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The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
How Gcorge Honey Hunted Bats.

Here is a story far funnier than
most OF the anecdotes one finds under
the caption of nouuelles a la main in
the journal Amusdnt or the Figaro.
1t is a story of George Honey, the
distinguished actor, who many years
ago, while on tour in the provinces,
had taken lodgings in humble
house, somewhat the worse for wear.
Soon after retiring he was awakened
by a fluttering noise as of bird
around the clrtain of his bed. lie
sprang up. struck light, anil saw
dark little creature with wings blum
dering about the room. Mt being
well acquainted with natural history,
he did not recognize ii as bat, but
determined 10 catch it, il possible.
and examine it carefully in the morn
ing. Taking up felt hat be began
to hunt and tried to capture the in
truder for a long time in vain. but at
last he pounced upon it, took it from
under the hat, slut it up in drawer,
listened to its struggles to escape
waiting to be sure tn 1t he had caught
it, and went to bed dreaming of fly
ing dragons. But he was not destin-
ed TO sleep long. Hardly had he doz
ed off when further fl fllttering awak
ed him, and lighting another match
he found another bat. After this one
he had another hunt, caught it. put it
in the drawer with its brother and
again went to bed. Again. however,
he was awakened in u similar man
ner: bats cama not in single spies.
buff the expression be pardonable
ia ~battalions." Mr.. Honey hunted
diligently, making quite collection
OF specimens, and put them all with
great care in the drawer. Heated
with the chase, he opened the window
aad, tirel on. at last. enj)yed'a few
minutes' sleep. Waking with morn
ing light, he jumped out of bed and
opened the drawer very cautiously TO
look for his bats; but 10 and behold,
ere were no bats there. He opened
the drawer wiIe, and then discovered
that 1t had no back to it. He had, Ia
fact. been passing all his night in
catching the same bat. which had
flown out at the back OF the drawer
as soon as he had in ut the front, and
when the window was opened had
finally escaped. .-Hocard Paul, in
4 aerican Register.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
An interesting Stage.Lrne.

In the Pyrences there Is an interest
ing stage-line between two villages,
one on each eide OF mountain 1G,.
600 feet high. After the coach has
proceeded little distance and reach
ed the steep part OF the ascent. the
conductor begs the passengers to get
out so as to ease the horses: they are
even requested to push behind and
help the poor animals to drag the
huge vehicle up hill. When at last
the summit Is reached, each traveller,
wiping from his forehead drops OF
sweat as big as kidney-beans, con-
graf ulaies himself on the breezy ride
down the slopes of the descent which
awaits him. There is where he fools
himself, for the conductor, with a
sweet smile, begs the gentlemen to
be kind enough to hang on tie coach
behind and act the part OF a West
inghouse air brake, or else the herses
may be injured. In this manner the
terminus Of the line is reached, the
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

The following story is almost too
good to he true: A certain railway
company suspected that they were
being dcfrauded by passengers trav-
ling without tickets, so a detective
was sent to travel on the trains. One
day he heard passenger remark that
it was very easy to 90 from Dayton
to Moorfleld without a ticket The
detective watched his man closely.
and was surprised to find him hand .
proper ticket to the conductor.
Entering into conversation Sith the
passenger, the detective said:
Il should like to know your plan
for travelling without a ticket, as I
am a frequent traveller, and | don't
mind giving you dollar for the tip"
"Donel" said the man, and after he
pocketed the bill. he remarked quiet
ly, when 1 want to travel without
ticket, walk"
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
A Special Want.

From the best data within ouI
reach, we asc, rtain that there are on
the entire globe about 500.000.o0C
sheep. or these the United States
have but about 35,O0O,OO0. Our man.
ufactories consume annually more
than 225,O8O.OO0 pounds of wool. II
each OF our sheep furnished five
pounds of wool, there would yet be a
yearly deficit of so 100000 pounds.
Here is good field for enterprising
stockmen. We need double oul
present number OF sheep. Let nc
one indulge a single fear OF an over
production OF either mutton or wool
could our 1ocks be tripled oI
quadrupled they would add not only
to the comfort and healthfulness ol
the people, but to their intelligence
and sobriety, as we'll as to the pro.
ductiveness of every field used as 6
sheep pasture.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
Home Religion.


Home religion is a thing Of the
heart-which Is the same as saying it
is a thing Of love. l. may exist in
connection with forms, and il may
exist in its sweetest unfolding, inde-
pendent of forms. 1t may say grace
at the table, and it may not say grace
at the table. 1t may be gifted to sus-
tain a family altar. and it may not
have the gift requisite. But il the
heart be right, there shall be grace
and prayerfulness, albeit forms be
lacking in the family. There is a
way of eating your food which thanks
God better than any grace-saying
that can be devised. There is way
of kissing the wife after the meal and
the. husband is leaving for Office which
covers the whole ground between
husband and wife intended to be COW
cred by the influence OF the family
altar. We have known a man to ask
for blessing on food which he him
self condemned in the very next
breath. To thank God for food. and
scoli your wife or the cook in the
next breath because the STEAK c over
done, or the cakes not Drowned TO
your suiting. or the tea too strong, is
something more, my friend, than i'm
piety 1t is indecency.
Home religion should be loving
first OF all, and last OF all it should be
loving. 1t should be very patient
too-especially on those days when
1t is hard to be patient, 1t should he
cheerful, especially when it takes wit
TO invent occasions OF mirthfulness
1t should be brave, not TO face the
troubles that are without, but the
troubles that are within. A kindly
word, pleasant speech. cheerful 0I
sympathetic look, a touch of the hand
in the old tender fashion OF the court.
ing days, a stroking of the cheek and
the soft movement OF the palm over
the hair-"Foolish tricks?" You are
a fool IL you say it, friend. You didn'
think they were foolish tricks once
and you were wiser then than you are
now tha; you have dropped them
little more courting in married life
would keep married life what court
ship was. The foollshness! OF love i
wiser than the wisdom II hate, and the
more foolish you are in these direc'
tions the happier will your homes be
and the sweeter will be your homes
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
Intellect I'm Brutes and Men.

A distinction has been drawn by
the Rev. George Henslow between
the kind of intellect in brutes and
that in men. 1t Is given for what 1t
Is worth: "It has seemed to me that
brute reasoning Is always practical,
but never abstract. Brutes do won
derful things suggested by the OBJ
jective fact before them. but i think
never go beyond it. Thus, dog left
in room rang the bell TO fetch a
servant. Had not the dog been
taught to ring a bell (Which on In
quiry proved to have been the case),
this would have been abstract reason
ing, but 1t was only practical. The
Arctic fox, too wary to be shot like
the first who took bait tied to q
string which was attached to the
trigger OF gun-would dive under
the snow, and so pull the bait down
below the line OF fire. This is purely
practical reasoning: but had the fox
pulled the string first out OF the line
OF fire in order to discharge the gun
and then get the bait, that would
have been abstIact reasoning.
Brutes and boys are just alike, In that
nothing occurs to them beyond what
the immediate fact before them may
suggest. The one kind call purely
practical reasoning, which both have
the other abstract, which brutes new.
er acquire, but which the boy will as
] bis intelligence Develops
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
Se1f-EducatiOD.

Many young men have entertained
the idea that they had no time for
study, no time for reading and no
time Tor reflection. and fixing upon
such an idea as satisfactory, they
have gone down 10 their graves the
victims not only Of Incidence and ig-
norance, but Of vice-vice, too. which
they might have avoided hal they
been intent upon the cultivation of
their minds. There are many young
men of our time who say they have
no time for intellectual Improvement.
This plea OF no time has been rightly
called "the knell of true distinction" :"
The truth is. time should be found
for duty 50 important, and il will he
found by those who put duty before
pleasure. The same management
that secures tine for amusem snt will
appropriate time foi intellectual cul-
ture. Some OF these young men who
make this excuse of no time for study,
fad time to play at cards, checkers,
and backgammon. They find time
for base ball, croqIet and other pop
ular games. They find plenty of time
for riding, dancing. waltzinS aid
reading useless works OF fiction.
Would it not be well for them to save
part of this precious time and de-
vote it to culturing and enriching
their min Is.
The great men OF the past, the men
who were the glory Of their times,
the msn who have left long track
OF light behind them TO illu minate
succeeding generations, were men
who sought ard found time for stuiy
Alfred the Great, king Of England,
though he performed more labor than
any OF his subj cts. found time for
study. Penj smin Franklin, the phil
osopher. in the mi lists OF all his la
bors, found time to dive into the
depths OF philosophy and to sxplore
an untrodden path or science. Fred
erick the Great with the whole en-
pire subject to his direction, in the
mijst OF war, and on the eve OF bat
ties, found time to revel in all the
charms OF philosophy, and feast him
self upon the rich viands OF intellect.
Napoleon Bonaparte. with all Europe
at his disposal. with kings in bis anti
chamber begging for vacant thrones,
an at the hea Of thousand OF m al
whose destinics were suspen led upon
his arbitrary pleas ire. founl time 10
converse with lis books. Julius
C9 ar, when he had curbed the spirits
Of the Roman people AMI was throng-
ed with visitors from the remotast
kingdoms OF the world fond tine for
intellectual culture.
The motto OF every student, and OF
every IN IN intent upon g aiming an ed
uciiioa, should be "Tlme, Faith aud
Energy" III, should resolve to fad
time for orintellec.ual culiur,, he should
have fu faith or confidence In hi;
mental powers, combined with a man
ly energy in educating his faculties,
to the utmost OF their clpacify.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
Ingenious Roruery.

Ingenious Is the American rogue.
A poultry speculator 10 Warren coun-
ty, Pa, buys chickens In the country
and writes out a receipt for the farmer
to sign. The point Of his pencil in
variably breaks off just before the
signature is reached. and he produces
fountain pen from his pocket. The
body or the receipt is written in pen
Gil and the farmers name In ink.
When the speculator goes to town he
grasses all the pencil marks and writes
out in ink a promisory note for 500
or $50, and has IL discounted by a
bank.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
A Diaaer Of the Atlantic Club.

Twenty years ago the atlantic"
dinners were wonderfully brilliant.
The sparkle Of the after dinner talk
was incommunicable, not in the
least studied, bat natural and exuber-
ant. The absolute loss OF those con-
versations and encounters OF wit,
when Emerson. Longfellow. Holmes,
Lowell aud others, sat about the
board, Is greatly regretted. Judge
Hoar, who inherits the wit OF Roger
Sherman. bore his full part. Lowell
probably uttered more elaborate SEN
nces,-glowing with new born i'm
ages; Holmes made the swiftest play
and scored mot points, both serious
and comic. Meanwh le Emersou's s
wise face was lighted by miracu-
lous smile that would have been the
delight and despair OF painter; and
in the en1 he took the thought which
the others were playing hockey with,
and calmly set it in an apothegm OF
crystal beauty.
The Atlantic" Club at tim s was
ambulatory. although 1t generally
met at Parker's. Once or twice it
dined at Point Shirley with, who is
facile rer OF our sea-board. Oacc il
dined at little restaurant in Winter
place. kept by man OF versatile ge-
MUS, NJ. Fonarive, the first OF the
French cooks OF the time. Once II
met ia Zach. Porter's In North Cam
bridge,-not hotel, but an old-fash.
ioned tavern. The cooking was mar
velous, and was done under the land
lords eye. His creed was that oil
Ezra Weeks of the Eagle Inn:
-Nothin' riles me. pIepge my fastu' word,
Like cookin' out the natur Of n bird
The ducks were brought in and
carved by Porter himself, as mark
OF consideration to the distinguished
guests. The knife was keen and was
welded by deft hand; the slices fell
about the platter like mowers
swath, until the carcass was bare as
barrel.
What do you do with the bird after
that?" Lowell asked OF the landlord
"Wall, said Porter, with curiou:
twinkle in his eyes, "when I've SLICED
off the breast, an the wings an legs
like that" pointing to the shelD, 81
gin'rally give the carkess to the
poor"
DR.. Palmer, whose East Indiar
sketches had just been published ant
greatly admired, was a special gues
on this occasion; and the fun of the
chorus OF palanquin bearers was az
current about the table as "Pinafore'
phrases are to-day. Holmes was il
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

Washington special to Cincinnati Gazcttel
The mOnotony of the debate i'm the
House on the Warner silver bill was
broken to-day by the vigorous and
eff ,ctiye speecn by Congressman
Chittenden. He has for some time
been awaiting an opportunity to pay
his respects to the Greenbackers, and
especially to Rev. DR.. De La Matyr.
He fairly eXcoriated the latter gentle
man, characteriziny his inf ltion pro-
jects in manner worthy of the most
gifted satirist Mr.. ID, La n tyr has
several times of late officiated as
chaplain in opening the house proceed
ings with prayer. Mr.. Chittenden
referred to the fact that the reverend
gentleman recently asked in one of
his sappllcations that @the good Lord
would finally transport the members
of the House t. heaven" and imme
diately afterward the same reverend
gentlemen had, 10 the most vindici
tive spirit, m ide a speech on the floor,
in which he "went for" the hellbent
bondholders and their supporters.
He had prayed from the desk for an
honest government. and deccnded 10
the floor to introduce bills too food
the country with dishonest money.
In den0uneing the fat money scheme,
Mr.. Chittenden appeared TO be at a
loss to find words to express bis in.
tense DISCUS at last, and he astonish-
ed the house by characterizing the
scheme as the "damnedest swindle
demaGogues ever engagedin.' Though
! surprised to hear 50 strong an express
sion from member OF such high
character, yet the house recognizing
his unquestioned sincerity AMI in
tense earnestness, parioned the en-
/ phatic expression, anl the members
inclilin, the Greenbackers. jlined
in several rounds OF laughter. Mr.
Chittenden's speech was SO decidedly
aggressive that the Greenbackers aud
silver extremists will doubtless feel
called upon to defend themselves
against his terrific attack. Mr.. Wea-
yer, the leader of the Iowa Green
hackers, will have the floor TO NOR
row. He is man OF more than ordi.
nary ability, and is a capital speaker
and there is every prospec ofa spir-
tied discussion. continuing for some
/ DAYS.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

Mr.. A. Petrie writes; an my own
family we had tabby cat who, when
turned out. would let herself in at
another door by climbing up some
list nailed round it, then pushing up
the click latch. pushing the door.
with herself hanging on it, away from
the post, so as to prevent the latch
falling back into its place, and then
dropping down and walking back TO
the fire. knew Skye terrier who,
bring told to carry fishing-rod,
carefully expeiimented along it's
length, to find its center OF gravity.
then carried it on till his master came
to narrow path through wood.
Here Skye considered. dlopped the
rod, took it by the end, and dragged
it under him lengthwise till the open
road was gained, when he took the
rod by the center OF gravity again
and went on. This could not be a
copy OF human actions, but the result
OF original reasoning" Mr.. Henry
Cecil gives the following on the au.
thority of the late Mr.. Dawes, the as
tronomer: Being busy in his gar
den. and having large bunch OF
keys in his hand, he gave it to a re-
triever to hold for him till be was at
liberty. Going into the house soon
af.er he forgot to reclaim the keys,
The remembrance Of what he had done
with them only returned to him when
he required to use them ir the eve-
ming. Hs then recalled that he had
given them to the dog. and forgotten
to take them again. Calling him, and
looking impressively in his face, he
said: my keysl fetch me my keys
The dog looked wistful and puzzled
I for moment, and then bounded of
to the garden. his master following
Hs went straight to the root of an
apple tree, scratched up the keys
aud brought them. Nay we not fair
lily put into words the dogs train oil
reasoning thus: MY master has
given me these keys to hold; he ha:
forgotten them: l cannot carry then
all day, bu. must put them in safety
where I can find them az ainl" Mr.. r
Howson seuds us the story OF tex
rier like dog of no particular breed
named Uglymug, who had poodle
for a companion. Whenever Ugly,
mug saw signs of a family meal be
ing laid out. he inveigled the poodl,
into labyrinthine shrubbery updel
pretence OF seeking for rats, aud
when the latter was fairly intent or
its game Uylymlg sneak ID back Il
enjoy, all by himself, what he coul,
get from the family table-Nature.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
DESPITE the fact that as a rule the

Despite the fact that as rule the
people like the old and familiar in
music better than the new, the aver
age amateur will go a good ways to
find something new for a concert per-
Torrance. In order to sing or play
anything old. we lay ourselver liable
to greater severity OF criticism, for
what the people know they are also
judges. This is one OF the reasons
why amateurs pass by the best OF old
music wherewith they might be sure
to please their hearers, and select
some outlandish production that
causes the good people to wonder
whether they themselves are igno-
ramuses. or whether the conccrtist is
void OF taste,
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

The Rochester Spy tells Of one
David Hudkins, who having imbibed
too much tangle leg while 10 that
city. concluded to shoot Isaac
O'Blenis dog, as he was passing out
of town in company with another
crony. Succeeding in killing the
dog. he commenced firing his revol-
yer among the chickens and geese in
the yard where the children were
playing, killing the goose aud en-
dangering the lives OF the children.
Mr.. O'Blenis did not know who either
OF the men were, but after several
days search Hudkins wac found,
brought before a justice and CON-
PEELED to shell out several times the
amount Of the dog and goose In the
shape Of zines and costs.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

high spirits and talked his best, most
ly to Longfellow. 1t was almost like
a veritable autocrat in full activity,
corruscating, punning, and bearing
all before him.
There were no horse ears then,
think; or it might have been late; at
all events. the whole party, inc uding
Emerson, Longfellow and the other
Olympians, walked down to Harvard
square through nearly foot OF new
fallen snow. The impression OF this
intellectual feast Is inefficeable, but
it seems now as far away as the Tro-
jan war-Scribner for May.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

We hope that every farmer who
reads this, will at once consider how
much his interest would be subserved
by adding a score of Leicester or
Southdown. longwooled sheep, to his
stock. These furnish choice food
and their increase and fleeces are al
ways in demand, aud that, too, at
fair prices Or0Uers' Journal
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

passengers having rushed the coach
all the way up one side OF the noun
tain and held it back all the way down
the other. In spite OF this there is a
rush for places on the stage daily, as
there has been for half century,
Ne,C York World
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

a TTORNE1S AT LAW, NOtar1es PubIlc and
"A Authorized War Claim Agents: Offices al
Bourbon and Plymouth. Indiana. Especial
attention given to the settlement OF deeedents
Estates. C0nveyancing. and the collection OF
Soldiers Claims for Pensions: will attend
rrompt.y to all professional business en-
Trusted to them. and practice in Marshall and
adjoining coanfies. Plymouth Office on Gano
street between Michigan and Center streets,
Bourbon Office O yer Mirror printing office. z5tf
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

A correspondent at Portland, Ore.
furnishes this OF the "Heathen Chi
nee:" John" had bought watch at
our jewelers., but as 1t ran too slow,
be took it back, saying. "Watchee
no good" @What is the matter with
it?' asked the jewler. "0h, said
John, @watchee to much by'mby.s
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
The Telegraph and Telephone.


III eter fhqn time, across the continent,
Through un.snned o :.an depths from be ch to
beach,
Around the rolling globe Thoughts couriers
reach.
The ncw-tuned earth, like some vast instrument,
Tingles from zone to zone, for Art has lent
New nerves, new pulse. new mOtion-all to each
And each TO all in swift electric speech.
Bound by foic' unwearicd and unspent.
Now lone katahdin talks with Caucasus
The Arctic ice-ieds with the sui ry South;
The sun- -bathed palm thrills 10 the pine-trtes call
We for all realms were made, and they for US.
For all there is soul, an ear, mouth;
And Time and Space are noughf. The Mind IL ALL
Nay Atlantic
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

DHYSrC1AN AND SURGEON. will be
i pleased to receive patients "A, his Office.
No. 81 tichigan street, where he may De
o4nd all times. except when prufesSiOnal-
absent. his residence being at the same
place.
July 1st. 1875. 6m
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
C. z. cHAAEY

A TTORNEY AT LAW. VII practice In ali the
"a courts in the state Office in Nheeler's block.
over Becker l. woif's dry goods store. Plymouth,
lad augl-iyr
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
AIRS. 4. w. DUNLAP.

HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Dentist:
AMI DR.. J. A Dunlap. regular physician and
sarxsen. respectfully 0ilcr their services 70
the public Office ia Corbin's block: resi-
aence On East Ganc street
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
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Special rates g.yen.to regular advertisers.
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Home and transient advertising made known on
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Local notices. in body type, 10 cents per line frst
Insertion: second insertion cents.
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C.. a. REEVE

4 TTOxNEI AT LAW. Located in 1916.
IA Collectioffessld cOnvegancing speci-
atty. Buys and sells real estate IN commits
ton. Insures lii, rs and property In A. COM
pinies. Desirable real estate for sale in the
citr and ADJOINING. Nov1-75
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