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The Brinkley argus., 1898-05-05
BLACK ANKLE NOTES.

Owing to excessive rains the farmers are somewhat behind. Mrs. $. D. Sawyer is sick at this writing.
 The Directors of this District have decided to have no school until July ,st.
 Mrs. J. B. Turentine .is/at her mothers, Mrs c. FC. Goodwin, enduring 6 ,eige of ill health. ~-ft ls,said that ere long there will be one or more happy unions iu this community. That is right don't spend all your life trying
 As time rolls on, we have our joys and sorrows, our sunshine and shadows, our failures and successes, our friends and our foes; let's bear them with patience and ahopeful anticipation of better day.
 There was an unusually large attendance at church Sunday night but the experience of that night has only one precedent in the history of this community At 8 o'clock the rain began falling and continued ill an almost in cessant pour until II o'clock.
 With best wishes to the ARGUS, I am FOUNDER.
 --J. D. Goldman, President of the Lesser Cotton Co.,, and who is extensively interested in msrcan- tile business at Clarendon and Brinkley, has not forgotten that the foun dation of his fortune was laid i'll Arkansas, and has lele graphed a friend in Little as fol- lows: "See Governor Jones. If I can be of service to the state, either with funds without interest until the state can arrange to re- pay the same this fall, or personal service for old Arkansas, I await his commando
 As promised, in a former is- sue of this paper, I take the lib- erty of informing the public that I have received my Diploma as a graduate i'll Magnetic Healing. I 1 am now prepared to treat all diseases without the use Of medi- cine. Ladies and children who are naturaly averse to taking med teens should consult me, as to my manner of treatment. Consulta- tion free. For particulars see Ad. in another column.
 Yours for health,
 MRS. "A c. CRr scHsf .s.l
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08

Tn the Caribbean side OF the island
zen miles from the seaport, is Brim-
stone Hill. which is so strongly forti-
fed as 10 have received and merited in
former times, the name of Gibraltar
Of the West Indies" The hill is now
abandoned and in the possession of
monkeys; and monkey hunt is one
Of the crowning attractions of the
island. Vending ones way along the
si1uCus roads, among and around the
ever-Varying hills, and the cottages
and villages of the peasantry; gazing
upon the PERCEPTIONS roadside descents.
on the one hand, and upon the success
sive elevations on the other-the am
pie valleys and continent streams-One
may contemplate the loves OF the
clouds and the mountains, and the
abundant progeny of rai nS. rills, and
rivers; one may cXpatiate. with fancy
and feeling, upon the aspects Of land
ennobled by freedom and consecrated
by religion. lntensifying all the pleas
ures OF the islands Of this semi-tropic
world is the rare tonic of the sea air
and the clear. abundant sunshine. 1t
has been suggested that as a great or
chestra carries us with the theme Of
the opera up and beyond the mere
words and actions on the stage. so does
sea air and clear vitalizing sunlight lift
lis to an ecstacy of existence that
makes the living scenery and pleasur-
able companionship but mere Access
sories
The island OF Jamaica Is becoming
more popular each year with a large
portion OF American tourists. The
opening of the Jamaica railway has
made travelling on the island easier.
The railway, built under the auspices
Of the colonial government, operates
about seventy miles Of road; it has re-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
TsPful X-Rays.

It is very satisfactory and interest
ing to know that the Roentgen rays
which at first promised to be only q
nine days wonder, are doing such
splendid work in the hands of the sur
geons. Every big hospital has now its
long roll of cases in which the sur.
geons have been guided in their work
by the revelations of the X-ray tube:
and now. from the distant Indian from
tier. we hear how the wounded are re.
ceiving benefit from this method OF
diagnosis. In one instance a SepOy
had been struck by a bullet, which
made a flesh wound across his chest
and apparently had found exit at his
arm. The case was not an eXtraor-
binary one. but the surgeon was puZ-
zled by the inhammatOry symptoms
which manifested themselves, and for
which there was no apparent cause.
Recourse was had to the ROentgcn
which at once showed that
some shadow casting foreign bodies
were lodged in the mans chest. Oper-
alton showed that these were pieces
of lead, the remains of bullet which
seems to have broken up after impact
with the bones.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08

The most picturesque of the Wind
ward islands is indisputably Marti-
nique. a colony Of France. Although
the population is made up almost en-
tirely of negroes. the language spoken
is French. and one is ofttimes in need
or an interpreter. Imagine town at
It's blight. picturesque in houses of
stone covered with earthern tiles. with
narrow streets. narrow sidewalks,
both of which are covered with peo-
pie, a motley assemblage of every hue
such is the town of St Pierre. The
colored creoles. the women who fire.
Guent the streets and market places,
are attired in quaint and curious long
dresses. gathered up under the Shout
der blades. and with waist bands
drawn tightly just under the arm. If
the dresses are gay the turbanS are
gorgeous. and sometimes covered with
jewelry. Through every street runs a
gutter of water fresh from the hills,
and If the traveller lands in the morn
ing. near the break Of day he will
find these cutters alive with people.
He will meet. perhaps. baby disport
ing in the water. and kept from being
hurried off in the flood by maternal
hands: then pet poodle being sOOthed
in the narrow gutter. The streams be-
ing fed from mountain lakes, cleanii
ness in dress and habitation, even
among the lower classes, is everywhere
conspicuous. The town possesses a
fine cathedral a theater. museum and
a park with shaded promenadeS, where
a military band enlivens the Sunday
afternoons. From the hill, which
forms the background of ST. Pierre,
one may gaze upon striking panoramas
on hill overlapping or overlapping
hill, stretching into the dim distance,
or aspiring TO the celestial canopy
on sugar estates far down in the
plains. looking like gardens; and on
handsome statue away to the right. the
statue of Josephine. wife of Napoleon.
for that illustrious parsonage was born
in this little town.
1t is but short cruise from Marti-
nique TO St Kits, yet upon arriving
there We meet with an entirely diff
ferent class of people-the island is
an English colony. Basse Terre. the
seaport. lies in a fertile valley between
a group of high mountains on the
north and barren hills on the south.
Mount Misery, 1900 feet high, is an ex-
tinct volcano, with great variety of
tropical fruits covering its slope: i'm
mediately beneath the cone is the era
ter with a smoking sulphur deposit
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08

search, but also for the general read
ing public.
Prof. Gayley was born 80 years ago
in China. his father being a mission
airy and a Presbyterian clergyman.
His early boyhood was spent in Eng
land and Ireland, and later he entered
the University of Michigan. from
which he graduated in the literary de-
partment. His fraternity at Ann Ar
Dor was Psi Epsilon. He soon after
became an instructor in the literary de-
partment. and succeeded In obtaining
leave of absence to study in the Ger
man universities. On his return TO
this country, he resumed his duties
at Ann AbOr as assistant professor of
English, till in 1888 he accepted an of
fer of the chair of English literature at
the University of California. which po-
sition he now holds. During his stay
in Ann ArbOr he wrote the song Vel
low and Blue" which has become the
varsity song at Ann Arbor. Ever
since he has been at Berkeley he has
been closely identified with the uni
versity extension movement, having at
different times lectured all over the
state In 1891 he married Miss Sally
Pickett Harris, the daughter of the
late Bishop Harris. The University OF
California granted him a years leave
of absence to cover the ground for his
English book, which could be done
only in that country, and in such
places as the British museum and the
Bodleian at Oxford. The authorities of
the latter recognized him officially,
and gave him the full privileges of
the library. When he left America he
carried letters from professors and
citizens here to many prominent men
of letters, and he was soon made vel
come to English literary circles Mr..
and Mrs. Gayley are at present travel
ing on the continent of Europe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
IN TROi bLED WATERS
YACHTING IN SOUTHERN
AMERICAN SEAS.


Cuba, the name of which may here
after awaken in the heart of the poet
or historian only melancholy echoes. is
surrounded by miniature world.
where the busy brain OF the hUstlinS
north may luXuriate in the perfect rest
OF easy. careless existence undis-
turbed by the sound OF war or echoes
OF the fatal rebellion. How can the
night wanderer, fresh from the whirr
OF the trolley and the Glowing crowd
under the glare of electric lamps. ap-
preclate the whiteneSs of the southern
moonlight where the breath Of orange
and jasmine hangs in layers between
the quaint old houses? The eve. train
ed TO sad-colored streets and brick
walls, fails TO appreciate the delicate
Uniting of these water-colorcd towns of
the Spanish Main and British Antilles
Nassau. Jamaica. Martinique Do
mlnica, and others. Nassau has color
charms unequaled by any OF the IA
nous Mediterranean cities The old,
stuccO covered houses and walls are
washed with the palest and most deli
cate oranges. reds, greens. blues, yell
lows, and grays. which with the daz-
zling white roads and green latticed
balconies, blend delightfully."- under the
mellowing of the flashing sea. Fever
lsh history has woven it's romance and
memories around every part or rhe
island. The cruel Spaniard. who car
rled OFF the natives to death in the
mines of New Spain, has left his dun
geons in the foundations of Fort Char
lotte. Next came the English rover,
half settler. half SLAYER. but wholly
practical. For half a century the jol-
ly rover flew at the masthead of many
a trim rover in the harbor French
and Vane, and host of other gentle
men of fortune, found a snug harbor
and hearty welcome at Nassau. The
old houses have often been filed with
the bewhiskered villains. and many a
Spanish doubloOn has been exchanged
within these walls for nights Of roy
STEERING and fiery rum. Wild che down
fall Of piracy the island became a
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
Mountain Dust storms.

MIR. Fitzgerald, who led an expeii-
ton to the Andes i'll order to limb
the lOftiest mountain in America
Mount Aconcagua. describes the pc
culiar effect OF the wind on the upper
part of the great peak, which he as
cended in January. 1897 The rock is
soft and rotten. and immense clouds
III dust rise from it. at times com
rletely celebrating the sky. Rain never
falls on the mountain. and the water
carried up by the climbers for drink
ing purposes was frozen. and had to
be thawed out when wanted. Yet two
hours were sometimes expended In
getting 2 fire to- burn.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
Gas from the Cooking of Coal.

In reviewing the different methods
now in vogue for obtaining iliuminat-
ing gas and manufacturing or fuel gas
the two kinds produced from coal
by means of the retOrt coke oven sys-
tem-Mr. W. c. Irwin remarks upon
the great extent attained by this in
dustry 1t has been estimated, he SAYS.
that for each ton of coke produced up
ward of 5000 cubic feet OF gas are
driven off, and the entire product
yielded annually in the United States
by the coking of coal. allowing one-half
to be consumed in the coking process.
is upward of sixty billions Of cubic feet
or but little less than one-fourth of
the natural gas production at the
height of its most flourishing period.
The by-product oven tar is Superior TO
the tar which comes from the gas
works-it contains less pitch-the yield
for each ton of coke varying from forty
to 100 pounds, according to the
amount of volatile matter contained in
the coal.-Cassier's Magazine.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
A l. AXE OF WINE.
Big Reservoir Recently Constructed In
California.

It recently took two powerful steam
pumps week to ill the largest wine
reservoir in the world. Properly
speaking. says the New York Herald.
1t IS lake-a lake OF red wine lo4 feet
long, "a feet wide and II feet deep. or
course, it is in California. that state
OF big things, that this wonder is to he
seen-down at Asst by the Russian
River Valley. and the lake itself is tie
blending of the juices OF grapes from Il
thousand vine. As system uf blend
Ing wine il is in this respect as much
wonder "a in point of quantity and
place OF keeping. II is another proof
also that necessity is the mother of i'll
ventlon. for if ii had not been that the
colonists could find no Way 20 dispose
Oh thelr wine in a prof able manner,
owing 10 its abundance. il Is probable
the lake wCUld never have been created
ana another wonder thus lost 10 The
world. The tun OF Heidelberg. which
the last generation. and even some Of
the present learned Ia think of with
wonder. i brt a child beside a full
o4O"H HIdu NNen com pared 10 tnlS
California creation. Cine couid go boat
ing In this lake very comfortably. al
though II would be- bat a short ride
steam launch would find room
enough to steam back and forth and
possibly turn around Tni, is how the
TANK MAS really built: First. an exca-
walton was made in the rocky hillside
Next wall OF concrete two feet in
thickness was put in the floor ard
SIDES Then came the laying and glaz-
ing OF the cement. This VAS not ALL
HAD the lake heen left open at the top
impurities must have found their way
into 1t. not to mention the deluge that
comes in what California knows as the
rainy season. All around the sides
Dig steer slrderS were put in place. and
on these rests the sectional cover of the
lake. This is SO constructed that not
ray OF light can penetrate into this
vast quantity of wine. and II mellows
and ripens just as if it were in the
most deep down vault that can be found
anywhere.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08

Royal British colony, and the building
Of comfortable homes and solid walls
went bravely on. And during our late
war Nassau became the headquarters
of southern blockade runners. Today
bleaching wrecks and mOldering re-
pair shops testify when twenty dollar
gold pieces were as pebbles in the
streets and champagne was the nation
al beverage. When European discov-
found all the islands covered with deep
forests, whose enormous timbers We're
bound together by an infinite variety
of parastical plants peculiar to the
tropics, forming gloomy bowers and
impenetrable masses of the deepest
shade The annual fall of leaves in
these virgin woods. their decomposition
and the natural destruction OF the
ponderous trunks which bore them.
withered by age or felled by lightning.
rendered the earth they covered ex-
tremely rich. and forced a prOdigiCus
vegetation in those plants which arose
as substitutes FOR the fallen. The trees
Springing from clins or SUBMITS OF
mountains, were, for the most part. of
the hardest texture; while the valleys.
fertilized at the expense Of the noun
tains. were filled with timbers OF a
softer nature: beneath these grew
those succulent plants which the earth
literally produced to supply the wants
Of man. Among them the Caribbean
cabbage, the sweet potato and the
igname are indigenous grOwths. 1t is
an ineyhaustible pleasure to the trav-
eler from the north to study the vege-
tation OF these southern climes. Moth
Ing is more striking in very dry sea-
sons. than the contrast between the
parched and arid lowlands and the YER
dant. woody, and ss-grOwn hills
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08

Gently been taken under American
management. and has been rapidly ex-
tended By this enterprise across the
island in two directions. to Montego
Bay on the northwest and Port An
tonic on the northwest
Port Royal, situated at the extreme
end of narrow strip of land. facing
the entire front of the harbor of Kings
ton and acting as a breakwater, is the
most melancholy looking town in the
Antilles. Prior to the great earth
quake, Port Royal was the finest
town in the West Indies and at that
time the richest spot in the universe"
1t was the headquarters Of the buc-
cancers and as such the emporium and
mart Of all their ill-gotten wealth.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
Book Worms

These curious little marauders, who
inhabit old. unused hooks. are attracted
by the paste IL the binding, which is
made Of a dark brown wheat flour
Here these crawling nuisances find a
-iea pasture; but they show an ap-
parent choice for colors, having a de-
cided preference for dark-colored pa
per. while light yellow paper almost
always escapes. The yellow paper is
probably colCred With chromate OF
lead. One OF the papers that always es-
capes is light -arscniCdi paper.
So it appears that these insects may
be triumphed over by careful selection
Of the paper used in books.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
FARMS and CITY PROPERTY
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

No 80 acres in Center township, 8
miles south OF Plymouth. 20 sores i'm
proved, 5 room house. barn 26x40, wagon
she'd and corn cribs, good orchard OF
all kinds OF fruits; price S37 80.
No so acres in West township, 9
poiles west of Plymouth. 20 acres i'm
proved, balance in timber. House ia
nesrly new. with 7rooms, outside cellar,
fair barn, two good orchards, ell kinds
Of fruit Will trade for good residence
property in Plymouth.
No $50 acres in West township. ~
miles from Plymouth. 90 acres in Guilt
gstiop, balance In timber, q good house
aud barn, 6ns orchard, black walnut
and; price $4,000.
No 4-l20 acres 5 miles west of Argos
30 acres improved, good house with
rooms, barn 22150, other out buildings
aud good orchard; will trade for smaller
farm and give long time on difference.
No 5-ll6 acres 311 miles from Dor
sldson. 10 acres improved, balance IN
meadow and timber, fair house and
good barn, with other out buildings; will
sell for S21.50 per acre or trade for city
property.
No6-l00 acres miles west of Ply
mouth. IS acres in cultivation. balance
IN timber, / mile from Donaldson; will
cell chesp or trade for business property
No 80 acres Az miles west of Ply
mouth. 20 ceres IN cultivation, balance
in timber, good house and barn, good or
ohsrd and wind mill; will trade for 40
acres or town property; price $40 per
acre.
NoS-l00 acres miles from Plymouth
With fire improvements, fruits OF all
kinds, heavy timber land; will sell cheap
il sold soon. Anyone wanting q farm
cheap can set 1t b7 calling at oncs.
Nos-A $4,000 stock OF general mer.
ohandise in villsge near Plymouth, do
ing q good business; will trade for ar
improved farm.
No. 10-A fine farm OF lbs acres a
mile from Donelson, Ind. 71s miles FRI N
Plymouth, with fine large house, two BIG
barns and all other outbuildings needed
On q farm. with big orchard of all kindc
OF traits, wind mill, stone milk house. etc.
toe ether with horses, cattle, hogs, poultry
implements and grain, VIII sell cheap
31500 cash. balance on time to suit pur-
chaser Or will trade for Chicago improved
property.
No. 11-50 acres on Michigan road bs
tween Plymouth and Argos. Well i'm
proved Will sell cheap or trade for
town property.
No. 1870 acres In w est township near
DonelsoD, with good improvements. Will
sell on terms to suit buyer. Cheap.
No. 1880 acres In Polk township near
school house. with good improvements.
Good and. VIII trade for 100 acres sDd
pay cash difference. Must be within
or 4niles Of Plymouth.
No. 14-2171s acres near Sligo IN west
sowrs snip. A good two-story house good
barn aud other outbnildirgs. Will trsde
tor smaller farm or town property.
No. Isl have new house on West
CAIRO street, new barn, q corner LOT; will
cell cheap and on monthly payments.
No. l6-f.. use AMI two lots on Walnut
street near curt house and school. For
sale ut 3 bargain il taken soon.
No. "A fns house near the new school
building on Poutn eide OF river. Will
trade for 40. 60 or 80 core farm and 90
eums nmbrsncs from 81, 900 to 81 300
Now ID your chance,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08
BAD ROADS ARE COSTL,EST
"oou and Weil-kcpt Highways Pay the
Farmers the Best


Philadelphia Inquirer: When once
the fact gets firmly established in the
minds of the farmers of the United
States that it is more expensive to
maintain bad roads than to make and
keep in condition good roads they will
take active interest in the question AMI
an era OF road building will begin
which will add TO their wealth. pros
perlty and comfort, and benefit the
country at large as much as has the
laying of railroad tracks and the ad-
vance of the steam locomotive. Let
those engaged in agriculture study
such figures as those recently issued by
New York. wherein he shows that it
costs half as much to haul produce
three miles by wagon as it costs To
haul it 500 miles on the railroad. The
supervisor figures out that with a sys-
tenn Of good macadam roads the farm
ers would save an amount each year
equal to the interest on from so to $50
an acre. according to the crop raisel,
and would increase the value of their
land either TO sell or hold by a like
amount