Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 November 1908 — Page 4

£ljc 3ni»cpeniicnt.' PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY INDEPENDENT BLOCK, WALKERTON, INDIANA. W. . Endlby ( - Editor and Publisher. ■ sl.2b PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. TELEPHONE NO. 25. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908. Publisher's Notice. Notices of marriages, births and deaths .nserted free. Notices for church "or . society entertainments, etc., where, the object is to raise money, one-half the tegular rate. Resolutions of respect, obituaries and local reading advertisements, 5 cents per line. Cards of Thanks, 50 cents. The majority of the representatives from the Thirteenth district are said to be pledged to Hon. B. F. Shively in hie candidacy for United States senator Frank E. Hering of South Bend is the latest entry in the race for United States senator. St. Joseph county is certainly doing its part, having two candidates in the Held, It is announced that the republican national committee is ready to publish the list of contributions made to the campaign fund. There are said to be some 12,000 items. That riches have wings has again been vividly illustrated in the case of Mayor Tom L. ^Johnson of Cleveland, who, through unprofitable investments, has been reduced from a reputed millionaire to a poor man.

President-elect Taft has politely but firmly given notice to Speaker Cannon and other reactionaries that they will not be allowed to control the coming administration. Taft will be the president and no one el a e. All indications point to the conclusion that he will make one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of William J. Bryan, is reported to be suing for a divorce from her artist husband on the ground of mental cruelty and incompatibility. She met Leavitt when she was but 17 years old and it was a case of “love at first eight.” Under the spell of this sentimental impulse she married Leavitt against the protest and earnest advice of her parents. Ex Governor Winfield T. Durbin may succeed James P. Goodrich as chairman of the republican state committee. He is being talked of strongly for the posi tion, and it is said that he is willing to accept it. The ex-governor is known as a skilled organizer and a man of great political sagacity. It will require a chairman possessing these qualities to help pull the republican party of Indi ana out of the hole it fell into at the late election. Newspapers sometimes excuse them selves for devoting so much time and space to sensational matters on the ground that they are giving the public what it demands. Isn’t this a weak apology, lacking in logic and reason? Should vitiated tastes be pandered to just because some people are built that way? The same reasoning would jus tify the encouragement of many other public evils because the people want them.

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VIEWS OF THE PRESS. The growth of independent thinking, independent voting and independent; press guidance is largely responsible for the improved tone of this year’s political j discussion. The improvement should continue, will continue. There is no i reason why great parties and their accredited representatives should bandy i invective and epithets. The millions that vote the winning ticket do not question the patriotism, the sincerity, the intelligence of the millions on the other side. Issues can be handled without violence and without personal bitterness. —Chicago Record-Herald The republicans in Indiana made the mistake of supposing that they could lead the people faster and farther than they wanted to go. Countyglocal option has been repudiated at the polls. The politicians did not do it; the people did it themselves. Many persons believe in temperance, but the majority does not. Talk of making the state dry is futile, the Anti Saloon League to the contrary notwithstanding. When the people want Indiana to go dry they will arise in their might and make it so, but all organizations and agitators on earth cannot lead them one step farther than they wish to go.—Starke County Republican. Looking at basilar conditions from an investor s viewpoint it is well to remember that the monetary crisis of a year ago, while it created disturbance and checked trade, did not destroy any real wealth, being in this respect radically unlike a crisis caused by an earthquake, a crop failure or a great fire. Since then another rich harvest had added to the country’s wealth and the bank accounts of farmers. In Kansas, for instance, deposits in the banks today are more than double those of four years ago. The present surplus in the New York city banks has been seldom if ever exceeded at this season. Continuance of easy money seems likely in view of the growth ' of banking and the increased production of gold, while if a boom in trade should bring a “pinch” we now have the Aldrich law, under which it is possible to issue $500,000,000 of new notes,—New York Herald.

Majority of Fourteen in Legislature. The final and complete returns from the legislative districts show that the democrats will have a majority of fourteen on joint ballot in the coming general assembly. The republicans elected ten members of the senate and the democrats elected sixteen. The republicans had seventeen hold over senators and the democrats seven. The senate therefore stands twenty-seven republicans and twenty-three democrats, or, in other words, the republicans have a majority of four in the senate. The repub- | licans elected forty-one members of the house of representatives and the democrats fifty-nine. Thia gives the democrats a majority of eighteen in the house. Deducting the republican majority of four in the senate from the democratic majority of eighteen in the house leaves the democrats a majority on joint ballot of fourteen. Watson Believes in Dreams. Hon. James E Watson though defeated, is optimistic. In an address before the students of Indiana university he said: “I will take you students into my confidence. I will tell you a secret which concerns a dream that I have cherished all my life. I have dreamed since a boy that I will be governor of Indiana. Notwithstanding my defeat I believe my dream will yet come true. Dreams always do. Dreams of today are the realities of tomorrow. My defeat was the first heat of the race. There will be another opportunity.” The G. A. R Post served supper at their hall Saturday evening. An excellent menu was prepared by the ladies of the Relief Corps. There was a fairly good attendance.

| NEWS LETTERS? ° Items of Interest From Our Able o Corps of Correspondents. STILLWELL. The three months’ old child Mr and Mrs. Arthur Guenther, who live two miles south of this place, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning of last week. The child had not been sick and it is said that it was well at 2 o’clock in the morning when the mother was awake but when she awakened again at 4 o clock the child was dead. The coroner was at once called from LaPorte and according to the statement of ths coroner the child smothered in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Barthel of Plymouth are visiting with T. W. Quinn and other friends in this vicinity. Wallace Coleman, a former resident of South Bend, was found dead on the railroad by the Wabash section men at Kingsbury Tuesday morning of last week. It is not known whether he was on a train and fell off or was walking on the Wabash track when the train hit him. He had poor eyes and it is thought by some that he was walking on the track and did not see the train coming. He has been living at Kingsbury for the last three or four months and has a great many friends and relatives in that vicinity. Besides those he leaves a wife and family to mourn his death. Lots of business at the elevator of J. H. Taylor & Son since wheat has reached the dollar mark. The dance given by the Gleaners last Saturday night was a complete success. Another dance is advertised for two weeks from last Saturday night. F. A. Mann was in South Bend Sunday to spend the day with Prof. R. J. Rusk Henry Robinson who, for several years has been farming near this place has accepted a position with a land com pany at $1,200 a year. It is said that his duties will be to manage a large farm near LaCrosse, Ind. Hie family is still living here but he is expected to move to LaCrosse in the spring. Miss Edith Dravee went to Battle Creek Monday where she will spend a few weeks with friends.

BARBER. Mra.Sylvester Unger, who hae been at the Epworth hospital at South Bend for an operation, returned home last ThuraI Jay. , Emanuel Hocker and wife and Mr. and Mre. Wm. Waiterhouse were gueeta of Curt Ramaby and wife Sunday. John Schmeltz and wife spent the day Saturday with Chas. Rupel and wife. Mre. Jane Wright left Tuesday for an extended visit at Benton Harbor, Elkhart and other points. Miss Bessie Hoeks was the happy re eipient of a fine sideboard last week. Mrs. Bettie Ramsby and daughter epent Thanksgiving with relatives in South Bend and Mishawaka. Chas. Rupel raised his large bank barn Saturday. Curtis Ramsby recently painted his new residence a coat of white, which greatly improves the appearance. Mre. Millie Hocker and daughter, Bessie, and Mrs. Wright and daughter,Dora, were guests of Mr. and Mre. Anthony Turner one day last week. A fine dinner was served and presided over by Grandma Hocker. Mrs. George Sprague spent the day Saturday with Mre. Flora Rupel. The Barber Sunday school is increasing in attendance under the new plan of dividing it into two classes—Red class and Blue class. Each class is to solicit attendance, and the one with minority furnishes refreshments for the entire Sunday school. KOONTZ’S LAKE. Sam Dipert was on our streets Monday. Chas. Alwood of South Bend was at the lake Monday. Wanted about 17 gearlees buggies. Enquire at the gun factory. John Stankey knows how to build good roads. What is worth doing, is worth doing well. Merton Duckett visited at home Sunday. Vern Hardejibrook has cleaned the lake shore in front of his cottage. TEEGARDEN. The Menonite people will soon begin a series of revival meetings. William Hornsby is reported seriously ill with the mumps. Henry Lemert was treated to a birthday surprise party Monday evening. Bruce Lemert’s dog is missing. He would like those two young men to return the dog. R. Hill of Michigan is visiting with his son Albert. For a mild, easy action of the bowels, a single dose of Doan’s Regulets is enough, Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them. ‘

TYNER. A young couple, Nathan Baker and Mise Ethel Knapp, both of Tyner received their just deserts at the depot on Monday night in the shape of a noisy and joy ful “belling” with a rice accompaniment. Served them right as they had sneaked off to South Bend and got married on the 21st. inst. Another young couple, Mr. Neil Nash and Miss Addie Bentley, also were quietly married at Plymouth on the same day and it is understood their belling was also loud and joyful. Both couples enjoyed the congratulations of many friends. Miss Ethel McKesson is visiting friends at South Bend. Lou Fink has taken possession of hie mother’s farm near Tyner. Recorder elect Ed Monroe and family are preparing to move to Plymouth at an early date. Henry Jarrell spent the past week at Indianapolis.

£ FOUR COUNTIES? ■7* 1,-1 —■ ■ - - II ~ I , C News of St. LaPorte, Starke and ° g Marshall Cities Boiled Down, o WUUUULW? j ’ 0 JLSLWL2JUL2JUU^ Mishawak? ! ^oeyt evening daily called the Jou Judge T E 1/ ward, of South Bend, has been appoi^d aid de camp to the commander in A|f of the G. A. R, Henr^ M. Nevi,^ Mrs Haley E Hartzell hae sued the city of Plymouth for $2,500 damages, she having sustained serious injuries from a defective sidewalk. The Talbot disbarment case, which was brought before the St. Joseph circuit court for trial under special Judge Tuthill, has been venued to the Elkhart superior court. Luther Hamilton, once a well known and prominent young man of LaPorte, but in later years a mental wreck, who finally was sent to the insane hospital at Logansport, died there a few days ago. South Bend is to have a new big pap ® mill installed and the machinery will be gin to run by January first. The plant will be installed as rapidly as possible in one of the buildings at the old Singer works. Jacob Williams, who faced Police Judge Feldman, at South Bend, recently on a charge of drunkenness, confessed to pawning his family bible for the money with which to gratify his thirst for liquor. Jacob Price, father of Russell Price, the boy who was killed Sept. 27 at Sbadel's corner by the falling of a weighing machine, will shortly tile suit I against the city of Plymouth for $5,000 damages for the death of his eon ± It is reported that farmers in Pulaski and S»arke counties and others in the southwest part of LaPorte county have ' 1. t 1500 hor >e since last summer from a disease of unknown origin. The horses as a rule when attacked with the malady droop as if consumptive and finally die In a few instances they rel cover, but if they do are mere wrecks and have to be killed. One man killed four that survived the attack of the disease. NEW MEXICO LETTER. A Former Walkertonite Writes of The Southwest Frank D. Sbroll, who moved from this place to Lis Vegas, New Mexico, several months ago, writes the following letter to the Independent under date of November 22: “Friend E<dley: I have been think ingof writing you all summer and I have neglected you so you must excuse me this time. We gat the Independent every Monday and it is like a letter from home. We like our new home real well so far, and I think the country will be all right after the land is broken. I have about 60 acres broken. I can plow a furrow one mile long without hitting a snag or a stump. 1 do my breaking with two horses and I can plow an acre and a half in a day. The wages are three dollars an acre. I paid $12.50 an acre for my half section and land adjoining me tow sells for sl6 and £lB an acre. I will plant 10 acres of potatoes next spring, There will be-about- 100 acres of potatoes put out in ourlneighborhood. They sell for 2 r £ cents Jr'pound. This will be a great country fir potatoes. We follow the dry system of farming. We plow the most of our ground in July and August, which is our wet season in this country. We disk thoroughly and harrow the ground to hold the moisture for the next 'season, We have been having nice weather here all fall so far. It freezes a little at night and then is nice and warm in day time. This is a good healthy climate for people who are troubled with catarrh or lung disease. We are all well and hear ty and taKe our meals three times a day. Yours truly, Frank D. Shroll.” President-elect Taft has announced that a special session of congress will be called shortly after March J to take up the question of tariff revision.

MYSTERY OF A PORTRAIT. I “The I nkmmn” Thought to Bo a Fainting otf WttNhington. At the beginning of the revolutionary war a portrait railed ‘"Trie Unknown” | was sent to the Taibooth, or Town i House of Glasgow, where it limor until recent years. It came there mysteriously- not by deed of gift or purchase —and very few knew anything about this picture of a youth in the uniform of a major in the British army. In May, 1907, the State 1 k-i^artment at Washington received a letter from 11. W. Austin, American consul at Glasgow, giving an account of this portrait, then hanging in the People's Palace, which he said Mr. Lugton, curator of the museum, contended was a portrait of George Washington, one that had been painted for Gov. Dinwlddie, when Washington was about 22 and was on the Colonial Governor's staff with the rank of major. Mr. Lugton hml made researches concerning the portrait of "The Unknown,” and gives the traditional history of the picture: When Gov. Dinwiddie was Colonial Governor of Virginia, and there were disturbances with the Indians, George Washington was recommended to him as one whose sagacity could lie relied upon for conducting negotiations with the red men, and he was accordingly placed on the Governor' staff, with the rank of major. Washington showed so much ability in dealing with the Indians and was personally so attractive that he became a great favorite with the Governor, who, when he returned to Glasgow (his native place), took this full-length painting, which is distinctly of the Van Dyck school, with him. The portrait hung in his home until the loginning of the revolutionary war, when, Washington liecoming a "rebel," the Governor sent tt to the Town House, disguised under the name of “The Unknown.” From the TYilbooth a few years ago it was transferred to the People's Palace, the only picture without a record In the museum. The curator calls atetntion to the general resemblance of the face and features and the proportions and touring of the figure to the early portraits of Washington, and to the more special likeness of the gray eyes and of the mouth to Washington's youthful pictures. Washington's later portraits with which one is more familiar were very unlike the earlier ones. The dress of the Glasgow portrait Is almost Identical with that of one of Washington’s jsirtraits painted in the uniform of a British officer. When the Glasgow portrait is s.< n in a strong light a morning _ ory. the native American convolvulus, which Is not found In England or Scotland, is observed on the trunk of a tr<e in front of whi h he stands. Mr. Austin was so impressed with the account of the portrait of "The Unknown" that he wrote to the State Department on the sui>Jeet, and suggested that the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association mivht tak > especial interest in this newiy-dts >vered portrait. ThrotmTi the State De- | partment it was brought L> U .. p ; - tlon of the association, and \L!th the active interest and e>- operation of our consul, aided by the g, nerous courtesy of the Lord Prov st ; > city Uomi.il of Glasgow, th’. pntrait was fin My sent us a loan to the Mount lemon Ladles’ Association, whi< h gave it an enthusiastic welcome, and has had It hung on the wall of the banquet hall at Mount Vernon. The steamship company gave the portrait free transportation and the government gave it a free entry into the country. The association keeps the picture Insured at the valuation placed upon it by the corporation of Glasgow. It will probably never be recalled, for the City Council of Glasgow dis. ’aim >1 any power to give or sell the picture. It came to them In a mysterious way, and they could give no deed for it. A Primitive Hotel. Rev. M. G. Dickinson, of the Sc •ond Baptist Church of Hoboken, was discussing the brilliant and sucessful war that he had made on th sheath skirt. “The fact is,” said Dr. Dickinson, smiling, "a good many women have lost sight of the purpose of the dress. They are misusing dress as—as “But listen. ‘A friend of mine stopped overnight In a rough mining camp. The sole ho tel's accommodations were most inadequate. My friend had no sugar for his ' coffee. “ ‘Walter,’ he called impatiently, rapping his tin cup with his knife. ‘Waiter, sugar I’ j “The waiter took his cigar from his mouth and laid his soiled hand on niy friend’s shoulder in kindly fashion. । “ ‘Sorry, boss.’ he said, ‘but ye’ll hev ’ to wait a few minutes fur the sugar, which there ain’t but three lumps In the house. An’ them Redface Leary an’ Stump Jerome is usin’ jest at present. They got ’em marked an’ are shakln’ dice with ’em. But I'll fetch ’em in the minute the boys is through.’ ’ The Hurry Fad. “Mr. Cleveland.” said a Princeton lecturer, “had little sympathy with the rush and hurry that the American bust- : ness man so complacently affects—no I sympathy with train and boat dicta- । tion, with the lunch table telephone. ' the letter phonograph and the other ! bluffs.” “‘Don't rush so,’ Mr. Cleveland once said to me. ‘Lightning might de a great deal more if It wasn't always in such an awful hurry.’”

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ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Ever occur to you what a disagreeable job living is? It Is very easy for a girl of 1G to get a becoming hat. No man can smile in the face of adversity, and mean it. M>st of your friends want you to work for them for nothing. M my a man who tells you how to do a thing can’t do it himself. 1< 1 us a woman’s age, and we can tell you what she prays for. So ip cannot be carried in a napkin; yet >w many people try it! A- a rule, the person who carries a - lit. r on the street can't play very well. Whenever a girl gets literary aspira-' ■uu. s eU. 'to use the word “erstwhi: <" I uaily a molln r makes a bad break \ In i .'-tie 'e lects a middle name for her son. 1. re is awtui little fighting done 1 tile world, considering the big talk about it. A boy doesn’t feel there Is much the Ater with him unless he is sick at his stomach. Many a man has been done up by ' friends who couldn’t be done up by his enemies. The only reason some men don’t have a second wife is because they don’t have a chance. \\ henever a boy comes anywhere near his mother siie says to him, “Look at your hands!’’ More women are looking for an opportunity to elope from men than to eiope with them. Most niggers in the woodpile are not as crafty as they think; everyone knows who they are. W hen a farmer's boys do not leave him until they are of age, the father is proud of the record. i SAYINGS OF SAGES. I njust gains are equal to a loss.— j Hesiod. Hope is the dream of the man awake. —Plato. No man became a villain all at once. —Juvenal. i h ■ for.-e of powerful union conquers ail. Homer. The avaricious man Is always in want.—Horace. A wise man should not refuse a kindness.—l lerodotus. He who commits no crime requires no law.—Antiphanes. Good folk are scarce and so it is with us.—Aristophanes. Thore can be no affinity nearer than our count ry.—Plato. It is better to begin late doing our duty than never.—Dionysius. 1 he world is perfectly beautiful, for it is a work of God. —Diogenes. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.—-Marcus Antoninus. None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.—Rochefoucauld. Chemists claim that the ink used today will be illegible in twenty-seven years. But as a rule a man’s love letters come to light before the twentyseven are up.

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