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A Kentucky Farmer Ekil1osl by n par~
thor


For aomo tlnio past fcroeo,ls panther has
9,G been prowltng through tho woods oyor tlo cat
Hills, near !tty yloraSilc, Spencer Go. On Mon
day last Richard Holt camo across the panther
while out hunting, md 1lrol Two charger into its
side without fatal ottcctg. Thia tonlcd to on.
rage tue auima!, and In lous thnn two minutes It
had landet' upon Holt mud wuH aayagoly clawing
him to death. little 10y who was will Hoit
ra,. 70 to where q pasty Of men wore working iu q
l, nold about half milo awny, end, rs soon as.
these mon could arm themselves, thoy:
hastcncd to Holt'a aid; hut whom thoy roachcd
the spot they found him dead and tho body torn
almost into shrods. Tho boast, after killing.
him, llad evidently eaton portion Of tho body,
as largo Jumps Of 1csh which ha1 boan torn out,
Of tho body could not be, found anywhere abous.
the spot. Mr. Holt WASH farmer, very fond or
hunting, was bravo to q fault, and was worry ven
turdsono. The inhabitants OF tho noighbol..
hood have organized for tho purpose Of hunting
down ant singing tho monster OF tho woods. IL
ia aaitl that the ldeouB yelfn Of tito beast cnn{
bo hoard eyory night, but that the people are
afraid to perauo 1t III the dark. s
, 1873-12-28
John Hays Inst Poem,

TO tho Editor effhe Chicago Tribune:
SIR: Mr.. john Hay, Of tho New York Tribune
gentleman believed to bo possessed OF decent
living, secured very enylabo literary reputation
by tho authorship Of two pieces Of poetry. It is
my opinion that he is maltrcating that reputa-
tion. II Mr. Hay did neod tho money which
the buBiness managers Of Scribuer's probably
SAW dt to pay him for his Inst poem In
that periodical, aud 1t lad been writton
carefully and weli, mechanically considered,
there might be only regrot among tho oharl-
table 'admircrs Of liB -for1ner pieces that 1t
should haye become necessary On his part to
have anything to say upon thomo so impotent
aB that Of Aoudoir.p Prophecies" Believing
him, however, over tho prioka Of pecuniary dis:
wide In metropolitan Sunday lasuos, crosB-roads
delinquent tax-lists, and patent-outBidos- mot
only tWal1lo, but rlckoty apoomon Of tue phe-
nomonon, nm constrained to cry out, and to
urge othora to cry out, until 1t shall bo unprott-
abla to minister to tho metrloal wantB OF Amor
ing III D specimen, especially when no claim OF
poetry, per Sc, il mado Tor tho production,
Ons day In tho Tujleries,
Wlcn southwest Apaillsh broezo
Brought acantaaoNs noYs Of tho Queon,
The fMirt proud ElnprcRa said.
"A1y good frionl 1osen hor head
II fmatfclB 90 on this way
shall soe l!or shopping aonlo dRy -.
In tho boulevart- -CapuclAey.n
II any man will give aono ono rule which will
words III the frat and Hocona md In tue third
and eighth lines, nlall be obliged to content my
Helf with oDIooeng to four limos In q sta,,za of
eight boing out OF gear with eael othor; TO tho
attending atauzaa hoariug little resemblance in
construction TO-. tho first; and to the poetic
, 1873-12-28

hs cannot project II outward "A an attribute Of the
Deity. In Tho Scriptures alone 10 md .hot God ;
spoken tho Old Tsaamone - thooV
Ona V Iarasl because Holy Ono WIS not known in
any other nation. 10 mot ts, thon, powerful argl-
ment for tho inspiration Of thcso Hcripturcs1
thon, hoiness n tho beauty and perfection Of tho
Divno nature, surely II Ia aso tho boaty nnd porfeo
ton OF human nature. Now, We have aoon that tho
foc tho Dlvino inngo It. lilo nature Of man. In o rca-
sou Of man trufh in tho heart or man m love.
Now 1t IL tito harmonious combination Of all these
Divine features TINT constitutca lilo beaty OF tho d.
vine Image holiness in min. Ho|intss therefore, IA
fha trs end ~ human fe, and every other Is fIlse.
, 1873-12-28
- Egypt III, Carlcaturc.

THE EGYPTIAN sKETCH-DOOK. by CuAnIEs @.
LELAND. Nav York Hurd h HougAlon. Ohloago !:
Jnrson, McolurE l. Go. -
Our readers aro beat seguaiptod With; tho
author as :. Hans Breitmann, ''whose poetry has
for some timo beou popular at oYening-partios,
when road by those who can initiate Dutch ron
dered In broken English. In the work before
us, he gives tho ludicrous sdcs Of what one may
aeo'in Egypt sometimes succeeding admirably
md often giving us paragraphs that are oxces-
aiyely stupid. He has jokes and pun1 with
out number, some OF which are, atsooious,
Tho antiquities Of Egypt arc aeon only in carl
catnro, and q journey up tho Milo aeryes tho
author good turn by enabling him to paint tho
grotosque manners aud habits Of tho Egyptians.
to while away pleaaanty an hour, Il mny 10 on
tho cara or by the firesido. 80. =,
, 1873-12-28

Vica-Admiral IIay, r. NJ. has in press "Aalan-
Il aud What Wo Know Of It." a.,
Mr. 9: L. Watkins has given to the California
univernity tho original manuscript Of the poou,
"The Hcathon Chinoo." by Drot Harte, and tho
proof-sleots Of tho san,e, with important cor
rocttons.
A translation Of THE Dolcidcs, :" by J. Cohen,
the wcll-known French Journalist ind theolo9ian'
hes baou made by Anna Goldsmil aud published
by Deutsch d 90. It s q review of tho 1ifo Of
jesus Chriat from tho JowBh standpoint.
~ Shatchoa OF Irish Soldiers III Evory Land !"
Ia the title OF q very noat little book receutly
from tho pom OF Col. James E. McGoo. Tho
sketches, over thirty in number, arc short con-
else, md we'll writton.
hlr. RuBkin. in tho thirty fourth number Of his
for tho emptfnoaa Of his book on "Tho Forms Of
Water" Ho rtdiculeB tho Professors dramatic
pictures Of Alpine scientists wading ''broast
deep through snow" which, hlr, Rusltin says, as
matter Of hard fact, is impracticable.
Tho Applctons have in the press curious
book, BY tho Hon. Aaron Goodrich entitled
The Lifo and Actions Of the So-Caled Chris.
topler ColumbuB.'' Tho author, who seems to
be historical iconoolast, raal1eB out that tho
name OF the celebrated Genoeso voyager was not
Columbus, aud that lo did not discover Amer
lea.
A Boaton publishing house answors tho cur
rent objection to publishing books by Bubscri,-
tion by this statement: "I'hey announced G,ll-
XQkH 'k1l6t0FY OF FRANCO" Tor q whole V1lr. AH tn
bo published for tho book trade. but folnd d no 10
encouragement. They then concluded to rub.
llRh it by eubecription. and snrlo
agent sold moro copicg in ono week tl,an tho en-
tire book trade ct tue country called for on a
years adYortiaing
! nTho Tia "Reminiscences. mi 1,or.on., no,-
elections Of Edwin Forrcst tie the ereat y Amcr- cr
;csn troTo5;on 1v law. H., ,1iH.l hh.ot
Whio os hs,eG pS onnearn eos ~ SooSy oonaf
nast. in weakly inatamonts ~ 4'i Tt'laio ia
asa.o,or ~ nsJn'y ~ 49,, H. n ~ IT, i,auon"
iahaX f. y fa," o1. ~ f1eIn, T., ~ f, ~, ~ N pun
pctarson Trothnra + ~" UuuH e%thor py rrtta Il o.
md added to tho work aayora1 ;ntrodnctorv teu
oiontara c,, o co,foi,, a'ro' I'll ~, nttouuctoty
stnrv r. Mr. Forrcata iif fror, o s a ,rti G9ot9 @
hs trst nnnonrnnca on to atamo m H. HIsM tn u asa
cara5uv ravseI md H.; ,oia ~ ae -, ntso .i
roat Of io wor,t I'LL" '''''@'on 'no "ho'o u the
Al ~ ~ sae panaa,, n,,ou. ,o .uu
roan a. tpe nulnau t papers arc paying trt6uta OF
rcbpocS 60 'ne se5olyuopsrsea signora caterlna
efaspe;;, ~ pa;ant hne lsahan hls someryillo. Torn
,tn o. sc.enunc lam1y, niece OF ire d!atngnsheu
ase'unueti w. nc11Foaimam.o WON Mono owes
M WI av"to1 Fly, s2;oe1 o. ncaape
a,. ;ia VIZ aoyosou from girlhoou to astronomy.
on9 l1 uieotoo NV EI,o,itS!oH4eHza oceatlsc1
, 1873-12-28
biographical Dictionary OF Artists.

PAINTERS. sCULPTOR8, ARCHITECTS, EN-
alsAVEKS, AND THEIR WORKS A HANDBOOK.
By CLARA ERsK1HE CLEMENr. With Illustrations
and Monograms. New York: Hura Il Houghton,
This is really an illustrated biographical die
tionary Of tho leading artists whose works hayo
does tho author give short sketch Of their lives
and works, but tho names Of the ongravers who
hnye giyon theao masterpieces to tho world in
cheaper form are also stated, and ongrnyinga arc
given Of tho best pictures OF tho loading artists.
As handbook Of reference, the work IL one Of
great valuo to all who arc In any way Interested
In art tnRttora.
, 1873-12-28


THE FUR-COUNTnY; on SEVENTY DEos,Eks Nonru
LATITUDE, Translntod from the French OF JuLEB
VEnsE by n. D. ANvERs. With Ona Hundred Illus
trstions. Boston: James Il. Osgood & Co.
Our readers who have read the other volumes
Of this wondorfuly-proino French author, can
readily understand tho character Of this book
from it's title-page. He imaginos q party rcHid-
ing for time in the territory Of tho Hudson
Bay Company, md enduring MI tho viciHsitudcs
OF tho savage climate Of tho Arctic regions Of
North Amorica. This enables him to describe,
correctly, rs far as wo can Judge, the fur-bonring
animals md tho modes Of taking thom thor
nature and habits. and much TINT
will interest and instruct younger road-
ers IN the dangers to DO oncoun-
tered In tho inLoBpitnble regions OF tho
North. Great Dcar Lake In storm; Journeys
to tho Polar Sea; fights with white boars, eenl-
taking mud thousand things and Incidents,
make this ono OF llr. Vorno'a most interesting
books: Il is specially commended as q holiday
book for the boys,
, 1873-12-28
Eleln1fi oItx's Discovcr1cy.

gouND ARD MUSIC: a Neutrality-suspicious. TREATIES
ON THE .pnYs1oAL CONSTITUTION or MuyIcAI.
BOUNDS AND HARMONY, INCLUDING THE CH1Er
Acousr1oAL DIsoovEnIEs Or Pnor. uKLMnoLrz.
ny SKDLEY TArLon, Trinity College, Cambridge.
london and New York: Macmillan & TO. Chicago
Jansen, McCurg b Co.
We hayo copied the title-pago Of the work bo-
fore uB so fully that our musical readers naay
understand it's character. It Is elementary in
all respects, and those who wish to writa or road
music will find it, or somo work like It, essential
to their suceoas. As this ia just from the press
tho author hnB doubtless Incorporated tho latost
information on the aubjoct Of which ho treats.
Ho has introduced the discoveries Of uolmlo1tz,
and explained them IN accordance with his own
ideas Of how Lie could make them best uudor-
stood and useful to Lis renders.
, 1873-12-28
For the xoNuEs

LADY, HEsTEN OR, UnsuIAa NARRATIVE. BY
CHARLOTTE NJ. YoNaE. London: Macmillan l.
Co. Chicago: jansen, McClurg Il Co.
Hero wo have another of Mira. Yongo'a
charming stories,-iuat tho ono for q holiday
presont,
, 1873-12-28

Inst May tho Thicrs Administration WAS over
thrown by the noyalBtH, and Marshal Mao1Iahou
was appointed temporary Dictator. Inst mouth
name Of 1.-THE President of the Trench Ropub-
lic;" but, % no Republic exists in France, thero
can DO no President Of it..
France now finds herself just whore Bho WIS
quarter Of centuryago, when Con. Cayaignao
tho circlo since 1848, aud
ARRIVED At THE sTAnT1Na-PLAoE.
sho las had raid OF Paris rahble on Con-
sat'1 stitntional Ang With hia asaieation then tho
sa S1Sa thsRp msRa1' donae15vd next MILITARY P3tos ,o
Q Coup dEtat and Military Empire;
then an overthrow OF tho Empire and nj NIB.
dlcntion; thon d Committee OF Public Safety;
then tho Commune In Paris, suppressed. as in
Military Dictatorship Of tho officer who put it
down. This bringa us to tho present monont.
A Provisional Assembly iB engaged In tho
work Of plotting for Atonarchical restoration,
and a in framing .1, now Constitution which shall
Franco. It will be the tiftoenth or twentieth
Constitution framed elnce the days Of Louis
XVI. Thore is nothing In France 80 readily
discarded as q Constitution. It Reema to poa-
French eyos than M unfasnionab1o garment, and
ions. ~ ''' '''~ ''"'@'
Wellt what nextq Who ahall rule in the fu-
ture? No namo stands forth as a rallying centro.
The noyaliats. who i'aya for the momont con-
troll Of the Assembly, and whoao instrument. ia
MaoMahpn, had mado all their plans to confer
tho crown on
THE COUNT DE ouAMnoRp,
nndor tho title OF Henry V, But lie refused to
acknowledge the trl-colored flag of the Rovolu-
tion, or to acoopt tho Throne as q Constitutional
King, with Cabinet responsible to tho prevail
Ing views Of tile Assembly and willing to carry
ont It's policies. Ho hanghtly declared, ~ nm
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
Important Decision.

There was a case before the Superior
Court of New York city, a few days ago,
that involves an important point of law
in connection with strikes. The plain
tiff, a railroad company, had contracted
to deliver a certain number of
tons of coal. The contract was so word
ed that the plaintiff was to be released
from it in cases of storms, disasters or
strikes. After delivering a few hundred
tons, the company ordered a reduction
of the wages paid to its employees.
Thereupon they struck, and the COM
pany could deliver no more coal under
the contract. The defendants refused
to pay for the coal already delivered,
and the company sued to the
price of it, to which the defendants set
up as a counter-claim the failure to car
ry out the contract. The plaiatif put
in a replication, setting up that the fail
ure was caused by a strike, which re-
leased them from the duty of fulfilling
the agreement. The decision of the
court was that as the strike was caused
by the plaintiff in reducing the wages
of its workmen, it could not use the oc-
currence for its own advantage.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
An American Monte CristO.

Tom Scott, as he is Familiarity STYLED.
is reputed to be a Monte Cristo in
promptness, and by the fullest exercise
of this quality he is enabled to do all
the work devolving upon him as a great
railway manager. He makes notes of
all his engagements, whether they be in
the North, South, East, or West-not
only in regard to dates, but to the pre-
else hour and minute. Should he agree
to meet somebody in Galveston, Texas,
on the 18th of next October, at II o'clock
in the morning, he will certainly be there
if he be alive and well. So it is with
any other engagement OF this or the
other side of the sea and if he should
say he would meet a man at n given
time in the moon. he would do his very
best to get there in an extra train. So
extremely punctual himself, he demands
the same punctuality in others. If they
are five minutes behind, they lose their
opportunity, and are forced to wait upon
SCOTS convenience.
Nothing but the love of power-un-
less it be the love of excitement, or the
result of fixed habit-can induce any
man as wealthy as Scott is to work so
hard as he does. Sixteen or seventeen
hours a day is reported to be his aver
age time of labor, and his capacity to
sleep soundly keeps him fresh and Wig
orous enough to prosecute his countless
plans and perfect his immense railway
combinations .-NeW York Letter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
GOlCen THOUGHTS.

Sunday skules are a CRATE blessing to
emmy community if you kant read the
Bible you can sit and look at the pix
turs.
Temperance is the father of gud-
ness, butt now his is the cellar and
drinker.
It is phunny that a noospaper reporter
alwaise addresses you by sain, "Do 700
kno ennything?" This is no plum for q
scollar.
Pyus people never have as much plum
on Sunday as the unpyus. If they do,
it is in seklusion.
Decete is as natral to female character
as klimin poles is tn the munkee.
A dandee is as useless in a komyunity
as a stump tale to a COY in fy-time.
The complaints of B. Yong, ESQ.,,
that all his wives kant keep the buttons
onto his close is not a pekulare disease.
Men with only n wife suffer ekully
with the great profit.
From the kul ar and tenasity of a
beefstake at a modern hashery, one is
led to believe that old boot-legs find
there way into the markit baskits.-
j III Billings.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
Painless Death,

Chief Justice Chase, says the Boston
Traveller, was fortunate in death, as he
had been in life. The immediate cause
OF his death was rupture of the cerebral
artery, whence followed a rush of blood
to the brain; and as the rupture took
place when he was asleep, he never knew
pain, passing calmly away. Mere dying,
1t Is probable, never is painful, but the
circumstances that attend death m
times are very painful !; yet men suffer
as much in sickness from which they re-
cover as they do in those that terminate
fatally. A strictly natural death would
make no more impression on a man than
was made on him by his birth. Nature
Is not such a blunderer as to make the
inevitable a sourc of pain that can do
no GOOD. What is disagreeable in dying
is the result of violations of natures
LAWS. To die is simply to sleep, death
being the rounding of life, as Shake
speare says. To the properly consti-
tuted mind, death is no more horrible
than is sleep; but then the properly
constituted mind has not vet been found.
Even those who die calmly or gladly, do
SO because they have found life a Cor
dian knot, which can be cut only by the
dart of Death, and not because they
have philosophically convinced them
selves that it is a matter of no moment.
Be a man the most confirmed of be-
levers, or the most confirmed of unbe-
levers, he must have some doubt-and
where there is doubt, be it ever so small,
there must be fear. SO that when one
departs in his sleep he avoids the last
~perplexity, that which waits on the
death-bed of the Christian as well as on
the death-bed of the philosopher-which
was felt by Adam, and which will be felt
by the last of Adams descendants.
Human egotism has not yet reached to
that point in which death can be a mat
ter of absolute Indifference, and prob
ably it will never reach it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
Joaquin Miller Once Head Chief of the
MOdOc Tribe.

1t may not be generally known that a
few years ago-somewhere about 1858,
probably-the head chief of the Modoc
Indians was q white man, who had
joined the tribe, and taken to himself,
"for better or worse" a dusky maiden
OF the Modoc persuasion, with whom he
lived and loved for some years. This
head chief was no less a person than the
now celebrated Oregon poet, Joaquin
Miller.
While reigning as chief of this war
Like band, probably to more securely es-
tablsh his title to the craftsmanship and
gain the fullest confidence of his adopt
ed brothers, the redskins, he connected
the diabolical plan of attacking and
sacking the city of Yreka, Cal, Joaquin
himself visited Yreka, and examined
the approaches and chances of an easy
capture.
Yreka then contained a much larger
proportion of floating population.
miners, gamblers, ETC., all well armed
and generally of a rowing, reckless dis
position-Just the kind of men that
were always ready and willing to meet
danger half way-in fact, a class of
men to whom excitement of some char
acter was an absolute necessity.
Joaquin was not long in acquiring
these facts, and the attack on Yreka was
indefinitely postponed by the Modocs in
consequence of his report. The failure
of Joaquin to carry out the Yreka scheme
seemed to have "soured' the Modocs
somewhat toward him, and it was not
long before he returned to the "white
settlements" These and other facts in
the life and adventures of Joaquin
were given to us by an old mountain
man, who was personally acquainted
with the Modoc chief at the time of
his chieftainship.-Albany (Oregon)
ReQister.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
French Account of a Chicago DueI.

Dueling in Chicago is thus described
by a French newspaper If ever a ma
ton considered dueling as a serious
business, it is the American nation. One
day, a Cincinnati merchant was chal-
lenged by a Chicago banker. The chal-
lenge was sent by telegraph, and these
kilograms were exchanged Cincinnati
to Chicago: Challenge accepted. Come
to Cincinnati to settle the conditions"
Chicago to Cincinnati f.: ct shall do no
such thing. Why should I, and not you,
take the trouble to travel ?" Cincinnati
to Chicago : Because my wife is in
childbed." Chicago to Cincinnati GAIL
right. Expect me in the next train"
The Chicago banker found the Cincin-
natl merchant at the railway station, and
asked the latter: "Wen, are you ready
for the light? Why. in the deuce, are
you so pale?" because I am afraid I
am a ruined man. My correspondent at
Havre has ceased making me his usual
remittances." "By Jove! that's bad!"
81 set out for Havre tomorrow we will
fghtwhen Ireturn." "Ishan't quit you."
They embarked on the same steamship.
When they reach Havre the Cincinnati
merchant finds his correspondent has
run off to Canton with all the monev he
could raise. They go after him. They
find and arrest him at Canton, bring
him back to Hayre, have him tried, con
vlcted, and put in the penitentiary.
This prosecution last six months. After
they have seen the rogue put in the
penitentiary, they return to America.
They had now been travelling together
for two years, and had come to love each
other like brothers. Nevertheless, the
day after they reached Chicago, the
banker said: "By the way, we have
almost forgotten our duel. We have to
fight" "To be sure we must" The
following day they fought on the lake
shore, with rifles, the distance was
twenty PAGES. Both fell MORALLY wound
ed, and their last breath expired say
ing: "All right"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
A MOdOc Artist.

The Modoc Squaw Matilda, often
mentioned in the dispatches as N of
the chief mediators, is a oma of no
mean capacity. Living with an Ameri-
can, she keeps his house tight and snug
a any white woman could, and, when
ever not occupied with her household
cares, she is busy over her pencil and
paper. She has a volumlnous roll
OF sketches, partly copies, but
principally original drawings. With a
stump of a pencil and any casual scrap
of paper, she will strike off at sight an
American, an Englishman, a German, a
Chinaman, a Modoc, or any eccentric
character she may chance to see ; and
her heads are wonderfully correct and
graphic. If she had received an educa-
ton, or enjoyed any privileges except
those afforded by the rudest backwoods,
she would have been heard of in the art
world. Matilda is a woman of a strong,
dark face, glittering eyes, slow and de-
hberate In speech, and Of an iron will
a good type of her race.-Orerland
MONTHLY.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19
Gains Matters.

The pursuit of information is some
times attended with difficulties, even in
San Francisco. One inquirer, who APP
piled to the Chronicle for information
as to where Cain obtained his wife, is
cruelty rebuffed, the only reply vouch-
safed him being this "Upon any SUBJ
ject of a public nature we never refuse
to throw the desired light. But this is
altogether a different thing. It is a
family matter with which we do not care
to meddle. Cain died some time before
many of US were born, and such idle
curiosity regarding the family affairs of
a deceased person we regard as repre-
hensible, and calculated to violate the
sanctities of domestic life. For these
reasons, and because we do not wish to
injure the feelings of the relatives of
the deceased, we decline to answer the
question"