St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 May 1893 — Page 4

@l)£ Jniicpcnbcnt. Walkerton. Indiana, may 20, isos. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. John L. Sullivan is in jail for whip- 1 ing a little one-armed man. Our greatest glory consists not ini never falling, Iml in rising every time 1 we fall.—Goldsmith. They do it in Texas style in Southern Indiana, two lynchings having oc- I eurred there this week. The last legislature did something after all. The laws passed *by that a 450 page book. “ now

which impf6ves w lne mechanical appearance of that sprightly daily. “That government is the most perfect in which the injury of one is the concern of all,” is the motto of the Knights of Labor organization. If you have a good deal of confidence in people divide it among a good many. Don’t invest it all with any one person.—Atchison Globe. Elkhart will establish a stone pile for tramps, a thing that every town should do. Anything that conveys the idea of work has peculiar terrors for the average tramp. Manners form at least a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is! washed, and its details adorned If they are superficial, so are the dew- ; drops which give such a depth to the ( mopiing meadows.—Emerson. — - The World’s fair directors have de- ' cided to return the 52,500,000 donated by congress, and they will then be free j to open the fair seven days in the week. The question of Sunday opening now is about the same as settled.

Some “fussy” preacher of Minneapolis, who yearns for a little notoriety, says: “Columbus deceived his wife, swindled his sovereign, lied to his crew and was not the original discoverer of this continent.” Columbus seems to be running the great exposition just the same. It is said that the restaurant keepers on the world's fair grounds have - pay t,’ie exposition people 25 cents on every dollar’s worth sold. If this is the case then they are certainly not * getting rich as fast as was generally supposed, and are not so much to be blamed alter all for the high prices charged the people. The total value of Indiana taxables is $1,266,855,377; the value of lands is $•149,544,057, and of improvements $81,553,811, a total of $531,097,868; town and city lots improvements $277,769,102; personal property is assessed at $295,914,156; the railroads at $160,387,420; the number of polls $385,619. I’he Republican League at itsrecent convention at Louisville recommend ed, among other things, that all public

gambling, whether in food products or lottery tickets, be suppressed; that there be an amendment to the constitution making the president ineligible for a second term, and the grant ing of suffrage to women was also favored. A postoflice has been established at the world’s fair grounds. It will, by carriers, make regular collections and deliveries from and to all parts of the grounds. Money order and registry business will also be transacted. Mail matter intended for delivery on the exposition grounds should be plainlyaddressed “World’s Fair Station, Chicago, Illinois,” giving if possible also, the precise locality in the grounds to which the is to be delivered. So much *m isund^Fstanding as to the cost of seeing the world's fair prevails that Director General Davis has prepared a statement giving an idea of what , . .. r. .. r.n r Tht> pn-

can be seen lor 50 cents. Jne em । trance fee of 50 cents admits the visi ' ■ tor to the Midway Plaisance as well as ' 1 to all the buildings in Jackson Park , proper and a general idea of the at-i tractions of that great cosmopolitan , street, with its foreign villages and , places of amusement can be obtained without the payment of a single cent extra. These facts can not be too well | understood by the public, and the, friends of the fair are urged by Colonel i Davis to assist in making them generally known. The entire Exposition proper can be seen for 50 cents, and the innumerable extra attractions are provided for the visitors who wish to spend more money.

Did you ever notice how a baby carriage always has the right of way on the sidewalk?—LaPorte Herald. I Yes. — An exchange says that out in Texas the newspapers sometimes print a Legislature solon as saloon, but the ' mistake is so slight that no correction is ever made. ! Fidelity to conviction, to truth, to । honor, interferes sadly with worldly prospects. Conscience is a troublesome fellow-voyager. Nothing, alas! is more common than to see men jeopardizing the growth of their moral nature for the sake of worldly interests. —Ave Maria. Two thousand dollars have just been paid to two lawyers for services rendered in the trial of Rev. W. Fred

. [date 10 ,Jhe total cost of the suit to ’’tfrx-payers.of Tippecau^A, county 1 ll A j becoming anW exasperated• over ■ ; the debt that has been heaped upon them as a result of this noted case. The Commercial bank of Walkerton has closed its doors as the result of the Chicago Columbia bank failure. It is pretty hard for as flourishing a town j as Walkerton to be without a bank.— । Michigan City News. And we will not be without one very long. The prospects are good that the 1 Commercial bank will resume business at an early date, and what is better, that its creditors will be paid dollar ; for dollar. Metropolitan newspapers have a ! great deal to say about the many simple and silly things that go to make j up the country newspaper, but if the ’ reader will carefully compare the literI ary slosh that appears in the blanket , sheet dailies published in large cities, he will be surprised to find that their local country paper doesn't contain j anything half so silly and sickening as do these wonderfully enterprising mirrors of the social and fashionable world.—Ex.

An exchange says there is a very simple method to clean paint, and if housewives would adopt it it would save them a great deal of trouble. Provide a plate with some of the best whiting to be had, and have ready some clean warm water and a piece of flannel, which dip in the water and squeeze nearly dry; then take as much whiting as will adhere to it, apply it to the painted surface, when a little rubbing will instantly remove any dirt i and grease, after which wash the part | with clean water, rubbing it dry with soft chamois. Paint thus cleaned looks as well as when first laid on. without any injury to the most deli- ; eate colors. it is better than using soap and does not require more than ! half the time and labor. Ihe South Bend Times, one among the most ardent advocates of ‘meek-; breaking,” says: “A few papers edited by dreamers and sentimentalists, who i habitually ignore practical experience and every day facts, continue to offer’ feeble ‘arguments' in favor of the anti capital punishment proposition, but the great body of common-sense peo- ' pie regard these ebullitions as the ut teranees of mere theorists, and therefore of no practical value.”

Were it not for the fact that capital punishment has already been abolished : in quite a number of the states of the j I mon, in some of them many years i ago, and that it has been practically I demonstrated that society is quite as well protected from criminals without capital punishment as with it, then the Times' charge of “mere theorists” and “dreamers” as applied to those opposed to this “relic of barbarism,” might have some semblance of consistency. The fact is, capital punishment is no more effective as a deterrent ■ of crime than are the more civilized methods of punishing criminals, which is a fact well established by statistics. In a few of the states where ’ penallv : - Many of our brightest men and ablest thinkers are of the opinion that capital punishment has a tendency rather to increase than diminish the bloody J work of criminals, for a bad example is set before them and the

sacredness of human life depreciated by the barbarous spactacle of the gallows. The questions arise, and they are momentous, Is the death penalty the best thing for society? Is it not more brutalizing and degrading than i effective in its influence for the reI formation of men? The aim of the ! law is certainly not merely the punish- ‘ merit of offenders, but also to make men : better and improve the condition of so- । ciety. Is the murdering of murderers I the best way to accomplish such ari end? Simmons Liver Regulator is my only family medicine.---Lev. J. M. Rollins, Fairfield, Va.

SPIRIT OF OUR EXCHANGES. Ice is accumulating at the north pole. Some day, it is alleged by some scientists, the earth will fall out of balance and man will be utterly annihilated by the rush of moving objects. —Mishawaka Enterprise. The New York Sun admits that “there are a good many millionaires as ignorant as hogs.” Money jg a very comfortable thing to have around but there are several things that it cannot buy. One of them is brains.— Wanatah News. The best way to stop the cry o f “scarcity of money” and “slow collections” is for everybody to pay bi^ s as promptly as possible or as fast thev can get the money. That Snakes financial operations brisk aGfthelps everybody. Try it.—South jßend Times. People who can live a fruAi life, whose wants are easily sati ’I add whose ambitions are limited pu their surroundings a l ' much hapj. ^5 than - .who are continually ^W-dning more m having sense enou^ ■ when to stun reaching after tainable.—M estville Indicm . — U

. uw > Oj q aA b> ■ ■ ■ : J E W E I^Y. < We will never cease hustling to win custom, th«mgh open, honest and industrjous efforts to meet your every want and continue to give rock bottom prices, at til times and in all cases. |IDA A. HUTCHINS. •inL .. *

HEAR THEM HOWL! —• | —| I OUR NEW SPRING GOODS Catches them and they don’t sieni to like if. The so called “Barkerb” and “Small Dealers* are coming to the front at a rapid pace tripling their sales at this early part of the season 1 o n the corresponding time of cue year ago. MERIT ALWAYS WINS. CAUTION: Don't be deceived by the “small dealer” scare, for in buying we purchase to the interest of customers every time as they would have us. Quantity cuts no figure whatever with us when there is anything in it iu favor of customers. REMEMBEK: We have no accumulation of old goods, inferior stock to work off, but all new goods at prices that you have been paying for inferior stock. BEAR ^N MIND We will not,; WE UN DK/Ja*at B lower price. a J I WE HAVE A HARVEST IN STORE ' FOR VOU.

Jfe refer to our “spot” cash puchases this Sprina (Pu and s>. ' ■TI, SW & CO Our Merchant Tailoring is now b<i n g Are guarantee! " U ’ 1 SIGIS or THU o ßk>

A Cock Book Free. “Table and Kitchen” is the title of a new cook book published by the Piice Baking Powder Company of Chicago. Just at this time it will be sent free if you write a postal mentioning the Walkerton INDEPENDENT. This book has been tried by ourselves and is one of the very best of its kind. Besides containing over 400 receipts for all kinds of pastry ami home cookery, there are many hints for the table and kitchen, showing how to set a table, | how to enter the dining room, etc.; a hundred and one hints in every branch of (be culinary art. Cookery of the very finest and richest as well as of the most economical and home like, is provided for. Remember “Table and Kitchen” will be sent, postage prepaid, to any lady sending her address (name, town and,state) plainly given. A copy in German or Scandinavian will be sent if desired. Postal card is as good as letter. Address Price Baking Powder Co., Chicago, 111.

Iff MRS. ELMIRA HATCH. HEART DISEASE 20 YEARS. Dr. Mile* Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. ! D»ah Sirs: For 20 years I was troubled with bean dutease. Would frequently have falling spells and smothering at night. Uad to ait up or get out of bed to breathe. Had pain In my left aide and back moat of the time; at last I became dropsical. I waa very nervous and nearly worn out. The least excitement would cause me to THOUSANDS“ with fluttering. For the last fifteen vears I could not sleep on my left side or beck until began taking your New Heart Cure. I had not taken it very long until I felt much better, and I can now sleep on either ride or back without the least discomfort. I have no pain, smothering, droj-sy. no wh d on stomach or other disagreeable svmptoina I am able to do ail my own housework without any trouble and consider myself cured Elkhart, Ind . IMS Mrs. Fimfea Hatch. It is now four years since I have taken any medicine. Am in Gttcr health than I have Gen in 40 years. I honestly be- —, .—, _ lleve that Dr. Mitre* New I D G I Heart Cure saved my life i 1 and made me a well woman. lam now 62 years of age, and am able to do a good Car's work.' — May Wth. 18W- iiiivu ' <SOIO ON A POSITIVE auAhaNTrs TRY DR. MILES' PILLS, 50 DOSES 25 CTS.

WE WANT YOU to call ami see us when you want anything in the line of FRESH, SALT OR SMOKED MEAT’S, as we can please yon. We deal in strictly first class ■ meats. We pay highest cash prices for Live Stock, Hides, Pelts, Tallow, etc. We also ■ handle the celebrated RETSOF LUMP SALT for stock. It is far superior to the common barrel salt. BEALL & McCARTY.

! ——————- ■— If you want to enjoy the Full purchasing power of your Dollar TRADE AT j NOAH RENSRERGER’S, DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Glass and Queensware. Ladies’, Misses' and Children's Cloaks, Carpet, Curtains,&c. All departments are freshly stocked for the Spring Trade with the w.ost pnnnlm «...! .1 ti .—nv»pevu«« 9 , and learn prices. " WB

do not profess to give away goods, nor do we promise to throw in a town lot or small farm with every bill of goods we sell, but we MEAN to treat every one fairly and give them the full worth of their money every time. We guarantee to please our customers. ThL is BUSINESS. Come and see us. We can suit you in prices and quality in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes and Wall Paper. We always pay the highest market prices for country produce. HUDELMYER & HENRY, THE “OLD RELIABLE. I onn u1 o iJETnyriWfancy groceries^ 1 goods are new ami

low as the lowest. Remember 7 . ?rices prices the market a ff m ] - Pay * le In £ hes t aftoids for country produce. •Call and get a p onil(l P •. . , , ■ ’ ’ kwellent Colored Japan i ail and all IQ cents. CH ARLES M. STEPHENS. WOOOVVOKTH BOILDrNG.

BaggiE® I WAGONS! MW® I have opened business in my building opposite the Postofiice, and carry a good stock of BUGGIES, WAGONS ANT) HARNESS, and respectfully ask a share of the public’s patronage. I have in my employ two experienced Harnessmakers, uho repair and manufacture harness with Buggies and Carr. ' trimmed. -kuO N. B. SHOEMAKER.