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The Press., 1896-09-10

The United States commissioner of in- ternal revenue shows by his preliminary report of the last fiscal year, just submitt- ed to Secretary Carlisle, telling figures as follows: From spirits the receipts were $8O ,670, ,070, and increase of $807, AS Tobacco brought in revenue of $30, I'll, 629, or $1OO6, ,721 more than in the preced- ing year. From fermented liquors there was derived $83, ,794, ,265, or $2, ,143, ,617 more than during the preceding year. Ale, beers and similar liquors brought in $33,- 139, Al, an increase of $2, ,O94 1926. During the year 67, ,O39, ,91O gallons of spirits dis titled from other materials than fruit were withdrawn for consumption, a de- crease of 2, ,413, ,119 gallons as compared with the preceding year. Cigaretts to the number of 1, ,042, ,391 $40 were drawn out, TIA, ,987 ,86O more than consumed during the preceding year. The number of cigars and cheroots withdrawn was 4, PAT, 755, ,943, and increase of 73, ,783, ,503 Chewing and smoking tobacco was taken out to the amount of 253. .667 317 pounds an increase of 5 ,297, ,499 pounds.
The Press., 1896-09-10

A Kansas man laid a wager of $500 that Bryan would be elected, then his heart grew faint, and he undertook to hedge on his bet, but Intellectually. Next he sought to call the bet off, but the other man was too thrifty to consent to the prop osition. At last accounts, he was striv- ing to induce the court to recover his $500 for him. s....
The Press., 1896-09-10

Dr. John Hall: There is evil enough in man, God knows But it is not the mission of every young man and women to detail and report it all. Keep the at. mosphere as pure as possible and fragrant with gentleness and charity.
The Press., 1896-09-10
Why fret thee, soul

Why fret thee, soul,
 For things beyond thy small control2 Do but thy part, and thou shalt see Heaven will have charge of these and thee Sow thou the seed, and wait 1t peace The Lords increase.
The Press., 1896-09-10
THE
 Canning Season
 IS NOW ON US, AND THE CHICAGO GROCERY

HAS PREPARED FOR THE WANTS OF ALL
 We are selling the
 Mason Fruit Jars, pints, at COG. doz.
 quarts, 65c. |"
 (" 90c. 19 lb. Granulated Sugar $1.OO. 20 " Coffee 100. 9 " Good Yellow 100 20 Fine Carolina Rice, 100. 28 Bars Star Soap, LOO. 28 " Lenox " LOO. 24 " Satin Gloss Soap, 100. Vanilla Cooky, worth 1Oc per lb., for .O6. 12H lb best Salt Pork, 100. 10 pail Pure Lard, .75. Our Matchless Flour, per bbl 4.5O. The best Black or Green Tea, per h., 50. 3 2-pound cans Corn Beef, 50 Fresh Hops, per h., .15. 8 packages Peter Cooper Gelatine, .25.
 Cox '' .15.
 TOBACCOS-A Great Drive. 1 lb. Plug of Sorge's and c, 200. lb. Navy Clippings, 25c. A good House Broom, 1Sc. Can Peaches, our former price 2Oc., now 15c 8 cans First Quality Little Neck Clans, 25c We have just received full line of the Celebrated Portland Stone Ware, which we shall sell 20 per cont. less than the regular prices.
The Press., 1896-09-10
SILVER COINAGE: :-FREE AND
 @ UNLIMITED,

The head and front of the free and un- limited coinage movement are those who are engaged in the silver business, and are chiefly interested in it as commodi- ty. They have large capital invested in 1t. The amount they represent foots up to more than five hundred and fifty mil lions. It is for their pecuniary interest to 9gitate for the enactment of a law which will permit them to find market for their silver product at the United States hints at price which they them selvps may dictate. For the same reason they can we'll afford to employ men to write and lecture in favor of free and un- limited coinage, paying them good round sum. This is their business. It is o9e way of advertising, one method of opening market for their silver product. Ifgold is in the way then gold must be gotbut of the way. If farmers and oth- CTS Ere indifferent, then they must be in- tereBted and made to see that it is for their interest to favor silver just in the way and to the extent the silver boomers want them.
 The price of silver has fallen, and so has the price of wheat. Now the farmer is made to believe that the fall in the price of silver is the cause of the fall in the4 price of wheat. They are told that silver was demonetized in 1873, and is the cause of the fall in the price of silver, and that wheat has failed in price since then, in like ratio, and is the effect of it. Re- store silver and wheat will come up. Put silver where it was before 1873 and the products of the farm rise in value. But where was silver before 1873? From 179s to 1906 silver was the companion of gold-the two forming common stand ard of value at the ratio of fifteen to one. But because we could not keep our silver dollars at home, and make them fill the charInels of circulation, they were de- monet1zed by order of President Jeffer- son. and for thirty years none were coin- ed. Shall we go back to that period. In 1884 a slight change was made in the law by reducing the number of grains in the gold coin so as to make it of the same value as the silver coin. But silver bull. lion was worth more in France, and so il went there and was coined. Very little of it was coined here. Note this we could not regulate our money coins with. out being interfered with by a foreign na tion. How much less can we now, wher international relations are so much closer Will the populist please take notice What followed? Why, this, gold became the standard. It might have been pre- vented; but the wise financiers of tha day thought best to knock out silver Then silver did not cut much of tigur, anyway. Silver millionaires are late pneAtIef .....
The Press., 1896-09-10

Tt is our intention to print under this head, from week to week, items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
CauStic But True.

The Texas llarpOon, is the name of
paper published in the''LOne Star" state
which no doubt has faculty of speaking
its little piece out III meetin'. In re-
cent issue it broke fourth in the follow
ing language in commenting on the man
who does not take home paper. While
we are aware that kind OF men do not
live in this part of the country, yet we
produce it SO they can see what other
places have to contend with. lie says:
When you ask man to subscribe for
your paper and he says "Oh l never
read much; and besides times are 90
plaguey tight, apologize formaking this
mistake and leave him. Life lstO short
to waste in trying to teach a jackass to
sing soprano. All g ntIemen nowadays
read newspapers lots OF them.
Snow us a man who lives for years in d
town or country and never subScrlbeS
/ for the papers published there, and we'll
show You man whose head is shaped
! like piece of pie, with the point up,
and whose ignOranceis exceeded only 10y
lis gigantic gall. \ coun rynewspaper
/ is an institution that works day and
night for every decent man Ill the com
munity. Therefore every decent man
in the community is in honor bound to
assist in its support. The trouble is
that some swellhead galOOts fancy they
are making the editors present when
they take his pa 5er. We always hold
however, the profoundest sympathy fol
the man who lives in country q
numbers of years and never subscribe:
and never pays for his paper. If that
poor fellow were to encounter an Idea
in a lane he would turn and fly The
other way, with the tail of his garment
beating the atmosphere. Don't waste
much time on such cattle. One OF then
has not enough good common sense t'
keep warm i'll hAdes
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15

will be Ill charge at New York. II Is
also announced that the Piymouth
Cycling Manufacturing Co, will in a
short time open elegant quarters IN
Chicago on the corner of State and
Monroe streets, where a large stock will
be placed for both the wholesale and re-
tail trade.
In passing from the main exhibition
building to the left into the annex, the
second space utilized by exhibitors was
that of the Indiana Novelty works.
Being simply rim to exhibit no elab-
crate display could ne made. BUTT Sc
cured Its share of visitors, and numer-
Ous orders for the only perfect wooden
rim viii no doubt be their future gain.
This department was in charge of
Messrs. Geo. II. Thayer, Jr. and Geo.
Marble. who had for assistants Mr..
Upton Schilts and Will Marble.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
No. 10


II VIII long De remembered by those
who attended the exhibition al the Tat
terSalls IN Chicago, Friday night last, as
one of al enormous jam and very little
room to move around in. On the east
side where the entrance INTO the annex
was located in a small ,riangler space
was the exhibit of the New York and
Boston Rubber Company. and under
TIE supervision Of Mr. Eugere Welch.
Of this city During the evening the
air became 50 heavy and the crowd a.
this entrance SO Jammed. that a young
lady III an attempt to get out of The
vice Ike pressure tainted away.
The cry for assistance seemed to
cause a panic. and instead of pressing
back, the mass of struggling humanity
pressed closer around the unfortunate
until others were in the same pecar
ious condition. Mr. Welch grasped the
situation and by heroic efforts removed
the fainting women from the thorough
ly uncomfortable crowd. Ten feet above
was closed window and in a moment
an iron pump that lay close to hanG
was dashed through it admitting fresh
air \ ladder was secured and the
helpless women We're soon transferred
through the apeaiur- 10 the outside.
The next morning the city papers de
voted considerable space narating the
occurrance, and made Mr. " elch quite
hero. Saturday il was very noticeable
that a great number OF the lady visitors
Ioltered around this particular corner
and stl ange to relate the greater por
/ ton were clad in blOomers.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15

The Sons of Veterans installed their
officers eject Friday evening with suit
able ceremony. Past Captain Howard
Kelly was installing officer, and con-
Quoted the seating of the new officers
The new commander, Captain Joe M
Black, will be assisted by the following
staff. Chaplain, Lee III. Kendall; First
Sergeant, j. 5. Cast; Quartermaster Ser
geant, II. III. Bennett; Sergeant OF the
Guard, Burt Bushman; Color Sergeant,
Harry Meade: Corporal of the Guard
Wm. Schroeder; Principle Musician
Evert Fields; Camp Guard Thomas
Harding.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
Another Banquet.

Invitations are ont for another ban
ouet to be given next Tuesday night
by Plymouth Tent No. "a knights ot
the Maccabees. The occasion VIII b1
that of the installation of the newly y
elected officers of that lodge. Speeches
by eminent visiting knights will be IN
tersperced by vocal and instrument
music with all the settings and accom-
paniment of the most pleasurable so
cial occasion and there is 10 doubt tha'
the gallant knights and their ladies VIII
fully sustain their reputation charm
ing entertainers.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15

One of the beauties and charms of an
editors life is his dead-beading il Oh
all occasions. No one who has ever
tasted o. the sweets of that bliss can
begin to take in its glory and its happl-
ness. He does $500 worth of advertis
ing for a railroad, gets pass for year
rides S25 worth. and then he is looked
upon as a dead beat. He 'putfs" a con-
cert troupe SIC worth and gets Il ia
"complimentaries' and is thus passed
free" Ii the hall is crowded he is be-
grudged the room he occupies for if
his complimentaries We're paying tick
cts the troupe wOuld he 50 much IN
pocket. lie blows ana puifs church
festival free, to any desired extent, and
does the poster printing al half rates
and rarely gets d ",hank yon'' for it
1t goes as part his duty as an editor.
He does more work gra'ultously for the
town and community than all the rest
OF the population put together and gets
cursed for it all, while IN many ia
stances man who donates few dol
lars to a Fourth OF July. base ball club
or C urch, is gratefully remembered.
0. it is a sweet thing TO be an editor,
he passes free" you know. Texas Sift-
iugs.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
Green Goods Men.

There is hardly community but some
one receives an invitation to utilize
some of their good money to secure a
large amount of "green goods to dope
their fellow mOrtals with. The great
trouble is, there is always some one in
every neighborhood who is self concerted
enough to undertake the little scheme
The inducements offered are of the most
rcseate character and often cause the
guileless suckers to pack up their little
grips, stow good sized roll into thell
inside pocket and speed away to what
they imagin is sure read to sudden
wealth. They know better when they
return. The Imagination is knocked
higher than kite and as 'hey lie awake
at night chewing the bitter cud OF re
pentance they realize how woefully
they were worked.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
The Portraits.

Those who are to receive portraits on
account of subscription orders to the
INDEPENDENT and who have not yet
handed in their small pictures must dc
so at once as the portrait offer will soon
expire aud the business pertaining to il
will be closed
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
Three High Rollers.

John X Evans, of Decatur, dieo
about twenty years ago and LETT thre'
infant sons. He left Ten thousan"
dollars to each one, which. with inter
est was to be given them when the.
were twenty-one years old. The oldes
son squandered his i'll SIX weeks, DAVID
did the same and Samuel. the younges
who received his share three week <
ago. spent it all and has been arreste,
forgery.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
The Terre Haute Hugger.

No doubt there are many young ladies
and name older ones in Plymouth and
elsewhere who are perfectly reconclled
10 the practice of hugging and who In
fact would prefer being hugged to not
being hugged. But down IN Terre
Haute it is different. Even the remote
prospect of being hugged has terrorlzed
the store and factory glrls of that city
and thrown them into state bordering
on panic. When they are compelled to
be on the streets In the evening they are
in mortal fear of being hugged and so
great is this fear that the matter is
discussed only when the girls are to-
gether in numbers and then with proper
reservations and becoming modesty.
All this is because Terre Haute has a
hugger, mysterious somebody who
disregalds the conventionallties OF
every day life and revels in the stolen
sweets of contraband hugs. The matter
has been taken into court. The suspect
has not SO far been convicted. No re.
lief to the strained nerves of feminine
Terre Haute has therefore been ex-
perienced.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
Received Damages.

1t is currently reported that Ella Nc
Masters who recently sued the town o
Walkerton for damages, arising from
injuries received by defective side
walk received $4,000, and there Is SOM
talk of instituting proceeding toreeove
sufficient to pay the additional expens'
for medical treatment.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
A Pre=inventOry
Clothing Sale.
-I

We take stock in a few weeks, the coth
ing stock must be moved to make room for the
large new and nobby line that will soon arrive.
In order to facilitate the quick movement
of this stock we will give straight cut of
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
80 per cent.

This is no buncombe. Will give an illus
lustration: \ suit is shown you that is marked
$11.50 Taking 80 per cent. off will make
discount amounting to $3.45, which will make
the price of the suit $S.O5. Every piece of cloth
ing throughout the entire store is marked in
plain figures, that you yourself can take
pencil and figure the price of the suit. This,
however does not pertain to suits alone, but to
everything called clothing.
THESE PRICES ARE STRICTLY CASH.
Those who have as yet not made their
necessary purchases now is your opportunity to
buy Suit, Overcoat or Pants at less than you
ever before purchased
This sale closes January 81, 1896.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
A Doll Worth Having.

One of the dolls sent to the annual doll
show that General Felix Angus of Balti.
city just before Christmas, came from
Cleveland, where Mrs. Robert P Porter,
wife of the editor and tariff expert, began
movement to provide the finest doll in
the show. 1t is three feet tall, and is
modelled after the painting, La Belle
Chocolatier," which hangs in the Dresden
gallery. Among the women who supplied
and worked on the clothing OF the doll
were Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. John Sherman,
Mrs. Bushnell, Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. James
n. Hogt and Miss Fannie Hayes, daugh-
ter of ex-President Hayes. Accompany.
ing the doll was set of dishes for choco-
late set, so as to complete the resemblance
to the painting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
HOW MEN PROPOSE.
Some Examples From Recent Magazin,
Fiction.

some Examples from Recent Magazine
Fiction.
1t is said that there are as many ideals
of beauty as there are men. This truism
also applies to other things, which is well,
otherwise we should be bored. Suppose
every lover proposed in precisely the same
way One effect would be the demoIishlng
of the business of the story-writer. De-
cember authors CALAMITY vary the inter
esting moment in their tales. Here is the
way they get around the difficulty:
Mr.. Howells' young lady in Harper's,
after fatty telling the young man that
she guesses she doesn't care for him and
he can go away, says: "Thank you L
only wished to know the worst. And you're
not going away hating me?"
mo; loving you more than ever"
She turns her face and averts her eyes.
"Why-what are you-going forP'
"Phillippa!' He throws his arms about
her and clasps her to him.
Mr.. Howells offers no explanation for her
turnabout rropensities. His silence adds
weight to his well-known scorn for vacil-
lating woman.
Kate Douglass Wiggin strings out the
proposal in her story to column, which is
bad-at least for the article. But the low
ers are 40 and Sc, SO 1T does not much mat
ter. And they had been engaged before.
In truth Madge Robertson has pretty
story of wealthy young medical student,
who so pities deformed little child at a
clinic that he finally allows her to keep
the coveted exquisite silver box of bon
bons he was about to carry as a birthday
gift to the girl of his heart. He explains
to the young lady the absence of any gift
from him. When he had finished there
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

soled as possible, are the most fashionable
footgear this winter is attributed to the
golf craze from which New York is suffer-
ing. The toes must be well rounded, not
pointed, indeed the pointed toes are de-
cidedly out of style.
should have black ribbon round it.
saw one yesterday with ribbon exactly
matching the felt, and the result was de-
cidedly unhappy.
Umbrellas with steel stems only are
fashionable. They, when rolled, should
not be more than an inch IN thickness,
and should be carried, when not in use,
like a walking stick.
Smartly attired men are never seen
wearing fobs on watehguards. any dis
play of jewelry being decidedly bad form.
The all-around tnrned-down collar is
daily increasing in favor, but thus far
neither the white silk waistcoats nor the
soft silk shirts have been seen in New
York.
The most correct thing in handkerchiefs
is OF fine white linen, with hens not ex-
ceeding quarter of an inchin depth.
Corduroy waistcoats are worn with
cycling, driving and golfing costumes.
will never become accustomed to see
ing men in church attired in tweed suits
and l am alluding to the many well-off
men who make so slight study of appear
ances and appropriateness as to appear so
arrayed. 1t is simply incomprehensible
Ot course, such cases are fortunately ex-
ceptlonal; and men who, in other respects,
are careful of their appearance, will per-
sist in wearing watch-chains draped across
their walstcoats which are sufficiently
substantial, apparently, to chain up a
good-sized dog. And what monstrous
things some of the cuff-links arel
The paiamas of light French flannel are
excellent, and cost S. set. The pajamas
with pale blue or salmon-colored stripes
wash better than any others, 1 find
In Canada hocky is being much played
by both men and women, and in Ottawa
there is an admirable skating-rink. The
curling links are most patronized by the
men.
Polo is an excellent game, and one well
understood by not few of our young men,
as has been proved at Burlingame.
All of us are declaring that the Century
Club reception was a success, and are
ringing the praises OF the charming host
esses. Both the Pacific Union and Be-
hemian clubs were well represented. That
eggnog was excellent! &C.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

month the hunt lancers, or hunting quad
rille, was quite feature, as all the men
wore their pink coats.
Franklin Bartlett led the cotillon at the
first Patriarchs ball this season.
Charles Gibson Jr. is reported to be a
sort of Boston Creighton Webb.
Count Castellane is making the Gould
money fly. Lately he paid ZOO francs
for table. If his new "hotel'' is fur
nished throughout with proportionate ex-
travagance somebody's dot will rapidly
vanish.
Much regret is being expressed over the
naval orders which will cause very popu-
lar captain shortly to leave our City for the
East.
All fashionable haberdashers now only
show neckwear to be tied by the wearer
and at the present moment the club ties
are the favorite and come in all materials
and in every color. However, red contin-
ues in vogue.
Him says that as he has now reached
the russell and autumn of his life he had a
dream, but l quote, 81 dreamt of browns
and russets and in my vision 1 saw myself
in very smart brown-and white-checked
suit of dittoes, russell shoes of tint be-
tween the leaves of autumn and the per-
lection of leather, q brown overcoat a
brown Derby hat and bright red tie"
The reason russell boots, as heavily