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

On Hong Island in Africa, close to
the Gaboon river, there is stupendous
cotton-tree the widespread and gigan-
tic arms of which have served, time i'm
memorial. as lodging-place, not only
for the parrots belonging to this part Of
the country, but, one might be tempted
to believe, for all in Africa. These
birds usually spend an hour or more in
adjusting themselves in their proper
places at night, during which time they
keep up such loud and incessant
screaming that you cannot be heard
anywhere in the vicinity without raising
the voice considerably above the ordi-
nary pitch, At length they are quietly
seated, when they commence what very
closely resembles a musical concert !;
this they continue about an hour Ion
ger. At regular intervals during the
night they sing out as if they were keep
ing watch. The natives say the con-
certs have been borrowed from them !;
and the practice of keeping watch they
suppose to have been derived from YES
sells lying at anchor in the river. These
conjectures will not appear improbable
to those who are acquainted with the
singular aptitude of these birds to catch
and initiate the sounds of the human
voice. They are never molested their
powers of utterance, in the estimation
of the African, are so close an approx
imation of human speech, that to kill
and eat them would be almost equiva-
lent to murder and cannibalism.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
Irrigation in the West.

Mr.. Phillips, of Kansas, has intro
duced bill in Congress to pravide for
the development and irrigation of the
Western plains. 1t declares that the
even-numbered sections of the public
lands, fror. 9 to Sc, except the 10th and
37th, which are, as heretofore, to be set
apart and devoted to school purposes,
shall be devoted solely to the purposes
of homestead settlement under the pro-
visions of the homestead laws. The
odd-numbered sections are set apart to
be sold to actual settlers only In tracts
not exceeding one-quarter section at
$1.25 per acre, and the settler is t.
have one year to pay for the same after
living thereon that length of time. The
proceeds arising from the sales of these
odd-numbered sections ere to be paid
over to the State or Territory in which
they are situated, on requisition from
the proper authority. and appropriated
for the purposes of irrigation, artesian
wells, railways, canals, or bridges,
made wholly or in part within the
counCy in which such lands thus sold
are situated. This bill is to apply to
all lands west of the sixth principal
meridian in Kansas and Nebraska, and
including Colorado, but excepting the
mineral lands of the latter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
The Marshals of France-A Dark
Record

The Pail Mall Gazette says: "Of
the nine Marshals of France who have
been condemned to death since GILES
de Laval, Marshal de Retz, was hung
at Nantes in 1440, Marshal Bazaine is
the only one who has not suffered capt.
tai punishment. Louis de Luxembourg,
constable of France, was beheaded
upon the Place de Greve, in 1745, for
conspiracy and rebellion against Charles
VII. and Louis XI. Charles de Gontaut,
created Duke de Biron by Henry w.,
was a son of the great soldier whom that
monarch declared to be the right hand
of his throne, and ancestor of the Mar
quis de Gontaut- Biren, now French am
bassador at Berlin. The Due de BIZ
ron, after covering himself with glory
at Ivry and Argues was disconnected
with the treatment he received from
the king, and, though he was made Gov
ernor of Burgundy, he several times
conspired against Henry w., who par
doned him again and again. His last
crime was to propose to Spain and Sa-
voy that France should be dismembered;
and, as reward OF his treason, the
Duke of Savoy, was to bestow upon him
the hand of his daughter, and he was to
be created the reigning prince of Bur-
gundy and Perigord. The plot was
discovered, and Henri w., who enter
tanned deep affection for his old COM
panion In arms, was ready to forgive
even this act Of trcachery If the Due de
Biron would have acknowledged his mis-
deeds. But he would not, and he was
beheaded within the walls of the Bas-
tile in 1902. Henri H., Due de Mont
morency, was taken prisoner at the bat
tie of Castelnaudry by the royal troops,
and beheaded In the courtyard of the
capitol at Toulouse In 1852, and in the
same year Marshal de Marillac, arrested
while at the head of his army, for plot
ting againt Cardinal Richelieu was be-
headed upon the Place de Greve. Bar
ON de Luckner, who had served under
Frederick III. in Prussia, entered the
French army just before the revolution.
and rallying to the Republican cause,
was created Marshal of France and APP
pointed to the command of the Army of
the North. After achieving some insig-
nifcant triumphs over the Austrians at
Courtrai and Valenciennes, he was sus-
pected of trafficking with the enemy,
and being brought before the revolu-
tionary taibunal in 1874, was condemned
to death and guillotined. PHILIPPE de
Noailles, Due de Mouchy, who attempt
ed to defend Louis XVI from the pop
ular fury was also victim of the rev.
olution, for both he and his wife were
sent to the scaffold during the same year,
and the list of French marshals brought
to violent end terminates with Mar
shall Ney, who was shot upon the It'll Of
December, 1915.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
Marrying for Money.

An extremely sharp and intelligent
American gentleman from the West
once walked into the Office of Dr. c. T.
jackson, the chemist.
"Dr. Jackson, 1 presume ?" said he.
eyes, sir"
care you alone?"
Yes, sir.
"May I lock the door?"
And he did so then, having looked
behind the sofa, and satisfied himself
that no one else was In the room, he
placed large bundle, done up in yell
low handkerchief, on the table, and
opened it.
"There, doctor, look at that +"
"Well," said the doctor. s. I see it. -
"What do you call thai, doctor p
"I call it iron pyrites."
What" said the man; "isn't that
stuff gold?"
"No," said the doctor, "it's good for
nothing it's pyrites."
And putting some over the fire in a
shovel, it soon evaporated up the CHM
ney.
Well" said the gentlemanly man,
with a woe-begone look, I" there's a wild
der up in our town has whole hill full
of that, and I've been and married her.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

National Grange, informs st. Louis reporter
that there are in the United States IL, 900 or
CARNATIONS of the Patrons Of Husbandry, and
about 1000, 900 members. There are 1,5OO
Oranges in Missouri, with a membership of
over 60, 000.
THE National Grange of Patrons of Hus-
bandry began it's session at st. Louis on the
4th inst The Secretary reported that 5000
subordinate oranges had been formed during
the year. The Treasurer reported $50, 600 to
be on hand. In the report Of the Executive
Committee, cooperation is warmly Endorsed,
and the members of the order declared to
have saved SS.000.000 last year by co-opera-
tive stores. agencies, and grain-elevators.
ANYTHING like waging war on the railroads of
the country is discountenanced, as their in
terests are one with those of the farmers.
Grand Master Adams. in his address, charac-
torized the Boston Grange as a dangerous
and revolutionary element in the order, being
composed entirely of the class known as mid
dlemen. The Grange sits with closed doors,
and consequently much that transpires is not
known to the outside public. .
General.
THE National Crop Reporter of the I'd inst.
contains estimates in relation to the percent
de3c VI tuC last CiOP VI OOiA AOlhaAhAA6 Al VIC
hands of producers Jan. Is, and an estimate of
stock hogs in the hands of feeders on the
same date, in comparison with the quantity
and number on hand the corresponding date
in 1878. In relation to corn in the States of
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin,
which produced in 1874 upward of 3S2, 600, 900
bushels, the average amount on hand at the
date named is estimated at fraction less than
so per cent. and the approximate quantity of
100, 600, 900 bushels. The average consump-
ton is very uniform in all the States, being
highest in Wisconsin-60 per cent. The esti-
mates upon the stock of hogs are for the
same States named above, and indicate an
average falling off Of 81 per cent. from the
number on hand a year ago. The condition
Of the same is considerably below the average.
RETURN, from the Canadian Parliamentary
electors indicate that the Government will be
on test vote by fully IS or 80 ma
jority in full House.
A NEW resolution of the transportation
problem is offered in the shape of project
for the construction of canal from st. Louis
10 Terre Haute, distance of $50 miles, there
TO connect with the Wabash and Erie Canal
affording direct water route between the
great producing West and Eastern and Euro
pean markets.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
IS lin Eyp >,

Ex-senator Nye, of Nevada, is visit
ing Washington. As plain 4" Jim Nye'
he is Familiarity known to us. He is
one of the brightest, handsomest, most
popular men who has ever been in
Congress. Nothing or nobody was out
of the range of his wit. Even the
stately Sumner, whose pomposity in
spires awe in the most thoughtless, was
target for his neighbours repartee.
Nye is native of New York State,
but emigrated to Nevada while Nevada
was quite young, and figured there as
Governor (of Virginia City during
that remarkable gold excitement, so
graphically described In "Roughing
It." Mark Twain seems to have a
great admiration for Nye, and has given
us a characteristic sketch of him in his
" Presidents Reception. Many and
many is the time. writes the inimitable
Mark, Give seen him stand up and
beam and smile on his children
(Washoes and Pi-Utes), as he called
them in his motherly way; beam on
them by hours out of his splendid eyes
and fascinate them with his handsome
face, and comfort them with his per-
suasive tongue seen him stand up
there and tell them anecdotes and
lies, and quote Watts hymns to them,
till he just took all the war-spirit right
out of them and send them away be-
wildered with his inspired mendacity.
Most remarkable man, Jim Nye! He
can tell lie with that purity of accent,
that grace of utterance, that convincing
emotion / do reckon he is the hand
lest creature about making the most
of his chances that ever found an all
sufficient substitute for mothers milk
in politics and sin %
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
THE ADMINISTRATIVE Ashantee wa

THE AsHANTEEs.-The Ashantee war
is bringing to notice some of the queer
practices of the natives. The King OF
Ashantee, desiring one of his Generals
to return with his troops, sent by mes
senger an "emblem of recall, consist
ing of circle of beads. This order was
disregarded, and one more potent was
sent by the irate King. Its form was
that of small shield made of fbers OF
palm, and its Specification was well un-
derstood by its recipient. In accord
ance with native usage, when a General
viii not return from war in accord with
the message of beads, the King takes this
miniature shield and solemnly swears
mon it that he will kill himself if his
order is again disobeyed. The troops
we're filed with superstitious horror
when the symbol was received, and the
General no longer disobeyed the order
to retreat.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
to investigate the affairs of the District of Columbia

TO investigate the affairs of the District of Columbia
was adopted, and Frelinghuysen, Boutwell, and
Thurman were appointed the committee. Car
penter introduced bill, of which he had given pre-
vous notice, to restore the rights Of the State Of
Louisiana. 1t declares there 10 no Governor
other State officers in Louisiana, and provides for
holding election to fill those offices on the 4th of
May, the President to appoint some person, des-
ignate some army officer not below the rank of
MajorGeneral, to superintend said election, he to
appoint two citizens of Louisiana, Of opposite po
litica parties, to be State Registrars. The bill was
ordered printed. The bill to facilitate the execu-
ton of and to protect certain public works at the
mouth Of the Mississippi river, passed shsr-
mans amendment to the Bankruptcy bill, limiting
the operations of the seth section persons owing
200 and over, was lost Frelinghuysgn, at his
own request, was excused from serving on the COM
mittee TO investigate the affairs Of the District of
Columbia, and Conkling was substituted. He, too,
declined the honor.
Hotsse.-Dunnell's bill modifying the law of last
year for the encouragement of timber culture was
passed. The bill amends the existing law so that
the entire forty need not be planted the first
year, hut gradually, or ten acres each year. . The
House consumed a considerable portion of the day
in considering the Army Appropriation bill. The
bill to incorporate the Colorado Canal, Irrigation
and Land Company defeated.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12
The Grange.

DUDLEY W. ADAMS, Grand Master of the
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-12

THE annual report of the Board Of Indian
Commissioners to the President has been pub
hshed- 1t indorses the peace policy of the
Administration. states that the supplies for
the department have been purchased at much
lower price than in any former year, recon-
mends that no territorial government be
adopted for the Indian nations without the
consent of the Indians, and that the territory
should be reserved exclusively for them, un-
molested by white intruders.
GEN SHERMAN was before the House Mill
tary Committee the other day, and argued in
favor of placing the Indians in charge of
the War Department. He thinks that they
would be better treated and more effectually
kept in order by the army than they ever can
be by the Inferior Department under the
Peace policy.
THE Postofice Department has preps 4
bill for the reduction of postage at tho -
ing rates: For publications less thA. zee q
week, three cents; weekly, three cents twice
weekly, six cents; three times weekly, nine
cents six times weekly, eighteen cents daily,
twenty-one cents. Mr.. Dawes, Chairman of
the Ways and Means ommittee, has prepared
bill abolishing all Pension Agencies, and
providing for the payment Of pensions by
check direct from Washington By this
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

THE BEST WoMAN.-I think old wo-
mani don't quite like theword s'lady"
because it doesn't mean anything, nova
days are the most beautiful and loyable
things in the world. They are so near
Heaven that they catch the glow and
brightness which radiate from the pearly
gates and illuminate their faces. When
the hair begins to silver, and the embers
in the fire grow cold, and the sun has
got around in life's horizon that the
present makes no shadow, while the past
stretches down the hillside to little
mound of earth where we will rest for a
season-a little mound, not big enough
to hold our corner lots, and marble fronts,
and safes, which we shall have to leave
on the other side of the hill, but big
enough, 1 trust to hold our memories and
fancies, our air-castles and secrets and
when the journey is nearly done, and the
night is setting in, and the darkness be-
gins to gather around us without any
stars, and the birds sing low in the trees,
and the flowers wither and die, and the
music we hear comes from afar, strange
ly sweet, like sounds coming over the
water, and like little children we live
within ourselves, and the world gradually
recedes from us--then / should like to be
an old woman, full of blessed memories
and peaceful antcipations.
l think / know the best woman in the
world, and think the one | know has
tie kindest heart and the dearest face
and the most caressing hand, and the
most undying devotion among all wo
men. Her eyes were once to me the
boundaries of the world, and were the
first things l ever looked into, and pray
Heaven that they might also be the las
/ shall look into. And think the bes
woman every other man knows has al
these qualities in the same degree. Ant
I think there is not one of us who has
strayed so far from that woman-the bes
of all women-not one of us so callouseC
with the strife and toll of life, not one o
us in the midst Of difficulty and danger
who does not feel the invisible arm around
him to shield him, and who does no
long to go back to the arms and love o
that woman, and rest as we rested before
our feet got into the finty roads, upor
the breast of our mother.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
PREMIUM FOR 1874.

Every subscriber to THE ALDINE who
pays in advance for the year 1874, will receive
painted in oil for the publishers of THE AL
DINE, by Thomas Moran, whose great Colo
RADIO picture was purchased by Congress for
ten thousand dollars. The subjects were chos-
One is n view in the White Mountains, New
Hampshire the other gives The Cliffs of Green
River, Wyoming Territory. The difference in
the nature Of the scenes themselves is a pleas
ing contrast, and affords a good display of the
artists scope and coloring. The chremos arc
each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size (l2XlG) and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals. The presentation of
scape painter to the subscribers of TIE AL
DIN + was a bold but peculiarly happy idea,
and its successful realization is attested by IL
testimonial over the signature Of Mr.. Moran
himself
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

AN English gentleman, who was ad-
dicted to the habit of always asking bis
friends to partake of stimulants, had on
several occasions invited a teetotal friend
who had refused, but wished to return
the compliment in some way. One day,
however, the Good Tempar met him by
the post-oflice, and grasping his arm ex-
claimed " Come in here, my dear boy,
and have six-pence worth of postage
stamps" B..
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

l. Subscribers who do not give ex-
press notice to the contrary, are consider
ed as wishing to continue their subscrip-
ton.
.. If subscribers wish their papers dis
continued, publishers may continue to
send them until all charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to
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to which they are sent, they are held re-
sponsible until they settle their bills and
give due notice to discontinue.
4. If fsubscrbers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and the
paper is sent 20 the former direction they
are held responsible. Notice should al
ways be given of the removal. t@s
5. The courts have decided, that refus-
ing to take paper from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it tuncalled for, is pri-
ma facie evidence Of intentional fraud.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.

The illustrations of THE ALDINE have
won worldwide reputation, and in the art
centers of Europe it is an admitted fact that
its wood-cuts are examples of the highest per-
tection ever attained The common prejudice
in favor of steel plates is rapidly yielding to q
more educated and discriminating taste which
quality with greater facility of production
The wood-cuts of TllE ALDINE possess all
the delicacy and elaborate finish of the most
rendering of the artists original
The popular feature of a eopiously illus
trated Christmas number of I'll ALDINE
will be continued
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

THANKTUL.-A preacher took up col
lection on Sunday and found, when his
hat was returned, there wasn't penny
in it. II thank my God," said he, turn
ing the hat upside down, and tapping the
crown Of it with his hand, "that have
got my hat back from this congregation. -
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
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SEVENTH YEAR. uo4sf a
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il is an elesant miscellany of pure, light, and
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lures, the rarest Eoeeimens Of artistic skill in
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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:

COURT TERMS:
District COurt-Second Monday in April,
August and December.
County COurt-Eirst Monday in Janu
ary, March, May, July, September and No
vember.
Probate COurt-(Same as County Court.)
Board of SupervisOrs-Firs Monday
February, May, August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

AN idea of the terrible nature of the
Indian famine may be gathered from
the statement that rice is selling at four
cents per pound, which is exactly .the
price Of laborer's daily wages.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

The citizens OF Cheyenne don't allow
landlords to collect rent of widow women
and landlords have to be careful whom
they rent to.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
Notices of the Press.


The BAZAR is edited with combination
of tact and talent that we seldom find in any
journal, and the journal itrelf is the organ of
the great world Of fashion, Boston Traveller.
The BAZAAR eommends itself to every mem
Der of the household-to the children by. droll
and pretty pictures, to the young ladies by its
fashion plates in endless variety, to the provi-
dent matron by its patterns for the children's
clothes, to patcrlamlias by its tasteful designs
for embroidered slippers and luxurious dress
ing-gowns. But the reading-matter of the
BAZAAR is uniformly of great excellence =
The paper has acquired n wide popularity for
the fireside enjoyment it atfords.-L New York
Evening Post. EfHFfG
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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

A STEEL is what makes blade sharp,
but blade that makes a sharper is a
stcaler. A
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

a LITTLE girl in Des Moins wants +
know why there are no he dolls.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04
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