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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-29
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
NapOleOn's Will.

a cable telegram says The following
is the true will of the late Emperor
Napoleon, under which letters of adj
mlnlstration are now applied for. The
estate is sworn to under e12O, 900 ster-
ling, and this sum is subject to claims
which will reduce it one-half
This is my will [ commend my son
and my wife to the high authorities of
the State, to the people, and to the army
The Empress Eugene possesses all the
qualities requisite for capably conduct
ing the regency, and my son displays a
disposition and Judgment which will
make him worthy of his high destinies.
Let him never forget the motto of the
head of our family Everything for
the French people Let him fix on his
mind the writings of the prisoner of
st. Helena. Let him study the EN-
peror's deeds and correspondence, and
finally let him remember, when circum-
stances permit, that the cause of the
people is the cause of France. Power
is a heavy burden, because one cannot
always do all the good one could wish,
and because contemporaries seldom
render justice; so that in order to fulfill
ones mission one must have faith in and
CONSCIOUSLY dppI6CldUe Ills QuGy. LII IS
necessary to consider that from heaven
above those whom you have loved regard
and protect you. 1t is the soul of my
illustrious uncle that has always in
spired and sustained me. The like will
apply to my son, for he will always be
worthy of his name. [ leave to the
Empress all my private property. I
wish that, at the majority of my son.,
she shall live at the Elysee and Biarritz.
| trust that my memory shall be dear to
her, and that after my death she may
forget whatever unhappiness [ may have
caused her. With regard to my son,
let him keep as a talisman the seal I
wore attached to my watch, and which
comes from my mother. Let him care
fully preserve everything that came to
me from the Emperor my uncle, and let
him be convinced that my heart and my
soul remain with him. l make no men
ton of my ia thful servants. I am con-
WINGED that the Empress and my son
will never abandon them. I shall die
in the Catholic Apostolic and Roman
religion, which my son will always honor
by his piety.
Done and signed with my hand at the
Palace of the Tuileries, the oath of
April, 1865.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
Iceland Volcanoes.

A great eruption of the Skaptar Yokul,
a volcano in Iceland, took place on the
9th of January. 1t lasted over four
days, and the magnificent sight it pre-
scented was visible from most parts of
the country. The Yokuls, or enormous
ice mountains, are among the greatest
elevations in Iceland. The most extern
sive of these is the Klofa Yokul, in the
east ; it lies behind the heights which
line the southeast coast, and forms,
with little or 10 interruption, a vast
chain of ice and snow mountains, cover
ing a surface of perhaps 5000 square
miles. The west quarter contains,
among other lofty heights, the Snafel
Yokul, 1850 feet high. In the north
the mountains are not very high; but in
the east the Oreefa Yokul, $3.50 feet in
elevation, is the most lofty of which any
accurate measurement has been OBJ
tanned. The celebrated volcano Hecla
is in the southwest quarter, and about
thirty miles inland. 1t is more remark
able for the frequency and violence of
its eruptions than for its elevation,
which is only about 5000 feet. Besides
more than thirty volcanic mountains,
there exist an immense number of small
cones and c~raters, from which streams of
melted substances have been poured
forth over the surrounding regions.
Nine volcanoes were active during the
last century, four in the north, and the
rest lying nearly in a direct line along
the south coast. Twenty-three erup-
lions of Hecla are recorded since the
occuption of the island by Europeans.
The first of these occurred in 1904. The
most extensive and devastating eruption
even experienced in the island happened
In 1888 it proceeded from the Skaptar
Yokul, a volcano Cor rather volcano
tract having several cones) neal the cen
ter of the country. This eruption did
not entirely cease for about two years.
1t destroyed no fewer than twenty vii
lagos and 5000 human beings, or more
than one-ffth part of the then popula-
ton of the island.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
The Abolition of Slavery in Porto
Rico.

The official Madrid Gazette gives the
full text of the law abolishing slavery in
Porto Rico. 1t reads as follows
ARTICLE l. Slavery on the island of
Porto Rico is herewith forever abol-
ished.
ART. 2. The emancipated slaves are to
remain for at least three years more in
the service of their present masters, or
to enter the service of some other mas
ter or that of the State. To protect the
interests of the emancipated slaves,
three officials appointed by the Govern
ment will act as their protectors when
their term of service expires.
ART. 3. The owners will be compen-
stated within six months. In addition to
this, the owners in whose service the
former slaves refuse to remain shall re-
ceive a bonus of twenty-five per cent. on
the compensation awarded to them.
ART. 4. The total amount of the COM
pensation is fixed at 35, DOC, 600 pesetas,
and snail be raised by means of a loan,
which the Government will negotiate on
guarantee of the revenues of the island.
ART. 5. The apportionment of the
compensation shall be effected by a COM
mission, to consist of the civil Governor
of the island as President, one Judge of
the Supreme Court, three Councillors
General, the Syndic of the municipality
of the capital, and two representatives
chosen by fifty of the wealthiest, and
two representatives chosen by the lesser
proprietors. The resolutions of this
commission are 10 be approved by a ma
jority of it's members.
ART. 6. If the Government should fail
in negotiating the loan the present slave
owners will receive certificates.
ART. 7. The emancipated slaves shall
be entitled to all political rights five
years after the publication of this law.
ART. s. The Government will adopt
the measures necessary to insure the ex-
ecution of the law and to comply with
the imperative demands of public be-
neyole1ce and labor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
A Modern Water-ClOck.

We are so accustomed to the steady
tick-ticking of the seconds, and clear,
bell-lke striking of the hours by our
trusty clocks, that we scarcely know
how to value time as we should. If we
could be suddenly deprived of every
watch and clock, and forced to guess at
every hour, We might have some idea of
how much Importance our time-pieces
were to us. What if a clock disease
were to break out this year?
In savage nations the value of time is
not recognized as it is among civilized
people, but even barbarians feel the
need of some means of measuring the
hours. Most savages reckon time by
the position of the sun or moon, but the
natives of the Aru Islands have invented
a very simple water-clock, which an
swers its purpose admirably, though, if
left to itself, it cannot measure more
than one hour.
The clock is merely a bucket full of
water, in which floats the half of a well
cleaned cocoanut-shell. In the bottom
of this shell is bored a very small hole,
so that when placed to float in the
bucket a fine thread of water comes Up
into the shell. This tiny stream gradu-
ally fills the shell, so that it sinks and
goes to the bottom at the end of an hour.
So exactly is the size of the hole adapted
to the capacity of the shell that IN En-.
glish traveller, having repeatedly tested
the time required to fill the shell,
found scarcely the variation of half 6
minute between his watch and the wa
ter-clock.
The final sinking Of the shell in the
water is accompanied by q gurgline
sound, which attracts attention. The
shell is then emptied and replaced OF
the surface of the water, and the time o.
day or night is reckoned by the number
of times the shell has filed since sun
rise OF sunset. Thus, ssfour shells from
sunrise" may mean that the hour is II
a. M, or " six shells from sunset" may
indicate that it is midnight.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
WOman'S Sphere.

Those who are so much distressed by
the idea that the sphere of woman, es-
pecially as a writer, is not sufficiently
expanded, should consult the census
statistics. They will find female occu-
pations arranged under no less than
seventy-two heads, beginning alphabet
cally with actors and ending with wool
en- mills. Domestic servants head the
list in point of numbers, and next in or
der-which will surprise many-come
s1aborers on farms" There are 81, 900
seamstresses, 80, 900 milliners and dress
makers (why should oaG they be put to-
IS a glorious army of 10, ITO nurses.
There are preachers, shoemakers, jour-
~nalists, authors, mechanics not speci-
fed" and only 100 "show-women. But
who would dream of women sssteam
boiler makers, s." "bell-founders, A."
s'hunters and trappers, %" We say
nothing of hostlers, charcoal burners
and miners, who also figure in the list.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15


SALE OF DESKS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPREsENTATIvEs.-A Washington let
ter of the 29th ult. says: The sale of
desks, chairs and tables of the House of
Representatives took place to-day in the
presence of several hundred persons.
Each chair and desk originally cost 800.
The prices obtained averaged about
one-sixth of that amount. Upward of
eighty members and ex-members of the
House were among the purchasers.
Thad. Stevens desk was not sold. The
Speakers old chair, bought six years
ago for $50, by a private party, for
speculation, was to-day sold on his ac-
count for $96, Wormly, a colored hotel
keeper, being the purchaser. This
chair was occupied by all the Speakers
previous to and including Pennington,
of New Jersey.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15

A PIoUs negro woman was once caught
by her master stealing a goose, and the
next Sunday she partook of the commu-
Mon, after which her master accosted
her as follows: why, Hannah, Isaw
you to-day at the communion-table r
"Yes, tank de Lord, massa, 1 was
lowed to be there with the rest OBJ
His family" "But, Hannah, I was sur
prised to see you there" said he, "but
what about that goose?" She looked a
little surprised, as if 81 did not under
stand the question, but, catching the
meaning, exclaimed: .Why, sab, do
you tink Use agoin' to let an ole goose
stand between me and my Maker?"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
"Where is he, and where is his

Where is he, and where is his
family?"
Chow should I know? They treated
me i'll /; but now thatsI am restored to
myrights they may escape-yes, they may
escape" He said this with a dreamy
air, and still drumming.
I knew not what to think, what to do.
Could this mans story be true? Ger
tain 1t was that the Dithmars, n and
| all, had flown, and that was in favor of
its truth besides, I remembered the
effect on the family of the intruder's
first appearance-the blank amazement,
| the utter crush, Dithmar's unquestion-
ing submission, the dismissal of the
guests, Mary's last words on parting
with me-and L, too, began to admit sus-
picion and doubt. Then 1 reflected that
this was cruel and unkind in me, andin
a second / bethought me of legal aid.
Just at that moment n of the outer
windows was raised from without, and
at it appeared the head and shoulders
of Duff.
"Hallo !" cried that worthy, "what's
up"
Invent to him, and whispered !:
"Not WORD. Come in and watch
this man until [ return"
Duff, amazed, and not knowing what
to make of the aspect of things, obeyed.
I ran for the constable. I found that
officer, armed with the requisite author
ity, and we were soon on our way back
to the Dithmar mansion to solve the
problem that had been presented, by
law. At the door, much to my surprise
and joy, I met Mrs. Dithmar in her
bonnet.
"Mr. Simpson," said she, in a voice
that yet had a tremble in it, CT am so
glad you've come. It's all over; he's
gone"
I dismissed the constable on Mrs.
Dithmar's assurance that there was no
further need of his services, and went in.
Duff and the lady were the only persons
present. My late companion, the in
truder, was nowhere to be seen.
"What's become of him ?" I asked.
Duff made answer with a laugh:
His keepers took him off"
What ?" cried I, with a look that
demanded explanation.
"Mr. Simpson," said Mrs. Dithmar,
that poor creature who has so sorely
troubled us is my husbands demented
brother. He has been confined IN q
lunatic asylum for some years, and none
of our children have ever seen him be-
fore. Yesterday he escaped and came
direct to N Once among US, his
malady (Which takes the form you saw
broke out afresh and knowing from
experience hat the poor man is some
times as bloodthirsty and fierce as a
savage, we dismissed the guests, and all
left the house temporarily, while Mr..
Dithmar went to the asylum for the
keepers. Fearing to alarm or arouse the
maniac, we let the lights burn and left
him in possession. The rest is soon
told. The keepers, Mr.. Dithmar and
and the lunatic have just this instant
gone, and now, if you please, you and
Nj. Duff may go and bring the girls
home. They are at Els, on the
main street.
Thus ended the strange story-the
curious adventure that sprang out of the
"Ball at Dithmar's and now, after a
lapse of years, as I think of it, I shud-
der as 1 speculate on what might have
CHANGED had fortune not favored me
while I was alone with and striving with
all my might to ~irritate a dangerous and
INSCRIPTIONS maniac.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
Humorous.

LIP ser7ice-Teacup and saucer.
WHAT'S in a name? Everything.
A SOUND judge-A musical critic.
CHIMNEY-swEEPs are sooted with their
trade.
Morro of the Early Closing Associa-
tion-Shut up.
THE devotees of tobacco and wine are
feicitously called tobacchanalians.
CHATS my impression" as the print
er said when he kissed his sweetheart.
Coop advice-Always be sure you can
lick a man before you call him a liar.
A STEEL is what makes a blade sharp,
but a blade that makes a sharper is a
s~tealer.
If you should lose your nose, what
would you do? Take the first one that
turns up.
In Milwaukee all the lawyers are
judges, but none of the judges are
lawyers.
WHY is nature like a baby? Because
there is generally a squat when it's face
is washed.
You may sometimes put sauce into a
cup, but you should always put a cup
into a sauce
A COUGH makes you wheezy in the
chest, but of the chest you can easily
make a Golfer.
ALDER-MEN is not a synonym for
wooden heads, though they form to-
| gether a board.
MOST men like to see themselves in
print. Ladies like to see themselves in
silks and ~velvets.
A YOUNG lady being asked her opinion
of mustaches replied, 81 always set my
face against them"
WHY is the earth like a school-room
blackboard ? Because the children of
men multiply on the face of it.
A WESTERN editors statement, eve
are living at this moment under absolute
despOtism," is attributed by his contem-
poraries to the fact of his having lately
been married.
WE have often wished for a sentence
that would clearly explain it. A West
ern paper kindly supplies the want in
this beautiful smile: "You might as
well attempt to shampoo an elephant
with a thimbleful of soap-suds as to at
tempt to do business and ignore adver-
Using"
A FRENCH farmer has discovered a
simple and effective preventive against
potato disease. He introduces a small
quantity of crushed tan-bark into each
hole on planting the crop, and by this
method has, for the last three years,
been completely successful in preserving
his fields free from the disease.
IT is told OF a young gentleman, whom
a maiden liked but father didn t, that at
a reasonable hour the old gent mildly
intimated that the time for retiring had
arrived. 81 think you are correct, my
dear sir" answered nineteenth century,
modestly. "We have been waiting over
an hour for you to put yourself in your
little bed. The father retired thought
fully.
Two coUNTRY attorneys, o~vertaking a
WAGNER with two span of horses, and,
thinking to be witty at his expense,
asked him, Chow does it happen that
your forward horses are so fat, and the
rear ones SO lean? ?" The WAGNER,
knowing them, answered, "The fore
span arelawyers, and the others clients"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
OPENIN, DAY.

Icame to town on openin' day,
Along with Melindy Jane,
thought as heow I'd like to have
A bran new hat again. +
The shop was full of city folks
A lookin of their best:
pulled Melindy's frock and said,
See how those gals are dressed,
Just then I spied the matron
Befrizzled up with care,
P1nks IN her bosom,
And posies in her hair.
walked right over to her.
And asked her if she knew
What she would be likely to want
For that ere bonnet in blue.
"Ahi that is an imported hat
With real lace, you know;
Perhaps you'd like acheaper one,
Like this, more GpT0poS."
She fished me out of a bandbox
A queer-looking mixture of silk,
The color, as near as 1 could get at it,
Like rhubarb stepped in milk.
"Here is one in the very new green,
1t will suit your complexion, I'm sure,
Just step over to the mirror a moment,
And see for yourself hoC pure"
Sure enough, I looked in the mirror,
And did not get skeered at the sight,
But L thought of dads old beaver
Coin alongside to meetin' some night.
And those neighbors of mine a watching
Every stir we're a doin',
Why, they'd set me up as crazy,
But on tie old mars ruin.
No, faint no use in the country
To dress like they do in town,
With Matildy Ann and LOUSY
INCREASINGLY nOtin' deOlc1l.
There's nothin' in them milliner shops
To suit such folks as me;
Why, they want as much for a sIndolcn hat
As would buy a farm for three.
So me and Melindy went back again,
The very same road we come;
But she, / think, took some notions along,
Of the ray that green hat lcas DONE.
If we go again to an openin' day,
Wen look at caliker print;
And not waste our time in a bunnet shop,
Let them gals whose fathers a mint.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS.
BY FRANCIS S. SMITH.


One day when business was dull,
And 1 had time to spare,
In philosophic mood 1 sought
A crowded thoroughfare.
And there I idly took my stand,
And close attention gave
To studyingt the heads of those
Who passsd me on the pave.
"Now, there, I whispered to myself,
A"A Bulldog nature goes
His head is small, his neck is thick,
His eye with anger CLOVIS.
His chest is broad, his limbs are strong,
His look is full of spite,
IT'S very evident that he,
In fighting, takes delight
And now one who reminds me
Of a mastif passes by,
With deep bass voice, sq~uare-hanging jaw,
And watchful, eager eye.
He may be a detective
OF energy and skill,
Who has the bulldogs strength and pluck
without his wish to kill.
Here a human greyhound
A fellow 1.-THE and lank,
Le~an-ribb'd and sharp of voice
He is a runner for a bank.
He keeps the chase up constantly,
With never weary feet,
Nor does he stop to bother with
The "lame ducks - on the street.
And now a small man passes by
nervous little chap
Restless, alert, bold, confident.
And sharp as a steel trap.
fancy he's a man of law,
Presumptuous and defiant,
He's like the terrier who has
A fat rat for a client.
Here CO mes a man with large mild eyes,
And glossy, curly hair
A figure most symmetrical
A brave and honest air.
He's like the noble Newfoundland
The favorite of all
Willing to peril life itself
When reused by duty's call.
Then comes a man VINO carries
The visage of an owl,
And an oily, pig-faced man who walks
With ander-hanging jow1.
A timid, sheep-faced man, who seems
OF everything in awe;
A hirsute man. with lion name,
And fierce. terrific roar:
A stubborn, dull, bull-headed man
A man of serpent head
A man who has the tigers look,
With eye-balls fierce and red.
In short the lower animals
Are met with everywhere,
In those who moose to study
Oh a crowded -thoroughfare.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15
4 Georgia Tragedy.

Enoch Ferdinand Spann, of Webster
county, Ga, married, and in a short
time his wife had the misfortune to lose
a leg. She was otherwise an invalid
and required a great deal Of attention.
Spann hired Susan Eberhart, a respect
able young girl. to help him take care
of his wife, and it appears soon found
he had married the wrong woman. Su-
san finally agreed to marry Spann when
his wife died, and then Spann began to
contrive accidents which might hasten
his wife's departure. He once upset
her from a vehicle in which she was
riding into seven feet of water, but the
girl, Susan, saved her. Spann soon
after arranged for her to fall headfore-
most into a barrel of water, but the girl
again interposed. At length he got the
gentle Susan to assist him to ~strangle
his wife with a clothes line, and this ex-
pertinent succeeded, but left q red mark
or their victims neck which they did
not expect and could not remove. They
covered the dead woman in bed, locked
up the house and ran away together.
The neighbors finally broke into the
house and saw how matters were. There
was no doubt about it. They finally
found the rope with some of the dead
woman's hair clinging to it, and a hand
kerchief which had evidently been used
to stife her cries. The murderers were
traced and arrested, and Spann con-
fessed and gave all the particulars. He
desired that his trial might be quick,
and the day fixed as soon as possible.
The 18th of April was named by the
judge and the execution took place. 1t
was a sort of a family frolic. A cousin
of the doomed man made him a nice cot
fin; the sheriff, who was executioner,
was also his relative, and his brother
and other relations were also at the last
scene. Two brothers and two sisters of
Miss Eberhart also graced the occasion.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15

THE reception Of Charles Francis
Adams Grafton on Seward must have
exceeded the orators fondest dreams.
1t is being discussed from Maine to
California, and Mr.. Adams is getting a
vast amount of advertising of both sorts.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15

SIS DEM bells ringin' for fire,
Tiberius p "No, sir. Dey got plenty
O. fire /; dem bells is ringin' for water r
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-15

ARCHBISHOP MANNING, of London, says
he cares nothing for English politics,
and has not voted for forty years, but
that whenever an English Government
touches religious education or the Pope,
every Catholic in Great Britain will vote
against it.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-04

Inc Mixed Tram will run subject to delays Incl
dent to frei Rht business and will 81 op only at sta
tions where time is given.
NEW CASTLE TRAlNA
Leave New Castle for Wilmington ana Phiiadel
Wilmington at LILO P. D., for New Castle
~ SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS
Additional to those above, leave Smyrna for Clay
ton LID q. N, and I.o p n, Leav Clayton for
Smyrna $40 g. m, and eco p. N e, to make cOnnec
ton With trainstO and from Dover, ald stations
South.
CONNECTIONS.
At TOWNSEND with the hent County and Queen
Anne's Kent Railroads.
Al CLAYTON, with the Mary land and Delaware
Railroad. u
At HARRIN TON, With the Junction and BreId<
water Railroad.
At STAFFORD with the Dorchester RAd Delaware
Railroad.
At DELMAR. with the Eastern Shore RaiIFoad
and WieOmieO and FOeomoks Railroad.
u. T. KINNEY. SuDt.