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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
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The sum paid for the English rights
Of THE Memoirs of Barras" Is said to
have been four thousand dollars.
"a Study in Prejudices' is tie title Of
the new novel by George Pastor, au-
thor Of "a Modern Amazon" This
story is described as fresh and modern
In conception.
The American edition of the Bookman
has far outstripped its English name
sake in interest. As the case stands
now, the tail is wagging the dog. and
the English Bookman is pretty good
paper, too.
Sentimental Tommy" Mr. J. NJ. Bar
rie's new story, relates the tale OF the
life of poor boy in a great city. Mr..
Barrie has now taken up his residence
In London and is supposed to be max
Ing studies there. The authors favorite
attitude, it is said, is reclining on tho
rug before the fire, where he smokes in
peace with his great st. Bernard beside
him; he does not like chairs. 1t is not
ed, also, that in company he preserves
extraordinary intervals of silence; bnt
be is always quick to catch and alp
plaud some clever speech fro3i those
around him.
Hector Malot announces .bat having
made a fortune, he has retired from
literature. He has worked hard, hav-
Ing studied the theory of heat to Write
one book, spent three months in tho
cotton factories for another, and, he
tells US, even spent the same length OF
time exploring the ruins Of Rome. He
chose his own subjects ana INDUCED his
own tastes, and let no editor, not even
NJ. Buloz, browbeat him. Inasmuch.
however, as he says that he has in his
desk sketches for ten more novels, and
plots for others in his head. the New
York Tribune thinks that shat retire
ment has somewhat the air of posi-
lively final last appearance
"Tay Pay" O'Connor lunched with
Maeterlinck not long ago. and writes
OF him: lie is IN excellent fellow. In
appearance he is typical Flemish man
--stOutish. brOad-faced, ana with the
sinGularly open and good-natured ex-
preston OF his race. l am told by his
lntimates that he is one Of the most
modest, and / could see that he is one
Of the most unaSsuming, Of men. Hs
speaks English well, and IS intima teiy
acquainted with English literature
especially with George Meredith. Hith-
erto he has not made or tried to mako
any money out of his dramas; but he IS
getting popular, and by and by may get
rich"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Porturars Democratic King.

Senior de Seguira Thadieu, the new
minister from Portugal, who mas just
presented his credentials to tlie State
Department, talks Interestingly of af-
fairs in his country. Our legislative
body" said he to an interviewer, was
dissolved last December and we are TO
have an election before it reassembles
in January Before the dissolution oc-
CURED the ministry was harassed by
the obstructive tactics of the minority.
The ministry, which Is conservative,
stands for monarchial institutions, and
has had large majority of the house
Of deputies TO support it. But the tur
moil of the minority was such the dis
solution was welcome. The king moves
freely about the public places and
streets. Every day he may be seen on
the boulevardS, sometimes on horse
back, sometimes walking or driving. He
goes unattended by military escort or
guards. He mingles with the people,
finds companions among them, and
talks with them. He goes to the thea
ter and to public entertainments, and
there Is an entire absence Of that eX-
clusiveness which is popularity suppos-
ed to be characteristic of royalty. He
Is fond of athletics, Is perfect horse
man. a capable yachtsman, and enjoys
tennis. Buffalo Express
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
MORTON DEFENDS PACKERS.
Denies the Statement That Inferior
Meats Come from Chicago.

Absolute denial is given by the agricul-
tural department TO the report from Ger
many that Chicago packers buy the most
inferior qualities of beef for canning and
packing purposes. The statement was
made in Il German journal. which assert
ed that. owing 20 the poor quality of the
beef. it was injurious and wrong to sell
ii in Germany. Secretary Morton said,
concerning the story.
Personally. with veterinary inspec-
tor, l have several times passed through
the larger becf-canning Csta lishmcnts in
Chicago. My visits 10 those estab-
lishments were always unheralded
and therefore there were no spe
cial preparations made for general view
ing of their premises and their methods of
Strengthening. cooking and canning beef.
From those thorough, official investiga-
tons | am justified in denying as wholly
untrue all that is asserted in that state
mcnt in regard to American canned
meats.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Cupidity Caused Trouble.

William Mcdowell. a well-known
farmer living near JameSburg, y. j.,
was sitting on his porch a few nights
ago, when be saw three boys ap-
preaching on Il run. The boys wore
gray suits and he at once supposed
they were runaways from the reform
school. He resolved to capture ell
three and thus add SO TO his savings.
He secured a tough hickory club from,
the wood pile and hid behind an oak
tree on the side of the road. AS the
first boy attempted to pass Mcdowell
seized him. Before the boy realized
what had happened lie was on the
ground together with the second boy
and Mcdowell standing over them
both in a threatening attitude. The
boys tried to explain.
While they were parieyinS Mcdowell
his cornfield. They wore the Same
gray suits and lie determined 10 cap
ture the entire lot of boys. The boys
soon convinced him that his contract
was more than he could carry ont.
Then the boys had Il chance TO ex-
plain that they were members OF n
basel ball team. which accounted for
the similarity of their suits. They ex-
pected TO enter foot race on July 4
and were training for the event when
the farmer attempted to capture them.
The case came into Squire Lucas
court. That worthy was puzzled ID
know how TO make the punishment fit
the crime. Before he decided the
farmer ha i persuaded the boys TO
Withdraw the complaint.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

light ard variable. but under this condi-
ton of affairs the new boat was more than
seven minutes in advance of her really
fast competitor. The Nigilant seems to
be outclassed in almost every condition
of wind and weather 10y the Defender.
The only time that the old champion can
be considered as having any kind of a
chance with the other yacht is in a light
wind in running. The Defender is per-
ceptibly the better craft by the wind and
in reaching. And when is considered the
short time that has u eli had to put the
Defender in shape her speed is all the
more crctiitablp
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

were made and this was called lions
Tabernacle. Now he has two others. but
the first remains the head of them all. 1t
is these wooden buildings which have been
the means of bringing Dowie into court.
People who live about these have become
Disguised with the crowd Of halt and
MANNED and blind who are constantly
flocking to these buildings and they have
prayed the authorities that the taber-
nacles may BE- suppressed as nuisances. 1t
is maintained on the other side that they
are beneficial institutions, inasmuch rs they
help suffering humanity, and thus are
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
TIE LARGEST LENS.
Work on It Has Been Finished at Cam
bridge, Mass

After years work the i0-inch lens of
the Yerkes telescope has been finished at
Cambridge. Mass, and will he shipped
soon To its destination. This lens is four
inches larger than that OF the Lick tel
escopc. With this monster telescope
great things are predicted in the field of
astronomy. and it is expected TO reveal
some interesting facts of Mars and its
canals. The lens of the Icrkcs telescope,
when the glass came from Paris in the
rough and before Il stroke of work had
been done upon it to fashion it into its
present delicate and beautiful shape, cost
$4,000.
Probably the grinding and polishing Of
the lens. which have been going on for
two years. cost as much again. while sew
eraI hundred thousand dollars were re-
quired to furnish the grounds and build
ings for the new observatory, with its
numerous instruments and the elaborate
and enormous brass tube for the great
telescope, besides the endowment requir-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
HE CURES BY FAITH.
WONDERS WROUGHT BY JOHN
a. DOWIE'S AID.
Either the Man Is a Worker of Mira
Cies or Else He Is INDUSTRIOUS
Fakir-A Nice Point of Law TO Be
Settled.


a unique case of great interest is soon
to como before the courts of Chicago.
The question to which an answer must be
given IS whether John A. Dowie is pos
sesSed with the power of working miracles
of healing such as are attributed to the
Apostles and Christ himself, or whether
the man is Il mountcbank. Il conscious
humbUg. who has deluded people for his
own gain. 1t is but few years that Mr..
Dowie has been at work and already his
fame is as wide as the continent and not
day passes that does not witness
crowd Of pilgrims from every section of
the country who have come to have their
sickness healed by him. He started with
one small wooden building where reliS
iOuS exercises were performed and cures
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Disliked Innocent Amuse,nent.

Nine. De LonSueville, a beauty of
Louis XIV.'s time, was tired to death
of being in Normandy, where her hils-
band was. Those who were about her
said: mon Dieu, madame, you are
eaten up with ennui. Will you not
take some amusement? There are dogs
and beautiful forest. Will YOU hunt
NO" she replied. 81 don't like hunt
ing" "Wili you work? % NO; don't
like work" "Will you take n walk or
play at some game?" NO: like neither
the one nor the other" What will You
do, then?" they asked "What can |
do?" she replied. Il hate innocent
pleasures.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
DELIVERANCE.

Sweet peace spreads her wings on the
orient shore;
Japan will be kinder-for cash.
Twixt bis legs is the tail which with he'll
licose roar
The dragon was Cushioned to lash.
From those wild, WOODY words we are
rescued at last;
All, they led us a merciless dance!
And we sigh relief that the ordeal is past
We left our yernacular's musical flow
To struggle with ''Ta-Lien-Wan.'
We affected to know all about Hal
Yank-To,"
And likewise about "Sha Hwo-Yuan
sWei-Hei-Wei'' was theme that embit-
tered ones dream,
But au fait We're expressions like these,
% we tackled New Chwang" and We
murmured Ping Yang
With pathetic assumptions of ease.
But no more are our courses reluctantly
bent
Where syllable monstrosities wait;
The sunshine has dawned where twas
chill discomfort,
And we join in thanksgiving to Fate.
No longer our wandering intellects go
Through the gazetteer's May expanse,
Mid the dipthongs that grow by the fer
tile Hoang-Ho,
For English once more gets a chance.
Washington Star.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Told i'm n Few Lines.

Jose Acaova, Il Cuban leader, was
killed by civil guard on sugar estate.
John Dutton is dying at Leadville, Col,
from starvation. He was too proud tn
beg.
Gov Morrill, finds there is no destitu-
ton in Ellis County. Kan, and the ap-
peals for aid sent out were groundless.
The commandment at Toulon has been
ordered to dispatch n fresh detachment
of troops to Madagascar to replace the
troops ordered home.
The mailing house of the municipal
brewery at Pilsen, Bohemia, burned with
a damage of ,00O.0 forms One work
man was killed and two firemcn were
injured.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Dictionary of Discomfort.

Science, dear Lady Betty, has dimin-
ished hope, knowledge destroyed our
illusions and experience has deprived
us Of interest. Here, then, is the au.
thorized dictionary of discomfort:
What is creation? A failure.
What is life? A bore.
What is man? A fraud.
What is woman? Both 4 fraud AID o
bore
What is beauty? A deception.
What is love? A disease
What is marriage? A mistake
What is wife? A trial.
What is child? A nuisance.
What is the devil? A fable.
What is good? Hypocrisy.
What is evil? Detection
What is wisdom? Sellishness.
What is happiness? A delusion.
What is friendship? Humbug.
What is generosity? Imbecility.
What is money? Everything.
And what is everything? Nothing
LabOuchere.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
fIlocUent Rags.

"Eloquence is speaking out out OF
the abundance OF the heart say tie
authors of "Guesscs ut Truth" An
incident related by Doctor Bernardo,
the English philanthropist who cares
for frieHdlcss children, illustrates this
chara cteristic Of eloquence.
II was standing" he said, 'at my
front door one bitter day in winter,
when little ragged chap came UP To
me ana asked me for an order Of admiS-
sion. To test him. | pretended to bo
rather rough with him.
GLOW do | know | said, If what
Won tell me is true? Have you any
friends to speak for you!
Friends" he shouted. NO, l amt
got no friends; but If these here rags
and he waved his arm about as he
spoke-'won't speak for me. ncthin' else
will"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Thus the

worthy OF the law protection. mus the
question resolves itself into this: whether
true cures are performed there or is the
whole thing fake This is the delicate
question the courts must decide.
The Gift of Healing.
Dowie, the head of this healing move
ment, was Congrega tional minister in
Sydney. Australia. He was an orthodox
believer in the dogmas of that sect, nor
did he allow his Interpretation of Scrip
ture to go contrary TO authority. Fer
years this was is mental attitude. Then
n plague broke out in the city. People
died by hundreds; one after another his
own congregation was smitton. The
physicians were in despair and human
skill appeared vain. Dowie sat himself
down 10 think when, suddenly. there
flashed into his mind that verse of the
Bible which says that the prayer Of faith
shall heal the sick. Instantly he arose
and went to the house of parishioner
where lay two children whose lives had
been abandoned by the doctors. lie knclt
down, prayed for them and laid his hands
upon them AMI they-arose well. Such is
Dowie's story of his first cure. Ever
since then, lie says. he has gone on with
ever-increasing faith and he claims that
$4,000 people owe TO his method their
cure from all manner of diseases.
Dowic does not claim that any power of
healing rests in himself: his whole mis-
sion is 20 pray and animate the faith OF
the patient. for it is the mans individual
faith alone which affects the cure. The
laying on of hands and the admonition To
arise and walk in the Lords name Dowie
regards as ceremonies and as such parts
of the divine institution of healing But
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
An Even Divide.

The champion stingy man of the sea-
son has been unearthed at Downs, Kan.
At dinner the other day lady asked
her husband to pass the toothpicks.
He picked one out Of the holder, broke
it in half, handed one piece to her and
used the other himself, remarking that
economy was necessary these hard
times.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Bryant's Early Pccuniary Rewards

1t is amusing to know how small
were the pecuniary rewards of Bryant's
literary labors, whatever may have
been the fame they brought him. Two
dollars a poem was the price that no
named. and he seemed to be abundant
Iy satisfied with the terms. A gentle
man met him in New York many years
after, and said TO him, Il have Just
bought the earliest edition of your
poems. and gave $50 for it" "More,
by a long shot" replied the poet, chan
1 received for writing the whole work"
Century.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Future Yachts Will BE Steel.

Mr.. Charles Ii. Cramp says the yacht
of the future will be of steel, and that
it's motive power will be electricity.
He has an order for yacht bigger and
faster than the, 1000 ton Giralda, the
fastest yacht afoat, and says that this
order will be filed.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

ed TO supply a permanent fund for the
maintenance of the institution. The great
crown glass now at Cambridge is about
three inches thick in the middle and one
and Il quarter inches at the outer edge
The two pieces that make up the lens
weigh together ] 200 pounds Being frag-
lie, in spite of their great size, they must
he handled with the utmost care The
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
1--WE didn't exactly think It." broke

I'VE didn't exactly think II" L broke
in. 1--WE assumed 1t by way Of
please, Robbie, will you take me
into the house," said Mrs Lawrence,
hastily.
Mrs. Lawrence did sit elsewhere at
dinner, but Lawrence said to me, as We
played billiards afterwards:
Tell you what, old chap. If fellow
wants his wife to be extra pleasant to
him, he can't do better than risk his
life on this beastly lake." and he smiled
most contentedly.
1t was mere penitence, of course
But l let him alone.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09


AL Cumming had an encounter with
a huge shark at Santa Cruz Sunday,
says the San Francisco Examiner. Cum
ming had engaged boat and was out
for salmon. Suddenly there was jerk
at his line that almost capsized the
boat. The fish came to the surface,
and his fins showed that he was Il big
shark.
Cumming toyed with him for while,
and as the shark felt the sharp prong
Of the hooks forced into his mouth he
made plunge, going down fully 100
feet and Keeling out about 500 feet of
line. Cumming had only 100 feet more
on his reel, and if the shark had accom-
pliShed that distance he would have es-
capped. But he was exhausted and
came to the surface again. Then, with
the skill Of an experienced angler, Cum
ming played the line carefully, and
after great effort got the shark along
side of his boat Both the shark and
his captor were winded The boatman
killed the shark with one blow of his
boathoOk.
Mr.. Cumming caught the shark with
q twelve-ounce salmon rod and linen
salmon line. The fish was more than
five feet in length and weighed fully
80 pounds. 1t is the largest shark
ever landed there with hook and line,
and its capture was due to the perfect
EpowIodCo Of fishing tbot NJ. Gum,
ming possesses. The contest lasted
just an hour, and exciting as it was for
Mr.. Cumming it was also as much so
for the onlookers. Fully twenty boats
unro in tho vicinity
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

There were real tears in her eyes.
- ooh, Mr.. Vansittart," she cried.
s'what shall I do? My husbands out
in q boat, ever so far away. and the
winds rising. and the boatman says
that It's awfully dangerous when
4here's g storm, and"
tilted my hat forward and scratched
my head.
IL don't see what you can do" said 1,
compassionately. L had sat next her
three nights at table d'hote, and liked
her extremely.
"Tlook at those trees! On. how 1t
blowsl And, see! Great waves!'
''The wind is certainly getting up"
admitted, sitting down on garden
seat.
"Oh. Mr.. yansittart. suppose he
should be drowned!'
Suppose he-?" I paused. The
idea was a new one to me. | turned it
over In my mind "Well. suppose he
should?' l said at last, in an inQuiring
tone.
And we've only been married
year,
"Yes. yes" said thoughtfLlly.
~Your love is still fresh:"
las fresh as the day when-"
Your romance has not worn off. the
day of disallusion has not come. Your
husbands memory woul3 be the sweet
est Of consnia ton to YOU"
But Mr.. Xansit-"
There would be no alloy in your rec
objections. You are young. your life
would not be spoiled. but it void be,
as it were. hallOwed by sweet and not
too poignant regrets. In the course
OF time the violence of grief would wear
of"
She sat down on the bench beside
me and dug the end of her parasol into
the path.
you would feel" pursued. "that sa-
cred as those memories were-precious
as they were--yOu would not be salts
fed In giving your whole life to them
And. 1t last. it may be that another
would come who"
''Oh. can hardly lima CINE that, Mr.
ya1sittart"
Try" said |. eDcouragingly. "One
who. though not perhaps the equal in
oil respects Of him You had lost. could
yet shelter you from the world
81 should want some one. shouldn't
dY
And give You an honest, enduring.
unwayering affection"
at wouldn't be the same thing" said
she.
depend upon it." / returned. ear
Mostly. :" it would be in some ways bet
ter. For he-your second husband
might well be one who could appreciate
the depths of your nature, who would
be serious when you were"
Instead of always making Jokes ?
Ye-es, Mr.. Vansittart"
Serious, and yet able to enter into
your lighter moods-always good-tem-
pered-"
''He would be wonderful husband.
Them
Generous, nay, lavish in giving you
whatever"
Fancy
''You wished for; unsparing in his
efforts TO please yOu-"
what, after marriage!"
Devoted absolutely to you. Why,
It's lovely picture"
"Yes, it does sound NICE" she con-
eeded, digging with the parasol.
could not such q one" / continued,
leaning toward her. "by affectionate
and constant efforts, in the course of
time heal the wound caused by your
cruel calamity?"
II don't know. Yes-I suppose so
we'll. perhaps, In time, Mr.. Vansittart,
he might"
HE would" said I, positively. VI
can imagine myslf-"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
THE DEFENDER.
The New Yacht Is Craft That Will
Surely Make Her Mark.

The trial race between the Defender
and Eigilant demonstrated that the new
yacht is a craft that will surely make her
mark. Two-thirds over the thirty mile
triangular course the winds were very
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

faith is the main thing; without this sue
cess is impossible, but so great is Dowie's
own faith that he can inspire the minds of
those who possess it in n less degree than
himself.
The opponents of Dowie are prepared
to show, they say, that the cures wrought
have been performed only on persons
troubled with hysteria or else are the re-
suits of pure delusion. Dowie, on the
other hand, points TO mass of afIidavits
made by those who claim cures and their
friends to the effect that they have been
really made well.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

Conscience is one of these burglars
that works best Ia solitude and dark,
ness.