St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 July 1897 — Page 4

&ljc 3ni>cpcnDcnt. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. W. A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. ——■,.51.25 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.— SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1897. Cambridge, Mass., a city of 85,000 population, has had no saloon since 1886. It is claimed that President McKinley will officially proclaim recognition of Cuban belligerency about the first of next October. The British are a little mad over John Sherman’s foreign policy, which would indicate that there are some good features about it. A project is on foot to build a railroad to the Yukon, the scene of the rich gold fields in Alaska. A railroad in that country now would be a gold mine in itself. The Turks will evacuate Thessaly in accordance with the wishes of the powers. The Sultan was hastened to this decision by a threatening dispatch received from the czar of Russia. The strike of the engineers in Great Britain is assuming vast proportions. One hundred thousand engineers have joined the strike. They demand an eight-hour day and no reduction of wages. In view of a possible conflict, the United States and Japan are negotiating with the Brazilian government for the purchase of warships. Brazil being in financial straits has decided to sell the war vessels which she is now building. There is good reason for believing, however, that the probability of actual hostilities between the United States and Japan is rather remote. Ben Franklin philosophized truly when he said: “The most trifling actions that affect a man’s credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at 5 in the morning or at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer: but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends . his money the next day.” The country is in a glow of excitment over the reports of the rich finds in the Alaskan gold fields. Expeditions are being formed in hundreds of towns and cities all over the United States co go to the new Eldorado, which from present indications promises to rival the rich gold fields of California in the early days. The route to the Alaskan mines is one fraught with dangers and hard ships. It is more than 4,000 miles to Alaska from our nearest port on the Pacific, and the route northward is made perilous by fierce storms and icebergs. The announcement of the death of Jean Ingelow, the English poet, will bring deep regret to the hearts of multitudes of people who have learned to admire and love the deep, tender pathos of her poetic productions. Jean Ingelow was 77 years old at the time of her death. Her first book of poems appeared when she was 33 years old. The appearance of this work at once stamped her as a 1 genius of a high order, and subsequent volumes from her pen fully sustained the high reputation which she had gained by her earlier efforts. She ranked high among the English poets.

Bob. Ingersoll evidently never made much of an impression on the editor of the Logansport Chronicle. Speaking of Bob in a recent issue that paper says: “A great deal of unnecessary energy and space has been wasted in the case of this orator that could have been employed to i a better purpose. He is a Voltaire with I nut a Voltaire's genius: he is a Paine without a Paine’s originality; he is a master of alliteration, an adept at framing epigrams and funeral orations and at worming large fees from clients; but the influence of one ignorant mother in Israel teaching her child to lisp its first prayer to God counts for more than all the applauded utterances of this too often answered disciple of loose logic.” Chicago averages one murder per day and one hanging per year.—LaPorte Argus. Capital punishment, it would seem, is not rigidly enforced in Illinois. The fact is, the law for breaking people’s necks is almost a dead letter in Illinois, as it is in most other states. It is rarely enforced, imprisonment being substituted instead in most instances. The advocates of capital punishment would here argue that if there were more hangings there would be fewer murders. This is all right as a theory— it does first rate—but the argument is not borne out by facts. The states that do not hang are as free from the crime of murder as those that do. What more convincing proof could be found that capital punishment is not the right thing and that it is unpopular with the masses of the people than the fact that the law is so rarely enforced in those states which fltill have this barbarous provision on their statute books?

It is stated that a new market for American wheat is being opened in China and Japan. This may mean much to the farmers of this country. The tariff bill has been settled by the conference in the house and it is now before the senate where it will probably go through with little delay. It is believed that the president will sign the bill and that it will become a law by the last of this week. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, has appointed Mr. Turley to succeed the late Mr. Harris as United States senator. The new senator is said to be an excellent lawyer and a gentleman of culture. He is just in the prime of life. He is a believer in free trade and “16 to 1.” Frequent bathing, regular habits, plain diet, plenty of sleep, and avoidance of excessive use of alcoholic liquors make up the regimen prescribed by physicians in order to escape sunstroke and the lesser ills of hot weather. And this is also a good rule for the preservation of health at any time of the year.—Providence Journal. Newspaper Thieves.

The following article from the Elkhart Truth on newspaper “plagiarists” is pertinent. While the editor of the Independent has no fears that any newspaper will ever take the “products of his brain” without giving credit, yet this paper is opposed to the practice followed by the long-fingered gentry of the press, and believes that the reputable newspapers should keep after these fellows until the evil in question is ameliorated. It can never be stopped altogether. The subjoined article expresses our sentiments exactly on this question: To a newspaper writer there is something about the manner in which an exchange, or another newspaper, uses his “stuff” that affords him an interest that is not shared by the general reader. There is as much genuine theft committed in the newspaper world as in any other field. This has long since been given the polite name of plagiarism. It is, however, nothing more or less than larceny. Ideas are an uncertain quantity that cannot be so easily detected when stolen. A word or hint or an idea dropped by one person may develop another idea in another person. The idea of one may be expressed by another in different words. It may be developed along different lines. But when a socalled editor grasps the shears and slashes an editorial or a sketch from the colums of an exchange and sends it to the composing room to come before his readers as a product of his own brain it is unadulterated theft. It is even more. It is fraud and deception and a false pretense. He gives his readers as his own that which his mind has never produced. When a writer sees one of his own com positions printed in a contemporary and the paper for which he wrote it credited with it he seldom cares for his own name in connection he is happy and feels that credit is given where it is due. May be it is selfishness, conceit or egotism. At all events it is natural. When he sees the article reproduced as coming fromjan “exchange” he wonders if the user is in fear of advertising his paper but is nevertheless content. But when the man thrusts the article out on the world as coming from his own pen, the original writer is inspired with a real human desire to fight and is liable to make the office boy stand on his head thirty minutes until he, the writer, cools. Notice of Dissolution of Partnership. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Barber A Quirk have this day dissolved partnership by mutual consent, and that partnership accounts bearing subsequent date to this change will not be recognized. Sarber A Quirk. J uly 20, 1897. On Thursday, July 29, the Lake Erie A Western Railroad will run a popular cheap excursion to Michigan City and return. Special train will leave Walkerton at 10:39 a. m. Rate 75 cents. Do not fail to take advantage of this opportunity to spend a full day on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, boating, and fishing. Visit the penitentiary, the beautiful parks and other numerous attractive points of interest. Take a steamboat ride on the lake. Take your wheel along, as a baggage car will be provided for their accommodation without additional charge. For further information call on ticket agentL. E. AW. railroad. Scon’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites, can be taken as easily in summer as in winter. Unlike the plain oil it is palatable, and the hypophosphites that are in it aid in digestion and at the same time tone up the system. For sickly, delicate children, and for those whose lungs are affected, it is a mistake to leave it off in the summer months. The dose may be reduced if necessary. We recommend the small size especially for summer use, and for children, where a smaller dose is required. It should be kept in a cool place after it is once opened. For sal. by r.U drug-lots at ^oc. and .

Local Briefs. Deering and Daisey all steel and Thomas hay rakes at Machinery Hall. ( The St. Joseph county teachers’ institute will be held from August 30 to September 3. Call at 1.1. AI. depot and obtain information as tn special accommodations for Niagara Falls excursion. Fare only $7.50 for the trip. Frank Quirk has bought the interest of his partner, J. E. Sarber, in the cigar factory. Mr. Sarber will remain in the employ of Mr. Quirk. While farmers are complaining of a scarcity of farm hands, tramps continue to be as abundant as ever. From this it would seem that many of these poor fellows who are trudging around over the country looking for work are for some reason unable to find it. Mrs. Julia Hummer, widow of the late Elder Peter Hummer, died last Sunday at her home in LaPaz. She was about 80 years of age. The funeral, slices, were held at the residence ou 2 AScay at one p. m., and the remains were juried in the Lakeville cemetery. George T. Angell, the noted humanitarian of Boston, suggests to drivers that during the extreme hot days it would be a great relief to their poor horses if they would thoroughly wet a pocket handkerchief with cold water, fold it and tuck it under the headstall, so as to cover the top of the head. He noticed two or three cases where large sponges wore thus used on the streets. There should be no exception to this rule. It would prove no end of comfort to the poor suffering, overworked brutes, and death from sunstroke would become almost unknown.

Dry Goods, Shoes and Dishes TO BE SOLD AT ACTUAL COST I Commencing Saturday, July 24, We Will (live a SPECIAL THIRTY DAYS’ CASH SALE! This sale will in^’de our stock of DRY GOODS. SHOES and DIKIES, and we will positively sell these goods off at WHAT TH 1A C< IST L'S. • »ur reason for so doing is that our room is too crowd ed, and wo must make room for NEW EALL GOODS. Rather than bo cramped and carry the goods over we prefer to sell them oif at cost. Those who are looking for bargains in our line should not miss the opportunities which this sale affords. S. D. MARTIN. Extra Inducements --IN ALL--Summer Goods. A Decided Cut in - ^Everything that goes with Warm Weather. Included in this sale are STRAW HATS. We will give them to you at prime cost. Men’s suits, boys’ suits children's suits a little above cost. We offer our summer stock of shoes for men, boys’, women and chil dren lower than ever before. We will not name prices. If you are a good guesser you will note how sheap when you call. ALL>nAN’S, I^lyiTTOTitlT, In.cl. Money back if dissatisfied. East Side Michigan St. The Undersigned Leads the Trade with Dig (Bargains in Dry Goods, Groceries, A Doots, Shoes, Glass and Queensware. ... The Largest Assortment AT PRICES THAT OTHERS DO NOT MEET. Your dollar does double duty when you buy your goods of [J'oah f^ensb&rg&r, Leader in Low Prices.

Order Your Hard Coal Early. You can get the best grade of hard ■ coal for $6.50 per ton delivered by ordering of R. F. Dare, the wood and coal dealer. Oblige me with yrtur order and I will do my best to please you. The official census of South Bend, which has just been completed, gives the city a population of 30,659, a gain of 8,873 in seven years. RHEUMATISM Is caused by Uric Acid and other impurities lingering in the blood, which have not been filtered out by the Kidneys through the urine. The seat of the trouble is not in the skin or muscles. It’s sick Kidneys. Electricity, liniments or plasters will not reach the case. But the disease can be CURED I have been a cripple with rheumatism t for many years, ana suffered during that time untold agony, at times the pains begiwunbearable. Not only did I have ^rneumfCttsm, but physicians said I had Bright’s disease: I know I had awful pains in my back, and my kidneys bothi ered me terribly. A short time ago I I got some of Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney | Pills at C. H. Leonard's drug store, and ’: thought I would try them and see if 1 . they were any good. To my surprise my j rheumatism has disappeared and my kidneys have ceased to pain me any i more. It must be your Sparagus Kidney Pills that have fixed me in such ' good shape, for 1 am now a comparative ly well man. Your Pills are all right. Geo. Shumway, Elkhart, Ind. HOBBS Sparagus Kidney Pills. HOBBS REMEDY CO.. Propiuetobs, Chicago. Dr. Hoblo Pill- For Sale in WALKERTON, IND., bvJ. E. REID, Druggist.

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 prices. 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’ furnishing ©oods, Shoes, Trunks and Valises. In fact everything kept in a first-class clothing store. GOME AND SEE US. Koontz & Fair. I SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE!| 1 -of- I I Wash Fabrics, | | INCLUDING B (Dotted Mulls, Swisses, Shirt Waists and Other Light Goods. __ These Goods Must Go. | 5 ~ Tills is your Chance I । 3 for Bargains. I' Come early while the assortment is good. BE: STEPHENS & GRIDER. J Some people have thought, m ages gone by, NS I A gasoline stove an unsafe thing to buy; Such notions as these are past all endurance For there is a safe stove, called theH V’’" 7 S SURANCE.” ff The Insurance ML 'mil Gasoline Stove, the only stove in whichli^’Mi ® there is any provision made to prevent theV * V II '/Nq escape of gasoline should the burner be ac- V fAyA cidentally 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 fK reaches the burners. For sale by L. A. REEGE. A and (Bewildering Assortment of Lawns and Dimities, and the Jhew POLKA-DOT LAPPET MOLLS In all the Fashionable Colors. SHIRT WAISTS in the .New Lawns and Linens and Linnen Effects. A full line of Wrappers and a Nice Assortment of (prints. New Line of Shoes in Coin Toe, and the latest effects in black and the new shades of purple and green, also a full line of Children’s Shoes. -BRUBAKER & BLAINE