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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-15

Statistics presented to the French
Academy show that the marriages of
blood relations form about two per cent.
of all the marriages in France, and that
the deaf and dumb offspring, at birth, OF
consanguineous marriages, are, In pro-
portion to the deaf and dumb born in
ordinary wedlock- 1T Lyons, full % per
cent. at least % per cent. in Paris, and
80 per cent. in Bcrdean-the proper
tions of the deaf and dumb, by birth,
increasing with the degree of blood re-
Iationship. The data obtained show
that, If the danger of having a deaf and
damb slzild m ordinary marriage, repre-
sented BY figures, is one, there VIII be
IS marriages between first cousins,
81 in marriages between uncles and
nieces, and 20 In marriages between
nephews and aunts. 1t appears, too.
that the most healthy parents, If related
In blood, may have deaf and dumb
children while deaf and dumb parents.
If not related, very rarely have deaf and
dumb children
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-15
PROTECTION
Against Fire and Thieves.
Fidelity SAVINGS Bank and Safe Depository

Chicago receives savings deposits Of any amount
and allows interest upon the same. Married wo-
m and minors have right by the charter to
1t receives in its Safe Depository vaults, for
safe keeping, at nominal cost, Money, Silver
ware, Bonds, Deeds, Wills and other valuables.
The vaults cost $4,000, and are absolutely FIRE
and burgiar-proof: Each deposition is given sep
his deputy can have eccess thereto. Five Of the
vaults passed through the great fire, ana saved
S10,o coo for its depositors. Money sent by ex-
press, postoffice order sent by mail to Savings
Department, credited. Bonds, Wills, Deeds and
other valuables sent for safe keeping wall be re-
ceipted for, and key and password returned. Send
for explanatory circular. Address SAFE DEPOS-
IToRY, 145 Randolph St, Chicago. -. (
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-15

Lucy LAWRENCE, colored, died at the
sepoor-house in Somerville, Tenn, on the
9th inst, aged 120 years. she was once
: owned BY the noted robber, John A.
MurreH, who figured so conspicuously
in Tennessee and Kentucky many years
ago.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-15

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
In tits pa per. - = s.'tHf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-15

The Largest and Hest and Cheapest Paper
I'm the World Is the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
A French Sensation.

The district of Limours, in France, is in
tcnsely excited over number Of mysterious
murders during the past year, in the yicin-
ity cf AngierSyiliers a village about half
way between Paris and Orleans. In JAN
uary, 1873, an old gamekeepcr and his wife,
named Tupn, were murdered about six
o'clock in the evening, in bright moonlight.
They had evidently been struck with II stake
and stunned, when their tlroats We're cut.
On September twenty-iourth, at eight o clock
in the evening, the curatc Of the neighbor-
ing village of Eangrigncuse, who had retired
early on account Of illness, was aroused by
the cry. "Heip! They are murdering me-! ~
and rising he found his waitress lying in
sensible on the threshold of one of the outer
doors, bleeding from a wound in the head
She had been struck with Ratchet as she
was closing the door for the night, by some
one without: and although she eventually
recovered, she has not been able to give q
description Of the man who had attacked
her.
On the evening OF September twenty-sixth
n tailor at Marais. aged sixty years, WAS
killed by blows on tie head from Il hatchct
or hammer. and his house was robbed. AT
five O'Clock on the afternoon Of November
thirteenth Augustc Duval, a man Of pro-
perty, was murdered on his own threshold
and his honsc was robbed.
A few days after this NJ. Duval's son was
arrested. On his premises they found a
Ratchet and 4 shoe, both blood-stained.
The spots, the accused said, came from n
rabbit lie was taken to the prison of Ram
bouilet. but was restored to liberty, another
murder having been added to the list on the
eve of Christmas, in which the same method
had been followed Two maiden ladies
who lived in an isolated farmhouse in the
hamlc. Of Chataienicrs were killed in their
home about nine o'clock in the evening
One of them was struck with wooden
stake ut the threshold and the other was
crushed by an iron bar in her bed The
evidence secured goes to show that the mur-
aers were committed by the same party or
parties. For instance, they failed to secure
certain sum Of money in pocket of ono
Of their victims. and the fact was duly cir
cnlatei, and all the pockets Of their next
victim Were found turned inside ont. Again
it was stated that they had failed to obtain
some bonds concealed behind a picture in
the house of another victim and after NJ
Duva was killed it wa discovered that the
pictures in his house had been torn from
their tastcnings. Again. the murders have
all been committed in the early evening, by
one method, and apparently with the same
Instruments. There have been seven mur-
ders in all, and the people of the locality
are terror-strickcn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
Singular Recovery Of Prayer-BOok.

The Peekskill Messenger relates the fol-
lowing: I'm the year 1862 young gentle
man of our village, residing in thc South,
was conscriptcd in the Confederate army.
He had in his possession book of common
prayer presented by his mother in 1856. The
corps to which our friend was ordered march
ed for Corinth. After remaining in Corlnth
from March 3 10 April 2, 1863, his corps
was ordered to Shiloh, and before going into
the fight the men were ordered to pile their
knap>acks, with other surplus articles in a
ncishboring field. The action LASTED from
Sunday morning until Monday night, ending
in complete rout Of the ConledcrateS. whom
of course, the knapsncEs were left behind,
the property of the Feterals, and in our
friends knap~ack was the prayer-book. AT
ter lapse Of eleven years, n gentleman of
our village visited Macon, Ga, with his
wife, and while there attended church for
the purpose Of witnessing wedding. While
seated in pew. awaiting the arrival of the
bridal party. the lady picked up a prayer
book to find the marriage ceremony and in
ciden,ally turning to the tly-leaf, found writ
ten thereon, Charles, from his mother,
September 3, 1856 while in the corner
were the initials &C. F.. s., On the next
leaf was written, 'Abner p. Whittle, Ma
con, Ca. lsGj given to him by a Yankee
soldier The lady recognized the initials,
and determined, if possible, to restore the
book to its original owner. Accordingly,
Mr.. Whittle was awaited upon, and Mt first
declined returning the book because it had
been given him by Nothcrn soldier to
whom he had shown considerable kindness
while sick. Finally he was induced to part
with it, and the book found its way to the
hands of the original owner in Peekskill.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
Mothers Love.

The character Of the Indian. the majesty
of the forest in which he lives, free from
all restraints of civilization, naturally in
spre the mind with poetic conceptions,
when pondcring on his race and destiny.
At least an effect seems to have been made
on Mr.. Bancroft, our minister at London,
if we may judge from the following bcauti-
ful description, which he has given of the
Indian mother and her babe:
"liow helpless the Indian babe, born
without shelter, amidst storms and ice ; but
fear nothing for him; God has placed near
him q guardian angel that can triumph
over the seventies Of nature; the sentinel
of maternity is by his side, and so long as
his mother breathcs he is safe. The squaw
loves her child with instructive passion, and
if she does not manifest it by lively carcSses,
her tenderness is real wakcful and constant.
No savage mother ever trusted her babe to a
hircling nurSe, nor put away her own child
to suckle that Of another. To the cradle,
consisting of light wood, and gayly orna-
mented with the Gulls Of the porcupinc,
and beads, and rattles. the nursing is firmly
attached and carefully wrapped in fur>,
and the infant thus swathed, its back to its
mothers back, is borne as the topmcst bur-
den, its eye now chcerfully flashing light,
now accompanying with tears the wailings
which the plantvc melodies Of the carrier
cannot hush. Or while the squaw tolls in
the field, she hangs her child, as spring
does her blossoms, on the bough of tree,
that it may be rocked by the brcezcs from
the land Of souls, and soothed to sleep by
the lullaby of the birds, Does the mother
die, the nur>lng-such is Indian compass.
sion-shares her grave.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
- -
Vanilla.

Little is generally known about this plant
except that its long slender pods are used to
flavor cakes and liquors. 1t is an orchide
that grows wild in tropical America, where
it will Climb along for hundreds of feet, so
long as it finds support. The flowers arc
clustered together fifteen or twenty at time :,
and are greenish white the pistil of each
is projected by membrane. which prevents
the poi"n from penetrating inside, unless
sonc insect or other accidental agent happen
to GEAR it open, a circumstance which renders
it somewhat difficult TO get pods without
artificial means, consisting in tearing open
the membrane with needle and bringing
the nnthcra close to the stigma BY this
patient operation the plant soon becomes
laden with the covered pods these are green
at first. they then become yellow, and lastly
chocolate colorcd when ripe. The seeds
they contain are innumerablc, but most
frequently barren in cultivated vanilla,
which is therefore best propagated by cut
tings, method rendered peculiarly easy by
the circumstance that the plant produces Il
vast number of aerial radicals or shoots.
Two species of vanilla are grown in the
Island of La Reunion. whittier they were
imported from America some twenty years
ago. In 1851 the quantity Of pods gathered
were not more than 80 kiiogmS, at so francs
each in 1861 it had risen to j,199 kiloS,
at ll9 francs, and in 1872 the pred action
was III 900 kilos ut l60 frames. \ single
hectarc 1.-TWO and half acrc~) will yield y
crop worth 10000 francs, and there are
some that produce double that quantity.
To this, however, there is a serious draw
back; vanilla growing cX!a SIS the soil
very rapidly, since it will absorb from it
more than double the proportion Of active
principles (potash, phosphorus lime, and
magnesia) that the sugar, cane does.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
Daniel " ebster.

Daniel Webster was n farmer and took
delight in country things. lie had Il patri
arch's love Of sheep. Choice breeds thereof
he had. He took delight in COWS. He titled
pntcrnal acres with his own oxen. He loved
to give the kline fodder 1t was pleasant to
hear him talk of oxen; and but three days
before he left the earth, too i'll to visit them.
hi, oxen lowing came 70 see their sick lord .
and "a he stood in his door. his great cattle
We're driven up, that he might smell their
healthy breath, aud look bis last on those
broad. generous faces that were never false
to him.
What an eGccting scene is here described !!
Daniel Webster loved these animals for their
own sake and not for their value in silver or
gold. He loved to feed them with his own
hands in order to witness their happiness
while satisfying their hunger and to win
their love for him. They loved their kind
owner, and no wonder that they came low
ing, one by one. to see their sick lord The
Scripture says, The OK knoweth its owner"
Then all these splendid animals, numbering
between one and two hundred, knew Daniel
Webster rs they We're driven up and looked
on him for the last time. and who shall say
they did not miss him and mourn for him
when he came to see them no more? No
doubt this great man enjoyed more real
happiness in the society Of these dumb brutcs
Of every kind on the Mar>hiicld farm. than
he ever realized in hearing the plaudits Of
his fellow men as his elegant words rang
out in the Senate Chamber Hall of our great
nation and thousands of wor,hippcrs were
following in his train. lie knew that fame
was but a breath, and had learned. by bitter
experience, that the most devoted Of his
worshippcrs might desert and betray him,
but that not one Of these guiltless creatures
would ever prove false to him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
The Oldest.

Chemistry owes its origin to the Phoeni-
clans and Egyptians. From them the
Greeks obtained some knowledge of the art,
but the Greek intellect, being speculative
rather than practical, that is to say, the
Greek being lazy animal, not fond Of ex-
ertion, and all chemical discoveries requir-
ing very active, and oltentimes laborous,
experimenting, they found it much the cas-
ier way to sit still and spin science of
chemistry out Of their ina gination Which
they did, quite to their own satisfaction
Aristotle looked at fire, air, earth and water
with the air of learned philosopher, and
spun out Of his imagination that fire, air,
earth and water were the four simple ele-
mentS out Of which everything else was
formed. In point of fact, Aristotle was as
far from being right rs black is from being
white. 70 make an old and original re-
mark. which has probably been made at
least hundred thousand times before. fire
i, not substance at all, but only an opera
ton; water Is not simple sub-tance,
being imposed Of two gases; air is also
composed Of two gases. and earth is com.
posed Of divers ard sundry gases too num-
erous to mention. But people believed in
Aristotle's classification for many centuries,
showing the extreme Steadiastness with
which the human intellect sticks to an err II
just because it i "id.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
rocaliontaS, observation-disclosures

Pocahontas was first settled by John
lived i'll log house in the woods He
made little progress in the way Of clearing
the land 1t was subsequently sold to
Daniel Iutzy, of Germany, who bought 40
acres for 1900 Mr.. Yutzy took possession
in the fail Of 1886 with all the terrors of an
approaching winter before him. He was
then 81 years of age, and having heath
and strength he worked late and early with
that energy and perseverance which char
acterizcs all those who become rich from
hard labor. He is now about SO years of
age and has reared n large family of sons
and daughters. Many of his sons distin-
guished themselves as brave and fat liul
soldiers in the late war between the North
and South. Mr. y. still holds possession
of his property but has ceased all manual
labor. He has two wives buried on his
farm where he in the course of natural
events must soon follow.
In twenty years the population of the
settlement increased to considerable num-
Der, and as the farmers had no town nearer
than eight miles, they persuaded Mr., Yutzy
to lay out seven acres of land for lots upon
which to build little town. They now
have Post Office, School-housc, Store,
Blacksmith Shop and few dwellings.
The town was named after the Indian
princess Pocahoptas, daughter of the In
dian Chief, Powhattan, and distinguished as
having saved the life of Capt. John Smith,
in jamestown, Virginia.
There are few mountains around Poca-
hontas. The surface is principally level,
set off with more stumps than any other
place in Pennsylvania. To remedy the
latter evil, Mr.. Henry Farnsworth, of
Iowa, has arrived with the most powerful
stump puller in the world. On an average
it extracts about fifty stumps daily. The
machine costs only $13O.
Mr.. \. J. Stoner is the Post Master,
Squire and blacksmith of Pocahontas. No
other man in PENNSYLVANIA could fill his
place so well. He is heavy, muscular
man, about six feet high has heavy whis-
kers all around his face, and would be rec
osnlzed almost anywhere as the chief
among thousand men.
Mr., Joseph Baldwin runs a grist mill
about half way between Pocahontas and
the plank road, the place t. which the
farmers of the Pocahontas settlement haul
their grain. Mr.. Baldwin is a gentleman
of high social qualities and one Of the best
millers in Pennsylvania. MGR
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
Hadn't got Used TO 1t.

A curious incident recently occurred on a
Western train. As the cars were moving
away from the Tcrre liaute depot, a pretty
young woman came from the ladies' car
and rushing into the smoking car tranticaIly
appealed to everybody to sop the train
Catching sight Of the conductor, she cx-
Claimed, "Mr. Conductor, do please stop the
train! I've left my baby" The train was
stopped, and the baby recovered, amidst the
hearty cheers of the people on the platform
and the passengers; and while the young
mother laughed and cried and hugged her
little one, she tried to explain how the baby
was such new one that she hadn't got
used to it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
She Wanted Her Letter.

At the post Office in Wilmington, n. G., a
few days ago, during the distribution of the
mail. and before the general delivery was
opened. c0orcd woman vociicrously called
upon the Postmaster to hunt her up letter
''anyhow." Mr.. Postmaster, | want you
to hurry up and give me my letter; ! amt
time to be too,in round here, said she.
No attention, of course, was paid her, ex-
cept by the crowd oat~ide, who laughed and
cheercd her, while the clerks within kept on
busily Distributing Presently her attention
was attracted to several persons walking up
with keys, opening some of the boxes and
taking out mail matter. This set her off
again "Look here, | want my letters !;
here's desc rich white people kin come an
open dem little windows, an git dere letters
an you won't give Inc mine" "lou'll
have to wait till the general delivery il open. ="
said one Of the bystandcrs. "Well, dat's
what call injcstce,' said the woman, "to
let some folks have dcre letters an den make
some wait; an 'sposin amt got any nrter
all?-say now-jes' look over dem letters
an see if | amt got one
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
Objection to Twins.

Some amusing incidents occur among
travellers by rail, and the following we can
vouch for On day last week a venerable
gentleman Of Concord, n. H., WAS riding
over an Eastern railroad to Boston, when a
lady entered at one Of the stations with a
child under one arm and dog under the
other The car being well filed, she made
for the scat where the gentleman was sitting
alone, AM was proceeding to stow herself.
child and dog into the vacant seat, when the
gentleman, who has great aversion to dogs,
blandy remarked to the lady; Madame
have no objection to one baby in this seat
but | have the most decided objection to
twins" 1t is perhaps needless to say that
the lady petu'antly moved on to fad a seat
for herself and dog.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
A Word to the Boys.

BOYS, did sou ever think that this world,
With all its wealth and Woe, with all its
mines and mountains, oceans, seas. and
rivers, with all its shipping, its steamboats,
railroads and magnetic telegnphs. with all
its millions of grouping men, and all the
science and progress Of agcS-will soon be
given over to the boys of the present age
boys like you? Believe it and look, abroad
upon your inheritance, and get ready to en-
ter upon its possession. The presidents,
kings, governors. statesmen. philosophers,
ministers, teachers, men Of the future-are
all boys now.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14
OUR CORRESPONDENCE


CHARLESTON, w. VA, Nov. 5, 1874.
DEAR JouRNAL:-Our sovereign State
has lust passed through its periodical polit
ical canvas and election, and every issue
ofour State democratic press since the day
of election is condensed pictorial paper,
but the cuts III every case represent roosters
rampant or couchant, interspersed with
cannon firing themselves of while poor
representations of the star spangle banner
appear to wave majestically in the breeze.
the advocates of the other side of the
question are busy in explaining why it was
that the election went against them, bat
the facts boiled down consists in the fact
that Democrats polled more votes than the
Republicans did. This election was of
considerable importance, in this State, as II
L. 5. Senator is to be elected by the lcgis
lature this winter, and the late election of
State legislators, as much as might be,
shows the political complexion of who will
be elected to the Senate. Candidates for
L. $. Senator are now about as thick as
"grecn horns" are in the Georges Creek
Valley in the spring of the year. | would
ed
We are all engaged in shedding tears in
this region. The woods in the whole Of
the sang digger" State and a part Of the
Buckeye" State are on fire. The smoke
is so thick in this city that it is impossible
to see anything three squares OFT. Pass
engers on the railroad report the woods
burning along the whole route from here
to Staunton, in Virginia. The hills around
here are lit up at night and burning by
day. Farmers are losing fences and Il
general contlagration surrounds Is Do
you wonder that we snecZe and shed tears:
The weather is cold and our rivers have
about gone dry. The Ohio river has gone
down until ii has but eight inches of water
on some of its bars and necessarily nayiga-
ton is almost suspended. Cincinnati is
beginning to get very uneasy about her
supply Of coal which mainly comes by the
rvcr. Old river men say it has been
thirty-eight years sn2e our rivers wereas
low as long at time Unless we have an eX
traordinary rainy fall the prospect for Il
good coal boat rsc' is decidedly dull
Our city is still improving and growing
in density and area. The old wooden
''tiuder boxes" are being replaced by
better class of buildings and the general ap
pcarancc Of the place has improved fifty
per cent. within the last few years.
General items of great interest arc not
very thick here now, however.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14

PSErAArlc TrLEGRArny.--An interesting
exhibition Of telegraph machines, worked
exclusively by ;sir, was lately given in Lon
don by Mr.. GUatta!s, the inventor. A
number Of different instruments were on
view. The impulse is produced at one end
Of a tube by the operator, and performs the
mechanical work at the other end, either by
ringing bell or turning needle round o
dial. The rapidity and precision can be
made equal to the electric telegraph, the
conducting tube being able to b. laid under
or over cover in the same manner rs the Or
dinary telegraph. Attached to each machine
is bell and dial, =, and the message is trans
mittcd by the moving Of u small lever which
drives the air through pipe to the other
operator As the lever is moved up and
down, the dial, which stands where the
message is destined for, registers whatever
the words may be. Each dial is supplied
with needle; and rs each spurt Of air
presses against the works Of the machine,
the needle is moved exactly the number of
times that the lever is pressed. Each in
strument can receive or send message
about 400 yards. the instruments exhibit
ed were designed for intcrcommunication
between large ofr;c-houscs, officials, hotels,
and vessels.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-14

.ix old man in New Hampshire, who,
in hi, youth followed the trade Of Il tailor,
: urk large needle into the leg just above
tie knee twenty-five years a"9. lie never
experienced much trouble, but always
jokcI about /, saying, he intended yet to
make H., shroud with it. \ few weeks
since it came to tic surface and was taken
out crt,re. BIT as soon as the atmosphere
touch d it it dr,ppcd to pieces, and TIE old
mans burial robe viii haze u b. made By
u machine aitel all.