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velous. lie is twenty-six years old and
is the son of rather small parents OF
Scotch-lrish descent, neither of them
possessed Of more strength than their
appearance would indicate Neither are
the other sons of the family possessed
OF strength sufficient to distinguish
them from other young men. Williams
has always been strong, but it is only
within the last five years. since reach
ing his majority, that he has come to
be known as q young Hercules. He is
growing stronger all the time. The fol-
lowing is a partial list of the feats
performed by Williams, none OF them
giving him any particular trouble:
Holding a 175-pound dumbbell above
the head at arms length; lifting 400
pounds with harness; twisting two
packs of playing cards in two with the
greatest ease; raising 150-pound man
above the head; lying down to let two
ordinary men. or one weighing 200
pounds, stand on his neck; driving a
sixty-penny cut spike into two-inch
plank with tn hand, afterwara pulling
it out with the teeth; bursting a bowl
der with the fist; breaking by expan-
sion of the chest chain that will stand
a pressure of between 800 and 400
pounds; lifting 1000 pounds, hand
hold; breaking a clothesline tied
around the bare breast by lung expan-
sion allowing two men, while he walks
around, to swing on 17s-pound dumb
bell held across the back, making to-
tai weight of about 500 pounds; balanc-
ing a 175-pOund dumbbell on the head;
lifting a barrel of flour with ore finger;
lifting a barrel of salt from the ground
into a wagon. Williams has never
taken any special training, but has
system of exercise of his own. He nei-
Their uses dumbbells no Indian clubs
in his exercise, but has a system OF
twenty-five gyrations that serve to de-
velop the muscles. He has never been
sick. is temperate and possessed great
endurance. His lung capacity is 41C
cubic inches, the extent of expansion
and contraction being seven inches.
The neck is so we'll developed that a
seventeen and a half inch collar is just
a comfortable fit which is fully two
sizes larger than that worn by men
Of Williams stature.
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Parnell, attend the town school
Though Mr.. Gillingham intends giving
them a college educatiop), and they
may be seen at times behind the coun-
ter. Dillingham; lives plainly and
dimes plainly, his only indulgence be-
ing good cigars and a fine pair OF
horses. His team is usually on the
go all day, for he is in no one place
for many minutes. He is closeted
with Mr.. Kruger more frequently
than any one else, and the president
often calls at the bakeshop and chats
in the rear room with the proprietor
about doings in the rand
Though seldom seen actively engag'
ed in his place of business nowadays.
no false pride absents Dillingham;, and
when the Americans called in the ev-
ening to bid him farewell he was en-
gagged in wrapping up some hot buns
for comely BOer maiden.
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CHURCHES.

ESBY TERRA n CHURCH
Preaching at 1920 a. M. and p. N.
Sabbath school at noon. Junior En-
deavor at p. m. Senior Endeavor at
6 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. Teachers meeting i'm,
mediately following. Rev. Thornberry,
Pastor.
METHODIST Glass meeting every
Sunday morning at $50 o'clock.
Preaching at 1920 a. m, and $50 p. m
Sunday school at II m. Epworth league
al $50 p. IN. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at TOO p, m. l.. s
Smith. pastor. j. w. Wiltfong, class
leader ID. Frank Redd, Sabbath school
superintendent.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.-St
Thomas church. Rev. VIM. Writ Ray
mond, rector. Sunday services, 1920 a
m., 7:30 p. IN. Sunday service, at noon.
Services Wednesday evenings at 7:30.
Communion on holy days at 10 a. m.
CHURCH OF GOD-Garro and Wa
ter sts. Regular services 1890 a. m,
each Sunday. Third Sunday in each
month preaching ty j. l.. Vince; fourth
Sunday by ii. Y. Reed. 1870 Sunday
morning and 1870 Sunday evening. Sun
day school at IL o'clock; Eva Railsback
Snpt Prayer meeting at 7:30 each
Thursday exening.
UNITED BRETHERN.- Sunday
$50 a. M, class meeting. 1920 a. m,
and $50 p, M, preaching by the pastor
IL 80 a. No., Sunday School. 800 p. m
Junior y. p. G. u. meeting. 600 p. M,
Senior Y. Z. G. u. meeting. A cordial
invitation is extended TO the public.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Church lie
held on Sundays as follows: First mass
at 7:30 a. m. second mass at 10 a. m.
Vespers at p. m. Week day mass at
7:45. Father Moench pastor.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23
CHAPTER TX.

Sullivan'S public-house, the thorn in
every squatters side for thirty miles
around. was small wooden shanty
consisting of four or five rooms. At
the back was a building containing
ten or twelve sleeping hunks. This
was called the deadhouse. as it was
used chiefly for putting customers into
when they were dead drunk. Outside
the house, facing the mail-track, was a
verandah. if a continuation of the
shingled roof supported by rough posts
stuck into the bare earth could be
dignified by the name.
Beneath the shade of this rough
verandah, one hot afternoon, lay two
or three drunken wretches overcome
by the fumes Of the lightning rum. In
side the bar were five or six bushmen
busily engaged in throwing dice for
drinks. "Odd man out" was the game,
and at the rate of one shilling per
nobbler the amusement could hardly
be considered a cheap one. especially
when the after-effects of the light
ming" upon the consumer were taken
into consideration.
Very few station hands on their way
down TO town ever succeeded in getting
past Sullvan's: some had attempted
it a score of times and failed. Even
before the unhappy pigeon had arrived
The news was brought that Long
Jim was going down TO sydney with
big cheque'
Let me see-Jim must have been
over two years now on the station
since he had his last burst" the bloat-
ed-looking ruflian of Il landlord would
remark. Il dare say he's got over a
hundred pounds" And when Long
Jim hove in sight he was sure to be
hailed by half a score of loafers and
pressed To stop the night.
No-he had determined 10 push on to
the next stage His horse was fresh.
and he was anxious to get on. Well,
he would stop and have Il plate of soup
and bite? No-he had got some
tucker" with him.
at any rate you'll have drink"
some one would cry.
No. he was ION the teetotal tack"
well, you amt a-goin' off like that
without shoutin', JIM one of the
loafers would suggest.
Shout" the pigeon would cry, thus
proled in his weakest part. "Of
course I'll shout, There's nothing
mean about me, anyhow. What are
you all going to have? Drinks all
round. and one for yourself. Sullivan"
You must have a small drain, too.
Jim, jusC to show that there's no i'll
will, you know" the landlord would
suggest.
''Oh, not for me, Sullivan, / know
your game of old. Well, just to show
there amt no animosity, give me a
small drop of what you've got. Here's
better luck.'
Ito be Continued)
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A SURE CELTIC KING.
THE BIG IRISH BOSS OF THE
TRANSVAAL.
dillingham; Is His Name and We Is the
"Introducer .t ForeiSners."-kEows
Nabob.


Two Americans, one representing
Dayton, O., carriage factory, and the
ether a marble quarry. have recently
been in the Transvaal. The former
while there attempted to sell Dom
Paul a phaetOn and the other desired
to build a mausoleum for the president
and his family Their efforts TO reach
the presence of the celebrated Dutch
man revealed the existence OF a very
important and interesting parsonage in
Pretoria. This was no other than an
lrishman. named p. Dillingham;, who,
besides being a baker and justice OF
the peace, also enjoys relations with
the president, which may best be de-
fined, perhaps, as "introducer of for
eigners." Mr.. Gillingham gained
great prestige with Kruger by oppos-
ing the jameson raid, and since that
time it has been necessary for any
one desiring to carry a point with the
president TO approach first his most
intimate friend, p. Dillingham;, Irish
man, baker and justice of the peace.
After much difficulty the two Amer
leans succeeded in obtaining an audi
ence with this potentate and found
that he had already posted himself as
to their mission.
Eventually they were ushered
through the bakery into a small Sit
ting-room. where the presidents right
bower receives all his callers. and met
a man with keen blue eyes, light hair,
mustache and chin beard. of well-set
figure. square shoulders and speaking
good. pure English. He greeted them
warmly and got right down to bust
ness.
I've told his honor about you" he
said, land he is anxious to meet you.
II You will come TO my house at 6
o'clock tomorrow morning l will take
you down and you can talk to him as
long as he desires. He is in good hui
NOR now, and will talk if you know
your business. Gillingham was not
disposed 20 speak Of himself and evad
ed all questions bearing on politics, but
told his callers with no little pride that
he was but 80 years old. He was born
at the cape, OF Irish parents, and there
absorbed the customs of the Dutch so
thoroughly that he is regarded in Pre-
toria as n stanch kurgher and a good
Dutchman
Though born under the English flag,
he has no love for it, and that is the
secret Of his popularity with President
Kruger, who. though mighty shrewd
old hunter and politician, has points
OF weakness bordering on faulty. Gil
lingham made his first coup with
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Krueger at the time of the Jameson
raid. when England threatened to wipe
out the little republic. With the hosts
of England arrayed against the Trans
wall, and no friends, this plucky Irish
man got together some of his country
men and offered to raise regiment to
fight for it against the British. Fur
thermore, he communicated with Irish
men in America and proposed that
they equip forces 10 send down to aid
the Beers. Dom Paul, who is Just
as generous as he is vindictive, was
quite overcome by this offer. and he
has ever since kept warm spot in his
heart for the Irish.
More than this, however, Gillingham
has long head, knows when to advise,
when to keep quiet, and is SO genial
and adaptable that he is always lin
the know" This is appreciated by
Dom Paul, to whom the Irishman is
loyal, for such is the political strife in
the Transvaal that Kruger is often at
loss to know whom to trust. Gill
bingham has no other position than
justice of the peace, seeks for no public
honOrs, is never written about and
poses as strictly neutral person. In
this capacity Kruger accepts his ad-
vice on the most important national
and international questions, and the
only way he profits is by concessions.
concessions are granted for the most
absurd purposes. One man has the
exclusive right to make jam in the
Transvaal. The dynamite concession
aires give the government five shillings
on each case and clear about so shill-
ings. Such high duty is put upon
the American article, which is vastly
superior in quality, as to practically
exclude it. The unsubsidized press is
very bitter against Mr.. Kruger on ac-
count of this concession business. and
goes SO far as to ask how the presi-
dent could amass a fortune of more
than $10000O0 on a salary of $1,000,
and how his sOn-in-law, ElOff, could
build a $250.000 palace on no salary.
Gillingham is in the front rank of con-
cessionaires.
He lives in more simplicity even
than Mr.. Kruger. who dimes with his
coachman. His two sons, Joseph and
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sorts of solutions to the riddle. ard
penny-a-liners found in it large
scope for their imaginations.
All the remarkable disappearance
that had ever been recorded were
brought to light again, and, as a last
loophole out of the difficulty. it was
suggested that the man had for some
urgent reason determined to lose his
identity. and so had gone off. leaving
his boots behind him in order TO throw
people off the scent.
Like most other mysteries, this soon
became a thing of the past The sub
ject at last grew monotonous, and in
a very few months people had ceased
to think any more about it. What
after all, was bushman more or less
of whom no one knew anything and
for whom nobody cared?
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23
RUSSIA AND PAX VOBISCUM.
In It's Policy OF Spoliation There Has
Been No Sign of Peace.

In It's Policy OF Spoliation There Has
Been No Sign of Peace.
The bishops and the salvationists
and all the sentimentalists are still
busy with their hosannas, of course,
but there is not man in England who
has to deal practically with affairs
who believes that the scheme is hon
chosen by Russia to declare in favor
Of peace? Has not her policy for
years past, in the far east especially,
made directly for war? She has been
aggressive, INSCRIPTIONS. untruthful in
her dealings with China, with Japan
and with England; she scared Japan
out of the Liaotung peninsula, and
claimed tx Tor herself: she bluffed Eng
land out of Manchuria, and she now
claims it for her sphere of influence.
in all this policy of spoliation there
was no sign of peace, nothing that
suggested the temper of Cancellation.
If we had had a statesman with grit
at our foreign Office the cars gov
eminent would have received an ulti-
matum months ago, and even Lord
Salisbury could not have withstood the
Indignation of the country many weeks
longer At an early date there must
have been war between this country
and Russia, with the alternative that
Russia should give up her pretensiOns
in northern China and her sinister
policy at Pekin. The issue was clear,
but Count Mouravieff evades it by COM
ing forward smilingly with this evan
gel from his august master. Let us
forget all the past" he seems to say,
'all the lies | have told you, all the
tricks | have played upon you. Think
no more of the Notifications at BatOum
or Port Arthur, trouble no more about
the huge navy Russia is building. 1--WE
have worried each other a great deal
lately. Let us have peace-nOw that
| have got the spoil" 1t is all very
pretty and very pleasing, but this form
of repentance at the eleventh hour is
not likely to deceive any man of sense
in England. From the patriotic Eng
lish point of view this reScript is a
fraud Saturday Review.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23
HOOSlER BOY RIVALS SANDOW

Richmond Qnd.) Letter.-This city is
the home of a young man who in time
promises to be the rival of Sandow,
and who now is capable of many feats
of strength much out of the ordinary.
He is Harry l.. Williams. Williams
does not bear the appearance of being
stronger than the ordinary man, as he
weighs but AS pounds and is only five
feet seven inches tall, but the strength
of his chest, neck and arms is mar
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is apparently a little village church,
the counterpart of which can be found
in hundreds of hamlets. But the Curl
Gus part of the business is that this
is not church, but cottage Visit
ors to the neighborhood of Wood
bridge, Suffolk, invariably take the
building-which is known as the Tat
tingstone Wonder-for church. 1t
is a make-b believe affair altogether, in
fact, for the solid-looking tower has
only three sides.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23
FALMOUTH CHAPTER,
ODD FELLOWS.

AMERICUS LODGE, No. gil
meets every Thursday evening at
their lodge rooms on Michigan st.
Eu Campbell \. O. Chas.
Shearer Sec
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A bees wings are said to beat the air
at the rate of 100 strokes per second,
and to propel the bee at the rate of 80
miles an hour.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23
ARE YOU ALIVE

To the fact that all successful business men
credit their success 10 the liberal use Of print
ers' ink? Why not profit by their experiencss
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23

In Hungary there are thousands OF
villages and hundreds Of small towns
without doctor within ten miles.
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1T is NOT A CHURCH.

At first sight there is nothing ex-
traordinary about this illustration. 1t
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KNIGHTS OF PYThlAS.

HYPERION LODGE, No, III
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. Lou Altman c.. &.
Chas, S, Price X. OF K. and 5.
FORESTERS.
PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 400;
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings each month, in
X. of p. hall. Elmer Werntz
{. II. Danic, Cramer sec.
HYPERION TEMPLE RATH-
BONE SISTERS, meets frs;
and third Friday of each month
Mrs J. g. Davis, Mrs. Reaa
Armstrong
X. o. 7. NJ.
PLYMOUTH TENT, No. ~;
meets every Tuesday evening at
X. Q. T. NJ. hall. Dan. Jacobv,
Com. James Hoffman, Record
Keeper.
l.. o. I. NJ.
WIDE AW AXE HIVE, No. 81;
meets every Monday night at X.
o. II. NJ. hall on Michigan street.
Mrs. Flora Ellis, Commander.
Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper.
HIVE NO. IS; meets every We'd
nesday evening in X. O. T. NJ.
hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com,
Alma L. Lawrence, Record
Keeper.
ROYAL APCANUM.
Meets first and third NV ednesday
evenings of each month in Simon's
ball. Moses NJ. Lauer, Regent.
Francis McCrory, Sec.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in K. of p.
hall. c. NJ. Kasper, c. c. Joe
Eich, Clerk
g. A. k.
NILES II. TIBBETS POST, G.
A. r; meets every first and third
Monday evenings in Simons hall
Dwight L, Dickerson Com.
Charlie Wilcox, Adjt.
SONS OF VETERANS.
Meets every second and fourth Fri
day evenings in @. A. r. hall
J. A. Skunk, Captain. Cora B.
North, Ist Lieut..
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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
MASONIC.

PLYMOUTH Kill WHINING
LODGE, No. I49, F. and a. NJ;
meets first and third Friday eve
nings of each month. Daniel
Mcdonald, w. NJ. Tohn Corberly,
Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23
FORESTERS.

PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 400;
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings each month, in
X. of p. hall. Elmer Werntz
{. X. Danic. Cramer sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23

PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No
49, r. A. NJ; meets second Fri
day evening of each month. L.
Southworth II. P. J. c. Jilson,
Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-23

HYPERION TEMPLE RATH-
BONE SISTERS, meets first
and third Friday of each month
Mrs g. Davis, Mrs. Reaa
Armstrong
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HYPERION LODGE, No, III
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. Lou Altman G. &.
ChaS. S, Price X. OF K. and 5.
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X. O. 7. NJ.

PLYMOUTH TENT, No. ~;
meets every Tuesday evening at
X. Q. T. NJ. hall. Dan. Jacoby,
Com. James Hoffman, Record
Keeper.
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SONS OF VETERANS.

Meets every second and fourth Fri
day evenings in O. A. r. hall
J. A. Skunk, Captain. Cora B.
North, Ist Lieut..
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COMNIAND'RY

No 20 K. T; meets second. AID
Irth Thursday of each month
d Mcdonald E. c.; L.TannerR &c.
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MILES II. TIBBETS POST, G.
A. r; meets every first and third
Monday evenings in Simons hall
Dwight l.. Dickerson Com.
Charlie Wilcox, Adjt.
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l.. o. 7. NJ.
ROYAL APCANUM.

Meets first and third NV ednesday
evenings of each month in Simon's
ball. Moses M. Lauer, Regent.
Francis McCrory, Sec.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
NEWYORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

in two ways One Is simply boiling culture Of
the bacillus. so that the contained germs arc
killed A suitable quantity of this solution Is
injected under the PERSONS skin. The bodies OF
the b1c!lli are left In the liquid. This. under
stand is the method of Dr. HaTknc. of India
whose serum has been used so extensively in the
last year or two in that country.
Or yersin. the Frenchman who has done
such excellent work in this line pursued the
other plan-thc one which DR. Doty adopted.
believc-and II is practically the same Behring
USED in making his diphtheria serum. "A horse
or other animal was inoculated with the poison
Of the disease only a small quantity of the
toxin being used at one time. After three or
four days another dose WIS administered. The
operation vas repeated at intervals for two or
three months. Enough poison was given TO
make the animal sick. but not to kill. In time
il became proof or immune against the dis
ease. The serum of its blood was then taken
carefully distracted and bottled.
Some Of ,tese scruns are powerful enough
to POSSESS Gu. ye as we'll as protective powers
This is peculiarly true Of diphtheria serum
But that which has becn made from the plague
bacillus. while eGicacious within certain limits,
Is not so strong. II people are inOculated with
this serum before they are attacked with the
disease it appears to protect them fairly we'll
but il ii Is administered after falls sick the
result is more doubtful. especially if the case
has run several days. IL India ii has been
found that monkeys which have first been
inoculated with the poison Of the plague and
after The symptoms Of the disease appear re-
ceive injections Of the serum usually recover
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30

the surface OF a gelatlnous preparation contained
In glass tube. plugs the tube and sends II to
the Health Bureau The tube Is put into a
large oven. where the temperature is kept at
about 08 degrees Fahrenheit. for from sixteen
to twentyfoUr hours. AT the end OF that time
the contents are examined with a microscope
and otherwise II there were any germs OF
diphtheria in the tube they will have multiplied
enormously IN the mean time, and the char
acter Of the malady will have been determined
But if no germs appear then ii will be evident
that the case is not Of diphtheria Elabo-
rate precautions are taken to have the tubes
steriiZed before being put to the use here men
toned. and to exclude the possibility of infec-
ton from any source except the patients
throat.
Now the cultivation Of germs Of other dis
eases-cholera, yellow fever, bubonic plague.
tetanus. typhoid fever and on-is carried on
in somewhat similar manner The compound
in the tube Is usually mixture Of beef tea and
gelatine. Slight variations made in the
formulas for different kinds Of bacilli, because
some of them grow better in one medium than
in another. The temperature To which they
exposed and the length OF time spent in the
oven, or Incubator" are also subject 10 mOdi-
fcation But the general method pursued in
making cultures is substantially tha; followed
in the diphtheria tests.
The mouths Of the tubes are filed with alb
sorbent cotton. and sealng-wax is applied SO
as 10 close TIE receptacle tightly when a tube is
10 be put away on storage Now. it will be
that a bacillus. artiiiciaily propagated. is inn
prisoned in mass of geatlne He Is verse of