Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-07
Miscellaneous.

An hour in the morning is worth two
i'm the afternoon.
He that would enjoy the fruit must
not gather the flower.
A man is more faithful and true TO
another persons secret than his own;
woman, on the contrary, keeps her
own secret better than another's.
A little boy was asked the other day
| if he knew. where the wicked finally
went to. He answered: "They prac-
tice law here spell and then go to the
legislature"
The New York World asks, 'sOf
what use are the legs of pair of trou-
sers below the knee2" Notmuch we con-
fess; but the trouble can be remedied
by putting on pair of suspenders and
hauling them up where they belong.
Longfellow as boy was, according
to the Late j. s. G. Abbot, the pattern of
the man Longfellow-very handsome,
always well-dressed, with no taste for
any but refined pleasure. Frank Pierce
was the most popular youth at college.
Calvin Stowe was the wag of Bowdoin;
Hawthorne never uttered loud word
cr laugh while in college.
Here is a clever mot by Dumas, at thu
expense of a young man who couldn't
write anything but obtained great
vogue by haunting literary reunions and
assiduously cultivating the society OF
artists. Said Dumas: He is news
paper wrapper that thinks itself Jour-
nalism." 5
The value of the ore reduced and
| marketed in the Black Hills in 1877 is
estimated at 81 $4,000 The yield of
the placer claims has been less than
last year, and will not probably exceed
81 100000. This makes the total pro-
duct of the Black Hills for 1877 about
0ne-f0urth as much as that of Colorado.
The coast at the Port Said mouth OF
the Suez canal is advancing outward at
a rapid rate, estimated at fifty yards per
annum-a truly alarming statement,
which, If only half correct. will involve
extensive dredging operations every
year. The general level of TIE Medi-
terranean is said to have fallen about
four inches since the canal has been
opened.
Al. Victor Hugo, TO his occupations
of poet, dramatist and novelist, adds
the trade of upholsterer. NJ. Legouve
says that nobody can hang curtains,
stuff cushions or nail up hangings bet
ter than the author of the 'Legende
des Siecles.n 1t is said that when in
deep sorrow he can only find comfort
by shutting himself alone in his house
for a whole month, and then entirely
changing the furniture of the apart
ments.
In a Connecticut district school q
boy six years old was seen to whisper,
but denied doing so when reproved
by his teacher. He was told to remain
after school, when the teacher trying
to impress upon his youthful mind the
sinfulness of not speaking the truth,
asked him il they did not tell him in
Sunday school where bad boys went
who told falsehoods. Checking with
sobs he said: "Yes, marin, il is
place where there is fire, but don't
Just remember the name of the town.
A little girl aged about three years.
was taught to pray by her mother, who
however. could not induce the child to
kneel. The infant was willing to pray,
but not to bow the knee. The other
morning the family heard the little
girl say: "PIease, God, send me down
rabbit?" No answer was vouchsafed,
and the child continued: "Did you hear
what said? Why don't you answer"
Another pause, when the child spoke
up spunkily; "Oh, / know what you
want. You want me to get on my
knees, but WON'T"
Before she could utter the "Where
have you been till this hour of the
morning. anyhow?" which was tremb-
ling on her lips, he said, "Bin t'ther
mind-readin'; bet you 81 can read yer
mind this very minpit." "Well, you
cid fool, what am i thinking of now?"
she said in a tone of sadness. "Think-
in of Why, 1 can read yer mind like
ther open pages of 'er book; yer think
in I'm drunken'r billed owl, but yer
never was worse fooled in yer life."
She only said that there must be some
thing in mind-reading after all, for he
had hit the nail right squire on the
head. - st.af
Nothing makes man % in love
with purity as purity. Many a man
has been lifted out of debasing sins
against which he has vainly struggled
by coming to know and love a pure,
sweet. woman. 1t is the sight of en-
bodied goodness that makes us want
to be good. Many a mother by the
quiet usefulness of her life fills her
children with desire to be like her,
that makes them in their turn ulselfish.
There are obscure men and women who 6
hardly in their lives utter word of
conscious teaching, who, by their ex-
ample, do more to make people around
them gentle and truthful and Christ .
like, than any preacher can do. 1t
is not those who talk about goodness,
but those who are good. that are the
light of the world.
The amount Of water passing over
Niagara Falls has been estimated at
100, 600 tons per hour, and its par
ticular descent may be taken at 150
feet, without considering the rapids,
which represent another fall Of $50 feet.
The force represented by the fall
alone amounts to l6,S00,0c0 horse