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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21
HANG UP BABY'S STOCKING.

Hang up the baby's stocking,
BE sure you don't forget.
The dear little ,:impled darling,
She never saw Christina IT.
But l told her all about
And she opened her b. eyes,
And I'm sure she unf IDS it,
She looks SO funny wise.
Dear, what tiny stocking,
1t doesn't take much To hold
Such pink little toes as baby's
Away from the frost and cold.
But then, for the baby's Christmas
1t will never do at all;
Why. Santa wouldn't be looking
For anything half SO small
| know what will do for the baby.
I've. thought of the very best plan,
I'll borrow Il stocking of grandma
The largest that ever | can;
And you'll hang it by mine, dear mother,
Right here in the corner, SO,
And write letter To Santa,
And fasten it on to the toe
Write: ''rhs is the babys stocking.
That hangs in the corner here.
l0p never have seen her. Santa,
For she only came this year;
And she's just the blessedest baby!
And now, before you go.
Just cram her stocking with goodies,
From the top clean down to the toe"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21
ST. NlCK'S DILEMMA.

"A sky full of snowfakes. all fluffy and white.
Just eorn up in cloudland. came fluttering
To muffie the sound of the swift reindeer's
flight
As ST Nicholas drove Ger the roofs of the
town
slept;
United a big bundle and busted about.
Down chimneys. up fire escapes softly he
crept:
When he came, how be went not a soul
could find
In the wee baby hose he put rattles and
rings.
pipe and n pouch i'm the big wooden sock,
He left in the gray one score of nice things.
Then the fine silk embroidered one gave
him a shock.
he fumbled Il locket of just the right size
To hold the vignette of 4 handsome young
Then toyed with a brilliant that dazzled his
eyes.
Then down in the bundle to rummage be,
gan
A ring and bracelet locket and chain.
For the girl fin de steele too prosy he
thought.
And he fingered the dainty silk stockings
again
And feared that for this not a thing had
he brought.
Then all of a sudden his little red face
Lit up with a smile like the jolly full
moons.
As he noticed u photograph close to the
place.
And he dropped in couple of souvenir
spoons.
James Clarence Harvey.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21
THE COST OF CHRISTMAS.
Millions Spent Every Year in Celebration
of the Festival.

Millions Spent Every Year in Celebration
of the Festival.
1t has been computed that this country
spends about S40.000,000 every Christ
mas. It's Il pretty big sum. but this is the
way Foster Coates figures it out. He puts
turkey down first ut SS.000,000. Allow
ing there are 20.000.OO0 families in the
country about half will have n turkey
apiece-that is 100000 in all. Suppose
each weighs eight pounds and costs 10
cents pound, it will amount to the sum
above given. About $2.O00.000 may be
put down for game. chickens, etc. Gran
berries come next and if Il pound is al
lowed to each family at cents per
pound. the sum will amount to 81 ,600,-
900. Mince pies may be reckoned as cost
ing 100000; that is. supposing 10000.
600 of them are made and they cost 8
cents apiece
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

mt scratch. 1t was made of cloth and
stuffed with hay But its sides and face
were pal nted like real cat that Tom
my hardly felt that it was only Il rag cat
He became fond of it. He liked it even
better than his toy locomotive. and he
naturally liked that for his father was an
engine driver. If you asked Tom where
his daddy's place was in the ''choo-choo"
he would thrust his stout fingers into the
window of the cab. He had seen his
father there many time when engine %
swung around the curve on the home trip
The rag cat was really Toms delight
he would clutch it by the neck and carry
1t around with him. and when he was put
to bed at night he had the cat with him.
With all the maulng of it the poor cat got
very much out of shape, and her head was
quite limp and thin where the stuiling had
worked down into her body. But Tom did
not seem To notice that his pet had gone
off any in his good looks; he would grasp
the poor old thin head and lug it around
with the most faithful affection.
Aunt Biddy's habit was to take Tom
out for walk down to the curve when
engine ID came laundering around with
Johnny Strahan, Toms father, in the
cab. Johnny was always on the lookout
there, and when he saw the pair he would
send off a screaming whistle and wave
his hands. And Tom would stand as
straight as n little soldier and look at the
great iron horse that his daddy drove.
One summer afternoon, as it got to 4
O'Clock, Biddy said: Come, Tom boy,
we will go down to the curve and see
daddy and the 'chOo-choo.' She put
Toms hat on him, and Tom walked over
to the corner and got the cat, and gripped
it by the neck, and they started off.
They arrived at the curve about ten
minutes before ''.l2' was due 1t was n
pleasant day and the river ran nOiselcssly
along down below. while the grass and
the flowers were all in their glory As
they were walking along enjoying it all,
Aunt Biddy saw that her shoestring had
come united. She turned and let go
Toms hand, and put her foot up on a
stone and fixed the string in good stout
Knot. She double-knotted it, in fact.
just then she heard the rumble of ''22"
tearing along on the other side of the
curve with the long train of coal cars
which it was pulling from Harrisburg
i"ey Always Ndlteu vi thlS sue Vi thc
curve, because it was exciting to first
hear it, and then see it dash around the
curve into view, with daddy at the win
dow of the cab on the lookout for them.
There was nice level stretch of ground
near the track. too, just at that point, and
that is where Biddy and Tom used to sta
ton themselves, at several yards from the
track
When Biddy turned round she never
came so near fainting in her whole life as
she did then. For what she saw was
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

In regard to Nmas green's Mr.. Coates
says: figured on 10.00O.000 trees ut 30
cents and the bill for Christmas trees ran
up to SJ,OO0,000 more. 1t looked too big
The tree merchant remarked that it was
not and that this was big country. He
went on to say that the other green's.
holly, ivy. mistletoe. and all that sort of
thing would foot up Il million or two
more. | put down S1.000.000 and gazed
once more in awe at the swelling total of
Christmas cost. Christmas toys, To be
sure they must not be forgotten. Ten
million at least of little ones figured in
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

this. The head of n mammoth toy house
pondered when he was asked what the
Christmas toy trade amounted To in the
whole. "Well, you might put it down at
about dollar II family on the average.
Some spent 500 and some 10 cents so it is
hard to estimate the amount of the total
expenditure
/ did not PIT the figure at 81 family.
put it ri % cents. 1t looked more mod
est, and even at that got a total of some
$10,0OO,000. Next L saw some big deal
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

He 1st of January is
the initial day of the
year. and as such is
honored by n multitude
of observances, chief
among which are the
New Year calling Gus
toms. the interchange
of gifts, the cordial
greeting. "A Happy
New Year" and the
demonstrations attend
ant upon the contem-
platiye habit of seeing
the old year out and
the new year in. There
are two great reasons
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

No matter how old Santa
Comes down the narrow flue,
He'll make his way i'm somehow
He'll manage to squeeze through;
Hang up the little stockings,
He'll find. and fill them, too.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

n vague way that the present must not be
a pair of suspenders or II shaving set, but
when he comes to particularize the poor
man lapses into perfect imbecility, and
gives his sister the money and tells her
to buy the present.-Boston. Globe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21
4 Christmas Catch.

She stood beneath the mistletoe
And Harry bent To kiss her.
Just as her father happened in.
Whereby did Harry miss her.
AS Harry tried To gel away.
The father thundered: larry
And rs they both went out the door.
\ missile toe struck Harry.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

ers in jewelry and novelties. such rs are
in vogue as Christmas presents, and again
the figures were astonishing. Putting the
various estimates-the smallest ones at
tbat-together. and then adding them, L
could not get the total below $10,000000.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

Cigar Dealer tabout Jan. 3)-"Trade is
slower than usual with me just now.
Saloon-Kceper-"So il is with me. It's
always SO for the first few days of the
year; but it will soon pick up again. -
Life
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

John said Mrs. Wildspruce. with af-
fected nonchalance, do you smoke strong
or mild cigars" I'm" responded Mr..
Wildspruce, speaking with marked en-
phasis, after December - | intend to
give up smoking altogether. Chicago
Record
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21

One of the most melancholy sights i'll
nature is Il man trying To buy Christ
mas present for IL woman. He knows in
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-21
NEW YEARS DAY.

Some of the Customs by Which 1t Is
Observed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12

Ideal gowns for the coming sunny
days of summer are of French muslin
in light or dark colors, with printed
howe.s or stripes, and tambOured in
dots, or else in single-stitch arabesques
of many graceful curves. They are
made up over silk of single shade, or
else of changeable tints repeating
those in the figured muslin. If silk is
not desired, watered percaline, batiste,
or the fabric known as silk gingham is
used. Lace is the trimming most gen
orally employed; but very pretty en-
broideries on sheer muslin are just as
fashionable, use being made also of
rutfies of the muslin, edged narrowly
with Italian lace. The full waist,
either round or pointed, is invariably
used for these transparent dresses.
This is nearly seamless, over closely
fitted and boned lining. Some of the
muslin skirts over taffeta Innings are
made after the seven-gored model, with
or without the overskirt. Others have
four straight breadths about thirty
two inches wide, with tucks alternat-
ing with lace insertions to the knees.
Another popular skirt has Spanish
founce of the muslin finished simply
with deep hem, headed by single
lace inSertion.-N. y. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12

have been snatched like brands from
the burning, even after they have been
seized by that awful disease of delirium
tremens, which stands. like Gods exc
cutioner, in the path of so many a
drunkard, shows that man can not
be so far gone as to be beyond
the possibility of rescue even at the
eleventh hour. 1t is far easier for
man to save himself Through Gods
grace by total abstinence, when he has
not habitually, still more when he has
but rarely, sunk into the shameful
helplensness of actual intoxication.
But the more difficult it is for any man
to achieve his deliverance, the more
obviously imperative is it upon him,
for the sake of his country, for the
sake of his order, for his own sake, for
the sake of his wife and family, for the
sake of children, yet unborn. Any
trouble which the effort may cause
him, is ten-thousandfold less trying
than the awful and unreasonable retri-
button which may come upon him by a
reckless continuance in that which,
after all, is nothing higher than SEN
sual indulgence-harmless, perhaps, if
not abused. but in no sense harmless if
it tends to become a ruin and a snare.
-Archdeacon Farrar, in British Work
man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

THE circular silo is advocated be-
cause it has no corners to spoil the en-
silage.
FAT can be produced cheaper than
lean; always fatten before sending to
market.
SUGAR beets are frst-class fattening
food, when fed with corn. for hogs in
winter. Grow some for that purpose
OvERFEEDING pigs is bad and fatal
business. If it occurs stop feeding en-
tirely, except a thin slop, until the
stomach gets into normal condition
THERE is an antidiluvian humane
society in Poughkeepsie, n. Y, that
has secured the arrest of man there
for dehorning cattle. But the stupid
concern never has word to say about
the people who are killed and the ami
mails that are injured by horns.
PUMPKINS make good food for cattle
in the winter, and they are no trouble
at all to grow. Plant patch of pump
kins, gather them as soon as the first
frost touches the leaves, put them in a
cool place, and you will find them a
grand thing for either cattle or swine.
Farmers Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
FACTS AND FINDINGS,

SEVENTEEN hundred and forty con-
verified drunlzard's is last years record
of the London city mission.
OF the twelve thousand saloon-keep-
ers of New York city, whose good
moral character" entitled them to Ii
cense eight thousand have served terms
in prison.
THERE is steadily cumulative testi-
mony, by many scientific experts, thai
beer, which the brewers boast of as a
wholesome temperance" beverage, is
in reality more prolific in physical in
jury than the stronger liquors.
Ten years ago there We're one hun
dred and fifty thousand brewers in
Great Britain. An evidence of what
temperance agitation has accomplished
is the fact that their numbers are re-
duced to ten thousand one hundred and
forty-three.
A GENTLEMAN, prominent in several
New York city clubs, says that many of
them are breaking away from the Gus
tom of treating to alcoholic drinks. In
the famous Harvard club, composed of
a standing agreement that no member
shall treat another member.
To THOSE who have never been under
the slavery of the cigarette habit it is
a wonder that man with intellectual
capacity for a successful business ca
reer should have such weak spot in
his head as to become victim of the
filthy practice of necessarily putting
away at a little roll of paper filled with
all manner of poisonous stuff. Very
recently, the newspapers contained an
item concerning one of New Ravens
best-known dentists and society lead
ers, who was taken to the state insane
retreat in Connecticut, as result OF
cigarette smoking. Yet boys will pay
no heed to such warnings. Temper
ance Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
FIGHTING THE CUTWORM.
Prof. Riley Tells How to Get Rid of This
Destructive Pest.

DtbtTuctiNt est
Young corn is often grievously in
jured by cutworms. The following
reply, by Prof C. " Riley, to corre}
spondent of the Scientific American
who has been more than usually
troubled will, therefore, be read with
interest at this time:
If specimens of the particular cut
worms were sent to the station for
identification some preventive meas
ures might be suggested, as much de-
ponds on the particular species. In a
general way most of the species have
similar habits in the larval state; but
to deal directly with them when, as in
this case, they are distributed over
large areas, is very serious problem.
The most successful means under
these conditions is by the distribution
of poisonous bats. These may con-
sist of freshly cut clover or other sue
culent vegetation poisoned with paris
green and made into balls or gathered
| into masses, so as to prevent their too
rapid drying One mode of accom-
plishing this last object is by covering
| the poisoned plants with boards.
These poisoned bats, if placed at in
tervals along the corn rows, will at
tract large proportion of the cut
worms, which. by feeding upon them,
will perish. For smaller areas, or for
garden patches, the same method may
| be followed, or the larvae may be I'M
earthed from about the base of the
plants, where they retire for conceal
ment during the day.
| Another method is to take smooth
walking cane and make smooth holes
several inches deep at intervals, going
over the same ground every day and
punching in these holes to destroy the
worms which seek them during the
day as pla ce of concealment and
tumble in. The patent salts, such as
kainit, have proved of the greatest
value against many subterranean in
Bects, and undoubtedly will be of value
against these cutworms. They have
the additional advantage of being good
fertilizers, SO that their expense as in
! secticides is more than offset by their
| value to the crop and to the land. 1
| think with your correspondent that it
is too late to accomplish much the
present year, but by combination of
the three methods suggested he will
| be able another year to prevent much
of the trouble. 1t is well, where fields
are badly infested with cutworms, to
plant thickly, SO that two or three
young corn plants may be spared from
each hill without seriously affecting
the crop. 1t is also wise, on general
principles, to keep fields that are to be
planted to corn thoroughly clear and
clean of weeds and other vegetation
! during the fall; and in this light fall
blowing becomes extremely important,
as most of the cutworms are Matched
the previous year and hibernate as
partly grown larvae.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
A Simple Cure for Backing.

When horse stops and proposes to
turn around don't resist the turn, but
give him a quiet horizontal pull in the
direction he wants to turn so as to car
ry him further around than he intend
ed to go, and if possible keep him going
around a half a dozen times, says a
horse trainer. In most cases this will
upset all his calculations, and he will
go quietly on without much ado. If
six turns will not do give him twenty In
fact, if he will keep on turning to your
rein you are sure to conquer, as enough
turning will confuse him and leave
him at your command. If he will not
turn, and will back to the rein, keep
him going backward in the direction
you want to go. He will soon get
tired of that and prefer to go with the
right end forward, but before you let
him go give him decidedly more back
ing than he likes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
LAMB CREFPS

zontal rollers are made of hard wood,
about two inches in diameter. The
stationary upright rollers are l foot
apart and feet long. The end strips
of iron are extended so that the creep
can be readily driven into the ground
at the opening of any Enclosure. B
represents the sliding frame, c the
horizontal rollers, D the upright
rollers and A peg by the removal of
which the sliding frame is shifted.
Moving the sliding frame places the
upright rollers closer together or
farther apart. The illustration is from
a Wisconsin bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
ABSTAlNiNG TOTALLY.
Strong Evidence in Favor of Strict Temper
anre,

Strong Evidence in Favor of Strict Temper
ance.
! was not total abStainer till after
was forty years old, because the de-
STABILITY of setting the example had
never been brought home to me. But
from the day that | became one. the
total abstention from alcoholic liquor
has never given me the smallest trou-
BILE, nor caused me the least regret;
nor would it cause any real trouble to
any healthy man who had always been
moderate and temperate, and had
never fatally persuaded himself that
drink was a necessity to him. There
are some twenty thousand prisoners in
England, and from the day that they
enter prison no alcohol is allowed them
Do they suffer in consequence? On the
contrary, they improve in health.
The case, l admit, is very difficult
with drunkards, and with all who have
been born with hereditary craving for
drink. Abstinence is not so easy for
those who, even without intoXication,
have long been accustomed to take
drink in larger quantities than is good
for them. | do not deny that the reso-
lutte determination to give up drink
altogether may cost such men a serious
struggle; but (1) the effort may be nit
igated by a wise and moderate use of
tea, coffee and very hot water. slipped
when the craving becomes strong; and
(2) by keeping away from every incen-
tive and temptation TO drink. Further,
the effort will become easier every week
that it is continued. And let me point
out that; whether the task be difficult
or not, these are the very men for whom
the effort is matter of the most ele-
mentary necessity, of the most initial
safety. If it gives workingman
no trouble whatever to be an
abstainer, then the desirability OF
setting much-needed example tc
others, and of helping to deliver his
country from an intolerab bic curse,
ought, think, to weigh with him. II
on the other hand, it costs him great
trouble, if he finds that he has an ugly
and increasing fondness for alcohol
then he may be the very man for whom
abstinence is most essential. To him il
is safeguard from peril which may
utterly destroy his happiness here, and
may endanger the safety of his soul
hereafter. To reclaim even an habit
ual drunkard, though difficult, is not
impossible. In spite of the difficulty
the fact that confirmed drunkards-
such as John Cough, the great temper.
ance orator. once was--can be, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
Beet Sugar Factories.

There are now seven large beet
sugar factories in operation in the
United States, two being in Nebraska,
three in California, one in Utah and
one in Kansas The factory at Chino,
Cal, is probably the largest in the
country and cost 100000 In the sugar
beet districts factory can be profit
ably run for every circuit of ten miles.
The average yield per acre is ten tons,
1856 pounds of sugar to the ton, or $50
pounds per acre. A factory which
uses the beets grown on 5000 acres of
land will produce about s,250,OOO
pounds of sugar per year. As the
United States uses over 1000, ZOO
pounds, it would take 436 factories to
supply the present demand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
FOR FEEDING LANES.
Creep That Can Be Adjusted 20 Suit Ih
Size of the Animals.

tfoeP Ahht Can BE ADJUSTED TO suit the
Size of the Animals.
To feed grain to lambs it is neces-
sary that special place be prepared
for the purpose. A corner of the sheep
(pen may easily be partitioned off or in
the field sheltered place where the
flock isin the habit of gathering can
be so arranged as to exclude the older
animals. In order to do this lamb
creeps of some sort must be provided.
1t is a difficult matter to make creeps
which will answer every purpose. The
flock will necessarily contain lambs of
different sizes, and, besides, as the an
imals grow, the size of the openings
must be increased. An ingenious con-
trivance which has been found to an
swer the purpose well is shown in the
Illustration. The creep is 8 feet
Inches high and feet inches wide,
the framework being made of light,
fat iron strips. The upright and hori.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
Fertilizer for Garden Crops.

All the dead animals and offal that
may be procured of the butchers will
make valuable fertilizer if managed
in this way: Gather a few loads of
good soil, sods, or drained swamp
muck, and mix these with lime. Cut
the carcass into small pieces and make
them into a heap with the soil, etc.
Cover the heap with more soil to neu-
tralize the odor, and keep the whole
moist by throwing water on it. In
two or three months the whole may
be shoveled over, and will make fer
+ilizer very useful for garden crops. If
arge quantities can be procured, they
ay be worked up in this way for field
opA.