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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Pertaining to Plaster.

At a late meeting of the New York
Farmers Club, w. NJ. TOmlinsOn, of
North Urbana, II. Y, asked the sa-
wants to reconcile the difference of
opinion which prevails as to the prop
crops, some choosing TO drfff II in
with the seed, while others prefer to
scatter on the surface, that the seed is
sOwn. ''It is claimed that by putting
it in with the seed it helps the crop
from the outset, giving q start which
keeps it ahead of surface-plastered
crops. On the other hand, il is argu-
ed that, as the principal gain in the
use Of plaster is derived from the at
mOsphere, surface application best Sc
cures this, and hence it is to be pre-
ferred. What says practical science
Would the answer vary with differ
ent soils ~
Mr.. Curtis-as plaster is an absorb
ent of ammonia, it is better to SOW it
on the crop and let the rains follow
ing wash it down to the roots. This
is gain to the plant, for if first put
into the ground il will absorb the am
mOnia in the soil which is already
there, or il must wait for exposure to
the surface to do its full duty, which
exposure might not take place until
the next crop. Plaster does but little
good on wet ground, and its benefits
vary considerably one season with an
other. Sometimes its effects are al
most marvellous, and then again they
cannot bs seen. On dry loan or grav-
ely soil sOwn on clover, il often
doubles the crop. In Glenville, n. Y,
lands rejected fifty years ago as worth
less, now are, by using clover and
plaster, worth one hundred and one
hundred and fifty dollars per acre.
Sow plaster on the manure heap and
in the hen house.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Out-OEWOrk Christians.

The vast and melancholy multitude
of those who though members in
what is called "gOOd standinU of evan
gelical churches, are doing next to
nothing for the cause of Christ, and
are therefore harming il, presents 4
curious variety of moral and spiritual
phenomena. Many of them find in
their heal Is a chronic and many-sid-
ed disinclinati0n for duties which God
has placed within their reach. Others
seem perpetually to fall victims to the
pride which fOrbids their undertaking
work in which they are not likely to
shine. Besides these, not to speak of
the large class who are Enthusiastically,
il not cOnfessedly, cold and indiffer-
ent, because absorbed in, and over
whelmed by the things of this world,
there is enough for q dozen armies
who are, if We may take their own
word for it, entirely ready and willing
to display an untold degree Of zeal
and energy, ''if they only knew what
to dO.D
1t is not that they are divided in
mind by the pressing urgency appar-
emily distinct and opposite calls to
duty, or that the breath and luxuri-
ance of the harvest puzzles them as
to the proper place for their own par
ticUlaT reapiDg. but that, spiritually,
they are actually ''Out-Of-wOrk," and
don't know where or how to find it
They forget Christian labor is the most
wonderful self-prOpagating thing on
the face of the earth; and loving that
thing which may seem least-if they
would but bind that one sheafand lay
it by, tall grain enough will soon stand
before them ripe and ready for the
reaping.-EE. and ChrOH.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Trapping an Audience.

Some years ago an eccentric genius,
Rev. Thomas d. Hunt, used to give
temperance lectures. One night he
announced that he would lecture in
EastOn. Now, temperance was not
in favor among the male portions of
that burg. The women however, were
all in for the pledge, and consequent
ly, on the first night, not man show
ed himself in the hall. The benches
were pretty well filed with women,
though, and Hunt began; but in
stead of temperance, he put them
through on the vanities of dress, etc.
They wore great stuffed feathersleev
then. They-the sleeves-caught it,
then their tight lacing, and so on
through the catalogue of female follies;
not a word about temperance. And
the ladies went home hopping mad,
told their husbands about It, and vot-
ed old Hunt down to the lowest
mitch.
He announced that he would lee
tnte at the same place the next night.
I .,n-y l-E-----GI--~-tG---
to come, and when Hunt
hobbled down the aisle the building
was comfortably well filed with men.
The old fellow looked about, chuckled
and muttered, "Hogs, I've got you
nOww The audience stared. "Aha,
hogs, I've got YOU nOw."
After the crowd had got quieta little
he said:
Friends, you wanted to know what
I meant by saying, "HOgs, I've got
you now,n and I'l tell you. Out in
the west the hogs run wild, and when
folks get out of meat they catch a
young pig, put a strap under his body
and hitch him to a young sapling
that will just swing him from the
ground nicely. OF course he squeals
and raises a rumpus, when all the old
hogs gather around to see what's the
matter and then they shoot them at
their leisure. Last night I hung pig
up; 1 hurt it little, and it squealed.-
The old hogs have turned out to night
to see the fun, and pll roast you" and
he did pitching into their fayOrite vice
with a relish and a gustO.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Especially True OF Weeds.

I once heard, says DR.. COan in the
GdIGLy-the periodical Of which Mark
Twain is agricultural editor-I once
heard liberal clergymen extol the
repOse Of Nature. ''Learn a lesson
from the peaceful forest ? why should
we strive any more than the blowing
grain ?i Nothing could be farther
from the fact. To live is TO contend.
Each plant endeavOrs almost con.
sciOusly, to destroy his neighbors: to
occupy his ground, to feed upon his
nutriment, to devOur his substance.
There are armies and invasioDs Of
grasses, barbarian inrOads and extir-
patiOns. Every. inch Of ground iseon-
tested by the weeds; the forest is a
struggle for precedence; the wars Of
the roses are a perennial feud. The
serene landscape, the stillest wood.
land, are the mortal arena of vegeta-
bic and animal conflict. Every field
is a battlefield. The spear and the
blade Of war are foretold in the mead
Ow grass. Strife begins with life at
the lowest and eliminates in the wars
Of competing races and civilizations,
the mighty struggle in which the hon
or and the life Of nations are the
stakes.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
A Historic Hog-Skln.

Col. Job Stout, Recorder of Hardin
county, Iowa, has wonderful pocket
book, according to this from the El-
dorado Ledger:
at was made of pig-skin, dressed
by one of the Pilgrim fathers, and
manufactured into its present shape
by himself. 1t was from the back of
the first hog slain by the cOlonists. A
forefather of Col. StOut's carried the
pig-skin wallet through the French
war and the Indian, and was shot be-
side the brave Gen. Wolfe on the
bloody Heights of Abraham, in Sep
tember, 1853. The pOcket-bOOk, con-
tanning some English coin, found its
way back to the right family, and held
nothing but English coin and Bank of
England notes until the Revolution
ary war. Col. Stout's grandfather
marched with it on his person to Can
ada with Gen. Montgomery. 1t was
at Saltwater; ferried the Delaware at
the memorable Trenton surprise; and
when peace was declared, contained
two thousand dollars of continental
most of which its present
owner retains. In the late internecine
war, Col. Stout carried the pig-skin
wallet through several engagements,
and when he fell at Richmond, the
historical wallet Of Pilgrim pig-skin
was perforated with bullets and satUr-
ated with blood. The COlonel's coat
is now on exhibition at indianapolis,
riddled by forty bullets. This wallet
has been in use one hundred and nine
ty years.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
The ?. r.

Samuel COllyer was ehalle nged by
William Edwards to fight, each party
to put up 81 600. Samuel accepted the
challenge and the first deposit of $500
each was put in the hands of Frank
Queen. Mr.. COllyer didn't appear
with the second deposit Of $500, and
accordingly Mr.. Edwards, by virtue
Of a long established rule, claimed the
first deposit, and it was paid to him.
We are grieved to say that Mr.. Coll
yer was not satisfied with this perfect
ly honorable arrangement, and toe K
means to recover the $500. He sued
Mr.. Edwards under the act prohibit
ing gambling, was successful, and was
awarded S539 Al, the additional sum
covering the costs Of the suit. Now
Mr.. Edwards calls Mr.. COllyer a cow
ard, and has offered to add $500 70 the
$3.50 Al which he Of course claims,
and to fight Mr.. COllyer for double
that amount at catch weight, in the
same ring in which Mr.. Mace and
Mr.. COburn appear. If this state
ment is correct, all lovers Of justice
and the manly art will hope that
Messrs. COllyer and Edwards will ac-
cOmplish meeting and that the
former will be hOgged within an inch
of his life. There have been several
occasions lately to allude to Mr.. Coll
yer in no very fiattering terms, and
his most ardent admirers have come
to the conclusion that, unless he does
something to redeem his reputation
as a ruffian, he must be permitted to
90 to grass.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16

The Globe (LORdOn)Of Feb. IIth is
roughly playful in its comments on
Gov. Stewards late experience among
the Celestials who live by the Yellow
Sea. 1t says:
''Mr. Secretary Seward has recent
ly paid visit to China. He has been
stoned by beggar boys at Hankow, has
been received with great courtesy by
the officials of Peking Foreign Office,
and has penetrated as far north as the
Great Wall. With true American in
stincts, he chose this Iast-named his
toric position whereon to write let
ter (which has since been published) }
to the American Admiral, thanking
him for his civilty in having gallant
ly attended him over the stormy
Yellow Sea, up the tOrtuOus PeihO
River, and over the plains, through
the City Of Peking, to the Great Wall,
from which, he adds, Il have been
able to look down southwark upon the
decaying power of China, and north
ward upon the aboriginalregiOn Of the
North Pacific coast of the Asiatic Con-
tinentf1x VI III = Is would dQ honor to the
l.
What is the meaning of an aboriginal
region? Are not all regions abOrlgin-
al? Aud how, in the name of all that
is geographical, could Mr.. Seward,
facing nOrthWard from the longi tude
of Peking, look upon the aboriginal or
any other region Of the North Pacific
coast? We can forgive a man, and
especially an American, for being stir
red into grandilOquence by finding
face to face with such a monument Of
antiquity as the Great Wall of China,
and foreign Secretary for displaying
Ignorance of geography; but we cam
not except any position as an excuse
for the production of such intricate
English as the above. Mr.. Seward
concludes his letter by saying: 4 shall
come short ofmy duty if shall not be
able to i'm prove this great experience
for the benefit of our country and
mankind, from which we gather that
he is going to write a hook. We hope
that, before doing so, he will have re-
GOV ared his English, and will have
enlarged his somewhat limited stock
Of Geographical knowledge.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
A Modest NeighbOr,

Mrs. H.!D exclaimed little ur-
chin, running into a near neighbOr's
house, mother wanted me to ask
would you please lend 'er yer candle
molds?''
The molds given him, he ran home
In few moments he returned with
the query:
"Afother wanted TO know if you'd
be kind enough to lend her some
wickin' ?''
The wicking measured off, home
again he departed, but soon appeared
and said.
'AIother said she'd be thankful, il
you had a little taller to lend heru'
Mrs. II. good naturedly produced
the article, and as the boy started for
the door, she called him back and
said:
Wouldn't t your mOtherlike to have
me come Overland mold the candles for
her -
.'Wall, yes" replied the boy. II
reckon she'd like it fust rate, COS she
said she didn't understand it very
well; but she don't like to be a troub-
lin neighbors, so she wouldn't ask
ye.n
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Play Tnnn Names.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati CirOniclc makes the
following reference to the names of
some Of the members Of the new Con-
gress
In the new Congress, by the way,
there are two Blairs, two BrOokses,
two HarrisOns, two HazletOns, two
Mycrses, two Perrys, two Rjces, two
RObeTtses, two Rogers, two Speers,
two TOwnsends, two William Wilt
ans, two Wilson's, three Fosters and
three Smiths.
And, 10y the way, there will be Port
er and Hale for the bibulOus. Buck.
Of Alabama, has gone out with the
FOrty-first Congress, but he Is succeed
ed Sy Bright, Of Tennessee, in the
F'Orty-secOnd. This new Congress
loses Cake, Of Pennsylvania, but as
comparative diet gets Rusk, of Wis
eOnsin- Biggs, Of Delaware. and De-
Large, Of South Carolina, viii prOba-
bly, fraterniZe more or less. North
Carolina sends a member who, no
doubt, in spite Of any youthful indis-
cretiOns, viii always be ShOber. The
trades are are represented by Barber,
Cook, Sawyer, Shoemaker, Slater and
Turner. Havens and Cox viii proba-
bly, be put Immediately on the Naval
Committee.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
..Enu Are Not In Earnest ,n


1t is related OF the late Hon Thomas
COrwln, formerly Governor Of Ohio.
that he dropped into u meeting one
evening in Lebanon to see what "the
brethren" were doing. IL was meet
ing Of the Bible Society, and the busi-
ness was done in very lifeless, hum
drum way. The Secretary disclosed
in his report the fact that two hun
dred families in the county were des-
titute Of the Bible, and some brother
deplOred in suitable phrase the shame
ful fact, when Mr.. Corwin rose and
said:
''MT. President, may 1 be allowed
to say something on this subject >"
Certainly Mr.. COTTin-we shall be
glad to hear you"
'Well sir, | want tOsay that you are
not az earnest. Your report said that
there were Two hundred families in
this county without the Bible This
could not be if you were in earnest
In the great contest for the election of
Harrison, we Wing members of Con-
gress gave our whole salaries to carry
that election. We thought the saliva
ton of the country depended upon it.
If you want TO carry on this work, and
really mean that every man shall
have the Bible, you must be in earn
est. You must go to work and give
every man the Bible"
The meeting was electrified. Some
one Immediately arose and moved to
make Thomas COrwin President of the
Warren County Bible Society. 1t
was unanimously carried, when Mr..
COrwin rose again:
"Sir, if I accept the Presidency of
this Society, it Is on one condition
that you 60 to work and that no such
report is made again. When this So
ciety meets three months from to-
day, the report must be that no fami-
ly i'll Warren county is without BIZ
ble.n
The work was done, and every fam
lily supplied.
Mr.. COrwin judged the Bible Socie-
ty, and judged the whole church, pre-
cisely as all intelligent men do Judge
it in their hearts. Motives they can
not know degrees of faith they can
not measure but they can see what is
done, and they infer the motives and
the faith by the character and meas
ure of the action. In this world there
is no other standard.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
French L0Sses In Men and Material
Some Startling Statistics


The new years balance Of war debt
and credit has been partially cOmplet-
/ ed by the Prussian SiddtsdHgeler in
. very interesting figures. Up to the
7 close OF September the credit side of
I the German war account showed s.
{ 90 officers and 123, 200 men, unwOund-
ed prisoners, 3,l00 guns and 56 eagles,
which number was increased in the
months of October and November to
l0,O57 officers, 303,S4I unwOUnded SOL
dieIs, 4, 80 guns; among them 10
mitralileuses and II2 eagles. Besides
these there must be included the pris-
Oners made during the battles on the
Loire, the battle near Ameins, and
the fall Of the fortTesses Diedenhofen
Pfalsburg and MOntmedy; the num-
Der OF prisoners IN Germany now es-
timated in rOundhumbers at $50, 900.
The booty in vehicles, fire and hand
arms, and munitiOn gained in the va
Eious fOrtresseS and on the battle fields
was immense. At Sedan, ,S35 muai-
ton wagons, 81 lafettes, over 100,fOre
parts of gun-carTiages, $50 trains Wag-
Ons, 81 field smithies, 81 900 rifles, s.
500 cavalry sabers, 800, 600 infantry
cartridges, 5000 cannon balls, $1,000
bombs, grenades, grapeshOt and cart I
ridges fell into the hands of the Ger
mans. At Metz were found 400
laisttes, 200 fore parts gun earriag- /
es, 1000 wagons, lO0,000 rifles, $50 .
tons of powder. At Schlettstadt 40 T.
laiettes, 6,OO3 rifles, 600 tons Of pow I
der, {
These figures may give some idea Of /
the amount of booty made during the .
wkOle campaign. The value of this .
to Germany is very little, since of the .
guns and munitiOn of the greater part /
is Of no use to the German artillery,
and Ouly valuable for remelting. The
loss of the French is all the greater.
In the annual report sent into the
Corps Legislatif, in 1867, in the arma-
ment of France, the arms on hand
were given at 1,700 riiied field guns,
and with the smOOth-b0res on hand
(6,2D0l, and hOwitzers of various cali
bars, 500 mitrailleuses, and about 600
mortars, in ali some 1900. Whether
these were all on hand or distributed,
it is not said. The French loss on guns
alone has been estimated by a Ger
man writer at nearly %, 900, 600 francs. Il
The total French loss of men is estim-
ated by Julius Won Wickede at 500, 900
10000 being killed, wounded, or
unable to do duty. These figures are
if anything, too small. The total Ger
man losses, in killed, wounded, sick,
and those who have died from disease
aae not far from 100000 men. As
those who die from disease are net en-
tered in the official lists of the dead, it
is impossible to say how many men
the war actually cost. That disease
carries off more men than the bullet
is fact proved in all previous wars.
But the loss that Germany has to bear
is infinitely smaller than would have
been in case had France invaded Ger
many. When Prussia invaded Aus ,
tria In 1856, the result was that those
districts which the armies passed
through, or stayed in, lost by disease
alone, mostly cholera, 25O,0OO of the
and loss, but correspon-
dinghy greater, is now to be recorded ,
in France, the figures of which will ,
startle the world when published.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
TERMS, 81 90 PER YEAR
ALONE WITH GOD.

Alone with thee, my God alone with thee
Thus wouIdst thou have It still-thus let Z
be.
There Is a secret chamber IN each mind,
Which none can find
But he who made it-none beside can know
It's Joy OF woe.
on may 7 enter it, oppressed by care.
And find thee there:
So full Of watchfuI love. thou knowest th'
why
OF every sigh.
Then al thy righteous dealings shall I see,
Alone with thee. my God: alone with thee
The joys Of earth ARE like a summers day.
Fadingaway;
But In the twilight we may better trace
Thy wondrous grace,
The homes Of earth are emptied Oft by death
With chilling breath:
The loved departed guest may ope no more
The weIl-known door:
stH in that chamber seaI'd thoult dwell
with me
And I with thee. my God! alone with thee
The worlds false voice would hid me enter
not
That hallow'd spot:
And earthly thoughts would follow on my
track
To hold me back.
Or seel- % break the sacred peaca within
with this worlds din.
But, by thy graces. III cast them al aside,
Whatc'er betidn.
And never let that cell deserted be.
Where may dwell alone, my God, with
thee.
The war may rage! keep thou the citadel,
And all IS well.
And when learn the fullnesS OF thy love
With thee above
When every heart oppressed by hidden grief
Shall gain relief
WheI- every weary soul shall ind It's rest
Amidst the blest-
Then all my heart, from sin and sorrow free,
Shall bc,a temple meet, Eny God, for thee!
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
In Economical Husband.

In the old town Of W, I'm the
Pine Tree State, lived one Of those
unfortunate lords Of creation who had,
in not a very lOnSiife, put on mourn
ing for three departed wives. But
time assuages heart-wounds as well as
those Of the flesh. In due time a
fourth was inaugurated mistress Of
his heart and house. He was a very
prudent man, and suffered nothing 10
be wasted. When the new wife was
putting things TO rights, cleaning IN
in the attic, she came across a long
piece Of board, and was about Iauneh-
ing it out Of the window, when little
Sadie interpOsed, and said: TOh
don't, mamma that Is the hoard
papa lays'o mammas on when thev
die, and he wants to save Il ~ Nav
ertheless, out it went.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Great Sale OF Real Estate
on
TEN YEARS TIME.

THE undersigned viii sell one OF the best
Il farms In Hancock county, containing
about 10 acres Of the very best land, with
three bearing orchards OF over 200 trees, two
OF them young and OF the best selected fruit
OF the country. Two good Dwelling Houses,
two good barns, one of them the largest and
best in the county, good Out-buildings OF all
kinds, including workshop and tOoI-house:
plenty Of timber. The improvements are at
each end Of the farm, so that the farm would
divide into two farms TO g cd advantage;
running water through tn center OF the
farm the year round, so this stock can have
water from nearly every He'd; two wells OF
water, pure and never known 20 fail. The
farm is situated adjoining the town OF Find
lay, on the Ridge Road west OF said town
Part Of il Out-lOts Neils Addition to the
town, and Ouly fifteen minutes walk from
the L. E & 4. Depot; also the Infrmary road
runs on the west side Of the farm. The own
er viii sell said farm 10 the highest bidder
on Thursday, March 30, at II O'Clock, on the
premises. Possession given ON day Of sale;
ten years time with s2,5O0 or 200 down, ball
ance in ten annual payments, with interest
at per cent, payable annually. VIII also
sell on the same day at p. NJ, the well
known brick block, corner Of Main and
Main Cross streets, town Of Flndlay. The
lot ON which said stores stand Is 301<xl50
feet. VIII be sold subject to the present
leases, which expire April lst, lS72, except
the law Office Of Anderson & PendletOn. IL
tie warranted good. Reason for selling Is
that the owner lives in Toledo, and cannot
attend TO said Property personally. For
or address o. s. BOND, Toledo, O.
over 100 bushels Of corn in the crib will be
offered the same day, on six months time
I9-5t.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
70 DEEP FOR THAT"

'Nes," said Farmer Brown,
Bringing his hard fist down
On The old oak table;
They say that men can talk,
From Paris to New York.
Through The sunken cable.
'' lis perfectly,ah-urd,
For 70 hear a single word
No man is able;
And its clear enough TO ne
That this wide spread mystery
Is a foolish fable
''The news we get from Rome
Is all made up at home,
'Tis my conviction;
And that, you see, will account
For the terrible amount
OF contradiction.
Yes said Farmer Brown,
Brin zing his hard fists down
On the old hard oak table;
Ny wife and have tried
The experiment; we tied
a good stout bit OF cable
''To the fence just over there,
And the rocker OF this chair;
And we couldn't do il.
Though we screamed ourselves a. hoarse
As tree tOads but Of course
Not one word went throughiL
Don't talk 70 me, pray,
OF fresh news every day,
Through sunlzen cables;
Sea yarns are always tough,
And have heard enough
OF such old fablesr'
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-16
Trouble.

I compare the troubles which we
have to undergo, in the course Of a
year, to q bundle of faggOts, far too
large for Us to carry. But God does
not require US to carry the whole at
once. He mercifully unties the bun
die and gives US first one stick. This
we might easily manage, if we could
have only the burden appointed for Us
each day; but we choose to increase our
trouble By carrying Yesterdays stick
over again to-day, and adding to-mor-
rows burden to our load before We are
required 10 bear it.-J0h1 Merton.