Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-04-16
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Edited and Conducted by
j. +. LANGENBA Ugh.
ELOQUENCE.

sense. The greater part of mankind only
have glimpse of things, and then ir fig
ures and ornaments are introduced in or
der to convey something like an acquaint-
ance with the subjects. The end of elo
uence is to enchant the senses, to govern
! = passions, TO delight the understanding
ant. - command the will or, in word,
to exercise upon mankind a tyfannnic
power, without committing violence
The necessary qualifications for forming
an orator are: just pronunciation, action
which will strike the eye, a proper choice
of the figures of speech, discriminate dis
position of sentences, powerful touches
to win the heart, and subject to secure
the attention of an auditory. The gift of
speaking is by no means universal. There
are very clever men, who are only good
speakers, Others who are only G cd witt
ers, and put very few are both. Some
men have obtained the merit of being ac
curate thinkers bat from some defect in
enunciation, have rarely been able To eX-
press their conception, end have never
acquired the talent of good writing
Clearness, energy. precision, ale essential
qualities of eloquence; neither a quick
| repartee. nor even correct reasoning,
would prove the speaker to be eloquent.
Brilliant replies in conversation or writ
ing, are rather an exhibition of wit than
of eloquence. In all subjects of speaking.
there is kind of eloquence peculiar To
each. A sermon, the opening of u court.
an academic discourse, in short, every
public oratiOn. requires something pecu-
liar, or adapted to it.
However, eloquence is not limited to
great subjects; it may be displayed in
simple narration, or in historic sketch, or
even in light conversation but these last
require nice discrimination in tne use of
language formed ON simplicity; whilst in
the former great and noble ornaments may
be used.
Far on her hammered mountsin height,
The sun of Science streaming bold,
Reveals behind the misis os light,
The ruins OF her age OF gol,;
With tCrms of dim remembered arts,
Shaped - the grace OF per.cct shings,
Above the dust of passio nate hea Is
That mouldered in the cryps OF kings.
Access the curious csryen lids
That crown their o.d sarcopMgi.
The shadows OF the pyramids
Through aeons OF dead silence lie;
Athwart the vast sand solitrdes,
Where once their stately highways ran
Through groves of spices and precious woods,
Slow winds the crawling caravan
The milk industry of TIE United States
employs capital of S30O00,0O0. Sixteen
thousand operatives are employed. at an
annual outlay for wages alone of SS,000,-
00 The value of The yearly produc. is
estimated at between S50,00O,00O. and
Sio,0O0,GO0. Ten years ago this Industry
was in its infancy.
THE OLDEST TIMBER IN THE WORLD.
Probably the oldest timber in the
world, which has been subjected To the
use of man. is that which is found in the
ancient temples of Egypt. 1t is found in
connection with stone work which is
known to be at least 4 900 years old. This
wood, and the only wood used in con.
struc,ion of the temple, is in the form of
ties, holding the end of one stone To an
other IN It's proper surface. When two
4 va i..iA in MI
that an excavation about an inch deep
7 was made in each block, into which an
hour glass shaped tie was driven. 1t is
therefore very difficult to force any stone
from its position. The ties appear to
have been the tamarisk, or shiitim wood,
OF which the ark was constructed, a sa-
cred tree in ancient Egypt, and now very
rarely found in the valley of the Nile.
These dovetailed ties are just as sound
now as on the day of their insertion. AL
though fuel is extremely scarce in that
country, these bits of wood are not
large enough to make it an object with
Arabs to heave off layer after layer of
heavy stone for so small prize. Had
they been of bronze, half the old temples
would have been destroyed ages ago, so
/ precious would they have been for various
i purposes.
CDUMBs WORTH SAVING
Hate no one; hate their, vices, not
themselves
The mind of the guilty is full of scor.
pions.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes
necessity.
Life is not the supreme good; but of all
earthly ills, the chief is guilt.
Everything great is not always good
but all good things are great.
Hasten slowly, and without losing
heart, put your twenty times upon the
d anvil.
He enjoys much, who is thankful fol
little. A grateful mind is a great mind.
= It is eas.r to look down on others; to