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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
Walking.

The New York Times is philosophizing
on the slothful habit of riding instead of
walking to and from places of business,
which our very boys have fallen into,
and N too many cases ride to and from
schools which are not more than three
quarters of a mile or a mile from their
homes. Besides the hygienic injury,
the practice works a moral wrong, BY
crowding the public vehicles. It SAYS 4:
"In case of foul weather, OF in case of a
man who has to go from Wall street to
Thirty-fourth, or further, we should all
acknowledge the necessity and make the
concession. But if cars and omnibuses
were. crowded only by those who entered
them under such conditions, how often
and how much would they be crowded %
Only feeble folk and the ailing ought
to shrink from walking five miles a day,
and as to the time saved by omnibuses
anG cars, the Times is certain cit will
be found to be only about ten minutes
on each trip !; and twenty minutes, in
two installments, is very little to give to
business, and very little to pay for the
benefit that would ensue to health from
a regular habit of pedestrian exercise.
* * If people choose to ride like
behring's in a key when they need not do
SO, who shall blame other men for taking
five cents from each of them for that
valuable privilege? And in seventy
cases in hundred they need not. From
Thirty-fourth street to the Aston House,
where most of the street railways end, is
two miles and a half and there are very
few men who would not be much the
better for a walk of that distance every
day before and after business"
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A FEARFUL EARTHQUAKE.
Tae City OF Salvador Entirelx Destrox

The City of Salvador Entirely Destroyed.
The city of Salvador, in Central America.
has been destroyed by an earthquake. Eight
hundred persons persisted, and S12, 600. 600
worth of property was destroyed. The earth
quake was followed by a confagration, and
many buildings were burned. The following
are the particulars of this terrible calamity. as
telegraphed from Havana: For a few DAYS
light shocks of earthquake had occurred. but
no serious apprehensions we're entertained.
It was on the afternoon of the 4th of March.
about half-past 4 o'clock, and almost without
warning, that a great part of the city was re-
duced to little more than ruins. The ground
heaved like a ship in the gale; a terrific thun-
dering burst from under-foot; walls were
shattered and rent in many places with
wide c~revices, and roofs sank. and
tiles, etc., were precipitated to the ground.
Lamps, pitchers, basins, glass, ETC., were
overturned and broken. Three violent shocks
followed in succession, and the servants COM
menced to scream piteously and could not be
pacified. Wild birds flew to the houses !:
horses grew frantic in stables, and dogs
bowling, skunk away for protection. Every
few minutes shakings of less violence occur
red. The scene beggars description. Ruined
houses, panic-stricken people. men, women.
and children, fleeing to the fields with valu.
ables, hastily collected by them the ringing
of the alarm-beIls and the beating of drums
calling all the soldiers under arms, for in San
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cerda, leaving 300 dead and wounded on the
field. The Republican loss was small.
France has just paid to Germany an ad-
ditional fifty million francs ON account of the
war indemnity.
A building in Rome was recently destroyed
by lightning, and 40 persons buried in the
ruins, 5 of whom were killed and II wounded.
Turkey is about to negotiate a loan of $780,
000, 900, the larger portion Of which will
be devoted to the construction of new rail
ways,
Three Observation-Disclosures have been tried at
Copenhagen and sentenced to terms of six,
five and four years imprisonment respectively.
Those provisions of the Treaty of Washing
ton which concerned Newfoundland have been
accepted by the Legislature of that province.
A revolution has overturned the Govern
ment of Panama, in Central America, imprison-
ed its President, and gained control of all the
departments, without the loss of a life.
Pope Pho Mono is really very i'll. His health
has been f~uctuating some time, and he was
recently thought to be recovering, but his
trouble has now taken a bad turn. He is very
old, and, like President Theirs, his position is
such that his death would create a connection
altogether disproportionate to anything he has
done during life.
Bidwell, one of the Bank of England forgers,
under arrest at Havana, has escaped.
A dispatch from Rome dated the 18th saws :
1.-The Pope. after suffering many hours of
great pain, is now in a lethargic state. His
physicians have forbidden the issue of bull
letins, and the clerical papers have been
ordered TO abstain from making reports. 1t is
feared the recovery of the Pope is impossible.
1t is believed that his death will be kept secret
until the conclave has elected a successor. to
avoid the interference of Germany and Italy.
All the Cardinals save two are now at the
Vatican. There are 400 Papal troops inside,
and orders have been given to allow no one to
enter"
O'Kelly, the Heralds Cuban correspondent,
has been released from prison.
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Mr.. Medill's Resignation.

The following correspondence has been pub
lished .
MAYoR's OFFICE, CHICAGO, April L.
To His E1cellency U. s. Grant, President of
the United States
DEAF SIR: An Executive order was promul-
gated on the 18th of January, 1873, against the
holding of State or municipal offices by Federal
appointees after the 4thof March, 1873. I'm
der this order it would be illegal for me to con-
time to hold the office of Commissioner of the
Civil Service Board unless 1 resign the Mayor
atty of Chicago. Not feeling that it would be
expedient to do the latter at present, I there
fore tender my resignation of the appointment
from you of Civil Service Commissioner. and [
hereby tender my thanks for the confidence
you reposed in me in making such appoint
ment; L also trust that the rnles prepared by
the Board and accepted and adopted by you
will not be abandoned, ignored or neglected of
enforcement, believing, as I dc, that the ap-
plication will tend to improve and elevate the
civil service, and that they are Endorsed by the
great mass of the American people.
Very respectfully yours,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24

How TO MAKE NrrRo-GLYoERINE.-
The well-known explosive material, nj
tro-glycerine, is made by mixing nitric
acid with twice its weight of suphuric
acid, and when the mixture is cool, 10
parts of glycerine to $50 of the acid are
added very carefully and stirred when
10 parts of water are added to this, nj
tro-glycerine is deposited. 1t needs to
be washed with bicarbonate of soda, to
remove all traces of acid. This process
issimple, but only experienced chemists
should attempt to manufacture this
highly explosive article.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
FEAR OF HEART DIsEAsE.-The dread

FEAR OF HEART DIsEAsE.-The dread
of this complaint is very common, and
very commonly groundless. Medical
students, after hearing lectures on this
subject, are given to interviewing their
professors under the belief that they are
themselves affected. But a~uscultation
generally shows that the disease is i'm
aginary. Why this disease should so
often be imagined to exist when it does
not, it is difficult to say. But there are
strange examples of this fear. An In
dian officer INDUCED in it for twenty
years, to the annoyance and terror of his
family, and finally died at a good old age
from an entirely different cause
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in the financial policy of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Large numbers of hungry ofice-seekers
still linger within the shadow of the White
House.
The President will start on his proposed
Southern trip early in May.
Appointments by the President: Charles
Gilpin, Surveyor of Customs at Baltimore. Fl.
G.. Carter, Surveyor of Customs at St. Joseph,
No. Postmasters-Charles l.. Nichols, at
Fort L~eavenworth, Kansas; Louis f. Kloster-
man at Cape Girardeau, Mo-; Daniel F. Braul-
bridger at Louisiana, Mo-; L. B. Cockern at
Carthage, ILL.,; J. G.. McPheeters at Blooming
ton, Ind; Robert Shields at Neenah, Wis;
William Tracy at Flint, Mich; Lucius Whit
ney at Morris, I'll.
An appeal has been made by some of the
friends of the Washington Monument Assecia-
ton to the members of Congress who do not
want to take their extra salary grab, to turn
over the amount to the completion of the
monument. The total amount of the grab is
81 $50, 900, which, it is said, will fnish the
monument.
The frantic appeals of the New York Herald
to the President and State Department to de-
mand of the Spanish authorities the release of
O'Kelley, their Cuban correspondent, are I'M
needed, and are likely to continue unnoticed.
A representative of the Herald who called on
the Secretary of State the other day, was in
quired of if he knew any way by which the
Spaniards could catch and hold a few more
Herald correspondents.
William L. Scruggs, of Georgia, has been
appointed Minister Resident to the United
States of Colombia.
1t is minated that most of the troops in the
South will be transferred to the Texas and In
dian frontiers.
The following appropriations were made by
the last Congress for the Improvement of West.
ern harbors:
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Salvador murder and pillage the
confusion of great earthquakes, and as the
frightened citizens leave the town, dusky In
dams from the forest prowl for prey into it,
only checked by the b~ayonets of the Gov
eminent troops. These were posted in
squads at short distances all over San Sal
vodor
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. c.,

april 9. 1873.
DEAR SIR: Upon my return to Washington
l find your letter of the LIST inst. resigning the
position of Commissioner of the Civil Service
Board, Oh account of your inability to hold
that position together with your responsible
Office of Mayor of Chicago. 1 appreciate your
reason while 1 regret that the Board will lose
your valuable services, and in accepting YOUR
resignation I beg to thank you for your earnest
labors in the cause of civil service reform. and
to assure You that the spirit of the rules
adopted will be maintained.
Very respectfully yours.
U. S. GRANT.
To Hon. Joseph Medill, Chicago, Ill.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24

THERE are in London 216,S 500 children
who r being efficiently educated in
schools which satisfy the requirements
of the School Board, 5,204 who are in
inefficient schools, and 80, 692 who are
not receiving any education. There are
/, los schools, good and bad.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
Washington.

The rush of travel to Europe is extraordi-
nary. Judging from the applications made to
the State Department for passports, which ex-
coed in number those granted for any CORE
spending period. They average about 100 per
day.
The accounts received from the Indian eoun-
try indicate a renewal of the atrocities along
the frontier.
The Treasury Department has commenced
paying the cotton claims fled under the act of
May Is, 1872. Over 1900 claims have been
presented, covering over Sc, 600, 900.
senator sumner rides out daily, and when
within a couple of squares from his residence
he leaves his carriage and walks home. The
exercise, slight as it is. tires him considerably,
owing to his weak state.
Tt is announced that there will be no change
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
THE MODOC

The Murder of Gen. Candy and Two
Peace Commissioners by Capt. Jack
and his Band.
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What They Suffer From.

Glass.blowers are the victims Of those
affections produced by the sudden vicis'
situdes OF temperature-rheumatisms
and various inhammations. Their eyes
are very weak, while they arc generally
thin and delicate.
Stone.cutters inhale the sharp parti.
cles, which are apt to produce diseases
Of the lungs.
Plasterers suffer from the gases dis.
engaged and from excessive moisture.
They suffer very much from labored
breathing, have wan, pallil yisages and
digest badly.
1Filers are sllort-lived. Whether the
metal be brass or iron, the fine sharp
particles make their way into the lungs,
where they develop disease, sometimes
asthma, sometimes consumption.
Workers in wool or cotton breathe
close, unchanged atmosphere, while
their lungs are filed with tho irritating
dust Of the material upon which they
work.
All indoor occupations, with the
present imperfect notions about venti-
iation, are more or less mischievous.
Outdoor occupations-farming, gar.
dening and other similar empl0yments
afford, with M intelligent c0mprehen.
sion of the food question, the best OPP
portunity for health and long life. Dri.
wing stage or express wagon, with fre-
quent leaving for the delivery OF pack
ages, travelling through the country on
foot rs book agent-these and similar
employments are perhaps not inferior
to farming and gardening.
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The General of the Jcsults,

Father Beckx, the General Of the
Order OF tho JesIits, has, it appears,
been interviewed at Rome by corr
respondent Of the Vienna PreSSc. The
correspondent describes him rs q short,
narrow.shouldered man OF seventy, with
Ia paleand tranquil lcountenAnce, "whose
life seemed to concentrate itself in his
expressive gray eyes, shaded by long
black lashes, and always bent to the
ground, except when he is addressing
YOU" He was dressed in long, loose
robe, which lle held together over his
chest with his left hand. "The Gen.
erals head is long and narrow, AID its
badness is concealed by black skull.
cap; his brown hair, interspersed here
and there with n thread OF silver, is
brushed back from his temples behind
his ears, and sharp prominent nose
and thin blOodless lips complete this
very characteristic but unattractivo
countenancc. The fatherspeaks French
and German with equal purity, though
his native language is French. Il left
Belgium" he said, "whero l was borp,
in 1910, and resided for some time in
Germany. In 1880 / went to Vienna,
and I lived in Austria till 1850" He
complained bitterly Of the persecution
suffered by the brethren Of his Order,
"who are now so hunted about from
place to place that, although most of
them can speak French, italian and
German, they now often find themselves
in countries where they are unable to
make themselves understood" "Soon,"
ho said, "they will have to learn Span.
ish, perhaps Magyar"
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A Dry Joke.

Tho New Albany Qnd.) wags mus
tered iu front Of the opera-honse in TINT
city few evenings ago and enjoyed
themselves at the expense of the llnwary
and credulous gentlemen who attended
the exhibition.
When the audience entered the build.
ing The weather was threatening, and
there was general display OF lin-
brellas. In the meantime, however,
the clouds were dispersed, and Mt the
conclusion OF tho exercises the weather
was fair. A number OF individuals who
were doubtless Jealous Of the gentlemen
in tho audience who were in the COM
pany OF ladies, ranged themselves in
front of the door, andstood on the pave
ment with their umbrellas opened.
As the crowd came surging and
squeezing through the doorway, the
brilliant light within rendered the outer
darkness darker, and, with spread tlm-
brellas, deceived everybody into the
belief that rain was falling. Many and
earnest were the appeals of gallantbeaux
to lesser favored gentlemen for tho loan
OF umbrellas, and ladies' were observed,
in many instances, as they bcheld the
damp appearance Of things, to stop and
roof in their hats or bonnets with their
handkerchiels, in the meantime loudly
deploring the expected wetting. Every
man WHO had m umbrella in his hand
disenpnged his arm from the lady at his
side and triumphantly lifted his water
shed as he reached the lower steps,
congratulating himself on the expected
walk home in the near eompanionShtp
to which the rain would compel his
lady love. The spreading Of each I'M
brellA occasioned the spreading Of n
hundred months, and roars Of laughter
greeted tlo lupes. There was IN odd
and never to be forgotten gathering up
Of ladies skirts as the dear creatures
tried 10 smooth their RULED plnmage,
whom they discovered tho Joke: Some
were AMUSED and laughed, and others
rot mad and thought "sometlingS" not
mOntionable,
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The ToOthachc.

When was a boy, said Beecher in
ono of his Friday night lectures, | used
to suffer more with tho toothachc in any
one hour than did in having the tooth
ont, and have no doubt 1 have suffered
more from tho tootliache than should
II / had been put TO the rack md killed
by the torture. have no doubt there
arc persons here who suffer more every
month than they would by public ex.
ecutiOn. There is somethingvery dread.
full to contemplate in hanging, tits true,
but l think the small, petty suffering
which people go through with every
week until their brows become CORFU.
gated with caro- is a far greater torture.
Life for the most part Is stale. Take
any active drink, and let it be drawn
awhile, it throws out all its fixed air
and II Is not sour-it does not become
actually corrupt for some time, but to
the taste 1t is flat and stale, and tllereis
a great deal Of life that is simply stale.
How much Of your life do you think is
positively radiantP How many are able
to 20 on with their duties In secular
affairs in such way that they arc bravo
and quiet and trustful and happy2 Men
feel every way backward and forward,
like q porcupine that rolls himself up
and has sharp quilts every way. Men
pray that they may have trust in God
In greAt things, but do they pray
for trust in The things OF everyday
lifpp
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A Goat Paradise.

Tho island of Guadaloupe, lately
purchased Of the Mexican Government
by company Of California capitalists,
is to be converted into one vast rancho
for tho breeding and rearing Of Angora
goats. 1t lies Off the coast Of Lower
California, ninety miles from the liarbor
Of San Quentin, and two hundred miles
from San Diego, the terminal point Of
the Texas and Pacific Railway, and Is
twenty-six miles long by ten miles wide.
This would give IN area of 16G, 400
square acres. OF this, 1850 acres Is a
dense forest. Tho face Of the island is
said to resemble, in remarkable man
nor, the native country Of the Angoras.
Good grass and other vegetation cover
its surface. The air Is so fine that when
tile dry season sets in the grasses cure
on tho ground standing, and the climate
is 80 mild. genial, and equable that
stock can range throughout all the year
without artificial shelter or prepared
fodder. The rains arc sufficient 10
keep the grazing always fresh and
abundant, while the living water OF the
springs is plenty, pure, and wholesome.
There is not tho drawback there on no.
count Of wild Animals which exists or
some portions Of the mainland.
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Tho Farmers, National Congress.

In tho National Agricultural Congress
OF tho United States at Indianapolis,
the Committee on Agricultural Colleges
reported for adoption n resolution Np-
proving and endorsing the efforts now
being made to secure additional aid
from Congress- for colleges established
under the land grant Of 1862.
An adverse minority report being Of
fered the report was tabled.
Tho Committee on Miscellaneous
Business reported n seriesof resolutions
declaring the efforts OF any class to in
crease or decrease the value Of labor, or
tho product Of labor, as pernicious in
their influence and against the interests
OF farmers that the eight-hour law is
unwisc, unjust, and disturbing Gle.
ment IN the business OF the whole coun
try, mud ought to he repealed.
Tho resolutions were rejected by a
large majority.
4 lengthy report from the Committee
on transportation was referred bnck for
mobilization, and the Congress then id
iournod.
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Female Warriors.

Female warriors have been found in
the heart of Christendom, even since
the dawn Of this century. We are as.
sured by Bulwer that the French armies
have never been engaged in the neigh
borhood OF Paris without there being
found many Of these females whom one
secs in the saloons of Paris, slain on
the field OF battle, to which they had
been led, not so much by violent pas.
sion for their lover as by desire for
adventure, which they Gre willing to
crafty, even in the camp.
Dumourier had at one time for his
aids-de.camp two delicate and accom-.
plished women, who delighted in the
bloody scenes Of war. "Often, in the
most desperate crisis Of the battle" I"
said the general, "I have heard their
slender but animated voices reproach-
ing flight aud urging to the charge /;
and you might have seen their waving
plumes and Roman garb amid tho thick.
est Of the fire."
After the battle Of Waterloo there
were found among the dead several
Partisan girls, who had gone forth with
their lovers and actually fought in their
company. Nor was this an uncommon
event.
"one morning." says Mrs. Scott,
"when passing the Palais Royal Ot
Paris, I saw one OF these women dressed
in military costume, with boots, spurs,
and sabre. No Frenclman seemed to
consider the sight strange one." The
spirit Of joan Of Arc still seems to ami.
mate the bosoms Of the French women,
many OF whom hnye shown themselves
anxious to emulate her prowess.
"one day." says Marshal NIassena,
"being at Buezenghen, l perceived j
young solaier, belonging to the light
artillery, whose horse had Just been
wounded by lance. The young man,
who appeared quite q child, defended
himself desperately, rs several dead
bodies of the enemy lying around him
could testify. Immediately dispatched
m officer, with some men, to his assist
ance, but they arrived toolate. Although
this action had taken place on the Dor
ders Of the wood, and in front OF the
bridge, this artiileryman had alone
withstood the attack Of the small troor
of Ccssacks and Bavarians, whom the
officer and men I had dispatched put tc
flight. His body was covered with
wounds, inflicted by shots, lances, and
swords. There were at least thirty,
And do you know, madame, what this
young man was p said Massena, turn
ing to the relater Of this anecdote.
"a womanl yes, n woman, and {
handsome woman, too, although sht
was SO covered with blood that il wal
difficult to Judge Of her beauty. Sh,
had followed her lover to the army
The latter wns n captain of artillery
she never left him, md when he wal
killed, defended like n lioness the re
mains Of him she had loved. She wa
a native of Paris, her name was Louise
BellCtz, and she was the daughter Of I
fffiinge.maker in the Rue du Petit Lion.
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The SetrOthal.

He asked, "wlrs, my Mamie walk
Dy my ui!slO through our coming lliOi
VIII y1u lay your beautiful hands in mlnc,
Through the wintOf's chill aud tho summer
shine,
And bO my bride, my wife ~
with never thought of fear,
answered him, sober and truoi
"Lifo is lonely and dark aud drear,
Love is sweet and friends are dear
Allan, I'll go with you"
ThOn ho placed on my finger white
Ny blue botrotllal ring,
And babe me wear 1t until my life
Was merged in his his bride, his wliO,
Whatever fate might bring.
Oh, ring in thy velvet case!
With thy diamond eye cleaning still,
Oh, cruel lover with ali thy graeol
Sad, sad is the mOmory.haunted place
In my weary breast, that 20 oil.
God pity thee faithloss one
God pity thy fair young bridei
Her life will bo dsrkenod forever moro
By the cursO .hat llcth at thy hearts door
Thy perjury and thy pridO.