Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 24 June 1899 — Page 4

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The Review.

The Argus News is not a party organ-Argus News Tuesday, June 6, '99.

PETEK" PORCUPINE.

SEQU1TURQUE PATREM HAUD

PASS1BUS -LQUIS.

The Cir.indson of Mis Grandfather

Finds the Ola Han's Pen and

Polishes it Up.

JVCHIP me Jmpune Laccssit."

•v "Once thenHeed a man. a mlirint, and in the natural courseof timehix friends slew him and he died.

The people came and stood about his corpse. 'He tnntcd the. whole round world us hisfootball? they said, 'and he kicked it."

The dead man opened his "But always toward the t/oal he said.—avhwartz. ....

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Now is the season when smallmen indulge in one of the cheap little vanities of life, and by some means induce some institution of learning to confer upon them the very valuable honor of A. M., LL. D„ D. D.' etc., ad nauseam. These titles may, at one time, have been pregnant with meaning and significant of honor, worthily bestowed. Once they were given for work well done now, some insignificant individual is chased into a corner and made the happy recipient of the distinction of a degree at the hands of the trustees of some importunate institution of higher learning. It is gratifying to vanity and soul-satisfying to a degree commensurate with the intellectual caliber of the new-fledged "doctor" of the-Lord-knows-what, and nobody cares. It is a happy compromise with the petty desire to be a marked man, one set aside or a little above the common herd, and one which is met in monarchical countries by titles and decorations. But in a democracy these cannot be, and so we substitute our literary degrees, and cheapen them, and degrade them. Every village preacher longs to be so adorned' —a D. D.—, and every pettifogging lawyer who has pleaded a cause in a justice's court, or disgraced a term in the legislature, must have his LL. D. The dispenser of pills and the quill propeller would alike bear the burden of an A. M., and the merchant,whether a vendor of soap

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of calico, he too

must come in for his share of supposititous laurels. Cheap, Cheap, very Cheap! The world cares nothing for these things, They are the merest rubbish. The world takes the man at his worth. No accumulation of accademic honors can alter it's price mark. It is high time for our American colleges to put away these childish things and make work and worth the price of their honors. Because John Jones has been exalted to the Gubernatorial chair, or tumbled into a seat in Congress, by the fickle favor of some confused constituncy, is no reason why all the colleges within reach shoul fall over themelves in^an effort to heap degrees upon his devoted personality. A little more dignity and pose would be eminently proper and would add very materially to the esteem in which those mysterious symbols of collegiate honors are held by the general public.

Speaking of these ornate titles or handles to names, it is wonderful how they have taken hold in the past few years. They multiply faster than the baccilli of typhoid fever. There are doctors of everything. We hear of Dr. Jones, but for the life of us we cannot tell whether he is a Doctor of Divinity, or a doctor of sick cats and vv dogs. We have'"Professor.-s-' innumerable from Professor of Mental Philosophy to Professor of Pugilism. A

Chicago institution calling itself^tlie "Department of Theology, Western University, Chicago, 111.," presided over by D. C. Byers, is offering to sell the degree of D. D. to any one who

will agree to take a course of'reading for §25. That is ch3ap. The colleges should only give^these^degrees where honestly won throughjhigh attainments in special lines. Then the title would mean something. As it is it is a ludicrous affair—the'lion's skin which covers that whichjis below.

A man should not2write down his opinion and print it, unless he expects to stand by it. No man has ever yet been able to see a thing in two ways at the same time. It is

fair to presume that the way he printed it is the way he saw it. ........

Crawfordsville covers 215 of land. Linden covers 275 acres. Great is Linden! Greater will be Greater Linden! The people of that burg by and by would be glad if the corporation line surrounded but twenty acres. They deem it a delight now to pay corporation taxes and live in town. But only wait until they get a city council, a SI,300 hook and ladder truck which stands for a year untouched, and the only use to which it is put is to use the bright silver gong as a looking glass for the firemen when they comb tlieir hair. Wait until they get a S3,500 Trilby clod crusher, an electric light plant, a natural gas octopus, a waj.er company, a telephone octopus, with its "freeze out" proclivities, and a thousand other things in proportion, and the fellows on the outskirts of Greater Linden will want to shrink the corporation into the smallest possible compass. Of course Linden will have all these things in a few years, and the corn fields about it will pay tribute. Two hundred and seventy-five acres of town is pretty big. Poor old Crawfordsville with her 215 acres of town is not in it any more. Why not move the county seat to Linden? The ancient way of measuring land was to give a man as much land as he could plow around in one day. This must be the way they laied off Linden.

If we are accused of entertaining any feeling save sympathy for our neighbor's calamity, we are very indignant, and yet the average human biped enjoys nothing so much as a calamity, and the more horrible the greater the enjoyment. He is more than pleased to be shocked and is delighted to be made to shudder. The glee with which the small boy and some "boys" that were not small, greeted the fire of Crabbs&Keynold's warehouse on Friday exemplified this trait of humanity. Not that they were not sorry for the owners' loss and sympathize deeply with them, yet they had a wonderful admiration for the rolling clouds of dense black smoke, and laughed and jostled and joked in an amazingly cheerful manner. A queer thing, a very queer thing, indeed is a man—and he is not to be cheated out of his diversion.

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And this same fascination of the horrible is the reason the court room wTas filled with spectators at the Well's trial this week. Probably every single individual was familiar with the story of the tragedy, yet went to look at the man and to be shocked again by a repetition of horror if it were possible. A queer animal is a man.

Old John Robinson's circus is coming to town, and if anyone is more delighted than the small boy, it is the old boy, the grey-headed granddad. A circus always captures everybody. The staid church member will jostle his neighbor and tread on the toes of his neighbor's children to see every bit of the parade, and will strain his conscience in order to take the children to "see the animals" when in reality the old sardine goes for no other purpose than to see Mille Whirligig in an abbreviated skirt dance a hornpipe on a bare-back pony and tumble through a hoop. If you want to go, go like a man, and don't prevaricate about the children. If you are ashamed don't go.

"I suspect he is mentally unbalanced but he ought to be confined in prison for life" was the remark generally heard during the Wells trial. This shows a remarkable ignorance of the law on the part of those so speaking. If Wells was of unsound mind, the law steps in and says he must not be sent sent any where except to an asylum for treatment, for the maladyIf he was sane, then the penalty is death, or imprisonment for life. If insane he must be sent to a madhouse. There is no place else provided by law for him.

We are still engaged in the highly

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Summer Colds

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are noted for hanging on. They weaken your throat and lungs, and lead to 5E serious trouble.

Don't trifle with them, mz Take Scott's Emulsion at 2s once. It soothes, heals, and cures.

50c. and $1. All druggists.

commendable business of civilizing the Filippinos. We bought Spain's big fight. Paid her $20,000,000 for the privilege of taking a war 300 years old off of her hands. We are killing on an average in battle and hospital fifty young Americans every day, doing it for the glory of God aid Christian civilization. We are teaching the savage Filippinos how to live by filling them full of shot, carrying the word of the living God to them in a sheet of fire from Gattling guns. We are converting the bad Filippino into a good Filippino by letting out his life. We are teaching him the story of the Cross from a merehantile point of view. We are going upon the heathen principle that salt peter has a more civilizing effect than St. Peter. Judged by acts we are not what we claim to be a Christian nation nation. If this is the case:

Take up the white man's musket, The deadliest ones ye make Go drill your sons to use it,

And then, for Jesus' sake, Send them with ammunition To hunt these heathen wild. Your new caught, sullen people

On whom God never smiled.

Take up the white man's cannon, The largest that ye cast, Go put it on your warships,

The strougest ones and fast— Speed them to heathen couutries, Seek out each farthest spot, And save these sullen people

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With bibles and with shot.

It has been remarked by many that the contractor on the new building was "putting his men through." This may be true. It all depends on what you mean by ''putting through." A contractor keeps his men busy. This he has a right to do. He would not be fit for his business if he did not. He is paying them for their time and he has aright to demand every minute that he pays for. If his men work five or ten minutes over time they would demand pay for it, and would think themselves outraged did they not receive it, and that would in all probability becorrect. On the oth. er hand, he would be equally justifiable in taking from their wages pay for the five or ten minutes they lose in the course of a day. Time lost in smoking, lost in gazing around, lost in talking, all comes out of the employer's pocket. Forinstance, 20 men are at work at SI.50 per day of 10 hours. If each one of them fritters away 15 minutes in the course of the day he has suffered the loss of five hours, or a half day for one man, in several weeks the lost time grows into days. Yet the employer is called on to settle, and he is considerd a very tough proposition if he takes the time lost from the wages. Yet if the man who takes 15 minutes of his employ er's time each day, works 15 minutes over time he demands pay. What is sauce for the goose should certainly be sauce for the gander. The labor question has two sides to it, it seems. Whenever labor and capital learn to work each to the other's interest, then the problem will be settled, and not till then. If employees desire an easy master they must learn to work to the master's interests, and his business. If they demand from him every single drachma, they may expect no mercy in return. The same is true of the employer. If he demands the "pound of flesh," he may expect to have rebellion. The tendency is too much toward "how much can I get out of that fellow?" on both sides of the controversy, than the spirit which says: "we will help each other, and all prosper together." These are things it will pay both sides to reflect over.

Observingly Your?, PETER PORCUPINE, JL*N.

THE MARKETS.

Wheat 75 Gom 31 33 Oats 25 Eye 40 Hay, baled 7@ 8.50 Clover Seed 3 00 4 00 Chickens 07 Turkeys 06 Geeise 03 Ducks 04 Eggs 10 Potatoes, old 50 Potatoes, new SI.25 $1.35 Butter 08

Chicago Excursion.

The Monon will run on Sunday, June 25, another popular first class excursion to Chicago. Special train with plenty of coaches will leave Crawfordsville at 7 a. m. and leave Chicago on the return at 11:30 p. m. Among the many attractions will be a game of ball between Brooklyn and Chicago, the crack teams in the league. This will be one of the finest excursions of the year. Round trip only §1. Tickets will be on sale three days before the excursion.

Don't miss the $1 excursion to Chicago, June 25th.

Big Dress Goods Sale.

25 pc novelty goods, plain and plaids, worth 10c and l'i'jC, no .* 7c yd 20 pc novelty and plain goods, worth 15c and 20c, now 11c yd '2o p(: nc.veltiee, worth 2te, now 15c yd 25 pc plaid.?, jacquards, mohairs, silk and wool mixtures, worth 40c, 50c and 60c 30c yd 50 pc high novelties, silk mixtures, plauls, jacquards, bengalines, pruneilas, cords, etc., worth 70c, 75c and 85c, at 4Cc yd 10 pc black goods. Priestly and Gold Medal brands worth 75c to 81, choice 60c yd 12 pc Priestly and Gold Medal blacks, newest designs, worth 81, 81.25 and 81.35 75c yd

Special low prices on tine G-ienadine pattern lengths: 12 won §12.00 at 66.00 2 worth S25.00 at S13.75 1 16.00 8.75 1 30.00 14.50 2 20.00 '1100 1 35.00 19.75 3 22.50 12.75 1 25 00 15.00

Silks.

200 pc novelty silks, short lengths, worth 25c, 35c and 50c, choice 19c yd Fancy silks suitable for shirt waists, worth 70c and 81 39c yd Short lengths in faacy silks, worth 84.25, 81.50 and 82, at 55c yd Colored taffetas worth 75c 50c yd Rlack brocades worth 75c and 81 at 50c yd Colored bengalines worth 81, at 55c yd Beautiful silks suitable for waists, dress trimmings, etc,, worth $1 to SI.50 69c yd

Linings.

20 pc hair cloth worth 20c yd at .*•...... 10c yd 200 pc fancy stripe skirt linings wo_ih12)^ and 15c.. 6c yd Special discount on all linings.

Prints and Domestics.

Shirting prints 3ed Regular 5c dress prints 3% yd Regular 6c dress prints 4^ yd Yard wide brown muslin worth 5c 3% yd Bleach xnuslin, soft gnish, worth 7c 4^ yd Several brands bleached muslins worth 8^c 6c yd Extra heavy apron gingham 4c yd 200 extra heavy brown sheets, hemmed, 2% yd wide 2% yd long, worth 60c 39c each

Hosieiy and Underwear.

Ladies' fancy lisle hose, stripes and black boots, worth 35c to 50c, at 25c pr Ladies plain and drop stitch tan hose worth 25c 10c pr Misses fancy lisle hose worth 40c and 50c 25c pr Children's hose in black, tan, ox blood and red worth 25c to 40c for 13c pr Cbildrens double knee black and tan hose 8c pr Childrens hose for 2c pr Ladies, childrens and mens hose for 5c pr Ladies vest?, low neck and short sleeves, lace trimmed, worth 25c 15c Ladies fancy vests, pink and blue stripes, worth 20c, 12c Ladies vests worth 10 7}^c Mens fancy stripe shirts and drawers worth 25c, at 19c

Embroideries and Lace.

Laces worth 5c, 6)4c and 10c, choice 3c yd Superior edgings worth 6 to 10c at 5c bolt Irish trimmings worth 12c and 15c at 9c bolt Embroideries worth 5c and 6J^c at 5c bolt Embroideries worth 8c and 10c at 5c yd Embroideries worth 12c and 15c at 10c yd

Gloves and Handkerchiefs.

Ladies dog skin gloves were 81, to close 75c pr Ladies kid gloves sizes 5%, 6, 6)4, and7^ mostly black worth 81 to $2.50 50c pr Ladies long silk gloves and mitts worth 81.50 SI pr Ladies long mitts and gloves worth SI and 81.25 at. .75c pr Ladies linen embroidered handkerchiefs worth 25c at 15c Ladies silk embroidered handkerchiefs worth 15c, 20c and 25c at 10c

Ribbons and Fancy Goods.

Extra fine fancy and plain ribbons worth 75c, 80c and 81, at 50c yd Fancy and black ribbons worth 35c and 40c at 25c yd Fancy and black ribboDB worth 25c at 19c yd Narrow fancy plaid ribbon 4c yd Odd shades silk floss worth 3c and 4c, skein lc Knitting silk, crochet cord ami silkaleen floss vcorth 5c at, spool 3c Finishing braids, colored and white, worth 6c, 7c and 10c per bolt

Millinery.

50 ladies sailors, white and black, worth 25c and 35c 19c 100 ladies sailors worth 39c and 50c 29c Novelty sailors worth $1 39c Fancy trimmed sailors and hats worth $1.50 and $2 98c

Cloak and Suit Department. I

Our cloak add suit department is in the room to be occupied by the public library and we wish to vacate it soon as possible, so offer large reductions in this line. 30 linen skirts worth 40c at 29c 25 linen skirts worth 65c at 48c 20 white pique skirts worth 82 at S1.50 50 black skirts worth 81.50 at 1.00 Ladies linen suits worth 85 at 3.00 Tailor made suits worth $6 to $8 at 4.00 Tailor made serge skirts worth S4.50 3.48 Children's dresses 35 Choice of about 75 ladies light colored wrappers pers worth from 75c to 81.50 at 50 Ladies all wool shirt waists worth up to $2.5li 75 25 ladies silk waists worth $4.50 at 2.50

All lawn, gingham and percale bhirt waists at reduced prices.

The uew store is nearing completion and we will occupy it soon with the handsomest stock in the state. This will necessarily brine the great tale we have been conducting in our temporary quarters to a close in the near future. Unt we move we will offer every article in our entire stock at a special price rutSer than move it. We own all our goods at th lowest price they over reached and they have, lately advanced from ten to twonly per cent, and we cannot replace •hVm at prices we will name. It is likely there will not^be another price opportunity such as tins for years. We schedule a items ouly, but you have only to think of what you want to know that you can buy it at bargain prices in this

IT PAYS TOTBADE AT THE BIG STORE.

Temporary Quarters Y. M. C. A. Building and 122 W. Main.

uin wide red table damask worth 18c 12c yd yd wide unbleached union linen deiuask regular price 50c 31c yd Extra heayy unbleached damasks 62 anu 01 in wide worth OUc at 45,, 2 yd wide all linen bleached damask worth Hoc: at.. ^45c yd 2 yd wide fine heavy bleached damask worth up to *1 ai IQc vd Cotton towels worth 5c each 2c Brown linen jute c.iash worth 5c 314^ Heavy 16 in. all linen brown crash 'tic yd Choice of 20 pc all linen brown and bleached crash worth 12}£c 9c yd Towels worth 12,^c and 15c, each 10c Odds and ends of 25c, 30c and 35c towels, each p,)j White dotted swisses worth 20c for 13c ul Yard white cordtd piques worth 15c for 10c vd

Remnants of white goods at big reductions.

Draperies.

Silkoluios and golden draperies of regular 12J,£c quality at 8c yd Cretons, denims, satines, tickings and other cotton drapery stuffs worth 15c, 20c and 25c, choice 12^cyd Drapery silkb worth 50c and 60c 39c yd 75c and SI drapery silks 55c yd White ball and tassel cotton frii ge 2}£c yd Pillow covers worth 20c and 25c. 2 for 25c or each. 13c Chenille table covers worth 50c each 29c Chenille and tapestry curtains worth up to $5 pr at 82 93 Chenile and tapestry curtains worth 86 to 812 pr at 4.9S 200 pairs fine lace curtains, one to tive pairs of a kindmust be sold before moving. Th-re are notinghams, I'ara bours. Irish points, Brussels and Swiss in the assortment Curtains worth up to 81.00 0 2.25 pr 7.00 -fck.3.50 pr 12.00 ».... 6.00 pr

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35.00 10.00 pr

"Wash Goods.

We offer five lots of Wash Googs that are the best values we have ever offered. The offering includes ginghams percales, lawns, diruitiee, organdies, piques and all other popular wash materials. Wash goods worth up to 10c yd 5c yd ill"

15c yd 7^ yd 20c yd 10c yd 25c yd 12'A yd 35c yd 17K yd

36-in 12J^c percales at 8c yd The genuine covert cloths worth 15c. 10c yd

Books.

We must close our entire line of books before moving and make special prices on every book in stock. In many instances less than one half the regular price. This is a good time to buy summer reading. Regular 25c books for 10c Regular 25c and 35c books 13c Regular 50c, 75c and $1 books for 25c

Umbrellas and Mackintoshes.

100 umbrellas, dresden and natural wojd handles, worth $1.35 to 81.50 $ .98 50 umbrellas worth 82 to 82.50 1.39

Special prices on parasols. Ladies mackintoshes worth 84.25 2.50 Ladies mackintoshes, new style capes, worth 86,86.25 and 87 3.50

Miscellaneous Articles.

One lot odd sizes of 25c and 35c summer corsets.... 19c Odd sizes in 75c and SI corsets 45c Men's night shirts, soiled and odd sizes, worth 81 and 81.25 59c Boys waists, calico, worth 25c 12J£c "Mother's Friend" unlaundried waists worth 50 and 60c 38c "Mother's Friend" and "Star" boys waists, worth 85c, SI and $1.50, choice 45c Feather fans worth 50c 25c

Folding fans for,lc, 3c, 5c, 10c, 12c, worth more. Cyrano bead chains worth 25c 19c Cyrano bead chains worth 50c and 75c 25c

Trimmings.

One lot braids, assorted colors and black, worth 10c 25c and 35c at 2^c yd Braids in all colors worth 10c, 15c and 25c at 5c yd One lot of jet irridescent and silk passementries worth 50c, 75c. 81, 81.50 to S3.00 at. ,19c yd

Notions and Small Wares.

Good cotton belting only lc yd Invisible hair pins lc box Nickel plated safety pins worth 5c 3c Stockinet dress shields worth 10c and 15c 5c pr 2 papers pins 4 yard pc velveteen binding, colors. .5c bolt 10c dress stays 4c Patent hooks and eyes worth 12}£c for 4c crd Ladies fancy purses and pocket books worth 25c, 35c and 50c, choice 10c Colored chemisettes and collars worth 25c 3c Pearl buttons worth 10c 5c doz

Regular 5c bottle vaseline 3c. Large size bottle vaseline worth 10c, 6c. Large 10c bottle ammonia, 5c. .' 10c bottle bluing, 4c. Best machine oil, worth 10c, only 4c bottle. Japanese tooth piaks 3c box. Royal castile soap only 5c box. A good box soap, 3 cakes, only 5c box, Cuticura soap 19c cake. Woodbury's facial soap worth 25c, 16c cake.. cream wyrth 25c, 15c bottle. tootb powder worth 25c, 15c bottle, face powder worth 25c, 15c box. Craddock blue medicated soap worth 15c, 6c cake. A good box Talcum powder, 4c. Mennen's talcum powder only 15c box. Eastman toilet water, 3 odors, worth 25c, 19c bottle. Eastman standard perfumes, 3 oz bottles, worth 50c, 39c. 10c bottles perfume 6c.

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