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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
Playing With Nitro-GIrcerine.

Two Providence boys, aged twelve
and fifteen, recently, while in search of
adventures, discovered in a field near
that city box, which they at once broke
open, and found that it contained con-
siderable quantity of gunpowder and
several packages, of the nature of which
they were ignorant. They, however,
confscated the whole, and at once COM
menced series of pyrotechnic expert
ments, which, however, did not prove
satisfactory on account of the absence of
noise. They at last found an empty
water pipe lying in the street, and pro-
ceeded to load it up. While the Oldest
boy touched it off the youngest boy
looked into the other end to see the fire
works. The result was highly satisfac-
tory to the party acting as cannonier,
but highly unsatisfactory to the little
fellow who had his nozzle thrust into
the end of the pipe, his face, hands and
one foot beng badly burned, and the
victim ran roaring home with his hair on
fire, jumping into providential cistern
which he came across, to extinguish the
confagration.
The remaining boy, after enjoying
hearty laugh at the discontinue of his
companion, proceeded to devise new
methods to amuse himself, and loading
an old fruit-can that he found, which,
not taking effect as soon as he expected,
walked up and gave the can kick.
There was no delay this time, for the
powder exploded at once, knocking the
boy distance of fifteen feet, setting his
clothes on fire, filing his face and hands
with gunpOwder and iniurinp him Sc
verely. The police, hearing Of the mat
ter, looked up the box, and discovered
that the packages before mentioned
We're nitro glycerine cartridges, and the
only wonder now is that whole neigh
borhood was not blown up. The boys
state that they threw away two of the
cartridges, so that there is chence yet
for another explosion, unless they are
found and taken care of. The box con-
tanning these deadly materials was
left in the field last fall by some work
men and rgotten.-Boston Tran
script.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
FARM AND GARDEN.


The value of the white ash for tim
Der is so well known that it NAV seem
almost superfuous to name it. There
is scarcely farm implement, from a
rake-handle up to a reaper OF mower, of
which the tough white ash does not
form part But the cultivation of this
valuable tree has been, and is STILL
sadly neglected in regions. where good
timber Tor the purposes named is and
ever will be needed. The time must
soon come when the implements re-
CURED for agricultural purposes on the
TAR Western prairies Will be manufac-
tured there, and good timber must be
had therefore it requires no great
stretch of the imagination to see that
profitable market will soon exist far
away from the present source of sup
ply. The cultivation of such timber is
like money put out at compound inter
est, and man investing a very small
sum at first viii soon find himself the
possessor OF large and constantly in
creaslng capital. The white ash is
tree easily grown from seed, which may
be obtained in unlimited quantities and
very cheaply. The seeding may be
easily transplanted without fear of loss,
and they will succeed in any good rich
soil. At first the seedlings appear to
make slow progress in comparison with
cottonwoods and willows, but, when
fairly established, their growth is rapid
and in every way satisfactory. As soon
as the trees are a few inches in diane
ter, the timber is ready for use, and
thenceforward continues to increase
with age. Farmers who are in need. or
likely to be, of good timber should not
neglect the cultivation of this most
valuable tree.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
The Moon and Fuel.

The Pau Nall Gazette speaks as fol-
lows OF curious superstition House.
holders who are laying in their stock of
coal for the winter will do well to study
the moon, which is believed, in some
quarters, to exercise no small influence
on fuel stacked or stored at certain sea-
sons. The Skye correspondent of the
cornish Telegraph mentions that.
during the fortnight which began on
the tenth OF last month, the people of
skye We're busy stacking their peats and
securing their winter firing, being anx-
1ous to complete the operation while the
moon was waning. During the fortnight
commencing on the oath Of June. when
the moon was crescent, no real Skyeman
would stack his peats for any considera-
ton, believing that unless stacked I'M
der waning moon the peats will Meth
er light nor heat when burned. ga
power OF smoke" is all that can be ex
pected from peats stacked under a cres-
cent moon. In Skye the crescent is
called 9 fas, . and the wane tarradh. y
and under these two terms the moon not
only exercises a great influence over
peats, but also over many other things.
In some parts of the Highlands, sheep,
pigs, and cows are only killed in the
= fas, as meat made in the 90 tarradh"
IS supposed to be good for nothing but
shrinking when in the pot.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
The Democratic Party-Has 1t Amy
PRINCIPLES
[From the New York Evening Post.J

[From the New York Evening Postl
The pursuit of knowledge under diff
culties finds a practical illustration in
an effort to ascertain the principles of
the so-called Democratic party The
existence of any such party at all is Sc
rlously questioned by many who belong
to it, if it still exists but since the re-
vivalists insist upon recognizing the
ghost of a once great organization as
the original Democratic party, we con-
cede the point for the sake OF argument.
Assuming, then, that there is Demo
cratic party, we desire to know upon
what principles it stands, that we may
support or condemn it as candidate
for popular favor If the champions of
revival can prevail upon the country to
recognize the image they set up for
party worship, then this question will
| assume great importance. People are
not this year, nor will they be next
year, or for some years to come, as they
sometimes have seemed to be, willing to
support the form without the substance.
the name without something which they
can at least call principles.
The fact that we have not recognized
the existence of a Democratic parry,
and especially that we have not learned
what principles it may represent, has
caused much unpleasantness among the
newspapers which aspire to be Demo-
cratic organs. AS rule with them, the
newspaper or person who cannot under
stand the necessity for a Democratic
party, and observe its principles with
out the use of artificial aid, must be set
down as radical partisan; supporter
of all Republican measures; an advo-
cate of Grants reelection in 1876, and
generally bigoted and one-sided polit-
ical skeptic. This is the substance of
the replies we get to the queries, Is
there Democratic party conced-
ing the afirmative-what are the Demo-
cratic principles And still we scan the
horizon for some light which shall be a
guide in this dilemma, only to find here
and there fugitive barren rock, COW
cred with all the party slogans ever
heard of, il imitation Of patent medi-
cine advertisements, but apparently
! having no connection with the main
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
To Break a Pair of steers.

To an inquiry at the New York Farm
ers' Club, S. E. Todd replied:
"The first step in my practice was to
get steers in a small yard, then into a
stall, put rope around the horns, tie
them in a stall, and teach them to stand
quietly when tied. All harshness was
avoided. The next thing was to estab-
Esh confidence between myself and
the steers, which was done by patting,
currying, and feeding nubbins of corn.
Wild steers would soon learn they were
not going to be hurt. They were then
trained to be led single, after which two
were tied together by their horns, and
were led around the yard and along the
highway until they were as tractable as
a gentle horse. Then yoke was put
on their necks, and two were allowed to
run loose for few hours every day in
the yard while wearing the yoke. A
sweep was then made by setting post
in the ground, allowing it to extend two
or three feet above the surface, the butt
end of pole, twenty or more feet long,
was placed in a horizontal position on
the post, with an iron bolt or crowbar
running through to the small end of the
pole, with hand-sled attached and they
were trained to draw the driver on the
sled. After few lessons on the sweep,
they were prepared to draw a light
sleigh to the woods and bring home a
small load of wood.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
4 Novel Lottery.

The directors of the Dublin (Ireland)
Tramway Company have become sus-
picious of their conductors, and have
been trying to circumvent them. At
first each conductor was given a strip of
tickets, and he was TO give one ticket to
each passenger, who was then to tear it
up. The conductors receipts were to
correspond with his ticket strips. But
people hated the company worse than
the conductor, and would not tear up
the tickets !; the conductor would use
them over again, and thus his income
was kept up. But now the remedy is
reached. Every ticket is numbered,
but the number is printed on it; and at
the end OF each month the company has
a grand lottery with three hundred
prizes, ranging from ten pounds to one
one shilling. Each ticket has chance
IN the drawing. Nobody throws away
his ticket now: every passenger is too
busy looking after his own interests.
Persons of nobility travel incognito in
the cars for the sake of chance in the
lottery and the affairs of the company
are unprecedentedly prosperous. The
plan is soon to be initiated in England.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

A COLORADO correspondent writes ::
Our butcher is a graduate of Yale :;
one OF the gentlemen working in the
printing office is a graduate5of Cam
bridge, and winner of the Bishops
medal for proficiency in the classics a
ranchman near here is the son of a gen
eral in the British army, and a near rel
atlve OF George Stephenson, of railroad
fame. -Four other ranchmen are the
sons OF a former governor of Bengal,
who IS still very wealthy Two are the
sons of an eminent London banker. A
graduate of one of the universities man
ages dairy, and attends to most of the
milking personally"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
A Strange River.

The Palatka (Fla) Herald says :
"The st. Johns river is very remarka-
bic. 1t is separated from the ocean
throughout its entire length by strip
of land not over forty miles in width.
Its banks are low; the soil, when ex-
amined, is found to contain very little
SILICA, being composed mainly of mi
mute shells. At elevated places along
the banks the coquinea, species Of
shell rock, can be seen. Wherever this
is found the soil is very fertile, and par
ticnlarly favorable to the growth of the
orange. Live oaks tower to the skies,
and their branches, spreading some fifty
or sixty feet each way, covered with a
drapery of solemn moss, and cypress,
bay, gum, palmetto, and magnolia
trees, with the beautiful palm with
crested crown standing like a sentinel
along its shores, and orange trees bear
ing from five hundred to one thousand
splendid oranges each, make a man
think that he is in the land of fable
yet this is all sober fact
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
The Battle of the BulIfrogs.

Many of the citizens of Vermont will
remember to have seen on one-dolla1
bills of the Windham County State
Bank vignette representing bullfrogs
lighting. This was engraved to COM
memorate the Battle of the Bullfrogs.
line facts were as follows Z" Many years
ago, when the town Of Windham was
newly-settled, there came very dry
season. There are two large ponds in
Windham, separated by an intervening
strip Of land of considerable extent.
Each of these ponds was inhabited by a
large community of the reptiles above
named. The smaller pond dried up
and its inhabitants started in a body for
the lower and larger pond. They were
met in the intervening space by the COM
munlty from the larger pond, and a
fierce and long-continued battle ensued
between the rival communities. Such
was the hideous believing of the frogs
during their fierce encounter that it
alarmed the inhabitants, who at first
supposed it to be the whoop of the hos
tile savages. But curiosity getting the
better of their fears, they cautiously
proceeded to the spot whence the
h1deous sound issued, and there beheld
the strange spectacle of two immense
armies of bullfrogs, covering many
acres of ground, engaged in fierce and
deadly battle. This battle continued
more than twenty-four hours, and when
1t was over the ground was literally
covered with the slain, and and it be-
came necessary, to avoid the noxious
effiuvia, to gather and bury them. .
Bostc!} Transcript.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
The Hair.

Somebody who has been studying the
matter OF the form and substance Of the
human hair in different races, finds that
the hair OF the North American Indian
IS cylindrical, that of the white race is
oval, and that of the negro NAV be
termed elliptical. It is also found that
when the hair is cylindrical the stretch
l9g and shrinking powers are equal on
all sides of the flament, and this condi-
ton gives it the lank, straight appear
ance OF that of the pure blood Indian.
The oval hair displays a greater number
OF fbers upon the fattened side than
elsewhere, condition which gives to
such hair tendency to curl or curve in
that direction. When eccentrically
el.liptieal it not only always curls, but
often assumes spiral shape, as on the
head OF the negro. The hair of the
Chinese is nearly cylindrical, and hence
1t is that curled hair is almost unknown
among that people.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
A Remarkable Prophecy.

The following, which is known q
!" Mother Symptoms Prophecy" was fir:
published III 1888, and republished i
164l. 1t will be noticed that all til
events predicted in it, except the tw
last ines-which is still in tie future
have already come to pass:
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Ground the world thoughts shall fly
IN the twinkling of an eye
Waters shallyet more wonders do;
Now strange, yet shall be true.
The world upside down shall be.
And gold found at root of tree
Through hills men shall ride,
And no horse or ass be at his side
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be seen,
In white, in black, in green.
Iron in the water shall float
AS easy as a wooden boat
Gold shall be found and shown.
In land that's not now known
Fire and water shall wonders do;
England shall at last admit Jew.
The world to an end shall come
La eighteen hundred and eighty-one
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

Opinions of agriculturists being at
variance as to the proper time to cut
clover for hay, Profs. Heiden and
Weight instituted a series of experiments
to determine this point Equal portions
OF field were cut on the 9th, 18th, and
9th of July, at the periods respectively
OF budding, early blossom, and full
bloom. The grass and resulting hay
were carefully weighed, and analyses
made. Their conclusions were, that
clover has less value as provender when
cut late, on account of the diminution
of the amount of nutritious nutrogenous
matter and the increase of cellulose or
woody substance and that an actual in
crease of nutriment in the crop from
early blossom to full bloom does not
take place. They conclude, therefore,
that it is best to cut clover in early
blossom. Furthermore, by reason Of
the woodiness of old clover. the nutri-
ment it contains cannot be as readily ex-
tracted by the animal, so that it is not
practically as valuable as its analysis
would indicate.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
Working Corn.

The F,arnaere' Union says The great
evil to the corn crop in this part of the
West is, farmers viii work it too much.
OF course the weeds must be subdued,
but the practice of putting shovel pillow
into the corn field up to the beam is a
bad one, especially after it is in the
tassel or silk. Before that time this
kind of pillow may be used with profit.
The breaking off of the roots of corn by
piowing has tendency to put back
the ripening of the crop. New roots
and fibres have to form, which retards
the growth of the ears and grain.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

A BUsTLE AS = E-PREsERvER.-
Musser and a young woman rode out
together last Sunday, to Lancaster, Pa.
1.-The lady held the reins, and, in round
ing curve, turned too suddenly, re-
sulting in tilt of the buggy, which
threw her head-foremost from her seat.
Her body had already left the buggy,
and she was descendidg upon her head
between the wheels, when Mr.. Musser,
with that quickness of thought which
comes to some persons in the hour of
danger, seized her by the hustle with
the left hand, when he grasped the
reins and checked the horse with the
right hand. The hustle was fortu-
nately well secured, and the lady was
saved"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
Caring for an Umbrella.

An incident that befell recent tray
eler on a New Hampshire railroad is
thus told by the Portsmouth Chronicle.
" He had occasion to get out of the cal
at New Market Junction, leaving his
umbrella lying across the seat he had
vacated. Returning, two nicely-dressed
ladies sat in the seat ahead, and as he
resumed his sitting one of them said,
You may pass me that umbrella, if you
please He replied, 8 Is it your UNI
brella, madame 2 Il will take charge
of it, said she, and the accommodating
gentleman passed his umbrella over to
the lady. Then pause. Now, if you
please, suggested the gentleman, i
will trouble you to return my umbrella.
It's silk one, and good one. [ paid
so for it, and I'd dislike very much to
part with it.. The passengers by this
time had become interested in the con-
versation, and, as the umbrella was re-
turned to its owner, the lady who had
shown such peculiar interest in it was
observed to flush deeply, while The
owner regretted that he had found il
| necess ary to rebuke her."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
A Very Rare Disease,

There exists only one case on record
in medicine of the enormous overgrowtb
Of all the bones of the body and the
wasting of the muscles. It was observed
by Sancerotte. Another case, however.
of this kind, as described by Prof.
Friedrich in Virchow's Archiv, pos
sesses peculiar interest. Saucerotte's
case was that of a man, aged 80, the
weight of whose body rose in four years
from l19 to 178 pounds, by the increase
OF his bones, the muscles all the while
wasting. The head of this man was
enormous, his eyes being pushed for
ward to the level of his forehead, and
the lower jaw attaining an immense
thickness. Attacks of insensibility and
difficulty of breathing characterized his
complaint. NJ. Friedrich has described
his patient as man of 26 years, being
one of six children, all of healthy habit,
except the youngest, who exhibits a
minor form Of the same affection. At
Is he began to feel his feet and ankles
growing heavy, then the hands and
fingers, the lower and upper limbs be-
coming of enormous size, due entirely
to the growth of the bones, the muscles
being wasted; the internal organs
healthy, and no disturbance of the
brain; medicines Intellectual exceptsome
comfort from cold baths.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

red clover and timothy, which it long
ago run out, and, although the white
clover and blue grass venture their pres
ence to a limited extent among it, the
orchard grass maintains its supremacy,
and, breast-high at maturity, lords it
over its diminutive trespasses in boun-
teous crop, while its humber attendants,
good in their place, modestly fill up a
great nutritious underground at the
bottom. No grass which we have ever
grown has yielded so heavy swath as
this, nor one from which so much cattle
food to the acre can be grown, aside
from lucerne, which our American eli
mates will not consecutively, year after
year, produce.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

A simple method, and sufficient for
general purposes, is to put into large
flat dish mixture of equal parts of milk
and water. The back of the drawing
should be foated over the surface of the
milk and water, once or twice, according
to the thickness of the paper, srfiient to
wet it through, but not enough to allow
any Of the liquid to run on the surface
of the drawing. Put it on line to dry.
Some prefer pure milk.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

TREASURE AT THE LONDON MINT.-An
official statement Of the operations of
the London mint gives many highly
interesting details, which show the ex-
traordinary and growing demand for
gold, silver, and copper coins. Within
twelve months the mint has worked off
no less than 119 tons of gold, 137 tons
OF silver, and ia tons of copper, out of
which total of 50, 81 ,04S pieces were
coined. The value of the gold coined
amounted to 915,OOO, 900 that of the
silver 81. $50. 900, and that of the cop
per 100000. How greatly the mint has
lately been in demand appears from the
fact that prior to 1871 only $4,000, 900
were coined, on an average.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

MUTTON Crops RY THE MI1L1oN.-I
met Mr.. J. J. Armijo in the Lindell Ho-
tel this morning. He and his brother
are probably the largest sheep owners
in the United States. They live in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their
herds number nearly $50, 900 head. The
brother has just made his appearance
i'll Denver with flock of 10000 sheep,
and Mr.. J. J. Armijo tells me that he
has drove of 1000 wethers but few
days journey from this city. The
brother was formerly the teller of a
bank in New York city, but he finds
sheep-raising more profitable than
operations in Wall street. The father
of these two gentlemen has been in the
sheep business over thirty years, and
the sons thoroughly understand it
Pueblo (Col.) Cor. NeaO York San.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

OTTAR OF ROSES. -From recent
paper on the "Ottar of Roses, we learn
that this rare and fragrant oil is obtained
mainly from the southern slopes of Bal
kan, Turkey, where there are over one
hundred and fifty stations where the in
gathering of the rose blossoms and the
manufacturing of rose-oil take place.
The quantity of oil produced in the
South OF France is unimportant COM
pared to the Turkish product. The
rose-trees are planted in rows, as the
vines In vineyard, at time twos being
grown together. The roses are gathered
IN bloom during the month of May, and,
while fresh, are subjected to distilla-
ton, together with their green calix-
leaves.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14

THE new trade dollar that was au-
thorized by the last Congress has been
lncontinently snubbed by the japanese
Government. The purpose of this coin
was to replace the Mexican dollar as a
medium of exchange in Japan, and to
facilitate this object, the Secretary of
the Treasury selected die patterned
almost exactly after the Mexican coin.
But the japanese were not to be de-
ceived by such a device, and they per-
sist IN their preference for the Mexican
dollar.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

All communications for this paper should be accom-.
panied by the of the author; necessarily for
publication but an evidence of good faith on the
part of the writer. Write only side of the naper
Be parcu arly careful in giving names and oates ia
have the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-14
Permanence of orchard Grass.

A writer in the Philadelphia Press
SAYS We have field of it, on a strong,
sandy loan, which has stood for more
than thirty years. 1t has been cut for
soiling; it has been cut for hay it has
been pastured it was first sown with