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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
NO TWO F ACES
Are Alike Notwith standing the Appar
ent Resemblance Of Many.


Washington Star: Psychologists tell
Us" said New York lawyer TO the
writer recently, that no two faces are
exactly alike. and l think they are
correct, although we often hear OF one
person being the exact image of an
other. That this is largely matter
of Imagination can be proved by in
yestigation. l have in my office
clerk who is constantly mistaken for
myself: several people say he resem-
bles me so closely that | must be jok-
ing when | deny the relationship. In
order to ascertain how much reason
there was for these statements | took
the fellow to a photographer one day
last week and we both had our pic
lures taken together, and | would defy
any one to point out a single point OF
resemblance. My clerk, however. re-
CARDS the matter as a good joke, and
| half suspect he acknowledges rela-
tionship in a good many cases inten-
tional!y, so as to cause complications.
I have shown the photograph to sew
eral people who have made the mis-
take. but it has no influence upon them
whatever. and it is impossible TO con-
vince them against the will"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
OF VARIOUS SPEECHES.

Pico della Mirandola, learned Ital-
ian of the fifteenth century, was elo-
quent in twenty-five languages, and NJ
Fulgence Fresnel was familiar with
twenty.
In the seventeenth century Nicholas
Schmid, German peasant, translated
the Lords prayer into as many lang
uages as there are weeks in a year, and
in the next century Sir William Jones
could converse in twenty-eight differ
ent tongues.
The fame of Elihu Burritt, the learn
ed blacksmith, who died some twenty
years ago, is still fresh in memory.
Burritt mastered Latin, Greek and
French while plying his hammer at the
forge, and he made as light of trans
lating Icelandic sagas as of shoeing a
horse.
There have been phenomenal ling
uists in all ages, from the far-away
days of NIithridates, king Of Pontus,
who could converse with his subjects
in each of their twenty-five different
tongues, and from the days of Cleopa-
ira, who never used an Interpreter in
her relations with the worlds ambas-
sailors.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
Music Kills a Horse.

Music caused the death of a beauti-
full 3-year-old filly at Florence, Ala,
the other day. A farmer drove his
valuable young mare into town, and
as he was driving up the principal
street a brass band suddenly struck
UP its blatant music The mare had
never heard any sound like that before
and so startled was she that she
dropped dead in the shafts of the
amined the carcass declared that the
mare had died OF heart failure, due to
excitement, caused by the sound of the
unaccustomed music of the brass
band.-ROanoke News.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
THE JAILER'S BABY.

1t was all the fault of the baby. So
the jailer said, and so everybody be-
lieved. At the same time it was de-
clared absurd that baby should be
allowed companionship with a muir
derer, and beyond all decency that
bottles of laudanum should be left
within its reach. Indeed. there was
great deal of talk, and much disap-
pointment over the affair. Not since
the lynching of the negro Tilly, two
years before, had there been hang
ing in the jail And this time it was
to have been conducted on the strict
est principles of the hangman's code.
So very proper were all the arrange
ments that the citizens spoke of the
coming execution with quite the de-
corum which an eastern town would
use to discuss a pink tea. Small Won
der then that erybody-especially
those holding tickets of admission
was outraged. in fact, so much was
said that the jailer resigned and he
and his wife-with the baby. who had
done all the mischief-moved to an
ed that his nerves seemed dreadfully
upset about the whole thing and she
was glad he had given up the "jail
business" Farming was nicer work
anyhow, she allowed, and the baby
seemed to thrive better. AS for the
baby himself, he told me in strict con-
fdence just how it happened.
ho
slightest effort to escape. From the
time sentence was pronounced he
seemed to begin TO die. He would sit
for hours without moving a muscle
would neither eat nor drink. A horrid
sort of stupor possessed him, from
which the kind-hearted jailer was pow
erless to rouse him, until one day he
thought of his baby, Ted, the only bit
of sunlight in the gloomy house Of
bondage. The lovely child blossomed
like a Sharon rose in this desert of
sin and death, and the very sight of
him might, so the jailer thought, bring
peace and healing. So one day the baby
was brought to the death watched cell.
His tousled, yellow head peered Gu
riously in and his small voice had a
ring of pity in it as he said: Dark
poo. man" And the prisoner came to
the grating and stretched out eager
hands, clasping the tiny fingers rested
trustfully in his. And nobody dis
turbed them, for the poor man" was
crying, and so they were not afraid
The baby came again, and often, and
they noticed that the prisoner would
always eat what he brought; bit of
candy or dirty lump of sugar was his
daily offering. and it was never re-
jected One day the jailer came, too.
and they both watched the boy. He
was playing horse with riece of pine
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
THE MAN SEIZED 1T.

board. The prisoner glanced at It and
said, grimly: Won't they need that
in the yard?"
kept his gaze on the baby, who had
distracted the attention of the guard in
the corridor. The prisoner grasped
the door with both gaunt hands, and
putting his ashen lips as near the Jail
er's ears as the bars would allow, said
sullenly: Have you any idea of how
you are going to die?'
The jailer was alarmed and dis
tressed. He had hoped to lead the pris-
oner to forget his impending doom. if
only for respite of an hour, but this
question showed him how poorly he
was succeeding. He pretended not to
hear, and made a move as if to go, but
the child ran to him and, putting the
stick through the bars, lisped: See
horsy?"
A smile distorted his face as the
man took the piece OF wood, then let
it drop with shudder, speaking rapid
ly and low: Dying is bad enough. l
suppose. under any circumstances. but
none of US is heroic when forced to
sit, day by day, for certain hour.
when We are to begin the process OF
'rotting in cold obstruction God. can
you think. man. how it feels? What
devilish irony in the fate that l. who
have always hated any public display"
he choked and the baby laughed
should die in this way-should per-
form the tragedy OF my life before a
gaping crowd. | tell you, man, it must
not-shall not-be!"
His voice sank to whisper, but his
face was so livid with fear and threat
that the jailer grasped his baby and
moved away from the cell door The
man behind it laughed a dry. high
pitched laugh.
Il beg that you won't be frightened
l am not going to do anything violent.
except to myself, if possible. Do you
hear. man? Except to myself. Listen
to me. Every night you pray that baby
may never be in such a devil-ridden
hole as this cell. By those prayers.
and as you hope for mercy for him,
charge you have pity and listen to me.
] have thought of escape. | do not
fear death. What would life be to me
now? | killed him for her, and now
now | must die for him. Be it so, but
not that way"-and he pointed to the
bit of wood the child had dropped
God, not that way," Then as the jail
er moved little nearer, the man stag
gered to his feet and whispered hoarse-
ly: IAN old bottle | could break it in
pieces; or a rope-but no, the guard
would see me. Some anything,
so 1t be strong enough. but bring it
oh, let me have it before-before they
come to mel"
Not a word had the jailer spoken
during this plea of agony. Then the
guard came up with the little one.
"The kid wants to kiss man., and
he prisoner stretched his arms
through the grating and stroked the
curly head. The beautiful baby face
lit up with an angels smile. "By-by
man." he said, and his father carried
him away, with no sign Of response to
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22

the wild look of entreaty in the eyes OF
the doomed man.
Next day the baby came again. This
time he passed the guard, returning his
challenge, "Hullo, two-year-old!" by
only a dignified stare. He toddled up
to the prisoners cell, and the first
glimpse of the yellow head brought the
wretched occupant forward. His at
tention was attracted to the small tin
can the child carried "See there
And the little one proudly tapped il
against the iron grating. With fever
ish haste the man seized it. and with
an effort wrenched off the cover. In
side was a small bottle containing
brown liquid. which he smelled. then
sighed as with infinite relief. A sec
Ond's hesitation, glance upward
which was more a despairing inquiry
than prayer, and he raised the phial
to his lips Then he crawled to the
cot and crouched upon it, while the
baby tip-toed to see. Only the baby!
No pitless crowd Of ghouls; no vul-
lures watching the dying struggles or
their prey; only the baby. And to the
dying mans vision the aureole of hair
and reckoning hands were those or
heavenly spirit.
The phial dropped to the floor, the
shaven head sank back. and the pris-
oner was free.-Gertrude Cunning.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
The Burmese.

The Burmese will sacrifice any pros
pect of money-making TO go 10 feast.
These are called pives. and often the
entertainment is elaborate. | remem-
Der going to one in Upper Burma.
There was a good deal of dancing, but
neither the host nor his guest danced;
that would have been undignified. The
dancers were paid, and they twirled
lazily or jumped eXcitedly as occasion
required Most of the time, however,
was spent in chatter and smoking.
Smoking is the only thing at which the
Burmese are industrious. They start
smoking at the early age of 5, and they
smoke themselves into the next world
Girls smoke quite as assiduously as
the men, and as the cigars are very big
many a pretty mouth is strained to
accommodate a giant cheroOt-PaD
Mall Magazine.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22

The rule of life at the Elysee is as
simple as circumstances will permit,
except when Obliged to give Official en-
tertainments, NJ. and Nine. Loubet
take their luncheon at II and their
dinner at in a small dining-room, the
furniture of which is as plain as the
menu on the table, though now and
then they have an intimate friend to
join them at the former meal Nj.
Loubet, however, simple as are his
tastes and frugal as is his fare, is fully
alive to the importance OF maintaining
the dignity of his office; and it may be
taken for granted that he will, when
he returns to Paris from Rambouillet
and Montelimar, between which places
he will, if all goes well, spend his we'll
earned summer holiday, put himself in
to training for the severe social duties
which the president of the republic
will have to discharge during the ex-
hibition year.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
Prehistoric As>yriolOgy.

4 correspondent of the London
Times, writing from Bushire, Persia,
states that excavations at Susa have
produced inscriptions and relics of
very interesting character. Susa was
probably he most ancient and i'm
portant city in the worlds history,
compared with which both Babylon
and Nineyeh were modern cities. The
excavations, which are being conducted
by French scientists. have already
given lis the names of eleven kings at
Susa hitherto unknown to history. A
new cuneiform inscription is now being
deciphered. The data are supposed TO
belong TO a period when Egyptian civ
ilization was in its infancy. Some fine
specimens OF the Flint Age have been
found Susa, it is stated, was at one
time the capital OF the ChalGean king
dom.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
SOMETHING NEW.
A Discovery That Is Expected TO Revo-
Iutiouize Great Industry.

Just as Americans begin to feel that
they are upon the verge Of developing
superiority to Great Britain not only in
shipbuilding, but in the steel trade, in
which such a number of valuable for
eign contracts have lately been taken
by our manufacturers in the face of
British competition; and just as ma
ture seems TO encourage the American
aspiration by showing that the English
coal mines will be exhausted within
another fifty years, science seems 10
be coming to the aid of the Britisher
and may be about to open new fields
of competition in steel in which Amer
lea must take part il she is to main
tain her hard-earned prestige. The
discovery has been demonstrated in
London, and is being made much of by
the British press, that the ability TO
produce perfect steel by casting it in
a vacuum made by liquid hydrogen
with a process that is not proposed to
make public, has AZ last attained prac-
ticability A company has been formed
with a capital of 100000 to expert
the plan is as successful as Prof. De-
war, the discoverer, presumes it will
be, the air bubbles that now cause
flaws and weakness in steel will be
done away with, and metal will re-
suit such as the world has never seen.
To say that this means possible revo-
luton in the steel trade is to put 1t
mildly, and if the English government
can control the process, as it is now in
timated may be the case, then Amerl-
can scientists and those OF other coun-
tries will be put upon heir metttle to
get eevn with the Britishers. Liquid
hydrogen, which is the great agent
now discovered, is described as clear,
colorless, transp parent and very volatile
! fluid, no clearer than pure water, but
only one-fourteenth the density of
water In its lightness it is out of all
proportion to any known liquid. A
piece of paper when placed in it sinks.
| The difference between liquid hydro
gen and liquid air is as great If not
greater than the difference between the
ordinary temperature and liquid air.
| Liquid hydrogen places temperature at
within twenty degrees of absolute zero,
which is represented by 494 degrees
Fahrenheit and 213 degrees Centigrade
below zero. The boiling point of liquid
| hydrogen is 252 degrees below zero, at
which it is capable of enormous pres
sure. The discovery must affect every
problem of physics and chemistry. Its
| possibilities are ilimitable 1t may
revolutionize the methods that have
beeen laboriously built up during the
Journal.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
TOLD BY FIGURES.

One of the oldest cannon in exist
ence has just been fiShed out of the
bottom of the Thames river near
Twickenham. This archaic cannon is
% inches in length and about Az
inches in diameter, being made Of bars
of iron strengthened with hoops of the
same metal welded together. Com
pared with one of our modern peace
makers" as they are ironically called,
one of these old cannon is a mere
childs toy. They were originally
mounted on rude blocks of wood, fit
ting in a sort of socket. Their dis
charge was very undecided feature in
their operation, and the death-dealing
articles fired at random from their
mouths were round stones and rough
globes of iron.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
HAS A CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
How Certain New Orleans Man Enter
tains His Friends.

81 have a chamber of horrors at my
lodgings" said man about town who
takes great pride in his Enthusiastically
decorated apartments, that has proved
a tremendous hit with all callers. To
be absolutely accurate. it is cabinet
rather than a chamber, and consists
primarily Of an old cupboard. The
history Of the collection it contains is
somewhat peculiar, although it is not
the history with which it is generally
accredited. One day. when l was
prowling around the place. | ran across
lot of old rubbish in the closet. 1t
was such debris as old shoes, hats,
broken crockery, and so on. and 1 was
about to chuck it out, when l had an
inspiration. 1 thereupon cleaned up
the cupboard and arranged this plum
der on the shelves, each article bear
ing a label. For instance, a broken
Ratchet was inscribed, Weapon used
by Ii Yen, the notorious Chinese high
binder, in the commission of eleven
murders A rusty tin cup was tick
eted as The cup from which Mrs.
Deborah Simkins poisoned her hus-
band and six children Visitors were
cautioned to beware of the arsenic
One of my old razors, spoiled by chi
ropOdistic exploits, figured as the
celebrated suicide razor with which
seven men had taken their lives
Then followed detailed list OF the
victims. Several innocent sections OF
clothes line courted fame as various
hangmans noOses, and tin platter
was put in the collection as the plate
from which a certain notorious muir
derer devOured his last meal. One OF
my year-befOre-last's shoes was labeled
Shoe worn by Jack the Ripper and
left in the room of his last VICTIM
and a discarded four-in-hand did duty
as "a necktie taken from the corpse
of Billy the Kid the celebrated Apache
desperado.' These are merely a few
samples. The outfit included a little
of everything, from cigar stumps to
tin cans, and occasionally would pick
up some picturesque addition on the
street. Altogether the cabinet has
proved the most attractive feature OF
my establishment, and l have noticed
that 1T eXerts an extraordinary faSci-
Eation upon lady visitors. A number
of little parties have been organized
especially to see it, and everybody goes
away delightfully."- thrilled. The scheme
is something 1 would recommend to
anybody on the lookout for pleasing
novelties. New Orleans Times Dem
Ocrat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
Home for Families OF Bandits.

Not actuated by remOrse, but b. Lure
philanthropy, Jim Jenkins, hunter of
outlaws, has concluded to devote al.
his money to the maintenance of a
home for the orphans and widows Of
men he has run to earth, in particular,
and of criminals of the great South
west in general. Jim jenkins, now of
Kansas, is now Go years old and has
spent forty years as a scout and hunt
er of bandits and train robbers. II his
way he has made about $4,000. Among
the distinguished outlaws he has
chased were Jesse James and his broth
CT. Bob Ford, Bill Dalton and Bill
Cook, while he was the leader of the
band that caught Cherokee Bill in 1895.
In the Dalton raid in Coffeyville, Kas.,
Jenkins was shot eight times. He esti-
mates his bag of bad men at about $50
The home, which is being built on
5,000-acre farm owned by Jenkins.
near Pryor Greek, l. T., is to cost $20,-
000.-Bufalo Express.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
Surface Observation.

The remarks made by a countrym m
when he gets his first view OF the
ocean are not always remarkable for
depth and appropriateness. A stroller
on the beach OF Massachusetts, sea-
port overheard the opening remarks OF
farmer and his wife who had come
from northern New Hampshire. as he
subsequently learned from their con-
versation. well, | feel to be glad
we've come. William" said the woman,
with a sigh of pleasure, turning from
the sea to face her spouse. Would
you ever have believed there was such
sight of water in one place in this
world" mo, | wouldn't" returned
William. "And when you consider
that We can't see any but just
what's on top, it's all the more aston
ishin', Sarah, now amt it,"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
A New Metal.

Deadwood (S. Dak.) Spec. Chicago
Record: A new metal has been dis
covered in the bottom Of the Detroit
and Deadwood Company's shaft in Two
Bit, which thus far has puzzled the
mining experts of this city. In ap-
pearance it is white and resembles
platinum 1t is malleable and per ectly
indestructible. All of the known acids
seem to have no effect on it, although
it answers the description of several
well-knOwn metals. II carries some
gold, and there seems to be large guam
titles of it.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
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ton this paper.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
DIZZY SPELLS.

CoLoMA. Wis, April II, 1898.
The free sample of Zacgel's Swedish
Essence of Life you SO kindly sent me
in response to my letter arrived, and
was prepared and used according to
your directions. | am pleased to say
the medicine acts admirably in my
case. Since taking it my general health
has wonderfully improved, and the
dizzy feeling in my head is entirely
gone, enabling me to think and act
with a clear mind. MRS. c. ROCK.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
Tall Women in England.

The Duchess of Portland is the tall
est woman in England. She married
the duke in 1889. She was then Miss
Dallas Yorke. The duke is the lord
of f3OO.0 goo a year and owns half a
dozen castles, among them being the
Incompatible Welbeck. where Lady
Peggy Primrose spent her honeymoon
The duchess devotes most OF her time
to the furtherance Of temperance work
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
Two Plans.

From the Indianapolis Journal:
Wickwire-'My cigar man tells me if
] will stick my cigars in my vest pock-
ct so that the small end is out instead
of the big one I'll lose less cigars
Iabsley-"I got better plan than
that. Stick 'em in your coat pocket, so
they don't show at ALL
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22

"The international peace conference
has turned cut to be a good thing for
this country"
How do you mean?"
Look how many orders we are re-
ceiying from other countries for new
ships and guns. State Journal.