Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 March 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 Dental Parlors

22 South Sixth Street.

MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Down south there is a very familiar animal known as the "geeching negro." That is the more refined way of patting it. The colloquial expression Is the "geechin' nigger." He is a moat peculiar fellow and is not accounted for in any manual of zoology at present in print. He is not found alone in the south, but that is his native heath and he flourishes there to an extent unknown elsewhere. He has become so frequent and familiar in Florida, for instance, that the law has come to recognize him and to provide for his protection against practical jokers or others who seek to take advantage of his failing.

There is one of these strange men in 'JYrre Haute. At least so it is said. He is claimed to be a good example of the regulation -'geechin' nigger" of the land of oranges afld alligators. His peculiarity, like the peculiarity of all of them, is that when he is thiuking intently of anything, to startle him by a noise made with the lips, accompanied with a poke in the ribs, is to make him blurt out precisely what is in his mind, no matter what that is or how uncomplimentary it may be either to himself or to you. The surprise seems to be the signal of the "geechin' nigger" to let go, and he obeys implicitly and at once. A second or so later he may be very much embarrassed and wish he could recall his remarks, but it is harder to recall a remark than it is to move a mountain.

William Brown, of this city, tells an amusing story about a negro of the kind in question. William used to live in Florida and knows that country as well as we Hoosiers know the great state of Indiana. He was in a grocery store one day in a sleepy Florida town when a big colored man came in and asked to be trusted for a bill of goods. The man did not have the best reputation of all the persons then living in Florida, and the grocer was rat her loath to let him have the provisions. It waH notorious that this particular negro WHS like the aristocratic cavalier in the respect that he would not work. But he put up a strong plea. He had stumbled onto a good thing, a bonanza. It was going to yield him a handsome profit and ver/shortly he would be able to square up for the groceries.

The big negro was leaning over the counter and mailing his talk. There was an expression of tremendous earnestness and innocence on his face. The grocer looked into his unflinching eyes, studied his countenance, plied him with questious and finally decided that it would be reasonably safe to trust him with what he wanted. So he said: "Well, Tom, let mo have your order and I will trust yon to do as you say you will."

At this Tom brightened up aud began to name his needs. He wanted some bacon— to be sure. He would also take a little coffee. He ordered some beans aud a number of other things. He was puzzling his slow brain to think of something else, and the grocer was engaged in wrapping np what he hml already ordered when some one in the store slipped up beside the negro and "geeched" him. He gave a violent start and stammered out: "Say, Mistah I ain't got no uotion uv payiu' fer them goods."

That settled it. Tom didn't get the groceries. There is a rake-off in a postoftice that most people do not know anything about. In small postofllces it is small and in large ones it is large. At Ellsworth up north of town the postmaster probably does uot realize enough from this source during the year to pay for a squaw meal, but the postmaster of Chicago, for instance, makes enough out of it per annum to pay for more than all the square meals he eats from one New Year's day to the next. This is one of the differences between be lug postmaster at Ellsworth and serving In a similar capacity at Chicago. There are doubtless other differences as well, but they are not in point at present.

This rake-off comes in a perfectly legitimate way. There are rake-offs in other lines or departments of life that cannot be so described. But this one is on the square. It is due to the fact that the postoffice handles stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, which are furnished by the government and sell for varying prices. For example, a postmaster buys one hundred newspaper wrappers for $105 The stamps are worth $1, of course, and the paper is worth 5 cents. The paper costs the pout master that amount. He generally g^ts considerably more than that for it. Say he sells the 100 wrappers at nine for 10 •cents. The result is that he makes several cents on the bunch. The chances are that he will sell them oat slowly, one, two, three or five at a time. For one he will get 9 cents, for two 3 cents, for four 5 cents and so on, his percentage of profit hero being very considerable. The profit to the postmaster from the sale of stamped envelopes comes about in the same way. He gets the benefit of the fluctuating prioe of the envelope*.

All of which throws one more faint ray of light on the question of why so many good men here la Terre are trying just now to get solid with George Faris. We Are all pretty much alike in the respect that we enjoy diminishing the distance that divides ns (rem good thing.

OF LOCAL INTEREST.

George H. Greenman, manager of H. D. Pixley & Co.'s store, closed a contract on Thursday with Miss Blanche Cox, for a five years' lease of the building now occupied by Hera's Bazar. The lease begins December 1, 1897, and after Mr. Herz removes to his new location in the Deming block, next to Sixth and Main, the Cox building will be remodelled. The rental price to be paid by Pixley & Co. will be $250 a month.

Terre Haute has a number of highly insured men, according to a recent statement in the Spectator, a New" York insurance journal. The list includes the following: John Beggs, $110,000: John E. Beggs, $71,000 B. G. Cox, $53,000 B. G. Hudnut, $110,000 Herman Hulman, Jr., $50,000 William P. Ijams, $100,000 George Maier, $42,000 Anton Mayer, $55,000 W. R. McKeen, $150,000 Joseph Strong, $50,000. There are only five men in the state who carry heavier insurance than Mr. McKeen. This insurance is not carried as a bluff, as was that of Ben Blanchard, when the King of Finney County was at the heighth of his giory here. It was an awful slow insurance agent that couldn't write a policy on Ben's life for any amount from $10,000 up. He never thought of taking out a policy for less than?10,000, and there is no telling how many of these he carried at different times, when he was endeavoring to create an impression among capitalists and investors that he was one of the substantial men of the state. His insurance was, like his bank account, usedasan advertisement. At one time when the tax assessor was around Ben swore that he had $25,000 on deposit in the banks here, at a time, too. when things were looking blue for him, and it is doubtful whether he had twentyfive cents to his name. He swore to it, however, and had to pay the taxes on it. The wonderful promoter, who used to take whole pages in the newspapers booming his schemes in Southwest Kansas, was, the last that was heard of him here, a day laborer in Joplin, Mo.

The lawyers interested in the case of John S. Beach have agreed on the Hon. Silas D. Coffey, of Brazil, as special judge before whom the Beach cases shall be tried. Judge Coffey is one of the most distinguished members of the legal profesin Indiana, and was formerly justice of the State Supreme court.

Frank Buckingham, who has had con siderable experience "on the road" has signed a contract with the Hi Henry Minstrels for next season. Mr. Buckingham's first stage experience was gained while a member of the Ferris Comedians, when he and Will Hamilton, deputy city clerk, devastated central and western Illinois, as actors. Mr. Buckingham is clever and original as a negro impersonator, and is sure to make to hit on the professional stage.

The work of rebuilding the Deming block for the occupancy of Herz's Bazar and the Buntiu Drug Co., and that of enlarging the Hoberg-Swope building for W. H. Albrecht, is now in progress, and makes that portion of Main street look rather lively. The improvements will cost in the neighborhood of $03,000, aud will give employment td a large number of men this summer.

Word was received here this week of the death of Mrs. George Mann, at Marion, Ohio, v/here her husband is engaged in the bill posting business. He was a well known employe of the car works here.

Abe Levinson, of Crawfordsville, has taken a lease of the store-room in the Fos-ter-O'Boyle block recently occupied by Stark's Notiou Store, and will open it about the 20th of March with an entire now stock of dry goods, notions and millinery. Mr. Levinson comes highly recommended as a businessman, with the energy and push to make a success in his new venture here.

The annual report of St. Anthony's hospital made public this week, shows that during 1SQ6 576 patients were cared for at that institution, and of this number but 34 died. Since the hospital was fouuded in 1882 ti,320 patients have been cared for there, of whom over 4,000 were free patients, whose average time in the place is between three and four weeks.

James Henry, whose serious illness was mentioned last week, died Sunday night at his home on north Eighth street at the age of 69 years. Deceased had beenaresi dent of Torre Hante for more than fifty years, had been identified with Methodism since early manhood, and was one of the o.dest members of Centenary church. The Wei'npi day evening prayer meeting there was suspended this week, aild the' time taken up with memorial exercises in his honor. He was also identified with the Masonic fraternity, and his funeral ou Tuesday was conducted by Social Lodge of which he was a member. Deceased left a wife and five children, all grown.

Among the Terre Hauteans who attended the inauguration exercises on Thursday were Rev. J. S. Holmes, who would like be minister to Denmark, Hon. B. F. HaveWS, who asp'res to be consul at Bradford, England, which pays $3,000 a year and fees, Russell B. Harrison, president of the Street Railway, W. C. Arp, Superintendent of Motive Power and Machinery and A. W. Coffiu, Superintendent of Bridges of the Vandalia. Mr. Harrison was chief of aids in the grand parade and Mr. Coffin was in the escort to McKinley. He was a member of the same company of the samecompanyof the President-elect during the war.

The Charity ball given for the benefit of the Union Home for Invalids at the Terre Hante House Mon lay night, was an overwhelming sucoess, socially and financially. The attendance was large, the decorations, music and sapper were fine, and over $100 was realised for the worthy institution benefitting by the affair. Much praise is due the members of the arrangement committee, Misses CedellaCox, Aimee Bindley and Martha Royse, and Adolph Gfegg, for the success of the entert ainment, as well as to Prof. Daenweg, and others who pro moted the social feature of the entertain meat

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Note the Centerpiece.

We have a beautiful stock on hand, and you will act wisely in making your selection now.

TEBRE HAUTE 8ATUBDAY -ErEyrfrG MAIL, MARCH 6, 1897.

It does the work just right every time.

That's why all the leading teachers of

cookery use and recommend it.

MARCH AND APRIL

Are tlie Most Disagreeable Months of tlie Year In the Xortli. In the South, they are the pleasantest and most agreeable. The trees and shrubs put forth their buds and flowers early vegetables and fruits are ready for eating, and in fact all nature seems to have awakened from the winter sleep. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company reaches the Garden Spots of the South, and will on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April sell round-trip tickets to all principal points in Tennessee, Alabama, and West Florida, at about half rates. Write advertising matter and particulars of excursions to C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., or J. K. Ridgely, N. W. P. A., Chicago Ills.

You would blush with shame to ask for lower prices than are now being made on Pianos and Organs at the great sweeping sale now on at the

KIMBALL MUSIC HOUSE, 806 Main.

The spring and summer Woolens for the seasons this year are particularly catchy. In the window of Ford & Overstreet's store, Sixth and Main streets, there are some sample styles, of which they have a good variety, that are almost equal to pictures or spring flowers.

Sweeping Saie of Pianos and Organs now going on at 306 Main street. On account of making a material change in business arrangements in the near future, necessitating the disposal of our entire stock of Pianos aud Organs now on hand, we have concluded to make a "Sweeping Sale" in as short a time as possible, and in order to do so will offer them at prices such as were never before offered in this city. This is a "Golden Opportunity" o£ a lifetime to secure an instrument at a great saving of money. So do not pass it by, but call at once and investigate to your own satisfaction, and be convinced that we mean exactly what we say.

W. KIMBALL CO. TV W. NOEL, Manager.

BEAUTIES.

Ladies' up-to-date Spring Shoes now ready for your inspection at the

Palace Shoe Store. T. J. GRIFFITH.

See The Windows.

See the windows at 635 and 037 Main street for Beautiful Carpets in all the latest designs and the very best manufactures. Nothing nicer or cheaper to be seen in the city. Call and examine.

JOHN G. DOBBS. 035-637 Main St.

A sweeping sale of the entire stock of Pianos and Organs now on at the KIMBALL MUSIC HOUSE, 806 Main.

Blood

Wonderful South American Cure Quickly dissipates all scrofulous taints in the system, cures pimples, blotches and sores on the face, thoroughly cleanses the blood of boils, carbunkles, abscesses and eruptions, readers tlie skin dear, young and beaut h"uIf rou would escape blood poison with ell its train of horrors, do not fail to use this masterly blood purifier, which has performed such stupendous cures In all cases of shattered constitution and depravity of the blood. Bad health signifies bad blood. Sold by all druggists in Terre Haute, Ind. fs 1

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Vick's Floral Guide, I.SOT. For nearly half a century this Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roses, Gniins, Potatoes, etc., has come as regularly as spring time. Here it is again to remind us that it's time to think about our gardens. This issue contains half a dozen full page half-tone illustrations of Roses, Asters, Gold Flowers, Carnations and Tomatoes.

It seems full of the necessary information for either amateur or professional. Send 15 cents to James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., for a packet of either Vicks' Branching Aster, New Japan Morning Glory or extra cho^c^- Pansy and a copy of Vick's Floral Gui&d If you state where you saw this notice you will receive a package of flower seeds free.

HOW TO FIND OUT

Fill a bottle or common water glass with urine and let it stand twenty-four hours a sediment or settling indicates a diseased condition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is positive evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order.

WHAT TO BO.

There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot, the great kidney remedy, fulfills every wish in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. For a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail, mention The Mail andasend your full postoffice address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer.

Builders' Hardware and Mantels at Finkbiner & Duenweg's.

Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the "New Great South Ameriean Kidney Cure." This new remedy is a great surprise on account of I its exceeding promptness in relieving pain

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in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by all wholesale and retail druggists in Terre Haute, Ind.

For Your Sunday Dinner.

Spring Lamb, Steer Beef, Sweet Breads, Pig Pork, Tenderloins, J' Spare Ribs,

Beef Tenderloins.

C. H. EHRMANN, Fourth and Ohio. Clean Meat Market Telephone 230.

Cure Your Stomach.

You can quickly do this by using South American Nervine. It can cure everv case of weak stomach in the world. It always cures, never fails. It knows no failure. It will gladden the heart and put sunshine into hour life. It is a most surprising cure. A weak stomach -and broken nerves will drag you down to death. South American Nervine will help you immediately. No failures always cures never disappoints. Lovely to take. Sold by all wholesale and retail druggists in Terre Haute, Ind.

To Care Cold In One Day

Tale Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If it falls to cure.

25c.

^'1 809 WABASH AVKNOTS.

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GOOD PAPER.

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Up! Up! Up-to-date

Ripest j"'

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JP

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415 Ohio Street.

Inauguration

Of Spring Styles.

printing

"BETTER THAN EVER"

The 1897 BEN-HUB BICYCLES embody more new and genuine improvement" in construction than any other bicycles now before the public. Never before haw such excellent values been offered lor the money. Our new line, consisting of eight, superb models st $80, $75 and $125 for single machines, and $150 for tandems, witac the various options offered, is such that the most exacting purchaser can be entire^jr suited.

CENTRAL CYCLE MFG. CO.,

72 QAHeiN'8Tl(ilT«i|'|(»^ INDIANAPOLIS. INft eve ptmm POOTBH OATUMUI MAILSD pom TWO a-osrnr STAMP**

George Rossell, Agent,

720-722 Wabash Avenue. TERRE HAUTE, IND.

Brand new line. Brand new prices, too. You must see this fine line to appreciate this ad.

FLYING COLORS WK

maintain, as usual, our position as-the leaders in Wall

Paper. Our excellent line is admired, bj all and from oar stock some of the. handsomest houses in the city will be papered this season. We have suited others and can suit yon.

Workmanship first-class and the price reasonable.

We have been before the people of this city as Paper Hangers and Paper Dealers exclusively for a quarter of a century.

What better recommendation can we offer?

High and Low Shoes.

In Ox-Blood and Dark Tan, Coin and Imperial Toe, For Ladies and Gents. The styles will please, And we will make the prices please you. You cannot afford to pass this store When out for Spring Shoes.

A. £.. KIVITS,

328 Main Street.

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Moore & Langen's

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