Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 January 1897 — Page 5

Full Set Teeth

Silver Fillings 50c Cleaning Teeth 50c 22 Karat Gold Crown $5 00 Extracting, Without Pain 25c -Gold Fillings, According to Size.

Terre Haute Deotal Parlors

22 South Sixth Street.

NEWS OF THE CITY.

The legislature will meet next Thursday, and the Vigo members will go over early next week to be on the field of action. •Senator Early has been there the greater portion of the time since election looking p,fter the interests of Mr. McKeen in the senatorial fight.

W. E. Green, who for a number of years has been connected with the abash Iron Company, has purchased the entire stock and fixtures of the Hughes Decorating Company. Will M. Walker will act as business manager and Mr. Green will retain his position with the Wabash Iron Company.

Mrs. Minnie A. Werner, wife of Charles Werner, of Des Moines, la., died on December20th, of heart trouble, aged SOyears. She leaves five children, four boys and a girl. Mr. Werner is manager of the HarrisEmery Dry Goods Company, at Des Moines, la., and was formerly advertising manager for Hoberg, Root & Co.

Eugene V.

Debs

publishes in the Railway

Times, of this city, this week a letter in which he announces that he has left the People's party to become a Socialist. It is announced that Mr. Debs will go to Leadville, Colorado, in the near future, to attempt the settlement of the miners' strike, which has been in progress there for several months.

Tim work of retrenchment on the Vandalia system still goes on. The force in the local shops was materially reduced this week, some forty shop men be ing laid oft, and the working hours reduced for the present from ten to eight. The reduction in expenses, it is estimated, by the reduction in the force will amount to $1,500 a month, and it is said that further reductions in the working force may be expected.

Uli Flute Now His Staff.

S. C. Skinner is an old soldior living In West Brighton, who carries aq a staff to assist him in walking an old flute that has a history. Mr. Skinnor himself also has a history. During one of the politi cal demonstrations in Rochester he oame to the oity accompanied by a little grandson. He brought his old wooden Ante, now a walking stick, with him, as he goes nowhere unaccompanied by his old friend, whioh has long sinoe lost its beautiful voice. In tho year 1861 Mr. Skinnor enlisted in tho army, and immediately went to the front, taking jwith him his wooden fluto. He enlisted as a musician and was soon playing the national airs at tho front of a marohing regiment, while shot and shell fell fast and thick around him. Ho wns sent to Company I, Ninety-eighth regiment, New York volunteers, commanded by Justico Adams of tho appellate court, with Captain Vain in command of tho company.

Mr. Skinner was captured and was in Libby prison two months. While there ho gained tho good graces of the jail authorities to such an extent that he was taken to soe President Jefferson Davis. This was something, Mr. Skinner said that ho never knew of- unv of the other prisoners being allowed to do.

After being in the war over throe years he was discharged while on pro vost duty in this city. He says his flute did him good service while in the ir and is yet helping him on through life's journey, although in a much different way. While a prisoner in Libby, Mr Skinner said that he lost one pound a day, and was only ablo to move around by the aid of his flute, used as a cane, He says it seems almost a thing of life to him, and now that, like himself, it is in feeble health, he would not part witli it for gold.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. rarincarn monaron*.

The present king of Portugal is Car Jos I. He ascended the throne Oct 19 1889. Portugal has had sinco 1095 when its independent existence began 82 kings—10 of tho house of Burgundy, 8 of the house of Avis and 14 of the present reigning hoaso of Braganza.

Overdone.

Dukane—I don't know bow you oame TO lose money in that scheme. You told me it was a rare investment

Gaswell—The investment may have been a rare one, but I was well done before I got through with it,—Pittsburg Chronicle.

WieSMlfB

Give «s a job. It matters not how small nor how large it may lie, it will be done quickly, nea'lv, and at a low price. Carriage® repainted and reflnished. Buggies built. Bargains on wheels. Assignee T. H. CARRIAGE & BVGGY CO

If you use Coal Oil the best results are at \ied by burning National Lighi Oil, for sale by George Reiss, Second and Main streets.

A Toad Twenty Thousand Years Old*

There is something wonderful about toad life which has never yet been satisfactorily explained by the naturalist. We refer to their ability to live for untold ages when shut out from water, air, light and food. That toads have this remarkable faculty of sustaining life under adverse circumstances is not denied by the best authorities we have on geology and natural history. Below we append a copy of a letter written by a well known geologist to Amelia B. Edwards, the authoress: "I suppose you have often heard of toads being found in solid rocks, coal blooks, etc., when the same were opened by the workmen's picks. I have today just seen one taken from a bed of day in a railroad cut near here. It is alive, but very inactive and semitorpid. It seems to have no bones and is so limp that its legs bend in any direction. It has two beauiiful eyes and mouth that has grown tightly shut, What little breathing it does being done through the lostrils. The clay in which the creature was found is of the glaoial variety and is supposed to have been deposited 20, GOO to 30,000 years ago. There is no doubt but that this wonderful toad was ailve at least 15,000 to 18,000 years before Noah built the ark."— St. Louis Republic.

HIm

Free Confession.

The following story, which hails from north country town, shows there are widely varying ideas as to what constitutes voluntary testimony on any subject.

DS3TX understand you to say that thii bogr voluntarily confessed his share in the misoh done to the schoolhouse?'' asked tho magistrate, addressing the determined looking female parent of a small and d'^ty boy. "Yes, sir, he did," the woman responded. "I just had to persuade him a little, and then he told me the whole thing voluntarily." 'How die' you persuade ^im?" queried his worchip.

Woll. fir°t I gave him a good hiding, said tbo firm parent, "&nd then I put him to bed without any supper and took his clothes away and told him he'd stay in bod till he confessed what he'd done if 'twas the rest of his days, and should thr ^h him again in the morning. And in less than an hour he told me tho wholo story voluntarily. "—Pearson's Weekly.

Big Cotton

ould

Presses.

Of the many cotton presses which were in operation in New Orleans 60 years ago the two principal ones were the Levee cotton press and the Orleans cotton press. They were largo and massive buildings, each occupying, like most of the others, a square of ground. The Lovoe cotton press was built in 1882 by a company bearing the same name at a cost of $500,000 and was two stories high. It compressed some 200,000 bale3 of cotton a year. The Orleans press, also fronting on the river, occupied an area of «32 feet by 308, the buildings nearly covering the whole space. This pyess, which was begun in 1888 and completed in 1835, oost over $758,000, compressed about 150,000 bales per annum and

store 25,000 bales of cotton. Its immense length gave it a very imposing appearance from the river.—New Orleans Picayune.

Ink on Tickers.

In every stock and news tioker is

laying

little stoel type wheel, from which tho imprints aro made. It is a costly piece of work, and when the ticker was first introduced the company controlling them was embarrassed to find that the ink used had such

after

corrosive effect that

few days' use the wheel

wa3

worthless.. By way of experiment one of the stool heels was placed in a bath of ink. In 24 hours it had disappeared entirely. An oporator who has since become a reporter set to work and patent1od an ink which is now used in all tickers. By its use the life of a type wheel is prolonged to nine yeafs. The ink is absolutely noncorrosive.—Now York Mail and Express.

Government Marriage Dower.

Providing marriage portions for poor young girls is tho object of a government fund in Italy. Without a dower it would bo almost impossiblofor a girl to bo married, and this form of charity is said to be highly appreciated. The annual sum available for this purposff nd distributed every year among the marriageable young girls is £500,000. To be a recipient it is necessary for tho applicant to prove her good reputation and character by several witnesses, to show that she has no means available and that the young man who wishes to marry her has a trade.

The idea of copper toeasnoes was patented Jan. o. 1858, by a Maine genius, who made $100,000 out of it. Another similar invention, which made a great deal of money, was tho metal button fastener for shoes, invented and introduced by Heaton of Providence. At the time it was considered a fine invention, for the old sewed button was continually coming off. It has gradually grown in popularity since its introduction in 1869, until now very few shoes with buttons on are manufactured without the Heaton improvements and appliances.

Venetarla Coflfee.

The coffee crop of Venezuela amounts to $15,000,0^0 a year in value. The average crop is 60,000 tons of coffee. Twothirds of this product is exported, mostly to England. Maracaibo is one of the oenters of trade. Maracaibo coffee is known everywhere.

The tuberose is considered by young ladies of France symbolic of dangerous pleasures. In England and America it is in common use as a funeral plant, and it is cansiufered symbolic of death.

The crown of Chosroea, the king of Persia, was hidden in an Arabian for tress and remained concealed far nearly 1,000 years.

What He Was There for.

"I once had a funny experience in marrying a country couple," says a olergyman of this city. "The bridegroom was a decent young farmhand and happy and bashful to the point of crimson speechlessness. When I came to the point where I asked him, 'Wilt thou have this woman?' etc., he made no reply. The bride whispered something to him and then he stammered: 'Mister, will you say them words over again? I'm a leetle deaf.' 'I repeated the question in stentorian tones, while I was conscious of the poorly suppressed merriment of the bystanders. When the man caught the import of the words, he looked at me in surprise and then blurted out: 'You bet I will! That's what I'm here for.' Under such circumstances it was hard to preserve my dignity, but I did the best I oould and pronounced them man and wife. "Then the groom gave m© ft genuine surprise. Coming up to me, he said, •Mister, what's the damage?' 'Nothing,' I replied. 'I'm glad to have been of service to you.' 'But I won't have it that way,' he said. 'I know it's the custom to give the minister somethin, and as you won't name a sum I'll do it myself.' And he handed me a $20 bill. "—New

York Tribune.

One on Amos J. Cnmmlnp.

A gossiper in the Washington B|8t tells this story on Amos J. Cummings, which he says was told to him by Amos himself: During the last campaign Mr. Cummings tried to say as little about free silver as possible, though he was running for congress as a free silver man. Securo in the friendship of every policeman aud letter carrier in his district, he got on swimmingly till almost the very last speeoh he made. It was in a great hall and he had a large audience. He talked about national honor, and ihe flag, and the equality of man, and the rights of the masses, wi. a twist or two* of the British lion's te-*1 by way of variety. It was a great speech. Suddenly it was interrupted by a m^n down in the front row. "Tell us^bout the ratio!" be cried, and he prono^ced tho first syllable to rhyme with hash. Mr. Cummings paused, perplexed. Just then his eye caught the eye of an especially friendly policeman. No words were exchanged, but an instant later the strong hand of the law descended 6n the collar of the inquiring man. He was yanked clear out of his seat and hustled to the door. "I'll have you understand," said the policeman as he jerked him down the aisle, "that we'll have no such languago used here."

Poisoning by Phosphorus.

The attention of scientists has been oalled to tho rapid increase in the number of oases of phosphorous poisoning among workers in match factories. Un less the ventilation and general condi tions are of the best the workmen inhale large quantities of orude phosphorus and after a certain stage rapidly develop dis ease traoeable directly to this deleterious substance. The action of the poison is rather slow it first, but once it becomes diffused through tEe system it is very difficult to eradicate. In fact, it is be lieved that when phosphorus has once taken a firm hold of the physioal forces it is impossible to eliminate it and that the conditions of decay hare begun, Among other notable peculiarities it has been remarked that tbo bones of persons saturated with phosphorus are muoh more easily fraotured than those of other people. Efforts aro to be made to im prove the sanitary condition and venti lation of tho factories and also to forbid tho uso of white phosphorus in the prep aration of matches.—New York Ledger,

Grant's War Fetters to His Wife. As usual on the eve of battle before the goneral retired ho wrote a letter to Mrs. Grant. I did not know the nature of the contents of the letters to his wife until aftor the war, when Mrs. Grant in speaking of them, said that they al ways contained words of oh'eer and com fort, expressed an abiding taith in vie tory and never failed to dwell upon the sad thought whioh always oppressed him when I10 realized that many human lives would have to be sacrificed and great sufferings would have*to be endured by tho wounded. The general's letters to his wife were very frequent during a campaign, and no pressure of official duties was ever permitted to interrupt this correspondence.—General Horace Porter in Century.

Doggie

Gets a Ride.

It is a difficult matter to draw a well defined line between instinct and intelligence. During the war I id with me my large Newfoundland dog Felix. On the march this faithful animal was always at the heels of my horse. On one occasion I noticed that he was suffering from fatigue Turning to my servant near by, I srid, "Stop here with Felix until my wagon comes up." This was done, and ever after that when I said, "Felix, stop here and get into the wagon when it comes up," he would leave the column, lie down in the shade anc* await the coming up of my team to ridfe into camp.—Animal Friends.

College Bred Criminal*.

When a graduate of Cambridge university, England, commitB a crime, the authorities of the university take his degree from bim and strike his name from the rolls of the alumni. Commenting on this, the New Haven News says: "Some of our American triennial catalogues, and Yale's among them, would bear a little pruning of this kind and look the better for it. They use abroad loss 01 honor and position more than we do to make or accentuate the punishment for crime. It is a healthy deterrent for those who have any station in society to lose."

Oddest M(moment In the World.

Perhaps one of the very oddest monw meats is the tablet in a Berkshire church in memory of a soldier who bad his left leg taken off "by the above ball," the actual cannon ball being inserted at the top.—Pittsburg Dispatch.

I To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c.

For Your Sunday Dinner.

Spring Lamb, Steer Beef, S#eet Breads,

Pig Pork,

derloins, Spare Ribs, Beef Tenderloins. EHRMANN, Fourth and Ohio.

Meat Marked. Telephone 220.

uy yonr Footwear at BOEMAN'S. They are Bargains long to be remembered.

Fat Large Oysters

InShell, Bulk or Can wholesale or retail at bottom prices at Eiser's, Ninth and Main.

To make your Sunday dinner complete, go to Fiess & Herman, 27 north iourth street, where you will always find an abundance of i:he choicest meats of all kinds. They have also on hand sausages of all kinds of their own make. Telephone 252.

Until you see some of our Bargains in Footwear— stylish and durable.

BOEGEMAN'S,

Near Fourth and Ohio.

If you use Coal Oil the best results are attained by burning National Light Oil, for sale by George Reiss, Second and Main streets.

City Taxes

1806.

Notice is hereby given that the tax duplicate for the year 1896 is now in my hands, and that I am ready to receive the taxos theron charged.

The following shows the rate of taxation on each $100.0) of taxable property: For general purposes 80 For library purposes 03 For park purposes 01 For sewer purposes •su For city funding bonds of 1890, interest fund For city funding bonds of 1890, sinking fund For city funding bonds of 1895, Interest

For city fundlDg bonds of 1895, sinking fund For city funding bonds of 1896, sinking fund -Mi*

Total rate on each $103.00 $1-20

POLLTAX:

For each male resident of the

city of the age of 21 years, not over 50 years, 60 cants. DOG

TAX:

For each male, $1.00 for each

female, $2.00 and for each additional dog. $2.00. NOTICE.

People are taxed for whftt they April 1st of each year. Taxes are duo the first day of January, and tax-payers may pay the full amount of such taxes on or before the third Monday of April following, or may, at their option, pay the first Installment on or before the said third Monday and the last installment on or before the first Monday in November following provided, however, that all special, poll and dog taxes charged shall be paid prior to tho third Monday In April, as prescribed by law and provided, further, that in all cases where the first Installment of taxes charged against tax-payer shall not be paid on or before the third Monday In April, the wholo amount shall become due and returned delinquent apd be collected as provided by law.

Delinquent real estate is advertised on or about the first Monday In January, and is offered for sale on the second Monday in February of each year. The treasurer is responsible for taxos he could have collected, thorefore tax-payers should remember that taxes MUST be paid every year.

Examine your receipt before leaving the office and see that it covers allyour property. Pay your taxes promptly and avoid costs.

For the collection of which I may be found in my office, in Terre Haute, as directed by

CHARL/S BALCH,

TERR® HAUTE,I

City Treasurer.

ND.. January

1, 1897.

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EXCURSIONS

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Tuesday, Jan. 5th, *97

To points in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas. Colorado. Florida, Georgia. Indian Territory, Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky, Louisiana. souri. Mississippi, Nebraska. New

NAME OF CITY TOWK OR TOWNSHIP.

City of Terre Haute Town of West Terre Haute Harrison Honey Greek Prairieton Prairie Creek Linton Plerson Riley Lost Creek Nevlns Otter Creek Fayette Sugar Creek

December 31, 1896.

MMMisJCO.

North and South Dakota. North and South

For reliable Information apply at city ticket office, 654 Wabash ave.. telephone 37 or Union

DeiQgQgGE

FARRINGTON, General Agent.

D. C.,

$18.35 Washington, and Return. March 1st. 2nd aad 3d.*ood returning-*not later than March 8th. account »r®'" dential Inauguration. Route via tbe Big Fcrarand C. io. Wnu Mckinley extends a cordial invitation to the pnbllc. QI-.K

Ticket office Terre Haute House and Sixth street station^ SOUTH. General Agent.

Notice is hereby given that the Tax Duplicates for the year 1896 are now in my hands, and that I am ready to receive the Taxes charged thereon and now due. The following table shows the rate of taxation on each $100 taxable property^ and Poll Tax in each Township:

Levied by State

L'd by Oom'rs

"Two Souls

Levied by

sSiO

•a -P

3SH 3S« 38* 33« 33W 38VS 38* 38* 38* 33* 38* 38* 38* 38*

State Poll Tax, 50c 8tate School Poll Tax, 50c County Poll Tax, 11. County Poll Tax, f*. TOWN OF WEST TERRE HAUTE—CORPORATION TAX—General Fund, 15c: and Alleys Fund, 6c. Total, 20c.

DOG TAX—For every Male, $1 for every Female, {2 for each additional dog, $2. Examine your receipt before leaving the office.' and see that it covers all your property" People are taxed for what t- (own on April 1st of each year.

Taxes are due on the -ay of December, aud tax payers may pay the full amount ot such taxes on or b^' -no third Monday iu April following, or may. at their option, par one-half there* or before the said third Monday, and the remaining one-half on or before the first Monday in November following provided, however, that all road'taxeschargetf shall bo paid prior to the third Monday in April, as prescribed by law, and provided, further*, that in all cases where as much as one-half of tho amount of taxes charged against a tax*"* payer shall not be paid on or before the third Monday in April, the whole amount unpaid, shall become due and returned delinquent and be collected as provided by law.

The sale of delinquent lands and lots takes place annually on the second Monday in Fob-r ruary of each year. The Treasurer is responsible for taxes ho could have collected thorefore tax-payow ought to remember that their taxos MUST bo paid every year.

No County Order will be paid to any person owing Delinquent Tax. Road Receipts will not be roceived except on First Installment of Taxes. Tax-payers who have Free Gravel Road and Drain ago Tax to pay, should see that they have a.separato receipt for each road and drain tho property is assessed on.

For the collection of which I may bo found in my office in Terre Haute, as directed by law. I3iF"Pay your Taxes promptly and avoid costs.

With but a single thought.'

And that thought, after careful consideration, was that they would take the advice of hundreds of other contented persons—get married and be happy. They knew that happiness is possible only with the best Groceries and Fresh Meats and trade at

Lawrence Hickey's

Up-to-date store,

Twelfth and Main—Telephone 80.

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Total Hate and Poll Tax.

I Tp. Trustee. 1

Spe 1 Tul

1.30 1.30 1.18 1.28 1.60 1.56 1.46 1.36 1.46 1.38 1.48 1.42 1.37 1.45

2.74 2.60 2.74 2.50 2.74 2.74 2.74 2.60 2.74 2.50 2.50 2.74 2.74 2.50

49 49 49

25 25 25 25

49 49 49 25 49 25 25 49 49 25

25 25

25 25 2V 25 85 25

Total State and

Streets

WILTON T. SANFORD,

AUDITOR'S NOTICE.

Persons having school funds on which tho interest is, not paid one year in advance, as ro--V quired by law, will ploase give the payment of said interest their attention at once, as th*^ law compels prompt collection of interest on school fuuds.

Treasurer Vigo County.

JAMES SOULES,

Auditor Vigo County.