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1ANcUiGE or COLORS.

The following is said to be the ffehci'
method Of the meaning attached 10
colors, but it appears to US to smacN
rather of the laboratory than OF genuine
sentiment. The, hold out thas violet Is
suggested by blue eyes and azure SKY.
A bunch Of yiolets would, therefore, tel!
q lodv's suitor that friendship is all that
he has n right to expect. Yellow ="
maternity. or maternity; It is the yeiiopw
ray of the spectrum which causes the
rcrn TO shoot. Red figures amoltloh'
indigo, the spirit of rivalry; green 'no
love of change, fickleness, bnt also wo'A'
orange, enthusiasm; white, unity unl'er
s,,ity. black, favoritism, the influence
exsrted by an individual. Certain per
sons have the gilt of fascinating all VINO
approach them; and black, winch aoso' 'e
all the rays of the spectrum, is the Fe-
verse Of white, which combines shen'
in one Beside tile seven primitive aoiors
gray indicates poverty; brown, pnuuefy'
pink, modcsty; silver gray lseml'wh''e'
feeble friendship; yale pink. false sna'h''
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PRESIDENT GRANr AND VOID 1--WE

PRESIDENT GRANT AND sold JANE
1t is one Of the purest pleasures Of
great men u revisit the humble friends
of their childhood who have not changed
and who never fatter.
EX.Prcsident Grant, just before start
ing to Europe, IN company with Commo-
dore Ammcn, paid visit to Georgetown,
Ohio. This town is the birthplace of the
latter, and the home of the former, from
the age Of one year to seventeen
time of his departure to West Point af-
ter visiting the many points Of interest,
reviving the rccolections of schoolboy
days, they, in company with an old
friend, called to see two of their old
townswomen, called sold Jane and
Polly" where occurred the following:
Jane, this is Presid MT Grant"
"What did you say2"
This is President Grant-President
of the United States"
"Who? Lys Grant laws, how you've
grrwed"
And this is Commodore Ammep.'
Laws, is that Dan Anmen9"
The two old maids were ten dollars
better off than before the visit, and from
the dual laugh which followed the intro
duction, the Commodore and EXPRESS
dent were more highly delighted than
they ever were at any of the State recep-
tions given at Washington.
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A sensible woman should not indulge
in that feminine weakness, the love OF
variety which so frequently displays
itself by an ever varying costume. In
dress whimsicality is neither proof OF
good taste or good sense, but rather re-
suits from the mistaken notion that to
attract attention is to gain admiration.
But whimsicallty, whether Shove in
dress, manner or opinion, does not de
serve, and never obtains permanent
.dmiration; 1t Is more likely to meet the
smile OF contempt or the sneer of rldi-
cule. A claim to superiority and dis
tinction, established on such founda-
ton, has nothing TO secure it.
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THINNER THAN GOLD LEAE

LHINNEh LHAN uNLH bN'hL'
It has been recently stated, on nppar-
emily good authority, that films of gold
can be produced, by means of galvanic
battery, so thin that one grain of it would
cover four square feet. This would be
but one ten. thousandth OF the thickness
of ordinary writing paper; and 2,70s,0O0
of such films would make only one inch
in thickness. Though the human mind
cannot appreciate the full meaning OF the
foregoing figures, it is fact that tho
urguments-so. called-which are from
time to time advanced in favor Of gold
and against silrer, as money, are found to
be on casual examination, thinner than
even the thunest leaf of gold. 1t rs said
that the thinnest gold leaf is transparent
and gives green color to transmitted
light'-than which no color could be
more approriate, inasmuch as those who
appear to worship gold are either decid-
edly green or exceedingly knavish.
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A curious rumor isahoat, for which We
do not vouch that the Porte, in its eager.
ness for money, has offered to sell the
Hereditary Pashalic of the Holy Land to
any candidate accepted hy the Jews in
return for a loan. This transaction
would be one of the most singular in
history, hut it is not beyond the range
of possibility. Palestine needs nothing
but irrigation and trees, and though the
Jews. dislike agriculture, tellaheen sutfi-
cient might he attracted from Egypt.
The restoration Of the Jews, with Lord
Beaconsfeld for the first King, would be
an incident romantic enough to satisfy
even the Imagination of the author OF
"Alroy."--LOndOR Spectator.
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Nine thousand feet per minute, that IS
nearly two miles, for the rim of cirCu,
lar saw to travel, may be laid down as a
rule. For example: A saw 10 inches in
diameter, 8 feet around the rim, 1900
revolutions. "a inches in diameter or G
feet around the rim, $4,000 revolutions;
3 feet in diameter, or 0 feet around the
rim, 900 revolutions; 4 feet in diameter
or 10 teet around the rim. $50 revolu
tions; feet in diameter, or 10 feet
around, 600 revolutions.
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rWEEDs FAITHFUL WIFE.

They were married wien the m"n W."
q chairmaker, and they MiSht have ma"
a happy cgreer had the former remained
honest. They lived in a plain manner
minglel with mechanics society uA. m
were The parents Of two boys and '"V
grilr, good.looking and healthy ch,'0,," na
The meretricious cru has come ana soD'
like a dream. The girls Nre married
Each had a diamond wedding, anu '4.
has sunk into obscurity and p"N'-
The two sons once held fine app0ai''lN'N.
in the service OF the ring, bat 'heS -
now only lounging ground the Guy "" a
The i'll. gotten wealv a is nearly all g0n',
A million and hal f has passed 'n'' '
hands of the lawy ers.
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A writer IN Baltimore paper is OF
the opinion that black eyed ladies are
most apt to be passionate and jealous.
Blue eyes, soulful, atfectionatc and con-
6ding. Grey eyes, philosophical, reso-
lutte and cold hearted. Hazel eyes,
quick tempered and tickle. A woman
is either worth good deal or nothing.
If good for nothing she is not worth
getting jealous ior; it she is true wo-
man she will give no cause for Jealousy.
A man is brute to be jealous OF Il good
wouan-a tool to be jealous of worth
less one; but is double fool to cut his
throat for either of them.
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Deputy Sheriff Aiken passed down
the road having in charge Mrs. Woods,
destined for tue Asylum. Mrs. Woods
was placed on a mattress in the baggage
car and watched very close. She was
raving on the subject of religion. She
was raving on the subject Of religion and
called upon those who stood near her to
come and embrace religion.-FdymT.
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4 STRANGE PROPOSAL

4 young gentleman happening to SIT IN
church in a pew adjoining one in which
sat young lady tor whom he conceived
sudden and violent passion, was des'r
Gus of entering into a courtsIip on the
spot; but the place not being sultabIclo
a formal declaration, the case suggested
the following plan:
He politely banded his tair neighhor a
bible opened with pin stuck in the fol-
lowing text:
Second Epistle of John, verse 9TH.
And now | besecch thee, lady, not as
though wrote a new commandment
unto thee but that which we had from
the beginning, that we love one another
She returned it, pointing to the EplstIe
of Ruth, verse 10TH
"Why have found grace in thine eyes
seeing that am stranger'"
He returned the book, pointed to the
18th verse OF the Epistle of JOHN
"Having many things to write unto
YOU, would not write with pen and ink
but trust shortly to come unto you and
speak face tv face that our joys may be
full"
From the above interview n marriage
took place the following week.
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In court roonl-lawyer 10 his client:
I'm sorry, poor fellow; but, notwith-
standing my eloquence, you have been
sentenced to prison for three months" }"
20, don't let that worry you was the
answer, I'm not sorry. In the neighbor-
hood where live they will think have
gone to the country, and that will give
IA, svtIal sfatus."
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uEs NEwSnlHER CONTRIBUTIONS.

HIS NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTIONS.
He was friend oL mine a"d used to
frequently drop IN and give me advice
as to how should run my paper.
He was minister, and consequently
though I should devote little more to
the caue of religion, and not quite so
much to politics.
lie said it could be made power for
GOOD in the western end in which lie and
both had cast our fortunes.
lie was lover of original, too, and
said he disliked to see reprint, and
though might write more-take time,
in fact, to fill the paper right up with
GOOD, new stuff. 1t seemed such an easy
thing for him thar one day l ventured to
say:
Brother, you had glorious meeting
at the school house last night, l hear
suppose you write it up for mc?"
Hc didn't seem to act as though he
wanted to.
urged.
He flushed a little, and stood aroun d
awkward like. He had never been hon.
ored with an invitation to write for the
press before.
still urged.
Then he took off his gloves and his
hat. Then gave him seat at the table
with paper and pencil.
He was always talking about how 1T
should he done, and now he was at it,
He started in.
went about my work, and having
written column or two of matter for
the weeks paper, left him still writing,
while went out to solicit some adver-
tisements.
was gone an hour or two, and when
came back he was still at it.
He was sweating awfully.
That table and floor were white with
copy paper. and the pencile..in his hand
was much diminished in length.
I went to dinner.
When I returned he was at it yet.
The pencil was shorter and he was
wetter. 1t was summer.
The hours dragged along into the
middle OF the afternoon.
Great cords stood out on the preachers
heated brow.
His eyes were bent ON the dazzling
white paper before him, and his fingers
moved nervously, and the pencil was a
stub. began to grow frightened. /
knew had only small weekly paper
and its fourteen columns of space Zone
side was patent inward) would not
hold the contents of the Bible and sup
elemental messages from heaven beside.
At last the man looked up and timidly
advancing with piece ot paper i'll one
hand, suddenly went back to change n
word.
Then he came on again, and like one
who had passed Though n vision, held
out the paper and feebly asked
"Will that dol"
I looked.
There was just seven lines of it, adSer-
tising measure.
He was large man, weighed over 800
pounds then, but when met him three
weeks later, he weighed less than 1875.
He had been sick.
The seven-line nine-hour effort was too
much tor him.
But it was not all lost. He never ad-
yised an editor again.
Never did he compose for paper
again.
1t was hard work for him to write,
and he saw he was not cut cut for an
editor. ,"'.
| Euss1umzazgz,z1naknEM
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"Dar now" said the negro preacher,
as n deacon left the meeting in apet,
Oar now, dat's jes what the bible says;
DE wicked run when nobody's arter he" y"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
A Cure for SANDER.

The following very homely but
singularly instructive lesson is by st.
Phillip Neri:
Alady presented herself to him one
day, accusing herself OF being given
to SANDER. do you frequently fall
into this fault?" inquired the Saint.
@Yes Father, very Often" replied the
penitent. my dear child" said the
Saint, your fault is great, but the
mercy OF God is still greater; for your
penance, do as follows: Go to the
nearest market, purchase chicken
just killed and still covered with
feathers; you Will then walk to GER
tain distance, plucking the bird as
yougo along: your walk finished, you
will return to me-"
Great was the astonishment of the
lady In receiving so strange PEN
ance; but silencing all human reason
ing. she replied, Il will obey, Father,
I will obey" Accordingly. she re-
paired to the market, bought the fowl
and set out on her journey, plucking
it as she went along, as she had been
ordered.
In short time she returned, anx-
ious to tell of her exactness In ac-
complishing her penance, and desir-
Gus to receive some explanation OF
one so singular.
@Ahl' said the Saint, "you have
been very faithful to the first part Of
my orders; now do the second part,
and you will be cured. Retrace your
steps; pass through all the places you
have already traversed, and gather up
one by one all the feathers you have
scattered"
@But Father" exclaimed the poor
woman, "that is impossible. 1 cast
the feathers carelessly on every side;
the wind carried them In different di-
rections; how can 1 now recover
them?"
well. my child" replied the Saint,
$50 it is with your words Of SANDER,
like the feathers which the wind has
scattered, they have been waited in
many directions; call them back now
II you can. Go and sin no more.
History does not tell IL the lady was
converted; but it is probable. 1t re-
CURED Saint to give the lesson; one
should be fool not to profit by 1t.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
Brain Stimulanf.

The best possible thing for man
to do when he feels too weak to carry
anything through is to go to bed and
sleep as long as he can. This is the
only recuperation Of brain power. the
only actual recuperation of brain
force; because during sleep the brain
is in a state of rest, in a condition to
receive and appropriate particles OF
nutriment from the blood, which
takes the place of those which have
been consumed by previous labor,
since the very act OF thinking burns
up solid particles, as every turn OF
a wheel or screw Of steamer is the
result Of consumption by fire of fuel
in the furnace. The supply OF con-
sumed brain substance can only be
had from the municipalities In the
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
Pastinne.

Pastime.
An Iowa base ball club calls itself
"The Gong" because it always gets
beat.
The Norriston Herald insists that
no man likes to hold girl baby in
his arms until she is II years old.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04

blood which were obtained from the
food eaten previously, and the brain
is SO constituted that it can best re-
ceive and appropriate to itself those
nutritive particles during the state OF
rest, of quiet, and stiffness Of sleep.
Mere stimulants supply nothing in
themselves; they goad the the brain
and force it to greater consumption
OF its substance, until it Is so exhaus-
ted that there is not power enough
left to receive supply.-Herdld of
Health.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
Gems OF Thought.

Truth is not drowned in water. nor
burned in fire.
Everything is bitter to him who
has gall in his mouth.
The sweetest blossoms of all the year
May soonest wither and disappear.
The pleasure Of doing good is the
only one that never wears out,
We should never remember the
benefits we have conferred, nor for
get the favors received.
Idleness is the dead sea that swal-
lows up all virtues and is the self
made sepulchre Of a living man.
The way to glory is through the
palace. to fortune through the mar
ket, to virtue through the desert.
The fairest flowers the world has known
In the rudest places have often grown.
In the quiet Of the early morning
we should laden our hearts with
kindness and good will for the use Of
the day.
We are oftener more cruelty robbed
by those who steal into our hearts
than by those who break into our
houses.
In some tranquil and apparently
amiable natures, there are often un-
suspected and unfathomable depths
Of resentment.
The tear of a loving girl Is like a
dew-drop on the rose; but that on
the cheek Of wife is drop Of poi
son to her husband.
or all monarchs, nature is the
most just in the enactment of laws,
and the most rigorous in Furnishing
the violation of them.
Friends should be very delica ate
and careful in administering pity as
medicine, when enemies use the
same article as poison.
Never retire at night without be-
ing wiser than when you rose in the
morning, by having learned some
thing useful during the day.
He who thinks he can do without
others is mistaken; he who thinks
others cannot do without him is still
more mistaken.
A man wants to see the person
against whom he has the greatest
reason to guard himself. Let him
take glance at the looking glass,
and he will see a very fair likeness
of the individual he is looking for.
Young heads are gddy, and young hearts
warm
And make mistakes for manhood TO reform,
Bors are, at least, but pretty buds midtown,
warse scents and hues are rather guessed than
known.
Each dreams that he il just what he appears,
But learns his error in maturer years,
When disposition, like sail unfurled,
Shows all Its rents and patches to the world.
A sunny heart, gay, serene spir-
it is the source of all that Is noble
and good. Whatever is accomplished
of the greatest and noblest sort
flows from such a disposition. Pet
ty, gloomy souls, that only mourn
the past and dread the future, are
not capable Of Selling upon the no
lest moments of life, of enjoying and
making use OF them as they should.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
Intellect as a Guide.

We are told that the intellect alone,
when thoroughly trained, is an all
sufficient guide for man in this world;
and that with it he can steer through
all the storms, and pass all the
shoals and quicksands of time in per-
feet security.
But look at the past, and behold
how deplorable is the history of
numbers whom. from their pre-emi-
nent powers, the world has stamped
with the title Of great"
They traversed the earth with
the lordly tread Of native supremacy;
all obstacles vanish before their
burning energy, like snow wreaths in
the sun; all men accept their ideas
and impulses, as the planets drink in
light and heat from their solar orb;
and governments, institutions and
circumstances take from their sole
genius new shapes and aspects.
And yet how often have these men,
who were so able to control all else,
whether men or things, been incapa-
bic Of controlling their own passions,
and become their slaves and victimsl
Alexander, consuming with the fe-
yer of a drunken debauch; Caesar,
falling on the summit-level of his SUI
premacy, by score OF dagger-sto-
kers; Cromwell-the iron Cromwell
starting every moment, like
timorous child in the dark, with ap-
prehension OF assassin attacks; and
Napoleon, on lone rock in mid
ocean, devouriDg slowly his own
great heart.
What a tragedy Is herel How un-
speakbly solemn the contemplation
Of these intellectual giants, who con-
quered worlds, and yet were con-
quered themselves by @trifles light as
airi" 1sv = on
The shores of time are all Uttered
with the wrecks Of highly gifted ma
lures stranded in the storms of pas
sion-multitudes having persisted
utterly. others having barely escaped
total destruction. '
Thus it will be seen that, without
cultivating the heart, the finer affec-
tons Of the soul. man Is adrift on the
storm tossed sea, without rudder.
Intellect alone will not save him
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
Meadow Talk.

4 bumhle bee, yellow "a gold,
SAT perched on a red clover top,
When a grssshopper, wiry and old,
Came along with skip and hop.
Good morrow." cried he, mir. Bumblc Bee!
You seem to have come to stop.
We people that work"
Said the bee with jerk.
Find benefit sometimes in stopping;
Only insects like you,
Who have nothing to do,
Can keep up perpetual hopping.
The grasshopper paused on his way,
And thoughtfuly launched up his knees;
why trouble this sunshiny day..
Quoth he, with reflections like these?
/ follow the trade for which was made;
We all can't be wise bumble-bees."
There's time TO be sad,
And time to be glad,
A time both for working and stopping,
For men to make money,
For you to make honey,
And for me 10 do nothing but hopping.
Caroline Leslie, 50. Nicholas for Jalg.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04

A curious incident Of the centenni
al celebrations with which New Jer-
sey commemorated the battle OF Mon
mouth, with the events that preceded
IL, was a sermon delivered on Sunday
at MiddIetown from the original notes
OF sermon preached there 100 years
ago, which the noise OF the distant
battle did not interrupt
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
SORElY AFFLICTED.

j. o. Boslroyth q Co., Deare', COL: Ge7l,iefne7,-
Prompted by a fellowfeeliny for those afflicted
with Catarrh wish % Id M test.m ony in behalf
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haye been eorely afflicted with this fearful disease
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
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