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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

that means something more than 4,OOO
ton of cargo. Brief work in the line
done on the canal and an ocean high
way is opened up for Chicago and the
West. In meats, in grain, in all those
commodities that now go to Liverpool
by other and more expensive routes
for water carriage is much cheaper
than rail carriage, and farmers who
grow grain in Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa are to-day in a measure at the
mercy of the rail lines. Ocean rates
from Galveston and New Orleans
would enable them to beat the sea
coast rates from New York by from
10 to 20 cents on a bushel.
1t Is said that nothing but money and
the authority to go ahead is needed IN
the work south of LockpOrt. Half or
SO, 900. 900 would make the lower chan
mel adequate. There is a great deal of
boring and dredging to do; docking
and the strengthening out of crooked
courses: but competent engineers have
been looking over the field, and the plan
is simple when understood.
The lower Mississippi problem IS ont
of the worst to the canal project. Many
millions of dollars have been Jumped
into that river by succeeding Con
crosses and engineering boards withOu
substantial improvement. The rive
has depth sufficient for present com
merce. and no decided effort has beel
made to deepen it at certain cross
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10
DICKS GOOD TIME

A Very Human Boy Enjoying His
WelI-Earned Reward.
A portly gentleman sat on the porch
and smiled, while a small boy. also
smiling, painted the front fence.
Look at that boy" the portly man
remarked to a visitor; "he thinks he is
having a good time. A small boy is
surely the drollest creature on earth.
When l was a youngster l remember
that there were certain kinds of work
[ considered play, and one of them was
painting. 1 was always crazy to paint.
Many times l have taken a bucket OF
muddy water and an old paint brush,
and have spent whole half day put
ting a thick coat on the side of my
fathers barn.
so with my boy, Dick. the little chap
painting the fence; he has always been
crazy to paint. He is enjoying himself
nOw-you can see he is; and he Will
paint that whole fence, too, just as we'll
As he knows how. don't care if it is a
rihe smeared; he's getting joy, solid
Joy. thicker than the paint on his hands
and clothes.
There's a mean side to it, too; be
wanted to paint the fence and wanted
the weeds pulled out of the yard. So.
ike an undetermined rascal. l bargain
I'd with him; told him that if he would
pull all the weeds out l would let him
paint the fence. He went through the
,thar foh ike a SOldiar-hp hates 10 mil
weeds-all boys do-and now he thinks
be is getting his reward. 1t Is a down
tight shame to fool him that way
don't you think 500"
The portly gentleman chuckled again
and the small boy, wild with joy, went
IN plastering paint on the fence.-De
.roit Free Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10
she cor Her BOTTLE OF INK
But the Parcel Was Big Enough to
Contain Safe.

But the Parcel Was Big Enough to
Contain Safe.
One woman who lives In Pine avenue
went shopping. This happened last
Monday. She left her home with purple
plumes in her bonnet, and she lost not
one Of them In her trip downtown.
She had read an advertisement In a
Sunday newspaper. 1t told her that she
could buy bottle of ink for cent
The woman bought the ink for a penny
and asked that it be delivered to her
home. The clerk said nothing. Neither
did the man in the parcel-rOom. He
worked by himself. Delivering a penny
purchase was ripe walnuts to the man.
Next day a wagon with a silk hated
man on the drivers seat and a freckle-
faced boy as a tiger on the rear step
rolled up in front of the house in Pine
avenue.
The freckle- faced lad ran up the
steps and crushed the electric button
with a thumb which he had used but
few moments before in shooting
craps" This game. by the way, is one
of chance. He held in his arms box
Of goodly size The woman of the house
opened the door
Mrs So and Sop asked the boy with
the freckles.
YES was the woman's reply.
"Kindly receipt this slip"
"Why. have nothing coming in such
bulk" the woman said.
But you are So and So?" the free
killed. boy inquired.
Yes" declared the woman, but
there must be a mistake"
However the box was taken to the
kitchen and opened with sledge and
hammer Excelsior was strewn upon
the floor in the wOman's wild endeavor
to solve the secret OF the Enclosure. 1t
ciung in yellow strands about the pipes
of the sink. pulled its way into the door
leading to the wild roses in the back
yard and clogged the passage to the
dining-room.
Then the woman in Pine avenue
found her 1-cent bottle of ink. 1t wa.
in the center of this great wad of shaw
lngs.
The man in the parcel-room was one o.
/, Jest and merriment. He rolled nonsense
: into a joke aud enjoys the fun, even Il
r it did cost a penny or two more to thu
hrm.-Chicago Chronicle.
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HOW a PLANT FEEDS.

Van HeImont's Interesting ENperi'
ment Showing How Tree Grows
1t IS more than 1000 years since PM
osophers began to speculate about the
food of plants and what we may term
their digestive" processes, but II Is
only during the latter half of this cen
fury that really clear and definite no
tions concerning the food supplies Oh
the vegetable world have been gener-
ally accepted by scientific men. AS lar
as is known, says writer III hho"l-
edge the first botanical experiment
ever performed was conducted oy an
Helmont. He placed in a POT ~
pounds Of dried earth, and IN II ne
planted a willow branch which Welsh-
ed five pounds. He kept the whoie Gu,
cred up and daily watered the eartn
with rain water. After five years
growth the willow was taken up anu
again weighed, and was found TO nave
gained 1874 pounds. The earth in the
pot dried and weighed, and hau 'os'
only two ounces.
Knowlege was not yet suthcienuy au-
vanced to enable Van Helmont TO inter,
pref these striking results correctly ana
he came to the erroneous conclusion
that the increased weight Of the PAM
was due to the water which had ueen
supplied to the roots. He therelOI'
looked upon this experiment as sup
porting the theory which he n"u au
vanced, viz, that plants required ~
food but water. stephen Hales au
vanced the subject a great step Dy III
dicatlng that much OF the increase - =.
weight of plants was derived from
carbon dioxide In the air.
Vegetable cells contain a hqui'
known as "cell sap" which Is WaIel
holding in solution various materi ,as
which have been taken up rom WIZ
out by the roots and leaves. Ihese Ina ,.,
terials are thus brought In contact y" ~
the protoplasm, which causes 'nein y
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10
When Crowds Are Useful.

Quite brisk business exists in the
crowd line, said a well-dressed man to
the writer, and make fairly good
living by supplying them. All sorts of
people find crowd useful at times.
For instance. a young man who is
about to make his debut as a lecturer
or musician can, by coming to me,
make sure Of having not only Anu
merically king-respectable, but
highly appreciative, audience. Again.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

so q HEN the first water of the
WNW great Chicago drainage canal
topped over the big bear-trap
dam at Lockport, to most residents OF
the vicinity it signalized the end of
titanic undertaking-th sanitary wa
terway had been completed, and there
ended the job. When that water first
plunged, kissing and writhing, down
the valley of the Desplales to its june
ton with the Illinois River on its way
10 the Father Of Waters men who
watched the work felt that a great les
son was ended.
An offertory of some S33,0OOOOO had
been poured out by Chicago, ostensioly
10 purify the water supply, yitlated by
3 thousand sewer condults. But the
real service had not commenced. for
the sanitary feature Of the mighty
canal was and is but a subsidiary ele-
ment The real object sought to be
attained when the work was under
taken was and is the beginning Of a
ship canal to unite the chain OF inland
seas with the salt tide-water Of the
delta Of the Mississippi River, some
1900 miles away
The opening of the mammoth chan
mel. over 200 feet wide and deep enough
in all its thirty miles to float the heav'
est warship. was really the opening
wedge of a project which has oeeI
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

dreamed of. legislated upon and striyen
after for half century. 1t means that
the expressed fears Of Federal engi-
neers, of communities dreading water
contagion, Of shippers anticipating a
loss of commercial prestige, the deple-
ton of our lakes, have all been set at
rest. 1t means that the Hennepin canal
idea-the father of the sanitary canal
is in a fair way of accomplishment,
and by the use of a grand natural wa
terway the largest chain of fresh water
on the globe unites with one Of the
largest rivers in the world, piercing a
mighty nation down its middle.
Never since the first hasty $4,000 sur
vey was made in the shallow Illinois
has the general government been able
to rid itself Of the idea that the fruit
ton of the plan would encompass the
triumph Of the grandest scheme Of in
ternal Improvement ever undertaken in
this land The first great step to con-
summate all this is the proposed turn
ing over of the Chicago River to the
drainage canal trustees, to enlarge, to
improve, to change, on the same prin-
clple that can make of the veriest creek
in the land that would not float a skif
channel wide enough and deeI
enough to float a warship of the frs
class with a draft of twenty-eight feet
Without a particle of Improvement tn,
Chicago River can to-day carry vessels
which haul 100 900 bushels of grain
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

undergo changes in composition which
prepare them to be added to the sub
stance Of the plant. Thus it is in the
protoplasm of the living cells Of the
plant that those digestive" processes
are carried on which Aristotle believed
to occur in the soil. We see. then. that
the living cells are microscopic labora-
tories in which the digestion of the food
of the plant is carried on.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

work for me at night; others work for
me in the day, and appear on the stage
as "supers" in the evening. l pay
them so much per hour. and find the
clothes. have most elaborate stock
of garments. and can turn out quite
an aristocratic looking crowd.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10
Money Used in NIafekine.

Colonel Baden-Powell and his band
of soldiers. who withstood the repeated
and unsuccessful attacks of from 1000
70 5000 Beers on Mafeking. showed his
resourcefulness when he created the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10
More Ornamental than Useful.

DOrOthy-Papa. we girls have new
name for those men who call on us, but
never take us out anywhere.
Papa-What is It., daughter?
I'VE call them 'tireside compan-
ions. Life.
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Capacity of LabOr-SavinE Machines.
1t is estimated that the productive
capacity Of the labor-saving machinery
in the United States is now equal to a
Woodworking population of 4OO'OOO,OOO.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

Unfortunately a willing person f.
nearly always a stupid person.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10
NewfoundIard Cedfish.

The annual export of Goldfish from
Newfoundland is about 1.35O,OOO hun
dredweight.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

Work and don't worry If you would
be happy. Worry and don't work II
YOU would be otherwise.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-10

currency notes for circulation in the
besieged city. The one-pound note.
which is reproduced here, is attractive
in design and general appearance.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

of Great American Industries, is
NV here We Get Our Salt and How"
and the simple Explanation" is of
"Tides, Trade Winds and Tornadoes.'
Persons afflicted with diseases o: the
eye and ear, blindness and deafness,
may consult DIR. Paul, the eminent
German eve specialist, of Chicago, at
the home of Mrs. NJ Jockey Wednes
day, August |, providence permitting
Examination free. Poor treated free
2tw.
William III. Anderson, aged So years,
and one of the oldest residents of Sta Ike
county, yesterday afternoon went TO his
farm, east of Knox, and when the heavy
storm came up sought shelter in hol-
low Sycamore tree on the bank of yell
low river, The tree was struck by
lightning and Mr.. Anderson was IN
stantly killed. Search for him was
made all night The body was found
in the hollow tree at o'clock yesterday
morning. Mr.. Anderson was elected
sheriff of Starke county in 1866 and
served as postmaster for ten years PRIOR
to 1884.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
New Babies get shoes.

The following new born babies were
presented with shoes by j. f. Hartle
last week:
Sherman Orval Jones, born March %,
1900.
Bertha Marie Nunnennaker, born
March 3, 1900.
Geo. b. Switzer, born March 6. 1900
Bernard Ellis Clifton, born April IL,
1900.
Ferna Alice Swsnk, born Feb. 10
1900.
Noah Nathan Cline, born Feb. 8, 1900.
Michael Omer Dietel, born Feb. 8, 1900.
Lula May Msthix, born Feb II, 1900.
Marguerite Louise Cressner, born Ap-
20, 1900.
Ella Flo Harris, born May Ii, 1900.
DevOsne Lehman, born Feb. 3, 1900.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
BROKEN BRICK-A=BRACS.

Mr. Major the famous cement man. of New
York. explains some very interesting facts about
Majors Cement.
The multi DIES who use this standard article
know that Ii is many hundred per cent better
han other cements for which similar claims are
simple reason is that Mr. Major uses the best
materials ever discovered and other manufac-
turers do not use them, because they are too ev-
penSiye and do not allow large profits MI
Major tells us that one of the elements OF Ills
cement costs So rs a pound. and another costs
3. IS gallon. while large share Of the So called
cementS and liquid glue upon the market are
nothing more than siXteen-cent glue. dissolved
in water or ctrc acid. and. IN some cases. Ill
tered slightly in cOiOr and OdOr by the addlti 1
of cheap and useless materials
Majors cement retailS at fifteen cents and
twenty five cents IA bottle and when a dealer
tries 10 sell a substitute YOU can depend upon ii
that his only object is In make larger profit
The profit on Majors cement Is as much ~
any dealer ought 10 make on any cement And
this is douby true in view OF the fact that each
dealer gets his share of the benefits OF Mr.
Majors advertising. which amounts To over
600 "A month. throughout the country. rs
tabliShed in ls76.
Insist on having Majors. Don't accept amy
finland advice from druggist.
If you are at all handy land you VIII he likely
10 find that you are good deal more SO than
and family shoes. and any other rubber and
leathe articles with Majors Rubber Cement
and Majors Leather Cement.
And YOU will be surprised at how many dol
lars a year you will thus save.
Ii your druggist can't supply NOu, IL VIII he
forwarded by mail; either kind. Free of post
age 6-24-0l
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
Lake Erie & Western R. R.
a Michigan Cit, DiyI.Ion

indianapolis n Michigan City Division
NEW FAST TRAINS
ON and after sunday May IS. 1902 trains
will leave Plyn cuth as follows:
NORTH BOUND TRAINS.
No. %. Toledo. Chicago < Michigan Express.
except Sunday. 1901 y. m.
No %. Toledo. Detroit x Chicago Lin tied.
daily. BIB y. M
No -. Muncie Lafayette < Plymouth Spec
ial except sunday. 1859 ?. m.
SOUTH BOUND TRAIN.
No. ~ Detroit. Indianapolis < Cincinnati Ex-
press. daily. 3 30 a. m.
No. %. Chicago. Detroit. Toledo < lndianap-
oils Fast Line. except Sunday. II 81 a m.
No. %. Chicago. Toledo < indianapolis spec
ial. except Sunday, 5:l5 p m.
ELEGANT NEW SERVICE AND EQUIP
MENT.
Trains Nos. 20. p and - make direct cOnnec-
lions for Toledo. Detroit. Chicago and all points
East North and Northwest.
Trains u and % make immediate connection
at indianapolis Union Station for Cincinnati
Louisville and all points I'm the Southeast. South
and Southwest.
Train - connects AT indianapolis with FAST
trains for - Louis and Southwest
For further information. call at L. r. W.
X X. ticket office.
j. VI. DAUBENsPECk. Agent
plymouth. Ind
c. f. Day. &. 2. A.. Indianapolis. Ind
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
The Plymouth U. Il. Church.

For some time past an effort has been
made to relieve Plymouth U. b. church
from its Indebtedness of $1,000 by tax
ing pledges payable upon the condition
that the $4,000 be secured. The fol
lowing statement from its board of
trustees explains the situation:
Plymouth, Ild., July 20, 1900.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
We, the trustees of the U. b. church.
of Plymouth, Ind, have carefully ex-
amined the certificates Of stock taken
to pay church debt and find that 1900
and more shares have been taken &C.
cording to contract In certificates
Therefore said shares are now due and
payable.
j. V. VANGILDER,
W. A. YESTERDAY, Trustees.
r. A. CLANCY, '"0'o00'
j. ID. WILLIAMS,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

Since Mr.. Bryan began to tell
the people four years ago that what
they wanted was more money, they
have added at the rate of $I35,2Io,-
600 annually to the circulating med
ium.-Goshen News.
This same paper comedies that
times are getting better with a
greater amount of money in circu-
lation. This demonstrates conclu-
sively that Bryan was right in argu-
ing for greater volume of the circu-
lating medium. Then why not in
crease the circulating medium still
more and give business further
impetus. The Goshen News has
made rare acknow Judgement for a
republican paper.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

indianapolis has been thrice hon.
ored politically. 1t has been selected
as the national campaign headquar-
tiers of the middle of the-road popu-
lists, Baker and Donnelly. 1t has
been selected as the place of notifi-
cation of Bryan and Stevenson, and
it has been recognized on both ma
tlonal committees, with Mayor
Taggart on the democratic and
Harry S. New on the republican
national committee New York
Sun.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

The assessment of the democratic
candidates for state offices is SAID to
be as follow: Governor, 81 900 !;
lieutenant governor, $500 secretary
of state, $4,000; treasurer, 81, 900 /;
auditor, $4,000; reporter of the
supreme court, 500; attorney gen.
eral, 81, 900; state statistician, 500 /;
superintendent of instruction, 500 ;
judges supreme court Isl 900 each },
$4,000; total St3,5oo. The assess
ment of the republican state candl-
dates was several thousand dollars
more
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

The two democratic papers at
Laporte have never labored har-
moniously and the consolidation at
this time is generally conceded to be
best for the party as we'll as best
for the proprietors of the respective
plants. Publishers of the same
political faith make great mistake
by inaugerating a war upon each
other. Such conduct never results
to the good of either and usually to
the detriment of the party. Where
there are two papers OF the same
political faith, it is an easy matter to
choose separate fields, if both are in
clined TO harmonious action. If
such harmony cannot be maintained
consolidation is always the best
solution.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
solution.

More evidence each day is
brought to light to show that the
census is to be far from an accurate
one. The more is the pity, since it
is the only system on which can be
based so many statistics and reports
of importance on many different
questions. An enterprising Chi
cago paper has taken the trouble to
revise the census of the city OF
Evanston, H., where inaccuracy in
the government returns was appar-
ent. In two wards of this city OF
10000 people, over 100 persons
were found who had not been
counted in the official returns made
by the census takers. Should this
discrepancy continue throughout
the investigation, it will embrace
3 and 4 per cent of the city's popu-
lation. Such palpable proof of the
slip-shod methods of the govern
ment census takers is deserving OF
criticism.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

There ought to be some real
warm times in Chicago during the
next few months. The headquar-
tiers of the national committees of
both the old parties will be in the
same building, and an effort is now
on foot to have Bryan and Roose-
welt speak from the same platform
on Labor day.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
HOME FOR PREACHERS.
1t Is the Gift of Rev. Chapman, of Ne

1t Is the Gift of Rev. Chapman, of New
York.
1t has been made known that the
donor of the home for ministers being
erected at WinOna Lake is Rev. j. Will
bur Chapman, of New York, formerly
pastor of Wanamaker's church in Phil
sdelphia. Secretary Chapman will give
the entire proceeds of his book, 1.-The
Official Biography of Dwight l.. Moody
to the Winona assembly tor the pur-
pose of building home for ministers
of all denominations. receiving less
than $1,000 yearly salary. The book
has already reached $4,000 in sales.
The building will be three stories high.
1t will be dedicated in August.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

The proprietor of the Louisville
Courier Journal, delegate to the
gold democratic conference at lndi-
annapolis, stated that this year he
would support VIM. Bryan. The
people, says he, have no fears on
the money question and every citi-
zen who loves the republic should
contend against the imperialistic
policy of the administration.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

Ex-Speaker Reed will not be in
vited to speak by the republican
managers this year, because he has
at various times criticized certain
acts of the president. Reed is OPP
posed to imperialism and believes
that the interests of the republic are
best served by defeating the presi-
dent this time.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

Chairman Hernly tells the repub-
lican rural roosters that Indiana will
give 10000 republican majority in
November. Chairman Martin
claims the state by $4,000 for the
democi ats. Perhaps both chair
men get genuine amusement out of
their predictions. 1t does them lots
of good and SO long as the rest OF
us are not injured, why not let
them have little pleasure as they
go along?
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
go along?

Capt. Allen, of Frankfort, was
nominated for congress by the dem
ocrats of the Ninth district. Geo.
F. Harvey, his opponent before the
convention, withdrew and moved to
make Capt. Aliens nomination
unanimous. The captain is now in
charge of company in the Philli-
pines, but will return and make a
forty day campaign. His opponent
is Congressman Lands. The dem
ocrats are confident that Lands
scalp will dangle from their belt
after the November election.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27

A new member of the school
board at South Bend has been
selected. The new member is a
republican, but his election would
not have resulted except that some
of the democratic aldermen voted
for him. Democratic aldermen did
vote for him and a good school man
goes on the board. This is as it
should be. Politics should not be
considered in the management of the
public schools.