Walkerton Independent, Volume 29, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 January 1904 — Page 4

F - .i 2, 1904. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY WALKERTON, . . . INDIANA ~~ W.A.Endley, - Editor and Publisher. Si.25 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. STARKK * ST. JOSEPH PHONE 25. TO SUBSCRIBERS. I Subscribers to the independent will find after their respective names on the wrapper or margin ol the paper the date to whicli their subscription is paid. In this way they are enabled to Keep posted as to the exact amount of their subscription. The regular price of the paper is $1.50 per year or $1.25 il paid in advance Pay in advance and save 25 cents. Publishkk.£ Total Abstinence and Lon? Life. Chicago Record-Herald. to be exact, in 1840 —an Englit>^^n»^,'who was knoWh ae a crank because he was a teetotaler, applied for a life insurance policy from a London company. He thought that be cause of his abstinence from liquor he ought to be given a reduced premium rate. Instead, the company attempted to charge him an extra premium. It regarded him as a poor risk because he did not take a little wine for his stom act’s sake. The outcome was that the Englishman in his wrath founded a new life insurance company—the United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident In stitution. This company offered special advantages to teetotalers, and while it also insured modate drinkers it kept the two classes of policy holders sharp)) separate from one another. The officials of the company have steadily insisted that their experience justified the statement that the tee totalers had better chances for long life than the moderate drinkers, but many life insurance experts have doubted the truth of the assertion. Now, however, the actuary of the company has made an exhaustive study of the facts, with results so convincing that even unfriendlj experts cannot gainsay them. The cases he examined were those of “whole life” assurers, the number being ?9,000 abstainers and 32,000 non abstainers. For non abstainers the “expectation of life” is shown to be practically identical with that, at corresponding ages, as shown by the latest mortality tables based on the combined experience of the British life companies. For the abstainers, however, there is shown an expectation that is substantially 10 per cent better throughout the working years of life. n ers’ abstain-' ere’ 38.8. At 40 years of age these figures become 27 and 30. At 50 they are 20 and 22 respectively. The assured, both abstainers and nonabetainers, come from what the companycalls the “lower middle classes.”’ This is shown by the fact that their policies average practically the same size, about sl,500 now, and about 11,000 in the earlier years of the company’s history. Considering the large number of cases examined, and the care that has been taken to eliminate all confusing or doubtful factors, the results of the investigation may be regarded as thoroughly reliable. They certainly give the drinking man, who values his life, much reason for reflection. What a New Year for Chicago! The worst catastrophe in its history is that of the Iroquois threater horror, and the great city is in mourning and the civilized world mourns with it. The list of the dead is 578; identified dead, 354: unidentified dead, 224: missing, 385; injured, 180. The mortality is much larger than that of the great Chicago fire. The cause of the disaster is being investigated and the blame will be placed where .t belongs. Julius Kloenne, judge of the Logansport police court, is comparatively a young man at the age of 86. He is said to be as active as the average man of 40. Whether he has been able to do all this , without chewing tobacco and drinking whiskey all his life is not stated. Nearly 16,000,000 pupils are enrolled in the public schools of the United

|| Where L;| ST"* 9 Can I get my WATCH, CLOCK, or JEWELRY skilfully | g -~3 SX 1 5 repaired? Can 1 get my EYES correctly fitted with =. 73 SX " | the PROPER GLASSES? Can I get satisfaction in the 5~ o y purchase of a WATCH, CHAIN, CLOCK, RING, or any * 31 SX ® other article in the jewelry line? § ^3 g« • 3 I Uh G. Sanders $ Co. i Furs! furs! Furs! Wanted at the Highest Market Prices. And I guarantee to pay these prices for them. A FEW PRICES:— Mink No. 1, large, $2.75 to $3.00: Medium, $1.75; Small, $1.25 to $1 50; Muskrats, winter, 20c; Muskrats, fall, 12c: Kits, 3c. Proportionately jjigh prices for other furs. I handle a good line of SPORTING GOODS, GUNS and AMMUNITION. W. B. APPLE, OPPOSITE STATE BANK OF WALKERTON.

States this year. That coming array of patriots is one of the biggest facte in the great republic.—lndianapolis Journal. The man who will take a chance where human life is involved deserves to be punished as a common criminal. EXPORTS OF VARIOUS NATIONS. The most important industry in Bavaria is brewing. Liberia furnishes arrow root, coffee, ivory and hides. Peru gives the world sugar, cotton, wool and guano. The Caymans, in the West Indies, export nothing but turtles. Fiji produces bananas, cotton, cocoanuts and sweet potatoes. The Windward Islands send out an abundance of arrow root. The Transvaal furnishes hides, ostrich feathers, tobacco and gold. Cruuhjjdia gives the world salt fish, beans and cartTanTbir ....... Montenegro exports sumac, insect powder, smoked sardines and cheese. The Leeward Islands are now exporting large quantities of preserved fruit juice. Great Britain manufactures every year £50.000,000 of iron and £84,000,000 of steel. Nepaul, an independent State is*— the Himalayas, gives the world musk and borax. The wine export of France is greatly overestimated. France imports ten times as much wine as is exported. Sericulture is carried on in almost every part of France, and the export is a most important factor of French commerce. The leading products of Austria are the food grains, sugar beets, tobacco, hemp, wine, iron, coal and the precious metals. The United States manufacture? more iron, steel, copper and lead than any other country on the globe. Great Britain being a little ahead on zinc and tin. THE GREAT PAINTERS. Quentin Massys was a blacksmith who determined to quit that trade for art. Reynolds was the son of a clergyman, and was designed for the medical profession. Cantarini was poisoned by a jealous professional rival whom he had injured in business. Durer was the son of a goldsmith, and, showing an appreciation of art, was apprenticed to a draughtsman. Valesquez was a self-educated painter. His scenes and models were generally taken from peasant life. Lorraine was left an orphan at the age of 12, and was cared for by his brother, who instructed him in wood engraving. Cranach is known as the friend of Luther. Several pictures of the great reformer. painted by this master, are still in existence. Van Dyck has never been surpassed in ability to draw the features and hands of sitters. There is as much character in his hands as in his faces. Signorelli, born in 1440, was the first artist who systematically studied anatomy with a view to delineating the human form with greater accuracy. Romano has theCred 1 * i a great number of Raphael’s word's"’'.Ji'i unfinished at the death of that master. He was selected for that purpose by Raphael himself. WISDOM FROM NOVEuS. “Sunlight is the life-blood of nature.’ | —“Three Men in a Boat.”—Jerome K. Jerome. “Bravery is only obtuseness to the per- ' ception of contingencies.”—“A Pair of Blue Eyes.”—Thomas Hardy. “There is nothing like a dread of being bored for blunting your psychological instinct.” —“Robert Elsmere.” —Mrs. Humphry Ward. “Economy is going without something you do want in case you should some day want something which you probably won’t want.”—“Dolly Dialogues.”—Anthony Hope. “A rayformer thries to get into office on a flyin’ machine. He succeeds now an’ thin, but th’ odds are a hundred to wan on th’ la’ad that tunnels through.” —“Mr. Dooley’s Opinions.”—F. P. Dunne. “Next to a requited attachment, one of the most convenient things that a young man can carry about with him at the beginning of his career is an unrequited attachment.”—“Plain Tales from the Hills.” —Rudyard Kipling. “Original remarks come forth doubtfully, questioningly, feeling their way; it is only a well-aired platitude that can strut and swagger forwards in the certainty of a good reception.”—"Red as a Rose Is She.”—Rhoda Broughton. Makes assimilation perfect, healthy blood, firm muscles,’ strong nerves. Quickens the brain, makes and keeps you well. Great medicine, Rocky Mountain Tea. B. E. Williams. Atwood Bros.’ sweet pickles, extra fine quality, at your grocer’s. Try some.

THEY DID NOT FIGHT. I How Lord Beaconsfield’s Audacity Prevented a Duel. , When Lord Beaconsfield, at one ( lime the Tory prime minister of Great Britain, was plain Benjamin Disraeli he was on one occasion strolling on i London promenade with an army captain when they passed a native laudy reeking with scent. Mr. Disraeli. who was a bit of a dandy himself and did not relish this caricature of the real thing, sniffed disgustedly end said: "Bah; how that man stinks!” The man in question instantly stopped ind produced his card; this, under certain circumstances, being the recog- . nized preliminary to impending deeds >l' blood. Mr. Disraeli at once pro- , iuced his card in return, but before handing it to him and with the most ! perfect good humor, as if descanting >n an abstract theme, he addressed him in his own inimitably winning .vay: "Mr. M.,” looking at the card, "I see that is your name. Mine is Dls- . raeli,” and he flicked a speck of dust ; off his sleeve while tjie other looked enlightened. "Before this goes further • may 1 beg to detain you for a min- ’ ute. What 1 have to say will not hike long in the saying. It is, of > course, much to be regretted that you I should have been given cause for offense by any expression which fell from me unguardedly. This 1 say 1 without hesitation and without any mental reservation. But the proposed remedy, Mr. M.? It is to that 1 wish 1 to be allowed to direct your attention, for indeed it would prove to be at the best ineffective, at the worst disastrous. You propose now to kill me or ’ that 1 should kill you, and why? Because it is, 1 repeat, very much to . be regretted 1 saKl you stink. Yes, T but if you kill me, you won’t stink i an.v the less, whereas if 1 kill you you will only stink the more!” And Mr. Disraeli looked almost pained that this should be so. The sheer audacity of it carried the ’ day. Mr. M. stared at. him helplessly as at some strange being he had never met before, then shrugged his shoulders with a comic gesture of despair । and retired without further remark. FRUITS IN JAMAICA. I hey Grow in Such Profusion That the Yearly Waste is Enormon*. Most tropical countries produce enough to feed a hundred times their population. Jamaica, for instance, ex- ’ ports each year large quantities of J oranges, bananas and pineapples to the United States, but even then tons and tons of those fruits are left to rot on the ground. 1 A walk through miles of plantations show thousands of trees weighed I down by luscious fruits which have 5 not been picked, because the market • price at the moment would not pay for the cost of export. t The mango is one of the finest fruits - in the world, and probably the most ‘ nourishing. It grows in bewildering profusion in most parts of the tropics. 1 'rage tn'e bears_gvafc.s.(M>O t>*» “ 'goes, each as big as a large orange. ' and there are hundreds of thousands of mango trees in Jamaica alone. The natives, with all their appetite, can not eat one per cent, of the crop, which may be conservatively estimated at lO.HOO.OOOJW mangoes a year. Unfortunately, the fruit cannot be exported. It will not stand a sea ' vovage unless it is treated with great r er care than is profitable to give. Thus it is that many tropical countries are covered at certain seasons of the year by rotting mangoes. Rural Route Legislation. Senator Fairbanks has introduced a r bill fir the regulation of salaries for rural mail carriers. The bill provides that for first year, $600: for the second 1 year, $700; and for the third and each subsequent year, SBSO. The salary is to , be paid monthly and should the bill become a law the postmaster general must consider the services formerly rendered. ■ Old carriers would get the benefit of the maximum salary. HEART DISEASES I REaTED FREE i — The Celebrated Specialist, franklin Miles, M D., LL. 8., Will Send $3-7$ Worth of His New Treatment Free, i Our afflicted readers will certainly i never have a better opportunity to tesl a highly recommended Treatment sot Heart Disease, especially when compli ’ cated with headache, dizziness, neu ralgia, weak stomach, nervousness, sleep lessness. prostration, etc., which weaker ' the heart. ' Dr. Miles’ eighteen different Heart Treatments are the result of twenty-five years of laborious investigation and ex 3 tensive experience. They are eminently scientific, and three times as successfu as the usual treatment. Hundreds of so-called “Incurable” case; bare been cured by this i.ew sy<O i m ot pel sonal treatment by mail. A thousand re ferences o and from Bishops, Clergy men [ Physicians, Lawyers, Farmers, etc., sent up I on request. Mr. C. M. Buck, a prominent banker of Fari bault, Minn., was cured after six einineni physicians of Chicago and elsewhere hac failed. Mr. J. S. Zent, of Indianapolis, stall representative of the New York Lite Insm anee Co., was cured after failuie of many physicians. Jas. E. Adams, 2714 Magnolia avenue, Chi cago, says, "As a specialist in diseases of tli< heart, Dr. Miles stands at the head of his pro session. His Special Treatment cured me o heart disease of 15 years’ standing after sever al reputable physicians of this city tailed.’ Mrs. Edward Aikey, Forest Hill, Pa., writes “Before taking your treatment thought J must die. It has done wonders for me. ’ Dr. Miles certainly has the largesl practice in treating heart disease of any physician in the United States. He has an extensive and able crops of associate physicians and investigators who assist him in his immense practice. His , patients are in every State, Territory, Canada, Mexico, South America, Alaska, Africa and New Zealand. He cordially j invites the afflicted to write him. You may never have another such opportunity. Do not fail to write for $3 75 worth of free treatment. Address The Dr. Franklin Miles Association, 504 to 514 Main street, Elkhart, Ind. Please mention this paper. To improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion, try a few doses of ’ Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. H. Seitz, of Detroit, Mich., says, "They restored my appetite when impaired, relieved me of a bloated feeling and caused a pleasant and satisfactory movement of the bowels.” There are people in this community who need just such a medicine. For sale by B. E. Williams. Every box warranted,

OUT OF FACTIOTRAL MIRE. Mormons and Gentiles Now Inter* miniclinx in il tah. A leading paper in Salt Lake carries this headline: "Let us build a city here.” And they are doing it. The new generation of UtJh will not stop to worry over the passing of polygamy any more than the younger element of Georgia grieves over the absence of slavery. The old factional feeling is breaking up. The present Governor of I'tali is a Mormon, but his wife is a Gentile, while the city attorney of Salt Lake is a Gentile with a Mormon wife. ■ The Mormon tailor tiW buys his meat from the Gentile butbher with little more thought of preferment than a Methodist carpenter in Ohio trading with a Baptist grocer. Young Gentiles take Mormon girls to titeaters and parties and—what is very likely to happen when nice young men are thrown in the society of pretty girls often fall in love with them. It also frequently happens that the girls reciprocate and-they marry. InterniaiTiage is the greatest soothing syrup that litis ever been found for a disrupted, factional community. The old men may have lacked horns and got at daggers’ points witli eaeli oilier, but when their children lilt off and go into business for thijjDwdves, and in tile course of time tlm comes that a little pink and wll^e stranger lias arrived, there is prettV certain to lie a wholesale hatchet burying. Human nature is human nature, and It goes dead against the grain to nurse a grudge wlien there is a new baby in tlie family. ( ompet it ion in business is another factor which is pulling I'tali out of the mire that lias so retarded her • progress. It is all right to run an account witli Brother Jones because he . belongs to your church, but few can resist tlie temptation to slip around to Smith’s on one of his bargain days "to - see what a little cash will do." Smith is generally a crafty man. He treats ■ you so pleasantly and gives you such good bargains that -you just have to 1 go back again. Salt Lake has a lot of ■ Smiths, and there is a rattle of strange dollars in many money drawers. Trade ' becomes brisk when the women begin "to look around.” » When you ask for Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour, insist upon having it and not some substitute. Say Mrs. Austin’s and ■ no other. Tin Oneida always holdsits popularity • as a;> cent cigar. Hair Falls “ I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop my hair from ’.falling. Onehalf a bottle cured n|e,” J. C. Baxter, qraidwood, 111. — Ayer’s r ’ Vigor is certain^ £ economic^ rket? I 1 Kind on tlx dngway. little of it goes;. ; much of It doesn’t C gos the iit to stop fal 1 ” iair grow, hair, make the O r to gray and restore col .... I. AH dniffiMß. I hair. st«* bottt< — ——J ft ’"t •«i|»ply you. I ■ "di express " ■ If your druggist cam d give the name < ■ send us one dollar and mice. Address 1 ■ you a Untie. Be sure an Lowell. .Mass' u K bl your nearest express ■ __ 1 .1. C. \ Y I K Ct ■— WWT'smß i |aK^.iiir —"

I' .ii. .. . . . . ! DEV ERY BROS.! ‘ I ’ LOW PRICE STORE. B '■ 3 H = 3 . E 3 ' available space of our room 3 3 Evend with seasonable goods; we 3 = is Hlho call your attention especial- 3 3 wish )ur 5 t 0 B I Dry Goods I | department e 3 y 3 is well filled with staple 3 whites, cotton and wool hosiery * 3 articl^derwear for men, women H == aculiildren. E? anc * c ~ |Our3hoe I 1 leportment t 3 B 9 3 ^est in town. A big line of t is thy slippers and complete line g| > holiber footwear. „ of r, EE 33 yer we have a unifrotn price on every article in Please remfiiD^®'^’ uo catch penny business practiced here. j —GROCERIES. ?,s f° r Poultry and Produce—cash or trade. EE 3$ Highest market, ^3 jOE^RY BROS! J>W PRICE STORE. I ' 1-—h atiiwiißinununi 1

•— - - ■■ —. ' I Stylish, Suits Cus Reiss & Co. 1 | Overcoats. - clothiers... | Hir Yo V ng ° M ^ S | I We wish you all a prosperous and happy new year. | ▼ We truly are grateful for the liberal patronage S T ,no , edl 7^^^^ c * that you have given us in the past nine months that we have been located in WALKERION. We $ S/- I' have done our best to show you our appreciation h y° ur tra de, by giving you good values for your 0 jj money, and we will promise you that in 1904 we $ will continue to do our best to give you the best a values (in everything in our line) you ever re- & ’'w f! ceived for the amount of money. $ REMEMBR I We carry everything that belongs in an UP-TO- ▼ 7 DATE CLOriUNCi STORE. Stylish Suits for 0 V/ men an d boy 8) Overcoats for men, boys and cbildren. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Underwear, Mitts, 0 VGloves. Newest goods and lowest cash prices. 0 We are vours to save you hard cash, & « GUS REISS & CO., 8 g Copyright x W( Crim. W« P . M *< X .CMa W / THE SQUARE MEN.

Os Interest to Saloon Men. The appellate court of Indiana has handed down a decision of much importance to saloon men. In part the decision is as follows: A saloonkeeper who wrongfully sells a husband intoxicating liquor while husband is drunk and hie wrongful act is cause of wife's loss of means of support, the saloonkeeper is liable. It is not necessary that all the liquor producing intoxicants should have been sold by the appellant, nor that by the appellant in person, when such sales are made by someone authorized to make the sales and to conduct the business generally. For Sale. A good house and two I lots, one of the best locations in town. ' A good investment. Price very reasonable. For particulars apply at the InI DEPENDENT office. Barn for rent. Enquire at the Independent office. The Independent and Western Poultry News Tor £1.35. 1 HE BEST Oysters MV UUU (1 CRESCENT RESTAURANT by the dish or in any quantity. A complete line of first class CONFECIIONERY , CIGARS and TOBACCO. .Meals served at regular hours. Lunches at all hours between 5:30 a. m. and 11 p. m. G. W. HOWARD, Pron.

! DIXON W. PLACE, Pres. D. W. BEALL, Treae. CHAS. E. McCARTY, Sec Walkerton Realty Co. Real Estate, Insurance, Rental and Loan Agency. OUR BULLETIN OF BARGAINS.

"7 69 Acres, one mile from W»lkerton. ’ fl line-half umler cultivation, the I 100 rest good pasture land. Will be sold very cheap if taken soon. ' 1C CY Acres, 3 miles from Walkerton. I HI I Good black soil, tine corn or hay ‘ V/ lands, nearly all tinder cultivation. j A good bargain if taken soon. ’ i I , i *zx Acres, about. 3 miles from Walkerton. < ^ll If tasen soon will sell for SI,OOO. One “ w half down, rest on time. , RA Acres, I’o miles west of Tyner, CzV 41/ miles southeast of Walkerton, j ■ Good house and barn, new, all under j - cultivation, black loam soil, good grain - farm. S6O per acre. Acree, % mile from Walkerton. I Good house, two barns, good orchard, fair fences, fine grain farm, good rich soil. A bargain. S6O per acre. . A Acree, inside corporation of Walker- ” ton; acre of orchard, J 4 acre of strawberries, some fine pear and cherry trees, two houses on land and nice barn. Will be sold cheap, one-half down. QQ f Acres, 3 miles north of South Bend. SSI Good house, slock barn lane enough for 35 cows and 500 sheep, rich land, a fine stock or dairy farm, 40 acres of heavy timber, a good gravel road to South Bend, ।on rural route. $20,000. Acres in. Washiii^qp dOff^’lThf barn, orchard, good fences, black sandy loam soil, tine grain farm and only I ' i per * . U count y s eat on rural route. $3(

— | I I THE ACME 1 Hygienic Couch I / C; Guaranteed for five years. |1 costs more than some a couches but is a great deal better. =. FROM 88.00 TTP

= We liandle title Hlerrifield Piano, prohts and expenses. \ou can save at least 850 by buying a piano of us I We have two of these instruments on our floor for your inspection. H. A. YEARICK & CO. Licensed Embalmers and Dealers in Furniture. THE RED STAR. I J. A. VVILLIAHS, Proprietor.

I WANTED—FAITHFUL PERSON to travel for well established bouse in a few comities, calling on retail merchants and agents. Local territory. Salary $20.00 per week with expenses additional, till payable in cash each week. Money for expenses advanced. Position permanent. Business successful and rushing. Standard House, 330 Dearborn St. Chicago. U. S. Corn Cure for ladies is a perfect cure for bard or soft corns, bunions and callouses. Use it once and you will use no other. Only 15 cents at I. U. Sno berger’s.

Qn Acres. 3 miles from Walkerton. Good OU seven room house, bank barn, sheds v v and cribs, orchard, a good grain farm ami just the place to make a nice home. Can be bought cheap if taken soon. On rural route. Acres, 2 miles from Walkerton, (> room / house and bank barn, good land for • general farming. On rural route. A I bargain. t/C A Acres, 2 miles from Walkerton. IQ^, Good house and barn, orchard, fences I ■ all in good shape, the best, black loam land, tine tor grain or stocK farm. A great, I bargain. QQ /A Acres in Union township about 1' . 22011 miles from Lakeville. About iO | acres high land covered with good white oak limber, balance bottom land. Price I S3O per acre. j/A Acres in Johnson township, LaPorte I county, 4 miles Walkerton. Good. 1 ■ house and stable, cribs, etc., Kankakee ! land, extra good corn land. Price $1,600 cash. «Q za Acres one mile from Walkerton. I /II Good house, bank barn, wind-pump, 1 all in good condition. Good orchard, j soil good, on rural rou’e, one of two good [things we have got. Will sell or exchange , for Walkerton property. j/a Acres, one-half mile from Walkerton, £1 V Knoii grain land lays level and in good ■ w state of cultivation. No buildings, will sell or exchange for residence property or vacant lots in Sou'll Bend. Also other small tracts and town property. HOUSES TO RENT. dj We represent old, reliable fire and life ink | surance companies. 5 I Give us a call. List your propertv with tts ° ter t ion * ** giveLl P ri >mpt and careful at-

1 j The little folks love Dr. Wood’s Nori । way Pine Syrup. Pleasant to take; per- ' fectly harmless; positive cure for coughs, . | colds, bronchitis, asthma. , | R D port From the Reform School. J. G Gluck, superintendent, PruntyI town, W. Va , writes: “After trying all ( other adverti-ed cough medicines we j have decided to use Foley’s Honey and i lar exclusively in the West Virgiania I Reform School. J find it the most effeci tive and absolutely harmless.” B. E. j Williams.