Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 26 August 1893 — Page 2
DAILY JOURKAL.
Printed Lvery Afternoon Except* Sunday.
1HE JOURNAL CO.
T. R. MCCAIN, President. J. A.GREENE. Secretary. •. A. McCAlN. Treasurer.
DAILY—
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Kutortvl at tho Postoffico ata CrawfonisvUlc, lndtrtua, as soeond-class matter.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 26, 1893.
ON A REVENUE BASIS NOW.
Treasury authorities are studying with the greatest concern the receipts of the Government and the expenditures. The present fiscal year, beginning with the 1st of July, shows a loss in receipts up to date
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compared with the corres
ponding period of last year of over $8,000,000. Two-thirds of this "falling off was in customs and the rest in internal revenue. The shortage on customs receipts is well understood being due to the uncertainty in regard to tariff legislation, and it is feared the oonditions will not improve. In fact they will grow worse as the times draw near for changing the present law aooording to the declarations in the Democratic platform. Ths loss of $2,000,000 in internal revenue is said to be due to the slowness in the payment of taxes, owing to the shortage of currency and the general depression in business. It is eatiruativ) that the deficiency in reoeipts by the pud of the present month will amount
to
moans
$10,000,000, and if the cus
toms revenues continue to fall off at the prrsrnt nite another $5,000,000 can be added
lo
this for September. This
ihiit
have
the Government will not
ecoTigh
monay on hand to
THERE are many who seem to think when the question of pensions is sprung that reference is had only to the Burvivors of the late rebellion. The Ainerican Tribune last week gave tbe following interesting information concerning the pensioners of former wars:
The pension roll of the survivors of the war ot 1H12 Is a wonderful list. There are 1U5 »old ers and sailors on It. Six of'thtm are 100 yuurs old, Ave 101 years old, four 102ears old, two 103 years old, one, John W. Ireland,of North Carolina, Is 104 yean old, and one, John Downey. of Alabama. Is 105 years old.
Of pensioned widows of men who fought In that war there are 6,051 surviving'. Of course, the reason why the number of them Is so great is that many of the old soldiers married late in life--often on their death-beds. In numerous instances, while with one loot In the grave, they wedded young girls.
Twenty widows of soldiers who fought in the Ainerican revolution still draw pensions Docs It not seem wonderful?
Two daughters of revolutionary heroes have been pensioned by special act of Congress There are 15,213 survivors of the Mexican war stlli on the pension lists and 7.282 widows of soldiers who took part in that conlilct.
Hut the only pensions classed us frauds ure the boj who fought to save our country from disruption, receiving for their services IKJ per mouth In depreciated currency. They must prove their Inability to perform the labor of uu ordinary day laborer, or they can not be considered by a grateful nation, "The pity of it. lago, the pity of it."
THE Wilmington News give the secret of the whole trouble in twelve lines: "The merchants are holding back In giving orders: the manufacturers are decreasing their output and discharging workmen: the Idle workmen are withdrawing their suvlngs, put aside for a "rainy day," from the savings banks the merchants are not depositing as much money as usual in banks, owing to a falling off of sales foreign manufacturers are tlsodiug our murketwltb goods in order to get a foothold here in anticipation ot free trade. This lu the sueret of the whole trouble. The McKlnlcy tariff should he left alone."
The above contains the whole truth in a nutshell.
WHAT'S become of Gil 8hanklin His name has not appeared in the newspapers now for more than a week in connection with some appointment in consonance with his talents and his tastes.
IF all the men who wish they hadn't voted for Cleveland last fall could be brought together in a' given place they would make a larger crowd than baa yet been seen at the World's Fair.
TFIE Democrats in Congress are far more anxious to prevent the disruption of their party than they are to promote the prosperity and welfare ot the coun try.
IT must at least be said for Dan Voor bees that he has the pluck of his pro found lack of information on financial topics.
Chicago Accommodations. Twenty room, private house, short distance from the World's Fuir. Board and room $8.00 per week. Correspon dence solicited. Parties of ten $1 per day. A. O HALL 8 164wd*w 222C Wabash Ave.
[CHAPTEK
pay
its
current demands without dipping into the gold reserve. On the first of August in addition to the $100,000,000 gold reserve there was a net cosh balance of about $18,000,000. Of this $18,000,000 about $10,000,000 was in subsidiary coin, so that it can be seen how slight wall protects the gold reserve from depredation. When this situation reaches a crisis, as it must inevitably, the clamor for a sale of bonds will be renewed, and it does not seem at this moment that there is any other method by whioh the Government can pay its future liabilities. In anticipation of what will happen orders have been issued to pay out gold at all subtreasuries.
V,
CONTINUED.!
"How silly I have been!" she murmured, while her cheeks got twice as red as they normally were. "How could 1 have worked myself into such a stew? What a nasty thing an imagination isl I never will exercise mine again."
And, still laughing at intervals, she hurried away home. She was flyinjr about the house, singing like a bird, when Tom Morris suddenly came In. "Well, little girl," he said, "this is really refreshing. It's a long while since I've heard you sing like that before. What has come over you? Has Droopy proposed?" "Droopy? Uncle Daddy propose to me? Why, Father Tom, you are going mad." •'No, I'm not. The silly old fellow Is in love." "Yes, 1 know it." "And you are his gentle goddess." "No, no, no you were never so mistaken in all your life. It's not me at all it's—oh, how can I tell you? You'll surely be angry." "No, Mary go on." "It's the most absurd thing I ever heard of. He's in love with—with Millicent."
For a moment there was a shadow on Tom's face, and then, sitting back in his chair, he laughed with all his might. Mary joined him, and the two kept at it till exhaustion stopped them. "Oh, Lord!" gasped Tom "if I could only hear and see how he'd manage proposing to her!" And then he and Mary took fresh courage and laughed again. "Shall you consent?" asked Mary, when she could get breath enough to speak. "Consent? Certainly it's the best way of settling him. Why, with all her high-flown notions, she'd scalp him if he ever hinted it to her." And then Tom tried to laugh again, but failed from sheer lack of energy. "Oh, Father Tom," she broke out, all at once, "I overheard some men talking to-day, and found out that Mrs. Mary Stanley was merely a woman to whom papa was once very kind, and not his wife at all, as I imagined." "Certainly she wasn't his wife," answered Tom, delighted to find her suspicions set at ease. "It is too bad you got nervous about it." "It don't matter in the least now and you can be sure I shan't be s.ich a goose again." "One funny consequence of your notion about Mrs. Stanley is that Walter saw you in my arms that day, and thought we were making love to each other." "You and I, Father Tom?" "Yes but don't let it distress 'you." "It don't it's almost as comical as Droopy's love dream. Really, your son ought to be ashamed of himself."
Walter was passing under the parlor window at that very moment. He heard what Tom and Mary said, and he was ashamed of himself. Better still, he was undeceived.
CHAPTER VI.
LITTLE AFTER noon, the next day, Mary went a walk to Bilkins' deserted shaft. She was in capital spirits now, and she wanted to see how the scene of her melancholy brooding would seem to her, now that her unhappy illusion concerning
Mrs. Mark Stanley was dispelled. Just before she reached the haunted shaft, she was aware that some one was hastening eagerly along after her. The light, nimble footsteps convinced her that it was no miner. More likely than not it was Walter Morris and the thought of him made her also think of what Tom had said the night before and she laughed outright. "What unwholesome things suspicions are!" she thought "and in what wretched directions they lead on«l Things-whioh one does not perfectly understand should never have a second thought Speculation Imight almost be called the process of making something out of nothing. I believe that papa is the greatest philosopher of modem times. He never frets about anything, and what he does not understand he lets alone. Bacon, in expressing this idea, calls it the underlying principle of good breeding, and declares that no man, until he can do this, is a gentleman, no matter what station of life he is born into. According to that, how many men nowadays, I wonder, are gentlemen? Certainly not Walter Morris.''
Half a minute later Walter Morris stepped to her side and raised his hot. "Pardon me for intruding," he said, "but you are going in my direction, and so I must beg for the honor of walking with you." "I shall be very glad qt your company," she answered with a smile. "I am not very fond of my own society. It's apt to get monotonous." "Indeedt" ho exclaimed "why,Ihad every reason for thinking otherwise. I am sure that I have seen you. walking up this way alone very often ever since 1 came to Red Mountain." "You are trying to show me that
know Seriously, Mr. Morris, something has been troubling me for the last few days, and it made me moody. That is why I came here so often alone. It's a good place to be glum In. Yesterday, by accident, I discovered that I had been giving myself unnecessary uneasiness, and that what I had conjectured to be true was wholly a mistake. And to-day I actually came here to laugh at myself for being such a goose and to bid the dismal plaoe good-bye—until I get another fit of the blues." "Yesterday? How strange!" said Walter. "Why, yesterday I was also relieved of further faith in a senseless piece of folly of my own. It certainly is very singular that peace of mind should come back to us so coinolden tally is it not?"
She nodded her heaJ, b* did not speak. She was certain that nothing else but his fancy concerning herself and Tom could have given Walter uneasiness at Red Mountain and then she suddenly remembered' that while she and Tom had been talking, the evening before, there had been a noise under her window, which she had not
PARDON ME FOB rSTTBCDINS.
investigated, and shortly afterwards Walter had joined them and was unusually affable. Had he heard what they were saying, as he passed the window? She hoped so. It would disabuse his mind of an evil impression, and it would let him down a little from the lofty plane of flawless perfection where her fancy had placed him. "flejilam, speculating again," she thought. "I must take more assiduously to the reading of Bacon, and, also, must cultivate the womanly art of minding my own business."
They extended their walk along way beyond the old shaft, going high up toward the summit of the mountain. Incidentally the walk brought out traits in Mary whose existence Walter had not even guessed before. When he first saw her, he thought her most admirable woman but seeing her in his father's arms the next day, and misunderstanding it, as he had, Walter's interest in Mary had wholly subsided. In fact, he was the next thing to disgusted with her. Now he found her more charming than ever, and did everything in his power to make himself agreeable to her.
Before they came home, he was helplessly in love. He saw that her range of reading lfad been extensive, and that she had touched nothing superficially. Whatever she had gone into at all, she had gone into deeply. She could talk, clearly and intelligently, of the things she hadjread her general views of the affairs of life were broad and generous, and her nature
frank and open
I
am inconsistent," sh« laughed. "Well, I don't blame you. You mustn't expect too much of my sex woman's minds are apt to experience sudden I changes. We are a field? lot, you
was
as
as
the sunshine in
which she had always lived. They held many views and had many tastes in common: and where they differed he was now, lover-like, ready to admit that her Ideas were nearest right. Perhaps they were but twenty-four hours before, he would have disagreed with whatever site might have
Baid.
Loving Mary made an immediate and radical change in Walter. The day before he had been bitter against his father for having brought him and his sisters away from the East. He had felt that all Western women were coarse, igr.orant and offensive, and that all Western men were rowdies, ruffians, and out-throats. Now, succumbing to the witching spells of Mary, he saw everything differently. He revelled in the lack of conventionality at Red Mountain, and compared its stalwart miners with the old Greeks before their lapse into degeneracy. And as for the women, he measured them all after the stature of Mary and so they were adorable.
Bursting in upon his sisters, after leaving Mary at her door, he created consternation and panto by grouping every thing pertaining to Red Mountain in
ODe
brief but sweeping bit of eulogy. "Why, Walter, have you gone daft? Or arc you in love with that Dubb girl?" cried ilillicent. "In love! Stuff! a woman with a boarding-school eduoation never thinks of anything else," he responded, his face flushing at what he now considered an unkind reference to Mary, though he had, until then, been saying far worse things of her, ever sinc6 his arrival at Red Mountain, "Goodness me, Walter!" expostulated Millicent "what has come over you? I never heard you speak so slightingly of dear Aunt Jenkin's seminary before." "Aunt Jenkins be damned!" he returned "I have heard of nothing but her and her infernal sentimental rubbish for the last fifteen years. She is three thousand miles away, now, and I glad of it. Do give me a rest on Aunt Jenkins."
Millicent looked sad. "I never heard you swear before," sh* said "if you do It again, I'll leave the room." "Youll have to, if you get rid of me," he retorted, with true brotherly feeling, as he flung himself' into the easiest chair in the room. "I've come in to spend tho evening
with you and as I am more tliunlikely to swear at the mention of Aunt Jenkins, you had roallv best retire. Yon know you can't keep her name oft your hps for five minutes at a time." "This, low, rowdy place is making you coarse," sobbed Mlllioeut. "1 wish we were all back East again. It's perfectly horrible here. We don't dare stir out of doors, for fear of being insulted by those vulgar people do wew girls?" "No," agreed* the other sisters, who regarded her with so much awe that they had no existenoe separate from hers. "Well," said Walter, blandly, as he clipped the end off a cigar, "If you young women persist in being silly, and staying in thee* rooms all the while, why, do it enjoy your undesirable exolusiveness. I should think that common sense would make you stir out, for the good-of your health. If you keep in closely, and get sick some of these dreadful creatures, aa you call them, will have to ta\e4aro of you." "But, Walter, how can we go out? These people are not of our station. We oan't associate with—" '•Fiddlesticks!" exelalmed Walter. ••Father wrote us, before we came here, that we must leave all social grades and distinctions behind'usiin the East. If I can do so, you can} you are certainly no more fastidious that I—or, at least, you oughtn't to be. May I sit here and smoke?" "You didn't apologize for swearing why should you for smoking?" said Millicent, sarcastically, and with a look of triumph at her sisters. "If It's a conundrum, its a very stupid one, and I give it up," remarked Walter, lighting his cigar "It's positively shocking, the effeot this uncivil and uncivilized plaoe is having on you!" declared Millicent. *The others, here are bad enough but you might adhere to at least some relic of your decency." "Decency? Decency? Is there any decency in you three girls staying lpre in this suite of rooms, refusing to go out, and turning up your three several noses at all overtures for your comfort which are made by the ladies of Red Mountain? Yes, ladies don't snuff up your noses at that. There are plenty of women here who both socially and intellectually are youi superiors." "It can hardly be supposed that papa has had the whole place in training," sneered Millicent, the other sisters sneering with her. "I understand you," said Walter, a little angrily "but let me tell yon that there are people here, from the East, who wouldn't have used your belovsd Aunt Jenkins for a door-mat There are at least fifty fine families here, s.11 of whom were ready to receive you, all of whom you have snubbed. They are fools If they pay any further attention to you, voti sillv chits."
But, Walter, see how shockingly they dress. There isn't a woman of taste in tbe whole town. What would our set say if we so far forgot our training as to mix with these dowdilvdressed women?" (To be Continued.) {To be Continued.)
Vandalta Excursions.
To G. A. R., Indianapolis, 90 cents the round trip good going Aug. 29 to Sept. 5, to return including Sept. 16.
To Frankfort and return $1 round trip, going Aug. 28 to Sept. 2 return to Sept. 4 account Clinton county fair.
Grand harvest exoursion South and West, one fare plus 82 the round trip, 20 days return. This includes tickets to the famous Cherokee strip, opened Sept. 16.
A chance ot a lifetime to get a splendid Bteamboat ride free, on our Chicago route. On all rail lines you pay S5.05 and are either up all night or get into Chicago too late to see anything and hunt a hotel after dark and pay SI at least for a good room. We give you a $6 rate, a good wide berth in the ftrand steamer Chicago, which you use until 7 a. m. Returning you leave Chicago at 9 a. m., have four hours beautiful lake ride, three hours of which is "out of sight" of land, one hour qt St. Joe for dinner and come home on the iiyer. Dozens are doing this every week, and all say the trip is glorious.
J. C. HUTCHINSON, Ag't.
Now straw sailors 25 cents for 50 cent qualities, at Levinson'B.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucuous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury and is taken internally, acting directly' upon the blood and mucuous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally,and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. ItS1**Sold by druggists, price 75c. per bottle
Woman's Influence. Delicate women may exert much influence, but little in camparison with what it would be with abundant health.
The wife wants health that she may be the companion of her husband and her family.
Beware of dizziness, sudden faintness, irritability, backache, nervousness, extreme lassitude, depression, exhaustion, excitability, and sick headache.
These are sure indications of female weakness, some derangement of the uterus or womb they are danger signals, which warn you to avoid a lift of misery. Lydia E. Pinkhxnis Veg* etable Compound goes to the root of the trouble, and drives disease from your body.
All druggists sell
It.
Address
LYDIA K. 1'in JNconfidence.
KHAM
MAO.
Co., LYNN, MASS.
l»ydi& E. nflUuo'i LlwerPUim, 26
First on the Slide
At 17c,
All our Fancy Hosiery that were 25
cents. Three pairs to customer only.
Streaming, Fluttering
At 3c
No. 4 and
At 8 I-3Cnos.
7,0,12&10.
All Silk and Satin Edge Ribbons.'
A Seasonable Bargain
At 47c,
Ladies' and Boys' Shirt Waists that
were 75c to (1.
Notion Department
At
2C
a yard,
Good Gartor Web. All colors, hold
for 5 cents a yard.
Dress Stuffs
At 29c,
a yard,
50 pieccs all wool plain and fancy
Dress Goods, worth up to GO cents.
Summer Reminder
At 3c
a yard.
50 pieccs good quality Challie and
lawns, worth 5 and 61-4 cents.
Curtain Bargains
At 12c
5 pieces doeted Swiss worth 80 cents.
Nottingham Laces that were 28 cants.
127-129 EAST MAIN STREET
Midsummer Tobogganing
The wind bloweth in our direction and buyers are being wafted toward
our door. Without, there is disagreeably warm weather and a
disinclination to attend to business within, there is an inspiring
array of seasonable bargains. Every article in our immense
stock will be offered at cut prices during this sale.
advertised is perfect in every respect.
ing twenty-one items stand for as many hundreds:
Handy Bargains
At 48c.
50 dozen Foster lacing Kid Gloves
that were (1 and up.
Trimming Bargains
At 8 1-3C.
Embroideries and Laces that wore
10c., that were 12£c., that wore 15c,
Baby Bargains
At 15c.
Ten doz. Infants' Caps that have sold
up to 75 cents.
Table Oilcloths
At 15c.
Best quality goods in marble and
fancy pattorn.
Diess Stuffs
Bargain No. 1.
Bargain No. 2.
At 59c
a yard.
50 pieccs extra high novelty dr3ss
goods that were 85c to 11.25.
Substantial Bargains
At 5c.
The bost prints, line challies, good
lawns.
a yard,
At 9c.
Beautiful Ginghams, lovoly Pongees,
pretty Satines,
We don't say "you must buy." Decide about that for
yourself. But surely it is to your own interest to call and
see the many offerings in the greatest sale of the year.
Each item
Let the follow
A Breezy Bargain
At 17c
All gauze Vests that were 25 cento.
Only three pieccs to customor.
Leathery Bargains
At 13c.
25 dozen leather belts that were 25
cents that were 35 cents.
White Coolness
At IO I-2C.
White goods that were 15 cents to 20
cents per yard.
Cheap Breeziness
At 8c.
250 Flat ftnd«folding paper Japanese
fans that were 15 cents to cents.
Printed Lovliness
At 48c.
Ail {our printed silks that were 75
cents to $1.00.
Artistic Bargains
At 37 i-2c
Best all wool challies'that were (10
cents.
Last But Not Least.
See our wonderful collection of seasonable wash ^goods at 5 cents par
yard they were 8 .cents thoy wcro
10 ceus/