Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 10 December 1892 — Page 4

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SATURDAY, DEC. 10 1892.

This Date in History— Dec, 10, lGW—louis.

jirinte of Condi', usually called

"The limit Condi'," died at Chuntiily born

1(120.

174-5 -Thomas Ilolcroft, dramatist, born In London: died lsim. lbl)")—William Llnycl (iurrison. abolitionist and .iournalist, born in Xi'wburyporl, ISlass. died lhT'.'. 1802 Geni'ral Htn nside crossed the Rappahannock and entered on the disastrous

Fredericksburg movement. 1S7U—Alexandre Dumas, the elder, died born 1WH. the son ot a French general and a inula! nil'1. 1S7I—The liuesians took Plevna nr.'l advanced tlieretrom almost to I lie suburbs of r.i.stautinople. 18!*)— fienjamin F. Shaw, inventor of tbj s-am less stockinj loom, died at Luv I,.Mass., aged of. 1890—Thirteen consumptive patients (, New

York were inoculated with Dr. Koch's lymph the experiment 1 as not. yet proved a success.

THE PENSION ROLL.

1 he annual report of Commissioner Rnmu, of the Pension Bureau, gives some interesting figures. On June 30, 1802, there were 870,5(!«S pensioners on the rolls, the increase of 199,008 during the past yer having been brought about by new legislation, notably the Dependent fensiou bill, w'uich Mr. Cleveland vetoed, but which was approved by Mr. Harrison, is now a law and is generally conceded to be a just asd wise measure. The Commissioner well says: "The strain upon the life powers of the soldier was so great as to make permanent inroads upon the vital forces, which would Decessarily result in the development of a multitude of ailments and disabilities beyond the reach of medicine. Good health and the ability to perform labor were the soldier's capital. A very largo proportion of the men who carried the muskets have been unable to keep up with their neighbors who remained at home in the great struggle of life."

This measure brought aid to thousands who T/ere seriously disabled '"om earning a living by manual hiboi, yet could not establish the fact t:«at their disability was of service origin. The cost of pensions last year was 8139,0^0,000 this year it will beaboit j? 5,000,00C, and next year the estimated appropriations Vr 'U aggregate over .$165,000,000. After 1894 the maximum expense will have been reached, and already there is encouragement for uncomfortable Democrats in the fact that death is doing great work in lessening the number of pensioners. Last year 25,306 names were stricken from the rolls.

THE SOLDIER'S MONUMENT. The Soldiers Monument commission have studiously avoided putting anything on the monument that would be the least offensive to the disloyal sentiment that came near plunging Indiana into civil war at home duiing the rebellion. For aught that appears about it it would as appropriately mark the grave of Jeff Davis as of Grant. Both Davis and Gnint were in the war of 1846-1848 and they were both in the war of 18011865. But here the comparison ends and the monument ends with the comparison. The youths of coming generations may look upon it and wonder what it was built for, but it will inspire no noble sentiment in their breasts. They will gaze up to the figures 184648 and 1861-65 at its summit acd won-

er what they mean, und that will be all. The monument as it is, might, if such a thing were possible, be lifted up and set down in a park in the very heart of rebeldoui, and there would be nothing about it that wonld give occasion for the slighest offense to the sentiment which came so near overthrowing the Union. The whole thing, as it has been managed, is a disgrace to the State and a slur upon its patriotism and its intel, ligence. The Confederates are erecting monuments all over the South to the memory of those who fell for the "Lost Cause." Unionists should have the nerve and patriotism to erect here and there a monument to the memory of those who died in the most holy of causes, the preservation of the Union.

REPAIRS OF GRAVEL ROADS. If any one haB a desire to learn why it costs SI7,000 annually to keep our gravel roads in repair, he has but to get in a bnggy and drive out any direction from Crawfordsville and he willgaiD the desired information. He will see in the middle of the road a line of puddles, with the water from a half inch to two or three inches deep, gradually soaking down into the bed of the roud and filling it like a sponge. It will freeze to the bottom of the gravel by and by, and the frozen water will separate the particles, and when it thaws in the Bpring, there will be a bed of mush. Wagons 'will cut through, chuck-holes will be made to the depth of a foot or more,

that will cost dollf.rs to fill, whereas a few cents would 'ill them now and cause the water to run away, instead of soaking in the road bed. Ten cents expended on each of these puddles a month ago would have saved fifty cents which it will cost to repair it in the spring. It would be cheaper to the county to borrow money at 200 per cent, with which to keep the roads leveled up and the water off them, than follow the present system. We shall continue to insist that the only cheap way to keep a road in repair is that which never suffers it to get out of repair for a single day in the year.

TJIK JOUKNAIJ to-day presents the last annual message of President Harrison in full. It is a comprehensive document, and should be read by every patriotic citizen that he may get a conception of the vastness, the granduer and the wealth of this glorious and prosperous Republic. The facts are set forth in plain and direct language and without rhetorical gush. The message entire furnishes food for serious thought by all right thinking people.

LHHANON sensibly has decided to put in a system of water works which are to be under municipal control and ownership.

ant! Insecticides.

INDIANAPOLIS. I ml.. Dee. S.— At the meeting of the Indiana horticulturists Wednesday much interest, was taken in ti report of Prof. .1. Troop, of J'urdue university, upon the subject of fungicides and insecticides. Prof. Troop said that owing to the excessive amount of rainfall during the spring and early summer months it was almost impossible to secure good results from the applications of either. The conditions were all in favor of the enemy. Prof. L. II. ISailey, of the agricultural department of Cornell university, New York, described a process of girdling grape vines which hau become exceedingly popular in the big vineyards along the Hudson river. In the spring, when the .young grapes are about as large as green peas, the eastern growers remove a little cii cle of bark from the lie branches which arc bearing that yea\ Above the girdled place the grapes grew 'urger and liner and ripen CMiVuei ably earlier than below the pc .it where the buck is removed.

N't lira ot Long- Lost Son.

IN MI A .\ ATOMS. I ml.. I)OO.

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six years ago .Mrs. Mary Allgood, of this city, left home to visit a sick relative in Illinois and placed her 4-year-old boy Philip in charge of a neighbor "lined t'ooley who soon after moved to parts unknown. Tuesday a gentleman reached here from Arkansas and called Mrs. Allgood. He said that, his was Philip Allgood and that he had learned only a short time ago that his name was not Coolev. He is now a farmer of Faulkner county, Ark. The meeting between him and his mother was a most affecting one after a separa tion that has changed the child of 4 years into a man of SO.

upon name

Novel AVily to Set*lire it Itrlde. Y\INAMAC, Ind Dec. b. Horace Kurndell selected a bride in a novel way Monday, lie had shown equal favor for Miss .Icnny St. Clair and Miss Mattie Morgan and it was rumored that he was engaged to both. The friends of the young' women insisted that Burndell make a choice He agreed and this is the way it was done: Each of the young women prepared a dinner at Hunter sehoolhouse. Burndell entered the room alone and selected the dinner that suited his taste best. It was the oue prepared by Miss .St Clair and he will wed her.

Big Tension for a ltetirect Treacher. VALPARAISO, Ind., Dec. 8.—Elder Miller, of Da Porte, a retired Christian minister, has been granted a pension of S100 per year, the same dating from 1833, and being in recognition of services during the early Indian wars in India. The amount of back pay will reach §(3,000. Mr. Miller did not apply for a pension until last September. He enlisted in one of the first rcgimeuts organized in northern Indiana to repel the invasions of the red men. ,i

Suicide of an Indiana Boy. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 8. —Bert Wilkinson, a son of Dr. J. J. Wilkinson of Orland, Steuben county, Ind,, was found dead Wednesday morning in his room at the Chicago house, on Wells street. Young Wilkinson, who was about 'J5 years of age, had killed himself because his engagement to Miss May Miller, who boards at No. 207 West Water street, had been broken off by the young woman.

Iinuieime OH Well Struck.

PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 8.—Two immense oil wells Wire struck in the I'ennville field Tuesday. Grissell well No. 8 is flowing at the rate of 100 barrels a day, and Hidey well No. .r is doing 100 barrels an hour, or 2,400 barrels a day. Fifty thousand dollars has been offered and refused for the leasehold on the tlrissell farm.

Made Ilin Wife Work Out.

HUNTINGTON, Ind., Dec. 8. —Mrs: J. Dalrymple has filed suit for divorce. She alleges that her husband compelled her to work out and then took her earnings and that he deserted her six months after their marriage. Dalrvtriple is a wealthy young farmer.

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Miineie Overrun by Robber*. MUNCIK, Ind., Dec. 8.—Burglars and highwaymen seem to have taken this town by storm the last few days. A half dozen or more business houses have been robbed and Tuesday night five men were held up.

'unt Woman StculH a Hume. VIM.KN.VES, Ind., Dee. 8.—A negress named Mattie Springs is in jail for stealing a horse and buggy. The selfconfessed thief is UU vears old.

MACADAM'S SYSTEM.

Principles ITpon Which Iff Woi-Iicd TIM ltcpnir of Uomls, Macadam's plan of roadmakinjr differed as much from the old way which he found in operation as a bridge does I from a ford. Instead of going deep for I a '"bottoming" he worked solely on the top. Instead of producing a peaked, rooflike mass of rough, soft rubbish, he got a flat, smooth and .solid surface. In lieu of a road 4li feet through he made one of at most ten inches in thickness, and for rocks and bowlders he substituted stone broken small. Ilis leading principle was that a road ought to be considered as an artificial flooring, so strong and even as to let the heaviest vehicles pass over it without impediment. Then people began to hear with wonder of roads thirty to forty feet wide, I rising only three inches in the center, and he propounded the extraordinary heresy that a better and more lasting road could be made over the naked surface of a morass than over solid rock. I Another of his easy first principles was that the native soil was more resistant when dry than when wet, anil that as a reality, as it had to carry not alone the traffic, but the road also, it ought to be kept in a condition of the greatest resistance that the best way of keeping it dry was to put over it a. cuv viiig impervious to rain—the road in fact—and that the thick!.ess of this eoverii"* \v.to be regulated solely in its relation to its inipervionsiie'-.'. and not an all as to its bearing of weights, to which the native soil wi'.s .j'.iite equal, instead of digging a trencii, therefore, to do away with tiie surfaco of the native soil, he carefully respected it, and raised the road sufficiently above it to lei the water run oil. Impermeability he obtained bv the practical discovery that stones broken small and shaken and pressed together, as by the traffic on a road, rapidly settled down face to face and angle with angle, and made as close a mass as a wall. Mankind now believe that this last is all that Macadam invented the rest is forgotten.

Surprise followed surprise. Roads which were mere layers of broken ston*. six, four and even as little as thivc inches in thickness, passed through the WI i'st winters without breaking up, while, as the coachman used to say. they "ran true the wheel ran hard upon them it ran upon the nail.'"

For the repairs of his road when once made he always chose wet weather and "loosened the hardened surfe.ee with a pick" before putting »n the first broken stone—things familiar enough tousnow. but paradoxes then to all the confraternities of the roads.

The size to which the stone should be broken he determined in a practical way by the area of contact of an ordinary wheel with a smooth road. This he found to bo about an inch lengthwise, and therefore he laid it down that "stone winch exceeds an inch in any of its dimensions is mischievous" that: is to say, that the wheel in pre. .-big on one end of it tends to lift the other end out of the road. In practice he found ii, simplest to fix a weight of six ounces, and his surveyors carried about scales to test the largest stones in each heap. He would allow no large stones even for the foundation of his roads, for lie found that they constantly worked upward by the pressure and vibration of the traffic. The whole road was small broken stone, even over swampy ground.—Southern Planter.

A Cheap mid Durable Koutl. Durable and substantial roads may be constructed without the use of broken stone or cobblestone, and these roads are built in the easiest and simplest manner possible. No excavation is made in the center of the road to receive the material the sand and gravel are applied to the surface of the road without preparation precisely as they leave the gravel pit the gravel is strewn over the surface to the depth of from four to six inches. The ditches, culverts and the grading should be carefully constructed, but it will be readily seen that this process of roadmaking is much cheaper, both in material and labor, than if cobblestones or broken stone is used as a foundation. The loose sand and gravel thus spread over the surfai of the road soon become hardened and smooth by the tramp of horses' feet and the continued passing of vehicles a new coating of gravel is applied each year for a few years, and thus the hollow places become filled and the roadbed itself becomes more solidified.

In fact, roads built after this method and properly cared for soon become practically indestructible. During the first two or three years after the gravel is applied hollow spaces will appear here and there in the roadway, occasioned perhaps by the more yielding quality of the earth in some spots than in others. These hollow places are filled with afresh supply of gravel perhaps once each year, until the whole roadway assumes an unyielding surface as firm and as smooth as the neighboring rocks.—St. Louis Republic. "C

ide Tires for Country ltoads. As incidental to good roads and their maintenance Dr. Ripley, of New Jersey, advocates a special law regulating thu width of wagon tires and the length of axles where there are stone roads. The narrow wagon tires are injurious to stone roads in that they cut up the surface instead of rolling it and making it more compact. The regulation of the width ol! tire and the length of axles is by no means a new thing, and there are laws in several states on the subject. It is proposed that on carts the tire should bo from four to six inches: on four wheeled vehicles for heavy lading the tire should be from four to six inches and the front axle eight or twelve inches shorter than the rear axle, according as the tire is four or six inches wide. This would give a rolling surface of sixteen inches on a wagon with 4-inch tires, and a 24-inch rolling surface on a wagon with ti-inch tires. This constant rolling by vehicles Vising the roads would ije a great saving in the cost of maintenance and repairs and would not add materially to the iir.ill resistance.

After Good ltoads.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 8.—Muddy highways and how to convert them into good roads continued to be the theme discussed at the second day's session of the Indiana road congress Wednesday. From the statement of Deputy Auditor Johnson, of Mariou county, it appeared that in 1802 the total road tax collected in Indiana was $?2,:.'!}!).("75. From another source it was shown tlint the •10,000 miles of roads in Indiana vould be put in good condition for Woo per mile, an expense of 00.000, or $1,000,000 more than i.s already being paid in road tax. 'Ibis would be at a cost of T)0 per acre the state over, and distributed over a period of ten years would cost land owners but v!5 cents an acre each year. John B. Conner, of the Indiana Farmer, submitted the following without debate:

That the next legislature .should authorize the governor to appoint a public rom'i commission, composed of three representatives lrom each congressional district, and two at la ire, this commission to make an examinati ti of tho roads of the stale, of raw material in the state, cost, etr., and report the same to the covernor, who shall submit the report lo the legislature, tofc'L'ther with estimate- for building such roads.

It was stipulated that the members of the commission should serve without expense to the state, excepting a reasonable amount to carry out the work-.

A BLIZZARD RAGING.

i'U:::.. I.: .i»»-.v «j ?uru-Ji rMii* LERINJ^ L.IKRLY LA 1,'CSULL. KANSAS CITY, MO.. Dec. S. -A blizzard of the old-fashioned sort raged all over Kansas Wednesday. Trains are not coming in from the west, most of them being hopelessly snow-bound. Up in the northern part of the state hundreds of cattle are frozen stilt', anil much sull'ering is eparted among crosscountry travelers who were not looking for the sudden onslaught of the elements. Ten commercial travelers near l'hillipsburg, riding in buggie.s. are missing. (•MAIIA. Xcb.. Dec. 8.—The storm has subsided suiiieiently to enable some idea of its extent to be gained. Within a radius of 1(H) miles of Omaha it partook of the nature of a blizzard, although the temperature was moderate. For about fourteen hours the snow fell in driving clouds, carried along by a stiff gale from the north. Reports received here from points touched indicate a general blockade. In this city trallic was generally suspended and the electric streetcar lines are so thoroughly blockaded that it will be at least two days before they can run again. Hut few serious accidents are reported. Michael Donahue, one of a gang shoveling snow in tile nion Pacific yards, was run down and killed by a passenger engine.

ANOTHER VOTE FOR WEAVER.

A lleeount of a North Dakota County «ives Him Tuo ['Jlfrtors from That Stale. !!AM) l'dKKS. X. I).. Dec. 8. L'poii the order of .1 ur.ljre Tempietoii the vote of Nelson county \v is recounted Wednesday. The rejected returns were included, yiviiip the republican electors a u- iin and the fusion electors fTain of ."0. a net fusion pain of IT. This elects another of the fusion electors. William Winning, by a majority of 14 over Clarlt, republican. Uomlesvedt, fusionist. has a majority of ::1-1. aud Wamlierff. republican, S.

Official Voto ii!" Kunssis.

TOI'EKA, Kan.. Dec. 8.—The oflicial count of the votes ca-st ill this state at the recent eleetiou shows Weaver to have received 1

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OS, 111 Harrison, 157,-

-•''T: Weaver's majority. .",87-1. Xo votes were cast for Cleveland. In isss Harrison received 1S'3,!)M4: Cleveland 103,744: Harrison's majority, 79,1110.

Fire in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. o.—Fire broke out on Wednesday in the two-story building at the corner of West Lake and Xorth May streets, owned and occupied by Morgan «fc Wright, manufacturers of mechanical rubber goods, and before it was extinguished a loss estimated at about $S20,000 was sustained

As a preventive of the Grip IHoad's S rsaparilla has grown into great favor. It lor titles the system and purifies the blood.

Mr. Harvey Heed laceyvllle, O.

Catarrh, Heart Failure, Paralysis of the Throat

"I Thanh God and Hood's Sarsaparllla for Perfect Health." Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering humanity I wish to state a few facts: For several years I have suffered from catarrh and heart failure, getting so bad I could not work and

Could Scarcely Walk

I had a very bad spell of paralysis of the throat some time ago. My throat seemed closed and I could not nwallow. The doctors said it was caused by heart failure, and gave medicine, which 1 took according to directions, but did not seem to do me any good. My wife urged me to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, telling me of Mr. Joseph C. Smith, who had been j_

At Death's Door

but was entirely cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. After tnIking with Mr. Smith, I concluded to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. When I had taken two bottles 1 felt very much better. I have continued taking it, ami am now feeling excellent. I thank God, and

Hood's Sarsaparilla

and my wife for my restoration to perfeel health." HARVEY HEED, Laceyville. O.

HOOD'S PILLS do not purge, pain or gripe, but act promptly, easily and efficiently. SSc

"Castoria. is an excellent medicine for cliildren. Mothers have repeatedly told mo of its good effect upon their children." I DH. G. C. OSGOOD,

I Lowell, Mass.

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Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.

It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Castoria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend.

Castoria.

Castoria is the best remedy for children of which 1 am acquainted. 1 Uopo the day is not. far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their child sn, and use Castoria instead of the variousquacl nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcingopium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves.'"

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J. F. KiNcnei.oE, Conway, Ark.

For a Short Time

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Castoria.

Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it, assuperior koany prescription known to ire."

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SUGARS.

25 pounds New Orleans Sugar 21 20

Ex. White Ex. Granulated Confec. A

Christmas Chairs in Crawfordsville.

BARNHILL, HORNADAY & PICKETT.

*Grind Your Com*

And make it worth (55c per bushel to feed. ji The BOSS FEED GRJNDEK will do this. It grinds very fast (cob and all) and runs very a light. One horse can run it. Our Agent will i? call on you in a very few days. (rive the BOSS a trial and make money. Remember, the BOSS.

IT. A. Atiomtn, M. D.,

Ill So. Oxforu St., Hrooklyn, N.

"Our physicians in the children's department havo spoken highly of their experience in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only havo among our medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet wo are free to confess that tho merits of Castoria lia.-: won us to look with favor upon it."

UNITED HOSPITAL

AND

ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres.,

The Centaur Company, *77 Murray Street, New York City.

GREAT REDUCTION

DISPENSARY, Boston, Mass.

per barrel., lbs. for$i._^ and lbs for r» e.

the best patent on the market, we will sell YOU .. tor S-| per bbl.. or Si f(rip 50 lbs. or 50c. for 25 lbs.

FXJPlISr ITXJPIE!

We will have to arrive in a few days 100 more of those $2.00 chairs. We have the finest line of

Cohoon $ Fisher*

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Hardware, Implements, Stoves and Vehicles.

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