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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-02-25
WHOLE NUMBER 79ls

CuRro'IrIEs OF THE EARTH In, digging
at the city of Modena, 10 Italy. and about
four miles around IL, when the workman
arrive at the depth of sixty-three feet, they
come to bed Of chalk, which they bofe
Wuh a9 auger i've feot deep. They then
'wnndraw from the pit before tie aoger Is
removed, aud upon its extraction the water
bursts up through the aperature With
great violence, and quickly ellis this new
made well, which continues fulr and Is aE
fected neither by rains nor droughts. But
that which is more remarkable is, that AZ
the depth of 4 feet are found the remains
Cf an ancient city--poved streets, houses,
floors, and different pieces Of mosaic. Uu-
derneath is soft earth made up chiefly OF
vegetable matters, and at 26 feet deep,
large trees entire. snch as walnut trees,
with The walnuts still on tho stem and the
leaves and branches in a perfect state Of
preservation. AT twenty.eight feet deep 8
soft chalk is fonnd, mixed with vass
quantity Of shells and this bed is eleven
feet hick. Under it vegetables are found
again with leaves and branches as before.
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Scene IN a RAILWAY CAR An incd, nj
occurred, few days ago, on board one oI
our outward bound train of cars which is
worth printing Just as the train Was
about to move from the depot, an elderly
gentleman, Of high reSpectabIiiy and
character, entered one of The cars and upon
looking round for seat, saw one with q
lazy in it, and politely inquired if the va.
cant seq. wss engaged. She repled onife
snappishly that she bad no more room than
she wanted, wheteupon he, being ouiet.
modest gentleman, retired and some one
offered him seat The selfshness Of the
lady was noticed by many Of the passengers
aud excited much Indignation. Shortly
after a gentleman who had been occupying
a seat 10 the back part of the car approach
ed the lady, who was occupying that part
OF the seat nearest the passage way. He
then, very qnietly, took his umbrella and
passing it over the lady, placed it in the
corner, near the window. He next very
deliberately raised one foot above her criuo-
line, aud put it down beyond her, near the
window, and then dragged the other after
him aud took his seat amid the laughter
aud applause Of the passengers, who were
watching the operation. In short tin
the seat in front OF them was vacated, and
this interesting lady. who was by this time
the observed of ill the passengers, moved
and occupied it alone. leaving our friend of
the umbrella 10 himself. In a few moments
more large heavy man, weighing some
Two hundred and ffly, aud who SCENE dis.
posed 10 teach the lady second lesson,
planted himself by her side. BY this time
the passengers we're convulsed with laugh
tie: at the expense of our heroine who was
obliged to submit to the contraction, not
only of her crinoline but of her whole per.
son, for the remainder of her journey -
Possibly she learned that politeuesS and
courtesy are expected of ladies as well as
gentlemen Boston Journal
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HUMAN NATURE. wise man sageIy
remarked, There is good deal of human
nature n man." crops out occasionally
in boys. One Of the urchins ia the School
Ship Massachusetts,. who was quite sick,
was visited by kind lady. The little
fellow was suffering sccutely and his visitor
asked him if she could do anything fer him.
Yes replied the patient, read to me-,
will you have story!' asked the lady.
No. answered the boy; read from, tie
B BILE; read about L1zirus: and the lady
complied. - -.
The next day the visit was repeated, and
again the boy asked the lady te read.
Shall l read from the Biblei' she ID.
qnred. 4IA '-9
oh! no. was the reply, '.I'm better to-
day; read me a lore story '.' N"-f'
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You've Man, PAY ATTENTION N--Dontt be
loafer, don't call yourself a loafer, don't
keep oafers company, don't hang about
oafng places Better work for nothing
aud board yourself, than to sit around day
after day, or stand around corners with
your hands in your pockets. Better for
your own mind, better fer your own re.
spect. Bns'le about, if you mean tohaye
anything to hustle about for. Many q
poor physician has obtained real patient q
by riding hard to attend an imaginary one.
A qni e.of old paper tied With red tape,
carried under a lawyers arm, may procure
him his first case ard make his fortune. - :
Such is the world; to him that hath shall
he given, Quit droning and, ,compldining;
keep busy aud mind your chances. - - .
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A MAGNIFICENT RESULT The result of
the operations on OIL Greek is beyond hu.
man calculation. Indeed had many OF the
Transactions Incident thereto taken puce
one hundred years ago, and the business
by this time have been brought down to
what is, in other matters, coasidesed, a
fair and prospere US business, the story of
lis early history would be regarded as a
fable too absurd 10 believe. The idea of a
boy, six cen years of age, making thirty
thousand dollars in one day, while attend.
ing an engine, seems too absurd to he told
yet it is tue and the fact that men have
been known TO fall into convulsive f's IN.
der the influence OF the excitement occasions
ed by profitable transaction, seems like
an eXaggeraliou-bu this is also true.
1t has been argued that all the profit
able transactions are made public. while
those which are Improbable are no: spoken
of and that as much money, if not more.
hIs been lost 10 the aggregate as has been
made out Of this stupendous enterprise.
Tuis is not true. A careful estimate of
the capital real and nominal, represented
10 the oil region, together with the product
must assure any ohc tuab tue uet pIo-
ceeds on the oil put in market are not less
than six per cent, over all contingencies
and over all bogus organizations That is
10 say the oil now produced on Oh Greek
pays profit sufficiently large TO average
for each and every company, real or genu-
inc, with capital or without it. which cl lim'
to have an interest in the business, an inter
lAest of six per cent, on the entire invest
ments. OF the four hundred companies
not more han one half of them are genu
inc and legitimate, while not more that
one third of the balance are obtaining
oil 10 paying quantities. When all the
operations now contemplated are couple'
ed The result will be more than twelve pei
cent, AMI should the business eon'lnu;
as it has commenced it will outst'ip oil
money making scbemes the world has ever
known. That it will so ceninne there can
not be doubt The operations so far
have failed to supply the demand, and II
the demand continues to increase as it ha'
been increasing. tho supply will have to b'
more than doubled to meet it before th'
expiration of another year. -f.
Erie Dispatch.
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A CoLoREb SEN1IvEL.-A colored ssptif. :
hel was recently marcihng on bis beat ,in I.
the streets Of Norfolk, Va, when, o white i
man, passing by, shouldered him i1ocenily
of the sidewalk. quite into the street. The,
soldier, on recovering himself called ont i,.T
The white man, Southerper Ike, went
straight on. The sentinel brongkt his'r
muskes to present. cooked it, AID hailed
again: 81 .l.ia.f.. .sfsf6 Qia stl hi sii.e
White man, Halt. or III 6rel asai oO0'o
The white man. hearlng shoot in the
tone, halted and faced about a,sr :, ~ 4,
White man, continued the sentry, per- /,
empioEily, come bsre ams.og o., So -.
He did so. .8i.e,
White man, said the soldier again, md
no care one cent 'bont this pecplar Coffee *
but wbite.man. bound to respect this naifcl m 4
ls,rikigg his breasD. Waite man. move
on !-7Indpeadenf. ss.I ssasbsd y /, 4ln..
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Erie Dispatch.
ApyrRrrslyc To property appreciate q

ADVERTISING To properly appreciate
the value OF advertising, over other methods
of making ones business known to the
community, We have only 10 instance the
many large fortunes that have been derived
from systematic course of Advertising
Benjamin Braudreth, who is now worth
half million of dollars. sttrbu es his sue
cess to advertising, which began with
small notices in the press. DR.. Townsend
aud many Others are living, examples
Shortly after the war commenced Mr.
Blrnum concluded that his expenses must
be cur allied, and ordingly gave orders
to one of bis agents that his advertisement
must be cut down one-hslf This was ac'
cordinglY done. A few weeks later the
''great Snowman" discovered that bis dag
receipts were growing smaller by degrees
aud beautifully less."' He doubled bis al
tractious. but still the receipts were uot 10,
creased. The matter became serious, anu
troubled Mr.. Barnum so much that " u.s
turbed his slumbers. He gave oruers "
double the sizeiof the advertisements ~
was done, and the result wss re'a'su "
Barnum himself, was an iSerease OF one
hundred and fifty dcllar q week 'u us
receipts the FIRST week, aDd $3.50 per week
subsequently, Since lben ne mas 'n,ss' sr
tempted to economist by reducing lne
amount paid for bis aosert''emes's'
! '' Mercantile Journal.
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| THIS REBELLIoN The whole scope o
this rebellion, should II prove nn ultimate
success, would be ATHEIST bst tact ad
mission that the war of The Revolution
conducted by George Washington and his
eompeers. has. in its results, proved a
failure;--and that it had been better for
the coonists bad Arnold's treason been
successfully cOnsuipated, The thirteen co.
louies So jugated, Washington himself left
to q tratorss doom, and the Republic Of
| the United States never been heard of -
The effort that has been making for the
past four years, 10 which vast armies have
been employed, and which has taxed the
energies of the nation to resist, has for its
object the undoing of all that was accom-
plisbed by the achievement af our ndepen-
dence, and the denatonalizing of the
American government Whether it be the
wish of the parties engaged in this rebellion
or not, the natural and inevitable effect of
the success cf their efforts must be to heap
odium and reproach upon the memory of
those who live in the life of he Repnblic
they founded. For moment indulge the
supposition that the purpose Of the rebels
is successfuS what are the unavoidable re.
suits2 The Government framed by The
S,ges of the revolution is subverted-Un-
ion of the states is dissevered-the glory of
our nation is departed---its history re
roach--i,s name byword in the mouths
OF the enemies of free governments. to be
cast into our faces as token and sign of
our humiliation. AS u people, we would
without respectable y, and without resour-
ceS; aud richly would we have earned our
upenvable condition. We would be with
out friends. for we should deserve the
friendship f of no one; our friendship would
eudanger the standing OF any respectable
nation. We should be ute ly degraded as
a nation and people
But, thank God, such is not our con.
dition, nor our prospect! We have q
brilliant future; as well as glorious past
This rebellion, conceived in sin, and
brought forth in niquety. is already trem
bling to its final and utter overthrow
And the republic of Washingttn n and Frahk.
In, Of Madison, jackson and Lincoln, will
cone out Of this trial, strepg thcned, reju-
veDated, and refreshed. The Governm ent
will be more FIRMLY established on the prn.
ciples of republican equality of rights, and
more permanently en,hroned in the
affections of the people, by reason of the
trials through which it has been caused 10
pass. - Columbus Journal.
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A eeutlemar not long since, in one Of

A geutlemau not long since. in one Of
his rides in Southern Illinois. sought to
make himself interesting to good looking
mother Of sN est baby, occupying the next
seat in tbe car. After duly praisiug the
h.by be remarked to the mother; "He 10
A real sucker, / SUPPOSED" No, sir" said
the lady blushing. I'VE had to raise him on
. bottle. The gentleman resumed his
reading aud has not Dragged on any strange
baby since. p -'soD@ Ds,i..@ u y, -E
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SoRGUM VS. WHEAr-A writer In the
Wisconsin State Journal tells Of Dane
county farmer who kept an exact account
Of all his farming operations during The
past year. He found his sorgum and
wheat crops to compare as follows After
payiog labor, rent Of ground. expense Of
marketing. etc., his wheat crop paid 81 SO
per acre, net profit sugar cane, $l4 90 ;
thus making the net profit Of cane us com.
pared with wheat 10 The ratio Of Eve aud
three 6ftbs 10 one. Z. (. .a,', q.
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not very becoming, will be found very
tliicacious, aud considerably cheaper thsu
quart OF kalydor. The cause of freckles
is simple enough 1t is nothing more than
The da' keniug Of the salts of iron cont aimed
IN the blood by the action of light. "A
freckled face is, therefore, an animated
photograph.
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Th.dasas st.v.n.upon John Brown.


During the war OF the rebellion few names
have been of,ener said and sung than John
Brown and during the discussion in Congress
growing out ofthe recent assault by Mr..
Brooks Of New York, on General Butler, Mr..
Brooks took occasion % fling the John Brown
raid into the teeth of his unrelentipg aDtagr-
onists, Messrs. Stevens of Pennsylvania, and
Boutwell, of Massachusetts, when they pressed
him closely with documents exculpating But
ler This elected the following noble and
eloquent response from Mr.. Stevens
While have not word to say in exten.
uation of the conduct of John Brown, nor
any thing to say against his sentence, yet,
sir, there are Times in the history of men
when there exist such great evils that the
motives of men who attempt. although in
an irregular manner, 10 eradicate those
evils, will overshadow all the Irregularities
in the eyes of posterity, although We here
at the moment cannot forget or forgive
them. There are times, sir. when posterity
v i'll look beyond the immediate step to see
where man proposed 10 land, what were
uis IuNeutious auu bio motNSeb huu tuVJ
will Judge according TO the ullerior de-
sign. Now, sir. the motive of John Browr
no man who loves freedom can help ap
plauding. although none of US would justly
the means But upon the principle whict
have mentioned. when the gentleman from
New York and myself will be Wondering
10 The dust or forgotten, or only unplsas
antly remembered, the memory Of JohI
Brown. l will venture to predict, will grov
brighter and brighter through coming
ages. and the State of Virginia itself, b!
its own freedmen, will. within the lives o
some now present, raise monument 10 hi
memory upon the very place where hi
gallows stood s't-.'s.,sg !.
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Erie Railway.
Great Bread Gauge, Double Track and Telegraph Route TO
NEW YORK, BOSTON,

and all Eastern Cities,
TN
LXPRESS Trains leave Dunkirk daily
arrival of all Trains the Lake Shore Railroad from
Cleveland, Cincinnati Toledo, Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul
ST. Louis &c andrun through to New York without change
The only route running through from the Lakes to
York City Splendid Ventilated Sleeping Cars Nigh
Trains.
Baggage checked through. Fare always by any
other route. -
Boston Passengers and their Baggage transferred Free in
New York.
Be particular to call for Tickets via Dunkk and the Erie
Railway which sold at all the principal Railroad Offices
n the West.
ThsRoad affords superior facilities for shment oreght
Express Freight Trains
Leave New York daily making close connections through to
all points West.
For Freight Rates. enquire Of A. Fl. WARD, 240 Broadway
New York JOHN S. DUNLAP. Is State Street, Boston
Mass Of E. s. SPENCER Western Agent GA Clark Street
Chicago 692 Cha's Minot, Gen. Supt
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How TO Dress F)s a PH0T FRaPH "A
lady or gentleman having made up her o.
his mind to be phot ographed, naturally
considers, in the FIRST place, how to be
dressed so as to show off to the best ad
vantage. This is by no means such an
unmportant matter as many might imsgne
Let me offer a few words of advice
touching dress. Orange color, for GER
tain optical reasons. is, photographically,
black Blue is white; other shades or
tones Of color are rcportionately darker
or lighter as they contain more or less OF
these cclors. The progressive scale Of
Photographic color commences with the
lght est. The order stands thus; white,
light blue, violet, pink, manve, dark blue,
lemon, blue-green, leather brown, drab,
cerise, magenta, yellow green. dark brown,
purple, red amber, maroon, orange, dead
black. Complexion has to be much con
sidered 10 connection with dress. Blondes
can wear much lighter colors than bru'
nets; the later always present better
pictures in dark dresses, but neither look
we'll 10 positive white. Violent contrast:
of color should be especially guarded
against. In photography bruuet;s possess
a grevt advantage over the farer sisters -
The lovely golden tresses lose all thei
transparent brilliaucy, and are represented
black; while the "bonny blue e'e, theme o
rapture to the poet, is misery to the photo
grapber, for it is put entirely ont. TIL
simplest and most effective way of removing
the yellow color from the hair is to powde
it nearly white; it 10 thus brought to abou
the same Photographic tint as in nature :
The same rule, OF course. applies to com
plexions. A freckle qute invisible 81 {
short distance is, on account OF its yellow
color, rendered most painfully distinc
when photographed. The puff-box mus
be called to the assistance Of art Her
let me intrude one word Of general advice
Blue, as we have seen, is the most readil
affected by light, and yellow the least; Il
therefore, you would keep your complexio
clear aud free from tan and freckles Will
taking your delightful rambles at the sea
side, discard by all meaus the blue veil, an
substitute Q dark green or yellow one in II
stead. Blue tulle offers no more obstrue
lion to the actnic rays ,of the sun tha
white. Half ayard Of yollow net, thong
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zrSc MILK PAss. Experiments in Epg,
land have recently been made regarding
the effect of zinc upon milk, and il was
found that milk kept in zinc, vessels will
continue sweet four or FIVE hours longer
than it will 10 vessels Of any. other maseri-
al tt 4.
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tn. People. CURE

Ny wife has becp In poor heith for long time having
frequently to call physician TO attend har mi ~ Ts
Gently very much worse. Por6 weeks she had NO ape
e lost all ber strength and each day rovinS worse
and ecnsdsby during the day and All Supposed She wss
going OF with the consumption whom advised her 10
ed change at On tbs third day she had he,
appetite and was fast regaipng her strength, until on ths
eighth day. not yet having taken BOTTLE has stopnsd
taking the dens saying she well - ever ~
and we'll body could be- and shs has Continued
70 since. PAUL KLEIN, Ga rdnsr, so Pearl a.
BlffAio, October I, lsoz. Tor Sale by eli Dragxias
:. --' o. CROSBY, General agent,
25S Main st. Bufalo, N. Y.
2ss vtou all osdsrs should Be aa dressed.
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DR.. TOBIAS
VEN1TIAN HORSE LINIMENT.
n mint hnttlns Mt Gftu nantc cnrns lama
DR.. TOBIAS

II ness, cuts, gals, collie, &c Read the following:
BosroS, July sth, 1868;
Dr. ToaIAswe have used for past year your Horse
Lnment for ameness kicks bruises collie and cuts and in
every instance found the best article tried this
Gus company Please send six dozen 1t Is the only nment
we We have los horses some ycry valuable and
q" not want to leave town ~ithout It HYATT FROST
Manage. VauAmbnrgh4 Co.'S Mena gere.
sold by all druggists Office Sc Cortlandt St, New York
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AN Irish painter declared 10 an advertise.
mept. that among other portraits, be bad q
representation Of Death, aslsrgs Is Ito, W
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Loss OF EARLY Purity. eloquent
writer says: "Over the beauty of the
plum and The apricot there grows bloom
aud beauty more exquisite than the fIui,
itself; q soft, desgte blush that over.
spreads its delicate cheek, Now, it you
strike your hand over that, and it is once
gone. it is gone foreve; for it never grows
but once. Take the flower that hangs in
the morning, imperiled with dew-arrayed
as no queenly woman ever was arrayed
with jewels. Once shake it, so that the
heads roll of, and you may sprinkle water
over it as carefully as you please, yet il
can never be made again what it was wher
the dew fell silently upon it from heaven
On frosty morning you may see tbf
panes Of glass covered with landscapes
mountains, lakes, trees, blended in q bean
tiful, fantastic picture. Now lay your
hand upon the glass, and by the scratch
of you: fiuger, or'by the warmth Of your
palmtbe delicate drapery will. be obliteral ed
SO there is in your youth beauty and
pureiy of character which, when once
touched and defIed can never be restored
fringe more delicate than frost work, ard
which, when torn and broken, will never
be re-embroidered A NAH who has spot
ted and soiled his garments in youth,
though he may seek to make them white
again, can never wholly do il, even were
he to wash them with his tears When q
young man leaves his fathers house. wi lh
the blessing Of his mothers tears still We
upon his forhead, if be once loses iha
early purity Of character, it is loss tha
be can never make whole again Such i
the consequence Of crime, Its effects can
| not be eradich ed it can only be fOrgtrea,
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will ente him to share Of business he hopes merit It,
All orders for hauling to and from the Depot about the
village will be thankfully received and executed
He will be found upon the tine. necessarily
devoted TO rest and feed. $40 w. ii. TERRY.
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tn. People. v CURE 'is:; s:;, f;;:'s'. sG.s,s and

have used the Peoples Cure my family with great ben
eh In eases Of scofa and Salt Rhenm and have recon-
mended frequently TO my friends all Of whom believe have
been benentled and OF them entirely cured BY It.
CHARLES sCHARFF, 2TS Main ltreet, up stairs
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tn. People. CURE Cs;:s S:..s:.::.. ss%.''

hese been In feeble health since hs birth Of my boy
sho now " years old. have had many troubles and dh-
eulte all this time, uniting re for every Kind OF labor
destroying all my comfort La summer began taking the
we'll Ny dculties have nearly An dIssppeared and feel
cheerful and happy. Mn CATH. DEWALD,
. pTces,sSsSksr oc ,ssa Goodsi Alley above Tuppsr st.
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prSHErs SFt Ia CURE Csr;; ~ e. DI;:ss:' sf;s.

ed by eruptons and bunches which AZ times exendeu Oye
my whole body and once for three days made entirely
bnd but having taken two bottles OF the Peoples Cure
my acquaintance hardly recognize meindeed hardly know
myseif-asi am now well man. Let all who are afflicted
yhe Peoples Cure-the medicine prepared by the SANTA
~ Society-and think they will not begudge their dollar
JOSEPH SOUR, Turner, Mechanic street.
Buffalo, Nov lb 1S6o
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THE Subscriber
l. has starte
nro uNsp N Nv

and will devote his unrs-
mitting attention to its
prosecution. II prompt
nesa enerov and fidpl 10
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LINUS SAVAGE, Furniture Dealer and Man.
smss Of Dr. harrington. AshtAbula,o o. z6i.