Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 August 1897 — Page 4

THE MAIL.

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A. C. DUDDLESTON, Editor aad Proprietor.

Publication Office, No. 501V4 Ohio Street. Telephone 469.

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Ivti-h Coupon will count as ONE vole. Tlit- contest, closes Saturday. Scptcrrlicr (tli. HOT.

THE MAIL'S LIBRARY CONTEST. The interest manifested in the contest for (lie libraries offered by The Mail to tliiee of the public schools of the city continues unabated. The absence, however, from the city during the entire summer of the majority of the teachess and many of the pupils who are interested in the contest, lias necessarily caused The Mail to announce a postponement of the close of t.h« contest. It was originally fixed for September 4th, but the date has been changed to November 1st, to cover the time

lost

during the vacation.

The details of the plan are familiar to the renders of The Mail, and are as follows:

The Mail will print each week at the bend of its editorial columns a coupon, which is to be voted at The Mail office for the most popular city school, the most popular member of the city school force, and the boy or girl furnishing the most coupons to The Mail in the contest. At the close oft he contest, on the 1st day of November, to the public school in Terre Haute receiving the highest number of votes The Mail will give a Library of Hooks, to be selected as the successful school may decide, to cost $100. To the public school in Terre Haute receiving the second highest number of votes The Mail will give ii Library costing $50. To the public school in Terre Haute receiving the third highest number of votes The Mail will give a Library costing $25.

In addition to these substantial prizes for the schools. The Mail also offers the following inducements to every person interested in the award of these Libraries:

To the teacher receiving the highest number of votes in the City Library Contest-,

The Mail, will give a Webster's Internation il Directory, the latest revised edition. with a Complete Reference Index.

To the boy who is credited with the highest number of coupons in the Library Contest, The Mail will give a $10 Ciold Piece

To the girl credited with the highest number of coupons in the Library Contest, The Mail will give a $10 (iold Piece.

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live in, after all. It is said that there are no cigarettes sold in that place.

Tin president will bean honored guest at the coining convention of the old soldiers at Buffalo. It was quite different with the man he succeeded.

IK the man who furnishes the weather wants to keep solid in this immediate vicinity, he had better give a little rain to the farmers who are needing it badly.

(it»oi TIMES may not be close at hand for everybody, but they are headed this way, and are coming at a gait that will make Nancy Hanks and her records back numlters.

OVKIS six hundred wells, of one thousand examined in Indianapolis by the health officers were, found to be furnishing impure water. Indianapolis people certainly have some reasons for refusing to drink water.

TIIK miners' strike seems to be no nearer a solution in their favor than for several weeks past. President Rat oh ford, of the miners' union, refuses to arbitrate the 1 matters in dispute with the operators in the Pittsburg district, and declares that he will discuss arbitration only when overtures for the same come from all the operators in the great competitive dis-1 triot. which consists of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia. Indiana and IHi*j nois A final effort is to be made to se-! cure the united action of all branches of organized labor throughout the country, in tin

nature of a sympathetic strike, or GRAIN-O. made of pure grains, that takes refusal to handle or use the coal that is the place of coffee. The most delicate now Inking mined. A conference has been called for August 30th. to be held in St, !mtK where the matter will be discussed. The sympathy of the general public is with the striking miners in the effort to secure better wages, but it is hardly possible that a sympathetic strike generally throughout the country will improve their chances. The greed and duplicity of the operators In the Pittsburg district,

chiefly, hare made the fight so hard in the present stride, and people generally will not take kindly to the hardships that will be entailed upon them by a general strike, with which they are in sympathy, but with which they can have bat little to do in the way of settlement.

EX-GOVEHXOK FLOWER of New York says that wheat will bring $1.25 before spring. Let's hope and pray that in this case the governor is a good guesser. A dollar and a quarter wheat would bring joy and gladness to many a business man in this immediate vicinity.

PROSPEBITV has certainly struck a portion of Indiana. In Bourbon, this state, this week, a aged eighty-two years and his wife, aged sixty-two years, were made the proud and happy parents of a pair of twin babies. Plainly, the Dingley tariff bill is beginning to show effects.

A GENTLEMAN" named Bryan, it is said, is to receive $1,500 for delivering a lecture before a Democratic assemblage in Ohio during the present campaign. The time was when this same gentleman was willing to work a whole year for the people as a congressman, for the insignificent sum of $5,000. Which goes to show that gold standard prices are all right when they are in your own favor.

ABOUT the only political event of any importance in this state this year, besides the congressional election in the Fourth district, which was won by the Democrats in a Democratic district, is the municipal election in Indianapolis. The Democrats have nominated the wily Tom Taggart for mayor, while the Republicans have picked upon Newt Harding as their candidate. Taggart is a gold Democrat who. for political reasons affiliated with the silver crowd in the last campaign, even to such an extent as to refuse to decorate his hotel when the National Democratic party selected it as headquarters when the national convention met there. There was a determined fight made against him in the city primaries and convention because it was known that he was at heart a gold man, but he was smooth enough to defeat the opposition and captured the convention without trouble. This is the fight of his life, because on it depends his fate as a candidate for governor in 1900. If he is defeated in this election he will hardly be considered in that campaign while if he should be successful, it will hardly be possible to defeat him for the position. He is a perfect specimen of the adroit politician, and it is seldom that he leaves anything undone that will further his political ambitions. It is something to speak of to be governor of a great state like Indiana, and if the Republicans of Indianapolis are not able to defeat Mr. Taggart this year it likely that the Republicans of the entire state will be called upon in 1900 to attempt to defeat him for the more important office of governor.

THE hard times of the past few years have had one good effect, in that they caused a reduction in the number of im migrants lauded on our shores. A statement just published by the treasury de partment shows that the tide of immigration is at the lowest point since 1882, when the general government assumed jurisdiction. The total number of arrivals from all countries during the last fiscal year was 230,83*2, a decrease as compared with the previous year of 112,435. Perevious to that the lightest immigrations was in 1895, when the figures were 279,948. The heaviest immigration during the period referred to was that for the year 1882, when the arrivals numbered 788,992. That was followed by a falling off until 1886, when the number arriving was 334,203. Another climax was reached in 189"^ when the figures were 023.084. Then commenced the ebb, which has reached its extreme this year in the figures given above, the lowest, with the exception of the time between 1875 and 1879, since the civil war. Looking somewhat into details, it appears that the number of Russian Jews has greatly fallen off, being 22.750 as against 45,177 in the previous year. Italy furnished the greastest number, 54,431, a decrease of 8.029, from last year, when the larger figures were undoubtedly due to the war with Abysiunia. German immigration has steadily decreased. In 1882 250,630 came to this country, while in 1896 there were only 22,533. From other countries the immigration from Austria-Hungary decreased from 55,103 in 1895 to 33,031 this year from England from 19,492 in 1896 to 9,974 in 1897: from Sweden from 21,137 to 13,144 from Norway from 8,155 to 5,842 from Ireland 40,262 to 28,421.

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHUNKY & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE.

FRANK J. CHENEY.

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D.. 1886. [SEAL.] A. W. GLEASON,

Notary Public.

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free.

F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. 75c.

There Is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called

stomach receives It without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over Has much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 eta. per packagc Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.

"On the Banks of th» Wabash, Far Away." the new song by a Terre Haute composer, Paul Dresser, at W. H. Paige & Go.'a, for S oenta.

Practical Teat.

Dom Pedro, the last emperor of Bratii, was a man of a practical turn of ciind, as the follc.wiug story told of him by a Spanish newspaper well illustrates:

He once gave an audience to a young engineer who came to show him a new appliance for stepping railway engine& The emperor was pleased with the idea, but wished to pat it to a practical test. "Day after tomorrow," said he, "have your engine ready. We will have it coupled to my saloon carriage and start. When going at full speed, I will give the signal to stop, and then we shall see how your invention works."

At the appointed time all was in readiness. The emperor entered bis carriage, the young inventor mounted bis engine, and on they sped for several miles as fast as they conld go. There came no signal, and the engineer began to fear that the emperor had fallen asleep. Suddenly the engine came to a sharp curve aronnd .the edge of a cliff, when, to his horror, on the track directly ahead of them the engineer saw a buee bowlder.

He had jast sufficient presence of mind to turn the crank of hisbrefeeand pull the engine up within a couple of yards of the fatal block.

Here the emperor put his head out of his car window and demanded to know the cause of the sudden stoppage. The engineer pointed to the rock, and, much to his surprise, Dom Pedro began to laugh. "Push it to on side and goon, "he said calmly.

The engineer obeyed, and, kicking the stone, was still further astonished to see it crumble into dust before him.

It was nothing more cr less than a block of starch which the emperor had had made and placed on the rails the night before.—Harper's Round Table.

A Sweet Revenge.

It is claimed that this story originated in Cleveland, a claim which may very well be true, because Cleveland, and especially the east end, has more precocious children to the acre than Boston could boast of in her palmiest days. This particular precocious infant lives on a pretty cross street in that favored locality. Not long ago she was troubled with an annoying and persistent toothache. Finally her mamma took her to a dentist, and the dentist interviewed the troublesome tooth.

After examining it be told her that the best thing to do under the circumstances was to have the tooth extracted, as it contained a very large cavity, and this was the seat of the trouble.

Bracing herself firmly in the chair, she bade him go ahead and remove the acher. After the operatiou was over she carefully wrapped the tooth in paper and declared she would take it home.

Next day her mamma noticed that she was an unusually good girl, and, upon looking around, located her in a window scat industriously poking sugar into the cavity of the extracted tooth. Her mother demanded the cause of this strange proceeding. "Why," she said, "I'm poking sugar in the old thing just to see it ache."— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The Clever Landlady.

"You've got very nice looking landlady," said Bilkins to his friend Jil kins, who lived in diggiugs, "but she looks a sharper, "he added in a whisper. "Ye?, ou are right," replied Bilkins, with tho smile of a man who had long ago discovered the fact. 'It wants some one cuter than me to get over that woman." "Yon don't say so." "Yes, when I firstLcamehere a strong suspicion grew on me that the landlady helped herself rather freely to the victuals which I brought in for my own consumption. I would stop her little game, I thought. So accordingly one day I brought home a chop and pound of new potatoes. Having counted them and finding that there were ten in all, I handed them over to be cooked. When the meal was ready and the covers had been removed, I strained my neck to see the result of my little ruse, when"— 'You found nearly half of them gone, I suppose?" "No, nothing of the sort. They were mashed."—Pearson's Weekly.

A Wonderful Operation.

"I suppose I performed the greatest surgical operation of the age," remarked the youngest doctor in the crowd that had been swapping experiences. "I was taking a run through British Columbia on my bicycle when I was asked to attend a young Indian whose stomach had been pierced by a rival's knife. I had no surgical appliances, but I fixed up the cut so that the fellow was aronnd tho next day and is strong and healthy now." "How did yon do it?" asked all in a breath. "Well, the Indians had slaughtered a beef that day. I picked ont a nice, thin piece of tripe, tied a string to it, covered it with tire cement, shoved it tbrongb the wound and pulled it into place just as if I were mending a puncture in my tire. It was the greatest"—

But tLe crowd had melted away.— San Francisco Post.

Wlutt Made Him Mad.

"Hamlet, my bonny Prince," said Garrick, encountering the melancholy Dane on the staircase of the Stygian Academy of Music, "tell me, were you mad or were yon not?" "Not until I saw yon play me, David," replied Hamlet. "I was crazy over it for several d«ys. But I bave forgiven you."—Harper's Bazar.

Before ud After Death.

We usually believe in immortality so far as to aviXd preparation for death and in mortalitj so far as to avoid preparation for anything after death.—Buskin.

Fashionable young ladies in Japan when they desire to look very attractive gild their lips.

TEBKE HAUTE SATURDAY EVEXHSG MAILjAITGUST 2Tpl897.

Orator O'Ronrke's Kick.

Jim O'Rourke, the famous "orator," when in the Leagne as a member of the New York baseball team never had the reputation of being a kicker, but upon one occasion he made a protest that will always be remembered by players who were on the team with him. In a game which was umpired by Phil Powers Jim hit a ball over the fence. It was foul by about a foot, but Jeems, thinking it was a home run, began to tear around the bases like a runaway horse. When he reached the plate in a breathless state, yet wearing a look of triumph on his classic countenance, O'Rourke learned to his discomfiture that the umpire had called the ball a foul. "Why, Philly," exclaimed Jim in the mildest of tones, "that wasn't a foul!" "Yes, Jimmy, I'm sorry to say it was," said Powers, with assurance. "Why, Phil," remarked Jim rather seriously, "it was five feet fair. "Oh, no, it wasn't, Jim. It was a dead foul," explained the umpire. "Why, Mr. Powers!" protested the orator, growing slightly warm under the collar, "I am conversant with the conglomeration of facts in this case, and as my optical eyesight is of extreme excellence I am positive of your misin formation."

This was a staggerer for Powers, but he struggled gamely with this reply "Mr. O'Rourke, you're not entitled to a home run. You must bat over again." "See here, Powers," ejaculated the now thoroughly excited player, "I'll not allow you to rob me in this matter." "See here, O'Rourke," retorted Powers, "if you give me any more talk I'll have to fine you." Then O'Rourke found solace in a burst of eloquence which sounded something like this "Why, you miserable, groveling, sycophantic, phosphorescent, unconstitutional viper, I've half a mind to excommunicate, extradite, separate, elucidate, prevaricate and eject you from this beautiftil ball ground and this eccentric National league."

Powers was by this time tempted to reverse his decision, but O'Rourke, who was too quick for him, went out on a fly ball.—New York Sun.

Largest Yoke of Cattle.

Joe and Jerry are the names of the largest yoke of cattle ever seen in America. They are tho property of J. D. Avery of Buckland, Mass., and they are 8 years old and measure 10 feet in girth. They are 17 hands high, and from tip to tip their measurement is 15 feet il inches. The two together weigh 7,300 pounds. They are beautifully colored, are models of symmetry, and are extremely docile and gentle. They have been exhibited at all the large agricultural fairs in the country. They are black and white, like all pure Hoisteins. The yoke they wear is said to be the largest ever made, and is 7 feet long and weighs 200 pounds. They walk a mile in 80 minutes. Their horns are magnificent and are highly polished Their owner has the oxen groomed every day, and their coats shine like eatiD. On a level they have pulled 11,061 pounds of stone loaded on a dray, moving it 8 feet in one draw. This is a world record pull. They are fed from 8 to 12 quarts of corn and oats ground together, 2 quarts of flax meal and from 6 to 8 quarts of bran every day.—New York Tribune.

Homeless Kate, the Box Car.

"Jack my drivers, but it's Homeless Kate! Why, Kate, ain't there no gettin you back to your friends? There's 40 chasers cut for you from your road if there's one. Who's holdin you now?" "Wish I knew," said Homeless Kate. "I belong iu Topeka, but I've bin to Cedar Rapids I've bin to Winnipeg I've bin to Newport Hews I've bin all down the old Atlanta aisd West Point, an I've bin to Buffalo. Maybe I'll fetch up at Haverstraw. I've only bin ou,t ten months, but I'm homesick, I'm just achin homesick."

Try Chicago,Katie,'' said the switch ing loco, and the battered old car lumbered down the track, jolting, "I want to be in Kansas when the sunflowers bloom." "Yard's fnll o'Homeless Kates an Wanderin Willies," be explained to .007. "I knew an oid Fitchburg flatcar out 17 months, an one of ours was gone 15 'fore ever we got track of her. Dunno quite bow our men fix it. Swap around, I guess."—Rudyard Kipling in Scribner's.

Gold Tn Barnato'i Body.

A German paper is responsible for the announcement that Barney Barnato, still more than the legendary king of Peru, who was wont to bave his body gilded afresh every morning, deserved the title of El Dorado—the "Man of Gold"—not because of his wealth or of bis connection with gold mines, but because his system actually secreted gold. He was, says this credible authority, the victim of a disease called metallitis, his blood being permeated with a powdery gold, as were his eyes, nose, ears and all of his mucous membrane. The pain caused by this condition was so intolerable that it is believed to bave been the cause

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First Reformer—I'm trying to write an essay on the emancipation of my sex, and I find it very hard to begin.

Second Reformer—Oh, I think that would be so easy. Why, you might begin by sharpening your pencil with your husband's razor, you know.—Detroit Tribune,

If you wish to be happy, keep busy. Idleness ie harder work than plowing a good deal. There is more fun in sweating an hour than in yawning a century.

The old Alexandrian library contained 700,000 volumes, the largest collection ever brought together before the invention of printing.

STATIONERY DEPARTMENT

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The handsomest and most complete line of dress

goods ever brought to the city. That's the verdict of our delighted customers. Is it not a pleasure to

find goods that are "just right"—right in style, right in quality and right in price. Two-toned Granite Effects, 30c.

Fancy Jacquard and Invisible plaids, all new colors, 39c. New Cheviots, 50c. New Silk and Wool Jacquard, 50c. 50-inch Canvas Cloth, 75c. 48-inch English Suiting, 75c.

"Piled up elegance." That's the term applied to the condition of our silk department. All that is new and stylish will be

found here, and at such reasonable prices. Grille Silks, the newest weave, beautiful effects—novelty silks in stripes, new designs at 75 c, 90 and $1.

Taffeta Glace, 27 inches wide, new combination colororing, 90 c. Black Brocade in Gros Grain and Satine, 24-inch at 68c, 75 and $1. Black Brocade Silk Poplin, $1.25.

News of new goods. Every day now brings new arrivals. Today it is dress trimmings. The very latest conceptions of the French ar­

tists and the new designs of American manufacture are here in lavish profusion. Braid Gimps,

Plain Silk Gimps, Mohair Braids, Mohair Gimps, French Novelties, Silk Embroideries and Garnitures in Huzzar and Brandenburg Effects,

all exceedingly stylish. See our display as you enter the store.

dollar glove is simply a glove for a dollar at most

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tempt you to spend your last dollar, and a reasonable guarantee goes with every pair. They come in 2-clasp and 4-button in all the new shades. We are sole agents for the Foster Lacing and and the celebrated Reynier Real Kid Gloves.

All the fashionable fancies in fine Stationery will be found here. The new tints, the new sizes in Hurd's, Crane's and

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Unusual values in toilet necessaries. Wellknown and reliable goods at very low prices. Cuticura Soap, 15 a cake. Kirk's Juvenile

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