Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 April 1887 — Page 9

LORD LANSDOWNE.

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Bidesn Botuo, tbe OfBoial Kesidenett Lady Lamdoirne and Her Popularity Among the People of Caiiuda—Some

Interesting lstid«otii %*{Ut One bright day a winter or two ago a party of skaters was on its way to McKay's lake, near Ottawa, Oat. A carter who was traveling the same road was observed to be cruelly ill treating a horse which was attached to a heavy load of wood.. One of the party at once remonstrated with the man, who, seeing that the stranger who bad dared to tell him how to treat bia horse was of small stature, went all the more fiercely to work with his whip, and it was only with considerable difficulty that he was finally made to desist After returning from his skating the little man at once sent word to the secretary of the society for the prevention of crw.lty to animals of what had happened, and infermed him that he would, if necessary, go into the witness box and give evidence against the horse beater. It would toave been a novel sight jto see the governor i^general of Canada in the witness box, \for the gentleman 'who so humanely interfered was none jotber than the ^Marquis of Lansdowne.

The Right Hdh. Charles Keith Fitz :Maurice was the ?eldest son of the fourth Marquis of

Lansdowne, K. G., and was born in Ireland in 1845. He was educated at Eaton and at

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Balliol college, Oxford. Leaving college, lie joined the militia, and after serving for a year was made captain of the Wilts Yeomanry cavalry, ile succeeded his father in the marquisato and other titles in I860. In the same year he was elected to parliament, and in 1868 was made lord of the treasury, which position he held uutil 1873, when he was selected as under secretary for war under the Gladstone ministry.

He was appointed under secretary for India when Mr. Gladstone took office again in 1880, but retired two months afterward, owing to a disagreement with thn government on the subject of the compensation for disturbance (Ireland) bill. In 168:} the queen approved of his appointment as governor general of Canada, and be at once came to succeed the Marquis of Lome, who retired in October of that year. Lord Lansdowna is A magistrate for Wiltshire and Oounty Kerry, Ireland. In appearance hir ia

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light build and oompteadon. He is of a somewhat retiring disposition, and has not entertained as irrueh as his predecessors, Lord. Dufferin and the Marquis of Lome. Ho lias made persona) visits to the outlying posts, and whenever be appears at an Indian reservation is expected to go through that terrible ordeal, the grand powwow. On one of these visits he was told by an old Indian chief that "grab,* or rather the want of it, was the chief sovce of trouble between Indians and whites as long as they received plenty to oat they wooM ,be satisfied.

On the matter of his Irish estates, Lord Lansdowne recently said: "I ara anxiona for a settlement «f the disputed reat ques-s tion, but I will no# pay the costs so far incurred. The reduction asked for in Queens county, and in Kerry I will willingly grant the tenants will pay the costs." The marquis was married in 1K60 to Lad Maud Evelyn Hamilton, youngest daughter of the first Duke of Abepcom. Lady Lans-V'^ downe is a woman of good appearance.

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but quiet and* unassuming. She ia a bright conversationalist and delights in story telling. Sbo is very popular with the young people with whom she associates, and givea many parties for Mieir amusement. She is a great reader, and indulges in few novels, but delights in Spencer, Oarlyle aud Darwin. She believes in manhood suffrage aud the equality of the sexes.

But she is said to be tired of living in Canada and longs for her old home. She has two children, both boys to whom she is deeply devoted, and often expresses her only wish to be that sho may live to see them grown up good men, who will be of use as well as ornament to society.

Rideau hall, the residence of the governor general, is situated about two miles from the government buildings at New Edinburgh, a ward of the city, on the right bank of the Rideau river. The main portion of the building was originally a private residence, and was bought by the government, together with about 1500 acres of land, in 1S52. When Lord Dufferin came he found the establishment much too small and added a large ball room and tennis court. Hie advent of tiie Marquis at Lorne and her royal highness the Princess Lvoise called for many changes, particularly ia the Interior. As might natur-

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ally be expected, under the supervision of me princess, and in many cases the result of her own work, severs! rooms were decorated fn a manner that illustrates the best type of dcco-

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anywhere. In the summer the grounds a: beautifully laid out by the skilled hands of an artistic gardener, and the park, (crest and yard are scenes which can only lie iully appreciated by those who have seeu tlwuk 3"*

REV, ALFRED LEE.

Death or the Senior 12i»ittcopal Bishop of tlie United States. In the death of Rev. Alfred Lee, D. D., S. T. D. aud LL. D., who died at Wilmington, Del., lately, the Protestant Episcopal church iu America loses one of its old time laborers aud organizers. For forty-six years, lacking a few mouths, he was a bishop of the church nor did he cease his work till seventy years of life had brought him to his last sickuesi. Alfred Lee was a son of John Lee, sea captain, of Cambridge, Mass., and was born in that place Sept. 9,1807. He was graduated .from H£U"vard at the age of 20, entered at once upon the study of. law, and three years after, in 1830, was admitted to the bar and began practice in Norwich, Conn. But his mind was spoil turned to the ministry and to theological studies, and iu 1833 he il)h.i.doned the law and entered the Theologial seminary of

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radon of the time. The hall is a puzzling piece of architecture, on which over $400,000 has been expended. In winter,during the searion of the bouses of parliament, the scenes witnessed when skating or tobogganing are indulged in nraid the splendor of illuminatiOB, when bonfires, Chinese lanterns and colored lighter throw their weird shadows across the snow, revealing a vast throng of pleasure seekers dressed in fancy costume and all seemingly supremely happy, are not to be surpassed "S^Earliest and Its Latest President—Some

New York, from which institution he was graduated iu 1837. On the 13th of June, that year, he was orvdainedapriest and after a brief pastorate at Foquetan-

nock, Conn., became rector at Calvary church, Rockdale, Pa., where ho remained till made a bishop. In the meantime his learnmg and ability had

REV. ALFRED LEK been recognized by Trinity college, Hartford, which conferred on him the title of S. T. D. in 1841. Hobart college gave him the same degree during the samdyear.

On the 12th of OctobSF, 1841, he was consecrated the first bishop of Delaware, the ceremony taking place in St. Paul's chapel, New York, the following dignitaries officiating: Bishops A V. Griswold, of New York R. C. Moore, of Virginia Philander Chase, of Illinois T. C. Brownell, of Connecticut H. U. Onderdonk. of Pennsylvania, and C. P. Sfcllvaine, of Ohio. In the state of the church as it then was, however, he acted for some time thereafter as. rector of St. Andrew's church, Wilmington. He now devoted .much of his time to ecclesiastical studies and writing, and between 1853 and 1857 published a "Life of the Apostle Peter, in a Series of Practical Discourses," a "Life of St. John," a "Treatise on Baptism," a "Memoir of Miss Susan Allibone," and "The Harbingers of Christ.." After 1860 he took very high rank among Biblical scholars, was one of the American committee on the revision ("New Translation") of the New Testament issued in 1881, aud had a high reputation as a Greek and Hebrew scholar. His article on the Pentateuch in the Church Cyclopedia takes rank as a standard authority. During the years ho was engaged in these labors ho was steadily advancing in the episcopacy, and the death of the Right Rev. Benjamin Boswortb. Smith, bishop of Kentucky, made Bishop Lee senior member of the American Episcopal clergy, and therefore presiding bishop, to which dignity he was advanced May 31, 1884. During his entire episcopacy ho was acting, in the intervals of other "duty, as rector of St Andrew's church at Wilmington, and his homo was in that city. He was extremely active in his duties, and nearly all the present Episcopal churches in Delaware were consecrated by him. Intho characterization of later days, he was a low church evangelical, and bis preaching was simple, practical and eloquent. Ho was a conspicuous leader of that evangelical party which boasts the talents of Griswold, White, Mcllvaine and the elder Tyng. But as bishop he did uot seek to force on the clergy of his diocese his own low church views, and it it said that a majority of them are now high church men. The bishop had beeu a widower ten years before his death, and leaves one daughter and two sons. His successor as senior, and therefore presiding bishop, is the venerable Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, who w,. crated in 1851. *,_* -4^-*

A Caution to Subjects. a

Hypnotism, which just now threatifr* to be a mania of science, illustrates in an extreme manner this general susceptibility. Some persons are found in any community who make good "subjects." But the result is a gradual and steady destruction of their physical and moral independence. No one who values himself mid self powers ever should allow himself to be operated on, "magnetized, "mesmerised," "hypnotized" or whatever name may be given the operation. Faith healing is frequently an abnormal influence over our wills, I do not, however, see that we can deny, or should wish to overlook, the power which our own wills may be roused to exercise over our physical ailmentR. Every physician in his ordinary practice finds much of his success depends on encour^ aging his patients to will to throw off disease. —M« Maurice, M. D., in Globe-Democrat.

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A friend writing from Boston relates the following anecdote, told her by a head master of one of the schools in that city, as illustrative of the bold that a well known daily paper has upon the popular mind: "The recitation was in ancient history. The pupil was expatiating upon the topic of the Olympic games. 'A great many people went to see them,' she said, 'because it was put in the paper when they were coming off.' 'The paper!' exclaimed the teacher. 'Did they have newspapers in thoee daysf 'Why, yes,' was tho reply, 'it says so in the boot, anyway it says The Herald proclaimed them.' '"—Open Court.

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TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28,1887.—TWO PARTS —PART SECONDS

COLUMBIA COLLEGE.

N£W YORK CITY'S HUNDRED YEAR OLD SCHOOL. isn, mt ifmm

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of Itk Buildings. The stirring scenes aftf eloq1#Tifc addresses at the centennial celebration of Columbia college, New York city, just past, would have but a local interest if Columbia itself were not much more than a local institution. But in its origin and history, still more iu its graduates, it is national the history of its development is an epitome of the progress of thought in the United States, and among its first graduates were such men as John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, whose talents have left a permanent impress upon the constitution, finances and political development of tho United States* The centennial of such an institution, therefore, is matter of national interest and right well did the representatives of all sections of the nation join to give eclat to the occasion. The old college boasts talent enough among its graduates to adorn any department of thought, and in the addrees of Hon. Stewart L. Woodraff, of the graduating class of 1854, and the oration of Frederic R. Coudert, of the class of 1850, facts were set forth to make every Columbian proud of his alma mater.

Columbia college is tho democratic-repub-lican offspring of the old Kings college, which began as a plan and an idea in 1703 and took form as a college in 1754, On the 17th of July, that year, in the vestry room of Trinity church, the first eight students of the institution first gathered to hear the instruction of the first president, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Tho next year the corner stone of tho college building was laid, and thence to the time of the American revolution the growth of the institution was slow and steady. In 1775 only 100 students had been educated in

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the college, but among them was Alexander Hamilton, who only left the halls of learning to throw himself with all fervor into the revolution and leave ft strong and an -abiding influence updnrtbe dtmraeter aadtJeS^ tiny of ottf government. On tho 10th of

May, 1775, a patriotic mob very suddenly broke the connection' between Kings college and King George III invaded the dwelling of the president. Dr. Co6per, to fiud that the venerable Tory had fled to the British shipping in the harbor, and soon after the building was converted into a military hospital. In 1784 its character as a college revived and its title was changed to Columbia, and in 1787 the reorganization was completed. It is that event which has just been centennially celebrated, and a pleasing coincidence was that the reorganized, patriotic and American collego began its cireer under tho presidency of Dr. William Samuel Johnson, son of the first president of the old Kings college.' The development of Columbia college since then has kept pace with that of the city and the nation.

On Wednesday, April 13, 1887, an immense number of graduates and invited guests assembled, and aloud call for the representative of the oldest class present showed that that honor belonged to Thomas VV. Christie, of the class of 1828. But a little later in the day the venerable C. R. Dissaway, of '30, put in an appearance, and after him, Dr. John D. Ogden, of '23, and Dr. F. M. Kip, of *20. Following these were Francis Towns and John-L. O'Sullivan, of '31, J. W. C. Leveridge and W. H. Wilson, of '35, and thereafter representatives of every year's graduating class, among them Mayor Abrotn S. Hewitt, of '42, and John Jay, of '46. More than 3,009 graduates and students joined in the morning parade, bearing tho college standard of blue and white. As the parade formed'on Fourth avenue, there were many amusing and some pathetic scenes, as the "boys" of anywhere from 1820 to 1860 met and call each other by the familiar college names. It was, "Hello, Jim," and "God bless

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ilent of the' college since 1804. The growth as each new department was added and a real university built up, was ably told, down to the present time, when there are fifty-one active professors in arts, mines, law, political science and. medicine thirty-one officials in the library staff, and instructors in other branches, making the total, with assistants, ninety-five, with nearly 1,500 students. This summary by Mr. Coudert may give an idea of Columbia's honors: "In every walk of life her graduates have done their country good service, from the day when John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and De Witt Clinton occupied the highest positions in the councils of the nation. One alumnus was mayor of New York 100 years ago another is mayor to-day. The chief adviser of the city, the attorney for the people, the president of the board of aldermen, judges on tbe bench, members of the legislature aud of congress—in ull positions we find Colombia1d graduates respected public servants." :jw „r

GOVERNOR OF RHODE TsLANbV**

Bop. John W. Davis, Who Was llecentlg •mi Elected. Hon. John W. Davis, recently elected govern*** vf Ruuuv Island, is "a self made man." He is a native of lieboboth, Mass., but settled in Providence, R. I., in 1844. In 1850 he went into business there in the grain trade, and has remained ever since. Not only has be made a success in business for himself, but has assisted two brothers and two nephews to master tbe same business and setup for themselves. Darius B. Davis, one of these brothers, was elected to the general assembly a few years ago from Pawtucket, and whenPfJS one of his fellow? citizens at the capital was asked, "What Democratic Davis is that who

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snowed thatWfuiy mutual friends' of college days bad not met since graduating. The classes below 1800 were remarkably well represented, and as the procession started they took up the old song:

In Heaven above, where all is love, The Faculty won't be there. The centennial of such an institution was appropriately made the occasion for a review of college, city and nation from Dr. Johnsou, io 17S7. to Dr. Frwlfiriclt A_ P. Barnard, Dres-

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day?" be replied, with some point and more truth, "Well, he's a pretty successful sort of a Davis." As tho first Democrat elected governor of Rhode Island for thirty years, Hon. Jolin W. Davis now llllt* a tolerably large 6paco in the public view.

He is first a business man and second a politician in the first line, energetic and scrupulously honest iu the second, always a Democrat. He served on the Democratic committee of Providence before the war, and occasionally on the state committee since. Ton years ago he moved his residence to Pawtucket, but continued his business in Providence so when ho was elected councilman in tbe former place, in 1877, the que.-tion was raised whether he was a citizen. He was elected president of the town council, aud won high honors in that position, but the next .yew: Republican jjjajoritjr reasserted itself and Mr. Davis Was defeated. It is remarked that as a candidate he has always ruu ahead of his ticket. In 1884 he was Democratic candidate for state senator, lmt was defeated in 1885, however, he was elected to that office, and largely upon bis advocacy of the ten hour law for women and children. In May that year he was again elected to the town council, of which he was chosen president but there was a disagreement in that body again and be resigned, to the loss of his popularity for a time. But in 1880 he was again elected state senator, receiving 1,406 votes to 1,885 for Frank M. Bates, Republican candidate, though the rest of the Republican ticket was elected. In the senate lie took a very active part in arranging the details of tbe liquor law. Last October President Cleveland appointed Mr. Davis appraiser of foreign merchandise for the district of Providence, which office he was filling when elected governor. ".'

Now, What Blake# You Say That? How is it that when a friend of shows you anew watch you invariably open the cases and examine tbe works critically, remarking that "it's a dandy," and that tbe "works are very finer What in the world do you know about tbe works of a watch, anyway?—Chicago Journal. '.

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... A Spring Garden Definition.

School Teacher—Johnny, what is tlie vetond letter of the alphabet! 1Jolinny—Don't know.

School Teacher—What flies about the garden? Johnny—When?"

School Teacher—In tbe summer Johnny—Oh, I know—mother after {he hens.—Tid Bite.

,! Baby Minel-'^ I am going to a ball,

Baby mine, baby mine!

Don't you dare put up tbe squall Baby mine, baby minel Dad will stay at home with you, He will spank you if you do— Spank you till you Ye black and Ulua,

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ISaSCern and Western Morals. Eastern Political Boss—Since Tve been in Omaha I've seen house building and other work going on on Sunday. A

Omaha Man—Yes, it caiK be helped."7 "But libraries and places of amusement ore open on Sunday, too." 7\"Yes. Isnt it so in tbe east?" "No eiree. We don't allow it. It interfere® too much with tbe saloona"—Omaha World.

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Football is one of the most manly and health giving of all out door sports when the proper spirit of emulation, without temper, prevails on each sipe. A current mode af playing football is to kick tho ball off from a point at some distance from aud in front of the opponents' goal and endeavor to force it between the lilies previously agreed upon, the other side having the same privilege of making a goal.

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Eleven men are allowed on each side in a football match. Of these seven are rushers, two are half back, one quarter back and one full back. Thero are several kicks, which are known respectively as the "drop kick," the "place kiok" and the "punt." A drop kick is made by throwing the ball to the ground and. catching it on the end of your shoe as it rises. By this method the ball may be sent by a skillful player to anf part of the field he may wish. A place kick is where tha ball is simply placed upon tho ground and then kicked. A punt is effected by allowing the ball to drop from the hands and kicking it before it strikes tbe ground. ft* 1-

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-rt dribbln is used to define a false try tor goal. After scoring a touch down, the side which accomplished it has the right to try to kick a goal from point opposite tho spot, where a touch down was made, and at right angles to the goal line. To do this to the best advantage, the ball is generally kicked from the hand of a player wbo lies flat upon his stomach, with the ball hold a few iuches above the ground. The dribble has recently lieen abolished.

A tackle occurs when a player, running with the ball, is caught by an opponent. If be is stopped tho opponent calls out, "Held," and the man having tbe ball says "Down." The ball ia then given to the captain for snap back. For the snap back the men facteach other on an imaginary line from the ball, and, running at right angles to and intersecting the boundary line, the captain holds tbe ball to tho ground with his foot and hand while he sets it in motion. A fair is when the ball is caught in the air after being thrown, kicked or batted by the opposite side, but the player making the fair catch must at once mark with his hoel on the ground the exact spot where be stxni at tho time.

The different points in football are: Goal obtained by a touch down, which scores six goal by a kiek from the field, which gives five a touch dowu by which no goal is made, which counts four, and a safety by opponents, for which trwo points are allowed.

A touch down is scored when tbe ball is carried into the in goal, over the goal line, and touched down. If the/ touch down be made in the player's own goal he must send tlie ball out by a kick out, but if in tbe goal of the defense it may be brought and punted from any point between the touch down and goal line, the players meanwhile being obliged to remain at a distance of fifteen feet from him. A safety occurs when a player guarding his .goal receives tbe ball from his own side by either a snap back or pass kick, and then touches it down or carries it into touch in goal. As before explained a safety county two, but it is scored against the side makincit.

When tbe captain wbo has won tne toss for the kick off takes his position, the rushers range themselves opposite one another in two parallel lines, which are at right angles to the goal line. The kicker off usually attempts to get tbe ball to the quarter back, who at once starts toward tbe goal with it, the mob following at his heels. He, of course, when necessity compels it, passes the ball (if be can) to one of bin comrades, and the game has fairly opened. Thus it continues for forty-five minutes, when, after a rest of ten minutes, the other stds has the sane length of time in wtjicb to try and

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But ail the nation is interested because St. Augustine is tbe oldest town in the country, and the fire destroyed some of the most noted antiquities.

In the south center of the town is the old square or plaza on the west side of this tbe Catholic cathedral stood, and partly between them was the so called "slave mart." As a f* W 4 1

fire but a few days ago, had twice before Buffered severely from the ravages ."»f the f3 flames. In 1586it was burned by 8ir Francis .*• Drake, and in 1703 by an expedition from the *. Carolinas under command of Governor Moore. Tlie accounts of complete destruction in the second case are probably rather mythical. But the city is not destroyed this time —only the old landmarks -about the square have suffered.

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.8 Death of "Dreamer.'V The man known in tho Ccenr d'Alenes as "Dream Davis," who found Dream Gulch in a vision and cleaned up $10,OCX), lias spent all his wealth and committed suicide ut Los Angeles, CaL

England's Sovereign*. [Special Correspondence..)

PHILADELPHIA, April 18.—Perhaps the folk lowing article, written by Thomas Oarlyle ten years ago for The London News, may not be uninteresting at this time, while there is so much talk and preparation for Queen Victoria's jubilee: "As Qaeen Victoria 'to-ofay begins the fortieth year of her reign, it may interest some of your readers to be reminded that she has now attained a very high rank on tbe roll of our kings for length of reign, having lately passed Henry VII and Henry VI Sbe now stands fifth in order, being still junior or inferior only to Elizabeth and the three long Thirds, Edward, Henry and George. Of «or early English or ante-Norman kings, no other reigned so long as Ethelred, the Unready, but. his thirty-eight years are already exceeded by our present sovereign's thirty-nine years. Elizabeth's reign, from tbe deatb of Mary, Nov. 17,1558, and her own death, Marcb 24, 1603, tasted fortv-four years and twelve days, so that Victoria has to reign five years arid one hundred and twenty-six days beyond to-dsy before she will equal her great forerunner. "Then will remain ahead only Edward IU, fifty years and nearly five months Henry ill, fifty-six years and nineteen days George III, fifty-nine yean and threemonths. But, of course, even there long reigns look short by the side of the seventytwo years of Louis XIV, of France. Probably no two successive kings in any country reigned over so long a space of time between. them as Louis XIV and Louis XV, wbo, from 1042 to 1774, made up together one hundred ami thirty-one years, or an average of i-atlier more than sixty-five years per reign.