Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 December 1897 — Page 2

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AFFAIRS OF THE BAIL

PASSENGER MEN HATE AWASH TIHB OVER THE MILEAGE QUlESTlOK*

*',,v They Fought It Oat at Chicago Yeaterday —Monon May Get the Indiana Midland.

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iA-t the meeting of the mileage ticket bureau ol the Central Passenger Commit-'-O'-f-, tee which was held at Chicago yesterday, & large sized fight developed over the handling

of the Interchangeable mileage tickets. The Lake Shore and the Michigan Central championed a resolution to alter the method In which the tickets are sold at present. The plan now in effect is for -the traveler to present his ticket to the ticket agent an nouncing how far he desires to travel, the ticket agents tears from the mileage book the requisite number of miles and issues to the traveler a ticket which is good on the train. The Michigan Central and the Lake Shore desired that the interchangeable ticket be made good for transportation when preBented on trains, and a number of the other lines objected to this. There was the warm est kind of a fight and it lasted for the greater part of the day but the resolution was lost when the matter came to a final vote, twfenty of the roads voting against it, »nd eight for it. The chief objection urged f- against the change in the ticket was that

It would necessitate the alteration of the machinery of the mileage bureau and in Dther ways prove a heavy expense to all the roads concerned.

MONON AND THE MIDLAND.

Ultimate Disposition of the Chicago and ISoutheastern Railroad.

Harry Crawford's railroad, the "Chicago and Southeastern," at last has a "permanent receiver, hut railroad men are of the opin ion that the receivership will not last long, and that there will yet be a conflict between the Supreme Court of Indiana and the Federal Courts. This is the old Indiana Midland, a road that used to have receivers every fifteen minutes. When Mr. Crawford got hold of it, he managed to have the receivers removed as fast as they were appointed. Several months ago, A. C. Campbell, of Bratil, was appointed receiver of the road on a long petition from numerous creditors. The case was take to the Supreme Court, and that tribunal continued the receivership in force.

There are railroad men, however, who say that this is not such a serious affair after all that it is the first step toward, in time, handing the Chicago and Southeastern over to the Monon, and when it is sold the Monon will be the purchaser.

Pennsylvania Improvements. (Philadelphia, Dec. 9.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will ibegia at once its proposed improvements on the line west of Altoona. There are to be constructed two additional tracks between Altoona and the Horseshoe Curve, and from that point to the tunnel on the main line near Gallitzin there is to be one additional track constructed. When this work Is finished there will be four tracks from Altoona to the Horseshoe Curve and three tracks from the Horseshoe Curve to the tunnel. The old Portage tunnel, which was constructed by the State more than fifty years ago, is to be remodeled and' made so as to accommodate two tracks. This workx will take some time to do, and it also requires the widening of the western approach to the tunnel for a distance of about two miles. The tunnel as it now stands is too small for the present rolling stock of the road.

VOTE FOR LOCAL CONSULS

Terre Haute L. A. W. Members Will Hold Aa Election Soon.

Mr. Chas. T. Nehf, state representative of the L. A. W., will call the local members together in a short time to elect the two local consuls. Heretofore these offices have been filled by the appointing power of the chief consul, hut the order was changed a^. the meeting of the state hoard this week. The consuls for Terre Haute are a lady and a gentleman.

At the meeting of the state hoard Wednes day night the salary of the secretary-treas-urer, on account of the extra duties im posed upon him, has been raised from $50 to $100 a year.

There is no doubt now in the minds of the wheelmen at Indianapolis that the national meet'is theirs. The names are pouring in fast. Indianapolis has the hearty co-opera-tion of President Potter.

One of the most important steps taken at the board meeting was to decide that the state meet shall be held in Indianapolis at the time of the national meet occurs, providing the latter comes to Indianapolis. Otherwise the date of the state Meet will be fixed iater. Two changes to the constitution were recommended—one providing that bicycle clubs shall not be eligible to association with the State League unless oil members of-feUch clubs are members of the L. A. W. KoW clubs having 75 per cent of L. A. W. members on their rolls may become associated with the Indiana division. The eecond proposed amendment makes the power of the 6tate racing board less arbitrary and places that body on a footing with other standing committees, whose action is subjeer to revision by the stateboard. A vote by mail will be taken on these propositions after the national assembly meeting at St. Louis in February.

The board's plan of creating closer relations between the officers and individual membets, embracing a series of monthly circulars of proposed Tlans to be adopted, was received favorably, as was the board's report of the work done the last year. It was decided that at the meeting of the national Assembly the state delegates shall vote as a unit on all questions arising.

A PLACE FOR MANSFIELD.

Now Believed That He Will Be Appointed Bank Examiner.

Republican politicians here have received a "tip" from Washington that Robert E. INSansfield, secretary of the Republican state committee, is to be appointed a national bank examiner for this district, says the Indianapolis News, to succeed O. M. Packard, of Plymouth. The understanding is that the change will be made soon after Comptroller Eckels leaves office. Mr. Mansfield applied for the place soon after the election last year, and went to Washington to see about it, but met -with so much discouragement that he came home and announced that he was "'out of it." Recently, so the story goes, the Indiana Republicans who are close to the administration have taken up the cause of the secretary of the committee, and have been assured that the appointment will be made shortly. The national bankers of the state, many of them, have been anxious to have Mr. Packard retained.

A SMOKE CONSUMER TESTED.

Gfcoa Results Obtained From An Experiment In An Indianapolis Mill.

B.v Wallace has been experimenting with smoke consumer which he has in operatipn at the Eldridge planing mill, in South Xe#3ereey street. Hot air is the force used to ^literate and consume the smoke, sayjr thfi^Ihdianapoiis News. Two pipes which, rtiif a king the sides of the fire-box from the fitpnt of _the furnace introduce currents of hot air into the fire-box at the bridge wall. There, instead of the flames and smoke passing and into the fiuee, they are turned down

by «a interveoifig wall and passed underneath this wall and up and over another bridge wall on the other side. Air is introduced at the bottom of the Intervening wall and frotn the sides of the opening through which the smoke passes trader the wall, it is also forced into the fire-box from both bridge walls. After curving over the second bridge wall it passes into the flues. The air, Mr. Wallance says, does three things: It gives the fire-box a greater craft, consumes the smoke and retains the heat. f~

A test was made last evening. Alongside the furnace containing the smoke consumer was another ordi&ary furnace. Two heavy fires were put in, one of soft coal and shav ing heavily hanked in the fire-box, using the consumer, while In the other box fire of shavings was put in, without the consumer. From the stack of the furnace containing the consumer came a thin, grayish smoke of less than half the volume and density of that) which came from the other stack. Neither fire-box was in good shape for the test, and had not been prepared for it.

A GIRL IN THE CASE.

George Reed, Tried Yesterday for Grand Larceny, Acquitted.-

George Reed, the negro captured at Cincinnati, last week for stealing a number of articles from Charles Miller, also colored, of this city, was tried for grand larceny yesterday before Judge Piety. Hughes & Cald well defended him.

Reed appeared in a natty suit aqd patent leathers and faced the court with a smile. He was led through a maze of the prosecutor's inventive questionings, but managed to tell a very straight story. Reed had been taken in by Miller, who works at Paddock's mills, and was charged with returning the kindness "with base ingratitude" in stealing away one dark night with a razor, a suit and $11 ift hard earned cash belonging to his friend. 4fe went immediately to Cincinnati, where he would have remained safely, possibly, had he not written a letter to a sweetheart in Sullivan. The girl gave the epistle to the authorities. iNo conclusive evidence was forthcoming as to the stealing, and the court discharged him. Reed says the trouble all arose from the dusky belle of the Sullivan county town, in fact, he claimed to have "cut Miller out," and to have done it with such grace that the insane jealousy of the latter was aroused, and hie hatched the "diabolicol plot" against him.

A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

Dairyman Dan Holland Seriously Injured on

the Macksvilie Grade.

Dan Holland, the corpulent and well known St. Mary's dairyman, narrowly escaped death by accident yesterday afterdnooft on the Macksvilie grade. He was driving home, and when about half iway to Macksvilie started to pass a coal wagon. A buggy, driven by two young women on the way to this city, attempted at the same time to go between the two wagons. The wheels of the .buggy struck the whiffletree of the dairy wagon and pushed the latter over the edge of the grade, which is about twentyfeet high at that place.

The wagon of, Mr. Holland was totally wrecked, but the horses escaped injury. Mr. Holland, however, was picked up unconscious, and remained so until brought to the city by G. W. Greer and G. W. Harris, who were near at me time. No bones were broken, but Dr. Armstrong, who attended the unfortunate man, fears internal injury. The names of the two women could not be ascertained

Was Not 930,000 Short.

Washington, Dec. 9.—it will he remembered that an Investigation by the treasury department about a year ago showed former Libarian A. R. Spofford to be about $30,000 short in his accounts. Now it appears that large part, if not. all of this deficit .which Mr. Spofford promptly made good out of his own pocket, will be accounted for by a great batch of old money orders which the absentminded librarian forgot to cash.

Librarian J. Russell Young and First Assistant Postmaster General Heath have made systematic search of the old library records and have unearthed hundreds of old orders which the former librarian had put aside and apparently forgotten and more are coming to light every day. Some of the orders date back twenty-two years.

Against Annexation of Hawaii. Washington, Dec. 9.—Senator Hoar today presented a monster protest in the senate from native Hawaiians against the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. The protest filled several hundred pages of foolscap paper and was forwarded by Enoch Johnson and Lilia K. Aholo, secretaries respectively of the Hawaiian Patriotic League and the Hawaiian Woman's Patriotic League, who made certificates that the signatures were all genuine.. Of the 21,269 signers, 10.300 were women and 160 were foreigners. The petition was printed in both the English and Hawaiian languages and was very brief, merely "Protesting against annexation to the United States in any shape or form.'

The First to Wear Trousers. Tefcricus, the barbarian, was the first gentleman to wear trousers. He had no heart in the inauguration of the new fash ion. Ho simply had to do it. Aurelian the Roman had captured Tetricus on one of his raids and determined to carry him in triumph to Rome as one of the spoils of conquest. To make the captive appear as ridiculous as possible he was arrayed in a two part garment, which in Boston might have been called "pants." Instead of ap pearing ridiculous, Tetricus seems to have made "a hit," for the garment he wore slowly but surely grew in favor with the people of Rome.

We might find tho origin of many cue toms in the same way. It is known that Charles VII of France wore along coat to conceal his crooked logs. Not all the French were crooked, but ooats became fashonafcle nevertheless. The process by which Petar the Great put civilised olothes on his uncivilised subjects had more meth od in it. The gates of the towns were hung with garments of the new fashion, and the people were obliged to adopt them or be publicly punished.—Pittsburg Dispatch.

Looking For Her Friends.

The Springfield Republican tells of clerk in a Springfield store who had sweet revenge the other day on a woman who had annoyed him. She wanted to look at baskets, and for that purpose the clerk took from the shelves a large assortment, until all but twe were scattered over the counter. The woman did not want to buy, «o she turned away, making the excuse, "I only came in to look for one of my friends." The clerk felt rather exasperated and replied, "Madam, if you have the slightest idea that your friends are in either of these two baskets on the shelves I shall be pleased to take them down fax you to examine."

Thought the Skeleton Incomplete. A colored clergyman from the south, who was in Portland, visited the Portland Medical college. He was a very neatly attired, affaSle young preacher, but his researches had evidently not related in any way to the makeup of the human body. Some of the younger "medics" showed him about the building and explained the various specimens on exhibition In the museum. The human skeleton was what he marveled at the most. "It was never my pleasure to see a real skeleton before," said he as be paused in front of one that was suspended so as to facilitate easy inspection. He looked lotog and earnestly at it, viewed it from all sides then suddenly his face took on an expression of

surprise as he asked, "'Why, where are his ears?"—LcwLsion Journal. £S\

2 TEERE HAUTE EXP&ESS. FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 10,1897.

ALIENATED HIS WIPE

APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMS LOVES COURT'S DECISION.

Trouble* of Hlrshburg With His Mother-In-Law—Hubaad a«d Wife AM Now Living Together.

Indianapolis, Dec. 9.—The Appellate Court otday affirmed the judgment for $1,500 recovered by Wesley Hirshburgh against his mother-in-1 aw, Mrs. Amy Jonas, who owns a hotel at Seymour, Ind., for alienating his wife's affections. The spe cial verdict showed that soon after their marriage, Hirshburgh, who was a photographer, and his wife started for Florida, but were pursued by Mrs. Jonas, first •with telegrams telling of a pretended illness of her other daughter, and then in person. That she overtook them and tried to persuade Mrs. Hirshburgh to return home with her, frequently declaring that her daughter should not have a hard time if Hirshburgh did, and that Hirshburgh was never able to see his wife after she returned to her mother's home for a visitMrs. Jonas being heard to declare repeatedly that she was not going to let them have any peace together and that Sadie should not go back to Florida.

Hirshburgh is now living in Anderson, Ind., where he has a photograph gallery, and his wife is living witb him, having repented of her action in returning to her mother's home and asked her husband to take her back.

Quart-Shop Screens.'

The Appellate Court today held in the case of the State against Samuel B. Mathis, that the proprietor of a "quart shop," or an establishment where liquors are sold at wholesale to- be drunk as a beverage under a license from the United States, may be indicted and fined Under the Nicholson law for failing to remove the screen from his doors and windows on Sunday.

Mathis was indicted for failing to remove the screens in his establishment at Williamsport on Sunday, and the Circuit Court quashed the indictment. In reversing the case Judge Comstock, who wrote the opinion of the court, says that it is a violation of law to sell intoxicating liquors on Sunday to be drunk as a beverage, whatever quantity is sold,- and that the statute against maintaining screens at a time when the sale of intoxicating liquors is unlawful contains no exception in favor of wholesale dealers.

Judgment For Mrs. Gowdy.

The Appellate Court today affirmed a judgment in favor of the wife of John K. Gowdy, as administratrix of her father's estate, for $1,105 against Fralik Offutt on a note which he had given to the deceased. Offutt claimed to have paid the note before the old gentleman's death, but was unable to prove that he had. 't

Tate-Hamlin Case.

The Supreme Court today overruled the petition for a rehearing in the case of Warren Tate against Catherine Hamlin. This case has been continuously in the courts since 1878, and will now be sent back to the Superior Court for another trial.

Higher Courts'Record.

The Supreme Court today handed down the following opinions 17,802. Laura V. Graham et al. vs. John C. Lumsford et al. Daviess C. C. Affirmed. Jordan, J. 18,349. Lunetta Drake vs. Henry Schoenstedt. Adams C. C. Reversed. Howard, C. J. 18,360. 'Mary Dudley et al. vs. Mahala Pigg. Sullivan C. C. Affirmed. Monks,

17,611. Warren Tate vs. Catherine C, Hamlin. Marion S. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. 13,379. John C. Fulk vs. State of Indiana. Allen C. C. Transferred to the Supreme Court.

The Appellate Court decided the following cases: 2,207. Amy Jonas vs. Wesley Hlrshburg. Jackson C. C. Affirmed. Wiley, J. 2,311. Frank Offutt vs. Eva Gowdy, administratrix. Rush C. C. Affirmed. 2,503. State of Indiana vs. Samuel B. Mathis. Warren C. C. Reversed. Comstock 2,328. James N. Halstead ,vs. Fred L. Jessup. Greene C. C. Transferred to the Supreme Court. 2,541. Peter Daniels vs. State of Indiana. St. Joseph's C. C. Transferred to the Supreme Court. Opinion by Wiley, J. 2,314. City of RushVille vs. Michael Leyden. Rush C. C. Appeal dismissed.

The Supreme Covhct set the following for oral argument: 18,32)3. Edward Richardson et al. vs. Isaac L. Hedges et al. Marion C. C. January 12. ...

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SUPREME COURT RECORD.

Abstracts of Opinions Handed December 8, 1897.

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assessment of Property Valuation— Notice. 18,142. Chicago '& Erie Railroad Company vs. Jacob W. John, treasurer, et al. Huntington C. C. Affirmed. Hackney, J. (1) The section of the tax law which provides for the return by railroad companies of a schedule of their personal property, tools, etc., and the assessment of such property by the township assessor (850(1, 8502, Revised Statutes, 1897) contemplate an original assessment by him, at his own valuation, and that the valuation placed upon such property by the company in its schedule shall be used by the assessor as evidence of its value, but shall not be conclusive upon him. (2) No notice of an assessment by the officer of property at a higher valuation than that given in the schedule need be given to the company. (3) Section 8532, Revised Statutes 1894, has reference only to placing additional property upon the tax duplicate, and not to an increase by the assessor of the valuation placed by the owner upon property listed by it. Defective Sidewalks— Towu—Negligence.J 1S.440. George Wakley fs. Town of Boswell. Newton C. C. Reversed. McCabe,

(1) An incorporated town is liable for damages resulting from the negligence of its officers in maintaining a defective sidewalk. (2) The defendant is entitled to judgment on a special Verdict which states that the plaintiff passed over the sidewalk three or four times a week for four months prior to the injury, and had actual knowledge that it was old, that the boards were loose and that the sidewalk was dangerous to pass over in the night that he could conveniently and safely have gone home by another route that the sidewalk was icy and the plaintiff walked over it at the time of his injury with knowledge that the boards were loose and liable to trip a passenger in precisely the way that pltintiff was thrown and injured and that there was no evidence that he was trying, when injured, to avoid anticipated danger by reason of the sidewalk being out of repair. (3) That the plaintiff was free from negligence and without fault is the statement of a conclusion and without force as part of a special verdict. (4) The fact that a man was walking slowly and carefully in a place which he knew was dangerous, and which it was not necessary for him to cross does not establish his freedom from negligence.

APPELLATE COURT.

Borrowed Money—Notes—Land Contract 2,293. Solomon J. Hockman vs. Cornelius Quick. Madison S. C. Affirmed. Henley, J.

Notes given for money borrowed may be enforced against the oorrower for the amount of money actually received by him or another on his order, without regard to whether land which the lender had agreed to convey to a third person from whom the borrower proposed to purchase it by the uso of such borrowed money has in fact been conveyed by the lender or is still held by him.

Cnntrant—Conotraction—Surety. 2,342. William Jenkins" vs. Samuel PhilHps et aL Marion S. C.' Affirmed. Com stock. J. (l) In construing a contract .of, suretj ship reference must be had to the contract to secure the performance of which it was given, with a view to arriving at: the manifest intention or the parties. (2) The rule requiring that sureties shall not be bound beyond the terms of the engagement does not require nor authorize a forced and unreasonable construction of the contract with & view to relieving the sureties. 3) Notice to a party that a bond h$s been accepted, en which he wa3 surety, Iconditioned that the principal should faithfully perform a contract to act as traveling salesman for the obligee of the bond, and return all samples intrusted to him, hound the surety for such) samples as might afterward be delivers# to the principal and not returned, and this surety was not entitled to further notice" before samples were delivered.

Km By Rallirarii—Keirltgence 2.1K*. Wabash Railroad Compaav vs. Sebastin Miller. Allen 3. C, Reversed. Black. J. (1) If the owner of property adjoining

a railroad, upon receiving notice of fire negligently set by a locomotive, endangering his property, failed to make any effort to prevent its destruction by such fire, when hec ould have prevented the loss by reasonable effort, or unless any attempt which he could make, but did frot'make, to save his property after he discovered its danger, would have been useless or extraordinarily hazardous or difficult, he can not recover for such loss. (2) Etototiff's freedom, contributory negligence is not established by a finding in the special verdict that he made all reasonable efforts to subdue and extinguish the fire, without any statement at what stage of the fire such efforts were put forth.

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An interrogatory as to whether

certain admissions were made by the defendant In open court should not be submitted to the jury.

-3* SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE.

New Work and Recent Discoveries by the Departmeat. Special to the Indianapolis News.

Washington, Dec. 9.—Mr. Wilson, the ech&laWy farmer who presides over the agricultural department, dropped his hoe long enough to remark that there had been many signs of progress in agricultural educatioh the past year, afuch of the advancement he attributes to the experimental stations. Most notable, perhaps, is the new and important course of instruction in agricultural prescribed for colleges by the committee from the American agricultural colleges and experiment stations. Plans for university extension in behalf of agricultural education have been set on foot in many states. The rural schools of New York have introduced a plan of nature teaching along agricultural lines which is attracting wide attention and a success. The secretary says the people are beginning to feel the need of

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education in agriculture of a lower grade than that given by the colleges. The Agricultural High School connected with the University of Minnesota has been a grand success and is being emulated. "It is a definite sign of progress," says the secretary, that the people are recognizing the desirability of agencies of different grades for educating the masses of our agricultural population,

Secretary Wilson, has great confidence in the educational value of the agricultural experiment stations. Over 500 trained experts in agricultural science are now employed in this work, and the results of their labdrfe are given in the pamphlets that issue regularly from the department and are distributed free^ No other country, it is said, equals the 'United States in this particular line of work, hut England has started a movement quite recently to secure a system hf experimental stations patterned after thbse'YJf the United States.

One of the greatest discoveries of the past year abroad, if it proves what is claimed for It, the secretary thinks, is that of H. C. Pruisen-Gurlige, of Java, who has filed with the French Academy a practical method of-converting potato starch into sugar equal to Cf he.

The Missouri station has discovered a simple method of protecting the peach crop frdni', the extremes of temperature which characterize some climates that is economical f*nd effective. Trees are sprayed with whitewash until their trunks and limbs are thoroughly whitened. .This prevents early development of the buds, and tests have proved5 that trees thus whitewashed yield better than those to which the application was not made. The cost is 10 cents a tree.

Easter lilies placed under the influence of electric lights at the Cornell station were forced into bloom a week earlier.

French investigators have discovered that\

pear trees grafted on quince .stocks yield

sweeter fruit than those grafted on seedling pears. French grapes were kept eight or nine months at the California station by placing them in sealed boxes containing carbon dioxide. Those exposed to the air moulded in two or three weeks. ^'jf /,

A new method of preserving' eggs is "by .dipping them in soluble: glass, which closes the pores in the shell and prevents contact with air.

The agricultural department has conduct ed an inquiry into the agricultural possibil ities of Alaska. This has brought out many interesting facts regarding the products which may be raised in that territory, and apparently show that, under proper condi tibns, a considerable population might be 6exf-sustaining' in Alaska, and that agricul ture will be an important adjunct to min ing, lumbering and fishing as the population of Alaska^ increases. The secretary will ask icongress to provide funds'for continuing this Jih\$stigation and for making experiments ,tjo disocever what may be done in agricul tu^H lines there, with a view to saving in {jotj^ng settlers from disappointment and lbs&,and,to promoting the• development of the! territory. -ri

New* Abont Town.

A colored woman found her husband walk 'ingpvith another woman at Firth and Swan 'Wednesday night and there was a wild and 'wooly time in that neighborhood for a time, 'arrests. •, William Brannon, a young man who until 'Wednesday was in the employ of Fred Stalker, near the poor farm, Is wanted by the police. Stalker tells the police that Brannon stole $21 from hiirt and then disappeared.

The High School chemistry class, under the direction of Professor Miller, has discovered a number of water wells in the city containing impure water. This water being daily used by the people in the city

The premium list for the pet stock and poultry show which is to be held during the holidays, is being arranged. The premiums will be liberal and there will be plenty of stock and pet animals. Theodore Goodman and Herman Huiman, Jr., will have their fine fi'eld dogs there, E. T. Hazeldine will be there with his prize pouters and Dr. Glover will be represented in the poultry show.

Coat Two Small For Him

Mr. Henry C. Miller, the fat and jovial resident of Linton township, attended the institute at the court house yesterday. In the confusion at the end of the meeting, some one, by mistake or otherwise, ex changed his own overcoat for the capacious garment of Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller, after number of vain attempts to make the best of it and wrap another's mantle about him, left it at the sheriff's office, where the owner oan obtain it by returning that which he departed with.

"Sunset Limited."

A vestlbuled train of composite compartment drawing room sleeping cars and din ing cars. Chicago and St. Louis to California in three days. Complete particulars mailed free to any address by your local agent or James Charlton, G. P. A., C. & 4.. R. R., Chicago, III., or H. C. Townsend, G. P. A.. St. L., M. & S. Ry., St. Louis, »o.

Michael and Chase to Race.

1 New York, Dec, 9.—The terms for an indoor bicycle race between Jimmie Michael ind the English crack, A. A. Chase, were Agreed upon today. Under the article the en will meet in a single race of a series three races if the latter plan proves jeastble, at 30 miles, paced, the first race take plact not later than January 10th est, probably in New York City.

TRY ATTEmOQHASE, ,'

A powder to be shaken into the shoes, this season your feet i"eel swollen and hot, and get tired »a»»!y. IX you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot E&se. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it today. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Ol instead, Le Eoy, K* Y.

Affi FDLL Of FAIRS

PBUTC1FAX. CHCRCHKS OF TBI CITY COLLECTING CBASUB.

Woman's Belief Corps Hold a Basar—Successful Fraction at St. fitapksa'i Church.

Church fains are all the rage in Terre Haute BOW. The churches all either have held, are holding or will hold these functions, which were characterized by the immortal Bill Nye as places "where a man had to pay the most to get nothing" that he knew of.

Bill Nye would doubtless have changed his mind, however, had he visited the fairs in this city. Most useful articles of home manufacture are sold at prices cheaper than they could be bought in the stores as a rule. Suppers are served, .where all sorts of viands cooked by the best wielders of the stew pan or the skillet in the congregation, are set forth before the hungry visitor at a price which would put to shame the cafes and the restaurants. And then there are the young people and the acquaintances who make for the moment a large family and pass the time away with good cheer.

The fair held last week at the First Presbyterian ihurch, notable for its original and laughable features, was a great success, and paved the way for others to come.

A "Fair of the Days," to run Cor three evenings was begun at Maple Avenue Me. E. Church Wednesday night A large crowd was present at that timg and also last night. The booths did a good business, and the musical programme rendered was most pleasing. The young people did their best to make all feel at home. A "Klondike Cafe" was one of the attractions.

A bazaar and supper was negun at the Central Christian church last evening and will close tonight. Many beautiful Christmas articles were put on sale. The supper was served from 5 to 8 o'clock.

A musical concert and fair was opened last night in the G. A. R. hall to last for three nights. The concert is under the auspices of the Blinn's Ladies Aid Society, and the bazaar was in charge of tfca Woman's Relief Corps of Morton Post. The programme of music, which was published yesterday in. The Express was followed last night to the greatest satisfaction of the audience. The singing of Miss Way and the reciting of Miss Irwin were applauded to ihe echo.

There were several booths aooat the walls of the hall arrayed in bunting, with the stars and the stripes very conspicuous. One booth having bed furnishings and other articles for sale was presided over by Mrs A. Taylor and Mrs. Mary Haley. Another, presided over toy Mrs. I^intz and Mrs. .Piper, had a tempting array of canned goods and groceries for sale. The cigar and fruit counter was attended to by Mrs. DorSey.

The flowers were sold at tneir stand by Miss Jennings and Miss Amanda Hayn&s. The fancy booths were in charge of Misses Anna Spencer and Lou Klaus. The entire fair was under the supervision of a committee of members of the W. R. C., Meadamts. Wimer, Thomas, Taylor and Weakley.

The programme for this evening's music is as follows: Fiano Solo Miss Luetta Greggs Recitation Master Harry Smith Address Col. Wm. E. McLean Solo Mr. W. A. Stevonton Recitation Clyde Wilvert Fiano Solo Miss Nellie Greggs

very successful bazaar and sunner was

iven ]ast eveni the Ladie3, churth

Aid Society of St Stephen's cnur^'n, in the parish house. There was an unusually large attendance and everything was told. In all the bazaars and fairs givsn by the church never was there a finer line of art work displayed. There was a table given exclusively «to the exhibition of artistic needle work, which found a ready sale. Mrs. Martin and her Sunday school class had a wreath of delicious home made candies on sale, while the members, of Ihe Guild did a land office business selling mince meat, ice cream and cake. A delightful supper was served by the ladies at 6 o'clock. Seated at the head of the tables in the dining room were Mrs. Toylor, Mrs. Somes, Mrs. Perry man, Mrs. Merril, Mrs. Lock, Mrs. Young and Mrs. A. J. Crawford, who acted as hostesses and saw that their guests were well taken care of. Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Farrington most ably presided in the kitchen. The young ladies of the King's daughters, with Mrs Merril and Mrs. Hudnut as head waiters served the tables in a charming manner Mr. T. J. Griffith brought his phonograph which lent additional pleasure to the evening's entertainment. The great success of the bazaar is dug to the excellent management of Mrs. J. H. Blake, who is president of the Ladies' Church Aid Society, Mrs Cook, the vice president, and Mrs. Martin secretary wnd treasurer, and their able as slstants.

HE WAS A WONDERFUL GOBBLER.

the Poaitr7man Expected Him to Keep Growing After Death. "Talkin about turkeys," observed the fanner to the produce roan, "we raised one a year ago that probably neter had his equal in size and weight in the history of the world."

The produce man looked incredulous, but the farmer went on without noticing it: "When that turkey was batched, he was 90 bigger than the rest of the brood, but two days later ho weighed five pounds and was sprouting toil feathers. The end of the first week out of the shell saw him a full fledged bird of a triile more than ten pounds, and still he grew."

The produce man smiled Indulgently, echoing the farmer's words "And still he grew." •, "Yes, sirree. I never saw anything like It. He was S weeks old to the day when he tipped the beam at 35 pounds, and he only seemed to have fairly started, for''— "Yes, know," slowly observed the produce man, "for still he grew." "Grew? Well, I should say sol A week later he had put up another IS pounds without impalrln his activity or seemin to mind it in the least. He picked up his oorn as lively as ever, and still be grew."

There was a sickly smile on the produce man's faoe, but he made no remark. "We began to wonder where it was goin to stop," went on the farmer, "for about this time his appetite, which had always been extraordinary, began to pick up at an alarmin rate, and we knew he'd just about got his seoond wind, which meant puttin on weight more rapidly than ever, [t took him just ten days to put up another 35 pounds." 'That makes 75," gasped the produce man. "Kerrect, and still he grew. "And still bo grew, sighed the produce man.

I suppose he was something like 8 weeks old when be reached the hundred pound mark and quit walkin about," sentinned the farmer.

But still he grew?" anxiously put in the produce man. "Never let up for a minute," was the assuring reply. "We became a little anxious about him at this time, on account of the henhouse, which we could see would soon be too small for him to stand up in. Finally we decided to transfer him to the barn, but we had been a little slow in com in to the decision, for when we went to remove him he had grown too big to go through the henhouse door, and we had to take out the whole front of the buildin to to accommodate hie tfse." "And still he grew/' ventured the prodnee man in a weak voice, and with a very painful attempt at a smile.

Yes he had mem room to spread ont in tiie barn «trd went 00 growin faster

than emr. Very won li beoaiaea question as to how long the barn would last him, and then we decided to kill him. That, as you'll easily guess, was BO small task, bnt we did it—jest felled Mm with a poleax as you would an ox, and we managed to give him hia deathblow at the third

"And still he gww," abftsntttlndedly murmured tho produce maa. "Grew nothlnl" retorted the fanner ltdignantly. "Did you cxpect him to go oa growin forever?" "Oh, 1 didn't knew," answered the other, somewhat recovering his spirits. "Stranger things than that happened to the turkey, If I have sot boon dreaming." —New York Herald*

Physical D*Tel«{nMat

A Writer on physical development 'sayi the human frame is like a tree and grows as It is bent. Stooping, pushing the bead forward, weakens the lungs. Always in walking lift the feet and put them down firmly, but lightly. Put down the front of the foot first, not the heel, and rest your weight on the ball, of your foot, so that tho center of gravity falls plumb through your hips and the muscles of your .. lower limbs instead of at the end of your spine. The muscles of the hips and waist should be trained to bear the full share of the weight of the body and to preserve the elasticity of the figure. A good exercise for this end is to sit bolt uptight im half an hour at a time reading, sewing or doing whatever you like, only not letting yourself sink down into your hips.

An excellent exercise for training young people to sold their heads properly is the oarrying of a weight of some sort poised on the head. The colored women of the southern states, who from childhood are accustomed to carry burdens in this manner, are models for sculptors in the carriage of head and neok.—New York Dispatch. 5-^.'

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Keeping Books oa Small AabmmmU. A oaoneior's yeung nephews oalfad on him a few days ago, and before the afternoon was over they had turned upside down everything that was In his roons. Among the things that wen brought te light was an old voucher of a great railroad system for a refunded fare of 75 cents. The voueber was of the date of November, 1877. To see what would happen more than anything die the unci* promised to send the yeaeher along te the company, the aforesaid nephews to benefit by whatever money should com out of ths voucher. Promptly these came hack courteous letter fhun Che company, with a formidable loekiag check for 76 cents. Thon the uncle felt ashamed of forcing the company to "keep books" on such a trivial account for eeveral yean. But be li also wondering how long that aooonnt would have been carried en the company's books if his nephews had not made a clean sweep of his rooms.—New York Tribune.

Dackiag the Scold la Old Xtaraa. The last instance of curing scolds bj ducking them carried out in this eountrj was in 1801, at Kingston-on-Thames. contemporary newspaper reoords such ai event in 17*6: "Last week a woman thai keeps the Queen's Head alehouse at King ston, in Surrey, was ordered by the oouiri to be ducked for eoolding and was accord) ingly plaoed in the chair and ducked is the river Thames, under Kingston bridge in the presence of 2,000 or 8,000 people. In Queen Elizabeth's time ducking wat the universal punishment for scolds, an4 it appears that each town had then at leasf one of these penitential chairs in ordinarj use. Dr. Johnson once said to Mra Knowles, "Madam, we have different modes of restraining evil—stocks forth men a ducking stool for women, and 4 pound for beasts."—Westminster Gaxetta

Going to the Bad.

Anything the matter, Ethel?" No. I was merely thinking what should do if I were a man. Which do you consider the noblest occupation for a man?"

If I were one of the strong sex," returned Maud, "I should certainly be am« bitious to become a leader of men. 1 should enter parliament and work my way up to the leadership of a party. What would you do?" "I should be a missionary. It's a noble calling, and one that must be most elevat* ing. The morality of such men is always high."

Your opinion doesn't seem to fit in with fact," interrupted her brother, who had just entered. And as she was about to protest ho added, "You know it's a fact that missionaries always go to the, bad!"—Pearsoji's Weekly.

Feminine Xogic. -J

Mrs. Wiokwire—Did you read about that man who found $60,000 while digging worms to go fishing with?

Mr. Wiokwire—Yes, dear. .' Well, I was juij^tbinklng what maybe you have missed by always fishing with flies. "—Indianapolis JournaL

Playiog PoMtutu

Observant Citizen—That seems to be a very thoughtful man ia the fourth 6eat front. Judge?

Conductor—No, capitalist. "I should have taken him forejudge 01'.",.^ a deep student by his straightforward, impressive look.'' "Oh, he's only playing make believe that he's paid his fare, but I'll gfethlm." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. i'

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