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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
LIVINGSTONE,S RESEARCHES.

1t would be impossible to overestimate
the Importance of DR.. Livingstone's re-
searches and discoveries. By his own
exertions, beset with perils and obstacles
which would have driven back man less
courageous and determined, he has filled
up great space in the map of Africa;
he was the first European whose eyes be-
held the vast inland seas whose existence
had been vaguely conjectured from ma
tive reports; he laid down the course
of hundreds of new rivers, and noted
their volume and the velocity of their
flow.
Most important among the facts re-
cosded in his journals is the discovery
that Lake Nyassa belongs to totally
distinct system of waters from that
which holds Lake Tanganyika and the
rivers running north and west. With
regard to the latter lake he leaves an in
teresting problem to be solved by future
explorers. 1t may be taken for granted
that he would hardly venture the sur
mise that Tanganyika may have sub
terranean outlet without having duly
weighed the probabilities in the scale
with his elaborate observations. But
whether this lake really pours its waters
through the caverns of Western Kabogo
into the vast rivers flowing north
ward is problem which must soon
be determined by actual exploration.
Besides geographical information of
Importance, these journals contain in
notes on the habits of ami
mails, birds and fishes; on phenomena of
every kind that came under the keen,
searching eye af the great traveller as he
moved through some of the grandest
and most beautiful scenes in the world;
of native life and habits:
and sketches of personal adventure, told
with the natural mOdesty of great man,
whose thoughts were more on his |
work than on himself. wallpapers Mag
qzine.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25

mans gaiter, with strap under the foot
They button up on the outside of the
leg, and are carefully fitted to the wearer
by front and back seams. They are
sometimes bound on the lower edge with
dark fur, which gives the foot chubby
and youthful appearance. For spring
wear they are quite as requisite as for the
winter. With short quilted silk or
satin petticoat and an Ulster coat of rough
cloth, they look very coquettish on a
cold or stormy day. Any lady can make
them for herself. They should be fitted
like any garment, and after being bound
with braid the jet buttons and button
holes may be added. They should be
adjusted SO perfectly that button-hook
would be required to iasten them over
the boot and about the ankle"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
POWERFUL BUT MISERIBLE.

The vanity of human ambition, and
the homilies of the preacher about the
inability of fame or riches to confer hap
piness, were never more strikingly con-
firmed than in the person of the most
eminent political parsonage now living.
One would think that nature and fort
une had conferred everything on Prince
Bismarck calculated to afford him bound
less content, proud retrospect, and the
serenity ofhappy safety. He may plume
himself upon the conceded fact that, of
all men living in the possession of pow
er, he is the chief; if there be world
mover in this generation it is he. A
word from him would set legion of a
million and half of the best soldiers on
the globe in motion; in one hour he is
impressing his will on foreign courts, in
the next he is waging successful fight
against the still mighty spiritual forces
of Rome. Cars and kaisers are even
seeking to conciliate him. Wealth he
has, and might have as much more as he
wished, for German gratitude to him who
has made Germany a nation has no
bounds. He has more than won the
highest rank to which subject or states
man could aspire. He is blessed with a
devoted family, whom he loves, and who
idolize him. In Berlin he is greater than
the Emperor; in Pomerania he is feudal
despot who needs no law to enforce his
authority, whose yoke Is accepted by
the ardor of veneration.
Yet Bismarck, according to Berlin
letter-writer, is one of the unhappiest
and most discontinued of men, He is
harassed by the opposition of the spec
tacled doctors of the Reichstag; the
petty details of Office worry and fret
him; chronic illness too often paralyzes
his vast powers of body and mind.
Every days mails bring him letters
threatening his life; and these tease
though they do not brighten him, as a
sick lion is teased by the perpetual
biting of very small insects. The police
tell him to be careful; he lives ever in
sulphurous atmosphere of vague dan
ger. Even power has grown nauseous
to him, and adulation has ceased to
give its sweet sting of pleasure. He
longs to abandon the scene of his tri-
umphs and his troubles-to get away
from all this worry; will gladly let his
name pass out of mems mouths if he
can but get peace; and would fain ex-
change those things for which men so
keenly envy him, for the vine and fig
trees of remote Varzin. s
Journal
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
HOW rs FOUR PRONUNCIATIOyq

HOW rs YOUR PRONUNCI4TION?
The following extract is suggested for
use by teachers and pupils in schools as
an exercise test of pronunciation. 1t
must be read off Immediately, without
pause to consider which is the proper
way to pronounce the words
l. A courier from st. Louis, an italian
with italics, began an address or recita-
tive as to the mischievous national
finances
2. His dolorous progress was demon
strated by demonstration, and the
preface to his sacerdotal profile gave his
opponents an irreparable and lamentable
wound.
g. He was deaf and isolated, and the
envelope on the furniture at the depot
was covert for leisure and the reticence
from the first grasp of the Legislature of
France.
4. The dilation of the chasm, or trough.
made the seryile satyr and virile optim-
list vehemently panegyrize the lenient
God.
5. He was al aspirant after the vaga.
ries of the exorcists, and an memorable
coadjutor of the irrefragable, yet ex-
quisite Farrago, on the subsistence of the
despicable finale and the recognition of
the recognizance.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
TILE CHIGNON.

The reign of the chignon is over its:
glory has departed its name is Ichabod.
No more DO the fields of the far Indies.
send their long fibres, which Hindoo
women sit in the sun and spin, to conn
terfeit the browning charm of woman.
The anathema has gone out against the
bravery of the cauls and the round tires:
like the moon, against the head-bands:
and wilnples and crisping-pins. 1t has
been pronounced anew that instead of
well-set hair there shall be badness, and
" burning instead of beauty"
A little while ago and the chignon was.
all in all, and now there are none SO poor.
to do it honor. Every rank and every
station then, except the fourth estate.
acknowledged its power. That fourth
estate was always tainted with disloyalty,
and it never was quite the thing to issue.
daily paper without fling at the top
lofty ruler of the hour. But the filings
had no more effect than the bull against
the comet.
"Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air,
Weighs the mems wit against the laiy's hair
and of course the wit was the lightest,
and the chignon kept its triumphal way
with sway that was all but universal
Expresses proudly bent to it and abased
their tiaras beneath it, and Biddy fed her
pigs under its shelter No place Was too
remote for it. Like another ruler, its
morning drum-beat sounded round the
world. 1t was the delight of
Kings palaces, and the farthest hut
in the farthest wilds rejoiced in it. But
at last Fashion has turned down her
! thumb her fat has been hurled against
it, and the mighty one has fallen. The
fine lady scorns it even Biddy will have
none of it. And whether the earth
that, as some one has said of it in rela-
ton to hoop-skirts, rejects it, and refuses
to swallow it, and casts it mp on ash
heaps and along the debris of railroad
lines-has swallowed the chignon, or
whether it has turned again and sought
its native lair in the recesses of the old
tombs that were robbed to make it, and
behind the prison doors that contributed
to it the shorn convict locks, or whether,
like that tress famous In verse, it has
been translated into the sky
"a sudden star it shot through liquid air.
And drew behind radiant trail of hair;
Not Berenices locks first so bright,
The heavens bespangling with disheveled light
there are none to say.
We only know that it has gone, and
apparently gone for good, and that it
certainly could not go for i'll and that
while it staid, after the manner of all
tyrants, it wrought such havoc that now,
if she draws us at all, 60 Beauty draws
lis by single hair" for it is about all
that the chignon, with its dragging
weight and irritating heat, has left her.
Haypers' Bazaar.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
LII OE THE RO4D-

Not all people who have occasion TO
use the highway understand what are
their rights and duties thereon, and a
good many willfully, and some knowing
ly, violate the law which prevails, and
thus impose upon their fellow travellers.
Good hammered people will, of course,
instinctively do pretty nearly the right
thing, but, unfortunately, all who travel
are not high-minded and polite. Every
one, it is safe to say, has at one time or
another encountered in front the dog-in-
the-manger driver who will neither go on
himself nor let you do so, or has met
that other rough egotist who puts forth
In another style his extravagant claims to
the full ownership of the path, in fee
simple, and who makes you do the whole
business of turning sometimes
down the embarked roadway, and some
times into the ditch adjacent-or take
the peril of having your lighter vehicle
crushed, or at least unpleasantly abraded
and jostled. We may know our right in
the premises, and yet we have no time or
taste for asserting it, and so we, all of
us, first or last, bear good deal of rude,
Sometimes we meet two needless, if not
willful fellows, who have met, occupying
the entire path, and crOss-legged con-
versing with as much sang froid as if
they were seated in their own private
doorway, and each passer-by were some
how the author of an impertinent per-
sonal intrusion. They feel as if their
comfort, at all events, should not be
rudely disturbed, and it isn't-fOr they
sit and talk it out, and won't bulge an
inch for You to get by, much as they dis
like your untimely appearance.
Although the rule is imperious that
every team meeting another must give
half the road, common courtesy as well
as common sense will suggest to the po-
/ lite traveller who is hght-geared and
empty, to give loaded teams little extra
privilege. Still, if this is not extended
by favor, it is not right which any dis
parity of circumstance confers. Your
right to half the road is Just exactly the
same, when you wish to pass a team
which is going Your way. And 1t may
be said, in general terms, as we under
stand the matter, that the foot-passengel
has the same right to the road that he
would have if he travelled by some con
veyance. The fact that he has no horse
before him or under him does not in any
manner limit his rights. This is point
not as well understood as it should be,
and foot-passengers very often in conse
quence-especially where there is much
heartless and sportive driving-are left
to shirk for themselves, and must dodge,
first this way and then the other, to save
neck and legs. They are treated as i
they have no rights which horsemen and
vehicles are obliged to respect.
York Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
TRY.

Can't-do-it sticks in the mud but Try
soon drags the wagon out of the rut.
The fox said cry" and he got away
from the hounds when they almost
snapped at him. The bees said "Try, Z"
and turned flowers into honey. The
squirrel said "Try," and up he went to
the top of the beech tree. The snow
drop said "Try," and bloomed in the
cold SHOWS of winter. The sun said
Try, and the spring soon threw Jack
Frost out of the saddle. The young
lark said cry" and he found that his
new wings took him over hedges and
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
SOUTHERN STEAMER.

LOUISIANA Letter 10 Cincinnati Commercial.
At Brashear City / went on board
small steamer which gets up and down
the River Teche. This boat, called the
Minnie Avery, has an engine of about
ten mosquito power. Minnie has q
plump bow, a raging fire in her bosom,
but the placid demeanor of q Dutch frau.
Her rate of slowness is unparalleled. A
boy ON the bank astride of broomstick,
or a man with wheelbarrow, could give
her quarter of an hours start and beat
her with ease. She stopped, after the
manner of horse-cars, to pick up passen-
gers and leave them, and once when the
captain jumped ashore to shake hands
with an old friend, it was not found
necessary to check the Roadway of the
boat. The two friends walked up the
bank of the bayou, and, becoming ami
mated In conversation, shot ahead of the
boat and disappeared around the bend of
the stream half mile in advance. We
picked up the captain an hour afterward.
He came on board yawning fearfuny.
The interior arrangements of the boat
We're peculiar. The steward and the
walters always came through small hole
in the guards with the dinner on their
heads. Even a coffee-cnp In the hands
of one of them, or an egg, would have
rendered the ascent impracticable. The
meals were of the sternest simplicity.
The dishes, grier and dobe (and am not
sure about the photography were
puzzlers, especially when a waiter asked
me if / would have dog or greyhound,
as understood it. He was not insulted
when I expressed preference for beef.
The dessert consisted of very small
pudding, the specific gravity of which
must have taxed the carrying capacity of
the boat to the utmost.
This marvellous boat was allowed by
act of Congress to carry twenty-six pas
sengers.
The bar was not capacious enough to
support door. The barkeeper entered
his domain head foremost through a.
small hole, exhibiting the soles of his
shoes IL the transit much after the man.
ner of Harlequin in pantomime, when
that spightly individual leaps through
the face of an eight-day clock to escape
the pursuit of the clown. The COM
parison was more obvious and ludicrous
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
IN OFT-FORGOTTEN FACT.

A workingman once said, when the
woman suffrage amendment was under
discussion
"What should my wife want to vote
for? She don't earn a cent
/ suppose the man had the idea that
the vote represented mainly money in
terest. Since his wife had no property,
and did not receive any money except
through him, what rights had she?
"How much do you earn?" asked Miss
H.
"Twelve dollars week"
"How many children have you?'
"Five."
"Any hired girll''
81 should think not, with five chill
dren to support on 80 week"
"Then your wife washes, sews, and
cooks for you all"
"Of course
How much do you suppose it would
cost to hire all that done?"
"Oh, 1 don't know great deal more
than cen earn
"And yet you say your wife doesn't
earn a cent"
well, 1 never thought of calling that
earning money"
" She does just as much toward keep
ing the family together as You do, and
has just as much interest in what affects
your trade, or your children's welfare, as
you have"
The man looked thoughtful, as if q
new light was dawning upon him.
Truth for the People.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
SIZE IN THE EYE.

Size with the eye, as with the brain. is
generally conceded to be measure of
capacity. A large eye has a wider range
OF vision, as it unquestionably has of ex-
preston, than small one. A large eve
viii take in more at glance, though per-
haps with less attention to detail, than a
small one. Generally speaking, large
eyes see things in general, and small
eyes things in particular. The one sees
many things as whole, considering them
in a philosophical or speculative way,
often seeing through and beyond them
the other sees fewer things, but usually
looks keenly into them, and is apprecia-
tive of detail. Some eyes, however. look
at everything and yet see nothing.
Fullness of the eye, causing bullying
of the lower eyeid, is the we'll
known sign of language Persons with
this sign large have not only speaking
eye, but also speaking tongue where
of their fellows do not long remain in
ignorance. A general project or fullness
of the eye above and below, which brings
the eyeball forward on line with the
face and eyebrow, denotes the quality of
physical perception, or the capacity to
see quickly whatever appears upon the
surface of things. A person with such
an eye, on entering room for the first
time, would note rapidly the shape, size,
and general appearance of
he different articles of furniture in it,
he color of the walls, curtains, etc. take
n with equal facility, the features, the
,olor of eyes and hair, size and appear
nee of any person who might be present.
IN looking at picture such person
would at once incline to examine the de-
ails of color, number, grouping, attitude
md costume of the figures composing
annual of Phrenology and Physi-
,gnon,y.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
EFFECTS OF THE. NEW
POST4L LIZ.

DisofeefioH at the Increase of Charges on
Transient Mafter-IRconsistencie of tse
Weir System-Its Strict enforcement De-
Idyod a Little.
The new postal law which has Just
gone into effect has created considerable
indignation and disgust This act was
one of the last enacted by the recent
Congress, and was evidently pushed
through without any adequate consider
alton. the Inconsistencies of the law
are absurd In the extreme. A person
living in San Francisco may mail news
paper or pamphlet from that city to
London for two cents, while four cents
must be paid IN order to have an eight
page paper carried from Brooklyn to
New York, and six cents when it hap
pens to be a quadruple sheet. The pos
tai laws provide that such matter shall
not be forwarded unless fully prepaid.
A wag in the postoffice in this city
suggested that all newspapers intended
for the United States should be marked
'via Liverpool. The increased rates
Of postage will deter many persons from
mailing matter at secondhand, and sub
scribers to newspapers will not be so
ready to mail them to their friends at
the increased rates of postage. A
number of persons yesterday re-
fused to send heavy packages by
mail j. consequence of the adj
vance y. the rates, and went away
from the postoffice with the intention of
sending them by express. The argument
has been advanced that o.rrying quanti-
ties of merchandise at low rates is not
remunerative to the government The
answer is made that the contracts made
by the government do not specify that
the mails shall be limited in weight, and
that no additional expense is incurred by
reason of the increased bulkiness Of the
mails sent over the post routes.
The monthly magazines which hitherto
have been transmitted through the mails
at four cents each will now cost eight
cents. The music publishers are largely
affected by the change in rates, and are
greatly dissatisfied. Several publishers
who, in ignorance OF the new law, had
mailed periodicals during the past two
days at the old rates, called at the Post
Office to ascertain what had become of
their property. They were gratified to
learn that Postmaster James was not dis
posed to take hasty proceedings with
them The law, so far as it relates to
newspapers and other periodical pub
LEGATIONS, has not been strictly enforced
yet on account of the general ignorance
In the community in regard to the new
provisions. In one or two days, how
ever, when the law shall have been made
known thoroughly, the local postal
officials will enforce it strictly. Mer-
chandise packages will be forwarded,
with the amount due stamped upon
them, to be collected by the Postmaster
when they have reached their detina-
tiOn.-New York Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
BUSINESS ITEMS.

Sound business drummer's.
Paying business-The cashiers.
Fine business-The Police Court
Judges.
Poor business-Keeping an almshouse.
A pretty piece of business Drawing
salaries.
Wicked business Making candles.
A smashing misunderstanding rail
roads.
A heavy business-Importing eis-
plants.
A light misunderstanding gas.
A dry goods misunderstanding salt
Goldfish.
A shipping business Discharging
help.
Mean business-An ought to.
Known of his business-The Goa
HEAVIER.
None of your business-Who wrote
this
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25

He laid down the basket of chips he
had pilfered, and, looking hard at the
urchin who had been making target of
him by shooting at him with " niger
Killer" said: "Whar was you raised,
chilel" ''Shucargo," said the young
hoodlum. "In the Norfl" "Yeth,
thur 81 tort so. Sudden white folks
children wuddunt do like dat. Lemme
tell you, honey, manners gwine to carry
you furder den money. You hear mel
Dallas (Teras) Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25

bitches, and up where his father was
singing. The OK said CRY" and
plowed the field from end to end. No
hill too steep for Try to climb, no clay
too stiff for Thy to pillow, no field TO wet
for Try to drain, no hole too big for Try
to mend.-SeLected.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25
4 NOVELTY IN WOMENs DRESS.

A SOTELTT IN WOMEN,S DRESS
Says the Metropolitan "Since ex-
travagance in stockings has come back
to us again, and silk hosiery is almost a
criterion of the woman of fashion, of
course something must be worn to pre-
serve these silken Injuries from wear and
soil when walking in dusty and dingy
city. Wool that is knitted may be warm,
but it is not hindrance to the entrance
of dust. 1t rather holds than elects the
soilng, while fine broadcloth or velvet
that is both linen and rubber lined is a
certain protection against water and mud.
Leggings of these materials are made to
reach up and curve upon the knee, and
are fitted about the foot like gentle
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25

A FLORIDA railroad has declared an an
nual dividend of 10 cents, which shows
that honesty is the best policy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-25

FIFTEEN years ago there We're scarcely
ten millonaires in America.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12

ENCOURAGE YouR CHILpREN.-Encour- agement works wonders with almost any oody, no matter what his occupation in life may he. A boy likes 10 be encouraged, so does girl man likes it, also woman i; and even the old grandfather and grand mother have . relish for it. Some parents often make . mistake in not giving their children credit when they do thing we'll and some unintentionally Jet a lesson thsi has been studied very hard. or e piece ct work thst hss been well done. by boy Q, girl, pass by without the least notice. This discouragps 8 child, aud has bad effect otherwise. Encourag. ment puts new life in child. especially # it is bestowed b, the parent. Yet there are people who though anxious to have their children d. well are continually, and in dispiritin, way, telling ,hen that they shouldn't do so and so, and that that is wrong, and th'
 other is wrong, without ever hxying little friendly talk with them and giving then, good advice, and encouraging th. m when they do right. Some parents also make \ mistake in leaving the education Uf their children wholly to the schools. They think if they send their children to school snf pay their way they-the psrents--are doing their part. and the children should do theirs. This may work very well with good boys hut with the careless, the thoughtltss and the indifferent it d,xs not.