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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
Our Idle ReautieS.

An English traveller writes: l can
assure you that, having lived in differ !
emit castles and manor-houses of Great
Britain, and been accustomed to the in
dustrious habits of duchesses and count
esses, | was utterly astonished at the
idleness of American fine ladies No
English woman of rank with the ex-
ception of few parvenues) from the
Queen downward, would remain for one
halfhour unemployed, or sit in a rock
ing chair, unless seriously i'll. They
almost all with hardly an exception
husbands, fathers or brothers attend
infinitely to the wants of the poor
around them, and even take part in
their amusements, and sympathize with
their sorrows visit and superintend the
schools; work in their own gardens; see
to their household concerns; think
about their visitors; look over the
weekly accounts not only of domestic
expenses, but often those of the farm
and the estate; manage penny clubs in
conjunction with the working classes,
to help them to keep themselves and
with all these occupations, by early
hours, they keep up their acquaintance
with the literature and politics of the
day, and cultivate the accomplishments
of music and drawing, and often ac-
quire besides some knowledge of scien-
tifc pursuits. The late Marchioness of
Lansdowne was so well acquainted with
the cottagers in her neigh borhood that
she used to visit and look at the corpses
of the dead, because she found that her
doing so soothed and comforted the
bereaved. l have known her to shut
herself up with a mad woman in her
poor dwelling, who used to lock the
door, and could not be induced to ad-
NIT any one else. Lady Lansdowne's
only daughter used once one hundred
guineas given her by her father-in law,
Lord Suffolk, to buy bracelet), to build
pig-sties, with his permission, at he1
husbands little country residence. She
educates her own children without as
sistance the boys Latin, ano
the girls all the usual branches of edu
cation The late Duchess of Bedford,
accidentally discovered when on visi
to Woburn, had, for thirty years of hel
marriage life, risen at six o'cl ock, sum
mer and winter, lit her own fire, made
some tea for the Duke and herself, anc
then, as he wrote his own letters o
, business, she copied them, and the.
came down to large party of guests a
ten o'clock, to dispense breakfast, with
out saying one word of their matutinar,
E avocations; SO that you might have beel
visitor in the house without fndln
. out that the Duke and Duchess hat
!. transacted the necessary business of tn
( day-before, perhaps, you had risen
: l rather mention those that are gone t
r their reward than write Of women sti
i amongst us; but you may believe m
f when l say that l am constantly amongs
those who live such lives of energy an
., usefulness, but they so employ then
Il selves without ostentation, Or an ide
4 that they are doing more than the
simple duty.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
PhYSic by the Year.

1t is said to be the Chinese custom to
pay physicians certain sum from
which deduction is made for every
day that the person is sick. This pro-
ceeds on the very sensible theory that
ones doctor should be paid for health
and not for sickness. 1t is also well
calculated to defeat the iniquities Of the
Lampedos in the profession, who regard
the patient as a luxury the enjoyment
of which should be protected as much
as possible. A young physician at St.
GATHERINGS, in Canada, has proposed
not dissimilar system for that vicinity.
He will undertake to visit every family
as often as required for an annual fee
of five dollars. OF course working on
these terms, the young doctor would
have every inducement to promote the
hygienic welfare of his patients with all
possible skill and diligence. But it is
to be feared that he has fixed his an
nual compensation at too low figure.
Any family with ordinary luck ought to
be able to get sick more than FIVE dol
lars worth in the course of year. On
the other hand, there is another objec-
ton which might be interposed. When
an old gambler was approached by a life
insurance agent, he protested that he
''wasn't going to bet against any game
that he had to die to beat" A parity
of reasoning might prevent many from
accepting the proposition of the St
GATHERINGS physician.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
Poisoned ARROWS.

Lo, the poor Indian, is a remarkably
ingenious fellow in the preparation of
materials of war. Here is how he
manages to obtain poisoned arrows
with piece of liver, fastened to
long stick, they THE savages) proceed
to the haunts of the rattlesnake, and,
as soon as one of these reptiles is found,
the Indian thrusts his meat toward him,
at the same time exciting and irritating
the creature with another long stick,
carried for the purpose. The angry
reptile now strikes furiously and re
peatedly at the piece of liver, and soon
the meat is charged with its poison.
While the Indian is thus engaged, it is
necessary for him to be exceedingly
cautious that the assailant does not be-
come the assailed. If the mate of the
angry snake should reach the Indian
unperceived, he will carry home a
charge of poison in a way not desired.
After the liver is thus charged it is
placed aside, and in few days becomes
a mass of black and putrid flesh. Into
this the Indian thrusts the arrows that
he reserves for the purpose, these i'm
plements being especially designed for
human foes. The poisoned arrows are
not baited at the point, but at the end
of the shaft, where it enters the barb
the latter being always loosely adjusted
to the arrow. When the arrow is pulled
out of the wound, the barb remains
and soon infects the blood of the victim
beyond all chance of recovery"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
Ermine Fur,

The ermine is a fur which, though
produced in many countries, attains
perfection only in Sweden, Norway and
Russia. The weasel of southern lati-
tudes becomes snowy white near the
polar regions, as though nature had
given it this color to protect it from its
enemies, since it can scarce be dis
tinguished from snow itself. Formerly
the wearing of this fur was forbidden
to all except the royal families, and
such still remains the case in Austria,
where only the sovereign and his imme-
diate family wear trimmings to their
robes of state adorned with it, in which
every square inch of the fur is spotted
with one dot of black. These dots are
not from the ermines' tails, but cut
from the jaws of jet black Astracan
lambs. Peeresses wear capes in which
rows OF these dots denote their degrees
of rank, while peers wear bars of pure
white ermine upon scarlet robes. From
all of which it appears that the skin O
this innocent little animal is used tt
denote the rank and condition of here
ditary aristocracy quite as much as thu
empty titles affixed to their names.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
A Street Car Idyl.
From the Peoria Review.

Queen of all hearts, we saw them
come, with languid steps aboard the
car; and soon their 7oices' silvery hum
sounds clear above the rafting jar.
Awhile we gazed, with downcast eyes,
at eyebrows arched and fingers taper,
and heard with ill-concealed surprise,
each charmer praise her fayorite paper.
What could they know of leaders !"
learned, these politicians SO enchantingf
And yet, which ever way we turned, we
heard them on this subject ranting.
The Transcript they condemned un-
heard, the Democrat with scorn was
blamed; but the Review, they both
averred, was the best paper could be
named.
"If you," the laughing zelphint
cries, would save your patience, time
and trouble-take a Revieao the weekl.
size and neatly fold it four time
| double -n
We reached our crossing here, ant
left, amazed beyond the least descril
ton, of power of speech almost bereft-
what was the rest of that prescription
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
Postal Telegraph Cards.

The British Post Office now issues for
public postal telegraph cards bearing
shilling stamp, for the accommodation
of those for whom it will be more con-
venient to deposit the card in the
nearest pillar, letter, or other Post
Office letter-box, than to send a mes
sage to the nearest telegraph station.
The telegraph cards will be taken from
the boxes, alcng with the other con-
tents, at the regular collecting periods,
which are always specified on the table
on or over the box and on the arrival
of collection at the proper Office, the
telegraph cards will be at once picked
out and handed over to the telegraph
counter clerk, who will deal with them
in the ordinary course, obliterating the
stamp. No postage is charged, the
shilling stamp covering that, and also
Thanking the message on the card to the
same privileges as are granted to mes
sages handed in to offices in the ordi
| nary WaY,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
A Grand Jury Story.

Col. 7. w. Knox, in Scribner'S for
March, has an article on the famous
New York Grand Jury of which he was
member. We quote:
Not many days after we were con-
vened, a case that touched the heart of
every man in the room was brought be-
fore US. A young girl had been accused
of theft; few dollars in money had
been stolen; it was found in her pos
session, and she had made partial con-
fession. The complainant was a woman,
and the accused had been in her employ.
When the case was called the woman
entered the jury room and was sworn
by the foreman. She took the chair
assigned to witnesses and the fore
man questioned her.
Did you lose some money ~
Yes, SIR"
"When did you lose it ~
"On the first day of December"
who took it ?"
"The girl named in the complaint"
How do you know she took it ?"
a found it in her possession, and she
confessed taking it,
"That will do; you can go"
But the woman kept her seat, and
moved her hands uneasily. You can
CO., said the foreman again, but she
did not start. A juror sitting near the
door rose to show her out, and as he did
so the woman said:
do not wish to press the complaint.
l want to withdraw it, and have the girl
released
Why so?'' asked the foreman.
" Because and her voice began to
choke, "because the girl is young. and
I do not wish to ruin her. Somebody
else urged her to steal the money, and
| think she will do better in future. If
| send her to prison, she may become a
professional thief, but if l give her a
chance she will be good girl. She is
an orphan and has no friends, and |
want to be her friend. know she is
guilty, but l want to be merciful, and
beg you to be merciful, gentlemen"
Half her utterance was drowned with
tears, which flowed rapidly down hel
face. The foreman told her to steI
outside and he would call her again ii
a few moments, and inform her of the
result of her eloquent appeal. Be
merciful, gentlemen" were her las
words as she closed the door.
1t was voted to dismiss the complaint
and when the foreman called her to tn
room, told her of the result of the vote
and commended her for her kindnes
of heart, her tears flowed afresh, an'
she thanked us through broken sobs.
know that in that room more eyes thai
hers were wet-eyes not accustomed +
tears.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
The Value of a Wife.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has recently decided the case of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Company VS.. Wilton, administrator,
error to the Circuit Court for the Dis
trict of Wisconsin. Wilton had brought
suit, as administrator of his wifes es-
tate, to recover damages for her death,
which was occasioned by an accident
on the road, and recovered Judge
ment for $1,000. The instructions of
the court were that the plaintiff could
only recover for the pecuniary loss sus-
tanned, but that in computing such loss
the jury might take into the account
the personal qualities of the deceased,
her ability to be useful, and her capaci
ty to earn money. This was excepted
to, and the case was taken to the Su
preme Court on a writ of error. That
tribunal has sustained the charge of the
court below, and held that the refusal
of the court to instruct the jury that
there could be no recovery only for the
loss of the wife's services, and that if
her maintenance was more than equal
to the service, there could be no recoy-
cry at all, was not error.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
A Large Duck Egg.

A Mr.. Tkornhill, of Crumpsall Green,
near Manchester, England, contributes
to the Manchester Guardian the follow
ing story of an extraordinary sized
ducks egg. He says he recently found
one of his ducks dead upon her nest.
She had been ailing for some months,
and could neither eat nor lay. The
body was opened, and there was taken
from it an egg, which we have seen, and
which measures Isl inches in its great
est circumference, 15a inches at the
smallest circumference, and its capacity
IS q pints of water. 1t contained three
yolks, and after they had been drawn
the shell weighed eight ounces. The
| duck was cross between a Muscovy
and an Aylesbury, and was Of the ordi
nary size"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
"LOo as a Hymn.singer.

One of the Indian agents informs us
that the translation of children's hymns,
which have been circulated among the
Indians. are exceedingly popular. Even
the most savage Indians sing them upon
the war-path. We rejoice to receive in
telligence of this fact, because the
sufferings of Indian victims will be
greatly alleviated by this practice of
the savages. 1t will be great comfort
to a man who has been scalped and
stuck full of arrows, and pinned to the
ground with a stake through his vitals,
and who has a bonfire lighted on his
stomach, to have the Indians dance
around him in a ring, singing, "Hush
my babe-lie still and slumberl These
untutored children of the prairie all
have immortal yearnings as well as 9
fondness for punches of black hair
Mlar Adeler. adsoE
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07

Congressman James Brooks, in one of
his recent letters of travel, exults in
having made one thousand four hun
dred and twenty miles in India in sixty
two hours, from the Bay of Bengal and
the Ganges to the Sea of Arabia. "And
we slept by the way good DEAL" says
he, "we wasted much time at many,
many stations; but our speed, while
going, was thirty miles, and sometimes
forty miles the hour, over first-class rail
roads, better built than any we have in
America, costing three dollars per mile
to our one; over frightfully flooding
rivers through terrible mountain passes
but then again on long, level plains
as smooth as our prairies and with cul
tivation more beautiful, if possible
than many parts of the Connection
River Valley
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
The Fat Man of Bellevue Hospital.

Just one month ago yesterday pitia-
BILE object was admitted into Bellevue
Hospital. His whole body was en-
larged to an unnatural extent. He
measured five feet six inches round the
waist, and his legs were the size of lager
beer barrels. His aims and his face
were like puff. balls. His body became
rough and scaly. The skin was thick,
unctious and insensible. The man was
suffering from elephantiasis. His name
was Albert Morrow. He lived at 7
Weehawken street. Notwithstanding
his fearful condition, he was cheerful
and at times even merry. He was
known among the patients as the Fat
Man of Bellevue Hospital. The doc
tors could do but little for him. His
body continued to increase in size, and
his sufferings ended yesterday morning
when he died.-N. z. Sun, 18th.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
A Charitable World.

1t is a temptation to temperate man
to become a sot, to hear what talent.
what versatility, what genius is almost
always attributed to moderately bright
man who is habitually drunk. Such a
mechanic, such mathematician, such
"a poet he would be, if he were only
sober; and then he is sure to be the
most generous, magnanimous, friendly
soul, conscientiously honorable, if he
were not so conscientiously drunk. I
suppose it is now notorious that the
most brilliant and promising men have
been lost to the world in this way. It
is sometimes almost painful to think
what surplus of talent and genius
there would be in the world if the habit
of intoxication should suddenly cease;
and what slim chance there would be
for the plodding people who have al
ways had tolerably good habits. The
fear is only mitigated by the observa-
ton that the reputation of person for
great talent sometimes ceases with his
reformation.
1t is believed by some that the
maidens who would make the best
wives never marry, but remain free, to
bless the world with their impartial
sweetness and make it generally habit
able. This is one of the mysteries
of Providence, and New England life.
1t seems a pity, at first sight, that all
those who become poor wives have the
matrimonial chance, and that they are
deprived Of the reputation of those who
would be good wives were they not set
apart for the high and perpetual Office
of priestesses of society. There is no
beauty like that which was spoiled by
an accident, no accomplishments and
graces are SO to be envied as those that
circumstances rudely hindered the de-
velopment Of All of which shows what
a charitable and good-tempered world
it is, Notwithstanding its reputation for
cynicism and Charles Dud-
ley Warner, IN Scribner's for March.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
FolIfes of Fashion and Politics.

A Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune says /:
The atmosphere of Washington does
not suit serious work. The life of the
whole city, from the Capitol to the
White House, from the committee
rooms to the fashionable parlors, is
life of dalliance and pretense, busy but
fruitless, energetic but unsteady. One
day is pattern of every other-an
idle morning; an afternoon OF debate
at one end of the Avenue, and visiting
at the other; an evening of dinner and
reception. suppose some of the peo-
pie have homes, but they can hardly be
said to live in them. | know that Con-
gress has work, but it is not in hurry
to do it. In the social sphere there is a
weary, unvarying round. To-day you
will go to everybody's reception, chat
about the last bali and the newest street
improvement, sip punch and eat cake
in the back parlor, then to stately din
ner, and one or two dancing parties af-
terward. Tomorrow you will throw
open your own doors, and the same
people with whom you have just ex-
changed empty compliments will troop
through them. Everywhere you see the
same faces and hear the same converse
ton for there is only one set,' and
that includes everybody. Every day
you follow the same occupations car
riages tumble over the same unrooted
streets; ladies climb up the same dirty
entertainments to get into fashionable
houses, and the same wonders of MILL
merry and glories of silk and lace are dis
played for you in a score of drawing
rooms. So the gentle chronicler who
supplies society intelligence for the
Washington newspapers has an easier
task than the Jenkinses of other great
cities. The report of one entertain
ment will do equally we'll for another
with little shifting of couples. Or
Monday it is Secretary Quelqu'un wh'
receives at dinner the Chief of tn
Bureau of Sealing Wax and Matches
with the Hon. Elijah Pogram and la
dies, and the Senator from the Indian
Territory. On Tuesday it is the Hon
Elijah Pogram who entertains Secretar
Quelqu'un and wife with the Chief c
the Bureau of Sealing Wax an
Matches, and the Senator from the II
dian Territory. On Monday the Hor
| Elijah Pogram and ladies, the Chief (
f the Bureau of Sealing Wax an
Matches, and Secretary Quelqu'un an
the Misses Quelqu'un dine with tn
Senator from the Indian Territory. Pc
: haps when Ash Wednesday brings til
season Of repentance-that is to sa
, when parties are only given sub rot
/ under the name of receptions-it ma
e strike the people of the capital that
+! little sober work ought to be done b
> fore Congress goes for the summer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07
Hints for the Housewife.

A Good Soup.-Make a broth of a
knuckle of veal or shin of beef. This is
best mace the day before wanted, that
the fat may be removed from it. Take
six large onions, six large carrots, four
large tnrnips, three roots of celery, or
less would answer; sweet potato or
piece of pumpkin, lump of sugar half
the size of an egg, and a7buneh of pot
herbs. Crate the carrots, slice the
onions, and cut the other vegetables
into very small pieces. Put into stew
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07

PHOTOGRAPHS of Eyaline Park, the
only survivor of the Clark county, Ind,
butchery, are to be placed on sale TO
her benefit.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07

A LAPoRTE COUNTY, Ind.,' horse seizes
pump handle with his mouth and
pumps water enough to quench his
thirst.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1872-03-14
NG0G OG8 Senator G6Hr3,
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filisa brslaubtet uno fanthOnttt nit bsm
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t5rrn uno gu srpSscu, mas Ia gu iagsn
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