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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
THE C0STOF LIVING.

Communication from citizens OF
New York and Brooklyn on the cost
of living continueto flow into the col
umns OF the New York Times. One
man declares that it costa him $500
to support his family, con-
sisting OF himself, his wife, four chill
dreD. all grown and two servants,
I'VE occupy moderately sized
house, not large, Il srespeetable and
quiet quarter. My wife and 1 prac-
tics strict economy, she going daily
to market and buying closely, and at
home personally giving out the sup
plies from the store-Fo0m and super
intending all the details Of our house
keeping in all its departments with
diligence and vigilence. In dress
she is economical, sheand our daught-
er doing much of the work of making
up and preparation themselves.
There are no drones in our houshold.
"For breakfast we rarely have any
other meat than what may be left
over from the ,previons days dinner.
Our bills for carriage hire were last
year less than sixty dollars. Our
amusements during the year cost
about the same sum. No horse, no
deg, not even a cat is fed at our ex-
pense. Fifty dollars per annum will
cover our expenditures for wines and
liquors, and fifty cents all that is
spent for tobacco. We give few en-
tertainments, and those given are of
an inexpensive character"
As Colonel Crockett used to say in
Congress, "A good deal can be said
on both sides,n and here is q more
encouraging picture
My own family contains six per-
sons, all adults. My brother and
myself furnish the only means we
haye, and our combined income does
not exceed 5000 per year. We pay
a rent of 500 q month, and have
plenty of room, plenty of convenient
ces, and an uptown, central neigh
borhood. We have everything to eat,
drink ard wear that we can reason
bly, wish for, and are not niggardly
regarding our personal comforts. In
the summer time we spend q month
or two in the country with our rela-
tives, and in the winter time we en-
tain our country cousins. When the
happy Christmas time is come, we
find it in our hearts and purses to
make eacn other gifts, and often gifts
of value aside from their greater value
of affection. My brother and myself
enjoy our pipe or cigar, and OCCASION
ally our gias of wine or ale. on Sum
day our mite is always ready, and the |
deacon does not pass US in vain. ]
We go to good theatre or (
the opera After all this we also find /
q way to '1ay up treasures" in the
bank, giving time to thank God for
His .mercies and loving goodness.
Let me add, that besides our own liv-
ing, we support numerouslsoeiety Of
producers, to wit, four little fishes
In our aquarium, two tadpoles, three
water beetles, q lizard, snapping-tur-
tie. a land-turtle, and . golden cana
~, and all an income of S., 900, .
year Now, the secret is . very sim
pie one. is management"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
Shall We Meet AraIni

The following is said to be one Of
the most brilliant articles ever written
by the lamented George ID. Prentice;
But the fiat OF nature is inexorable-
There is no appeal for relief from the
great law which dOoms US to dust
We flourish and fade as the leaves Of
the forest, and the flowers that bloom
and wfther for day have no frailer
hold upon life than the mightiest
monarch that ever shook the earth
with his footsteps. Generations of
men Will appear and disappear as the
grass, and countless multitudes that
thrOng the world to-day will disap-
pear as the footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event
Of death until the shadow falls across
their own path, hiding from their
eyes the traces of loved ones, whose
loving smiles were the sunlight Of
their existence. Death is the great
antagonist OF life and the cold thought
Of the tomb is the skeleton Of all
feasts. WedO notwRDf TO go through
the dark valley, although its passage
may lead to Paradise; and with
Charles Lamb, we do not want to lie
down in the grave even with princes
for bed fellows.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07

Here are a few important facts that
fell from the lips Of General Garfield
in Congress the other day: 1.-The
movement of our public debt may be
thus summarily stated: Commencing
with January 1, 1883, we had a debt
OF So, ,000, 900. 1t took twenty-One
years TO reduce its bulk to $45, ,OO0, ,OOO,
the figure which il reached in Isl2.-
The war with F-lgland raised it to
sly 900, 600, where it stood In 1916. It
took twenty years more to psy it of.
The war with Mexico left us with
debt of S68, 200, 600, and it took ten
years to reduce it TO SIS, 500, 900, the
lowest point it has ever reached since
1916. The debt of our late war reached
its stupendOus maximum on July 81,
1865. In the six and half years that
have since elapsed we have reduced it
by the sum Of $3.50, 500, 900, which is a
reduction of twenty and a half per
cent. Of its whole amount. During
that time we have also reduced the
of annual interest on the debt
by S42, 500, ,0O0."-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07

The famous HindOo poem, the
Bhagvat Geeta, translated from the
SGnskrit at the suggestion of Warren
Hastings, has been reprinted in Eng
land. 1t is part of a much larger
work which Is said to date back two
Thousand years before Christ. It's
ethics is stOieal, and its theology is a
grand conception Of the Infinite Pow
er. Kreeshna says, AZ am the sacri-
flee, | am the worship, I am the spi-
ees, am the Invocation, [ am the
ceremony to the names of the anees-
tors, ! am the provisions, am the
fire, and I am the victim; 1 am the
father and the mother of the world,
the graudsire and the preserver. 1
am the holy one worthy TO be known;
l am the journey of the good; the
comforter, the witness, the resting
place, the asylum, and the friend. /
am generation and dissolution, the
place where all things are reposited,
and the inexhaustible seed of all na.
nre. am sunshine and am rain;
1 now draw in, and now let forth
/ am death and Immortality am
entity and nonentity."
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07

How TO MAKE LIGHT.-The Paris
Figaro gives the following method
of obtaining light instantaneously,
without the use Of matches and with
out danger of setting things on IRE =
Take an obloDg vial of the whitest
and elearest glass, put in it piece OF
phosphorus about the size of a pea.
upon which pour some olive oil, heat
ed to the boiling point, filling the vial
about one-third full, and then seal the
vial Theoretically. To use it, remove
the cork and allow thesair to enter the
vial, and then recork it. The whole
empty space in the bottle will then
become luminous, and the light OBJ
tained will be equal to that of lamp.
As soon as the light grows weak its
power can be increased by opening
the vial and allowing a fresh supply
of air TO enter. In winter it is some
times necessary to heat the vial be-
tween the hands to increase the fuidity
of the oil. Thus prepared the wal
may be used for six months. This
eontrivance is now used by the watch
men of Paris in all magazines where
explosive or infiamable materials are
stored.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
Thn nId Nan

Bow low the head-do reverence TO
the old man, once like you. The
vicissitudes Of life have silvered his
hair and changed the round, merry
face to the worn vissage before you
Once the heart that beat with aspira-
tion was crushed with disappOint-
ment, as yours, perhaps, is destined
to be. Once that form stalked prompt
~ through the gay scenes of pleasure,
the beau ideal Of grace; now the hand
Of time that withers the flowers of
yesterday, has bent that figure and
destroyed that noble carriage Once
at your age, he possessed the thousand
thoughts that pass through your
brain, now wishing to accomplish
deeds equal to a height in fame; anon
imagining IL dream that the sooner
he wakened from it the better. But
he has lived the dream very nearly
J; the time to awaken is very
near at hand; his eye never kindles
ut old deeds Of daring, and the hand
takes firmer grasp Of the staff. Bow
low the head, boy, as you would in
your old age Oe reverenced.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
OAK TMBER IN EUROPE.

The New York Eue1iR0 Post says
Oak timber is disappearing from
Europe with great rapidity. France,
with an annual production of ,820,-
0O0, 900 gallons of wine, is especially
injured by this change. In 1857 she
imported 100000 slaves; in 1856
she imported 63 ,OOO, 900, st q cost OF
81 ,OO0, 600. Most of this timber came
from Austria. France requires every
year / 500, 900 cubic feet oak timber for
wine casks, 500, 600 for her tleet. $50 900
for railway cars, and 750, 600 for build
ing purposes. In 1926, oak slaves were
worth six cents each Of our money I;
in 1856 they were worth fourteen
cents each. In 1926 the total value OF
imported slaves was 81, ,0OO, 900: to-day
the total value is $50, ,000, 900. A
similar value in the importation Of
oak for the next thirty years would
probably double the present price.
France, after losing Alsace and
Lorraine, contains 135, 600, 600 acres,
of which 100000 are covered with
forests.
In Norway, the Central Admins
tration of Forests declares that it is
necessary to stop the cutting down Of
timber.
In France, since 1859, no oak has
been felled until full grown that Is,
until within thirty years of its proba-
bic decay. The consumption of oak
timber in France has doubled during
the last fifty years. In 1860 $50, ,000, 900
worth were consumed, Of which So
600, 900 worth were imported, against
SIS, GOO, 600 in 1890, of which s.. .00O, 900
were imported.
The same enormous consumption is
going on all over Europe. France
still possesses 10000, 900 acres of wood
land, while Italy has ,250, 600 acres.
England has no heavy timber, but
her traditional oaks and her imports
are twice as large as France. Her
colonies furnish very little timber,
special restrictive law having been
enacted in India March !, 1859, to
preserve the forests from destruction.
Holland and Belgium are also
nearly denuded of timber, and are.
large importers.
North Germany is rich in forests,
but within half century she has be-
gun TO cut down young trees, and Is
now importing from France.
Austria has sold her forests at
auction since railways have been in
troduced.
Spain and Greece are almost abso-
lutely woodless. :.
The German Government has just
issued q decree creating sixty.thnee
forests administrations in Alsaee
and Lorraine each to supeFintend
Il. 900 acres Of land, thus following
up with vigor Napoleonts s measure for
the forests.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
SOCIETY AND FASHION.

Bias bands and small fiounces Is the
latest fashionable style of trimming
silk undershirts. .ef
The breaking of a wedding ring is
said to be a sign that its owner viii
soon be widow.
The latest fashion at parties and
Germans is 10 hang a mistletoe bough
between the folding doors.
bridesmaids dresses this season cost
IS much as that Of bride, and are
made of as rich and costly materials.
An artificial rosebud worn in the
buttOn-hoie, is now considered quite
the correct thing by our BOciety young
men.
The latest style In rings and brace
let's is In the shape Of serpent, with
ruby eyes, and the back studded with
small precious stones.
Fiehus, or tight-fitting eapes, or
waists Of velvet plush or velveteen
the color Of the dress are very much
worn with street costumes this season.
Black silk costumes trimmed with
Chinehilla and the fur Of the silver
fox, are very elegant for receptions,
for the street, although rather con-
spieuous.
A bachelor says CALI he would
require in a wife would be a good
disposition, beauty, good figure and
connections, conversational talents,
elegant and polished manners and
money.
The latest style Of bows for theneck
are of point or Valeneiennes lace,
made In the shape of q pyramid, small
at the top and large at the bottom,
and is made to, cover the whole front
of the waist.
White lace wells, dotted with black,
are no longer worn, as they make the
face look as II enamelled, and give q
g fast i'rloOk to the quietest dressed
lady. Plain tulle, pointed in front
and edged with maltese lace, is the
style now most preferred.
The latest fashionable ornament for
adorning lady's hair Of an evening
is 8 bandeau Of small gilt bells, which
tinkle softly with each motion of the
wearer's head, and are pretty accom-
paniment to the music and running
fire Of small talk.
Some New York ladies wishing to
put down the high priced dressmakers
and milliners, have formed a society
and agreed to make their own dresses
and bonnets, and show an amount OF
skill which Is not equalled or exeelled
by even the French Hlodistes.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
Romap catholics and Temperauee.

It gives US great pleasure to see
the powerful organizing skill Of the
Roman Catholic Church used for the
pfomotion of temperance. "a Already
Roman Catholic Total Abstinence
Unions have been formed in many
States. The Presidents of these have
now issued an address to themembers
Of the Roman Catholic Total Absti-
nence Associations in the United
States, invited them to National
Convention at Baltimore, to found q
National Union. ... .- --.
The address opens with these words:
JAN. /, IS72.-'NeW Years Day. is
noted as an auspicious time to put
away bad pIactietiees and begin
better course upon that day scores
in every community make resolutions
to give up habits Of drunkenness and
lead lives Of sobriety; and 1t may be
considered q favorable time for con-
certed effort on the part Of the Roman
Catholic Total Abstinence Assoeia-
tions throughout the country, to in
stitute needed improvements In their
system Of organization, in order that
membership may be made more
attractive and useful to those who
Join them.
There are already six State Unions,
and others are In process Of formation.
1t is intended as far as possible to
form one in every State, and to secure
this will he onee end of thetC Convention.
Another object will be to induce and
aid pastors or communities to organize
local Catholic Total Abstinence So
cieties, and also to secure an inter-
change of transfers between Societies
In all parts of the country. As a center
and main-spring Of the whole system,
q National Catholic Total Abstinence
Society is to be formed.
The Unions prohibit political action,
and rely for success on moral suasion,
and the good example and Christian
lives Of the members. The benefits
to be derived from such a national
system are thus set forth:
The perfection of the system OF
State Unions, and the establishment
of National Union of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Associations would,
we respectfully submit, be Of incalcu-
liable benefit to all the Societies, in
making them stronger and better; to
the members, in giving them cheer
and assistance, and in Rffording them
safeguards against the allurements Of
bad associates-of men addicted to
intemperance, or engaged in spread
ing it through the agency Of poisonous
drinks-to the Catholic community
at large, In doing away with 8 multi
tude of aspersions upon our religion
and to our fellow citizens of other
denominations in showing that under
the inspiration Of religion, and not in
partisan political combinations, is to
be found the best and surest means Of
checking this most dreadful vice,
which is, as has been truly said by an
eminent prelate Of the Church, "sur-
rounding US like a great fire on the
prairie. striking fear into our SOULS"
The Convention is called at Balti-
more, February %, 1872. We trust
that this effort will be eminently sue
cessful.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07

There was man in Mauch Chunk,
q few days ago, with apatentAir brake
for railroad cars for sale. He claimed
II would stop a train going at the high
est rate Of speed in half its own length.
There was & certain railroad man up
there who treated this Suggestion with
scOrn, and said he would wager large
sums that the air brake wouldn't stop
q train any quicker than any other
brake. So be borrowed the contri-
vance and fixed it on an open car on
the Switch-back Railroad, and went
up to Mount Pisgah to get fair start.
He let her come down the inclined
plane for a while until she began to
move along at the rate of sixty miles
an hour, and then he suddely placed
his foot on the brake and put il on with
full power. One minute later the eve
of any solitary traveller passing thro'
those wilds might have observed car
standing perfectly still on the track
and q railroad man going down hill
among the blackberry bvshes and un-
derbrush head foremost at the rate
say of forty-five miles an hour. He
was carried home on a stretcher, and
now that railroad man not only has
perfect faith in the inYailRbility Of the
air brake. but he is convinced that it
would be q good thing II some man
would invent q machine for taking
the hRtness and geaeral .demoraliza-
ton, as it were, out Of mutilated
noses. 1t is recorded that he has
solemnly assured all his friends that
be will never try 1t again.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
WORSHIP,
BuRo HIII, Jan. e, lsT2.

oUk0 alLl, y 6Ds - 4os@-
"Let us commence the worship Of
God by singing the hymn found on
the I'D page. This is the language
used last Sabbath by Rev. Gentlemen,
and is fac si1lile Of language spoken
at the eommencemento Of divine Wor-
ship by all religious denominations
throughout the land as Sabbath sue.
ceeds Sabbath.
Towhom is this addressed? Ger
taiuly to those who are to perform 3
part in the worship, and especially to
those known as a choir.
It is a holy Sabbath day, the
Christian people have assembled to
engage in worship-diseharge 3 sacred
obligation to the Almighty.
Did it ever occur to you, that per-
haps not one fourth Of that little
band of worshippers were Christians
or ever professed to have known the
Way2
I observed upon q certain Sabbath
at church, there we're twelve persons
occupying the seats assigned to the
choir and only eight Of that number
were professed Christians. Some Of
those persons I knew were pnofane,
even denied the existence Of God.
Now they are about to engage in
worship, for it was announced st the
commencement, "Let Us worship
Him" Hence yon must admitIt 1t is
q part Of the worship.
Now, / ask you if this is not q
practice inconsistent in divine Wor-
ship? even more, mockery? +? If con-
sistent, why not ask those anti
Christians to take part in other rites
pertaining to worship? In the few
years of my experience I never knew
a minister of the gospel to ask or
allow profane person to make an
opening or a closing prayer; but I
have know them to ask and urge this
class of persons to lead in singing.
If right in the first instance, then
it is right in the last; and their belief
as TO whether there is or is not a
Creator, Father or Son, to whom
praise is due, may or may. not be
called in question yet il right in the
first performance, then right in the
other, and Vice Versd.
I observe that q large majority Of
members of the various churches take
no part in the singing, 1t being con-
0ANlIA NAC N--gAA ~ tic CAN-111SAA ~
sincere worshippers.
No doubt this practice Is deleterious
to the cause of religion. ] Attribute
the great success of the Rev. SEQ.
Balcom to his plan Of congregational
singing.
/ do not say unbelievers shall not
sing, bnt I suggest that they ought not
to lead and monopolize this npoIta7 1T
part Of the worship. ERdmit that the
choir or singing school Is the proper |
place for discipline, for the cultivation /
Of the voice, whether composed Of
believers or unbelievers, but when it |
comes to worship / will not aecede !
that it Is proper, except to be engaged /
in by those who can 4 sing With the !
spirit and with the understanding
Praise ye the Lord, ye immortal ehOirI
That ill the worlds above"
Very respectfully yours,
LEMUEL JOHNSON.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07

At the insane asylum, Blaekwell's
Island, y. Y, Is q homeless maniac
called 'hOrse John.n He inagines
that he is horse, and may be seen
every day, from morning till night.
drawing a small wagon and whisking
an imaginary tail Of untwisted ropes.
Horse John really believes himself to
be q horse. No amount Of talk will
persuade him that he Is not. As You
approach him, he commences TO
prance and kick up-then he viii
baulk and whip himself with the
whiptail which he carries in his hand.
Poor demented mani All day long
be wastes his energies drawing his
wooden cart, and the Istless world
pass idly by, never giving thought
to the human wreck which passes be-
fore them. er
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-02-07
Beginning In Life.

Somebody remarks that little fish
seem to have the most sensible ideas
of start in life-they all begin on
small scale-and there is as much
truth as wit in the saying. Begin
small. Countless sermons have
already been preached from that text,
but until the practice comes up 20 the
preaching there would seem to be
need OF more yet 1t is not so easy
for a young cJuple who have been
brought up In comfort and luxury to
go backward in the social scale, and
begin according TO their means. It
seems like descent, and it is hard to
make il gracefully. Better that it
should be done, however, at first, than
to have to come 30 1t after a brief
period of luxurious living; for, in that
case, the last state is apt to be worse
than the first. Emulate the little
fishes, therefore, and begin on small
scale.