask the president of the United States to recognise their belligerency by a proclamation of neutrality, because at the present they have all the rights and privileges of the subjects of any oountry so far as oar ports and markets are oonoerned, bat jast as soon as they are recognised as belligerents oar doors mast be olosed to them, as to Spain. No recruiting ean be permitted, nor oan a cruiser of either government be permitted to remain within the jurisdiction of the United flutes for more than forty-eight hours, and then only for the purpose of coaling and taking aboard necessary stores.

THB Republican way* end means com mlttee of the House, with whom rests the responsibility of initiating all latlon looking to the creation or revenues for the government, prepared and the House has adopted a bill for neoeea*ry Increase of revenues of the govern meat, which have been steadily falling behind during the present administration, or during the enforcement of the so-dfclled Wilson bill. The president has made a pressing appeal to Oongrtss to provide means for an inoreaes In the revenues of the government, or at least

to provide for the increasing deficiencies that have been evident during the enforcement of that revenue bill. Mr. Dingley, chairman of the way® means committee, wild, In submitting the bill, that it!» departure from the protective principles of the Republican party, and that Ita provisions are sug gested only by the necessities of the government for inoreased revenue, and that it ia to be hoped that the president will waive bia well-known principles antagonistic to the prinoiple of protection, and sign the bills, Intended to do so much for the protection of American credit. It remains to be seen whether the president Is a true patriot seeking to protect the oredlt of his country, or is a pettifoglng politician, who is looking for a chance to air his own views at the expense of a magnanimous opposition that buries its opposition in the effort to advance the interests of a party opposed to it. If the president does not oall bis opponents, politically, a gang of thieves and robbers, it will surprise a great many persons, and at the same time establish the fact that he is a greater man than he has ever been credited with being. The chances are, however, that he will refuse to sign the bills sent to him, and read his oppanents a lecture longer than the moral law—all of which will go to prove that his Venezuelan message, was merely a bid for^a third term. "Too Deep" for Gamin and Woman.

Two newsboys were trying to under stani what it was all about. "What's de big piece?" asked one. "Dat's de bluff de president giv de Oder fellers." "What fellers?" "Oh, dem guys across de ^oean dat's lookln' for troable.'^^^^^H "What is it he says?" "Wy, he just says like dis, 'If yer lookln' fer it, ye can have it, see.

Two women shoppers were overbear.! discussing the interpational dispute. "Isn't it awful that maybe there'll be a war between England and this oouo try?" "Perfectly dreadful but I didn't have time to read It all." "Neither did I, but It seemed to be really serious. It's all about some tacky little place In South America. The whole thing's perfectly absurd to me." "Well, I should think so. Mr. Burton says, though, that this oouutry had to do what it did. He was really excited about it this morning." "Oh, well, I'm not worrying. They'll fix it up in some way." suppose so," and just then a salesman came to wait on tbem. "The women were like most of the other people in town.

They refused to be frightened and found solace In the reflection that the trouble would be"fixedupin some way." —Chicago Record.

MONUMENT COMPLETION

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The regents of the soldiers and sailors monument at Indianapolis are again in trouble. MacMonnies the artist who was to make the groups for the monument would not or^ould not come over from Paris to have a personal interview with the regnnts. He Is the artist who made the fountain for the World's Fair. MacMonnies has a contract with the Brooklyn Park commissioners and he can not, so he eays, leave that work to visit Indianapolis. O

Mr. Schmltz the designer of the bionu ment is greatly displeased with the idea of using bronze for the two side pieces of

War" and "Peace" and says that nowhere else on earth would the anomaly of bronze on a stone shaft be tolerated. There has been a good deal of feeling in the matter and General Knefler, the president of the board of regents, refers to it in strong language. He also says that if the monument is to be oompleted before the last survivor of the war is gone there must be no more fruitless de-

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KEEP YOUR HUSBAND HAPPY?®

By serving meals on time. By not boring him with domestlo history.

By taking an intelligent interest in his affairs. W 5^ By judloious flattery add equally jo* dlolous blame.

By being an ornament to his housebold and a oredlt to bis taste. By not locking up tbe ways of as wedtheart In the chest with your bridal veil.

A Woman of Nerve,

It was Mrs. .lames Kirnochan who, all alone oue night in her country house, gave for servants on the top floor, caught a glimpse over tbe transom of her bedroom door of a familiar face. He watched her as she counted a roll of bills drawn that day from the bank to pay her household expenses, but she continued to make up her accounts, contriving to affix a mark on every bill, and tbe whole sum, amounting to several hundred dollars, she put carelessly in her desk drawer, blew out her light, got into bed and heard very distinctly when the theft was made. By 11 o'clook tbe next morning both thief and bills were returned, and in this instance quiet aequieeoenoe had undoubtedly saved the lady's life.—-Chicago Letter.

1,- Amaila. Queen Amalie of Portugal has taken up the study of medicine in order to cure her royal consort of his increasing corpulence. The king began to gain in weight some years ago, in spite of the fact that he ate and slept but little and led a very active life. He consulted several physicians, but as he could never make up his mind to follow their directions, the queen, whose influence over the rebellious Invalid Is great, determined to doctor him herself. So she devoted herself to study, and short time ago pisnrwl a medical examination, which qualified her to undertake tbe king's case. A marked and steady improvement is Maid to hare taken place in the monarch *s health, since he religiously obeys tbe queen** injpgottaoa.

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THE MOUNTAIN.

Large ohestcd einiit, shewing the lan4, With la*y lirabs strotcluKl out at Umgth, Oovorod with shag ami gnarled with strength.

I watch thee day by day,

A hemlock hoar tho staff «f thy huge hand, Driving along tho ncmstoraed upward trail Thy flock# of JMi«t that m:rn and even stray,

Across tho valu!

Pressing withsun browned body earth's green coach, Tho golden days of mtromor through,

With half visilod eyea of malting bluo X)'«r which tho shadows flit— What dreams are tbino, that with a magic touch Thy spirit to contentment they beguile, And o'er thy brow, whore rugged frowns might sit,

Persuade a smflo?

When the empurpled curtain of the gloom Drops slowly from ita loosened cord, Across her roso flushed terrace toward

Tho purlieus of thy rest,

I watch tho flguro of the evening como, One starry brooch upon her shoulder shining, And lean upon thy broad and loving breast,

With arms entwining.

Warden art thou of all the trooping stars. Through tho hushed hours of night they wait

Upon the threshold of thy gate Of pino troos that uproars Itself against the sky. Oft, too, thoso bars Behind, fre9h from Homo fountain bath, is seen The moon, w'ueu with her quiver she appears,

A huntress quoen.

—E. A. TJ. Valentino in Youth's Companion.

ARE WE CIVILIZED?

One Who Analyzes Fashions Says We Are Still Half Savage. The prevailing motive not to appear singular accounts for the continuance of certain fashions, many being the results of superstition, religious observances and the desire to be "up to date."

Wo are acquainted with what facility hair may be- fashioned into various fantastio shapes for personal adornment, and when a part through the middle is decreed it is worn without regard to contour, and whether it may add to or detract from one's intellectual appearance no thought is given.

If fashion says crimp, we crimp if ourl and wave, we obey. And the custom of keeping the head closely shaved prevails, as among the Fijian women, while the men cultivate long hair, thus reversing the conditions met with among highly civilized nations.

The lips, ears and nose offer a variety of possible alterations «ud area means of ornamental display, and, says Captain Cook, over a hundred years aj^o, in describing the naked savages on th& east coast of Australia, their principal form of ornamentation was a bone, which they thrust through the cartilage which divides the nostrils from each other. The lip ornamentations by the Bolocudo Indians and the Tlinket Bella are disgusting in the extreme, and in the heart of Africa among the Bongo women a clamp or clasp is worn at the corners of the mouth, as if they wanted to contract the orifice and literally put a Curb on its possibilitiea

The teeth cannot escape, and the Malays view in disgust the natural tint and stain theirs a jet black.

One views in horror the Chinese method of foot binding, but which is much mitigated when considering by degrees the fashionable toe used in the last century.

Thus we can see that fashion's fetters torture and harass equally civilized men and savage vanity. Are we not the same in kind, but differing only in degree from the savage:—New York Advertiser.

i* Edmund Halley. Probably the greatest service which Halley ever rendered to human knowledge was the share Which he took in bringing Newton's "Principia" before the world. In faot, as Dr. Glaisher, writing in 1888, has truly remarked, "but for Halley the 'Principia' would not have existed."

Halley had the genius to perceive the tremendous importance of Newton's researches, and he ceased not to urge upon the somewhat recluse man of science the necessity for giving his disooveriaslpublication. Having been authorized by the Royal society to undertake the printing of the book at his own expense, Halley spared no pains in pushing forward the publication of his illustrious friend's great work, so much so that in the same year he was in a position to present a complete copy to King James II, with a proper discourse of his own. Halley also wrote a set of Latin hexameters, in praise of Newton's genius, which he printed at the beginning of the work. The last line of this specimen of Halley's poetic muse may be thus rendered, "Nor mortals nearer may approach the gods.''—Sir Robert Ball in Good Words.

Eighteen Hundred Years After Death. When the pick used by the excavator at Pompeii gives forth a hollow sound when striking the great bed of lava, care is immediately taken to opefa the cavity that ia known to be near.•• Into this cavity liquid plaster of paris is poured. Tbe cavity serves as a mold, and the plaster soon hardens. When the lava has bc$n removed, the statue obtained usually proves to be that of a woman or man in the agonizing convulsions of death, the limbs oontorted and the features drawn out of shape just as they were when the person was overtaken by the flood of redhot lava 1,800 years aga —St Louis Republic.

Pwntshmnt.

Lucy—The wretch! And so he has been proposing to both at us? Jenny—It seems sa

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Lucy—I wish we could think af same fearful way to punish him. Jenny—1 have an idea.

Lucy—What is it? Jenny—You many him, dear.—Pick Me Up. ______

According to Piafooaor Arhrtlde Ifarre, a distinguished French linguist, the name of tbe Madagascar capital, Antananarivo, means "city of tbe thousand village*." It is oompoaed of the Malagasy words "an*' (the), "tanana" (village), "rivo" (thousand).

Farewell originally sign ifledmay jxm, tee or traval t* la aftfo*

HEFT FIRST REHEARSAL

Mary Anderson dd Navarro Tells of the Preliminaries at Her Stage Debut. In writing of her first appearance on tho stage Mary Anderson de Navarro tells in The Ladies' Home Journal that the opportunity to play wna presented hor by Manager McCauley ut his Louisvillo theater. Tbe star who was playing at tbe theater had failed to attract paying houBos, and Dr. Griffin, who was Mrs. do Navarro's stepfather and her business manager, suggested to Mr. McCauley that she be given »chance to play. The offer was gladly accepted, and Mrs. de Navarro writes that there was only one rehearsal, and it was called for the next morning. "On my way to the cathedral," she adds, "I was enchanted to see posters on the fences making the announcement. The main part of the poster was devoted to advertising Milnes Levick in 'The Spy,'and at the bottom in smaller type the show bill read: "Saturday Evening, Nov.27, 1876.—Miss Mary Anderson, a young lady of this oity, will make hor first appearance on any stage aa Juliet, in Shakespearef 'Romeo and Juliet Milncs Loviolt as Mercutio, and a powerful east of characters. "As I was in the quiet church the hour for rehearsal struck, and I started for the theater in a radiant frame of mind. Passing with my people through the darkened house and private boxes covered with their linen dusters, I found myself for the first time upon the stage. How Etrange and dreamlike it seemed, that empty theater, lighted only here and there by tbe faint glimmer of tbo gray day without, bereft of all tho eager faces it had always been peopled with! And the stage! How dismal it was with the noisy patter of the rain on its tin roof, a small gas jet burning in the center, throwing a dingy light on the men and women (they did not relish the extra rehearsal), gloomily standing in the wings. On seeing me, all looked surprised. Some made remarks in whispers, which I felt to be unkind others laughed audibly. Scarcely 16, my hair in a long braid, my frock reaching to my boot tops, tall, shy and awkward, I may have given them cause for merriment, but it was as cruel, I thought, as underbred, to make nb effort to conceal their mirth at my exfffinse. However, their rudeness was salutary in its effect, putting me on my mettle before the work began."

Keeping Employees Honest. "Distrust probably makes more thieves than were ever evolved by the laws of heredity," said a gentleman recently who has a business in which he employs A large number of men, all holding positions in which the element of trust is peculiarly great. "In my business I always make my men understand that I have the utmost confidence in them, and the result of this has been that I have never had an employee exhibit the least dishonest trait. "Put a man on his honor and make him know that he is not being watched, but being trusted, and he will rarely, unless disposed to it by heredity, steal. Of course some men are born thieves and should never be trusted. They steal because the influence is too great for them to resist.- Often surrounding a man with all soris of devices and systems to prevent him from stealing has the effect of causing him to lool$ out for away of beating the bank. We are all strangely susceptible to that much talked of force, suggestion—more than we appreciate—and when the very environment in which we work suggests dishonesty every minute it is not much wonder that it has a very positive effect upon the mind in causing it to think dishonestly."—Pittsburg Dispatch.

'"An Intimate Friend of Hornets. It is Mrs. Brightwen's privilege to be unusually well placed for the minute study of living creatures, and her pets have inoluded lemurs, an ichneumon, squirrels, doves, owls, tortoises and so on. Squirrels and birds she has lured from the woods and won their affection by kindness, and in addition to giving many particulars about these she has something to say about studying nature, teaching children to be humane and the pleasures of insect observation, etc. That inseots can discriminate between friends and enemies is, she holds, true, and she remembers once in a oountry village seeing a man hard at work thrashing corn in a barn, and quite near to him there was an immense hornets' nest hanging from a beam. When asked if he was not afraid of them, he smiled and said: "Oh, they know me well enough. One of 'em fell inside my shirt the other day, but he was very ceevil and never stung me, for I never interferes wi' them, and they never interferes wi' ma''—Westminster Budget.

British Army Pen*lon*.

Tho ordinary pension to the widow of a lieutenant in the army is £40, and £10 for each child. A captain's widow has £50, and £12 for each child a lieutenant colonelV^widow, £90, and £16 for each child a general's widow, £120, and £20 for each child. If death is directly traced to fatigue, privation or exposure, the pensions are increased by half as much again if tbe officer is killed in action, or dies of wounds within 12 months of tbe battle, the pensions are doubled. The ordinary pensions are not granted if the officer was 95 years older than his wife. —Ixmdon Bcho.

Speed Ho Ottfeet.

"What do you think of my new bays?" "Why, they're beautiful animals, but they can't trot for shucks." "Oh, well, I don't care far that part of it." ••Yon dont "Ha If they could do a mile a minute, the boulevard police would hold 'em down to eight mflea an hour anyhow,"—Chioago Becord.

Hst» Had T*mmU*u ff«m Our government has had 14 great Indian wars, which are estimated to have ooctaot less than #160,000,000 and aa much more in private km was I7 individuals.

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Time is near up be surl and secure a guess on the Piano atKivits', 328 Main street before it is too late.*

Wanted.

WcashierMalltodo

HOBERG, ROOT & CO

For our Annual Linen Sale

Known far and near as the golden opportunity, will begin January 2. This season's sale will outshine all previous efforts and here will be the center of January selling in

Household Linens, Domestic Cottons, Bed Spreads, Table Sets, Sheetings, Towels, Table Linens,

Lunch Cloths

it costs you nothing t» secure 11 guess on tbe Piauo afc Kivits1,328 Main street. Come before it is too late.

A fresh invoice of Fancy Boxes and Baskets for fruits and candies at Elmer's

A set of Silver Teaspoons with every purchase amounting to $3 or more at Taylor's, 1105 Wabash ave.

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ANTED^-Position by a young lady as or office work. Address C. E. W., care ofilce.

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now selling line old Rockwood 4-year-old at 50e per quart, bought direct from the distillery, ana I defy competition from the wholesalers, rectifiers and compounders. My goods are all two stamps and are genuine Himnn pure They are not mixed and Used and poisoned to kill the publlo. I will show them to any one wishing pure and unadulter*•''"'""""pffiBKfsrAFF'

Old Cobweb Hall.

A. M. HIGGINS,

Telephone 832.

Lawyer. Opera House Block

Good-bye Santa,

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But we are still here with plenty of good, nice, well-made Clothing that will please you, both in quality and price. If you want good values, don't buy till you see us.

J. T. H. MILLER,

52a Wabash Ave.,

West of Sixth Street.

Thurman Coal & Mining Co.

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S I Brazil Block Nut, single screened ... V*

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Omw. 04 North Bchlb. •FfconML

QpO. R. THURMAN* Maaafer.

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will be lacking. You will not regret attending here.

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For Your Sunday Dinner.

Spring Lamb, Steer Beef, Sweet Breads, Pig Pork, -„r. Tenderloins, Spare Rlbs,~v

Beef Tenderloins.

O. H. EHRMANN, Fourth and Ohio Clean Meat Market. Telephone 220.

Fresh Oysters.

E. W. Johnson, 615 Main street, la daily in reoelpt of fresh New York and Baltimore oysters, wholesale and retail, in caD or bulk. For the very finest oysters be suie to go to Johnson's. |/p

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Hoberg, Root & Co.

G. A. & W. C. Dickson, Lessees, Managers.

•A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.'I WILL RETURI HERE

Dec. 30 & 311

Next Monday and Tuesday.

A. M. PALMER'S

When every lady holding a re-1 served seat ticket will be given'

A Costly Souvenir

A silver "Trllb" heart and lace) pin. the most expensive souvenir ever presented.

NO ADVANCE IN PRICE

Seats now on sale at, Buntin's where thej Souvenirs will be on exhibition. 1

Wednesday, January 1,[email protected]|

New Year, Matinee and Night. JOLLY I 1 1 1

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The Bicycle dirt.

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The latest comedy sensation. New songs, new dances, new music, new costumes. One laugh from start to finish.

Usual prices. Beats now on sale atBuntln's.

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LECTION NOTICE.

TBKRB HAUTB A LOQAHSPOBT A. R. Co.T SECRETARY'S OFFICE. TEKRE HAUTK, IND., Deo. 5,1895. The annual meeting of the stockholders of| this company will be held at the general ofe flee of the company, In the oity of Torre] Haute, Ind., on Monday, January 6th, 1£ between the hours of 10 a. m. and 12 ra., iot the election of five directors, to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of suoh other business as may be brought before tho meeting. GEO. E. FABJIINGTON,

71 LECTION NOTICE.

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Secretary.

^TERBI1: HAUTE A INDIANAPOLIS

RT" RAILROAD COMPANY. 1.. P' SECRETARY'S OFFICE. TEHRE HAUTB, I»B., December 4,1895. Tbe annual meeting of tbe stockholders of this company will be held at the general offices of the company, in tbe city of Tern Haute, Indiana, on Wednesday, January It 1890, botween the hours of 10«00 a. m. and 12HX o'clock, noon, for the election of seven (7 directors, and for tbe transaction of KUCL ether business as may be brought before thf meeting. GEO. E. FAKttlNGTON,

Secretary.«

STOP THAT C0D6H!!

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GULICK'S WHITE PINE WILD CHERRY AND TAR |3 I ...WILL DO IT.... I

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"In the fall of 1802 I bad la grippe, whicl left roe in a very distressed condition, wltt throat and lungs very sore and a bad cough Nothing I used did me any good and I onl. grew worse till 1 was thoroughly discouraged Fortunately a friend suggested a trial Galkk't gyrap of White Pise, Wild Cherry a* Tar and Its use aoon brought tbe needed re lief. I, therefore, cheerfully Indorse It as at agreeable and efficient cough remedy."

JOSEPH W. LEE.

TKBRE HAUTS, NOV. 10,1898.

SaHaMc and Sale for all Afes. Fifty Ceat In Large Bottles. GKKUIHB PBBPARED BY

Gulick& Co. Druggist

TCRRE HAUTE, IND.

ASK VOVB DBFJOOUT FOB IV.