St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 December 1893 — Page 4

SEtje JnfcpendtnL WALKERTON. INDIANA. DEC. 23, 1893, W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. A Jewish rabbi and Methodist minister recently exchanged pulpits in Milwaukee. The sergeant at arms of the U. S. senate is constantly on the lookout for cranks and bomb-throwers. There are 21,000,000 bushels of wheat stored in Chicago, this being the heaviest storage ever known there. A number of churches in Chicago are thrown open nightly to furnish shelter and warmth for the poor and homeless. To fm ther protect American labor why not place a tariff on imported labor? If there is so much virtue in a tariff it ought certainly to be as efficacious in this respect as in any other. There is sometimes danger in not getting scared soon enough.—LaPorte Herald. A great deal of philosophy in two lines. An anti-vaccination crusade has been inaugurated by a number of physicians in this state. This antagonistic movement against vaccination was set afoot by live learned physicians at a meeting held in Indianapolis last week. L. McManigal and Tim Ohern fought a ten-round prize fight ten miles from Hammond last Tuesday morning. The men had been in training for the light for six weeks. The fight was a hard and bloody one. Ohren was the victor, winning §I,OOO. It all happened on Indiana soil, too. Prof. N. W. Hailman, of LaPorte, has been appointed by President Cleveland national supervisor of Indian schools of the United States, with headquarters at Washington, D. C. Prof. Hallman’s fine system of managing the LaPorte schools, of which he has been suprintendent for a number of years, has won him national fame as an educator. Congressman Conn, in an interview, said one day last week: “I am in favor of a tax on all incomes of individuals, but not of corporations. State laws already tax corporations and they would be indirectly reached by a taxation on individual incomes. I would not make the tax graduated, but would provide a specific rate for all incomes. I think all incomes of §5,000 or over should be taxed.” It seems almost incredible, and yet the National Tribune, the soldiers’ paper, vouches for the fact that “100 a day, 700 a week, 2,800 a month, 36,000 a year is a fair estimate of the mortality among the men who, 29 years ago, were marching, invincible in courage and strength, with Sherman through Georgia, or with Grant, Meade, Sheridan and Hancock over the war swept plains of Virginia.” Government control of railroads in France, Germany and a few other European countries is no longer an experiment. It has passed that stage and is now considered a fact in the economy of government of those nations. Increased efficiency, cheapness of service and a great curtailment in the list of accidents—the result of the adoption of safety appliances—are said to be the benefits accruing from the government control of these great public highways. People who have wondered wherein consisted the elements of popularity in the noted Mrs. Lease will no longer be mystified on that question after reading the following explanation from the Wichita, Kan., Eagle: “Mrs. Lease's glory is in her iridescent zigzag, her girated scintillization, rather than in her unbifurcated habiliments. It is the dazzle of her unexpected skyward scoot and the dead thud of the subsequent backward flop that at once fascinate and paralyze her devotees” Honor does not lie only in the direction of statecraft and the sword, nor in the realms of literature and art alone, but may be acquired, and with it wealth and power, by any American boy who starts in life with no capital save a clean heart, willingl hands, and ambition enough to make | the best possible use of the brains i God has given him, says the Blue and ' Gray. Enduring success and honored ; age await the youth who labors dilli-1 gently, and who, with temperance and , frugality, deperms upon his own ex- J ertions for success. The element of : luck plays roguish tricks sometimes; J but he who idly waits for fortune will, receive scant favor from the fickle । jucle. !

The hard times are causing many saloons to close all over the country. This line of business, however, is not being affected as much assome others. Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania, President Garfield’s attorney-gen-eral, has been appointed by President Cleveland to the Italian mission, the position which VanAlen declined. The great grandfather of Mr. Hopkins, mayor-elect of Chicago, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. That was where Hopkins had ■ one big advantage over his opponent, , Swift. The Fort Wayne Journal says that , “there are a score of newspapermen in , northern Indiana who have been fighting the battles of democracy in sunshine and storm, for ten, fifteen, twenty, tweny-five and almost fifty years, without reward, refbognltion or. even the thanks of the party.” Had they the money to contribute large sums to campaign funds like Van Alen and others, it would no doubt be quite different. A coast gun built by Krupp, when being tested at the Meppen proving grounds recently, threw the projectile 65,616 feet, or nearly thirteen miles, the gun having an elevation of 44 degrees. The projectile weighed 474 pounds, the charge of powder 253 pounds, giving an initial velocity of 2,090 feet. It is estimated that the projectile reached an altitude of 21,456 feet, and its flight occupied 70.1 seconds. A movement is being made in a few of the European countries to suppress anarchism oy banishing its adherents to other shores. In the event of such a policy being consummated, America would no doubt be the nlecca to which the motley horde of government haters would turn their faces as the theatre for future action. And with our present immigration laws what would there be to prevent such a disastrous influx to this country? The Indianapolis Journal says: It is possible that Judge Baker will not preside during the trial of the bank wreckers. The judge was a depositor in the Indianapolis National, and althongh fact alone would not legally prevent him from trying the cases, it is said that he is in doubt ns to whether he should act. Notwithstanding the fact that the attorneys for both the defense and prosecution have expressed a willingness that he should occupy the bench it is not unlikely that he will decline, and have another judge called. A ludicrous part of the case of the Roby prize fighters was that after Costello, one of the fighters, was lined and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, he was allowed to leisurely take his departure from the scene of the trial for Chicago, without interference from the officers. This circumstance gives the whole affair the appearance of a farce. Men sentenced to imprisonment are not allowed their liberty but are placed in the custody of officers. Gov. Mat thews is greatly puzzled over the matter. It is certainly a curious piece of business. Hon. John G. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury, has issued his annual report, in which he estimates a deficit of §28,000,000 for the year. In order to promptly meet the emergency of government obligations he asks for power to issue 3 per cent five-year bonds in small amounts, to be disposed of through the sub-treasuries and postoffices to our own people; also to issue §50,000,000 in one-year 3 per cent bonds at par. The secretary strongly favors legislation to authorize a more extended use of silver certificates. The secretary’s ideas on the present financial situation as expressed in his report are clear-cut and comprehensive. The Cleveland Plain Dealer wants to know “what is to be gained by constantly flaunting before the people the cry that there is no immediate prospect of better times; that all is dark and forbidding and unsatisfactory in the business outlook? • If we cannot be thankful for better times, would it not be well to be thankful that they are no worse? We have no tariff bill to succeed the McKinley bill—only a crude draft, for which knives are even now lon the gridstone. We shall not have a tariff bill until the house and senate i sfiall have finished their work of revision and reform. Meantime, with I ’ . things depressed and unpromising, with i want staring many people in the face, I in the presence of winter, with manu- ! factories shy and orders scarce, is it l profitable or even pardonable, with or ! without a show of excuse, to attempt ; 'to excite the business world in such a ' way that any posible revival of business will be driven further away?”

A Novel Literary Enterprise. The American Cooperative Library recently organized in New York undertakes to give to book readers, ’ anywhere in the United States, better facilities than heretofore given them by the largest libraries in the leading cities and at an almost trifling cost. You order any book you want, suitable for general circulation, and it is supplied immediately ; you can order either direct, or through your local Bookseller, country Postmaster or others acting as local agents. One cent a day for a dollar book, proportionately for other values is the general basis of loans, three cents being the least charge made. Thus “Ben Hur” costs four 'cents for three days, “The Prince of India,” five cents for four days for each volume. “Lorna Doone’ three cents for six days, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” three cents for eight days, and so on. You deposit the price of the book when you order it, keep it as long as yon please, end on its return get any otben book you want to borrow or want to bny. Th. re are some special advantage to Book Clubs. Thus at a cost of fron# $2 00 to $5.00 a year one can have acceskl to tllO Whole worMofourrcmtnnfl ard literature. Doos not this brvx' the “Literary Millennium” pretty near every home? Circulars are sent free on request, or a 190 page Catalogue for 2 cents. Address John B. Alden, manager, 57 Rose St., New York. Drop in at Townsend's barber shop, near the postoffice, when you want a slick hair-cut or shave. Cripe, the barber, will give you a neat hair-cut, shave or anything in the tonsorial line.

READ AND BE WISE! I wish to call your attention to the ■ NEVER CEASING RARGATNS== I have to offer People must have gHRISTOAg PRESENTS and in order to put them within their reach I have made a Great Reduction in SILVERWARE andJEWELRY of all Kinds. Quadruple Plate Tea Sets 810 and up.

Castors, - - - Silver Teaspoons, - I^." “ j “ Tablespoons, -*2 59 “ “ | “ Knives and forks, 2.00 “ “j

This is only a few of tho many bargains I have to offer you. I also have a most complete stock of very fine wares, such as Berry Dishes, Celery Dishes, Cream Spoons, Biscuit Jura. Cheese Dishes, Nut Picks, Toothpick Holders, low uml high Celery Dishes, Fruit Knives, Fancy Clocks, Marmalade Jars, Napkin Kings, Bon Bon Dishes, Sugar Shakes, Hat Marks, etc. I guarantee satisfaction. Please give me a trial. lam sure you will come again. Ida. JdufQhings. P. S. Call and get one of the blank curds aud guess. Get u fine present free of charge. GOOD ROADS! — — GOOD SLEIGHING! AND What can we do to help make it a pleasure? We might as well buy GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL GIFTS As for instance: Moqnette CarpoUat 81 Per Yard. Brussels Carpet at P 5 to 85 cents. All Wool Extra Supers at 59 cents. OR A CLOAK, New Goods at Manufacturers’ Cut Prices, or the first purchases of the season at 15 per cent discount, or last season’s cloaks at HALF and LESS THAN HALF PRICES. DRESS GOODS. Attractive prices for New Goods and inducement reductions in all kinds of dress goods stock. SHAWLS. The best goods for the lowest prices we have ever known. Look at those at $9.98. Bibles, Books, Carpet Sweepers, Blankets, Muffs, Fur Capes mid in the Basement, Dolls, Horus and things too numerous to mention. These are some of the things that will occupy the attention of yourself aud friends at the BUSY, BUZZING BEE HIVE. Julius Barnes <fc Co. MICHIGAN AVE., LAPORTE.

A Prosperous Institution. Hie annul report of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for the year ending June 30th, 1893, contains a synopsis of the operations of the Relief Department of that Company, which shows it to be in a most prosperous con dition. The Department had a membership of 22,037 persons; the receipts of the Relief Feature for the year were $425,508.32 and the disbursements $415,554.39, and the benefits paid to its members since May Ist, 1880, aggregate the enormous sum of $3,883,940.17. In the Savings Feature of the Department, at the close of the fiscal year, , there was due depositors $830,386.06, as against $092,547.05 at the close of the previous year; the deposits during the were $320,049.77, the withdrawals ^^188,210.76, and the amount due from Vimployes on account of loans made for purpose of securing homes was L-$601,239 26. An extra dividend of one £ per cant, was declared on all deposits drawing interest at the close of the year, thus making the interest for the year equivalent to five per cent, per annum. At the close of the year there were 210 names on the Pension list, and the disbursements on this account for the year have been $31,954.35, and for the whole period, $201,084.16. Dr. A. D. Reynolds is in town every Saturday prepared to treat diseases of the horse.

18 Waltham and Elgin : watches, - - $6 50 I Size 6 Walt, or Elg watches, - 6.50 । Waltham or Elgin in rolled gold case, only - $lO 00

Western Farm for Sale. A farm of 160 acres, in Norton county, Kan., located 12 miles from county seat, for sale or trade. Would like to ex change it for property in or near St. Joseph county. The farm has about 40 acres under cultivation, with fair improvements. Call on or address, Charles Cudney. Walkerton, Ind. Our farmer friends are invited to call at this office and get sample copies of the American Farmer which, in addition to Womankind, we give as a premium with the Independent. When you go to LaPorte call at Lay’s European hotel and restaurantMeals, 25 cents.

REMOVED! Miss Fosdick has moved her stock of AAilline.ry into the rooms above the old stand in the Fry-Dougherty block, where she is closing out Lei goods at a great reduction in prices, for less than wholesale cost. She invites her friends and customers to call and see her and take advantage of the bargains she is offering. Ribbons in great variety, trimmed hats and all other goods will be sold at a sacrifice. Hats as low as 25 cents. LILLIE FOSDICK.

©oing out of business I Tl tt Mil M We have decided to close out our entire SB,OOOSfOCK OF CLOTHING Gents’ Furnishings, Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises, Ladies’, Misses' AND CHILDREN S SHOES and Hosiery, at Private Sale t AT WHOLESALE COST! Many goods below cost to close them out. Avail yourselves of this one and oul v great offer. Hard times make it doubly necessary that you should not miss it. Remember we have no old and shelf-worn goods to work off, which are dear at any price. l^oonfe, §W6ini^ $ (Jo. SIGN OF THE GLOBE. ’ WALKERTON, IND., Nov. 20, 1893. : nuts’ AnFcANDIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS 1 ! j Cocoanuts, English Walnuts, Filberts, Pecans, (Brazils t Chestnuts and (Peanuts. All kinds of Candies, Fancy and Plain. Special Prices by the 1 Pail. i ALSO A GOOD LINE OF DATES AND FIGS. |cHA§. M- SWW&

Dowell, the dentist, extracts teeth without pain. Short bresth cared by Dr. MUee’ Heart Cure. SHILOH’S CURE, the great Cough and Croup Cure, is in great demand. Pocket size contains twenty five doses only 25c. Children love it. For sale by Bellinger & Williams.

WE WANT YOU I to call and see us when you want anything in the line of FRESH, SALT OR SMOKED meats: I t as we can please you. We deal in strictly first class meats. We pay highest cash prices Mr Livestock, Hides, Pelts, Tallow, etc. We also handle the celebrated RETSOF LUMP SALT for stock. It is far superior to the common barrel salt. D. W. BEALL & CO.