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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
The Best Of Mediums.

You may talk about your posters and yCur
adS npon the fence.
But they amt the kind o mediums that
appeal to common sense.
You may talk about your dodgers. and
your circulars and such
But calculate they don't assist an ddver-
User much;
Aud especially in winter. when the snow
is on the ground.
I wonder where YOUR posters and yOn;
dodgers can be found:
But within the coy homestead, when the
rarior stoves agiow.
The newspaper is read aloud to every one
we know.
The farmer sees the painted sign upon his
barn and grins;
Five dollars yearly for the space he
usually wins.
Ard there his interes, in the ad tegins.
and there il ends
And the same is true Of nearly all his
neighbors and his fricn1s;
Bat they read the local paper every day
or every week,
And in its welcome columns all their il
formation seek,
And you may be quite certain that the
ads therein displayed
Are also read with interest aud are sure
to make some trade.
1t stands. 10 reason. anyhow. shat what
fellow buys,
He's going to read, and get his money!
worth. if he. is wise.
The father. mother. uncle, aunt. the
daughter and the SON.
Arc going to read the newspaper. and 50
is every one.
SO it also stand, 10 reason that Il local
merchants ad
VIII there attract attention. be il either
good or bad.
And the newspaper as medium leads Ill
other kinds with ease,
For that is where The multitude the ad-
vertisement sees.
Printers Ink.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
SWCRr5OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
Weapons that Have a Place in the
Archives of Great Britain.


Whoever visits the London tower
may enjoy veritable feast of swords
But amid the numberleSS array of
weapons there are enc or two that are
specially worthy Of notice. There is
the sword OF state which is girt on ihe
monarch'S side after his amounting II
the imposing ceremony Of coronation.
which girding i more honored III the
breach. one would suppose. when die
monarch IS n lady The sword : first
consecrated 10y ihe pTiiaatc ana ~ h.tn
handed 10 the lord chamberlain N,lo
completes the function. Ii j. - Two
handed weapon. with r.ch der0.':s Ions
on Hit and pommei and sc3loard. OF
scarcely less Importance i thu sword
OF mercy" borne before the sovereign
in the coronation procession. This
sword is named curtana. but. though
undoubtedly very ancient. il can hard
ly claim to IL The original mun.licln.
This original eurtana was The magic
weapon Of O:,ler The Dane. bold kni-ht
of ChlriemHgRe'> mos. Wariikc days
\
centuries Old I; is squarely pointed.
Wiz: ;ic look H. though me poin, had
been broken short: hence possibly lis
name \ fine soil VIE covers lis han
de and HE scabbard is remarkably
ornate
Two other swords are carried Il ;Ae
coronation ceremony syinbo.-
ical Of spiritual and temporal justice.
the first with an obtuSe point the lat
ter sharp Curtana and those two jus
tce swords are not often called upon
to make public appearance; it is Imp
PLY more than half n century since they
were last required at 4 coronation. Bur
whenever the sovereign opens parlia-
mcnt in person the sword Of state first
mentioned is called from its repose.
Tie lord mayors sword is even more
familiar to the general public; and not
/ only London. but most other corpora
tons have their sword and swortbear-
er. 1t is a picturesque Surviyal of the
middle ages which one would regret io
! see abolished; part Of the ritual of
stale CUSTOMS, " iiFh Tlt'dl - ny H'
; means meaningless Public auctions
must often be of a figurative character.
! Such Is the mode by which the ciiy ..
/ London sometimes does honor 10 those
! who have rendered the nation good
service, presenting to them SWORDS Of
| honor. These civic swords have boon
/ given to men like Lord Napier Lord
Clyde. Lord Wolselcy Wellington rc-
ceiyed one in his day. and so did M
PruSSian Biucher.-London Standard.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
A Prompt Man.

The prompt man is always ready
The call may be sudden. but he is at
hand and answers with vigor. He acts
without delay, by virtue of an ener-
getic will, whose rule is:
If it were done when It's done then
'twcre well
1t were done quickly.
Major Skinner tells in his autobios-
raphy. Fifty Years in Ceylon." how
his prompt obedience to an order sud
denly communicated made the governor
of the island his friend. He was then
Lieut.. Skinner. u years of age. IL mem
Der of the Governors staff and Of his
military family. one day between
noon and | o'clock the Governor. Sir
Edward Barnes. seeing Skinner In the
billiard room. said:
What are you doing here. young
ster? l thought you would have been
at NegombO by this time
"What to do there. sir:'
What. Have you not received your
orders from the quartern.aster gen
eral:"
NO. sir; have not seen him today"
$50 to him at once. and be quick i'll
what you have to do
|; was near > o'clock before Skinner
could find that officer. When he caught
him he was ordered to proceed To Ne
gOlnbO-an old fort twenty-lhree miles
north of the Government Housc-to
| make plan Of the barracks there, and
TO prepare an estimate of the cost of re
pairing them SO as to tit them for imme-
diate occupation.
The lieutenant was annoyed. for he
| was engaged to a dinner party that
evening, to which, the Governor ana
Lady Barnes were going. But he mount
ed his gray Arab, who could do almost
| anything but fly. and as soon rs he got
clear of the fort started ut a gallop. At
every sixth mile he drew bride for two
or three minutes, to give the Arab IA
| chance to breathe He reached Ne
gOmbO at 4 O'Clock, having ridden the
| twenty-three miles In two hours.
Field-book In hand and with tape-line
he made the measurements, jOtted them
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JmDerial Education.

Some suggestive details concerning
the early education Of the German EN-
pcrors have recently been made known.
1t seems that William ii. had in early
childhood tutor who was a captain Of
the guards. Prince Bismarck had roc
commended him. and he applied TO The
heir to the throne the principle on
which he had trained his recruits
bend or break The young Hohrn-
zOllern was made to rise ar 80 every
morning. and at once began Il course III
gymnaStic exercises unsuitable for Il
child of his age. 1t is this regimen. an
ihOrities say. which made Prince viii
lam so weak and nervous that his
grandfather. the old Emperor. suggest
ed one day to Bismarck that his captain
of the guards would perhaps better re-
turn IL his recruits.
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Nnnrrsfifion IN Maine.

That superstition may sometimes
have an unfortunate SWAY over he
human mind WAS illustrated ia Saco.
Me. last week. in the death OF Mss
Bessie Bryant. handsome and accom-
pli>hed young lady. one year ago this
month She attended party 1T HIS
Beach. where thirteen We're seated at
the table. Since tina time Miss Bryant
has declared that She was he one who
waS going 10 die within a year Six
weeks ago she told her mother thar she
wa, going 10 die in October Mrs. Bry-
ana laughed n her. but Be>>.e srill per
sisted tina, she had hut 4 short tinle 10
live Two weeks ago she WAS taken
sick. and from tht iirSi felt she should
mover get well. The case i mos, peeU-
liar THAT she hrooded 50 much over
the matter unlil il finally caused her
death there seems 10 re listie doubt
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Rare Relics.

Among the recent acquisitions of the
British Museum there is stone cylin-
der bearing the names and titles Of
King Pep J., Of about B. c. 1913. Two
models Of wooden boats are among The
las purchases. These are models Of
funeral boats or barges. in which the
dead Were ferried 10 The tOlnb> or the
western bank of the Nile Their PROB
able date - Il. G. 800. Discussing
Egyptian collections, ii should ne re
membered that last year the Johus
Hopkins University came into posses
tan antiquities. numbering some GNn
objects. which was the collection of
the late Col. Mendes ]. Cohen. Of Bai.i-
more. which objects We're gathered by
him in 1882. when in Egypt. and some
by purchase. in 1880. in London. The
collection contains an unpublished cop
tic Inscription. Prof. Cyrus Adler 81.
;he United States Museum at Wdsa-
ington. writes that. considering the
eagcrnesS with which every fragm rnt
in Coptic, whether on stone or papyrus.
s sought in Europe. any new Coptic
Inscription is worthy of study" The
Inscription. Prof Adler says. is written
on Il rectangular board. The in>crip-
ton consists of Psalm H.. verses 30.
and Prof. Adler believes that the fra Z
ment belongs Ito the far more ancient
and valuable Sahid:c. or Upper Egyp-
tan. version. of which no complete rii-
ton Of the Psalms has yet been puo-
lished." The COptic follows the tcXt %
the Septuagint. but contains variants
when compared with the Bonfire. or
Lower Egyptian, text.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07

4 "cstboro man has watch which
has quite Il romance attached TO it. 1t
belonged To Captain Daniel Chamber
land of that town. who carried it to the
Sandwich Islands in 1919 he being a
member of the pioneer missionary
band. While lying in the harbOr ut
Honolulu, Mr.. &. accidentally dropped
his timepiece overheard into the deep
but clear water. 1t could be seen upon
the bottom, and the natives. who were
expert divers and swimmers, were
called upon 10 aid in its recovery. At
ter repeated efforts one Kanaka got it.
but he had been so long under water
that blood gushed from his ears and
nose when he came UP. and he died the
next day. Mr.. c.. who kept journal.
made a long note of the affair. therein
remarking: ut is 10 be regretted that
this poor soul should have been snatch
ed away just as the gospel was about 10
be preached TO him"
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Notes and Comment.

Rev. Joseph Northrup, of North Scit
uate. Mass, who was reported as gOred
10 death by bull. had the pleasure Of
having three minister friends preach
his funeral sermon after reading the
account of his death i'm newspapers
Miss Eliza Smyth. of the order OF
Ladies' Of the Immaculate Heart OF
Mary in Buffalo. is dead after forty
years service in that religious commu-
nifty. Miss Smyth was an English lady
who joined the Catholic Church i'm 1853
at the time Of the Tractarian movement.
The Seventh Day Adventists IN
Michigan, the chief center of the sect.
are proposing to discard the present
names of the days of the week because
or their heather origin. They will
designate them by number, as ia done
in the Bible. except that they will. "
course. call Saturday the Sabbath.
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never mind about the name. The ser.
mon was rather long, and at the cOnclu-
sion / was in a hurry to get home in
time for another engagement. As l
was passing out of the church report
er from one of the daily papers rushed
up TO me and asked for my text |
told him what it was and added that
if he would come To my house | would
let him see the manuscript OF the ser
mon. Never mind that. he said.
am in hurry and only want the text.
/ thought no mere about it at the time,
but the next morning | was surprised
10 see II half column report of my ser
mon. 1t was eXcellently written and
really made very good sermon. But
the funny part of II was that although
il puip0rted to be my sermon | had
never said one of the things | was re-
ported as sayin" The reporter had
taken my text and bad then made mp
sermon on it himself. Ii WAS really a
creditaElc piece of work. and | dou,
ii could have done it better myself.
I often thought afterWard that if only
knew the reporters name would write
him letter of congratGlation and ad-
wise him 10 study for the ministry. :
Washington Post.
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COST IRVING DEARLY.
His Mistake i'm COustru:n. a Gable
| Message Was Rather IN penSive.

His Mistake i'm CONSTITUTING a Gable
Message Was Rather Extensive.
Two months ago. when the actors
and actresses of England met 10 con-
graduate Sir Henry Irving upon the
honors which the queen had just be-
slowed upon him. there was one New
York newspaper which contained Inc
whole of the actors address a matter
OF some eight and a half columns. The
other papers contented themselves Mi:h
4 mere summary Of Irving'S remarks.
and Is there WAS 80 statement IA his
speech thai 81 .tenry Irving is.li not
uttered deans of times before. he eel
tors We're AT a loss to understand why
this paper had gone u The Immense cX-
pense of having rs whole speech cabled
10 this side. The mystery WAS no; clear
I'd up however until Irving arrived
here. One of the first men 5o greet
him n the wharf was Joe Howard
We'll" said Irving. n soon a. lhey
had shaken hands. lid you get il al
right"
Get IL. exclaimed Howard My
dear fellow. ~nupll raih-r think
did. Il nearly Swanped The paper. II
-, in. though. So lis all right"
puzzled lock cam- into Iryirr's
face. Il ihoHgia +, VS. a good deal 10
send over my~r ic said '-par,..n-
lariy a ih"r, t..- nr;ning iirw iu II.
iiowever. - -t cabled over foc Z;
! thou-ta l,a- the iras, thing could
do WAS "a c,ola you the whole 'hins."
This ;;anr :, WAS Howara's urn to
look pUzzie,l Il cablad you for the al
dress. Why. my dear fellow. You re
mistaken" he exclaimed. i assure
YOU. Thought The whole Atlantic ca
bic had been turned loose on M. 1t
began To arrive n my office in bdtcl's
at = o'clock in the afternoon. aud it
WASN'T until the la>r telegraph boy lad
delivered the last inStallmenl AZ G
O'Clock and | saw your name ii lie
bottom that had the leaSt idea whaJ II
was all about"
But. my dear fellow" cried Irving.
81 have your request for II in my dis
patch box. | can show it TO YOU re
member the words you used: Cable adj
dress
Hold Oh. said Howard Il begin 10
see light. You are right and you are
wrong. old man. | did send Won "a
BILE. II was: Love and congratulations
from The wife and self Then knowing
your propensity for sending cablegra ms
with tue address in full said To my
self: Perhaps he'll want to send an
answer and there's no use in his spend
I i'm any more money than iS necessary
- | added: Gable address Howard
! Great heavens cried Irving. as he
/ true state of the ease began 10 dawn on
! him. And | WAS fool enough 10 mis-
/ cons:rll- This sentence. That little at
] tempt Of economy of yours c0Sl me-
! just S1.3oo." brooklyn Standard / n
!
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The Permarcuce OF Religion.


1t is not uncommon to hear Specula.
tons on the permanence of religion. Ii
would be just as reasonable TO talk TO
the permanence of the intellect or the
conscience. the permancnce of the i'm
aginatiOn or any other constituent ele-
ment of human nature. The vocabu-
larry Of religion. its forms and cere-
monies. its symbols and organized in
stitutions. have all their periShablc
elements: but the source OF religion is
inSeparable from the nature OF man.
We do not mean that religion is the ut
terance alone of Il single faculty. In
tellect. magma ton. conscience, emo
ton. the love of the beautiful and sub
lime. may all enter into it; but this only
shows from what varied sources of our
nature ii is. derived. AS long rs there
is anything in the universe 10 worship
man will be worsliper. SO long as
God speaks so long man will answer
1t is strange. then. that religious au-
thority should have been made so often
to depend upon some perishable eX-
ternal incident of religion rather than
upon the spiritual consciousness of
mankind.
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n Good Shin to Sail On.

Captain Vaughan, Of the British bark
Sokoto. has a way Of dealing with his
men which is a revelation to the old
time "bucko mates" but the reports are
that il works like 4 charm When in
port he feeds them on watermelons.
peaches and other fruit when in season.
and it is safe 10 say that provender Of
that sort WAS never seen going into a
forecastle before. At sea he has no such
thing as an allowance. every sailor on
the bark being privileged TO eat all lie
wants TO and can hold. The men have
fresh bread every day, and all the hard
tack they want canned meats. pota-
toes. vegetables and fruit Strange as
it may SEEM the cost is less than that
OF any other vessel of the same line.
Besides this the men work more cheer
fully. keep the bark looking like par
Tor and never want 10 leave the EN-,
ploy. Captain Vaughan is breaking
down the established custom. but his
owners are satisfied, as he is saving
money for the firm.
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IcSuS in the iIOrno.

A little girl went on an errand TO an
elegant house The lady WAS proud
OF her home and she showed Jennie the
carpets. pictures. ornaments. and flow
ers. and asked: Don't you think these
things are lovely:''
They are pretty" said Jenny. What
IL beautiful home for Jesus to visit!
Does He ever come here:''
''Why, no. said the lady.
Don't you ever ask him." said Jen-
ME- 'We have only two rooms, and We
have no carpets or pretty things, but
Jesus comes and makes us vcrp hap
py"
The lady told her husband what Jen-
ME had said. and he replied: Il have
often thought that we ought to thank
God for His goodness and ask him to
come and live with u.s."
They became Christians, and Jesus
came to live with them and made them
happy. Jesus blesses every home to
which he comes
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\ Good isacIx-rOruf,.

One great difference between men Of
equal capacity and opportunity is to
he found in the background of their
lives. one man goes 10 his work in the
morning from Il pleasant home. and
from the delightful atmosphere Of
mutual consideration ana love. An
others home surroundings and family
relationship are not c0ngenial or in
spring. l. it surprising that one man
addresses himself 10 his tasks with 4
Zest and nerve that make work easy,
while the other finds that things drag
on his hands. and that he IS soon worn
out? one OF the secrets of many n
mans success is the background OF n
happy home life. And many 4 good
man has failed. not because he lacked
in ability or energy. bat because those
who stood in the most intimate rela-
tionS to him We're too stupid or uncon-
genial 10 make his home life winsome.
OF course men have triumphed over
this obstacle just is they have over
others. but the force they expend in
overcoming such drawbacks is just so
much subtracted from their efficiency
in the work Of life.
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The German Canary Trade.

Ii is not at all generally known that
Germany carries oh a very large trade
in the rearing and exporting IF cana
ment in the world for The breeding Of
these creatures * situated within the
domains of that empire. away up
among the HarIZ mountains Of Prussia
From this and the few Surroundi.s.- hut
smaller nurseries no fewer than 10000
birds are dispatched every year 10 The
United States and Canada. while in l.he
same time al least 5000 go 10 Rr!.ain
and about 1000 30 10 Russia.
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Getting lNPn.

Tbs. Nev Iori, Press reports an un-
amiable hut not altogether uDpledsing
story Of TWO street urchins- one Of
them WAS mHnching big apple.
Number Two eyed the operation long
ingIy. and finally said:
Say. Skeeier. goin' [ gimme hi;e|
Nope" was ihe curt reply of Skeeter.
A. he. BIZ into the rO>ie>; P1r.. Makes
yer mouth wafer. dom i: n added.
The second boy watched he greedy
fellow Is the apple rapidly disappeared.
Then he, took off his hat. and an apple
far bigger than Skeeter'S rolled out
Skeeter's eyes grew almost a. round as
the apple. but he only said in a >heepssh
tone:
.Nar think Var smart ,iou'f Yprt''
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Matched.

1t il not right to boast. but il may
be We'll to rebuke a boaStcr
Dean Hole. Il celebrated and witty
English Churchman. once receiN Il
note from an acquaintance at Oxford
which had been started thus: My
Dear Countess" The word countess
had then been scratched out and Hole"
substituted. This was. of course. To
convey the idea that the writer CORE
spOndcd with q countess. and had used
her ,itle by inadvcrtence.
No. To be outdone. the dean began his;
reply: MY Dear Queen and then
drew his pen through queen" ami sub
stitutcd Dick"
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down. dew plans OF the barracks ana

down. dew plans or the barracks ana
wrote down the facts necessary for the
estimate. Within an hour he was in
the saddle on his return 10 Colombo,
which he reached before O'Clock. He
then dressed and arrived at the dinner
party nearly as soon as the Governor
The moment Sir Edward saw him he
said, well, youngster what are YOU
doing here? | thought | told you this
morning to 60 10 the quartermaster
general for orders
$50 did, sir
And what did he tell YOU - dog
lie ordered me to go TO \eGombO. sir
to take plans of the barracks. 10 report
the number of men they could accom-
modate and IL submit an estimate for
their repairs
Then what do you mean by neglect
ing those orders: You ought to have
gone off Instantly"
Il have not neglected them, sir; |
have beca 70 NebOmgo, and your excel
lency viii have all the information YOU
require laid before YOU tomorrow
morning"
The Governor showed his delight by
the glow of satisfaction on his face. He
repeated the exploit - the dinner par
~. dwelling upon he prompt obedience.
From tha day tie Ncutcnant's promo
ton advanced. and when difficult or
QUicl, work was 10 be executed. he was
selected - 10 it.
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nnnlnlcS I'm

J,ggs Slow do you account for the
rapid increase Of population in Chicago
Jaggs-Divorce.
Jiggs-N Nonsense. Divorce ought to
have the opposite effect.
Jaggs- Not at all. dear boy. People
who were one are constantly being
made twO.--New FORK World.
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An Enterprisiug Pastor.

81 have often heard of strange meth
DDS adopted by ministers to collect
money at churches. but 1 never heard
of anything more amusing than the
course Of a negro preacher down in
middle Georgia the other day re-
marked Il we'll known Georgian recent
w. 1.-The sermon WAS over and the
congregation sighed with relief at the
prospect Of getting home soon TO get
their dinners. But the preacher said
the church needed Il certain amount of
money! think it was $3.25-to pas OK
penses. and he said he didn't intend to
let the congregation get away without
raising it. The money was due and
the members of the church owed it to
the Lord. he said. to pay the debt.
'-IIe ordered collection Of subscrip
tons, but before doing so he had all
the doors barred and fastened the win
dOws. He declared that he did not in
tend To let the brethren get out until
every cent OF that money WAS in hand
or the value thereof i'm chickens, but
ter or eggs.
Ion the first count it was found that
$1.6J was the pile. After singing an
other song and offering another prayer
another subscription was taken. and
the amount went ten cents over 81.
There WAS another round of prayer and
song and the subscription went up only
few cents more. After going through
this process several times the amount
was finally raised. but il was shutdown
before many of the members got home
that afternoon. having four or five
miles to drive. Atlanta Constitution.
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Power for Good.

Multiply your power for good by
putting yourself in Gods hands, to be
led and used by Him. Work with God,
and let God work with you, for by being
in harmony with God man increases
his ability by an infinite factor. and
God and eternity alone can measure
and reveal the result.