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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1874-11-19
The Home Of Jefferson.

A correspondent of the Washing
ton Chronicle who has lately made
a pilgrimage to Monticello, once
the home of Thomas Jefferson,
thus describes the mansion in
which the great statesman dwelt
1t is a two story main building
and wings, the former projecting
front and rear III immense porticoes
of solid stone, the center of the
building being capped with plain
but ill-lighted dome. On the
ceiling OF the front portico is
large compass dial, and immediate
ly over the main door there is set
in the wal. a large clock, with dials
showing inside aid out, and there
is now exhibited a ladder made by
Jefferson himself, and with which
he wound up the tinekeeper at
stated periods by the weights sus
pended from pulleys on the walls OF
either side. The main entrance
really consists of three double glass
doors, all OF which can be removed,
and you enter vestibule, octago.
nal i'll shape, and pass Immediately
into parlor of the same shape
The two apartments have inlaid
floors of walnut, mahogany and
cherry, which have yet to be sur
passed by any work of the kind in
this country. Although they were
N constant use in Jefftrson's days,
as he always had lots of company,
and have been used since, and are
still, by picnic and dancing parties,
they are not warped nor injured in
the least, and need, apparently,
only soap and wafer to restore
them to their original glossy ap-
pearance. There are two small
dining rooms, one in each wing, the
rest of the building bcirg cut up
into small and badly-lighted bed
roo ns. Ventilation seems to have
been buried beneath every other
consideration, rs there is no room
in the house through which there
could be gained direct air cur
rent. The beds, even, are Get in
rccesses of alcoves in the walls, TO
form which space and rooms are
sacrificed, and the stairways, one
in each wing, are so constructed,
and Of such scant bend that their
descent would be perilous in the
daytime without lantern. A
covered way, which is in rather y
diIapidated condition, leads from
either wing to his library and office
respectively, and. sn underground
passage, through which he made
his escape from Col. Carleton and
the British cavalry, 10 shown to
Visitors. There is suspended in the
yestibule a fonr. light lantern. but
beyond the old gigbody, in which
it is said he nsed to ride to Char
lottesyille, there is bot an article OF
furniture or curiosity i'll the house
The ianltor or keeper OF the premi-
ses is % white man named Thomas
Wheeler, who lives i'll the east
wing. He was oyerseer for Com
modore Levy, the last tenant OF the
entire mansion, and as the property
is now in litigation he remains il
charge By snfferance, sustaining
himself by what he can mako of
the farm aud the collections Given
ty-fiye cents eacll)which he demands
from visitors.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1874-11-19

"ls that your offspring, MADAME
asked a Missouri Judge OF u woman
who had hold of stub nosed hoy's
hand. mo, sir she replied, s.this
my Oldest boy.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1874-11-19
NO SO
Tobacco.

s
We do not prol ose to discnss
the influence tobacco has cxerted
over the hygiene of the world since
ite discovery and extensive nse We
would probably get INTO trouble
without effectlng any good. People
who are fond OF the drug, think it
right to use it, and those who do
not like it, condemn its use. We
propose TO show to cnrious smoking
and commercial circles how much
is used, whether right or wrong TO
aeonsatne it insuch large qaaptities.
The average annual tobacco crop in
the United States is 22S, ,121 900
lbs. Tho annual average export
amounts to about 10, ,58T ,435.-
The importations OF TOBACCO into
the United States are chiefly from
Cuba and tour fifths of these are of
cigars, the value of which is from
$3,0oO,0O0 to 100000 annually.
The figures are incredibly large
But we give the simple facts. Tho
cultivation Of tobacco is extensively
carried on in different portions of
the other Hemisphere. Asia Mi
nor, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Hun
gary, the southern part of Russia,
Holland, Belgium, all the States of
Germany, many Of the Departments
of France, Algeria, Corsica, and
upper Savoy are all somewhat no.
ted tor the culture of the plant.
The total product of the world
has been estimated rs follows:
Asia 399, TOO, 600 lbs.
Europe 261 ,S44, 500 +"
America 248, 8,2S0,5OO
Africa 24,30O,O0O "
Australia 714,OOO
Total 954,S39, 900 lbs.
The tobaccos of different sections
vary considerably in strength, fla
vor aid quality, The Virginia and
Carolina tobacco is strong. very
aromatic, and much esteemed by
manufacturers for making snuff /;
the kentucky tobacco, strong,
large leaved, very choice ; the
Maryland, light, odoriterous, large
leaved used exclusively for smoking
| in pipes the Havana, unequalied
for cigars; the Java, med tor the
same purpose. IFS odor being some
what like that of pepper the other
tobaccos from the West Indies and
Central and South America are
used for cheap cigars. The tobac-
COS from the Levant are not ofvery
consider able value. The Holland
product is very strong and is used
for making snnffs intended to be
used with the weaker kinds Some
of the French departments produce
tobacco used cxclusiv ely for cigars,
and other varieties used only for
pipes. Some of the Algerian to
bacco raised by the Arabs is equal
to any obtained in America, but a
large portion of the crop from that
country is of an inferior quality.
As tobacco is not necessity, a
very high dnty has been in posed
upon it by, many nations. Tho
tobacco trade brings to some cour-
tries an immense reTenue.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04
An Example.

Shut out from intercourse with the
countries lying beyond the seas by her
situation in the mountain heart of a con-
tinent, and hundreds of miles from the
nearest port, little Switzerland yet man
ages to supply the richest nations of the
earth with series of imports as varied
and interesting as they are considerable
in value. She sent last year to the United
States alone exports valued at upwards of
fifteen millions of dollars, and she has
doubled her exports hither in seven years.
Her total exports per capita are as large
as those of the United States; and taking
into account the purchasing power Of
money.in the two countries. many times
larger. They consist mainly of watches
and embroidered stuffs, the former alone
being valued at more than three millions
of dollars They are made not alone in
cities, but in hamlets, and even by the
dwellers in the forests. Such a spectacle
of home industry ought to be an example
for us and teach us to properly appreciate
industries that do not call for large out
lays Of capital.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04

dispatch to the London Daily Nees says COM
plete reconciliation has been effected between CASTELAR,
and Salmeron.
Tho Swiss Government has decided to hand the
Papal Nuncio his passport, account Of the Popes
last eucyclical letter.
Official inquiry into the Vile du Havre disaster, on
the part of the British authorities, opened at
Greenwich on the 30th December.
The steamer Edgar Stewart, which made sue
cessfu landing of her fifth cargo Of arms and men
upon the island of Cuba, is said to be fitting out at
Baltimore for another
The steamer Biafra has arrived At Liverpool from
the Gold Coast. She reports that on two British
vessels fifty seven down with fever. The
Biafra had seven deaths from typhoid fever.
Advices from the Gold Coast state that Sir J. Garnet
Wolseey board the ship lamar, suffering from
fever. He had been i'll six days, but the medical
staff declared the attack slight.
The Ashantees have retreated to Iwasseddus,
m arch beyond Mandu All the skrmishes so far have
served merely exercises to the native allies, and
until more white troops arrive nothing decisive will
take place.
meeting of Spanish volunteers in Havans recently
resolved te tear down the flag from the American
Consul's Office there, and to smash the furniture.
They did not carry out the resolution.
The Papal Nuncio, at Paris. has been notified that
the Archbishops Of Paris, Csmbray and Valencia
have been elevated to the Col eye Of Cardinals.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04
EHOnOrs.
His Family.

He was twice married, his second wife
being Miss Lizzie Cary, daughter of Mr..
t. G. Cary. He has three children, Alex
ander Agassiz, Ida Mrs. Higginson), and
Pauline Mrs. Shaw.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04

Ven NEIGH THE ETGHEsT PRICE Will
- Next to Post of5ce.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04
Conclusion.

The researches of the great scientist
were all in the cause of truth, and his
valuable and increasing discoveries were
beginning to throw light on many prob
lens before unsolved. The dignity ofthe
cause to which he devoted himself is
steadily becoming weightier, and the APP
plIcation of it to the daily concerns of
life is more and more manifest. Professor
Agassiz was one who never allowed his
zeal in his discoveries to. have predomi-
nance over the reverence due to his Ma
ker, and SO claimed more respect from the
religious community than the majority of
the class of minds. He was amiable as
man and loving as husband and father.
He was noted, not for his devotion to one
particular branch of study, as for his vast
general intelligence. and he made himself
felt whenever he came in contact with his
fellows. 1t was oyerwork which brought
upon him the disease which ended for him
his mortal life, and his is only another
illustration of the fact that an eager de-
yotee of knowledge must have an ade-
quate support in order to give to the
world the full fruits of busy life of ac-
quisition.-Boston Globe.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04
Professor Louis AgaSSiz.
biography of the Great Scientist.
Incidents of his EventfuI Life.
His Works and Studies.

Professor Agassiz died at Cambridge
Mass, Dec. IA. His death was not I'M
looked for by his physicians and friends,
as his strength had evidently been rapid
ly failing several days.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04

had applied for admission to the school
before it was opened. The plan of it in
cluded the erection of cottages for the
residence of the students while there, and
for the accommodation of all needful aids
to their studies. Some had already been
erected, and more were to have been put
up in the Spring. Extensive works were
planned for supplying fresh sea water to
the aquariums cottages were to be built
for the residence of the professors and
an observatory was projected to occupy
the highest point on the island. Thus far
the undertaking has been regarded as
mere experiment, though not an unsuc-
cessful one. Its practicability, at least,
has been demonstrated
Literary Works.
Among the literary monuments of Pro
fessor Agassiz's study and activity are his
works on "a Journey to Brazil" result
ing from his expedition thither, in 1865;
Contributions to the Natural History of
the United States" work gigantic in
conception and execution, of which but
four volumes have as yet appeared
" Methods of Study in Natural History;"
The Structure of Animal Life )" Sys-
teme Glaceale; !" "Twelve Lectures on
Comparative Embryology," and "Lake
SUPERIOR" work embodying the results
of his scientific explorations in the region
of that lake.
HOnOrs.
To the requirements of the Professor
the great universities and societies of
learning have paid him due respect, and
have honored him accordingly. In 1861
he received the Copely medal from the
Royal Society of London. From the
Academy of Sciences, Paris, he received
the Monthyon prize for Experimental
Philosophy, and the Cuvier prize; the
Wollaston medal from the Geological So
ciety, London, and the medal of merit
from the King of Prussia. He was
member of the leading scientific bodies of
Europe and America, had the degree of
LII. ID. from the Universities of Dublin,
and Harvard.
His Family.
He was twice married, his second wife
being Miss Lizzie Cary, daughter of Mr.
I. G. Cary. He has three children, Alex
ander Agassiz, Ida Mrs. Higginson), and
Pauline Mrs. Shawl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04

The Illustrated Christian Weekly
Is SUPPLIED TO sUBsERIBERs Ar $500
] per H. NJ WHITNEY.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04

U. S. Postal Cards,
NOR SALE price CENTS EACH BY
II al H n WHrrNFY.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04

- !
The rights Of railway travellers in Eng
land were somewhat curiously exemplified
recently. The pitmen have of late taken
a fancy to ride in first-class carriages in
the railways, to the intense disgust of the
more aristocratic patrons of the roads, in
the coal districts. A "swell was seated
in one of these carriages comfortably
smoking cigar, when two pitmen enter
ed. After cycling them with supereilions
scorn from head to foot he demanded of
them if they had frst-class tickets, and
was informed that it was none of his bust
ness, whereupon he threatened to make a
complaint at the next station. The pit
men in no wise dismayed, laughed hearth
ly, and then showed their tickets to the
swell, who, upon examining them, found
them to be all right. The-5itmen's turn
came next, and one of them told their
sensitive travelling companion that the
rules of the company forbid them smoking
in first-class railway carriages, and that
he must put out his cigar or 60 into the
smoking carriage. He Indignantly refused
to do either. When the train arrived at
the next station, the pitmen called for the
guard aud demanded that the smoker be
put out as he was breaking the rules.
The guard came to the window and in
formed the trausgressor that he had no
right to smoke there if it was disagreeable
to the other passengers, and that be must
quit the carriage if he desired to smoke.
The swell came forth looking unutterable
scorn at the p1tmen whom he left masters
of the situation. As he invited the attack,
and acted like a snob from the outset, it is
impossible to sympathize with him in the
modification that he must have expert
ancad
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-02-04
HIDES, SKINS, TALLoW.

THE UNDERSIGNED CONTINUE TC
A rsr thr highest narkv, prizes for Dry HideI
euas SEiuf and Goat IalloW.
81 G PRrrrR 4 cnL
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02
matter again.


THE whole whiskey ring OF both par
ties are thrusting their foul oaors into
the faces Of respectable voters, and in
sisting upon the election OF JAMEs i.
HENRY-not because he has made
good ofiicer-but because he is the reg
ular nominee, you know" because he
is down on the temperance cause. You
know" because he complained to the
Commissioners, and asked them TO shut
the Court house against the crusading
women. you know" and thousand
other such excuses. But saws one, who
reads this, why DO you, who are a tenn
peranoe man, support MYREs for Sheriff
Simply beccaus MYREs was the Sheriff
of the people and not the Sheriff of
clique. and the obsequious tool Of
scheming ring. We support him hearti-
ly for his past record. Just as we do
CHARLES FOSTER, whose record In Con
gress, in the Sanborn investigation. Is
worth all the promises Thousand hun
! CRY office-seekers can make. What they
have done, not what they promise TO
do, wins our support. Promises, just
before the election, are easily made.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02
Painful Accident.

/ Painful Accident.
Last Sunday forenoon, Mr. DARIUS
SOLT. who lives on the Lima road about
five miles from town, met with a most
unfortunate and painful accident. The
facts in reference to the sad affair, as
near as we can learn them, are substan-
TALLY rs follows: Mr. SoLT left his
house for the purpose of ofreturning gun
that he had borrowed, to the home of
his mother. He went on horseback,
carrying the gun in his hand. When
about a quarter of mile from his own
house he dismounted for the purpose of
opening gate. After he got off his
horse, he placed the gun against the gate
post, but it slipped from its place. Be
fore it had reached the ground he caught
it. Raising the piece up he set it down
on the ground quite hard, and as he did
striking him in the right breast, little
to the left of the nipple. and passing up
wards, passed through a portion of his
lung, and lodged behind the collaT-bone,
making a severe and dangerous wound.
Mr.. SoLT fell to the ground, but soon
recovered sufficient to get ON his horse
and ride part of the way back to his
home. He was then met by friends and
conveyed to his house, where he was
properly cared for, and DR. DETwILER
sent FOR. He arrived soon after the ac-
cident occurred, and extracted the ball
and dressed the wound. At last ac-
counts Mr.. SoLT was doing well, and
strong hopes were entertained for his
recovery.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02

WE publish elsewhere a few extracts
from the Courier to refresh the memo
ry of its editors, who now claim that
they did not say $50 very much" against
the temperance movement. Had our
| space permitted we should have liked to
have given full showing. In the be-
ginning, the Courier felt that the move
ment would be popular, and they showed
some zeal in its favor. But all mt once
it occurred to them that the German
vote might be lost to the party. and that
at once decided their course in the mat
ter. From thenceforward that paper
became the most ObsequiOUs and cring-
ing tool of those who opposed the NOV e.
ment. They now find that the better
class of Germans spurn their course, and
that they have lost caste with the moral
and intelligent portion OF the native
born vote of their own party. Even
those who honestly stood aloof from the
temperance movement tand there We're
such, as there were those who voted Tor
license) felt ashamed and chagFined 20
see their county paper made the organ
of low "beer-swiIIers, and its columns
teeming with low coarse allusions and
innuendoes against the best ladies Of our
county.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02
The Gas Works.

O--@'"
The masons are busily engaged in put
ting down the foundation for the gas
works. They expect TO have it finished
by Saturday evening Of this week. The
work of laying up the brick will COM
mence Immediately thereafter. The di-
mensions of the buildings and gas holder
when completed viii be as follows:
Retort house, 80 by 20 feet, and IS feet
high; condensing room, y by 16 feet;
purifying house, 16 by 16 feet; Office Is
by 1G feet; coal house, Is by 80 feet;
tank, 80 by u feet 6inches.
Mr. CovERDALE intends TO begin dig
ging trenches and laying pipe next Mon
day morning. He expects to put down
three miles Of pipe to commence with.
About forty men will be employed in the
work. The present Office of the compa-
Dy is in Rawson's building, on East
Sandusky street, nearly opposite the
JEFFERsoNIAN: The workmen will be
gin laying pipe on Sandusky street from
the works to Main, and thence up and
down the latter street
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02
RasinaSS Men,

There are no good reasons why tunes
should he hard. Crops throughout Han6 oc (
comfy never were better: and soon tney
will begin TO move. The money shut up IN
the county treasury will be distributed, and
an excellent trade awaits you In time OF
peace prepare fer war" put your advertise
ment before the people; if you really have
something the people want, let them know
it by putting out your sign, scattering your
business card far and wide, by putting up
posters, etc. and, what will do you more
good than all else, by putting an attractive
and snowy advertisement in youT county
papers-nOt the paper alone that adyocale'
your views, but the paper which has lnde,
pendenee enough to have its own views -ano
''sand" TO stand by them, and such paper
is always sought after by all men whose pat
ronage is worth having.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02
Something that Should be Broken Up

We have heretofore called attention
to the fact that the students of the
Union schools, the girls more especially,
have a habit when going to and from
school, of walking four and five and
sometimes six and seven abreast, and
thus taking up the entire pavement and
compelling persons going in an opposite
direction TO step out in the street. This
is very annoying, especially in muddy
weather. The scholars seem to think
that they have a right to monOpolize the
sidewalk, no matter TO what inconveni-
ence they place others. If they can not
be instructed to walk in such a manner
as not TO blockade the walk, policeman
should be employed TO accompany them
and keep the way clear, We hope We
will not be compelled to speak of this
matter again.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-02
Marrird.

iiAhAOND-EbEh the res
idence of the brides parents. near FostOria,
OHIO, on Tuesday evening, Sept. %, 1874,
by the Rev. \. G. Nandyke. Mr.. Marion d.
Hammond to Miss Amanda Ebersole, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Peter Ebersole
LEWIS-COLE-On Sept. %, 1874, at
the residence of the brides mother, in Mar
rion township, by Rev: D. Gray, Mr.. Fran
els NJ Lewis to Miss Wilminer Cole. both
of Hancock County, Ohio.
LEEPER-MCCONNELL-At the resi-
dence of J. o. Hardy. Esq. Sent II. 1874.
bv-Rev E. NJ. Baker, Mr. Andrew Leeper,
OF ChillicOthe. No, and Miss Matte H.
Mcconnell, of Findlay, Ohio.
! select company gathered in the parlors
of Mr J. o. Hardy's beautiful residence to
witness the nuptial rites The bride robed
in spotless white, with orange blossoms and
and dove-colorel trimmings, leaning upon
the arm of the groom, who was dressed in
the conventional suit of black, with white
vest, preceded by Mr. Arthur Hunt and Miss
Emma Russell as attendants, entered the
parlor at G 40 p. NJ, and were conducted be-
fore the minister. Rev. E. NJ Baker. of
Columbia City, formerly stationed at this
place, of the u. E Church, performed the
ceremony in an impressive and solemn man
ner, and after declaring them husband and
wife. he offered up a devout petition to the
Throne Of Grace that the All-Seeing Eye
might watch over, protect, and guide Alright
the footsteps Of the youthful couple who
had here assumed the high and responsible
obligations of a Iife-partnership. The con-
gratulations of their friends were shOwered
upon them for some minutes, and every
thing
went merry as a marriage bell"
Supper was announced, and the company,
headed BIZ the host, adjourned to the dining
hall. where magnificent repast was served
/ in an inimitable manner under the super
vision of the hostess. Then came the hur-
" and hustle of leaving for the depot. the
newly married couple intending TO make a
tour Of the Eastern cities by way of Cleve-
land and Niagara. Every detail of the af-
fair was managed with the utmost circum-
spection, and nothing occurred to break in
the least the chain of happy memories OF
the occasion in the minds Of those present.
May the couples loi in life be a cup
Trimming with bsaaiy's essence; PalPiiani
| with a divine eiixir-lucent nOons
/ Poured from the golden chaliee OF happiness
At which their spirits drink with conscious
And drink again with still expanding scope
] OF comprehension and OF faculty"