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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-04-07

The laws against intOXicatiOn are
enforced with great rigOr in Sweden.
Whoever is seen drunk is fined, for
the first offence, three dollars; for the
second, six; for the third and fourth
a still larger sum and is also deprived
of the right of voting at elections,
and of being appointed a representa-
tive. He is, besides, publicly exposed
in the parish church on the following
Sunday. If the same individual is
found committing the same offence a
fifth time, he is shut up in a house of
correction, and condemned to six
months hard labor; and if he is again
guilty, to twelve months punishment
of similar description. If the Of
fence has been committed in public,
such as at a fair, at an auction, DC,
the fine is doubled and if the Offend
er has made his appearance in church,
the punishment is still more severe.
Whoever is convicted of having in
duced another to intOxieate himself,
is fined three dollars, which sum is
doubled if the drunken person is a
minor. An ecclesiastic who falls into
this offence loses his benefice if it is
a layman who occupies any consider
able post, his functions are suspended,
ard perhaps he is dismissed.
Drunkenness is never admitted as
an excuse for any crime and who
ever dies when drunk is buried ignO-
miniously, and deprived of the
prayers of the church. It is forbidden
to give, and more explicitly to sell /,
any spurious liquors TO students,
workmen, apprentices and private
soldiers. WhOeveris observed drunk
in the streets, or making a noise in a
tavern, is sure to be taken to prison,
and detained until sober, without,
however, being on that account
exempted from the fines. Half of
these fines 20 to the inforTners (who
are generally police officers, the other
half to the poor. If the delinquent
has no money ne is kept in prison un-
til some one pays for him, or until
he has worked out his enlargement.
Twice a year these ordinances are
read aloud from the pulpit by the
clergy; and every tavern keeper is
bound, under the penalty of heavy
fine, TO have a copy Of them hung up
in the principal rooms of his house.
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WHOLE NO. 274O.
Turning the Tables.

The San Francisco Golden Era has
the fOllwing Halt! Your money
or your ifei Throw up your hands ~
exclaimed a stranger stepping out
from the shadow, while accompany
ing the words might plainly be heard
the sharp click of a pistol. The per-
son addressed was weary newspa-
per man vending his lonely way
homeward in the outskirts of the city
about three o'clock the other morning.
''Oh, yes, certainly. I'm in no
hurry. Only walking for exercise
Just as soon hold up my hands as not.
I'm not armed. Please turn that pis-
tol a little to one side. 1t makes me
nervOus.n
Hand over your cash ~
''Havn't nary red with me. You
see they took that all from me when
/ they entered my name upon the
| books"
when did they take your money
from yOu?" -.
"Oh yes; why at the pest-house.-
| You see Pm a smallpox patient, Just
/ out for exercise. They wouldn't let
me walk about in daylight with my
I face in this eondit on, so have to go
Z it after dark and Late at night, when
! the streets are empty. BY the way,
I stranger, the wind is rather in your
direction, and unless you ain'tpartieu-
lar about it, it might do just as well to
( stand on the other side. I've my old
I silver watch though If you like it,
come and take il. YOU'RE at perfect
liberty TO search me, if you like, only
don't point that pistol this way; it's
uncomfortable. Dye want the old
watch 90
''No, thank you," said the robber,
| backing away and around toward the
other side; II couldn't take anything
| from man as unfortunate as you are.
Here, there's half a dollar for you,
poor fellow. Go and get something
to drink, and he threw the coin to-
ward him, still backing of. "As your
only walking for exercise, 1t won't
ineOmOde you"
'.Oh, not particle, I'd just as soon
walk with you if you desire it. Eth
er way, though, its all the same to
me. Thank you for your half
Won't you join me and drink to my
recovery ?''
well, you go round the block the
/ other way, as I havn't kurt you, say
DOthing about having metme. I guess
III 90 this yay, y and then watching
! till the supposed smallpox patient
turned the corner, he started OF on
full run in the opposite direction.
Mr.. Newspaper man proceed on
hOmeward undisturbed, and slept the
sleep of one who enjoys the eOneious-
ness of having done a good thing, and
four bits better off for having met q
highwayman.
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THE CHRONICLE.
THE SINGERS AIMS.

In Lyons, in the mart of that French town.
Years since, a woman leading a fair child,
Crayed small aims Of one who walking
The thoroughfare, caught the child's glance
and smiled
To see behind its eyes a noble soul.
He paused, but found he had no com 10 dole
His guardian angel warned him not TO lose
This chance OF pearl to do another good;
So as he waited, sorry TO refuse
The asked-for penny, there aside he stood,
And with his hat held as by limb the nest,
He covered his kind face, and sang his best
The sky was blue above, and all the lane
OF commerce where the singer stood was
filled,
And many paused, and listening, paused
To hear the voice thatthro' and thro' them
thrilled.
That cry for pity woven In a song.
The singer stood between the beggars there,
Before a church, and overhead, the spire,
A slim perpetual finger in the air
Held toward heaven, land Of the heart S
As tho an angel, pointing up, had said.
"Yonder a crown awaits this singers head
The hat Of its stamped brood was emPtied
Into the woman's lap. who drenehed with
tears
Her kiss upon the hand of help. Twas noon,
And noon in her glad heart drove forth
her fears.
The singer pleased, passed on, and softly
thought
Men viii not know by whom this decd was
wrought"
But when at night he came upon the stage.
Cheer after cheer went up from that wide
throng,
And flowers rained on him. Naught could
asSuage
The tumult OF the welcome, save the song
That for the beggars he had sung that day
While standing in the city's busy way.
o, cramped and narrow Is the man who lives
Only for self, and pawns his years away
For gold, nor knows the joy good deed gives;
But feels his heart shrink slowly, day by
day,
And dies at last, his bond of fate outrun;
No high aim sought, no worthy action done.
But brimmed with molten brightness like
star,
And broad and open as the sea or sky,
The generous heart. Its kind deeds shine
And glow in gold in Gods great book on
high.
And he whodoes what good he can each day,
Makes smooth and green and strews with
Mowers bis way.
Henry ABBEY.
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notice..
C0MHISSIONER'S SALE OF THE NEW LISBON
RlIIKAT

NOTICEi is hereby given, that pursuant tC
N decree made by, and an order Of sale
issued out OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF
TrumbuH County, State OF Ohio, 10 me di-
rected as Special Master Commissioner in
the suit OF William Reynolds, trustee, and
John P. Kennard, against the New Lisbon
Railway Company, and the Ohio Coal and
Mining Company, 20 make sale Of the New
Lisbon Railway, with all its franchises and
property, both real and personal, that shall
offer for sale at public auction at the door OF
the Court House in the Village Of Warren,
County Of Trumbull, and State OF Ohio, on
the 11th day Of APRIL A. D., 1859. between the
hours of 70 a. m, and 4 p. M, of said day,
the said RailVau, with the right of way,
franchises, rights and privileges belonging
10 said Company described in said order as
follows:r --1r-srr ru --t.ls. rI
Company, made and TO be made, between
the Cleveland q Mahoning Railway at
Meathersfield- Trumbull County, Ohio, TO a
point near Elkton, in Columbiana Co., Ohio,
including the right OF way and land occu-
pied andto be occupied thereby, together
with the superStructureS and tracks thereon,
or t. be thereon, and all iron, rails, ties, and
ether materials used thereon. and all bridg-
es. viaducts, culverts, fences, all grounds and
premises used for depOts, statiOnS, shops, or
otherwise, for the purpose Ofsaid Rail Road,
and.the buildings thereon, and all other ap-
purtenances thereto, anu also all the fran
chises, rights, and privileges OF said New
Lisbon Railway Comp0ns, OF, in, 10 and con-
cerning the same.
Also at tie same time and place, herein
before spscified. pursuant 70, and in obeli-
ence 10 an order OF sale issued out of said
Court in the said proceeding. shall, as spe-
cial Master Commissioner, offer for sale at
public auction, al the personal property des-
cribed IL the mortgage Of said Railway Com
pany executed and delivered to William Rey-
mold, as trustee, described in said order, as
'.all the personal property described in said
mortgage, including all the engines. cars,
tools, machinery. materials and all other
personal property now owned by said New
Lisbon Railway Company" Real Estate
Terms OF sale-eAsh. L. @. JONES,
special Master Commissioner.
March L lS1q-ft
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WOman,S Home.

We hear a good many sermons
nowadays, from the text that the
chief duty of a woman is TO render
home attractive to her husband. No
doubt any good wife will make this
her crowning pleasure; but where
duty is in question, there is another
phase of the matter which is sadly
overlooked-the duty of the husband
l.ta-the- wife. As a very small portion
of his time is spent in the house,
where his wifeis whole life is passed,
it would seem quite as important that
her convenience and tastes should be
consulted as his In their capacity as
head of the family men think that
the ordering of the house naturally
belongs TO them. They build to suit
their own taste and convenience, and
lay out the grounds 70 suit their own
fancy, and manage things generally
with some Difference to their wives
wishes, il is true, hut a great deal
more to their own. And sometimes
their caprices conflict wofully with
the comfort of the household.
The house should belong to the
wife. and she should plan the house,
arrange the furniture, lay out the
garden, and order all the details.
She knows from experience better
than her husband can possibly know,
what arrangement best conduees te
her housekeeping convenienees. 1t
would be lust as absurd for her 10
undertake to be the architect of his
warehouse, and to place the desks,
drawers and pigeOn-holes of his count
ting-room, as for him to locate the
spot for her cupboards. In the same
manner, if trees are TO be cut down or
left standing, or flower beds TO be
laid out around the house, her taste
should be consulted first, for the sight
OF these things must delight or chafe
her all the day long, while they are of
little practical consequence to the
husband in the evenings, which are
his chief time at home. Again, the
homestead should belong to the wife
in fee-simple: she has a right to the
home in which she rears her children,
and ought to be assured that it can
never be torn from her by any of
those reverses of fortune to which, in
thiscOuntry, all are so liable. Women
all feel this. and if their comfort and
convenience were made paramount at
home, if they were quite certain that
the spot to which they are so often
advised to confine their aspirations
really belonged TO them, and was
wholly within their control, they
would gladly assume the respOnsibili-
ty, and strive with much greater
alaerity than they do now, to force
their husbands to acknowledge the
ability of their generalship, and to
appreciate the delights of home.
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Old Mortar as Manure.

Old Mortar acts most beneficially as
a manure. 1t always contains a large
amount of nitrate of potash tsaltpe-
tre) and this is formed by the decom-
position of the hair used in compound
ing il, and from other causes.
Nitrate of lime is also present in
considerable quantities. Lichens and
moses are continually being formed,
and some Of microscope size, and as
these decay they supply nitric acid,
which in turns, form the nitrates of
lime. potash, etc. 1t should be re-
membered that small portion OF ami
NAL matter is enough to produce a
considerable quantity of potash, mas
much as every atom OF nitrogen that
is disengaged during the decomposl-
tion of animal matter of any Kind,
requires five atoms of oxygen to be-
come nitric acid; consequently one,
mart of nitrogen becomes in this pro-
cess six parts of nitric acid, and these
six parts of nitric acid in their turn,
by- nsing with an equal quantity OF
potash, become twelve atoms potassa.
During the French wars, mortar
was removed from the cellars of Paris
and replaced by new mortar, for the
purpose of making nitrate of potash,
! 1saltpetre,) by merely lixivating the
old mortar, and concentrating the so
luton. In some countries, farmers
are compelled by law to appropriate
considerable proportions of their ma
nures to the formation of nitre beds,
as they are called, the saltPetre being
required by the government for the
making of gunpOwder.
The value of nitrate of potassa and
nitrate of lime as a manure, will be
readily understood; it assists deeOm-
position in the soil, supplying the pot
ash for such plants as require 1t, and
nitric acid being set free, forms new
line of salts with the various compo-
nents of the soil; and, as all the nj.
trates are valuable in plant life, old
mortar is among the best for that pur-
pOse.-E8.
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There's a New Little Angel in Heaven

Meath the sad waving willow they've laid
her,
The chief treasure and light of our home:
For Death passed his chilly hand DER her
Mid earth's sunshine no more will she
roam.
Though our hearts-onee SO bright in their
gladneSs.
Ere affections blest chord thus was riven-
NOV. are shrouded in sorrow and sadness,
Yet we know there's an angel in heaven.
oh, how sadly we miss from cur circle
This dear bird, nestled close 30 our heart.
Filling home with her sunbeams Of pleasure;
Why, Oh. why were we thus doomed 10
parts
Yet a light through the clouds often stream
eth,
For the bitter and sweet both are given:
And TO us there's a sweet voice that saycth,
There's new little angel in heaven"
0 oye mothers whose hearts throb with an
g1Iish Ef.C.
Ger the loss OF some sweet darling form,
Dry. your tears true, your love ne'er can per
Yet the sunshine will follow the storm.
Let your faith, on its wings upward soaring,
Z Seek the land to the spOtless ones given
View the joy mid the bright shining seraphs
Ger the new little angel in heaven
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An old FngIish Kitchen.

The kitchen of our old English an
cestors were, of course, destitute of
many of our modern conveniences and
aids. Still in England the cottages
and faImhouses retain more of their
ancient look than more pretentious.-
of old, cottages consisted generally OF
n single room, rarely with a second
story. If other apartments We're
made, they were on the ground-ho0f.
The main feature in this kitchen was
the immense fireplace, with its and
irons or dogs. Stairs, when used,
were heavy and massive.
The oven stood behind the CHM
ney; the table, heavy and durable,
was rarely moved, and faced the fire,
a long settee on either side, dispensing
with the necessity of chairs. The raf-
tiers above were a larder, hung with
vegetables and smoked meats.
They live well, and were happy ;
so much so that Spaniard, visiting
England in Queen Mary's time, said,
s'The English make their houses of
sticks and dirt, but they fare as well
as the king"
The fireplace was not generally lev
el with the floor, but slightly raised,
giving considerable advantage in
cooking, where appliances for labor
saving were few. indeed The floor
was of clay, well packed and beaten,
till il was almost like stone.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-04-07

Foreman writes to the New York
Sun, as follows: ''Sir-There are
thousands of people in New York
and suburbs that would like pianos,
and would have them but for the enor-
NOUS price askedfOrthem- Now I have
been foreman in one Of our first class
piano manufactures for fifteen years,
and / know the cost of every piano
made. instruments sold for $3.50, cost
but s2l0, and those sold for 81 900,
which are handsomely carved grands,
cost but S475. You see what en0r-
NOUS profits are made on them. Pi-
amos range from $500 to S2,OOo, and
some STYLES with extra moldlng,
which costs So, they ask $50 more for.
Thev argue that it looks 500 better.
Tehre are dealers in New York that
buy pianos Of companies and large
manufacturers for from S225 to SD,
and sell for $3.50 and $500.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-04-07
Josh Billings on Hens.

Josh Billings talks learnedly as
follows:
The best time to tew sett hen IL
when the hen IL ready. 1 kant tell
what the best breed IL, but the
Shanghi IL the menest. 1t kOsts az
much tew bOrd l az it duz a stage
hOss, and you mite az well undertake
tew fat tanning mill bi running
oats thru it.
There amt no profit in keeping
hen for eggs if he laze less than l a da.
Hens are very long lived, if tha
don't kOntract the thrOte diseaze
there IL CRATE menny gOze tew pot
by this melankolly diseaze.
| kant tell eggzaetly how tew pick
out a good hen, but az general thing
the long cared ones knO, are the lest
apt tew scratch up the garden.
Eggs packed in ekwal parts Ov salt
and lime water with the other end
down viii kepe from 80 tew 40 years,
if tha are not disturbed.
Fresh befestake IL good for hens; /
suppose 4 tew 5 pounds da would be
awI hen would nede, at first along.
l shall be happy to advise with you
at emmy time on the hen question
and take it in eggs.
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Marriage,

Marriage is defined as the joining
of one man and the same quantity of
femality for life, for better or for worse
''forever and ever" till death do them
parliament
Who, to attend a wedding party,
would for even one second suppose
that the happy bride and ecstatic
groom would be into each others hair
and eyes before the expiration of a
quarter? Who could imagine that q
loving, blooming gmOther-in-laww would
be stirring up the most outrageous
family quarrels, and unmakeupable
domestic fights in less than month
And who would dream that the
"happy eOuplep might possibly be
fighting over the children, and suing
for divorces by the end of two years,
hating each other like eat and rat,
and attempting the one to ruin the
reputation of the other What
causes such astonishing and cOnfOund-
/ ing changes? Well, they do say. the
mOther-in-laW is a curse to the mar
rissge state. She on the sons side
''dOes upr the jealousy for the hus-
band; and she on that of the daughter
stirs up the idea of neglect in the
VIE. lneu COltcS lnt uclIdhu lON
explanations the grand exhibitions
of Independence aud seorn; cOldness
from the head of the house, and sulk-
iness from the other side, TO which
muffied Oaths from him oceans of
tears and regrets from her; slamming
of doors, ferOciOusness of looks, slap
ping. hair-pulling, tea-eup throwing,
furniture smashing, and general
hullabaIlOooO. Happiness and peace
have departed, and misery and mother
in-lavs have arrived, and the only
/ hope remaining is that these person
ages will fight themselves and kill
each other, or get married again, and
move to the city Of Jericho.
Independent OF these causes, late
hours ON the part of the husband,
and neglect OF home by the wife,
tend greatly to make it unhappy; aud
where there is distrust and cruelty
from him, joined to hatefalness and
gable in her, there will always be
sufficient racket and bang kept up to
cause the ears OF the uninitiated to
hum till the crack of doom.
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Life in Alaska.


One can hardly imagine the rapidity
with which summer comes on in this
region. On the 9th Of May the
river was full of ice. Ten days after
the voyagers had to lie by during the
MONDAY heat. The thermometer
then stood at S0s in the shade. On
the 9th of June the Americans parted
with their Russian companions. On
the 23d they reached Fort Yukon,
having rowed and tracked 600 miles
against a swift current. The trip had
/ lasted tWenty-nine days, out Of which
/ they had laid by only three. A few
weeks later they descended the same
space, having the current with them,
in seven days.
They remained at Fort Yukon until
the Sth of July, being most hospita-
| bly, entertained. The fort had quite
q civilized look. There were freshly
plastered walls, glazed windows, and
open fireplaces, magazines, stores,
! fur room and ice well. Camped
around the fort were quite five hun
dred Indians, who had come there to
/ trade. Some wore their native cos
| TUNES of skins; others were tricked
out in coats and shirts of civilized
peoples. One old chief, known as
''Red Leggins," was gorgeous in a
scarlet coat, with brass buttons and
epaulets. The Indians were of many
| tribes. There We're, for example,
Foolish Folks" ''WOod Folks, y
''Bireh-bark Folks" "Rat Folks"
and 'Hill Folks"
The fur-room of the fort was a rare
sight. From the beams hung marten
skins by the thousand, while the
cheaper kinds of furs were lying upon
the floor in huge heaps. There was a
fair supply of the skins of the silver
gray and black fox. The latter is by
! far the most valuable. There is a
story that one unlucky emplOye of
the Company bought a skin of white
fox, which had been cunningly dyed
black, paying for it more pounds than
he should have paid shillings the
Overplus was deducted from his
salary. .'Skinsv are the currency of
Fort Yukon. The unit is a beaver
skin, estimated at about half dollar.
Two martens count as one beaver,
and so on.
The one thing which strikes the
reader at once, and which confirms
what is told by Richardson, Kane,
Hall, and all other Arctic explorers,
| il the superabundance of animal life
existing in these northern regions.
/ Strange as it may seem, tropical and
J semi-trOpieal regions are almost bare
of living creatures. Strain and his
party wandered for weeks through the
thick forests of Central America,
never seeing an animal, or rarely
even bird; and, as far as one can
Judge, the rivers seem almost destitute
of fish. But life abOunds in the
Arctic regions. The rivers swarm
with fish almost begging TO be caught.
The Kamchatdales have reindeer by
the. thousand. Whymper and his
friends, during their brief stay at
NuIato, bought the skins Of 500 white
hares, which We're used to cover
their blankets. The Indians had
caught them and appropriated the
meat to their own use. Moose meat,
varied by heavier, is the standing
food of those who have got tired of
salmon and such like fish. The
delicaeies are a moses nose and a
beavers tail.-A. II. Guernsey, IN
Hdrper's Magazine.
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GIvING.-"NOt grudging or Of ne
eessity for God lOveth a cheerful Civ
er." This is the divinely appointed
mode Of giving. II there is a
fountain of beneyOlence in the soul it
simply flows out in all appropriate
acts. What ever is needed comes
good wishes, kind words, Yisitations,
prayers, or money! 1t flows out be-
cause the reservoir is higher than the
outlet and the heart is higher than
the hand. Much money for charit-
able uses comes by pumping, an effort,
and a gush-then all is still again un-
til another force is applied to the lev
er. Some men are like pumps with
dry and leaky valves, into which You
have to pour water before they will
yield water. They need leaders, ex-
amples, something to shame them in
to giving Others must give or they ywin
not give They are the men who
give of necessity, to save their credit
in society, for their own advantage,
not for others, and they have their
own reward. Giving should make a
man happy. IL is blessed TO give 1t
should be cheerful business. With
the heart right, the money comes bub-
ling up like cool delicious waters. as
refreshing as they are beautiful. This
charity alone hath a blessing from
heaven