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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07
A Plot to Kill Bismarck.

The North German Gazette pub
fishes the following details of another
plot against the life of Bismarck /: In
September, 1873, French Archbishop
received an anonymous letter, the writer
of which offered to kill Bismarck for
Il 600 thalers. In a second letter the
writer inclosed photograph, and gave
his name and address as follows:
"Duchesne Poncelet, Rue Leopold,
Seraing."
The Archbishop communicated the
matter to the French government,
which informed Bismarck Of the affair.
Poncelet, who was found and identified
as q workingman, was watched. Itwas
ascertained that he was preparing to
go to Germany, but, becoming aware of
the police surveillance, he relinquished
his intention. The subsequent details
of the affair are not published. The
photograph inclosed to the Archbishop
was not of Poncelet, but of q fellow
workman who is supposed to have been
confederate.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

The Scientific american thinks that
the ear is quite as liable TO injury from
draughts of air as from cold water. The
modern style of cutting the hair of men
and of arranging the hair of women, is
much to be deprecated, because it was
intended by ma ure that the hair should
fall over the ear and form thus a pro-
lection to it. But as We cannot throw
down so great goddess as fashion, we
must use care and artificial means for
the preservation of this delicate organ.
If sitting in draught is unavoidable,
the handkerchief should be applied to
the ear exposed, or pledget of cotton
inserted within it. The ordinary man.
ner of washing the face does no harm
to the ear, because the canal leading to
the drum of the ear is partially pro-
tected by wax, and water does not pene-
trate far ;; but all the swabbing of the
ear, whether with dry cloth or lint
moistened with hot or cold water,
or other fluid, is by no means to be
advised, as it removes the wax, the
necessary safeguard to the internal ear.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07
A Few Hints for 1876.

It is better to live in q little, mean,
two-story frame house, than in a Jail |;
it is good thing, when you are talk
ing of another mans defalcation, to
make sure that you could have handled
as much money, with like opportunities
for dishonesty. and not fallen before
temptation. 1t doesn't pay to worry
over what will happen to your wife if
you we're taken away; she may get a
better husband. If you are wondering
what makes your former schoolmates
hair so gray, or what makes such one
so wrinkled, or Why such another one
is growing so stout, just take look
in the glass. Do not imagine, because
you have resolved to practice charity
and to speak well of everybody, that
everybody has made the same resolu-
ton regarding you. If you are heart
sick with regret that you were not
more tender and thoughtful towards
the dear ones you have lost, just try to
avoid further repentance in future by
being good to those still left to you.
Don't put off enjoyment. If you are
not ready to enjoy things as they come,
when you are ready they won't come
Planning to enjoy friends and fortune
in the future is most insecure invest
ment. The chances are wofully few
that you, your friends, and the fortune
will all come together in the future. i
you have any good deeds to do, or hap
piness to enjoy, to-day is the time. i
is only when we are arguing ourselve,
inte the committing Of some act where
we believe the end will Justify the
means, that it pays to wait till to-mor
row. In such case one cannot wait
too many to-morrows.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

blows warmoth was entirely unsrmed and
seeing, as he says he thought, Mr.. Byerly at
tempting to draw his pistol, he took out mis-
pee se.-knife and closed with Byerly, both
going to the ground together and rolling over
on the sidewalk. Byerly on the top. During
the scufie, Wsrmoth cus Byerly six times,
causing his death at 1920 in the evening.
warmoth was arrested and locked up.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

A MAN SUBsIsTs ELEVEN DAYS on
APPLES. Chicago Tribune says
A Galveston (Tex.) paper records the
arrival in that city, few days ago, of
a German hailing from this city, who
had /" passed" himself along with car
load of apples. He is said to have Sc
GREETED himself in the car in this city,
and TO have subsisted upon apples dur
ing the journey, which took eleven days
and nights, for no other purpose than
to steal a ride. It may be that he had
a grudge against the railroad. he GER
tainly could have derived very little
pleasure from the trip.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

ALL the railroads centering at Indianspo
lis, except the Bloomington, have cut down
the wages Of their employees from to Is per
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07
Immigration.

The report of the Chief of the Bureau
of Statistics has the following table,
containing a comparative statement OF
immigration by countries ethnologically
grouped for the four fiscal years, from
July 1, 1870, to June 80, 1874:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

DR.. EVANS, the American Paris dem
fist, had the honor of rasping the teeth
of the Prince of Wales, the other do
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07


Countries ethnolog- c--Year ended June Co.
ically grouped. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874.
England, Scotland
and Wales. .fS5455 1884 Se4S2 CT ,99o
Ireland. ....... 57,439 6S,7S2 1884 537O7
TeutOnic: GerIna-
ny, Austria and
Netherlands. SO, 431 1920 15s, 97 97,G25
Scandinavian:
Sweden, Norway
and Denmark. %, 1872 2s,575 50 4Sl 1911S
Latin Belgium,
France, Swltzer-
land, Italy, Spain
and Portugal. : 9,sss 1860 2s,ssl 2l.G94
Scavonic: Russia
and POLAND. -. 1,2Os a6H 1888 5755
China ..... 7l35 1888 2o292 1915
British North
inces. ........... 47,Os2 4O,l76 s7,s7l 1890
Spanish and Port
uguese Colonies:
Mexico, South
America Cuba
and Porto Rico. 1,21S 500 1,s60 ,53S
All other countries Az 40 1907 Sill
Total immigrants .s3l, $50 4Oa 800 $4,000 3ISSS9
sI6.O42 of this number were reported as from,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07
Total immigrants 1881, $50 Oa,sO6 459sO3 3lS,SS9
Care of the Ear.

s16,O42 of this number were reported from
Great Britain, not specified"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07
RAILROADS.

showing a cost of s21S.65 each. Pretty ex-
pensiye iustice
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

to the Senate stating that he cannot endure
the fatigue Of presiding over that body, and
announcing that he will retire for the remain
der of the session. Senator Carpenter has
been reelected President pro tenn.
1t is now thought that the Tax and Tariff
bill Of the las. session viii never be passes, as
the conference committee cannot agree upon
its provisions.
A subcommittee has been appointed by the
Committee on Ways and Means to sit in New
York during the recess and continue the Pa
cifc Mail investigation.
The Congressional Committees appointed
to investigate affairs in Mississippi and Ala
bama have entered upon their work in the
respective States.
1t is given out from Washington that East
ern members Of Congress do not like the Fl
nance bill as it passed the Senate, and that
they will endeavor to amend it in the House.
They propose: 1. That the provision for the
substitution Of silver coin be stricken out
2. That the withdrawal Of legaltender note:
until the amount outstanding is $500, 900 00(
should not be made contingent upon the
creation Of new banks and the issue Of new
bank notes. 8. That banking should not b.
made free until the legal-tender circulation il
reduced to $500, OO0. 900, or until after Ith'
resumption of specie payments by thu
Treasury. 4. That provisions should be mad'
for an accumulation Of coin in the Treasur.
sufficient to enable the Treasury to begin col,
. redemption on tho let of January, 1879.
The Finance Committees Of both houses O
Congress have decided to recommend thu
restoration Of the former impost duties on TEL
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29
q" sighting" the Ironing.

IL never learned how TO slight my work,
said NV very neat and nice neighbor.
More's the pity" thought |, as looked at
her pale. sad face. | really think it is
hardly more important to learn how to do
work well, than it is to learn how and when
to slight ones work.
We don't want any ore to do our washing
less carefully. The clothes cannot be made
too clean-though, to be sure, they might all
be worn out by hard and discriminating rub
biug on the wash-board II we could have
everything we chose, We might say That
our clothing cannot be ironed too smoothly,
any more than washed too cleani but clean
il must be, for health's sake. whether 1t Is
smooth or not
.. II took me two hours TO iron that pair OF
cashmere trousers" said my neighbor can
see them still though they are hundreds
of miles away--that pair OF gray cashmere
trousers hanging freshly-irohed upon char
1t is hardly eXaggeratlng to say that tley
looked as good as new," and not at all as
most washed and iroued woolcn trousers
/ look. That was work which it paid to Do
carefully. Every seam had been nicely
/ pressed open, then the whole had been ironed
/ while il was damp, pressing it heavily and
1 carefully on the wrong side, pulling-it evenly
into shape as the ironing went on.
The woman who ironed those trousers can
not bear TO leave wrinkle anywhere IN
ANYTHING she irons. She could not rest II
every brown towel was not folded exactly
even, and pressed quite smooth in every part
and her conscience would have condemned
her if she had not turned every sheet all
about, and pressed her hot iron over every
inch of it, That is labor which does not pay
il seems to me. have not enough OF roya
blood in me, and few Of my acquaintance
have, fancy to feel any discomfort from
such semi-wrnkles as remain in the lowel
half of sheet when it has been doubled anc
ironed so that only the upper half came il
contact with the fiat iron, 1t IS the sam'
with my under-garments, and would no
thank any one for spending their precious
time in ironing the backs OF night dresses
! etc. Not that consider the fronts OF any
more Importance than the backs, but as tn
garment is laid out upon the ironlng'table
the front is naturally uppermost, and whei
that has been ironed, the whole body i
smooth enough for comfort and good looks
OF this creed am not in the least ashamed
honeh earlier in life ! supposed that sucl
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29

ironing was only to be done secretly, whom IN
haste, aud never to be told upon the house
tops. You see, my friends, we cannot-we
who have souls as well as bodies do all that
we want to do each day aud every day. We
have TO make constant choice between things
OF more or less importance We want to
keep our houses we'll, and wo want TO take
good care of our children, aud we want
oh ever so many things that We cant have
In these busy years, aud we must 60 10 bed
when bedtime comes. for the sake of health
and good nature, aud no votes Of ours can
put more hours into the day, or more days
into the week.
When give a girl instruction about the
ironing, tell her to iron very carefully all
the outside garments, not because they are
better than the under-garments, but because
wrinkles in these offend the eye IL GER
tainly makes life more pleasant to have
those clothes that meet the eye look as
smooth as the texture naturally permts--to
have them look as good as new. As for the
undergarments. they are so ironed that as
they hang npon the clothesframcs, or lie
folded in the drawer. they look clean aud
smooth, and nobody finds any trouble in
their Use. II the children should say to me,
las they never think Of doing" Mamma,
YOU don't iron your clothes well enough now
a-days," IL would not cause me one 1.-THE the
pain il gives me now to hear them say,
Mamma, you hardly ever read ~ q story
now. you are always so busy"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29
Dry Goods Christians.

The item Of dress among Christian pso-
pie on the Sabbath day is an outrage on the
Christian religion For graceful and beau
tful apparel we have admiration. But this
strife in Christian circles as TO who shall
excel in costly millinery, and who shall dash
up to the church door in the gayest turnout,
and who shall make the most blazonment Of
wardrobe, is one Of the greatest mndrances
TO religious Advancement. Our ladies hats
and shawls are so fine, on rainy days We are
afraid to 20 to church, lest we get drop on
them Our head.gear is worth more than
our souls. We teeter aud swagger up the
aisle. 10 the disgust Of good men, and the
grief Of angels. Enough money is expended
6y the Christians of a large city, ia excess
OF the requisite outlay for dress, to relieve
all the poverty, and educate all the ignor-
ance. and balk all the crime. Much OF the
piety Of our churches is being smothercd
under shirred basQues and jabot ruifles' and
I.ouisines The poor are kept out Of church
because their plain apparel looks so bad in
the contrast.
We want great ecclesiastical reiorina-
tion in this matter Of Sabbath accoutrement.
Show these religious peacocks out OF the
house Of God. BY your example make sub
dued and modest costume more popular than
gaudy apparel. DO not put 50 mucn dry
goods on your back that You cannot climb
I into glory. You cannot sail into the harbor
Of heaven with such a rigging as that-Dr
] y'0iiugf9s
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29
Nothing TO Give.

SO said member of the -- church to
one Of the appointed collectors Of foreign
missions and yet he professed to be a dis
ciple Of Jesus Christie be governed by the
self-denying principles Of His gospel.
Nothing to give And yet he talked OF
the prcciousness OF the gospel TO his own
soul-of the hopes he entertained of his sal
walton through It's blood-rnrchassd pio-
visions
Nothing to give And he sometimes at
tends the monthly concert, aud prays that
God will send the gospel to the ends OF the
earth II dollars We're as cheap as words.
the treasury Of bcuoyolonce would always be
full.
Nothing to give That means the mis-
sionaries may starye and the heathen may
perish, before part with any Of my money
fot their relief.
Nothing to giye And he wears decent
apparel. lives in comfortable house, sets a
plentiful table, and seems to want for moth
ing necessary to the comfort Of his family.
Nothing to give And yet he INDUCES
freely in little uxuries, gather, his friends
sometimes around a Widespread board, IN
conviyial enjoyment and can well afford the
expense.
Nothing to give Aud the heathen ar,
stretching out their hands in imploring pc
ttions for the bread of life aud warm
hearted Christian ministers, and even Chris
tian women, are standing upon the shores OF
our own land aud looking across into the
darkness and weeping for the means T.
carry them there, that they may minister tC
the spiritual necessities Of those perishinl
millions
Nothing 10 give, Yet God, in His proyi
dence, is constant and muuifcent in Hi
benefaclions God never answers TO the
claims Of creature, upon His daily beneyo
lence. " ! have nothing to give.'--'N. c
presbUierida
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29

l.atu tt olav. al tlp Are of twelve. \
few v.9rs later commencing smoking. The
habit rev upon me till was smoking
lac ,,,rtion NJ tbs time. except when asleep.
A. tlsusth united with the church. Very
s,,n tl,e question arose whether il was rieht
IN ;nJ,lre i'm such filthy and disgusting
b,lit ns chewing tob,ec6 and | va, not
long in d.,idiny That If was not. and aban-
doned IL thourI II cost me n severe struggle
Far vyeels aft.r would involuntarily feel
In tho corners of my vest pookct for any it,.
ia cruubs that ni,rht have lod rod There. but
otl,st co,o,rred still. however. euiovcd
tbe cioar
inst al thi, time met friend who was
Studying for the ministry. was putting
away at the cigar as usual. when he looked
mn with a countenance that shall never for
1T and said. d. Brother H.. it don't look
Sell to see a member of the church smok-
inr" " You are riaht." said |, and taking
NE cioar from my mouth. threw it into the
rntter That va. the last cigar | ever
s,nolaI WAS emancipated from a slavery
worse than Eryptian bondage.
then commenced saving the money that
had been SO long squandering for tobacco
and win tell the BOYS what did with 1t
and think they will see that it is neithe,
viss nor expedient TO commence the OK
nensiye. demoralizinr habit Of smoking o
chewinr tobacco
Wc lad long lived in the city; but tn,
children lonred for a home among the greer
6eids found yery pleasant place in lh
country for sale. There were over two acre
of land with shade and fruit trees, a ZOO,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29


Why did this woman live Had life one
charm for her; Perhaps she asked herself
these questions as.slie sat With her fasa. iis@
hr iirids, afl looked out upon the cold
cherries day. There were no tears in her
great black eyes-only such look OF woe
and despair that the world should have been
there TO see ii and to have it printed on
their hearts.
Mother
A little. wasted form on the Wrrtched bed
"a bony hand oil the ragged quilt-a voice
which told Of hunger and pain and weary
waiting
She bent over him. and for a nomeut
mothers love ,hone in her eyes, and her
wriukled hand rested ou his pale face with
such tenderness as only q mother has.
Lift me up and let ma see the sunshine
he whispered, trying To put his arm around
her neck
There is no sunshine" sh whispered in
reply, a sob in her throat
" Kiss me, mother, and call me when the
sunlight comes again" he said.
She knew that he had been dying for
week sinking slowly and surely into et.r-
nifty but she had no friends 10 call In. She
could only weep over him, and pray God
that she might soon follow. With gasp
aud a sob She pressed her lips to his fore
head. aud then turled away with her despair
and her great sorrow.
The cloudy cheerless day faded into dusk
She reused herself for moment and pecred
through the gloom to see if her boy still
slept, aud then She whispered with her
thoughts again. And such thoughts
When the darkness covered the bare floor
as with a mantle, and when she could no
longer see her own poverty, the boy suddenly
cried out
Mother The sunlight has come 90
No, dear Ned mot yet Iii night now"
But | see the sm-it lights all the room
it blazes iuto my face :" he called.
There is no sun-it is cold and dark ~
She sobbed.
And it grows brighter and hear such
sweet music and see little Tommy - he
whispered, while through the darkness She
saw his white face grow radiant
You are dreaming 90 she sobhed.
1t was such a bright sun The music
is 50 sweet " he whispered, cla>ping her
hand.
1T Is dark-it is night I" she ga.pel, but
he did not hear.
Tho sunlight had truly come, but it wa
the sunlght-the golden rays reflected from
the gates of Ileaven-aud not the sunlight
OF earth, The mysterious curtain hiding the
valley Of death had lifted for his spirit to pas
under and woe had been left behind,
Aud Of her. Ask the shadows of night
ask the river. When they found his littl'
dead body she was not there. They canno
dud her. If she is dead, God did not iudg'
her har,hly.-D Deirod Free Press
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29
Haste aud Health.

II is not at all wholesome to be in a hurry.
Locomotives have been reported to have
moved mile a minute for short distances.
But locomotives have often come to grief by
such great rapidity Multtudes, in their
haste to get rich, are ruined every year. The
men who do things maturely slowly, delib-
erately, are the men who oltenest succeed in
life. People who are habitualy in a hurry
generally have to do things twice over. The
tortoise beat the hare at last. Slow men
seldom knock their brains out against a post,
Foot-races are injurious to health, as are all
forms Of competitive exercise Steady labor
in the field is the best gymnasium in the
world Either labor or exercise, carried to
exhaustion or prostration, or even TO great
tirsdness, expressed by tagged out" always
does more harm than the previous exercise
has done good All running upstairs, or "a
catch up with vehicle or ferry-boat, Is
extremely injurious TO every age, sex, aud
condition of fife 1t ought TO be the most
pressing necessity which should induce a
person over fifty TO run over twelve or fifteen
yards. Those live longest who are deliber
ate, whose actions are measured, who never
embark in any enterprise without sleeping
over it, and who perform all everyday act'
with calmness. Quakers are proyerbialll
calm, quiet people, and they are thrifty
folk the world over
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-29
Don't Care.

dou't care to 60 TO school tp-lay, says /
James "it's so very cold"
%, Jem, do have a little more pluck, re-
plies John, cheerfully. You and can /
keep ourselves warm by brisk walk, much /
better than bv creeping mp to the fire and
sitting still. Why. if ! were to do So I'd
give the fellows leave 10 call me Spoonie,
and put a bib around M, and feed me with a
teaspoon"
so, hush, john, and I'll go, too" ex-
claimed James little ashamed; then, ris-
ing slowly, he began to put on his over-ooat
very much after the manner of an iniirm old
man.
"That's right, James | thought you'd
CO." said John, taking no notice Of the snail
like motions OF ms companion, for lac wanted
to encourage him as far as possible; then he
added, 'You don't want t1 he an ignoraHa'
any more than do"
. But school is such dali place, and
learning comes so hard TO M. ! don't care
about books at all" replied Jalnrs.
Now, see here, Jaruie-jumP up said
John, payfuly laying his hand upon the
shoulder Of his friend lets fight old giant
/ Don't Care, as my father says. Why he'd
take all 'he life out Of a fellow and make
moor miserable drune OF him, and a Ounce,
too, if you'd let HIM 1t may not be quite
so bad not to know much while we're boys
but an ignorant man Bah who'd want to
grow up aud not know anything except to
read aud write, and hardly that Not J
and I'm sdre you'll say so, too
"l-I mean to leari -by-and-by" replied
James, hesitatmgly, with his hands In his
pockets and his shoulder, shrugged up.
why, you look half-foxsn,' said John.
'' You don't walk fast enough. II had been
]
let's have turn at snow-balling; that will
frcshen US and make US all the brighter for
study. There's plenty of time for little
fun"
" Agreed :" said jams and the two went
at snowballing in fine style, aud enjoyed the
sport for about twenty minutes.
d. Bravo, Jamie (" cried John. You're a
match for me at that sort of work. tell you
what, my mana chap that can 80 II like
, that at snow balling out to heat the rest OF us
at lessons outand-out
80, never could, said james.
Hut you'll try, won't you -
. Maybe" said James.
, Don't say maybe and by-and.by.
Shall tell You what it made me think OF
when you said you meant TO learn by.and
/ by 2"
$50, certainly" replied James.
r at was of something my father tells me
! when say by.and-by.' lie always SAYS
E No time like the present, Johnnie.' lie
) was oyerseer of the poor once, in a great
city, and he has seen lots of fellows who got
into the poor-house just because they didn't
{, care to learn when young. They gave un
! to every little difficulty or hardship, and
= that prevented their learning trade or get
= ting an education, or in any way hitting
! themselves 10 become independent Dom
|, care was their ruin ). lisioT.