Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 September 1895 — Page 8

I CHEATER "T" "X 7" HAT is now related took

W place in "ye good old times," when the farmer knew but little or nothing of banks of deposit and their advantages, but relied mostly upon the honesty of his eity acquaintances or of the host of his urban inn. Therefore, when one nice day the farmer of the lower village drove to the city with a well-lilletl bag to make some extensive purchases at the annual fair he was not a little vexed to discover that the inn. "The Sun," wherein be usually stopped, was filled from top to bottom with guests to the fair. He need only wait a few days, explained the host, and there would be pleuty of rooms vacant, but till then Mr. Farmer would have to apply to some other tavern. Perhaps a few houses further on, Just around the corner of the next street, in '"The Green Tree," there might be room for him. That would be quite near. too. etc., etc. Mr. Tanner hesitated for a moment. He was not acquainted with the proprietor of "The Green Tree." but the host of "The Sun" often kept heavy sum for him. and readily handed them over whenever demanded. It would be a good idea to deposit the 1.00 florins I brought along for purchases with the ;

landlord of "The Sun." meditated the ' As soon as they were in his possession farmer, but there was too much of the j he looked up his friend and both visitsuspicious peasant nature in him to j ed "The Green Tree." Mine host was confide his money to anybody lodging j not a little taken back when he listened outside the abode wherein he himself j to the humble apology of the farmer, -was domiciled. Accordingly he prom- ; but he peremptorily declined the acIsed the landlord or "The Sun" to in- j ceptance of any money. Still the farmtpnire again within a few days and said , er excused himself in such meek and pood-by. i dejected manner, pleaded and begged In "The Green Tree" there was indeed ' so persistently, that at last the Inn keepsome r.M'ins vacant, and when the farm-; er yielded and promised to keep the rr had consumed his knoedel and sauer-' money in safety. As soon as the deposit kraut he inquired for the host and beg- : was made the peasant returned to Mr. Ked a few moments private convcrsa- j Foxy's oäice to get further orders, tion with him. The landlord conducted I "Did he take the money V" was the the farmer, who nppoare 1 quite well- ! first inquiry the lawyer made, to-do. into his private room to listen to j -Of course he took it," repl'jl the his guest's request. ; farmer. "If I only had it back again." "I brought florins with me to : "Don't trouble yourself. You'll get make some purchases." began the farm- j it back, and what Is still better, you'll er, "but I am afraid some one in the get it right away. Now, you return to crowd may steal them from me. Will The Green Tree and demand your yon please keep them safe for me? j i,c00 florins, but don't tell a word about That's what I always did in 'The Sun.' " j jt to anybody, not even to your friend. "Very well," replied the host; "just ! As soon as you have the money bring Land them to me." j it an( yourself back to this oflice. and "Rut I don't want anybody to know." ; (ioll't lose a moment." continued the farmer, "that I brought Mr. Farmer did as requested, went to so much money with me." j the innkeeper, claimed his 1,000 florins, "Why, certainly not," exclaimed the ; which he received this time without any other laughingly. "There are nowadays ! parley or delay, and betook himself imso many rogues who think they must i mediately to Mr. Foxy, eager to dissteal right away when they imagine ' cover the finishing stroke of the attorthere is anything of value. You just j ney's strategy. rest easy about it." "Does anybody know that you got this

mi. v .uiuer counuMi out nis norIna iin tlirk tnl.lrw !. 1 1 i.. 1.: vii niv I.UMI-, Ulf l.lilUlUrU lOCKCd 1 thorn up. both men shook hands and the j entire transaction was completed. j I oeling relieved, the farmer mingled ! '

ii.i-m-uneu im nie crowding popu- "Well, you have now vour first 1.000 lace. After a searching examination he ' florins." exclaimed Mr. Foxy, laughing. found next day several articles which i "Now you'll take your friend with you he concluded to pmchase. and returned to 'The Green Tree' and claim the seeto his stopping place to fetch some of ! oud." VuTl' i i A ucw aml brilliant light appeared to hut just depict his amazement and the smilig fnrmer. He flJchod h!a tTo L I T , T' mis" I demanded the 1,000 florins which he take; he hadn t received one fartli'ii" ' i . i i t. . , , , much less i.e. florins. ad ,1U presence of his friend In vain the stupelied peasant remind P made a wry face 'Mi him .,f ti, ; t '.Cm,n, ! 11,1,1 nittered several uncomplimentary

tails o the V :, r S " 1 - 1. ,i. me liiuiuuru, forsooth, turned tables, plaj'ed the role of the injured martyr, and at last shouted at the top of his voice that the farmer should produce his receipts or briii" forth his witnesses. Anvbödv and ev- i Prvhodv nn,1 J I , .1 floi ins fro n 1.1 n V ö v . ' V . in hones man. and so forth And the wily tavern keeper talked that much and he swore so high and solemnly that he knew positively nothng at all of the money that the bewillered rustic at last totally stupelied, totered out of the inn. I Just by lucky chance he encountered in old aciiaintaiH- tm the street, and 0 hlni he related his misfortune. : "There is but one remedy. If there is ny," declared his friend; "that Is, go to dr. Foxy and ask his advice. If lie lon't know what to do, then you'll lerer see jour 1.000 florins again.t Mr. Foxy was a veteran lawyer, who ras near and far highly esteemed on ac'ount of his shrewdness, and at the ahie time generally liked for his Jovially and good will. 1 Next morning bright and early saw he farmer at the lawyer's oflice. He ras ushered In and explained his case. VHen he had finished Mr. Foxy asked: jllare you got another 1,000 florins?" Ml think I could raise them." answerd the farmer.

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CHEATED j I "Well, then, get theni. And when they are in your pocket take the same friend with you who advised you to consult me. Go together to the host of The Green Tree.' Tell him you made a mistake; everything was all right, he should kindly excuse you, and as a token that there should be no ill-feelings between you, beg him to keep those other 1,000 florins for you In safety. Put you must under all conditions prevail upon him to accept the money. Do you versteh?" Though the fanner muttered a weaksounding affirmative, he really understood but one sentence that he had to collect another 1,000 florins and deliver them into the hands of the scoundrel who stole his first; only with one difference, that this time he would bring his friend along with him to witness the transfer. But, firmly confiding In the lawyer's wisdom, who "ought to know what he wanted," he promised strict obedience. "After the keeper of 'The Green Tree' has accepted and received the money," finished the lawyer, dismissing his client, "you return instantly to this oflice. Good-by." Shaking his hand, the farmer hastenI - - " m. m. m. m m.m V. m. Mm I V- - ed to collect the 1,000 llorins required money V" asked the lawver. "No, nobody; not even my friend." "And the innkeeper was alone when lie handed you the money?" 'Yes. entirely alone." I. iiuii.li U 1 into Ms beard. Hut perceiving himself outwitted he did not hesitate very long, unlocked the drawer and counted out the cash. ir. Foxy pocketed a generous fee and enlarged his reputation. The land- , , Trf V T UiC ,an1 l01(1 f 1 ll0 Tl'" "llO WaS fid1 everybody, disappeared a fc receipt when he deposits any money. Ltiea Globe. lr. TV Imago's Lecture in KnKlantl. A gentleman who listened to Dr. Talmage several times when he mado his remarkable and remunerative tour In England, states that the lectures were delivered verbatim, the emphasis was always upon the same word and the gesture In the rainc place, and after hearing the lecture two or three times even the semlcontinental wink could be foretold with the precision with which one would preannounce the motions of an automaton. Horn with Teeth. There Is a superstition In France that children born with teeth will be brilliantly clever. It probably arises from the fact that Henri IV. and Louis XIV., kings who left the greatest mark upon French history, and Mirabeau, the great orator, were all born with one tooth. How a nice old-fashioned woman doe love to see children eatl

KNIGHTS IN BOSTON.

TWENTY-SIXTH GREAT TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE. Thirty-Thousand Templars and Their Friend from All Tarts of the Country-Thc Great Parade-A Week at Much Gaycty. Owned the Town. Boston has had rathe more in its : share of tireat sratherinsrs this sauuuor. I Scarcelv had the Christian rn.Io.irrt. - ------ cohorts departed with tlu-ir banners than mm - W.m . me inisats l inji:;r vtteran.s were seen I rallying to the city of ir:.ins and b.-ans to i the number of öo.ihx). with half as many more ladies in their ilh strior.s train. j This twenty-sixth triennial conclave of j the Knights of the Temple wa remarkv.- V .Vv. S' V.'i. MOST EM I NI" XT si:: moil

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able in more ways than cue. It was the j special regalia, and several thousand dollargest gathering of the kind in the his- j hirs represent the expense of badges for tory of the order. This not only means ! exchange. F.very f rater was supposed to that there is financial hopefulness and carry an exchange badge; in fact, a prosperity in the circles to which the Sir j pocket full of them, and when another Knights belong, but it alis attention to j frater met him on the street without the the fact that the great and beneficent J ceremony of an introduction badges were

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MAbOXIC TEMPLE, WHERE Masonic brotherhood which has been iawoven with the most important features of our national history is experiencing a healthy and continuous growth. The fact that there are now in this country upward of 100,mmj members of the order of Knights Templar alone is full of encouraging significance. It is maintained that the Masonic fraternity, not to pprak of others scarcely less influential, has done an incalcuable amount of good in conserving, respect for the basic principles of true religion among a class of men most likely to be prolilic in .'.coffers. And not less important is the part played by this order in the perpetuation of patriotic sentiment throughout the Union. Prom the laying of the corner-stone of the national capital i at Washington, a emtury ago, to the lay- J ing of the corner-sfine of the Masonic Temple in Chicago, this society has played an important part in the public and semipublic events that have made up our history as a nation. It is forty-five years since Uoston has been the scene of Knights Templar grand conclave, and the members of the order in the city exerted themselves to ihe utmost to outdo all that have taken place since. IIoslou boasts of the iargest eon;mandery in the Unbed States, and this one body appropriated $."i.".ni)i to bo spent in making the jruests appreciate their welcome. Even with such an example the visiting command ries were determined not to be excelled, and though none of them pxper.dtd any such sum of money, nil planned to more than do their part in the lestiviiics. Special trains were chartered from all parts of the country to carry the members of the visiting coiaiimiideries to the Mast, :u:.l in many instances the trips were arranged -nd milled to so that the route included not only Posten but many other Eastern cities and points of national interest. The lira n.l I 'a rude. The conclave was opened with a parade, which was the greatest of its kind ever held. More than w. Knights Templar were in line, and fully 1,M0 of these were mounted. In addition to these was the members of the (Jrand Encampment of the United States, as well as other high officials of the order, in carriages. The parade was commanded by Crand Master McCurdy, of the 4 rand Encampment, who is tlie head of the order. The decorations of the city were buerb, and all along the route of the parade mammoth grand stands had been erected, each artistically decorated, and It Is estimated that the seating accommodations for the reviewing of the parade exceeded l."VVHX). The stands seated anywhere from twenty-live to 5,(X) persons and were erected by the different

comanderiet of the city and also by private individuals for speculation. In addition to these every available window in every house along the line of march was boucht up by speculators, and even the front doors were utilized for seats and

r' ' ; Fi.or.AL cross and sniEi.n ox r.osiox rur.Lic GAKDKX. sold to the highest bid.lor. livery available window on Dartmouth street was sold for priees varying from $15 to SM0 i' r every front room above the first t! or. Columbus avenue for its winde length was one reviewing stand, and the seats were disposed of at an average price of o, while window space was taken bv visiting knights for their friends at prices ranging from $20 to $50 for front rooms above the first floor. So great was the demand for windowspace and points of vantage for seeing the parade that enormously high prices iiave been been paid. A barber in Washington street offered his window space for for the day and a shrewd customer in one of his chairs took it up and later sol.j the privilege for $73. Not less than $l,CMK).nX changed hands for the pleasure of witnessing the greatest parade in point of splendor ever held in this country. Expense of the Conclave. The estimate of the expense of the grand conclave to the members of Massachusetts and llhode Island commanderios. who are the hosts, was $3.Vi,000. In n.blitioil tr thi eneh mntnlmr nr.i.nr(iil THE CONCLAVE WAS HELD. to be exchanged. In this way va.-t collections of badges were procured as souvenirs of the triennial meeting, and a complete collection of those worn during the week will be worth fully $1.000. A series of receptions and social festivities were hold during the convention and visiting knights were taken to view all interesting points about Io.ton. Many public, as well as private, buildings were elaborately decorated during the convention, and old Boston assumed an air of brightness and gaycty such as she has rarely known before. P.i.-.hop Uoley, of Detroit, the traveling companion oi CVirdinal (libbons during A 1 I tit trip thro Europe, says of Ireland KNIGHTS TKMPLAi: that It was the impression among conservative men in that country that the factionalism in the ranks of the Irish parliamentary party hud thrown back Ireland fully twenty-five years. J. It. Itrandon and Iiis son Alonzo are in jail at St. Louis charged with counterfeiting. They were arrested in Duncan County, and in a corn crib near their house was found n complete outfit for making money, together with $175 in spurious dollars of 1SU1. The Kev. Samuel Pissell died at Twinsburg, N. Y., aged 08 years. He was the oldest living graduate of Yale College, and for years had an academy at Twins-burg.

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POTATO NO V IS KIN3.

Farmers Uesinnin.-; to Realize that There Is 'Money in Tubers. The potato has at last taken rank as king among the tillers of the soil. For years Secretary of Agriculture Morton has been appealing to the farmers of the United States to grow potatoes, as he believed that they would be their salvation. They have finally taken his advice, and now they are beginning to realize that they will profit br planting more ground to the tubers instead of wheat and corn. There is at all times a steady demand for them, and they are quite as staple as wheat and not subject to the fluctuations of the latter. With the low price of wheat and corn the farmers have looked about fr some more profitable crop and investigation shows that the United States has never produced enough potatoes for home consumption. Thousands of bushels are bought in foreign markets every year and if there is a profit for powers abroad, with small areas to devote to the crop and the additional expense of ocean freight rates, there ought to be money in the business 1 fr tne farmers in this country, who have larger tracts of land and cheaper freight rates. The imports for the fiscal year ! ending June ::o, lS'J l. w, re rji,r,73 ' bushels, of the value of nearly $1,00,000. Last year 12.7o7.D7;'. ares were devoted to this crop, and that was an increase over the year before of S!.mj acres. The pro duct of on account of an unfa vorable season, was PJ.iXmj bushels short j of the year before, notwithstanding the increased acreage. 15;ir in measuring the ; popularity of the potato as an article of farm product, the product is scarcely j worthy of consideration for the increase ! in the area of land devoted to the crop is j plainly the index of its popularity. All j the evidence available indicates that there are now ."..miO.ooo acres of otatoes grow- J ing in the United States. The fact that I there has been a steadily decreasing acreage of wheat, rye. barley, oats and corn, which continues this year, is considered by the Secretary of Agrikultur to indicate an increased acreage of jtotatoe.s and other substantial small products. New York has sttadily led all the other States as a potato producer. Last year Ö7S.7-S acres of land were devoted to th crop in New York, and the product, aggregating over H K) bushels, was sold for half as many million dollars. Michigan was second, with 1M.",1!70 acres and a product of over 1M,AM(IXM bushels, which brought the growers nearly $ij,UO0,000. Pennsylvania was third, with liu0,S7t) acres, which produced almost the exact number of bushels produced by Michigan, though the acreage was vastly less than Michigan's. The acreage in Ohio was in round numbers the same as that in Pennsylvania, and the aggregate of the crop was the same within a lew thousand bushels, showing thnt both Pennsylvania and Ohio raised a larger crop than Michigan with less acreage. The other big potatogrowing States are Iowa. Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas, in the order named. Iowa had 17!i.'i)."i acres last year; Kansas. PSJi:f. The aggrogate of acreage gradually decreases from Iowa to Kansas, excepting that Illinois and Wisconsin had almost the same acreagethat is, about Ii ;:J.öi m. While Missouri. Maine, Massachusetts. New Jersey, Virginia, Kentucky, South Dakota, Colorado, and a half-dozen other States are good potato growers and have a large acreage, none of them approached 1n,mmj j acres last year, and in nearly all of them I less than ÖO,000 acres of land was devoted to potatoes. WHEAT CROPS OF THE WORLD. Itussia and tl-.e lTnlel States llavo Nearly c IJil'.ion liishefs. Detnils of the tjovernmcnt estimate of the wheat crops of the various countries. the total for which was st'ited in a recent ! dispatch, shows the following in bushels: Great Pritain, 4 t.i.S 11,000; France, .;01.7o.K0; Germany, I0öö0.1o0; Austria, -lö.J-J.OOO; Italy. 114.SUS.000; Pelgium, 21.277.OO0; Spain, S0,r,2i,O00: Russia, 41ö,Oöo,000; Hungary, 1.V,P,G1,000; India, L'o7,-I.-,0H; United States. 4.00,017,000; Canada. öl.O0;;,Ofö; Rouniania 02,414.0ÖO; Puilgaria, 02,482,000; Turkey, 42,r.r,.-,000; Argentine, 00,090,1 00 ; A. tralia. :'r..740.O(X). The Niherland Switzerland, Denmark, Scandinavia. Per tugal and Greece, together, 2P.r02.00A; Seoda. S." 11.000; Chili. IS, 440,000; Africa. 47.OP4.000; all Asia except India, 70,050,000; total, 2.402,071,000. Notes of Current Kvents. "Gen." Coxey is touring Nebraska in the interest of free silver.. S. A. Abbey, supposed to be a victim of the Denver hotel disaster, is alive at Pueblo, Col. Alfred Paxton has been appointed receiver for the Davis Carriage Company at Cincinnati. The Prince of Wales' cutter Iiritannia has finished her racing season and has CA PT U 1 1 E I OSTO N. gone to Cowes to dismantle, previous to lying up for the winter. She is flying forty winning flags. Newton Ii. Fustis, second secretary and Mr. Alexauder, counsel of the American embassy at Paris, have returned from Clairvaux, where they took down a full statement from ex-Consul Waller of his trial and conviction by the French military court at Tamatave. The schedules In the assignment of Jesse G. Jones, the veteran lumberman, of Indianapolis, show assets of $150,323.37; liabilities, $187,021.87. The heaviest creditors are the Security Bank of lkwton, $01,500; Qulncy A. Shaw, of Boston, $50,000; and Eliia A. Tolma of Minneapolis.

PRESIDENT OF TWO BANKS

Thousht at Times He Would Have to Give Up the Fisht, but Perseverance and Science Conquer Ilia Troubles. From the republican, Coopersto'cn, X. Y. The people of the present are traveling a pace that would surprise the pood old wives and knickerboekered grandfathers of a hundred years ago. Things are not dons by degrees or stages in these days, but with a rush and hurry. This constant hurry and ever present business pressure has not been without its effe.'t upon the nerves of the race, and every year witnesses the increase of nervous disease. Medical science, however, has been keeping abreast with the rimes, and from the very demands made upon it there have sprung new departures and discoveries. A reporter recently met Mr. Philip G. i pelting, who is president of the Bank of i Worcester, and of the Toledo City Dff.nit, 1Ä 1 1 I m if A&A Mr Of Toledo, la., at Worcester, sego County, X. Y., and conversation drifted to the present topic. Mr. Weiting had b" n a sufferer from locomotor ataxia for twenty-five years. Knowing that he had traveled far and wide in search of some beneficial treatment for his affliction, the reporter asked the president to give some facts in his own case. He responded willingly. "Yes, I suffered twenty-live years from locomotor ataxia, Mr. Weiting said, "and during all that time I was set king some relief. Well, I found it in Dr. William' Pink Pills. Of course I have it yet, to some extent, but I'm feeling better and my legs are stronger than ever before. Why, I could scarcely walk any distance at all, and could not stand long without my knees yielding beneath my own weight. A person cannot conceive of the suffering such a state brings upoa the sufferer. "I would go to Florida every year, and visited almost every health resort in the count i y. I went to the Sanitarium at Iowa Pal's, Iowa, and also the very b;st in Michigan, but they didn't do me any COOll I t.i. .L- thl full i.Alir.'a -f Ida! baths and massage and rubbing, without receiving the least benefit. 1 thought I would have to give tip all hoje of ever curing myself. Finally I heard a good deal about Pink Pills through common report; and although, as I said, I had no faith in medicines of any kind, I was induced to try them. Well, 1 tck several boxes without deriving any apparent benefit, but was advised to keep it up. So, wluen I went to Florida that year ihree years ago this summer I took a large quantity with me. After some months I stopped taking them: but my legs had become so much stronger and my ataxia had been so moderated that I could stand and walk better than I had done for years. Pink Pills did it, and you can well imagine now 1 leel toward toem. nothing else could do." '!.. ... ,i: i ...i,. During the eutire interview Mr. Weiting remained standing and evidently Iii not experience the slightest discomfort, in spite of the protracted period of his affliction. Although well along in years, he is still actively tngageI in financial enterprises that necessitate a vast amount of mental and nervous ejiergy. SuUic it to say he hicks neither, but makes Lis influence felt wherever he is known. P.esides being president of the Worcester P.iuk, Mr. Weiting also president of the Toledo City Hank, of Toledo. Iowa, where his advice rnd sound business policies are a controlling element. His commendation of Pink Pills camt unso'.ivited. and with the sincerity of one who feels what he says. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a ndensed form, ali the elements necessary to give new life and richness to th blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a spcitie fur troubles peculiar to females, such as sr,'prcssions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. They build up th blo.nl, and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical cur' in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.."0, anJ may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Wiliams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. V. How l'loritlians Live in Summer. The qostion is often asked, "How do people manage to live in Florida during the summer?" That tiny do live, and live comfortably, is evident. Few Flridians work very hard during the hot summer months, for food costs very little. The lakes and rivers are alive with lisli, tile ground is full of sweet potatoes, corn that will yield forty bushels to the acre is ripening in the fields, watermelons can be bought for live cents each, tomatoes are given away in many places, fruits are plentiful. Florida beef is cheap ami uourIshiujg, and many other things can be had for almost nothing. (ITa.) Citizen. Jacksonville The- Kaise r as an Actor. The Herman Emperor is ambitious to win success also in amateur theatricals. This Is the most difficult under taking he has yet ventured on, and if he couhl be assured of absolutely unprejudiced criticism he might learn that there are metes rani bounds beyoud which even emperors cannot pass. Iucha rest is known to-day as the greatest don of swindlers in the world. P.ven the great American crime centers cannot hold a caudle to Bucharest. It is the exit, so to speak, the initiative station for the criminals of the Balkan States, whence they travel westward to Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Koni and New York. Vainglorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, th idols of parasites, and the slaves of their own vaunts.

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