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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
A Singular Punishment.

A large number of Russians were en-
ployed by the American Company of
Sebastopol in the work of raising the
hulks sunk there during the Cri-
mean war. One day an unlucky man
happened to pick up small copper
bolt (worth about twenty-five cents)
which he slipped in his pocket. The
act was observed by a fellow-work n. an,
who conveyed the intelligence to one of
the officials. Directly a short, pomp
GUS officer of inferior rank came among
the gang and called the unhappy man
from their midst. Confronted with his
accuser he had no denial to offer or
excuse to make. His sentence was
swift. Punishment for seven years two
miles out on the hills at the back of
Sebastopol. The poor wretch was mar
RED, there was no appeal, and without
any escort whatever, he took his way to
the allotted spot. His family were not
permitted to accomany him. He was
ordered never to be found absent from
the place indicated. He at once set
about scooping cut hole in the earth,
and when this was completed he gath
cred stones and built himself howell in
which he lived. His wife carried him
water and bread daily, and her visits
were very brief. Harry Pascoe, who re-
manned at Sebastopol two years, told
the writer of this item that ne often
passed by the spot where this wretched
man was living, and he never saw him
i've feet away from his hut.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Did Paul Have a Wife I,

1t was an early question whether Paul
was married. The passage in the epis-
tie to the Corinthians, in which he
speaks of himself as unincnmbered with
domestic cares, does not preclude the
notion that he might have been a wild
ower-does not even prove more than
that went on his missionary journeys
alone. On the other hand, he speaks
of his assent to the death of Stephen,
and of his commission from the Sanhe-
drim-functions and powers that could
not well have been exercised by man
who was not member of that council.
But we are expressly told that this
great assembly of the Jews included
only fathers, to secure a merciful inter-
probation of the law. An early expla-
nation, too, of the true yoke-fellow"
at the Church to Philippi, whom he
bids labor to reconcile or assist Enodia
and Syntyche, recognizes the wife of the
Apostle in the phrase. The epistle was,
it may be said almost certainly, written
from Rome, and during the time of that
impris onment, in which the perils OF
the Apostles situation were aggravated
by sorrow, and ultimately the desertion
of many among his friends" Paul o,
Tarsus," by a Graduate.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Moral Medicine.

There is moral medicine more po-
tent than the drug of an apothecary-
the power over the sick, gentleness,
kindness and sympathy, on the part of
youth, and beautp and womanlinessl
And there is moral poison, more deadly
than arsenic or prussic acid or nicotine.
Many pining invalid has been hurried
INTO the grave from the want of sym
pathy on the part of those who should
have watched and loved and cherished
with warmest affection, hearts that were
yearning, even dying for it, for some
little exhibition now and then of loving
tenderness.
Don't leave NE, my son." were
among the very last words of Henry
Clay, as the death-drops thickly stud
ded his noble brow; it was the instinc.
tive want of helping hand in the ter
rible hour. And SO do we all in sick
ness pine for the presence of those
nearest and dearest to us, when even
holding the thin, bony fingers sends a
sympathetic thrill to the invalid's bosom.
"Crown me with flowers" was the last
aspiration OF the dying Mirabeau.
The atrocious Danton, the Mirabeau
of the rabble, shortly before his execu.
ton, spoke necessarily of flowers, as if
the memory of them was beautiful and
happyfying.-Dr. ". W. Hall.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cross-PIowing Greensward.

This error is sometimes fallen into by
those who have had little experience in
farming. They want to make the best
preparation of the land for crops. and
do too much. If the object be to get a
deep filth of soil, the better way is to
turn the turf under at once, ten or
twelve inches deep, and mellow the
surface with harrow or cultivation.
When the sod is turned over it DECAYS
much more rapidly to lie undisturbed
than to have it broken by cross.plowing,
The edges of the sod do not come to the
hight and air, so as to grow, and the
whole mass of vegetable fiber is rapidly
converted into plant foed and taken up
by the crop.
Cross blowing is particularly objection
able IN wet or clayey soils. If the fur
row slice is turned over eight or ten
inches thick, and allowed to lap few
inches upon its neighbor, it forms a
temporary drain in the bottom of each
furrow. If the burrows run up and down
the slope of the field, they will carry off
the water after heavy showers very read
lily IN the forepart of the season, when
the ground is most likely to be injured
by surplus of water. In breaking up
a prairie sod, more shallow blowing is
desirable. The sod rots quicker, and
there is fertility enough near the sur
face.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
A Partisan Mystery Revealed.

The Paris Constitutional is responsible
for the following truly French piece of
romance in every day life For several
days the guards of the Maillot gate had
noticed, at the same hour in the morn.
ing, yelled amazon on horseback going
out of Paris at full gallop. Was She
pretty? Nobody could tell, as nobody
had seen her face, but her tall, elegant
form led people at least to suppose 20.
The same amazon was seen, regularly
every day at noon, to re-enter the same
gate always at full gallop. What could
it mean? One day at the end of last
month, as she was entering Paris. her
horse stumbled and fell, but with won
derful dexterity she regained her sad.
die and rode off, this time bestraddling
the horse. A horrible spectacle pre-,
sented itself to those who ran up to the
place of the accident. An amputated
leg was found lying upon the ground
In pool of blood, and a messenger was
at once sent for the Commissary of
Police. Before the latter arrived, how
ever, it had been discovered that the
blood was nothing but wine, and the
leg member very ingeniously made of
india rubber. The amazon was evil
IDENTITY smuggler.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Liebig on Lager

A correspondent has interviewed
Baron Liebig, the celebrated German
chemist, at his home in Munich. and
cleaned his views upon the lager cues
ton. "Beer," said the Baron. ais bet.
ter than brandy Man must have
stlmulant OF some sort. Brandy is
great evil. We find that the consurap.
ton of beer is making great Roadway
even in the wine districts forinstance.
in Stuttgart. As a nourishment. beer
takes very subordinate place, not
higher, indeed, than potatoes and we
find that in no city is there such an
amount OF meat Consumed as in Munich.
where the greatest quantity of beer is
consumed. Beer must have meat or
albumen. Before every beer cellar in
Munich, you will see a cheese stand.
Why? Because in cheese you will find
that albumen which in beer is lacking.
Therefore you see that beer and cheese
60 together by the law of nature! But
as an article of nourishment, beer is
very subordinate. Schnapps is great
misfortune, and destroys the working
power. Through our late war, we have
won great respect for tobacco, tea, cot.
fee, and extract of meat. A physician
told me that, when the wounded would
take nothing else, they have grasped at
cigars ; their eyes glistening-theyf felt
a lifting up of the sinking nerves. To-
bacco must have this effect. We could
not do our wounded, frequently, a
greater service than by giving them
cigars. And we came to the conclusion
that tobacco was valuable to u.s." Baron
Liebig evidently looks to America for
an improvement in beer and the per.
lection in beer drinking. Said he: st
is a popularity of Americans that thew
make everything better that we do. 1
am convinced that American beer will.
in time, be better than German. With
us everything remains as it was. The
worst beer brewers are in Bavaria
though it was earlier the best. And
why? Look into your brewery system.
The brewers are only ignorant people,
who brew good beer from routine alone.
They are incapable of helping them
selves. But as soon as the Americans
get anythingfrom us they improve upon
it, and we get it back again as an Amer
lean discovery"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Ocean Traffic.

There is something more than daily
ferry now between Europe and America.
In fact, the rate is something like a
steamer for every twelve hours from the
port OF Liverpool alone. During the
month of May, fifty-three steamships
left the Mersey, of which thirty-four
came to New York, eight to Boston,
eight to Quebec and Montreal, and
three to Halifax, Norfolk and Balti-
more. Seventeen of these belong to
the Cunard Company, eleven to the In
man. five to the National, five to the
White Star, ten to the Allan, and six to
the Guion Company, respectively.
When to these are added the ships of
the French and the German lines. we
get some idea of the prodigious increase
OF late IN steam communication between
the continents. More than $4,000 per-
sons were brought to America from
Liverpool alone during May-an in.
crease of nearly FIVE thousand over the
number for May, 1871, and a total in.
crease since January, over the core.
spending period last year, of eighteen
thousand. These figures are full OF
significance with reference to the future
of the Republic.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Startling Discovery.

During the sitting of court in Con-
necticut, not long ago, on a very cold
evening, crowd of lawyers had collect
ed around the fire that blazed cheerfully
on the hearth in the bar-room, when a
traveller entered, benumbed with cold,
but no one moved to give him room to
warm his shins, so he leaned back
against the wall in the back part of the
room.
Presently smart young limb OF the
law addressed him, when the following
dialogue took place:
You look like traveler?i
Wall, l suppose am; l came all
the way from Wisconsin a foot at any
rate p
"From Wisconsin, What distance
to come on one pair of legs"
"Wall, did it, anyhow"
did you ever pass through hell in
any of your travels ?"
Yes, sir; I've passed through the
outskirts"
~ thought likely. Well, what are
the manners and customs there? Some
of US would like to know"
ooh, you'll find 'em much the same
as in this place; the lawyers SIT nearest
the fire I"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
HeIl.Eire in his Pocket.

The Banner Of Light tells the follow
ing story of Universalst minister
VINO attended convention of his
western brethren in a new village in
tne wilderness where malaria and the
diseases incident thereto abounded, He
TOOK the precaution to carry vial of
cayenne In his pocket, to sprinkle his
1000 with, as preventive of fever and
&gue. The convention met, and at din
ner tall Hoosier observed the parson
as ne seasoned his meat, and addressed
him thus
Stranger, I'll thank you for a leetle
OF that ere red salt, for I'm kind q;
curious to try it,"
Certainly" returned the parson:
i" but you will find it very powerful
be careful how you use it."
The Hoosier took the proffered vial.
and, feeling himself proof AGAINST any
quantity of raw whisky, thought he
could stand the red salt with impunity,
and accordingly sprinkled Junk of
beef rather bountifully with it, and
forthwith introduced it into his ca
pacious mouth. 1t soon began to take
hold. He shut his eyes, and his fea-
lures began to writhe, denoting very
nharmonious condition physically. He
opened his mouth and screamed fire!
Take drink of cold water" said
the parson.
Will that put it out ?" asked the
martyr, suitlng the action to the word.
In short time the unfortunate man
began to recover, and turning to the
parson, his eyes yet swimming in water,
exclaimed:
Stranger, you call yourself a Yer
salist, | believe"
| do" mildly answered the parson.
wal, l want to know if you think it
consistent with your belief to go about
with hell-hre in your breeches pocket?n
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

ORIGIN OF A SAYING.-The origin of
the popular saying, "Those who live in
glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is
interesting. At the union of England
and Scotland lin 1907, we believe), great
numbers of Scotchmen flocked to Lon
don. Buckingham hated the Scotch
bitterly, and encouraged maraudors to
break the windows of houses occupied
by them. Some of the sufferers retail
ated by breaking the windows OF the
Dukes house, which had SO many that
it was called the 'iGlass House." The
Duke complained TO the King, and the
monarch replied, "Ah, Steenie, Steenie!
those VIVA live in glass housen' should
be careful how they fling stanes."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

A CARNIvERoUs MULE.-The Yer.
sailles (Mo.) Gazette says: "Mr. Fred
Jones, residing some eight miles south
east of this place, is the owner of
thrifty four-year-old mule. One of
his neighbors, it appears, has been grad
ually missing his sheep, and supposed
that the dogs or wolves were devouring
them not in the least placing suspicion
on the mule, it, as matter of course,
was not watched. This work went on
until one day last week the children
were returning from school and beheld
the mule-he was engaged in making
meal on sheep and grass alternately
that is, bite of mutton, and then a
nip of grass. Our informant states that
on hearing the sheep bleat, this mule
will leave its kindred and go in search
of its prey. This, of course, will be de-
MED by great many as being reliable !,
but our informant further states that
the mule has been watched by its owner
and others, and they find the facts as
above stated. This queer member of
the animal kingdom has been placed in
a lot in order to prevent its further de-
struction of sheep"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

A wELLKNowN clergym an, of Staley-
bridge, Dorsetshire, England - Rev.
George Rodgers-sails for New York in
July, for the purpose Of selecting spot
in the far West, wherein to found
large English colony. His present
thought is to choose site in Mime
sofa, but he intends to investigate
thoroughly the relative advantages of
different situations, and to pick out
that which seems to him the best. Mr..
Rodgers means to make his future home
with the colony, and the persons of
whom it is to consist will be actively
preparing during his absence, so as to
be ready to sail to the United States in
the fall. English papers say that this ex-
ample is likely to be followed by other
companies of congenial persons, if favor
able news go home of the success of Mr..
Rodgers experiment.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

The japanese young girls who were
sent to this country to be educated are
now in Washington, and will there for
the present remain. They learn quickly,
are very studious, obedient, and tract
able, and set very good example in
department to the Washington Young
ladies. They are quite self-possessed in
their manners, and impress strangers
favorably by their lady-like ways and
quick perception. The eldest carries on
conversation in English very we'll but
she thinks there are a great many
Charles in this country, and that we
talk very fast. They have not only be-
come accustomed to the American style
of dress, but like ii, though they do
make such little blunders as wearing
things upside down and inside out.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

HOLD on Don't root up that ever
green. 1t may have life in it, though
the foliage looks as if fire had passed
through it. A writer in an Eastern
paper says that the evergreens are not
killed, the foliage, the leaves only, are
hurt, and as they fall, new growth ap-
pears, and the trees attain their former
beauty and vigor. He advises those who
have evergreen trees or hedges, to cut
them back one-third, pruning well the
side limbs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

A PARTISAN journalist, who evidently
possesses the full French capacity for
startling concentrations, has appalled,
England by a calculation which ap-
parently proves that the strikes, in that
country, if successful, will injure pro-
duction to the extent of $500,00O,00O a
year. The London Times predicts that
Great Britain will lose her industrial SUI
periority within decade. The scare is
not without its beneficial results, for it
has caused active attempts to settle the
difficulties by means of arbitration. and
these will probably succeed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
FARMERS POISONED BY WILD PARsS1p-

l By w LID 1ARSNIP,-
Five young men near Flint, Michigan,
were blowing in a field and ate of the
root OF what they supposed to be Sweet
Cicely (Osmlorhiza longisiylis), which is a
feshy root with spicy, agreeable flavor.
In few moments the one who first ate
of the root fell in a spasm and died.
Immediately two of the others were
taken with spasms, whereupon one of the
others mounted horse and started to
the house, a mile away, to get help.
He had to ride about a mile, and on
reaching the house fell from the horse,
but succeeded in giving thealarm. The
farmer mounted the horse and started
for the field, and arrived there to find
three of his sons lying dead within the
space of ten rods. The fourth was still
alive, and the father give him some to.
bacco, which resulted in violent vomit-
ing and the saving of his life. The one
who rode to the house will probably re-
cover, according to correspondent of
the Detroit Tribune, from which paper
we gather these facts. 1t is supposed
they ate of the root of the Wild Parsnip,
or Cowbane (Archemora rigida), a very
poisonous plant. We give these details
this prominence as a caution against
eating roots, plants or fruits which are
not known beyond peradventure to be
non-poisonous.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
How to Raise Oats.

The following is Josh Billings plan !:
All you have to do to raise oats is to
pillow the land deep, and manure it we'll,
then sprinkle the oats all over the
ground, one in place, and worry up
the ground all over, then set up mites to
keep the chickens and woodchucks out
ov them, then kradle them together
with a kradle, then rake them together
with rake, then bind them together
with a band, then stack them up with a
stack, then thrash them out with fail.
then clean them up with mill, then
sharpen them on both ends with a
knife, then stow them away in a gran
cry, then spend wet days and Sundays
trapping for rats and nice. 1t amt
nothing but plum to raise oats-try it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

CHLoRAL.-The m edical journals of
the country complain of the alarming
increase in the consumption of hydrate
of chloral. Indeed, one periodical
Good Hsalth-alleges it is being used in
the most reckless manner. Il is said
that even in Europe it is superseding
absinthe, opium, and alcoholic stimu-
lants, while its manufacture has in
creased enormously. Liebig says that
a single establishment in Germany pro-
duces half ton per week, while, ae-
cording to the London Spectator, taking
chloral is the new and popular vice,
particularly among women, and is do.
ing at least as much harm as alcohol.
The drug is said to be kept in thou
sands of English dressing.cas and
those who begin to use it often grow SC
addicted to it that they pass their lives
in sort of contetded stupefaction.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

CAKAT.-The word carat, used to ex.
press the ineness of gold, is SO called
from an Abyssinian bean, which. from
the time of its gathering, varies very
little in its weight, and for this reason
is used in Africa as a weight for gold,
as it is in India for gems and pearls.
1t is, with US, an imaginary weight,
used to express the proportion of gold
in a given mass of metal. Thus, if an
ounce of gold is divided into "a parts
or carats, then gold 20 carats fine is
that in which 20 parts are pure metal,
and 4 parts silver, copper, or some 9th
err ALLOW.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

In 1850 the value of the real and per-
sonal estates of the Union was about
81, 900, 100000. By 1860 it had increased
to over Sl6,000,000,000 In 1870 it went
over $50, 000,000,000 This is more than
quadrupling in two-thirds of a genera
ton. The wealth of New York State
alone is five times as much as it was
ten years ago, and that of Pennsyl-
vania twice as much; and this has
not fallen alone upon the already
wealthy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

THE New York Episcopalian is author
ity for the statement that cat full
meeting of the Ronish clergy of the
New York archiepiscopal jurisdiction,
quite recently, a petition was signed by
them asking the Pope to make his
future residence in the United States,
pledging themselves individually that
if New York were chosen fund would
be at once raised to place the temporal
tiles of the Holy See on 70 citing that
would rival their ancient grandeur
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

The Imperial German Parliament has
voted down proposition to employ
women in the Postofice Department.
The Director General of the Postofice
said, in the accompanying debate, that
he was opposed to appointing women,
because Such was their curiosity that
the secrecy of letters would cease to be
respected" From the history of the
experiment in America, this seems to be
very unjust charge.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

NEW MODE OF WAsHING.-The i'll
effects of soda on linen have given rise
to new method of washing, which has
been extensively adopted in Germany,
and introduced into Belgium. The
operation consists in dissolving two
pounds of soap in about three gallons of
water as hot as the hand can bear, and
adding to this one tablespoonful of tur-
pentine and three of liquid ammonia :;
the mixture must then be well stirred,
and the linen stepped in it for two or
three hours, taking care to cover up
the vessel containing them as nearly
Theoretically as possible. The clothes
are afterward washed out and rinsed in
the usual way. The soap and water
may be reheated, and used second
time, but in that case half tablespoon
full of ammonia must be added. The
process is said to cause great economy
of time, labor and fuel. The linen
scarcely suffers at all, as there is little
necessity for rubbing, and its cleanli-
ness and color are perfect. The am
monia and turpentine, although their
defensive action is great, have no in
furious effect upon the linen; and
while the former evaporates immediate
ly, the smell of the latter is said to dis
appear entirely during the drying of the
clothes.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

The Rev. Charles S. Pomeroy and
wife, of Brooklyn, N. Y ;, sailed last week
for Europe, borne down with grief for
domestic affection as singular as it is
severe. Two of their children died
some years ago. OF the remaining
three, Angie Bell, a girl of ten years,
died May 4 /; on the 18th of the same
month Charles T., aged three and a
half years; and on the 18th, William
B., an infant of ten months. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pomeroy are thus left childless.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Long Branch.

Long Branch is continually spreading
on all sides, and aspires to become the
American Brighton. The value of real
estate has been trebled within the past
year or two. A lot half mile inland
is now worth more than a lot on the
seaboard was few years ago, while a
piece of land commanding an open
view of the sea will bring fancy price.
Ocean avenue now extends seven miles.
The Atlantic is rapidly encroaching
upon the shore, and last winter forty
feet of the bluff, directly in front of the
United States Hotel, was carried away.