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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
Curious Facts in Regard to Sound,

The following curious observations
in regard to the Transmission Of sound
have been carefully verified by an
extended series of experiments: The
whistle of locomotive is heard $500
yards through the air; the noise of a
railroad train, $500 yards; the report
of n musket and the bark of q ing,
800 yards; an orchestra or the roll of
Il drum, 1900 yards; the human voice
reaches to the distance of l ZOO yards;
the croaking of frogs 900 yards; the
chirping of crickets, 800 yards. Dis
tinct speaking is heard in theair from
bel0T up to a distance of Goo yards !;
from above, it is only understood to a
range of 10Oyards downward. 1t has
been ascertained that an echo is well
reflected from a surface of smooth
water only when the voice comes from
an elevation.
Other phenomena connected with
the transmission of sound have been
but the results disagree,
either from inacuraey in the observa-
tions or from the varying nature of
the circumstances affecting the num-
ber- obtained. Such variations occur
to an extent of 10 or 20 per cent. and
even more. The weather's being cold
and dry, or warm and wet, are the
chief influencing causes. In the first
case the sound goes to a greater, and
in the second to q lesser distance
TechROLOQist.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
GeninS and Iahnr.

Alexander Hamilton once said to
an intimate friend:
"Men give me some credit for pc
MUS. All the genius l have lies in
this : When | have a subject in hand
l study it profoundly. Day and night
it is before me. I explore it in all its
bearings. My mind becomes perva-
ded with it. Then the effort which
make, the people are pleased to call
the fruit of genius. 1t is the fruit of
labor and thought"
Mr.. Webster once replied to a gen.
tleman who pressed him to speak on
a subject of great importance "The
subject interests me deeply, but have
no time. There, sir" pointing to a
huge pile of letters on the table, sig a
pile of unanswered letters, to which
[ reply before the session, (which was
then three days off, 1 have no time
to master the subject so as to do it jus
tice."
"But, Mr.. Webster, a few words
from you would do much to awaken
public attention to it,"
"If there be as much weight in my
words as you represent, it is because /
do not allow myself to speak on anV
subject until my mind is imbued with
it,"
DemOsthenes was once urged to
speak on great and sudden emer-
gency. 81 am not prepared, said he,
and ObStinately refused.
The law of labor is equally binding
on genius ard mediOcrity.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
Less Food.

Less food means temperance. Precise
ly this; nothing more nor less. 1t doesn't
mean the temperance reform. 1t means
simply the avoidance of excess. 1t is
the excess, or the little-t -tOo-much that
hurts. 1t is the feather that breaks the
camers back. And is it, then, so hard
that this little can't be avoided? Yes !;
that is it; we must have a little more !;
there is a little more room in the over
crowded stomach. And what is the
consequence? Simply a little uneasy
feeling? Sometimes this is all; but not
always. 1t is, however, always a hurt,
that will be felt by and by, and more and
more as the individual persists. But
even for the present, with many men, it
is a Lad thing. a person will feel stu
pid; he will have the blues, because the
stomach, through the nervous influence,
affects the whole system, making the
body dumpish and the mind dull, and
the individual anything but agreeable.
Now this is a common fact; we see il
every day, every meal;
people "hog it; :" that is the word. WHY
not Just cut OFF the little excesses, and
be cheerful, be healthy? Some men do
this. Reader, try it, and you will thank
us. Remember, it is not hard; the hab-
it is soon formed; and then you will be
in new atmosphere; you will live a
new life. Think not you are not the one
here. Much, much more happy as
race should we be if we paid more at
tention to diet.-ICountry Gentleman.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
WHOLE NO. 219O.
SAILING Cnha TO the unitsh S,a.o.

A Havana letter says: 1t was said in a
previous correspondence, that the SPAN
ish agents had plan which, in their
opinion, would discourage the most san
guine friends Of the project of according
belligerent rights to the Cubans. As the
subject was mentioned in Congress (al-
though nothing of importance has been
dOne) the chiefs of the volunteers now
discuss, at the Casino Espanol, the prob
ability of the Madrid Government sell
ing the island of Cuba to the United
States. The natives think it is only a
trick OF the Spaniards, who believe it
the best way TO iatter the American Adj
ministration, with the hope to acquire
peacefully the island in order to prevent
the American authorities from recOgniz-
ing the insurrectiOnists, which will pos
itively be a death blow on the rule of
Spain over her colonies in this part of
the world, since it will shorten the strug-
gle which by all means is to eliminate
in the acquisition of the Independence Of
Cuba The project meets an unconquera-
BILE opposition from the Cubans, who
say the thirteen American colonies would
not tolerate the idea of being sold 10
France in the time of the revolution.
Spain, on the other hand, they add. can
not sell twO-thirds of the island which
IS under the control of the insurgents.
The Spanish people, too, every one of
whom considers himself as a sovereign
Of Cuba, will resist deadly the plan of
such plan.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
Good Nature at Home.

No trait of character is more valuable
in a wife than the possession of a sweet
temper. Home can never be made hap
DIV without it. 1t is like the flowers that
Spring up in our pathway, reviving and
cheering US. Let a man so home al
night, wearied and worn out by the tolls
of the day, and how soothing is the
word dictated by a sweet disposition
1t is sunshine falling on the heart.
He is happy, and the cares of life
are forgotten. A sweet temper has
a soothing influence over the mind OF
the whole family. When it is found in
the wife and mother, you observe kind
ness and love predominating ever the
natural feelings ofa bad heart. Smiles,
kind words and looks characterize the
and peace and love have their
dwelling there. Study then to acquire
and retain a sweet temper. 1t is more
valuable than gold. 1t captivates more
than beauty, and to the close of life re-
tains all its freshness and power.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
$1,000, $500 and 500.

They will be issued as Coupon Bonds, pdyd-
Die TO Bearer, and may be held in that form
or
The Bond may be TeoiStered in the name OF
the owner, with coupons remsining payable
20 bearer attached, the principal being then
transferable only on the books of the Com
pany; unless re-assighed to bearer; or
The coupons may be detached and can
ceIled, the Bond made permanent Registered
Bond, transferable only on the books Of the
Company, and the interest made payable
only to the registered owner or his attorney
The three classes will be known respect
lively as:
LIST. "COuPOn Bonds payable TO Bearer"
Cd. Registered Bonds with Coupons attached
Sd. Registered Bonds with Coupons detach-
ed" and should be so designated by Cores
pondents in specifying the class Of Bonds
desired.
They have thirty years TO run from January
Is, 1870, with interest at six per cent per an
mum from November, l, 1863. Principal and
Lnterest payable IN Gold in the CITY Of NelO
York
The interest is payable in May. and Novem-
Der, that irmay take the place Of that of the
earlier issues of Fiye-Twenties, and suit the
convenience Of our friends who already hold
Central and Western Pacific Bonds, with in
terest payable in January and July, and who
may desire. in making additional invest
ments, to have their interest receivable at
different seasons of the year.
The Loan is secured by a mortgage upon
the entire Loan of Road from Richmond to
the Ohio River, with tiIe equipment and all
other property and appurtenaneesc connected
herewith
Il Sinking Fund Of $4,000 per dInurn Is
provided for he redemption Of tie Bonds. 70
take eject one yea- after ne compilation Of the
Road
The mortgage is for sI5,OOO,OO0, Of which
100000 will be reserved and held in trust
for the redemption Of outstanding Bonds of
the Virginia Central Railroad Obmpanv now
merged in the Chesapeake and Ohio.
OF the remaining sls,O0O,OOO, a sufficient
amount will be sold TO complete the road to |
the Ohio river. perfect and Improve the por- 1
tlon now in operation. and thoroughly eouip |
the whole for large and active traffic.
The present price is 90 ard accrued inter
est.
A loan so amply secured, so carefully
guarded, and SO certain hereafter to com
mand prominent place among the favor
ite securities in the markets, both of this
Country and Europe, will be at once appre-
ciated and quickly absorbed.
Very respectfully.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

The Akron Board of Education, in
their annual report, just published,
state that school hours there have
been reduced-thOse of the primary
department to two sessions of two
hours each, divided by recess, and
those in the other schools to two ses-
sions of two and a half instead of three
hours each, as heretofore. The Board
saw: "Full-grown and robust adults
who measure a child's power OF brain
and bone and muscle by their own
tough tissues, may feel distressed az
this seeming waste Of time by the lit
tie folks, but it is alike the teaching
of observation and physiology that in
many cases irretrievsble mischief to
both the mind and body Of the child
comes from too long Continued re-
straint and brain work In the school
room.n
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

On the lst of March, and on the 1st
of each month thereafter, the Seere-
tary of the Treasury proposes to issue
a circular giving list of all the regis
tered bonds that are eaveated upon
the books of the department, giving
the acts under which they were iSsu-
ed, the denomination and the num-
bers, arranged numerically. This list
will be corrected monthly, and will
prove of great value to bankers and
brokers, as it will give them a chance
to protect themselv,s from fOrgeries.
&c, as when bond is presented to
them they can at once refer to this
list and find whether it is eaveated or
not. The list to be issued on March
lst will contain the numbers of about
four hundred such bonds, varying in
denomination from $50 to SO, 600 each
and Of all acts from Jan. 2S, 1919 to
date. Copies for distribution will be
sent to each of the Assistant Treasur-
ers and United Stated repositories.
where interest is paid, or will be for
warded to any address upon appIiea-
tiOn to the loan branch of the Secre-
tary's office, where all correspondence
pertaining to caveats should be ad-
dressed.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

Minnesota, according to the report of
its Commissioners of Statistics, imported
bread-stuffS as late as 1858, not raising
sufficient for the home consumption. IN
1859 the serious work of developing the
agricultural wealth of the State com
menced. At the close of that year there
were 345, 900 acres under cultivation. and
The yield of wheat reached 2.S744l5
bushels, or an average yield to the acre
Of 10 bushels. In 1889 the acres under
cultivation in the State reached one mill
ion, and the yield of wheat is, 500. 600
bushels, the average of the crop being
lS1 bushels per acre. The Minnesota
average of wheat to the acre for eleven
years has Ben II bushels that of Ohio
for ten years, 1898 bushels; and that of
Iowa for seven years, 10:3 bushels. Min
nesOta produces over forty bushels of
wheat to every inhabitant of the State.
Oats and potatoes are, also two of the
great products of the State, the yield Of
the former reaching SO bushels TO the
itcre- in 1868, and of the latter los bushels.
In corn Minnesota falls below the more
southern States, the yield for a term of
wears avera@ing 80 TO 80 bushels in Ohio
and 81 in Iowa.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
FISK 4 HATCH,
Bankers,
Very respectful

P. s.-we have issued pamphlets contain
ing fun particulars, statistical details, naps
etc. which will be furnished upon applica-
tion.
~ We buy and sell Government Bonds,
and receive the accounts Of Banks, Bankesu.
Corporations and OtherU. subject to eheck at
sight, and allow interest on daily balances.
March 9. Is7o-sno.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
Read and Reflect.

You are the architects of your own
fortunes. Rely upon your own
strength of body and soul. Take for
your motto self-reliance, honesty and
industry; for your star, faith, perse-
veranee and pluck; and inscribe on
your banner BE just and fear not. "
Don't take too much advice stay at
the helm and steer your own ship
Strike out. Think well of yourself.
Fire above the mark you intend to
hit. Assume your position. Don't
practice excessive humility. You
can't get above your level-water
don't run up hill. Put potatoes in a
cart over rough road, and the small
potatoes will go to the bottom. Ener-
gy, inyincible determination, with a
right motion, are the levers that move
the world. Civility costs nothing and
buys everything. Don't tattle. Be
polite; be generous; be self-reliant.-
Read good books. Love your fellow
men as well as God. Love truth
Love honor. Always do what con-
you is your duty, and
leave the consequences to God.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

The California Japanese are intro
ducing into that State their mode Of
building houses, which, from the ac-
counts given of them, must be very
unique. They are uniformly thirty
six by thirty feet; roof low and steep;
inside partitions of paper, which, in
the summer, can be rolled into COM
pact bundles at the corners, leaving
nothing but roof and supports. Not a
single nail is used in any portion of
them, the parts being dovetaiIed to-
gether and fitted so nicely as scarcely
to leave trace of joint. Paint, var
nish, and filagree work of every kind,
IS imperatively interdicted, and eve
ry stick in the building, even to the
:afters, is plain and smooth, as though
polished with sand-paper.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
DEFTON WOOD.
BY IEAN INGELoW.

/ held my way through Defton Wood,
And on the WandOr Hall;
The dancing leaf let down the light,
In lowering spots to fall.
20 young. young leaves. you match me well p
My heart was merry, and sung
Now wish me Joy Of my sweet youth;
My love-she, too, is young
Oh, so many, many, many
Little homes above my head!
Oh, so many, many, many
Dancing blossoms round me spread
Oh, so many, many, many
MaidenS signing yet for nonel
Speed, ye wnOers, speed with any
Speed with all but one"
took my leave Of Wandor Hall,
And trOd the woodland ways,
" w hat shall do so long to bear
The burden OF my days?''
/ signed my heart into the boughs
Whereby the culvers co0ed
For only between them went
UnwOoing and unwoOed.
"Oh- so many, many, many
Lilies bending stately heads!
Oh. so many. many, many
Strawberries ripened on their beds (!
Oh. so many, many, many
Maids and yet my heart undonei
What to me are all, are any?
j have lost my-One."
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
The CHRONICLE.
AND STILL THE WORLD MOVES on.
BY W. T. MARSH.

A child is dead a mother weeps-
And still the world moves on;
She bows in sorrow where it sleeps,
And still the world moves on:
None seem to list her pit'ous cry,
Nor heed the falling tear,
But quickly pass them idly by
Her grief they will not hear
And still the world moves on.
The mother now has breathed her last
And still the world moves on;
And tears are flowing free and fast,
And still the world moves on.
An orphan kneels beside the pail
To view the lifeless clay;
why from me talI'st Thou my all,
o, Godi q, G Jd! / pray!"
And still the world moves oni
An aged man has bade farewell
And still the world moves on;
He's gone; but where? oh, who can tell ?
And still the world moves on;
None seemed to heed his failing voice,
Nor marked his tOt'ring pace;
But they rejoice-still they rejoice
And smiles o'erfiit their face
And still the world moves on.
The greatest of the nation fell,
And still the world moves on:
Another rides the rolling swell,
And still the world moves on;
Yes, plaques may sweep in wild alright
All beauty here below;
And hell may change the day to night,
And fires of torture glow
And still the world moves on
Yea, Christ has died for our sake,
And still the world moves on;
We hearken not the words He Spake-
And still the world moves oni
His blood He shed that we might live
He cried aloud in pain
He gave us all that he could give,
That we might live again
And still the world moves on:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

AT Safeeta, in Syria, one of the sta
tiOns of the American Board of Mis-
sions, the Protestants are suffering
most cruel persecution from the Greek
Church and the Jesuits. A prOclama-
ton has been issued prescribing Prot
estantism, and announcing its over
throw. The rooms of the Mission
have been entered and despOiled, and
many believers have been subjected
TO imprisonment and torture. IL
seems almost incredible that such a
state Of affairs can exist in the face of
modern civilization, and we shall hope
to hear better news from Syria ere
long. There surely ought to be some
adequate protection for these Chris
tIans
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
The Jmportanee Of Learning a Trade

]
A writer in the Manufacturer and
Builder pertinently asks: "Why is il
that there is such a repugnanee on the
part of parents to putting their sons to
a trader"
A skilled mechanic is an independ-
ent man. Go where he will, his craft
will bring him support. He need ask
favors of none. He has, literally, his
fortune in his own hands, Yet fool
ish parents, ambitious that their "sOns
should rise in the world, as they say,
are more willing that they should
study for profession, with the chan
ces of even moderate success heavily
against them, or run the risk of spend
ing their manhood in the ignOble task
of retailing dry goods or of toiling Ia
boriOusly at the accountants desk,
than learn trade which would bring
them manly strength, health and in
dependence. In point of fact, the
method they choose is the one least
likely to achieve the advancement
aimed at; for the supply of candidates
for positions as "errand boys" dry
goods clerks, and kindred occupations,
is DOtOriously overstOcked, while, on
the other hand, the demand for really
skilled mechanics of every description
is as nOtoriOusly beyond the supply
The crying need of this country to-
day is for skilled labor; and that faith
er who neglects to provide his son
with useful trade, and to see that he
thoroughly masters it, does him a
grievous wrong, and runs the risk of
helping, by so much, to increase the
stock of idle and dependent, if not
vicious, members of society.
1t is stated in the report of the Pris-
on Association, lately issued. that of
fourteen thonsand five hundred and
ninety-six prisoners confined in the
penitentiaries of thirty States, in 1867,
seventy-seven per cent, or over ten
thousand of the number, had never
learned a trade. The fact conveys
lesson of profound interest to those
who have in charge the training of
boys, and girls too, for the active du-
ties of life.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

Mr.. Spinner, of the United States
Treasury Department, Washington, is a
curiosity. He believes in wOmanly
beauty, and will employ no lady whose
features are not perfectly regular and
handsome. His doctrine Is, that home
" or ill-favOred woman can not do her
work so well as handsome one, where
as we all know that, as a rule, the best,
and truest and warmest hearts often look
through features that have no cut of the
regular or artistically beautiful about
them. The handsome faces are too much
taken up with the consideration of my
own pretty face" Moreover, cultivated
brains make fascinating faces.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

The women are already disputing
the claim that men do the work. At
meeting of the SOrOsis, Mrs. Robert
Dale Owen said that more than half
of the work of the world was done by
women. Even in the case of a shirt,
with the cotton or flax that is picked
for it; nay, even in the mines whence
the ore that furnishes the iron work of
the looms that weave it is taken, her
work begins, and with the making,
the washing, the ironing, the starch
ing, the mending, the sewing on Of
buttons, it continues as long as the
garment lasts. Mrs. Owen then said
that for every thousand dollars in
money that comes into a house, wo-
man adds two thousand to it by her
labor. She then made the startling
statement that $50 long as women
have the providing of man s food they
can govern him as they choose.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

Our Canadian friends, if the pro-
gramme, as enuneiated, is carried out,
will have to look out for and defend
themselves hereafter. 1t has been an
nOunced that all regular troops are to be
Withdrawn early in the spring, and the
Royal Canadian Rifles are to be at once
disbanded. 1t will, undoubtedly, be a
severe tax upon the Dominion to sustain
a standing army, and the experiment of
putting down the Winnipeg insurrection
will prove very costly. The war mate
rial of the Dominion may be summed
up as follows: The volunteers and re-
serve militia of the entire Dominion of
Canada number COS, ,236, or 81, 17O vOlun-
teers, and 6j6,O66 militiamen. These
forces are distributed among the several
provinces as follows: Ontaria, q, SIG vol
unteers and SIS, 1872 militia; Quebec r.
637 volunteers and 2l5,2l6 militiamen;
New Brunswick 1,7S9 volunteers and
81, CD militiamen; Nova Scotia 92S vol
unteers and SO, ,S76 militiameD.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23

The gold decline is having its effect on
the New York retail market. A reliable
authority gives the following decline in
retail prices during the past week, as the
result of the collapse in gold from I15:
Staple dress goods from 10 to 10 per cent;
carpets of domestic manufacture, y per
cent; foreign linens, per cent; Ameri-
can silks and Italian cloths, from Is to 20
per cent; shawls, from 10 TO l24 per
cent. Coffee has fallen from As to 35c
per pound. Best white sugar, which
sold month ago at 2Oc., is now held at
I2lc by the barrel. Teas are from 10 to
I5c per pound lower. Good brands Of
-four are offered at 81. Boots and shoes
are not affected, as labor is high; and the
price of leather is advancing.