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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
Il TENS M4DM4N.

Some months ago a large and power
fully-built man went into the office of
Judge Smith, of Austin, Texas, and
asked the Judge to send him to lunatic-
asylum. The man said he was danger
GUS mailman, and not fit to be running
around loose. His appearance of blunt
candor did not convince the Judge, and
he told the man he could do nothing for
him. The man went his way. The other
day he visited the Office again, and the
Judge recognized him. There was an
other man, Mr.. Denton, also in the office,
and it was well he was. Judge Smith
asked the visitor what he could do for
him, and the visitor drew long knife
and told the Judge he had come to kill
him. Now, big knife drawn in the
hand of big man In Texas means some
thing. The Judge grasped his heavy
cane, and Denton picked up a chair.
There was lively skirmish, at the end
of which several chairs were broken, the
cane was splintered, and the man with
the knife was lying on the floor with a
bleeding head This time the Judge
thought the man was mad enough to
send to the lunatic asylum, and he sent
him accordingly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, of New
York, delivered a sermon ON the Brook
Ign scandal the other day, of which the
following is an extract
"Down at our Court House day after
day, there is uncovered the corpse of an
abomination vaster in its blight than
Sodom ever knew. 1t is not corpse of
two or three days lingering, waiting for
a Christian burial, but for eight months,
since last midsummer, it has been rot
ting i'll the face of the sun, and thou
sand pens are stirring it up, and thou
sand gibbets are lifting it up on exhibit
ton, and the printing presses are cutting
up the loathsome carcass and making
it into mince meat for savory repast,
morning, noon and night and as the
periodicals don't turn it out fast enough
to satisfy the public appetite, they had
to publish it in book form, so that we
can carry it about with us for lunch
between the morning breakfast and the
evening supper of putridity.
Brooklyn to-day eats scandal, drinks
scandal, talks scandal, swears scandal,
lies scandal, sleeps scandal, and from
Fulton Ferry to Bushwick, and from
Gowanus to Hunters Point, the city is
paved with scandal and reeks with scan
dial, until one is tempted to go over to
the Five Points to get breath of pure
air. Sensation. There are 5000 car
rion crows which alght every morning
at IL o'clock on the top of the Court
House and stay there until in the after
noon, and these carrion crows fly north
south, east and west, with an exultan
'caw, cav, caw.' Applause. Eterna
God, when will this surging, grooming
siupendous, overwhelming nastiness com.
to an end? The city needs thorough
fumigation. Will somebody burn a rae
laughter, or carry about q shovel anC
lighted charcoal, for the stockholders O
newspapers which build themselves VI
on such hell-broth. prophesy eventual
bankruptcy or domestic ruin or discom
future in the world to come, or all three
God will be even with you in some way
Money made by the publication of thes'
/ perpetual, pestiferous indecencies will
in the end, be not only death to thos
who read them, but death to those wh'
print them. God will get away from
You if he has to chase you into hell TO
it. Waiting for no other man to do hi
duty, let us do ours. Kick the inferna
stuff out of your house." Applause.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
SHRINKING OF SEASONED TIM
Der.

The various kinds of oak, and some
other kinds of valuable timber, will
shrink more or less every time the sur
face is dressed off even small fraction
of an inch. Wheelwrights, accustomed
to work in oak, are well aware of this
fact, and correct appreciation of it Of
ten enables them to turn out work of a
superior character even of ordinary ma
terials by first blocking out the pieces
roughly, then allowing the timber to
season, and afterward working the vari-
GUS parts by degrees, as the seasoning
process becomes more and more COM
plete.
White oak spoke timber, for example,
may be allowed to remain in rough state
for half score of years, under shelter,
without becoming seasoned so thorough
ly that the timber will not shrink after
havethe spokes been dressed out. Car
riage wheels have often been made of
the choicest quality of oak timber after
every spoke had been seasoned for sew
eral years, and, to the great surprise of
the wheelwright, every spoke would
work in the joints before the vehicle had
run three months. The defect i'll such
instances could not be attributed to in
ferior timber, nor to perfunctory work
manship, but simply to this one circum-
stance-that the parts of wheels were pu,
together before the timber had ceased to
shrink.
To prove that the best quality of oak
will shrink, after spoke is dressed out,
let tenon be made on one end, and be
driven Immediately into mortise after
a few days exposure in warm Workshop
the spoke may be withdrawn with little
difficulty. The same fact will hold good
in the manufacture of woodwork of any
kind where oak is employed for tenons
In order to make joints that will never
start, the piece on which the lemons are
to be made should be dressed over sew.
eral times, until the shrinking has ceased
Then let the lemons be made. Aftel
these have shr,lnk while exposed to the
drying influence of warm workshop
the spokes or other parts may be driver
into their respective places, with the as
sUrance especially if they are dipped il
oil paint previous to driving) that tn,
timber will shrink no more.
Many kinds of farming implements, il
the manufacture of which oak and asl
are employed, render very unsatisfactory,
service, simply because the seasoned
timber was not allowed to shrink befor,
the lemons were driven into the NOR
tises. In like manner, oak chairs ant
other oak furniture will frequentl,
shrink to such an extent that the pun
mels, rIlngs, dowel pins and banister
will all work loose, if the precaution W,
have described is not observed-Ana
Builder.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
MIR. CHOATE And THE AMBITIOUS
BOY

A great many boys mistake their call
ing, but all such are not fortunate enough
to find it out in as good season as this
one did. 1t is said that Rufus Choate,
the great lawyer, was once in New Hamp-
shire making plea, when boy, the SON
of farmer, resolved to leave the pillow
and become lawyer like Rufus Choate
He accordingly went to Boston, called
on Mr.. Choate, and said to him "I
heard your plea up in our town, and 1
have desire to become lawyer like,
you. Will you teach me how9'
GAS well as 1 can, " said the great law
yer. "Come in and sit down."
Taking down copy of Blackstone, he
said: "Read this until 1 come back
and will see how you get on"
The poor boy began. An hour passed
His back ached, his head and legs ached-
He knew not how to study. Every mo-
ment became torture. He wanted air..
Another hour passed, and Mr.. Choates
came and asked g How do you get on. ;"
Sect on! Why, do you have to read.
such stuff as this %
eyes,"
"How much of itl''
"All there is on these shelves, and
more, - looking about the great library.
"How long will it take?"
"Well. it has taken me more than
twenty-five years.
Chow much do you get?''
"My board and clothes.
els that all p
"Well, that is about all that / have
gained as yet
"Then," said the boy, 81 will GO
back to the ploughing. The work is not.
near as hard, and it pays better"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

CHIsEL1NG HORN OFF MANA
Baltimore exchange says: A few days
since agentleman from the State of Texas
consulted Prof. John N. Monmonier in
reference to a protuberance of several
years standing upon his left temple.
The abnormal growth was composed en-
tirely of bony matter, about three inches
In length, and half an inch at its base,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

and resembled precisely the horn of an
animal. The professor removed it by
making circular and several straight in
cisions through the scalp at its base and
cut through its entire thickness with a
chisel and mallet on level, with the tenn
pOral bone.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

In Hungary it appears that even the
sheep chew tobacco, and thrive well on
it, if we may believe Professor Wright
son, who made tour through that coun-
try last year for the purpose of collecting
information on the state of agriculture.
In his report, published in the journal
of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England" speaking of the Thesis dis
trict, he says: 81 found tobacco Guilt
waited on large scale here, and learned
that sheep do very well upon tobacco in
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

by which the islanders could get over to
the pillar. By getting one at a time into
the basket, and swinging at this dizzy
height over the foaming channel, the
islanders could pull themselves across by
means of the rope and pulley to obtain
the eggs.-N. Nicholas for April.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

a green state as forage crop. tits sown
in the middle of March in beds, well
watered and weeded, and planted out
when four or five inches high, the plants
being set as deep as the heart, or to
where the leaves branch off from the
STEM"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

A LONDON manager was telling rather
a poor anecdote, without much point in
it, to the members of his company as
sembled in the green-room. Most of
them sycophants, they all laughed loudly
at the feeble JEST beg pardon, all but
one. The dull dog who refused to laugh,
and who looked profoundly miserable,
was at last nudged by his companion.
Why don't you laugh, Tom why
don't you laugh Don't you see the
governor is looking at you !" "Let him
look, you fool" was the answer, "don't
you know I am going to leave on Satur-
days."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
MEDICINE IN JAPAN.

The Japanese are making commend
able efforts to acquire the modern science
of medicine and surgery. Twenty young
men are pursuing course of study in
the hospital at Hkaodadi, which includes
daily lectures, and bedside and clinical
demonstrations, with curriculum SINH
lar to that of most European medical
schools. An illustrated journal in the
japanese language is published every
two months.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

Ii is stated that only one-third of the
premises on Broadway available for
business between Bowling Green and
Union Square are occupied.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

BANCROFT is "a years of age, and is
now at work on the eleventh volume of
his history of the United States.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08

OF the 221, O42 teachers in this country,
127, 713 are women.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
Calhoun County.

We are much gratifed to announce
that the Democratic Conservative can.
didates in Calhoun for the Legislature
have all submitted their claims to large
convention which was held at Pittsboro,
thus preventing the Radical candidate
from slipping in by division of the
Democratic vote rs. Blouht, Esq,
received the nomination. Now, men of
Calhoun, do your duty to your county
and the State, and elect him. &C.,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
The Authorship of the Inccndia-
ry Address.
The Holly Spring Reporter aye:

The Holly Springs Reporter says;
The CLARION charges that DR.. VIM.
NJ. Compton wrote the color line letter of
the leading coIored office-holders OF the
State, addressed to the cOlored people of
Mississippi. The principles Of that letter
are SO infamous, the sentiment so I'M
manly, and the motive so base, that If
the writer be a white man it stamps him
as the vilest villain UNPUBLISHED. We
trust that the CLARIoN's charge is a
mistake, for we would blosh 70 know that
Marshall county should have once been
the native place of the man who would 50
far degrade and disgrace himself as to
write a document so prejudicial and
slanderous to his own race.
We did not exactly make the charges
as to the authorship; but did intimate
what Is the current belief in this conmu-
nifty, in terms sufficiently distinct to give
the alleged author an opportunity "to
rise and explain" and he has not done
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
Help from an Unexpected Quarter.

The Examiner says that Hons. A. p.
Higgins and r. B. Little have both taken
the stump against the Radical candidates
for the Legislature in'Monroe.. A ticket
is bad, indeed, from which staunch Re-
publicans like these recoil. The Demo
Gratis and Conservatives have made un.
exceptionable nominations, and the signs
indicate their election by large ma
ioritv
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

THE Democratic and Conservative
Club Of jackson, passed resolution at
their last meeting, sternly demonstrating
against the proposed scheme of the Radi-
cal managers to bring the Republican
suffragans from their proper voting pre-
cincts and massing them here at jackson
for the purpose of intimidation, and of
crowding the Conservative voters from the
polls. Voting precincts have been estab-
lished by the election managers in the
different beats, and the plot to mass the
voters at a given point is contrary to the
spirit and tenor of the law, and fraught
with violence and bloodshed. While it
is yet time, we desire to warn the Radical
managers that upon their heads will be
the fearful consequences, which will result
from the attempt to carry out this ill-ad-
yised programme. lt# Itv1
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
How are your taxes to be reduced ?
Vote the Dem ocratic ticket. t.'

We are inclined to believe that THE
CLARION will ultimately come to the con-
clusion that it has attached too much
Importance to the ill-timed circular issued
by that blood-stained warrior, Gen. A.
Warner, Chairman, etc. Times. .
We take Gen. Warner, with his cir
cular, just as he is-the authorized agent
and accredited mouth-piece of the Radi-
cal party and director of its policy. If
the Times intends by the foregoing to
repudiate his circular claiming that the
Radicals have the right, in virtue Of
their (assumed) majority, to take all
QawfuD "ddUantage' Of the opposition,
tbs the first and only Republican paper
that has done SO. The circular is priusa
facie evidence that it was a deliberately
planned scheme Of the Radical managers,
no matter what the actual result might
be, to polIute the ballot-box and to count
their opponents out. 1
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

AS the Pilot and Times have both
kindly reproduced our warning to Regis
trars, Inspectors and Clerks, of what
they may expect from false count, they
will oblige us further by notifying their
followers here that no insult or inter
ference with the tolored Democrats who
may be here tomorrow will be permitted.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
Important Circular OF the Execu.
tive State Committee.

General George ssues an important
circular to-day, expaining the election
laws and urging the Democrats and
Conservatives of the several counties to
appoint the necessary committees charged
with the duty of seeing that there is no
tampering with the ballot boxes, and a
fair election. ..... ID. ...........
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

OFF THE TRAOK.-Orange Brunt, one
of the colsred candidates on the Radical
ticket for the Legislature in Pamela
county has withdrawn from the race sirce
the development of the game that Ozanne
and the leaders of the Radical party in
that county were attempting to play. He
advises his race not to support such men.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

The public debt is still increasing and
the parasites that are sucking the life.
blood of the State are growing fatter,
Shall they continue to thrive and the
State perish? Voters answer the question
at the polls.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

If any Radical cannot look at Dem
ocrptic display and keep in a good humor,
he had better keep of the streets to-
morrow, as insults to the persons in the
procession will not be submitted to.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

If any Radical, black or white, jeers
at, insults, or troubles the Democratic
colored men who will be here tomorrow
it may break up the peace agreement.
Times and Pilot please notify your fol-
lowers.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

In the matter of the militia, at least,
the Times is more authorized to speak for
Gov. Ames than the Pilot, and here is
what 1t says about the raving of the
latter organ on that score:
"The Pilot may rave, buster and all
that, but Gov Ames has no thought of
calling out the militia for Yazoo county,
or anywhere else. The official organ
may brighten women and children, but
men pay very little attention to what it
says" ..r .t
We will avail ourselves of this occasion
to say that we believe that Gov. Ames
intends, in good faith, to carry out his
peace compact with the citizens, as we
know it is their determination to carry
out their part of it if it is faithfully adj
hered to by the Radicals themselves.
But that's the rub--wlll it be? True,
Warmers secret circular, suggestive Of
fraud in the election, was issued before
the agreement, but it has not been re-
pudiated by his party and Radical Off
cials were caught in the act of mutila-
ting the Registration books in Pamela
county.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

If any street-corner loafing negro Rad
ical insults or interferes with a colored
Democrat who comes to the grand barbe-
cue tomorrow he will get himself into
trouble. Pilot ard Times let the boys
know what they may expect.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

RADICALIsM in Mississippi Will die the
death of the wicked, November I'd. There
will be none so mean as to do it rever-
ence. r. rs
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25


The Pilot need not affect to misunder.
stand us, Nothing that we have said
has a remote intimahon that the peace
compact should not be strictly observed
by the Democrats and Conservatives.
What we have said and what we repeat is
that an attempt of the Radicals to carry
the election by the desperate plot sug-
gested by the Chairman of the Radical
State Executive Committee, or the
throwing out of the ballot-boxes, or the
mutilation of records, or the massing
of Republican voters at given box
or voting precinct, with a view to
intimidate Democrats and Conservatives
and crowd them from the polls, as has
heretofore been done, will be regarded as
breach of the agreement by the Radical
managers themselves, and will justify
whatever measures of selfprotection and
retaliation the case may require. The
agreement broken on one side, will be
broken on both.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
COPIAH COUNTY.

The following announcement appears
in the Copiahan . ..'.' ~ Il ..'''3 41.
A Democratic Conservative Barbecue
and Basket Dinner for the whole county,
at Hazlehurst, Saturday, October 30th,
875, by order of the Executive Com.
mittee. ..
: Distinguished speakers WILDE on hand.
Torch-light procession at night. Every
body in general, and the Ladies in par.
ticular, invited to attend. a 3D. rl.
Rally Copiahans Rally this one time
more! .,i 't leo .a.a. e n,. ..,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

MAKE things lively during the eight
remaining days,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
Ml.chisvo.s Isia.ser.

We will put this buster of the Pilot
on record. Many oOor, deluded negro
has got himself into rouble acting upon
just such Suggestion as this. If the
trouble breaks out afesh 10 Yazoo, and
the colored people suffer, they will have
nobody to blame but their evil counsel
lOrs. 1t will be remmbered that after
they had been insigated by Packer,
(and others, to mara upon Vicksburg,
be testified before ne Congressional
Committee that the whites did right in
repelling them, and flat it was an act Of
mercy to the women ald children, white
and black, of that city.
But to the Pilots nischieyous teach
ing, and the wellItimsl rebuke Of the
Times , ..,ss,...t .t. .ti ,4t'
The Daily Times J u tHt inp.n Hil
And now comes the Mississippi Pilot,
profossedly a journal In favor Of peace
and the maintenance OF law and order,
counseling general rising up and q
resort to mob violence in Yazoo county.
The official Journal says; bss 1.u
"The only way to fight ruffians is to
take them by tie throat and choke them
to the ground. The general rising up in
Yazoo county and the free use of the
double. barrellsd shotgun properly point.
ed, would do some good just now" ia,,
We submit that after the expression
Of such an atpcious sentiment, the Pilots
lips should be forever sealed. 1t has
shown itself totally unworthy, wholly
unapprecatiye of the critical situation Of
affairs in Ya,Oo county, and incompetent
to occupy tn, position Of public instruc.
tor. 1t has placed itself on par with
the most bitter, denuncistory and incen-
diary of these Of the opposition whom it
has heretofore had the effrontery to
criticise. .. .....'...
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

WASHINGTON, d. G., Oct, 22-Gov.
Ames has written letter to the Attor-
ney-General alludipg to the pacific rela-
tons of the opposing political organiza-
tons of Mississippi, and expressing sin
cere gratitude to the representative Of
the'Attorney-Genefal now in that State,
who has brought about this condition of
things, and assured a peaceful campaign
and fair election. tni' Il" A." Ht"
The foregoing deserves special men
ton. While Gov, Ames is thus bearing
testimony to the good faith of the citi-
zens in keeping the peace agreement, it
isnothing but just for them to say that
on his part, thus far, the agreement has
been maintained. AS for the agent OF
the Attorney-General, whoever he may
be, If he has done what is attributed to
him, he deserves well Of all the friends
of law and order. Blessed are the
peacemakers
But let it be understood, nevertheless,
that the peace cann,t be maintained un'
less the ballotbox protected from fraud
and there is FAIR COUNT.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

A SHORT shrift for the rascal you may
detect practicing fraud in the election.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

Bur six more working days, for
Heavens sake give them to your coun-
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

GENTLEMEN, are you ready for the
question:
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

ELECT Legislature that will cut off
extravagant expenditures and reduce
taxes
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
STATE TREASURER,
w. l.. HEMINGWAY,
or CARROLL
FOR CONGRI ;sS
KINDS COUNTY
Democratic Conservative Ticket.

State Senators, .rt .
A. K. JoHNsToN, of Kinds
j. l., MCCAsKILL, OF Rankin. ..
Representatives,
OLIVER CLIFTON, MARYE DABNEY,
Gro. w. HARPER, NJ. II. JONES.
Sheriff,
SAMUEL b. THOMAS.
Chmcery Clerk, FAY.
w. T. RATLIFF.
Circuit Clerk,
b. f. EDWARDS.
Treasurer,
S. ID. CURRE.
assessor,
j. b. GREAvEs.
Surveyor,
ii. G. DANIELS.
Coroner and Ranger,
w. II. TRIBETTE.
sab supervisors District.
For Supervisor,
}. +. TATUM.
For justices Of the Peace,
j. IL. BOYD,
LEM. HUDSON.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

or the Democratic Conservative Party Of
the State of Mississippi.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

Gen. J. Il. George, Chairman, Jackson.
J. d. Vertner, ESQ, ,..""vPort Gibson,
Hon. II. NJ. Street, ...........B Bonneville.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-25

Warmers last is more of whine than
a war whoop. a q.