Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 September 1898 — Page 4

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THE MAIL.

A PAPER

FOR THE

The Mail Is sold in the city by newsboys and all newsdealers, or will be delivered to any address, by mall, at the rate of 22 ayear, $1 lor six months, or 50 cents for three months.

Entered at the Postoffice atTerre Haute, Ind., as second-class matter.

If Zola could publish a book at this interesting juncture of the Dreyfus case it would have a sale, beyond a doubt.

If a political campaign wasn*t on we would not hear so many stories of hunger, neglect and starvation as we do now, and therefore many of them must be taken with a grain of doubt.

Onk of the most pointed things that has been said regarding the alleged bad treatment of some of our soldiers, was that of an ariny officer, who said that "War at its best is but a tragedy, and there is no way to make a picnic out of it

Wondkk if Uncle Sam pays for the numerous telegrams that Major Russell Ii. Harrison sends to Governor Mount, throwing boquets at the latter gentleman in complimenting the Indiana regiment in General Lee's army corps? If the old gentleman pays for them, Major Harri son's telegraph bill must be toleraby large.

One thing is certain, the mine owners of Pana, who are appealing to the state to help them drive residents of Illinois to the poor houso in order to give work to imported miners from Alabama, are not entitled to much consideration. It is all right to talk about the state's duty protect property from the assaults mobs, but it has a greater duty to protect the lives and homes of her own people Lives are more precious than property, no matter how humble the lives may be.

In the death of Claude Matthews Indiana loses a good man. He ma/le an energetic, capable governor, and dis tinguisbed himself in a number of instances, where weak men would have failed. While not a great man, he was strong ouo politically, and the Democratic party will miss him greatly in future cam paigns. His funeral at Clinton, Wednes day, was one of the largest ever held in this part of the state, and gave evidence of the high esteem in which he was held by his friends and neighbors, political op pononts as well as friends.

A fhksii incident in the Dreyfus case seems to deepen the disgrace of the French people and to further show the baneful effects of militarism in such countries as France, Spain and Germany, which exalt the army above all other interests. The suicido of Col. Henry at Paris makes plainer the fact that the military officials used forgery to convict Dreyfus, and the French people, like an unreasoning mob, allowed themselves to be hurried into an insane fury against the Jews and Dreyfus. The theory that the Latins are a decadent race is supported by the developments of the Spanish war and the celebrated French case.

Of it old friend Christopher Columbus has been a long time dead, but his descendants have never got over quarrelling as to the place where his remains are buried. Some of them claim he was buried in the cathedral at San Domingo, while other descendants claim he is buried at Havana and now they want one of the articles of the treaty of peace to be a provision that his remains shall be taken from Havana, moved back to Spain, and buried in the royal chapel at Madrid. The poor old fellow had a hart! time getting his just deserts while living, and it seems a pity that they can't let him rest in peace, wherever his remains may be buried.

It pays to have political pull, even in the United States Volunteer service. This was never better shown than in the case of the KUst Indiana regiment, the last one organized, of which Taylor Durbin is colonel. Mr. Durbin, is a member of she Republican national committee from this state, and one of the shrewdest politicians in the country. When the regiment was organised Colonel Durbin ma^e the announcement that it was almost certain to see service, and now although the other Indiana regiments organized at the breaking out of the war, when all were anxious for service, are coming home to be mustered out* it is announced that the 161st is going to Havana with General Lee in October, and will be a part of the army of occupation.

Two men, well known to Terre Haute people, have died within a week to evoke universal regret. Rspecial stress is laid upon the kind hearts and winning personal qualities* of Claude Matthews, the exgovernor, and Benjamin (if. Cox, the great merchant. There is much la the temperament which is born with a man to make it easy or difficult to become admired and beloved, but men too often allow the natnrally happy temperament io become

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initiative, and when their obituaries come to be written they merely will be caialogues of their business enterprises and offices and the amount of their lifainijxr-

A few weeks ago t)r. Talmage issued one of his weekly sermons, which maintained that evolution is infidelity. Last week, in England, Dr. Henckel read a paper at the Cambridge Congress of Zoology, which positively declared that science has now established the absalute certainty that man has descended through various stages of evolution from the lowest form of animal life during a period estimated at 1,000,000,000 years. If we can accept the idea of the immense age of creation, that this world is millions of years old, the greatest difficulty in accepting the truth of evolution will disappear. The average man can hardly believe what he cannot see or has not plain evidence of. He knows that man has existed in his present form for several years and, unable to grasp the facts of a history of* millions of years, he stops at Moses and is incredulous of revelations relating to a dim antediluvian darkness. Nothing is better demonstrated than that this earth is very much older, than our interpretion of the Mosaic books teaches, and whoever admits that has accepted one statement of the evolutionists, and must go farther.

Last spring but few escaped the haunting fear that the loss of life from disease would be very great in invading Cuba. Those who remembered the civil war knew that disease carried off more Union soldiers than the bullets did. Yet, now that disease has claimed its inevitable toll peo pie are astounded at some unexpected casualty. A surgeon-general's report in 1870 put the number of union soldiers killed in battle at 35,408, dying from wounds at 00,205, or in all 84,013, against 186,216 dying of disease. We are not realizing how rapidly men died of disease to make a total of 186,216,nor how many died before facing the enemy. It is estimated that the total loss was 11 per cent, of the enrollment. Over 6,000,000 cases were treated in the hospitals during the civil war. Thus far in the present war 350 have fallen in battle, or died from wounds, and nearly 1,500, in an enrollment of over 250,000 have died from disease, but if the government had listened to the cry of "On to Havana," the deaths from Cuban fevers would have numbered many thousands ere this.

It is right to condemn incompetency and neglect, but a reasonable attention should be paid to facts and figures.

An Editor's Hard Lot.

There are always those who will kiok. For instance, if yon publish jokes with whiskers on them some will say that you ought to be in a lunatic joint. If you don't print something to smile at, they say you area pessimistic fossil. If you spread yourself and write a good, original article, they will say it is stolen. If you reprint an article, they say you can't write. If you say a deserving word for a man, you are partial if you compliment the women, the men are jealous, and if you don't the verdict of the women is to the effeot that your paper is not fit to use in the cons true tion of a bustle. If you stay in your office, you are afraid to remain on the streets if you do, you are lazy. If you look seedy, you are squandering your money if you wear good clothes, you area dude, and don't pay for them. If you play a social game of any kind and get stuck, you are a fish if you win, you are a tin horn, and so it goes through one continual round of pleasant complications.—Roslyn (Mich.) Sentinel.

A Speak Easy.

A Philadelphia policeman the other day received a letter informing him that a "speak easy," by which term an unlicensed saloon is designated, was in operation near Franklin and Spring Garden streets. His detective instinct was at once aroused, and he made an investigation, only to discover that he was the victim of some practical joker. The place referred to proved to be an Episcopal church for the deaf.—New York Tribune.

A Military Exquisite.

Marshal Ney, who was as handsome as he was brave, is said never to have appeared on the field at a great battle until he was dressed with scrupulous elegance aud his beard carefully curled and perfumed. When he was led out to execution, he was cool and calm as though he were going to open a dance, only asking that the guns should be aimed low, that his face might not be disfigured after death.

The Svantians, who live in the inaccessible mountain range between the Black and Caspian seas, are probably the laziest people in the world. They have made uo advance toward civilization in 3,500 years. It is their invariable rule to observe holidays four times a week, with saints' days as extras.

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cramped and callous. These men never I tion of the disease, and giving the patient chilled or embarrassed those they met by strength by building up the constitution showing a sense of their own importance, and assisting nature in doing its work, or by shutting themselves up **t»in#t the The proprietors have so much faith in its Interests of their fellow men. One rwvson ca rati re j»iweis. that they offer One Hnnwhy the circle of friendship seems to be permanently smaller, and life poorer to us when Matthews and Cox depart is because we can look around tw to see so many that personally are as fortunate and important who hesitate to turn their hand or utter a cordial wordfor the help of their fellows and their community. They mesa *•)!, but tliri&k from

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A ST0KY OF WATSON.

AN OCCASION WHEN THE OLD DOG WANTED TO SWEAR.

Not Being a Profane Man, However, He Gave the Job Which Roused His Wrath to Fuller, the Bos'n's Mate, and Then ..tet Events Take Thtir Coarse.

"•••"^John Crittenden Watson does not belong to the list of "cussing officers, yet as a man-o'-war skipper he never had a man of his ship's company aft for swearing. He was singularly indulgent of the hard swearers forwardr® "Hard language helps a man''"along to

occasionally," he has been known say to one of his deck officers upon over hearing a stream of maledictions from the lips of some old fiat foot working at a stubborn job forward, "and it is better for the men to work off their wrath over fouled anchor chains in cuss words than to take it out of each other hide."

Aboard one of the ships under Wat son's command there was an old bos'n mate named Fnller, who had the call throughout the whole navy as the cham pion profane man of the government's line of packets. Fuller never raised his voice when he swore. He would simply stand back and quietly regard the inan imat-e object of his wrath—a bent be laying pin perhaps or a slack ridge rope —and then he would open up in an ordinary conversational tone. But the utterances he gave vent to were sulphurous. It always took Fuller a good five minutes to work off what he considered the necessary number of remarks on such occasions, and it always seemed, when he was through, that he had quite exhausted the whole vocabulary of profanity. But this was a mistake. The very next time anything went wrong with a bit of Fuller's gear he would start in on a new line that would con tain absolutely not a single repetition of any of his previous performances. It was always a source of wonder to Fuller's shipmates, even the old timers, where he picked up the new ones, all of which were of startling originality and force.

These shipmates related only one instance in which he found himself at a loss for words. He was with a landing party from bis ship, marching on the outskirts of Chemulpo, Korea. He stubbed his toe on a loose bowlder in the road and fell on his face in the dust. He picked himself up and looked at the road. He opened his mouth to say something, but ho had no words. He was dumb with wrath. Two or three times he attempted to begin, but it was no go. He was stuck for once, so he pulled out a pistol and deliberately fired it into the air five times. He had to express his feelings in some way.

When Fuller was serving aboard* Watson's ship, he was in good shape, and his frequent quiet outbursts kept the forward part of the ship keyed up with wonder as to what was coming next. One morning at big gun drill Captain Watson himself was superintending the exercise. One of the wooden cartridges became jammed in the breech of the 6 inch rifle to which he was devoting most of his attention. He wouldn't permit any of the gunner's mates around him to attempt to loosen the cartridge, but essayed the job himself. He tugged at the jammed cartridge and broke his finger nails over it, and still it wouldn't come out. It waff a pretty hot morning on deck, aud the perspiration began to roll off his face in streams, but he persisted in trying to loosen the stuck cartridge. He looked as if he would like to say a heap were he a swearing man, but he wasn't a swearing man. When he had been working for five minutes over the jammed cartridge with no success, he looked pretty helpless and miserable. He gave one*final tug, but the stuck cartridge remained in the gun's breech. The skipper gathered himself together, mopped his forehead and looked at the gun. "Confound it all," he broke out, "where'a Fuller? Send me Fuller, somebody."

Fuller was on hand directly. He wasn't a gunner's mate, and he had nothing to do with the guns, but Watson wanted Fuller to tackle the jammed cartridge all the same. "Fuller," said Watson, "try and get that dummy out of that gun."

Fuller looked at the stuck cartridge, and Watson retreated to the starboard side of the quarter deck. Fuller made two or three claws at the wooden cartridge, but it wouldn't come out. A gunner's mate could have got it out in a jiffy, but Fuller wasn't in that line of tho service. He tugged away, but it was no go. Watson stood regarding the horizon on the starboard side of the quarter deck. Fuller spat on his bands and made one more try. The dummy didn't move a tenth of an inch. Then Fuller mopped his forehead with his neckerchief, clapped his cap on the back of bis head and opened up. It was great work, this performance of Fuller's, and no mistake. He eclipsed all of his former efforts. He stood with his hands on his sides, looking at the gun breech and saying things at it that no Morgan or Kidd or Teach or other heaven defying pirate oould ever have equaled. The men stood around, just looking at Fuller in open mouthed amazement. They couldn't make out where he got them all. They were all in English, but the combinations were weird. The peroration was frightful, although delivered in the mildest tone imaginable.

When Fuller finished, he mopped his forehead with his neckerchief again and

fwaUced over to his commanding officer, jwho was looking over the starboard sail, appareatly thinking deeply. Poller sainted. "It'sstuck proper, sir," said Fuller. "I can't get it adrift," "Well," said Watson,*1 didn't think you could, Fuller, but I needed you- Thanks, You did very well. Go forward.*'—New fork Sun.

TEREJ5 HAUTE SATURDAY" EVENING MAIL, SEPTEMBER 3, 1898.

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Handkerchiefs

Ladies' all linen hemstitched 10c. Ladies' all linen hemstitched 15c. Ladies' all linen hemstitched 18c. Ladies' all linen hemstitched 25ci Gents' corded borders 5c. Gents' corded borders 7c, 4 for 25c. Gents' linen corded borders 10c and 13c.

Gents' plain hemstitched 15c to 50c. Gents' revered hemstitched 25c. A full line of all the better grades.

Hammocks

You can take a book and a good hammock and spend pleasantly these hot summer days. We've got a full line and are closing them out at less than COSt.

See our Utopia was $6, now $2.25.

FOR SALE—An elegant, almostinew Piano, for $250 on easy payments. Can be seen at W. H. PAIGE & CO.

For Your Sunday Dinner,

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

Beef Tenderloins.

C. H. EHRMANN, Fourth and Ohio. Clean Meat Market. Telephone 22U.

Pepsin Soda,

The latest, at Eiser's.

FOR SALE—A square Piano for $40, on easy payments, at W. H. PAIGE & CO.

Special Cut Prices

on full rolls of Chicken Wire Fencing also 75-cent Hammocks at 50 cents. All at A. G. AUSTIN & CO.'S.

During my absence, the first carload of shoes was received at the Palace Shoe Store, and now in readiness for your inspection.

T. J. GRIFFITH, 420 Main Street. (Quarters saved by giving heed to this gentleman.)

Ermisch Dyeing Co.

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I THE TEST OH ,A! STORE I

We have just received a beautiful assortment Royal Hanover, pattern ware. Just the thing for wedding gifts, card party prizes, or room decorations. They are on sale now at remarkable low prices.

Laces

We've anticipated this, and have some excellent things to

*, show you.

Ladies' all linen hemstitched 05c. Ladies' all linen hemstitched, 8 l-3c, 3 for 25c. v-fi

It's once more nearing school days, and the girls must have school dresses. What's nicer than a neat pattern in ginghRm, trimmed nicely in lace. We've just received some new things in woven torchons, which for style and beauty can not be equalled.

Edges and insertions to match. They start at 3c and go up to 25c.

Curtains

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Ladies' and Gents' Garments and Household Goods. Best workmanship employed who will give satisfaction to everyone. 652 MAIIT STEEET.

Sponging and Pressing.

Coats 25c

Trousers... 15c

Vests 10c

Highest Quality of Work Guaranteed.

HlTMTPD Laundering & llUNlcK Dyeing Co.

JOHN HANLEY'S SONS, 865 Main Street.

WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR FAMILY? Not one business man in thirty-three leaves his family anywhere near money enough to continue the comforts he has educated them to need and expect.

This suggests, immediately, action on your part in the direction of life insurance. Your life represents a money value to your family. That value should be protected by an equivalent amount of life insurance.

Your duty to your family does not end when you die. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York can protect your family fully. Call on the general agent for particulars. W. A. HAMILTON,

General Agent.

No. 24 south Sixth St., Terre Haute, Ind.

-VTOTICE OF PETITION TO SELL AND

QCIET TITLE.

Stateor Indiana,) County of Vigo,

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Linens.

Our stock curtains never was before so large and fine as it is today. Curtains of all kinds and descriptions and at prices that cannot be matched.

Nottingham^

--Full size for $1 worth $1.25.,

Full size for $1.25, worth $1.75. Full size $1.50, worth $2. Full size $2, worth $2.50.

Irish Points. $2 per pair up, worth $3.00. Latest designs in Renaissance and Brussels.

Swisses by the yard, in white and fancy stripes. Door hangings in all styles.

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L. B. ROOT CO,

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ANNOUKCEMEJN TS.

LAGS! FLAGS!! FLAGS!!!

There is no need of sending away from Terre Haute for Flags when you can buy them here of as good quality and as cheaply as elsewhere. We have a fine line of Wool Bunting Flags of all sizes, and our prices will please you. Flags of every description and quality we can fnrnlsh as cheap as you can get them elsewhere. Come and see them and learn the prices.

8. S.

In Vigo Circuit Court, September term, 1898. I. II. C. Royse, guardian of George M. Taller vs. Squire Smith, and if he be dead, his unknown heirs. Henry Craig, and if he be dead, his unknown heirs. Jennette

C. Purdy. Thomas C. Purdy. To Squire Smith, and if be be dead, bis unknown heirs. Henry Craig, and If he be dead, his unknown heirs. Jennette C.

Purdy and Thomas O. Purdy. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named petitioner as guardian of

GeorgeM.Tulier,

has filed in the Vigo Cir

cuit court of Vigo County, State of Indiana, a petition making yon and each of you defendants thereto, and praying therein for an order and decree of said court, authorizing the sate of certain real estate therein described, and to quiet title therein to said real estate.

Said petition so filed, and wkich is now pending, ts set for bearing in said Circuit court, at the Court Bouse, to the city of Terre Haute, County of Vigo, and State ofj Indiana, oa the 31st day of October, ISB8.

Witness the clerk and seal of said court this 30th day of August, 1888. DAVID

WATSON.

Clerk of Vigo Superior Court.

To the Young Face

Ponmn%Omcnj^IloirDn(iv«freAer charms to tb« old, renewed youth. Try it.

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is its true value giving. Do your buying at our store and you will EE always have a feeling of security. SNot that all goodness lies in our store, but that all shoddiness and^ unsafe goods are kept out of it. S When you make a purchase of us,1 it matters not how small, you S know that you have just as much or more of that quality of goods as S your money would buy in any store, besides you have a larger as- SEv sortment, better styles and newer designs to select from. Our fall S stocks are now daily coming in. Remember, the choice goods always go first.

looking unusually happy, you may know that they are loaded down with the happy thought of a at great Linen sale, which is nowgoon.

Our sale has proven that liuens will sell at all seasons of the year if the price is right. 54-inch Cream Damask 25c. 60 80c. 72 40c. 64-inch Silver Bleached 50c. 72 00c. 72-inch Bleached Damask 50c. 72-inch extra quality 75c.. 72-inch double Damask, heavy, $t 00. 72-inch Damask, heavy. $1.25.

This is the season of the year when the use of towels, is extremely heavy. 1 7 8 4

Towels 10c. 19x38 he Ea

Towels 12%c. 18x30 extra eayy 15c.

23x44 hemmed Huck Towels 10c. 25x52 extra heavy fringed 25c. A good Turkish Towel 5c. 21x42 Turkish Towel 10c. 22x40 Turkish Towel 12%c. 24x46 fine fringed Turkish Towel 25c. 24x40 all Linen Turkish Bath Towel 45c.

WANTED.

WANTED-Posltlon

housekeeper by with one child

middle-aged widow

willing to go out of city: none hut reliable parties need unswor. E. L. G., No. 17 Big Four Railroad. Springfield, Ohio.

Ladlor and gentlemen In your to represent our buslneess at good

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ANTED city to represent our ousineess at wages. No experience required. Inclose stamps for particulars.

THE LIS-TER CO., South Rend, Ind.

IFers

the public could stand and see tho brewputting the hominy grits In tho beer that is made nowadays they would ignore all the beers which contain hominy grits. Come to Peter N. Staff and he will give the business entirely away. P. N. STAFF.

FOR RENT.

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OR RENT—Second floor of 709 Main street, suitable for office purposes. Apply to 709 street.

N1OTICE

TO NON-RESIDENTS.

In the

State of Indiana, county of Vigo, Vigo Circuit court. In vacation. No. 19,110. Thomas H. Parrish vs. Maggie Bell Parrish. In divorce.

Be it known that on the 1st day of September, 1898. said plaintiff filed an affidavit in due form, showing that said Maggie Bel 1 Parrish is a non-resident cf the Btate of Indiana.

Said non-resident defendant is hereby notified of the pendency of said action against her, and that the same will stand for trial October 29th, 1898. the same being, at tho September term of said court in the year 18$. DAVID L. WATSON,

Clerk.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE

T. W. Bahhyot. Jb., Lessee and Manager

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A. M. BIGGINS.

Lawyer.

Telephone 38. Over McKeen's Bank

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