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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
BULlERS PLAN TO ANNIHILATE THE B0ERS

Cen. sir Eeiycvs Buller's plan OF
o,npaieE Is now known in detail and
has been in the possession OF the Boer
commanders for some time When
Buffers forces make debarkation they
viii be divided into three columns UNI
der Gems Lord Methuen, Sir Cornelius
Clery and Sir w. r. Gatacre. Lieut.
Gen. Lord Methuen's division will have
its base at Cape Town. Sir Cornelius
C!ery's viii be at Port Elizabeth. Sir.
". +. Gatacre's at East London. and.
OF course. Sir George Whites base is
at Durham. Hence it may be inferred
the first division will operate on the
western frontier Of the TWO republics.
with an advanced base at De Aar June
ton, the second against the central
part OF the OranSe Free State direct
on BlOemf0ntein. With its advanced
base at Colesberg or Naauw PoOrt, 10
which places there are four-fifths of
the distance TWO distinct lines of rails.
The third division will have an indie
pendent line of communication with an
advanced base probably at StOrmberg
Junction, near Molteno. whence il can
strike either for Aliwal North or to
join Clery's division at Bethulie The
movement may be described as an ex-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

instant Will the daTi:ags be alone be-
tween the two kisses-the last kiss OF
earth and the first kiss of heaven.
Now. angels, do your work. cried an
expiring Christian.
Yes. guardian angel for each one
of you. Put yourself now in accord
with him. When he suggests the right.
follow it: when he warns against the
wrong. shun 1t. Sent forth from God 10
help you in this great battle against
sin and death. accept his deliveranee.
When tempted 70 a feeling of loneli-
ness and DISAGREEMENT. appropriate
the promise. The angel OF the Lord
encampeth around about them that
fear him and deliyereth them" Oh,
am so glad that the spaces between
here and heaven are ihrOnged with
these supernaturals. taking tidingS
home, bringing messages here, rolling
back obstacles from our path and Civ
ing us defense: FOR terrific are the
forces who dispute our way, and If the
nation OF the good angels is on our side,
the nation of the bad angels is on the
We wres,le not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers. against the rulers or
the darkness OF this world. against
spiritual wickednJSs in high places.
In that awful fight may God send us
mighty angelic reinforcement, We
want all their wings on our side, all
their swords on our side. all their
chariOts on our side.
Thank God that those who are for
us are mightier than those who are
against us. And that thought makes
me jubilant as To the final triumph.
Belgium. you know. was the battle
ground of England and France. Yea.
Belgium more than once was the bat
tle-ground OF opposing nations. 1t so
happens that this world is the Belgium
or battle-ground between the angelic
nations. good and bad. Michael. the
commander-in-chief on one side; Luz
cifer. as Byron calls him, or Mephis-
topheles. as Goethe calls him, or Sa-
tan. as the Bible calls him, the COM
mander-in-chief on the other side. All
pure angelhOOd under the one leader
ship, and all abandoned angelhood un-
der the other leadership. Many Skin
mish have the two armies had, bat the
great and decisive battle is yet to be
fought Either from our earthly
homes or down from our supernal res
licences. may We come in on the right
side: for on that side are God and
heaven aud victory Meanwhile the
battle is being set in array, and the
forces. celestial and demoniacaI. are
confronting each other. Hear the boom
OF the great cannOnade already opened,
Cherubim. seraphim. thrones. dOmi-
nations. principalities and powers are
beginning TO ride down their foes. and
until the work i completed. sun.
stand thou stii upon Gideon. and
thou moon. in the valley OF Ajalon."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Sailing BABIES.
Custom Which Sometime, Il Fatal tn
Lee lufHufs


the Infants.
Sailing" newly born infants. a urac-
tice that dates far back 10 Biblical
times, still obtains in many parts OF
the old world says the St Louis Post
Dispatch. The Armenians in the Rus
sian government OF Eriwan cover the
whole surface OF the babes body with
fine salt. especial care being taken with
the inteTstiees between the fingers and
all depreSsions. such a the armpt and
the bend Of the knee. So that no point
shall remain unSalted. The unhappy
infant is lett in the salt for three hours
or longer and Is then bdjhed in warm
water. The Armenians of some dis
tricts, having abandoned the practice.
are called ''unsalted. and are deSDisef
by the others. The modern Greeks
also sprinkle their BABES With salt. II
an enlightened mother protests the
midwife is ready with the objection:
But if IL ism; sailed it will be puny
and never will amount To anything"
II this sailing process is carried to ex-
cess. the poor babes don't stand il at
- Y,
the irritation is intolerahle. and the
child dies in commissions. Yet there
is a mountain tribe iii Asia Minor that
mercilessiy salts its newborn babes
for twentyfour hours. which shows
that the limits OF human endurance
are wide in some cases. This ancient
custom is still in vogue in many parts
of Germany. but the rites are merely
symbolical In one district little salt
is rubbed behind the child's ears. in
others pinch OF salt is put on the
tongue or a little paper of salt is in
serted under the garment. 1t gives un-
Outstanding. the people say. and wards
on evil spirits The action OF salt in
keeping meat sound. no dou5t. is the
reason that this strengthening and sus-
tanning power was ascribed To it.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

\ Georgia Negr" Woman Discovered Who
Eats clay Many Savage- 20.

tal> ~ MANY S8tage- sbO.
\ negro woman employed in the
capitol at Atlanta has been arrested
for eating some extra fine specimens
OF kaolin that We're ON exhibition in
the rooms az the State Geological Sur
vey. number Of the pieces OF clay
were missing and the imprint of teeth
were found upon some of the other
specimens. Detectives at last discoy-
cred that the culprit who was feasting
on geological exhibits was the colOred
scrubwoman, and it was evident that
she had been indulging her strange APP
petite for quite "A while. The custom
of eating earth is practiced in widely
separated regions, and is particularly
in vogue among the negroes and Amer
lean Indians. and has even been OBJ
served in Europe The anthropol-
Ogist I4asch says that German quarry
men spread clay on slices of bread and
eat il with evident relish A certain
kind of earth that is found in Persia
rs considered an epicurean dish, and in
the MALAY archipelago there is an
earth known a. .ampOh." which is dug
by some natives who sell it to the peo-
pie as food. The practice of earth
eating has spre>d to a considerable ex-
tent in China. New Caledonia and New
Guinea. ard humboldt observed il in
various parts of South America. Some
anthropologists tell us that among
many savage peoples pregnant women
are particularly disposed to the habit
of eating earth and clay. In Guate-
mala, during certain religious cere-
monies the faithful are often seen to
devour statuettes made of clay, and the
practice in that country therefore is
allied To religious superstition. This
barbarcus habit of earth eating is most
Injurious and is said to often result in
consumption. Inflammation of the liver
and anem.a.
The best friendship says the least
nh
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

Linen center pieces. doiiies, and even
tablecloths are not things of real
beauty from folding them. Any round
piece Of wood, covered with flannel or
a roll Of paper, around which the
pieces may be carefully rolled. will be
found invaluable as means of keep
ing linen in good order. In fact. a
tableciOth ironed with only two length
wise folds, and then rolled. will look
far better on the table than one with
criss-cross lines from too much fold
ing
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Escalloped Tomatoes.

Put into baking dish a layer OF
cracker or bread crumbs seasoned witt
bits Of butter: then layer of peeled
and sliced tomatoes. pepper, salt and a
little sugar if YOU like. Add another
layer of bread crumbs and more to-
matoes and seasoning and continue
until the dish is full. Bake for forty
i've minutes To an hour. 4 layer OF
onions which have been soaked over
night in hot water. sliced and fried
may he placed over the top Of each
layer of tomatoes if the flavor is liked.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

tended net. the hauling rope OF one end
OF which is at Cape Town. while the
other END IL at Durham. Very heavy
gradients vii! delay the advance OF
Lord Methuen's first division along The
valley OF the Berg river and round The
Drakentschein mountains To Worces-
ter, whore the line passes northeast
ward over the great Karroo 70 the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
OPPOSING POPULATIONS In SOUTH AFRICA

In South Africa the Dutch and the
British are not divided As sharply as
are the geographical limits Indeed
In many sections Of the country the
two races are mixed so Thoroughly .hat
the map hardly can give an idea OF the
relative numbers % either race. In
the map herewith the shading refers
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

Pont ON the Orange river, and there
after through the Orange Free State
= is open veldt 10 4 hundred miles be-
yond Bloemfontein. nor are the gradi-
ents then nf much importance until the
Naal river i passed when the troops
will be TOO near theiC objective to
make railways Of much Importance
even for provisioning the men and ami
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

Orange river. and 50 on 10 MafekinS
and Bulawayo. Practically. the gradi-
ents cease 10 trouble from De Aar
Junction nOrthward. ont from about
eighty miles beyond De Aar the line is
exposed for hundreds Of miles TO very
small parties of Beers from the repu5
lies. The tao lines of Sir Cornelius
Clery's division are also mountain
climbing railways rs far as Noryals
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

mails. The line from Sir William
Gatacre's base al East London is an
other climbing railroad. but beyond
Stormberg Junction down to the
Orange river there is fine piece of
marching ground. and Gatacre will be
able 70 strike northeast or northwest
from his railway wagons as circum-
stances may arise. Basutoland will
prevent him Joining hands with White
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

the Britons predominant. while the
areas where the Dutch numerically
are superior are shown by the ruled
portions Ii will be seen that in Cape
Colony. the western. which is the older
settled part. is Dutch predominantly.
The British are in the majority only
in the southeast. from Algoa Bay east
ward the diamond country
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

timated 10 be British. In the extreme
Northwest there is small Boer ma
jority. The Orange Free State and
Transvaal republics are. OF course, pre-
eminently Boer. The small but rela-
lively densely peopled patch about
johannesburg is the exception, from
the existence of which has sprung the
whole VeXed question. The sparsely
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

in Natal ana il i obviously highly
desirable - leave the Basuto territory
severely alone bat then on the other
hand the BasutOs act As a wedge which
prevents the Beers from making any
attempt to cut in between Gatacre and
Whit. The net will be gradually
closed upon Johannesburg and Pre-
soria.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Society Directory.
TIASONIC

PLYMOUTH Kill WINNING
LODGE, No. I49, F. and A. NJ;
meets first and third Friday eve
nings of each month. VIM.
II. COnger, w. NJ. John Corba-
ley, Sec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
40 r. a. M; meets second Fri
day evening of each month. !.
{. Jilson, II. P. II. b. Reeve,
Sec.
PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY,
No. 70, K. T.; meets fourth
Friday of each month. John c.
Gordon, Z. c. L. Tanner, Rec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
20, o. E. S.; meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month. Mrs.
Bertha Mcdonald, w. NJ. Mrs.
lou Stansbury, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Telegraph Lines In South Africa.

The popular idea that all of south
Africa Is not far removed from saw
agery is contradicted by the fact that
in Cape Colony alone there are 6.60g
miles OF telegraph poles carrying many
times that number of miles of wire
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

HYPERION LODGE, No. III,
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. VIM. F. Young,
c. c. Cal Switzer, K. of K.
and 5.
HYPERION TEMPLE, Rath-
bone Sisters; meets first and third
Fridays of each month. Mrs.
Chas. Mclaughlin, f. {.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Drink I'm France.

Since the sale of alcoholic liquors in
France has been unrestricted the num-
Der of drinking places has increased.
until now there is one saloon for every
eighty-five inhabitants.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Clear Understandings Mt Start

Newlywed latter the ceremony)-"Do
you really think | shall make a good
mate, darling?' Mrs. Newlywed-
"Oh. you're all right. How do you like
your captain ?'-Philadelphia Record.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

Mr. Wunder (reading war news)-
Five thousand Beers are laying siege
TO Ladysmi,h. Mrs. Wunder-It's a
funny thing to me that those people
want to marry into the British nobil-
ity.- Baltina 0re American.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

Melbourne, Australia, recently expe-
rienced the first fall of snow in its
liam winter, and was heavy enough
for the children to make snowballs.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
COLUMBIAN LEAGUE

Meets Thursday evening, every
other week, 100 p. M, in Bis
sell hall. Vert A. Beldon, Com
mander. Alonzo Stevenson, Pro-
vOSt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 6,
ROYAL ARCANUM

Meets first and third Wedne sday
evenings of each month in Simons
hall. ]. {. Jilson, Regent. B.
I. Lauer, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
FORESTERS.

PLYMOUTH COURT, No.r4o9,
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings of each month in K.
of p. hall. {. NJ. SIayter, c. r.
Ed Reynolds, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
ODD FELLOWS.

AMERICAS LODGE, No. OIL
meets every Thursday evening at
their lodge rooms on Michigan
street. {. F. Schearer, n. G.
Chas. Bushman, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

SILVER STAR LODGE, Daugh-
tiers of Rebekah; meets every
Friday evening at !. O. o. F.
hall. Mrs. J. L. Ellis, n. G..
Miss Emma Zumbaugh, V. G..
Miss y. BerkhOld, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
WOODMEN CIRCLE.

PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 81
meets every Friday evening q,
Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena VI
rich, Worthy Guardian. Mr..
Chas. Hammered, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
@. A. R

MILES III. TIBBETTS POST,
g. A. r., meets cry first and
third Tuesday evenings in Simons
hall. w. Kelley, Com. Charles
Wilcox, Adjt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in X. OF
p. hall. ]. O. Pomeroy, {. g
+. Rotzien, Clerk
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
She Knew.

Squildig-"Yankee Doodle" is an alb
surd song. Who on earth was Maca-
roni. anyway? Mrs. Squildig-
my dear, don't you know? He was
the man that invented that wireless
telegraphy. York Press.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
MODERN WOODMEN.

Meets second and fourth Thursdays
IN K. of =. hall. ]. a. Skunk,
Venerable Consul. G. L. Swift
ger, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

settled Rhodesia and Bechuanaland
are British, but their white population
is too insignificant to play great part
in the solution OF the difficulty.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
MODERN SAMARITANS.

Meets second ard fourth Wednes
day evening in w. o. w. hall
S. 3. Tanning, Pres. J. A
Skunk, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

only to the British and the Dutch. al
though both races combined are far
outnumbered everywhere by the ma
tives. The dotted areas show where
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

about Kimberley, the copper produc-
ing part Of Little Namaqua Land and
in Cape Tow3 itself In Natal about
fiye-sixths of the $4,000 whites are eS-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
BEN HUR.

Meets every Tuesday. w. II.
Cove, Chief. Chas. Tihsr,ts,
Scribe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSL
CLANS ASSOCIATION.

Meets first Tuesday in each month
Jacob Kaszer, NJ. D., President
Novitas b. Asphalt, M. d., Sec
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

PLYMOUTH TENT, No. an
meets every Tuesday evening at
K. O. T. NJ. hall. d. w. Jacoby,
Com. Frank Wheeler, Record
Keeper.
WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 81,
L. O. 7. NJ: meets every Mon
day night at X. O. I. NJ. hall on
Michigan street. Mrs. Cora
Hahn, Com. Bessie Wilkinson.
Record Keeper.
HIVE No. IS, L. O. I. NJ; meets
every "Wednesday evening in K.
Q. T. NJ. hail. Mrs. w. Bur-
kett, Com.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-08
WEALTH FROM
CALIFORNIA;
ROCKY HILLS
Twenty = Seven Mil
lions Came Forth.

The figures of the mineral production
of California for 1898 have been finally
compiled for the State Mining Bureau by
it's statistician, Charles G. Yale. The rec
ord is the official one that will stand, and
it is the only one. 1t represents three
months of painstaking effort.
The record displays copper in place of
second Importance among the States
mineral products for the first time. Tn
til the Mountain Copper Company began
operations about two years ago copper
had been pretty well down the list In
1897 it reached third place, with a product
of 13, ,63S, ,626 pounds, worth 81 ,5O4 666. Petro-
leum that year supplanted quicksilver as
second of rank, with a product of 1,911,-
500 barrels, valued at 81 191S,269.
In 1898. though the petroleum product
increased to 2.249,0 ,0SS barrels, with a valua-
ton of $2,376, ,420, copper passed it, with
a product of 21.543,229 pounds, valued at
81 AIS .16S. Quicksilver increased from
26 Gas TASKS, valued at 1898 45, to 31,092
TASKS, valued at $1,1SS, ,626.
The record also shows a great increase
in gold mining activity in that although
the drought closed many of the most i'm
portant producing hydraulic and quartz
mines for weeks or months, thereby less
ening the output by a few millions, the
total product shows slight gain. The
gold product in 1897 was $15,S71 041. For
takes second rank as gold-prOducing
State, Colorado now holding the lead.
The following was the production by
mineral substances:
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-08
LIFE WITHOUT A STOMACH.

c CINCE Juan Patritt of San Mateo has proven by
the indisputable evidence of things done that a
- man may live without a stomach and yet have
full enjoyment of all the viands served the banquet
OF life, from soup to cheese, it may be accepted as
fact that the stomach unnecessary adjunct OF the
human system and may be dispensed with without
harm to life labor or love
1t is Patritti complains he cannot work as well
as before he lost his stomach that he now grows
weary after seven hours OF blowing. Such result,
however, is to be regarded evil The univer-
sal wall about over-produCtiOn is convincing proof
that people work too much and produce too much.
Anything, therefore, which will limit production with
cut limiting consumption is an economic blessing. In
fact the Patritti experiment is about important in
is bearings on the problems OF sociology on those
OF physiology
The stomach, however, has been always regarded as
strictly personal matter having only very indirect
relations the public, and the issue involved in the
case will be studied by most people with eye to
its effects upon their private fortunes and welfare
rather than to any change it might bring about in
great public concerns with which the economists deal
1t may be noted, then, that the elimination OF the
stomach will be as beneficial to the individual as to
the labor market and will take much OF the strain off
the one as well as off the other.
Were there no stomach there could be no stomach
ache, no indigestion, no dyspepsia. There would be
need for stomach bitters nor for several thousand
other kinds OF medicine A man would have to buy
no physc except what might be required for liver,
lungs, brain fag and the blood There would thus be
immediate relief from the strain upon the system
and upon the purse, and the stomachess could
many times dance lightly the lithe-limbed nymphs
OF Already, while the stomach-bearer bowed
down with the weight OF and utterly consumed
with sharp distress
Many and various have been the benefits bestowed
upon man by the discoveries OF science. We shall
ere long have the option in ourneyings OF
traversing the upper air in flying ship moving
along the under depths of the mysterious sea in a
submarine boat We have accomplished the produc-
ton OF artificial silk, and may eventually weave our
selves garments out OF the petals OF leaves and
lilies We have carried the sophistcaton OF food to
such degree of perfection the time be distant
when man will live mainly canned "what-is-t and
embalmed air Let US, therefore, rejoice that science
has provided way by which those of us who have
no stomachs for flying ships, submarine trips and
canned goods may get rid OF that drawback in our
makeup and go forth unaffected by stomach OF any
kind.