Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 7, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 August 1896 — Page 5

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There bare been reports of a new route from St. Lottis to Chicago over the Vandalia and Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois to btiild from Shelbyville on the Big Four to Elmo on the Vandalia. Indeed, it is said that the Chicago company would buy the Paducah & Memphis road which runs south from Elmo and create a new route from Chicago to Cairo to compete with the Illinois Central. The latter road has cancelled its traffic agreement with the Vandalia and the St. Louis and Chicago trains are now run over the Big Four. It is understood there is a stipulation in the sale of the old St. Louis, Terre Haute & Alton by which the Illinois Central was obligated to use the Big Four. The Vandalia and the Central had been running a handsome and fast train kuown as the "Diamond Special" but I understand it did not make much, if any, money, and the Vandalia is not a loser by the change. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois officials were here the other day and made an arrangement with Superintendent Miller by which a fast freight train has been put on between St. Louis and Chicago over the Vandalia and Chicago & Eastern Illinois, passing through here. There was no talk of the proposed new road of forty or fifty miles from Shelbyville south to the Vandalia at Elmo. No doubt the new traffic agreement between the Big Four and the Illinois Central shut the Chicago & Eastern Illinois out of some freight business with the Big Four at Shelbyville, to which place the former road built a line from Danville a few years ago. There was 110 through passenger service, however. One of the imaginative Htories which the new relations started was that the Illinois Central threatened that ^f the C. & E. I. went into its territory by building to Elmo and buying the Paducah road, the Central would build a competing road to the Indiana coal field. That may be looked upon as a joke. At least it betrays the Ignorance of the narrator of the Indiana coal traffic business.

There is a good deal of malaria in the city and there is going to be more. I found that a number of persons were suffering with what seemed to be congestion of the stomach which caused difficulty in swallowing and the doctors say it is a malarial affection. An old practitioner said to Man About Town that the indications are for a very serious siege of malaria this year. The excessive rains will increase the early decay of vegetation which spreads the poison. The overflowed river bottoms, he thinks, will kill a great deal of corn. He has known the river here for half a century and he says that when the overflow comes at the season this one did and is followed by hot weather such as we have since had there is little or no hope for the corn. It 1H his estimate that the loss in this county will be a quarter of a million dollars, not alone in the river bottoms but in all the county The appearance of malaria now Is early but it is here in an aggravated form. It affects suffering humanity in many ways but most of the cases the physicaus now have are of stomach or bowel trouble, often dysentery. It is to be expected that later on in the season there will be much of the old time ague fevers.

The old practitioner speaking of the malarial diseases said quinine is the standard remedy. If he had to treat a thousand men he would give all of them quinine and not less than «0 percent, would be benefitted by the drug. Quiuine has passed the ex perimenta! stage, he said, and this let! him to remark on the,number of specifics that had bt?en exploited In his time. The older he grew the more conservative he is becoming until now he is positive about very Sew. things. The antitoxin serum he would not absolutely discredit nor would he accept it until it had been better tried

I have seen a great many persons die who ught to have got well," said the old doeor, "and I have seen many more get well that I thought would die." I was telling what he said to a gentleman who told of his experience with another physician in the city who has the reputation of being big enough and able enough to t&lk plainly about his profession, that is as to the doubt which exists in tt^atment of diseases. This gentleman hail been ill for many months. When the physician meet* him he jokes about his case ami says he is either had so aul or was afflicted with this or that and h-doesn't know which. Another person prvsen: toM of th* admiration his father had for a physician, an old practitioner, in another city, who did not hesitit? to tear up a prescription and write another If, on further conversation with the patient, be thought auot her tren tment more advisable. Aud thou he would say: "I gtwss th«: will hrlp von. anyway we will try it.*' It the yviuug doctor with theories and lack of expvrHniw who is positive and looks wise in the sick room. The able practitioner doe*:s have to. It the same with men who are grott in state affair*. Tlw.r are always the most approacbnbiv nimble in their manner and do not know how to {MM? and strut before tite public.

There is on way of defeating th* fm» gUvrr people, and that is to shoot tbetu down if they don't Mop gboet dancing.

just as the soldiers did the Indians at Wounded Knee, but this manner of saving the country's "honor" and avoiding "repudiation" is not practicable. The free silver people are not wards of the nation they ape part of the nation itself. I suggested at the time some of the enthusiastic friends of the proposed Terre Haute & Mississippi road were out of patience with those who were opposing it, especially the workingmen, that if these opponents could be exterminated in some quiet way the problem would be solved, but this could hardly be done, because in this country the majority rules, and the opponents of the railroad subsidy were in the majority. That there is going to be an unwarranted excitement over the money issue there is no doubt. In my opinion, the question is really a subsidiary one, serious undoubtedly, but it is not the vital one. Political speakers and the party press will make it appear to be an issue of life or death. That is their job, but as a matter of fact it is simply an Indication of the social and industrial insurrection in the country.

Speaker Reed's speech "way doWn" in Maine the other day came as a blessing in these times when you hear nothing but denunciation of the other fellows or turgid appeals to protect the country's "honor." He reversed the process of reasoning too often heard. Most of the excited persons who are discussing the money question are doing so from the standpoint that the fly on the cartwheel makes the wheel go around. Speaker Reed said that money is the transferrer of capital, as a hay rack is the transferrer of hay. If there is hay to be transferred there will be bay racks to transfer it. That is the cue to the situation. If this country were doing a prosperous business there would be no trouble in finding a money token to effect the exchanges in trade. It is undoubtedly true that we want a good money token but it does not altogether make or destroy prosperity. This is a very big country and he is a pretty good guesser who can tell just how much money we ought to have to do the business when everybody is busy, and the man who makes predictions as to good or bad results of laws on silver coinage must have a great deal of hardihood if he is aware of the failures of eminent students of the question in the past. I recall Secretary Sherman's direful predictions at the time of the passage of the Bland measure, prepared by Senator Jones of Nevada, over President Hayes' veto, that gold would be at a premium in a few months. Some years later, Mr. Sherman, then in the senate, offered a measure for a larger coinage of the dollars. Gold had not been at a premium. Yet, the value of the 16 to 1 dollar had been and is steadily diminishing until Uncle Sam stands good for the difference between its actual value and the stamped amount. How much he would lose if he should go out of business and liquidate I don't know, but it would be considerable as he bought most of it up around 80 cents. If he should undertake to coin all the silver that would be brought to him he would, if the value of the metal should continue as low as it is at present, to say nothing of further decrease, be piling up a big amount of indebtedness because in coining it he says he will redeem it at the stamped value. For my part I would rather advocate a purely flat currency than silver dollars whose proportion of fiat value is constantly fluctuating. If Uncle Sam is to issue money at all in this way why not the paper promise to pay the dollar He now has outstanding 53 cents worth of silver and promises to redeem it for a dollar why not apiece of paper costing a cent maybe and promise to redeem it for a dollar Or go further, and advocate irredeemable paper money? I surmise that there area large number of advocates of free coinage of silver who utterly repudiate the suggestion of flat money. They believe the 16 to 1 dollar would again be worth 100 cents if there were free and unlimited coinage. If that be true why coin them Most of the agrument. we hear Is that the cheaper silver dollar is the dollar of the people because It has shrunk in value with the shrinkage in commodi ties. But, if it again becomes as valuable as gold what is to be gained except an ad dltional amount of money With 123 or #34 a person we had enough in 1893 to do the biggest business the country ever knew so it cannot be that in these hard times when there is a minimum of business and the same amount of money ready for use when there is use for it that we are suffering from "contraction of the currency" or "scarce" money in the sense meant by the advocates of free coinage. If the most sanguine predictions of the free silver people should be verified we might have a silver dollar worth more than 100 cents, as it once was, and then there would be as much ground for the accusation of a conspiracv to drive silver out of nse as there is for the accusation as to the law of 1878. But, this result is improbable, some would say !m possible, because while there were but 8,000,000 of the dollars in 1873 Uncle Sam has been buying silver for 500,000,000 of them since them. The silver dollar was a decidedly inconsequent*! part of our money in 1878, and yet you hear people say that the demonitization act of that year struck down one-half of the people's money."

Last Tuesday night the council refused to grant a franchise for the Peoples telephone company on the gr*rcnd that thnrv is no company that the position is not backed by a substantial company. I don't know the truth as to that but the fact is that at ti»e time the company did backing the same influence opposed i«. uu quibbles and by parliamentary taeti. until the old monopoly could fasten itself on the city more securely. Then this Spring wheoiN*-ewasstiltafear f'K-t row* patty n. lit be used to tlw monopoly the franchise wa» *vf on the ground that mtm one was here ^an WttR CO- win.?) j-y ths a per U* !'•. ». coum that waa a iff at :i lv monopoly and tk couitctlmen who wry.-* delay on j-r.iaiof be:t« term* from this ao-rll.-! sfnusanjr -. 5 have s«,xa mx rh- trtttfc k. a» Man About Town baa fr^nently said, there was a chance Uat ymr to give Terre Haute tfete Uflclli of luwp^r telephone ser

vice but at that time the Bell monopoly employed a lobby and delayed action until the local capitalists saw there was no prospect of getting a fair show. All the while the Bell folks were making a new plant and trying to make sentiment I see they are still at it. In one of the newspapers this week is a statement of the alleged experience erf a local company somewhere'which is calculated to deter local capitalists in other cities from indulging in like efforts. The Bell folks are past masters in their line and whether it be lobby influence or otherwise they are always alert to gain a point And Terre Haute is paying a larger rate for its service than any city of its size in the West That one big fact ought to make some council men lower their heads in shame.

Feed the Nerves

Upon pure, rich blood and you need not fear nervous prostration. Nerves are weak when they are improperly and insufficiently nourished. Pure blood is their proper food, and pure blood comes by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which is thus the greatest and best nerve tonic. It also builds up the whole system.

Hood's Pills are the favorite family cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate. Fancy fresh Fruits at Eiser s.

Mr. T. J. Griffith has written to Mr. Sam Haberly who is in charge of the shoe store during Mr. Griffith's absence telling him to cut prices all along the line and sell the stock. This would not be unusual with many stores but with the Griffith store it means a great deal from the fact that the goods are of the best class and such as are seldom subjected to a cut price sale. --f

Fresh Candies alv|4ys at Eiser's. iTj rj" Jamaica Folklore Sayings.

Ebery day bucket go da well one day bottom drop out What costs notin git good weight

Patient man drive jackass. One time fool no fool two time fool him da fool.

Why, you must remember me, governor, said the latter. "I'm from Richmond. I made your shirts." "Why, of course," said the governor with all a politician's tact "Gentlemen, this is my very excellent neighbor, Major Shirts."—Washington Post

A Question of Precedence.

The various noble orders of merit in Great Britain have the following precedence Knights Grand Grosses of the Bath, Knights Grand Crosses of the Star of India, Knights of St Patriok, Knights Grand Crosses of St Michael and St George, Knights Commanders of the Bath, Knights Commanders of the Star of India, Knights Commanders of St Michael and St George, and Benights Bachelors.

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Bobby (at the breakfast table)— Maud, did Mr. Jones take any of the umbrellas or hatf from the hall last night?

Maud—Why, of course not Why should he? Bobby—That's just what I'd like to know. I thought he did, because I heard him say when he was going out, 'I'm going to steal just one,' and— Why, what's the matter, Maud?—Montreal Herald.

Teacher—Who was the wisest man?1 Tommy—Noah. "Noah?"

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When towel turn tablecloth, dere's no bear in wid it (Directed against codfish, aristocracy.)

Me dead hog a'ready me no min hot water. When cow tail cut off, God Almighty brush fly fl him. (Apparently another way of saying "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.")

Spit in de sky, it fall in your facet (A maxim of prudence.) Big blanket mek man sleep late.

Too much sit down broke trousers. Shut mout' no catch fly. (A piea for silence.)—Journal of American Folklore.

M^Jor Shirts, of Coarse.

Famous old Governor Henry A. Wise of Virginia was directly or indirectly the source of many a good story. Here is one that I do not think has found its way into print: One day at a political gathering he was approached by a well dressed individual, who shook hands warmly with him. The governor was a bit bothered and confessed he could not recall the hand shaker's name.

TEHEE HATJTfc SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, ATT&TTST 8, 1896.

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"Yes'm. He was the only man who knew enough to come in when it rain* ed."—Indianapolis Journal.

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JV^ATIONAL BLOCK.

The National Block corner Sixth and Main streets has been fitted op in first-class condition for office purposes and will be ready about Augnst 3d. Office rooms can be had single or double as desired. Location cen tral, good light rooms, steam heat, elevator, water, gas and all conveniences. Inquire at building entrance on Sixth street.

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J. LUDOWICI.

Having bought the expirations and business of the North British and Mercantile, the Fire Association of Philadelphia, and the New York Underwriters Insurance Companies. I invite all persons holding policies in said companies who wish any information concerning same, also all other parties wishing reliable fire, tornado, life or accident instance to call at my office. Boom 4. SSI Ohio street. E. F. RODENBECK.

WANTED.

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word of caution to the retailers in regard to the wholesale grocery business: Do not buy goods put up in new boxes or new caddies or new kegs for they are all^old. stole, rotten goods which should be hauled off by the garbage wagon. They just put a few fresh, new goods on top and the balance are not fit to eat. If you want to open your eyes just. analyze the wholesale rectifiers and aud compounders' whiskies and you will shake in your boots. I know them all from A to Z. PETER N. STAFF.

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FOR RENT.

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RENT—The modern double house. 418 and 430 south Seventh six rooms, bath room and basement, with modern conveniences also, seven room house 605 south Fourth, with gas. well and cistern. Enquire 653 Swan.

by grading, curbing and paving the sai the full width thereof, the sidewalks

Sealed proposals will bo received for the construction of said improvement, at the office of the city clerk, on the 1st day of September, 1896. until five (5) o'clock ana not thereafter. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bond with good freehold sureties or equivalent security, in the sum of two hundred dollars, liquidated damages, conditioned that the bidder shall duly enter into contract and give bond wlthing five days after the acceptance of his bid for the performance of tho work. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Any property owner objecting to the neceseity of such improvement may file such objections in writing, at the office of the city clerk on the £»1th day of August, 1896. and be heard with reference thereto at the next regular meeting of the common council thereafter

CHAS. H. GOODWIN, City Clerk

SAMUEL M. HUSTON, State's Attorney. gHERIFF'8 SALE. By virtue of an n« execution issued from the Vigo Circuit court, to me directed and delivered. In favor of State of Indiana and against William Morton. John Mitchell and Reuben Glover. I have levied upon the following described real estate, situated in Vigo county, Indiana, to-wit:

Fifteen (15) acres off the west side of the southwest quarter (M) of the southeast quarter (K) in section twenty-six (26). township thirteen (13) north, range eight (8) west also, twenty-three (23) acres off the west side of the northwest quarter (M) of the southeast quarter (M) of section twenty-six (26). townsnip thirteen (13) north, range eight (8) west, all situated in Vigo county, Indiana, and on SATURDAY, THE 18TH BAY OF

SEPTEMBER, 1800,

between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the north door of the court house, in Terre Haute. I will offer the rents and profits of the above described real estate, together with all privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, for a term not exceeding seven years, to the highest bidder for cash, ana upon failure to realize a sum sufficient to satisfy said judgment and costs. I will then and there offer the fee-simple In and to said real estate, to the 1 same

the highest bidder for cash to satisfy the

This 1st day of August. 1896. JOHN BUTLER. Printer's fee. 18.00. Sheriff.

£)R C. A. PHILLIPS, ZDIEHSTTIST,

Corner Sixth and Main streets, over Mc Keen's bank. Sixth street entrance.

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PROPERTY

TO CONTRACTORS AND 1 OWNERS. Notice is hereby given, that on the 7th day of July. 1896. the common council of the city of Terre Haute adopted a resolution declaring an existing necessity for the improvement of Fifth streets from the north building line of Cherry street to tho south curb of Mulberry street, by grading. Curbing and paving tne same the full width thereof, the sidewalks to be 14H feet wide and curbed with hard limestone: the roadway to be 36 feet wide and paved with asphalt two inches thick, laid on a concrete base five inches in depth for the entire width of roadway also from the south curb line of Mulberry street to south building line of Tippecanoe street. same to be 16 feet wide and curbed with hard limestone the roadway to be 33 feet wide and paved with asphalt 2 inches thick, laid on a concrete base 5 inches In depth for the entire width of roadway the said improvement to be made in all respects In accordance with the general plan of improvement of sa'd city, and according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the city clerk, the cost of the said improvement to be assessed to the abutting property owners and become due and collectable immediately on approval of the final estimate, unless the property owner shall have previously agreed in writing, to be filed with said plans, to waive all irregularity and illegality of tho proceedings and pay his assessments when due.

N. STEIN. J. G. HEINL.

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DIRECTORS.

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

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Will not be settled for several months ypt but the Siiiit question is everlastingly settled by those who hwve worn MA NHATTANS sold only by

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W. W. RDMSET Plaintiff's Attorney* OTIOE TO NON-RESIDENTS.

The State of Indiana, Vigo County, in the Superior court of Vigo county. Indiana. No. 5,013. Robert H. Joyner vs. Mary Joyner. In divorce.

Be it known, that on the 8th day of August, 1896. said plaintiff filed an affidavit in due form, showing that said Mary Joyner was a non-resident of the state of Indiana.

Said non-resident defendant Mary Joyner is hereby notified of the pendency of said action against her. and that the same will fctand for trial on the 33th day of September, 1896, the same being at the September term of ..Id court 1» the bodqkt [SRAL.1 ^lcrk-

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W. W. HAUCK. FRANK McKEEN.

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James W. Haley,

Prom No. 1211 Wabash Avenue To Room 6 Savings Bask Building. Where hecari be found by parties wantine anything in his line. Notary Public. Koal Estate—a number of very desirable properties at remarkably low prices. Rental an A Pension agent. Pension Vouchers made ouW Entrance on Ohio street.

A. B. FEISENTHAI., Attorney.

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OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR.

The undersigned has been appointed aA—» mlnistrator of the estate of Elizabeth Knlp-» tasch. deceased. Said estate is solvent.

WM.KNlPTA8CII.Jn., Administrator.

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