Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 February 1899 — Page 3

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even. '.: at f; - ll:ut i;' coiv.'S l";itf v. lii M ni-M.'Iv H)oi-: hut rather to sow -or. bv a ivmarkabU- om hination -iivnniumt e Ho a cr.r. ,

?.vtet U'v(i!;.: lr.y own control i. I was ; M-hooiur. with her deep waist, her low Invoked if a s-M'io "f perils and per- 1 and .-it'vn which were so clumsy in cgrii:itio::s. Mich as rarely fail to tli ' j th'ir form and strength, so exactly lot even of those vim have the ino. t I alike, -.nd tilted up till she resembled restl s of dispositions. ! a chrese cut in half her leeboards, her That my temperament was. and b j brown, oak planks, all bright with varstill, Lomethlii of this nature. I inu-:t ; ni.-d and her little cabin windows enccnLis; and the reading of my leisure ! in led by alternate stripes of red, hour bowks of wild ndvnturo b lb-Id j 2ren and white paint, all made her, and 2ood (I have devoured thuu ail to me. a source of wonder; and I was from thi volumes of dear old luinbd daily on loard. having obtained a free Defoe, to those of the KaiLvay la- ; entry, after the bestowal of some brary) liw.'d my mind with vag-.K j schnaps ti. e.. gin and water) upon the longings at;d air- fa note for greater j captain. Jan van Zeervogel, who toll achi'.-iv:rp'!:ts th-in o'.'.r periodical re- me many a strange tale of the North gattr. or th-. ranks of our V.tnv. Rlh j s-a. f;r 3ie was a pleasant and comVoIu.:t?er Corps -a ere likely to affor I. j municative old fellow, having, as he although I deemed myself by no mean i told ru a wife and children, who kept an u:di3".iii.v.i!shed number or" the lat- his farm on the isle of "Wolfeipdyrk, tor. j near South Heveland, while he tempted "Existence." says a certain writer, j the dangers of the ocean to dispose of "appears to me scarcely exi.-,tm j its agricultural produce, without its struggles and its successes. ! One night, while the schooner was I scall ev?" like to have some srt ! still on the gridiron, but when her reend before Fw' for the striving to at- I pairs were nearly completed, 1 was tain amid a crowd of competitor- j with him in the little dungeon which would ma':e me feel all the glory oi" he called his cabin: darkness had set life." ; in. and the hour was late inter than With ?ii"h vaae Me-is floating tie- i I ought to have been abroad for we fore me, f returned from Eton last j I-.pt early hours at the rectory; but year, and found myself at my father's j the novelty of tho situation, the old Iiouso, the old and secluded roclory of ! Dutchman's stories, the fume? of his Erlesmere. in a very undecided frame j meerschaum, and the effect of some of mind as to the future, and the p.-.,. : peaches, which he gave me from a fcrsion I should adopt. large sail pot. wherein his wife had My father. a. he Tore, urged King's i preserved them in brandy, rendered Colkgs .s a proper preparation for any j me careless as to how the time passed, profession. j After a while I proposed to leave the My mother hinted that our name had ; schooner and return home; but Capt. phone in the navy, and cast a gla.i. e Zeervogel said that as ho intended to at a large portrait which hung in th" j sleep that night on board, and as the dining room. It represented (oorge i crew were all ashcre, he begged that I Lord Rodney, ihe castigator of the ' would have the kindness to remain in Spaniards, ia a full bob-wig and white S the cabin for a few minutes until he patin breeches, boarding the leading j returned from the little tavern where Fhip of the Caracoa lleet amid a whirl- they were located, as he had some orwind of torn rigging. nioke. and can- i ders to give. non balls, forming : backKround by no ! "Th- tide will rise higher tonight means hilarious. , than imi:i1,m he added. "I must have But my father pooh-poohed Iiis. T ; th" schooner made more secure by adwas already far too old for the time it j ditional '.varus, eke there is no knowwhich the navy is entered -io-wit. the j ing what may happen." mature vera--; of thirteen. 1 could not in courtesy refuse, though Then my Aunt Krty. who still ceiled j in no way disposed to remain in th.it her rair in the fashion of thirty years ; gloomy little cabin, but he trimmed ago, recommend, d the army with a j the lam) anew. a? if to make the place pensive air; for :-he had been engaged rore cheery and. without waiting for to a joi-ng ab. who was kiJ1e,j at I ! an answer, went on deck. 1 heard him ranst not say where, for it was a great ; descend the side ladder; and. as he many jears ago, and Aunt Eity is tin- j parsed away, stumbling among the married still: but her views, though i Uis;s ar.d -liips of the little dockyard, warmly seconded by sisters Dot and j I bad the unpleasant conviction of heFyhii (who saw military balls and pic- j ing alone. Tics in perspective), did rat accord j yy v.atdi told me it was now the -with mine, for I had spent two years j time for supper and prayers at the recor rcore in our Eton rifle corp-. and I tory. from which I had been too long the monotony of the drill- especially j absent. Then a vague emotion of that boring curriculum of Hythe po-i- ! alarm came over me, as I expected cvtion (I went through the musketry j ery instant to hear some unaccountaclass), worried me. as I willfully deem- j hie sound, or to see something that rd myself able to sight my weaMu and ; might terrify me; so, to gather "Dutch

bring down either a Frenchman or a ' a jiheatant without it. At Aunt Etty's suggestion, my father would shake his white head and say. Quoting the author of E clesiasticus: "'There are two things which grieve my heart to see; a man of war that f.uffereth from poverty, and men of understanding that are not set by The Fword, Elty, is but a poor inheritance: l.'Ctter send Dick to the counting house j VI. unrn 1. I.-.,... s I ... ' ci n:s untie, uounev v; t.o in Loildon." But I trembled at this suggestion, as it did not accord with my own brilliant views in any way, and so months passed idly awa3. I misled the manly amusements of Eton and the hilarity of my class-fellows : and though loving well rny homo r.nd family, when the novelty of my return and of perfect freedom passed away, I longed for a hang" of scene a stirring occupation an active employment. Is destiny stronger than intention? I should hope not; yet for a time I was almost inclined to think so. after the terrible episode by which I was huddenly torn from my home and cast upon that world which, hitherto. 1 had viewed through the sunny medium of my day dreams and romances alone. Two miles from the UH-tory is the village or smalt seaport of Erlesmere. One of the leading features in the fisher-village of Erlesmere is" a little public house, at the ivy-colored porch of which a group of burly weatherbeaten fellows in long boots, striped shirts, and red nightcaps, and constantly smoking, drinking and "taking squint3 to seaward" through an old battered telescope, "served" round with spun yarn. Near it is a small dock yard, where their boats are built, tarred and painted, and where a parsing coaster may have a trivial repair effected, and occasionally be hove down. It happened, only last year, that a small Dutch schooner of some fifty ton3 was laid down on the gridiron at Erlesmere dock for the purpose of being repaired. This was an event of some Importance, and the whole nautical population cheerfully lent a hand In unloading her, and securing the cargo, which consisted of apples and Terjrou cheeses; while her skipper.1 Capt Zeervogel, and the six men who c orn

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ODiNEY; Or. The Adventures of An Eton Boy...

pood hnr crew. became for tl"e time the lions and oracles of the smoking ; n.i;h lubbers off the Text!, i ou'i gr.md fathers' days. 1 had never seen a Dutch craft be fore: thus the quaint aspect of this courage " I very unwisely took one courage, ' r l s T , - 1 or two more oi vapiain mti ui;i'i s poaches, which, as already stated, were preserved in brandy, and consequently were more potent in effect than th3 spirit itself. Dearly did 1 pay the penalty of that act of Indiscretion! I listened intently, but heard no 1 sound indicative of the captain's return. Once, there seemed to coma a m ! HI.. I .1, ery from a distance. My head began to Mvini and my eyelids to droop. The fumes of Zcervogel's long pipe, which peraded and made closer the atmosphere of the little cabin, together with the effect of the peaches, pioved too 1 much for me. I started to reach the companion ladder and ascend on deck; but rny limbs set med to become powerless to yield under me, and I fell into a drowsy doze, with my head and arms on the cabin table. The captain never returned; and long after I ascertained that the poor man had been knocked down by some unruly "navvies," that the cry I heard had been ins, that he had been robbed and left senseless in the street of the village, while I lay asleep in the cabin of the empty schooner, with the flood tide rising rapidly about her. CI I A ITER IT. How 1 (Jot Adrift. I had been asleep nearly four hour3, when a fall on the cabin door, as I slipped from the table, awoke me. Stiff, cold and benumbed. I started up, confused to find myself in the dark, and at first I knew not where. I reeled and fell twice or thrice in my efforts to keep my feet, for now tho schooner was rolling from side to side rolling and afloat! "Home let me hasten home," was my first thought. I scrambled up the companion ladder and reached the deck, to find water around me on every side, while the schooner, being without ballast and light as a cork, lay almost on her beam ends, as she was careened by a heavy breeze that blew from the shore, the lights of which, probably Erlesmere, I could see about three miles distant. A deadly terror filled my heart! To swim so far was impossible; I dared not leave tho schooner, even with a spar or anything else that

would float, as the wind and sea wers evidently rising together, and to remain on board wa3 almost as dangerous pud hopeless. I had the risk of drowning by her capsizing, or lyir.g on her beam ends in the water, and so foundering and going down. A plank might start in her sheathing, she might even then bo filling by some uncaulkod leak! I had no idea of the slate of her hold, and for many reasons feared she might sink before daybreak, and before my perilous situation could bo discovered from the shore. The waves were black as ink; the sky w.is moonless overhead, but the pale, white stars winked and twinkled, and were rejected in the trough of tho ocean. Now, I could perceive foam cresting the tops of the waves, and knew that the breeze was increasing to a gale a gale that was blowing from the land. This added to my despair, for thft lights I had seen soon disappeared, and the dark outline of the coast seemed to sink lower and to blend with tho sea. Clutching the weather rigging, I could scarcely keep my fert, so slippery was the now wetted deck, and so cold and benumbed were my hands and arms by the chill atmosphere of tho ocean, and by the salt spray which ever and anon flew over me in bitter, briny showers. I shouted, but the mocking wind bore my voice away to seaward. "With despairing eyes I swept the dusky water, in the hope of seeing a vessel, a fishing boat, or the light of a steamer near; but gazed, with haggard glance, in vain. I had no hope now but to wait for dawn of day; and when it came, where might I and the empty schooner be? Fortunately, her topmasts were struck, her foreyard was lowered, and all her gear made tolerably snug. Her can(vas, however, was only in the brails, and a portion of the fore and aft foresail having got loose, it was swelled out by the blast,

and kept her head partially before tho wind, thus accelerating tho rate at which she was borne from th-3 land, and being without trimming or ballast, she danced over the waves, as I have said, like a cork, but In momentary danger of capsizing and foundering. As dawn drew near, the cold increased so much that, though at the risk of being passed unseen by some coaster, I was fain to creep on my hands and knees to the companion hatch, and descend into the cabin. It was darker now than ever, for the lamp had gone out. "Oh, to be ashore!" I exclaimed passionately, with clasped hands; "ashore, and free from this floating prison!" I thought of my gentle and loving mother, and my soul seemed to die within me. The schooner would be missed by daybreak the alarm would be given; her alarm would rapidly become, irrepressible anxiety, which would soon turn to a despair that nothing could alleviate. Sounds like thunder, or like tremendous blows, at times made me start. These were caused by billets of wood, or pieces of pig-iron pitching about in the hold of the schooner as she rolled and lurched and righted herself to roll and lurch again. For a time I cowered miserably in the dark cabin, until my childish fears overmatched reason, and I crevit once more upon deck. A regular gale was blowing now, and the schooner careened fearfully beneath it on her starboard side, while the bellying of that portion of the fore and aft foresail which had got loose aided in hurrying her faster out to sea. The light of the coming day was spread in dull gray over the sky, imparting the same cold tint to the whitening waves. Land was still visible, but it seemed like a dark bank at tho horizon. I supposed it to be about ten miles distant, but what part of the coast, or how far from Erlesmere, J knew not. (To be continued.) Cravo for War Correspondent a. The London Daily News the other day printed a mournful little note as to the death roll of journalists who had fallen in Egypt and the Soudan: "The Soudan since tioublous times broke upon it has come to be a grave for war correspondents. First to find their long rest on desert sands were Edward O'Donovan, the intrepid representative of the Daily News, and Frank Vizitelly. who shared the fate of'IIicks Pasha's army. Power, who had also been a correspondent of the Daily News, and later of the Times, was murdered with Col. Donald Stewart in a Nile village on their way down from j Khartoum. Then Capt. Gordon, correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, died on the desert, and a few days later Cameron, of the Standard, and St. Lege r Hubert, of the Morning Tost, were killed in battle at CJubat, At Suakim, threo yeara later, Mr. Walker, a promising young artist of the Graphic, was killed by a shot from the dervish trenches. The Dongola expedition of 1S96 claimed another victim in Mr. Garrett of the New York Herald, who died of enterio fever, and now another correspondent of that paper, the Hon. II. Howard (the correspondent also of the Times, as stated above), has given up his lifo on the battlefield In front of Omdurman." A Moqm Almost Causes Death. A little mouse gnawing through the rubber feed tube connected with a gas stovo In the bed room of Kate and Lizzie Kelly, dressmakers, of Scranton, Pa., nearly caused the young women's death by asphyxiation. Tho gas escaped into the room, which soon tilled it. One of the sisters aroused sufficiently to crawl downstairs and call for assistance. The other girl was found unconscious on the floor.

STORY OF A SENATOR.

BEVERIDCE HAD TO STRUGGLE WHEN YOUNG. Protege of the Late Senator Mo Donald Once a Conbur on th Western rialns VTorked Hi Way Through t'll-e. Senator-elect Hevtridgo of Indiana is 1 native of Ohio. He was born Oct. i. lSr,: in Highland county. His father and all of his brothers were in tho union army, and his mother devoted nil her time during the rebellion to gathering provisions for the union soldiers. At the close of the war Mr. lieveridge's father lost all of his property and became heavily involved ia debt. The family was forced to give up the farm in Ohio and moved to Illinois. There Mr. Deveridge's life from the age of 12 was one of great privation, hardship and toil. At 12 years of ago he was a plowhoy, at 14 he was working as a laborer, at railroad construction, and doing the work to which the strongest men were assigned, such as driving an old-fashioned scraper. At 15 he became a logger and teamster, and by reason of his natural command of men was placed in charge of a logging camp. Ho made his way SENATOR REVEUIDGE. through the high school of the town in which he lived by entering the fall and winter terms late and quitting early each year and by working nights and mornings. Edward Anderson, a friend of lieveridge's, who now lives in North Dakota, loaned him $.r0. and on this he entered De Pauw University. He became the steward of a college club, and in this way passed through his first year, at the end of which lie began by merit to win for himself the series of prizes in scholarship, philosophy, ixience and oratory, which, by the end of his college course, amounted to enough to pay two years of his expenses. He entered college late in the term each year and quit early, giving every moment of his vacation to unremitting work. As a result of this the young man's health gave way, and at the end of his college coarse ho was quite ill. To recover his health he went to the plains of western Kansas and eastern Colorado, and for some time lived with the cowboys, who became, in all the ranches, his fast friends. Finally, feeling that his health was sufficiently restored, he went to Indianapolis and was given the privilege of studying law in the office of Joseph E. McDonald. During the first year of his study of law young lleveridge had so little money that he lived on two meals a day much of the time. At the end of the first year the firm of McDonald & Butler offered him their managing clerkship, with all the duties of the third partner on his shoulders. He declined to accept cn the ground that he had not studied law long enough. Senator McDonald replied that if they could stand it he should be able to. Deveridge's first case before a jury was in the United States Court, with General Harrison and his firm on the other side. The case lasted many days, during which the day set for Mr. Bovcridge's wedding to Miss Katherine Langsdale of Greeneastle arrived, and Judge Woods adjourned court. Beveridge went to Grceneastle, was married, returned that night to Indianapolis, and next morning was again in court to attend to his case. His first argument before a tribunal of justice was in the Supreme Court of Indiana, upon a question involving the constitutionality of a statute. During the time that Mr. Deveridge remained with the firm of McDonald & Ilutler lie had exclusive charge of many of the important cases of that firm, and was consulted by Senator McDonald in every case of importance. After his experience with McDonald & Hutler, Air. lievoridge began the practice of law himself. In his profession he has been successful, having been engaged in cases of the greatest importance, such as the one involving the power of the legislature and governor to appoint the oil and mine inspectors, and the state statistician, in Governor Hovey's time, which case attracted the attention of the bar throughout the country; the famous state railway tax ease, in which he made the argument in the Supreme Court; he wrote the brief filed in the Supreme Court of tho United States in the Pennsylvania cases, involving the question of taxing railroad property in Indianato the value of $15i).000,000, and in the life insurance lax case he made an argument which was widely reproduced throughout the country. Why does the bad skater always

j blame it on his skates?

JEKYL ISLAND DEER.

Swim Aero St. Simon's Sound in Search of Food. It has always been claimed that the game on Jekyl island would not leave the island, but reports from St. Simon's come to the effect that numbers of the deer are swimming across St. Simon's sound and landing on the beach near Ocean pier, says the Savannah (Ga.) News. The result of this is that numerous hunters are getting shots and enjoying venison in such quantities as they have never enjoyed that delicacy before. It seems that the deer on Jekyl have increased so numerously within the past few years that they are no longer wholly wild, hat at night come up around the clubhouse and play around the flowers. Their depredations on the choice beds of the millionaires' favorite plants be- i came so troublesome that a strong wire fence was built and now incloses some acres of the ground immediately around the clubhouse. This kept the deer away from the flowers, but it did not do anything toward stopping them from increasing in numbers. When the storm came it carried away lots of the vegetation that the deer had been feeding on, and there was not enough left to go around. The deer then commenced to figure on going off to get something to eat, and it ended in their seeking St. Simon's. It is a good swim across the sound to St. Simon's beach, but thej made it. and now the hunters string along tho coast and watch for them to come. Sometimes men are in boats crossing the sound, and sec the deer coming. A chase ensues over the water, and frequently the deer turn batk toward the Jekyl shore and seek refuge in the woods of the island. They seem to know that no one is allowed to place his feet on Jekyl without permission from tho club, and in this their instinct tells them that it is better to swim a long way back and get safe on Jekyl than! it is to swim even a short way to St. Simon's and then run the risk of being hunted by men on foot and horseback after they get there. It is a novel state of affairs, but it is safe to say that one-half of the deer could leave Jekyl and there would still be enough left for the millionaire sports who visit that place to have all the wanted to shoot at. 'DON'T CIVE UP THE SHIP." The famous Captain Lawrence, whe shouted "Don't give up the ship" at a critical period in our naval history, is to be honored by having his nam attached to the hull of a new torpedoboat destroyer ordered by the government, and the woman who will hail her as "lawreneo" is a New York girl selected by the secretary of the navy. The young lady to whom this honor thus appropriately falls is Miss Ruth Lawrence of 2S." Lexington avenue, who is a descendant of Captain Jame? Lawrence, commander of the Chesapeake in tho war of 1S12. for whom the new destroyer is named. Miss Lawrence comes of an old American family, dating back to colonial days. Several of her ancestors distinguished themselves in the colonial wars and the war of the revolution. She is a daughter of Abraham K. Lawrence, for over twenty-five years justice of the United States Supreme Court. Miss Lawrence takes an active part in woman's affairs in this city, being a prominent member of the Colonial Dames of the state of New York, an incorporator of the Little Sisters of the Quill. She is author of a book of "Colonial Verses" and writes short stories and poems for various periodicals. At the outbreak of the war with Spain Miss Lawrence volunteered as a nurse, but lacked the necessary experience. She has traveled extensively and her social standing as a member of the old Lawrence family is acknowledged. As a souvenir of her illustrious kins MISS RUTH LAWRENCE, man Misa Lawrence cherishes some pieces of the hull of the old Chesapeake, still dotted with the shot of the Shannon, with which she fought in the memorable conflict off Doston harbor, when her brave commander, mortally wounded, witb Iiis expiring breath cheered on his crew with the now famous sentence: "Don't give up the ship." That sentence is one of the treasures' of the navy, the latest addition being the famous bulletin of Admiral Dewey: "Immediately engaged the enemy and raptured the following." No Coinrl4ti. "I suppose," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, "the hottest place on earth is the stokehole of an iron battleship in action." "There is one hotter." remarked Uncle Allen Sparks. "It's the place where a young husband sits when he carves his first turkey fox company." Detroit. Free Press.

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Society Directory.

MASONIC PLYMOUTH KILWINNING LODGE, No. 149, F. and A. M. ; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Wm. II. Coner, V. M. John Corbaley, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 49 R. A. M.; meets second Fritlay evening of each month. J. C. Jilson, II. P. II. IL Reeve, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMANIVRY, No. 26, K. T. : meets fourth Friday of each month. John C. Gordon, E. C. L. Tanner, Ree. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 26, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays cf each month. Mrs Bertha 'McDonald, W. M. Mrs. Lou Stansbury, Sec. ODD FELLOWS. AMERICUS LODGE, No. 91; meets every Thursday evening at their lodjje rooms on Michigan street. C. F. Schearer, N. G. Clias. Hushman, Sec. SILVER STAR LODGE, Daughters of Rebekah; meets every Friday evening at I. O. O. F. hall. Mrs. J. E . Ellis, N. G. Miss Emma Zurr.baugh, V. G. Miss N. Uerkhokl, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117; meets every Monday night in Castle Hall. Wm. F. Young, C. C. Cal Switzer, K. of R. and S. HYPERION TEMPLE, Rathbone Sisters; meets first and third Fridays of each month. Mrs. Chas. McLaughlin, E. C. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 1499; meets the second and fourth Friday evenings of each month in K. of "P . hall . C. M. Slay ter, C. R. Ed Reynolds, Sec. K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 27; meets every Tuesday evening at K. O. T. M. hall. I). W, Jacoby, Com. Frank Wheeler, Record Keeper. WIDE A W A K E HIVE, No. 67, L. O. T. M.; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M.'hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Cora Hahn, Com. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE No. 2S, L. O. T. M; meets every Wednesday evening iti K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. W. Burkett, Com. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simons hall. J. C. Jilson, Regent. B. J. Lauer, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of P. hall. J. O. Pomeroy, C. C. E. RoUten, Clerk, WOODMEN CIRCLE. PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 6; meets every Friday evening at Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena Ulrich, Worthy Guardian. Mrs. Chas. Ilammcrel, Clerk. MODERN WOODMEN. Meets second and fourth Thursdays in K. of P. hall. J. A. Shunk, Venerable Consul. C. L. Switzer. Clerk. BEN HUR. Meets every Tuesday. W. IL Gove, Chief. Chas. Tibbctts, Scribe. G. A. R. MILES II. TIBBETTS POST, G. A. R., meets every first and third Tuesday evenings in Simons hall. W. Kelley, Com. Charles Wilcox, Adjt. COLUMBIAN LEAGUE. Meets Thursday evening, every other week, 7.30 p.m., in Missell hall. Wert A. Beldon, Commander. Alonzo Stevenson, Pro vost. MODERN SAMARITANS. Meets second ami fourth Wednesday evening in W. O. W. hall. S. B. Fanning, Pies. J. A. Shunk, Sec. MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION. Meets lirst Tuesday in each month. Jacob Kazcr, M. D., President. Novitas B. Aspinall. M. D., Sec.