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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-11-17

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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-11-17
THE ROUTE TO THE VIRGINIA SPRINGS.

THE STEAMERS of this Line leave Baltimore
DAILY, Sundays excepted) from Pier 2 Light
Street No. so street at 4 P. NJ, and con-
'inue to connect with the York River Rail-
road at West Point, and ARRIVING IN RICH
MOND at $40 A. NJ the following day, in
time to connect With the Express Tram on the
Danville Road for nanville, Greensboro, Sails
bury, Charlotte, N c., Columbia, S. c., and all
points South, and G. & O. R. R. for the Springs
This Line affords the most comfortable and
eastfatiguing journey to persons travelling South
and to the Virginia Springs. of all lines between
the North and the South, -
Through Tickets for sale at Terminal Stations
of connecting roads. 5-s- ..
FREIGHTS by this Line, received DAILY,
handled carefully and forwarded with dispatch,
at the lowest through rates. -.4iI4'
va Arrangements have also been made with
the James River and Kanawha Canal, by which
Through Freights to Lynchburg and other points
on that Line are received Daily, and forwarded
promptly on through rates.
Through Tickets on this line can be procured
aJ the depot in this place, and at all stations on
the line of the G. & O. Railroad.
GEN WINS. G. WICKHAM, Vice Pres and
Supt. Chesapeake and Ohio r. R. XII
5@ THOS. DODAMEAD,
Supt. Il. & Y. R. and R. & D. Railroads.
nh. HOTCHKISS, General Travelling Agent
of G. &. O. R, B, and r. ny. R. R. R.
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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
Only his Aunt.

Hark to the experience of Barriek
OfHt of New Orleans: He loved not
wisely but too well. He could no
appreciate the lOveliness of his fianesa
if he did not compare it with tba! oil
others:
He was walking up st. Charles
street day OF two ago with a fair
ballet girl, when suddenly he was
confronted with his Dulcinea. He had
talked to her of a pretty sister, and
evidently she supposed this t. be the
person. She stopped, smiling expect
ing an introduction, But Barrick hes
itated, and appeared 10th to give it.
''YOur sister, I believe ~ said the
lady.
"Ah yes-nO! another person, !" said
the sOrely troubled swain.
''NOt his sister 1 assure yOu," inter-
rupted the ballet girl.
''Indeed ~
"NO, ma'am Pm the young
mans"
"What?" eoldly interviewed Dulein-
ea.
"AuntW hastily replied Bsrrick,
she's my aunt"
"She's very young for such a rela-
tive"
"Yes," said Barriek, with empha-
sis, '.they always were young in my
rms settled the difficulty. There
were no fuI ther inquiries made.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
The Cafacnmhs Of Paris.

The catacOmbs of Paris are not nat
ural excavations formed by the pow
erful hand of the Creator, but ancient
quarries and caverns which had been
abandoned in the middle ages, and
from which all the stone used in the
edifices of Paris in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries was extracted.
Before the recent re- airs and embel-
lishments the deSccIt into those sub
terranean labyrinJhs was tedious. diff
ficult and dangerous; the walls were
moist, DAMP, and viscCus, and cover
ed with Shiny, greenish moss, an
cryptOgamOus vegetation; dull, close
oppressive air almost stifled and chok-
ed the hardy adventurer in these
realms of sorrow, and a nauseOus feel
ing arose from inhali1g the deathly,
foul odor which escape from the fetid
vaults. Add. to this the dread of an
excursion not free from danger, the
vertigo caused by descending the dir
ty, narrow-winding stairway, and you
can form an idea of the feelings and
impressions produced on the visi IT
while cropping his way down the n me-
ty rugged stone steps leading II the
entrance Of the catacOmbs.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
Little Story on Grant.
The Roanoke virginia. Times pub
liShas tho foIIovriro.

The Roanoke (Virginia) Times pub
fishes the following:
A good story is told by one of the
Methodist ministers now in this place
attending Conference. We do not
recollect of overseeing it in print, and
we think it too good to be lost. 1t is
as fellows:
During the war a "Confed," was
captured by the Yankees, and hap
pened to be taken to General Grants
headquarters. After being question
ed by the General, the old "COnfed.r y
asked where he was going?
"I am going" says Grant, "to Rich
mond, to Petersburg, to Heaven, and
it may be will go to hell"
After cycling the General for several
moments, the old ''COnfed." said;
General Grant, you can't 60 to
Richmond, for General Lee is there;
you can't go to Petersburg, for Gener-
al Beauregard is there; you can't go
to Heaven, for StOnewall Jackson is
there; but as to going to hell you may
get there, for 1 know of no COnfede-
rate in that region"
A very good little story Pretty
sharp old COnfederate-6m
Grant did go to Richmond-and Lee
wasn't tthere-mUch.
Grant did go to Petersburg and
Beauregard wasn't there.
Consequently he may go to Heaven
without finding StOnewall Jackson;
and if he did go to hell, he would
stand a Fright smart chance" of
over a number of Confede-
rate officers. The way the thing came
out in the end, left these matters a
good deal mixed.-SprinqJield Rep1tb.
Tic.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
AReunlOn By Mistake.

Some years ago, in Northeastern
Ohio, there lived and loved q young
couple named Charles Bowers and
Sarah Blair. Who was in fault the
narrator knOweth not; but the
cards were dealt for this game of life,
the fair Sarah held no "BOwers." s"
Time rolled on, and she gave her hand
in marriage to a suitOr named Button.
In due time, also, Bowers married.
Years passed pleasantly to them both,
for both had been fortunate; but, sad
to say, the beloved companion of
Bowers died, and in a few months
was followed by the husband ofSarah.
1t became necessary in the latter case,
to telegraph to the Rev. Mr.. Bonner,
of Ashtabula, to conduct the funeral
services: and thus the whole matter
might have ended but for the FORUM
ate blundeT Of the operator, who re-
ceived and sent to Bowers in great
haste the dispatch which should have
gone to Bonner. And great was the
surprise Of Bowers on reading the tel
egram: button Is dedd-send BOigers
dOIgq.n n evertheless, Bowers went /;
and after q season of conventional
mourning, the pair who in youth were
estranged were finally united and hap
py-and all that sort of thing.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
Scene in Court.

1t is natural for a man to indulge an
appetite that affords him pleasure. So
frequently in many cases has this been
done that what at first was innocent,
by constant Indulgence becomes vice.
II has been so with Patrick O'Rear-
don, and he now puts in an appear
ance before the Recorder on the charge
OF habituai drunkenness.
"You will persist in drinking, Pat, :"
said the magistrate.
"Faith, you may well say that; I'd
get thirsty if didn't"
"Then you don't drink when you
are thirsty, but only in fear that you
may become So"
ayes, sir"
"And you think whisk0y is better
than water ?n
'It's stronger, SIR"
"But do you think it's as good ?'
"Ob, yes sir; because yOu can mir
them, and the whisky Kills the iRlptri-
ties IN the tCdter."
"But what kills the impurities in
the whisky ?" asked the court.
"Nothin' at all-it does all the kill
in ITSELF" he replied, triumphantly,
and looked very much as if he had es-
tablished proposition that admitted
of no denial.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
Fearful Predictions By an EHtraneed-
Wrestling with the Spirits.


Louisville, Ky., is Just now excited
over a strange prediction by young
German lady, Miss Carrie Clein, re-
siding there. She claims to have been
under the influence Of spirits, or mys-
ferrous influences, at intervals for
I twelve years. She was thrown into 3
I trance, she says, when seven years of
age, and again when she was fourteen
lasting for seven months, during which
she predicted the FrancO-German war
and its results. Recently she has been
thrown into similar state, and on FRI
day last made the following predic-
tiOns in the presence and hearing of a
reporter Of the Louisville CONNER
cial:
''In seven weeks from to-day March
24th) war sign will appear in the
heavens, which will last fifteen weeks
and then cease. This will be the fore
warning of a terrible war between the
whites and the blacks in the United
States. The first battle in the war of
races will be fought in April, lS72and
the war will be brief, but terribleblOOdy.
After this war has ceased three years,
another war sign will appear in the
heavens, indicating a renewal of the
present war in Europe. This war will
last about three years, and all Prussia
will glOrify. Nine years after this war
eases, anOther'sign will appear in the
heavens above the world, which will
fOrewarn people ali overthe world of a
religious war. This will be terrible,
even unto one part as unto another Of
the whole face of the world. 1t will
last nine years, and will temporarily
ceasefOrs rsevenyears, when beasts wear
ing seven horns, each Of the form of a
huge saber, win appear to the world in
large numbers, and the people inhabit-
ing the world will stand in fear. The
oceans will become red, and no vessel
can stand upon their face. Men will
cease to write. Ten years after the ap-
pearance of this beast upon earth
cross will appear upon the face of the
sun and although the people were sur
prised to see the moon cover the sun,
they will be still more surprised when
they see this. This cross will cover
the sun for seventeen years, when God
Almighty will destroy the earth. My
friends, take warning.n
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
A PnsIflYe Faef-

An ingenious mechanic in New Or
leans constructed a safe which he de-
clared to be absolutely burgl.r-proof
To convince the incTedulous Of the
fact, he placed a thousand dollar bill
in his pocket, and had himself locked in
the safe, and declared that ne would
give the money to the man who un-
fastened the door. All the 5laeksmiths,
and carpenters, and burglars in the
State of Louisiana have been boring
and blasting, and beating at the safe
for a week with every kind Of tool
and explosive mixture known tn
science, and the man is in theT. yet
He has whispered through the key
hole that he will make the reward
ten thousand dollars if somebody viii
only let him out. He has convinced
everybody that it IS the safest safe
ever invented. Fears are entertained
that the whole concern will have to
be melted down in a Olast furnace be-
fore he can be released, and efforts are
to be made 20 pass in through the key
hole fire-proOf jacket to protect the
inventor while the iron i melting.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
A Lesson OF Life.

OF all the lessons humanity has to
learn, the hardest is to learn to wait.
Not to wait with folded hands that
claim life's prizes without previous eff
fort, but having struggled and crowd
ed the slow years with trial, see no re-
suit as effort seems to warrant-nay,
perhaps, disaster instead. To stand
firm at such crisis of existence, to pre-
serve ones self-poise and self-respect,
not to lose hold or relax effort, this is
greatness, whether achieved by man
or Woman-whether the eye Of the
world notes it, or it is recorded in the
book, which the light of eternity shall
alone make clear to the vision. Those
who stand on the high places OF the
earth understand not what necessity,
what suffering means. They know
not what il is to a noble mind to be
Obliged, like the worms, to crawl upon
the earth for nourishment, because j.
has not the strength to endure famine.
Life moves around with them with so
much grace, splendor, and beauty;
they drink life's sweetest wine, and
dance in a charming intoxicatiOn.
They find nothing within them which
can enable them to understand the
real sufferings of the poor; they love
only themselves, and look at mankind
only in their own narrow circle.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
4 PaFFieidc.

The Detroit Tribune has I ie follow
ing particulars of a terrible rhine pe
petrated in the vicinity Of that cit
recently:
During Friday night, NJ; rch 3lst,
l. supposed Franklin, al eighteen
year old son Of Daniel Ell :, murdered
his father and mother at RawsonviIle,
in the town of Van Buren, in this
county. The weapon used was an old
AK, with which the assassin chopped
the heads Of his victims, and crushed
their skulls into shapeless masses
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis were aged sixtv-
six and siXty-two respectively. and
were greatly respected by all who
knew them. They were not wealthy
{ people; theirsOn has been considered OF
unsOund mind: he was in our city on
( Saturday afternoon, and met and con-
versed with his older brother, but sub
| sequentI.- walked away and left for
I Npsilant. During this interview
there Is 81 id to have been nothing un-
usual about his manner or appearance,
nor anything that in the least might
be construed into the suspicion that
he had committed any Offense, espe-
elally the fearful crime referred to-
he Is about five feet nine inches in
height, Of heavy build, and stOOps
slightly. He has brown hair, blue
eyes, and light complexion, and was
formerly a brakeman on the Detroit
and Milwaukee Railroad.
The murder was not discovered un-
til about noon on Saturday, at which
time the unusual stiffness that pervad-
ed the residence of the Ellis family at
tracted the attention of some of their
neighbOrs, and they looked in at the
window and saw the dead bodies living
upon the floor, within few feet Of
each other. An entrance into the
house was soon effected, and the axe
with which the terrible deed was COM
mitted was found lying close to the
body of Mr.. Ellis, completely covered
with blood.
An inquest was speedily held, and
the COrOner's jury rendered a verdict
in accordance with the facts above
given, and gave it their opinion that
the murder was committed by Frank
lin Ellis. The excitement naturally
became intense, and it was supposed
that the criminal had secreted him
self in the woods, the people armed
themselves and Went IN SearchOf him.
1t is more than probable that,the TRACE
dy was enacted during the night Of Fri
day, and that the assassin walked all
the way to this city. From all the
circumstances surrounding the affair,
including Franklin's previous conduct
there can scarcely any doubt of his in
sanity.
A telegram from Ypsilanti last eve
ming announced tina. Young Ellis was
arrested there last evening by Deputy
Sheriff Drake. He was skulking abOut
the passenger train going West, and
was recognized by the telegraph Opcr-
atOr, Mr.. MINDLESS, who Immediate
sent for Officer Drake, he meanwhile
keeping watch over Ellis to prevent
his escape. Ellis tacitly aeknOwledg-
ed his guilt.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
Hopes are dreams Of meu awake.

Hopes are dreams Of meu awake
/ Bdsililts.
! Habit is the deepest law Of human
nature Carlyle.
1 see no fault committed that I
/ might not have committed myself
4Oethe.
What doth the Lord require Of thee,
out to do justly, to love mercy, aud TO
walk humbly with thy God.-NicQh.
The most dangerous animal among
wild beasts is the slandereT-among
Lame animals, the fiatterer .--Di19-
mes.
do not say that religion should end
when mystery begins; but I do say
that degmatism should end when
mystery begins.-JGHles Walker, ID.
When the press is the echo Of sages
and refOrmers, it works well; when il
is the echo Of turbulent cynies, Il
merely feeds political excitement.--
LqHIdrtiHe.
When q man dies, people ask, tsYVhat
property has he left behind MIN ?''-
But the angels, as they bend over his
grave, inquire, What good deeds hast
thou sent before thee ?''-Mdhomet.
Whenever L contemplate man in the
actual world of the ideal, I am lost
amidst the infinite muItiformity OF
his life, but always and in wonder at
the essential unity Of his nature
Henry Gaes.
The troubles OF life are like the
sticks in a bundle OF faggots. 1t is
easy to take one at a time; but we
choose to increase our trouble BY car
ryiug yesterdays stick over again to-
day, and adding tO-moTrOWis burden
TO our load before we are required to
bear it.-JOhn NeJCtOn.
II infidelity, indifference, skeptie-
ism, sweep secretly the breadth end
depth Of ChristendOm, tits but the
binding spell Of these superstitiOns
about the name Of One whom the love
and admiration Of all good men hold
precious, and will not let perish from
love and remembrance.-AEcoH.
! love a kind Of light, akfnd OF mel
Ody, kind Of fragrance. a kind ofI
food, and q kind Of embraeemeut
when love my God, the light. the
melody, the fragrance, the food. the
emOracementO Of the inner man when
there shineth unto nv souI vgbst
space cannOtcORtain, and there SoIlTd.
eth what time beareth not ayvav ana
there smellsth what bresthinv dis-
perset no, and theTe tasteth what eat
ing dlmlnisheth not, and there cling
eth what society divorcsth not.-S.
AuSustisS.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20

This story is told of Judge VOse, Of
New Hampshire, in his last days,
when almost lifeless through paraly-
sis: A neighbOr came in who was uR-
derstood to have seen better days, but
had been reduced, by improvidence or
bad habits, to rather a dissipated con-
ditiOn. He, however, appeared this
day, quite Unexpectedly, in a pretty
tidy suit of black. The son remarked
the change, and inquired If he was in
mourning for any one. mo-" was
the reply; "Only mourning for my
sins" The Judge raised up for mo-
ment, and but for a moment, and,
with his former droll look, and his
latter broken articulation, asked,
'IIOst any of 'em ,"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
VOLUME 23-NUMBER 27
DOLLY SULLIVAN.
BY MARIAN DOUGLASS.


Oh. n wedding rings pretty 10 wear,
And bride OF all women 5 fair.
But then,
There's no trusting in men,
And, II were girl, I'd OF lovers beware.
They may court you to-day,
Sweet as birds in the May,
But tomorrow, look out they'll be all fiOwu
aTay!~
Old Dolly sullivan shook her gray head
Lovers were now the last thing she need
dread.
But you never can tell
Who has once been n belle:
'-SwertheaT;s iII've-had EN-; know EN- -
she said.
Just as long aS your eompany's new,
There is no one that's equal 10 you;
You then
Can have choice Of the men;
lis the black eyes to-day and Tomorrow
the blue.
had once a broeade
For my marriage-gOwn made;
On the shelf Of the store-room my wedding
cake laid;
Never that cake on the table was set.
Here I am, Dorothy Sullivan yet!
Let it 60! let it got
am glad it was 50;
Hardly learned lessons you're slow 10 forget.
'Could keep all to-day that know,
With the face that had long ago,
All, then,
/ would pay back the menI
They should get a small part OF the debt that
Owei
For Ills little care they,
Spite the fine things they say,
How wOman's heart aches n they have
their own way.
Pr0misesi little they keep men In awei
Trust 'emI I'd sooner trust the snow In a
thaw
They are easy 10 make,
Aud more easy to break;
Keeping ems something that never 1 saw ,
"when you come to your own wedding
morn,
Just to ind you're a maid LEFT 6orlOrn,
Al, then,
Where's your faith in the men,
When your wedding-goWn's on and your
bridegroom is gone?
You must take OF that gown,
And sit quietly down,
Cast aside, thrown away, TO be talk for the
town"
Old Dolly Sullivan shook her gray head =
Children once burnt Of the IRE have dread;
Let your love stories be,
When you're talking to me;
Sweethesrts! I've had 'em! know 'em y
she said.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
Negative Kindness.

Do the doctors know that half the
wives in the world die of this COM
plant? ale never spoke an unkind
word to his wife" Yes; but did he
remember, now and then, to speak a
kind one? Did he have any sympathy
for her bodily or mental ails Or was
he blind and deaf or both, treating
them with that cutting indifference
which in time chills the most loving
heart, and sAences its throbs forever
Men are verify guilty in this regard
They take young girl from the
warm atmosphere of a loving cheerful
home; and after a few brief weeks of
devotion, leave her to battle single
handed, with new cares and new du-
ties, and to bear sickness with what
courage she may; and go their ways
into the tangled paths Of life, without
a thought of the responsibilities they
are shirking, or the solemn vows
they have really broken.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20

The recent investigation OF the ef-
feets Of the severe system of study
pursued In the Boston schools elected
some very strong expressions of con-
domination. Parents, clergymen, and
physicians gave their testimony az TO
the evil effects Of the examining sys-
TEN, aud the mass Of evidence was
overwhelming in that direction
Quite q number Of citizens who got
their training in Boston schools testi-
fled to the fact that their health was
broken down in a way to make them
sufferers for life by the forcing process
in use; and one Of them, Mr.. Curtis
Guild, characterized the schools As
dyspepsia factories"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-04-20
DEATH IN Two FORMS.
By JULIA WARD HOWE.

Bring our thgold cordials my Cruel 10 make
Bring out the old linen, for decency's sake
Call in the old doctor who saw US all born.
2 As the star the eve Is the star Of the morn
. Calm the old dhousekeepcr-slIe will remem.
ber
How others have passed from this desolatc
chamber,
How dreary its gatherings and draperies
( When vitpl flames flicker, refusing to burn.
And call the old parson, whose soft, Jogging
creed
Babe Us fling 10 the poor what ourselves
might not need
Bade US look to the cross IN our own vanity 5
crown,
said our prayers might go up while our liv-
ing went down.
And call the old sexton, the old work TO do,
Let him order my coffin, all polished and
new,
Ere I'm cold, let him come With his measur-
ing tape;
Even cohins have fashions in trimming and
shape.
And call old acquaintance. where church
shall condOle,
On the ground that this body once 1Iarbored
a soul.
Ope the family vault and record on the stone
"Astwenty-ninef fitted, 50 thirty have gone
She was walking, walking through the
meadows,
Fashion could not ind her.;
Like torch-hame cleaning under shadows,
Darkness could not blind her.
She was hInging gifts Of precious giving,
Passion could not pay her,
Praises Of her E8ultIess living
One small step delay her.
A rainbow gleam, zephyr blowing;
Thought nor word could measure
The beauty OF her onward going,
The richness OF her treasure.
Strange seemed she in her f-rvent passing.
Scarcely melancholy
Eloquent viii and power massIng
In a world OF folly.
And this same treasure that she byre
LIES occasion cost her;
For in her haste TO pay 1t DER,
We ewho loved her lost her.