Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 July 1896 — Page 4

THE MAIL.

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

C. DCDDLESTON. P. J. PIEPENBBIXK DDDDLESTON A PIEPEHBRINK, PROPRIETORS.

POBLICATIOX OIT1CE,

Nos. 20 and 22 South Fifth Street, Printing House Square. The Mall Is sold In the city by newsboys and all newsdealers, or will be delivered to any .address, by mail, at the rate of IS a year, 81 or six months, or 50 cents for three months. JBntered at the Postofflce at Terre Haute, Ind., as second-class matter.

SATURDAY, JULV 4,1*86.

THE world's fair that was held at Chicago in 1898 was tame as compared with the show that will be held there next week.

EVEN true greatness is not free from the -slurs of the small people. The great and only Corbett has been challenged to a sparring contest by a woman.

IT seems strange that in this day and generation there is a country that has a law requiring a man under 80 years of age •and a woman under 25 years of age to get the consent of the parents before they can be legally married. Yet a law of that nature has been in force in France for many years, requiring the parties to give three successive monthly notices to refractory parents before their consent -could be dispensed with. This week a law took effect by which a single notification by a man over 25 or a woman over 21 years of age will suffice, but even then the marriage cannot take place until a month after such notification.

TUB people of several states are having a great deal of temperance legislation this year. The Indiana supreme court has recently upheld the Nicholson law, the Kniues excise law went into full force on Wednesday, after having been sustained by the higher courts in New York in all particulars, and the Ohio law, which raises the license fee from 1250 to $850, also went into effect this week. It is estimated that the Haines law will drive fully 3,500 saloonkeepers of Brooklyn and New York out of the business, because of their inability to pay the increased license fee of $800. It is claimed by the enemies of the law that over 24,000 persons dependent on these saloons for a livelihood will be affected by t":is wholesale closing.

TIIK one person whose pen perhaps more than that of any other caused the abolition of slavery in this country, Harriet Beecher Stowe, (lietl at her home in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday at the age of eighty-four years. Her "Uncle Tom's Cabin," published in the early fifties, did more to foster and expand the then growing sentiment against slavery than the writings of all others, and placed the Intolerance and brutality of the traffic in human flesh before the people in a light that was new to thein. Its sale -was phenomenal. In a year after its publication it reached a sale in this country of over 200,000, and in London thirty editions of it were published within six months after its appearance here. Mrs. Stowe did much other creditable literary work, but she will lie remembered ever for this one book, whose merits give it immortality.

IF the general rule that the prosperity of a postoffice is indicative of the prosperity of the locality surrounding it, the majority of localities in this country should be prosperous, for the Annual adjustment of the salaries of presidential postmasters this week shows that there were nearly 1,500 postmasters who had their salaries raised from $100 to $300, while there were only about 800 that were reduced in like amounts. Each year, June, the presidential postofWces are reclassified and the salaries readjusted, the changes being based on the receipts for the business year, which In the postoffiee ends about April 1st. As nstial, the largest number of changes were in Pennsylvania, where the pay of 142 postmasters is increased. The {my of ten is reduced. In New York, which ctfmes next, salaries in 112 offices were increased and in twenty-two reduced. In Indiana sixty-one post masters had their salaries raised, while only four had theirs reduced.

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AI.TOKI.O is going to try to

run the Chicago convention next week In much the same manner that he ran the Illinois state convention. The Illinois (delegates this week decided to oppose the enforcement of the time-honored rule in Democratic national convent ions requiring wo-thlrds majority to nominate candidates for the presidency and the vice presidency. The rule has been in force In Democratic national conventions since 1844, when the south adopted such a rule in order to control the convention, and prevent the northern representatives from nominating a candidate offensive to the slave owners of the south. It is likely that Che attempt to defeat this rule, will precipitate confusion In the convention, and lead to much bad feeling. It is probable from .all signs that the Chicago convention next week will lie marked by sensational events, more startling in their nature and effects than the seoession of the silver people at the St. Lonls convention.

PARIS is preparing in great style for the -great international world's fair to be held there in t»0a The successful financing is assumi, and in a manner typically Parisian. Bonds of twenty francs each, amounting to itt.000.0i* franca will be issneti next week, and applications make it clear that these will be fully subscribed These toond* bear no Interest and the p^-cipal will never be paid unless the hcUcr is lucky enough to draw a prite in one of the twenty-nine lottery drawings to which they entitle him. Nominally, the holder will net his money back in the of «ilmission tickets to the ext

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have thus far been sold four years in advance. This means that practically no money will be taken at the turnstiles of the exhibition. Not only that, but many millions of tickets will probably never be used, for a total of 65,000,000 in six months is on the basis of an attendance of 360,000 daily. There was only 28,800,000 attendance at the Paris exhibition in 1889, and during the last'week it was open tickets sold freely on the streets at five cents. It is the lottery feature of the bonds which attracts the public. The prizes range from 500,000 down to 100 francs. The resources of the managers of the exhibition at the outset, including local and national subsi dies, amount to 100,000,000 francs. The building operations will begin at once.

THE city council of Chicago has a reputation for giving away valuable franchises to corporations instead of making them pay for the enormous privileges conferred on them, but they are willing to draw the line on some things. They recently passed an ordinance imposing a special tax of two per cent, on the gross receipts of the foreign fire insurance companies doing business in Chicago. The fire underwriters association immediately met and ordered a raise of five per cent, in the premiums on all Chicago risks, the raise to take effect July 1st. The council, however, demonstrated its ability to "raise" the insurance companies back again, and adopted an order directing the corporation counsel to ascertain whether the fire underwriters' association is a trust, and thus amenable to the state law against trusts, cut off all electrical connection now furnished free to the insurance fire patrol companies and ordeffed the chief of police to enforce the ordinance against fast driving by the fire patrol wagons on their way to fires. This was getting back at the insurance companies with a vengeance, and the latter immediately issued a notice that the raise in rates would be postponed until August 1st. If city councils would manifest a little of this disposition in collecting revenues from corporations the municipal indebtedness of the cities of the country would not reach such enormous figures. They are willing, too often, however, to single out corporations against which their claim for special taxes is not so good as in the present case.

HOUSE-MADE PRESIDENTS. The uncertainties concerning the results of the present political campaign, caused by the defection of the silver states from the Republicans, and the recent apparent increase of silver sentiment, makes it possible that neither of the presidential candidates will receive a majority in the electoral college. In that event the election would be thrown into the House, as has occurred twice in the history of the government, in 1801 and 1825. In 1801 there was a tie in the electoral college, Thomas Jefferson receiving 73 votes and Aaron Burr 78. In the House Jefferson received ten votes and Aaron Burr four, which made Jefferson president and Burr vice president. This election resulted in the enactment of the twelfth amendment to the constitution, which provides that the House of Representatives shall elect a president in case no candidate receives a majority in the electoral college, and that the Senate shall elect a vice president under similar circumstances. In the House election the vote is taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote, and a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members of two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In the Senate election of a vice president, however, two-thirds of the whole number of Senators shall make a quorum, and a majority is necessary to a choice.

In 1825 no candidate had a majority in the electoral college. Andrew Jackson had a plurality of over 50,000 in the popular vote, and received 99 electoral votes. John Quincy Adams had 84 votes, Henry Clay 37, and Wm. H. Crawford, of Georgia, 41. When the House was called on to elect, however, it did not select the man who had received the greatest number of electoral votes, and a plurality in the popular vote, Jackson, but chose Adams instead.

If the coming election should result in neither of the candidates receiving a majority of the electoral college, the house would be called on to elect a president. The Republicans control the delegations of thirty of the forty-five states. This is the two-thirds necessary to constitute the quorum, and the thirty votes which they represent is, of course, a large majority of the whole number. Among these thirty states, however, are Idaho, Montana, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Delegates from these states bolted In the St. Ixuis convention and the silver element dominates all of them except the two Dakotas, Twenty-three states is a majority, and the Republicans would have enough to elect their candidate, and have one vote to spare if the whole seven of these states should vote for a silver man. But if any of these states should refuse to take part in the contest the Republicans alone could not establish a quorum, and unless some of the Democratic states participated the election could not take place.

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Under these circumstances, if the Democratic states should also refuse to take part, the Republicans could not employ their majority, and no election of a president would occur. In that event the vice president, whom the senate would have to elect in this case, would become president on March 4. The silver men, Democratic, Republican and Populist, are in a large majority in the senate, and they would naturally try to choose a silver man of one partisan complexion or another. Bnt if any obstructive tactics were resorted to by the silver Republicans or Democrats in the house the Republican senators might be tempted to retaliate. They are not strong enough to break a quorum in the senate, but the gold Democratic senators might lend a hand in order to frighten the silver men out of a conspiracy to defeat the election of a president by the house. However, the probability is that a president will be chosen in the electoral col--ve, or that if the contest should he thrown the house quorum would be had, and thus he would be promptly elected in that body.

The Fete Lovin* Germans. Then the birthdays! Every one has a birthday here. Perhaps they do at home, too, bnt it is not so generally known. "What shall we do tomorrow?' one of the children. And if yon carelessly, innocently inquire, "Why, what's up tomorrow?" a smile of supreme contempt and pity announces the fact that if it isn't a first, second, or third "feiertage," or holiday, why, then it must be a birthday, or a first, second, or third "feiertage." Here again the stock of small coin comes into" play. Far. after you have sent the wash' woman's children their supply of Easter ftggs, then Fran H. reminds yon that the porter's children should have their share and that it is the thing on the aforesaid "feiertage" and birthdays to give the servant a mark. And the children of the family throw out all sorts of hints as to how the farmer boarder, Miwa Brown, had given them a beauti ful hare last Easter, ohockful of chocolate eggs. The birthday party here is not a thing of the past, nor is it given only for the children. Young and old, rich and poor, have birthday parties, with birthday cakes, candles and flowers in a very sweet, old fashioned sort of way. Yes, the Germans are sentimental, if you like, bnt it is very beautiful for all that, and the laugh is hearty and the tears are real. Their poetry is »ii woven in with the practical every dry life like the meat markets which can b«a seen in every street, where long string of sausages are intermingled wil blooming hyacinths and lilies of the valley.—Berlin Cor. Rochester PostExpress.

The Most Absentmtnded of Hen*

The most abaentminded man is a Brewer man, and he is convicted by his own story, which is as follows: The other night he went shopping and took his wife along. He visited four stores. He is a pleasant man and a happy conversationalist. At each store some interesting story was started, and nobody seemed to notice that though he bought a bundle at each place he never carried away more than one. He visited the laundry, laid his bundle from the last store on the counter, chatted with the cashier while he paid his bill and weijt out with only his laundry bundle. Then with his wife he wen# to his own place of business to bring home a halter strap for his colt. His wife stopped-next door below the store chatting while he went in. When he came out, he went whittling softly homeward with the halter strap and without his other bundles or his wife. He only awoke to a series of mistakes when he reached home and failed to find his wifa He found her, a little scared, however, in a few minutes, but he did not get his other property till next day. The shops had closed.— Augusta (Me,) Journal.

Two Obliging Princes.

Not long ago two Englishmen traveling in Sweden lost their luggage, and as they did not speak Swedish they were at their wits' end to explain the matter. Two young men finally came to their rescue and politely asked in English if they could be of any assistance. On explaining their situation, th£ young men promised to telegraph foi the lost goods and "made an appointment to meet at the same place the following day. The appointment was duly kept, the luggage duly delivered—the Englishmen, full of gratitude, pouring out their honest thanks to their unknbwn friends. 'Do you know whom yon are thanking?" said one of them with a smile. "No, sir. We wish we did." "Well, then, perhaps you will like tc know. I am Prince Oscar of Sweden and this is my brother Eugene."

An Enterprising Barrister.

Lord Chelmsford relates that a friend of his at the bar was once engaged in a nautical case, in which it appeared that a vessel had been exposed to a very severe gale of wind and had been thrown upon her beam ends. The barrister, ignorant of nautical matters, asked a seaman who was in the witness box how it was they did not lower the topmast, upon which the witness said with a sneer, 'If you knew as much of the sea as I do, you would know that this is not a very easy matter." This incident led the counsel to turn his attention to th6 subject, and he invented an apparatus for lowering topmasts, for which he obtained a patent and realized thereby upward of $100,000 by this invention. Pittsbnrg Dispatch.

7 Pleased at the Outlook.

The higher education is always to be desired, but people sometimes have strange reasons for taking it For instance, the Satinterer hailed a nephew the other day, and said: "I hear, Tom, you are going to the Institute of Technology next year?" "Yes," was the prompt reply,.and the bpy's face fairly beamed. "And why are you going there?" wat the not unnatural question. "Oh, so I can have four more long summer vacations," was the unexpected answer.—Boston Budget

At a French Wedding.

A wedding feast is an important ceremony in France among all classes of society. Even among the very poorest of the Parisians a wedding banquet i*j the occasion far a reckless expenditure of money in the purchase of wise and viands. In Brittany a wedding is even a more gorgeous affair than in Paris. At a recent wedding ceremony in Brittany the guests numbered 1,300, and three

them with meat Wine was consumed in large quantities, and in addition 40 barrels of cider was consumed.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATL, JULY 4, 1896/

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DRESS GOODS.

More styles are shown than at the beginning of the season and not a poor printing in the lot. Think of it, the best American Dimities are here to sell at

Striped Grenadines, cool, beautiful and new they started at X2Kc second shipment are selling for

Dainty Dimities, Corded Swiss Mull and Jaconat Douchess they were 15c all to close at Fine Dimities, goods identified with those we have sold the season through at 25c they are Irish, at

Lappet Lace, Imported Dimities and Batistes, 15c, i6%c, i8cand

A. Prison Designed by a Convict. Perhaps the most interesting fact about the building of Wormwood Scrubs prison is that the plans for its construction were drawn out by a convict in his cell while undergoing the probationary nine months to along term of imprisonment

The man was originally an architect, and among the foremost of his profession. He was a gentleman by birth and education, but in early life began to abuse his natural gifts, and at the time was undergoing his second term of imprisonment for forgery. The completion of the work occupied him for nearly six months and was effected under great disadvantagea In place of a table, for instance, he had to pin his paper to the wall of his cell, moving it round with the sun in order to obtain the best light.

The prison authorities consider this marvelous specimen of architectural drawing the finest piece of work ever done by an English convict It measures in size 5 feet 6 inches, being drawn to the scale of a hundredth part of an inch.

The convict displayed the greatest interest and pride in the erection and completion of the prison, which was built entirely by convict labor. It contains 1,881 separate cells for prisoners, which oost on an average £70 7s. each, besides hospital wards and a chapel.

The total number of bricks required was 85,000,000, each one being mado by the convicts on the premises, or on some adjoining land leased for the purpose. The iron castings were obtained from Portland or Chatham prison, the granite from Dartmoor and the Portland stone from Portland. The total cost of the prison was more than £97,000.— London Letter.

Papa Haydn's London Debut.

On.Haydn's arrival he first took up his abode at Bland's, the music publisher, at 45 Holborn, but soon afterward removed to rooms prepared for him at 18 Great Pulteney street, the residence of Salomon. Near here, at Messrs. Broad wood's, is shown a room in which Haydn used to retire to compose. At Salomon's he would appear to have appreciated the arrangements made for his comfort, especially with regard to the cuisine, which was under the direction of a foreign chef. We find him, however, complaining of the late hour at which Londoners dined, though to us 8 o'clock might seem uncomfortably early. In March, 1791, he conducted the first of Salomon's concerts at the rooms in Hanover square, and in this and the following year he brought out the first six of his grand symphonies. For many years Salomon was among the foremost musicians in the metropolis. During Mara's first season in London he oon ducted and played solos at all her concerts. The Morning Chronicle called him a genius and asked whose violin playing approached nearer the hnm«n voice. When an old man, he was still full of enterprise, and took great interest in the foundation of the Philharmonic society.

Great enthusiasm prevailed on the occasion of the first of the SalomonHaydn series of concerts. Mma Storaoe sang, while Salomon led the orchestra as first violin, and Haydn presided at the pianoforte.—Gentleman's Magaarine.

bullocks were slaughtered to provideitfcroagb the other with the fluoroscopy as it was my privilege to do in the case of the Bowdoan senior. "Can yon see the ribs?" asked the poli'.e profcascr. "Oh, yes, very plainly," was the an1 swer, "but I never knew before that

J' Jiwstl* Locia. ^Mother—Now, Willie, you've eating sweets till you've made yourself tbey extended up acd down." ill. I shall have to send for the doctor. And then it was the duty of the scien-

Willie—I say, if yoa are sending for} ti*t to explain that steel corset rib* as the doctor, may I have another sweet?* well as bnrnai txme ribs areil !rstu It won't any difference, JOB by the merciless rays. —l«wmca know."—Pearson's Weekly. 1 Journal.

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Two ladies were being shown toe wonders of the ray recently by Profefser Robinson, and one was looking

Monday starts the most interesting distribution of Cotton Dress Goods we ever made. It emphasizes the power of this store. ggWe gather from the markets of the world the cream IS||of the Cotton Dress Stuffs and offer them to our public at half and two-thirds of the usual prices and no one disputes our h: ^leadership. It is a time to buy for present and prospective needs. A time to save money on desirable goods.

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A Curiosity of Central Africa. Professor Garner, during his travels in central Africa, has discovered many queer things, not in the least remarkable of which is a curious little animal belonging to the simian family.

This queer little beast, measuring about afoot in length, precisely resembles a bear in miniature. It seems to confine itself almost entirely to a narrow tract of country running along by tho equator. The natives, who have given it the name of "ikanda," relate many remarkable stories about it.

Its hands and feet are its greatest peculiarities. The former precisely resemble those of a human being, with the exception that they lack an index finger. The stump of this forefinger looks exactly as though it had been amputated. The feet are also not unlike our own if it were not for two remarkable peculiarities. In the first place the great toe protrudes at right angles to its fellows, while number two differs in that it possesses a claw.'

A Wine Fifth.

In Java they have a spccies of fish that carries a very useful gun with him wherever he goes. This queer flsh i/» called the jaculator and his weapon is a combination air and water gun, which nature has provided him with. The jaculator has the power of puckering the mouth into a small, round tube and squirting water through it He is such an expert gunner that when he observes a beetle or a fly on a twig above the water he invariably knooks the insect from his perch, even though the distance be five or six feet There are seven other varieties of these water gun fishes, which are known as "sportsmen" and "gunners" on account of their queer habits.—St Louis Republic.

His Criticism.

Spike Brady, who was a well known baseball player in the Mississippi valley a few years ago, once attended church in Dubuque, la., with his club, •which went on special invitation. The preacher made a special effort that consumed some time. Spike was asked what he thought of the preacher. "He got round to third all right but, say, he was an ice wagon in getting home," the ball player answered.

An Attractive Innovation.

An attractive feature of the Women's clubs' recent convention at Louisville was the corps of ushers and pages. The pages were small girls of from 10 to 14 years and were dressed in white, with mortarboard hats, older young women similarly attired officiating as ushers.

Times at general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.—Colton.

That Catarrh Is a Irocal Affection at the membrane of the nose, throat, etc., is a fact established by physicians, and this authority should carry more weight than assertions of incompetent parties, who claim that catarrh is a blood affection, in older to make a market for their compound. Ely's Cream Balm is a local remedy, composed of harmless medicants and free of mercury or any injurious drug. It will cure catarrh. Applied directly to the inflamed membrane, it restores it to its healthy condition, affording quick relief and a cure after short continuance^^ J|!

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BELTS.

Linen Belts over an inch wide Linen Fin- Qjr ished Buckles the 35c kind c)C Linen Belts, two inches wide regular 50c O value, for °^C

All colors in Leather Belts and Leather Covered Buckles some with pockets attached r)^ your choice of 35 varieties

All Leather Belts in different widths an as- 1 sorted lot each

A-few more dayB of the guessing at the Soap window. Bring your guesses Monday.

Half Fare to Chicago.

On account of the Democratic National Convention, which meets at Chicago July 7th, the C. & E. I. R. R. will sell round trip tickets, from all stations to Chicago, at rate of one fare for the round trip.

Tickets will be on sale July !kl, 4th, 5th and 6th inclusive, good returning, to leave Chicago not later than July 12th.

Fourth of .July Kxcurslons via Tho Vandallu Line. Tickets will be sold on July 3d and 4th, good to return until July ftth, 181)0, inclusive, between all stations within two hundred miles of initial point, at one fare for the round trip. Tickets will also be sold to stations on connecting lines on same basis as above. For full particulars, call on nearest Vandalia Line Ticket Agent, or address GKO. E. FARRINOTON,

Gen. Agent.

"Personally Conducted"

Tours are-not more enjoyable than the every day service of the V.-P., VaudaliaPennsylvania, the short line from Terre Haute to the east.

OTICE BOAHD OF HEALTH.

All property owners and agents are hereby not!fled to cut weeds on such property, in accordance with the city ordinance, within the next ten days.

NOTICE

W. O. JENKINS, M. I). LESLIE McOLAIN. M. D. C. M. SMIOK, M. D.

Hoarp of Health.

TO BUGOY AND CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS.

Notice is hereby given that bids will bo received for the construction of an ambulance for the city of Terre Haute, Ind., as per plans and specifications now on file in the office of city clerk.

Bids nrust be filed in the clerk's office not later than IS o'clock m., Monday. July 6th. 189(5.

By order of tho common council. DR.E. L. LARKINS. Chairman Special Oommifcte on Ambulance.

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Attorneys.

ICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of I'rlscllla J. Griffith, deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent.

CLARENCE H. GRIFFITH., Administrator.

WANTED.

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TO THE RETAIL GROCERS IS REGARD TO THE WHOLKSALE GROCERS. Why do they ship rock salt by thecar load? Why do they ship their glucose by the car Why do they and what do they do with those Imitation small flsh kegs they have made to order and in such large quantities?

What do they do with so many of those large mackerel Kits they have made to order? »they desfretfeo

^hat do they do with that tasteless "stuff" In 25 and 30 pound lot* and in any color they want? What do they do with so much haddock they buy? Do tbey sell it for rod fish? jey buy? Do tbey sell it for rod fish? why ao they have made to order all those new. fancy boxes? Is It for repsicktng the old stale "stuff" that should be hauled away by the garbage man?

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The above are a few questions well worthy your time to ponder and reflect over, we solicit the attention of the public In general to the manner In which those rile adulterators carry on their nefarious business. There Is no poison, no matter how Injurious, but tbey will use. Conscience they liave none.

I'ETER N.STAFF,

Old Cobweb Hall,

*P- 413 Wabash Ave.

FOR SALE.

Elegant building lot on west side south Seventh street. ,, 2H acres of ground: good house and Im-

a splendid location for a sub-

vision. 10 acres of ground adjoining city limits. cheap. R. (MULES,

Wabash aVe.

FOR SALE.

Improved and unimproved property In all parts of the city on easy payments. For particulars call on ..

K. DA11LEN.

Heal Estate. Loan and Insurance Agent, OK Wabash Ave.

A. M. H1GGINS. Lawyer. Opsra House Block

Telephone 33&

UtosAte St