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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
The Difference.

A little boy. who in the course of
some conversation of his elders. heard
a good deal Of talk about the progress
of civilization, approached his grand
father, who was taking no part in the
talk.
Grandpa" said the child. what Is
the difference between civilization and
barbarism?"
"Barbarism, my boy" answered the
old man. "is killing your enemy with
hatchet ut a distance of step, and
civilization is killing him with bomb
shell twelve miles away"
This cynical answer applies well
enough, without doubt, to the difference
between civilized warfare and that of
n period when the world was less adj
vanced than now; but the cOmpletest
civilization looks toward the abolition
of warfare forever.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
POISONED HIS FAMILY
a TENNESSEE BCY A SECOND
JESSE PCMEROY.
Puts 4 Deadly Drug in the Coffee Pot
New York Delegates Instructed
for Morton-Spanish Troops Fight
Three Poisoned by a coy.

News of the dreadful crime of II
year-old boy comes from Henderson
County. where Joe Benton. his wife and
Or. !. {. Stinson. the family physician.
may die. The boy 4 son of Benson. was
filled with the exploits of dime novel he
roeS ana determined To 20 to Texas. His
father. learning ~ his intentions. fol-
lowed him To Il neighbering town and
carried him home. This incenscd young
Benson. and. securing a box of poison.
he put i in the coffee. At the first meal
only the father drank of the deadly bev-
cra-e and WAS taken violently i'll. DR.
StinSon was called in and while attend
ing the father partook of tie next meal.
and. with the boys mother. became vie
tim Of the poison. Benson IS IN jail and
mas confessed the crime
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

He spent his childhood in the simple
surroundings of Carp.ncto. than which
none could be simpler. as every one
knows who has ever visited an Italian
country gentleman in his home Early
hours. constant exercise. plain food.
and farm interests made 4 strong man
of him. with plenty OF simple common
sense. As Il boy he was Il great walk
er and climber, and it is said that he
was excessively fond Of birding. The
only form of sport afforded by thar
part of Italy. and practised there in
those times. as il is now. not only
with guns, but 10y means OF nets. Ii
has often been said that poets and
lovers of freedom come more frequent
~ from the mountains and the sea-
shore than from a fiat inland region
Century
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
MORTON IN THE FIELD.
New York Republican Convention instructs
National Delegates for Him.

New York State Republicans held their
State convention Tuesday. and the fea-
ture Of the gathering WAS the speech of
Sensi tor Parsons. of Rochester, presenting
Levi i. Morton a. Il presidential candl-
date. and the subsequent election OF del
c@ates pledged To him. Following were
the aominations DclegatesatL Large.
Thomas &. Plat. Warner Miller. Chaun-
ccy VI. Depcw. Edward l.auterbach: al
ternatcs. Hamilton Fish. G. III. Babcock,
Frank :. Withcrhcc. Daniel Mcmillan.
The financial plank of the platform de-
clares: Il ntil there is Il prospect of inter
national agreement as To silver coinage.
and while gold remains the standard of
the lntcd States and of the civilized
world. the Republican party of New York
declares itself in favor of the firm and
honorable maintenance of that standard.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
EMPRESS" THIRD MURDER.
Furious Elephant Kills Her Keeper and Ter
rorixes the Neighborhood.

rorixes the Neighborhood
Empress alias Gypsy. one Of the largest
and most vicious elephants in captivity,
added third murder to her record We'd
nesday afternoon by killing her keeper.
Frank Scott. while taking her daily ex-
ercise at Chicago. Having stated her age
upon the helpless form of her victim. the
huge beast forthwith inaueurated IL reign
of terror in the vicinity of Jackson boule
ward and Robey street. that continued all
the afternoon and called for the presence
of scores of policemen from the Lake
street and Warren avenue stations. Dark
ness was setting in before the big brute
temper Gained down. and she was once
more safely confined in her quarters with
n chain around her leg. Greater excite
ment could not have been produced
among the residents of the neighborhood
had the killing been one that would come
within the recognition of the law as a
crime. From every window that COM
manded 4 view of the alley in which the
enraged elephant paraded. the faces Of
scared spectators could be seen Small
boys, whose curiosity was stronger than
their fears. watched the ponderous ami
NAL charge back and forth from the roofs
of back sheds and the tops of fences
Women listened behind closed doors to the
shrill trumpetings of the great beast. and
more than one officer delberated on the
efficiency of his revolver when he caught
sight of the towering form. Empress was
a star attraction with the W. H. Harris
Nickel Plate show
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
FATAL BLUNDER OF sPANIARDS.
Two Columns Mistake Each Other for In
surcents and Open Fire.

Another terrible mistake attended with
loss OF life and resulting in many soldiers
being wounded has taken place in Cuba.
In some manner unexplained TWO columns
of Spanish troops opened fire upon each
other at midday. According to the few
details received. tie columns of troops
commanded by Gen. Godoy and Col. Hol-
gum at Santa Rosa plantation. near Is
peranza. province of Santa Clara, mutu-
ally miStook each other for inSurgcnt
forces. owing. it is said. To the thickness
of the sugar cane. Each detachment OPP
cned fire upon the other. and for ten
minutes shots were exchanged. resulting
in the killing of seventeen soldiers. among
them being Lieut.. Col. Fucnmaycr of the
Navas battalion. In addition five officers
and eighty-four soldiers were wounded.
Two of the latter have since died. six
others are mortaily wounded. and thirty
two are seriously injured. Lieut. Col.
Fucnr,ayer died while leading his troops
on and shouting. Long I've SPAIN Ow-
Ing Ia .hc FIT that the meeting between
the two columns took place At midday.
the explanation furnished by the Spanish
commanders is considered unsatisfactory
and Il court-martial Will follow.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
TO RELIEVE CROWDED CITIES.
Model Swiss Village May Solve Problem of
Decentralization.

il may be for little Switzerland. the
Oldest of the family of republics. 10 earn
the honor of solving for America the prob
lem OF how t. prevent the concentration
o. population IN great cities. an evil be
lieved by economists To lac fatal to wei
fare The president eli The Swiss Nation
al Exposition to be held this year has adj
dressed United States Consul kldgely. at
Geneva. on the subject. and 20. latter has
forwarded his communication TO the De
partment OF State. President Turrettini :
suggestion is that Americans may learn
how rural life can be made at once at
tractive and profitable by studying the
model Swiss village which VIII form an
important section of the exposition. illus
tratine. as it will. the happy village life
Of the Swiss. with tire numerous home in
dustries which are 50 profitable in full
operation. If this can be studied in con-
nection with the agricultural section. in
which Swiss methods of dealing with pro-
duce viii Ice excmpiiied and the best
breeds of cattle exhibited. much valuable
information may he obtained which may
prove to be Of substantial value to persons
who are seeking To solve the problem of
pyercon centration of population.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
TURKEY ISSUES AN APPEAL.
Asks France and Russia to intervene in
Egyptian Affairs.

Egyptian Affairs.
As a result of the extraordinary cabinet
council, which lasted throughout Satur-
day. the Turkish Government has issued
an appeal addressed To France and Rus
STA. asking them to intervene with the
object of regulating affairs i'll Egypt.
Germany. it is added. was also requested
by the porte to exercise her good offices
in this sense. Instructions were also dis
patched to the Turkish ambassador ut
London To make representations 10 the
Marquis of Salisbury. but their tenor is
not known. In wel-informed circles it is
declared that the action of the porte is due
TO the councils of France and Russia, the
Governments Of which countries. it is
claimed. have submitted that the present
IS an opportune moment for Turkey 10
raise the question of her suzerainty over
Egypt being practically usurped by Great
Britain. The Governments indicated. it
is alleged. promised Turkey their support
in the matter There is no doubt that
considerable annoyance is felt by the porte
at the fact that Turkey was not consulted
in regard To the ACCESSIBILITY of dispatching
a British Egyptian expedition up the Nile,
and the feeling of irritation has been in
creased by the khedive also ignoring the
porte entirely. Reproachcs have. in CON
sequence. been addressed 10 the Ottoman
commissioners in Egypt for not taking
steps to prevent the organization of the
expedition. rs it is feared that the effects
of the advance up the Nile will be felt
elsewhere than on the frontiers of Egypt
and that the Arabs of Yemen may be en-
couraSed to fresh hostility to the Turkish
authorities
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Meter for the Roentgen Rays.

Prof. X. \. FesScnden. of the Western
University. pittsburg. who has been
working in conjunction With Prof. James
Keeler in making developments with y
rays. has invented meter whereby they
can be measured. The invention will as
sist greatly in studying the effect of the
new discovery. The meter is Il very sim
pie arrangement. Twv wires are placed
half an inch apart in n tube which is
filled with parafiine. The wires are con-
pected with volt meter that has been
charged With electricity. Paraiiine being
a non-conductor. the electricity is dis
charged and the volt nv:er registers the
amount of electricity passing No unit
has yet been adopted for the y rays, but
it is probable that one soon will be.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

The campaign OF Friedland shows
either less genius or more than any
other of Napoleon's victories. accord
ing to the standpoint from which il is
judged. If he is TO be regarded through
ont its duration merely as general,
then his conduct shows comparatively
little ability. He came on his enemy
where he did not expect n battle: al
though he had ample time To evolve
and execute IN admirable plan. and
his loss was trifiing compared with
that of his opponents. vet, neverthe-
less. Fricdland was n COMMONPLACE.
incomplete affair Ii compelled the
foe 10 abandon IIeilsherg. but Il did
not annihilate him or necessarily end
the war.-Century.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Goes Below Zero IN New York.

Unusually cold weather for the time of
trail New York Tuesday. At Saratoga
the mercury was 10 degrees below zero
at sunrise. and ut Hudson the Hudson
river had again frozen over so that teams
crossed on six inches Of new ice.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Photographs His Own Ribs.

Prof. II. &. Miller. OF Case School of
Applied Science at Cleveland. o.. sue
ceeded IN obtaining "A photograph Of his
own ribs and backbone by means of the
Rocntcen rays. The exposure lasted an
hour, the professor lying face downward
on q Photographic plate. ski inches.
without divesting himself Of his clothing.
the Crookes tubes being suspended over
his back.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

IN die every min
ute that sin is allowed 10 live.
Never measure 4 man religion IL the
length of his face.
Keep right with God. and lie will
keep bread in your house.
\ lie is one Of the meanest things
the devil ever turned loose
The grateful heart is fun OF music
that angels would love to sing.
lie who would be right with God,
must do right by his feilow-men.
The longer we put off repentance the
more sin we viii have TO repent OF.
The man God uses does not spend
much time in looking for IA easy place.
The Christian who is n man of much
prayer Will make others want to pray.
No Christian can lore keep close 70
God who does all his praying or the
run.
The man who makes n heaven for
himself makes himself the biggest man
in it.
There is only one right way to be a
Christian. and that is to be one all the
time.
There will be no lack Of repentance
when the morning of judgment day
dawnS.
There are too many Temperance men
who stop working at the trade on cleo
ton day.
Every Christian ought to be 4 man
whose first business in this world is to
please God.
If You take the devil home 10 dinner
with You. YOU may have to take him
for boarler.
God answers our prayers by giving
the answer at the best time, rs well as
in the best way.
Make the devil keep away from the
children, and he will soon have to
leave the world.
Some preachers are trying every
means for filling their churches, except
holding UP Christ.
TO pray the Lords Prayer as Jesus
taught it will change a desert life into
e fruitful garden.
Love to God and man are two steps
over which very one must pass to
enter the c,G. ct of prayer.
Our prayers would all have more
power in them if they began, as they
should, in righteous conduct
Because judgment has been n long
time i'll coming some people take Il for
granted that ii viii never come.
What a revival there would be in all
the churches to-day if it were certain
that Christ would come tomorrow.
The dangerous thing about saying no
to Christ is that the man who does il
may never afterward be able To say
yes.
If you find yourself becoming UNI
grateful. look around and see how
much better off you are than other
people.
The right way to watch for the Lord
to come is to SO live that if all men
lived as we do the devil would have
To 20.
Men take the risk of living in sin be-
cause they believe il Will Ice long
while before the reckoning time Will
come.
\ careful searching of the Scriptures
is one OF the most effectual prayers
we can make for God to reveal himself
TO us.
One reason why there is SO much in
difference on the subject Of religion is
because the church is not looking for
the Lord to come.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
LAWYERS Bank to Reopen.

The First National Bank ut Mitchell
:. D.. of which the late John ID. Law
Ter was president. and which was closed
since his death. has resumed business.
This is the bank which Editor MacBride
attacked in the Mitchell Mail
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
SAFELY LANDED IN CUBA.
Eighth Expedition Within Forty Days Proves
Successful

The Cuban junta in New York has re-
ceived news of the successful landing
in Cuba of an expedition led 10y Braulio
Pena. Commander Pena's party of thir
ty-ciSht men is thought to be those CON
yeyed to the island by the steamer Com
modore. which left this coast some days
ago. The party succeeded in landing
GOO rifles. 10000 rounds of ammunition,
two rapid-firins IIotchkiss cannon, sew
eral hundred pounds Of dynamite and a
liberal supply of medicines and hospital
stores. The party landed it is said.
without accident or molestation ff any
kind, making the eighth expedition which
has successfully landed in the last forty
DAYS.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Must Know grita;n.s in,.n,;o,.

semi-ofcial note was issued ut Paris,
stating that France will refuse to sane
tion the use of the Egyptian reserve fund
for the purpose of the British Egyptian
expedition up the Nile To Dongola unless
she rereives precise pledges concerning
the British evacuation of Egypt
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Big Muddy Is Rising.

The spring rise of the Missouri river
has begun ut Omaha. Ncb. The entire
valley of the Missouri in Nebraska and
South Dakota * covered with fifteen
inches of snow and this is rapidly melt
ing now All the Nebraska streams are
full and flood in the Missouri is expect
cd by river men,
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Smallpox Scare in indian Territory.

Smallpox in ,irulcnt form is raging at
Ninita. |. Il. The Mayor and Council
of Nowata met i'm special session and es-
tablished strict quarantine regulations
TO prevent the entrance of people from the
infected district
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

According to Rome adviceS. on account
of the excessive pecuniary demands made
10y Menelek ii is improbable peace Will be
concluded. Sigs. Ricotti and Rudini. who
are in accord with the king. will refuse
the payment of any money Indemnity
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Ohio Senate for CIectrocution.

The Ohio Senate passed the bill pro-
viding for the substitution of electrocu-
ton for hanging in Ohio. The bill was
introduced by Senator Jones of Madison
County.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
Wants One More Divorce

Married in 1861. divorced twenty wears
later. remarked after seven years sep
aration and now Jacob Hoxie. of Sioux
City. wants another divorce from his
Njfe Bridget
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

He-SO they were married n, home.
eh? What did YOU think of lie SER
vice? She-not much: 1t WAS marked
sterling but I'm sure il was plate
Philadelphia Record.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
RAMS HORN ELASTS.
Warnin. Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.

ELIGION that
: not used. can
II 0 t b G kep PIT
Sweet
The first mile
toward the pit
always @ x S
safe.
The finer the
uniform, til g
easier it is to
get recruits.
Good has to
die every min
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

The most densely settled State Is
Rhode Island, and the second Massa-
chusetts. The former has 31S.44 inhab-
itants To the square mile, and the lat
ter 21S.4S
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
GAUGE THE UNKNOWN
PlTTSBURG MAN INVENTS
NOVEL APPARATUS.

Says He Can Measure the Cathode
Rays-British Activity in Egypt
Alarms the Elephant EN-
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
REV. DR.. TAlMAGE FINDS TWO
UNIQUE TEXTS.

And breaches a Broad Sermon on the
Divine Mission of Newspapers = He
Says They Are the Most Potent Eehi
cIcs of knowledge of the Age.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-19

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vura, has done for him and advises all
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Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy.
You cannot afford to be sick; you owe
1t to your friends, to your family, to
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DR.. Greene's Nervura. You will never
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DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy is not a ao-called patent medicine,
but the discovery of the most successful
specialist in curing nervous and chronic
diseases. DR.. Greene of 81 Temple Place,
Boston, Mass. who can be consulted,
free of charge, personally or by letter.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-19

when it. WINS the fashion for all the
Democratic papers on the morning after
their annual defeat to proclaim substan-
TALLY that their party had been bought
up with rum and money, and thus ex-
plain their defeat. The great majority
of them of late years have grown wise
enough to sec that that sort of an ex-
PLANTATION convicts their own party of
being largely made up of mercenary vot-
ers contemplate enough to sell their
manhood for drink or dollar,
and have stopped making it.
Ex-Gov. Plaisted, however, appears to
have learned nothing, and goes right on
charging his party with the grosest
venality. As mater of fact he does his
party injustice. Democrats were neither
bought nor intimidated. They bolted
their ticket because they were Disguised
with the platform of dishonesty and an
arohy which the Populistio crowd that
got possession of the Chicago convention
undertook to force upon them. Their con-
duct. instead of being discreditable. as it
would have been if it had been brought
about in the way the New Age init
mates, was highly creditable.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-19
FREE SILVER CoLLAPsING.

Signs are abundant that the free silver
campaign is on the verge of collapse.
The desertion of Dearly all the old time
Democratic leaders, the frantic efforts
that are being made to throw Sewall
overheard al if he were sort of Jonah
who had brought calamity, the transfer
of the management from Jones to Cor
man, and the shouting and whisrling Of
the managers to keep up the courage of
the rank and file, all point in this di-
rcetion. If the free silver campaign were
moving along prosperously, there would
be plenty Of Democratic leaders who
would be ready to connect themselves
with it-men like Hill-who care very
little for principles provided success is
in sight. That all thsse msn, with
hardly an exception. are holding aloof,
clearly shows that they are anything but
confident of a successful issue. Further
more If things were going well there
would be no general demand for the
dumping of Sewall. The Middle of the
Road Populists might demand 1t, hut
they would have no support among the
Democrats. But there is now unques-
tionaply demand from the Democrats
that Sewall be forced off the ticket, foI
the sake of oonciliating the Middle-of-
the Road Populists, whose support is
now seen to be needed to give the ticket
q chance of SUCCESS. Changing ticket
in the midst of campaign Is an expert.
ment involving great risk, and nobody
would think of resorting to it unless the
situation had become desperate.
change of management in the midst Of a
campaign is another very risky expert
ment, which would not be INDUCED In
unless thin gs had come TO such pass
that there was little chance of making
them worse.
The fact is, the Chicago platform and
the Chicago ticket were the outcome Of
emotional insanity, and the only chance
in plunging q majority Of them into
the same state and keeping them in il
until the November election, and that II
was impossible to do. Very little of the
insanity that afflicted the delegates ever
spread outside the convention, and that
little has now about all worn off.
| The Chicago platform today is being
judged in the light of reason by the vast
majority of the American people, where
as the only hope Of its acceptance lay in
Its being judged while the people were
blinded by prejudice or controlled by
passion.