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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
BURGLARIZED.
Ball & Carabin the Unfortunate
Victims.

For the second time in less than two
months thieves broke into the store of
Ball 4 Carabin at the corner of La
Porte and Michigan streets last night.
Entrance was secured by prying off
the latch of a window fronting on the
alley. 1t was evidently the work of
noviees, probably boys. Several suits
of clothing were taken together with a
large quantity of jewelry.
After hauling over several large piles
of clothing left scattered promis-
cuOusly on the floor the thieves turned
their attention to the cashiers drawer
and the jewelry case but did not at
tempt to open the safe. In the lower
till of the cashiers money drawer lay a
gold watch belonging to Mr.. Oscar L.
Ball which was overlooked They took
all the small silver leaving about l5O
pennies behind All the suits taken
were of small sizes running from IL to
- years Of age which leads to the be-
lief that the job was done by boys. Of
ticers are working on the case and hope
to and the culprits before many hours.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
A Wreck.

Train %, going west on the p, Ft
w. & G. Ry. last night, slipped her tires
at Winslow, putting the engine and one
car on the ground. The train was not
moving fast, which accounts for more
cars not going off the rail. The wreck.
ing car was Immediately telegraphed
for and arrived in a short time. After
about three hours hard work everything
was cleared up and traffic again opened
No. 6, which carries the Chicago morn
ing dailies, arrived here three hours and
fifteen minutes late. No one was hurt
Two prisoners escaped from the
Michigan City prison last Sunday and
have not been apprehended yet.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Carrier Pigeons Liberated.

On saturday last Mr.. Dial had ex-
pressed to his care a cage of carrier
pigeons. He received a letter asking
him to fill the fountain in the cage with
water, and also to liberate them at 8
o'clock sunday morning. The letter re-
ceived was written by Mr.. Peter Tollens,
of Mlshawaka. 1t was not stated in
the letter the mission of the birds, but
but it is supposed they were young and
were being trained to carry messages.
The birds were liberated by Mr.. Dial at
5 o'clock Sunday morning, near the cor
ner of Michigan and Washington streets
They scurried around about town
until they were lost to sight. Nothing
since has been heard of the feathered
messengers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
advantag.
A Costly Municipal Government.

While sometimes taxpayers are in
clined to complain about the exhorbi-
tant taxes they have to pay to ensure
the proper conducting of their city af-
fairs, yet if they will look around them
they will discover there are other towns
that do not derive any better service
which are compelled to pay much
larger amount of money. Below we
quote an ordinance providing for TIE
yearly allowance of town not TO ex-
ceed 1000 population in excess of our
city. 1t is, we believe, encountered with
one day and two night policemen:
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

At South Bend the st. Joseph river
has become so low that the Indiana Pa
per company has been compelled to
resort to steam entirely as a motive
power.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

man who desires TO locate manufact-
uring or mercantile interest. does not
enter vour citv with blast ~
trumpets. or tlarinc posters. but in an
unassumineandquiet manner and with
an eye that seldom is misleading takes
in your natural advantages. examines
the papers published in your civ and
in one hundred wavs unknown f. the
residents. soon discovers whether the
location is suitable for his line of bus
mess OF ll','
I-ym"ulh mas eve. ythnS that per
SANS 20 '.'ese o'7''a''e features Cur
Idl4!'"" idcl-il-ea arc asic-i, llat We can
compete WIN aHt e--t III Inc state o1
ll''''s'i'i' III lia-.al l''tt-iiS lfe-Eh1 To
either the EASTERN II esteTn markets,
III 'ie shortest possible Tine. men 1t
oolileS t' ieedl''A lieie is no HcctSs.l!
lor us Jo enumeTa5e the advantages we
nave - present u tllese VINO GeSfe TO
locate Ill community Where progress
Sioii MAJ NJ '9is -i1-isec1!'h.
IL deFolNes upon every citizen t. Go
ms part III lAe ulpdIo-hG OF the great
future tHat II Al S,oie Tor cur city.
ms can De u'i-t 41 numerous ways.
OiIo "a 'iteHi' tiid- -a 81 me Sied est m
poftahce, IS TO always speak a good
"oIu loI your nome wherever You may
be- \ word ol commentator Tor Your
CITY IS pread cast upon Tie waters.
mere IS no doubt but that II VIII bere-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

Don't try to dodge bicycle. An in
experienced rider will catch you any
way, and an experienced rider has prob
ly made some arrangements to 60
around.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Sick on Watermelon.

At Plymouth several persons were
taken sick, after partaking rather freely
of watermelon. The supposition is
that the watermeons had not sufficient
ly ripened when put on the market
South Bend Times.
We are perfectly willing to admit that
there are few people in our city who
appreciate the luscious fruit known as
the watermelon, but the Times has been
misinformed regarding such a catas-
trophe visiting any portion of our pop
ulati0n. They never tackle watermelon
until it is ripe.
Mems Harvest Gloves 23 cents at Ball
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
Education indispensable.

\ certain degree of education ought
to be held as absolutely indispensable
to good citizenship. at least as far as
good citizenship is necessary to the
maintainence of good government. Ig
noranct is the parent of vice. Vice is
the destroyer of good government.
1t tproyokes transgression of the laws,
fills the jails, penitentiarIes, hospitals
and poor houses and increases the taxes.
The money then expended III education
is money spent for the very highest
common welfare. It IS, then, not for
the love Of knowledge only or for a love
of virtue either, that strongest argu-
ment can Be advanced in fayorof gener-
aledUca ion, but upon the great grounds
Of seldshness and personal and public
interest in the safety OF society and
economy of the government that the
maintenance Of public, free schools can
be persisJently urged The free school
is as much q branch of the govern
mental service as the army and navy
and in the results for the perpetuation
of peace, good order, and due respect
for the laws. 1t is sure, safe and COM
mon defense. it may be called a police
measure because one Of its chief objects
is to protect the nation against crime
and against turmoil by preventing
heavy taxation and by making it less
necessary. The Importance and Vi
tality of this benefit to society should
not be left to chance; neither should it
be reserved for private interest, but, as
is the custom in this country, should be
organized by law, sustained by the pub
lie money, as much as are the defenses
of our coasts, or the maintenance of an
army to protect the frontier from In
dians or lawless desperadOeS, because
the moral defense of society afforded
by free schools, as in fact more import
ant than the physical protection of a
country by armies and navies. 1t can
never be to fOrcibly impressed upon the
minds of the people that the main hope
of the country is on the trained lntell-
igence and moral character of its cit
liens. These traits and their growth and
culture depend more upon our public
schools where the youth of the mass of
our population are instructed. What
ever promotes the sectional free schools
and the highest mode of teaching and
the improvement of any and every in
iluence that surrounds the children of
this country is of the highest public
advantag.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly thinks that some children lie
habitually because they are suffering
from disorders of mind and body, or
both, (which radically interfere with
the transmission of conceptions and
perceptions"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

Saturday evening Mrs. John Redding-
ton was arrested by Constable KyeS and
Officer Brown on warrant sworn out
by Thomas Heard, Prosecuting attorney
for Porter and Lake counties, charging
her with attempting to hire Frank Fol
som, of Hebron, to kill the prosecutor.
She was taken before Justice Louder
back, where she was confronted by
Folsom, who testified that he had been
approached by the woman, who, with
offers Of money, endeayored to hire him
to put Heard out of the way and blow
up his house with dynamite. He said
he had declined to do the work but
promised to return Friday night with a
man who would. Heard was informed
with the above result.
The case was continued until We'd
nesday with the above result, and Mrs.
Reddington was released on 800 bonds.
Valparaiso Star.
y Nebraska paper says: 1t is an
amusing sight this summer to see some
of our farmers chasing a cultavator
down long row OF corn attired in a
swallow tailed coat, a Fedora hat, plalt-
shirt, picadilly collar, four hand tie
and pair of patent-leath9r toothpick
shoes, being the full dress suit of some
eastern dude and contributed to the
suiferes of Nebraska last winter
Two male bicyclists dressed in knick-
erbockers arriving in the course of
tour at summer hotel at Spirit Lake,
Iowa, the other day, were not allowed
to enter the dining room, on the ground
that their attire was improper. 1t is
not stated whether the table legs in the
room were decorously draped.-Ex.
You can get most anything you want
at Lemont At least that is what the
chief of police of West Virginia
thought, so when wanting a murderer
he came to Lemont and found his man,
one Matt Davis, alias Charles Clark,
negro, and returned with him to Hunt
ington.-J oliet Republican.
A writer in the Popular Science
NJoDtbI,, fbot cop,a obildrap lio
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

Mems Harvest Gloves % cents at Ball
e Carabin's.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02
THE USE OF FERTILIZERS.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Some time ago I noticed an editorial
In your paper advising the farmers not
to discontinue the use of Commercial
Fertilizers on account of the low price
OF cotton. Now am sure you were
perfectly sincere in your advice and
perhaps you were right. Butfrom my
standpoint, as practical farmer your,
argument seems entirely wrong.
In the first place I believe that al
mcst ii not quite as good a crop of cot
ton can be produced without guano.
OF course it will require more effort on
the part of the farmer in composing
etc, but the saving would more than
pay for the extra labor.
But even if the yield per acre should
be decreased considerably by not using
guano, then it seems to me there
would be no loss to the farmer.
You know it is generally contended
that there is an overproduction of
cotton in the South amost every year.
And believe no one doubts but that
there is more cotton made than there
is brisk demand for. tits also fact
that for every ton Of guapO used in the
South this year at least one bale Of cot
ton must be raised with which to pay
for it. Taking the whole South over it
is easy to see that the amount of extra
cotton required to pay for the guano
is the grand cause, under present con
ditions, of the glut in the market every
fall. -.--...-
Suppose then the farmers should re
solve to use no more guano. Then the
cotton crop could be easily reduced to
the amount required to supply the de-
mand But on the other hand if
large supply of guano is bought and
another large crop of cotton raised, as
there must be if guano is used, then
the farmers may expect to pay for it
with four, if not three, cent cotton
next fall
/ think it would be well for farmers
to think over this matter carefully.
talk it over with their neighbors and
in the Alliances and resolve to use no
more commercial fertilizers.
J. F. SPENCE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02
WILLIAMSBURG, N. @.
FROM sILOUs BUSH TO MAJOR
BILKINS.
Dear Mr.. Bilkins:-

Dear Mr.. Bilkins:-
I wuz kinder in hopes that you
would KUN Ground ter see me while
you wuz up in ther mountains, fer
wanted ter see you { file bad and have
a talk with you. wanted ter ak you
sum confdensul qnestins erbout whut
fer me ter do I haint seed a GUIDE
dimacrat like you in so long don't
kDo how one looks. Well did git a
sorter ov a glimps at our demacrat
representative thee other day when he
KUN home. wuz at ther depo when
he KUN and one ov the kounty kum,
missioners met him thar with a buggy
and he just jumped off ov ther cars
and run and got inter ther buggy and
drove fer home as hard as they could
tair.
WANTED ter git hold ov his hand
and hcudy with him, but he seemed
ter be in too big ov hurry ter tell ther
folks houdy like he did durin' the cam
pain last fall. But I guess he wuz
refraid somebody would rob him. Fer
they say that there il nifty big pay in
the pereishun that he has bin holdin
and he must ov bin eavin ov it purity
we'll fer when his pay stopped he
wouldn't tay and pay fer his board
till the legislature adjourned.
Stranger he dun this ever bit ov it.
But we mustn't kick at little thing
like this fer we are nearly kicked to
pieces now. My motto il ter vote fer
'en and try 'em ergin.
Mr.. Bilkins, I want ter ak you a
conf1denshul question or two fer infor-
nation.
When the people axes J GU why are
you demacrat what do you tell 'em?
The other day got ter talkin poler-
ticks with Peete Jones, and he loud he
wuz a popuIist, and I told him that I
was a demacrat teeth and toenails.
And says he.
Silous, why are you democrats
Because my Daddy wuz one and it
wuz handed down ter me, says I. And
then Peete says ter me. Silous, if
our daddy's done rong and dies and goes
ter He'll il that any signe that we
should follow him9
want you ter tell me how ter anser
such foolish questions as this. don't
kno whut makes 'em ak me such ques-
tions as that fer nohow.
Let me hear frum you rebout the
matter: I am yours very truly,
Sllous Bush.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02

W.
secure a good position on the market.
In plows the French have made such
enormous strides during the past few
years that there would seem to be no
further opening for plows of foreign
manufacture. Firms like Bajac,
Liancourt, turn light, strong plows
suitable to all kinds of purposes in
such numbers that they are now pay
ing attention to export markets, and it
is certain that in a year or two Freach
plows will have a considerable sale
abroad. Every part of the plow is
made of steel, and it claimed that they
are practically unbreakable. The
wrought steel shares will wear, it is
said, ten years or more Nevertheless,
the American plow makers have sue
ceaded in securing a very firm position
upon the market. and large number
of Oliver-chilled plows are sold in this
country. In view of the success of
these plows English firms have gone to
great expense in trying to produce
chilled shares, but they have been
obliged to give up the attempt
Whether it is owing to difference in
the metal or in the prcess of chilling,
it is certain that the English makers
are unable to get the same results
The Oliver plows are still unique among
their kind, and the opinion of the
English makers who viewed tie large
display of chilled plows YVES that there
wes nothing equal to them. Another
good implement is the plow manufac-
tured by the Gallo Co, of Albion,
Mich, whose plows make a reAt and
Interesting stand. A splendid line is
made by one of the English agents of
the improvements of the South Be0d
Chill Co, South Bend, Ind, which are
likely to sell well on account of their
price. Indeed, visitors marvel that
the United States can send over plows
and, after paying for the heavy charges
for transport and import duty, sell
at which they could be produced in
this country. Of course, when one con-
siders the perfection to which mechan
ical production has been brought, in
the United States, there IS no CAUSE for
astonishment. The Planet hoes and
plows are going very well in FranGe,
where the lightness of these implc-
ments is much appreciated. Such
firms as the New York Manufacturing
Company, acd the Whitman and
Barker Manufacturing Company, are
competing very keenly with the Shtf-
field firms in rakes, hoes, scythes,
knives, etc, and in point of price they
leave their English rivals far behind
Altogether, the Paris show affords evi
dence that the American firms are in
stronger force in this country than
ever before, and there is no doubt that
they mean to do a considerable trade
in most classes of implements and ma
chinery in the coming year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02
THE SHOE FACTORY.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Will you please keep that little ball
rolling that | started for the shoe fac
tory Like the snow ball it may gather
slowly at first, but the further you roll
it the faster it taccumuIates. Mr.. Editor,
if you think it would do better to
change my proposition from giving one
dollar-to subscribing one dollar you
are at liberty to do so, any thing that
is right for the shoe factory. We are
glad that so many thousands of good
people take and read THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER We hope its numbers may
increase from day to day, until no man
shall say Know ye the Alliance and
it's principles, but all shall know them
from the least to the greatest. But
brethren, "He that knoweth his mas
ter's will, and doeth it not, shall be
beaten with many stripes" We had
better never perused it's pages; never
had learned it's truths of justice and
right towards our brother man, than
after we have learned them not to put
them in practice. There is not man
in North Carolina that ought to be out
side of the penetentiary or lunatic asy
lum but will acknowledge that we
ought to organize for our protection
and for the good of our fellow man,
We want our factory" that the shoe
less may be shod, the naked clothed,
the idle employed, and the hungry fed.
When the pale boatman come and car
ries us over the dark river we want
the first ealutation that greets our ears
on the Shining Shore to be, I'm yen
ders world I was hungry and you fed
me, naked and you clothed me, enter
then into the joys Of thy Lord" Many
good people say to me, l can't pay my
dues to the Alliance. Brethren you
can't aff0rd not to do it. Many say I
am too poor to subscribe dollar to the
factory. Brethren that is the way to
get out of your poverty. I hope l
know the poorest man in the State, vet
he is rich; an heir of God and a Joint
heir with Jesus Chrlst-rich enough.
He has large family Of his own to
feed, clothe and educate by the sweat
OF his own brow, besides two invalid
sisters about seventeen years old to feed
and care for. Is not that enough? No.
He has good old mother, born before
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02
EDITORIAL SUGGESTIONS.

That COW which costs $40 per annum
to feed and produce $50 in milk and
butter, is a sad leak, equal, if not
greater than a rat hole in the bin.
Donot allow the manure heap to lay
exposed to all the drenching rains from
fall till spring, and then buy CONNER
cial fertilizer to help the crop along.
Greater in number than any other
class, yet the farmer is subject to law
makers who ignore his existence. He
l'Oors hard from one year to another,
trusting to a power that controls the
price OF his labor and the product of
his toll"
DO not expect to sell eggs enough to
GUY the groceries, when the hens are
compelled to roost in the trees with the
thermometer most of the time crowd
ing zero. The best hen In the universe
lorgets all about laying eggs under
such circumstances.
Hay CT grass, with roots, ensilage
Snu a variety of wheat, corn, oats and
oaFiey ground together, furnishes the
OeSt elements of growth in the young
Nurse, and maintains the matured ami
ual in the best condition. Oats and
urn only are not the best to build up
zone, flesh and muscle.
Inc cheapest pork is made from hogs
u'cn are never wintered, but which
50 a good share OF their eussenance
lufing long season upon pasture or a
bOOa range. In the North clover ia be-
-Iln'ng the universal pork producer,
n, ullS mast in the South supplies the
pace even more cheaply.
as the young animals are not making
ulrec' return for their keeping, it
riS uo' De strange that as compared
w the productive ones they are
M n0"na5 sllghted. Still, they are in
Vi the most important stages of
ri.I -sH lie, and it is a great and costly
-s'aAe IT, Ne giect them.
you raise hay TO sell from the
81 remember that timothy Will take
Dao,I = III the farm than clover. Many
bot t'0 VINO buy are learning, however,
art. carly cut, nicely cured clover is
ooo~ man timothy for nearly all pur-
Doot Clear timothy will bring the
'llohey, an acre, as a rule.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02
HIS NAME.

A pair of twins was born in the
Back Bay district. A bright boy set
about to try to name them. He said,
Twill they be called Peter and Repe
ter2" But no; his mother would not
listen to the name Peter. Then he said
Let them be called Max and Climax
mo-" she said; they are both little
girls, so we cannot name one of them
Max"
Then he said, after much thought,
''Let them be called Kate and Dupli
cate" After that his head was band
aged, and he was sent out to play
Union tSiOnG7
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02
A CONTRACTED CURRENCY.

When the Superior Court of Pender
county was in session at Burgaw few
days ago the case of Ida McAllister
against W. T. Bannerman was on trial
and one of the witnesses was Milton
Hayes, a typical country darkey. He
was put on the witness stand by Law
yer H L Stevens, of Warsaw, to pro ye
the actual value of a certain piece Of
property in dispute, and in reply to a
question as to what rent the place was
worth per month he said:
"Wall, in de present state er de cur
rency it is wuff about er dollar and er
half, but wild morn dey is in succula-
lation should jedge it oughter fetch
two dollars and er half er mont
His answer created a laugh and
Judge Hoke remarked that he was
more fit for Congress than he was for
the witness stand. = VA. Messenger.
-%S-@-~$~-
~~-m OF
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02

1t has been stated by good authority
that thousands of dollars are thrown
away in this State every year for com
mercial fertilizers, to say nothing of the
time and labor lost, by not knowing
the needs of the soil. Fertilizers will
bring fair results, but the elements
needed must be well understood.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02

This is getting it down pretty fine,
but recent experiments show that the
potash, phosphorous and Nitrogen III
the solid dung from the cow fed upon
a mixed ration are worth four cents a
day, and the liquids six. This is
strong argument for feeding as much
as possible the products Of the farm
upon the farm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02

To unproductive ground the legumi
nous crops bring nitrogen absorbed
from the air, and menures supply
simple elements which make a balance
in the consistency thereof. Land which
is unproductive is not necessarily ex
hausted; the elements of fertility may
lie there in an unavailable form.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02

The best shaped sweet potato tubers
and the largest yield will result on
shallow ploughed land, in small ridges
about 80 inches apart, with the plants
set 18 inches apart in a row. The secret.
of easy cultivation is IN stirring the
soil as soon as it will work after each.
rain, killing the weeds before they are
visible and preventing a crust from
forming.