Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 January 1894 — Page 2

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THE DAILY JOURNAL.

Printed ETery Afternoon Except Sunday.

THE JOURNAL COMPANY. T. JI. U. M0CA.IN, President. 3. A. GREENE, Secretary.

A. A. MCCAIN, Treasurer.

DAILY— One year 15.00 Six months 2.50 Three months 1.25 Porweek by carrier ormall 10

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Payable in advance. Sample copies Iree.

Entered at the Postofflce at Crawfordsvlllo Indiana, as second-class matter.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1894.

THE JOURNAL'S art portfolios are the best. Begin to clip your coupons next Monday.

THERE promises to be a revolt among several Democrats against the Wilson bill on account of the income tax which has been made a rider to the bill.

THE New York Sun, Democratic, denounces the Wilson bill thus: "Protection, favoritism, discrimination, fraud—these are four legs of the Wilson wliat-is-it."

THE House has passed an amendment to the -Wilson bill repealing the reciprocity clause of the McKinley law. The advantages this country has .gained by lower duties for our products into those countries with which we have made reciprocity treaties are to be all thrown away.

TUB present price of a barrel of salt is AG cents, of which the cost of the ban-el is 22 cents. Supposing that putting it on the free list should temporarily reduce the price five cents, how many barrels of salt would a farmer have to use in the course of a year to make up the loss on his tobacco or wool crop?

Is his letter accepting r.the nomination for President in 1884, Cleveland said that "the voters of the land have learned that mystery and concealment in the management of their affairs cover tricks and betrayals." What, has his own course been but one of "mystery and concealment" in his Hawaiian policy? He has vindicated the correctness of his own statement.

TUE income tax proposition will have some determined Democratic opposition as witness this from the Boston Globe, the Bourbon organ of the New England States:

It is high time to call a stern halt to the wild theorists at Washington whose plans mean the wreck of the Democratic party. Let all Democratic Con pressmen of wise conservatism, sound common sense and business knowledge unite to check at once the income tax folly which has manifested itself in the ranks of the Ways and Means Committee.

THE statement that preparations are being made to establish a republic ir Hawaii, modeled upon that of the United States, has been anticipated in this country. The founders of the Provisional Government are Americans in thought, spirit and action, as well as by birth and descent. Next to their ambition that Hawaii should be a part of the United States is their desire that that country should assimilate to ours in its form of government. A republic would be a fitting prelude to annexation.

AN income tax is the worst kind of class legislation. The Democratic part}- has been clamoring since Jefferson's time against this form of legislation as contrary and antagonistic to the fundamental doctrines of equal rights and exact justice. It is now discarding methods of raising revenue which cheapened prices, and consequently were not felt by the rich and poor, and is substituting for them class legislation of the most stringent character. What is an income tax if it is not a class tax? In the very nature of the proposition it divides the country into classes.

PENSION claims are being held up to an enormous extent. A short time ago in an official report Pension Commissioner Lochxen stated that there were 700,000 claims pending. The statement comes from a pension official, who is thoroughly acquainted with the facts, that there are 100,000 completed claims now in the pension office awaiting the action of Mr. Lochren and his subordinates before these claimants can draw any money. That is to say, according to this official, there are 100,000 cases in which the proof is all complete and which, if justices were done, would immediately go on the rolls. But to make a show of their widows and orphans, this Administration holds up these claims and sends ex-Confederates all over the country to hunt up alleged frauds.

IN 1832 John C. Calhoun and his followers in the State of South Carolina said that a protective tariff was unconstitutional, and that they would not pay duties to the national government, except for "revenue only." They attempted to nullify the constitution of the United States by passing an ordinance declaring the tarff law void so far as South Carolina was concerned. That grand old patriot, Andrew Jackson, then President of the United States, said that protection was constitutional, and that "By the Eternal, if one drop of blood was shed in South Carolina he would hang John C. Calhoun." He sent General Scott to Fort Moultrie and a United States war vessel to Charleston hprbor, and the result was that, with the gallows staring them in the faee, Mr. Calhoun and his followers tMlnd dm.

TRACED IN BLOOD

OR,

Tie Little Old Man ot the Batignolles,

BY EMIL CABORIAU. CUAPTEII X, CONTINUED.

WHS it an accidental circumstance? This WHS the question M. Mechinet unci I asked each other with a glance us mpid as lightning.

When chance is so very intelligent, serves a cause so aptly, it is difficult noi to suspect it of haviug been a little arranged.

But this was not the right moment to reveal the depth of otir thoughts. "You have never beeu suspected, madame," said M. Mechinet, shamelessly. "The worst that could be supposed ia that your hushand told you somethlug about the crime before committing it." "Monsieur, if you knew us "Stop!- Your business i.1 not very pros* perous, we have beeu told you ureeiuharrassed." "Temporarily, yes but "Your hushand must have been unhappy and anxious about this precarious situation. He must have grieved especially for your sake for you whom ho worships—you who are young and beautiful for you, far more than himself, he must have ardently desired the luxuries and pleasures wealth procures." "Monsieur, I tell you once more, my husband is innocent."

M. Mechinet, reflecting deeply seemed to be filling his nose with suufT. Then ho said suddenly: "Deuce take it! Then how do you explaiu his confession? An innocent man who declares himself gjiiltynt the bare mention of the crime of which lie is .suspected, is rare, madame."

A fleeting blush crimsoned the young wife's face.' For the first time her glance, till now frank and clear, became wandering and troubled. "I suppose," she replied, in au indistinct voice, with a fresh burst of tears— "I think my husband, terrified and bewildered at finding himself accused of so great a crime, lost his senses."

M. Mechinet shook his head.

However this might be, the young wifo seemed on the point of fainting and, hiding her face between her hands, murmured: "Merciful Heaven! my poor husband has gone mad!"

This was not my opinion. Convinced, henceforward, that I was playing a part in a force, and the young wife's despair was only a lie, I asked myself whether, for certain reasons that escaped ray detection, she had not determined the terrible resolution taken by her husband and whether, if he were innocent, she did not know the real criminal?

After addressing a few words of con*monplace consolation to the wife, M. Mechinet gave her to understand that sue would dispel manyprejudices by assisting, with a good grace, in a minute examination of her home.

She seized upon thisopening with eagerness that was evidently unfeigned. "Look,gentlemen," said she "examine, rummage everywhere. You will do me a service, and it won't take long. We have only the shop—the back shop— where wo are now our servant's room in the sixth story, anil a little cellar. Here are tha keys."

To my great astonishment M. Mechinet accepted them, and appeared to be mat? fbg Lhe most thorough and patient Investigation.

What was his object? He must have some secret purpose, for the search would eridently eud in nothing.

When he had apparently finished, he Mid: "The cellar Is Btill to be examined." "I'll take you there, monsieur," said Mme. Monistrol.

And instantly seizing a lighted candle sheled us across a couH-yard upon which a second door in the back shop opened, and guided us by wery slippery staircase to a door, which she unlocked, saving: "Here it is—walk in, gentlemen."

I began to understand. My worthy neighbor had scrutinized the cellar with a rapid, practiced glance. It was in wretched order. A small cask of beer stood in one corner, and directly opposite, fastened by sticks of wood, was a hogshead of wine furnished with a wooden tap. On the right were ranged about fifty full bottles.

M. Mechinet did not lose sight of these bottles, and found an opportunity to move one after another.

What I snw, he also noticed not one was sealed with green wax. So the cork I had pickcd up, and which bad served to proteot the point of the murderer's weapon, did not come from the Monistrols' cellar. "Well," said M. Mechinet, feigning disappointment, "I find nothing—we can go back."

We did so, but not in the same order that we had gone down, for in returning I went fl rst.

I therefore opened the door of the back shop and the Monistrols' dog instantly rushed at me, barking so furiously that I Started back. "The dcucel it's your savage dog," said M. Mechinet to the young wife, who had ilready driven it away by a wave of the band. "No, Indeed, he isn't savage," she replied, "only a good watchdog. We are jewellers, more ^exposed to thieves than ther shopkeepers, so we trained him."

Mechanically, as one always does after having been threatened by a dog, I called this one by his name, which I knew. "Plutol Plutol"

But Instead of approiching me, the inimal drew back, growling and showing bis sharp teeth. "Oh, it's useless for you to call him," laid madame, thoughtlessly, "he won't follow you." "Why so?" "Because he is faithful, like all dogs of that breed, and will obey no one but his master and myself."

This apparently unimportant remark was a flash of light to mo. Without reflecting, far more hasty than I should be now, I exclaimed: "Then where was this faithful dog on bhe evening of the crime, madame?"

This point-blank question produced inch au effect upon her that she almost dropped the candlestick she still held in her hand. "I don't know," she Btammered "I don't remember." "Perhaps he followed your hnsband." "Why, yes now I seem to recollect." "Then he is trained to follow carriages, tor you told us you went to the omnibus with your husband?"

She whs silent, and I was about to continue, when M. Mechinet interrupted me. Far from taking advantage of the young wife's agitation, he seemed to be trying to soothe her, and after having urged her to obey the magistrate's summons, drew me away. "Havayou lost your senses?" said he, utatts.

A STRANGE CASE.

How an Enemy was Foiled. Tho following graphic statement will be read with intense interest: "Icnnnotdesc.rlbo thenumb.ercepysensationthutcxisted in my arm*, hands and legs. I had to rub and beat those parts until they were sore, to overcome In a measurv the dead feeling that had taken possession of them. In addition, 1 had a strange weakness in my back and around my waist, together with an Indescribable 'gone' feeling lu my stomach. Physicians said it was creeping paralysis, from which, according lo their universal conclusion, there is no relief. Once it fastens upon a person, they fay, it continues Its insidious progress until It reaches a vital point and tho sufferer dies. Such was my prospect. 1 had been doctoring a year and a half steadily, but with no particular benefit, when 1 saw an advertisement

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"Porhaps," Baid he, "a passing frenzf might be admitted but this morning, after along night spentin reflection,Mon. sieur Monistrol persisted in his confession."

Was this true? Did my worthy neighbor invent it? or, before calling for me, had he gone to the prefecture to get the latest intelligence?

l)r Restorative Nervine, procured a and using it. Marvelous as it may seem, but a few days had passed before every bit of that creepy feeling bad left me, and there has not beeu even the slightest indication ot Its return. I now feel as well as 1 ever did, and have gained tea pounds In weight, though I had run down from 170 to 137. Four others havo used Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine on my recomendatlon, and it has been as satisfactory in their cases as in mine."—James Kane. La Rue, O.

Dr. Miles' Restorative Nerv.'ne Is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, six bottles for $5. express prepaid. Jt Is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. bum. by all druggists.

The reproach wounded me. "Is it losing my senses," I retorted, "to find the solution of the problem? 1 have it. Monistrol's dog will guide us to the truth."

My eagerness drew a smile from my old neighbor, who answered in a fatherly tone. "You are right," said he, "I understand you perfectly. Only, if Mme. Monistrol has guessed your suspicions, the dog will die or vanish before morning."

CHAPTER XI.

I had oertainly committed a great piece of imprudence, but, nevertheless, I had found the weak point in the armor, the joint by which the most solid system of defense could be shattered.

I, a volunteer, had seen clearly where the old stager in the detective force was merely groping his way.

Another man would have been jealous and borne me a grudge. He was not one of that sort.

He thought only of turning my lucky discovery to account, and as he said, it ought not to be impossible now that the case turned upon a fixed fact.

We therefore entered a neighboring restaurant to consult about the matter while breakfasting.

This was the state of the problem, which an hour before had seemed insoluble.

It was proved that Monistrol was innocent. Why had he declared himself guilty?

We thought we could gueps, but that was not the question at present. We were equally sure that Mme. Monistrol had not stirred from her house on the evening of the murder. But everything proved that, she had beennwareof it, even if she had not advised nufl planned it, and consequently was well acquainted with the assassin.

Who was this assassiu? A man whom Monistrol's dog followed as it did its owners, since lie had made it follow him when he went to the Batignolles.

So it was some one who was an intimate friend of the Monistrol famiiy.

He must hate the husband, however, since he had combined all tlie circumstances with infernal skill to throw suspicion upon the unfortunate mini.

On the other hand, lie must be very dear to the wife, since, knowing him, she would not give him up, unhesitatingly sacrificing her husband.

Then—

TAKE Uncle Sam's Cough Syrup. It contains no chloroform, is safe«aud effective for all. Sold by Cotton & Rife, th^ progressive druggists, for 25 cents bottle. 3-25'94

WAIT FOR THE AMERICAN.

AliotTT a year ago I took a violent attack of la grippe. I coughed day and night for about six weeks my wife then suggested that I try Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy. At first I could see no difference, but still kept taking it, and soon found that it was what I needed. If 1 got no relief from one dose I took another, and it was only a few days until I was free from the cough. I think people in general ought to know tiie value of this remedy, and I take pleasure in acknowledging the benefit 1 have received from it. MAIJIHON' Mt HTAitn, Otway, Ohio. as and no cent bottles for sale by Nye & liooe, druggists, 111 north Washington street, opposite court house.

WAIT FOR THE AMERICAN.

When Baby was sick, wo gave her Caetorla. When fiht. was a Child, she cried for Costorla. When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoiia. i^hen she hal Children, she ave them Oaetorie.

READ Bischof's discount adv.

ATTEND Biscliof's discount sale.

"DURING the epidemic of la grippe Chamberlain's Cougli Kemedy took the lead here and was much better liked than other cough medicine." H. M. BANOS, druggist, Chatsworth, 111. The grip is much the same as a very severe cold and requires precisely the same treatment, 'iliis Remedy is prompt and effectual and will prevent any tendency of the disease toward pneumonia. For sale by Nye & liooe, druggists, 111 north Washington street, opposite court house.

WAIT FOR THE AMERICAN.

ATTEND Hischofs discount sale.

ATTEND liischofs discount sale.

RKAD Hischofs discount adv.

ATTEND Bischof's discount salc.:

Children Cry for

Pitohw's Castorla.

actly as advertised.

LINENS,

MUSLINS,

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1,200 Linen Doileys' worth He Discount Trice lC each

100 Dozen All Linen (large size Napkins, worth 31.00

Discount Price

20 Bolts Turkey Red Damask worth 25c yd _. Discount Price Il2c. yard

25 Holts Bate's Best Turkey Red and Fancy Damask, 58 inehos wide, worth SO and G5c yd Discount Price.'. A&C yd

15 Bolts all Linen Half Bleach Damask, 5 patterns, worth 50 c. Discount Price ..v. 3|Cyd

4,000 yds. Checked Linen, Glass Crash. 10 inches wide, fast colored stripes, worth 10c yd Discount Price OC yd

25,000 yds. 18-incli Linon Checked Glass Crash, fast colors, very fine, worth 12Xc Discount Price O4

100 doz. extra large, All Linen, knotted fringe Towels, fast colored borders, worth 35c __ Discount Price 23c

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

Lonsdale, Masonvill and Fruit of the Loom, J6inch Bleached Muslins, worth 10c yd Discount Price 6

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, including1 black, that have been returned to manufacturcr on account of slight imperfections, some so slight as to be-scarcely noticeable, worth 81.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 per pair

Discount Price

Outing and Domet Flannels.

50 pieces 2,500 varAs. Domet Flannels, good patterns and colors. Worth 8£c to 12Hc Discountprice Q(J yd

LOUIS BISCHOF

127-129 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,

09c

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49c

300 Black Hare Muffs, worth 75p Discountprice All other furs 33% per cant. ot.

DRESS GOODS,

NOTICE.

This Sale will be for Cash Only. No Goods Charged. *^08

LOUIS BISCHOF,

NOTE. During the last two months we disposed of $20,000 worth of merchandise to one party^ included every undesirable article in our stock, and left us only goocls bought during the past six months. We have no old goods to offer. In addition, ,have just purchased for spot cash $8,000 worth new, desirable goods at 50 per cent, of their value, which will be included in this sale.

150 bolts Fancy Mixed Suitings, 33 inches wide, good colors, worth 15c per yard 7 1 O Discount price I X-^C

25 bolts all-wool Serge, 40 inches wide in good desirable colors, worth 50c Discount price 4VC

A grand bargain.

Fine 36 inch Henriettas, all colors and black, worth 25c and 35c per yard 1 O *4 Discountprice J.UC yd

We never carry over novelty Dress Goods if price will sell them. We have marked a discount of 25, 33%, and 50 per cent, off on all fancy styles.

SPECIAL.

150 dozen fine glass bottles, assorted sizes and styles, cut and ground glass stoppers, wortk 50c, 00c and 75c

Discount price, choice

PRINTS,

100 Bolts Dress Style Prints, nice dark grounds, good colors, worth 5c yd Discount Price. 2^c

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

Discountprice 4 0"4C

Every article in our stock will be offered at discount prices of 25, 33% and 50 percent. This means K, %, and 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.

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