Marshall County Republican., 1877-02-01
EDUCATIONAL.
BY J. r. LANGEyBAUGH.


Many seats occupied by the grave and
reverend United States Senators have an
interesting history which is known but
10y few, and to none better than the veter
an Capt. Isaac b, assistant doOrkeeper
of the Senate. who has seen forty five
years Of service in that position. Capt
B., who is a general favorite with the
Senators, retains many cherished reminis-
cences of great men, who have passed
away and who formerly occupied seats in
Webster, John G. Calhoun, Henry Clay.
Thomas III. Benton, Thomas Corwin and
Stephen A. Douglas The chairs and
desks of these distinguished men are still
in use in the Senate, for it is a notable
fact that, while the furniture Of the House
Of Representatives is frequently changed,
that of the Senate with the exception of
the carpet, remains substantially as it did
half a century ago.
II is true that when new State is ad
mitted new chairs and desks have been
made for incoming Senators, but they
have been invariably fashioned after the
old model Some of the old chairs have
beer re.uphclstered. but most OF them
have never been repaired. being apparent
ly as good to day as they were when first
placed into the chamber. The chairs Of
Benton, Cass, Calhoun, Clay, Corwin,
Douglas and Webster, as said, still re-
main in the Senate Chamber and are In
daily use when the Senate is in session,
but exactly which they are or who occu-
py them at present Capt B. declines to
tell, for reason that if the fact was known,
relic hunters would soon mutilate them
beyond recogni ton. Many Of these chairs
and desks have been changed as regards
location, but the Captain has made a men,
tai note of every change, and could, if de-
sired point them out at once.
Good Advice.
Pay your debts as soon as you get the
money in your pocket. Do without what
you don't need. Speak your mind when
necessary. Hold your tongue when pru
dent. Speak to friend in seedy coat.
Ii you can't lend friend money tell him
why ifyou don't want to do the same.
E, Cut acquain.ances who lack principle.
Bear with infirmities bu: not vices. Re-
spect honesty but hate duplicity. Wear
your old clothes till you can pay for new
ones. Aim st comfort and propriety, not
fashion. Acknowledge your ignorance
and don't pretend to know what you don't
know. Entertain your friends, but never
beyond-your means.
Curiosities Never Yet Seen.
A fence made from the railing of a
scolding wife; plate OF butter from the
cream Of joke; the small coins In the
change OF the moon; the original brush
used In painting tie signs OF the times ;
the hammer that broke mp the meeting
the animal that drew an inference; eggs
from nest of thieves, and bucket Of
water from "All's WE'LL"
Answers to Questions.
Plate glass is composed of soda and sea
sand-four parts of the latter to one of the
former; quicklime, nitre and broken glass
In small quantities, are also added. The
quicklime Is employed to make the in
gradients mix and melt, and is called fux f;
cobalt and manganese are employed to
neutralize the colors that are natural to
the materials employed. An intense heat
is applied to the ingredients in earthen
pots, when the boiling liquid is poured on
a fiat metallic table, and after Il Is cool, the
grinding and polishing complete the pro-
cess.
Crown glass is made of nearly the same
ingredients, but instead OF being poured in
TO mold, it Is blown into large globe
by the workmen, and bv peculiar process
II is fattened into circular sheet of glass.
and when cut through Is called a table
This glass is silvered and used for com.
mon toilette glasses.
The Indians In Indiana, at the time If its
discovery by the Europeans, were of the
Algonquin family. and mostly of the
Miami Confederacy, which comprised the
Wea, Piankeshaw. Shockey and Miami
tribes. The Miaml's lived about the pres.
ent site of Fl. Wayne; the weas dwelt
farther west i'm the neighborhood of La.
Fayette; the Shockeys and Piankeshaws
lived south and west from the weas In
small villages along the banks of the prin.
ciple streams. The Kickapoos, Shawnees,
Delawares and Pottawatomies were scat
tered over the State. The Marshall Coun-
ty Indians were of the Pottawatomie
tribe
Indiana was admitted as State into the
Union with its present boundaries in 1866.
Corydon was the capital of the State at
that time, and remained as such until 1925,