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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-05-12
The Crime and FoIIr Of Suieide.

You can not do with your life what
you will; it is given to you for pur-
pose; YOU are accountable. But the
uncOnYerted man-and upon this sub
ject there are large numbers of pro-
foundly religious men who are uncOn-
verted-uneonsciOusly, perhaps, re-
CARDS life as a right. 'My life is my
own, u he says. at has been given
me without my asking for it and, if
/ am dissatisfied with it, surely have
the right TO give it up.n Practically,
most men have hazy notions of this
kind; though many would shrink
from accepting the stated formula
They are not shocked by the guilt of
the man who. as they hear, has shot
himself to get rid of the hideOus tor
lures of a cruel and irremediable dis
ease. They say: ''HOw could you
insist on that poor wretch dragging
on, day afterday throughout the Keen
est pain, with nothing before him but
the prospect of years of slow and
acute suffering" Less sympathyis ex-
pended on the more common form of
suicide, in which a certain man
browns himself because a woman will
not marry him, or in which a woman
browns herself because her husband
or lover has become faithless. Thus
blunder is committed solely through
the man or woman not being able TO
measure the proportions of the acei-
dents of life. There never was man
or woman worth cutting ones throat
for, much as young poets have writ
ten of the delight of dying at the feet
of some perhaps not very intellectual
or beautiful young person. The man
who STILES himself with charcoal
fumes because a certain girl refuses to
be his wife is merely unable, ats time
of temporary frenzy, TO measure the
length of life, and see what, after all
are the necessary things of existence
the things necessary TO make it beara-
ble and pleasant. You may call this
incapacity, folly, or insanity, "a you
please; it certainly betOkens either
immaturity or want of mental vision.
So, also, is he q fool or madmau who
with his digestion remaining, cuts his |
throat because his money departs. To !
put the case on its very lowest basis
excluding notions of moral duty and !
espOnsibility-it may be said that we |
can synpathize greatly with the man |
who flies from life to escape unbeara-
bic physical torture; that we sympa-
thiZe less with one who flies life be- !
cause he imagines that a certain wO-
man is the only woman who can pos
sible make his future life worth hav-
ing; and that We can scarcely sympa- |
thiZe at all with the man who, because |
he has lost money, shoots himself, !
and wantOnly relinquishes the pleas
ure of friendship, love, eating, drink
ing and sleeping. 1t may be answer
ed that he is disgusted because he has
been deprived of the means of obtain
ing these pleasures; but this is absurd
because people without a farthing in
any bank whatever, do enjoy these
pleasures, and find life a wonderful
treasure through them.-LORdOR Re
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Public Printing

Our attention has been frequently
attracted to this matter, and now Il
is again called to it, by the following,
taken from the Akron (Ohio) Rsdeons
at being the practice of Printing
and Book Binding establishments,
in the larger cities, TO send "runnersn
over the country to pick up work to
keep their slop-shOp concerns in
operation, and many of the County
officials of the State being in the
habit-thOughtlessly perhaps-of Civ
ing them orders for blanks, books, &c.
The Monroe County Commissioners,
at their last session, passed a resOlu-
ton and ordered it TO be placed on
the journal of their proceedings for
bidding the payment of any money
for any such work done outside OF
the County, for any County officer Of
that County,
Commenting upon this action of
the Monroe County Commissioners,
an exchange says, the Akron (O.)
Beacon:
1.-The county press helps to build up
in a great measure the prosperity and
interests of the county. They pay
their proportion of the taxes, State,
county and local, and should not be
cheated out of the county printing BY
any of the Printing Companies,
organized throughout the State, whose
agents penetrate the public offices,
and often by fee to the officer, carry
off printing that the local press should
receive. The same Drineiple is good
in every business, and, II practieed
would tend to build IN business at
home. Buy at home is good rule,
support those in business at home, let
the town prosper, and all are pros
pered togethern
And we wish TO put our endorse
ment on record, of all that is said
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DNIINISTRATOR,S SAFE OF

N REAL ESTATE. In pursuance Of an
order granted by the Probate Court of Trum-
bull County. Ohio, will offer for sale. at
public auction, on the 22d day of May, 1863,
between 10 O'Clock a. m, and O'Clock, p. M.
upon the premises, the following described
real estate, situate in the County of Trum-
bull and State of Ohio. tO-wit: Situated in
the County Of Trumbull, and State Of Ohio,
and is knOwn-az part of Lot No. 10, in the
Township of Hartford, and is bounded and
northeast corner Of said Lot No. 70, thence
south on the line of said Lot TO the north
east corner Of lands owned by Jarvis Gates,
in a. D., 1854; thence west on said Gates
north line 10 the corner Of land knownas the
Timothy Thompson tract: thence north ON
the east line oflands lately owned by Jarvis
Gates, Eli Bushnell, and Alva Merriam, TO
the highway, the same being the west bOun-
dary line of said Timothy Thompson tract;
thence east to the place OF beginning-cOn-
land. being the lands decided by Matthias
Christy and wife, to Azel Tracy, by deed da-
ted April 10. A. D., 1856. Also one other piece
Of land known as part of Lot No. 20 in said
Township of Hartford, and is bounded as
follows: South by the east and west center
road: west by lands lately owned by Elam
Jones' and now owned by l.. c. Jones; north
by lands lately owned by Urial Holmes. and
east by lands lately owned by Joseph y.
Gould, and now owned by Sarah +. Hart,
and contains thirteen acres ofiand, the same
being the land decided by ASahel Bratnard
and wife. 10 Azel Tracy, August q, 4. D.,
lS21 Appraised at SS700, viz: The first piece
at $40 and the second al Si0o1.
Terms OF Sale.-One-third in hand, one
third in one year, and one-third in two years
from the day Of sale, with interest; the pay
ments TO be secured by mortgage upon the
premises sold. GEORGE S. CASE.
Admir- Of AZel Tracy, decd.
Warren, April p, lS6g-it
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THE CHRONICLE.
Nothing At nllin the Pnnrr TO-DAY.

I Nothing at all ia the paper to-day!
Only murder somewhere or other
y girl who has put her child away,
Not being wife as well as a mother.
or drunken husband beating wife,
With the neighbOrs lying awake TO listen:
Scarce aware ne has taken a life
TIL in at the window the dawn-rayS gliSten
But that is all in the regular way
There's nothing at all the paper to-day.
Nothing at all in the paper to-day!
To be sure there's a woman died Of starya-
tiOn.
Fell down in the street-as 50 many may
In this very prosperous Christian nation.
Or two young girls with some inward grief
Maddened, have plunged in the inky wa
Or a father has learnt that his sons a thief
Oh, mother been robbed of one OF her
daughters.
Things that occur in the regular way
There's nothing at all in The paper to-day.
There's nothing at all in the paper to-day
Unless you care about things in the city
how great rich rogues for their crimes must
Though all gentility cries out pity
Like the meaneSt ShOpbOy that rObs till
There's q ease to-day, II not forgetting.
The lad only borrowed as such lads will
To pay some money he lost in betting.
But there's nothing in this that's out Of the
But there's nothing at all in the paper to-
daS.
Nothing at all in the paper TO day
But the births and bankruptcies, deaths
and marriages.
But LIES events in the old survey.
With Virtue begging. and Vice in carnage
And kindly hearts under erInine grows,
And wicked breasts under hidden grey,
For goodness belongs not only TO clowns.
And DER others than lords does sin bear
sway.
But what do / read?-drowned! wrecked!-'
did / say
There was nothing at all in the paper to-
Ts dayc London Fun.
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PhIlosophIeaI Uses of the Reard.

The inhaling of metallic particles to
which certain workmen are exnOsed
is replete with serious and lasting ef-
fects. In autopsies Of persons who
have died from pulmorary eonsump-
ton, the lungs are frequently found
filed with the substance belonging to
the peculiar business which they have
pursued during life. Cotton. in the
form Of dust, metal filings, chemical
vapOTs, fumes of copper, arsenic, etc.
are but small number of the many
substances which enter the lungs and
finally destroy the lives of those en-
gagged in such occupations. The lace
weavers of Germany, and those OecU-
pied in the paper-staining factories,
are particularly exposed TO these per-
niciOus effects. Many Temporary
means have been tried to protect the
artisans from such fatal Consequences,
but none have been found as effectual
as the wearing of beard and NOUS.
taehe. These and the hair which
grows in the nostrils are found to be
the best protection. All who have
permitted their growth can testify 10
their effieay in preventing the entrance
of PARTICLES of dust, etc, and BY a
proper attention to eleanlines they
will answer their purpose.-Seientife
american.
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Atrocities Of Peruvian Robbers.

y Lima correspondent of the New
York Herald writes:
The suburbs of Lima have, from
time immemOrial, been infested by q
most disagreeably ferOcious band of
robbers and asSassins, who, upon
every available occasion, rob and NAL
treat the unfortunate travellers or
eXcurSiOnists who may fall into their
hands. \ couple of gentlemen were,
some few days past, riding out in the
evening, when they were suddenly
assaulted by these freebOOters and
forced to return to Lima in a costume
not quite so elaborate as a bathing
dress, and in consequence created
more mirth than sympathy in their
predicament. But a more serious
affair recently occurred on an estate
situated about twelve miles from the
city and belonging to the AyulOs, one
of the principal families of Lima.
The estate was at the time under the
charge of one of the younger men,
bers of the family, and he had
invited several friends from the capi-
tai to spend the holidays with him on
the hacienda. While at dinner, the
host and his guests were surprised by
a band of robbers. Resistance was
made-firearms used. The robbers
were victorious, and after having
killed young AyulO and another,
barbarously mutilated the bodies and
committed almost every imaginable
act of savagery against the servants
and those who had not made good
their escape. The principal assassins
tod I.a TfaTra-a l.,
bOrer, and after a few weeks were
by the police. Now comes
the singular part of the story. These
robbers were tried and the proofs
against them so clear, that only a
of death could be pronOunc-
ed against them. But the death pen
atty has been abolished in Peru for
fifteen years, and the lawyers were at
a loss how to proceed. Some ingene-
nious advocate, his mind naturally
reverting TO the normal political state
of the country, suggested that the law
in question might have been abrOga-
ted by some succeeding government.
The archives were examined, and
lOophOle of this description was dis
covered. Now arose another difficulty.
The old law prescribes that two
criminals condemned TO death for the
same crime shall take their chance of
escape by drawing lots, he whom
fortune favOrs to live and his cOmpan-
ion to suffer death yet no method of
arriving at this pleasant conclusion
was mentioned i'm the code, and al
though straws, dice, &C., were sug-
gested by the judges, the prisoners
lawyers have made capital out of the
doubt. and have delayed the ease.
The matter, however, viii doubtless
soon be resolved, and one of the mall
efactOrs will be shot. Hanging is I'M
known i'm South America.
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Advice foa Bride

ZehokkO, in one of his tales, gives
the following advice to a bride: In
the first solitary hour after the eere-
mOny, take the bridegroom and de-
mand a solemn vow of him, and give
vow in return. Promise each other
sacredly, never, even in Jest, TO wran-
gle with each Other-never to handy
words or indulge in the least ill-hu-
NOR. Never, say never. Wrang-
ling in jest, and putting on an air of
il-humOr merely to tease, becomes
earnest in practice. Mark that Next
promise 10 each other, sincerely and
solemnly, never to Keep a secret from
each other, under whatever pretext,
whatever excuse it might be. You
must continually and every moment
see clearly into each others bosom
Even when one of you has commit
ted a fault, wait not an instant, but
confess it. And as YOU keep secret
nothing from each other, so on the
contrary, preserve the privacies of
your house, marriage state, and heart
from father, mother, sister, brother,
aunt, and all the world. You too,
with Gods help, build your own qui-
ct world. Every third or fourth one
you draw into it with you will form
a party, and stand between You two.
That should never be. Promise this
to each other. Remember the VOW to
each temptation. You will find your
it. Your souls will grow,
as it were into each other, and at last
will become as one. All, if many a
pair had, on wedding day, known
this secret, how many a marriage
were happier than, alas they are.
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TALLEYRANp,S PROPHECIES.
The Military Growth OF America Predicted b.
The French Diplomatlsl.

The Military Growth OF America Predicted by
the French DiplOmatist.
A Paris letter in the Gazette de Ldu-
Same, says:
You are aware that Prince de Talley-
rand left some memoirs, which were
not to be published till thirty years
after death, and which are now in the
hands of an eminent barrister. NJ. Au-
dral. ] have been able to cast a glance
at them, and l am much surprised at
their contents. was especially struck
by page relative to the Congress of
Vienna. Iti a real prophecy, and 1
can not resist the temptation of giving
you the substance of it. Atthat peri
cd NJ. de Talleyrand said that the bal
ance of power in Europe founded at
that assembly was menaced by great
dangers, one from the sea, and the
other which might arise in the heart
of Germany:
"On the side of America" said
the Prince, Europe must always have
her eyes open, and not furnish any
preteXt for recrimination or reprisals.
America is increasing every day
She viii become a colossal power, and
n moment must arrive when, placed
in more easy communication with
Europe by means of new discoveries,
she will wish to say her word in our
affairs, and have hand in them. PO-
litical prudence, therefore, imposes on
governments of the old Continent the
care of serupulOusly watching that no
preteXt shall be offered for such an in
terventiOn. The day when America
shall plant her foot in Europe, peace
and security viii be banished for a
long time.n
The Prince eafterward speaks Of Ger
many. Here the prediction has no
longer the form of conjecture, but is
in some sort am anticipated recital:
mo illusion must be formed; the
equilibrium we have founded i'm the
Congress of Vienna is not eternal. 1t
will sueeumb some day or other, but
it promises US some years of peace
What condemns it for a term, more or
less distant, is the aspirations which
are becoming universal in the center
of Germany. The necessities of de-
fense and Of q common peril have pre-
pared mems minds for German unity;
this idea will continue to be develop
ed, and some day one of the great
Powers which form part of the Con-
ference will desire to realizethi union
for its own profit. Austria Is not TO
be feared, since she is composed of
pieces and morsels, and, having no
unity at home, she can not think of
exporting it. Therefore, Prussia it is
that must be watched; she will at
tempt the adventure, and, if she sue
eeeds, then all thecOnditiOn of equili-
brium will be changed, and a new ba-
sis and a new organization will have
10 be sought for Europe"
The prince continues to examine
the circumstances more or less diff
cult under which reconstruction will
be effected; and he points out France
as the nation most interested in COM
batting the movement for UDiticatiOn,
or in seeking a compensation.
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The Tools Great Hen Work With.

1t is not tools that make the work
men, but the trained skill and perse-
verance of the man himself. Indeed
it is proverbial that the bad workman
never yet had a good tool Some one
asked Opie by what wonderful pro-
cess he mixed his cOlors. Il mix
them with my brains, sir" was his
reply. It is the same with every
workman who would excel. Fergu-
son made marvellous things-such as
his wooden clock, that accurately
measured the hOurS-by means of a
common pen-knife, a tool in every
bOdy's hand, but then everybody is
not Ferguson. A pan of water and
two thermometers were the tools by
which DR.. Black discovered latent
heat; and a prism, lens, and sheet
of pasteboard, enabled Newton to
unfold the composition of light and
the origin of color. An eminent for
eign SdrOHt once called upon DIR.
Wallaston, and requested to be shown
over his laboratories, in which sci
ence had been enriched by so many
important discoveries, when the
doctor took him into a study, and,
pointing 10 an old tea tray on the
table, containing 4 few watch-glasses,
test-papers, a small balance, and a
blow-pipe, said, "There is all the
laboratory / havep StOthard learnt
the art of combining cOlOrs by closely
studying butterflies wings; he would
often say that no one knew what he
owed 10 these tiny insects. A burnt
stick and a barn-dOOr served Wilkie /
in lieu of pencil and canvass Ber-
wick first pTactised drawing on the /
cOttage-walls Of his native village,
which he covered with his sketches
in chalk; and Benjamin West made Z
his first brushes out of the cats tail. .
Ferguson laid himself down i'm the .
fields at night in a blanket, and made I
a map of the heavenly bodies, by /
means of a thread with small beads
on it, stretched between his eye and
the staTS.-Franklin first robbed the |
thunder-cloud of its lightning by |
means of q kite made with two cross.
sticks and a silk handkerchief.-Watt
made his first model of the cOndens-
ing steam-engine out OF an old
syringe used to inject the
previous to dissection. Clifford
worked his first problem in mathe-
maties, when a cObbler's apprentice,
upon small scraps of leather, which
he beat smooth for the purpose, while
the astronomer, first
calculated eclipses on his plow-handle.
.ShodUes.
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thought, as | walked over the ancient
mosaic of the pavement, and over the
graves of old worthless who have been
buried and walked over so long that
the noses and toes of their stone eff
gies are worn quite away.
"WOuld like TO see the Santissimo
BambinOp asked my young monk,
as / passed through the saeistry to 90
out. Certainly, | always wished to
see everything; and he led me into
private inner chapel, and left me.
Soon n polite, grave and not clean
friar appeared and greeted me, and
then lighted the candles on the altar
Having made this ready, he retired
into an inner recess and unlocked a
sacred cupboard, from which he fetch
ed a box three feet long, and with
much reverence set it on the altar and
unlocked il. II opened out and dis
closed an interior lined with satin and
gold. He then carefully removed
two little cOveTlets of satin and gold,
and disclosed 10 me a baby image. a
foot and a half lOng-an image of
wOOd-with face painted red, and
envelOped in satin vestments. perfect
ly incrusted with precious stones from
the chin 10 the white shoes, and with
a golden crown on its head Dia-
mOnds, sOlitaires and clusters, pearls
of great price, emeralds, and what
ever is precious in ancient or modern
jewelry were there; and more val
liable than al, in case, q piece of
vestment, a relic of the Virgin her
self. 1t is very precious, said the hon
est friar; and /, with my worldly
eyes agreed with him.
This is the famous BambinO that is
carried about, in its old brown vehi-
Gle, in cases Of sickness, and which
was said to receive more fees than all
the physicians of Rome. Perhaps no
image i'll the world has had so much
popularity as a curer of the sick. Al
read in the guide-bOOk that il was cut
from a tree on the Mount of Olives by
a pilgrim, and that it was painted by
st. Luke while the holy wanderer
slept over his work. As | never
know what TO believe in the guide
books, | asked the friar if it was true
that it was painted by st. Luke. He
assured me that it was He stood il
up so that | could see ii better; and,
after we had contemplated it and its
gem-incrusted wrappings for some
time, he laid iU tenderly down, cover
ed it carefully over and tucked it in,
locked up the box, and, blowing out
the candles, carried it away. And
came out through the dark passages
and snutfy corridors into the piazza,
where the sun was shining on the an
cient bronZed statue of Marcus Azure
Illus, wondering in what century 1
was living.
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NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given
Y that an ordinance is now pending in
Tie City Council. to grade, pave, and other
wise improve Liberty Street from Market TO
High Street, and High Street from Liberty TO
Main Street, on the east and north sides of
Public Square. All persons claiming DANA
ges by reason Of such paving, grading and
Improvement, are hereby required 10 file
their claims for damages, in writing. with
the City Clerk, within two weeks after the
fifth publication OF this notice. as required
by law, or be forever debarred from claiming
damages by reason of said improvements.
lis Given under my hand and official
81 seal. this 26th day Of April, A d.
1853. EDWARD W. HONT,
April 2S-5t. City Clerk.
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OHERIFF'S SALE.
OThe State of Ohio. TrumbuIl County.
solomon Mountain In Trumbull Common
vs. pleas.

BY virtue OF an order OF sale, issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas, Of Trumbull
County, Ohio, in the above named case, to
me directed and delivered. shall expose to
public sale, at the Court House, in the City
Of Warren, o., on Saturday, the 18th day Of
May, A. D., 1863, between the hours of Il NJ.
and O'Clock, p. NJ, Of said day, the follow
ing real estate, situate in the County Of
Trumbun, and State of Ohio, to-wit: In
the LIST range, Hartford township. and known
as part Of lot No. S, and is bounded and deS-
cribed as Follows: Commencing at the north
east corner oflands owned by Thomas n. Nc
Farland, thence down the creek TO the north
west corner of lands owned by Henry Shaft
er; thence south along the west line of said
Shaffer'S land to the southwest corner of
said lot 10 an alley; thence west along said
alley to the center OF the old road: thence
north along the center Of the old road TO the
place of beginning, containing sixty-six
perches Of land.
Appraised at s900,00. Terms Cash.
s. VI. LAIRD, sheriff.
Sherif1's Office, Warren, o., April II, ls'j9-5t