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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Charitable Requests i'm England.

The enormous amount of money left
for charitable purposes in England is
forcibly exhibited by the following state
ment of requests, announced within a
single week
The will of George Marley, sworn
under e70, 900, leaves Ell 900 to each of
the following four hospitals, viz: the
Middlesex Hospital, st. Mary's Hospital,
the Consumption Hospital, and the
University College Hospital. Thomas
Norris leaves $4,000 to the Church of
England schools at erosion, ia. 900 to
the Bury Dispensary, and large sums to
other charitable and educational institu
tons, the total sum bequeathed being
e10, $50. A sum of e5, 900 has been left
to the Royal Berks Hospital by Mr..
Palmer, formerly NJ. P for Berks.
The following sums have been left by
Lady Wheeler: Church Missionary So
ciety, e5, 1000; Church Pastoral Aid So
ciety, e5, 1000; British and Foreign Bible
Society, $4,000; endowment of Heworth
Church, $4,000; endowment of Drax
Vicarage, $4,000; London City Mission,
"a, 900; the Religious Tract Society,
e2, 900; the Irish Society, 1000; the
Jews Society, FL 900, and the Colonial
Church Society, FL, O0O Total, e24, 900.
The London charities are computed at
$35, 10000, 900 year.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30

in the United States is raised in New
York.
THERK are %, S2O,6OO cattle in the
United States. Texas alone has over
100000.
CONNECTICUT farmers are disguised
with tobacco, and will raise beets here
after instead.
Mr.. E. s. GRANT, of Winterport, Me-,
harvested $3.50 pounds of Swedish tur-
nips from piece of land 70 rods square,
which he sold for S165 cash.
THE st. Paul Pioneer says that the
damage to crops and fruit trees, and loss
of stock by reason of the late cold snap,
will amount to millions in the State.
FARMERS should favor long burrows.
The frequent turning of the pillow and
commencement of new burrows involves
much proftless expenditure of time and
labor.
SOUTHERN peanut cultivators report
that the vines used for hay for stock
fully repay the care of tilling the crop.
A bushel of peanuts yields three quarts
of oil
IMMENSE amounts of real estate are
being offered for sale in all parts of
Pennsylvania, particularly farming lands,
the present owners of which intend 60
ing West.
A CHARLESTON, S. c., circular esti-
mates the rice crop of the South as fol-
lows: North Carolina, 600 casks; South
Carolina, $4,000; Georgia, 1900; and
Louisiana, 10, 500.
A FARMER says it is safe enough for
all practical purposes to calculate that
SO cubic feet of hay in NOW will weigh
ton. He recently tested the matter
and found the rule remarkably correct.
ACCORDING to the Dover On. H. Ga
zette, large quantities of Baldwin apples
are being purchased in that vicinity for
South American markets. The best
quality is quoted at 81 rs per barrel.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Lady Beaconsflela and MIR, DisraeIi,

The death is announced this morning
OF Lady Beaconsfield, the wife of Mr.
Benjamin Disrael. Thereby hangs O.
tale-in fact, several of them Let us
see how they will all look when strung
together. Lady Beaconsfeld was 50
years of age, and Mr.. Disraei is some
thing like 20 years younger. The lady
had been tie wife of Wyndham Lewis, a
man of immense fortune. Young Dis
raeh and this Mr.. Lewis dubbed TO-
gether years ago to represent certain
double-seated constituency in the House
of Commons. There was the usual
division of duties in the new firm; Dis
raeh furnished the brains and oratory
and Lewis the money. To exchange
positions would have been equally i'm
possible to both. People now living
remember having heard Lady Beacons-
field speak disparagingly of her hus-
bands intellectual attainments, and,
indeed, of her husband himself, and
eulogize Disraei to the skies. This was
during the bargain and sale campaign. !"
In the course of time Mr.. Lewis died,
and Mr.. Disraei married the widow in
less than year. She married for love,
and he for money The marriage oc-
CURED in 1889, and by 1849 he had been
before the Bankruptcy Court no fewer
than three times. He was once COM
PEELED to flee, but his wealthy wife came
to the rescue in every instance. Dis
rael1's solicitor was heard then, and has
since been heard, to declare that he had
no idea what his client did with his
money; no idea how he could spend it :;
ne did not gamble, and there was only
one other channel for its escape, which
he confessed the circumstance strongly
pointed as to the correct one. Lady
Beaconsfield had an immense fortune
settled on her, but it was for her natural
life only, and now reverts to her children
by her first marriage.
Mr.. Disraeh finds himself hopelesslv
in debt, with pension of five thousand
pounds sterling. This pension he ac-
CURED III a shrewd way, too. The Tory
Ministry of 1868 was dissolved in No
vember. His colleagues, who were men
OF wealth, wanted to retire long before,
but he procrastinated until he had filled
up the exact minimum time of service
required for pension, and then with
drew. 1t is reported, and probably cor
Iecbly, lhAt tnere is no great amount OF
affection existing between Mr.. Disraeli
and the heirs of Baconsfeld. This
would be quite natural, at the best, if all
the circumstances are considered but it
IS further said that the hostile feeling
has been aggravated by the action of in
terested persons in trying to persuade
Lady Baconsield to get her life insured
"A proposition she wisely rejected when
size considered her great age and reflect
ed what the premium must be in conse
quence.-LOndO,a Cor. NeW York Post.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Terrihln Crime

News has reached the London Jewish
Chronicle of the commission of fearful
outrage upon Jewish family in Russia,
IN the district of Michaelow. A Jew is
landlord of an inn which is solidarity sit
uated on the border of wood. The
family consisted of husband, wife, broth
er, and four children. On the 18th ult. =.
at about in the evening, two laborers
came into the inn and called for some
brandy, for which they refused to pay,
and jeeringly asked, in addition, for the
loan of five roubles. AS the landlord
refused to lend them any money, and de-
manded payment for the brandy, the
laborers became abusive, and ulti-
mately were turned out of the house, the
landlord retaining the caps of the men,
SO that they might be afterward identi-
fled when he complained of their con-
duct. The laborers went away, mutter-
ing ominous threats. When the inn
keeper and his family had been asleep
but short time, they were awoke by
loud cries of "Firep' and on rushing
out OF the house they were attacked by
eight men, among whom were the two
laborers who had come to the inn in the
early part of the evening. The landlord
and his family were thrown to the ground
and bound. The men then set to plum
dering the house. When they had ran
sacked the place, they caught hold of
the poor landlord, his wife, brother, and
three younger children, and threw them
into the midst of the burning building.
Only the eldest son of the landlord, about
II years of age, managed to escape into
the neighboring wood The others per-
lshed in the flames One of the laborers
had been arrested, and the police were
In active pursuit of the other murderers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Josh Billings on Silence.

Silence IL a still noise.
One ov the hardest things for man
to do Y to keep still.
Everybody wants few be heard fust.
and this IL jist what fills the world with
nonsense
Everybody wants tew talk. few want
to think, and nobody wants to listen.
The greatest takers among the feath-
cred folks are the magpie and ginny
hen, and neither ov them are oy mulch
account.
If a man amt sure he IL right the best
kard he can play liz blank one.
have known menny man tew beat
IN an argument by just nodding his
head once in a while and simply saw.
Jess SO, jess So"
1t takes a CRATE menny blows to drive
IN nail, but one will clinch it.
Sum men talk just as a French pony
trots, all day long, in half bushel meaS-
zure.
Silence never makes emmy blunders,
alwnz gifts az mulch credit az IL due it.
and oftimes more
When see man listening to me
clus alwuz say to myself, "Look out.
Josh, that fellow IL taking your meaz-
zure.
I hev heard men argy pinttwo hours
and half, and not git emmy further from
where they started than mule in bark
mill they did good deal of going round
and round.
| hav sat on jurys and had a lawyer
talk the law, fakts and evidence ov the
kase all out ov me, besides starting the
taps on mi boots
hay been tew church hungry for sum
gospel, and cum HON SO phull ov it that
couldn't draw long breth without
starting button.
Brevity and silence are the two crate
kards, and next to saying nothing, say
ing little IL the strength ov the game.
One thing IL certain, it IL only the
CRATE thinkers who kan afford tew be
brief, and thare has been but phew vol
umes yet published which could not be
cut down twothirds, and menny ov them
could be cut clean back to the title-page
without hurting them.
1t IL hard to find man oy good sense
who kan look back upon emmy occasion
and wish he had sed sum more, but it IL
easy tew find menny who wish they had
sed less.
A thing sed IL hard tew recall. but
unsed it kan be spoken at emmy time.
Brevity IL the child ov silence. and liz
a great credit tew the old man.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Curious Phase of the Postal Law.

One of the curiosities of postal law, as
interpreted by those who do not reason
broadly, is thus stated in Washington
dispatch to the New York Tribune:
"The Department will transport o
daily newspaper printed here from
Washington to San Francisco, and de-
liver it to subscriber there for 80 cents
a quarter; but if the subscriber lives
here III Washington he must pay one
cent for each copy, or rather this must
be prepaid for him by the publishers of
the paper. So with weekly papers, the
postage on which is five cents quarter.
For this sum the mails will carry O paper
from Maine to Texas, and the carrier
will deliver it without extra charge at
the subscribers door but subscriber
living In the place where the paper is
published must pay 13 cents a quarter
II ne gets his paper through the mail.
The absurdity of such decision is too
manifest for serious argument. The
wonder is that any intelligent person
could have interpreted the statutes in
such way There is nothing in its
letter or spirit that appears to warrant
this construction.
The decision is unjust. 1t is difficult
to understand why the citizens of New
York should be required to pay nearly
three times as much for the delivery OF
one say published in Boston. And vet
for years this curious phase of postal
law has challenged the criticism of the
people. Let us have an end to such
manifest absurdity.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
A WeII-tO-do Class.

We hazard the assertion that no class
of equal average means live so well as
American farmers. One of these, pos
sessing farm and buildings worth from
five to ten thousand dollars, will gather
about him and enjoy more real comfort
than could be obtained from the income
OF hundred thousand dollars in New
York: He may live in more commodi-
Gus dwelling than metropolitan citizen
having ten thousand dollars income. He
may have his carriage and horse. His
table may be supplied with everything
fresh In its season. His labor is less
wearing than the toll of counting-rooms
and offices, and he has more leisure
Scribner's Monthly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
An English Example for American
Following.

We learn by cable that W. s. Newton,
late manager of a branch London bank
at Chertsey, has just been convicted at
Old Baily Of embezzling seven hundred
dollars from the bank funds, and SEN
fenced to five years penal servitude.
With us, In ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred, the result would have been
very different, and though the offender
might not have been presented with a
service of plate, he certainly would have
stood little chance of losing his liberty.
Ii the precedent furnished above should
be faithfully followed in the United
States for twelvemonth, the list of en-
bezzlements and breaches of trust on the
part of bank officers, now SO common.
would be reduced fifty per cent. It is
doubtful, however, whether the attempt
will ever be made. We are so kind
hearted.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
A Man Suspended by One Foot for a
Period of Eight Hours.

On Monday night an unfortunate Irish
man wandered into the Court House
searching for place to pass the night.
He found his way up stairs, where the
doors were closed, and turned to retrace
his steps, when he struck the railing of
the stairs, and thinking it fence, as he
says, he climbed over it at place where
it was about eight feet to the stairs be-
low. Luckily or unluckily, as the case
might have been, as he fell from the
railing one of his feet caught between
the balusters, and he hung between
heaven and earth, head downward. His
position was very painful and at the
same time dangerous one, for had his
foot loosened, he would have fallen the
entire distance, to strike on his head.
In spite of his many and loud calls for
help, he remained in that terrible posi-
ton all night, and was released next
morning. Had the weather been as cold
as it had been few days before, it is
quite likely he would haze died before
morning, as no efforts were made by
those who heard his agonizing cries to
relieve him.-Poplar Bluff Mo- Nes0s.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Astounding Mesmeric Power.

A curious case of mesmerism is re-
corded by the civil surgeon of Hoshung-
abad. A young woman named Nunnee,
aged "a, was married some twelve years
ago; she, however, did not so to her
husbands house for two years after
ward. After staying with him for eight
days she became insensible, and re-
manned so for two or three days. She
was taken back to her mother, and soon
got well. Then follows very remark
able history. During the next four or
five years she never entered her hus-
bands house without falling insensible
and remaining so. He was very kind
and attentive to her; she liked him, but
whenever he came into her presence she
at once sank into this state. This went
on till she became emaciated and ex-
hausted, and at last her parents applied
to the court for separate maintenance
for her. While she was in court the
husband entered, and she instantly be-
came insensible and was carried to the
hospital, where the case was carefully
attended to by DIR. Cullen, in March.
last year. While in this state her pulse
was even, breathing soft, her body pill
ant, but she could eat nothing. Expert
ments were carefully made to see if
there was no trick about it. While she
was IN bed her husband was muffled up
and made to walk through the ward.
She said she felt he was near her, and
she was by no means well, but had not
seen him anywhere about. Next day
this experiment was repeated, and she
actually became insensible as before.
When the husband left the place she re-
covered. The experiment as to the in
fiuence of the husbands presence was
tried in all sorts of ways. He was made
to pass behind her and to be near her in
separate ward, but this had no effect:
but whenever he was brought to look on
her face, though mufled up, or disguised
as policeman, as q sepoy, and SO forth,
she was at once Influenced The expert
ments continued for about month, and
the conclusion was that the husband I'M
consciously mesmerized her. The court
came to the conclusion that it was i'm
possible that she could live with him,
and separate allowance was ordered.
The husband was asked to try if he
could not remove the effect, seeing that
he had the power to cause it, but he was
quite frightened at the idea of having
the power and could not control it in any
Mail, of India.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Improving Upon Nature.

They practice strange art in Japan
which is considered an improvement on
animal expression. Young puppies are
subjected to extraordinary modifying in
huences soon after birth. The upper Jaw
is forced up at an angle, carrying with it
the lower one, which gives the head the
slope of child's head. The eyes. too.
are singularly forced out of their original
plane, SO that when the process is com
pleted and the bones are permanently in o
new position, the dog appears something
Like weeping infant looking up. The
distortion is disgusting and certainly
cruel process in the hands of anybody
but Japanese lady, whose pets they
are, and objects of tender care.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
The Cause of Our Hard Winter.

1t is some qualification to know that
the present season of terrible cold and
meteorological disturbance through
which We go shivering can be scientif-
cally accounted for. The fault is not
with our planet, but with the sun. It is
said there are on that luminary group
OF spots, distinctly visible to the naked
eye, that have total area of A, 200, 600
square miles. We regret that these
great spots have come upon his bright
ness. We hope that he will soon be
able to remove them for our sake. 1t
may also reconcile us to she Arctic con-
dition of things to know that there has
been colder weather before. But this
was nearly century ago.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Sound Advice.

The American Agriculturist suggests
that the girls wear "thick, homemade
wooden stockings, instead of the eauze
absurdities with which they now cover
their rosy and dimpled (?) little extrem-
tiles. The Agricultatrist thinks that il
would give us healthier set of mothers.
This is true, and the girls might as well.
while they are covering up their feet.
throw something around their necks and
chests. 1t would be better in more
ways than hygienic.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
A Nice Distinction.

"Now, my young friends, suppose
twelve men buy twenty-four bushels of
wheat to be divided equally, how many
bushels is that for each % Boldest of
the boys" Please, sir, we've not gone
that far Chow is that? Your teacher
told me you had learned all the first four
rufesp Boy" Yes, sir, but we have
always done our sums in potatoes or tur-
nips-we have never had wheat"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
RuraI Rrevifies.

ONO has 100000 acres of unculti-
waited land.
CALIFORNIA raises more barley than
any other State.
A PENNSYLVANIA farmer has six geese
over forty years old.
THE total grain crop of the United
States in 1871 was l ,649, 237, 800 bushels.
ONE-rHIRD of all the buckwheat grown
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30

TEE increase in the amount of opium
Used In this country has been million
ounces. per month for the past year.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30

A MAINE woman ate four quarts Of
oysters in fifteen minutes, and won 800.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30

The United States raised $50, 900, 900
pounds of tobacco last year.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30

STOCKINGS made of glass spinnings are
the latest triumph of ingenuity.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-11-13
HON r. n VS..

Lowell MILL. employing about $1,000
hands, have voted fo commence at once
on three fourtbs time.
The Eastern Railroad Cos, in Massa-
chusetts, have reduced the hours of labor
and pay 20 per cent.
Work men at the rolling mills in New
Albany, Ind, have struck agsiust a re
cuction OF wages. and the mills are being
closed.
Joseph Arch had "A reception in Bos
ton last Light. Wendell Phillips presided,
aod b. + Butler was prominent amo *
the guests.
The fve-mile trotting race at Dexter
ut interest Simpson = mare Monarchical,
winning easily In 1884
Tuesday afternoon. nine fishermen,
whose ua;nes have nu; been ascertaiued.
were drowned from sail boat off S;mcne
Island in the ST. Lawrence river. Three
Of the men were Seth Green's men, en-
gagged in Collecting 6>h spawn.
Salt Lake city hegius to teel ibe effects
OF the tiuanc.al panic
The report of Gen. Baker, Commits
siscer of Pensions, says l6, 4O5 ne.Y pen
>ioners were admitted 30 the pension rolls
1873. and 10 222 were dropped for vaIi
oGs FsaSaBs. Inc net gain to the number
of pensioners was lS2. making the
grand total of pensioners of all classes
23S AL.
The lower rolling mill at New Albany.
Ind closed on Wednesday.
A grind>tone burst in . factory in Lew
lst"n. Me-. Thursday. killing Two men.
Agents oe the Lowell uills have de-
cided to begin running CT three fourths
time nez; M"naay.
Three quite severe shocks of earthquake
Were felt 1t An>tin, New, on Thu sday
Ne damage dnnt.
Parties in San Francisco are moving
sof ihe purpose VI Constructing 9 tele
graph wire frogn Tucson, Ariz1na, TO
Gpayamas Mexico.
NsA'tss 3tsss eae ~Ase~s *FSasse
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-11-13
THE Reforner~ ha, general jolli6ca,io

THE Reformer> ha' a general jolli6cation
and blow out at Madison on saturday
evening last. They had procession, aud
bands aud banners AID fireworks. and q
cannon that was made t" oppress the air
with the sulphurouS smoke and smell OF
Democracy. In order to give the thing
au anti nlnnoroly flavor the whistles uu
ali anti monopoly r:IiFnad engines In town
We. e made tn scream the tocsIm OF ref,ruI.
and railroad headlights were brought into
requi>itinn fer the purposes of iliuminai
ion. This sort Vi display. il Is To be pre-
~umed. was designed fer the special
tGiticaiInn of the Graneefs Ii had been
supposed that the Rr-lrlm leaders would
not dee ~ it pEud,nt tn throw off their
reform disguise at least till they had
tairly got possession at Madison. But 1t
appears the democratic speakers on this
occasion were uua Bile o any longer centain
themselves. such was their ec>tacy. and
Bourhouis7n. therefore, stOud forth ram
ant and uBdi-gui,-d. Mr.. George B
Smith. in particular could not, In the
ex'ravacarce of his delight, refraia from
pitdgi:.g X, form in "a D-mncratic OiiH,
town. nor iroia cnporai ulaiInp Reforuer
Weight upen the magnificent Democratic
victcry To " hich he has en- permitted
10 feebly cnntiii ue That the elect IN
OF the Reform tieket would eventually
be elained a a pemocra ie triumph We
had NJ doubt, but We had not expect
ed the claim would he put forth quite so
early in tht day. II il be true that there
Is truth in wine, il l. manifest. We think.
that there is also some trnth in Bput bon
uhi>ky; ard il is evident that the Bour-
hon spnute,s at Madison had TOO In uch
oi IT d"wn for he purposes Of conceal
nent.- 4seatiRet