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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
A Dogs Sagacity.

The Franklin (Ky) Patriot has the
following: "This story is told us by a
gentleman who says its truth is vouched
for by witnesses of undoubted veracity
Some years ago, while Mr.. Hamilton
was fishing near the lower rapids of the
Mississippi, just above the Keokuk, he
observed below him a man bailing a
canoe, preparatory to taking himself,
wife and baby across the river. At the
same time Mr.. Fl. saw that his New
foundland dog was watching the pro-
ceeding of the party. Seeming to COM
prehend their intention, the dog uttered
peculiar howl, and pc ssing rapidly up
the river for some distance, plunged
into the water and swan directly down,
and landed on large rock standing out
of the water about midway the stream.
After shaking the water from his shaggy
coat, he again watched the party, who,
in the meantime, had embarked in the
canoe. Just as the little boat passed
the rock, it was caught in the rapidly
descending current and instantly cap
sized. The woman, in falling into the
water, loosed her hold on the child,
which foated down the stream. The
man caught his wife and waded with
her to the rock. The instant the child
fell into the water the dog leaped in,
and in short time was seen in the still
water below swimming with the child
in his mouth, which he carried in safety
To the shore -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
WELLESLEY College for Women.

The new Wellesley College for
women, at Wellesley, Norfolk county,
Mass, is to have a course Of study not
exactly the same as that prescribed for
young men in most of the principal col
leges, the elective plan being carried
further than in these institutions. But
the course is no less comprehensive,
and contemplates no less thoroughness.
The officers of the college are all to be
women. Some question is made as to
whether at present women can be OBJ
tanned who are qualified by education
and executive skill TO take the highest
position but the founders are conf
dent of being able to secure women
for the places, and are resolved to
launch the institution upon that basis.
The college will have attached to it a
preparatory school where young women
who, going out from the various
academies and seminaries, find them
selves insuficiently prepared to enter
college, may complete their prepare
tiens. The course of study, after enter
ing college. is four years. tits supposed
that majority of the girls graduated
from the boarding schools and desiring
to enter Wellesley will have to spend
from one to two years in the prepare
tory experimentation York Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
Mining Nomenclature.

The names of mines, the San Fran
cisco Bulletin suggests, in a measure
represent the spirit of the times, though
it often happens that they are selected
at random and without any apparent
purpose. TIE favorite names in former
years were suggestive of dazzling wealth,
and included such as Silver Wave, Gold
en- Chariot, Silver Cord, Golden Dream,
Hidden Treasure, Silver Hill, Gold
Hill, Silver Cloud, after which followed
Virtue, Justice, Hope. and Independ-
ence. Three quicksilver mines on one
ledge in the Calistoga district have been
named, respectively, Beecher, Moulton
and Tilton. The mines lately surveyed
are partially represented by the follow
ing names, in addition t. the three Just
given Dolly Warden, Grant. Greeley,
Insolvent, King Bee, Lone Star, Mount
Vernon, Maud, Missionary, Missouri,
May Howard, Nonpareil, Occident, ORR
entail, Pioneer, Pacific, Rattlesnake,
Rainbow, Red jacket. Rose, Seven
thirty, Shanghai, st. George, Sacra-
mento, Sucker Flat, Sandy Bar, Union,
Volunteer, and Young America.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
A Singing Mouse.

The Montgomery (Ala.) advertiser
says: "Mr. w. G. Fuller, placed on
our table yesterday that great natural
curiosity, the singing mouse, spoken
of in communication from Green
vile, published in this paper several
days ago. The little songster is of
the ordinary sized mouse. with same
appearance, differing only in the pc
culiar size and shape of its ears, they
being longer and wider than usual, re-
sembling somewhat those of donkey.
He is secured in a diminutive tin squlr-
rel cage, with whirllgig attached, plays
necessarily, never seeming to tire,
especially at night, when he turns and
sings the whole night through without
cessation, and at times SO loud that
person could not sleep in the same
room. His songs resemble those of
canary birds more than anything else,
but with much greater variety of tones"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

The amount of food consumed at
the hotels In the course of a year is
enormous, and must certainly surprise
every one who has not given the SUBJ
ject any previous thought. Of the
"a, 900 pounds of fresh meat required
to supply these fifteen hotels weekly,
about So, 900 pounds are of beef alone.
A bullock averages 1000 pounds in
weight, when slaughtered and dressed !;
but as the hotels only take the best cuts
from the bullock, it requires at least
the slaughter of $50 bullocks every
week, making it necessary to kill 20, 600
head of cattle every year to feed the
guests of only small portion of the
hotels in this city. The aggregate con-
sumption OF mutton, veal, pork, etc. :,
is also very large. 1t will be seen that
the yearly consumption of fish is near
ly 100000 pounds, while $1,000, 600
oysters are required during the same
period. Five million eggs are also
used in these fifteen hotels during the
year while over 1,500,0 900 pounds Of
poultry and game are consumed in the
same space OF time. About 10000
barrels of -four and nearly 10000 bar
rels Of potatoes are also required, in
addition to very large supply of green
and root vegetable, taxing the capaci-
ties of many of the neighboring mar
ket gardens. Nearly $50, 900 pounds
of coffee, $4,000 pounds of tea, and
nearly 100000 pounds of sugar are
wanted every year. Over 80, 900 cans
of milk Cor about 100000 quarts)
and nearly 1000 quarts of cream are
necessary for the use of these hotels.
and the product of several diaries in
the country is thus consumed. Over
450, 600 pounds of butter are also used
every year, and although our own
State furnishes large quantity for
this demand, it has been found neces-
sary on several occasions to tax the re-
sources of other States.-2rib,ae.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
The Hottest Yet.

The water encountered i'll the main
east drift on the 2, 000-foot level of the
Imperial Empire mine is the hottest
ever struck on the Comstock lode. It
was carefully tested yesterday with two
good thermometers, and the tempera-
ture was found to be 1904 degrees.
The stream of water is but an inch or
two in diameter. The temperature of
the atmosphere in the drift was yester-
day 115 degrees. Notwithstanding the
hot air and hotter water, men are at
work in the face of the drift. Going
down by degrees as they are, our miners
are becoming Injured to the heat, and
expect to be able to continue right on
down to where the rocks are in a molten
state without experiencing the slightest
difficulty. At the Consolidated Vir-
GINA they are already making their cal
culations for pumping up the molten
silver when they shall have followed the
big bonanza down to a depth of about
1900 feet Virginia (Nev.) Enter
prise.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
THE ROASTING HEN.

" Ke-daw Ke-daw 7" young hen cried,
While struttiDg through a barnyard wide.
ke-daw! Ke-daw! I've done feat,
In chickendom it can't be beat"
I've laid the finest egg to-day
That any hen in town can lay;
So, little chickens far and near,
Just bow your heads when appear.
Old mother hens. you needn't sneer
There never was an egg so white,
/ shall 90 frantic with delight !"
Ke-daw ! Ke-daw!' rang clear and loud,
There never was a hen so proud.
The elder hens were grave and staid,
They said: When other eggs are laid
Six or dozen at tine most
My child, you won't care much to boast.
Your utterances will be more soothing
When laying eggs becomes no new thing"
Each turned and called away her brood,
This young hen thought their actions rude
" How envious these old danes are!
My triumph, though, they shall not mar
With bitterness my heart would sicken
If were such an envious chicken
Now, while this scene was going ON
Our dame had left her nest alone
And, spying out a splendid chance,
weasel threw furtIve glance
At this same egg.
Swift as lance
he rolled 1t from its downy nest
A wanton act be it confessed
Its golden freshness there to test.
Back, in high feather, came our hen,
Her grief is not for tongue or pen
She gazed upon the empty shell
OF that first egg she loved so well;
Had she but known enough to cry,
Tears would have trickled from ber eve.
Now in this ppO-shelI NAV
simple moral left behind.
In boasting, don't be premature,
Lest disappointment work your cure.
Ere you parade your triumph round,
Be sure your egg is safe and sound.
Independent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
Chicken Within a Chicken.

The Prairie Schooner sails up with
the following chicken story: I'VE are
informed by Mr.. G. Fl. Richardson,
who lives near this place, that his wife,
while dressing a chicken the other day,
discovered one OF the greatest natural
curiosities we have heard of lately-a
chicken within chicken. Mr.. r. says
that upon being called to examine this
strange freak of nature, he found a
small sack about two and half inches
long and one and q half inches in di-
ameter, joined tc the chickens gizzard
by a fleshy neck or tube half inch in
length. Upon cutting open the sack it
was found to contain chicken, which
in every way resembled y young chicken
just before emerging from the egg
shell; the head, neck, limbs, and even
feathers were found in partially de-
cayed condition. This is pretty strong
chicken story, but we have no reason to
doubt its truth. We may further add
that the chicken in which q chicken
was found was of the male gender"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
POLITICAL MEMORANDA.

THE Chicago Times speaks of Fer
nando Wood as " that cour tly, white
must acied ramrod."
GEN. BURNsIDE's friends are proclaim
ing that they are sure of electing him
Senator from Rhode Island when the
Legislature meets next month.
THE New York Tribune has one or
two lady editorial writer's, so that all
those sweetiy nice things are not by
Whitelaw Reid, as many people sup
pose.
BEN BUTLER says he wants to live
long enough to restore the ranking
privilege, but we suppose that when
his time comes he will have to go, no
matter what earthly work he has on
hand.
THE women of Michigan all take an
interest in politics now. They are di-
vided into two great parties, the war
cry of the one being, women for
officeholders, and that of the other,
women for baby-holders.
THE latest gossip about the New Jer-
sey Senatorial contest is given as fol-
lows by the New Brunswick Times i.
cat first it was said by many that Mr..
Stockton was not in the contest. Now,
it seems to be generally agreed that the
choice lies between Senator Stockton,
ex-Gov. Randolph, and Attorney Gen
eral Gilchrist. By the latest advices,
the knowing ones inform US that Mr..
Randolph has the inside track"
ONE result of the fall elections is a
large crop of candidates for President
on the victorious side. Ohio has no
less than three candidates in line al
ready-Allen, Thurman and Pendleton.
Indiana puts forward Hendricks, Kerr
and Mcdonald. In New York the
claims of Tildes, Seymour and Church
are freely canvassed by their friends.
Little Delaware is very decided for
Senator Bayard. Connecticut presents
Eaton, English and Ingersoll as ia.
vorite sons, worthy to be considered.
In Pennsylvania, the name of Hester
Clymer looms up as possible candi.
date.
JIM McCUE is member of the Cali.
fornia Assembly, and one of the most
impulsive of San Francisco's statesmen
If he should rise high enough in poll.
tics to step INTO Congressman the fact
that he is one Of the richest saloon
keepers on the Pacific coast, with an
extensive drinking acquaintance, gives
reasonableness to such a surmise-ht
will be good member not to have 6
misunderstanding with. The other day
Mr.. McCue rode out with Col. A. Spear
another San Francisco politician. They
stopped at wayside groggery 10 drink
and in getting into the carriage agar
they jostled each other. The Colone
unwittingly put his hand toward hi
pistol-pocket, and the Assemblyman put
ting the ordinary Western construction
on the movement, quickly drew his owl
revolver and fred. The ball went half
way around the Colonel's head between
the skull and the scalp; but court
plaster and an apology are likely to hea
the wounds of Uranium and friendship
and thus no break will be made in tn,
ranks OF the Assemblyman's supporters
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Running Away from Mamma.

Running away from mamma
Bsreheaded up the street,
Kicking the dust into yellow smoke
With little roguish feet.
Tossing it over his clean white dress
Into his stocking heels,
Checking the little wooden horse
That trundles along on wheels.
Dreaming away, with wide blue eyes,
Aud specializing why
God won't give him the golden ball
That drops in the quivering sky.
What is the use Of that pretty pink cloud
Sailing away so high
If he can't have a ride in it?
And it's no use to try.
II that woman grew with glasses on,
If this house is papa's;
Why that nice red COW won't talk to him
Looking across the bars.
Into the reighbors' gates and doors,
Under their cherry trees,
Into mischief and out again,
Wherever he may please.
Wandering at last to the old church steps,
Little horse and all,
Climbing mp laboriously-
Too bad II ne should fall;
Pushing in with dimpled hands
The great doors, strong and tall,
Letting the warm, sweet summer light
Slide down the shsdowed wall.
Standing still, in the solemn hush
OF chancel, nave and dome,
Thinking ii ia prettier
Than the sitfing-rooin at home.
Not bit afraid. al no indeed,
OF the shadows, vast and dim,
Quite at home, and sure il was made
All on purpose for him.
The old, old story comes up to me,
Written so long ago.
About the heavenly temple,
Where you aud must go,
The beautiful, waiting temple,
That has no room fol SIN
Something about little child
And the way of entering in.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

prayer. But-how charmingly it all
ends the King,
His kind courtesy for to require
Gave him living and dubbed him a knight"
The above story was in its day very
popular. because the game laws of Eng
land at that time were very severe and
hard on the poor. 1t showed what the
King himself would do when he was
hungry, and it seemed a concession to
the cause of the suffering poor.-St.
Nicholas.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

PRINCE BoRALoJovsK, a Servian noble,
who died in Paris the other day, had
been obliged to leave his own country,
from the idea among the country peo-
pie that he belonged to a family of
vampires, the eldest son of which for
three generations came out of their
graves to suck the blood of living peo-
pie. It is said that five days before his
death he told his landlord that it would
be well, after his decease to remove his
heart, SO as to prevent his rising from
the grave.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
diately upon their attain ming their
twenty-frst year.

And so Spain ceases to be a repub-
lie, and returns to monarchy. The
weary farce of republicanism SO feebly
played is ended at last, and the very
Queen whom the Spaniards expelled
few years ago reclaims it in the person
of her illegitmate son, Alfonso XII, as
he will henceforth be known. 1t is
we'll. perhaps. There is no republican
fiber in the Spanisrds, and the exreri-
ment has proved that, after proclaim
ing republic, they did not know what
to do with it. They will be happier and
more peaceful and prosperous under
monarchy than under a republic and
besides, the restoration rescues them
from the danger that has been con-
stantly imminent for the last four years,
of a foreign Intervention, which would
nave been extremely dissgreeable to
them, and would have seriously compli-
Gated European relations. Alfonso is
a mere lad of 16 He was none too well
born, and the experience he has had has
profited him but little. Upon the
whole, We are afraid he will make
sorry ruler, even after he shall have
reached the years of discretion. OF
course a regency will be necessary
until that time arrives.
THE agitation for the repeal of the
usury laws in New York has been re-
vived in that State. The subject isrenew-
ed at each meeting of the Legislature.
All attempts to blot the laws from the
statutes of the State havehitherto failed,
chiefly, it is said, through the opposi-
ton of the agricultural classes. Usury
laws have been extinct in Great Britain
for twenty years, having been repealed
in 1854. Still they are adhered to by
large majority of the States of the
Union, and Georgia, which two years
ago abolished all restrictions on inter-
est, is now the scene of a reactionary
agitation for their re-enactment. The
following table shows how the laws of
the States stand on this subject
Forfeiture Of all Interest-Alabama, Con-
necticut, District of Columbia, Florida. Hi
nols, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana. Missou-
ri, Nebraska. New Jersey, North Carolina,
Rhode Island South Carolina, Tennessee,
Wisconsin.
forfeiture of Interest in Ercess of Legal
Rdte-Dakota, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Mary
land, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont.
Yves. Virginia.
Forfeiture Of Al Rights Under the Contract
Delaware, New York, Virginia.
No Legal observation-disclosures, Colora-
do, Massachusetts,, Mississippi, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Georgia.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
Pith and Point.

INITIATIVE DeauIy-A pretly COUSIN.
SHORT crops-Convicts' hair.
The "panel game Getting jury.
WHAT tine barber said when his wife
fell down -stairs-Razor.
"HE's mean enough to wear clean
shirts is an Alabama ex preston.
JOSH BILLINGS says : "Tew enjoy a
good reputashun, Civ publicly and steal
privately"
Why is New Bedford whaler lik a
modern lady's waterfall? Because it is
arter-fsh-ile.
The butcher will be offended, we sup
pose, if we call baseball a-bat- war, but
we'll risk it.
AN Eastern debating society is trying
to settle which is the hardest to keep,
diary or an umbrella.
MIsERs now and then manage to get
up feast of reason, but their flow of
soul is not a success.
A LITTLE boy having broken his rock
ing-horse the day it was purchased, his
mamma began to scold. when he silenced
her by inquiring " What is the good
of horse till it's broke ?"
A MAN went into the Postoffice at
Springfield, Ohio, and asked Is there
a letter here for Mike Howl" "No,"
angrily replied the clerk, ''there isn't
letter here for anybody's cow"
PEDAGoaUE-FirstG little boy, what is
your name? Little boy-Jule. Peda-
gogue-Oh no your name is julius.
Next little boy, what is yours? Second
boy-My name is Billius.
A CoLoRED gentleman went to consult
one of the most conscientious lawyers,
and after stating his case said CHOW
l knows you's lawyer, but wish you
would please, sa, jiss tell me de truff
bout dat matter"
A UNIVERSITY student broke through
the ice on Lake Monona, the other day,
where the water was only four feet
deep. When he was hauled out and
laid upon the ice, he family whis-
pered: "Boys, didn't care for my
self, but I'm engaged"
A LADY went into carpet store re-
Gently, and, pointing out a carpet,
asked the proprietor what it was.
Brussels, says the proprietor.
Brussels" quoth the lady, passing
her hand over it. "Seems to me the
BRUSHES don't stick mp much"
AS A gentleman was nearly run over
in narrow London street by draw, he
shouted to the driver, "Do you want to
kill me ?" whereupon the intelligent
driver put the thumb of his dexter hand
to his nose, and, spreading out his
fingers like fan, replied: elf 1 had
knOwed you was a-coming this way, L
would have sent you postcard !"
HeUsEKEEpER (who is "going" for
the old bachelor) -What can / have
the pleasure of reading to You, my dear
sir Old Boy-Oh, read the news of
the week, Mrs. Wedorburn. House
keeper-News of the week /! Why it's
not yet half gone Old Boy (mean-
ingly)-Tut, tut, mean the marriage
list, stupid
EVEN in the saloons opinion upon
grave subjects are expressed forcibly.
A gentleman slightly under the infiu-
ence of the intoxicating bowl furnished
proof of this fact, night or two ago.
Whisky, zur," said he. chic
brightens the intellect. It ought, by
thunder, to be introduced into the
public schools, st. Louis Re-
publican.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
To CORRESPONDENT.

All communications for this paper should be acs
companied by the name Of the author not necess
sarily for pu bcation, but as an evidence Of good
s<aith the part of the writer Write only on one
side of the paper Be particularly cafefl, in Civ
ing and dates to have the letters aad figures
plain and distinct.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

JOSEPH WOLF, who lately died in
Jasper county, Missouri, aged 80, boast
ed that he had heard the inaugural adj
dress of every President of the United
States to date. This is to be received
with caution; it isn't likely that any
man could go through all that and live
to see his seth year.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
THE English Postoffice paws The re.

THE English Postoffice pays The re-
ceipts for 1873 amounted to S26, 740, 900,
the expenditure at the same time was
S1S,965, 900. leaving a surplus of no
less than SITS, 900. There are AZ, 600
persons employed in the department, of
whom many are women, this number In
Guiding IL, 500 Postmasters, 9, 900 clerks,
and about 10000 sorters, carriers and
messengers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

TIE Vermont Fish Commissioners
report that about 2, 175, 900 young shad
have been distributed, and the expert
ment of making them live without
periodic migrations to the sea has
proved successful
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

THERE are half million lace makers
in Europe.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

LEWIS, the wit of the Detroit Free
Press, is described as youth Of about
%, with a dark and rolling eye and a
mustache like the shadow of a great
sorrow. He is engaged to lady whose
papa is worth half million.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

COOP news comes from the last part
of the world whence it could be expect
ed. "Slavery is abolished among the
white subjects of the King of Siam. "
Like the Japanese, the Siamese are,
through their own and rulers aid, per-
sistently trying to raise themselves to a
higher standard of civilization, and to
stand before the world as an example to
other Asiatic nations. The first example
of this was when the young King of
Siam, after his second coronation, put
a peremptory stop to the customary
and ancient form of groveling before
him by courtiers and others. He gave
as his reason that he was ashamed to
see creatures of his own image crawl
before him, ard only asked that the
same homage be paid him as is paid to
Western monarchs. The law abolshing
slavery provides that ali children born
of slave parents subsequent to the 18th
of April, 1eo8, shall become free imme-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

DURING the current year national
banks paid to the government over S.
900, 900 in taxes, and the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue estimates that at
the expiration of the year the amount
viii reach $4,000. OOO-s5OO, 600 more
than was collected during the preceding