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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
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ROYAL Grief.

The London correspondent of the
New York Sun describes some of the
extraordinary manifestations of the
Queens grief at the death of Prince
Albert, as follows "She had the arm
of the late Prince Albert modelled in
wax and clothed, and would pass hours
sitting with it drawn through hers, alb
sorbed in melancholy reflections recall
ing the past. The apartments of the
deceased were kept in precisely the
same order as that observed in his life
time his slippers and dressing gown
regularly aired his clothes, boots and
toilet apparatus placed as though he
might come back at any moment to
claim them. She slept land sleeps with
bis portraits pinned on the bed-head,
and framed with inanaortelles beside
her. Her letter paper and envelopes
were so deeply bordered with black that
the white space resembled mere patch
on a sable ground. Lastly, she kept
all her servants in the completest
mourning for long, long time, and
wanted the Prince of Wales, even after
he got married and set up for himself at
Marlboro House, to do the same, which
the young man hatly refused to do, and
left Windsor in huff, not returning for
a considerable period. This was the
beginning of frequent quarrels between
them, up to the time of his dangerous
illness and convalescence in 1871, which
effected reconciliation.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
A Monster.

The Emperor of Abyssinia, formerly
Prince of Tigre, but now rejoicing in
the title of JOHANN IL, though profess
ing to be a Christian and a progressive
ruler, is truly an embodiment of bar
barity. An English traveller states that
he recently captured Abba Kassai, a
pretender to the throne, filled his ears
with gun cotton, which he caused to be
exploded, blowing his head to atoms.
The same person states that he caused
the right hands and left legs of twenty
seven captives to be Topped off in his
imperial presence. and then he had them
taken out into the forest and abandoned
to be preyed upon by the lions, tigers
and panthers. Most travellers in Africa
bear testimony to the fact that the rulers
of African tribes have become blood
thirsty and cruel since the prohibition
of the slave trade. Before that time,
captives taken in war, or persons con-
victed of crimes against the ruler, knew
no worse fate than being sold into
slavery. Now they are scourged, or put
to death ia the most cruel forms. Gu
pidity is characteristic of the negro
ruler. While he could realize a price
for his prisoner he was satisfied. He
does not look with favor on imprison-
ment, as it is costly to support men in
captivity. As he cannot sell his cap
tives, and will not imprison them, he
puts them out of the way.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
THE YIRGINIUS AFFAIR.
The Protocol Signed by Secretary Fish
and Admiral Polo de Barnabee.

Protocol of the conference held at the Department
of State at Washington, on the 29th of Novem-
Der, 1873, between Hamilton Fish, Secretary of
of State, and Rear Admiral Don Jose Polo de
Barnabee, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Spain:
The undersigned having met for the pur-
pose of entering into defnitive agree
nent respecting the case of the
steamer virginius, which, while under the
flag of the United States, was, on the 3lst day
of October last, captured on the high sea by
the Spanish man-of-war Tornado, have
reached the following conclusions Spain.
on her part, stipulates to restore forthwith
the vessel referred to- and the survivors of
her passengers and crew, and on the 25th day
of December next to salute the flag of the
United States. If, however, before that date
Spain should prove to the satisfaction of the
Government Of the United States that the Vir-
ginius was not entitled to carry the flag of the
United States, and was carrying it at the time
of her capture without right and Improperly. the
salute will be spontaneously dispensed. as in
such case not being necessary or reputable ::
but the United States will expect in such a
case a disclaimer of an intent of indgnity to
its flag IN an act which was committed.
Further, that if, on or before the 26th
of December, 1873, it shall be made to
appear to the satisfaction of the United States
that the Virginius did not rightfully carry
the American flag, and was not entitled to
American papers, the United States could in
stitute an inquiry and adopt legal proceedings
against the vessel, if it be found that she has
violated any law of the United States. and
against any of the persons who may appear to
have been guilty of illegal acts in connection
Herewith, it being understood that Spain
will proceed according to the second
proposition made to Gen. Sickles,
and communicated to Admiral Polo
on the 29th inst, to investigate the conduct of
those authorities who have infringed the
Spanish laws and honorary obligations, and
will arraign them before competent courts
and infiict punishment on those who may have
offended. Other reciprocal recommendations
to be subject to the consideration and ar
rangement between the two governments :;
and, in case of no agreement, to be the sub
ject of arbitration if the constitutional assent of
the Senate of the United States be given there
to. 1t is further stipulated that the time
manner and place for the surrender of the
Virginius and the survivors of those who were
on board of her at the time of her capture
and also the time, manner and place for the
salute to the flag of the United States, if there
should be occasion for such salute shall be
subject to arrangement between the under
signed within the next two DAYS
(Signed) HAMILTON FISH,
JOSE Polo DE BARNABEE.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
Oxygen as a Poison.

Oxygen, on the plentifulness of which
in the air we breathe, the bounding
blood of health is supposed to depend,
is as fatal as dose of strychnine, if in
hailed in a condensed form Paul Bert,
French scientist, has demonstrated
this by some recent experiments with
birds and animals. Placing sparrows
under pressure of three and half at
mospheres, the birds were seized with
commissions. The same results followed
when sparrows were confined in common
air, under a pressure of seventeen at
mospheres. In oxygen, at a pressure
of three and half atmospheres, or in
air at twenty-five atmospheres, the con-
WILSON'S were extremely violent and
soon fatal. In the latter case, the
symptoms were as follows Convul-
sions commenced after four or five min
utes. The bird hobbies in moving
about as though walking on hot Goals.
1t then futters its wings, falls on its
back, and spins about with its claws
doubled up. Death supervenes after a
few such spasms. In order to produce
commissions in dog, oxygen was found
to require pressure of three and half
atmospheres, and pressure of five at
mospheres is fatal The amount of
oxygen in the arterial blood of dog In
commissions was found to be considera-
bly, less than twice the normal quantity.
From these facts NJ. Bert draws start
ling conclusions that oxygen is the most
fearful poison known.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11

The Hoosac tunnel is one of the most
important works, considered merely as
an engineering enterprise, of the pres
ent day. A comparison of it with other
tunnels is not without interest. Com
ing, as may be said, close upon the
heels of the Mont Gents tunnel, it is
likely to be most frequently compared
with that great work. The Hoosac
tunnel is narrower than the Mont Gents
by less than one-twelfth it is within
eight inches of the same height it is
about two-thirds as long, and when COM
plete will have cost about one-third
more per mile. The last named fact is
the more noteworthy because the Alpine
tunnel had to be Lined with masonry
from end to end, owing to the rock
being defective-having so many seams
that it was not considered safe without
support. The comparative hardness of
the rock bored is scarcely SO important
in these undertakings rs the question
whether the material is self-sustaining :;
a soft and decomposing rock was far
more formidable obstacle to the Hoosac
work than the harder material afterward
encountered but on the whole, the
calcareous stone which formed the bulk
OF the Alpine mountain was at least no
harder than the micaceous formations
of Massachusetts. The Mont Gents
tunnel, owing to the height of the mass
above it, had to be construed entirely
from each of it's entrances, and is de-
ficient in the great advantage as to ven
tilatiOn which the Hoosac obtains by
its central shaft.
No other tunnel bears so many points
of comparison with the Hoosac as that
of Mont Gents. Some of the French
tunnels are, however, of great length {:
that on the line between Marseilles and
Avignon being about three miles, and
the Blaisy tunnel on the road from Paris
to Lyons about two and half miles
long. One of the English tunnels is
three miles In length, and some of them
have encountered the most arduous and
costly difficulties in engineering. The
Sydenham tunnel, on the London,
Chatham and Dover railway, was one of
the most expensive, though cut through
nothing harder than London clay be-
cause after the cutting the clay swelled
AMI crushed the supporting masonry.
A parallel in the length of time taken
by some portions of the American work
is to be found in the tunnel of Arsch-
willer, on the line between Paris and
Strasbourg; its mile and half having
consumed nearly eight years in con-
struction and against the one hundred
and thirty-six human lives lost by acct
dents in the Hoosac may be set the
frightful casualty in the shaft of the
Havenstein tunnel on the Central Swiss
railway, where the wooden lining, taking
fire and giving way, fell with the sur
rounding earth upon sixty unfortunate
workmen. York Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
Liberia.

The Pittsburgh Commercial says
"Mr. John w. Good left Philadelphia
on Saturday to take passage for Liberia,
in West Africa, on the Jasper, to sail
from New York this week. Mr.. Good
went to Liberia in 1857 originally, and
now returns in charge of the new steam
coffee-hulling machine, invented by
Messrs Morris and Woodruff, of this
city. The Government of Liberia has
offered reward of So for every 1000
coffee trees planted, and a remarkable
spirit of emulation has been awakened
in parts of the young African Republic.
Five acres planted in young coffee trees
would yield 81, 900 per annum, and the
Government offers % acres to every
emigrant family. One hundred and
thirty freedmen from Georgia are ex-
pected to go out in the same vessel to
settle at Brewerville, founded by the
generous legacy of the late Charles
Brewer, of Pittsburgh. Thousands of
freedmen have applied for passage to
Liberia, and as soon as the gold region
beyond the present boundary of Liberia
is reached, there will be probably rush
to Western Africa similar to that which
peopled the gold regions of California
and Australia. With coffee, sugar, cot
ton, and palm oil now obtainable, and
gold in large quantities in prospect,
there seems to be a bright future for
Liberia"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11

The Treasury of the War Depart
ment of the German Empire, by re-
cent order, is to have ON hand, at all
times, $4,000, 900 in coined gold. This
sum is to be kept in the julius Tower of
the Citadel of Spandau, considered to
be the safest place for the boarding of
so large a treasure. The doors of the
tower and of the inner vaults are all Sc
cured with double locks, the key to the
one being in the hands of one official,
and the key to the other in those of a
supervisor. The tower is constantly
guarded by detachment of troops, and
the commander of the fortress of Span
dau is instructed to report every event
that might threaten the safety of the
tower to the Minister of War, who re-
ports to the Chancellor. Nothing can
be deposited in or drawn from the
treasury without an order from the
Chancellor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
Paper and Its Uses.

The st. Louis Democrat asks the
question "What becomes of all the
paper manufactured in the world %
and then says: We put our Commits
missioner of Statistics at work upon
this problem, and the following state
ment contains the result of his investi-
cations The world contains about
1,300, 600, 900 of human beings. and of
these $50, 100000 have no knowledge of
printing materials; 100000, 900, those
OF Monaghan extraction, use paper
prepared from leaves and plants TO-
100000, Ethiopiaps, Indians and Aus
tralians, use wooden tablets 40, OOO,-
600 of Persians, Hindoos, Armenians.
Syrlans, ETC., use paper made of cot
ton about 300, 900, 900 use the common
article of paper made of rags, straw,
etc. The average consumption for each
individual of this last number is six
pounds per annum, making total of
], 800, 600, 900 pounds. The rate of pro-
gress Of journalism, the book trede, and
the intellectual advancement of the
paper-consuming people of the earth,
may be estimated from the fact that
within the last fifty years the annual
per capita consumption of paper has
increased from two and one-half to six
pounds. The material for this vast
quantity of paper is drawn from a varie-
ty of sources, there being consumed in
its manufacture about 200, 900, 900
pounds of wooden rags, S00,000,O00
pounds OF cotton rags, besides a vast
quantity of linen rags, straw, wood and
other material In order to convert
this material into paper, there are used
750, 200, 900 pounds of chemicals, starch,
gums, oils, etc., and $500, 200, 600
pounds of coal Then there are 1850
paper-mills, representing capital of
altogether about 5000, 100000. These
mills give employment to about 10000
male and 100000 female laborers. OF
the l, 500. 600, 900 pounds of paper man.
ufactured, there is used for
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
Advice to a Cold.Footed Lady.

Madam, allow me to prescribe for you.
l have long experience in the manage
ment of delicate women, and believe /
can give some important advice. For
the present / prescribe only for your
feet.
l. Procure a number of wooden stock
;ngs-not such as you buy at the store
under the name of lambs wool, that
you can read paper through, but the
kind that your Aunt Jerusha in the
country knits for you-thick as board,
that will keep your feet dry and warm
in spite of wind and weather.
2. If you want to be real thorough
change them every morning. Hang the
fresh ones by the fire during the night.
3. Procure thick calf-skin boots
double uppers and triple soles-and
wear them from the first day of October
till the first day of May. Make fire.
-quent applications of some oil backing.
4. Avoid rubbers altogether, except a
pair of large rubber boots, that may be
worn for a little time through snow drifts,
or flood of water.
5. Hold the bottoms of your feet in
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
Tree.Culture for Profit-The Larch.

TO show the profit attending the cul-
tlyatlon OF the larch tree, in forests, the
following extract from an essay read
before the Northern Horticultural So
c1ety, at its session IN Freeport, ILL.,, by
w. Il. Lukens, is of interest, and may
perhaps open the eyes of the Western
farmer to an industry more remunera-
tive than that of raising corn at thirty
cents per bushel. After saying the
larch should be planted four feet apart
each way, and may be procured at
cost OF from So to $15 per thousand, Mr..
Lukens adds:
Any one who takes the pains will
readily see that the expenses of fifty
acres of iarch for the first ten years, in
Guiding interest on land worth $50 per
acre, cost of plants, preparing the
ground, planting, and cultivating two
or three years, with ten per cent. COM
pound interest on each investment, will
amount to about $4,000 At that time
three-fourths of the trees should be
thinned out, leaving them eight feet
apart. These, if worth fifteen cents
each, will amount to over SI5, 600, or a
clear profit of $4,000 Ii this sum is
kept at compound interest for twenty
years it will amount to $5S,564, sup
posing /. to double in every eight years.
But at twenty we may cut three-fourths
OF the balance, or 25.3l2 trees, worth at
that time at least 50 each, or $50, 1924.
This at compound interest for ten years
will amount to about 1922 500. We
then have left s, 437 trees 80 years old,
worth not less than so per tree, or
$S4, 37O-an aggregate profit of $685., 064
III thirty years from fifty acres of land.
''But if you plant corn every year on
fifty acres, allow it to produce forty
bushels per acre, and sell it at 80 cents
per bushel, allow interest on the net
profit each year at compound rate for
the same time, or thirty years from first
planting, you will not get it higher than
100000 or $4,000. Thus we find the
trees viii yield profit of $195, 054 more
than the corn crop at 80 cents bushel.
cit will be seen that in this caicula-
ton the trees at ten years are put at Is
cents each, while the probability is that
they will be worth nearer 70 cents. But
if each tree will make three cuts five
feet long, a good fence can be made
by inserting them one foot into the
ground, nine inches apart, and mailing
another on the top to keep them steady.
1t would require eight of these poles to
make rod of fence, which at ID cents
each would only be S1.20 a rod. All
can see that this is very low estimate
of the value of such poles as they will
no of that -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11

butchers, his appeal would have had in
fuence. In his own words, they would
at least have identified the victims whom
they were about to sacrifice But they
were shot, and he also. Whether he
were guilty of a crime or not, he at least
died like brave man and a gentleman,
without single murmur, pleading with
his last words for the lives of others,
and commencing his soul to God. Such
instances of chivalric bravery and dis
interestedness are too rare nowadays to
mass 1lnnOticed
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
A New York Steamship Sunk at Sea-226
of Her Paasenyers Lost.

of Her Passengers Lost.
News comes from London of another terri
BILE marine disaster. at q o'clock on the morn
ing of the 23d of November, the steamship
Vile du Havre, which left New York Nov. Is,
for Havre. France. collided with the British
ship Loeb Erne and sunk in twelve minutes.
Two hundred and twenty-six passengers of the
Vile du Hayre were lost, eighty-seven being
saved by the ship Trimountain. The Inflated
vessel was struck amidships by the Loeb Erne.
The latter vessel Immediately lowered her
bosts, which rendered all the service possible
by them. Fifty-three of tho crew were saved,
including the Captain, and those go to make
up the eighty-seyen saved. Among the pas
sengers lost were several members of the
late Evangelical Alliance. returning to their
homes.
The Vile du Havre was one of the largest
and finest steamers atioat. He- dimensions
were 43O feet by 4s feet. Her carrying capac-
ity was $50 tons, freight and measurement.
Her main saloon was fitted up with marble
wainscoting of three varieties, the uphol-
stery was velvet, and the woodwork was
carved in the most unique designs. Her en-
gines were compound direct-acting. of 5000
horsepower, and made in England.
Among the lost were four children of Mr..
III. G. Spafford (Mrs. s. being among the
saved), a son of Mr.. b. F. Culver, and Mrs.
Daniel Goodwin and two children-an of
Chicago.
The Loeb Erne struck the steamer amid
ships. and made chasm IL feet deep and
from Is TO 80 feet wide. The exact position
of the Vile du Havre at the time latitude
AZ degrees 81 minutes; longitude 80 degrees
Al minutes.
Panic took possession of the passengers.
Five minutes after the collision the main and
mzZen m2sts fell across two large boats
which were filled with people and ready FOR
launching. The boats were crushed to pieces.
and many of the occupants killed and injured.
In the brief interval between the collision and
sinking of the steamer the crew were able to
launch only whaleboat and the Captains
gig.
The Loeb Erne went mile before stopping.
She then got out feur boats to pick up The
people struggling in the water.
The Purser of the Vile du Havre, in his ac-
count of the disaster says:
f" The scene was awful, and beyond descrip-
ton. The air was rent with shrieks. but some
were heard saying calmly, 50 As we must die,
let US die nobly." The water rushed into the
hold with incredible velocity. l undressad
myself, and with companion, jumped over
board and swan toward the Loeb Erne, then
half mile distant. AS / left heard the ship
cracking, and looking back saw her go down
with one plunge forward. For a moment the
shrieks were terrible, then all was silent 1t
was the silence of death. The Captain re-
NAMED on the bridge of the Vile du Havre
during the whole. and went down with the
ship. He was picked up an hour afterward."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11

cold water half an inch deep, just before
going to bed, for two or three minutes,
and then rub them hard with rough
towels and your naked hands.
6. Now, madam, go out frequently, in
all weathers, and believe me, not only
will your feet enjoy a good circulation
in the lower extremities, but your head
will be relieved of all its fuilness, and
your heart of its palpitations. Your
complexion will be greatly improved,
and your health made better in every
respect.=Dr. DiO Lc1Ois
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
What The Hoosac Tunnel Has Cost.

In the construction of this great work
forty-three lives have been lost, as fol-
lows: By premature explorions, 81,
viz. !: by nitro-glycerine, 10; bycommon
powder, 6; by giant power, 4; by
qualine, z; by explosions of the nitro
glycerine magazines, 4, viz: 8 at the
west end and l at the central shaft by
falling down the central shaft, 9; killed
by rock falling from the brick arch at
the west end Oct, 1, 1869, 1.
1t is estimated that the rock taken
from the tunnel and the central shaft
would make perfectly solid cube with
side of 235 feet, thus covering an acre
and one-quarter of land, with pile 235
feet high.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
The United States Senate.

The Louisville Cowier-Journal pub
fishes the following interesting table,
which exhibits the name of every Sena-
tor, together with the date of his en-
trance and of the expiration of his term.
There are seventy-four members in all,
of whom nineteen are Democrats and
four Liberal Republicans
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11

tanned that only thirty-seven of the yirginius'
passengers were put to death
THE trunk line between Chicago and New
Orleans is so nearly completed that in a few
days one can travel between the two cities in
one car and with no other change than that of
climate. :. Intelligence comes from Corpus
Christi, Texas, of another Mexican raid across
the Rio Grande Seven ranchmen were killed,
and considerable stock run off.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11
A Brave Man.

Seats contested.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-11

Spain Accedes to the Demands Of the
United States-Teryns of the Protocol
Agreed UpOn-The Virginius to be Sur
rendered and the Remaining Captives
Released.