Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 June 1895 — Page 8

KNOWS 3.000 NAMES AND FACES

Sherlock Holmes Starting the Elevator In the Tostal Telegraph Buildln?. Jim Lovett, the elevator starter in the Fostal Telegraph building, at Broadway and Murray street, has succeeding in mastering the names of the 3,000 people who work in the offices there. Lovett's feat would be remarkable under any circumstances, but is particularly so in this case, because the building has been open only a few month.-, and up to a week or so ago new tenants were coming in daily, each tenant bringing with him three or four clerks, says the New York Sun. Among the people In the building Lovett is known as the walking directory. Clerks, bookkeepers, stenographers and typewriters, as well as the ISO men and girls employed In the company's operatingroom, are all known to him, and in most cases he is able to give an accurate description of any of them. There are a couple of dozen John Smiths, and no end of William Joneses, to say nothing of a string of Crowns and Whites; but If you happen to want any Greens, particular John Smith or Bill Jones, all you have to do is to give Lovett a slight description of him and he will answer: "Oh, yes, I know him. Got a mole lehind the left ear. lie's with Blank, Blank & Blank, sixth floor. C03. Going up." and before you realize what has happened you find yourself in an elevator going rapidly skyward. In a modest way Jim Lovett is a sort Of Sherlock Holmes. "I started in life as an elevator man In a hotel," he said, "and being fend of Studying human nature, I made a practice of remembering the names and features of the guests of the hous?. I got so that I could call men by nime Who had not been inside of the house for a year, and who had been entirely forgotten by the clerks and other employes of the house. I discoveivil in this way that I had a good memory, and I can tell you it has served me in good Etead many a time. I Lave been in hotels all over the country ever inc and have become a master of faces and names. My last place was at the Waldorf, where I had cliara of the hat, coat and umbrella stands, and there, more than any other place I was ever In, I had to exercise my powers of memory. I came here as an elevator man, and in a few weeks secured the place of starter. There are now about five hundred tenants in the building, and Including clerks and operators some 3,000 people. I managed to get the office-holders in my 1a cd first, and in a few months had then: all down fine. Then I started in cn Vuo other?, and now I think I can tell you the floor and number of the room where anybody is employed." Lovett is very proud of his accomplishment, and takes offen.se if anybody consults the directory by the elevators when he is around. RUBINSTEIN' 3 RELIGION. Horn a Jew, HantUed a ClirMIm, but Still an l"nln-i:v-r-Although a Jew by birth, Kubenstein was baptized when a mere infant, and, as religion is a necessity in Iiu. in, was forced, when residing there, to follow the prescribed forms enco ?. at least. But in reality he i ad little sympathy with the religion of the priest. The question of the hereafter had for him a fascination and a certain awe; but although he went so f.r at times ns to profess a belief in annihilation after death, yet it is to be doubled if Rubinstein himself really know what he did believe, lie certainly I ad his full share of Jewish skepticism, Lul at the same time was full o2 supersiition a sure sign, at least, that be could not have believed in notl.int. since he feared something. He would never set out on a journey on i-Vidy, neither would he, unless forced by circumstances, mention any w ids undei takings before they wert accomplished, a superstition which I encountered enly the other day in raderewskl. In his physiognomy Bubinstein had nothing wnaiever 01 the Israelite. He resembled Beethoven strangely, and for this was laughingly dubbed "Yen the II.' by Liszt. It Is worthy of notice, and Stands greatly to his credit, that in Russia, where it is better to be born a dog Jian a Jew, Rubinstein, despite his baptism, never fought to deny Ids Jewish origin. In a certain way he was even proud of it, and always boldlv acknowledged it. He was an ardent patriot, and loved Russia with heart and soul, working unceas-Jrrly for the musical future of his countrj, having devoted the best part o?" his life to this cause. Without doubt he did for inrsic al Russia more than any other man and the best conservatory in the world today that of St. retersburg o es its existence to his enthusiasm and the lavish gifts of money be made from time to time. He was curiously proud of this work, and he. said once to ir.e: "When I am dead, all that I care men should remember me by is this conservatory that they should say it was Anton Rubinstein's work." A Subject for the I)r mint it. A uhlan of the Fourth regiment, who deserted at the siege of Baris, lied to China, where he served in the army for fourteen years, and afterward became overseer in a manufactory in Alsace for ten, has just been sentenced by the German government to five years' penal servitude. This I3 not tlie way to conciliate Alsatians, nor, Indeed, any one else. It is harsh and cruel. It Is conduct of this kind which makes the "Father of Hi.? reople" to be so often taken for their stepfather. What a story would Brekman-Chatrian (having crossed the frontier) have made of it! Think of the ten years of civil life, the man's feeling of security growing stronger and stronger, and then of the discovery (probably a betrayal), and bis punishment for the almost forgotten crime? Illustrated London News. A Onecr Will. A queer will was lately filed In Duval county, Florida. John M. O'Brien was the testator, and be wrote his will with a pencil on a part of the wall beside hia bed. It was a boarel five feet long by one wide. The instrument read thus: 'Mrs. Arnold, God bless her! shall have all I leave." Call It Gingerbread Fair. The annual "Gingerbread Fair" In the Place due Trone in Paris Is the rendezvous of the freaks of all kinds who gather there to make their professional engagements.

Racial Diseases. Are certain diseases racial? Dr. John T. Billings, who is a careful statistician, says that the death rate of colored children Is so excessive that it excites surprise. Irish children, on the contrary, are remarkably healthy and sturdy, but when they get to be men they seem to lose their reserve force and are easily knocked over. Germans are liable to digestive disorders, but the Jews are a long-lived people. As for us Americans, I may observe that we are rather grasping and have pretty nearly every complaint that is going. We delight especially in bald heads and locomotor ataxia.

AVould Salt Some of Them. The wife of a certain vicar died, to the vicar's great grief and amid the deep sympathy of the congregation. The curate, who was a tender-hearted man, was put up to preach on the following Sunday morning in the vicar's presence. This was his text. "Lo! I will send you another comforter!" The la dies of the congregation could hardly control their emotion. Sheffield Telegraph. Old Times and "ov. Here Jk just a feather to show which way the wind blows. Twenty-five years ago the practical application of electric ity was unknown. To-day untold mill ions are invested in electrical machin ery and steam is creeping out of sight to make way for harnessed lightning. If our great-grandfathers were to make an excursion of a couple of weeks to their o!d homes they would grow so dizzy that they would hardly be able to find their way back to heaven. NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION! On Thursday, August 8, lb'..", the Lake Erie & Western l. 1. will run their popular annual excursion to Cleve land, Chautauqua Lake, Bullau ami Niagara Falls at following very low rates, viz.: Peoria 0 Tort u ayne.8." 00 Illooniingtcn. 7 00 Muncie 5 00 LaFavette. . . 00 Connersville. 5 00 Michigan City 00 Ruahville 5 00 Indianapolis. 5 00 New Castle.. 5 00 Tipton 5 00 CambridgeCityö 00 Lima 4 00 Fremont. 4 0) Sandusky, j?1 00 With corresponding reductions from intermediate points. In addition to the above, the purchasers of these tickets will be given privilege of special excursion side trips to Lewiston-on-the-Lake, including a steamboat ride on Lake Ontario, lr 2." cents. To Toronto and return by Lake from Lewiston 81.00; to Thousand Islands, .".( K). Tickets for the above side trips can be had when purchasing Niagara Falls ticket, or any time on tram. Besides th above privileges, with that of spending Sunday at the Falls, we will furnish all thos'e who desire a side trip from Brocton Junction to Chautauqua Lake and return free of charge. Tickets of admission to places of special interest at or near Niagara Falls, but outside the reservation including toll over the International Uridge to the Canadian side, elevators to the water's edge at Whirlpool llapids on the Canadian side, will Le offered on train at a reduction from prices charged after reaching the. Falls. Do not miss this opportunity to spend Sunday at Niagara Falls. The excursion train will "arrive at Niagara Falls 7:00 a. m. Friday, August 1', iy..", and will have the Falls returning Sunday morning, August 11, at o'clock,! stopping at Cleveland Sunday afternoon, giving an opportunity lo visit the magnificent monument of the late President (iarheld, and many other interesting points. Tickets will be good, however, to return on regular trains leaving the Falls Saturday, August 10, for those not desiring to remain over. Tickets will also be good returning on all regular trains up to and including Tuesday, August Vi, IS'.. Secure your tickets. Also chair and sleeping accommodations, Those desiring can secure accommodations in these cars while at the Falls. For further information call on any agent Lake Frie & Western Ii. It. or address C. F. Daly, (Jen. Pass Agent, Indianapolis, lud. Dr. Martin's Nervine Coffee Saves More Than Half Your Coffee Expense and Doctor Bills. A pleasant table drink composed of cereals, glutene and vegetables and a positive cure for nervousness, dyspepsia, constipation, sickheadache, sleeplessness and the man' ailments caused from the use of ordinary coffee and tea. 1 lb equals 2 lbs of other coffee. Only 20 cents. Free sample at grocers. L Li:onai:i. W. M. Kiindall. Fd. S. HocAKTii A: Co. Fourth of July Excursions Via Vandalia Line. Tickets will be sold on July 3d and 4th, good to return until July 5th, lb'.C, inclusive, between all stations within two hundred miles of initial point, at one fare for the round trip. Tickets will also be sold to stations on connecting lines on same basis as above. For full particulars, call on nearest Yandalia Line ticket agent, or address F. A. Foun, (Jen'l Pass Agent, St. Louis, Mo. VANDALIA LINK. SOI HI i:OlNI TIIAINS. No. ri r,: a. m. " r.'. ln:a. in. Local freight. " r.l 5;ki a. 11:. Through frelglit. NOKTH r.Ol'NIJ TIIAINS. No. r.'2-1tI:2T, p. 111. " 1:0-11 ; 10 p. in. Local freight. ' &l -10:08 I. HI. F. i:. HALF. Agent. I liuioiitli. Iml. JAKK KlMi: AX1 AVKSTKKN". NOISTII T.OCNI Tit A INS. 12:0.1 p. m. Dally except Sunday. C:27p.m. fOLTII IIOINI) TIIAINS. 0:1$ a. m. Dally except Sundav. 12:03 p. in. laical, daily except Sunday. ö:40 p. in. Dally except Sundav. C. It. HUUMfiS. Aßent. Plymouth, Ind.

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THE GREELEY COLONY. A Happy Teople acd a Hiffh Standard of rnMic Moral. The Greeley Colony was composed of the best elements of Kastern citizenship; and the first and most important lesson it teaches is that people of this class are responsive to such a call as Mr. Meeker put forth. lie did not appeal to the instinct of speculation. lie pleaded for new institutions, and aimed at high ideals; and he fou.id that men of culture and of means vere ready to co-operate heartily in such an undertaking: This fact lends encouragement to those who are hoping for great things to come from the development of the arid region. The site of the Greeley Colony was not well cho.-cn or. at 1 ast, It did not in all respects meet the expectations of those who selected it. They were therefore unable to realize all their plans. They mail gome serious miscalculations. For instance, they estimated the cost of their canals at twenty thousand dollars, while the actual cost was more than twenty times as great. Fruit-cvUvre was mentioned in the prospectus as certain to be an important industry, but the soil and climate proved unsuitable. The dream of an improved household economy, based on a plan for co-operative bakeries and laundries, also proved delusive. There were other disappointments; but the fundamental claims of irrigation were all vindicated at Ciroeley, as they have been whenever and wherever brought fairly to the test. A few years of intelligent labor brought a high degree of average prosperity, based upon substantial foundations. Even the severe panic of the summer of 103 did not materially disturb these foundations. During those trying weeks, when mins and smelters shut down, and banks and stoics shut their doors, water, soil, and sunshine continued to do their perfect work in the Union Colony. Greeley seemed like an oasis of prosperity in a desert of despair. The farmers received as the j reward of the summer's labor more j than a million dollars in cash for the . single Item of potatoes. But this is the chief crop at Greeley, after the necessities of life have been provided for; and the wide reputation and handsome returns won for the Greeley potato illus- j träte the wisdom of a surplus crop of I the highest quality. Greeley's civic institutions are like her potatoes. They represent the best standard available, and are the pride of the people. To s II any kind of intoxicating liquor within the boundaries of the Union Colony invalidates the title to the soil. This is one of the original plans which worked well; and the schools, churches, libraries and lyceums are all in keeping with this high standard of public morals. A careful study of the development of Greeley, alike in its social and industrial aspects, would throw much more light upon the problems of arid America; but this cannot be entered upon now. THAT TERRIBLE SPARROW. lie Is Not Ouite So lilack an lie 1 Fiitiited. Terhaps tho Ftrontjost argument against the pparrow is that he drives away the son? M'-ds. In certain cases, that is possil ly true. When the coming of Pons-Hrds is encouraged by the building of boxes for them to nest in, the sparrow is quite prone to oust the song-birds and take possession of the boxes. If he finds a tree to be particularly convenient, he takes possession of that, and so it is unfortunately true that some of our native songsters are rarer than they used to be. Unfortunately, however, the sparrow is the least of the enemies of our song-birds. The bobolink has become rare in New England, but it is the mov.-ing-maehine and the early cutting of hay, not the sparrow, that has driven him away, and elsewhere it is to the small boy and the purveyor of the restaurant, who go out to kill anything and everything that has got wings that we owe the disappearance of our song-birds, much more than to the sparrow. In Europe song-birds and sparrows thrive together, and for one song-bird that is native to the United States, there are at least ten or twenty that are abundant in Kurope. In the United States we have few song-birds, and they ought to be protected against all enemies, even the sparrow; but in Kurope the larks, the finches and the nightingales find no difficulty in living in the neighborhood of the sparrow, and in this country, if we would take away the gun from the small boy and put the purveyor of the restaurant in jail, it is probable that our song-birds would .flourish quite well in spite of the sparrow. A C hip of tin- Oi l ItlorU. Children ate clos? imitators sometimes too close; at least so thought a rathrr rece nt tie Universalst clergyman who mr'do it a point to examine the Sunday-school library boo'c brought homo icr-.ifMonnlly from an orthodox Sunday-school by his young son. tho result of the examination one Sunday being so unsatisfactory that in a fit of disrupt ho tore out an offensive page, remarking: "Too much eternal misery In that." lie was, scarcely prepared, however, to see the boy an hour or so later, lilble In hand, tear out laf after leaf, which he complacently tossed into the fire with tlie paternal quotation: "Too much etfrnal misery In that." GEORGE F. STEEL, HOUSE PAINTER (Irainir.p, Paper Hanging, Coach Tainting, Ktc. P. 0. Box 27, Walkerton, Indiana, Residence, 4 miles east of Walkerton.

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FAILED. The Bohemian - American Pipe Co., of Chicago has failed and we bought a trunk full of Pipes at our own price. We can suit you in any style you want and in price. The finest line that was ever placed on sale in a town of this size. Come and see them. Yours for good, Zinn & Young, rnorniKTons M. A. MILLER S Boarding by the Day or Week. Meals served at all hours, also warm and cold lunch. Lodging can be had on application. A large line of Candies, Cigars and Tobacco constantly on hand. Do You Want a Home? If so, look at these line building lots in Maxey's Sub-Division, in Cabbell's addition to riymoutli. These lots are 132x51, "with natural drainage. These lots can be purchased for cash, or on the installment plan. Tor full particulars and any information desired, call on j. w. MAXEY. WM. O'KEEFE, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors and I Hinds, Flooring, Patent Lath, Fence Posts and Fence Lath. iff tail HiiU IUI WM. Ffl. BULLOCK, Shop on South Dank of the river, cast of the iMfchigan Street Bridge. lie-pairing all kinds of Mills, Kngines or Machinery a Specialty. lie also makes the Star Flue Expander, the very best on the market. Work promptly and efliciently done. We guarantee our work.

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