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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-28
BOYS FUNNY TURNOUT.
Illinois Youngster Drives n Trained
Pig Hitched to n Trap Built
for the Purpose.

Here is the picture of funny little
turnout in which little boy, son
Of John Wraight, of Ashford, ILL.,,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
VIEW OF THE CITY s9g x1s FL n~s1sr COTTON sST1s AND 1S
sSQx1gd Sg4onaefa and Children

We occasionally hear adverse reports
Of tie conduct Of the Russian soldiers
in the feId. As matter OF fact, such
reports generally emanate from IN
truthful sources. The fact is that,
were it not Tor the protecting arm of
the ears soldiers in China, terrible
blOodshed would have resulted at many
points. Some days before the cap
ture of Teintsin a company of Russian
soldiers entered the city. OF their
heroic efforts in behalf OF the foreign
ers Mrs. Charles DENLY, Jr., wife of the
son OF the eX-minister to China, writes
from Tientsin: Enormous fires in the
native city were started and the Boxers
began their attack on the settlement;
so we were all aroused at o'clock,
and every one who lived in the extra
concession went either to friends on
the Victoria road or to the town hall.
AS il happened, Mrs. Won Hannekin
had asked us to come to her in case
OF alarm, SO we escaped to the town
hall. There We're perhaps 100 people
who remained in their homes. All the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

1t takes a day to sing the Chinese
national hymn. Sometimes people over
there say: Let's take a day off and
enjoy the hymn" But they don't say
it often. It's hard to keep up enthusi-
asm for twelve-h0ur stretch.
Of course they start in cheering vo-
ciferously, and then they sort of weak
en- and grow hOarse and look at the
clocks, and 10. it's only half an hour
since the blamed thing began! And
there are places further on where they
ought to just get up and yell, and they
haven't the strength to do it. and prob
ably they fall asleep long before the
grand patriotic climax is reached.
You can't expect to find much Fourth
Of July inspiration in a people with a
ditty of that sort. And think of the
strain on the singers and the tom
tommersl Think of putting in a dozen
hours on steady run of 'hi-yahs-ching-
a-ring-a-chi-yahsi" and no let UP for
breath or chOpsticks. And whacking a
tin pan all the time, too,
Think Of going 10 little evening
out and having the hostess say: Miss
PelOe of the Shanghai conswuva-twah
VIII now favor us with the national
HYMN"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Laboucbcre q ceased.

London Truth publishes cor
respondence advising that paper OF
the seizure at Pretoria of comprO-
missing letter from MOntagu White,
former consul general of the South
African republic in London, to Secre-
tary Of State Reitz dated Aug. 4, 1899,
and two letters from Henry Labou-
chere to Mr.. White, dated respectively
Aug. 2, 1899, and Aug 4, 1899, which
Mr.. White appears to have inclosed to
Secretary Reitz, and a letter of Joseph
Chamberlain, the secretary of state
for the colonies, inviting Mr.. Labou-
chere to offer explanations or observa-
tons, thereon, and Mr.. Labouchere's
reply. Mr.. Labouchere's letters are
brief and amount to advice to the
TranSvaal to gain time by the accept
ance Of the proposed commission to
settle the franchise questions, etc, to-
gether with an expression of opinion
from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerma
the liberal leader in the house of COM
mons, and the liberals generally that
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
THE DOUGLAS SHOE.

The best advertised and consequent
~ the best known shoe in the world
today is undoubtedly made by the w.
L. Douglas Shoe Co., of Brockton,
Mass. The one idea Of this company
has always been to sell a shoe for
$3.50 which equals in every way the So
shoes of any other concern. They are
able to do this on account of there be-
ing no middle mans profit, as the
goods are sold direct from the factory
to the wearer. In so OF the principal
cities of the country they have their
own retail stores. The goods are made
in all sizes and widths, and few shoes
equal them for style and durability.
The factory at Brockton employs
over LOO hands. and all labor trOu
bles are settled by the state board Of
arbitration. Nothing but union labor
is employed, and pay about the best
average wages of any shoe workers in
the United States The factory pay
roll amounts to 81 ,435 per week. This
company makes shoes for men only,
and it is their proud boast that over
one million men wear them.-Denvef
(Coio.) Post
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
"Bnripd AIiNnu

The opening article in the September
Journal Of Suggestive Therapeutics.
published by the Psychic Research
company, Times-Herald building, Chi
cago, is from the pen of the noted
scientist, Alexander Wilder, NJ. D., of
Newark. The article deals effectively
with the perils of premature burial;
something which constitutes a real
menace to the public welfare. The
necessary precautions to be observed in
guarding against this danger are point
ed out. among which may be men
toned keeping the corpse in a warm
bed for at least thirty-siX hours after
the supposed death has taken place.
DR.. Wilder places little reliance, ap-
parently, upon physicians certificates
of death, and quotes several CHASTITY
examples to support his position. The
article should be in the hands of every
reader and the publishers announce
that they will send free copies to all
who apply until the stock is exhausted.
Make a note of it.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
To Make q Garden of The SOudon

Capitalists of London, according to
reports which emanate from importers
In this country, are formulating plans
to turn the entire Soudan, in Africa,
into gigantic fruit garden. They ex-
pect that the product of their venture
will supply the whole of Europe with
those fruits that can be raised only in
hot and moist climates. A large con-
signment of fruit trees has already
been shipped to the Soudan and if 1t is
found that these take root and bloom
as do the native trees. then millions
OF other trees will be shipped and set
out. Experts who have thoroughly
gone over the grounds and considered
the enterprise from all standpoints are
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

unknown in China. Even a beggar
wears shoes, though he may have no
other clothes than the head-bowl,
which serves both as a hat and to hold
out when there is a chance of aims.
Nothing is wasted in China. Even
grass and wheat roots are pulled up.
washed, dried and used for fuel
Scraps of paper and cloth are pasted
together to make the insoles of shoes.
Bits of wood are glued to build up
either a board or a post. Women spin
ners and straw-plaiters earn &c a day.
The spinning. though, is most COM
monty like the weaving at the hand
looms, only part Of unpaid house
hold labor. Machine-made cloth and
thread have of late come to bear
heavily upon the cotton-workers, but
that fact is in a degree offset by the
growing import of raw cotton Still
some of the light yellow handmade
fabric, know the world over as nan
keen, from the city Of export, Nankin,
is shipped abroad. 1t is made from
peculiar yellow-staple cotton hence
not dyed. The same yellow-staple cot
ton is grown and manufactured by Ar
cadians in Louisiana, but the fabric
is so scarce it does not compete with
the Chinese one.
Five dollars a year will clothe
Chinese husband anu wife something
more than decently. Underwear is I'M
known-so is fitting a garment. The
only measures taken are from the hip
TO the ground, and from the middle
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

visible-it is 1890 in the morning.
The troops reached us before
2 o'clock. The rest of the day has
been very quiet. The Chinese are evil
IDENTIFY puzzled what move TO make
next. How strange not to hear the
shellingi There are other discordant
sounds, thOugh-the moo of the hungry
COWS, the bray of the donkeys and from
the other starved animals comes a cry
for something to eat. Poor creatures:
yet it is impossible to spare food for
Them
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

rest were huddled together in Gordon
hall for ten days.
''The Chinese troops were every
where Two days before the alarm
100 Russian troops arrived They
saved our lives. Had it not been for
them all OF US would have been slaught-
cred. On that Monday they fought
5000 Chinese well-drilled troops for
twelve hours. AT one time they
thought they could not hold them at
bay, but in the evening the Russians
still maintained their position How
Russians fought and suffered l cannot
describe their courage. For three days
they lay in the open, exposed to ter
rible fire, without being able to fight
back. The Chinese were behind
trenches, so the Russians could not
afford to waste ammunition.
"All these days we were waiting and
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
A Giant Octopus.

According to Belgian officer who
has just returned from the Congo Free
State, the River Uelle there is full of
a species of octopus, called by the ma
tives "miga." This creature is in the
habit, it is said, of attacking native
canoes. capsizing them, dragging its
victims to it's cave and making a meal
of them. The Belgian tells some
strange stories of the performances of
these creatures, which he processes to
have witnessed. These stories strain
ones credulity and read like a page
from one of Rider Haggard's novels
Harry Tuck Sherman in Chicago Rec
ord.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
CHE PRODUCERS OF CHINA.
Grey fire q HappY Class Of People

gins for taking out the seed. Instead,
the Chinese use the little hand-gins
very like those still to be found in the
homespun regions of the Appalachian
chain. The gin is nothing more than
a couple of small wooden rollers. made
fast in uprights affixed to n bench.
They are turned by a wooden crank,
revolve one against the other, and free
the cotton of seed by drawing the lint
The lint is fed to them by hand, and it
takes a long and steady days work TO
gin five pounds of lint-which means
twenty pounds Of cotton in the seed.
The cotton is carded simultane-
Ously with the ginning. A second
man stands at the end of the bench
beating the clean cotton with the tee
kung, or earth bow. into big flaGy
bats" These bats the women spin
in various ways. Sometimes they use
the old-fashicned spinning wheel
Much oftener it is something apprOXi-
mating the ancient distaff. The spin
ner twirls it steadily, walking around
and around as she twirls. thus wind
ing the frightening thread into very
long hanks. If it is spun and run in
to breaches or quilts, they are often
reeled with a hand-reel. Chinese in
dustry indeed is as inveterate as Chi
nese economy. Women usually work
at such reeling while they stand and
gossip in the alley ways between their
houses. If there is no reel handy they
will be stitching upon q shoe sole, al
ways 4 salable article Bare feet are
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Chinese Native Doctor.

The Chinese native doctor does not
deserve his name. Hence the mission
airy doctors, skilled men from London
and New York medical schools, have
had splendid field. They have OBJ
tanned access to every class. Ii Hung
Chang built them a grand hospital in
one city for the work one of them did
in saving his wife. In many cities, and
among all ranks, the Christian hospi-
tails have opened the door to the Chris
tan faith
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

! waiting for re-enfOrcements. We could
not believe the admirals would bonn
bard the forts at TaBu, plunge US into
war and then leave Us with only few
hundred troops. Such, however, was
the case. No one knows where the
fault lay There were three dreadful
days Of fighting. But when the second
additional troops were dispatched from
Taku, after the arrival of Jim Watts,
the brave Russian rider, they were
able with such reinforcement to
work their way through. Thus they
all arrived on Sunday morning and We
were saved"
Miss Title Fair Of San Francisco,
who was also a refugee at Gordon hall
pays a high tribute to jim Watts. In
her diary of June 10 she says:
They are bombarding US heavier to-
day than heretofore. Early this morn
ing | stood behind a closed window
peeping through the shutter Stats.
Four bullets pierced the shutters, but
did not strike me. | rushed to the
commanding officer and told him that
the bullets must have come from a
Chinaman concealed in a tree fianking
the window. Calling four Cossacks, We
went to the tree, and sure enough
shook out a Chinaman, whose first
inquiry was whether he had killed the
lady. l told him L was very much alive.
My would-be assassin was Immediately
tried and shot. All else may
be dead, but heroism still lives. Jim
Watts rides to Taku to bring us re-
endorsements. He heads for Taku, but
may ride into the very jaws of death.
1t is most perilous undertaking, but
brave Jim Watts gladly, gallantly risks
his life. l myself heard him offer it,
Some one must go to Taku,' SAID the
commanding officer. 1t may mean the
lives of women and children-it may
mean death to the rider Who will
gO% 1 know the roads, every inch of
Of them; let me CO. said a voice. Then
Jim Watts stepped forward I shall
so; it is right. / am the older brother
We saw him mount his horse. we
heard the thuds of the hoofs beat more
family and die. Hope took no new
lease of life from this. Before re-en-
forcements could reach us it would be
too late, granting that brave Jim Watts
ever reacher Talu. And what more
unlikely than that?"
June 23.-Through the glasses saw
the troops coming nearer and nearer.
Are they re-enforcements for the Box
ers or us? Closer they come, and yet
we cannot distinguish them. Eyes
strain through glasses nor catch
clew to their identity Another half
hour. SUDDENLY something flutters to
the wind. The stars and stripes. thank
God! thank God. They are coming
to us and we shall not die. How good
heaven is, how sweet is life! The stars
and stripes, and we wept and HOPED
the first time since that day long ago
when we came to Gordon hall. God
bless Jim Watts. Other flags are now
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
NEBRASKA
EHE LAND
or PLENTY

| wonder why 1t Is that so many
men spend their days working hard
on rented farms. barely making
enough to get along, with no great
prospect ahead of owning their
own homes, when within few
hours journey is a land of plenty
Inconsistencies all kinds of
grain and fruit can be raised with
the least amount of labor: where
cattle and hogs fed on corn bring
handsome profit; where the climate
is healthful and churches and
schools abound; where land is
cheap and can be bought on very
easy terms.
Think Of this, and if you want
information about the country send
to he for "The Corn Belt"
beautifully illustrated monthly
paper that tells all about Nebraska,
and also for The West Nebraska
Grazing Country" an interesting
illustrated booklet containing a
large sectional map of Nebraska.
On the first and third Tuesdays
of each month during the balance
Of this year cheap excursion
tickets viii be sold over our road
to Nebraska, so that people may go
and see for themselves. Ask your
ticket agent about this.
r. 6. EuSTIS,
Cent Psss'r ACT. c. o. q q. n. ~
CHICAGO. ILL
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Chinese the First TO Use Ink.
rha chinas.

Chinese the First TO Use Ink
The Chinese consider themselves our
superiors on many grounds, but large
Iy because they were the inventors of
various arts which are fundamental to
our own civilization. They were the
first discoveries of ink, though even at
the present day they employ by prefer
ence what is commonly known as India
ink, which is a solid substance COM
posed mainly of lampblack and gum,
rubbed in saucer to make the requi-
site solution. In place of a pen they
utilize a camel's hair brush. which is
much better adapted for producing
their curious hieroglyphics.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Governor Stanley Of Kansas, while
practicing Law, defended a negro
charged with murder. His client was
convicted and Mr.. Stanley wrote a
strong Endorsement of the convicts ap-
piication for pardon. Now he has been
called upon to pass upon another ap-
plication on behalf of the same man.
but, like his predecessor. refuses to
grant 1t, even though backed by his
own letter, saying that as governor he
views the matter "in an entirely diff
farent 1iahf {"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Of the breast to the finger tips. Fash
ions do not change. Winter garments
and bedding are wadded with cotton
Once year they must be ripped apart
and washed, padding and all.
How needful is economy may be
judged from a few figures. Unskilled
laborers are paid upon an average &c
a day. Masons, carpenters and stone
cutters, here as elsewhere the aristo-
cracy of labor, get from CSC to soc a
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Bulls" on Postcards.

An Irish member of parliament has
retaliated for some of the humor that
has always been expressed at the eX-
pense Of Irish bulls. by asking which
is the side of a postcard which the
pOstOffice refers to as the outside ="
a precise critic, by the way. once took
up our own pOstofIice for its printed
notice that certain notes were to he
Endorsed on the front" and the bull
was corrected.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

hos killed more than twenty men, some
in self-defense and others by stealth to
satisfy the spirit of revenge. He was
a desperate by heredity, his ancestors
for generations having lived and died
by the sword.
On the New York Central railroad a
mail train recently made the run from
Rochester to Syracuse, eighty-one
miles. in eighty minutes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
School of housekeeping.

Atlanta university has provided a
model house for instruction in the
science Of housekeeping. 1t has bed
rooms for eighteen students, with
kitchen, dining. reception and sewing
rooms. Phe students will carry on the
work Of the house under good teach
ers, and needlework. launGry-work and
nursing will be included in the curri-
culum.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

his death was
caused by bullet
wounds received at
the hands of a fell
low workman, with
" HON he fought in
a West Virginia
lumber C a IN p.
Cap" Hatfield has
probably killed
more men deliber-
ately than any
other man in the
United States. He
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
THE STONE CUTTERS.

day. According to the average of
prices of articles of consumption in
China 25c day is equivalent TO $3.50
per day here. Work begins at sun
rise and keeps up until dark. Not
withstanding all which strikes are vir-
tually unknown, and the Chinese Ia
borer is the happiest and most con-
tented in the world.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Many Divorces i'm CIeyeIand.

Divorce records for the court year
just closed at Cleveland Indicate that
one of every five marriages there is so
complete failure as to lead to the
extreme resort. The number Of mar
riage licenses issued in that city dur
Ing the year ended June so last was
1926, and the number of divorce petit
tions filed in the same time was GAG.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

No matter what ails you, headache
to cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without a grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has G. G. G. stamped on it. Be-
ware of limitations.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Over in Linn county, Missouri, man
wished to marry a widow who had
seven children. With a view of avoid
ing all future trouble, he obtained the
consent of all the children and Of the
intended brides father before getting
a license
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

A complete list Of all the vessels
launched in Maine during the six
months ended June 80 shows that the
net register tonnage aggregated 90
I'll tons. There are at present on the
stocks vessels aggregating $3.50 tons.
The total tonnage launched in 1899
was 50,095 tons.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Farmers Of Harmony township, War
rem county, New Jersey, are convinced
that a herd of catamounts must be in
hiding Whereabouts. Chickens and tur-
keys are disappearing by the dozen
and even young cattle have been de
voured.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
The MarchiOness Ii.

The marchioness Ii, wife of Ii Huns
Chang, is reckoned a great beauty in
China and is also classed as one OF the
cleverest women in that country. She
is over go years old, but is said not to
look over 80. Her wardrobe includes
nearly 1000 garments.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

y rich Chinaman wears silk, q poor
one cotton. Since the proportion OF
rich TO poor IS about one in a thou
sand, it follows that the growth and
manufacture of cotton are vital nee
cessities. 1t is thought cotton culture
was begun in the thirteenth century,
the plant coming in from India, where
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

One size smaller after using Allens Foot
Ease, a powder 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen. hot, sweating.
aching feet, improving nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores
25e. Trial package FREE by mail Adj
dress Allen 5. Olmsted. lie Roy. y. Y.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Productive Watermelon Farm.

John w. Gearty, on Sanibel Island,
has shipped 10000 watermelons the
present season, grown on 200 acres of
land, says a Savannah paper, and will
have probably as many more at his
disposal before the close of the season
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
sENNE PLANT FOR CHILDREN.
A Spcciflc for Summer Comnlaint

During these warm days of midsummer,
parents cannot be too watchful II is
the safe thing to have this well known
family SPECIFIC always in the house to
check the first appearance of any bowel
trouble in the children. Get bottle OF
EXTRACT OF BENNE PLANT today.
It may save the life of your child
Prepared by THE J. & @. MAGUIRE
MEDICINE CO. ST. LOUIS NO.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Great Vessel Under Construction.

The White Star Steamship company
has a vessel in process of construction
that will outclass the Oceanic size.
displacement and horse power. 1t will
be $50 feet long and displace $4,000
tons.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
HENRY LABOUCHERE.

the British cabinet proposed the ap-
pointment of the commission with the
view of giving Mr.. Chamberlain a
chance to 'climb down." and that the
cabinet was determined to have no
war;
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Died With His Boots On

Cap" Hatfield, the famous outlaw
chief OF the Hatfield clan that for
years waged intermittent war against
the McCoys, died with his boots on.