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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
OLD VIM HIDDEN AWAY.
In England the Old Fashioned Country
Inns Have Treasures In Their Cellars.

People scarcely realize how large an
amount OF fine. rare wines and spirits
lies hidden in old country hostelries.
Outside London few people care for any
but sweet wines. and on this account
clarets and dry champagne of great
age and flavor are often To be found.
1 know a small hotel. whose name wild
horses shall not drag from me. situated
not many miles from one side
of the New Forest. found
myself there once on a fishing
expedition. and made friends with
mine host. a typical inn-keeper. whose
red face and extensive width betokened
good living. - talked about wine,
and he pro,.r"e.i some of the finest
claret l ever tish TO taste. 1t had been
In his cellar as long as he remembered.
He also sf.oved me some curiously
sealed bot..es of Hollands. undeniably
ola \ coGnnisSeur would have taken
up his abode there for good. and would
nave been we'll rewarded, says London
Sketch. / have made very similar dis
coveries in Kent and Sussex. All these
wines probably belong to an age be-
fore adultera ton became fine art, and
long keeping has made them perfect.
Nobody among the natives cares for
them. and Boniface usually keeps the
supply for the benefit of favored visitors
from London. The spirits in towns and
villages on the seacOaSt were probably
smugglad on shore in the days Wien
exciSemen and Smugglers INDUCED in
hand-to-hand conflicts. and le1t ro-
mantle cOuleur locale to The South OF
ENGLAND that is Saily missing in these
prosaic days. Nowadays, the lodging
housekeeper and divers unnamea BILE
little wild fowl fiaunt proudly IN the
regions Of ouT native lands forgotten
attempt at romance.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
A KENTUCKY MAN oFLErrERs.
omethIng About James Lane Allen,
Author of Flute and Violin"

James Lane Allen, author OF Flute
and Violin" and A Kentucky Car
dlnal, was born on a farm near Lex
tngton. in the very heart Of the Blue
Grass region, where the Aliens had
been gentlemen farmers for three gen.
erations before his birth. They were
originally Eirginians Of English ances-
try BY blood and by marriage they
were related in Virginia, and after
wards in Kentucky, to the old historic
families Of Madisons. Paynes, john
sons, Lanes. and Clays The Collins
history bears out the tradition that Col.
William Payne. the first Of the family
to emigrate to kentucky, once struck
Washington. The cause Of the encoun-
ter is given, and the tradition gives the
history Of a subsequent visit made by
Washington and his wife to the Vir-
ginia home Of Col. Payne, whom WASH
ington presented TO his wife as the
man who had struck him" on both
sides Of the family the author comes Of
Revolutionary stock. They possessed
large wealth, but the fortune dwindled
away before the birth of the author,
and at last they found themselves in
straitened circumstances. The civil
OF the times by no means bettered their
financial condition. James Lane Allen
was the youngest Of seven children. He
obtained his education only with the
greatest difficulty and under the most
adverse circumstances, and at the age
Of p became the bread-winner for three.
Struggling through several years Of
teaching as means Of sustenance. he
became so disguised with the profession
that was so hard and at the same time
so uncertain, that he al once resolved TO
devote his life to literature. Ten years
ago he went to New York with a lead
pencil and few dollars and engaged on
a newspaper. He had no acquaintance
in the place, nor even a letter Of in
PRODUCTION. The fight was. Of course.
severe. but in eight years since then he
has written five volumes. several poems
and numerous critical essays. Butter
flies" Mr.. Aliens serial story. which
will continue during the summer in
Harper's, is that Of a simple country
boy and girl. frankly but delicately and
pathetically told. The scene is laid in
Kentucky
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
COOLEY, MR.. DONG.
New York's Oldest thinaman l. to BE
Sent Homo.

Chinatown will see the last of its
most notable character, says the New
York News. Dong Dot Gnu is not only
the Oldest resident of Chinatown, but
he has been in New York longer than
any other Monaghan, and. more re-
+ markable still. he is absolutely without
a cousin, and that is the reason that
he is going to be sent back to China by
public subscription. The first time this
/ thing has ever been known TO happen
! before, because every Chinaman in the
United States has invariably from one
dozen TO a gross or cousins. and il would
be an everlasting disgrace on the family
name to have any outsider help any
member Of the family. In Mr.. DOng's
case Tin China the first name is always
the family nameJ, however. there is
good reason for his being dependent on
the generosity OF his countrymen for
the price or return ticket to the celeS-
tial land. Dong Dot Chu mas been in
New York city al least fOrty-five years
so long, in fact, that he has never
been known by any other name among
his own cOuntrymen than that of
Yankee. The story of Yankees life is
more romantic than that of the hero of
a dime novel. He was born in the vii
lage of San VIE, Kwang Tong (Canton)
province. One day his parents took
him to Canton City, and while there he
strayed away from them. He tells the
story himself in this way: That while
wandering about the city a stranger ap-
preached and by promises OF nice
clothes and SWeetmeats induced him to
go along. Dong Dot Gnu says he thinks
he was about years old then. Whether
he Is % or 90 now Or not he cannot tell
When he next remembered anything,
Mr.. Dong says, after he met the
stranger, he was on board of a steam
ship. He learned afterward that he
was slave on a plantation in Cuba.
Some time during the civil war in the
United States the owner of the tobacco
plantation came 70 New York with his
family, and while here, Mr.. Dong says,
he stole away from them. He had
learned TO roll cigars while in Cuba,
and he went TO work to learn cigar
making. He followed this business in
this city afterward until he got too old
TO work. For a long time past Dong
Dot Chu has been supported by friends
and sympathizers. He has been sleep
ing under the stairs in the hallway of
IL Mott street. Lee Yum Ping, mayor
of Chinatown. Lee Fun Sing, Lee Chow
and Harry Lee King, Chinese mer-
chants, have been appointed a commit
tee to collect the 5000 necessary to send
Dong Dot Chu back to China.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
a RACE FOR LIFE.
A kailro tdcr in Montana Has a Close
Call with s:ani of P.egan indians.

In August Of 90 was running bull
train between Helena and Fort Benton.
After going ABOUT Two miles | sho. an
old doe antelope. accompanied by two
fawns, and / determined that I would
nave al! three Il those animals, and
gave chase. firing whenever l could get
within range, until / had exhausted my
ammunition. This was before the days
OF breech-loading guns l finally got
the two fawns, and tied them on be-
bind my saddle and started to catch up
with the train" l was as much as six
miles behind. without a cap or a bullet,
only two empty six-shooters and a rife.
Noticed that my saddle pony kept turn
iEg to the left Finally I looked over
that way myself. and could see the
head and shoulders of a person down in
the coulee. / spurred into a gallop. and
In moment could see that there were
eight persons instead of one. and also
mat they were Piegan Indians in full
war paint and feathers They imme-
uiately gave chase and for the next six
miles occurred one of the most excit-
ing races that ever took part in See
Ing that the weight Of the faWns was
telling on the speed of my horse. I cut
them loose, and at the same
time threw away my overcOat,
and taking the ramrod out of
my rifle 1 used 1t as whip and
gained little on my pursuers. The last
TWO miles of the race was in plain view
Oh the train. The train halted. and |
supposed that one of the drivers would
come TO my assistance but no relief
came; they dropped their whips and
Jaws at the same time and waved their
mats and halloed Run" 1 was doing
the pest | could. The Indians chased me
10 within about $50 yards of the train.
w"eh BOP Chestnut, now OF Chestnut Val
iey' came In sight from the direction Of
sun river and opened fire on the In
oiahs- Ihey stopped chasing me and
ran the other way. II never occurred
to the drivers that they had guns until
aiter Mr. Chestnut commenced firing
Exchange
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20

Thirtytwo women got on the train
at Tacoma. They had been attending
the waterworks convention and were
on their way to Portland. 1t seemed
that one of their number had SHE'D the
track and had stayed behind Thirty
two tongues roasted this woman from
one station to another until she was
pretty we'll done. They kicked on what
she ate and what she wore and what
she didn't wear. Her shoes were too
small; her feet were too big. and she
didn't know how to comb her hair-and
Ii wasn't her own anyway, and the
brakeman and conductor would hurry
through this car as il they were afraid
of something. Two of the delegates
went into the diningcar for something
to eat. while the rest ate out Of baskets
and sacks. After they had got out the
thirty remaining jumped onto them
without mercy; the stuff was OF about
the track-shier; they ran their age up
and their characters down: they ac-
cused them of having their hired girls
dresses on and said one of them tried
to make a mash on a Tacoma policeman
and the other spoke to a cigar sign
Then We went into the dining car to
hear about the rest. We learned so
much that we rode IL another car the
rest OF the way.-Ex.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
WILL SOON PAY ITS DEBTS.
National Creditors of Greace TO Get
Their Money.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times prints part of letter COM
ing, he says, from an authoritative
source which seems to justify the hopes
that the national creditors of Greece.
sooner or later. may get some of the
money which belongs to them. The
passage is as follows: You know nv
ideas and cannot doubt that the chief
pre-occupation of the present cabinet is
to give to all the proof that Greece has
been ill-judged on account Of the mis-
takes committed in the conduct of her
financial affairs. In this connection the
first measures of the new cabinet and
the speech of the prime minister. NJ.
Theodore Delyanni. on the budget must
already have given an accurate idea of
the intentions animating il, which will
certainly prevail in the pourparlers.
with the creditors fer the settlement.
unfortunately so long delayed of our
financial situation. AS soon as the
budget is voted we shall send three min
listers to Paris, London, and Bel lin in
order to enter into direct relations with
the bondholders and begin negotiations
for an equitable and satisfactory ar
rangement. These ministers will. | be-
lieVe, be at their posts at the end Of
July or about the middle of August. If,
as we have reason to hope, we encoun-
ter In the bondholders the good will and
the spirit of justice upon which we
think we may count, l can assure you
we will lose no time in coming to an
understanding for the greater good Of
our creditors and for the honor os our
country"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
PenObscOt Salmon Scarce.

Not for many years has there been
such a scarcity of Penobscot salmon at
this time of the year. For the last
week or ten days hardly dozen a day
have been taken from the down river
weirs. says a Portland. Me-, special
The salmon in the markets are nearly
all from the provinces. and it takes an
expert to tell them from the native fish,
either in appearance or taste. Seals
are unusually numerous in the lower
PenObscOt this year and are a great
pest to the fishermen. They get into the
weirs and kill and eat any salmon they
find, neatly scOoping out all the flesh,
leaving the skin only for the weir
owner.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
A SORRY EUlLfiEGD,

rho Foolish FISH !:'-~:e-ccd with a
Water Motor and Came 10 "A Lad E:n.i
One little bull-head species Of the cat
fish escaped from Lake McKusick some
time since, and, no doubt, is sorry for
1t; we are, anyway. He came down the
mains of the water company and float
ed up the pipes leading to our motor.
where he stopped; SO did our motor,
presses. etc. He didn't use good judg-
ment as he went into the motor tail
first, just fitting so that he stopped the
machine. Had he gone at it head first,
the opening was such that he wouldn't
have stopped the machine and called
into active service the water works
man and a machinist. He would have
kept going round in such lively man.
ner. that in the course of time his
mother-in-law wouldn't have recognized
him. Bob Butler thinks he had him on
his hook once out in McKusick's Lake,
when he was a boy-Bob, not the fish
judging from his antiquated appear
ance. Friday is without question the
proper day for fish, but catching them
in water motor is mighty improbable
business. We never did like fish, and we
hate 'em worse than ever now.-Ex-
change.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
How He Worked Il Bailey Horse.

The subject under discussion was
balky horses. John Miller, cashier of
the Citizens Bank of Big Run. had the
floor. He said:
when 1 was chunk of a boy my ia
Their had balky horse which it occa-
sionally fell to my lot TO drive. 1t was
a heartrending experience and I often
exhausted my patience and ingenuity
in attempts to make him go. He would
Jog along all right on the level or down
hill. but he would not go up hill. He
would just stand. If you would lick him
he would proceed to back. Finally / hit
on a scheme. When | came to a hill I'd
Just turn the brute around and whip
him and he would back up the hill
When he reached the top l just turned
him around and he would go down all
right
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
REBUILT BY THE DOCTORS.
Very Little of the Original Left of
Minnesota Man.


An odd character is now in Winona
Mimi, in the person of George Burns.
who has good reason for his eccentric
ity. He has papers which show that
he was head engineer on the steamer
City OF Savannah. which was wrecked
off the coast of Massachusetts on Jan.
Is, 1884, while en- route from Boston
20 Florida. Re was reversing the levers
when the steamer struck the rocks, and
he was thrown into the machinery.
receiving injuries which crippled him
FOR life. There were us lives lost in
the accident, and Burns is ore of the
thirty-seyen survivors For long
while he lay on cot in the death row
of Bellevue hospital, New York. DR..
Hayes Agnew attended his case and re-
moved five ribs from his left side and
trephinad his skull, using six ounces of
silver sheeting for this purpose He
was compelled TO wear plaster paris
Jacket for four years after the accident.
\ porsion Of the lower end of his spine
and both elbow joints are gone. One
knee cap is on the back of the leg, and
his heart is on the extreme right side
OF his body He is now Ga years of age
and walks very we'll and has a cheerful
disposition. He is a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic and served
during the war on the gunboat Essex,
which was stationed at Cairo during
the early days of the rebellion.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
4 Neat Trick i'm DOmiuOes.

Here is trick played with dominoeS:
Spread out a set of dominoes upon the
table, being careful to extract one for
your own use. Inform the company
that if they will match the dominoes
you have laid down, using every dom
inc, you will, after leaving the room.
determine the numbers at either side
of the match. You then leave the room
and read the numbers Of your stolen
domino This will almost infallibly
prove to be the end numbers of the
match When the match has been
formed and concealed by handkerchief
you enter the room and announce the
end numbers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
An Original Witness.

Some tome since in southwest Geor-
Sia murder case was being tried be-
fore a certain Judge. The states at
torneys had seen The shooting, and they
had an Old neSrO on the witness stand.
The negro became intensely interested
in The story he was telling. His big
eyes were fixed upon the lawyer who
was questioning him, and he seemed to
think there was no other person in the
room. He WAS trembling with excite
ment-SO much so that he stammered-
and he told his story as if he was hav-
ing a strictly private and confidential
conversation with the states attorney.
AN den, boss" he said in solemn
and awestruck torres, ''j-j-jes ez war
a-comin' roun' de cornah, sab, l seen
him Tong O. de lamp-pos'. r
What time was this?" asked the
judge.
The witness paused for just second,
as if something had disturbed him;
but then. without turning his head, he
wen. on:
''Jjje5' as l war a-comin' roun de
cornah. boss, I seen him long O. de
lamp-pos'. r.
The judge raped the desk before him
snariiy With the gavel
Stop" he said. The court is ask
ing You a question. At what time did
You come around the corner?"
Again the witness stopped and made
a motion with his hand as if he was
brushing away a fly from his ear, but
he never turned around, and again
started to tell his story:
''EZ | WuZ a-Sayin', boss, l rounded
dat dab cornah, an | seen him long of
de"
The judge brought his mallet down
with noise, which almost caused the
witness to leap off the stand, and roarei
out:
What do you mean, SIT? If you do
not answer my question instantly, l
shall commit your
The witness turned, faced the court,
and said in deprecating tones:
"L-l-ook err yere, boss, doan' you see
I'm talkin' to dis Imam"
The lawyers were almost convulsed
with laughter, the judge bent his head
and shook with merriment, and the Wit
ness was allowed to finish his story un-
STANDARDIZATION a Constitution
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Had Been learning.

Dear little mother" said the young
man who had been away from home for
six months. as he opened letter ad-
dressed TO him in the well-known hand
writing of his maternal ancestor, Il
wish she would go ont into the world
more and enjoy herself. She is such a
domestic little body. I'll get all the
and how the cat and canary are getting
along. and all about having the kitchen
painted and buying new rugs for the
back parlor and so forth"
Then he opened the letter and read:
Dear Harry | have Just returned
from seeing n bali game between our
college nine and the team from Miggs-
vile. Our boys were all crippled up
Burnham had 4 glass arm, Hawkins
was almost laid up with a Charley
horse AMI Spicer had A game foot One
Of the stilfs from Hankinsburg had
spiked him three days before. Bat il
would have done you good to see how
they fell on that Miggsyille pitcher
They pasted him all over the field for
six runs in the first inning, all of them
earned and Trick Jackson made one
of the longest hits ever seen on the
grounds. 1t was corking three bag
ger, and if Fudleston had been doing
his duty in the coacher's position it
would have been a home run. In the
fourth inning they knocked the Miggs-
Vile twirler out of the box" etc.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
COSTUMES FOR TRAVEL.
Novel. but Are Planned on Common Sense
Lines.

Travelling dresses are usually simply
planned and novelties in them arc con-
sequently rare. Usually. too. the in
novations are not favorably received,
but one thoroughly unconventional
travelling costume had much To recon-
mend il. It was made from mixed tan
tweed of a lightweight texture. The
skirt cleared the ground, set out pref
tily at the back. and was almost close
front and sides With this was n trim
waist of checked wash silk, SO crisp
that the enormous sleeves stood siifl1y
out and so light that these same sleeves
folded away without injury in the ca
pacious sleeves of the tweed coat 20
be worn over them. This coat reached
to the knees, was double-breasted. and
had a high collar. A pretty golf cape.
lined with the check silk, swung from
the golf straps that secured IL over the
chest of the natty traveller. y Tam-o-
Shanter of the tweed. with folded
band of the silk and n single mottled
brown cocks feather, completed
thoroughly practicable travelling riS
suitable for all seasons and climates
Under the skirt, but. OF course. NJ
showing, were a pair of legSinGs thar
extended to the knees, and were there
met by zouave knee breeches of tweed
lined with silk Neither the purchaser
nor the designer of this rig would say
whether it was intended to become n
dress-reform get-up on occasion. but
the combination Of Tam-o' Shanter cap.
silk waist. trousers. legginSs. and rus
set shoes suggests the thought tia.
the wearer will be thus logged out whe n
she is far enough from civilization ana
the climbing is rough-EX.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
a B!FF AT BIKES.
4 Doctor Says some Pretty Mean Things
About The hiring Wheel.

About he WhirIing Wheel
Or. lieine Marks, Of st. Louis, has
taken his life in his hands. He is fight
ing the bicycle fever. He makes bicycle
riders vast suicide club-suicide to
morals and physique-and moves the
bridge from under posterity. He says:
ITO my mind, owing to the excess of
exercise INDUCED in by bicycle riders
OF to-day. when a man or woman buys a
wheel they take the first spadeful of
earth from Their grave First, you have
kind OF paralysis of the hands from
constant gripping of the handle bar,
then contraction of the muscles of the
legs, contraction of the posterior
muscles Of the lower limbs and OF the
inside muscles of the thighs, round
shoulders from STOPPING over, and con-
traction of the chest. This causes con-
gestion of the lungs, and leads to con-
sumption. Continued violent exercise
also leads to enlargement of the heart
Furthermore, with men, rupture, vari-
cOcele. hydrOcele, follow, and. worst of
all. II destroys virility. Take into con-
sideratiOn the abandon between wheel
enthusiasts of the two sexes. the long
lonely rides. the cOstuming of the
women, calculated to show off their
physical charms. With women, con-
slant riding causes trouble TO which
women are peculiarly heir, and alsc con-
duceS to immortality"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Edible TOadstOOIs.

A great many people fall into the
error of considering every mushroom
of certain form and shape as being
fit for food In order to show what a
grave mistake this is we will say that
fungi, toadstOOls or mushrooms, and
that only 1874 of that great number can
be safely regarded as edible. In the
whole of the United States there are
only eight species of fungi that are fit
for food and thirty that are deadly
poisonous
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Cinnamon His Speciality.

Charley Fo1g Sing, an born
Chinaman, has applied to the New 6ork
police civil service board for appoint
ment as patrolman to DO special duty in
tracking Chin rse criminals. tie has
had training for the work In San Franz
cisco. where he closed up many opium
denS. He is more than six feet tai and
of athletic build. Across his Lcf; cheek
Is a long scar. the result Of cut he re-
ceived by falling from the mast of the
Arctic exploring ship, the Jeann, tie.