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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
Decay of the Latin Races,

This triumph Of Prussia over France has
even II broader significance that appears 10 the
unthinking observer 1t revolutionizcs the lead.
ing influence Of Europe. II Is the triumph o.
the Teuton over the Latin, Of Professionalism
over Rnmaaism, Of the new civilization over
the old. The Latin races, with their Intrigu-
ing Priesthood their ignorant, poor supersii.
tious people, monkeries and nunneries and
relics and shams, are sinking 10 decay. Italy,
France and Spain are all in trouble, while
Portugal Is hardly counted among the nations,
so insignificant and pOwerless has she become
All are bankrupt, and neither seems to hold
within itself the power Of recovery. France
Is a republic to-day, nominally but those
who know France well will be surprised if
she remain arepublic for one year The whole
head of France is sick, and the whole heart is
faint The Latin blood, wherever it flows,
seems TO be weak and corrupt There are
men of ideas and pure life and noble aspiia-
tion in all these countries but what are they,
what can they do, against church orgauiza-
ton, hoary with experience and per-
fectly united In its objcct-that object being
the perpetuaton Of its own power, at what
ever cost, against all the encroachments of
freedom and free thought? Spain knows,
Italy knows, and poor France will know
within a twelvemonth. Nothing but universal
educaion-instituted controlled and directed
by the State-and free Bible, with free men
t. preach its truths, can save the whole Latin
race from fatal degeneration and decay. With
out these regenerating influences, France will
follow Spain and Italy into powerlessness
that will be alike her protection from national
Jealousy and her degradation from the worlds
respect Bound as these people are by so
many chains, it is impossible for them to hold
respectable footing in the race of freer ma.
tions for power and greatness. The Teuton
blood, with its affiliations, is the blood of the
future. The Teutonic languages are the lam
guages of the future and Protestant civiliza
ton, under various forms and phases-moving
through various modes of progress-s the
civilization of the future Does any one
doubt Let him point to a single Catholic
nation that is making progress to-day, and TO
single Protestant nation that is not
DR. HolLnud
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
Independent in all things
ASHTABULA, OHIO SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1871.
About Wild Animals.

A good pair Of lions are worth IS. 900.
and will command that price at almost
any time. The demand for rare animals
is constant one, the various geological
institutions on the continent, and the
exhibtions,are always wanting new speci.
mems.
The rhinoceros and hippopotamus
market is always an active one. Of the
former, occasional specimens come here /;
the latter animal, However, requiring a
bath, renders his transportation almost
impossible. We notice the sale Of a
rhinoeeros at 200.
Elephants always find ready market.
About ten come TO England on an aver
age year, and about two to three 10 this
country. A good tusker at 9l, 900 will
$4,000 is not high figure in the United
States. Even dead elephant will fnd a
buyer at from 500 to $3.50. The African
specimens are by far the finest, being
twice the size of their Indian brothers.
Though unable TO give precisely the
prices current of the Assam market in
this peculiar class OF live stock, we may
mention the last figures quoted for ee-
plants, according TO age and sex, at from
] 900 TO $500 rupees. Male elephants
are troublesome, and sometimes exceed
ingly dang 5rous. They seem to be afflct-
ed with a disease of the tusk, which
drives them TO madness.
Lions are not all to be trusted says Mi
White, an able k, eper and trainer of
wild animals "The best evidence of
the truth of this is that l can't lift up
my arm from the shoulder. / had charge
of lioness she wasn't, thought, at
all ugly. felt quite at home with her
| was in her cage, and she was jumping
around, and | didn't watch her close
enough. The first thing knew she had
me by the shoulder her pangs went
clear through my collar-bone. 1t was
wonder my life was saved 1t is always
risky tooling with them. The lion amt
to be trusted, though if you watch him
close, and get him well under, he Is not
likely to give much bother; but there is
NJ counting on lioness. There never
was a lion-tamer who did not get
scratch now and then. OF course in the
business many stories are afoat which are
not true. It's paying business when
lion chaws up somebody not of course
TO the man, but to the proprietors. The
public dotes on that kind of an animal.
and he draws wonderfully. only some
times very serious accidents occur, and
hair-breadth escapes which the public
don't know anything about"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

SAVINGS FOR OLD AGE.-No one denies
that 1t is wise to make provision for old age,
but we are not at all agreed as to the kind OF
provision it is best to lay in. Certainly we
shall want little money, for destitute old
man is, indeed, a sorry sight; yes, save money
by all means, but an old man needs just that
particular kind of strength which young men
are most apt to waste Many foolish fellow
will throw away on a holiday certain
amount of nervous energy which he will never
feel the want of until he Is seventy, and then
how much will he want it 1t is curious, but
true, that a bottle of champagne at twenty
will intensity the rheumatism at threescore.
1t is fact that everlasting the eyes at four
teen may necessitate the use of speetacles at
forty instead of sixty. We advise our young
readers to be saving of their health for their
old age for the maxim holds good In regard
to health as TO money-"waste not, want not"
1t is the greatest mistake to suppose that vio-
lation of the laws of health can escape its
penalty. Nature forgives no sin, nor error
she lets off the offender for fifty years some
times. but she catches him at last. and inficis
the punishment just when, just where and just
how he feels 1t most Save up for old age.
but save knowledge, save the recollection of
good and noble deeds innocent pleasures,
and pure thoughts, save love. Save rich
stores Of that kind of wealth which time can
not diminish, nor death take away.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
The Little Girl Around the Corner

know maid, of habits staid,
And when on me she gazcs
I'm happy as a humming bird
Among the blooming daises;
Her heart is light her eyes are bright,
Her name is Susie HOrncr,
And Susie is the little girl
Who lives around the corner.
Shes just as pure as morning dew
Upon fresh blown flower,
Her eyes are bright as stars at night,
Or beacon in "A tower;
Her hair like jet-Pll ne'er forget
How much it did adorn her,
III ne'er forget my little pet,
The little girl around the corner.
When first we met-Tll neer forget
How badly | was smtten,
l thought that should surely die
II she gave me the milten;
she smiled So sweet and dressed so neat,
My heart was soon goner,
And all because one ni,rht met
The girl around the corner
And to the maid sweet words said
Said them softly in her ear,
Though what they were quite forget,
But she answered, "yes, my DEAR
And now for life she is my wife,
This pretty Susie Horner,
So please call and see us, friends,
We live just rounu the corner.
Hearth and Home.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
SELECT POETRY.
A Husbands Dilemma.


John had Just been married and brought home bride
graceful and bnxom and beautiful MISS
AND when At the altar he stood by her eide,
-
lndeed she was one Of the arest Of creatures,
Her lips were like uhies. her teeth were like pearls
The rose might have borrowed Its hues form her fea-
,r lures,
,,,,.,
WIN WIN ieAsiung ana music the moments hew,
Ilh midnight approached, and the bride and her
Ar. groom
heiired-tOgether OF course-to their room.
,r,
1nere her Oeantinl wreath and gossamer veil
rben Ie ieo eop iop o. ner bureau me carefully laid,
er the back Of chair by the side Of the bed.
-,
ana then one by one-but can't tell the name
NJ Inc ine various garments embroidered and white,
Asbe eat ana a%soS,o5 ~. lJit Any u ~ h dn
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
Door Yard 0rnamentation.

We have made great progress the past
few years in our style of gardening
Formerly every little door-yard however
small, was cut up into a labyrinth of
narrow walks, carefully edged with
dwari-box. This sort of needless and
ursightly patchwork is fast passing
away, and far better taste is being
shown in the smooth, soft carpets of
green grass, with the needful fiowe beds
cut ont wherever required. Flowers are
like diamonds their settings should be
of the incoDsp.cuous order, and never
the most prominent feature of the two,
as often seen among the ''shoddyites" Iii
both fashionable society and horticulture.
Our florists and nursery-men still have a
considerable demand for "box" edgings !;
and it is a pity, although tits true, that
we have SO much bad taste shown in our
subui ban gardens. Sometimes the
grounds are cut up into walks resembling
an old-fashioned patch bed quilt of many
colors, and the proprietor, not wishing
to be outdone in the way of variety,
crowds thousand spI cics and varieties
of plants into space where hundred
would be far better number, and show
TO better advantage. This trying to see
how many varieties can BE- grown, has
been curse to pomology, and is rapidly
running Horticulture. A dozen plants,
well grown, show better taste and judg.
ment than hundred, as far too general
Is seen. We hope our readers will re.
member this when making their selec-
,ion of seeds and plants this spriug.
Choose only few of the very bes', and
that of species that will give success
sion of bloom throughout the season,
and bes ow upon these all the care that
would have been given to many, and
see il greater satisfaction and better re-
suits will not be derived thereirom. We
know of man who cultivated three
hundred varieties of Gladioli last sum-
mer, but one-tenth of the number proper
ly selected would have furnished all the
beauty and other merits found in the
entire lot. To strive for the very best is
commendable ; but to seek 30 obtain
everything is like trying to gain an edu-
cation by studying everything and know
ing nothing thoroughly.
Rural Ne,o Yorker.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

The ForG Smith, Arkansas, Era of
April oath says a most infamous outrage
was perpetrated, last Saturday, at Chico
vile, quiet vilIiage near the Indian
Territory. As Rev. Mr.. DeCamp Of the
Missionary Baptist church was ABOUT
oping religious services, a ruflian named
Handy entered with revolver in Iii
hand, and, approaching the minister,
asked his name. On being told, Haatl /!
fired four shots a. him, three of them
striking DeCamp in the head, killing
him instantly. The rufian then levcled
his revolver at the congregation, drove
them out with threats of death and curses
and then mounted his horse aud fled. 1t
is said that Handy some fur years since
interrupted service at which Nr. De
Camp oificia,ed, and was indicted for "a
doing. Handy then went to Texas,
which was made TOO hot for him and he
returned here. The greatest excitement
prevails over the affair.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

DUTcu DRoLLRRIEs-"Good morning,
Schneider" We gech tis den" Do you
know what church that is ~ " Yaw dot
is der Drinity Chuich." You see the
steeple aud that little cross w-dy mp
there 2" Yaw; saw him" Well how
is that for high 2" The German looked
pleased, scratched his head aud said :
dot is goot ! Der best | hear desc six
weeks yaw dot is very goot The wag
went bis way, leaving the German smil-
ing, scratching his head aud gazing alb
stractedly at the little cross 30 high in
the air.
While thus standings smile on his face,
a friend came along, and he thought to
give him the same good thing and have
another laugh so be said: "llollo, Fritz,
how you was, eh ~ "Goot all der vile" "
''Do you know what church am dere %
Yaw, ,dere am dere Driuidy: / know dis
more as dozen years already" "You
see dem stheepps wa d-d-o-y most nit
der CLOUDS 2" "Yaw, see der stheeples. y
"Tou see him ? see der stheeples. -
Vel shust ask you, ho'C high is dot p"
Then be laughed, aud laughed, while the
other man replied: don't know but
what for you make so much laugh 2"
It's the schoke-don't you see him
the schoke--ven ask you hoD high is
dot ?' mo | don't see der schoke'
"vell dat is funny. a man just told dot
10 me, uBd make langh all der vile, und
yJu no see der schoke ? dinks you been
jumming around all night, und you can't
see notink ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
S2 in Advance
WHOLE NUMBER lll6.
The Old Story,

He told me the old. old story of love.
The story he so often repeated
And | believed, and doubted, and believe.
again,
And said there was nought OF deceit In men
But, Oh, was young aud innocent then,
And | laugh. to think how was chea ed,
The old, old story, the sweet story of love,
The same story, he'll swear il 10 you,
And you'll doubt and believe,
And think men ne'rr deceive
When they come, but they'll leave,
And then you'll find ii untrue.
But, oh, what heaven came into nv life
When he said his love was all minel
But that love was sin, deep, damnable sin.
ana heaven went out and hell came in:
And soul was lost, for the devil TO win:
Can you claim that love as thine?
But he told me the story in sw eeter words
Than ever he told ii 10 thee
And | curse and cry,
And pray to God that die,
When think what lie,
That story Of love TO mel
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

The Hon. II race Greeley, In communities
tion to the Golden Age, setting forth his relig
i1us views, expresses himself on the subject ol
future punishment thus: II believe in the
Bible doctrine of future punishment; and
while am aware that passages of Scripture
often quoted as teaching that doctrine refer to
events occurring in this world. hold that
punishment for the sins of this life may and
often does extend into the world beyond the
grave, In fact, l believe that Gods govern
ment is and must be "the same yesterday, to-
day and forever !" and that wherever sin has
existed, does exist or shall exist, there will
punishment be inflicted. And as many close
this life impenitent aud STEPPED in sin, can
not doubi that they receive punishment in a
future state OF being" aI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

The Rev. Thomas X. Beecher is argu
ing in favor of capital punishment. He
says: To send man out of this world
to give all account Of himself before the
Judge of all the earth, has never seemed
to us very great hardship or cruelty"
Yes, but Tom, how does it seem to the
man himself? That portion Of the hang
ing which is performed by the clergy
man is perhaps no great hardship. But
the neck that is choked, the body that
writhes, the eye-balis that start from
their sockets, the heart that swells and
bursts with pent-up rage-all this may
seem to the victim something like "hard-
ship and cruelty" But our doubling
Thomas" is kind in one respect to the
criminal. He sends him to heaven in
stead OF hell. He says, "GOd receives
the expelled culprit." This is great
advance on the orthodoxy which teaches
that in such cases, the poor man goes to
the DEVIL Golden Age.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
Dutch Wisdom.

Many becple spend much of dheil
wages in der vhiskey stores, and den sci
down and fret bekaus dheir napors yit.
along more better ash dem.
The only mark dat some men will ever
make i'll dis vorit will be de mark o
dheir boots in de mud.
Pad habits to n man is shust like file.
round a molasses parrel. You can't kecr
dem away until the ardicle is some way
protected.
Riches vas one ding and religion an.
oder, but you can't say dat you see der
two always togeder.
Every clean berson to pesure washes
his eyes out every morning. Now,
likes to find out how he gets dem in
again.
Memory ish der food of old age
Many beeples delest lite bekaus dey
vas too lazy TO worken for living.
A man vots sits down and waits for
good luck to come along always looks to
me like der fool who sat on der panks of
der river Waiting for it to dry u'5, SO be
could valken over nit de oder side.
BeeplPs vat VIII change dheir religion
for de sake OF broits ish better mitou:
any.
A dead king and dead peggar ish
sbust der same.
A miser always dies in vant-o more
mouish.
l pity trunkard more dan l hate
him, und fool also.
If you could read der thoughts of your
pest friends, you voult soon find dat you
don't got many.
II man don't shust teel like laughen
himself he should never dry shtop his
napors from doing dat.
Pigamy should never be punished by
der law. A man nit doc wives, if he
lives NIT dem poth, ish punished better
dan any laws can do it.
1t ish wrong to pc in error; put ven
You dry 10 convince odder beeples dat
your errors vas right, dhey pecome trou-
bic wrong.
Nodings ever comes out of some bee
ple's mouth but pad words and tobacco
spit.
Temberanoe ish der pest, t,toctor, laugh.
ing iSh der pest medasin, und honesty
ish der pest garment 10 wear. Dis dhree
tings, along init honest work, will carry
anybody drough dis vorltd mitoui some
titigulties.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

BEAR SToRY.-A good story is told about
an old hunter who used to trap about Moose
head Lake, by the name Of Ellis. His reputa-
tion as great bear hunter extended far and
wide. Several years ago, when bear skins
were very fashionable for sleigh robes, sports
men about the lake in the fall would engage
one Of Ellis, and, as the old man was very
poor, would pay for it in advance. He had
bargained for one in this way one year, and
when the first snow came, he started OFF with
his gun, and soon came on bruins track. He
ran all day, moi overtaking him, but camped
upon his track that night, and carly the next
morning took up the scent and following him
all that day, with no better success than on
the previous day. The third day found his
aged limbs quite sore however, he made an
other start and ran TIL well nigh exhausted,
when he came in sight Of bruin, who had
stopped for few minutes refreshments, but
upon seeing his pursurer, started off again at
full speed. The old man took aim and fred /;
but bruin didn't stop. Feeling too tired to
run another step, he shouted with all the en-
ergy of despair You may rum and run, but
there amt Il hair on ye that belongs to ye, for
I've sold yer hide and got ny pay for it,"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20
Vitality of the Human Species.

The first six months of chid's life is
too uncertain to base any calculations
upon. On the other hand, after the ex.
piration of the first year, the chances are
even that the child will live TO the age oI
thirty-three ;between ten and fifteen wears
of age life most secure, and the probabil
ties are even that it will live forty-three
years longer
Of a million of people, 572, 400 will be
fonnd to be between the ages of fifteen
and sixty; and as nearly one-half OF
them are men, this number of inhabitants
could, on an emergency, furnish 100000
men, capable of bearing arms, even if an
allowance be made for the sick, the
lame, etc, who may be supposed to be
among that number This will explain
the capacity OF such countries as the
United States and Prussia. where the
vulunteer and militia system is so fully
developed, tor putting such vast numbers
of fighting men in the field when ncces-
sity has required them.
1t has been proved that the number
OF males that are born exceeds that of
the females this is striking instance
Of the wisdom Ct Providence, which has
thus provided tor the preservation of the
human race. Men, in consequence of
the active life for which they are natur-
ally destined by their strength and conr-
age, are exposed 10 more dangers than
the female sex; war, long sea voyages,
employments laborious or prcjudicial TO
health and dissipation, carry off great
numbers of the males, and it thence re-
suits, that il the number of the latter
born did not exceed that of the females,
the males would rapidly decrease and
become extinct.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

CELERY.-Mauy persons become so
much affected with nervousness, that the
least annoyance greatly agilates them,
and when they stretch out their hands
they shake like aspen leaves in a windy
day. BY daily, moderate use OF
blanched stocks of celery as a salad,
they may become as strong aud steady
in limbs us other persons. Every one
engaged In labor weakening to the
nerves, or afflicted with palpilation of
the heart should use celery daily in sea-
son, and onions In its stead, when not In
season, n,--lEaueatiossaF GazettH
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

GREAT MIsTAKEs.-It is a great mistake
to set up our own standard of right or
wrong, and judge people accordingly;
to measure the enjoyment of others by
our own; to expect uniformity of opin-
ion in this world to lool, for Judgment
and experience in youth; to endeavor to
mould all dispositions alike not to yield
in immaterial trifes; to look for perfec-
ticn IN our own actions; to worry our
selves and others with what cannot be
remedied not to alleviate all that needs
alienation, as far as lies within cur pow-
er; not TO make allowance for the infirm.
tiles of others; to consider everything
impossible which we cannot perform
to believe only what our finite minds can
grasp to expect to be able to under
stand everything. The greatest mistake
OF all is; to lice for time aoAsn any mo.
ment may launch US into eternity.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

A lawyer in Connecticut, not remark
able for cleanliness of person, appeared
at party with rose in his buttonhole,
"Where do you suppose it came from ?"
asked he OF brother lawyer who was
admiring it. The latter, with great de-
liberation, responded: "Why, l suppose
it grew there" b..
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

Co~oPERATIoN CT W1vEs.-No man
ever prospered in this world without the
cooperation of his wife. If she unites
N mutual endeavor or rewards with an
endearng smile, with what confidence
will he resort to his merchandise or his
farm, fly over the land, sail upon the seas,
meet difficulty and encounter dangers if
he knows that he is not spending his
strength in vain but that his labor will
be reward, d by the sweets Of home
Solicitude and disappointment tier the
history of every mans life, and he is but
half provided for the voyage who finds
but an associate for happy hours, while
for moments Of darkness and distress no
sympathizing partner is prepared.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-20

A Duluth paper says one Of the
streams running into Lake Superior,
from the north, is called Temperance
river" because it is tho only one of all
The tributaries of the lake that has no
bar at its mouth.