The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 October 1878 — Page 1

VOL. 13.

a.. ,80l Al Tlhe Fatiomal Banner Z o PUBLIEIIED:BY ~ JOIIN B. STOLL. LIGONIER,NOBLECOUNTY,IND. Y s : N # L o ‘Terms of Subscription: : One Year, il AdVANCE, ccennscncmnrancmcacanan: $2OO Nix munt.i)s, F 0 NONDIEA. L vl e sane 100 Eleven copies to one address, one year,..... .2000 urﬁnbacribers'ioutsldq of Noble county are eharged 10 cents extra (per year] for postage, which i prepaid by the publisher. | % _—____________-.*_____.._—————————__‘___—..——— STRAUS BROS., Transact a general banking business on favorable terms. Farmers' & Commercial paper disconnted at reasonable rates., o Buy and scll Real. Estate, and all those wishing large or smalltracts will dowell . to see us before purchasing. -, L Negotiable J.oans, from onc to five years’ time, seoured by first mortjage on improved farms. Agents for first-class Fire and Life Insurance Compantes. s Dealers in 1 ' Grain, Seeds, Wool, &c. { Sl [ vsSpecial Notice to Farmers.>’ Grain placed in our name in L. 8. & M.S.R. R. Elevators is at owner’s risk in cuaso of fire, if not actually sold to us. When requested, we will snsure same in first-class Companies, Ligonier, Ind., May 31, 1878.-27-1 y % BANKING HOUSE A 1 U U Al | : —_— OF—

L SOL.L. MIER,: Conrad’s New Brick Biock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. xoﬁeyloaged on longand shorttime. . b . Notesdiscounted at reasonablerates. = . Monies received on depositandinterestallowed. -on specified time, e Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principalcities of Europe, . B 2 7 e — 3 li—ty TO TllE FARMERS: | B YOU will;{)lease take noiice that I am stillen;itge in uyinﬁ wheat, for whiech I pay the nif es marketf{) ce. i f you do not find me on the street, call before selling, at 1y Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. . SOL. MIER. . _Ligonier,lndiana, May 3,1877.—Lf : ¢ M : T JOMIN L. GALLUF, . ; s | . Manufacturer of the A ; 3 . g - Il.X.L.Drain Tile And Red, Common and Pressed Brick..| Hard- - wood, Basewood and Poplar Lumber and Dimen- | sion Stufl, 4 KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ¢ © Mill and Yara three miles northeast of the city. Orders promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed. ! 13-16-1 y ———————————————— et e '*TIIE LIGONIER RESPECTFULLY announce to the public that they are grepared to furnish Music for all occagions+bot. : BRASS AND STRING. i ©O. P. EMERY, Leadecr. | L. FLEMING, Sec’y and TFreas’r.. -17-3 m. e ebt e A S S o D, W. GREEN,. Atterney at Law & Notary Public, ' LIGONIER, : : : INDIANA. Offce in Landon’s Block. . { o oamotd

" M, . COOFER, JUSTICE of the PEACE 3 And Conveyanecer, i LIGONIER, / : .: : INDIANA. Special attent.ionvlii;iveu to conveyancing and collections.’ Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Store. | , i 7 Iy. — ANDRE‘V JACKSON, " JUSTICE of the PEACE, Tk Ligonier, Indiana, Special aftention given o collections’and conveyancing. Oftice with D..C! Vancamp, over Beazel’s Harness shop. 13-2 . LOAN AGENCY. ‘v[o NEY TO LOA%‘.” in small or large sl amounts, on long or short time. ’ i ISAAC E'KNISELY, 1 b Attorney at Law, Lignnier.ﬁndimm. Dr. J. F. GARD, Physician and Surgeon. Prompt attention to calls day and night. Oflice on East-third street, Ligonier, Ind 12, © .C. VANCAMP, _ ATFTORNEY AT LAW, - KLigomier, : : : Indiana, : Special attention given to collectionsand conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. - Legal business promptly attended to. Office over Beazel’s Harness establishment, 9-50 : ALBERT BANTA, ] Wusticeof the Peace & Conveyancer. = LIGONIER, INDIANA. S#;eclnlatt.ent_ion given toconveyancin ig andcol~ections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup #nd all legal business attended to promptly and gccurately. . | "May 15187315-8-8 : M. WAKEMAN, TnsnranceAg't &Justice of the Peace . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receive subscriptions to Tue NATIONAL BANNER. G, W, CARR, Physician and {Surgeon, 4 v LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, .Willpromptlyatienday zalld intrustedto him. ~Officesnd residence on 4th Street.’ - ; J. M, TEAL, . D BN T 18, Ag.ooma over L. E. Pike’s Grocery, ; L Corner of Main und Mitchell Streets, yosise the Post Offlee, Kendallville, Ind. 11 work warranted.<&B l : Kendallville, May 1,1874. «Gleny, Langhing Gas! /& % P2O ' PAINLESS EXTRACTION g S o 1. . TEETH , e Y S ' ; . N/) | e 'O T' N Filling Teeth a Specialty 3 ! ~ ?'d- v.xm‘xs‘ ;A 7 PEALER IN MONUMENTS, _ Vanults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING BTONES, . " LIGONIER, IND. . i h " I. e Ao et el b st S PHILEP A, CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offers hisservices to the publicin general. Terms i m O:acr&mmybelmu fn ahbcﬂtouo?‘ ‘w’ ‘ ’ B i Mw' We keep constaitly on hand and sellin large o 1 guantivios, to suit customers, o WinofOur Own Manufac e ol g TRV gLR eg e T Y ~* Pare— Nothing ehe duice of o "“‘-f"f’:"-fﬁz 0 0 [‘, " ;f: LRy ¢ C lANT DD AMTTITITC A ?&, et "h,» (PO CT™R ) S AL TP "ﬁ'- m L Eil &m et ' 'Fresh Bread,Ples, Cakes,&c. R R R SRS *@?M o’B O G sA e el st e e

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AAAGOLD PLATED WATCHES. Cheap3mt,in the known world. Sample Watch Freeto | Agents. Address, A. COULTER & Co., Chicagow

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an and Motphine Habit abeolutely and speedt cm'ed.“gxﬂnlal 3 BO publlehyy. Ben smnly) for particulars, Da. Cartroy, 187 Washington St., Chicago; Il

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AGENTS profits per week, » -Will prove it or forfeit €500,— = New articles, just patented. E Samples gent free to all. ‘Address W.II. CIIIDESTER, 216 Falton St.,N.Y,

a week in yonr own town. 5 Outfit free. Norisk. Reader, if you wanta business at which persons of either sex can -make great pay all the time they work, write for particulars to U, HaLLErr & Co., Portland, Maine.’ ; 46-1 y

VISITING CARDS, elegant, with 1 name, 35¢.; 50 for 20¢., 25 for 10¢, Sam-~ ples for a green stamp. Agents wanted. 7 Outfit 13¢c. Yon can make money Address, . b ; 3 21-1 y EMIL E, RETTIIG, Seymour, Ind.

A Book ofnmrlyéﬂ()pngg numerous engra' !l%l;lbveals secrets which the & IR TR S - . e married andthase contemme

. e | HGRITICU SUGLLAOUEC COINCH- } ?latingmnrriuge should know Tow to curediseases. Hund- : ¢ . red o'f Reci'pea. Scixt nggr:g aled'for 50 cents [ money or postage stamps. 7 T e C A-BOHANNAN 621 N. F{’f‘:h S%.xect. St. Louis. Mo,

business you can engage in. 58 : X to $2O per day made by any ; worker of either gex. right in ' their own localities. AParLicnlars and ramples worth §5 free. Improve your spare time at this buriness, Address STinsoN & Co., Portland, Maine. 46-1 y i ‘ 9% Uas POCKET PHOTOSCOPE”: res' ma%nifying power; detects connterfeit money; shoddy in cloth; foreign substacnes in wounds; flaws in metals; examines insectg, flowers and plants, 26 cents, stamps or:currency. Van Delf & Co., 20 Ann St.,N.Y. (i 51-6 m

B c¢an make money faster. at work for us than B at anything else. Gapital not required; we will start you, $l2 per day at home made by the indastrious, Men, women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for vs.— Now is the time. Costly outfit and terms free. Address Trur & Co., Augusta, Maine.: | 46-1 y

1 will mail (Free) the recipe for a simple VkaxTABLE BALM that will remeve TaN, FRECKLES, PIMPLES and Brorours, leaving the skin soft. clear and beautiful ; also instructions for groducing a luxariant growth ot hair on a bald head or gmooth Yace. Address, inclesing 3 cent stamp, Ben. Vandélf & Co , 20 Ann St,, N. Y. 51-6 m

" GENTLEMAN whe suffered for years from ANervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiseretion, will for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was curéd. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experience can do 8o by addressing in perfect confidence. 51-6 m JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar St.,N. Y.

| ’ " A LINDSEY’S BLOOD SEARCHER £ : Is the greatest Blood Remedy of the age. . YA Tetter, Berofula, Ulcers, Boils, Pimples, &Y .I.d 211 Blood diseases yield toits wonder- @ E® fulpowers, Pare Bloodistheguarantee bA of health. Read: “‘lt cured my son of Serof- 3 b ula.”—J. K. Brooks, Painesville, O, *lt cured B 1y child of Erysipelas.”—Mrs. E. Smeltzer, Lar- @ W imers, Pa. Price §l. R.E. SBL&ERS & C 0.,, ¢ ¢ Prop’s, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sold by Druggists and 3 Cauntry Store Keepers. ' - .

S Bimmen THIS NEW e SR ELASTIC TRUSS [ S ==l Hiao o Pad differing from all oth i Lt oWi hrasi s ; W y cu ! ‘the = < ST AS A:P K%; e’ "rﬁ: FINGER, WIS Nght pressany “he Hernia i 3 held securely day and night, and a radical eure cen ain. It is r“u‘)',dllr:vth and cheap, Sent by mail. Circulary vee. Eggleston Truss Co., éhlc_ago, g

FINE PLANTS FOR FAIRS AIV 1} : i . P. B. CRITCHELL, Carthages 0., Has for sale a Jarge assortment of Pilms, Crotons, Fancy Caladiums, Trée Ferns, Ferns in Variety, Ficas in Variety, Cissus Digcolor, &¢,— These Piants have been grown for exhibition and ir{jgood order. Prices reasonable. Address as above. -

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The advertiser, haying been permanently eured of that dread direase, Consumption, b‘y‘ a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his tellowsuflerers the means of cure, To all who desire it he will sead a copy of the prescription used, (free of charge,) with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a surE oURE ror CONSUMPTION, ABTUMA, BrONOINITIR, &C.

~ Parties wishing vhe prescription, will E]oaqe address. E.A. WILSON,| 51-m6 194 Penrn Bt., Williamsburgh, I$ Y.

ACADEMY

Our Lady of ¥he~Sacred Heart.

At the Academy of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, twenty minutes’ ride from Forr WAYNE, INDIANA, Scholartic Studies will be resumed first Tuesday in September, Terms—One Hundred and Fifty Dollars per annum., :

No extra charge for Firench. Particular attention paid to Mueic, Address SISTER SUPERIOR, Academy P. 0., Allen Co., Ind,

- A PHYSIOLOGICAL View of Marriage ! s BERREE A Guide to Wedgek and WGM A N confidential Treatise on the A S duties of marriage and the i N 4 e TS causes that unfit for it ; the se/"HMW crets of Reproduction.and il e the Diseases of Women. ‘ A book for private, consid~ E &r)at:; reading. 260 pages, price A 50 cts. - PRIVAT EDI Vi On allf&sor ers of aFngxdvate %%\ereDarisisnEthLm Self Abuse, Excesses, or Secret Diseases, with the best meang’of cure, 224 ugre 'Fﬁ%! pricedoets. . ﬁuCLINIdAL LEC! ¥on the above diseases and those of the Throatand Lungs, Catarrh,Rupture, the Opium Habit,&c., price 10 cts. : Either book sent postpaid on receipt olprice;; orallthree, conmininﬁ.“'()o :{goﬂ beauntifally illustrated, for 75 cts. ‘Address DR. BUTS, No, 12 N. Bth St. St. Louis, Mo

W, A, BROWN & SON’S Farniturs and Cofin Ware Rooms, CHAMhER & PARLOR SUITS And all other kinds of Furniture. i Wool Matiresses, Spring Bottoms, Chromos, Brackets, Pigture Frames, &c. Undertaking Department Coflins and Caskets always l':e‘ft-on hand, ready | for trimming. Alsoladies’and gent’s Shrouds, - very beautiful and cheap. Good Hearse ‘ in readiness when desired. i Kemember: Sign of the Big Chair, 33 Cavin Stsvreet. ¢ i Ligonier, Ind - October 25, 1877.-12-27-ly oy, J. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, 7 b ey NI g 7 BN PN ) = Ny x 1B j e T ¢ R=N o -“} ;‘;‘ } WATCH -MAKER, il tie wand dealer in— - Watches, Clocks, 'Jawﬁlf'm 7 R B R L ee g ; . Fancy 'oﬂ@gw o }W iock, Ligonier, Jud: = 8 ep, 80,70 5 L i L e

PIMPLES.

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY,,OCTOBER 3, 1878.

WHAT WE ARE PAYING.

8 { Simmgiuain | = ~* i i Indinsa and the Pack Upon Her Shoulders—interest--Fenalty on DeIlingquent Taxes--Time to Unload, Ete., Ete. e 3 [Regular Co-respondent of the fentinel.)

CANNELTON, July 22.—Some years. ago Indiana started upon the journey of life, which we all desire ghall prove long, prosperous and happy. She started out with such mercenary baggage as it was thought she could ¢onveniently carry. = This, according to the mode adopted and in use in those days, was carefully bundled up in a huge pack, and placed upon her young and supplé shoulders, e With inereasing desire and burning ambition to accumulate she has so! inconcinently added to that pack spch innumerable objects which have attracted her attention that the burden which was once light is fast becoming insupportable, and the form which was once erect in youthful beauty is bending under the constant pressure of accumulating aveight. Her voice, which was once so cheriy with hope, is becoming plaintive from' exhaustion, and the former flash of her eyeis dimmed by the sorrow of fatizue. ; 1 propose to unloose the cords which - bind tha‘ pack to the shoulders of our traveler, to open it, to investigite its contents, and see if the indiscretions of youth have not overtasked her carrying capaeity with unnecessary rubbish, and if so, to advise such imme- | diate unloading as shall not fail to revive her sinking energies, give elasticity to her steps, and uprightness to her form before such results shall become more diflficult, or impossible, from the lapse of time and the unyielding nature of age. . | Among the first objects attracting. our attention is a package marked! “interest,” and which was briefly alluded to in a former letter. This must | come out—the democratic party by its platform is irrevocably committed to this issue, and it will be supported by the majority of the best men of all parties. Notwithstanding much may be said in condemnation of mdny laws, still the gleat and unanswerable lesson of bitter experience will decide this question. in the face of all theorists, and vindicate the judgment of those- who haye thought it necessary to restrain by positive enactment the grasping capacity ofithose who loan money lor hire. Butinthese matters of reform -the State must be consistent. She must not eondemn the usurer, and at the same time practice usury herself. = ! i The establishment of the legal rate of interest at six per centum per annum, then, means the repeal of all laws authorizing judgments to bear a higher rate, and the wiping from our statutes the infamy of aiding the enforcement of unconscionable contracts in behalf of higher rates of interest. It also means the repeal of the law allowing ‘eight per cent. interest on the school funds held by the counties. The amount thus held, as shown by the twenty-fourth report of the superintendent of public instruction, amounts to $4.875,720.51, ’ This is held generally by farmers and men of '‘small means all over the State, and reducing the intereést from eight to six per cent. will relieve them, each year, to the amount of $97,614 41, ! But it may be urged in objection that this reduction will seriously impair the annual income of the'school fund, and so shorten our schools. In reply it may be stated that the aggregate of this fund is now so large that with 4 scaling down of teachers’ salaries to correspond with wages and expenses generally, the income, even with this reduction, will be ample.— But even if it should fall short, this would be ne good reason for making up the deficiency by practicing usury upon a large class of our citizens. All public: burdens should be equally borne by the people of the State.— Why should that part of the school fund represented by bonds amounting to nearly $4,000,000, bear interest at only six per cent. per:annum, and the balance, held by the hard working people of the State, be charged with eight per cent. per annum, and in advance also? Let there be no such unjust discrimination against the citizens of the State. While prohibiting usury, let the State set first the great ‘ example of fair and just dealing. | " 'The annual report of the Auditor of State for 1876 and 1877 shows the people of the State to be taxed for penal--4y on delinquent taxes for 1874, $53,468.60; for 1875, $53,540.18; thus showing an annual average of over $53,500 paid by ihe tax-payers of the State on account of their being a little slow in settling with the treasurers of the different counties. This penalty of 10 per cent.above mention: ed is only that parft which attaches to the State and school fund revenue.— The sams penalty attaches to all delinquent taxes levied tor county and township purposes. What these amount to we have no exact means of information. It is probable, however, that the amount of ‘taxes levied for county and township purposes is .equal to atleast four times the amount raised for State and school revenue. 1f this estimate is correct, and we beliéve it to be rather under than over, then the above sum of $53,500 must be mutiplied by four to give the annul sum of penalties paid on county and township taxes. which amount to $214,000. 'To this sum add the annual penalties on State and school fund revenue reported by auditor, $53,000, and we have the enormous sum of | $267,000 as-the annual amount unnecessarily and of course unjustly demanded of and paid by the citizens of this State as damages for not paying their taxes when due! ;. .

But this is not all, for there is left out of this calculation all penalties for taxes delinquent in cities- and incorporated towns, the amount of which we have no meansof ascertaining, but which if added would undoubtedly inerease the aggregate come $75,000 or $lOO,OOO. A

- If A.makes hisnote to B, for $l,OOO, due on the third Monday of April, and in default of payment on that day agrees to pay [lO per cent. damages, such contract is declared by all the courts -to be absolutely void, as contrary to public pelicy and leading to usury. Yet,if youowe the same $l,OOO. taxes, due on the third Monday of April, and fail to pay the same on the l‘da‘y it falls due, you are made to pay ’ $lOO damages, being the 10 per cent. penalty for being delinquent. What is the difference in' principle between these two transactions? Why should the State take for herself what she denies to her subjects? The fact is, the whole system of extorting penalties for delinquent i:}aagea \i%d g,'_ggotl;% ‘ontrage upon the citizéns and oug to be llwlgl)zgd -If a man. pay::.w;hg_t, he im‘grww that should satisfy the “demands of justice. Previous to 1842

we had no penalties on delinquent ‘taxes, and history does not show that we have collected the revenues of the State any closer since that.date than before. Then why continue a system which is prolifie of no good, but on the contrary, is an oppressive burden to the people? Delinquency is generally caused by inablity to pay, and not from a desire or intention to avoid the tax, hence ‘it is not properly the subject of punishment. = Common sense teaches the farmer and the teamster, when his team is overloaded and stalled in the mud, to throw off a part of the load. lut our legislators go upon.the opposite theory; that is, to add still more tothe burdens and then larrup the poor beasts, until wagon, load and horses are ruined. Can net these examples of every day ‘life teach our law makers some sense? Lighten up. Unload. let us have a system of rebatement for taxes paid promptly or before time—rewards in place of punishment. A I have thusshown two items of burdens which Indiana is struggling to carry in her enormous pack amounting to nearly half a million pj;;do?ts‘ a year and which can be dispensed with by acts of our Legislature, and will hereafter exhibit others.

And now, Mr. Candidate for the Legislature, are you in favor of taking them out of the pack ? 1f you are not, then I don’t want you elected. M.

Taxation of Mortgaged Real Estate. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Senlinel.

Sirn—Wae have entered .upon an important political campaign, in which important national issues are to be considered and passed upon by the people. It will undoubtedly be the verdict iof history that during the last few years the national legislation, as effecting the masses of the people, has been of the most unjust and oppressive charaeter.” No name or character more fitly expresses the crime than the phrase “legalized robbery.” It is, moreover, true that the unfathomable ¢ mount of misery, want, degredation and sin that has resulted therefrom is beyond computation. The. people should, and doeubtless will, consider well of these things and apply the best practical remedy. But great as have been the wrongs of national legislation, and much as there is to reform and correct therein, it is far from being "all that demands the attention of the people. We have many evils here in Indiana, the result of State law, that call for remedy. While through. vicious and unjust national legislation the debtor classes have been deprived of ability to pay. we find that here in Indiana the already crippled and wronged debtor is made to pay taxes ou his indebtedness. Real estate which under the robbery system has become almost valueless under the present law is liable to pay double tax. 'This is, in fact, the case with all that large portion which is mortgaged. * ; If a man owns a $lO,OOO property and'a Connecticut insurance company holds a $5,000 mortgage on it, the mortgage clearly represents the mortgagee’s interest .in the property. It is manifestly just that the mortgaged part of the property and the mortgage itself should not both be taxed. One or the other should be exempt, and the tax should certainly fall upon the owner of the mortgage, which represents real value and ownership, rather than upon the nominal owner of the land, whose so called ownership is only nominal so long as it is under the mortgage.. 5

_The exemption of government bonds from taxation, of which so much eomplaint has justly been made, is lillywhite justice compared with the iniquity of taxing a citizen upoun the mortgage upon his home or farm. .The principle involved in exempting the owner of real estate from the amount of mortgaged debt thereon, and taxing the mortgage to the owner thereof, is incontestibly right, and our revenue law should be so changed as to make it the duty of the assessors at the time of making their assessments to ascertain the value and assessed mortgages on real estate in a gseparate column, provided for that purpose, to the person owning or hav--ling the record ownership of the same, and if the -tax thereon shall not be paid Wéfhm a time, to be fixed by law after the duplicate shall be in the county treasurer’s hand, the person owning the real estate thus mortgaged may pay the tax and be entitled to deduct the amount from the interest or principal ‘of said mortgage when the same shall become due or payable. The enactment of this change would just meet the demand of equity in the premises and at the same time leave no room for the escape of the mortgaged premises from taxation, for if "its owner should not pay the tax on it. the mortgagor would pay if, lessening thereby his indebtedness on the mortgage. Owners of real estate are heavily enough burdened with taxation. Phis kind of property, real esi tate, can not be hid, neither can false - swearing enable it to escape taxation. To single out, as it were, the debtor class, the mamn, if you please, who has bought a farm or a home, paying onethird 'or one-fourth of the value or purchase price thereon and making mortgage for she balance, and make him pay tax on the two-thirds or threefourths value which is represented in the mortgage, is simply monstrous. : oy LE G

Creating and Destroying.

The republican party arose as the champion of theright of labor, and is "going down into /deserved oblivion as the champion of the national bank curse, It made great promises of lifting the people out of poverty, and it leaves them &truggling with starvation. . It covered the land with mills and factories, then put out the fires and locked up the gates and doors. It found a few hundred thousand slave-driyers dictating to the government and people. It wiped them out and gave us a few thousand lords of the loom and. purse who drive their white slaves with the lash. = Philadelphia National. - : Z Republican Back-Action Policy. - 7 CfBpirit of Démocracy. ] ¢ i , The financial poliey pursued by the republican party may be briefly summed up thus: While the bonds were being sold inflation and depreciation of thg c‘umn% with which they were bought ‘- was 'the rule; Now :as the bonds are approaching maturity, con‘traction agg appreciation of the currency in which they are to be paid is Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup relieves the worst cases of coughs and colds S e "Soid By 61 g

©, . SIDE ISSUES. 8 Wi (Fort Wayne Sendinely Is there any good reason why the republican ticket should be elected in Indiana this fall? Has the party any new claims upon the people for sup‘port since it was repudiated two years ago? Are the candidates men of ex- ; gption‘al fitness or strength? Has the democratic management of State affairs been inefficient or corrupt? These are questions which the voters of the State are now asking themselves. ol o : There are plenty of good reasons why the republican party should not carry the State of Indiana this year. They are so numerous that we can only refer to a few: . ' - 1. Because the coming election will afford the first opportunity the people of the great State of Indiana—theseventh in the Union—will have to condemn by their votes the infamous politieal erime by which a defeated candidate for President of the United States ‘'was installed in the White House; a popular majority of $250,000 _votes was nullified, the Constitution _was violated and the sacred right of suffrage was outraged. This crime, which, if allowed to go unrebuked and unpunished, must prove a death blow to free institutions and to our system of government, must be passed upon by the voters of Indiana inOctober. 2. Because the election (ﬁ,)a democratic legislature involves many important results. The unjustand wicked apportionment of the State, made by the Republicans in 1872, will be succeeded by a fair and equitable appartionment by the Democrats next winter if they have the power. The present apportionment is so outrageous and unjust, that Gov. Conrad Baker, a Republican of the strictest sect, decliged to affix his name to the bill, and Judge Taylor, who is an extreme radical, but an honest man, denounced it bitterly in his recent speech at Bluftton, and said there was no palliation or excuse to be offered for it. By this apportionment a majority of the people are placed under the rule of the minority, and thus the principle which is supposed to be the basis of our governmental system is set aside. The Democrats wiil make abfair apportionment, giving to each voter of every party, so near as possible, his proper weight. That is what they have always done in the past in the State of Indiana, ‘ : :

Upon the complexion of the legislature not only depends the congressional and legislative apportionment for the next six years, but also the choice of a United States Senator to serve Bix years. : : :

3. Because the people: will give, in their votes, a verdict upon the financial question. The issue between the ‘two parties upon this subject is clearly definéd. The republican party of the State appears as the champion and apologist of the financial policy of the past ten years; a policy which has been fully tried and which has led to the universal and prolonged prostration of business, the paralysis of enterprise, the cessation of industry, and the wide-spread suffering and want wlhiich prevail. The Deémocrats, on the confrary, propose the inauguration of a.broad and comprehensive finanrcial policy which will, it is believed, bring about a restoration of prosperity and an improved condition of affairs. If the republiéan party should carry Indiana next fall—of which happily there is no prospect—the country will regard it as an emphatic endorsemrent of the iron clad gold-resumption policy.: ; : . 4. Because the democratic ticket is, composed of men of ability, integrity and fitness for the position. Most of’ them have been befiore the people in former years, and the puerile and sgilly charges made against them, show that they have been tried and not fcund wanting. : :

Paying the National Debt. . {Cincinnati Euquirer.)

General Grant, speaking of the public debt in his annual message of December, 1869, said: *“With a less bur- “ den of taxation than the citizen has “ endured for six years past, the entire ¢ public debtcould be paid in ten years. * There is no doubt that had a proper financial policy been adopted at the close of the war—had the country have had at that period a Secretary of the Treasury as watchful of the public interests as the one who was in was watchful of the interests of the Money Power, the public debt would by this time have been wiped out, and Internal Revenue officials and taxes have disappeared. The Enguirer editorially, and by means of able communications, demonstrated at that early day that it was possible, by making the war currency pay the war debt, to extinguish the whole war burden in ten or fifteen years at the furthest. And we ean not forget, for it is yet ringing in our ears, the coarge vituperation, the ideas advanced through the Enquirer on the subject received from those who were shaping the financial policy of the Government. An entirely different plan from that the Enquirer suggested was adopted. The policy adopted was to contract the currency for the purpose of bringing about an early resumption of specie payments. The plan to make the war currency pay the war debt was discarded, and every thing shaped to place the debt and the currency on .a gold basis. That policy has been relentlessly pursued, and the funded debt to-day, which reaches $1,700,000.000, might ‘have been entirely wiped out, had the ‘opposite policy been pursued. The ruin of prosperity, the misery and bandruptcies that have accompanied 239 policy of contraction that was dopted tell how unwise and c¢ruel it was. : : :

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How Contraction Works. To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer:

~ Your statement of the'case in last Thursday’s Enquirer, under the head of “The Gold Comparison a Hum‘bug,” is fair and explicit. But you limit its application. Not only the farmer, but every other productive interest, is injured by this unnessary and uncalled-for contraction. Let me ‘state a case: In September, 1876, a. clerk then receiving a salary of $l,BOO ; per annum, and having cash on hand to. the amount of $6OO, was induced to buy him a home in the saburbs, at the price of $2,500, paying $625 down, and dgreeing to pay the balance in $ annual installments, with interest at the rate of 8 per ¢ent. per annum. He expected, by close economy, to save enough out of his salary to meet the payments. In January, 1877, his salary was reduced, because of dull business, to $1,500, yet by the rigid economy of himself and wife, in their earnest desire to secure a home, he was able to meet the note due in September, 1877. Dull times continued, and last January his salary was reduced to $1,200. lle hasnot been able to save enough to meet the note due this month. The purchase-money ‘notes have been gathered in by a speculator in such securities, and one who does not pay any taxes on them because “it is an investment for a friend ‘East, who sent the money out here,” and the holder will not acecept a payment of about three-fourths and wait until itimes improve for the balance. The value of the property has declined in common with other property, and being under mortgage, no money can be borrowed upon it. The property will of course be sold to pay the mortgage, and it will bring, under forced sale, barely enough to the pay mortgage and costs of foreclosing. The seller and purchaser of the note thus receive one-half the original price of the property in actual cash, and-get the property back again, improved by the labor, the care and the taste ‘of the unfortunate purchaser and his wife in planting trees, training vines, and laying out flower-beds to make happy and cheerful the place which they so fondly hoped to retain as home, but which, with their hard-. earned money savings, ig now taken from them. | ;

This is no fancy sketch. It is an actual occurrence; and yet this man’s employer, who now proposes to reduce his salary.to $l,OOO per annum, threatens him with a discharge if he does not vote to uphold a system which has not.only already reduced his' salary to two-thirds of what it was two years ago, but has actually taken from him all that he had, as effectually and relentlessly as any highway robber could have done. And this employer and this mortgagee are particularly blatant . about “honest mceney.”” The mortgagees are busy quoting Sherman and Hayes and advocating their schemes. It would be well tor mortgagors to look in which direction their interest lies, and vote accordingly, GREENBACKS.

Blackberry Root Good for Summer . Complaint. - [Agriculturist.] ;

We have great faith in a decoétion of fresh blackberry root for looseness of the bowels. Last summer it completely: cured a severe case of chronic diarrhcea, after the other remedies of the best physicians had proved unavailing, and it invariably cured in many other cases where it was afterward recommended. Dig the green Toots, rejecting those that are large and woody. Wash thoroughly clean, and steep in water at the rate of a quart to half a pound of the root, boil down one-half and then strain and pour off. Put the liquid in a bottle with about one-eighth its bulk of brandy, whisky, er alcohol, to keep it from souring, and cork tight. A tablespoonful of this—rather less for a child —is to be taken three or four times a day, say, before each meal time. We would not go from home, especially southward, without taking this preparation along. The blackberry brandies, or cordials, made from the berries, are of little account as remedies-for the diarrheea, The virtue lies in the roots, not in the berries.

Greenbacks and Four Per Cent. Bonds. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Sun, ;

INDIANAPOLIS, June 25.—Republican Lawyer—What do you think of Tom Ewing for voting against the bill to receive greenbacks for four per cent, bonds?

Greenback Lawyer—l think he showed his. good sense, as did every other member that voted against it. R. L.—What objection is there to taking in the greenbacks for bonds? G. L.—The asking of that question indicates a want of intormation as to the real matters involved in that bill. If any one man can tell why the people’s non-interest bearing greenbacks should be converted 'into interest bearing coin bonds, except to increase the burdens of the people, and to augment the power of the eapitalists, I should like to hear his reasons. That is what the bill-you speak of was intended to do, but General Ewing and those who yvoted with him defeated the outrage. . : i

Flood, the Califernia millionaire, is ‘ building what will, it is said, be the finest private residence in America.--The grounds include 1,500 acres on. San Franeisco Bay, comprising a nat-. ural patk ready fur improvements to any desired extent. ‘Fhe house is 100 by 200 feet in area, and resembles a French chateau of the old'style. - Verandas surroundit, ‘and the roof is broken with many gables and two towers 140 feet high. The entire exterior is very ornate. Among the apartments are several parlors, music room, dining room, breakfast room, billiard room, library, and wine room, the latter being of uncommon size.— The dining room is one hundred feet long, so that great dinners may be given in it: but the most of it can. ‘be shut off, leaving a room of comparatively small size for ordinary use.— Five years will be consumed in completing the house and its surroundings. Mr. Flood also contemplates a city residence of corresponding . magnilicence. . o A Lt i »~_-—*, SO Wi . A Long, a Last Farewell. i . [Atlanta Constitution.] e - Letus all get into a variegated row and bid farewell to little Eugene Ilale. He was one of the most intellectual rascals. among the mwbﬁmm&& “his loss will lot be geverely felt by the Democrats. He was a malicious -wretch, too—this Eugene—and he Qﬂﬁfm’*% mm‘;{g m Oraer to end the knavery ol his parhird. W walanria it valivase [Fron

The Debt and How It Came. , (Indianapolis Sun.) -

A correspondent of the Sun calls attention tothe fact that in 1865 when there was one thousand millions more of currency than in 1876 ‘that there was much less private indebtedness among the people than there was at the latter date or than there is now. “Such was the statement of the Secretary of the Treasury, corroborated by. the testimony of-intelligent business men before the committes of Banking and Currenc‘y and by the experience of business men everywhere. The Indianapolis News of course denies. the fact, and to back up its ,deg nial states that in 1865 the loans and discounts of the banks were over $700,000,00u, while 1n 1876 they were only $900,000,000, and claims that the additional $200,000,000 in 1876 as compared in 1865 is abundantly acéounted for by the increased business and population of the country. - ' 4 It treats the discounts of the banks as composing the whole private in-" debtedness to which our cerrespondent referred, while-in fact the indebtedness of the people to the banks con-" stitutes but a very small fraction of the indebtedness in which contraction has involved the people. e A little further along the News neutralizes its own specious 'and partial l showing as follows: Lo

“Just now it is the fashion to denounce the banks, especially the National Banks, as combinations of ‘capitalists,” Shylocks eating out the substance of the people by the interest they collect, €tc. But these capitalists only hold $930,000,000 of the $183,300,000,000 of the debt -which 'this writer says the peovle owe. The other $12,370,000,000 is held by each other,”” = - That’s the point eéxactly. Now, ‘where is the force of your comparative exhibit of bank discounts ? 'l'his twelve thousand and odd millions,(and please ponder these figures,) is the increase of indebtedness of which the ‘people complain and which is robbing and. destroying them. 'The greater part of that twelyve thousand millions of interest-bearing debt is directly traceable to the contraction of the currency. The discounts of the banks, however they may be inflated, necessarily have a limit. That limit was long sinc¢e reached, and the people, no longer able to secure loans from banks and having exhausted other sources, have been forced to give their notes to one another and to indorse over and swap those notes in a thousand ways in order to do any business at all.

One fact in this connection will be recognized by everybody, in this western country especially. In 1865 there were but few mortgages upon the farms in this country, whereas now it is hard to find a farm firee of mortgage. This mortgage indebtedness was created almost wholly since 1865, and scarcely a cent of it appears in the schedule of bank discounts, -~ ;

The St. Paul Pioneer ‘(Rep.) says: “The Republicans have taken square “ground in support of honest money, “of the resumption of specie payment, “and therestriction of the unfortunate “war heritage of legal tender to the “smallest limits, with a view to its “gradual removal.”” As captain Cuttle would say, the bearings of that observation lie in the application of if, and that application has reference to making- the National Banks the sole controllers of the -volume of paper money of the country. - That is really the end and aim of the financial policy of the repubiican leaders. They have cast their anchor of hope in the National Banks, having withdrawn it £:om the metaphorical woodpile, where the colored element was supposed to be all-powerful. It remains to be seen how much that will strengthen them. It may be the means of concentrating the fire of the Democracy on the banks, and if so, their end will not bein the far-distant future,

J.J. Henderson, Consul.at Amoy, furnishes the interesting information that “no less than 8,000,000,000 - yards of cloth are required fo clothe the Chinese people, andyet only 1,000,000, 000 yards are. imported.” Whether we are to infer from' this that seveneighths of the Chinese people don’t: wear any clothes, or that native manufacture supplies that proportion with necessary garments, is notclear.: 1f the former is the case, the subject de-. serves immediate attention by Sunday schools and by those benevolent ladies who spend their spare time in making raiment for the heathen. That seveneighths- about 850,000,000-~of the Chinese are without eclothes may well draw a tear and a nickel from Kearney himself. But for the Fraudulent State Department at Washington this wonderful news would never -have been known. Let Mr. Evarts keép up his noble work of diffusing useful information.—X. Y. Sun. - S

The l?rlcé of "3R'ésqu', tion

' The nation has paid the price of resumption ; paid for it in failures, in-a shrinkage of all values; in a general depression of every, interest. Having paid for it, now let the goods be delivered. Give us a specie basis by January, 1879.—Cleveland Leader. ' The price of résuniption is the curse and cost of contraction, which 'is still going forward. So far it aggregates . phfollows: oo il Si¥ty-nine thousand,nine hun-~ =~ . - = dred and-two failures, with = 2 0 liabilities, to July 1,.1878....., $1,689,474,443 Shrinkage of values, estimmated - . at 40 per cent. on the property = S of the country........i.uvinst . /88,000,000,000 Revenue squandered during the : " ten years from June 30. 1867, - i to June 80, 1876.......... 0000 l 065,044,877 i T0ta1.... """"‘;";7-7'?f_‘-';L:,-QOQWMJR,«*

“You Don’t Know Their Value,” ~ “They cured me of Ague, Biliousness and Kidney Complaint, as recom~mended. I had a half bottle left which I used for my two little girls, who the ‘doctors and neighbors said could not \be cured. I am confident I should have lost both of them one night if I had not had the Hop Bitters in my house to use. . I foundthey done them 80 much good I continued ‘with them, and they are now well. That is why I say you do not know half the value of Hop Bitters, and d 0 not recommend them -high enough.”—B., Rochester, New Yotk == .- . 0 B A e e The Democratic Party and, Greenbacks. L R For those who earnestly seek finan-. cial and other reforms, it-is certainly | wiser to co-operate with, than to an‘tagonize the only mtém ‘people rt:hatiha? the will-and the por qm% i ‘augurate them. - Reforms. that the National Greenback Labor party can. | Democratic party will never be sectir|as allies of the radieals, -~ |

: Medical Virtues of Onions.

A mother writes: Onee a week in--variably—and it was generally when we had cold meat minced--I gave the ‘children a dinner which was hailed -with delight and looked forward to; ‘this was a dish of boiled onions, The little things knew not that they were ‘taking the best of medicine for expelling what most children suffer from, worms. Mine were, kept free by this remedy alone. Not only boiled onions for dinner, but chives also ‘they were encouraged to eat with their bread and butter, and for this reason ‘they had tufts 6f chives in their little gardens. It wasa medical man who taught me to eat beiled onions as a specjfic for a cold 1n the chest.. He did not know at the time, till I told him,.that they were good for anything else. e %

The above appeared in the Lancast-er-New Era some time ago, and having fallen under the eyes of an experienced physician of that county, he writes as follows:

The above. ought to be published in letters of gold and hung up beside thie table, so that the children could read it and remind their parents that no family ought to be without onions the ~whole year round. Plant old onions, slieed, in the fall, and they will come at least three weeks earlier in the spring than by spring planting. Give children of all ages a few of them raw as soon as they are fit to be eaten; do not miss treating them with a mess of raw onions three or four times a week. When they get too large and’ strong to be eaten raw, then boil or roast them. During unhealthy seasons when diphtheria and like contagious diseases prevail ‘onions ought to be eaten in the spring of the year at least once a day. Onions are.invigorating and prophylactic beyond description. Further, I challenge the medical fraternity, or any mother, to point out a place where children have died from diphtheria or scarlatina, anginosa, &c., where onions were freely eaten. : |

The Fairs the ijl_ners’ Schqbls.

‘A farmer who observes the live stock, implements, machines, and other interesting objects at these exhibitions, and makes a study of them, will gain much valuable information. -‘Those who attend the fairs, with their ‘goods and live-stock, are pleased to have them seen and examined. It is ‘their business toshow what they have on exhibition, and we never yet knew one of them to-give an impatient or churlish reply to any ecivil inquiry made of them; but on the contrary, have always found them eager to im‘part'information. Now this information is precisely what every farmer wants. He needs to be instructed -about the differences in character and .value of live stock, the uses and work‘ing of implements and machinery, the value jof improved grains and other products, the kinds of artificial fertilizers offered by the manufacturers, and sceres of other matters, not only of great interest, but of value in his daily. business. Then, farmers need to meet together and talk with one another about these things and compare views. It is hardly possible for any two farmers so to discuss matters relating to their business without mutual benefit. The county or State fair is the place of ali others for farmers ‘to meet with one another, and also to meet those who provide them with implements acd various other sup‘pligs. By all means let every farmer not only attend the fairs, but use all his facilities when there, in the effort to learn everything that is possible.— A fair is a great school for the farmer and his family. ‘ S

One of Manson’s Best. - " The Indianapolis. News gives birth to the following, which is good enough to repeat: General Manson, “for Auditor of State,” and George Shanklin, brother of the “for Secretary of State,”* . met in Indianapolis the other day, and, : over a dinner at the Grand Hotel ex- - changed views on. various political ! questions. “See here,” said Manson, : “I'find no difficulty in explaining the . difference between the financial policy of the democratic party and thatof - the national party. It’s as plain and ' simple to distinguish as the difference between a male canary bird and a female canary bird.” e o . “H-b-how is that? How do you tell the difference between the birds ?” inquired Shanklin. . : 4 ' “Basy enough,” replied the General. “Take a handful of worms and put them in the cage; male bird eats all the male worms, female bird eats all the female worms. ' See ?” s

“Well, but how do you distinguish ~-how do you tell the difference between the worms ?” :

“Oh, d—n it,” explained the veteran, wrathfully rising from the table, “I'm not telling a worm story.” s

Edison’s Indiana Rival. : . CINCINNATI, Sept. 23d.--Israel D. Jewelt, a druggist at St. Omer, Ind., has perfected an instrument which he calls the “Agaphone.” He says that * it will, without the aid of electrieity, carbons, or any complex machinery, collect distant sounds and carry them to a great distance without loss-of vol‘ume. A number of experiments were made ‘with the instrument on Saturday, a wire being strung nearly half a .mile. Speaking into the instrument 'three or four feet away, the words were heard clearly and distinetly at the furthest end of the wire. Playing upon a violin eight feet from the -instrument, the music was heard at 'the other terminal end in the street. The elosing 'of doors, walking upon ‘the floor, ardinary conversation, the ticking of a watch could be heard dis- - tinctly, without afflying_ the instru‘ment to the ear. Mr. Jewett will not explain his invention at present; not ~having as yet received letters patent. - ~ The Finest and Most Natural. - The finest, purest, and best flavors “for, cakes, puddings, pastry, &c., are Dr. Price’s Special Fl&yoﬂn%Exm. : In this age of adulteration, it is gratifyitrilg goh find éine to stick by "“‘g’g‘% _path of honesty, consumers owe it to themselves to ;;atmn{m%begm : ‘The Leopard Can Not Change His Spots, e wnfm@ er can’t be made a Democrat by democratic be made French brandy by labeling it ““cogniac,” “And the Post is correct. - | A Slander onthe Sex. 5 % G TGO T | “gﬁh’;%j"’;ﬂ; z:“ﬁﬁ‘% @ g: \4 :4,* i T *ﬂ:“ B gsr e e Blibin |5 il

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