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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
rAe Columbus 9 roIedo railroad.

COLUMBUS, April 15.-At the an.
nual meeting Of the COlum bus 4 To-
1odo RailroAd snaPanv,-tn -tn-dAyr-1s
Directors were elected, who at once
organized by electing NJ. NJ. Greene,
President, aud Jas. A. Wilcox, Sec
retary and Treasurer. A resolution
was adopted that the construction OF
the road be commenced and vigor-
Ously prosecuted as soon as 81, ,OO0, 900
be subscribed to the capital stock, and
the money market Is so improved as
to insure the sale of the bonds OF the
Company at reasonable price; and
In Or'ler to complete uch subscription
the friends of the road la localities
which have not raised the amount
heretofore allotted them, are earnest
ly urged to promptly procure the sd-
ditiOnsl subscription. IL was stated
thar only about Sl25,000 OF the re-
qOired subscription IL yet to b. raised.
The report OF the Eogineer shows
the proposed road to be 121.O7 miles
in length. OF this line, HAS miles
Is straight. The estitpated cost OF
the line, including all land aud per-
manent Improvements, Is s2l 900 per
mile.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
Bible Extracts.

Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbor drink, that puttest thy bot
tie to him, and makest him drunken
also, that thou mayest look on their
nakedness
Thou art filed with shame for
glory drink thou also, and the cup
Of the Lords right hand shall be
turned unto thee and shameful spew-
ing shall be on thy glory.
For the violence of Lebanon shall
cover thee, and the spoil OF the beasts
tUhich made them afraid, because oi
mems blood, and for the violence oil
the land, Of the city and of all that
dwell therein.
Come ye, say they, / will fetch wine,
and we will fiji ourselves with stong
drink and tomorrow shall be as
this day, and much more abundant.
Do not drink wine nor strong drink,
thou, nor thy sons with thee lest ye
die; ii ahdH be q statute for ever
throughout your generations.
Be not among wine-bibOers among
riotous eaters of flesh; for the drunk
ard and the glutton shall come to
poverty /; and drowsiness shall clothe
a man with rags.
And Eli said: How long will thou
be drunken? put away thy wine from
thee.
Now, therefore, beware, Ipray thee,
and drink not wine nor strong drink,
and eat not any unelean thing.
Wine is q mocker and strong drink
is raging; and whosoever is deceived
thereby, is not wise.
II is not for kings, oh, Lemuel, it is
not for kings to drink wine; nor fol
princes strong drink; lest they drink
and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
A Heroic ROy.

The iStOfss Times tells a very nice
story OF shepherd lad, fourteen years
Of age, in Canton Grisons. On tie
Monte di Compo, the youthful shep-
herd fed his flock, when q huge bear
made his appearance, and unceremOn-
iOusly began to feed himself on the
same flock. When he had seized one
OF the finest sheep, the courageous boy
began 10 beat him with q stick, In or
der to drive him away. The inauEia-
ted beast turned upon his slender as
ssilant, determined to finish his NUT
ton on him. The youth turned and
Tan, and remembering that there was
not far Off q gorge two hundred feet
deep, but so narrow that he might
clear it by vigorous leap, started for
it, with bruin close at his heels. He
reached the edge Of the rayine, and lzy
q very desperate bound landed on the
other side, while the stupid brute be-
hind him, not noticing his danger,
STUN bled headiODg TO the bottom. The
boy, descending the gorge found his
enemy disabled by the bruises, and
soon dispatched him by beating out
his brains with stones.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30

The fidelity of the wife Of Marshal
BaZaine in sharing his exile and en-
during with him the many mlsfOr-
tunes that have overtaken her hus-
band, has challenged great admira-
tiOn- How she has at last been able
to requite him in a measure for the
social eminence that she once enjoy
ed in the days OF his prosperity, Is
thus related by the New York World /:
"When Marshal Bszsine, then at the
apogee Of his fortunes, as q Marshal
OF France, commanding the expedi-
tionary French army in Mexico, fell
in love with and married the young,
beautiful but penuiless SenOrita Pc
nay Psna, y granddaughter OF one OF
the many ex-Presidents OF Mexico,
the worldly advantages OF the match
were thought to he on the side of the
young lady. The tables have since
been turned. IL we are to believe 3
Mexican journal cited in the columns
Of our Spanish eOtrmpOrary, E7 CrO-
nistG as authority for the story that
SenUra PediazO, q cousin Of Madame
Bazaine. aud very rich, has just died
in Mexico, leaving all her fortune to
the children Of the Marshal, cast down
now from glory and opulenee by the
disgrace and degradation Of their faith.
er into penury ami nbscurity The
mouse relieves the liOn."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
Ills Sweet for ones Country To, Etc.

Happening one day in his travels
to be belated, Senator Collamer stop
ped at a substantial and comfortable
farmhouse, and was entertained and
Hospitality invited to make himself
comfortable for the night. He ac-
cepted the invitation, had a good sup
per and very luxurious lodgings. The
next morning Mr.. Collamer made q
survey of the farm of his host, and
was much surprised with the COM
fort and substantial thrift and pros
perity OF everything around. lie
could not but congratulate him oil
his apparently happy lot. His fields
were well fenced, his barns were filed,
and his crops most promising. Be-
sides, too, the farmer had an industri-
Gus and amiable wife, and several
bright and healthy children. "a far
mer's life," remarked Mr.. COllamer,
"is certainly the happiest of all hu-
man lots, and must say, my friend,
that you are as happily fixed as any
farmer I ever knew"
"Wall,n remarked his host, "that's
your notion, bat 'tain't mine. 1 in
tend to sell out and move next week. +"
"Wbither are you going?"
"Down into Texas"
"What, in that wild and disturbed
country, menaced by the whole Mex
lean army, and by rowing bands of
Comanches and marauding Greasers;
leave this peaceful and happy home
for such q savage country, where you
would have to sleep every night on
your arms, and carry your rifle strap
ped across your shoulder whilst plow-
ing in the fields ?"
"Yaas sir-ree," was the eager reply,
"who would give cuss to live in a
country where he couldn't fight for
his liberty"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
IngFatItude.

Gratituds Is the fairest blossom
which springs from the soul; and the
heart of man knOweth none more fra
grant. While its opponent, Ingrati-
tude, is deadly weed; not only polls
onOus in itself, but impregnating the
very atmosphere in which It grows,
with fetid vapors.-HoseG BGlLOu.
There is as much greatness of mind
| in the owning vi a good turn as In the
doing of it; and we must no more
force a requital out of season than be
wanting in it.-SeneeG.
The gratitude OF pIace-expectants is
lively sense Of future favors. Sir
Robert Wdlpole.
Small service is true service while II
lasts Wordsworth.
o call not tn my mind what you
have done 1t sets debt Of that ac-
count before me, which shows me poor
and bankrupt even in hopes Com
greUe.
It is o very high mind to which
gratitude is not q painful sensation.
If you wish to please, you will find it
wiser to receive, solicit even, favors,
than accord them; for the vanity OF
the Obligor is always fisttered, that OF
the Obligee rarely.-B1iLl0er LyttOI.
Those who make US happy are al
ways thankful to us for being 50.
Their gratitude is tbs reward of their
own benefits.-Mdddnle St0etchine.
Not to return one good Office for al
other is iuhumaD; but to return evil
for good is disbolical. There ara too
many even of this sort, who, the
more they owe, the more they hate.
There is nothing more dangerous than
to Oblige these people; for when they
are conscious of not paying the debt.
| they wish the creditor out OF the way
Seneca.
IngratitudeI thou marble-hearted
fend, more hideOus when thou show
est thee in q child than sea- mon
sterl-SIdkespedre.
He that is ungrateful has no guilt
but one; all other crimes may pass for
virtues in him. Young.
Brutes leave ingratitude to man.
Cotton.
An extraordinary haste to discharge
an obligation Is sort of insratitude.-
ROehJOacalM.
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
Thompson.
Filial ingrstitude Is It not as this
mouth should tear this hand Cor lift
ing food to it?-Shdkespeare.
Ingratitude never 50 thoroughly
pierees the human breast IS when it
proceeds from those in whose behalf
we have been guilty Of transgressions.
Fielding.
Ingratitude il OF al crimes what in
ourselves we account the most venial,
in others the most unpardOnabIe.-
Henry Home.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
Cannon Made OF Ice.

A hollow cylinder will bear great
er strain than q solid one. Many OF
us know by experiment what a hard
pressure an egg will resist when plac-
ed endwise between the hands. This
curious strength in round but weak
substance is due to the exact, orderly
arrangement of their particles, that
IS, in perfect curves. A memorable
illustration was seen in the mock ar
tillery set to play guard in frsnt OF
that creation Of imperial whim, the
ice palace OF Catherine of Russia. Be
fore the palace stood six eannons Of
ice, and two mortars formed like cast
pieces. The cannons were six-pOund-
ers, which are commonly loaded with
three pounds of powder; these, how
ever, were loaded with a quarter of q
pound, and carried = ball of stuffed
hemp, and sometimes of iron. The
balls, at q distance of sixty PAGES,
passed through board two inches In
thickness. The ice of the cannon
could not have been more than three
or four inches in thickness, and yet
it resisted the force of the explosion.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
summers su eeessOr.
Westsrville, o., April 1, 1874.

Boston, April 1.-THE thirty rirst
ballot for United States Senator was
taken to-day, with the following re-
suit: Whole number of votes, 26j;
necessary to q choice, 1873; Dawes, 81;
Hosr, SO; Curtis, 81; Banks, z; Adams,
4; WAshburn, 5; Whittier, 1.
Thirty-see6nd ballOt-Whole num-
Der OF votes east, 265; necessary to
choice, 133; Dawes, Y; HOar, rs; Cur
It's, 90; Adams, IS; Washburn, 10;
Banks, II; Loring, 2; Pitman, Whit
tier, Sanford, Hale and Phillips, l
each. Recess.
At q meeting of the Dawes men be-
fore the session opened, at two o'clock
y ballot for candidates other than
Dawes resulted in SO votes for DIR. LO-
ring and IA for Washburn, part of
which we're for Emory Washbnrn aud
part for Governor Washburn. The
rest were scattering. Judge Bennett,
of Taunton, received some votes.
During the recess 3 communication
was received from the Dawes men
proposing q union on the name Of DIR.
Loring, which was rejected by the
Hoar men by an almost unanimous
vote. Another proposition was re-
ceived from the Dawes men, that
Hoar should pass . resolution cOmpli-
mentAry to Dawes, and the Dawes
men would then withdraw his nSme.
They also proposed that but one more
ballot should be taken to-day, aud the
convention then adjourn to Saturday.
Both these propositions were voted
down. Mr.. Sprsgue, Framingham,
moved that the Hoar men should
stick to Judge HoAr but finally with
drew the motion.
The thirty-third, and final ballot,
was taken when the convention as
sembled after recess. Mr. SodmAn, Of
Boston, moved 70 proceed at once TO
ballot, which was carried, and the roll
was called. After the roll was first
called there began an immediate
change Of votes which lasted nearly
half an hour, all Of them in favor Ol
Governor Washburn. The result was
as follows: Whole number Of votes,
267; necessary to choice, I34; William
b. Washburn, Isl; Curtis, 81; Dawes,
%, Adams, Is; Loring, 4; Banks. 4.
Wendell Phillips, l; Stephen n. Gif-
ford, ]; John g. Whittier, 1. The
President stated that sit appears that
William B. WAshburn IL chosen Sen
atOr," and declared the convention adj
IournGd.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
An Aneeaete Of Iadgn Thltnn.

The old man tIid the fIIJNius bt
Ofhis experience ia my heaIing, ana
he laughed heartily IN tue remenl
br9ncs Of it.
Ia the other years, wien Maine was
a District of Massachusetts,, Ezekiel
Whitman was among tlUss chosen to
represent that District in the Massa-
chusetts Legislature He was an
{ eccentric man and one OF the best
lawyers OF his time. In those DAYS
Whitman owned a farm and did
much work upon his land: aud il
happened that when the time came
/ for him to set out for Boston, his best
clothes were 3 suit OF home-spuu.
His wife objected to his going in that
gar5, but he didn't care. "I will get
q nice, fashionable suit as soon as I
reach Boston," he said.
Reaching his destination, Whit.
man sought rest at Doolittle's City
Tavern. Let it be understood that he
wal graduate at Harvard, and at
| this tavern be was at home.
As he entered the parlOr of the
house, he found several ladies and
gentlemen there assembled, aud he
heard remark from one of the for
mer-
"Ah, here comes . eOuntryman of
the real homespun genus. There's
fun" -
Whitman stared at the company
and then sat down.
"Say, my friend, you're from the
eountry?" asked one Of the gentle
men.
"Ya'as," answered Ezekiel, with a
ludierous twist OF the face.
The ladies Uttered.
"And what do you think Of our
eity%n
"It's a pooty thick-settled place,
anyhow. It's got swimping sight
OF houses In it,"
"And a good many people"
"Ya-as, l should reckon So"
MANY people where you came
''Wal, some"
"Pienty of ladies, / suppose!p
"Ya-as, a fair sprinklin,."
"And / don't doubt that YOURS
quite beau among them?''
"Ya-as,-I beaus 'em some-to
meetin' an singin' school,"
Perhaps the gentleman from the
NO1LAAl IhhO = kAho5 VI
"rhankee. Don't keer If I do"
The wine was brought from the
sideboard. ......
"YOu must drink toast"
30, git eOut 1 es's tOast-I never
heard Of sieh thing as drinkin' It..
But / ken give you q sentiment"
The ladies elapped their hands. but
what was their surprise when the
stranger, rising, spoke calmly and
clearly, and in tones ornate and Dig
nified, as follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen, permit me
to wish you health and happiness,
with every otlIer blessing earth All a r.
ford; and may you grow better and
wiser with advancing years, bearing
IN mind that outward appearances are
often deceitfui. You mistOok me,
from my dress, to be n country BOBBY,
while /, from the same superficial
cause, thought you to be gentlemen
and ladies. The mistake has bssu mu-
| tual."
He had just spoken when Caleb
Strong, then Governor OF that State,
entered and inquired for Mr.. Whit
man.
"Ah-here 1 am, Governor
to see you" Then turning to the
dumbfOunded company
81 wish you a very good evening""
And he left them feeling about as
small and cheap as it Is possible for
full-grown people to feel.
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when specie payments are fully re-
stored, or are IN rapid process II re
storation, it will be the time to eOa-
slider the question of more currency.
U. 5. GRANT.
Executive MANSION, April y, IA
French inccdcies Of American E!fe.

ffCutA AnccdoIcS OF American aiie.
Among the most absurd Instances
OF what Europeans can be made to be-
lIeve true Of US, is one incident taken
from La Vie R1risienne, in which 3
French writer claims to give faith
fdl portraiture Of life in America. The
author tells his countrYmen what
happened in his own personal exper-
fence, on the occasion of a visit to q
young American lady, to whom he
had previously been introduced.
Zone EVENING" says be fI found
Alice alone in the parlor. Her cousin
had started out for a walk with her
beau. was surprised to notice that
she was not in her usual elegant toilet,
anu when asked the reason she said
she was warm and tired.
I" Let Us go TO Hoboken,' proposed.
The fresh air from the river will do
you good.'
No. she replied.
Will you go out and take some
toast oysters and lobster salad !?
No; l am not hungry
4" We'll then,' I suggested, Set Us go
to Maiilard's and have an iee.'
!" "sNo, I tell you : she said. But
Walt! II l should go out with you,
what would the whole affair cost, in
Guiding the supper, the theater, and
ali the usual expenses?'
!" Il hardly know answered; be
sides, what difference does it make ?
IT'S OF no Importance. Come on, and
do nat worry yourself about my
purse.'
sEtJast listen to me- said said she.
'You would spend about fifteen dol
lars. Now, instead of going out, let
us remain ut home and take cup of
tea, and you give me- the fifteen dol
lars.'u
The writer not only vOuches for the
authenticity of this story, but gives
others equally ridiculous. Figaro, re-
printing them, gravely remarks that
it is not probable that such manners
are universal in America-evidentIy
considering they are however, by no
means uncommon.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
lFroIn the Kentucky Exchange
Rather Social,

Gov. Powell, o. Kentucky ,was new
er an orator, but his conversational,
storytelling and social qualities were
remarkable. His great forte lay IN
establishing . personal intimacy with
every one he met, and in this way
was powerful 10 electioneering. He
ehewed immense quantities of tobac-
CO, but never carried the weed him
self, and was always begging IL Of ev-
cry ons he met. His residence was
IN Henderson, and In coming up the
Ohio past that place, . gentleman
overheard q characteristic aDeedOte
Of him. A citizen Of Henderson,
coming on board, fell into converse
ton with . passenger, who made in-
quiries about Powell. "Hs lives In
your place, / believe, don't be2"
1rYes, one OF our oldest citizens. Z"
aVery sociable man, ain't he?'f RE
markAbIy So" "WelI, I thought so;
/ think be Il one Of the most sociabIe
men sVsr met In my hfs-woudsr-
fully sociable. Iwas introduced to him
az GrsySon Springs lAst summer, and
be hadn't been With me ten minutes
when be begged all the tobacco I had,
got his feet up on my lap, and spit
all over me-rsmarkably s0ciable." /"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30

The Cincinnati Enquirer. Pendle-
toms organ, paid the following touch
ing tribute acts In the Legislative
drama regarding re-districtIng.
The State Senate last night killed
the re-distrieting scheme and placed
It beyond the hope Of resurrection. a
fitting finale 10 the BnprOfitab'e ses-
sion Of q Legislature whose chronicles
may he bound and laid upon the shelf
OF Time under the appropriate title Of
fiFOlIy."
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fhe Coming RepOrT Respecting the
SanbOrn Business.

WASHINGTON April ~, 1874.
Mr.. Foster. Of Ohio, will present the
draft Of bis report in regard to the
SAnborn contracts to the Committee
on Ways and Means tomorrow. The
report will favor the unconditional
repeal OF the law under which the
contracts were made. 1t will review
the history OF the law, and question
the authority OF the department 10
execute it In the manner disclosed by
the evidence taken and the docu-
ments submitted. It will maintain
that the effect OF the law, as exeented,
was to take away from the Internal
Revenue Office large share Of the du-
ties intrusted To It exclusively by law.
It will show that the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue was not in any
way responsible for the Irregularities
which have been developed. The re-
port will make little distinction In
its eensure Of all those ia the depart
ment in any way connected with the
execution Of these contracts, but will
reflect severely upon all Of them.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30

Rather a keen piece Of sarcasm is
INDUCED In by the author Of SCI
dorado" q new buriesque at the
Strand Theatre, London. He makes
the son Of one Of the ehaEaters well
come his father 70 Paris, and ask bIm
II he bad = pleasant railway journey
ooh. yea" says the parent, "capitsl;
we s=d . railway accident" SIN
.deedl What was it2t says the son.
1--WE arrived safelyw
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Htn,Nr..
De kiTreI of lo-rss:re sublmare.


DON Francisco VsI@sqCes Informed
me-, in 1870, that he lad powder
which made the ants mad, SO that
they bit and destroyed each other He
gave me little of It, and il proved 20
be corrosive sublimate. I made sew
eral trials OF il, and found it most ef-
ticaciOus in turning q large column of
ants A little of it sprinkled across
one Of their paths in dry weather has
most surprising effect. AS soon rs
one of the ants touches the white DOW
DEF, e commences tn run about wild.
ly, and To attack any other ant iE
comes acrOSS. In u couple OF hours,
round balls of the ants will be found
biting zach other, and numerous indi-
vidusls will be seen bitten completely
IN two, while others have lost some of
their legs or antennR. News OF the
CONJUNCTION is carried to the fOrmiear-
ium, and huge fellows, measuring
three-quarters OF an inch in length,
that only come OUT OF the nest during
n migration or an attack on the nest
OF one of the working columns, are
seen sailing down with = determined
air, as ii they would soon right mat
touched the subiimate, all their state
illness leaves them; they rush about;
their legs are seized hold OF by some
OF the smaller ants slready affected by
the poison; and they themselves begin
to bite, and in y short time become
the centre Of fresh balls OF rabid ants.
The sublimate can only be used effee-
lively in dry weather. AT Colon /
found the Americans using coal tar,
which they spread across their paths
when any of them led tn their gar
dens. / was told that the Indisns
prevent them from ascending young
trees by tying thick wisps Of grass,
with the sharp points downward,
round the stems. The ants cannot
pass through the wisp, and do not
hud out how to surmount 1t, getting
confused among the numberlsss blades
all leading downward. I mention
these different plans Of meeting and
Frustrating the attacks Of the ants at
some length, as they are one OF the
greatest seourges of tropical America,
and it has been too readily supposed
that their attacks cannot be wRrded
Off / myself was enabled, by using
some Sf the means mentioned above,
to successfully cultivate trees and veg
etables of which the ants were ex-
tremely fond.
Notwithstanding that these ants
are so common throughout tropical
America, and have excited the atten-
tiou Of nearly every traveller, there
still remains much doubt as to the use
to which the leaves are put. Some
naturalists have supposed that they
use them directly as food; others that
they roof their underground nests with
them. believe that the real use
they make Of them is q manure, on
which grows a minute species of fun-
gus, on which they feed; that they are
in reality mushroom growers
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30

Nothing" said an impatient hns-
band, reminds me 80 much Of Ba-
Iaann and his ass as two women stop
ping in church ohstructing the way
tn indulge In their everlasting talk"
hBut you forget, my dear" returned
the wife, neekly, "thst It was the an-
gel who stopped the way, and Balaam
and his ass who complained Of II.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30

The Cincinnati Commercial has
been hanging its hopes on DenocrAt-
lie promises, but is evidently not sat-
Isfied with the result. It says:
VIII some one be good enough 70
enumerate tlls Fetrsnchments Of ex-
penses In State offices instituted BY
the Legislature which has just ad-
journed, or In what quarter taxation
has been reduced 4? We were TO have
both, and plenty Of them, when the
Legislature assembled In January.
Will It not be necessary to get out 8
search warrant to fud them.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30

GEORGE 4 BREEX,
T.ruRNEY AT Lay :, TiGaH, Ohio. once
= corner Main and p rry streets.
Mar q L
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Home Sunshine.

Many a child goes astray, not be-
cause there is want OF prayer OF
virtue at home, but simply be-
cause home lacks sunshine. A
child needs smiles Ps much as
flowers need sunbeams. If q thing
pleases, they are apt to seek II, it dis
pleases, to shun it. II home is the
place where faces are sour, and fault
finding is forever in the ascendant,
they will spend as many hours as
possible elsewhere.