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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

understanding his good right hand,-
'sbut this poor stump is all that is left
of its fellow" pointing to the empty
sleeve that hung by his left side.
John got away as soon as he could.
In the lower hall the two thousand dol
lars was paid over to Peter Cartwright.
81 am sorry you lost your money,
john" the latter said. as he put the
bank-notes into his pocket-book, "but
I think / won it fairly"
cts all right, Peter" And John
tried to smile as he said SO, but he could
not do it.
A miserable man was John Ogden
that afternoon; and more miserable was
he when he went to his home in the
evening. His wife asked him what was
the matter, but he would not tell her;
and when she pressed him he was angry.
He could not-he dared not-tell her
that the savings of years-the money
that was to have paid for their precious
home-had been swept away in a mo-
ment-swept away by an act of his own
sin and folly.
That night he slept not wink. On
the following morning, pale and shak-
ing, he started to go away from his
home without his breakfast. On his
doorstep he was met by Cartwright's
clerk, who handed him sealed packet.
cit is from Mr.. Cartwright, sir"
"Do you wait for an answer 2"
"No, SIR"
John went back into his house, and
broke the seal, and opened the packet.
He found within, one thousand dollars
in bank notes, and folded letter. He
opened the letter, and read:
"DEAR JoHN-With this send you back
your thousand dollars. won the money as
honestly as gambling bets are often won, and
yet did not win it fairly. Frank and de-
ceived you on purpose. On your first visit his
right arm was hidden beneath his coat and
his wooden left arm was strapped on. As lie
did not rise from his chair the deception was
perfect. You found him on your second visit,
as he really was, only the wooden arm had
been laid aside.
"Forgive me, John, and believe that had
an aim In this, which God grant may be full
filed. "PErER.
"P. ST. should like that this subject
should never be referred to between us. Please
me in this, won't you? p"
"Dear John, what is it %
Susan had come in, and as she spoke
she put her arm around her husbands
neck and kissed him. He returned the
kiss.
"Not now, Susan" he said, huskily.
81 will tell you some time"
"But you will come and eat some
breakfast 2"
eff you won't ask me any more ques-
tions-yes.
The blow had been severe one, and
the effects of the shock did not quickly
pass away. But John Ogden revived in
time and when he told to his wife the
secret of his troubles on that unhappy
night, he was prepared to give her a
great and lasting JOY by adding that he
had made his LAST BET.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
The Great Lava Fields West Of the
Rocky Mountains.

Prof. LIE Conte, of the California
State University, considers the Cascade
Mountain regions one of the most in
teresting fields for geological research
on the earth. In connection with the
great overflow of lava which deluged
the territories of the Northwest
in past ages, the Professor says: The
principal point Of eruption from the
great central cault-on was at the Cas-
cade Mountains, in Oregon, which are
of themselves one solid mass of lava.
From this center the lava overfowed
portion of Oregon, Washington Terri
tory, all of Nothern California, and vast
sections of Nevada, Montana and Idaho.
The lava-hood covered an area of at
least 200, 900 square miles, as far as ex-
plored, and it would probably be fonnd
to extend over surface of zoo, 900
square miles, as is limit northward had
never been determined. The depth of
the lava crust varied from upward of
5000 feet in the Cascade and Blue
Mountain region, to one and two hun
dred feet and less at remote points on
the outer edge of the overflow. Where
the tremendous gorge of the Columbia
river cut through the lava bed it had
depth of $500 feet. The explorations
of Prof. LIE Conte had determined that
the great lava flood pertained to COM
paratively recent geological period, and
he assigns the eruption to the latter
part of the miocene, possibly extending
to the post-tertiary. In the great canon
of the Columbia river, between this i'm
mense layer of lava, he had discovered
the petrifed stumps of trees, beds of
leaves, and all the evidences of a great
forest once existing on level CORE
spending with the present surface of the
river. Above this forest came drift
period, and it was buried in heavy
layer of conglomerate before the over
flow of 5000 feet of lava.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
Indian Territory.

A Washington telegram says: The
organization of the Indian territory is
being urged with great force by parties
now in Washington from Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. The
Senators and Representatives from
these States are said to be unit in
its favor. They urge the admission of
white inhabitants as necessity to Sc
cure the civilization of the Indian popu-
lation. They do not urge the confica-
ton of the Indian lands for the use of
white settlers, but insist that the sur
plus unoccupied lands ought to be sur
veyed and sold out, and the net pro-
ceeds paid over to the Indian owners.
This plan, they say, would make the
Indians of that Territory the richest
people per capita on earth in available
means, besides giving every head of an
Indian family homestead for himself
and his descendants. Some of the
Cherokees here, on the other hand, call
it a huge land steal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
Who's Who I?

A publication, entitled "Who's Who
In 1874 2" gives the names of the oldest
and youngest of high officials in the En-
glish Church and State as follows:
The oldest member of her Maiesty's
Privy Council is Lord st. Leonards,
aged SO; the youngest, his Royal High
dess, Prince Arthur, aged "a. The old
est duke is the Duke of Leinster, SO !;
the youngest, the Duke of Norfolk,
aged 81. The oldest Marquis is the
Marquis of Tweeddale, aged 81; the
youngest the Marquis of Camden, aged
2. The Oldest earl is the Earl of Leven
and Melville, aged 88 /; the youngest the
Earl of Hopetoun, aged IA. The oldest
viscount is Viscount Wordsworth, aged
So; the youngest, Viscount Clifden,
aged II. The oldest baron is Lord st
Leonards, aged SO the youngest, Lord
Southampton, aged7. The oldest mem
Der of the House of Commons is Mr..
William Hodgson, Barrow, N. P. for
South Motifs, aged 80; the youngest is
the Hon. Charles French, M. P. for
Roscommon, aged %. The oldest Judge
in England is the Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy
Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of
Exchequer, aged 7S the youngest, the
Right Hon. Sir George Jessel, Master
of the Rolls, aged so. The oldest
prelate of the Church of England is the
Bishop of st. David's CDR. Connop
ThirlwalD, aged "; the youngest, DIR.
Edward Perry, Sufragan Bishop of
Dover, aged A. The oldest of the re-
tired bishops is the Right Rev. Charles
r. Sumner, late Bishop of Winchester,
aged 81 the youngest, the Right Rev.
Edward Twells, late Bishop of Orange
River, aged as. The oldest baronet is
Sir George Cholmley, aged 90; the
youngest, Sir Arthur Victor Rumbold,
aged 5. The oldest knight is Gen. Sir
John Bell, G.. G. B., aged 90; the
youngest, Sir Charles Henry Firth,
aged So.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
Infant Mortality.

OF the people who die in our cities, a
trife more than half are children under
5 years of age. The diseases that cause
this infant mortality are many, but their
causes are few. Roughly stated, they
are bad ventilation, defective drainage,
and adulterated milk. The landowners
who build alright tenement-houses,
the city that leaves its sewerage undug
and its parks unopened, and the dairy
men who feed their COWS on garbage and
then dilute the poisoned milk they yield
these three unite to play Herod and
cause the modern slaughter of the inno-
cents. tits mot strange that so many chill
dren die the only wonder is that moro
of them do not give up the gs,ost of life
that clings to their bodies. Mans
inhumanity to man" il bad enough, but
mans barbarity to children is worse
Chic0go Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
Iron Manufacture i'm Pennsylvania.

In conversation with leading iron
master, few days ago, a reporter of
the Allentown (Pa.) Chronicle learned
that most of the furnaces in the country
are preparing to go into blast again, as
buyers who have been holding off for
lower prices are convinced that iron
will sell no cheaper for the present, and
are sending in their orders, thus Great
ing revival in the trade. The same
authority predicts that next winter the
dullness in iron will equal that which
we just experienced, and says there will
be more iron manufactured in the coun-
try this coming spring than there viii
be next fall. The American Iron and
Steel Association have ascertained by
thorough canvass of the country, that
there are in the United States S64 blast
furnaces in working condition, capable
of an annual production of 1000, 900
tons of pig iron, quantity greater
than the country can consume at
present, and these furnaces, encouraged
by the present demand for iron, will go
to work, so that before next fall the de-
mand will be supplied and another ces-
satiOn will be Occasioned.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12


The Ieafess trees are brown and bare;
The snowaakes sweep through the frosty ar
With the wintry wind they sport and play,
As it vearily whistles the night away.
The tine-worn clock in the corner stands.
With faded dial and rusted hands.
With ceaseless mott IN its pendulum swings,
And this is the doleful song it sings:
Tick-tick-tick There are smiles and tears
In the mournful tale of hundred years.
The voice Of Memory, soft and low,
Whispers to-night of the long ago.
There are friends you loved, there are hopes most
dear,
That are dead and gone with the old, old year.
Spiders have woven their silken thread
In the dingy corner overhead.
Mid the endless dust of the busy day
That hands now pulseless have swept away.
Thoughts and dreams Of the old and new
Pass before me in fond review.
1 have watched the play of a rosy child;
And the tender gaze OF youth that smiled
In raptures over picture fair
And tiny curl of golden hair.
have seen him look h manly pride
On the fair, sweet fac f his new-made bride.
have heard an infants plaintive cry;
And q csreworn mothers weary sigh;
And an aged father, old and gray,
Talking OF years that had gone away.
have seen the shadowy pail and bier,
The lifeless form, and the mourner's tear;
And hav. heard these words, so often said,
Tenderly, Iver the dear ones dead:
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Life is fleeing, and God is just.
o Memory, fond Memory! thou phantom Of our
wo.
Thou sweet reminder of the hopes and dreams of
long ag0i
Thou living shadow of the soul, that ever at
will,
hearts are still
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
HunnOr.

STRAINNG sweetness through
vail.
THE profits of saloon-keepers' bust
ness are bargains.
RHODE ISLAND will try and make room
for grange or two.
WANTED, a needle to sew patch on
the pants of a tired dog.
WHY should artists drink paint? Be-
cause it suits their palate.
As twice eleven is twenty-five, how
can twice ten be twenty too?
A POOR family in Green Bay had to
mortgage their six dogs, last week, to
get barrel of -four. The case is pitt
able.
AT what time of life may man be
said to belong to the vegetable king
dom? When long experience has made
him sage.
WHAT is the difference between
farmer and bottle of whisky? The
farmer husbands the corn and the bottle
Of whisky corns the husband.
THE advent of wildcat broke up a
wedding in Missouri, the other evening.
The young ladies didn't like the new
claws which the catamount sought to
introduce into the ceremonies.
The father of Brigham Young was a
Methodist, but an eccentric man. He
wanted his children to be Christians
and, as a means of making them such,
he promised to give sheep to the one
prayer. They all knelt, and Brigham
obtained the prize.
A CRoss-EYED man cast gloom over
Detroit street-car, last Wednesday, by
asking one of seven men and strangers
on the opposite seat "if he had any
chewing tobacco handy" First the
seven strangers looked at each other
then the seven hands went pocketward
and, observing this motion, each of the
seven supposed his neighbor the one
spoken to, and the seven hands returned
empty. The cross-eyed man cast
ricochet glance of Indignation along the
line, and with the remark, ga sweet
scented lot of generous ROSTERS" took
a chew of his own tobacco.
A RESIDENCE on Buchanan street, In
dianapolis, has the following conspicu-
ously posted up in front:
"NO YoUNGE man ALLOWED
TO come And COURTE my
DARTER UNLESS
he has $250.O0 to PAY DOWN
q HOUSE and LOT
balance n II & yeares
for SAIL by me. WITHIN"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

AN INExHAUsTIBLE INKsrAND.-An in
vention worthy the fertile genius of a
Yankee, but the patent of firm of En-
glishmen, is the magic inexhaustible
inkstand." Some chemicals of q secret
nature, hidden in the bottle, fur
nish the coloring material, and the
ink is obtained by the addition of water.
According to the directions the watering
process may be carried on indefinitely
to supply the natural exhaustion, and
the seemingly extravagant claim is made
that the inkstand will produce ink sufi-
Gent to write letter q day for one hun
dred years. We sigh as we think of the
strong probability, of our not being able
to test the inventors veracity!
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

cellar where the powder was kept with
a lighted candle in his hand. A few
moments after he had reached his house
a frightful explosion was heard, the
building and the three adjoining houses
being blown to fragments. The remains
of the young man were found at con-
siderable distance.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

ONE of the stations on the Selma and
Meridian railroad is named Cuba. Re-
Gently train with an emigration agent
and party of colored men going West
reached that point, and the brakeman
put his head inside the door and shouted
!" Cuba r One old colored man rose,
and as his hair straitened out with sud-
den fear, said |: "Dar, / know'd it /!
Heah we Is in Cuba, an dat ar white
ms VINE to put US in de war or sell
us or, day. Use gwine from heah, "
and followed by about thirty others, he
bolted off the train and into the woods,
leaving the agent alone In his glory.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

In the Island of Crete it is customary
for tho friends and relations of married
couples to give expression to their re-
joicing by firing of pistols and guns at
the conclusion Of the nuptial ceremony,
when they are generally drunk. On
the occasion of q recent wedding .
Young man who had returned home to
replemsh his powder flask entered the
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
THE CROWS CHILDREN.
By Phoebe GARY.

By Phoebe GARY.
A huntsman, bearing his gun afield.
Went whistling merrily;
When he heard the blacklist of black crows
CAL out from withered tree:
" You are going to kill the thievish birdie,
And would, if 1 were you;
But you mustn't touch my family,
Whatever else you do ~
I'm only going to kill the birds
That are eating up my crop;
And If your young ones do such things,
Be sure they'll have to STOP"
"Oh, said the crow, "my children
Are the best ones ever born;
There isn't one among them all
Would steal grain of corn.'
I" But how shall know which ones they are?
Do they resemble your"
Oh, no. said the crow, "they're the pretties
birds,
And the whitest that ever aew."
SO Of went the sportsman, whistling
Add off, too, went his gun;
And its startling echoes never ceased
Again till the day was done.
And the old crow sat untroubled,
Cawing away in her nook;
For she said, He'll never kill my birds
Since told him how they look.
She'll see what she will see, soon;
And that ssucy, whistling blackbird
May have to change his tune !"
When, 10 she saw the hunter
Taking his homeward track,
With string Of crows as long as his gun
Hanging down his back.
" Alack, alack, said the mother,
I" What in the world have you done?
You promised to spare my pretty birds,
And you've killed them every one."
" Your birds ~ said the puzzled hunter;
Why, found them in my corn;
And besides, they are black and ugly
As any that ever were born ~
" Get out of my sight, you stupid ~
Said the angriest of crows;
=" How good and fair her children
There's none but parent knows"
" All 1 see, 1 see," said the hunter,
But not you do, quite;
1t takes a mother to be so blind
She can't tell black from white.s
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

NINE persons died in New York city
in 1878 who were 100 years or over 1T
the date of death. With one exception,
they were all foreigners.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

John hurried away to the bank and
drew out his thousand dollars, and with
| it returned to the lunch-roOm flushed
and excited. A mutual friend was
called, to whom the case was stated.
81 bet thousand dollars, " said John,
"that Colonel Frank Powers has lost
his right arm, and that his left arm is
whole"
"And l." said Peter, "bet the same
amount that Colonel Frank Powers has
lost his left arm, and that his right arm
is whole"
The money was deposited in the hands
of the mutual friend, with instructions
that he should pay it to the winner.
And then they agreed that the three
should go at once to the hotel and there
settle the matter.
Twelve months before this time John
Ogden would not have bet so large q
sum under any circumstances; but the
Arrived at the hotel the three were
admitted to the colonel's presence.
"Ah, boys, / am glad to see you. 1
am feeling much better to-day. John,
old fellow, can get up for you now.
How are you ?"
And Col. Frank Powers arose, and ex-
tended his hand-his RIGHT Maryland
when John felt its grasp he found it
true flesh and blood, warm and pulsa-
tingl He staggered back with groan.
"You viii excuse us. Colonel" said
Peter; "but John and had little dis
pute. He thought you had lost your
right arm"
go, no." returned Powers, smiling.
'Thank Heaven, my right arm is spared
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-08-13

The long protracted contest over
the property of Stephen A. Douglas
has been brought to a conclusion
The decision, rendered in Chicago on
Monday, gives the heirs of Robert
and Stephen A. Douglas about a quar-
ter Of q million of dollars. When
Mr.. Douglas died he left DIR. P
Rhodes Of Cleveland as his executor
His property being offered for sale
Rhodes agreed with one Dobbins that
if the latter would buy in all the
property he would take one-third of
his hands. This was done, and the
spectators made an immense sum
from their investment. The suit was
brought to recover on the ground thai
an executor cannot be interested, di
rectly or indirectly, in the purchase
Of property at his own sale.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-08-13
FREE SPEECH IN ALABAMA,

A subscriber in Alabama writes as
follows: "You can have but a faint
idea of the feeling that still exists
among a certain class in many Of the
towns through the interior of this
State against Republicans. I will
give you an instance which happened
last week at Greenville, on the Mo-
bile and Ohio railway. Judge Fielder,
who is the Judge of the Chancery
Court Of this District, Il Republican,
native Of the State, and a man
over fifty years Of age, was at that
town and was invited by what few
Republicans were in the place to ad-
dress them in the evening. A crowd
Of Democrats gathered at the Court
House, the place appointed for the
speaking, and broke up the meeting
by throwing rotten eggs at the Judge
and other Republicans, by yelling and
other riotous proceedings. They
threatened him with bodily injury !;
in fact the Sheriff with q posse had
to take him to place of safety
Even then the crowd gathered around
the house of the friend who was shell
tering him, and hooted, threw clubs
and bricks against the house, fired
pistols and acted like demons. The
Democratic papers have had not q
word of rebuke for this high-handed
outrage, but have rather treated it as q
good joke. In a large part of the
State free speech is not tolerated"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-08-13

A SPECIAL correspondent of the
New York Tribune, who has been
spending come time in this State
writes: "The climate of Minnesota
has been described thousand times.
The winters are long and cold, but
the weather is subject to less sudden
changes than are encountered in low.
er ATTITUDES. The billiards" are in.
tensely severe and full of danger fol
the luckless traveller who is caught in
one of them upon the open prairie.-
The summers are short, with some
very hot days which bring forward
the crops with wonderful rapidity,
while the cool nights are favorable for
the proper ripening Of the wheat. It
is no uncommon thing, on land that
has been cultivated for several years,
for the farmer to begin blowing on the
18th of April, and on the 10Th Of
August, four months after, to have
his crop Of wheat harvested, threshed
end sold. The effect of the dry at.
mosphere upon consumptives is often
very beneficial, and the country is en-
tirely free from all malarial diseases. :"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-08-13

The New York Price Ourrem1
says of Minnesota -four: "New Pro-
cess spring wheat extras continue in
favor, and some of the choicest
brands command more money than
the best winter wheat extras, for the
reason that they are quite as hand
some, while they yield from twenty to
thirty more loaves to the BARREL
New York prices for -four are given
in the same paper. "St. Louis doub-
lie and triple extra, 1920; Minnesota
New Process, $1,000" St. Louis
flour is the highest in the market
next to our own. That is a pretty
good recordsfor young State.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-08-13
THE SCANDAL.

Frank Moulton has given his state
ment to the Committee, and that is
all there is to tell about it. The state
ment has not been published, and will
not be until Mr.. Beecher's is ready.
1t is brief, and is said to amount to
little or nothing, thus giving color, it
is claimed, to the charge that a COM
promise is to be made Moulton,
Tilton and Judge Morris have left
New York. The papers are filled
with everybody's guesses, which
amount to nothing and are not worth
publishing. Tilton intends suing
Beecher for adultery, claiming dam
ages