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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-06-08
The Income Tax Law to be
Tested.


It will be noticed that sever.
al of the railway corporations
of the country are to put to
test the constitutional right to
exact this tax. 1t is held, be-
yond a doubt, by the legal
minds of the country, that the
Supreme Court of the United
States would declare the law
unconstitutional but it may be
that the question will not be
allowed.to 60 before that body,
for we believe that in these
disputed cases, the question is
decided by the Commission of
Internal Revenue at Washing,
ton; if so, the corporations
will have to pay; if they do
not, a hle OF United states SOL
diers will back up the. local
United States official who will
seize property enough which,
when sold, will meet the claim.
The effort, however, to evade
the illegal demand, we hail as
agood sign. Something healthy
will grow out of it. In the
meantime, we see by the move
ments in Congress the income
tax law is to be made to con-
tinue in force. Schenck, of
Ohio, stupidity, or falsely, de-
clared that the laws was not
unpopular with the people of
the country, but simply with
newspapers that did not make
public opinion. Schenck is an
ass. We regret that facts
oblige us to say so. Any man
in Congress or out of it, who
knows as we'll as Schenck does,
of the monster petitions which
have come directly from the
people, from the workingmen
and artizans, from the poorer
income tax payers, to their
rulers at Washington, asking
for its repeal, and who, in the
face of these huge appeals, de-
clares that this abominable tax
is popular, is an unmitigated
ass, and, as a member of Con
gress, should be called home,
and a clearer,headed represen-
tative put in his place. The
very publication alone of the
names of the income tax pay
ers has made it a nuisance, and
odious to the people beyond
expression. Poor men have
had to almost debar their wives
and children from shoes and
clothes, to pay the percentage
on the income tax over the
exempt 81 900, every dollar of
which entire income had been
spent before the returns were
made. This man, Schenck,
knows that the revenue officials
of his own party have stated,
time and again, that "we were
becoming a nation Of liars !"
that not one man in ten, drag
ged up before their revenue in
quisitors, told the truth; nay,
on the contrary, swore to a
lie, and yet he dares say in his
seat in Congress that the income
tax is popular |"
1t will be interesting to the
country TO know that of the
272,S43 individuals who pay
this tax, 107, 900 pay less than
twenty dollars. Those who
pay between twenty and fifty
number 10000. The heavier
patrons, reaching between fifty
and one hundred, foot up A.
600, and those who pay over
two hundred dollars are less
than 10000. Now, in the face
of the fact that of farmers,
manufacturers, m rch a n is,
agents, clerks, and laborlnS
men, we have to-day at least
five millions in the country,
and of these five millions only
T2,S0 acknowledge that they
earn, or receive, as income, or
wages, or salary, or profits,
over $l 900 per year, when Mr..
Schenck, insists that this in
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-06-08
Rules for Business Men.

Use the means within your
reach ; there is something for
everybody to do, and a place
for every one who is willing to
work.
Don't depend upon your own
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the Press.
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Make it known by Printers
ink that you are prepared to
do business.
Confess ignorance in regard
to subjects on which you are
uniformed ; listen and learn.
Be silent when a fool talks
he will cease the sooner; you
cannot gain by his converse.
Be ashamed of nothing but
your own errors.
Calculate the probabilities Of
the future increase, and multi
ply the means of information.
To compete successfully with
a neighbor, participate in the
facilities afforded to go ahead.
The door to wealth, respecta-
bility, influence and honor, is
thrown wide open to all.
Establish yourself on the
broad and sound basis of in
tegrity ; conduct your business
with intelligence aud judg-
ment.
TriAe not with serious mat
ters, and be not serious about
trihes.
Wisdom and virtue make
the poor rich and the rich hon
orable.
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ticed to carry OH business sue
ceSsfully; on the contrary, all
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msnship, fair prices, and to do
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and give it publicity.
Let the business of others
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Don't buy what you don't
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to mske leisure hours useful.
Find recreation in looking
after your business and your
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in looking after recreation.
Buy fair, sell fair, and take
care Of the profits, and be eco
nomical.
Should misfortune overtake
you, retrench, work harder,
but never fly the track; con-
front difficulties with unAinch-
ing perseverance; should you
then fail you will be honored
but shrink, and you will be
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Consider the causes of the
good standing of some, Eand
the decline and fall and want
of success of others, and regu-
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The tricky, deceitful and
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for when confidence is with
drawn poverty is likely to fol-
low.
With the preservation of an
upright character, if the oppor-
tunities of acquiring knowledge
and cultivating the mind, which
lie in every ones way, be prop.
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may be the reward.
Resolve to perform what you
ought, and perform without
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Reflect on what you see and
hear set your mind at work !;
reason with candor; weigh well
and consider for yourself; de-
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-06-08

Nearly ten thousand emf,
grants landed in n ew York last
week.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-06-08

Let all white men, regarding
the future of their children,
and their country, demand a
white mans party. Let that
party by millions rebuke the
fanaticism of the hour, by
driving into retirement the
present abject and dastardly
Congress.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01
How the Dead Prussian Soldiers are to
he Identified

4 Berlin letter in the London Telegraph
says: Mark one instance of the German
practical spirit as proof OF the fashion
after which these Teutons prepare to fight
In recent wars popular feeling mas demand
ed that rank and file, captains and gene
rails, shall be equally and impartislly men,
toned in the lists of the slain; bat difficult
ties have aris en-, because the enemy cannot
know the dead mems names, and, when
the muster roll is called efter battle, the
missing may be only wounded or prison
ers. Germany has, in her solid, calm man.
ner, arranged, in view of this difficulty,
that each vile and mother shall speedily
know the best or the wolst OF those who
&c to fight "with God. for King, and Faith
eria nd" Slips of parchment, like luggage
labels, have been prepared, on which the
name of each German soldier is plainly
written, and one of these will be
fastened inside his coat when he goes info
action. After the day is decided, the enc
my, If he be master of the field, will be
requested to collect and return these labels,
OF which rbout million have been provid-
ed, grim ickets for an unknown journeyl
Think OF the German wife or mother sew
ing it on-the battle ticket of her stake in
the quarrel-the address of her particular
material OF war" the awful travelling label
whereon no loving hand may write. with
care, seeing that its bearer goes into the
Valley of the Shadow. to come forth again
or not as heaven shall decree. Sewn on
with German thread, ripped of, perchance,
with French knife. whole packets and par
GELS Of these little human memoranda will
surely be returned; but yet every man who
buttons his coat over the label of death
has looked his fate full in the face, and
made himself 'ready for the burial"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01
What Napoleon Coyets

A writer in the Boston Advertiser, in
discussing the objects and probable result
OF the Franco-P -Prussian war 80 far as
France is concerned makes tae following
interesting statement:
For years France has been obliged to
content herself vita keeping alive the en-
bers of strife in Poland, the Dutchies and
the Free Cities. Her ambition is to make
the Rhine her frontier, to add to her pres
snt empire the fertile and populous terri
tory which lies between France, the Rhine
and the German Sea. including q portion
of Prussia, the Duchy of Luxemburg and
oil Belgium. She tried Q few years since
to secure Luxembourg and then to level its
fortress, but Europe demonstrated and she
was obliged 10 content herself with
the demolition of some of the forts
of Luxemburg. The country which
France covets is as large as that section of
New England which lies between the Mer-
rimac and the Hudson. 1t is the garden of
Europe and contains q population OF at
least eight millions, and would add OF
least a ffth to the population and wealth
OF Fnuce; but Germany clinRs tenaciously
to her country on the Moselle and the
south bank of the Rhine, and would gladly
recover both Alsace and Lorraine. where
the German is still spoken; and both Ger
many and England regard BELGIUM az the
gateway of the continent, appreciate well
the power it would give to France, and
shrink from the idea Of giving to her the
seaports of the coast . the navigation OF
the Rhine. 49, h
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01
A Sad Ending to a Wretched Life.

Some weeks ago we published sketch
Of tho sufferings and wretchedness of
family living in Montgomery street, the
mother of whom, while her husband lay in
an insensible and beastly condition from
the effects of rum, and who had Just awak-
ened frcm the effects of her own potatiors,
her children starving and moaning for
food, which their parents in satisfying
their base appetltes had neglected to pro-
vide, overcome with horror and remorse,
rushed out of the house, down to the dock,
and plunged in the water. At that time
she was with difficulty rescued and carried
to her homo, where she lay insensible a
day or two. The case was brought to the
notice OF the police, who, on entering, be-
held such a scene of sickening misery that
even they, stern-hearted men as they are.
we're shocked. the husband stupidity
drunk, the woman insensible, and the
children sick and crying for bread. Proper
care was at once rendered, and no more was
heard of them until yesterday afternoon.
1t seems that the woman, notwithstanding
her sad experience, could not leave the IA
tai cup alone. and during the time that has
intervened has been almost constantly un-
der its influence. At 430 yesterday after
noon, this woman, whose name is Mary
McEiwain, while walking along the docks
at the basin, Deliberately sprang in. Aman
by the name Of Carroll, who witnessed the
occurrence, jumped after, and succeeded
In bringing her out, but all efforts to re-
stora conscior sness were unayailing. Cor
oner Prest ,leld an inquest. and q verdict
What may become Of her innocent chill
dren, who ai thus thrown upon the world,
ALL - n. =
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

OF THE EFFECT OF CHREpFULNEss UPON
WORK, New York correspondent writes.
An acquaintance of mine employsa a large
number of women at sewing machines He
tells me that when he first conceived the
idea of going into this particular line of
business, he determined to 90 up to Sing
Sing and examine the system as it was
practiced there, and toascertain iast data
of profit in regard to outlay for labor. His
visit opened his eyes to several things, and
returning to the city he made up his mind
to let his girls sing and talk as much as
they pleased while they worked, but must
work by the piece, so that loss Of time
would fall upon them as well as upon him.
When he was shown into the great work.
shops occupied by the female convicts ct
the great State Prison, he was naturally
enough a1rprised to find that the women,
though hard at work with theif sewing
machines, were just as busy with their ton
gues, exercising their two natural gifts,
the needle and the organ of speech, and
when he expressed his wonder TO the war
don at such license, he was told that twice
ss much could be got from them il they
were allowed to use their tongues than il
they worked in the unnatural condition of
the sex, of forced silence; 50 with the peals
Of laughter and sometimes Q strain OF not
unpleasant harmony, drowning the rattle
OF the machines, and helping along pleas
anty the wearing hours Of toll.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

the boys of the town, till he did not much
care what became of him. 4 face full of
everything hard, bitter, malicious. He is
ready either 10 receive help at the hand of
the apostle, or to strike him with the
crutch. Does not much believe there is
any cure, does not. much care. Has not
heard kind word for twenty years, and
would not be at all surprised if he were
howled away now. foul face-even the
hair on the chin curls with soorn. He has
the fierceness of an adder, which, trod on,
eurls up to bite its pursuer. The distcr-
ton of the body has struck in and deformed
the soul. You feel that your only safety
in. his presence is that he cannot walk. His
figure haunrs a man for days
1t is a painting that puts the heart in
vice, and starts the cold sweat on the FORE
head, and holds You with q spell from
which you are trying to break away, until
you look just over the head of the vicious
mendicant, and see the clear. innocent face
of child hushed in its mothers arms, and
then look to the left, and see two round
hmbed children. bounding into the
scene. wondering what is the mat
ter. With their dimpled hands, they
pull out the thorns of the picture. 1t is a
stubborn sea Ct trouble that win not divide
when four baby ieet go padding in it. We
are glad that Raphael did not choose for the
picture cherubs with wings fastened ut the
backbone, ready at any moment to fy
away with them. but children that look as
if they had come to stay. Rather thinly
dressed, indeed, for cool weather.
Rsphsel's picture-children did not cost him
much for clothes. You know it was warm
climate.
Though bachelor, Raphael knew the
worth of children in picture. With their
little hands they open the inside door of
the heart and let Us pass in when other
wise we might have been kept standing
on the cold steps, looking at the corbeils
and caryatides of the outside architecture.
1t was little maid that directed
Naaman to the Jordan for healing,
and it is a child in the picture that shows
the leper of harsh criticism where to
wash his scales off, 1t is by the introduc-
ton Of children into their paintings that
Canaletto gives warmth to the ice-white
castles of venics. and Gainsborough SIM
plicity to the hollowness of q watering
place. and Turner pathos to the decline
of Carthage" and Ruysdael life to dead
landscape, and Giotto, and Tacconi, and
Orcagns, and Jcshuay Reynolds follow in
the track of q boys foot.
And little child shall lead them"
ANTWERP, July, 1870.
- Hearth ovad Horos
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01
The First Boat that Descended the Mis-.
SisSippi River.

By way OF contrast with the recent Mis-
sissippi steamboat race, the Memphis
Appeal gives the following "reminiscences !:
In 1923 Captain Shreve commanded the
good steamer General Washington, the
fastest boat that had ever traversed the
waters of the West He made in the
year designated the fastest tine ever
known between New Orleans and Louis
vile. twenty five days. When at Louisville
he anchored his steamer in the midst of
the river and fired a gun for each day
consumed In the wonderful voyage. The
whole population of Louisville was gath
cred on the river shore TO behold the mar
vel Of speed, the glorious General WASH
ington, and Sbreve was feted and hon.
ored. and crowned with roses, and borne
by the huzzaing multitude through the
streets of Louisville. Shreve, dressed as
an American Admiral, made an eloquent
speech to the people OF Louisville. and,
while WHISKY flowed and toasts were drank,
Shreve, who gave paternity to Shreveport,
declared that the time of the General
Washington could never be equaled.
'Curiously enough il was eclipsed be-
fore the season closed, and the Tecumseh.
il 1923, made tue same trip in eight days
and seventeen hours, and not until 1888
was this time beaten. The Sbephefdess
was then crowned victris, beating the Te-
cumseh's time seven hours. She was COM
msnded by Capt. Milton Daley. The
Reindeer. in 1928, made desperate effort
to beat the Tecumseh, but failed ignomin-
iously, In those days, when on a race, all
the passengers, officers and crew were EN-.
ployed at stated intervals in wood-chop-
ping along the shore. There were no coal
or wood yards. When steamer encoun-
tered an attractive pile OF drift wood, peo-
pie on board coveted it like birds of prey,
and depositing it on the boat, soon con-
vertei it into firewood.
"The Pennsylvania was the first steam
er that ever descended the Mississippi.-
She came down from Pittsburg in 1S13.-
At that very time this whole valley, from
Memphis to Louisville, was convulsed by
successive earthquakes. When the thun-
derous Pennsylvania descending the Ohio,
drew near Shawneetown on O dark. tenn
pestuous night, and the people of the vii
lage heard the fearful thunder of the
Pennsylvania voice, they thought it the
living genius OF the earthquake. Led by
John r. Snuliy, who was gathered to his
fathers years ago, the people of the village
went down to the river shore and on their
Knees in abject terror prayed tor escape.
''At length the steamer with its glaring
eyes redder than that of Polyphemus. and
hideous noises, came in sight. Fires be-
meath the boilers illuminated the scene
With a ghastly glare. the boat breathed
heavily as the embodiment fan earthquake
might have done, the good people of Shaw
nee,own rose up. and in helpless fright and
utter dismay, fled away to the hills Shaw
neetown has never recovered from the shock
ofthat fearful night It's growth was stunt
ed, little, half-grown ancient village, the
victim of stupendous terror inspired by the
and I;ississippi"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01
What Kills the Fish.

1t is well known that at times there Is O
great mortality among fish, the cause of
which is not generally known. This NOR
tality has prevailed to o great extent on
Lake Ontario. whore fishermen have OBJ
served that fish apparently in health rose
to the surface of the water, foated about
in helpless condition for few hours and
then died. This has been particularly mo-
ticed among the herring. q handsome sill
ver-colored fish taken in nets. The true
cause of this mortality has not been known.
or at least has not been publicly announced
to our knowledge. The fishermen have
charged it t. leeches or other parasites
fastening themselves upon the scales of the
fish and suc'.ipg the life blood. A
short time since Seth Green, the noted
pisciculturist gathered some dying her.
ring floating upon Irondequoit bay and
made q careful examination. He found
fastened near the gills worm which had
eaten into the vitals and was drawing the
blood from the heart of the fish. Under
the microscope this was disgusting look.
ing creature, so made with power to ad-
here that once fastened upon a fish be-
meath the gills it could not be ehaken of.
When this parasite takes hold OF an ex-
posed surfac, the fish dashes himself
against q rock or hard substance and tears
it of, sometimes taking the scales. These
wounds have been mistaken for the real
cause of death in the fish. Of course there
is no remedy-no way to prevent destruc.
ton to fish thus attacked. But il is well
enough to be informed as to the real cause
of fish mortality.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

1 GUEST at one of the Montgomery, Ala,
hocels, who has the unfortunate habit of
sleeping with his mouth open, recently
avloke in the morning to find his set Of
fase teeth stolen. No clew has been OBJ
tahed to the thief.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

THz mediums of New York have called
u2 spirit answering to the name of Dam
iel Webster. The spirit states that his
chief regret in dying was that he had not
had the opportunity to revise his diction-
ary
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

ExPKRrENCx shows that brown sandstone
cannot prohtabiy be employed for the
fronts ci buildings In New England towns.
It's porous nature causes it to absorb large
quantities of water, which freeze and split
of layers of the stone.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

A CITIZEN of Buffalo takes humane view
Of the organ grinding nuisance. He pro-
poses to establish national fund for the
maintenance Of the grinders" as the most
effectual means of getting rid of them.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01
gouus FOLKS Department.


Bx A. Il. POE.
Seven years old.
Maggie, my pearl
Thoughtful, fair-haired,
Blue-eyedbirll
Il does seem strange;
And, pet, do you know
What suowdrop you were
Seven years ago!
Seven years old,
Maggie, my pesrl!
Grandma is k.Spang
Your hrs. raby carl.
Your cheeks were as soft
Az a pineapple blow,
Or the heart of a pansy,
Seven years ago.
Seven years Of glaaness,
Blossom and song;
Near 10 the angels
All her life long.
The yea s are so bright
To our dear little girl,
May they never be darker,
Maggie, my pearli
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

TOWARD EVENING.

Father. tue shadows fall
Along my way;
'Tis past the noon of day.
My "westering SUM- tells that the eve IL near; =
know, but feel no fear. 4
And lsved ones have gone home
Aholy band.
hear them call me from the spirit land
A gentle call:
Yes. dear ones, / shall come.
o, not alonei though now
lead the van.
Aud with uncovered head
Press ON where others led,
Where my young life began.
am not left alone,
Though they gone, .r-
Sweet voices of the past,
And Of to-day
The loved that round my way
Still irvine around my heart,
Tell me how good thou art.
o holy Light and Lovei
Beam on my soul,
My inmost life control;
Then may each pure thought spring; W rs
And peace. with gentle wing, ftt
Brood like the dove.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

Tm hog cholera stin troubles farmers
in Southern Indiana.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

They wear pink satin slippers to break
fast at Saratoga.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-01

A LITTLE girl at Northneid, VT, while
picking berries recently, about five miles
west of the depot village, discovered some
bears engaged in the same business. The
next morning two brothers went TO the
pasture and found them taking their morn
ing lunch On the berries. They shot the
dam and one cub, the ether old bear and
two cubs escaping. The old one weighed
about $50 pounds, and was in very poor
condition.