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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
SfYLish Mothers.

One of the wisest of men left to pos.
terity this proverb: ''Bray a fool in ?
mortar and he will be a fool still" Per
sonal application may be made to the
writer who sends a line around the
world Of the press which reads: There
are too many stylish mothers" If the
writer means to fling a stone at women
who spend their maternal life in be-
coming animate advertisers of costly
drvgoOds, who have no consideration
for their husbands pOcket-booKs, who
turn over their children to wet-nurses,
and incarcerate them like so many little
helpless prisoners in nursery rooms, he
is right; but no such exception is made.
The melancholy truth is that there are
not enough truly stylish mothers. A
girl uses every art of adOrnment IN
catching a husband. She will watch for
her lover through the windOw-bllnds,
and hasten to the mirror, and add some
trife of an ornament to her head or
person which her feminine instinct tells
her will please her adorer. But after
marriage, and when she becomes a
mother, what a change usually comes
over her sense of taste! Having secured
the male prize, her fortune is made"
and the elegant and tasteful girl OF the
happy days of courtship, sinks into the
ways of the slattern. Why should she
not have been a stylish mother? Why
cease to employ those little dress-arts
which made her captivating before mar
riage, and which is sure to retain the
admiration of husband? Why, in a
year or two, give her mate an OppOrtu-
nity to contrast the home-sloven with
the taste and simple elegance Of the un-
married of her sex? Neither VelVets,
nor satins, nor silks, nor feathers, make
a really stylish woman. She is well
dressed who dresses in the simplest fab
rics, has an eye to the harmony Of col
ors, and in everything cOnsults taste. If
there be added the old charm of eXter-
nal manner which helped to fertilize
love in the heart of the man who asked
her in marriage, and with it the genial
smile, the tender look, the delicacy of
speech, and the shrinking mOdesty
which adorned her maidenhood, the
husband is not at all likely to find COM
panionship in club-rooms and in the
society of other females. Count Alfred
DOrsay was considered the best-dressed
man of his day, as Benjamin Disraeli
was the worst, because the fiashiest.
D'Orsay was celebrated for the marked
simplicity of his attire, and his refusal
to permit tailor to make for him any
article which would attract attention.
He had great taste in harmony of col
ors, and great adherence of that
gambler-like idea which We call cloud" /"
Women would do well to initiate the
elegant gentleman of Gore House, and
then they may be said to be stylish in
the better sense of the word. There
can never be ''too many stylish moth
ers" if the beauty of simplicity is made
the rule. The effect of real style on
offspring is immense. They grow up IN
an atmosphere of taste, and are refined
and exalted in it, Mothers never know
how many seeds of yulgarity are planted
in the hearts of children by slovenly
habits. They more or less copy the
maternal pattern.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
WsdJi10 Sfoooed at the Altar.

There was a strange scene at Cincin-
natl recently. A respectable and lntelll-
gent young lady was engaged to be mar
Tied, and made the discovery that her
afianced was in the habit of drinking,
and told him what she had learned,
He promised never to drink again, and
she forgaye him.
The wedding day was subsequently
set, and all went well until the morning
appointed for the performance of the
ceremony. During the interval he made
his usual visits, and though he drank at
times, his betrothed never learned of
his faithlessnesses until it was nearly
too late to punish him for it.
They were standing side by side, and
a moment more would have found them
man and wife, when he turned toward
her and his tell tale breath spoke of
whisky. When the minister pronounced
the usual question to her the response
came family, mo" In surprise the
question was again asked, and this time
the response was clear and decisive
mo"
She then turned to her lover, accused
him of drinking, reminded him of his
promise to her, and said that a man who
would break a promise so solemnlymade
could not be relied upon, and she feared
to trust her future to such 2 man. Ex-
postulations and entreaties were all in
vain. and that little "Yes" still remains
unsaid.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
The RrbH of Teasing.

Some people carry this habit of teasing
to an excess which renders their society
odious, and their very affection more a
pain than pleasure. So soon as they
make a new acquaintance they proWl all
round him, shifting out the vulnerable
points where they may lodge their at
tacks and fasten their keen, wide teeth,
with more OF less cruelty of purpose. A
certain kind of man does this to all the
young people that come in his way, just
as certain older children tease all the
little fellows that cannot defend them
selves, and who have to submit to the
rough play Of the stronger under pain of
worse befalling them.
ia girl is shy and awkward, the teaser
selzes on every opportunity to put her in
difficult and prominent positions, and
enjoys nothing so much as the poor VIC
TINS uncomfortable confusion and dis
tress. Bushes so deep that the whole
face flames, the eyes filed with tears,
nervous trepidation so intense that
the voice fails and the hand trembles,
and the weak head whirls, while the
little seif-possessian eyer to be counted
on-little enough at the best-is lost in
the anguish of the moment, are pleasures
to him of which we may hope he does
not realize she cruelty involved. He
thinks Lucinda little fool to be so per-
turbed about nothing, and he may add to
this half kind cf notion that it will do
her good to eCcHstom her to things
which are now SO PaiRfuly but he would
scarcely contend that this teasing was
only for the philanthropic end of doing
the futtered, frightened girl service
bv "breaking her in" as shying fillies are
broken in by taking them up to the
shining pooi of water by the wayside-
bv making them feel and smell the long,
dark line of log lying In the shadow,
and thus proving to their skittish senses
that these things were harmless and
wonld not hurt them. He leases because
he thinks it fine fun to see her poignant
distress for SO small matter; much as
Lucinda herself would probably tease
her own dog Tiny by pretending to
throw the stone while all tho time hold
ing it in her hand; by Trust and the
lump of sugar on the quNering little
black nose; or as she might tease baby
brother by making believe to hide from
him outside the door, till brought back
by piercing yell, for which she would
call him little goose, and kiss him till
ne laughed again.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
ForstsLi1o the Weather.

The atmosphere has weight, just as
water or any other fluid, although 1t
seems to be perfectly bodiless. We
must comprehend that the transparent,
invisible air is pressing inward toward
the center of the earth. This pressure
varies according to the state of the
weather, and the changes are indicated
by an instrument called a barometer.
Generally speaking, the falling Of the
mercury in the tube of the barometer
indicates rain, and its rise indicates clear
weather. Sometimes the rise is followed
by cold winds, frost and ice. What
these changes really indicate, however,
can be determined only by comparing
the barometric changes, at certain hours
in a number of places very far apart.
This is done by the Signal Service.
Observations are made at about one
hundred and forty stations, in different
portions of the country, at given hours,
and the results are telegraphed at once
to Washington, where our faithful
weather clerk" receives them, reason
which he publishes three times III every
twenty-four hours.
But the atmosphere varies not only
IN WGlElN, Dul dAoO III NGAllp pei 4dLlLGs 4nC
Thermometer tells us of such changes.
Besides this, the air contains a great
amount of moisture, and it shows as
much variation in this characteristic
as in the others. For the purpose of
making known the changes in the mois-
ture of the atmosphere, an instrument
has been invented called a wet bulb''
thermometer.
We are thus enabled to ascertain the
weight or pressure, the temperature, and
the vetness of the air, and now it only
remains for US to measure the force, and
point out the direction of the wind.
This is done by the familiar weather
yane and the thermometer. The vane
shows the direction, and the anemom-
eter is an instrument which indicates
the velocity of the wind.
It is by right understanding of all
these instruments that the signal service
officeris enabled to tell what the weather
saws of itself, for they are the pens with
which the weather writes out the facts
from which the officer makes up his re-
ports for the benefit of all concerned.
Thus, however wildly and blindly the
storm may seem to come, it sends mes
sengers telling just where it arose, what
course it will take, and how far it will
extend. But it tells its secret to those
only who pay strict attention.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
MODBf 6rdrdf,

The mountain, divided into two peaks
called Great and Little Ararat, forms ali
elIintical mass of about twenty-five
miles in length from northwest to south
east. and about half that width. Little
Ararat is an elegant cone or pyramid,
rising with steep, smooth, regular sides
into q comparatively sharp peak. Great
Ararat is a huge, broad-shOuldered mass,
more like dome than cone, supported
bv strong buttresses, and throwing out
rouph ribs or ridges of rock that stand
out like knotty muscles from its solid
trunk. The latest mark which the hand
of Nature has set upon this mighty
mountain was made in 1910, and the
story is a pathetic one. Near the mouth
of the great chasm, with its crown of
tremendous precipices, there formerly
stood a pleasant little Armenian village,
of two hundred houses, named Aghurri.
The dwellers there were pastoral people
like their forefathers, who fed their
1ocks in the Alpine pastures and culG-
waited a few fields which were watered
by the glacier-stream. They claimed
fiat the vine which bore these delicious
grapes was Father NOah's own, and that
fhe ancient willow, the pride Of the
village. had sprung from one of the
nIanks of the Ark. The little monastery
6f ST. Jacob had for eight hundred years
stood lust above the village, on the spot
where the legend had appeared to the
monk, With the exception of the wan
dering Kurds, the inhabitants Of Aghurri
were the only dwellers on the mountain;
in their village its traditions centered,
and there they were faithfully preserved.
Thus Mr.. Bryce relates the fate of the
happv mountain village: Towards sun
SET in the evening Of the 2lst of June,
1910, the sudden shock Of an earthquake,
accompanied by a subterranean roar,
and followed by a terrific blast of wind,
threw down the houses of Aghurri, and
at the same time detached enormous
masses of rock with their subiacent ice
from the cliffs that surround the chasm.
| A shower of falling rocks overwhelmed
in an instant the village, the monastery,
and a Kurdish encampment on the pas
lures above, Not a soul survived to tell
the tale. Four days afterwards, the
masses of snow and ice that had been
precipitated into the glen, suddenly
melted. and forming an irresistible
torrent of water and mud, swept along
the channel of the stream and down the
outer slopes of the mountain, far away
into the Aras Plain, bearing with them
huge blocks, and covering the ground
for miles with deep bed of mud and
gravel. = \ Since then, few huts
have again arisen, somewhat lower
down the slope than the site of old
Aghurri; here dwell few Tartars, and
pasture their cattle on the sides of the
valley, which grass has again begun to
clothe. But Noah's vine and the prime
val willow, and the little monastery
where Perrot lived so happily, among
the few old monks who had retired to
this hallowed spot from the troubles of
the world, are gone forever; no Chris
tiap bell is heard, no. Christian service
said upon the Mountain Of the Ark"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
MEADOW TALK.

-bumble-bes, yellow As gold,
Sat perched on Te1-clover top,
When q grzsshOpper. viry and old,
Came along with q skip and hop.
s,good-morrow. cried he, ''Mr. Bumhls1isR
You seem 70 have come 70 stop"
We people that works
Said the bee with q jerk,
Find 8 benefit sometimes IN stopping:
Only insects like you,
Who hG7S IOlhihg 10 10.
Can keep up perpetual hopping,
The Erasshopper paused on his way,
Aud thoughtfu7y hunched UP ms knees
why trouble this Bunshiny day"
Quoth be. with renecriOnE like tbeseF
Hollow the trade for which was made'
We all can't be wise bdmblebees-
+There's time TO be sad,
And a time 10 be glad
n time for working and stopping.
Fer men 10 make nloney.
For you 10 make honey
And for me 10 do nothing but hopping
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15

~ don't 60 much on temperance"
complacently remarked a venerable
hummer last evening; "but Pm all Texas
on a uuickened conscience. Pll bet
twenty-five cents I've got the quickend.
est conscience in the country"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
DRESS GOODS!

Are so per year. large stock
popular prices cheapest Black Cashmeres
bought with very house, and offer
special prces-only look and be satisfied
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15

Geo. Willard,
Has late J received from New York -arEe
Stock Of Goods, comprising
general Stock Of
DRUGS g. MEDICINES
PAINTS, OILS AKDDYE
STUFFS,
and a large stock Of
CHOICE FAMILY
GROCERIES,.
comprising
rushed, Powdered q Granulated
SUGARS
A. B. s C. COFFEE SUGARS,
PORTO RICO & BROWN SUGARS,
PORTO RICO & NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES
CHOICE sVRUPS.
COFFEES of AU Grades.
Raw, Burned and Ground.
TEAS-Au Grades
Comprising
GUN POWDER,
YOUNG HYSON,
JAPAN, 00B0NG
or BLACK.
Pure Spices, whole or ground
and Warranted Pure, such as
PEPPER,
PICE,
CINNAMON,
CLOVES,
NUTMEGS,
MACE.
GINGER, SAGE, SUMMER sAVORY
Etc, Etc, Etc.
SALERATUS.
YEAST CAKES
& POWDERS
SOAPS of Every Description.
STAR CH,
OSWEGO in Bulk
" Silver Gloss in ID papers
,,--,,,-, Corn starch h...--------.-i IN I9 I'D =.
Canned Fruits & Vegetables
SARDINEs,
CALIFORNIA SALMON,
SPICED OYSTERS
CURRANTS,
JELLIES,
TAPIOCA,
COCOA,
HECKER'S FARINA
Goldfish, Whitef1sh, Mackerel,
Pork and Hams.
WHEAT FLOUR,
GRAHAM FLOUR,
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR
R0LTED MEAL,
WHITE BEANS,
DRIED APPLES
POTATOES,
BUTTER,
CHEESE,
LARD,
| and almost everything in the Grocery Line,
for sale at the
LOWEST BOTTOM PRICE FOR CASH.
GEO. WILLARD.
Ashtabula. Jan. 1877.
B-Imported Brandy, Rum, Gin and
| Sherry Wine, Old Bourbon and Rye Whis-
kies; also all the popular Grape Wines: I4lG
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
INVALUABLE,

Nessrs. WEEKS & POTTER, Wholesale Druggists,
BOSTON, Mass: GelltLsnen,-t have some months
fit IL q duty that I owe to suffering humanity .
writ3 You, stating the great benefit that have Dc
rived from tho use OF SAsFoILD's RADICAL CCE-
s-1B CATAGRH- Formoro than 20 years have been
afflicted with this very troublesome complaint.
have tried all tle remcdiCa that could ind, but
without mat"ril or permanent benefit, Last fall
TIE disease had arrived Ab that state that must
have rciefor de The entire membranOus system
had bec0ue 50 inharncd, and the stomach so disOr-
dcrcd, that it was doubtful mctter whether
could 20 to the Pacific coast, ori did go whether
should live to como back or not. lsaw an adver-
tsencnt Of this medicine, and although being very
incrCdulOus about SPECIFICS or nOstrums OF any
kind, vet in sheer desperation tried this and was
oG once benefited hy it. The changes Of climate,
chronic disease ofthe liver, and my ugo-Ovcr 20
may preventing Cntiro restoration, but the bene-
lit derive from it's daily use is TO me tHnQludbls,
and I an hoping to be completely cured, and at
LIST arrive ct q respectable old age.
lfrhi5 statement my case can be or any service
to those afflicted as have been, and enable yOu to
bring this remedy into moro geneRl use, especially
on the Pacific coast (Where IL IS much needed)s my
object IN writing this note will be Obtained.
Very truly yours. HENRY NELLS,
ACZoEA, y. y, June, 1876. OF Wells, Fargo e. Co.
Each package contains Or. Sanford's Improved
InhalinC Tube, and fan directions for use in oil
eases. Price Si.O0. For sale by all Wholesale and
Retail Druggists and Dealers throughout the United
States and Canndas. WEEKS & POTTER, General
Agents Gld Wholesale DrU.. ISIS, Boston, Mass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
CLOTHs!

Ky Jeans Tweeds offered the
which is saying good DEAL
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
UNDERWEAR R!

Buy these goods and money We have placed
lots ocose that will appreciated Lots left
from Winter
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15
ssCOLLINS'
VOLTAIC PLASTER
ALWAYS CURES
Enlarned SnIeen.

enlarged spleen.
This Is to certify that have been using your
COLLINS YoLTAI0 PLAsTERs for Enlargement Of
the Spleen and Depression in the Stomach, and
they have given me more relief than any other
remedy have ever used. / would highly recon-
mend them 10 all suffering from tho ELECTS of pain
and Inflammation.
]. ". SELLS.
PIczER1yd, No, June %, 1S7z.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15

Hashads great many additions simply Do
fail to look il.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15

weaknesses.
Collins V0ltaic Plnsters give the best satisfac-
tion here OF anything th1t has been tried for
Lameness and Weakness Of the Back. Please send
more right away. JAMES LEWIS
BCTAST, LII, Juno Is, 1Stl.
Price, 90 Cents.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-15

severe ram.
Having occasion TO use n nrcmcdy for a re7y ssusrs
pain in my side tried one Of your COLLINS Vol
TAIO PLAsTERs, and il LVenty-fOur hours the pain
was entirely removed. j. j. SANMIS, -
Asst Cashier First Nat. Bank.
WTToSA, MTS7--., June o. 1871.
, 1878-05-04
Prospect Of Indian War.

The well-informed reporter Of the
Portland Standard, who was with
Gen. Howard through the Nez Perce
war, says:
News has been received in this
city, in army circles, that the In
dams in almost every quarter are
growing restless Moses and his
band, perhaps, excepted. A short
time ago, two white men. who had
taken q cabin in Lawyers Canyon,
about 30 miles from Fort Lapwai,
within the Nez Perez Reservation
boundaries, were surrounded IN
their home by ten Nez Perces and
kept indoors all night. In the morn
ing they fought their way ont, and
succeeded in shooting one OF the In
dians in the arm. 1t does not APP
pear from the statement that has
reached here that the indians did
any firing, though it is presumable.
4 well known 'reighter' between
Lewiston and Mount Idaho, named
lgo, had passed Mason's ranch but
short way with his pack train when
he heard Of the trouble. He imme
diately returned with his mules to
Mason's, and hurried. back himself
to Fort Lapwai A body guard of
ten men and lieutenant were given
him by the officer in command, with
instructions to investigate the cause
of the trouble and report Immediate
II.
"News from the Malheur Agency
is to the effect that the Indians are
crowding upon the reservation in
large numbers. many of the Wieser
Indians from Idaho joining them.
Having intermarried extensively
with the Bannocks, at Fort Hall,
they apparently side with those In
dams in their attitude towards the
government, for taking away their
ponies and their guns. They say
they are afraid the soldiers will want
to treat them the same way, and are
very much worried. Agent Rine-
hart has succeeded in quieting them
however, with the assurance that as
long as they are well behaved they
need have no fears.
"During Gen. Howard's absence,
Chief Moses wrote him a letter to
the effect that he heard the General
was angry with him. and intended
to punish him. Col. Woods wrote
him in reply that there was no truth
whatever in Gen. Howard's dis
pleasure. and to go ahead and plant
his crops. 1t is generally conceded
that so long as an efficient agent like
Father Wilbur remains in the va
kima country, no danger is to be
feared from that quarter"
, 1878-05-04
Summons,

In he District Court for the Third Judicial Dis
trict of the Territory Of Washington. held
ing terms at the City Of Seat le, in and for the
Counties Of King and Ktsdp.
CHARLES McDUNAL and JAMES OSBORNE,
Plaintiffs VS. CHARLES W MOORE defendant.
The Tn ted States of America send greeting to
Cha; les W. Moore, defonden.; You are hereby
required 10 appear in an action brought against
you by the above named plaintiffs, in the Districr
Court Of The Third Judicial District OF the T-rrl-
tory Of Washington, holiing terms at the Cty of
Seattle. in the Couuiy of King, for the Counties
of King aud Kitsap, and t" answer the complaint
filed therein, within sixty days Exclusive of the
dav of servce) after the date OF this summons, or
judgment by default will be taken ag INST you,
according 70 the PRAYER OF the complaint.
The said action is brought to recover iudg-
meut a. ainst you for money. to wit: the sum Of
one thou and dollars in gold coin paid by said
plaintiffs at your request and for your use and
benefit 90 the 18th day o. April, 1875 aod inter-
est thereon aud costs of suit.
lis. WitDess tie Hon J. z. Lewis, Judge of
said Curt. and The seal thereof this 20sn day of
spril, A. D., 1878.
JAS SEAvEY, Clerk.
B WM. II ANDREWS. D-putv.
W. n. White and L4sra9eg & arford, Attorneys
fer plaintiffs.
, 1878-05-04
HOME William S. Ladd,

| HOME AGAIN.-William S. Ladd,
of Portland, who has been absent
from home for two wears in search
of health, has Just returned to that
city, mu.h improved lii health. and
was received by the citizens with
demonstrations of the greatest re-
spect. Judge Deadly delivering the
address of welcome. No man has
done more to win the esteem of his
fellow ,ci liens than Mr.. Laid and
we heartily join his immediate
neighbors in their congratulations
on his return and his improved cot
| dition.
HuGE MAILS. = The overland
stages from helton to Walla Walla
come loaded every trip with i'm
mense quantities of mail matter, the
increase being something wonderful
and furnishes conclusive evidence of
the remarkable growth in population
of the country. A large mail is a
sure sign of the intelligence of the
people, and while it may be severe
on the mail contractors. still it is
a gratifying fact, and one worthy of
record.
WM. S. O'BEIEN, of the firm of
Food & O'Drien, the bonanza kings.
is in dying state at his home in
San Rafael. without hope of his
recovery. We regret to learn this.
not only because We regard Mr..
O'Brien with personal respect as
man of many excellent qualities,
but because we hoped to have him
as fellow townsman in the near fu-
tnre; that being his earnest desire
and intention as soon as other en-
gagements would permit.
SEEN. Some Indians who arrived
in town last pight reported that two
aen, supposed to be the other es-
capped prisoners, Sullivan and Shay,
were seen on the bluff near Milton.
On learning that there was reward
of $50 apiece for the men. the In
dians left at once in pursuit. and by
tomorrow we may be able to chron-
icle their recapture.
GONG AwAY.-Mr. ". G. jamie
son, for many years in the jewelry
business in this city, is preparing to
leave for Walla Walla. the new land
of promise. We wish him success
in his new field of labor, to which
he carries with him the best wishes
of all who know him.
SoCIABLE.--T ladies of the Con-
gregational Church will give So
ciable this evening at the residence
Of Mr.. J. W. Denny, on Seventh
street, between Pike and Union.
All are cordially invited.
SHIP Yosemite and bark Tidal
Wave, both loaded with Seattle coal,
sailed yesterday evening for San
Francisco.
SHIT DowS.-Owing to the burst
ing of the water pipe, the mill was
compelled to shut down this after
noon for repairs.