Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 November 1897 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1897.

Oun foreign commerce 880,000,000 ahead of 1S9G. that "Chinese wall."

this year is So much for

SKCUKTAKY WILSON wants the estab lishment of agents of the government at all the embassies, to secure information for the benefit of American farmers, and to help in the extension of our foreign trade.

EDITOUS and statesmen who holil an aversion to protective tariffs in general and Dingley tariffs in particular, are strenuously denying that the Republican tariff hBs anything to do with the return of prosperity.

BUYAN admits that times are better "because of the foreign "scarcity" and the inllow of gold from the Klondike. As a matter of fact three times as much money has been expended in fitting out people to go to Klondike as has been brought in from the mines.

UKN. JOHN T. WILDKK, the gallant commander of the Wilder Brigade during the war, has been appointed Pension Agent at Knoxville, Tenn. The boys who served under him will receive this bit of news with exultation and delight.

PKOPLK who were surprised that the Ohio newspapers did not print Mr. Bryan's speeches during his recent tour probably did not realize what a strain it would have been upon the "Cap. I" boxes in the composition room. In a short speech at Newark, Ohio, during his tour, he used the pronoun "I", by actual count, 147 times.

DEMOCRATIC editors comment favorably upon Special Reciprocity Commissioner Ivasson's negotiations with foreign countries in the knowledge that they will reduce the duty on certain articles coming from those countries, and thus grant some relief to the country from the "oppressions and iniquities of Dingleyism." If the country could only get back to the goodjold days of Wilsonism, for instance.

A roiNTKK for W. J. Bryan: VanWyck made no speeches pending the canvass for Mayor of Greater New York, neither did he stand on a 16 to 1 silver platform. Furthermore he was without a single newspaper organ. He just simply had votes. If Bryan will close his mouth, get onto a platform that says nothing about silver, and manage to get all the fool silver newspapers against him, maybe he can be

President some day.

NOTWITHSTANDING the "Chinese wall," as Democrats are wont to call the Dingley law, there are now twen-ty-seven steamships in the ports of Philadelphia, or under charter, to load grain for European ports. Most of the grain will be shipped in the next few weeks. These steamerB will carry an aggregate of 3,100,000 bushels of corn and wheat. So far thiB year the shipments of corn have aggregated nearly 22,000,000 bushels, against less than 7,000,000 in 1S9G, and of wheat 3.993,-889-bushels, compared with 3,840,010 last year.

EVIDKNCKS of improved business conditions are found in almost every spot in the United States. A single instance of this is given by Congressman Weaver, of Ohio, who says of the city of Troy, in that State, that the output of the wagon workB at that place in August, 1897, was $20,200 against $3,200 insAugust of last year in September, 1897, 817,700 against 35,000 in September of last year in October, 1897, $26,400 against 87,300 in October of last year. The Piqua Rolling Mill, located in the same district, reports a larger sale of iron in the last 17 weeks than of the entire year of 1896.

TUB Democratic screams about the Pacific railroad are nothing more than should be expected of that party. Not Democratic but Republican administrations helped to make arrangements to build the Pacific railroads, and a Republican administration saw them completed now a Republican adm'nistration will close out the Government's connection with them. In all these transactions the interests of the country have been carefully and zealously guarded, and the benefits which have accrued to the country by Hi!,: connection of the two oceans cannot be estimated. The cost of the road is riot an item in contrast.

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TIIE MUGWUMP.

Gunton's Magazine for November defines the Mugwump as the name given to a small group of people who are eminently respectable, but who are very much impressed with their own superiority, and who imagine they have a monopoly of political -virtue. They are so sure that they are better than their party, and than any party, that they use most of their talents in depreciating other people's efforts. They came into existence in England with the reform bill movement (1860), as what John Bright called "Adullamites." -They deserted from .the really progressive political party and joined the Tories to defeat the extension of the suffrage. In this country they came into existence in 1884 as deserters from the Republican party to Cleveland. They deserted nominally for personal reasons against Mr. Blaine, but really to oppose protection. Since then they have been conspicuous as fault finders of everything constructive and American and of everybody who showed any evidences of political or industrial success. They are usually intelligent and active, but seldom "the most helpful men in the country," They are constitutionally distrusters of human nature, and are nearly always found on the negative side of all really wholesome, ilesh-and-biood movements in public affairs. There are many active, helpful pioneers in social reform who sometimes ally themselves with Mugwump movements because of the indifference of the old parties, but such men seldom possess the characteristic Mugwump traits.

SKCKKTAKV BI.ISS 6ays that at the eleventh hour when he became convinced that Tammany would elect its candidate for Mayor, he endeavored to bring the Republicans and Citizens' Union together. He proposed that both General Tracy and Mr. Low should withdraw and that Mayor Strong should be nominated as the joint candidate. Although Mayor Strong is one of his most determined enemies, Mr. Piatt agreed to the arrangement, and General Tracy cordially assented, but Mr. Low and his Democratic backers refused to consider the proposition. They were not willing to have anything to do with the Republican leaders. They entered into a combination with the National Democracy, with the Steckler Democracy, with the Jacob Worth Independent Republican organization in Brooklyn and with various other political machines, and even contributed money to sustain them, but would not combine with the regular Republicans. Their policy in this reBpect made it apparent that they were willing to let Tammany have the government of New York City if they could break up the Republican party.

TUB death of a young man.in a foot ball game at Atlanta has brought about its logical result in the introduction of a bill in the Georgia legislature to prohibit the game henceforth in the State. The Bame legislature has before it a bill legalizing prize-fighting. The legislators of that State evidently believe that prize-fighting is less brutal and dangerous than foot-ball. As between the two sports as they are at present regulated the community at large will invariablyfplead for the encouragement of pugilism rather than the toleration of the grid-iron. But still we cannot help but think that the Georgia legislature is off its base. Some reasonable remedy should be found for the brutality of the'game of foot-ball, and the law against the prizering should stand. Unless the college game is reformed the gathering force of public opinion will place its bans upon it as it has prize-fighting.

SECRETARY WILSON, the head of the Department of Agriculture, continues his practical work in pointing out to the farmers of the United States the importance of supplying from their own production the $400,000,000 worth of articles for which we send this amount of money abroad every year. $100,000,000 of this is for sugar, and the remainder for hides, fruits, wines, animals, rice, llax, cheese, grains of various sorts and other articles which can be produced by the farmers of this country. His annual report which has just been presented to the President states that his experiments thus far with the sugar beet convince him that the people of the United States can readily produce all their own sugar, while nearly all the other articles of agricultural production can also be grown by them.

Tin: election of a Republican from Maryland in the place of Senator Gorman will give the straight Repub licans forty-four in the Senate, with Kyle, of South Dakota, in reserve, if he should be needed, he having been reelected with that understanding by Republican votes. The Senate has now one vacant seat, Oregon having only one Senator. Gorman's successor will not take his seat, however, until 1899, seventeen mouths hence. In the meantime, there will be elections of Senators in fifteen States and of that list the Republicans stand an excellent chance in West Virginia, North Dakota, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Indiana, California and New York, which are now represented by Democrats whose terms expire in 1899.

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THE MOOTED QUESTION.

Anxuei-s tithe Petition in Itcgiirtl to tlic Ail mission of WOIIHMI to Wiilmsli llringiii£ About a Invoi'Mty of Viev

Answers to the petitions being sent to the alumni of Wabash College in regard to the board of trustees opening the grand institution to the admittance of women are coming in rapidly. The following are a number recently re ceived by the Rev. T. D. Fyffe:

Hon. R. B. F. Peirce, president of Toledo, St. Louis it Kansas City railway, views the matter in the follow irjg light:

Mi! FYKFK:—I an now and have always been opposed to changing the character of Wabash College in the radical and, as I believe, unwise man tier indicated by the petition you send me. Yours truly.

R. F. PKIKCE.

DKAK BKO —I cannot honestly sign the petition as submitted, but would be glad to see the doors of Wabash open to women on a eo ordinate plan.

Very sincerely, Enw. MCNUTT.

PKOHIA HIGH SCHOOL.—Mr. T. D. Fyffe.— My Dear Sir: I can not but feel that something is radically wrong when the college has only ISO students and when I sph the other institutions filled with yoiin _r women. The time has come for Wabash to put herself in line with her contemporaries if not, she will be a back number before long.

Yours very truly, ROHKUT N. WHITEKOKI).

SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 2, 1S97.—Rev. T. D. Fyffe, Dear Sir: —I enclose petition signed by myself. Mr. Humphrey and myself are now the only Wabash alumni in Seattle, and lie is not in favor of co-education at Wabash. Mr. Joslin has left Seattle.

Yours truly, EDWARD VON TOKEL.

CRAWFORD, Miss., Nov. 4, 1S97.—I am "unatterably opposed" to co-edueation at the place where I went to school.

PARKE DANIELS.

Lyman B. Glover, the dramatic critic of the Chicago Times-Herald, in reply to the petition, which states that the time is at band for the admittance of women to Wabash, makes the following laconic answer: "I am unable to believe anything of the sort. Resp'y,

LYMAN B. GLOVER."

Robert A. Carnahan, of the Chicago Herald, takes the following view of the matter:

ESCANABA, Mich., Oct. 29, 3897.—Rev T. D. Fyffe.—Dear Bro :—I am something more than pleased to sign and return to you the enclosed petition. I sincerely and seriously regret that I cannot get out and get other alumni to sign this'paper. The quiet residents of the sequestered groves about old Wabash in their daily routine of college work and college administration do not appreciate the lamentable fact that Wabash i9 ridiculed as an institution far behind the times and what it should be. I have heard this sentiment freely expressed and discussed by alumni of Wabash. It is time that men who have had occasion to compare Wabash with the great colleges and universities of the country, and especially who have had opportunity to compare the culture of the graduates of our own and other institutions, should speak and should be heard. The step proposed in [your petition is in the right direction. I hear only the highest praise of Dr. Burroughs. I believe he has the true college instinct and am sure his policy must be broad But just put a large committee of that board of trustees on the train and send them off on a junket to see Michigan University, Rochester, Cornell, Hamilton, Amherst, Princeton, Yale, etc., and give theminote books to jot down how such colleges make intelligent scholarly and cultured men.

God bless you in this advance movement. Your6 fraternally, ROHERT A. CARNAHAN.

WABASH, Ind., Nov. 5, 1S97.—T. D. Fyffe, Esq —Dear Sir: I am in receipt of the petition enclosed. I most cheerfully sign it, and in doing so cannot content myself with only returning the petition signed, but write-this word of personal encouragement to those who are working for the caupe of co-education in Wabash College. We have long since passed the experimental degree in this cause. Argument has long since culminated in the domain of practical success. The college that longer lingers in the old rut of separate collegiate courses for men and women are behind the times. Continue in the good work of revolutionizing Wabash College authorities until they yield to the inevitable.

Very truly, ALVAH TAYLOR

MADISONVILI.E, Ky., Oct. 30, 1S97.— Rev. T. D. Fyffe—My dear old friend: I presume this paper is from you on account of the addressed envelope enclosed. I assure you I would be glad to see this change made in the old college as I have two daughters who would be glad to attend college there. They are young yet, 12 and 14, but in a short visit to the grounds and buildings at a reoent commencement, they

expressed very emphatically on the subject. They "stuck" on Crawfordsville and the whole "push."

E L. HENDRICKS.

NKAV CASTLE, Ind., Nov. 4, 1897.—T. D. Fyffe—Dear Sir: I am decidedly opposed to the scheme put forth in the above petition.

WM. MASON JENNINGS, Class '90.

MANHATTAN, Kan Oct. as, 1S97.— Rev. T. D. Fyffe.—Dear Sir:—Forty year6 ago in debate in the old Lyceum Society I advocated -co-education. That which then seemed to be the dream sentimental theorists has become an accomplished fact. Then the question was, is co-education practic able in any college now it is, can any college survive without co-education? In the great States west of the Mississippi this question is unanimously and without hesitation answered in the negative. And by co education is meant the education of young men and women in the same studies,- in the same classes, and in the same recitation rooms. There are four institutions in the State of Kansas, each having more than six hundred students, in which this sort of co-education has been successfully maintained for years without any evil results to students of either sex. May the day speedily come when Wabash College shall open wide her doors to the young women of Indiana. Very truly yours,

B. SIMLMAN.

Slict]) for Sale.

William Johnson has 250 stock ard breeding 6heep for sale, including 100 good breeding ewes. Will be sold in lots to suit purchaser. Inquire at County Treasurer's office. dll-10 wl

'7:' TEXAS.

Philip Harwood is on the sick list. Singing Thursday night was well att.en cied.

Andy Ross and Merge Michaels were in Illinois last week. Floyd Miehaelsspent Saturday night and Sunday at home.

Walter Harwood is carrying the mail for Mrs Savannah Huff mire. Miss Maggie Davis is spending the week with her sister, near Wesley.

Perle Myers, of near Wallace, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Jesse Davis.

There will be a box supper at Greene's school house Fridav niuht Nov. 19.

There was no Sunday school last Sunday on account of the disagreeable weather.

Several from here attended the spelling match at Greene's school house Friday night.

Wilmer Harwood spent Saturday night and Sunday with his sister, near Crawfordsville.

Mrs. Emma Stonebraker, of Alamo spent last Thursday with her father, Philip Harwood.

Arthur Weller received the prize for being the best speller at Greene's school heuse Friday night.

The party at John Davis' Saturday night was well attended. Those present were: Misses Daisy Todd, Lottie, Nellie and Florence Harwood and Messrs Steve Deere, Jim Rush, Lonnie Huffmire, Walter Harwood, Andy Ross. John Smith, Court Thorn, Perle and Willie Myers. Jesse and Patsy Davis, and Nelson Rush and wife, Jas Myers and wife, Wm. Todd and wife, and Bob Myers and wife.

RACCOON.

Whooping cough is still prevalent. Trustee Hostetter visited our schools Tuesday.

Rev. Lindsey, of Indianapolis, spent Sunday at home. Jake Hall, of Ladoga, is our new blacksmith pro tem.

The Ladies' Aid Society meets with Mrs. Lockridge this week. Miss Lide Skillman and Mrs. Lora Byrd visited at Ladoga Monday.

Most of our boys were at the pie supper at'Fairview Saturday evening. C. R. Edwards leaves Tuesday for a two weeks' visit with relatives at Xenia, Ohio.

Rev. Waltz, of the Harmony M. E church, very ably filled the pulpit here last Sunday morning.

Prof. Day and family, of Bainbridge, were with Raccoon friends over Sunday.

The Woodmen will meet Saturday evening and arrange to hold an oyster supper in the near future.

LUTHERAN GLEANINGSRay Norris is working this week for Herman Goss.

Alva Doty is feeding Sam Booher's stock this week. Rev. Fryberger preached to a large and attentive audience Sunday.

J. H. Booher is working on the gravel road for Frank Tribbett. James Flannigan, who had a tussle with typhoid malaria, is able to be out again.

Elwood Booher has typhoid fpver, but is doing nicely. George Potts nurses him at nights.

Corn is not as good as it would haye been had there been more rain. It is 6oft and dry and light in weight.

Birdie Booher, who had typhoid fever, is able to walk around the house. She says she gained ten pounds in one week.

Sam, Mark and Charley Booher, who have the typhoid fever, are doing very well. Mark is beginning to fuss about something to eat.

Thursday the neighbors of Sam Booher went with their hands and teams and gathered his corn and cribbed it for him.

Wheat is looking nice since the rains and if it remains warm weather for a few days wheat will have as large a growth as it had last fall when winter began.

We were much surprised Saturday to hear of Bent Coleman's barn near Thorntown being burned with six horses, etc. Bain burning is getting too common for a farmer to feel safe.

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On Wednesday night, Nov. 3, Rev Black united in wedlock O. Endicott and Augusta Flannigan. They went to housekeeping next day near Bowers in a home already prepared for them. The Clouser band gave them a little open air concert and were invited in and given a nice iunch and cigars.

On Saturday afternoon James Davis and John Coleman acted as arbitrators for Sam Flannigan and W Moody. During the drought this fall Sam Flannigan started tire in his clearing and one windy day it got beyond control and burned some fencing and wood for Mr. Moody. Moody and Flannigan could not agree as to the amount of damages, hence they agreed to let Coleman and Davis arbitrate it, which is much better for neighbors to do than to go into court.

SMARTSBURG.

Mrs. Geo. Lee is not improving any. Todd Kennedy is improving very slowly.

Fronk Swisher has purchased a pair of mules. No Sunday School last Sunday on account of the rain.

Miss Mary Bryant is working for Mort Stewart, of Darling'on. Remember Rev Kelly's appointment here every Fourth Sunday.

Rev Cox. of Illinois, will preach at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. All are invited.

Meeting here Sunday morning by Rev. Johnson, of Lebanon, was not very well attended on acoouut of the weather,

The party at the home of John Cox and wife, of Crawfordsville, Saturday night was weli attended. Excellent tnu-ic was furnished by John Bryant and Chas. Furtruson. Those present were: Misses Nora Goble, Ata Atkins, Bertha Rogers, Ina Felton, Minnie, EtHe and June Snyder, and Messrs Jim and Will Goble, Philip Basil, Joe and Howard Cox, Louis Freko. Jim Swisher, and Mervin and Wayne Shelton.

BLACK CREEK.

Wheat is looking fine in this vicinity. farmers are busy -husking shock corn.

Alvin Breaks' new house is ready for plastering. Luther Breaks is at Chicago studying medicine.

James Breaks has gone into the house moving business. Hazel Couirer is some better at this writing but is not out of danger yet.

What has become of the North Msec scribe?. Wake up and let us hear from you.

According to the story that is circu lating in the Sugar Cn-ek valley there will soon be. a wedding 'I he youni.1" lady's initials are Z. Her intended is not known. Be 1 eady boys for a charivari

POTATO CREEK.

Little Arthur Cook is better. C. N. Marts went to Crawfordsville Wednesday.

Miss Ella Maguire was in Indianapolis Tuesday. Miss Ode Hayes returned home to Blooraington Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Dukes, of Colfax, visited Arthur Paddock and wife Sunday.

John Booker«and family were Svn-

is along and hard one. It's much, easier to get

GOLD

from your grocer. Sold everywhere and cleans everything.

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clay visitors at Win. Booker's, near Durliug ion. Mrs. Clias. Cu-ter and little daughter, of Cottage Grove, Sundayed with home folks.

Miss Helen Puddock, of Darlington, spent tiie latter part of last week with Miss Ella Maguire.

Vernie and Lulu Booker entertained a few of their lrit-ndu last Saturday night. Those present were: Misses Lissie, .Julia ann Dove StucUy, Salvia Hatshbargt-r, Mina and Nellie Michaels, Etta Horn, Lily aud Mabel liritsch, Margaret Morrison, Bertha Wilson, Nora and Lura Tribbett, and Messrs. Earl Peterson,WallpciStuckey, Frank Paddock,' Bruce Lu.t, Frank Custer, Wm. Boyer, Wiiey Tribbett, Bert Arrnentrout, Henry Biusov, Guy Britsch, Claud Snyder, Joe liice, Oscar Flannigan, E'mer Williams.

EVERGREEN STREET. Eli Burn has started a beef shop in Mace.

Misa Lillie Foust is working at Jas. Patterson's. I'rank Sanford spent Saturday night wit,b home foiks.

The proceeds of the supper Saturday night amounted to S8 II. C. Fincli is doing some painting ing for Albert Tribbet.

The teachers' institute was well attend* Saturday ni^ht. Perry Mason, the. insurance agent, was in this vicinity Tue.-»da\'.

Mrs Wtu. Skagg* s-pent last Thursday at Oliver Pickering's in Flat L.reek.

Hannibal Finch started to Brazil Tuesday but did notsucceedin gettiug there.

Miss Daisy McClure spent Saturday night in the city with her sister. Mrs. Han kins.

The Ladies' Aid Society will give an oyster and ice cream supper at Mace Hall Saturday night.

A large crowd attended the box supper at the school house last Saturday night. Miss Myrtle Clark received the cake for being the prettiest girl present.

WRING NECK.

Wheat in this locality is up nice. Sam Kellison has completed his new barn.

Newton Lee is building a new kitchen. James Vanarsdall is building an" addition to his house

A man from Hamilton county 's husking corn for Sam Blanton. John Kellison and wife transacted business in Crawfordsville Wednesday.

Our roads are being put in good condition under the supervision of James Uutton.

Day id Jackson and Commodore Fink have treated their houses to new coats of paint.

Frank Smith and James Dunkersou, who ICit fur Illinois a few weeks ago, have not yet. returned.

Nn 1 school is not progressing so nicely. Out of Jthirteen schoiars Mr. McClellan now has three.

Wesley King and Mrs. Etta Smith are spending a few days witi their Bister, Mrs. George Oliver, at Newport.

Rnro-r line it. that H«mp Coniptnn and wife will move to Darlin rton and tnatCh-s. aiau-y and Howard Guns will tet his farm.

THK JOURNAL for fine printing

NEGLECT IS SUICIDE.

Plain Words From Mis. Pinkham, Corroborated by Mrs. Charles Dunmore, That Ought to Bring Suffering Women to Their Senses.

If you were drowning and friendly hands shoved a plank to you, and you refused it, you would be committing suicide! Yet that is precisely what women are doing if tliey go about their homes almost dead with misery, yet refuse to grasp the kindly hand held out totheml

It is suicidal to go day after day with that dull, constant pain in the region of the womb and that bloating heat and tenderness of the abdomen, which make the weight of your clothes an almost intolerable burden to you. It is not natural to suffer so in merely emptying the bladder. Does not that special form of suffering tell you that there is inflammation somewhere? •Shall I tell you what it is?

It is inflammation of the womb! If it goes on, polypus, or tumor, or cancer will set in. Commence the use of Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound. Thousands of women in this condition haze

been curcd by it. Keep your bowels open with Mrs. Pinkliam's Liver PiUs, and if you want further advice, write to Mrs. Pinkliam at Lynn, Mass., stat^ ing freely all your symptoms—she stands ready and willing to give you thousands physi-

the very best advice. She lias given the helping hand to suffering just like yourself, many of whom lived miles away from cian. Her marvelous Vegetable Compound has cured many thousands of women. It can be found at any respectable drug store.

MES. CIIAKLES DUNVOKK, 103 Fremont St., Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass., says: "I was in pain day and night my doctor did not seem to help me. I could not seem to find any relief until I took Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound. I had inflammation of the womb, a bearing-down pain, and the whites very badly. The pain was so intense that I could not sleep at night. I took Lydia 15. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for eight j^VF months, and am now all right. Before that I took morphine pills for my pain that was a great mistake, for the relief was only momentary and the effect vile. I am so thankful to be relieved of my sufferings, for the pains I had were something terrible. I am, indeed, very grateful for the good Mrs. Pinkham's remedies have done me."

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