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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17

a pair OF spectacles cost in the six
teenth century at least $50. Il was
fashionable To wear them. and the lar
Ger they were the better they were sup
posed ID support the dignity OF the
waarer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awardsd Gold MsdA AGldwiatsr Fsis. San Franciscan
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Woman's Fidelity.

The obligation of fidelity will be as
natural to woman in the time to come
as II was in the old days, because
human nature is stronger than any laws
we may make to change it, and the In
stinctive feeling of a woman. like a
dog, is fidelity-fidelity to the man she
loves, the man to whom she has given
herself Education and modern influ-
ences may modify for a time the bent
of her life, and may cause some women
to break away and embark on other
lines and ways of living, but the prodi
gals will return home finding out the
hollowness and the impossibility of the
career they prepared for themselves.
From physical causes women cannot
lead the same life as men. do what they
may and, as nature. in her wisdom. has
placed such restrictions on them they
will recognize after time their limita
tons and be content to admit that they
have beeS worsted in the unequal strug-
gle.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
HOW ANTS KILL 4 SNAKE.
insect Battaiions Torture 1t to Death
ana Then Strip the Skin.

That ants can actually kill snakes is
a hard thing to believe There is ir-
REPUTABLE evidence. however. that they
do, and scientists have discovered that
the snake has hardly a more dangerous
enemy. The large red-brown forest ant
is the sort that is most fatal to the
ophidians, and a curious thing about
the attack of these tiny creatures on
this comparatively enormous reptile is
that they kill it for food and not on ac-
count of any natural antipathy.
When some of the ants catch sight
or a snake they arouse the whole COM
munity at once. In platoons and bat
talions the little fellows set upon the
reptile. striking their nippers into its
body and eyes at thousands of points
at once. So rapidly and concertedly is
this done that the snake has no chance
at all Of escaping. 1t is like thousand
electric needles in him at once The
snake soon becomes exhausted and dies
ignominiously
Then the ants set harder at work.
This may seem strange story, but it
Is true. They begin 20 tear off the flesh
in small pieces, gradually stripping off
the skin and working inside of it. Not
until they have carried away every
thing except the bones and the skin
itself do they leave it,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
A HAND-SHAPED ORANGE.
Belongs to the Usage Varietv-Even tho
Finger Nails Are There.

The five-fngered orange is queer
thing, says Parsons Weekly. II grows
in exactly the shape of a human hand.
with a thumb and four fingers. II is a
half-open hand. that of this curious
fruit, and the close resemblance t. the
lean. lOng-nailed hand is startling. Even
the nails are identical, hard-pointed and
clawlike. tipping the orange fingers
with length equal in some cases to
three inches
1t is no interloper in a well-regulated
family of oranges. but a regular mem
Der. belonging to the Usage variety. II
has Il family name and Christian name
of its own. but its pet name is five
fingered orange" and nobody but the
botanist cares TO call it by the one,
which means the same thing.
The tree iSelf is a ragged little shrub
that does not average more than five
or six feet in height in its native Japan
1t does not grow straight a properly
behaved tree is supposed to do. but is
curved everywhere. 1t would be very
difficult to find two consecutive inches
in the entire tree whose line of direction
is the same.
Even the branches grow in spiral
forms, SO that the width of the tree is
often as great as the height. The fruit
itself is of Hght-yellOw color. a pure
lemon hue. growing greenish toward
the stem. The size is immense. conSid-
cred relatively to other oranges OF to
the size of the tree. the largest ones
measuring when mature fully ten inches
from the wrist to the point of the middle
finger, including the nail
The fruit is not edible-none of the
Usage variety is-but what 1t lacks in
being unable to tickle the palate it more
than makes up in good perfume. The
strangest thing connected with the per-
fume is that it is the fruit and not the
flower that IS most odorOus. The fruit
when ripe is SO redOlent that its scent
can be recognized a full mile from where
the orange is growing.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
BOURBON AND VICINITY.


4 Ntllltllbtl ID, 81
I Miss LINE IIen is able to be cut
once more.
! Isaac Plant haS moved INTO the Geo.
Armstrong property.
VI. " Cline x Go. corps of clerks are
handling an immense crowd to-day.
billy McCune. of Marion is operating
a chair IN Phillip liaugncr's barber shop.
The DAILY G>DrrENprNr VIII be
dellve e.i Teauldr every DAY 81 your
house.
Bourbon Far October ) to - Don't
miss II and everybody remember ii. u.
Cline x Co.'S great corn display
Floyd Linkenhelt won a five mjle hi
cycle road race Yesterday at Rochester,
heat ing he crack riders ot Argos and
!, ches er Floyd Is little tat but not
! tn tat Ia push wheel
N.ll Keller and Geo. Gll..gie have
n.l Net been able 20 yet up tiai intend-
e., ue,. in regards as Ia who can Kill and
prepare for market a beef in he short
Is imle. Which Is afraid;
NAGEIED: John Johnson and Mrs.
l'e Cochran were married last evening
Il, me home Of the brides SISTER. Hrs.
J,nnie Rnggenhurq. They commenced
housekeeping to-day III their home on
\r.,h " aShlngton street. u g extend
our b,.s wishes iortheir future haPpi-
ut-~>
i)ick Reed was in attendance At the
I ". {. Il. t. meeting last Tuesday even
and explained to the ladies' of the union
the cause and plans for dlSposlng of
4 his saloon. The numbers run from one
cent To five dollars, and the person
! drawing the saloon will get the turni-
ture only: the liquors are To ae po.ired
into the gutter Mr.. Reed guarantees
the winner ready sale of the furniture
I tor $4,000. This money is To be used
! III assisting to close the other tWO sd
looms. That Is what the temperance
people are looking forward to now and
Ii they succeed there being no reason
why shouldn't Bourbon Will be with
| ont saloon for the first time since lis
existence
NJ. NJ. Cline y COS BIG general store
presents the most beautiful appearance
OF any store ever before or at present
located III bourbon or the whole county.
/ 1t Is decorated from end TO eng and top
to bottom III the most gorgeous style,
in fact you must see II for yourself 10
know just how beautiful it is. There
are about POO pots of house plants of
all kinds III full bloom placed all over
the store, while Oh the south side. over
the shoe department, Is located the
famous orchestra. whose music adds a
charm over all. they have the largest
stock of goods, of any description ever
| placed on sale in any one store in the
county, everything being up To date
and tine latest styles, and the low prices
make them go.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Feeding Horses Automatically.

The Maine man who rugged up a com
mon alarm clock so that it would open
n Sluice and let some grain fall into his
horses feed box at certain hour in the
morning is doubtless an original in
ventor in one sense Of the term. but the
plan is in operation in New York and
other cities on a still larger scale One
clock, specially designed, is made to Op-
crate from twenty to forty clocks in a
single stable, and perhaps a dozen sta
bles are now so equipped. These are
mostly owned by milk companies. II is
often desirable to have horses fed at a
very early hour, and this plan makes ii
possible to give them grain or any other
stuff, which can be stored for hours
and then dumped through a hopper long
before the man who must clean and
harness them is out of bed. The boxes
that contain the food over night have
trap-doors in the bottom and are pro-
vided with suitable spouts discharging
into the Manager. From each trap-dOor
a wire runs to the clock. which is ar
ranged to liberate at the designated
hour a heavy weight that moves a lever
to which all these wires are fastened
New York Tribune.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
WHAT IS LUCK?
The Wise Generally Read the Ansnre
In the Stars.

There is scarce an intelligent human
being who does not recognize the ele-
ment called luck in shaping our des-
TIMES. There is a family in Philadelphia
that has been rich since 1880 and the
third generation is now basking in luxu-
ries won for them by "fluke" as pro-
nounced as winning in the lottery. There
was firm there of three partners do
ing a large western business: two of
them We're excellent business men he
other a mere dead weight, and his part
ners resolved to get rid of him So
they dissolved the firm. and, taxing the
cash and bills receivable, made him
take his share in 100 acres of land in
the northern part of the town site Of
Cincinnati. He kicked, but was bullied
into compliance. So they made a new
partnership. went on getting richer and
richer while the other partner was
making a poor living trucking on his
city land. Then times changed. Lots in
Cincinnati began TO sell; the rich part
nerS failed and died poor. while their
victim grew into a millionaire. No
forethought or sagacity could have
under the circumstances brought about
such a result. Mathematicians have
for a century striven to make law
governing chances, but such illustra-
tions as the following beat them: The
writer was once present at the follow
ing trial. a gentleman picked up lot
terry list containing the winning nEm-
bers, some 5000 out of 100000. He in.
vited two others to put up SO each,
write a number. and if it came on the
list it would take the $50. One man
wrote these three successive combina-
tions-227, 7.251. and 1S,41S. Each of these
groups were found on the list, 50 he
won $50. He put it all into 81 tickets
and drew all blanks. Certainly no hui
man prescience nor sagacity could order
these things or change them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
FELL CARESSING HER BABIES.
Pathetic Incident of "A Polar Bear Hunt
in the Arctic Region.

Il never took at a polar bear" said
an officer from Fort Sheridan who was
showing a party of friends through the
zoo at Lincoln Park the other day. but
what l think of a pathetic story re-
lated to me by 4 friend In the navy.
Lieut. Beyier. He was a member of an
exploring expedition which went into
the arctic regions several years ago.
Members of the party who were more
sportive than scienf. fic in their inclina-
tions spent a good deal of time hunting
polar bears Lieut.. Bevier used to go
out with them occasionally. but an ex-
perience he had one day took away all
desire for that kind of sport and he
never went with them again.
The hunters came upon bear lying
on the ice with two cubs beside her
she was a magnificent specimen, nearly
as large, 1 should judge from his de-
scription, as this one in the pit. The
cubs were handsome little fellows and
the men were very anxious 10 capture
them. The sailors had a quantity Of
sea-horse flesh in the boat with them
thing the bears esteem highly. When
they had rowed close enough TO be able
TO Go 50 they flung a big piece of this
meat TO the oaks of ice on which the
bears We're lying. The old bear looked
up as if rather surprised at this unusual
generosity and then tore the flesh into
three pieces. The two larger ones she
gave to her cubs, just as any human
mother would do, keeping only small
piece for herself. The sailors took de-
Hberate aim at her and fired. The idea
was to kill her and then carry away
the cubs. Owing to the fact that they
were bad marksmen, however. or be-
cause the beast was unsteady. their vol
ley killed the cubs and only wounded
the bear.
Apparently forgetting her own
wounds she began licking those Of her
babies. Then she tore off more meat
from one of the larger pieces and laid
IL before them, but when they still
failed to respond she tried to move
them with her paws and raise them
UP by putting her nose under them At
last she seemed to realize that some
thing terrible had happened to them. for
she raised her head in the direction Of
The boat and uttered a loud growl. at
the same time making towards it as if
she intended to take revenge for the
murder of her young. At that instant
Two of the men fired again and she
fell but she did not die Immediately
and in her last moments licked the body
or one of the poor little cubs. Even
the sailors were touched by this exhi-
bition Of affection. and the lieutenant
said he felt as if he had been party to a,
crime"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Can Preserve Bodies for All Time.

Thomas Holmes. of Brooklyn an
expert on embalming fluids. claims to
have perfected process by which the
human body can be petrified. He says
that within two weeks he Will make
tests at Bellevue Hospital. DR..
Holmes has In his office n petrified arm.
which looks like a piece of marble. He
claims that antiseptic gas can now be
manufactured as cheaply as any fluid
In use for embalming. After the gas
has been injected. the doctor says, the
body will gradually solidify and turn
white as marble, even to the nails and
hair. but the latter only close To the
skull. DR. Holmes is now rs years old.
He said: II believe / have discovered a
process of embalming superior to the old
Egyptian"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
LaPaz.
school opens Monday.

school opens Monday.
!. II. Gregg went to Chicago yester-
day
DR.. Moore. of North Liberty. was in
town yesterday.
y * =. crew was in town yes;er-
day attending the inquest, they were
Conductot Porter. Engineer Marvin and
lis fireman.
:. :. ish. OF plymouth, county super
nteudeni Of schools. stopped a few
hours in thls town this morning while
enroute to Bremen.
Charley Iced is home Oh a visit. he
has been working in the Decker livery
Darn in south Bend for some time. He
returned tins evening.
DIED: sept - Adam >toup, an old
soldier and citizen OF this town. lac was
II years old Funeral to-day. lnterment
DIT Tairmount cemetery.
Dr. Charles lIotzendorit the new
physician Is getting quite a large prac
tice, SO much in fact that he recently
employed a professional nurse
l)r. kaszer. of Plymouth, coroner of
Marshall county was III town yesterday.
He helu an inquest as to the cause ofthe
death of Chauncey Whiteleather. who
Was killed by d tram on the tracks of
the y. y q. r. r., % miles west of here
last Friday night. The gist OF the YER
diet was that he met his death from
falling under a moving train and that
10 one was responsible for his death.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Bourbon, sept. IL. 1895.

Several young ladies took advantage
OF the music, saturday afternoon at VI.
NJ Cline X Cos by having short dance
IN the north aisle.
Mr.. Henry lden took a picture OF VI.
~ Cline x Cos store Saturday after
noon during the great sale, there were
ISL people within the store at the time.
Hiram Campbell was somewhat over
loaded with lce-water Saturday night,
he never drinks anything else,and Mar
shall Ritchey gave him nights lodging
i'll the city jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Erwin will start
Thursday for trip through England,
going by New \ ork.
Base ball game tomorrow at , p. III
bourbon VS.. Bremen.
DIR. Vets, OF Plymouth is in town to-
day.
Plymouth people that We're in Bour-
bon yesterday: Frank Mckinney,
Harry Corbin, Edward lIaag.
bourbon and Argos ball clubs will
have a game ere long.
There was great block ade at II. VI.
Cline n Cos store Saturday evening
about 5 o'clock, every aisle in the store
was crowded. and by a count, there was
Il
time. Such an immense crowd and
sales were never before equaled by any
store between TT. Wayne and Chicago.
Rev. Singer leaves to morrow for
Mentone to attend the District Minis
tiers Association, for the rest of the
week.
Don't forget the big BOURBON far,
Oct S-1l.
inquire abont NJ. NJ. Cline & Co.'S
corn display at the bourbon fair.
f.. X. Byrer returned home SATURDAY,
afternoon, by wheel, from Muncie and
several surrounding towns. IL coy
cred 125 miles Saturday.
What might have been a serious fire
At Fribley's tile mill was narrowly
lverted Friday morning. They had
just opened up kiln of tile which were
Just finished burning, and such an inn
mense flame rolled out that door coy
erlng caught fire nut the quick action
Of VIM. Hand with couple pals of
water probably saved the entire factory.
Mrs. Jerry Brilliant is having quite
ar addition built on the rear of her
house on Washington street.
Lou IIamlin and sister Miss Minnie
Iamlin, of Etna Green, were in town
saturday evening. Mr.. IIamlin has
been spending the summer at Jackson
vile, Fla, and expects to go To Wash
ington, ID. {. soon for the winter.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20

Mrs. Mariana Ehrlick, who is the
guest of NJ. Lauer and family, has just
returned from weeks visit in Chicago
where she was unfortunate enough to
be robbed of her pocket book, contain
ing twenty dollars and a 1000 mile rail
road ticket
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20

money with Clemens closely III second.
ARGOS, Ind sept. Ii, ls.l5.
Plymouth fair this week.
:. :. Fish is in Argos to day.
John Drake Sundayed with his friends
In this place.
Isaac Reed went To Rochester on
business to-day.
The infant child of Mr.. Payne was
buried sept. 18th.
Samuel Parker, of Plymouth, is III
this city on business.
Harry Myers, of Plymouth, was in
the city over Sunday.
VIM. Cox went to Indianapolis this
morning t. attend the fair.
DIR. :. w. Gould made "a flying trip to
Knox to see his brother, who is suffer
ing with severely sore foot.
There were about sixty-live of the
Argos sports attended the ball game at
'uli'tu. dAtVii'Vit.
Miss Edna Norris, living 81, miles
west of town. is reported to be quite
Ill. We hope she may recover in a few
days.
Mrs f. kersilaw gave a birthday din
ner to her children. grand and great
grand children to-day. They are from
Knox, Argos, Plymouth and Chicago.
Miss Mary Gabbert, who for the past
few weeks has been visiting her parents
in this place. left sunday for Chicago,
to resume her position with Mandel
Bros.
Thos. Leak, of Lake Odessa. Mich.
while on his way from the soldiers Re
union at Louisville, Ky, stopped off
for few days to shake hands with his
friends and relatives.
Brad Southworth. of Plymouth. and
Elias Boyce, of Wildwood, are in town
to-day.
Arthur Turner, the cook at the Davis
restaurant, is here ready for the open
ing.
DIR. W. n. Oyler claims he has the
speedlest driver in this part of the
county.
James Drummond brought three fine
ears of sample corn to town. Jim says
his corn will average 40 bushels to the
acre.
DIR. w. {. Sarber goes to TT. WAYNE
to take another medical course i'll col
lege.
Mrs. Eta Rice goes to Indianapolis
to-day to visit relatives and friends.
In attending the Plymouth Fair don't
fail to examine the display of Ira Key
sers fine carriages and buggies.
Mrs. Allen Hire and children visited
last night with DIR. Rannell's family.
The Misses Hickman and Edwards
went to Chicago to buy their fall and
winter millinery goods and to learn the
new styles. Frank Goodwin takes
charge of the shop during their absence.
Frank can trim the hats.
Bob Murphy has just returned from
Ohio with more money than anybody
Homer Morris has just returned home
from few months stay In the North
west.
We notice Isaac Brown on our streets
this morning.
Rev. y. +. .Tinkham will be the pastor
of the H. f.. church here the coming
year.
Miss Hattie Pickerel is recovering
from an attack of typhoid malaral
fever.
The Argos Social Club will give "a
ball in the opera house. A very pleas
ant time is anticipated.
Thad Berlin made a trip to Plymouth
yesterday.
Elmer Vance has resigned his posi-
ton as clerk at j. M. Wickizers grocery
to accept a position in Logansport.
L he County Commissioners accom-
panied by Trustee McCrory are inspect
ing the Berkey and Township Line
bridges in the northeast part of the
township, which are deemed in an I'M
safe condition.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20

L he County Commissioners accom-
panied by Trustee McCrory are inspect
ing the Berkey and Township Line
bridges in the northeast part of the
township, which are deemed in an I'M
safe condition.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
1t Was Blank.

II saw my papa's last hook before he
wrote it," said JimTieboy.
How did that happen?" asked the
visitor.
1T was a blankbook them" said jim
miebOy.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
ARGOS AND VICINITY.
Argos, sept. 18th. 1879.

Argos, sept. Eth, 1870.
y a late hour the people who attend
ed l!l,. ball went home singing "After
The l;all is over.
Nj and Mrs Allen BiXby, who have
been visiting the latters' mother for the
laSI week returned 10 their home IN
indianapolis.
m supper given 10y the young ladies
of A.vo, for the band boys WAS Il howl
ing success III every particular. The
girls worked like heroincs ami ia turn
were we'll patronIzed by the people.
I'rocrrds $500.
rl.t. ball game between Knox and
Argos was fine everyone played Tor
all th,.re was in it and in perfect har-
mony In the seventh inning he Knox
catcher had his finger bus ed ami oi
course this raised some eNtI einenf bat
il was speedily dressed ny DR.. Oyer and
the game continued The game sioo.l
Is tod IN fay II of Argos. Argos Is all
right. trot out aiiot her. The Rochester
team played the baOy act and kicked
out of the game IN the first inning
owing To decision ii umpire Johnson.
The kick shows Ne boys cowarulce
They knew defeal s.ared them III the
face and rather than sand lirls they
played the baby act Ia perfect ion. lie
bicycle race Was lnnked uioa with :nuch
interest, the participants We're IN dead
earnest and il looked a. though Zchuer
would win III the race, but in the end
I.inkenhelt of bourbon carried of first
money with Clemens closely III second.