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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Beau Brummel's Dress.

Dress had at that time been very un-
tidy. Fox, and many OF the leading
men of the day affected supreme con-
tempt for all outward adornment; and
it consequently grew TO be considered
the mode for gentleman's appearance
to be as neglige, or to speak more cor
rectly, as slovenly, as possible. But a
reaction was gradually setting in, and
Brummel, who had been conspicuous
from boyhood for the INSCRIPTIONS
neatness of his appearance, now deter
mined to be the best-dressed man in
London. His figure was remarkably
good. and he took care that it should
always be displayed to the fullest advan-
tage by a perfectly fitting coat. His
special aim, however, was to avoid any
thing marked, considering it a great
modification for any gentleman, that his
dress should attract observation in the
street. In this particular he was most
successful, being distinguished only, as
Lord Byron truly said of him, hy ''the
exquisite propriety of his appearance"
His chief forte lay in his cravat; this
important article had hitherto consisted
OF piece of limp cambria, loosely fas-
I
however, took care to have his slightly
starched, and the arrangement OF this
part OF his dress would seem to have
been fraught with the deepest anxiety;
for it is related that a friend, calling
upon him one morning before the COM
pletion of his toilet, met his valet COM
ing d3wn stairs with quantity of neck
cloths, slightly tumbled under his arm.
On being question on the subject, the
man replied, with great gravity: "Oh
these are our failures" His figure, as
has already been mentioned, was unde
niable, but there all his claims to beauty
ceased; his face, though pleasing, was
not hands, met was too long, though
otherwise well-shaped, and his fea
lures were ordinary; his complexion
and hair were fair, the latter, as well a
his whiskers, inclined to sandy; his eye
gray, and in this feature, as well as hi
mouth, lay his great power of expires
sion.-Temple Bar.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
The Andes Gradually Sinking.

Travellers who wish to ascend the
Andes should lose no time in carving
out their intention, otherwise they will
perhaps find no Andes to ascend. These
unfortunate mountains seem to be sink
ing rapidly. A list of the altitude of
some of the most important points de-
termined at distinct intervals of time is
given in recent number of the Aus
land, and tells sad story of diminished
proportions. Quito was found by
La Condamine, in 1745, to be 1886 feet
above the sea. Humboldt, in 1903,
could only make $3.50 feet of it; Bous-
singault, in 1881, was startled to find it
was only 1867 feet; orion, in 1867,
found it reduced to $500 feet, and
Reiss and Stubel doubtless to their
honor found, in 1870, that it had
shrunk to the ridiculously small size of
only $3.50 fest above the level of the
sea. Quito, it seems, has sunk 246 feet
in 125 years, and Pichincha 2lS feet in
the same period. Its crater has sunk
425 feet during the last twenty-six years,
and Antisana l65 feet in sixty.four
years. 1t is, however, doubtful point
whether this continued depression of
the Andes is attributable to the sinking
of the noun tains or the rising of the
world
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
An AnlaZOn's Story.

The Kansas City Times has the follow
ing story of masculine female:
The calahoose sometimes has for its
tenants some rough characters. Yes
terday a woman was turned loose whose
proper name is Fanny Taylor. She
stated to our reporter that she was born
ing Spottsylvania county, Pa. When
young she ran away with Robinson &
Eldred's circus, with which she re-
manned several years as female athlete
and gymnast. She afterwards learned
the shoemakers trade and served five
years in this business, part of this time
passing as man. She then served
two years as a blacksmith in the patent
bolt and nut works in St. Louis, and
claims to be able to shoe horse us we'll
as man. She served as blacksmith in
the Tenth Missouri cavalry from 1862
to 1864, and was taaen prisoner in Ala
bama and sent to Richmond, where she
revealed her sex and got her release.
She was many times arrested in Rich
mond for fighting or gambling. Some
of these fights were very serious. She
boasts of having a fight with Joseph
Mayo, Mayor of Richmond, and after
ward had prize fight and won it. She
made her escape from Richmond, and
returned to st. Louis, when she was
sent to Jail for shooting in the Bowery
Theater. She made her escape by
climbing wall and letting herself
down by blanket cut into strips. She
then assumed her own clothing, and
passing as a woman, escaped detection
souri, Pacific for nearly year, but wa!
discharged for drunkenness. She mar
ried a negro in this town about a yea
ago, with whom she lived some time
Her greatest enemy is her temper
which is very high, and when infamec
by strong drink is demoniac. She i
one of the toughest women living, AM
Is more like a man than woman.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
An Island Sea That Never Gives Up Its
Dead.

Some II or IA persons have been
drowned in Lake Pahoe within the past 10
years; none of the bodies have ever been
recovered. Superstition, ever ready to
weave sensation from Natures laws,
asserted that there was doubtful mys-
terry in the non-recovery of the drowned;
that, In fact, monster had its abode
in this fresh water sea, and that the
bodies all passed into his capacious
NAV. The true explanation of this
mystery never has been given. The
non-appearance of the bodies is due to
three causes: The first is, the great
purity of the water, and its consequent
lack of buoyancy. Drowning is very
easy in it, for this reason, though | have
not, while swimming in it, found anv
more than ordinary difficulty in sus
tanning myself. The second and main
cause is due to the great GOODNESS of the
water. Even at this, the warmest sea-
son, the surface water is as cold as the
drinker desires it to be, but it is warm
there compared with its temperature at
the depth of 100 or 200 feet. 1t is cold
there as the arctic heat of an iceberg.
When body sinks in the lake to the
depth required, it is frozen stiff. The
process, of course, preserves it, so that
the gas which originates in the body
f. ON decay in other water is prevented,
and distension checked. The body is
thus kept in a state of greater specific
gravity than the water in which it is
suspended, and thereby prevented from
rising to the surface. The third cause
lies in the great pressure of the pure
water on an thing which is sunk to a
great depth in it. Corks placed on
deep sea nets are pressed down in g
week to half their size; and one of the
oldest residents of the lake expresses
the belief that, by the time a man.
body has been suspended for week al
depth of about POO feet lit is not likel,
that it ever reaches the cavernous anc
almost fathomless bottom of the grea
lake,, the compl ession of the water ha
reduced its size to that of a childs
Doubtless the idea of uncoffined sus
pension in such "world of water'' i
not pleasant one to contemplate; bu
to be pressed into solid mass, and sus
pended in liquid coffin of ice temper
allure, is quite as pleasant as intermen
and moldering in the ground LAX
Pahoe Letter TO San Francisco Bulletin.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Roads and Fence Corners.

A correspondent of the Rural NeO
Yorker writes: If there is one thin g
which l hate more than another about
a farm, it is to have the road walks and
fence corners filed with brush and
weeds. 1t is from these places that the
Canada thistles and other noxious weeds
become scattered over the farm, and
who does not know that weeds in roads
and walks are a sure mark of sloven-
illness on the part of the owner? Just
NOV all the brush and weeds from the
fence corners and roadsides hoe and
rake your garden walks, and see what
a wonderful change it will make in the
general appearance of your place. What
a very bad hat is to an otherwise well
dressed gentleman, weedy walks and
roads are to good farm or garden.
When 1 was boy, my father taught
me to hoe out my row, which meant to
the center of the road, or close up to
the fence, not permitting the weeds
ana grass to annually encroach upon
that portion of she land occupied by
crops.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Relative Beauty of the Sexes.

The relative beauty of the sexes is
said to differ considerably in different
countries. French travellers in England
have reported that, as a rule, English
men are better looking specimens of
the human race divine than English
women. To this opinion our gallantry
forbids us to defer. We, however, will
state also that these impartial French
observers have said that beautiful
English girl is the most lovely and low
able creature among created beings.
In this opinion we at once and unre-
servedly express our entire concurrence.
But of the relations between male and
female beauty in other countries we can
speak more freely. Under the sunny
skies of Southern Italy, fine figures are
much more common among the male
than among the female sex. In North
ern Italy this is less remarkable. In
France this state of things is reversed.
There, handsome women are to hand.
some men as one to six or eight
Among the SHOWS and frosts of Russia
too, both in regard to feature ano
| figure. Why is this? Is it not because
in judging of female beauty our canonl
of criticism are much more strict thar
those we apply to the lords OF crea
| ton
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Circulation of the Blood.

1t is known that our food nourishes
US by being changed into blood. A
healthy man has in his his system about
three gallons of blood. This is all con-
tanned in the beart, arteries and veins,
and their minute branches. Sc numer-
Gus are these, so thickly set in our flesh,
that we cannot stick the point of a ine
needle through the skin without pierre
ing some of them.
In all these organs-the heart, arte-
ries and veins-the blood is constantly
in motion. In the arteries, it flows
from the heart; in the veins, to the
heart. And so rapid is this motion that
all the blood in the body, from the
crown of the head, and the tips of the
fingers, and the ends of the toes, passes
to the heart, and from the heart to the
lungs, and from the lungs back to the
heart again, every five minutes.
The circulation is absolutely neces-
sary to the support of life. In its pass
age through the system the blood gives
up its DEMONSTRATING power to the diff
terent organs, and in return receives
only waste matter, with which it goes
loaded to the heart and lungs, where ii
t3CUduScS ILLS IDr duOGuor portion OF
the life giving oxygen. With this it is
again sent by the beating of the heart
on its cheering mission to all parts OF
the body.
When we place our fingers upon an
artery, as at the wrists, or on the sides
of the neck under the ears, or on the
throbbing temples, we can feel this flow
of the blood, making pulse at every
beat of the heart, but in the veins, as OF
the back of the hand, it is constant, and
on this account imperceptible to the
touch.
If from any cause, as drowning, OF
suffocation by gas, our lungs are de
prived of a supply of pure air, the blood il
not purified, does not receive new sup
ply of oxygen, and goes into circulation
a second time, incapable of sustaining
life. Insensibility and death are the sure
results, unless 10y artificial means pure
air can be forced into the lungs before
life's Pickering flame is quite extin
guished.-Home and Health.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Singular Lawsuit-A Corpse in Liti-
cation.

One might suppose that a corpse
would be about the last thing to become
the subject-matter of lawsuit; but
dead for sixteen years are now enjoying
that distinction in Rhode Island. The
question Immediately involved is, which
has the right to control corpse,-the
widow, because she controlled the de-
ceased when alive, or the child as his
heir and next of kin. This issue comes
up under the following circumstances
One Metcalf, citizen of Providence,
Il. l., short time prior to his death,
purchased lot in a cemetery, and
when he died was buried there. The
deceased was Jealous Unitarian, and
the lot was located in that part of the
cemetery which is set apart for that de-
nomination. He died intestate, and
the lot became the property of his
daughter, Mrs. Pierce. Thirteen
years after his death, and three years
ago, the widow determine to have the
body removed from the Unitarian
burial ground to another lot in the
same cemetery. Accordingly she pre-
sented to the officers of the cemetery a
written application, signed by herself
and six other persons who claimed to
be relatives of the deceased, though it
is alleged that only two of them were,
in fact, related to him. Mrs. Pierce
has, therefore, commenced suit in
equity to compel the cemetery corpora
ton to restore the body to her lot, and
to enjoin the widow from interfering.
The widow demurred, arguing that the
facts did not give the complainant any
right to relief at the hands of Court
of Equity and the issue thus raised
was recently decided by the Supreme
Court of Rhode Island. The court
overruled the demurrer, which is re-
garded as tantamount to decision that
the corpse belonged to the complainant,
as property. This determines the prin-
cipal point involved, which is a new
one in American law, but does not
conclude the litigation, as the respond
ent is allowed time to put in an answer.
One OF the curious and almost comical
Incidents of the case was the discussion
as to the religious belief of the de.
ceased. The bill set up that he was a
Unitarian, to which the counsel for the
widow replied in their brief that "creeds
are for the living, not for the dead, and
perhaps in the new light that is now
vouchsafed him, his prediction fol
Unitarian association may have become
somewhat impaired
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Lice.

To induce vigorous growth in chick
ems, the attacks of their greatest enemy,
the louise, must be successfully resisted.
If no precaution is taken, myrids of
vermin, hailing from the body of the
hen, and Judgments about the nest, will
congregate on the chickens and soon
sap the very life blood, SO essential to
their growth and the nourishment of
their feathers while " shooting the red,"
or pin-feathering. Every louise on the
hen and about the nest can be disposed
of effectually, by sprinkling white per-
cipitate on the hen about the second
week of incubation. This will work
beneath the feathers and down through
the bottom of the nest. There is little
or no danger of injuring the hen, for at
that period she does not plume herself
to any extent. To prevent any future
attacks, sprinkle the hen, in the even
ing, while lowering the chickens, with
powdered sulphur once or twice amonth.
I-PouIry Gazette.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Current Items.

ST. LOUIS is to have a grand opera
house, transformation of the present
Varieties.
SrANLEY's real name is John Thomas.
His mother says so. He picked up
Stanley for style.
The first printed copy of the st. Louis
Globe was sold by auction and brought
thirty-two dollars.
LAGER BEER is the fashionable drink
at Long Branch, this season, for both
sexes.
THE Salt Lake " saints celebrated
the oath of July as the 25th anniversary
promised land.
EIGHT lines of railroad are now
under construction in Northern Texas.
Many of these are extensions of Eastern
lines, and three are links in the trans
continental system.
DRUGGISTS say the demand for fly
paper this summer is Unprecedented, and
heusekeepers say there never were such
swarms of flies.
A CONNECTICUT matron is found in the
possession of cake baked thirty-two
years ago, at the time of Harrison's cleo
ton If that cake could speak it would
dobtless have its stale to tell.
A GERMAN banker has bought of the
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Com
pany 81, 100000 worth of land, mostly
in Minahan county, Mimi, 81 ,000,
900 worth of which is intended for
German colony.
WISCONSIN arises from a misprint. All
the early French documents have Ouis-
consing, or Misconsing, and this seems
to come from Miscosi, 'it is red"
Wishcans may mean "a small beaver
lodge"
QUITE number of Northern people
have gone South to get rid of oppressive
heat, for it is fact that the thermome-
ter does not rise as high in the South
ern as in the Northern States.
IF you want to talk heavy science,
say "protoxide of hydrogen" instead of
''ice." 1t sounds bigger, and not one
man out of thousand will know what
you mean.
A RHINocERos escaped from circus
near Enosburg, VT, the other day, and
before he could be captured he had
trampled down 20 acres of wheat and
scared 100 Green Mountain girls out OF
their wits.
The total number of schools in the
United States and Territories in the
year 1870, according to the returns of
the last census, was al ,629, and the
total number of pupils, 7,200,93S. The
income of all these schools for the year
ending June l, 1870, aggregated $685..
402,726.
WHAT is boy worth? There seems
to be wide difference in the estimate
placed on their value. A boy was run
over and killed in Connecticut on the
4th of July, and the case has been set
tied for $3.50, while the man who shot
the daring youth that stole his cherries
in Cincinnati has been sued for $4,000
besides being held for trial as a crimi
nal.
ILLINOIS has more miles of railroad
than any other State in the Union. Ac
cording to the latest figures she has
1904 miles. Pennsylvania comes mex
with 5,113, while the third State, New
York, has 4,470. The whole country
has 60,S52 miles, costing, at the leas
calculation, $3,0OO,O00,O0O. In 1871
225,000,000 were expended in the con
struction CT railroads; this estimating tn
cost to he $4,000 per mile.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
SeaSOnable Advice.

The Maine Farmer says: We need
again to urge farmers to have greater
regard for their personal health and COM
fort than is generally the case. We
know just how hard farmers have to
work, and how pressing are the demands
of the present season. But nothing is
gained by hard and long continued ap-
plication. Work in the morning and at
night, and if possible enjoy a long
" nooning"-it will do you no harm.
Battle frequently, and never repose at
night in the inner clothing in which you
have worked during the day. Have a
light, clean night shirt, to take the place
of that full of perspiration and dust,
and enjoy to its fullest extent the re-
freshing influences of the nights rest.
Eat wholesome and well prepared food,
but avoid an excessive use of fresh
meats. Drink sparingly of cold water
during hot weather-great injury often
results from this cause.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
The Hair Standing on End.

There is a curious passage in the
"Memoirs of Cardinal Pacca," in which
he describes this phenomenon as occur
ing to the Head OF the Roman Catholic
Church. The Cardinal had been placed
under arrest by the French General
(Mlollis), and had sent messenger to
Plus VII, to aequaint him with the
outrage. In a few minutes the door
of the ON was thrown open with ex-
traordinary violence, and the presence
nounced to the Cardinal, who instantly
hurried to meet him, and then, says the
Cardinal, 81 was an eyewitness of
phenomenon that l had frequently
heard of, but had never seen-namely,
the hair of violently excited man
standing erect on his forehead; while
the excellent Pontiff, blinded, as it
were, with anger, notwithstanding l
was dressed in the purple soutane Of a
Cardinal, did not recognize me, but
cried, with loud voice: who are
you? who are you p"
Upward of forty three years ago, a
man was tried at the York (EngIand)
assizes for burglary, which at the time
was capital offense. During the few
minutes of suspense, while the jury was
returning into court to record their
verdict, intense anxiety was depicted in
the prisoners countenance; his eyes
looked wild and prominent, and his
hair stood up bristling all over his head.
Directly he heard the verdict, "Not
guilty." his countenance assumed 8
calmer aspect, and his hair laid dowr
quite fiat on his head; thus proving the
expression of making the hair stanc
on end'' to be not mere figure o
speech.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Coy. Randall,s Disease.

Gov. Randall's disease was one that
baffied the skill of the ablest men of
medicine. He suffered and died of
Bright's disease of the kidneys. For a
long time he was sufferer from this, his
health gradually failing, although by
force of will he kept up and mingled
among his fellow-men up to within the
last three or four weeks. He only re-
Gently returned from Auburn. The
journey proved more fatiguing than he
was able to bear, and on his reaching
his home again he was Frustrated to his
bed. The disease made rapid progress
the best medical skill was powerless tt
stay It's fatal issue, and surrounded by
wife, mother and family friends, Gov
Randall passed away.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Japan.

The last financial statement of Japan
shows that the debts now due to foreign
Governments amount to five and one
half million dollars. Trade at all the
ports is in a most fourishing condition,
and rapidly increasing. The following
is a list of the ports now open to foreign
trade, with the date of their opening,
and a census of the foreign population
resident at each: Yokohama. opened
1859; foreign population, 2,049.
Yeddo, opened 1859; foreigners, r..
Kobe was opened in 1867, and the for
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

eign population last year was 472.
Osaka, opened 1869; foreign popula-
ton, SO. Niigata, opened 1869; for
eigners, 5. Hakooate, opened 1859 /;
foreigners, 90. This, of course, does
not include the floating population,
such as sailors of ships detained for
repairs, or visitors from other countries
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

LOUISIANA has increased her manu-
featuring interest, in the ten years from
1860 to 1870, over two hundred per
cent, from $15,OOO,OO0 to $4,000, 600,
being now the second largest manufac-
turing State in the South, its increase
being nearly double that of any other
Southern State.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
To CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the name of the author necessarily for
publication but evidence OF good faith on the
part of the writer. Write only side the paper
Be particu arly careful in giving and aes to
have the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

NEWSPAPER publishing in Lyons must
pay. That city has six daily papers,
with an aggregate circulation of only
10000 copies.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

BESIDES the unfortunate Pope, another
European monarch has his death pre-.
dicted at no distant day-the King OF
Sweden.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

AT Rochester they carry young ladies
home from wine suppers on stretchers.