Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-08-17

words, expresses not only the average
English view Of the war, but Of dis
passionate observers in general: "Eu-
rope must pass through a year, per-
haps years, of misery, in order that
one single man may secure the career
and the position of one single child.
This wal has NJ cause, no motive, no
justification, save the fear of NapOl-
cor BonapaTte that without it his
boys succession would not be clear"
It is for this that q "lOng and hotly
contested" war has been precipitated.
1t is not necessary to exalt Prussia to
admit this view Of the origin and pur-
pose of the struggle. She, too, has
her sins, and no doubt among them
is q certain amount Of faithlessness
in diplomacy towards the father OF
''the single child,n not to be allowed
to 20 unpublished. Buff Prussia has
been guilty of anything in this line
worse than the part of France in the
matter of the secret treaty, it has not
yet been made apparent to the outside
world. It is only by commissions and
upheavals like the present that we are
permitted to know how kings and
emperors carry on their trade, in
what manner the world is governed,
and what great wars are for.
In spite Of his declination to be o
candidate for another Congressional
term, General Schenck has been NOM
mated by the Republicans Of his dis
trict.
A lady in Lynehburg, Va, says she
-. --alA a naHa - uHnakHnna N0uE q r
teen years by merely knitting feet to
them every summer and legs every
other winter.
A cOlored clergyman has returned
to Maryland after suffering five years
Imprisonment and sentenced to "per-
petual Punishment from the United
States "a slight stretch Of power, by
the way, by the authorities of Mary
land,) for having in his possession in
1857 a copy of q work called Uncle
Toms Cabin"
The Cambellites are trying to agree
upon an appropriate name by which
their Church shall be known. "A
writer in the Apostolic Times object:
to the names Disciples, Saints, Broth
ren and Christians, and says that the
choice will be between the "Church
Of God" and the "Church of Christ
Sir Henry James has charge Of the
great ordnance survey OF England
The survey, begun in 1T91, is one o.
the most wonderful accomplishment
Of human labor and ingenuity. II
exhibits, on a map Of six inches t.
the mile, every house, stable and fence
in the three kingdoms even every
house in London is delineated in sizG
and position.
Florida Is the only State that as.
sumes q new coat of arms with recon.
structiOn. Her old seal was a spread
eagle with arrows In his claws. The
new Is described in the law as having
In the center thereof a view of the
suns rays over a highland in the dis
lance, a cocoa tree, steamboat on wa
ter, and an Indian female scattering
flowers in the foreground. The mot
to, as of old, is, "In God we trust"
Josh Billings has been to Long
Branch, and thereof writes: 1.-THE
biggest thing they hav got here for
the present, IL the Of water in front OF
the hotels. The pool is sed bi good
Judges tew be three thousand miles la
length, and in come places five miles
in thickness. Into this pool, every
day at 10 o'clock the folks all retire
males and females, and widdens,
promis-kuss. The water in this pool
haz stood so long it haz got salty, and
ought tew be changed"
A BroOklyner sells small trees
grown in moss. Fruit trees, three feet
in height, stand foryears in tin bowls,
ten inches in diameter and six inches
in depth, and bear fruit, though they
do not enlarge. The secret Of theil
enduring life lies in q patented miner
al powder, which is mingled with
the moss when the roots Of the plant
are first placed in 1t. The only subse-
quent culture necessary is daily wa
tering.