St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 October 1892 — Page 4

sl)e 3nbcpen&ent. Walkerton. Indiana, oct. jj.i»w2. _ W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. The receipts of the Chicago saloons are $05,000,000 annually. In other Molds, Chicago floats upon a sea of beer. There is a city of about 100,000 inhabitants in the United States in which neither Cleveland nor Harrison will get a single vote. 1 he. proprietors of one of the largest tin plate factories in Wales contemplate the removal of their mill to Muncie, in the Indiana belt. The Chinese empire furnishes an anomaly in the mode of its royal succession to the throne. The emperor chooses his own successor, whether the person chosen is a member of the royal family or not. Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin has formally consented, in a letter of acceptance to the public, to run for president on the woman suffrage

o ticket. And now the campaign may proceed with renewed heat and vigor. At a meeting of the World’s Fair commission last Tuesday a resolution was offered to the effect that the commission recommend to congress that the name of America be changed to Columbia. When put to a vote the resolution was lost by 43 to 7. Plymouth has, or is about to secure, a wagon factory that will employ from the start about thirty hands. Plymouth has been getting a number of good things lately in the way of public improvements and manufacturing enterprises. The effect of these improve-

ments are already quite apparent in that city in increased growth and a healthy advance in the value of real estate. An Italian ruflian at Indianapolis thieatens to shoot any one carrving an American flag in the Columbian parade Friday. How long will the poor j fool American people submit to the insolence of foreign criminals and paupers. The immigration question is of so much greater importance than the tar-

iff that some of us are getting verv tired of the thread-bare issues we hear ^n^s^wnstantly harped upon. The onto protect the American rfnhwii | t ing man is to shut *ui iw, uAi Europe.—Milford Mail. The Mail, in our humble opinion, states this matter about correctly. Some good sound legislation for the correction of existing abuses in our present loose immigration system is certainly needed for the welfare of the country. Bremen’s system of water works is completed. The Enquirer last week gave an extensive write-up, with il- I lustrations of engine house and stand pipe. The plant has a capacity of 500,000 gallons of water per day. The stand-pipe, which is 104 feet high, is constructed of brick and steel. The system, judging from the Enquirer’s description, is a most excellent and substantial one. It will stand as a monument to the able and untiring work of the editor of the Enquirer, who was foremost in promoting the enterprise, and the progressive citizens of Bremen who so nobly seconded his efforts. The water works are a credit

to Bremen and will doubtless have a wonderful influence in attracting new and desirable citizens to the town and advancing the material interests of the community. If we are to believe statistics, capital j punishment is no more effectual in ' । staying crime than is imprisonment. Cold facts in the form of official statistics do, if we are not mistaken, show a larger per cent of crime in some i states where the death penalty is inflicted than in those which punish by imprisonment. Criminals evidently! have not as great a fear of the hang- I man’s rope as is commonly believed, in fact it seems that many of them would ; prefer death to life imprisonment. Numerous instances may be cited to substantially confirm this theory. It is a matter of history that men have : taken their own lives that they mightl escape a miserable life of confinement within prison walls. Suicide is com- J paratively common. To die is but! natural, and an in-born resignation to the common fate of all is implanted in every human soul. The gallows has its terrors, it is true, but facts dis-1 prove the argument advanced by many ! that it is more effectual in checking ' the current of crime than the prison, j Then why cling to this barbaric relic of I past centuries in dealing with our 1 criminals? Punishment can be meted out to them just as effectually, and more in accordance with the enlightenment of this century, without the infliction of the death penalty, which is, in truth, murder—murder legalized.

j According to statistics 7,000 persons are murdered in this country every year, and only one murderer in fifty is punished. A nice state of things, isn’t it? Col. S. 11. Wood died at Adiian, Alich., last week. He was the founder of “Wood’s Museum,” which was one of Chicago’s most celebrated places of amusement before the fire. Col. W ood was associated with Barnum for awhile and was a man of considerable prominence in the amusement world at one time. “so preserve the goverment we must also preserve u correct and energetic tone of morals. Liberty consists more in the habits of the people than in anything else. There are always men wicked enough to go any lengths in the pursuit of power, if they can find others wicked enough to support them. Ambitious men must be restrained by the publie morality; when they rise up to do evil, they must find themselves standing alone. Morality rests on religion. If you destroy the foundation, the superstructure must fall.”—-Daniel Webster, July 4th, 1802.

Stage fright seems to be a characteristic of many of our greatest orators. The following is related of the late Daniel Dougherty, the eminent lawyer and silver-tongued orator. Although he was for at least thirty’ years an orator of high repute, he never quite mastered the anticipatory stage fright that came upon him as the time to make a public speech approached. He He charmed a distinguished company at one of the fellowcraft dinners, after Bishop Potter, Mr. Cleveland and other persons had spoken, but those who heard did not know that ten minutes ; before Mr. Dougherty began to speak he had been intercepted in an attempt

to escape from the room. He confessed then and there that he was on the verge of panic, and only by the most urgent persuasion could he be prevailed upon to speak. Once upon 1 his feet, however, his fright was gone and apt words came promptly to his tongue. He had his half hour of tremors, however, no matter what the occasion when he knew he must address an audience. '

"The Farmer's Watch-Tower.” The above is the name of a little paiv* kv M.. Ed. A. Wednesday, May 91 ■“\ 1 fa Y 5 - “7*^^ lished at Urbana, Ohio, by Moses B. Carwin and Alien M. Poss. It is a | four column paper, and instead of brass column rules, “slats” are used between the columns. It contains some curi ous matter, which would be interesting to many if we had time and room to reproduce it. Among the advertisements is one in which $lO reward is offered for a deserter from the barracks iu Urbana. But the one coming nearest to white cap style, is a “caution” to persons who are in the habit of selling whiskey to the Indians. The writer says: “ We, the frontiers, will not put up with such toritied conduct.” “Weare now determined to take no abuse from no Indians, nor no insult from no tories.” “ A'e will march forward and with our tomahawks knock your barrels in pieces let what will be the alternative. ” The “caution” is not to be misunderstood. There must yet have been a bitter feeling between the two factions of the revolntioh and the

war of 1812. Saul Hinkle advertises the annual eamp meeting near his residence on the 12th of August, and tells thejfaithful to “come on horseback or on foot as many best suit themselves.” We bet those were good old times.—Goshen Demo crat. A Remarkable History. We recently published a strongly commendatory notice of “Alden’s Cyclopedia History.” In the interest of our readers we wish to repeat and emphasize what we said. A good Universal History ought to be in every home; this is certainly excellent, if not the very best for general use and reference ever published, covering all nations (except the United States, to be published seperately) and from b. c. 5084 to A. d. 1892. Certainly it is the cheapest historical work we have ever seen; but that is what readers generally will expect from Mr. Alden, who । has done so much to place the highest class of literature within popular reach. To get such a vast amount of matter within such small compass the type used is necessarily small, but it is beautifully clear, and the paper, printing and binding are of the best. Send ! 10 cents to Mr. Alden and he will send i you a sample volume of 160 pages, i containing the history of several naI tions complete, by which you can ! judge for yourself whether you want the entire work. His catalogue of choice books, 128 pages, sent post-paid for 2 cents, presents a wonderful feast for book lovers. Address John B. Alden, Publisher, 57 Rose St., New ! York.

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