Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 October 1896 — Page 4

THE MAIL.

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A. C. DUDDLBSTOM. F. J. PIEPENBR1NK.

DODDLESTOB & PIBPEHBRIHK,

PROPRIETORS. PUBLICATION OmCt,

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31. im.

The best campaign speech that has been made to the farmers in the present campaign is the advance in the price of wheat.

If reputation as a national chairman depends on ability to outclaim the rival chairman, it's a stand-off between Hanna and Jones.

In* the general confusion now existing, can any kind person tell what has become of .our friend, David B. Hill, who was once "a Democrat."

Civilization is fast getting in its work on the noble red man. The boys at the Carlisle, Pa., Indian school have a fullfledged football team.

Tite palm evidently belongs to Maryland for producing congressional candidates with peculiar names. She has one named Booze and another named Mudtl.

The fact that the Oklahoma Anti-Horse Thief association has closed its annual convention calls attention to the possibility of there being in some communities other issues than the money question.

Canada will hereafter observe the same Thanksgiving Day that we do in this country. That is one custom that will not have to be changed when we annex the great country to the north of us.

A Pbnxbvlvania parson has his congregation and the public cr

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by demanding that his salary be red it 1500 a year. It isn't so much a reduction in salary as a commission in lunacy that that man needs.

Tiik report of the operations of the Raines liquor law In New York shows that it has increased the liquor-tax receipts from a little over $4,000,000 to nearly $11,000,000 and diminished the number of drinking-places from 84,787 to 27,072.

The Spanish Captain (General in Cuba announces this week with a great flourish that he Is going to take the field In person and put down the Insurrection. If he does take the field it will be the only thing he has taken in the present campaign, except his pen in hand to describe one of his great paper victories.

A mkutknant in the regular army, Binns by name, has resigned his commission, giving as his reason that there is likely to be revolution after the election, the regular army will be used against the common people, and he cannot become a party to such a proceeding. He is tha same officer who recently wrote a letter to a Chicago newspaper assailing the President and the army, and predicting revolution. If Mr. Bryan should be elected, that man will be very likely be a candidate for Secretary of War in the new administration.

Somk very strikiug and interesting facts are given regarding the sugar supply of the United States during the present year. The most singular fact is that during the months of July and August absolutely no sugar was received from the Island of Cuba, and her total exports to the United States for the eight months ending with August were ouly 369,42tt,003 pounds as compared with exports for the same months months last year of 1,582,402,148 pounds. Our total importation for the eight months increased from pounds in 1895 to 3,904,789,077 in 1896. Germany has very largely increased her exports of sugar to this country, their vnlue In 189S being 12,970,842 and $18,952,491 in 1896. The strongest competitors with Cuba are the West Indies and Africa.

Thk demand for wheat in foreign mar kets has been of great benefit ty the business interests of the country, and it serves to illustrate the fact that we mast have such a market for wheat and other grains or high prices cannot be maintained. The law of supply and demand regulates wheat as it regulates labor, and every other commodity. The average annual production of all kinds of grain in this country during the five years ending in 1878 was 1,580,000,(XX) bushels with an average population of a trifle less than 4,1X10,000, or 89 bushels per capita. For the five-year period ending in 1898 this average had risen to $,040,005,000 bushels, or an average of 47.5 bushels per capita. The greater productiveness of the country being thus shown the low prices would be a logical result unless the foreign demand had increased In proportion. The reverse of this is the fact, and only when as at present there has been an extensive crop failure abroad can we hope to market oursurpluS wheat and corn at a good price.

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very much intoiwuM in the rwuilts of this election, but not enough to spend over tw and a hnlf million dollar* on it. Yet it said the old fellow will hare paid that! amount Iwfore the election takes pl*f

According the very lowest tUrn two prt.ris. through their fli*t?iba«i agencies, b.i seiit-out .-f

literatim* ti »ler TVprobability that this e*,i..j.» i* *1h«gvt hfr l«*» I »*»". 'I I* Hkely 'i «f L*** lh!vd mi u* dUfcJftrtteat- n.* parts of the Congressional 1 an I were .vat under frank, free of jx»tn#.*,

These documents are sealed in envelopes, and would be subject to letter postage if not sent free. The average postage would be 6 cents or more per piece. Taking the low estimate of 40,000,000 documents, the postage would amount to 12,400,000. But that is only a part of the expense. The printing of documents is paid for by the committees, but to a very large extent they are saved the cost of composition on speeches and Congressional documents through the use of sterotype plates made at government expense for the Congres sional Record. How much this govern ment contribution amounts to it would be difficult to calculate. It is not a direct expense to the government. In addition to the parts of the Congressional Record which go through the mails free under frank, there are many documents from the departments which go free as official matter. Matter of this sort has gone out un der the covers of the Bureau of Statistics, the treasury department, and the department of agriculture. It would be interesting to know just what the present unprec edented campaign will cost the govern ment, but it would be more interesting to know what it will cost if a radical change is made in the financial policy of the government. If expensive experiments are made in financial matters the government, which is the people, will have to pay for it in the long run.

It is an impressive fact that not only have we more miles of railway in the United States than any other country of the world, but we have more than all Europe, with Asia and Africa added, says the New York Independent. We have well on toward half the aggregate for the whole world, which is 418,700. Our 180,709 miles would belt the globe seven times, with nearly 6,000 miles to spare. The increase for the year ending June 80th, 1895, was, according to an advance copy of the report of the inter-state commerce commission, about 2,000 miles. The above figures represent length of road. Including double, triple and quadruple side and yard tracks, the total mileage is nearly 287,000. It takes 85,7000 locomotives, 33,112 passenger and 1,237,451 freight and other cars to do the business of the companies, and there are 785,034 officers and employes. The capital Invested is $10,963,584,885. The number of passengers carried last year was 507,421,362, and of tons of freight 696,761. 171. The gross income was $1,075,871,462, and the operating expenses $725,720,415. It is .-.i.::n.4t impossible, so vast are these to take in their significance except by comparison. The number of passengers carried is equal to nearly eight times the population of the United States. The operating expenses are nearly twice as great as the expenditures of the United States government. The number of persons killed in railway accidents was 6,135 of injured, 33,748. The number of killed is the smallest in six years but no substan tial decrease in the number of injured is shown. The passengers generally escape. Only 170 were killed. Many, 2,875, were injured. The column of killed shows a wonderful reduction. Our railways carry nearly 3,000,000 in safety for every one killed. The result would seem to indicate that the railways are very safe for passengers, but disastrous to employes and other persons. It appears that more employes are killed by falling from trains and engines than from any other cause, even from coupling and uncoupling cars.

ITotee and the Death Rate.

It is of course impossible to state exactly what part noise in Now York city plays in the death rate and the sick liet, but every physioian knows it must be considerable. Often the physioian in his daily rounds finds it neoessary to presoribe "perfect quiet" in order that the flickering spark of life remaining in the patient may be brought back to a healthy flame, yet in nine oases out of ten that perfeot quiet he deems so important oannot be had owing to the noise from the street. Especially is this true in warm weather, when windows must be kept open.

The makers of unnecessary noise in New York are not oonfined to any one olas& All are moro or less guilty, from the church people to the organ grinder and the street peddler. Any one who studies this subject and observes carefully will be astonished and disgusted at the reckless disregard of each for the health, peace and comfort of all others.

If you should go for a walk in I?iftu avenue on a fine afternoon and all sorts and conditions of people were to begin to assault you with switches, you would call tho police. They would be promptly arrested and properly punished What for? They have not killed yon or maimed you or drawn any blood, and you are apparently none the worse for these assaults. What they have done is to irritate the nerve terminations of one of your five senses—via., that of touch, or the tactile sense, and through th nerves of this sense they have made you oonscious of painful sensations. This is exactly the treatment you do reoeiva from these same people by their unnecessary assaults on another sense— vis., that of hearing. But should you ask the authorities to interfere in this oase, you would likely be arrested yourself and your sanity inquired into.— North Amer.can Review. j.

The Onhr Difference

the Price.

'In a famous London auction rocm the other day a copy of Goldsmith's •Deserted Village,' tho octavo edition, which is coiaiaculy called 'tho first,' was sold to an American buyer for

I Co. Next day a bookseller whoso slop is almost next door to the auction ioc.ni a copy of the same edition lot .* rents." The person who bought tic j.v 1cr "3 ceuts certainly got a luirjju-i), l»ut it is doubtful that tho iu» purchaser will get as much for his ctjy us ho paid for it. The incidcoS shot*s what curioua things happen in tire tra««e in old books. Nor is it an isolated caae. On the contrary, it is on*/ ctwfcf a great many like it.—New Tou: Tribune,

Neuralgia Is* the prayer of the nerve* fsn4 pnre blood. Howl SarxapurHU Is flu* One True Blood Purifier and nerne builder.

Um1*£ Baboon.

Certain wild animals can be trained to act very intelligently as servants of man, and even to exceed the dog in power of thought and action. Le Vaillant, the African traveler, says that he had a tame baboon which was not only sentinel, but hunter and purveyor of food and water. This monkey, by sheer force of brains, took command of the dogs which protected the camp and used and directed them just as the older baboons command and direct the rest of the tribe.

By his cries, safs Le Vaillant, he always warned us of the approach of an enemy before even the dogs discovered it. They were so accustomed to his voice that they used to go to sleep, and at first I was vexed with them for deserting their duties, but when he had once given the alarm they would all stop to watch for his signal,, and on the least motion of his eye, or the shaking of his head, I have seen them rush toward the quarter where his looks were directed.

I often carried him on my hunting expeditions, during which he would amuse himself by climbing trees in order to aid us in the pursuit of game.

When he was thirsty, he used to hunt about and discover some succulent tuber which was as effectual under the circumstances as watermelon. One might say that he was not more clever than a truffle dog but, though the dog can find a root, he cannot dig it up.

The baboon did both, having the advantage of hands, though he used these, not to extract the root, but to adjust his weight so as to use the leverage of his teeth to the best advantage.

He laid hold of the tuft of leaves with his teeth, pressed his four paws on the earth, on all sides of it, and then drew his bead slowly baok. The root generally followed.

If this plan did not succeed, he seized the root as low down as he could, and then, throwing his heels over his head, turned a back somersault and came up smiling with the root in his mouth. It was easy to teach him that it was apart of his business to find these roots and that his master must "go shares."— Youth's Companion.

Plants That Bat Insects.

Francis Darwin, a son of the great naturalist, has been investigating the effect on insectivorous plants of supply ing them with and withholding from them animal food. He grew ten of these carnivorous plants under similar conditions. One plant of the lot he fed with roast meat, one-fiftieth of a grain being placed on the secreting glands of the plant each hour, while from all the others all such food was carefully excluded. The results of this experiment were very marked in several particulars, the greatest being in the number, weight and vitality of its seeds. The number of seeds produced by the plant that was given its regular rations of animal matter was 240 to each 100 produced b^ plants which were unfed, while the total weight of the seeds was aB 880 *o 100. In other words, the plants which were restrioted to a diet wholly vegetable were invalids compared with the plants that were furnished with animal food. The increased heaviness of the seeds is another item to be noted, as it certainly implies increased vitality. At least it is so with wheat, as any farmer will tell you, it being the rule that the heavier the grain the greater its fertility.—St Louis Republic.

No Mule Aboard.

A correspondent asks, "To decide a bet will you please state in the river column whether there was a mule on the ark or not?"

No, sir. Nary a mule. When Captain Noah built the ark as a high water paoket in the Ararat trade and he went into the menagerie business, he found that he was a"mule out" just as he got ready to leave on his maiden trip. He went ashore, and after looking around found a mule and would have made his animal show complete if he had bee) able to get him aboard the boat Not being able to find a negro who would twist his tail and make him get aboard by walking the gangplank, and after trying to get his deck crew to coax, shove, lead or carry the mule aboard, he got mad, rung the bell, backed out and lit out for Ararat, leaving the mule lonely, friendless beast until he was discovered by a negro. The two have been fast friends ever since. Louisville Courier-Journal.

Lonely Lightkeepen In Winter. Fogs, trying as they are to visitor^ are little minded by the lightkeepera. One of them, in fact, reported, with evident pride, that his steam fog horn had been in uninterrupted operation for 27 days, and declared that he dreaded the silence which would come with olear weather. The fog is as nothing when compared with the wild storms, of winter that cut off their communications with the mainland. Then, indeed, the dreary monotony of the lightkeeper's life on one of the outlying' Maine islands becomes well nigh unbearable. For weeks at a time he is confined to his isolated rock or tiny islet as absolutely as a prisoner to his celL— Kirk Munro* in Scribner's.

Adding Insult to Itgarjr.

The Mwwageries Maritimes mail steamer Himaiajn lies in the harbor gorgeous in white paint and gold. Scraping by it comcs a conl barge, helping itself along by holding on to the white hull.

Voice From the Himalaya—Get out of that! Sheer off at once! From the Coal Bargo—Who the are you?

From the Himalaya*—The third officer at this ship. Sheer oSI From tho Coal —:Tfc«n go ami talk to your equals. I'm tho skipper of this.—Paris AIc*®cit£cr.

TEBBE HATJTE SATUBDjC? EVBHUSTG MAIL, OCTOBER 3i, 1896.

Still a Good *§*&.- $

Even if a l.fu in#i*rattc? ngcut slio* 'i overbear a yomsg Hifc who ia«~ t'« hi* risks- I" tig jco\g v,vC'.L it I h»» woo Id die bar b. fwl bit alarmed.—cau:erv ii*

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Great Britain at War.

Our purely defensive strength rests upon an assumed naval supremacy sufficient to sweep all enemies from the seas —to such an extent at all events as to insure us against the possibility of being starved into submission, although otherwise unbeaten. This necessarily means that the navy must be in a position not only to guard home waters, but also to undertake extensive operations, offensive as well as defensive, upon every s6a. Any serious interruption of our trade would entail consequences almost as dfsastrous aB the complete stoppage of our food supply. Whether the British navy is or is not sufficiently strong not only to guarantee the United Kingdom against actual invasion, but also to protect adequately our immense volume of foreign trade, is a matter of opinion. But even assuming that the desired conditions can be accepted as actually existing it will scarcely be denied that every ship set free from the task of guarding our own shores must add an additional guarantee to the safety of our merchant ships abroad. It follows therefore that if the army were in a position to prevent the possibility of a successful landing without the aid of the naval forces the latter would enjoy a freedom of action which they cannot have while hampered by the millstone of possible invasion hanging about their necks. It needs to be ever borne in mind that, however successfully and by whatever means we secure ourselves against being invaded, war upon such terms could not o6ntinue indefinitely without at last reaching the point at which we should be obliged to choose between peace at any prioe and ruin.—Broad Arrow.

"Saltin^^,, Soldiers.

Is courage to be taught in peace? A Russian general once proposed to "salt" his soldiery by loading one rifie in ten with ball cartridges during maneuvers. This ghastly preparative was too revolting to civilized minds, and it has never been carried out but, if adopted, it would make the army trained nnder such circumstances invincible, and so in the end tend to shorten war and save life. It would accustom the soldier to the sights and scenes of the battlefield and overcome his dread of the unknown. It would enable him to control his nerves in the tumult of the actual' encounter. Suoh a pursuit as climbing has the same moral effect

Endurance, mutual trust, self control, may be learned on the high Alps, or, for the matter of that in Wastdale, where a slip on the face of the mountain means destruction. The volley of stones down some precipitous gulleyisnot less deadly than the hail of shells and bullets on the battlefield. And, in a less degree, hunting and the manlier forms of athletics give the same result Sports involving risk to life are thus of supreme value from the national point of view, and this should be remembered when the ignorant and degenerate assail them.—Fortnightly Review.

Cutting by Steam.

It is not generally recognized that the friction between air and other gases and polids or liqnids is very great. It is on aooount of this friotion that we have such enormous waves at sea during gales of wind.' The film of oil which reduces the breaking of the sea seems to aot not only by its cohesion and deaden ing action upon the water, but by having a less amount of friotion with the air. Be that as it may, however, air, steam and most gases have a great deal of friction with solids. When under pressure, this friotion is inoreased, and if the gas is esoaping through a small orifice the law of friction in regard to speed, while pressure and surface remain equal, still holds true. It is a fact known of long observation that the small valves of oertain kind of steam drips out with great rapidity if allowed a very small rise or opening. That steam cuts and cuts like a knife, especially when the pressure is high and the outlet small, is a fact tolerably well established rnd known to most old engineers.—Philadelphia Record.

A Manager of the Period.

Walter Kennedy wrote to the manager of a prominent theater in Connecticut, asking for his open time for a week in the following repertory: "Samson," "Othello," "Virginius" and "Damon and Pythias," and this was the answer: "Walter Kennedy—Dear Sir: I must say that I have never heard of but two of the actors you mention in your company. Sam sen was at the dime museum here not long ago, breaking fake chains, and Othello played here last winter at the opposition theater. They say he is a good actor, but I don't care about playing colored stars at my house, as I cater to the very best lady audiences, and then I don't think I would like a show with all men in it I want shows with plenty of singing and dancing, soubrettes and comedians, with funny gags. That's the stuff for me."—St Louis Globe-Democrat

The Galterjr God*.

It is a common saying that the "gallery gods" are the best critics, and many people believe it to- be true. It might have been years and years ago, but at present the reverse is true. The ascendency of faroe oomedy, vaudeville and exaggerated melodrama has not been uplifting. The "gallery gods" of the present day know nothing of the legitimate drama. They h&ve degenerated because theatrical offerings have not in any way served to educate them. Albany Journal

Facte la Xatnral Bbtoiy.

The Philadelphia Record says that gome Maltese cats drink beer. Now ws know why those cats that stay out late at night carry

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«x—Cleveland Leader.

It is said that the pilgrim to Mecca, starting from Washington, would have to travel 6,598 miles in order to reach the Caaba.

In all Mates of the Union, excepting California, a of rye is pounds. In that state it is 54 pounds.

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Tools on fhe Vigo comity ticket8old to-uigbt and Monday night at the Health Of-

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KLKOTION RETURNS. The most complete election returns will be found on the bulletin hoard «t. Alex. Sandisoiffl, 077 Main street. Arrangements have been made to lmve returns fr-m every precinct in the county. A special wire has also been pnt in on which will be received bulletins from all parts the United States.

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Carl Krietenstein ha« removed his stock of Drugs, Glass, Paints and Bicycles to thtf southwest corner of Fourth «4»d Cherry streets* Give him a call.