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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

"NoT IF / KNOW IT. The Portland
(Me.) Argus says: A man sauntered
into one of our apothecary shops the
other morning, and after spending a
few moments looking into the show
cases, aud turning piece of toothpick
several times in his mouth, startled the
clerk with the question What's
good to cure poisoning?" "What
kind of poisoning? asked the
clerk. We'll, laudanum poisoning, :"
says the stranger. "You see, the
old woman took a couple of tea
spoonfuls of laudanum, and I kinder
thought I'd better drop into pill-shop
and see what's good for her." can this
in a drawing voice. "Here, John, I"
shouted the clerk, "put up a strong
emetic as quick as you can, and you,
sir, take it home, give it to your wife,
follow it up with strong coffee, and call
a DOCTOR" GA doctor" says the man,
taking his medicine. "She don't waste
no money on doctors-not if know it. :"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

of checking the power of money and
favoring the prosperity of labor.
Land monopoly, by scattering the
population, is the greatest robbery of
the farmers but at the best, the roads
are married this monopoly. Since the
railroaders got the lands they can afford
to wait for profits on their railway stock
until the country shall be settled. How
long that will be will depend largely
upon their own greed in holding the
lands at too high rate. If they can
extort from the scattered farmers good
profit on their stock, they will hold on
to their lands for ten to twenty-five dol
lars per acre.-Cincinnati Star.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

George Washington a Ratchet had,
Ana chopped his fathers tree
A deed hefitting no good lad,
But bad as bad could be.
When home at night his father came,
With daily toll worn out,
No rest he gave his weary frame.
But went and looked about.
And when he saw his tree was marred
"A cherry, tall and fair,
Its smooth young bark all fouHy scarred3,
He wept, and tore his hair.
Then for his son he loudly called:
"George Washington, appear !"
And George, expecting to be mauled,
Said, Father, am here"
Then asked his sire, ''who did this wrongf
Who hacked my precious tree?"
And George, not hesitating long,
Said, Father, it was me.
4" 1 cut the tree you love so well;
That cruel deed was mine:
You know lie L cannot tell;
My ways to truth incline."
The old man took a cowhide thin
His son and Leir to welt;
Without word he did begin
His soul no mercy felt.
Then, when his fury was appeased,
But e'er George ceased to burn,
The senior said, Z" My son, be pleased
This lesson now to learn:
Much as a liar despise,
value more my trees;
So, if your skin you henceforth prize,
You must not hack at these.
" And now, my boy, just mind your eyes,
If son of mine you be;
I'd rather hear ten thousand lies
Than loose a single tree"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

A LOT of rats were found the other
day in hogshead that had been left
open in store at Exeter, N. Fl. The
store cat, having been notified, climbed
to the edge of the hogshead, but, after
surveying the situation, jumped down
and ran out at the door, shortly reap
pearing with another cat. The two
locked at their foes and retired, soon
coming back with a third cat. They
now seemed satisfied with their force,
and made an attack, jumping into the
hogshead. The cats had, however,
miscalculated the force of their enemy,
and two were killed, the other being
taken out in season TO save its life.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Household Hints.

Household Hints.
By sitting -four over the raisins and
currants and rubbing it over them well,
there will be no trouble from the sink
ing of them In the cake.
BAKNG-PowDER is a perfect substi-
tute Tor soda and cream tartar. The
amount to be used is always given
with the directions accompanying each
box.
SUNDERLAND PUDDING.-One pint
sweet milk, three eggs, one pint of
-four, two teaspoonfuls salt, mix to-
gether, and bake in cup raisins if you
like.
COMMON COOKIES. cup of but
ter, two cups OF sugar, one coffee-cup
of butter-milk and sour cream, one tea
spoonful saleratus, flour, flavor with
nutmeg.
CLOTHES which are put into boiling
water when washed will certainly be-
come yellow. They should be allowed
to come to boil slowly and boil twenty
minutes.
The best thing to brighten tin is
whiting and kerosene. Wet bit of
flannel in the kerosene, then dip it into
the powder, and rub with a will. and
your tin will shine like mirror.
Boston SUET-PUDDING.-O cup of
suet, chopped fine, one cup of molasses.
one cup of milk, three cups and half
flour, one cup raisins, one teaspoonful
file
one teaspoonful cloves.
SHREWSBURY CAKE.-Three-q quarters
of pound of -four three-quarters of a
pound of sugar, half pound of butter,
five eggs. soda or not, as you choose;
they keep better without. Bake in
thin sheet, and cut up after they are
baked.
BREAD CAKE.-Three cups of dough,
three cups of sugar, one cup of butter,
three eggs, one teaspoonful of sale
ratus mot dissolvedD kneaded into the
dough, stir in one cup of flour, mix the
butter and sugar. Beat the yolks, and
add the whites well beaten. then the
dough, last the flour, spices, raisins !;
excellent.
A SOLUTION of oxalic acid rubbed over
furnished brass soon removes the tarn-
ish, rendering the metal bright. The
acid must be washed off with water, and
the brass rubbed with whiting and soft
leather. A mixture of muriatic acid
and alum dissolved in water imparts a
golden color to brass articles that are
stepped in it for few seconds.
ALL housekeepers have some time
realized the difficulty of lighting a fire
on still, damp morning, when the
chimney will not draw and vigorous
blowing proves Intellectual. Science ex-
plains the trouble as caused by the
difficulty encountered in overcoming
the inertia of the long column of air in
the pipe or chimney by the small COL
umn of air that can be forced up
through the interstices Of wood and
coal at the bottom of which the fire is
kindled-" This may be remedied by
first lighting few bits of shavings or
paper placed upon the top; thus, by
the heated air forcing itself into the
chimney and establishing there an up
ward current, the room is kept free
from the gas or smoke which is so apt
to fill the room, and the fire can then
be lighted from below with good sue
cess.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
To CoRREsPoNDENrs.

All communications for this paper should be ac-
companied by the name of the author not neces-
sarily for publication, but as evidence of good
faith on the part of IL writer. Write only ON
side of the paper. Be particularly careful, in Civ
ing names and dates to have the letters and figures
plain and distinct.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

THE proposition 10 introduce ladies
as railroad conductors is frowned upon
in view Of the fact that their trains are
always behind.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Hun1Or.

THE hardships of the ocean-iron-
clads.
A BLACKSMITH is always striking for
wages.
Music by Handel-that of the organ
grinder.
A BAD habit to get into-a coat that is
not paid for.
NMRoD was mighty hunter, but he
never saw an aunt elope.
RATHER than die without groan, let
me groan without die.-A. Ward.
A LADY recently applied to fire in
surance company for position as
agent. When asked what her qualif-
cations were, she touched her unblush-
ing cheek.
"I MEANT to have told you of that
hole" said a gentleman to his friend,
who, walking in his garden, stumbled
into a pit of water. "No matter"
said the friend, &c have found it.
THE friends of wit, expressing some
surprise that, with his age and fond
ness for the bottle, he should have
thought it worth while to marry, GA
wife was necessary" he said; they be-
gan to say of me that drank too much
fox single man."
A MAN in Princeton College believes
in having a place for everything, and
everything in its place." He nails his
slippers on the wall, four feet up, then
all he has to do of an evening is to
wheel up his easy-chair in front of
| them.
Much given to serenading his dull
cinea with, "I'm lonely tonight, love,
without thee" lovelorn swain was in
terrupted by dogs the other evening,
who effectually dispelled his loneliness
during a two-mile race.
"JoHN," said a schoolmaster, "you
will soon be man, and will have to at
tend to business. What do you sup
pose you will do when you have to
write letters unless you learn to spell
better?" sob, SIR" answered John,
81 shall put easy words in them"
THE queerest object in nature is
Spanish beggar-for these beggars beg
on horseback, and it is an odd thing to
see man riding up to poor foot
passenger and asking aims. A gentle
man in Valparaiso, being accosted by
one of these mounted beggars, replied,
"Why, sir, you come to beg of me,
who have to go on foot, while you
ride on horseback every true, sir"
said the beggar, "and I have the more
need to beg, as 1 have to support the
horse as well as myself"
A FEW years ago hungry crowd sat
down at TIE Widespread supper-table
of sound-steamer, upon which one of
the dishes contained a trout of mod
crate size. A serious-looking individual
drew this dish toward him, saying,
apologetically, 'This is a fast-day with
me-" His next neighbor, an Irish gen.
tleman, Immediately inserted his knife
into the fish, and transferred it to his
own plate, remarking: "Sir, do you
suppose nobody has a soul to be saved
but yourself?"
| A LEGISLATIVE correspondent writes
from Albany: 1.-THE fact that Griffin,
commonly called odd Honesty mem
Der from Delaware, has spoken only
three times this session, is said to be
evidence that the current jobs are few.
odd Honesty, pretending to be deaf
as lamp-post, secured seat near the
speakers desk, out of which he cheated
Mr.. James Hayes. Hayes says, The
sucker ant deaf very much. He can
hear ten-cent stamp fall on a pile of
feathers forty feet away"
"Pause here, my friend, as you pass by;
AS you now are, so once was
AS now am, SO you must be;
Therefore prepare t. follow mev
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

ference in results but when drought
followed the large potatoes took the
lead, and held it through the season,
yielding much larger crops.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

THE shipbuilding and lumber bust
ness opens briskly in Maine this season.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14
Ancestral Authorship.

"Bulwers son and Thackeray's
daughter,N say writer IN Black
woods, "have done what no other son
or daughter of great men have done
within our recollection--acquired for
themselves q distinct and fine reputa-
ton, quite apart from the shadow of
the greater name which necessarily
hangs about both. Miss Thackeray
makes this wonder still more remark
able in that she has adopted the same
art in which her father did so greatly
excel, thus provoking a still closer
comparison. Lord Lytton had still a
harder task before him. for 1t would
be difficult to find a path in which, at
some time or other, his father had not
preceded him to pluck monetary
flower of fame, if nothing more. We
can readily sympathise with the i'm
pulse which induced him to wrap HIM
self in the obscurity of an assumed
name, and essay under the modest dis
guise of owen Meredith his first flights
in song-thus escaping, momentarily
at least, from the tremendous disadvan-
tnges of comparison which his name
would have forced upon every reader.o
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14
what Alexis Says OF Nv.

The 81. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Baltic Gazette furnishes IN lnter-
estlng synopsis of the second and third
volumes of book written by on for
the Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, on
his recent voyage around the world.
The second volume OF this superb
book, perhaps the most magnificent
that has ever ISSUED from the Russian
press, opens with u general criticism
on American Institutions and popular
manners. II srelreshlng TO hear what
an imperial prince has to say about the
former, lie believes that the soil OF
America naturally was destined for
republican institutions. "'rherc Is nm
astonishing self-rellance about Ameri-
cans" he writes, mot without genuine
enthusiasm; and this, to the most
casual observer, together with their
wonderful, unparalleled information of
the general principle OF government,
accounts for the fitness for republican
institutions. The smallest schoolboy
in the United States knows the names
of the eminent presidents OF his coun-
try! No man can convince anybody
that General Washington was not the
noblest man ever placed at the head Of
any nation. OF their war with Mexico
they are very proud, rs well they may
be, according to my opinion, for they
routed large Mexican armies with mere
handfulls of soldiers. was reluctant
to converse much on the recent civil
war, as / still found considerable feel
ing on the other side; and principally
conversed with some intimate military
friends on the great, events In which
they bore conspicuous parts. Nothing
could be more touching and thrilling
than the accounts which these true he
roes gave Of exploits which theancients
would have immortalized in tablets of
bronze, The infantry of
America seems to suffer from some Of
the defects of the French--too much
elan and too much independence of the
privates-still, very admirable materi-
al. But / did not know why they
were uniformed in SO unattractive u
manner Some of the militia regi-
ments In New YORK, and even in the
west, look prouder and nicer than the
regular troops of the line. The artill--
cry is well armed, although some of the
guns saw seemed to have just issued
from protracted campaign. The
cavalry is splendidly mounted, and,
from what l saw, consists mostly of
capital fellows"
The courts of the United States, it
seems to the Grand Duke Alexis, lacks
the solemnity which surrounds those
of Great Britain and other European
countries. "This," he writes, "is the
most singular, as the people take the
utmost interest in judicial proceedings,
both criminal and civil. AT first blush
it almost might seem as though nearly
all intelligent men in the country We're
lawyers, so well are they informed
concerning the rudiments of the laws.
Besides, they are born orators; their
fluency of speech has oftentimes excl
ted my utmost surprise.
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TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.

Special dispatch to the Dallas Herald.l
NEW ORLEANS, April 13.--Cotton
firm and in good demand. Sales l 200;
Saturday evening 800. Ordinary 12lc;
good ordinary 14lc; low middling l5sc;
middling uplands l6sc.
Exchange 44lc@45!. Bank 471c@
4slc. Sight, par. Gold l3s@l3sc.
GALVESTON, April l3.-Cotton mar
ket firm and in good demand. Good
ordinary 1870; middling 1910.
Gold l2l@l22c.
Hides unchanged.
NEW York, April 13.-Gold opened
at l3sc and closed at 1870. Exchange
dull and dropping at S72@sse; sixty
days at S43@s5c; sixty days CONNER
cial at Sl2@S3lc.
Cotton quiet but steady; prices un.
changed. H7sf
LIVERPOOL, April l3.-Cotton firmer
sales 1000 bales uplands SID; Orleans
sgd.
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TELEG RAPHIC.
The Mississippi Lcvees-The
overflow Causing Serious
Damage.
The "Onlclal Organ on the
Recognition OF the Cuban
Republic.
Newspapers Ordered To Cease
Their Attacks on the French
Government.

Special dispatch to the Dallas Ierald.l
New ORLEANS, April l3.--A crevasse
three hundred feet wide Is reported at
McCullom's, two miles below Baton
Rouge, Oh the left bank of the river.
The state engineer, who was dispatch
ed TO the mouth of bayou PlaQuemine
to cut the dyke which keeps the wa
tiers of the Mississippi out of said bayou,
has returned without executing his
mission. The citizens of Iberville par
ish and the town of Plaquemine, in a
public meeting, protested against cut
ting the dyke, and resolved to prevent
1t by force. They have detail of
armed men guarding the levee. 1t is
now positively ascertained that the
opening of the bayou Plaquemine
would overflow the town of Plaque
mine and great portion of Ibervllle
parish, hence the opposition of the citi-
zens. The river is stationary, and is
one inch higher than in 1871. AtBon-
net Care crevasse is reported one
hundred and twenty-five feet wide and
fifteen deep. The water is pouring
through like mill race, and can be
heard for miles.
NEW YORK, April l3.-Dr. Ernest
Uling, charged with an attempt to de-
fraud the Merchants Life insurance
company of ten thousand dollars by
the pretended death and burial OF
Louise Germs, who was insured for the
above sum, was arrested to day. He
was secreted under a bed mt his resi-
dence at 100 Eldridge street.
PHILADELPHIA, April l3.-Three
prominent merchants died of pneumo-
MIA yesterday--AleX. r. McHenry,
large exporte" of petroleum and bread
stuffs; Jacob Smith, of Sevelyer &
Smith, oil, paint and gas dealers; JAS
Wright, of G. Hoffman Il Co., bread
stuffs and commission merchants.
WASHINGTON, April l3.--The oftiial
organ contains an elaborate editorial
declaring the present time opportune,
and gives the reasons for the immedi
ate recognition of the Cuban republic.
The article contains quotations from
international law showing that there
would be no just cause of offense to
Spain If recognition was accorded and
commercial treaties entered into with
the republic prior to recognition by
Spain. 1t declares that our CONNER
cial interests are really suffering by the
war in Cuba. The balance of trade
against the United States is from forty
to fifty millions; that the complica-
tons heretofore existing no longer eX'
list; that England is intriguing for the
control of Cuban affairs and trade; that
recognition would open markets for the
western grain and provision dealers
machinists and manufacturers, and in
the eastern and middle states would
furnish occupations to thousands; that
in the south it would promote prosper
ity and tend to create good feeling to-
wards the government. The article is
supposed to express Grants views and
foreshadows action by the government
PARIS, April lathe government
has issued u circular prohibiting at
tacks by newspapers upon the estab
lishment of the government and de-
claring that President McMahon's
movers are incontestable,
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1t is one of the sweetest and most
consoling reflection of the opening
season of buds and flowers, when the
brooks shall be released from their Icy
chains and there is a fair promise Of
the gentle lambs skipping from rock
to rock and thistle to thistle, that the
nights are growing briefer, and the
iron rod of the oppressive gas man has
been broken at the fountain to some
aytent
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14

TWAS probably some eastern paper
that started the rumor that Ben But
Ter recently offered to bet his hopes of
blissful hereafter against a counter
felt ten-cent piece that he could name
the next president; and then added
"Butler is the meanest man alive. He
always did want everything his own
Way.u
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14
Mad Dog.

A mad dog made its appearance on
the premises of Charley MeClung, near
Mount Carmal, on the night of the I'd
instant, and biting every dog, hog,
chicken, ETC., it could get hold of, and
perhaps his horse, it went to Mr.. Sham
burgers, near by, and repeated the
same conduct there. Mr.. Shamberger
thinks it bit two of his best hor-
SEES. Finally il went to Negroes
house, and he took after 1t with a hoe
and killed it, himself narrowly escap-
ing being bitten. The negros action
is said to have been heroic.-Tyler
Democrat, 18th.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14
white Grape Myrtle.

New stock OF Basket, Vase, Pot and ona-
Foliage Plants, has Just been added
To our former extensive assortment,
Plants shipped amy distance with perfect
safety.
Send for Price List.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14

A naughty little boy, blu bbering be-
cause his mother wouldn't let him go
down to the river on Sunday, upon be-
ing admonished said, 81 don't want to
60 a swimmin' with 'em, maj ! only
Wanted to 90 down to see the bad little
boys drown for going in swimmn'
on q Sundaysp
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14

1t is pleasant tosee young creature
come into a horse-car, seat herself for
admiration, look happy for five
minutes, and then wake up to the dis
NAL consciousness that there is rip in
the middle finger of her right glove.
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DALLAS, Texas, April ~, 1874.
Wegiye below n true list ofnotestaken from
John +. Embree, on east side of public square,
on the night Of Aprl 0, 1874. ANY one finding
and delivering the same NJ the Herald onlce
will be literally rewarded. All tho notes are
mnhe nnNnhle 10 Emhroh 4 nrnnhnmi w
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14
NOTICE.

AMMON BURR,
Dallas Nurseries.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14

There are said to be two or three
thousand outlaws in the mountains oil
California, who live by robbery and
violence. They are quite secure from
arrest IN their mountain Businesses,
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-12-11
aistFllauFuHs.
ROBERT BURNS FATHER.

If the sweetest poet of Scotland did
not live q good life, it was not his faith
er's fault Unquestionably Robert loved
and reYerenced his father, but he did
not always follow his counsels, and this
fact made the old man sad on his death
bed.
William Burns was poor man, and
the children which came to him increas-
ed while they frightened his poverty.
Hedetermined that they should have an
education, and sent Robert to school in
his sixth year. A few years later he
undertook to teach him and his brother
Gilbert himself. He was a wise man IN
his simple way; he treated his boys as if
they were men, and ightened their Ia
bors on the farm by entertaining and
instructive conversation. Burns was
alive to the necessity of learning, and
to the thoughtful anxiety of his father,
who IN turn, was alive to his genius
''Whoever may live to see it." ne said
to his wife something extraordinary
viii come from that boy"
They were a happy family. The pa
rents loved each other and the children;
and the children loved each other and
their parents. William Burns was a
grave man, not averse to innocent gaye-
ty, but naturally of religious tone Of
mind. Christianity was the rule of his
household. He was the 'fsire with patri-
archal grace, whom Burns has painted
so lovingly in the ''The Cotter's Satur-
day Night" and the three tunes that
the eotter's family seng were the only
tunes that he knew.