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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
He Preferred 10 Walk.

"She's pretty hot, amt sbe?" said
backwoods passenger, addressing the
engineer of a Mississippi steamer
that was racing with another boat.
$685." responped the engineer, as
he hung an additional wrench on the
safety-valve cord to stop the steam
from escaping.
II reckon we'll overtake that craft
soon," pursued the passenger.
@That's about it," returned the en-
gineer, giving the cords another
twitch and hallooing through the
trumpet to the fireman to Shove her
up"
"One hundred and ninety five, "
hummed the passenger, looking first
at the gauge and then at the boilers.
"That's about where she's rustica-
ting" put In the engineer.
Then the passenger ran his fingers
through his hair nervously, and
walked about the decks for a few
minutes, when he came back to the
engineer and observed;
Hadn't you better let that boat
gos"
Cant do 1t. Must pass her,"
"But s'posen' we should blow up?"
"Well," said the engineer, as he
peeped over the guard TO see how
fast he was gaining, "if it's the will
of Providence for this boat to blow
up. we'll haye to stand it," Then he
hallooed to the fireman to roll up an
other cask OF bacon, and to mix
pleanty OF resin with the coal, and
give her little more turpentine and
oil.
The next moment there was a
splash in the river; but before the
yawl could be lowered the man had
succeeded in reaching the shore, and
hallooed not:
$50 on with the race. guess I'll
walk &c Commodore Rollingpin.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22

Behold Dan. Voorhees, going about
the state roaring for rags, denoun-
cling specie as a relic of barbarism
and going to as wild an extreme OF
crazy greenbackism as Sam Cary or
George Washington Maddox. Be-
hold J. E. Mcdonald, another Demo
cratic apostle In the same state, 60
ing about and preaching the gospel
OF honest money, and at the same
time predicting that his dishonest
money brother in the Democratic
faith will be returned to the senate.
Behold, also, Mr.. Tom Hendricks, of
the same political household, grace
fully balanced on the top rail of a
stake and-rider political fence. and
saying: Here you see Mr.. Voorhees,.
DE believesi In plenty of paper and no
specie basis. He is going back to the
senate. And here you see Mr.. Nc
Donald. He believes in coin. and pa
per convertible into coin on demand.
He is senator. Hurrah for both of
theml'I 1t is an amusing spectacle. One
on the soft money side of the fence to
catch the soft money voters, one on
the hard money side to catch the
hard money voters, and one straddle
to catch the clothes pin voters. And
all these are leaders in an organiza-
ton which calls itself political par
ty, and as such is supposed to have
something like definite political
purpose.-Chicago Times.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
New York Letfer.l

lNeW 4 Ork Letter.
/ was at Greenwich CT, the other
day. where w. NJ. Tweed had his
summer home. 1t is sad sight to
look upon this once elegant place.
1t has gone to ruin. The grounds
have fallen into decay. An air OF
neglect is Oh everything. The man.
sion is closed. There Is no money to
keep things up. The smooth shaven
lawn Is ovorgrown. The fire lamps
are broken and dismantled. The
costly stables are deserted. All that
shared his prosperity seem to share
In his downfall. The elegant houses
OF the ring maGaates have been sold
or deserted. The mansions that
Tweeds women occupied have no ten
ants the grand club house is sum-
mer hotel. and over wall, fence, man
sion doorway. stable and garden we're
written by an armless hand, "The
way OF the transgressor Is hard"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Gems OF Thought.

A modest youth may become a
confident man, though never an
inlpudeat one.
Those days are lost in which we do
no good; those worse than lost in
which we do evil.
He that pursues honor, applause.
or worldly reputation. is like the
foolish schoolboy running after the
butterfly, and neglecting his book;
both meet with disappointment. dis
satisfaction, and reproof.
You can imagine thistle down so
light that when you run after it your
running motion would drive 1t away
from from you, and the more you
would try to catch it the further it
ould fly from your grasp. And it
should be with every man, that when
he is chased by troubles, they, cha
sing, shall raise him higher and high
er.-Beecher.
According to Democritus, truth
lies at the bottom of well, the depth
OF which, alasl gives but little hope
OF release. To besure, one advan-
tage is derived from this, that the
water serves for a mirror, in which
truth may be reflected. 1 have heard
however. that some philosophers, in
seeking for truth to pay homage to
her, have seen their own image and
adored it instead.-Richter.
A little child held a mirror, bright
as FURNISHED silver, and every
thought Of the child was written
thereon, and every deed was pictur-
ed day by day, Day by day the
present overshadowed the past, and
the outlines of the old became more
dimly defined. At times the mirror
was bright. and beautiful when
thoughts as white as snow were writ
ten thereon, with pictures as lovely
as Eden. At others the black thun-
der cloud overspread all its face, and
only the demon eye Of the fierce
lightning passion could be discerned
There were pictures Of joy, OF misery
Of pleasure, OF pain, OF duties done
and neglected, of successes and de-
feats, of anticipations and regrets OF
wonderful kaleidoscope change. And
the child thought and the man and
the world that the new writing, with
its sharply drawn images. ever blot.
ted out the old, and that the fading
outlines disappeared forever. But
there came a day when the child hav-
ing assembled the pathway Of life
and descended, reached the head
lands over the mystic sea which laves
with sullen waves the shores Of
death. The dawning light from the
remote horizon was caught by the
mirror, and it became blaze. Every
thought, every image. which had
beautified or darkened its fair face
appeared in an incffaceable pano.
rama. The recording angel had al.
lowed no erasure, and all the world
lead the open book.-Tuttle.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Gentle WOman's Way.

Mrs. Anna Hopper drove into Pat
terson, N. j., the other day, and leav-
ing her team few moments the ami
mails ran away. They tipped over
various wagons and did considerable
damage. Mrs. Hopper at last caught
them and jumped into the wagon.
Robert Dougherty, whose wagon had
been injured, seized the horses by
the bits and said they should not go
on until Mrs. Hopper had paid him
for his losses. The lady spoke no
word, but struck both horses and Mr..
Dougherty with the whip. The gen.
tleman held to the bits and was
dragged half block, the lady belab-
oring him and the horses all the way.
Finally he was obliged to let go, and
Mrs. Hopper drove off with flying
colors and amid the cheers of the
crowd. Now man would not have
done this. A man would have hesi-
tated and talked, and finally paid
whatever bills were brought against
him. And yet they say that they do
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Religions INTELLIGENCE.

Nebraska has $50 Baptist churches,
with a membership of about 1000.
Charles E. Stowe, son of Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, has been licensed
as a Congregational minister.
Efforts are being made, it is said,
by the Baptists of the United States,
to induce the Rev. Mr.. Maclain. OF
Manchester, England, to come per-
manently to this country.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart, it is said, in ad-
dition to her munificent gifts at Car
den City, contemplates establishing
and endowing a diocesan divinity
school during the coming autumn.
She evidently does not intend to
bury her talent in napkin.
The statistics OF the southern Pres
byterian church which have lately
appeared, give the following facts
Number of churches, 1873; ministers
and licentiates, 1,116; ruling elders
and deaeons, 5000; church members,
114,57S; total contributions, $780,
971; the decrease ia contributions
during the year was $4,000.
There are now more than 100000
Mennonites ia the United States, dis
tributed through perhaps a dozen
states. They are people OF thrift
and energy. and by their good con-
duct commend themselves to those
among whom they live. Their re-
ligious beliefs approach more nearly
to those of the Quakers than any 9TH
ers. They refuse the Old Testament
and deny that there is any original
sin.
There are now 90 Baptist churches
in the young Republic of Liberia.
About 5000 Congoes were rescued
from slave ships by American men
of-war, and they were landed and
cared for in Liberia. Not one re-
lapsed into heathenism. Among the
Bassa people many have become
faithful followers of Christ. The door
| OF access to the heather Of Contra
Africa now seems wide open.
The life of Pope Leo XIII is en-
FILTERED by the springing up in Rome
of Protestant temples and schools tc
"create generation antagonism te
the Church." and by IAN unbridled
press fighting against the faith" His
Holiness has addressed a letter Oh
the subject TO the Cardinal Vicar
urging ''every possible effort in ordel
that the light OF the Catholic faith
which heretical sects would seek tt
extinguish. may be preserved"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22

That man consents to accept a
challenge and fight duel is no evil
dence of his bravery. Nine tenths OF
the duels..are fought by men with in
ternal shakings, and the only reason
they do not jump behind some con-
venient tree, or run, is because peo-
pie are looking ON. A recent duel is
thus described by correspondent in
Friendship. N. Y. A couple OF young
bloods quarreled and agreed to fight.
The seconds who seemed to have
some sense, quietly put blank cart
ridges In the pistols. At the first fire
one of the duelists sprang behind a
tree, and let his rivals ball, as he sup
posed. go harmlessly by. He then
sprang out suddenly, fred two shots
quickly at his isary, and threw
down his revolver and ran. In his
haste he fell into creek, and came
very rear being drowned.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
A Fish Story.
From the Burlington Hawkeye.

From the Burlington Hawkeye.
/ landed my first pickerel the first
evening we were on the lake. am
not skillful fisherman. l told the
boys that could do little plain
fishing, but / didn't want to be set
down for anything with any kind OF
fiuting. embroidery, knife-pleatiDg,
or anything OF that kind about 1t.
fished from the shore, by the side of
veteran fisher, Mr.. A. X. Dunlap, OF
Titusville. He knows every fish in
the lake by name. He can tell by the
movement of the line what kind of a
fish is at your hook. Something
ran away with my hook.
Its pickerel, shouted Mr.. Dun
lap, in intense excitement. "A big
fellow. Take out your lines" he
yelled to the rest OF them. "Giye
him plenty of rooml Play him." he
shrieked at me. LET him runl Keep
your line tautl Don't give him an
inch of slack Look out! Don't LET
him do that againl Let him run!
Now, bring him in this LOOK
out Don't let him do that again!"
By this time 1 was so excited was
on the point of throwing down the
pole and rushing out in the lake, in
tending to run the fish down and kick
it to death. / screamed to Mr.. Dun
lap.
You take the pole and land him,
never can"
He refused. He turned and hurled
his pole, lance fashion, into the
woods.
"Here he shouted, running down
the bank about twenty feet below
me, STOPPING down and stretching
ont his arms. "Here! Now! Bring
him In here through the shoal water
I'll get himl CAREFUL Steady
All"
And flip, flap. l have him on the
shore. He was a beauty. A little
sunfish about 81 inches long.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Only An Emigrant.
John BOYLE o'REILLY.

Only an emigrant lying there
on the rock bound coast of Halifax Bay,
With the salt sea damp on his yellow mar,
And his face aghast in death. dismay;
ONLY an emigranti One of five hundred
Hurled TO his doom where some one Diunaefeu'
When the rich 90 down we may reckon the cost,
And value their lives and what they are WORTH
But who will weep for the emigrant loss-s
This clod of clay which numbered the ear'n'
Drive his nails in the coffin lid,
And let his corps from our sight be hid.
But list, pray. Leagues and leagues away
In turf-thatched hut on the lrlsh shore,
There are human hearts which are breaking
And bright hopes dashed for evermore,
And ewes half blinded with passionate tears,
And the dreary outlook of desolate years.
Only an emigrant lying there,
Lifeless and mute in Halifax Bay; -.
But his soul was strong and his skies wereI air'
When he left his home month to-day,
He foufled his child and kissed his wife,
Ere he sought new scenes in the battle OF HE.
Brawny his hands and brave his heart,
And firm his belief that the hour would come
When those with whom he dreaded to part
Should ioin hir, again in q Western home,
Hopeful and happy, and rich and free,
In q better land beyond the sea.
Only an emigrant's family there,
In the Irish home where the Eews has sped;
But the terrible look of utter despair
Makes the face OF the living AZ sad a. 'ne aeao
For the light of thsir lives went out that day,
When the ship struck the rocks In Halifax bay.
Only an em:grant lying there,
With his parted lips grown ashen gray,
With the sea damp on his yellow hair,
And his face aghast in deaths dismayl
Omerciful God take his soul to Thee,
In the better land beyond the sea,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22

There is not Democratic or infia-
ton paper in the State that dares
dispute or publish these facts:
There Is more than three times as
much paper money in the country
now as there ever was at any time
before the war began, and more than
twice as much per capita as there
was in 1860.
Taking paper currency and coin
together, there is more government
money In circulation in the United
States now than there was in 1878 be-
fore the panic.
The paper money circulation of the
United States at present Is largely
more per capita to the population
than in any other country in the
world.
The paper money circulation OF the
country in 1870 was s7O0,0O0,00O, in
1873 it was $3.50, 100000, and in 1874
it was 1871. 100000. 1t is, therefore,
impossible and untrue that the panic
OF 1873 was caused by contraction Of
the currency or by a lack of sufficient
circulation.
The actual contraction OF the pa
per currency in the United States
since 1865 has been 1924 721, 410, but
the gold value and purchasing power
of the present volume OF currency is
only s7,790,G63 less than it was in
1865.
The actual contraction of paper
currency since 1873, the year of the
panic. has been SCI ,465,093, but the
gold value and purchasing power Of
the currency at present is $36.411 800
greater than In 1873.
The public debt Of France is ST.
695, 100000. or considerably more than
twice that OF the United States. Its
paper currency, amounting to $780,
000. 1000, rests on specie basis and is
redeemable in coin, and the govern
ment OF France has no authority to
increase the currency, the Bank Of
France alone having the exclusive
right to issue notes.
The foregoing facts, based on latest
official reports, furnish complete
refutation of all the statements and
arguments used by infiationists.' For
that reason, and because they are
true and unanswerable, not a Demo
cratic or initiation paper in the State
dares publish them.-Iadianapolis
Journal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Indiana Patents.

The following is a list OF the pat.
ents issued to citizens of the State OF
Indiana, August Ia. 1873. and each
hearing date July 80. 1878. Furnished
this paper by G. Bradford, Solicitor OF
Patents, Is Hubbard's Block, Indian
apolis, Ind, OF whom copies and in
formation may be obtained:
No. 906,7O4 To Elias r. Clark and
Robert Hamilton, OF Lafayette. for i'm
provemens In feather paddle wheels.
No. 206. 706. To John L. Dulsaver, oil
Brazil, for improvement in stock mang.
les
No. 200,T4l To Pulaski T. Madison
of indianapolis, for improvement in rail
joints.
No, 206, 793. To Isaac KilIian. OF
Washington. for improvement in hay
drags.
No. 2e6,SO7. To George Wasterman, oi
M,sbawaka, for improvement in grinding
mills for feed
M. 206 Sil. To Robert H. McGinni:
and Chas. T. Maus, of Goshen, Tor i'm
prcvement in combined fire escape and
spring bed
No. 206,S49 To Andrew Yount, o
kokomo, Tor improvement in governor:
of steam engines.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
NOT A OUACK NOSTRUM.
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22

Benin & Wagner's tables have just
been published, and show a total in
crease in the population OF the aarth
Of 800, 900 partly arisin gfrom natural
growth, partly from the showing OF
new and more exact censuses. The
total population of the earth is set
down at ,439, 143, 300, divided as fol-
lows: Europe, 321, 1893 .4sO; Asia, S31,
100000; Africa, 2O5, 219, 500; America,
S6.116,OO0; Australia and Polynesia,
AL, 300.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Ue Wanted n Poetic License.

He was a tall. spare man, with
charm sunburnt n, so, and an unsha
ven face He wore O. chip hat, wei
sweated through in hfont, with the
rim turned down all ABOUND. and
dark. narrow bit of br. aid FOR baud
His butternut pants were neatly
tucked into his cowhie % boots, and
the thumbs of his b ronzed hands
were thrust into the ar nholes OF his
vest. He entered the Mayors Office
with the air of man of bushes, and
marching up to his Ho nor, said. in
quiIingly;
BE you the Mayor"
@Yes, have that honor"
well, 1 want license for my
daughter, Maria Jane"
"Ah, L see; your daughter Is about
to get married, and you wish to pro-
cure a marriage license. We do not
issue these papers here. You must
90 over on the North Side, to the
county building
mo, Squire, you are mistaken-as
much mistaken as il you had burnt
your last shirt, or had accidently got
into the wrong pew in meeting; but
Maria Jane dosen't want license tC
get married not by no means-not by
more than considerable. She is {
darned smart girl.if she is my daugh.
ter, and il 1 do say it as I hadn'
ought to. She has been keepin
school and boarding round up in The
Persimmon deestrict, and writing
verses for the Summerfield Weekl.
EagIe. She thinks now OF givin' vi
teachin' and devotin. her hull time tt
literary persoots. and, Squire, as Tn
law abidin' man and loyal to the
core-three OF my boys went clear
through to the sea with Sherman
Squire, and I want to do the bust
ness for the girl on the square. ant
sol called to take out poetic licens
for Maria Jane. You see, Will Morri
son, who has been to college, toll.
Maria that anybody must have II
Gense before he writ much poetry
Here the Mayors face turned yer,
red, as IL suffering from some intensl
internal emotion, and it was observe,
that his eyes were suffused with tears
His Secretary suddenly approaches
, the window and gazed abstractly GU
upon the trees In the tubs whose EN-
erald branches were gracefully sway
Ing In the summer breeze in front o
the saloons across the way. The far
mer fixed his curious eyes upon tn
Mayor for moment, who finally SUI
ficisntly recovered himself to say:
sMy dear sir, your daughter need
no license 10 write poetry. She ca
write as much as eyer she pleases an
it will be all right"
wont it be agin the law to do
without license? inquired the man
"She has heard that Byron and Mr.:
, Hemans used good many poeti
, licenses in their writins and sh
, thought she'd better do as the rest G
'em did. Butt fits all right without
, it's probably OWN to the freedom @
! our institutions and sich like"
Exactly" said the Mayor.
r And the satisfied rustic walked GU
OF the Office picking his teeth with
, straw.-Chioago Tribune,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22

not know how to transact business
and are never prompt to act in emer-
gencfes. All, fellow citizens, how we
misjudged these sO-called feeble
creatures BufdlO Express.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
rue GOWN Tssr.

II sang song he sang IL well
Ills voice was low aud tender;
Tie sang IN praise of her he loved
A knight, her have defender,
He vowed by all the gods above
No drawer knight or trueF
Fer sought the maiden of his CHOICE
And prayed to he her wooeF.
To test III. love sh0 thought II well,
Ere her future lite she trusted,
She wore next night. hoFrid gown
And he got up and busted.
-ScribRer for august
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22

1t is better to have a clear con-
science and be threatened than to
have q bad one and fattered.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
CALLING CARDS.

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In Republican Office, Plymouth. lind. Boxl %.