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The .log law lie that we originated i not long ago is still going the rounds of the press as original matter. A valued exchange pointedly remarks: Sulphur and brimstone are on the free list. So is salvation. Now take your choice. The Michigan City Sunday Morning Appeal has been change d £j ..lint <f« the Saturday Evening Appeal. TF Appeal is an excellent paper; is but sV months old, and has two thousand swt scribers. ’ y “ R \- k . : ■ — t .W »W ■lx'! ■ Ju. ^Aovchuid tp 61 ■ MiddteWr^Sjj^ > Havel^ii. f&g^e tl^ 2g 1 □ We have I '1 >etr.?it TToe Walkerton Independent both exchange list, and sometimes ^iß6 ZZFi take one for the other. — Milfori# I To avoid confusion dispense with the Free Press. Last Monday according to the Chicago papers war with the Indians appeared inevitable. The outlook was gloomy—not gloomy because there was danger of the red rascals being victorious in the outcome—bnt gloomy because war is a terrible thing to engage in, no matter how easy the victory for either side. There is no use to argue against the plain facts. Pearl buttons and champagne have advanced in price as a result of the McKinley bill. Where is the consistency in denying sneh palpable truths? The increased tariff on the above necessaries is in operation, and the result is plainly noticeable. The New Albany Tribune and Laporte Argns seem to have forgotten that the campaign is over. They are firing away just alwmt as if the election were to be to-morrow. They apparent ly lose no interest. They are wedded to their idols. Let them alone in their glory. Tluy’ll give us something tho tariff by and by. The press can settle the tramp nnit sauce if it is so minded and takes hold’ of the work. We do hope that every paper big and Httle will work at the job until the trump question will be a thing of the past. It is surely within the power of the fraternity to down the consummate nuisance, and we b'dieve it is a duty that it owes to the public to do it. The reputation of vaccination as a prophylactic is being vigorously attacked. Doubts have always been maintained as to its alleged value as a preventive of small pox, and at present two great scientific professors are added to the number of skeptics, uho are hitting vaccination severe blows and may be will bring the time-honored practice into disrepute. Should it lie proven to have been a fallacy the public would scarcely be blamable for losing faith in the wisdom of medical men. We hope the theory will be investigated until the whole truth, if possible, may be known. Mrs. Dong Pancake, of Kansas, was in this neighborhood a few days last week. She was visiting Uncle John Pancake and other relatives and friends. —Ligonier Banner. While the name has nothing at all to do with the individual, yet sometimes they sound peculiar. Milford had a citizen some years ago by the name of \\ arm Bread.—Milford Mail. We are perssmally acquainted with a wealthy and respectable family by the name of Turnipseed. A story has been going the rounds of the secular press lately to the effect that ten years ago Bob Ingersoll had made a prediction that ten years from that time that two theaters would be built for one church, and recently that Chaplain McCabe had written him a letter calling his attention to the prediction, and stating the Methodists were building four churches a day. Now comes the said Bob Ingersoll and says he never made any such prediction and has never received any letter in relation to the matter from Chaplain McCabe. Bob Ingersoll, religiously speaking, may be a bold, bad man, but those -who oppose his religions views would accomplish a great deal more by confining themselves to the truth.—Plymouth Democrat. It is safe to say that not one out ever) 7 ten who condemns Bob Ingersoll’s religion knows anything about his belief or teachings. The same may be ! truthfully said of Thomas Payne’s । calumniators.

r* , l Bje and Tooth for | Tooth. eV ^ ,O cnm P R itl n °ver we ex- - - A Tv- 1° ,)ear fronl tba South Berni • ^favorable mention of neckU ’ lndependent. ■ / 2- bj Will make “favorable menjo’sa/^^ing” whenever an opV auiii nents itself for so doing. ^BJ^^^ciety, there is too. poom.iou* - o"oz (das "Md uosjad u7 en ‘ piosecwirl and pamuaa bd? puo j.Smne years ago sen-' ui siqojav pai|; ^J aq ISi.,. ' . « ■’■D, punoF-^at to *y OJ »S k/AX, With, 6M9V Nt 'PC»H Ull apos "a*v ujaisa X.-»i sabiAjas-g suiaisAc iz/ TP 3J puss -snipoj KSjliet M " 7 xoa I 3ADJ I °< Buiiiim a nuae bu ! UJ IU ojpiuj 5 ' SAS 6u UII aiqwass -paau aaAoidma aui yajiH pa. •A nixh. I Lnnj^-:. Smith B^hei Stoll is very pen | pencil, and edits one of tlie^^Nß besi^wspipers in tho state, as every-’ bod familiar with the Times will sure-' ly tAfy. But, like ourself and probablwetybody else, Brother Stoll may bo {elded to an erroneous theory, whiecertainly accounts for the lack of arg^ieut in the above comments in favor} assuming to destroy the life of a hujsi being. When a theory is bas<lessc sound argument can be adduced in itifavor, even by such able writers as Ot esteemed contemporary, Brother SU 1 In no other species of crime thid’e know of is it considered sound logiAo argue in favor of punishing the

poiqirator by inflicting the same pun- * islunot upon him or her except in the 1 one <nrbarous practice of killing for kii’i^. If a num steals your horse the , law iver legally steals a horse from him return as a punishment ; if ho knock you down the law does not order Un knocked down in return as a pu hmeiit. Why not break arm for Vni.t g for leg, take eve for eve and entire I catalogue of that exploded noustnse, | same as to kill for killing? Where does num get his authority for taking life, except in self-defense, which is a law of nature, innate in every living ireatnre of God’s creation? Is there to means by which a murderer can be punshed and forced to expiate bis okme except to turn upon him under the^egul cloak and kill him! Brother Stat fails of argument, not for lack of abihy, but for paucity of grounds. The facts are the practice of capital pnnhhment has nothing to justify or recommend it. The idea was cor.ceiwd of in the dark days of ignorance and superstition, and is but a shattered reir of barbarism, and wa shall contiute to so regard it until Brother Stoll or jomebody else advances something lik< a sensible reason why we may take thalife of a human being because he had done so, or until they convince us thd-two wrongs make one right. Such argument as the above, “Society will be greatly improved by eliminating iron it about twice as many bloodthirsty fiends as are now being removed,” we cannot regard as being of thaleast force in favor of capital punish lent. for society would also be benefitLd by “removing” the, perpetrators of almost all manner of crime. Self de. excepted, and no other killing in^lßs, if you please. Trie Macy Monitor makes fun of our bvnji stand. You may be poor yourse Hit. uno >w ’ 3,fto a d v sgo our-esteemed Sturgis, $ , ,ua ‘ correspondent to read the Press~ f message to Congress. L = = lie South Bend Daily Times of jßlnesday, November 2(5, reached us ^fcinber 2nd. Quick transit! I ■lie Wabash R’y Co., will build a Ung of raiload from Montpelier, Ohio, Hammond, Ind. The matter, it is settled beyond a doubt. That other epidemic of grip predicted a month or so ago don’t get alojjg. The nearest thing to grip is .inching of the McKinley bill so W arvin Kuhns, the notorious, of (Afeen Center, Noble county, Ind., it ia'believed, and there is every reason for thinking so, killed Win. L. Campau, of Monroe, Mich., at Fostoria, Ohio, a lew days ago. The authorities had him the other day, Lid he gave them

LOCAL NEWS. Lamps. Street lamps. More street lamps. Need more street lamps. Walkerton needs more street lamps. I^®Egy dashes and cushions at Ake’s harness shop. - dolls fl ve and ten cents eac .IV <lO2 ‘WolfetWtger bi othexx now 1 S acunc .■*". Ilu >& • «•« ~: 22*13®V -.ma । so oi pa m n d ,I'^' 'gl'h °* Leonard has absquatulated. t cun to tramping, and, hence, Ui . ,P* tramped hence. 'J. ( sp°f I*, lodge of this place has W ritaDfrdfo time of meeting from ThorsI?hlar tAj>')eday evenings. p/ • t ii I Se^fo new stock of box stationery -just received" at the Independent store. A’Arenty cents a box . jThereare quite a number of imported hofses owned in and near Walkerton. Imported mainly from Texas. Now Walkerton has excellent sidewalks all over town, and why not add another button to its string by putting up street lamps? An old Kankakee trapper named Collins informs us that on last Monday he

shipped one hundred and fifty dollars worth of furs to Chicago. The streets of Walkerton wore crowded hist Saturday. It was truly a lively and busy day for the merchants and business men of the town. When you want a day book, journal, ledger or men ,-rnndum book you will find a large variety of these goods at the Independent store, Bender’s block Dr. A. F. Schafer, at Dr. J. A. Kettring’s old office, Oliver opera house block, South Bend. Diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat. Fitting and furnishing glasses a specialty. Having disposed of my restaurant and bakery I wish to square my books, and those knowing themselves indebted to me are respectfully requested to call and settle. B. McDaniel. “Please, Mr., sign my missionary book,” was the condition that confronted one on the streets and in the stores or almost anywhere he chose to go during the past week in Walkerton. Oh, that missionary fund! It is believed that scalawags boarded the north bound Lake Erie passenger the other morning for the purpose of robbing it. Suspicious fellows commenced getting aboard at Kokomo and other stations along the line to Plymouth. The officials were on, so to speak, aud had armed men aboard the train. The photograph exchange craze which arose in the editorial fraternity not long since, seems to have fallen flat, as it were. We sent out about two hundred dollars worth, i. e., at the estimate we put upon our picture, aud have received but three photographs in return. What’s the matter with you, boys ? Big Chief No Tail, in front of the Independent store and this office, and who is faithfully doing duty as guard, still remains friendly, and manifests no desire to join the hostiles. He is, however, deeply interested in the fate of his red brothers in the Northwest, and therefore maintains a sullen silence and will communicate with no one. A silver medal contest will be held in the M. E. church, Wednesday evening, Dec. 10. The contest will be conducted by Mrs. Brubaker, superintendent of medal contest work. We hope every one will be interested in this contest and by their presence, encourage those seven girls who are striving to advance public sentiment in the right direction. Miss Carrie Robbins, of Walkerton, is in town this week canvassing for a fine work, entitled “Kings of the platform and pulpit,” and will call upon our people in the interest of the work. We have examined it, and bespeak for it a very liberal patronage, as it is deserving of a place in every household.

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