Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 March 1885 — Page 9

NOTABLE PORTRAITS

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OF MEN MADE PROMINENT BY CURRENT EVENTS,

The New Commissioner of Ftmionii rnil «tent Cleveland's law Partner and the Notorious Adventurer of the Soudan.

JOHN C. BLACK.

The first act of Mr. Lamar as secretary of the interior was the appointment of Gen. John C. Black of Danville, Illinois, to the commissionership of pensions. Gen. Black is a noted lawyer in the West, and served during the war with the 87th Illinois Regiment He has been prominent in Illinois politics, having been the Democratic candidate for lieutenantgovernor in 1872. In 1879 he was a candidate for the United States Senate in opposition to Gen. John A. Logan. The position to which he is called has been vacant for several months.

The Danger of Good Looks* ijise [Bill Nye.]

As a general thing, great men are not beautiful. The pretty young man has really but one avenue open to him in the world's great race. If he cannot mash a tough old heiress, whose father has got the pip, he has very little chance in the mighty struggle of life.

If my son should show any signs of great physical beauty, having taken them from his mother's side of the house, I would immediately hump my back ready to bear a great burden for, judging from the world's history, his father-in-law and I would have to take a turnabout in maintaining the young man and his cumulative family.

The Adventurer who Directs the Mahdi.

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OLIVIER PACT.

Nine years ago there was in New York city a young man who has since proved himself oae of the foremost adventurers of our time. Hs was a refugee Frenchman and had been an actor in the communist revolt in Paris in 1871. For this he was sentenced to the penal colony of New Caledonia, but escaped from there in company with Rochefort and shortly after appeared in New York. He then dropped out of sight until the Turco Russian war. We again hear of him as private secretary to Osman Pasha at the siege of Plevna. When Plevna fell ho was captured by the Russians and offered to the French government The latter refused to protect him on account of his having been an escaped convict, and left him to his fate, so he was condemned to death as a spy. Somehow the sentence was not executed, for he next turns up in Paris under the amnesty of 1880. Here ho soon won distinction as a journalist, but npiin disappears, until it is now known that he is the mysterious "Irishman" who has so successfully guided the Mahdi in resisting the British in the Soudan, resulting in the loss of Gordon Khartoum.

President Cleveland's Law Partner.

WIL80IC & BISSELL.

Wilson S. Bissell weighs 220 pounds. He also wears a 7% hat, which, it is unnecessary to say, covers a large head in more senses than one. He has been on intimate terms with Cleveland for 20 years. He is a lawyer of high standing at the bar in western New York and was Cleveland's former law partner. He is a graduate of Yale college, and before his marriage was one of that coterie of "bachelors'" of whom so much was written about dur.ng the campaign.

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Where the President and W-e-Presiil ent First saw the Light.

WHERE PRESIDENT CLEVELAND WAS BORN. The birthplace of Mr. Cleveland is the first house that is seen in the little village of Caldwell, N.^J., approaching from Montclair, and is situated on the left hand side of the rood. For years the old-fashioned house, with its quaint gable ends and ivy-covered porch, has only attracted the attention of the villagers as the parsonage of the First Presbyterian church, but lately it has become of more interest. Mr. Berry, the present pastor, recently gave the following interesting account of the place: "This," he says, "is the house in which Mr. Cleveland was born. It was first occupied by Stephen Grover, a former pastor of the church. In 1844 Mr. Grover resigned the pastorate «nrl Richard F. Cleveland was called on May 13 of the same year. Mr. Cleveland had many children, one of whom, William N., became a minister and went to Long Island. In the old church baptismal record we find the record of the birth and baptizing of the Democratic nominee, which reads as follows: 'StephenGrover Cleveland, baptized July 1,1837 born March 18,1837.' "During his six years' pastorate," continued Mr. Berry, "Mr. Cleveland's father had a child baptized every year." The room the President was born in is now used as a library. It is about fifteen feet square, with two windows and a low ceiling.

THE BIRTHPLACE OF THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. Our illustration shows th9 birthplace of Vice-President Hendricks, which, until recently, stood on the Michigan turnpike near the town of Zanesville, Muskingum county, O. It was built of hewn logs by the father of Thojnas A., who combined the pursuits of tanner and farmer. When young Tom was a boy his father erected a story and a half brio' building a little north of this hewn log structure, »nd Tom drove the oxen for the transportation of the necessary material. The lad led the life of a farmer's boy, as his father soon abandoned the tanning business. It was around this frontier house that young Hendricks worked in the summer, but developing more aptitude for study than soil tilling, his father allowed him to attend a distant village school in winter. \j, -1

America Still Ahead. I [Daily Graphic.] c•••:«$

If-Christ-had-not-died-f or thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Dobbins was the name of a man in England in the days of the Roundheads, but Dorchester county, Md., presents two names almost as odd. The owners of the names still live near Cambridge, on the Choptank. They are "Julia Jane Augusta Dominica Rustis Ro Bo Bustis Jack" and "John Henry Land Runner Runout and Surveyor Bandanna Beaver Dam Rendezvous God Bless Busticue." j* 'j-?1

The Aggression of the Russian Bear.::v'

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MAP OF TERRITORY ABSORBED BY RUSSIA. The above map shows clearly the sections of country that Russia has at different times assumed control of in her southward march into Asia toward the frontier of India. It will be seen that the situation revealed by recent telegrams, and which excites so much anxiety at London and Calcutta, is the in evitable outcome of a deliberately planneo and firmly prosecuted movement. In 1836 it will be seen the largest sections of territory was annexed, and the subsequent accessions in 1863-'67-'74-'76-,81 and '84 grow smaller as the danger of alarming the British lion increases. It is evident that Russia is endeavoring to obtain an outlet to the Arabian sea, and taking advantage of England's present complications in Egypt has been quietly strengthening the acquisitions obtained up to this time with the intention oi mnlring a bold dash through Afghanistan when the opportunity should present itself.

The boundary line of India, tog ther with the location of all the strategic points .with

U"'.V TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. MARCH 19. 1885.

vhe names of which the public are likely to become familiar in the coming conflict, are distinctly marked on this map, which should be kept for reference. South of the city oi Penjdheh is a dotted line showing the boundary line between Russia and Afghanistan, which is now in dispute. At present the Russian forces, with their advanced bases oi supplies at Merv and Sarakhs, are, while tlie British Foreign OffiQe is amused with negotiations only intended to gain time, being steadily pushed onward by two distinct routes, which converge at Herat. ..

PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPHS* How the Presidents of the United States Signed their Names.

We reproduce below in fac simile the signatures of all the presidents. They are taken from historical documents in the possession of Mr. Ed. W. Bok, of Brooklyn, N. Y.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

What firmness and dignity is expressed in the signature of Washington. His writing, like everything else he did, was executed with rare deliberateness and ability.

JOHN ADAMS.

The above autogragh is taken from a letter of John Adams while he was vice-president, He was precise and methodical in his letters, ai he was shrewd and sagacious in business.

THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Thomas Jefferson's hand was just such a one as a young man acquires in college, where little attention is usually paid to penmanship. His signature was graceful and dignified compared to his other writing.

JAMES MADISON.

Madison was another college graduate, bat his "fist" was firm and plain,

JAMES MONROE.

Monroe was a busy man and did not wastt much time on his autograph.

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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

John Quincy Adams' cbirography was as graceful and formal as copper-plate script.

ANDREW JACKSON.

Andrew Jackson subscribed himself as if "By the Eternal," he meant it. He bore sc hard on the paper as to force the ink through. a f,

MARTIN VAN BlfrtEN.

The above signature of Martin Van Buren's was written a few months before his death, in 1862, at the age of 80.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

Harrison wrote in a cramped, ungainly hand. His education had been neglected, for at the age of 19 be was engaged in an Indian

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JOHN TYLER.

Tyler wrote but little, and judging from his autograph it was hard work to accomplish that which he did.

JAMES K. FOLK.

Jgmes Knox Polk considered that a few characteristic flourishes would add impressiveness to his signature.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Honest and homeliness characterized the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. He wasted little time on his signature.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Painfully labored was Johnson's penmanship. For a man who was apprenticed to a tailor at the age of 10 it is all that could be expected.

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Gen. Grant writes in a bold, firm, decisive, rapid way. As a boy he wrote it U. H. Grant

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

Ruthei-ft. .-d's pen make tracks over tae paper. He is saving of both ink and paper.

JAMES A. GARFIELD.

A clear, bold, business-like writer was Garfield. He was a rapid writer, attending personally to much of the voluminous correspondence which accompanied his busy life.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

Ex-President Arthur writes rapidly. From the start to the of his signature his pen never lets go of the paper even to cross the "to"

GROVER CLEVELAND.

Ifce President's manuscript is positively painful to decipher. The style is sharp and incisive. He writes with lightning rapidity and with little '**?ard for the reader.

He Knew Bis Father. [Xcw York Times.l

"Now, Johnnie," said the teacher, "if your father borrows $100 and promises to pay $10 a week, how much will he owe in seven weeks?" "One hundred dollars," said Johnnie. "Fm afraid you don't know your lesson very well," remarked the teacher. "I may not know my lesson very well," Johnnie frankly acknowledged, "but I know my father."

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ftMss ZACHARY TAYLOR. fefE" Stern and bold like its author is the chirography of Zachary Taylor.

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'Si-2 MILLARD FILLMORE. One year before his death in 1874 ex-Presi-dent Fillmore indited the above. He was born in 1800, so that his hand had lost much of its early grace.

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FRANKLIN PIERCE.

Pierce-wrote in an old-fashioned, dignified way. He did not spare paper. He would scrawl a few words over a whole sheet.

JAMES BUCHANAN.

Staid and formal was the writing of bachelor Buchanan. y, '\-A 'afc, £S'

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Inauguration Vail Costume*. [Puck. We take great pleasure in presenting to oar readers a few brief but graphic pen and pencil sketches of the beauties of the ball, as well as of the toilet? that have contributed to make the inaugural festivities of the 4th of March, 1885, so distinguished a success.

Among so many beautiful and exquisitely dressed ladies it were perhaps invidious to make a choice for first place but it seems to be an indisputable fact that the most imposing representative of American loveliness present at the boll was

MI& FAIRY BUTTS.

Miss Fairy is the youngest daughter of Mr. Galahad Butts, of Butts & Bacon, the worldrenowned pork packets. A beautiful and stately presence of some twenty summers, Mias Fairy swept through the hall attired in a lovely costume of crepe de chine, cut bouffant and trimmed with garniture ^aux saucissons. A demi-train of surah silk, with passementerie a la bazam, completed an inspiration of Worth which we believe has not been surpassed in many years.

MISS CINDERELLA HUFNAGEL. MiHufnagel, although but 16 years oi age, is considered the reigning belle of a western city. Her petite form and coy, piquant face elicited much favorable .comment from the beholders. She was radiantly beautiful, last evening, in a pink bombe a sine, with elephant's breath corsage, finished in hdvre de grdce silk. But the most striking port of her toilette was her refined and elegant

chuussure. Her slippers, of polished hippopotamus skin, beautifully set off a pair oi polka-dot stockings, au rez de chaussie. Hei hands, of snowy whiteness, were encased ir undressed kids. Report differs as to the number, but it is thought that four kids died to hide those beautiful hands.

Culture contributed her quota to the ele wnm of the ball in the persons of the two

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MISSES CANTON-FANEUIL,

Like the scratches of his favorite hens doer The last representative of the Canton-Faueujl '3*1 'f* \r *rs

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tamily. These two scidtis of New England'! proudest society were arrayed exactly alike, in robes of aesthetic design, of the neo-pagau renaissance. The design included sleeves bouffant to the elbow, a square corsage, and a Russian jabotiere, of the style worn by Princess Kumoff de Rouf at the installation of the present czar.

Scarcely less beautiful and striking, howaver was the exquisite toilet of

MISS ZENOBIA DE WAIBAGQUK. Miss Zenobia is universally admitted to be one of the brightest belles in the "Rockies*" glorious galaxy. Of slighter proportions than Miss Butts, Miss Zenobia yet boasts a figure of aristocratic elegance and unsurpassable grace. Her dress was of a sweet and effective simplicity: a plain Astrakhan satin, fitting closely to the waist, and thence falling in pure Greek folds to a border of three-ply foulard, shirred with empressement. Nothing could have been simpler or more pleasing to the eye. A few plumes of the philaloo bird nestled in her raven hair.

A Father Who is Funny when They Have Company. (BUI Nye.] "Children and fools tell the truth," I have heard, and certainly children have a faculty of working the truth in at the wrong time. Truth is a good thing—in its place. But the great harm comes from using it at an inopportune time. I am the only and original father of one of the class of children who are loquacious and truthful in away that makes the parent heart bleed sometimes. If this little incident did not happen to make me its victim I would scorn to tell it, for people ought not to make themselves or their chil dren too conspicuously smart in print

Guests were invited to dinner, and while in my baronial hall the welkin ra_ and the cold baked bean was passed around amid joyous laughter, and witty remarks rang out on the warm air—while gorgeous flagons and glittering cut glass and silver of a neighbor shone resplendent beneath the mellow light of the chandelier and candelabra, the humble writer of these lines, as the host, would ever and anon malm a brilliant remark, which would be received with wild and tumultuous applause.

A few weeks ago, on an occasion of this kind, a cousin of mine, a young lawyer connected with the Omaha road, a young man of good parts, and whose business it is to stand between the Omaha road and substantial justice, at so much a year and traveling expenses, was present

TTOfttS' The interview with Bessie after dinner. I had just said something smart to keep the company good-natured while I asked a young lady at the other end of the table to please return the duck which I had inadvertently presented to her with the carvingfork stuck in it. Everyone was laughing joyously, and trying to conceal it by putting their napkins in their mouths, when my cousin turned to my little daughter and said: "Bessie, haven't you got a funny papa, though?" "Yes, indeed," said the ungrateful, unfilial and irreverent heir-apparent to a great name. "You better believe he's funny when we have company."

And yet people wonder why I am not th« same genial host that I used to be, and why the children do not eat at the first table, and why there is a sound of kicking against the door of an adjoining room, and the occasional wail of a hungry child as the meal progresses.

Eli Perkins once told me that he was teaching his little girl to tell the truth. I asked him who he employed to attend to the irksome task, and whether he was not rash tc take up a branch of the science for whic° there was getting to be so little use.

It is said that truth is mighty and will prevail. It is certainly mighty in the mouth ol a child. Still, we may always expect more or less of it from children, until they get to moving in good sof'/bty and learn better.

In the "bill" of a musquito there are fire distinct surgical instruments. These ase described as a lance, two neat saws, a suction puinp and a small Corliss engine

For Low Comedy. [Pall Mall Gazette.]

-v^ A low comedian needs no physical charms —indeed, they would rather clog his progress in his profession. A snub nose and a wide mouth is often worth a fortune to a

Warping the Dade. [Life.]

Unfeeling boy: Bettea come away from the fire. Augustus St. John Browne: Aw? Why? Unfeeling boy: It's warpin' you all out of shape.

A fcodel Youth.'

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There was a young man in Montclair ••v Who said Pve that freedom from care, (Let it be understood),

Comes to only the good, For I neither smoke, drink, chew nor swear.

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"What are you shouting for, my son?" "I am hooraying for the English. Glorious victory! Lots of Arabs killed!" "My son, if a burglar were to enter the house, and I met him on the stairs and we should have a desperate struggle, would you stand on the landing and shout for joy every time he knocked me down?"

Why, no! Of course I shouldn't!"

"You would feel sorry, wouldn't you?" "Yes, and mad." "Well, that's just the way the little Arab feel." ".^Accomodations for Visitors.

The preparations to witness the inauguration parade in Washington, D. C.

Boston Post: When a man stays down at his office until midnight trying so strike a balance he generally loses it before he ggfel home.

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Recaptured. [New York Sun.]

Mistress (to applicant for service): "How many nights out a weekP' Applicant:

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out" Mistress: ''Will you have many friends to see you?"

Applicant:' "Nat wan, mum. Oi have no friends." Mistress: "What wages will you expect?"

Applicant: "Oi'll'lave that tb ye, mum." Mistress: "What kind of housework are yoa trilling to do?"

Applicant: "Oi'm will in' to wash an' airun an' cook an' scrub an' clane windys an' wait on table an' taike care o' childer an' carry iu coal an' build faires—" (Here aloud ringing was heard at the door, and the keeper of an asylum rushed in and secured the lunatic.),

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