Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 19 August 1899 — Page 7

stablished 1841.

M. C.

[Buggies, [Surreys, [Phaetons, IRoad "Wagons, [Rubber Tires, •Extra Shafts, [Extra Poles, [Extra Tops, lExtra Cushions, [Rain Aprons, [Rubber Drill Cloth, [Buggy Umbrellas, [Cotton Nets, |Leatlier Nets, se Covers, lorse Sheets, lorse Blankets,

Summer Dusters, 3uggy "Whips, Team Whips, fop Dressing.

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See Our New Shaft

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reat Sacrifice ld=Summer Sale

Old Age. Creeps on Apace

Arc! the eyps get weaker and need fifsietance. Glasses that will Euit your tjes at fifty will not suit them at sixty, and they rfquire the services of a skilled optician to test and properly adjust them to the vision. Perfect fitting-glasses are a second sight to those whose sight has failed, and we can suit your ej is with scientific exactness" A trial will convinceyou.

KLINE.

Jeweler and Optician. Opp. Court House.

LITEMS OF INTERESTS

To You Kept By.

JOE E. FISHER

A Complete Harness and Buggy store, South Washington St., Crawfordsville, Indiana, Consisting mostly as Follows:

Light Harness. Surrey Harness, Coach Harness, Double Team Harness, Any Part of any Kind of Harness, Harness Hardware, Harness to Order, Harness Repaired, Harness Oiis, Harness Soaps, Harness Dressing, Harness Saddles, Riding Saddles, Riding Bridles, Robes, all Kinds, Curry Combs, Horse Brushes, Horse Clippers, Extra Pads, Foot Mats.

Anti Rattler, Prop Nuts, Leather Washers, Whip Sockets, Copper Rivets, Tubular Rivets, Coach Oils, Axel Oils, Axel Oils, Axel Greece, Fair Leather, Harness Leather, Sheep Skins, A Smiling Face and A Clear Conscience. You need Qur Goods "W Need Your Money.

Rubber Tires?

GENUINE VICTOR..

Absolutely Guaranteed.

For One Week On'y. The following area f-*w of our Bargains:

llnfants' Dongola Patent Tip Burton, 2 to 6, worth 30c. our price child's Glove Grain Button, 8 to 12, worth 81, our price lisses Dongola Button, 13 to 2, worth S1.25, our price

All heavy winter shoes sold at actual cost. Won't forget the place.

"DON'T BORROW TROUBLE.".BUY

'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END.

.20 .75 .75

Ladies' Dongola Patent Tip, Button 2 1-2 to 7. worth §2.00, our price 1.00 Youths' Calf Ball, 12 to 2, worth $1.00, our price 85 3oys' Calf Bull, 3 to 5, worth 81.25, our price 95 Persons from other cities say the fad len's Satin Calf. Congress or LHCO. 6 to 11.-worth $1.50, our price 1.10 len's Kip Boot, 6 to 11, worth $1.75. our price 1.25

STAR HOUSE

No. 128 East Main Street.

NEW

Co-Education in California.

RS. LELAND STANFORD has stirred up the monkeys by her decision that not more than 500 girls shall enter Stanford Unisity in any year, no matter how great the number of the boys. The only reason she gives is that the institution was intended for young men, and it is threatened to be turned into a girls' school. The San Francisco Argonaut thus wisely theorizes on the question: "It may be of some interest to speculate on Mrs. Stanford's ideas. Perhaps she regards men as the prime factor in the concerns of life with which an education has most to do. Possibly she imagines that the good, old way of giving a girl a seminary or high school education is sufficient for the needs of womankind, and of humanity, indirectly. We imagine she found the life of a girl in a great institution like Stanford, where there are hardly any restrictions upon girls except their own sense of right (which experience may not always guarantee to be the best), not calculated to refine and build her girlhood into strong, dainty, sweet womanhood. Perhaps she had an inkling of some of the things that girls have to endure, some of the temptations to which they arfe exposed, in institutions managed almost exclusively by men. Likely she heard stories of girls becoming infatuated with sleek and unctuous professors. Perhaps she has taken into account the extreme susceptibility of young girls, their proneness to hero worship, their romantic ideals, and the other beautiful weaknesses that give them a special charm and make them easy prey. Likely she desired to limit the number of girls thus exposed, and that she hoped there would come through the ordeal a sufficient number of that number to make good and useful women. Or, possibly, she did not wish to increase the growing competition between men and women in the world's work. Perhaps she thinks it is right for men to be the bread winners and for women to be protected and provided for. There is is a chance that she may have looked forward to the time when the

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women—the "woman's movement" —would have so changed and strained the mutual relations of the sexes as to make the progress of civilization more difficult. Maybe she imagined that men and women should be partners, not rivals that the strong should bear the heavy burdens of life, the weak the fine burdens that as men and women are created with different attributes, qualities and capabilities of body, mind and spirit, each should keep within his or her proper bounds— each to the things that nature has set to be done."

Death of Miss Wanetah Grimes.

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ISS WANETAH GRIMES, aged 24 years, the youngest daughter of Gee Grimes, the noted turfman, died at the family home at Joliet, Illinois, last Thursday, from typhoid fever, after a short illness. Miss Grimes had been working in a photographic studio at Chicago for some time, and two weeks ago returned home ill, which illness resulted jn her death. The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The interment was at the family cemetery at Guon, Parke county. Miss Grimes was a bright and energetic young woman and her many friends in this locality sorrow with the family over her untimely death.

The Toy Street Car.

RAWFORDSVILLE will

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bly go down in history as the town which is the birth place of the toy paste board street car.

has not struck them yet, and this city is the only place they are 6een. In a few weeks they will be found from Maine to California, and from the Lakes to Galveston. The craze here Ms caused a panic in the paper box line, and the youngsters are not half supplied. Nothing since top time has created so much amusement for the kids.

Robert Krugg Dead.

OBERT KRUGG, well known in this city, died at Indianapolis Monday at the age of 62 years, from dropsy of the abodominal organs. During the civil war he was a member of the 115th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The body was brought to Crawfordsville Monday evening and interred at Oak Hill cemetery.

L, Deardorff and Lightning. ^N Friday night during the storm the night operator at the Yandalia station, Mr. Deardorff, had quite a startling experience with the electric fluid. As he passed the telephone a merry bolt came surging down the wire and splintered the instrument, incidentally knocking Mr. Deardorff across the room and landing him roughly against the wall. He managed to get out of the room aud stood on the platform unconscious that the rain was coming down in sheets. The cold water drenching bim half way restored him to consciousness and he started to go back to his desk. When just opposite the ruined telephone another bolt came scooting down the wire and iuto the room. It knocked the operator down and how long he was unconscious he does £lot know, but when he came to himself the storm had passed. He was badly shaken up and terribly weakened from his experience and regards his escape as little less than miraculous.

Will Not Run.

EPRESENTATIVE ARTMAN informs the public that he has no intention whatever of being a candidate for Congresss, in this district. He says he "assumes" that Mr. Landia will be nominated, and in any event he is not a candidate. Mr. Ai tman is the best timber the Republicans have in the district and he would be a very hard man to beat. His ability and honesty are recognised by even his political opponents. There is one thing, however, which bars him out of a republican congressional race. Artman has a head of his own he is also the possessor of a conscience, which is not e'asLic he does not hesitate to condemn that which he knows is wrong, even when he knows party success depends on his supporting the measure. This sort of man will never find much favor in the way of political preferment among Republican politicians. They prefer a frothy "ragger" like Landis, who is ready to meet any scheme half way which promises party success.

A Valued Exchange.

OME twenty-four years ago Harry S. Shaffer, of the Clark's Hill News, and the senior editor of this__ paper taught school together in Tippecanoe county, and since that time have never met but once. There is something ineffably "areet in knowing the friendship formed in early life has been lasting, and appreciated. We clip the following from the News of a recent date: "One of our most valued exchanges is the

NEW REVIEW

of Crawfordsville,

and we are especially interested in it because it is so ably edited and man aged by two former Lauramie township boys, Albert and Ernest Cun ningham, sons of our esteemed fellow citizen, Samuel Cunningham. Par ticularly bright and entertaining is his 'Peter Porcupine' column, and in it he wields a trenchant pen."

Labor and Wages in Indiana. iHE reports from assessors sent to the state statistitian show that there are 33,404 men employed in Indiana as farm laborers whose wages average $13.89 and board per month. There are also re ported 11,714 women employed domestics whose average wages are $6.20 per month. Jackson county pays the lowest average wages to farm hands, $10 50, and Warren the highest, $16.70. Ohio county only reports 21 men employed on farms. Knox county has 972. These figures may be relied upon as being nearly correct. This is the first time the report has been made on farm labor and of course there will be some errors in it.

REVIEW.

THE WELLS TRAGEDY.

THE FOUR-[INNOCENTS.

THE following is the poem of the Ripley township poet, Jas. B. Elmore, on the Wells tragedy.

Those who know what true poetry is will see in this a scintillating "gem of purest ray serene."

As fo ir small boys were at work ono day Picking strawberries so beautiful and red, Their hearts were very blithe aud gay,

And the sun shone bright o'er head.

Work to them was naught but play, They did It with a will Adroitly they worked away

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Tholr vessels for to fill.

The father came the work to inspect But ne'er tried to assist His mind was crazed and did reflect i-

In the ways of a pessimist. i-. :''.:":*

Their childish gleo told the work \Vasdone, As the playful little boys Wer^ starting homeward BO full of fun

With such cheerful, childish ]oys.

The father lured them on the way By scenes at a wayside well, Where a woodcbuk burrowed In the clay

Which Bei ved as thoir parting knell.

While looking in Ihe quaint old well, The father pushed them iu. Oh! such a sight, Oh! who can toll

Of such a crime and sin.

They dropped beneath the turbid wave, They climbed the lugged wall, And looking at the father crazed,

They pitifully did call.

'-'O! father, save! What havo wo done That you doslrc to kill? ,) Our sk we've nover t.led to shun,

O! spare ue, please g.ant our will!"

But on he went with Jilous inge, And crushed one's little bead The father had them in a cage,

The'r wounds prcnusely blod.

They caught the parent by the leg And writhtd as he pushed thom under, And for their lives they begged and plead.

Their bodies he rent asunder.

The mother eaw lrom a d'saot plae Something sbe could not descry, And spoedln^ onward with quickened pace,

She heard the child en cry.

God! the sight that met her eyev As she peered down in 16 deep. She heard such pitiful, pleading cites,

But two had gone to sleep.

She wrung her hands and cried aloud, Ar piayed God her children to save Behold, there came a rescue crowd,

And snatched them from rlio grave.

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Repairs on Court House. ELOW the roof of the temple of justice there is a perfect tinder box of pine timbers which makes of the building a veritable fire trap. The commissioners have become alarmed for the safety of the building and have concluded to repair it. They have therefore added the sum of $25,000 to their estimate of county expenses to be used for this especial purpose. If the county board of expense censors does not use the blue pencil on this amount, the court house will be decorated with a new roof and the old tile floors be replaced with new ones and' the building made fire proof as nearly as possible, even against the fiery philippics of such orators as Landis.

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The mother released two only sonB Out of a mad man's grasp A mother'B love is the only ono

That will forever last.

But the rent that's in that mother's heart, No time can ever heal. The Jar that set their lives apart,

The scenes about the well.

Her darlings lay upon the ground. Their spirits gone to Heaven, .. No trace of life in them was found

Save the promise God has given.

No place can shut the soul within It rests outside the tomb. The one that dies and is free from siu,

Finds in God's temple a boon. —JAMES B. ELMOHK.

Preparing for Winter. UR experience with gas last winter, and the amount of actual suffering from too implicit dependence on the promises of a syndicate, has caused the people to be very leery of the fluid this winter, It is astonishing how many of them are only going to use gas this winter in the cooking stove alone. The coal and wood dealers are correspondingly happy. A great many orders for winter fuel are pouring in on them, and they are joyfully stocking up their yards. The syndicate in nearly all the cities which it occupies is trying to force the meter system on its patrons and thus freeze out all the smaller users and secure heavy rates from the use of the meters. It be gins to look as if gas was one of the luxuries which will soon be numbered among the missing.

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Wabash's New President. HE has none at present, and probably there will be no selection made for some months. At the last meeting of the trustees of the institution in June, a committee consisting of Judge Thomas, M. L. Haines and O. M. Gregg was appointed to select Dr. Bur rough's successor. They have been looking over the field but as yet have not spotted the right man, or if they have are keeping very still about it. Mr. Gregg is touring England, and Dr. Haines is in the Adirondacks at present. It is to be hoped that a wise selection will be made and that all departments of the institution will move harmoniously to the end that success may come.

Tom, Young had Susan Lee arrested for taking his "garden sass" without leave or license. The authorities turned the old lady loose when they discovered that she had been sent to the garden by one of the owners Thomas has discovered that there are some things about which a man can be too swift, and accusation is ond of them.

59th Year, No 1

Kicking Out the "Traitors." XCE a Republican always a Republican is the ultra motto of the "grand old party." If

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low dares to raise his voice against anything the party doesj it is proposed at once to give him a dose of Dr. Greene's Favorite Prescription, one hundred lashes on the bare back, as witness the following from the Terre Haute Express:

Johnson delivered an anti-expan-siou address, which was poorly received, especially by the soldier element. McLean took the opposite view and received a cordial reception. Johnson, in his speech, belittled the American soldiers in the late war with Spain, and promptly brought down the hisses of the crowd. His speech was one of the poorest he has ever delivered, and the way he de livered it and the sentiments which he uttered disgusted the large audience. .The "Johnson" referred to is Hon. James T. Johnston, of Rockville, and the speech in question was made at Clinton, a few days ago, at a soldiers' reunion. Mr. Johnston took decided grounds against the McKinley policy in the Philippines, while Col. McLean used policy in his speech. All of this comes up partially because Congressman Farris owns a goodly part of the Express stock, and is tr}"ing to kill off any little boom Johnston may be hatching as a congressional canditate next year. He praises the Democrat who talked expansion and abuses the Republican who sees no good reason why the Declaration of Inependence should be sidetracked in order to get this country into trouble.

New Bond Filed.

HE second term of David A. Canine as sheriff of this county commences next Tuesday. He has filed his bond for $5,000 with J. W. Foster, Cbas. H. Johnson, J. W. Robertson, W. R. Canine and A. T. Thompson as sureties. During his incumbency of the office of sheriff Mr. Canine has been a model officer. Not one word of complaint has been made of a single official act. He is careful, painstaking, clever, and up to date in every way. His conduct of the office for the past two years has been such as to commend him to the* people everywhere. He has proven himself honest, efficient and in every way a capable official, and a man in whose word implicit confidence may be placed. His second term will be in all respects the equal of the first.

Conference of the M. E. Church. HE Northwest Indiana conference of the Methodist church will convene Sept. 6 at Frankfort.

Unusual interest is aroused over this session, owing to the fact that it is the time for the election of clerical and lay delegates to the general conference. One clerical delegate is elected for every forty-five members. The lay electoral conference is composed of one delegate from each charge elected by tliequarterly conference. The laymen of the electorial conference are beginning to agitate the question as to who their delegates to the general conference will be, and the name of R. S. Tennant has been mentioned as a man for the place.

Dr. S. B. Town is regarded as a strong candidate for clerical representative from this conference.

Woman Penitentiary Chaplain. RS. MAY PRESTON SLOSSON has been appointed chaplain of the Wyoming state penitentiary at Laramie. Mrs. Slosis an active worker in the Laramie Presbyterian church, and has taken much interest in the prisoners. She is a Vassar graduate, and her talks at the penitentiary during the last few months have been a great treat to the men, who are said so be much attached to their new spiritual advisor. Mrs. Ballington Booth would be more successful in this capacity than most prison chaplains, but it is only in the enfranchised states that women are appointed to such positions.

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Corn Damaged.

FARMERS

report that the corn

crop will be considerably damaged by the late wind and rain. It is blown down, in many places flat to the earih, and will never attain the perpendicular again. The result will be that the stalks will elbow, the top growing upward and each one of these stalks will be broken by the drill at seeding time before the corn is fairly ripened.