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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14

Among the peculiarities of the Chi
nese character is great dislike to
Russians, as was evidenced lately by
an attempt of a mob To stone one OF
them TO death. The man was investi-
eating tea culture and represented a
tirm which had purchased a number of
the plants. A fear lest they should
lose their means of livelihood IL Rus
slams should take to growing tea sue
cessfully seems to have been the motive
for the mob's attack.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
Good People Of M0TSh0g CO.
BiSSell'S
Exchange

has a good supply of just
such goods as you all must
have, and to save time and
money it will be to your
interest. No place in the
county can do as well.
This stock is all staple
goods and prices the lowest
in Marshall county. Salts
faction guaranteed in every
deal. Call around and give
him a chance to prove the
truth of this assertion and
bring your Butter, Eggs and
Produce and get the highest
price at
Cor Ia Porte and Center StS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
n,,xx they tT.rd fo Pitch.

'It's a square, manly game said the
captain, as we clambered through the
turnstile. "a noble game, but not what
1t was a decade ago"
why. Captain. the game has steadiiy
grown
steadily what? Talk about science.
The pitchers. the whole battery OF 10
day don't compare with those Old
What were their strong points, Cap
tain?"
Delivery. We talk now about IN
curves, and out-curves. and up ana ao"n
shoots. but did you ever see noon
pitch'?''
NO"
'Ha. ha. Then you know heap about
baseball"
How was II delivered?"
'Wcii. the best hook-pitcher ever
knew was Jim Bang, the Gotham Terror.
Jim had to have a special ketcher, Ter
no ordinary mortal wanted 10 VIM oii'o
his hook"
What was It like?"
Like? 1t was sort OF compound
curve. The ball left Jims hand as II IT
was shot from a thirteen-inch Armstrong,
swerved rapidly to the right or left
and Just as the befuddled batter struck
at It with all his might It made sudden
rapid twirl around his neck. starting back
toward the pitcher. This was also called
the boomerang pitch"
But how did the catcher get the ball?'
always in front Of the batter. unless
Jim gave him the signal. and put on
an extra twist, when the ball would
whirl around the batter's neck twice,
and the pitcherd get it"
THAT must have been remarkable
work"
But not so remarkable as the 'bunt
pitch of Cracker Jack Short, the Cyclone
of the Schuylkil."
You meant 'bunt hit didn't you?"
'0Nho said / meant 'bunt hit? l meant
'bunt Pitch"
How was it done?"
well. in this throw the ball went
right at the striker like an avalanche,
and"
Straight or curve?"
straight"
"Why, Captain. could bit any straight
ball, however swift"
mot Jacks Just as the ball got al
most in reach, and the batter swung
himself 10 smash II over the fence, the
hall stopped as suddenly as II striking
a stone wall, and fell suddenly TO the
ground"
And the batter would strike at it?''
Always"
And how would they get him out?"
Three strikes, every time"
Remarkable pitching. Captain; but
how can II be accounted for?'
Easy enough. ] asked Jack about II.
Pitching is a science, you know. Jack
pitched the ball in such a perfectly
straight line that the hole II bored In
the atmosphere caused a vacuum, and
consequent suction behind It. and its
speed made a firm resisting air cushion
In its front. AS ii flew onward the length
ening hole in the atmosphere increased the
suction and lessened the front resistance
pressure. and so nicely did Jack calculate
that the ball always dropped just In
front OF the plate. Baseball is study
a science. But here's my car now. I'll
see you tomorrow afternoon at Sunday
school."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
WaIpOic's St.awberrv HiII.

Every apartment" says Macaulay, us
a museum every piece of furniture n
curiosity: there is something strange in
the form of a shovel: long story be-
longs TO the bellrope." Here. amid rural
sights and rural sounds, we find him re-
storing the tone of languid nature: "he
has had a sheep sheaying. a hay making,
a syllabub under the COW. and a fish
ing Of three goldfish out Of his pond. a
present from his ne'ghbor. Mrs Give"
The tide Of fashionable emigration set
strongly In the direction of the new
Gothic castle. 1--WE shall soon be as
celebrated as Baiae or Tivoii," wrote
Walpole.
Kitty Give and Mrs. Pritchard formed
a great addition to the society of the
place, but the great acquisition was
Lady Suffolk, who remembered the
mother of George l.. had herself been
the favorite of George H., and passed
her summer at Marble Hill. which cost
the King 10000 or f120o0. Pictures. mar
bles, manuscripts, coins, gems, and ar
tices of vertu accumulated in every
corner of his Gothic castle. and visitors
crowded TO see the house so that its
lord wrote, II wish | could think as an
old sexton did at Kings: one OF the
fellows told him he must get great
master replied he, everybody has seen
1t now" Scarcely a month passes with
out some important arrival.
strawberry Hill Is grown perfect
Paphos," he writes, June, 1883; cit is the
land of beauties-on Wednesday the
Duchesses of Hamilton and Richmond
and Lady Ailesbury dined. There never
was so pretty a sight as TO see them
all three sitting in the SHE'LL" Ga seat
in the form Of large bivalve The Duke
of York. following the example Of this
brother, the hero of Culoden. visits him,
and catches him In his slippers; but like
a true courtier Walpole PUSHES 10 the
foot of the stairs, knees down. kisses
his hand, and shows him, among other
curiosities of the castle, the pictures of
the Pretender's sons.
One bright summer day in 1867 he
entertains a party Of ambassadors
French horns played in the cloister dur
ing dinner, and after coffee a syllabub
was prepared. the cows being brought
I'D TO the terrace for the purpose. The
Duchess of Bedford begs for ball at
Strawberry, but the proposal is peremp-
torily vetoed. mot for the universe
What, turn a ball. and dust. and dirt
and n million candles into my charming
new gallery" "Well. then" says she,
at shall be a dinner" with all my
heart. / have no objection; but no ball
shall set its foot within my doors" In
1857 a printing press was added to the
other curiosities of Strawberry Hill
'ICzevirianum." as Walpole playfully
called 1t. and Gray's odes were selected
for a first essay in Typography. Temple
Rar
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
King nnmbcrt Coldly Received.

King Humbert and his Queen had
most frigid reception when they came
here to visit the queen. Not a cheer
vas TO be heard from the sullen crowds,
who appeared more disposed 20 curse
their maiestles than to bless them IT
had been reported that, IN consequence
of the desperate financial condition OF
the country. the King would announce
at Easter his intention Of surrendering
a considerable part Of his civil list, but
Humbert. after considering the matter.
decided that he cannot afford 10 give up
anything.
The King looked haggard and wretch
ed. but the Queen seemed TO be cheerful
en, ugh, and she was sumptuousy at
tired.
The King and Queen staId at the villa
Fabricott for only thi5teen minutes.
when they called upon the queen. who
returned their visit By driving in the
afternoon TO the PlaZZO Pitt. accom-
panied by Princess Louise and Princess
Beatrice. London Truth
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

The trial Friday in the United States
Federal Court at Chattanooga cf the Rev
Clement w. Lewis exposed and brought
TO justice probably the most accomplish
ed swinder and impostor the negro race
has ever fostered
Lewis was arrested November II. lsaa
In Chattanooga by Special Pension Exam
liner Fitzpatrick, charged with gross pen
sion frauds. and was sent TO JAN in de-
fault OF bonds. The specific charges. as
developed since. are that OF being an i'm
poster. perjury while acting as sub-agent
OF various pension claims firms. and i'm
personatng special pension examiner
Lewis wepl 10 Chattanooga from Naw
Orleans IN 1876. and has made that place
headquarters for his operations since. ex.
coping period OF three years. There he
posed among the negroes as a high order
Mason and popular divine. having filled
nearly every coiored Baptist pulpit In
that neishborhood From CHATTANOOGA
Lewis made brief piigrimages to Kansas
City and other cities.
The years 1885 and 1883 were spent In
Kansas City and st. Louis. ana though
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
Confederate ;seupiap.

CHARLESTON, s. c., May Coon
federate survivors OF Berkeley and Cole
ton counties had reunion and barbecue
at Summerville to-day. at which over
5000 persons were present. Speeches were
made by Senator Butler. Captain George
Tupper. Colonel A. Garvard, Sergeant
DebbIe, Captain Amesby and others. ana
resolutions were adopted looking to the
erection at Summerville OF a monument
20 the memory OF the dead soldiers of
Colleton and Berkeley.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
tn, oLoGicAL sIMINArIEl REPORT.


Do YOU know that a woman-a mere
wornan-made the wonderful anatomical
discovery of the reason why woman
has a soprano voice and a man sings IN
the lower register. Eliza Orchard Conner
tells the story-it is German one, says
the Chicago Post. IL seems that Mrs.
Emma Seller, a native Of Wurtzburg'
when left widow with two children TO
support resolved 10 become a teacher
Of singing, but suddenly lost her voice
Then she determined 10 find out why;
also TO discover. If possible, the correct
method of singing, 50 that others might
not lose their voices. For this purpose
she studied anatomy. Surrounded. how
ever. as she was. by the idiots and bigots
who would cut off all intellectual Dur-
suits from women, she was obliged to
study in secret
She dissected larynx after larvnX and
spent years in her search. trying 10 find
for one thing why women's head tones
could reach high C, while men had no
soprano tones
At length her search was rewarded.
She discovered under the microscope one
dav two small vedge-shaDed carriages,
whose action produces the highest tones
Of the human voice She made her dis
covery public
II excited great attention among scien-
lists. But so cruel was the prejudice Of
her time that she did not dare let the
world know a woman made the discovery,
and wrote an account OF II. Her own
brother. a physician. praised the treatise
in the highest terms til he found that
his own sister had written Il. Then he
dashed It down. saying, in a rage. that
she would be better attending 10 her
homework.
Nine. Sellers portrait. n marble relief,
is in the possession Of the American
Philosophical Society OF Philadelphia. Of
which she was a member. Here Is a
case for the paraphrase Of IN old saying:
"Put not your trust in brothers"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

.,or,ss OF his swindies are now In evil
dsnce nv the score from the former city.
the statrte Of Limitations bars the cases
from court.
snecial pension agent IL now looking UP
his record in Kansas City. From there ne
aIea n personal application for pension ~
January. 1885, impersonating one Clem W.
Lewis OF the Eighty-nrst United States
Cojored Infantry. These troops were
Louisiana regiment OF French-speakng
negroes
In support of this claim Lewis speaks
French fiuently. He lived in Bayou Guola
and New Orleans. La. from 1866 10 iov'
Over 800 claims have been fled Win 'n'
department for pensions by him. 10 wn,."'
In the majority Of instances the cia,n,
ants were not entitled. His victims
mainly ignorant negroes, whom ne
duced to place their claims In MS na ,'N~a
Lewis carried long list or oio 80 ~,
With him ana whenever approached by
the widow OF n soldier readiiy iou .,tr,-
name and filled out the declaratlol ~" ns
self. manufacturing such evide"c. go
needful 70 establish the claim re
in many cases. forged the name oi w
tarv Public "a the affidavit. ana H''n''.u
- WITH a No,ary's seal The testiiho"' W
.bts afyoct was made In court, athoush
az soxy follow saw that the government
nhtcb bad worked up the cases with I'M
ea..,,c energy. had him dead to rights.
ard p,eaded guilty In each case.
a,,,s exerted the greatest power for
evil In the assumed role OF special pen
s,o, examiner. He claimed that his work
WAS prompted by purely unselfish mo-
lives and that he was appointed and paid
hy sthe man IN the White House" to
,ote care of the widows and soldiers and
Geo that all got their pensions. Lewis
&c also a bigamist having wife In New
orleans and wife and family of grown
children in Chattanooga. The Louisiana
woman maintains that her husband died
in 1876 the year LewIs's double In The
Eighty-first Infantry Regiment Is found TO
have died.
Lewis is forty-nine years OF age ana
of fine personal bearing. 1t was his habit
to circulate among his people dressed In
a. full Grand Army uniform bedecked
with badges
Others are believed to be Implicated TO
a less extent in his rascallty. Five wo-
men and four men were sentenced TO short
terms in the penitentIary on similar charg-
es. Judge Key will probably sentence
Lewis TO fifteen years imprisonment. the
extreme limit The cleverness with which
the man avoided detection for twenty-odd
years is the marvel Of every one. He
periured himself In innumerable instances
by swearing false affidavits.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
LIBRARY COUPON.

1 Reveries OF Il Bachelor.
p LAYS OF Ancient homr.
q. Tillyloss Scandal
4 The House OF the Seven Gables
s. CRAWFORD.
g. The Coming Race.
Z Dream Like.
s. FFankenstcln.
q a Book OF Golden Deeds.
10. Moses from an Old AaEse.
II. The Scarlet Letter
~ Essays Of Ina,
il. Twice-Told Tales.
IL. Paul and Virginia. a..
lG story OF an AFRICAN paIHi.
X LAYS of the Scottish Cavaliers
IS Lucille.
49, Dreams.
20 Black Beauty.
81 one OF the Profession.
~. Sartor kesartus 49,,
- The idyls OF the King.
"a The Pleasures OF Life.
Is. The Lady OF the Lake.
"a Mornings in Florence
~ Rab and Ills Friends.
-. Winters Poems.
90 The Greatest Thing In the Worlu-
20. Lalla ROOkh.
81. Longfellow's Poems
20 In MemOrl9m.
80 The Princess.
~. Rasselas.
rs Poetical Selections.
36. Past and Present. r,-.- ,,.,-.,,.
RI. "Thoughts from the Emperor Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus;,
2e "Herops and Hero Worship.
20. "Tales from Shakespeare
Al Ceg1rne and Lilies.
Times and sent With eight cents IN coin
10 The Times Office VIII entitle you 10
INV ono ~ the above books.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
Yb- rr,t Line Abnnfore J.

NEW ORLEANS. May 2G.-Mr. c. b.
Fischer, grantee of the Belt railroad fran
chise has addressed letter 10 Mayor
Fitzpatrick. In which Mr.. Fischer. for
himself and associates. declines the grant
on the ground that his attorneys have
suggested legal flaws in II. and that. to-
gether with the violent opposition to It
from citizens. will render II impossible
20 induce adequate capital to build and
operate IL. The Council viii now. no
doubt. permanently repeal the ordinance.
and thus will peacefully and satisfac-
torily end an episode in the municipal
history OF New Orleans.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
Constant Work Stunts Men.

Professor Max Muller has been regret
ting that "the luxury and beauty of
scholarly leisure" at the universities
have passed away forever. at Is quanti-
ty to-day rather than quality. l fear,
he said TO an interviewer of The Culver
"The tutors become teachers far too
young. and they work so hard that they
have no time 10 look TO the right or the
left; and what is life II not continually
glanclng 10 the right and left? They
give themselves no time 10 develop.
They take a good first-class and then
give out What they nave learned as
teachers. This engenders the money
making spirit. have no word to say
against 1t. but 1t all tells on the spirit
OF the university
The present system OF constant exam
nations finds no favor with Prof. Max
Muller "They stunt our young men,"
ne said. they have no time or oppor-
tunity TO be idle. Now, do you know, 1t
is my idle friends" he added, who have
become distinguished men In later life? l
believe in cultured idleness Ii gives a
man time to read for himself. But look
at these examinations: why, a man
knows exactly what ne has to read fire.
quently TO the very page. You don't call
that study"
The professor confessed that at first
he had been opposed to the girls coll
leses, but they are, he said. a great sue
cess. 'and 1t is real pleasure to me 10
see the young girls so eager to learn.
Young men do as little as they can.
young women do as much as they can:
too much. indeed Again, they work
more Systematically. and their knowl-
edge is better arranged. II tends Won
derfully TO the Improvement of the whole
OF their character. / wish the men could
be shamed and spurred on TO further
effort. Indeed he added laughing out
right, "a friend OF mine and his wife
went In for the same examination; she
took first class, he only second"
Prof. Max Muller. however. thinks moth
Ing tangible comes Of all the labors Of
the girls. while II only they could get
fellowships they might do good work.
From the Westminster Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

who pay for the privilege so small sum
that no one Is too poor to afford 1t. Out
side OF these baths the japanese are nlnch
given to bathing In their own homes.
They are one OF the cleanest races IN the
world. Travellers from the western worlo
frequently express regret that III bu,ope
and America there are no such es'apiiSn-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
AOAINST MES. LOCK FOOD.
Her Application for aandamus 4 Gainat the
Virginia Court Of Appes q Denied.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The Supreme
Court OF the United States to-day rem
dered its decision upon the application OF
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood for manda-
mus against the Virginia Court OF APP
peals, compelling II to allow her to prac-
tice before that tribunal.
Chief Justice Fuller announced that
Mrs. Lockwood's application must be de-
MED on the ground that it was compe-
tent for the Virginia Court OF Appeals
to finally determine upon the eligibility
OF a person to practice before It.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

BY way OF showing how Mrs. Grundy-
ism fourfshes wherever the British flag
files, reader at Napier. New Zealand,
sends Labouchere's Truth a copy of the
new bathing bylaw which has been pro-
mulgated there. One provision is rs fol,
lows: Every person bathing In the sea.
or In any river or other water within. or
within one mile Of. the boundaries of the
borough OF Napier. shall be at.ired In a
decent and proper bathing dress, extend
Ing from the shoulders to the knees, no
white or nesh color or net garments TO
be worn"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

"The public has nothing TO do with the
misfortunes OF authors" said DR.. john
son. Possibly the stern old moralist was
theoretically correct, though his senu-
ment is one In which the public has never
shared. 1t Is doubtless true that lit
erary work should be able to stand upon
It's own merits apart from the life his
tory OF its author; but from the glimmer-
ing dawn of letters until its present noon
cide splendor the world has ever taken
n deep interest in the fortunes and mis-
fortunes of authors, and VIII continue to
do so while literature endures.
We may read "Rasselas. Prince Of
Abyssinia," with pleasure and profit, even
though we do not know that the wonder
ful story was written by Johnson In eN-
treme poverty, for the purpose Of gaining
a small sum that he might give his
mother a decent funeral; but surely our
knowledge of that fact will supply addi-
tional interest In its perusal, and lead us
TO esteem the man as well as the author.
Nor will the immortal Dictionary be less
useful. If we remember that the greater
portion Of the money which II brought
TO Johnson was expended In supporting
the strangely homogeneous household or
pensioners which he had brought to his
Ark at Bolt Court-Levet the ruined
physician; Frank. the emanclpated slave;
Anne Williams. the blind termagant, ana
Mrs. Desmoullns. the helpless widow
and whose vagaries he endured uncom-
plainingiy for many years.
II may be wrong for the public TO In
quire as TO these petty details. and even
to take an interest in Dr. Johnson's own
Lives OF the Poets" in which many
misfortunes are related but literary
biographies will be written and read with
avidity until some vast cataclysm de-
stroys the foundations Of society. Indeed.
the thirst for personal gossip about lit
erary men has increased so much OF late
that 1t is becoming positively alarming.
and mediocre authors have learned the
art of utilizing this craze for log-roling
purposes.-The Scottish Review.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

Nearly all American and European Wis
itors TO Japan speak with admiration Of
the public baths of the country. In the
City Of ,okio there are between 500 and
800 public bathing establishments, each
frequented daily by at least 300 people
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

n HE BOARD OF OF, VISITORS ST 6S OF THE THE
i MEDICAL COLLEGE o, Ur LII
s TtHi in Richmond. at an adjourned meet
me- me r. he held on TUESDAY, June ID.
ISL at II O'clock NJ, for the purpose OF
electing a Professor to the Chair Of
Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Can,
didates for this position Will forward
.hatr annllcat0us and testimonials 10
cSHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS. NJ. d.,
Dean Of the Faculty.
BY order of the Board;
DANIEL d. TALLEY, Secretary.
my1S. %, 2i27,30, je3. T. i0, 1917
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
HeadcuarterS
r. f. Lee Camp. No. 1, G. ".
Richnnnl- Va. Nav %, lN0l.

richmond. Va, May 81. 1894
4, ENERAL ORDERS No. 26o: ]. COM
tJ RtDES,-You are hereby ordered to
assemble AT Lee Camp Hall on WEDNES-
DAY. May 30th, at o'clock +. NJ. sharp.
for parade, to assist IN the unvelluc OF
the Soldiers and Sailors Monument
All who have uniforms will please wear
them. and EVERY member is particularly
requested 10 be present
BY order Colonel T.. Leslie Spence,
Commander.
j. TAYLOR STRATTON.
mv27-3t Adjutant.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

at o'clock tonight. The companies
from the southern part Of the state are
forming and are now on the way 10
Florence