Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 April 1896 — Page 2
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INGERSOLL'S LECTUBE
TTTK FAMOUS agnostic attacks
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BIBLE IN BITTEB VEIN.
Hlfferions Subject! Mingled With Htrrjr Jeita, flights of Eloquence and Some Practical Thoughts.
ft! large audience, for a lecture audience, was attracted by Colonel Robert Ingersoll's new lecture on the "Bitoie" to the opera house last night. It was •made up of the many who admire the orator for one thing or another, who ^differ widely with him in one thing and •another. It cannot be told, from t6e laughter and applause, how many &cccept the eloquent and humorous speaker for more than the entertainer oif an evening. It is the age that enjoys hujnor, penslflage and' fun.. The comic iBlackstone has become heavy, a,nd we "have had a comic guite book, "The Innocents Albroad," a comic history of ^England, by Bill Nye, and burlesques if-on C. Columbus' discovery of AmerCca «.nd many listen and laugh at comic 'readings of bi'ble stories—and keep on ^"believing the stories.
The colonel Was, as usual, overflowing with humor, and showed that he felt the humorous conceit of his coming thought by the premonitory chuckle Tvvhich accompanies his witty sallies.
Colonel Imgersoll, with his portly, ereot figure, 'handsome, ruddy faoe and fenowy hair, has a most impressive perleonaUty. He oatme u/pon the stage ta--Homo and advancing to 4/he reading desk, •said in a quiet, oomlfldential manner to *he audiencea tSometcofly ought to tell fyhe truth latwut the ©Ible. Politicians fwiill mot, lor they would ibe defeated, 'tior ministers, for tihey would be driven yftfrom itiheir pulpits, mor merchants, (tor **they anight lose a lew customers, nor '•their clerks, who might lose their /(places, and even editors seem afraid of posting1 a few sulbscrilbens. I9O, I thought IL womildi 'do it myself.
There are many millions oif good, ihoniest people iwho toelieve that the Bible came 'from 'the heart and ibrarn of God, -ito the heart and Ibraln of the people. '(Millions think of it as a torch—to oonq'uor death, and pour its radjianoe on. on another shore. [But they 'remember .the •good in it and forget the ibad. They •(forget that :it 'mean® the*gieajtih of intelMectu.al li'berty.. I tad-mit there are many ,{good passages in 'the Bible, some that ysoothe sorrows, tihat lhave •wisdom and some that are poetry, bjit "not many.
I am trying to 'take 'from you the Kthought that it Is inspired. If it is inspired it 'is your master, 'but if 'from man it is you?r servant, reject the bad.
Each one of us has a little flame in the brain, called reason. I have one dt is not very darge, 'but it is the only guide I have. I ask you to let that little Iflame burn and not allow, the waters •oif doubt to quench it. Do not be afraid of it. There is 110 danger in using Jhe ttnind we 'have. The God who will keep 'Ihis children in Ignorance and not allow them to ask questions is a very poor diWiriity.
Where did we ge't the 'Bi'ble. There are millions of books, and the presumption is that men wrote them, but it is •claimed the IBible is inspired. We don't Iknow What inspiration Is, the claimants cannot describe It and would not know a god if they were to meet one. I lhave 'tfour or five men wtio claimed to be inspired, Tut they were all crazy. I Taeflieve that any who Relieved themselves inspired from the time of CVIoges to Jo-, seph (Smith were crazy.
If it be true tha't God made a revelation to Moses and wanted to keep it a secret he could not have done better, for it sieipt in the jargon of a bart)'arous people for a thousand years. I !have found that Moees did not wrtte the Pentateuch. The Jews had no written language until 300 years a'fter his death. Townis are mentioned in the Pentateuch that did not exist until 'long after, and coins are spoken.of that \were not coined until 600 years laiter. It '"contained I'OJWS not applicable to a '-wandering people. These mistakes are acknowledged by educated theologians.
If you have an intelligent minister in •town—I don't say you have, but if you have, for I don't wanit to admit too much—he will admit that the -best thetolagtians confirm what I say. There are enough intelligent theologians now to be spoken of in the plural. Circumstances have been against the preachers. Those who were sent to college 'thirty or forty years ago hadn't enough constitution to be wicked. Wihat •"sense they thad was educated out of them, for sectarian schools were the storm centers of misinformation.
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Joshua did not write "Joshua" and
none know who did—the same of "Judges." Samuel did not write "Samuel," which tells of his own death and the appearance of his ghost to the Witch of Endor. No one knows who wrote "Kings" and "Chronicles," but 1 we know they are not true. We do not know who wrote "The Proveribs and the "Song of Solomon," but that
Solomon did not. 'No king ever wrote of a palace as a home of joy—a peasant might, but a king would write of a Mine covered cottage. We know this song as a little drama No one knows who wrote "Isaiah" or "Job," wh'ich is Arabian, or "Ecclesiastics," which was written by an infidel, the second century after Christ.
A 'few of the later, minor prophets are known. None of the books referred to, claimed to be inspired, and we need not do so. If inspired, they should be 'true. EBf they are true they did not need to be inspired. If the 'Bi'ble is inspired it should 'be true and contain more than •any number of men cou«ld produce. The (Old Testament -was written in accordance with the intelligence and ignorance cf its tJlmes. The theologians, by it, made the earth 6900 years -old, and created before the sun, where it is a child of the sun. It made the earth flat. Geologists disproved ail this were at first called inrfidels, and were afraid to say more, but it was seen that it took millIons of j-ears for the Mississippi to depQsit t-he soil of the southern Ignited 'States, as many to buiild up the coral islands, the deposits of coals, metals and soils. The theologians then admitted that the Bible was not inspired as to science, but it was, morally and spirituality.
Is it moral? It upholds human slavery and polygamy. We are told it was intended to reform the human race by degrees. Suppose we were to try to reform the Cannibal islanders by degrees and advise them to mix a littjle mutton •with the missionaries.
Speaking of the horrors of human shivery, polygamy and wars, as described in the bPble, the lecturer said: If there is any God, let him write in •the book of -his eternal remembrances sbhat I denied these lies of the pulpit in Ihis name.
Is the Bi'ble civilized? Is 3t oppose.! ito religious lifoerty. In demonstrating if hi© the lecturer said the savages ofAfrica. who worship a stuffed snake have e, better God (than the one described in ithe Bible). It upheld lying, stealing. pelling- diseased animals to strangers 1 and made maternity an offense. A civliiiased God would mot itave daubed his
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altars with blood and! made txutchers of Ills priests. There was only one reason for the slaughter of sheep and lambs—the priests were fond of mratl ton.
Judges, wifao could not make a 'living as lawyers, ihave said the ten- commandments are the (foundation of all 'law. All of them that are good are older than Moses. They (were written in mature and men did not need to be told from Sini that stealing, murder or adultery were evil. If (Moses had been more civilized ills laws would (have •been better. It would) (have been (better to have ileft out the commandment, "Thiou shalt not take (His mam© to vain," which is universally disregarded, and put in one to say that man should take one wife, and womant one husw ,band, and tmake a pure, (happy home: Or, to (hajve left out, "iBememtoer the Sat/bath day" and instead forbade urging1 wars of extermina^io® and unisfbeathtag the sword except for self defense.
The stories Of the Bible were not admired by the speaker. There .was one of a cross, crabbed old prophet, cailled Elisha, who summoned the bears to kill two and forty children. The bears were sent by God. Was this the same God who cam* to earth and said, "Suffer, little chi iren, to come unto me."
There was Joseph, whom be was taught as a boy was too good to live, and "wbo set the pace for us all." He got information from God about the seven years of famine and traded corn for the 'money, lands and lives of the people. 'Ail the old nations bad similar stories to those of Genesis—all equally inspired and idiotic. As for the flood, science tells us the air can only hold enough moisture to make two inches rainfall, but in forty days there fell water five or six miles deep. The story of (Barbel is also idiotic. There are no morafl lessons in Genesis and not a word worth saying. It is a detailed acpount of occurrences that never occurred. There is nothing'in Ejrodus but the laws common to nature. There is nothing in (Leviticus, with its pots and pans, and the scooping up of dirt to mix in water for a woman to drink. Women have dru-nk enough dirty water mixed by priests. The new woman should ask for a filter. There also is nothing to •Deuteronomy or Joshua. In Judges is the story of IJephthah's daughter. If God really talked to men in those days he shouild have told Jephthah to save his daughter 'to be the joy of his old age. The little story of iRuth is beautiful. Her going to Boaz was not according to modern ideas, but she was a widow. The story of Elijah's ascent to •heaven was considered as ridiculous.Elisha returned with 'Elijah's ciloak and. said fhe bad been carried up to heaven. If a man nowadays returned with a companion's watch and said bis friend had gone up in a fiery chariot he would be turned over to t'he-,grand jury.
The one good thing in the book or Esther was that the name of Jehovah does not appear. It is not .as credMe as the story of Jack the Giant Killer. There are fow [Psa-lms, though one of them 1s very, very bad. Some of the proverbs are wise ana some ^llly, none are altruistic and generous. Ecclesiastics was liked because in aCcord •with, the spirit of tlhe nineteenth, century The song of Solomon, after crossing 'the desert of Penitajeuch and other books, was like an oasis of palms and gardens.
The story of Hezeklah dial, on wh'ich the shadow went back 10 degrees, was ridiculed on scientific grounds. Nehemiah was the first mugwump—always complaining., Ezekiel was the most insane book in the bible except the last otf the New Testament.
The Old Testament did not team how to cultivate the ground, how to cook, no art, or science. There is nothing in it equal to the peclaration of Independence, no history equal to Gibbon or Draper—nothing as good as Dickens, nor was the author of Jab or the Psalms equal to Shakepeare. In generajl, Mr. Ingersoll considered t'he administration of Jehovah has been^ a failure and tha't Grover Cleveland in comparison is a glittering success.
The New Testament is worse than the Old because it teaches of hell. The book was reviewed, the usual doublts of its authenticity advanced, the resurrection discredited and the.credit if misrepresentation given to the priests.
The speaker said) tihat iho ait-tacked the Bible on account of the dogma of eternal pain, the greatest paiim across the path of human progress. The books known of .the Bible are a 'small part of the Bible. The people 'have been writing it 'for 4,000 years. 'Here the lecturer entered upon a brilliant penoration In •which he summoned up all the knowledge of the beauty and wonder of nature,' all achievements of the human race, all growth In art, literature and
EISTEDFOD AT ANDERSON.
Welshmen of the Gas Belt Enjoy a Folk Song Contest. Andean, nd., April 27.-A staging meeting, an o'ld-time Welsh custom, was held in this city yesterday under the direction of WeasbTnen. Within the past two years the tin .pBate plants have brought hundreds otf Welshmen to the gas belt. The meeti'ttg was amarijjed by them and all gas belt cftSes were represented. The cfontes'tantis in the several classes sung selections and the Welshmen took great interest in it. The prizes were awarded the aaim-e as PM-ia superiority in any material article. The first prizes were awarded to Dorothy Bittckley a-nd John Jaimes of Elwood, and Orea Davis and Reese Lewis of Gtac City. Many old Welsh customs added to t)he feia-tures. The Gas.
tette also took prizes.
City quar
Damage Snlt Dismissd.
Owing to the fact hat there was some doubt amout the standing in the local courts, the damage action of August tScHlesser against the Stewarts demanding the sum of $25,000 has been dismissed here and re-^filed in the courts at St. liouis, where the plaintiff resides. Neither the plaintiff or defendants are residents of Vigo county, and to prevent the obstacle of a technical question Attorney 8. R. 'Hamill decided to bring action in the county where his client resides. At the time of dismissing the suit here a motion was pending to have it transferred to the FederaJl Court.,
Real Estate Transfers.
Eliza A. Hovey and husband to A. W. Spain, lot 19, Kaufman's sub-
$2SO 00
Harriet G. Beach and husband to Angelroe Leedh'ain, lot 103, Gilbert's seojn'd subdivision L. L. Briggs et al., to P. J. Kautf'tn&n. lot 12. Rose's addition M. C. Tuell et al., t» Mary O'Boyle part out lot 5 M. C. H'amill et ux„ to JosepMne
500 0C
2,000 00
350 00
CUtIswr, part Sot 11, Minshafll's addition A. B. Collins et ux.. to P. J. Kaufman, part lot's 12 and 13, Burrfaim's eubdJvkron Robert Roper et ux., I'D Belle S.
Kautz, lots 1 and 2, Krumiboar'a sufbdivisfon L»ouisa K. Pearce and husband to
€50 00
2,000 00
Arminta Dailev, part out lout 3, JfaUkttoper's addition to Lockport
.350 03
Total $6,700 0C
Smoke Reina Cuban, best 5-cent cigar on earth. Sold only by Griffith & Miller.
A STATION %T LAST.
THE J3IG FOUB TO ERECT A BAND SOMK STRUCTURE
In galls and a Number of Offi
cials HeM 1o Look Orat tbo Qround —Railroad 2fotM«
There is reason to believe tha't before. the enow flies again Terre Haute will have a new railway station- T'he people of "this city have waited long and patiently for the Big Pour to erect a^station in keeping with the excellent service of the road and the Big Four people have aritived at the conclusion that there is a necessity for the improvement.
Yesterday evening President M. Ingalls, General Manager SchafE, General Freight Agent E. F. Cost, Passenger Traffic Manager MicCormiok, Aaaiatiaat General Freight Agent Holliday and Messrs. H. Jacobs and N. B. Johnson of the C., C.. C. & St. L. arrived in the city. T(heir mission to Terre Haute is to look over the ground owned by .the company and if possllhle decide oni-a site for a station.
The members of the party were driven to the Terre Haute House and after a lunch went out to look at Terre Haute by electric light. President Russel B. Harrison of the street railway company brought out the double deok car and took them over the city. Besides the officials there were John E. L»amb, attorney for the Big Four, General Agent E. E. South, Attorney J. G. MicNutt, ex-Mayor Kolsem, Surgeon Moorehead, General Manager Turner of the Vandalia and A. G. Nicholson of the Central States Dispatch.
President Ungialls said Aast m'zight that the object of the visit to Terre Haute was to arrange for the construction! of anew station^ He said that tihe Big Four company iwias perfectly aware of the fact that fchlls city needed a new staJtioni and ithat 4t bad' always been the intention of the road to build one as soon- as' possible-.. Where the buildling? would Ibe located Ihe did not know. There were three places available, at any one of which it would ibe possible to 'erect! as station. This morning the officials will (make an inspection- of the yards Bind properties of 'the company.
Tttoe conditions as they tare .found will be taken into consideration aifter which the engtineeer of the company will be sent to Tetrre Haute to /make a survey. Tihe Big Four Owns groundi. at Tenth and Locust, at (Seventh street and also at ISixth ©treet where a iarge and handsome station could be erected. Nothing definite will be fltonoiwn, until tonight and possiilbly not until' the engineer has imade h'is report. It is a' setttled fact bO'Avever, that the deipot will be built and that as isoon, as possilble, for Mr. (I-ngalls bas come here fox that and ino otheir purpose.
G. R. & I. Sale Ordered.
Grand'Rapids, Mich., April 27.—By the decree ordering the sale of the Grand 'Rapids i& Indiana IRallnoad, the sale was to take piace by giving six weeks' notice after April 127th. The notice will be published here tomorrow morning announcing the sale for June 10th. The road running from Ft. Wayne to the Straits of Mackinaw is to be sold With •aill branches and appurtenances, subject to a.prior mortgage on which is due $6,li.'7,64i5, also subject to claims of $356,554 unpaid on equipments. The notice, which is signed by John.,6. L.awrenc^, master in chancery for the. United States District Court here, says: "An announcement will be made at the time of offering the property for sale, of the number otf bonds secured by th prior incumbrance above referred to which have been at any time after the date of the decree in said cause extended,,and also the whole number of bonds stiil unextended at the date of sale, whereby the interest on the bonds so extended becomes reduced from 7 to 4% per cent per annum, and also an announcement as to the.amount still owing* the date of sale upon the equipment upon which certain incumbrances exist as above referred to. Diligence will be used in •obtaining such information, but no mistake made by the master in respect to said matters nor any mistake or error in such announcement -shall affect the legality of the sale."
The C. & E. I. to Change Time. There is to be a change of time on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois before long. The report is that the neiw schedule will go into effect May 3d, though no official announcement has as yet been made. The schedule now in effect has been unpopular with the trave.lln-g public. It was introduced at the time the Cotton States Exposition Was opened and was made' to satiisify the L. & N. p-*yle. In fact, there Was a demand :uade that the C. & E. I. make a change. The little towns along the line have howled long and loud and the company has promised to remedy the situation, but never until now has it been in a position to do so. The change will bring the night-trains both from the north and south in earlier.
More Tronble For the E. & T. H. A dispatch from New York says: The sheriff today received an attachment for $139,415 aigainst the Evansvtlle & Terre Haute Railroad Co. of Indiana in favor of John Dongan of thiis city. The claim is for principal and interest due on 133 mortgage bonds of $1,000 each of the EvansvUle & Richmond Railroad Co., which were guaranteed by the Evansville & Tenre Haute RaMroad Co., on which the interest ha3 been in default since March 1, 1894.
Railroad Notes.
There was a slight wreck on the C. & E. I at Clinton yesterday morning. Engine No. 89 was standing on a siding when a cut of coal cars from one of the mines Tan into it. The pilot of the locomotive was knocked off and the cars damaged. Traffic was delayed for two hours.
Several head of cattle were killed near Catlln, on the Michigan division, Saturday night. The company has been having a great deal of trouble with cattle on the right of way fr'^bme time.
Superintendent -H. I.'Miller, Assistant •Pascsen-ger Agent Brunner of the Vandalia and Superintendent llansfleld of the I. & V. were in the city yesterday.
Fined for. Drunkenness,
Thev corn-? «n a block of five in. police court yesterday morning and the flotflotwintf interesting quintette was before the cadi who assessed t'he customary 1 and cfosts for drunkenness: Tennis Evinger Ed Johnson, Ed Backer, John Miles and Joe Patterson. They had Unvested all their capital
In an aft'tempt to cause a beer fam
ine and we're forced to go to jail.
700 00
Tramps Suspected.
TWO tramps, giving the names erf J. W. Ferry and Jfcroes Nicholson, were arrestHI by Bafrtrtman Welsh and sent to the office tor investigation yesterday aftermoon. A mileage book issued to J. D. Early was ifound In their possession. Arso a new white Handled razor.
Divorces Asked.
Effle Thkumas has begun suit in the Sunertor Court agajTLSt John TfrcsmaB for •I'voroe. They nmere married 5-n April. 1891, Ae comoJaint silaees a
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IERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1896.
days atffter the mlaTrtage defendant abandoned p^atertlff and w»-q since refused to live w?th ber or provide far her support.
Another vlctfat af tho jnatri-nvanial misfar tune is Aeutton Ftoands, who seeks a separation ftrotn. Mary L. Franks. In this case the oomnplatat arvers that ptettntifE's troufbles b«gan la 1898 when he was married to the diesfenaafit. The document alleges thteut Soon B-Htar the wedding defendant deserted bimi and becaane an inaaate of a queotSoaafble resort of CrawDordsvilte. 'BlataUff alleges that he coaxed and ,pleladed wttih defendant to return to •htm and be glood, but sbe was deaf to ail his pleadings and continues to seek associates among tb» disreputajble. Alfter exhausting all tfie -power of eloquence to induce her to return' to htm bo resorted Do th divorce courts \r
BURYING THE VICTIMS.
Sheriff Mall and D«paty Sweem I«ld to Best Yesterday. Roakville, Ind., April 27.—The funeral of Wm. Sweem, one of the victims oif "Pete" Eglbert's insane fury, took place at his late home in north Rockvflle this morning. A large number attended and the services, which were peculiarly sad on account of the bereaved wife and her family of small children. The Rev. S. S. Fusom of the First Baptist Church preached the funeral sermon from tbe texit, "M a. man die shall.he live again?" Mr. Sweem was- born July 2, 1860. He was affectionate and kind in. his home, life. The Rockville Iilgbt ArtiHery acted as an escort and pall bearers, Mr. Sweem having? been a member of that organisation. At tbe grave "-taps" were blown by the bugler of the company.
By the time of Sheriff Mull's funeral, aJt 2 o'clock, the crowd in town was very much Increased. Members of all tbe G. A. R. posts In the country were present, as well as ^citizens from every township. The services were held in Memorial Presbyterian Church, which was densely paicked, while hundreds waited outside for the conclusion' of the service. Mr. Fuson also officiated at this funeral, choosing tbe test: "Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." He referred to the dead sheriff's eminent services to his country in its hours of peril during the civil war.
The funeral procession was several blocks in length, beaded by the G. A. R. posts, W. R. C. Knights of Pythias, Sons of Veterans and Rockville OLigh't Artillery on foot, with many vehicles behind. The rituai .burial services of the 3-. A. R. were performed at the grave. Addresses ware made there by Judge A. P. White and the Hon. James T. Johnston, extolling his virtues, and especially his record a brave soldier.
The court house was draped ij black and white with fl'a-gk in respect to the deceased sheriff and bis deputy. The April term of Circuit Court opened this morning, but an adjotirnm-ent was held •at once.
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Crowds of the curious continued to gather at the scenes of the tragedies $11 day, and the theme' of the awful homicide still runs 'in everybody's thoughts. Groups of people stil'l surround any bne who is -willing 'to tell the story. iMiss (Florence Egbert, the sister of the murderer, died just before 10 o'clock this morning without ever learning of t'he killing or even death of her brother. The funeral of the Haschkes will be •held tomorrow.
CRIPPLE CREEK FIRE.
Investigation Shows It to Have Been the Work of Incendiaries. Cripple Creek, Colo., April 27.—Information has been gathered by Chief o£ Police Marshall vand, others, which, together with well known facts, make it almost positive that the fire of Saturday was the work of incendiaries, with the object of plunder. It is believed that the banks were the objective points and that they were to have been looted in the excitement of a favorable opportunity offered. Not much will be given out, but it is known that fires started almost simultaneously in several plaices, and all towindward of the banks and large business houses. Numbers of crooks are in the city and are known to the authorities, but, owing to lack of jail facilities, they will be unmolested for a time. The amount of plundering that went on during the excitement Saturday was enormous, some firms losing nearly everything! they have from the fiames.j Others state that their oash registers were robbed, after being carrie^ ?u£ of their places of business.
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Charged With' Stealing Tools. Charles Ward, 18 years old, who has the reputation otf cherishing an uncontrolling love for other people's property, was arretted yesterday and sent to tne police station for investigation. It is claimed that Ward Wa.-s seen Sunday ajfteirnoon coming out bf Ross' agricultural establishment with an armful of tools. The fact wtas reported to Mr. Ross yesterday morning and on investigation he found that about half of his most valuable tools were missing. Further investigation disclosed the fact thlat the tools were at a second hand store, where they had been sold by a young man whom the second hand dealer did not know. The description he gave, bowever, tallied with that ol Ward and the young man was arrested, to be confronted later by the second hand dealer, who is supposed to have purchased the tools of him. When questioned at the police station, Ward denied having been about Mr. Ross' premises or knowing anything about the missing tools. The detectives, however, say that they will have no trouble in finding the proof of his guilt and believe that after he htas been in jail a shhort time he will weaken and confess. Ward is a member of a gars af boys who have been doing wholesale stealing about the city, and they have hope that, in hope of securing leniency, Ward will peach, and they will be alble to land the entire aggregation.
A Woodchack's nig Leap.
One day last week Fred AComb and another man happened to be crossing the railroad bridge at Stony Brook Glen at the same time in opposite direction's and as each stepped upon the edge of the bridge a woodchuck was seen in the middle of the bridge. It was badly frightened and, after running back and forth a fe-w times, it gave a leap and went down, down to the bank below, at the waters edge, a distance of fiully 180 feet. In an instant It sprang up and, with only a slightly labored attempt, it crawled up the bank into the woods and out of sight. In his. best days Sam Patch couldn't have made such a successful leap.—^Dansyille Express. —r~
Battleship Oregon.
San (Francisco, April 27.—The battleship Oregon, which was ,recently completed at tbe Union .Iron Works, was placed in dry dock last rilght to be scraped in preparation for the final test of (speed required by .the n^vy departnient. The Oregon will be the most formidable battleship in the American navy when turned over to the government.
The Gaelic Language.
The trustees of the Catholic University at Washington have decided to esraiblish a chair of the Gaelic language, to be endowed for $5,000 by the Ancient .Order of Hibernians.
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HKW 8CISXCK TBACHIWG THE COWTBOX. OV FACIAL KXPKKSSION.
Th* CUmt Moans Are Development of the Skin, Vet and Facial HbscIm—What May Be Accomplished.
The 4rt of counterfeiting facial expression is as old as the face itself, but it remained for a modern (French scientist to discover bow ihe permanent result may be obtained and to place che art upon a scientific basis, say the New York Recorder. As explained by the new science, there are, in addition to the bone and framework, thr*e clwtef anatomical factors In the facial expression. These are the skin, the cushion of fat ivhich contains th* numerous blood ve«sels and the facial muscles. The nerve supply receives impulses from the fifth craium nerve. Tbe blood vessels are under control of the sympathetic system and the muscles which have to do with the expressfapa of the faoe receive impulses from the brain. The numerous muscular tissues of th% face are, of course, controlled by telegraphic nerve fibers, and the connection bet wee'h the muscles of the expi esssion and the emotional center in the bra»n is a very close one. Tbe expression of the face is always more or less independent the will, and v%»s accounts for tbe fact that so men are able to Ze successfully without betraying themselves. "Static physiognomy," which is tbe riSme giv^ji the new science, treats of the theory of 'habitual expression when the counteuano:- is at rest. In eiort. this science is fccsed upon the theory that every emotion, 'however slight, sends •& distinct impulse to the pi^per imuscles of the face at all times. This means of course that even the most minute sensation has its direct influence upon the appearance of the face. The expression and even the general arrangement of features accommodate themselves to the (influence of these millions of telegraphic dispatches.
It will be seen, therefore, that facial expression may 'be readily acquired by merely sending a sufficient number of t^ese 'little nerve telegrams to the muscles of the face. Ordinarily these dispatches are being constantly and unconsciously sent to govern the important muscles. If, however, one will systematically originate 'these curious little demands and will carry on this exercise regularly and intelligently the face will gradually assume a fixed expression, which in time becomes quite mechanica. In other words, the muscles of the face which determine one's expression may be developed by proper exercise as certainly as tbe muscles of the legs or arms.
The new science goes a step further and prescribes just -what lessons must be conned in order to produce a particular type of face. There is nothing mysterious or unscientific in tbis. Phyilognomisfts -lang aigo discovered1 thaT"any long continued dominant emotion on tbe face or set of experiences produces a characteristic expression. The most fa. miliar example of this is the fact thiat men of the same vocation in life have si-malar expressions. This is true of nearly all trades -and professions. Physiogonomlsts are, for example, able at once to recognize what lis known- as tbe "cobbler's visage." There is a sailor's visage, a clergyman's face, and everybody is able to recognize the curious cast of countenance of a groom.
In analyzing these typical faces or expressions, it is discovered that each •has some very characteristie features, which may be readily accounted for. Tbe clerical face is characterized by a certain ilndiioation of authority, of the thin-lipped kind, and a dignified sense of the sanctity of his office. Physicians bave what 'is known as the doctor's jaw and moutb. The doctor's eye is at once vigilant and sympathetic, while the general expression of his face suggests a fund of untapped wisdc*i. Tbe typical lawyer's countenance is confident, with a .pouncing alertness of the eye. The sea captain expresses authority and power tin the eye and easily set moutb. The boresman's face, on the other band, shows command in the mouth, and the soldier's in the mouth and the eye. These various types, which are so readily recognized, it may therefore be seen, are the direct outcome of certain emotion's and exper'enos whiteh are characteristic of various occupations.
In order to acquire a particular type of facial expression, it is necessary to understand ist iwh^ are the ernoKom and impuilses experienced by the man whose face is to be imitated. In oKer to produce a complete transformation of a man's facial expression, It is necessary to carry on these curtious txerclses for a period cwering several years. Anyone having even a slight knowledge of pnysiognomy cau devise these muscular exercises. It is necessary, the disciples of the .new science twitch, to find out first of all what are the commonest emotions and impulses to the type of man or w-^man to 'be imitated. When this has been clearly settled, if remains to subject oneself to these Impressions. A 'fa-mnllo** example would be that of 4i man having a -weak, insipid face, who wished to cultivate the determined facial expression of the softer .To accomplish. this, it is ecessary, as far as possible, to view the affairs of everyday life from a soldier's -wint of view. The firm-set jaw, indicative of courage and authority, could be gradually developed. It would necessitate more cars ana perseverance for a man with bard, sharp features, say those of the gambler or jwkey, to asswme the expression o9 a divine, although this, according to the •new science, is a physical, (if not a mental possibility.
Ho Respite for Bill Taylor.
Kansas CiU, April 27.—A sp-cial to tbe Star from Washington, D. C., says: Justice "Brewer of -the 'Unvted States Supreme court today refused to interfere in any way With h-e judgement of the Caroll county circuit court, which sentenced Bill Tay'or to be banired April 30, for the murder of tbe Meeka family. The only ho^e left for Taylor is that Governor jStbne "will grant a respite. Taylor's lawyer will go before Governor Stone tomorrow with an application for a respite. Tbe lawyers will claim that new and important evidence of Bill Taylor's innocense bas been recently discovered.
To Prevent a Dividend.
New York, April 27.—Chancellor 'McGill of New Jersey heard argument in Jersey City today on the application for an injunction restraining the Americon Tobacc Co. from using an additional scrijft dividend of 20 per cent on the common stock. The application is made In the interest of dissatisfied stockholders.
Measnring Wind by Sound.
The means by which wind may be measured by its sound is a novelty in modern scientific research to wbkli the
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attention of the National Academy of Sciences has been drawn by Professor Barus. He asserts that the whistling of the wind as it crosses a wire varies with the velocity, And that this can be computed from the pitch otf the ntrte observed in case of a giveu: dtamet«r otf wire and for a given air temperature. A special micrometer atifiafcbment can be made to convey the sound, isolated from other noises, to the observer at a distance. Thus, every gust and variation of the wind can be studied in this way and an idea of the tctrcr^l direction of the srust can be h*d by means of the sounds obtained from three wires placed at rigbt angles to one another.
DATA AS"TO"TWINS."
Showing That They Have Tendency to Bva la ItattiHi There oan he little doubt that the tendency to give btzth to twisa ran in certain families. Dr. Cory of St. Thomas' hospital has investigated tbe history of 17 oases of twins Which have recently oome under bU notioe professionally, and he finds that in no fewer than' 18 of the oases there had been previous births of twins among near relations of either the father or tbe mathe£
In eight oases (47.06 per oent) the previous tendency to twins had been on tbe mother's side only in four oases (88.58 per oent) the tenUenoy has been on the father's side only, and In one oase (5.88 per oenv) theve was a tendency on, both sides. Tho remaining cases of the 17 (28.88 per oent) had no previous history of twins.
Or. Wakely knows of a family with tbe following reoord: Tbe history begins with two brothers, A. and B. B. had an only child, a SOD, whose only children were twins. A. had a iarge family, consisting of two daugbtets, who both had large families, but no twins, and five sons, two of whom •were twins. Three of tbe sons were married, and each was the father of twins.
Another extraordinary instance is recorded by Dr, Maophail. In his family twins were born in four out of five consecutive generations.
First Generation.—A woman, A.', bad twins. Second Generation. —B. daughter of A., had twins twioe and triplets onoo. C., twin son of A., was father of twins.
Third Generation.—D., daughter of O., bad twins twice. E., son of O., was father of twins.
Fourth Generation.—No case of twins. Fifth Generation.—P., granddaughter of D., bad twins. Her husband was father of twins by a previous wife.
Another family shows twins in each of four consecutive generations: First'Generation—A. had twins once and four children at feingle births.
Second Generation.—B., daughter of A., had twins once and four other ohildren.
Third Generation.—C., daughter of B., bad twin6 tvHcs and triplets once. D. daughter of B., had twins onco and four other cbildren..
Fourth Generation^—B., twin daughter of ©., bad twins once.—London Tit-Bits.
HE CANCELED HIS VOW.
And There Were Those Who Were Afterward Sorry That Ho Did. "No, gentlemen," replied the man with the yaller whiskers as he was asked to take a hand in a game of poker, "I beg you to ezouse me. I'm not against card playing on prlnoiple, but flye years ago I made a vow never to play again." "For yoar".mother's sake?" queried the glue factory traveler. "Oh, nol My mother died many years ago. I was on tf'C., B. & Q. train one day, and we made up a game of poker. There was five of us, and I never bad such luok in my life. One of tbe players was from Montana, and be finally put up 200 acres of land against 8200 in cash." "And you won?" "He bad full bouse, and yet I bluffed him on a pair of tens. It turned out that the land, was a narrow strip of high mountain and not worth a oept. It was an old mining olaim, I believe." "But where does tbo vow oome in?" "I will tell you. After holding that land three years I sold to a Chicago stone syndicate, and men were put to work quarrying stone. A blast started an avalanche, and not only 10 workmen lost their lives, but a party of 25 emigrants were overwhelmed in the valley below. Iwjs thus indireotly responsible fflr tbe death of 85 of my fellow creatures. Had I not won that land it wotild not have been sold for a quarry." "Yes we see," said the glue man. "The other fellow would probably have used it for a toboggan slido?" "I believe that was his plan, sir." "And if he bad tbe slide might bave busted some day and 50 people been burled into eternity." "Do you think it possible?" "Not only possible, but extremely probable. Yes 100 peoplo might have been involved in the awful disaster. I figure it that you have saved the lives of about 50 people and are entitled to great credit." '•Do you really assure mo?" '•"We ll do." "Then, gentlemen, I '.7ill cancel my vow and take a hand in."
And at the end of an hour every man in the g*ae againpt him was d?ad broke and cussing tho winner's luck.—Detroit Free Press.
An Artist's Father.
I was from home ono evening In 1840 when, as my mother told me, Turner came to our house by special invitation to sup on Welsh rabbit. My father was then painting the portrait of Lord Chancellor Cottenhaao and during tho evening Turner went into the painting room, where the robos, wig, etc., of tho chancellor were arranged on a lay figure, and after a little joking was persuaded to pat on the wig, In which my mother said "he looked splendid, muoh onjoylng tbe happy idea that tbe cbanoellor'6 wig bocame him better than any one of tbe party." Sir Edwin Landseer used to tell a story of how one day Turner was showing him and lord somebody round his gallery when a shabby old man, peeping through a half openvd door. sa.J in a low voice, "That 'ore's done," and that Turner, not seeming to notioe him, but continuing to attend his visitor, tbe same old man's head popped in fiv»? ir six minutes 'ster and in louder tone taid, "That 'ere'll be sp'iled," tbe old man being Turner's father, overanxious about a chop or steak he was broiling for him.—-Templo JJur.
Another Account of It.
"What's tho use of going on with tbis farce?" exolalmed Gcsslcr "We're both myths. We don't exist." "In that case,-' said William Tell, deeply chagrinod, "I may as well go and drown myself in the maelstrom." "Oh, yes, you will, I don't think I" Bneered Gosale?. ''That's a myth tool"— Chicago Tribjmo.
To Soften the Blow.
Grace—I must refuse him, poor fellow, but I wijh I could do something to lessen the pain of it.
Maud—Get some one to tell him that you haven't so much money as be thinks you have.—Brooklyn Lifo.
"To throw up the sponge" Is borrowed from the prize ring, it formerly being the custom, when a prize fighter had been worsted, for his second to throw up tbo sponge used for wiping him off.
There is no better way to keep the feet warm in winter than a sheet of ordinary newspaper wrappod around ti» toot halac* nlanfna It in th* abofr.
THE BUNNING MEET,
PBOGBAM9&] OF THE WEEE'S EVENTS HAS BEJSN ISSUED.
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4-yefar-ohis and i&«tar&3. Wetehts 12 (pounds below the scale, six fm longs Second race-iPurse «150. of which 35 ta seooni and *1£ to third. E\r 2-year-olds. To carry 105 pounds. .Pour furlongs.
Third rac*-tPurse *150, of which $35 second and $10 to 'third. For 3-year-oWs To Canry 10f pouiwis. .Maddens allowed ipoirods. jPiv« furlong*. *a rac® (hareaioaip)—(Purse $300, of whfch $50 to second and *25 to t£ird. £ntries lo 3atunday. May ltith ^^deDlaratSons Saturday, .May IStih. One
•Fifth race1 (selling)—Purse *200, Off whicii uo oeaoiM and $16 to third. For 3-yexr-•ows and uprarda. The winner to be sold at auction JJor $1,000. if entered to be sold *6?f' 2 pounds allowed tor each $100 2
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WO. Six furlongs. .race (aeMtag)-1Purse $150, of wmch $2o to second and $10 to third. For 3-year-olds and upwards. The winner to !PQ sold at ttiuctHon for $300. If 3 years old •to carry 100 pounds. Four-year-olds 105 •pound's. Five-year-olds and upwards 110 pounds. (Five furlongs. ,y^'ird
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wihioh $35 goes to second and $15 to third. Entries to cJose Satimkuy,. May 19th. Weights and d-aplarationa Monday, May 18t'h. Six 'furlongs. 'Fifth race (selling)—Purse $200, of #hich $35 to second and $15 to third. The winner to be sold at auction for $1,200. Bf entered to be sold for letss, 3 pounds adkxwed for each $100 to $800 and 3 pounds for each $100 less to $400. One mile and seventy yards.
Third Day— Wednesday. May 20thr (First race. (SeQlLng)-^Purse $200, of which $35 to second and $15 to third. Far 4-year-olds and upwards, beaten non-winners at this- meeting. The winner to b4 sold at auction for $200. To carry 107 ponds'. Six furlongs.
Second race (selling)—Purse $150, of wbl'ch $35 to second and $10 to third. For 2-year-olds. The winner to be sold at auction for $800. If,entered bo be sold for less 3 pounds allowed for each $100 to $200. iF\ur furlongs.
Third race—Purse. $150, of which $25 ta Second and $15 to third. Three-year-olds ito Carry 105 pounds 4-year-olds, 110 pounds 5-year-olds and upwards, 115 pounds. Winners si nice May 1st, tcarry 5 pounds extra. Beaten non^wlnn^tr* allowed 5 pounds.
Fourth ra'ce (Terre Haute handicap}— Purse $500, of which $75 to second horse and $25 to th-ird. Entries 'to close Monday, May 18th. We'gtits and declarations Tuesday, Jfty 19th. One and one-half mile. iFMth race—Purse $200, of .which $35 to second and $15 to third. For 4-year-olds tand unyiards,. the winner to be sold at auction for $600. If entered to be sold for less, 4 pounds allowed fJr eafch $100 to $100. Winners at 'this "meeting- to carry 5 pounds extra. Six furlongs.
Fourth pay—Thursday, May 21»t. First race .(selling)—Purse $153. of which $25 ©second and $10 to third. For beaten non-1winners &t this nieetlng. The winner to be sold at auctio for $200. To carry 110 pounds. Five furlongs.
Second race—Purse $200, pf which $35 ta second and 515 to third. The conditions of this race appear on the bulletin board Tuesday, May 19th.
Third race (selling)—Purse $200. of which $35 to second and $15 to third. For 3-year-old®. The wihner to be sold a't auction for $1,000. If entered to be sold for less, 2 pounds allowed for each $100 less to $200. Six furlongs.
Fourfh race (handicap)—Purse $200, of which $35 t'o second and $15 to third. Entries t'o close Tuesday. May 19th. Weights and declarations. May 20th. Six furlongs. 'Fifth race—(Purse. $200, of which $35 to sedond and $15 to third. The conditions of this race to appear on bulletin boaruu Tuesday, May 19tfh.
Fifth Day—Friday, May «2d.
(FSrst race (selling)—Purse $200, of which $35 to ^esiond and $15 to third. For 4-yenr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold at auction for $600. If entered to be sola for less, 4 pounds allowed for each $100 to $100. Five furkwngs.
Second race—Purse $200, of which W5 to Second and 515 to 'third. Conditions ^of thl3 race to appdar .an 'bulletin board W ednasdlay, Miay 20 th.
Third race (selling)—Purse $200, of which $35 to se^iind and $15 to tttlrd. For 3-year-olds and upwards beaten non-winnere at this meeting. Ten pounds below the ^cale. Maidens allowed 10 pounds. Six furlongs.
Fourth trace (handicap)—^Purse $200, or which $35 to second and $15 to third. Entries to close Wednesday, May 2m n. Weights and declarations Thursday, May 21st. (Five furlongs.
Fifth race—Purse $200, of which S-o to setoomd and $15 to third. Condition? of this race will aippear on bulletin board inursdlay, May 31st.
Sixth Day—Saturday. May 23d. First race (sellinc)—Purse $200. of which $35 to second and $15 to third. For 3-y^ar-olds arid .upwards that have run and not been placed at this meeting The winner to be sold at auction for $M0. If entered to 0e siold for less. 4 pounds allowed for elaich $100 less to $100. Six and ona-haif furlongs.
Seicond race (sellinfO-^Purse^ $la0, of wihich $25 to second ani JWtoth'.rd.For 2-yoar-oMs. Ten pounds below the ^a1/Winners at thW meeting to carry 5 iwinds ertra. 'Beaten non-winner* allowed •pounds. Maidens allowed 10 pounds. Four
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lowed for. each $100 less to $100. Five fur Jongs.
THE FRENCH MINISTRY.
M. Meline In Now Trying to Form a New Cabinet. (Paris, April 27.-M. Mel^ Vho waa today summoned by ^President Faure to fcrm a new cabinet, has conferred with' Gencrd! Billot and M. Barthoti and Cocher^r, 'President Faure has boen In con*!?erencfi with (M. Hanotaax, presuma'bly witli regard to his acceptance of the -post of /minister of
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fairs in the cabinet. It is expected that the new m.nistry will be formed tomorrow.
To Relieve Impr.«onef' Miner*. El Paso, Texas, April 27.—The r°v' ernor of Chihuahua sent a regiment or •troops to Vina Viejo to -compel the Peons to open irp the mines and1 resc: the mInters. He al»o had the city P° gather up all t»he uiempkyel rn^-i the streets and march them oul mine to work. Of ^Ixty-one men_ en tombed, fifteen t-ken out. dcad. The disaster was caused by tog on the pillars supporting the r. for ore.
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