Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-03

peace were appointed some years ago
and all went well until the superior
court recently handed down decision
that the appointment of these officers
was illegal and consequently their acts
are null and void. Just look at it.
Isn't 1t awful?
And now tobacco users have COM
menced to pay the increased tax made
neces sary by the war with Spain. To
baccO has gone up two cents per pound
and the plug which formerly cost %
cents now costs 80 cents,
Col. Studebaker's regiment partici-
pated IN sham battle at Chick manga
Park that lasteG seven hours and tested
the endurance of the raw soldiers Wed
nesday. All the First Army was en-
gagged, the First Brigade being pitted
against the second and Third. The
victory went to the superior mum bers,
and the Ioosier boys were the winners.
There was also fist fight in the his
toric Netherlands Gap during the
battle, in which Pennsylvanians and In
dianians were engaged aid the Hoosiers
came out best.
Many dirty rascals escape just punish
ment by reason of having good
woman for wife Society cllngs to
them for the same reason; their church
upholds them, and in fact a whole
community will toler ate them for no
other reason. Murderers often have
good wives; horse thieves have good
wives, and In fact throughout the whole
list of criminals such is the rule. Yet
If this ma wish sentiment was allowed
to control the court OF our land, "goOd
wives" would soon empty the penlteD-
| tiaries of the land and turn thousands
of desperate characters loose on the
public. Good.
At Burket. Kosciusko county the
other day Nickel Plate engineer did
not notice little tot on tracks I'M
til too late to reverse his engine and APP
ply the brakes. The babe saw him and
looking up with big blue eyes smiled
sweetly and held up its tiny hands
| The next instant the iron monster
hurled the child 20 feet away. The
train was stopped and the engineer
rushed back and picked up the lifeless
| form ID his strong arms and with tears
streaming down his face bore 1t to a
house near by. He has since been an
gulsh stricken over the remembrance
of the awful fate of that little prattler.
Farmers who had the opportunity to
to buy wheat year ago at from 90 to
40 cents, and saw no hope of rise are
rushing into Chicago to buy at Sl.65
to 81 so, in the hope of seeing big
profits, says the Elkhart Review, 1t is
queer how men will rush to buy on a
rising market, when prices are above
the reasonable limit, and refuse to take
the chance of investment when prices
are at their lowest ebb. The same is
true in real estate. Men are eager to
ouy when prices are high, but don't want
it at all when prices are low. Yet the
men who buy at low prices and hold
Tor an increase are the men who make
fortunes.
In considering the various PROPOSE
tions and schemes for raising money to
carry on the war, it might be well to
turn back to the pages of history and
study the views that Samuel j Tilden
held on that subject. Conditions are
somewhat different from what they
were at that time, but the principle in
vOlved is sound and safe system of
finance and judicial application of the
taxing power is very much the same.
Mr. Tilden was an exceedingly wise
man, and the closer the country ad-
heres to his teachings the better 1t will
be. Time and experience have demon
strated these teachings to rest upon a
very solid foundation.