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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
ANCIENT PEOPLE OF COLORADO.

Tradition has it that. once in the cen
turies gone by there lived there people
in comfort, elegance, and reasonably
high state of civilization - the loyal
AztecS. COrtez came, the MonteZumas
found their religion and their govern
ment were in peril, and leaving home
aad comfort and country, these true
lieges of a sovereign whose throne rested
on the centuries. went down TO the city
of Mexico to fight for their traditions
and flag and faith-fought and lost and
died. Certain it is, that little south
of this immediate spot in Pueblo County,
there are traces of a civilization and of
substantial opulenee of which the very
tradition has passed away here, and
which is neither Spanish nor Indian.
Certain it is, that, while the Indian,
awed by the visible manifestations of
the hand of God, came here to worship
on state occasions, they did not use it as
one of their permanent hunting-grounds
or winter abodes. For centuries it
seems hardly to have known the face of
man as a dweller, and now, at a flash,
it is open to all the world, and the 81
lenee of ages is broken by all the con-
fused orchestra of modern life, the
scream of the locomotive, the busy hum
of industries, the whirl of machinery,
the sounds of the gong and revelry, the
crack of the rifle, the voice of prayer and
praise, the music of children's voices,
and the quiet rhythm of happy homes.
" W. Nerin, iH PhTenoiogieH JOUT-
nol
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23

as puIlirvs As measure of pacifica-
1ion. [ do not understand it. There Is.
in my Judgment, no peace IN IT. ten
tlemeu here. of patriotism ana iilteih-
rauce. think otherwise / ann -Jrrytliat
cannot agree with them.
tfr..!.ll.f say, If this proposition can
not pr-yu very slave State WI! secede;
or. a. som. prefer to phrase Il. will re-
sort TO revolution 1 forbear - discuss
eventualities. l must say, however, and
say plainly. that considerations such as
these will not move me from my recOg
nized duty 10 my country and its Con-
stitutIon. And let me say, for the peo-
Die of the free States, that they are
thoughtful people, and are much in ear
nest in this business. They do not dele
gate their right of private Judgment.
They love their institutions and the
Union. THey 7CW not surrender the one
nor gice up the other CCtthOut great sac
rifces. Upon the question Of the main
tenance Of an uIibrOken Union and
lrhOIe country. Hey ReCer 1Cere, and 1t is
,ay firm c0aricti0R Hey HeUer ICW be, di-
rideG. Gentlemen who think they will
be. even in the worst contingency, will,
/ think. be disappointed. If forced to
the last extremity, the people will meet
the issue as best they may, but be assured
that they will meet it with no discordant
councils.
Gentlemen. Mr. Lincoln will be inau-
gurated on the 4th of March. He will
take an oath to protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States-of the
whole-of all the United States. That
oath will bind him TO take care that the
laws be faithfully executed throughout
the United States VIII secession absolve
him from that oath. VIII it diminish,
bv one jot or little, its awful obligations!
VIII attempted revolution do more than
secession! And if not, and the oath and
Obligation remain, and the President
does his duty and undertakes to enforce
the laws, and secession and revolution
exists, what then! War. Civil war!
Mr.. President, let us not rush head
long into that unfathonable gulf. Let
us not tempt this unult srable woe. We
offer you plain and honorable mode of
adjusting all difficulties. 1t is a mode
which. we believe, will receive the sane
ton of the people. We pledge ourselves
here that we will do all in our power to
obtain their sanction for it. Is it too
much to ask of you, gentlemen of the
South. to meet us Oh this honorable and
practicable ground? VIII you not, at
least, concede this to the country"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
ACHING FOR A ROW.

Yesterday, as policeman was leaning
against the walls of the Detroit and Mil
waukee Depot, he was approached by
man about 30 years old, whose red face
was good match for his hair He was
little Sprung, and he felt like steer
turned into a clOver-tield.
''Mister," says he, speaking very con-
fidentially to the officer, Il don't want
to get locked up, and have my name in
the papers, and be fined, but | am in
from Ionia on little blow out, and I'd
give clean so note to have a little
serimmage with somebody" ''You mean
you want to fightl' asked the officer
'"That's what | mean. i am Just aching
for a row. | want to stand before about
three good fellows and have some one
give me the word to go i'm The officer
asked if he was heavy on the fight, and
he answered: Heavy, i should say /
wasl Why, I'm terrible. They call me
the Russian bear at home, and the hull
town stand up or sit down, just as | sayH
The officer said it was his duty to dis
courage disorderly conduct, but in a
case like that, where a man had come
120 miles TO get'up row, he felt it his
duty to extend indirect aid. He told the
Russian bear to 90 to the corner OF Beau
bren street, enter some saloon, talk in a
very loud voice, and he'd soon have his
his hands full. That's me, much
obligedm exclaimed the man, and walk
ed off. In about ten minutes boy came
running down and said that a man with
a chewed ear, two black eyes was up
there" in the ditch The officer went
back with the boy and he soon came up
on the Russian bear, who was lying in
the gutter, one leg doubled back, blood
all over hun, and his coat ripped in every
seam. That's you, is it!" asked the
officer, as he pulled at the mans arm.-
''Well, did you find the row." ''Po.iee-
man, replied the man as he gained his
feet and looked at himself and felt of
his ear, policeman, don't it seem to
you as if | didP'-DetTOH Free Press.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
WITHOUT THE GOODNIGHT KISS.

This is not Danbury NeJrs story, but
1t Is. nevertheless. true. The not-too-
happlly-married-Jones lives with his wife
and the little Joneses, at the South End.
Last Thursday night misunderstanding
had occurred. and the two took 70 their
couehes in the pouts, and went to sleep
without the goodnight kiss. Ii was a
muggy night. and the. mosquitoes were
both active and feroeious. While Mrs.
j. slept sOundly, undisturbed by the
pests, Mr.. 5. was kept awake, and pass
ed his time in conversing, in choice
phrases, at his tormehtors, and in vain
efforts TO knock few of them twice
their length" was made. His violent
movements finally aroused Mrs. Jones,
and. half awakened, she arose on her el-
bow in time to receive a stinging blow
between the nose and eyes, which Jones
intended for mosquito. Remembering
the tilt of the evening, and being a
woman of spirit, she was not the one to
tamely submit to such indignity, and in
stantly her claws were in Jones' hair. and
doing vigorous duty on his face. Jones
was too proud to acknowledge his aeci-
dent, but busted himself in trying to free
himself from his irate companions grasp.
This was not accomplished till his cheeks
were ridged in regular burrows, like the
freshly-plowed fields, and spears of hair
were strewed over the pillows. The two
painting contestants separated, Mrs
Jones to weep better tears, and Jones to
cogitate upon the first steps necessary
TO secure a divorce. Three days have
since passed, and Jones pride still re-
fuses to yield; his wife doctors her black
eye, and sobs in the belief that she was
struck in anger by her cruel husband.
One thing is TO be said to the credit of
Jones. He attempted to cover up lis
disgrace among his companions, at the
store, the next morning. by kicking the
cat, saying, at the same time, that after
his experience with those kittens, last
evening, he never wanted TO see another
one. ne.-BoSton Sunday Times.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
HOW INDIANS CATCH WILD FOWL.

4 number of persons from this city
and Gold Hill are at present in the
mountains, hunting and angling. Wild
duck are found in abundance, ard the
trout i'm the streams take the hook read
lily. Wild fowl have not yet made their
appearance in the market in any guam
tity, as most of those shot are kept by
the sportsman for their own use. As the
season advances the Indians will take
the field and capture them in large NUM-
bers. They make large swinging nets
out of strong cords, which they manufac-
ture from the roots of fibrous plants
The bark is stripped off and manipula-
ted and twisted by the squaws into
twine, which is wound into balls ready
for use. 1t is then woven into nets,
some of which are forty feet in length,
the interstices being about two inches
square These nets are swung between
two trees in some convenient position on
the shore of lake or pond Early on
a cold frosty morning some of the Indi-
ans secrete themselves in a neighbOriBg
thicket, while others get into a boat, and
forming a semi-circIe, advance slowly
toward flock of ducks. driving them to-
ward the mouth of the bayou. They
swim slowly of, hesitating to take fight.
being, perhaps, partially benumbed by
cold. The circle narrows, and when
the wild fowls are in front of the nets.
the Indians IN the boats raise a great
out-ery, and throwing stones and sticks
scare the flock. which, arising from the
water, flies in an opposite direction di-
rectIy into the net. ia the meshes of
whicn they become entangled by their
head and feet. The Indians on shore
spring from their hiding-pIaces, tear
down the net, and envelop the ducks IN
it. They are joined by their companions
in the water, and the work of slaughter
commences. The necks of the birds are
broken as soon as seized, and they are
thrown together in piles In this man
ner several hundred ducks are sometimes
taken at a single haul, and the Indians
have enough for their own use, and an
ample supply for the market IirgiRia
(Eer.) Chronicle, 10Th.
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yided than the colored. They feel the
most intense anxiety to- get on in the
world, for since emancipation and ell
franchisement have given them show
IN the world. they want all there is OF it.
The negro who has amassed money Is a
king among them. and there are many
of these mOnarchs. They are orderly.
hari-working, determinedly industrious
and saving. There is very little crime
among them, and very little drunken
ness, or dissipation. CufTy is a very
good man. and gives promise of being "a
great deal better.
THE FRESHMAN
is everywhere. and he is here, just what
he is everywhere. Thousands upon
thousands of the sons of Erin have risen
TO affiuence and distinction. They real
ly govern the city, for they act together
and work together, and are so consoli-
dated as to WELD q power beyond what
their numbers entities them to. They
are the same in New York as everywhere
else. They are addicted to whisky, are
mercurial, hasty, generous, Quarrelsome.
witty, brave, cruel, in short they are u
curious compound of all that is good
and bad. Which is to say the good in
them is intentional, while the bad is not.
AS they become educated and get re-
sponsibilities they become more solid
and settled. The second and third gen
eratiOns make excellent citizens
THE GERMANS,
like the Irishman, is everywhere. The
Bowery is full of Germans, but they
have made their mark in all quarters.
They are from the beginning magnificent
citizens. They come to this country
from choice, they can all read and
write, they all bring capital with them,
and they are the most enthusiastic Amer
leans we have The originals are trifle
clannish, for the language is different
from ours, but the second generation
becomes so thoroughly AmericaniZed
that their ancestry would not be sus-
pected. They are industrious, sober,
hard working, prudent and prosperous.
They come to stay, and they make an
important part of the population.
Thank Heaven, this subject has occu-
pied so much space that l have not room
to refer to the Beecher-Tilton business.
PIETRO.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
DEEP CURRENTS III THE PACIFIC.

After Il years cruise. the TuscarUra
steamed into the harbOr of San Francis
co on tile 2d inst, Just a year from the
da, OF her starting on her voyage of ex-
plOraJioh. Her work has been prelimina-
~ 10 the construction of a telegraph
line uniting this country with Asia and
Europe by way of Japan and other is
lands of the Pacific Speaking of her
voyage the San Francisco ilta says:
The sOundiDgs have disclosed some Gu
rious natural phenomena. On starting
on their return from Japan, they soon
found certain descent of the ocean
bed. which was sounded to the depth of
nearly six miles, the deepest water ever
measured But more curious still was
the fact that the sounding apparatus fell
into a powerful undercurrent, a tide set
ting strongly toward the north. which
finally parted the line only a few faith
oms from the surface 1t would seem
that this current must tend toward Beb-
rings Straits. If so. that is the rousa
which would be the most practicable for
those adventurous hunters for the open
Polar Sea and the North Pole to take in
their efforts to solve the question. The
idea of NJ Pavy, who was here a few
years ago, earnest in the advocacy of
that route, and proposing to take it, may
prove eventually the correct one. We
feel satisfied that the route attempted
by Drs. Kane, Hayes and others. will not
do. Those who attempt it are certain
of a continuous and strong current
against them, while by the Behring's
Straits route. it is in favor of the explor-
er. 1t may be, and probably is the case,
that this strong current found by the
Tuscarora, to the east of Japan. has had
its influence in creating that deep chan
mel in the Ocean-bed. Such is doubtless
the cause of the great depth of the Gulf
Stream from the Gulf of Mexico. The
currents have gradually made the chan
nels 1t would appear that this chan
mel TO the east of Japan is a continuous
one, for the party of the TuscarOra did
not find any bridge across it, or any place
where it was less than nearly 20, 900 feet.
This may not prove the most favorable
result. for the cable proposed some Gay
to be laid. but, on the other hand, it
may prove of great interest to naviga-
ton, and especially to those wrought up
by the spirit of adventure and 6iscov-
cry to the determination of some day
reaching the open Polar Sea and the
earth's pivot at the North Pole. That
channel must carry a vast stream of
warm water, and that may create a con-
tinued open water around the Pole.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23

SIZE OF CoUNTRIES.-Greece j. ABOUT
the size of Vermont.
Palestine is one-fourth the size Of New
York
HindostaD is more than a hundred
times as large as Palestine
The grand desert of Africa has nearly
the present dimensions of the United
States.
The Red Sea would reach from Wash
ington to Colorado. and it Is three times
as wide as Lake Ontario.
The Mediterranean, if placed across
North America. would make sea naviga-
ton from San Diego to Baltimore.
The Caspian Sea would stretch from
New York to St. Augustine, and is a.
wide as from New York 10 Rochester.
Great Britain and Ireland are about as
large as New Mexico, but not as large as
Iowa and Nebraska They are less than
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Madagascar is as large as New Hamp-
shire. Massachusetts,, Vermont, Connect
cut. New York. Pennsylvania. New Jer-
sew. Virginia and North Carolina all put
together.
The Gulf of Mexico is about ten times
the size of Lake Superior, and about as
large as the Sea of Kamtschatka, Bay of
Bengal. China Sea. Okhotsk Sea, or
Jaran Sea. Lake Ontario would 90 in
to either of them more than fifty times.
The following bodies of water are
nearly equal in size: German Ocean.
Black Sea, Yellow Sea Hudson's Bay
is rather larger than the Baltic. Adriatic
half. Persian Gulf and Egean Sea about
half as large, and somewhat larger than
Lake Superior.
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JAMES 4. B0PE,
IAC0BF. RUEEET,

Ai1fl,,., oyer " l.. Davis = Co.'S store, Msin
street, FindlHy, Ohio apr H. 81
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4oefiral.
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TINE

There is no time like the old
When YOU and young.
When the buds Of -rI. biO>sJmtd.
And the birds OF spring time SIM.
The gardens brightest glOric>
BY summer suns are nurscd.
But oh. the sweet, sweet yiOlctS,
The flowers tha, open first.
There is no place like the old place.
Where you and | were born.
Where We lifted first our eyelids
On t.c splendOrs Of the morn.
From the milk-whiie breast that warmed u
From the clinging arms that bore.
Where the dear eyes glistcncd Oc rs.
That will look on Is no more.
There is no friend Ike the old friend
That has shared our morning DAYS.
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise;
Fame is the scentless sun-fower,
With gaudy crown of gold;
But friendship is the breathing rose.
With sweets in every fold
There is no love like the old love
That we cOurted in our pride;
Though our leaves are falling, falling,
And we're fading side by side,
There are blossoms all around us
With the colors of our dawn,
And we live in borrowed sunshine.
When the light of day is gone.
There are no times like the old times
They shall never be forgot,
There is no place like the old place
Keep green the dear old spot,
There are no friends like our old friends
May heaven prOlOng their lives,
There are no loves like our old loves
God bless our loving wives!
o. w. Holmes
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23

Nor A PLATO. &C find nothing TO
do but loaf around the wharves and gal
lop up and down the alleys, eh" re-
marked his Honor as a young man
named Miller, charged with vagraney,
was rushed out.
I'm a stranger in this town-dead
broke and nobody TO borrow Of" re-
piled the prisoner.
II can't help it that You are dead
broke" said the Court; ''Fd be glad if
everybody owned a silver mine and two
coach dogs. The officer says you have
been wandering aimlessly around sleep
ing on bales of hay, taking free lunches,
and making no effort to amass fortune
You don't seem TO have any aim-any
ambition
''Yes / have, replied the prisoner.
-'Wiiere is il, sir-where i il = asked
his Honor. leaning forward. did you
ever hear of Cicero taking free lunehest
Did you ever hear that Plato ganbOled
through the alleys of Athens. Tell me,
sir, did you ever hear any one say that
Demosthenes slept under a cOal-shed or
on bale of hayl If you wanted 10 be
a Plato there would be fire in your eyei
your hair would have an intellectual
cut; you'd step into clean shirt and
you'd hire a moving machine TO pare
your finger nails. Sir, yOu have got to
90 up for four months -"--DetTOn Free
Press.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23

GONE HOME HOME, THE BEANS ARE
BURNING. Last Sunday morning a
family living in the suburbs of the city
went to a suburban church, leaving a
little girl about seven years of age, and
a boy about twelve years in care Of the
house. The family was to have beans
for dinner. and these were left in YES
sci OH the stove TO cook The little girl,
while playing. suddenly began 70 smell
the odor of burnt beans, upon which
she rushed out of the house over INTO
the church where the pastor was grave
" and earnestly preaching the profound
word of God. The first person OF the
family the little girl espied was young
lady cousin. and to her in a loud voice
which startled the assemblage consider
ably. she cried: Come, come, come
home. the beans are burning" and i'm
mediateIy rushed out again. The aston
ishrnent was great, and all the solemnity
of the preacher, as well as of the con
gregatien, disappeared beneath a broad
smile at the righteousness of the mat
ter.-COuTieT7JouTnG
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23

PLAYING IT on A CLERK--A certain
lawyers clerk had been in the habit of
taking an afternoon nap, in the absence
of the boss. On such occasions he has
been in the habit of putting up his pla-
card on the front door: "Gone to the
Clerks Office Some young men who
had witnessed the performance conclu-
ded to play joke at his expense. Ae-
ecOrdingly, they watched him last Satur-
day afternoon, and, after he had put out
his usual sign, and dutifully laid himself
down ON his lounge. they removed it and
put the following in its plate: ''On the
lounge in the back room asleep-don't
knOek-will wake up at 5 o'clock. Call
then. A number of persons read the
notice and went away wondering what
the country could be coming to, when a
young man could thus fritter away time.
At last the young man awoke from his
dreams, and his feelings may be imagin-
ed when he saw what had been done
Patterson { ". ~ Guardian.
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new LAW FIRM.

FtfHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ASSOCIATED
i themselves A. a law firm. under the name
OF walker q Dunn. We viii occupy the Office
be-.-ioiore used by F. T. Dunn, over the Han
cock savings Bank. Main Street. Findlsy, o.
We viii tend 10 all busip erli rtlSttd 10 our
charge In the state and Federal Courts. We
VIII also give - peeial attention TO the examt-
nation OF land titles, sn5 to the purchase and
safe Of real estate in Hancock county and
elsewhere. WALKER & DUNN.
fSept. IL '74-tf
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THE best elOeutiOnary exercise yet de-
vised for little scholars is that of having
them read the list of exhibitors at the
Mechanics Fair, particularly the part
relating to rag rugs" When the child
has repeated rag rugs a score of times
he will submit to any indignity that his
teacher may see fit to impose upon him.
-BOStOn Globe
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
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