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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17
nHE COMING SPRING.

Spring, " tn mat nameless pathos in the air
Which d,yei.s with all things fair,
Spring, with her golden suns and silver rain,
LIS with us once again.
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns
Its fragrant lamps, and turns
Into a royal court with green festoons
The banks of dark lagoons.
In the deep heart of every forest tree
The blood is all aglee,
And there's a look about the leahess bowers
As if they dreamed of flowers.
As yet the turf is dark, although you know
That not q span below,
Athousand germs are cropping through the gloom
And soon will burst their tomb.
Already, here and there, on frailest stem
Appear some azure gems
Small as might deck, upon q gala day,
The forehead of a fay.
In gardens you may note amid the dearth
The crocus breaking earth:
And near the snowdrop's tender white and green
The violet in its screen.
But many CLEANS and shadows need must pass
Along the budding grass,
And weeks go by, before the enamored south
Shall kiss the roses mouth.
Still there's a sense of blossoms yet unborn
IN the sweet airs of morn;
One almost looks to see the very street
Grow purple at his feet.
At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by,
And brings, you know not why,
A feeling as when eager crowds await
Before a palace gait.
Some wondrous pageant; and you scarce would star
If from a beech's heart
A blue-eyed Dryad, stepping forth, should say,
"Behold me! I am May :"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17
Little Things of Life.

1t is the babbling spring that flows
gently, the little rivulet which runs along
day and night by the farmhouse, that Is
useful rather than the swollen food, or
the roaring cataract. Niagara exc1tes
u wonder, and we stand amazed at the
power and greatness of nature there, as
she pours it from her hollow hand. But
Niagara is enough for a continent,
or the Worthwhile the same world re-
quires thousands and tens of thousands
of silver fountains and gentle flowing
rivulets, that water every farm and
meadow, and every garden, and that
shall flow night and day. with their
gentle, gu ct beauty. So with the acts
of our lives. 1t is not by great deeds,
like those of martyrs, that good is done /;
it is by the daily and quiet virtue of life
the kind temper, the meek forbear-
ance, the spirit OF forgiveness, in the
husband, in the wife, the father, the
mother, the Esister, the friend, the
neighbor, that good is to be done.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17
COmicaI Incident.

At the time of the dreadful plague in
London, in 1865, in the midst of the
calamitous scene which was then ex-
hibited, an incident happened of the
comic kind
A bag-piper, who happened to be ex-
cessiyely overcome by liquor, fell down
in the street, and there lay asleep. In
this condition he was found early next
morning, and being supposed to be a
person who had died of the plague, was
accordingly taken up and thrown into a
cart, and carried away amongst some
dead bodies. At last the honest piper
awakened out of his sleep, and it being
about daybreak, and he being unsteady
disposed, not knowing his situation, be-
gan very briskly to play up a tune, which
SO surprised the fellows that drove the
cart, who could see nothing distinctly,
that they betook themselves to their
heels in a great fright, and swore they
had taken up the devil in the disguise Of
a dead man.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17
A LEGEND OF DELHI.

The Great Mogul, called Baber.
In solemn court sat he,
Beneath the state umbrella.
Obese in majesty.
Ottoman fat,
Dosing he sat,
With courtiers around him
On dais and mat.
This monarch so despotis
Invoked the drowsy god
BY putting fumes narcotic.
Till all began to nod.
Opium-full,
Day-dreaming dnn,
They all sat a-nodding
Around the mogul.
1t CHANGED while they were basking
In the sublime repose,
A Hindoo fly came buzzing
About the royal nose.
"Would you not def
Catch me the fly !"
Remarked the mogul 10
His vizier nigh.
just then soft slumber coming,
His highness ceased to speak;
Again the fly came humming
And fastened Oh his cheek.
Never was seen
Saucer mein
Shown by an insect On
Feature serene.
Up rose the v%izier, yawning,
And dabbed aloft his fist;
"Now, by the prophets camel!
My loyal aim I've missedl
"Oh, what a NULL
Woe on my SKULL
I've missed the blue bottle
And hit the mogul.
The great mogul went kneeling
Almost upon his side,
And colored up with feeling,
Till nearly waking wide
Slowly he spake:
"When I'm awake
Some geptleman's head from
His shoulders I'll take"
Again the spell narcotic
Upon the monarch sank;
For sentence SO despotic
The vizier's self to thank
Cause the old guy
Kill would the fly,
When plain was the order
To catch" it to tryl
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17

PAUPERIsM in England seems to be
yielding at last to more scientific meth
DDS of treatment. There were 95, 1858
fewer paupers in 1872 than in 1871, be-
ing a decrease of q little more than ten
per cent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17

IMPROVEMENT ON RANCID BUTTER
According to Land and Water, rancid
butter can be greatly improvedin quality
by washing it thoroughly in lime water,
and then clearing out the lime water by
a good washing in cold spring water.
The lime water is easily made, by allow
ing a lump of lime the size of the fist to
slake in o bucket of water, stirring it
well, and afterward allowing the lime to
settle. It is said that a large business
is now done in England by sundry per-
sons who purchase rancid butter at low
rates, and sell it again at much higher
prices, after manipulating it in the man
ner mentioned.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17

EAGLES FEEDING ON LAMBS. The
M%arysville Call appeal, of February
26th, has the following A. J. Shuman,
of Linda township, has a large flock of
ewes and lambs. Last Friday he no.
ticed a stampede of sheep in the dis
tance, and supposing some dog was run
ming among them, fastened to the spot,
where he arrived just in time to see a
large eagle rise from the ground, bear
ing in his talons a .fair-sized lamb, and
fly away with it. His attention was soon
after attracts to other work of destruc-
ton by the eagle. One lamb was found
minus the top of his skull and dead,
whose head had been broken in by an
effort to capture it. Another lamb was
found minus an eye, which the voracious
bird had struck with it's beak in one of
his swoops. The careful shepherd took
the wounded lamb to the "lamb hos
pital" to be nursed. Some time ago an
Ell tire litter of small pigs were carried
away in a mysterious manner, and it is
believed they were carried away by
eagles.
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NO. g.
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

The correspondent of the New York
Herald at Stockholm, Mr.. John Russell
oung, has had an interview with King
Oscar. During the conversation tho King
referred to our Centennial Exhibition of
1876, aud his desire TO be present. The
laws Of Sweden, however, preventing
such action on his part, the Crown Prince
would be sent over to represent the king
dom. He also stated that public and
complete representation Of the products
and manufactures of Sweden and Norway
would be sent to the United States This
recognition of the pleasant relations be-
tween this northern nation and our own
country, will doubtless be expressed in
an otlclal manner so soon as the Presi-
uent proclamation has been made The
New York Nutioni, its last issue, re-
marks upon the great Importance of a
proper presentation of the objects of the
Information Exhibition TO all foreion
nations, and that it should be done
promptly Onr own people need no spur
to induce them to put forth every exer-
tlon to redeem themselves in the ewes of
Europeans. from the opinions that the
meagre attempts so far made have elicite-
ed. But this will be the first Interna-
tlonal Exhibition under the direction of
Republican people, and it should be the
proof of the ability of the people not only
to represent themselves, but from their
position among nations to secure hearty
co operation from all the Empires and
Kingdoms Of the globe To insure this
result only requires prompt action and
the appointment of proper agents to travel
abroad and furnish the necessary informa-
ton. King Oscar himself, says: "You
cannot prepare too soon for these stupen-
dous undertakings, and although three
years seems long time, IL IS not uery
long when you consider what you have
to do"
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KIDNAPPED CHILDREN.
TAe Traffic in the Stolen Italian Chill
dren in New York City.
The New York Times saws .

The New York Times SAYS:
! 1t has been learned tha, If tho nresent
time, there arc between : 600 and s 600
children kidnapped from Italy held in
this state of slavery in the large cities of
the United States, New York being the
great central entrepot The children are
brought here and sold daily by private
auction, prices varying from 500 to $500
for boys, and from 800 to $500 for girls.
Where girls are exceptionally pretty, the
prices are considerably higher. 1t is said
two little girls, who are frequently to be
seen playing in Wall street, were sold to
their present owrer for the sum of S 600
In order to show that this inhumau
traffic is still being carried on in full force
we copy the following, taken from the
Nocfmeato, newspaper published in &c
noa, which says in its iseue of May 20:
There were stolen in Milan, this morn
ing, three children as follows: A boy
named Carponi Giosue, aged two years,
living at No 26 Via Vetroschi a girl
named Fiocchi Emelia, aged three years,
living at No 2 Vieola St Zeno and also
another girl named Giovannino Azati.
aged six years, the daughter of the porter
Of the house where the first named girl
lived"
1t was believed that the kidnapping of
children was confined to the southern
provinces, but the traffic is now being
pushed into the north of Italy, and besides
is on the increase. 1t is quite likely that
these three children are now in this coun-
try, and have been put up and sold at
auction in this city.
The number of Italian children that
have arrived at this port since the first of
April last is 317. The children are all
under fourteen years of age and the
majority of them under eight years, and
many OF these are mere infants The
children are brought over by persons ap
pointed by the couspirators for that pur
pose, chief Of convoy, who really be
comes the master or driver. This person
is represented as the father of the chill
dren, and as such takes absolute charge,
from the time they are bought or stolen
from their native villages until they are
sold to new masters or "padrOuI' in
Crosby street. Some of these children
are accompanied by parents, but very few
All the masters call themselves fathers,
bat the cheat is readily discovered when
the ages of the victims are looked into,
because but few fathers have many chill
dren of exactly the same age. As the
law now stands, all emigrants arriving
here are required to give bonds that they
do not become public charge for the
space of five years. These children are
all "bonded" by the steamship companies
upon whose vessels they arrive, and yet.
although they invariably become public
charge as vagabonds and itinerants, there
is no instance where any of the steam
ship companies were ever required to
provide for their support. If this law
was enforced, the importation Of infants
would soon cease.
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the fishermen have given up their busi-
to find more lucrative employment.
Whatever may be the success of the pre-
sent movement in our river it is the be
ginning of an enterprise in which our
citizens cannot fail to be deeply interest
ed. Mr.. Green and those in his employ
arc having the hearty co operation OF DR..
J. Ii. Slack, Fish Commissioner of New
Jersey, in the undertaking and the pre-
sent movement, if nothing else is accom-,
pished will give those engaged in it an
opportunity of surveying the ground and
thus preparing for a more extended and
vigorous effort Dext season. At the time
of our visit last Friday but two fish had
been caught, and the spawn had been
placed in box Of the kind above describ
ed in the river. 1t is expected work will
be continued at that place during the
spawning season, which will last for some
weeks to come. Our citizens who desire
to see the practical operations of shad
Matching will receive every attention On
visiting the place from Mr. Green's men.
who are anxious to interest the people in
the Observation-Disclosures
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Sure Test Of Death.

To learn with absolute certainty whe.
ther person is dead or not, DR.. Hugh
Magnys suggests the following simple
method Tie strong ligature tightly
around "A finger or toe Of the supposed
corpse. and if life is still present red
dening, which grows gradually darker un
til it becomes blush rcd, will occur in
that portion of the member beyond the
construction point. Where from exposure
or toll the finger has become very much
thickened. a toe may be selected, On the
other hand, if life is extinct, no change
of color will ensue The blush coloration
of the nails so often seen on the dead
body, and also in certain cases of blood
disease, need not be regarded as any
source of fallacy for after the applica,
cation of the igature, as long as life re-
mains in the body the whole OF the limb,
from the place of construction to the ex-
tremity, will be uniformly blue red, but
if the cooration do not take place, or on
ly occurs at circumscribed spot, it can,
with certainty, be concluded that the
spark Of life has vanished.
The deep-seated arteries carry blood to
the extremities the veins, which are
more superficial, return the blood toward
the heart. BY the ligaturc the backward
flow of the blood is arrested, when, if still
circulating, it continues to pass into the
CONSTRUCTED extremity through the arteries
and there accumulating gives rise to the
peculiar color described The object OF
the above proceeding is simply to asser'
tain whether the blood still cIreulates, as
the complete storpasc of this function,
according to Dr. Maguus, Is positive proof
of death.
1t is recommended in the application
of this method that the large limbs, sucl
as the arms or thigh, be not chosen, be
cause the necessary amount of constric
ton cannot be so readily obtained, tht
numerous, large, deep lying veins Of th'
muscles not being sufficiently compressed
by the ligaturc La case the fingers o
toes are not available, the lobe of the ca
may be employed - Scientific Mtscetfonl
IT Gatary.
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The thoughtful Illinois cat that saved
its masters house from burning destruc~
ton short time ago has rival in uoble-
minded Indiana dog of go unpleasant an
aspect that his owner looked upon him
only to despise him. Unappreciated aud
forlorn, the. finest qualities Of his inseliect
and his heart lost sight of in his lack of
personal beauty, he has proved the truth
of the ancient Seneca's wise words, that
sometimes to live is maguanimity. The
other day the little child of his master
wandered into the street, and being Glad
| in the accustomed dazzling raiment Of the
| Western rural infant, it attracted the
urgent aud'immediate attention of pass
! ING COW. She lowered her head and ran
at the child, who began to scream. The
sad dog, lying in the shade in the yard,
heard the cry, rushed on the scene, and
held the impetuous COW by the nose until
the child was rescued 1t confirms our
| faith in human nature 70 know that dog
is now nightly esteemed and honored by
his before scorntul poasessor,
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An Enormous Engine.

Plttsburg claims to have in process of
construction pair of engines which will
be the most powerful in the world. Reduc.
ing the capacity of some of the largest
pumping engines to a uniform lift of one
foot IN twenty-four hours, it is found that
the one at the LehigA Zinc Mines will
lift nearly 3,450,000 gallons the pair at
the Chicago Water Works, 1900, 900. 900
gallons; the pair at Harlem, Holland. TO-
O0O, O,G00, ,00G while the new Pittsburp
engines will lift 14,34O.00O, 600 gallons.
The pair will weigh 1900 tous and will
cost S423, $50. The following dimensions
will serve to give some idea of its
magnitude; Cranks, nine tons; shaft.
twenty-four tons four sections of the two
valve chambers, one hundred and twenty
tons; fly wheel, seventy tons. The four
plungers will weigh upward of four hun
dred tons. Cylinder, sixty four inches
diameter storke, fourteen feet. Plungers
forty inches diameter eleven foot stroke.
This ponderous piece of machinery will
be used to raise water into the Highland
avenue Reservoir in Pittsburg, a height
of three hundred and fifty six fest. 1t is
estimated it will raise seventy millions
pounds of water for each hundred pounds
of coal consumed, the cost being at the
rate OF one cent for every 800 gallons.
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a vile of most unsentimental and
ingenious turn of mind dwells in Penn
sylvania with her husband, who possesses
very jealous, misanthropic, and withal
romantic temperament. The other day,
this gentleman, George Jones, felt that
life was too much for him. and gave his
wife 10 cents to 60 to the druggists for
bottle of cold poison. The excellent
woman had bottle filed with lquorice-
water, and labeled ''Poison." Returning,
with this, the poetic master of her heart
melodramatically filed wine glass in her
presence, and prepared to drink She
screamed and rushed into the next room,
where she watched him through the key
hole, and saw him pour the deadly dose
out of the window. She rushed back to
him apparently overwhelmed with grief,
and begged him not to kill himself Mr.,
Jones, filled with poetry, merely pointed
to the empty glass, aud throwing himself
on the floor, squirmed. She iondly
observed that she would share his fate,
and swallowed the rest of the liquorico-
water, whereupon he became really
frightened, confessed his deception be-
fore all the neighbors, and said if she'd
only get well he'd never do so any more.
The world seems brighter to Mr.. Jones
now.
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CHARTER PERPETUAL.

The Bylaws of this Company, and the
regulations governing insurance have, re-
Gently been very materially changed, pa-
cling it upon basis equal 10 that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the Slate.
Important among these changes are the
following. viz;
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
issued for five years.
All property is classified and the rate of
premium is fixed according to the risk of
the property.
Premium notes are taken, and all as
sessmeuts are made on the notes.
Property is insured for not more than
two thirds Of Its actual cash value, and the
full amount of insurance paid in case of loss,
provided the loss be equal to the amount of
insurance.
Annual assessments only are made, en-
cept in cases of heavy loss, and where a
special assessment is necessary.
The Company is therefore prepared to in
sure property upon terms much more desira-
bic than under The old system.
Applications may be made to any of the
Managers, Surveyors, or Secretary.
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nE. =. =. PECK,
IL Surgeon Dentist.

Announces That having just returned from
Dental ColIegs, he is fully prepared TO make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and lie
like manner, and 10 fiji decayed teeth ac-
cording to the most improved method.
Teeth extracted without pain. when de-
sired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely harmless. Repairing OF
all kisas neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. c. KelIer's new Brick build
iaI. Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
aug 3l-tf
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OF two evils choose the least. This ad-
vice generally holds good, but in the ease
of flies aud mosquitoes, there Is some
doubt as to its correctness.
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would announce to the public, that they have
taken the stand lately occupied by i. L. Labar
& Co., and fitted and stocked it with choice
lines of
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A tailless calf was born in Warren
County, Indiana, last week, who is en-
joying life now-but wait until hy time
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MANAGERS.

Stogieli Stokes, Jacob Knecht,
J. Depue LeBar, John Edinger.
Richard 5. Staples, Francis Hagerman,
Silas l.. Drake. Jacob Stouffer,
Chas. ID. Brodhead, Theodore Schoch.
Robert Boys, Thos w. Rhodes,
William Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES, PreSi.
E. B. DREHER, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas l.. Drake, Thos. w. Rhodes,
William Gilbert, j. Depue LeBar,
Geo. g. Shafer, Jacob Sfouffer
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppelt, Jos L. Miller.
For Pike County:
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegenfus.
o. The Managers meet regularly a
The Secrelary's Office in Stroudsburg, O
the first Tuesday of each month. at
O'Clock p. NJ May l5, '73-tf
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DR. III. 3. PATTERSON,
OPERATING iND MECHiNICAL DENTIST,

Having located in East Stroudsburg, Pa, an
nounces that he is now prepared to insert arti-
manner. Also great attention given TO filling
and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex-
sracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
Gas. All other work incident to the profession
done in the most skillful and approved style.
All work attended to promptly and warranted.
Charges reasonable. Patronage of the public
solicited.
Office in 4. W. Loder's new building, OPP
po'ite Analomink House, East Stroudsburg,
Pa July IL, lS72-1y.
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Found out why people go to McCarty's to
get their furniture, because he buys it at the
Ware Rooms of Lee &'Co and sells it at
an advance of only ttcenty-ttco and t,co-
ninth per cent Or in other words, Rocking
Chairs that he buys Of Lee & Co. Through
the runners he don t haye) for 81, 80 he sells
for $5,5 Pays him to bay some good Fw'-
niture. LEE & co.
Stroudsburg, Aug. Is, 1S70.-tf
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1 1gERECAy HOTEL.

= q
The subscriber would inform the public that
nc has leased the house formally kept by Jacob
knecht, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, Pa.
and having repainted and refurnished the same,
IL prepared 10 entertain all who may patronize
him. Il is the aim of the proprietor, to furn-
Ish superior accommodations at moderate rates
and will spare no pains 10 promote the COM
tort Of the guests. \ liberal share of public
patronage solicited.
April II, '72-tfl d. l.. PISLE.