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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
African DiamOnds-PrObable Exhaus-
ton of the Fields.

The last adyices from Capetown indi-
cate a continued impression that the
South African diamond fields have
passed their highest point of success.
A rise of fully 10 to 20 per cent. had
occurred at the fields, and this. it is
said, is not alone the effect of a better
tone in the London market. but Of the
undoub'ed fact that the finds are ma
terially diminishing, more especially of
large and fine stones. 1t is admitted
that the supplies sent home by the last
few mails have been large, but this is
explained by the circumstance that at
the time of the panic in prices every
one held back stones, from the poorest
digger to the largest buyer. The late
advance has unlocked these stores, in
addition to which, according to q CORE
spondent of Messrs. Goodlife Il
Smart, the necessities of each day rem
der it increasingly difficult for digger
to hoard. she must liye-at least he
thinks so-and even with provisions
and necessaries rather more moderate
in cost, the barest subsistence is expeu-
sive, and hundreds are leaving the
fields broken down by disappointmen
and want. In two days we have ad-
vices of 500 to 600 colored men leavine.
who could no longer find any work"
Although the general impression is
that the wonderful Colesberg Kopie
Nine is not yet worked out, many have
returned to the old diggings at Kip
Drift and Du Toit.s Pan. There are
constant reports OF new I" rushes" con
cocted by schemers, who earn a precari-
Gus livelihood by selling claims, but
most of these rushes are to river claims,
where the stones are described by the
Diamond Field Meas as very scanty. eve
do NOT it is observed, .believe tina.
any new Colesberg Kopjes will be
found, for it is impossible to exaggerate
the pains which have been expended
IN prospecting in every direction,
many seekers, goaded by want, having
turned again and again to research in
vain the forsaken hillocks.'' All evil
dence seems to point to thespots where
diamonds have been found in abund-
ance as being the crater of extinct vol
canoes, "and, although it may be natu-
raj to expect that some few stones com
paratively should be scattered to dis
lance, yet, on the other hand, it would
be absurd to suppose that every
mound or hilloek is teeming with dia
monds.n
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
A Qneer Cargo.

One Of the most singular cargoes ever
brought into an American harbor was
that of the steamship Glenartney, from
China, via the Suez Canal, which arrived
at New York short time sgo. The
ship was manned by motley array of
Chinese, Hindostanese, Bengalese, Arabs
and Turks. When she first entered the
harbor she was literally peopled by birds
and other pets. Monkeys climed nimbly
up the rigging and sat chattering on the
yards or hung pendant from the ratlines.
Parrots and Oriental birds of gorgeous
plumage rested on the spars and chung
to halyards. The air that lowered about
old ocean was vocal with the music OF
tiny throats. In addition to these were
Pekin dogs, five Chinese pigs, of the
sacred breed, and flock Of Chinese
sheep. They were mostly consigned to
the Chinese Employed inGNew York
State and New England. .,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
A Railway Anecdote.

A too inquisitive passenger was, in
the age of specie, asking a, conductor
how he managed to build house and
buy a fast horse out of his fifty dollars
a month. The answer was of the
frankest. 60 r. .3a-
"You see," said this noble man,
" sometimes we get way passenger
who pays US quarter or halt a dollar
for his fare. Well, we flip the money
iup-heads for the conductors, tails for
the Company ,ss l,sss
'fBut,' persisted this investigator
liter truth, " sometimes it must turn
up tails. What do you do then2n
5" O, = replied the conductor, with in.
effable contempt, "then we flip. il up
l4tS+1s. ,saa aaa n %. -. a--,.,.-
sa5 A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia
Press calls attention to the fact that the
lives of many valuable horses have been
sacrificed during the last summer by
drinking from the ypuolic fountains.
THe9 says: mi" Every, old diseased horse
drinks out of them. 1 have seen a half
pint of corruption left in the basin after
such horse has taken drink, and i'm
mediately after l have seen a fine horse
drink from the same basin-drink what
was little better than poison"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24

a MAN that ought to be remembered
"A one-legged soldier.
CAN people who listen at keyholes be
said to 60 private hearing.
II you court young woman, and YOU
are won and she is won, you will both
be one.
"THE Pacific sloper-The Quaker
Peace Commissioners running from the
Indians.
OF all things in the world that are
" better late than never" going to bed
certainly ranks first. <
" HAVE you heard my last speech p
asked political haranguer of q wit.
" 1 sincerely hope so" was the reply.
A DYING Irishman, asked by his con-
fessor if he was ready to renounce the
devil and ali his works, replied: Don't
ask me that I'm going to strange
country, and l don't intend to make
myself enemies
A HoUsEKEEPER sent Bridget out one
morning to buy some heads Of lettuce.
She returned with postage stamps.
When asked how she made the mis-
take, she pertly answered, AN sure,
wasn't told TO get heads Of letters n
A NAN who has red-headed sweet
heart addressed her as "Sweet Auburn,
loveliest of the plain" Sweet Auburn
got mad about it. she objected to being
classed among the g plain even though
called the loyeliest of them.
IN Arkansas man was sentenced to
be hanged, but all the carpenters in the
| neighborhood refused to build the
scatfold. As the condemned man was
himself carpenter by trade, the Sheriff
tried to induce him to put up gallows,
but he steadfastly declared that he q be
hanged if he did.
a RAILWAY Waterman caught mapping
at his post, and convicted Of willfui
negligence, said to the jailer, who Va
about to lock him up, " / always sup
posed that the safety of railroad de-
pended on the soundness of the sleep
ers." !" So it does" retorted the .ia;ler;
shut such sleepers are never safe unless
they ere bolted in
A LADY, who had received severe
| bite on her arm from dog, went 20 DIR.
Abernethy, but hearing of his aversion
to hear the statement of particulars,
she merely uncovered the injured part
and held it before him in silence. After
examining it, he said, in an inquiring
tone, Scratch?' Bite" said the
lady. Scat p inquired the doctor.
Dog" rejoined the lady. So delighted
was the doctor with the brevity and
promptness of the lsdy's answers that
he exclaimed, BOUNDS, madam, you
are the most sensible woman l have
met with in all my lifel r.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
The Music of the Future.

A New York interviewer. has man.
aged to get at the great Russian pianist
and to get out Of him exceedingly frank
expressions of opinion on a variety of
subjects. If the report of his talk is
correct, Rubinstein's views about most
matters in which he feels an interest
are as peculiar and original as his plan
ism. He is reported as saying Gin a
generation or two we shall have no clas-
steal music worth speaking of. The pop
ularizing and democratic tendency of
music will Kill that which is grand and
noble in music, and the divine art-you
will live to see twill pass into the
hands of the organ grinder. Street
music--that is the music of the future
They viii have in thirty or forty. wears
beer. gardens, where Beethoven's svm-
phonies and -Handel's oratorios will be
executed before a wine-drinkine' and
cigar-smoking audience.''a ~
DOLLY WARDEN, though popular as q
naree, has proved very Improbable TO
manufacturers and dealers in dress
goods, many of whom have been driven
to the verge of bankruptcy by invest
ing in large stocks Of this class.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
. Current Items.

.
= Iowa is out Of debt.
The United States has 81 iron-clad
vessels. ~ H'4f fseol10 b3ia sagir
THERE are only three CRATES in this
country. .-rI-...i. q,
= BEErs weigh Is pounds, in the Red
River Valley. " to n Aid
AN S5-year old North Carolinian chal-
lenges the State to foot-race.s rer,.f,.l
A VAMPIRE bat, measuring Is inches
from tip to tip, was lately caught in
Napa, Cal. s1laf ab o slo,a.-.1 ,s, h.
SHAKESPEARE mentions dogs 800 times
in his plays, and only speaks of them
with contempt.
Five hundred coolies, with $4,000 of
their own savings, have returned from
the West Indies to their home in
China.
The use of steam power on the Abe
marie and Chesapeake Canal is a great
success. More than 10000 vessels have
passed through the canal.
THE Bureau of Statistics has lust pub
lished its fourth annual list of Ameri.
can vessels, which shows an increase of
over 1900 craft of all classes during the
fiscal year ending last June.
THE total value Of real and personal
property in the. county of Milwaukee,
according to the assessment rolls lust
completed, is S58, 80, 292.4O. Of this
amount the city is assessed S46,572,-
$40. -,,a,. ..e.t. ,...,
A GRAIN elevator at Vallejo, Califor-
MIA, 123 feet high, and containing
5000 tons Of grain, fell with a great
crash the other day. 1t was built by
Chicago company as an experiment, in
1859, and was the only structure of the
kind in the Pacific States. The total
loss, grain and elevator, was $4,000.
BosToN's oldest and most noted coffee
saloon-Haven's coffee rooms on School
street-which was established in 1887,
has just been closed, after having fur.
nished for thirty-ive years the best cof-
fee in the city. The old fashioned
and low-studded rooms of the resort
have been the rendezvous of thousands
Of celebrities during the last genera.
ton, t
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
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The Men of the World.

- Mr.. Farjeon's new novel, sLondon's
Heart" contains lin chapter XXII.) this
good bit Of Misunderstanding:
This man of the world whose char.
acter rests upon sound foundation is
sure tog get the best of his neighbors. He
IS shrewd and cunning, and, like the fret.
full porcupine, so armed at all points as
to be almost certain of wounding what
ever comes in contact with him. Frank
ness bezmsin his eye, but calculation
sits in his soul; he gets information out
of you by side strokes, and profits by it:
he brings you round by the artfullest of
roads to the point he is working for:
he pumps you dry so skillfully that
you do not feel thirsty in the process;
and he leaves you Under the impression
that he is the most amiable of compan-
ions. Fortunate it is for you if further
experience of his amiability do not COM
pei you, with groans, to reverse this yer.
dict. Attached to the popular inter
pretation1 of imam of the Yorldp are
profound and pulling depths. The
man fails IN business, lifts up his eve.
look3 m0prntnlly around him, buys
sackeloth and ashes, sighs heauently,
is soui-aespondent, grows q Little shah
By, meets his creditors, obtains his re-
lease, and, hey, presto smilingly re.
enters the circle from which he had
been temporari banished--fe-etters it
cAlha ana confident, with no sn Of de.
tfeatupon him. a He is received with open
arms, for it is whispere9 tAat he has
aameans .anasin one SAYS ,toanother.
|aHasIsjit not strange that bIf. Plausible.
who was in such difficulties last month,
andwas supposed 10 be, ruined, should
be living now in such good styleai' it is
ten to one, another answers. !" He is a
manlofthe world sir, "a thorough man
eftthee world ~ and lifts his hat to Mr..
Plausible, who Just at that moment hap
pens to pass by.
See the other side Of the picture A
man fails in business, is soul crushed.
Rocks bmournfully about him. shrinks
from n 4 e his former friends, grows1sold
quickly, sits I'M sackclcth and ashes,
sinks down, down in the world, -obtains
his release after struggling, and never
raises his head again one says to an
other, e Poor Mr.. Straight Regularly.
crushed, isn't he p And another IAN
swers, "uYhat elsescould be expected !?
Straight never wasH man of the world -
and turns his back upon She nunfortu.
nate, who, Just at that moment hap
pens to be coming towards Ehirnln 10 be
. Completely successful mansaof the
Void, ore h1ast be thosodgh ly sssFfish,
oftsRot dishonest, Gsoften yfake,3 seldom
conscientious, and the, porcupine quilts
which guard his precious interests must
be well sharpened,1 #. now and then.
there is Blood upon them, what matter?
Blood is easily washed of-but they say
the smell remains
Why is coal the most contradictory
articla Iz1,o1.z,, To cor,ar,aarca2 Racn,,cc
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
Country Children.

Little fresh violets,
Born in the wild wood. -.
Sweetly Illustrating isi 90 ~
Innoeept,ehiidhood
any as the antelope ~
i = crown, as, d berry i-tf r
free as the mountain air, ~
Romping and merry.
BLUE eyes and hazel eyes
Peer. from the hedges,
Shaded by sun bonnets
Prayed at the edges,
Up in the apple trees.
Needless Of danger,
Manhood in embryo
Stares at the stranger.
Out IL the billy patch.
Seeking the berries
Under the orchard trees,
Feasting on cherries,
Trampling the blossoms,
Down i'mong the grasses,
No veice 70 hinder "a em.rg1
Dear lads and lasses.
AntTs4Ef .rI
No erim propriety-
No Introduction;
Free as the bindings
From city restriction.
Ceining the purest blood,
Strength ming each muscle
Donniag health armor
'Gainst life's coming hustle
Dear little inneeentsi
Born IN the wild woods.
Oh. that all little ones
Had such a chiidhooil
God's blue spread over them.
Gods garden beneath then,
NO Sgeeter heritage
Could we bequeath them!
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24

peotedthst It WIS hprettyr reguish, Nell
Burnham who sent them a heeling SO
down the frozen road that ghostly Fri
day evening" 49,. -~-.--
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24

Why is coal the most contradictory
article known to commerce? Because,
when purchased, instead of going to
the buyer it goes to the cellar.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
The Old Fence Rail-

The Old Fence Raikpwvw--
II lies and rots by the roadside. = - i. =
Among the whitening weeds;
And blackberry vines run Ger it.
And the thistles drop their seeds.
BeHktM MfamimufmuR;
HsAoVs aslhelawtk ft6wed:
Aat TIE paple, ieas o. &rf and FesfEard. / I
Travel the National hoaasaa ~ - iAflA
at times maiden's glances
Gid it with tints of dawn,
Bat the schoolboy snoris with his nostrils,
Kicks it. and hastens 81.
sn!RSTal gST5I ;. So 2fo.g
Above it the pioneers chimney,
Lonely and riekety, leans; - I'D
Beside the pioneers garden
Is wildering growth of greens.
II was spiis blythe stalwart sestler. v.gy -
One of the anciens race.# - j
And the hands of his tow-haired children
Lifted it into its place.
Years after.the gawky lover
sat olitkd a. Cling bis heels. ~ u &
Bhil94s sirs Srgot her hailking.@
And tie ker, With its hungry sa1eak.
= VI AAN
Al, the rail has its own romances.
The scenes and changes of years;
/ pause whenever see it,
And drop on iSsevefU tenrs.c xwaW II
2 . = a. a =
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THE place to buy cigars anitobacco
10 at Carson & Dodds confectionery.
The Southern Railroad.

wecould hope on-hope ever, IL hope would
do any good toward securing to our people the
great benefits Of the Southern railroad which
is now in contemplation Of erection. But
hope alone is powerless to build IT, Action,
money, enterprise, perseverance long and I'M
rcmittng, can alone build this great and much
needed thoroughfare. Our citizens are not
nough alive to the work. We lie supiaely
/ pom our backs, thinking that because We got
pc road without any effort upon our part, we
On get this additional one with similar ease
liver was there a greater error in the minds
q men. II We lie here upon our oars, con-
tating ourselves with the hope that the road
wsl be built through our section whether we
wok to that end or not, We will wake up to
ouIloss some fine day, and see that We are
leftout high and dry, and other localities,
Wis have been more vigilant, reaping the re-
war OF merit. Fellow citizens, wake up from
thisiangerous sleep, and let US see to it that
noting is wanting upon our part to secure
the eeat boon and blessing which this South
ern mad would confer upon us.
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We had the pleasure Of meeting our hand
some friend j. b. Green, Esq, Of Hustonville.
the other day, in our town. Mr., Green is
known as one Of the best retail merchants in
Central Kentucky, as all who know him will
admit
Our Wayne county friend, Pearson Miller,
called upon Us on his way from the grea, show
at Louisville, and told Us that Horace Greeley
felt very much disappointed at not meeting us
at the Gait House according to promise. Mr..
Greeley must please excuse our non perform
snce Of the agreement aforesaid.
Mr.. Rueker, of the Central Kentueky News,
called upon Us on Monday last. lie assured
Us that the people of Garard were giving him
satisfactory encouragement We hope they
will rally to the support of the Nevs, ito a
man"
Professor p A. Towne, of Paris, Kentucky,
the able and efficient co-worker Of DR.. Hen
derson in the cause Of education in the State,
paid us a brief visit while en- route for home
from the mountain districts, where he has been
laboring faithfully for the past few weeks.
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INV supply of Croquet sets received
at WIZ. Anderson drug store.
Matrimonial.

At luis, on the oath inst. by Rev. L. II
BlantoI W. X. Higgins, of Lexington, to Mis-.
sallie ! Short, Of Paris. Ky.
Merce County,. NJ. Curd To Miss Add,
Burger.
Boyle ounty-George Dunn to Miss Msui,
Harley.
Boone ounty-Thomas II. Stephenson, Of
Renlon, tbtiss Lizzie Bruce, of Crab Orchard
Fayette ounty-J. W. steenberger, of vir-
GINA, to Ms sallie +. Van Meter.
On sat,day evening. the i4th inst, at
Trinity Chrch, in Darville, by Rev. d. s
Goodloe, Enest walworth, Of Kansas, to Miss
Mary ID. User, Of Boyle county.
Attendant-Misses Eliza Downton, Mamie
Bsrbee, EmIa Borden, and Kate Robertson.
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Tower Palace.

We rePublish in our paper Of to-day the
conspicuous advertisement Of ]. NJ Arm
strong's great Tower Palace" clothing house,
$50 West Main street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Mr.. A's establishment Is one Of the features Of
the eity-certainly the largest and finest cloth
ing house in the Southwest His fall and
winter stock is now open and embraces mems,
youth's boys and children's clothing, ranging
In size from three years to men Of largest pro-
portions. The assortment Is immense and we
would especially recommend ar friends when
visiting Louisville to call at Tower Palace"
II for nothing else than TO ace the handsomest
and most extensive clothing house in the State.
We take pleasure in stating that our friend
c. Barheld, formerly the efficient Life Insur-
ance agent and 50 we'll known to our citizens,
Is nov employed at Mr. Armstrong; msgni6-
cent establishment
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FROM HUSTONvILLE.


husfosNnhf, Nv, reptefahrfi bth W
ccrrepond,~~ Interior ,svr-sii 80.
Under the cheering influence u gentle min
~e present our usual salntsiion. And thi. Il
about all ve can do. The unprecedented
drouth has told. and Il telling on al our In
teresis. Our streams are died up-our vells
and springs almost exhausted; our pastures
parched, while the arid earth casts up lie
clouds Of dust, a. u to screen itself from the
burning rays Of mcrcilcs sun. In former
years We could boast, Iat this season, land
scaPc unrivslled in it, varying beautie-, but
nov We have bu, the prospect Of vast sshars
without an oasis, for since We commenced wri-
ting the rin has ceased.
The property offered for sale last Saturday
BY q. y. Cooper was withdrawn for want u a
sufficient bid. Mccormack, offered on the
same day vas Withdrawn for q similar reason
There Is rumor to-day, however, that Nc
succeeded in selling privately yesterday.
About 10 O'Clock on Saturday night young
man Of this place, named Meridy, was shot on
the street by George Carter. Mcridy was I'M
armed and NOT expecting an attack, when the
other fired upon him. The first shot struck
him on the breast but glanced, INJECTING only
superficial wound. The second took effect
in his hip, and from this he fell. A third shot
fired while he was down missed him. Meridy
succeeded in getting to a house where he was
cared for DR.. Alcorn probed the wound in
the hip TO depth Of about four inches rang
ing downward but failed to find the ball The
wounded man is doing we'll Carter had not
been arrested up to yesterday evening.
FALSTAFF.
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On the 2Nh Of next month (October) one
hundred years will have passed away since
Lcgan's Fort was built, within short distance
Of DOR town limits. One hundred ycarsi How
mnch il embraced in this great pcriod9 Five
Successive generations will have passed away.
Since then, whole continent has grown popu.
lccs and great. The United State. have grown
from . handful Of colonists to mighty power
In the earth. The wildcrncs. NJ Kentucky has
become a magnificent empire within it-elf al.
mc-t At that time, this entire State vas
called Fincastle county, but few years later
the county Il Kentucky One vast extent Of
Wild, UNEMPLOYED forest and cane brake, es.
tended from the Big Sandy to the Ohio; FROM
the Cumberland mountains to the Tenpe--ce
river. Where are all the multiplied Thousands
who have successfully inhabited our borlersp
The Indian and the buffalo, the elk and the
deer, have successfully passed away with them
Railroads, turnpikes, steamboats, and tele.
graphs have been brought To bear upon the
rapid march Of civilization and progress. The
old Fort itself Is gone. Not the slightest trace
o. its former existence can be found Only
the unchanging spot Of earth-the cea-elessly
flowing spring that runs from under the hill
upon which II was built--thc little skirt Of
wooded knoll hard by. where the willy savage
came in the darkness Of night 70 watch for an
opening into the Fort, that they might scalp
The few brave pioneers there, remain Of all the
= A
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A company Of gentleman propose to run
from Nicholasville, the terminus Of the Ken
lucky Central Railroad, to this place, line o.
heavy road-wagons, every other day, for III,
purpose Of transporting such goods rs may be
purchased in the city Of Cincinnati, by oul
merchants and others This step is deemed
necessary, in order to enable our merchants tC
get their goods promptly and at rates lower
'han the present rates over the route via Louis,
vile, We eennot see or calculate how il /.
that the l.. Il n. X. r. will not furnish
transportation as rapidly and cheaply, as thi.
wagon line from Nicholasyille.