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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
A PROMISED New Mediterranean.

"The nation OF ideas" says the Lon.
don Daily Telegraph, "hasitin contem-
plation at present to create new Medi.
terranean. Such o conception might
provoke the jealousy even OF NJ. do
Lesseps, who turned Africa into an
island but II is his own country which
entertains this bold design, and the
plan has been submitted 10 the Isthmus
piercer, with the result Of obtaining his
warm commendation. Nor would any
body call the thing impossible who has
seen the region which 1t is proposed to
convert into sea some Eve hundred
miles long by sixty broad. The Isthmus
OF Khabs, or Cabes, at the bottom of
the Gulf anciently called Syrtis Minor,
Is a sandy ridge or neck which has been
formed by the Mediterranean, and
which now separates from II q long and
deeply.deprossed tract OF country, ex-
tending from Cabes to the Benz Mezab
and FL Erg. This region was once cyl.
IDENTIFY covered by the sea, and 1t still
contains q number OF shetts, or salt.
swamps, around which tho soil is
marshy and treacherous, while the drier
portions ae covered with magnetism
deposits shining with binding white
ness under tho African sun. II is q
land OF horrible sterility and useless
ness, dangerous to traverse, poisoning
the air round about and, but for GER
tain oases which might disappear, 70
the astonishment and disgust OF their
inhabitants, 1t would be Just as well lin-
der water as dry. Moreover, IL the
Mediterranean could be let into this
vast arid basin, the climate would
probably improve, as that OF the Suez
desert has done; the uplands round tho
basin, moistened by the sea air and
clouds, would become moro or less
fertile for pasturage and agriculture,
and the provinces OF Constantine and
Algiers, II not even part OF 0ran, would
gain double sea.frontage. Gan. then,
the intervening wall be cut2 NJ. do
Lesseps and modern science reply,
'Undoubtedly.' The Khabs ridge Is
only eighteen Kilometres through; 1t is
light and easily managed soil, and tho
expense OF driving channel through
It is not reckoned at moro than half q
million sterling. But where tho water
would 90, and what 1t would do, and
how long the Mediterranean would be
before Il Indignantly built up the wall
again, and left the Algerian Baltic to
exhale It's pestiferous odorS, is more
than We Should like to pronounce upon
without very exact surveys. 1t might
turn half the Sahara into an ocean and
rcyolutionize the climate and commerce
Of North and West Africa. 1t might
merely drown 10 many snakes, porc1-
pines and Arabs, and then soak away
into the dry and endless sands Of tho
interior. None the less, IL hos It's fasci.
mating points as bold snheme and
tie matter Is under serious considera:
ton with the Algerian authorities and
the Academy OF Sciences"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
A wlre,s Weary Waiting.

The strange old woman, Mrs. Fan.
der, who for Inans days in daytime and
nighttime, and In summer and winter
weather, stood on o little board at the
crossing at the corner OF Plum and
Longworth streets, Cincinnati, looking
for her husband who never came, Is
still keeping up her vigils. She now,
with q handkerchief on her head, stands
in the doorway Of q house on Fifth
street, near Park, where she occupies o
little room and works at mantua.mak-
ing. She glances up and down the
street without'seeing the coming Of the
one she Is looking for. The husband
Is reported as having been killed in the
Mexican war, and ia supposed to have
been, but the wife hopes that such Is
not true. The poor woman Is said to
receive, at regular periods, small sums
Of money through the Adams Express
Company, from whom nobody can tell.
The recipient believes u comes from
her missing husband, and that Ia place
OF the money he will arrive some day.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
A y,ndtctlyc Queen.

Henry Carey, cousin Of Queen Eliza.
beth, after having enjoyed her Maies-
ty's favor for several years, lost IL In
the following manner AS he was walk
ing one day, full Of thought in the gar
den Of the palace, under the Queens
window, ahe perceived him, and said to
him In a joctllar manner, "What does q
man think Of when ho Is thinking Of
nothingi' upon q woman's prom
ise," replied Carey, "Well done,
cousin, answered Elizabeth. She re.
tired, but did not forget the answer.
Sometime after he solicited q peerage,
aud reminded the Queen that she had
promised II to him, "Tfue," she said,
"but that was Q woman's promise.n
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
A Horse Chaunter.

ga fellow being called as witness
in one Of the courts, the Judge de-
manded:
.What is your trade"
"a horse chaunter, my lord"
hat?-a horse chaunter? Why
what's thatp"
"vy. my lord, ain'tyou up to that
ere trade?"
~ require you to explain yourself" /"
"Vel, my lord" said he, "I goes
round among the livery stables-they
all on 'em knows me-and ven / sees o
gen'man bargaining for an 'orse, ] Just
steps up like q teetotal stranger and
SEE ], vel, that's q rare 'un, I'll be
bound, ses /, he's got the beautifulest
'ead and neck as I ever seed, ses I /;
only look OF " open nostrils-hes
got Wind like o o.go.motiye, I'll be
bound he'll travel hundred miles o
day and never once think ont them's
the kind OF legs vat never falls Vel,
this tickles the gen'man, and he ses 10
'imself, that ere 'onest countryman's a
rare Judge Of 'orse : SO, please you,
my lord, he buys i'm, and trots Of.
Vel, then goes up to the man vat
keeps the stable, and I axes i'm, vel,
vat are you going 10 stand for that ere
chaunta ? and he gives me o sovereign.
Vel, that's what I call 'orse chaunting,
my lord |; there's rale little arm int
there's good many sorts on us; some
chaunts canals, and some chaunts rail.
roads.n
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
Among Tigers.

In o letter to the aiorning Star, =
missionary at Bhimpore, India, relates
what Is O frequent occurrence in some
districts OF that dangerous land. The
frequency, however, makes 1t no less
horrible. As there Is a good dcal OF
heavy Jungle about here inhabited by
wild beasts, the people sometimes run
the risk OF their lives on their journey
TO and from the market. Only last
Tuesday, not three miles from our
house, 4 tiger was prowling about tho
edge Of the donse jungle, and tgst az
dusk, when the people were going homo
in little parties from the market, he
poupced upon one poor fellow, and took
him on 10 his LAIR as easily as cay
would a mouse, OF courae tho rest OF
tho party fied, leaving somebody's hts'
and and father 10 his fate.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31

When you see man going home OF
o'clock in the morning and know his
wife Is waiting for him, 1t is likely to
be stormy.
When o man receives bill for goods
his wife has bought unknown 10 him,
look out for thunder and lightning.
When man goes home aud finds no
supper ready, the fire out, and his wife
visiting tho saloons "with the rest OF
the boys" 1t Is likely 10 be sloudy.
When man promises to take his
wife TO o party, and changes his mind
after she is dressed, you may expect q
shower.
When q man saves his cigar money TO
buy his wife q new bonnet and the chill
dren new shoes, II indicates spell Of
sunshine. nm '65
When q man dies and leaves a nice
young widow with plenty Of money,
and you see her walking out with the
executor on Sunday afternoon, o change
10 imminent,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-31
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Prejudice sqpinta when it looks aud
lies when II talks, .n5.
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"a fellow being called as q witness
in one Of the courts, the Judge de-
fnnndad !.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
The Housewives Table.

The following is a very valuable
housewives table, by which persons not
having scales and weights at hand may
readily measure the article wanted to
form any recipe without the trouble of
weighing, allowance to be made for an
extraordinary dryness or moisture OF
the article weighed or measured
Wheat -four, pound is quart.
Indian meal, l pound 2 ounces are !
quart.
Butter, when soft. pound is quart.
Loaf sugar, broken, l pound is ]
quart.
White sugar, powdered, l pound
ounce are quart.
Best brown sugar, pound 2 ounces
are l quart.
Ten eggs are pound.
Flour, pecks are 1 bushel.
Sixteen large teaspoonfuls are / pint.
Eight large teaspoonfuls are l gill.
Four large teaspoonfuls are gill.
Two gills are ! pint.
Two pints are l quart.
Four quarts are gallon.
A common sized tumbler holds a
pint.
A common sized wine-glass is ] gill.
A teacup is one gill.
A large wine-glass is 1 gill.
A teaspoonful is an ounce.
Forty drops are equal to teaspoon.
full.
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to ta
blespoonful.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
Corn In England.

English ideas of the value of Indian
corn are advancing rapidly, as may be
inferred from thu. following, from the
Mark Lane Express "Maize is get
ting into extensive consumption for
feeding cattle. The price was for a
long time below its actual value for
feeding purposes, but the graziers have
discovered its valuable properties, and
maize is no longer neglected on the
market at 2Ss. or 29s. per quarter. We
have an idea, too, that the millers have
found that they can use portion of it,
especially of the white corn, without
any material injury to the flour. Be
this as it may, the demand for maize
increases, and the price has risen to
3Ss. per quarter for the white and 36s.
for yellow. In America the darker is
preferred for domestic purposes, in
which, in various ways, it is largely
consumed by families. The amount
imported during the first nine months
of the year 1873 was 1880. 534 cwts,
against Is, 454, 1872 cwts. in the same
period of the present year, being an
increase of 424 22S cwts.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
Duck Story That Is a Fish Story.

This story is told by Melville Curtis,
and sworn to by John Frost and Jim
Myron, so it must be true: The three
gentlemen were over in Smoky valley
duck-hunting on Sunday last. and on
Blue Springs CARTS shot mallard
Securing the bird he fastened it in the
stream for decoy, and in few mo-
ments was alarmed and astonished to
behold his dead duck plunging and
houndering in the water and trying to
dive beneath the surface. fastening
to the spot to ascertain the cause of
such remarkable conduct on the part of
the defunct duck, NE found his game in
the Jaws of monster trout, which was
endeavoring to draw 1T beneath the
water. One shot from the hunters
trusty gun and the monster of the deep
lay belly up. He was brought into
town and measured, and found to be
just twenty-five feet-or inches, we for
get wilhelm length. After being
measured, he was cut into chunks and
distributed among the poor, furnishing
substantial meal for eleven needy
families. The fish is sai6 to be one of
a number placed in Blue Springs sever
al years ago, but which, from some I'M
known cause, have never increased be-
yond the original number.-Austin
(Nev.) ReUeitle.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
/" For Ladies' Only.O

Another alteration in our railroad
management is the establishment on
the Metropolitan railway of carriages
for ladies only" This is an adoption
of the danes seules idea with which we
are all familiar on continental railways,
and is said to have been necessitated
by the behavior of men who make it q
practice of travelling by the under
ground line for the purpose of offering
offensive familiarities to women. 1t is
not probable that the plan will succeed
here, for the underground trains scarce
ly stop more than minute at each
station, and there is enormous difficulty
in selecting the carriages of the class
for which you have ticket, so great is
the throng and confusion the selection
of special compartment will, there
fore, be almost impossible. One will
be curious to see the style of ladies
who avail themselves OF the new regula.
ton. In the carriages for DANES seules
in France never recollect seeing any
but the oldest, the plainest, and the
most uninviting of the sex.-London
Cor. NeW York Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
The DISSERTATION of Hunger,

Crimes against property and per-
son have doubled since the cold snap
set in. Homeless Migrants, crowded
out of police lodgings, and having no
soup houses to fall back upon, are
nerved by the desperation of hunger to
crimes OF unusual violence. Preferring
to go to prison rather than starve, they
have no fear of arrest if the ordinary
chance of IMMUNITY fails them. What
are We going to do about it On the
eve of Thanksgiving day fourteen able
bodied men and women who were to be
discharged from the Kings County Pen
itentiary prevailed upon the keeper to
complain of them as Migrants, and lock
them up again until May l. 1t is idle
to say these people could find work if
they wanted it. The work is not to be
had. But it ought to be created. 1t
will be cheaper for the city and Sta @
to make work for the unemployed than
to expend large sums of money for
charity. Work is asked, and not aims.
NeW York Commercial Advertiser.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
The Human Relics OF P0mpeii.

A writer says In the Museum of
Pompeii are preserved the most horri-
BILE and pathetic witnesses of the last
days of the Inflated city. When the
workingmen were digging in 1863, they
struck into q small cavity, the nature of
which was of course mystery to them.
Without breaking further into it, they
poured plaster of Paris down the
crevices that were already opened, and,
as soon as the plaster had hardened,
the crust of lava was carefully removed,
and 10 the form of human being in
his death-struggle, perfectly preserved.
Buried IN the lava that hardened about
him, his body had crumbled to dust,
and left this wonderful mold. Several
bodies have thus been reproduced-one
of them with the features perfectly
preserved, so that there is still some
expression in the face. In one, some
parts of the skeleton are imbedded in
the plaster. and two female bodies
found lying near each other are called
mother and daughter. There is moth
ing at Pompeii more touching than the
despair depicted in the attitude of this
group. 1t was pleasant to get out into
the narrow streets where the sun was
glaring, aud there we sought to forget
the horrors of the museum.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
Air.

Lord Kinnair, in the course of a long
letter to a contemporary regarding the
ventilation of dwelling houses, saws
People imagine that as foul air is light
it is only necessary to open a hole in
ceiling or open a window at the top to
allow 1T to escape, and are surprised
when these openings are closed by the
inmates to feel cold air beating down on
their heads. The fact is that the foul
air emitted from the lungs of the occu-
pants of a room ascends while warm,
but when cold it falls to the ground.
Any one taking ladder and going to
the top of room where number of
people are sitting would find the vitiated
air unbearable. A bird could not live
long in it. Where there is no -placein
a room the foul air first ascends, and
then when.. it gets cold descends, and is
then drawn up the chimney, so that
person sitting near the fireplace inhales
the bad air. The remedy is to take off
the vitiated air at the ceiling by a
syphon acting on the reverse system of
q water syphon. Where there is no fire.
place In room the case is serious, in
deed. We found that bird placed on
the floor of such a room, where two
people slept, was dead in the morning.
Were not our ancestors wise in having
high bedsteads, and they were higher
than the iron bedsteads now commonly
used. Shakedowns" are therefore
most injurious to health. The great
difficulty in ventilation is to make the
air move. One plan may be seen car
ried out on large scale in the houses
of Parliament. A huge furnace at the
top of the house, kept constantly burn
ing, draws its life from the houses,
libraries, dining room, tea-rooms, COM
mittee rooms, and kitchen of the Palace
of Westminster, and such is its power
that burnt pieces of paper have been
drawn from the Victoria Station to the
palace. The real difficulty is the sup.
plying of fresh air to fill up the vacuum,
which in our dwellings is drawn from
the window sashes, and doors, and
kavhO1as
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
Humorous.

SKELETON keys" Picked" turkeys.
IT is not falling into the water, but
lying in it that browns.
WHERE Satan cannot go himself. he
takes wine as his messenger.
EDITORS gain living in sanctum-
money-us way YonkerS Gazette.
In Paraguay, girls are not allowed to
chew tobacco till they are thirteen.
THEY have kissing fairs in Iowa fo-
the benefit of the churches-price ten
cents kiss.
IT is German boast that no Ameri-
can, Irishman, or Englishman can sell
lager and make 1t pay.
JOHN SMITH, of London, ran away
with two Miss Mores, and they are after
him and his pair-o' Mores.
A JERSEY CRY lady shot hackman
through the hand for overcharging her,
and she receives one hundred congrat-
ulatory letters per day.
The dignity of -Martha-"O
if We please m, it's the washy-womanl |"
Party with bundle" Begin yer pard-
ing, Miss, it amt. It's the larndress !"
Punch.
A CINCINNATI young man sent a note
to his girl asking at what time he
should call, and received in return the
following brief billetdoux "Deer
Jon-Comet afpastate. MARY"
A MAN having bill against distant
merchant, sent letter of inquiry to a
banker in that locality. The reply was,
"He is dead but he pays now as well
as he ever did"
"JULIUs, can you tell me how Adam
got out of Eden ?" swell, s'pose he
clum de fence" "No; dat amt it.
"Wel, den he borrowed wheelbarrow
and walked out" "No." 81 CUB it
up, den." He got snaked out"
"Do YOU know why you are like the
third term ?" said Susan to her brother,
who fingered to talk with her Adolphus
after the old folks had retired. "No. 1
don't" Well" replied his saccharine
sister, its because you're one too
many"
WHEN a cultivated Louisvillian meets
a stranger at a watering place he forth
with feels called upon to air his French.
He bows, smiles, and remarks, Auues
moose ?" and grows enthusiastic over
the Partisan accent of the reply, "Was-
inhellsmatteroyou?"
"MAMMA, where do the COWS get the
milk ?" asked Willie, looking up from
the foaming pan of milk which he had
been intently regarding. Where do
you get your tears? ?" was the answer.
After a thoughtful silence he again
broke out Mamma, do the COWS
have to be spanked?"
SOME poor fellow who had been
Tilted, we should judge, and brought to
grief by some fair one, thus revenges
his wrongs: "Eve did not know as
much as her daughters of the present
day. Had they been in her place, in
stead of being deceived, they would
have deceived the devil
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
Boarding the Shah.

A writer on Persian life and manners
says: Gath Ally himself was a poet,
and his laureate was an old chief named
Faith Ally Khan, whose ancestors had
been for several generations the Gov
errors of Kashan. It is related that
one day the Shah gave him some of his
verses to read, and asked him his opinion
of them. May my soul be your sacri-
fee, said the laureate, they are b.sh
The insulted sovereign exclaimed: He
is an ass take him to the stables;' and
the order was literally obeyed. After o
short time his Majesty sent for him
again and read some more of his verses.
The poet walked off without word.
Where are you going !? cried the Shah.
just back again to the stables. an
swered his undaunted laureate. Faith
ally, delighted with his boldness, called
him back and ordered his mouth to be
stuffed with sugar candy, high mark
of favor"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
An Ancient Pea.

In the excavations carried on in
Egypt, a distinguished savant, Gen.
Anderson, has discovered many sar-
cophagi, containing ancient Egyptian
mummies, which carry the mind back a
period of several thousand years. At
the side. of one, of these mummies he
found some dried peas, which he had
the curiosity to SOW in Guernsey, on re-
turning from his voyage of discovery.
A year after, three of these mummy
peas had produced two small plants, by
means of which he was enabled during
the following season to cover an entire
field. Some of the stems, which attain
the height of several meters, present a
very extraordinary size. The flowers
obtained were of a delightful fragrance
and of white and rose color. The
stem of these Egyptian peas is worthy
of the careful attention of botanists,
since it exhibits singular popularity.
On emerging from the ground it is quite
slender, but it becomes larger in pro-
portion as it rises, making it necessary
to support it with prop.
The pods are grouped near each other
on the upper extremity of the plant,
instead of being uniformly distributed
along tie stem, as in case of the COM
mon pea.
MIR. Gardner, after an examination of
these mummy peas, believes that they
belong to the same family as the ordin-
airy peas of our gardens, but constitute
a variety different from all others. The
peculiar form of the stem, the arrange
ment of the flowers on circular zone at
the top of the plant, are the most
marked characteristics.
Experiments have been made on the
qualities cf this pea as an aliment it
resembles the ordinary gray pea, &C
cording to Mr.. Barron, the chief garden
er at Chiswick according to other cpl
cures it has an exquisite taste, and will
displace even the most delicate peas of
cur markets. Commercial.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
THE YOUTH AT COLLEGE.

BY the letters that he wrote them.
Proud these parents grew of him,
Sent their money in abundance,
Gratified his ev'ry within;
Still a thing they urged upon him,
And it was his health to guard,
Saying IN their letter, " Arthur,
We're afraid you work too hard"
Yes, indeed" he answered sadly,
"But, dear parents, It's for fame !
Tell me who would not delve deeply
'Gong great books to earn a name ?
So they sent their boy more money
To expend for midnight oil.
And it deeply wrought their spirits
Thinking how that boy did toll.
On the day the money reached him
He was smoking a cigar,
Absently engaged in counting
Caroms at a billiard bar,
Now and then a bracing cocktail
For diversions sake he'd kill /;
Now and then he'd sigh and ponder
Ger his big tuition bill.
And he thought about his tailor,
Scanned the long arrears of rent,
Ciphered up two quarters washing
And the money to him lent,
Found his debts fast and eighty;
So to ease the load of all,
He lunged for ten long hours
Madly at hilliard-ball.