Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 10 January 1894 — Page 2

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THE DAILY JOURNAL. A

Printed Every Afternoon Except Sunday.

THE JOURNAL COMPANYT. H. R. MeCAlN, President. J. A. QRKENE, Secretary.

A. A. MCCAIN, Treasurer.

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Payable in udvance. Sample copies tree.

Entered at the Postofflce at Crawfordsvllle, Indiana, as sccond-class matter.

WEDNESDAY,

JANUARY

Democrat in the land to arouse them to action so that they would make their objections felt with their Congressmen. It is a time of peril to the party. 1 would sound the alarm, "To your tents, O Israel." Unless we can bring about a change in the administration unless we can stop this so-called Wilson bill in Congress, we shall go down as a party to hopeless defeat at. the next election, and it will be years before the people will trust us again.

The entire speech is particularly interesting and we regret that our space forbids a more lengthy extract. It is the protest of a practical business man against the threats of their party now in the saddle.

Propohtiojtaj,

STDDY

10, 1894.

A DEMOCRATIC KICK.

The .laeksonian Democracy of Ohio celebrated St. Jackson's Day at Columbus. All the big grins of the Buckeye Democracy were there and the toasts were numerous. 51. E. Ingalls, President of the Big Four Railroad, responded to the toast, "The Democratic platform of 1892,'' and took as his text the tariff for revenue only plank, and proceeded to rend Prof. Wilson and the new tariff bill and to tear still wider agape the bleeding wounds of the party whose anniversary was being observed. Among other things Mr. Ingalls said:

Wp are in the midst of evil tunes: mills have stopped, industry is paralyzed, and everywhere idle men are filling the streets and asking for work and there is none. No such calamity has ever before falkn this community in its history.' Notwithstanding the troubled times, notwithstanding the deficit in the Treasury and its necessities. the Administration and its representatives have steadily pushed forward a tariff bill which is claimed to be in pursuance of the Chicago platform. We have an empty Treasury, and the estimate is that at the end of the fiscal year the deficit will be somewhere from 825,000,000 to $50,000,000. The bill, which, in addition to the deficit of 550.000,000, will produce 875,000,000 more of loss, leaving the Government at the end of the fiscal year short S12f.000,000. unless it can be made up in other ways. Flow do they expect to make up this 8125,000,000? Cover your heads with shame, my fellow-Demo-crats. for your party in power in these days of peace proposes to go back and enact the war taxes of the past and why? In order that they may make a tariff framed according to the theories of a few men familiar only with the books, and reduce the duties on certain articles'which do not demand it, and make certain articles free which are not called for. Was ever such folly? The gentleman who fathers -this measure, whose name is given to it, is a distinguished member of Congress, coming from a little village up in the mountains of the State of West Virginia. He has a large experience as a college professor and as a country lawyer, and as a member of Congress. He is a student of the doctrine of free trade and well educated as a theorist. Ity some chance he is made Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and is put astride of the commerce of this country, and proposes to demonstrate his theories, although in so doing he may wreck the country and his party. Politically, 1 am against it, for just as sure as you place coal and iron ore upon the free list, so sure will Virginio and' West Virginia leave the Democratic column at the next election. Tell me, where are you to get the electoral votes to take their place? Is the bill proposed a tariff for revenue? On the other hand, as I have stated, it reduces tlie revenue derived from the -Mclvinley bill S75.000.000, and leaves the Government with a deficit of 8125,000,000. These are not times for experiments business is staggering under a load of depression men are anxious they know not which way to turn, and no mistakes should be made. In behalf of the great body of business men of this country 1 protest against experiments at this time. In behalf of the Democratic rank and file I protest against a measure which, if passed, will turn the country over to the Republicans. I wish 1 could reach every

representation is

based upon the principle that if a cer tain State has a given number of representatives, each proportionate part of the voters in that state should have one representative. That is to say if a .State with four Congressmen has 100,000 voters, each 25,000 voters should have one Congressman. This is accomplished by wiping out district lines and allowing the citizens to vote as they please for tickets nominated by State conventions. The total vote cast in Indiana in 1802 for Congressmen was 549,405, of which the Republicans cast 253,640, the Democrats 259,184, the Populists 24,223, the Prohibitionists 12,358. If 549,405 votes elcctthirteen Congress men, one-thirteenth of that number or 42,2i2 votes should elect one. This last number is called the electoral quotient and divided into the Republican vote would give six and a remainder of 08, entitling the Republicans to six Congresmen. Divided into the total Democratic vote it would give six with a remainder of 5.012. The thirteenth Congressman goes to the party having left the nearest to the electqral qu tient, which in this case belongs to the Populists. Thus Indiana's delegation should stand: Republicans, 6 Democrats, 6 and Populists, 1, in order to reflect properly the sentiment of the people. The eleven Democrats and two Republicans now in Congress do not represent Indiana as her people think and as they voted. Proportional representation is the remedy for the •vil of misrepresentation.

SCARLET

By A. (JONAH D0YL&

CHAPTER IV.Contixckd.

What was that? In the silenca he heard a gentle scratching sound—low, but very distinct, in the quiet of the night. It came from the door of the house. Ferrier crept into the hall and listened intently. There was a pause for a few moments, and then the low, insidious sound was repeated. Some one was evidently tapping very gently upon one of the panels of the door. Was it some midnight assassin who had come to carry out the murderous order of the secret tribunal? Or was it some agent who was marking up that the last day of grace had arrived? John Perrier felt that instant doath would be better than the suspense which shook his nerves and chilled his heart. Springing forward, he drew the bolt and threw the door open.

Outside all was calm and quiet. The night was fine, and the stars were twinkling brightly overhead. The little front garden lay before the farmer's eyes, bounded by the fence and gate but neither there nor on the road was any human being to be seen. With a sigh of relief Perrier looked to right and to left, until happening to glance straight down at his own feet he saw to his astonishment a man lying flat upon his face upon the ground, with arms and legs all asprawl.

So unnerved was he at the sight that he leaned up against the wall with his hand to his throat to stifle his inclination to call out. Ilis first thought was that the prostrate figure was that of some wounded or dying mac, but as he watched it ho saw it writhe along the grouud and into the hall with the rapidity and noisclessnessof a serpent. Once within the house the man sprang to his feet, closed the door and revealed to the astonished farmer the fierce and resolute expression of Jefferson Hope. "Good Godl" gasped .lohn Ferrier. "How you scared me! Whatever made you come in like that?" "Give me food," the other said, hoarsely. "I have had no time for bite or sup for eight-and-forty hours." He flung himself upon the cold meat and bread which were still lying upon the table from his host's supper, and devoured it voraciously. "Does Lucy bear up well?'- he asked, when he had satisfied his hunger. "Yes. She does not know the danger." her father answered. "That is well. The house is watched on every side. That is why I crawled mv way up to it. They may be darned sharp, but they're not quite sharp enough to catch a Washoe hunter."

John Ferrier felt a different man now that he realized that he had a devoted ally. He seized the young man'E leathery hand and wrung it cordially. "You're a man to be proud of," he said. "There are not many who would come to share our danger and our troubles." "You've hit it there, pard," the young hunter answered. "I have a respect for you, but if you were alone in this business I'd think twice before I put my head into such a hornets' nest. It's Lucy that brings me here, and before harm comes on her I guess there will be one less o'the Hope family In Utah." "What are we to do?" "To-morrow is your last day, and unless you act to-night you are lost. I have a mule and two horses waiting in the Eagle ravine. How much money have you?"' "Two thousand dollars in gold, and five in notes." "That will do. I have as much more to add to it. We must push for Carson City through the mountains. You had best walce Lucy. It is as well that the servants do not sleep in the house."

While Ferrier was absent preparing his daughter for the approaching journey, Jefferson Hope packed all the eatables that he could find into a small parcel, and filled a stoneware jar with water, for he knew by experience that the mountain wells were few and fai between. He had hardly completed his arrangements before the farmer returned with his daughter all dressed and ready for a start. The greeting between the lovers was warm but brief, for minutes were precious, and there was much to be done. "We must make our start at once," said Jefferson Hope, speaking in a low but resolute voice, like one who realizes the greatness of the peril, but has steeled his heart to meet it. "The front and back entrances are watched, but with caution we may get away through the side window and across the fields. Once on the road, wo are only two miles from the ravine where the horses are waiting. Hy daybreak we should be half way through the mountains." "What if we are stopped?" asked Ferrier.

Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic. "If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of them with us," he said with a sinister smile.

The lights inside the house had all been extinguished, and from the darkened window Ferrier peered over the fields which had been his own, and which he was now about to abandon forever. He had long nerved himself to the sacrifice, however, and the thought of the honor and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his ruined fortunes. All looked so peaceful and happy, the rustling trees and the broad, silent stretch of grain land, that it was difficult to realize that the spirit of murder lurked through it all. Yet the white face and set expression of the young huntei Bhowed that in his approach to the house he had seen enough to satisfy him upon that head.

Ferrier carried the bag of gold and notes, Jefferson Hope had the scanty provisions and water, while Lucy had the small bundle containing a few of her more valued possessions. Opening

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"UKASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN," a book worth doUart, tint scaltd for 10c.

the window Very "slowly and carefully, they wnited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then ono by one passed through Into the little garden. With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across it and gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfield. They had just rcachod this point when the young man seized his two companions and dragged them •down into the shadow, where they lay silent and trembling.

It was as well that his prairie training had given Jefferson Hope the ears of a lynx. He and his friends had hardly crouched down before the melancholy hooting of a mountain owl was heard within a few yards of them, which was immediately answered by another hoot at a small distance. At the same moment a vague, shadowy figure emerged from the gap for which they had been making, and uttered the plaintive signal cry again, on which a second man appeared out of the obscurity. "To-morrow at midnight," said the first, who appeared to be in authority. "When the whippoorwill calU three times." "It is well," returned the other. "Shall I tell Brother Drebber?" "Pass it on to him, and from him to the others. Nino to seven!" "Seven to five!" repeated the other, and the two figures flitted away in different directions. Their concluding words had evidently been some form of sign and countersign. The instant that their footsteps had died away in the distance, Jefferson nope sprang to his feet, and, helping his companions through the gap, led the way across the fields at full speed, supporting and half-carrying the girl when her strength appeared to fail her. 'Hurry on! hurry on!" he gasped from time to time. "We are through the line of sentinels. Everything depends on speed. Hurry"on!"

Once on the high-road they made rapid progress. Only once did they meet anyone, and then they managed to slip into a field and so avoid recognition. Before reaching the town the hunter branched away into a rugged and narrow footpath which led to the mountains. Two dark, jagged peaks loomed above them through the darkness, and the defile which led between them was the Eagle canyon in which the horses were awaiting them. With unerring instinct Jefferson Hope picked his way among the great bowlders and along the bed of a driedup water-course, until he came to the retired corner, screened with rocks, where the faithful animals had been picketed. The girl was placed upon the mule, and old Ferrier upon one of the horses, with his money-bag, while Jefferson Hope led the other along the precipitous and dangerous paths.

It was a bewildering route for anyone who was not accustomed to face Nature in her wildest moods. On the one side a great crag towered up a thousand feet or more, black, stern and menacing, with long basaltic columns upon tts rugged surface like tlie ribs of some petrified monster. On the other hand a wild chaos of bowlders and debris made all advance impossible. Between the two ran the irregular track, so narrow in places that they had to travel in Indian file, and so rough that only practiced riders could have traversed it a fall. Yet, in spite of all dangers and difficulties, the hearts of the fugitives were light within them, for every step increased the distance between them and the terrible despotism from which they were flying.

They soon had a proof, however, that they were still in the jurisdiction of the Saints. They had reached the very wildest and most desolate portion of the pass when the girl gave a startled cry and pointed upward. On a rock which overlooked the track, showing out darkand plain against the sky, there stood a solitary sentinel. He saw them as soon as they perceived him, and his military challenge of "Who goes there?" rang through the silent ravine. "Travelers for Nevada," said Jefferson Hope, with his hand upon the rifle which hung by his saddle.

They could see the lonely watcher fingering his gun, and peering down at them as if dissatisfied with their reply. "By whose permission?" he asked. "The Holy Pour," answered Perrier. His Mormon experiences had taught him that that was the highest authority to which he could refer. "Nine from seven," cried the sentinel. "Sswen from five," returned Jefferson Hope promptly, remembering the countersign which he had heard in the garden. "Pass, and the Lord go with you," said the voice from above. Beyond this post the path broadened out, and the horses were able to break into a trot. Looking back, they could see the solitary watcher leaning upon hie gun, and knew that they had passed the outlying post of the chosen people, and that freedom lay before them,

{To Be Continued.)

The I'nule Solved.

Perhaps no local disease has puzzled and baffled the medical profession more than nasal catarrh. While not immediately fatal it is among the most nauseous and disgusting ills the flesh is heir to, and the records show very few or no cases of radical cure of chronic catarrh by any of the many modes of treatment until the introduction of Ely's Cream Balm a few years ago. The' success of this preparation has been most gratifying and surprising. No druggist is without it.

Health and Happlnen.

Honey of Figs Is the queen of all catharticssyrups or pills. One anticipates Its taking with pleasure. No other remedy soils so well or gives Buoh satisfaction. It acta gently on Inactive l-owelsor liver, relieves the kidneys, cures constipation, colds fevers, nervous aclies, efj., and restores the beauty of health. Ladles and children prefer It. Doctors and druggists recommend It. The PioHoney Co., of Chicago, make It. Try a bottle. Only one entadose. Nve & Booe, agents- d-w 6-7

Socurcs to CIR L8 a painless, perfect development and thus prevents life-long weakness,

Sustains and soothes Overworked Women, Exhausted Mothers, and prevents prolapsus.

Cares Palpitation, Sleeplessness, nervous breaking down (often preventing insanity), providing a safe Change of Life, and a hale and happy old age.

Beader, suffering from any complaint peculiar to the female sex, Z0A-FH0RA is Worth everything to yon. letters for advice, marked "Consulting Department," are •een by our physicians only. Z0A-FH0BA CO., n. 6. COLKAN, Bee'y, mclu

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actly as advertised.

LINENS,

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1,200 Linen Doilcys' wortli 5c Discount l'rice

100 Dozen All Linen (largo size Napkins, worth 81.00 Discount Price ..... ......

20 Bolts Turkey Red Damask worth 25c yd Discount Pricc

25 Bolts Bate's Best Turkey lied and Fancy Damask. 58 inches wide, worth 50 and fi5c yd Discount Price

15 Bolts all Linen Half Bleach Damask, 5 patterns, worth 50 c. Discount Price

4,000 yds. Checked Linen, Glass Crash, 16 inchcs wide, fast colored stripes, worth 10c yd Discount Price ...j.

25,000 yds. 18-incli Linen Checked Glass Crash, fast colors, very fine, worth 12%c Discount Pricc

100 doz. extra large, All Linen, knotted fringe Towels, fast colored borders, worth 35c Discount Price

100 doz. extra large All Linen Tosvels with fast colored borders, worth 25c Discount Price

MUSLINS,

Lonsdale, Masonvill and Fruit of the Loom, Siinch Bleached Muslins, worth 10c yd Discount Price ..v......:. Oi

Every item in Bleached and Brown Muslins and Sheetings at less than wholesale prises.

KID GLOVES,

250 doz. Ladies'Kid Gloves, all sizes and aolors, including black, that have been returned t* manufacturer on account of slight imperfections, some so slightasto be-scarcely noticeable, worth #1.00, $1.25, 81.50 and $2.00 per pair

Discount Price

Outing and Domet Flannels.

new, desirable goods at

50 pieces 8,500 yards Domet Flannels, good patterns and colors. Worth 8Xc to 12Kc Discountpric* OC VC*

LOUIS BISCHOF

137-139 EAST MAIN STREET

Wednesday Morning, January 3, 1894, at 8:30 O'Clock We Will Commence Our

17th Grand Annual Discount Clearing Sale.

If we know anything at all we think we ought by this time to know how to

run a Clearing Sale, and we assure the public that all our energies and accumu

lated experience have been enlisted to make this The Greatest of All Clearing

Siles. Read the list and depend upon it that you will find everything just ex

FURS,

lc each

69c doz

172c. yard

29c yd

37c yd

5c yd

yard

23c

161.

49c

NOTE: During the last two months we disposed of

Bt^This Sale will be for Cash Only. No Goods Charged.

LOUIS BISCHOF,

300 Black Hare Muffs, worth 75c.. Discount price All other furs 33t per cent. off.

DRESS GOODS,

150 bolts Fancy Mixed Suitings, 33 inches wide, good colors, worth 15e per yard Discount price I JL-^C

25 bolts all-wool Serge, 40 inches wide in good desirable colors, worth 50c Oflr» rtA Discount price flWC yQ

A grand bargain.

Fine 36 inch Henriettas, all colors and black, .. worth 25c and 35c per yard Discount pricc II7C yQ

We never carry over novelty Dress Goods if price will sell them. We have marked a discount of 25, 33and 30 per cent, off on all fancy styles.

SPECIAL.

150 dozen fine glass bottlss, asserted sizes and styles, cut and ground glass stoppers, wortli 50c, COc and 7I«

Discount prios, choice

PRINTS,

yard

300 Bolts Dress Style Prints, nice dark grovnds, good colors, worth 5c yd Discount Price 2^e yard

All our best Prints, including American Indigo Blue, best Turkey Red, Simpson Mournings and new fall styles in fancy prints that have sold for 7c

Discount price

NOTICE.

Every article in our atosk will be offered at discount prices of 25, 13X and 50 per cent. This means Ji, X, and of the original price will be shopped off, making this the grandest bargain sale ever inaugurated. This includes Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, Linens, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Curtains, Silks, Trimmings, Laces, Embroider-

ies and Staples. This sale will go down in the Dry Goods history of this city as the climax erf merchandising.

$20,000

which included every undesirable article in our stock, and left us only goods bought during the past six months. We have no old goods to offer. In addition, have just purchased for spot cash

per cent, of their value, which will be included in this sale.

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