Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21
Educational Column.
J. F. LANGENBAUGH.

The water OF the Salt Lake, OF
Utah, has been supposed to have
Eeen devoid of life, but naturalist
has found its safest portions swarm
ing with little erustacean, which ap.
pears to be identical with the Euro
.pean shrimp. This little creature is
commonly found in the strong brine
OF the salt-pan established on the
European coasts. Two forms of brine
shrimp have already been detected in
America-one at New Haven, the
other in very salt water from the
Mono Lake, California. Professor
Leidy is Of the opinion that these and
the forms from Utah are merely vari-
cites Of the European species.
Forward! forever forward saw
the sublime march" The word ~for-
ward" In the above phrase is not an
Subjective used to describe march,
neither is it a simple adverb, but its
use, rather than the form OF word.
determines the part OF speech to
which it belongs. The words thus
given are obscure. IL forward" Is
employed to urge men on, 1t Is used
rather interjectiyely than otherwise.
If il describes an event, and is equiv
client to progress" or march" it is
10 be so regarded.
The battle Of Bunker Hill, though
AN important one, is not considered
one OF the decisive battles OF the
world" A decisive battle, Ia the his
torical sense. is one which, had it
gone otherwise than it did, would
have changed the fate OF nation, or
OF the then known world. The Amer
lean lost the battle OF Bunker Hill,
but that loss did not change the fate
OF nation; we gained our indepsn-
dence nevertheless. / has been sup
posed that il we had lost the battle
OF Saratoga, We would also have lost
our independence, and conse quently
the battle Of Saratoga Is put down
among the Fifteen decisive battles OF
the world" The other. fourteen have
been stated to be the battle OF Mara
ihon b. c. 400; the defeat Of the
Athenians at Syracuse. b. G. Alb;
Arbela, B. G. 33l; battle Of the Me-
taurus, B. c. 207; the defeat of the
Romans under Varus. by the Ger
mans, A. ID. @: Chalons, 45l; Tours,
1872: Hastings. 1066; Joan OF Arcs
victory at Orleans, 1929; the defeat OF
the Spanish Armada, 1888; Blenheim,
1904; Pultowa, 1909; Valney, 1892;
Waterloo, 1915. We do not consider
these the, only decisive battles ever
fought, ard we suppose it would be
-difiieultto meLtiou any fifteen bat
<les which would be unanimously
recognized as the fifteen decisive
oees.
The Oldest church in England is
that OF ST. Martin, at Canterbury. 1t
vas nASl ClCCiCl III lnC AsOukdh RCiiOd
of English christianity, and afterward
used by the Anglo Saxons as early as
A. d. 597, for in that year Ethelbert,
King cs.Kent, and the first christian
monarch OF the Saxon race, was bap-
'tized within its sacred portals.
.All-Hallow Eve, or Halloween is
the eve or vigil, somewhat aka to
Christmas eve, that precedes the
first OF November, that day being
All Saints Day" in the Roman and
Anglican churches. This @Feast OF
All Saints" which arose from the
conservation Of the Pantheon in the
seventh century to christian worship
is still observed in memory OF all
gwho have not other days assigned to
the commemoration OF their virtues
The popular usages that are entwined
about the sports OF Halloween, are
chiefly relics OF the old Druidica
pastimes. Theidee Of its observance
.is that it is the time of all other;
when ghosts and COLLINS, sprites an6
fairies are let loose to commune will
mortals, and are given power to pre-
vail from midnight until dawn, sc
that the curious minded may claim q
hope to peer into the dim future
Singularly enough. the entire bulk o
freaks and tricks enacted, raileriei
encountered and mishaps undergone
are all for the sole purpose OF enab.
ling the representatives OF Pyramui
land this be well nigh all lads anC
.lasses) to guess IL they will marry
an | whom, and when. Burns poem
on Halloween" sketches spirited,
the various spells of divination played
by the young OF both sexes. W.
might name all the trials. but few
will suffice. The trial of "The Nuts,
THE three Dishes" "The trial o. thu
Apple, and The trial OF Salt ant
Water" are among the most amusing
In stone quarry In the Connect
cut river, many feet below the bottom
OF the same fossil footprints OF gigan
tic birds were found, some of thu
prints measuring sixteen inches il
length aud ten in width, while thu
tracks were from four TO six fee
apart.
There Is certain natural produc
ton that is neither animal. vegetable
or mineral: IL exists from two to 81,