St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 August 1897 — Page 3

Washing a Fine Art. Love at pretty belongings is natural to every woman. From the classic robes of Aspasia to the rich (dresses of Elizabeth, thence to the wedding gown of Puritan Priscilla, we seo the attractiveness of dress. While any woman of taste can supply herself with becoming gowns, it is not every one who understands keeping them in good order; this is especially true of summer gowns, so easy to soil, and go expensive to laundry: therefore every woman should learn the ,art of washing her own muslins. To do the work till a tub two-thirds full of warm water, dissolve a cake of Ivory soap (which will not fade the most delic’ate colors), add it to the water, wash the garments through it; rinse first in clear water, then in blue water, wring, dip in thin starch, shake and hang in the shade. When dry, sprinkle, and iron on tlm wrong side. A gown laundried in tins way will remain fresh and pretty all summer. ELIZA R. PARKER. A High Compliment. No more elegant coiupliuient was ever paid to a preacher than that of King Louis XIV. of France to Jean Batiste MasUlon, bishop of Clermont. Said he: “I have heard many great preachers, and the effect they produced on me was that 1 felt thoroughly satisfied, with them. Every time I heard you. I have been dissatisfied with myself."

Try Gratn-O! Try Grain-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a —■ GRAIN-O, the new foodie drink rnat takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O lias that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. 14 the price.of coffee. 15c. and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. The loafer never blames the right man for his bad luck. DAB WAY’S n PILLS, Purely Vegetable, Mild and Reliable. Curb All. bisORDERS OF THE STOMACH, LIVES, BOWKIS, SICK HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, INDIGESTION, TORPID LIVER, DIZZY FEELINGS, DYSPEPSIA. One or two of Radway’s Pills, taken dally by those subject to billons pains and torpidity of the Liver, will keep the system regular and secure healthy digestion OBSERVE the following symptoms resulting from Diseases of the Digestive Organs: Constipation. Inward plies, fullness of the blood In the head, acidity of the stomach, nausea, heartburn, disgust of food, fullness or weight In the stomach, sour eructations, sinking or fluttering of the heart, choking or suffocating sensations when in a lying posture, dimness of vision, dizziness on rising suddenly, dots or webs before the sight, fever and dull pain In the head, deficiency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain In the side, chest, limbs, and sudden flushes of heat, burning In the flesh. A few doses of RAHWAY'S PILLS will free the system of all the above named disorders. Price, 25 cents per box. Sold by all druggists. POMMEL Saddle Coat. SLICKER I ■■—■—■—nr 11l am——BM IM — K«ps both rider and saddle pertenly dry In the hardest storms. | Substitutes will disappoint. Ask for 'w. 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker — 'r^ it is entirely new. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to i A- J - TOWER. Boston, Mass. ^Tlff . J. H. OSTRANDER, ...OPTICIAN... Office with Spaulding & Co., Jewelers and Silversmiths. CORNER STATE STREET AND JACKSON ELD. CHICAGO. Sg to 535 PESWEEK“ Patties preferred who can give whole time to tlu» bust neas. Sparc hours, though, may be profitably employed Good openings for town and city work hr well as count: y districts. J E. Gifford. iith.<!t Main Sts., Richmond PENSioras^e: Write Capt. O’FASEELL, PeMieaAgeat.Washisgtoa, D.l ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON,D.C. Late Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs. in last war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty, siuoa H B TITBJTfO H. a WILLSON a co.. Wash bS ■ g Ew 9 J^tagton, D.C. No charge till ivUenß ■ ■ ■■■" ■ WgobtaiDed. 50-page book free. CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. gg Post Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Uri in time. Sold bv druggists.

/Wx f * J my wife and two \ \\\ / children from the ef-\ \ \ / feet, of hereditary 1 Blsßgaßf \ \ / scrofula. My third I \. \ / child was dangerously as-1 X. \ I fectcd with scrofula. He\ \\ I was unable to walk, his left I \ \ J foot being covered with run-1 / '\ I ning sores. Physicians liav-1 tn ?x / Ing failed to relievethe others\ lof my family, I decided to try T / I I Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I ami ' / pleased to say the trial was sue-\ I j/ V7 J / cessful, and my boy was restored \ / / u / /to health. lam confident that my \ If. \ I v 1 I chilTl would have died had he not\ V' A \ J I I used Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.”—Jas. M. \ | 1 \, \ / Dye, Mintonville, Ky., Aug. 5,1895. \ I / i \ W H WEIGHTY. WORDS A W FOR A Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. W) •

A CONSTABLE IN PETTIQOATS. 1 7 f Bliss Florence Klotz, of Allege neny, Ua,, , the First Female Police Officer, i Allegheny, Pittsburg’s sister city, can ’ claim the honor of possessing the first female constable in the Eastern States, if not the entire country. Florence Klotz, the handsome 18-year-old daughter of Aid. Edward Klotz, of 332 Madison avenue, holds this unique jiosition. She serves warrants, summonses and subpoenas with nil the authority and determination of a male minion of the law. Moreover, she is possessed of a large amount of courage, and, as has been demonstrated on several occasions, can hold her own with the average man in a rough-and-tumble light. Miss Klotz is a bloomer bicycle girl, and she thinks her advanced ideas regarding woman's rights were fostered through study of the bloomer question and attendant subjects. She secured her position through the illness of hoi' father's regular constable, who was well advanced in years, and sometimes difficult to find. His absence placed the Aiderman in embarrassing positions several times, and it was on one of these occasions, alxnit two months ago, that she was pressed Into service,

and since then she has done nearly all of her father’s work. The first time the young lady was called upon to do any duty in the line of police work, she was given three subpoenas to serve in a civil suit. Necessity demunded that a witness living / ill! w I'h x / dllll" M I ill < X ! ? I ■mt VI \ 5 i 7 Willy MISS FLORENCE KLOTZ. four miles in the country be summoned. The plucky girl mounted her wheel and served the papers in true modern style. The fact that she had been sw nm in as a constable became noise.! along the street, and when Miss FleH'cn.'o return ed, muddy and tired, but tiiiimi/*' >t.:. a small-sized multitmle had gathered in front of her father's office to receive I her. Shi* told, brea t hlessly. how the | incredulous farmer had refused to believe bls eyes when she informed him. । that she was an officer. “Birt I serve I ; them, papa,” site added, with the air I of a victor, and Vh«n, womanlike, she | had a good cry. Miss Klotz is an entliusiastlc wheel- ; woman. She wears modest blovtmers j because she Thinks they are the right j thing for any woman to wear when i riding a bicycle. A little jeweled revolver is her only defense against possible assault. It was presented to her by a big constable from an adjoining ward. who was tilled with admiratkni at the way the plucky little woman subjected the incorrigible. She values it more on account of its intrinsic worth than anything else, for she is perfectly fearless. “If 1 went after a man I would get him.*' said she; "if ho '.'('fused io come along I don't know what I would do unless 1 called an etlicer or some one else to help me. 1 would bring him all right, though. I'd just like to see the person I that got away from me," she concluded, with an additional snap of the black eyes. Current Condensations. Elephants are fond of gin, but will । not touch champagne. Something like $6,500,000 is to be ex- ! pended or. the improvement of the I streets ot New York during this year. The emblems of royalty of the queen of Madagascar consists of three scarlet umbrellas, which are held over her majesty when she sits in her palanquin of state—this latter a present, oddly ' enough, from the late emperor of the | French.

■ ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. * - 1 MOON PARTIALLY OBSCURES ' OLD SOL. Event Vlh lilc in the United States With Smoked Glass the Fiery Crescent and Lunar Shadow Could Re f ccn, fun in a Shadow. On Thursday, between the hours of 8 and 10 a. ni„ central standard time, the moon, in the course of her monthly round of the heavens, passed directly between the earth and the sun. The consequence was an eclipse of the sun, which was visible thr< I'ghotit the United States, in Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, the northern half of South America, over a good-portion of the Atlantic'ocean and on the west coast of Africa, To observers witlun the districts bounded by an imaginary line drawn from the central part of New Mexico so Tampico and thence to Havana, the M'indward Islands and Lake St. Roque the outer edges of the sun assumed the appearance of a ring of fire. To the fact that the moon appeared smaller than the sun was ■ due the lack of totality in the eclipse as viewed from the earth, though to the putative inhabitants of some of the other planets the eclipse may easily have been total. On this sphere there was, however, j no region of total eclipse. And even in the Central American districts from which the annular band could best be seen, the fiery ring lasted for only a few minutes. At Washington and across the whole of the United States at points in about the same latitude as Washington—3B degrees, 50 minutes exactly one-half of the sun’s face (the lower half) was veiled. An eclipse of the sun is a quite different affair irom an eclipse of the moon. A lunar eclipse is caused by the passing of the moon through the earth’s shadow. It is visible from every point on the earth’s surface from which the moon itself is visible at the time that is, over one entire hemispheie of the earth. Furthermore, a lunar eclipse, whether total or partial, presents one an J the same appearance to every observer, no matter where he is stationed, whether in Boston or Sun Fran-j

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cisco or Kio .Lim'iro, just ns the shadow of a tree cast upon a house apiwars the same from whatever point of view it is looked solar eclipse is caused I y the of the umoti between us ano the SUU. I o see It one must lie so s.I ml I cd that the tangt' is right, just ns to see n distant lions.' exactly behiml solin' Hour object, as ; treo, one must i«> stand that the five is exactly in line with him and the house. If he moves from this line, to i the right 01 the left, the tris* changes its ; position with reference to the house, and when lie 1 as moved to a certain distance it ceases altogether to range with the house. In the ease of a solar eclipse the sun is the distant house; the moon is the tree. Since this m, r. is a coinparativ* !y small | body, only about 2.1HX1 miles in diameter. | while the diaim ter of the earth is nearly । 8.000 miles, there is upon the earth ample , room for getting off of the ramrc when the earth is passing the sun. Thus, tb an oliserver situated Thursday anywhere : on the twenty five mile line above lo- | rated, say at Havana, the moon appeared I to pass directly across the sun's face, , its center moving along 'he line marked on the diagiam "Moon > ibitlu in the direction indicated by the arrow, Oue circumstance only prevented the eclipse from being total for that observer, and this was that the mot n being at very nearly her greatest distance limn the earth, her ap parent size was at its least and showed less than that of the sun. For an observer at Washington the range was different. To him the moon's center appeared to pass along the line marked AB. so that its tipper limb just reached the sun's center. An observer in about latitude s(i was still farther off of the range. To him the moon, could it be seen, would have seemed to move along the line CD. Its upper edge would have just grazed the lower edge of the sun in i passing and there would have been no eclipse. Much less could there be an eclipse for an observer still farther north. Away back in 1869 the last total eclips ■ of the situ which was visible in this part of the country took place. Since them however, there have been several total eclipses which were visible from other parts <if the Fnited States. The most notable of thi so was the eclipse of ISIB It was observed from the neighborhood of Denver and was fruitful of scientific results. Far more frequent are partial eclipses, the area which these cover being very wide. A total eclipse is a rare occurrence, and it is not often that the shadows from two of them are received by tlie same locality in a hundred years. MICHIGAN CITY FIRE. One Man Kilted and Five Families Made Homeless. One nan burned to death in a horrible manner, another suffering from severe burns, several overcome by the fumes of naphtha and heat, a property loss of $70,000, an entire block of buildings in ashes and live families homeless. These are the features of a tire which Wednesday threatened Michigan City, Ind., with destruction and resulted in a call upon the Chicago L|'e department for assistance. An ex^sion in the Michigan Sity Sash and Door Company's plant resulted in the lire which was subdued only by the persistent efforts of every able-bodied citizen. I'or a time it looked as if the entire city was to be sacrificed. The fire was beyond control, the wind high, the volunteer firemen unable to make any impsessidh upon the flames which burned hose aud apparatus and pushed their way toward business houses and residences. A call for assistance telegraphed to Hammond, Ind., was answered unfavorably \y the officials of that place, who replied

’ A"’ 11 nOt SPIIrP any ° f their a P' Rglt an SSa t-° t 0 ChlCaS ° for hel P Chief R ” n . ll),n, ‘; d, «t<? response from i nnni { . s qq 7''andi 0 - engine Com ’ Chief (-J“ 11 111 c ’ ln W of Assistant >v PreiH . ° n , n gal, °P to tho OHirkt'rn m PC . eial of thp Mangan Cenloaded < ’ ng " lGS nntl hose carts wore ami ever il C” 1 * « /apid run caim sh o ?' n,g lniK,e ready, when word Tb . . irt ‘ was uuiler control. Vault •‘ IC ‘ o^,g ' n^ltl ‘ ,l in an underground CitvQ i * e , baKClne nt of the Michigan stor- u ‘;" S1 and I>oor Company, used as a ' 'X'' room for gasoline, shellac, naphtna and benzine. William Bauman and Herman Lukow went into the vault for the purpose of filling a can with naphtha to be used in the factory. Lukow carried a lighted lantern and Bauman was drawing the oil, when the lantern exploded, S^rng fire to the oil just drawn. In an • nnt the place? wa» a mnsH of flame. fluids sKircd hi the vault been me ig^ed, explosion followed explosion and Bw^ntire building was on fire before the ^nployes ealized what had happened. I fallow workmen dragged I.ukow to a ^tce of safety, but the heat being too intdcise to permit re-entrance, and Bauman was left to his fate. PANIC ON A STEAMER. Boat Cambria Collides with a Raft of Logs in I.nkc Huron. The side-wheel steamer Cambria, doing passenger business between Detroit, Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie, and along the Canadian shore of Lake Huron, was wrecked at an early hour Wednesday morning on the Canadian shore of Lake Huron, near the mouth of St. Clair river, and is a total loss. She had nearly 100 passengers on board, most of them on a summer’s outing, and carried a crew of twenty teen. She left Sarnia about mid- , night Tuesday night and went out into

Lake Huron in the face of a howling gale from the northwest against the protestations of (h< passengers. When out about i miles the captain decided to run b^A. midi was within nb"Ut time miles .ifMf’rt Gtutiot xx hen the bunt struck a ri^T* M logs in t, wof the tug Vigilant. TMI shock threw tin p n.-i r-- out of then* berths, mid it. n m^t nit mmo n mid children in s<a:it attire xx ■ re rushing frao i tiealiy about, while n ■ n became alarmed The passengers xx ere a-mrid by the olll- ! eers, however, that everything xvas all right, and < very one took time to get fully dressed and await den !..pments. lit trying to extricate herself the boat lost her rudder, leaving her al the mercy of the waves and a: id thousands of logs I that wort cmitinnaily pounding her side-. Shortly' afteiward ma ot ; ■ wl els was । also broken by striking a log, and she I । was left in an .entirely helpless < ou lition I almost in midlake in total darkness. The vessel then bi.nn to drift toward the j Cnmidian shun . and after half an hour the boat struck the beach hard, and ca--1 recited over to one side with the waves breaking over her. The captain refused to laun h any boats until daybreak. Soon after daybreak al! pass< ngers were taken off in safety, women cud children first being taken ashore, followed by the men, and lastly by the crew. The wrecked vessel was valued at sl7,<>«m, and insure.] for $12.0t»0. She was built in 1877 and rebuilt ill 1889. THE "TERRIDLE SWEDE" DYING. Noted Cyclist Is Prostrated After a Long-Distance Contest. John Lawson, the “terrible Swede,” Chicago's favorite long-distance rider, is dying in Baltimore. Two weeks ago in Baltimore lie rode in a rave in which he was pitted against a cowboy. The distance was twenty-five miles and the cowboy changed ponies at the end of every /At/ * A r i ft 77 ‘ / JOHN LAWSOX. mile. Lawson rode a plucky race, considering the conditions of the contest, and finished with a terrific spurt on the home stretch. r l he next day he was pros!rated and has not been able to rise liom his bed since. . Jolin Lawson was born in Sweden May 13, 1872 He commenced riding in 1891 and did his best work in long-distance events He was noted for his terrific i spurts,' which repeatedly won him a victory from seeming sure defeat, because of his powers as a winner in desperate contests he earned the title winch he has borne over since, that, of the “terrible , Swede.”

Arouse to Action A dormant liver, or you will suffer all tho tortures Incident to a prolonged bilious attack. Constipation, headaches, dyspepsia furred tongue, sour breath, pain In the right side, will admonish you of neglect. Discipline the recalcitrant organ at once with Hostetter s Stomach Bitters, and expect prompt relief. Malaria, rheumatism, kidney complaint, nervousness and debility are thoroughly removed by the Bitters. What an Elephant Did. A striking example of the intelligence of elephants was seen in Middletown, Conn., the other day during a circus parade. A small child on Broad street got away from its mother and toddled out into the street. Before any . one could realize what the child was up to it was directly in front of the herd of elephants. Every one expected to see the little one crushed to death, but the leader of the herd carefully picked the babe up with its trunk and swung It out of danger. Try Allen’s Foot-Ease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and ■ prevents swollen and sweating feet, ' blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy, N. Y. When hanging sash curtains In the summer cottage windows and rods are not at band take picture wire. It can be fastened securely from brass-head-ed nails, the curtains can be readily drawn upon it. and it will not sag as a piece of twine will. In cases where dandruff, scalp diseases, falling and grayness of the hair appear, do not neglect them, but apply a proper remedy and tonic like Hall’s Hair Renewer. New editions of Darwin’s works are coining out in Russia, attesting his growing popularity in that country. I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine tiiat will cure consumption.—-Anna M. Ross. Williamsport, Pa.. Nov. 12. '95.

THE HEAT PLAGUE OF AUGUST, 1896. Mrs. Pinkham’s Explanation of the Unusual Number Os Deaths and Prostrations Among Women. The great heat plague of August, 1896, was not without its lesson. One could not fail to notice in the long lists of the dead throughout this country, that so many of the victims were women in their thirties, and women between forty-live and fifty. The women who succumbed to the pro- 7 tractcd lu ;t were women whose energies were exhausted by sufferings peculiar to their sex; women who, taking no thought f of themselves, or who, attaching no im- *' l portancc to first symptoms, allowed their 7 female system to become run down. u’T'z // 7/Vu Constipation, capricious appetite, restlessness, -y forebodings of evil, x'ertigo, languor, and weak- f ness, especially in the morning, an itching ■ yA II sensation which suddenly attacks one at ‘ W.W \ night, or whenever the blood becomes overlwatcd, are all xx aruings. Don't xvuit Z - 7-^ too long to build up your stremrth. that \ is now u positive nwe-.sity ’ Lydia H. -7 I 1' nkliain's Vegetable Compound has spe- X yMf ' ~~—' ^-1 f cificcurative powers. You cannot do better f than to comin.-iice a course of this grand ' ' •medicine. By the neglect of first symptoms you will see by the following letter what terrible suifering came lo Mrs. Craig, and how she was cured : “ 1 have taken Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable ComP oun ^ aiß l think it is the best medicine for women in f jy the world. I was so weak and nervous that I thought I eoul 1 not live from one day to the next. I had pro■■hv 7 \ lapsus uteri and leucorrhcea and thought I was goiug into consumption. I would get so faint I thought . ‘ I would die. I had dragging pains in my back, burnsensation down to my feet, and so many miserable -i^sx feidings. People said that I looked like a dead \v '-^woman. Doctors tried to cure me, but failed. I had ■ Ri ven U P "hen I heard of the I’inkham medicine. I got a bottle. I did not have much faith in it, but x * ' thought I would try it, and it made a new woman of me. I wish I could get every lady in the land to try it, for it did for me what doctors could not do.”—Mes. Saelie Craig, Baker's Landing, Pa. 51 9 1897 /t STANDARD OF THE WORLD ' j $75.00 I Closest Detailed Inspection. I 9 Every single one of the many parts of a Columbia bicycle is I passed several times through the hands of skilled workmen g who examine it in the utmost detail. Suq^an elaborate sysI tem of inspection is expensive, but no expense is spared in | I building Columbias, They arc as near perfection in adjust- ■ . I meat and finish as human ingenuity can make them. g | 1896 COLUMBIAS, S6O. HARTFORD BICYCLES, SSO, $45, S4O, S3O, I Equal to nearly every other bicycle except the Coluabia. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. 0 Catalogue free from any Columbia dealer; by mail from us for one 2-cent stamp. g “Cleanliness Is Nae Pride, Dirt’s Nae Honesty.” Common Sense Dictates the Use of

Harvest Excursions! AUG. 3 AND 17, of tlie West. NorthSEPT. 7 AND 21, Round trip tickets will be sold on dates named OPT v AND 19 at s 'aUVJ. O AHU tions and at many Mas tern points at about half fare, good for 21 days. Stop-over allowed on going passage. Ask your local ag nt for particulars. GO WEST AND LOOK FOR A HOME. A handsome illustrated pamphlet describing NEBRASKA sent free on application to 11.I 1 . S. Mi sl IS, Gen 11 ass. j Agt. C., B. & Q- R- R- Chieag >. j

THE PRESIDENT’S EYES And Those of Mrs. McKinley Exam, hied and Fitted by Chicago Optician. The honor of being optician to the first family of the land has been conferred! upon J. H. Ostrander, who is now connected with Spalding & Co., of this city. Mr. Ostrander lias recently returned! from Washington, whore he ‘met President McKinley by appointment in the Green Room of the White House, and ■made an examination of his eyes. He had already fitted Mrs. McKinley with glasses. Another prominent official whom Mr. Ostrander has recently fitted with glasses is Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage. London “Bobbies.” 3 he Tx*ndon ]Mjlicema.n goes on the force at a .salary of s<> per week, witli the assurance of a raise to $S at the end of eight years' service. He has, in addition, his uniform, boots, coal money and some other extras, as well as the promise of superannuation pay, at the end of 26 years' service. An Ammunition Expert. Ammunition making is a great art, and' I there are few men in the world who are, 1 skilled in it. The superintendent of the» ammunition department of the Winches-I I ter Repeating Arms Go., New Haven, Gt.,, is acknowledged to be the leading authority on ammunition making in th< ^^Maii^Bk.. His great skill and constant care bas| jilaced Winchester ammunition ahead off all other makes. For uniformity, relia-i bility and strong shooting qualities, it is| unequalled. The great demand for Win-! Chester ammunition makes it easy to buyt even in the most out of the way parts off the world. Winchester guns and Win.fihester ammunition make a combination that cannot be surpassed. Send for larga illustrated catalogue free. Any worship that does not have man for its ultimate object, that does not tend to uplift him and make him juster^ wiser, kinder Is idolatry. Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Is taken internally. Price ”5 cents. Little troubles are big troubles to little men. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Srßtrr for Children teething: solteae the gums, reauces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle.

«CURE YOURSELF! I se Big <m for unnatural iischarges, inflammations irritations or ulcerations mucous membranes Painless, and not asU^: , gent ©r poisonous. Sold by Dragouts, or sent in plain wrapper, by express, prepaid, for 81.00, or 3 bottlea, $2.75. CircuUr sent on request. NO. 38 -97 WIDEN WKXTINO TO ADVERTIRERS ’ ’ please say you saw the adverUsemeni Lu this paper.