Plymouth Democrat, Volume 21, Number 48, Plymouth, Marshall County, 27 July 1876 — Page 3

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I'LTMOCTH. Jt'LT 27, 1878. nMr rilr who rweiTe tbt-lr papere XwiU. an X mar! on the nr&n, il nn,,rwtnt Ibat th time for whib th-7 !vr paid h expired, nr if about to exrii. and ttist if they i,.in to rwetve the ppT thff mt remit mudiatr!j-. - Com 40. Oats, 2.V13. TaJIow. 7ct. IVans. 50p bu. -Butter. liVi cts . Potatoes l-'rC V l,uClover x-d. 7.';,. - Lard-White 12ct--F.ggs.Sui9 cts doz. Green Hide, r&c. lb. Live Turkeys, 7c f TS. Tame Hay, SS.00 12.00. Clover Hay, S3.0O12.00. Tub Democrat 82.00 a year. - Honey Caps, 18c; loose, c Lire Chickens.S2S0 f doz. Wheat Red &0 eta. Blackberries have come into mar ket. Cyrus Taber has returned to Three Hirers. Mich. The enrollment at the Normal this wwk, amounts to 51. The wheat has been put into the stack in excellent condition, Preaching at the Christian Chapel next Sunday, by II. V. Reed. Hundreds of people are now visit ing the great Magnetic well of Plym outh. It. A. Chase and W. II Bailey are going to the Centennial. Success, gentlemen. II. Kreighbacm has left at Tire Demo 'rat office a basket of nice early apples. . U. S. Dodge, Hoglan & Co., launched a new boat on 1'retty Lake, on Tuesday last. ' Farmers have had an excellent time for curing and saving hay during the past two weeksJames Thompson caught one of his feet in a reaping machine In motion last week, inflicting a severe but not serious injury. It is said by some that about 300 of our citizens paid their respects to the huckleberry marshes on Sunday last. But they were not happy. The newspapers are justly complaining that the soda fount is not doing its daty in blowing up drug clerks. Items are scarce. Rev. George II. Thayer, of Bourbon, will fill the pulpit of the Rev. J. C. Stephens, at tha M. P.. Church, next Sunday, 30th inst, morning and evening. Mr. Miller, recently of the Peru Sentinel, will probably take the position of agent for the Michigan" roller grain drill, a position which he formerly held. An entertainment consisting of music, tableaux, and two farces, entitled, "Wanted, a Widow ; (with immediate possession;) and "The Widow's Victim," will soon be given in aid of St. Thomas S. S. Library. While at Peru, last Monday, we met J. D. Mattison, the artist, who spent nearly a year in Plymouth, before going to Peru. We were glad to learn that he has been liberally patron ize! since he left here, ani that the prospects for the future are vj ry flat ten g. Success to him. James L. Farrar, a prominent at torney of Peru, spent a part of Friday and Saturday in Plymouth, and while here, made The Democrat otlice a call. He was the guest of his friend, David Berkey, who took him to the magnetic well, Pretty Lake, and other points of interest. A cutting affray, in which two women took leading parts, occurred at the Summit, three miles west of Plymouth, last Saturday evening. DifEculties have existed for some time between the families of CahilL, aad Mrs. Taggart and her daughters; and on Saturday evening, one of the Taggart girls wenc for Kate Cahill with a pocket-knife, making several severe cuts on various parts of her body, none of which will prove dangerous. She was arrest mI and gave bond for her appearance at a future time. Those who went to the marsh on Sunday hail their till of sight seeing, and of whisky. It seems rather uad comment on human nature that' so many will not only desecrate the day but their own bodies. Some of our citizens were th'.re who feel the bit terness of the occasion and will hardly be found amon ? the denizens of the huckleberry marshes ayain. Eye openers are good things tor some folks. Others will go and return in the same old ruts till death, black and grim, carries them into the night of forgetfulness. The Miama County Sentinel and the Feru Daily and Weekly Times have been consolidated, and will hereafter be published as one paper. This will make the pnper one of the strongest and best in the country. Two of the proprietors are practical printers, and Mr. Jamison, the editor is an excellent writer; and we cannot see how the paper can fail to be first-class in all respects. At the invitation of the parties Interested, we went down last Monday, and appraised the offices, in order to establish a basis for consolidation. The Tipies will move into the Sentinel building this week, from whence the new paper will hereafter be issued. We wish the new firm all the success that their energy and enterprise deserve. By notice elsewhere in this paii, wm De seen that one of tne editors of this paper had the misfortune to lose a pocket book last Thursday, the contents of which wf re of considerable value. The book was picked up by Freadie Borton last Saturday rrorning, near the entrance to the club grounds, at the lake, as empty as a last year's birds nest. All ttie indications are that the pocket book was picked op by some one who could not resist the temptation to appropriate that which does not belong to them. The loss falls heavily upon us at this time; and wnlle it is not reasonable to expect that any portion of the money will ever be returned to us, there are very f aw thieves in the country but would return papers tLU, cannot possibly be of any benefit to them. We hope the thief will earn the reward by returning the papers which he or" he has stolen.

Dan Agnew, of Rochester, was in the city a day or two this week. li. S. Hettfied, of the Masonic Mutual Benefit soc;ation, Ss in the city. A. D. ' l ynch, of Indianapolis, State National Ban examiner, was in the city yesterday on business. Prof. Reulielt, late of Bourbon college, according to the Milford News, is to establish a college at Leesburg. Mra. Dr. J. W. Bennett returned from Three Rivers Tuesday, much im-i proved in health. The doctor is convalescing, and hopes soon to be on the , streets. Ernest Born met with a serious accident one day last week while working with a buzz saw. Three of his fingers were sawed off close up to the hand. A little boyaged about live years, a son of David Mann, of Peru, but who was stepping at his grandfather's about five miljs south of Plymouth,

was bitten by a rattlesnake, the first of last wt-ek, which came very near proving fatal. Within four days the boys drank six quarts of whisky, one quart of strong black ash bark tea; and strange to say, he still lives. It is v.'lth unmixed regret that we learn of the death of Mrs. Ella Moore, well known in this city, which occurred at the bomt of her parents near Dowagiac, Miction the 21st inst of consumption. Her mother, M s. Fisk, writes as follows to Mr. Samuel Moore, the father of Mrs. Moore's late husband, concerning her daughter's death : " My daughter, Ella Moore, died on the morning of the 21st, of consumption. She had nei er been so low as to give up work. She seemed to be improving. and we hoped she would get well. She was taken with a violent fit of coughing, and burst a blood vessel; she raised a large quantity of blood,and in a minute was goi.e. She was buried in our town, a few miles from our home, in a very pleasant place, where all of ur family may soon be laid.! Mrs, Moore was the widow of Maj. John M. Moore, who died in this city a few years ago. She was a most estimable woman, fair in form? and of a noble, true womanly nature. She was beloved, and will be sincerely laourned by all who knew her. One of those horrible, fatal acci dents which frequently shock commu nities since the introduction of railroads, occurred at the freight house in this city yesterday morning, in which Robert McDonald lost his life. He was employed on the road as section man ; he and the gang with whom he was employed were at work on the track south of the freight house ; when the accommodation started, at 1 o'clock, the men, except Robert, stepped cside to let the train pass, and he, thinking, probably, that there was room enough betwee.i the platform and the cars as they would pass, made no attempt to get out of the way, but leaned up against the platform. The engine and baggage car passed by him, but when the passenger car came, he was caught between the platform and car, ana carnea, or rouea, some uiatance, until the car was passed, when he fell to the ground. When picked up, it was found that there were several severe contusions on the head and various parts of the body; that his right arm was broken at the wrist, and that he was injured severely internally. He was placed upon a lounge, and carried to his home, a short distance away, where, after eiduring untold agonies for an hour and a half, death .relieved him of his sufferings. Dr. Sherman was called as soon as the a cident occurred, but could do nothing more than alleviate his sufferings as far as possible. His funeral takes place to-day at 10 o'clock. He leaves a wife and seven small children, in straightened circumstances whose situation strongly appeals to the active sympathy of their friends. He wa3 the son of Samuel McDonald, of this city; was born and raised in this county; was possessed of many commendable traits of character. Whatever frailties he had were not such as to injure his fellow-man,, and may therefore be permitted to follow him to that land of forgetf ulneas where he now rests. That Temperance Lecture. Mr. Editor: In your notice of Mrs. Russel's temperance lecture oc curs the following sentence: "What we want is a remedy for existing evils; a means by which those evils may be eradicated. Give us that and we will listen patiently." There is a remedy. It is an effectual remedy, as all who have sincerely and honestly tried it, will testify with one voice. It is the religion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I do not mean that easy-going and worldconformed religion which consists only in the outward conformity to certain religious customs and observances, and leaves its profes.-or a votary of fashion and folly, of trickery and hypocrisy, of envy and backbiting, of Pharisaism and gilded vice and corruption; but I mean that religion whose first indispensable requisite is announced by its founder in these words : " If any man will come alter me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daiiy, and follow me." This implies an unconditional surrender to Christ, who alone is able to heal and to save, not only from the sin of intemperance, but from ail sin. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins." True temperance is a fruit of the spirit and of that vital union with Christ without which there Ls no such thing as genuine religion, for his emphatic declaration is " Without me ye can do nothing." This, the only effectual remedy, is rejected because it does not flatter human pride and conceit- Surrender the heart to Christ and the work is done. This must be the clearly pronounced testimony of Christians But such a testimony can only be delivered by those whose religion is Christ-like and genuine, and not a superficial imitation and a transparent fraud L. Rk hter. , Two hundred acres of choice pasturage four miles west of .rgos. I will rent pasturage for stock at the following rates per head, per month: SlO for horses $1.00 4?or cattle, 10 cents for sheep. Fences ;,, water good, shade abundant, E7vs oi very variety. For particJUjil, enqaire at this office, or of the subscriber on the premises. WH. H.'TiUT. July 20, Sw.

Fire. 4. Tuesday evening, aboit half-past eight o'cloek, a fire broke out in the barn attached to, and belonging to the Parker House, kept by 1'. S. Dodge. Win. Montgomery and his son. John Montgomery, had 1een in the barn all day and evening, attending to their livery st)ck, and no fire had been known to be in or about it. The flames were first discovered issuing from the stall on the east side, usually occupied by Mr. Dodge for his family horse?, grain, hay, &c. While unharnessing a span of horses, Mr. Montgomery discovered the flames arising, and before he could givo the alarm the hay in the loft was a'i on fire, and the building from one end to the other in a solid blaze. It was but a few minutes after the alarm was given until the Engine. Hose and Hook & Ladder companies were on hand, doing their best to subdue the flames and save the contents. Mr. Montgomery had a large number of horses and buggies in the bay?, and every effort was made to recover them, which proved only partially successful. Michael Burns, a livery man, ran into the flames and cut one of the horses loose from its fastening, and rushed it out, the horse falling twice on the way, suffocated from the smoke and heat. The horse wa3 scorched considerably, and one of its eyes badly burned. One of Mr. Burns hands was also badly burned, lie cut another horse loose, but after it had twice fallen from suffocation he left it to its fate, and escaped only with his own life. Thomas Ilnpp, in like manner almost risked his own life, to save John Ii. Losey's sorrel mare, which he succeeded in doing without injury. James L. Cleaveland and others also showed their good will and courage by feats of daring worthy of all commendation. The flames spread rapidly to the woodshed near the Parker nouse. and several small out houses of various kind3, across the alley to Robt. C. Rudowsky's barn, which wa3 completely destroyed, and from thence across the alley to the fine barn adjoining the dwelling of nenry G. Thayer. During this time the engine was pouring three continuous streams of water on the fire in various directions, subduing it and keeping it from the Parker House, the residence of H. G. Thayer, and other buildings in the vicinity. The air was perfectly cfcim and the fire could not spread beyond the heat of the burning buildings. The Parker House barn having been consumed, and the hotel out of danger, all the efforts of the fire companies and people were directed to confining the fire to the barn of Mr. Thayer. The loft of the bain was full of new hay, and the fire having attacked it from the rear where the hose could not

.reach it, it seemed almost impossible to subdue it. However, the efforts were successful, and about 11 o'clock all fears of a further break out were banished. Never did our gallant firemen appear to better advantage, than they did on that occasion. If there has heretofore been cause for complaint, that cause was more than removed. They have the thanks of the people without a dissenting voice. And the citizens, too, each and every one, lent a helping hand and covered themselves all over with honor for the part they took. The losses, as near as we have been able to ascertain them, are about as follows ; J oh mon AEyer 9 500 U. S. Dodge, horse, grain, bogs, oil house, fruit. etc., etc- 1,000 (No insurance.) Wm. Montromerv, two horses, three and onehalf sets ef harness, robes, bells, whips, blankets, oats, corn, carriage, side curtains, bedding, clothing, and Tarioua other articles , 778 (No insurance.) John R. Loser, sleigh, sulky, robes, saddle and bridle, etc 300 Dr. P. R. Wrightson, of So nth Bend, buggy aud harness... 100 H. G, Thayer, barn, hay, etc 1,750 (Insured for 1.000.) R. C, Ttudowsky, barn, feed, etc, (estimated).. 300 Total 54,678 The damage to property of various kinds will perhaps amount to 2,000, so that the total actual loss may be set down at about 87,000. REFORM! RE F0 KM II REFORM!!! All advocates of true reform, without regard to past political affiliations, are requested to meet at THE CITY HALL On Saturday Evening, July, 29th, 1S70 at 8 o'clock, and assist in the organization of a "Democratic Tilden and Hendricks Reform Club" ! for the approaching campaign. No "glee club" will be present to sing " Down with the Traitors!" but able speakers will be pi esent to speak upon the following topics: Grant's connection with the whisky ring. The peculations of Babcock. " Boss Shepherd. Belknap, Robeson and the long list of thieves too numerous to men tion ; the festering corruption extend ing through all the departments of the government ; the dismissal of honest and efficient officers in the civil department, whose only crime was that they were in favor of reform. The prostitution of the civil, military and naval service to partisan and personal interests and other crimes and misde meanors of the Radical party. By Order of the Committee. A Card of Thanks. Plymouth, Ind., July 2Uh, 1S7& Editors Democrat: I desire to express through your valuable paper my heartfelt thanks to the efficient fire department of our city, and the citizens for their heroic efforts in sub duing the great fire of last night, and saving my property and that of other citizens. Many persons risked lives and limbs in their noble efforts. I shall always feel grateful to them. I am happy to live in a city where each citizen feels an interest in the public welfare. Very truly yours H. G. Thayer. Central Committee Meeting. The members of the Democratic Central Committee are requested to meet at Corbin's hall. Plymouth, Ind., on Saturday, August 5, 1ST6, at 1 vclock p. m. The preserve of every member of the cote mittee is earnestly solicited, as there will be business of importance r? transact. By order of the chairman, John W. Houghton. Attest: Oliyxk P. Kxinger, Secretary. Democratic Township Convention. The Democracy of B urbon township will hold a convent ion at Matchett's Hall, in Bourbon, Ii.d, on Saturday, Aug. 5, 1S76, to nominate candidates for township offices. Bt OaiER of Com.

LA PAZ. Cold nights and warm days, and chills by and by. Mr. Egan has a thornas cat that is up to many terming tricks. Mr. Henry Peanx-k goes this morning to Michigan on a visit. The blue lerr.v trade is on the increase and prices better. Johnson & Moon are buying. Messrs. JJarry & Ilollycross have commenced to make brick for the second Liln. The ice cream at the hotel on Sat

urday evening was a failure, but the dance was not. Married, on Sabbath, by Elder Thomas, Mr. Press Henry to Miss Mary A. Coffman. We attended the closing exercise of Mrs. Myers' school, on last Saturday, and were well pleased with the exercises. She has taught a school that has given general satisfaction to parents and pupils. MAXENKUCKEE. BT "OLD LINER." . In the midst of oats harvest. Why do not our candidates come to the front? The grand centennial in Starke county is whortleberry gathering. Our town is full of visitors at this time and Peter is making money. The hot weather is played out for the present. Cool and dry is the word. Whortleberries p.re not a legal tender now for moreethan five cents per quart. There will be a grand rally of the Democracy at Marmont, on Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the 12th day of August, to select candidates to fill the township offices. All the Democrats are expected to be presecL so that they may choose men that will be satisfactory to all." Come, lay by your work for one half day and select such men as you want to serve you. California Correspondence Sacramento, July 17. The Centennial Fourth was the grandest celebration of the nation. At least 50,000 flags were hoisted in our city; no pen can describe it. While from the east we have the news that it is very hot, and of numer ous sunstroke?, we have the most lovely weather here ; cool and pleas ant. Highway - robberies are committed all over this state and Nevada. Thousands of men are out of employment, and soon find a steady home at San Quintin. A large fire in the her.rt of the city, last week, tried our Holly water works. The destruction of Gen. Custer and his entire command, cast a gloom over this coast Soldiers are being sent there rapidly. The whole blame is largely attached to Grant's thieving Indian agents. I saw large camps of Indians, last fall, while crossing the continent, '..hat were suffering, and was told that tl ey were provided for amply, but robbed by the agents. The ratification of Tilden and Hen dricks was done up in lively style, out here, by a large meeting in the open air, in front of the Orleans hotel. Two immense bonfires, with booming cannon and bands of music in the street. Count on us for 12,500 for Tilden and nendricks, the man that rattled the Tammany ring. The papers are trying to lash up the people ; but I tell you that the laboring, hardy sons of toil don't come to the lash one bit, for we are sick and tired of such rascality. Lots of the people out here talk ab' ut this way. God kjiows it can't be any worse, any way. Even the revenue officer told me that Grant was doing wrong, but was forced to it. Both of our city papers, strong Republican, are down on Grant with a vengeance. Shake them up lively over there. There is quite a lively time between that old solid paper, the Herald, and that young,- saucy little rascal, the Argus; but the young Hoosier holds his own, in the temple with the thieves, and uses the scourge of small cords pretty freely; and he is only seven years old. Can't you go up, Piatt, and box hi3 ears; oh well, let him go; at eight years of age he will s'-oop the pile. I want to appoint ybu a guardian to look after the young Hoosier, Argus, until he is eight years old. Your Washington correspondent asks, who i3 Beal ? I will tell you. He was, at one time, surveyor-general of California, and one of the worst land grabbers in the state. He became very rich, and as is usual, as a reward for his rascality, obtained the ministry to Austria. Thus you see that rascality is rewarded; do you wonder that the land mourn jth? Harvest ii pretty well over, and threshing is in full blast. Some are cutting the third crop of hay. John L. Smith. Hydrophobia from the Bite of a Dog Eight Months Ago. Patrick O'Neill, a young man of good moral habits, employed at the grocery of Patrick O'Connor, on the corner of Loomis and Taylor streets Chicago, was last November bitten upon the left t'numb by a small teirier dog, owned by hii employer. The wound inflicted was net severe, and little notice was taken of it at the time. It healed rapidly giving the young mar no trouble at all, until last Friday night when the poor fellow awoke to find himself barking like a dog, and suffering the most intense pain, wbich was augmented into craziness by the sight of ant t right substance or water. By Savuiday his malady had developed to such an extent that he was removed to the Sisters hospital, on the corner of Calumet avenue and Twentysixth street, and there he lingered out the litUeliie left him. From the moment of the first symptom of the disease his bod new no rest and the poor victim kept up a fearful howl and bai king until the moment of his death. By his own direction he was tied firmly to the bed, handcuffed and i added, to prevent himself from being torn to bits in his frenzied mania for biting all that came before him. He begged repeatedly to be smothered or shot and when life became so faint that the brain failed to act he relapsed into a spasm such as the canine race exhibit when in the last stages of poisoning. O'Neill was only 20 years of age, and has no relatives other than an uncle In this country.

An Original Description of Slagara. The Dubuque (la.) Times prints a letter from a cit izen of that iown, now at Niagara, Falls, in which the writer gives this bit of graphic description : " The falls look to me like a river standing on end and trying t.- walk off on stilts. The only thing I can com

pare Niagara to is Julian avenue, and that covered with sleet and ice, and about thirty boys and girls riding down on hand slecs of a moonlight night at lightning gait and fetching up at the Lorimer house all pell mell, with a few legs and arms broken after running over jthree or four horses and carriages. . Our Dubuque water works don't begin to compare with the Niagara as to quality and noise, but the water is better iir drinking purposes and comes out o a great deal longer hole. A person viewing the falls has a sort of nervous feeling almost afraid the water will all run over before one can have a fair look at it The water after it passes through the falls and rests from its labors in the abyss below, collects ittelf together and forms itself into a river again, and passes down the deep gorge at rapid gait, whirling, leaping, and foaming like a thousand whales when it reaches the bjreat whirlpool; there it petforms a duck waltz, and after sashaing np the river a sLort distance it finds a narrow opening, and passes on to mingle with the briny deep, never to re-! turn until taken up by the evaporation to the clouds, and brought back by the winds of neaven to take the same fearful leap again." Industrial. Much interest is manifested in New Orleans in the reports that native quicksilver has been discovered on the bank of the Mississippi, a few miles below that city. The. New Orleans Athenaeum has appointed a commission to investigate the subject. The Buffalo Express says: "Why canal boatmen persist in running their boats at the present low raies, especially those towing in the line, is be yond mathematical comprehension. There is no possible way of demonstrating by figures that expenses can be made, saying nothing of profit" A young lady in Bethel, Pan during the year 1S75, kept a strict account of all the expenditures for feed, etc for her yard of fowls, and at the regular market price for eggs and chickens, she cleared above all expenses $360, besides having more stock on hand than she started with. Paper pulp is now being more and more extensively employed as material from which to manufacture such articles as water pails, barrels, etc., and with excellent success. In the old way of making pails, the separate parts, or staves, are cut one at a time, from a log of wood and in making them, all the chips and smaller pieces are wasted so far as the real object of manufacture is concerned. In making a paper pail, according - to the new process which has been introduced, the fibrous material is wholly utilized, and, if the original stock is wood, as in part it may be, then that which would be wasted in chips and fag ends is entirely saved. The articles made in this way are found to be firm, strong, and durable. Female Doctors in Europe. A correspondent of the Bund of Berne ha3 lately summed up in successive letters from Zurich the result of the much contested "Damenstudium." It is now exactly ten years since the first female student clamored at the gates, or rathtr since the Medical Faculty opened the gate to her ; for she had been attacking them by a diligent prosecution of the medica 1 course. She was a young Russian lady. The University of Zurich, on the 14th of De. cember, 1867, conferred upon her the dignity and rights of a Doctor of Medcine. Doctor or Doctress Brismann has since practiced medicine with great success first alone, and later as the wife and partner of a medical man. Twelve young ladies have fallowed her example, all of them standing the 'test of the severe examination with credit, and some with brilliancy. Each of these ladies has received from the Medical Faculty of the University the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Suijery and midwifery. Six of these graduates Russians, two were English women were (Miss Morgan, in 1870, and Miss Atkins, in 1872,) one was a Scotch woman, one an American, one a Swiss, and the remaining two were Germans. The American, a lady from Boston, passed with great applause, and before receiving her degree on the 22d of June, 1871 created much admiration. After a short but very promising practice, she lost her life by shipwreck in the Atlantic In 1872, when Zurich had .braved the worst of the storm of ridicule and anger, the University of Gottingen found courage to stand at her S"ide, and the first academical female student in the Netherlands passed a successful examination in physics and mathematics. The two latest a Russian from Jaroslaw andFrauleinFranziska Tiburtius, from the Island of Rugen, in the Baltic, have just maintained their thesis and been admitted to the dignity and rights of the doctor's degree. The thirteen ladies who have received medical degrees have exhibited an undoubted vocation for the profession. The extraordinary pressure of female students with which Zurich was threatened at the beginning of the movement has r ow subsided, and is not likely to recur. A Few of Mr. Hayes' Friends. Grant is for Hayes; for Hayes Boss Shepherd is. Landaulet Williams goes for Hayes. All the corruption ists in federal offices and all the defrauders of the federal revenue go ior Hayes. Belknap, the bribe taker, now undergoing trial, ges for Hayes. Credit Mobilier Colfax goes for Hayes. . " McXee, Avery, McGuire, Joyce, and all the other whisky thieves now in state prisons and penitentiaries, are for Hayes Robert C. Schenck, the professor of draw poker and disgraced minister to England, is for Hayes. Simon Cameron, who was cast oat rof Lincoln's first cabiuet in disgrace for corruption, and publicly branded by resolution by a Republican f house of representatives now fills one of the highest seats on the Republican side of the senate, and goes for Hayes. Baticock, the bribe taker, now goes for Hayes. Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A Hh that Rear Its Tonnsr In the Month. The chromis paterfamilias has the gills disposed in simple lamina;; it is unprovided with any special apparatus for retaining the eirss or the young ones and yet it brings up almt 20 young in the mouth ad gills. It is always .he male that perform thse

functions of incubation. Alter the female has, deposited the eggs in a depression of the tufts of reed, the male approaches and takes tbemby inhalation intotne cavity of the mouth. From there some movement, the mechanism of which we have not been able to observe, sends them between the leaflets of the gills. The pressure exert ed on the eggs by the bronchial laminne suffices to keep them in place. There, in the midst of the organs of respiration the eggs undergo all their metamorphoses. The young ones grow rapidly, and soon appear much inconvienced in their narrow prison. They leave it, not by the gills, but through the opening by which the bronchial cavity communicate with the mouth. Here .they remain in great number, pressed a gainst one another like the seeds of a pomegranite. The animal's mouth becomes so distended by the presence of the numerous progeny that actuallj the jas cannot meet The checks are swollen, and the animal presents the strangest aspect Some of the fish, arrived at the perfect state, continue to live in the gills. All have the head directed toward the buccal opening of the father, the protecting cavity of which we have not seen them leave even for a moment Though so numerous they hold their ground very firmly, but how they do so we have not discovered. Neither can we understand how the nursing father avqids swallowing bis progeny ; we are also ignorant at what period of their life the youngones leave the paternal mouth to live independently. Popular Science Monthly for July. What Is pure blood. The following remarks were made by President Welch, of the Iowa Agricultural college, at the recent shorthorn breeders' convention : While coming here to-day, I was thinking of the important subject, how long shall a thoroughbred animal be bred by crossing with a scrub, before becoming pure blood? The English rule is to cross four times with the female and five times with the male. We take a half-blood and cross with a pureblood, and we have a quarter-blood, and at the fifth cross we will have an a; imal that has 31 parts pure blood to one part scrub that is, we compute the crosses arithmetically but when we take into consideration the fact that the pure-blood animal is prepotent over the scrub, then the animal has but a minute portion of the scrub blood. When a pure blooded short-horn bull is crossed with a scrub- cow, the result cannot be computed arithmetical, for the prepotence of the thoroughbred animal over the scrub controls to a greater or less degree the value of the progeny. The future beef and butter of this country depends on the value of crossing. I crossed a common cow, a poor milker, with an Aryshire bull, and the result was an Ayrshire calf resembling his male parent and with not one perceptible point in favor of its mother; thus the scrub was almost entirely lost. It is impossible to say that a certain number of crosses will produce arithmetical results. The shorthorr.ed bull is the most prepotent animal on earth, not only particularly, but generaly; and, for example, we will take the Seventeens. Suppose there have been nineteen crosses since the importation of 1S17, at the present time there would be one two-thosandth part of scrub blood in a straight Seventeen ; that is, if it was computed arithmetcally, but when you into consideration the prepotence of the pure blood over the scrub you would have an animal as near perfection as it is possible to get What are the excellences of the shorMiorned but his merit and power to transmit that excellence and merit to his progeny? I recognize, also, the value of strains of families. T e valueof a strain is that that particular family produces the best short-horns. We often find that, by reversion, a very homely or inferior bull, if he be of a good family, will breed back to some of his ancestors and reproduce them. The principle that like begets like seem to be the true doctrine. A YTestern .Wonder. The employes of the city engineer's department have received from California a golden-horned toad. It wag sent in an air-tight box much smaller than it would seem to require. It was packed away with apparently little care, but upon being freed from its prison was found to ba alive and in apparent enjoyment of all its faculties. It is a very curious looking thing, leing of a bronze color and possessing a short caudal appendage with projections resembling in miniature the rough scales of a crocodile. It is very flat and ha3 two small projections on the head which answer for horns." It is very quiet and one would not'think it was living. It will permit ;tself to be handled, and will not move when conscious of being looked at. When it thinks itself unobserved it will start off with rapidity. It will incline its head as if composing itself to sleep, when gently pressed, and will quickly recover itself when placed upon its back ; but beside these exhibitions of vitality and a slight movement of its caudal appendag? at times, it remains as still as a stone. Its quarters are in a small box, and it eats but little. New Haven Palladium. A gentleman of this city related 'a us a day or two since the following circumstance: He stated that one day last week while walking in his garden, near a pole on which he had placed a box for the accommodation of the black martins during their annual visits he observed that they were flying around in rather a strange and confused manner, frequently fluttering down almost to the ground, then rising again and circling about the box. Stopping a few moments to watch them he oVcrved, sitting among some raspberry vines, a house cat intently eyeing the birds and making that peculiar motion with its tail which it always does when watching for its prey. The martins became more and more noisy with their chattering and more rapid in their gyrations around the spot where juss had seated herself, frequently almost flying within her reach. Finally one alighted on the ground a foot or two from !,er, and with a sud JenfspriEsr she seized it and made off to eat it at her leisure. The gentleman is satisfied that the bird was charmed, and that Lis cat had a martin for his breakfast every morning. Erf aula (CaL) News.

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I !i,.iM be aiidrxsM-nt, at rijiaiwito, Iol. The Normal still "rows in interest Total en roll m nt, 2 w t-ks, 51. with a pro$ect of many inore next wik. Teachers ouly have to visit tl.e session to W convinced of i s inestimab e worth to them. There is room for many more, and many more need the advantages which our Normal affords. Impmber that a few weeks review is better than none at all. Pabllc School Sy.trra of Indiana. OFFICERS.. Snperintendent of public instruction. Srafe board of education. County superintendents. City and town trustees. Township trustees. i"TrTrnox3 gexekal. Ungraded schools District school. Town and city schools. rNIVEnsfTT SYSTEM. State University, Bloomingtcn. Normal School, Terre Haute. Turdue University (Industrial) Lafajette.' charitable .institution. Schools for the blind, Indianapolis. Schools for the deaf mutes, Indianapolis. Soldiers orphans' home, Knightstown. KETORMATORT DESTITUTIONS. Boys reformatory, Plainfield. Girls' reformatory, Indianapolis. SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS. County and township institutes, compulsory. State teacher's association, voluntary. School age between 6 and 21. Attendance, voluntary. Sri'EKIXTEDEXT OF PUBLIC INSTF.UCTIOX. Elected at a general election for two years. Takes general charge of the schools and supervises the management of tbe school funds and revenues. Visits every county once during his official term ; inspects schools, confers with officers and makes public addresses. Receives reports from county auditors relative to proceeds of state school tax, and interest on school fund; also receives statistical and other reports from county superintendents. Apportions the school revenues for tuition to counties, in proportion to tjie number of school children therein. Hears appeals from decisions of county superintendents, and gives opinions concerning the school law. Makes annual reports, and causes Bchool law to be published. Is trustee of normal school and president of state board of education. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. This body consists of the governoi, the president of the state university, the state normal school, and the superintendents of the three largest cities in the state, and the state superintendent The board meets quarterly and forms an advisory council of the state superintendent It issues instructions to county superintendents and prepares questions for the use of county superintendents in their monthly examinations of teachers. It examines candidates for state licenses, and issues certificates for life to such as are competent and have had three j'ears successful experience. It appoints trustees of the state university, and the visitors to the state normal school. It commissions high schools to send graduates to the state university without examination. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. As the law sow stands, this officer is elected by the township trustees, on the first Monday in June, and serves two years. Must be a citizen of the county, and must have had two years successful experience as a teacher. He is to visit and inspect schools at least once in each year, except those in cities employing a superintendent. He is to hold monthly examinations, and license competent teachers for six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months. He determines appeal from decisions of township trustees on local school matters. Receives statistical and financial repoits from trustees, tabulates and transmits the same to the state superintendent Can revoke licenses granted by him or his predecessor, for incompetency, immorality, carelessness, or general neglect of the business of the school. Holds county institutes once each year, and presides over township institutes at least once each month. Executes orders of the state board of education and transmits such information to the state superintendent as he may see fit to call for. He is, by virtue of his office, president of the county board of education. CITT AND TOWN TRUSTEES. These school efficials are appointed for three yeara by the city or town council, one retiring annually. They receive, pay out, and account for school monies, build or otherwise provide school houses. Employ teachers, and make rules and regulations. They make financial report to county commissioners, and a financial and satistical report to the county superintendent. They may order that certain local taxes be levied. They may grade the schools prescribe text-books, and they may appoint a superintendent for their schools and prescribe his duties. COTTXTT BOARD OF EDUCATION. This body consists cf the educational trustees of the county and the Co. superintendent. It meet - semi-annually, at the office of the cot.nty superintendent, on the 1st days of May and September. A majorit ' of said trustees constitute a quorum. They shall consider the general want and needs of the schools and schoo! property of whieh they have charge, and ull matters relating t the purchase of school furniture, etc. They may adopt text books for the use of the ehildre . of their schools. They make and enforce all rules and regulations for the gove. nm nt of teachers during the session of the schools. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES. Each civil township has one trustee elected for two years at a general election. They perform t; e same duties as town and city trustees. Townships have each an average of nine districts. 'Tax payers of a district hold ineetinjrs and elct a director who presides at all school meetings, s-isita the schools for the purp se of finding oi.t their wants and needs and as ayent of the trustee, take?, charge of the schoo. house, provides fuel, and makes all

t mporary rep;iirs. Tax payers may twlition the tru.te in rerard to the

build ng.reparin? and removal of a , , school hous and may order the tru tee not to employ any specific teacher to whom the voters may object. They may !so vote to petition tbe trustee t di mbs a te cher. The privilrrr"s granted tax payers at all such district school ineetiugs re here mentioned, and it is worth special pains to many such tax payer to caref ully read them : 1. They are to hold school meeting and elect a director. 2. They mav petition the trustee for the building, removal, sale, or repair o Fchool bouse. j 3. They may order trustees not to employ a teacher to whom legal obje.:tion has leen made. 4. They may vote to petition the trustee to dismiss a teacher. It will be seen by this that school meetings have no p. wer to -iismiss t-'achers. a practice and rich which many are loud in i ro -burning. The township trustee may establish graded schools. The trustees of two distinct municipal corporations may establish joint graded s.hools. Such an one the trustee of Union township proposes to establish fct Marmont. soon. We ought to have township graded schoo a and expect to have them ere long. SCHOOL EE V ENUES. The common school revenue for tui tion, includes state tax of IS cents n each SI 00, and interest on common fund; this is distributed to school children p r capita. School trustees can order a local levy of 50 cents on each 6100 for special purposes. Township trustees, town and city councils, can order a local levy of 25 cents on each SlOO for tu tion purposes. Town and city councils can, .n petition of school trustees, issue bonds to the amount of 850,000 to pay debts contracted by said trustees in the purchase of grounds and in the erection of school buildings, and may levy a tax of 50 cents on each Si 00 each year to redeem said lonus. An aggregate poll tax of S2.75 may al so be levied for school purposes. In ci ies of the first class, certain addi tional taxes may be levied. STATISTICS 1875. School days in ayeur ISf) County Superintendent S2 Cilr vytbem..... ....... ................ 40 Torn iTsIem Diinrict icraded rhl Viiirade'l ctwils School corporations. 1,'iVi School olf.certi i,M! School houses 9,S7 No. Teachers 13,1"3 County institute SI Attendance at name 11.103 Township institutfn 4,00 IIdumi cmten dnnni: Tear aj Enumeration of chil Iran ..... ... 6fi7.T:t6 Enrollment in acool .ve.sfi-j School fund SS.TWIill AihlitinDt to the fund during the year.. 87.943 Value of school property 10,S70,38 REVENUE FOR THE TEAR. L'qmor licenses, eUj.,... Internet on fund fif7,71S . 1,R77,.M3 . 2,f0.62S So,0:tl,43I State l&x. LocaJ tat .... Total GROWTH OF SYSTEM. H-3 a" Year. ISM ISfiO 1HM 1S70 1S75 61 65 57 130 4.016 206,904 $ 2:.9--T ' 649 303.744 ' 4 !.. 4 9,4!t; 402 .8 2 1 ,070.440 11.82 42,527; 1,610. 13.133j 52,'.2i 2,830,746 The Washington Chronicle tells this story, which is too good to be lost: In the absence of Secretary Chandler, Senator Oglesby and Mr. Foster, of Ohio, called upon the assistant secretary of the interior department. The senator introduced himself as Mr. Oglesby, of Illinois. "Well, gentle men," said the dignitary, stiffening his backbone, " when did you leave home? Mr. Foster slapped the senator on the shoulder and exclaimed: "So this is fame! A general in the Federal army, governor of your state, a United Stale senator and not kno.wn by a high government official. Oh, pull down your vest." " When did you leave home ? has passed into a proverb. Border Life, Present and Past. The terrible fate of Custer and his gallant three hundred add3 another tragic chapter to the great book of border events, whose beginning dates from the earliest settlements of our country, whose end will be only when the Indians as a race shall have become extinct. The horrors of the ""Modoc campaign are yet fresh in our memories. The historic Lava Beds, Indian cunning baffling the skill of our soldiery, for so long a time, savage malignity and treachery culminating in the death of the brave Canby and others whose mission was honorable treaty and peace all these are still remembered with a shudder. Their parallels in device and atrocity are only found in the deeds that compose the history of the " Dark and Bloody Ground," or among those which mark the bloody tracks of the treacherous Mingoes. descending from their Great Lake fastnesses upon the unsuspecting tribes and settlements of the Susquehanna and Allegheny. So with this heart-rending story of Custei and his men, which has been sprung upon the country so suddenly, and which i3 being read an. id the teare of sorrow and calls for vengeance, from one end of the land to "the other. Some may- find its parallel in the history of Leonidas and his three hundred; some may seek for like sacrifices amid the annals of the Scottish Chiefs or Polish Patriots. But it is only when we turn to the thrilling chapters of our old Border history that we read and re-read, in intensified form, the bloody story of Rose Bud and Big Horn Rivers. Custer and his three hundred, ambushed by a wily foe and melting away in death before odds rendered doubly and terribly formidable by bewildering shrieks and stealthy mode of fighting, recall with vivid effect the tragedy of Braddock's Field, whose details are so graphically and fully narrated in that wonderful book. Our Western Border One Hundred Tears Ago." Or if other paralles be sought, they abound in the same brilliai t, stirring and faithful volume; for Custer and Big Horn, Canby and the Lava Beds, Modoc and Sioux, are but repetitions, now fainter, now fiercer, of Dalzell and Bloody Run, Crawford and Battle Island, Harmer and the Miami Towns. The new story, whether of victory or defeat, massacre or escape, cunning or adventure, treachery or dash, hard ship or retreat, la luit an epitome of the old filled with its quaint and primitive portraitures, haloed about by thrilling traditions, and sanctified to us by the facts that our fathers were a part of it and these our dwellingplaces were scenes in the midst of it. Our W'jttem Ilwdrr On ITwndrtd Ytar$ Agv. A New and rare i-i-ori-al Tijiume of bord-r life, wtruijrlffl ant adf-ntu,. hyi '-arl-n McKni.-Ht. EI.Vu0 pup, nrle $a. faiUfa"A by j. C- MtCurdy 4 Co, Philadelphia, Fa, Cincinnati, Ohio, C liica'r. Ill- and M. imis. Mo? aiid wld by asrenta. For tvriri, and Uiusiralcd circular, mddre ta publishers. "But above all is charity." If you feel charitable, and owe A. Haw ley, please pay him. Everybody must know that be needs money, and muss it be only ?i the end of the law that petrple wilt ooiae up and help a mim in distress. S-'Xt

Lot I l.Kok. on TLnr3M3'.iy afUrmx.n. near 1 reuy wtich h.m pu ce lieeii lounu, ua. me curuenta had be-n extiat Led. The uiiinvj. aiticlef, consist of aUut -?70 in currency, c-rtif.c.ite .f d posit tor 1'" oa the Firt National B.ink. of n mouth;, three orders on the treasurer of t! e city of various sums, one railroad pass on the I. r. A; , one on the P, FiJ W. & Chit railway, and a number of other articles not lu-cc-sary to mention. If th 8 should be returned, a liberal reward will be paid, and no questions asked; but if th y are not returned, no effort will be scared to bring the guilty " olders f them to justice. Platt McDonald. J. Firestone Jfc Ox, have purchased the stock of hardware, etc, recently owaed by David Berfcey, and will continue the business in the middle room of the post office building. They will keep a general assortment of all goods pertaining to the hardware trade, and invite the attention of buyers to the very low prices at which they offer their goods. Mr. 5. A. Hoglan, well and favorably knovm to this community, will continue to be principal sales-" man, ami all customers may rely upon having their wants carefully attended to. julj27t2 For all irritation of the Lungs Throat aud Chest, try a lxttle of Dr. Herring's Veronica Lung Extract; it wrti cure consumption in its intermediate stages. For sale by I Tanner, Druggist, Plymouth. The trustees of Bourbon College take pleasure in informing the public that the College wll open the 4th of September, 1870, with thoroughly educated Professors, and every care will be devoted to the interests of students. Board can be had in private families on very reasonable terms. For further particulars, address Jul. IS, 4w. Boi-kbon College. Mothers, can secure health for their children and rest f r themselves by the use of Casloria, a perfect substitute for Castor Oil. It is absolutely harmless, and is as pleasant to take as honey. For Wind-Colic, Sour Stomach, Worms ct Constipation, for young or old, there is nothing in existence like it It is certain, it is speedy, it is cheap. Caked bkeapts, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Swellings, Sprains, Stiff Joints, Burns, Scalds, Poisonus Bites," and all flesh, bone and muscle ailments, can be absolutely cured by the Centaur Liniments. The White Liniment is for the human family, the Yellow Liniment is for spavined, galled, and lame horses and animals. Plymouth Gunsmith. I would say to the citizens of Marshall and adjoining counties that I have bought the shop and tools of L B.White, I will make Gunsmithing a specialty. Those wishing tinkering or light turning done, will do well to call at the old shop, as I am prepared to do their work. - jul30t3 Josei-h VasVactor. Great flowing well! Best magnetic water in the world! Yet Tershing's Magnetised Sovereign Balm, will cure more paius, and aches than a river of it. Try jt for yourself. Sild by Druggists. Fin. Casler will have fresh lake flsh every Tuesday and Friday during the season. Fish delivered to any part of the city. jun22m3 Cross and Sickly Children can be made healthy and strong by regulating their stomachs and bowels with Castoria. It is more effective than Castor Oil, and i3 a3 pleasant to take as honey. For Wind Colic, Sour Stomach, Worms and Costiveness, there is nothing in existence equal to Casroria. You Have No Excuse. Have you any excuse for suffering with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint? Is there any reason why you should go on fom day to day, complaining with Sour Stomach. Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heartbarn, Water brash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the St-jruach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, disagreeable taste in the mouth, coining up of food after eating, low spirits, &c. ? No! It is positively your own fault if you do. Go to your Drugget, L. Tanner, and pet a bottle of Green's August Flower, for 75 cents, and your cure is certain, but if you doubt this, get a sample bottle for ten cents, and try it. Two doses will relieve you. maylltfeow Wii want 4,000 Tts. genseng and 20,000 lbs. of wool for which we pay the highest market price in cash. Xussbacm & Mayer. For all kinda of notions and fancy goods, call at Mrs. Ann M. Quivey's Laporte street.

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Persons who have been barring, trouble with sore mouth, caused by wearing artificial teeth on rubber, can aoid all such by calling on our new deutist, F. M. Burkett. He has a new composition which is more natural in appearance than any we have ever seen, and fi-e from all properties that would cans' t ny such trouble as ha3 been experienced by the use of rubber. Call and see his siecir.;ens. Office in Sears' new building, opposite the postoffice. He is in Bourbon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 5 S. Becker informs his customers and friends, that his stock of spring and summer goods is now complete I can say that there never has been a better assortment brought to Tlymoath than I have now, and all I ask is, come and judge for yourself. 3 regards prices, I will give you satisfaction. It is not necessary to name everything, a3 it would take up too much space. In Domestic Goods, I have all the brands a person might wish for: Muslin as low as .-.V cents per yard; the very best Calico, for 8 cents. In Dress Goods, I have a splendid assortine.it, hichwill be sold very low. Men's Wear I have very One stock of Fine and Homemade C;issimeres. Clothing the best assortment in the city Have suits for boys from 3 years old, to the largest man in the comity. Boots and . Shoes very cheap. Also, Notions. Hats, Caps, Trunks, etc. Come to see me before you buy. I am thankful to all my customers for past favors, and hope, by fair deaiia?, to merit the continuance of their custom-' aPlJ3tf s. Beckek.