St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 October 1896 — Page 1

cOUNTy St. Joseph IWrwniient

VOLUME XXII.

The Northwest. Kenmakk, N. D., October 12, ISW. E DITO RIN DE PEND EN T: On October my mother and I left home and friends for a trip to the northwest. Going via B. O. R. R. to Chicago, then C. B. Q. to Minneapolis, then Soo Line to Kenmare, N. D., arriving at this place at 340 a. m., October 8, expecting to find ft “town*” but .to our surprise We found one station house, and one “ shack,” as they are called. No postoffice, no store, and the greatest wander, no saloon, so we thought we had come to a place Licit was almost in the “ wilds,” , but on learning of tlve length of time this place has been opened for settlement and other things accordingly, we could consider why this place is so small. After getting our breakfast our agent succeeded in getting a team to take us over the prairie to see a part of the great scope of country which was opened for settlement. This team was furnished by a man who lives about one mile from the station, and is the only one that has a home built to live in, Ixving the first man to file on a claim. On the way up here there were others ' who got on the train and came along, so . we had a large crowd by the time we got ' here. In this wagon nine of us started out to ’ see what was to lie st'em Going first to ; see a coal mine. This mine contains lig , nite coal, which is a great thing for this , part of the country. It is located within | two miles of this station. Leaving this, . we started off over the vast prairie where „ we could not st'e anything but sky ami a 1 burnt surface of land full of badger holes, traveling for several miles ami viewing several sections of land, and i crossing several buffalo “ trails ” which > led to the lakes where these animals could get water. I will try here to de- ■ scribe these trails. It is slid that these animals when they started for water ; would go in single tile to these lakes. By । this way of doing they made deep paths I or trails. These trails have ix'en used so much that they are worn quite deep, in some places from three inches to twelve ! or fourteen inches. They are that deep now, and are sodded over, so we can not tell how deep they were in the days of these animals. There are great holes in the prairies where buffaloes had dug I out by boring with their horns, rubbing and pawing with their feet in fighting with one another and lighting flies. These are called “ wallowing" places. There are still some signs of the red . man. One of the most noticeable signs i is a ring of stone which they used to hold the edge of their tent to the ground. ; These stone are still in a ring, some of ‘ them nearly covered with sod. These rings are on the highest point of land. I generally, where they could keep a good I lookout for an enemy of any kind. Some of the readers of this letter may wonder how we could find or tell where or when we would come to a section or ; any part of a section of land. First the landmarks are not quite | like we have in Indiana. In Indiana we I have a stone placed and a witness tree close by, but here there is a stone placed and four holes dug in right angles with i each other and straight with the lint's, j and the sod piled up to make a mourn! and a stake stuck in this mound. This ! is for section corners, for half section j corners there are two holt's dug instead 1 of four. In traveling over the prairie there must be a constant watch t > keep the right direction and straight on the j ( line in order to tell where to go. 1 . After traveling .wer the country until nearly four o’clock we stopped for dinner, I will try to describe the house in which this man lives that furnished us a team. This house being 14x24 ft. and of a ‘ frame skeleton, on the outside it is sided , with sod, this sod being cut about two ■ inches thick, one ft. wide, and from one > to two feet long. On the inside it is covered with lath prepared for plaster, the roof is made of tarred paper. There are some houses in other places that are some different, as they are made of sod alone, but are quite warm. I will not have time to describe them now. . Leaving this place the next morning and going north to Portal, Canada, we found some things quite new to us. First thing after the train stopped was the approach of the Custom-house officers, searching for the goods that were to cross the line which had to have the “duty” paid on. There were several Chinese who were leaving this country that had considerable amount of baggage, so it took some time for the officers to search them. Crossing over the line was another station called North Portal. These two stations are not more than fifteen rods apart, and things are carried on quite different. As it is nearly train time and we want to leave this place, I will not have time to describe the things seen in Canada in this letter, but may do so in the future. Yours respectfully, C. F. Rvpel.

WALKERTON, ^T. JOSEPH (OLNIV ^NOIANA, SATURDAY, (M'roßEß 17 1896 — ’ ' ‘

THE INDEPENDENT’S CAMPAIGN.

E ditok I n neren dent: In your last week's issue a knight of ) the “ Golden Cross” shies his castor into ! the arena and says, " With the majority of republicans I am in favor of a single standard, whether it be gold or silver, but think the most valuable should be used.” (i. e. gold.) Now such a statement is characteristic of the man. We all know him as a fair, square tighter. Having an opinion he is brave enough to expnss it. 1 say brave because 1 sincerely think : that the man who in the face of public sentiment will put himself on record as in favor of a single gold standard is facing great odds. As a free silver lams- 1 take exceptions to his position. First, Ido not think i that a majority of republicans are in favor of a single gold standard. If they were, why did they declare for interna tional bimetallism in tbeir St Louisplatform? Since the republican platform is I opposed to a single gold standard ami j favors international bimetallism, and yet । if the majority of them, like Mr. \\ , I favor a single gold standard, there can ! be but one conclusion, i. <•., the platform । is made to catch votes and the Mark i Hanna crowd are at heart single standard I men. Is that right? I do not think Mr. W.'a ww of fair ' play will justify such a platform. Per i haps Mr. W. feels somewhat embarr;w i ed as a naked goldite ami when he conies j before the people he, like the St Isuiis , party, crawfishes a little, ami after all he ! is not a very stiff backed single standard i man, for see, what he really d<»s< mean, i in his own words, as follows: “Now. 1 believe the government should I have a law that so many grains <>f gold ! of a certain fineness should lie coneider ed the standard of value. Then many ounces of silver should be equal to gold I and wirnn the production of them varied j to suci. an rtttrnf th <' ■ i would become more vnlmMUgrtW i other and would not circtilaUmf^u? w then have congress change the ratio a.-’ ; has Ireen done since the establishment of <>ur mint in 1792.’ Great Caesar! Do I re td him aright* Go back to the constitutional money of 1 our fathers in 1792' "Change the ratio.” j using both metals under the law 1 can I not throw a lance of silver against a [ shield like that, but what has tasNano of our doughty knight of the single gold standard? Our contention is forth« double standard. His for the single eld standard. We want a yard stick com i posed of two metals 'gold am! silver which will stand the heat of panic, and I will not warp, expand nor contract a>i much as it would if made of one metal. “Two strings to a Ima are better than one." “A man can stand on tw legs better than on one." We would me b"th dollars under the law at a gi" i rate and if gold dollars rise in value t‘ ■ debtor would piy in the cl .q er s ? • i ' dollar, (that is if he were a Bryai n an. lof course goldites would not do it thuI taking the strain off gold, then it would | cheapen: or if silver dollars became 'dearer than gold dollars ।as they have been and may again be the Bryanite would use the cheaper gold dollars thus taking the strain off silver which would cause silver to cheapen ami as gold and silver have never varied more than two p ints. 1 to II or 1 to 16, there would really, rarely be need of changing tin' ratio. Mr. W. states that silver was " virtual ly demonetized” in IsYI. Why does he not say silver was demonetized in I<>3? “Virtually " may and does cover up a multitmb' of sins 1 assert that silver history and law. There was a crime intended and committed in the act f ■ 1873. Then' was no crime intend' d ror ■ committed in 18.'»3. We simply failed to | compete with France in buying silver in j 1853 and for awhile suspended coinage, whereas now there is no law by which ; you can make silver dollars. The goldite w ishes and seeks to force up the gold standard, but he is constant ly being confronted with new evidence of : the beneficence of God. How wise are his laws, how fitting when we conform to them. . The Creator in his infinite wisdom has inter woven and blended in the quartz womb of old earth, both gold and silver, and for some mysterious reason these twins have always been found about 16 to 1. In all history there is no record of the twins varying more than 1 to 14 to 1 > to 16 until the Godless Jew discovered that the gold twin was of smaller stature than the lusty silver twin. Then did , j the Belmonts and Rothchilds scheme to ■ displace the silver twin, knowing that they could master and control the weak t er gold twin. These vultures of Europe ‘ ' sat watching in the money center until I they saw the Goddess of Liberty prostrate I after a victorious war, and in the hour of I her weakness and need, they coddled and

! deceived her into the idea that sho would regain her strength quicker and better if I she weaned the strong silver twin. They recommended sly old John Sherman as wet nurse. He, however, put the silver twin on a bottle with jMit-ent rubbor uV tachmenta, tilled with the milk of demon ' etization. Now, any one country doctor could have foretold the result. I No woixler the silver child shriveled ami shrunk up, becoming an object to he sneered at. Today the bloated Jew bondholders suck that teat, while the silver twin cowers behind the door under the watchful eye of nun*- John Shermun who sees to it that no remonotizati<»« j comes over the milk in its bottle. This explains why it was that the StIxuiis convention was ojwm-d with prayer by a h<x»k nosed rabbi, and this al<» ■ shows why the St. l>»uis convention i closed with prayer by a hook m*ed rabbi, and to day “every hook mwe'd Jew bank i er from Omaha to Jerusmh-ni" votes the ] gold ticket. Lincoln said that “God must have loved the comnswi people, for he made an many of them.’ Plow on. pkidding populist, but keep I your weather eye beyond the furrow. For in the Judgment day you will stand on vantage ground and see that Mark Hanna crowd of millionaire* and hook nosed Jews sprint by as they hump j themselves on the home stretch to i heaven until tl»«'ir agonizing hump causes : them to rvsembh- a camel. ls<* and tie hold as they approach the gate it l»c comes as the eye of a m-edle. J W AKi.rn.nw. | EntTOK I N DFCENDJCST: Inasmuch as tiw arguments upSM both f tin- momentous qiwtioad have ta'ei •* ’ ** 1 :o Roberts^ Ing ■ 1 11. !. pH g It M • d !•» m m th- spav-r allotted to tl, Bwh-m. ■ Fellow Citizens Again wr are on the j with thought, the field of h vttle where' swords Again wrapped to the g..>d f ism of the \men anp- ple i h-. t)f admin^tnMtau We ctm md throw the I n'sismstbiht s on any monarch ..r on any | jsartv Tins is our o untry,.■ la. an , respmsibh for aha' our .ouitr. d -s If our country is dishonest, the brand of • repudiation «Hi Is- on every American I brow \pplaus. We at. ns |k>tl s|ble even American citizen wh> n .d> ut to j ex.-ren-ami use the prengatneof a king ' to . xamme the qu-tionspr^. nt.sl; .t ,s Him !<> arnw- a! a with out prejudiw. without hntrvd, and then j it is luh dutx t<> duu'hargr that tion actsuilmg as he Iwiiovi'S is for the b—t interests of th.' peopie of the Fmt.-d Now. there are thre. great questions in this campaign subm.tb d to the Aneri can people, and the first is the money third, whether this is a government of the Supreme court to a mob. IHI DI? INITIOS ol MONTY. First, let us take up the money ques tion. and the first thu gtobe right als>ut. if you are a republican, and the first thing to la* wrong about, if you are a democrat, is the definition of mot ey. : What is money ' In the first place, money is the product of natuo .<>! ey is a part of nature. N man ever made or created money . It is beyond the pow or of legislatures and congresses It is bevond the power of the human race. Mnnev n<»t made. It has to to be Xbs.v is th.' nd.emer. \pplause., Anytl. i t’.at h. • to be ■ Yo ■ ! up with the promise of an individual or a nation is not money. Greenbacks are m>t money. They are promises to pay money. A national bank bill is not money . It is a promise to pay money. Nothing that a government can print no matter what picture it may put up m it, no matter if they are the words "In i God we trust” it is not money: it is simply a promise to pay. And yet there are thousands and thousands of people who believe that a nation can create I L money. A nation can no more create money by law than it can create corn and . ' wheat and barley by law. (Applause.i And a promise to pay money is no nearer ■ j money than a bill of fare is a dinner. (Continued laughter and applause.) WHAT IS A DOLLAR? Now, the next question is, what is ai ‘ j dollar? There are many statesmen ‘going > I over the country making speeches from ’ I the tail end of trains, (laughter) and not । lone of them knows what a dollar is. . I What is a dollar? Twenty-three and i twenty-two one hundredths grains of I pure gold make one dollar. That is the 1 ' money to-day of the United ' States. 0 | That is the money to-day of the civilized | world. Ah, but they say, “cannot you j make dollars out of silver?” 1 say, “Yes,” but when you make a dollar out of silver, e you have got to put a dollar's worth of q silver in a dollar. (Applause.) Ifyoumake money out of something else, you have f got to put a dollar’s worth of something 'f else into the dollar. It takes a dollar’s d worth of paper to make a good paper

» daughter.) It takes a dollar’s i it wT O' 'V” h’ ,n akean iron dollar, and u'dollar's worth of silver to make WK---. AllL y?* MinUwr thing. Hm vnbiv ~t --..Lt 1.,, ? HS^re Uian v vt mcnauimg it; any vMp yeti t" the value of cowl ■ A JTEMIX'KACY IS HONEST. j ^.ftt to Mich the fnople of the world ' tli^t n democracy fs honest. 1 want to UssMjb the people of the world that Ameri ' crt M not only capable of self government, but lui? Hip self denial, the courage, the honor, to pax its debts to the last tar thing. (Applause.) Ami yet we have a num running for the presidency who up pra^i to all people in debt and says: ■•Vote for me and you can pay your debts Tin 50cent dollars '’ Not a very hottest profkwition, but that is what he says. And thereujion the creditor sax s to Mr । Bryan: •• \ou are not going to cheat me. I I are you?” And Mr. Bryan says: •• No; free coinage will make silver worth 81.21 lan ounce in gold. Free silver will make ■ the silver dollars equal to the gold dol I lars.” And thereupon the debtor holds j his cunt tail and says: “In God h name. I j h<>w Uthat going to help me? " Laugh • ** r, l i “In all his speeches he has Imm<h guiltv 'of this contradiction, cheap silver for 1 debtors and silver as good gold for i crwMto (applauaek and you know that man has not ween the mconsistencv of those two statviurnts yeL toiughtero He urill make the same statement prob ' ably to morrow, Stikhe M> that free coinage would help the mine owners. It would not Coin mg this bullion into dollars wmi Id not i increase its value. Have free coinage to naUTow and there is not a silvermine i owner that WT>uld make«a dollar, not one by charging it into Ameriean^mn. It wmiM oely be wmtirwhat the bullion is ; worth tn the open market." K E. J. Hog Cholera Suggestion* To Swine (Iro* era. L-wq year Indiana l«w»t five humln'il |ande^hty thousand, two hundred and Imty bogwhy disease, entailing a proper I hw of three and a quarter mil'uoti - f- • . t- t tv vent. I hut In d and twenty e-u-n. from twenty ! t » thirty “t o -4: m fifty nine. fr «m fr*mfortv to fiftx mr cent: in tvvntv iwr cent of all the h<v» that were t»m grenUwt l>«v will woon be uj-.n via. Ev j C y effort should Is- made to lessen its ravages ns much as i-^ible. \n tin ' , “Halit factor in reducing the loss is to , 1 । shelter as all hogs with : onlv a mild attack or having apparently ' I made recovery, may take a o-lapse if ex 1 p.*ml to a cold ruin or a smld.m change ' to rough weather. There ire thmmnds ' of now in a condition to bevx>me ' । affected with pneumonia, which would i ‘ < seals' if given .1 bttle protection. Any J shed winch will keep off the rain and j I break the wind is sufficient. The tlom j should Ire drv. but little bedding is 1 needed, and that renewed frequently. I Burn all litter and balding once a vw k. j Keep the herd divided so that crowding is imjs»«ible. Rememls r a straw stack is the most unfavorable place that can , be provided for sick hogs. The essentials in prevention are g.-od limhl. pure water and dean, dry quarters. The station would be pleased to re ceive information from any source as to the presence of the disease and of all sm*eesafui way sos checking it. Punlue Newspit B m-tin N 3’> October 10. ... .... The Favoiiie Home Remedy. For all diseases caused by derangement ■ of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach. Keep it always in the ’ ouse and you i will save time and Doctor’s Bills, and j have at hand an active, harmless and per- ' fectly safe purgative, alterative and tonic. If you feel dull, debilitated, have frequent i headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appe- , tite and tongue coated, you are suffering ' from torpid liver or biliousness, and SIMI MONS Liver Regulator will cure you. If you have eaten anything hard to digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleepless at night, a dose of SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR will relieve you and bring 1 pleasant sleep. I If at any time you feel your system ' needs cleansing and regulating without violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. i J. H. ZcilLn & Co., Philadelphia.

Attention. All people owing bills that have run day* musksettlo t^e same by Nov. L willUmJ thM| in a r J- MfoLkKr 1 “.. . - A. D.’ Johnsoir^haii. Kl^ercs of Ihmf , with a good log house, good well and , stable, that ho will rent for 85i) per year j cash in advance: 30 acres are cleared and ' three acres good mow marsh. Call soon or it will be rented, ('all on or address A. D. Johnson at Tyner City, Ind. Public Sale, Mrs. Elizabeth Rensberger will sell at public auction at her residence, four i miles northeast of Walkerton, near the । Cob schoolhouse, Thursday, Nov. 5, commencing at 10 i. m„ a lot of personal . projivrty consisting of horses, cattle, i farming implements, some tiling, etc. | etc. Ladies' calling cards latest styles in cards and tyjie.

Began Business J OCT. 5,1875.| OCT ' 5 ' 1896 ‘ OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE. And I now Vote for a CASH BUSINESS in the FUTURE. I have aimed t .me< >mm<-date every person that 1 thought worthy of credit for 21 years and have lost several thousand dollars by doing so. Those 1 have favored i!) the past I trust will now favor me by continuing to give me their trade, and 1 Will Save them from 10 to 50 Per Cent On Former Prices. By W - J Look at the following reductions in prires and the per cent Yon Will Si In Paw cask! ARTICLES HERETOFORE SOLD AT: — 'S will be -old at 2 for 5 cents, saving 50 per cent lu “ “ Hor 2 for 15 “ “ 25 “ “ “ 20 “ “ 50- d - •• 45 “ “ 10 “ “ I 7 , 65 “ “ 15 “ “ I m ... .... 85 “ “ 15 “ “ " • . *125 - - 17 “ “ ern 1.70 “ “ 15 “ “ L»VI . 2.00 “ “ 20 “ “ 13.00 “ •• “ 2.50 “ “ 16 “ “ hoo 3.40 “ “ 15 “ “ 3 m 4.00 “ “ 20 '• tjoo 4.80 “ “ 20 “ “ 750 6.00 “ “ 20 “ “ Uum “ •• •• 8.00 “ “ 20 “ “ pjsn 10.00 “ “ 20 “ “ 13.50 11-50 15.00 " “ 12.50 “ “ 16 “ “ 16,50 to H.OO " “ 15.00 ~~This will make the best OVERCOAT in the Market or best Heavy Weight Imp a P d Worsted Suit only 815, which you will pay 820 to §3O for in cities. ('. e . and see us. .arid bring your cash along, and buy goods at the lowest prices | you have ever seen them sold. TS FF CLOTHIER& - 1 - WW i Ea Gent s Furnisher* Rensberger Block. ROSS, JARRELL & GO.*— GENERAL HARDWARE AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS. Bari) and Smooth Wire, QUICK MEAL gasoune ELEGANT NEW DESIGNS. > i^NEW OLIVERS and James Oliver Sulky.

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Antrim Estate Said to be no ?Ayth. •The . Indianapolis Eun says; ' “Tlq; . ^nt to Iceland sos tbit' * . Antrim XeiVk v taj A Jias written Hie <state hts will At •• I ■ediii^>W’ the shave belonging to the , I Some of th‘- alleged heirs live at- . I Dr. A. I). Reynolds, the okl, reliable horse doctor, having returned from his visit in New York is again ready to prescribe for diseases of the horse. Headquarters at Emily's drug store. I The Davis sewing machine is one o the best machines on the market. Vincent's sell them at S3O to $35. The Independent and Toledo Blade $1.75. A cheap combination. Take, advantage of the offer. It'ANTED- Severn! faithful men or won en to ’’ travel for responsible established house in Indiana. Salary S7BO. payable SIS weekly ami expense*. Position permanent. Reference. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. The National, star Building, Chicago.