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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03

"Oh, do you want one Of mine aun.iG
said Eddie, looking up delighted.
"Yes | said, II want one to keep that
may show it to you when you are man.
People say Of our nation that We are
writing history every day. You have
been writing history today. Your face is
full OF it now-the whole picture is full OF
it. You have written great deal for
small boy only six years old. Your face
is hard and cold, and all scanned over with
scars of battles and of fights, in which
pride and selnshness are the victors. Anv
one looking into your face would know
that you are bad boy and coward, ana
that there was not much promise in your
young years of noble manhood. You
man, and may see the time you will blush
with shame when you look at this pic
ture"
If little boy has good, kind, loving
heart, his face will appear handsome; no
matter how sunburnt he is, or how freck-
led or how irregular his features are, the
goodness and sweetness will shine out
just as the light shines out of lantern. It
will illuminate the paths of others too, and
he will make every one with whom he as
sociates happier and better.
Every child is of real use in the world,
even if he is blind, cr has to walk on
crutches, or so crippled that he cannot
walk at all God has work for him to do.
He can comfort some one who is in trouble,
or he can be so cheerful that his influence
will be felt by the whole family
l have known some little children who
seemed to be all the sunshine that there
was in their honpc all tho oonforf and
blessing that their parents had-little
hands always ready to help, and little feet
ready to run on kindly errands, and dear
little hearts overiowIng with love and
tenderness and goodwill.
The blessing Of God goes with such
darling children, and if they love Him and
confide in Him as their friend, His grace
will be sufficient for them even unto the
end .-CIIdrens' Hour
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03
KOgueS Cheated.

Two rogues in Albany were recently
sold very neatly. A shrewd citizen had
just drawn twenty-five hundred dollars
from bank, and they saw him put it in
his pocket book, and, mistaking him Tor a
stranger from the country, determined to
get his money. He heard them talking
together, and saw them following him,
and, suspecting their object, determined to
trap them. The story is good one:
One of them asked, "Can you tell me
where Hudson street is?"
Don't know. I'm a stranger in the
city; just come from Cumberland" replied
the agent, remembering that he had been
"spottcd" as "countryman by the
young man who propounded the query.
After answering the question, the agent
continued on up North Pearl street as he
entered Sherman's real estate agency office,
he noticed that his two " friends" still
dogged his steps
They remained outside the door, await
ing his return, surmising, no doubt, that
he would not remain there long. And
they were not disappointed for in few
minutes their man" made his appearance
again on the street
OF course they were totally ignorant of
what his business was in the office. Be-
ing aware that these men were following
him for no good purpose, the agent very
wisely left all his money with his friend,
MIR. Sherman, and then stuffed his wallet
with scraps of newspapers
He then sauntered out, determined to
"see the thing out"
He passed up Maiden Lane, crossed
Eagle Street, and was going along near
the Capitol Park, when he was again ac-
costed by one of the men, who inquired
of him what time it was.
Cant tell you; left my watch at
home" replied the agent.
"Can you give me change for ten
dollar notep''
"Guess can accommodate yOu," replied
the agent. AT that the sharper handed a
greenback to the agent, and the latter
drew forth his wallet, stuffed with scraps
OF newspapers. He no sooner did so,
than the thief sHatched the wallet from
his hand, and ran oil, with the speed of a
deer.
OF course, the agent did not pursue,
but chuckled to himself over his good
luck in getting $40 for an old wallet filled
with newspapers. He expressed himself
well satisfied with the exchange.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03
1a2 4a1 sin a0s 2qa. .ql1 583 2a1

which, the Professor informed US, is the
true result; and we have faith TO believe
1t is without making the calculation ia the
old way. According 10 this easy and sim
pie mode of arriving at the square OF any
number which repeats Itself by three
figures, a number in billions may be
squared by itself in less time than Dexter
would trot a mile-the rspidity of the
process increasing in each case with the
degree Of dexterity. We feel, for our own
part, that it is an intense satisfaction to
understand just how this thing is done,
and, therefore, publish it that our readers
may experience the same satisfaction
Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03

such all through the South, where he
made his extensive theft" Here he bowed
to BrOwler, who bowed back again.
81 have been known in the South as an
uprigh: but sadly unfortunate merchant
who was ruined by the Vaccinations of
his principal clerk. Now l briefly say,
that lam the criminal and Mr. Van Colt
the innocent man. / was the forger, the
wrong doer, and l thought my operations
were unknown to any but myself, but was
mistaken. Van Colt knew me; Van Colt
imagined had all to lose if l was dis
covered, and by the earnest entreaties of
his brave sisters he did steal a CON-
paratively small sum and fed, leaving a
letter for me explaining his conduct, and
sOlemnly assuring me that all hopes
of discovering him would be useless
The storm broke, l remained passive and
let it ferllent and settle as it would. The
odium was heaped on Van Colt, and l
escaped l settled according to law, and
have since been able to re-make my
broken fortunes, just as the savior of my
name s discovered and thrown into jail
for a ;me he never committed. He sends
for me, having kept track of me, and here
I am, beginning to rectify the infamous
yet generous error of his reputation, by
setting him right with those who will be
the happiest to know the truth"
We all made dash for old Browler
and his sisters, vOwing as loud as our thick
voices would let us that we knew all
along that he was shamming, and
begging he would forgive US. He was
guilty of little dampness and his three
sisters of great deal.
Young ONeil was very penitent, but
BrOwler told him he did just right, and
was pretty smart at it too, and they were
great chums after they got settled again.
Mr.. O'Neil settled up dollar for dollar, and
took BrOwler in as even partner
They said Van Colt got perfect ova-
tion when he went South, and his sisters
married off with a vengeance. Baxter
says be believes it was a regular put-up
job all around, but he only stands by that
as bluff, as Baxter's stock is awfully low
with us fellows since the bullets and
hackles.-Putndm' Mdgazine
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03
Mother.

Lamartine tells story that exquisltely
illustrates a mothers love: In some
spring freshet, river widely washed lis
shores and rent away bough whereon
bird had built cottage for her summer
hope. Down the white and whirllng
stream drifted the green branch, It's wicker
cup of unfledged song, and fiuttering be-
side il as it went, the mother bird. I'm
needing the roaring river, on she went,
her cries of agony and fear piercing the
pauses in the storm. How like the love
OF the old-fashiOned mother, who followed
the child she had plucked from her heart,
all over the world Swept away by pas.
sion that child might be, it mattercd not,
though he was bearing away with him
the fragrance of the shattered roef-tree,
vet that mother was with him, a Ruth
through all his life, and a Rachel at his
DEATH
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03
POETRY.
THE RE WARD.
BY JOHN q. WHITTIER.

BY JOHN WHITTIER.
WHO. looking backward from his manhood's prime
Sees not the spectre of his misspent time!
And through the shade
OF funeral cypress, planted thick behind,
Hears No rsproachful whisper on the wind,
From his loved dead?
Who bears no trace OF fashions evil course.
Who shuns thy sting. o terrible rsmorse:
Who does not cast
On the thronSed pages or his memory's book,
AT times SAD and half reluctant look,
Regretful Of the pasts
Alas, the evil which we fain would shun
40, and leave tie wished for good undone;
Our strength to-day
Is but to- rnorrows weakness prone to fall;
foor, bind, Improbable servants all
Are we alway.
Yet who. thus looking backward DER his years,
Feel. not his eyelids wet with grateful tears.
II he hath been
Permitted. weak aud sinful as he was.
70 cheer in some ennobling cause
His fellow men?
II he hath hidden the outcast, or let in
A ray of sunshine to the cell of sin:
IL he hath lent
Strength - The we tx, aud in an hour of need,
Oger the suffering. mi nd less OF his creed
OR home, hath bent,
He has not lived in vain. AMI while he gives
The praise to Him ia whom he moves and lives
Wish thankful heart,
lie gayes backward. and with hope before
knowing that from His works he never more
Can heneeforih part.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03
S9d5l.05e.15O

This, he assured us, was the whole mental
process.
He then gave US very succint account
of the mode in which the Missouri lad
would square a number, however large,
which consisted of numbers that repeated
themselves by threes. For instance, sup
pose he wishes to multiply 365, ,365. .365, ,365
by itself The process is very simple. He
first multiplies 365 by 365, which gives
133, ,225. Then substitutes Is for 365s, and
multiplies 511 ,001 ,001 ,00l by itself which
gives 1,O02, ,OO3,OO4, ,0O3 002, ,O01. Then he
multiplies the common factor 133, ,225 by
1,OO2, ,0O3, ,OO4, ,OO3, ,OO2, ,001, with the follow
ing result:
1925
2Go4 450
399s75
552.90
3g9,6,5
266 450
1S3, ,225
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03

A WRITER in the Ecdngelical Messenger
estimates the amount spent yearly in the
United States for Intoxicating drinks at
nearly billion and half of dollars. He
shows that this sum would build $4,000
churches and parsonages, and supply "a
minister to each; would support 10000
home missionaries; furnish every man,
woman and child in the country with a
copy of the Bible; would build a high
school wherever there is post Office, and
do multitudes of other things to elevate
and bless the race
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03

THE heart is six inches in length, four
in diameter, and beats 20 times per minute,
4200 times per hour, 100, 800 times per day,
and 81, 770, 900 times per year.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03

A NEW spouting mineral spring has
been accidentally developed near Sara
toga, n. Y. Ii throws water several feet
high, similar To the Geysers of Iceland
and California.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

IA witness in u divorce suit kept
saying tllIt the wiiO lad q retaliating dis
p0siti6n-that she "retalfatel for every
little thing" did you ever sec her hus'
Ilanl kiss hcr?" asked tie wife's counsel,
eyes, sir, often" "Well, Whit did Ale DO
on such occasions y" ."ShG always retalia-
edl sir ="
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22
rhe Ponition OF Enrlnnd.
Rn0m Lts Nt,c York Standard,

fED4h Ehe GfGW xVFR ntuHuuEu'
England threatens 10 draw the sword
in the contest between France. and Prus-
sia. This Is the most important news
which came 10 us yesterday from Europe.
II means, If it means anything, the de-
struCtion OF the famous PalmerstOn ALL.
ance the breaking out atrcsh Of the old
fcul between the two countries which
was frosty with years when the Anerl'
can revolution was born. The celebrt-
ted entente c0riiGIe was the masterpiece Of
Palmerston's foreign policy. Il was sig:
nalized In tho beginning by the visit Of
Napoleon 10 England; 1t was strength.
encd by the return visit Of Victoria to
Paris and celnented by common danger
and suffering and blood in. the war against
Russia. The OsLensible reason and prOba-
bly, the real one for It's disrup.
ton now Is the question of the
strict q, observance Of the neutrality
of Belgium by France, This by treaty
slipluatfons she is bound TO defend.
But after all this may be only little
bluSler OH the part OF Great Britain. Her
statesmen must sec very clearly that II b
the manifest interest Of Napoleon that she
should not throw her great power and in.
iluence into tie scales against him. And
this being the fact, we have no doubt that
she will succeed In enforcing the point she
wishes to make. Her aim ut present ap-
pears TO be to dictatc how aud where the
war shall be fought. What she may do
under certain circumstances Is almost I'M.
possible 10 say, ,,,,,,...., ....,....,, ..i.r.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22
Russian Clothing.

The ST. Petersburg correspondent Of tue
London NeI0s, writing under date Of June
23d, says: r
It may be said that the Russians have
no summer clothiHe. True, the upper
class, which follows EnglisN Of French
fashions, Inns every variety Of costume
also, The people at large have garments
which would not be unsuttcd to some Of
our June weather. But the Russian sea
sons are sharply defined, Winter y win.
tar with q vengeance on the banks 81 the
Ncya. and summer IS q time Of constant
daylight, Of brightness, dust, and consid:
cr1hle heat. Tie sun has scarcely dipped
below the horizon, and LEFT long red lines
In The northern sky 70 fade slowly away,
than he appears again, little q the eaSt
Of north, is It he had never really set.
The day Is SO long heightened out that i
seems donbly SUMMER dat, and the poo
Die all the while are going about in great
coats There Is no Disgusting the TACT
that great coats and boots arc . Russian
iofble, We cannot wonder that men whose
winter time Is so severe cling resOlute-
" TO what viii guard them from the nip
ping frost. But It has an odd effect TO SEQ
men dressed as though for Crimean
campaign when the unprecedented foreign.
or Is only iust able to bear his lightest
summer suit. Here comeS IaipRrty Of
military or naval officers wearing their
oVercOats, with utter Indifference to the
heat. Here a group of w0rkmen, who
show no sign Of distress, despite their
warm apparel. These pleasant public gar
dells with deep shade along tho walks
with an establishment for thesale Of cool
ing drinks, have quite an air Of summer,
which gives a 1nomentary confidence that
the cold weather win not take Us by SUI.
prise. But then, again, there are more
great coats to suggest a doubt that all iSi
not SO safe. The ladies, however, are
clearly on the side Of summer Every
kind If light colored, cool looking dress
may be seen upon sllady walks OF the gar
ilen, from the old Palace Of Car Peter,
half hidden among the trees, to the bridge
at the door Of the exhibition. lI..f e v
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

-TTTNl ~ DIR IOHNNUW, -TTI--- --T-If--
Member Of tho Royal College Of Surgeons, Lon.
don, Graduate Of one OF tho most eminent Col.
legOe In the United StAtHA and the greater part
ofEhosa life has boon spent In the hospitals OF
London, Paris Philadelphia dud elsewhere, has
were Ovefknown. Many troubled with ringing In
the head and ears when aSl0ep, NEnAt nervous.
ness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, baHhfRl
ness with frequent bluShlpg, attended some.
times with derangUment Of mind, were cared lin:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22
rhe prn.ident,a Ileereation.

The President and Mrs. Grant, with
their children, Mr.. Dent and Secretary
HoraceiP Porter, left Washington Thursday
for Long Branch. The President has &C.
cepted an offer from the proprietors Of the
Western Hotel to use one OF their public
paElors twice week for the reception OF
those who want to SEQ him on public busi-
ness. He will not receive or transact any
public business at his cottage, which Is
about one mile from the hotel. The Pres
ident says he will return 10 Washington
on the 18th Of August, to remain several
dAyH Il-u
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

TIE Memphis (Tenn) Ledger says:
"The negro Is fast becoming proprietor Of
the soil lie formerly titled for his master.
About five hundred negroes own farms In
the vicinity of Memphis, and oil their
farms are well cultivated, while the farms
of a great many white men are covered
with weeds. Industry Is bound to oyer.
come all obstacles and mako men rich,
while poverty ends In workhOuse and
paupcr's grave"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

Bachelors hayea new dignity in Geor.
giA. The Supreme Court Of that State
has decided that q bachelor is q family"
and, being so, he Is Of course tho ahead Of
the family" and as such entitled 70 tho
privileges Of the Homestead act,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

A WOMAN in Troy was lately brought
before Justice, charged with stealing a
sum Of money from her husband. She
was dismissed on the ground that wife
cannot steal from her husband. !"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

NEW ORLEANS offers New Workers o.
refuge from the heat. Instead Of South
erncfs seeking tho North during the sum-
mer, the thermometer would justify North.
ernCrS IN going South. af atfis ~ kb'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22
r. \. POOL, General Agent,
CLARKsBURd, W VA,
], N, McWHORFER, Agent,
WHEELING, W, va.
Agents wanted everywhere In tue State
REVERENCE nv PERMISSION.

REFERENCE nv PERMISSION.
Hon WIN. +, Stevenson, Governor West Va.
II. L. Berkshire, Judges supreme Court Of
James u. HrOWl, :APpGAls q MeSt va
y JAcIbOn, Jr., Judge otUE ~ DIaHlGlN
Court, ". Va -
D. b. I. F.rnswUrth, President Of Senate,
West Va.
A. Wpr1lIngcr, member SenAte.
Jacob HOrHbrUOk, Prest, Weat Va lns' co.
Jaruh N. BChel, Vice PresL
Caleb Borgess., Attorney, ClHrkshurg, ". Va.
samuel WtNlS, - PhillippG,
il White, Sheriff Mercer county,
il. q. Davis, Senate, Mineral county,
] n. Camden, PrbsIdcnENf First Nahdhat 34nkk
Parkrrsburg.
And the following mrInberS 0t tho liOuse Of DeIe'
yates Of West Virginia:
IlOu Is. II. Smith, Kanawha county
a. u. burgess, WaynH .. 1.,- 10 .lis w
JAnUs GuIhrlc, WetLel; H....-. ,1,..-
Nathan GOh Harrison
Joseph Tctct, BdthOnf i''.'' ~! ~ "'"'
j = ]. ]. Il T. E:
K. u. Hill. Marion
james HervCy, Brooke
q" Martin Judy, Grant
R. Davidson, Taylor
Henry Brapn0n, Lewis
Floyd Nicely, DOddridge "
J. r. BOwyGr, Putnam
J. y. Wilkinson, Lincoln
|-T-T7--T-T -frTCT1
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

TgTkBLTsnEb IN Newly 6RV,
u June, 1S4l-PltAburgh, 1859.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

reflect that sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote eonnublal hAppl.
1dss. Indeed, without these the journey through
life becomes Q weary pilgrimage; the prospect.
hourly -dATkens 10 tho view, the mind becomes
ahaaowed with despair and 1llled with tho mel.
Ancholy reflection that the happiness bf another
becomes bliRhted with our own lf,Ine,l d
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

"A certain man, on being told by a
generous farmer that lie wolld give him
u barrel Of cider, asked lin IT he would
bring IL to his house, "Certainly," re-
piled the iilrmer, with pleasure" swell"
said the grateful recipient, "whatWill you
pay INC for the barrel when the cider Is
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-09-10

nous rirons. Mais nous ne ponvons prendre
An serieux CO qui nest pas sfrieux. qnand
bien meme Ia Sent nellie, avec tout le s&rienx
dune fausss vertu, nous dirait: "Je snis 'e
pavilion convrant u marchandise !" UDe
a"uble Jen,,,e, ca se dsrange parfois dams Ia
mnrche ct laisse voir des chooses discretement
innomm&es.
Mais qnei bon disconrir ri longtemFs .
ponr ii panvre chose2 Et mons craignons l'ien
d'avoir fait I'm pas de- clerc en- donnant a 10
Sentinelle une importance qn'elle n'a''n,it
point dams son abandon ct "a c;lbane Off
cielle.
Qnoiqa'il en- soft, M'amsellc, puisqne vons
nous tirez votre bonnet avec ces mots: '.Shoo
Fly, don't bodder me, "-permettez nous de
vous dire quill y a eutre Butler ct vous plus
dun point lie resemblance. Butler ste
Journalistic, ayocat. general, ct il Iouche ho'-
ribielnent Son historic nest pas une lmge
lie Plut,rq"e. Butler cependant peut etre
surpass4 en- lypocrisie, en- mauvaiss fol ct Ell
incapncita niit,ire.
Sur ce, Mamselle, tout en- modi6ant mn
pen IN rfponsc de Butler Cox. nous vo,,s
tirerons notre clapenu avec ces paroles:
''S;.cker, don't Butter me.''
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-09-10
A nous de~:r.

Lecteura, pardon.
Mais irle faut.
Nous lisons dams 10 s.. James Sentinel,
Journal radical de notre paroisse, rarticle
suivant:
'.Il , tout pres d'ici quelques petites
demi- -feuiles de papier q"i ~ p'aisent d nous
accuser de toutes especes de cho~es. Bah
Nous navons pas jngS convenab'e de les
honorer en- constatant Ieur existence. En- 10
faisaut, nous leur anrions donn& ane espsce
de notoriets que nous no nous proposons pas
de ieur donner gratuitement, car leo dites
demi- -fenilles No sont pas lues en- dehors des
bureaux OH elles sont impsin,&es.
Nous repondroas 4 tout journal qni s's-
levera al d.,<sns des petites malicea ct trai.
terra devaut 10 peaple lee srandes questions;
mais nous u'avons rieu 4 emprunter un
prstentiea1 qui IA nj logiqne nj argument
On nous toujo"rs enseigue . croire qn'"n
journal doit chercher inc"lquer des senti
n,euts moraux &isvta. en- prasentant les taitl
an public st en- les commentant; nais quaud
on descend anx pessonnalites, nous r&pon
dous toujosrs eomms Butler ) Cox: Shoe
Fly, doa,t bodd~ ma
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-09-10

Cette trad"ction est exacte. ct 81 ellie nest
pas plns ALICANTE. amis lecteura. c'est qn'il
est fort difticile de faire du francais passabie
avec de l'anglais qui ne want rien.
Le Loxisiasais, on iisaut Get article, ne
s'est point trompS ct ma pn 20 tromper sur
I'intention do l'autenr. La Ssn.inslis est
venne s'&tablir dams son voisinage, ct le
Loxis;nnais nest qu'nne petite demi-feuiIle
de papier.
Or. CONNIE nous n'avons pas deux visnges,
CONNIE nous marchons sans crainte dams
notre chemin, CONNIE il est dams nos prin.
cipes de inter Snergiqnement contre ceux
qi font meter de jonrnalisme ct de poll
tiQue, nous nous pr6sentons.
Nous n'aimons point 10 vagne, Uncertain,
les dstonrs ct les dnplicites. ''Droit au but I"
eat notre regle. Nous allions dire ''ta"reau
par lea cornes'. scion le proverbe espagnoi;
n.is il ny point de taureau daus cette
bataill0.