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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
The WIsdom Of Frrnt.

Great must have been the wisdom
of that ancient land, for it is spoken
of in the book of sacred truth; the
volume of wisdom. But of the nu-
merous parchments, and vast libra
ries, alas, but her pages have come
down to US. There are three or four
manuscripts on papyrus, still extant,
that were taken from the t9mbs;
they are of great interest to all, and
especially to the biblical students,
as they are corroborative of portions
of Bible history. The most inter
esting and the largest of these is
now in the British museum. Besides
these, we have a few pages of Name
tho, the Egyptian historian. Of the
forty-two sacred books they once
possessed, but one remains; it was
called the book of the dead, and
contains the description of the trial
of departed soul. 1t is represent
ed, on its long journey, as occupied
with prayers and confessions. Forty
two gods occupy the judgment seat.
Osiris presides, and before him are
the scales, in one of which the statue
of perfect Justice is placed, in the
other the heart of the deceased. The
soul of the dead stands watching
the balance, while Horus examines
the plumet indicating which way the
beam preponderates; and Truth, the
Justifer, records the sentence. If
this is favorable, the soul receives a
mark or seal, Justified"
Some of the ancient inspired wri-
tiers appear to have been familiar
with this book. Lycurgus went to
Egypt to learn, and there many a
sage of Greece learned his first les
sons in wisdom and philosophy.
Classic limners, sculptors and histo-
rians searched for knowledge in the
land of the Lotus.
The land of the wonderful pYra-
mids, and mystic hieroglyphics, is
the birthplace of the alphabet. There
the wonders of astronomy were stud
led, and was not that little apart
ment that crowns yon colossal tenn
pie an observatory from whence the
heavens we're swept by optical in
struments? In the arts, their knowl-
edge was great. The manufacture
of glass was well understood; they
made cofins. Paintings have been
discovered, showing machinery whose
motive power couldn't have been
anything else but steam. An obe-
lisk brought from Egypt to Napo-
leon, and erected at Paris, was found
to have been polished by the sand
blast process. Men skilled in the
art of stone-dressing could not effect
polish with their steel instruments
on that granite shaft; it would crum-
BILE and break beneath their plastic
hand; but by the sand-blast process
recently discovered in America, they
could wear smooth the crumbling
stone. This process consists in put
ting in motion a stream of sand by a
current of steam or heated air. They
made steel, and were skilled in me-
tallurgy. Their paintings still re-
main, and are wonderful for beauty,
| though thousands of years have
elapsed since those strokes were
made. In the science of medicine
they are profcient;in embalming they
could see the effects of disease. To
this day, the characters used by
apothecaries to denote drains and
grains are Egyptian ciphers as adopt
ed by the Arabs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
The ImagInatIon and neath

Entwhistle, the printer who was
bitten by dog in April last, died
on the 28th. Some believe he died
of hydrophobia; still more believe
that he died merely of the fear of it.
AS it is perfectly apparent that the
disease is sealed book to science.
other belief may be the true one.
That the imagination will kill is GER
tain. Many of our readers will re-
member the case of the gardener of
either Heidelberg or ,Gottingen.-
This man was working in the garden
on a fresh spring morning, in the
prime of health. A student passed
him with the words:
"Ah, Fritz, passed bad night,
eh?"
''No, sir. Never felt better"
"I'm glad to hear it. Thought
you looked pale. Your garden looks
beautiful, Fritz"
''Thank you, sir.''
Comes along another student;
"Good morning Fritz?" H
"Good morning, SIR" .u
"System out of order?"
ftNo, STRIP
You look bad, heavy eyed and
pale"
"Didn't know it, SIR"
"a mere spring debility, l sup.
pose. Good morning"
Fritz (solsts)-I do feel a sort of
queer like.
Comes along a Professor:
well, Fritz, how are the violetsPn
Beautiful, sir, beautiful" aaa
You don't look very beautiful.
w hats the matter with you? Let
me see your tongue. Your forehead
clammY, too. l think you'd better
go home TO bed, Fritz"
II do feel queer, sir.'' r
81 should think you would Go
to bed. Keep quiet for a few
days" 4e"
81 believe I will, SIR"
see DIR. Brock coming this wav
ASK him. Good day Fritz. Pm
sorry to see you in this state"
"Good day SIR"
Up comes the doctor.
''Doctor what's the matter with
me?'
"Springoliana, Fritz, evidently.
Get to bed, my man. And here,
send this to the dispensary, and take
tablespoonful svery hour Don't
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
The Duty of Woman TO be a Lady.
By Gail Hamilton.

Wildness is a thing which girls
cannot afford. Delicacy is a thing
which cannot be lost and found. No
art can restore to the grape its bloom.
Familiarity with love, without conf
dence, without regard, is destructive
of all that makes woman exalting
and ennobling
"The world is wide, these things are small:
They may be nothing, but they are ALL" ;
Nothing? It is the first duty of
woman to be lady. Good breed
ing is good sense. Bad manners in
women is immortality. Awkward
ness may be ineradicable. Bashful-
ness is constitutional. Ignorance of
etiquette is the result of circumstan-
ces. All can be condoned, and do
not Danish man or woman from the
amenities of their kind. But self
possession, unshrinking and aggres-
sive coarseness. of demeanor may be
reckoned as a State prison ofense,
and certainly merits the mild form
of restraint called Imprisonment for
life. 1t is shame for women to be
lectured on their manners. 1t is a
bitter shame that they need it.
Women are the umpires of society.
1t is they to whom all mooted points
should be referred. To be lady is
more than to be Prince. A lady
is always in her right inalienably
worthy of respect. To lady, prince
or peasant alike bow. Do not be
restrained. Do not have the i'm
pulses that need restraint. Do not
wish to dance with the prince un-
sought. Feel differently. Be such
that you confer honor. Garry your
self SO lofty that men will look up
to you for reward, not at you in re-
buke. The natural sentiment of
man toward woman is reverence.
He loses large means of grace
when he is obliged to account her a
being to be trained into propriety.
A mans ideal is not wounded when
a woman fails in worldly wisdom,
but if in grace, in sentiment, in del
icacy, in kindness, she should be
found wanting, he receives an in
ward hurt.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
A. II. stewards ..PrOvisIOns.o -

A correspondence says: ''The
Bible speaks of the grave as the
''long home," and most of our old
men not only have arranged thei1
places of sepulture, but have already
visited the grave as mourners for the
objects of their love. Stewart, how
ever, is a very remarkable exception.
He has reached seventy-fve without
attending funeral in which he
was interested, except in the way of
friendship. Can any man of his
age make a similar statement? The
reason may be given in the fact
that A. T. Stewart left his kindred
in the old country and has never had
any children to lose, while his wife,
with whom he had lived in very hap
py union for nearly a half a century,
is still alive. Stewart has lost some
valued friends, one of whom the
late John Kellum, so distinguished
in his day as an architect, and to
whom Stewart confded all his plans
for building. 1t is probable that
Stewart in his will has made explicit
directions concerning his funeral,
for to omit this world would be out
of keeping with his character. He
is one of the most far-sighted of
mankind, and this is shown by the
fact that to provide against all the
contingencies of the future and the
risks of trade he insures his life for
$4,000. This will give his wife an
income if all the rest of the Princely
wealth should dissolve, and, like the
unsubstantial pageant faded, leave
not a track behind.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08

There is woman out on West
Hill who will get up at 6 o'clock,
kindle the fire, get breakfast, rout
out the family, wash the dishes and
six children, sew a button on the
neck of her husbands shirt and hunt
his hat, 90 to a mission Sunday
school and teach a class, attend
church, rush home and have dinner
over and the things cleared away in
time for afternoon Sunday school,
read the Sunday school papers to
the children, go to church at night,
and talk on her way home about
Sunday as "day of rest"
BatrLinQto1e HdacEeUe.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08

The rapidity with which the Min
nesota grasshoppers do their work of
destruction, is shown by an account
in the Minneapolis Tribune of their
ravages on a single farm. In two
hours they had devastated the whole
crop, consisting of forty-eight acres
of wheat that was out in ear, and
would have yielded twenty-five bush
els to the acre, corn, oats and potO-
toes-everything. Not even the
grass and the leaves of the trees
were left.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
PLIGHTRB. a. D. 1s74.
1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"

Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
NELLIE, lOQuitur.
Bless my heart You're come at last.
Awful glad 10 see you dear!
Thought you'd died or something, Belle
Such an age since you've been here !
My engagement gracious yes.
Rumor's hit the mark this time.
And the victim Charley Gray,
Know him, Don't you? well he's prime
Such mustacbioS splendid style
Then he's not so hOrrId fast
Waltzes like a seraph, too,
Has some fortune-best and last.
Love him Nonsense, don't be soft"
Pretty much as love now goes
He's devoted and in time.
Pll get used to him l spose.
First love Humbug. Don't talk stuff
Belle Brown don't be q fool
Next you'll rave OF flame ald darts,
Like chit at boarding school.
Don't be unified" talked Just so
Some two years back. Fact, my dearl
But two seasons kill romance.
Leave ones views OF life quite clear.
Why,if Will LalrObe had asked
When he left two years ago,
I'd thrown up all and gone
Out TO Kansas, do you know
Fancy me settlers witel
Blest escape, dear, wasn't not
Yes, it's hardly in my line
To enact "Love in cot"
Well, you see. had my swing,
Been engaged to eight or ten,
Got to stop sometime, of course,
So it don't much matter when.
Auntie hates old maids, and thinks
Every girl should marry young
On that theme my whole lie long
have heard the changes rungl
So, ma belle, what could do
Charley wants stylish wife.
Well suit well enough, no lear,
When we settle down tor life.
Blu; 1or love-stuff See my ring
Lovely isn'tit? Solataire,
Nearly made Maude Hinton turn
Green with envy and despair.
Hers amt half so nice, you sec
Did l write you, Belle, about
How she tried for Charley, till
l sailed in and cut her out?
Now she's taken Jack Mcbride.
l believe Its all from pIque-
Threw him over once you know
Hates ME so she'll scarcely speak.
Oh yes Grace Church, Brown, and that,
Pa won't mind expenses at last,
Ill be of his hands tor good;
Cust fortune two Years past,
Ny JrOsseau shall out 40 Maude's e
I've eaTte blanche from Pa, yO u know,
hiean 10 have my dress nom Y Orth
Won't sue just DC rariDg Thoughts!
ScfloReT'S JOr AagdSt
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
rhs Late., In ObItuarIes.

The New York Christian Adco-
cate says: We happened to see
remark the other day in relation to
the manifold ways in which, in .
certain language, one might tigura-
lively announce a mans death. But
we do not believe that many tongues
can beat the English in this respect
for instance; The polite man has
bid the world adieu, while the mer-
chant has closed his account; the
weary has gone to rest; the child has
been gathered to the angels; the
mariner has made his last port; the
ferryman has gathered his last toll;
the sleeper has CLOSED his eyes in his
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
A Healthy Individual.

The following is the last written
by the late "Artemus Ward" Ontil
quite lately, l have been a healthy in
dividooal. Pm nearly sixty, and yit
Pve got muskle into my arm which
don't make my fists resemble the
tread of canary bird when they fly
about and hit man. Only few
weeks agoI was exhibin' in East
Skowpegan, in buildin' which had
formly bin ockepied by a pugylist
lone of them fellers which hits from
the, shoulder and teaches the manly
arts of self-defens. And he cum
and said he was goin' in free in con-
sekence of previsly ockepying sed
bildin'' with large yeller dog. l
sed: "To be sure, sir, but not with
those yeller dog" He said, ooh
yes" "Ohno." He sed, 'Do you
want to be ground to powder!" l
sed, eyes, / do, if there is a powder
grindest handy" When he struck
me disgustin' blow in my left eye,
which caused the concern to at once
closefor repairs; but he didn't hurt
me any more. / went for him ener-
getically. His parents lived near
by, and / will simply state that
fifteen minutes after l had gone for
him, his mother, seeing the PROSTATE
form of her son approachin' the
house onto a shutter carried by
four men, run out doors, keerfully
looked him over, and sed, ''My son,
you've been foolin' round a thrash
In masheen. You went in at the
end where they put the grain in,
come out with the straw, and then
got up in the thingumajig and let
the horses tired on you, didn't you
my sona'l-You can Judge by this
what a disagreeable person l am
when am angry.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08

GA sollum kamness steals around,
a dred orecums the sole, when in my
pockets depths i sound and only
find a hole. o thus when life's breef
span is past, and deth yanks out my
sole, how dreery life will seem at
last, when taken as hole. But
still this consultations left, to cheer
the dropping sole, though through
it Pm of all bereft, l can not mse
the hole"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
JUST OPENED.
Cheap Night and Day
Also, a stock of
Singer Sewing Machine.

WE presume there is no variety
w of fsewing Machines in the country but has
friends and admirers, who are prepared to assert
and maintain that it is superior TO any and an
others. Without entering upon discussion oi
the relative merits Of any Of the different Aiuus'
we may be permitted to suggest nom the swv-1 W.
report that the singer Co, sold in 1873 one huu,
drod and Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred anu
Fo,,,.s,rr ,,opr Machines than any other eompa
To",5 ,1~I % sacm 10 Indicate that the Singer Ma
ny, 49, considered to be about the thing. The
.nine Wa ~ K,rrsyie, Conncaut Monroe shef
soNn'a s,1 ~, are ~ rcpresented by r. l. GROVER Ag
nSiS ST. ~, Manufacturing Co, No 81 Union Square,
New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
FOR SALE.

THE HOTEL at Rock Creek,
j Ashtabula Co, Ohio, about one acre Of land'
stable SC The House Is three story ,i nsuls,
large and commodious. IN good repair, en9 aolas
f,ant.'. ,r,snerous and pleasant; situated on ne
&P.R r. VIII sell cheap. ana easy tsi = "a.
or exchange for arm. Reasons ios sS, 1s e1s
% 7o- 7srther particulars call On Or address
lsT5 sts - -. n an ~ Sisvssr-s'
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
AN English brewer in Ohio wants
to know what effect "local hoption"
would ave unon the price of 'ops.

would ave upon the price OF ops
A kind word spoken to a husband
will go farther than broomstlck OF
a fiatiron, says a woman OF expert
ence.
Tue Peoria woman who wanted
to throw herself into her husbands
grave a few months ago has just
married lightning-rod man.
"MY dear boy" said fond aunt
to fast living nephew, "don't you
know that in leading this irregular
life you are shortening your days p
dts quite possible that l may be
shortening my days, but then look
how lengthen my nights"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
CLOTHING,
Gents Furnishing Goods.
.sh,abul., April 9th, 1874.
NEW FIRM.

w ILLIAMSON s. NITROUS
respectfully al aounee 70 the citizens of Ashtahaa
and surrounding country that they are prepared az
all times 10 make 10 order
ALL KINDS OF HARNESS,
and keen constantly on hand good assortment
OF goods in their line, al made OF the
Best Material,
and npt toeether IN the BEST STYLE Of workman.
shin 'Fhose wishing anything In our line viii do
,reil Il, 1--WE Us a call We think that we can sat
N, in sfyle and price. Hoping BY strict atten-
tion TO businessand an honsst eeahng vic ~,
respectfully Tours,
W. II. WILLIAMSON, W. & WArhous.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08

WHAT is the difference between
nxed stars and shooting stars q? The
one are suns the other darters.
That was bright little child who
inquired, MA when cows die do
they 90 to this 'mIIky.wayp"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
LEATHER AND FINDINGS.

RENCH q WEIBLEN Manufac-
turers & Dealers in LEATHER & FIND
ENGS in the Hollow, opposite Phoenix Foundry,
Main street, Ashtahula, Ohio.
CASH PAID FOR HIDES. PELTS s. CALF
SKINS.
Just received, and now for sale as good an as.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS
as can be found in any Western Market, and
which WILDE sold on the most reasonable terms.
hope to make itaG object for Boot and Shoe, and
Harness Manufacturers in the vicinity, to favor me
with their patronage, feeling satisfied that l can
sell them everything needed in their business as
cheap as can be found in Cleveland, or even the
Eastern Markets, thereby saving freight and travel
ing expenses, and loss Of time.
All are cordially invited to call and examine nv
stock before purchasing elsewhere. Confident that
can make 1t for your interest. to buy in this
Market shall take pleasure in seeing my old
friends and the public, and showing them my
stock. Below, give partial list Of articles
Spanish and slaughter, sole, upper and harness
Leather; spanish and slaughter kip; French calf
and kip oak and hemlock calf and kip; collar
leather and horse hides mems and WOmen's mo-
rocco; (; band and lacing leather Innings, bindings,
topping and russets.
Lasts, pegs, thread webb, Packard's Ink, iron and
zint nails, round head tacks, bristles, avis ham
mers, pincers, sand stones, rasps, knives 1oats,
size sticks, and straps, boot trees, shoe laces,
punches lasting irOns eyelets eyelet sets, stitch
wheels, stitch-markers, heel shaves, edge planes,
strip avis welt knives, elastic, heel ball, stitching
cord lasting taczs, heel and toe plates boot black
ing, boot brushes, harness oils, and all kinds OF
FRENCH wEIBLEN.
Ashtabula 1sT1. 1I63
EOR SALE.-One of Marvin's
4 small sized Fire-prOof Safes. and Black Wal
AshtabuIa. Jan g. 1874 faE04 :
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
See the Great Watch Offer
WE WANT AGENTS.

We We want representative in every neighbor.
I noyo' Nosning equals 1t for agents, male or fe.
PeTD OUTFIT. exclusive territory which "a rauidjy
nlllng Up must apply at once. Subscribe by Send.
lng So.VO, ano receive the paper one year. mag.
receive also FREE. complete OUTFIT Or send ~,
paTticulars Name territory desired IL wrSt,ne
agrees Waters q Co., Publishers, Chicago m
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
Saving. Planning & Matching.

THE undersigned having purs.hI2,ls,eSSu I,l,SS
the machinery formerly used by = y ,S,ir ~ NJ
cock can %T be found at the old stand a" O'"''' 90
X. r. crossing. ,,-,, NTATf,TI
ING, SAVING, ETC, ,,,
,,,,,, uronptness, and at iatr LIVING
FatuF,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
HARM ESS, &c.
Note Books.

WE have now on hand large
supply OfNOts BoOks, nicely printed wei
bound End fOr ais rnsap.
gA.nS R1uD . sdn
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
Cool Bed for Hot Weather
THEY MAKE NO NOISE.

This bed is not only a luxury to the healthy per-
son, but it is especially to the invalid. who
from illness or infrmity more or less confined
to their beds. One can scarcely realize the relief
and comfort a sick person enjoys in being changed
from a common bed to one Of these.
I have Certificates from the pastors of every
congregation III the village, and nom our bankers.
physicians merchants. hOtel-keepers and others
Recommending this bed in preference to any 9TH
er in the market. Several that were using the
Tucker Spring Bed" substituted these in their
place some using spring mattresses costing SIS,
substituted these for them. This bed is cOnsid-
cred by all equal, and by some
SUPERIOR to the WIRE WOVEN MATTRESS,
which costs sic. Most every spring bed in the
market, that is any at all is sold at from $40
to $15
I sell the Elastic which gives
BETTER SATISFACTION
han any other, for 500.
Orders for these Beds supplied promptly by the
undersigned, who is sole owner Of the Patents,
and manufacturer Of them.
Ashtabula, April 80, 1874. 1851
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08

EOR SALE.-One of Marvin's
Il small sized Fire-proof Safes and Black Wal
nut Writing Desk. J. SUM. BLYTH
Ashtahula Jan g. 1874 faEO4r
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-13
MUNsON HILL NURSERIES.

The proprietor of these nurseries has been en-
gagged twenty-five years in the propagation Of
fruit and ornamental trees. He has made
SOUTHERN VARIETIES special study, and
now offers an immense assortment of perfectly
grown stock Of PEACHS, APPLES AND
PEARS His varieties are warranted true to
name. having been tested in his extensive
experimental orchard. and superior in perfec-
ton Of growth and size, to any in the state.
They are the CHEAPEST WELL-GROWN
TREES offered in Virginia.
He has also a large stock of fine ORNAMEN
tai TREES.
Special attention devoted to ORCHARD
LISTS, adapted oall SOILS and LOCATIONS
Orders should be sent as soon as possible.
Parties leaving the selection of varieties to
the proprietor may be sure of getting the best Of
every thing.
Persons, In ordering, will please state express
ly the varieties they desire, and the number of
each, and whether of Standard or Dwarf
When have not the varieties desired 1 will
substitute as near in character as possible.
unless otherwise directed. The cost of boxing
or packing will always be charged; but all
packages will be sent to the steamboats, or depots
at Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria
without charge for carriage, and when SO de.
livered my responsibility as to their condition
will cease.
Remittances should be made in drafts to my
order or by express, or, if small sums, by mail.
Particular directions should be given as to
marking and shipment of packages. Where
directions are not given, will ship by such line
as shall seem best
Varieties par ticularly recommended for this
40 nd rIra a. ax.,a had 4
Apple trees. $l6 per 100; per 1000, 800
Peach trees, $40 per 100, per 1000 $50. 1000
$40 per 1000, 5000 800 per 1000. Dwarf Pears,
s25 per loo. Standard Pears, $40 per 100.
Send for Catalogue, and address
ID. o. MUNSON,
Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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