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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

THERE was damaging rain storm in
the Southwest on Wednesday night.
Several hundred feet Of the track Of the
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad was
washed away. The Memphis 4 Charles
ton Bailroad is submerged beyond
Pocahontas-A The Memphis 4 Louis
vile Road is washed away at Big Sandy.
The Memphis 4 Little Rock Railroad
is submerged between New Orleans and
Madison. All the low lands have beer
submerged by the freshet.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

A LADY conducting a private school
in Greenwich, Conn, some eight years
ago, failed to pay her expenses, and
after struggling along and getting deep
ly in debt, sold all her effects and paid
her creditors seventy cents on the dol
lar, the latter cheerfully accepting that
Tor the whole amount Torture having
since smiled upon her, che has lately
paid up her old debts in fun, with in
,terest to date.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

that the cause of rheumatism, neural
gia or gout exists where the pain is ex-
perienced. The source of these diseases
is generally urea in the blood, and it is
one of the special properties of Dr..
WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR BIrTERs
to neutraize this deposit, while it rem
ovates the relaxed Kidneys and thus pre-
vents them from permitting q portion
of their secretion to escape through
improper channels. Torpidity of the
stomach has also much to do with the
vitiation of the blood, and upon this
organ the Bitters act directly as slim
ulant and invigorant.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

D~ The attention of our readers 10
called to the advertisement Of the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence and Galveston r. r. in an
other column
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

THE Mutual Life of Chicago pays its
profits to policy holders only.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30
THE HAWKS NEST.
sr BRET HAsTE

Bx BRET HARTK.
We checked our pace-the red road sharply round:
We heard the troubled now
OF the dark olive depths Of pines, resounding
A thousand feet below;
Above the tumut of the canon, lifted,
The grey hawk oreathless hung,
o on the hill winged shadow drifted
Where furze and thorn-bush chung;
Or where, half way, the mountain side wes furrowed
With many seam and scar,
Or some abandoned tunnel dimly hurrowed-
mole hill seen so far;
We look In silence down across the distant
Unfathomable reach,
silence broken by the guides consistent
And realistic speech;
walker of Murphys blew .hols through Peters
For telling him he lied.
hen up and busted out of South uorritos
Across the long Divide.
We ran him out of strong's aud up through Eder,
And cross the ford below,
And up this mountain Peters brother lesdinJ,
And me and Clark and Joe.
"He fout US gama somehow, disrernsmber
Jest how the thing KEN round
Some say twas wadding, some scattered ember
FROM nres on the ground
" But in one minute all the hn below him
Was Just sheet of fame;
Ousrdin' the crest. sam Clark and called 10 him
And-weI the dog game.
Bs made no sign-ths fires of hell we're round
him,
The pit of he'll below.
We sat and waited, but We never found him,
And then we turned to CO.
And then-you see that rock that's grown sc
bristly
With chapparel and tan
suthin' crept Quit might hev besu a grizzly,
II might hev been man,-
shouted
In smoke and dust and fame:
Suthin' that sprang into the depths about %,
Grizzly or man-but camel
Thst1'al Vel, yes. I. does look rather risky,
And kinder makes one queer
And dizzy looking Gown. drop Of whisky
Aint q bad thing right here J"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

~ A FAcT.-Dr. Henry's Root and
Plant Pills are . safe and effective family
cathartic medicine Try them. See advertise
ment in another column.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30
n~ DIR. 8. A. WEAvER's CANKER AND
SALT RHEUN SYRUP.-The object of this Syrup

is to throw all impurities which are in the
blood, out upon the surface of the skin, which
is the only true way that the blood can ever
be freed from them. When they are out upon
the skin they can at once be removed by ap-
plying the cerate, which win, IN all cases, e.
application which viii, alone, permanently cure
this class of diseases
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30
RY CURE FOR CoUaH or CoLD.-A

IA CURE FOR CoUaH OR CoLD.-Ae
soon as there is the slightest nneasiness of the
Chest, with difficulty of breathing, or indica-
tons OF Cough, take during the day few
demulcent ingredients, they allay Pulmonary
Irritation. Have them in readiness upon the
frpt appearance Of Cough or Gold s3is
D@THERB Is NO DOUBT but what CoE's
DYsPEPs1A CURE excels all remedies ever dis
covered for the cure Of Dyspepsia, Indiges-
ton, Pain after Eating. Cramps, Collie, and
distress IN either Stom ach or Bowels- The
people ell speak in the most sattering terms
Of it's merits. la A1lii t
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30
MUSICAL MATTERS.

We have had a surf it of public music, inciu-
ding lectures by George Francis Trasn-who is
just now undergoing imprisonment in the
County Jail for a debt of some $40, incurred
IN bill-posting him some two years ago, which
he refuses to pay Then we have
TWO DAYS WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEETING
of the Cook County Association, being the an
iiiversary meeting, with Mrs. Station, Miss
Anthony, and other advocates, in session at
Farweil Hall.
The theaters, just now, are very fully at
tended, with unusual attractions at nearly all
of them B.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30

Chicago is in a muddle about her parks. The
Park Commissioners have used up all their
money and have not paid for the land, and are
besieging the Legislature for power TO raise
more TO enable them to complete the purchase
according to law. They were empowered to
assess contiguous property, under the name Of
"benefit," to sufficient amount to pay for the
condemned land, and thought they had done
so. but the enhanced value OF the property
taken leaves them in the vocstive, and now
they want authority to revise and increase
their original assessments
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AlphOnse Karr.s Latest Witticfsm,.

AlphOnse karr contributes the following to the
Untrers Wustre. 1t is supposed to be a dialogue
between group of herOes-dwellers in Pluto's
dark domain-whO have just heard a recital of
the French war from defunct soldier OF Gam
BETA:
Leonidas.-" Why, with those new arms the
Persians would not have taken five minutes to
get rid OF me and my three hundred heroes"
Hercules.-"1 should like to know what good
my strength would be in dealing with people
who would never come within thousand yards
OF my club?'
Samson" And what pretty figure | should
cut with my donkey's jaw-bOne ~
Lord Charles Hay.-ssWhen at Fontenoy, l
took OF my hat, and said, Fire, gentlemen Of
the French Guard"
Count d Hauteroche.-"A And then answered,
returning your salutation, Fire, gentlemen of
the English army, we never fire the first y"
Lord Charles Hay.-"There's an end to all uch
chivalrOus usages. They fire now at such q dis
lance as to render the voices Of the combatants
inaudible to each other. Why, with the new sys-
tenn Of artillery, We cannot discern with the eye
the uniforms of the troops whose guns decimate
u.s."
Conde.--sI don't see now how it would be DOS
sible to throw my trunche0n into the ditch, and
charge for it"
Horatius Cocles.-"Alas! the heroic time is
past when q single man could defend bridge
against four men. The Curatii would have
pots"
Roland OF Roncevaux.-" And how could I,
with my Durandel shield, keep or q hailstorm Of
those comic balls with which the degenerate SOL
diers of modern times gain victories?"
Cambronne.-"Yes; snd my dialogue with the
English guardsmani What mortal could hear a
bon Mot at the distance of league?"
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Resi-.


The mind is best rested by diversion to a differ
ent subject of thought, by muse ular activities:
the most complete rest is that which sleep gives:
after great mental excitement sleep is often i'm
possible, but if there il diversion in muscular
occupation for while, refreshing sleep will fol-
low.
Rachel. the greatest tragic actor of her dav.
on returning to her rooms after theatrical per
torrance OF an extraordinarily exciting charac-
Ter, found most rest in changing the furniture OF
me room, or from one room to another; this h ad
the double effect of diverting the blood from the
brain, and OF giving exit to the nervous excite
ment through the muscles.
Some persons, at the end of public address.
md themselves in such a state of mental excite
ment that they cannot rest, especially "a the
mind will run back on the performance, going
round in a Gil Gle all the time. Such should 90
at once into lively company. or engage in active
exercise or exciting work; ii these are not prac-
ucable, the perusal OF a newspaper or book
OF shOit sentences or proverbs il a good sub
sttute.
If from any cause a man feels himself almost
exhausted mentally or muscularly. a cup OF hot
black tea affords an instantaneous and most
delightful relief.
If very tired, physically, lie on the back.
knees drawn up, the hands clasped above the
head, or resting on the elbows, the forearm al
right angles, and the hands hanging over by the
end of the wrists.
Some persons are best rested by lying on the
face for awhile. Sometimes persons become
tired and restless in bed, being walked up, and
cannot get 10 sleep again. Rest and sleep may
be often had by getting up and usinga
TOWEL BATH
thus Take towel, dip a corner of il in water
cold or warm, as is most agreeable, Law the
dampened part fiat on the hand, and with
mouth shut and breast prOtruding rub the
whole surface of the body, fast and hard, as far
as can be reached in every direction, and then
go to bed again; the feeling OF refreshment and
yigOr, from such an operation, properly per-
formed. is Oftentimes most agreeable, to be fol-
lowed by quick and delicious sleep, provided
the mind is not bent on disagreeable topics III
so, 1t is better to get up, dress, and go to work
or take trOt on a horse, even if it be at mid
night These turmoils and wrestlings of the
mind at night must be terrlble-HaTs Journal
Of Hedlth
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New DeNelopments at Pomueii.

This year the excavators have been at work
down the street of the goldsmiths. The work is
begun at the top OF the soil, sixty feet or more
from the level of the streets. Trees and vegeta-
ton are cleared from the surface, men with
picks and spades loosen and throw out the earth
and troops OF black-eyed, sunny-cheeked girls.
with baskets and paniers, bear il away TO the
wagons. Arrived down to the roofs, the work
men proceed more carefully. Adopts crumble
the scoria in their hands to find ANTIQUES.
From the hOllows of every chamber they clean
out the ashes with great precautiOn The
objects are thus found exactly as thew
were left in the hurry and confusion with
which the occupants escaped. Most houses can
be recognized for what they were. Inscriptions
on their walls, signs on their porches carved
emblems (proh pudOr) at their doorways. tell
their story. Thus there are private mansions
and taverns, workshops and laundries, dancing
halls and bagni0s, Unfortunately lighted upon.
Wall paintings, sometimes of great excellence
are found. The diggers uncovered one this
summer-"Bacchus and Ariadne"-fresh in
color as new picture of Bi,rstadt. The Young
wine-gOd brown-faced, lusty and cinctured
with vine leaves, il regarding a speeping girl on
a bank with rapt admiration. Her fair hair
a masterpiece for drawing and coloring. Cover
ing one side of the dining-room opposite the
leeu, 1T was always in full view OF the diners In
the garden of this house the wOrkmen showed
us holes where trees had grown, and a marble
fountain that played in the midst OF "A fiower-
bed. An adjacent house had evidently been in
a state of repair when the volcanic storm buried
ii. PAINTERS, decorators and cleaners were mas
tiers OF the situation. Dinner, however, had not
been forgotten. "A solitary Dot stood on the
stove. and a bronze diSh upon which was a
sucking pig ready for baking. stood waiting at
the ovens mouth for removal OF a batch of
bread. IL never entered, nor did the loayes
come ont till after a delay of seventeen hundred
years. NJ. Fiorell has them now twenty-one in
number, hard and black, but perfectly pre-
serVed.-Letter 10 NeI0 York Tunes.
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CAROLINE AND HER BABY.-Look into the
baby-carriage, and see the bright face that
gladdens some home. See tine ruby lips and
eyes, which set Ms wondering what their future
may be. What world of possibilities is center
ed in that little being, Just launched on the
broad ocean OF life And who can tell what It's
destiny may be, or what Time has in store for
il? In these little bads Of promise, we see the
embryo of the future nation. We take q pan
0ramc view Of the past. present, and future, and
we see ut glance how frail We are. How weak,
vet how mighty how SMALL, yet how wonder
full IL that little creature If We could only fol-
low out each peculiar characteristic which hath
spoken itself into life, in the mechanism of that
little mystery; could trace from cause to effect,
50 as TO learn q lesson therefnOm, We should then
know the significance Of each little upturned
face. We should be more tender; more lenient
fortunate; how to do good deeds, and speak kind
words, and we should al be better and wiser for
looking into the bsby-csrriage.
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Beneath the moonlight and the snow
Lies dead my latest year:
The winter winds are waiting low
Its dirges in my ear.
srieye not with the moaning wind
As il a loss befell;
fe.Ore me, even a. behind,
God IL, and all Il well
His light shines on me from above,
His low voice speaks within
The patience Of immortal love
Outwearying Mortal sin
Not mindless of the growing years
OfCare snd loss and pain,
NY eyes are vet with thankful tears
For blessings which remain.
II dim the gold of life has grown,
Iwin not count il dross,
Nor turn from treasures still my own
To sigh for lack and loss.
The years no charm from Nature take;
As sweet her voices call,
As beautiful her mornings break,
As lair her evenings fall.
Love watches DER my quiet ways,
Kind voices speak my name,
And lips that find 1t hard 10 praise
Are slow, at least to blame.
How softly ebb the tides of will
How he!ds, once lost are won,
Now lie behind me green and still
Beneath level sun
How hushed the hiss Of party hate,
The clamor Of the thrOng
III Ow old, harsh voices Of debate
Flow into rhythmic song
Methiuks the spirits temper grows
Too soft in this still air,
sCmewhat The restful heart foregOes
OF needed watch and prayer.
The bark by tempest vainly tossed
May founder in the calm,
And he who brsved the polar frost
Faint by the isles Of balm.
Better than self indu'gent years
The OutfiuDg heart of youth,
Than pleasant songs IN idle ears.
The tumult of the truth.
Rest for the weary hands is good,
And love for hearts that pine,
But let the manly habitude
of upright souls be mine.
Let winds that blow from heaven refresh.
Dear Lord, the laRsuid air;
And let the weakest Of the flesh
Thy strength Of spirit share.
Ard, II the eye must fail Of light,
The ear forget 70 hear,
Make clearer still the spirit g sight,
More fine the inward ear
Be near me in mine hours 81 need
To soOthe, or cheer, or warn.
AID down these slopes Of sunset lead
As up the hills Of morni
j. g. Whiuie- IN October AfidRti.
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SrARrING HlNNxRY. = A story Of close
management 10 told about q Yankee who lately
settled down In the West He went TO neigh
Dor, and thus accosted him: .'Wal, reckon you
hain't got no old hen nor nothin' you'd lend me
lend you one with pleasure" replied the gentle
man, picking out the very finest one In the coop.
The Yankee took the hen home, and then went
to another neighbor and borrowed dozen eggs.
He then set the hen, and In due course of time
she Matched out dozen chickens. The Yankee
was again puzzled; he could return the hen, bat
how was he to return the eggs? Another idea
He would keep the hen until she had laiti,a
dozen eggs. This he did, and then returned the
hen and eggs to fher respective owners, remark
ing, as no did 30: ''Wal, reckon I've cot as fine
dozen chickens as you ever laid your eyes on,
and they didn't cost me q cent, nuther.r 90
.1A Providence man is informed by a suffer
ing neighbor that his snore would answer excel
lently as q fog horn
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N,HE SONG GARDEN.
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By DR.. LOWELL MASON
THE SONG GARDEN. Fir1 Book. For begin
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THE SONG GARDEN. Second Book. In alii-
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choice collection of School Music........ 80 cts
THE SONG GARDEN. Tatrd Book Besides 4
treatise on Vocal Culture with Illustrations, Exer
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TO high Schools, Seminsries, Sc.............. 90
Sent post paid on receipt Of price.
o. DITsON CO., Boston.
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Planting Pond Lilies.

No more beautiful HOVER lies upon the bosom
OF our summer waters than the pond lily-
NymphGd odOratd. 1t is not fastidious about its
bed. 1t prefers, possibly, pond through which
the water flows gently, but it grows rankly in
pools with no outlet, and where the water is
very low in the dry season. Many a stagnant
pool can be made beautiful with this Charming
aquatic plant 1t Is not difficult to transplant.
and 1t is only, perhaps, because it grows
often in deep water that transplanting Is not
more frequently attempted The root Is often
as large as mans arm, and where il grows
in soft mud it is readily taken out with a
spade. In the fall, the water where it grows
is often very low, and il is easily removed.
In putting out the roots i'm artificial ponds il is
well to put in load of river mud, if the bottom
is not already sufficiently soft They will strike
root in any soft bottom, and the only precaution
necessary is to get them 50 far into the mud that
they will not be washed out during the winter.
pond upon the lawn or near the farm house
can have no more beautiful drapery than these
lilies. They start quite early, and cover the
water with their glossy leaves They begin to
bloom In June, and we can gather the flowers
until September. The fragrance il grateful to
most people, the beauty is admitted BY all. No
better days work can be done in October by the
owner Of pond, than to make plantation of
water lilies.-HedyM and Home.
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II
JAMES B. DODSoN,
SO MARKET SPACE, NEAR CORNER NINTH
AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
DESIRES TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF HIS
FRIENDS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO
HIS ELEGANT STOCK OF
DOUBLE AND sISGLE-wIDrH vELvETs.
DOUBLE sINGLE-wIDTH TAPESTRIES.
ENGLISH 4 BIGILow BODY BRUSSELS.
Also. fine line Of low priced all wool IneraiDs
Wool Dutch, List. Rag. and imitation Brussels Car
tI1tbss ysrSin in if2 sIl, % step ana noor oh
CANT Ispestry. Brussels, Velvet, and Administer
secks, Crumb Cloths FeI,s and Druqg;ts A's0 mas
The supply Of Upholsters Goods is unsurpassed n
Reps. in all oolors and styles Nottins ham and SWISS
Lac Curtains in every variety Of prize and PATTERN
Loops. and Hooks 90 match.
Table OH Cloths, in beautiful limitations Of wood
Cocos Msttinr-. in all widths
siair Rods; stair Pads. aud Carpet Lining,s.
his stock has been selected i'm the great est care
and are all the choicest goods Of their kinds and will
be sold Al the lowest market rates
Haviug excellent facilities Tor furnishing houses
throughout with such things a. above mentioned an
inspection OF the goods is solicited.
JAMES ID. DODSON
sel6-law4w SO VI .rkar Space northwest
NEW GOODS Iv-DAf.-Dkkss UOUps-pI.cE
All Wool Delaines, %, S1, 50, eDc and 81; Biacf
AUSTRALIAN Grape. 20 and CSC POplin Alpscas &c
Heavy Poplins, +c.; All Wool Saline Cloths s2,.c:
New Bright Pisds, Is, sac and 81; also, Fine Nor
Mlch Lustres, SIX aud Wool Poplins, Black Silks
Black Alpacas, Black and COl0red yelyefeens aud
mAly other elegant fabrics at fair prices shswls,
from 5c. 10 $50. BLANKETS, s. TO SIS per psir
LOTION GOODS OF ALL KINDS AT SMALL
PhIr II. rLANNELs, CASSIMEREs, HO-
IN great variety
~ ONE PRICE.
began wYLIl.
se l3-r lois and 1920 7th street, n ~
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N q 7 1 e.
REDEMPTION OF 20 BONDS OF 1864

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, September ]. ISL
BY virtue ~ authority given by Of Congress
approved July Ia, $50 entitled An Act % author
I've The refunding OF the national debt. hereby
notice that the principal and accrued interest the
bonds herein below designated. known as Five
twenty Bonds, Will be paid at the Treasury Of the
United STATES, ia the City of Washington. on or
after the first day Of December next. and thar the
interest on said bonds will cease on that iay That
l. TO say, Coupon Bonds known the first series
Act q February a., S2, dated May lS5s numbered
as follows:
! to $500, inclusive, of $50 each.
to 4N72, 100
20 4siIl. -
TO 1ilO4, loo
Aud Registered Bonds of the same Act
] to sos, inclusive, Of $50 each.
TO fi03, - 10
to 1889, - So
to $50, E" lnOJ
to Dos, q 5Jsp
! TO 2a6. - laag
The amount outsta ndng embraced In the numbers
asabOve) is one hundred million 500 0OAsol dol-
lars.
Coupon Bonds Of the Act of February Is. lSss
were issued ia tour distinct series. Bonds of the
hrst series embracing those described abOve) do not
bear the series designation upon them. while those
OF the second third and fourth series are distinctly
mark ell on the face of the bonds.
nlted states securities forwarded for redemption
should lie addressed 10 the LOAN DIVISION"
Secretary s Office. j. r. HARTLEY.
sep2 lawl0t SW -o5w Acting Secretary
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THE GREAT Discovery.

THE GREAT DISCOVERY.
LETTER FROM GENERAL HOWARD.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., July q, 1871.
PROP. I. A. Cook:-pear Sir: have for some time
and have found it all You recommend; / am glad 70
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IDENTIFY doing DO much good. Yours, truly:
Brig. General q. s. A.
Letter from JUDGE KYbIE "U s. s@-s~.
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the :y.ten when exhausted from over work is nos,
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WASHINGTON. July ist, 1871.
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MA new style OF necktie for ladies Is of thick
satin, made in the shape Of . butterfly bow and
edged with marrow fringe.
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deliver an agricultural address, and declined
The reason he gave is entitled to be considered
peculiar. az once knew something Of agricul-
ture," observed the retired statesman, sbut
was inveigled not long since into reading a
series of essays on farming, published in Ne W
York, and I know no more about 1t than
Fern and0 Wood. or Governor Hoffman"