Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 January 1897 — Page 5

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When some ingenious mind invents a good story about a little boy it generally travels. In the course of a few months it has acted somewhat like a single dollar in paying off many debts—it has added to the reputation for precociousness of a great many little boys. A story of this kind WHS published in an eastern paper this week. The same brief narrative of youthful cleverness has been told more than once in Terre Haute with different boys as its hero. At one time a Lafayette lad was accredited with the smartness, at another some little fellow in Baltimore, and now the son of a Pennsylvania congressman is said to have evolved the same idea.

Whoever the author of the story was, and wherever It came from, it is funny. Its chief character is supposed to have been about five years of age. By association with men about a stable in the neighborhood of his home he had learned a number of infelicities of speech of which his mother did in no wise approve. The boy liked to^play about the barn with the pigs and chickens, and he also enjoyed taking a shot now and then at the sparrows in the eaves with his "nigger killer." At last his language became so thoroughly unorthodox that his mother felt she must take heroic steps to bring about an improvement. Accordingly she called in her pastor, a very grave and dignified United Presbyterian, and turned the boy over to him. The following dialogue ensued "Charley," said the divine, "I understand you have got into bad habits." "What bad habits?" said Charley. "I understand that you are using bad words." "Who told you about it?" "Oh, a little bird told me."

Charley thought a moment and then remarked "I'll bet it was one of them damned sparrows."

The people who live in the neighborhood of Collett park, especially those of Collett Park Place, are not in a good humor. A few days ago a man was passing through the park in sight of the row of houses to the east. He had a gun on his shoulder and a dog was following at his heels. He was watched by a little girl in one of the Collett Park Place residences. By and by a squirrel—one of the pets of the park—ran along in front of the man with the dog and the gun and darted up a tree. It was not frightened, of course: it was only feeling playful and desirous of viewing the man and the dog from a slight elevation.

It was a great opportunity for the hunter. He had probably had little hick in bringing down wild squirrels, but here was a tame one. It ran only a little way up the tree and then perched itself on a twig in full view of the man. As it sat there "in the shadow of its own tail," the hunteror, to be more accurate, the fellow with the gun—pointed his old blunderbuss in that direction and pulled the trigger. To his very great surprise, he hit what he shot at. The poor pet dropped to the ground, little more than a wad of bloodstained hair. The dog nearly fell dead at what his master had succeeded in doing, but after a while he collected himself sutliciently to seize the remains of the little animal and shake them with great ferocity.

The little girl saw it all. And she told. And now the neighlorhood knows the story.

If that amateur uimrod hies himself to Collett park any more, and seeks to practice on the pet squirrels there, he had better provide for his wife and little ones lieforehand.

It appears that something must be done by the railway company to obviate delays at the North Thirteenth street crossing of the Vandalia. Street cars and other vehicles have been more or less retarded at this crossing from time out of mind. It is understood that the Terre Haute Electric Street Railway company has made up its mind to see what can te done to bring about a more agreeable state of affairs. The story is that the conductors and motormen have been supplied with "time checks" and Instructed to use them for recording the delays that occur by reason of the occupancy of the street by the cars. When one of these checks is made oat, bo tl the conductor and the motorman sign their names to it and it is filed in the office of ttys company, there to become a part o{ a record upon which an effectual complaint may be filed against the Van* dalia.

It seems that the latter reoognlze* the •srious nature Of the delay* for which tt

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has in the past been responsible and that it will of its own accord take steps to change matters. Mr. Frank Dunlap has been made assittant yard master in the Thirteenth street yards and he is said to understand his business very thoroughly. He is an old switchman and his friends claim that if anybody can keep the street clear a reasonable part of the time he can do it. It has been observed that since Mr. Dunlap took charge of the switching the engines and the street traffic are given as nearly a proper division of the time as possible. The cars will be allowed to pass for a few minutes and then they will be held in check while the vehiclts in the street pour across the tracks.

The past week has been hard on the tramps. The snow and rain, in unpleasant mixture, have vied with the raw winds to make the lot of the professional vagrant remarkable chiefly for its stern realities. A number of these labor haters formed a camp on the lee-ward side of the Maxville grade during the early part of the week, but they did not remain there a great while. They had no tent and the open air proved rather more rigorous than they could stand. One of the gang showed an unusual degree of pluck by attempting to shave, with no protection from the cold except such as the grade afforded. He attached a piece of looking-glass to a sapling and was working away at the removal of his stubby whiskers when seen from the road above. The camp was abandoned soon after it had been established and the gang "moved on." Where they went is a difficult question. It is probable, however, that the most of them spent at least one night in the "tramps' room'' at the county poor asylum. This place has become quite popular this winter. It is rarely deserted now. The restless lovers of the road file in there at night and huddle about the Are in varied and grotesque assortment. They are not fed. They are simply allowed to occupy the boards sheltered from the storm and the night. When day breaks they are turned out to press on in their aimless quest for God knows what.

Very many persons no doubt have observed that in the street cars a curtain has been hung over the front door, shutting off the view of the passengers somewhat. Very few persons, in all likelihood, understand why this device was adopted. Some have conjectured that it was to protect the motorman from the gaze of the curious. Others have had an idea that the curtain was probably Suspended over the front door to hide the vulgar workingman from the eyes of the aristocratic and fastidious. Neither of these assumptions is correct. The motormen are not at all sensitive on the score of being looked at, nor has anybody made complaint on account of having to look at them. For a long time the motormen were annoyed by the difficulty, of seeing the track for any distance ahead of them at night. The lights in the car and on the platform shone against the glass in the front of the vestibule and were reflected in the motormen's eyes so that the headlight did them practically no good. At last a motorman by the name of Robert Martin thought of the curtain under discussion. It was put up in the cars, the lights on the platform are kept out and now the head-end reflector does Its work with perfect satisfaction.

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Dr. Talmagre's Secret—How the Great Divine Attracts the People. The story as it was told me:

We were missionaries together in a frontier town of the great northwest, he a stiff back, strait laced Presbyterian, who had swerved from the old Dutch Reformed church of the Mohawk valley to fill a more modern niche I of a more liberal faith. He was an old man I young. In one of our many long conversations—for we were cronies and I liked to hear his reminiscences—he told me of his schoolfellow, Taim age. "What! T. DeWitt?" "Yea, verily, the same. We were in college and in the theological seminary together." Being encouraged, the dominie went on: "Robert Talmage was the great Talmage of the TftLmage family. He was born great. He has been a missionary in China many, many years. But De Witt has made himself great."

"You interest me—genius of birth and of growth both in the same family. Tell me of the genius that grows, develops, There is hope for some of us maybe.'' Abroad grin spread over his face as he complied. "We were installed in charges not very distant from each other, and as two young men began our work. It was among the good old Dutch Reformed brethren, not far from New York. Being in the same presbytery, as we call it now, De Witt and myself were brought together from time to time. We were interested—yes, glad—to know of the growth of the Lord's work in each other's hands. During the first year we met one day, and to my hail, 'De Witt, how goes the times?' he made answer, 'Slow, slow, B., slow.' 'How is that?' 'Well, there are too many empty pews. I tell you, B.,I am going to make a break.' I laughed and saidt 'You better spend more time with your Bible. Be on your knees more for your people. Agonize more for souls.' He replied hastily, 'I do all those things, am wearing myself out to no purpose that way, and I am going to make a break.'

"We went our several ways and had forgotten his threat, if, indeed, it was a threat,'I am going to make a break,' when one day we met on a committee, and I grasped his hand, with the, 'Well, old boy, how goes it?' His answer was, 'First rate—splendid!' and he looked it. 'But,'I whispered, 'they suy they are going to ship you down there?' 'All right,' said he 'I'll go to a larger place.' 'You made the break and have no empty pews. Tell me about it.' And this was his story. He noticed the show people and theater people had the willing crowds and tho churches the unwilling few. What was the secret? Who had the secret? Evidently the actors.

"He immediately wrote to a friend in New York city for the address of some one who would be a good trainer for the •stage, and in due time by engagement was greeted at his door. It was his annual summer vacation. The man looked surprised when he learned De Witt's errand, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said, 'Mr. Talmage, I suspect you are a clergyman, and I never train clergymen, so cannot take yon as a pupil. De Witt bridled at the thought. 'Why, sir, why?' 'Simply impossible. You would not do as I tell you, and, if you did, they would expel you front the pulpit.' 'But I will do as you teil me, and I will take the risk of expulsion.'

"But let me give yon the story in his own words. The trainer went on to say: 'You were educated all wrong according to our standard of speaking. All ministers are.' I answered promptly, 'I believe you.' He continued, 'Yon speak from a little box pulpit high up?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Will you agree to abandon that and have a large platform like a stage for you to walk around on to talk to men from?' 'Yes, sir,' with some hesitation as tho ghosts of ministerial propriety glared at me from the unchanging past. 'However, Mr. Talmage, the greatest difficulty to remove I will find iu yourself rather than in the church building. There is not a thing you have been trying to do but is wrong.' He was growing interesting. 'Mr. Talmage, you believe in this book,' picking up a small Bible 'that men must know its truths?' 'Yes, sir I da' 'That if they would be saved they must receive them that the choice of life or death is here?' 'Yes, sir.' 'That thousands will go down to death unsaved unless you teach theai to receive Christ?' 'Yes, sir.' 'And this .8 tho way you go about it' hanging his quick, nervous, earnest/s to great deliberation, he straight .ed np to his highest, seemingly, Iro voned his coat, touched up his hair, slowly adjusted a pair of glasses, dropped his arm by his sides and began a dead marcx in 'Saul' pace to the imaginary pulpit. A face of chalk would have had as much expression as his as he calmly opened the book and read in a erfunctory way some Scripture. ,'

turning to me, said, Mr. Talmage, did I do it justice?* 'Yes, too trtie to He came back to my side, unbuttoood his coat, pat on an alert look, strode "to his pulpit, opened the book with eager*' Bens, and with flashing eye and fervid voice read Scripture, making my blood* tingk His every hair seemed to beltere and apeak, hi* fleeh co creep, as If pent with great menage. He talked m, though b* slood betwemtfce living and $0 deadfM thoogfe fcgjblHttimCtt

enuugii eartti as a grain or sand were being lost on the shores of oblivion and frosted and palsied all the achievements of man. If lifeless with dignity before, he was now all life, all eloquence. He stopped and said, 'Mr. Talmage, will you do like that?' I said, 'I will try.' He said, 'Note this: You ministers express what you believe in such a way that people do not believe you believe it, while we actors express what we do not believe 141 such a way that people believe we believe it.' 'So, you see,' said Mr. Talmage, 'I have the secret and the multitude.'"—F. H. in Chicago Times-Herald.

The Balreath Idolatry of Wagner. As affording an insight into the critical methods of the Baireuth oirole, let us take as a striking example one of the most untiring of the bodyguard, Emerich Kastner, who, as the compiler of a Wagner catalogue—a catalogue of writings and musical works by and upon Riobard Wagner—had acquired the rauk and title of great arohivist of Wagnerian literature. Kastner introduced a new, oritioal method, based on the number of beats and the metric measure and began to measure out the works of Wagner as one would a stretch of roadway or a field, with the intention and conviotion of discovering an unsuspected and highly important prinoiple in art. By oareful computation Kastner found that "Rienai" contained 5,980 beats the "Flying Dutchman," 4,484 "Tannhauser," 4,881 "Lohengrin," 5,129 the "Meistersinger," 6,518. He then announced, by means of a demonstration whose seoret will remain eternally inscrutable, that the life destiny and artistio experiences of Wagner were reflected in these dry numbers. In fact, he went still farther and grouped together the number of beats in every single soene from the operas of the master, oontinually calculating, adding and subtracting until he reached, through purely arithmetical methods, the establishment of psychological laws.

This absurd sport, played by him with figures and notes, many of his colleagues pursued with the words, syllables, nay, even the single letters, of Wagner's texts. Thus a literature was created whereby mental criticism was to be replaced by those mechanioal instruments—the balance, the microscope aiid the knife of the vivisector. All these researches, prosecuted with much ardor, dearly demonstrated to what a degree artistic views may be lowered through blind idolatry.—Herr Alexander Moszkowski in Forum.

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WILTON T. SANFORD,

December 31, 1896. Treasurer Vigo County.

AUDITOR'S NOTICE.

Persons having school funds 011 which tho intorost is not paid one year In advance, as required by law, will please give the payment of said interest their attention at once, as the law compels prompt collection of Interest on school funds.

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