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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
BE Brief.

Long speeches, long letters, long
communications are out Of place these
stirring times. We have a whole
worlds news to look after, and put in
order for our readers over night. Rem
ember that, kind correspondents and
contributors. Avoid parenthesis. Drop
semicOlOns altogether. Make the
spaces between the periods as brief as
possible. Shake out the adjectives
without reserve. Sacrifice the pet
metaphors. Be not led away by love
Of antithesis, or ALTERATION. Be clear,
and crisp, and pertinent, alike in your
invectives, eulOgies and recOmmenda-
tiOns. Think Of the Lords prayer,
and then Of the awful substitutes serv-
ed up by sensation mOngers in
many pulpits. What flights Of taw-
dry rhetoric, and volleys of explet-
ives; what endless repetitions Of te-
dious details, weary and disgust the
hearer. 1t is frightful TO think Of the
time wasted by these self-parading
petitioners and lOng-winded inditers
Of many-headed sermons. Life is too
short, too full Of cares and duties, to
be thrown away thus. The best ad-
vice, the brightest wit, the deepest
wisdom, come always in small pack
ages
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
AbsurdItles OF Fashion.

a correspondent of the fashionable
London LADIES' newspaper, the Ladies'
Treasury, says:
The latest novelties which are
spoken of for spring fashions are the
re-introductiOn Of the First Empire
style of dress-that is, short waists
right under the armpits. Skirts are
also to be made perfectly plain, with
just a few gathers at the back; so that
ali the old pictures, with their almost
bOdiless dresses, and long scanty
skirts. may serve as fashion plates
fo= the coming season. Slender, ia
pering waists are not to be seen this
year, and we are doomed pro tenn, to
resemble bags of flour tied round the
neck. Do not think that I am exag-
gerating; already some Of our young
bellies have appeared both in society
and theaters in those inelegant dress
es, and certainly the wearers looked
half ashamed of themselves. There
IS, however, EOthing else seen than
these short waists at all the best fash
ion houses; so, whether the revival
will have a permanent standing OI
not, the attempt is being seriously
made to bring short waists and
slanky dresses once more in vogue u
The Paris correspondent of the same
paper says: "Among the absurdities
of fashion is that at present intro.
duced into Paris of wearing the hail
over a mOnstrOusly high comb. The
chignOns at the back Of the head are
not seen, but they have mounted tc
the top of it. The hair is arranged
higher than the coiffure, be it hat
cap or bonnet. This new arrang-
ment is said to resemble the style oil
head dress Of the ancient French
Grenadiers. 1t is more than 9
cOiffure-it is bonnet of hair; and al
the side, placed very high, is a cock
ade Of ribbon or an aigrette. This
edifiee of hair is sustained in its po-
sitiOn by the very highest Of all
combs, termed a giraffe comb; in
front Of this, disposed like fan, are
either large leaves placed one on the
other, or else a quilting Of blonde, the
comb itself being carved in foliage or
arabesques."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
LdyeFf,sIng-GOOd Hints

Tie Vermont PhQnir is response
tie for the following sensible sugges-
tions about advertising.
Judicious advertising always pays.
Ifyou have a good thing advertise
it. If you haven't don't.
If you don't mean to mind your
own business, it will not pay to adj
vertise.
Never run down your opponents
goods in public. Let him do his own
advertising.
You can't eat enough in one week
to last whole year, and you can't adj
vertise on that plan, either.
A large advertisement once and
then discontinued creates the i'm
preston that the man has fzzled.
It's as true Of advertising as Of any
thing else in the world-if it's worth
doing st all, it's worth doing we'll.
Injudicious advertising is like fish
ing where there are no fish. You
need not let the lines fall in the wrong
place.
IfyOu eah arouse curiosity by an adj
vertisement, it is a great point gained.
The fair sex don't hold all the curiOsi-
ty in the world.
The people who advertise only once
in three months, forget that most
folks can't remem Der anything long
er than about seven days.
A standing advertisement even
though a small one, is like a sign
over the store ever in sight, and a
constant suggestion to the public o!
something the public should have,
and the place to get it.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
Rhat is a Flooded Horse ?

He is a horse having more than an
ordinary amount Of drops or pounds
of blood in his system, in proportion
to the size and weight. This large
amount of blood acts upon his system
through a large heart, and cOrrespon-
dinghy large arteries and veins; and,
put in motion, it acts in driving him
to speed, the same as an increased
amount of fire under the boiler drives
of a greater amount of steam and
makes the machinery go faster. This
large amount of blood also acts in re-
fining the skin, making it and the
horse finer than in a horse Ofless blood;
in refines and gives elasticity to the
muscles, the feet, &c; it retines the
entire horse, making strong the val
liable parts, and fitting the whole sys-
tenn for speed and endurance.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
Value ora thoroughbred Pig.

The thoroughbred pig, in starting a
herd, is chiefly valuable in breeding to
common stock. By using a thorough
bred boar upon common sOws, you
get haIf-blood that does very well
for feeding purposes, which can be
further inn proved by selecting the best
sow pigs, feeding them literally and
again getting a thoroughbred boar
and using on them, which, if practic-
ed a few years, will produce Porkers
equal to the pure blood. But grade or
impure males should never be used, as
the tendency is to run back to the
scrub. The thoroughbred, if purchas-
ed young, can be had for S25 to $50
each. He can be used one season aad
sold, or castrated and fed, when he
will Of himself almost or quite pay for
his original cost.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
A Grateful Cat.

A cat in a Swiss cottage had taken
poison, and came, in a pitiful state of
pain, to seek its mistress's help. The
fever and heat were so great, that it
dipped its own paws into a pan of wa
ter, an almost unheard Of proceeding
in a water-hating cat. She wrapped
it in wet linen, fed it with Cruel,
nursed and dOctOred it all the next
day and uight after. 1t recovered,
and could not find ways enough to
show gratitude. One evening she
had gone up stairs to bed, when a
new at the window reused her: she
got up and opened it, and found the cat,
which had climbed a pear-tree nailed
against the house, with a mouse in its
mouth. This it laid at its MISTRESS
feet, and went away. For about a
year il continued to bring these trib-
utes to her. Even when it had kit
tens, they were not allowed to touch
this reserved share and, if they at
tempted to eat it, the mother gave
them little tap, 'that is not for thee. :"
After a while, however, the mistress
accepted the gift, thanked the giver
with a pleased look, and restored the
mouse, when the cat permitted her
children to take the prey which had
served its purpose in her eyes. Here
was a refined feeling Of gratitude, re-
membered for months after, quite dis
interested, and placed above the natu-
raj instincts always strong in the cat
toward her offspring.-GOOd Words.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
VOLUME 25-NUMBER %.
an Infders confidence in ChrlstlsnIty


Mr.. b, = young man of fine tai
ents, was years ago = chief clerk in s
bank in Virginia. He was a g0of
: scholar and = COURAGEOUS young man.
I but the leader OF an infidel club. aut
had succeeded in throwing from his
mind the last shackIes OF what be
called nursery supers .itiCn:1 which
was the religion his piUus mother had
taught him.
On one occasion upwards Of one
hundred thousand dollars in bank
ollls had 10 be carried to Kentucky.
ana he was selected 70 carry il. As
ne was Obliged to pass through a part
OI the country where highway rObber-
les and even murders were said to be
frequent, lie arranged to pass it in the
day time, but he took the wrongroad,
and having lost himself was glad 10
lind shelter anywhere. He rode
about a long time in the forest amid
the darkness and chilliness Of a star
less October night.
At length he saw q dim light, and
pushed his horse forward until he
came to poor, wretched looking log
caoln. 1t was now near 10 O'Clock,
He knocked and was admitted by a
woman who told him that she and
her children were alOEe-her hus-
DAnd had gone out hunting, but she
Ielt sure he would return as he al
ways came according to promise.
Inc young mans feelings may well
be imagined. Here he was with a
large sum of money alone, and per-
maps IN the house of one of those rob
DerS whose name was the terror OF
the country. He could 90 no further
what was to be done? The woman
gave him his supper and proposed his
retiring to rest. But no, lie could not
thlnk OF thus easily permitting him
sell to fall into the hands OF the rob-
6ers. He took out his pistols, exam
ined the priming, and determined to
sell his life as dear IS he could.
In the meantime the man Of the
cabin returned; he was rathera fierce,
uncOuth looking hunter; he had on a
dirty skin hunting shirt and q bear
skin cap, and seemeI to be much IA
tigued, and in no talkative mood, all
OF which bOded our young friend no
good. He asked the stranger if he
did not wish to retire; he told him no,
he cOTlI not think of such a thing.
He was terribly alarmed and expect
ed this was his last night on earth.
His infidel principles gave him little
comfort. His fears grew into a per-
feet agony. What was to be done.
At length the tough OackwOOdsman
rose up, and reaching over the stran-
gers head to a little shelf, took
down an old book and said 'well,
stranger if you don't 90 to bed, 1 will;
but it is my custom always to read a
chapter out IL Gods word before go
ing to bed"
a load was at once removed from
him. Though avOwing himself an
intidel he had full confidence In the
Bible; he was at once safe; he felt that
the man who kept an old Bible in the
house, and read it, and bent a knee
before his Maker, would do him no
harm. He listened t. the prayers of
the good man, at once dismissed his
fears, and lay down in the rude cabin
and slept as calmly as he did under
his fathers roof. From that day he
ceased to reyile the Bible. In after
years he became q christian, and Of
ten related these facts to show that
no man can be an infidel from princi-
pie.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
How Do rher Find The WAY :

/ Two weeks ago an account was Civ
en- Of dog that had been carried sew
en- hundred miles somewhere at the
West, but rot liking the place, alone,
guided by faculty quite unknown to
man, be footed his way to bis Old
loved home without making inqui-
r!es, consulting 4 guide-bOard,O or trav-
eIing out Of the way, at the rate Of
neariy : hundred miles each day.
An old horse purchased OF q farmer
n vermont many years since, was
shipped at SeabrOOk, Conn, with 9TH
ers, TO the West Indies, for grinding
cane. y storm occurring in Long Is
land Sound, the deck horses were
washed overheard, and supposed to
have been lost. Tine old Vermonter,
however, reached land in the dark
ness of stormy night. and finally
was found standing at the barn-dOOr
Of his old home. The horse had new
e. been far from the town till sold,
therefore, could not lave been famil-
lar with the way.
Carrier-pigeOns perform feats as
swift messengers through the air, be-
cause they are in q hurry to reach
home However far they may be car
ried, confined in baskets, they invari-
ably speed their way without ever
resting on the voyage till they reach
the place dear to their affections. In
1873, with view to ascertain their
speed, q pigeon was carried from Ant
werp To London, and there liberated.
The bird was at its cote, having flown
one hundred and eighty miles in q
straight line, in Just six hours.
Horses, mules, dogs, eats, and all
the migrating birds, find their way as
unerringly as the carrier-pigeOn does;
but how they 90 il is beyond our ken.
Some imagine birds see teleseOpically
one or two hundred miles when high
in the air, and over the tops of noun
tains. But the theory throws 10 light
dpOn the movements of mule that
found his home in Brazil, hundreds Of
miles over a region where man could
hardly move, having neither = path
to follow, nor companion to lead the
way. Science, therefore, has some
thing more TO do to clear up this mys-
terry.
A writer in the Quarterly ReUieJO
advances the theory that 'Jhey have
a certain sense of the magnetic cur
rents, sutiicing to afford them 4 sort
of internal mariners compass mark
ing the direction in which they traY-
el. We know that the magnetic cur
rents affect the needle, and the hy-
pothesis that they may also affect liv-
ing frames with special organizations
seems no way incredible; while the
fact that dog, who can find his own
way for hundred miles in the open
country, may lose it in FIVE hundred
yards in town, seems to point to the
multitude of streets turning at right
angles as the cause Of confusion to a
sense which simply indicates .
straight direction"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

Delaware county, Ind, takes the
palm for manly meanness. y wO-
man named Thomas lately died while
her application for divorce from her
husband was still pending in court.
That she had good cause for diyOIce,
and even for dying, appears from the
report that after her death Mr.
Thomas started a subscription paper,
circulating is himself, representing
that his "Wife was dead; that he was
very poor, and that he wished to raise
fifty dollars to give her a reasonable
burial.r He raised the fifty dollars,
but, instead Of paying his wile's fu-
neral expenses, he bought a new suit
Of clothes, in which he is now o. the
lookout for another wife.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

ana, why don't you speak?" asked
little Jake;. "why don't you ssy some
thing funny?'' -'What can say?
Don't you see Pm busy frying dough-
nuts? Say something funny, indeed!"
"Wal, yer might say.-Jake, won't
yer hev a cake? That would be funny
for Won y
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

a few years ago, a gentleman who
had lost his nose was invited out TO
tea. any dear" said the good lady
Of the house to her little daughter, II
want you to be very particular and
make no remark about Mr.. Jenkins
nose.U Gathered around the table,
everything was going well the child
peeped about, looked rather puzzled,
and at last startled the table: "Ma,
why did you tell me to say nothing
about Mr.. Jenkins nose? &? he hasn't
got any"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
Thrifty MilIIneF-She Insures Her
Husbands Life and then POisOHs Him

Husbands Life and then POIsOHs Him
After a very brief illness, Daniel
lngersOH. Of Sparta, died on Thurs
day, March 9th. The funeral was to
take place on the Saturday following.
In the meantime circumstances led to
the suspicion of foul play. The au-
thOrities made an examination of the
body, and found strong proofs that
the deceased came to his death from
the effects Of poison. The stomach
was sent to competent chemists, who,
on applying chemical tests found un-
mistakable evidence of strychnine.
A cOrOner's jury was impaneled and
rendered verdict that the deceased
came to his death by poison, Oh Fri
day morning, March IA. Mrs. Inger-
soil was a milliner in Sparta, a wO-
man of proud demeanOr and prepOs-
sessing appearance. She was fond Of
dress and sUCiety-her husband WIS
the reverse. He paid little or no at
tention to his personal appearance,
was content to be seen daily dressed
in a slip-shOd manner, added to which
was an easy-going way that showed
he lacked energy. She had recently
applied to an attorney for q divorce,
but as he was always kind, and gave
her the money he earned she was in
formed that she could not get a legal
separation. We are informed that she
had lately procured an insurance on
his life for 81 900, on which she paid
promptly the premium. He had been
ut work the past winter in the pin"Ty,
and had been at home but a few days
previous to his death. 1t was aseer-
tanned she had procured from a drug
gist some strychnine which she said
was to poison rats, and when the au-
thOrities obtained what was left it was
found that some nine grains had been
used. Her son, lad IA years old said
he had never before seen any strych-
nine, and in pulling out the stopper
to examine it spilled portion Of it.
The statement being made before the
arrest, increased the suspicion that
something besides natural causes pro-
duced death.-Ld Crosse [ VS. Lead
or.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

The maddest woman in the United
States of America is the one that lives
at Jackson, Maine, who recently lent
her fifty dollar muf to a female ae-
quaintauee, who spOrted it at a small
pOx funeral; who sent it home with q
neat little note, stating this fact, and
that as she chad sprinkled il with
benZine, the owner need not fear
catching the disease"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03
An OLDPOEM REVIVED.

THE following is reproduced from
an old paper published "when we
were boys.n It has some things ap-
to the present day.l
The Devil Fishing.
"An the worlds a"-fish pond
Shakespeare corrected.
What luck, old CgOUentoot, to-day?
Said I, one foggy morning,
As he threw out his line for prey,
Poor mortal folk subOrning.
mot much, a." quoth he, "but what have,
Beyond dispute, is fair gain;
With notes 10 share, I've caught knave,
A mlser with bargain.
ITO catch needy beau, took
\ draggle-tail'd slrtOut-f
A would-be belle found on my hook
A tempting fuIl-dress suit.
"I caught a Congress, by dint
OfdOu5Le compensation;
A Lawyer on promotion bent,
By timely nomination.
"These lawyers are, though oft you wish
(No thanks for't) Satan had 'em,
The most Improbable fish
Ofall the sons Of Adam,
"I caught a Surgeon with high
Fed suject for dissection
An Office hunter with a lie,
Well seasoned for election.
"What fish bite sharpest, Pug ?" says L
"Why, as to that, quoth he,
81 ind not many veryshy
"Ofhigh or low degree.
"Your topper bites well at a cork,
CWhen there's bottle to it,
Your Jew will even bite at pork,
Ifhe smell money through it.
"Your old man likes parchment, when
By mortgage some ones bitten;
Your yOungster likes a JreSher skin,
Where yet there's nothing written
Some shy ones play about the line,
Till prudence wakes feeble,
And those at last are often mine,
Who only meant to nibJLc!
There's few indeed, of small or great,
(OrI am much mistakenly
Butmay, by some peculiar bait,
Be tempted, and then taken.
But there is one of all the rest,
Who most employs my cook
The IDLER pleaSes me the best,
He bites the NAKED HOOK -
+ Nothing can afford stronger Instance
fths tyranny OF Fashion, than an extra
ard Of broadcloth dangling at this heels
can never be becoming to
he wearer, the very sight OF which is un-
OmfOrtable to the beholdeT.-DeLd1Cdre
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

The best thing SAID about Butler is
the New York Tines remark that his
conscience only works at long
range" and that "When he was in
specting the Credit MObilier matter
he turned the instrument wrong end
foremost, and it produced the effect Of
a reVersed telescOne.u
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

San Francisco killed all the oysters
in the bay by the explosion Of nitO-
glycerine among the rocks, and in
consequence a San Francisco firm has
contracted with parties in Providence
for twenty-eight car loads Of oysters
of various ages, which are to be trans
planted in San Francisco Bay.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

Itrained the other evening, and
there was an entertainment. A
young gentleman said to young Ia
dy, MAY have the pleasure Of pro-
tecting you with my umbrella%
And said she, with her rOnnd, express
sive eyes looking full into his, "Put
up your rag" We like to see people
sOf.iaLft-
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

a youth, who was taking an airing
in the country, tried 10 amuse himself
by puizzing an old farmer about his
bald head, but was extinguished BY
the old man, who sOlemnly remarked:
-'Young man, when my head gets as
soft As yours, can raise hair to sci" !"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

a famous French physician De.
scribed to a student undergoing ex'
animation a disease eliminating by
degrees to the most dangerous symp-
toms, and asked: "What would you
then prescribe, or dO?p The student
after slight hesitation, replied: u
should send instantly for you" He
got his diploma
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

1t is said that a Presbyterian minis
ter out West was compelled, by high
rents, to ecOnomiZe by building a
small cottage of his own. But he was
too poor to finish it last fall, and has
lived in it all winter, upholstered.
The future residence of that ministers g
.parishioners will be so warm that
they will not need plastered houses.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

In Fremont, Neb., you can buy pc
[ tatoes for thirty cents a bushel, eggs
at twelve to fifteen cents dozen, and
| beef ten cents a pound; but it is rath-
er far to go to market.
The California wine crop OF 1872 is
nearly a million and a half Of gallons.
! OF this it Is expected that two thirds
will be exported, yielding an average
price Of seventy-five cents a gallon
The first robin Of the season appear
ed in Danbury on Sunday, and was
escorted through town by nineteen
bows and arrows, sixty-twO shOtguns,
four muskets, and eleven rifles
/ TDdllblgy NelCs.
Men may Judge Us by the success Of
our efforts God looks at the efforts
themselves
1t was George Herbert who said a
handful of good life is worth 5ushel
of learning.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

The Detroit TfiLUae opens its mouth
and says: Seth Greene, the great fish
OlOgist, says he has made several ex-
periments to discover whether fish
can hear, and is satisfied that they do
not. If Mr.. Green would come to a
Detroit saloon, and in the slightest
whisper ask any Of the suckers pres
ent to drink, he would be surprised 10
find how quick they heard the invi-
tatiOn.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

Miss Kitty -, daughter Of DIR.
-, loves her father, and takes an
interest in his profession. The Other
day lady friend called to see her and
asked her how she was, and how she
was getting along. "Oh, pretty well, y
answered Miss Kitty, "plenty Of colds,
some bronchitis, and q little typhus
fever, but as papa said yesterday, tC
make things lively what we need is q
nice little epidemic"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

A certain clergyman who left a no.
tice in his pulpit to be read by the
preacher who exchanged with him
neglected to denote carefully a private
postscript, and the congregation was
astonished TO hear the stranger wind
up by saying: "YOu will please come
to dine with me at the parsonage. "
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-04-03

"Girls," said worthy old lady to
her granddaughter, "when ever a fell
low pops the question don't blush and
stare at your foot. Just throw your
arms around his neck, look him full
in the face, and commence talking
about the furniture. Young fellows
are mighty nervous sometimes. /
lost several good chances before 1
caught your fond, dear grandfather,
by putting on airs, but I learned how
to do it after a while.