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New-York tribune., 1900-11-18
WHERE BANQUETs ARE HELD

Until within a few years nearly all the most
nportant of the seasons dinners in the
old Delmonico establishment OF the famous
ga therings that have been held in the celebrated
banquet hall OF that building volumes could be
written. Around the festive board in that
have assembled men whose fame has not only
been National but worldwide In that room
governmental policies have been enunCiated.
Speeches as eloquent and as witty as have
been heard anywhere at any time have been
of some OF the feasts which have been par
taken of in that dingy chamber, it came TO
be at last. eclipsed even the achievements of
Lucuus. Now, however. the scene of the big
dinners is confined place The
Waldorf Astoria Sherrys, the Savoy and num-
erous other hoStleries possess large and mag
nifcently decorated halls. which attract a due
banquet halls are built with galleries and boxes.
which filled with women, who. except in rare
instances, are not permitted, because OF custom,
10 f1in their male relatives and friends at the
BILE II is the woman's privilege to listen only.
and incidentally, to inhale the cigar fumes
which ascend to them in clouds. Probably in
time the men will be brought around to the
would occasionally enjoy a public dinner with
the good fellowship and geniality which always
go with II.
WHAT THE FEAsTS COST.
The cost of the dinners varies. of course. with
the quality of the things provided. Probably the
most expensive in the matter OF actual con-
sumption is the Chamber of Commerce banquet.
The cost to the diners is $50 plate. This price
includes separate wines with every dish and
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

II Is a pleasure talk of our Dinner
Ware Department The unusual aud unprece-
dented increase of business in this special de-
partment leads Us To believe thar We have the
largest variety to select from. and lower prices
by far than could possibly he obtained Else
where in this city. From several hun lrad diff
ferent patterns you can select any number OF
pieces thar you wish and pay accordingly. The
following give but Inadequate idea - the
goods mentioned or of the varieties from which
You may select. and are offered as suggestions
only.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

This duty Of obtaining capable after dinner
speakers is one of the most onerous which
committee OF arrangements is called upon to
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18
BAVARIAA CHINA
DINNER SET.
service for L.. .....
LIMOGES China
DINNER SET.
LIMOGES China
ENGLISH Shapes

Dishes, Plates. etc.
small green band. then
FURNISHED gold handle,
for II "
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

\ new pattern jTst
This mJmrut received Is
a fine Limoges China
Dinner Set. with Eng
lI>h shaped covered
las secured gold eOge,
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18
DIsGRACEFUL SCENES.

And what a stamping ground il is, There
chivalry IS stamped upon, there politeness is
trampled under foot, there women are elbowed
New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

Border pattern in either
yellow or blue flowers
Each piece has z1li edge
and line and gold traced
handles. Diunrrz
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

States senate. young Hit followed Lin
word that publicly fell from his lips.
These famous addresses, which made
Lincoln'S national reputation. and
which more than anything else con-
tributed to his election as president,
owe their permanent and enduring
form to the youthful reporters notes.
the originals of which the congressman
still boards among his literary treas
ures. Lincoln called him Bob" and
was fond of the boy.
After the war Hit went to Washing
ton as clerk of a congress committee
and had an opportunity to become &C
quainted with the great statesmen of
the reconstruction era. His good luck
sent him to Paris in 1874, just after The
Franco-Prussian war, as secretary of
legation and charge d'affaires ad inte-
rim. History was being made rapidly
In the French capital in these days, and
Hit spent seven years in Paris. a pc
riod which was closely packed with i'm
portant events. He returned to Wash
ington in 1881 to become assistant sec
rotary Of state, and the next year was
elected a member of the house of rep
resentatives. All through his career
in Congress he has been conspicuous in
the discussion Of international ques-
tions, and now, as chairman OF the
house committee on foreign affairs, he
+ |oJ ;n10 ~ -
beside whom there is no peer.
Hit has had the good fortune to &C.
ment friendship more firmly than al
most any other man now in public life.
He was Blaine's closest friend in
Washington. In the concluding years
Of Blaine's life Hit was the man in
whom he confided most often and was
often to be found in the historic old
mansion on Lafayette square. At the
same time that he enjoyed these affec-
tionate relations with the great secre-
tary of state he was the best friend OF
in public life. And no finer tribute
could he paid to the delicate tact of the
Illinois representative than that he
should have continued for years such
a relationship with two such men
without losing the confidence OF either
In Hits house in X street is a room
which is devoted to the memory of
Blaine. The walls are covered with
pictures of the Maine leader with auto
graph letters and with all sorts of rel
les which bring Blaine to mind. Else
where in the house are Lincoln relics,
and stored away somewhere in places
where they will be found sometime and
brought to light are scores and hun
dreds of confidential letters from men
whose names will figure in history.
Mr.. Hit is of medium height OF mod
es. bearing and one of those in public
life, not any too numerous, who is a
gentleman always. His voice is softly,
mOdulated; his manner Is frank and
friendly. although he never forgets the
diplomatic proprieties; his conversa-
ton is stored with information and an
ecdotes. and yet he has never been
known to reveal a thing which was TO
be kept In confidence. He makes no
pretension to oratory. and Is not much
Of a politician.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
A WEEK In INDIANA.
RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR
SEVEN DAYS.
Chi'-ged with EIectricity- Sing ulsr EK.
Isrience of Family Near DaIeyilIe
Their Clothing Emits Electric Sparks
When Subjected TO Friction.

Daleville-Mrs Mary Cornelius. 20
years old. and two children. occupy
story-and- frame house in the
M.ddletOwn pike. The house is with
in a few feet OF an abandoned Gene
terry. not far from the center Of Dale
Vile. There has been a strange phe-
nomenon in their home for several
weeks. The clothing Of the family
seems 10 be charged - IA electricity.
Sparks fly from their apparel. even in
the daytime, and when in contact with
other clothing there IS cracking
sound. When pulled away the two gar
ments hold together tenacously and
emit a sound as if being torn. The
clothing hanging in w2rGrobes is sim
ilariy charged Tie boy. ley holding
out his hands can produce a shower
Of sparks. There are no electric wires
about the house. The family Is not
frightened, but is annoyed by The
| strange happenings.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
CONGRESSMAN HIT.
THE FRIEND OF LINCOLN IN
YOUNGER DAYS.
And Later Was Greatly Attached To
Blaine Tho Greatest American
Authority on International Cues
tioDs.

One of the most interesting men in
American political life today is Con-
gresham Robert Roberts Hit, Of llli-
nois, the chairman of the house COM
mittee on foreign aft airs. Not only
has he figured prominently in national
and international affairs for nearly q
generation but he has enjoyed personal
relations of a peculiarly close charac-
ter with more men o. eminence per-
haps than any other man of the day.
Away back before the war, when a
mere boy, he was attached to Abraham
Lincoln in way that gave him env. a
bic facilities for studying the processes
of Lincoln's mind. He was a stenog
rapher and newspaper reporter for
the Chicago Tribune. at that time :
great Republican organ OF the west,
ard throughout the memorable debate
between Lincoln and Douglas. proceed
ing the latter'5 election 10 the United
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
A CASE OF NERVE.
Young Man Who Did Not Care to
Live UnterrI6ed by Danger.

When the New York Yacht Club
squadron was at Cottage City last
summer, the writer met one OF the
most prominent members Of the club,
a man who had just returned from
trip around the world. The CONVEX
sation turned on daring and courage,
and this drew forth the remark from
the yatchsInan that friend of his who
was on beard the Dauntless in her race
across the ocean showed the greatest
nerve of any man he heard OF in years.
1t seems that when the boat was in
mid-ocean hurricane came on, and
all about was blue. The DauntlesS was
hove to and making bad weather. The
wind and sea were something fearful.
and it looked for two days as if the
yacht would founder. Capt. SamueiS
told all hands that it looked very bad.
and he did not think she would ride
it through. All hands were on deck
for hours, save one guest below. who
during all this time lay in his berth
reading a novel. With the idea of in
timating TO the young man that ne
had better prepare fer tie worst. the
captain said to him: We are all liable
10 be lost" The guest replied: 81 nder
the c.rcumsi ances. we are Just as well
here as in a lifehoat or anywhere else.
and he resumed his reading. Cap
SamuelS went On deck, and he t0id
the other guests that the man down
IN the cabin was either the biggest fool
he ever saw or the bravest man. lie
has no fear. and prefers reading his
novel to making p operations I0r laS~
chance. ! don't know what TO make
of him Besides. he wants to knc|
when dinner will Re ready" HappnT.
the wind and sea went down. and tAe
Dauntless reached port. There were
facts in the case that Capt. Samlels
did not know. The fearless guest. Il
seems. had for a Ions time been a
source of great concern 20 his friends
lest he might do away with himself.
He had pleiancholia, wn.ch the great
excitement CT the trip. 1t was though.
might cure. So, In fact, lie did not
care whether Re lived or died; in fact,
ii is believed that he hoped the old
ship would go down. He is now in ex-
cellent health and at present making
a trip around the world. -BOStOn Her
aid.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
OSPITAELE CANNISALS.
Kind to White Strangers, Though They
Occasionally Eat Black Man.

Rev. DR.. r. H. Nassau expects to re-
turn in the spring to his field of mis-
siOnary work in equatorial Africa. This
is DR.. Nassau's fourth visit to the
United States since, as young man, he
was sent TO Africa as missionary 80
years ago. During the last five years
he has been stationed at Liberville, Ga
boon province (French), engaged in
translating IA books of the Bible into
the Fang language. These TRANSACTIONS
are being printed by the American
Bible society. The Fa2gs are tribe OF
cannibals, numbering about 100000,
and inhaGitirg the country lying far
up the Ogove river. They are large of
stature, wdrli',e, and represent much
the strongest tribe in that portion OF
the country. DR.. Nassau said before
leaving Baltimore that he conld not
call the natives that he meets in AZ
rica sarages; they are cruel, he said.
bat not bloodJhirsty; their desire 10
Kill is more for supegstitious reasons.
There are cannibais. be said among
Ni.C1l- lle has SEEN liA-tti bOtl4h- Gtf-
man arms for food and Offering tor sale
with other meats human hands; and
one day continued the doctor, while
floating down the river in a canoe, ac-
cOmpanied by my little girl and twp
natives to row the boar. We were called
to from group Of naked men standing
on the shore 10 know If We wished to
bay any meat, and. holding up q hu-
! man arm, they informed Us in their
language that they had just killed two
men belonging to a hostile tribe not far
from there This was about thirty
! miles below my house" The only
means CO transportation through that
portion IF the country. Dr. Nassau
said. is by beat. Trade IS carried on
without money. a cake Of soap or a
| piece of calico or lends being oil that
| is necessary. The men there are
! polygamists, their importance in the
community being estimated according
| to the number OF wives. said the doc
| tor They are kind to Their mothers.
! but abuse their wives. Oar mission has
! succeeded in bringing about 1,SO0 OF
them into the Presbyterian church. II
) before coming Christians they had
! married more than one wife we require
| them TO set all free (ai their wives are
slaves, bought and Sold but one-the
one they might prefer. The African is
very hospitable No medicine ever gave
me more benefit than the Christian
kindness of these heather friends Of
our little mission. They have a re-
ligion-they are more religious than
you or I. They feel honored to receive
us as their official guests, and SO we
can depend upon their protection"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30

much enthusiasm on the part OF his
troops standing in castle or on hill
top looking off upon fight. 1t Is a
Garibaldi or a Napoleon /. who leaps
into tie stirrups and dashes ahead.
And you stand outside the Christian
life and tell your children to go in.
They will not go. But you dash on
ahead. you enter the kingdom OF God,
and they themselves will become good
soldiers Of Jesus Christ.
A Personal Appeal.
Are your children safe? know it is
a stupendous question to ask. but
must ask it, Are all your children
safe? A mother when the house was
on fire got out the household goods.
many articles of beautiful furniture.
but forgot TO ask until too laCe, Are
the children safe?" When the ele-
ments are melting with fervent heat
and God shall burn the world up and
the cry of Fire, fire." shall resound
amid the mountains and the valleys,
will your children be safe?
/ wonder if the subject strikes a
chord in the heart of any man who had
Christian parentsge, but has not lived
as he ought? God brought you here
this morning to have your memory re-
vivcd Did you have Christian an
cestry? "Oh. yes" says one man. IF
there ever was good woman, my
mother was good" How SIZE watched
you when you were sick! Others
wearied. If she got weary. she never
theless was wakeful, and the medicine
was given at the right time, and when
the pillow was hot she turned 1t. And,
oh. then when you began to go as
t-ay, what grief it was to her heart,
All the scene comes back. You re-
member the chairs. you remember the
table. you remember the doorsill where
you played. you remember the tones OF
her voice. She seems calling you now,
not by the formal title with which we
address you. saying, Mr." this or
Mr." that. or Honorable" this or
honorable" that. 1t Is just the first
name. your first name, she calls you
by this morning. She bids you to a
better life. She says: Forget not all
the counsel I gave you, my wandering
boy. Turn into paths OF righteousness
/ am waiting for You at the gate
Oh, yes. God brought you here this
morning to have that memory revived
and l shout upward the tidings. An
gels Of God. send forward the news.
Ring. Ring! The dead is alive again
and the lost is found.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
A Cautious Prophet.

Weather bureaus are seldom safe
from public criticism, for mistakes are
sure to occur; but we must give these
modern prophets credit for an out
spokenness which their forOears were
too shrewd to risk. Mr.. Samuel
Clough, who edited the New England
Almanac at the very beginning of the
last century, was a good example OF
prophet who intends to make no mis-
takes. Perhaps" says he. predicting
the weather from January 18th to the
23d, 1902, 1T will be very cold weather.
if it frese by the fireside or on the
sunny side of fence at noon" In
April he hazards: Perhaps wet wealth
er. If 1t rains. Now. fair weather, II
the sun shines. Windy or calm" And
in July he ventures small advertise
ment for the town of his residence:
"If now the weather do prove fair,
People to Cambridge do repair"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
Ginseng In Vermont.

Considering that ginseng hunting
has been a source of income to some
in this state, and that effort has been
made to cultivate the root here. it may
be of interest to give few details
concerning diggers of ginseng in Ten
nessee, where the plant is indigenous In
certain sections. Demand for the root
Is constant, and the price high. 1t has
been a mystery as to what the Celes-
tials have made of the root-perhaps
a substitute for opium. Later authori-
ties claim it Is used as a medicine for
nearly all the ills to which the Celes-
tial Is heir to. The United States Is
now dividing honors with the Chinese
empire in consumption of ginseng. Ii
is made into medicine here and consid-
cred one of the greatest remedies of
the day for gastric disorders. Great
sums have been expended in it's cult
walton, but success has not been fiat
tering. One young man in Newfane
gathered in the fall rs pounds of gin
seng at about 81 per pound.-Burling-
ton. VT. Free Press.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
CHILDREN OF ACTORS.
Most Stage Folk Don't Want Their
Offspring to Initiate Them.

1t is interesting to observe that few
Of the noted people of the stage have
children or relatives on the boards
with their permission. Mrs. Kendall
comes of family of actors, but she
says firmly no daughter of hers shall
ever be an actress with her consent,
because the work is too hard and the
has four daughters, and two of them
last season were seen with their father
on the stage, but the situation was diff
ferent, inasmuch as they were in his
company. Sarah Bernhard put her
son on the stage, but in regard to her
little granddaughter she has other
ideas. 1t is her wish that the girl
should marry some good man and set
tie down into domestic life, which she
says Is a great enough career for any
one. Eleanora Buses daughter has
never seen her mother act, and that
mother intends she never shall. She
wants her daughter TO he a cultured,
thinking woman, but to keep off the
stage. Lillian Russells daughter Is
about is now, and is at school. She
has talent, 1t is said, but her mother
does not want her to adopt a stage
career. May Irwin is proud of her two
boys, but she has no stage ambitions
for them. They are destined for the
army and for business. Annie Russell
opposed stage career for her brother
Tom OF FauntlerOy fame, and Margaret
Anglin refuses to allow her younger
sister to accept several offers made her
Emma Nevada has daughter who
bids fair to be brilliant singer. but
she does not want the child to be
t'a'ned for the stage.-Memphis Scimi-
ter
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
COSTLY POLITICS.
Immense Sums Paid by Quay and Clark
to Enter the Senate.

Probably Clark, of Montana, and
Quay, of Pennsylvania. have spent
more money than any other two men
in the country trying to get into the
senate. writes Walter Wellman. 1t is
said upon reliable authority that in his
contest for control of the state of Penn
sylvania five years ago. the contest
which resulted in Quay victory and
the election of Boies Penrose to the
senate, Quay spent 100000 He had to
go into debt for a good part of this
money, and then attempted to recoup
by speculation in devious ways
A sample of his methods is found
ir the fact that some years ago, need
ing the help of a man who had been
appointed TO consulate in distant
land, he had that man brought thou
sands Of miles, leaving his official du-
ties, to control a certain member OF
the legislature of Pennsylvania. An
other man was given $4,000 with
which to take a trip to Europe in order
to get him out of the way. In all such
tricks as these in the working of cor
porations and sale Of franchises and
privileges, Quay is a past master. How
much money Clark spent to defeat his
enemies in Montana and gain doubt
full title to the senatorship is matter
of guesswork. Some estimates are as
high as s1,500,000. At one time 1t is
admitted Clark had from $50 to 250
men under pay at the capitol Of Mon
tana.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
General state News


The people Of Greensburg think they
are repaid for the entertainment they
gave the Southern Indiana Press as
ISOLATION by the advertising the visit
ors gave the city in their newspapers.
In the franchise granted to the Shell
byville Electric Railway company the
company is required to give $4,000
bond for the completion Of the road
to Indianapolis within three years.
a portion Of the wall of the new
building erected hy the Peru Steel
Casting company collapsed and sew
eral labcrers barely escaped.
a dog Oh which tax has not been
paid loses its life in Marion The au-
thorities have killed 100 OF these ca
mines in The last sixty days.
For two months after Apri! Frank
fort will be in darkness. At the end
of that time the city will have its OVID
electric plant.
The farmers in the northern coun-
ties of the state are banding together
to prevent hunting Of any kind on
their land.
There is no jealousy in Seymour to-
ward the capital Of Indiana. One OF
the streets is named Indianapolis av
enue
The sanatoriums of Mart.nsville are
preparing for more summer visitors
than they have ever bad before.
The Marion City council has reduced
gas rates about rs per cent. and the
companies say they will resist.
A militia company has been organ
lied on the Indiana side at Union City.
with W. Arthur as captain.
The new postCflice building at Shell
byvilie will be one of The handsomest
structures in the city.
There is no longer significance in the
name Of Bourbon. There is not sa-
loon in the town.
The young people CT New Albany are
preparing to give the opera. The Be-
hemian Girl"
The wife OF a Terre Haute minister
has made a quilt containing 6.5i3
pieces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slavin Graham. mar
ried for forty years. have separated
because OF a quarrel over property
rights. and Mrs Graham is suing for
divorce in the Madison Circuit court
Fire at Dllsboro destroyed the
frame building owned by Miss Anna
Camping. and occupied by William
Ewing. druggist. and DR.. Miller. Diff
ficulty was had in saving the Lutheran
church. Immediately adjoining.
The pumping station at Windfall.
owned by the Indianapolis Natural Gas
company. broke down and Lafayette
and West Lafayette were short Of fuel.
Charles Deitchler OF Indianapolis
was beaten in his suit against the
Southern Indiana Railway company.
tried at Seymour The plaintiff was
riding on a hand-car and was washed
off during the flood of 1898. He de-
manded $1,000 damages.
Martin L. Add;ngtcn of Anderson
has brought suit against the Rich
mond Gas company, claiming $1,000
for the livery hire of a small rig. He
alleges that the company used his
horse and buggy from November. 1895.
to the 18th of last month, for which
not a cent has been paid.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30
GEN. kELLY-KENNY.

is sixty years old, but he has had COM
paratively little experience as a fight
ing soldier. AS raw lieutenant he
was attached to one Of the regiments
that took part in the Chinese war. and
he was one of the officers in Napier's
expedition to Abyssinia In 1867. These
were the only two warlike affairs In
He was promoted to the rank of major
general in 1897. His intervening years
had been spent in administrative work
but when he was promoted to his pres
ent rank he was made inspector gen.
eral of auxiliary forces and recruiting.
He Is now commander of the sixth d..
vision of Gen. Buffers army corps.