Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-08-17
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY J. F. LANGENBAUGH.
IMAGINATIVE MEDICINES.


Charms, amulets, talismans, and
phylacteries all belong to the list of
articles which produce imaginative
cures; seeing that the persons who
trust to them believe in some good
obtainable from them. in purse or in
person, in health or in welfare; and
If the good does come, more assured
ly the imagination is the channel
through which it approaches. A ring
made Of the hinge of a coffin. and a
rusty old sword hung by the bedside,
are Gin some countries) charms
against the cramp; headache is re-
moved by the halter that has hung a
criminal, and also by a snuff made
from moss that has grown on a hum
an skull in graveyard. A dead
mans hand, and especially the hand
of a man who had been cut down
while hanging, dispels tumors. Warts
may be removed by rubbing them
with bit Of stolen beef: the chips of
a gallows, worn in little bag round
the neck, will cure the ague; a stone
with hole in it. suspended at beds
head, will prevent nightmare. Many
verses are known which if repeated
aloud, are credited with curing the
cramp, burns, and other bodily
troubles. When you have the whoop-
ing-cough, apply for a remedy to the
first person you meet with riding on
piebald horse.
WHO ARE THE PROUD PEOPLE.
There is scarcely any word in the
English language more often wrested
from its true meaning than the word
proud" Those who are fondest OF
affixing this label to the coats of their
neighbors, or acquaintances, are they
who are themselves quite corroded
with this feeling. The self-poise and
self-possession of a refined and intel
ligent person, occupied with other
thoughts than the petty balancing OF
his own individual claims to admira-
tion, is with such, sure proof OF an
arrogant nature, and to be resented
accordingly. He is better OFF, than
these complainants, he wears better
clothes-lives in a better style, there
fore it follows, that he must be proud.
Now in fact the really "proud" is he,
or she who is constantly fighting the
air lest his or her social position
should be underrated by those about
them. That person whose position
is secure, never troubles his or her
head about such matters. There is
no surer mark of narrow, barren
soul, than the constant changes rung
upon this theme by persons who have
no claim, morally or intellectually, to
the regard OF those whom they stig-
matize as proud" and "stuck up"
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
The universe is general term used
to represent the entire material crea-
tion. Our knowledge OF it, however,
is confined to a partial acquaintance
with the earth and its sister planets;
and some general ideas in regard to
the more distant heavenly bodies,
whose existence is revealed to us by
the light they shed upon the earth.
Zenobla was a Queen Of Palmyra,
who ascended the throne on the
death of her husband, Odenatus, A.
d., 267. She was a woman OF great
beauty, courage and accomplish
ments. She was defeated and cap
tured by the Emperor Aurelian, in
the year 273, taken to Rome, and pre-
sented with large possessions near
Tivoli, where, in company with her
children, she passed the remainder OF
her life in comfort and splender.
In our next Educational Column
we will endeavor 10 give the readers
thereof a brief account of what we
saw at the Centennial. We will en-
deavor to be brief, yet try to convey
general idea of what is to be seen
in and about Fairmont Park and vi
cinity. Our time was limited, conse-
quently we cannot indulge in an elab-
crate and minute description thereof,
but We promise to the best OF our
ability and limited space, to give a
general outline OF what is on exhibit
ton in the Centennial and the Worlds
great Exhibition of 1876.