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The Lamar register., 1900-03-21
EATS UNLOCKED VEGETABLES
A New York Man says That Is The Only
Proper Food.

There IS a man IN New York;. p.
Thomas, Jr.-wh0 says he has eaten no.
thing for six years but uncooked vegeta-
bles, and argues that nature intended all
of US 10 do SO. They are more whole
some, more healthful, more nOurishing
and contribute more to the strength and
vigOr Of the human system than cooked
vegetable or animal food. All energy.
Mr.. Thomas asserts, comes from the
sun. Plants absorb the sunshine and
hold the energy IN their tibers. like coal,
timber and minerals. Men and animals
derive their energy from plant food be-
cause they cannot eat trees or coal.
Cooking causes chemical decomposition
deprives vegetables OF part OF the ener-
Sy which they have inherited from the
sun. and hence they are less beneficial
to mankind than when eaten raw. Mr..
Thomas, his wife and child / year old
subsist almost exclusively on raw wheat
and other cereals, raw potatoes, cabbage,
turnips and all other varieties Of yege-
tables and fruits, As a consequence
they are never III. they are not susceptI-
BILE TO cold they wear their garments
without uudercIOthing. oyercoats or
wraps the year round. Mr. Thomas
claims to have the strength OF four men,
and can lift l+5o pounds.
The Lamar register., 1900-03-21
Complete External am
Internal Treatment
$I.25

Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c), %
cleanse the skin of crusts and scales ana
soften the thickened cuticIe, CUTlCURA UNI
ment (5Oc. J, to instantly allay itching irIr It
tation, and inflammation, and soothe any
heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (50c' !, ~ y
cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SE'
Is often sufficient to cure the most torturins
disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood hunorss
with loss OF hair, when all other remedies "a.
The Lamar register., 1900-03-21

You can't make water run up hill"
mo; but you can freeze it and haul it
up"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
AN INVENTIVE HERMIT.
His Machine Will Not Make Much Stir
In the World.

For eighty-two years Charles How
ard was the mystery of Okefnokee
swamp, and his death a few days ago
recalled to mind some stories OF his
life. The old man was hermit. llV-
ing all alone in a small and dilapidated
log hut in the swamp. His eccentricl-
ties were many, though he did not an
noy people The old man was pau
per, dependent on the county for sup
port during the past thirty years. in
his secluded life he toiled on with the
problem of perpetual motion. employ
ing an old spinning wheel as a ma
chine. with two large rats as power
The rats were so fastened on the rim
of the wheel that they could not get
away. and kept the wheel revolving
rapidly night and day. Once the wheel
got in motion, the rats kept running
on the rim till they expired from sheer
exhaustion. SO intent was the old her
nit on solving the problem that he
| hardly ever took his eyes off the wheel,
excepting of course, in his slumber.
The life of the rats did not exceed Il
hNCh riNtl iit put tllNlAi ~ VIII Va
! the wheel. When one team of rats
expired. another team was put in har-
ness. The old man would hunt rats
in such ruins as he found in the vicir-
ity of the swamp. and it is estimated
that his perpetual motion wheel con-
sumed over hundred rats per year
When asked why he attempted perpet-
ual motion the old hermit replied:
! Il hain't q lOSin er gainin mp nuthin
/ BY passin' OFF the time wi my wheel
an rats. an if hit on perpetual mo-
! ton Wit hit hain't ner wuss'n lot eI
/ yer edicated folks is done in Their way
an failed. Hits mighty purity seem
III my rats CT chasin one anuther or
my spinnin' wheel. an | thinks as how
I'll git way to feed 'em after awhile
so as ter keep 'em runnin' durin
Their nacherl lives. Then I'd be nearer
perpetual motion than some people
whit knows NON | do is. An hi
hain't cost enything yit sperimentin'
as the rats can't eat an run at tn
same time. | thinks I'll git things
worlin' fer perpetual motion after
gifts way 10 feed the rats while they i
a runniu' An if do. I'll jus rake il
a million dollars as easy as fallin' OFF
log"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12

Miss Clara Logan of Upton caught
her robe on fire while seated near
CRATE. and she was rescued by her
mother who CHANGED TO be in an add
joining room. Both women suffered
badly burned hands.
During a Seance at Fort Wayne Civ
en- by Mrs. Folsam. one of the skep-
ties. disregarding the caution. touched
n Standardization" which proved to
be flesh and blood. and as conse-
quence further demonstrations have
been called off.
The city council of Charlottesville
has directed that all bids for wood and
coal during the past two years. made
necessary by the low pressure of gas,
be presented to the company for pay
melt. In case of refusal, then steps
will be taken to forfeit the franchise
of the company.
Jasper Roberts of Dublin. pushing a
wheelbarrow. ran the barrow on the
Pan Handle railway tracks in time to
have it whisked from his grasp and
broken into fragments by a passing
train He had not noticed the proxim-
ity of the danger.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12

a signer of the Declaration of indie
pendence The widowed mother OF
Jefferson Page was much surprised
for she had made no application-to
receive an official document from the
war department, offering her two APP
pointments to West Point for her son,
las some recognition of his father
distinguished services" Her young
est son preferred the navy. and he was
appointed midshipman and sent on to
the school ship at Norfolk. There
was no naval academy in those days.
and the youth of the navy scrambled
up the tree of knowledge as they could.
Fortunately young Page, for boy
o. his age. was well advanced in math-
ematics and the classics. After few
months on the school ship he was
ordered to the flagship Erie, bound for
the West Indies.
Page was the youngest midshipman
aboard, but by a strange train of Cir
cumstances it was his lot to command
the flagship for fifteen days before his
cruise was ended. The Erie had been
to return home. when the yellow fever
| broke out with great viruience and for
| forty eight hours made great havoc.
| The captain sent for Midshipman Page
| and said to him: Il am n sick man and
all our officers are down with the fe-
yer; here is an appointment for you as
| acting lieutenant. Take us home;
| steer for Norfolk
Page took charge, and, with the aid
of one midshipman. turned the old frig-
| ate hOmewards.
Off Tape Hatteras it was battle
| for life or death, but the old ship
| weathered the gale and Midshipman
Page triumphantly carried the Erie
| into Norfolk landed the sick without
the loss of a single man on the voy-
| age, and with boyish glee read some
complimentary notices OF his short
command in the paper of the day. After
| q period CT shore duty at the Observa-
tory, Washington, an expedition to eX-
plore the basin of La Plata and to as
| certain the condition of the country
and its people. in view of future trade
with the United States. was decided
| upon by the government, and the com
mand was given Jefferson Page. Capt
Page was engaged over seven years oil
his professional life in this work, ana
considered it of great Importance. fol
the commercial interests of the United
States. Capt Page reached home from
his last expedition few days before
the outbreak of hOstilities between
North and South. The day or Wiz
ginia secession Capt. Page gave in his
resignation and gave over to the navy
department all the papers and charts
of the second expedition. Thus ende.
abruptly his career in the United States
! navy.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
SIR THOMAS Upton.
The I;aronet Tells How lie Slept.
BegGar, in City Hail Park.

And the poor fellows | met those
nights that l slept in city hall park.
Unfortunate as | was. Id give some
thing to know what became OF them
afterward whether God was as goOd TO
them afterward as he has been 10 me,
and whether they are the better for
the lesson of adversely. These are the
words OF Millionaire Sir Thomas Lip
ton in Leslies Weekly. Those days
in New York were hard-hard in a way
that you could scarcely imagine. Many
and many a night did ! stand outside
the windows of the Fifth Avenue.
wondering what the rooms inside were
like, and whether I'd ever have money
enough to be able to afford to sleep
in one for just q night. Yet through
all the storm of trouble and sorrow |
never lost courage. There was some
thing in my bones that seemed 10 tell
me that | should get there at last. 1t
was kind of instinct, | suppose. or
touch of the bulldOg-goodnesS only
knows l don't know that l ever felt
so cut to the heart as in that morning
when. nervous and trembling-fd eat
en- nothing for nearly two days. en-
tered the Office of banker-rich then
and richer now-in search of Il situa-
ton. I've never forgotten how he
looked up. glared at me over his
glasses, growled, Turn that fellow
OUT and walked away. | met that
man at a dinner the other night
thirty years older, but the same. boys,
always the same. That kind OF animal
never changes except for hair and
wrinkles. He came up smiling silky
Obsequious. | remembered his name.
| knew him again. He began to STAN
mer a clumsy apology. and his apology
was more uncomfortable than the orig
inal affrOnt" Yet those days in New
York were not without their results,
remarked one of the group.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
Needed the Soap.

From the Washington Post: 1t was
at a department store bargain counter
for odds and ends. The crush was ter
rife Women squeezed and elbowed
and showed to get alongside the coun-
ter. Frequently two of them happened
to pick up the same bargain at one
and the same time. and then they both
retained their clutch on it and looked
daggers at each other until the strong
er OF the two won the victory or the
bargain was rent into ribbons y
naughty matron with an electric seal
coat picked up a box containing three
cakes of soap for s cents at the same
moment a humble-loOking little wom-
an in a faded tan coat had fastened
her grasp on the box. Il believe | was
the first to take hold Of this said the
matron in the electric seal coat. freeZ-
ingly. The Misunderstanding little wom-
an helu on for a minute. studying her
antagonist, then she slowly relaxed her
hold on the box. We'll, you can have
it, she said. amiably. You look as
if you need the soap" The bargain
counter is the place to observe how
they love one another.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
Good Fortune.

The following story is classed under
True Animal Stories, but is really
q fish story: Not long ago hawk
caught fish in Long Island Sound.
but while flying with it to the woods
to devOur it at leisure. the fish floun-
dered from the hawks hold and
dropped into farmers yard, where
a big mastiff was sitting The dog
caught the fish as it came down, and
the hawk swooped after it, but the
dog turned and ran into the house.
placing his trophy, yet alive, at the
feet of his mistress. 1t proved to be
q large bluefish, and it was served up
that night to an appreciative family.
The dog ever since has been seen to
sit in the same place at the same time,
evidently impressed with the belief
that his good fortune may be repeated
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12

The evening following Capt. Page
Jeff Washington for Virginia. For two
years he filled important land COM
mands and began the building on York
river of the little fleet of gunboats.
The evacuation of Yorktown obliged
his retreat, and the nearly completed
boats were burned by the retreating
party.
Capt. Page was soon after sent to
Europe with the rank Of commodore to
bring out the two irOncladS built for
the confederate government in Eng
land. They were completely finished.
equipped, and ready for service. But
after the vigorous diplomatic action of
the United States minister. Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, the British govern
ment took possession Of the iron
clads" and added them to its own navy.
where they are still in commission.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12

in Italy-although more than Italian
softness filled the air. And l wandered
around, looking for thorns and nettles,
but l found none of them grew there.
And l walked forth, and / saw the sun
rise, and l said: when will 1t set
again?" and the sun sank not. AND
l saw the people in holiday apparel,
and 1 said: When do they put on
workingman's garb again, and delve
in the mine, and swelter at the forge?
but neither the garments nor the robes
did they put off. And | wandered In
the suburbs. and l said: Where DO
they bury the dead of this great city,
and | looked along by the hills where
it would be most beautiful for the dead
to sleep. and / saw castles and towns
and battlements; but not mausoleum
nor monument nor white slab could
| see And l went into the great
chapel of the town and said: Where
do the poor worship? where are the
benches on which they sit?" and a
voice answered: I'VE have no poor
in this great city And l wandered
were the novels of the destitute; and
| found mansions of amber and ivory
and gold. but no tear did l see or
sigh hear. | was bewlldered, and L
sat under the shadow of a great tree,
and said: What am l. and whence
comes all this?" And at that moment
there came from among the leaves,
skipping up the flowery paths and
across the sparkling waters. a very
bright and sparkling group; and when
| saw their step l knew it. and when
| | heard their voices | thought / knew
them; but their apparel was so diff
| ferent from anything | had ever seen
| bowed a stranger TO strangers. But
after awhile, when they had clapped
| their hands and shouted: Welcome.
welcomed" the mystery was solved, and
| saw that time had passed and eternity
had come, and that God had gathered
us up into a higher home; and | said:
Are we all here?" and the voices OF
innumerable generations answered:
"Au here" and while tears of glad
ness we're raining down our cheeks
and the branches of Lebanon cedar:
were clapping their hands, and the
towers of the great city were Ginning
their welcome. we began to laugh, ant
sing. and leap, and shout: Home
| hOmei hOme.'
And then | felt a child'S hand on m.
face. and it woke me up. The children
wanted more play. Children Away:
want to play more.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
As Related by Drummer just he-
turDed From Michigan.

Speaking about man having
said the commercial traveller, fitting
his chair at more acute angle against
the wall. reminds me OF a terrible eX-
perience | had last week. | was doing
a few of the little towns in Michigan,
and got caught on the road in drlv-
ing rainstOrm one night. 1t was
lonely place without house In sight.
| went on until the horse gave out,
and then made for building that
seemingly rose by magic from the
ground. Ii was a weird. rickety place,
but the old man who offered me
nights lodging looked harmless
enough. so | went to bed and made
the best of bad bargain. The first
part of the night was all right. NO
sound except the dismal beat of the
rain against the window and the scurry
Of rats mp and down the wall. | slept
fitfully. fearing, | knew not what. ana
with my revolver under my pillow.
| Suddenly | was awakened by terrible
/ noise. unearthly and awful. 1t was a
/ deep. reveTberating sound. but | found
| it impossible to locate the direction
! from which it came. The cold, gray
| light of dawn lay OH the scene. The
air was tense with expectancy. and
with bound / sprang from bed and
rushed wildly to the window. The
noise certainly had come from with
out. and | flung open the sash with
trembling hands, and discovered the
truth "Well?" asked several as he
paused and fiicked the ash from his
cigar tip meditatively. What them?
| Nothing. No one was hurt. 1t was
only the day breaking" he said gently
and he turned to ring for ice water
| rs they all tainted.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
Capt. stormont Is Selected.

Capt Gilbert Il. StormOnt OF Gibson
county has been elected cOmmandant
of the Indiana soldiers home for three
years. His home is at Princeton. lie
is 30 years OLD and al present travel
ing deputy revenue collector. There
were over thirty applicants and the
trustees spent from Wednesday night
at 7:30 until II O'Clock Thursday night
in making 2 choice. BY agreement.
whenever any candidate received three
votes the other TWO were 10 90 to him
and make it unanimous. The board
passed fayOrably upon eighteen appli-
cations for admission to the home.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
LIVED EXUIIING LIFE
THOMAS J. PAGE WHO RECENT
L-Y PASSED AWAY.
Commanded the Flagship Erie In the
United States Navy When Only "A
Midshipmau-Fights Pirates In the
China sea.

There died in Rome, Italy, a few
weeks ago one of the old-time ante
bellum heroes of the United States
navy. The exploits of the new navy
the white sQuadrons-are known to the
new generation and the older remem-
Der only the names of Porter and Far
ragut. But in the days before the civil
war in the United States Capt. Thomas
Jefferson Page was familiar figure in
naval annals. He commanded the flag
ship Erie when midshipman, discov-
cred a new channel in New York har-
bor fought Malay pirates in the China
seas. negotiated the treaties of amity
and commerce with the South Ameri-
can republics. explored the La Plata
river, refused an admiral's commission
in the Italian navy, and built the con-
federate navy during the civil war. AL
though his last active service had been
given to the enemy of the union. his
dying request was that he be buried
with the Stars and Stripes about him.
Capt. Page was in his 92d year at
the time OF his death. He was OF
proud old Virginia stock. having been
born at Shelby. Gloucester county, Va,
Shelby being part Of the great Rose
well estate. on the York river His
father. an eminent Virginia lawyer.
was the eldest son OF the famous Gov.
John Page of Roosevelt. His mother
was a daughter OF Major-Gcneral Thos-
Nelson, also governor Of Virginia. and
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
A NOBLE WON a NJ.

The recent death of Lady Margaret
Fitzalan Howard. the youngest sister
of the Duke of Norfolk, closes a career
of remarkable devotion to the service
OF God and neighbor, at the compare
lively early age of 50 years. Lady
Margaret was one OF band OF ladies
who have done. and are doing. a great
work in the east end Of London among
the poor working girls and their fami-
lies. goinC in turns from their west
end home 10 live among the poor OF
Whi;ech2pel. etc. and showing SYM
patty with the hard lives of their toll
ing sisters which is SO much more
ciIectual than merely giving money to
charitable associations. however wor-
thy. An incident in the lives OF these
ladies will show how their work is APP
preciated One Of them had a favor
ite little dog. which was stolen in the
east end and she offered a high re-
! ward Soon after two men brought
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
STRANGE PROPHECIES.
Mo,ay, the Grand Master OF the Tenn
piars, Predicted Truly.


piars, Predicted Truly.
Clement V. and Philip ". procured
the condemnation of Molay, the grand
master of the templars, to the stake,
says Chambers Journal. AS he was
led TO execution Molay cited his perse-
cUtors to appear before Gods throne,
the king within forty weeks and the
pope within forty days. Within these
respective times both died. Rienzi, the
last of the tribunes, condemned to
death Fra Morale. When he pro-
nounced the sentence the culprit sum-
m0ned the Judge 10 meet death him
self within the month, and within the
month RisnZi wGs assassinated. In
1915 Manning KOppeZoon. Roman
catholic. tortured to death during tho
religious strife in the Netherlands, re-
canted his extOrtad confession when
en- the way to the scaffold. A clergy
man, Jurian EpeszOon, tried to drown
his voice by clamorOus prayer. The
victim summoned him to meet him
within three days ut the bar Of God,
and Epe2Z0on went home and died
within that time. While at the stake
Wishart openly denounced Cardinal
Beaton: He shall be brought low,
even to the ground, before the trees
which have supplied these fagots have
shed their leaves The trees were
but in the bravery of their May foliage
when the bleeding body of the cardi-
nal was hung by his murderers over
the battlements of St Andrews.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
Because of Their BOer Sympathy.

Two Irish magistrates were recently
deprived by Lord Ashbourne, the lord
chancellor of Ireland, of their offices
on account of antiBritish comments
on the BOer war. The proceeding Is
most unusual, especially as one OF the
delinquents is nObleman, Lord Emily,
who, speaking to some laborerS at
Limerick, inferred that Great Britain
might have another Ladysmith in Ire
land. Lord Ashbourne asked for an
explanation, but Lord Emily haughtily
refused, whereupon he was removed.
Lord Emily is prominent in Ireland,
both socially and politically, and is an
ardent home ruler. The only other in
stance on record is where Mr.. Glad
stone years ago deprived Lord Ross
more of magistracy for GtDa;l.c at
tcrances.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12

the dog to her west end home. and
absolutely refused to accept the re-
ward saying: We did not know it
was your dog, or we never would have
taken it, and it will never be stolen
again. Lady Margaret was ever as
loyal to her queen and country as she
was TO God. and with the desire to
maintain the great principles which
have given to English people so many
blessings she was one of the first to
Join the Primrose League and support
the British constitution and the real
rights of British citizens. She served
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12

BY a natural gas explosion at the
county inirmary a few miles south OF
Peru the other morning both sides and
one end wall of a large brick store
room were demolished: also part OF
the main buildings Immediately fol
lowing the explosion. with bricks and
mortar flying everywhere and window;
crashing in. men and women Of all
ages rushed out. shrieking and terror
stricken. 1t required determined WORK
TO control them and make them re-
enter the building. In a majority Of
cases force was necessary.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
Dies at Her SISTERS Bier

Mrs. Lucy Howard Armstrong. Sis
ter of Capt Howard. shipbuildcr, Of
Jacksonville. died the other morning
of a complication of diseases. aged 81
years. Her sister. Mrs. Martha How
ard Baird. SO years old. Of Louisville.
after being notified Of Mrs. Arm
strong's death fastened TO the home.
While kneeling at the bier Mrs. Baird
was taken suddenly i'll. and died a
short while after of paralysis OF the
brain. The sisters were much devoted
10 each other.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-12
RuIIcr Dismissed The Guest.

Sir Redvers Butler is credited with
being of that type of officers whose
butchers biil' is rather more likely
than not to be large. That he is not Il
person who will allow any ordinary
considerations to swerve him from
what he thinks is his duty was shown
at dinner in his house not long ago.
A certain well-known man was present,
and told an anecdote which was 81
"off-colOr" that the ladies were oX-
cessively displeased and distressed.
When the dinner was over Sir Red
vers rang the bell Mr.. A. S carriage
he ordered when the butler appeared.
IL do not expect my brougham so ca
ly.'' said Mr.. A.. and and there was p
CLEAN of defiance in his eyes. Sir
Redvers did not reply. but he took Mr.
A. by the arm, and led him gently into
the hall. 1T is time for you TO GO,
he said quietly and his guest went