davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
A Cork Leg.

We never like to laugh at o mans
troubles or mi5lortunes, but some
times a predicament positively de-
mands q smile. The other day, SO
the story goes, but it is too good to
be true, a convert presented himself
to the Baptists for immersion. BE
was led into the water, but ut that
critical moment one or his legs rose
to the sursace, In SPITE OF syery ef
fort to snbmerge 1t, and the poor
man lost his balance. A struggle en-
sued, and the victim, puffing and
blowing, was fixed once more Ia a
perpendicular position. As soon as
he moved, however, that intractibls
leg rose TO the surface again, and the
poor fellow was compelled to confess
that il Was made of cork. When il
flew up the head went down, OF course,
and it was found impossible to bap
tie the convert without drowning
him. The question arises, can such
a man, who can't possibly be baptized
In the regular way, be received into
full fellowship? 1t Is terrible eccle-
siastical dilemma, and shows conclu-
sively that men with wooden legs or
wooden heads are not good timber
for the Baptist denomination.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03

talk Interestingly and instrIctively
about at least one thing, the thing
with which he is practically the most
familiar, or which is connected with
his regular labor. Isyour companion
on the Cal or on the street machin-
ist, a manufacturer, an artist, bull
der-lead the conversation around to
the one subject. If there are no 9TH
ers, in which he IS sure to be inter-
ested. The result will be that you
please him, and will gain fresh knowl-
edge yourself. Whoever talks much
thus with specialists upon their cho-
sen department OF labor or thought,
will get together fund o! valuable
Information, not to he learned from
the books.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
A New Trick at SWindlinc.

A few days ago a package was re-
ceived at .'rtalissa, Iowa, on the
Rock Island road, by express, valued
at several thousand dollars. The
route messenger instructed the Artal-
issa agent not to leave the package
in the Office over night, but TO take
it home or deposit it in a safe place
elsewhere. That night the express
Office was broken into and robbed, q
few trinkets of no value being taken,
though the Office was thoroughly
ransackted. This Is a trick which has
been frequently played on the ex-
press company. A package OF silk,
as in this case, or snide jewellery, Is
directed from an eastern Office 10
some rural Ollie In this state, on
which is marked large value. The
night following its delivery the
agency is robbed, and suit follows
to recover the value OF the valuable
package stolen by the swindler who
sent it, and who has followed ii to it's
destination. 1t won for q time, but
now immensely valuable packages
sent to small country Offices are not
kept where they can be stolen.
Hence the precaution of the route
agent saved the company several
thousand dollars on single pack
age.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03

II We notice closely we shall find
that the people who are most popu-
lar In social life are those who under
stand not only how TO talk them
selves. but how to make others talk.
This Is very valuable gifr. To be
able so to direct conversation as not
10 display your own knowledge. but
to draw out the opinions and q licken
the thoughts OF those with whom you
talk-this Is an accomplishment in
deed. 1t makes each q contributor
to the enjoyment OF all, and it leaves
with each a pleasant sense OF having
been bored or snubbed-or both
which lesser folks often carry away
from the presence OF a fluent and
tyrannieal talker. There 10 a good
deal OF this sort Of conversational
missionary work waiting to be done,
and the time which we spend In chat
teriBg about the weather might be
very probably devoted to 1t. II
should be borne IN mind tia. there Il
scarcely any one OF average intelIi-
gence who cannot, /! he l. drawn cut
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
1t Is Telling Against Chicago.

The st. Paul Globe, commenting on
the Socialist situation OF Chicago re-
marks: We apprehend but little
trouble from the Communistic ele-
ment save in Chicago, st. Louis and
New York. These have been the
centers of the agitation. The theo-
ries held by the party can never OBJ
tain hold except where there is a
large vagrant foreign population.
People who settle in small towns or
on farms are not Communists by
nature, and never will become SO.
but the damage done In cities Of
large size may be incalculable, and il
the Communists Of Chicago persist in
their intention Of bearing arms and
carry the red flag on the Fourth OF
July there will be trouble that may
extend to every large city on the
continent. We hope, however, that
the police authorities OF Chicago will
fie firm In the emergency. 1t is time
that people, OF whatever way OF
thinking, should be taught that their
first duty is to obey the law. If the
Socialists, armed and equipped, are
allowed to parade the streets OF
Chicago after the new law goes into
force, few people will care to entrust
their lives or their property in that
city, for open defiance OF law Is an
evidence OF the fact that other out
RACES will not only be perpetrated
but allowed.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
ssCcps:stency thou art n Jewel

Some have refused to use put up"
medicines. simply because they do
not know just how they are made.
Do you refuse TO accept the deduc-
tions and conclusions of the astrono-
mer simply because you are unac-
quainted with his methods OF calcu-
lation? You do not refuse to eat,
ant yet the exact process by which
the food Is assimIlated into the
structure of the body is unknown.
Are you always able to ira lslate the
latin prescriptions obtained from your
family physician. aud understand the
effect OF each remedy nam d, and the
chemical change each may undergo
when combined with another2 Then
why let such groundless objections
debar you from using q remedy that
has cured your neighbor? Take DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
Thousands bear testimony that it has
| speedily and permanently cured them
OF coughs. colds. iHeipient consump-
ton, and almost all forms of scrofu-
lous diseases. Can you doubt that It
is q pure. potent and valuable medi-
| cine. Are the parties whose names
are published false witnesses? Read
Pferce's Memorandum and account
Book, given array by druggists.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03

No barber knoweth whom he may
shave. and the man who rushes into
shop and drops into barber chair
Without seeing who occupies the next
chair to the right or left, may get
b IDLY left, as case proved yester-
day. A solid old citizen in the whole
sale trade was taking it easy, his face
covered with lather, when ia came a
young man who flung OF his coat.
bounced into chair, and called out,
-Hurry up. now, for must get back
To the store before old Blank does or
he will raise thunderl Hang lin, he
won't even give a man time to di.!-
The solid citizen turned his face to
glance at the other, and the barber
noticed reddening Of his face.
Going on q vacation this sum-
ner?" asked the barber, who was pre-
pairing TO shave the young man.
Vacation! How In Tophet can
get away from Old Blank2 And IL 1
could he pays such stingy. con-
temptible salary that / couldn't az
ford even q ride on a ferry boatl"
why don't you ask him for raise 2"
queried the barber. why don't i
ask him for the hand of his freckle-
faced daughter7 He'd discharge me
In q minute, though he's making
money and can effJrd 1t. II the old
hyena would have a stroke OF ap-
oplexy the junior partner might do
something, but such chaps always
live to be a hundred years OLD"
Conversation ceased here, the solid
nlan got out OF his chair, took a
brushing and sat down, and when the
clerk arose from his chair and turned
around, snowballs would have looked
black beside his face. He tried to
Cow and speak, but something
wouldn't let him. and when he started
TO put on his coat he held it tails up
und collar down. He was still strug-
Cling with 1t when the solid man
sose up, looked around. and walked
out, saying never a word. The bar
barber wet the young mans head
and held cologne to his nose, but he
walk d sideways when he went out.
and there waa an unoerfain wohbIa
10 his knees. In applying for the
vacant position to-day. state what
shop you shave at.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
The Republican.
A Custer City Cocktail.

Tact and politeness obviate many
difficulties. A returned miner from
the Black Hills arrived in town yes
terday, and went to saloon and ask
for some of the best whisky in the
house, and when it was served him,
spit it out with unutterable loathing.
and said: Il called for whisky
yocng man, mebbe you didn't hear
me?" The bsrkeeper said that he
had heard him, and that he had
given him whisky. The gentleman
from Deadwood proceeded with more
deadly calmness, though his hand in
stinctively sought his hip pocket. Il
called for the best whisky in the
house, young man, mebbe you did
not catch the full significance OF my
hnguage?' Now, many another bar
keeper under similar circumstances
would have resented the insinuation
rs to his liquor by pouring it into the,
sink and saying: you don't know
good whisky when you see it," or
words to that effect, or h;~e offered
the man $500 IL he could find as good
whisky as that anywhere on the foot
stool, or in some other manner not
herein specified have led the man
from the Black Hills TO draw his re-
volver, and hurl chair through the
mirror. Bot this barkeeper was
man OF quite another sort, SO he said
kindly: Il beg your pardon, Cap
tain. SO many people come along that
doa't know what whisky is, but 1
that you know the difference" SO
he urbanely but hurriedly mixed il
bottle some alcohol kept for cleaning
the mirror and spirits OF turpentine
and Jamaica ginger, and Perry Davis
pain killer, aud when the stranger
said Yes in reply TO his question
whether he liked some bitters in it,
shook half gill Of pepper sauce into
q tumbler and passed the bottle to
him. The stranger filed a heaping
fumblerful and passed 1t of. and
when he had recovered his breath
said to the barkeeper. young man,
hat's the whisky. i haven't tasted
Nothing like that since / left Custer
City two weeks ago two-day. That's
real genuine liquor, kinder a cross
between circular saw and wildcat.
That takes hold quick and holds on
long. Just you go to Deadwood and
OPEN q saloon with that
whisky. and you might charge an
ounce q glass for it and people
wouldn't kick. So long, take this In
REINSURANCE Of me-" and, pressing
an $500 nugget upon the barkeeper
he was gone.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
How Far the Eagle Screams.

The people are aware that tho
proud boast oftLeEnglishmen, that the
sun never sets on the British, empire
is equally applicable to the Quilted
States. Instead Of being the western
limit OF the union, San francisco Is
only about midway between the
furthest Aleatian Isle, acquired by
our purchase Of Alaska, and East
port, Maine. Oar territory extends
through 1877 degrees OF longitude, OF
IL degrees more than half way round
the globe. The Rocky Mountain
Presbyterian, In commenting on this
fact, Gays: when the sun is giving
its goodnight kiss TO our western
most isle. on the coulines Of Behring's
sea, 1t Is already. flooding the fields
and forests OF Maine with its morn
ing light, and in the eastern part oil
that state Is moro than an hour high
At the very moment when the Aleu-.
tan fisherman, warned by the ap
preaching shades of night, Is pulling
his canoe toward the shore, the wood.
chopper OF Maine Is beginning to
make the forest echo with the stirring
music OF his ak"
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
A Fighting Mouth.

The month OF June. doubtless from
its prominent position In that season
OF the year which has always been
held most available for warfare, is
pre-eminently lighting month, 4"
and certain days In il seem actually
consccrated to memories OF battles.
The 1st has witnessed two OF the
hardest sea-1ghts on record. The
10th is the anniversary OF Ligay and
Quatre Bras, the two great battles
that ushered In the tremendous day
Of Waterloo. The 18th, in addition
to the browning celebrity OF Water
loo itself, and that OF Kolin, where
Frederick the Great was beaten In
1857 by the Austrian, Marshal Daun,
and that of the sanguinary repulse OF
the first English attack upon the
Rcdan at Sebastopol, in 1855. The
last three days VI the Month witnessed
some OF the hardest fighting in the
AusiIo Prussian war OF 1866. But
besides all these, this wGrlike month
counts upon its lists Naseby Fold,
the scene OF Charles Is final over
throw by Cromwell; Hohenfriedberg,
one OF Frederick the Greats most
brilliant victories over the Austians;
Friedland, which decided the Russian
campaign of 1907 in favor Of Napo-
leon, fought on the anniversary VI
Marengo: Vittoria, 10y which the
French were finally expelled from
Spain, Us we'll as many Of the most
prominent battles Of the late civil war.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
A dispatch to the indianapolis

A dispatch to the indianapolis
Journal, from Lafayette, Sunday,
says: a terrible occurrence took
place at Boswell, a small town west
OF this, on the L., ID. and NJ. railroad,
Saturday afternoon. A shooting
match had been arranged, and nearly
or quite 100 persons had congress ated
at the place to witness the sport. A
terrible thunder-stor came CD, and
the men sought shelter beneath an
old lumber shed. Scarcely had they
gotten under il ere flash OF lightning
d, scendedupon the structure, instant
ly killing Michael Wagman aud Lewis
Sherm. George James and John
Lahe were 80 badly injured that 10
hopes are entertained OF recovery.
Several others were badly shaken up,
but none Of them very seriously hurt.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
Mrs. Darlington Saws

Don't take any of the quack ros,ruIns. as
they are regimental 10 the human system ;
but put your trust in Hop Bilters, which
will cure general dilapidalion, cos tive
habits and all comic diseases. They saved
Isaac from a severe extract of tripod
fever. They are tho ne plus uaum OF
medicines. 1890
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
Symptoms Of a DiseasedLiye


DAM in the right side, under the
L edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade. and it
frequently extends to the top Of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
tte and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral arc costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There Is
generally a considerable loss of mem
DRY. accompanied with painful sen.
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains OF
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet ere cold or burning
and he complains Of prickly sens,-
ton Of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that excr-
else would be beneficial 10 him, yet
he can scarcely summon up forGtude
enough to try II. In fact, he disuusg
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few Of them ex-
listed, yet examination Of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DIR. c. McLANE's LIVER Pills. IL
CAsEs OF AGuE AND FEVER. when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine ere never sugar coated.
Every box has q red wax seal on the id.
with the impression DE-. McLASz's LIykK
PILLS.
TIE genuine hcLAs.'s LIVER Pills bear
he signatures Of {. AcLAxk and FLrc.INc
BROS. on the wrappers.
insist upon having the genuine DR.. {.
McLAsE's LIvER PILLS, prepared by FIem-
ing Bros, OF Pittsburgh, Pa. the mark ct LeiIs
full Of limitations Of the name MeLamS.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03

Toignore the warning OF approach
ing diseases Is neither cautious nor
safe. Prudence would suggest the
Immediate use OF a good preventive
remedy, such as DIR. Bulls Baltimore
Pills, which eradicate at once all
symptoms OF bilious Diseases.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
18th Day of July, A. D., 1879.

offer sale to The highest and best bidder
one stock OF boots and shoes, and the stock
OF general merchandise known as the
Plymouth store, belonging to said trust. for
not less than the full appraised value If no
bids are secured at that amount. will then
offer said goods 10 the highest tidrer. not
to be sold for less than the twO-thrds OF the
appraised value. Said sale will be made AT
ricbousers block. on east side of Michigan
street, in said city. ~ sold upon either Of
the above propositions, the terms are one
in one hundred and twenty days, the &C.
ferred payments to he secured by note and
security, and TO bear seven per cent. interest
from date. If not sold on the above orders.
will then ofrer said goods at public auction,
at retail, to the highest bidder for cash. and
continue tho sale at such place as | then
shall designate. from day to day until all are
sOi. WILLIAM HOSENTHALI.
Frank Swicart. atty. Assignee.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.

Notice Is hereby given that /. the UNDER
signed. assignee OF kraus Bros will. by or
der Of the Cass Circuit Court. at the city of
Plymouth Ind, on the
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

pRoTFCTloN HOOK AND LADDER co. STATED
= meetings nrst Tuesday In each Eaonfh. ]. x
IIuashtos, fosman.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
LOCAL DIRECTORY.

regular sessions of the Commissioners Court
cember.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03

fi11sBIiSI, Tokr' wANNL 8 CHICAaV
HALLWAY.
On and after Nov. Il. h. 1875. trains wa
icsss stations daily. ,eAcept huLos, y * fol-
low:
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03

PLYMOUTH BUILDING LOAN 4 SAVINGS
4 ASSOCIATION, No. I. board q Iisscsoso
meet arst Monday Of es.h mostL. d. 4. Am
strong. Pres. L. +. Toan. Sec.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-24
FOREIGN NOTES.

The Bank Of France has raised the rate
OF discount from 2 TO 8 per cent.
The specie In the bank Of France de-
creased l2,5OO,OoO francs the past week.
Information from Berlin indicates that
the political relations between Russia and
Germany have improved. at
1t is now rumored that Won Kendel.
the present German Ambassador at Rome,
will succeed the late Won Bulow.
The strike Of the minels ut Charleroin,
Belgium, has Terminated, the men return.
Ing to work on their masters terms.
General ]. Meredith Reed, United States
Charge de. Affairs at Athens, has been Wis.
lting Gambetta at his chateau, Des Cretes.
A St. Petersburg special says: It is eyi.
dent that a state Of siege in the disturbed
districts will be maintained for another
year at least.
A Paris special says: The prosecution OF
Humbert has made him popular hero,
He will cetainly be elected a member Of
the Chamber Of Deputies for one Of the
tirst vacancies in the Radical constituent
cieA. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-24
Official Returns Of the Ohio Elsc,
ton. ...r.s....
Fosters Majority Over Seventeen
Thousand. 3g
Yesterdays Proceedings Of the U. 5.
Supreme Court. 'N ~
Burning Of a Spanish Vessel In the
Bahama Straits,
The Survivors Struggling for Life
for Eighteen Hours.l "
Celebration Of the Centennial Ami
nlVersary Of CornWaIlls,
Surrender. -rra
TheOhIo Election.

A@NSSSASs4S
COLUMBUS, October 2S.-The official re-
turns have been received at the office o.
Secretary of State from eighty.stx counties
leaving only Hancock and Hamilton coun,
ties to hear from, and they will likely be
in to-day, and the official footings Of the
total vote for each candidate completed. Il
is not necessary, therefore, to give the re
suits of these counties, as the exact figures
will be known soon. Enough has, how.
ever, been learned by the iootings so ial
and official returns received at the Repub'
lican headquarters from the other two
counties, TO state that the majority ol
Foster in the State over Ewing will be
about II, 900, and It will not be two hun.
dred over that figure.
Later and More Complete. ~.
CoLuMBus, October 2S.-The vote cast in
Ohio October II, for Governor and mem.
bers of the General Assembly, was off.
cially counted to-day, with the following
result: .gli
Total for Governor, Cos, 1867, divided as
follows: Foster (Republican), SS6,26l ;
Ewing (Democrat), 3l9, 1872; Stewart Pro.
hibition), Alas; Piatt (NationaI), d, ,129.
Fosters majority over Ewing 7,129.
Total vote for Lieutenant Governor, $685.
602, divided as follows: Hickenlooper
(Republican), $40; Rice (Democrat),
3l9, ,4G2; Sharp (Prohibition), 1884; Prey.
or lNational), 9,568. Hlckenlooper's ma.
jority over Rice, 1858. For Supreme
Judge: johnson (Republican), 1886 900;
Gilmore (Democrat), $1,000; Hardy Pro.
hibition). 1882; jackson (National), H.
SSl. Auditor Of State: Ogleyee, tRepnbli.
CAM, SS5,ls4: Romain (Democratl, 3l7,-
442; Tanning (Prohibition), 4,337; Roy
National), l1,82l. Attorney General:
Nash (Republican), $3.50, 100; Pillars dem.
ocrat), 3lH, IT'S; Foster (Prohibition), 1850;
Grogan National), ll,1G5. Treasurer OF
State: Turney Republicau), 9S5, 5,07O;
Howells (Democrat), Sl7,1S4; Blair Pro-
hibition), 4,343; jenkins (NationaD, H.
222. Member Of the Board OF Public
Works: Fullington (Republicanl, $3.50, SOL ;
O'Marrah (Denocrat), 3l5,96S; Horton
Prohibition), 1880; Plat (NationaD, H.
lU3,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-24
FOREIGN NEWS.
PRorosED SPANISH REFoRMs.

Madrid, October ga bill for the ab
clifton Of slavery in Cuba, To be presented
to the Cortes, provides that slaves aged &
wears or over 6hall become free Of once
those aged so In September, 1880, thos,
aged 46 10 1882, those aged 40 Ia 1884
thnse aged 50 Ia 1886, those aged 80 IN
1883 and all others Ia 1890. From 1851
10000 piastres will be charged on tht
Cuban budget for defraying the expense,
Of the emancipation. Three hundred and
tllty piastres will be paid the owners ioI
each slave. The Government will n
much as possible favor the immigration n
free laborefs. The Committee on Re
forms In Cuba las unanimously approved
the bill providing that trade between
Spain and Cuba shall only pay coastinp
duties, which shall be reduced one.third
from the 1st Of January, 1880, and entirely
ab0liShed In 1885, in favor OF a moderate
ditEerential duty. The bill also proposes
to reduce by one.third, for q period Of
three years, duties on articles OF consump.
tion imported into Cuba, and to establish
relations with the United States with q
view to developing the Spanish maritime
trade between Cuba, Porto Rico and the
United Stalaa.