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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

Mr.. Washburn had couple of his in
innate friends at his house to play a
game ofwhist the next evening, and the
devoted wife resolved to try the effect of
a smoke in their presence.
When the party were seated, Mr..
Washburn passed around the cigar
case.
"Wont you smoke, nv dear?''
asked he, rendering the Aeigarsate his
wife! OF ssEzATsuT xzTakg sdxxxs0ooi
's',LEiil hut yen knoW.sJessph. that
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20
SONG oE THE PEN AND PLow.
BIZ WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE.


"Let there be light" o, how sublime
At once black space was glowing :,
And on the vast wings of young Time 4
Soon peopled worlds were going
Among them rolled our glad green earth,
With Gods own Image beaming
That was the master made from birth
For more than fruitess dreaming
20 yes, the Fountain of the Whole =
-e Himself Worker, lishtened ssS-
Works need and good upon Mans soul
And still Creation frightened. 8l'=&E
Work of the body, work of mind
No one has empire solely
So Pen and Pillow, together shrined
m Work on in marriage holy
- And thus as we sing, the Pen and Plow;
f. sa ta Ruled Earth records our story:
Inc Past was ours, ours is the Now,
as And Future with more glory
e Let there se light ~ There must be first
For minds full strength and spfendor
Material Base, and it is nursed
Grown, reaped, with no surrender,
BY Agriculture, not rude, blind
But with experience giant
And for new wreaths it's brow to bind
On new-grasped truths reliant
Thus grew and grows the Nations wealth
By mans physique demanded,
And mental, moral strength and health
With it stride triple handed
With every day new triumphs won,
q, sight for eyes superna
These workers three beneath their sun
Broad blessed by the Eternal
And thus We sing, the Pen and Pillow
Ruled Earth records our story:
The Past was ours, is the Now,
And Future with more glory.
" Let there be tght ~ We Farmers true
And Writers, wed by Labor
What deathless crowns will be for YOU
The conquerors of the saber!
BY bloodless work the prophecy
Of peace from angel voices
Can only bring Reality
While in it Earth rejoices.
Work, proudly work with soul and hand
Mechanics, all, all steady!
In pulpit, Office, shop and land,
Ye are with God already.
Sow and reap with Brain and Bone,
In wealth all homes surrounding;
On Earth for laborers alone
Gods Hymn Of Light is sounding.
With it we sing, the Pen and Pow
Ruled Earth records our story
The Past was Ours, ours is the Now,
And Future with more glory.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

VELOCITY OF THE WIND.-Prof. Stod-
dard, il letter recently delivered upon
the hurricane, in Knox county, Ohio,
stated that in one town a grove of oak
trees was almost entirely blown down.
The trunk of one of these trees was
about three feet in diameter. Assum-
ing, however, its diameter to be but two
and half feet, force of ia, 900 pounds
would be required to break it. The
surface of the tree exposed to the action
of the wind was about / 900 feet, which
would give pressure by the wind of
lat pounds per square foot, or velocity
of not less than III miles per hour
which is nearly one-fourth the initial We
locity of cannon-ball. Allowing the
height Of the hurricane, or whirlwind,
to have been sixty feet, the whole force
exerted at one time, along the track, was
five thousand million pounds-or a
working power equal to more than hal
the steam power of the globe
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20
FOR TOBACCO LOVERS.

\
Chewing in the parior,
{ Smoking IN the street,
Choking with cigar smoke
Every one you meet;
Splitting on the pavement,
Splitting on the floor,
Is there such enslavement?
Is there such bore? esr ss-..e-.s .- Fl.
Puddles at the corners, s.
Swelling into one,
Forming lakes and rivers,
Drying in the run, -
Maidens, when you marry,
~ Tobacco worms don't take
Think not Dick or Harry q les =
{ x8ill it for your sake. 4
Declare the thing a curse;
And when gents comelin to WOO,
You "pop the question " first,
''Sir, do you smoke or chew? 2"
Mark well each word or look,
And, if they don't say no, b. 4
Just cross them off your book, b.
And tell them why you do.
Some gents carry spice,
Some cinnamon, some cloves
Make good use of your eyes, M
And good use of your nose;
For when the weddings Ger,
Perfumes they throw away
They spit upon the floor,
They smoke and chew all day.
Does lover promise - +
To quit the weed for you? 1
: See he has firm bump, SN
And conscientious too.
If you're no phrenologist,
Let time and truth make clear,
And wait until he resists
Temptation for year. "a
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

A GENTLEMAN advertises in an Eastern
paper for g a boy to open oysters about
fifteen years old. No matter what the
salary, we ldecliney Get some boy with
strong stomach.
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

THE late eccentric Methodist preacher,
Peter Cartwright, described the sort of
religion that comes and goes in flashes,
and which his experience brought him
into contact with good deal more than
he liked, as :" lightning bug" religion.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

!. The remark was broken off by the alb
rupt entrance of the 'sabominabie
wretch himself. Mrs. Washburn rose
as he entered, and, in spite of the abom-
Unable odor that his breath must have
exhaled, printed kiss upon his tobacco
stained lips.
The lady who had been married
several years. was disguised, and after
a few words concerning the weather,
took her leave.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

u "A TEXAS meat company proposes to
convert a thousand steers a day INFO
preserved beef extract for the English
market. sfj Ea ns5ael ,yili33b
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

10 The population of EgyptlsG 3, OUU,VUU.
nc}f 10 hy2a eftF 30 ssnS sdi ssW ylI
7ab.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-20

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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01

\ BITTER CoSrRovERsY.-The TEN.
perance organs are waging bitter wal
on the manufacturers of alcoholic BIT
tiers, and their attacks are resented
with equal bitterness by the latter,
who seem determined to prosecute
the quarrel to the bitter end. In
the mean time a novelty in tonic medi.
lines is making immense progress in
the confidence of all classes and condi.
tions of society throughout the United
States and British America. We refer
to DIR. Walkers California Vinegar Bit.
tiers, and we call it q novelty in tonics
because 1t contains no alcohol, an arti.
Gle heretofore considered essential in
medical invigorants. The abstemious
portion of the community approve the
omission, and as the new remedy is cur.
ing dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous af.
fections, and, in fact, a majority of the
diseases, external and internal, which
prevail, it is difficult to see how the
more self-indulgent portion of our fel.
Iow-citizens can conscientiously OBJ.
Iect to it. One thing is certain il
ever there was what the French call
a grand success" the sudden and
continually increasing popularity of the
Vinegar Bitters, deserves that name.
The advocates Of temperance point to
the salutary eff cts produced by this in,
alcoholic restorative as a proof that
SpirituOus stimulants are not needed
Tor medicinal purposes, aposition which
has been recently taken by many emf.
nent medical practitioners.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
Feed for Producing Milk

The Practical Farmer says 1T
is we'll settled in the opinion of all our
best dairymen that brsn greatly pro-
notes the milk secretions in COWS, and
it is fed almost universally. Equally
mixed with corn-meal is the usual pro.
portion. This mixture seems to pro-
mote quantity and quality OF milk.
From several sources we hear that buck
wheat bran is a great milk producer,
and it is now being used considerably
among our Chester county dairymen, in
about the same proportions as the other.
Thes. Gawthrop, near West Grove,
Chester county, also by repeated trials
with his W COWS, has fully satisfied
himself they do as we'll with corn and
cob-meS and bran as with pure corn.
meal and bran. The amount OF nutri-
sh;u IN corn.cobs is SO very small that
thus s result will have to be explained on
;ne opposition OF the ground cob. act.
~s" p'vmose digsssion By distsndine
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
Guinea Pigs.

A writer Of distinction says Of those
little, plump, clean animals should be
used for food. A mistaken notion is en-
tertained generally that they are a kind
of rat, and therefore an unjust preiu-
dice ought to be overcome, since they
are excellent eating, They are harm
less, timid, vegetable feeders. Their
flesh is nutritious and delicate. II once
received into our markets, being easily
raised, they would soon be priced for
their many desirable dietetic properties.
Being prolific, too, they might be rails
ed in vast abundance, their food being
an item of no expense, a few cabbage
leaves, roots or waste parings being all
they would require to grow into proper
tons to fill vacancies in a gourmand's
stomach.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01

the stomach. The presence OF bulky
material being necessary topromote dis
tension and fill up the stomach OF rumi-
mating animals, before perfect digestion
can be accomplished, is frequently lost
sight Of. Hungarian grass is also found
for mich cows TO be rather superior 10
the ordinary run of hay. The last year
or two Hungarian grass has doomed up
wonderfully in the estimation OF our
dairy farmers ; and a very large scope
of land will be sowed with it the com
ing season. It natures for cutting in
about sixty days, and produces two to
foar tons per acre-the latter of course
on good soils. Three pecks to the acre
is the usual allowance Of seed. Where
a good hay market is convenient, this
substitution of Hungarian grass for
common hay in home feeding will be a
clear additional source OF profit. -Ru-
raj NeV Yorker.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
Mistaken Consolation.

Speaking Of Job, / remark that he
Was the worst bored man that everlived
| have never thought his specified
troubles a sufficiently dark background
to set off his current reputation. That
lie deserves to be called patient there is
no doubt, but not alone because Of his
bOils, bereavements, and loss of prop.
eIty. have seen men suffer from head
to foot with the most painful diseases,
and yet complain less than he. There
have been wars, fires, and w~hirlwinds
that have left the serenity Of modern
saints untouched, though destroying
everything else belonging to them.
The grief Of many stricken parents has
distilled in tender mercies rather than
bitterness, and led them TO devote them
selves to the most patience-trying phases
u benevolence. But j b was torment
ed with bores, Of whom the wife Of his
bosom was chief. How they sat and
prused away about causes the most ir.
relevant Above all tests Of patience
is that Of mistaken consolation. Dis
trcss of almost any kind may be courage.
ously borne by n very ordinary sinner,
but only an extraordinary saint can en-.
dure patiently these miscallcd "visits
Of coincidence" Why does society
cuuntenance this system of torture for
the afflicted, by which the pangs Of be-
icagement are aggravated beyond mea-
sure? To be obliged to listen to com
mouplace when the heart is thronged
With high suggestions from the spirit
world to hear the dear ones memory
Wlouged, in pretcnse OF sympathy, by
remarks which show how little he was
understood to be lcctured on the duty
Of resignation, and told that Gods
hand has fallen upon us for our sins-is
there any element Of refined cruelty
S%nnting in this? The sad face, the low
voice, the friendly, insinuating manner
Of the sympath'2ing b.re are the more
eIa perating that we cannot then ex-
press evaporation, We must meet him
wholly disarmed, the emotional nature
being already charged to the full, and
the sacredness Of sorrow ~forbidding us
10 reject violently even its unworthy Ms.
'nciations. Could some one only con
vince him that in the house of mourning
strong love is silent and preaching is
profanity l-Charies W. Jenkins.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
Orchard Grass and Alsike Clover.

In answer to an inquiry the editor of
the Massachusetts PioUghman says :
We have tried orchard grass pretty
thoroughly, and have come to this O II
clusion If most Of the other grasses
on the farm are late, that is, if they are
mostly timothy, red top, etc, We would
SOW orchard grass, because it is desir-
able to have ,ome fields that can be cut
earlier than others. That is a great adj
vantage, and counterbalances some Of
the disadvantages OF orchard grass,
such as its tendency togrow in lunches,
and its hard and why nature, if not cut
earl =, etc. II orchard grass is sown
alone, or only with c%loyers, we should
use at least two bushels of seed to the
acre. With timothy and other grass
are late, it does not do so well, because
1t is fit to cut at least three weeks be.
fore timothy, but with clover it is even
better than timothy. II We were going
to mix any natural grass with it we
should get a little perennial rye grass.
But orchard grass may be sown thickly
with red and aliske clover, say five
pounds OF red clover seed and five
pounds OF alsike. If only red clover
seed is used, it onght to be at least ten
pounds to the acre, and fifteen is better.
But alsike seed is much smaller than
red clover-seed, and you get a vastly
greater number OF plants. Alsike will
not show a great deal the first season.
If you SOW red clover it ought to give a
fair crop the first year, and when it be-
gins to disappear the second year You
will find the alsike. The latter is a
perennial, and it will last some years
unless it is killed out by the severity
OF the winter. 1t does hot seem to be
perfectly hardy. 1t will sometimes get
killed out, but it ought to remain sew.
eral years. Orchard grass will bear the
shade and rich soil. 1t grows more rap.
idly after being cut or fed off than any
other grass We know, but the second
crop does not send up towering stalks,
and does not, therefore, grow so tall and
imposing as the first crop, but it grows
thick and makes a bulky, though not SO
very heavy a burden. Sowing it very
thickly prevents it from growing SO
much in clumps and gives it u finer
growth. Two bushels Of seed to the
acre is little enough and more would be
better. With orchard grass, clover and
alsike the cost Of the seed will be rather
greater than timothy and red.top, but
If you have never grown this grass We
advise you to try it. Sow it as early in
the spring as you can, give it a good
chance and you will see how YOU like it.
Bnt do not make up your MUD until the
second year, when yOu will like it, We
think.-Rural UOrii.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01

thirty feet long. These stones, weigh
ing some ninety tons, were not found in
Egypt at all, but were brought down
the Nile a distance OF five hundred
miles, and then placed in their present
position one hundred feet above the
level OF the ground. In regard to their
finish, these Seynite stones are among
the hardest known, and yet1they are 80
exquisitely polished, and built IN to
form a casing for the Kings Chamber
with such superior skill, that the finest
piece OF tissue paper could not be put
between the joints, and this after a
lapse of four thousand years. Such
workmanship wopld excite the wonder
and admiration Of the world.
HOME RRADINo.-One of the most
pleasant and noblest duties Of the head
Of the family is TO furnish its members
with COOL reading. Let good reading
90 into a home, and the very atmos-
phere of that home gradually but sure
ly changes. The boys begin to grow
ambitious, to talk about men, places,
books, the past and the future. The
girls begin to feel a new life opening
before them in knowledge, duty and
love. They see pew fields Of useful
ness and pleasure and so the family
changes, and out OF its number will
grow intelligent men and women to fill
honorable places, and be useful mem
bers Of society. Let the torch of in
telligence be lit in every household.
Let the old and young vie with each
other in introducing new and useful
topics of investigation, and in cherish
ing a love OF reading, study and im-
proyement.
PUDDING \ PIES not UNHEALTHY.
There is probably a great deal of
truth in the following extract, which we
make from DR.. Halls HurnaL Of
HcaSth! The universal error as to the
unhealthfulness Of pies, puddings, and
pastries, taking it for granted that they
are well made and properly cooked,
has arisen from the simple fact that af-
ter We have made a full meal of other
things, the stomach is oppressed by
them, and if the process is repeated,
becomes eventually dyspcptic that is,
had not the power to work up the food,
b cause it had been worked to death al
1t would be quite as phiIosoph-
zeal that if a m n has become very tired
by blowing all day, and afterward, by
chopping wood, has worked him
self out it was very unhealthy, TO
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
The Character of the Ocean Depths.

Until a few wears past, nothing had
been ascertained with certainty concern.
ing the character of the ocean depths.
1t was the popular idea hat they were
wholly incapable OF sustaining animal
life. Men conceived of them as a desc
late waste, shrouded in eternal dark
ness, and subjected to such a stipend
Gus pressure as to make life of any kind
impossible. Even men Of science
shared in the prevalent idea. They
were unwilling to accept the instances
Of animals, comparatively high in the
scale of life, that were reported to have
been brought mp on sounding lines
from great depths. The great ocean
slumbered beneath the moon, covering
a region apparently inaccessible to hui.
man research and experiment. DR..
Carpenter and his colleagues, however,
found that it was possible to work with
as much certainty, if not with as much
ease, at a depth of 600 fathoms as at
100. Their operations were carried to
the depth Of nearly three statute miles
with perfect success. The bed of the
ocean, comprising an area of 140, 600, 900
square miles. is now added to the le-
gltimate field of natural history. 1t is
no longer q barren waste, but a nursery
of rich and varied life. Its fauna in
many cases exhibits a series Of most
elaborate and delicate organisms, OF
exquisite beauty in their soft shades OF
coloring, and the rainbow .ints of their
marvellous phosphorence, far surprising
the invertebrate forms which teen in
the belt of shallow water that fringes
the land.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01

Prvrs and quarts of filthy catarrha.
discharges. Where does it all come from 7 The
mucous membrane lining Of the chambers Of
the nose and its little glands are diseased, Sc
they draw from the blood its liquid, and expos.
IRE to the sir changes it to corruption. Thi,
hfe-liquid was to build up the system. but it i.
extracted and the system is weakened by the
loss. To cure, gam flesh and strength by
using DR.. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which also acts directly npon these glands,
correcting them. Also apply DR.. Sage's Ca,
fsrrh Remedy with DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douche.
The only method OF reaching the upper cavities
where the discharge accumula,es and comes
from. The instrument and two medicines sold
for 80 by 81 druggists. $50.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
A SPRING GRowL.
NJ Q. Z. cRAEcH.

Would You think III Spring has come
winters paid his passage home;
Packed his ice-boI, gone half way
To the Arctic pole, they say.
But l know the old rufhn It'll
skulks about from hill 20 hnl,
Where his freezing footsteps cling,
Though It's Spring.
Heed not what the poets sing
In their rhymes about the Spring;
Spring was once . potent tree
ROBBED IN blossoms and in green.
That, l think, was long ago;
ls she buried In the snow,
Deaf 10 all our cArolinR-
Poor old spring7
windows rafting In the night;
Shutters that you thought were tight
blAmming back against the wall
Ghosts OF burglars IL the hall
Roaring winds ard gr0AuinR trees;
Chimneyr shuddeFing IN the breeze
Uoleiul dAmps IN everything
Such Is Spring.
Sunshine trying hard awhile
On the bare brown helds TO smile;
Frozen ruts and slippery walks;
Gray old crops 4 AT years stalks;
shiverinR hens and muping COWS;
Curdied zap IN leafess boughs,
Sipped by winters ICY sting
Such Is Spring.
Yet the other day | heard
Something that hthought a bird.
He was brave 10 come 30 EoJn,
But his pipes were out Of tune
And he chiTped a. IL each note
Came from hsnnels round his throat,
And he had no heart % sing
An poor thing.
II there comes q little thAw,
Still the air is chill and raw,
Here aud there q patch Of snow,
Dirtirer than the ground below,
Dribbles down q mArshy flood,
Ankle-keep you stick Ia mud
In the meadows-whi.e you siHg,
This Is Spring"
Are there yiolcts IN the sod7
Crocuseu beneath the clOd7
When will Bnreas give us peacc7
Or has Winter signed a lease
For another month Of frost,
leaving Spring 10 pay tue cost
For II seems he still IL king
Though his Spring.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
Pour Persons Convicted of Murder by
Paper-Gun Wad.

Ben Shelby, Arthur Shelby, Ball
Woods and William Smith were convict
ed OF murder in the first degree, in Bur
net county, and sentenced by Judge
Turner to be hanged on Friday, tn 18th
Of January next. The prosecution was
conducted by Judges Terrill and Walk
er, employed by the friends of the muir
dered man. The case was one of the
most interesting in the annals Of crimi-
nal trials, and the evidence, though con
elusive, was entirely circumstantial.
Ben. McKeever, the murdered man.
was shot from his horse at night, neal
the residence Of the Shelbys, his throat
cut, and his body carried on horseback
three miles and thrown into a cave n
the prairie $50 feet deep. Alarge rock
vas placed on the bloody spot where his
throat was cut, and apparently every
~precaution was taken to avoid detec-
lion. The appearance Of the rock indi-
Gated to the keen eye of the frontiers
man that it had recently been placed
there. Close by il was paper wadding
that had been fired from a shotgun.
On examining the gun OF Ben Shelby.
paper wadding was found in it, and an-
other piece OF paper that had evidently
been fired from a shotgun was found
under Shelby's doorstep. In his house
was found the Chimney Corner periodi.
cal, and it was ascertained by compari-
son that the three pieces of gun. wad.
'l"g had been torn from that paper. A
hmian fragment Of McKeeyer's coat Of
peculiar texture, found. at the bloody
Spot, revealed the fact tina. the murdor
had been committed there. There wo,a
many other circumstances POINTING .
the accused persons as the murderer
bat one deserves especial mention. On
carefully placing the paper found where
tho blood had been covered by the
rock, and comparing it with the wad.
ling found in Ben Shelby's gun, the
following enigma could be read from
one paper to another
with piece Of paper or = slate,
Sit round the Are both large and small
letter make. almost an eight,
And now you see wha, covers all.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01

The PukEsr AsD SWEETEST C~Op-!HgEg Oh
Is Hazard x Caswell's. made on the sea shore.
from fresh, selected Iivers. OF the Cod only, by
CAswELL- HAZARD L Co., New York. 1t ID sb-
sOlu.ely pure aud srett. Pstients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physi.
'ians have decided it superior to all other oils
"a mArket.-Com.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-01
HoRsr.xps. and others who pret,

HoBsE-MIs, and others who pretend
to know, say that the following directions had
better be observed in using Sheridan's Cavalry
Condition Powders: Give Q horse g table.
spoonful every night for . week; the sam
ever! other night for 4 or 8 nights; the same
for . mich COW, and twice Is much for an OK.
The addition Of . little tine salt viii b. an I'd.
vantage.