Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-11
Educational Column.
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STRONG MEN.
Strength Of character consists or
two things-power Of will, and power
OF self-restraint. It requires two
things. therefore, for its existence
strong feelings and strong command
over them. Now we often mistake
strong feeling for character. A man
who bears all before him, before
whom all domestics tremble, and
whose bursts of fury make the chill
dren of the household quake, because
he has his own way in all things. We
call him a strong man. The truth is,
he is q weak man: it is his passions
that are strong; he, mastered by
them, Is weak. You must measure
the strength OF Q man by the power
Of the feelings he subdnes, not by the
power of those that subdus him. And
hence oomposure II often the highest
result Of strength. Did we ever SEQ
a man receive a fragrant injury and
then reply calmly? This Is man
spiritually strong. Or did we ever
see a man In an anguish stand as il
carved out of stone, mastering him
self? Or one, bearing hopeless
daily trial, remain silent and never
tell the world what cankered his
home peace? That Is strength. He
who with strong passions remains
chaste; he who, keenly sensitive, with
manly powers OF indignation In him,
can be provoked and yet restrain
himself and forgive. these are the
strong men, the spiritual heroes.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
The honor Of preparing and send
ing up the first balloon belongs to the
brothers, Stephen and Joseph Mont
golfer, paper manufacturers at An
nonay, near Lyons. Their balloon
was constructed Of linen cloth, lined
with paper, under which a fire was
kindled, fed with bundles OF chopped
straw. On June 8, 1888, their balloon,
Weighing 500 pounds, first rose into
the atmosphere. 1t reached the alti-
tude Of nearly a mile, remained sus-
pended few minutes, ana, as the air
escaped, gradually returned to the
earth. On Nov. 81, 1888, Pilatre de
Rozier and the Marquis d'Ariandes,
the first adventures who burst ascend
In an unfined balloon, astonished
the world by rising to a height Of
5000 feet, descending In safety not
far from Paris.
Nolle prosequi Gatin; to be un-
willing to proseoute) Is a law term de-
rived, as most law terms are, from
those ancient days when all law pro-
ceedings and records were in Latin.
1t meant that the plaintiff declared In
court and entered upon record that
he would no longer prosecute his suit,
In civil cases. this Is superseded in
modern times by a nonsuit.
The North Sea, or German Ocean, is
an extensive arm OF the Atlantic. which
lies between Great Britain and the
continent Of Europe, extending from
Lat. 81 deg. to 81 deg. north long. 2
deg. and 80 min., west to deg. 30
min. east; extreme length about zoo
miles, breadth, 400 miles. 1t has the
Atlantic ocean on the north; Norway,
Denmark. Hanover, Holland, Bel
GUM and the north extremity OF
France on the east and southeast;
and the strait Of Dover, England
Scotland and the Orkneys, and Shet-
land Islands on the south, southwest
and west. The average depth OF the
sea is about 30 fsthoms, but toward
the Norwegian shore the soundings
increase to 100 fathoms.
The "Wicked Bible" was printed
and issued In 1882. It derived its title
from the fact that the word not
was accidentally omitted from the
seventh commandment by one OF the
intelligent compositors OF the period
and an act Of Parliament ordered the
destruction Of the entire edition.
J.F.L.
THE ND-BUILDERS.
Perhaps you think that there isn'i
much to tell about this country: but
although Christopher Columbus did
not discover US until 1892, we were g
very lively nation many hundreds OF
years before that.
= In the first place, yoa know very
well that Christopher found some.
body hero when he came. You have
seen the picture, Of course, where he
Is stepping from his boat and shaking
hands with q whole beach full OF In,
dams. Do you know why our red
faced friends wore called Indians
When Columbus discovered the new
country he thought 1t was part o.
Asia, 80 people at that day called oul
continent "India beyond the Ganges,
and 30 the inhabitants were named
Indians.
The professor would like to sa,
moro about this race Of men, but h,
must skip them this week. or his ole
friends, the mound-builders,w who LIVED
before the Indians, will feel sighted
Scientific men seem to agroe witt
the professor that theee mounds have
existed for q great many hundreds o
years. Mr.. J. 8. Newberry says
Most of these monuments ART
mounds and walls Of earth; they Art
usually found over-grown by th'