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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
Detroit Free Press
The Nan Who Wanted Information.

Yesterday noon, while all the peO
pie around the Office except the "beaG
reporter" were at dinner, the smell o.
smoke suddenly became apparent AND
fat man, smoking y Uig pipe, came
toilIng up stairs. Waen he had re-
covered his breath and taken 4 seat
he inquired :
"Is der big editor Whist knows eve.
rydings in 81
'NO-sone to dinner" was the re-
ply:
''Und ne shall come back purity
sOon 81
'In about two hours"
II can't wait so quick as dat hav
Z 70 90 70 funeral"
'DO you want anything ."
"Yes, wants to know some dings
about dat Peecher scandal. You zee,
one day about dree months ago a fell
low comes init my zalOOn Hnd he say:
Ibid you hear holdings about Mr..
Peecher ?" und say nix, und he say
Mr.. Peeeher shtole corn"
"Yes."
'Und der next day, when 1 went
home, my wife says "Did you hear
holdings about Mr.. Peecher ?' Und
she said that Mr.. Peeeher shtole a
dog"
"Yes."
"Und when was ia der street-gar
man says Hello, Mr.. Ritterman,
what you dinks about Mr.. Psecher ?''
Und says no man can be q goOt man
who will steal dog. Und den every
oOdy laughs and winks, und / don't
know about itp
"Yes"
''Und ven I was in der Zity Hall a
man sthrikes me on der pack, und
says: "HellO, old trent, is Mr..
Peecher guilty ~ Und said [ dun
no, and he said Mr.. Peeeher hiret e
man to blow up sehurch NIT bar
rel of bowder."
'fYes.n
"Und den vehn I was in Dearborn q
man looks bretty sharp at me und
Zays You lif IN Dadroit, don't you?'
Und said lif in Dadroit. Und he
zays What is your shudgment on
that Peecher pisiness p Und l said
holdings. Und he said Mr.. Peecher
had fight nit circus man."
ayes"
"Und when my pig boy come home
from D)ledO he say: "Fadder, what
you dinks about dat Mr.. Peecher -
Und says dunno, Hans. Und he
says Mr.. Peecher got some glozs und
shumped der dailor's BILL"
"Yes."
"Und when I goes home or in der
strest-gar, or NIT my zaloon, or in der
bOst-office, som mebody say some dings
about dot PeecheF pisiness, and 1
dunno. Who is dot Mr.. Peecher I:
Where he lif?"
'He is great preacher, and he
lives in Brooklyn ?'i
"ZO! Und what he do?
''He got one OF these tobacco boxes
with needle in the cover, and car
ried it round in his pocket. When q
man tried to open it the needle went
into his thumb about twenty-five
feet" 90
"Is dat bossible ?'
"Yes and he had his vest pocket
made so deep that q cigar would go
clear out of sight, and he kept it full
and deceived the public"
"My z0ul but is dat 70 ."
eyes and he keeps an old wildcat
bill in his wallet to lend out when a
man wants to secure the loan of dol
lar for 8 few minutes.D
"Vhell, 1 DECLARES Ven a breach
er shall do like dat We shall wOunder
next. 10 dat Is der Peeener pisiness,
eh ? Vhell, vhell."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
Catching a Cannon Ball.

Paris Correspondence New York Times.l
a very singular exhibition was Civ
en- yesterday at the Jardiu Mabille.
Fhere has been performing here at
the Folses Bergefes, q man named
Holtum, an Americans, who has a
cannon fired at him and catches the
ball in his hands. This prodigious
feat was witnessed nightly, and al
though the actors present avOwed
that there was no trick, Pierre Veron,
of the Monde Illustre, would not be-
lieve it. He said that the cannon
ball be thrown to Holtum from the
stage. The latter made bet Of 5000
francs that he would perform the feat
under certain conditions which left no
room to doubt, and when the bet was
taken, Veron designated Mabille as
the place for the trial. All the journ-
alists of Paris were invited, aud they
found Holtum there before his can
non. 1t was examined with minute
care, and the heavy ball passed from
hand to hand. fI am no longer in
my own house, said Holtum "you
are master here, and you must watch
over all arrangements" Having
carefully aimed and lashed his can
non, it was charged, and Holtum took
his place against plank target some
ten yards away. This was to show
that the ball was solid, aud the force
of the powder great enough TO send 1t
through the plank.
Holtum got the aim OF his gun, and
then placed his head in q certain
position against the plank, giving the
command to fire. The ball just graz
ed the hair, and broke through the
plank, rolling some twenty-yards
further on. The same ball was pick
ed up by the journalists, who again
charged tue cannon, and sent home
the ball, and this time Holtum
caught the ball in his hand as neatly
as he does nightly on the stage. He
won the bet, and no one seemed dis
posed to accept his offer of 5000
francs to any one who would per-
form the same astounding feat. The
physical force required must be epor-
nous, but Holtum showed his
strength by tossing cannon balls as if
they were so many oranges. The on
ly precautions taken are very simple;
he wears very thick leather gloves,
and covers his breast with many
thicknesses of thin paper to form a
sort of cuirass. This looks to me
like very dangerous feat, and par
ticulaIly the first part of it, where
Holtum places his head against the
target half an inch below where the
ball will probably strike. If the DOw-
der should chance to be defective,
some day there might he an accident.
1t is like the fool-hardy trick of put
ting ones head into a lions mouth.
One day l fancy that ball will snap
his head very neatly off.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
DrIed-Apple Pies.

Take good juicy dried-sppIe sauce
but first about the cooking Of that
sauce Either soak the dried apples
over night, and then cook them slow
! Iy in the same water the next morn
ing, or let them neat up slowly upon
the back of the stove, with plenty OF
water To soak them out fully, and
keep them from burning while cook
ing, and add necessary sugar while
the fruit is still boiling. Let the
sauce be thoroughly soft or well done.
Then stir into it Ia pint, or any guam
tity OF it) enough Graham -four to
make q rather stiff batter. Dip a
spoonful of this into dry Graham
-four, and, taking 1t into your
fioury hands, mold it into round,
flattish biscuit. Fill your baking
pans with these, and put them into
hot oven. Bake them thoroughly
upon the clean oven CRATE IL you
prefer it to the tins. The process of
molding the pies suggests the proper
stiffness of the dough, hut do not get
it too stiff-that would make the pies
too hard.
Any other sauce can be used in the
same way-fresh apples stewed, stew
ed prunes, huckleberries-anything
that is simple and juicy. Let the
baking be done in a hot oven, and
thoroughly done without turning.
Let the children have these to carry
to school for the noon lunch. Tne
Graham flour gives the proper nOur-
ishment for the bodies, and the ap-
piles make il more palstable, anc Is in
the most convenient shape for their
use, unless they have raw apples and
Graham erackers.- Western Rural.
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Anfs sp,u, the Penlten.lary.

There is q world OF thought in the
I intelligence that the oldest convict in
the OaiO Penitentiary, John Gull, o.
Stark county, is dead. He hsd been
an inmate OF that institution for thir-
ty-sight years, under a life sentence,
whien was literally carried our. l. IS
impossible 10 imagine the horrors Of n
thirty-eight years experience in s
prison He went there comparative
" young. Nearly all his adult life,
reaching through two generations,
WAS spent in rigorous confinement.
his brow was never famed by 1he
breeze OF nature, except so far As It
came through iron bars aud oDpres-
sive atmosphere Of the cell. For near
ly forty years 70 all the world be was
dead while actually living. During
much OF that period even the Drch OF
hope mutt have been sxtinguished,
and the iarkne OF black despair SUBJ
stituied in its stead. As to what had
been going on since 1887 be knew no
more than il he had never been born.
He must have been q remarkable man
to Pave survived an imprisonment so
long prOtraeted-an Imprisonment
the horrors and sufferings OF which are
lncOneeivably worse than immediate
physical extinction upon the gsllows.
His Offense was murder in the parox-
ysm OF passion, and for il he made
this prodigiOus atOnement Og suffer-
ing. 1t would have been = pbenOme-
IA worth seeing tO have discharged
him from the prison several years
ago, and seen mis- astOnishment upon
re-entering the world Of which he mad
so little knowledge. he, probably,
wOald have initiated the prisoner In
the old French bastile. who, for an
equal or greater lenth OF time, had
been immured within its terrible
walls, and who, upOa being diaeharg-
ed, returned to the only world which
he knew aud which knew him, ani
which long habit had made tOlerable.
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A Brute.

Don't read the annexed extract to
your wife, young man, because Ii is
likely to make her cry. .
The girl is generally educated on
novels, aud her first disappointment
comes in on the quiet Indifference Os
the husband after the honeymoon.
"YOu love me no longer" said q bride
OF few months To her better-half, in
gown and slippers. "Why do you say
that, puss?" he asked quietly, remov-
ing a cigar from his lips. "You do not
earess' me and call me pet names: yon
no longer seek so anxiOusly for my
company" was the fearful answer.
''My dear" continued the aggravat-
ing wretch, 'did you ever notice q
man running after car? How he
does run-Over stones, through mud,
regardless Of everything, till be reach
es the car, and he seiZes hold aud he
swings on. Then be quietly seats
himself and reads the paper" "And
what does that mean?'' "An illustra-
tiOn, my dear. The car is as import
ant to the man after he gets In as
when he is chasing 1t, but the mani
festatiOn is no longer called for.
would have shot anyone who put
himself in my way when in pursuit
Of you, as would shoot anyone now
who would come between US, but as 3
proof of my love you insist upon my
running after the car. Learn to
smoke, my dear, and be q philOs-
opher. The tive combined will clear
the brain, quiet the nerves, open the
pores, and improve the digestion. y
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
BONA FIDE CIRCULATION, = 23C
TIE ORIGIN OF IRELGsB.


"WIth due eODdescension, ia call your at
tenf:on
To what I shall mention OF Erin SO green,
And without hesitation, I'll show how that
nation
Became OF creation, the gem and the
queen.
Twas early one morning, without any
Z warning,
That Venus was born in the beautiful Say,
And by the same token, and sure twas pro-
voking,
Her pinions were soaking and wouldn't
give play.
Old Neptune, who knew her, began TO pur-
sue her.
In order to WOO her-the wicked old Jew
And almost had caught her atop OF the wa
ter
Great Juplter's daughter (which never
would do.
Bat JOve,: the great JANUS, looked down
And Nepture 50 heniOus pursuing her
wild.
And he spoke out in thunder, he'd rend him
aSSuuuer-
And sure twas no wonder-rOr taxing his
child.
A star that was flying had by him espy-
ing,
He caught with small trying. and down
let it snap;
II fell quick as winking on Neptune a-sink-
ing"
And gave him, I'm thinking, bit of
rap.
That star it was dry land, both i0wland
and highland,
And formed 4 sweet island. fhe land ofmy
birth;
Thus plain is the story that, sen. down from
glory,
Old Erin ashore is the gem OF the earth
Upon Erin nately, jumped Venus so stately
But tainted, kase lately so hard she was
pressed
Which much did bewilder, but ere It he'd
killed her
Her father distilled her a drop Of the best.
That sup was Victorious it made her feel
glorious
A little uproariOus, fear it might prove
so how can you blame US that Ireiand's so
famous
For drinking and beauty for fighting and
love 20
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
Live stock and Population.

Prof. ThOrOld Rogers, of Oxford
University, England, has made up a
curious return of the proportion of do
mesticated live stock 20 population in
the most prominent countries in the
world. ItshOws the following results {:
Great Britain has one COW to every
twelve persons, "a sheep for everybody,
AID one pig for every six.
France has n like proportion of
sheep, double share comparatively,
OF cows, but only one pig TO every six
persons.
The Swedes have a COW between
three and one-half of them, a sheep
between two and three.quarters, and
pig to bakers dozen.
There are as many sheep as there
are Norwegians in Norway, when
they are all at home, two and one
half of them - the Norwegians-
are entitled to.a COW. They can have
only One-eighteenth of pig each.
Denmark has a cow for three per-
sons, as many sheep as persons, and q
p pig for four and three-qusrters per-
Sons.
Prussia, with ker usual uniformity,
has an equal number of cows and
pigs, one to every five inhabitants, be-
sides a sheep apiece all round.
Wurtemburg has quarter as many
cows as people, sheen to two and
three-quArters, and a pig to every
seven.
Bavaria rates the same as Wurtem-
burg as to cows and sheep, and is as
much better of for pigs as one fifth is
better than one-seventh.
Saxony has a sheep and a pig for
every eight persons, and COW for
every six.
Holland has COW to every four, a
sheep to every four, and pig to
twelve persons.
Belgium COW to six, sheep to
nine, and pig 20 eight, (which is an
Hibernicism.)
Austria has a COW for every six per-
sons, and a sheep and pig for every
five persons.
Switzerland runs up to the Swedish
standard on cows, one to three and
one-half persons, and has a sheep for
five, and pig for every seven and
one-half persons.
we Americans close the list with 4
COW for every four of US, q sheep
apiece and one pig to every one aud
one-half-RUrdLN NetO Yorker.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
WOOL.

The Boston Commercial Bulletir: oil
the lst inst, has the following in re-
gard ID the market at that point:
! Tine wool market has all the out
ward appearance of extreme dulIness.
There are very few buyers 10 be met
on the street The dealers and their
employees sit listlessly about the
"Ountingrooms, while the truckmen
aud Celtic iobbers seem unanimous
~ to have deserted the wooI-seiling
districts. Bat Notwithstanding these
signs of an inert condition of trade
the aggregate OF sales hold up to
about its usual volume, and prices
show no weakening.
The business this week has been
fairly distributed through all the
grades and classes of stock, with pos
sibly heavier sales in pulled woods
than in any one other sort. The
values show no perceptible variation
from our last report. The supply
Ecf oombing is trife better. but is
still quickly taken at 59c on the best
we'll grown and sound stable. Sweat
ed supers are steady at 549G155c.,
while lined wools are exceediugly
difficult to move except at conces-
sions,
The interest in Australian has been
in the two auction sales on WedneS-
day OF. $50 bales damaged ex-Star
Queen and 260 bales ditto ex-Robert
Kelley. The first lot was catalogued
in % parcels, and sold on an average
at 45c. the range being from 40 to
4le. The latter lot was divided into
S6 selections, and ranged from 40 to
49c., averaging about 46Ic. The sales
were well attended by the dealers aud
brokers /; the lots being generally
knocked down to the latter class, one
liberal buyer being understood to be
operating for leading Rhode Island
manufacturer. The sale to the par
ties offering the wool was highly sat-
isfaet0ry, and reported by the buyers
as very good bargains. The WOODS
were not very materially damaged,
many of the bales being positively
without injury, since having been
opened and started into the securing
watts.
The first invoice of the new clip
California wool, 400 bales, was passed
into store on Saturday and Monday
last, and so far as can be learned the
dealers will gladly sell tn cover the
cost OF laying down here. Some
prime lots at 2Sc. have been offered,
which hardly covers all the costs.
The latest telegraphie advices from
San Francisco report q slight decline
in that market, with woods coming in
very freely. The Northern fieeces
have been quoting as high as 29c. and
il is utterly impossible to see how
pound OF this wool offered in the Bos-
ton market can pay expenses.
The season will undoubtedly be
very unfortunate one to these Pacific
coast dealers. A year ago these new
California woods were being received
freely, and selling as fast as landed at
SOC TO 37o. for the choice; now it would
be extremely difficult To realize Soc.
for the very choicest clips. There
may be turn in the market, and the
tone at the primary market be- re-
spOnded to here, hut from a careful
canvass of both dealers and manufac-
turers, there does not appear one
hopeful sign OF rise.
Fleece woods are steady ami con-
tinue to sell in a small way as wanted.
Noils are scarce and wanted, AID as
indicated ia the shoddy market all
such stock is quick at full prices.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13


Mr.. Lincoln, before he moved 10
Springfield, Illinois, was postmaster
in a small Western town. The office
was pOor, aud Lincoln was poorer
than the Office. 1t was known that
ne was very hard up. and il was also
known that the Washington agent
was in town to collect the sum due
the General POstOf1lce. A friend,
thinking Lincoln might be embaT-
rassed, came down to his Office to
loan him the sum necessary to meet
the demand. Mr.. Lincoln thanked
him, and said he did not need any
loan. While the two were talking the
agent came ia. The sum due was
less than one hundred dollars. Lin
coin went to his desk and took out an
old stocking. and turned the coin on
the table. IL was counted out and
met the demand exactly. Well it
might, for it was not only the exact
amount due, but the Identical money
itself that Lincoln had taken in. Old
fashioned six dollars, pistareeDs, six
pences, Old-fashiOned cents ana all
were there. "I never use money that
belongs to other people, said Lincoln,
and that resolution did much toward
making him President Of the United
States ~" "BatrLeigh," bg Boston Jour.
nal
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13

A TrORNEY AT LAW, Thin, Ohio. Of
a nee over Huss' Book Store, opposite
the Conrt House.
sept. p. lS7s.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
" HTOyER.

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and Sur
II Reon. Once In Kirchner Block over
Wolfs Shoe Store, Mch2S-ly.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
Crazy Spell.

Alsdy entered a dry goods store in
Canton the other day and asked q
bright cared and glossy nosed clerk to
show her some alpaca. The clerk
gazed blankIy at her ior q moment,
and broke out: "A-l-A-p-s-e-e-a-ala-
paeca, how many yards 2p
"Y-a-r-d--yards that's easy" re-
piled the lady. "Give me something
difficult"
"D-i-f-i-e-u-I-t-difficult, sang out
the clerk.
"Wrong p' exclaimed the lady.
'R O-a-n--g-roang." replied the
clerk.
80, pshaw :" she calculated.
S-h-a-u-g-h-Shaugh ~ said the
clerk, ,complacently; 'I can spell
such words all day"
abstraction take you" said the
lady enraged.
"D-e-s-t-r-a-e-k-s-h-u-n--destrsek-
shun.
Then the lady got mad, and with 3
display of temper said !:
"Perdition seize you I'll never
buy dry goods from a clerk that can't
spell better than that" and as she
went out at the door, to anothef
store, she heard that clerk abstracted-
ly going Through 'p-e-r-d-i-s-h-e en-. ,
The proprietor was not In
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13

A TT0RNEY AT Law, Timn, Onto. Office
a corner lfalh and Perry streets.
Nav =
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13

he does the same. And then we talk
1t all out and have a grand "squaring
up And we Rerer go TO sleep with
the least bit Of a sore spot in either o!
our hearts.r
IL this rule were acted on more
generally there would be more happy
people in the world, and some men
and women would be surprised to see
how short distance from home they
need go 70 find their ''affinities."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
Bathing Children.

Some mothers, writes II physician,
think when their children get beyond
two or three years of age, the frequent
entire bath can be dispensed with. If
some of the main facts of physiology
were well known and understood,
every one would perceive that clean
illness of the skin is one OF the eOndi-
tons of good health. 1t happens
when bathing is disregarded, that the
lungs, kidneys or bowels have more
than their appointment of work. If
these are strong and healthy, they
may bear the tax with little apparent
injury, but, in most cases, a lowering
OF the vitality and tone OF the nervous
system ensues. Large bath tubs are
pleasant and convenient, but not in
dispensable to the proper cleansing of
the skin. A speedy sponging or the
body in warm water, followed by
friction in pure air, is all that is nee
essary.
When disinclined to use water, I
find thorough application of the
flesh brush to the whole person an
admirable substitute especially on
retiring, it relieves perTousness,
equaliZes the circulation, and induces
quiet sleep. Mothers, above all,
should see that their children are well
bathed. If their skins are kept ac-
tive and healthy there will not be half
the danger from fever, cold and erur-
tive diseases. If your little one is
cross or troublesome, and finds no
occupation that pleases him, try the
effect of a hath; sometimes it IS magi-
cal, and if tired, he will go to sleep
and awaken bright, cheerful and hap
py. Do not, though, as / have seen
some parents do, plunge a child into
water, when he screams and shrinks
from it, thinking you are doing 8
good deed. Nature must be the
guide if your child has a nervous
constitution, a shock of this kind is
only exhausting and Injurious.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13
OTsters Tor One.

A short, stubby fellow, with his hal
on one side OF his head, and his pants
rolled up, walked into q Congress
street oyster house q few evenings
since, and, holding the stump Of an
unlighted cigar between his clinehed
teeth, looked round and Inquired
"GOt my oysters ?"
"Yes, sir" said the oysterman, as be
east his eyes over a balf-dOzen baskets
full, lying around loose.
swell how much be they dozen.!s'
Eighteen cents.o
Eighteen cents 90
''Yes, sir. eighteen cents"
s'Shucked 2i fr-
"Opened Of course, II you want them
opened"
"Well. gi'me one not shucked."
"One What do you want Of ono
oyster 90
"WelI. !" said the customer confiden-
TALLY, leaning over the oyster stand,
and taking the cigar from bis mouth.
''YOu see, Pun going to 3 social party
out near Abba Tonight, an some os
the boys might get . fOolin'. I've
been round good deal, an tell you
there's nothin' so cooliui and heaiin'
like for black eye As q good big oys-
ter. guess you'd gi'me two How
much is't ?''-BdltiB10re Gazette.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-05-13

A TTOREEY-AT-LAw, once opposite Ma
Cfockery Store, with Gibson & Pennington.
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A man in Allentown. Pen

A man in Allentown, PennsyIva-
MIA, possesses copy of the One hun
dred Year Almanac, published in 1900,
which selects some fourteen years
from the whole number occurring be-
tween 1900 and 1900 as years to be
marked Dy unusally stormy weather.
The gentleman has observed, with
curious interest, the fuIfillment OF
these predictions, which, he says, has
been singularly complete, the storms
always falling not more than day
apart from the date indicated. The
calculation sets down a period of Sc
we're cold in the latter part of May,
1875, this being one of the fourteen
years, when it is predicted we will
have frost in this latitude and grape
vines will freeze and be destroyed un-
less protected. 1t is hoped the pre-
diction may not be verified.
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AMERICAN uNE--:s.sM -:s.ssAa6ip-. MAah
ONLY LINE CARRYING FHR AMERICAN FLEG

sailing every Thursday from PHILADET-
fd4A Aor NueenstOwa a Liverpool
CABIN, INTERMEDIATE 4 sTEERAGE
Accommodation Unsurpassed.
Rates aslow as BY any other Frir~t. .f,,ass I'm,
PETERWRIGHT 4 sons General Ats r1tss.
Enpire BiOck-Agenf, rimn, 8.
I-f.Azl- C.W Waco.
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NOTARY PUBLIC, Bioomyille, ohio, gill
IN give special attention 10 the purchase
and sale Of real estate, cOG7eyancine, &C.
once at hfs residences. 2 SlOomVflie.