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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

plorable situation in which they
are now placed, consists in no
violent effort Oh theirpart to accomplish
their desired object. 1t may require an
unlimited time for them to make the
necessary preparations formative for
the occasion but by attention to those
wise truths which give impulse to
thought, and actuated by the undaunt-
ed spirit of the forefathers of this land.
to unite in sentiment on the broad basis
OF pure and undefiled liberty, they will
not only secure their rights peaceably,
and In an efectual manner, but by so
doing they will have built themselves
and others a temple of Justice not to be
excelled by any other that may have
arisen in the world.
What, then, is most essential for
the toiling millions to achieve is, by CO.
operation, to scatterthose feecy scamps
who have hindered exchanges and di-
minished prod1ction-robbed the poor
of their earnings, and given them to
monopohes, retarded education and
built up mental, moral and physical
prostitution, reduced the nations cur
rency to one-half that of France, ruined
rich men by enticing them into reck-
less speculation, crushed our ship.
building, thrown our carrying trade into
the hands of the foreign r, given us in
Europe name of nation Of swindlers.
and transformed the temple of our lib
critics into den of thieves.-COr. In
dustriat Age
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
New Surgical Intentions.

Two valuable surgical devices have
lately been introduced into European
hospital practice. One of these is the
aspirater, which has been extensively
employed by DR.. Diculafoy of Paris.
and by means of which fluids can be ex-
tracted from formations at some dis
lance from the surface, with safety and
certainty. Another novelty in this line
of mechanism is the introduction of a
bloodless method of amputation and
other operations on the limbs. by means
of COMPRISING bandage, by which the
limb is blanched with a circular elastic
cord, which congresses both the arte
ries and the veins of the limb. This
plan, proposed by Prof. Esmarch, has
been adopted by many hospital sur
geons. It is considered, however. a
point yet to be determined, whether
there are any drawbacks to this system.
and especially whether, in certain cases.
embolism is likely to result from dis
placement of clot, which may have al
ready formed in the veins of a damaged
hmb.-Boston Traveller.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
A Singular Character.

An old man, VIM. Craig, died sud-
denly last Monday. He had gone to a
neighbours house and eaten breakfast.
and was standing in the door when he
dropped dead. He was singular gen.
Jus. For nearly twelve years he has
refused to live in house, and Tor a
number of years he has made his in a
large tree, doing his own cooking and
washing. This tree was finally blown
or burned down, and he dug hole in
the ground, where he lived up to the
day of his death. During the war he
was robbed of some four or five hundred
dollars, the accumulation of years of
toll and industry, and this loss proba-
bly, unbalanced his mind and caused
him to lead this singular, hermit-like
life. At the time of his death he was
believed to be the possessor of some
money, but it is thought he has buried
it where it win never be found. He ap-
pears to have lived quiet, peaceable,
blameless life, shut out from the rude
world In undisturbed seclusion and SOL
itude.-MadisOnUitLe (Ky.) Times.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
A Liberal Giyer Detected.

A very funny scene was noticed in
Westminster Abbey in connection with
the Hospital Sunday services. The col
lectors were coming round with little
bags for the offertory, and people began
to take out their purses to hold their
money in hand readyto give it. A lady
of rank and fashion, well known at the
West End, was one of the congregation,
and as the bag approached, she some
what SYSTEMATICALLY displayed a SOW
ereign. The bag reached her; she
dropped in the sovereign-nay, rather.
she tried, Intellectually, to slip three
penny piece into the bag-but the coin
stuck on the gilt edg eof the receptacle
andhad to be placed insideb by the collect
ors. To say that that lady blushed is
not to convey the scarlet appearance of
her face when she saw how she had
been detected in her little fraud. Those
who stood by and saw the shabby act
gazed at her in amazement, and in a
minute she turned deadly pale as though
she would have tainted. Then she
turned and left the church.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
A Free Dinner.

A cadaverous chap sat down to one
OF the eating-stands in the market re-
Gently and called for seventy-fye cents
worth of grub the best in the
house." It was handed him with COM
mendable promptness, and it made peo-
pies eyes hang out to see him eat. He
was about half an hour finishing up !;
and when he got up he remarked that
he had forgotten his pocketbook. The
woman grabbed up butcher-knife and
started for him. but instead of running
away he laid his hand on her shoulder
and whispered I: ''Be calm, and above
all don't excite me. lily fits comes on
regular every day at this hour, and then
I get wild, kick, bite, yell, and tip over
things. | feel it coming now. If there's
policeman on tho market go and get
him, and let him take me to the station
right away before kill some one. :"
She ran to get an officer, and the dead
beat ran the other wsy.-Detroa Free
Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
Middlemen VS.. Changers.

The editor of the Vermont Farmer.
who, it is said, is Patron of Husband
ry, gives the following sensible view of
the relations of Middlemen and Pat
rons
(Which is the most sensible man
the store-keeper who goes whining
around that the oranges are running
him, who curses the farmers papers.
and stops his advertisements thus TAX
ing of his own accord the direct road to
bankruptcy, or he who has sense to re-
cognize that the farmers have found out
the advantage of buying for cash, and
sets himself to meeting their demand
and making money out of it? The
farmers are sensible that there must be
middlemen. They have no hostility to
middlemen. either as body or as indi-
viduals. What they are hostile to is
paying more for their goods in one
place than they can buy them for in
another. They have found out that
under a cash system goods may be
bought from ten to seventy-five per
cent. cheaper than they have been get
ting them. They have also found out
that store-keepers who sell on credit in
the old way cannot, or will not give a
proper reduction to cash customers.
Usually they cannot buy any cheaper
at such stores for cash than on time.
Consequently they have to find other
places to trade. Briefly, the Changers
do not portend ruin to middlemen, but
on the contrary great success to the
who are smart enough to
see what is wanting and supply the
want "
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

bones. Horses with well-developed
muscles and good constitution are easy
to keep, and can endure great deal of
fatigue.-Mark Lane Express.
WESTERN farmers will prove to be the
salvation of Western interests in these
troubled times. They will save West
ern merchants, manufacturers, mechan-
les and laborers. They will give body
and substance to all our financial in
terests. They are not dealing in fic-
lions, but In substantials. They will
show the wonderful power and resources
of the West-that our people can stand
erect and bid defiance to the financial
storms that are creating such panic at
the East. The West is wealth-produ-
cling. Our large crops are wanted, not
only In the Eastern States, but in
Europe. Before the crops are parted
with, the farmers must havethe money.
People must eat and be clothed. They
have to part with their money for these
necessaries of life. Our wheat, corn,
bacon, wool, cotton, etc., are needed,
and money will seek them as readily as
water will flow down hill. This money
will give prosperity to Western interests.
Then, again, our mines are yielding
more largely than ever. Our manufact-
uring interests are fourishing, and the
West will really be less affected by the
crisis than any other portion of our
country.-Rurdl World.
THE following very convenient ar
rangement for a farmers kitchen we
find In the american Agriculturist
One of the greatest troubles of the neat
housewife in the country results from
the muddy boots of those members of
the family who have to work in the
fields, the stables and the barn-yard.
The wet boots must be dried, and are
generally left under the kitchen-stove,
where their presence is very disagree
able. Now, to have a neat kitchen,
there should be boot-rack placed be-
hind the stove, in which the damp
boots may be placed to dry. Such
continuance has been found a great
1t has three shelves about
four feet long, ten inches wide, and
placed afoot apart. At one end boot
jack is fixed by hinges, so that, when
not in use, it is folded against one end
of the rack and secured by button.
There is also stand for cleaning boots |
at the front which also folds up when |
not in use, and the backing brushes are
placed on the shelves behind the stand,
and are out of sight, and when folded |
hey hang down out of the way. The |
rack should be made of dressed pine |
boards, and stained some dark, durable
,alOr
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
A Perpetual HOt-Bed.

At Niederplants, near Swicknan, in
Saxony, a vast bed of coal has been
burning for over three hundred years.
The ground above this subterranean
bed of fire has become thoroughly
warmed by this time, and an ingenious
gardener has utilized it by planting on
it large nursery garden. Here he
raises tropical plants of all kinds, with
exotic fruits, which flourish with q
vigor and luxuriance in the open air
that the best forcing houses could not
insure. His specially is pineapples, of
which he has a great variety. There
are subterranean fires in other parts of
the world which have been utilized in q
similar way. Would it not pay, in GER
tain cases, TO take hint from these ac-
cidentaI examples of underground
heating, and warm large plots of soil by
means of steam-pipes running under
the surface ?-Rsral Cdrolinian.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
AbSinthe.


A Paris correspondent says: "The
other day I saw a sad sight on the
Champs Elysees, and which, with all
my experiences of Partisan life. never
saw in this city before. 1t was party
of three persons, two men and woman,
all well-nay, even Handsomely
dressed, and all three in a reeling,
beastly state of intoxication. The men
went staggering along, disputing and
gesticulating after the manner of drunk
en- men generally, now and then stop
ping to hail the passing unoccupied
carriages, not one of which would con-
sent to stop fer them, while the woman
reeled along in company, sometimes
clutching wildly at the arm of one of
her companions, and at other times
stopping to address them in words of
tipsy remonstrance. She was handsome
~ dressed IN costume of black silk
and cashmere, trimmed with Jet, while
her companions wore high hats, broad
cloth suits, and kid gloves. Finally the
party made up their minds to cross the
street, a difficult feat for anybody to at
temp to execute in the full possession of
their senses, SO dense is the throng of
passing carriages, and so rapidly are
they driven, but the drunken trio got
across somehow, and disappeared
among the crowd of promenaders. Such
is specimen of the changes wrought
by the lapse of few years in the man.
ners and customs of this people. Be-
fore the Introduction of absinthe, who
ever saw drunken person in the streets
OF Paris ? Now who IS it that does not
see them? Not drunkenness in rags
alone, but drunkenness with goodly APP
parel and mien of ought-to-be respecta-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
Effect of the Grange Movement.

A small editorial in one of the dali,
papers has done more to prove to us the
advantages to be derived through the
so-called farmers movement, than al
the hlgh-fiown sentiment that can be
brought to bear on the subject. AS nc
extract we can give viii prove as salts.
factory as the article itself, we repro
duce it entire:
1.-THE effect of the Granger movement
and the railway Legislation and litiga-
ton of Wisconsin and Iowa upon the
value of railway property is admirably
illustrated by the fluctuations in the
stock of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway. In 1868 the shares of that
railroad was voted in Wall street at
about thirty-six cents on the dollar. At
that time Commodore Vanderbilt had
just gained control of the New York
Central, crowding out Henry Keep.
who, with his foresight and ability, went
West for a new hold. He chose the
Chicago and Northwestern, as the most
promising to work up, and by strong
resoll.te management, pushed the stock
up to seventy, when death ended his
labors. The road was by this time
in superb condition, and the big opera
tors of Wall street were handling its
securities freely. Uncle Dam Drew
was short of it when jaw Gould
leaped into the arena and by corner
forced the shares up to a point which
made the good old Daniel profane. as
was said. At that time the stock had
legitimatevalue of about eighty-two, and
its management has since been as hon.
est and able as possible. Notwithstand-
ing this, Notwithstanding its steady,
excellent business, Northwestern shares
have been weighed down with the legis-
lative absurdities and uncertainties of
Grangerism until they are now quoted
at forty cents for common and fifty-six
and one-half for preferred, only few
cents above its value when the road
was taken up by Mr.. Keep six years ago. :"
Nov, If the writer of the above had
gone to the trouble of telling us how
much money was actually paid on these
shar>s, We would be still better posted.
We d. not know the amount, but we
freely confess that when stock fuctu-
ates from thirty-six to eighty-two, while
no money is paid in, there is big haul
somewhere and at the expense of honest
people, unless our enemy of Granger
ism calls Drew, Gould & Co. honest.
We do not, and we hold that every dol
lar of reduction in the value of these
shares will take away from these sharks
part of their arguments in favor of their
making large dividends. A share of
stock worth thirty-six dollars can GER
tainly not demand as much actual profits
as share the nominal value of which
is eighty-two dollars. Let us hope that
the Legislative absurdities and uncer-
tainties OF Grangerism, aided by the
industrial classes in general, will con-
tinue to cut down the profits of the
stock gamblers and money sharks, and
give honest men their dues.-Coopers'
NeaO Monthly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

OREGON enjoys some extraordinary
natural advantages. The yield of wheat
this year has been excellent, the wool
clip has been good and commands good
prices, while the salmon yield alone
amounts to nearly 100000 This
latter industry is growing rapidly.
There are already thirteen canning and
curing establishments i'll operation at
Portland, and two more in course of
erection. There is but little danger, if
proper precautions are used, of exhaust
ing the supply of these delicate fish,
for one full grown female lays 5000. 900
eggs every year, and, if but small
proportion of the family reach maturity,
the supply will exceed any demand
likely to be made in many years.
Blessed with an inexhaustible supply
of salmon, and the absence of Joaquin
Miller granted, what else can Oregon
ask for?
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
RULES FOR CONDUCT.

Put on the airs of an eight-keyed flute,
Ii you're only penny whistle;
Pass where you can for garden rose
Ii you're only wayside thistle.
Blow, whenever you blow your horn.
SO people eau understand
That you may be sharp, but you won't be fat,
In society's great brass band. 20 =
Pass the plate or the hat in church
With the usual Sabbath air,
But move with mild religious squeak
That people may know you're there
If you carry nose six inches long
And beak can scarce be longer),
Believe 1t sign of conception strong
And the longer 1t is the stronger.
But If in the order of nasal tubes
Your organ is brief in measure
Then, breyity being the soul of wit,
Consider your pug a treasure.
Love your neighbor, but mark the force
OF the gospel rule of grace;
The more you admire yourself, my friend.
The higher your neighbours place.
Chink your dime in the Deacon's pan,
AS if you were throwing gold,
And give with an eye 10 the business hope
OF reaping hundred fold.
Whether your reading is little or great,
Quote right or never quote:
Polish your uppers though down in the heel
And never indorse note.
Always advance best hand, best foot
(Best hand. BEST foot your own.
And thus you NAV feast on the fat of the land.
While others enjoy the bone.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
A Physician.

The life OF physician is life of con-
tradictlon. He is misrepresented, abus-
ed, and derided, yet he is sought for
with avidity, and freely received into
the bosom of families. His ,inion
can blanch the cheek, or suffuse the eve
with tears OF joy; and his lips are as
closely watched as if from. them pro-
ceeded the assurance of life and death.
De lives by the woes of others and
while he would starve, if confined to the
profession, If constant health were the
attribute OF our race. he is endeavoring
to Danish sickness from among men.
While success in his avocation would
rum HIM forever, he is always warning
against his own interests.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

GETTING 1T Down TO A POINT. DIR.
Fl. was preaching on the crucifxion,
and In the course of his discourse had
SO worked upon the sympathies of his
auditors that many were in tears. After
dwelling on the cruelty of that mode of
punishment, the doctor spoke of the
malefactor crucifed at the Savior's
right hand, who was SO blessed as to
receive pardon. Brothers and Sis
tiers, said he, "who among us would
not give all he possesses to-day to be
thus favored? 1 would give 10000
worlds if / could have been there with
that thief. Yes," continued he, after a
moments pause. as if to reflect, 81
would give 11,0O0!" The effect upon
the audience of this additional bid may
be imagined
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
Form Your Own Conclusions.

There remains with twenty mill
lions of people but one true course of
action, which, If by them pursued, will
most assuredly subvert the oppressive
power of monopoly and awaken in the
this nation the belief that representation
and taxation must go together. But, says
one, is not the laboring class well repre-
sented in our Congressional and Legis-
lative Assemblies Have not those
representatives been sent and elected
by the people' /, in RET arm, would in
quire of him, by whom are the reve-
nues of this Government principally
kept mp? What class of people is it
that remains the most exempt from
taxation ? What are the numerous ways
devised in order to perpetuate in office
corruptionists that the devil would
hesitate to welcome to his den? We
are unwilling to admit that men are at
all times left to vote without being in
fiuenced by some hang-dog of modern
scoundrelism. It is not unfrequently
the case that, through bribery and the
utterance of fallacious speech, multi
tudes of humanity, while under the
influence of intoxicating drink, are, by
the ballot, induced to give their strength
toward the building up of anarchy,
which the capitalists and Congressional
thieves of this country cannot, and
dare not, deny. Thus it is that, to-
day, the industrial class have,
by compulsion, been reduced to
that condition for which no name is
more appropriate than serfdom. The
modus operandi by which to
extricate themselves from the de-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

He WIPED 'EM.-This is what man
gets for being too literal in New York.
he was drunk and were exceedingly
filthy boots. Having paused before
carpet store in the Bowery, about the
entrance of which, on the sidewalk, was
q tempting array of plain and fancy
door-mats, he read the entreaty on one
of them, "Please wipe your feet, and
then proceeded to comply with the re-
quest. An indignant proprietor pushed
him into the muddy street policeman
placed him on his feet, then dubbed
him down again in the most approved
fashion, ana finally carried him off to
the police-station.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
HunOI,

THE best band TO accompany a LADY,
vocalist-A husband.
SAY what you will, the whole world
is governed by cheek.
WHAT kind of sweetneats were in the
ark ? Preserved pairs
If man is worm, is a Government
official red-tape worm?
IT does not follow that a loaf of bread
is inhabited because there is q little In
dian in it.
AWKWARD 30, Edith, won't you
kiss DIR. McCluskiel' "I'm so shy,
mamma You kiss him first I'
An Iowa editor recently announced
that certain patron of his was "thiev-
ing as usual" 1t was written thriving.
THE cheek of a Chicago man now
visiting Danbury is said to be so
hard that he is shaved with file.-Er-
change.
A DELAWARE man thrashed his wife
almost to death because their baby
didn't get prize at baby show, and
then he offered TO trade the baby for
pig.
A MILWAUKEE woman, far gone with
consumption, begged the doctor to give
her something that would keep her I'D
until the verdict of the Beecher Com
mittee was published.
THE Danbury News man states that
the panic has SO far abated as to permit
an Essex street man to return to ten
cent cigars, and he hopes in another
month, if the brightness continues to
increase, to get his boys boots half
soled.
The guardians of the peace of Column
bus, O., are so jealous in the discharge
of their duties that they take no note of
personal mishaps, for it is seriously
stated that one police officer there had
his trousers stolen from him recently.
while he was on duty.
"THE melancholy days are come"
when defunct porkers with 1.-THE ends of
their nose and the tips of their toes
turned up to the roots of the daisies"
(where they Will never more root hog,
nor die) are carried through our streets,
cob in mouth, to be tucked away with
buckwheat cakes.
THERE is nothing like dressing your
local itemsi in rhetorical finery, even if
you have to come to plain English at the
end. See an example An Oswego
paper describes fire by saying that
" the red flames danced in the heavens
and flung their fiery arms about like a
black funeral pail, until Sam Jones
got upon the roof and dashed them out
with pail of water.
A COLLEGE professor encouraged his
geology class to collect specimens, and
one day they deposited piece of brick
streaked and stained, with their collec-
tions, thinking to impose on the doctor.
Taking up the specimens the professor
remarked, "This is piece of baryta
from the Cheshire mines" Holding up
another, "This is. piece of feldspar
from the Portland quarries," and this,
coming to the brick, " is piece of i'm
pudence from some member of the
class"
THIS is how it happened down in
Southwest Missouri:
he found rope, and picked it up,
And with it walked away.
1t happened that to t'other enc
horse was hitched, they say,
They found tree and tied the rope
Unto swinging limb.
1t happened that the other end
Was somehow hitched to him.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
To CORRESPONDENT.

All Communications for this paper should be
compaRied by the name of the author; not neces-
ssrily for publication, bat as an evidence Of good
faith the part of the writer. Write oRly on one
side OF the paper. Be particularly careful in Civ
ing and dates, have the letters and figures
plain ana distinct.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

A ScorcH minister, when asked
whether he was dying, answered :
Really, friend, / care not whether I
am or not; for if 1 die shall be with
God, and if 1 live God will be with
me-"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03

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