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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02
4 silver Mountain Is il Fact or a
Fancy!

A San Francisco correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Chronicle says:
silver mountain is said 10 exist in
New Mexico, fifteen miles from the Arizona
boundary line. A mysterious expedition
left the city two months ago for that re-
gion, and the Bank of California was ru-
mored to be the protector of it. Its mem
bers were supplied with arms, money and
comforts, that no private enterprise could
afford, and :t is an ascertained fact
that the corporation named previously
despatched force to that neighborhood,
20 lay claim to something or other, (which
ordinary mortals know not. In connection
with this matter, late Arizona papers men
ton the existence of mass of silver rock
in tn At Territory. comprising 400, 600 square
wards tthey give detai!s), which assays
from 5000 to 81, $50 per ton. 1t is certain
that from time to time this story ofa silver
mountain is repeated by travellers from
that Indian haunted section, bnt until the
Apaches are exterminated, prospectors
would require small army to protect them,
and then stand fair chance oflosiEg their
scalps.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

RESPECTING emigration to this country
the English correspondent of the Boston
Commonwealth writes under date of April
26: ''Never before has there been such
tide of emigration setting towards America
from Liverpool as now. Yesterday 2 800
persons embarked, the very best class of
farm and mechanical laborers. They are
generally married, with families. The Ger
mar and continental element was strongly
represented amongst the vast congregation.
nearly one-half Of the number OF emf
grants being foreigners of some kind, the
remainder consisting of English, Irish and
Scotch. To-day it is expected that l 800 or
l,G00 will leave. Many of the far-western
states and territories have agents here and
on the continent looking up willing emi.
grants. The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company are organizing a vast scheme for
securing builders OF their road this sum-
mer"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

In speaking OF Mr.. Jones, the missing
Superintendent Of the New Hampshire Re
form School, the Concord Patriot relates
that his elder brother, when quite a young
man, asked his father one day for money.
The father replied, "You ought to earn it.
You have never paid for the salt you have
eaten" That day the young man disap-
peared. He returned after some weeks
absence and offered his father several dol
lars, saying, This will pay the salt bill. 3"
Subsequently, taking offense at something
done in the family, he again left without
notice, and has never been heard of since
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

BRAN FOR Hoes. I'm answer TO your re-
quest for careful experiments" in bran-
feeding, Up. 2l6)I submit the following:
Aboat August 2Oth.. 1859, l had q SOW that
from sucking sixs-pies had become very
thin estimated weight LOO pounds, or per-
haps q little less. She was kept in small
pen with o plank foor-fed exclusively
with coarse rye bran, slightly moistened
with cold water. Killed Dec. LIST; dressed
weight 296 pounds. The sow was small.
and of the kind that L know as .sgrass
breed" The pork is equal in every respect
t. '.best cern-fed. ."-Country Gestleman.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

WANTED WIVES. There is loud call for
women in Washington Territory A thou
sand virtuous girls, writes one VINO lives
there, are wanted. In the county where
the correspondent resides there are 400
men and only 90 adult white women. The
region is fertile. and farmers ri,isc so
bushels of wheat to the acre. Yet what
is all this worth2 For, says the corre-
spondent, the farmer ''enters his dark
honse at night, has to light his own fire
and cook his own supper. without sonl
tn talk to or to cheer and enconrage him.
He lives miles from his nearest nelghbor.
This continues day after day and week af-
ter week. On Sunday he must wash and
mend his own clothes. This is what all
have to go through who settle on piece
of land unless they are married. Man
can't stand L." In some cases Indian wo-
men are taken for wives, SO great is the
demand. Here is an opening for thousands
of unprotected Eastern girls who can hard
ly su, port themselves and whose hopes of
marriage are worth little or nothing Tho
East Is overstocked with girls. In the
great West there is shocking scarcity of
them These are, or ought to be, valuable
facts to en.erprising girls everywhere. ID
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

:, The CROPS IN INDIANA are decidedly
Promising. The Chicago Tribune says
that it is pleased to state that the most
cheering accounts of growing crops. both
of grain and fruit, come in. A careful re-
view of the state papers shows that more
than an average breadth of wheat has been
sown this season. and that thus far the
prospects are most excellent for a heavy
yield. In large and small fruits, despite
the fear of the late frosts, there seems to
be no possibility of failure
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

A MARROW ESCAPE FROM THE Cons OF A
BLACK SNAKE. esterday party were
rambling in the woods near the town of
Newfane, when ono of the youngest, lad
ut tout~ twelve -syep-s old, named "'Cob-
Walsh, stepped accidentally upon the tail
of black snake. Like lightning the SER
pent raised its length-one of six feet and
three inches-into view, and wound it
around the boys leg. at the same time ad-
yancing its head in the snake-like, threat
ening manner. 1t Is needless to say that
the boy was scared, and there is no guess
ing at the result of the fierce attack had
not the spunk of dog accompanying
them been reused to the pitch of taking
hold of the serpent, at which the black
coils were loosened, and his serpentine
majesty dropped to the ground; after
which he vas summarily dispatched by a
weil-directed shot from a gun in the hands
of young man accompanying the party
Lockp0rt Journal
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

The London Standard. in an editorial
article, admits the Sappho's victory, and
hopes it will be the last heard of ''interna-
tional matches, which do nothing bu. fos-
ter mischievous jealousy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

A FAMILY in Newport, L. l., turned up
their noses very perceptibly- at their tea
cake, the other right There was nothing
the matter with it. only it was favored
with spirits of camphor instead of essence
of lemon.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

Showers have recently occurred in
many parts of the Northwest, and the crops
are reported in fine condition
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02
Gocp FRIpAY Paris consumed ESQ ponnds

GooD FRIDAY Paris consumed $50 pounds
of salmon. l10, 900 pounds of salt codfisbes,
5000 head of water fowl (naigre), 5000
pounds of beans, 10000 pounds salt her
rings. 5000 pounds fresh shad, /, 500. 600
pounds eggs, 6,73S pounds of butter. Dur
ing Lent 70, ,000, 600 red eggsare sold. They
are colored in an immense vat, which con.
tains IA. 600 eggs. The vat is filed with
water saturated with alum, and which con-
tains great many chips of Campeachy
wood. The latter dyes them. About 200
eggs are broken in every IA. 600; the broken
eggs are sold to coifichd makers-this is q
sort of bread or cake given to cage birds
The largest boiler of red eggs clears his
S4, 900 gold during Lent. These eggs are
hawked about town on barrows.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

PRIVATE medical aid. Read DIR. Whittier's
advertisement.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02
ONE OF THE MOST remarkable candrds OF

ONE OF THE MOST remarkable cdndfds OF
tue age is the one that originally professed
to have come over the cable, setting forth
that German capitalists had been officially
warned against investing in America rail
road bonds. Fabrications of this kind, set
atloat TO influence the market values of
stocks and bonds, are, unfortunately, not
rare things. But the desperate efforts made
to keep the present one alive by shifting the
authority for its pseudo PRONUNCIATION has
rendered it exceptional First 1t was sa =
died on the Prussan Governments; next ON
the seniors of the Berlin Stock Exchange;
lastly, on the North German Consul Gen
eral at New York. The latter gentleman
denies, in the most indignant and positive
terms, ever having written syllable on the
subject. 1t will now be in order to ascribe
this most unauthorized of all unauthorized
reports to the memory of Manchausen.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02
Rabbits Killed Him.

A certain MIR. John Hewitt. farmer Mt
Lea. in England. committed suicide IA few
days back 10y taking poison. 1t was not
for love, for fear of disgrace, or for money
reasons in direct way; it was all through
rabbits. 1t appeared that of late he had
been frequently seen TO look out of his
window, and had been heard TO say, II
have sown my corn, but they'll eat it again -
They" were-the rabbits. After he had
taken the poison, and just before he died.
the poor fellow said, II cannot bear il any
longer; the rabbits have killed me-"
Last year MIR. Hewitt sowed somo of his
fields twice over, and yet one field of six
teen acres only yielded him six quarters
The coneys may be feeble folk, yet they
are formidable enough when acting in large
bodies, which seems to be their way down
in the midland counties. The story is in-
deed sad. The poor man saw ruin staring
him in the face, and he had not fortitude
to stand mp against it. What horrible
idea is that of wretched man driven half
crazy by despair, and seeing rabbits around
him in his last moments, as a WORKOUT
drunbard sees snakes
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

SMELLS A MICE. Crown Princess of
Prussia went the other day to the store of a
crown jeweller in Berlin in order to pur-
chase diamond necklace. She selected
very beautiful one, when, to her surprise,
she noticed that the jeweller. who waited
on her himself, told her that she need not
buy il. The significant smile with which
the dealer in gold and diamond accompa-
MED these words, led her to believe that
her husband, the-Crown Prince, had pur-
chased the necklace for her as a birthday
present, that happy day coming off in the
course of week or two. SO she went
home, but, on her birthday, she received
from her husband not the necklace, but
only a pair of fine earrings. Then she
suspected something wrong, amt at the
next coart-ball she examined with the ut
most attention, the necklaces which the
various noble ladies wore. Finally very
beautiful young Countess entered the hall,
and ON her neck the n-Princess dis
covered the necklace. She stepped quickly
up to the Couptess and asked her in an
imperious tone who had given her the
necklace. The young Countess, greatly
frightened, faltered out that she had re-
ceived it from His Royal Highness, the
Crown Prince. The consequence was that
the Countess was notified that her presence
at Court was no more desirable.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Even
ing Post tells very pretty story of visit
of Clara Louisa Kellogg to the Utica Luna
tic Asylum a few days since. She went in
to the cells assigned to the worst patients,
and there warbled some. of her choicest
notes for the delectarion of the mad peo-
pie. They crowded about with the most
intense curiosity, closely examining her
clothing and ornaments, and even mani
tested considerable interest in her "pretty
little boots" Miss Kellogg did not seem
to dislike these little familisrities. Several
in the exuberance of their delight wanted
to kiss the sweet singer, a privilege she
permitted, and with genuine emotion she
received the greeting and returned il in
kind This little incident beautifully illus
trates tho character of the talented prima
dona, and shows the power of music and
kindness over the distracted mind
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02
poetrg.
THE BIRTH of THE FLOWERS.
By c. N. p.

THE following very clever parody ON Bryants
Death of the flowers We clip from the n. y. Even
ing POst-ED.l EsA1s
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-17
Ex-Governor Hawley's Retort.

AT the close of Gen. Buffers remarks, Senator
buckingham introduced Ex-Governor Hawley,
who alluded to the speech of Gen. Butler, and
said he wished to reply to some of the Generals
remarks touching the subject of Chinese i'm
migration:
81 don't know he said, ss how to 90 to work
to lock the doors of the United States. We have
done what we could and stopped American
slavery. l wish the Chinese had a better educa-
ton in regard to American institutions. l wish
they would bring with them a better religion :;
but L believe they all can read. With our flag
over me, and the New Testament in my hand, [
say, let them come" He wished that they were
in better condition but he did not see how he
could shut the gates against any down trodden
people who wished to flee to the protection of
American institutions. He said he would occupy
the few remaining moments in urging on his
fellow-citizens the great Importance of keeping
open the gateways of the United States to the
free access of all immigration people. He would
ever guard our interests against the least APP
proach to the slave trade, but could see no injury
to any of our useful institutions in encouraging
industrial immigration to our shores, from every
part of the earth. He would keep the gate open
and the stream as pure as possible, and let it
flow. We must counteract any evil that may
threaten us by our living examples of good. We
must impress a pure and undefled religion on all
who may come to us and if any go back to
their own lands they will carry to their neighbors
the blessings of our free institutions. He would
not dare to lock the inviting gates of America
against a suffering world.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-17
Cure for Obesity.

Mr.. SCHNEIDER is the latest addition to the list
of persons who have undertaken the treatment
and cure of excessive fairness in the human race
this condition being considered by him as a dis
turbance of the animal economy, in consequence
of which the carbon taken in is accumulated IN
the form of fat. Diet and exercise, as might be
expected, constitute the basis of his treatment.
AS in the method of Mr.. Bantiug, which some
years ago was SO much in vogue, the diet advised
for fat persons consists of food containing a large
per centage of nitrogen, to which some vegetables
without starch, and cooked fruit, are to be
added, for the purpose of moderating the excita-
ton due to animal nourishment. This diet is to
be varied according as individuals are of a SAN
guine or Emphatic temperament. The use of
certain wines is permitted beer is, however,
entirely forbidden. Coffee and tea are allowed,
with as little sugar as possible. Cheese, pota-
toes, rice, beans, peas, maize, maccaroni, tapioca,
arrowroot, and soups are not allowed. The use
of sulphate of soda is recommended, as moder-
atlng the transformation of heterogeneous materials
and stimulating the oxidation of fat and the
use of mineral waters containing the sulphate of
soda in solution is considered of the greatest i'm
~portance in this respect. The waters of Marien-
bad, which are especially rich in this salt, are
stated to have, usually, the most happy effect.
Their use together with that of some alkaline
pills, and a strict adherence to the conditions
above mentioned caused a decrease in weight of
from twenty-five to sixty pounds in different
individuals in the course of a few weeks.-Ed-
itor's Scientific Record, an Harper's Magazine
Or July.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-17
England and Her Colonies.

Even Mr.. Gladstone announces himself a con-
vert to the comparatively new British doctrine
that Colonies are a weakness to the empire, and
the sooner they are cut loose from the mother
country and set up for themselves, the better for
both. In truth, the ablest statesmen of England
are now a unit in support of this theory. Their
influence is having its effect on the whole British
nation, too. The press-the best exponent of
public feeling-is becoming almost unanimous in
this opinion. The editorial columns of the Lon
don papers TEEN with suggestions and reflections
to the effect that as soon as Canada or Australia,
or New Zealand, wish to cut loose, England will
bid them 90 and weleome-she will not desert
them if they cling to her, but she would just as
soon they wouldn't cling. These papers freely
acknowledge the inability of the mother country
to defend these big and distant bantlings in case
of war. Indeed the New Zealanders had a prac-
teal exemplification of this truth very recently.
England refused to defend them from the Maories,
telling them, ''they must look out for themselves"
1t has evidently become the prevalent view in
England that Colonial possessions are a mistake,
that they cause more trouble than they are worth,
and that the best thing England can do with those
which still own allegiance to her is to divest her.
self of all responsibility for their protection or
support. Even India is not exempt from the OPP
Grafton of this new policy. The 1" POsitivist
clique, which exerts tremendous influence in Great
Britain strenuously argues for the autonomy of
India, as well as of all the other Colonies. In facts
London paper expressed nearly the universal Eng
lIsh conviction the other day when it said Our
great difficulty is to force upon them (the colonists)
as much independence as we should wish them to
enjoy. A declaration of independence on the
part, for instance, of Canada, would be hailed
with satisfaction The same state of feeling
shows forth indirectly when the English journals
urge Spain to give or sell Cuba to the United
States. They are strongly impressed with the
fact that Colonial Cuba is a source of weakness
and not of strength to Spain, and they advise her
to lop off the excrescence. Parliament grumbled
loudly the other week when called on to vote the
Canadian Dominion a million or SO to make up
it's deficit and the private opinion was then ex-
pressed that the Colonies were humbugs. In l775
the English fought with all their force to retain
their Colonies. When the centennial of that
memorable date comes round we shall not be
much surprised to see England struggling to get
rid of her costly dependencies, and telling them
that as they are of age they can take care of
themselves
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-17
The Enchanted Mountain.

In one of the northeastern counties of Georgia
is a natural curiosity, called, from Indian tradi-
ton, the Enchanted Mountain.
The mountain is not large, and there is nothing
remarkable about it until you get on the top,
when human tracks, or impressions in the solid
rock, which appear to be human tracks, are seen.
How these almost human tracks came to be i'm
pressed on the rock of this mountain is one of the
many mysteries of this mysterious land of ours.
There were a great many traditions among the
Indians In regard to this mountain, but none of
them are satisfactory, and it probably never will
be known who it was that left their tracks upon
the summit of the Enchanted Mountain. One of
the Indian traditions is curious, for it shows that
they had a vague idea of Noah's food before the
advent of the white man. The story has been
handed down among the Aborigines that it was
the landing place of the great canoe, after the
deluge, and the tracks were made by the people
in the canoe, as they stepped out upon the rocks,
which had been made soft by the long inundation.
One of the tracks, and the largest one, is seventeen
and a half inches in length, and seven and three
fourths inches wide. Unlike the others, it has
SIX toes, This must have been Noah's track, and
if there was anything in the Mosaic account of
the flood concerning the size of Noah's feet we
might have a confirmation of the Indian tradition.
The size of the track would indicate that he wore
number eighteens.
There are I36 impressions of feet and hands
visible on the face of the rock. The smallest foot
track is four inches in length, and of perfect
shape. Another Indian tradition is that a great
battle was once fought there, and the large track
with six toes is that of the victorious commander.
This is essentially Indian, as their ideas of mental
greatness were circumscribed by physical size.
To be a great warrior with them was to be of
great size and strength. They did not recognize
the size or quality of the brain as having anything
to do with it.
But who made these tracks upon the Enchanted
Mountain? If it was human feet, then whose
feet, and at what age of the world? If they
were chiseled out by human hands, 8nose hands,
and when ? Alas! that the learning of the world
amounts to so little, for no man can tell.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-17
Sail He!

HEARD a rustic in my garden patch
I saw a shadow bow beneath my thatch-
One morning while the dawn was breaking fast
And, coming near, a nervous hand was passed
Across my face, and some one babe me wake,
And " Hasten to the cliff, for Heavens sake:
A sail was shining in the eastern sea-"
A sail 4" / gasped; " the Saints compassion me.
Go you and fire the signal-pyre!" said
The shadow turned, and in a moment fed
And soon l foIlowed-pale, aud scant of breath
For on that chance was staked my life or death.
1 skirted tie long shore of the lagoon,
Shining and moist-shaped like a crescent moon
And scaled the rocky battlements that rise,
Like a great wall, against the eastern skies.
The morning air blew down a fragrant Whit,
Combining the wind-burnt grasses on the cliff.
The cactus thousand thorny palms were spread
Against a sun-clOud hanging, hot and red,
In the horizon and a little way
OF, in the bright, blue depths Of dawning day,
A fair and Pickering atom-stOrm-like, pale
I saw q sole and solitary sail.
Then. down / sat, and prayed. The biting fire
Curled the green balsams of my signal-pyre,
And sent a bold, black shaft into the air,
That lowered above the shadows, and grew fair,
Like to a palm in stature, full ofgrace,
Waving its sable plumes before the face
OF all the world and, as it would appear,
Commanding that the voyagers should draw near,
I shut away the sight, in deep suspense,
Half drugged with the rich odOrs Of the dense
And multiplying fumes that hung about,
And half afraid to struggle with my doubt.
The sun arose, and all the world was gay
The sweet winds spirited the mists away,
/ lifted up my eyes, where l was bowed,
And, through the portals Of a golden cloud,
Beheld the vessel, by fair breezes famed,
Trimming her sails, and making for the land.
But when she shaped her course toward the shore,
And 1 was snre my Punishment was DER.
Somehow i was not happy-for l grew
So Jealous of the solitude l knew,
And loved my Island dearer than before. Select