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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
A World.Famous Relic DESTROYED.

The inhabitants of Singethal, near
Mittweida, were alarmed on the evening
of the 25th of June by the sound of the
fire bell. The linden tree, called Luthers
linden, and, as such, well-known
throughout the whole of Saxony, was
burning. 1t stood in the vicinity of the
church, and was so called because DR..
Luther, having been forbidden to preach
openly at Ringethal, and finding the
church too small to accommodate the
numbers who wished to hear him,
preached under its shadow. After hav-
ing stood for SO many centuries, sur
vived SO many storms, and braved the
fury of the elements, the noble tree, at
once the pride and glory of the village,
has fallen prey to fire. For three
hours the tree withstood the attacks OF
its foe, until at length the upper portion
gave way with crash, and speedily
nothing was left but the charred stump
to give some token of its former great
ness. The cause is said to have been
the cupidity of some of the inhabitants,
who wished to become possessed of a
swarn of bees which had taken up their
quarters in hollow portion of the tree,
and which they endeavored to drive out
by means of fire. Why that came to be
permitted by the local authorities is a
mystery. 1t was only last year that the
good old tree was despoiled of great
part of its beauty and several of its
branches by the order of one Of the
principal men of The place, SO that this
second misfortune has but completed
| ifs disaster
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

quite approve of my manner of teaching
you your lesson, but you. have shown your
self better scholar than ! feared.
"Been appointed assistant surveyor
of this Territory, sir attached to the
exploration party under Gen. Hay. L
can't tell you all now, only that | have
the position for ten years, at fine sal
airy and mother and Clara are snug and
happy as they never were before. What
do you think of that, Uncle Jem 2"
Uncle Jem wrung his hand. "Think
Why, that you must have worked hard
to achieve so much, Paul"
ayes, it took hard work !" nodding
"I5's queer, too, what trines will drive
fellow on road, eh?"
Several months after, the Lieutenant
came upon Paul, one day, who was look
ing at bit of yellow paper covered with
figures and lines.
DO you know" said he, looking up
"there's a puzzle that took me two
years to work out? l did it just before
I left homo, and found the answer t.
it-nothing."
The Lieutenant paused, smiled. "Hard
healthful study, good profession ant
a good income will not serve for pot
gold, then, Paul?" he said, with {
shrewd twinkling in his eye.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
The Fiji Islands.

The Alta California is moved by the
receipt of copies of the FIR Government
Gazette, Journal published on the Can
nibal Islands, to make some interesting
comments on the advance of that group
toward civilization. Twenty years ago
the FUians were, perhaps, the most de-
graded people on the face of the earth.
Cannibalism was still practiced pau
pers were neatly and effectively disposed
of by strangulation murder was scarce.
+ y recognized as a crime, and the PEG
Pile were superstitious, ignorant and de
PRAYED in an extraordinary degree
Now, these islands have such hopeful
attributes of civilization as king, 9
cabinet, a parliament, supreme court
an official newspaper, and thanks
giving day once year. The high Off
GERS of the Government, under the King
are mostly Americans or Englishmen
but many of the lower officers are ma
tives. With population of 10000
with no incensiderablen natural resources
and with geographical situation tina
possesses many advantages in view 0
| the growing commerce of the Pacific, i
may be expected that the kingdom o
FIJI will one day assert its right to a re
spectacle position among the nations o
the earth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
A School for Printers.

A German letter in the Trade Courier
gives most interesting account of the
schools for printers which are estab-
lished in Stuttgart and throughout Ger
many, designed to instruct apprentices
in the theory and practice of printing
not only, but to imparta general knowl-
edge of foreign languages, and accurate
acquaintance with the types of all Ian
guages. The superiority of German print
ers is such that many English books are
sent to Germany to be set up, although
they are returned to England for bind
ing. More interesting still is the report
of the booksellers school at Leipsic
whose purpose is to thoroughly train
young men for their trade by attending
to the literary as well as the practical
side of the business. A three years
course is marked out, embracing the
study of all the prominent languages
ancient and modern, and their litera
ture, mathematics, geography, com.
merce, history, natural sciences, draw
ing and writing, aesthetics, photography
statistics and business management.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
The Newspaper Press of this Country

Geo. P. RoweD & Co. have issued the
American Newspaper Directory" of
1872. We learn that this country now
maintains 50I dailies, los tri-weeklies,
ITO semi-weeklies, ALSO weeklies, q BIZ
weeklies, 81 semi-monthlies, 685 month
lies, bi-monthlies, and 55 quarterlies
in all 6,432 periodicals being an in
crease on the last year of 449. Never
theless, "a dailies have died within the
last twelve months. Florida alone is
without daily, being barbarously salts.
fed with bi-weeklies. There are 66S
papers claiming over 5000 circulation
Of religious papers there are over 3O2
of papers devoted to agriculture, etc.
| 1O5; medicine and surgery, rs; educa
ton 95; commerce and finance, 76 in
surance, 25; real estate, 43; science anC
mechanics, 54 law, %; sporting, 10
and music, %. The Free Masons hav'
25 periodicals; the Odd Fellows, 10
woman suffragists keep 'organs" &C
ing and the temperance reformers "A
OF periodicals printed ia German ther
are 2S3; French, %; Scandinavian
II; Spanish, 8; Hollandish, 6; Italian
5; Welsh, 3; Bohemian, 6; Portuguese
l; and Cherokee, l.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
London Fashion Of the Dead.

1t is the fashion now in London to car
ry the dead to their graves in open cars,
or catafalques, and instead of black
gloves and scarfs, gray are substituted ;
the followers of the cars are dressed in
gray and silver, black being voted too
somber. These catafalques are de-
scribed by correspondent as very hand
some affairs, like gala boats on wheels
and the honor of being carried from the
temporal to the more lasting home in
one is very expensive affair. This mat
ter of expense is likely to make the
catafalque an exclusive fashion, confined
to the aristocracy, or to the more wealthy
city people. The Accomplishments to
the ceremony of being put under GROUND
in London are always costly ones,
and often in the case OF the heao
of the family, where things mus
be done genteelly, the man being small
merchant, or Government clerk, hi
widow and children are hampered will
debt difficult to pay, and which Otter
involves sacrifice of home or house
hold goods.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
An Invention that Didn't Meet its Au-
thOr's Expectations.

A dairyman by the name of Jones,
who lives in Lorain county, Ohio, made
discovery one day, that promised to
put stop to the annoyance of COWS
switching their tails, a: milking time, as
they are wont to do when flies are
plenty. Like all great inventions this
had the merit of simplicity. 1t consisted
in tying the cows tail to the mixers
foot-strap. 1t succeeded so well at first
that Mr.. Jones thought he would get
the invention patented and thereby
secure fortune. But "the COW with
crumpled horn," finding the flies were
inficting personal injury on her while
she was without her usual means of de-
tense, suddenly gave a jump, which up
set both the pail and the mixer. A
local paper says at this state of proceed
ings, the COW stopped for moment, but
in that time our hero had gained his
feet; moment after he was seen with
his hand on the hip of the COW making
| the tour of the farm yard with prodi-
gieus hops upon one foot, the other be-
ing suspended by the boot strap which
was still attached to the cows tail. At
every hop he would e]aculate, $50, boss !;
so, boss;' but "boss" didn't $50" worth
cent, until, almost used up, the boot
attachment suddenly broke, and Mr..
Jones was free. He returned to the
house wiser if not sadder man, and
SO far as we know has never repeated
his novel experiment.-Pra Farmer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Varieties.

JOSH BILLINGS says, "Knowing how to
sit square on bile, without hurting, is
one of the lost arts.
SMITH, who was offered plate of
maccaroni soup, declined it, saying that
they couldn't play off any billed pipe
stems on him."
:" If you don't give me a dime," said
young hopeful to his mamma, II know
boy who's got the measles, and I'll go
and ketch them"
PIcNIcs in Pennsylvania wind up with
what is called Dolly Warden march
the young ladies standing in row and
the young men passing along the line
and kissing each good night.
THEY tell some reckless stories of the
uncleanliness and cheap management
in Boston boarding house. The latest
is that pound of butter appeared at a
neighboring barber shop to get its hair
! cut.
SAYS Josh Billings: "There amt
but pkew khan stick a white hankker-
chief into the brest pocket ov their
overcoat without letting a little ov it
stick out-just by acksident.
BARRIERS should frequently wash their
hands. A stranger, whose nose had
been gripped for the eighth time by the
offensive fingers of his tonsorial mana
ger, blew the soap from his mouth, and
suddenly inquired: Was the body
identified "What body ?" asked the
startled shaver. What body =" re
peated the stranger, in surprise. "Why,
haven't you been on coroner's jury ?"
In jolly company each one was to
ask question; If it was answered, he
paid forfeit or if he could not an
swer it himself, he paid a forfeit. Pats
question was, "How the little ground
squirrel digs his hole without showing
any dirt about the entrance?' When they
all gave up, Pat said, Sure, do you see
he begins at the other end of the hole. u
One of the rest exclaimed, "But how
does he get there? ?" "Ah," said Pat
that's the question-can you answer
it yourself?"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
SuSnensiNn Bridges.

1t is quite possible that European en-
gineers borrowed the idea of suspend
ing iron bridges from the Chinese,
since, as far back as sixteen hundred
years ago, suspension bridges were
hung by them. The invention is as
signed to the Hans dynasty. Accord
ing to the concurrent testimony of all
their historical and geographical
writer's, Sangleang, the commander of
the army under Kaontsoo, the first of
the Hans, undertook and completed
the formation of roads through the
mountainous province of Shense, to the
west of the capital. Hitherto its lofty
hills and deep valleys had rendered
communication difficult and circuitous.
With body of one hundred thousand
laborers he cut passages over the noun
tains, throwing the removed soil into
valleys, and where this was not suffi-
cient to raise the road to the required
height, he constructed bridges, which
rested on pillars or abutments. In an.
other place he conceived and accom-
plished the daring project of suspend
ing bridge from one mountain to an
other, across a deep chasm. These
bridges, which are called by the Chi
nese writers, very appropriately, flying
bridges, and represented to be numer
GUS at the present day, are sometime.
SO high that they cannot be traverseo
without alarm. One still existing il
Shense stretches four hundred fee
from mountain to mountain, over ;
chasm of five hundred feet. Most O
these flying bridges are SO wide tina
four horsemen can ride on them abreast
and balustrades are placed on each sid
to protect travellers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Horrors in MexicO-A Terrible Gang
of KidnaDperS.

Excitement prevails on account of
the immense number of kidnappers,
who demand heavy ransoms to restore
the captured persons. All the avail
able means of the Government are now
employed to crush this business.
On Thursday, the 18th inst, Gov.
Montrei, accompanied by large body
of police, surrounded the Plaznel de
San Lucas, and, in pit under the
ground floor, found Senior Cervantes,
who had lately been kidnapped. Ger.
vantes' face was bound up, with only
his mouth and nose left clear for res.
piration.
The kidnappers had also gagged and
! filed his ears with wax, and allowed
him but one egg daily for subsistence.
i Cervantes was captured in the night by
five men while he was returning in a
carriage with his family from the hotel
to his residence.
number of documents were found
in the house, which confirm the exist
ence of secret society, composed o
outlaws from all nations, with the title
of =" Italia Boja." The society is gener
ally known, however, as the Sociedac
l6FTlDl6.
Three of the five kidnappers of Ger
vantes were arrested the same day-th,
Spaniards Ricardo Bello, aged % year.
and Gumarsindo Nunez, aged Is years
and Mexican named Jose Maria Orta
aged 25 years.
They confessed their guilt, and state,
that the society was organized outsid
of the Republic of Mexico, and that tn
same gang had committed numerou
similar acts. The three prisoners wer
put to death in San Lucas square tn
same evening in the presence of an in
mense concourse.
In the pocket of one of the prisoner
was found list of forty persons VIII
were to be kidnapped. A rigorou
warfare has been started against th
organization, which is expected to d,
stroy it.
The same band kidnapped a Frencl
, man named Bassot, and tore out h
. eyes and tongue. Bassot died while
their hands.
Fifteen persons suspected of beir
members of the gang have lately bee
!, arrested.
: The Monitor mentions sixteen recel
e cases of kidnapping, all of which we
g accompanied with horrible barparitie
a City of Merico July 16) Correspondent
: of the Ne,O York Sun.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
The Marriages Of Great Men.

Byron married Miss Millbank to get
money to pay his debts. 1t turned out
a bad shift.
Robert Burns married farm girl with
whom he fell in love while they worked
together in the plowfeld. He was ir.
regular in his life, and committed the
most serious mistakes in conducting his
domestic affairs.
Milton married the daughter of
country squire, but lived with her but
short time. He was an austere, exact
ing literary recluse, while she was
rosy, romping country lass that could
not endure the restraint imposed upon
her, so they separated. Subsequently,
however, she returned, and they lived
toleraLIy happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
were cousins, and about the only exam
pie in the long line of English monarchs
wherein the marital vows were sacredly
observed, and sincere affection existed.
Shakespeare loved and welded farm
er's daughter. She was faithful to
her vows, but we could hardly say the
same of the great bard himself. Like
most of the great poets, he showed too
little discrimination in bestowing his
affections o.. the other sex.
Washington married a woman with
two children. Ii is enough to say that
she was worthy of him, and they lived
as married folks should-in perfect har
mony.
John Adams married the daughter o.
a Presbyterian clergyman. Her father
objected on account of Johns being 6
lawyer-he had bad opinion of the
morals of the profession.
John Howard, the great philanthro
pist married his nurse. She was alto
gether beneath him in social life anc
intellectual capacity, and, besides this
was So wears old, while he was but 25
He would not take "No" for an an
swer, and they were married and lives
, happily together until she died, whicl
occurred two years afterward.
Peter the Great, of Russia, married
peasant girl. She made an excellen
5 wife and sagacious Empress.
/ Humboldt married a poor girl bt
cause he loved her. Of course they wer
: happy.
/ 1t is not generally known that Al
drew Jackson married lady who's
t husband was still living. She was a
e uneducated but amiable woman, an
j. was most devotedly attached tosthe oil
e warrior and statesman.
John C. Calhoun married his cousin
and their children, fortunately, wei
neither diseased nor idiotic, but they &
: not evince the talent of the great "Sta
|. Rights " advocate.
}, Edward Lytton Bulwer, the Englis
d statesman and novelist, married gi
e much his inferior in position, and got
j. shrew for a wife. She is now insane.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

A WISCONSIN woman has had six
babies within year.
GEORGE w. CHILos, of Philadelphia,
is said to be negotiating for prominent
New York journal-thought to be the
World
MAYOR HALL, of New York, had the
novel experience, the other day, of
signing a warrant for $1,000, to pay
Wheeler H. Peckham for prosecuting
him.
THE friends of Edwin Forrest will be
glad to learn that the veteran tragedian
is rapidly gaining his health, and will
probably be able to resume his profes-
sional engagements in the fall.
MATHEo MINAFAw, who organized the
great Sicilian vendetta in New Orleans,
fifteen years ago, died few days since.
He was the last OF the original parties
to the feud, all the others having per-
ished by the pistol or stiletto.
Rev. DR.. CUYLER, now in England,
writes to the New York Observer enthu-
siastically of Gladstone, with whom he
has breakfasted He says that the
Premier receives his guests with much
of the affable dignity of Daniel Web
ster.
IDA WILSON, nee Lewis, the "Grace
Darling of America" still makes New
port her home, and can often be seen
in the harbor managing her beautiful
boat. Notwithstanding the fact that
she has taken unto herself better
half" she still likes to be called I" Ida
Lewis as of yore.
Tom THUMB recently went for a sail
in Bridgeport harbor. He was uncer.
tain whether the center-board should
be hauled to the masthead or thrown
overheard. In attempting to do both
at the same time, he tipped the boat
over and landed himself in the mud
The General was thoroughly frightened
as the water was nearly up to his knees
IT is not generally known that Henri
Rochefort, so prominently connected
with La Lanter7ae and Figaro, is noble
man, his title being Count de Rochefor
Lucay. He is now an exile-or rathel
is awaiting to recover from an illness
which has made his deportation impos
sible. He was born in Paris, and is 4:
wears of age. He is the "hero" of fou
duels, out of which he came with hyin,
colors.
Miss IDA GREELEY is brunette of tn
pale, clear. complexioned type, ha
bright, dark eyes, full, red lips, feature
very like her fathers, and an abun
dance of black hair. She is quit.
petite, looks very young, and has all tn
simplicity of manners of her philoso
phic father, combined with certain
elegance and dignity that are as charm
ing as Undesirable. She betrays ex
cellent taste in her toilet, discarding al
fashionable monstrosities.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Garibaldi.

1t is stated that Garibaldi, though suf-
fering from rheumatic pains, is still as
laborious and active as in his best days.
He rises early every morning, takes his
usualride on horseback ,inspects with care
the rural improvements he has under
taken, and writes and studies incessant-
ly. Every day he receives papers and
letters from every part of the world. and
among them, strange to say, rude and
insulting letters from France, the coun-
try for which he exposed his own life
and that of his sons. Meantime his
plantations, both native and exotic,
prosper on the island, and he has VIC
toriously solved the problem of pro,
ducing good fruit from rocky, dry ana
barren soil.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Juarez,s Successor.

The new President of Mexico is Lerdo
de Tejada, who has been, at any time
these last ten years, intriguing for the
place to which he now peaceably sue
ceeds. He had been for long time
Minister of Foreign Relations in the
Cabinet of Juarez. Last year he be-
came a candidate for the Presidency,
and took the position of Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, the holder of
which succeeds to the Presidency on
the death or absence from any cause of
the chief magistrate. He entered into
coalition with the opposition, and
several revolutionary attempts, which
he did not countenance, were made
during the year in his favor. The new
Constitutional President is therefore in
sympathy with armed conspirators
against the Constitution. Consequently
it can hardly be that the change will be
acceptable to the country.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

In form and feature. face and limb.
grew so like my brother,
That folks got taking me for him,
And each for one another.
1t puzzled all our kith and kin,
1t reached fearful pitch:
For one of us was born a twin,
And not a soul knew which,
One day. to make the matter worse,
Before our names were fixed,
As we were being watched by nurse,
We got completely mixed;
And thus, yeu see, by fate's decree,
r rather nurses within,
My brother John got christeued me,
And | got christened himl
This fatal likeness even logged
My footsteps when at school:
And | was always getting logged,
For John turned out fool.
put this question fruitlessly
To every one knew.
What would you do if you were me,
To prove that you were you 7"
Our close resemblance turned the tide
Of my domestic life.
For. somehow. my intended bride
Became my brothers wife.
In fact. year after year, the same
Absurd mistakes went on,
And when | died. the neighbers
Came and buried brother John.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Why the Rose is Red.

The rose of old, they say. was white.
I'LL love, one day, in wanton flight.
Flirting away from flower to flower,
A rose tree brushed, in an evil hour.
The spreading leaves concealed thorn
BY which the boy-god's foot was torn.
The precious drops in plenteous flow
Fell on a roses breast below.
And all her snowwhite virgin pride
In blushing pure carnation died,
To tell to future times unborn
How Love was wounded by thorn.
Sobbing with pain and weeping dew,
The wounded boy to Venus few;
But few the ills which boys endure
A mothers kisses cannot cure;
And for such pleasure after pain
Love would be often pricked again.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15

THERE are hot and cold springs at the
Sulphur Springs of Virginia. 1t is said
that rheumatic patients find the hot
springs as beneficial as the baths at
Wiesbaden, in Germany.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-20
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