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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Master and Man in japan.

No feature in japanese society is
more curious than the relations between
master and man. The master admits
his servant provided, of course, that he
be of the military class) to his intimate
society; but the servant never assumes
liberty. He takes his place at dinner
with the utmost humility, and having
done so, bears his share of the converse
ton, addressing freely not only his
master, as if he were an honored guest,
and for a while they would appear to
any one not acquainted with a language
most fertile in subtle distinctions to be
upon perfectly equal terms. Yet the
moment the feast is over the man re-
tires with the same profound obeisance
and marks of Difference with which he
entered, and Immediately relapses into
the servitor nor will he in any way pre-
sumo upon the familiarity which, hay
ing lasted its hour, disappears until oc-
CASTOR calls it forth again. Feudalism
strips service of serviiity, and although
the feudal system is thing of the past,
its traces must long remain.-Ihe Corn
| hill MAGAZINE.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Sam. Hildebrand's Death Confirmed.

Sam. dildebrand. the outlaw Of Mis-
souri,, has been reported dead about as
many times as DR.. Livingstone, the
African explorer, has been reported
alive and still travelling. Hildebrand,
however, persists in living down these
reports of his demise to such an extent
that nobody paid any more attention to
to the stories concerning him. The
consequence was that the report OF his
death at the hands Of Constable Rag
land, in Pinckneyville, H., on the 2lst
of last month, was very generally dis
credited. Since that date several news
papers in localities where Hildebrand
was we'll known have asserted that he
was sill alive. The Identification of
Hildebrand and the dead man of Pinck-
neville has, however, been established
| beyond doubt.
On the third day after death the body
was taken up and photographed by an
artist residing at Pinckneyville. Acopy
| of the picture was sent to the Sheriff OF
| Washington county, Mo, as that officer
! had taken active part in the effort to
arrest Hildebrand two years ago. The
Sheriff, from the general outlines, de-
| clared it to be Sans face. The photo
graph was shown to others who knew
Hiluebrand well. lie is identified with.
out doubt by William Hildebrand, his
brother; Joab Ringer, sc oolmate
J. w. S. Boyce, citizen. OF -rondale
and M. Adams and Frank Simms, neigh
bors of Hildebrand. On the presenta
ton of the photograph to William Hide
brand he was very much affected, ano
exclaimed, "That's SAM" When tolo
that some who knew Sam had failed to
recognize the picture, he said that any
one who had ever seen Sam lying dowr
was bound to recognize it. He mani
tested great anxiety to obtain copy o
the picture for preservation. The other
named above, some of whom had know
Hildebrand almost from infancy, have
without the least hesitation made the
most positive identification, as the Tea
lures are perfect as at the moment o
death. A serious wound, which he hat
received at the time of former attemp
to capture him, presented very cor
spicuons scar, which rendered the iden
LITIGATION complete Missouri Republican
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
A British IrAnclad.

America having revolutionized naval
warfare by the introduction and adoption
of turreted ironclads, is outdone by Eng
land, who now possesses the heaviest
floating armament in the world. This
distinction is gained by the launch of
the Thunderer, which is a turret ship OF
4, 4O7 tons burden, carrying four 35-ton
guns and driven by engines of $500
horsepower. In her Instruction, MI.
Reed, the builder, claims the adoption
of all the excellencies of the American
monitors, with none of their defects.
Several totally new features have been
added that are claimed as improve
ments, but which may prove otherwise
when practically tested.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The First Love,


I'm only kitten that meier caught rat;
My mistress and have many spat,
And yet l would rather
Be squeezed by her arms till [ can't even NEW,
Than adorned by the Princess of - Buckle-my-
Shoe"
Her feet look so cosy down deep in the grass,
I wonder my brothers and sisters can pass,
And not linger to press
Against her smooth ankles, and purr round her
They're older and wiser than me, suppose.
Her teeth are as white as the milk that / lap
From her own little bowl; though she gives me a
tap.
And says Naughty Spottyl'
know by the way that she wrinkles her nose
She likes me to share all her joys and her woes.
Her eyes are my skies; though it rain out of
doors.
I'm contented to wait till she's finished her
chores,
And then we are happy.
All though may live to be an old cat,
Who eats rats and mice but never grows fat,
shall ne'er have mistress so dear and so fair,
With cheeks like wild rose leaves, and SOFT curl
ing hair,
And arms like white lilies
To fold round my neck till can't even new,
Here's the happiest kitten that ever you
knew"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09
Taxidermy.


Do you know what Taxidermy is?
see that the word is derived from two
Greek words, meaning arrangement and
a skin. Hence, taxidermy is the art of
arranging the skins of birds and ami
mails in such way as to make them as
much as possible look as if the creatures
were alive. If you stuff the skin of a
bird, for instance, it will look something
like the bird, but if you take pains to
stuff it well, SO as to fill out the parts
until they are of exactly the right
shape and proportion, and if you ar
range the stuffed neck in natural po
sition, and support the poor little made
up thing properly on its own little slen-
der legs, you'll have something very Ike
the bird, and that is what is wanted.
Some persons practice taxidermy as 8
business. They are called taxidermists,
and they have fine chance for the ex.
ercise of knowledge and skill. Think
about it for a moment, and you will un
derstand how many things are needed
before one can be good taxidermist
First there is the selection of good speci
mems of animals or birds, then the
proper preserving and arranging of the
skins, then the stuffing and the sup
porting and grouping and so on. Be
sides, false eyes must be put in, ant
these eyes must always suit the specia
bird or animal preserved. Some taxi
dermists prepare snakes and various rep
tiles with great care and skill.
The next time you go to a museum
notice the stuffed animals closely, anC
see whether you think the taxidermis
has done his work we'll or not IF tn
lions body looks long drawn out ant
he holds up his head like a zebra
or if the tiger seems to have been jus
seized with cramp, or the kangaroo
hopelessly stifjointed, you may be sur
somebody didn't understand his bus
ness.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09

THE first to cross the recently erected
Cincinnati and Newport bridge were an
clipping couple fleeing from the wrath to
come.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-09

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, has baby with
two heads, four arms, four legs, and one
body. 1t is dead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30
T'O-DA Y.

Every city and hamlet throughout the North
prepares this morning to take q part in the
beautiful ceremony of the day. The solemn
strewing of few flowers and flags upon the
graves of the soldiers in our last war promises
to become as fixed an observance among us
as the firing of cannon and warlike display
with which we celebrate the independence given
to us by our first. 1t seems to, us emf
nently fitting and just that this anniversary
should be the only one which remains an
enduring record of the War of the Rebel
lion. The days of its tremendous victories
and defeats, of the battles which shook
a vast nation to its center and poured out its
best blood like water, are suffered to pass by
forgotten and unnoticed. We are glad to for
get them Nothing better proves the depth
and vitality of the feeling of kinship between
the North and South than the haste which the
loyal States have made to cover their hard
won triumphs in oblivion. For the greatness
of their cause they held the savage strife of
brothers at which the world shuddered to be
a necessity When the cause was gained they
would gladly have hid all traces of the strife
out of sight, keeping no record of it save
by the blossoms which they strew to-day upon
the graves which they cannot hide.
We should be averse to seeing Decoration
Day legalized, as was proposed, as a national
holiday. Let the custom remain free will
offering from the people to their heroic dead.
Even when the memory of the individual
lives thus sacrificed has faded out of remem-
brance, the lesson will be no less wholesome
and pathetic for our children which thus sets
apart and ennObles the history of every
man, no matter how commonplace or
ignorant, who gave his life for the
cause he deemed greater than life.
One word more. In some of the cemeteries
to be decorated to-day the flowers will be
strewn upon the graves by the hands of the
children of the dead soldiers who lie below
children who are now receiving from either the
State or city of their fathers the support.
education, and training which will fit them to
be helpful servants of their country and of
God. We fancy that if the dead can look
back, these men whose orphan children are
brought to their graves thus tenderly cared
for VIII have some faith in the meaning
of the flowers scattered by grateful hands.
But this beautiful sight is only to be wit
messed to-day in few large cities What
shall we say of the ungracious contrast be-
tween the soldiers grave as it will be found
in too many places wept over and heaped
with roses and violets, while his halfstarved
and neglected children peer in cuIiously afar
OFF through the graveyard ratings
Let us by no means omit the roses and vio-
lets, but let US consider before next Com
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30

from tho hundred thousand houses OF this city
would amount to fully 10000 tuns, worth at
the current rates, in markets at our very
doors, not less than million and half dol
lars more, while the compressed vegetable
matter from the same deposits would bring as
n fertilizer enough to pay all the expense OF
disinfection and carriage. These are not mere
guesses. The calculations arc based on the
experience of other cities, and already COM
pany has been formed in this City on the
same basis which forms this estimate
which by contracts already made pays 80
per head for the manure OF over 2o'oVV
horses, and collects the garbarge OF many
houses at o large cost and yet anticipates o
profit Of $50 per cent on the enterprise. we
have no doubt that, under proper organlza-
ton of the Department, or an arrangement
with responsible persons, the collection and
disposition of the garbage of the City could
be made to pay all the sanitary expenses OF
the metropolis.
All this is wholly exclusive Of sanitary con-
siderations; it touches only upon the economic
principle involved in the question. which we
maintain to be demonstrable, always provided
the separation of garbage and ashes can be
made compulsory on the people by law or by
their individual interests, the latter being far
preferable But add the sanitary advantages
to those already urged, and the argument be-
comes one which no responsible department
of the municipal government has right to
discountenance. The mercantile value of '.ne
garbage implies its preservation from .crmen-
tation; to preTent it from fermer". cation while
in our hoyses destroys its cSyiI effects for fer
mentotolon can only 30 prevented by the use
of strong disinfectants and the exclusion OF
all air. The company before alluded to-
in its contracts made with hotels and
hor.seholders, furnishes these disinfectants
/ and air-tigbt boxes in which to. deposit the
garbage, without cost to the contracting par
ties. These boxes shut out what noxious gases
the disinfectants fail to absorb, so that the
garbage-box of q house is no more .. nuisance
than the ice-box. The benefit to health from
the presence of such box in every house in
NewYork is, of course, not to be calculated
20, 20. every hOusekeeper can understand the re-
lief to be experienced t;1n Tic Tic Introduction
of such an improvement.
Let some of these economic and hygienic
reasons attract the attention of the authori-
ties, and for once dispute with the Street
Cleaning Ring the right to be considered, if
not tested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30

could have proved more. We have
now transcripts of the books of the
Bridge Company which we believe to conceal
frauds, and if any person or organization can
help us to the proof of it we have thus far
vainly sought, we shall be only too glad to
publish them. In the hope Of getting at the
truth, we urged the Legislature to order an
investigation Of the Bridge affairs, and arc
sorry the earnest application we made failed.
We urge the Common Council to enter upon
inquiry, for we believe examination will reveal
some and stop other leaks.
We have no wish to rival The World in its
exploits of republishing these ancient stories.
or to combat The Eagle in it's absurd denals
of notorious facts. We have stated and shall
state nothing about the Brooklyn Ring or any
other corrupt combination of politicians whick
we are not prepared to prove. Satisfied thAt
mere denuncation cannot avail to reform,
and preferring not to engage at all rather
than to carry on warfare of mere vitupera-
ton, we leave The World and Caqle, which
seem fitted for such contests, T., fight the mat
ter out with words When they want facts
they may look for ther, in the files of TIE
TRIBUNE When moe facts are at all accessi-
BILE, they may agT.ln, as usual, look for them
in the same place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30
nlcrnRIES E0R CINCINNAH

=. :, horolv fonr weeks since the Cincinnati
Convention met. That Convention nominated
n ticket which bids fair to sweep the Country
:, Nouo,rher and administer the Government
for the next four years. But Whatever may 10
the fate of the ticket, the triumph OF inc ooh-
vention has already begun. see Tue growing
roll of its victories -
L Till the Cincinnati Convention met' 10
ontreaties could induce the Administration
majority in Congress to think OF any measure
of Amnesty and Reconciliation for the South
Rut already startled by the strength Cincln-
roi develops. Congress has fastened TO ac-
cord in a fortnight what for seven years 1t has
persistently, defantly, most needlessly ana
wickedly denied At last we have Amnesty
NOT generously complete. but immeasuraDly
better than none. .,
IT, Till the Cincinnati Convention met, IL
was generally understood that the President
meant to have the advantage, IN his canvass
for reelection, of the legal power to suspend
the habeas corpus, and muster the bayOnets
to his support. Even after Cincinnati the
Senate (now, by reason of its Pomeroys ana
| Caldwells and COnklings, the real lower
| House,) persisted in renewing the hu-hiuA
bill for his benefit; but the House has clearly
shown its unwillingness to take another step
ia that direction. Cincinnati has prevented
Presidential elections under martial law III the
hands of Presidential candidate.
| III. Till Cincinnati, Gen. Schurz was Ger
nan renegade and mercenary, who ought 'c
have his leg tied to a chair. Now the ADMIN
istration organs think him an accomplished
| and conscientious statesman. I'LL cincinnati
the bailing of Jefferson Davis after he hac
been for two years refused the right OF the com
monest felon, that to trial. was monstrou'
crime Now the denomination State Conven'
ton hastens to select one of the bondsmen as
a delegate at large to Philadelphia. Till Gin
cinnati, the political support of men who hac
once been Rebels, was held a sure sign of in
fanny. Now we see men like MOsDy
welcomed to the White House. And
so, till Cincinnati, Democrats were still
hesitating as to whether they should
not fight over the old hopeless fight
for issues that ceased to be vital or possible
after Appomattox. Now we have them, as al
Rochester, manfully planting themselves on
the highest and firmest Republican ground =
rs in Connecticut, uniting with Liberal Repub-
licans in the most practical, cOmmon-sense
fashion, to get, not the man Of their choice
but only a man who had resisted some of the
Administration measures which Liberal Repub-
leans and Democrats alike disapproved. AID
ministration temper, Democratic principles and
policy,-all are alike improved by Cincinnati
If now the Administration could only be
made to see that the main business of Gus
tom-house officers is not to pull wires for a
Presidential denomination, and that Clyl
Service Reform should show little perform
ance along with the swelling promise-l But
let us at least give thanks to Cincinnati fol
what it has already brought u.s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30
A WDRDY R4RE4RE.

The attack of The World on the Brooklyn
Ring is almost as laughable as The Eagles
defense. The one digs up ancient facts from
THE TRIBUNE's files and initiates them with its
own wind; and the other, in gravely denying
that there is such a Ring in its city, is even
more preposter0us. Both attack and defense
are remarkable, for one is without new facts
and the other is untrue. There IS
Ring in Brooklyn, as The Eagle
very well knows, and as THE TRIBUNE showed
year ago and later; but The World, in Its
first chapter of exposure, furnishes no proof
of It which is not taken from old copies OF The
TPIRUyE. The curious in such matters will
find all the facts which The World of yester-
day contains, and great many more, but
coupled with less abuse, the mere offspring OF
nersopal rivalry and hate, in THE TRIBUNE of
Auoust and IA, 1871 and later issues of that
wear. as well as in others no further back than
last month. .
The Eaqle chooses to address its denial OF
the existence of Ring in Brooklyn to The
Tp,prrNr. Well this is what The TRIBUNE
has said from time to time on the subject,
and now reiterates and proposes to MAINTAIN
having, as it believes, ample proof. Inc Clty
of Brooklyn is controlled in most OF Its ml-
nicipal DEPARTMENTS by a combination OF poll
ticians and contractors only less DOid ana
reckless than those who lately misruled this
citv. They were in the full possession OF
their power year ago, when iHE 1IsiB-
,Nr. on the dates named above, made
tho first vigorous and determined attack upon
them. They misappled the public funds and
violated the ballot-box with IMMUNITY, as we
did not hesitate to show in exposures OF the con-
tracts and the payroll of the Water Board
and the ontrages ut the November election
There were other minor Rings within this
municipal Ring, of which the East River
Bridge il fair or rather a bad Illustration.
We published the proofs of all tlis, and would
have been glad to publish moro II VIC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30

of the session, and let this ugly business rest
until after the election.
II is too serious matter to be treated in
this way. We certainly have no wish at this
late day to reopen the old dispute about
Grants military genius. But it is important
to inquire what capacity for administering a
civil Office may be attributed to the man who
sanctions tho outrageous tampering with
national property which has been committed
by the.Presidents military favorites, apparently
for the Presidents personal advantage. The
records of the War Department are OF
incalcuable value to the people as the
materials of history, and to individual
commanders as the authorities which
must settle or unsettle regulations. They
were guarded with the most jealous care
until Grants young staff officers were turned
loose among them to carry off the documents
which recorded the exploits of their chief and
for aught we know to mutilate and destroy
at pleasure Congress ought to tell the Presi-
dent in unmistakable language that the files
of the War Department are not his personal
estate, and that as the case now stands some
body is under suspicion of theft. Let Gen.
Grant find out who it is. He cannot hush the
| r,attnr nm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30
CLOSING HOURS OF CONGRESS.

The Senate is still hard at work on the Tax
and Tariff BILL the progress of which was sud-
denly arrested, last evening, by proposition
from Mr.. Sawyer to attach to the measure
the House Labor Commission bill. This
amendment if such it could be called, gave
the loquacious Senate much discussion, and
the usual mild drizzle of debate which set in
consumed the rest of the evening session.
The Senate, however, made some thorough
work with the bill during the day, having,
among other things, voted to abolish the
moiety system for informers, so far as the
internal revenue is concerned. There are also
indications that the Senate will adhere to the
Finance Committees report in favor of abol-
ishing tobacco warehouses. This decision is
much to be regretted as it is decidedly against
the interests of the tobacco producing interest.
Beyond these points in the Tax and Tariff
bill, the Senate did not go; but its influence
was felt in the House, where the fuglemen OF
the Administration Ring were instructed to
get in the bills to continue the Presidents
military powers through the next canvass for
President. Mr.. Butler was the ready
agent Of this new conspiracy, but the
only result of the movement was the imme-
uldte entaDbleule0J VI Juc llOuSO III ehO uou''i
obstructive filibustering" Of the determined
minority. In the midst of this campaign the
House adjourned. The desperation of the
Administration men is evident; they are
bound to control the electoral vote
of the South, by fair means or
foul, and this attempt to coerce
Congress into giving full military powers to
the President, only proves the imminence of
the danger which threatens them. 1t is not
possible that this outrageous scheme can
succeed, though all the power and prestige of
the Administration are staked on the issue.
The House transacted some other business
during the day, one important item OF which
was the passage of bill to release Japan from
the payment of the remainder of the war in
demnity now due, by which we manifest our
good will to "our semi-savage friends in
Japan" as Gen. Butler pleasantly styled
them in debate. The session of Congress
wears to an end with political legislation
hindering the small amount of unfinished
work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-30
NewIalork Daily Gribmare
THURSDAY, MAY 80. 1872.

The steamers Cambrian and Emperor have been
wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. =- CremorDe
was the winner Of the Derby. =- The Spaniards are
dissatisfied with Gen. serranOs treatment Of the cap
tured Carlists.
The United states Senate spent the afternoon and
evening discussing the Tariff and Tax BILL but without
dspcsing OF il. In the House, the Ku-Klux Com
mtee reported the bill TO amend the Enforcement act
Two coal mines of the Delaware and Hudson Company
suspended work yesterday in order to reduce the pro-
ductiOn of coal. tornado has caused considerable
damage in Nebraska. === An aer0naut was killed at
Decatur, Ala. 80 The taiors and shoemakers Of Gin
cinnati a strike.
Frederick Law Olmsted has been appointed Park Com
missioner in place Of Henry g. stebbins, resigned. -
The Street Cleaning contract is declared invalid by Com
missioner BOsworth and Mayor Hail. 60 Faber's pen
Gil factory In FOrty-secOnd-st was burned. - Com
mssioners Sutherland Van Worst and Jaques approved
Is old contracts. Gold, 1lS5, 1193, 1l43. Thermom
eter Coz, 7Go, Co.