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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
RUSEM'S DRE1M,

John Ruskin has just given 81, 900 to
buy piece of land in England, to be
cultivated by men of like sentiments with
his own, all of them to work with their
own hands, and no machinery to be al
lowed. This sum is TO serve as nu-
cleus for other gifts, and all of them to-
gether are to be called ST. Georges
Fund. Here is the essential portion of
Ruskin's programme for the new effort
of social reconstruction "We Will try
to make some part of English ground
beautiful, peaceful and fruitful. We
will have no steam engines upon it and
no railroads; we will have no INTENDED
or unthought-of creatures on it; none
wretched but the sick, none idle but the
dead. We will have no liberty upon it,
but instant obedience to the known law
and appointed persons; no equality upon
it, but recognition of every BITTERNESS
that we can find, and reprobation of
every worseness. When we want to go
anywhere we will go there quietly and
safely, and not at forty miles an hour at
the risk of our lives; when we want to
carry anything anywhere, we will carry
it either on the backs of beasts, or on
our own, or in carts or boats; we will
have plenty of flowers and vegetables in
our gardens, plenty of corn and grass in
our fields, and few bricks. We will have
some music and poetry; the children
shall learn to dance to it and sing it;
perhaps some of the old people in time
may also. We will have some art, more
over; we will at least try if, like the
Greeks, we can't make some pots. The
Greeks used to paint pictures of gods
on their pots; we, probably, can not do
much, but we may put some pictures of
insects on them, and reptiles, butterflies
and frogs, if nothing better. Little by
little some higher art and imagination
may manifest themselves among us, and
the feeble rays of science may dawn for
us. Botany, though too dull to dispute
the existence of flowers: and history,
though too simple to question the nativ-
ity of men; nay-even perhaps an uncal-
crllating and uncovetous wisdom, as of
rude Magi, presenting at such nativity
gifts of gold and frankincense.'
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

Germany has strictly forbidden the importa-
ton of single horse from the North German
Empire to any place whatever.
Spain has paid to Germany II. 900 thalers of
the indemnity for the Gustav outrage.
Edgar Quinet, the distinguished author and
member of the Assembly from Paris, is dead.
Don Carlos has ordered all persons shot
found reading the Cabrera manifesto.
At mass meeting in London. said to number
100, 600, the release of the Tchborne claimant
was demanded.
A passport has been denied to Montpensier
by the French government, on the ground that
it would establish precedent by which Isabella
might return to Madrid, which is undesirable.
The German government has summoned the
Prince Bishop of Breslau to resign his bishop
ric because he has presumed to promulgate the
recent encyclical.
The Emperor of Brazil contemplates abdica-
ton in favor of his eldest daughter, the
Countess D'Eu. He proposes then to come to
the United States and make this his home.
The Carlist insurrecuon is now almost with
out any organized force. The end is near.
pated that the old laws forbidding intercourse
between the Pope and Catholic clergy in Prus-
STA, except through the government, will be re-
enacted. and that measures will be introduced
wholly suspending Papal authority in Prussia
until the Pope abandons his pretension to cancel
the laws of the kingdom.
Paraguay has suspended payment of interest
on her national debt. and the foreign represent
atives have protested. The situation is de-
scribed as serious
Schichken, the Russian Diplomatic Agent in
service, has been appointed Minister Of Russia
to the United States.
Spain has made formal demand on Prussis
for the arrest of Don Alphonso on his entering
that country, which will be complied with by
the Prussian authorities.
A dispatch from Berlin states that eighty &c
clesiastics are imprisoned in Posen alone.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
PLECkY BOY.

If Henry " Rice, a boy of MAN
county, Kan, had been an Indian his
fame and name would have been made
now. He lately brought large she wolf
to bay and had no gun or other instru-
ment of death except his naked hands.
The wolf sprang at him and young Rice
caught the animal by the ears. Then
there was struggle of life and death
between the boy and the wolf. 1t was
bruins against teeth and the instinct of
rapacity. The battle was long and
fierce. At length brains prevailed and
the wolf was in the position of under
dog. She was slain even as Samson
slew the lion. The boys clothing was
damaged, but otherwise he was as good
ever. If he had been an Indian he would
have been called "She WOLF" and his
fame would have gone forth among all
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
4MUSING EXPERIMENTS.

Evenings at home may be enlivened
by variety of simple experiments, of
which we give few If a little thread
be well soaked in strong solution of
salt and water, and then dried and tied
to a ring not much larger than we'd
ding-ring, you may apply the flame of
candle to the thread, which will burn It
to ashes, and yet it will sustain the ring.
The cohesion of the fibrous particles Of
thread having been destroyed by the
action of the flame, the ring is now sus-
pended by the cohesion of the particles
of salt. Agood imitation of the cathedral
bell may be produced by suspending
poker by two strings, and inserting the
extremities of them into the ears. 4
blow given to the poker viii now pro-
duce, through the medium of the strings,
a sound equal to that of a great bell
This shows that the vibrations given to
the metallic mass of the poker by the
blow are much more readily communi-
Gated to the ear by the strings than
through the air. Thus, on the same
principle, the boiling of a kettle, maud
ible in the air, may be distinctly heard,
even from the beginning, by resting one
end of the poker on the vessel, and APP
J plying the other to the ear. So also the
beating of watch placed at one ex-
tremity of long beam of timber may
be heard through the timber at the other
end of the beam, by person who holds
his ear to the wood, although it is totally
inaudible in the air. Place in small
glass bottle hot water near the boiling
! point, colored a deep carmine with
cochineal; place the same at the bottom
of glass jar Of cold water. Immedi-
ately the light, hot-colored water in the
vial will be displaced by the heavier,
cold water IN the jar, and VIII ascend IN
beautiful crimson clouds to the top Of
the jar.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
IN UNDECIDED RET.

A Bangor fruit dealer has been paying
bet lately, with the making of which
he had nothing to do. A couple of well
known gentlemen stopped in one after
noon, and, beginning to eat oranges, in
formed the proprietor that they had
made bet of the oranges on certain
question, and that after the bet was de-
cided the loser would pay for those
which they were eating. To this the
dealer in fruits agreed, and the custom
ers ate all they desired. The next time
they were in the store he inquired which
one was to pay for the oranges. "Dont
know yet, was the reply; 81 bet that
when the Brewer bridge is carried away
the Brewer end will go first, and Smith
bet that the Bangor end will go first.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
SOMETHING FOR EvERYBODY.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
Paperis preferable to straw beneath car
pets, since it is thinner, warmer and
noiseless.
Mix common white lead with gold size
and you will have putty which will be-
come as hard as flint, and viii take very
smooth surface.
The English ivy requires moderate
temperature and only moderate watering.
With these conditions observed it VIII
thrive, whether the sun reaches it or
not.
For chillblains the fluid concentrated
chloride of iron is said to be AN unfailing
remedy, its application for single DAY
often effecting cure. 1t may also be
used with advantage for frost-bites.
A good soap for whitening the hands
may be made by shaving cake of Wind
sor soap into very fine powder, and
mixing it thoroughly with half wine
glass of lemon juice and eau de Cologne.
Put into mold and let it harden, and it
will be ready for use.
A poultry-raiser says I have tried
several remedies for gapes but have found
none so effectual as asafGtida. Put
few grains into the watering trough and
let the chickens have no other water, and
they will not be troubled with gapes. L
have found it to be preventive as well
as cure.
/ A hot lemonade is one of the best of
remedies for a cold. Cut lemon in
slices, add sugar, and cover with half a
pint of boiling water Drink just before
going to bed, and avoid exposure ON the
following day. This remedy will, it is
claimed, ward off an attack of chills and
fever, if used promptly.
/ Some horses have such brittle feet that
it is difficult to keep their shoes ON.
This is often caused by sudden change
from excessive and long-continued wet
ness to extreme dryness The best treat
ment is to rub the soles and shells of the
feet with mixture composed of the fol-
lowing Tar, two parts; beef suet, two
parts; whale oil, four parts; beeswax and
honey, one part each. Melt over slow
fire, and mix well.
To mend rubber shoes, get a piece of
pure ruhber-an old shoe, vulcanized
rubber will not do-cut into small bits,
put into a bottle, and cover to twice its
depth with spirits of turpentine or re-
fined coal tar-not petroleum naphtha.
Cork the bottle, shake frequently, and it
Will soon dissolve. Then take the shoe
and press the rip or cut closely together,
and put on the solution with camel's
hair brush. Continue to apply as fast
as it dries, until thorough coating is
formed.
Alcohol is recommended as a most
powerful agent for reducing CONCEALED
water to liquid form. Half a pint OF
alcohol will thaw out the water-pipes OF
a medium-sized house, if the pipes be
perpendicular or inclined SO that the al
cohol can reach the ice. Where the
freezing occurs at horizontal points Oh
the pipe, even alcohol fails, as the ice
forces the spirits back. Salt, as is vel
known, is also beneficial In reducing ice
tn Enri1 form lint II makeG tbe yvata,
cold while, on the contrary, a mixture
of alcohol with water engenders heat.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

julius GERTzKow, Winona butcher,
on waking one morning told his brother
that he had passed bad night, dreaming
great deal, and in his dreams he was
continually counting his fingers, and
could make only nine of them. After
breakfast he went to the market, and
while getting down some meat fell from
step-ladder. His hand struck the blade
of a large knife, used by butchers in
chopping meat, and the second finger
was severed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
GLASS.

Probably the Romans were the first to
employ glass for windows. Some rem
nants of glass panes are to be found to-
day, in their frames, in buried houses OF
Herculaneum and Pompem. They sub
stituted glass as a material for bottles in
stead of leather, which is still in vogue
among the poorer classes in the Orient.
Epicllreans in wine then, as now, deter
mined the age of their article by the seal
upon the cork and the label impressed
upon the glass. Glass goblets were less
popular. Gold and silver reluctantly
yielded the palm to their new-fangled
rival, which sought popularity by APP
pealing, not to the poverty of the poor,
but to the desire of novelty among the
rich. Even artificial stones and pearls
of glass were not unknown. Whether
mirrors of glass were known to the Ro-
mans, or whether they depended exclu-
sively, as they certainly did chiefly, upon
the resource of the Jews-polished met
als-is question of grave dispute among
the learned in such matters; dispute
into which we shall not venture to enter.
1t is safe, however, to say the only use
of glass which modern art can claim with
assurance, as exclusively its own, is the
employment of it in optical instruments.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

The rate to Boston by way of Albany over the
Michigan Central and the Lake Shore roads is
S19, instead of $40.
The amendment which the express compa-
MES made to the Postal law, by which the rates
on third class mail matter were doubled. is not
only diminishing the receipts of the Postoffice
Department, but increasing its expenses.
The estimates for postage for the department
were made before the change in the rates. As
large amount of its mail matter is of the third
class, its postage appropriation viii be exhausted
inside of six months. Mr.. Jewell will then be
obliged to send this matter by express. The
companies had better make all the money they
can before next December, for this source of
their income Will then be cut of.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
TILTON-BEECHER Trial.
Piftu-ci1hM Dau.

Ex-District Attorney john Winslow. of Brook
lyn, was examined in order TO show Gen. Tracy's
relation to the scandal, and his testimony was
of no Importance. A number of witnesses were
then put upon the stand to prove an alibi in the
matter of Mrs. Moulton's story that Beecher
had made the declaration of a determination to
commit suicide to her on June 2. 1873. Several
witnesses swore positively that Beecher was net
in Brooklyn on that day.
ETf,y-ninfh Day.
Horace b. Ciaflins examination was contin-
ued, and he gave the history of the origin and
construction of the tripartite covenant. His
testimony went to prove that Tilton extorted a
settlement and cash from Bowen by means of
threats of publication, and that it was agreed
that all papers in the case should be destroyed
after the settlement Charles Storrs, Brook
Ign merchant, who acted for Tilton. confirmed
the narrative of Clafin. Storrs testimony was
to the effect that Titon never directly charged
adultery. but that when Elizabeth left him he
swore he would crush both her and Beecher.
Sirfi~fh Day.
Mrs. Mary +. Perkins sister of Mr. Beecher,
testified that she lived in Beechers house
one winter. while Mrs. Beecher was in
Florida, but did not see Mrs. Tiltoh
there. James Redpath, of the lecture lyceum,
related how he got the True Story" from
Tlton copied most of it, and returned it. The
copy was put in evidence On cross-examina-
ton this witness said the charge in the g True
Story" was improper proposals.
Sirfy-Jirsf Day.
The great event of the trial occurred to-day,
when the defendant took the stand to tell his
own story of the scandal. Mr.. Beecher refused
to take the oath ON the Bible, declaring that he
had conscientious scruples against that form of
oath, and simple affirmation was accepted by
Judge Nelson as sufficient. He then proceeded
with his story, commencing at the very begin
ming, even at thu. date of his birth. and gave
minute history OF his career from childhood up
to the point where the scandal begins He had
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

THE epidemic of spelling matches is
spreading rapidly, and, with ruthless
hand, thrusting thousands of proud
photographers into temporary ignominy
and disgrace.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

THE difference between the sexes may
be stated thus: g A man gives forty
cents for Il twenty cent thing he
wants, and woman gives twenty-five
cents for fortv-cent thing she does not
want I"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

A BILL has been introduced in the
New York Legislature to compel street
railroad companies to furnish seat for
each passenger who enters their cars.
II case no seat is provided no fare can
be exacted.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

the tribes. As he is the son of civil
lied white man he has to be satisfied
with newspaper notice.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
THE PAST WEEK.

IT is reported from Rome that Pope
Plus is losing in corpulency in a manner
which leads his medical attendants to
apprehend a slow but permanent par
o1--cic
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
scarcely touched upon the merits of the chief
Issue involved when the court adjourned.
Sirfy-second Dou

Sirty-secOnd Day.
Mr.. Beecher's testimony to-day bore directly
upon the merits of the case. He gave an abso-
lutte. emphatic and unqualified denial of the
charges against him; stated that there was not
one word Of truth in Tilton's or Mc;ltons al
legations of criminality that Kate Careys
story about Elizabeth sitting ON his knee was
false; that in short, there was no adultery, not
even improper proposals. and he never con-
fessed anything of the kind to anybody.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

A CHICAGO statistician has taken the
time to figure out that it would take ten
full trains of cars, running every day In
the year, to carry East all the pork that
has been put up during the past winter
in the West.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

Ben BUTLER says Gen. Spinner was
forced to resign, because of his views on
the greenback issue. Spinner believes
IN the expansion of the currency, while
Mr.. New, his successor, is hard-money
man, in the strictest sense. So says a
Washington correspondent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

The Washington City Savings Dank, which
failed eighteen months ago, has paid an addi-
tional fifteen per cent, making in all seventy
five per cent. Its assets, it is thought. viii pay
the full amount of its deposits.
Miscellaneous.
1t is stated from Washington that the main
object of the Senatorial Mexican excursion
party is to see if tie graves of American SOL
diers killed in the Mexican war are properly
cared fer.
A band of Mexican outlaws recently made
dash aci oss the Rio Grande near Corpus
Christi, Texas. robbed several stores and houses,
and took arge number of American prisoners,
among m Judge Gilpin, formerly member of
the La ~ ature, and two women. They COM
PEELED: l. captives to walk in front of them till
they were exhausted, and then mounted them
on bareback horses, and hurried them off.
They robbed and burned the Postoffice at
Nueces and robbed and took prisoner one mail
rider There is considerable indignation at
Washington over the affair, and it is given out
that immediate steps will be taken for dealing
summarily with these Mexican raiders. Those
best cOnVersant Will aualrs appreuenu That .
general border war will ensue, in which event
the invasion of Mexico by our armed citizens,
in pursuit of robbers is not among the i'm
probabilities.
The three eastern trunk lines, the Michigan
Central, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, have
reduced the fare to Eastern points. The fol
lowing are the new rates compared with the old
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

ROBERT McKENNA, prominent citi-
zen of Memphis, and formerly State
Senator, has been sentenced to the Peni-
Tertiary for five years for marrying his
former wife's granddaughter, in violation
of Tennessee State law.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

At Trenton, N. j., the other day, two
colored men made complaint against a
saloon-keeper for violation of the Civil
Rights law, in that he had denied them
the privilege of playing billiards in his
place The United States Commissioner
dismissed the case.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

LAVENDER says his wife is always ready
to tell her rage.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
appointed member of the Indian Peace Com

appointed member of the Indian Peace Com
mission.
The Secretary of the United States Treasury
has directed the Treasurer to withdraw from
the available currency balances of the Treasury
Il. Ass, 600 in legal-tenders, and that they be
cancelled and destroyed.
1t turns out that fully two-thirds of the per-
sons who were invited to join the excursion party
to Mexico declined, alleging that * had the ap-
pearance of being gotten up in the interest of
some unnamed scheme.
Secretary Belknap, in reply to a telegram from
Gov. Coke, of Texas asking for protection
against the raids of Mexicans, says that imme-
date steps will taken to protect the people
of TEXAS on the Mexican frontier
1t is claimed by reports received from Texas
that the late outrages on the border were COM
mitted by Texans in disguise
Hon. n. b. Judd of Chicago, it is stated. will
be made an Associate-Judge of the Court of
Claims. to succeed Judge Peck. of Chicago.
The statement of the public debt for March
shows decrease of S3,6s1. 21O. as follows:
Six per cent. bonds. 81 JAG, $4,000
Five per cent bonds ga, 252,75O
Total coin bonds ................S l,723, 1888
Lawful money debt ......S 1467S,00O
Matured debt ........ 7.9T3,650
Legal tenders ............ 379. 29S, $50
Certificates of deposit go. 43.045,0J0
Fracuonal currency ...... 4.343, 300
Coin certificates. 4,l9l,9OO
Total without interest. .......... 400, S7S 99l
Total debt. s., 236, 9l9, 292
Total interest. Observation-Disclosures. 29,049, AIS
Cash in Treasury:
tOiu ~ofrlpo,o%
Currency ................. 5,1S2,412
Special deposit held for re-
dempton of certificates
of deposit. ............. 43,0450O0
Total in the Treasury ............S 152 1872, 93S
Debt less cash in the Treasury g, 1873 634, 77s
Decrease of debt during March $685.. 3,6S1 DIG
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies interest payable in lawful
money: Principal outstanding. ......S 64,623.5l.
Interest accrued and not yet paid. 800, 35.
Interest paid py the United States. 26,264, 10.
Interest repaid by transportation OF
mails, etc northumberland. 594s, 74S
Balance of interest paid by United
States. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2032O. 354
Do,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

A DISPUTE about the Beecher trial had
q murderous termination In Brooklyn
the other day. Charles Van Felt and
Michael Noonan were discussing the
merits of the case, and, failing to agree,
Van Pelt proceeded to enforce his view
of the matter at the pistols mouth, and
sent bullet plump through Noonan's
body, inficting death wound.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

THE action of the Union Pacific rail-
road in raising the rates from Chicago
and St. Louis to San Francisco to about
twice what they were heretofore, and to
the same figures as those from New York
to San Francisco, has caused storm of
indignation all over the West. Mr.. Jay
Gould has ms early shown that it is his
intention to AXE as much advantage as
possible of his getting control of the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company, uniting
it virtually with the Union Pacific rail
road. 1t is undoubtedly his intention to
monopolize all the business of the Pa
cific coast, and thus far his efforts have
been crowned with unusual success.
That he will use his power for his own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and against the best in
terests of the people there cannot be
the least doubt, Judging by his previous
record.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

DIR. PAUL SCHoEPPE, whose trial, two
years ago, for the alleged poisoning of
Maria NJ. Steinmeck, at Carlisle, Pa,
In 1869, and who was convicted and SEN
fenced to death, but acquitted, and
whose trial created SO much excitement
at the time, has been trying, by counsel,
to get possession of Miss Steinmeck' s
property under will, which is claimed
to be forgery. Schoeppe claimed to
have married Miss Steinmeck before her
death upon her promising to leave him
all her property. The will case has been
undergoing trial in Baltimore for some
time, but last week Schoeppe's counsel
abandoned the claim for the property
under the will and claims it under the
marriage contract. Schoeppe is now
serving out his sentence In the Illinois
Penitentiary, under the name of Schu-
lenburg, he having been convicted of
forgery in Cook county in 1874.