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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-25
From Saturdays Daily.

Miss Ethel Y ockey is reported ill.
Lew Haag is reported quite low with
typhoid fever.
Clara Kilmer, who has been quite
sick is convalescing.
Miss Ella Hutchinson is very sick at
her home In South Plymouth
Orval Apple has returned from sew
eral months sOjourn in Nebraska.
VIM. O'Keefe returned last evening
from weeks business sojourn in Ken
lucky.
A fortune awaits the man who opens
up good gravel pit somewhere near
Plymouth
Dane Crippen had his fingers lacerat
ed badly this morning while working at
the Novelty works.
Sheriff Marshall informs US that this
is the day IN which he takes possession
of Prosper Mickey's office.
The meetings at the Blissfeld church
are drawing large crowds Four con-
verts were baptized yesterday.
Peter Crowel and wife, of South
Bend, returned to their home today af
ter visiting David Crowell in the
country.
VIM. Huff, of Bremen, was i'm our
city today filing papers at the court
house for newly plated addition tc
Bremen called the Huff addition.
The greater part of the repair work
on the Episcopal church has been com
pleted The cleaning and disposing OF
debris remains yet to be accomplished
The township institute was held al
the court house today both in TIE morn
ing and afternoon. Several topics were
discussed, the most important of which
was social elements.
Miss Lizzie Gibson drew the shoes at
Shambaugh's having guessed 433 as her
idea of the number of shoes sold dur
ing the recent special sale. The actual
number sold was 842
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-25
Birth and Death Statistics.

The quarterly report of the state
board of health shows 1864 deaths and
S,40l births. OF the births 1926 are
males and 1926 female. SO are cOlored
males and so colored females. There
were SO cases of plurality births and
140 illegitlmate births.
There were 5,2O5 marriages during
the last quarter. Marshall county had
3S deaths
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-25
InwOOd Items.

Chas. Hite is holding a position as
operator at Bucyrus, Ohio.
Lawrence Mathewson and Lew Har-
ris returned last week from a several
months absence In the far west.
John Moore came home from Chica.
go Saturday. He brought wheel with
him which will make a scorcher of
Geo. Galentine.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-25
Lafayette Monument Collection.

The superintendent OF the state board
of public instruction Saturday forward
ed S73S 30 to Washington as represent
ing part of the amount collected in the
public schools of the state for the Lafay-
cite monument fund.- Several of the
larger cities have not reported as yet
among them being Indianapolis and
Evansville. Prominent among the
cities contributing were South Bend
with $67. II; Bedford, S3S:23; Anderson,
S35; Goshen, S24 GA; Peru, $50. 80; Mad
ison. $27 81; Martinsville, $50; Laporte,
$50.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-25
NEW BOOK FREE.

A valuable book giving complete in
formation how successfully cure con
sumption and other lung diseases will
be sent free To the readers of this paper
Address Dr. BsrtZ, A., Inter Ocean
Bldg, Chicago, Ill. 8mar99
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-25

The Indianapolis News says Robert
E. Mansfield, formerly secretary of the
republican state central committee,
Rollo b. Oglesbee, of Plymouth, and
Charles S. Lane, of Fort Wayne, will be
candidates for secretary of the senate
when the legislature meets in January.
The herald., 1898-01-16
to this country. We had no Nordica nor

to this country. We had no Nordica nor
Eames, nor did we have a school Of music
worthy to fit singers for the stage.
Grand opera now is regarded as an
educational help. All the seminaries and
colleges bring their pupils to hear grand
opera sung in one of the largest opera
houses, and for three weeks the town
revolves around the big yellow building
on Broadway where the singers go
nightly to warble.
A Vanderbilt was once asked what it
cost him to take his family through a
season Of grand opera. He said he
didn't know, but their gowns cost 500
900, and then he believed there was a
trife for the box.
Many great matches are planned dur
ing the opera season, and the coming
three weeks are rich in romance as well
as song.
The singers of later years are gifted
with beautiful faces, Calve being one OF
the handsomest women of the age, while
Emma Eames is lovely in classic mould
The grand opera is function which
none who can afford should miss; and all
should feel a thrill of pleasure that the
first tinkle of it's notes begins to NOR
row night in New York, to extend east
ward and westward in lovely chime
as the season advances.
H. CRONENSCHILD.
The herald., 1898-01-16
HOW TO PREVENT DREAMS
Simple Remedy Advanced by Ply
sician for Wholesome Sleep

"After series of experiments on my
self and Others" ventured an expert
enced physician, "I am convinced that
many annoying dreams, which in many
instances rob sleep of much of it's recre-
alton and benefit, can be prevented If
persons will take the trouble to do so.
There are dreams which are produced
by an overloaded stomach and indiges-
ton. These can be prevented by not
overlooking the stomach and taking
care, especially in the evening, not to
eat that which experience has demon
strated is not easily digested. A fairly
filled stomach, however, is less conducive
to dreams than an absolutely empty one.
1 think 1 can safely say that if those
persons who are troubled much with
extra dreaming will wear extra long
sleeves in their nightgowns they will
find a remedy thereby What is even bet
| ter than long sleeves is to put rubber
cord in the hem of the sleeve, so that
| they will not slip up on the arm. The
rubber cord should not be tight enough
to interfere with the circulation of the
blood in the arms, but tight enough to
keep the ends of the sleeves well down
on the wrists. To the bachelors and
| OtnerS VINO cannot nave Inelr Sleeves
properly arranged the same effect car
be secured by wearing wristlet on the
wrist or, better yet, to pull a sock over
the hands and pin the leg of it to the
sleeves of the nightgown. In addition tt
preventing dreams this simple arrange
ment will be found extremely com
Portable during the cold nights of tht
next couple of months. A little inquiry
will convince anyone that those who's,
wrists and forearms are uncovered ar,
annoyed most by dreams. The socl
used as kind of extended glove will
effectually stop them, but it must be at
tached to the sleeve of the nightgown
otherwise the sleeve will work up thu
arm and the desired effect will be lost
My remedy in brief, is to keep the hand
wrist and forearm well covered."-
Washington Star.
The herald., 1898-01-16
Reflections of q Bachelor

Even the women haven't the nerve
to claim that Cupid ever got married.
The more a woman thinks she knows
about politics the less fruit she cans.
The more I think about getting mar
ried the oftener make up my mind not
to.
A woman loves her husband for her
children; man loves his children for
his wife.
If some folks were the devil on a visit
to heaven they would get awfully home
sick.
When woman cries till her eyes and
nose get all red she is said to have been
weeping her heart out.
Every man reflects lot about women.
but the married mems reflections are
generally not fit to print.
A girl spends lots of time wondering
what she would say if she got kissed,
and then doesn't say anything.
When a woman takes to wearing a
mans collar and necktie it is time for
her husband to sew lace frills on his
nightshirt.
A woman never wishes she could
wear trousers so much as she does when
she tries to go up stairs two steps at a
time.
Just because a man won't cheat a
street car company out of nickel is no
sign that he won't lie about the amount
of money his vacation has cost him.
New York Press.
The herald., 1898-01-16
Improving a Hymn

Ian Maclaren, the novelist preacher,
tells the following story how ministers
are criticised:
II was once preaching at a seaside re-
sort, and, being a visitor, 7 attracted
more attention than the local parson. 1t
is my rule to use the plainest Of plain
words in preaching, so that the most
unlearned may not fail to understand.
The next day sweep, who was at
church, went to sweep the chimney Of
an invaHd's room where visited, and
was asked how he liked my preaching.
He replied: L like him; he don't use no
grammatical words On another occa-
sion one of the hymns selected contained
the words: Let my heart in tune be
found, like Davids of solemn sound
Violins were used in those days in
church, and the clerk ventured to think
the hymn might be brought up to date,
and he suggested: Please, sir, think
we might. improve this hymn Yes,
John, how would you do it?' We'll, sir, >
was the clerks reply, it might read thus:
Let my heart be free from sin, like
Psalmist David's violin "
The herald., 1898-01-16

friends while listening to music sung
by the highest priced singers in the
world. Many of the soloists receive $1,000
per evening, which is not such a very
high sum for first-class opera singer.
That is, counting four hours to an even
ing, $3.50 per hour. Yet, while the singer
is rendering her notes the beauties in
the boxes smile and chatter, notice and
are noticed with as much freedom as
though they were listening to the notes
of a hand organ.
To own season box at the grand op-
era means money. The price paid is al
most fortune to the ordinary pocket
book and riches to a small one.
On the opening night every box is
filled and standing back in the boxes
are men of wealth and fame who come
to pay homage to the world of society
which they find present
The presence of a grand opera season
in any country speaks much for the state
of civilization in that country. Crane
opera in America dates from 1923, but il
was long after that that it amounted
to anything. The country was too young
too poor and too crude to indulge in
such eXtravagances. At that time also
nearly all singers were foreign born
and demanded big prices for their trips
The herald., 1898-01-16

which the voice Of fame has lent to every
line Of it.! The writer of an ephermal
production may be as much dazzled
with it as the public; 1t may sparkle in
his own eyes for moment and soon be
forgotten by everyone else. But no one
can anticipate the suffrages of posteri-
ty. Every man, in judging for him.
self is his own contemporary. He may
feel the gale of popularity, but he can
not tell how long it will last. His opin-
ion of himself wants distance, wants
time. wants numbers to set it off and
confirm it. He must be Indifferent to
his own merits before he can feel con-
fidence in them. Besides, everyone
must be sensible of thousand weak
nesses and deficiencies in himself; where
as genius only leaves behind it the mon
uments of it's strength.-William Has
litt.
The herald., 1898-01-16

a supplementary season after Easter.
But the convenience of the stars was
of first Importance and the famous Four
Hundred had to bow to the decree which
told them that they must return hastily
from holiday season spent at their
country homes to open the grand opera
at the Metropolitan opera house.
The season this year consists of fifteen
nights and five matinees. During these
fifteen evenings all the great operatic
compositions will be sung and more than
half of the great singers Of the universe
will be present.
The Big Four in vocalism consist, ac-
cording to popular vote taken some
time ago, of Nordica, Melba, Eames and
Calve. 1t is feared that Eames and
Calve may be absent the whole season,
but Melba and Nordica will surely be
present. Other rumors say that Calve
and Eames will come later under an
other management.
The operas to be performed are
Faust" Romeo ct Juliette," Les HUI
guenots," "Traviata," "Cavelleria Rus
t.cana" "Nanon." "Rigoletto," Gar
men," "Lohengrin," "Tannhauser," "Die
Meistersinger," Tristan und Isolde y
"Das Rheingold," "Siegfried" and die
Goetterdaemmerung."
The herald., 1898-01-16

The sopranos and contraltos will be
Melba, Gadslsi, Barna, Seygard, Tor
onta, Staudigi, Mattfeld, Van Cauteren
and Nordica.
OF tenors there will be M. Ibos, Herr
Rothmuhl, M. Salignac, Herr Breuer
Mr.. Van Hoose, Signor Vanni and Herr
Kraus; and the bassos and baritones
will include Mr.. Bispham, Signor Cam
panari, M. Boudouresque, Herr Staudigi,
Herr Stehmann, Mr.. Rains, Signor Wv
ianni and Herr Fischer.
Nearly twenty operas are to be pre-
sented this year by Mr. Walter Dam
rosch and Mr.. c. A. Ellis. Ten of them
are to be in German and Italian and
the other ten in German. In the first
half Nine. Melba will assume the prin-
cipal parts, and Signor Bimboni will con-
duct. In the last ten Nine. Nordica will
sing and Walter Damrosch will con-
duct.
| Nine. Gadski, one of the most valued
members of the company for the last
three years, will return.
The accusation has been made that it
| is less the music than the audience that
constitutes the charm of grand opera.
Lovely women magnificently dressed,
and made gorgeous with diamonds, oc-
cupy seats in the boxes and receive their
The herald., 1898-01-16
Pleasures of Posterity

"What a pity" said some one, "that
Milton had not the pleasure Of reading
Paradise Lost =" He could not read
it as we do, with the weight of i'm
preston that a hundred years of admi-
ration have added to it, with the sense
of the number of editions it has passed
through with increasing reputation,
with the tone of solidity, time proof,
which it has received from the breath of
cold, envious maligners, with the sound
The herald., 1898-01-16
English Town Without a Mayor

According to the st. James Gazette,
at Bury st. Edmunds town council the
deputy mayor said he had to announce
with regret that up to the present no
suitable inhabitant of the borough had
been found willing to undertake the inn
portant duties of mayor for the ensuing
year. The meeting would therefore be
adjourned for month, in the hope that
someone would be forthcoming during
that time.
The herald., 1898-01-16

of grand opera in America-the start
has been taken in New York, the other
cities coming later.
The herald., 1898-01-16


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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24

EGYPTIAN COTTON IN TEAAs.

Sccne Of the leading So,rlhern papers are
man Testing great Interest In the produc-
tion OF Egyptian cotton In this State by MI.
W. W. Wentworth of Karney. Texas who
after feur years OF experiment reports the
complete success OF his efforts. He has sold
1900 pounds OF this kir, OF cotton OF OF
six acres marketing his product In Boston
al IA cents a pound.
II is said that this result was achieved
without excessive and Improbable cod
ding, the labor and expense Of raising the
Egyrs.an Gotten beng little different from
that required for our Texas cotton. Mr..
wkatworah asserts that the Egyptian staple
can be grown from the Gulf to Red river
and from the Sabine to the Rio Grande.'
thpt 1t will produce as much per acre as
the ordinary Gotten and Is even superior
to the cotton grown In Egypt.
II this be wholly true. TEXAS planters
may fnd It profitable to devote some Of
tbel- acreage to Egyptian cotton. The pr'ce
Will depenli. ct course, largely upon the de-
mand and supply, but Il is more than prob
ablc that Texas could market at double
or three times the price OF ordinary cotton,
- much as 100000 bales OF Egyptian cot
ton In this country alone. Lsst year the
cousun,ptien OF Egyptian cotton In the
UpttAd States amounted 70 81 1000 bales: the
succeeding atason $4,000 bales. II as hne .
native product could be found In Texas II is
natural to suppose that the consumption
could and would be Increased The total
ahjwpentA a Egyptian cotton from Alex
~ mn 4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
HOUSTON, SATURDAY, DEC. ~, 1sos
TEN PAGES TODAY
POSSIBLE PARALYSIS OF Our
fnyrNJI,R Gle

Some far-sighted people In this country
are watching the possibilities of war amcng
European nations with fear and trembling
by reason OF It's almost certain disastrous
effects, from a quarter least generally sus-
pected, upon our now rapidly expanding
commerce.
1t IL popularity accepted theory that waf
IL Europe would create an Increased de-
mand for our products, particularly our
foodstuffs. The theory is correct one,
but the question arises, how would we get
our products to the belligerents without a
merchant marine OF our own? The Amer
lean shipping in the ocean trade has with
in the Past ten years actually decreased
rather than grown. Our total foreign trade
in the meantime hae grown from Sl.40o,-
100000, In round numbers, to nearly
81 900 .00o, 900, Almost the whole of this
commerce, fully SO per cent OF II, is car
ried in foreign ships.
Suppose our now accommodating caf-
ners should become engaged in such Sc
r.ous business that their merchant ships
would be hunting harbors of safety and
our commerce? We have seen that our
own comparatively small and short war
with Spain took 50 many ships out OF the
carr,in traie. and raised the ocean
freights TO such an extent, that even yet
thousands of tons of goods for export are
almost hopelessly waiting at many Of our
ports for carriers TO take tho stuff abroad!
II England and Germany and France
should become engaged in war. no one i'm
AGNES for moment that large per cent
of their merchant ships could avoid hoinG
driven to cover. II % per cent OF such car
riers were withdrawn from the iransportn-
ton OF our exports. the congestion at
American ports OF goods for export would
be enormous The demand for our food
would be of little utility TO us unless we
could get ii abroad, promptly and safely
II can be seen, therefore. where a fatal
blow could fall upon American commerce
while the cry for our products WAS greater
than ever
It Is the boast of England that she Ii
strong enough TO keep her, food routes
opsn. but could she cover all the seas with
conveys for her merchantmen? And wha
of the large German or French carrying
trade from America, III the event OF Wal
with England?
We ore pursuing the most short-ssghtet
and absolutely reckless policy imaginable
In depending almost wholly upon Others
for transportation for foreign commerc
Of nearly two billions of value--a trans
portatlon service that may be withdraw
at any moment. But congress E proceea
dng to extend the navigation laws tina
have killed our own merchant marine u
our new possessions -thue indorsing, rattle
than abandoning. the policy
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24

Hillsboro Mirror.
The following appeared In the Texas
State Democrat Of Austin last week.
'Wm. A. Fields for sergeant at arms Is
a suggestion which meets with decided ia
vor everywhere Fields Is known. He is a
splendid gentleman. a sterling Democrat.
and h!s experience AS memebr of the
house several terms. and his long service
as an attache Of the house a. Washington
will quality him for the duties. He will
mako strong race--in fact. he will be
elected. and make the house splendid Of
hcer."
II Captain Fields enters the race he
will have strong support from the Texas
democrats and will doubtless DO elected.
He 10 perhaps as wen qualified for iha
position as any Of the gentlemen who are
candidates for II. He is an uncon,proinis-
ing democrat. loyal and faithful. His
election would be appreciated by Hin
county democrats With whom he is justly
popular and would reflect credit on the
legislature.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24

staple. nearly twice taAt Of our upland
cotton" 1t 10 especially adapted for sew
ing thread. fine underwear and hosiery.
such as balbriegan, xtc.. and for goods re-
curing smooth finish or high ulster. 1t
gives to fabrics soft finish hike six aud
this together with its lustsr makes IT val
uoble for mixing In the manufacture Of
various kinds OF silk.
X Undoubtedly an ample Drop OF bsyptian
cotton In Texas would stimulate n,arufact-
ures of the lind mentioned In the South,
and possibly in the East. and this Increased
demand in turn would stimulate production
and operate to keep up the price at the
eame time.
x II would be remarkably profitable de-
parture for Texas II We could see from
60, 600 to 100000 or 100000 bales Of Egyptian
cotton raised in this State and turned into
hosiery, underwear and thread by cur own
Texas m lis. These arc the mills that would
pay us best and It Is something to discover
that we can raise our own raw materia'
for them. A magnsAccut prospect opens
up just here for agricultural and Industrial
enterprise in this State.
One Southern paper remarks In discuss-
Ing Mr.. wcntworths success that what
can DO raised In Texas can be produced
elsewhere In the South" This is big
mistake. Texas grows the fnoss cotton In
the South, grows It easier. with less cost
md without fertilizers. The balance OF the
South cnn not produce oven such ordinary
COTTON as Texas grows. ana It Is more than
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
WILL HELP THE COMMISSION
A. NJ. Kennedy VIII Vote LOT
Precipitation Asked TUT.

DrODr1nIlOh Hsn>- Al
Dallss, Texas, December 2S'--'e
NJ. Kennedy OF Mexia. niempef-e'
the next legislature, is in the ivy
Kennedy has announced for HUI
Prince for speaker and says pne
man is almost certain 10 WIN. -, .orfe
Mr.. Kennedy said to, The ~, m.t ~
spondent. ''rhe injunction asa ,n s,r.ys1
State railroad commission iecenuS IA y
by Federal Judge Mccormick hAs ~ usy
effect of greatly Strengthening S,a,s
mission with the people OF me T S.s
have been over great portion o. is In N
Gently and find scores OF inea' ,,ho n
merly cursed the commission M -
now eager for a restoration " ssAsthN
missions tariffs and in favor y ~
the commission 10 get In worM iisI.
again at as early date as poss sui
to myself, am commiss on m raie b.
the coming legislature ! sDal. ,hs psn
liberal appropriation to assiss ,,cyIur a
beers of the commission In enip s ~ ~
perts 10 make investigations anv ,hs ~
the proper efforts in fishiins nav ~
the railroads lnstigated wnsn Mon. ~
before Mccormick for an in!u asreus. n
opened the ball and, in my ~
do most of the tIancing before = rosds 4
incline to tine opinion THAI tne I'M ~
yet be sorry they started 'nis hism>,.
will have only themselves
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
TO SEIZE AN ISLAND NOW.
President Mckinley Orders Possession Taken OF
Wake Island in the Pacific.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
Missing Schooner Turns I'm.

Philadelphia. December 2s.-The missing
four-masted Philadelphia schoonsr Matilda
" borde, Captain Norton. which sailed
from Portsmouth, n. H., November o5, for
this port the day before the terrific gale
which caused such sacrifice of life and
property along tina coast and which was
blown over 1000 miles out of her course,
arrived here tonight in tow Of the tug
Asa Hughes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
no FIGHTS.
The sheriff Of Galveston County Hn.

Given Notice tn the CIub.
Austin. Texas, December e3.-The following
letter. received by the governor this morn
ing. speaks for itself:
Hon. C. A. Culberson, governor, Austin.
Texas.
Galveston, Texas. December al.-Dear Sir:
Upon receipt OF your letter bearing date the
Goth instant l wired you this evening sub
stantially that there would be no violation OF
tho prize fghting law in this county Con
frming that dispatch. ! beg to add that | have
notified the Galveston Athletic club that the
projected fistic exhibition billed for next Mon
day will not be allowed bs ME TO take place.
am very respectfully,
iIenry Thomas,
Sheriff. Galveston county.
BY John A. Kerlicks. deputy.