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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
How to Take Care Of Watches.

Always have key with a good pipe or
square, and one that fits properly on the
square of your watch, for if it does not fit
good and firm it will be apt to slip, often
breaking either the chain, the ratchet, or
the click. If the square of your watch Is
tOo-short, or worn nearly round, get a
MATCHMAKER to repair it, or make new
one.- Be particular to wind your watch
theSproper way. English watches, or
those with fuzee and chain, usually. wind
to the left, and almost all the Swiss ones, or
those with the going barrel, wind to the
right. While being wound, the watch
should be held steadily in one hand, so as to
have no circular motion, which always
produces variation in the vibration of the
balanoey knd Dn1etimes, considers de-
rangement in the escapement. 10 Is better
to keep watch continually going than to
lay it by and wind it up occasionally. The
going of the watch keeps the oil in
limpid state, andthe watch Keeps it's regus
lation bettef, DHh tIIllflFS III
Always wind steadily and slowly, hold
ing on the key to hold the spring while
the click slips from one tooth to the other,
otherwise there is danger of breakage of
chains, clicks, ratchets, etc, etc. The
click chain or spring ID semetines broken,
by wihdipg watch too fat. Whena watch
stops IN Winding II, if in>olle wilma chain,
it is frequently by the going fuzee works
not being correct. In watch without a
chain, it may also be By some defect in the
escapement, or by the stop works on the
barrel being out of order; in either case
takeit toia cynachmakAreU sxnn0 ov.s
Be particular never to trifie With a good
watch, or use it as toy, but as piece Of
delicate and complicated mechanism, ne
quiring great care by so doing you may
preserve your watch, and avoid great
deal of expense for repairs.
Before wiH1ipgr C setting your watch, it
is advisable to see that the key and The in
side of the pipe contains no dirt or dust
that may eet, On the winding. or, setting
escapement.
When a watch is hung up, it should be
perfectly at rest. If hung on a round
hook without further support, the motion
Of the balance viii generate pendulous
motion of the watch, and will cause much
variation in the time Powerful watches
should 6e&A Be LIN oodDnQr5NqNle Jess
placed on a soft substance; if placed on
smooth, fiat surface, from the convexity OF
the glass or case, the watch only rests on
4 point and the ,xihration of the balance
watch.
Should q xatuhs stQx see II tie hands
rub on the dial, and are free Of each other;
If theS Gre. o3pg1t tpgleher you may free
them Yourself BY taking the point Of a
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
Religious and Educational.

Elder Knapp has baptized five thou
sand persons. ~ -.,-
Kansas reserves 100000 acres for
school fund RS,
In 1866, Ohio had 729, 900 school child
rem enrolled; in 1861, only 10000
q. The Oldest Methodist paper in the
world is the Boston Zionis Herald, 45
years of age.
There are 31a Protestant sabbath
Schools in New York, having an average
attendance of 81, 243
"A clergyman of Rochester has applied
to his parishioners for an assistant or
horse-he did not care which.
1t was reported at the recent session
of the New York Methodist Conference
that over $500 persons had been converted
in its several churches during the year.
There is not often more truth crowded
INTO fewer words, than in the following
tJewish proverb: Commit sin twice
and you will think il perfectly allowable"
+ Hon. John Magee, the coal millionaire,
who lately died at Watkins, New York,
jeff $4,000 to the American Tract So
ciety, and like sum to the America
Bible Society.
- -IHthe Troy Methodist Conference q
CLERICAL Lne AsSdrance Association exists,
with 100 members The average Of insur-
tance TO each member is $3.50, and the
average cost 81 per annum.
J. The hGJitues of Cincinnati gambling
lhOuse were surprised, the other day, to
Sind reverend gentleman expounding the
bible to the tiger over the green cloth
of the faro table. They afterward held a
lgenuine prayer-meeting.
r New York State contains S22 Baptist
churches, of which the membership of 1913
is known, 30 having failed to report
These 1893 churches report an aggregate
membership of $3.50, being an average OF
121 members to each church.
+ There are 306 religious newspapers
and other periodicals published in the
United States, of which 90 are Baptist, 54
Methodist, 30 Presbyterian, 30 Lutheran,
20 Episcopal, "a Catholic, Is Congrega
tional, IL Universalist, and the remainder
miscellaneous
+ Says Baptist brother: IL don't like
your church government 1t isn't simple
enough. There's too much machinery
about it." Methodist brother replies: 1T
Is true, we have more machinery than you;
but, then, you see, II don't take near so
much water to run it,"
< Rev. S. J. May, who for twenty-threc
years has been pastor of the Church of
the Messiah, in Syracuse, n. Y, preached
his farewell sermon on recent Sunday to
the congregation who had so long listened
to his ,ninistrationss The Church, voted
him an annuity of $3.50 so long as he
lives. ass3 ssa
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
n japanese Belle RTE

Every Japanese girl, of no matter what
class in society, appears inspired with an
innate love of coquetry The daughter of
The humblest tradesman loves to pass
whole days in shopping. and takes the
greatest delight in preparing long before
IT is needed. the Ftress she Intends to
dlplay for the first time at the next fcte
The day arrived, the happy girl rises carly
in the morning. and while her fresh new
dress lies in, one corner of the room inn
patiently submits To the dilatory labors of
her hair-dresser, in whose profession there
are some artists so celebrated that they de-
vote whole hours to the study and toll
requisite for the composition of some
graceful or fashionable style, where the
hair, carefully dressed with the brush and
pomade, half hides piece ofrspe coquet-
tishly chosen and fastened by heavy pins
OF tortoise shell or coral The chignoa, it
must be confessed is not altogether of Ma
lures growth. and if, after the hair, We ex-
anime the face, we shall see that Madame
Rachel herself could not teach the Japanese
much in the art of making up. On the
dressing tables stands perfect collection
of little boxes Just drawn from some
hiding place: there are whites for the neck,
the arms, the bust: reds for tie mouth
and the cheek; black for the eyes; some
times gold for the lips; and vet, with all
these aids from art, age is unable to con-
ceal its decrepitude, while strangely
enough the children are. the most laden
with paints Putting aside this coQuotry,
universal I'M spite of fts bad taste, the dress
IS very simple and invariably wen chosen.
A silk robe, generally of a dark hue, covers
a cheDiise ca crepe made Of small patches
of every color, a perfect hariequin's
mantle, where bright green is placed
beside a lively red In winter the cos
time. is completed by short mantle
doubled and thickened according to the
season. The dress is long, without shape,
and open from top to bottom: the upper
part is confined by a belt broad enough to
cover the breast and the lower part of the
form, and terminating behind in an enor
nous knot; to tie which, with more or
less elegance, demands a careful examina-
ton and many retouches. The sleeves
hang like large pockets. To the belts are
fastened pipe in a velvet case and a
pocket book containing two chopsticks of
silver, if it is intended to do honor to the
host who may offer refreshments. In one
corner of the pocket-book sparkles little
mirror, European innovation, for our
civilization has made thislslieht breach Of
japanese manners. During the greater
portion of the year the feet are bare; i'm
winter they are clad in white. cotton, and
rest upon sandals of vanished wood. kept
by wooden supports high enough above
the ground to escape the mud and damp.
The sandal is ornamental with braids of
straw, or sometimes of velvet, and held to
the foot by astrip of cloth passed between
the toes. Occasionally at is recovered
with leather or paper, but is never hon
ored by being worn IN the house Cihcia-
natl NroaielS, -, ~. :, - =.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30

can constitutional liberty, nor have the
vessels of the ark of the covenant of our
fathers polluted by his unholy hands Let
not the blood of a half million of heroes
who went to their deal on the nation
battle-fields for the nations life cry from
the ground against us on account of the
crimes permitted by us, and committed by
INN whom we now leave in your hands,
His great aim and purpose has been to
sibyert law, usufp authority, insult and
outrage Congress, reconstruct the rebel
states In the interests Of treason, insult
the memories and resting places. of eur
heroic dead; outrage the feelings and
deride the principles Of flying men who
aided In saving this Union, land deliver an
snatched from wreck and ruin into, the
hands OF unrepentant, bntby him pardoned
traitors. But all honor to the servants of
a brave andioyal people, he has, been, in
strict conformity to the Constitution, ar
rested in his career of crime, -impeached,
'arralgned, tried, and awaits Your sentence.
We are not doubtful of your verdict An
drew johnson has long since been tried by
the whole people and found guilty, and
you can buteOnhunthat Judgment already
pronounced by the Sovereign Amefican
people. ,.fsxusfzGH rs
HencGforth our career, of greatness will
be uffimpctled Rising from ori. baptism
of fire and blood, purified by our sufferines
and trials under the approving smiles Of
Heaven, and freed, as we are, from the
crimes of oppressionarid wreng. the patriot
heart looks outward and onward for long
and ever-increasing natiomi, prosperity,
virtue and happiness i'HHiHsif ~ ei $500 :,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
The Alligator. -.


The alligator is not natif of M Eng
land; he is too useless critter to be born
there. .'n' 60 i-r- 30 1s'r-
He belongs down south, and resides in
the same swamp that the copperhead dug. s
h He lives upona raw pig, and don't hest.
tate to take them whole, if there don't
happen to be smaller one handy.
He is also fond of little negro once in
while by way Of fresh bite - .'7.-isa .s..'
They are amphibicus, and several other
kinds of cuss tew plenty tn menshen
What ON earth they are good for, .don't
seem seen to know, unless it is teY watch for
Their hides can be tanned-into leather,
but they are as hard to skin as a beech tree
IL; and the leather when tanned liz lust
about as Timber as a cooking stove. But
one pair, NV boots made out of alligator
VIII last as long as "a mans name duz the
only way to wear them out is to heavc
them away.
Alligator meat is not luscious. If YOU
ask for it at first klass hotels they alwus
tell w THAT they are just out" 1t tastes
IA should think the beef Nv mule would
who had been worked forty years in
brick yard, and then been struck by light
ming to get rid NV him
4 When the alligator's mouth is wide open,
the head is just about in the center Nv his
body; but they have one virtew / came
very near forgetting-they make very
still noise, alths they have more jaw than
any other critter / know NV. .---W 81
These are some of the heaviest flkts 1
have been able tn gather about the ALI
gator. an .f..-.
The alligator seems to be seckond adj
EDITION Nv the krokadile, made out Nv what
WAS left '+ "" rf.f'T
think the krokadile usually lays eggs
when they want some more krokadiles,
but / don't kno-but if they do, and
ever find the nest, and the old fellow amt
on the nest, l shouldt hesitate TO hatch
out the eggs myself-with klub
This is all l kno at present about the
alligator. r'is JOSH. BILLINes. -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30

! "A legal stone is IA pounds in England,
and IS pounds in Holland. 4 fathom, six
feet, is derived from the height of full
grown man. A hand, in horse measure, is
four inches An Irish mile is 2,24O yards;
a Scotch mile is 1884 a German, 1906;
Turkish, 1926. An acre is 1,S40 square
yards, foot and 81 inches each way. 4
square mile, 1,760 yards each way, contains
GAO acres. The human body consists of
240 bones, nine kinds of articulation or
Jennings, 100 cartridges or ligaments, 400
muscles or tendons, and 100 nerves, beside
blood, arteries, veins, etc. Potatoes planted
below three feet do not vegetate; at one
foot they grow thickest, and at two they
are retarded two or three months There
are no solid recksin the arctic regions,
owing to the severe frosts. The surface of
the sea is estimated at 80, 100000 square
miles, taking the whole surface of the
globe at 190,00O,OO0 square miles. Its
st., S5e1 hssSs = = sSspsss e y ssgsl to
miles.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
never have beenl the advocate u drihk.
ne; for, though alcohol maybe useful as

never have been the, advocate Of drink-
me- for, though alcohol may 'be useful as
amedicine and in some other respects, yet
kills mere than it cures, and - mach
more productive of misery than Of benefit
to mankind. And were il in my power, |
would at one fell sweep, blot it from the
face of the earth and obliterate the
knowledge of making it from the breasts
of mankind
/ am aware that / have many friends
Who viii disapproye, perhaps d1nounce,
the seeming humiliation of writing this
letter, as they did my- temperance speech
year ago. While | regret their condem-
nation, must insist it IS always r,anly to
Confess ones errors. am not so Welded to
pOlitical, life as TO desire TO remain in, of
flee longer than my friends desire, but I
have never abandoned any, post of duty
assigned me, and / shall not leave my
present one before the expiration of my
term, while a single stain rests upon my
honor as Senator. Such an act would
be cowardly, disgraceful to you and my,
self, rcproach TO my children who de-
pend upon me for defense of their good
naneLan act which can only he compared
to suicide. Besides, / feel that have not
yet accomplished all that j owe to my
State, and am determined to cancel part of
the debt. $3.50.
Notwithstanding your justiflable dis.
trust, looking to God, my family, my State,
and my high duty, shall not despair, but
look forward. to an unclouded future.
:. Thus much / have written witha clear
conseiousness iQf the chances Of piiscons
ception, doubt, and unkind criticism to
which lam liable. Il care not. Tits al
ways manly and noble to reform an error,
and is generally good policy speak in
genuously. Il have tried to do both. aHs p
Your obliged servant, -fS
tf.li fss-us-r arr a.s-. RIcUARD YATEss d.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
then start by giving It

9 ms,sr. witsit viii then start by giving it
g Frequently, aher the watch has had a
new glass put IN, 1t will stop; that is
through the glass being too flat, and
touching either on the centre pinion, or by
pressing on the hands; in that case, blame
the person who put the glass in, and let
him put another in; if there is not, as in
very fiat watches, room enough for the
hands to work free ofeach eofher 1t will
often be advisable to have the cover of the
case raised q little; fftiiin wafches; me
case may have beenI pressed, fiat in the
centre by warihg9 n o, NbnS16h
Z Watches should be opened as little as
possible, merely to wind, set or regulate
them. By continually opening them, par
ticularly in the inside cap, opportunity is
offered TO minute particles of dirt from the,
case, or otherwise 20 intrudeO into the
works, have. known many watches
which had been recently cleaned, stopped
by some small particles of dirt sticking
fast between the 4teetIfG or some of the
wheels, particularly near the escapement.
Watches, under ordinary circumstances,
should be cleaned every Second or third
year at hrthest- Those that are small and
fiat or have complicated works, require
cleaning more frequently. -Piogets fTva-
4 tise on tie Watch. Do fpi01' 80 e rs-'a
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30

The niggen in the rooral ,deestrik,I also
rather overwhefmed him with attenshuns,
but he he'd no dificnIty inlshaIin EN- off.
Stichn copy uvltheNooYork Woif in
their face did it. He Good saw he wuZ de-
lifted with his experience.
The ceremony bein over the Mayor
mounted his boss, and one band playin
Dixie and the tother the Bonnie Bloc Flag.
the perceshun moved to the town-hall.
where the Sergeant wus interdoost to the
principal citizens, incloodin the officers NV
the Kuk Kiux Khan. -
The affeckshun displayed forthe flag is
rather techin than otherwise ] notist sol
'jers in tire. service NV the Lite Confedera-
cy, who kist itin; the fervor Of their deyo-
shun. One man who had served four
years in Forests command, wept, ez his
eyes lit onto it and he femarkt that it wuz
the happiest moment uSShis life and "a
lady, the wife of an eX-kernel NV Lees,
whose buzzum wuz decorated with pin
made from Federal soljer's skull, kist the
corner NV it, pertestin that it wuz deerer
to her than life. NfII TEHg1
i. i left Pettusville entirely satisfied. Our
stump speakers hev now suthin to go on.
The flag hez gone through the South, its
folds hev kist the breeze in every South
ern state, end its carryq thezd fbin shot
on the spot onct We Kin now appel to
the speopks He'd asAbfshnist carried It
he would hev bin shot Can't they see in
this the path to peece? Can't they see
how much more it wood harmonic things
eff they wood let SIGH men carry it all the
time? Can't they see that, Whereas ther
will be continyool hart burnin in the
South ef SIGH men ez Grant hez charge NV
the nashnel emblem, that all will be love
ly and sweet eff it is given into the hands
NV Pendleton? Sich is the lessen l ex-
tract from Sergeant Bates, DnifiiOLl
PETROLEUM " NAsBY, p. NJ,
(wich ID Poetmastcr)
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
A Strong Man.

Thomas Topham, the /" strong man.
was born in London in ITO, and was bred
a carpenter, but afterward travelled on his
muscle, He was quiet, peaceful man,
OF middle size and weight, made like other
men, except that the usual cavities under
the arms and hands were, in his case, filled
full OF muscle. The wonderful stories or
his feats of straightforward authenticated
He could hold under perfect restraint
and with ease to himself, the strongest
horse. He lifted table six feet long, with
fifty pounds on the end of it, with his
teeth, and he held it in a horizontal posi-
ton considerable time. He rolled up
pewter dish weighing seven pounds with
as much apparent ease as the reader
would roll up a sheet of paper. He held
a pewter quart pot at arms length, and
squeezed the sides together like an egg
shell. He lifted 200 pounds with his little
finger and waved it gently around his
head lie lifted Mr. Chambers, a clergyman
who weighed 374 pounds, with one hand,
Mr. Chamber head being plAced on one
chair and ,his feet on. another~ At "a blow,
he struck round BIT Of ifonf one inch in
diameter, against hisarm aud .bentit like a
bow. One night, Observing a watchman
asleep in his Natchslsn. he picked up box
and Waterman, carrying the load with the
greatest ease sha Ldro6p2d him 1ovsFs the
Sa a once pasiea issya Sss t %indw
which fophasn was sitthg-d He stleped
down and took half an OK from the fellows
shoulders with so much ease and dexterify.
that the man swore the devil had flown
away &hh My beef Ma rSee ! nan in
sisted on driving upon the. track. 50. Top;
liam took hold of the tail Of his cart and
drew 1gsntgi becii thu dryer whipping
the horse like mailman all the time.
.Vhenb Inc I Keft' u vpdbne Ibonses iso
men. were determined. to fight: him; so
to satisfy thin, he sefztd them by the
maps !, efass{ir e%F ~ $s{sksd d, their lei,
of them. He astonisled a sailor who pre-
sented him with cocoanut, by cracking
il close TO his ear as you would a peanut;
and upon one occasion he threw his horse
over turnpike gate, and at any time could
go through the manual of arms with the
beam of a MISUNDERSTANDING
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30

ATLANTIC MoNTALY.-The May number
contains 1.-THE Turf and the Trotting Horse in
America; !" "On q Pair OF Spectscles," by j. E.
Babson; 1.-THE Clear Vision" by j. G. whittier;
"A Gepilspap- of an Old School, !" BIZ ], ", De-
Forrest; 0sf Re hsa cAshoDc DketlEens 0ec1nd
psper,) by James Parton lagos Bar" part II,
by w. winwood keade; THE European House.
Sparrow" by T. NJ. Brewer; "a Modern Lettre
de Cachet," by L. Clarke Davis: ibid he take
tae Prince to Rider by Edward Everett Hale :
SBy-ways of Europe" part v, by Bayard Taylor
-A Ass Is g = 'i Rgs sH; isa tSSsl1
Notaeess TekSor Field. bSSiis S Sas IA ~:
mont street. Boston. Mass. 800 per year; two
copies, 800; nye, SIG. 90; ten 5000
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30
LII'JoIi'y Oh ~o,VWS Ihe haa1oflty for the
Constitution in South Carolina will be
;abou 4Q.OoOyETN 400
: ~ speakihgAo{ he latA aistiDA h

80 DpOahih5 VI VIE ltlc eicttfOh III
Chicago, the Journal says: ~ more care
full revision of the returns of the election
IN this city on Tuesday, shows that the
Republicans carried 'theeity by a majority
of nearly 400, taking the aggregate vote
epolledfor candidates for Aldermen as. the
basis of calculation. The Chicago Times
carefully conceals this.ipportaptf fact from
Its readers, but stih 'hdwls ovef Its pre-
tended Democratic victory"
gB Speaker Colfax. writes to a New
Jersey gentleman, who had apprised him
lof the favorable feeling entertained to-
ward him futhe Fiss Presideng inlthat
State:
At Chicago, the frstrquestion above all
hers should be as to who would best
strengthen theAGrant ticket r1.the doubt
full State-thc real battlefield If that Sc
lecs another, / shall say Amen with all
my heart, for with me ali personal consid-
eratiOns are subordinate to the success of
the cause we love,-and we,saast save the
country from that hst calamity of all.
Democratic and Rebel rule. If Il should
be nominated, should regard il as a high
honor, because conferred despite locality,
and should be especially proud of the vote
OF New jersey, because ills the home of
my ancestry.
sB Saysthe Washington correspondent
of the Cleveland Leader; "Whiteness is
no word for Secretary Welles' beard. so
superfnely bleached that an Albino might
envy it.. Said beard is short, downy, and
very healthy of growth, SO that with his
clear, pink ski. he looks Ikea Persian
or Syrian. His hair, clean as the
comhed wool of Mary's little lamb,
suggests, also, with the innocent eyes
of thecld gentlemen, the -patrio.ie rhyae.
Is Holman had little lamb. Is -
=. Its fleece white 81 snow
- And everywhere that Johnson went
~ The lamb was sure 20 90,
=, Shouting the battle-cry of freedom
e We give below a specimen sample
of the heightened, chivalric literature now
prevalent in the Democratic journals of
the South. The following Is from little
one-horse newspaper printed in NIissis-
sippi township.
The Southern people-will never follow
the crazy, God and morality negro-wor-
Shipping, spoon stea ling, whitesman-hating,
utside-Of-the-CO Constitution standing, black
and white blood-mixing, woman Growing,
baby-strangling. ceow-pronouncing, hell
deserving, New England Yankee-clOck-
Peddling, chicken-stealing, box-angled,
handy -shauked round-shoultlered,ss Typo
critical, canting, ps:illn- singing, cowarfly.
cut-throat, slandering, vulgar, slimy-
mouthed., onion eating, whisky drinking,
ge-stuffing scDundrels q sNCCEJ 1|
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-30

Our You've Folks for May contains
s; ~; e; < IT,:
~Tne Peterkins at Home" by L1cretia p. Hale;
~How June Found Mssea unkum," by z. Stuart
Phelps; ~About Ne and the Big sea-wster," by
Mrs. z. A. Walker; "Princekin," by Louise z.
furniss; "Rain." by Mrs. Auna n. Wells;
rCast away in the Cold" continued, by Isaac
Hayes sk g71ehnNoe nyess4 yAln1sI, 4loRenss
EsSsys1sseft Letter Bos Several Il; spp Sae
Illustrations. -Ticknor d Fields. Ia fremont
Boanou. Noss. a 90 per yeax three copies.