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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
AHnshand,s Cruel Crime.

a Rhode Island lady who was in the
habit of taking large quantities of the
tincture of iron found great benefit from
the medicine, but also incurred large
bills at the apothecary's, which her hus-
band found it rather difficult to meet.
Instead of brutally cutting off her medi.
cinal supplies, this ingenious and hu-
name man conceived the plan of manu.
featuring tincture of iron in the secrecy
of his own WoOdshed. He therefore
procured pail, placed in it two pounds
of old iron nails, three drahms of iron
barrel-hoops and four scruples of mis-
cellaneous iron. To this he added one
gallon of aqua pltrd, and stirred the
mixture with pitchfork three times a
day for a week. At the end of that
time hebrew off the water with a siphon,
placed it in pint bottles and labeled
it "IElct. Ferz. Use as directed" His
wife took his homemade tincture with
out any suspicion that it was not DUR
chased at the apothecary's and derived
all the benefit from it which she had
derived from the apotheeary's own tine
ture. Although she had been afflicted
for several months with extreme weak
ness, her strength revived under the in
fuence of the tincture to such an ex-
tent that at the end of three weeks,
when she accidentally caught her hus-
band in the act of filling her bottle from
the pail in the woodshed, she was able
to lift a heavy pitchfork, and, after
welding it with great vigor for ten min
utes, to assist the hired man in dragging
her husband into the house, where she
subsequently applied arnica and brown
paper to nearly tWo-thirds of his entire
surface.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
A Family Becomes Insane.

One of the strangest occurrences on
record took place a few days ago some
miles west of jamestown, in Grant coun-
ty, Wis. A German farmer named Mat
Johnston, together with his wife and
brother, John Johnston, all became in
sane at the same time. John Johnston,
who is also a married man, resided at
some little distance from his brother
MAT The latter first showed dangerous
symptoms at night, when both he and
ms VIE arose, dressed themselves in
thelr best clothing, and went into the
neld TO pray. They continued this for a
day or Two, neglecting their stock and
their i've little children. Finally their
condition was discovered by neicbbOrs
who tried to quiet them, but Mat. armed
himself with an axe and threatened
to Kill any one who came near. His
mother and younger brothers tried in
vain to coax him to be quiet or to per-
NIT them to care for his children and
famishing animals. His wife, though
less violent, was also a raving maniac,
and paid not the slightest attention to
children, who were crying with cold
and hunger. A large number of the
nelghDors dlsarmed Johnston, took the
children to friends who would care for
them, and attended to the horses that
had been stabbed for days without food
or water. Johnston, when at liberty.
insisted on keeping all the windows in
his house open, and on having a light
burning at the same time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31

Is. 1t is no doubt exceedingly liable to
be abused. 1t has in all ages been grossly
abused for the very worst purposes. But
so have many things, which in themselves
are praiseworthy enough. For children
in family, or with few young friends.
is there anything more Objectionable in
dance, than in those charades-dumh
and otherwise which with some serious
people are so popular? Is there any,
thing worse than those games where
forSeits generally involving any amount
of kissing are in the ascendRnt2 Is there
anything so bad as in the title tattle
that passes for conversation, and is not
so careful as it ought to be of other peo-
pies characters? We think not. 1t may
look absurd enough to see people caper-
ing about like lunatics, but, after all, as
a mere amusement, is there anything in
1t more foolish than fifty things in the
way OF relaxation which pass unchal-
lenged as mere matters of course? Can
a Christian with any degree of con-
sistency dance? We don't pretend to
say. Only Christian has liberty to do
anything that is not sinful. Can a clergy
man with propriety take turn at the
polka? If any Christian can, so can he,
for there are not two laws of conduct,
one for the clergyman and another for
the private Christian. If it is right for
the one, it is not wrong for the other
Can clergyman dance and fiddle and
drink until three or four O'Clock in the
morning. He may if he like, but how
comes it to pass that both saints and
sinners would unite in a suggestion to
any clergyman of that type that he had
better depart out of their co., Is, unless
it was felt that that sort proceeding
was scarcely in accordance with being
q servant of Christ in any capacity what
ever? What lots of people have dane
ing parties, at which they would not care
to see their Clergyman" leading of, Ia
company to prayers at three O'Clock in
the morningl And yet, why not? If
Miss Echo were bound to answer the
question, we rather guess she would say,
Pom my word, 1 don't know"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTH.
ERN H. r.


GOING WEST.
Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo al
800 p. m, Erie LILO q. m, Conneaut d
Ashtabula 2;55 a. m, Madison 1882 a. m, Paines
vile 4:eO a. m, Cleveland 5:15 q. m.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo al
l2.45 a. M, Erie $3.50 a. m, Ashtabula Ass
Painesville $40, and arrives at Cleveland al
G.35 a. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
t6:O5 a; m, Amboy GIL Kingsville 6:2l, Ash
tabula 6:33 Saybrook 6:4S, Geneva 6:53, Paines-
vile 7:2S, and arrives at Cleveland S:45 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:45 a. IN.
Erie 1000, COnneaut 1885, AmbOy Il:02. Kings.
vile ll:li, Ashtabula li:S3 a. m, SaybrOOk llSa
Geneva il:4S, Painesville 1918, and arrives
at Cleveland at lbs p. m
SpecialI st. Louis Express leaves Buffalo
500 a. m, Erie 1887, Ashtabula l2:O2 p. m,
Palnesviile i&45, and arrives at Cleveland
lao.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo 1890 p. m,
Erie S:52, Ashtabula 5:I2, Painesville 6:0l, and
arrives at Cleveland at 7:O5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:S0a m,
Painesville $50 Ashtabula sos, COnneaut9:2S,
Erie 1920, and arrives at Buffalo at Lilo p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at Il:l5 a. m, Painesville 1926, Ge-
neVa Iii a. m, SaybrOok l:2D. Ashtabula l:32,
Kingsville l:4l, AmbOy -. Conneaut BOP,
Erie $40, Buffalo 800 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleve-
land at 250 p. m, Painesville 1885, Ashtabula
4:lS, Erie SIS, and arrives at Buffalo at sos
p. m.
COnneauI uIAccoihInOuaIlob leaNes CdeHeIahu
at $50 p. m, Painesville 500, Geneva 645, Say
brook 6:55, Ashtabula 7:O4, KingsviIle T:l5, Ann
boy 7:24, and arrives at COnneaut at 7:30 p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1880 D. m Painesvilfe 1l:aO, Ashtabula 1904
a. m, Erie LEO and arrives at Buffalo at 400 a.
m.
SA-The Pacific Express will stop at Girard,
COnneaut, Geneva and Willoughby daily
The Special N. Y. Express on Saturdays, and
Chicago Express on Sundays only, will stop
at all stations for which they may have pas
Sengers-
EsTrains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
Danein0.

1t is not necessary to define what most
of our readers know so well as dancing.
Whether we call it the "poetry of
motion" or characterize it in any other
way we please, it is undoubtedly an
amusement very generally resorted 10
and engaged in by many with infinite
relish. But if we do not need to define
dancing, or to describe its varied pecu-
liarities, it is very necessary to settle
whether or not it be an amusement in
which wise men and decent women may
with propriety take a part. About some
dances there can be no doubt at all, for
they are as indelicate and indecent as
any thing done in public possibly can be.
How husbands can ever tolerate their
wives, or brothers their sisters, or fathers
their daughters, in such exhibitions is a
mystery, though they do it, and seem
pleased with the performance all the
same. 1t is no use to reply with the stale
EVIL be to him that evil thinks" for
the evil is not matter of thinking atall,
but Of right. Even among what are
called decent and proper people, it is
simply shocking to see how delicate
and modest girls are, as one has phrased
it, "pawed" by every Tom, Dick and
Harry with whom she Twill be pleased,
ETC." The shocking results Of such dane
ing, all fashionable and endorsed as It
may be, are too distressing to think
about, and far more so to specify.
But apart from these dances, which to
be sure are the most popular in most
parties, and would have made our
grandmothers, however little prudish
they may be, hold up their hands in
amazement and disgust, is there any
thing essentially wrong In dancing itself,
when rightly ordered and taken in
! moderation? We cannot see that there
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

The Methodists have built in the
United States in the last ten years 4,97s
new churches, at cost of about $780,
100000.
Ten Baptist ministers marched in the
funeral procession of Victor Emanuel
carrying banners inscribed 'United
Italy"
The Carthusian monks have founded
a new monastery near London. They
have plenty of money, and will cover
nine acres with their buildings.
The Protestant Episcopal Church has
gained foothold in Cuba. After half q
dozen years of hard work, the Rev. Mr..
Kenhey has established mission on the
island.
Parson Newman has been lecturing to
some purpose. Within six months hls
lectures have yielded enough to pay on
S5 900 of the debt of the Metropolitan
Church in Washington.
Sister Amanda Smith, the colOred
evangelist, has been evangehzing in
Brooklyn among the most fashionable
ladies of the stylish churches. They
seem to like her unctuous and forcible
way of expounding the Scriptures.
In Ireland the Catholic Bishops are
vigorously trying to put down the prac-
tice of holding wakes over the dead.
They have ordered that none but the
immediate relatives of the deceased are
to be invited, and that no intoxicating
liquors shall be used.
In a Boston Universalist association
held week or two ago, the Congrega-
honalists, Merriam and Munger, about
whom there has recently been so much
controversy, were freely spoken Of as
"professed Universalists in their faith.
These gentlemen do not deny that their
views are more in sympathy with Uni
versalism than with the old-fashioned
Congregational doctrines. The Univer-
salists say that the time is rapidly ap-
preaching when they and the Congre-
gationalists viii be practically one,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
Losses In War.

The Millennium has not come yet,
though, in spite of all appearances to
the contrary, we believe it is coming.
Men are buster than ever in devising
destructive implements of war, and mu-
tual slaughter is not merely trade, but
a science. It used to be said that, in
proportion to the deadly character Of
the weapons of war, the slaughter Of
men became actually less, and the dura-
ton of the conflict was correspondingly
shortened. In the days that are passing
over US this is but partially true. No
doubt with telegraphs and railways, it is
scarcely possible to protract wars as they
used to be when George LII. was king.
Still when the combatants are pretty
well matched, the tussle may last good
while, and the slaughter be enormous.
In the course Of the campaign recently
closed in Turkey, the lives of not less
than 100000. men have been lost, while
a very large number have had their lives
shortened by the hardships they have
passed through and the wounds they
have received. This is a higher rate OF
casualties than prevailed in the Franco
Prussian conflict, though in the latter
double the number Of contestants were
engaged. 1t is much higher also than
what was usual in the NapOleonic wars
1t used to be said in the days of "BrowP
Bess," that for every man killed his
weight in lead had been shot away.
Modern science has made that a mere
tradition of the olden time. In one
assault on Pleyna, the Russian War
Office admitted a loss of 5000 killed,
and 10000 wounded, though perhaps
there were not more than thirty or forty
thousand engaged. In other words,
in that one unsuccessful assault the losses
of one of the combatants exceeded the
total of killed, wounded, and missing on
both sides at the world-famed battle Of
Austerlitz, and very nearly equalled the
whole French loss at Gravelotte. Even
in the four days fight at Leipsic, inwhieh
All 900 men were engaged, the percent
age of loss for all the four was not 50
great as in this assault at Plevna- The
Slaughter is evidently very greatly m
creased by improvement in weapons, u
is not so evident that the time OF nos
tilities is being correspondingly short
ened. Yet, after ali, we cannot despair
of the good time being here by-and-oys
SIrs comm yet for e. that,
When man to man theSwarld oEef
snail brothers be and e. that"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
Turkish Wives,

Having obtained a wife, it is worth
while to inquire how Turk treats her.
She has much to complain of generally
from the personal ill-treatment of her
husband. The Turk in ordinary life is
not unkind or cruel. The wife's misfor-
tunes arise from her position.
AS husband and wife see little of each
other, they are not specially given to
quarreling. But she is woman, possibly
purchased outright in the slave market
-for 1t is pure illusion to suppose that
the slave trade in Turkey has been abol-
ished-and being a woman she bears
about her on every hand the marks OF
degradation. 1t is her duty to wait on
her husband, if he is poor, at meals. Her
accommodation in the house is inferior
to his. In all things she is his slave.
If the wife is the daughter of a veal
thy man, her lot is not hard one. AS
the law regards marriage merely as a
partnership, she keeps her own property,
and the husband has to be on his good
behavior to obtain q share of it. If she
be of poor origin, she can scarcely be
said to have any rights. When harem
is on board a vessel, the husband keeps
In the saloon, living we'll and sleeping in
a comfortable cabin. The poor women
are penned up as deck passengers, living
on wretched food which they take with
them.
"0nly few weeks ago" says travel
Ter, Il was ina steamer carrying harem,
where there were probably twenty wo-
men. wives and slaves, who were shiver-
ing under canvas, which was quite in
sufficient to keep out the pelting rain. l
know thf It it is thing almost unknown
for ha' rem to have cabins taken for 1t.
The hU sband takes care of himself-has,
PERHAPS, unlimited champagne - and
leave his women huddled together on
deey. to take care of themselves"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31

The way of the inebriate is hard.
What with Red Ribbon Clubs, Murphy
movements and such like agitations, he
finds himself compassed about with
troubles. In Virginia he is bell-punch-
ed. In Maine drink is "out Of the
question" Even in New York the excise
officers made back door and extreme
caution necessary. 1t has become i'm
possible to delude trusting women with
hbrications about being out at a political
meeting, or down ct the Office, or strong
lemonade. Mr.. Powers, of Pittsburg,
has Just discovered that the ideas of wo-
man on this subject are advancing. he. ne
came home drunk the other evening. ms
wife, who should have wept and helped
him to retire, did not do so. she paseiy
took advantage of his helpless CONDITION,
and. with the assistance Of the hired glfi,
thew tied him up with clothes line into
a sort of knot, and then amused them
selves by rolling him around the room
and drubbing him alternately. They
finally rolled him down stairs and let
him sober of in the hall. It Is very sad
thus to chronicle such open defiance OF
the Powers that be, but It may be added
that Mr., Powers sadly shakes his head
when friend asks him to partake.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
Becoming and UnbeeOming.

To lovers of the beautiful, it is really
trying to observe how few women under
stand the method of arranging the hair
in way most becoming to them. No
woman should follow a fashion which is
unsuited to her simply because it is the
fashion. Let every woman study her
face before he dresses her hair, as she
studies her hand before she buys her
gloves. If she fiads her forehead mar
rowing above the cheek-bOne, let her
never fail to insert pads in her hair at
the side. fit be a broad forehead, while
her face is narrow, let her avoid this
style rightly, whatever be the fashion.
Ifher forehead be ill-shaped, let her eul-
tivste fringe" if she possesses hne
brow, she should not so disguise 1t. II
her head be slightly fiat, a coronet OF
plaits. or the hair turned over cushion,
are the only alternatives; but if natural
Iv too high, let her disperse elsewhere
the fullness of hair. And should the
head be perfect in shape, let her dress
the hair as plainly as possible, and make
a point of showing charm that Is ex-
ceedingly rare. 1t would be simply waste
and ruin to pad it into all sorts Of shapes.
In wearing false hair, great judgment
should be exercised. As much should
be used as looks natural, and no more.
Great cables of hair, and masses Of ring
lets, are not natural, and therefore, weary
the eye, while nobody is imposed upon
by them.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
ADVICE to HOmeIK Momen.

Homely girls should never elope On
commit suicide-in short, should never
10 anything which will render them liza
BILE to get into print. None but those
who have had the sad experience know
what a wofully irksome task it is for a
reporter to dish up a readable arti-
Gle about a scrawny, freekle-faced
girl who has jumped into the river or
taken strychnlne, or done some other
terrible deed, all for love. We don't
mean to say that scrawny, freckla-faced
girls shouldn't fall in love, but we do en-
phatically, nay, tearfully, maintain that
this species of the soft sex should so de
mean themselves in all their loving and
living as to keep out of the realm which
properly belongs to the sensitive repor-
ter. 1t is pleasure, a divine pleas
ure, to write up the misfortunes of the
beautiful. What newspaper reporter in
all our broad land does not hang upon
the suicide with golden hair, and thin,
white hands, and broad, marble forehead
and shell-like ears, and regular, classic
nose, and willowy form and plump white
shoulders. Why, he fairly gloats over
the victim. He wouldn't have had her
live for all the riches of the world. He
presents her to his readers a thousand
times fairer than she is. And yet, put
in her place upon the slab at the morgue,
a stoutish or scrawny creature, with
wart on her cheek, or glass eye, or
cork leg, or false tooth, or red hair, or
bow legs-the spirits of the reporter
plump down into his boots and he either
abandons himself to chaotic, obliVious
debauch, or writes up the really good
item in "half stickful," or inYeigles the
ingenious paragraphist of the paper into
drawing upon his fruitful Imagination
for an ideal heroine with which to gar
nish his story. so that the homely girls
fate is either not recorded at all or is re-
corded under false colors. So We say,
homely girls and homely women owe it
to themselves to religiously keep out of
print And by so doing, they will confer
an estimable favor upon a class that
strives without ceasing to please the pub
lie. The beautiful alone are born to die.
The homely and the staid are created for
life and its cold, stern and often bitter
realities.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
Misapplied Quotations.

The ear of charity is as deaf as an ad-
der at work on long column of figures.
The grinders should cease, because
they are few, and hand-organ music Isn't
very popular just at present, anyhow.
Old age comes on apace in harness, and
at good round gait. el- s.sF
The boy stood on the burning deck
that he had hauled from the fire, where
his father had thrown it but the old
man yanked him off and completed the
cremation of the vile cards.
Women are generally pretty smart ::
but they cannot hold a candle to can
of kerosene with safety. - -.-t 8
Virtue is its own regard; but a little
besides, that will buy something, is gem
orally quite handy.
The old hummer smelleth the bottle
from afar off when it is set up for a free
treat to the crowd.
A word spoken in due season, how
good it is when it strikes the man with
the bill just about right.
Remove not the old landmarks"
pleaded the venerable tramp when they
bid him peel off and get into the bath
pool at the work house.
Il beg Of you, have you few cents for
. DNe.A fAAAE A4ltAAa GohC0 a VI DS-
destrian on Vine street last evening.
"OhW exclaimed the latter; "you are
only begging the question: and he
passed on.
The blood of the turnip is the seed of
the church in some of the stingy in
stances.
When at home do as the home 'uns do.
3eWare of the man with one book. if
-4e be an agent for it.
When a man slips In to get a slv min
and finds crowd of his acduaintances
there, his first thought is, Defend me
from my friends.
The motto of the gay old bachelor on
the shady side of life is, The Guard dives.
out never surrenders.
At many of the cheap clothing auc.
tions there is great cry and little wool.
God helps them who help themselves.
The lunch fiend takes heart and goes for
what there is on the table, regardless of
Providential aid in the contract.
The fullness of merchants store Is
not indicated by the beggarly account
OF empty boxes which he permits to
block the sidewalk.
All the worlds a stag, and .ney
makes the mare go before it.
how doth the little busy wife improve
each shlning hour, and CAD around the
shops all day-at night done out and
sour. ''--O'
Father, at that critical period when
the down is appearing on the chin ot
your boy, when his changing voice is
constantly getting out of gear when he
is experiencing his first dreams of love
and he is peculiarly sensitive, be careful
IN your bearing towards him, and govern
your temper, practice forbearance, for
fear the son may go down on your wrath,
and you be cleaned out at your own
game.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-31
Reading for the Yeung.

The influence exerted upon youth by
their chosen companions, in forming
their tastes, opinions and characters, can
| hardly be overestimated. 1t has come to
be so generally appreciated that few
| thoughtful parents and guardians now
| leave wholly to chance the quality of
this influence. There is, however, anoth-
er companionship, more silent and un-
ObtrusiVe, but none the less influential
in moulding our young men and women
that of books. Indeed, in some respects,
this is the more potent influence of the
two. In the play of conversation there
is somewhat more air stirring to blow
away noxious vapors-the continual in
terchange Ofsentiment, thought and feel
ing, always varying, and often conflict
ing, tends to dissipate much that is friv-
olous, expose much that is absurd, and
throw doubt upon much that is contra
dictory. In reading there is no such
friction, the attitude is mainly recep-
tive, the suasion is all on one side, the
reader is passive rather than active, he
is impressed by the author, and makes
no reply.
From the time when the little child
first acquires the power of amusing HIM
self by reading, it should be the aim of
the parent and teacher to cultivate and
elevate his taste by a wise selection of
books for his perusal. The amount of
Juvenile literature is large and varied,
and there is enough of what is pure in
thought, simple in style, high in princi-
pie, and sweet in spirit, to satify the
needs of the most eager little student.
If all that is impure and exciting, and
even simply trashy, be carefully exclud-
ed from our children's libraries; if we
form in them the habit of reading and
enjoying the best and most ennobling
books suited to their age; and if a love
for the pure, the true, and the beautiful
be developed in their hearts, the surest
blow will have been struck against the
unwholesome influence of impure and
frivOIOus literature