Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-06-13
Her PIctnre.

Her Picture.
a Pittsburgh firm, dealing largely
in photograph cards and stereosco-
pic pictures, received letter from a
customer in an adjoining county
last week, in which was the following
singular request: "Mr. -. living
here wants picture of his wife.
She has been dead A years. was a
medium sized woman, light, sandy
complexion, hair on the dark sandy
order, blue eyes, weight lao pounds
red cheeks and SO years old when
she died. Inclosed fnd fifty cents
for the picture" This bona fde re-
quest was complied with. A picture
was selected from the large assort-
ment in stock as near the descrinticc...
as possible, and forwarded on. Sim
gniari! enough, it proved entirely
sat!tf-liAFR. 'the simple minded
writer expressed much surprise at
the marvellous invention of the pres
ent time, and especially was he as
toniShed at the marvellous things they
coRld do in Pittsburgh.
How TO LIGHT FIRE ON DAMP
DAY.-Many persons have often no.
tice.l the extreme difficulty encoun-
tered in lighting the fire in q stove,
especially On Q still, damp morning.
The stove at first won't draw; even
vigorous ''blowing" will not suffice;
and then, when it does start, it is
with sort of explosion OF outward
rush of air which fills the room with
smoke aud gas, oftentimes putting
the mpleasant fumes in the face of
the operator. The trouble is caused
by the difficulty encountered in over
coming the inertia of the long col
umn Of air in the pipe or chimney,
by Fhe small ealpmn Of air that can
be forced up through the interstices
of the wood and coal, at the botr ON
of which the fire is kindled. All
this may be Pemedied by simply put
ting few shaFings or bits of dry pa
per on the top of the wood or coal,
and first lighting that. 1t immedi-
ately bursts into blaze, because the
air has perfectly free access to it
from AL sides; the heated air forces
its way into the chimney, and estab,
fishes there an upward current. The
match san then be applied TO the
kinaling under the fuel, WHICH will
readily light, and if dry, burst into
brisk flame.
PoTATo BUGs-On the 10Th of Ju-
ly last, Mr.. Michael Collins, while
engaged in digging potatoes on the
farm of T. TAFT, Esq, captured a
number Of potato bHgsan put them
in an empty bottle, closing the mouth
to prevent their escape. He placed
the bottle by a post in the ground,
making the remark that he would
ascertain how long the "eritters'
would live, The summer passed
away and the winter followed, bring
ing no thought of the inearcerated
bugs. Last week, in passing, Mr..
Collins observed the bottle and pick
ed it up. 1t contained the intact
though motionless forms of the po-
tato-top destroyers. In the caprice of
the moment, he took the bottle to the
house and held 1t over the fire. I'm
mense was his astonishment on per-
ceiVing the bugs take to themselves
legs and walk. In few moments
the interior of the bottle was writh-
ing mass of Colorados. Eight months
without food, exposed to the ex-
tremes of summer and winter, and
still living! This statement is fully
vouched for, and shows what foe
farmers and potatoes have to contend
against.-Joliet (IR.) Signal.
GRpfALKIN IN THE SHRoUDs.-Du-
ring the recent gales the schooner
Eaglet lay in Tobermory harbor.
In furling the main sail, a cat be-
longing to the vessel, without the
knowledge of the sailors, got rolled
up, and while the sail continued
furled it could not escape from its
CONTINENT. For twenty three days
the sail lay untouched, and during
that time poor puss was close pris-
oner, without food or drink, and
with only small quantity of air
When the sail was unfurled the cat
dropped out in such a weakly state
that it could not stand. The sailors
nursed their favorite' so carefully
that in day or two it was skipping
about the vessel as if nothing had
Edinburgh Scotsman.