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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10
Weaverville, August 10, 1878.

How TO KEEP CooL.-Few subjects
are so entirely misunderstood as that of
keeping comfortable in hot weather. The
majority Of people discard their Hsnnels
when the almanac says summer or at
best when hot weather fairly sets in-as if
there was any heat in flannel. There is
no excuse for this ignorance, upon sub
ject OF such vast Importance, and yet few
people give it q second thought. Every
one knows that the temperature of the
human body ir health is about 100 de-
grees. This does not mean July and
January alone, but always, winter, spring
summer and fall. Very good now let
us understand distinctly the fact that
there is no warmth in clothing Of any
kind it acts simply as II non, conductor
of both heat and cold. Let us take very
hot day, when the thermometer indicates
100 deg. in the shade what effect has the
flannel 1t absorbs the perspiration,
instead Of letting it soak into the outer
clothing, which cannot be changed every
day as the underclothing can and should
be. Therefore, proper regard for
cleanliness should induce us to retain our
flannel.
Then, again, as to the question of heat
and cold. When we know that the body
is at 100 degrees on the inside of the
flannel, and the air at leo degrees on the
outside, what has our flannel barricade
to keep out or to keep in Nothing
Therefore, it should be evident to the
dullest intellect that the only effect they
have during the heat OF the day is favor
able to comfort but wait until the sun
goes down and the damp of evening ap-
proaches. A cool breeze springs mp
Now what effect have the Rnnnels for
the time hns come when they do perform
a very important and life saving service.
A., who doesn't wear Undertaking, be
gins 20 shiver a little-the cold finger of
death just giving him warning touch
and he gets up after awhile, remarking
that it is getting rather too cool now, and
goes into the house, while b., who has
worn his flannel through the day, com
planning less of the heat, ow experiences
= delightful sense of comfort-doesn't
feel any chill, and thus avoids the cold
that very likely throws A., into fever
from which, if he escapes with his lite,
let us hope be win be wise enough to
wear wooden underclolhes all the year
round in the future. This is not written
in the interest of dealers in mourning ap-
parel, underakers or the medical profess
sion, whose profits are chiefly derived
from people who don't wear flannel in
hot weather.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10

How TO WALK. The custom is now
everywhere prevalent for pedestrians 10
tako the right side Of the walk. The
practice avoids much confusion, pArtic
ulArly on frequsnted walks. Tho rule
has Teen SO thoroughly established that
any person found violating it is set
down as an ignorsmus. People now
take the right side as regularly IN walk
ing as they do when driving on tho
road, This being so, common sense
suggests that ladies' should always walk
at the right side Of gentlemea when
going In couples. II they do that, ladies
will never. be jostled when meeting
other persons-the gentleman being thus
always on the side ofcontact with peopio
coming from the opposite direction. GEN
tlemen should abandon the habit Of
walking half round them at every turn
of ,he corner. The old custom OF Civ
ing the lady the inside Of the walk,
when walking with her, has no redeem
ing feature. The lsdy's comfort and
protection is best insured by walking At
the gsntlsman's right side at all times.
Rome Sentinel
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10

A vienna mechanic has recently sue
eesded, after many fruitless trials, in con-
structing sewing machine which does
not require the person working at 1t to
submit to the unpleasant and unhealthy
necessity ofconstant bodily eEer.ion- viz,
setting the machine in motion by the
foot. Since, for pecuniary reasons, the
application of electricity, steam or water
power was impossible, tbs inventor ofthe
new machine was restricted TO gravtation
or elasticity, an he preferring tho latter
force has contrived 10 made springs strong
enough TO keep an ordinary sized machine
in motion for hours. A system of cog
wheels is arranged underneath the sur
face Of the table upon which the machine
is fixed, and by handle at the side the
spring is wound up with the greatest ia
ciIIty. The velocity at which the ma
chine works is entirely at tie optlor OF
the person using it, and can be regulated
ad l,bttum, and in the simplest manner.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10

SALTINd THE BEER. An amusing
trial has just been concluded before Mr.
De Rutzen, at the Surrey Assizes, Eng
land. James Scott. landlord Of the
Wellington Beer House, st. LeonArd's
Road, Bromley, was tried for sailing
his beer. BY direct chemical analysis
it was proved that there we're as many
as l40 grains of salt to the gallon Of
beer. The defendant, during his cross
examination. admitted that, in his
neigh ghborhood, there were thirty public
houses, all of which we're trying to cut
each other out. Talking, on one occa-
sion, of tho difficulty of making i've
lihood where there we're so many
competitors around him, tall Yankee
addressed him stranger, how much
would you give to get all the business
ofthe neigh borhood2" Twenty pounds"
he replied. The Yankee extended his
hand, and saying, Put it there" left.
The next day he came again, and told
me " No success, no pay" | tosk him
into my vault and left him alone. That
night all my customers came a dozen
times, where before they had only came
once. They were all the time saying
II wonder what makes me so dry !"
As l was about to close, the Yankee
came up and said, Stranger, that's a
success; l want my balance square,"
l acknowledged the bargain, and, as l
paid him the money, said, Now.
you will give me the receipt ?" Ger
tsin," he replied, "we all do it in the
States when business tends to be dull"
Well, what is il :" l asked. "Why,
salt, you darE'd British fool I" and the
Yankee, pocketing his money, left my
house. The Court, while listening to
the evidence, was cOnvulsed with
laughter. As sailing beer was an offense
against which there were no provisions
in law, James Scott was discharged.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10
OUR NATIONAL BIRD.

Hon. George w. Peck, in his Fourth
of July grafton at La Crosse, Wis,
said
1T may have been noticed that thus
far l have made no allusion to the Amer
lean eagle, the national trade mark,
patent applied for, but it is not that do
no. appreciate the position ths: species Of
poultry occupies on these occasions. The
poet alluding to the eagle, says:
Bird of the broad and feeting wing,
Thy homeis high in heaven
This is too true. He is high old bird,
and the committee that selected the eagle
as national emblem should have been
arrested for disordery conduct, o, great
bird You live on mice. You soar aoft
on pinions airy, until you SEQ poor little
mouse with one leg broke, and then you
swoop down like ward constable and
run him in. You are nice old bird for
trade mark for nation OF heroes, you
old coward. You sit on rock and watch
a peasant woman hanging out clothes,
and when she goes in tho house to turn
the clothes wringer, you, great bird, ON
blem Of freedom, you representative OF
brave, you swoop down on the plantation
and crush your talons in the quivering
fash of her little baby, take him to your
home high in heaven and pick his inns-
cent little eyes out. You bald headed
old reprobate, you would turn your tail
and run at the attack of q bsntam-r -rsos-
ter. o, eagle, you look we'll on dress
parade, but you are unanimous coward
you eat snakes. You are a fraud, and
you were counted in by vote Of eight to
seven.
The bird that should have been select
ed as the emblem Of our country, the
bird of patience, forbearance, persever-
ance, and tho bird of terror when arous-
ed, is the mule. There is no bird that
com bines moro virtues to the square foot
than the mule. With the mule smblsz.
oned on our banners, we should be ter
ror TO the foe. We are = nation OF un-
complaining hard workers. We mean to
do the fair thing for everybody. We
plod along, doinga as we would be done
by. So does the mule. We as nation
are slow to anger. SO is the mule. As q
nation, We occasionally stick our ears
forward and fan flies off our forehsad.-
30 does the mule. We allow parties to
get on and ride as long as they behave
themselves. SO does the mule. But
when any nation sticks spurs into our
han1s and tckles our heels with \ straw,
we come down stiff legged in front, our
ears look to the beautiful beyond, our
voice is cut loose, and is still for war, and
our subsequent end plays the snare drum
on anything that gets irf reach of US, and
strikes terror to the hearts Of all tyrants.
SO does the mule. When the country
gets older, and Congress has time to get
to work, the eagle will be supplanted as
the national trade make, and in its place
will ride the mule in all its glory, and Il
ptlDibus unum, our motts, will be
changed to You piaribus mulanl, SIC,
diStemper atapacd -
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10

The advantage Of kindness to cows is
we'll illustrated by the flowing: A man
had fine COW that, week after week,
was milked alternately by a couple Of
hired men. He observed that the amount
OF butter he carried weighed about a
pound more each alternate week. He
watched tse men and tried the COW after
they had finished milking; but always
found that no milk had been left in the
teats. Finally he asked the Scotch girl
who took care OF the milk, II she could sc-
count for the difference. why yss,"
said she. When i'm milks. he says TO
the old COW: 80: my pretty muleyi so =
But when Sam milks, he hits her on the
hip with the edge Of the pail, and says;
III ist, you old brute ~
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10

THx Cleveland Herald wants con-
slilutional amendment that no u. 3.
Senator sha II bseliRibe to the Presidency.
The Chicago Tribune thinks this would
be the work of superarogation. Certain
ly tho history of fFfrssisshlial candidates
thus far, shows that tho desired end la,
been effeotualy accomplished wilho
Legislation. What has been, sssVptle's
vill be sKain.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-10
Weeklu Trinity 9uurnal,

Dg- The "JOUR.N:fL" has no .gSsnfs
the Publisher prsfsrrins' to do bwsinsss
scsth .sdrsrttsers direct. .Rdrsrffstnx
Rates fHrRishsd On application.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
The New POne.

Joachim Pecci, the new pope, was
born at Carpenette, in the diocese of
Arragui, on March 2, 1910, and is sixty
eight years of age. He was created car
dinal on December 10, 1858, was arch
bishop of Perouse and chamberlain of
the pope. He was to have been created
cardinal at the request of protestant
King Leopold L, of Belgium, to whom
he had been sent as nuncio by Gregory
XVI, but on the death of the latter,
Plus TX, yielding to the vindictiveness
of Antonelli, allowed seven years to
elapse before he gave him the hat. Of
high intellect, of a Well-tried and ener-
getic nature, his eminence has made not
only an excellent bishop, but has real
lied the type of a perfect cardinal. AS
an administrator, he managed to clear
PeneVento of smuggling and brigandage,
as well as of the underhand intrigues of
the party of the nobility. AS man of
intelligence he does not regard with such
a passimist eye as his colleagues, the re-
ciprocal sensations of the church and
society. He has evidently found a solu-
ton in his own mind for existing and
eventual difficulties. His eminence is
tall and thin, His features have an ar
istocratic stamp, and are characterized
by great tnesse. He resemblance at
once to Voltaire and Richelieu. His
voice strikes one disagreeably at first, it
is so nasal in its tones; but one soon
gets accustomed to this peculiarity, owing
10 It's fulpess and resonance, Although
simple In manners his eminence is of all
the cardinals the one who carries HIM
self with most pontifcal majesty, re-
sembling in this Plus *, who in his
early days passed for Incompatible.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
Paris eats half a million snails monthly

Paris eats half million snails monthly
The newest silver tea sets are suuar,
shaped.
None but an Italian has been elected
Pope since 1922.
Eight thousand and sixty-four Ian
guages are spoken in the world.
The Boston Post says that Queen Ellis,
abeth used to eat with her fingers. Per-
haps, poor thing, she hadn't any teeth.
Father" Why, don't yer say yer
grace, Charlie% Charlie."Why, 'cos
l don't like the look O. them ere taters.
Reaching after the unattainable. "A
man feeling up under the back of his
vest for the end of a parted suspender,-
Burlington HaaOkeye.
A hair from the mad dog is said to
cure the bite, and the Worcester Press
SAYS that solitary tress from the hash
will cure passion for waiter girl.
There is no art or science that is too
difficult for industry to attain to. In
dustry makes a man understood and
valued in all countries, and by all
nations; tits the philosophers stone, that
turns almost every thing into gold.
The announcement that Lydia Thomp-
sons blondes carry a mountain of
trunks" will be received with some sur
prise by the bald headed man who sits
in a front orchestra chair and believes
that the girls have their costumes for
warded by postal card.
A resident of San Pedro, Texas, killed
his wife with a hatchet because she
would not get out of bed first to make
the fire. A coroner's jury composed of
married men brought in a verdict of
'Died from natural causes" and the be-
rereaVed husband is salready spoken of as
the dark horse in the coming Senatorial
contest.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12

@Hurrah hurrah P' cried a young law
yer who succeeded to his fathers prac-
tice, Ef'Ve settled that old lawsuit at
last,n Settled itP exclaimed the
astonished parent. "Why, we've sup
ported the family on that for the last ten
years"
Paris has mutual Autopsy Associa-
ton whose members pledge their bodies
for dissection. This corresponds, as
closely as nationalities will permit, to
our old fashioned sewing societies. The
latter, however, cut up characters as well
as bodies.
Two little girls were lately prattling
together, and one of them said: "We
keen four servants, have got six horses
and lot of carriages; now, what have
YOU gotY With quite as much pride,
the other answered: "We've got skunk
under our barn."
IT call yeu darling" she said, as she
leaned her head on his coat collar.
"Show your hand" he returned, me-
chanicaily. The young miss, not under
standing his answer, continued to poker
head against his chin, and he hove ace
high at her inconsistencies of his mis-
take.
"T don't think you need send for me
again. She cannot possibly get better;
and to save you further trouble, I'll just
write you out a certificate for her burial"
And he did. After the doctor departed
the woman got better rapidly, She has
now completely recovered, and goes
about carrying her burial certificate with
her. At least so says the Sheffield Tele-
graph.
"A discharge of buckshot from gun
killed man in the Capital Theatre Aus
tin, Texas, and made hole in the wall.
The fresh plaster has cracked in such
way as to present the outline of mans
face-a likeness of the murdered man,
as seme say,
"A member Of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture got very drunk one Sunday in Frank
fort but, being deacon, his home hab-
its led him to 60 into church, where he
insisted upon passing n contribution
plate, and became so boisterOus that his
removal by force was necessary.
The Columbia, Kentucky Spectator
says there recently died in that county,
at the age of ninety-four a man named
Francis McElvoy, who was a soldier in
the war of 1912, was married three
times, was the father Of forty-two ckil-
dren, and had fifteen sons in the army
during the late war.
Gov. Hubbard said in his speech at the
Bolton fair that Texas was getting rich
at the rate of S1OO,0O0;0O0 per annum.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
Wedding Stationery.

We are prepared to receive Or
ders for all kinds of Engraved
wedding Invitations, Visiting
Cards, MOnOgrams, etc. This
work will be done in the finest
styIe of the art, and the prices for
the same are very low.
Samples of the latest styles of
Stationery, on hand.
JAMES REED II son,
Ashtabula.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
Household Hints.
Ill everything slowly.

Boil everything slowly.
Tea does not give strength.
Apples are the healthiest fruit.
"Middlings" -four contains the best
elements of wheat.
Slow and long cooking will make
tough meat tender.
Your fat must be boiling when you
put your meat into it to fry.
Silk stockings should be washed in
cold water with white soap, rinsed in
cold water, laid fat on a fine towel,
rolled tightly until dry, and rubbed
with a piece of flannel to restore the gloss
PLANTs.-If the dirt is infested with
insects and the plants dying, remove the
plant from the pot, shake the dirt care
fully from the roots, get good rich, fresh
earth and repot the plant.
CEMENT FOR MEEDING TABLE KNIVES
Cutters cement, for fastening the blades
of dinner knives in their ivory-handles,
consists of resin four parts; beeswax
one part brickdust, one part. Fill the
hole in the handle with the cement,
heat the tang of the blade and press in.
To KEEP LOOSE SAsHEs FROM RATTLING.-
Make four one-sided buttons of wood
and screw them to the heading, which Is
nailed to the castings of the window,
making each button of proper length to
press the side of the sash outward when
the end of the button is turned down
horizontally.
There is a "bell-boy" in a st. Paul
II Il
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12

IT NEVER CoMEs.-We never have a
Tomorrow It is simply world of pro-
phecies. 1t has been said that the two
great pleasures of living are in having
something to love and something to
hope for and the last Of these Is ever be-
fore us in the promise of tomorrow. ;"
Tomorrow we may not know, and it is
well that it is thus ordained to be. for
beyond the invisible veil that conceals
alike its coming joys and sorrows, our
fancy may revel only in what is beauti-
full and fair, nor see the gloom or shadow
of coming trials and worldly affiictions
that, could we anticipate as fixed reali-
ties that were certain to come, would
mar all our peace and enjoyment of the
present. 1t is well for us that we cannot
withdraw the veil which hides our fu-
ture.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
Mortgagine Farms,

Western farmers may suppose that
they are the only ones who have mort
cages on their farms, but the following
from a Vermont correspondent Of the
Prairie Farmer,win set that idea at rest
Mortgages are laying their hands
rather heavily on the unfortunate farm
ers, and a good many farms will prob
ably change hands during the coming
wear. These capitalists have, in great
measure, been compelled to resort to
this extreme in order to secure them
selves, as the property in many cases
has so deprecated in value as to be worth
less than the amount for which it was
mortgaged. Although nature has made
this one of the richest farming districts
in the East, it is estimated, and think
correctly, that one-third of the farms are
mortgaged for all they are worth. This
has been brought about, in a measure,
by farmers trusting out their produce to
Spectators, who have invariably failed
paving from five to ten cents on the dol
lar, and the extreme closeness of the
times, which has not enabled them to
rally from the shock they were, there
fore, obliged to mortgage, pay high inter-
est, and finally succumb. Unless we can
finally devise some means to turn our
produce into cash without the risk of
trusting them to spectators and COM
mission-men, the prospect looks rather
dark for the farming-community.
RENEWING MORTGAGES.
There are, doubtless, many owners of
mortgages who would, if they were ap-
piled to, be glad to extend mortgages
about to become due, at lower rate of
interest. There are, however, between
the mortgagor and the mortgage a class
of middlemen who reap harvest from
renewal of these mortgages. The
original loans were made at 10 per cent.
annual interest and per cent. commits
sion. These brokers now ask 4 per cent,
commission for renewing a loan at 9
per cent, and 5 per cent. for an per
cent. loan. In the majority of cases, the
mortgagor does not really know of whom
he borrowed the money, his business
having heretofore been all transacted
with the trustee, and the latter, of course,
volunteers no information as to who his
principal is. While we cannot blame
these loan-agents for wanting to keep a
good thing when they have it, yet we
think that, in charging such rates as
they do, they are killing the goose that
lays their nest-eggs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
SYMPATHETIC DISEASES,

Affections Of tho Eye, Ear. Throat, LunRs aud
Bronchial Tubes which in many cases acc mps5y
3 severe case OF Catarrh- The indamed and DIS
eEsed condition Of the mucous membrane is the
cause OF all these troubles; and until the system
has been brought properly und r TIE Influence Of
the RADICAL CUltE. perfect freedom from them
cannot be reasonably expected.
II is but three years since SANFOIsD'S RAnI-
CAL CURE was placed before the public. hu IN
that short time Il has found its way from Maine 10
California, and Is everywhere acknowledged by
druggists and physicians 10 be the most successful
nreparatiOn for the thorough treatment Of CatArrh
ever compounded. The fact will he deemed Of
more importance when it is coupled with the state
ment that within I'VE years over 80 different
remedies for CAtaErh have been placed sale GBd
to-day, with one or two exceptions IN, ir names
cannot be recalled by the best-iufOrmed druggist.
Advertising may succeed in 70 cling a few sales.
but. unless the remedy possess urdoubte sPPcifc
medical properties i Is absolute ~ certain 10 fall
into merited obscurity.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12

The United States now exports toys to
Europe. A million dollars worth were
sent in 1877,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12

Great chance to make mon-
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can greenbacks We need a
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cessful agent The most elegant works Ofart
given free to subscribers. The price is so low
that almost everybody subScribes. One agent
reports making over $50 in week. A lady
agent reports taking over 400 subscribers in
ten DAYS All who engage make money fast.
You can devote all your time 10 the busi-
ness, or only your spare time. You need not
be away from home over night. You can do
it as well as others. Full particulars, direct
ions and terms free. Elegant and expensive
outfit free. If you want profitable work, send
us your address at once. 1t costs nothing to
try the business. No one who engages fails
to make great pay. Address The Peoples
Journal" Portland. Maine. l440-95
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12

AT Portage, Wis, while digging a
well, farTneT heard a rumbling noise
below, as of rushing water, which grew
louder as he went down. He finally
struck bed of gravel, through which a
strong current of intensely cold air rush
ed up, and on going through the bed he
came to water, which congeals as fast as
1t comes into the well.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-12
TO SUGAR Or CRYsTALIzE POPCORN.

Put into an iron kettle one tablespoon
full of butter, three tablespoonfuls of
water, and one teacupful of white sugar /;
boil until ready to candy, then throw in
three quarts of corn, nicely popped stir
briskly until the candy is evenly distrib-
uted over the corn; set the kettle from
the fire, and stir until it is cooled a little
and you have each grain separate and
aFystalized with the sugar; care should
be taken not to have too hot a fire lest
you seorch the corn when cFystalizing,
Nuts of any kind prepared in this way
are delicious.