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to pny their arhesamont for removing Htroots,
thoy soom tu rogan1 it ar among tloir necessary
expenses, and nro unwilling 10 try experiments
with moro durable systomH.
Tho only rollof from Ills already grcnt aru
corBtantly"ifcrousiug outlay, It would Bconl, Ii
tho adoption OF aomo losa costly and moro lura-
bio natoral thnn woodon blocks. Cobblo-stonos
hayo boon discarded NJ ,,i,Byhtly, rough, noisy,
md Liable 70 injlre volIiclos and horses. THO
n,acntlauzea road Ia wholly uusuitcd to heavy
trafic, n'ld, from tho peculiar convex formation
required for thorough Drainage, wnstoa great
dcal or room; wl,ilo III summer tho dust, antl In
"intor tho m,id, aro serious objections to itB
adoption. It Ia not leuB expensive than wooden
pnvomont, and Rcaroly moro durable. Previous
to tho 1iro, experiments wcro mado, though not
extensively, with artificial aaphat, composed Of
pitch and crushed Htono. Tho Doard Of Public
Works were not worry enthusiastic npon tho SUBJ
jcct, aiM, gayo littlo encouragement to tho put
onteo Of tho rroccss, owing to tho failure OF
this composition In largo otios in tho East. It
haa been found that, while artificial asphalt TO-
tains its so'1dity for term Of ton or twolvo
years., tho evaporation which has beon gong Oh
during that timo leaves tho asphalt lifoloss and
friablo, mud thut 1t breaks up suddenly. Tho
small pieces Of this pavomont Which hayo beon
lnit1 hero hayo, so far, stood tho test satiafac-
torily but tito tio laB not been sufficient to A.
low tic authoritos to paas III opinion Oh it's usc~
fuIncsu
Tho material which at present appears to be
r'ro-omnently suitable for purposes OF street.
paving iH tho natural anphalt, lnrgo deposits of
which exit in Cuba md III somo parts of North
Carolina, Kontucky, and Tenncssoo. lilo Amori,
can asphalt 1t is sal1, wlilo not equal to tho in,-
ported material, IL sufficiently good In quality to
mako Il durable pavement Tho method Of M
plying it is similar to that Of tic artificial uub-
| atat.co, namely, by reducing It to Bomi-1iauid
| condition and mixing 1t hot with gravel or
crushed stone. Tho advantage claimed for this
pavement ia Its absolute durability. It Ia
| said TINT 1t is iuaostruotillo, aud since ita
| introduction, Bomc years ago, into tho busiest
| streets Of London and Paris 1t has so fur justi-
fled the claim. Whether it is suitable to tho ox-
tro1nos Of temperature which arc characteristic
OF our climate, il question not yot determined,
but tloro appears to BIO no reason why it should
not bo. On tho other hand, tue cost Of laying 1t
is great, being nearly two-a1,t1-a-lalf tmos tint
Of Nicolson or my other wooden pavement. One
mile of natural nspha!t pavement woud coat, it
is estimated, 91G5o00, but further outlay practi-
.1,1nr l.
no more than tho samo amount OF wooden payo-
1nont laid simultaneously with It. With the
| d,scouragiug outlook presented by tho prcscnt
system Of strect-paying, it is gratifying to Enow
That tho subject il receiving close attention from
scientific mon. A solution Of tho problem will
be hailed with joy throughout tho civilized
world.
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Scraps OF Wisdom.

Anticipation of evil is the death of
happiness.
Christ is himself the one unanswera-
BILE proof of Christianity.
Some people are positive just in pro-
portion to their ignorance.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; ex-
IRENE culture to simplicity.
A dry goods merchant of Hartford
was asked how he spent his evenings.
His reply was: cat night store my
mind, and during the day / mind my
store" ....--
What you keep by you may change
and mend, but words once spoken you
can never recall.
How many troubles might mankind
be spared if they would only stop to
hear each others explanation.
A good man and q wise man may at
times be angry with the world, at times
grieved at it (; but be sure, no man was
ever discontented with the world If he
did his duty in it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Following a Buck to Sea.

During the recent camp hunt on st.
James Island by some of our citizens,
an incident occurred which is perhaps
without parallel in the annals of
hunting, and deserves to be recorded.
A large buck, closely pursued by that
famous stag hound, old Ring, belong
ing to Mr.. Hopkins, took water and
headed right out to sea the dog, with
out hesitation, boldly followed him in
his voyage over the clark and treacher-
Gus waves" They were watched with
intense interest by the hunters until
each was mere speck upon the surface
of the sea, and until they were finally
and totally lost to Uiet0. After some
time, when it was supposed that both
dog and deer had found watery and
perhaps bloody grave, in mortal COM
bat, or been devoured by sharks, a
small object was discovered, which
proved to be old Ring, returning from
his long swim, much exhausted, but
reaching the shore in safety. But, to
the great surprise of the spectators,
after time the. deer also appeared in
sight, making right for shore, on reach
ing which he was shot down by one of
the hunters. -Idlldhassee Floridi0n.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Republic in Spain an Impossibility

The logic of facts and statistics is
opposed to the theory of Republeanism
in Spain. Education, the foundation
of self-government, is wanting. The
official data of statistics show that Spain
contains an aggregate population of
IL, 673, 074 souls, of whom II, 1884,, 391
can neither read nor write I; 705, 76S can
read but cannot write; and only little
over 5000, 600 can read and write.
There are 422 Justices of the Peace who
can neither read nor write ; and I'll, 119
Aldermen and IL, 479 members of Town
Councils who are unable to sign their
own names. Under such circumstances
as these, not to mention the natural hot
headedness and bloodthirstiness of the
Spaniard, republic in Spain is an i'm
possibility, and any attempt at one viii
always result In the hybrid monstrosity
of the present theoretical one, until the
Spanish people have learned by educa-
ton how to govern themselves Until
that time, absolute force can be the only
controlling power in Spain. II Chicago
! Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
The Heat the Human Body Can Endure.

During the relocating of the furnaces
In an iron establishment in England.
says the British Journal of Science,
the men worked when the thermometer,
placed so as not to be influenced by the
radiation of heat from the open doors,
marked 12O degrees. In the Bessemer
pits the men continue kind of labor
requiring great muscular effort at lao
In some of the operations of glass-mak-
ing the ordinary summer working tenn
perature is considerably over 100, and
the radiant heats to which the workmen
are subject far exceeds 212 degrees. In
Turkish bath, the shampooers con-
tinue four or five hours at time in a
moist atmosphere at temperatures rang
ing from los to ITO degrees. In
enamel works men labor daily in heat
of over 800 degrees. On the Red Sea
steamers the temperature of the stoke
hole is 145 degrees. And yet in none
of these cases does any special form or
type of disease develop itself.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Humorous.

TROUBLES are like dogs the smaller
they are the more they annoy you.
WHEN you put on your stockings,
why are you sure to make a mistake p
Because you must put your foot in it.
AN Irishman on observing beautiful
cemetery, remarked that he considered
it healthy place to be buried in.
A PLUMBER had an Irish lad in his
employ, and one day, having occasion
for piece of zinc, ordered him to get
one twelve inches square. Yes, SIT"
said Pat, twelve inches square, but
how long?
AN Irishman was asked if Lola Montez
ever smoked. Yes, sir, she did !" he
exclaimed, "and so does every volcano.
Perhaps you'll show me the lovely
crater that don't smoke r
AN Irishman quarreling with an En-
glishman, told him that if he didn't
hold his tongue he would break his i'm
penetrable head and let the brains out
of his empty skull.
CLAsPED her tiny hand in mine,
vowed to shield her from the wind, and
from the worlds cold storms. She set
her beauteous eyes on me, and with her
| lips said she: An umbrella will do as
we'll"
SIMPKINs, having welded and settled,
accumulated slight scar over his eye
brow, the cause of which it is unneces-
sary to state but an inquisitive ac-
quaintance asked him whether it was the
mark of the chicken-pox "Worse
than that" replied Simpkins, "it's the
mark of the henpeck."
A MISSIONARY among the freedmen m
Tennessee, after relating to some little
colored children the story of Ananias
and Sapphira, asked them why God
does not strike everybody dead that
tells lie, when one of the least in the
room answered: Because there
wouldn't be anybody left"
"WHAr do you sell those fowls for?"
inquired person of man attempting
to dispose of some chickens of ques-
tionable appearance. 81 sell them for
profits" was the answer. "Thank you
for the information that they are
prophets" responded the querist; 81
took them to be patriarchs.
IT is stated that a wealthy Boston
gentleman met a prominent Judge in
the street q few days since and said,
Judge, suppose you believe I am a
sane man % Certainly" replied the
Judge :" but why? ?" 81 have made my
will to-day, and l didn't know but some
fifth cousin would swear / was non COM
pos mentis, and so wanted high judi
cial authority for my sanity" 1t won't
do to contest that will while Judge X. is
living.
In 1775, after the battle of Lexington,
and when Gage was shut up in Boston,
an English writer, in can Ode to the
Earl of Dartmouth, gave bit of advice
to the Ministry:
The stubborn Yankees let alone;
They hurl defiance at the throne,
And all your schemes unsettle;
To mark your act with more disgrace,
They fling their teapots in your face,
And scald you with the kettle!
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

THERE is exhibited in st. Louis just
now q curious bit of work in amateur
art. This is q medallion of sleeping
face, very well executed, it is said, not
in clay nor marble, but in butter. 1t
came from the head and hands. of an
Arkansas farmers wife who caught the
idea while in her dairy. She made a
quantity of studies with the aid of her
butter paddle, cedar sticks, broom
straws, and a camels hair pencil, and
at last succeeded in modelling really
creditahle head. It is ingeniously
mounted ina nlilk-pan, which in turn
| is framed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
A Tough Old Couple.

The toughest man in America lives
two miles below this place. His name
is F. A. Rose. He is over Is years old.
Within the last ten years he has had
both legs broken, his skull smashed, his
hip dislocated, a shoulder-blade and
three ribs fractured, an arm broken and
his teeth Knocked oat-all by runaway
accidents. He always drives young
and spirited horse before wagon over
forty years old. His harness is patched
up and tied together with ropes and
strings. After every one of his acct
dents he has insisted on getting around
before the broken bones were properly
set. The consequence is that his limbs
are crooked and not to be relied on. He
is obliged to attend to his work on
crutches, but still drives fractions young
horses to his dilapidated wagon. The
horse that will not rear and plunge at
the sight Of the cars is too tame for
him, and he exchanges it for another.
Mr.. Rose has a wife as tough as him.
self. She is almost old as he, and has
been more or less crippled for years,
but has attended to her household duties
with the aid of canes or crutches. She
recently fell and broke her arm, but she
did not think it worth mentioning, and
went about her work as usual.
Old Mr.. Rose is one of the wealthiest
men in the Delaware Valley. Together
with his son and two grandsons, be owns
two miles of rich fat along the river
and as far back on the mountain. He
says he thinks he viii reach hundred
years if the next horse that runs away
with him does not break his neck:
Nothing short of that, he thinks, VIII
kill him.--Mstanoras Pa Cor. Ne'o
York Sun.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

SOMETHING FROM HIS PzN."-Brown
relates the following bit of conversation,
he had with an acquaintance He said
be used to write for the papers once,
and, meeting an editor one day, the
editor said that he would like something
from his pen, and, says he, "What 90
you think sent him p Says I, :. GIVE
it mp" Says he "Well, he SAID ne
wanted something from my pen, so !
sent him pig"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
/: TINS REVENGE.

" Little Tim" was the name Of him
OF whom have to tell,
And his abode on the western road
In the busy town Of L.
As trains went down through the little town.
He peddled through the cars
His stock in trade-iced lemonade
Cakes, peanuts, and cigars.
Conductor Dunn was the only one
Who'd not his trade allow,
And so 'twixt him and Little Tim
Z There always was q row.
At last one day they had q fray,
And Timothy declared
He'd " fix old Dunn, s as sure's a gum"
If both their lives were spared.
SO OFF he went, with this intent,
And sold his stock in trade;
His earnings hard he spent for lard,
And started for " the grade.-
This place, you know, is where trains go
Upon the steep hillside,
And where-with lard-it isn't hard
To get up quite slide.)
He tooka stick and spread it thick,
Remarking, with smile,
"There1l be some fun when Mr. Dunn
Commences to strike lie pr
He lay in wait the train was late
And came a-puffing hard,
With heavy load, right up the road
To where he'd spread the lard.
They tried in vain that fated train
Could not ascend the grade;
The wheels would spin with horrid din,
Yet no advance was made.
Then little Tim-'twas bold in him
Cried out in accents shrill,
" Remember me, Conductor D.,
When you get up the hili-
MORAL.
Success in trade is up q grade
That we should all ascend,
And with will help up the hill
Our feilow-man and friend;
When ''ion the road don't incommode
The seeker after pelf.
Or, ten 10 one, like Mr.. Dunn,
You won't get up yourself.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Crops Of 1873.

The st. Louis Democrat gives the
following official statement of the pro-
duction of corn and wheat in the Mis-
sissippi valley, compiled by Mr. Dodge,
the statistician of the National Agricul-
tural Bureau ea
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

BIZ sArAnD TAILOR.

My home was seated high and fair.
Upon mountains side;
The day was longest, brightest, there:
Beneath, the world was wide.
Across its blue, embracing zone
The rivers cleaned, the cities shone,
And over the edge Of the fading rim
saw the storms in the distance dim,
And the flash Of the soundless thunder.
But weary grew the sharp, cold whine
OF winds that never kissed,
The changeless green of mr. and pine,
The gray and clinging mist.
Above the granite sprsng no bowers;
The soil gave low and scentless flowers:
And the drone and din Of the waterfall
Became q challenge. haunting call:
I" lis fair, tbs fair in the Valley"
OF ali the honaesteads deep and far
My fancy chung TO one,
Whose gable burned, a mellow star,
Touched by the sinking sun.
Unseen around, but not unguessed,
The orchards made leafy nest,
The turf before it was thick, knew,
And bees were busy the garden through,
And the windows were dark with roses.
"a lis happier there, below 1 sighed;
I" The world is warm and near,
And closer love and comfort hide,
That cannot reach me here.
Who master is must be so blest
HeU share with me his sheltered neg
II down to the valley / should go,
Leaving the granite, the pines and snow,
And the winds that are keen as lances.'
Wandered down, by ridge and dell;
The way was rough and long;
Though earlier shadows round me fell,
cheered them with my song.
The worlds great circle narrower grew,
Till hedge and thicket had the blue;
But over the orchards, near at hand,
The gable shone on the quiet land,
And far away was the mountain!
Then came the master; mournful-eyed
And stern Of brow was he.
F." O. planted in such peace " cried,
"Spare but the least 20 me-"
4" Who seeks ~ be said, this brooding haze,
The tameness of these weary days?
The highways dust, the glimmer and heat,
The woods that fetter the young winds feet
And hide the world and its beauty ~
He stretched his hand; he looked afar
With eyes Of old desire;
saw my home, . mellow star
That held the sunsets FIRE.
" But yonder home" he cried, how fair.
It's chambers burn like girded air;
know that the gardens are wild Is dreams,
With the sweep Of winds, the dash of streams,
And the pines that sound as an anthem!
- So quiet, so serenely high
1t sits, when clouds are furled,
And knows the beauty of the sky,
Tie glory of the world
Who there sbides must be so blest
Hell share with me that lofty crest,
II UP to the mountain should go,
Leaving the dust and the glare below,
And the weary life Of the valley!"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22


look like one. The thought struck Mr..
Lambert that he might, after all, be
able to pay his rent.
CT have concluded that / might as
well permit you to stay here short
time longer-although / am myself
pressed for money" he said with 9
thoughtful air.
"My dear SIR" exclaimed Mr.. Ward
"this is a favor / had no right to ex.
pect, Notwithstanding all you have done
for us but am sinderely grateful. fol
all your kindness to me. We are going
into miserable house, where we die
not anticipate residing more than two
or three weeks, or until l find my funds
coming in and if we can remain here,
you shall be no loser by the operation
Your debt I consider sacred those
many benefits shall never beforgotten.
Benefits / am not aware that you
are much indebted to me"
T" You are pleased to say so-but fol
two quarters rent you gave receipts IL
full, relying upon my honor for pay
ment at some future time. have at NJ
time doubted but that they came from
you"
Nh. Lambert pressed his forehead
with his hand. After pause he said
And why, may / ask-why did you
give me credit a.
Excuse me for mentioning the sub
iect," said Mr.. Ward, with emotion
"but although You parted in anger from
your sister"
'sSir !" exclaimed Mr.. Lambert, start
ing and changing color.
"Hers was q pardonable ofense,
said Mr.. Ward. ssShe declined marry
ing the man whom you chose for ne
husband. You disowned her You hav
never met her since. But this wa
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

GEE One of the leading elders of the
Pennsylvania Mennonites, 40 years ago,
was one Miller,a man of immense strength.
Passing crowd of idlers at the court
house, he was stopped with the question
"Miller, they say if one smites Mennon-
ite on one cheek he will turn the other. Is
that so ?" "That is true" The question,
er here gave him smart blow on the
cheek, when Miller, turning the other
cheek, had it duplicated. This raised
great laugh as the fellow turned away
"Stop my friend" said Miller, elf you had
read a little further you would have found
another passage that we also hold by
"With the measure that ye mete unto 9th
ers it shall be meted to you again, and
heaping full, and, picking him up bodi-
ly, he fairly thrashed the wall with him.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

tB- Shortly after the battle of Princeto n
witty Scotch farmer amused himself by
writing humorous ballad upon it, which
so stung one Of the officers who had be-
haved very badly on that occasion that he
sent the poet challenge to meet him at
H. for mortal combat. The second
found the farmer busy with his pitchfork,
to whom he delivered the challenge of the
redoubtable hero. The good-humored
farmer, turning toward him with his agri-
cultural implement in his hand, coolly said,
"Gang AVA back to Master Smith, and
tell him hae nae time to come to H to
gle him satisfaction but that if he likes
to come here, I'll just do as he did-Pn
run AVA p
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
The Dutchman's Oysters.


"Hafe you got seme of dot kind of oys-
ters what hafe been sphiledP"
"Spiled oysters! Yes, we have few
cans left over from last week that think
will ct you"
GLOW you solt 'em dozen %
"oh, I'll sell 'em right; you may have
all you want for MCKEE"
"Vell, den, mine goot trent, will you be
so kind to pring me four dozen for dot
damaged lotP"
The oysters were brought, and the Gus
toner put them quietly down into the pit
of his stomach, and, having finished the
job, he said to the restaurateur
"Now, my very kind frent, you have got
SOON good oysters, ain'd it?"
"You're mighty right, have -
"Vell, takes a hafe dozen raw and
some pickles"
These were in turn served and quickly
put down on the top of those gone before.
But the restaurateur was troubled, and
when the patron came to settle the bill said
to him
"Look here, pard, don't like to be too
inquisitive, but blowed eff 1 wouldn't like
ter know why you have took fancy to SO
many spoiled oysters and SO few good
ones?"
"Vell," replied the man, "you have
been goot trent to me, und SO told you
something You see, it was dis way. Now,
l hafe got tape-worm, my kind trent, you
understand, und efry time dot is the way |
hafe to do. You see dot last hafe dozen
vas for me mineself but dot damaged lot,
dem was for de tape-worm. You know dot
l ain'd dot kind of Comodore Vanderbilt
what can afford it to preak up mine
whole peesness to feed a tam tape-worm on
goot oysters, don't it?
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

eB- Corpulent old lady--I should like
ticket for the train. Booking clerk, (who
thinks he will make jckO)-Yes; win you
go in the passenger train or cattle train 2
Lady-Well, If you are aspecipen of what
Ishall experience in the passenger train
give me ticket for the cattle train, by all
means.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

rB- Said tipsy husband to his wife
"you need-needn't bI-l-ame me. Twas
woman that first tem-tempted man to eat
forbidden things"
"That won't do,' retorted the indig-
nant wife. "WOmen may have first
tempted man to eat forbidden things, but
he took to drinking Of his own accord"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

GB- The scandalous Washington 0hrOnS-
Gle, says "When Mary Walker reaches
Turkey we hope the Sultan, that absolute
monarch of all he surveys, will make her
take her breeches off," Mary won't listen
to any such insultan proposition. She isn't
that kind.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

tB- A little Vermont girl called at
drug store and said "My mother wants
ten cents worth of jumps" This astonish-
ed the clerk, the child insisted that it was
jumps she had been sent for, but returned
to her mother for further instructions.
Very soon she came back, and said that it
was hops that she wanted.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

gB- "Corinne--if you are living, do re-
turn to your friends, writes somebody in
the New York Herald. They don't say
what "Corinne" is to do If sheis dead. In
that case she is probably expected to reply
through the "Corinner."