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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
BIRD LIFE IN THE SOUTH.

The city OF Columbia, ). c., ON a
February day, presents to its inhabi-
tsnts a sight which no other city on
the continent, or perhaps the world
affords, and that is the immense
number OF birds that people its mag
nificent shade trees. Thousands up
on thousands of led breasted robins
are here assembled, as in a grand
convention, prior to their flight to the
North. Jay birds, blue birds, and
the peerless mocking bird are here
in large numbers For them there lie
plenty to eat. The fruit of the sugar
berry tree, the wild orange, the black
gum and the many varieties OF the
oak sff0rd abundance OF iOod.
1t seems as if this beautiful city
was designed by its founders as much
for the ieathered tribe az for man, for
there are more trees in the streets
than houses.
The robin makes its appearance
from further South about the begin
ming OF January. and remains till
about the middle Of February, when
it takes its fight to the North. For
the last few days the air has been full
OF them in their assembling for de-
parture, and To any one who hhs
witnessed the gatherings of swallows
at the North in the fall Oi the year,
preparing for their fight South, the
assemb bling OF the robins at this time
presents q familiar scene
1t is en- Interesting sight 70 see
these lirds on the ground in search
Of food. They move a. sn army, ind
seem 10 he under the conmand Of a
leader, who, on the slightest alarm,
utters shrill, quick note, and in
s,antly the whole flock take to flight.
As they move through field their
numbers are 20 gre at they destroy i'm
mense numbeis Gf the cut worms snd
grubs. For moment they stand ss
in silent meditation, then turning the
head TO ore side, listGn, when present.
ly 6 ey peck away at the earth, and
soon = worm is brought 10 the sur.
face. which is qaickly devoured.-
E.cch0nge
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
A BAD PRACTICE.

There is a good deal said in censure
OF the custom Of Jumping on and off
cars when in motion. 1t is a righteous
condemnation, but is not consistent
when coming from railroad companies
If they truly desire a reform they
must begin at home, for as long as
their employees will jump on train
when in motion, and persist in doing
it 30 gracefully as they do, an initiative
public will be the sufferers. People
don't jump on a train before it stops
because they are in hurry, but be
cause they have seen a brakesman or
conductor do it, and have a terrible
dread of being surpassed. Now, at
the station the other day, Conductor
Philips, OF the Eastern train, after CIV
ing the word to start, waited until the
last car reached him, and then, raising
one hand TO the rail, and one foot
gently from the earth, he swung ma
jestically around and was at once
firmly on tSe car.
Mr.. Philips weighs 200 pounds, but
there was much grace and poetry in his
motion that he seemed to blend with
the car. First there was yellow paint,
and then gold leaf and maroon and
Philips. There was an elderly person
who saw Philips do this, and his eyes
glistened with anticipation He was
going on the Western train, and when
it came along he waited until q fine
rate OF speed was gained, and then,
raising his hand and legjust as he had
seen Philips do, and looking as care
Iessly away just as Philips did, be
reached out for the rail, and the next
instant was trying to push his head
through the platform planks, and
fighting the air with his hands, and
swearing and praying at an awful
rate. They stood him upon his feet,
and rubbed his head with some snow,
but it was long while before they
could convince him that the locomotive
had not exploded.-DanJEry Ns1cs.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
ART DEPARTMENT.

Notwithstanding the increase in the price
OF Subscription last Fail, when 1HEALDLNE
assumed It's present noble proportions and
representative character, the edition DdS
more than doubled during the past year; prov
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Art. The publishers, an xious to justify the
ready confidence thus demonstrated, have
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and improve the work and the plans for the
coming year, As unfOlded by the monthly L.
sues will astOnish and delight even the most
sanguine friends OF THE ALDLNE.
The publishers are authorized to announce
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fists of America
In addition, THE ALDLSE will reproduce
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with a view to the highest artlsticsuccess,a and
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ANECDOTES OF PAGANIgI.

In 1903 he obtained from the Gran
Duchess leave to travel. His fame hs
preceded him. Leghorn, where, bI
seven years before lie bad fOrieits
his famous Stradiuarius and wen (:
Guarnerias, received him with OPT
arms, although his appearances w
marked by an amusing eont,efemp
He came on the stage linpiBg, hsvI
run a nail into bis heel. At all tim
odd looking, he, no doubt, looked q
the more peculiar under these circur
stances, and there was some Litterin
among the audience. just as he b
gan, the candles fell out of his desk
more laughter. lie went on playin.
the first string broke-more langhte
lie played the rest OF the eoncsri
through on three striHg~, but Il
laughter now changed To vOeiierOE
applause at this feat. The beggz'i
elements seemed OF little conseqaene'
To this magician. One orBofe string
lit was all the same to hin Indeee
it is recorded that be seldom par-e'
TO mend his strings when they broke
which they not unlreqaenily dld
Whether from abstraction or careless
ness he would allow them at tunes 70
grow quiters sged On the fin2erbCaFd
and his con stant practice Of Piuc@ins
them. guitar-Iike, with the lett hand
as well a. barP-like with the f's--
finger o. the hand, helped, no doi0s'
To wear them out rapidly. -.
| Al Ferrar4 both he and has Vio''n
met with a different reception, y
singer hal failed him. snd ne hai m
dueed a dauseuse who had Pret'y
vo;ce 10 come to the rescue some
'o.ooJess fellow in the audience hissed
- S;uoiue. which caused PaganIni TO
IT. II revenge little suited To the
S.ees;o, -. In his last solo he imltated
he cries of various animals, and sld
S.oI~ = advancing 70 the footlights,
o.1.sd his violin TO bray like an ass,
w;tb the exclamation, This Tor hun
Who hissed!' Instead OF laughter, ,fhe
pi. rose in fury, and would have so7n
made short work OF hi and his violin.
had he not escaped by back door. Is
appears that the country folks round
FeTsra called the town'sPeopIs, whom
they hated, ''asses,' and were in the
habit Of singing out ''hee-haw!
whenever they had 10 alIuie tothen,;
hence the angry reception0f Paganini's
musical repartes.-Gooa Words.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
THE BIRTH OF AN ICEBERG

1t would be impossible with mere
words alone to convey any adequatt
idea OF the action of this new uor1
child OF the Arctic irOsis. Think offs
solid lump of Ice, n third OF mils
deep and more than half q miie l.
lateral diameter, hurled, like 3 mere
toy, away into the water, and set
10 rolling to and fro by the impetus
OF the act as il it were football now
down one side, until the huge bulk
was nearly capsized then back again
then down the other side once more,
with the same unresisting force snc
so on, up and down and up, sUash-
ing to and fro for hours before it
comes finally TO rest. Picture this.
and you will have an image OF power
not TO be seen by the action Of any
other force upon the earth. The dis
iurbance of the water wss incon-
ceivably fine. Waves OF enOr-
nous magnitude were rolled up With
great violence against the glacier, GOV.
erIng il with spray biiIo1s came
tearing down the ford, their progress
marked by the cracking and erumb-
ling ice, which was everywhere in
state of widest agitation for the space
Of several miles. Over the smsller
icebergs the water broke completely,
"a II a tempest wss piliDg up the seas
and then heaviDg them liereely against
the shore. Then to add still further
TO the existing cOmmotion thus oc-
casioned, the great wallowing ice-
berg, which was the cause o! it all,
was dropping frsgmenis from ils sides
with each oscillation, the reportsOt The
rupture reae hing the ear above the
general din and ciamOr. Osher bsrgs
were set in molten by the waves and
these also dropped pieces FROM their
sides and at last, as il il weie the
grand final OF the piece-cIash OE
cymbals, and the big bass drum OF
natures grand Orehestra--a mon-
strous berg near the middle OF the
ford split In two; and above tie
sound OF bTesking waters and falling
ice, this last disruption filled the ait
with peal that rang among the
bergs and crags, and echoin5 from
hill 10 hill, died away only IN the void
beyond the mountain tops; while 10
the noisy tune, the ieebsrgs of the
ford danced their wild, ungsinl1
dance upon the waters. 1t was Hany
hours before this state OF wild unrest
was succeeded by the calm which hao
preceded the commencement OF it +;
and when at length the ieebergs tina;
hsd been born came quietly u rest
and the other ieeberg4 had ceased
their dance upon the troubled sea,
and the waves had ceased their lash
ing, it seemed to ME that, in behold
ing this birth OF an iceberg, hal be
held one OF the most sublime exhibi
tions in the great forces OF Nature.
was, Of truth, a cOnvulsIon.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
RUSSIA AND INDIA.

German journals reprint curious
prediction made by M. Karl Blind,
who, during the Crimean war, had
frequently urged q more efficient
crippling Of Russian power. In 1860,
at time when, few years after tne
peace of Paris, sll danger oi further
Muscoyite aggression scanned pssi,
b. wrote the fJllowiag in pm-
phlei, entitled "Russia's Schemes Of
Dominion and Caucasian Wars"
{ (Russiand's Hesrschflplane and Kau-
kasischen Kziege') "With the cap
lure of SchsmJ I the final suljugatiCn
OF Caucasus is not far off; and thus
Russia makes S powerful stride To-
ward q IedtvelOpment OF her plans
OF conquest in Asia as well ~ in
Europe. STe thus obtains an undis-
inrbed possession OF the highest
roads extending into Central Asia.
She forces the still restless pOpula
iions on the eastern shore OF the
Caspian into suljec,iOn; she places
the letters OF au enforced obedience
upon the Court of Teheren; AMI she
takes the Ottoman Empire from the
rear. The road toward India is thus
shortened 70 her. The road to Con
stantinCpIe becomes open for her
fIom the Anstoliau eide. ASurelg, .
Rhenish journal exclaims, "a mos,
remarkable prophecy by the hgns o.
recent events. Russis's course, m
aSnS,no even her recent dealings win
Psrs;s we're thus torsseen AMI lore.
soI,l ) % s,r the spscs OF twelve years"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
THE woMANS CITY.


Mrs. Leonowens thus describes.
after short sketch OF Bangkok. capi-
tai Of Siam and Venice of The East,
the Womsn's City:
'ENot far from this Is another semi
circular space surrounded by a high
wall, which defends all entrances 20 the
part inclosed by the inner OF the two
parallel walls before mentioned snd
here stands the city ofthe Gang Harem,
or Yelled Women In this city live
none bat women and children. Here
the houses OF royal Processes, the
wives, conenbines and relatives OF the
King, with their numerous slaves and
personal attendants. form regular
streets and avenues, witt. sarall parks.
artificial lakes, and groups OF fine trees
scattered over the miniature lawns
and beautiful fower-gardens. These
are the residences OF the Princesses
ofSiam. On the east, high above the
trees, may be seen the many lowered
and gilded roo.s OF the grand royal
palace, brilliant as sapphire in the sun
light, and next to to this Is the old
palace, TO both of which Is a private
covered entrance for the women; at
the end of these passages Is a bas-
relief representing the head OF an
enormoussphinx, with a sword through
the mouth and this inscription. "Bet
ter that q sword be thrust through thy
mouth than that thou utter a wore
against Him who ruleth on high.
Not tar from this are the barracks Of
the Amazons, the womans hail o.
Justice, and the dungeons (where, as
IN the days OF old, female judges dali!
administer justice to the inhabitants
OF this woman's city,, tie beautiful
temple, with its long, dim gallery and
antique style of architecture, in which
/ taught the royal children, the gym
nasyum, and the theater, where the
princesses and great ladies assemble
every afternoon to gossip, play game
or watch the exercises OF the dancing
girls. In the southern part CT thr
strange city, which is the most popu
lous, the mechanical slaves OF the
wives, conc1bines and prineesses live
and ply their trades for the profit o.
their mistresses. This wOman's city
is as self supporting as anything il
the world. 1t has It's own laws, Its
judges, its police, guards, prisons and
executioners; its markets, brokers,
teachers and mech anics of every kind
nd dsesree; and every tanction OF
very nature Il e1SeTcised by women,
nd by them only. Into tins mmCst
~ no man is permitted To enter,
Kcept only the King and priests, who
70 admitted every morning under
lard, in order that the inmates may
erform the sacred duty OF giving aims
he slave women are allowed to go
ut to visit their mistresseS but the
Iistresses themselves never leave it
Kcept by the ed passages to the
alaces, temples and gardens, until
ley have by age and position attainea
certain degree OF freedom. The
population OF the city i,
at $4,000. OF the lite pass
therein volumes would not give Al
Iact description
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
The Teacher.

This important post of duty requires
no mean capacity aud talent. Some
suppose if person be genial, good
natured, a good scholar, and have
force and pride enough to control the
rough boys, he is qualified for teacher
Though these qualities are requisite,
they are by no means the only ones
Q llled for in the teacher, when it is
remembered that the young require to
be moulded in all that belongs to
noble humanity, and that in proportion
as they are weak aad wanting in these
qualities, is there the greater need
that the teacher should have suplus,
an overflow, to supply the deficiencies
of the pupil, and lead him to look to
his teacher as an embodiment OF wis
dom, goodness and power. 1t is not
enough that the teacher has education,
nor that he ctn communicate his knoRl
edge, nor that he has governing power
He must have these, aud in addition
he should have both the moral and so
cial affections strongly marked.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28

MERINo sheep were brought into
France in 1776, and kept under charge
of the Government for the improve
ment of the stock of the country
Bonaparte in his liberal policy toward
agriculture, greatly increased the mum
Der of societies, established professor
ships, botanical gardens, &c, all OF
which concurred to elevate the study
ofagriculture in the estimation ofthose
capable Of bringing to its aid the prin-
ciples of the abstract sciences, and
this tendency has influenced the scien-
tifc minds of France to the present
day, though strange TO say,the practice
of the country has not kept pace with
the development of theory, and in
manyo the departments the methods
adopted and the implements used are
still extremely rude. This is owing
partly TO the division OF the property,
the holdings, as a general thing, being
very small.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
TIE r NJ S:
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The New York
EVENING POST
SAFE, SURE And STEADFASF.
A Journal fGf all True Republicans,
fer all True Liberals, and all
True Democrats.

The NFW YORK EVENIYG POST, edited
by William Cullen Bryant, and Psrke
God win, assisted by the strongest talentthai
can be engaged, has for more than halfa cen.
tury maintained the same principles of Free
dom and Progress, through all changes OF
parties and policie
IL Stands for Equal Rights; for the
Distribution OfPower; for Honesty and Econ
Omy; for the security OF the glorious results OF
Emancipation and Acknowledgement won by
he war and for all practicable Reforms.
II IN opposed 10 Injustice and Spolia-
lion, disguised under the name of protec-
tion ard to all corrupt party combinations
which sacrifice principle TO mere success.
IL will support Grant and Wilson,
because IL believes that under them the gov
ernment will be more stable, and the chances
for progress and reform more certain, than
inoSey any alliance eofincompatible elements.
The EvenfkaS Post is equal to any other
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
Notice.

II UCY l. TwINEN, whose place of resi-
j. dence Is unknown. but supposed 10 be
somev here In the State OF New York, is noti-
ned that Holland Twinem, did. on the 10Th
day OF FebruarysA. ID. ls73, file his petinon In
the office OF the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas. within and for the county of Hancock,
State OF Ohio. charging that said Lucy L
TWinem without any cause or Justification
therefor, has been wilfully absent from him
for more than three years prior TO the filing
~ said p.tftiou and OF living IN q state OF
eiultTY with person unknown 70 petitioner
and asking thai he may be divorced from said
Inry y. Twinem, which petition will be for
heaStng Al the next term of said Court 20 be
hsId Nav H, 1873. HOLLAND TWINEM,
By =. a. BoPR, his Attorney,-Feb H-6W
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LYONS KATHkRI0N.

For Preserving and Beautify Ing Tn
Human Hair. To Prevent Its Fall
fng Ont and Turning Gray.
weII-preserv eel Head of Hair, in a persoI
ofmiddle age, bespeaks refinemefagRVf -elegance
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Woman's Clowning Glory, while men are OF
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Few things are more disgusting than thin,
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Plantation BitterS.
s. T.--l860-X.

This wonderful vegetable restOrs
tive is the sheet anchor Of the fseblt
and debilitated. As a tonic and cor.
dial for the aged and languid it has
no equal among stOmachers. AS a
remedy for the nervous weakness to
which women are especially subject,
it is superseding every other stimu-
liant. In all climates, tropical. tenn
perate or frigid, it acts as specific
in every species Of disorder which
undsrmines the bodily strength and
breaks down tn animal spirit.
ian I9. T2-lY,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
Tur cfliciaI reports of Australia

The official reports of Australia
make the aggregate area ofland under
tiIIage, for the year ending March 81,
1872, G37.220 acres; an increase of
as,2o5 acres over the previous year
The amount of wheat produced is
stated at 4,50o,795 bushels; oats,
3,299, $50; barley, S35, SOC; maize,
3o,sSa; beans, millet and sorghum,
l73.2l7; rye, &c, 8, s,496 green crops.
exclusive Of those in kitchen and mar
ket gardens. l59,O93; hay, 144.sa7
tons. Total prodact of grain, s34s
7SG bushels, being an increase owe,
the previous year of 6, ,s92 ,l59 bushels
Average yield of wheat per ac,e
IS As bushels; cats, IS &c; hay, 1
tons
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3rnsrnlrnt.
Council, No. 90, R.A s

fIndlay Council, No. so, R.& SIN.
Regular ConYocatIon second Monday in
each month. James Wilson, 4. /. u. NJ. and
ID. b. Bearusley. Recorder.
Findlay Chapter, No. So, a. A. M.
Regular ConNocaiion ON the first Monday
IN each month. b. kimmons, II. Z. and
+. w. FlrInin, Secretary.
Flndlay Lodge, No. 227. =. T. A. M.
Regular Communication first AID third
Wednesdays in each month. N. q. Patterson
W. NJ. and o. J. DeWolfs, Secretary.
Colden Rule Encampment, No. 02,
I. o. o. :. Stated meetings on the second
and fourth FRIDAYS OF each month. WIN.
Frantz. T.. +. and ID. T. W1nders. Scribe.
Hancock Lodge, No. 70, 10. o. r.
Stated meetings every Tuesday evening.
Secretary.