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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
Bachelors, Attention !

The attention Of bachelors is in
vited to the following "wail:"
There are some sad sights in thi;
world;a city sacked and burnt
battle field aftera great slaughter
London in the midst of a plague
ship burning.at sea-a family pin
ing in staryation-ajug ofmolasses
wrecked upon the pavement. All
bad, it is true.
But to us, the saddest sight of all
is.an old bachelor wearing toward the
end of his journey of life, his great
duties undone. Miserable creature
Just look at him; his shirt-buttons off,
his stockings out at the toes, not a
son or daugter, nor relative to drop
a tear, close his eyes in death, or to
leave his money to-nobody, in fact,
to care for him -"shunned by saint
and sinner r
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
Young ChivalrV.

4 friend tells US she fOllowin!
story of child's talk which we thinl
good enough to publish:
A gentleman from the South
with the usual Southern prejudices
moved with his family into Yer.
mont some time last winter. Soor
after his arrival his family was in
creased by the addition of little
stranger, a stiveVermonter, weigh.
ing about seven pounds. His old
est son, boy of four years, was at
first delighted with his little broth.
er, but after a few weeks began tc
tire of his crying and get a little
jealous from fancied neglect. One
day he climbed up into his father
lap and asked him, Papa, which
do you like best, me or baby ?''-
The father, thinking to please the
title prattler, answered that he
liked him the best. After a little
serious thought the boy said, "Pa,
1 know why you ike me best -
"Why?" said the father, thinking
he would say that it was because
he was the largest, could talk and
play, of something of the kind.
"Its because I'm a Southern man
and baby is a Yankee" said the lit
tie hopeful.-Grand Rapids Eaglz.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
The SunhoRer,

The sunhower is popularity regarded
as a cheap and comparatively worth
less plant, cultivated, perhaps, because
the owner of the cottage or the home
stead is hardly able to have other and
more gaudy and pretentious plants to
ornament his surroundings.
1t is, to be sure, somewhat coarse,
tall growing and hardy annual; snowy,
and in suitable places by no means un-
attractive. 1t was introduced from
South America as early as 1886, and
has at times been put to a great many
uses.
1t was found by experiments, FORM
erly made in this State, that bushel
of sunfoWer seed will yield a gallon
of oil, and that an acre OF ground
planted in rows three feet apart viii
yield from forty to fifty bushels. The
oil is as mild as sweet oil, and equally
agreeable on salads and as a medicine.
The seed is raised with very little troE.
bic, aud We should like to see it more
commonly cultivated.
We find a short article upon it iu
an agricultural jonrnal, giving the
uses to which the sunfower seed may
be put, translated from a Portuguese
work:
1. The sprouts are eaten with oil
and salt.
2. Bread is made from the seed, and
Cruel for children.
g. The seed gives oil for several
uses.
4. 1t fattens fowls.
5. Its leaves are excellent food for
cattle in summer, and increase the
quantity of milk in cows.
6. They are also good for sheep.
z. The stems are useful to protect
climbing plants.
, 8. They serve for fuel; as good as
willow wood.
9. The seeds when roasted have
the favor of coffee, and the infusion
of them, like tea, makes a pleasant
beverage.
These important uses ought to set
people to thinking.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
Dealing Nth ThiaHas.

The following story is related by
an exchange, Of Jacob Sheafe, Esq.
"a merchant Of Portsmouth, in for
mer times
Aman had purchased some wool
of him, which he had weighed and
paid for, and Mr.. Sheafe had gone
to the back room to get change for
note. Happening to turn his
head when there, he saw in a glass,
which swung so as to reflect the
shop, a stout arm reach up and take
from the shelf a heavy cheese n
stead of appearing suddenly and re-
5uking the man for his theft, as
another would, thereby losing his
custom forever, the crafty old gen
tleman gave the thief his change as
if nothing had happened, and then,
cnder the pretence of lifting the
bag to lay it on the horse for him,
took hold of it and exclaimed,
"Why, bless me! l must have rec
oned the weight wrong" "0h,
no I'' said the other, "you may be
sure you have not, for l counted
with you" "Wen, well, We won't
dispute the matter, it's SO easily
tried" said Mr.. S. putting the bag
into the scales again. 'SThere, .
said he, Il told you so knew that
I was right-made a mistake Of
nearly twenty pounds; however.
you don't want the whole, you
needn't have it !; III take part of il
out" sNo~ said the other, stay
ing the hands of Mr.. S. on the way
to the strings of the bag, 81 guess
Pll take the whole" And this he
did, paying for dishonesty by re-
ceiving the skim milk cheese for the
price of wool. On another ocea-
oiOn Mr.. s. zaiSsed barrel of punk.
A few months after, a man one day
asked him the question, "Did you
ever find out who took that pork,
Mr.. Sheafe p eyes" was the re-
ply; "you are the fellow! For
none but myself and the thief knew
of the loss" The fellow was de-
tected by the shrewd dealer, who
possessed the happy faculty of
knowing when to be silent.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

A remarkable literary discovery
has just been made in the India Office
London, by the Librarian thereof
Among the propertytransferred from
the East India company's establish
ment in Leadenhall street, when the
government undertook charge of
British India was a chest which had
not been opened for years. The lib
rarian examined this and found that
it contained nothing less than the
library of Timour, collected by the
Mogulin the course of his conquests
Among other treasures are docu-
ments of extraordinary value con-
nected with the biography of Mo-
hammed. The great discovery ofun
doubted, but the Spectator says
"We have still to learn whether the
chest was obtained IN tho..frst or SEQ
ond seizure of Delhi, where it must,
we imagine, have been religiously
preserved by the heirs of the great
Tartar" When these books are
translated and published which will
soon be done, it is probable that a
good deal of current indian history
VIII have to be rewritten.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
What a Snider Eats ner Diam.

In order to test what q spider can
DO in the way Of eating, We arose
about daybreak to supply his fne web
with a fy. At first, however, the
suider did not come from his retreat,
SO We peeped among the leaves, and
there discovered that an earWig had
been caught and was now being feast
ed on. The spider left the earEig,
rolled up the fy, and at once return
ed 70 his frat course. This was at
half-past Eve A. u. in September
At seven A. M. the earWig bad been
demolished, and the spider, alter rest
ing a while, and probably enjoying a
nap, came down for the fly, which be
had finished at nine A. NJ. A little
after nine we supplied him with a
daddy-long-Iegs, which be ate by
noon. At one o'clock blogfy Bas
greedily seized, and Immediately com
menced upon with an appetite evident
ly unimpaired BY his previous indul-
genee.
During the day and towards eve
ming, 5 great many small, green ffcs,
or what are popularity termed midges,
had been caught in the web Of these
we counted ons hundred and twenty,
all dead and fast prisoners in the spi-
der's net. Soon after dark, provided
with lantern, We went to examine
whether the spider was suffering from
indigestion, or in any other way from
his previous meals instead however,
of being thus affected, he was en-
ployed in rolling up together the va
rious little green midges, which he
then took to his retreat and tea. This
process he repeated, carrying up the
lots in little detachments, until the
web was eaten, for the web and its
contents we're bundled up together.
A slight rest Of about an hour was
followed by the most industrious web
making process, and before daybreak
another web was ready to be used IN
the same way. Taking the relative
size Of the spider and Of the creatures
he ate, and applying this to a man, it
would be somewhat as follows: At
daybreak small alligator was eaten
at seven, A. NJ, a lamb at nine
young cameleopard at one O'Clock
sheep; and during the night one hun
dred and twenty larks. This, we be-
liere, would be very fair allowance
for q man during tTenty-four hours
and could VIC find one gifted with
such an appetite and digestion, we
can readily comprehend how he might
pin Eve miles Of web without killing
himself, provided be possessed the
necessary machinery English Pa
per.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
Beautiful Extract.

The following waif, aaOat on the
"sea ofreading, I'VE clip from an ex-
change. We do not know its pa
ternity, but it contains some whole
some truths beautifully set forth:
"Men seldom think of the great
event ofdeath until the shadow falls
across their own path, hiding forever
from their eyes the traces of the low
ed ones whose living smiles were
the sunlight of their existence.
Death is the great antagonist Of
life, and the cold thought of the tomb
is the skeleton of all feasts. We
do not want to go through the dark
valley althoughitsp passages may lead
to paradise; and, with Charles Lamb,
we do not want to lie down in the
muddy grave, even with kings and
princes for our bed-fellows.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

A WoMAN's SERMoN.-Dear friends,
there are three things l very much
wonder at. The first is, that chill
dren should be so foolish as to throw
up stones and brickbats and clubs IL
to fruit trees, to knock down the
fruit; if they would let it alone, il
would fall itself. The second is, that
men should be so foolish and even so
wicked ss to 60 to war and kill one
another; If they would only let each
other alone, they would die of them
selves. And the third and last thing
which 1 wonder at is, that young men
ahould be 50 unWise = to 90 after
the young women; If they would only
stay at home, the young women
would come after them.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
READ THIS CERTIFICATE
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To THE WozEINs Class I'll an now prepared
furnish all classes with constant employ ment
81 thei- homes the whole OF the time, or for thelr
Apare mCments- Business nsE, Light and pront-
bic. Fifty cents to e5 per egeDings - easily
armed By persons Of either sex. and the boys
and girls earn nsarlyas much - men Greatin-
ducements are offered those who VIII devote
cry person who sees this notice, nay send ne
their address and test the business fer hem
selves, make the following gunparallsledodsFs
To all Who are not well Batisted with the busi-
ness, will send 81 TO pay foi the trouble Of wri
ting ne. Full particulafB, directions, &c, sent
free. Sample sent By mail for 10 ets. Address
no23-3n &c. ALLEN, AuguTfa, Ne.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
Not Ready,


The Paris Figaro finds many of it
jokes in the police courts. a citi-
zen is charged with having excited
the citizens to hate each other. etc
Prisoner-'I move that my tria
be postponed; my lawyer is not rea-
dy.'
President-'When will he be rea-
dy2
Prisoner-'Perhaps in three or foul
yeSrs, Mr.. President
[Great surprise on the bench, laugh
ter in the audieuce.l
Prisoner-'Let me explain; I have
confidence only IN my young nephew
who has just commenced studying law
He needs time; but l tell you, Mr..
President, he will make frst-ratc
lawyer.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

Manufacturers ofstraWberry box
es have manifestly anticipated a
considerable demand for their wares.
Wichendon has turned out 5000
gross and bingham a large num-
Der. The supply, counting those
left over from last season, will
probably be about $4,000. These
boxes sell at Sc a gross.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

A Missouri paper says that a To-
comotive Engineer named Young
has been awarded $4,000 by the
United States Court of Kansas, for
crushing his hand while coupling a
train of cars, which made amputa-
tation necessary. The same Court
gave judgment against Platte coun-
ty for $4,000 unpaid railroad
bonds.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

During the first battle of Bull
Run a Brigadier General discover.
ed a soldier concealed in a hole II
the ground, and ordered him to join
his regiment. The man, looking
him full in the face, placed his thumb
upon his nose, and replied: "Nc
you don't, old fellow, you want this
hole yourself.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

The North American says that
this country has 1904 square miles
to each mile of rail and S7,615 in
habitants. Mexico brings 1,025, :
IA miles of area and 1866 inhabi-
tants to meet each of her 202 miles
of road.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

One steamer, the Manhattan
recently brought over to this coun.
try 1,400 passengers. Among
these were 300 English aud Welsh
mechanics Tho Woleh were, how
ever, chiefly miners, and they went
Immediately to Pennsylvania.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

The selfish mans head is like a
mans cofin; is just his own meas
ure, is long enough ahd broad
enough to hold himself, with room
for no one else.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

The new wrought iron bridge on
the Boston, Hartford and Erie Road
at Middletown, Conn, has been
contracted for. 1t viii be 1,200
feet span and will cost $4,000.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

To ascend a staircase eighteen
feet high requires thirty-six times
the force that is required to walk
eighteen feet on level ground, and
would therefore be equal to 324
feet on a level. So then a person
shut up in the house, and in need
of exercise, can accomplish a mile
by going up these stairs sixteen
times.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

One patent medicine manufac-
turer in this country adVertises in
twenty-five hundred newspapers
1t is almost needless to add that
his profits are enormous.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

A painter at work on a house in
Newport hangs out the following
bulletin for the benefit of inquisi-
tive people "Answers to all ques-
tions. Building red. Sashes blue
Bricks to be penciled if the money
holds out. Only one coat. Hud-
son, painter.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

Statistics show that 81 per cent
of the inmates of our prisons had
no trade. 1t is a fact patent tC
every observing man that steady
employment keeps men out of mis-
chief. Give boy a good trade by
which he can always secure work al
good wages, and you have prevent
ed him from becoming a criminal
His time is too valuable to be was-
ted in hanging about saloons. The
workshop keeps men out of prison.
But this is a fruitful subject and
worthy of more extended notice.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

"My dear sir" said a candidate,
accosting stur dy wag On the day
of election, 81 am very glad to see
you." "You needn't be-" replied
the wag; "I've vot ed"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

An Eastern exchange states that
the leading sewing machine men
agreed, about a year ago, to give
up extensive advertising; that the
result has been to decrease their
business one-third; the piano men
have doubled and trebled their
business by advertising.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

OF the 1900 tuns of steel rails,
which the Erie Railroad Company
have laid, not one has been report
ed as broken.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
Legal Notice.

To John Scherek and MsgdalenA, his wife, Ru-
dolph Scherek and Marcy, his wife, Eli Null and
John Wingart, Peter Burgner and Rike-
You are hereby notified that Jacob DiekeT and
Joseph Seaerek fled, on the I2th day Of Nay, A.
D., 1858, in the Court OF Common Pleas Of Seneca
County, Ohio, their petition, wherein they al
legged th2t in October, IS92. said John seherek
and wife and Rudolph Sehurek and wife con
veyed to said Burgnef and Rke In trust a certain
ore and enc quarer acres Of land in section 90 In
Thompson township, Seneca county, Ohio, FOR
the uses Of burial ground and site for church
building for the use OF all christian denoninA-
tions-who believe 10 Reg GRAFTON.
That 8 eharch was built thereon and the burial
ground set of and used; that the church build
~ 10 becoming dIlspidated and the feuetng out
OF repair; that II is desirable 10 have the prsmi
ses Except the burial ground sold 70 some one
Of the religious societies OF the character above
named Who msgpurehase and own the premises.
sad petition alEs for the sale OfEaid premises
Except the burial grOuns) and for the application
tosQeh religious useas the Court shall deem best.
The petition will BE for hearing % the term OF
said Court which begins EOy. s, 1s69.
LEE BREWER,
nosI-sE Attorneys for Petitioners.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
A traveller thus describes the &

A traveller thus describes the first
sensation of a camel ride: Take a
music stool, and having wound it up
as high as it will go, put it iD a cart
without springs, get on top, and next
drive the cart transversely across a
plOWed field, and you will then form
some notion of the terror and uncer.
tainty you would experience the first
time you mounted a camel.n
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

In 1857, forty german families
bought ..twelve hundred acres Of
what was considered the poorest
land in Los Angeles county, Cali
fornia. They worked together,
however, and by means of a water
ditch and a good system of artificial
irrigation, soon brought their land
to high state of cultivation. AT
the end of two years the forty fam
lies had accumulated property Of
the gold value of $4,000, besides
very valuable improvements still
held in common. This year five
hundred thousand gallons of wine
will be manufactured by this COM
munity.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

MANUFACTURING AT THE SOUTH.
1T is announced that six hundred
thousand dollars worth of manu-
featuring stock has been subscribed
for a cotton mill at Columbus, Ca,
and seventy-one others are in pro-
cess of erection at Savannah and 9TH
er points in the State for the manu-
facture of cotton and wooden goods.
One factory at Augusta has capi-
tai of six hundred thousand dollars,
and last year turned out nearly six
and half million yards of cloth.
The Arizona cotton factory, estab-
lished in, Claiborne parish, La, since
the war, is now paying a net profit
cf twenty-four per cent. per annum.
New Orleans is soon to have a cot
toOn factory with ten thousand
spindles.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

A note given for a patent right
must have the words, ''given for q
patent right" written across its
face. So many sxindlers, under
the garb of patent rights, are per-
ambulating the country, coaxing
notes out of the greenhorns and
then selling them to innocent pur-
chasers, thereby calling the usually
just defense, "no legal considera-
tions," that the rigid enforcement
of this law will add greatly to the
security of the too confding. Here
after fewer notes given for patent
rights viii find purchasers, even
among that class of note shavers
who delight in big discounts.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
LIGHT AND HEALTH.-Oliver W.
Holmes says:

Light AND HEALTH.-Oliver W.
Holmes says:
The dark side of a street is far
more subject to disease than the
light side. Sir James Wiley found
three times as many cases of dis
ease on the shaded side of the bar
racks at St. Petersburg as on the
other side. Depuytren is said to
have wrought the cure in the case
of lady in seemingly desperate
condition, by simply removing her
from her dark quarters to a bright
er residence, and keeping her as
much as possible in daylight. There
is no better testimony on any such
point than that of Miss Florence
Nightingale. What she says of the
value of light to those who are i'll,
indicates no less its necessity for
those who are well.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18
TO THE
Merchants of Seneca Co.
and Vicinity.

THE undersigned beg leave to call attention
i Of Merchants to the facilities offered BY them
for the general transaction Of . Wholesale Busi-
ness in Domestic and Foreign Dry Goods and
Notions: An exl- -erience Of twenty ears has en-
abled US to classify snd systematize our business
in such manner that We feel confident we can
offer inducements to Merchants in this vicinity
to do portion Of their business with Us one OF
the partners resides in New York and gives his
whole time to the purchase Of goods for our
House. We are thus prepared to offer our goods
at Cleveland very uniformly with New YORK
rates We have recently added to our business
alArge Yankee Notion department.. under the
special direction Of an experienced buyer who
spendsa large portion Of his time in the purchase
Of goods for this department alone, which In
cludes great variety ofstaPie Andfsuey goods
s7e make a speciality in
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

1t is about time that this attempt
ing to read out of the party men or
newspapers, whose standing is un-
doubted because of a difference Of
opinion, ought to be frowned down.
If.editorial independence must give
away to the fear of being read out
of the party, journalism may as
well be considered played out
Party ruts are all well enough for
men who need to be kept in leading
strings, but party ruts do not al
ways suit men who mean to keep
their independence and prefer to
work out a new track when the rut
becomes hub deep.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

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HIHE undersigned has been duly appointed
l. Executor OF the last will and Testament OF
William DudrOW late OF Seneca county, de-
ceased. DAVID W. UUDROR,
noss-Sts Executor,
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

QUAcK-A doctor whose science
lies in his bill.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

Jacob Thompson, at one time
Secretary Of the Interior, was re-
ceived home from exile the other
day, at Oxford, Miss, and after
giving an account of his wandering,
spoke il this way to his friends
''I could neUer forget I scas an
American citizen, nor cease to re-
peat the line Of the poet, somewhat
paraphrased, "Ameriea, with all
thy faults I love thee still l'' At
no time was l tempted to change
my nationality. 1 was born on this
soil, and this country is my birth
right and my inheritance, and by
no act or deed did I wish to forfeit
it. A man may have all money
can buy, and be surrounded by all
the luxuries and refnements that
taste or appetite can suggest, yet
If he has no country, no place or
Government, he is poor indeed.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-18

A gentleman was reasoning with
a Whiskyodrinker, and told him Of
topper, who died a while ago, from
internal combustion.
"How did it happen ?" asked the
drinkar
"In trying to blow out a candle.
the flames caught his breath, and
he burned up" was the reply.
"Well, now," said the Bourbon
lover, "here upon my oath 1 pledge
myself never to blow out a candle
as long as l live p