St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 June 1897 — Page 4

eijc independent. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. W. A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. ——————— ADVANCE.- - । SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1897. After Hawaii is annexed will Cuba be next? The correct pronounciation of Hawaii, according to the natives, is Hah vah e-e. It is estimated that 200,000 negroes fought for their freedom in the Union army in the late civil war. The popular idea that “talk is cheap" ■was started before long-winded special sessions of congress had been heard of. President McKinley and his cabinet will be in Chicago July 22 to attend the unveiling of General Logan’s statue on the lake front. Mark Hanna seems to be carrying the state of Ohio in his vest pocket so far as republican politics is concerned. He manipulated the state convention at Toledo a few days ago with a masterly hand, but in doing so he aroused the ire of the Foraker men, which lays the foundation for a sharp factional fight in Ohio at the approaching election. Christian K. Ross, father of the lost Charley Ross, died last Monday at his home in Germantown, Pa. He was 71 years of age. Charlie Ross was abduct i ed from his home on July 1, 1874, and ; although the father, who was wealthy, I spent large sums in efforts to find the boy, his whereabouts has always re ' mained a profound mystery. It was one of the strangest and most heart rend ing cases ever known. — The enumeration of school children in , Indiana has been completed and the I superintendent of public instruction has ■ a record of each county. The total num ' ber of children between the ages of 6 and ' 21 is 749,860. The school census of the j state in 1896 was 733,726, which shows a gain in one year of 16,134. The per capita apportionment of school funds in I 1896 was 81.25. The apportionment has ; not yet been made out for this year. A new political organization called the citizens' party has been formed in Chicago. The object of the new party is to secure municipal reform and wrest the city government from the control of party machines. There is no quest ion as to the need of a new party like the citizens’ in Chicago, and it is to be hoped that the new organization may have a i purifying effect upon the political morals of that hot-bed of municipal corruption. ' ■ Queen Victoria is thinking seriously of abdicating her throne in favor of the

Prince of Wales. On account of her ■ * physical infirmities the queen finds her ■ duties becoming daily more difficult and burdensome. She has ruled with dignity I , and great tact and judgment for GO I j years, longer than any other monarch 1 who ever occupied the English throne. | The passing of Queen Victoria will be an ! epoch in history, an event of great im- ।, portance to every nation in the world. The banking system of Canada, which ■ is considered almost perfect, is receiving much attention among the treasury officials at Washington, who are considering this system as a remedy for our financial ailments. The Canadian sys tern provides a thoroughly elastic currency, as the banks of the dominion issue notes according to the needs of trade. This does away with the inducement for hoarding, and as a result, these notesl find their way back to the banks when there is no longer any demand for them. With all the experimenting and progress now being made in flying machines there is reason to hope for the accom- ■ plishment of practical aerial navigation. I Edison and others of our great inventive I 1 geniuses believe that the airship will bo ,' a reality in the course of time. Some of 1 the devices which have been invented for navigating the air approach, appar- j ently, very closely to a solution of this i problem. For instance, there is Prof, j Barnard’s airship, which was exhibited s at the Tennessee exposition, making a I trip of several miles successfully: and । now Charles 11. Lamson, a student of j aerial navigation, who resides at Port- j land, Maine, is interesting scientists with | a new flying apparatus built somewhat ; after the principle of the kite. Lam-. son made an ascent of 50 feet on one of ; his immense kites, and could have gone , much higher had he thought advisable. ' Lamson believes that he has solved ' aerial navigation, and prominent scientific men who were eye-witnesses of Lamson’s experiment are very much im- ( pressed with the new machine. How- : ever, the solution of this great problem, which has been of absorbing interest to scientists for centuries, is no doubt some distance off as yet, and it is believed that the railroad and steamboat companies have no immediate cause for alarm, as they will probably have a chance to do business in the way of transporting passengers and freight for some time yet.

Senator Teller, one of the leading silver men of this country, is quoted as giving utterance to the opinion that । Bryan is the logical candidate of all the ' silver forces for president in 1900. In the United States 9,000,000 farm hands raise half as much grain as 66,1X10,000 in Europe. Thus the use of proper machinery makes one farm laborer in the Uuited States worth three in Europe. Ex-President Cleveland has signified : his intention of writing a book which ■ will contain the history of his two adi ministrations. The book, however, is 1 not to be published until after the author’s death. The effort to make gold has proven a failure. LaPorte Herald. Woll, what would have been gained had it proven a success? Gold would then have been so plentiful and cheap, perhaps, that it would have lost its high value and been no longer gold to us. The manufacture and sale of butterine has been prohibited in Illinois and it seems likely that other states will follow suit. The dairy interests of the big but ter producing states Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan and North and South Dakota are forming a combination to fight the butterine industry and the declaration has been made by the National Dairy Union that “butterine must be legislated out of the United States." The 28th annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Editorial Association was held at Island Park, Rome City, on Thursday and Friday of last week. The attendance is reported to have been fair and the program of an interesting chari actor. The following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: President, J. j B. Stoll, South Bend: first vice president, Mrs. F. W. Willis, Waterloo; second vice j president, Mrs. Dan McDonald, Ply i mouth: third vice president, Mrs. J. E. Buchanan, Albion: secretary, J. S. Con logue, Kendallville: treasurer. Dr. A. S. Parker. Kendallville; executive commit tee. J. E. Sutton, Logansport,.). E. Ker I rick, LaGrange ami J. W. Baker, i Columbia City. The socialistic colony of which Eugene ! V. Debs is the leader will be known as I the Social Democracy of America. The colony will locate in some part of the i west and will conduct their agricultural, commercial and manufacturing affairs • wholly on the co operative plan. The , new scheme is an outgrowth of the Railway Union. Wbile the aims of the col ony are, primarily, broad and worihy.it is a serious question vv Let her the experi | meat will meet with the success which its I sanguine promoters anticipate. In Russia and other foreign countries where ambition among the common people has long since been smothered by j despotic rule, and individual effort ’ meets with but small reward, socialistic j communities have sprung up and mam , tained a reasonably prosperous existence. ! But in America conditions an* different : and the sail is unfruitful for the growth

of socialism. A Peppermint Oil Harm. The raising of peppermint for the pur pose of extracting its oil lias been started by Mr. 1. M.Closser, of Lal’orte, on his farm in the Kankakee marsh. It is the pioneer industry of its kind in LaPorte county and one of the few in northern Indiana, but is largely pursued in Michi gan and is very profitable. The quantity of oil produced from each acre of plants average about 75 pounds, and the market 1 value is from 75 cents to 61.25 per pound, ' according to quality. Mr. dosser will devote about fifteen acres to the experiment this year, ami if successful will increase the acreage to 100 or 150 acres. The peppermint roots were obtained from a Michigan farm from plants originally grown in Japan, The manner of raising the herb and its conversion, or rather distilling into peppermint oil is very interesting. ! Trenches about 0 inches deep and 30 j inches apart are plowed and into these : furrows the roots, which are from one to eight inches long, are placed in a hori zontal position and then covered with earth. When the plants reach a certain height they are cut and gathered and converted into peppermint oil by means of distillation. Westville Indicator. There is no doubt that much of the marsh land in the Kankakee valley is . adapted to the profitable culture of the

peppermint plant. The Indei’eswot I has called attention to this matter a , number of times in the past, and feeling confident in the ultimate success of such an industry in this locality, has urged the importance of experimenting along : this line by those who have land avail I able for this purpose. Those who have ■ had experience elsewhere in raising pep i permint have expressed the opinion that I a fruitful field for this industry lies in ! the rich valley lands adjacent to this ! place. The peppermint plant is said to ' be comparatively easy of cultivation and ! as a rule proves to be a very profitable I crop. The addition of this feature to i our agricultural interests might be far i reaching in importance, as it would add to the diversity of our industries and I the more diversified they are the better i and thus introduce a new’ factor in the I prosperity and progress of the common“r- ' The Chicago Times-Herald tells of the : meanest man on record. He is a hypj notist and lives on the North Side. Twice a week he hypnotizes his wife, ’ and she rune a lawn mower over the । front yard while believing that she is en- ' joying a bicycle spin.

Local Briefs. Seed buckwheat at Machinery Hall. The brick-layers began work on Archie Williams’ building last Wednesday. Deering and DaiseVan steel and Thomas hay rakes at Machinery H a ll. Just received, two tons of the famous Plymouth binder twine at Machinery The I. I. & I. are selling tickets on Sundays good returning on Monday trains, at one fare for the round trip. The Walkerton Farmers played the Tyner ball team at the latter place last Sunday. The score was 29 to 15 iff f avor of Walkerton. The firm of Ewing & Groshans, barbers, have dissolved partnership by mutual consent. Mr. Groshans will con tinue the business at the present location. S. A. Robbins sold the Hotel Fy to G. R. Lineback and the latter blf* the hotel on the following day to ' and Oliver C. Myers, of Brooks who will take iMwaeesion at For Sale. My place cons Wing of I nine acres. An acre and a half' is set ’ out to strawberries and ibout aw acre! to trees and various small fruits. ’ Place adjoins town and is well adapted to I small farming and fruit raising. For further particulars call on me. w. s. Leroy. ; The schedule of dates of fairs to be held in Northern Indiana has been an nounced as follows: Aug. 9 to 14, Fort Wayne Driving Club, race meeting only 23 to 28. Remington; Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, Kentland, Plymouth: Sept. 6 to 11, Crown Point; Sept. 13 to 18, Knox, Vai paraiso: Sept. 20 to 25, Bremen, LaPorte, Flora; Sept. 27 to Oct. 2, Kendallville, Rochester. A dose that is always seasonable is a dose of Simmons Liver Regulator, the “King of Liver Medicines.” It keeps the liver active; the bowels regular; prevents Biliousness; and promotes digestion. In fact helps keep you well. "I have ' watched it’s effects in families where 1 , have practiced, and find it admirable; [ both alterative and tonic in its action." Dr. T. W. Mason, Macon, Ga. Walkerton Market. cokkefteu weekly hy swhf.sß ani> GKIUEK. Eggs 9 Butter 8 i Lard 6 j < Ireen 11 ides 4 Potatoes ..."»30 to 35 Corn « 20 ( 'lover Seed •A'* * to 3.75 W heat ■ 71 Oats .Sp" '" 15 Beans b 70 to 75 Rye • • Onions new 90 to Loo Chickens young 10 to 11 Old chickens 5 to 6 \\ 00l 12 to Hi Turkeys 5 to 6 For any information you desire call ot agents I. LA 1. railroad.

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Few People go Around THE GLOBE. but Many Stop There, for we now have one of the most complete stocks of Clothing ever before in Walkerton. We can fit large and small people with all styles and OUR LINE OF ALPACAS IS COMPLETE. When in need of Clothing do not fail to call at the Globe and learn our prices, as we are sure we can please you. We also carry a fine line of ©ents’ fTurnishing ©oods, Shoes, Trunks and Valises. In fact everything kept in a first class clothing store. GOME AND SEE US. Koontz & Fair. |SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE!| =OF= B j Wash Fabrics, I | INCLUDING p i Dotted Mulls, Swisses, Shirt Waists E = and Other Light Goods. g I These Goods Must Go. | 3 Tliis is your Chance B H fox’ BEtl’gailTS. £ 3 Come early while the assortment is good. STEPHENS & GRIDER. I Some people have thought, in ages gone by, I A gasoline stove an unsafe thing to buy; Such notions as these are past all endurance For there is a safe stove, called the “IN- Iff SURANCE.” A f The liism\inc.c Gasoline Stove, the only stove in whichlip^ll Mgsitlr'*' AF there is any provision made to prevent thev • V L / escape of gasoline should the burner be as- V u cidentally or carelessly blown out or left g open. Each stove is fitted with the “White Separator," which thoroughly filters the Aur gasoline, extracting dirt, etc., before oil reaches the burners. For sale by —, L. A. REEGE. " .

E’Wr "VP « io All I ople—| -Wishing to Buy- X ry Goods, | Groceries, i TS AND SHOES, ETC. | We have just received one of the largest and A most complete stocks of Prints, Ginghams Percales, Dimities, Organdies, dress trim W trimmings and Chiffon Laces ever shown in J Walkerton. We also have Ladies’ Shirt Waists from 49 cts up; Ladies’ Wrapper X from 59 cts. up. Other goods in proportion £ as low as the lowest. w übaker & Blaine. I