Hope Republican, Volume 2, Number 36, Hope, Bartholomew County, 28 December 1893 — Page 2

HOPE REPUBLICAN. By Jay C. Smith. HOPE • INDIANA “Delays are dangerous” unless delay causes you to miss a train foreordained to be wrecked. “Forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments; for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.” “Punctuality is the soul of business,” but men having engagements to be hung ma f be excused if they feel indisposed to promptness in meeting the sheriff. The price of tea is not likely to advance above the figures obtained at a London auction in 1891. At the Mincing Lane sales on Feb. 5 of that year a five pound parcel of Ceylon “Golden Tip” brought £25 10 s per pound, a sum equal to $23 in American standard or depreciated currency. The Egyptian dancing girls from the Midway Plaisance exported their dance to New York, but Dr. Parkhurst’s highly moral police advised them to “skip.” They wanted to do just that, but the authorities in Gotham told them that “skip” in New York meant to “clear out.” The demoralizing spectacle was therefore postponed indefinitely. The amended marriage laws of Pennsylvania, through a clerical error. permit marriage to be solemnized without a license until Oct. 1, 1895. Hoosier lovers desiring to save the price of a license, or eloping from parental wrath, will however continue to patronize the ministerial or judicial functionaries in the Southern Peninsula of Michigan, the new hymenial Eldorado being rather too remote for the prompt consummation of their heart’s desire. “The City of Palms” at San Francisco is already bedecked in holiday attire, and the exhibits for the midwinter fair are to a great extent in position. California is felicitating and rejoicing over the prospective triumph which seems assured, and gives notice that, while the show will not approach in magnitude the Columbian Exposition, it will in some respects surpass it in interest. The exhibits from South America, Australia and the far-off islands j of the Pacific will be especially nota- j ble. 'The suffering, starvation and des- \ titution that is said to prevail in j the great western metropolis does | not appear to have greatly depressed the price of real estate. The prop- j erty at the northeast corner of State and Washington street, Chicago, ; was recently sold on a ninety-nine ! year lease at a rental that establishes its value at $1,400,000, or $169 a square foot. A number of corner lots iu the business district have lately changed hands at valuations j of from $100 to $144 a square foot. j People who direct letters to “New York” without deeming it necessary to add the “N. Y.” suppose there is no possibility of their missives going wrong. They rarely do —all the same the.e are postoffices ] bearing that name in Kentucky, | Michigan, Montana. Tennessee and ; Texas. There are also similar mu- i •nicipal designations in other States, i notably: Now York Flat and New York Landing, California: New York Landing, Kentucky; New York Junction, Maryland; New York Mills, Minnesota, and New York Quarry, Pennsylvania. Readers of this paper are not likely to wake up and find that somebody has built a four-story house on their vacant lot. Mrs. Williams, of New York city, did, however. A few days ago she received a tax bill and was surprised to find that her wealth had increased since the last assessment from $900 to $6,500. Investigation revealed the fact that a Mrs. Shanks, through an error, had built afour-stoiy light brick apartment house on Mrs. Williams’ vacant lot. The ladles are in 'trouble. Mrs. Williams owns the lot but does not desire to pay for the house, neither does she feel like taking advantage of her undoubted legal right to dispossess the builder and collect the

rents. They have not decided on any plan of action but will settle the matter with a view to substantial justice to both parties, I Two simpletons with a single thought at Daleville quick a justice I sought, and quite as quick, to their great joy, were bound in one —in Illi“noy”. They thought it sport and only fun to make believe that they were one, but when they found that they were fast their skies of blue were overcast with somber shades that boded ill —alas, it was a “bitter pill. ’ l Then to the courts they soon appealed to have the knot that would not yield untied according to the law—it was so tight it would not draw. Soon by the aid of cash and fee they were divorced—again were free —and vow that they will never joke or buy again a “pig in poke.” A Seattle, Wash., man heard a racket in his kitchen one night recently, and on coming down stairs found a bear cub with its head in a pan of blueberry preserves that had been placed on the floor to cool. The animal was killed but the preserves were ruined. The house was near the center of the city, and the manner in which the bear reached the place from the forest is a mystery. The State of Washington may well be said to be “out west. A polar bear, in a ferocious antitude, may be seen on North Illinois street, Indianapolis, any day. He is very dead, however, and has all the “preserves” inside of his “lap robe.” Pennoyer, “may his tribe decrease,” the peculiar Popular Governor of Oregon, not satisfied with his fame already acquired by the public insults, studiouly offered, to two Presidents of the United States —Harrison and Cleveland—took advantage of his official position to forestall the national Thanksgiving holiday, and issued a proclamation of his own requesting his constitu ents to observe Thursday, Nov. 23, as a day of feasting. The people called the too previous holiday Pennoyer Day, but did not observe it with any degree of enthusiasm, and as a general thing saved their turkey until the national festival. A man in Benton, Ore., has written the Governor for his official dates for Christmas and New Year’s Day. The spirit of modern reform does not appear to have penetrated to official circles in the Russian navy. A correspondent of the London Tknes recently visited several of the great warships belonging to the Czar, and found the most ludicrous customs prevailing among the seamen. The most rigid religious discipline was being enforced. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night there is a long service of prayers, psalms and the national hymn. At dinner and again at supper the seamen pass before an officer with their caps off and receive a glass of “vodka,” which is the Russian whisky. If the men have not given respectful attention to religious services they are deprived of their allowance of “grog.” It is needless to say that Russian sailors are the most pious men that sail the raging main. • ■ The announcement of the final set tlement of the somewhat famous Cul bertson -French will contest at New Albany, Dec. 13, by which it was shown that Mrs. French received her portion of her father's estate by means of a compromise, which required her to pay the enormous sum of $55,000 to the various legal lights who figured in the case on eitlu r side, will be received by the public at large with mingled feelings of gratification and regret. Gratification at her triumph in being permitted to receive her just dues; regret that to avoid extended litigation she thought best to give up so large a portion of her rightful inhetitance. That the other legatees saw final defeat goes without saying—else they had never agreed to any compromise after such a bitter and prolonged contest as had already been waged. The court costs amounted to the comparatively insignificant sum of $300, which Mrs. French also paid accoi’ding to the terms of the compromise. That heirs can be thus legitimately robbed is a sad reflecon our probate laws. Law is 'or the protection of the citizen, an! when under the sanction of law the helpless are thus deprived of their dues, and their birthright wantonly given over to alien blood, it behooves all who have acquired property to look well to its final disposition. K p. k.

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES. THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE. There has been much comment upon and some adverse criticism concerning the inscription now being placed upon the northern face of the Soldiers’ Monument at Indianapolis, the main point in the controversy being as to the number of men engaged in that celebrated battle, or skirmish as some people will insist upon calling the engagement. The inscription will read: ’’Battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811. Indians defeated by about eight hundred Americans, mostly Indiana militia.” Some historical authorities place the number of men at a much larger figure. Mr. W. H. English, of the Board of Monument Commissioners, in a card to the Indianapolis Journal, defends the substantial accuracy of the inscription', and quotes from the different reports and letters of Gen. Harrison to sustain his position. In a letter to Gov. Scott, of Kentucky, Dec. 13, 1811, Gen. Harrison said: “I was obliged to march from Port Harrison, Oct. 29, with leps than 800.” Again, in his official report of the battle, Gen. Harrison said: “With respect to the number of Indians engaged I am possessed of no data. It must have been not much inferior to our own, which, deducting the dragoons who did us no service, was little over 700 officers and privates. lam convinced that there were at least 600 Indians.” Mr. English says that from the conflicting statements of different authorities, some of which place the number of Americans engaged at 950, it was thought best to qualify the statement by placing it at “about 800,” which he holds is a fair estimate. Accuracy could not be expected under the circumstances. — OUR INLAND SEAS. Statistics concerning the commerce on the great lakes for the season of ’93 show a remarkable increase in the tonnage of vessels engaged in freight traffic on the various routes. Last winter a great many new ships for this trade were constructed and launched, all of them being of improved speed and design and large capacity. This fact, coupled with the general stagnation of trade and the fierce competition of those vessels already enjoying an established patronage, has brought about a scale of charges that has proved disastrous to those whose means have been embarked in the fleets that plow those blue and peace ful waters. Those owners who have made from 3 to 5 per cent, on their investments are regarded by their competitors with envy and all who have made actual expenses are disposed to regard themselves as fortunate bej'ond the average. Optimistic owners believe,however, that these conditions are but temporary and can not in the nature of things continue. Estimates place the capacity of four vessels of the modern style as equal to that of one railroad between Chicago and Buffalo, the rates by water being of course lower than by rjjil. The future of this inland marine is believed to be most promising, and when the water route to the Atlantic is opened for vessels of all classes the carrying trade of the great lakes will be largely increased. Such a route no doubt will in due time be opened. The great and raighoy West demands it.

THE NEW YEAR. This is a world of change—and pants’ buttons. Another measured alowance of days and nights and storm and shine and heat and cold has reeled from off the tape line of the Great Architect. Another year •of joy and sorrow, hope and fear prosperity and adversity, has lapsed into the changeless oblivion of an unalterable past. Another year’s allotment of new made graves have opened and closed upon “that innumerable caravan” of mortals great and small, and another wave of woe unspeakable has wrecked and wrung the grieving hearts of those who mourn. Another year’s consignment of angelic spirits has taken up the burden of humanity, and another tottering structure of hope and joy and cheerful anticipation has been built upon the uncertain foundation of human life. All is change. No man is the same that he was a brief twelve months ago, and all thinking men realize and

recognize with startling clearness on each recurring Now Year's Day the irresistible flow of the ever rushing stream of Time that in due course must surely float them from out tb o changing scenes that line its banks into the open sea of the Great Unknown. None can stand still, All must swim with the tide. And though we feebly grasp the willows and still delay—still by reason of strength can linger while so many are swept away—yet the inevitable find is ever at hand for all. The past is gone. The future all unknown. Looking backward is useless, but is the only key to the great riddle of coming events. Guided then in paths aright by past experience, be it sweet or bitter, we can calmly look into a future whose secrets we can not solve —hoping not too much lest disappointment dire shall overtake us, nor fearing too little lest our misfortunes crush us- —knowing that as we gently glide toward the end that we shall surely reach at last a port where “all is well.” Vale and farewell, old ’93. Hail and good luck to '94. “INDIA’S CORAL STRAND’” Col. Samuel Merrill, who served four years as consul at Calcutta under Harrison’s administration, returned to his old home at Indianapolis the last week in Novmber. In an interview Col. Merrill related many interesting things to a Sentinel reporter from which we glean the facts for this article. India is a vast country, embracing an area of 1.600.000 square miles, and contains 282,000,000 inhabitants; the country has a coast line of 4,000 miles; has four great rivers, each more than 1.000 miles in length. The Himalayas, the loftiest mountains in the world, are located in northern India. A broad belt of marshy jungle separates this great range from the surrounding plain. India has two harvests yearly, in some places three. Labor is worth but 6 cents a day, and the cost of raising wheat is nominal. Rice is grown in some provinces, but is not a staple article of food with the natives, as many suppose. The jungles teem with elephants, lions, and all manner of wild beasts. At least a dozen dialects are used by the people, all of which are offshoots from the original Sanskrit. The nati ves of India are practically slaves. The caste system perpetuates this evil. The Brahmin arrogates to himsell all the aristocracy, purity and suavity of the race. The millions beyond the pale of this sanctified class have inherited a consciousness of their inferiority that nothing will ever dispel. England must and will maintain supremacy in India. Calcutta is a beautiful city of 681,000 inhabitants, but is not a desirable place of residence. Cholera is always present, both among native and white inhabitants. During the first week of Col. Merrill's residence there 600 perished from the disease, and the scourge has c aimed its victims continually. The people of India were greatly interested in the silver question in the United States, and hoped Congress would pass a bill for free coinage in this country. If it had done so the value of the Indiana rupee would have been doubled. The repeal of the Sherman law was a great disappointment to the people of India. The Indian rupee is now worth about 29 cents instead of 50 cents as it would otherwise have been.

An Expensive Overcoat. Philadelphia Record. An overcoat that will cost the tidy little fortune of $800 is now being made for a mysterious individual by John Etilz & Son, the Chestnut st., tailors. Mr. Stilz does not know who his lavish customer is, and never set eyes on him until he strolled into the store one day recently and ordered the garment, leaving a deposit of $500 as a guarantee of good faith. The coat is lined with sealskin, and the trimmings are of the finest known to the trade. It has huge collar and cuffs, also of sealskin, and the pockets are lined with the costly skin. The rich fur is only about an eighth of an inch long, anchj is entirely from seal pups. Mere Force of Habit. Texas Siftings, Judge Cowing—You are charged with having knocked your wife down with a club, and then kicked her. Do you know of any mitigating circumstance? “Well, yes, your Honor. You see that’s the way I always do when anybody annoys me.”

THE GASSY MAN AND THE SHAW MAN. BY JOSH BILLINGS. The gassy man iz a kind ov itinerant soda fountain, a sort ov hi-press-ure rsservoi ov soap-suds, who spouts bubbles and foam whenever he opens hiz mouth. Theze quacks in the small beer line hav but phew branes, but their branes are like yeast—they kant rize without running over everything. I <hav known them to argy a point three hours and a half, and never offer one good reason in the whole time. They mistake words for ideas, and their tongues travel tew just about az mutch purpose az a boy’s windmill dqz, in the teeth ov a stiff norwester. They air the vainest ov all human beings that hav yet bin discovered, and think, bekauze people kan’t eskape their furious effervescence, they are pleazed and convinced. I never knu one ov theze windmills yet but what thought Solomon waz almost an ideot kompared tew them, and I never knu one to ever discover hiz mistake. Yu mite az well undertake tew git the pride out ov a pekock’s tail, bi laffin at it, az to convinse theze phellows that what they say ain’t either wit or wisdura The gassy man iz not bi enny means a bad man at heart; he iz often az good natured az he iz phoolish; but hiz friendship ain't worth mutch more tew yu than the luv ov a lost pup, who iz reddy tew phollow enny one off who will pat him on the back. THE SHARP MAN. The sharp man iz often mistaken for the wize one, but he iz just az different from a wize one az he iz from an honest one. » He trusts tew hiz cunning for suckcess, and this iz the next thing to being a rogue. The sharp man iz like a razor—generally too sharp for enny thing but a shave. Theze men are not to be trusted—they are so constituted that they must cheat sumboddy, and, rather than be idle and lose a good job, they will pitch on to their best friends. They are not exackly outkasts, but liv cluss on the borders ov criminality, and are liable tew step over at enny time. It is but a step from cunning tew raskality and it iz a step 3 that iz alwuss inviting to take. Sharp men hav but phew friends and seldom a konfident. They hav learnt to fear treachery by studying their own nature. They are alwuss bizzy, but like the hornet, want a heap of sharp watching. The sharp man iz alwuss a vain one. He prides himself upon his cunning, and would rather do a shrewd thing than a kind one. $5,000,000 Tobacco Bill Saved. Chicago, Dec. 23. [Special]—The Chicago Inter - Ocean’s Illustrated Supplement,describing the great success and merit of NO-TO-BAC, has made it famous in a day. Mr. H. L. Kramer, the active man, was seen to-day at his office, 45 Randolph st., and-in talking of NO-TO-BAC'ft growth, said it was hard work to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand, as every box sold advertised NO-TO-BAC’S merit. He said, “NO-TO-BAC is not sold on the strength of the thousands and tens of thousands of testimonial statements, but under an absolute guarantee to cure, or money refunded.” That made a long story about merit very short, as it absolutely protects the user from physical injury or financial loss. “Why,” said he, “NO-TO-BAC will make 100,000 cures this year, and the saving will average 150.00 for every one cured, or a grand total of $5,000,000 saved from from going out in smoke and out in spit,” NO-TO-BAC is, indeed, a God-send to the poor man these hard times. According to the testimonials, however, the mdney-saving is the least consideration, for almost every one reports an improvement of the nervous system, increase in weight, and a revival of physical and mental powers that is indeed miraculous.

Prominent physicians look upon NO-TO-BAC as a great success, and are very free to prescribe it. Every wholesale drug house in this country and Canada sells NO-TO-BAC, and the retail druggists are pushed to supply customers, and the direct mail demand is immense. The cost of NO-TO-BAC compared with results is a small matter, as the saving in a week pays the cost of a cure for a life-time. NO-TO-BAC is sold for $1.00 a box, or three boxes for $2.50, with a guarantee to cure, or money refunded. A few extra copies of the Inter Ocean Supplement (8 pages), illus trated in five colors, have been se cured and will be mailed for the ask ing, by addressing The Sterling Rem edy Co., Chicago office, 45 Randolpl St., New York office, 10 Spruce St. Laboratory,Indiana Mineral Spring; Indiana.