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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

A SPIDER, living in the country, and
having followed his busin ess for a time In
an obscure corner, determined to travel a
little, for Improvement OF taste, and also
for any advantage in business which
might chance to turn up. BY good for
tune he turned his steps to q flower gar
den, where were displayed a thousand
blossoms, of every variety and hue. As
we always compare new things to some
thing well known before, so in his mind
he compared the colors of brilliant flow
ers to the various insects which, in his en-
tomological studies, he had become ac-
quainted with. Elated with all he saw,
he passed on, sometimes creeping, soma
times throwing suspension bridge from
pier TO pier of fower-stalks, until the
thought occurred to him that he had not
dined nor supped. Accordingly he locked
around for place whereon to spread his
table. For spiders are accustomed to
spread their table first, and then to sit
down on it, or near it, to see what fortune
will send them.
At length after several selections and
reflections, he found saloon of the most
admirable description. 1t was nothing
less than morning glory If he had
only known the name which it bore in the
CdaioSuts, n0 WOulu, suppOst, nave
been still more proud than he was OF his
tent. For that mus. be a sumptuous
flower which can boast name ss long as
Spanish princess, as this did. 1t was the
| Ip0naed hederacc6 superba 0rdndsf0ra.
Across the opening of this splendid bell the
| spider stretched his web. In the morning
first saw him there The dow was fresh
on the leaves. He said to himself "This
is the very cell of pleasurel There will
be enough hungry flies or other insects
coming here for honey 1t shall be my
business TO entertain them when they
come"
Alas for day-dreamsi While he was
thus fondly expecting his guests, saw a
bumblebee Of the largest size heavily
flying from blossom to blossom, from bell
to bell, and the thought crossed my mind,
how queer 1t would be If he should visit
the spider. Sure enough, he seemed to
have caught my thought. for, in second,
he carried his great blundering body right
down to the bell, through the web but
not liking IL, he made of, like Sampson,
with part of his prison on his shoulders
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

experiment, apprehending damage to the
document; but the President thought
there was no dancer, and so the transfer
was made and the result has been as Mr..
Adams feared-the original signatures
have been nearly ruined, only the stronger
ones being at all legible.
A MICROSCOPE has recently been con-
strUcted il New York which magnifes OBJ
iects 5000, 0,000,0 900 times At this rate of
enlargement an ordinary fly could cover
& space equal to New York City below
Wall street; man would appear more
than q hundred miles high, and hair of
the ordinary length from q la5y's head
would reach half way from New York to
New Haven. Yet, under this enormous
magnifying power, the creations of the
Lord only display new beauties. A mi.
crOscopic shell called an angMatuna, of
which about one hundred and forty plsced
end to end will reach an inch, and which,
when examined under ordinary powerful
microscopes, is simply marked with lines
OF exquisite delicacy, exhibits under the
| new instrument half globes Of white silex,
whose dlameters appear to be an inch
and three-quarters, and Of which only
fifteen can be seen at once. In reality the
point Of cambric-needle Is larger thar
the circle upon which these fifteen half
globes exist, and yet that circle appears
like dessert-plate covered with lady-ap-
ples.-AppIet0n's Journal
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
DO IL NOW.

"IwoULD like to have you run down to
Mrs. Bowen's fer me, Katy, before sum
down." said Mrs. Nelson 20 her daughter,
who sat busily stitching away in her little
willow chair.
40 mother couldn't go Just as well
before school tomorrow | have this
pair of pillow cases almost done for my
doll, and Aunt Msrtha is going TO give me
two nice little pillows and feather bed
for her as soon as have the bed-clothes
all made neatly"
"But, my dear, l wish you to take her
the money for the work that she has sent
home TO day. She is poor woman and
may need it."
Still Katy looked reluctantly at the
dainty sewing work bcf)re her, and laid
down the rufiied pillow-case with sigh.
Perhaps the poor woman is wonder
ing how she shall buy food for her chill
dren tomorrow" continued her mother.
"Tbink what a relief it will be to have
that care off her mind"
The thought was enough for Katy's
really benevolent little heart, and she
quickly laid up her work in a pretty rose
wood box, so it would not be in any ones
way. and prepared herself for the walk.
"Here is basket, with some OF AIMS
a-biscuit and a plate of butter" said
Katy's mother; "you may take that TO Mrs.
Bowen if ii will not be too heavy; and
Katy, you may take this cup of j=lly and
| some grapes to the little sick boy. / dare
say they will be refreshing"
Katy returned from her kind errand
that night, little weary, but very light
hearted.
81 am so glad l went to- night, mother"
she said. "rhey were just sitting down
to supper, with only little cake of corn
meal and pitcher Of water On the table.
The woman cried when | gave her the
basket, and seemed so glad. She gave the
sick boy his biscuit and grapes first; and
l wish you could have seen how happy
his pale face looked"
81 am very glad, too, that you went to-
night" said her mother, "and l hope you
will learn this lesson from it,-never put
off doing kind action till tomorrow,
when you can do it to-day. A good man
was urged not TO go out on q stormy even.
ing to pay bill to poor laboTer, as to-
morrow would certainly do IS well; but
he answered, Think what a blessing a
good nights sleep is tot poor man. This
may relieve some anxiety which would
cause him sieepless night The COM
rand to Gods ancient people is one
which we should remember: The wages
of him that is hired shall not abide with
thee ali pight until the morning SO you
see, dear Katy, it was an act OF justice, as
well as kindness, to take the money TO-
night, instead of putting it Of till to-mOr-
row" YOutA'S Conpnnion.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

training; and the athletic sports changed
into the fights Of the gladiatOrs, and COM
bats with wild animals in the amphithea-
tre. The bath, however, with frictions Of
the skin and gymnastic exercises, was the
custom and most houses had their pdles-
tr@, which were richly adorned with
works of art. The Roman boys were not
trained as the children of the Greeks were,
and gymnastics were certainly not so
rigidly practiced for their own sake; the
Romans preferred the magni6cence and
display of the circus and the amphithea-
ire. They would not have knocked o
way through the city walls to welcome a
victor in the Olympic Games, esteeming
him too great parsonage TO enter by the
ordinary gate, as the Greeks did. Rome
might never have been prey to the
Goths had she been satisfied with the
Greek model; and the modern Italians,
cast as they are in such noble mould,
would never have become the irritable,
iudolent, and melancholy race they are
had not athletic sports and manly exer-
cises been lost ny the people and diicour.
aged by the mobiles. Whether they will
be regenerated by the example of their
manly king, and the enlightened exer-
tions oftheir statesmen, is subject Of the
deepest interest to all who admire the
splendid organization of the Italians, and
remember the deep debt we owe to Italy.
--Harper's Weekly.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
Obedience 70 Parents.

SHOW me boy who obeys his parents,
who has respect for age, always has
friendly disposition, and who applies him
self diligently to get wisdom and TO do
good towards others, and if he is not re-
spected and beloved then there is no such
thing as truth in the world.
Even when parents are il-tempered
and unreasonable they should be treated
with respect aud foIbearance by their
children. Olympias, mother of Alexsn-
der the Great, was a woman Of ambitious
disposition, and occaSione0 much trouble
10 her son. Nevertheless, when pursuing
his conQuests N Asia, he sent hsr many
splendid presents out of the. spoils which
he had taken, as tokens of his affection.
He only begged that she would not med
die with state affairs, bat allow his king
dom to be managed peaceably by his gov
ernoT, Antipater. When she sent a harsh
reply to the request which he had made,
he bore 1t patiently, snd did not use sharp
language in return.
On one occasion, when she had been
unusually troublesome, Antipater sent
him letters complaining of her in very
grievcus terms. Alexander only said,
"Antipator does not know that one single
tear of my mother is allie TO blot out six
hundred Of his epistles"
a boy was once tempted by some of
his companions to pluckripe cherries from
tree which his fatner had forbidden him
to touch.
"You need not be afraid" said one of
his companions, "for If your father should
find out that you have taken then he is SO
kind he would not hurt you"
THAT is the very reason" replied the
boy, "why would not touch them. 1t is
true that my father would not touch me,
yet my disobedience, / know, would hurt
my father, and that would be worse to
me than anything else"
a boy who grows up with such princi-
pies will be q man in the best sense of the
word 1t shows regard for rectitude
that would render him trustworthy under
every trial.-G0lGen Hours
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

An erect gait gives to woman queen
ly appearance, and to men an air OF man.
liness, integrity and fearlessness. To
bend forward or downward while walk
ing indicates debility, depression or men
tai trouble, and always aggravates itself
and promotes disease. Pads and supports
are all pernicious, and are worse than
useless, because they teach the system to
rely on them, and cannot support one
part of the body without causing an un-
natural strain on some other part, and,
to that extent, tend TO disease that part.
There is always one easily available and
successful method of acquiring an erect,
manly gait, without any material effort or
feeling of awkwardness. Let the chin be
a little above horizontal line, which is
easily done by keeping the eye fixed on
the top of some persons hat or bonnet in
front of you, The habit of this erect car
riage may be facilitated by accustoming
yourself, when at home, in the garden, or
other places, to walk with the hands be.
hind, held in one another and the head
thrown up, as is done in smoking cigar
or' singing a tune.-HaI's Journal 9f
Health.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
How TO be Nobody.

IT is easy to be nobody, and we viii
tell you how TO do II. Go to The
drinking saloon and spend your leisure
time You need not drink much
now; just little beer, or some
other drink In the meantime play dom
inoes, checkers, or something else, to kill
time, so that you will be sure not TO read
any useful book. If you read, let it be
the dime novels of the day. Thus 60 on
keeping your stomach fuii, and your head
empty, and yourself playing time killing
games, aud in few years you'll be no.
body, unless (as is quite likely you
should turn out a drunkard or a profes
sional gambler, either of which is worse
than nobody. There are any number of
young men hanging about saloons, bill
lisrd rooms and other rum shops just
ready To graduate and be nobodies.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

Meanwhile, the spider seemed far more
alarmed than the bee, and shrunk back
into his flower. house Misfortunes never
come single, i. is said. About an hour
after this encounter, l went out to see
how the Travelled spider was enjoying
himself. He and had both forgotten one
thing, and that is, that on fair summer
morning the convolvulus shuts up its
blossoms by ten o'clock. While the spider
lay securely inside. the edges had folded
down and closed the opening entirely
The flower had proved prison! All, ye
who spin webs of evil across the places of
pleasure, and lurk for the destruction of
the simple, may your refuge prove a
snare, and may you be caught in the very
net which you spread for others.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
Lazy Boys.

AN exchange says, lazy boy will make
q lazy man as sure SIS q crooked sapllng
will make crooked tree. Who ever saw
boy grow up in idleness that did not
make shiflless vagahond when he be-
came man, unless he had fortune 10
keep up appearances? The mass OF thieves,
criminals and paupers have come To what
they have by beng brought up in idleness.
Those who constitute the business pa Of
the COMMUNICATIVE make our great and
useful men-were taught in their boy
hood 10 be industrious. Boy, take pipe
out of your mouth and think of this.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

81 UNDERSTAND you make very good
cider9" "Yaw," said the Dutchman;
Hans, my poy, go pring mugful.
Hans soon returned with mug brimming
full, and handed il tOthe Dutchman, who
drained IT to the bottom at one draught; /;
then turning TO his astonished visitor,
said: "Dere now, you dcsh not dink
dat ish goot cider .jo0st schmeli Of te mug
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

DR.. LIE BARON says, in the Prairie
Farmer, that ii all iruit-growers would
unite in putting the remedies for the cod
ding moth in practice, this moth might be
cxterminatod He gives The remedies as
follows: Put bands of hay or rags around
the trees and in the crotches for the
worms TO make their cocoons every 10 or
II days. Second, gather up the wormy
apples and destroy them as fast as they
fall, or keep hogs in the orchard to do this
work.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

AN sttorney, says an ingenious writer,
is the same thing To a barrister that an
apothecary is 10 physician; with this dlf
ference, that your lawyer docs not deal In
scruples
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

AN old lady at st. Landry, Louisiana,
before her death, could count up over
eight hundred lineal descendants, al
blood relations OF hera
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

WHEN are young lady's earrings like
people in debt? When they are in her
ears (arrears).
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
YOUTHS DEPARTMEN T
A LIITLEFOLK SONG.

CONE here, you grigs,
Here's q show.
Five baby pigs
Ali in row
They caEe last night,
Brown, pink and white,
With tails curled tight,
And eyes so bright.
IL Is q treat
To see them eat
And hear them squeak,
A week! A week
And, oh what fun
To see them run
And then stop short,
With grunt and snort,
Poking about
With curious snOut.
No, Master Dick.
Put down teat stick,
You must not dig
A baby pig
Under the rib,
To make hin sQueal.
HoS would you feel
Should do so
To you, you know?
You must be kind,
Or else you'n find
You won't COM here
Again, my dear.
-RiUersids Vdo0ziae. 2
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
POETRY.
"NOWILAYME DOWNTO SLEEPn

BY MRS. F. BARROW.
GOLDEN head. so lowly bending.
Little feet so white and bare.
pe~y eyes, half shut half cpened
LispiEg out her evening prayer.
Vel she knows when she is saying,
Now i lay me down to sleep,''
lis TO God tnst she is praying
Praying Hin her soul 10 keep.
Half ssieep, and murmuring faintly.
If should die before 1 wGke''
Tiny fingers clasped SO SANITY
pray the LORD NV soul 10 take
Oh, the rapture sweet, unbroken,
OF he soul who wrote that prayeri
Chidren's myriad voices floating
to heaven, record it there.
III, OF all that has been written,
conld ehOoae what might se mine.
1t should be that chllI's petition
Rising TO the tnrCne divine
While the mufied bells were ringing.
-" Earth 10 earth, and dust 20 dust
Ny free soul, On iaith depending
Faith, and love, and perfect trust
Would approach Him, bumbly praying
All the little ones rCCnd),
Jesus, SAVIOR. take thy servant;
Give 10 her thy c5ildr-n's crown"
-PaHGHs's Magazine.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11

"No honeymoon is the last marriage
announcement.
, 1870-03-16

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49, - -. .4;r,;nv sense.oS fin1a ia
, 1870-03-16

In the April number Of L.ppincotns Magd-
xlte is this sketch OF Rnakin
T.. Never ehAl1 forget the first, Isst, aud only
nroe ever saw JOIN Ruskir. Els picture
taS;a nad none tor many years just over my study
iaele-Lnat - sweet, Anoets&nge1lo face, which,
- e"nAt coAreet execution, still the
same saoa character, fronts ths title page of
soae oa hls worke. Who that has sesn il
n.y. forgotten it: It is almost childs face,
ana @ nas II. bot Little ct the chArm which vests
on9 o. hephaera 6istine .herube. But the
teA husstn. nov different! ] think be is the
Plalneht pam ever a4H At any rate, no face
has ever impressed me sith 30 much ugiinesa.
And as Il to intensity nature, his noannar al
Tearing his hair and his rudely-fttino fsress "a
only emphasized the natural Want nf chs-rna s
Ruakin'a face has neither fneneas Of 9a.tnre
nor winning expression. His eye, # il frna
is large and eloquent, but not ennnrh
20 to offset the rest Of his fsrs
Ho read a. .psper~ to few friends
that e7ening-nos with mueh eloquouces
but With jerky, unnatural fiuginE ont Of
the Eords, quite unlike the flow Of .good
American reader- But the charm VAS under-
meath, in tbe thought itself, which, like every
thing OF Rushn.s, Was original, paradoS,ol,
stimulating. The paper Waa afte1Wsrd printed
md forms the first half Of his Sesame and
L'oes. He is good Anesican:hatez, Lives in
great eeeluaion On Denmark ELL, one Of the
suburbs Of London IL princaly In hs gamer
oatties, gracious to al young a1t-atudeuts who
seek his advice, and, with al his feudL ten
dsnoieas inconteseably ono Of the. noh1ass
sPHts Of our ago. -..,.r.< ,..,.,-
, 1870-03-16

The Ancient Family OF. :Urquharts.
Sir Thomas Urquhalt, Of Crona!ty, claimed
Tor his .zce m antiquity nearly equal to
tbxt asserted in the calebzAted bosst Of tbs
A1epheIsen He sanss int t. be aissn
marty, from tha Creation Of he World until
The present year Of Christ, 1852" i .as F.
fifteanth: cbisf VAS named Esonnnn. aud lived
1si0 :. N. He sss sunsmed Urochasto5,
that Is, fortunate and wal-beloVed, by bis
Greek subjects. His cost Of arms is de-
ecrihed. The thisty.seventh UrquhaTs. Pam
proeodos, married Te,pgih, thu. T.. ESgphsn 31sa
1iso informs us thst Castle Urquhart WAS
founded ISL B. c.! This is : fortress OF
great antiquity. and Was stronghold Of I'M
portance. Thaes is tradition thst it CON
iaina . secret vault hlled witt treasure. But
this cannot be sought for, becau1e there Il
4pother vault in which is confined deadly
peetilenoe, md vera this chamber opened, the
aearcher would fan victim TO his o1nos,sy,
and; The country, !EouA: :ba dePop9ltsd: .:
, 1870-03-16
---- WAITHAM WAToHEs .--s.4zz - =.
.WALTHAM WATCHES.

In soliciting anew The public patronage of Watches of domes
cproducon, the American Watch Company respectfully
resent :: -. :, - .5:s-:
That no fact in the history manufactures completely
than that the best system Of making Watches ia
the first established by them at Waltham. That system
always had the Of and and now
the test Of time the trial of the Watches themselves cannot
be denied to have been ample and satisfactory It is admitted
every handhe evidence Of daily observation and
the Watches not only keep correct time but that
machines they It should that nothing
needed but that their shapes and appearance should suit
Of tie people, As all these conditions The American
Watch Co. fully prepared to the exacons Of the
market They confidently assert there longer need
M such import watches Of any whatever
Every ordinary demand every shape and every variety
Of finish and decoaon nowbe had And to price, the
recent reductions leave that the Waltha
system Of Matchmaking most economical well
most reabe and that Watham Watch the cheapest
we'll as the best.
Many varieties Of movements have added during the
last year. all which display the latest improvements design
and nsh and vince the rapid progress the Company max
ing toward perfection IN the art Among these the small
Watch Tor boys and young gentlemen to be specially
noted very low price has been made for this Watch, be-
it boys watch and with the object bringing it
within the boys Of all classes Price being considered
no such Watch in quality and beauty has country
The rescentstreet full plate Watch added during the last
year, made either with without stemwndng and
challenges all manufacturers all countries equal for
its price, It made with the latest improvements every
Improvements which nPRovEand which not only make
it better tor its keeper but will make tha
great fayorte with watch makers Th the highest grade Of
npate Watches made IN this country and appearance
in ns and general excellence especially intended for
recommended to business men, and particular Railway and
E1press men, to constant arelers-n fact, to all live mea
who must be told by their watches the correct time Of day
whenever they want it. AL such should have the Gamer
Watch Co., Crescentseet" Counting such destination
for this variety Of their manufacture the Company devote the
greatest its construction employ upon only their best
and best machinery and issue with their reputation at
stake upon its
For sale by all leading jewellers No watches reaed by the
Company. For all other facts address
, 1870-03-16
1U0a9101IV0 90 III = 1GLO OIN3
General Agts for American Watch Co., 182 Broadway n Y

any question Of lind or privilege ycu fr
you have to deal, not NTH WtikG.- ID t. =
but with : compact phslar1 Of cou- II
brotbers-in-lxw. In marrying Lord IL II
ths Princess Louise becomes csoss king
woman OF two-thirds OF our nobility, Lord
Granville will bs her uncle or cousin ovsr and
over aqain, and, being himself : GoTes. 3
Cnverdi-h, md Hows1d, he Is eTerybodya
crn-tu in the House of Lords, to ssy nothing
Of the Vernon Hsrcourts cut OF 1t. But our
nobility. like royalty. is suffering Il = CASTE
from oyer-multip1ication- pocr Counteas
Of Durham, for example, agsd S., and sixteen
years married, waa notheS Of thir.een chil-
, 1870-03-16

Ions n this Iaktsr, because I hare sssa moth
Ing specially wp1hy Of noss. Aftee tbs opea-
ings naxs weed, I 1han hate E1see y teTT Tou.
What haTe seen u yet of bounets Is not
worth description. TheEo sre great yarieues
md besntiful etylea of sununhralss md
Ipafneole, and snsvehy iii god hook IND
Eus6th and Cur own &ylos, in thess ar6s}os,1
are nuoh handsomsx than tho Ers1ok.