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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

habits Of saving on the part of all who might
be IN way of earning small sums of money,
but would tend largely to utilize and keep in
circulation the immense amounts which are
paid out for wages and in business, and give
every depositor direct interest in the stabil-
ity Of the Government.
The Postmaster-General again urges the as
sumption by the Government OF the control of
telegraphs. A Government postal telegraph
IS the only means by which the full benefit of
this great invention can be secured, for wher-
ever the telegraph is under Government man
agement, it is operated at it's minimum cost,
and people receive the benefit in low rates of
transmission and greatly extended facilities.
The telegraph should be made part of the
postal system without further delay. AS Con-
gress does not seem inclined to exercise the
discretion given in the third section of the act
of July "a, 1866, to appoint appraisers to value
lines, property and effects Of the companies
now in operation, and as the Western Union
Company appears to be unwilling to make vol
untary sale at q fair price, the Postmaster
General recommends that provision be made
by law for the immediate establishment of the
postal telegraph, and for the construction of
all such lines as may be needed, under the di-
rection of competent officers Of the Engineer
Corps of the army The experience they ac-
quired during the war of the rebellion would
enable them to do the work in a most econom-
ical and satisfactory manner.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
"Patrons Of Husbandry" and "Grang.
ers.c

The terms " Patrons of Husbandry 4"
and "Grangers" do not seem to be
properly understood. Patrons" are
often enormously called Changers.
A Granger" as defined by Webster,
is bailiff. All members of the Order of
patrons of Husbandry" are patrons. +"
The Grange is the place where they
meet-the Lodge. With the same pro-
priety might we call Masons or Odd
Fellows dodgers" because they meet
in lodges. The word "grange" is de-
rived from the French, and means a
granary, or farm with stables and ne
cessary outbuildings. As the degrees
of the Order can be worked IN an open
field as we'll as in the granary, the place
of meeting is called grange" There
are subordinate oranges, composed
of members who have taken the first
three degrees; State oranges composed
of the Masters and Past-Masters of the
subordinate oranges; and National
Grange, composed of the Masters and
Past Masters of the State oranges.
There is no different designation for the
members of the separate bodies all are
Patrons. The members of the Order
should attempt to correct the impress
ion about "Grangers" which has be-
come SO prevalent.--Rock River
Farmer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

1t is not generally known how easy a
matter it is to explore the bottom of a
well, cistern or pond of water by the
use of common mirror When the
sun is shining brightly, hold mirror so
that the reflected rays of light will fall
into the water. A bright spot will be
seen at the bottom-so light as to show
the smallest object plainly. By this
means you may examine the bottom of
wells fifty feet deep, when half full or
more of water. The smallest straw or
other objects may be perfectly seen from
the surface. If well or cistern be
under cover, or shaded by building so
that the sunlight will not fall near the
opening, it is only necessary to employ
two mirrors-using one to reflect the
light to the opening, and the other to
reflect it down into the water. Light
may be thrown fifty or hundred yards
to the precise spot desired, and then
downward. Half dozen reflections
may be made, though each mirror di-
minishes the brilliancy of the light.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
A Scene in Havana.

Gen. Oscar V. Dayton was in the city
of Havana during the carnival which
followed the Spanish butcherjes, and
relates to q New York Tribune reporter
what he saw : He says that the news
came on the day of the arrival of the
new Captain General; that the volun-
teers were wild with excitement that
his quarters were with friend at the
Hotel San Carlos and that, while ad-
monished that his life would be in peril
if it were known by the volunteers that
he was an American, he was enabled to
overlook from the balcony the entire
scene of rejoicing. All the streets, he
observed, were decorated with the
Spanish colors-red, white and red
extending from one side to the other,
overhead, and the volunteers marched
back and forth maddened with liquor,
the bands playing the national airs
He said that the air rang With their
curses upon Americans that these
demonstrations continued for three days,
constantly increasing in their madness,
and that during this carnival he did not
consider it safe to venture into the
str acts. He said the constant threat
was that they would get rid of the
"pirstes, as they were called, before
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
A Pleasant Day.

Among the large number gathered at
the horse-sale, Friday, was Col. Hig-
ginson, who is, as our Danbury readers
well know, very deaf. Alongside of
him stood young man, stranger, en-
gagged, aa was the Colonel, in watching
the sale. During a lull he turned
toward the Colonel and. politely OBJ
served, A pleasant day." The Colonel
saw the movement of the lips, but of
course heard no sound, but Dot wish
ing to lose what might be matter of
vital interest, he said, whats that 2"
" 1t is a pleasant day." repeated the
young man, suddenly realizing the
dreadful insigni6cance of the statement.
" / did not quite hear you," explained
the Colonel, leaning forward with some
anxiety. The young man turned very
red, and looked as if he was about to
descend into the bowels of the earth
with his hat ON. CT said it was pleas
ant day." he again stammered, raising
his voice, and shivering at the sound.
The ColonePs hand went up to his ear,
" Really, sir" he said, in a bland man
ner, :" am afraid you will have to
speak little louder" The young man
grew redder than ever. How gladly he
would have turned and fled how bit
terly he regretted not keeping the infor-
nation to himself. But the Colonel stood
waiting, and, raising himself by his
toes, the young man shrilly screamed !:
SIT is a pleasant day." The Colonel
heard this, and promptly conceded,
and the young man retreated amid the
encouraging smiles of the populace.-
Ddnburu Ne,cs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
How to Clean Kid Gloves.

Place fine towel folded on the table,
on which lay your glove, take piece of
flannel and with the forefnger dip it
lightly into milk, then rub it about twice
on piece of common brown soap pro-
coed to rub the glove, commencing with
the thumb, and as the flannel finger tip
becomes dirty change it till no dirt
comes off the glove. After cleaning the
front and back of the finger, open the
finger and again lay it down fiat, this
time to clean the sides, otherwise you
could find streak of dirt when the
glove is dry. After the fingers clean the
palm and back, taking care no particle
escapes, otherwise streak will appear.
When the glove is dry pull it out, and
white clean glove will be the result. Too
much soap stiffens the glove; too much
milk is equally Objectionable.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

The hair should be thoroughly washed
with warm water and CASTLE soap at
least once a month. The color of the
water after the first rinsing will expose
the necessity of this hair-bath. To
wash and dry the head in a thorough
manner, without pulling out the hair or
causing discomfort to its possessor, is
an art. Soda or borax, which is so gen.
orally used in washing the hair, is highly
injurious. To preserve the hair in good
condition, it should be brushed every
night until it is soft and glossy. Rub
bling the scalp with little bay water or
weak spirits of any kind will keep it
white and free from dandruff. "False"
or ornamental hair should be carefully
kept to be endurable. The habit of
some persons of laying their coils upon
the bureau, or hanging them on the
gas-fxture at the side of the glass on
removing them from their heads at
night, is extremely untidy, as they be-
come dusty and uncleanly from this ex-
posture. Switches can be kept in good
order for long time if well brushed
and placed in boxes when not in use.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

CURE FOR A FELoN.-As soon as dis
covered, take some spirits of turpentine
in cup, dip the finger in it, and then
hold the hand near hot fire till dry !;
then dip it in again and repeat for if
teen minutes, or until the pain ceases.
The next day, with sharp knife. pare
off the thick skin and you will find some
thing like honeycomb filed with clear
water; open the cells and the felon is
gone. If the felon is too far advanced
for turpentine, oil of origanum, treated
in the same way, will cure. If too far
advanced for either to cure, the felon
will still be benefited, or it will be less
painful. Never draw it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
Home Rule for ireland.

The " Home-Rule" party in Ireland,
which is the latest thing in Irish poll
tics, have published in London a def
mite statement of what they seek. They
say they want to obtain
"For our country the right and priv
ilege of managing our own affairs by a
posed of Her Majesty the Sovereign and
her successors, and the Lords and Com
mons Of Ireland.
To secure for that Parliament, I'M
der a federal arrangement, the right of
legislating for and regulating all mat
tiers relating to the internal affairs of
Ireland, and control over Irish resources
and revenues, subject to the obligation
of contributing our just proportion of
the Imperial expenditures.
"To leave to an Imperial Parliament
the power of dealing with all questions
affecting the Imperial Crown and Gov
eminent, Legislation regarding the colo
MES and other dependencies of the
Crown, the relations of the united EN-
pire with foreign States, and all mat
tiers appertaining 70 the defense and
the stability of the Empire at large.
"To obtain such an adjustment of the
relations between the two countries
without any interference with the pre-
negatives of the Crown, or any dis
turbance of the principles of the Con-
stitution."
This is something very different from
Irish nationality, and excludes all
thought of separation from Great
Britain. If granted, it is claimed it
will extinguish Fenianism and estab-
lish peace in Ireland.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

HYGIENE USE OF TEA.-Dr. Adam
Smith, in paper read before the Lon
don Society of Arts, recommends the
use of tea in the following cases: After
afullmeal, when the system is oppressed;
for the corpulent and the old ; for hot
climates, and especially for those who,
living there, eat freely or drink milk or
alcohol; in cases of suspended anima-
ton; for soldiers who in time of peace
take too much food in relation to the
waste proceeding in the body /; for SOL
diers and others marching in hot eli
mates, for then, by promoting evapora-
ton and cooling the body, it prevents
in degree the effects of too much food,
as of too great heat.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
Failures i'm Business.

The man who has never failed in bust
ness cannot possibly know whether he
is honest or not, cannot possibly know
whether he has any "grit" in him, or is
worth button. 1t is the man who fails,
and then rises who is really great in his
way.
Peter Cooper failed in making hats,
failed as cabinetmaker, locomotive
builder, and grocer but as often as he
failed he tried and tried again." until
he could stand upon his feet alone, then
crowned his victory by giving a million
dollars TO help the poor boys in times to
come.
Horace Greeley tried three or four
lines of business before he founded the
Tribune, and made it worth million of
dollars.
Patrick Henry failed at everything he
undertook, until he made himself the
orator of his age and nation.
The founder of the Heraldkept on fail
ing and sinking money for ten years,
and then made one of the most profit
able newspapers on earth.
Stephen A. Douglas made dinner
tables and bedsteads and bureaus for
many long year before he made him
self a "giant" on the floor of Congress.
Abraham Lincoln failed to make both
ends meet by chopping wood, failed to
earn his salt in the galley-slave life of
Mississippi fat-boatman he had not
even wit enough to run a grocery, and
yet he made himself the grandest char
acter of the nineteenth century.
Gen. Grant failed at everything except
smoking cigars he learned to tan hides,
but could not sell leather enough to pur-
chase pair of breeches a dozen years
ago he " brought up" on top of wood
pile, teaming" it to town for forty dol
lars a month and yet he is one of the
great soldiers of the age, and is now the
honored head of great nation.
The lesson for every young man is
this As long as you have health and
power to do, go ahead if you fail at
one thing, try another, and third-a
dozen even. Look at the spider nine
teen times it tried to throw out its web
to place of attachment, and on the
twentieth it succeeded. The young man
who has the gift of continuance" is
the one whose foot will some day stand
on high ground, and will be able to
breast the angry waters of human dis
couragement.- of Health.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
The Executions at Santiago.
Havana (Nov. 15) Correspondence of the New Yc
Herald

Havana (Nov. 15) Correspondence of the New Yorl
Herald
Regarding the most prominent affair
IN the minds of all at present, the cap
ture OF the Virginius and the fate of the
unfortunate found on board of her, ]
lind the following in the columns of the
Bandera Espanola. of Santiago de Gu
ba, of the Sth:
SAT quarter to this afternoon (the
7th), at the usual place, thirty-seven OF
the crew made prisoners in the steamer
Virginius were shot to death. They
met their fate with the greatest resigna-
ton. Twenty-seven were foreign pi-
rates, and ten Cubans."
Further advices received from Santi-
ago de Cuba state that, besides the
thirty-seven executed on the 7th inst,
fifty-seven more were shot on the 10th
inst. The names of these are not
given.
On the 18th, the following were exc
cuted: Mola, Oscar varona, Agustin
Varona, William Walls, Boitel, Tenulo,
Castellanos, Santa Rosa, Consuegra,
Porras Pita, Otera, and Quesada.
The crew was executed in the public
square-butchere rather, as private
reports state that the marines who
fired were fully five minutes completing
their horrible task, as they were misera-
BILE marksmen.
MIR. E. G. Schmitt, the United States
Consul at that place, did his duty nobly,
and was most active and Jealous in his
efforts to induce the authorities to pro-
coed more slowly and with more human
ity, anu pay some attention to treaty
rights but all in vain, as all his efforts
were set at naught. He was threatened,
bullied and insulted. He promptly
protested formally against the action of
the Governor and all concerned, and
also filed his protest before the Marine
Court, which was engaged in the trial
OF the crew, as soon as he got the in
formation from the Consul at Kingston
OF the fact of the Virginius being an
American vessel.
Another insult was put upon the Con-
sui, for, just previous to the moment
when the prisoners left the jail, three
soldiers, as guards, were stationed at the
ConsuPs residence-one at each corner
and one at the front of his door. 1t hap
pened that the French Consul, his
Chancellor, and several other persons
were at the time with Mr.. Schmitt, and
as the time was too short to demand an
explanation and have the soldiers re-
moved,-as every one stoppedto inquire
if the United Ststes Consul was under
uard,-ioined in making a process
verbal Of the circumstance.
At o'clock p. m. precisely the con-
demned were marched out of Jail, which
is not far from the Consul's office, and
filed past four by four. Most of them,
in passing, saluted the bare flagstaff of
the Consulate by inclining their heads.
The last to go by were Capt. Fry, Mr..
Harris and Mr.. Alfaro, who, besides
saluting, waved mournful gOod-by to
the Consul and groups of gentlemen
standing on the piazza of the Consurs
residence. All the unfortunates marched
unwaveringly to the fatal spot.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
The Printers Estate.

We find In an exchange the following
remarks, which all printers and pub
fishers will agree in calling sensible,
and commend them to the attention of
the reader. They will apply to all To-
calities in which newspapers circulate /:
The printers dollars-where are they +?
A dollar here and dollar there scat
tered over the country, miles and miles
apart how shall they be gathered to-
gether? The paper maker, the jour
neyman compositor, the building owner,
the grocer, the tailor, and all assistants
to him In carrying on his business, have
their demands hardly ever small as a
single dollar. But the mites here and
there must be diligently and patiently
boarded, or the wherewithal to dis
charge the liabilities will never become
sufficiently bulky. We imagine the
printer will have to get up an address
to his widely scattered dollars some
thing like the following Dollars,
halves, quarters, dimes and all manner
of fractions into which you are divided,
collect yourselves and come home. You
are wanted. Combinations of all sorts
of men that help to make the printer a
proprietor gather In such force and de-
mand with such good reasons your ap-
pearance at this counter, that nothing
short of you will please them. Collect
yourselves, for, valuable as you are, you
will never pay the cost of collecting.
Come here in single file, that the print
er may form you in bat. alions, and
send you forth again to battle for him
and vindicate his feeble credit. T"
Reader, are you sure you haven't a
couple of printers dollars sticking
about your clothes? If you have, order
them home Immediately.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

The London Times gives the follow
ing explanation of the fact that there are
financial troubles in many countries at
Once:
cit will perhaps be asked how it is
that while money, like water, has the
constant tendency to find q level, there
can be simultaneous scarcity in all the
chief places of the globe? The answer
is that probably at no previous period
has there been so simultaneous hoard
ing. Not only has the improvident ab-
sorption in England been beyond any
former precedent, but there is reason to
believe that In America, Spain, and
France, from different canses, the pro-
cess has been on still more unusual
scale while in Germany, although the
gold coinage is gradually paid out in
exchange for the old silver circulation,
this silver circulation is retained by the
Government, and practically amounts to
the boarding of the wealth obtained
from France. If there should be re-
turn to pacific and orderly government
on the continent, period of unsurpassed
abundance would probably be witnessed,
the effects of the American panic being
certain to subside in due course but
the signs in France give little hope of
such a contamination, and hence, al
though on this side the tendency may
be toward a recovery of steadiness,
there can, In the relations between trade
and the money market, be no ground on
which, for the present, calculations can
be based with any approach to GER
tainty."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

"WHAT," asks DR.. Stebbins, "might
be done with the money wasted in war /?
Give me the money that has been spent
in war, and will purchase every foot
of land on the globe. L will cloth every
man women and child in an attire that
kings and queens might be proud of.
/ will build school-house on every
hillside and il every valley over the
whole habitable earth, and will supply
the schooI-houses with a competent
teachers. 1 will build an academy in
every town, and endow a college in
every State and fill it with able pro-
fessors. 1 will crown every hill with a
church consecrated to the PRONUNCIATION
of the gospel of peace. will support in
its pulpit an able teacher of righteous
ness, 30 that on every Sabbath morning
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
10 II

&c Now said she, if two of you
gentlemen will go into No. bedroom,
and wait there few minutes, I'll find q
spare room for one of you as soon as
I've shown the others to their rooms.
Swell, now, having thus bestowed
tOo gentlemen in No. 1, she put the
third in No. 2, the fourth iii No. 8, the
fifth in No. 4, the sixth in No. 5, the
seventh in No. 6, the eight in No. Z, the
ninth in No. 8, the tenth in No. 9, and
the eleventh in No. 10. She then came
back to No. l, where, you will remem-
Der, she had left the twelfth gentleman
along with the first, and said I've
now accommodated, all the rest, and
have still room to spare so, if one of
you will please step into No. IL, you
will find it empty. Of course there is
hole In the saucepan somewhere but
we leave the reader to determine exactly
where the fallacy is, with just warning
to think twice before deciding as to
which, if, any, Of the travellers was the
odd man out. %
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

there was a chance for interference.
He related the following incident as IL
Illustrating the desperation with which
the patriots fight. The volunteers de-
manded of an acquaintance of his an OK
for barbecue, on the eve of one of their
battles with the Cubans but when the
fight was over, so great had been the
slaughter of the Spanish troops that
there were none left able to indulge in
the feast, and the OK remained uncon-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
MONSTER CHREsEs.-At a cheese fac

MONSTER CHEEsEs.-At q cheese fac
tory near Utica, N. Y, there have been
made this fall fourteen big cheeses,
weighing from 1000 TO 1900 pounds.
The largest one is two feet high, and
four feet six inches across the top. The
Utica Herald says it is "as large over
as a large milestone, and considerably
thicker" In other words, it is as big as
q big stone. It took 81. 900 pounds of
milk, and it weighs 1900 pounds. 1t
requires windlass to turn it over. This
cheese was made as q present to the
English friends of the donor.-Cgepe-
land Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
A Neat Puzzle.

Here is something for our readers to
puzzle out =
"How Dublin chaimbermaid is said
to have got twelve commercial travellers
INTO eleven bedrooms, and yet to have
given each separate room. Here we
have the eleven bedrooms =
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

the chime on one hill should answer to
the chime on another round the earths
broad circumference, and the voice of
prayer and the song of praise should
ascend like al universal holocaust to
heaven -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04
. CORKEsPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the name ofthe anthor not necessarily for
publication, but evidence o. good faith on tie
part ef the writer Write only on one side of the paper
Be partition arly careful in giving and cates
have the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-04

A TINY ENGNE.-The smallest en-
CINE in the world is now in possession
of John Penn, of Greenwich, England,
the eminent maker of great engines. 1t
will stand on a three-penny piece it
really covers less space, for its base
plate measures only three-eights of an
inch by three-tenths. So small are some
of the parts that they require power
full magnifying glass to see their form.
The whole weight of the model is less
than three-penny piece. 1t works ad-
mirably, and when working, its crank
shaft performs from twenty to thirty
thousand revolutions in minute.