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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
Lord BrOugham and the Ghost.

The first volume of Lord Brougham's
autobiography, just published in Lon
don, contains a rather ludicrous ghost
story, in which his father was one of
the principal actors. 1t is as follows:
On all such subjects my father was very
skeptical. He was fond of telling q
story in which he had been an actor,
and, as he used to say, in which his un-
btAeving obstinancy had been the
means of demolishing what would have
made very pretty ghost story. He
had been dining in Deans Yard, West
minister, with party of young men,
one of whom was his intimate friend,
Mr.. Calmei. There was some talk
about the death of Mrs. Nightingale,
who had recently died under some mel
ancholy circumstances, and had been
buried In the Abbey. Some one offer
ed to bet that no one of those present
would go down into the grave and drive
a nail into the coffin. Calmel accepted
the wager, only stipulating that he
might have lantern. He was accord
ingly let into the cathedral by a door
out of the cloisters, and there left to
himself The dinner party, after wait
ing an hour or more for Calmel, began
to think something must heve happened
to him, and that he ought to be looked
after; so my father and two or three
more got light and went to the grave
at the bottom of which lay the appar-
entity dead body of Mr.. Calmel. He
was quickly transported to the pre-
bends dining room, and recovered out
of his fainting fit. As soon as he
could find his tongue, he said, "Well.
have won my wager, and you'll find
the nail in The coffin but, by Jove the
lady rose up, laid hold of me, and pull
ed me down before 1 could scramble
out of the grave. Calmel stuck to mis-
story, in spite of all the scoffing of his
friends; and the ghost of Mrs. Night
ingale would have been all over the
town but for my fathers obstinate in
credulIty. Nothing would satisfy him
but an ocular inspection of the grave
and coffin: and SO, getting a light, he
and some of the party returned to the
grave. There, sure enough, was the
nail, well driven into the coffin but
hard fixed by it was bit of Mr.. Cal.
mel's coat i-tail. So there was an end of
Mrs. Nightingale's ghost. This grave
afterwards became remarkable for a
very beautiful piece of sculpture, by
some celebrated artist, representing
Mr.. Nightingale yainly attempting to
ward from his dying wife the dart of
death.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

In New Zealand, it is said, surface
water is entirely gone from large tracts,
sometimes covering 1000 square miles,
for months, and even for years. The
region becomes so utterly dry as to
forbid the possibility, apparently, of
any survival of frog life. And yet these
reptiles seem to beat the cat for tena-
city of life; for wherever rain falls
sufficiently to fill the water-holes they
are found to swarm with frogs, and this
when Immediately previous one might
dig for ten or twenty feet without
finding any trace of water. A recent
writer offers solution. His state
ment is that on a recent tour he became
alarmed for want of water. That a
native called in help, went Immediately
to dry water-hole, found a crooked
and indistinct track on what had once
been mud, and followed it up to the
shade of small bush. Here he COM
menced digging, and soon found ball
of clay, about eight inches in diameter,
and quite dry on the outside. But
when broken it was found to contain
ebout half pint of clear, cold water,
in which frog was biding his time,
awaiting the rainy season A number
of similar balls were exhumed, and the
travellers made free with both the wa
ter and the frogs This is marvellous
story, and one n ay well wait for veri-
fication; aid yet such display of pro-
tective instinct is not more marvel
Ions than many which are certainly
known.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

1 could see they did not believe the
story at all.
81 am afraid, sir, you are under a
great mistake" said the chief one.
"and we shall be compelled to write to
you for this money if you do not pay
now. We can't keep the train here all
night; so you must do as you please,
as, of course, We can have our remedy
against YOU"
The old gentleman looked angrier
than ever, and, pulling out his purse,
exclaimed: "There, sir; there is your
money: but, rely on it, you will hear
from Jessom 4 Jessom, 10y solicitors,
sir, on the matter. 1t is an atrocious
robberyl"
"You will have your ticket given
you at the next station said the other.
"I will not delay the train by going to
my Office now; will send on word by
the guard. But depend upon it, sir,
you are in error; you are indeed All
right, forward"
"Error, STRIP exclaimed the Dean.
"You shall see. 1 don't care for your
ticket. You may make me pay again,
if you please, whenI get to my desti-
nation. / believe this company 81
capable of doing anything; but 1 will
teach them lesson. This gentleman
shall be my witness OF the transaction.
will take your card, SIR" The men
cleared from the window, for the en-
gine whistle sounded, and off we went.
Oblige me with your card, SIR" con-
tinued the Dean. 81 need hardly ask
"A
ceedingl',
"Never, sir; absolutely scandalous ~
I replied. "But do you think it will
be worth your while to take any fur
ther notice of itl 1t will involve you
in great deal of trouble
"Trouble, sir! What do care for
that Z" demanded the Dean, indignant
ly. cit is my duty to expose such
conduct, and / will do it. will thank
you for your card, sir"
l felt it would be dangerous to re-
fuse a card, so 1 expressed my SYM
pathy with him and gave him the card
of foreign gentleman of my acquain-
tance, which Ihad in my pocket Then
the old gentleman seemed brooding
over his injury, and scarcely spoke an
other word. When we came to the
refreshment station, the guard brought
him his ticket, which he took without
a syllable, and at our next station we
both got out. / saw his carriage was
waiting for him; and 1 have no doubt
that Mrs Dean had all the particulars
before an hour was over As for my
friend whose card gave, 1 never heard
whether the Dean had tried to him find
out or not. in fact, although 1 called
him my friend, we were by no means
friendly
''You think the whole transaction
rather fshy, eh 2" calculated my com.
panion, interrupting himself.
81 think it downright dishonest, y
said 1 frankly, ''unless you repaid the
Dean"
"Oh, I did that" responded he.
81 sent the old gentleman o post mce
order in the name of my foreign S.cnd.
I'm racing man and up to thing OIL
two; but I'm as straight as die for
honesty"
Well, well wonder where my com.
municative friend is now. I daresay the
pitcher has &c ne once too often to the
well in his case, as with the thousand
other clever fellows we read of in their
appropriate histories.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
Heart.Disease Maps.

The ingenuity of the medical mind is
proverbial. DIR. Beaumont lifted the
curtain that hid the gastric perform
ances of the famous wounded soldier :;
Jenner frightened England out of it's
wits with his theories and experiments:
Reese drew charts of the cholera sur
geons "dote" upon rare and curious
cases, and draw skillful deductions
from very repulsive subjects; specula-
tions OF he most extraordinary char
acter give rise to inventions and con-
trivanccs still more wonderful-and
now comes a cheerful bit of news from
London. 1t appears that the shop win
dows ofasat city are ablaze with maps
of "Heart-Disease in England and
Wales" This production is of ofunusual
size, drawn upon a scale oftwelve miles
to the inch, and adorned with gorgeous
coloring. Gaping crowds gather to
study it, and the geographical distri-
buttons are observed with anxious care.
"The gloomy enjoyment of many of
those street-loungers," says the Daily
News, "is intense and while some re
late interesting anecdotes concerning
departed relatives whom the subject
matter of the map has carried of, 9TH
ers speculate oddly" A blue tint in
this map signifies that in the CORE
spending district the mortality from
heart-disease is excessive; red denotes
districts in which the death rate is be-
low the mean of twelve; and these two
colors are each subdivided. The net
result of the Investigations upon which
this instructive chart is founded, is as
follows: That inland districts have
higher mortality than those by the
sea-coast; that districts which are not
intersected by the great sea inlets, and
are protected by hills, have the high
est mortality of all; and that the more
exposed town or country side is to sea
winds the more free is it of heart dis
ease. These conclusions are useful ad-
ditions to our own knowledge.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
A Smoker One Hundred and Seven Years
Old.

In an English paper-the Worcester
Jourpal-we find this paragraph:
"In our obituary this week we re-
cord the death, on the 25th of March,
of John Jenkins, of Coddington, near
Ledbury, Herefordshire, at the extra
ordinary age of one hundred and seven
years. The deceased lived with his
who is now about eighty-i five
years of age, in a small mud hut near
Coddington-cross road; was formerly a
farm laborer of very industrious habits.
For many years, however, he has been
supported by parochial relief. Some
few years ago, Mr.. Treherne and Mr.
Andrews, of Bosbury, visited the old
man, and we're surprised to find him in
want of many necessary articles, such
as bed-clothing, &C., whereupon they
made an appeal to the inhabitants on
his behalf, and sufficient money was
raised to buy such necessaries as he
stood in need of. The deceased was in
possession of all his faculties up to the
time of his death. He freely indulged
in the habit of smoking"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
4 Minister Stricken with Death While
Addressing the Congregation.

The Rev. Benjamin Eaton, first and
only rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church, Galveston, was stricken with
Death while standing in his pulpit last
Sunday. The Galveston News, thus
describes the affecting scene:
"He ascended the pulpit. Announc-
ing his text, There is yet room,' all
trembling beneath the weight of his
last message, he referred to one after
another of the friends of his youth,
and the communicates of the church
that had gone before. He painted
Death entering the church door, pass
ing up the broad aisle, laying his hand
to the right and to the left, breathing
his cold clammy breath on the cheek
OF beauty, and waiting the silver hairs
of age. Now touching the father, then
the son here the mother; there the
daughter. AS the specter so plain to his
entranced vision advanced to
the chancel-rail, and as he saw
that his time had come, his
words struggled for utterance. He
faltered. His weakened limbs stag
gered. A gentleman who advanced to
his assistance was waved back. For
ten minutes more he spoke, his words
only audible to those near him. The
excitement of the audience was fearful
Three times he struggled to continue,
saying: L am very sick, but l must
say Again he staggered. He fell
into the arms of Mr.. G. b. Hughes, as
he raised his hands to pronounce the
benediction. Like Moses, that other
servant of God, he was too weak to
hold up his hands, which was done by
Mr.. Hughes. As he said his last words,
TO God, the Father His tongue
refused to speak further; his hands
dropped. He was carried to his rec
tory, where he died.
AFFECTING SCENE AT THE FUNERAL.
A correspondent of the Banner of
the Cross, writes of the funeral:
Seldom has a funeral so impressive,
so beautiful, so sublime, been witness
ed by any community. The good man
was buried in the place which he had
selected, and which was prepared at
his own direction when the church was
built, under the chancel floor, at the
right of the altar. The crowd in at
Sunday-school children filled the gal
leries-all robed In white, with black
scarfs. When one of them threw a
flower upon the coffin, there was in
stantly shower of blossoms, and the
grave was filed with flowers. -Four
clergymen, all from distance, were
present, and participated in the exer-
cises-tbe Rev. Messrs. Rucker, Trader,
Phillips, and Rainey. When Mr.. Ruck-
er committed the body to the tomb,
tears choked his utterance, and the vast
assembly wept aloud. The choir sang
sobbing. The whole church was draped,
the chancel windows covered, all bust
ness in the city suspended, and the
bells of all the churches tolling.n
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

Mr.. Smalley, writing from England
to the Tribune, says:
"There is manifest slowness on the
part of the English book buying pub.
lie 90 accept an American edition of an
English author. Mr. Grant Whites
Shakespeare never had any great sale
in England. The edition of Burke,
published In Boston by Messrs Little
Il Brown, is, l suppose, the best in ex-
istence, better than the livingston
edition, which is the most complete
and the latest published in England,
and now out of print 1t cannot find a
market there. So with the Hume's
Essays of the same house; it is known
and can be bought in London, but the
old, imperfect Edinburgh edition of
1924 is still more sought for. The
difficulty does not lie in the expense of
importing, since all these books are
cheaper in London than in America.
That is one of the secrets in the book
trade into which / don't attempt to
penetrate. Mr.. Furness' first volume
is published in Philadelphia at $3.50
and can be bought in London of the
importers for Sc, and of other booksel-
lers for $5-a striking contrast to what
occurs with books going from England
to America, in which latter case the
tariff accounts for but small portion
of the enhanced price. / asked very
intelligent bookseller why such an
edition as Mr.. Furness' should not at
once take its proper place in the Lon
don trade. At first he limited something
about copyright troubles, but finally
said, "Weil, the real difficulty is that
the book has Philadelphia and not Lon
don ON the title page" understood
that to mean simply that the English
booksellers do not care to sell nor the
English public to buy an American
book. The absence of a copyright pro-
duces a continued ill-feeling, which
nothing but the enactment of an hon.
est law will dispel.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

CONSIDERABLE excitement has been
created at Small Point, Me-, by the
appearance of stranger who recently
visited that place and desired the as
sistance of resident to disinter q
large quantity of money, which, he
said, was buried there. The resident
was not over-credulous, but at last
went with the man to certain point
marked out on chart, where, after
digging some two feet, large stone
was exposed to view, under which was
box containing $500 Peruvian coins,
all of the same date, and which had
evidently been obtained direct from the
mint. The stranger taking The larger
amount of the money, departed from
Small Point.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
RAILROADS in Chill seem to be in a

RAILROADS in Chill seem to be in a
prosperous condition. The West
Coast mail, published at Valparaiso,
contains the semi-annual report of the
Southern Railway Company from which
we learn that 1870 passengers and
572, 400 metrical quintal of freight were
carried during the six months ending
December 81, 1870, the revenue from
the former source being $3.50, 23S, and
from the latter, $194, 402-the combined
revenue showing an increase of about
$4,000 over the previous half year.
The net receipts were $171, 900, from
which dividend of $40 per share was
proposed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

JOHN c. CALHoUN.-The Charleston
News states that on April Sth the re-
mains of John G. Calhoun were re-
moved from the grave where they had
been placed in 1866 and restored to
their original resting place in the fam
lily vault in st. Philips churchyard, on
Morris Island. When Morris Island
was evacuated by the Confederate
forces in 1866, it was feared that the
remains of Calhoun would become
scattered during the approaching rude
conflict of arms, and hence they we're
removed to place of safety known
only to few. The recent disinterment
was performed with simple but affect
ing solemnities, in the presence of the
rector, and vestrymen of st. Philips
Church.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

A VALUABLE railroad train signal
light has been invented. In the centre
of the roof of the rear Car of the train,
over the rear axle, is placed square
lantern with alternate panes of red and
white glass. The lantern is connected
by means of a shaft with one of the
axles in such manner that eight rev.
olutions of the axle produce one of the
lantern. When the car stops the Ian
tern of course ceases torevolve. Upon
each side of this main lantern are two
others, also connected with the axle in
such q way that when the train is move
ing forward q solid red light is display
ed, and if backing, solid green light.
The engineer of q train coming up in
the rear can thus tell, by observing
these lights, whether the train before
him Is moving or at a stand-still and
If moving, in which -directions
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
General Items.
THE entire alphabet is found in these
four lines. Some of the children NAV
like to learn them:


four lines. Some of the children may
like to learn them:
God gives the grazing OK his meat
He quickly hears the sleeps low CRY:
But man, who tastes the finest wheat
Should joy to lift His praises high
A PUPIL in the High School at Pitts
field, Mass, who lost both of his arms
by railroad accident when a very small
boy, manages his book, uses his slate.
and writes legibly with his mouth. He
can also write with his toes.
KINGS Chapel, Boston, was built of
granite taken from Quincy, and the
Legislature at the time, by a resolve.
ordered that no stone should be taken
from the ledge for any other use until
the church was completed, fearing that
the supply might be exhausted.
WHEN the water gets low we are
going to have sensation from Steu
benville, where eighteen boxes ofnitro-
glycerine repose calmly on the bottom
of the river, emptied there by drunk
en- skiff not long since Steamboats,
say their ''Now lay me" every time
they pass that spot.
A SON of the late President TYLER.
only 81 years old, is a uhlan In the 10Th
army corps of Saxony, and served
throughout the Franco-Prussian war.
He has been for five years a min-
ing student at Frieberg, but when the
clash of arms came he laid aside his
books and sought admission to the SER
vice.
THERE are premonitory symptoms of
rush of European travel the coming
summer, and fashionable bridal tours
will take that direction, and we shall
have numberless letters written thence
from the track of war. The Cunard
line is to have an extra weekly steamer.
and two new and elegant ships will be
put upon the Inman line.
A GENTLEMAN in Peabody, Mass. had
serious fit fifteen months ago, and, on
recovering, missed seven false teeth,
with the gold plate to which they were
attached. Since that time he has been
in poor health, until few days ago,
when he was seized with sudden fit of
vomiting, and threw up the missing
teeth, which had remained in his stom-
ace all that time.
A GIRL of tender sensibilities eloped
with man near Knoxville, Tenn, and
when her father sought to detain her,
she knocked the old gentleman with a
shovel. Her parent pursued tho couple
after the marriage, and the husband
and father having exchanged shots, the
blushing bride emptied a revolver at
her liege lord, disabling him complete.
ly, and then returned home with papa.
Who says that the age of chivalry is
over in TENNESSEE
THE Alba Qowa) Spirit of the Times
tells the following "There is an old
gentleman travelling through the coun-
try as peddler-his name we have for
gotten-who is the author of pretty
good thing. A short time ago he stop
ped at hotel in Knoxville, and when
the dinner bell rang was the first to
take seat at the table. He is a mon.
strous eater, and on being asked by
the waiter, roast beef, roast pork, OF
roast chicken2' he answered, roast
chicken, my child, rcast chicken, by
an overwhelming 8sajority.' 1t il
needless to say that he got it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

A BRussELs correspondent of the
London Standard says: "The fate Of
the duchy of Luxembrrg il decided.
It is to be ceded to Germany Already
the local governments is in negotiation
with the cabinet of the Hague regard
ing financial questions attending the
separation. such as the regulation Of
the amC..-i- of national debt aid distri-
button of crown property"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

A LADY, thinking that the blue veins
upon the exposed skin would add to
her attractiveness, had some painted
upon her neck, at an evening party, and
was horrifed when q physician told
her that those veins were not painted
Within four inches of where they
should natural ly be, and advised her to
studyanatDmy before she painted any
more veins.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

The purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is HAZARD & CAswELL's,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected ivers, by CAswKIL, HAzARD &
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and ss0eet. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any of
the other oils In market.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

SAID A PARENT TO A CHILD" Just
look at those shoes, only bought last
week; good as new, all but the toes,
which are worn through. Money
thrown away, feet wet, stockings soiled,
all because they we're not Metal Tipped. !"
Parents take your choice, neat, genteel,
Silver Tipped shoes, which never wear
out at the toe, or shoes without Tips,
with ragged holes and protruding toes.
Which looks the Best Which is the
Cheapest2
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
A Spring.Time Chirp.

The blue-birds and the robins red
Inis morning came in pairs:
me oiue- birds with much modesty,
The robins with some airs
Ine morning winds moved gently
The reddenfng maple tree,
Wnere the biue-haris and the robins
Piped their Spring time minstrelsy.
The audience room was very large
The audience Father small
feerlng through half-closed window blinds
Oae family circle all
Ihe curtain rose at break Of day,
Dssolying into air;
The singers promptly were in place,
For morning praise and prayer.
The littla chirping soloists,
And choristers as wen,
Triiled clearly an the higher rotes,
And to the lowest fell
% perfectly, in time and tune
SO blithely, and so gay,
while the King of Day, from the Eastern sky.
Tnre" MS robes Of night away.
And in his car Of molten gold.
With cloud-steeds snowy white
On Perfumed breath-the morning air.
Rode up the empyrean height,
In regal robes and royal state
Passing our maple tree,
Where the blue-b:rds and the robins
sang their morning melody.
No fats, no sharrs, not one false note.
The daily programme warbled through,
All this and nothing more.
Comprising Spring-time songs of Joy,
At early break Of day,
From the blue birds and the robins
In genuine matinee.
With earnest listeners only
With only those who hear
The song Of the birds in Spring-time
With eager listening ear;
The sky for an auditorium.
The buddiCs trees fo- tJwers
For guest the Sun If the morning.
Such are very precio1s hours.
But, ah, the concert closes
Too soon, by far, IN Gay.
And we look, and writ. aud listen,
As the bird-lotes die aray
In the dim arld vau I'd IL snse
OF the blue, ethereal ~
Leaving rainbow tire Of beauty,
At our feet, as the world goes by.
Springfield Republican.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04

The lnman line officially announces
that its captains have received positive
orders never to cross the longitude of
SO degrees west, north of the latitude
OF AZ degrees north. The object of
this is to avoid the danger of ice on the
banks of New Fcandland. This line is
the first to make this order public.