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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
Shcrman's March.

In his address at West Point, Gen
craI sherman thus alluded to his IA
NOUS march to the sea: :"
I have oftentime been asked 10y
friends familiarwith ZenOphOn, Hume
and JOmini, in which of these books /
had learned the secret of leading ar
mics on long and difficult marches,
and they seemed surprised when
answered that | was not aware that |
had been influenced by any of them.
| told them what now tell you in
all simplicity and truth, that when |
was Il young lieutenant of artillery, |
often hunted deer in the swamps OF
the EdistO, the Cooper, and the san
tee, and had seen with my own eyes
that they could be passed with wag-
Ons; that i'm the spring of 1911 l had
ridden on horseback from Marietta,
Ga, to the Valley of the Tennessee,
and back To Augusta, passing in my
course over the very fields of Altoona,
of KeneSaw and Atlanta, where af-
terward it fell To my share to COM
mand armies, and to utilize the
knowledge thus cauSally gained. -
Again in 1919 and 1880 was i'm Cali
fornia and saw arrive across that wild
belt of two thousand miles of unin-
habitable country, the caravans of
emigrants, composed of men, women
and children, who reached the desti-
nation in health and strength; and
when we used to start on Il journey of
one thousand miles, with single
blanket as covering, and a coil Ofdried
meat and a sack of parehed corn meal
aS food.
With knowledge fully acquired, in
actual experience, was there any need
for me To look back to Alexander the
Great, or to Marlborough for exam
pies ?
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
VOLUME 22-NUMBER IL.
ThraShing Rnrs.

How TO keep the rising generation
of boys under 4 wholesome disciDline.
Is q question which Is Just how taxing
the wits of parents and teachers. The
boy of the pc-;Cd certainly has a Ii
cenSe and n liberty of action which
his father never had. He runs in the
street, chooses his own associates. wor-
rieS his sisters, plays truant, HARNESSES
his teachers, and indulges in manly
designations and vices on the slv. and
Yet his back and the calves of his legs
are innocent of the birch. He has an
accumulated store of back ratiOns
which he has never drawn and often
deserves. His father controls him
but little, his mother indulges him,
and the teacher reaps the benefit of
his bad temper, i'll manners and sDOilt
tantrums. So young hopeful progress
e.. Some day he behaves outrageous
ly, then comes the question, who is
to punish him ? If the teacher does,
never so mildly, and although the boy
deserves more than he gets, the
young hypOerite runs home whining
and whimpering about having been
beaten" and blubbers to his mother
about his ''undeservedr punishment.
Then comes n scene between the pa
rent and teacher, and all about this
little FeprObate, who has probably not
gotten half he deserves. The question
is, what's to be done? Why, this /:
when a boy does anything mean,
false or dirty, let him be thrashed
sOundly in the presence of the whole
school, or dismissed. We shall have
all the better generation of men i'm
forty years if the rod, instead Of being
put away to rust, is taken down and
used wisely and efficiently.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
Al. SteKart,s Principles Of rrade.

I have said that the problem" Of
Mr.. Stewards career was already
solved The reason trlsy il was there
solved lies I'm the fact that in the lit
tie Broadway StOTe-the very cradle
of his fOrtunes-he adopted those
rules and principles of trade and Of
life from which he has never swerved;
and to which, in connection with his
mental and physical capacities for
shrewdness and sagacity, his thorough
good sense and profound mercantile
Judgment, and his absolute genius for
trade, his stupendous success Is due.
/. His first rule was honesty between
seller and buyer. His career Is per
feet eXemplificatiOn of Poor Richards
maxim, Honesty is the best policy"
and of the Poets declaration, "NOth-
ing can need a lie" His interest con-
sorted with his inclination; his policy
with his principles, and the business
with the man, when he determined
that the truth should be told over his
counter, and that no misrepFesenta-
ton Of his goods should be made. He
never asked, he never would suffer, =
clerk to misrepreSeIlt the quality of
his merchandise. Clerks who had
been educated in other stores To cheat
customers, and then to laugh of the
transaction as "cuteness," or defend
1t as diamond cut diamond" found
no such slip-shOd code of morality ut
Stewards little store, and learned
franknesS and fairness in representa-
tiOn, on the peril of dismissal. Their
employer asked no gain from deceit
in trade. On his part, too, in buying,
he rarely gave buyer a second OPP
pOrtunity To miSrepreSent goods To
him. L leave Others To speak of the
moral effect of this resOlute conduct
in general trade. My purpose is only
TO show its mercantile effect on the
character of the trader himself
III. A second innovation of the
young dry-gOOds dealer was selling at
one price-a custom which has also
lasted without interruption, and which
has spread to all the great houses.
He fixed his price, after careful con-
sideratiOn, at what he thought the
goods could and would bring, and
would not deviate from il for any
haSgiing, or To suit individual cslses.
OF course, he followed the fluctuations
of the market, and marked his goods
up or down in accordance with il;
but no difference i'm the price was
made to different people. Perhaps
those who had some art i'm "beatimg
down" prices We're offended, but peO-
pie in general were pleased.
III. The third principle he adopted
was that of cash on deliUeJ3H Ii is
said that his own early experience in
buying on credit and selling on credit
drove him to this rule; that he had,
at one time, a large note to pay, and
i'm order TO meet 1t was forced to sac
rifice his goods. But he did this,
even, with skill, advertising by hand
bills his ''great reduction in prices"
(nOw a stale device, but then a novel
ty,) and so came OFF with flying
cOlOrs.
". A fourth principle with him
was to conduct business as business
not rs sentiment. His aim was hon
OrsLble profit, and he had no purpose
of confusing il by extraneOus consid-
eratiOns.-"A monument of Trade"
IN January GALAXY.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
The DeyiI's Harvest.

Carefully compiled statistics show
that GO,OOO lives are annually destroy
eel by intemperance i'm the United
States.
One hundred Thousand men and
women are yearly sent 10 prison in
consequence of strong drink.
Twenty THOUSAND children are year
ly sent 10 the pOOr-hOuse for the same
reason.
Three hundred murders is another
of the yearly fruits of intempeFanee.
Four hundred suicides follow i'm
this fearful catalogue of miseries.
Two hundred thousand orphans are
bequeathed each year to public and
private charity.
Two hundred thousand dollars are
yearly eXpendedtO produce this shock
ing amount of crime and misery, and
as much more is lost in time wasted
from the same cause. Is it not time
to drive that which produces such re-
suits from our country ? Can we be
human if we hesitate to lend our aid
to such a cause? Do not humanity
and religion both demand it rs a duty
we owe to our race?
Let him wdO reads this lay it to
heart:
"Intemp peranee with its train of woe,
Is rife wherever me may go;
On every hand we meet the Toe
The victim of this woeful curse
Is robbed OF honor, health and purse,
And hope Of Heaven, which IS much
Than All baSIde'5
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
Be Gentle at Home.

There are few families, we imagine,
anywhere, i'm which love is not abused
IS furnishing the license for impOlite-
ness. A husband, father or brother will
speak harsh words To those he loves
best, simply because the security of
love and family pride keeps him from
getting his head broken. 1t is shame
that a man will speak more impOlitely
at times to his wife or sister than he
would to any other female, except a
low and vicious one. 1t is thus that
the honest affection of a mans nature
prove to be a weaker protection To a
woman in the family circle than the
restraints Of society, and that a wO-
man usually is indebted for the kind
ness and pOliteness of life TO those not
belonging to her own household
Things ought not so to be. The man
who, because it will not be resented,
infiicts his spleen and bad temper up
those of his hearthstOne, is a small
coward and a very mean man. Kind
words are circulating mediums be-
tween true gentlemen and ladies at
home, and no polish exhibited in so
ciety can atone for the harsh language
and disrespeetful treatment too often
INDUCED in between those bound to-
gether by Gods own ties of blood, and
the still more sacred bonds ofcOnjugal
love,
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
AYNAREL LEE.
By EDcAE ALLEN rOK.

By EDGAE ALLEN POE.
IL Was many and many year ago.
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom yOn may
know
BY the name OF Annailel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other
thought
Than 10 love and he loved by me.
was child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But We loved with A love that was more Than
love-
and my Annabel lee;
With a love that the winged aerarhs Of
heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago
IN this Kingdom 10y the sea,
A wind blew out OF a cloud, chilling
Ny beautiful AnDabel Lee;
50 that her highbOrn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up ina a sepulehre
In this kingdom 10y the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes!-that was the reason, Gas all men knew,
In this kingdom by the sea-
That the wind came out Of the cloud by night
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love II was stronger by far than The
love
OF those who were older than We
or many far wiser than we;
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever diSseyer my soul from the soul
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bring
ing me dreams
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but l feel the bright
eyes
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night tide, lie down by the
side
OF my darling-my darling my life and my
bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
That NOndr0us PRAYER.

Which? Why that one which your
mother taught you. Did you ever
think, short though it be, how much
there is i'm it? Like a diamond i'm the
crown of a queen, it unites a thOus-
and sparkling gems in one.
1t teaches all of US, every one of US,
to look to God as our parent-hQqr
Father"
1t prompts US To raise our thoughts
and desires above the earth" Who
art in Heaven"
II tells Us We must reverence our
Heavenly Father-''HallOwed be Thy
name"
1t breathes a missionary spirit
''rhy kingdom come"
And submissive, Obedicnt spirit
''Thy will be done, on earth as it is i'm
heaven"
And dependent, trusting spirit
"Give us this day our daily bread"
And fOrgiVing spirit-"FOrgive US
our trespasses as We forgive those who
trespass against us"
a cautious spirit-"Lead us not in
to temptation, but deliver us from
evil"
And last of all, an adOrnlng spirit
"FOr thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, forever and ev-
er. Amen"
Now is it not both wonderful and
a beautiful prayer? Jesus, our dear
Savior, taught it, and who could bet
ter tell Ills how To pray to His Father
and our Father; to His God and our
God
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
THE VOICE OF GRIEF.

o rugged, to:isoIne path Of thOrns and briers.
or Fear,-, bleeding feet
Peoplei WHY shadows OF unreaped desires.
And pleasures incomplete.
Land OF unchansing sorrow for the dead,
And bitterness OF life,
Where noble lives by cruel hands are shed,
To win the field Of strife,
Where pain eternal, like tlie Alpine SHOWS,
Crowned above men and kings,
Broods dark as night, ami from her bOsom
throws
Her arrows and her stings,
Shall the sweet breath OF Summer sweep
the earth,
Aud make il smell with flowers,
Iet leave 10 man the pestilential dearth
OF Overwhelming pOwerse
BEHOLD how sorrow Wandering through the
world,
WeeIs passionate tears of blood,
And charity upon the stones is hurled,
Crying aloud for good,
Tile voiFe of grief pierees the Silent Land,
Where victory is won
Is there no haven past Times dangerous
strand,
No tay beyOnd the suns
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
Mnmlng the Throat.

What is the best method for pro-
tecting the throat from colds when n
person is very susceptible To them >
The common way of protecting the
throat is to bundle and wrap it up
closely, thus Overheating and render
ing it tender and sensitive, and more
liable To colds and Inflammation than
before. This practice is all wrong,
and results i'm much evil. Especially
is this the case with children, and
when, in addition to mufflinS the
throat, the eXtremities are msutfi-
ciently clad, rs is often the ease, the
best possible conditions are presented
for the production of sore thrOats,
coughs, Group, and all kinds of throat
affections. If the neck is kept over
heated portion of the time, when it
is exposed, some form of disarrange-
ment of the throat will be apt to Oc-
eur. The rule in regard to clothing
the neck should he to keep it as cool
as comfort will allow. In doing so,
you suffer much less from throat all
ment than if you are always fearful
of having a little cold air come in con-
tact with your neck. Any one who
has been accustomed 60 have his
throat muifIed should he careful to
leave off gradually, and not all at
once
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
Changes in Wedding EtIouette.

Some important changes have recent
ly been made in wedding etiquette
The card invitations should be issued
three weeks before the marriage, and
should be provided by the brides pa
rents. Brides expectant should en-
tirely seclude, themselves after the
cards arc issued. At large receptions
each guest should leave his or her Wis
iting card, 50 that the hostess may be
positive who were present. There
should be four bridesmaids and
grOOmsmen present at Il wedding
Congratulations are out of place in
church, and should be reserved for re-
ceptiOn. The display of bridal pres
ents is going out of fashion among
people of taste. When the collation.
is announced, the bride and gruOm
lead the way to the dining room. The
brides cake is in the center of the ta-
BILE, and the bride cuts the first slice.
The reception lasts during the after
noon, and is sometimes followed by a
dance in the evening. If the bridal
party go on a tour, their departure is
usually the signal for the guests to dis
perse. The old superstition of throw
ing an old shoe offer the happy pair,
to insure good luck, is faithfully OBJ
served.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

press, which he assured me had been
circulated throughout the city. / was
crushed, but not conquered. / did ap-
peal 10 the Captain, who placed me
on the first wcstwarl-bOund steamer
we met, and within five days after
started away, / was at home again.
But ii was home 40 longer. / saw
Mr.. Gage, and he told me of all you
had done, but was slow To believe
what had la tell. We have tried re-
peateslIy 10 learn your whereabouts,
but beyond the cold courtesy of the
bank-Ofliccns at St Louis we could
never penetrate. You guarded your
secret well.
ssWith the little money you left
with me added TO what Mr. Gage gen
erously advanced me, opened this
little shop. God prOspered me abund-
antly; and here j have remained ever
since. In my inmost heart | knew
you would come hack again some
time; and ] have never closed my
eyes i'm sleep without praying God to
spare me 10 see that day. And now
that day has come Oh, husband
dear husband the past is buried out
Of sight, and we are young again"
as Mr.. Gage still liVing@
"NO, he died two years ago; but his
sons have succeeded To his business.
Several years ago the lots where We
lived were covered by huge business
houses, built by Mr.. Gage. The rents
paid for them long ago, and since then
neither father or SONS would take q
dollar of their proceeds, but have reg
ularly deposited them in a savings
bank, to the credit of "little Harry"
as they always would call him. or
course, / would not touch them with
out your consent. Twelve years ago
my cousin Helen died, and left me her
five year old girl. You saw her in the
front fOOm."
"Where is Jeremy?''
'Dead, ten years ago. Mrs. Gage
has a letter written by him few days
before his death, 10 her husband. l
have never seen it, but they have told
me that these facts are there stated,
amid much penitent protestations SUBJ
stantially rs i have just told them To
you. God forgive me, but it is bewil-
dering work sometimes to think of
him with anything but maledicttiOn."
There was a long pause, broken only
by the scarce audible sObs that mark
ed the ebb of the storm of emotion
which had so lately swept through
that quiet house. One by one the street
lamps threw their struggling beams
into the settling darkness, and the
roar of the day subsided gradually in
to the city's multitudinOus "voice of
the night" Then she rose softly, and
said:
'I.et US call in the children; and
when we have satisfied their. wonder,
you shall tell me all your history thrO'
these many years"
In all Chicago's quarter of amilliOn
souls this day, there are none more
serenely and devoutly content than
these "tried and true"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
A Strange Story.

4 very strange and almost incredi-
bic story is told by respectable and
reliable citizen of Bow Lake Village,
Stafford, New Hampshire. This gem
tleman caught a common striped tur-
tie, Il short time since, and ut the re-
quest of the school teacher took out
the heart, which is q curiosity, from
the fact that il seems to retain signs
of life for days after being taken from
the body of the turtle. The heart was
pierced with a needle and otherwise
experimental with, after which it was
thrown out, and one of Mr.. WaldrOn's
hens was seen 10 swallow it. a few
days after, Mrs. WaldrOn broke 4
number of eggs, and i'm the centre of
one of them found the turtles heart.
At that moment she called her hus-
band and one or two other persons,
all of whom saw and identified it
1t is n curious question hOwthis SEEM
ingly living piece of flesh come i'm
this egg. The truth OF this story is
vouched for by numbers Of reliable
citizens.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
4 New Metal.

The quiet intimatiOn given last
spring about new metal is now some
thing to be talked about, for Sir Joseph
WhitwOrth, after long course of eX-
pertinent, has succeeded in producing
iron and steel, which, rs he states, will
resist any amount of shock or strain
that may be put upon them. This
"WhitwOrth metal" +" rs il is called, is,
while i'm a molten state, subjected to
enormous pressure, by which all the
air-bubbles-thOsec causes of weakness
are all rid of, and the metal is ren-
dered perfectly homogeneous. If Sir
]. WhitwOrth is right in his cOnclu-
siOns, our iron trade is about to under
go another revolution, and we shall
have guns of the largest size, which
will rend through anything and every
thing, and never burst; we shall have
wheels for railway carriages that will
never crack, boilers that will never
blow up, and wire for submarine ca
bles that won't break i'm the laying
It's an encouraging prospect; and we
hope that the ten young men who
have Just obtained the WhitwOrth
scholarships of one hundred pounds
each, will perpetuate the persevering
skill, the ingenuity and enterprise of
their benefactOr.
As if to be ready for the new demand
that will grow out of these indestruct-
lille guns, new kind of powder, near
ly six hundred times stronger than
gunpOwder, has been invented and
patented by an Austrian, resident i'm
the United States. Further particu-
lars may be expected ere long. London
Once q Week.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Democrat
has the following: 1t IS not the ssFat
Contributor, nbut one of our good
humOred BOnifaces who tells a good
story of how a 'dead beat" swindled
4 Testaurateur out of a dinner in this
city, few days ago. The aforesaid
"dead beat" having ordered all the
substantials and delieaeies of the sea
son, and winding up with a bottle Of
wine and twenty-five cent cigar,
asked the proprietor To put il on the
slate, as he Lad no filthy lucre ObOut
his clothes. The proprietor remOn-
strated, but to no avail. In passion
he leaped over the counter, eOllared
him, and presented revolver at his
head, remarking that he would see
whether he would get OFF without
paying for that dinner. Eyeing the
deadly missile q little suspiciOusly,
the free-and-easy youth inquired:
"What is that you hold inyGur hand?"
something in the style of Rip Van
Winkle after awakening from his
twenty years sleep. "that, SIR"
shouted the irate restauTateur, sis a
revolver" "Oh! that's a revolver, is
it? ] don't care n cent for a revolver;
Thought It l0ds a stomach pump ~
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

THE BRAIN.-In its superior region,
the brain is endowed with less sensi-
bility, or, if We may be allowed tine
term, vitality, than any other Of the
vital organs. 1t may be cut or sliced
away to a considerable extent, with
out producing pain, and apparently
without any injury To animal life.
The late DIR. Gordon collected tOgeth-
er and published, in an article in the
Edinburg ReUietU, a number of eases
i'm which cavities were found, upon
dissection, in the hrails of individu-
ais, who, nevertheless, had lived in
the enjoyment Of good health, and in
the possession Of all their intellectual
faculties. Sudden death is much
more frequently produced by aflec-
tiOns Of the heart than 10y diseases of
the brain; still, each of the vital or
gans must relinquish its relations and
cease to perform its functions, before
the state of death is complete.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

AN Irishman recently stopped at a
hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, where
pretty high bills We're charged. In
the morning the landlord made out
the amount of damages and pre-
sented them 10 Pat. After he had
glanced over it, the latter looked the
landlord in the face and exclaimed:
You put me in mind of snipe."
why" asked the landlord ''Be-
cause you're very nigh all bill"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

DEACON r., very piOus man, was
noted for his long prayers, especially
i'm his family. One Monday morning
the old gentleman and his wife were
alone, and, as was his custom, after
breakfast prayer was offered. There
being an unusual amount of work
that day, the Deacon's prayer was
short, and seiZing his hat and milk
pail he started for the harm. His wife
being deaf did not notice his absence,
but supposed him to be still engaged
i'm prayer. On his return from milk
ing he was surprised to find her still
kneeling. He stepped up 10 her and
shouted, "Amen," when sine immedi-
ately arose and went about her work
as if nothing had happened.-EdsteIn
Exchange. -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

The oldest relic of humanity eXtant
is the skeleton of theearliest Pharaoh,
eneased in his original burial robes
and wonderfully perfect considering
the age, which was deposited in the
British Museum some eighteen
ago, and is justly considered
the most valuable of archaeological
treasures. The lid of the coffin which
the royal mummy was inscribed with
the name of its occupant, Pharaoh
who succeeded the heir
of the builder of the great pyramid,
about ten centuries before the coming
of Christ.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31

4 T-DGRHEY AND COUNSEIsLOE AT
"A LAW, ami interpreter la the German,
French and Italian languages before the
efvfl aud cFlniIfal Conrts Of the Staie. a
oIller language, Ia = sotourD Of i've years
in France, Germany, Swstzerlaud, Italy,
Greece, Syria, Palestine, Turkey-PrOper and
England, viii, il is believed. the better rec
onlaend him in this branch OF his prOfes-
sion. Ofiice with Dr. Chamberlain.
Feb. IA