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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-10
FLOODING THE MINES.

uIu the name Of the Prophet, Figsi"
cried the 6myrniote fruit dealer. In
the name and Interest of the working
men OF the United States the Pennsyl-
vania miners are flooding the coal
n1iues. What brilliant set they are q
doing their best to make coal dear TO.
the working people Of New York, New
Jersey aud ali the Eastern States this
winter! The genius who in a bank
riot advised the mob to burn up the
banks notes was nothing TO these
sapient miners. Every one of them
ought to have a leather medal, with a
suitable device engraved on 1t.
The railroad companies own most OF
the mines. They own also the stock
on hand of COAL If, in consequence OF
the stupidity of the miners, coal goes
up the railroad companies will make
money The miners profess to hate
the companies; hence they food the
mines, and all this they are, doing IN
the name and on behalf OF fhe work.
ingmen of the United States! 1t Is
really one ofthe most remarkable cases
of blind, unreasoning folly in history.
They do not appear to have even one
man among them with wit enough to
see that the effect of their brutal des
truction is to injure themselves and
those whom they pretend to call irtenSs
and to benefit the men they choose K
dislike. ...... .4....,.-5.,
II, next winter, coal should rise II
famine prices here in New York ,wher
thousands of families buy it by tn
bucketful, these poor Sufferers WA
have to thank for this a parcel OF II
noramuses in the coal mines, who ca
themselves workingnlen, but who ar
really the enemies of all industfiot
workiugmeu.--N.l Y. Herald. f''h 'Hi
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-10

Come aud see for yourselves, but do not
fail to bring along the sspondulix," because
I must have more ready money and less
will be found by every one-man, woman
or chiid-in trading for cash at the store OF
1A.tf II. KIN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-10
TnE LOSS or PERSONAL IDENTITY.

When Dan Rice was most popular
as q clown it was one of his favor1fe
tests to lament the fact he was not pos
tive rs to his own identity. he hao
reason, he said, to fear that he was not
himself, but somebody else that IN ~
fancy he had been removed from ms
cradle and carried away he knew NOT
where. while another baby had D<en
placed in the cradle in his stead. -
weep sometimes," he said, "to think
what may be enduring Of poverty ana
wretchedness without knowing II, ana =
would give anything to know wneFe
1 am and who am"
1t appears that the clowns lament
was not altogether unreasonable Two
cases have attracted attention recent1y
which show how difficult it is for any
man to be certain that he Is himself
In one of them, a man was found deaq'
and at the inquest held over the Douy
his sons appeared and sWore tina. .'lo
corps was that of their father. Ans.
the man had been buried, and the TACT
,,,,hlished In the newspapers, he came
r. New York from his home In New
Jersey. and insisted that he was not
dead at all; and thus the coroner was
left with two copies Of the man, so 10
i. sneak. on his hands. One Of them ne
had buried. and the other WAS anVe
and we'll. .,:.-
The second case was still stranger.
A man was taken to a Brooklyn hos
pital for treatment, and he there regis
tered his name "a Robert Morton, o
No. 40 Beach street, New York. HI
related, also, the rather singular stor!
of his life. After Il while his friend
began to cali upon him, but they agrees
in insisting that the man who calie
himself Robert Morton, and who CAV
what they knew to I've a correct auto
biography Of Robert Morton, was nc
Robert Morton at all, but some othe
person, to them, rs apparently to hin
self, unknown. This leaves the poo
man without name or personal ideht
ty, and his case ia hard one. He bt
lieved himself to be Robert Morto
until otherwise informed, and now n
does not know who he is. Unless som
friend shall appear who can enlighte
him on this point, he must always n
main a mystery to himself.
In view of these facts it Ia wort
while to ask whether we shall not haN
to tattoo trademarks upon our bodl.
for protection against .sbase and wortl
less imitations' with which unscrupl
lous rivals may at any time ''hoodAtf
Market" AS An additional precauttc
against fraud it may be we'll to contin'
the tattooing process, illustrating ou
selves from time to time with pictur
Of the principal scenes in our live
fairly traced in India ink upon arl
and chest.-Ne,0 York Euentng Post.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-10
THE MAN WHO COULD MAKE JURIEs
y y TUT - AGREE. Ia .a,sn.--. -.

,....t, -.,,, EVirginia City 3Cronicle.1 '. L
, Presently the stiffness OF the c court
room was interrupted by the entrance |
of q man who came in with hshufhtng,
uneasy step. and with his hat In his
hantf. , He halted aud leaned against |
tlle railing. Nobody took the sl'gnteet
notice of him, however. AT last ne
took courage and spoke.
ala the judge in ~
Honor.
swell, what do you want 2" u
@uI'm looking for Job, your Honor.
i'ye been looking for Work over
month";"
."rhere's nothing for you here"
81 Thought We occasionally gave jury
man a lob, 1 don't read newspapers
any, and bein' a stranger in town, !
haven't got any prejudices agin any
! body. A pArd OF inins wrote down e.
n,e at Reno, last week, and SAID. tina.
I the Jury bnsineiss up here was brisk AN,
it. would pay to co'ne up. AS tm
stranger to you, aud. Il little hard up,
I'ii start in aud serve for n case or two
for half price till you kin see what
: kin do.'
"What are your main quaiittca-
t Itions2" s''..' '-'''..
r ..My strong suit! is making jury
: agree. No juries ever get hung it I'm
r on 'e,l. just lay down till they ta tai
! tntss first ballot, then jine the n1ajnrfty
! and argue the rest into it. can dis
, count any lawyer talking. can sho"
] ,e,u up points they never tnnl'led t.
!. before. Sometimes have to use force
/ but seldom. Once, down at ,frnckee
! in i murder case, there were couple O
fellows standin' out agin hangin'; and
i after arguing with them as smooth ant
q gentlemanly as could for over quar-
) ter of an. hour, I went for 'em witt
! chairs, and by the time had burstee
/! half u dozen pieces OF furniture over en-
q they was glad to come in with vel
n dict of murder in tho first degree an
"a the fellow was hung not long after ware
r. In the Justice courts I can get on tn
Is jury, and II you'll just give roe a win
q. as to how you want the case to go, l.
as guarantee to fetch In the verdict 70
want, or not take cent" ....
The man was told to drop round In
day or 80 and they would try and mall
. a vacancy for him. In order to do
-, however, some regular juryman WI
:, probably have to be discharged.
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V1ok's n......
ILLUsTR ATED PRICED CATALOGUE
Fifty pages-3OO Illustrations, with De-
scriptions OF thousands of the best Flowe
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vick's Floral Guild ,Quat erly Csc q year.
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Moxhoe, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: ~
4. L: Fa1Nro.' ,ise '>''''<1
81" ON GRAND STREET.
Hs, on hsnd plenty of Groceries, such as
90. t..s-! ..l.' BACON, ....ait +
ar,....,.ra FLOUR, SUGAR,
5.-~ COFFEE, GOLDEN SYRUP, as |
CAROLINA RICE, CANNED FRUITS,
LEL11Es, CAKES, CANDIES,
.aI,ea .sARDIrEs. OYSTERS, -,
a. ...s3 VEGETABLES, in',a
PINE APPLES, sUaAR CURED HAMS,
BREAKFAST BACON,
Large Assortmsnt OF crockeryware,
TOBACCO. AND c1aAHsts'sI
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. people of the surrounding country
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I, PLENTY OF EGGS, sPICED PICS FEET
d ..,.. OYSTERS, sARDINEs. s.,5a-uf
- PorrED OR DEvILED.
h MEATS, LOBsTERs, SALMON AND
~ MUSHROOMS; ASSORTED CANNEI
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~ POTATOES AND oNIoNs;
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VARIETY OF NICE AND UsEFUF
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11
Hr. Schuyler's Report on the Eastern
Outrages.

Mr.. Schuyler's complete report is
ready. 1t states that seventy nine viii
lagos were burned, many more pillsged,
at least 9, 900 houses burned, ~, 900 per-
sons deprived of shelter, Is, 900 killed,
and that many more died from disease,
exposure and imprisonment. The re
bellion was insignificant and the massa-
cres unnecessary.
Mr.. Schuyler vainly tried to obtain
from the Turkish officials a list of out
RACES by the Bulgarians. The vague
statements in circulation were disproved
during the investigation. he heard
most of such statements in Constant
nople. They became less exaggerated
and diminished as he approashed the
locality. He obtained proof of lis per-
sons killed by the Bulgarians, including
twelve women and children. De
tailed lists are given OF the popu'a
ton OF the Christian villages killed,
likewise Of the Mohammedans. At
Pansgurishta only two women were
killed amidst the fighting.
No Turkish women or children were
killed in cold blood. No Mussulman
women were violated no purely Turk
ish village, excepting Truth, was at
tackled OF burned no Mussulman house
was pillaged (; no mosque sacked. Ii has
been maintained that the massacres and
outrag116bwere not ordered by the Porte,
but Mr.. Schuyler has strong reason TO
believe that Abdul Kerim Fasha, Hus-
sein Avpi, aud Midhat Pasba had cog,
nizance OF these deeds, If they did not
actually order them. Men the most DIS
tinguishej for their cruelty have been
promoted or decorated, while an attempt
has been made 10 punish some Turkish
officials who did their best to spare Ia
nocent lives.-Lo,sdon Daily Net0s.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA THURSDAY, JANUARY II. 1877.

Knocked Slythorpe down, proceeded to
dandy cane, which stood by the side of
the fireplace, gave him one of the most
tremendous thrashings ever recorded in
the pages of history. And the clerk in
the outer office, who owed Slythorpe
many a grudge for acts of petty tyranny,
listened at the door, smiling pleasantly
at each " swish of the descending cane,
and finally indulged in a war dance ex-
pressive of triumph and exultation,
round the office stool.
A fortnight later, Maj. Howard, look
ing wonderfully better in health and
strength, stood before the altar of
quiet city church with a graceful little
figure by his side. And with no pomp
or ceremony, no breakfast, no speeches,
no wedding guests. with only good Mrs.
Murgatroyd for bridesmaid, the two
true lovers were made one. And six
months afterward, in the Court of
Queens Bench, the great assault case
of Slythorpe VS.. Howard was tried. And
when the lawyers on both sides had had
their say, the presiding Judge said,
Gentlemen of the jury, it is not dis
puted that very violent assault was
committed on the plaintiff, and he is
therefore entitled to your verdict. But
in assessing the damage, gentlemen,
you will consider the general merits of
the case, and give the plaintiff only such
compensation as you think he fairly de-
serves And the jury, in awarding one
farthing by way of damages, expressed
their unanimous regret that there wasn't
a smaller coin.-LOndOn Society.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11

but he found his imperious will met by
another not more tractable in Johnson's.
Vanderbilt therefore got out of New
Jersey Central and fixed his eagle eye
on New York Central. Since that time
The former road has completed the i'm
mense bridge across Newark bay, en-
tered Jersey City, Newark, Long Branch
and Perth Amboy, and its main stem is
no longer twenty-five miles long, but
200 miles. spanning from Raritan bay
and the bay of New York to the Della
ware and the Susquehanna- Its gross
earnings are 81, 500, 900, and it carries
$47, 900, 600 of stock and debt.
HIS JOBS.
The grandeur of Vanderbilt's g financial
transactions was shown in his Harlem
corner at the close of the war. The
stock was selling at 40 in the market,
par a. so. If there were 70, 900 shares,
it required only 50, 800, 600 to buy the
whole stock. At par, Vanderbilt & Go.
bought up the whole stock, while the
"shorts offered 60. Having got the
stock it went up gradually to $50, at or
about which figure the brokers and their
principals had to settle or break, making
a profit to the Vanderbilt pool Of say
SO, 900, 900, or nearly three times the
whole amount of the investment. One
of his greatest days was late in Decem-
ber, 1868. he had purchased or con-
trolled about 13O, 600 shares of New York
Centralstock. Getting together quorum
Of Directors in night session, they. de
clared dividend of 80 per cent, and
it next morning. The stock
almost instantly jumped from 40 to 165,
and the short interest had to pay over
s., ,000, 600 to the Commcdore's coterie.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11

BIZ ALFRED b. STREET.

II lies along the margin Of the brook
5,nameled with bright moss, red, green, and white
m sn pea pea'iy saesn o. ITS smooth bark tetween
twisting against the sun in equal rigs.
One end has melted into saffron bits
50 soft the rabbit crushes them in prints:
The other lies within dense bouquet
Df bushes while upon its middle bulk
a sapaing rears its slender shape. and grasps
u rs ;. s,rschins Itching arms below The nssure bark
st.ciings, home Of the cricket and the tribe
Of insects that the hicker's drum-roll sounds
Is kneil to- In the followed cave within,
The snow sits halfway, and the autumn leaves
Scud shudder1Dg from the wind. the wolfsh wind
That follows with its howl In cold, gray hours
Which tel November near. A shelter warm
for the lost hunter when the bitter sleet
stinss the black air Of night and the slight trail
Has vanished in the snow, and bush and tree
Look ,.ok 50 like one another n the depths,
Even to his practiced eye, that hs has strsyed
IN circles tn his limbs can stir more.
And he can only drag within the tree
HIS length. but there can hear, sleep oer-creers
The sharp tick of the sieet that pricks no more
His flesh; till morning sets the woods Alright,
And brings his gladdened footsteps out at last
TO his rousa ehoppine, and his shanty rude
ABS 5adger dries his thick, gray jacket there,
sst with the sparkle Of the sunny shower
That glazed the air into a diamond
The touehwood. wakeliiDg, like the owl, at night,
Lights its pale eressets al along the cave,
chapel then, that echoes with the choir
OF cr-cxets in full song How long this trunk
Hss lain dissolving. fancy only tells
The young black eagle has exchanged his hue
For the gray Drinker Of the suns; the sprout
Has seen its twin, red. ciumpled LEAKAGE turn
Into a world Of verdure lifted high,
Upon spotted shaft that dared the blast
Since the first grosn was uttered in the fall
Of the proud oak whose specter there Is stretched
OFT have made the bulk q aoon-tide seat,
And watched the bee, laden with howery wealth,
Dert,ng within, what time some isinglass
OF nImy rain shone in the summer blue
Like sheen upon the purple of the plum
Or the red squirrel. powdered with the drops
streaked 10 its shelter, flashing white in Dc ari
Soon the old hollow wooden cave will mslt
Into brown ruin, and green waves of fern
And moss roll over its crsoked fragments, till
bower of szplings plumes the piilared spot
And beetie-blots Of gold snd sable shapes
frame rich chequey AL the summer day.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11

The Cincinnati Times, in an article on
accidents and their causes, con-
cludes as follows:
There is this peculiarly about the
Like Shore road-there have been fewer
accidents in its history than ON almost
any trunk line on our continent, but
those few have been such as can never be
forgotten. 1t is one of the best built
and best managed roads in the world
double steel track, stone ballast and best
of rolling stock. 1t will go for decade
without damaging a car, breaking
wheel, or even missing connection, and
then, all Of a sudden II plunges into a
catastrophe that makes the world shud-
der. Thrice in the last fifteen years il
has suffered from accidents that are typi-
cal OF railway horrors-Asbtabula
Painesville, Angolal And each of these
seem to have been the work OF fate, of
which no prescience could warn, no
prudence provide against. The soil
from Cleveland to Buffalo is a mixture Of
sand, clay and gravel, and the streams
running lakeward have dug for them
selves deep and narrow gorges. Across
these the road passes by double-trac
viaducts of the finest character. That al
Painesville is massive stone structure
which can stand the wear of ages. MosI
of the others are iron bridges of the
best make. And yet, amid the fierce
cold and heavy snow storms of the lake
shore many Of these gorges have beer
the scenes Of sad disaster. At Angola 9
rail snapped by the frost, and the train
plunged into the gorge, lighting on end,
and burning up with thu passengers in
it. At Painesviue, some years ago. at
just this season of the year, aud amid
just such a snow storm, one of the trsi e
was brought to standstin by the drifts.
A trustworthy officer was sent ont to flag
following trains, but, blindfolded by the
fierce storm, and overcome by the cold
insidiously creeping through his veins,
he failed to attract the attention of n
pursuing express, which crashed at ter
ritic speed through the blockaded train.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-11
About the House.

BENzrNE and common clay will clean
marble.
IF you buy carpets for durability,
choose small figures.
KEROSENE and powdered lime, whit
ing, or wood ashes, will scour tins with
little trouble.
A FEW drops OF ammonia in bowl OF
water will remove all greasiness and dis
agreeable odors from the person added
to foot-bath it will absorb all noxious
smells.
WHEN your refrigerator needs clean
ing, scald it with hot suds; rinse With
vinegar and water first, and after with
soda in Gear cold water, and wips thor
oughly dry.
For SCARLET FEvER.-An eminent
physician of Chicago says he cures
ninety nino out of every hundred cases
of scarlet fever, by giving the patti ent
warm lemonade with gum arabic dis
solved in it. A cloth wrung out in hot
water and laid upon the stomach should
be removed as rapidly as it becomes
cool.
ONIONS cut in slices and placed in a
room WI ere person is sick, it is stated,
will absorb the poison of the disease and
prevent it from spreading. They should
be changed every hour. II placed in a
room where there is small pox prtient,
they will swell mp and commence to de-
cay at once. 1t is simple experiment,
and worthy the attention OF nurses. :.
To REMOVE freshly split ink from car
pets, first take mp as much as possible
with teaspoon. Then pour cold sweet
milk upon the spot and take it up as
before, pouring on milk until at last the
carpet becomes only slightly tinged
with black. Then wash with cold water
and absorb with cloth without too
much rubbing.
HOP SIRUP FOR A CoUGH.-To one
ounce Of hops and one pint of water add
one tablespoonful of faxseed. Put all
in saucepan and boil it till reduced
one half. Strain it of. add one hall
pint Of molssses, or, for those who pre-
fer it, quarter of . pound OF brown
sugar. Bou this until 1t becomes thicl