Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 February 1885 — Page 9

PORTRAITS OF WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

fflxo Have lteen Prominently Before tlia Public, with Brief Biographies.

HBNBY H. TBLTJ®.

The election of the present secretary of the interior, Henry M. Teller, to represent the the state of Colorado in the coming United States senate, was not a surprise to those who know of his straightforward career as a public mas. Secretary Teller has been a resident of the state of Colorado since 1861, having moved there in that year from New York state, where he was born. He has been a conspicuous figure in Colorado enterprises was president of the Colorado Central railroad far five years prior to 1870. With his brother Willard he has built up a lucrative law practice In the city of Denver.

A Discouraged Journalist. [Drake's Traveler's Magazine]

last night I-was assigned to report afire over en the west aide, and I wrote it up in grand style, and made a half column article of it. I began it in this way: "Suddenly on the still night air rang the shrill cry of fire, and at the same moment the little licking tongue of flame, whose light play along the roof's edge had caught the eye of the midnight watcher, leaped forth, no longer playful, but fierce and aagry in its thirst and greed. Like glowing, snakey demons the lurid links entwined the doomed building in venomous hisses and spurts the flame* shot into the overhanging darkness, while frem every window and door poured a dense sulphurous smoke, the deadly suffocating breath of an imprisoned fiend." "I went on in that style for half a column," said the reporter, "and this is what showed Up In the paper this morning: Tat Sheeny's grocery was destroyed by fire last night. Loee tBSO uninsured'. ,v

Bo-elected Senator from Connecticut.

ORVTLLE H. PLATT.

OrvQe H. Piatt has, since 1855, when be was clerk of the Connecticut senate, been a conspicuous worker in the politics of the nutmeg state, having served in both houses of the legislature. He was secretary of the state in 1857. He was elected to succeed ffm. EL Barnum in the United States senate, taking his seat on March 18, 1870. He has recently been re-elected, his term of service expiring In 1891.

Work of the Socialists.

[Fliegende Blaetter.J

HOT Kreutzhuber is a member of the secret police. Being on his way home after midnight he observes on a street lamp a placard. Ha! these scoundrels of Socialisfp have posted a placard denouncing his majesty," said Kreutzhuber to himself. Being determined to destroy the placard, he painfully climbs up the lamp-post, and, having secured the treasonable document, he roads: Fresh Paint."

An Accommodating Blver.

[Boston Herald.]

The Mississippi, it is noticed, has a habit of and threatening the levee at about the time when the river and harbor bill is brought before Congress.

the

'Interstate Commerce Bill.

JOHN K. KBAGAX.

Jhdge Reagan, of Texas, realized the crowning ambition of his very eventful life in the passage of the interstate commerce bill •n which he has worked with zealous interest for many years W with which his name will long be identified. He was born in Tennessee in 1818. After receiving a partial collegiate education he Mowed to the republic of

Texas in 1889, and becam& deputy surveyor of public lands, which position he held until the annexation of Texas in 1845. He was a Member of the state legislature in 1847 and twice elected district court judge. He represented the state of Texas in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth congresses. Being elected to the secession convention of Texas in 1861, he was chosen a deputy to the provisional congress of the cofederacy, and later became the post* master general of the confederate government, serving until the dose of the War. In 1875 he was elected to the United States congress, and has served uninterruptedly since. Judge Reagan, though one of the oldest men in congress, ?''n ''""lv nnri hard worker.

The

Genesis of Nye.

[Somerset Reporter. 1 BILL NYE'S WINTKR RI&JRT, HUDSON, Wis., Dec. 31,1884.}

Editor Reporter, Skowhegan, Me.: A copy of The Reporter has been sent me recentlywith the following paragraph marked:

WHERE WAS "BILL" NTS BORN? Mitina has again and again proved that this is the place to raise men and women, and the crop by no means diminishes. Edgar W. Nye commonly known as "Bill," says he was born in Skowhegan in 1850. Who can tell us of his parentage!

As the item closes with a query, I will state for the benefit of the carious, that Bill Nye was born in Maine, in 1850, though not in Skowhegan. As near as I am able to learn from my parents, who happened to be present on that solemn occasion, 1 was born in the village of Shirley, in Piscataquis county.

My father's name was Franklin Nye, a man for whom 1 have always entertained the highest regard. Many is the time he has gone out of his way to do me a favor.

My mother's maiden name was Eliza M. Doling. These historical facts of course, are of no interest to the general public, but I write thus fully in order to relieve Skowhegan of an unjust imputation. If I ever said 1 wee born in Skowhegan I did not do so maliciously- It was a joke.

I would not write this letter were it not for my parents who are still living and in no way to blame. Whatever I may have been, 1 hope their names will not be in any way mixed up with it.

Wishing you a happy new year, and hoping that Mr. Blaine is doing as well as could be expected. I am sincerely yours,

EDGAB WILSON NYK (Bill Nye.,

President of Sorosis."^, -Y{ .•

"JENNY JUNE," MBS. J. 0. CBOLT.

The name of "Jenny June," otherwise Mm J. C. Croly, of New York, is known to man newspaper readers than that of any other w» man writer in this country. Practically she pioneered the way for woman in journalism. Some 80 years ago she wrote a note one day to aNew York editor, asking him why it was that of all the mass of matter which went into newspapers there was nothing printed of any particular interest to women, who omr statute half the race. The result was thai shortly after this the lady herself was engagei by the editor to write something for his paper that should be of interest to women. She begun the task, and has been at it ever since.

Jenny June is an indefatigable worker. Her weekly letters have made her writings familiar wherever newspapers are read. For years she contributed bekdes those a letter each Sunday to the New York World. She is the author of a number of excellent books. Moreover, she has been the associate editor of Demoresfg Monthly from the time the first copy appeared, 24 years ago. Not more than two or three newspaper men in the country have written as large a quantity of matter for the press as Mrs. Croly has done.

She is extremely popular among her own sex, and her sympathy with them amounts to enthusiasm. As an organizer, a predictor of the corps spirit among women, she is without an equal. She was the founder of the Sorosii club, and has been its honored president for many years. She originated the idea of the Woman's congress, since become so popular. Besides the literary gifts that have made her famous, she possesses a fine tact and klndli* ,ness of nature that are as rare as the other.

In personal appearance, Jenny June shows no trace of the life of labor she has led. Her rich brown hair, softly tinted complexion, and slender, erect figure, give her a look of eternal youthfulness. Her face is full of purity end sweetness. She is a native of Leicestershire, England, but came to America in childhood.

A Winter Proverb Illustrated.

There's many a slip 'twixt the pave

hip nowadays.

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The Current: The telephone may be the cause of the red h&los. Halo!—halo!—halo! A*

TERRE IIAUTE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARl 5, 1885.

CELEBRATED CHURCH EDIFICES.

Esterlor Front Views, with Somo UUf 2V, oetlag Fasts Concerning Them.

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TRnrrrrcroacn, row YOKE. The three most notable church edifices to the United States are probably Trinity church In New York city, and Plymouth and The Tabernacle- in Brooklyn. The first, besides being one of the most oathodraHlko and elegant structures in the country, ie the fropsrty of the richest churoh organisation, the income from its real estate being considerably ever half a million dollars per year. It it lituated at the head of Wall street, within a •tone's throw of the Stock Exchange. The offloes of Mr. Jay Gould, the late firm of Grant & Ward, Russell Saga, and the principal notabilities of Wall street look out upon the spacious graveyard surrounding it. The land on which Trinity stands, once the site of a Jesuit mission, was deeded together with a farm extending about a mile along the Hudson to it by the British government about 1700. During the revolution the church was closed for a time on account of-its clergy persisting in praying for the success of the king of England. The present gothic structure was erected in 1846. It is built of brown sandstone, the steeple rising 1S4 feet above the sidewalk. The principal feature of the grand interior is the marble altar, which was built to the memory of the late Wm. B. Istsr As the church was constructed to accommodate the beautiful ritual of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the space taken up by the chimcel and allowed fer aisles reduces the portion alloted to the pews, so that the mating capacity is net as great as the size at the interior would warrant.

FLTMOUTM OVUltCS, BKOOTXT*.

Plymouth church in Brooklyn, "the city ef churches," has long been famous as passaging in its paster one of the greatest orators of the country. It is a great attraction for both strangers and residents. The usual directions to a visiting stranger going frem New York to Plymouth church on Sunday is, to "go over to Brooklyn and follow the crowd." The church is a huge briok building of great architectural simplicity. It was built in 1849, two years after Mr. Beecher's assodar Hon with its congregation. The building is 105 feet in length, 80. feet In width, and 48 feet in height from floor to ceiling. It has a seating capacity of 2,300. In anti-slavery days and during the Kansas troubles it was the scene of many historically interesting meetings. In marked contrast with the otherwise plain interior is the immense organ, the largest of its kind, which cost $27,000. In the rear of the church Is a building that will accommodate ^rer 1,000 Sunday school children.

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THB TABERNACLE, BROOKLYN. Not far from Plymouth church is the Tabernacle, where the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage frequently gathers on Sunday an audience of nearly 5,000 people. The building is constructed after the plan of an fc&lf amphitheatre, the speaker's platform being in the centre, with the pews rising in semi-circles voundiL The news on tha floor will seat

9,600 persons, the gallery has a seating capacity of 1,800 and 500 mare oan be sm—modated on the steps in the aides. The tailAlag was built in 1878, at a oost of $147,Mt, and contains a $34,000organ. The popularity of Mi-. Talmage ie so gnat that an enlai^a* ment of the Tabernacle ie contemplated, po» •ibiy by the addition of a second gallary, which will complete the theatre-like appear ance of the interior.

BUI My* Visits Oenosw CNew fork Meroory.]

Christmas day we sighted land off Genoa, lei 41 deg. 21 mln. 18 sea north, long. $ deg. 64 min. 94 sec. east, strong southerly breeeeon our hind quarter lutted us up a little on the quarter deok and hauled us taut amidships. On the lee bow a light sea was breaking as a young landlubber from Corsica leaned athwart the taffralj and fed the hungry eea with little fragments of his breakfast. Off to the left lay Genoa, looking ae it did 400 years ago when Columbus was reluotantly born there. How times have changed in Genoa since Chris used to live there 1 Anyone would hardly remember the place except by its general appearance and the pietm* fortunately preserved in the geographies.

A railway connects Genoa with Turin. tried to get a pass over this read, but with only indifferent success. The rtvxl is run almoet exclusively by foreigners, and the employee are largely foreigners. Wherever 1 go in Europe I mees this great drawbaek and stumbhag-block t- •enjoyment. So I did net make the railway authorities understand about the pass, and after both arms bad been talked loose, I said it was no matter, I would sooner walk anyhow. Still I shall leave Italy with an unfriendly feeling toward this road and shall do all I can to turn travel ever other thoroughfare.

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tried to get a pass over this romd. Qonoa was founded two hundred yean b* faro Christ, and yet is not a very big town after all. If I $ould have two thousand yean in which to build a town and oeuldnt get up a bigger, better and cleaner town I would cease to bea townist and enter into soeneethe business by which to obtain a livelihood.

Genoa is mainly celebrated in history ton being the birthplace ef the man who discovered America and yet he wae not, strictly peeking, born in Genoa, and he did net diecover America. Such is life! Our heroes, our gods and our goddesses melt away under the terrible alchemy of ysazv, and history, that at first crowns the obscure with a irrsath of laurel, at lest tears down the name she has Worked for years to carve and lib the hangry maw of oblivion with the inanimate test. One after another heroes, discoverers, poeti and artists fade away. William Tail, Columbus, Shakespeare and many others have rrfferod again and again at the hands of the tarical vampire, and it would eean that none of us are absolutely safe The youngest ef us may yet live to learn that Lydla I. PMthan was not the author ef her own •egetaMs ceaspoundL Thus we live and labor fer half a century to perfect a halm that will knock the blind staggers higher than GUderej^s kita, and at last a vandal historian rein ns ef ear hard-won fame. I often wonder that we have as much courage and lofty ambition as we have.

History says that the early years of Genoa up to 1270 were stormy and tnpestaoue in the extreme, thagovwnment being Democratic inform, lien the Donocratn got out of "soap," and I Judge from general appearances that Genoa has nenr fully recovered the loss. A(esa^* campaign through Italy at the present time wouM be prodootivocf much good. It would mum up the Mediterranean pretty bad, however, fer a few week*, and change the rtth olive complexion ef the people.

The first dago was elected* in 1888. I do not know what the duties of a doge w«o, nor what salary he received, but am led taba lieve that the pay waegoodL

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ram Ud to believe the pay of a dege teas

Genba is a great plaoe for the building ct dMpe Elegant household furniture is mads hero also, such ee chairs, tables, cabinets and other articles of virtu. "Bo virtuous and you will be happy," is the motto of the Genoese. They believe JX having a motto whether they use it or not.

Ten years ago Genoa had a population of •bout 162,000, but I think there are mora hare now. I thought I counted more beggars than that, and there must have been at least few* hundred people there who were not idea* tifled with that industry. I hare always dona what I could in America to relieve want, but whn want sewr-ia to be the normal condition I allow nature to talcs bar oourse. The beggars of Italy glory in tfcair shame. They are glad that they thought of it instead of yieldmg to a weak and foolish temptatioa to fritter away their young lives in manual labor.

Thus they live long end do well, especially tf nature has bleosed them with a crooked leg a double hump on the back. To the Italian beggar a large *oluptooue tumor on a face ttat would stop a dock Is a honanm, and is the meet liberal in ita eontribu-

[Baspar'e tesar.]

'Venji you called him a dudoan'otiMr efltbete, an' he wantn you to give hack his totters an* his forty graft."

Why They Coaldat Igrso Ahest the Fiesiilier. [Sveiy 8atar4*y-J

Twaladiss entered a Fort street car one day recently and took ssats beside a lady well known to one of them. She gave her friend an introduction, and directly this one remarked: "I think I nw you at the street chnrch one Sunday, several weeks ago." "Yea," "You seemed to be as much disgusted with fee sermon as I was, for I eaw that you were terribly uneasy." "Yee," again. "Did you ever hear a worm preorhn- fra aE your lifer ••Well, "I never did, and I havsnt been then rince."

The conversation then rattled off- onsenu ether subject, and by and by the two ladiei get oft. "I wonder why she didnt agree with m« about that preacher^ queried the one whs had blastsd him.

MWhy,

how could yon aspect her tor ex

plained the other. "She's that minister's wifef"

ThaTi Where ho Made the Itletalra. (Itom Stuff and Ni Chae. Sortbuer's SoneJ

Ibie gentleman made a display Of hie talented parrot one day, It bites others," said he,

But it never bttm me,"

BuMhe tdrd, alasi gave him away.

ko Kayt Her littfe Brother Quiet. ECtoeiaaaM

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Minnie," eaid a m#ther to her 4-year-

«M daughter, "I want you to play with your Bttia fcrather when I am down town. If ho wants to play with your toys you mustn't ®rv.f'

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the le^y returned the little girl 1

her end said: *Wbs ion he gial^ed my dfchee I didnt cry." "Ton didnt! Why, you area good little 0rL*

Tossum, an' «hsn ha grabbed my doll I 4Mat ery eiroR," "Tou didntf' JZ .v'* ... fefis -•What did /ou aa^i" t'Nuffin', but I knocked fafcn down wtt the Uttie chair."

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A Slnoeuvo* v?:' (PhiladelphiaCSalL] 'M*

Brownl Struck a job yetf*

"Yes Iha collecting."

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What are you ooUecttingr

"My thoughts." 4You were always a lucky flogf "Where's the ludk nowf "In striking so easy a Job. Morning.*

It Makee a XMAorisnoe. [Baa fVeneisee Chronicla] sgii

"Haw much did you say thia waaf "1 dollar and a half." "That's a big price, isn*t itf* ^7 "Oh, no, I assure you the drags ara rtrj ooetly." "But I am a druggist myself.'' "Oh, you are. Well—of court*—15 csntk"

Texaf 8iftings: Abcflinthoifntis wdMh 3

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Thev Abt By ITe

"Are you on friendly terms with flatty Jonsef" "No, I ara not intimate with him, tpt wowere thrown into each other's society a great deal at the skating rink."

Not Suited Klther Way* [Kentucky State Journal.]

"See here, Robinson, I hear that you an flirting with my wifef "Flirting with your wiftel- I am neither flirting with her nor want to do ea I dant like her well enough for that." "You don't? I'd like to know why you don't. She's just as nice a woman as there is in town, and you've got to like her just as well as any other woman or FIT know why, and dent you forgot it."

Ae angry husband then walked away, swearing vengeance because Mr. Robinson didnt like his wifa Soma men cant bo pleased any way.

The Infhntlle Match-Maker. [New York Mercury.] "Gee evening, Tommy. Is your Clarissa at homer "Yes, sir she's out in the kitchen popping earn for you." "Popping corn for met Why, how very thoughtful! I like pop-corn very much." "Yee, sir.. She said she was go'ng to put a pan of pop-corn under your nose, and if you didnt take the hint she'd give you the shake."

Something beeidee oornwae popped thai evening. Winter Spoite In [Life.] llPffi

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TOBOGGAmroro.

Depending en Hie Mean Neighbor, j:,

[Detroit

Free

Frees.]

"There are some awfully mean men in thia city, and don't you forget itj" he said, as be get a fresh brace for his back against fhtt dead walL "Anybody been swindling mf "Amounts to the same thing. Ike mmi next dew to me didnt lodk out for his water pipes when the cold snap came on, and the result was a freeeo-up which has lasted two I weeka." -,f "But hew does that affect your "Atfect met Why, our water wae shut off (or non-payment of taxes, and wo were de-! pending-MI him."

The Day After His Birthday. [Philadelphia Ca)'

lie day after: Parson—"You exct goods ia

the

way «.f barter sometimes, I sup-1

poea" rchant—"Take trade for them! O, yee very often." •i "Well, I would like a ham and soma po tatoee and flour." I "All right, sir. What do you want to trade for them?" "Ninety-five pain of slippers." f. t'4

Wrrairtwg the law and lee at the

Timm.

[La Carrioaturo.]

The

place to

Yournamef Yes, but vf-v-Not a word! It is forbidden to bathe in this lake, and I am not hers to listen to extenuating circumstances.

Sit When

Married.

[New York Mercury.]

A countryman and bis bride applied at the box office for tickets. "Orchestra chairs, parquette or family drde I" asked the ticket seller.

Which'll it be, Mariar f" said the

groom.

Well," she replied, with a blush, beln' how we're married now,

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itVould

bo pn^ta &r to set in the family drcla"