Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 February 1890 — Page 4
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SATURDAY, FE13KVAKY 1. 1800.
A USEFUL LIFE.
Petoi Henderson, market fpirdener, •florist ami seedsman, will le universally lamented. The market gardening and fioricnltnral interests of this country owed him a debt that cannot be reckoned in words or figures. The man's own life is nt once an encouragement to poor toys and an illustration of how our country rewards those who bring to her something really useful.
Peter Henderson as born in Scotland in 1828, a poor country boy, with almost no advantages lieyon A those which tiature gave him. He is early apprenticed to a gardener. Little sparo time fell to an old country apprentice in thoso days, yet the boy used such precious scraps of leisure as came to him in studying Ixiiany. He studied very carefully and faithfully, illustrating his work as he went along by a herbarium which he himself made. After a year spent in drying, preserving and classifying his plants, the Botanical society of Edinburgh gave him a gold medal for the most scientifically arranged herbarium.
At this lime he was only IT. From that time on he took a prominent part in gardening societies in Scotland. He denounced in the severest terms the practice among gardeners of keeping theii processes a secret. He belioved if anything in horticulture was good, all the world should know of it. He certainly practiced what he preached in this respect, for when in America in aftei years he himself came to write books on gardening, he made the directions so plain that the veriest city novice could take one of them and, by closely following the printed page, could cultivate successfully all ordinary flowers and vegetables.
When he was 20, Peter Henderson came to America. He had no capital af all. But ho worked for gardeners and florists, a common laborer—no, a very uncommon laborer—and saved his money. In four years he set up as market gardener for himself.
Gradually the business of florist was added, then that of seedsman. At the time of his death Peter Henderson's greenhouses alone covered five acres in Jersey City and kept busy 100 men. He had much property besides, for he was a shrewd business investor. The Scotch gardener's 'prentice lad had become in America a very wealthy man. He wai never "set in his ways," but ever on th« lookout for improved methods of work and culture. As fast as he came in possession of information he gave it tc others, in his books and elsewhere, Sc it came about that he was always learning, alwnvB teaching.
When the Jersey City bank, of which Mr. Henderson was ono of the founders, failed through mismanagement, he wai one of three men who made up the loss to depositors out of their own pockets. He was always interested warmly ir public enterprises and always ready tc help. He was CO years old when he died, and until his late sickness had never been ill a day in his life.
DEEADFUL IF TKTJE
Plagues, reigus 6f terror, cor.fl-scaUon and dispersion of concentrated wealth, mingled with anarchy, together with all that they necessitate anil Imply, are certainly before this generation, or future generations, during a purifying cycle of appalling horrors aud of stupendous proportions. Wait
A man who says ho has been a tramp among tramps, a thug among thugs, a drunkard amoug drunkards and a dudo among dudes, writes in The Chicago Times a paper concluding with the above dolorous proposition.
He snys the epidemic of tho grippa is what appeared in Europe in 1767, and was called the influenza because people attributed it to tho malign influence of the stars. Tho fact that doctors can do little or notliing against it shows what may bo looked for in case tho black plague followB tho grippe, and this cheerful writer has reason to think it will do so.
When tho raco deteriorates through generations of bad and unholy living, and its blood becomes very generally vitiated and poisoned, then nature Bends a great plague to sweep it from the earth and begin over again. It is now almost time for such a wiping oil of tho slate, our prophet say8. Such a clearing up he calls a cyclo of purification.
The black plague first appeared in Europe in the timo of Justiuian. It lasted fifty years and carried off nearly 100,000,000 persons. It is sometimes callod »u. Ki.-j-death, and is tho most loath
some, fatal and horrible disease on record. There were four epidemics of the black death in Europe between M77 and 1771. In Paris there were 40.000 deaths in Moscow 200,000. In Naples there were 300,000 deaths in five months, which may be explained by tho fact that Naples will bear more purifying than any other city in Christendom or heathendom. In London, in a population of 460,000, there were GS,o0G deaths. Of the 10,000 inhabitants of Halle, 4,397 died.
Our prophet concludes that the blood of civilized peoples is now again about bad enough for another cyclo of purification. and that it is bound to come. With what winged speed it will travel when it does come is shown by tho progress of the grippo. The prophet says further: "Epidemics are nature's scavengers."
A COLORED MAN'S SPEECH.
Rev. W. B. Derrick, a colored man of Washington, has been giving tho negro's view of the question of deporting tho blacks to Africa or somewhere else. In a speech at a meeting to elect delegates to the colored national convention he said, among other things, this:
We are net here for tlvinurposo of applying the torch or drawing the sword. Nor lmvo politics anything to do with my discourse. This is an occasion when the interests ol our whole race all over the country dfinand attention. During my recent visit to the new south, where there nro live millions and a half of recently manumitted slaves. 1 noticed that the ante-bellum spirit of nice prejudice was found to be growing. Why? The negro's Intelligence and industry was suppressed under slavery. But it is not true that freedom has made him indolent. The crops of nil tho great staples have enormously increased during tho years of free labor.
Tho negro Ls the life blood of tho nation's commerce. lie produces tho cotton that gives thousands employment in New England's spinning mills. Yet Mr. Morgan wants the negro to go. 1 tell you the lumber has not yet been grown in Georgia or Carolina forests that will make the planks for tho vessels to bear the negroes away from America. In three southern states the negroes pay taxes on over 8100,000.000 of real estate. This does not look as if the negro was lazy and thriftless.
All the negro asks is an equal chance with the white man in tho battle of life. Ho cannot be half slave and half free. The whole trouble arises out of the negro's relations to the white in his new character as a citizen. Be has not yet had a fair chance. Twenty-five years is too little a time for the negro to reach the same plane of advancement as the white race occupies. It took the white race over a thousand year?} to get there. It Is political equality and not social equality the negro aspires to. Sojial equality is a phantom.
WHAT BET. HEBER NEWTON SAYS. Bov. Heber Newton writes a letter to Henry George's Standard in answer to George's criticism that tho clergy lack interest in the cause of progress. He says the clergy are just like other people in one respect. They cannot be expected to fight a wrong until they see it. For himself, Mr. Newton says that he does see a good many wrongs, and fights all ho has time and strength to. Moreover, he believes with Henry George that the mineral lands of a country should be held as public property, for tho benefit of all, and not allowed to fall into individual hands. He advocates, too, the taxing of vacant city lots to their full rental value, and believes the time is ripe and the people are ready for these two changes. He says:
Wo could sweep the country within half a dosea year* upon two points. First, the retention of all mineral resources hereafter to be openod as the property of the peaple at large. This would secure an enormous public fund for many of the suites, whereby their educational system could ^e developed as never has been done in history, and •ast beneficences be wrought for the public good. It would also be the Introduction of the thin end the wedge, in which would be the recognition of the principle of the right of the people at large to land, of the wrong of private proprietorship la the purely natural resources of the land. Hecondly. tlie time seems to me ripe fortheappllcation of tiua form of the principle which is already coming to the front in England, in the taxation of unusod land in our great cities and towns up to their full value, thus to prevent their speculative holding.
Onco moro the Russian government has waked up to the fact that Nihilism is not dead, and the czar has closed the university at Odessa because of revolutionary doctrines among the students. Closing school houses is a poor way to suppress Nihilism. It is a great deal better to open than to shut them, even if the object is to suppress Nihilism. Bismarck has tried for eleven years to stamp out the Socialists in Germany. The repressive law against their public and private utterances has been in operation that long. Yet, tho other day in tho German reichstag, Liebknecht, leader of the Socialists, declared that that party was stronger in Germany than it had ever been before, and he brought forward facts to prove it. Bismarck himself formed his favorite scheme of insurance for workingmen to propitiate the Socialists, who, however, did not bite at tho bait.
San Pranclseo Gets Her Mall. SAJJ FUANCISCO, Feb. 1.—All of tho overland trains which have been blockaded In Sierra snow-drifts arrived in this city Friday. Tho first train brought about S50,00(l letters and about 1,000 pouches of papers for this city. The greater portion of the letters were distributed, but most of the papers still remain in tho post-oflice.
—Ono lot ladies' and Misses all wool mittons and gloveb, worth from 25 to 50 cents. Choice 10 cents.
Louis BISOHOF.
THEATRICAL THOUGHTS.
iill luohmond is now in 'anada with a dramatic company.
Frank Mayo bus written for open dittos. May ho secure ou of tliem.
Mrs. D. P. Bowers is supporting Frederick Ward this season. Beth nro old favorites here.
Ed Hiimgau who was hero in "Old Lit vender" recently will build a hundsomo theater at New York next season.
Maoager Townsley promises us something tine for the 10th or 11th of this month but will not tell what it is just yot. All get ready to bo surprised.
Tho Bad Boy Company had a full gallery before eight o'clock, and the corridor was full of impecunious young America who wanted a fifteen cent ticket and couldn't get one. The performance coutained some protty fair specialties.
The advance agent of the St. Folix sisters handed in the following notice for publication: "This great company of twenty people will be at Music Hall Wednesday evening, Feb. 5, in tho ronring farce comedy, "A KoyalHand," brim full of music, songs, dances and funny situations, This wonderful trio of dancers are not uuknown, having toured the country with Mr. and Mrs. George S. Knight, Barry & Fay, Toney Paster and many others. Mr. James T. K.elley as "Prof. Felix Shaw" and Chas. Hey wood in the female role of Mrs. Babble will make ycu scream with delight. This great company carries their own band aud orchestra, which is first class in every particular. Look out for the street parade at 3 p. m., Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Did you ever stop to think how many persons are oounected with Musio Hall in an official capacity? Here is the list: Leslie Davis, lessee Charles Durham, of Fairmount, Ills., booker Mace Townsley, local manager Sam B, Thomas, assistant manager W. S. Brown, Treasurer Hal Ensminger, ohief usher Belty Barney, Fred Somerville, Will Goltra, Frank Layne, Fount Eastlack, Fred Wilhite, Will Martin, Tom Nicholson and Stant Wilhite, ushers Harry Ramsbrook, leader of an orchestra of seven pieces Lislie Galloway, stage carpenter Alva Moore, property man "Signor" McNeely, chief fly man, with three assistants Harry Miller, ohief gripper (or soene shifter) with two assistants Soott Harris, bill-poster and janitor John Suitor, Engineer. This makes a total of thirtythree. When a spectacular troupe cames along the force is doubled.
THE 0HUR0HES. 0,.-
Where Beligions Services Will Be Held To-morrow. COLLEGE CHAPEL.—President Joseph F. Tuttle, will deliver the lecture at 3:16 o'clock.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Sun. day school at 10 a. m. Prof. E. C. Winslow will occupy the pulpit at lis. m.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH— Services at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m.by Kcv. G.^W. Switzer. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Y. M. C.A.—Meeting for men only at 4:15,conducted by W. S. Moffett. Consecration meeting for active members at 9 a. m.
CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— Services at 10:30 H. m., and 7 p. m. by Rev. R. J. Cunningham. Sunday school at 2 p. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH—Kev. Ed T. Lane tlie pastor, will preach to-morrow at 10:30 a m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School at 2 p. m.
A. M. E. CHURCH—Ber. Martin Coleman, pastor, will preach to-monow at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.—Regular services to-morrow, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. R. Miller. Sunday school at 2 p. m.
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH— Sunday school at 10 a. m. Services at 11 a. m. and 7 p.m. conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. P. Fuson.
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.— Sunday school at 9 a. m. Rev. Willlam Wilson, of Lafayette, will conduct services at 16:30 a. IU. and 7 p. m.
SALVATION AKMT.—Meetings every night in the week commencing at 7:45 p. m., at the barracks, 126 Washington street,, led by Lieut. Hilty, also all day Sunday. 7 a.m., knee drill 11 a. m., holiness 3 p. m., free-and-* asy 7.-45 p. m., regular salvation.
ST. BERNARD'S, ROMAN CATHOLIC Low Mass at 8 o'clock a. m. High Mass and sermon at 10 o'clock a. m. Instruction of children, 2 o'clock p. m. Rosary, 2:46 p. m. Vespers and benediction 3 p. m. On the second Sunday of each and every month the only service will be Low Mass at 8 o'clock. All services conducted by Rev. J. R. Dinnen.
Come and see the new styles of cloaks at v. W. Rountree's.
500 bastingcottou, worth Scents for 2 cents. 500 dozen rick rack, worth from 5 cents to 8 centj, 3 cents. 1 dozen safety pins, worth 5 cents, 2 cents. 1 dozen safety pins, worth 10 cents, 3 cents. 3 gross cabinet hair pins, worth 5 cents 1 cent box. Darning cotton, all colors, worth 2 cents, 1 cent roll. Stockinet dress shields, worth 20 cents, 10 cents. Riddle's knitting cottons, worth 10 cents, 5 ceDt6. 10 dozen boys Windsor ties, worth 25 cents, 9 cents. 500 fancy felt tidies, worth 15 cents, 5 cents. 1,000 yards Marilon silk veiling 5 cents yard, worth 15 cents. 12 yards everlasting or torohon lace .for 7 cents, worth 10 to 15 cents. 1 lot laces 1 to 4 Inches wide, worth from 5 to 15 cents, at I, 2. 3, 4, and 5 cents a yard. Clark's O. N. T. spool cotton, 4 cents.
Garter web, worth 10 cents, 3 cents. 1 lot fancy throws, worth 15 and 20 cents, 5 cents. 5,000 yards fancy curtain scrims, worth 6 to 8 cents, at 4 cents. 10 dozen ladies' linen aprons, worth '20 cents, 8 cents. 50 dozen towels at 2 cents each. Choice of any muff in our stock, no matter if price was $3 00 or $8.00, for only $1.99. Ladles and Misses' cashmere gloves, worth 25 cents to 50 cents, choice 10 cents per pair. 1 lot ladles' and misses' all-wool mittens, worth up to 50 cents, 10 cents. Choice of our entire stock children' fine silk and silk plush caps, worth fnm $1 to $2.50, for only 59 cents. Hand knit fascinators, all colois. worth 50 cents, 25 cents. Hand knit fascinators, all colors, worth 75 cents, 37 cents. 1 lot ladles' and children's hoods and toboggans, worth from 50 to 75 cents, 10 cent6. 25 dozen babies' bootees, worth 15 and 20 cents, 5 cents. 1 lot ladles' wool skirts, worth $1.25 and $1.50, 79 cents. 1 lot ladies' heavy skirts, worth 75 cents and$l, for 49cents.
Ako grand ,ale of Rem„»„ls
Snodgrass & Murphy, The Popular Tailors.
A N S E I A N N A
Our Twelveth Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
Remnants and Odds and Ends and the Entire Stock on hand
Begins Monday, January 2i
These half yearly clearance-up sales are an established feature oil
our business, embracing as they do the entire establishment, and offeJ
an opportunity for bargains such as do not occur often. Those ol
our customers who have once attended one of these sales never fail
attend the following ones, because they remember the bargains the)]
have secured. We desire to make these sales more and more popuf
lar and have made prices which ought to flood our store with buye
Read Every Item Carefully.
Big lot ladles' and children's hose, worth 10 to 20 cents, 5 cents per pair. 20 dozen children's wool hose, worth 25 cents, 10 cents. 100 dozen ladles' all-wool hose, worth 25 cents to 35 cents, 19 cents. 100 plcces Princess cashmeres, worth 15 cents per yard,. 10 cents. Fancy wool flannel suitings, worth 25 cents, 15 cents1 lot Henrietta, all colors, fine 75 cent quality, in this sale 49 cents. Priestley's black silk wrap Henrietta, worth 81.25, for 89 cents. Priestloy's black drap, D, A Una, worth $1,00, for B7 cents. Priestley's wool Melrooe and silk wrap
Henrietta, worth $1, for 67 cents per yard. 25 plush short wraps, worth $10, only $5. 100 doz. ladies ribbed and plain cashmere hose, usual price 40 to 50 cents, only 25 cts. 1 lot kid gloves, black and colors, small
V'' sizes, worth 75 conts, $1.00 and $1.25, for only 25 cents. Men's fancy mixed wool shirts and drawers, sold for 75c, In this sale 37 jc. Children's jersey ribbed underwear, winter weight, 20c, worth double. Ladles' Swiss jersev ribbed underwear, winter weight, worth 35c, 19c. Ladies' jersey ribbed underwear, white or natural gray, worth 5Uu, 25e. Ladies' all wool scarlet vests and drawers, have sold for $1, in this sale «2jc. Ladles' all wool sanitary vests and drawers, worth $1.25,'for 75c. Every article in our underwear department at lowor prices than cost of manufacture.
Turkey rod napkins, worth 5c, 2c. 500 yds all linen brown crash 4c. 56 Inch turkey red table linen, worth 35c 19c. 58 and 60 inch bleached and unbleached linen, worth •10c, 2,'ie. 50 doz. all linen towels, worth 10c, for 5c, large sizo. Grand bargains in all linens, especially napkins. 200 yards all-wool skirting, flannel, worth 75 cents, for 40 cents. 100 yards all-wool skirting, flannel. 2i yards wide, worth $1.5o per yard, in this sale 97 cents. Choice of 100 fancy cloth and plush cloaks for little ones 1 to
This cold weather has created a demand for the few 1 1W.O- QJ I *and we shall make prices like the following on o-ir P-H™ T®
4
years old
$1.25, worth $2.50 to $5.
Silk braid not all colors for iJ cents.
W, $16 for $8. ioiiowmg on our eut,re stock: $8 shawls for $4, $10 for $5, *12
of Tnble Lincns,
Goods Ginghams, and i„ fac, ail articles in our store at 50 per cent .ess o„ the doUar. Prf ousekeepers will not fa,l to recognize the bargain, we have offered and we always give more 4.
we advert,se. Th,s sale w,ll continue from day to day until these lots are exhausted and ,ve .«
ave the room for our new grand stock of summer goods, which will excel anything shown in O. fordsville. Come early before the choice are picked over.
127 And 129 East Main Street.
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Children's fancy plaid cloth cloaks ul 4 to 12 years, worth $4 to $5, choieH $1.97. Extra heavy brown muslin, worth 8c yard, 61 cts. Boys' shirt waists, worth 25c and 35c this sale 17c.
Bralnard & Armstrong's best
kniitlJ
silk, worth 35c, SOc.
150 leather covered, satin lined wo-l boxes, flitted wfth thimble, scissors, bodkin, et?., worth $1, for 25c. About 25 fancy work, waste and oSbaskets, worth from $1 to $2 each, choice for 50c. The two last Items wero carried (tc: holidays and are grand Dargalnsa the price.
Metal hair brubhes 9c.
Choice of 20 styles good ruschlng *14 or colored, worth 100, 5c per yd. Choice of American Indigo Slmpsc black Windsor novelty and all prlDU, worth 6 to 8ic, for 6c per yd. 50 pieces dreEs style gingham, wortl to I2£c, for 6$c por yd.
Fine ginghams, worth 15c, 10c. Brown and bleached canton, worti 1 for 6j. 200 pair of lace curtains, worth ti $3.50, choice $1.50. Misses plain and fancy new mis cloaks, worth from $6 to $8, chute for $3 97 Ladies' new market plain and to cloaks worth $7 to $10, $3.50. 40 short wraps, worth $8 to $15, fU 25 brown diagonal cloth short wraps i»! light trimming, worth $8, for *3,97. Brown and bleached canton, worth l!j for 8c. Surah silks In short lengths, all cola worth 50 to 75c, 39c. 10 to 15 dress patterns, India silk, 75c, for 37Jc. 300 yds silk plush 18 Inches wide, $1, for 50c. Silk plush, 22 inches wide, worth 99c. 500 yds plain velveteen and stripedi vets, worth 75c, lie. 3 patterns fancy elder down, worti for 25c. Table oil cloth, worth 35c, only 19c,: the common 25c stuff. Children cloth cloaks, 4 to 12 yean worth $3, $1.49. 100 pair of lace curtains, worth Ji this sale $1 a pair.
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Embroideries Laces