St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 March 1891 — Page 1

St lo^cpb JML Iniiepeniient

VOLUME XVI.

HYSTERIA. That hysteria is a morbid condition no one acquainted with its history will pretend to deny. The hysterical phenomena present in a multiplicity of forms, depending largely upon the make-up of the individual; that is, the nervous system, for it is a derangement of the nervous system, the exact seat of which it is a difficult matter to ascertain. Some authors claim that the brain is most disturbed. But that there are many symptoms which do present in the majority of cases of hysteria which are in part the result of the patient entertaining a morbid desire to create sympathy, to become objects of curiosity, and in some cases, plainly to deceive the by standers, no one acquainted with the true history of the morbid condition will ever deny. Such persons, for the above reasons outlined, permit themselves to become objects of attention by feigning a species of convulsions, manifested by writhing, twisting, pulling at their hair, pounding themselves, grating their teeth, rolling up their eyes, but keeping them closed at other times, stealthily watching the by-standers by occasionally partially opening the eyes just long enough to see how many of them are crying, etc., etc. But all the above, sometimes very shrewdly practiced routine, does not in the least fool the wily practitioner. He has read the entire catalogue of symptoms and maneuvers over and over again, and then he has seen them practiced with all shrewdness and cunning until the story becomes old, stale, in some instances, absolutely disgusting. There is one thing about the hysterical individual which should not be lost sight of, especially by the friends who are duped into the belief that great danger menaces the patient, and that is, the patient never has one of those fits, or more properly speaking, spells, unless there is somebody near at hand. They make all necessary arrangements for having their spells. It would not create sympathy * to have a spell all by themselves. Oue umci uuiug lor tne menus nuu» io, the fact that convulsions of a dangerous character, such as apoplectic seizures, epileptic convulsions, cataleptic fits, etc., are just as apt to attack the patient a thousand miles away from anybody as in the midst of a multitude, because the patient has no control whatever over them. We have grouped catalepsy with the above under the head of dangerous convulsions. The cataleptic convulsion, however, is not considered at all dangerous in itself, yet it may impair the health of the sufferer to that extent of aiding other maladies in shortening life. But it is in no sense under the control of the will of the patient, as is the case in great measure with reference to the hysterical convulsion. The treatment in the hysterical convulsion, as a rule, is simply to be quiet and wait. The patient never fails to get tired of performing gymnas. ties for a staring gang and quits, with or without remedies. So, if no bustle is made over a patient of that character, the patient will get mad, mad as thunder, in the vast majority of cases, and behave. Should any “birds” be hit with this blunderbuss, they will probably flutter. Lawrence Barrett, the actor, died in New York last week. He was Booth’s only rival in this country. Brother Groves, of the Milford Mail, __ is working like a beaver for the Garrett shops and tT Dunkard church. He is ! likely to secure the latter . The late General Sherman on being asked concerning his religion said that he believed in a God, and that was as far as he’d got. Grand, honest man. The Chesterton Tri’ me had a long article in its last issue vindicating LaPorte in its course with reference to the Orphans’ Home business. LaPorte has been abused concerning the matter. The old colored lady upon the arrival of the train, looked at her two little black boys and said: Heah, you Abraham Lincoln, you take right hold of you brother Jeff Davis’ hand, and come right along heah! C. E. Smith has recently traded one of his fine stallions for an 80 tract of timber land near Walkerton and has located a sawmill thereon. He went to Chicago this week with two carloads of lumber. —Kewanna Herald. Let that be the last Smith you send here. Our citizens have been killing them off for some time.

LOCAL BRIEFS. They are talking of building a Masonic temple in South Bend. The rates for publishing obituary poetry in the Independent are 5 cents a line. H. A. Woodworth, attorney-at-law, has a card in this paper, to which the attention of our readers is called. Incorporation election first Monday in May, which will be on the 4th. It is time to begin figuring on saving the country again. The Imperial Plows and repairs will be handled by T. J. Reece during the coming season. They are the best plow in the market. Go and examine them. Get your horse bills right here at the Independent office. Fine, large illustrations. Prices as low as the lowest. Work guaranteed. Miss O. H. Millard was in Fort Wayne a few’ days last week and purchased a stock of new spring goods comprising the latest styles in hats and fancy goods. Ladies are cordially invited to call and examine goods. A niece of Editor Rheubottom, of the Middlebury Independent, Miss Blanch M. Rheubottom, died after a brief illness at the residence of her uncle in Middlebury, March 15, aged about sixteen years and was buried at LaGrange. We sympathize with you.

Cloud’s general store at Macy was burglarized one night last week. The thieves borrowed the Monitor’s wheelbarrow to transport the plunder to a place of concealment.—Mentone Gazette. That makes our Brother Enyart particeps criminis. We al ways believed that that wheelbarrow would be (he means of him. Esquire George received a copy of the Saturday Graphic, published at Berkley, Virginia, by the Burroughs, father and two sons, who used to publish the Republican at this plnCr. ft Is a six-quarto, and has the same sanctimonious tone that the Republican used to have; face longer than Frank Napp, and tears trickling down its cheeks. It’s a dull sister. Just a faint murmur goes up from Plymouth concerning tramps of late. But. very little has been heard of the rascals during the last two or three months. The recent scarcity of these pests cannot be attributed to the cold weather, for there has been but very little of that commodity to contend with this winter in these parts. Then, What is the cause of their scarcity during the last, two or three months? Evidently, they read the South Bend Times and Walkerton Independent. A thieving varnish peddler is making the rounds of towns and cities in this part of the world. At LaPorte he stole sl7 from a house where he called to sell his spurious varnish. His chief business is stealing and the stuff he offers for sale is good for nothing.—South Bend Tribune. Pardon us, but the “stuff” he sells is an excellent thing, to our certain knowledge. His stealing, However, is no better than that of other industrious thieves.

According to the recent deductions of a scientist this earth only has about eleven millions of years to fool around in any more. He thinks that the moon will jump onto her and give her such a shaking np as she never had before. The earth will become so discomfuddled by the moon’s uncivil treatment of it that it will in time rush into the sun which will burn it up. Mind you, it’s only about eleven millions of years until the calamity comes, and you’d better be ready. This little warning is worth as much to you as you pay for a year's subscription—more too, than some of you pay. On last Monday morning a report circulated here to the effect that some of Dr. Neville’s family, of Teegarden, were dead and others were dying. The report was that a married daughter, whose name we have not learned, was lying a corpse, and that, some embalming fluid had been carelessly placed where his cibldren could get it and of which they drank freely, one of whom had died and two others were dying. Dr. Reece boarded a train and ran ■ ! down in answer to a telegram from the doctor, and looked the ground over, finding that no poisoning had occurred, and no one in any danger, xt was all a hoax.

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1891.

TARIFF. Editor Independent—My farmer friend now has three kinds of tariff for me to define. As I understand it a tariff for revenue is a tax placed upon articles largely consumed by the American people, whether produced in thia country or in others, regulated by congress, to avoid paying the government expenses by direct taxation. A pro^ hibitory tariff is one which has for its object the prevention of competition with American manufacturers by those of foreign countries. A protective tari^ is closely related to the prohibits gentleman and is creating a great r of trouble in the family. It is a tai<l which protects a favored few at the expense of the many. All the benefit the farmer gets from it is the few pro. ducts kept out along the Canada shore where transportation is easy, and those benefits are all taken from him when he buys his clothing. Now, you will say “clothing never was so cheap.” That is true. But is it a good quality? Go into a merchant tailoring establishment and price a good suit of clothes, such as a business man should wear, and they will ask you all the way from S3O to SSO for a suit. Cross over into Canada and you will purchase the same suit for one third less money. Now who gets the benefit of this? Certainly not the government. Yon say the farmer would make more money by selling a good deal at a low price than a little at a high price. Just so with the government ; it will collect more by placing a low duty than a high one. Then it is the favored few who are engaged in manufacturing that get the benefit. I shall have to deny that the tariff reduced the price of farm products. It is the result of improved machinery. I employ a binder to harvest my wheat and do my harvesting at about one ban the expense I did before the binder was invented. The same may be said concerning threshing. Now they haveHu name advantages in manufacturing, .if B 4 4— n 11 n। 1 r w * should have the benefit of bnyiuglffP* 1 " competition. ✓ Now, if I have not convertekT^. reader of the Independent, I win let I them go until ’92, at which time those left of the grand old republican party will be swallowed up by the farmer’s alliance and democratic parties, and the g. o. p. will be dead ! dead ’! dead!!! and on its tombstone will be found the inscription, “Killed by an over dose of protective tariff." J. W. Lanning. —> To furnish the proposed free delivery system throughout the United States means a great expenditure of money. And the question naturally arises, who will pay the bill or where will the money come from ? Instead of a system to augment public expenditure, means should be devised to leave more money in the hands of the people—Nappanfee News. J« That is exactly what the proposed free delivery will do if it is ever established. “Time is money,” and the time spent by a great many people in riining back and forth to the postoAe means great loss to them. If the pB)ple could have their mail delivered, a great portion of them, they could Engage in business of various kinds, hire out as day laborers, women could engage in the millinery business, bTu laundries, hire out as cooks, etc., I,y which means they could make an excellent living and have plenty left to meet the additional levy for mail deliver^;' whereas, as matters now- are, they aTO compelled to spend about all their H pc in running to the postoffice. Broth®! 1 Murray, you're a miserable financier! Death of Wm. H. ~Whitinger. j William H. Whitinger died on Bist Sunday morning, of lung fever, jlis death was a matter of great surprise!to everybody here, as he had been in tolvn but four or five days previous to Lis death in his usual state of health. He contracted a severe cold on Tuesday and rapidly grew worse, his illdess lasting but four days. He was a Mell known and prominent citizen of Liberty township and had resided there sijbce boyhood. He was a member of the Masonic order, having recently taken the degree of Knight Templar. He was about 40 years old. He leaves (two children, his wife having died about two years ago. The funeral took place at North Liberty on Tuesday, and was attended by a large concourse of friends. Latest style hats just received at Tom Wolfe’s, Prices always the j lowest.

Bankrupt Stock! Having purchased, at a Great Bargain, a Nice NEW STOCK belonging to a Chicago Retail Dealer, who failed, amounting to over ; Six Thousand Dollars, — Consisting of Men’s, Boys’, Youth’s and Children’s SUITS, OVERCOATS, ODD COATS Pants and Vests, I will offer same for CASH, at 55 II SIL I nL Lis 111 Hw Elites. Look at some of the prices. This makes Men's Worsted Suits, worth $lO, for $6.00 “ Cassimere “ “ $7, “ 4.50 “ Imp'd Chincilla Overcoats, worth $25, f0r... . 7 5.00 “ “ Worsted “ “ 15, “ .... 9.00 “ “ Satinet and Chinch'la “ 7, “ .... 4.00 Hops' Worsted Suits, worth $7.50, for 4.50 ” Cassimere ” “ 5.00, ” 3.00 " Overcoats ” S.OO, ” 3.00 Children's Knee Pants Suits, worth $2,” 1,00 2j to 50 c. a pr. Come and See the BEST BARGAINS Ever Before Offered ix Walkerton. Don't be airaid to buy, as every garment is warranted perfect, latest style and perfect in lit, and as I must convert this Stock into Cash within GO days, those coining first will have the largest and best stock to select from. T. J. WOLFE.

Men Who Advertise and need a: new idea now and then, or who have not always the time or inclination to prepare their advertisements, will find a valuable assistant in the novel book of ‘’ldeas for Advertisers”just published by D.T. Mallett New Haven- Conn , and sent on receipt of SI.OO. post-paid. He also publishes a tasty pamphlet called “When,” (price 25c.) i a treasury of good advice to business men. j ! Deeriptive circulars of both these new | books can be obtained upon request to the [ publisher. Samuel Koontz, jr.’s, flour and feed exchange, remember, is located at Swank & Williams’grocery store, where you can obtain at all times the Koontz i flour, which is as fine an article as can be found anywhere. You will also find ' • there anything in the teed line.

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