Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 22 August 1893 — Page 2

THE TELEPOHNE,

Br Waiter Bradfuti.

BLOOMINGTON

INDIANA

Tobacco may not be u necessity of life, but it is so rated by the Navy Department. One hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds are Iwught annually for our marines. Only the best, pure, natural leaf is purchased. When whittled into lit tie chips it makes a strong smoking to-jacco, and is satisfactory to the lovers of the weed on ship board. The monetary stringency has resulted in an increase of paralyse Mud alt other nervous diseases. Nerve specialists are reaping a harvest. Suicides are also largely on the increase. The poor bankers and brokers do seem to be having a rough time of it. Singular as it may appear, however, it is the men having comparatively small in terests at stake who arc the principal sufferers I nun this worry and strain that is breaking down so many men.

resent a fluctuating commodity and the certificates will fluctuate accordingly. The certificates will be in no sense money. They can be sold in open market, and serve only as tokens of a sule of so many ounces of bullion' This sounds reasonable, and could with propriety be adopted by all States or Territories when thnre is a glut of the white metal, if the owners of the bullion think there is any advantage to be gained by the arrangement. Under proper restrictions, the bullion being a nonperishable article of merchandise, the scheme might prove of value in facilitating trade;

This ancient Egyptian obeliskbrought to this country some years since and iv-ereeted in New York, has recently shown alarming signs of decay and disintegration. The crumbling condition of the stone is attributed to the. climate, the storms and frusta )i winter being too severe an ordeal for the quality of stone of which the shaft was made. Melted paraffine has been applied to the spots that are showing signs of decay and it is believed that further damage can be prevented in this wav.

Tur indomitable energy of the western character was forcibly il-lustrated-rocently: by Mayor Wiliard of Argentine, Mo., in an encounter with a stupid rlderniau who dared to oppose him in some matter of local interest. The argument became heated aud the Mayor thought to convince his opponent by striking him with a cane. Failing in this, the Mayor being a one-legged man. unbuckled his wooden leg and using it as a weapon soon routed his an- ' tagonist.

Toe civil war in Nicaragua is in full blast. This is a new war the old condition of thiugs having changed within a week or two. The constitutional President, Gen Sacaza is a fugitive in this country; the leader of the revolutionists. Gen. Machado. is in prison at Leon: and ex-President Za valla has been proclaimed dictator; the cabinet is at loggerheads; Gen. Monteil has taken the field: the most eminent Nicaraguan statesman, Zelaya. has turned up at Granada, with forty heelers; the funds in the Leon bank have been seized: the American Minister to Nicaragua is in danger at Managua. The uproar is increasing. Things are red-hot. The regular army is supposed to consist of 2,000 men, but has been dangerously weakened bv desertions, and the dictator is liable to lose his head most any day. Cheerful country.

It is a fact, surprising but worthy of comment, that the financial storm

that has proved so disastrous in the j

West, has scarcely created a ripple on the surface of the business sea in any part of the South. This happy condition of affairs, in what has been regarded as rather an unpromising part of the country, is attri rated to a variety of causes. There lias been comparatively little speculation among the leaders in financial circles in that section. Their manufacturing enterprises have had a solid capital .coupled with -unparalleled natural advantages which has assured a haud.soine profit. The cotton crop has been more readily available than the Western staples of corn and wheat, and the reserve of capital in the bands of the Southern people is said to be proportionately greater than among Western people. This condition of affairs in the South will be gratifying to the whole country, and will naturally have a tendency to increase the growing prosperity of "Dixie."

Ccloraw silver men continue the agitation of the silver question. They are firmly convinced that their great staple product is the proper material for the circulating currency of the United States and the world at large. Notwithstanding that the constitution of the United States provides that Congress alone shall have the power to control the currency aud that United States mints shall have sole power to coin money, jthe attorney -general of the Centennial State has recently rendered an opinion, in which he says: "There jean be no constitutional objection to State depositories for the storage of silver bullion and the issuing of certificates thereon. They will rep-

Tiijr movement, originating in Chicago, to raise a fund for the relief of the Duke of Veragua, is now attributed to a sort of 44fcllow-feeU ing'1 on the part of the untitled aristocracy of the great western metropolis, for it is said that the illustrious nobleman lost his ancestral fortune by dealing in the same commodity in which the opulent "nobs1' of Chicago amassed their respective piles, although the "beef in which the Duke sunk his dollars was very tough indeed. Some years ago the enterprising Veragua imagined that he saw glittering possibilities in a couxpauy of which he - was the head that proposed to introduce Spanish bull-lighting in Paris. It was thought that the gay capital would turn out en masse to see the imported torreros and frantic bellowing animals. The enterprise started well. One "entertainment" netted $ 15,000 and the first three months profit amounted to $240,000. But the fickle French soon tired of the sport and the venture finally proved a disastrous failure in every way, greatly to the credit of the Parisians and the detriment of the Duke s exchequer. Thus it will be&jen that Veragua's connection with the beef industry, that reat and important factor in the piosperity of Chicago, has been of great service in his hour of adversity. Had he lost his money in some other line of industry it is doubtful it the speculators of the World's Fair suburbs would have taken so lively an interest in his welfare.

It was evening. The great whaleback excursion steamer Christopher Columbus la3T at the wharf at Milwaukee, far up the winding river nearly a mile from the lake. Tired but happy excursionists thronged the gang plank and were lost to view in the vast interior of the mighty ship, or crowded the upper decks seeking comfortable positions for the return trip to Chicago. Promptly at the hour for departure the hawsers were east away, the gang plank removed, and slowly the vessel with its living cargo followed tTae puffing tug toward the east. But hold! A lady and child are left behind. Too late to get on board, they frantically rush to the water side. "Follow the ship to the mouth of the harbor and a tug will put you aboard," is called to them. Breath -1 essly they run, accom pa n i ed by their friends. Lusty cheers from the great crowded ship encouraged them. Square after square thev keep pace with the monster vessel. At last the outer bend of the river is reached by the delayed passengers the more fortunate, excursionists, and the iron ship. A rush is made for the last landing. Cheer on cheer greets the belated and breathless passengers. Hoarse whistles from tugs and steamers catch up the refrain. The waiting tug at the bend bend casts loose and the crew, alert and ready, grasp the child and hurriedly transfer her to the little vessel. Already the tug is under way to keep pace with the ship they hope to board. Turning to help the young lady, with the greatest alacrity, the sailors met with an obstacle temporary but insurmountable. The lady had stopped to kiss her friends! This ceremony being concluded, the excursionists cheered more loudly than ever, the steamboat whistles bellowed, the tug bells rang, and the sailors seizing the fair but dilatory maid, hustled her onto the deck of the tug, and soon landed het on the ship which had proceeded uninterruptedly on its way. A Disability. Detroit Free Press. The applicant for a pension was asked to step forward. "You have applied for a pension?" said the examiner, "Yes sir." "Were you in the army?" "Of course." "What were vou, officer or private?" "Sutler, sir." "Oh! Well, what is your claim for a pension?" "Rheumatism, contracted in the service sir. 1 "Ahl' What s the cause of it?" "The soldiers of the company ducked me in ice-cold water, sir, for charging four prices for everything, sir, and I've been a sufferer every day since, sir."

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES. STRANG EKS WITHIN OUR HATES. The American people are this year entertaining many foreigners of rank and distinction, and it is prob

able that so large a number oil

princes and potentates from beyond the seas will never again come to our shores, as guests, to look and learn. We, as citizens of the greatest Republic on earth, have fondly imagined that these, in many cases semi-civilized, rulers would be overwhelmed with our country and its institutions. But such does not aeem to have always been the case. Iu pressed they have been by our greatness, but they do not envy us, and see much to criticise. One of these princes is Radhen AdninSoek madilago, from Java. He can trace his family tree back to the year 800. In religion he is a Mohammedan of the most rigid devoutness. but does not believe in poly gam v and has bub one wife. He was married when 15 years of age. In an interview with a Chicago Record reporter hesuid many interesting things. To his eye the American people seem like a mountain torrent furious, fast, fearful. America, he says, is not "fcfeat," but "majestic." He thinks American women are 'masculine1 and says their determined manner is the reason there are so many ''old maids," All women marry in Java. He finds Americans most kind and hospitable, hut is sensitive and finds fault with the disposition of people to stare at him as if he was an animal. Americans are not picturesque, and their manner of dress seems horrible to him. In Java ull is quiet beauty. In America all is changed. ;You put your flowers all in one place and your people go and view them as they view me. Something Strang-?.- The happy detail of life &ems lost in the uncertain pursuit of great things." He condemned the habit of drunkenness. In Java there is no intoxicating drinks. He ' never saw a native drunk. Nor do they use any kind of strong drugs. Content with health they live quietly in an ideal ic world. Here thr people all seem to live in the hop:: of some grand event, but it never comes. Like the phosphorescent light that dances over the low bottoms of my country, filling the hearts of the simple natives with fear, it eludes the pursuer. The end comes, but the prayed-for day of content has never been reached. This I have observed and tel? in trembling. I an; but a humble man before G od and Mohammed His Prophet Ve:.rs of this American turmoi; will degenerate the race. A halt may come. Perhaps not until mental decrepitude has become a characteristic of the people. Childish .simplicity is happiness. Extensive knowledge means discontent. Majestic America may some day learn it and be picturesque, contented and happy. "? Another potentate of even greater intelligence, and of far greater power and wealth, who has been viewing the wonders of the White City, is the Maharajah of Kapurthalia. In his own country he is styled the "King of Kings," and his power is absolute. He is accompanied in li is tour bv an extensive retinue of retainers, a cook, aud one wife that he chose from his assortment of forty to see the great world with him. His kingdom is not arge. but has a population of about 2,000.000, and is located in northern India, and affords its ruler an income of at least 5,000.000 per annum. The Rajah is quite a young man, about twentyone, and drosses in the height of fashion while traveling. He is the head of the Sikh branch of the Hindoo religion, which is quite distinct from Budhism. The restrictions of the creed do not permit him to cut his hair or shave his beard, and forbid him to cat beef or pork in any form: hence he is obliged to take a native cook with him on his travels in order to have such food as is ullowed him prepared by consecrated hands. The Prince is highly educated and intelligent, and discussed various matters with the newspaper man in an entertaining way. He avers that the 'Christian religion has proved a huge failure iu India, and is firmly convinced of the superiority of the Hindoo creed. You teach children to honor their parent?. We inculcate the duty parents owe to their children. Hindoo philosophy has become overclouded with superstitions, but will in the future emerge, and attain the high altitude that it did generations before the birth of Christ. No high class Hindoo will accept Christianity. If he Is an educated man he knows that his own religion has a purer system of ethics. The lower classes of India may accept Christianity, but they do so from mercenary motives, and not one in a hundred who embrace that faith can point out wherein lies the

superiority of his new belief over the old one. The progress of Christianity in my country is a question of no importance. The education of my people is of vital significance. An ignorant convert, is not one to be proud of. The South African may to an extent be civilized by Christianity but without material education he will not progress very far from his barbarity. The wonderful things that we hear of being performed by theosophieal adepts in my country I have never been able to see. There may be such men, but I have never seen one, and I never saw any one who had. They are hard to find. Theosophy is a system of morals of great purity but it has degenerated. A man does more good by trying to acquire knowledge and use it for the benefit of his fellows than by shutting himself up in a solitary place and forgetting mankind in abstracted musings about supernatural wonders The Prince subscribes to every paper in India, and receives hundreds of new books from the European capitals every month. He reads continuously, and says: "1 had to travel, whether I would or no, to gratify my longing to see the wonders of science and manufacture, as well as the customs of the countries about which I had read so much." ANOTHER -PLAN." Prominent Populists have promulgated and propose placing a peculiar and probably popular plan for financial salvation before the extra session of Congress now in session. They desire to have the national government buy all the railroads that want to sell, paying for them in bonds to the amount of two-thirds of their value, the balance to be paid by issuing legal tender Treasury notes. They contend that the country can absorb $2,000,000,000 of Treasury notes easily. This will relieve the financial stringency naturally. If you pour all the water into a bucket that it will hold it is bound to get full unless it leaks. The change is to be made gradually so as not to "busf'.the money market with a sudden flood of currency. Transportation will then be furnished at cost and nobody will want or receive a pass. Mr. Geo. F. Washburn, of Boston, and Col. Fisk, of Denver, are the sponsors of the scheme, which was ''hatched'1 during the silver convention at Chicago, and they are now in Washington for the purpose of bringing the matter to the attention of Congress. Bankers and bondholders, employes and passengers, everybody, in fact, in Chicago and Denver, are reported to be in favor of the ideas which these men have given to a waiting world. It is not known how Congress will act or whether such a plan would meet the ideas of the President and then? seems to be a sort of gauzy uncertainty about the plan that precludes the possibility of giving accurate information as to the possible outcome of this new crusade.

Where's the Bed? Harper's Bazar. There is a gentleman living in the South, who, although lie had been to New York and some of the other Northern cities, yet, strauge as it may appear, had never seen an elevator. Being called on business to Charleston, he went to one of the principal hotels and, registering, asked the clerk for a nice room. The clerk, calling a colored man. said, "Take this gentieman to room fifteen.' "Yes, sail." said the porter, and with a pompous air he picked up the valise and led the way to an elevator, doing in he put the valise on the tloor and said, "Walk in; sah." The gentleman walked in aud looking around in amazement asked, "Is this the best room you can give me? Where s the bed?"

"Freedom of Worship" in Kussia. George Kenmin. in July Century. If the Savior himself should appear, poor and unknown, in a Hus sian peasant village, as he appeared in Galilee nineteen centuries ago, if he should speak to the. people the same words that he spoke in Galilee and that arc recorded in the four gospels he would not be at liberty twentyfour hours. He would first be handcuffed and 'sent to the pale of settlement by ctape as a Jew, and then, if he continued to teach, he would be rearrested and thrown into prison. If he finally escaped crucifixion at the hands of the holy orhnodox church which bears his name, it would be only becau.se crucifixion has been superseded in Russia by exile, incarceration in the "heretic cell" of remote monasteries, and deportation to the mines of the Trans-Baikal. A Wise Lad. Harper's Yoimk People. 4iIf fishes knew enough to live in the ground instead of water," remarked Frank, ''they cojUI get ail the worms they wanted without hooks in thenV" A bell that could be heard at a distance of 45,000 feet in water could be heard at a distance of only ir( feet in the. open air. Dogs barking on the earth can be heard by balluonists sailing at a hight of four miles.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

South Mend police are raiding the gamblers. .Jackson county fanner art; plowing for wheat. Tin total taxable) of Miami comuy are William Lov, of New Albany, is mysteriously missing. The Terre Haute car works w ill not bo rebuilt at present. Hrown county reports the best crop of wheat in its history. A valuable find of zinc ore has boon made in ( lark county. Frankfort people arc running a pipe line into tho El wood district for gas. The Standard Oil Company will discontinue its cooperage plant at liwiianaplis. Twelve tons of nutmeg melons were sent north from Seymour Wednesday night. 3 The new union station at Torre Haute, costing lr.O.UOU, was opened to the public, Tuesday. The Prairie City Hank, of Terre Haute, suspended, Saturday. It was a private institution. The Terre Haute car works burned, Thursday. Loss, e$timated,$lW,000; insurance. $75,000 0 The Valparaiso Normal School gratfrrated l,0S9 pupils, Friday, in thedilferent departments. The Citizens National Bank of Attica suspended, Monday. Asset, ? 1:16,030; liabilities, $69.0 JO. The Daily Tribune, of Hammond, has changed ownership. Will J. Maxwell is the new managing editor. Hon P. W. Oard, the well known lawyer of Frankfort, died of consumption in that city, Tuesday, aged sixty years. Lieutenant-Governor Nye Is organizing a company to build a railroad from Laporte to Chicago via Westville and Valparaiso. Arrangemenes are nearly complete for the location of the Kaub Locomotive works at Elwood. The company will employ twenty-five hundred men The old Iroquois camping ground, west of Elwood, has been dug into by A. J. Moore, who has unearthed; a number of skeletons buried in a sitting posture. The date of "Indiana Day" at Jackson Park has been changed, owing to the inability of some prominent persons to attend at that time. A new date will be, fixed. The drought in (Jrant county has been continuous for about eight weeks. The corn and root crops are practically ruined. There has been no such drought as this one for thirty years. The late Mrs. Dinwiddie, of Rushville, bequeathed a farm of 160 acres ou w hich to build an asylum 'for worthy homeless boys. Mhe also left $40,000 in money, bank stock, etc., with which to endow the institution. Henry Ehrlich, twenty years old, son of Peter Ehrlich. a coal operator of Clay county, was bitten in the leg by a spreading viper. Ehrlich's leg swelled to enormous proportions, and it is feared that he will die. Judge Napoleon B. Taylor, of the Marion county Superior Court, died at Indianapolis, Monday morning, after a long illness, the result of grip. He was nearly seventy-three years old, and had lived iu Indianapolis since childhood. Mrs. W. U. Kaufman, of Kedkey, while picking blackberries, found herself confronted with a monstrous snake. She struck the reptile with a stick and lied. Afterward the snake was hunted up and killed. It measured sixteen feet. A farmer living in Miami county couldn't afford to spend $1.5 for a year's subscription for his home paper, but recently sent that amount to an eastern firm to learn how to raise beets. He received the following answer: "Take hold of the tops and pull." A Kendallville woman took what she thought was a sack to a grocery store for some floor. The clerk poured in a scoopful and it ran out. He examined the "sack' and found it had two outlets, each trimmed with lace. He fainted and the woman disappeared. Theonly saloon at Fairmonnt was blown to pieces, Monday night. Numerous attempts to establish a groggery there have been made, but the proprietor of this one alone succeeded in opening a place. Angry citizens exploded a charge of dynamite under the building, utterly wrecking it. In talking with a number of farmers the information is obtained that the cloverseed will be a verv short crop this year. The fields from which the first crop of clover was cut for hay are almost entirely ruined by the dry weather, the bloom drying up before maturity, Goshen Times, The Creedon-CJreggai ns contest at Ruby. Monday night, was a swell affair in tistic circles. Five thousand people were in attendance. George Francis Train and the Maharajah of Kapurthalia were present. Creed on demolished Greggains in fifteen rounds. The performance lasted lifty-live minutes. The Elwood Electric Street-railway Company is making arrangements to build a line from that city to Alexandria via Orestes, for the purpose of providing a means of rapid transit between the two cities. Tho distance is ten miles, and the road would pass through Dundee and Orestes. Thomas Brown, fourteen years old, of North Judson. was instantly killed by William Lane, a companion, while they were hunting. Lane was carrying a shotgun on bis shoulder and Brown was walking in the rear, when the weapon was accidentally discharged, the load taking effect in his head. Tramps in the northern part of the State make traveling on foot along railway lines very dangerous. Numerous attacks have been made. Henry Meyers, near Porter, was terribly beaten anil robbed a few days since by two of these gentlemen of leisure, while peaceably walking along the Michigan Central track. In a drunken row at Brownsburg, Sunday, George Smith, a saloon-keeper, and Everett Gibbs wore badlv cut up by Wesley Watts, a notorious character. Watts was arrested, as were also Silas Wasson, James Gregg and William Dill, accomplices, and all were lodged in jail at Danville to await the result of the injuries of Smith and Gibbs. A current of nearly lee-cold air, issuing from an opening in a cliff near Condon, has been utilized by the citizens of that place, who have built over it a cold-storage house that answers all tint purposes of a scientifically arranged plant. In the

houso, which is kept at a temperature nearly down to the freezing point, ar kept the supplies of fresh meat of th? Corydon butchers. While a party were picking whortleberries near Michigan City they found themselues surrounded by fire, which had been burning in the marshes for several da vs. There was nothing left but to make a dash, and ail of them escaped with the exception of the twelve-year-old daughter of John Frail. Her dress caught lire and she was severely burned. Treasurer Moorhouse, of White county while fishing at Oak Dale, landed a black bass, weighing seven and one-half pounds. It took two hours and twenty-seven minutes to tiro out the fish, and Moorhouse himself was exhausted when his work waa done. The bass has been sent to the Cincinnati Fishing Club, which has a standing reward of f 100 for a black bass weighing six pounds and more. It is now stated on what appears to be reliable authority, that Mrs. Conrad and daughter, of the famous Harrison county family, returned to their home. Monday, and packed their household goods and got their live stock together. They gave the growing crops to the neighbors and then drove off and said they had abandoned their home forever. They will settle in Meade county, Kentucky. The whereabvut of the Conrad brothers is unknown, but they are supposed to be in Kentucky. William Eliker, a commission merchant of Indianapolis. losing confidence In banks, withdrew his deposit from a reliable institution, and not having an extra sock deposited $70) under a clock. Subsequently he entertained a party of friends and amused theui by instituting a hunt for the hiding place of his wealth, which was linally discovered by his sister. Alter the departure of the guests he fell asl&ep on a couch and on awakening found a back window open and the money gone. He reported the robbery to the police. The now court-house at Tipton was begun four months ago, and the contract requires the builders to submit an estimate every thirty days. Thfs necessitates an expenditure of about $10,000 monthly, and it was the failure to meet the payment which led to the discovery of the Armstrong shortage. Then the county commissioners found themselves badly distressed for funds, there being no demand for court-house bonds, white the banks were unwilling to extend accommodations. The board thereupon appealed to the farmers for a loan, and w.s a result more money is offered to the commissioners than is needed. The farmers appear to have plenty of cash, which they are desirous of loaning to the county. The Boby prize ring is threatened with a dry rot that promises to do the duty that officials fail to accomplish. The shed came near being destroyed by ftre, Tuesday night, while tilled with a crowd of 0.000 people. Afterwards hoodlums attacked the building with stones and nearly wrecked It. The disgraceful scenes In and around the building were never equaled in the history of the prize ring. The special policemen were powerless to preserve order and the Chicago toughs had it all their own way. The officers of the club have fallen out. Matchmaker Houseman has resigned, and other officials threaten to do the same because of Fresident (V A! alley's action in excluding newspaper men and causing the Western Union wires to be removed from tiie building. INDIANA OTI FELLOWS. ATTENTION! The Odd Fellows are expecting a big time in Chicago in September. On the 25th is the parade of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, Fatriarchs Militant, and Lodges and Encampments, and it is hoped to make it the largest civic demonstration In the history of the United States. In Philadelphia, in H70, the parade of the Odd Fellows contained 107 bands and wa three and one-half hours in passing: a given point. With its present membership of more than 800,000 it is believed all other efforts at displays of this kind will be dwarfed. On the 20th fa Odd Fellows Day at the World's Fair, and the leaders hope to have a iarger attendance at the Fair on that date than has been since it was opened, or will be until it closes. If this can be done it will be an exhibit that will be a feather in t he cap of this great order for years to come. September 23d has been tixed as the date when Indiana Odd Fellows will go to Chicago, and it is hoped this State will contribute at least 5,000 to the number in attendance and in the parade. Low railroad rates have been promised. If lodges and members are unable to secure sath factory rates at their local station they are requested to write Col. J. K. Hodine, Indianapolis, who will assist them from t aat point. W. H. Xteedy, P U. M., has been selected as Indiana marshal for the :25th, with full powers until that tine over all branches. Lodges and members are urged to place thfinselves in communication with liim as to the probable number from tin ir localities, or as to any other information which they may need. Provision has been made for tents for Indiana people who may desire the least possible expenditure on this trip, for particulars of which write to C. F. Harwood, Indianapolis. Odd Fellows are requested to urge the attendance of all people those who are not as well as those who are menbers - for this great occasion, and at tho same time mh the greatest exhibit of the productions ot man since his creation sever. years ago. SHOT HIS SISTER. Deed of Thoughtless Young M&n Who Had N't Notion of Murder. 1 Sunday afternoon William Shrader, a young man living a few miles south of ISatosville. picktd up a revolver which he supposed had nc load in it and, pointing it at his sister, a young woman, remarked in fun that be would shoot her. The revolver went off the ball striking Miss Shrader in the eye and ki ling her almost instantly. STOLE $5,000 IN GOLD.

A Daring TMif Makes Away With k Hank's Money. At noon, Monday, a daring thief at St. Paul, stole a bug containing 9o,000 in cold

j which was lying at the window of the rel eeiving teller of the first National Hank. An unknown man stepped up to the win

dow, seized t he bag, made off with In and escaped before any sort of pursuit could be organized. There is no truce of tho robin t.