Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 March 1896 — Page 4

THE EXPRESS.

GEORGE M. ALLEN. Proprietor.

Publication Office. 23 South FiftTh Street, Printing House Square.

Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postofljce at Terre Haute, Ind.

SUBSCRIPTION TO THE EXPRESS. One year:....... 17.50 Six months 3.75 One month 65 One week 15

THE SEMI-WEEKLY EXPRESS. One copy, one year $1.00 One copy six months 5)

TELEPHONE 72.

Ballington Booth starts out with two commendable reforms in Salvatlonism. He -will -drop the red coat and improve the music.

President Lincoln wished at one 'time to pay the Southern state3 $400,000,COO tor their slaves and end .the war. As the nation was spending from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 every day .in prosecuting the war Mr. .Lincoln thought his plan 'WAS the cheapest thing to do.

If the United (States should figure what ia war with Spain would cost and offer that amount to ISpain for Cuba,, it would be the cheapest and least painful settlement of a trou'blesome case. It Would be ibusiness-.like if not warlike and glorious, Tmt it will not be done.

The Americans and the British are the only people ifch-at have contributed money Ifor the relief of the suffering Armenians. It is estimated that $175,000 has 'been: raised in AmerIcaJ amd $100,000 in England. This is creditable 'to 'both, especially to the Americans, who are 'not interested in Armenia, politically, as much as the English. The money that has been given thus far is 'but a small part of what Is required to relieve the needs of the persecuted Armenians as thousands of bhem have -not seed for planting, to keep them in food during the coming year, and many communities ihave lost their homes, clothing and all means of subsistence. Miss Clara Barton wiil be able to use to advaintage much more money than the amount already given.

Ohio and Iowa have placed their favorite sons be',fore the natton as presidential candidates 'th iharmonious and intense enthusiasm. The display olf spirit and confidence 'by the 'Republicans off thy two states is a harbinger of the harmony and strength that will 'be shown by the Republican party an the national contest. The high character and eminent services of Allison and CtfoKlnley and of others yet to Te warned as Republican aspirants must inspire the party with great confidence in the final selection from such a distinguished class of eligibles and make it ve.ry easy for each voter to say that he will support the St. 'Louis nominee.

The 'enunciation of principles "by Foraker and 'Dolliver, the speakers for the Ohio and Iowa conventions, were fervid enough to enthuse the listening multitudes and very ringing and definite as •to established 'Republican principles relating to foreign and domestic policies.

Schrader Is one of the crop of healers that has lately come to view and. is flourishing on the patronage of credulous people. Such charlatans possess low cunning and avoid prosecution, as they do not make open claims to be easily disputed, 'but they manage to convey certain impressions and allow the eas-My-duped to compare them to sacred personages and do their advertising, so that dupe and .duper are equally parties to fraud or humbug.

This Schrader has been accused by Illinois clergymen of 'being the man that swindled various congregations out of money several years ago. His career of usefulness, to 'himself, in western Illinois has thus been interfered with, and he now proposes to seek a fresh and less-informed community in Indiana.

The business of free, miraculous dealing seems to be able to support a manager, to pay railroad fares to profitable point?, and hall rent, and Terre Haute is to enjoy the presence of Schrader, •who comes .hither on "spec." One objection to him is that he is not the original woolly 'lior.se, but merely an imitator of Schlatter and is playing the second season of a familiar play.

Senator Allison was nominated as a candidate by the Iowa Republicans c« a platform .which expressed his financial position, as follows: "He has 'been favorable to a true bimetallism, and he has at all times labored to maintain an abundant currency of gold, silver and pqiper, made interconvertible and equal to the best currency of the commercial world. He (has demanded for the "business of the nation a currency equitable and stable, ifree from the oscillation so dangerous to business interests and so unjust to the wage-eearners of the nation, whose thousands of millions of annual wages and many thousand millions of credit In savings banks and other forms constitute them the great creditor class of the nation."

This is very comprehensive and expresses the -desires of all. except those who want nothing Tnit silver money or nothing but paper, or those two combined, though it does r.v-r overflow with details. It contains a reference to the profound interest of the wage-earning and depositing classes in the stability of the present forms of money wh eh is not to be Ifound in the schemes of experimenters in finance.

We will have to turn to the words of Mr. 'Dolliver, the chairman of the meeting which placed Allison in nomination, to know just how the Republicans of Iowa stand towards bimetallism and free coinage. Mr. Dolliver said to that meeting, in endorsing Allison, "The Populist remedy, a remedy in which an influential group of other parties unite, is to close matters up by abandoning •the present 'basis of American business, on which all existing contracts stand. and taking refuge from public .and priTate creditors alike in the unlimited is­

sue of silver dollars, gratuitously manufactured for the owner out of material worth in the neighborhood of 50 cer.ts." Evidently there was no respect for free coinage in that utterance and we will not be aWe to reoomend Mr. Allison to the Populists as one who will advance their peculiar views on currency. It is to be .hoped that he and Major McKinley, also, will try to make 'this clear to them.

WELL MEANT BUT NOT WELL SAID. The financial plank in the platform of the Ohio Republican state convention having been carefully announced as the work cif Gevernor McKinley, will be closely scrutinized to discover the attitude of this commanding candidate towards the silver question. What Governor McKinley said for the state of Ohio wu3 as follows:

We contend for honest money, for a currency of gold and silver and paper with which* to measure our exchange, tbat shall be as sound as the government and as untarnished as its honor and, to that end we favor bimetallism and demand the use of both gold and silver as standard money, either in accordance with a ratio to be fixed by international agreement, if that can be obtained, or under such restrictions and such provisions to be determined by •legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parities of values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times equal.

Condensed, this would i%d: "We believe in honest money, Sri the kind of money we are now using. We favor bimetallism, with an international ratio, i'f we can get it, but if we cannot, then at a ratio that will maintain the present relations of the silver and gold dollars."

When a man utters an 'ambiguous declaration we interpret it by our knowledge of his principles and previous utterances. Major McKinley, in speaking on the silver question in the house, June 25, 1890, said: "I ibelieve 'that we should preserve thees two moneys (gold and silver) side by side. And it is because I want to preserve these equal standards of value that I have opposed and shall oppose concurrence in the senate amendments. I do not want gold at a premium I do not want silver at a discount, or vice versa, hut I want iboth metals side by side, equal in purchasing power and in le^al tender quality, equal in power to perform the functions of money with which to do business and move the commerce of the United States. To tell me the free and unlimited coinage of the silver of the world, in the absence of cooperation on the part of other commercial 'nations, will not bring gold to a priemium, is to deny all history and the weight of all financial experience. The very instant that you have opened up our mints to the free bullion of the world independently of international action, that very instant, or in a brief time at best, you have sent gold to a premium and when you have sent gold to a premium then you have pnt it in a great measure into disuse and we are remitted to the single .standard—that of silver alone we have deprived ourselves of the active use of 'both metals. I say it is for the highest and best interests of all that whatever money we have it must

roe

(based oipon both gold and

silver, at the present the best money in the world." It will be seen that Governor McKinley has retained some of the words of nearly six years ago in 'his plank of Tuesday, and we think also that it will be seen that as he was opposed to free coinage of silver, or anything that would send gold to a premium, in 1890, he still is opposed to it but the Express contends that Governor McKinley should not make it necessary for us to hunt up his speech of June 25, 1890, to understand exactly what he means on March 10,1896. We understand him, but everyfbody will not. The Ohio plank will not permit free coinage of silver by any act that can be framed under •it, but it is not plain enough for the St. Louis convention. McKinley, we are sure, will stand squarely on a distinctly expressed anti-silver pllank. That kind of a plank should be written for him or any other nominee to stand on.

We hope also to see a more exact use of the term "double standard. Gold and silver coinage, coined at a rat.o fixed by legislation, or made equal fcy the present laws, are not two standards, and there is no use of calling them such. We cannot fool the silver men with phrases and must not mislead others by any want of definiteness in important subjects.

WE MAY COME TO THIS. Kentucky narrowly escaped a mortifying exhibition at its capital, on Wednesday, when its law makers a rimed themselves in preparation for a fig'ht in the joint assembly. The fight would have been a disgrace, but the preparation for a melee 'by carrying weapons was also disgraceful and it is a reproach to American civilization, tfhat the men chosen to represent the people in the domain of government, should anticipate an imitation of Judge Lynch by the substitution of violence and mob law for the peaceful operations of constitutional and legal met'h«ods.

The Kentuckians are not the only offenders. We have seen similar preparations for bloodshed in other states and it i»s recognized as a contingency in Intense political struggles, that the last resort may be in 'the clash or arms. The spirit displayed differs little whether fheconiestant-s propose to use their own weapons or those of hastily musteredin militia and deputy-sheriffs, marshals or constables. The wrong is in considering that the only last resort is outside of law and reason.

In spite of the many threatening demonstrations, it can toe said that the waves of angry feeling usually subside before an outbreak, or that the combatants shrink from the fatal, yf *ial Mow, but there exists the possibilfcv of a fatal encounter whenever such demonstrations occur.

It is this very unpleasant possibility that disturbs us as to the results of tie politioal deadlocks some of our (busy politicians axe preparing for Indiana.

The danger depends upon the majorities and in case of a close vote, of party power depending upon a single vote, we would have a situation like that In Kentucky. 'Indiana is as peaceful and law-abiding state as others but it is not surcharged with meekness and tihe quaker apiri't, and it is only across the river from Kentucky, of which we can say, "'With all thy faults we love thee still."

AN INTERNATIONAL RATIO. There are intelligent and patriotic Americans who favor honest money, yet •believe that an international agreemen might be reached for the free coinage of silver for a limited period at a ration to be adopted and maintained among the countries having commercial intercourse with one another.

The advocates of a silver standard, a totally different category, also favor, naturally, an international agreement far free coinage of silver.

The Chicago Times-Herald, while holding .'.hat the place of silver in- the best currency is limited and subsidiary, would 'be pleased to find evidence, nevertheless, that an international agreement could be effected by which the two metals should 'be safely and beneficially used on equal terms at any ratio.

There have been already three international conferences for the purpose of remonetizing silver. There was, it is true, a conference in 1867, but its particular object was agreement for an international coin.

The conference of 1867 accomplished nothing. That of 1878, the first of the three in the interest of silver, accomplished nothing. It was called by .the United States and met at Paris, remaining in session nearly a fortnight. The opinion of a majority of the delegates, representing most of the countries of Europe except Germany, was that the question of the relations of gold and silver as money should foe governed hy the conditions of individual states or groups of .states, and iha't difference of opinion rendered Impracticable the discussion in a common ratio.

The United States joined with France in calling a second conference in the interest of silver at Paris in 1881. In this Germany was represented in addition io the other leading countries of the globe.

The conference remained in session •many weeks. *but reached no conclusion and did not even take a vote.

The United States called the third conference in 1892. It met at Brussels. Every country of importance was represented and silver had there its most plausible friends. The session, began November 22d and adjourned December 17th to May 30, 1893. It has never reassemlbled. So convinced, apparently, were its members of the^,rutili.ty of the purpose that no explanation, has ever been made for.Its failure to .ta'ke any note of the date at which it was to be reassembled. -,r

The leading countries were efficiently represented, nevertheless. M. Tirard, one of the-most ccmservative and ablest of the financiers of the republic, upon whom the late President Carnot profoundly relied, declared that (France had no reason to complain of her monetary

situation- France had ceased to odin silver and saw no reason for returning to its free coinage 'when she was already so amply provided with it. Germany had 'imposed strict reserve cn its delegates, 'because its monetary situation under the dovtble standard was perfectly satisfactory. Austria imposed upon its'delegate, prohibitory restrictions like t'hose under which the German delegates declared their Ifaith in the single gold standard. The delegate from Switzerland asserted free silver coinage on any basis impossible for his country. The Russian delegate claimed ithat facts had demonstrated that it was contrary to the nature of things to establish a fixed ratio between the value of gold and the value of salver. So it went from the beginning to the end cf conference. The question of a ratio was not reached because it was impossible to ascertain that any number of the countries represented would agree to international bimetallism at any rat'o. Senator Jones, of Nevada, may toe said to have covered the whole ground for 'free silver coinage on some ratio in a brief overflowing fifty folio pages, the delivery of which occupied -nearly the entire time of two sessions.

What 'has occurred in the commercial relations of nations since 1892 to warrant hope that further international conferences would 'succeed any betteor thiain. the t'hree which failed? Just as in the United States, there 4s a small and energetic group in Great Britain, Germany and France, .but composed entirely of theorists and politicians, who favor a conference, without, however, having any new argument to offer ami absolutely without substantial backing in their respective countries.

But suppose that all leading countries could "be induced—a most unreasonable supposition—to enter into an agreement for a common ratio and the Temonetization of silver with free and unlimited coinage. What power, what machinery, political, commercial or physical, could be relied upon to compel these countries to abide by the agreement, even for a period stipulated? Would a treaty for a ratio be more inviolable than any other most solemn compact .entered Into among nations and broken "ere the ink with which 'twas writ was dry"?

EXCHANGE ECHOES.

Washington Star: The Spanish students wfhose Indiscretions led to the chasing of the universities are now 'beilng aocreaUea with a very astute method of securing an extra 'holiday season.

Philadelphia. I^dg-er: En^land proves too much. Nobody will believe t*hat she omse owned more of eneuela than she now claims.

Kansas City Journal: As winter -gradually slips along toward spring the apprehension becomes a certainty that ice is going to be ice next summer.

Cleveland Prests: But a short time ago Orlspi wafl classed with. Bismarck and Gladstone in the triumvirate of Europe grand old men. Now there Is none so for to do him reverence," which simply es to show that he is wisest who knows hen to quit.

St

LOOKS Globe-Demorrat:

The Demo­

crats of Mississippi htive revived that the States which furnish tho Democratic majorities In national ejections lowed to select the presidential candidates. If this means the neat n^ttonlal Texas and Mississippi will toe entitled to make the ticket without any outside assist&nc^*

Pittsburg Dispatch: The otostinaoy of General Maceo -to refusing "to die contributes another obstacle In the success of the Spanish war news in suppressing the Insurrection.

Boston Herald: A young woman lately admitted to the New York bar has just m&trried Mr. Justice Truax of the supreme court. That's whht we call courting to some purpose.

St. L/ouls GWbe-Democrat: It Is a melant'htolv fact that Colonel BilJ Morrison's boom began to languish as soon as Governor Aitgeld smUled upon It.

Mineaipolis Tribume: Why not let Prinoess EulaBa, w3w has Just written, a sweet ilftfe note about the kindly feeling she has for this country, and Joe Pulitzer, who headed off the war over Venezuela, floated the popular tout, and is now acting as a beianos of powar between, this oounitry and the threatening nations of Europe—why not let these fcwo disinterested, philanthropic, and more onr less international and cosmopolitan characters •tit together and airtyfitmte tihe Cuban ai-

fft't tc fair?

r*

THE BUSKIN COLONY

CO-OPERATION AS IT IS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE SOUTH.

There In the Klch £udi of Tennessee Raskin's Founders Dremm—Feat ores of the New Utopia.

Hi-

Nashville, Tenn,, March 12.—Tennessee has a real Utopia, a pilace called Buskin, fifty miles from Nashville, in Dickson county. The people who organized .the co-operative town are from Che northwest. "Tile Coming Nation," the organ of the Buskin Co-operative Co., Is published there. It claims to have a weekly circulation of more than 50,000 copies. It is a reform paper and it is doing good work in the establishment of this ideal Utopia.

But a new site has "been selected for this altruistic and co-operative town, four miles from the spot first selected in Dickson county. Ruskin will be built in Yellow Creek valley, six miles from the post office at Tennessee City, says the Chicago Record.

The Yellow Creek valley is thirty-two miles in length and one of the most fertile regions of Tennessee. For many years the spot chosen for Ruskin has been known as Cave Mills, and tHe particular Hands which, under the stipulations of a contract for twenty years', will come, into the possession of the cooperative company, are splendidly situated and have a rich, productive soil. The tract includes 385 acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation. All the land, except some portions where limestone is found, is tillable. The hillsides are rich in deposits of decayed vegetable matter and are finely adapted to vine and fruit culture. On the hilltops corn grows fifty bushels to the acre. Limestone of the finest quality i-s deposited here, giving field for a great industry. There 'is timber of many valuable varieties—'white, red, black and Spanish oak, poplar, ash, elm, mapte, dogwood, black and white walnut, beech and sycamore. There are orchards of peach, plum, apple and pear

e.H

.1

trees. There is also clay that will make good brick, building .sand on the creek in limitless quantity and an abundance of gravel for road improvements.

Lands For the Colony.

The Cumberland river flows near, and Ye1!low creek, properly a river, drains the entire valley. There are good buildings on the place, houses, barns, paddo'eks, blacksmith shop, store and flouring mill. The Cace iMills postoffice is on the land. There ia a big store and the mill is a 'splendid .property with two sets of burrs—one for wheat and one for cc,rn—'equapped witfh a thirty-'horse-poiwer engine and boiler. The mill is now successfully conducted. It has an annex, with cotton gin and wool carders.

There are springs of purest water, one of which is ample in volume to supply the big new 'hotel, called the Cave House. It is

so

called because there are

two of the most interesting caves in Tennessee near by. One opening on the abrupt side of a hi'll, amafll to size, but extraordinary in^those curious and attractive formations which nature has for ages been trying her skilled hand upon. Divided into chambers with vaulted roofs, supported by great oolumns of nature's own carving and polishing, this cave is weird and yet gorgeous in its wonderful stalagmites. The otbe.r and larger cave opens nearly on the level of the valley. It might have been designed by naturefcs a sheltering place for man before he 'learned to build it is one of nature's great dugouts, spacious and lofty. Its width is ififty feet, but its length has not yet been explored. The roof is thirty feet bigb and 300 feet from the entrance one meets a succession of rising planes in the floor, receding into impenetrable darkness.

Springs In the Cave.

[But this is much more than a hole in the ground. From out its cavernous depths flows a large volyme of the clearest water from a mammoth spring in 'the middle of the -chamber, and for fifty •feet along the floor of the ca-ve the water runs

in

a little rivulet which joins

the Yellow Creek. The iparth of the great dip from which the water

Tuns

is not known. A weighted line 170 feet Hong has failed to reach i'ta bottom. The fishing and bunting about the place is excelelnt. iNext week the residence and manufacturing cites will too selected. The association will donate twenty-ffive acres of iground to a. board of trustees 'for the erection of a great national college, called the "Ruskin College c« the New Economy."

The trustees of this national college WiW be chosen toy

lfih«

'Ruskin

members of the

Co-operat%ve

Association and,

upon being notified of their acceptance yt the trust, the land will be deeded to them and their successors forever. They wiil have power to perpetuate,the governing ibody, subject onJy to the condition that the institution tpay never be diverted from the oriffinil purpose tor wfoich it Is (founded nor Hoa Its do6w against any new ligfot or new

|tb1nflter

that may come Into the w&rifl. "Tne Coming Nation" wilt be used to secure a proper endowment fund for the college. [RusQtin is •Cast approaching its second anniversary, which will 'be celebrated on 'the new sMe, and the comer wtone of the college will toe taM at Tbat ime. Ruskin has a record tind a protpecta*. and tftiousands of people are antefeated in the co-operative towji.

To become a anfemibef of the

co-operafejve colony one must make an application, with the conditions of which he must de-dare his wHlingne'ss •to comply. The application must ibe supplemented by an agreement to pay $10 in wee&Jy installments until $250 has been paid. Then, when the association finds that it has a place for the applicant, and accommodations provided for him, he will "be called and will go to work, receiving credits for labor after 'his arrival, until a share of stock has been fully paid 'for.

The ERusfcin colony is 'to raise its own 'food, make its own iflour, weave its own dothing and gradually grow into the idea.l planned. They are planning to establish a creamery, tannery, vineyards, poultry yard 'machine and blacksmith £hops, saw and planing mills, lime (kilns, cotton and wood carding mill and 1,000 acres wMl ibe converted into a great stock ranch.

Recitations from Milton were prepared for the celebration of Washington's Iblrthday (by the pupils of Ruskin's school. The schoolhouse is heated by a home made furnace. L&otures on all sorts of reforms are given weekly. The stone quarries 'and ttime kilns have already begun operations.

Fine Trout In the Streams.

Captain Adams, who resides on the next, farm down the creek 'from Ruskin, says that he has taken trout from the stream weighingifive pounds. He caught about ten pounds of nice fish one day last week, with a grab hook.

Adam Hock of Toledo, O., spent several days last week in 'RusJkin, and agreed to 'head a list with 55 a month, until $50,000 is raised to establish a labor exchange in iRuSkin.

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mrs. Rudyard Kipling attends to all of her husband's correspondence and carefully guards him against would-fbe intruders. eH is said to be the most unapproachable man in the world.

The once distinguished prima donno, Mime. Etelka Gerster, who, after a short Ibut brilliant career at Her Majes-

'"fcazj/u/m

THE BULL RING AT JUAREZ.

ty's Theater and also in the United States, partially 'lost her singing voice, is aibout to start a vocal academy

IBerl'in.

:in

[Emperor William of (Germany taJkes great interest in 'his kitchen. Recently he accompanied his court martial through "the Hower regions" of his pa.lace and complimented his chef of chefs on Che gdod-order'thait pertained to that department 'that 'is always overworked.

IHenry Villard, who in his younger days, was a journalist and a man of letters, 'winning in the civil war a high reputation as a correspondent in the field,, is writing an autobiography for his children exclusively. It will 'be privately printed, it is thought, next year.

All the founders of tMcClure's Magazine are recent graduates of Knox College, Galesburg, '111, and the editor, Mr. dure, is a trustee of this college. They have .undertaken to asisst the college in establishing 'The Abraham Lincoln School of ISbiene and Practical Arts," as a worthy (memorial to Abraham Lincoln.

During the recent stay at Rome the pope received Minnie Hauk

:in

special

audience, and gave her permission to be present at the private mass celebrated by the pope himself in his private chapel on New Year's Day. A few days afterward 'the singer was presented to the queen of Italy, at the queen's own desire and sang a few songs at 'the Quirinal.

One who recently dined with Ceci} (Rhodes thus describes him "He is a tall, rather stout and lumberingly built man, sandy as to 'complexion, and with a big, round face, seemingly quite devoid of expression. The nose and mouth are large, but not impressive the eyes small and dull. The whole effect is of a man who never had an origisal thought in 'his (bulging head."

iByron was as fond of puns as MacauHay. In one of 'the poet's letters sold in ILondon the other day occurs this passage "I •am living alone in the [Franciscan Monastery with one friar (a Capuchin, of course) and one frier (a •bandy-legged Turkish cook)." This letter ©old for $60. It is interesting to note that there are many si'gns pointing to a IByron revival in the near future.

Charles H. Hemming of "Gainesville, Tex., who has jnst given $20,000 for a monument- to the Confederate _dead, to be erected in Jacksonville, OPla., is a native of that city and served in the Contederaie army throughout the war. The onxmument Is to be sixty feet high, surmounted by a. "heroic bronze 6ta/tue of a Confederate private soldier, with lifesize diatuee of ILee, Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston and General Dickinson Of (Florida.

Realism.

Actor (at a penny gaff, to manager)— ftir, imlght I ask you for an advance of 20 pfetflngs?

Mamager—What do you want the money for? Aotsor—ff am playing the king today, and theoon^eious posession of a sum of greatly to the sense of one's lxnp«rHtnce.-HFliegende Blaetter.

Children Cry for

Pitcher's Castorla*

"j

EOTESS PACKAGES.

a

1

I ~'l

S in

Because of the mBd weather The birds take heart and sing Backbirds and thrush together, u(

Linnets are on 'the wing And gathering woo and feather. The birds say, "It Is spring." In every bush and cover

Are silver flutes and gold. The robin's singing is over That cheers us in the cold When every bird is a lover

Her robin's tale is told.

O birds, -too c»ui ck believers, Winter may come to stay, With white and silent rivers

And grass blades stiff and grey. And the world that cries and shivers Instead of a wedding day, "Peace!" say the birds, "go marry

And love shall teach you mirth. And may we longer 'tarry Beside a ftreless hearth. With a house to build and quarry

Par the sweetest head on earth." —Pall Mail Gazette. A Kansas City womaji says she would not begrudge the $4 which she gave to hear Paderewski if sllie could only .have seen the color of his eyes.

A Philadelphia woman who suffered from spinal curvature for twenty-three years stooped down the other day !to button her shoes and now finds herself cured.

A rather remarkable sort of a boy was the New Jersey lad who killed himself because hi» step faHher accused Win of theft. Most boys would have shot the other fellow.

The Rev. Farther David, a Trappist monk, has been appointed postmaster at Melleray, Dubuque county, Iowa. He is also .business manager otf the monastery and rector of the parish church.

A man in Oklahoma tunes pianos and tightens up barb wire fences for the farmers on the: Side. As art advurucea in the new territory he will cease prostituting his genius to agricultural purposes.

The family of a farmer named Raymond, living in Calhoun county, Michigan, is in the heavy weight class. There are six sons and their combined weight exceeds a ton—considerably over 300 pounds each. The father and mother neither tip the scales at over 150 pounds.

It is staJted that Dr. iLevett, an American dentist in Paris, has discovered a process by the employment of the Roentgen rays, which renders toothache a thing of tihe past. Let the world rejoice, since toothache, which is the severest affliction in life, has been raging in the earth since man was created* wlth'oujt bringi'ng- with it even the relief of death.

In George Elliot's "Leaves From a Note Book" occurs the following passage: "An author who rould keep a poire and noble conscience, and with that a developing instead of degennating intellect and taste, must count out of his aims the aim t'o be rich. And now, therefore, he must keep hiis expenditure low—he must make for himself no di-re necessity to earn sums in order to pay 'bills."

George Maiedon of Fort Smith, Ark., for twenty years has been the official executioner of the United States court there, and during that time has worked, off eighty-eight men. Nearly all the criminals hanged by Maiedon were desperadoes ftrotm the Indian territory. Maiedon is a small man, whb speaks with a strong Geman accent. He has retired as a hangman and will live on a farm in Kansas.

A woman who declines an offered seat in the street car usually makes herself a little bit conspicuous by so doing. Of course, i'f tih© gentleman who rfcses is nwuilfestly very much older than 'herself, or from any cause seems less able to stand, she may properly refuse to .take the seat. Otherwise, her refusal of the courtesy seems a 'trifle ungracious. Besides, a woman does not appear 'to advantage when grasping a strap and swaying back and forth with every motion of 'tihe car.

A representative of a great English tailoring house says there are only two cities in the world where one can see amy considerable number of perfectly dressed, men and they are London and New York. He says: "Tlie relative cost of a suit made by a swell London tailor and of the same produced in Jtf-ew York tisi® v«airied but littie since I have been in the business. The maximum London price is near about $55 while In New York it is close to $100. Men wiho order $1,000 worth of clotlhes at a time, and there are many such on 'both sides of the Atlantic, never grumble at their tailor's cbiarges, for they are wullin„ to pay well to attain the satisfaction of knowing t'hat 'the fabrics they wear are the finest and best that-human ingenuity can produce, and that they are fashioned only by workmen wiho are masters of their

Two men in an up town elub York have been for the past six years playing a continuous game of dominoes. They have no regular time for and to go to the club with no Particular intention of resuming the game, but when both 'happen to be there with spare dme on theiT toads theycommenceat

ss "S a

very successfully.

EXPRESS MENU FOR TODAY. Think clean thoughts and the tody^ well aa the soull will seem to be bate-iel tow with the angels •RTtEAiKFAST—Oatmeal, Fried _,Mysh

Fried Small Fishes, Cream Muffins, Prunes, Graham Crackers, Coffee. DINNER—Beefsteak 'with

Mashed Potatoes, Canned Corn, Piccolili Barberry Jelly, White and Corn Bread, Siloed Oranges and Pineapple, Loaf Ctake. ctTTPPER .Bread Omelet, Cold Meat, Applet Jelly, Cookies, Bread and Butter,

Cocoa. BEEFSTEAK WITH OYSTERS.

Broil a tenderloin steaK, season,.^take rvir»+ nf larirQ oysters, /Ditft ifh'Oni in the

over the steak or broil the garnish, serving with the steak. (Copyright, 1S95.)

IN THE INTEREST OF LABOR.

The Bill Introduced By Senator Voorhees and Mr. Hardy. Special to the Indianapolis News.

Washington, D. C., March 11.—An echo of the Debs case has been (heard simultaneously In both branches of congress. Today Congressman Hardy of Indiana, Introduced a bill restricting the proceedings of United States courts in contempt cases, providing that no person ^n be punished for indirect contempt of court such as disobedience of injunctions, except on trial and conviction 'by a jury.

The bill corresponds with that proposed by Senator Voorhees yesterday. It was drawn by T. W. Harper, of Terre Haute, attorney for the Locomotive Brotherhood, who is here to press

the

Wlluponthe at­

tention of congress, and, if cure its pais9&ge 'this session. The bill 13 intended to psewnt a repftitton of the Pjoceedlngs in Judge Wood's courc under which Deb-s was committed to Improslnment for disobeying an injunction.

Take Simmons Liver RegulaJtbr now. Its Just the remedy for the spring of the year to wake up the liver and cleanse the whole system of the accumulated waste o* the winter. "My wiife combatted more malaria in Alabama in 1861 With Simmons Liver Regulator than all the doctors in the neighborhood. We've hhd a seige of malaria In our own family, and it helped us."—W. N. Bryant, DaJlas, Texas.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AM druggists refund the money If it fails to cua-e. 25c.

Gypsy Camp at Armory tonight

Miusic (Sale at Paige's one day this week. Be sure and be there.

Children Cry fot

Pitcher's Castorla.

A Word In Your Ear

Travel the world over and we do

not think that you will find any

one SPOT that has more beauti­

ful girls and women than our

beautiful city on the Wabash.

Pretty Features, Good Training. Modest Ways,

are some of the elements that go

to make beautiful young women.

Yet one of the greatest prerequi­

sites is a perfect faultless form.

If you will buy your corsets of us. you find that they will give you a per^ feet, faultless form. I

We especially wtsh to call your attention to our

American Lady.

Certainly the best fitting corset ever manufactured, price $1. This is not the only corset we keep, though we have many other standard brands, such as Prima Donna $1.00 W. B. Extra Long Waist for .... 1.00 J. B., in Black and White, a prime favorite i.oo Warner's Health, nothing better.. 1.00 Just the thing for bicycle riders, a hipless corset, price 1.00

Sheetings.

We have cornered the market on domestic and can sell thiem cheaper tham any one. 9-4 Pepperell Bleached 16c yd 10-4 Pepperell Bleached .........ISc yd 9-4 Pepperell Brown 14c yd 10-4 Peppered Brown 16c yd

Spring Ginghams at 5, 6^4, 8, 10 and 12&c.

IOO Dozen Kid Cloves. When you buy a glove you want a good one don't you? Excellent quality, perfect In fit, that's what these are, and we have them in street shades, opera shades, white and 'blacks, ana the prices will be 75c, $1 and $1.25.

We are the only firm in the city that

carries the celebrated Peerless Carpet

Warp. Without doubt the best warp

manufactured.

Hoberg, Root Co

TO ST. LOUIS

AND THE WEST.

BEST LINE BB

To New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Washington and all points east, southeast and south no transfer no smoke no tunnel. The great scenic route via the famous F. F. V. train running over the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, the only line landing passengers in the heart of the city of New York via the New York Central "four track route, avoiding the disagreeable transfer. A word to the wise: Start right by taking the Big Four at Sixth street station.

E. E. South. General Agent.

HONEST

TREATMENT FOR WEAK MEN Suffering from Wasting Vitality, Lost Viuor. Emissions, Varicocele and all kinds of Sexual Disorders. Why will you be deceived by free treatment offers which are used as decoys to entrap sufferers and in the end prove to be the dearest of all treatments? Beware of these cure-alls (in a day) that are liable to contain opiates and other poisonous drugs which exhilerate and produce a spasmodic improvement but no lasting aenefit. Head this liberal offer: Send me a full statement of your case with *5 by registered letter or money order and I will specially prepare for you a full two months' treatment, or one month's treatment for J8, or ten days treatment, Jl. Just one-half my usual fee. If the J5 ti'eatment fails to completely cure you I will treat you further free of charge. How much more honorable Is this than the deceptive offer to i«fund money. I will guarantee my remedies to contain nothing harmful and to do what I claim. My 04-page Book on home treatment" sent free. Nothing sent C. O. without your instructions. Strictly confidential.

Thirty years' experience.

Address, DK. D. H. LOWE, Dept. Winsted. Conn.

Ten cubic feet' For one cent

Delivered at your houw, Less 10 to 25 per cent, discount. The best and the loweat priced gas in the United 8 fates.

CITIZENS' GAS & FUEL GO

507 hio Street.

SAHT C. DAVIS

TBAXKJ. TCIUI

DAVIS & TURK

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

20Wabash avenue. Terre Haute, Ind.

Sewers! Sewers!

I am fully prepared to do the above class of work and will guarantee it to be first-class. Orders left at 629 Chestnut St. will receive my prompt attention. JESSIE ROBERTSON.

J, D. OWEN

P«ANO