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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
SATURDAY EVENING.
BIZ BULWER-


The week is passed, the Sabbath dawn
comes on
Rest-rest in peaee-thy toll is done;
And standing, as thou standest, on the
brink
OF new scene of being, calmly think
OF what is gone, is nowl and soon shall be,
As one that trembles in eternity,
For such as this now closing week is past,
So much advancing time will close at last,
Such as tomorrow shall the awful light
Of the eternal morning hail my sight.
Spirit of goodi OF this weeks verge 1 stand
Tracing the guiding influence of thy hand !:
That hand which leads me gently, calmly
Up life's dark, stormy, tiresome thorny
hill,
Thou, thou in every storm hast sheltered me
Beneath the wing of thy benignity.
A thousand graves my footsteps circumvent
And Iexist-thy mercy's monument;
A thousand writhe upon the bed of pain,
] live, and pleasure flows through every
vein; -
Want Der thousand wretches waves her
wand,
l eircled by ten thousand Mercies, stand.
How eanI praise thee, Father? how ex-
Z G press
My deEt of reverence and thankfulness?
A debt that no intelligence can count,
While every moment swells the vast
amount.
For weeks duties thou hast given me
- strength
And brought me to the peaceful close at
length,
And here my grateful bosom. fain would
raise
A fresh memorial to thy glorious praise.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
Dressing as a Zine An

Women should either adopt a uni
form as men have done, or else
dressmaking should be elevated into
a position Of fine art, and treated as
such. 1t should be undertaken by
people of culture and refinement in
the same way that cookery has
been. There ought to be a school
of art dressmaking. Perhaps a roy
al princess would patronize it. Ger
tainly portrait painters would only
be too glad to know of a place at
which their sitters could be become
ingly got up. 1t is melancholy to
see the bad millinery, which is per-
petuated in pictures, and which will
be an eyesore to future generations.
The walls of Royal Academy are ev-
cry year hung with portraits which
look like enlarged copies from LIE
FoAet or the Queen newspaper
Ladies can never see ugliness in
dress SO long as it is made in the
height of the reigning fashion. They
have their portraits taken, if posi-
bic, in "the last new thing" and
then, when another style appears,
wonder how they could ever have
made such frights of themselves.
If there was some recognized rules
about dressing, as there is about al
most every other kind Of decoration,
in time they would be followed, to
the great relief of the people of
taste, and to the comfort of the peo-
pie with no taste at all. There are
always a large number of ladies
who have got no work to do
Here is an opening for them. Their
first step ought to be to petition
her Majesty not to insist on ladies
who are delicate or spare in figure
wearing low dresses at morning
drawing-rooms. Their second one
ought to be to abolish the use of the
word fashionable" in its present
sense, and to- substitute for it the
word Becoming" which should in.
dicate both economy where it is
necessary and magnifeence where
it is suitable.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
Arctic cold.

1t is 'unwholesome to use snow to
quench thirst, as it brings an infam-
nation of the throat palate and
tongue. Beside, enough can never
be taken to quench the thirst, as a
temperature of SO or 40 deg. below
zero makes it taste like molten met
al. Snow eaters in the North are
considered as feeble and effeminate,
in the same way as the opium-eater
in the East. The groups of travel
ers who trayersed the snow-felds
were surrounded by thick Vapors
formed by the emanations from their
bodies, which became condensed,
notwithstanding the frs in which
the travellers were enveloped. Those
vapors fell to the ground with a
slight noise, frozen into the form of
small crystals, ard rendered the at
mosphere thick, impenetrable, and
dark. Notwithstanding the humidi-
ty of the air, a disagreeable sensa-
sion OF dryness was felt. Every
sound diffused itself to very long
distance. An ordinary conversation
could be heard at 100 PAGES off,
while the report of guns from the
top of high mountains could scarcely
be heard. NJ. Payer explains this
phenomenon by the large quantity
of moisture in the Arctic atmos-
phere. Meat could be chopped, and
mercury used in the shape of balls.
Both smell and taste became greatly
enfeebled in those ATTITUDES; strength
gives way under the paralyzing in
fuence of the cold; the eyes involun-
tarily close and become frozen; when
locomotioD stops, the sole of the foot
becomes insensible. 1t is somewhat
curious that the beard does not
freeze, but this is sexplained from the
air respired being immediately trans
formed into snow. The cold causes
dark boards to become lighter; the
secretions of the eyes. and nose al.
ways increase, while the formation
of perspiration altogether ceases.
The only possible protection against
the cold is to be very warmly cloth
ed, and to endeavor as much as pos
sible to prevent the condensation of
the atmosphere, while the much
vaunted plans of amounting and
blaekening the body are pronounced
to have no real value.
London MedicGz Record
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
A Mistake

Mrs. Straw l heard a good story
concerning our friend Mrs. ~,
who, you know, is, on the briny
deep.
Mrs. Switchem-do tell us; she
was so full with her laughs on 9th
ers we enjoy anything on her.
Mrs. Straw-the story runs that a
dealer in articles of Uertu here had
in his establishment an exquisite
stauette in Partisan marble of the
Venus of Milo. Our friend heard
of it, and gave it AN inspection one
day. After gazing at it for some
time she said:
"Did you select tina t, Mr.. Delf?"
eyes 'em" he responded.
"Why, you must be a good judge
of figure. But did you ever see
mine?"
Mr.. DELI responded, blushing,
that he had not.
''Mine," she continued, ''is allow
ed to be the finest figure in Washing
ton"
shouldn't doubt it, num-" re-
sponded Mr.. Deli, shifting uneasily
from one foot to the other.
81 shoald like to show you my fig
ure," she said earnestly. DELI blush
ed all over. "Come up to my house
some time. Better come IN the
morning, when it wont be likely for
any one to interrupt u.s."
Poor Deli! he fairly sunk under
table, and stammering out some
thing about being a member OF a
church, when our friend continued:
''It cost me $l2O in gold; is pure
Parian marble; and l would like to
have your opinion, as you are such
an admirable Judge"
Light dawned on DELI. She had
been speaking of statuette, and
not a corpulent, middle-aged lady.
Washington Capital.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
Japanese Money.

One of the greatest curiosities in
Japan to stranger is the wonderful
variety of COINS that are used daily,
In some instances it takes 1000
pieces to make one dollar. These
are called ''c;ish," and are seldom
received by foreigners, who, as a gem
eral rule, refuse to take them in
change, Imagine making a trade
and giving a man a fifty cent piece,
then receiving in change $50 of these
coppers. This coin is peculiarly
made, having square hole in the
center. They arc about the size of
our dime piece, and nearly two-thirds
the thickness. Next TO this comes
the quarter of cent, then the halt
cent, eight-tenths of cent and the
one and two cent pieces. In silver
coins thev have the FIVE, ten, twenty,
,fifty cent and one dollar pieces. In
gold. the one, two, five, ten and
Trenty dollars, which are very pref
ty cottages indeed. Next to this
comes the government series of pa.
per mOney,in various denominations,
ranging from FIVE cents to one hun
dred dollars. This money is made
on quite inferior paper to ours, and
from general appearances will not
last like the American money.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
@'"a aASHTABUI.A OHIO, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1875
In 1870.
And where?
In La Crosse.

In 1870.
And where?
In La Crosse.
Tell the jury what started it what
part you took, and the sentence of
the court In your case.
We hung lawyer to a lamp post
for-for-
What! he yelled, shaking his fist,
am l to be insulted by this witness,
your Honor?
The two attorneys then brought
in another pile of law books, and
after arguing for an hour the court
decided that the defense had no
right TO ask me the question.
The cross-examination was then
resumed by his asking:
You said you saw this difficulty?
Yes sir.
And you say that the plaintiff
struck the defendant first?
No, sir; it was the other way.
Now, sir, look me in the eye and
tell me which man struck first.
The defendant.
He did?
Yes, sir.
Look out, Mr., Quad, you are un-
der oath, and if you swear to a lie
the punishment will not be less than
one year in States Prison. Do you
say that my client here kicked the
defendant in the stomach?
No, sir.
Nor bit him?
No, sir.
Nor hit him with a club?
No, sir.
Nor draw a revolver on him?
No, sir.
Well, that's all, Mr.. Quad-that's
all Oh! by the way, did you ever
have fight with my client?
No, sir.
Didn't you threaten to shoot him,
about year ago.
No, sir.
As l was the only witness, the
lawyers at once went to business,
and on the third day after the suit
commenced the case was given to the
jury, and the jury promptly cleared
the defendant, possibly on the
ground that l never voted for An
drew Jackson--Daiiy Graphic.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03

If anv one wishes to grow heshy,
a pint of milk taken before retiring
at night, will soon cover the scrawn-
lest bones. Although nowadays we
see many fleshy females, there are
many lean and lank ones who sigh
for fashionable measures of plump
ness, and who would be vastly inn
proved in health and appearance
could their figures be rounded in
good, solid flesh. Nothing is more
coveted by thin woman than a full
figure, and nothing will so rouse the
ire and provoke the scandal of those
"clipper built, as the consciousness
of plumpness in a rival. In case of
fever and summer complaint; milk is
given with excellent results. Inc
idea that milk is ''feverish" has eT-
ploded, and it is now the physician $
great reliance for those in too low a
state to be nourished by solid toea,
It isa mistake to scrimp the milk
pitcher. Take more milk and buy
less meat. Look to your milkman to
have large-sized, welEflled milk
pitchers on the table at eachmeal,
and you will also have sound flesh
and light doctor bills.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
Feeing HoteI Waiters.

How not to get waited on and how 10
get waited on is the theme Of q traveller
who evidently has 'been there" He dis
courses in this practical fashion:
Iingratiated myself into the con-
fidence of oar waiter at oar hotel,
and he told me many interesting
things in reference to our subject.
| learned that not to 'stamp" the
waiter was equal to no attention on
his part. Those who stamped the
heaviest were waited upon with due
ceremony; anything that was called
for was brought instantly, and smok-
ing hot, and many a nice dainty
that he would never of thought of.
Were you late at the table it matter
ed not, you were sure of your com
fort being cared for. But woe to
him who never stamped the water;
he was indeed neglected person;
actual starvation was his lot. Called
he for breast of fowl he was
sure of getting the neck; with him 1t
is 'Eeck or nothing Hot rolls mean
stale bread; everything cold ana
comfortless. Slip a stamp IN
the walters palm-what mircu-
lous change. Not n wish or want
that is not instantly gratihed.
Gruffness gives way to politeness,
NV waiter friend confdentially told
me that one half of the servants
about large hotels receive no wages
whatever, but depend solely on what
fees they can fleece from the guests.
He stated that the previous season
at Cape May, his wages was $50 per
month. At the end of the season,
which comprised thirteen weeks, he
managed to have saved S347' And
he said he spent great deal tor
cigars, liquor, petty gambling, etc.
His motto was to take all you get,
and say nothing If you desire a
square meal by all means stamp the
waiter.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
what a RIade of Grass Holds.

Gather a single blade of grass,
and examine for a minute quietly,
its narrow sword shape strip of fiut-
ed green. Nothing, as it seems,
there of notable goodness or beauty.
A very little strength and a very
little tallness, and a few delicate
long lines meeting in a point-not a
perfect point either, but blunt and
unfnished-by no means a credita-
bic or apparently much cared for
example of Natures workmanship;
made, as it seems, only to be trod-
den on to-day, and tomorrow to be
cast into the oven, and little pale
and hollow stalk, feeble and faccid,
leading down to the dull, brown
fibres of roots. And yet, think of 1t
well, and judge whether of all OF the
gorgeous flowers that beam in sum-
mer air, and of strong and goodly
trees, pleasant to the eye or good
for food-stately palm and pine,
and oak, scented citron, burdened
vine-there be any by man SO deep
ly loved, by God SO highly graced, as
that narrow point of feeble grass.
And well does it fulfill its mission.
Consider what we owe merely to the.
meadow grass, to the covering of the,
dark ground deby that glorious enam-
ell, by the companies of those soft
and countless and peaceful spears
The fieldsl Follow but forth for lit
tletime the thoughts of all that we
ought to recognize in these words.
Ali Spring and Summer is in them
the walks by silent scented paths
the rests in MONDAY heat-the Joy
of herds and focks-the power of
all shepherd life and meditation
the sunlight upon the world falling
in soft blue shadows, where else it
would have struck upon the dark
mold or scorching dust-pastures
beside the pacing brooks-soft banks
and knolls, or lowly hills--thy my
slopes of down overlook oked with
early. dew or smooth in the evening
warmth of barren sunshine, dinted
by happy feet, and softeningin their
fall the sound of loving voices-all
these are summed up in these simple
words-the fields; and these are not
all. We may not measure to the
full the depth of this heavenly gif5
in our own land; though still as we
think of it longer, the infinite of
that meadow sweetness, Shakes
peare's peculiar JOY, would open on
us more, yet we have it but in part.
Go out into the springtime, among
the meadows that slope from the
shores of the Swiss lakes to the roots
of the lower mountains. There,
mingled with the taller gentianS
and the white narcissus, the grass
grows deep and free; and as you
followithe winding mountain paths,
beneath arching boughs all vailed
and dimmed with blossoms-=paths
that forever droop and rise over the
green banks and molds sweeping
down in scented undulation, steep
to theblue water, studded here and
there with new mown heaps, filling
all the air with fainter sweetness
look upward to the higher hills,
where the waves of everlasting green
roll silently into the long inlets
among the shadows of the pines;
and we may, perhaps, at last know
the meaning of these quiet words OF
the 47th psalm-"He maketh the
grass to grow upon the mountains.
John RaGSkin.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
DR.. John Hail in New York Tribune
The mOOdy-Sankey Mission.

The results of the winters labors
in Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield,
and finally in London, so far as the
time permits an estimate of them, may
be briefly summed up as follows: A
new and unprecedented interest in
the concerns of the soul, with the
future has been awakened. Hundreds
of thousands not used to hearing the
Gospel, praise, or prayer, have been
earnest hearers Newspapers, COM
monty Indifferent to religious move
ments, have been full and respectful
in their notices. Clergymen Of vari-
Gus denominations, alas! too gener-
ally running only in parallel lines, if
not, indeed, in collision, have prayed
and worked together. Divine truth,
in sermon and hymn, has been sent
down into the strata of society, not
yet penetrated by it. Men and wo-
men claiming to be religious have
had their zeal, as they affirm, won
derfully stimulated, and their benevo-
lent activities increased. Systematic
efforts for the ignorant and neglect
ted have been organized and provi-
ed for. Many thousands of such per-
sons as 'join the church here" in New
York in tBos and threes at quarterly
intervals in our churches, have, ac-
cOrding to their respective methods,
been received into the churches, in
some instances as many as hundred
at time. And all this has been done
without making any new sect, or
proclaiming any novel and distrac-
ting "ism," but the earnest, forcible
presentation of what among us is
called "the Old Gospel" in their
own tongue in which they were
born"
Men ask "will this last?'' Will
what last? Mr.. Moody's preaching?
or the religious fervor? Did Pente-
cost last? The effects of it did. The
"frult remained" Did the zeal, per-.
sonal power, and heroic courage of
the reformers last? The effects did,
and they would have been more
prominent and extensive as far as we
can see, but for the unbelief, selfish
ness, and cowardiee of those who
ought TO have perpetuated their
work. To churches and to communi-
ties it is as to notwithstanding
to their faith so it is unto them.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03

Mr.. Thurman's melancholy failure
to swallow the repulsive dish set be-
fore him by the Columbus Conven-
ton is growing more and more ap-
parent. The poor mans stomach
turns against it, and his trip to Cali.
fornia, where the fare is more to his
liking, comes none to soon.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03

The RUpIMENTs OF INFLATIoN.-
HSay Bill, what's dat all bout in de
papahs bout flashun ob de scurreny
am wat'l be de 'feck on shinin.' "
"Flashun! Amt you bin reedin
wen's me in de papahs?"
"Well, l dunno; l don't zaekly
misremembah how it is"
"You fool nigah can't stand moth
ing. It's jest dis; Dar's sum 'er
dem fellers dat wants ter git dar
boots shined twice wild one ten cent
dime; and, dar's sum wat thinks it
aint jestis, Dem fus ones is fash
unist and dc udder one is--"dis-
flashunist."
OATS it, jes it, an l don't bleeye
in daShun tall; dat's 1t, he whole
subiect.-SaUaRdh AdUertiser.