Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 July 1896 — Page 4

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PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A. C. DCDDL.ESTON. F. Jf. PIEPENBRI !?K. DDDDLESTOR & PIEPEKBRIHK, PROPRIETORS.

PUBLICATION OFFICE,

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'Entered at the Postoffice at Terre Haute. Ind., as second-class matter.

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1806.

A French scientist has succeeded in photographing thought. When the process is introduced into this country perhaps we can find out what Grover really •thinks of bis party as it is now conducted.

The platform of the Demopratic party adopted at Chicago this week means that if that party prevails in the coming election, and controls the executive and legislative branches of the government, our mints will be compelled to coin all the silver presented to them, without charge to ^the owners thereof, at a ratio which shall require a silver coin to contain sixteen times as much silver as a gold coi% of equal value shall contain gold. The ratio at which it is proposed to thus coin silver is 1# to 1, while the market ratio at present is about 31 to 1.

The records of the new railroad building in the United States in 1896 shows that 717 miles of road has been built in the first half of the year. The total is not very different from the amount of new railroad which has leen constructed in the first half of any year, since the conditions, in 1893 called a halt in railroad building. Last year 622 miles of new road was built up to .July 1, and the record in 1894, only 4P5 miles between January 1 and July 1, showed how decisively extensive work had been stopped. It will be seen how greatly railroad extension has been checked by the conditions of the last few years, and there are uo substantial signs that any large relative increase is to be expected in the near future.

A small but very practical step towards the annexation of Canada to the United States was taken this week, when the {{rand Trunk railway introduced the rules In the conduct of that system that are used in the operation of the railways of this country. Hitherto English rules have prevailed in the management of the employes of that road, but under the new method old officials will be compelled to pass a written examination, and failure to pass will mean their dismissal. It is claimed that the change in roles will cause the importation by the railway management of more Americans to fill the places thus vacated, and will probably lead to the enactment of a law similar to the alien law in this country, which prevents the importation of skilled laborers under contract.

Thkhe is one thing that can be truthfully said about the Chicago convention this week. It had no use for decoy farmers, as Governor Matthews has discovered. A total of thirty seven votes as the climax for a man who has been on all sides of the tnouey question in an effort to catch votes la a rather severe commentary on his Availability as a presidential quantity. The trouble with our governor has been that, instead of acting on the principle that It is better to le right than to be president, he has conducted himself on the theory that he would rather be president than to be right. After his present term of office has been ended he can retire to the shades of his Vermillion county farm and meditate on the opportunities that are lost to a man who doesn't know where "he Is at." ____________

Philadelphia, the city of homes, in which a greater per cent of the population own homes than in any other city in the country, has adopted a phase of paternalism, so-called, far in advance of anything that has yet been undertaken hy any municipality. The city government recently made an appropriation of 18,000 for the purpose of organising a municipal band, which made its first appearance last week In a public conceit for the benefit of the public. The new departure represents the extension of the Idea that it Is good policy to provide music in public places at the city's expense, and is the result of an agitation among the citizens for an appropriation by the council of a sum sufficient to cover the exiienses of a first class musical organisation. It is the first organisation of the kind In the United States although In many foreign countries public entertainment at the expense of the public is thus furnished.

Wk have heard so much about Great Britain being the richest nation of the world that it is gratifying to have the testimony of an Englishman to the effect that the United States surpasses his own country In tangible and visible property, including land, cattle, houses, furniture, railways, ships, merchandise, etc. Prof. Mulhall, the eminent English statistician, shows the comparative wealth of the principal nations of the earth to be as follows:

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ntMd OGO.OOO Britain Franc© t*ormany...« Russia

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THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. In the history of parties in this country there has never been a national convention that'could compare in any respect with that held at Chicago this week at the call of the National Democratic committee. Although it was called under the auspices of that party, its proceedings, beginning with the refusal to approve the choice of the national committee for temporary chairman, according to the precedents of more than a lifetime, down to the direct refusal to commend the honesty and fidelity of the present administration, it had few of the characteristics of the ordinary national Democratic convention. The old leaders, if there, were in the minority, and what they had to say was received, if not with contempt, at least with unbelief. It was, indeed, the birth of a new Democratic party, and the platform adopted means that many who have for a lifetime been identified with that party will no longer be associated with it under its new control. The result of this convention means the breaking of many old ties, and many Democrats will hereafter be found, as it was expressed by General Bragg, of Wisconsin, when his delegation declined to vote, fighting under another banner and for another candidate.

The feeling as expressed by the majority of speakers at this convention, for the overturning of the old order of things, and the setting up of another, makes it the hope of every reasonable man that the coming election, whichever way it may go, will be so decisive that no opportunity may offer for these image-breakers to establish what they openly threaten, a revolution. A close contest like that of 1876, with the excitement attending it, would precipitate civil war again in this country, under the advice of the Tillmans and the Altgelds and the Bryans, who are now in charge of the great party that once had for its leaders such grand old fellows as Jefferson and Jackson. So, whatever the result may be, let us hope that it will be so decisive that there can be no question.

The direct reproof administered to President Cleveland by the sweeping vote by which the honesty and fidelity of his administration were refused indorsement, has never before been equalled in any national convention.* Those who differ most materially with the president as to his policy, who are not willing to admit his pre-eminent greatness, refuse to believe him dishonest, as bis own party in convention assembled declared in the manner stated. The main plank in the platform is that declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. It is directly in opposition to the plank in the St. Louis platform, and the issues are now defined. The question is whether a policy that has never been in force in this country, and is therefore unknown, which has never been adopted by any fully civilized nation on the face of the earth, shall wiu over the policy at present in force in this country, and by which the money of the United States is good the world over for its face. Whether the money system of such countries as Japan and Mexico, in neither of which the wages of the average workingman are enough to keep the ordinary American workingman in beer, cigar and tobacco money, shall obtain in this country of ours. The issue is plain, and there can be no deception. Those who believe in the adoption of a financial system which has never had a trial in this country, and of which our people are therefore ignorant, should vote for the platform adopted at Chicago this week. Those who believe in the present system of finance have no other alternative than to vote for the gold standard platform. It is not a matter of politics, but of judgment. The good sense and conservatism of the American people are proverbial. They cannot be stampeded by a lot of college oratorical-contest speeches. On theit second sober thought they are not .likely to flee from the evils that at present assail them to those they know not of.

As to the candidates nominated by this convention, the head, William Jennings Bryan, is comparatively unknown, and the youngest man ever nominated for the grandest position in the gift of any people. He was born in Salem, '111., March 19th, 18(50, and is therefore barely past the constitutional limit required for a president, thirty-five years. His first appearance in public life was in 1890, when, in the memorable landslide of that year, he was elected a congressman from Nebraska, of which he had then been a resident but three years, being elected in a strongly Republican district by a plurality of 6,700. The census of 1890 gave Nebraska three additional congressmen, and in the redisricting he was thrown into a comparatively new district. The Republicans were treated to defeat in that year, as in 1890, and Mr. Bryan was re-elected by a majority of 140. In 1894 he was a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator Manderson. His avowed opponent was John M. Thurston, who had received the endorsement of the Republican minority In the preceding general assembly. A canvass of the state was made, and Mr. Bryan, nominated by the Democrats and endorsed by the Populists, used all the oratorical efforts that made him famous as an advocate of free trade and free silver. By the combination between the Populists and Democrats the Republican candidate for governor was defeated, but the combination was unable to carry the legislature, and Mr. Thurston won. Posing partly as a Populist and partly as a Democrat, Mr. Bryan has built a reputation that has made him famous as an orator. Indeed, as an exemplar of that peculiar style of oratory, which is not much concerned with facts, but dwells on rounded sentences and brilliant perorations, it is to be doubted whether as an

......... 42.WUWUW .»•*•• orator he can be excelled in the land S».t4v\wW.W0 .. 19,2^ has not the age. he has not the experience

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are determined by tfce ability of ttw* feataata to furnish men, "«rl inanitions of war, and with n,w the case, the United States is the strong «stpower on earth in war,

iwiioteoS 5 president over tbe mightiest »t «,or on earth. He would not have re* U. cr- .. ..... .. vent urn had it not been for his speech sap

im wm.»a the nomination of the Chicago cart*

hTthe*days of modern warfare -Mini! lifting the platform, but it is not likcl ...v speech can make a president any

iQ public life, in his contact with men, to render him the proper man to exercise the

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At the time of going to press the vke president had not been named.

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The reporter nodded for the official to proceed, and the official proceeded. "When I was 20 or thereabout," he said, "I was a hard case. I don't know why, because my family were decent people and had some money, but somehow I flew the track, and before I had attained my majority I was a gambler, a drunkard and generally a tough character, though up to the time I am about to tell of I had never been in the hands of the law. Living in my neighborhood was a man whom I hadn't much use for, and it was known we were not friends, though we were on speahifig terms and had some business relations. Our town was about three miles from the railroad station, and one November evening, just about sunset, as I was coming to town afoot, I met him walking to the station. |jj "He stopped me, much to my surprise, and asked me if I h$d any money, because if I had he would sell me his watch for almost nothing, as he was going to the city unexpectedly and needed cash. As it happened, I had two $10 bills and three $5, which I had received from the station agent not an hour before, and as the man's watch was a good gold one I thought I had a chance to turn an honest penny, something I didn't do very often. So I opened negotiations. Several persons we knew passed us as we were dickering, and at last I went on home with the watch, and he went on to the station with $25, including a $10 bill with the station agent's name on it in red ink, whibh had caused a part of our delay in the trade, as he didn't want it, and I insisted that ho take it. "As it turned out, he had a reason for not wanting it, and I can't say why I was so anxious for him to take it. Well, next day the man's dead body was found in the woods quite near the station and a mile from where we had met and made our trade, and it was evident that he had been robbed, for his pockets were turned inside out and everything taken. My connection with the matter did not strike me until the day after when I was arrested on suspicion. I was so badly rattled by the shock of the arrest on such a charge that I made my case worse by talking, and when the man's watch was found on me and it was known that I had been treating the crowd the nighfr-of the murder, I hadn't any show at all '4Of course I protested my innocence and told my story, but people took it with little grace, for my character was known, and after an examining trial I was jailed without bail. What I suffered nobody except myself can know, and before a week had passed I had made up my mind to commit suicide and end the whole thing. I am sure I would have done so, but providence had something else in store for me, and sent it by a stranger. This man was arrested as drunk and disorderly ten days after my arrest, and when he was searched in the station house a $10 bill was found on him bearing the station agent's name. "The officer who searched him ^vas a friend of mine, and as soon as he got his hands on the bill he thought he had found away out of my difficulties and went after my lawyer. Then they saw the station agent, and he identified the bill as the only one he had ever put his name on, and remembered that I had jokingly asked him to do it to make it good. The next move was to make a few inquiries of the stranger as to how he came into possession of the money. This was done by waiting until next morning, when he was sober, and charging him directly with murder. It was so sudden that he weakened on the spot, as most murderers will, and the result was that 1 was saved. Saved in more senses than one, too," concluded the official, "for from that very day I lived a new life, and, thank God, I have never fallen into evil ways again, and a a 8 0 a a a 5

TEBRE HAUTE SATtJRDAT EVENING MAIL, JULY XI, 1896.

HOW A MAN'S LIFE WAS SAVED BY A MARKED $10 BILL.

Accused of Murdering a Neighbor, and tbe Circumstantial Evidence Wu Very Strong—A Government Odoial Telia Why

He Chanted His Ways.

"Were you ever suspected of murder?" inquired a government official of Star reporter. "Never," responded the reporter as calmly as if questions of that pleasing character were bis daily food. "Well, I was once, and if you have any feelings at all you need never want tobe."

"How do you explain your"notioiTto have the station agent's signature on the bill, and your insisting on the taan taking it?" inquired the writer. "God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform," was the reverent reply. "And the man who did not want to take the marked bill?" "He was running away from Justice. He had spent every dollar of a fund be* longing to an orphan, and had been called to an accounting."—Washington

Wmm Oray. y-: Earl Gray, who succeeds Dr. Jim as administrator of Rhodesia, is a tall, good looking man of 45. He was the nephew of the late earl and succeeded to the title less than two years aga He is a quiet, rather reserved, man, but is reputed to be possessed of considerable ability in business affairs. He has lived an adventurous life and has traveled a good deal in South Africa. His wife, who was a Miss Holftad, baa also sf«n something of South African life.—Imddon Tit-Bits.

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Oatfoo print works am 40,000,000 doaen eggs per year, wine clarifiers use 10,000,000 dona, photographers and other industries use many millions, and these demands increase mora rapidly than table demands.—German town Tel-

TIPS IN ENGLAND.

Two Well Guarded Plaoea Into Which They Got a New Iorker.

"It is amazing," said a New Yorker, "to see what a tip-will do in England. When I was younger and more adventurous than I am now, being in London I went down to Woolwich with the hope of seeing tbe inside of the arsenal. I went with the full knowledge that a request from the minister of the United States for a pass to the arsenal for a distinguished officer of our own army had been denied at the war office, upon the ground that, a war being then in progress, the arsenal was closed against visitors. I hung around one of the gates until the men came out at the noon hour, and, finally falling in with a man that I took for a foreman, slipped a tip into his hand and explained what I was after. He must have found me trustworthy, for he explained that one of his squad was not going back after the noon meal, and having procured me a workman's coat smuggled me in through the gate with the crowd. Once inside I was safe enough, and by the aid of the man I had corrupted I saw nearly everything worth seeing. "It was during the same visit to England that a friend of my father's came to take him into the house of commons to hear a debate. He had been unable to obtain a pass for me, but I hurried down to the house of parliament, found a policeman, gave him a handsome tip, and told him I wished to get into the visitors' gallery of the commons. I hardly expected to succeed, but that bobby disappeared and returned with a pass bearing the signature of Joseph Chamberlain, and in I went I haven't the slightest notion how the policeman obtained it. Perhaps it was a forgery, but it helped to convince me that in Great Britain more things are wrought by tips than by prayers."—New York Sun.

DOGS KEPT THEM WARM.'

Knife Manufacturing Town Where the Grinders Cae Living Stoves.

Thiers, an old town in the Auvergne, is famous for its steel knife industry. The town has retained much of its romantic mediaeval character. Its streets are narrow and crooked, and the manufacture of knives, the principal industry of the town, is not carried on in modern factories, but in ancient, small buildings along the little river Durolle, which furnishes the power for the industrial township. Curious and unique, as everything else in Thiers, is the method of work of the people engaged in grinding the knives.

The grinders, men and women, lay stretched out on wooden planks, over which they sometimes throw sheepskins to soften the boards. Head, shoulders and arms reach over the end of the board, and with their hands they hold unceasingly the rough steel blades upon the big grindstone which revolves beneath them by means of a powerful yet simple transmission. It is a very comical aspeot to see these people at work, particularly because every one of the workmen has a small, long haired dog, who serves as a sort of live stove, During the long winter in the mountains a body stretched out at full length suffers much from cold in these ill protected mills, and since it is not possible for the workman to warm himself by a change of position or by moving his limbs this peculiar expedient has been adopted in Thiers. The dogs are well trained to their office. One whistle of their master calls them up, and a simple turn of the body indicates to them where they have to lie down to give new warmth to the body of their master.—Philadelphia Press.

Apples Are Good Nightcap*.

The apple is such a common fruit that very few persons are familiar with its remarkably efficacious medicinal properties, states The Bulletin of Phar macy. Everybody ought to know that the very best thing he can do is to eat apples just before retiring for the night. Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of the fruit are liable to throw up their hands in honor at the visions of dyspepsia which such a suggestion may summon up, but no harm can come even to a delicate system by the eating of ripe and juicy apples just before going to bed.

The apple is excellent brain food, beoauae it has more phosphoric acid in easily digested shape than other fruits. It excites the action of the liver, promotes sound and healthy sleep and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. This is not alL The apple helps the kidney secretions and prevents calculus growths, while it obviates indigestion and is one of the best known preventives of disease of the throat. Everybody should be familiar with such knowledge. 7® 7#

A Breexy Irishman.

Penrose Fitzgerald, the member or parliament for Cambridge, is a breezy, popular Irishman, erf whom many good stories are told. He is rather nearsighted, and seldom remembers names. A few days ago he met a fellow member of parliament, Visoount Rilooursie, who had just become Earl of Cavan. The new earl spoke to Mr. Fitzgerald in the lobby and, observing a puzzled look, was good enough to say pleasantly: "I see you don't know who I am. My name is Cavan." "Of course, of course, my dear fellow," was the answer, "but for the moment, I admit, I took you for that ass Kiicoursie."

A Qualified Victory.

"What's the matter, Jack? You don't behave like a man who has just become engaged to a lovely girl—smoking all day and pretending to read instead of flttiahing your picture for tbe academy." "Oh, what's the use? Tbe fellow I cut out is oo tbe hanging committee." —Pearson's Weekly.

The average weigh* of women's clothing in winter is much greater than that which adorns the opposite sex. Worth once said that the weight at

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Muslin Underwear.

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ceding one. Every department represented by an array of bargains unparalleled. Dry and Dress Goods, every nectssary article of wearing apparel and adornment. .-Ltt the items we mention stand as an example of the phenominat bargains in every department

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Good Muslin Skirts, Ohemise, Gowns and Corset Covers ...»

Cambric Skirts, lace trimmed Chemise trimmed with lace and embroidery Ruffled Gowns, Corset Covers. lace and embroidery trimmed Drawers with 8 tucks any of these are 9'/, only

Fine Cambric Corset Covers, Draw-' ers and Chemise, all beautifully trim- kA(1 med with lace and embroidery, only..

Fine Corset Covers. Short Skirts and Chemise, garments that sold for $1.50, at just half 0C

Shop in person, by mail— any way, but ike'" sure to ma Bargains.

and First-class Tin Work,

J. F. BRINKMAN. A. HERZ. B. V. MARSHALL.

WANTED.

ttlg(«IHIUUW.C..C V... all these old, worked-over and steamed-up goods which should be hauled off by the mrbage wagon. Here a sample of what they do, viz: They buy old. rank flsh put up in half barrels which they repack Into neat, new kits and caddlea they put a few new fish on top In order to deceive their easterners, after which they haul the old stale half barrels across the river after night for fear of being detected. Let me tell you something about their crooked codfish. They take haddock, which they buy

Separate Skirts.

Nice. Plain Luster, full lined. velvet bound you'd like them at QO $3, but they are only ®±.»70

Fine quality Figured Lustor full (to ltued velvet bound very wide Fine Quality Serge full lined sold at start of season for $4, re- (JO AO reduced to

Plain Clcillan Figured Luster or Fancy Wool Skirts best quality lining, velvet bound: all very wide they are good value atjti reduced

QnArinl' There were 7.!$42 cakes of soap j„ |u, window. Annie Deady guessed 7.5M1 F. llenshau guessed 7.SM.5 I',. Wholan guessed 7,'.133. Prlr.es awarded.

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IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS.

As regards the brand of tbe shirts for your summer's outing

"MANHATTAN."

Hunter & Paddock,

,,:S. I#. FBNKBR,

523 Main Street,

Builders' Hardware, Furnaces,

1200 MAI1T STEBBT.

7 Fort Harrison Savings Association

656 Wabash Avenue.

Stock SabscriptioBS, Deposits and Choice Loans Solicited

Six Per Cent. Interest Guaranteed.

Send in Your Address to the Secretary and Receive a Prospectus.

NICHOLAS STEIN, PRESIDENT GEO. C. BUNTIN, SKCRKTARY JOHN G. HEINL, VICE PRESIDENT F. C. CRAWFORD, TREASURER RFWM A. M. HIGGINS, ATTOHNKT

DIRECTORS.

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for

about 8!4c.

and sell the same for "r 9V*c. when it Is fixed up to represent codfish It requires

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expert to tell the difference. Genuine codfishcost

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at wholesale. This tasteless

staff which comes to them in and 30 barrel lots they nse In their spices and coffees. ast think bow they fix op their teas. They ase rose and willow leaves and many others I could mention. They also ship 25 and barrel lots of roasted peas which they mix with their coffees. I am on to all things carried

mix with

uinr conws. imm »««ogs carried on In their establishments from cellar Ugaron in viMfir aMuinnuic»i« ,, ret and intend

the general public the

benefit of what I know, Just as long as I remain lit the basin ew.

PETEB N. STAFF. Old Cobweb Hall.

A. M. HIOOINS. f,:

Lawyer.

Telephone SB.

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winter clothes averaged 15 pounds of woman's, t&.

Notice is hereby gives that I hare filed. In theolBceof the clerk of the ftapertorcoartof Vigo coanty. my petition for tbe change of mame to Thomas Hooper.

Dated thU Sth day of inly. IS& THOMAS BCLL.

W. W. HAUCK. FRANK MCKLSKN.

OTIOE BOAUDOF HEALTH

All property owners and agents are herebj notified to cot weeds on such property, in cordance with the city ordinance, within the ng^t ten days.

W.O. JENKINS, M. I). LESLIE McCLAJN. M. D. C. M. SMICK. M. D.

Koarp of HitiiH.h.

Stihpsok. Htimpsom & Conimt, Attorneys, OTICE OF APPOINTMENT. N

Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estato of I'riscIHa J. Griffith, deceased. The estate Is supposed to

CLARENCE H. GRIFFITH. Administrator.

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at a Bargain

vacant lots on north Sixth and One-half street, between Sixth and Seventh are. Must be sold. 2H acres on Lafayette are, good Improvements cheap.

For particular* call on

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For Sale

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Opera Hoose Block

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2 bosses. 4 room* each, on north Sixth street. 2 booses. 4 rooms each, on north Fourth street* 1 vacant iotes on Fifteenth and College

SpU-mlid building lots fronting Lafayette. Tenth and Eleventh streets. Also low in Early Grove. f'

For particulars call

R. DA LEX.

Real Estate. Loan and Insurance Agent, tee Wabash Ave.

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