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The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
The Business Outlook.

1t seems as though there was never
a time in the whole history OF our
country when business was in such
depressed condition as at the present
time. Our mills are stopped, the
store-houses arc full, but tho people
have no money to buy their contents.
1t seems as though there was no such
thing as prosperity. The man OF
business tolls early and late, and tries
In vain to figure out a profit from a
profltless account. He Is discour-
aged; want stares him in the face: he
turns from the unwelcome scene and
looks up in hopes to see a ray OF
light; but no, clouds have gathered,
the sky is dark, and the storm which
Is TO be death to his business, his
prospects and hopes. is surely coming.
1t comes, and with 1t he is, as far
as business Is concerned, left a ruined
man. Such a man 10 such a condi-
tion throws up his hands and ex-
claims, what am / to do? There is
only one course left. You must
buckle on the armor and go into the
battle again, and deposit - your
capital. instead OF dollars aud cents,
large stock of pluck and persever-
ance. Sunshine Is sure to come
after severe storm, and the longer
the storm lasts the brighter the sun
when 1t shines. So II will be in your
case. The longer your trouble lasts
the moro prosperous you will be
when prosperity comes, for your
trouble has cost you q good lesson.
and you will be more icareful In tho
future. This is the way business
stands to-day. Men are being re-
duced to their own value, credit Is
being done away with, and in such a
state OF things the business outlook
is Improving each day, as men are
doing business on not what they ex-
pect to have to. morrow, but what
they have to-day,
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Ray Chemists. Reward

Small boys with ill-regulated ten
denotes to chemical Investigations
would do we'll to study the lives OF
celebrated chemists. The discoverer
OF illuminate OF mercury utterly dis
appeared at the instant OF triumph.
Never a trace OF him was found amid
the wreck OF his laboratory. Fulmin-
ate OF gold, too, is so terrible an
agent that an ounce OF it, il Jared
ever so slightly, will devastate a
whole neighborhood. Moreover, some
OF the common chemicals, II ignorant
ly allowed to come in contact, will,
without q moments warning, blow to
atoms any one who happens 10 be
near. 1t is, therefore, desirable that
a preliminary course OF instruction
should prece,ie general chemical re-
search. Christian Union.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06

There Is stately dwelling-house
In Phil adelphia which has singular
history. 1t stands in grove OF
walnut trees: the woodwork Is all OF
walnut; carved panels representing
walnut boughs decorate the dining
room: and on the carriage OF the
owner, instead OF coat OF arms, a
branch OF walnuts just bursting from
the hueks.
The story Is this: About forty
years ago n poor woman kept cent
store in an alley In the lower part OF
the city. One day. when making
molasses candy to be sold to the
street children, it was scorched.
The woman was in despair. The
loss was serious one in a trade
whose profits were counted by pen
MES. She was quick witted, howev-
er. aud ready with expendients. She
cracked walnuts. mixed the kernels
with the candy. and wrote u placard.
The new Nut Candy, cent cake. "
The children dropped in on their way
TO school. The candy was liked.
They came back for more the next
day. The fame OF the cheap confec-
ton spread from one school TO an
other. The maker shrewdly confined
herself to making that. Presently
she took a larger shop in the alley.
In u year or two she again moved,
but this time into one of the princi
pal streets. To-day her original wal
nut candy is sent to all parts OF the
country. The woman disposed OF
her business a few years ago for a
sum that made her rich for life.
/, it any wonder that she tLok a ripe
walnut for her crest?
But IL was not to the walnuts nor
to the lucky chance that she owes her
fortune. How many women have
burned their candy, and the result,
was only scorched mOlasses! How
many men saw apples fall before Sir
Isaac Newton 1t is the keen eye
and ready brain that can seize on
failures and make them successes.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Balky Horses.

The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals puts forth the fol-
lowing rules for the treatment OF
balky horses, which will bear repro
duction.
/. Pat the horse upon the neck:
examine the harness carefully, first
on one side and then on the other,
speaking eEcouragingly while doing
so, then jump into the wagon and
give the word go; generally he will
obey.
2. A teamster in Maine says he
can start the worst balky horse by
taking him out Of tho shafts and
making him go around in a circle till
he is giddy. II the first dance OF this
sort doesn't cure him, the second will.
3. To cure balky horse, simply
place your hand over the horses
nose and shut off his wind till he
wants to 60 and then let him go.
\. 4aC Oioiu Va tnC uOAoo oNChio W
entertain but one idea at a time /;
therefore continued whipping only
confirms his stubborn resolve. II you
can by any means give him new
subject to think OF, you will generally
have no trouble in starting him. A
simple remedy IS to wind couple OF
stout Irvine around the foreleg, jls
below the knee, tight enough for the
horse to feel, and tie it in bow knot.
At the first check he will go dancing
of, and after going a short distance
you can get out and remove the
string to prevent injury to the tendon
in your further drive.
5. Take the tail Of the horse be-
tween the hind legs and tie 1t by a
cord to the saddle-girth.
6. Tie string around the horses
ear, close to the head.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06

Judge Bagg, who Is one Of the
soundest men on the bench In Iowa.
IN the road case Ia the Grundy Cir
cult Court, said that 1t is the privilege
Of one who desires to drive faster
than another to do So and he may
legally pass the other by turning out
on the right side Of the other
party. and the other party has no
right to prevent him from so. doing,
and any act which would tend to him
der or delay him " ould be a techni.
cal trespass for which he would be
liable. A party will not be justified
when one desires to pass him in driv-
ing up a little way and then stopping
or Stacking up. and as soon as the
other party again attempts to pass to
once more start up TO run. and, the
party SO doing will be liable to an
swer for damages.-DesMoins (La.)
Register
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Cures Effected by Laughter.

Laughter has often dissipated dis
ease and preserved life by a sudden
effort of nature. We are told that
the great Erasmus laughed 30 merri-
ly at satirical remark that he broke
a tumor and recovered his health.
Joubert gives two similar instances.
A patient being very low, the physi-
clan who had ordered dose OF rhu-
barb, countermanded it, and the med
icine was left on the table. A
monkey in the room, jumping up,
discovered the goblet and having
tasted made terrible grimace.
Again putting only his tongue to it,
he discovered some sweetness TO the
Dissolved mamma, while the rhubarb
had sunk to the bottom. Thus en-
boldened, he swallowed the whole,
but found It such a nauseous potion
that after many strange and fantas-
tic grimaces he ground bis teeth in
agony, and in q violent fury threw
the goblet on the floor. The
whole affair was so ludicrous that
the sick man burst into repeated
peals OF laughter, and the recovery
OF :cheerfulness led to health. An
other case Is recorded that two indi-
viduals were lying in one room very
sick-one with brain fever and the
other with an aggravated case Of
mumps. They were so low that
watchers were needed every night,
aud it was thought doubtful il the
one sick with fever would ever re-
cover. A person was engaged TO
watch one night, his duty being to
wake the nurse whenever it became
necessary TO take the medicine. In
the course OF the night both watcher
and nurse fell asleep. The man with
the mumps lay watching the clock
and saw that it was time to give the
fever patient his potion. Hc was
unable to speak loud, or TO move any
portion OF his body except his arms;
but seizing a pillow. he managed to
strike tile watcher la the face with it.
Thus suddenly awakened, the watch
er sprang from his seat, falling to the
floor and awakening both the, nurse
and fever patient. The incident
struck both the sick men as very
ludicrous, and they laughed most
heartily at it for fifteen or twenty
minutes. When the doctor came in
the morning he found his patients
vastly improved-saidsh Che had never
known 80 sudden change for the
better-and they both got we'll.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Cramming on German with an Object.

Tutor Uncle Ssm-Now boys, one
thing is certain. No one can go un-
less he can speak German. Remem-
Der, the boy who speaks no German
has no chance at all. What can you
say George William Curtis?
George-Yahl
U. S.-Yah? Is that all? Would
you say yah to everything when you
got to Berlin?
George Yah.
u. S.-Step down. You can't 60.
Step up, Fcnton. Would you say yah
to everything In Berlin, Reuben?
Reuben-Nein.
U. S.-Nein? Nein what?
Reuben-Neln, sir.
U. Sand you'd settle all diplo-
macy by nein. would you?
Reuben-Nein.
U. Swell. what would you do?
Reuben-Nein.
U. S.-Step down, Rube. You must
travel past nein before you 60 to Ber-
lin. Let's hear your German, Rob.
Ingersoll-Ich babe NIGHT Got In
Himmell. Ich-
U. S.-There. stop! Is It your mis-
sion to preach that In Berlin?
Ingersoll-Yahl
q. S.-You won't do. You don't
represent Church and State well
enough for me. What can you say In
Berlin, Boxer?
Boxer -Geben sic mir elm glas
lager; Geben sic mir zwei glas lager
Grben sic mir drei glas lager; Geben
sic mir
s-And is this all your mission
to Berlin?
Bpker-Yah.
u. Sect outI Let's hear you
Hartranft.
Hartranft - Der unter- gassen- init
dem unterhm- tengangen vas -Ich-
hollen haragensnicker swingen-vol-
len cken-rip- bang wollenwangen
All the Restraint fair. He cuts
under US cause he's "a Pennsylvania
Dutchman.-NeU York Graphic.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Pastinie.

Put not your trust in kings. Three
aces and jack will skin them every
time.
A jockey calls his horses Kerosene
and Petroleum, because they are a
paraffine steeds.
From age to age cheese has skip
pered on, one OF the miteiest forces OF
the press, winning its whey.
What is the use OF that man paint
ing his name twice on his sign?" said
a gentleman to mis- friend. as he point
ed to sign which read y. E. Weller,
Jeweller."
A Boston man who bought 1000
Havana cigars, on being asked what
they were for, replied that they were
tickets to a course OF lectures to be
given by his wife.
MIR. Heep said to drunken fellow,
"If I were in your place would go
out to the woods and hang myself"
The answer was: IF yooz in my plaish
you couldn't get there.
A man whose i'll temper is chronic
is just like camel. They both got
their back up when they were young.
and they have remained in that con-
dition ever since.
what is meant by conscience?
asked an English schoolmaster OF his
class. "A Inward monitor" "And
what do you understand by monitor p
"A hironclad," replied the intelligent
youth.
Said a railroad engineer to an Irish
man, whose cow had been killed: "Bui
she didn't get out Of the way when ]
rang the bell" Faith, thin" said
Pat, Eye didn't shtop whin she rang
her bell, naythur,"
Girls, IL you want to encourage
young men, get an album. Its the
arst thing a bashful young man grabs
when he enters strange house where
there are girls. We've seen then
look through one until they knew
every picture by heart, from page one
to General Grant in the back part
It's wonderful what interest bashful
man will take in girls grandmother
and pugn osed uncle at the first visit
but its always so. Get 'em, girls. It,
the best thing in the world to occupy
"a fellows hands, and it's sure cure
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chron
icle.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06

10 wosder the boys ard ami girls
get tired OF the farm. In very many
country homes there Is almost moth
Ing done to make the evening pleas
ant and cheerful. Among other
wants We may mention the lack OF
Interesting books and newspapers.
children. rs they are growing up,
Reremli4 have an actual longing for
knowledge and IL they are driven
eff to bed at twilight or obliged to sit
about the flIe and keep still while
elder folks talk to no purpose; how is
this craving TO be satisfied, this
knowledge to be acquired? Fill your
homes with pictures; have books for
the children, and papers that will
amuse and instruct them: see that
the wife and mother has time to cul-
ti~ats and care for q few flowers.
We arc not laborers only. Life Is
more than work and drudgery. This
world contains, besides bodies I. lad
brains. precious souls, capably OF JOY,
love, peace, sympathy and a sense Of
the beautiful: Remember this then:
Let not your whole attention, energy
and, time be devoted to the interest
Of the mortal, while the immortal,
the eternal. that which shall live for
sver, Is shriveled and contracted and
hemmed in from lack Ut proper cul-
ture.
Then fathers and mothers see that
around your Preside there are all
things which shall tend to make your
children lovers of art. Do not fear
that the love Of art will lead them
from the farm. ALI around them the
God of nature Is spreading out a
scene Of magical beauty; the hilltops
are crowned with his glory. and the
wees resound with the songs of the
Birds endeavoring to spead his name.
Let the mind, the heart, the soul re-
eeive due attention and not be for
COTTON. Gods Word says. what
ever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap Did you ever think, tired
mother. that you are sowing In that
child's heart seed, the fruits Of which
ssiall be gathered in eternity? Faith
or did you over think OF It! 1t Is SO.
Ehe hereafter will be to your child
but the harvest OF the seed you have
sown here. Have you then sown
culture, enlightment, love OF beauty
and love Of nature? II you have,
that child will. have a grant. glorious
harvest. But II you have sown in
that heart love for the body alone.
love for gain only. and have neg
lected the SOUL. what a miserablr,
self loving heaven that will be.
Again we say. seek ye the beautiful.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Written for the REPUBLICAN.
Cheerful Words.


III ~. ~ IL.
Some people 60 through the world
swapping :and snarling, and il they
lad mouths constructed like a dogs.
would bite frequently. A snap Is al
ways accompanied by a frown, which,
Rpercelved by the person to whom
the cutting remark is directed. would
send q sensation OF horror through
his system. To say that We feel
agreeable in the presence OF such
people would be uttering falsehood:
en- the contrary, We are always glad
when circumstances put Us far from
them.
The propensity to grumble is not
always born In people, but Is a crea-
ture OF habit, and does not take much
cultivation to make 1t grow rapidly.
In this respect it resembles a weed
IN the garden. Its most remarkable
property. however. is its contagious
ness. We have known 1t to spread
through large families. and even
whole communities are effected by
this unpleasant disease. We call it a
disease for 1t really is disease OF
the mind. No person with q perfect
y sound mind will habitually indulge
10 cross words and ugly looks.
The fact OF it Is, we were not put
into this world to make each other
miserable, but to cheer each other up
with our lively conversation and
Beaming countenance. A doctor
who invariably goes to see Ills pa
tients In gloomy state OF mind will
not cure anybody. Let us MT be
kebergs and Alpine torrents in this
world, but rather Gulf-streams and
tponical breezes: in other words, let
~ practice the amenities OF life and
have It's asperities to cat and dogs,
sod,those human beings who prefer
war to peace. We will then live
happy. die easy, and the world will
1otrtj oiee at our departure.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
A Petriiled Hand.

A curiosity. which astonishes scien-
lists and puzzles them to account for,
is now on exhibition at Gould's cab
met at Mill City. 1t Is a perfectly
formed hand which apparently be-
longed to boy about fourteen years
OF age. The hand is open, the fingers
being slightly bent towards the palm,
OF which the thumb rests. The back
OF the hand seems to have been
crushed on decomposed before 1t was
petrified, but the palm, thumb and
finger are perfect. 1t ives found at
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
Beware OF Socialists.

Beware OF any man who seeks to
convince you by arguments. however
assumingly broad and philanthropic,
that the world can reach a higher
social and moral plane through an
archy and by saturating the flags OF
the nations in their rulers blood.
Beware. too, Of the man who attempts
to convince you that there are better
remedies for chronic diseases OF the
stomach aud liver than DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets. They have
stood the test OF many years trial by
the public, aud their sales are annu-
ally increasing.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
CATARRH.
A COUGH OF TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS STANDING CURED.

xkRnS ~ AN OkN0 OOkskOs
CATARRH WITH DRorPISos TX THE
THROAT. CAUSING FEELINGS or STRANG
LING, DIZZINESS. PAINS IN SIpK, AND
WEAKNESS or KIDNEYS. IMMEDIATELY
RELIEVED, SYSTEM SEEMINGLY MADE
OYER NEw by USE OF oNE BoTri.K.
NEssRs. LITTLEYIELD & Coz
live In Msncherter now and have lived over nifty
y~nrs IN Godsfown, about fws miles from here
am IL years old. | have had Cstarrh for fifteen
peciniiy ,pr:ng and fall Good deal of that time
have had dis-incrs In the head During the fifteen
Year, have had dropping from from the head upon
the lungs, filing my throat with phlsgm. causing
with fever creating feeling of sufocafing and
strangling. People have thought ! had the Con-
sumption. Was doctorcd for that. ! have con-
suhcd great many physcians. but never got more
Than temporary relief. About two months ago
had dizzy spell, fell down and was insensbe for
sone time, and did not know my own folks for
over six hours. nv brother told me of your Con-
sfitutionai CatdrTh Rrlaedp, and advised me to
buy bottle. lie had Cxiarfh and took this, and IL
Caiarrh, removed the phlcgrn. tickling the throat.
snS was able TO saw four cords Of wood. working
six hours day. ! never anything like II. II
seemed 20 nske me all over new. now have none
OF the old troubles unless I get cold. and then .
tesspoonfui of the Csnsfifutio al Caforrh RENE
dU removes everything. ] would not be without IL
As long A. conld get money 10 bny il with: NY
grandson and his vile haSe had Csfarrh, aud they
are trying u and and Immediate relief.
have had pains In the small Of my back and
weakness OF the kidneys fer many Year,, and
though work hard daily. shovcling this s~ason OF
the year. my kidneys have found great relief. and
the pains hive greatly diminished.
JOSEPH GEORGE.
Manchester. N. H., April "a. 1870.
Capt. Joecph George can get the testimony Of
everv bank man and city oficcr to back him a. re-
liable and honest
50 Hundreds OF cases or . similar nature cured
within the Last year. SHUTS and Lotions give only
temporary relief. The Constitutional (afarTh
Remedy strikes nj the root, builds mp the consti-
tuition, makes II new, and drives away Cata-rh and
al diseases of the mucous membranes, and their
attendant pains and aches, pertaining TO the head,
back, shoulders, kidneys and throat.
Price 81 per bottle. A pamphlet of 81 pages
giving treatise on Catarrh, with innumerable
of cures sent free by addressing the Propric-
tors. LIrTLEFiELD d Co.,
Manchsstcv, N. II.
Sold by L Tanner, and Poe & Chapman. Piym-
outh. Ind. nov l4-13t
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
The Republican.


1Ry CARRIED pie to the parsons house
And scattered the floor with crumbs,
kul marked the leaves Of his choicest books
With the prints of their greary thumbs.
T6sy piled his dishes high and thick
With Idt of unhealthy cake,
While they gobbled the butterrd toast and roll
Which the parsons wife did make.
They hung round Clyti-s classic neck
Their apple parings for sport.
And every one laughed when clumsy lout
split his tea in the pianofortr.
Next day the parson went down on his Knees,
With HE wife, but not to pray;
Oh no. twas tn scrape the grease and dirt
From the carpet and stairs away,
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
The RemedI.

To escape the worthless abonina-
tons offered under the title OF Baking
Powders, rests wholly with the con-
consumers; they are the ones that
have to suffer. DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder Is decided by che
mists to be the most perfect and
wholesome powder made.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-06
A L.udicrous Scene.

Thermometer "a deg. in the shade.
Loco,-Broadway. Dramdtis per
sonae,-An exceedingly fat lady puff
fling like steam engiue, and cling
ing to the arm OF a small. wiry gen
tleman whose face has become very
red, either from the unusual exrr-
else or the consciousness that q
hundred eyes are looking at him
with a ha-ha in each pupil. Naugh-
ty boy" say, Charlie, pretty small
tug tow her In with that cargo" AL
lan's Anti Fat will reduce the weight
from two to five pounds per week.
II is purely vegtable-nature's own
remedy for this diseased condition
Procurable OF your druggists.