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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

Nearly every one now knows how
the incandescent lamp is operated, but
still we meet with some funny instan-
ccs of ignorance. Not long ago a WON
an came to the house who was in the
habit Of sleeping with a dim light in
her room. and the electric light both
cred her. She either had 10 let it burn
brightly. or else turn it off altogether
Finally she hit upon the idea of wrap
ping towel around it, Then she be-
gan to question whether the towel
would catch fire. Then she adopted
the happy cxpcdient of wetting the
towel. That was the worst thing that
she could do. She soon dropped asleep
and of course the towel began to burn.
A blazing piece dropped on the cur
tains. and soon the whole room WAS
afirc She was very much frightened,
and the contents of the chamber were
ruined. The building is fire-proof, So
we escaped n cOnfiagration.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

The following example of a philo-
sophie Scotch character is related in
the Scottish American. The season
had been an exceptionally bad one
for farmers. but in country church.
not hundred miles from Arbroath,
the otiice-bearers had resolved, accord
ing To custom. 10 hold the annual har-
vest thanksgiving service. 1t was no.
ticed that on that particular Sunday
Mr.. tombstone. regular attendant and
a pillar of the church (whoSe crops
had turned out very poorly. was not
in attendance. The minister in the
course of the following week met Mr..
tombstone. and inquired Of him the
reason for his absence from church on
such an important occasion.
"Wcel, sir" replied Mr.. tombstone.
81 didna care ABBOTT approachin' my
Maker in a speerit o sarcasm"
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
THE Old Man"

Were | the head of large concern,
or the responsible executive officer OF
great corporation, whether my age
were - or ~, | should want all of my
employees or subordinates TO call me
The Old Man" Not, of course, to
my face, or when they were addressing
me, but among themselves. or when
they spoke of me ~ their friends
His ajcsty," His Royal High
ness" His EXccllcncy," and the like.
all Indicate that the persons to whom
they are applied possess power; but in
this commercially democratic age and
country. the one appcllation of undis
putcd autocracy is The Old Man.
Applied to the head of a concern. it
frequently indicates love. generally re-
spcct, and always complete submission
to authority. 1t is as free from any
suggestion of age as is reverend 1t
is never given when there is question
of authority. or Il smoldcring rebellion
against 1t.
When The Old Man says thing
that settles it: there are no questions TO
be asked: there is no comment To be
rladc. When The Old Man" does
something or fails TO do something.
there is no criticism TO be INDUCED in.
The Old man" is the one person
about the establishment who is absolute
ly his own master; whose coming in
and going out are unhampcrcd; whose
onon,,rnoiu u ward ..nrrinS rnal Nniolt
and whose reprimand indicates real
danger; TO whom sir is right and
not Il courtesy.
Long live The Old Man" And when,
through his half closed private office
door, he hears the boys term him thus
kindly, let him congratulate himself
that loyalty is in his service and that
he has attained the acme of dignity
Truth.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

"'Look here" I cried. holding the
dish nearer the lamp. What do you
see there in front?'
'She leaned over the table and stared
into the dish.
YES. i see n fence and a shrubbery.
an gate, an Il wide collar, an a face,
an'-Oh. Lord. Oh. Lord-it's my Billy
swingin' on the gater"
Thomson broke off ut this point in
his story and began to walk up and
down the room.
''They send me n hamper full Of flow
ers every year, on the anniversary of
the day | saw Billy swinging on the
gate. l haven't seen them since one
day in that same year, when l went to
take Mrs. Shall an enlarged photo
graph of my snapshot. 1t came out
splendidlyw Thomson said. with pro-
fessional pride. BEST child's photo 1
ever saw; the pretty background. the
branch of whitethOrn hanging over the
gate, the uplifted face. intent smiling
Just as If he heard his mother calm
him. said Mrs. Shall.
mo; it was the angels said the
woman, very low."-Pall Mall Gazette.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
Literature and Pedagogy

There are really only two things the
successful teacher needs to have
knowledge of his subject-matter and
knowledge of his pupils. The first of
these can he gained only by study. Tie
second only by experience. The inin
who has never been real child HIM
self cannot effectively teach children
and he who does not know by expert
ence the warm-hcarted. eXuberant gale
ty of school and college boys cannot
successfully teach them. Further
more, the teacher who spends more
time on the method of teaching litera-
turc than on literature itself is sure 10
come to grief. Greatest of all forces
is the personality of the instructor;
nothing in the teaching is SO effective
as this; nothing is so instantly rcc0g-
niZed and responded to by pupils: and
nothing is more neglected by those
who insist that teaching is n science
rather than an art After hearing a
convention Of very serious pcdagOgueS
discuss educational methods, in which
they use all SORTS of technical phra scol-
Ogy, one feels like applying Gladstone
cablegram. "Only common sense re-
quired." The Century.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
The Manageable Age.

In many ways the girls of IS are
more fit to marry than they were in our
grandmothers time. and yet observa-
ton tells us without question that the
age at which girls marry now is adj
vanced by several years beyond that
of one hundred years ago.
The early marriages of the past have
been Of no benefit 10 the present race,
and we are showing wisdom in our gen
Grafton in setting the clock of time back
n few years.
For one thing only are early mar
riages desirable. and even this result
does not always accrue by any means.
We mean the possibility of the couple
growing more closely together in tastes
and fancics if these are matured after
marriage.
1t is not considered desirable than
the woman should be the elder Of the
parties to the contract. But even this
objection is being lessened as years go
by, for the woman Of 40 now is no older
than the woman of % was fifty years
ago. Nevertheless it is well that there
should be the advantage Of age upon
the husbands side. If man does not
marry until after he is 80 it is better
that there should be n decided dis
parity of age between them, as he will
be so set in his ways that the wife will
be obliged TO yield Difference to his
wishes at every point. \ woman who
is also set in her ways will not be likely
to do this. When there is n very great
disparity in the ages, as is seen quite
frequently, the wonder is that the
young girls can be party to such con-
tracts, though it is very wise for the
man when he at GO marries n girl Of
90 4 woman of suitable age wouldn't
put up with his almost certain crankl-
ness.-Philadelphia Call.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
CASABICRANkA.

The girl sat on the baseball stand
All but her beau had fled.
And he. poor chap, could not demand
Relief from what she said
"Why does the pitcher throw it SOL!
She murmurcd in dismay.
@+Such actions violent, you know.
His awkward moves display.
Why does he so cxpectorate
Upon the snow white ball?
Was he not Taught until too late
That that's not nice at all?
Why does that fellow don a cage
And let his voice resound
In cries of Strike awak ming rage
Ia those upon the ground?
Why do the runners always fall
- And slide upon their face.
Or clsc-they do not care ~ ali
Upon some other place?
Why do the people murmur Rank
He has IA rank, It's plain.
Why does that player. lean and lank,
Seem in >uch awful pain?
Why does Tie catcher wear that pad
Close to his bosom pressed?
And why has not the other had
His clothes cut like the rest:
Why does that player swing the wood
En- such a reckless way
And question. rs no good man should,
What those behind him say:
Why do the men such colors wear
But here she turned her head,
And then n last became aware
/ oc,.4~- fa1 Jr,nnoI Ia,I
State Journal.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
They Did Not Believe 1t.

A Prussian officer in the conquered
province of Alsace one day visited a
chapel in the outskirts Of a town.
Among the offerings Of the devout
peasantry he perceived a silver mouse,
which so excited his curiosity that he
asked an explanation of one of the ma
tiycS.
THE story is" said the Alsatian,
chat an entire quarter Of the town
was infested with an army Of mice
which were vertable plague. At last
a devout lady caused silver mouse
to be made, and offered it to the Vir-
gin. Shortly afterward every mouse
disappeared"
The officer burst out laughing.
"Whatw said he. rudely, "is it pos
sible the people of this country are
so stupid as to believe such things:'
ooh, now quietly replied the Alsa-
tan; "for If we did, we should long
ago have offered the Virgin a silver
Prussan."
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
DUMAS, FATHER AND SON.
The Latter Was Made Legitim ate
When His Mother Was Dying.

Dumas does not seem at any time to
have thought seriously of matrimony.
Perhaps, had the RouennaiSe seam
stress been free to marry him. his re)a-
tons with her would have been legal
lied. and the current of his life would
have run in n less ZigZag channel. She
was person of rare constancy of pGr-
pose and dignity of character, living
always by her work. and carefully
watching over her son. When she AM
Dumas quarrelcd. the filiation of the
younger Alexandra was ''rccogniIed'
by the elder, a legal formality which
gave him patcrnal rights and enabled
the father to take him from his mother
and place him as Il bOarder in the CJl-
lege Chaptal. But as the fathers anger
was eyaneSccnt and his heart soft and
righteous, the maternal claims were
not long denied. The woman Urging
them sought and obtained. to be near
her child. the direction of the linen and
the shirtmending department in the
college. and not only lived on her sal
AIRY, but made provision TO help her son
forward when he grew up, and for her
own old age.
The son cherished her in her nfe and
revered her memory As he married
a Russian lady Of high rank. his moth
| or would not live with him when he
was rich and renowned until she felt
she was dying. This was in 1868. The
| prodigal father. who hardly deserved
| the name of Dumas pere. was then
| broken in health and falling into the
state of permanent somnolency whicli
| took hold of him before his death. Ills
daughter, Nine. Pctcl. with impulsivc
| generosity. asked him to make her half
| brother legitimate by marrying his
mother in extrcmiS. and this he did
| Century.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
Arbitration a Short Cut to Justice,

Ar Duration snort Gut 10 CuStice.
The traveller on the Riviera who ram
blcs over the picturesque promontory
of MonacO-that puny principally OF
less than six square miles, with n mill
tary band of $50 musicians and a stand
ing army Of ninety mems struck with
the righteousness of finding on its ram
parts lot Of Spanish cannon of past
age. bearing the inscription, Ultima
ratio rcgum-''The last argument OF
kings" To a man of reflection the SEN
timent seems as antiquated as the
brass on which it is engraved. Not that
war is q practical impOssibility; even
as we write the world seems to be torn
anew with wars or rumOrS of wars. The
impossiblity lies rather in the revolt Of
the mind against the retrogrcssion in
civilization which is implied by war,
when there is at hand SO potent, so
tried, and so honorable substitute as
arbitration With this short cut to
Justice in mind, it is incOnceivable 10
a civilized man that the lab0ri0uS
achievements of generations of peace
should be given to the torch in one
mad hour through the revival OF the
barbarous instincts of fighting. Cen
fury.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

If we do not wiring our happiness on!
Of the fair, peaceful, humble duties OF
the present, however great its trials
we shall never find it in the weakened
forces, in the darkcned rays Of the fll'
ture. Our duty lies, not In regrets, not
In resolutions, but in thoughts followed
by resolves and resolves carried out in
actions. Our life lies not in RETROSPECT,
of a vanished past, not In hopes of an
ambitious future; our life Is here, to-
day; in our prayers, in our beliefs. in
our daily, hourly conduct.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
Rogers Was Democratic.

Professor Jowett once made a remark
which very happily indicates one OF
the strongest characteristics of the late
William Rogers: You always know
when Rogers arrives, because as soon
as he reaches the gate he begins To talk
to your gardener. and when he reaches
the door he makes friends with your
servant in the hall"
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
No Room in the Senate

A Western man has belief that he
can settle the financial question, and
his friends are trying to get him into
an insane asylum. as there are no va
cancies In the United States Senate at
Observation-Disclosures Ledger
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

Rvers-Tm in hard luck to-day. Got
in crowd and some thief took my
pocketboOk. BrOoks-Shake, old man.
I've just been over to the court house
paying a special assessment for new
sewer.-Chicago Tribune.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

Most of the ''emeralds" girls wear
look more like piece Of glass from q
beer bottle.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

MY good fellow said the dude to
the halter. 'how's trade?' There's
really nothing in hats nova days." re-
piled the halter, trying one on the head
Of the dude-YoDkers Statesman.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

MY boy" said the passenger with
the fur-lined coat and the smooth -sha.
ven, square face. lit was the success
Of the season. There wasn't standing
rOOm! The conductor smiled n sour
smile "'Zif didn't have the same ex.
perience every day said he to the mo.
torman.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-09
A HARRISON STRING
May BE Found Dragging Along After the
Mckinley Endorsement.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May ST. l..
Roots, the Indiana politician who presid-
ed during the greater part of yesterday $
convention and who is very close to the
eN-presdent, made to-day the following
statement regarding the significance OF
yesterdays action: THE question has
been frequently asked what significance
attaches 10 Mr.. Harrison's absence from
the convention. In answer it may be said
his absence is a confirmation of his state
ment there never mas been an hour since
1 left the White House that l desired TO
rejrun TO IT, and, further, free him from
the chage made of insincerity."
In answer 10 the question: What will
be the effect of the resolution instructing
for Mckinley"
1T can he truly said that it must be ben
efc.al for all concerned. First, 1t is a
truthful reflection Of the sentiment of the
voters of Indiana concerning Mckinley,
which has cryStaiized since Mr.. Harrison's
letter of February last, and if the unex-
pected should happen at st. Louis and
there should be a call for the ex-pres.dent.
he would be in position TO accept such
a call and the followers of Mckinley would
become the supporters OF General Harri-
son. since Indiana. in no uncertain terms.
has instructed and declared for Mckinley
a her state convention"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-09
FOURTHD|STR'CTDE DEMOCRATS |
Getting Into Line and Confident of
Success.
Hon. Holly G.. Armstrong Says
They Will Defeat Warren Miller,
Sure Thing - Democratic Clubs
Being Organized i'll Every County.
Mr.. Armstrong a Congressional
Candidate.

Hon. Holly G. Armstrong, of jack
son county, came up to the city yester-
day afternoon, and registered at the
Windsor He will remain in the city
for a day or two. on private business.
A Register reporter met Mr. Arm
strong last evening and asked:
What is the political outlook in the
Fourth district this year?"
1T is excellent for the Democracy.
If Warren Miller is nominated, and he
almost certainly will be, we will beat
him by a majority of one thousand or
fifteen hundred"
The party is in good shape and con-
dition, then?"
Indeed it is. We are organizing
clubs through all the counties, and not
only are the Democrats enrolling, but
many Republicans are doing the same,
and are pledging themselves to sup
port the Democratic ticket. Mr.. Mil
ler's course in Congress has been prac-
tically confined to looking after PEN
sions and few other private matters
and getting his name in the papers, and
the people of the district are not inn
pressed with his craftsmanship. The
Fourth district will give an account OF
itself at the next election. We are for
Democracy first, last and all the time,
and will allow nothing to interfere with
party success"
I'VE understand up this way that you
are a candidate for Congress. How 1t
is?"
THAT is correct. l am a candidate,
and feel that the outlook for me is
good. At the same time do not wish
to detract from my possible or prob
able competitors, Mr.. Walter Pendle-
ton, of Roane, and Hon. Wiley Rankin,
OF Mason. ] intend to make hustling
campaign, however, and feel that | will
not only secure the nomination. but will
carry the district as well"
How are your people upon the sub
ject of the Governorship?"
We'll, Mr.. Watts has large number
of admirers and supporters, but Judge
Bennett would also be very strong, did
the people know whether or not he was
an avowed and active candidate. There
appears to be Q good deal of uncertainty
as to Judge Benefits position, and as
a natural consequence many who would
be for him, heart and soul, are unde-
cided. Gen. Watts is recognized as an
acceptable man and hard fighter, and
would rally the Democracy of the
Fourth district to a man."
Mr.. Armstrong possessed. the aggres-
sive qualities necessary to Democratic
success in West Virginia this year, and
should he carry off the prize of the Con-
gresSional nomination, would undoubt-
edly run Warren Miller or any other
Fourth district Republican off the po-
litical stage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-09
A GREAT IMPROVEMENT
About to Be Entered Upon by the City
Water Board.
A New Line Of Pipe to be Laid from
North Wheeling Across to the
Upper End Of the Island-The In
creased Supply Has Long Been
Needed-Committees Of Council
in Session Last Evening.

For at least half-a-dozen years the
necessity for a better water supply on
the Island has been forcing itself upon
the attention of the water department
Of the city government, and for nearly
or quite that length Of time the Water
Board has been figuring annually upon
the work. The limit of expenses upon
the Board and the clamor of people in
various portions of the city for exten-
sion OF mains and other Improvements,
has prevented the consummation of this
most important matter, however, from
year to year, while the necessity for a
better supply has steadily grown.
Matters have now reached that point
where any longer delay would not only
be undesirable from purely pecuniary
standpoint on the part of the Board,
but dangerous as well to the Seventh
ward as regards fire protection, and it
has been practically, although not form
ally, determined to run another line of
pipe across the river during the pres
ent year.
The line now in use was laid down
about 1870 and is composed of ten-inch
pipe. 1t crosses the river from the foot
OF Eleventh street, just south of the
Pewiky' station, to the east end Of
ONO street, and the population of about
$500 new on the Island depends entirely
upon this main. When the line was
first laid down the population of the
Island was but about 200, and the line
furnished an abundance of water, but
in the twenty-five years which have
since elapsed the population has been
multiplied more than four times, while
| many miles of small mains have been
added throughout the ward which the
| pipe under the river cannot supply. In
case of large fire, which is always
imminent on the Island, by reason OF
the hundreds of frame buildings and
the exposure to wind, the pipes would
be wholly inadequate to supplying the
engines, and a vast destruction of
property would inevitably be the result.
In discussing the matter day or two
ago, Superintendent Varney gave it as
his opinion that the pipe under the
river was at least half full of mud and
sediment, which cannot be gotten at,
and the capacity of the original main
is probably not over that of a new six
inch pipe.
1t is proposed by the Board to lay
fifteen or twenty-inch pipe from the
thirty-inch or twenty-inch, in North
Wheeling across the river, through the
big bar above the suspension bridge to
the upper portion of the Island, and
then extend it south as far as possible,
probably to the line Of Zane street.
This would ensure an abundance Of
water for a quarter OF a century to
come, and with some additional large
pipe, in the next few years, on streets
further south, the Island people would
be secure from the dearth of water now
universally conceded. The pipe for the
extension will probably be ordered in
short time, and when the river drops
the coming summer, work will COM
mence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-09
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
Youthful Train Wreckers to End Their
Days in state Prison.

Youthful Train Wreckers TO End Their
Days in state Prison.
Rome, n. Y, May S.-J. Watson Hill
dreth, the boy train wrecker, received a
life sentence to-day.
His companions. Plato and Hibbard,
pleaded guilty 10 manslaughter in the
first degrees and were S entenced to
twenty years imprisonment on two in
dictments. or forty years in all.
These boys and another named Fred.
Bristol, who has since died of consump-
tion, were accused of planning to wrec6
a New York Central express train for
the purpose OF robbing the passengers.
The affair occurred last November, the
place selected for the crime bslLg near
Rome. The engineer of the train was
killed and the fireman s1 badly Injured
that he is only now able 10 leave the
hospital. A clerk Of the railway mail
service was also severely hurt. The
clue to the perpetrators was hat be-
longing to young Hildreth, which was
found near the wreck None of the
lads were more than Is years OF age,
and except in the case of one of them,
their parents were well TO do people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-09
THE MEANEST MAN.

Bill Nye often spoke his witticisms
laden with the greatest truth. Among
the most noticeable, most Nyeish and
most apropos is the following: A man
may use a wart on the back of his neck
for collar button; ride on the back
coach of a train to save interest on his
money until the conductor comes
around; stop his watch at night to save
the wear and tear; leave his i" and -
without a dot or cross to save his ink !;
pasture his mothers grave to save corn ;
but a man Of this kind is a gentleman
and a scholar compared to fellow who
will take newspaper, and when asked
to pay for it, puts it into the postoffice
and has it marked, Refused. Elk
change.