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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

come. He was educated ut Georgetown
college
1t was when Blaine called together
that notable assembiage from North.
South and Central America. known as
the International American congress.
that Ferguson first made his appear
ance as an official Interpreter. Mr..
Blaine'S right hand man on that par
ticular occasion was William T.. Cur
lis. who. in looking around for trans
latOrS and Interpreters. recalled that
young Ferguson had spent his early
lie in a Spanish-American country,
and was doubtless fitted for this par
ticnlar work. Ferguson undertook the
task. and he made his bow as official
interpreter by taking the memorable
speech of James G.. Blaine. greeting the
South and Central Americans. and
rendering il into Spanish. 1t was no
easy task. for Blaine spoke rapidly and
with that wealth Of figurative speech
which always marked his discourse
But Ferguson did il not only rapidly
and we'll. but with felicity of EXPIRES
SIOi. SutH uitr SudblIR OIL figures anu
metaphors that it drew the enthusiasts
tic applause of those Spanish auditors
1t was such that when Blaine turned
from the reading he remarked to some
state department officials:
Il don't know whether that was my
triumph or Ferguson
At all events Ferguson made his
reputation then and there As an inter
prefer, who could not only give the
letter Of the speech. but could convey
its spirit. even its accent and its modu-
lations by which the speaker sought to
impress one or the other feature upon
his hearers. Since then he has acted
as interpreter in many notable gath
erings He is a man of splendid ply
sique. six feet three inches in height.
broad ShOudered and robust, weighing
probably 80 pounds.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
GOOD CROPS IN CANADA.
Farmers Leave Good Lands in Minneso-
ia for Western Canada.


Delegates representing a number of
neighboring farmers in Clay county,
Minnesota, who visited the Edmonton
district of Western Canada last sum-
mer are evidently very well satisfied
with the result Of their trip. They
think SO we'll of the country that in
addition TO the privilege of obtaining
q free homestead OF 16p acres of land
they have also purchased land In a
recent interview on the subject Messrs.
C.. Z. and \. Hughes of GAINESVILLE,
Clay Co. say:
I'VE are well pleased with Western
Canada. 1t is far ahead of what we
expected. We find the climate to be
warmer than we expected. As for the
crops We have never seen anything
that can compete with them. We have
lived in Minnesota and have farmed
some of what they count the best lands
in the Red River Valley for ten years
and have done very we'll in that part
of the country, and have farms there
at present free of all circumference,
but believe that this country (Western
Canada is so much better that We
have bought from the Canadian Pa
cific Railway Company one section OF
land northeast of Edmonton in the
Beaver Hill district. We have trav-
eled through that part of the country
and have seen the grain in the gran
aries and the amount of land that it
was taken off and find that they have
grown as much as fifty bushels and
over to the acre, and they say that this
has not been a good year. and very
lit, if any grain had been touched
by the frost. Hay seems to be plenti
full, and if you wish to put up log
buildings you can get the logs within
q few miles. Coal can be had at the
mines for - cents per ton. or you can
dig it yourself. Nearly all kinds OF
garden truck can be grown in abund-
ance. We find everything that can be
grown in good demand. The farmers
tell us that they can get four and a
half live weight per hundred for hogs.
and for three year old steers from fifty
to sixty dollars per head, providing
they are good We Will move into that
part OF the country next summer. All
the people in that part of the country
seem satisfied. and We do not see any
reason why they should not be So"
The Mcssrs. Hughes also stated that
they would be very glad to afford any
one desiring particulars about the
country they had visited the fullest
information, on receiving enquiries ut
GAINESVILLE. Clay Co, before the 1st
of June next. when it is understood
they propose 10 return TO the Edmon-
ton district.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

From time TO time articles appear
in various papers about the so-called
Hill control OF Baltimore * Ohio
together with exhaustive details OF
various struggles which are supposed
TO be in progress between Mr.. Hill
and other people in the Baltimore K
Ohio board. The details of these strug-
giles arc very interesting, but are open
to the criticism that they have no ex-
istence in fact. The plain facts OF the
matter are, first that Mr.. Hill does not
control baltimore & Ohio. nor has he
at any time expressed any desire or
taken any steps in that direction
second. that there has at no time been
any differences oil opinion between Mr..
Hill and the Baltimore & Ohio people
with regard TO a selection of general
manager, the selection OF Mr.. Under
wood being satisfactory to everybody;
and third. that the delay in regard 10
MIR. Underwood's acceptance of the
general managership of Baltimore e.
Ohio was due to matters connected
with the 500 Line more than anything
else.
1t is pretty we'll understood here
that Mr.. Hill was invited to interest
himself in Baltimore & Ohio, on the
theory that he could be of great ser
vice to the property as an adviser. and
to this end he, with some OF his
friends, purchased a substantial inter
est in the preferred stock Of the
company. This interest is nowhere
near a controlling interest. but is still
very large. 1t may be said without
fear of contradiction, that there is en-
tire harmony in Baltimore & Ohio
circles from top TO bottom.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
AN AGENT OF WEALTH.

Professor Arthur T. Hadley of Yale
the new president OF the American
Economic association. is distinguish
ed teacher OF the science with whicl
the organization concerns itself FOl
some years he has been professor o
economies at Yale. and his writing.
upon that topic have been widely read
His textbook. Economies. is one o
the most useful volumes of its kind ant
is held in high esteem. Professor Had
ley has a reputation as an economist
that is not limited to the United States
and he is in every way fitted for the
post voted him by his fellows in the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
WAS 4 WEIGHTY TASK
THE PART FERGUSON PLAYED
IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
lie First Eecsmr Famous During the
Sessions OF the Pan-American Congress
by Delivering Blaine's Great Speech i'm
spanish.

Cable reports from Paris have had
much to say OF late of the splendid
work done by Mr.. Arthur w Fergu-
son. attached to the American peace
commission as official Interpreter. He
is the son of Col. Tom. Ferguson. who
distinguished himself in the Mexican
war. and at the close of that war To-
Gated in Mexico. Ii was there that Ar
thur Ferguson was born and received
early training amid the old Spanish
surroundings which fitted him for the
skillful Interpreter he has since be-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Furnish Buckets for Garbage.

In the parish of Shoreditch, London,
each dwelling is furnished with two
sheet-iron buckets. one for garbage,
the other for combustible refuse. The
streets are cleaned by boys with
brooms and dustpans. The sweepingS
are put in sheet-iron receptacles on the
street corners. Carts belonging 10 the
parish collect the refuse from the
streets and dwellings and haul it to
the public power plant. There 1t IS
used As fuel to produce steam to run
the dynamos that light the parish by
night and provide electrical power to
small manufactures by day.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
"Onr Southern SIstera.D

\ handsomely illustrated booklet
bearing this title has just been issued
by the Passenger Department of the
Chicago x Eastern Illinois r. r. 1t
Is replete with descriptive matter of
interest 10 tourists going 10 Cuba and
Porto Rico and contains many illus
trations OF places of note in the West
Indies. An important feature of the
booklet is description of the two fast
daily through trains run by this COM
pany and the route traversed. choice
Of which is given to tourists. Copy
viii be sent free on application TO c.
l.. Stone, General Passenger and
Ticket Agent. Chicago
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
n Woman Fixed Thanksgiving Da

According to the Boston Transcript,
il was a woman who was the means
of having IA definite day in the year set
apart for the national observance of
Thanksgiving. Mrs. Sarah Josepha
Hale, a Boston woman, and editor of
the first woman's magazine published
in this country, worked for twenty
years to accomplish this end. Time did
not daunt her courage. but rather in
creased her insistence. She wrote to
governors of states and to presidents
of the United States. At last Presi-
dent Lincoln adopted her suggestion
in 1864. when there was reason to re-
joice over the success of the North in
restoring the union.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Garlic.

In 15iS garlic was introduced into
England from the shores OF the Med
iterranean. where it is abundant. IN
Sicily it grows naturally. II was in
greater repute with our ancestors, al
though it Is still used as Il seasoning
herb. On the continent. especially in
Italy. it is much used and the French
consider it an essential in many made
dishes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Why are red-headed people less sub
jeot to badness than those with fair
or brown hair? An English physician
has answered this conundrum: The
hair of the red-headed is relatively
thick, one red hair being as thick as
five blond or three brown hairs. With
10000 red hairs the scalp is we'll
matched; with the same number OF
blond hairs one is almost bald. II takes
100000 blond and 1896 brown hairs
to cover adequately an ordinary head
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
4 Remedy for the GrIppe.

y remedy recommended for patients
afflicted with the grippe is Kemp
Balsam. which is especially adapted
to diseases of the throat and lungs.
Do not wait for the first symptoms OF
the disease, but get bottle today and
keep it on hand for use the moment il
is needed. If neglected the grippe has
a tendency TO bring on pneumonia.
The BalSam prevents this by keeping
the cough loose. All druggists sell the
Balsam
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
How's Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars revxar 6 for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot DC cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
z. j. CHENEY & co. Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned. have known r. j.
Cheney for the last - years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact tons
and financially able TO carry out any ooliga-
tons made by their firm
West & Truax Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
O.; WalCing. kinnan X Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and Il ueoUs surfaces
or the system. Testimonials sent free Price
sSc per bottle Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
NeMspaper for Himself.

It is perhaps not generally known
that the German emperor has a paper
published and printed exclusively for
himself and for the empress. 1t is the
Imperial Gazette Of Berlin. containing
clear and concise daily summary OF
the worlds news. The edition of this
paper consists of two copies, doubt
less the smallest edition Of any paper
published.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Brush and Pencil" has been pub
fishing each month a reproduction in
colOrs of some one of the famous Bur
bank Indian paintings. Those who are
familiar with Indians pronounce these
paintings the trueSt TO nature and
the reproductions in Brush and Pen
Gil are alone worth far more than
the price OF the journal.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Try Grain-o. Try Grain-o!

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place OF coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult. All who try
it, like il. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives 1t without distress.
One-fOurth the price of coffee 15c.
and 25c. per package. Sold by all
grOcerS
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
\ Difficulty.

"My friend prides himself on not be-
ing susceptible TO ilattery." said Willie
Washington.
Yes. answered Miss Cayenne. "the
only difficulty is that he doesn't be-
lieve YOU can say anything about him
so complimentary that it isn't true
Washington Star
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Cause for the Rash Act.

Any cause been found for that sui
eide YETI asked the reporter.
Naw.' answered the policeman.
I'VE are inclined to think that she
killed herself because she thought she
looked like the picture of her you
printed next afternoon. ''-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Loftiest Peak i'm America.

y mountain has been discovered in
Alaska 1880 feet i'll height, which is
1000 feet higher than Mount St. Ellis.
hitherto regarded as the loftiest peak
in America.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Coughing Leads TO Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
at once. Go TO your druggist today
and get a sample bottle free. Sold III
% and so cent bottles. Go at once; de-
laws are dangerous.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

1t appears from the latest develop
ments that the shrewd police at Column
bus.O., have captured a murderer who
never killed anybody.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Curei
sick headache. Price % and soc.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Flies, Eers.

The fly lays four times each sum-
mer and eighty eggs each time. The
descendants of one female fly IN a SIN
gle season may number 20S0 32e.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Condensed wisdom,

As much wrongdoing springs from
Stiffness as from wickedness. 4 cali
has cloyen hoofs as we'll as the devil
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.-Mrs. G..
Beltz, 4;59 9Th Ave, Denver, Col, Now :, '95.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
PROF. HADTEY

association. He is the trainer of
Yale's young debaters. and is very pop
ular with the students Among the
candidates prominently mentioned for
the presidency of the great school at
New Haven. Professor Hadley is one
of the strongest and ablest
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Why does man wish for good
appetite and then Try 10 get I'D OF it?
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Why don't contractors put sticking
plaster on the walls OF houses?
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
Goes Cough Baisarn

Philosophy with some men means
the love of their own wisdom.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

The man who praises the baby al
ways wins the mothers smile.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
druggists refund the money il /: fails 70 cure
25c. Tho genuine has L. H. g. OF each tablet
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Tearing up the warning re- flag,
only increases the danger.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

1t is never c. late TO learn that = is
best TO he early.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Is th- oldest and best. IL will break ~ colo qljc
than anything else. 1t is alvays reliable Jry II.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

A needle machine turns ouy SOC 600
needles a week.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Zeal kindled at the foot OF The cross
burns brightest and best.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Coughs and Colds Cured Quick
with Or seth Arnoids Cough Killer. a. ~ Isg.sts
and Country Stores pc. q bottle.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

When All Else Fails Try Ni-K5.
u positively cures comp e;ely removes carnS and ban
Ions Try YiE and lind comfort. 80. = 4rL- stores
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

Mrs. WinsiOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethi <HftenS the ms. reduces In
Examination, aila5sI cures wind collie. ~ Z bottle.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03

You cannot reprove, unless you love.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-14
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Ex-senator N.ntle's Sweetheart.
Profnnc silence at Golf-One
Secretary Long Tells.

Ex-senator Mantle OF Montana, re-
constituency, Is u bachelor and has
long been regarded by the managing
mammals I'm Washington as very
desirable 'catch, for. besides wear
ing the toga. he has some mining prop
erty that yields him pretty income.
Society was somewhat electrified,
therefore, when he announced at a
fore he left town that he was delight
ed AT going, because he wanted to see
his sweetheart, from whom he had
been separated for a long time.
your sweetheart exclaimed those
near him "lIave you had sweet
heart all this time? Do tell us about
her"
"Yes, ! have sweetheart" answer
ed the senator frankly, and | haven't
seen her since | left Butte in the fall.
Dear woman. she's all I've got and
I'm all she's got"
"What's her nameY' "Is she pref
typ How old Is sheT' We're some Of
the questions the blushing senator was
pressed 10 answer but he held his
peace until Il pretty thing, Of whom
the senator had been suspected Of be-
ing rather fond. said. "Now, senator,
please do tell us about her. for we
can't congratulate YOU until we know
something OF your fiancee."
shes not pretty, she's beautiful"
responded the senator finally his face
growing tender. land she's not very
young, somewhere between 20 and so.
and her name-her name is the same
as mine-Mantie. My sweetheart Is
my mother
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-14
one Secretary Long Tells.

At the recent Unitarian festival in
Boston Secretary Long told this story:
During the winter | went with the
presidential party to Savannah, where
we were most kindly and courteously
received. Everything was done TO
make the visit pleasant. On Saturday
afternoon we were taken down the
river, and on returning the chairman
of arrangements said: Tomorrow is
Sunday, and you will have the day to
yourselves. We have all sorts OF
churches in Savannah, and you can go
wherever you wish Well said the
president. L am Methodist, and
think | will go to the Methodist
church. After the others had express
ed their choice ] said. Have you mot
some little. struggling Unitarian
church here in your city, No.. was
his reply, but we have a run down
Episcopal church that Is almost as
bad did not accept the invitation,
for ! wanted the pure, unadulterated
badness OF our own denomination"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-14

Firmin Moindrou. n California sea
captain, is making his plans to attend
the Paris exposition and Is going to
sail I'm the trunk OF redwood tree. az
Will build a schooner from one OF the
largest trees in Humboldt county" he
says. The hull will be one solid piece
simply the trunk Of the tree hollow
ed out and hewn into shape. will
take tree from % to - feet in diam
eter for my boat She viii he ~ feet
long. II feet beam and 10 feet deep.
and will be- riggcd as schooner. I
will sail from hero. SO around Cape
Horn or through ilic strait OF Magel-
Ian, cross the Atantic AMI up tile
Seine to Paris want TO ne ready TO
start I'm time "a reach cape Horn
about the last of December of this
wear. so that I viii arrive In Paris by
May OF 1000"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-14
A SNAKE IN THE KETTLE.

Mrs. William Schowengerdt, who
lives near independence, took a tea
kettle 10 he cistcrn the other day AMI
pumped Il full ~ ouiet Without look
ing into The Kettle sic closed the lid,
carried IL 10 the kitchen and set IL on
the stove. Then. rs size was little
late with her evening meal. She poked
the lire up bit and put on some light
kindiing wood.
In moment Mrs. Schowengerdt
heard such splashing Of the water
In the kettle that she turned around
from her work 1T table across the
room and looked mt IT, She Mt first
thought the cat had fallen into a pan
Of water near the stove. While she
was looking a snake stuck its head out
OF the spout Of the Kettle. The spout
was too narrow 10 admit the rest Of its
body, and as the water was fast be-
coming heated the snake was frantic
with pain and made desperate efforts
to get out
With a. scream Mrs. Schowengerdt
ran TO the stove and seized the kettle,
running ont into the yard with 1t.
There she poured out the snake and
the water through the opened lid, and
the snake writhed slowly away.
Whether the reptile had got into the
kettle between the meals or whether
she pumped ii in when she went to the
cistcrn Mrs. Schowengerdt does not
know, but she inclines to the latter be-
lief.-Kansas City Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-14
Painters on Golf.

The game of golf Is somewhat young
In Duluth. and we have remarked up
on the faces of local purchasers OF golf
paraphernalla so bewildered an ex-
preston that we are constrained 10 Of
fer some advice from the vast store
Of our Collie experience. In the first
place, get brasSic You can't cut
much grass without IL brassle. A
scythe is better. but a scythe Is barred.
Get brass brassie if the dealers have
them. The brassier the brassie the
better il brasses. Having provided
yourself with this necessary imple-
ment. get caddie. All the tea stores
have them. Then you want samovar.
The next thing is a cleek. This is to
foozle with. Golf consists mainly
of foozling: hence il Is economy
to buy first class cleel. With a
brassie. cleek. n caddIe and a
samovar you will be well fixed for
both puts" and tees" Another bit
Of advice is to beware of the DOGGY"
The DOGGY" is sure to ketch yer ef
yer don't watch uut.-Duluth News
Tribune.