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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26
/ to reform and let alone opium and

lsed to reform and let alone opium and
drink.
The filial respect and devotion in
culcated in Chinese BOYS from their
earliest infancy would forbid Chi
nese boy from ever committing such
heinous crime as to raise his hand
against his father or mother. The
worst crime of which the Chinese can
conceive is for a boy TO strike one of
his parents, and if a young Chinaman
should kill his father or mother the
law visits the most vOndign punish
ment not only upon him but his neigh
bOrs and friends.
In most provinces instances of par
rlcide have been punished by the i'm
mediate decapitation of the murderer
and the dividing OF the body into
small bits. Then the family home is
seized by the state and the house
RACED to the ground and the earth I'M
der the house and in the yard is dug
up to the depth of three feet and car
ried away. The nearest neighbors on
both sides Of the house where the
crime was committed are flogged or
eXlled, the principal teacher of the cul-
prit is put to death, the district mag
istrate of the place is removed from
Office and disgraced, and the viceroys
OF that province, the governor of the
province, and the project are degraded
three degrees in rank. In one in
stance, in Canton province, a son who
beat his aged mother was decapitated
and all the students in that district
were not allowed to take the great
state examination for three years.
he Chinese boy has his sports and
games to help keep him busy and out
OF mischief. He flies kites and plays
at shuttlecOck, the shuttlecock being
kicked about from one boy to another
and kept in the air as long as pos
sible. Chinese boys who, if they were
in America would enjoy dog fights,
IN China amuSe themselves by secur-
ing large, aggressive crickets and ar
ranging cricket fights. The bows in
China also play at guessing pennies.
and buy oranges from the peddlers
with the agreement that the one who
comes the nearest to guessing the seeds
in the orange be allowed to eat it while
the other one pays.
But one good friend the Chinese boy
has, no matter how bad he may be. and
that is the same friend that the bad
American boy has-mother. Chinese
mothers weep over their bad sons just
like American mothers do, and inter-
cede with the father to forgive the
wickedness OF his offspring.
So even in far off China the bad boy
has his friends, and there as here. no
matter how wicked he is or where he
is, the fond, loving mother waits
through the night for his return. and
murmurs in words that, in spite of the
fact they are spoken in Chinese, are as
tender as though uttered in English.
Come home, there's a light in the win
dow for Won -
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

Bad boys in China meet much the
same fate that they do in the United
States for ordinary offenses. but if
little Hop Lee or All Moo is especial
| ly bad he is much more severely pun
ished in China than wicked little Tom
my Jones or Sammy Brown in this
country. Where Tommy and Sammy
would only go TO the reform school to
remain until they gave evidence of be-
ing better boys. Hop Lee or All Moo
might be thrown into miserable priS-
on along with the meanest kind of
ruffians in the empire. Or they might
be sentenced to parade the streets
with a cangue around their necks in
place of collar. A cangue is a wood
en- platform three or four feet square,
with a hole in the middle through
which the head is placed Then planks
are nailed close around the neck so
that the head cannot be withdrawn,
and the boy, with the cangue resting
on his houlders, is turned out to drift
about the town and be tainted by all
the other boys and by every loafer
that he meets.
Ordinarily naughty little boys in
China are punished after the same
fashion that bad little boys are pun
ished in this country, except that in
China stern parents use a strip of
bamboo instead of an apple tree
switch, and while the apple tree
switch is good in its way it has not
the wonderfully persuasive effect of the
split bamboo.
The Chinese believe emphatically in
the prOverb, Spare the rod and spoil
the child and several good strong
pieces of split bamboo are part of the
household furniture in every home
which rejoices in a boy. The school
teacher, besides having small cakes of
india ink and little wells of water. in
Invariably on his table also has heavy
wooden ruler and a rattan stick If
boy fails to study as assiduOusly as
he should do. repeating his lessons
over and over at the top of his lungs,
the teacher will whip the palms of his
hands with the wooden ruler.
If boy forgets his lesson and breaks
down in the middle of recitation the
teacher reaches over the desk and
vigorously taps the slothful student
over the head with the rattan cane.
The hundreds of thousands OF peo-
pie who live on the boats in the river
at Canton have their own methods of
punishment for bad boys. Some OF
these families seldom go on shore or
where it would be possible to secure
a good piece of bamboo and the bad
boys who think that life on boat far
away from a bamboo grove would be
perennial delight might be disil-
lusionized when they behold the moth
er of a house boat family furnishing
her wicked offspring. She does not
wait to pick up a switch. Instead she
picks up the offspring himself and I'M
tremendously hurls him into the riv-
er. He comes up gaSping and sput-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26
ANTIDOTE FOR BLACKLEo.
Scientists Have Discovered a Preventive

Scientists Have Discovered "a Preventive
of the Disease in Cattle.
The most important recent achieve
ment by the bureau Of animal indus
try, says the Saturday Evening Post.
is the discovery and application Of
prevention for that dreaded disease Of
cattle known as blackleg This MAJ
ady in some states of the union d.
strOyS more cattle than all other
causes combined. Texas, Kansas. Ne
braska. Colorado and the Dakotas suf-
fer very severely. In fact. over a large
part of the beef-raising region there
is a loss Of from 10 to 20 per cent Of
yearling stock annually through this
complaint. 1t appears suddenly in the
shape OF a black swelling. usually on
the hind quarter, and is invariably IA
tai. Having ascertained some time
ago that the disease was caused by
bacterium. the bureau set to work to
prepare a vaccine which is obtained
from animals that have died OF the
complaint. Four years ago $4,000 doses
or this STIFF were sent out by way OF
experiment. and the results obtained
were so remarkable that $50 900 doses
were distributed in the following year
IN response TO requests. In the third
year 100000 doses were given away.
and In 1900 over LOO. 900 Will be sent
out. How effective the vaccination is
as a preventative Of the malady may
be judged from the statement. as made
by cattlemen. that it reduced their
losses by blackleg TO less than one
half Of one per cent. The vaccine is
furnished to infected ranges free OF
charge, and anybody may obtain il by
addressing an application to DR.. D. z.
Salmon Of the department Of agricul-
ture. Preference is given to applica-
lions made out on regular blanks.
which may be gotten by anybody who
asks for them. Blackleg is one of the
most widespread Of cattle diseases; II
Is even suspected that a malady which
often causes great loss among the
reindeer herds Of Lapland. Siberia and
northern Russia is in reality this same
complaint
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

tering and tries to crawl back into the
boat. but his irate mother throws him
back into the water. When the moth
er thinks the boy has been sufficiently
punished she permits him finally to
crawl on board.
In the homes of Chinese gentlemen,
while the bamboo switch is not al
lowed to be idle, boys are often pun
lshed for gambling or smoking opium
by being chained to a heavy weight,
which they are obliged to drag about
with them wherever they go. If lit
tie 20 Most Delightful One of the
Golden Lilies" sees her small brother.
Hop Yooey, smoking opium and runs
In and says. Papa, papa, Yooey's
smoking again." the hair of the vener-
able parent rises straight up with hor-
ror. And a person who has three feet
and four inches of hair plastered into
a tight braid would be a pleasing thing
to see at the moment that very hair
on his head was standing straight up
The elder Hop does not grasp his Off
spring by the arm and say, Young
man, come with me to the woodshed -
but he then and there proceeds to ad-
minister the split bamboo with great
earnestness, and then, if he thinks his
offspring merits additional punish
ment, he carries him into the house
and chains his feet to a heavy iron
weight.
AS an additional and much more
dreaded punishment the wicked Chi
nese youth may be refused his share Of
the pork which is annually divided by
each clan family upon their return
from the ancestral graves and which
is regarded as gift from the departed.
Sometimes parents get rid of bad
sons by simply setting them adrift on
the street or by surrendering them to
prison. Parents sometimes sell their
children and often sons are taken by
creditors as hostages for debt
One difference between bad BOYS in
China and in America is that in China
sons never get SO old but that their
parents can whip them.
Sometimes in China a man 80 or 40
years old can be seen being soundly
thrashed by his irate parents. This
would be a terrible thing for the
American boy, who, no matter what
depths of woe he may be in, looks
fOndly forward to the time when he
shall outgrow the switch just as he
outgrows his trousers.
There was an article in one of the
Hongkong papers last summer about
an aged Chinese woman who looked
out of her window and saw one of her
elder sons, man of 80, who had long
been married and had big family Of
his own, passing the house reelng
drunk. The old lady concluded she
had not been as strict when her son
was a child as she should have been.
and so she picked up a heavy piece of
bamboo, and, rushing out into the
street, pounded her big son to her
hearts content and until he had prom
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

Mr.. Howard Gould visited Gothen.
burg, Sweden. recently, and his splen.
did yacht. the Niagara. caused quite 6
sensation. After a short stay Mr.
Gould went to Marstrand, a neighbor-
ing watering place, where King Oscar
granted him an audience on board the
Drott. Mr.. and Mrs. Gould also took
part in the festivities at Marstrand
There was regatta. in honor of which
the American yacht was illuminated
with incandescent lamps. King Oscar
took lunch on board the Niagara and
afterward Mr.. Gould and his company
sailed to Copenhagen.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26
Detective Finds Scrap.

When Ii Hung Chang was in Philar
delphia during his tour of this coun-
try n piece of his silk jacket was torn
off in a crowd, either by accident or
design The venerable Monaghan was
much annoyed at his loss because the
particular piece of silk was embroid-
cred with a figure representing a per-
sonal gift from the Empress OF China.
A detective has just found the scrap Of
garment-he declines to say where ex-
cept to his superiors-and 1t will b.
forwarded to Marquis Ii.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26
The Baby Was Healthy III Homelx

Two 1rishmen who had not seen
each other for a long time met at a
fair. "Shure, it's married / am" said
O'Brien. you don't tell me SOL" said
Blake. Faith, yes" said O'Brien.
AN I've got a fine, healthy bhoy
which the neighbors say is the very
picter of me- Blake looked for a
moment at O'Brien. who was not. to
say the least, remarkable for his good
looks and then said: "Och. well
what's the harrum so long as the
child's healthy"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26
Superstition I'm Yucatan.

"ApropOs of the wonderful ancient
ruins in Yucatan," said New Orleans
colleg, professor, there is one Very
forum ate circumstance which has pro-
tecteC them almost entirely from spoil
alton by the Indians. 1t is currently
believed by the natives all through thai
part of the country that the ruins arc
haunted and that devils will carry
away anybody who attempts to modest
them. This superstition has been en-.
couraged by explorers, and is a bettss
safegu ,rd than a picket of soldiers
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

most simultaneous
ly in the east and
west. She was no
ticed among the
shoppers of Chi
cagO last week.
and New York has
seen several nf her
on its Fifth avenue
In the last few
days. The stick is
a dainty. plant
thing, light n
weight, and with a
straight handle.
The girl whit
cane yields it AS
skillfully as her es-
cOrt swings the
heavier one he car
ries, and seems not
to finch under the
curious chances OF
passersby.
The smallpox has
almost disappear
ed in Spain and
Portugal, as well
as in France and
Germany. In Italy
there are still 1000
fatal cases annual
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

A prize of $50 was offered the stu
dents of Berkeley and Stanford col
leges, California. for the best ESSAY
on the declaration of independence.
Pupils at the institutions named do
not seem to take much interest in tho
immortal document named. for only
five essays were turned--all from
Berkeley.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

DIR. r. o. Doremus. the veteran
president of the Philharmonic society
of New York, who recently celebrated
the golden anniversary Of his wedding,
received upon his election in 1867 a
most noteworthy distinction, the en-
tire society visiting his home immedi-
ately after and serenading him. No
other man in New York has ever re-
ceived such a serenade.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

three stories high. The entrance is
made through a triple doorway at the
head of broad flight of steps. Two
thirds of the second story front con-
sists of a cOlonnade in the Ionic or
der. The cost of the building. fully
equipped. has been about $575.00O.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

Planet IL Named Gyptis.
The small planet which was discov-
cred by M. Coggia at Marseilles on
March 81, 1893. No. 444. has been
named GyptiA
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

Victoria, Australia. has built seven
local railways on the cooperative prin-
ciple. The railways were estimated for
by contract at f547. 90S. but by work
ing the Cooperative principle they were
completed for G251.211.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26

t/Orid'S Financial Ce7fer.


Brooks Adams has written a book
in which he sets forth the theory that
the financial and political commissions
of recent years in the western hami-
sphere are due to the decay OF Eng
lands power. He says the center of
commercial and financial supremacy
has been passing from London across
the Atlantic. and the Spanish war was
only the shock Of its arrival in the
United States. The controlling power
under the new industrial conditions
will continue to be held by this coun-
try so long as we can maintain the
vast export trade now enjoyed
American machinery will hereafter
handle the coal and iron received and
shipped in the harbor of Alexandria.
Egypt, with a reduction in the cost per
ton from $3.50 to so cents or less. An
expert was sent to this country to
study the problem, and the result is
the construction of an elevated tram
way on the American plan.
Cheboygan, Mich. claims to have
the youngest grandmother in America
She married at y. and gave birth to a
daughter a year later. The child, fol-
lowing her mothers example. married
young and lately when 16 years old
gave birth to a child. whose grand
mother is now little over % years
Old
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-26
&>aMfn6 Canes
Eov SGoo,veer,

The newest society fad is the girl
with-the-cane. She has appeared al
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-12-13
REGULATING. COTTON PRICES,

one OIL the most practical addresses
pclore,the Interstate Cotton Growers
Association at Macon last week was by
Mr. Pope, Brown, president of the
Georgia Agricultural Society. Dis
cussirg the cotton problem he said:
"IWo years ago we started 4 wheat
movement The result was that hun
drcds OF thOusasidB of bushels of wheat
have since been raised in this State. 1t
has put hundreds of thousands of dol
IarSintO the pockets of The farmers.
How can we. cheapen the cost of pro-
duction of cotton 4r' raise the price of
II? We have got 10 do one or the
other. The mNtl that does the blowing
is entitled to- a good living Land is
cheap. The farmer can raise his mule
cheaper than he can, buy him, he can
raise his flour chcapor, his meat cheap
CT. The Southern Eailner has not done
his duty until he feeds his family hy
ms own. Labor nor. until lie has pro-
durcd the fond for thc;cily~peoplc and
stopped the importation Of every ncccs-
sity OF life into tins sections
Where colton.yr0wGrs' conventions
bring forth such practical advice as
TINS they do good. 1t is advice which
has been given for several years, and
which has. hccn.ad6picd here and thel c
with .bonoficial- results to the .aGoptcrs :.
Whatever the effects may have been
upon those persons who failed TO fol
low 1t. The question of the profitable
price of cotton rests, after all, upon the
individual grower. 'lIc may be able to
spare fine To a1tpn1 f.oprrnt; t;npc ,,,J
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-12-13
SORGHUM; CANE.

Nothing was known Of sorghum
cane in The South until about 1860.
II was then only used for syrup. The
seed were fed 10 animals, but often
cut oil and left in the fields. The
syrup was IA great blessing to the
South during the civil war. Great
efforts have bccn made by chemists to
make sugar from the syrup, but uD to
This date they have failed. For years
!hc greatest value of the cane was con-
sidcrcd to be the syrup. 1t is superior
to the "blaGk strap,N centrifugal stuff
and glucose mixtures NOW ON the mar
kct. But recently sorghum has as
sumcd and asserted itself as the most
prolific forage that can he raised in the
south. Leaving lne syrup value off,
il is worth all the tlnfG and trouble re-
quircd in growing and curing it,. 1t is
excellent when used in a sii0. if fed
from the fields, IL is perhaps most
valuab lc. There arc perhaps half
dozen or more Varieties of cane. The
Amber is the earliest and every farmer
should plant small lot Of that so as 10
have forage three weeks earlier than
ne could get from the late varieties.
Then he should plant the later kinds
aflef dccp preparation, thinning it 80
as TO make large stalks and plenty of
seed That could be- cut and fed as il
ripcns 10 hogs, mulos and cattle. A
Ioi OF IT ready to cut just before a
killing frost could be- cut and stacked
and that would last till the first of
January. Mules will'kcep in fine con.
oillon on sorghum cane. alone, or with
sorghum and half rallons Of corn they
Will keep IN fine condition. But the
most wonderful results are produced
bY sowing about two bushels Of sor-
ghunf cane to: the acre. If; upland is
sown it should be thoroughly sub
solcd" and :harrowed and fcrtilzed
1a!rly. well. # bottom. land that will
make about 80 bushels Of corn to the
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-12-13
LEARNING BY EXPERIENCE.

Progress " in The Spartan makes
the following valuable suggestions
Farmers ought 10 know that ten
million bales of cotton will bring more
money than twelve or thirteen millions
Will, and yet they will plant enough
land to make twelve million bales, pro-
Vlded the whole area planted receives
The early and latter rains and escapes
the calamitcs that sometimes befall a
portion OF tho crop. The short crop
this year, 1900, and the high plico re-
cclvcd, was not brought about by their
own management. but by the Lord
Withholding the rain, for it is evident
that the area planted under favorable
conditions, would have yielded twelve
million bales or more, and instead Of
l0-cent cotton it would have been 6 or
I cents. These facts ought to leach
farmers good lesson. We fear they
will try for another big crop this year.
Every fellow seems to expect failure
somewhere that will lessen the crop by
some providcntial calamity, and maybe
he will be the lucky man to have good
crop and get the high price. SO every
one thus hoping, plants for big crop.
Now is this right ? If some portions
OF the area planted has to fail in order
to give the othcrportions a high price,
the fortunate will prosperat at the expense
Of the unfortunate. Fortune will change
ana we may not soon see another time so
favorable as we now enjoy in this COM
munlty. Let us be careful. We ought
TO learn by experience. This year we
planted expecting to receive only 5 or
cents for cotton and we economical
ana made our expenses accordingly by
getting 10 cents for our cotton. We
can pay all expenses and have money
left. Will we do so again or will we
be eXtravagant and perhaps have to
meet our obligations with ) orc cotton
| next year
Facts and liUuras orn hoiinr ny;dorno
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-12-13
OUR GREATEST SPECIALIST.

For 20 years DR.. j. Newton Hathaway
mas so successfully treated chronic diseas-
es that he is acknowledged today to stadn
at the head of his profession in this line.
Hls exclusive method of treatment for
OF knife or cautery cures In so per cent. of
al cases. In the treatment of the loss of
vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis. Blood
polsoning, rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis
successful. DR.. Hathaway's practice 10
more than double that of aDv other spec
ialist, Cases pronounced helr"ss by other
physicians readily yield to hIs treatment.
Write him today fully about your case.
advice, either at his office or by mail.
j. Newton Hathaway, NJ. d., 22L South
Rynad atreet. Atlanta. On
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-12-13

mains to us, even to the eleventh hour,
the way OF penitencc and of'fchuncia-
tion.' The priests voice. was level.
| just little above the whisper of the
confessional.
"Ah, l KNOW" the woman broke in,
"and 1t is just because. Of. that haye
sent for you. l have only begun to tell.
you, father.".
Pcre Daryille gave a.quicl, upward
glance. -. ...,... =.
~ year ago an uncle who .hau allow.
cd me to suffer pcnury' and a scrviie
dependence all my life died: lie died
suddenly and without a will. The law
gave his fortune to Juc because. l
chanccd to be his sisters child. Two.
months ago. in q secret drawer, |
found n documcnt.a confession writ.
ten by my uncle and evidently intends,
ed to be made public in order that res.
ttution might be elected. -.
"My uncle" Marie dc Gucrin wcht
on, was a croosr, and for years he
was the trusted agent for an :iriSt0:
cratic New OrrauS family in America.
He turned their fortune round and:
doubled it, II npprarS,. and managsI
their affairs in such a way that lie
came to lie Indispensable. The family
finally dwindlru down to one repre-
sentative, young man who. seems. to
have trusted my Uncl" hlindly.
"Whcn the war between the. states
broke out, tn" young nan-tatou his;
name waS-- enlisted promptly in thCe
cause OF the south My uncle WAS sent
over here with money to invest. Paris.
received hlni with open arms. Tie
Contrhcrat" cl0ny WAS then in high