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Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
OUR RUNNING RACES.

In no one thing is the revolution in
American tastes and customs more no..
than in that of onr races. and
our racing horses. Twenty-Five years
ago We had outside of few Southern
States no running stock worthy of
place among the racers of the world, and
there was no general interest taken in
the work and improvement of the few
that we possessed. We were not as yet
a wealthy people, and even in our sports
had an eye to business, and to the devel-,
opment and improvement of something
of use in the practical walks of life, We
had neither spare time nor spare money
to eXpend in breeding and training
horses serviceable for racing only, and
of no use whatever in our daily occupa-
tons. On the other hand, with our
fast. restless disposition-our desire to
obliteraGe space in business and social
transactions-it is but matter of course
that we should seek daily to augment
and Improve 4 race of horses that could
rattle us along from store to dwelling,
from business to pleasure, and from town
to town. Hence, while England bred
her Derby racers, the American trotter
grew with every year until the world
had nothing that could compare with
him in speed, bottom, or beauty of act
ion.
OF late we have changed all this, The
trotting horse, to be sure. has not fallen
away, but the runner has slowly come
to the front, and stretches neck and
neck in the race for public favor AS
our wealth has increased, SO has our de-
sire for sport, pure and simple. without
any practical bearings. Jockey clubs
and courses have been established in all
our leading cities, prizes and cups have
been made perpetual, with large outlay
of money, and every season our press
from shore to shore teens with full par.
ticulars of some of the fastest running
the racing world has seen. With this
usual abandon of our race in the pursuit
either of business or pleasure, the change
has been astonishingly rapid. In such
| a few international contests as have ta
| ken place the American racer has latel,
held his own with the best running
blood of England; and though we hav,
no such glaring displays as the Derby
and the Oaks, the aggregate capital rep
| resented in our seasons races is ever
now but little below that of England
America is rapidly getting older.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
SUMNER.
BY MRS, FANNIE RExFoRD.


NH, Summer day! Glad Summer day!
~ Thy morn is filled with Natures voices gay,
Thy noon with drowsy insects lay.
Thy eve in starlit silence dies away,
Upon thr breast-glad Summer day!
Oh, Summer hours! oh, golden hours
That crown the queenly earth with queeniy
flowers,
Perfeeting all her latent powers
BY Smiles and tears-thy sunshine and thy
showers;
This is thy work-ch, golden hours!
oh, Summer time! Rich Summer time!
What wealth OF glorious gifts is thine;
Around thy brow thou tWinst the vine,
And giveth 10 Autumn gladd' ming, purple wine
w iLh luscious fruitS-rich Summer time!
Oh, Summer bright With golden light!
Thou giveth song Of joy-by day. by night
TO him who reads thy page Alright, ,
And yields to thought and faith their upward
flight. e-..szfsS -EL.5 u
Deep song of prase-oh, Summer bright!
Oh, Summer sweet! What fountains deep,
Oflove and joy, within thy bosom sleep,
And, though thy skies may cloud and weep,
Gods radiant DO doth faithful promise keep
That thou shalt liVe-Oh Summer sweet!
Thy glowing hours with flying feet.
May hasten, many waiting lands to greet,
But soon from out the Spring time sweet,
With robes of green and countless blossom
meet,
Shalt thou thy carnival repeat
While time endures-oh, Summer sweet!
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
PUZZLHNti QUESTIONS,

To show how easily the min9 is
puzzled by any complication of state
ment, we once propounded the follow
ing to a gentleman: A owes b $500 and
admits the debt. AS father dies intes-
tate, and BIS father takes the benefit of
the bankrupt act. Does this discharge
AS obligation to b? After no little
consideration several of the company de-
cided that it did! 1t seemed to the
friend, with whom we were arguing,
perfectly easy for any Intelligent per-
son to throw out all the latter items OF
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
sosG OF THE SEASON

~ AUNT Winter fiinging flakes of snow,
" Deep burdening fields and wood an
hill;
Dim days, dark nights, slow trailing fogs,
And bleakene,l air severe and chill.
And swift the seasons elfcling run
And still they change till all are done.
Young Spring with promise in her eyes,
Aud fragrant breath from dewy mouth,
And magic touches from the hooks
OF fbudding flowers when wind is south,
And swiftthe seasons circlfng run
And so they change till all is done.
The Summer stands erect and tall,
18th early sunrise for the lawn,
Thick foliaged woods and gittefing seas,
And loud birds chirping in the dawn.
And swift the seasons circling run
And still they change till all is done.
Brown Autumn quiet with ripe fruits,
And haggards stacked with harvest gold,
And fiery flashes from the loaves.
And silent cloud skies soft outrOlled.
Ands the seasons circiing run
And still they change till all is done.
Swift speeds our life from less to more,
The child, the man, the work, the rest,
The SOLDERING mind, the ripenng soul,
Till yonder all is bright and blest.
For SO the seasons circling run
And swift they change till all is done.
Yes, yonder-if indeed the orb 4.
Of life revolves round central Light,
Forever true to central force,
And steadfaSt, come the balm or blight.
And so indeed the seasons run
And last is best when all is done.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
A Woman's Error.
BY MRS. X. b. EDISON.
CHAPTER XI.

2@Ss85
NSgy8 OU see," Morris continued, after
TSSesksSS he iEld obtained a private room,
@SSg where they could be free from
.~9HsUV interruption, " haye not made
the progress should if had been quite
positive from the first, about its being
Walter Hargrave. l never was partic-
ularly acquainted with the mani don't
remember ever speaking to him twice
in my life; but 1 knew him by sight,
and | think he knew me in the same
way. However, | havn't seen him for
two years before his disappearance, and
he has changed II great deal since then.
/ am willing to own that it gave me
something of Ii start the first time | met
him. 1t was in the evening, and the
glare of the gaslight gave ghostly pal
Tor to his face, as he passed me. | am
not generally afraid of flesh and blood,
especially by daylight, but this man,
VINO had been dead more than year,
did frighted me q little but as watched
him pass other men, and they made way
for him, j concluded he must be IL tangi
BILE, material being. Then teIegraphed
the first time, and then again after had
seen him twice more, and grown more
sure of his identity. l have never
seen him, however, by daylight, though
have walked, really believe, hun
dred miles, up and down through the
city. But night before last-and thi
was the clue [ mentioned in my las
dispatch-he passed me for the thirc
time in nearly the same place. He il
always going in the same direction.
put myself III his way, so that he ha,
to brush against me quite hard In pas
sing. / had noticed, as be came up, tn
II a 4, 4.
from his breast-pocket, and l ventnred
ut the risk of being apprehended for
pickpocket, to possess myself of tn
handkerchief, for saw 1t was white an
fine, like lady's. Well, here it is,
drawing pretty, hem-stitched trifl
from his pocket, and spreading it on
on his knees. -.~
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09

prove true for us also. ssWheneyer the
Sound Of the, new gospel which is to win
the nations back TO the ancient and no.
BILE ways, is heard in the, land, it is fair
to ex pect that it will find her ears Who'll
fy closed, and that when the altar of
duty is again set up By, her employers,
she will Fay on it attractive, beefsreaks,
potatoes done to a turii,,' make libations
of delicious soup, display remarkable
fertility, in sweets, an extreme fondness
for washing, and learn to grow old in
one family % So go -.--
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
PASSING SAILS.
BY LUCY LARcoM.

r watched the white sails passing,
l. Passing on the sea.
One went bird-wise, wing and wing,
Fluttering joyously;
Ocean space she seems to I'LL
With her lovely flight;
None noted any other sail
Till she was out of sight.
Behind her one was dimly
Penciled on the mist; Ls-4
If the sail yspeck moved at all ,
Scarce the watchers wist.
Yet was this an Indian bark,
On her voyage of years; %.'fs
And that the pretty pleasure yacht,
An idling school-bOy steers.
Sails upon other oceans
Come and go like these;
Every careless eye the near
For the better seas.
Yet the mind obscure and slow,
NobieP craft may be,
OF larger draught and cOstlier freight
And farther out at sea.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09
RESURGAm.

KsESURGsAM.
s-s BY WIN. II. MORRIS.
TROWN me with Autumn leaves
From trees that earliest fail!
And Bid them-while your parting sunbeam
gIeiyes,
And twilight soGther lonely mantle Weaves-
Sigh TO the melancholy gale. .
Pale types of prouder clay,
How well ye mark my LOTT
E'en as your whitening fibers fast decay,
So fade the chapets ofmy life away,
To fall and be forgot.
Crown me with buds of Spring!
Yea, deck my temples now!
Haste, the young snowdrop from Its bed TO
bring, 4...- -.
And lure the zephyr on his infant wing.
TO bathe with tenderest balm my brow.
Emblems of life begun!
Fen rs We burst the sod,
And fling your grateful incense to the sun,
SO shall [ start when deaths short sleep Is
done, .s4-
To offer mine to God.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-09

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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERICAN THURSDAY NOVEMBER 81 1873

son. ''She must not be found amiss for the
feast Of tomorrow"
Iongaroro made gesture to the girl,
leading the way toward his house, and she
lost no time in following him.
This house was an average specimen of
the simple constructions of the island, be-
ing little more than matched roof sup
ported upon posts. 1t stood in a retired
spot, with great trees around it, and had
about it an air of uncommon neatneSs-a
fact owing to the refined manners the sis
ter OF the young chief had acquired from
the missionaries, and especially from Ellies
mother.
"Here you are to stay tonight" said
Iongaroro, as he ushered her into small,
close apartment at one end of the house.
'lf you make me any trouble, it will
be the worse for you. | shall chain you
fast"
"Oh, | will not run away, assure you.
DO not chain me! 1t does not matter
what becomes Of me now-except that l
cannot bear the thought of being eaten.
DO not chain me!''
Il must" said Tongaroro, grinlly. IL
shall be away great deal tonight, and |
am afraid that Lootoo may come and car
ry you off. A good chain will prevent all
that, and chained you must be-"
He secured around one of the girls
ankles stout chain, which had evidently
once belonged to some vessel, and then the
other end of the chain was fastened as Sc
curely to one of the stout posts supporting
the roof of the dwelling,
Il will bring food and drink" he said,
turning away, sand do not be foolish"
The food and drink supplied her, he took
his departure, leaving her alone in the
darkness.
She had not been in this place a great
while, however, when the door of herprisou
was opened, and the grim figure of anotil'r
native chief was presented indistinctly TO
her gaze.
'.Are you Tongaroro?" she asked, in a
futter of apprehension.
''No, am Lootoo! Hush! l have come
to release you, and carry you off to the
woods and the mountains"
'|Alasl you cannot release me-even if
wished you to-" sighed Ellie. 81 am chain
edr'
"Chainedr'
The newcomer echoed the'word in a
tone of the gravest ANNOYANCE.
care you telling me the truth?" he de-
manded.
''You can feel CT look for yourself"
Lootoo at first felt of the chain, and then
produced light by friction, and examined
it. AS he did so, his brow darkened fear
fully. He scowled like fiend.
81 cannot release you, if were to work
all night" he muttered. 'And all will be
decided against me tomorrow. But there
is one thing can do: l hate Tongaroro,
ard here is chance for me to cause him
great annoyance
'.HOw?" faltered Ellie.
81 will kill you!' replied Lootoo. "Since
l cannot set you free, l must kill you where
you arer
He drew forth large knife for his pur-
pose. The above we publish as aspecimen
chapter; but the continuation of this story
will be found only in the n. Y. Ledger.
Ask for the number dated December 6,
which can now be had at any news office or
bookstore. If you are not within reach of
a news office, you can have the Ledger
mailed to you for one year by sending
three dollars to Robert Bonner, Publisher,
$50 William street, New Y ork.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27

IRoN-We quote as follows: Tennessee
bar &c % fb; Kentucky do. sc; Tennessee
band 669c; Kentucky do. 5s66ac; Tennes-
see boiler plate Sc; boiler heads 9.c; fire
box 1Oc, sheet; common cato; do. Ken
lucky 746S4c; do. Tennessee S69ae.
BARRELs-We quote OF 45c.
GLAsswARE-We change our quotations
to suit the card rates as follows: s by 10
S6.75; 10 by II 1925; 10 by IA $500; 10 by
is SS.75; II by IA SS.75; II by 16 1915; II
by Is 1925; II by 20 $9.25. Discount
40l.
FLAsKs-The quotations net are as fol-
lows: Half pint S2.75; pint 1915; quart
$4.T5.
CANDIEs-We quote stick candy 15c;
common fancy 16c.
CoRDAGE-Jute 13c; grass zoe; cotton
30c.
PEPPER-We quote at 27c.
SPICE-We quote at 16c.
GINGER-We quote at 16c.
TALLow-We quote at &c.
ORANGEs-We quote at 50 per barrel.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
A FIENDIsH REYENGE.

At the same hour when the preceding
events were occurring, a large top-sail
schooner was standing on and off the East
eTn Passage Of TOnga-tabOO harbOr, waiting
to enter the port and come to anchor.
Upon the stern of this schooner, leaning
against the bulwarks, stood fresh-lOoking
and rosy-faced youth of eighteen or nine
teen years, who was looking dreamily
through the night in the direction of the
distant land. And near this youth stood
the skipper of the schooner, whose gaze had
long been fixed in the same direction.
did | understand you to say, Denny
Breeze, that you expect to find old acquaint-
ances upon this island?" asked the COM
mauder, breaking long and attentive ST.
lence.
eyes, Captain Morrison" replied Denny
Breeze. drawing nearer his commander, so
as to speak with more of the freedom of
confidence. Il refer to the Reverend Mr..
Fortescue, and his daughter"
"They are old acquaintance, them"
Eyes sir. They used to live in the vii
lage where | was born, and their house was
always to me like a second hOme-the only
home have had, in fact, since the death of
my mother"
''And the strange disappearance of your
father, you shouldihaye added" said Capt.
Morrison, grayely, as he patted the youth
affectionately upon the shoulder. at is
the strangest thing in creation whatever
became of your father, boy. And yet, in
another sense there was nothing strange
about it; it was simply another case of
Lost at seap How many life has ended
to all earthly ken with that brief announce
ment. But what is it that is going on
ashore to the weSt'ard of us?" he added, as
a vast blaze Illuminated the horizon in that
quarter. "LOOks like house afire."
eyes, sir; it does" assented Denny.
"And it is a house aiire,' affirmed Capt.
Morrison, after a long look through his
glass. "And it's curious that none of the
savages who are running about make the
least effort to put it out. And now that |
look again, it seems to me that the burn
ing house is exactly i'll the direction of the
one Mr.. FOrteScue occupied
Denny Breeze turned pale at this sugges-
ton.
ooh, hope not, sir" he exclaimed.
sit would be horrible if Ellie FOrtescue
should be in such trouble" said Denny, at-
ter long look shoreward. "There seems
to be a great deal of jumping and dancing
in the neighborhOOd of that fire, and not
soul doing anything as can see toward
putting it out"
''Guess I'll go below now and get bit of
sleep, Mr. Buncle,'' said Capt. Morrison to
his second-mate. Call me if anything
happens
And with this the commander withdrew.
He had scarcely gone when Mr.. Bnncle,
the second mate, approached one OF the
Spampn undpr his chalra and said:
'.Now is our chance, Bill. Ifyou'll call
Tom, and the rest for'ard, Wen soon arrive
at some conclusion, Ny opinion is that
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
AS LICK WOULD HAVE IT

For an instant Denny Breeze believed
that his last hour had come.
To swim, encountered with all his
clothes, in such sea as was running, was
impossible.
How, then, did Denny escape?
BY the verrieSt accident in the world.
At the moment he was lifted from the
deck, preliminary to his being hurled over
the bulwarlls, his feet caught in a portion
of the hamper to which reference has been
made. One of his legs in fact, became en-
tangled in the coils of sheet, in such a
way as to hold him fast.
Upon reaching the water, therefore, he
was by no means clear of the schooner, as
his enemies supposed. To the contrary, he
remained attached to the vessel by a rope
more than an inch in diameter, and per-
ceived. that he was being towed gently
through the water. alongside, keeping pace
with the schooner.
The long-boat was already in the water.
The schooner had been left under such
easy sail, with a view to this deseItion, that
her progress through the water was scarcely
perceptible.
"Isn't there any spoil around ?'' asked
Bill Marling, who had been chosen to
stand next to Buncle in charge of the eXpe-
dition.
81 know there is specie aboard said
Buncle, reflectively; ''but where the specie
is stored is beyond my knowledge"
''Pete ought to know all about that point"
suggested Marling, ''since he is always in
the cabin"
eyes, and does, boss" said Pete, witha
grin of pleased importance.
''Feteh it up, then, Immediately com
manded Buncle.
In five minutes more the little band of
deserterS had stripped the schooner of its
specie, plate, linen, and other valuables,
with a number of nautical instruments,
lanterns, etc, and had pushed clear of the
vessel, standing toward the island.
Fortunately this departure took place
upon the side of the schooner opposite to
that from which our hero had been thrown
overheard, and alongside of which he was
being towed gently through the water.
s'They'Ve gomez he heard a voice ey-
claim few moments later.
''Help therew he called
''Where are you?' was the response of
the voice which had before spoken.
'.Here-alongside-Gn the starboard
Siden exclaimed our hero.
''WhO are you?"
''Mr. Breeze-the passenger"
Sundry CALCULATIONS of wonder succeeded,
blended with the hurried trampling of feet.
and then the sheet which had rendered
Denny such timely service was slowly
drawn in until he found himself able to
grasp the bulwarks.
'That II do he called. I'm all right
now.> Where is Mr.. Skill? ,"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
Pernieious PnrgatiYes.

The brilliant idea of half century ago that
the weak and ailing could be bled, blistered and
saivated into a condition Ofhealth and vigor is
happily exploded; but violent and prolonged
purgatiOn is still, 10 some extent, in vogue. We
have impOsters who are daring enough to offer
10 the world, as tOniCs and restOratives. the
most destructive cathartics, UnmOdified BY a
single stimulating, soothing or restorative ele-
ment. Compare the operation Of one OF these
terrible nOstrums with that OF HOstetter's StOm-
ach Bittcrs, in which are combined the three
great curative elements tonic, an Alternative
and an aperient. The former completely para
lyzes the vital forces, 30 that nature can make
no resistance to disease, the latter sustains the
strength of the patient while it restores the sus-
pended functions OF the secretOry organs and
relieves the bowels without violence or pain. 1t
is simply choice between restoration and pros
tTatiOn. nOv25 deOd1wSWft
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27

PEANUTs-Sales OF 800 bushels to-day
from wagon at soc per bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-We report sales to-day of
5000 TBS at sc for apples and quarter peach
es, and re for half peaches.
EGGs-Market firm at 25c per dozen
from wagon.
CHEsTNUTs- are paying $3.50
from wagon, and selling at $3.50 from store.
PoTAToEs-We quote at Sl.50 per bar
rel, loose from wagon, and S2.75 from store.
FEATHERS Market dull at 50655c.
BEEswAX-We quote at 22c, and market
dull.
RAGs-Dull at pc.
GINsENG-We hear Of sales at $1,000
LOS.
WooL-Market dull at 1Sd23c for I'M
washed, and 33037c for washed.
BROOM CORN-Market active at Safe.
HAY-We quote at S18G25 per ton, &C
cording to quality.
PoULTRY-Spring chickens command Is
61Sc.
BUTTER-We quote at 1S623c for good
to choice.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
NASHVILLE FIour and Grain Market,

FLOUR-Market dull as follows: Super
fine $4.7565.00; Xxx $500; xxx S7.00;
choice family SS.006S.50.
Corn MEAL-We quote unbolted per
bushel 62ac; bOlted Csc.
CORN-No shipments to-day. Dealers
are offering SOC, loose from wagon.
S1.3561.40 per bushel, and 800 bushels
fancy at S1.50.
OATs-Market dull. We quote at 526
55c in store.
BRAN-We quote at $500 per ton, loose
in bulk, and 5000 per ton, sacked and de-
livered in depot.