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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
The Difficulties of Book.making.

1t is by no means easy to get manu-
script printed, as some unsophisticated
authors fancy, for it has to run the
gauntlet of those terrible persons known
as readers. All great publishers have
several regular readers, besides others,
eminent IN their various professions,
whom they consult in relation to works
Of their several specialties. Their func-
ton Is to give full consideration to and
their best advice upon all matters sub
mitted to them. For this they receive a
salary; and it would be considered on
both sides breach of trust if they &C.
cepted any compensation whatever from
the author for their work. In fact, I'M
less there are special reasons to the con-
trary, the conscientious reader prefers
never to see the author in relation to the
book while the question is pending,
When he has read the manuscript he
writes an opinion which he returns to
the firm, sometimes expressed in few
words, sometimes in an elaborate analy-
sis and criticism. But in any case he
never recommends book except after
careful consideration. These opinions
are carefully copied into book and
prepared for reference. If the first
readers verdict is favorable, the manu-
script is then sent to another reader.
who knows nothing Of what his prede-
cessor has said. Usually, and in all
cases of any possible doubt, the work is
sent to third reader. With three
opinions by three different persons, the
firm consider they have materials suffi-
cient for decision in the case.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
To Dye Sheep.skfn Mats.

The first necessity is good skin; the
skin OF healthy animal slaughtered
for meat should be chosen, not one
taken from a sheep dead from disease,
as the wool on that will easily come off.
A yearling Cotswold's skin makes a
beautiful mat. The skin should be
taken off carefully, and no cuts or
gashes made in it, spread on a table,
and scraped from adhering flesh or fat,
and sprinkled on the flesh side with
alum and salt pounded fine; it should
be folded in the center, and rolled up
and tied tightly with string, and al
lowed to remain forty eight hours, then
rubbed with a piece of chalk until dry
and soft. The skin should then be
tackled with the wool outward, on 70 a
piece of board of the size the mat is de-
sired to be. The bath of dye is then
prepared, the wool washed in pure soap
and water moderately warm, until freed
from all dirt or grease, and the mat
carefully dipped in the bath until the
wool is immersed, but not the skin, in
which position it is allowed to remain
until it has taken the dye sufficiently,
which will vary with different dyeing
materials. To prevent streaky or
cloudy appearance, the mat should be
gently moved to and fro in the oath oc-
casionally, without lifting or depressing
1t. Any dye that will color wool may
be used. Scarlet, blue and yellow are
favorite colors for mats. When dry,
the skin is cut from the board, and the
mat is finished.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
A Remarkable Landslide.

Expressman Clifford tells us, says the
Trinity (Cal.) Journal Of March Is, that
last Friday. a reservoir belonging to
William McCollum & Co., on the hill.
side opposite Little Prairie, on Trinity
River, suddenly gave way, and a square
block, comprising about four acres on
the surface, slid down themountain and
shot across the river, damming it COM
pletely. The flow of the river was
checked for more than an hour, to the
great surprise of those living lower
down the stream. The river raised
fifteen feet before it broke over. and
the flow was SO effectually stopped that
below the temporary dam it was easily
crossed on foot. Probably a more singu-
Lar circumstance has never happened
within the recollection of the holdest
inhabitant."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
London and New York Newspapers.

Some sharp contrasts have been drawn
between the literary advancement of
England and America, as evinced by
the number of men engaged in purely
literary work in London and New York.
No doubt there are many more such
across the ocean, but the difference is
largely accounted for by the fact that
New York, with a population of less
than 100000, supports twenty-four
daily papers, while London, with thrice
that number of people, has only nine.
1t is evident that journalism, in our
metropolis, absorbs a great deal of
talent which would otherwise be devoted
to purely literary pursuits. The great
advantage that England has over US is
her immense concentration of money,
which allows Comparatively speaking
a large part of her people to do what
they will, without fear Of suffering from
want, and SO leads them to cultivate
literature per Sc.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
An Immense Block of Stone.

The Eastwood Island Quarry has re-
Gently produced the largest stone ever
quarried on Lake Superior, in solid
mass. 1t is ITO feet long, and 81 feet
thick is a most beautiful specimen OF
brown stone, without crack or clay
pocket in it. This stone is quite soft
wnen first gotten out, but on exposure
to the air gets very hard and firm. 1t
is Of beautiful color, and will stand a
great deal of heat and pressure. The
quarry is an extensive one, and its
owners find it difficult to supply the de
mand for this superior building ma.
terial. Several hundred men will be
employed in the quarry during the
coming season.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Our Cookery Column.

The London Fan says: In accordance
with the wishes of numerous CORE
spondents, who say they have never met
with any recipes like ours before, we
give little more space to cookery:
Poor MANS Soup.-Take as much water
as you like. Put it in saucepan, if you
have one. Flavor with the recollection
of the taste of any kind of meat. Add
salt and pepper to taste, provided you
can get them. If not, it is better taste
to 60 without them. You may, if YOU
like, chop up any green stuff you have
and add to the mixture. but some think
this wasteful. If it is not convenient
to boil it, it can be eaten cold. 1t is
usually served up on a doorstep, and
eaten with the fingers. Some epicures
obtain it ready made from the pump.
with garnish of east wind.
Scotch Mutton Broth.-Procure a bag
pipe. Cut the bag into strips and boil
them for a twelvemonth, more or less.
until they become tender. Add little
Scotch barley, or oatmeal, but don't use
both, or you destroy the national charac,
ter of the dish. Serve in soup-plates
with fiddle-pattern spoons.
Beef Tsa.-Everybody knows the ordi-
nary beef tea, which is served up with
cream and sugar. Our recipe will sup
ply cheap and strengthening beef tea,
eminently suited for giving to the sick
poor, and for other charitble purposes.
Look about till you find some old beef
bones. The neighborhood of a dog
kennel is not bad place to search.
Procure a one-cent ball of string; cut it
into three-feet lengths tie the bones to
the end, and suspend them for an hour
or SO in bucket of clear cold water.
When all the nourishment has been
absorbed from the bones, give the broth
away. The bones will do quite as we'll
again. If no bones are procurable, and
you have beef in the house, hold it over
the surface of the bucket until enough
goodness is extracted from the meat.
To Boil Hand of Pork.-This is an
absurdity. Everybody knows that pigs
have pettitoes, not hands. Pigs fry is
more sensible dish. For that you
must get pigs and fry them, of course.
Rice Pudding witsom Eags.-Make a
rice pudding in the usual way. but
don't put any eggs in it. There is nc
other way of doing it that we can see.
Rhu6ar6 Iart.-Procure some rhubarl
at the apothecarys. The powder form
is preferable. Add a little white-wine
vinegar. If that does not make it tart
! enough, throw in little tartar. This
is wholesome diet for children in the
early spring.
! Bullock's Heart-Procure a bullock
Take out the heart, and throw the rest
away. Put the heart in tin baking
dish, and send it to the bakers. When
1t comes back you had better serve it al
you did the rest.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
An Embarrassing Situation.

An exchange informs us that the old
philopena trick has been revived again
in Alabama, where the young lady takes
a double almond in her teeth, and the
young man bites it off. That sort of
thing used to be popular in Doyles-
town, Pennsylvania, but it is hardly
ever tried any more since the painful
accident which occurred at philopena
party last winter. The lady who held
the almond between her teeth was
somewhat advanced in years and not a
little dilapidated. The almond was un-
commonly tough, and the man who nib
bled at it was in deadly earnest. He
closed his teeth on it and pulled. 1t
would not give. He pulled harder, but
made no impression. He clinched his
jaws upon it and gave desperate
wrench. 1t is unpleasant to relate
what followed; but as truth crushed to
earth will certainly rise again anyhow,
whether we try to keep her down or
not, we may be pardoned for saying
that as consequence Of the violent
efforts of the young man he found him
self standing up in that room holding
in his mouth a nut in which were i'm
bedded double set of porcelain teeth
belonging to the aforesaid maiden. 1t
was embarrassing in certain sense for
all parties, and the young man thought
it would be soothing to the feelings of
the company if he went home. Other
and less perilous games are in vogue at
Doylestown this year.-Mar Adeler.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Happy Deliverance.

The Trenton (Tenn.) Gazette has the
following curious item: "Mr. Aunt. a
gentleman residing near Trenton, while
in a severe fit of vomiting a few DAYS
ago threw up reptile which, in size
and shape, much resembled a half
grown crawfsh. The creature had a.
profusion of legs, and seemed to be pos
sessed Ct considerable vitality, as it
lived for an hour or two after it had
been expelled from its unnatural abode.
MIR. Hunt has been feeble in health for
some time, and attributes it to the pres
ence in his stomach of this strange and
unwelcome resident, although he has no
idea when or how the intruder took up
his abode within him."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
What "Ultramontanev Means.

The term Ultramontaneis much used
in books and newspapers, and out little
understood. 1t is one of those words
which, from representing locality, has
come to represent religious belief and
a political party. UItramontane lit
orally means "beyond the mountains"
When used as political term it refers
to Italy and the political and religious
tenets of the Church of Rome. Ultra
montanism is belief in the unbounded
supremacy of the Pope and the union of
the church with the state. Represent
atives of these principles, in whatever
nation of Europe they are found, are
called Ultramontanes. In Spain, in
France, in Germany, and in Austria,
the Ultramontane party is still strong
element in the direction of public at
fairs. The party is the remnant of the
followers of the old despotic power of
the Pope which placed It's foot upon the
necks of kings and robbed them of their
purple at will.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Gold Hunting at Cape NAV,

An old woman's dream is the rather
visionary basis of great excitement
that is agitating the denizens of the
New Jersey coast. About 65 years ago
vessel was stranded on Tatum's Beach,
not many miles from Cape May. Some
OF the survivors stated at the time that
there was gold to the amount of $780,
OOO IN the purser's room below the
captains cabin. The ship had sunk in
deep water. however, and all the at
tempts to secure the prize that were
then made were futile. Now the posi-
ton OF the wreck is understood to be
changed, so that the hull is visible at
low water,-or the tradition may have
transferred itself to some other hull.
which will probably serve quite as well.
Some nights ago, an old woman living
at Cape May dreamed a dream, in
which she saw wreck where there was
great quantity of gold covered by thin
layer of sand. If this dream had been
second apocalypse it could not have
produced a greater excitement. Joint
stock companies were organized ap-
paratus purchased boats chartered ::
and there was g general rush for the
wreck that was supposed to contain the
treasure. 1t was found that the sand
which filled the hull washed in as fast
as 1t could be dug out, and there was
unmlstakable reason to suppose that
the bottom of the vessel has entirely
rotted away. But these discouraging
facts are nothing beside an old woman's
dream,-the result, doubtless, of an in
discreet supper,-and many of these
Jersey gold hunters are still arduously
engaged in the task of excavating the
sand
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Here's Your Voter.

A pretty good story is told at the ex-
pense of a well-known doctor in a GER
tain village Of New Hampshire. 1t
seems that few days before the recent
election in that State, the doctor sent a
letter inclosing money to a shoemaker
IN Lynn, voter in Lake Village, re-
questing him to come home and vote.
The poor fellow, instead of purchasing
railway ticket, got intoxicated with
the Doctors money, and wandering off
became frozen to death. The Coroner,
in his examination of the body, found
the letter and then sent the body to the
Doctors address with the remark,
Here's your voter.''
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
A Patent Cat Exterminator.

Leonard, of the Cleveland Leader,
has invented a sheet-iron cat, with
cylindrical attachment and steel claws
and teeth. 1t is worked by clockwork.
A bellows inside swells up the tail at
will to belligerent size, and, by tre-
molo attachment, causes, at the same
time, the patent cat to emit all noises
of which the living bird is capable
When you want fun, you wind up your
cat and place him on the roof. Every
cat within half mile hears him, girds
on his armor and sallies forth. FIRE.
quently fifty or one hundred attack
him at once. No sooner does the
patent cat feel the weight of an as
sailant than his teeth and claws work
with lightning rapidly. Adversaries
within six feet of him are torn to
shreds. Fresh battalions come on to
meet a similar fate, and in an hour
several bushels of hair, toe-nails, and
fiddle-strings alone remain.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
A Sad Story.

In Boston boarding house, on Fri
day, the wife of Thomas Williams, a
mechanic, whom she had labored to sup
port and nurse during a long and in
durable illness, died in his presence
from an overdose of laudanum, taken
to quiet her nerves and procure rest.
The husband was unable to render aid
or call for assistance, and expired him.
self the next day. Mrs. Williams is
said to have married against the con-
sent of her parents, wealthy residents
of Newport, who cast her off, but
while both were dying letter came of
fering the assistance too long withheld.
The bodies were taken to Newport for
burial.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Vision of Mallnsks.

The idea that oysters and CLANS can
see may probably be considered absurd
by those who have no intimate knowl.
edge of their habits. They have not
regularly constructed eyes which give
distinct impressions of objects on
retina, but they have floating nerve
filaments ranged among the gill fringes,
that give them sense of light. They
are rudimental optics, but sufficient for
all the purposes of these very humble
animal forms.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Cheap Enough.

Says the Savannah Nesos: rs. T..
Ringgold-Your Sonnit to Violet is
good, but it is an invariable rule among
newspapers to publish no original poetry
unless it is paid for in advance. The
idea of making 'heifer' rhyme to zephyr
IS something unique, and would no
doubt make sensation. Our usual price
for original poetry is So line, but as
there are extenuating circumstances in
your favor we will print yours for 81 so.
We have unsurpassed facilities for doing
this kind of work
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
To Preserve Books.

1t is not, perhaps, SO generally known
as 1t deserves to be, that few drops of
any kind of perfumed oil will secure
books and manuscripts from the dete-
riorating effects of mold and damp.
The species of leather SO extensively
used by book-binders owes its powers
of withstanding the effects of these DIES.
tructive agents, to the tar of the birch
tree-betula alba. The preserving of
books, written on papyrus and parch-
ment, by means of perfumed ellis, was
known to the ancients. The Romans
made use, for this purpose, of the oil OF
cedar hence, undoubtedly, the express
sion OF Horace, "Digna cedra," mean
ing any work deserving OF being anoint-
ed with this oil.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Longevity of Mosquitoes.

A lady entomologist at Frankfort,
KY, has been experimenting to ascer-
tain the life of the mosquito. She i'm
prisoned two vigorous specimens of the
genus cuLer under an inverted tumbler
and kept them for six months. At the
expiration of that time they were still
alive and in healthy condition. Two
facts were satisfactorily established, that
OF the longevity of the phlebotomists,
and that their board costs them moth
ing, their annoyance of mankind being
entirely uncalleol for and not at all ne.
cessary to their sustenance.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

and its pictures-nor to Syracuse and
its fortress, one mile long by half
mile in breadth-nor to Tyre, and Car
thage, and Babylon, and Bagdad, and
Memphis, and Ephesus, and Byzantium
and hundred more.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
An Enterprising YOungster.

A juvenile Barnum at Virginia City,
Nevada, recently painted up his little
brother as a Sioux, and was doing a
thriving. business, exhibiting him as a
captured son of "Spotted TAIL" at
twenty-five cents a ticket. when the
mother appeared among the patrons of
the show, recognized the features of her
offspring through the red ochre and
lamp black, and put sudden end to
the exhibition. The manager of the
enterprise was nine years old.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

SOMEBODY has invented a snore-con-
sumine, machine. A long and flexible
tube leads from the nose of the patient
to the ear, and thus the undulcet
sounds which he creates awake their
author. He, in effect, consumes his
own snoring, much as a well constructed
factory chimney consumes its own
smoke.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

ALBERT MORSE, of Port Jarvis, N. Y,
boy of II, blew out what in what any
person else would have been called his
brains, because his mother hid his boots
to prevent him from going out while he
was unWell.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

Mrs. RANsEER, who with Sheldon
Smith, was arrested at San Pierre, Ind,
for poisoning her husband, and was sub
sequently released on writ of habeas
corpus, has committed suicide by cutting
her throat with a razor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

GEORGE -BoNE, of Thurlow, Ont, chop
ped and piled over LOB cords of wood in
thlrty-four consecutive days, being an
average OF over three cords daily.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

WOMEN are seldom sailors, but then
they sometimes command smacks,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

"The Mouser," the latest newspaper
title, originated at Greensboro, N. C.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Current Items.

The iron bridge over the Sioux river
at Storm Lake, Iowa, has been COM
pleted.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-26

ANOTHER YOUNG MAN DROWNED IN
JAMES RIVER.-On Saturday night O
young man named Charles Dougherty, a
stone-cutter, employed at the Granite works
of Messrs. Ordway & Co., who has been
residing with Major Hart, superintendent
of the National Cemetery, went on board
the dredge boat SHREVEPORT" lying at the
Brewery, for the purpose Of seeing some
friends employed on board. His friends
tried to dissuade him from coming aboard.
fearing that he would fall into the river,
but after he was on the boat, took every
precaution for his safety. When they re-
tired two of them placed him between them
to sleep on the deck.
About four o'clock on Sunday morning
when they awoke, they found Dougherty
gone. He had left the couch while they
were asleep, and without their knowledge.
They Immediately searched the boat over
for him, but without success. They were
forced to the conviction that he had fallen
overheard. Search was accordingly made
in the river, and about four o'clock yester-
day afternoon, the body was found by Mr..
Daniel Bonham, who had found that of
Hotaling the same morning. Coroner Tay-
lor, who was in the vicinity at the time, was
called upon, and, after learning the crcum-
stances connected with the death of young
Dougherty, decided that an inquest was
unnecessary.
The body of the deceased was turned
over to Major Hart, who caused it to be
prepared for transmission to Philadelphia
to-day, Dougherty having come to Rich
mond from that city. He was only about
nineteen years ofage.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-26
THE CAM PAiCN.
Charles Francis Adams.

The Washington correspondent of the
Erening Post sends the following dispatch |:
Washington, August pa private
letter received here from Boston says that
a member of Charles Francis Adams
family has received letter from him, in
which he says, with much earnestness, that
he will not consent to allow the Greeleyites
to place him in nomination as their candi-
date for Governor of Massachusetts that
he has no sympathy with the Greeley move
ment, and regards the reelection of Presi-
dent Grant, under the existing circum-
stances, as essential to the best interests Of
the country.
North Carolina Democratic Papers Com
ments on the Failure of its Party.
The Fayetteville IN. c. Eagle, although
Democratic paper, speaks to its party
boldly. In one of its issues, since the
election and the success of the Republican
State ticket, it says "The people, the
Conservative party, do not see the great
benefit in reforming things when reform
has been so much promised and SO seldom
practiced. The effect of our victory in
1870 has been counteracted, and that by
our own mismanagement. Stuffed ballot
boxes and fraudulent registration may be
the cry in some places, but was the vote
fraudulent IN Wilkes, Yadkin and Aexan-
der? There was but little, if any, unfair
or illegal voting in Cumberland, yet we
lose from our majority in 1870, notwith-
standing our almost superhuman efforts.
No; we need try no longer to disguise
facts"