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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
The Penalties Of OmnIseIsuce.

Unquestionably, human life be-
comes more exciting every year. Each
man Is affected by q wider range Of
events than was formerly possible or
even conceivable. In the good old
times, the farmer was content to know
the price Of grain in the nearest mar
ket town. Now he will not load his
wagon till he has heard the quata-
tiOns at Chicago and New York. The
trade of our fathers was affected by
peace or war in Europe as much as
ours Is now, but the news of peace
and war came to them after intervals
of weeks, and in the mean time they
logged along comfortably. For us,
the intelligence follows instantly up
on the events, and may in a few hours
change every business expectation
The possibilities Of each day keep our
faculties strained to the utmost ten
sion, and repose is impossible. We
are approximating Omniseienee, and
are paying its costly penalties.
What is to be the outcome of the
stretching of telegraph wires over the
globe, no one can foretell. All the
sorrow and joy, suffering and triumph
of the world are spread before US
every morning. A shrek of pain as
far off from US as the antipOdes is
head directly and appeals to US for
sympathy. As long as these impres-
siOns were made upon US in slow sue
cession, they were endUrable; but now
they come pell nell, and we are aston
ished to find what world we live in.
Di0nysius in his cave cOntrived an
ear that reported to him all the bab-
ble Of his capital; but we have con-
trived one that conveys to the brain
all the sounds Of all the voices on
earth. Modern life becomes q per
petual distraction, and we school our
selves to callOusness as some relief for |
our jaded sensibility. That the mod |
ern man is nervous is not wonderful (;
II he does not become all nerve, it will |
be miracle.
Busy men more and more seek re-
lief by getting out Of the reach Of the
and eternal click. They
weary OF so much brain stimulation.
But like a universal detective, it is
forever at their heels, calling on them
10 meet the emergencies of world
that changes its face every five min
ltes. What we shall come to there is
no telling one thing is certain, we
shall find omniseience a heavy bur-
len. Many will look back with sad
ness to the primative ages; when
limited knowledge made some sense Of
Iuietutude possible for mankind.-
N, y. Methodist.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
PAGAN WISDOM.

The following beautiful thoughts
upon calmness and peace Of mind are
translation from a Chinese posm,
commonly attributed to celebrated
doctor, named Lean. There Is, per-
baps, nothing finer upon this subject
in the English language:
TRANoUILITY.-On day brings on
another day, one year follows anOth-
er; let US take the time as il comes. A
hundred years Of trouble are not worth
day Of tranquility. The source Of
al pleasures is in our own heart; he
who seeks them elsewhere outrages
Divinity. My projects, my s3sires,
and my hopes never go beyond my
own bosom. Rivers roll rapidly to
the sea and enter therein without
troubling it; my heart is the same; all
the events OF the great world do not
cost me a single care. Truth is my
compass, and moderation my helm.
l advance on my way whatever wind
may blow. The clouds arise and the
clouds descend in rain without eaus-
ing me any inquietude. When they
conceal the sun from me by day, / try
to look at the stars by night. The
swallow In her safe nest sees with
q tranquil eye the bloody combsts Of
the vultures. Let who will conquer,
the eonquerer will not modest her;
and the little flies and worms never
fail her. My clothes are made OF
common cloth, my food is coarse, and
the thatch which covers my hut de-
Gays every year. But what would 1t
be to me tomorrow to have been
dressed in silk to-day and to have
digested costly dishes? Golden roofs
do not keep out sleeplessness and care;
and were the country shaken by an
earthquake how easily can gain my
humble dOorl My patrimony is at
the end OF my two arms, and every
day gives me its harvest. When it is
hot 1 cool myself in the shade Of a
tree, and when il is cold I warm my
self by working. Old age is coming
oDOn me: but my children are young,
and will repay me for what / have
done for them. If they always OBJ
serve truth and moderation hundred
years will not cost them sigh
Whatever tempests may arise, Tran
guilty is port always open TO the
innocent of heart. Hail tranquility
of the soul ! Sweet charm OF fife
Kings would sell their crowns to buy
thee If they knew thy value. Com
plete thy benefits; thou hast helped
me to live well-help me TO die well.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
Important PortaI N0tlces.

By an order of the Post-offiee De-
partment all letters directed by mi
tlal or to number of post Office box,
only are to be treated as letters di-
rected 70 fictitious addresses, and are
TO be sent to the dead letter Office.
The reason for this order is evident
and founded on common sense. There
may be a dozen "a. BIS" to one
Aaron Brown. and post boxes often
change prOprietors.
Reduction of letter postage 10 Nor
way. By a recent arrangement be-
tween the United States and Norway,
by means Of the Baltic and LLOYD
streams, reduced postage charge of
six cents for each single rate, half
ounce, on letters is fixed. This only
applies TO prepaid letters.
On and after October 1st, the rate
on letters TO Germany, via England,
as well as by Hamburg and Bremen,
Will be seven cents on all prepaid
letters. One half ounce is the single
rate.
Postage to Alsace and Lorraine, the
two provinces eeded by France, to
Germany, is the same as other points
in Germany, except to the following
named places IN the included districts,
which remain in possession of France,
and Of course are governed by the
postal arrangements with France, to-
wit: BelfOrt, Beaueourt, Boel, (Bou-
rogue,) Breum, (FOntaine,] Datten-
ried, (Delle,l Glromagny, Welschen.
Kappelen, (La Chapelle sous Rouge
mOnt,) Bireyander Veyouze, Mara Ia
Tours and Moneelander Seille.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
BRAIN WORK

Hard study does not of itself shorten
life, but does of itself tend to increase
the longevity Of man. When hard
students die early, it will be found
that in some way they had fallen
into the habit of violating some of the
laws Of nature, or began study with
some inherited infirmity. The pur-
suit Of truth Is pleasurabIe; it is ex-
alting, and promotes serenity. Ofall
men natural philosophers average the
longest lives. The great, the govern
ing reason is, in addition to the above,
that their attention is drawn away
from the indulgence of animal appe-
tites; their qualifications are not in
that direction, hence they are neither
gourmands, drunkards, nOrlieentious.
Sir Isaac Newton had always to be
that his dinner was waiting;
the call to eat is often a most unwel-
come one to literary men they con-
cider eating a secondary matter; they
eat to live, and the process Of dining
is often gone through with as a task.
Many hard students have become
dyspepties, and have died
while yet in their prime; but the tor
menting disease was brought on by
over eating, by eating too fast, or by
to their studies too soon
after a hearty or hasty meal, thus
drawing to their brain the nervous
energy which ought to have been ex-
pended on the stomach in aiding it
10 prepare the food for nourishing
The system, and, not being 80 pre-
pared, it "lays heavy" feels like a
Dad, or induces other discOmforts
which increase in intensity and dura-
ion, until life becomes a burden and
! failure.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
EATING TOO FAST.

Eating too fast generally involves
eating too much-mOre than Is needed
for the support and nutrition Of the
body-and the reason for this is, that
the organs of state, which are our
guide in this matter, are not allowed
sufficient voice; they are not allowed
time TO take eOgnizanee Of the pres
ence of food ere il is pushed past them
into the recesses OF the stomach.
They do not therefore, have oppor-
tunity to represent the real need Of
the system, and hence allow the
croWding of the stomach. Ihold that
thirty minutes should be spend at
each meal, and spent, too, in chewing
the food a good portion Of the time,
and not in continued putting iH and
but in pleasant chat and
laugh, instead of the continuance Of
the intense nervous pressure Of the
Office or library. II you lay out to
spend thirty minutes in this way at
your meals, you may rest assured you
will not eat too much, and what you
do eat will be in the best condition
for appropriation to the needs Of your
Jackson.
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Warren. O.. Aug. lS7I.
'.BOss Tmeed''-The Ruler Of New
V0FE

''BOss TWeed,'-The Ruler Of New
York.
I have known Tweed for very many
years. He is man without shame,
and Every nearly without fear. A
newspaper attack will make Dick
Connolly think that a vigilance COM
mittee is going to hang him straight
way, and he will cringe and writhe
in pitiable terror for he is really
nothing but q "fence," like Dickens
Fagan, and when he dies, even If he
dies in his bed, he will go through
the same cOntoTtions. Sweeney feels
newspaper attack like a man of
education and worldly wisdom, who
has lived long enough to feel that the
good opinion of the world is the high
est felicity but unwilling to give up
his bad power, he can only sit and
NOPE and have a mental spell OF sick
ness every time he is admonished that
no one respects him. But Bill Tweed,
or "Tweedy,p as they call him, is per-
feetly callous; nothing impresses
him he has fits OF good nature, spells
of licentiousness, a good deal of glut-
tony, and most of the lower tastes
well kept in check but, for all, he is
q powerful business man, always at
work, never Wearied out, never
thoughtful, stirring from morning till
midnight, doing a great part of his
work himself, q fair Judge Of agents,
q big brutal nature, equal TO the most
brutal situations and animated with
the same spirit which drives q mill or
runs Stewards drygOods house-cOn-
hdar1na
He is man Of big build, brown COM
plexion, square head, square shoul-
ders, big limbs and feet, gray eyes,
and quick prompt manner, without
a particle of suavity or sentiment
atty in him. If you were to go over
and see him now, and say: ''I have
come here to write q sketch Of you
exactly as you are, and / want the
points," Tweed would reply: ~
would give them, my son, to you, if
1t could be done in minute, utthere
is thousand things just now on my
hands. am on the make; You put
that down, sure. keep my eyes
open for whatever comes along stick |
my arm down as far as it will go, and
pull my hand out as full as / can. |
Stick to my friends, that's me! Ifl
that will do any good, you go and |
print it." The sudacity Of this man |
takes well with the lower classes,
whom he occasionally descends to. |
1t fills Connolly with terror and ad-
it makes the more logical |
and meditatiye Sweeney acknowledge
Tweed's superior abilities. Tweed
used to be chairmaker, with business
habits, and getting into politics ont Of
4 naturally bustling, busy roWdyism,
be read law little, learned to make
4 rude sort of speech, and has gone
IN from grade to grade until he rules
New York.-[GeOrge Alfred 7olcn-
lend. il
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27

and some even more. Society here is
pretty good, but in a land like this
where SO many different classes con-
gregate, and are constantly going and
coming, it must not be supposed that
we have not our share of vice and
crime. In Lawreneeburg the borough
officers have adopted pretty stringent
laws to govern themselves, and they
are rigidly enforced to the letter.
Everything appears as quiet here as
in your own peaceful city of Warren.
But at Parker it is far different with
no one there to interfere with law
breakers, its streets and places of pub
lie resort are continually the scene of
many a drunken brawl and brutal
fight, that makes day and night alike
hideous. No efforts are seeming to
be made to incorporate the place o. to
provide any way by which it shall be
governed. Probably this may all come
in good time, but at present there
seems to be but little prospect Of
change.
I will close now to send this by to-
days mail. Perhaps at some future
time I may be able to give you some
more items from this point.
Yours truly,
PETROLEUM.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
HTHE WHITE CHIEF.Y

Death, by the Indians, VI an Ohio AaIenturer.
One of the most remarkable and
original men to whom Ohio has given
birth, has died by the hands of the
wild Indians Smong whom he chose
to dwell. George P. Belden, known
as 1.-The White Chief" and as the
subject of volume of the same name,
was shot on the lst of September, near
Grand River Agency, Dakota Terri
tory. He had left the agency un-
armed, and with fifty dollars worth
of goods, to go to Sioux camp, about
thirty-five miles from his place Of
departure. Next day his corpse was
found by the roadside, with his skull
perforated by a bullet. He was buried
at the agency on the Sd inst. His as
sassin is believed to be an Unkpapa
Indian. Belden was only twenty
nine years old, but he had seen more
of adventure than falls to the majority
of pioneers. He ran away from this
State ct the age of thirteen, and was
followed by his parents to Browns
vile, Nebraska, where he engaged
with his father in the publication of
a weekly paper. He soon became
klIGu VI lDlS uAOQc Vi lie, anu lelG
home the second time. He wandered
among the tribes Of the Western
frontier, and was happy only when
free from the restrictions Of ciyiliza-
ion. He endured many hardships
and encountered many perils, and yet
enjoyed his chosen career. When the
war of the rebellion broke out, Belden
accepted lieutenancy, but army dis
cipline proved unendurable and he
resigned his commission, to return to
his favorite Indians. He was not q
mere hunter, for he was 8 close stu |
dent of the aboriginal languages and |
and learned even their !
local dialects and signs. His bio
as many of our readers know,
Is a very interesting if somewhat /
work, and fairly sets forth |
the peculiarities of its subject. Had |
be been more amenabie to discipline,
and more methodieal in his habits,
be could have been of much service
10 the public as commissioner to the
savage tribes. AS it was he chiefly
yratified his own tastes without refer
snee to more important matters. He
has left wife at Attica, Ind, from
whom he has been separated for
several years, and a mother and other
relatives.
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Whole No. 1850.
AUTUMN LEAVES.

From the elm tree in the meadow,
By the rilI,
And the mighty oak and chestnut
On the hill,
Comes the fading leaves Of autumn,
Floating still.
Through the wide extending forest
When the winds no longer rave,
Tney are dropping, dropping, dropping
Ger the land and DER the wave,
From the green bOughs where the sum
Iner
Tresses hung
And the young twigs, where the robins
Perched and sung
Floating down into the grave.
And whene'er I see them floating
without sound
From the long and pendant branches
All around.
When see them torn and scattered
on the ground;
Better thoughts arise within me-
And my heart unconscious grieves.
And Of sad and mournful numbers
Is the song that memory weaves.
For the heart that thrilled enraptured
To my own,
And the voice that answered sweetly
Every tone,
Now'are silent as the leaves ADA.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
TRTR 10 THE LAST.

The following is related by the cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Com
BaereidL from Cairo:
A good story is told of the steamer
John Lumsden, now in the Evans
vile trade, illustrative Of the ruling
passion strong in death.n While
she was running between Cairo and
Nashville, Capt. Davis had made ar
rangements with an old gentleman
living at some point on the Cumber-
land to supply the boat with milk,
and the boat would always signal be-
fore coming to the place so that the
milk might be ready for her. Two
long whistles signified that she want
sweet milk, and one long whistle
buttermilk, and it happened that
buttermilk was the most often called
for. When she afterwards sunk near
Clarksville, one of the hogsheads of
tobacco, of which there were a great
many on board, became displaced and
rolled against the whistle wire, rails
ing the valve, and as she went down,
and while there was steam enough in
her boilers to blow it, the whistle
gave out a prolonged sound, doleful
enough under the circumstances to be
heartrending. An old negro, long in
the employ of the boat, had crawled
out upon the bank and sat for some
time with a sorrowful countenance,
watching her settle down, as he sup
posed, for ever, and listening to the
sound Of the whistle as it grew fainter
and fainter. Finally, turning to his
companion, he said with a sigh:
" Well, de ole LumRden is dyin' sure,
and she's spendin' her last bref callin'
for buttermilk.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27

A member of the Yellowstone ex-
plOring expedition writes as follows
in a private letter printed by the
Cleveland Herald "Up in the heart
of the continent, $500 feet above the
sea, lies one Of the loveliest bodies OF
cold blue water that can be found in
the world. Hemmed in on every
side by lava peaks and long rolling
benches densely covered with fine
timber, it stretches out its fair bosom
twenty-five miles to view north and
south, and varies in length from five
to fifteen miles. 1t is really, I pre-
sumo, one of the most perfect pieces
of water composition that the earth
affords Below this lake, on the river,
are two falls, one over 400 feet in
height and the other some 1sO-a sheer
faultless fall in the first case. unbroken
to its bottom. The canon below il,
over 1000 feet in depth, will always
be wonder to those who may have
the good fortune to follow in my steps.
The descent into this canon was made
by myself after it had been pro-
nOuneed impossible"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27

MEN WANTED.-Boys, youn g men
read the following:
The great want of this age is men.
Men who are not for sale. Men who
are honest, sound from center to cir
conference, true to the hearts core.
Men who will condemn in friend or
foe, in themselves as well as Others
Men whose consciousness are as steady
as the needle to the pole. Men who
will stand for the right if the heavens
totter and the earth reels. Men who
can tell the truth and look the world
and the devil right in the eye. Men
that neither brag nor run. Men that
neither flag nor finch. Men who can
have courage without shouting to it.
Men in whom the courage of everlast-
ing life runs deep and strong. Men
too large for seotarian bonds. Men
who do not cry nor cause their voices
to be heard on the streets, but who
will not fail nor be discouraged till
judgment be set in the earth. Men
who know their message and tell it.
Men who know their places and fIl
them. Men who mind theirOwn busi-
ness. Men who will not lie. Men
who are not too lazy to work, nor too
proud to be poor. Men who are will
ling to eat what they have earned
and wear what they have paid for.
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PURITY.-I would have you attend
to the significance and extent of the
term holy. 1t is not abstinence from
outward deeds of profiigaey alone-it
is not q mere recoil from impurity in
thought; it is that quick and sensi-
tive deieaey to which even the YeTy
conception of evil is offensive; it is 3
virtue which has its residence within,
which takes a guardianship Of the
heart, as of citadel or inViolated
sanctuary, in which no wrong or
worthless imagination is permitted to
dwell. 1t is not purity of action that
we contend for, it is exalted purity Of
heart-the ethereal purity OF the third
heaven; and if it is once settled in
the heart, it brings the peace, the
triumph and the untroubled serenity
OF heaven along with it.
In the maintenance of this there is
the eomplaeency, I had almost. said
the pride Of a great moral victory over
the infrmities of an earthly and ae-
cursed nature; there is q health and
harmony in the soul, a beauty which,
though it blooms in the eountenance
and the outward path, is itself so
thoroughly internal as to make purity
Of heart the most distinctive evidence
Of work Of grace in time-the most
distinctive guidance of a character
that is ripening and expanding for
the glories Of eternity.-Chdlmers.
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Petty Exnenses.

The value of capital is fairly meas
ured by its ability to produce an in
come. The value of a hundred dol
lars is indicated by the fact that the
possessOr may, without any more
trouble than putting it in savings
bank or in government bonds, receive
six dollars year for its use, or by
employing it in his business, together
with his own exertions, he may re-
ceive very much more. In this COM
munity. the money itself earns only
about six per cent. When a man
secures more than that, it is either
because he takes a risk, and might
have lost, or because his special in
telligenee, skill or industry was COM
bined with his capital, and the in
creased income was the earning of
both. The share which the money
alone earns is usually understood to
be about six per cent.
Whoever, therefore, spends six dol
lar, nullifies one hundred dollars Of
capital for year. Or, in other words,
to save six dollars from superfluities
in a year, is as good as to have hun
dred dollars Of capital at work during
that time.
A young man who has a salary of
eighteen hundred dollare, considers
perhaps, that squandering five or six
dollars is only losing a days wages
but he might with more accuracy
consider that it is abandoning q hun
dred dollars for the year. An invest
ment of five thousand dollars would
be nulliied by wasting six dollars
every week in useless expenditure.
The petty expenses nullify Just the
amount of capital that it takes to
produce the sum spent.
A questionable expenditure may
often be wisely tested in this way:
] can get a certain article / have a
fancy for, for twenty-five dollars. Is
1t worth three or four years interest
on a hundred dollars? Is it worth
while to nullify four hundred dollars
for a year, IN order TO crafty this
want?-C CAristidH WeeklV.
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A Southern paper gives an account
of an aged freedman, who having
saved enough Of his earnings to send
his boy to school, concluded that he
would get a double return for his
money by becoming in turn a pupil
of his son, and by so doing secure to
himself the benefit of an education.
Having mastered his A. B. c., and
conquered his alb abs, the old gentle
man was given lesson in words of
three letters. By this time his en-
thusiasm had slackened, and he grew
careless. His thirst for knowledge
ceased altogether, when upon his
spelling the word dog, dOrg, his son
feathered on him with a well-seasOned
hickory, and gave him a tremendous
fiOgging, asserting at the same time
that such discipline was indispensable
TO the requirement Of a thorough
education.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27

A STORY WITH A MoRAL-An old
man, who heard one of those foolish
remarks that are so often made by the
unthinking and those who are ignO-
rant of natures laws-''I drink TO
make me work"-replied "That's
true drink, and it will make you
work was once a prosperous
farmer. l had loving wife and two
nne lads as ever the sun sbone on.
We had a comfortable home, and
lived happily together. But we used
to drink to make US work. Those
two lads l have laid in a drunkard's
grave. My wife died Lroken-hearted,
and now lies beside her two sons.
am now seventy years Of age. Had IL
not been for drink might now have
been an independent gentleman but
used to drink to make me work,
and, mark it, 1t makes me work now.
At seventy years Of age am Obliged
to work for my daily bread. Drink
drink and it will make you work" "