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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
SLANDER.

There are, no doubt, reasons which
justify one man in uttering things
to another's discredit. Truth is, OF
course. the fact. Without that can
be no justification. The next rea-
son is that the suppression of the
truth will work harm. Concealment
of some offences is held IN law to
be completely. A third reason is
when the concealment of the truth
is. in point of fact, assertion of
falsehood to the detriment of the in
nocent, but in the case when all or
any of these reasons are operative.
the master of the secret has no
choice but to speak out. He is a
witness at the bar of the community.
Unless these reasons constrain him,
he is bound to absolute silence. Now
between these two there is no honest
middle ground. Here is the region
of slander. No man has any right
to air his suspicious, to take counsel
OF his malcvolence, to distort or per-
vert facts, or to give vent to insinu-
ations which may mean a great deal
when whispered about, and shrink
into paltry nothings when brought
to the test.
81 never said A murdered L"
whimpers the detected slanderer
81 only said the pistol with which
B was shot, was found in AS wood
she'd" This is fair illustration of
the style in which SANDER is manip-
ulated. And we regret TO say that
many people seem to think it per-
fectiy iustifable. 1t is hardly pos
sible to find community in which
injurious reports are not circulated.
1t is the favorite weapon of a GER
tain class, Whenever they take a
grudge or have a purpose to carry
out which slander will serve, they
appear to consider any sort of evil
insinuations perfectly legitimate,
provided it has enough truth to col
or the story. The fourishing of
this vice marks the time of transition
between the reign of personal ac-
countability between man and man,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
a DAY AT NIAGARA.
By MARK TWAIN. .

Niagara Falls is one of the finest
structures in the known world. [
have been visiting this favorite wa
tering place recently, for the first
time, and was well pleased. A gen
tleman who was with me said it was
customary to be disappointed in the
Falls, but that subsequent visits were
sure to make that all right. He
said it was so with him. He said
that the first time he went the hack
fares were SO much higher than the
Fall that the Fall appeared insignif-
icant. But that is all regulated now.
The hackmen have all been tanned,
numbered and placarded, and black
guarded, and brought into subiec-
tion of the law, and dosed with NOR
al principle till they are as meek az
missionaries. They are divided into
two clans, now the Regulars and
now the Privateers, and they eniov
their idle time in warning the
public against each other. The Reg
ulars are under the hotel banners
and do the legitimate at two dollars
an hour, and the Privateers prowl
darkly on neutral ground and pick
off stragglers at half price. But there
are no more outrages and extortions.
That sort of thing cured itself. 1t
made the Falls unpopular by getting
into the newspapers; and whenever
a public evil achieves that sort of
success for itself, its days are num-
bered. It became apparent that the
Falls had to be discontinued, or the
hackmen had to subside. They
could not damn the Falls so they
did the hackmen. One can be COM
Portable and happy there now.
l drank up Most of the American
r all before learned that the waters
were not considered medicinal
Why are the people left in ignorance
that way? | might have gone on and
ruined a fine property, merely for
the want of little trifing informa-
ton. And yet the sources of infor-
nation are not meagre. You are
sometimes in doubt there what YOU
ought to do, but you are seldom in
doubt about what you must not do.
No, the signs keep you posted. In
your room at the hotel you will find
your course marked out in the most
convenient way, by placards on the
wall, like these: 'o
don't jerk" '"'
"Bolt your door"
"Dou't scratch matches on the
wall" '"'
tire"
"Tie up the dog"
"lf you place your boots outside
the door they will be blackened but
the house viii not be responsible for
their return. (This is confusing
and tanglesome proposition because
1t moves You to deliberate long and
painfully as 20 whether il Will really
be any object to you to have your
boots blackened unless they are re-
turned.)
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
AbyssinIan slaves.

The Abyssinian girls are remark
ably pretty, with large eyes and del
icately shaped features. These girls
are brought down from the Gala
country by the slave dealers from
Abyssinia- That beautiful country
which had we-not @antonly deserted
it, might have became of great i'm
portance, is now a prey to anarchy.
The opposing tribes are only too
happy to sell their female prisoners
to the Arab slave traders. These
people bring down their young girls
in gangs by various routes, but the
principal outlet is the Red Sea,
about Massowa. A great market is
at Gallabat, the frontier town of
Abyssinia. There 1 have seen them
crowded together in mat tents, wait
ing for purchasers from those COM
missloned to procure slaves by the
wealthy Arabs and Turkish officials.
At Gallabat a handsome young girl
of sixteen is worth about e25, but
the same girl at Cairo. would fetch
84O or ESQ. The Abyssinians are a
much advanced race compared with
the negroes Of Central Africa, The
women are very affectionate and de-
voted to those who show them
kindness. Thus, as they combine
beauty with devotion, they are much
sought for, and command high
price in the market. They are sell
dom purchased by common people
as their price is too high, and they
cannot earn money by bodily labor
like negresseS, being too delicate
and unable to stand fatigue. Al
though they are generally termed
Abyssinians { (Ha66esheea,) | never
met with a true high-east Abyssini-
nian girl-they would be Christians,
whereas all / have seen have been
Gallas-a Mohammedan race. Many
of these poor girls die from fatigue
on the desert journey from Gallabat
to the sea cost. Those who reach
Khartoum, or the towns of Lower
Egypt, are sold to the wealthy, and
generally take high position in the
harems, often becoming the wives
Of their purchasers. In the SOudan
l have met several charming Abys-
sinisB ladies, who, having married
European residents, have become
perfectly civilized; proving the race
is capable of q great advancement.
MaemiNan's Magazine.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
NO TIVE LIKE THE oLo TIVE


There is no time like the old time,
When you andI were young,
When the buds of April blossomed,
And the birds of spring-time sung,
The gardens brightest glOries
BY summer suns are nursed,
But oh, the sweet, sweet, violets,
The flowers that open first!
There is no place like the old place,
Where you and were born,
Where we lifted first our eyelids
On the splendors of the morn,
From the milk white breast that warm
ed US,
From theeilnglng arms that bore,
WhenTthe dark eyes glistened DER US,
That will look on us no more
There is no friend like the old friend
That has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise;
Fame is the seentless sunfower,
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 cOur'ed 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 wivesl
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and the reign of actual Christian
brotherhood. Men are too Chris !.
tian to fight duels, they are not vet.
arrived at that state when thew are
too Christian to give cause for duel
ling. tits quite time that the truth
tul and high-toned part of the COM
munity should begin to make SLAM
der odious. ae -a'l
We believe that something Z rests
on the listener. If every person on
nearing an injurious story, would
promPtlysaY: 'You must do one Of
two things: prove what YOU s. saw. or
take It back Instantly, or I will 90
directly tosthe person, and bring YOU
to book" there would be spmewhat
less of it. If every Christian man
and woman would resolve 5rever to
utter disparaging words of another.
except with plain evidence of their
truth, after full investigation, and
then only with jjustifying cause.
there would be great deal less
Nowadays nc one meets It EVERYWHERE.
we 90 not approve of fswhftewash-
lng, as IS too often practiced in.
scandal cases. believe the truth
OF wicked deeds ought to come out
when men IN prominent places are
really guilty. But there would be
less temptation to whitewash, if there
was no throwing of dirt until some of
it sticks. 1t may be said the honest
and upright fear no slander-that
one can live down evil report and
the like. However true in general,
these things are not always true. A
raise story may ruin man who.
while morally pure, is not important
enough to the public to get fair
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15


To Poor To TAKE = PAPER.-
Moore, of the Rural New Yorker,
was sitting in his Office one afternoon
some years ago, when farmer
friend came in and said, "1Ir. Moore
l like your paper, but times are so
hazd 1 cannot pay for ii. "
''Is that so, friend Jones? l am
sorry to bear that you are so poor;
if YOU are 81 hard run l viii give
you my paper
"Oh, no, 1 can't lake it as gift. "
''Well, then, let's see how we can
fix it. You raise chickens l be-
Iieve?"
eyes, few; but they don't brSng
anything hardly"
'Don't they? Neither does nv
paper cost anything hardly. NowI
have proposition to make to YOU.
1 will continue your paper, and
when you go home you may select
from your lot one chicken and call
her mine. Take good care of her
anu Orihg me the proceeds, whether
IN eggs OF chickens, and we viii call
it square"
"All right, brother Moore and
the fellow ehuckled at what he
thought was capital bargain. He
kept the contract strictly, and at
the end of the year he found he had
paid about four prices for his paper,
He often tells the joke himself, and
he never had the face to say he was
too poor to take a paper since that
day. at
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
cpUrR1,NG EmRERs.


While silent and musing SIT by the IRE,
In fancy oflen will soar,
When vaguely attracted by ardent desire
To treasures yet waiting in store;
I wonder if fortune upon me will smile
Ifjustice each loss will defray.
If mercy. supinely, my cares will beguile,
While embers are crumbling away.
paint in those embeIs, SO glorious and
red.
The pictures of life, as they glow.
Thus swiftly the hopes of the past are all
fed,
Thus swiftly are fortunes laid low;
Thus swiftly our treasures must shoulder
and die,
And live as it were, but day,
And hopes high elated revert to a sigh,
While embers are crumbling away.
But softly, # sympathy's fountains be stir
red,
> A balm viii divinely descend,
And healing will slumber in each kindly
word
That falls from the lips Of friend.
Once more in a glory the present appears,
Once more faded hopes hold sway,
And smiles fill the place of distortion and
tears,
While embers are crumbIing away.
Oh. Why viii ye murmur. Oh, why will
yc frown,
On others less fearless and bold
On n.those whom adversely long has held
down
In the slough of dependency cold.
Oh, rather in sympathy aid then. TO rise,
And every kind word that you say,
Will live as beacon of love to sad eyes,
While embers are erumbling away.
Thy kindness will aid in dispelling the
That cluster around the distressed,
A boon that may linger through long
weary years,
A.star 10 the weak and oppressed
A star that viii glimmer through all com
ing time,
To tighten the tolls of the day
And circle thy life in glory sublime,
While embers are crumbling away.
Bw. s.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
LIFE AT THE SPRINGS.

! SARATOGA SPANGs, July 3O.-Of
all places in the world to see strong
contrasts and contradictions in a
limited space, Saratoga can be rival
led by none. The most magnificent
hotels, charging the most magni6-
cent prices, almost adjoin the plain
est boarding houses whose prices cor
respond. On the hotel piazzas the
lady whose array cost thousands,
may be seen talking with one, the
value of whose modist outfit would
not reach $50. / heard a story not
long ago which is worth repeating
here. Two gentlemen-one old, one
young-were on a railway train
passing through a mountainous dis
trict of Pennsylvania, and pointing
to bare-looking mountain near by,
the elder said, "Ten years ago, that
mountain, now covered with stumps,
supported a luxurious pine forest; it
was worth $4,000 then, it is barely
worth Continental now. The net
produce of that mountain lies curled
up In yonder seat"-and he pointed
to a~pretty girl, the daughter OF
lumber merchant, who was mapping
under adverse circumstances Ac-
cording to my calculation, ne con-
t;nnad .1it cost her father all the
nroft he made on his lumber to bring
her to the point to which she has
now arrived, to educate her, dress
her and introduce her into society.
One of you young men, if asked to
make a choice between the mountain
as it now stands and its net produce,
would choose the net produce, but
as for me, give ME the stumps."
So we have here the net produce
Of mountains, and the net produce
of dairy, the net produce of an oil
well, speculation in stocks, a rise
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

Why BARNEY WAS RETAINED
A firm dealing largely in coal in one
of our western cities had in their
service an IriShman named Barney.
One day the head of the firm, irrita-
ted beyond endurance at one of Bar
ney's blunders, told him to go to the
office and get his pay, and added,
'You are so thick headed, can't
teach you anything"
"Begorra," says Barney, Il larnt
wan thing since I've been wild ye!"
"What's that?" asked his employ
er.
"That seventeen hundred made
ton"
Barney was retained, or to use the
phraseology of asouthern gentleman
who has Just won the heart aud hand
of one of New York's most opulent
widows, che resumed the primeval
condition of his former rectitude."
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
IORLANn.
A Northern Wonderland.

There is an old legend which de-
s9ribes how Satan was smitten with
jealousy when he beheld the work
of creation, and how he strove to
surpass it. He toiled and toiled with
the earth and the water, and 10! he
produced Iceland. The old legend
is less complimentary to its subject
than such stories generally are, with
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
Hair Work.

MRS. VIM. GILMAN, opposite the
LIA Fisk House, Ashtabula O., wduld resnect.
fully announce TO the ladies Of this vicinity i'm,
she is prepared to do in the hest style, aIf kinds
q q WORK work. In hair such as BkAlDlNG, CURLING,
LADIES' HA-P WANTED,
for which the highest ''Fi. W lbepajd. Her ,yort
VIII compare well with nyt iywork. while her
prices are far less, '--'
AshtabulR. Oct. S3 1873 1881
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

Cats and dogs embalmed in Egypt
four Thousand years ago, are precise
ly like those of to-day, said the late
Sir David Brewster. What have
the evolutionists to say to that fact?
-Four thousand years are nothing
so gradually are organic changes
brought sbout-would probably be
the Darwinian Theory.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
1nob in snace makes a Square.

Local Notices. 10 cents peFlineI - 81
Deaths and Marriages inserted gTatis:
Transient Advertisements 70 Be paid Tor M sIla-
bly, in advance. -. s,- Dis-
Yearly advertisers will be charged extra I9I ;4L Dis
solution and other Notices, moi eOnheS'eN VIZ
their regular business.
Business Cards, 81 dollar year per llne- ,,a5
Administrators and Executors Notices ClletsS@ =
Sa All other Legal Advertisements CuAiSSN -
cents per square each insertion.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

FTrains stop only on Signal. xTrains do not
Stop. telegraph Stations. Cleveland Time.
The Way Freight trains stop at Jefferson in
going West, at S.42 P. NJ. and going East at Al
A, NJ. These trains carry passengers.
Passenger fare ct the rate Of 8 cents per mile.
to way stations counted in even half dimes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
ERIE.RAILWAY.

ERIE RAIL WAY.
Abstract Of Time Table adopted June Is,
1874.
pULLMAN'S best Drawing-room
Il and Sleeping Coaches, combining all
modern improvements, are run through on ali
trains from Buffalo, Suspension Bridge, Niagara
Falls, Cleveland and Cincinnati to New York
making direct connection with all lines of for,
eign and coastwise steamers, and also with
sound steamers and railway lines for Boston and
other New England cities. ''--''
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

No. 2, SPECIAL NEW York ExPREss leaves Clif
Ton & 90 A. NJ, Suspension Bridge O5, Niagara
"a TS !, TO- Buffalo 40, Hornelsville 10 S. Corning
4 arrives at Emira 12 Il p. NJ, Binghamton 2 49
,3i5Issqaenanna 30. Hancock 81. Port Jervs %
Ia.na, S,a l6 Patterson 10 o. Newark II IT.
Jersey City 10 42, New York 10 s..
Daily. Meal Stations. ss.
Askfor tickets by wav os Frio Roilyo,t
For sale at al the principal Ticket Ofices,
INo. N. ABBOTT, Gen. Pas. Agent.
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ASHTARULA, YOUNGSTOWN
PITTSBUR GH RAILROAD.
CONDENSED TIMETABLE /, 1874.

AL trains daily. except Sunday.
FIR. MYERS, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agent.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

L. S. & M. M.S.-FRANKLIN DIVISION.
From and after June %, 1874, Passenger Trains
will run follows:
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MILLINERY. ETC.

mRS- r. @. RTCKARD, Millinery & Dress
making 8 choice lot Of Millinery goods and
the latest styles Of Ladies and Children's Pat.
store Center street. Ashtabula, Ohio iyi9s9
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
BANKS.

AsHTABULA NATIONAL BANK,
Ashtabnla, Ohio. II. FAssETT. Preff. j.
SUN. BLrTH, Cashier. Authorized Capital, $500.
]. b Crosby, O.. z. BRUCE, II ]. NRTTIEToE,
B. NELLIs. Wh HUMPHREY, E. o. WARNER,
NJ. g. GIoK, P. F. COOP, Directors. 1904
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
HARNESS MAKER.

p. G. FORD Manufacturer and Dealer in Sad
&c. opposite Fisk House, Ashtabula, Ohio. 101s
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MANUFACTURERS.

O. @. eCULLEK, Manufacturer of Iath
Siding, Mouldings. Cheese Boxes, &c Planting
Matching. md Serowl Saving done on fhe
shortest notice. Shop on Main street oBpo.
site the Upper Park. Ashiabula Ohio 540
FRENCH & WEIBLEN NJ nulactcrers A
Dealers in al kinds OfLeather ia demand in this
market opposite Phoenix Foundery Ashtabu-
ia. 1856
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
HOTELS.

-P, e. HALL, Dentist, Ashtabula, o.
es.aId24Ofaee Center street, between Main and
Park 1O43
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15
SEWING MACHINE AGENTS.

LOOMS. Dealer in the Singer Sewing
Machine, Needles, OILS, Etc, also, attach
ments for al machines, over NeWoerry,s
Drug Store, Ashtabuia, o. l26Ou.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

H. H. BARTLETr. M ID Homppathic
Physician and Surgeon. (succesgor 10 DR.
Moore,l ONCE No. Main street Residence IN
shepard's building, first door south Of Office.
DIR. o. MAR TIN, Homeopathic Phvsician
and Surgeon respectfully asks share Of fbe
patronage OF Ashta6ula and vicinity. Ofiee
and residence in Smiths new block, Centre
Street,, 1850
Or. e. l.. KING, Physician and Surgeon
once over Hendry & Kings store, residence
aear St.Peter's Church. Ashtabula.. o eEOI
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TTNRER YARDS.

WATToN A. TALBERT, manufactur RS
oFa15 dealers in all grades OF Saginaw Lum eer,
Iatb. and Shingles; also. mouldings OF abide
ecriUtiOug. ANao
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DRUGGISTS.

GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Dry
Goods. Groceries. Hstsg caps, Boots, Shoes, Gro
ckery. Glassware. ~Also, WholFaaie and retail
dealer In HafdFsfe, Ssddlery, Nails, Iron, Steel,
Drugs, Medicines, Paints. Oils, Dyestufs. &c.
Main st. Ashtabuta. 1O95
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-15

prepared to attend to all operations in his pro-
fsssion. BE makes speciality of "Oral Sur
gerry and saving the natural teeth Office
and residence on Elm ST., former residence of
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BUSINESS DIRECToRY.
MERCHANTS.

AH.6E.W. SAVAGE dealers in choice
Family Groceries and Provision, also pnre Con-
fectionery, and the finest brands Of Tobacco and
Cigars. A<Ol
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JEWELLERS.
CABINET WARE.

TINKER. a SPERRY Manufacturers of
Stoves, Plows and Columns, Window Caps and
Sills, Mill Castings, Kettles, Sinks, Sleigh
Shoes, &c, Fheniz Foundry. Ashtabula. o. 1921
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.

DAILY MAIL.-McBride, of Siskiyou,
has introduced q resolution in the Assem-
bly,, providing that our Senators and Rep
resentativcs in Congress be instructed to
use their influence to oprocure the re-estab-
lishment of daily mail route from the
town of Redding, by the way Of Shasta,
Trinity Center, Callahan Ranch, Fort
Jones and other intermediate points, to
Ireka- Tho resolution was referred to
the Trinity, Shasta and Siskiyou delega-
tion. The mails were carried over this
route from 1855 to 1871, a period of sixteen
years, without any serious delays, but in
May, 1871, the California and Oregon
Stage Company transferred their stock
and coaches to the Sacramento river route
AMI utterly abandoned the old established
route. The roadv Trinity Center, taken
the year round, is the better of the two,
and mails carried over it are much les
liable. TO impedimcnt and delay. Fur
thermore, and reason which should be
considered paramount to all others, the
number of people, living on the Sacra-
mento river road, who are accommodated
and benefited by the mail service, is in
considerable when compared with tho
number who would be similarly ia
vored were mail service re-established on
the old route.