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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21
Cal Sininger's Paper Suspends.

The Indiana Volunteer, the soldiers
paper established by Cal Sininger, form
erly publisher of the Warren lndepend-
ent and Bremen Enquirer, has suspend
ed. While the 16Oth Regiment was in
Cuba last winter Slninger was urged
on the return of the regiment, to found
a publication in the interest of the In
diana troops. He consented, bought an
outfit on his return and got out cred
liable sheet, but only few subscrip-
tions came in response to his appeals.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

The Hon Charles G.. Dawes,
comptroller of the currency has re-
signed the office of treasurer of the
Lafayette Memorial commission, be-
cause of his inability, in the pressure
of official duties to supervise the
sale of the $4,000 of souvenir coins
voted by congress in aid Of the La
fayette memorial monument and
which will soon be i'm the hands of
the commission. Commissioner
General Peck has accepted his resig-
nation and has appointed as treas
urer, Mr.. E. A. Potter, president of
the American Trust and Savings
bank of Chicago.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

General Reub Williams, the edi-
tor of the Warsaw Daily Times,
who has been seriously i'll for the
past couple of days, is considered
slightly better. He is still confined
to his room, however.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

ohm r. Mclean has enemies in
Ohio among the democrats. They
are trying to prevent his being NOM
mated for governor in that state.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

An exchange makes special note
that nobody is manifesting any par
ticular interest at present in the Mich
igan inventors scheme to thaw
frozen water pipes by electricity.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

The high-slgn in indianapolis
will soon be: "Welcome, Epworth
Leaguers."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21
kissing Bug in Evidence.

A gentleman at the University of
Notre Dame is responsible for story
stating that the kissing bug has ap-
peared in that vicinity. He says that
on Monday while Hannah Smith. who
he says lives north of Notre Dame, was
taking an afternoon nap in hammock
she was awakened by sharp pain in
her upper lip. The member was much
swollen and bore the marks of two
sharp missions. In a short time the
symptoms became alarming and aid
was called. The poison spread through
her system in less than two hours A
bug has been captured. 1t is an inch
in length and an entomologist at the
university declares it belongs to the
scarabeus or beetle family. The wings
are hard and sheathed and the legs are
dentated.
History of the One Hundred and Sixty
First.
Chaplein Biederwolf has issued his
tory of the 16lst Indiana regiment. The
history gives many variations connect
ed with the soldier life of members of
the regiment, and is prOfusely illustrat-
cd with hslf-tone cuts of the officers of
the l6l, together with scenes connected
with the Cuban campaign. The history
contains a complete roster of officers
and members of each company and
narrative of all the incidents connected
with the life of the regiment from the
time it was mustered in until mustered
out at Indianapolis last spring.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1899.

The Indianapolis News sold at
auction for S936,ooo.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

Three Oaks, The enterprising vii
lage over in Berrien county, Mich,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-21

and strengthens.
DIR. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee. first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address.
DR. MILES MEDICA
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
A NEW ERA COMING.
The Introduction of Motor Power
VIII Necessitate the Making
of Better Roads.

The propelling power of the future,
in rural districts aswell as in the cities,
will be electricity and compressed air.
The horseless age is almost upon us.
Great factories are now preparing TO
turn out motor vehicles by the thou
sands and hundreds of thousands, and
there is little doubt that only few years
will elapse before they will be in gen
eral use throughout the country. Not
only will motor and compressed air
vehicles be used for pleasure convey
ances, but they will be used for doing
the work of the farm and conveying
the products to the markets and ship
ping points. ~
The use of this kind of vehicles will
necessitate the making of better roads,
They will prove an inestimable boon to
the farmer. Their advent into general
use means a new era for him. They
will do away with much of the
drudgery of farm life and add in nu-
merous ways to its pleasure and profit,
They will greatly lessen the cost of
transporting to market his products.
thus enabling him to realize more for
his labor, even at the same prices. The
care and expense of keeping work ami
mails will be a thing of the past. But
unless the people of the country bestir
themselves for better roads the cities
will enjoy these luxuries for genera
tion before they can be made practical
in the rural districts.-The States
DUTY.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
TREASURES DRAINED.
An Ohio Man Tells How OmciaIs Have
the Drainage Where the Pub
lie Doesn't Want 1t.

Thomas l.. Pogue, chairman of the
Ohio Division L. A. w. Good Roads
committee, has the following terse re-
marks to make on Draining the roads
instead Of the treasury"
If the modern politician could truly
enter into these words: My country,
It's of thee l think, instead of NY
country, think of me-, and the amount
it cost me to get the election, and the
amount it costs me to support the style
that is expected of me, holding this
great and honorable position as now
do it would change about the drain
age system of all the great states. In.
stead of paying particular attention
to the draining of the state treasury,
there would be more attention paid to
the drainage of the so-called state high
ways.
Spoke wiser than he knew, did the
man that coined the expression The
county has gone dry for it is the only
way the coInty could go, for no great
things were ever moved about in mud,
and no couaty will ever get frst-class
business hustle until it has first
class roads, for these are the veins of
prosperity, and if there is any trouble
with the veins the body is not healthy.
When q man gets bilious he takes
something, perhaps thoroughwort, and
when a county gets bilious and things
don't move as they should, the best
thing for that county is to take a good
large dose of thoroughwork, and drain
all the roads; then the second dose,
stone all the main roads; and the third
dose, stone all the roads.
Some one says, what talk! That
would bankrupt county. Well, If the
timid party will take the trouble to in
vestigate he will find that every acre of
tillable land in the state, which is not
enhanced in value by its nearness to
some village or city, can bond itself to
twice its value for permanent roads,
and such an act, if it were necessary,
would be good investment, and the
owner could, if all did the same thing
so that permanent roads were contin-
nous, pay the interest and retire the
bonds, and be worth more money in 40
years than he otherwise would have
been. However, this is not necessary,
for permanent stone roads can be built
for much less than the value of the land
to-day, but if these roads were built,
land would climb the value ladder fast
er and go up higher than the most
sanguine good roads advocate would
dare to prophecy"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
his COURAGE FAILED
He Was Brave Enough Until He
Faced Mary Ann, Thea He
WIlted.

Il is the proud boast Of Archie Bruce that
he is lineal descendant Of the great Scot
tish hero, and, as becomes man OF his
blood, he prides himself on his courage For
several months there has been in his family
servant who has completely terrorized
his wife, the latter being the victim and
not the commander of her nerves. There
was terrible row between mistress and
maid last Saturday, and on Monday morn.
ing Mrs Bruce said to her husband:
Archie, j cannot stand Mary Jane any
longer. Won't you please discharge her be-
fore you go to business this morning! You
know how afraid Of her am"
Certainly, replied Mr.. Bruce, with suave
courage, certainly. The crossest creature
that ever cracked cup or cleaned kettle
cannot COW me"
The valiant Archibald sometimes sur
prises himself and his friends by floating
along on a stream Of ALTERATION. Procur-
ing his hat and coat, he descended to the
basement kitchen, and in stentorian tones
bravely addressed the servant:
MARY Jane, aheml | must hurry of now,
but, ahem!-Mrs. Bruce asked me to tell
you that she wants, ahem!-to speak to
you after have gone to the ofiicel"-San
Francisco News Letter.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
FLOWERS AS CLOCKS.
Wonderful Timepiece Constructed by
an Ohio Gardener for New
York Millionaire.

The phenomenon of certain species
of flowers opening and closing at par
ticular hours has been utilized by an
Ohio landscape gardener to add a
unique decoration to the grounds of
millionaire's country seat at Tarry-
town. 1t consists o. a fowerbed which
can be used as a clock. The bed is cir
cular and divided into ~ parts. Each
part contains a figure composed of
flowers which open or close at the cor
responding hour. Thus the two space
is occupied by an IL, made of hawk
weed, which closes at two p. m. pre-
cisely. The hands are stationary, Of
course, and are composed of the COM
mon yellow dandelion, which opens at
$3.50 a. M, and closes at $3.50 p. m, and
point to arrangement of flowers repre-
senting these figures. Among the flow
ers used are the snow thistle, which
opens at five a. m. and begins to close
at II, but does not fully close until
noon; the yellow goats beard, which
opens at four a. m. and closes at four
p. M; the blue chicory, which opens at
four p. m, and closes at noon; the
morning glory, poppy, water lily, PIN
pernel and marigold, opening at FIVE.
seven, eight and nine a. M, respective
ly; the Star of Bethlehem, which closes
at II; the passion flower, which opens
at noon; the beauty of night, which
opens at five p. M; white lychnis, open
ing at six, and the blue convolvulus, at
two a. m.-Chicago Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Turtles are very largely found along
the coast line of Burma, and the impe-
cunious government has found means
TO make money out of it. The right to
collect turtles and eggs is sold by auc-
ton annually by the deputy commits
sioners within whose districts the
banks are situated. The revenue from
this source in the Irrawaddy division
alone was about 2s,OOO rupees. For
some time past decrease in the num-
ber of turtles and tortoises has been
noticed, and the government now pro-
poses that the islands on which the tor
toises lay should be completely pro-
tected from January to May 10 (the
laying and Matching season. once in
every five years, and that small es-
tablishment should be maintained for
this purpose.-Calcutta Amrita Bazaar
Patrika.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
GROWTH OF CANADA.
Its Rapid Development Has Attract
ed the Attention of Many.
settlement OF the Vacant Lands of
Our Neighbor VIII Prove OF Adj
vantage TO the Entire
Continent.


What are the people of the United
States going to do to escape the mani
fold evils they fear, not without rea-
son, from the operations of the gigan-
tic trusts which are being formed al
eSnost daily in every part OF the coun-
try? This is a question that agitates
not only the poor man, bat the man
Of moderate capital. In years gone by,
tho man of energy out of employment
or the man with small capital was
able TO go farming in the United States
with every prospect of securing a com
potency for himself. But the day when
Uncle Sam was rich enough to give
every man a farm has gone by. In
discussing the question of the future
welfare of the increasing population
of the continent with Mr.. j. A. Smart,
deputy member of the interior for
Canada, who was found busy with his
superintendent of immigration in their
Office at Ottawa, Canada, Mr.. Smart
made the statement that there is now
very little homestead land in the Unit
ed States, and the man who seeks for
tune in that way must now look else
where. 1t fortunately happens that we
have right at our very door an oppor-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
sImple Cure for GarEet.

I have had quite number of cows in
my dairy at different times which were
troubled with garget. will not say
what causes II, but some cows are more
subject to 1t than others, and it is al
ways the best cows which are affected.
! have no trouble now in stoppingit. As
soon as l find COW whose udder is
hard l dissolve one tablespoonful Of
saltpeter in about two gills OF hot Wa
ter and mix 1t thoroughly with some
ground feed. If she will not eat Il
drench her by using long-necked bot
tle. Two doses morning and evening
have always been sufficient = Prairie
Farmer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

to the axle by tbree-eighth bolt. The
wrist-pin that works the pitman is
one-half wood screw three inches long
screwed into the crank. The lever that
works the pump is probably seven feet
long and is two by four pine. The
fulcrum in all cases should be one-quar-
ter the length of the lever; then it will
not break the pump nor the mill when
struck by sudden gusts of wind OF
when running at high speed. A weight
should be fastened to one of the fans
to balance the weight to some extent
of the plunger of the pump; how heavy
it should be can best be determined
by trial. Mine is about one pound;
the well being about 26 feet deep it
does not take much power to lift the
water.
The wheel has eight fans. Many
make them with but four, but eight are
better, as it runs steadier in any wind
whether heavy or light. The box is
made just large enough for the wheel
to turn nicely. If made too large, it
does not work so WELL Set four two by
four pine scantlings in the ground to
nail the boards to with one on each side
of the wheel on top for the axle to rest
on. The box for the axle to turn in
is cut into the two by four, another
piece is held in place over the journal
by wood screws to hold it down. This
has run since "a and has worn but lit
tie in that time. The wheel is never
kept from running whether occupied
to the pump or not, as to lock it when
not wanted for raising would be more
apt to break the wheel than to let it
run. Mr.. Brown says that ''it takes a
stronger wind to run it than it does
well-made mill of the standard makes.
/ presume it is more useful here than
It would be in other places, as our pre-
vailing winds are north and south; we
seldom have winds from any other di-
rection that would work any wheel.
The pump is more useful in seasons of
drought than at any other time be-
cause we have severe drought here only
in seasons of high wind. Farm and
Home.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

few figures may not be out of PLACE.
There is an experimental farm in Mani
toba and another in the northwest ter
rltories.
In oats, in three years. continuous
test at the Manitoba farm the average
yield, with IL different varieties sown,
was Is bushels 90 pounds to the acre;
at the experimental farm in the north
westterritories the average was So BUSH
els 30 pounds per acre.
In two-rowed barley, with six yari-
eties, the average yield at the Manitoba
farm for three years was AZ bushels 81
pounds per acre; in the northwest ter
ritories' farm the average was Sc bush
els &c pounds per acre.
In spring wheat 12 varieties, the
average yield in Manitoba was 35 bush
els 2s pounds per acre; in the territories,
II bushels Al pounds per acre.
In potatoes, the average yield from
12 varieties during the three years was
3i3 bushels so pounds per acre in Man
itoba; in the terrhories, 800 bushels Is
pounds per acre.
These averages for three years cannot
be surpassed anywhere. Apropos of
roots and vegetables, it is admitted by
all who have any knowledge of the mat
ter that in the growth of these prod
ucts Western Canada has no competi-
tor. In the middle of September ripe
tomatoes may be seen in great profu-
sion, while they have been known to
ripen as early as the first of July. A
gentleman from Ohio, visiting one of
the agricultural fairs, said he had never
seen anything in his state to equal the
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
'';::ii;'E';Ij;;;:;'Iig!:l1:El;Ft.ljlI'Ez|ER!I!4 l'z!I
GMr,dSlaBEiIS
A CHEAP WINDMILL.
How an Ingenious Nebraska Farmer
Constructed One at nm Expense
of just S1.5O.


In the great arid west district sew
eral enterprising settlers have bought
or fixed up various kinds of windmills,
pumps, hydraulic rams, etc, and made
the dry, parched desert blossom as the
rose. One of the most enterprising of
these industrious people is ]. L. Brown,
of Buffalo county, Neb., whose ''go-
devir' mill, illustrated herewith, was
made entirely by him of cast-off farm
material except $1.5Q for gas pipe for
axle. A similar mill can be made of
new material for five or six dollars.
This mill has furnished water since
1894 for house, stock and ten-acre
fruit farm.
Mr.. Browns mill fans are made of cof-
fee boxes and are two and one-half feet
wide, the wheel being nine feet in di-
ameter. Holes are punched in the gas
pipe axle to fasten the arms to. The
crank is of two by four pine fastened
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

tunity for acquiring land or getting
into lucrative business of some kind
that is equal to any even offered in
this country. Some years ago the
people of the United States were ac-
customed to see Canada figure on the
maps as a long narrow strip of land,
with scattered villages and towns
nlong the st. Lawrence and great
lakes. 1t is hard, therefore, to realize
that rival nation, with territory
vastly larger than the whole United
States, has risen upon our northern
border and has set about making a
great future for itself, building fac
tories, levcling mountains, filling up
the valleys, bridging rivers, digging
new and enlarging old canals, con-
structing thousands of miles of rail
ways to bind together its territories
and carry the fruit of the earth to
distant market and make easy of ac-
Cess its enormous resources of timber,
mines and agricultural lands.
Since the accession to power of
vigorous, up-to-date, progressive gov
eminent, determined that the world
shall know what grand country Can
ada is and what unparalleled oppor-
tunities il offers, the ignorance that
heretofore existed regarding the coun-
try is rapidly diminishing.
The area of Canada, all told, is
3.456,3s2 square miles. The mind can
scarcely comprehend the vastness of
this area. The distance through Can
ada from the Atlantic to the Pacific
is roundly 1900 miles. In Ontario and
Quebec, the older provinces of the Do
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

niinion, there is not much farming land
available, but westward of Ontario, in
the old Hudson Bay territory, now
known as Western Canada, there are
hundreds of millions of acres of the
choicest land on the continent all
ready for the plowman. There
are the provinces of Manitoba, COM
prisng $4,000 square miles; Assinaboia,
about 10000 square miles; Keewatin,
2s2, 900 square miles; Saskatchewan,
1000 square miles; Alberta, 100000
square miles; Athabaska, 100000 square
miles; Northwest territories, 100000
square miles. Now that the United
States has filed up, no similar block
of agricultural lands awaiting the set
tier is to be found anywhere else.
Lord SelSirll in 1872 prophesied that
these plains of Western Canada would
yet maintain a population of 100000
600 souls. And why not? Last year
Manitoba alone had nearly 100000
ncres under crop in wheat, oats, barley,
fax and other grains, and potatoes and
other roots. This is undoubtedly the
coming wheat field of the world. The
yield per acre is prodigious. A late
United States consul, in one of his re-
ports from Winnipeg, wrote that when
the harvest time came the entire labor
TO be found in the region was wholly
inadequate to the task of caring for
the crop. The wheat had grown so
tall and stout and was so heavily laden
with grain that the work of threshing
and stocking was exhausting in the ex-
freme. The strength and weight of
the growing grain frequently broke
the reaping machines, and the utmost
exertion Of strong men was needed to
handle the great weight of the sheayes.
In some years the average yield has
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

been about 30 bushels per acre, in one
or two years 1t fell to about is bushels,
but even that production with present
prices will yield a large profit, the cost
of raising an acre being placed by ex-
perts at from five TO seven dollars per
acre.
Wheat, however, is not the only
cereal grown. The crops OF outs, bar
ley and peas ere phenomenal. Oats
were found by delegates visiting the
country to yield from 60 to 90 bushels
to the acre, while in some instances
they have been known to exceed 100
bushels. One delegate states; "The
grain stood. five feet six inches high,
the heads were more than ~ inches
long and each chaff case is found to
contain not one but three perfect kerr
nels Of oats" What other country pro-
duces such oats?
The yield of barley is enormous and
the quality is so superior that it is
sought after by brewers everywhere at
several cents per Dushel more tnAn tnat
grown in other countries. Peas, too,
yield splendid crop. They are en-
tirely free from bugs and grubs, and
being used for hog fattening they
give splendid results both in quality
of meat and in the weight gained by
the animals. To the fact that the hogs
are fed on peas instead of corn experts
attribute the entire absence from the
country of hog cholera, so familiar in
some of the western states. 1t must
not be supposed that corn will not
grow in Western Canada. 1t does grow
there to height of ten to twelve feet,
and is used for ensilage and occa-
sionally for fodder.
With regard to the yield of cereals a
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

exhibit. Three cabbages weighed to-
gether 126 pounds, solid, sound and fine
grained, as though they had weighed
but six pounds each. Prize potatoes
weighed AZ pounds each, while those
weighing three pounds were so plenti-
full that they attracted no attention.
Beets, carrots, turnips, etc, also grow
to an exceptionally large size; water
melons reach IS pounds and citron 25
pounds.
In Canada there is no state church.
Every denomination is left to worsliip
as 1t chooses. The government is fed.
eral. The Dominion parliament. corre-
spending TO the house of representa-
tives at Washington, has general su-
pervision and is elected by direct vote of
the people for term of five years. Each
province has legislature correspond
ing to the legislatures of the different
states in the American union. 1t deals
with matters that are purely provincial
They are elected for four years. Mu-
nicipal or purely local matters are man
aged by municipal councils elected an
nually. The franchise is so broad that
the voting power is practically con-
ferred upon almost every male person
over the age Of q years.
In educational matters, Western Can
ada Is up-to-date. The system is equal
10 nm, ~, tha co,st;,,n,4 p,,roI scbo,ls