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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23

used in watering. A teaspeonful will
add much to the refreshing effects of
the bath. Nothing is better than am
monia water FOR cleaning the hair. In
every case, rinse off the ammonia with
clear water. To which we would only
add, that, for removing greasespots,
mixture of equal parts of ammonia and
alcohol is better than alcohol alone
and for taking out the red stains
produced by the strong acids in blue
and black clothes, there is nothing bet
ter than ann. onia.
To Remove Stains on Spoons.-To
remove the stains on spoons, caused by
using them for boiled eggs, take little
common salt, moistened between the
thumb and finger, and briskly rub the
stain, which will soon disappear.
To Clean the Inside of Jars.-Fill them
with water and stir in a spoonful or
more of pearlash empty them in an
hour, and if not perfectly clean, fill
again and let them stand few hours.
For large vessels I've may be used.
Corn Starch Paste.-Corn starch makes
the best paste for scrap-books. Dissolve
a small quantity in Geld water, then
cook it thoroughly, Be careful and not
get it too thick. When cold it should
lie thin enough to apply with brush.
1t will not mold nor stain the paper. 1t
is the kind used by daguerreotypists on
"gem'' pictures.
To Cure Freckles.-Take two ounces OF
lemon juice, half drachm powdered
borax, and one drachm of sugar. Mix
together and let them stand in glass
bottle for a few days, then rub it on the
hands and face occasionally.
To Remove Proud Fesh.-Pulverize
loaf sugar very fine, and apply it to the
part affected. This is a new and easy
remedy, and is said to remove it entirely
without pain. 1t has been practicec
in England for many years.
Hickory Nat Cake.-Take one half cur
of butter, two cups Of sugar, and foul
eggs beaten separately, three cups o
-four, one half cup of sweet milk, two
teaspoons of baking powder, two cup
of hickory-nut meats cut fine, one tea
spoon of extract Of vanilla.
Recipe for Cocoa,am Pudding.-Tw
small cocoanuts, grated; one quart nev
milk; four eggs; four ounces butter
six ounces sugar, or more if desired
J Beat the sugar and butter together
put in dish and bake. Stir the pud
ding until it becomes scalding hot, +
mix the cocoanut and custard together
, then let it brown.
Macaroons. three-quarters o
, pound of sweet almonds, and tn
/ same of bitter almonds beat then
, very fine; then add one pound and
half of white sugar, the whites of 81.
eggs, beaten to froth; mix all wei
s together, and drop on paper, and bak
i in slow oven. OF course the paper
i to be on tin sheets.
y TriFe.-Mix one pint OF thick cream
4 half pint of milk, three gills of wine
! Madeira or Sherry-six ounces Of whit
u sugar then slice sponge cake and p.ac
L in the bottom of the dish moisten
e thoroughly with wine or ratafa the
: pour part of the mixture over the cak
$ and whip up the rest to a stiff frotl
!. and put on the top.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
A Huge Fish Story.

DR.. Fulkerson is gentleman resident
of this township, well known, and of
unquestionable veracity-the above per-
lude being introduced, and otherwise
altogether unnecessary, on account of
the extraordinary fish story we are
about to relate-fsh stories proverbially
admitting of a broad construction.
This, however, admits of no such lati-
tude, it being the frozen truth: The
Doctor, on a recent visit, went to Clear
Lake, and gave us an account of the
extraordinary migrations of the fnny
tribe from the Like into Kelsey creek
after the freshet. He was stationed at
point two and half miles from the
mouth of the creek, and saw shoals of
shapall Indian name for salmon trout
from one to three feet long, hich and
chi Indian name for two species of
perch) from ten to eighteen inches long,
and variety of sucker, in solid mass.
bound up the creek, SO thick that it was
impossible for him to ford it without
killing numbers of them. So dense was
the living mass, that they crowded each
other on the shore, and died by the
thousand. To use his own expressive
language, You could literally shovel
them cut by the wagon-load, as you
would grain out of bin" This re
markable habit of the lake fish has been
long known. They 60 up five or six
miles and return with the subsidins
water. They do. not 60 up to spawn
1t is not one species only, but all varie
ties leave the clear, broad waters of the
lake and crowd. a struggling and tan
gled mass, between the banks of a mar
row stream, apparently only to round ,
certain point and return again. TIL,
exodus this season was unusually large
and the Indians, with kind of anima
instinct, anticipated and were on hane
to feast upon them. The doctor wen
up to spear them, but l found it wa
only necessary to wade in and choos
his fish, the difficulty being which fsl
to ehoese.-Sonomsa (Cat) Democrat
April 81.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
The Life of English Golfers.

A writer in London Society, who lately
descended into coal-pit, gives the fol-
lowing: We all carried tallow dips
stuck in balls of clay, and in Indian
file followed the "Buttoy" and his
foreman through the turnings and wind
lngs that led to the chambers" from
which coal was being hewn. Chambers
are wide as an ordinary street, and as
nigh as the three stored houses and
on every side, whenever the dingy
light OF the red-nosed dip was shifted,
was revealed human creature naked
to the waist and blacker than any
sweep, with savage cleaning eyes and
savage glittering teeth, and with a
weapon in his hand that in the uncer-
tain light looked like a tomahawk,
grinning at you, or making dash with
his weapon apparently in the direction
Of your visage, but which alights harm
lessly on the face of the coal wall.
Heavers, packers, tubbers, filters
these are all men, hard as the work is
they earn good wages, and if they dis
like the labor, they are at liberty to
leave it. But they don't dislike the
labor, and they are jolly enough-all
except the boys. 1t was these boys
that SO perpetually haunted my coal
scuttle when l returned from Stafford
shire. 1t is villainously cruel to serve
the poor little chaps so. The matter
stands this way. The newer is the man
whose business it is to break in" at
the foot of coal wall. He lies on his
side or on his stomach; and he breaks
IN with his peck right along for alength,
say, of twenty feet, gap that is two
feet or less in height. He pecks his
way into the rock till he has bur-
rowed sixteen or eighteen feet. Natur-
ally in the process Of picking he makes
deal of "sack," or small, and the boy
in question is called the slack boy"
Regarded as boy, as human creature,
he is slack indeed. He was not much
like boy. He was more like large
sized monkey. All tours is his perpet-
ual posture, and he wears leather cir.
die about his waist, from which an iron
chain depends, the other end of it be
ing attached to an iron cart. The slack
boy has an iron shovel as well, and the
business of his wretched life is to crawl
in at the hole the newer makes, to fill
his cart with chips and dust, and then
to crawl out again with the load, always
on his hands and knees, and with hi,
poor limbs hung about with few rag:
J of which nakedness might be ashamed
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
Heart Disease.


The tendency of modern investiga-
ton into the influence of civilization
on longevity seems to show twolold
series OF agencies at work. On the one
hand, sanitary Improvements and the
lessened mortality from epidemics un-
doubtedly tend to diminish the average
death-rates; but, on the other hand,
there is practically much less improve
ment in total death rates than might be
expected if these ameliorating causes
were not counterbalanced by the in
creasing fatality of other classes of dis
ease, such as disease of the brain and
heart. 1t is important to recognize the
precise facts. The excess may, proba-
bly,, to some extent be regarded as an
unavoidable result Of the great mental
strain and hurried excitement of these
times, in which steam and electricity
mark time for us in an overcrowded
community where competition is car
ried to the highest point, and where
the struggle for existence, not to say
for intellectual and other distinction,
is carried on with sleepless and ex-
hausting energy. But an evil recog-
nized is sometimes half cured; and the
intellectual classes, looking at figures
such as those which DR.. Quain has dis
played at his interesting Lumleian lee
lures at the College of Physicians, on
diseases of the walls of the heart, may
well consider the propriety of attend
ing to the hygiene OF their lives, as
well as of their houses; and to remem-
Der that, to enjoy and benefit by even
pure air, soil and water, they must
avoid disabling heart and brain by the
incessant labors which too often make
useful lives joyless, and embitter the
harvesting of the crop which has been
but 100 diligently sown. These warn
ing figures tell that, during the las
twenty years, the total deaths of male:
at all ages from heart disease has in
creased in number from 5,746 in 1851
to 2,42S in 1870. The percentage o
deaths from heart disease for 900 o
population living, was .755 between the
years 1851 and 1855; it has risen tx
1885 from 1866 to 1870. This increase
it must be observed, too, has taker
place wholly in connection with the
working years of active social lie
There is no change in the percentage 0
deaths from this cause in males unde
twenty-five years of age. Between
twenty and forty-6ve years of age, i
has risen from 553 to .7O9, and that a.
most exclusively in mails, for there
almost no increase in the percentage c
females dying from heart disease durin
the twenty-five years of life fror
twenty one to forty five. These figure
convey their own lesson, and warn !
to take little more care, not to Xxi
ourselves for the sake OF living.
Medical Journal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23

rappers of water proof paper. These
men in warm weather 60 almost naked,
wearing nothing but a breech-cloth
about their loins. They do this so that
they may run the easier, for they travel
at very fast gait, and keep it up for
four or five hours at time. This must
be very fatiguing, for japanese courier
runs nearly as fast as horse will trot
before one of our common country
wagons. Sometimes these men are
tattoed as you see sailors tattooed on
their arms or hands-that is, marked
with blue or red figures, made with
India-ink, gunpowder, and other pig
ments. Sometimes you will see a
courier with figure of large crab be-
tween his shoulders, or some bright
colored fishes on his chest, or perhaps
cottage, besides other curious and
brilliant-colored figures. Some men are
tattooed all over, and then they look
like clowns or like Harlequin in the
pantomine.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
Origin of the English House of Com
mOns-The Speakers Functions.

We owe the House of Commons to the
" agitation " of distinguished member
of the House of Lords. Simon de Mont
ford, Earl of Leicester, had q party
among the barons summoned to Parlia-
ment by the king, but the kings party
was stronger than the earrs. Out of the
struggle between the two was born the
House of Commons. In 1858, the earl
had been SO far successful over Henry
III. as to procure the passing of "The
Provision of Oxford" by which it was
provided that every county should re-
turn two knights, and certain boroughs
one, some of them two burgesses, to aid
the barons in carrying on the affairs OF
the kingdom. Earl Simon intended the
knights and burgesses to act in has in
terest, but they, and especially the bur-
gesses, soon showed how well they
understood their own. In 1865, the
commons first assembled as confirmed
separate representation. Members were
obliged to reside in the places they
represented. During many years they
received wages, being mere delegates or
servants, and boroughs became anxious
to get rid of the honor of returning
representatives to whom they were
obliged to pay salaries. The wages was
sometimes taken in kind, and a mem
| Der returned in maritime district
would condescend to take in herrings
what he could not get in the lawful coin
of the realm. 1t was perfectly under
stood that nor-attendance was met by
non-payment.
By degrees Parliament settled down
to the two houses, as at present consti
tuted: g Lords" in the upper; seen
tlemen.n in the lower house. The head
of the first may be said to be the sove
reign, whose voice IS heard there alone
Of the second house, the Speaker is the
head, 'sChief Commone1 " in the house
as in England. At any period mar
were better off as Mr.. Speaker than a:
monarch.
"Mr. Speaker" is certainly mos
remarkable person. The only anomal,
about him is supposed to be in his title
as he never speaks, at least in the de
bates. But, nevertheless, he is emphat
ically the Speaker when he does opel
his mouth. He is the Sir Oracle, a
whose voice no dog dare bark. FL
speaks to exact purpose, and there Is NJ
appeal against his decision. He is tn
ruler of the house when members ar
unruly. His qualifications include
thorough knowledge of all the laws
forms, and customs of the assembly owe
which he presides. He should have
noble presence, sonorous voice, a dig
nifed bearing, godlike impartiality, ur
interrupted wakefulness and heroi
patience. He is the first commoner i
England, which is a thousand-fol
higher dignity than that which is SUI
posed to reside in the lowest order {
peers. Having performed his dutit
blamelessly, Mr.. Speaker is never q
=, lowed to stand again on the floor of tt
house from which he had been raise
= to the chair. He is transferred TO Il
= House of Lords, and becomes absorbe
! by that illustrious corporation.-- Temp
| R0r
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23

The Smithsonian Institute has just
received curiosity OF great novelty
and value for the national museum. 1t
is battle trophy of a race Of natives
living near the headwaters of the Anna
zon river, and is the head of captive
condensed, by some unknown process,
to size not more than three inches in
diameter, the original proportions of the
features being preserved. 1t looks like
the head of some pigmy. These trophies
are esteemed highly by the natives, and
they are difficult to obtain. Only one
other is known to have been brought
to this country. This one was present
to the Institute by Raymond de Feiger,
of Ecuador, through E. Rumsey Wing
our Minister at Quito Washin0ton Star
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
A Mississippi River Bridge,

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE House
Committee on Commerce have prepared
bill authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi river at St.
Louis. 1t provides that the St. Clair
and Carondolet Bridge Company may
construct bridge across the Mississippi
river from some point on the Illinois
side, within the county of st. Clair, to
the southern part of the city of st. Louis.
The main span is to be 200 feet in length
and is to be so feet above high water,
and the piers of the bridge are to be
parallel with the current of the river.
1t authorizes the company to issue bonds
bearing gold interest to aid in the con-
struction of the bridge, and makes it
post road. The committee will consider
the matter further before finally acting
upon it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
Stung to Death.

We learn from the Mississippi Con-
servative that few days since negro
man named Lewis Buchanan, living on
J. R. Shackelford's place, two and a
half miles from Carrollton, climbed a
tree to saw off limb upon which a
swarm of bees were settled. When the
limb fell the whole swarm settled upon
the head of the unfortunate man, and
stung him SO severely that he died in
ten minutes. When help was offered he
said it was no use, for he at once ex-
PRED. Whether his sudden death was
caused by absorption of the virus of the
stings, or by the great shock to the ner'
vous system, is question for the doc
tors
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
A Man and His Daughter Killed by an
Electric Ball.
Lone Jack Mo-, april 800 correspondence of indie


Lone Jack Mo-, april 3O) Correspondence of Inde-
pendence Sentinel.
During the rain that fell here on last
evening from cloud from the south
east, fell an electric ball, striking the
north side and west end of Mr.. David
Thomas house, killing him and a grown
d. lighter. All the family, consisting of
nine persons, were in the room at the
time, but none except the father and
daughter were even stunned by the
shock. The young lady was sitting near
eend of the house, when the electricity
came through and killed her instantly.
Mr.. Thomas was sitting, leaning against
the north side near window. The par
ticles of electric fluid passed in above
the window to his head and set his hair
on fire, so shocking him that he died in
short time, though the fire was extin-
guished by his son and water applied to
| him freely to effect his recovery.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
A Touching EulOgy.

The most touching eulogy, and the
most comprehensive, probably, was
uttered at the grave of Daniel Webster
at the close of the funeral rites. A
plain man, probably one of the leigh,
bors of the deceased, came forward,
stood at the grave, and said with quiz.
ering lips: "Daniel Webster, the world
will be lonesome without you" The
quality which won for Daniel Webster
this touching eulogy is not his great ano
brilliant intellect, but his neighborly
kindness.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Bee that Went Out in Winter.

BY ANNA CLEAyES.
STOP, stop. little bee don't go out this cold day
You're not half as strong or as spry as in May.
Although the bright sun looks so pleasant and
warm,
He's laying plan for another cold storm.
The meadows and fields where the clover once
grew,
And where you have Toasted on nectar and dew.
Are covered with snow and with treacherous ice.
Now, ii you are wise you will take my advice.
And stay in your warm, cosy house until spring :;
Twill be time enough then, little bee. to take
wing.
For if you're seen wandering off in the cold.
Soon others will follow-the giddy and bold
And join in the flight on your perilous track,
All! me. and fear they will never come back,
But sadly will perish out in the cold snow:
Then stop, little bee; oh | pray you, don't go.
BuzZ-huzz, few the bee. as it passed me IN haste.
And muttered. Ny friend, pray your time do
not waste
In preaching. and croaking. and giving advice !;
I'm neither afraid of the snow nor the ice;
Besides, I'm but going short league or two; 80
You'll soon see me back. Mr.. Croaker, adleu r.
Away went the bee, and was soon lost to sight.
Buzz-buzz flew another and long before night
The hive was most empty, its inmates all gone.
Except a wise few. with the queen and drone;
For all that went out on that cold, frosty day,
Were frozen to death or were lost on the way,
And down in the meadow was found on the ice
The poor silly bee that disdained good advice.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23

A wELL-ro-Do farmer in Peabody,
Mass, had daughter who died of con,
sumption recently; to save expense he
dug the grave himself; and, after the
funeral service at the house, placed his
hoe and shovel in the hearse, and when
the coffin was deposited took his tools
and filled the grave.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
A Japanese Letter-Carr,er.

The Japanese do not have the same
arrangements for carrying and deliver
ing letters as we do in our Postoffice
department; they employ couriers, or
men who carry the letters over their
shoulders in waterproof satchels or
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23

THE Rev. Warren Applebee, of Graf.
ton, n. H., recently attached twenty
FIVE hens and three turkeys belonging
to ]. G. Whitcomb, of that town, to re-
cover the $40 subscribed for the support
of a minister. The case was decided
for Applebee, but an appeal WAS taken.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23

THE gold leaf used for decorating the
interior of an ordinary sleeping coach
costs 5000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-06
minuteness.
GAS,
A Card from the Memphis Gaslight
Company.

-
Company.
To the Public: 'r1
The board of directors of the Mem.
phis Gaslight Company desire to declare,
in an authoritative manner, the future
policy of their company in regsrd to the
sale of gas:
Our company is possessed of the most
complete and ample appurtenances nee,
essary for the manufacture and distribu-
ton Of an adequate Snpply of illumina-
ting gas for the city of Memphis, the
right to vend which we claim as an ex-
elusive and vested right. In addition to
the extensive works for the manufacture
of coal gas, We have in operation appa-
ratus for manufacturing gas from nap
tina, under the process secured by the
Rand & Gale patent. By this method
(Owned and controlled entirely by us),
an illuminating gas is manufactured by
our company superior to that which
any other company can manufacture in
this city by from fifty to one hundred
per cent. This is a fact which will be-
come patent to every gas consumer of
the city should another company enter
into competition with us. Within the
present week an improvement has been
made at our works which will forever
secure to this city the credit of possess
ing light unsurpassed throughout the
globe. Through the same agency we
will hereafter be able to correct, in a
few minutes, deficiencies in the power of
the light we furnish occasioned by cold
weather or from other causes. %
We do not propose to lose q consumer
on account of price. Should another
company commence to sell gas at a
price lower than the rate fixed by this
company, we will at once reduce our
rate to point fifty cents per Thousand.
cubic feet lower than The amount Fixed
upon by such other company, and will
keep descending in the same ratio.
We would remind the public that we
desire no assurances or guarantees on
the part of our consumers, as we believe
that whenever matters come to open
competition, the superiority of the light
offered by this company, to say nothing
Of inducements in price, will secure
continuance of the patronage it has so
long enjoyed. rell1
1t is made the imperative duty of every
officer and employee OF this company to
pay strict attention to the wants and re-
quirements of our patrons, and any lack
of courtesy or neglect of complaints will
subject the offender to severe rebuke or
prompt dismissal from our service.
Adopted by the Board and ordered
published, December %, 1871. s.oaA
JAMES w. WILLIAMSON, President.
GEORGE W. GIFT. Secretary. loaf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-06

Little Brooches need considerable
attention these days, especially when
the owners do not possess a hand sled,
and are compelled to slide down hill on
the seat of their--well, you know how it
was yourself years ago,
The Yokohama and Toxic Gas Com
pany is formed for the purpose of light
ing the principal city an5 chief com
mercial town in Japan with gasa This
is another proof of the eagerness with
which thispeople are ayaling themselves
of the applications Of science, which
have been, until Of late years, confined
to Europe and America,
A London surgeon, DIR. Balmanno,
has successfully applied the magic Ian
tern to the study of the diseases Of the
skin A transparent photograph of the
skin is taken, and then placed in magic
lantern. A strong hydro-oxygen light
casts the picture enlarged on white
sheet, and in this way the smallest de-
tails are brought out with astonishing
minuteness. lfts aEH5af4