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The Marshall republican., 1900-01-19

Miss Birdie Harris returned from
Independence on Tuesday, where che
spent Some three weeks very pleasant.
~.
J. L. 0iaxicr Of the Ksusss City
limos II In our city In the interest OF
The city writ, up for that excellent ps.
per.
Mrs. Harry Hsrudou, Of New Frank.
lin, No., II the gusstthis week Of Car.
roll Logsdon and family on Capitol
Hill.
william kellst, Of Shsckeltord, ives
. visitor In Marshsll on Tuesday and
subscribed for the paper Ia tho best
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. T. Reynolds have
returned 70 Slater and will arrive In
Marshsll on Saturday for . visit 70
relatives.
Hutchlngs for fine pho.
toaraphs. ~Estabushed
1925. Phone 265. Il.
Miss Bessie Temple OF Bowling
Green, Kentucky. will arrive tho Arst
OF Fob. for . visit 70 Mrs. J. 9. Kelly
Of this city.
Cards are out for . recsptiou TO DO
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Leslic Orear
on Tuesday, Jan. s3rd, 1900, hours
from $50 TO II.
Mrs. Joe Wheeler, Of Herudou,
brsved the mud and came Ia Tuesday.
she reports everything quiet 10 her
peighborhood.
Mrs. y. Bowels o. Naptou canv up
M0ndsy and spsst several ays With
Mrs. George Brunaueh and MrG =.
W. 0owetsroe thlGcey.
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Br NJ Quad

For corroboration of what I am sbout
TO relate. I give you the Haidarsbad
Gazette Of the dates Of June 6. s. and q.
OF TIE year lS7- In those three issues, as
weli as In others later on, you win find
much space devoted to the case OF the
man who went by the name OF Chilks.
This HinGoo Chilka. who was about
forty years Of age, came TO the canton
ment, at Hsidarsbad. as a peddler Of
fetiches- He had the beaks and claws Of
birds. the teeth Of small animals. the
skins and teeth of serpents. and the ears
and claws Of tigers and panthers. He
claimed that all his stock had been bless
ed by holy man, and that each and ev-
cry article was charm. The native sol
der Is f.ili OF superstition. and the Eng
lish soldier In India at least hopes for
good luck. Together they always buy lib
orally OF these peddlers. There were
charms against death. wounds. sickness,
loss. and what not, and the very cheap
est and poorest was a guarantee that its
possessor would never be struck by light
ming. The man had been selling his goods
for an hour or so, when dispute arose
between him and an English soldier, and
he was ordered of the grounds. As he
stopped TO argue the matter. he was run
into the guardhouse 10 give him lesson.
The prison held four or five soldiers at
the time. but Chi,ka sat down in a corner
and refused 10 notice any of them. They
turned from him to their cards. but after
half an hour. suddenly saw that he was
missing. There was but one window. and
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Just Then the Tiger Opened Its Mouth.

the animals could rest after they had
sWum as long as they should.
When ali the animals and all the birds
heard that Little Monkey had a SWIM
ming school, they said: How very fash
ionaDie!"
Some of them thought they could swim,
bat then IL became the style for ali ami
mails and birds 10 swim like little mon
keys without fails. Every afternoon the
beach In front OF Little Monkeys bath
lng-houses was filled by the jungle folk
All those who went In hired bathing suits.
and the Tailor Bird was kept busy all day
making new suits and mending the old
ones. Little Monkey wore a fine gray
suit. and he swum up and down TO teach
the animals how to swim like a little
monkey without q tail.
Tiger and Zebra we're great friends and
ore afternoon they went 10 Little Mon
keys swimming school.
we want nice new suits" said Tiger.
Tailor Bird brought out two suits with
yellow and black stripes. Tiger and Zebra
then had white hair. for this vas many
yeaFe ago
They're fine" said Tailor Bird. They
at Ike the bark on the tree. and the coz
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told the other animals about the great
fun which they had had with Little Mon
key.
Then they found somebody else to make
fun for them. Leopard, who was all spot
ted came down to the beach.
''Ho. no." laughed Tiger, did you ever
see an animal In polksdot skin?"
He, he. isn't he gayiy dressed" neighed
the Zebra, as he grinned and looked
around at the other animal
1T is not every animal" answered the
Leopard, as he came out dressed up in
his white bathing suit who has the good
fortune to be born with a beautiful white
skin. Many Is the time I have tried 10
change these polka dots for plain check
ed suit, but somehow I could never do
II. ! may be funny, but ! never looked
so queer as do two very mean animals
who are lying on this beach all dressed up
in ugly, striped bathing suits"
Then Zebra and Tiger became angry.
They got up and took of their bathing
suits and threw them at Tailor Bird. Then
all the birds and animals laughed so hard
that they had to put their hands 10 their
sides. Hyena laughed until he rolled over
and over on the beach
"Hyena," roared Tiger. you are always
/ laughing at nothing. What Is the matter
with your"
Hyena pointed with his paw. Tiger and
Zebra looked at themselves and found
that their skins were all striped. The col
or had come out Of the new bathing suits
and the sun had dried IL into their hair.
Ever since that day the beasts in the
jungle have always said Striped Tiger and
Striped Zebra. and IL was not until the
Spotted Leopard told me this story that
| knew that those two animals were once
az white as the Polar Bear.
tcopyright. 1900. By Mcclure. Phillips q Coz
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How Mosquitoes Poster CanarIes.

From the Baltimore sun.
Owners OF canary birds viii receive
valuable tip by reading this story:
A well-known educator OF youths IN this
city has for years had as a pet one or
more OF the songsters hung In cages about
his house. Ia the summer IL Is one OF his
chief delights 10 sit on his front porch
and listen 10 them. Recently he noticed
that two OF his brds were becoming
droopy. irritable. snG very restless, and
that little spots or blood mysieriously
made their appearance on the bottom Of
the cage. He watched the canaries closely
for the next few nights. and made the as
founding discovery that they were being
nearly bitten 20 death by mosquitoes. IN
speaking Of the affair he said:
Il watched one Of the birds narrowly for
long while and wondered why IL kept
hopping from one foot 10 the other. ! saw
the mosquitoes In the cage. but II nsv-r
entered my mind that they were attack
Ing the canary until | saw tiny spot %
blood on the BIRDS leg. ] picked the bird
Eeil-deveiopsd mosquito bite.
'"The only vulnerable part Of the canary
is the leg. where the skin Is very thin and
tender and almost unprotected Dy featn-
ers. The mosquitoes appear TO know tbe
tenderness OF the skin and attack in sucn
numbers that ia the coarse Of tine they
could seriously Injure the health Of the
bird by draining Il Of blood. ! blocked the
game by drzpiAg each cage with mosquito
tecfed and happy. / suffer 80 much ms
self from mosquitoes that Il i astonishing
dld not think Of them IN connection With
the birds before"
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az the fun which Tiger and Zebra were
having with Little Monkey.
Tiger and Zebra made believe that they
were very awkward. They we're all the
time catching Little Monkey around the
neck until his head was under water.
Then when he came up again with his
ears and mouth all streaming. they would
say: Noble Little Monkey you have Just
saved our lives" They even got a little
fish 10 swim under Little Monkey and bite
his toes. Little Monkey pretended not to
be angry. All the time. though. he was
vexed. and he made up his mind that he
would pay back Tiger and Zebra for the
mean way in which they were treating
him He Was all tired out. bEs he kept
swimming. for he saw that something
was happening which would give him q
fine revenge
Tiger" he said. ''if you would keep
your mouth from being open 50 much.
and Zebra. IL you would not splash with
your feet. you both would become very
iine swimmers. Don't bother 20 take on
your bathing suits. just sit in the sun
and when ] teach Antelope how to dive
I'll give you another Lessen
10 Tiger and Zebra eat Ia The sun and
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Crs are so new that they would be
ashamed to run
What pretty suits" Zebra and Tiger
said at once
They put on the bathing suits and sat
down on the sand.
why don't you come in?' asked
Heron. who had stayed in the water until
he was blue
I'VE want everybody TO see our fine new
suits" answered Zebra.
Come orr cried Little Monkey. Bath
ing suits were made 10 get wet"
So Tiger and Zebra stepped into the
water and followed Little Monkey
Tiger" cried Little Monkey, turniag
around, you must keep your mouth
tightly shut"
Every time Tiger got near Little Mon
key his mouth flew open.) This made
Little Monkey very nervous, for Tiger
had big, sharp teeth. When Tiger was
not soaring Little Monkey. Zebra was
kicking the water over the poor little ami
NAL. which was doing its best 20 teach its
pupils how 10 swim. The other animals
and birds got out of the water and sat
upon the beach and laughed and laughed
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that was barred. There was but one
door, and that had not been opened. The
alarm was given, and an officer came in
to investigate. II was little he could dis
cover The peddler had vanished, and yet
had ne been a cockroach there was no
crevice he could have used to escape. The
door had been locked, with sentry on
the outside. and the window had not been
tampered with.
When the officer made his report he was
reprimanded To square himself he fell
back on the soldier prisoners. Before the
affair ended a good many officers we're
badly mixed up. 1t could not be disputed
that ChiIka had been locked up. II could
not be disputed that he had vanished soon
after. No one could say how he had gone.
and that was the stick of il. To say that
ne had melted into a shadow and tioate'i
through the keyhole was Tidiculing the
matter. He was finally reported as hav-
ing escaped, and 1t was generally believed
that the other prisoners had somehow aid
ed him.
Next day the Hindoo was arrested in
the city for having passed a bogus coin,
and was taken to the city jail to await
trial. When imprisoned in the guard
house at the cantonment nothing was
taken away from him. When taken 10
the city jail he was carefully searched
ard his pockets emptied- Aside from the
fetiches | have mentioned, he had with
him fat, stone about the size of an
American silver dollar. The color was
pale pink, and II was framed In silver
and worn around his neck. This stone he
had not shown to the soldiers. but the
prisoners in the guardhouse remembered
of his having it in his hands and gazing
at IL intently as he sat by himself. He
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o. iemonade Then he smscked his I:as
and wished for Ice cream and cake. oat
o. the pumpkin came layer cake. sponge
cake. and all s9rts OF cake. and a great
dish OF harlequin ice cream. MY eye,
bu; this Is great said Jimmy. When he
Fad feasted until he could hold no more
hs tried TO think what he would Ike best
to have out Of the pumpkin. for he knew
fairies seldom grarted more than three
wishes az ore time. Think as hard as he
could. the only thing he could Think Of
to wish for fhen was a bran new jack
knife. with four blades and hook. Ike
Billy Bar.owa so he wished for il. and.
sure enough, there lay shining knife in
side the pumpkin.
Now a new knife Is useless 10 a boy
unless he can cut something. and the
pumpkin was the only cuttable thing
within reach Jimmy couldn't help think
ing what a ahs Jack o'Lantern IT world
make The thought vas followed by ac-
tion, end the fairy's warning was forgot
ten The great pumpkin was hard and
did not cut easily. He cut eyes and nose
frcm the outside. but found he must cui
from within 20 make the mouth for the
lantern. Soon after he put his arm into
the pumpkin he felt a strange. creepy.
pinchlng. pricklsng feeling all through his
arm. Then he saw with horror that the
pumpkin was closing about his arm. The
eyeA nose. and mouth were closing up
and he was being slowly drawn into the
pumpkin. He tried to cry for help. but he
could only cry in a soft. far away. mellow
voice, Ike the pumpkin fairy. The pump
kin kept growing faster and faster and
finally closed over his head with snap,
He was inside the pumpkin. He could
feel the smooth walls and the air seemed
close and suffOcating
The cramped quarters hurt dreadfully
and he was so frightened that he began to
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Donai Chat aias Rch and
Gac& Ohat Das Poor
By sEUNIAs sIACMANUs.

By sEUMAs sIACNIANUs

nind him. and every time he lookes ovs,
his shoulder there he saw his old mother
in-iaw with the sword lifted. reaSv a.
ne thought. 70 cut bin dewn. ana All thst
ne could do, he couldn't gain ground
JACK. ne was prepared for an fhis He
vas concealed half a mile along the Uav
ahd when DOnal came tearing an ne
came out Of where he was concealed and
he said 10 Donal What's the matter.
And Donal pointed back. and Jacl. no
leaped and got bold OF the big horse and
stopped IL. and led II back home. and
tock the old woman of its back.
When Donal veutured home again ba
was IN very low spirits entirely and no
said ,nat II his mother-in-law was gong
20 rise every time she was buried and
haunt him all the days OF MS life thar
he might as well end his life AT once.
Not tco quick" says Jack. saws he.
what viii you give me. ard I'll save you
from your mother-in-law?"
oh, III give you anything at all !"
SAYS ne, in moderation. that you ash. -
We'll. says Jack, SAYS he. III vou
pension me, I'll i've here always. and m
watch By your nother-in-law's grave
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slaughter q Pa.tisae af Tiesssla.

Tssstsln correspozasnt fssis's wsssiy.
From June H. when the Chinese imperial
troops opened the bombardnent oi Ten
tsln, slaughter was pastine. For sixteen
days ! lay Get on top of bsttsemsnted
brick tower OF the wooden mill. 10 fees
above the surrounding plain. used =
Lee Astford rife and picked or anything
that looked Ike Chinese head. For sis
wesks / had known that the trouble vas
coming. and ! had pSee4 OF al the de
gsrces ans had al the ranges down pat.
The iaili was held BY Ameneaf.s and Brit
In bite jackets as e fort. II was main
tanned as an outside post % protect the
concessions All the protecting masonry
was shot OF where ] lay. until bat six
inch wall was ieft, but az they had 20
shoot up ~ ms 1 vas comparatively safe.
A. last the mill was wrecked BY shells and
set afire. Dead bodies were as common a.
autumn leaves. The Japanese ~asss no
powder on captured Chinese. They line
Them up and disembowei them. Tasy are
getting even for the atrocities committed
on their relatives az the iizas ef the Chi
se-JaPaatss nse
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The Worlds Greatest Dam.
PROM HarpsTs Weekly.

FrOm Ha5p4Fs weekly.
The new crcton Dam at the Cornell site
Is built Ia an approximately Forth and
south line across the bed OF the crotOn
River. about three and one-quarter miles
above ifs junction with the HUDSON. II
viii cost about s. 10000. and be the lsrg-
est and most expenSive yet built on this
continent. and In extreme dimensions and
volume OF masonry probably second 70
none in the world It's height Is certain
ly the greatest Of any In the world, and
sthe total amount CT masonry OF all kinds
is about $1,000 cubic yards-a volume sp-
proxlm4tely ons-fifsh Of that Of the pyra-
mid Of Cheops. which Herodotgs states
was "a feet square. 40 feet high. and re-
qUired the labor of 10000 men for twenty
years 70 build IL. The main structure is
a solid mass OF very large books OF Sc
iected stone, carefully fitted together. and
laid Ia the best and strongest cement.
that rapidly becomes as hard as flint
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cry: why did l cut the pumpkin? I'll
never do IL again. ! wish'd I'd never cut
any Cd pumpkins Then something
pricked him and he jumped so hard that
bis head went bump through the pumpkin
and he woke up. He was lying half buried
In the hay with his head Dumping against
the side of the barn. His arm was asleep,
and felt queer and prickly; but the pump
kin, jack knife, and ali was gone.
Jimmy shouted and shook himself to
make sure that he was all right, and.
hearing the supper bell. he grabbed his
hatful of eggs. slid down from the NOW
and ran for the house.
On the table, in the center. sat a great
deep dish. and in it. surrounded by crisp.
crusty scallOps was something mottled
with tints creamy. golden, and brown
Yum 'umm!' said Jimmy. "Punkin pie
for supper" And he smacked his lips.
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Ciab Women nnd the Cir, Fathers.

From the WomaA's Home Companian-
No longer do club women sit around and
wait for city fathers 10 promote improve
ments only when the municipal spirit
moves They promptly appoint a commit
tee. who pat on their prsttiest bonnetS,
ana proceed to ask the masculine authori-
ties for their souls desirs. and, presto.
there Is the desired change. In Atlanta.
for instance, club women xho are house
wives have for some time longed Tor A
town market, bat this domestic conven-
fence was not forthcoming. The raer-
chants we're eauaii, soictlg1s. ihefe.ll'on
waited on the city council and made cap
tivating little speeches. In consequence
Atlanta Is 10 have q town market right
OF
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because YOU didn't bury her half de.
Gently" says Jack. You only pat ten
fourds under her head. and its fifty
pounds you should have put"
Wei I'm sure I'm sorry for that"
says ponal. and I'll make certain that
Il bury her dccently enough this time. ''
;" Jack went with him to help him
bury her this day again. and he saw
DoHal put purse Of ffty soyereigns un-
Ger her head
Vow" says Donai. says he. she'll
slis.E not come back 10 bother me"
isn't that night Jack went 10 the grave
yard and raised the body again and got
NE nifty pounds And ne took the body
men with him on his shoulder OF 40
oona. s. and he went into the stables and
h' put the BODY sitting on the finest big
aorie IN Donars stable. and he tied il
mere, and he tied a sword into its hand.
NON Donal was 10 have gone OF next
morning riding on little black mare
'Aai was a favorite Of his, 20 the town
70 Day the accounts OF the funeral; ani
sS.A, he had known this. and when Dan
q CAME down IN the very early morning,
eAvn Il was sim dark, h went into the
'a1.e and be took out the little black
mare
me horse on which Jack had tied the
~ ~, woman was great companion of this
"'''s llask mare. and both OF them used
!1h o. Che grass together. so as the
.''Ie black mare was taken cut By D0ral
e hoFN e hich Jack had left loose)
uotted ou after.
omen Dcnal saw the appearance OF the
F coming out OF the stable. and on
~ lack th- old mother-ln-law with the
"O.a lHle1 up In her hand. he gave a
ana NJ Jumped Jp on the mare. AMI
ds 81 'asi a. he could galIop.
- aiief tie little mare. the big horse
,et'Fo' ar1 ne faster DOnai want. tae
'sf came the De horse trotting be-
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The Rarmarh. Of an Es.si.i,s Girl.

From the Ladies' HoEss Journal
An exquisite young woman II she whose
dress and hair and skin :ndleate the most
serupulous attention 20 the daily toilet.
We have learned that bathing ard rub
bing and esre for personal cleanliness.
the nicely ,shieb distinguishes the lady.
and adOrns her for her station. are the
handmaids rot Of health alone. but of
beauty. and where = the young girl who
dsspises beauty For the business giFi,
for the girl whose daily employment il
close and conhning. nothing can be bet
ter than that she emulate the dainty slrl
Ia her everyday care Of her dress and
appearances. and IN frequent cleansing Of
the akin by thorough bathing and vixof.
Gus friction. and b. keeping herself and
ali her belongings a. dainty a. she posi-
big cAs
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every night, and keep her from raising. "
Says Donal: IF YOU DO that, III give
you any pension you ask.
Jack asked 100 pounds year, and Donal
agreed TO il. They buried the mother-in-
law the third time. and Jack worked for
his persion so faithfully and so well that
she never rose more.
Donal and his wife lived middling happy,
but Jack and his wife and children, with
their pension OF 100 pounds a year, was
the happiest family in all Ireland.
Copyright, 1900. b. Seumas McManus.)
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BY JOHN WALKER HARRINGTON.

Little Monkey lost his tail, and the
other monkeys made so much fun of him
that he could not live with them any
more. He went away by himself and fed
on berries. He was sitting on the bank
of the river one day, when the earth gave
way and ne fell in the water. He swan
out again, and as he did, he had an idea.
III start a swimming school," said he,
I'm teach all the other animals TO swim,
so that their lives will be saved if they
fall into the water"
So Little Monkey built houses on the
shore of the river and put up a sign which
read.
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l.. Monkey.
Swimming Skule,

batnlng suits 10 Hire.
He had 100 bathing suits, in sizes to fit
any animal from mouse to an elephant
He hired the Tailor Bird to make new
suits as fast as the old ones wore out
Ben Crocodile was always swimming
around to save the lives of the animals
who swan out too far. Little Monkey
put raft away out in the stream where
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07
MILITARY AND CIVIC PARADE
End Of the celebration in Honor of Adj
mira1 Dewey at st. Louis.

End Of the celebration in Honor Of Adj
mira1 Dewey at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May The celebration in
honor of the visit Of Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey to st. Louis was practically con-
cluded with a military and civic parade,
including organizati ions from all parts
of the state. In the evening the admiral
attended q meeting of the military order
of. the Loyal Legion, Of which he has
been a member for over 20 years. but
this was purely an informal affair,
given in order to allow some Of the adj
miral IS old friends an opportunity to
meet him again. 5s. .s .5s
The parade was Witnessed by hum
dreds Of thousands Of people, who gave
the admiral an enthusiastic greeting all
along the line Of march. The day was
IDEAL hardly cloud feckng the sky,
while just enough wind was blowing to
temper the warmth Of. the sun and keep
futtering the thousands Of flags with
which the buildings along the line Of
march were decorated. Excursion trains
by the dozens brought in theiE loads Of
out of town sightseers and for hours be-
fore the parade was scheduled to start
the miles Of streets in the business dis
trict over which the admiral was to
pass were packed almost to suffocation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07
iuINBURG IS NEXT
Lord Roberts and His Entire
Force EYidentl ~ Moving on
That Place.
Means to Lose No Time in Fol
lowing Up Advantages So
Far Gained. ~
Possible He Intends to Clear the
Way For General Buffers
Advance.

LONDON, May -7.Lord Roberts Is
evidently losing no time in following up
the substantial advantage gained by the
occupation Of Brandfort and his whole
force is apparently moving on Winburg.
The place mentio ioned in Lord Roberts
dispatch to the war Office as Neal
welket'' cannot be found on the maps,
and it is likely chat it is cable error
for 'snear Vet kop.'' General Ian Ham
ilton seems to be midway between
Houtnek and Winburg and has thus got
between Winburg and General Olivier's
command from Wepener, which is oo-.
cnpying Thaba Patchoa. Between
Thaba N 'Chu, Lady brand and Winburg
the country is rough and suited for the
Boer tactics, SO the British are liable to
be consid derably harrassed before they
capture the stronghold. Experts differ
as to whether Lord Roberts is bound to-
wards Kroonstadt or in the direction Of
Bethlehem. The latter place is the ter
minus Of the line joining with the
Natal railtoad at Van Reenans pass,
and the capture Of that place would
probably compel the Beers to leave
the Drakensburg range and thus open
the way for General Buffers advance.
The British will have to repair the
bridge over the Vet before the railroad
between Brandfort and Winburg be-
comes available