Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-02-22
EDUCATIONAL.
CONDUCTED BY J. p. LANcESBAuaH

EDUCATIONAL.
CONDUCTED By J. r. LANdENBAUGH.
SELF RELIANCE.
There Is nothing more likely to re-
suit in successful career than con-
fident reliance. 1t is astonishing how
much more youth will accomplish
who relies on himself, than upon 9TH
ers for assistance. Having first as
certained the direction in, and the
means by which his object is to be
reached, let him put his whole ener-
gies to work. and with unflagging in
dustry press forward. The young
man, who, instead OF rising at five,
sleeps until seven or eight, and who
spends his evenings on the corners,
or in the companionship OF those
who are wanting in laudable ambition,
rarely ever wins a position Of honor
or achieves reputation above that
enjoyed by the common masses. In a
country like ours, where the avenues
to honor and wealth are open to all,
there is no reasonable excuse that
can be offered for mans failure to
achieve near the other, or both. I'll
health or extraordinary misfortune
may keep him down, but these are
the exceptions that establish the rule.
Few men know how much they are
capable OF until they have first thor
oughly tested their abilities. An
hour OF each evening, spent with
some good author, or in the study OF
some branch of useful science, will
IN the course OF a few years, give to
the young man who thus devotes this
small portion OF his time, an amount
Of information, literary and scientific.
which cannot fail to fit him for posi-
tons to which he could never proper
~ aspire without the attention to
study.
SILENT INFLUENCE.
We are touching orr fellow beings
on all sides. They are reflected for
good or for evil by what we say and
do, even by what we think and feel.
Mayflowers in the parlor breathe their
fragrance through the atmosphere
We are each OF us silently saturating
the atmosphere about us with the
subtle aroma of our character. In
the family circle, beside and beyond
all the teaching the daily life OF each
parent and child mysteriously modi-
fies the life OF every person of the
household. The same process on q
wider scale is going on through the
community. No man liveth to him.
self and no man dieth to himself.
Others are built up and Strengthened
by our unconscious deeds; and 9TH
ers may be wrenched out OF their
places and thrown by our unconscious
influence.
DRESS PLAINLY GIRLS.
An old man, who knows what he is
talking about, says: "Girls, let me
tell you a stubborn truth. No young
woman ever looked so well to sensi-
BILE men, as when dressed In a plain,
neat, modest attire, without a single
ornament about her hide. She looks
then as though she possessed worth
in herself, and needed no artificial
rigging TO enhance her value. III a
young woman would spend as much |
time in cultivating kindness, meek
ness, mercy, and other good qualities,
as most OF them do Ia extra dress and
ornament, to increase their personal |
charms, she would, at glance be |
known among thousand-her char
acter would be real in her counte-
nance, and there her beauty will be
found.
ANCIENT MUSIC.
The ancient Jews had no written
music; had scarcely a vocal In their
language, and yet. according to Jo-
sephus, had two hundred thousand |
musicians playing at the dedication |
OF the Temple OF Solomon. The Jew |
ish trumpets that made Jericho's |
walls fall down, were only rams |
horns; their flute was only n cows |
horn with three or four holes in il; |
they had no other instrumental music !
but by percussion, by which the |
greatest boast made was the psaltery, |
a small triangular harp or Tyre with |
string and struck with an iron needle |
or stick; their sackbut was something
like bagpipe, the timbrel was n /
tamb0rine; the dulcimer was hori-
zontal harp, with strings. and struck |
with psaltry stick. The Egyptian |
flute was the same as the Jewish, and |
their harp or Tyre had only three
strings. The Grecian Tyre, had only |
seven strings, and was very small,
being held in one hand.
NOTE THIS.
"If any one speaks i'll u thee, con-
slider whether he hath truth on his !
side, and II so, reform thyself, that
his censures may not affect thee"
When Alexander was told that the |
very boys laughed at his singing, he
said. "Ah, then l must learn to sing
better Plato being told that he
had many enemies who spoke iii OF
him, said: at is no matter. shall |
live so that none will believe them.n
Hearing at another time that an init |
mate friend of his had spoken de- |
tractingly Of him, he said: II am
sure he would not do IL IL he had not |
some reason for it." This is the sur |
est as well as the noblest way OF |
drawing the string out of reproach,
and the true method OF preparing a
man for he great and only relief
against the pains OF calumny.
DECORATION DAY.
The custom Of strewing flowers
over the graves OF the dead is of very |
ancient origin. Centuries ago, Egyp-
tian families used to visit the tombs |
OF their dead, and there offer prayers
and oblations, the latter including
flowers, among other things. 1t has
been thought that the custom of /
floral offerings as symbols OF affection