Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-05-25
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
GOVERNMENT OF rE,rprR.

CONDUCTED BY J. r. LANGlNBAUGH.
GOVERNMENT OF TEMPER.
Every temper is inclined in some
degree. to either passion, peevishness
or obstinacy. Many are so unfortu-
nate rs to be inclined to each of the
three in turn; therefore, it is neces-
sary to watch the bent Of our nature.
and to apply the remedies proper for
the intirmiy TO which we are most
liable. With regard 10 the first, it is
so injurious to society. and so odious
in itself, especially in the female char
acter, that one would think shame
alone would be sufficient to preserve
young lady from giving away TO it,
for it is unbecoming in her character
to be betrayed into ill-behavior by
passio as by intoXication, and she
ought TO be ashamed Of the one as
much rs of the other. Gentleness.
meekness and patience are peculiar
distinctions; and an enraged woman
is one of the most disgraceful sights
in nature 1t is plain from experience
that the most passionate people can
command themselves when they have
motive sufficiently strong such as
the presence Of those they fear, or to
whom they particularly desire TO
recommend themselves. When once
you find yourself heated so far as to
desire TO say what you know would
be provoking and wounding to an
other. you should Immediately re-
solve, either to be silent, or to quit
the place, rather than to give utter
ance to anything dictated by so bad
an inclination. BE assured you are
then unfit TO reason or reprove or To
hear reason from others. It is. there
fore, your part TO retire from such an
occasion of sin. and wait until you
are cool, before you presume to Judge
of what has passed BY accustoming
yourself thus to conquer and disap-
point your anger, you will. by de-
grees. find it grow weak and manage
able. so as to leave your reason at
liberty; you will be able to restrain
your tongue from evil, and your looks
and gestures from all expressions of
violence and ill-will. Pride, which
produces so many evils in the human
mind, is the great source of passion
In the case of real injuries, which
justify aud call for resentment, there
is a noble, generous kind of anger.
proper and necessary part Of our ma
ture. which has nothing sinful OF de-
grading I would not wish you to be
insensible of this; for the person who
feels not an injury. must be incapable
of being properly affected by benefits
With those that treat you i'll with
oft provocation, you ought to main
tain your own dignity But, in order
To do this, while you show "a sense of
their improper behavior, you must
preserve calmness. and even good
breeding, and thereby convince them
Of the Importance as we'll as injustice
of their malice. You must also weigh
every circumstance with candor and
charity, and consider whether your
showing the resentment deserved.
may not prSduce i'll feeling to limo
cent persons-as is almost always the
case in family quarrels-sud whether
it may not occasion the breach OF
some duty or necessary connection,
10 which you ought TO sacrifice even
your just reseutments. Above all
things. take care that "a particular Of
fensc to you does not make you un-
just to the general character of the
often ling person.
STATE or INDIANA.
Indiana stands first in railroads and
telegraphs, having one mile of rail-
road to every 395 of her population.
the largest proportion of this most
important interest Of any civil or po-
litical division on the globe. IL
wheat, she ranks second only to III
inois. which is nearly one half larger
than Indiana. In corn she ranks third.
illinois and Ohio alone surprising
her In farm products aud machinery
she ranks forth and fifth, New York. /
Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. ex-
ceiling her In live stock she ranks
seventh in the scale. Indiana is now
supporting a population of 30. upon
an average. 20 each section of go
acres. BY comparison with foreign
countries, it will be seen that she has
the capacity of supporting a popula-
ton of l7000,000. While India. with t
her arduous system of irrigation and
most earnest labor, is supporting a
population of 100 to the square mile.
upon a yield of Is bushels of wheat to
the acre, and rice, sweet potatoes and
such like vegetables, all PRODUCED
without any modern machinery, anc
while great portion of Europe, from
her well worn fields, is supporting
her 300 to 100, and Massachusetts,
with her thin soil and skilled labor is
supporting 100 to 100, Indiana has an
average Of 100 TO her cultivated lands,
embracing only about $4,000 square
miles, yet producing sufficient to sup
port 100000 of people. One char
acteristic feature that gives force to
and interest in her manufactures, is
the fact that in all her various manu-