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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

Christmas is the daY of all the year
best and dearest among the time marks
Of our recurring calendar It is the
day COR peace and harmCny in every
heart and at every hearthstone. We
celebrate Gods ch;efest gift to man
and diScordant thoughts Or contentious
havR no place at The Joyous festival
All should ring lear and true and
sweet as the Yldetime chimes The
spirit OF Christmas softenS evil SOr-
roN ana hOpele .Sness with the magic
to1ch Of charits, for IN charity is the
embodiment of all the Christian graGes.
IL gives to go sdness a brighter luster
and To resolv" nohier purpose. II is
L spirit born in every heart that can
Know its Inspiration, without regard
To- creed or race os station. OF all the
days to which man has given special
observance Christmas alone has grown
in its power. its beauty and its value.
1t has bean stripped of the grandly de-
vised liturgy and dramatic representa-
tons t,sat had their root in heather
customs. dispeiled by the true. Cnris-
tian spirit
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

quantities and are so easily made,a few
recipes for Christmas goodies may be
useful TO our readers. Years ago peO-
pie believed that candy was harmful.
but that notion was set aside; and ii
is declared really benefcial-of course,
When eaten at the proper time, in
proper quantities and made of pure
materials Homemade candies are al
ways pure. the best materials are used
and the cost IS much less than is paid
for the same grade in the stores. 1t
is a nice plan to make your own
Christmas candies, and you can send
boxes away to your friends who will
prize things made for them much more
than anything fought.
To send candies away they should
be made to lock as dainty and pretty
as possible Fancy baskets can be
cheaply bought that Will be pretty
after the candy is used, and lined with
waxed paper over a fringed inner lin
ing or some delicate colored It's
sue paper. In packing place waxed
paper between the layers. and when
the basket is tiled vrap the edges OF
the lining paper ovev the top so that
the candies are covered. then gather
the fringed tissue paper into a rosette
ana tie With baby ribbon.
In making peanut candy, TO every
half pint Of shelled and blanched pea
nuts use enc cupiu each Of molssses
or sugar Boil together until the mix
ture i brittle when dropped into cold
water. then stir n the half pint of
peanuts before taking from the fire
Pour into buttered pans and mark of
into squares or lengths before it coos
Hickory nuts. English WalnUts or al
monds may be used IN place OF pea
nuts
To blanch nuts is to remove the fine
skin whicn covers the nut under the
shell This will easily rub of in pea
nuts, but other nuts require different
treatment After removing the shell
cover the nuts with boiling water, and
let them stand until the dark skin
will easily rub of. then put them into
cold water Dry between towels.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
Thinks Past Time Possible.
TALKS ON ADVERTISING.

The best wav to advertise is just 10
advertise Get at il with a vieH 10 hav-
ing the people know what sou most
desire 20 sell. and incidentally letting
them know that the specified items do
not represent your full stock say in
teresting things about interesting goods
and have the goods 10 talk
Men talk Of the secret Of slsccessful
advertising but it is all very plain. The
essentials are 10 offer what people
want at fair prices. and 10 9ffe- il in
a way Jhac Viii make readers know
they want IT, The ar in r.rit.ng an
advertisement Is 10 speak a. ne inter
ested and yeI-in.ormed merchant
would -Peak 70 prospective customer
The nece appearance o. business
mans came and address in very issue
Of leadicr = W-pai-r Viii 3 wc-k 20
increaS- lis trade Every business nan.
however s. ar p to e5t. fae-- es- his
establishment wh-.1 Ul. o.-aEe
people = la 7-- h.u ~ stat s-ch
facts g. saEv - q n-.,-rlr r---cl o-ir-
ciral rs5 - successful. al --rt.S.ns.
Tn -l t-- ta- au1s~ q
impress maize r1e .e-a-e aG-
vcrtiSeel-lr -e.tir. Is -o- raN. Forty
years AS III English advertiser said
to the p.s!i-ler OF Tile Cor rhia Maya
zine. FFs trnt consider hat an ad-
vertiSemaur seen for the Hrst time by
a reaipr j. aorth much The second
time i souuts Tor something. The third
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
After Christmas.

"a a general thing afteetionate
fathers and mothers rejoice in the hap
piness of their children, bat the rule
haas its exceptions.
is MIR. Smart at all given to drink
inquired a merchant, anxiously, of his
confidential clerk.
NO, indeed" was The decided an
swer. He never touches drop But
what put such a suspicion into your
mind?'
why, | noticed that he has been
two hours late for the last three
mornings, and he looks for all che
world as If he had been on a regular
spree"
"Oh. that's all right" said the clerk
"He gave his boy drum for Christ
mas"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

On the eve of St Nicholas day. Dec
6. parents in France used to secretly
give presents to their children as Mich
olas had given the purses. The par
ents denied that they gave the presents
and said they had been left by the
saint. who on this night Travelled up
and down the earth and entering m
seen and unheard through the windows
of the houses reward the good chill
dren.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
FLORIDA Special


Chnaso to Jacksonviiie and st. Au-
gus,ine Effective jan :. 1902. the
Big Fen viii operate tarough Pull
man sleeQers from Chicago and In
diardpolls To jacksonville and 81 Au-
CUISINE via Cincinnati. Queen & Cres-
cent Sou. Ry. Plant system and Fla.
East Coast Ry. leaving Chicago at l
p. M daily. except Sunday. Dining
anu observation c,u>. For fuA in
formation address J. g. Tucker Gen.
Nor Agt. 234 ClarR street. Chicago;
Warren J. Lynch. g. L. & r \. or
W r Deppe. \ G.. r T. A., 1iucin-
NAT d
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

pay for it, too, or else there amt goin
to. be no Christmas round here"
That's my judgment. too" said the
cattleman. and the minister agreed.
So they sat down to their task of Sc
lection. They spent hours over it ~
breathless interest. and when their
gifts were ready there arose the ques-
tton of d Christmas tree 1t had stop
ped showing. and tramping out into the
moonlit night. they cut down great
piece of sage-brush. The mother
adorned 1t with tinsel paper and the
gifts were prettily disposed Christmas
dawned FOR two of the happiest chill
dren ulaier the sun, and happy moth
err. too. for inside the Ing plush album
selecte9 for her the cattleman had
slippeGi a hundred-dollar bill
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
THE DAY OF DAYS.

Is Thousand years have come and gone
And near thousand mere
Since happier light from heaven shone
Than ever Shone before
And in the hearts of old and young
A joy most joyful stirred,
fii1t sent such news, from tongue to
tongue
IS ears had never .Ianr6
And we are glad. and W. viii sing,
As i'm the days of vore:
Come all. and hearts made ready bring
To welcome back once more
The day when first on wintry earth
\ summer change began
Aud dawnng on a Lonely birth,
CprOse the Light tt man
II 7. Lynch
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
TIE HaNDsomEST CALENDAR

titul heads ton six sheets, lCN12 inch
eSl. reproductions Of paintings by
Moran. issued by General Passenger
Department, Chicago. Milwaukee < st.
Paul Railway. viii be sent on receipt
of twenty i've cents. Address r A
Miller. General Passenger Agent. Chi
cagO.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

In England children hang their
stockings at the foot of their beds. In
America the whole family suspend
their stockings from the mantelpiece Of
the sitting room, to save Santa Claus
the trouble of ascending the stairs and
entering each room to distribute his
wares
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

Lives of the Hunted" is the title of
a. book by Ernest Seton-Thompson, the
first writer who has ever adequately
interpreted the nature " brutes. espe-
cially those to whom man appears az
a beast OF pre- Seton Thompson never
fails to enlist our synipathies with the
conquered beasts. The illustrations are
harmonious and always suggestive OK
thought a'sd feeling.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

Will Garleton's magazine Every
Where. seems to have demonstrated
what. Go many. seemed impossible
that strictly first-class magazine
could be produced for fifty cents year.
Most OF the articles are short, and
very much 10 the point
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

The Literary Digest" is a weekly
periodical which aims to sum up all
periodicals into one, giving the gist OF
every side of every question in con-
troversy With impartiality and telling
just wha, buy people want TO know
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
Et.iita SarraSlal.

Mr. T'ghtfist-'lm always willing TO
help deserving unfortunate Here
is two cents. now don't spend it for
drink T5amp Certainly not. IL
| don't buy ticket 10 Florida I'll
surely purchase a set of winter fan
nels. Chelsea Gazette
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20


tired naval officer. The life on
board Il warship is at best
very confined and necessarily
strict and severe. There is the
suggestion of poison in the steel
walls and narrow quarters and the
regularity of the hours and meals. The
life of the jackies is made up almost
entirely OF work with very little play.
We learn To enjoy our Christmases the
more when at Last they come round.
On Christmas. for once in the year al
least, all rules, OF which there are Sc
many on board battleship. are
thrown II the winds aud the tackles
are given the entire freedom of. the
ship The order which is usually Civ
en- them is that they can spend the day
exactly as they like. and take any lib
critics they choose short of blowing nc
the ship.
Il sometimes happens when the shin
is in some attractive port that the
sailors prefer to spend the day on
land. and they are of course always
granted leave of absence 1t is sell
dom. however that the ship is so de-
serted that the cabins are not for the
time converted into a veritable pande-
monium. There is no formal celebra-
ton of the day ordered by the gov
ernment. The sailors are simply Civ
en- their liberty aud they do the rest
If chaplain chances tn be on board
the day is opened with some simple
religious services and there the jurts-
diction of tho captain may be said to
end.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

Biggs-"Do you hetong to any So
ciety?" Diggs No; but I'm going 10
Biggs-"What rs 10 be the nature of
it," Diggs-"lt will be a society for
the suppression of use.ess societies, -
Chicago News,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20

England spends 2s.f00.0OO year on
her paupers. Scotland f900.000 Ira.
land. 100000. France less than
G1,5OO,00o.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
KEEPING
>(HRIS|'IMA(.
&Rss ,,.

SHOW -DOuul LII NtSleiH
passenger train on Christ
-. mas Eve speedily became
acquainted with each other, and sat
about the stove az the end of the car to
talk il over" One of the men was "A
drummer, another cowboy. the ahlrd
q big cattlemaIr. and the last the minis
ter who tells the story. They finally
fell into conversation with Il poor NO
man and her two children. the only re-
naming pas sengers. and fouud that
the mother, who had tried to maintain
herself by sowing since her husbands
death, was giving up the unequal strug-
gle and going home to live with
grandma"
The little threadbare children had
beer promised "a Joyous Christmas
there, AMI when they found that the
blockads. would prevent their getting
farther, for the present.. they cried
bitterly until sleep quieted them Just
before they dropped OF the drummer
remarked:
Say. parsOn. we've got to give these
ohifdren some Christmas"
That's what" said the cowboy.
Pm agreed" added the cattleman
/ The children Were told to hang up
I their stockings
I'VE amt got none." quavexed the
little girl, "ceptin those we've got
on. and ma says it's too cold to take
'em off,
1--WE got two pairs Of new wooden
socks said the cattleman. eagerly. Il
amt never wore 'em, and you're well
come to en-"
The children clappea their hands,
but their faces fell when the elder re-
| marked:
but Santa Claus will know they're
not our stockings. He'll put in all the
things for you"
Lord love YOU roared the burly
cattleman. He won. bring me moth
in. One OF asn sit up. anyhow. and
tell him it's for you
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
CANDY FOR THE
Ez -

gift OF Il fancy bedecked
box OF candies is at all times
most welcome gift. and as
bOnbOn candies are very ex
nauGive tn OurphaSa in large
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
ST. PAUL ROAD GETS BIG ENGINES
Largest Ones Ever Built to Be Used in Fast
Passenger Runs.
Larger Trains and Quick Schedules Are
Expected to BE the Ultimate
Result.

Several Of what are claimed 10 be
The largest locomotives ever construct
ed were received by the Chicago. Mil
waukee and ST Paul road yesterday.
In these days OF large engines each
fresh consignment received by a rail
road during the past year or two has
had the distinction of being the larg
est. While these monster locomotives
have in a way ceased 10 excite sur
prise. those just received by the St
Paul ~Oad are remarkable in their d.
mensiOns For example. the diameter
of the driving wheels is eighty-four
and One-fOurth inches. or One-fOurth
Of an inch over seven feet.
Following is technical description
of the new giants:
Diameter Of driving wheels. S414
inches.
Diameter of compound cylinders. 25
and Is inches.
Stroke of cylinders. IS inches.
Total length of engine. IS feet II
inches
Steam capacity of boiler. 200 pounds.
Fire bcx. s feet inches by feet
inches.
Number of flues in boiler. $50.
Heating surface. 3.215 square feet.
Capacity of tender, $4,000 pounds OF
coal and 1000 gallons of water
Thinks Past Time Possible.
General Passenger Agent Miller OF
the St Paul is enthusiastic over the
new engines. alleging that they will
tend TO revolutionize schedules and
power He says they Will be capable
of hauling fourteen or fifteen heavily
loaued coaches or sleepers sixty miles
an hour. Grades Will be little or no
obstruction TO the leviathans.
The locomotives will be put in ser
vice III the limited trains between
Chicago and Milwaukee am between
Chicago and Omaha
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20
ON ~
-.,ays NKdR SHIP

dOubr if any class Of men
in the world appreciate
thei- holidays so fully as
the tackles, writes a re-
The National tribune., 1901-05-23

and ate by removing handfuls. As many
as a dozen would thus be dipping into
the same dish at one time. But there
have been marked changes for the better
among the native families, and one may
now find that the greater proportion of
higher classes of Filipinos are provided
with tables, dishes and forks and knives
for eating purposes.
These improvements have been wrought
by the Americans. soldiers and civilians,
and by the American storekeepers, who
have come here with the necessary stocks
of utensils for providing the native fami-
lies with table ware, articles which they
were not able 10 buy before, as no one
had them for sale.
The Americans have established some
new customs for the dress of the natives,
and new white suits have superseded
breech cloth.
The markets of the Philippines are one
of the interesting features to foreigners.
1t certainly pays one to devote consid
erahle time to going through the markets,
for in these he will find all sorts of native
goods for sale and see all descriptions of
native characters. from the native belle TO
the ladrone of the hills.
The merchants carry lines of small
wares, clothes, cigars, matches, trinkets,
pfP
The National tribune., 1901-05-23
1E$uE MEDIC M TlNET TTT Practically Complete His
4 ILL ANLNltAlN SUNlLlSl. tory of Our Country wei
of
By Horace Greeley volumes; pag
portraits and 80 views, and plans of battles

There is no substitute for Mr.. Greeley's
great work. 1t is matchless story of
mighty events which covered a period Of
the Nations growth from the beginning
of the Government to the close of the re-
belliOn. This work is so important a con-
tribution to our literature that no library
can lay claim TO being complete without
1t. 1t is scarcely possible to be thorough
ly acquainted with the up-growing of the
American Nation ont of a collection of
struggling colonies until finally cemented
into one homogeneous union by the civil
war without reading this book. Our edi-
ton of this great work is exactly iden-
tical in matter, size of page and type and
Illustrations with the original. There has
been no abridgement or curtailment of q
single line anywhere, but in addition to
the original work we have added a brief
sketch of the life of Horace Greeley.
We have the sole right to publish an
edition of The American Conflict at a
price which brings it within the reach Of
many who hesitated to buy a set of books
the cost of which varied, according to the
binding, from 50 to $13.
All who are interested in political af-
fairs, or in the study of the great ques-
ticns which for more than 80 years di-
vided the country practically in two and
everyone interested as a participant in the
various wars in which we have engaged
should have this work. Mr.. Greeley pos
The National tribune., 1901-05-23

the American soldier was the best fight
ing man of all the allies, l shall only draw
comparisons (from which we can benefit
l believe), between his needs and supplies
and those of his quondam friends.
In the first place he required more and
better food than they, and he got it. This
fact astonished the European troops above
all else. a British officer said to me: How
often do you give your men this excellent
bacon| .Twenty-one times week if
they want it. said |; and he didn't believe
Inc. But while our food and other sup
plies were infinitely more generous in
quantity and quality than that of the
others, it was not packed with the scrupu-
lous care for safe carriage and quick
handling. In this particular the japanese
and British We're without rivals.
The japanese allowed few packages
to exceed 100 pounds i'll weight or about
three cubic feet in volume. All boxes,
generally, except ammunition eases, etc.
were covered with rice-straw mating
neatly sewed with the same material at
the corners, and tied in two directions
with a rope or braid of the same. Sacks
were also protected with a like outer
covering. This material is light. strong
and very elastic. and protected the inner
case or sack 50 thoroughly that their loss
from broken packages was practically nil.
Then also the small size and moderate
weight of the packages permitted Of rapid
handling. and, whether it was at the
transports side. l. miles off shore in a
heavy swell. unloading from lighters TO
wharf or rail a TonGku or Tien Tsin, or
from little river junks to store-piles or
wagon or pack trains at TUng Chow, it
aroused the envy of an American Quarter
The National tribune., 1901-05-23
How a Spider Killed a Snake.

"Some years ago." said an official of the
Bureau of Entomology, gentleman liv-
ing in Chemung County, n. Y, had a pet
spider in his store. 1t was a little brown
colored fellow, and made its home under
one of the counters. One day the spider
discovered small snake near the nest,
and he at once determined to capture the
reptile before it had a chance to get him.
''The snake was what is known as a
milk snake, and didn't seem disposed to
be in a hurry about getting away. The
spider was already at work when the
storekeeper discovered the snake. With
all the care possible the spider placed a
loop around the neck of the snake, weav-
ing the little silken-like threads with Won
derful rapidity. When the spider was
satisfied that the cable was sufficiently
strong to support the weight of the snake
he began to arrange for pulley-like tackle
and in a little while the snakes head was
lifted off the floor and gradually its whole
body was drawn off the floor, and swung
around under the top of the counter where
The National tribune., 1901-05-23
Passing of thn miuuesota.

The old Minnesota is to be offered fol
sale at auction, following the custom OF
dispOsing of nayalsvessels which have out
lived their usefulness The passing of the
Minnesota is an historic incident. The YES
sci figured in several important naval
fights. including the engagement between
the Mcrrimac and the Union squadron in
Hampton Roads. Thd Minnesota has been
used mt Boston as barracks by the Mass
achisetts Naval Militia, but the latter or
saniZatiOn has no further use for it. There
was some talk OF the Minnesota being
used as a receiving ship for landsmen, but
board of naval officers has reported her
make her rehabilitation cost more than the
90 per cent. limit of the law. The old
Minnesota was built in Washington in
1870
The National tribune., 1901-05-23

the spider had his home. To make Goubly
sure of his work the little spider passed
rapidly up and down the cable adding
strand after strand of web. When this
was accomplished to the entire satisfac-
ton of the spider he then began the most
wonderful part of his whole work. He
watched every chance and whenever the
snakes head was turned to one side he
would throw a strand of web over his
head, and in less than half an hour the
snakes mouth was bound firm and fast
perfectly muzzled so that it was impossl-
BILE for ii to bite the spider.
Before the work was finished the little
spider showed signs of breaking down,
moving about with unsteady gait, but he
did not retire to his den until the snake
was bound so that it was impossible for il
TO get free.
Gentlemen who witnessed this truly
wonderful feat, say that it was FIVE days
before the snake died. OF course if the
spider had been poisonous he could have
hastened its death. but at no time did he
sting the snake. This is the most wonder
ful and remarkable spider story which has
ever reached us, and it is vouched for by
The National tribune., 1901-05-23
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE

periences of cavalryman than there is
to be found in this story The reader
of these pages will go with the author
into his life and see how the boy was
transformed into a soldier; will march
with him over mountains and across riv.
ers; will camp on the hillside and stand
guard in the moonlight ami in the rain
storm; will be with him as a yidet in the
lonely forest, and again in the wild charge
The humorous, the pathetic, the pre-.
posterous, the extravagant phases of war
are all told with the pen of a master.
Finally comes grim battle, the defeat the
surrender, the travelling through the South
as prisoner. of war; the experiences in
Richmond prisons and at ghastly Belle
Isle; then comes the climax in the prison
stockade at Andersonville itself, with its
10000 men, its poverty its starvation, its
death. All these things are told with the
dramatic power of truth, and they are