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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06

TITLES An anecdote ON 'Titles in
the United States" which Mr.. Jeffer-
son used to tell in relation to the SUBJ
ject, which is authentic, is too good to
be lost. The anecdote has been re-
peated by one who has heard Mr.. Jeffer-
son mention it. In the convention for
forming the Constitution of the United
States, it was proposed that titles should
be given to high officers OF the Govern
ment, and the proposition met with IA
vor. The discussion of the subject
had gone on for some time, when Mr..
Franklin arose, and with great appar-
ent gravity remarked "That as this
matter seemed to be seriously enter
tanned, and might be carried, he had to
suggest one title which would be new
and appropriate-it was a title for
Viee-President-and it was His Most
.uperfuous Highness =" There was
not much more said about titles after
this
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06

Illinois in 1929 ranked the twenty
third State in population, and in 1870
the fifth.
The first railroad built in Illinois was
the line from Springfield to the Illinois
river at the ceremony of breaking the
ground, in 1888, Daniel Waldo, ESQ.,,
of Meredosia, had the honor of casting
the first shovelful of dirt.
Rev. Thomas Lippincott Gather of G.
E., present State Auditory organized the
first Sabbath school in the Territory of
Illinois, in the summer of 1918, three
miles south of Alton. This was the
summer before Illinois was admitted as
State.
The first school taught in Jacksonville
was in the winter of 1867, by the Hon.
William Thomas, who is still citizen
of the same town. :
The town of Upper Alton inaugurated
the free school system three years before
it was law of the State.
A cottonwood tree, planted by Ber
nard Thompson in 1913 (the father of
Judge A. J. Thompson, of Bethel,
Morgan county, ILL.,, measures fourteen
feet In circumference.
Rev. Thomas Randle, of Upper Alton,
is the oldest living member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the
State, having heen seventy-fve years a
member, and a preacher sixty-fve
wears
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
Was it Spontaneous Combustion

Miss Lucy Ferguson, wealthy lady
of Fincastle, Va, was burned to death a
few months since in a manner which
strongly suggests spontaneous combus-
ton. A report of the occurrence says ::
1T is known that she was subject to
fits. She was about 30 years of age.
Her house being seen open excited sus-
picion, when Mr.. James Mcdowell and
colored man named Jameson insti-
iuted search. They visited the
kitchen, but saw nothing of her, but
finally procuring a light, they made a
further investigation, and were horror
stricken to find only left the head of the
unfortunate lady, which was dressed as
she appeared at church, but her entire
body, bones, entrails, etc., had been re-
duced to ashes. She, or what remained
OF her, was lying across the old-fash-
Toned hearth, but in the fireplace, some
eight feet back, and of stone, there re-
NAMED scarcely a handful of Goals.
How the catastrophe occurred, and how
her remains could be so effectually de-
stroyed without the burning of the
kitchen, is matter of conjecture.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
he grasped my arm, and almost dragged
me int0the porch of his quarters.

he grasped my arm, and almost dragged
me intost porch of his quarters.
When we entered the house and were
exposed to the light of the hall lamps, L
fancied / saw a slight twinkle in the eye
of the officer, and / began to wonder
whether he really knew of my predica-
ment, and wished to have his joke. He
gave no other intimation, however, that
j saw, but quickly took off his cloak,
and said that 1 had better do the same.
Seeing me hesitate, he said, ''Come,
look alive off with it.
Further remonstrance 1 found would
be useless, so that there was no help for
me but full confession. Summoning
my courage, and fearing to hesitate, /
blurted out, Colonel, I've no trows-
ers on"
"The deuce you haven't % he said.
Well, you'd better go and put them
on, and then come here as soon as pos
sible, and have a glass of something
warm"
rushed out of the quarters, half de-
termined not to return. was fully awake
now, and shivered like half-drowned
dog ; but no sooner had dressed my
self than the Colonel came over % say
that quadrille was waiting for me.
/ determined to put bold face on the
matter, ard entered the drawing-room,
where a party of about fifty had as
sembled. 1t was evident by the filters of
the young ladies, the grins of the men,
and the subdued smiles of the dowagers
that my story was known.
The Colonel had told it as a good joke
to the Major, who had whispered it to
his wife, she had breathed it into the
ear of two of her friends, and IN about
ten minutes every person in the room
knew E young subaltern had unwillingly
gone his rounds in his night-shirt.
AS long as L stayed in that garrison L
was standing joke. When the girls
saw me they always looked away and
smiled, and it seemed as impossible for
me to obtain serious answer from any
of them as for clown to preach a SER
mon. They even seemed to be afraid to
dance with me, fearing, as / afterwards
heard, to look at my legs, lest might
be deficient in some article of raiment.
l soon exchanged and went into an
other regiment; and years afterwards l
heard my own adventure related in a
crowded drawing room, all the details of
the story being true except the name of
the prisoner-my misfortune having
been attributed to an unfortunate fall,
l never went to bed on guard after
that nlght.-Chdring Cross.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
WHY 1 EXCHANGED.

Some five years ago was a subaltern
m a marching regiment, and quartered
m q large garrison town in England.
Ny duties consisted of the usual round
Of morning and afternoon parades, visit
ing the mems dinners and teas, and other
regular work. In addition to this we
had, occasionally, to mount guard, and
10 pass twenty-four hours in a sort of
half imprisonment.
1t is one of the regulations of the SER
vice that when officers or men are on
guard they should always be in state
Of readiness to " fall in" on parade in a
moment notice. If you feel very sleepy
and desire rest, you must take it while
you are buttoned up to the throat and
strapped down at the heels; lounge in
IN arm chair, or probably little hori-
Bontal refreshment upon a sofa, is the
extent of rest which an officer on guard
Is supposed to indulge in.
Among my brother subalterns In gar
xison it was our usual practice to infringe
upon this strict letter of the law and
whe1 the principal part of our duty had
been accomplished we used to indulge
ourselves by divesting our limbs of their
8AE1OI, ltlu oCChluS5 iCllCSAAClt DCtWccu
the sheets of little camp bed that was
placed In the inner guard -room
It was part of the duties of an officer
ON guard to visit all the sentries during
the night, the time for visiting them
being usually an hour or SO after the
field officer had visited the guard I;
the field officer being Colonel or Major
Who was ON duty for the day, and who
came once by day and once by night to
zee the guards and to see that all was as
II should be. There was no exact limit
to the number of times that the field
officer might visit the guards, but it was
3he usual thing, and had become almost
. custom, for him to come once day
and once by night, so that after the last
visit the subaltern usually waited an
hour or so, walked round the limits of
his post, visited all his sentries, and
then turned into bed.
It was bitter cold morning in Janu-
uary that my turn for guard came
I On. marched my men to the post, re-
Eeved the old guard, and then, having
gone through the regular duty and
dined. endeavored to pass the time until
the field officer had visited me. The
previous evening I had been at ball in
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06

The scientific conundrum of the day
is: What did 10 die of? Iodide of
potassium.
"HAvE you heard my last song ?"
asked music writer of a gruff critic.
" hope so, was the reply.
THOUGH Shakespeare positively doth affirm il.
And to dispute it may not be discreet
Yet cannot believe that which we call flour
By any other name would smell wheat.
AN Iowa editor wrote "During the
past week we have been visiting the So
Ions of the country :" and his constant
subscribers think that is funny way to
spell Saloons"
"THEBE p' said Jones, as he wrath
fully pushed away the pie which his
landlady had just served him, "that
stuff isn't fit for pig to eat, and 1 amt
going to eat it :"
OFF and on. The man who gets off
may get offer, but he can't hope to
reach the superlative while the man
who gets on, we are told, may get honor.
and, by possibility, honest.
AT hotel-table one boarder remarked
to his neighbor, "This must be a
healthy place for chickens" "Why?"
asked the other. Because I nevar see
any dead ones hereabouts.'
A MAN in blouse-scene Paris, of
course-presents bottle of perfume to
his beloved, saying "When you smell
this you viii regret that your Creator
did not make you all nose"
A DRY-GooDs merchant of Hartford
was asked how he spent his evenings.
His reply was, cat night store my
mind, and during the day L mind my
store" He was alive at last accounts.
CATCHING q little Tartar" YOU
don't care about donkey-riding, Miss.
And why ?" sob, FUe got pony, and
one doesn't care about donkeys after
that, you know p elias a pony got
more legs than donkey, then % Missy
(who don't like to be chafed) =" Yes;
exactly tWice as many as some donkeys
that know Of
JONES dropped in at closed bar the
other day and purchased a glass of his
favorite beverage. As he munched the
customary Glove, he observed that the
bartender had returned him short
change. "Well," said the gentleman
of the shirt front and diamond pin,
"well owe it to you "But what
kind of security can you give me?"
asked the wary Jones. Suppose
you take lean on the bar" was the
reply.
A WOODWARD avenue business man
found counterfeit 50-cent scrip among
his currency, the other day, and he put
it in his vest, and that afternoon gave it
to little girl begging OH the streets.
When he came back from tea, he found
the same piece of scrip in the drawer
again, and, questioning his clerk, he
learned that little girl had brought it
in. bought a stick of gum, and gone
away with 40 cents good money. That
bank has suspended on currency pay
ment to beggars.-DetrOit Free Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
Importance OF Forest Culture.

The farmers of this country are very
slow in approaching the Importance of
forest culture, Notwithstanding that it
can be made extremely profitable and
requires very little labor At this day.
Notwithstanding the constant decrease
in the supply of lumber and the more
than corresponding increase in the de-
mand for it, millions of acres of land
covered with good forest trees are annu-
ally burned over and the timber wasted
in order to prepare the land for cultiva-
ton.
The great forests of the Western
States are tasty disappearing; the most
of those In the Eastern and Middle
States went along ago. In the whole
United States but one vast tract of tim
Der is left untouched; that covers about
one half of Washington Territory and
one third of Oregon. Here the yellow
pine thrives in the greatest perfection,
some of the trees reaching 300 feet in
height; but the Northern Pacific rail
road Will soon open these lands to the
axe of the lumberman, and it is esti-
mated that it will not require more than
ten, or at the most twenty, years to clear
the most of the area now occupied by
these Cnbroken forests.
The demand for lumber increases in The
United States at the rate of twenty-five
per cent. per annum; the decrease of
forests is at the rate of 10000 acres
annually. Few people have any idea of
the immense value of the wood which is
used for purpo es generally considered
comparatively unimportant. The fences
in the United States are now valued at
81. 800, 100000, and it costs annually
sos, 100000 to keep them in repair. By
far the greatest proportion of these are
of wood. The railroads of the United
States use 100000 ties annually,
costing from fifty to eighty cents each,
and these have to be renewed once in
every seven years. In 1871, 10000 acres
of forest land were stripped of their
timber to supply fuel for the single
city of Chicago. In twenty years
scarcely anything will be left of the vast
forests of Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota, and too late our farmers will
see how short-sighted they have been in
not making provision for supplying
the great demand for lumber which this
widespread destruction is certain to
cause.-Ne1D York Sua.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
Use for Fruit, Vegetable and Oyster
Cans.

Throw them IN the fire, and let them
unsolder. They will spring open about
one inch. Punch holes through each of
the four corners, large enough. Take a
piece of Irvine, put through the holes
and tie the can together. Set it ON
piece of board or single cut just large
enough for it to rest upon. Fill up the
can with prepared soil, and you have
superb pot, or can, to start flowers or
other plants in. When your plant is
large enough to put out, dig hole
large enough to set the can in take
away the bottom, set the can in it, cut the
strings, and the can springs open slip
it up over your plant, fill up with dirt,
and your plant won't know it has been
disturbed. The old way, We sometimes
ruin the plants by Earring the spots to
loosen the dirt, SO that it will come out.
With the cans / have never lost any,
nor even checked their growth in the
least. even start poppy, larkspur, etc.,
IN them.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
Cigar Steamers.

The two cigar steamers of Mr.. Ross
Winans, of Baltimore, make frequent
trips in the British Channel, although
their officers take pains to prevent any
knowledge of their capacity for speed
from becoming public. One of these
steamers was built at Cherbourg and
the other on the Clyde. The latter is
about 400 feet long, and is built on
different plan from the original cigar
steamer, which now lies at her wharf In
Baltimore. Instead of wheel in the
center the vessel has two propellers a.
the extreme points of the cigar. The
cigar portion of the hull is submerged,
and an eyewitness describes the whole
appearance of the vessel as he saw it re-
Gently in the harbor of Southampton as
THAT of an ordinary ocean steamer
perched ON the back of q whale" Mr..
Winans hopes to obtain speed of
twenty miles an hour by propulsion
alone with his strange craft.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
Slightly Ont.

An agricultural journal, given to using
ideas not its own, rather "put it's foot
into it, !" recently, in giving "a few illus
trations Of very neat country houses
adapted to the farm and village lot,
which readily explained themselves
and if not desired in full, might suggest
ideas to the intending builder" I'm
fortunately one of the Illustrations was
a picture of Queen Victoria's Palace at
Osborn, Isle of Wight, and how that
could be considered as a neat house
adapted for village lot or farm, the
editor failed to explain or suggest. Bor-
rowed feathers do not always suit the
wearer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06

The season approaches when the boy
of the period turns his mind to medita-
ton. As the hour of p. N. strikes, he
softly withdraws from the table where
he has been engaged in digging the
putty from nail-head, and unostenta-
tiously deposits himself back OF the
stove to think. We are particular to
emphasize this word, because there is
an impression on the part of his parents,
and his eldest sister, who has the honor
of escorting him to bed nights, that he
is going to sleep. They go SO far as to
openly express this belief, but he stoutly
denies it, and Immediately proceeds to
demonstrate the gross injustice of the
insinuation by humming some familiar
piece. Pretty soon the humming
ceases; there is significant movement
at the table, and then it is resumed
again, and continues for five minutes,
when it gradually dies out, and all is 81
lent back of the stove. When the boy
comes to again, he is being lifted to
his feet by his waistband, and cuffed on
the head to indicate that it is after 10
o'clock. He makes desperate attempt
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
JOHN BRIGHT, who was recently re

JOHN BRIGHT, who was recently re-
elected to Parliament, made a great
speech few days ago in Birmingham,
in which he reviewed the political topics
of the day. In his illusions to the re-
lations of Great Britain and the United
States, he once more appeared as the
stannch friend and advocate of this
country. Referring to the constant
talk about the humiliations of the Wash
ington Treaty, Mr.. Bright INDUCED in
some plain home talk, und notified his
hearers that the real humiliation of
England was between the years 1861 and
1865, and that, if the press and aristoc-
racy of England had observed ordinary
fairness at that time, there would have
been no occasion for the treaty at all.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
LICENSED, FOR wHATg

Licensed-to make the strong man weak
Licensed-to lay the wise man low;
Licensed-a wife's fond heart to break,
And make the children's tears 20 flow.
Llcensed-to do thy neighbor harm,
llcensed-to kindle hate and strife;
Licensed-to nerve the robbers arm
Licensed to whet the mui derer's knife.
Licensed-thy neighbours purse to DRUM,
And rob him of his very last;
Ldcensed-to heat his feverish brain
I'LL madness crowns thy work at last.
Licensed-like spider for fy,
To spread thy nets for man. thy prey:
To mock his struggles, suck him dry,
Then cast the worthless hulk away.
Llcensed-where peace and quiet dwell,
To bring disease and want and woe:
Licensed-to make this world hell.
And fit man for he'll below.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06

to find where he left off on the tune, but
ANONYMOUSLY fails, and five minutes
later is stumbling up stairs, with an in
terested and active sister in his rear,
and firmly but family maintaining that
he was not asleep, but only thinking =
DdnbuTy NelUs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
GLASS bonnets have appeared.

GLASS bonnets have appeared. They
are formed of tissue woven by fine
glass threads, and may be said to be the
glass of fashion fitted to the mold Of
form. Ladies who wear them must
deny themselves the pleasure of CRITICS
ing their neighbors, on the principle
that it is dangerous for those who live
in glass houses to throw stones.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
Humorous.

The scientific conundrum of the day
is: What did 10 die of Iodide of
potassium.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02
PERSECUTION,

The persecution of Christians by the
Mohammedans is still being prescott.
ed with vigor, and demands the atten-
ten Of the Christian world. The
persecution prevails to such an extent
in Bosnia as to cause complete anarchy.
Tn one district two hundred and
seventy Christians were murdered with
la SIX weeks, and no efforts have been
made to arrest the the murderers The
foreign representatives. to Turkey de-
msud an investigation, and call upon
the authorities to afford protection to
the prosecuted people, The murders
have greatly alarmed Christians, and
many are emigrating.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02

Jessie r. Grant, father of the Presi-
dent of the United States, di ed at bis
residence in Covington, Kentuck, Sun
day night last, at the advanced age of
nearly eighty years At the time of
bis death he held the position Of Post:
master at Covipgton, to which Office he
bad been appointed by President John
sou. For year or more he had been
a failing health, and his decease was
therefore not unexpected. Mr.. Grant
was native of Pennsylvania.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02
UNION REPUBLICAN STATE CON.
YENTION.

A State convention, representing the
Union Republican Party of Wisconsin, is
hereby called to meet at the Capitol, ir
Madieon, at IL clock, ~, on dnesday
August 27th, 1873, f. r the purpose fplac
ing in nomination ca ndidates for election
for State Officers to be supported by the
party at the next general election, and tran
sact such other business as may be deemed
appropriate.
Each Senate and Assembly District will be
entitled to two delegates in the Convention.
E. W. KEYEs, Chm. Madison
FRANK LELAND, Elkhorn
F. J. BLAZE, Milwaukee
JOHN r. BENNETT, Janesville
J. T. MoAK, Watertown
D. B. THOMAS, Prairie du Chen
JOHN CovEE, Lancaster
j. A BAKER, Waupun
j. H JONES, Sheboygan
G. NJ. PAINE, Oshkosh
E. L. Browne, Waupaca
SAN. S. FIFIELD, Ashland
F. FLEIscHER, La Crosse
Madison, Wis, June 3oth, 1873.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02

PRE- EXEMPTION LAW. = The Secre-
tary of the Interior has made the fol-
Ewing important ruling "When a
bonn estead is cancelled and the home.
stead claimant is found on the land
at the date of such cancellation with
others, who all design taking the land
under the presumption laws, the home
steader being legally upon the land
his settlement rights vest instantly on
such cancellation, while the claimants
having gone on the land while it was
covered by said homestead were tres
passers, and the homestead claimant
is the preferred party under the pre-
emption laws.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02

LONDON, JUNE 28-A dispatch
from Penang says that the Dutch
Government, with a view of termi-
mating hostilities with Acheen, has
offered the Sultan to pay the expenses
thus far incurred by the war; to rebuild
the Mosque burned by the Dutch troops;
to acknowledge the independence Of
the Sultan, and to abstain from inter
ference with Mohammedanism. In
return Holland asks that certain privil.
eyes be granted to the Dutch traders at
Acheenese ports.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02

At the head of our columns this
week appears the call for the Union
Republican State Convention, to be
held in the city Of Madison, on We'd
nesday, the 9th day of August next,
for the purpose of nominating state
officers to be supported by the party at
the ensuing election in November and
transact such other business as may be
deemed necessary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02

The Commission appointed by the
Government to figure how much the
Mexicans have stolen from the Texans
during the past ten or fifteen years,
have reported 400 different outrages,
and fix the amount of damages at Sill
10000. This is almost as much as
the Geneva Arbitrator allowed US on
our Alabama claims.