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tnR letter wss plAced IN the hAnds Of the Chairman
Of that cdraMtttee:
WARRINGTON, D. C.. March n
Hon. William A. Wheeler, Chairman Of the Home
Committee on Pacific RAilroAd:
6IR: respectfully request that 4 Me.tlnE o1
your committee be called II the e4H e9l posstDie
moment not Later than 10 O'Clock to MORROW. 10
disc a1Be duties imposed upon It BY the resolution
Of the house th!a dAJ pessed referring 70 the lnne
q Cs2tfoTnla further request that the suiho7 o.
that resolution and III otheF p1soo1
MiHnG 70 assume tha tc1pundb1nfy oI
may BE- required 70 be present At soeh meeting. A.
prae1t cannot, With peo1atcty. DO mere s1ea ~.
denounee every statement therein "a sung ins tss
Central Pacific Company II tuiamnu1J fAse, Ana @
demand thzt the auihofs thereof RhAl be psnnpuJ
required 70 uake good thtr state1ncnts or ooa1ess
1nttt 1alatty. Yours, very respet 3ullEs
CcubL Pzcnc Railroad.
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:, HEARTH AND HOME,
HEARTH
: AND
HOME!
No. Is NOW READY,
TFue to the Day TFuc to isa Promfseas True
to EycEJ Interest Of Fnmily and
Co3ntIJ.
d. roo want eood laakh.
s<e Nast's paetuse Of Apzn rools Day IN HKARTH

d. roo want a eood laakh.
s. Mat. psetuse OF Apuu roozs D.y IN HEARTH
AND HOME
Arr you about building
HOME
Are you que1Jtns about tbe Potatoes to plant!
see lft years expeoea Of practical cs,isivator ID
this weeks HEAR AND HOME.
Do you think Lightning Rod de4i,ahl4s
Sec the inquiry snswrrcd by Prof. L,ouis, of Tale
College, IN tht wock's HEARTH AND HONE
d. yoa viii 70 know how to naka csullaowezs x.ow
S.. new method IN this weeks HEARTH AID
HOME
Do you talk Of going Souths
Sea Mn storea letter and Mr. Sacques. Southern e.
p:sicnee. In thts week's HEARTH AND HOME
Do you think of Planting Tfeea!
See ~hat NJ Gree.ey ~. Of tas4 nattr IN this
Arc 5ou planning barn,
See one Of tho be.s Bazna IN Sew Rnsisnd In th..
weeks HEARTH AND HONE
Are Joa anxious about your sceds.
See what HEARTH AND RO26 ta9s Of eood md
bad cneA.
Do you lite Spring Greens2
Rad what common sens4 Mr. Wuke1.on taa to az In
thds weeks HEARTH AND HONE
Are you atrald Of hair raakes in drinking uater.
see what N eminent phyde4an o{ New York eays ot
them, IN this weeks HEARTH AND HOME
Do you want TO know how nan md wHe can keep
house In Sew York On $50 month";
Ste account Of actual experience In this week.
HEARTH AND HOME
Do you want to how dE.nkaEa conquered his are
tic!
Read Mn Davts' stnsy IN this weeks HEARTH AND
HONE
Do you ant to pftAse your wife, md The children md
the ncishbot twho borrows the papc1l:
Buy this wcek'4 HEARTH AND HOME,
TWAS never better, md We mean 1t ihan ncrcr be
wprsc.
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EIpnnston OF Currency.
vote was taken on the question OF tne eTnana1nn I'm
OF Tie currency. there are now tWcuty-six banks
opposed to such expansion to fourteen hi fsTnr'
while four are neutral - '"'S''
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Anarchy ind Hnd ManaEement mt
Sing Sing Prison,

Nashville Cotton Market.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. March @,-Cottn n ar,u. to,r n,3d-
ding sc; good ofttip2ry &c ' ~" N14t1'
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France

FrRtQtuHxD OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS ORDERED 70
JQIk THKIK EEQnENTA
PAats, March q.
otacers and pr!yatea on leAye Of absence hare
been ordered to reoln their regiments On the Ii, Of
ApYil
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

In the year 1899, chief of native tribe
was searching for ivory along the banks
of the Lena, when, to his great horror and
fright, he saw, in cliff of the gravel, IA
huge block of ice, and in it what he con
sidered a beast of evil omen. He became
i'll from terror, but on his recovery, re-
membering that the beast had tusks which
were like those he was searching for, he
again visited the spot. There stood, all
encased in transparent ice, creature like
an elephant in shape, nine feet high, and
10 feet long, and with enormous tusks pro.
jectng for eight or ten feet, and curving
at their tips The huge brute was hairy
it had long, black bristles all over it, and
they were from foot to 16 inches long
it had also long hair covering the whole
body, and short fur The chief waited
and watched for five years. BY the end
of that time the ice had melted, and the
| mammoth presented itself i'm its flesh and
its hairy hide to the astOnished natives.
The ulsks were cut off and sold, the neigh
boring inhabitants came with their dogs
and ttasted on the carcass, and the wolves
picked the bones. Fortunately nat
uralis beard of ii, and collected the bones
and ecimens of the hair, 30 pounds
weight If which were gathered from the
wet nild bank on which the mammoth Ii
resttd, and the tusks he purchased He
earned the whole to the nearest capital,
ST. Petersburg, distance of 1880 miles,
where ii became one of the wonders of
the world, and where It may still be seen
il the museum, of which it forms most
remarkable feature.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
How Far Down a Diver May Go.

THE greatest depth To which diver can
descend, with the greatest appliances of
safety, is about one hundred and sixty
feet, and for this bunch of hundred
weights must be disposed about his per
son. The average depth at which he can
work comfortably is about ninety feet,
which was near the depth at which the
operations upon the Royal George were
conducted. In the water, from sixty To
seventy feet deep, the men can work for
two hours ut "a time, coming up for ten
minutes rest, and doing days work OF
six or seven hours An English diver,
encased in one of Siebe's dresses, went
down i'll the Mediterranean to depth of
one hundred and sixty five feet, and re-
manned there for twenty five minutes; and
we have heard that Green, the American
diver, inspected Il wreck in the Canadian
lakes at the depth of one hundred and
seventy feet; but his experience was
enough to convince him that he could not
work on it without danger of life. Al
this depth the pressure of water on the
hands is so great rs TO force the blood Ia
the head and bring on fainting fits, while
the requisite volume of air inside the dress
To resist the outward pressure of the water
is 50 great that it would speedily sutiocate
Means have been tried to Obviate these
difficulties, but for the present a limit has
been set to the extent to which man may
penetrate the secrets of the deep. An in
genious Italian workman has brought to
England sort of armor dress which
would resist the pressure of water; but
our submarine engineers think that this
would not obviate the difficulties arising
from the limits placed to human endurance
-Erch1Doe
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
A Female Operator.

THE money article says: "The latest
operation on the street is that of rich fe-
male speculatOr getting the best of some
shrewd stock operators. A short time
since several prominent parties on the
street started to bull Reading, and after
a short campaign got the stock up to 101 =.
The parties were generously favored with
the intelligence that the earnings of the
road were increasing rapidly, as well as
the report that freights would soon be adj
vanced fifty cents per ton. The public be-
gan to bite at these reports, and were Just
beginning to take the stock off the hands
of the clique. Everything looked well, and
big bulls began to dream of handsome
dividends from the pool, when the stock
suddenly commenced to tumble, and lid
not stop until 9SA was reached. There
were accusations and counter accusations
of cheating, and big row was Threatened
among the clique. Now it appears that
there resides in Massachusetts the wealth
lest woman in America, whose soc delight
and ambition in this world is to make
money. This female operates largely in
Reading at times, and is generally the
owner Of 10000 shares, which she Occa-
siOnally turns on the market. 1t is not
long ago that this same female sold her
stock on bull party, since which time,
until recently, the stock has been neglect
ed. The 10000 shares wen all bought
back quietly, and the street did not sus-
pect it, and held for another favorable Op-
pOrtunity to sell The ncent bull
movement presented the opportunity, and
10000 shares were sold within few days
past at 1O1 IL to 100, and are now all on
the street."-Nep York Elp,sss.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
Pen Portrait Of Josh Billings."

In many of his articles i'm broken Eng
lish Josh Billings" surpasses all who
have tried that class of writing. But To
fully appreciate him, you must see and
know him. He is about forty eight years
old, and is the quaintest specimen of hu-
manity with which we have ever met
Five years ago he was an auctioneer i'm
POughkeepsie, n. Y. He has since moved
to New York city, where he keeps board
ing house amused by his irrepressible od-
dities AS he passes down Broadway he
cannot escape observation. His broad,
bent form, his immense hat, and his large,
eagle-like features, are always noticeable
His weakness is for chewing tobacco and
telling stories. Such quaint, laughable
yarns as he can spin are not easily put i'm
print. When the lecture season is at hand
he sends out a humorous prospectus. He
makes from three to four thousand dollars
a year from his lecturing, and as much
more from his newspaper work Always
cheerful and genial, always witty and yet
kind, he is liked exceedingly by his circle
of friends Perhaps some of our readers
will remember the publicity that was
given little time ago to the marriage OF
one of his daughters, whose beauty had
become notorious She was as handsome
| as he was ugly.-!St. Paul Dispatch
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
I" Selling Off at Cost"

We met Muggins the other day in a
quandary He stood upon the street cor
ner contemplating pair of gloves which
he held in his hand. We accostcd him,
and asked why he thus solemnly medi-
tated? He gave sudden start and
looked up.
"Ah Ah-a-ah Dye see these gloves?"
We saw them
"D'ye know Smokington
We knew him.
"Well, explained Muggins 81 was COM
ing by Smokington's this morning, and
saw, stuck up all over the front of his
store, big signs Of Selling off at cost
Thinks | to myself Here's a chance;
and l went in and bought these gloves and
a half dozen linen handkerchiefs. Iasked
SmOkingtOn was he selling to me at cost
and he said Certainly | carried the
handkerchiefs home and asked my wife
to hem them. She asked me what paid
for them, and when | told her she laughed
and said I'd been cheated They were not
linen at all-Onlv cOttOn-and she could
buy any quantity of. them for just one
half what | had paid l wouldn't believe
her. knew-Or thought knew-Smok
| ingtOn to be man OfhOnOr. Icame out, and
put on my new gloves. They ripped
Jones saw 'em and asked what l had paid
[ told him. He laughed, and said I'd beer
cheated. He could sell the very same ar
ticle for less than half what / had paid
"NOw, what | want to know is-i
Smokington a cheat? Has he been lying
to me-"
We asked Muggins why he didn't g
| down and ascertain. He wanted us to q,
with him, and we went
| We found SmOkingtOn very smiling
! and very busy-custOmers plenty, ant
goods going off at rush but at length
| Muggins managed to draw him aside, whel
he spoke as follows:
Look here, Smokington, old boy
you've cheated me-"
"Eh ?-cheated, Mr. Muggins? Really
| don't see it"
Didn't you tell me you were selling IN,
these things at cost and amt you tellins
everybody SO by the signs you We got stucl
up?"
Smokington smiled, and said. Seer
tainly."
| "Well," demanded Muggins, with i'm
mense assurance and indignation, "dc
you mean to say that you sold me thes,
gloves and these cotton handkerchicts a
cOst."
Certainly
"Smokington | thought you were Il MAJ
of honor"
my dear Muggins," said the trader
with a smile that was fairly bewitching
you don't understand these things. 1t
all right | sold you just as | said. o
course | could not afford to sell goods fo
what they cost me. lam selling of AT cos
| TO THE CUSTOMERS! Dye see it now"
| Muggins considered himself enlightene
in the especial commercial department @
% Selling Oft at cost; ," but he thinks h
shall never be able to put full cOnfidenc
in SmokingtOn again.-Ercltange.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
A Novel Invention.

Two lads, who out of respect for their
genius shall be nameless, left Clinton
for Utica the other day, riding after
their fathers DObbin, sound and
well buttoned, but provokingly slow
No whipping, or yelling, or urging
could Increase his speed beyond the
average trot of COW. For couple of
fast youths il was ride altogether too much
protracted, and the inventive genius which
has always existed in the family was
called i'm to devise some method for slight
ly yaccclerating the lOcomotion of their beast
on the home trip. Various plans were
proposed and voted down impracticablc,
when the yOungster suggested that long
crooked switch be procured, and fastened
by n leathern strap to the rim of the for
ward wheel; at each revolution il would
hit the horse, and relieve them at least of
their labor of constantly urging him.
"The very.thing!" said the other and
he Immediately applied the Improvement.
For a while things went well, until Dob
bin became at length walked up, and start
ed off on run. "Rackety swat, rackety-
swat" went the long crooked stick, and
faster and faster flew the infuriated Dob
bin. John Gilpin's ride was stroll, com
pared To the flight of our great inventors.
The roadside took on the appearance of
ribbon grass; canal boats like weavers
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

slightly pushed from behind so as to near
ly cover his forehead. This is SO adroitly
accomplished by the thief as to throw the
passenger aforesaid off his guard He
puts his hand up to adjust his tile, and at
the same moment the scientific "knuck !"
relieves him of his pocket-book, or other
valuables, which he hands to pal" who
gets off and disappears.
The hat-tipping business is quite ia
vorite practice, although it is not always
attended with success Persons who meet
with such an event, either in getting on
railroad cars, or while waiting at ticket
offices in depots or at places of amuse-
ment, should remember these words of
caution: In case any one should feel his
hat move from behind, i'm the manner
above stated, whether on crowded plat
form or any other place, as already indi-
Gated. let that person Immediately turn
around to the one behind him, and say,
I'm on that myself" After that he may
feel perfectly secure from further annoy
ance on that Observation-Disclosures Bul-
laan
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
The Comet in Here.

For more than ten years past the most
scientific astronomers of the world have
told us, through publication in the maga-
zines and otherwise that during the months
of July, August and September, this year
(lS69), the most wonderful comet the world
has ever known would re-appear They
have also assured us that il would ap-
pr0acb nearer the earth than any comet
ever did before, and that either the earth
or the comet would have To change its
course, or a collision would be inevitable.
AS this comet is said To be many thousand
times larger than the earth, and as il is a
solid mass of fire, with tail of fire that
would reach around the earth more than n
hundred times, ii is not at all unlikely that
collision with it would prove as disas-
trous to the earth as the late accident on
the Erie Railroad did to some of the more
unfortunate passengers According 10 as
tronomers, il was this comet that immedi-
atcly preceded the terrible civil wars i'm
Greece, and was Immediately followed BY
a t rrible contagion in Persia and other
Eastern countries, most dreadful plague
that in few weeks swept from the face OF
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
4 PickpOcket Dodge.

FEW words i'm regard To a flvOrite
method adopted by pickpookets, known as
"knucks," to successfully ply their nefari-
Gus vocation, may serve to place the pub
lie on their guard against the encroach
mcnts of these light fingered gentry
PickpOckets, rs genera thing, are toler-
ably well dressed and 81 far IA outward
appearance is concerned, might readily
pass for gentlemen. Those of the tratcr
nifty who have made the profession sort
of science dress with sCrupulOus neatness,
are ut times exceedingly polite, pleasant
i'm speech, and affect such transformations
ness that they seldom fail to make IA favor
able impression upon society. There are
others who do not come up To this stand
ard; they are simply c0nfederates or
"pals," their business being to hide the
plumber" fOrked" by their superiOrs. The
favorite resort of the fraternity of pick
pockets for the purpose of pursuing their
profession was, for several years, the street
cars, generally those which started from
railroad depOts Immediately after the ar
rival Of the trains, or at the places of
amusement at the time of closing. These
thieves would select crowded cars, and SO
well arranged were their plans that they
never came in contact with each other. At
the present time they deviate little from
the old practice. They do not always Sc
lcct crowded cars. They get on the rear
platforms of cars very nearly full, and in
sist upon standing there, always being
ready with some plausible excuse. such
as going to get off directly -" only
going couple of squares" or,
Its too hot there" At such II
time their plan of operation is as follows
The car stops for one or more passengers.
who have some difficulty in effecting an
entrance. The crowd opens the way, and
Is the passenger passes onward his hat is
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

VIZ have often heard of men having
check" and making a free use of the
article 40 q long way, but the following
rather entities Mr.. Brown, of Chicago
to the belt. The story was related to us
by gentleman who was "thar." He
says: was at the laying of the last tie,
and haN noticed among the crowd a large,
kind of halfdressed man, who was con-
stantly very busy doing nothing, but rung
himself in whenever drinks" were
called. After the last spike had been
driven, end reasonable quantity of wine
deposited under the vest of everybody
who was bibulOusly inclined, l strayed in
to the private car of Governor Stanford
The Governor, somewhat weary with the
labors of the day and the heat Of the sun,
was reclining on a sofa, evidently glad it
was over, when in walked our friend of
numerous drinks. He stopped at the
door and asked a -stander, (Which is
Governor Stanfordy" That's him." said
the person questioned, pointing to the
Governor The fellow walked in, drew a
chair up beside the Governors sofa,
sat down in it, slapped the Gov
ernOr on the knee, and said, "HOw are
you, Governor? My name is Brown. Mr..
Brown, from Chicago. This is great oc-
casiOn, Governor; we usually take a drink
on such occasions as this, Governor.
Yes" said the Governor. George
open a bottle of wine" The wine was
opened, passed around and drank "Gov-
ernor," (hitching his chair little closer
"this is uery great occasion; now take d
drink with me. George open bottle O
wine" The servant did as directed, and
that bottle was quickly disposed of good
share of it running down the capacious
throat of Mr. Brown, of Chicago" Thi:
is day that will be long remembered
and congratulate you on the success o
your enterprise. George, open bottle o
wine" George" looked hugely dis
gusted but obeyed-the fellow had go
possession, and never stopped until th'
basket was empty and George announced
that the wine was out Mr.. Brown ther
arose, shook hands with the Governor
and took rather crooked way out of th'
car, still asserting THAT it was yer,
great occ( hic)asion. ."-Elko, Cat., Hdepend
eht.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

the earth more than one half the people Of
the countries visited by it. Some years
after this comet appeared again, and was
preceded by most terrific civil war i'm
Rome, and followed by a plague, or scOurge
that piled the dead up in heaps in the
streets of that proud but corrupt city, until
there were scarcely enough persons left
alive to bury the dead This comet is now
visible, having made its appearance on
time, thus verifying the prediction of the
astronomers, without postponement on az
count of weather. 1t may bc seen with
the naked eye, in any clear night in the
northern part of the heavens, at from II
to II o'clock and from that time till day
light, or till the morning star rises. The
late heavy rains have not had the effects
to delay its appearance and progress, or TO
dim its brilliancy, though it will grow
brighter and brighter as it approaches the
earth.-ErcltdnQe
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
VOLUME XIV.
POETRY.
MILKING.
BY CELIA THAxTEH-

LITTLE .dn COW to the apple-tree tied,
Che wing the cud of reflection,
/ that am milking you, sit by your side.
Lost in sad reuOspectloh
Far DER the fields the tall daisies blush warm,
For rosy the sunset is dying;
Across the still valley DER the meadow anu farm,
The flush of its beauty is lying.
White foams the milk in the pail at my feet,
Clearly the robins are calling;
Softly blows the evening wind after the heat
Cool the long shadows are falling
Little dun COW. I'll. 40 tranquil and sweet
Are YOU light-hearted. wonders
What do you think abOut-somethinS to eatr
On clover and grass do you ponder:
am remembering days that are dead,
And a brown little maid in the gloaning.
Milking her cow with the west burning roo
Over waves that about her were fosmlng
On from the sad east the deer shadows gloomed
Out of the distance and found her,
lightly she sang. while the solemn sea Doomeu
!. Like a great organ around her,
Under the lighthouse no sweet-brier grew,
Dry was the grass and no daisies
Waved in the wind, and the flowers were Few
That lifted their delicate faces.
But O. she was happy. and careless, and blet,
Pull of the song-sparrOw's 9 spirit;
Grateful for life for the least and the best
OF the blessings that mortals inherit
Fairer than gardens Of Paradise seemed
The desOlate spaces of water;
Nature was hers-elouds that frswnsd, stars tina
cleaned
What beautiful lessoas they taught hri
Would could find you again, little maid,
Striving with utmost endeavOr.-
Could lind in breast that light heart, un2fraid,
That has vanished forever and ever!
-RiuersVte Magazine.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

shuttles, and telegraph posts resembled the
teeth of a fine-tOOth comb. There was no
whoa" to the COncern-there is nothing
now of the wagon. Doctors have dressed
the wounds of two boys who got run away
with, who beg of us to mention no names.
E1sf,r, PyUer
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

"A new arrangement has come into op
Grafton at the German telegraph Offices,
which might be extended with advantage
to other countries Parts of kilograms,
even single cords, may now be registered,
the Government Undertaking to guarantee
their correct transmission. Guaranteed
words are underlined. and are simply
charged a double rate. Hitherto, the
charge has been the full double price Of
the whole telegram.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19

In Cleveland, up To a recent date, over
one thousand dogs have been drowned i'm
the pound this season.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE DRAT.

A GOBLIN STORY OF FRENCH PROVINCIAL
LIFE.