St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 July 1897 — Page 4

dljc Jn impendent. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY WALKERTON. - - - INDIANA. VV. A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. ADVANCE. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1897. “The apple that grows the highest is the best upon the tree; The rose that is most fragrant always has the sharpest thorn: The pearl that is the purest lies within the deepest sea And the deeds that live the longest are of hardest efforts born! The love that’s wou too lightly is not treasured M J too freely never have the greatest wei^b t; Man appreciates hi# blessings if he lias to strive for them, But he never knows their value if they're passed up on a plate.” The tariff bill finally got through the senate and is now before the house, where it will probably pass with little delay. Egypt's population, according to the census just taken, is 9,700,000, an increase of 2,900,000 since 1882, or about 42 per cent in fifteen years. Anything is better than uncertainty, , and now that the tariff bill can see its way through, we may look for some improvement, at least, in the business condition. Dr. Gunsaulus, one of Chicago's best known preachers, is said to be broken down mentally and steadily growing worse. He will be taken to a sanitarium for treatment. An exchange asserts that the author of “Silver Threads Among the Gold,” the tender song over which so many have sighed and wept, is under arrest in New York for neglecting his wife. Elwood turned out of work one thous and men for the summer June 30 and Saturday the tin plate factory closed for repairs. Unless the wage scale is signed 1,200 men will be laid off indefinitely. DeKalb people are thoroughly indignant over the acquittal of ex-County । Treasurer D. W. Fair who was indicted ! for embezzling 812,000 of county funds. ■ No claim was made that the amount was not embezzled but the claim was set up that he did not know the money was being taken by others and the jury acquitted him. < Here is a timely suggestion made by the Frankfort Times: That town makes ! ■ the greatest advancement where no one । is envious of the prosperity of other citi- • zens. All should rejoice at the business ( success of others. Assist by word and t action in building up your neighbors ■ and business associates rather than use ( your efforts to detract from their char- ] acter or business. We are dependent on ] each other and the success of one assists in the success of all. Be a builder, , not a destroyer. An Atchison paragrapher of little ; faith but much confidence announces his ability to tell where a bicycle girl comes from, who visits Atchison by the length of her skirt. “Eastern girls don’t mind,” he says, ‘showing an inch or two of their hosiery.” Manifestly he distrusts the pictorial representations of eastern cycle women, or holds that there are other places besides the end of one's nose where an inch is a long way. He appends the startling information that the local girls, who wear long skirts, scream if a man looks at their feet. As evidence that riches take to themselves wings, and that the rich of today may be the poor of tomorrow, Chauncy M. Depew says: “I knew Daniel Drew when he had $19,000,000, and he died in lebt. I knew a gentleman who at one time had $3,000,000 in the bank who is now earning about $1,200 a year. The 1 $3,000,000 was in cash, in addition to in i vestments of various kinds. There are j a dozen men in New’ York who ask me j for occasional loans of from 50 cents to $5, who, when I first came to New York j were among the rich men of the town.” A writer in the St. Louis Globe Dem-| ocrat sums up the Debs plan in a few j forcible words. He says: “But while ■ co-operation has not spread of its own strength, the Debs plan is to establish it forthwith, according to a complete plan laid out on paper. What has not, as a rule, proved successful in detail, they propose to make successful in the aggregate. What does not work in single industries they expect to make work by combining all industries. While 100 men do not as a rule make a success as equal partners in one enterprise, they hope to usher in the millenium by making every man a partner in every enterprise. Instead of concentrating each man's interest and responsibility and making his own comfort and well-being rest directly on what he himself does, their plan is to apply his labor so that everybody has a share in it, and supply his living by having everybody contribute to it. All rules upon which success has been achieved, seem to be violated by this theory.”

Local Briefs. A Clydesdale mare owned by Frank ■ Place dropped dead from the heat last • Thursday. LaPorte county in the vicinity of Tracy and Union Center had a heavy rain Thursday afrernoon. The ladies’ aid society of the M. E. church held their dime social at the home of Mrs. S. R. Ball on last Wednes ’ day evening. Call at 1.1. &I. depot and obtain information as to special accommodations for Niagara Falls excursion. Fare only $7.50 for the trip. A brakeman on the Three 1 local, north bound, was prostrated by the heat . on Thursday evening. His case was considered serious. He was taken on to 1 South Bend. I This is the season of the year when most people are afraid of snake bites, and this fear is so great with some that they , imbibe the antidote freely every day as a preventative. A foreign agricultural journal says experiments have proven that soaking , oats in water before feeding to horses lessens the undigested and waste food value one-third. If that be true, or partially true, it is well worth trying by farmers and liverymen. The fourth quarterly meeting of Walk erton cuicuit will be held in the U. B. church in town one week from Saturday and Sunday, July 17th and 18th. Preaching by the presiding elder, Rev. 1 G. Sickafoose, Saturday evening, Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours. All are cordially invited. As a newspaper dun it would be hard to improve upon this very comprehen sive specimen from an exchange: “Persons knowing themselves indebted to this office are requested to call and settle. All those indebted to this office and not knowing it are requested to call and find out. All those knowing them selves indebted and not wishing to call are requested to stay in one place long enough for us to catch them. All those who are not indebted are requested to call and get indebted.” Old-time Hot Summers. From Al Hardenbrook's scrap book we take the following article relative to hot summers of the past, which is espe cially interesting just now and also quite consoling: “In 1303 and 1301, according to a French periodical, the Rhine, Loire, and j Seine ran dry. In 1615 the heat through- j out Europe became excessive. Scotland suffered particularly in 1625: men and beasts died in scores. The heat in several departments during the summer of 1805 was equal to that in a glass furnace. Meat could be cooked by merely expos ing it to the sun. Not a soul dare ven ture out between noon and 1 p. m. In 1718 many shops had to close: the thea ters never opened their doors for several months. Not a drop of water fell during six months. In 1753 the thermome

ter rose to 118 degrees. In 1779 the 1 heat at Bologna was so great that a great number of people were stifled. There was not sufficient air for the breath, and people had to take refuge under ground. In July, 1793, the heat became intoler able. Vegetables were burned up and fruit dried upon the trees. The furni j ture and woodwork in dwelling-houses cracked and split up; meat went bad in I an hour. The rivers ran dry in several j provinces during 1811; expedients had to i be devised for the graining of corn. In , 1822 a protracted heat was accompanied ; by storms and earthquakes; during the drought legions of mice overran Lorraine and Alsace, committing incalculable damage. In 1832 the heat brought about cholera in France; twenty thousand persons fell victims to the visitation in Paris alone. In 1845 the thermometer marked 125 degrees in the sun. Finally the summers of 1850, 1860, 1869, 1870, 1874, etc, although excessively hot. were not attended by any disaster.” Poor Blood is starved blood. It shows itself j in pale cheeks, white lips, weak digestion, no appetite, exhaustion, lack of nerve force, soft muscles, and, chief of all, weak muscles. Your doctor calls it Anaemia. He will tell you that the weakening weather of summer often brings it on. Scott s . Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites, will make poor blood ! rich. It is a food for over-taxed 1 and weak digestion, so prepared ' that it can easily be taken in ti summer when Cod-liver Oil or even ordinary foods might repel. j ; SCOTT & BOWNE, .8 New York For Bale at 50c. and by all druggist*

HOBBS HEARS GOOD NEWS From the Crowdsof People who obtained a' Free Sample of His Pills at J. F. REID’S Drug Store. All Report a Change for the Better and Will Persevere. lift JULIUS HOBBS. M. D. Our fellow townsman. J. F. Reid, the Druggist, did not expect so soon to get favorable reports from applicants who procured from him free samples of Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills. The tests made so far by the users of the free samples, show that thes? remark able pills produce favorable results with a degree of quickness heretofore un known in the treatment of Kidney. Bladder and Blood diseases, and allied ailments. Those who have used them have been encouraged to persevere with the treatment. knowing that they could not expect the live days treatment contained in the sample box, notwithstanding the remarkable results obtained far, would effect a complete cure. Kidnev disease is of imperceptible and insidious growth; it takes months to develop even the symptoms. Reason and experience suggest that it. takes more than a few days to cure. Fortunately. Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Kidnev Pills begin the good work of eur« with the first dose. The results are evident from the beginning. The delightful effects of these Pills in due the patient to continue their use until cured. They are easy to take, easy to buy. easy to got. and bountiful in good results. For sale by S .1. F. REID, Dru^ist, Walkerton, Suspect is Nut West. - A dispatch from Editor A. J. Bowser, of the Chesterton Tribune, who was sent to Seguin, Texas, by the business men of that place, to identify a man under nr rest, supposed to be Rev. Thoma- A. West, states that he is not the man. West is wanted for the alleged murder of Miss Susie Beek, with whom he eloped, deserting his family at Chesterton ten years ago while serving as pastor of the Methoaist church.

By the clothes he wears Many a man is judged. Carelessness in dress is a fair indication of carelessness in other things. Benefit by this lesson and let us sell you a suit that will pass the scrutiny of the closest inspection. We're noted for it. For $5, $7, and $lO, You get the pick of over 3(X) patterns, including Clay Worsteds. Scotch Cheviots and American Home-Spun. Guaranteed fast colors. YOUR M ON • YBACK IF DISSATISFIED. J jM. ALLMAN & SON, I Plymouth. The Undersigned Leads the Trade with _ Tig Targains in Try Goods, Groceries, <•+ Toots, Shoes, Glass and Queensware.... ▼ The Largest Assortment AT PRICES THAT OTHERS DO NOT MEET. Lour dollar does double duty when you buy your goods of k^&nsb&rg&r, Leader in Low Prices.

Why Some People Always Stay Poor. Some people will take the last cent they have in the house or borrow the money when a show comes along, or a cheap excursion, and will patronize them. . We know of a family that went on the Chicago excursion one week ago Sunday, that owes the merchants, their physician and numerous other debts, and yet that j family spent five dollars on this excur- I sion. It was ever thus. Albion Demo ' । crat. Notice of Ditch Letting' State of Indiana ) Circuit Court. - MS. . Starke County I Cause No. 316 R In the matter of Drainage by William S. Bliss, et al Notice is hereby given that from this date until the sth day of August. 1897, the undersigned Construction Commissioner, to whom has been assigned the construction of the ditch, described j ' in the report of the Drainage Commissioners in I the above matter, will receive bids for the conI struction ot said ditch, and at 10 o'clock a. m. on Thursday, Aug. sth, ’97, —at the — FANCHER SCHOOL HOUSE. ' in Davis township. Starke county, Indiana, will ; let the jobs of the construction of said ditch to . the lowest responsible bidders for the same I Said work is divided into sections of one hundl red feet, and computations of the number of cubic yards in each station have been made and will be furnished to any person wishing to bid on said work. The right to reject bids is reserved. William H. H. Coffin. Construction Cbm'r. 11. R. Robbins, Atty, for work Knox. Ind . June 22. D 97. All communications relative to said work will receive prompt answer if addressed to H. R. Robbins, Knox. Ind | Local Briefs. Seed buckwheat at Machinery Hall. Deering ami Daisey all steel and' Thomas hay rakes at Machinery Hall. Ladies' calling cards latest styles in cards and type. Just received, two tons <>f the famous' Plymouth binder twine at Machinery Hall. For Salf. My place consisting <>f nine acres. An acre and a half is set out to strawberries and about one acre I t<> 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. Ls Rov. Walkerton Market. COKMKCTKD WKEKM BY STEPHENS INO GRIDER. EggS 9 | Butter 1<» Lard Si < irren Hide 4 Potat < - m to 50 Corn 2o ('lover Seed 3.50 to 3.75 Wheat 62 (>ats 12 to 15 1 Beans 70 to 75. Rye . ...25 Onions new HO to 1.00Chickens young 8 to 9 < >ld chickens 4 to 5 \\ 00l 12 to 16 I Turkeys 4 to 5

Few People so 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 prices. OUR LINE OF ALPACAS IS COMPLETE. When in need of Clothing do not fail to call at the Globe and learn cur prices, as we are sure we can please you. We also carry a fine line of ©ents’ furnishing ©cods, Shoes, Trunks and Valises. In fact everything kept in a first-class clothing store. GOME AND SEE US. Knnntr Fair. I SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE!| | =°F= |l | Wash Fabrics, I | INCLUDING J Dotted Mulls, Swisses, Shirt Waists || 5 and Other Light Goods. I These Goods Must Go. B ' Tills is your Ciianoe E for Bargains. E| Come early while the assortment is good. F~~ I STEPHENS & GRIDER. I jlnmmiwmwiiifflinffwtiiiiimiim 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 . called the-IN- BlxCV'i A SURANCE.” T The Insurance I^/ Uli V-T **•[ ’ Gasoline Stove, the only stove in whichlij^li "IRS there is any provision made to prevent theii • V If /-ww escape of gasoline should the burner be ae- V * V . ' .TC / cidentaliy or carelessly blown out or left open. Each stove is fitted with the "White Separator,” which thoroughly filters the gasoline, extracting dirt, etc., before oil rt* reaches the burners. For sale by f a L. A. REEGE. ii*Mi*»M*M>Mi***M**f JlotiQe io All | । feople^—| -Wishing to Buy- X X Dry Goods, | t Groceries, | | BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. | X We have just received one of the largest and A most complete stocks of Prints, Ginghams M W Percales, Dimities, Organdies, dress trim W I I trimmings and Chiffon Laces ever shown in ▼ Walkerton. We also have Ladies Shirt Waists from 49 cts up: Ladies M rapp II - * j I from 59 cts. up. Other goods in proportion A I I as low as the lowest. w ;; BRUR J> ! |