Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 11 January 1894 — Page 2

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THE DAILY JOURNAL.

Printed Every Afternoon Except Sunday.

THE JOURNAL COMPANYT. •. B. McCAIN, President. J. A, GREENE, Sooretary.

A. A. McCAIN, Treasurer.

DAILY— Oue year JS.00 Six months S.iiO Thret! months..... 1-25 J'erweeKby carrier or mull. .... 10

WEEK (,Y— One year ... .11.00 Six mouths 50 Three months ............... 23

Payable in advance. Sample copies tree.

Kntcrod at the Postofflce at Crawfordsville, Indiana, as second-class mutter.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1804.

lM(iMY AJTD GIANT CONTHASTKD. The speech made in the House on Monday by Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and Means Committee, undoubtedly proves that it, is possible for a man to induce himself to believe something he knows is not true. Mr. Wilson harped for an hour and a half about the tariff on tlie poor man's clothing, claimed that a great injustice was done when sugar was put on the free list by the McKinley bill, and that with the sugar tariff restored there would be no deficiency intlie revenues for the coming year. Now Mr.jWilson well knows that the poor man's clothing never was as cheap in this country before as it has been since the McKinley bill went into operation. But while he knows that this is true, he somehow believes that the McKinley bill has made clothing higher than it was. Of course so honorable a man as Mr. Wilson would not assert a thing to be so if he did not believe it, and hence, the only way we can explain Mr. Wilson's strange speech is that he has succeeded in making himself believe something which he knows is not so. Mr. Wilson well knows that the laboring men of this country are not wandering about hungry and in rags because of the high price of clothing and food but because the fear of free trade has thrown them out of employment. Mr. Wilson admits that there is great commercial distress and that thousands of workingmen are idle. But through some hallucination he believes that all these troubles have come upon the country in consequence of a law which made clothing cheaper, sugar cheaper and furnished employment for thousands of workmen in the new industries started by the McKinley bill. If all our idle people had employment to-day at good wages, there would be no distress of any kind in the country. The working people would be dancing home ,at night, with their arms full of groceries and dry goods instead of going to soup houses for food to keep them from starvation. It is the lack of employment that lias brought on every bit of the distress that now weighs down the business of the country

We cannot do better than to quote here a couple of paragraphs from one of Mr. Webster's great Senatorial speeches in favor of protection: ••But why are the people of Ireland not prosperous, contented and happy? We hear of a potato panic and a popu lation distressed in Ireland by the high price of potatoes. Why. sir, the price of potatoes in this city is three times the price of potatoes in Dublin, and at this moment the price of potatoes is twice as high throughout this country as through Ireland. There are potatoes enough in Ireland but the people are not able to buy them. And why? That is the stringent question. Why cannot the people of Ireland buy potatoes or other food? The answer to this question solves the Irish case and that answer is simply this: The people have not employment." l-'urther on Mr. Webster said: "To diversify employment is to in crease employment and enhance wages. And, sir, take this great truth place it on the title page of every book of political economy .intended for the use of the United States: put it in every farmer's almanac, let it be the heading of the column in every mechanic's magazine proclaim it everywhere." and make it a proverb that where there it work for the hantlK of men there will be work for their teeth. Where there is employment there will be bread. It is a great blessing to the poor to have cheap food, but greater than that, and of still higher value if the blessing of being able to buy food by honest respectable employment."

Let every one read these grand and truthful words from the lips of the greatest statesman our country has produced, and contrast them with the puny speech of Mr. Wilson, and lie will no longer be in doubt as to the real origin of the dark cloud that hangs over the country to-day. from a lack of employment, and the lack of employment comes from political plulform which ignores the great truths so eloquently enforced by Mr. Webster. A lack of employment has paralyzed every branch of business in the country. Our working people have literally been dumped in the soup by the free trade Democratic plat form.

HON. W. D. OWEN, of Logansport, is in the race for the nomination for Secretary of State on the Republican tieket. He is a magnetic and graceful speaker, personally popular with the people and in all respects would make an ideal candidate. He has a warm place in the hearts of Montgomery county Republicans and doubtless will command their strength at the State convention.

If consumers pay the tax on dutia' ble articles as Democrats assert, when imported, will not consumers pay the tax when imposed in the form of in comes and internal revenue? Where is the consumer to be benefited by changing the form of taxation?

ABE American wages too high? The Wilson bill assumes that they are, for ii proposes to reduce them.

A STUDY

IN SCARLET

By A. 00NAN D0TLB.

CHAPTER V.

THE AVENGING ANOILS.

All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths. More than once they lost their way, but Dope's inti-

THKIR COURSE LAY THKOrOrl INTK1CATE DEFILES. mate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once moro. When morning broke, a scene of marvelous though savage beauty lay before them. In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were tlie rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them. Nor was tlie fear entirely an illusion, for the barren valley was thickly strewn with trees and bowlders which had fallen in a similar manner. Even as they passed, a great rock came thundering down with a hoarse rattle which woke the echoes in the silent gorges, and startled the weary horses into a gallop.

As the sun rose slowly above the eastern horizon, the caps of the great mountains lit up one after the other, like lamps at a festival, -ntil they were all ruddy and glowing. The magnificent spectacle cheered the hearts of the three fugitives and gave them fresh energy. At a wild torrent which swept out of a ravine they called a halt and watered their horses, while they partook of a liasty breakfast. Lucy and her father would fain have rested longer, but Jefferson Hope was inexorable. "They will be upon our track by this time," he said. "Everything depends upon our speed. Once safe in Carson, we may rest for the remainder of our lives."

During the whole of that day they struggled on through the defiles, and by evening they calculated that thoy were more than thirty miles from their enemies. At night time they chose the base of a beetling crag, whare the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind, and there, huddled together for warmth, they enjoyed a few hours' sleep. Before daybreak, however, they were up and on their way once more. They had seen no signs of any pursuers, and Jefferson Hope began to think that they were fairly out of the reach of the terrible organization whose enmity they had incurred. He little knew how far that iron grasp could reach, or how soon it was to •lose upon them and crush them.

About the middle of the second day of the flight their scanty store of provisions began to run out. This gave the hunter little uneasiness, however, for there was game to be had among the mountains, and he had frequently before had to depend upon his rifle for the needs of life. Choosing a sheltered nook, he piled together a few dry branches and made a blazing fire, at which his companions might warm themselves, for they were now nearly five thousand feet above the sea level, and the air was bitter and keen. Having tethered the horses and bade Lucy adieu, he threw his gun over his shoulder and set out in search of whatever chance might throw in his way. Looking back, he saw the old man and the young girl crouching over the blazing fire, while the three animals stood motionlesB in the background. Then the intervening rocks hid them from his view. ne walked for a couple of miles through one ravine after another with-

HT5 SAW THE OI.D MAN AND TilK YOUNG GIRL CROUCItlNG OVER THE BLAZING FIRE.

out success, though from the marks npon the trees, and other indications, he judged that there were numerous bears in the vicinity. At last, after two or three hours' fruitless search, he was thinking of turning back in despair, when, easting his eyes upward, he saw a sight which sent a thrill of pleasure through his heart. On the edge of a jutting pinnacle,1 three or four hundred feet above him, there stood a creature somewhat resembling a sheep in appearance, but. armed with a pair -of gigantic horns. The big-horn, for so it is called—was acting, probably, as a guardian over a flock which were invisible to tho hunter but fortunately it was heading in tho opposite direction, and had not perceived him. Lying on his back, he rested his rifle upon a rock, and took a long and steady aim before drawing the trigger. The animal sprang into the air, tottered for a moment upon the edge of tlie precipice, and then came crashing down into the valley beneath.

Tho creature was too unwieldy to lift, so the hunter contented himself with cutting away one haunch and a part of tlie flank. With thiB trophy over his shoulder, he hastened to retrace his steps, for tlie evening was already drawing in. He had hardly started. hfi.iyey.erv before be realized

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the difficulty which faced him. In his eagerness he had wandered far past the ravines which were known to him, and it was no easy matter to pick out the path which he had taken. The valley in which he found himself divided and subdivided into many gorges, which were so like each other that it was impossible to distinguish one from the other. He followed one for a mile or more until he came to a mountain torrent which he was sure that he had never seen before. Convinced that he had taken the wrong turn, he tried another, but with the same result. Night was coming on rapidly, and it was almost dark before he again found himself in a defile which was familiar to him. Even then it was no easy matter to keep on the right track, for the moon had not yet risen, and the high cliffs on either side made the obscurity more profound. Weighed down with his burden and weary frftm his exertions, lie stumbled along, keeping up his heart by the reflection that every step brought him nearer to Lucv, and that he carried with him enough to insure them food for the remainder of their journey.

He had now come to the mouth of the very defile in which he had left them. Even in the darkness ho could recognize the outlines of the cliffs which bounded it. They must, he reflected, be awaiting him anxiously, for he had been absent nearly five hours. In the gladness of his heart he put his hands to his mouth and made the glen reecho to a loud hallo as a signal that he was coming. He paused and listened for an answer. None camc save his own cry, which clattered up the dreary, silent ravines, and was borne back to his ears in countless repetitions. Again he shouted, even louder than before, and again no whisper came back from the friends whom he had left such a short tiine ago. A vague, nameless dread came over him, and lie hurried onward frantically, dropping the precious food in hiB agitation.

When he turned the corner, he came full in sight of the spot where the fire had been lit. There was still a glowing pile of wood-ashes there, but it had evidently not been tended since his departure. The same dead silence still reigned all round. With his fears changed to convictions, he hurried on. There was no living creature near the remains of the fire animals, man, maiden, all were gone. It was only too clear that some sudden and terrible disaster had occurred during his ab sence—a disaster which had embraced them all and yet had left no traces behind it.

Bewildered and stunned by this 'blow, Jefferson Hope felt his head spin round, and had to lean upon his rifle to save himself from falling. He was essentially a man of action, however, and speedily recovered from his temporary impotence. Seizing a half-consumed piece of wood from the smouldering lire, he blew it into a flame, and proceeded with its help to examine the little camp. The ground was all stamped down by the feet of horses showing that a large party of mounted men had overtaken the fugitives, and the 'Hrection of their tracks proved that they had afterward turned back to Salt Lake City. Had they carried back both of his companions with them? Jefferson Hope had almost persuaded himself that they must have done so, when his eye fell npon an object which made every nerve of his body tingle within him. A little way on one side of tho camg was a lowlying head of reddish soil, which had assuredly not been there before. There was no mistaking it for anything but a newly-dug grave. As the young hunter approached it. he perceived that a stick had been planted on it, with a sheet of paper stuck in the cleft fork of it. The inscription upon the paper was brieL but to the point:

JOHN FERR1EK,

rOUMERLT OF SALT LAKE CITY. Died August 4, 1800.

The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was gone, then, and this was all his epitaph. Jefferson nope looked wildly round to see if there was a second grave, but there was no sign of one. Lucy had boen carried back by their terrible pursuers to fulfill her original destiny, by becoming one of tho harem of tho cider's son. As the young fellow realized the certainty of her fate and his own powerlessness to prevent it, he wished that he, too, was lying with the old farmer in his last silent resting place.

(To Be Continued.)

HOOD'S Sarsaparilla has cured y«man afflicted with rheumatism, and we urge ail who suffer from this disease to give this medicine a trial,

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1,200 Linen Doileys' worth ftc Discount Price

which

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

30 Bolts Turkey Red Damask worth 25c yd Discount Price

25 Bolts Bate's Best Turkey Red and Fancj* Damask, 58 inches wide, worth 50 and 65c yd Discount Price ^dC.yd

15 Bolts all Linen Half Bleach Damask, 5 pat terns, worth 50 c. Discount Price ... O IC yd

4.000 yds. Checked Linen. Glass Crash, 16 inches wide, fast colored stripes, worth 10c yd Discount Price OC yd

S5,000 yds. 18-inch Linen Checked Glass Crash. fast colors, very fine, worth 12Kc Discount Price

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

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

MUSLINS,

Lonsdale, Masonvill and Fruit of the Loom, 38inch Bleached Muslins, worth 10c yd Discount Price

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

KID GLOVES,

250 doz. Ladies' Kid Gloves, all sizes and colors, including black, that have been returned to manufacttiref on account of slight imperfections, some so slightasto be-scarcely noticeable, worth 81.00, 81.25, 81.50 and 82.00 perpair

Discount Price...... .:...:....... .......

Outing and Domet Flannels.

30 pieces 2,500 yards Domet Flannels, good patterns and colors. Worth 8fc to 12Jtfc..: Discount price

new, desirable goods at

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.

JJj If we know anything at all we think we ought by this time to know how to Ht run a Clearing Sale, and we assure the public that all our energies and accumuiji lated experience have been enlisted to make this The Greatest of All Clearing jjj Siles. Read the list and depend upon it that you will find everything just exactly as advertised.

FURS,

lc each

69c doz

17*20. yird

yard

23c

1QI

yard

49c

5c yd

NOTE: During the last two months we disposed of

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

LOUIS BISCHOF

300 Black Hare Muffs, wortk 75c Discount price All other furs 33tf per oant. of.

DRESS GOODS,

150 bolts Fancy Mixed Suitings, 33 inches wide. good colors, worth 15c per yard Discount price ."

35 bolts all-wool Serge, 40 inches wide in good desirable colors, worth 50c Discount price

A grand bargain.

Fine 36 inch Henriettas, all colors and black, fcworth 25c and 35c per yard Discount price

We never carry over novelty Dress Goods if price will sell them. We have marked a discount of 25, 33 X, and 50 per oent. off oa all fancy style*.

SPECIAL.

150 dozen flue glass bottles, assorted sizes and styles, cut and ground glass stoppers, wortk -50c, 60c and 75c

Discount price, shoiee

PRINTS,

100 Bolts Dress Style Prints, nioe dark grosnds, good colors, worth 5c yd Discount Price

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

NOTICE.

Discount price. vv...

Every article in our stoek will be offered at di»eount prices of 25, 33and 50 pcr'cent. This means X, Hi and )i of the original price will be chopped off, making this the grandest bargain •sale ever inaugurated. This includes Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, Linens, Dress Goods, Cloaks, 'Curtains, Silks, Trimmings, Laces, Embroideries and Staples. This sale will go down in, the

Dry Goods history of this city as the" climax of merchandising.

$20,000

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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19c

7 l-2c

29c yd

19c yd

worth of merchandise to one party,

$8,000

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23c

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worth of