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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

Tea, made from sloe-leaves, faced with
Prussian blue, and mixed with chopped
birch-brooms. Port and sherry, pro-
duced from logwood, boiled leather, and
sundry chemicals. Champagne made
from gooseberry wine. Milk, a COM
pound of one-fourth milk, two-fourths
water, and one-fourth chalk and sundries.
Butter, made from beef fat, animal oils,
and yellow ochre. Sugar, with its bulk
and weight increased by an admixture of
sand. Water, of various degrees of i'm
purity, from the slightly calculated to
that of pea-soup consistency. Lemon
ade, favored with lead. Bread, deceit
fully whitened by means of alum, and
favored with potatoes. Coffee, made
from horse-beans and roasted horse
liver. Arrowroot, consisting princi-
pally of pounded chalk. Beer, thick
ened with treacle, and mixed with all
kinds of denominations, from salt to grains
of paradise. Mustard, mixed with flower,
pepper, and turmeric. Chicory, made
from mangel-wurzel and carrots.
Ketchup, not made from mushrooms.
Sweetmeats, rendered delicious by means
of plaster Of Paris. Marmalade, made
from boiled carrots. Fruit preserves,
innocent of fruit. Sausages, made
from-but, no, would rather not go
into details. AnchOvies, made from
sprats. And so on, al lib. Yet surprise
is expressed that the rate of mortality in
this country continues so high.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

A correspondent of the New York
Mail writes: 60 The notice which has APP
peared in some newspapers recommend
ing the use of paper between the blanket
and counterpart as cure for cold beds,
induced my wife to cut out of sheet of
brown paper shape to fit the neck
and shoulders, which ladies call 'ahabit-
shirt 1t was first worn Just inside the
dress ON one of the coolest days we have
had this bitter winter, and with the most
complete success and marvellous results
as regards warmth. This garment can be
made in three minutes, at a cost of less
than halfpenny. Let any gentleman
ON railway journey try the experiment
of wrapping up his legs in a newspaper,
and he will find it as warm as rug"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
THE SOCIETY BOU.

Another kink is in the kind of bow.
which is the height of elegance, because
it is &c foreign" You are not to bend
your head with the least degree of rever-
ence. That's only suitable in saluting
your acknowledged superior, but you are
to look the party you address coolly in
the eye, smile your sweetest, and gently
incline your head to the left shoulder
with little backward movement at the
same time. It's little difficult to do at
first 'and practicing before the glass you
look as silly as you feel; but never mind
it's Z" the thing" and such matters are as
contagious as the measles so you'll get
it after little. It's easier than saving
''Good morning. at o'clock. Newly
elected NJ. C.'s bring their wives here
every winter. It takes man months to
find out the 'tricks and the manners
which distinguish society people but the
average woman, either from the prairies
of Nebraska or the pine regions of North
Carolina, will catch all necessary " airs u
In single winter, and be ready to instruct
the next new conner Washington Let
ter
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

An English paper says; "Mr. STAN
ley's first letter from Africa shows that
he has, at the outset of his journey, ac-
complished a great work, the moral and
material Importance of which can hardly
be exaggerated. In thirty days he ex-
plored the Rufgi river, which Mr.. Kirk
reported to be navigable. Mr.. Stanley,
as the result of his spirited voyage in the
Yarmouth yawl, the Wave, informs us
that the river carries a good navigable
channel fifty miles inland, and he be-
ieves that for nearly half that distance
the largest Mississippi steamboat of five
thousand tons might safely float. Mr.,
Stanley, by his initial bit of work, puts the
British Consul at Zanzibar to shame,
and justifies the belief that he is not un-
worthy to continue the work which was
begun by Livingstone"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
DON'T DO TT
Don't firt with fool. It's bad enough
To fool with a Airf

Don't firt with fool. It's bad enough
to fool with a firt.
Don't underbill your age. Your de
lection is only a question of time
Don't rush. At the end of the race
you will wish 'twere longer.
Don't waste your breath A few words
will suffice to convince the world of
your folly.
Don't magnify your neighbours vices
It's worse than extolling your OWL
virtues.
Don't boast of your brain work. Some,
inquisitive cuss might ask for a speci-
men brick.
Don't advocate the doctrine of univer-
sal salvation. "Hell on the Wabash" is;
a matter of history
Don't turn up your nose at barren
land. A farmer without crooks" never
makes q stir i'll the world.
Don't dream that the world can't WAC
along without you. a grain of sand is
not missed from the desert.
Don't attempt to do too much. AT
twenty-five men imagine they will re-
form the world. At forty they are con-
tent to reform themselves.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
4 FATAL EXPERIMENT.

The power of the imagination is truly
remarkable-indeed, almost beyond be-
lief; and many people are great slaves
to its whims and caprices. One-half the
lis that flesh is heir to are superinduced
by the fancy of the sufferers, as hundreds
are known to have died by mere symp-
toms of cholera, yellow fever, and the
plague, induced by dread alone of these
terrible maladies. People of strong
nervous temperaments are often great
slaves to the tyranny of mind over mat
ter. Young medical students are very
fond OF illustrating this fact by practical
jokes upon unsuspecting people.
We very well remember case in point
which occurred in this city not long ago,
but which we do not remember to have
seen In print. 1t was that of an amateur
butcher engaged in a slaughter house,
and who, in placing his meat upon a
hook, slipped in the blood upon the
floor, and hung himself instead of the
meat upon the barbed point. His
screams were deafening, and when he
was released from his frightful situation
his agony was intense. He was quickly
carried in the arms of three men to the
nearest physicians office, and SO great
was his pain Gin imagination) that he
cried piteously upon every motion made
by the doctor in cutting the coat and
shirt-sleeve from about the wounded
arm. When at last the arm was barred
not scratch was there. The hook-point
had merely grazed the skin and torn the
shirt-sleeve.
These thoughts were suggested to us
by an experiment just tried at ST. Peters
burg, Russia. A criminal condemned to
death was handed over to the surgeons
OF the hospital for the purpose of GER
tain experiment He was taken to the
dissecting room and laid upon a marble
slab, his hands, feet and body were Sc
crrely tied to the table upon which he
lay. He was then told, after being care
fully blindfolded, that he was to be bled
to death. A pail was brought, the sur
geon snapped his lancet upon the main
artery of the arm, while an attendant
stood by pouring small stream of blood
warm water upon the arm, which ran off
into the pail. The poor criminal heard
the steady stream flowing into the pail,
and soon grew weak and faint, then
swoOned, and in exactly twelve minutes
was dead
Here was an unnistakable evidence of
the power of the imagination, illustrat-
ing in remarkable manner the refiec-
tons mentioned above, for in this in
stance not one drop of blood had been
taken from the body of the criminal.
His fancy had proved as fatal to him as
though he had actually bled to death. -
Ne,o York Weekly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
NEWSPAPERS IN PARIS.

The number of journals, daily, week
ly, ETC., published in Paris, amounts to
754. Of these, SO refer to theology GO
to jurisprudence F.; 10 to geography and
history 56 to light reading 25 to pub
lie instruction and education So to
literature, philosophy, ethnography and
photography IL to painting 2 tc
photography; 8 to architecture tc
archaeology; II to music; 8 to the
theater 81 to fashions F; to hair dress
ing 70 to different trades, etc. SO tt
medicine and pharmacy AZ to sciences
% to military and naval affairs Is te
agriculture IL to the horse 10 are I'm
classed. There are 81 political journal,
and IL political reviews.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
EINE COMPANY

A female member of the Goldfish arts
tocracy, in RECALLING a country friend in
the presence of her son Ga wicked YOUTH
with an account of grand party she had
recently given, said, "Would You be-
ieve it, we had two Generals, Judge,
a popular author, musical composer,
and a man who writes plays?" "Yes, "
chimed in the aforementioned wicked
youth, "and there was Deputy Sheriff
who said he wanted to see dad, and they
went out before supper, and dad hasn't
come home yet" When the youth went
to school the next day, with his head all
tied up, he tried to make the teacher be-
heve he had the toothache.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
FTRE-PROOF CLOTHING FOR
WOMEN
FOR

During the past year, the usual list of
accidents arising from skirts taxing fire,
has been given in the newspapers. La
dies passing or sitting near an open fire
of coal or wood; children left to their
own devices before the nursery CRATE,
and actresses swinging their trains too
near the foot-hghts, have all contributed
their sad stories of death or disfigure-
ment. Moved by the reiterated reports
of such casualties, Queen Victoria, some
years ago, requested Prof. Graham, a
chemist of high standing. to institute ex-
periments with view to finding some
method of rendering cotton fabrics fire.
proof. 1t was admitted that while fire
might be communicated to other fabrics.
cotton alone flashed into flame upon the
slightest provocation. The investiga-
tons of Prof. Graham, aided by two
distinguished German experts, re-
suited in a recommendation of certain
salts OF ammonia as most effective for
the desired purpose, and not at all In
furious to the goods. Sulphate of am
monia In solution, containing 10 per
cent of the salt, received pieces of fin
ished muslin that were dried rapidly in
a machine known as "hydra-extractor.'
The fabrics thus treated proved wholly
uninfiammable, while their colors were
undiminished, save where madden had
been employed as dye, and even that
tint was only modified slightly, and rem
dered less gaudy by the operation. Just
as women would sponge cloth before
transforming it into garments, let them
wash new muslin in the ammonia salt re-
ferred to. The soiled articles already
made up should, afer washing and dry
ing as usual, be subjected to another dip
in the salt before ironing, and they are
then ireproof.-MetrOpolitan.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

THREE NOTED ITALIANS. = Garibaldi's
routine bill of fare is the following
Breakfast, coffee and bread dinner,
soup, one plate of meat or fish, fruit
supper, none. Plus TX. is similarly q
frugal eater, differing only from the first
in being a wine-bibber don't call him q
drunkard). Victor Emmanuel is heavy
lover of food and wine, eating indifer-
emily of most things, from the tripe and
garlic of Piedmont 70 the snakes and
mussels Oucullian style) of Rome, In
elusive. All these are at present happily
living in the latter city, after much hurly
burly and battles fought and won, and
the caricaturists depict them together
arm in arm, sauntering through the Corso
with toothpicks in their mouths.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
A YOUNG WOMAN,S PRESENCE OF
MIND.

Thursday afternoon, as Miss Matte
Briley, daughter of Mrs. William Briley,
of Battle Greek, was out riding on the
Marshall road with a lady friend, she met
farmer who was coming into town with
load of wood, and who had got stuck
on the Michigan Central Railroad cross
ing in front of the Roberts farm. The
farmer was in a critical situation, as the
day express from the east was then due,
and the rumbling of the train was already
heard In the distance. Fe urged his
horses to the utmost, but they failed to
even start the load. Every minute was
growing more perilous. Miss Briley,
seeing that something must be done,
gave the reins to her friend and jumped
out of her cutter. She was wearing a
red cloak over her shoulders, and taking
that in her hand she hurried to the rail
road track and waved it in front of the
locomotive as it came laundering along.
The whistle sounded down brakes and
the engineer reversed his engine. The
train came to standstill and the pas
sengers and railroad men came pouring
out to see what the matter was They
all lent helping hand and pushed the
sleigh of the track, relieving from his
perlious situation the excited and fright
ened farmer, who expected to see his
sleigh and wood made into kindlings and
his hor ses probably killed. Detroit
Free Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
ladies who lead fashion they are narrow

ladies who lead fashion they are narrow
on the inside of the arm, and extend to
a deep point outside, where they are
fastened by three linen buttons. Other
new linen cuffs are straight, deep and
large, with fall below the button-holes,
which may be edged with needle-work
or lace, or merely stitched.
COLORED LINGERIE.
New colored collars and cuffs of the
English standing shape are of solid
colored percale, instead of plaid or
striped. The entire collar and cuff are
plain lavender pink, blue, brown or gray,
with daintily wrought flower embroid-
cred with floss of the same color in each
corner. The set of collar and sleeves
costs 50.
Bingham borders or hens on handker-
chiefs, with collars, cuffs, and neckties
trimmed to match, are the latest caprice
for wearing with morning toilets.
VARIETIES.
Lace handkerchiefs are almost one
solid piece of Yalenciennes wrought in
arabesque designs, that are vastly I'M
proved when laundried by having the
figures raised by futing tongs. Other
lace handkerchiefs are trimmed with
rows of Mechlin insertion and lace.
Mechlin, Malines, or old-fashioned
thread lace is fast becoming the popular
lace. 1t is difficult matter to get the
real handmade Mechlin. Most of that
sold here is pure thread, but is machine
made.
The most dressy wells seen on the
promenade are white tulle mask wells
edged with Valenciennes lace. They are
rounded on the lower edge, so that the
lace falls just below the chin, and the
veil covers the face smoothly, without
wrinkles. Inch-wide lace is used. When
this is of Italian Valenciennes, the veil
costs $3.50. Mechlin laces are newer
for this purpose, and when trimmed with
Mechlin the veil costs $500. Only very
young and fair faces, not spoiled by cos
metics, should wear this thinnest of all
wells. -Harper's Bazaar.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

century since the time sheep were invent
ed. Imagine my genuine disgust when
1 saw this shepherd use the sacred crook
to capture the straying animals by catch
ing hold of one of their hind legs and
tipping them up. The awful truth came
upon me like a fash, and sat down
heavily, a broken-hearted man. I had
thought it beautiful emblem, and it
proves to be hind-leg snatcher. Unjust
have more salary or I will sink into an
early grave, fear"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
FACTS TO BE REMEMBERED.

One thousand shingles laid four inches
to the weather will cover 100 square feet !,
of surface, and five pounds of shingle-~
nails will fasten them on One-ffth-
more siding and flooring is needed than
the number of square feet of surface to-
be covered, because of the lap in the sid
ing and the matching of the floor.
One thousand lath will cover
seventy yards of surface, and eievens
pounds of lath-nails viii nall
them on. Eight bushels of good ime,
sixteen bushels of sand, and one bushef
of hair will make enough good mortar 20
plaster 100 square yards. A cord Of
stone, three bushels of lime, and a cuhi !.
yard of sand will lay 100 cubic feet OF
wall. Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on a chimney, six bricks in
a course Will make fue four inches wide
and twelve inches long, and eight bricks in
acourse will make fue eight inches wide
and sixteen inches long.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

The matter from which the worlds
were formed came from the hands of
Omnipotence in its most alternate state.
Throughout space there rolls vast ocean
of this material, which science calls cos
mical matter-star dust. 1t is to con-
slant rain of this star dust and meteoral-
ties into the sun that this heat is due. 1t
is law of matter that retarded motion
shall evolve heat. When we shoot ball
against rock its surface will become
heated in proportion to the velocity of
the missile. So does the rain of matter
develop heat by its being retarded by the
suns surface. A fine example of the way
in which the fires of the sun are fed,
may be seen in the fall of the meteoral-
ties upon the earth. These Migrants are
caused to emit light and heat by friction
during their passage through the air,
and by striking the earth. 1t is sad to
contemplate the end to which the de-
mand of the suns greed must inevitably
lead, for when the supply of star dust is
exhausted, and comets and meteors are
no more the planets will obey the stern
summons, and one after another fall into
the funeral pile of the worlds. Those
nearest the sun will first respond, unit
the most distant courtier will come at his
call to feed the last Pickering flame
Then viii he grow cold and hang in space
a dead, cheerless thing, the ashes of &
great confagration.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

A Cumberland county (Pa.) paper
says: "Mr. Sadler, of Camp Hill, was
attacked by his Berkshire boar, which
had been kept penned up, but broke out
on Sunday morning. After severe
fight, Mr. Sadler was seized by the ankle,
thrown down, and dragged about twenty
yards to place where the water was
about foot deep. The house-dog, hear
ing the struggles, broke his chain and
went to his masters assistance The dog
is large one, of the bulldog species,
and Immediately seized the boar by the
ear with such ferocity that Mr.. s. was
released, and enabled to crawl away from
the contest, nearly smothered with mud,
though not much hurt. An hour later.
after being thoroughly washed, he found
his late assailant sleeping, as though he
was innocent of bad intentions. But
Mr.. S., still smarting from the effects of
the late skirmish, took aim, and there
was waste of 800 pounds of pork"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
IN INDIAN STORY.

The Sioux City Journal has the fol-
lowing somewhat extraordinary account
of the surroundings on the occasion of a
late addition to the census
We learn from reliable gentleman of
this city, who is just back from trip up
the river, the particulars of another ex-
traordinary case of experiences in the last
awful blizzard. An Indian and his
squaw were Caught out in the storm
while iourneying from Fort Randall to
Fort Thompson agency, and becoming
bewildered took refuge in ravine. They
wrapped their blankets about them and
sat down under the bank. The snow
soon covered them, but the Indian kept
hole through the rapidly forming drift
with his gun, which he would poke up
occasionally. They remained there all
night, and the drift became so high in
the meantime that he was oliged to splice
the ramrod to the end of his rifle In
order to reach the top of it and keep up
the ventilation. During their cherries
imprisonment the squaw was delivered
of child, and it was christened "Snov
Drift" This paragraph will. no doub
seem little iishy to persons unacquaint
ed with wild Indian life, but to persons
who have been among the reds it will no
by any means appear improbable.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

CANADIAN PRoGREss.-The progress
which late official returns show that
Canada has made in developing her
mining interests during the past year, is
very encouraging. The Importance
which this branch of industry is destined
to acquire is evident from tho TACT that,
although yet in its infancy, its known
value already amounts to upward OF
$1,000, 600 annually. The Toronto Globe
says that about IA, 900 men are directly
employed in mining and allied indus
tries in the Dominion, which would rep
resent population of $4,000, besides
many indirectly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04
TIE SHEPHERDS CROOK.

The Danbury man wrote from Europe
pathetically You have seen pictures
of shepherds with the proverbial crook
in their hands. / didn't think party
could be g shepherd without this crook.
l was glad that the first man I saw tend
ing sheep carried one of these crooks.
/ didn't know what a crook was for, but
always believed that it was a badge Of
the occupation, whose origin 1 could not
fathom. handed down from century to
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

The sooner new potatoes are cooked
after being dug the more palatable they
are. Clean off all the loose skin with a
coarse towel and cold water; when
rubbed clean put into scalding water,
and boil from twenty to thirty minutes,
according to size; new potatoes are
usually cooked too long. Turn off all
the water, sprinkle little salt on Them.
and shake the kettle with both hands
over the handle. This makes them look
very fioury. Serve with butter and salt
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

DIES MONIES, Iowa, will have to de-
pend on dips and kerosene for light for
month to come, on account of the re-
cent injury to the gas works there.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

A CRUSHING ANswER.-A little girl
braids the hair of one who sat in front
of her, instead of studying, when the
teacher remarks Home is the place
for arranging the hair, not here. What
would you think to see me braiding my
hair in schoola" Presently Susan's head
is raised, and the teacher, supposing she
wishes to ask some question about the
lesson, mods, when she hears the follow
ing: Mary says your hair is false,
and you wouldn't dare to do it here"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-04

Mr.. KENT, a resident of Rochester,
heard his door-ben ring, and, going out
quickly, found baby on the steps and
man running round the corner He
chased the man, collared him after
long race, and discovered him to be DIR.
Elijah L. Wood, well-known young
physician of that city. Wood had been
paid $50 by the mother of the baby to
rid her of it in this way, she choosing
Mr.. Kent's house because he had just
lost little child, and SO she hoped be
might welcome this one in its stead.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-02-10

are represented a being anxious for a
peaccable and quiet administration Of the
state government. In the opinion Of the
committee, the trouble in Arkansas is its
"chivalry." The young men, the "gen-
tlcmeu' of the State. who carry pistols
and firearms on all occasions. and on all
occasions consider IL in order to assert
superiority to niggcrs and Northern white
men and always enforce their opinions
by flourish of their weapons-this Is the
class which need 10 DC restrained and sup
pressed by The civil authorities of the
State. The committee do not recon.
mend amy action by congress or by any
department of the general government in
regard TO the state government, being sat
isiicd that the existing state government
is legal. This report is signcdby Poland
Scuddcr. Sayler and Sloss. Congress.
man Ward. Of Illinois, disagrees with the
majority of the committee, believing that
Brooks was legally elected under the con.
stitution of lSGS and Is the lawful GOV.
ernor of the State.