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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
WHY SHE REFUSED.

You say you went to party last night,
and you saw Mrs. Smith an old friend
whom you had not seen since she and
your sister were at school together-
You had very pleasant talk until sup
per, when you gave her your arm and
took her to supper. When some one
came along with few glasses of wine
on IA waiter and offered her a glass. you
shuddered as she said, moi" and you
wondered why Mrs. Smith, who didn't
use to be particular about such things,
not only refused, but shuddered when
she said no. You cannot tell why! i
can tell you why. You went on with your
talk. and had little Irritation, did youl
| won't say you didn't. She was very
gay, and seemed very glad To forget her
self, did she! Very well. | aIh glad
you gave her that hour of the evening.
| can tell you where she went after the
party was over She went home the
latest person from the party. She was
glad il was late. for her husband had
not come home She sat and read for
an hour, and he did not come. SiIe
wrote for an hour, and lie did not come.
At length, between three and four o'clock
there was d noise at the door. She
went to the door and two policemen
held him in their arms. She knows
them both well 10y This time ID hap
pens so often tlIa; she knows every po
licen,.ln en- the beat. They baGe her
goodnight. She brought him III. Sine
had locked her cliiIdr+n's room thar be
might not abuse them She took tl!r
abuse as he Hung himself on tine bed.
She dragged OF his neck cloth and coat,
a:Id sat there until he sinuid fall into
hiS stupid sleep.
She was the woman who refused tii''
glass of wine with Il shudder. You dill
not know the story. You thought she
was gay and bright know i,-r story,
because | am her minister They have
sort of skeleton ia the closet which We
are permitted to see and yoH are not. -
And when we see that skeleton. 90 you
wonder that We sometimes say pretty
sharp things about moderate drinking.
and the temptations offered at parties
Rec T. Z. Hgls.
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LusuS Natural.

April 2jth.-About ten o'clock last ey-
ening Mrs - of Killbuck yilage, gave
birth to a still-born owl caid. The head
has the tufts, the eafs, and the eyes ofan
owl. The eyes are the most prominent
ieature and project from the top Of the
head. The tufts and ears are alittle back
and below the eyes. The front of the
face below the ewes Is that of perfect
child. The BODY below the head Is tiat
of well formed boy The whole thing
weighs three pcI nGsand thirteen ounces.
Tie parents are in humble circums.an-
ces. the mother wash woman and the
father daily laborer. They have three
living children and have buried three.
Some five months since man shot an
owl. the ball taking effect in the head.
Passing Mrs s-he threw the owl down.
remarking that her husband had prom
ised him quarter if he would Kill it.
She was greatly frightened at the appear
ance of the owl, and it is the impression
here that the owl boy Is the result. DIR
Stout of this place has this wonderful Gu
riosity in jar of alcohol in his Office. I
assisted in weighing this human owl
Leader.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
SUGGESTION.

We find an intimation that the Amer
lean Brewers Association" propose to
spend 4l00, 900 ia the erection of star
shaped structure cn the Centen:- i'll
grounds in which they intend To exhibit
the rise and progress of their business.
We presun.e the Liquor Dealers Asso-
ciaton" Will be likely TO locate their
buildings near by. As there can be no
rivalry between these organizations,
would it not be well for them to act la
concert with each other, and combine to
make the best exhibition they cau of tAp
results oG their business. While the
different branches of industry are to be
represented, and all the varied forms of
mechanism will offer to the inspection of
tie muliitudes who ale expected to ut
tend the celebration, some specimen Of
their genius and handiwork, we would
suggest that these Associations could
give "a correct and fair idea of what they
are doing by borrowing daily from some
of the purlieus of er;ne-the allnshouse
and prison-a man, "a woman, or child,
whose ruin ard wretcl,edness, can give
some faint intination of what brewing
Beer" and manufacturing Liquor" are
doing for our country. They perhaps
could induce the Executive of the diff
ferent State governments to allow re
spite to those convicted and condemned
murderers, on whom sentence hats been
passed, and who await their doom, so
that they might ?ariiai,, ia the building
these friends propose 10 erect, long
enough for people 10 see what beer
drinking and rumselling lead to- By
all means bring forward the specimens.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
ROSE OF SHAR0N.

The ross OF Sharon is one OF tue most
exquisite flowers i'll shape and hue lis
blossoms are bell-shaped, of many min
gled hues and dyes, and its history is
legendary and romantic IN the highest
degree. IN tie i4ast, throughout Syria,
Judea and Arabia, it is regarded with the
profoundest reverence. The leaves that
encircle the round blossom dry and close
tight together when the season of bios
som is over, and the stalk whitening com
pietely away from the stem, the flower
is blown away at least, from the bush
on which it grew, having dried M in
TIE shEps OF a ball, which is carried by
the sport OF the breeze to great distances.
In this way it is borne over the sandy
wastes and deserts, until at last, touch
ing some moist place, it clings to the soil
where it takes fresh root ana springs to
lie again. For this very reason the Ori
entails have adopted il as the emblem of
the resurrection. The dried flower is
placed by the Judeans in a vase'of water
beside the beds of the sick, and if if
expands by moisture, the omen is con
s.dered favorable. II it does not, the
Rorst IS at all times feared.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
NO.. 3.

main Office of the Centennial Commission.
Whenaperson enters through turnstile
heis instantantainously registered on the
dial. At any instant OF the day, there
fore, it will be possible to know, by glanc-
ing at the dial. the exact member of peo-
pie who have passed the gates and are
within the Exhibition grounds and build
ings.
The decision of the Commissioners to
close both buildings and grounds on
Sunday prOvokes n good deal of discus
sion, and it is certainly a question to
which there is two sides, though on the
whole probably majority of the public
will approve the action of the Board.
There is no remarkable influx ofvisitors
as yet Most of the downtown hotels
are tOlerably full, but there is plenty of
room in the many new caravansaries in
the vicinity of Paramount Park. Don
Pedro is here, and has taken a house in
West Philadelphia. for which he pays
$4,000 in gold. This calls to mind an
other hOuse-renting incident recently re-
lated to me. A card ITO let, furnished"
on the door Of fine residence in a very
respectable quarter of the city, attracted
the attention of New York gentleman
who was prospecting here. The price,
5000, was agreed TO, and, when asked
for some guarantee of good faith, the
lessee drew his check on the spot for the
amount in gold. A few days later thirty
French ladies" just from Paris were
domiciled within, and the neighborhood
Is discounted.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
They Would Both be Caught.

Some years ego bill was introduced
in the Indiana Legislature to tax ali at
tOrneys and jackasses $4o0 each Mr. Nor
MS, citizen of Somerset county. Md.
having gotten hold Of it, and greatly elii-
ted at the joke upon lawyers, called On
Hon John w Crisfield, prominent hs.-
yer Of the town which bears his name
Good morning, Mr Crisfield. i,
Good morning, Mr. Norris" reloined
the former.
Have you heard the news from lndl-
ana ?" pursued Mr. Norris.
What is that ?" asked the other.
why, they are men Of sense IN lndi-
ana; they are getting up a law there TO TAX
all the lawyers and jackassesin that State
$40 apiece" replied the latter, rubbing
his hands with pleasure at the thought.
The veteran lawyer redcteda a moment
on the information, and then gravely re-
joined:
We'll, friend Norris, it is lucky for you
and me that We don't live in Indiana :
they would catch both Of us"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
England's Monster War Ship.

On the 29th of this month; if nothing
goes wrong in the meantime, there will
be launched at Portsmouth the most
powerful iron clad ship ever constructed.
This is the ship Infiexible. She may be
be considered as the latest result of the
efforts made to prove that a ship may
be built strong enough to resist the most
powerful guns. The five most powerful
ships now in existence are the Monarch,
which has an armor ten inches thick, and
which carries four guns Of 10 tons each;
The Thunderer, which has II inches of
armor and guns of 3S tons; Peter the
Great, with II inches of armor and
gnns of 81 tons; The RedOubtable, with
II inches of armor and guns of % tons;
the Independence, with II inches of ar
NOR, and guns of 30 tons But the In
flexible, which is Of larger tonnage than
any of these, has an armOr "a inches
thick, and carries (or viii carry) guns
ofS1 tons each She is $40 feet long, 20
jeet wide; she draws % feet Of water and
she is expected to sail at the rate Of IA
knots an hour No ship has yet been
made to carry such imNense guns as
those which will be placed on the Inflex-
ible; they will discharge projectiles weigh
ing 400 pounds and they are loaded by
hydraulic machinery. The whole equip
ment of the ship Is monstrous.-LondOn
Cor y I Graphic.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
Brought to Light After Thirty Years

Time brings about many deyelOpe-
ments of events which have once been
shrOuded in darkness, and an occurrence
of this kind has just happened in the
neighboring town of Rochester, which,
when read by old settlers, will probably
bring to memory the persons involved.
About thirty years ago man by the
name of George Ogden kept hotel at
Rochester Center, then the metropolis of
that township. Ogden had once been to
the penitentiary and did not bear very
spOtless character While keeping his
public house a pack peddler put up"
with him one night, and during his stay
his pack Of goods was stolen, and the ped
dler had Ogden arrested for the theft, but
but no evidence could be brought against
him, nor any clue of the goods be gained
so he was of course discharged. Nothing
more was thought of the matter for
awhile, and time had efllced from MEM
DRY the incident, until Friday last. when
in tearing out the apartments of the old
house used by Ogden for his hotel at the
time of the above occurrence, the ped
dleris pack was found between some pan
ell work where it had probably been hid
den by Ogden at the time Ofthe robbery
and had never been disturbed. Thecon-
tents of the pack were found intact and
a portion Of the cloths it contained in
good order. Ogden has been dead about
twenty years, and his wife now resides
in Michigan.-New London Record.
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Educational.
HINTS FOR SUCCESSFUL TEACHING
nGW TO GtIT ATTENTION.

H. tie April numher of the Common
&j,oDj Ti>iiD; wa noticed an articl" ON
Hos 10 gain Ait-ntiou." TIN, suhj ct
Of attention ought TO interest every
teacher who desires sue sess. Without
attention there j. no memory. Reid in
forms us that attention is "A voluntary
act; it requires an active eXertion TO be-
gin ard continue il, and il can be con
tinued as long as we will. There are
certain conditions, which, if observed,
will give us increased power Of attention.
l. 1t is necessary that the pupil be in
a state OF health
2 1t is necessary that we teach the pu-
pill how to eat. sleep, exercise, ventiiate,
battle, etc.
3 We should aim To have The pupil
master of his will lis order that he may
be- able to call in the wandering mind.
4 Learning thoroughly and at stated
times certain appropriate lessons
). Read nothing and engage. in no ex-
tfCist tAC'-ph inat HiiiCh II worthy VI
attention.
G. Attention is gained by pune! Tality.
Z. Attention is gained by the act of
writing.
s. We pay attention to that which in
terests us; therefore, we, as teachers,
should try to make lessons interesting.
.. Attention is gained by giving in
struction in such n manner that pupils
will consider it worthy of their attention.
10. BY exciting curiosity in the minds
OF pupils.
II. BY presenting ideas in a systematic
order.
II. By using words that convey a def
mite idea.
13. By using words which pupils can
understand.
IL BY avoiding "a formal routine i'll
teaching.
15 By requiring prompt and accurate
recitations.
16. BY making the pupils feel that you
have an individual interest in them.
II. BY encouraging n proper and mu-
tnal criticism.
NJ. V. SwTzER.
McComb, O.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
A Little Fun.

When is a fowls neck like a bell?
When it is wrung for dinner.
Short items are the oftenest clipped
and that is why they keep short.
The individual who was accidentally
injured by the discharge of his duty is
still very low.
A man has eye-dentifed himself with
lamp post by running against one and
injuring his sight.
The spring style of hand organ has on
" one STOP 1t begins in the morning
and stops at night-Vicksburg Herald.
"How one thing brings up another
said lady absorbed in pleasant retro
spection. "Yes." replied the practical
Dobbs, "an emetic, for instance"
Letters directed to Horace Greeley are
still received frequently at the Tribune
Office They may reach him eventually
by way of the dead letter office, howev-
er-Buffllo Express.
Dean Swift has found an imitator. An
advocate of COlmar has left one hundred
thousand francs to the local madhouse.
Il got this money" says the candid law
yer in his will, ~out of those who pass
their lives in litigation in bequeathing
it to the use oflunatics 1 only make res
titution."
A Wisconsin editor illustrates the pre-
vailing extravaganza of the people ofthe
present day by calling attention to the
costly baby carriages in use now, while
when he was baby, they hauled HIM
around by the hair of the head.
The Utica Observer promulgates SEN
ator Hamlin's idea of a proper schedule
of postal charges as follows: "He would
have a one-cent stamp for a circular, a
twO-cent stamp for sealed lettair, ten
cent stamp for newspaper, and great
big frank for Senatair Hump, Ham
lin rip and tear. Go for the friendless
newspapair."
There have peen some radical changes
in the last century. A hundred years
ago they kissed lady's hand now you
kiss her lips-that is, of course, if you
happen to be behind the wood pile and
nobody is looking. and you don't want to
disappOlnt her. IL may take 100 years
to get from her hand to her mouth, but
we never felt that the time was misspent-
Norwich Bulletin.
An editor is described as man whois
liable tocrying babies, grammatical blum
ders, tooth-ache, typographical errors.
and lapses Of memory, and has 5000
people watching to catch him tripping
"a man of sorrow and acquainted with
grief poorly paid, poorly estimated, yet
enyied by many and despised, perhaps,
by some Of the great men he has made.
During recent performance at Par
is theatre, man and his wife had aquar-
rel ON the stage-the woman in a rage Of
jealousy, the man trying to persuade her
that she was too suspicious and too pas
sionate. Both were acting with great
spirit, when the wife moved her arm too
near candle, and her muslin dress was
in flames in am instant. Both actors kept
their presence of mind, however. The
husband extinguished the fire, and, pro-
ceeding with his part interpolated, You
see, my dear, was right YOU are ready
To flare up for the least thing"
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Bumorons.
AN ORIENTAL COMIC SONG.

Once On time, in Ispahan
There reigned very remarkable man,
Who crammed every day in his gaping
NAV $3.50
A whole stuffed lamb, besides pillau
Curiously made of peacock's gizzar,is,
Scorpions, Snails, and tails of lizards.
OH wasn't this a deal too bad
OF Rama Drama Amerazad.
He fried an elephant cut in steaks:
He potted two hundred black-ringed
snakes;
He stewed zebra, boiled boar.
Liked the last, and polished of four;
Scalloped a sea cow, fried whale,
Framed a dish from a tigers tail.
OH wasn't this deal too bad
OF Rama Brama Amerazad?
A regular shark at calves and dcows,
He cleared the meadow and gutted the
house;
All the week ate fowls in fiocks,
Till the farmers tore their hair in shocks.
Ispahan was filed with sheep
Night and day; till never a sleep
The people gOt-a deal too bad
OF Rama Brama AmeraZad.
II was getting serious. Rama now
Looked on men with thoughtful brow.
If a fat pasha came to dine, ,--.---
Heeyed him gloomily over his wine.
He pinched fat children; worse and worse,
He even pinched the family nurse.
He'd soon turn calnibal-ohi that bad,
Naughty Rama Amerazadl
At last the rabble grew red-hot mad,
So rapidly Rama went to the bad
They stormed the palace and killed the
king str5
In a pot he soon was simmering.
They baked him then in a mighty pie;
And didn't they gobble him-oh, my eyei
A very good end for one so bad
Rama Brama AmeraZad.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
Mr.. Peduncle and his Cow.

Mr.. Peduncie went out to milk the
other day. Now, if there is one thing
Mr. Peduncle prides himself upon, it is
his perfect command Of COW. With
his bucket ON the ground he milks with
both hands, and sings meanwhile, occa-
siOnally bestOwing a word Of warning
upon the COW if she whisks her tail at
him or tries to scratch her back with her
hind foot On this occasion he had near
ly finished and was singing cheerfully:
my soul $50 nowD be on thy guard.
(What in the Egyptian sand hills ails this
cow2)
Ten thousand (thunder and borax,
stand still y foes arise
And as Mr.. Peduncle raised himself
up from the barn floor and wiped the
milk out of his ears and nose, he saw up
in the loft the wife of his bosom with a
long switch in her hand, with which she
had been tickling the gentle animals
nose, and she said IN an awful voice:
-0liver Peduncle, / reckon you'll wrap
your old tobacco box in my handker-
chiefagain, next Sunday, won't ye?-and
have me to take it to church and sling it
out on the fioOr-hey2"
When he milks now, Mr.. Peduncle
sings very softly, indeed, and keeps one
eve on the loft.-Chiedg0 Courier.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
Prophecy About the Great Unknown.

am one Of many hobelieve hat the
less the priesthood of any denomination
have to do with education the better for
the citizen. These sentiments viii find
utteranee in the Cincinnati convention,
and the nominee win be Alphonso Taft,
Of Ohio. the present Secretary OF war,
and in that State inswn and respected
by herhberty loving citizens as her sblest
champion OF schools, as was Abraham
Lincoln in Illinois. when elevated 70 me
Presidency, the ablest champion Of Re
pubhcanism, which wss then non-exten-
sion ofsIavery to day it is non-extensiors
of priestcraft power.
icaIIy, mentally and morally, and in a
long, active life. there has never been q
breath Of suspicion against bis purity and
integrity. Mark the prediction: Ajphonso
Taft. Of Ohio, viii be the Republican
aouinee.-Cor, Detroit Evening News-
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Snndap 3 3eadh.q
BzHoLD. KvocE.


TFts-f ii4.- srt.ltNRN.
E-l1Id. hn-c,,, II, picrr,us cold abroad.
This hitter NlHtcT iiinc:
lac zee Upon III. dark pine, has moi 'lnwcd,
The earth j. white with rhine:
o human bcarts are We all frozen too
That al cl,.Sed doors ! yainly call Ia YOU:
i there -lot one willopen TO his Lord:
Behold | knock,
Behold | knock, The evening shadows lie
SO peaceful near and far;
Earth slccpeth-but in yOEdcr clnudi,sS SKY
Gimmcrs the cyenin" star:
'Ts suclIa h"ly twilight tinr that Oft
Full many stony heart hath waXcd soft.
Like Nicodclnus, in iic dark Drawn night
Bcheld ! knock,
Behold knock, O soul. ant thou at lao ne
For the Brloycd's here:
Hast thou made ready iio"er,cr" iIc mould
come:
Is thy lamp hurning clear:
kHoy'.t thou how such Friend received
should bcg
Art lhou in bridal garments dressed fer Ne.
Dcckcd with thy jewels as for guc>t- most
dear:
BehoIJ knock.
Behold knock. Say not, '''Tis zephyr mild
Which rustleS the dead leaf
IL Is thy Savior, lis tiny God, my child,
Let not thine ear hc deaf;
Ii ] come now in brcezes soft and warm
! may return again upon the storm;
'fis no light fancy, firm be thy belief;
Behold / knock,
Behold knock! As yet am thy guest,
Waiting without for thee:
The time shall come, when homlcsS and dis
trcssed,
Thou. soul that knock for me;
To those who heard my voice ere Twas too
late
| open in that hour my peaceful gate;
10 those who scOThcd, IL closed door will
it be,
Behold ! knock!
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~ DROP OF JOY IN EVERY WORD,

FIsEuINGToN, HunterdOn Co., n. J.,
June 26, 1874.
DIR. II. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
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the world These medicines cannot be
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brought me out of the grave. Three
months ago | was broken out Will, large
ulcers and sores on NY body, limbs and
face. procured your Golden Medical
Discovery and Purgative Pellets, and
have taken six bottles, and 10 day I am
in good health, all those ugly nicers
have healed and left my skin in a. natu-
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can but poorly express my gratitude to
you, yet there is II drop of joy i'll every
word | write Gods blessing rest on
you and yonr woIderinl medicines is the
humble prayer OF
Yours truly,
JAMES G. BELLS
When the medicine will promptly cure
such terrible eating ulcers aud free the
blood of the virulent poison causing
them, who can longer doubt its wonder
ful virtues2 nr Pieroe, however, does
not wish Ia I..lve his Golden Medical
Discovery iA ji.H catalogue of quack
patent nostrun, 10y recommending it to
cure every disease, nor does he so rec
omuend it: bur what he does claim is
this, that there Is bat one form of blood
disease That it will not cnre, and that
disease is cancer. Iie does not recon
mend his l}iscaveTy for that disease, yet
he isnow5 it to be the most searching
blood cleanser yet discovered, and that
it will free the blood and system of all
other known blood poisOns, be they an
imaI, vegetable or mineral. The Golden
Discovery is 1C0rTGnteG by him to cure
the worst forms o. Skin Diseases, as all
| form5 OF BiotcheS, Pinples. and Erup-
| tions, also all Glandular Sweilings, and
| tile worst form of Scrofulous and Uler-
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| aud ali Serofaious Diseases of the Bones,
| as White 3wellings, Fever Sores, Hip
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| belong to Serofuious diseases.
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The Widow.

Her smiles are temper'd by her sighs-
Her garb scarce wells her glory.
The tender glamour of her eyes
Enshrines her and her glory.
No greenling girl, nor spinster tart.
She's all things that become her
Her life, her beauty, and her heart
Are in their Indian summer.
The bobolink is singing,
~Oh, my eyes"
The blue-bird is clinging
To the skies
But the angels they are winging,
Down the street their faneies bringing,
Whilst the very bells are ringing,
ADVERTISED
Courier Journal