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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Watching the Boiling DumDlings.

St. SylYestre's Night in Hungary is one
of the most romantic moments of the
year. All sorts of superstitious beliefs
are attached to this night. Maidens of
all ranks and ages throng to the shrine
ofthe excellent saint, who is supposed to
know all about the future husband Of
every unmarried lady of Christendom-
belief which costs him dear. If he
hasn't been driven crazy long ago by
thousands of questions addressed to him
on this one special night at the moment
when the clock strikes twelve, he will
surely become 50 now when the number
of eligible husbands diminishes in the
same degree as the number of unmarried
ladies', eager to change their position, in
creases from year to year. As civilized
saint, whose prestige has outlived that of
a great number of his brethren, st.
Sylvestre gives his attention first of all
to the saloons-that is, to those who
should fill them, but who on this night
prefer to follow the young people to the
kitchen, where the young ladies are oc-
cupied with the manufacture of dump
ings Such 9 culinary exertion in elab-
orate evening dresses must have an i'm
portant cause. The dumplings prepared
by those delicate hands are no ordinary
dumplings, whose destiny it is to be
eaten. Fate has chosen this simple far
inaceous food to be the interpreter of its
decrees. Every young lady of the COM
pany writes the names Of all the eligible
gentleman of her aequaintance upon
scraps Of paper, which she hides in the
dumplings, and at the moment when the
clock strikes twelve she throws them
into boiling water. Now, it is the habit
of dtnplings, when sufficiently cooked,
to reappear on the surface Of the water,
and the first dumping which reappears
on st. SylyestFe's Eve contains the young
lady's doom-that is, the name of her fu-
ture husband The second dumping
showing itself on the surface bears in
yariably the name of the happy lovers
rival while the third contains the name
of the miserable creature who has been
refused by the more or less fascinating
lady. The screaming and laughing OF
the young people, the gbIushing and
frowning on all those youthful faces at
the moment when. the boiling water
sends up the first herald of matrimony,
is such pretty sight that it is not to be
wondered at when the dumplings some
times guess rightly.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
A Word About Editors.

Editor Mcclure, of the Dardenelle
ArbGnsiGa, declines to allow his name
used for governor, and emphatically de-
elares he would not exchange his indie
pendent manhood and his old-nail-keg
editorial seat, for any wreath of intrigue
dabbled laurels and official chair with
out bottom in all the politicians gift
Right. Many words well spoken. An
honest, fearless, high-souled editor, wear
ing no party dog collar, and trottlng
along with his tail between his legs
under no one horse political country
wagon, is far greater and more useful
than any half-score of average governors
or senators. They are made and unmade,
by the eyer-vaFying breath Of q mob,
often of the basest materials that wear
human shape while ibelling it. He
holds his patent of nobility from God
alone, and all his work is for his country,
the people and the right
The press is the great, unbrdled
tongue of the uniyerse-frst In the list
of the worlds grand educators. Its total
corruption and Generalization would IN
stantly carry gangrene to the very heart
of our civilization, poisoning all the vlr-
tues OF the age, uproOting every high
and enobling aspiration Of the human
soul, overturning liberty and free gov
ernment everywhere. and establishing
universal deSpotsm of ignorance, de-
graduation and crime. Religion, morality,
legislation are the public administration
of justice and all powers fully nodded
and influenced by It. 1t is in this eoun-
try the great estate of the people,
mightier than the government itself, in
the good it dispenses under an upright
and courageous discharge of the duties
of independent Journalism.
The free press is richer heritage to
our people than their blood-bought,
almost forfeited legacy of free govern
ment, and should be guarded in its high
character by the editor, who should ever /
take rank with the wisest and purest
and bravest of eartl's leaders and bene-
factors. The editor, more than the spirit
ual guide, reaches the American home
more than any other man in all the
economies of our civilization, molds the
sentiment Of the age. More than the
school and the pulpit, the press is the
universal teacher of mankind.
Brother of earth's most potent and,
save one, most noble craft awake to a
sense of your exalted dignity and re-
sponsibiity. Away with the base idea
that any broken-down hack, any failure
in everything else, can run newspaper
Editors are the salt of the earth; see
that the seasoning lose not its SAVIOR.
Keep out Of rings and swindling combi-
nations. Cease being mere pack-mules
to bear knayish jack-leg politicians into
Office. Never sink the patriot an phil
anthropist in the blind partisan. Dis
dain to wink at scoundreEsm or advocate
the cause of scoundrels at the dictation
Of any party Avoid even the appear
ance of evil. Stop abusing each other.
Be honest, be bold, be true, be free.
Trust God, and do your duty. Show
yourselves worthy to be the great censors
of the age. And, in your hands, the des-
TIMES of the country, and of the world,
will be secure
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29

LEYITIES.


Fools and their back hair are soon
parted.
eCanmarineanimals taIk2" Certainly,
seal skin.
a deaf man must go away from home
to hear the news.
How to make a catfsh-ueaYe her
alone in room with an aquarium.
The Philadelphia Bultstaa asks If Bap-
fists are more liable to dip-theria than
other people.
iLife is made up of sunshine and shad-
ow'eabout FIVE shadows to one sun
shine.-Josh Billings
It's a wise child that knows its own
father, and a wise cask of vinegar that
knows its own mother.
Some one viii soon bring out volume
and put q stop to these silly book titles.
1t will be entitled: ''The fool or the
Man who Buys Ne"
1.-THE short man ever feels overcome
with an intense desire to be tall it is
when he finds himselfon the outside of
crowd at dog fight
The old maxim, ''be chaste and you'll
be happy" is contradicted point blank
by a Black Hills man who was recently
chased ten miles by party Of redskins.
Lady to door-keeper of the French as
sembly-"Here is a franc for you. Just
see that the session is entertaining. l
viii give ten sous more if they come to
blOWsp
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
LAKE SHORE E&mICHIGAN sOUTH-
ERN n. II.

GOING
Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at
Ashtabula 2:55 a. m, Madison s:32 q m, Paines-
Vile Acc q. m, Cleveland 5:15 q. m.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at
i245 a. m, Erie $50 q. M, AshtRbula 4:5S
Painesvilie 5s4e, and arrives at Cleveland at
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at sos q. M, Amboy GIL, Kingsville G2l, Ash
tabula 6:S3, SaybfOok 6;43, Geneva 6:53, Paines-
vile T:8, and arrives at Cleveland S:45 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Bufalo at 6s55 a. m,
Erie l0:l5, Conneaut lEIz, AmbOy -. Kings
vile ll.33, Asbtabula u:s5 D m. Say brook 1855
Geneva I2.05, Painesville 123S, and arrives
at Cleveland at &0l p. m.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo l2.10s p. m,
Eric S55, Ashtabula 6l5, Painesvtlle eos and
arrives at Cleveland at 7sO5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7.S0a a. m,
Painesyille $50. Ashtabula 9:05, COnnesut9 9:8.
Erie l0:3o, and arrives at Buffalo at Los p. m.
Toledo and Buffaio Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at ll:l5 a. m, Painesville l2.27, Ge-
neva l:07 a. m, 5aybrOok lis. Ashtabula l:30,
Kingsville l:+4, Amboy l;5t Conneaut 2:02,
Erie $40, Buffalo 7:O0 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleve-
land at 2i5 p. M, Painesville 3:3l, Ashtabpla
4;lS, Erie SIS. and arrives at Buffalo at S;05
p. m.
at $50 p. M, Painesvill 5s5s Geneva 6;SS, Say
brook 6.4S Ashtnbula7.0O, Eingsville T:IS, Am
boy 7:23 and arrives st GOnneaut at 1880 p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1898 p. M, PainesVilie ll:a0, Ashtabula 1900
a. m, Erie lao and arrives at BuffalO at 400 a
m.
Conneaut. Geneva and Willoughby daily;
The Special N. Z. Express on Saturdays, and
Chicago Express on Sundays only, viii stop
at all stations for which they may have pas
sengers.
nATrains run by Columbus time
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Arab Maxims.

Let your colt be domesticated and live
with YOU from his tenderest age, and
when horse he viii be simple, doeile,
faithful and Injured to hardship and IA
tigue.
DO not beat your horses, nor speak to
them in loud tone ofyoice; do not get
angry with them, but kindly reprove
their faults they viii do better there
after, for they understand the language
of man and itsmeaning.
s Ifyou have long days journey, spare
vour horse at the start; let him fire.
duently walk to recover his wind. Con-
t1nue this until he has sweated and dried
three times, and you may ask Of him
whatever you please, he viii not leave
you in difficulty.
Observe your horse when he IS drink
ing at a brook. If in bringing down his
head he remains square, without bend
ing his limbs, he possesses sterling quah-
les, and all parts of his body are built SYM
metrically.
-Four things he must have broad
front, chest, loins and limbs; four things
long-neek, chest, fore arm and Group;
four things short-pasterns, back, ears
and tail.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.


chronological specimens may be in-
stantly and easily killed by dropping
bit of chloroform in the insects head.
No tiuttering nor relaxation of the mus
eles Is perceptible.
Two hundred and twenty street lamps
at Providence, R. L, which extend over
distance of nine miles, are now lighted
and extinguished by electricity. in less
than fifteen seconds by one man.
Drawings made on the assumption that
she light falls from the left hand top
corner appear solid; but if the light Is
made to fall from the right hand lower
corner, the objects viii appear hollow.
The soring of milk during thunder
storms is very rapidly produced. Nal,
Yern W. Isles considers this to be due 70
the conversion of the oxygen into ozone;
the ozone then. forms acetic acid. and the
aeetle acid causes the precipitation of
casecin.
The japanese make bird-lime. which
not only snares birds, but which catches
and holds animals as large as monkeys
Rats are easily caught by plaeinga board
spread with this lime near their holes.
purposes, as cure for wounds
The freezing point of ether lies below
any degree Of cold yet attainable, though
tioculent masses have been obtained In
impure ether by applying temperature
OF thlrty-one degrees centigrade, or ABOUT
one hundred and two degrees below the
freezing point of Fahrenheit's scale.
An important invention is announced
to have been made by Joseph Albert, the
Munich photographer BY combining
the ordinary Photographic process with
that pertaining to a peculiar printing
press of his own invention, he is said to
have produced images of objects with
the finest shades Of their natural color.
For the destruction of bugs on fruit
trees, this simple and readily admins
tered remedy is recommended Select
a quiet morning, when the leaves are
laden with dew, to throw up among the
branches fine, dry coal ashes By this
means both sides of the leaves become
coated with ashes, and the slugs are kill
ed or driven off
The mode in which the Germans keep
up their valuable superiority in'chemical
manufactures is shown in the fact that
one of the largest chemical works in that
country employs six regular chemists.
with salaries varying between fifteen
hundred and twenty-five hundred dol
lars yearly, and also engages the services
of celebrated chemist exclusively for
theoretical work, paying him nearly ten
thousand dollars a year. Such facts ae-
count for the industry and fruitfulness
of the German chemists.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
A Few Useful Rules.

1t is easy, of course, to keep your hus-
bands love. In the first place, never
agree with him. When at home, keep
yourself in "blue" state. Take from
him all the money he can spare, and
even more. Flirt with every man you
meet, if he-the man-gives you q
chance. At the same time, be frantic
ally jealous Of him. Snub him and
tyrannize over him in the presence Of
his bachelor friends before whom he il
solicitous of appearing as the most en-
viable man in existence, and to whom
he is particularly anxious to rehearse the
delights of Benedictdom. The NORTH
cation he will feel at the Illustration Of
his laudable desire viii most assuredly
produce reaction in your favor. Should
all other means seem likely TO fail, be.
come violently attached to your dear
parents, and if they reside in different
city from that in which you live, spend
all the time you possibly can with them,
making life dismal while you are at
home with means because you can't see
your dear parents every day. Should
your husband manifest any dissatisfac.
ton with this, open private deluge at
once and tell him that you never knew
before that you had married brute.
By using all these means, your object
will soon be accomplished.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Horking Them ofr II StrIe.

In the palmy days of the old New
York Fire Department, the funeral Of
deceased member was made the occas-
ion for general gathering of "the boys"
and public sobbing for his decease, ac-
eompanied by music, and a series Of res.
oiunons "onto his memory" "Aunty,"
said the foreman of a fire company, to
which her son, who had just died,
belonged-"aunty," we can't bury Chawis
tomorrow, cause the boys are going on
a picnic. He's as sweet as nut, and
win keep till Thursday easy then
we'll apaHz hiN of ~ StyleI,
Something of this sort, though little
more refined, occurred in England. The
occasion was the burial of a rather &c
centric halfpay naval officer, who had,
while in the flesh, sustained q lively
quarrel with the rector Of the parish.
The arrangements were made long
before death took place, and the funeral,
when the day came, was conducted in
the grounds of the house by a Dissenting
minister. The company, none of whom
wore mourning, then retired to the draw
ing-room, where q musiea programme
was gone through. One Of the lady GrtiSies
was specially engaged for this perform
ance a month before the half-pay gentle
man "went alolt." The proceedings con-
cluded with a sunptuous lnncheon.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
An Aquarium.

An aquarium, which is source of new
er ending amusement to the members OF
a household, can be easily made. In
fact, any glass jar that will hold from a
half gallon to a gallon Of water viii an
sWeF for ehiid's aquarium. The tanks
with fat sides, Of course, are better, be
cause the things within look much larger
than they really are. If you stock it
with fish alone, the water must be
changed every few days, or they viii die I;
but If few water plants be added, the
fish and plants will both do nicely for a
long while without changing the water.
Any common plant such as you will find
in shallow fresh water pond viii do.
The water slat-work has little ehickweed-
like leaves floating ON the water, and
Others Of different shape below. This
and the mermaid weed you will readily
find. Wash the plants, pick away all the
dead parts, and tie in q small bunch to
this fasten stone to keep 1t down, and
put 1t into the jar Keep II from direct
sunlight for a day or two. Get a dozen
or two Of snails, of as many different
kinds as you can, (tl.2y are abundant IN
small streams and OF the edges Of ponds
and put these in tie jar also, Put IN
few young tadpoles, if they can be had,
and a couple Of small fish. II, after
while, the hsh come to The surface often,
to breathe, there are too many animals for
the plants. The snails viii crawl along
the sides and eat off the green scum
which forms upon the glass, and if there
are not enough snails to do this, tie bit
of sponge to a stick and rub the glass un-
til Il Is clear. Tadpoles develop very
slowly, and the changes can be watched.
Lizards are very amusing to have in an
aquarium. They are fond of flies II
thrown upon the surface of the water
while living. Small fresh water Holsters
can be found In most rivers, and also
look very pretty. A few white pebbles
and pretty shells may be placed IN the
bottom ofthe jar. Both instruction and
amusement may be derived from this
easily contrived aquarium in miniature.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
VOYAGES.

We are floating on the river Of time,
VoyageTs together we nOiselessly glide,
Drifting away 10 that beautiful cline
Eye hath mt seen on the other side
Y esterday saw US step down from the shore
Into our barks at the dawn Of the day
Others tomorrow will follow Us Ger
For none the glad Light of the morning VIII stay.
We are midway out on the river OF time,
And drtft with the tide thas we cannot resist;
II ~ sweeping Us on TO an ultimate cline
h,.t IS hid from our vision In far-fOlded mist;
tlln9oo has stamped its stern seal on our brow,
Q, 1lls-tlke a sNttt panorama moves by,
sunshine and shadows are over Us now:
As II me OF pale death, In that westering sky2
We have alnost crossed Ger the river oftine.
,,s lls WIZ - sne olloys have left wreck;
chime;
May We still look with courage and hope from the
Aged and silent and gray We have grown,
battered our barks, our sails they are riven
Yet we feel wea coming to friends We have known
When we entered the gateway Of death and of
-H1Tt6ond Tfya..
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Estimate Of a wife,

I hate a dull, melancholy, moping
thing; I could not have existed in the
same house with such a thing for single
month. The mopers are, too, all giggle
at other times the gayety is for others,
and the moping for the husband, to COM
fort him HAPPY man D when he is alone ;
plenty Of smiles and of badinage for 9TH
ers; but the moping is reserved eXclu-
siveIy for him. One hour she is caper-
ing about as if rehearsing a jig; and the
next, signing to the motion OF a lazy
needle, or weeping over novel and
thisis called sentimentl Music, indeed! +!
Give me mother, singing to her clean,
and fat and rosy baby, and making the
house ring with her extravagant and hy-
periodical encomiums on it. That is the
music which is "food of loYe; and not
the formal pedantic noises-an atecta-
ton Of skill in which is nowadays the
ruin. of half the young couples In the
middle rank of life.
Let any man observe. as so frequent
ly have with delight, the excessive fond
ness Of the laboring people for their chill
dren. Let him observe with what pride
they dress them out on a Sunday, with
means deducted from their own scanty
meals. Let him observe the husband
who has toiled all the week like horse
nursing the baby while the wife is pre-
pairing bit of dinner. Let him observe
them both abstaining from sufaciency,
lest the children should feel the pinch
ings of hunger. Let him observe, in
short, the whole of their demeanor-
real, mutual affection evinced, not in
words, but in unequivocal deeds. Let
him observe these things, and having
then cast look at the lives Of the great
and wealthy, he will say with me that,
when a man is choosing his partner for
life, the dread of poverty ought to be
cast to the winds. Alaborers cottage on
8 Sunday, the husband or wife having a
baby in arms, looking at two or three
older ones playing between the flower
borders going from the wicket TO the
loors is, according to my taste, the most
interesting object that eyes ever behald.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
KATrEs ANSWER.


Och Katie's rouge, L Is thFue,
But her eyes, Ike the SKY, are 50 hlua
An her dimpies 50 sWats,
Aus her ankles 20 nate,
She dazed. an she bothered me. too
TIli one mornln' we wint for ride
Whin' demure as bride, Dy my side,
Tha darlint, she sat
Wid the Wickedest hat,
Meath party girls chin iver tied
An me heart, arrah. thin, how It bate
For me Kate looked 50 temptin' an sWate.
Wid cheeks like the roses,
An all the red posies
That grow in her garden 30 nate
But sat jEst as mute as the dead,
TIL she said, gid toss OF her head,
IF I'd known that to-day
Yedhave nothing to say.
I'd have gone wid my cousin, instead
Thin felt myself grow very bOSld
For knew she'd not scold if towld
Uv the love at me- heart,
That would never depart,
Though lived 70 be Wrinkled an old.
An said: sIfI dared to do so.
I'd lit 90 Nv this baste, an I'D throw
Both arms round yer waist,
An be stalin, q taste
Uv them lips that are coaxin' me So
Tim she biushed more HlIgant red,
As she said Widout raisin her head,
An her eyes lookiR down.
Meath her lnRhes 50 brown,
@Wonld ye Ike me 10 dhrive, Aisther Tedfs
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29

Abstraef o. Time Table adopted Feb. 25. 1878
DULLMAN'S best Drawing-room
4 and Sleeping Coaches, combining all
modern Improvements. are running through
without change from Rochester, Buffalo, Sus
pension Bridge, Niagara Fails, Cincinnati and
Chicago 70 New York, making direct cOnnec-
tion with all lines Of foreign and cOastwise
steamers and also with Sound steaineFS and
railway lines for Boston and New England
cities. Hotel Dining Cars from Chicago 10
New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Live Jewels.

All nature Is made to contribute to
Women's love Of selfadornnaent. The
demands vary according to the grade Of
culture or the caprice of the reigning
fashion. The savage is content with the
bones, teeth, and heads of animals, the
feathers of birds, and the shells of
snails and fishes, to adorn the head, ears,
nose, neck, arms and girdle. With the
women of the cultured world nothing,
perhaps, is made to contribute so largely
to crafty vanity as the richly-colored
birds. Whole birds Of paradise and
other species, and the feathers of the
ostrich, peacock, marabou, and many
other birds, are made to. serve as orna-
ments for the head. But It is not
generally known that Mexican women Of
the wealthier classes use as ornaments,
on extraordinary occasions, live frefies
which, in the dark, emit bright, phOs-
phorescent light. They belong to the
family of leaping or springing beetles,
and are called by the Spanish cltcujO. In
order to catch these bugs, the Indians
fasten live coal to a stick, and move it
to and fro in the dark. The clIcatiO
thinks this bright point a rival, and, in
his anger, darts toward it, and finds the
grave of his liberty in the hand of the
Indian. The Indians find ready sale
for them in the larger cities, where they
are bought by the wealthy ladies at
about two reals twenty-five eents) a
dozen. They are kept in elegant little
cages, and fed on slices Of sugar-cane,
and bathed twice day, either by the
ladies themselves or by their maids. In
the evening they are put into little sacks,
shaped like roses, and attached to the
ladies' dresses. The light these little
bugs emit surpasses in brilliancy the re-
deotiel Of the purest diamonds. The
daily bath they receive is absolutely
necessary, az without it they would emit
no light, which is sometimes strong
enough, It Is said, to reed by.