Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 August 1896 — Page 5

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It wan telegraphed from here one night this week in a general statement of the

was Colonel Thompson. The statement was that he bad recovered. That didn't fill the requirement when a man of his distinction was under the weather, and in an hour the newspapers to which the dispatch had been sent were sending orders for long stories of his illness. The next clay they telegraphed to "keep watch on Colonel Thompson's condition," as did the United Press. It was not necessarily a cold-blooded watch on a man whose death was to .be announced immediately after it occurred. It was simply newspaper business. Very few readers of a newspaper have any idea how much "watch" is kept 011 what may happen. The modern newspaper is managed each day for the day after to-morrow. There is comparatively no trouble in getting the news of the day before the publication. The ability required nowadays in the newspaper office is to know what the people will want to read day after to-morrow, and that means as far ahead as week after next in moil iu stances. But they are not going to use tht-ir columns of skeiches of Colonel Thompson this year. It is a presidential campaign year, and if for no other reason he would stay through it.

It, is to be hoped that it will not throw some persons who get excited when Hicks is mentioned iuto a violent perspiration to read that the weather we have been having this year was foretold by him many months in advance. I don't say he "knew" we would have the weather or whether he only guer-sinl it. It is the interesting fact that I am stating. It doesn't much matter with me what the nature of the subject is but if there are peculiar facts to be found in its study that is all that is necessary. Anyhow, most everything is guess work, that is unless yon happen to be a to know-it-all. Hicks predicted the St. Iouls cyclone. I also hud in his predictions printed a year ago, for this year, in the forecast for May, in which he«ays there wilL be great storm* /and cyclones, the advice to collect the rains of May in cisterns and reservoirs for use. lie says there will be more raius after

May but the May rain is the better water for man and beast. The closing sentence is this: "I also believe it will be well to expect more rains than will be Advantageous to very low grounds until later in the season." Now If any of the Hicks critics live in the river bottoms they must be converted. I have noticed that those who rush Into the uewspapers to refute his predictions invariably do so from an observation taken in their front yard. "No storm Hicks has missed it again." I remember one instance some time ago when a card appeared in one of the papers giving Hicks' predictions and then showing that when he had said "storm" the weather was "cle.T." It so happened that in another column of the same issue there was the story of the cyclones and storms In several western states on the days the door yawl critic wes saying Hicks "missed it." Warm weather, growing In heat was to predominate this month until it culminated iu severe storms about the 10th and 11th. We didn't have much of the storms here but the newspapers were filled with stories of the loss of life and destruction of property. Following hew storms a cooler wave was to come from the west. It was not much cooler here but throughout the thousand or two thousand miles west of here there was a remarkable fall in temperature. He says further, and this you can watch for yourself, that about the 15th, to day, a warm wave will originate in the west (ami re member Terr* Haute is now In a "middle western" state) low and falling baraometer will be observed »nd from the loth to the 10th storms will touch all sections in their iWHStress to the east. Great summer heat ill 1 prevail in all sections east of the ual storm areas but this will break "i.iwn as the storms pass over leaving more pleasant weather behind. Now if you get hold of the daily reports of the weather throughout the country and remember that

Hicks does not make predictions "for Indiana and Illinois" as the government weather service pretends to do but for a whacking big country, it may interest you to watch the pprvetttAjt* of verifications of his prediction. ______

The government weather bttrvau has sent a mju-st to the managing editor* of the newspaper* of the country s*kiug them to give instructions in tlmr offices which w'H cause the proper use of the terms "tornado" ami "cyclone.*' The funnel fury Is usually called a cyclone. It is not it Is a tornado. A cyclone may extend over a thousand mile*, it Is a big system of storms, so to »pmk, and tornadoes are oflener than not Incident to a cyclone. It is a fact that scientists are not yet confldeut of their thcorte* a* to why tornadoes are peculiar to America. Chief Moore of the weather bttrvau says it is "possibly due to the (ad that the vertical temperature gradient it abotn three degree* for l.CKW feet of atton in the United State* whil# 11 la only about one degree in the conntrte* of Kttrope." The chief I* not totting through hi* hi he In only talking the techalqtM,

as the musical ciitics would say, of his job. It is too hot to try to understand his point and he says he isn't sure about it, perhaps it is just as well to wait for cooler weather to master the proposition.

THE FAIR.

A Splendid Exhibition and Good Crowds—The Winners of the Special Prizes.

Pain interfered with the fair on Wednesday, but the crowds on Thursday and yesterday partially made up for the lack of attendance on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday of last year the total paid admissions were 7,457, while this year they were 8,814. It is thought that the society will come out about even on the week, although it is possible that the expenses will overrun the receipts. In accordance with the custom of the society, however, all premiums will be paid in full.

The fair, in every other respect but financially, has been one of the most successful ever given. The entries in the several departments have been greater in numbers than for some time past, and in the way of fancy work it is doubtful whether there was ever such a display made bf:re. With such an interesting exhibition, and with the low rate of admission it would seem that the fair should draw large crowds on more than two days of the week.

In the competition for the handsome bed room set donated by Willis Wright to the most popular young lady in Vigo county, Miss Mabel Toner was successful, receiving 1,271 votes, her other competitors being Misses Nellie Fedderson, 1229: Annie Costello, 1.200 May Hunter, 972: EffieEarl, 925 and Lizzie Smith, 705. The number drawing the wagon offered by C. C. Smith's Sons Co., was 5,283.

WIIXI8 WRIGHT.

Willis Wright is one of the firm believers that every business man should use his best efforts to promote the success of the county fair, because it does so much good for so many citizens. Every year Mr. Wright makes a special effort to have an attractive display, and this year he exceeded all former efforts. His bewildering display of handsome furniture, stoves, and house furnisbipg goods generally took up a great portion of the north part of the second floor of the fine art hall, and there was always a crowd around admiring the beautiful things shown. The splendid exhibition made at the fair is but a pointer to the immense stock Mr. Wright has on hand at his large store, at 424 Main street, where three floors are crowded with furniture, stoves, carpets, and house furnishing goods generally. Handling goods in such large quantities he is enabled to make prices thlit are always low and within the reach of the most modest purse Whenever yon are iu need of furniture or house furnishing goods bear in mind that there is no better place than Willis Wright's, 424 Main street.

.JOHN G. IHBB8.

Iu a large space on the west side of the first floor in the art. hall Johu G. Dobba had a flue line of the best stoves made. His display composed entirely of stoves, but in that line was complete, twentr^lve different styles being represented. He handles the famous Jewell line and displayed steel ranges, cast ranges, wood and cook stoves anil hard and soft coal base burners. He displayed the best oak stove made, the Jewell Oak. Call and see these stoves and receive free a souvenir ironing pad.

TERRE HAUTE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.

Such a full and complete display ofrpenmanship and penwork as that shown by the Terre Hauts Commercial College was probably never before made in this state, and certainly not in this part of it. The work was performed by the students, teachers and principals of this popular establishment, and the attractive display of this work is a high testimonial to the institution. It hardly seems possible that an ordinary pen is able to produce the work here shown, rivaling in perfection, shading and tints, the finest work of the most expert lithographers. Such work as this must needs be seen to be appreciated, and there were many words of praise for the exhibition from those who visited that part of the flue art exhibit. During the entire week Mr. Isbell had music in his department furnished by guitar and mandolin, which afforded a very attractive feature. All in all, the Terre Haute Commercial College, and Prof. Isbell have reasons for congratulations for the creditable display made at the fair.

I.nst Days of Pompetl.

Some four or five thousand people gathered at the base ball park last night to witness the rendition of Pain's "Last Days of Pompeii," It was one of the most enjoyable out-door entertainments ever furnished our people, and its novelty, together with the high class of vaudeville features introduced, pleased the immense audience. It deals with the historical destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and is carried out with very striking effect. A number of interesting vaudeville features are introduced. The audience was so well pleased with last night's performance that on the occasion of its repetition to-night, there is likely to le a much larger audience. It certainly is a novelty in outdoor entertainments here, and should be appreciated and patronised by our people.

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The Height oT Vfcetoty Cbteaeia. The notion that the greater the height & a chimney fear a boiler plant the greater will be its draft producing power is responsible for tike existence of many chimneys of imposing size and, a! the same time, unnecessary expense. A very tall chimney, well proportioned gracefully outlined, may be a striking architectural adjunct to a factory, but it is also (me that costs considerable money without doing any measurable amount of good. Where chimneys ore intended to carry off noxious fumes from chemical works, there is, of course, some method in providing for unusual height, sinoe the aim in such a case is to insure as complete as possible a diffusion of the vapors and prevent their mingling with the air of the lower strata but for boilers simply, unusual height, as stated, is rarely based upon a good reason.

As a matter of fact, the draft producing capacities of chimneys having flues of the same size are in proportion to the square roots to their heights so that if one were to have double the power, if it may be so called, of the other it would have to be four times as high, and not merely twice as high as many would suppose. A height of 150 feet may be considered, on good authority, as the maximum necessary in any case for producing the requisite draft, providing, of course, that the area of the flue has been properly proportioned. This latter should be made to bear a pretty nearly direct ratio to the combined areas of tfce boiler flues connecting with it A chimney much beyond 150 feet is generally suggestive of misspent ^noney.—Cassier's Magazine.

The Attorney Tree.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING HAIL, AUOUST 15, 1896,

The cupey, or, as it is sarcastically sailed in the English possessions, "the attorney," is one of the most curious, as it is certainly the most pioturesque, denizens of the virgin forests of the West Indian islands. It belongs to the parasitical family of trees or plants, but, terrible to relate, it invariably with the basest ingratitude destroys all life in the unfortunate tree that cherishes it in its early growth. The seeds are borne on the wings of the wind and deposited on the branches of other trees, when they burst iuto roots, which are dropped toward the ground all round the' 'nurse" tree. In time these roots reach the ground and strike into the soil.

From this moment the roots gteffi stronger and stronger, until they resemble a lot of rope ladders thrown over the tree. Next, the parasite sends down a great cord, which twines round the trunk of the supporting tree, at first as though in ioviug embrace, but it grows tighter and tighter, eventually sfcraU' gling its benefactor out of existence. The "nurse" tree, thus killed, rots to decay, and from the immense fibrous roots of the destroyer now springs a great trunk, which rises high into the air. When a cupey is ftall grown, it pre sents a magnificent spectacle, for the cordlike roots riBe often to 50 or GO feet and support in midair the vast tree itself.—Pittsburg Dispatch. TV

Why We Do Not Buy English Pictures.

Picture dealers in America have sometimes been criticised because they have done nothiug to popularize the works of contemporaneous British painters. But, as I have pointed out more than oiice, tho high prices at which pictures are held ip ]j)nglandm^ke^ty impo^sjble for tlitni to be imported with profit into the United States, even if there were a demand for them, which there is not There area few Americans with galleries who like to own an example or two of such men as Burns-Jones, Watts, Leighton, Millais, Alma-Tadema, Walter Crane and Boughton, but that is about all.

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Modern French pictures, for 20 years past at leafi^ have been preferred in America to all others, and, as a rule, when bought discreetly, they have greatly increased in value. On tho other hand, the reports of London auctionrooms for several years have shown a constantly decreasing demand for work of even some of the most popular of the native artists, and as there is little or no market for them outside of Qreat Britain and tho colonies they are often sold at a great loss to the owners.—Art Amateur.

The Captain of The Standard.

Charles Dickens was not a militant editor. Starting The Daily News with great zeal, he soon wearied of his self imposed task and resigned the editorship, "tired to death and quite worn ont" But in this century America has not had a monopoly of tho fighting editor. Captain flamber, formerly in con trol of The Standard, gave a conspicuous example of pugilistic skill. "He had driven down with Mrs. Hamber to the office, leaving her in the cab for a few minutes. While he was away the driver addressed her in tones she did not like. 'Tom,' she said, when her husband re* appeared, 'this man has spoken impertinently. 'Get down from yuar perch at once,' a&id the journalist. The man, with an oath, descended. Hamber boxed him first on one ear, then cm the other. When the cabuaan squared, up to the editor, the latter slipped at right and left into his opponent, polishing him off very neatly."—Gentleman's Magazine.

«Jrow*tt*» Swqmmm.

Professor Jowett's comments on the young men in Baliol often took the form of crushing sarcasms. "The college, Mr X., thinks highly of yon," he once said, "perhaps too highly, bat not half so highly, I am mure, as yon think of yourself." After a lengthy survey of one's person, as if one was some rare animal, he has been known to ask of the instructor, "Mr. A. is an intelligent ybong man, is he not, Mr. It

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style, and a man is seldom more successful in changing his nature than the leopard in changing his spots. Tintoretto was furious, Rembrandt was emotional, Rubens was splendid, and their styles were but the expressions of their individualities. In the same sense Michael Angelo had style, though a Winckelmanli would have pronounced him a barbarian Teniers had style, though Louis XIV called him a 'maggot" and would not tolerate his pictures Delacroix had style, though the classicists said his pictures looked as though painted with a drunken broom. Each one of them expressed himself in his own peculiar way and possessed style as Fenelon described it

Why, then, were they denounced? Why were Hugo, Alfred de Mussett, Millet and Manet soouted as rebels? Why do we today talk about the poems of Walt Whitman and the landscapes of Claude Monet as lacking in style since none of us denies that they show strong individualities? Is it not because they fail in giving that other style which Sir Joshua called the "grand style," and the meaning of which Buffon suggests in that phrase, "to render^ property?"—Scribner's.

Restraint In Doing Good.

A Bicycle Waterproof.

Manufacturers are catering in every possible way to the bicycle age through wHcFwe ale passing. A late addition to the wheelwoman's wardrobe is the bioycle waterproof, to be worn while riding. It is a short cape, suitably cut for the purpose for which it is intended, and, when adjusted, falls proteotingly over the handle bar.

I ^Core f"br Hypochondria.'

A young lady of Cardiff, who fancied she was unwell, went to the surgery of the family doctor and commenced the interview with "Doctor, I'm dying." "Oh, indeed I can recommend a very respectable undertaker," blandly* responded the doctor. She felt quite well after that—Cardiff MaiL

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The RoyaJ Scots, though not, as sorud writers vToulu have us iXiie^e, the oldest or nearly the clc bt regiment in the world, has still much to be proud of. It represent regiments which took part in the most brilliant actions of three such captains as Gustavus Adolphus, Coii5e and Turenne, and to these honors have been added distinguished service under Marlborough and Wellington. Is there apother regiment in the world that can show snch a liistory as this? We greatly .doubt it, and surely this is sufficient, without tracing an imaginary pedigree to the Scottish guards and moving the birthday even of that ft^nons wrps iadsward for two centuries witnSut the slightest yarraut from history. A regiment need not disturb itself to inquire whether it covered the retreat of Saul's army at the action of Gil boa when it can authentically quote sucb names as Leipsic, Rocroi, Lens, Dunkirk, Blenheim and Waterloo.—Macmillan's Magazine.

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