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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Health. Comrort Gnd Pleasure.

These three important requisites for
happy life may be easily and cheaply
augmented by a summer trip TO that gem
of the western States, CoLoRADo, and by
quiet sOiourn In one of its most beautiful
and interesting lOcalities-the justly re-
noWned MAETroU HoUsE, at ManitOu
Springs. This charming watering place
Is but five miles from the thriving village
of Colorado Springs, on the Denver and
Rio Grand Railway, and Concord coaches
are always in readiness on arrival OF
trains-Whlch, after pleasant drive past
the HGarden of the Gods" up the valley
of the ''Fontaine qui Bouille," land the
passengers on the wide plazzas OF the
Manitou House, which is large, roomy
and slightly modern structure, with every
luxury and comfort of first class hotel.
It accommodates two hundred guests
and has been, by its new proprietor, e. w.
BARKER, ESQ, an old and well-knoWn
caterer for the travelling public, entirely
and newly fitted up, in readiness for the
summer campaign. 1t is supplied with
hot and cold water, bathrooms, barber
shop, ball-alIeys, billiard and refresh
ment saloons, and its tables are as boun-
tfully furnished as any of its eastern
contemporaries The Western Union
Telegraph Company has an Office in the
hotel, so that its guests can be at all
times in telegraphic communication with
home or business, while Uncle Sam pro-
yides also two daily mails. A short five
minutes walk from the hotel brings the
puest to the celebrated mineral and soda
springs. and a little farther on, the iron
and sulphur ones. The house is snugly
sheltered on all sides by the mountains,
and at a distance seems to be almost at
the very foot of old Pixies Peak itself.
The scenery in every direction Is mag
nificent, and pleasant walks and drives
abound on all sides. Near here are the
celebrated localities, the Garden of the
Coils, Glen Eyrie, Monument Park, the
Mesas, Ute Falls. Shiann Canon and
Falls, and from the hotel daily excur-
sions are made to the summit of Pixies
Peak, where the U. S. Observatory and
Telegraph station is situated, and from
which such magnificent views can be had
as are unexcelIed in the wide world. :.
Let the tired out and overworked
/ business or professional man, the invalid,
the pleasure-seeker, and the lover of ma
ture, bend his steps westward to this
lovely spot, rather than to the crowded
and fashionable watering places of the
east-and even a short visit in the full
enjoyment of a real home, the sunny
skies and hfe-giving air, the healing
waters, the magnificent scenery, and the
soothing quiet and rest of this delightful
resort. will enable him to return home
with renewed health, life and hope.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Canetonn and lis inhabitants,

The population is something over 3d.
600, which, when we remember that the
place is more than two centuries old,
and that it is the capital of an enormous
country, and the seat of the colonial
legislature, it is not great. Melbourne,
which is Just two hundred years younger
than Capetown, contains above quarter
of million inhabitants. Melbourne was
of course made what it is by gold; but
then so has there been diamonds to en-
hance the growth of Capetown. But
the truth, l take it, is that white work.
ing population will not settle itself at
any place where it will have 10 measure
itself against colored labor. A walk
through the streets is sufficient to show
the stranger that.he has reached place
not inhabited by white men, and yerv
little conversation will show him that he
is not speaking with an English-speak-
ing population. The gentry no doubt
are white and speak English. At any
rate. the members of Parliament do so,
and the clergymen, and the editors, for
the most part, and the good-looking
young ladies-but they are not the pop
ulation. He will find that everything
about him is done by colored persons of
various races, who, among themselves,
speak language which, am told, the
Dutch in Holland will hardly conde-
scend to recognize as their own. Per-
haps, as regards labor, the most valuable
race is that of the Malays, and these are
the descendants of slaves whom the ear
ly Dutch settlers introduced from Java.
The Malays are so-called Mohammedans,
and some are to be seen Aaunting about
the town in turbans and flowing robes.
These, understand, are allowed so to
dress themselves as a privilege in reward
for some pious work done-a journey to
Mecca, probably.
Then there is a Hottentot admixture,
sprinkling of the Guinea coast negro,
and a small, but no doubt increasing,
Kafir element. But all this Is leavened
and brought into some agreement with
European modes of action and thought
by the preponderating influence of
Dutch blood. So that the people, though
idle, are not apathetic as savages. nor
quite so Indifferent as Orientafs. But
vet there is 80 much of the savage and
SO much of the Oriental that the ordina-
ry Englishman does not come out and
work among them. Wages are high,
and living, though the prices of provls-
ions are not apt to vary, is not costly.
Nor is the climate averse to European
laborers, who can generally work with
out detriment in regions outside the
tropics. But forty years ago slave-labor
was the labor of the country, and the
stains, the apathy, the unproftableness
of slave labor still remains. 1t had
curse about it which fifty years have not
been able to remove.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Beauty.
BY AUNT MARCIA.

Young man don't marry girl because
she Is pretty. win beauty satisfy you
through the lifelong journey, to the
exclusion of those moral Qualities, mind
and hearth VIII beauty alone cook your
dinner, train your children and prove 9
true solace in the hours of weary toll
and trial-the lot Of every man on earthH
The poet has said:
sBeauty's doubtful good. glass, flower,
Lost, faded. broken. dead within an hour"
Wed not yourself to that which time
will surely snatch from you, leaving the
faded eye, withered cheek and vacant
mind. Study well the character and
capabilities Of the object of your choice.
See to it that she possesses mind capa-
BILE of grasping the ordinary questions
of the day: and that portion of her
time is spent in reading something
beside novels and fashion notes. And
above all, be assured she is well disci-
plined in those virtues without which,
home is wretched. Sweetness of temper
is not incompatible with frmness or
moral courage, and q woman possess
ing these attributes will not belong to
the vapid, 'wishy-washy' sort but on
the contrary the class who deVelope
noble wives and mothers, faithful in
friendship, and devout Christians, capa-
bic of exerting both at home and in
society, the best influences for the right
and for virtue.
If to these high and independent
qualities is added beauty then your
choice is indeed blessed of God. Take
such a one to your heart, and while
loving and cherishing fail not to prove
yourself worthy to be the possessOr Of
such priceless gem.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Good Fowls for LAYING.

A noted writer on fowls says: "For
laying hens, select large, strong, healthy
birds of the Leghorn varieties, with
large, square bodies, without regard to
fine points, such as pure white fiat ear
lobes, or very yellow legs, or combs
with just five points, or plumage that is
perfectly white in the white variety, or
without white speck in the brown. 1t
is not that these points are any detri-
ment to the health or the Vigor of the
birds, but constitution has been too
often sacrificed to them, which often
results in a strain of enfeebled though
handsome fowls. The Leghorns are
acclimated American breeds, which
originated from birds brought from the
Mediterranean, and they have been i'm
proved in this country by circumstances
that have given them a pre-eminent
position for the farmer, when birds such
as are above recommended are selected" !"
In regaId to fowls for market he adds /:
"Other breeds or crosses from them, are
much better than the Leghorns, or any
of the smaller breeds. Chickens that
are the result of a Dorkin. cock and
Brahma hens, are larger and mature
much earlier than the other. Moreover,
they are hardy, feshy, tender and fine
favored. Houdans in place of Dorkings
are also good to cross on Brahmas, or to
breed with the first mentioned cross, as
they keep up size and quality.
Plymouth Rocks are also good table
fowls, and are good to cross with the
above"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Turkish Love Of Water.


A Turk, writes a traveller, thinks he
can do nothing so grateful to God and
man as the setting up of fountain by
tie roadside or in the streets of the city,
where the wayfarer and his animals may
appease their thirst and bless the name
of him who provided for their wants.
Often in my travels l have halted be-
meath the shade of a wide-spreading
plane tree to slake my thirst at the
limpid waters of o marble fountain, and
30 repose from the MONDAY heat. There
is always some edifying distich from the
Koran, that "Water is the gift Of God,
and blessed is he who distributes ii, or
that Water is the source of health and
life" ," etc. There is a practical piety in
these monuments of charity that speaks
well for the benevolent disposition of
the Mussulman.
The Turks are great consumers of
water. and they are good judges of its
quality, and nice in what they use. The
favorite water that is sold at para
glass IN the streets, is from Asia; either
from Tchamildja, on the mountain about
Scutari, or from Karakoulak, some ten
miles up the Bosphorus, several miles
inward from Belcos. This is brought to
the landing in barrels, on horses backs,
put in barges, and in this way carried to
Constantinople before daylight. Not
withstanding the length of the journey,
it is as clear as crystal. The venders cry
it as "Bowz guibi"-as good as ice. :.
pacha win drain two goblets at swal
low. As water is said to have fattenint
properties, the large draughts they take
/ of it may be the cause, in part, Of the
obesity towhich both sexes of the Turks
are subject.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
How Poor Butter is Made.

It would seem that there was no need
for instructions how to make poor but
ter, from the large quantity of that ar
ticle daily shipped to our markets; but
w. S. Temple in an article to the Mary
land Farmer, after giving directions for
making good butter, states how poor
butter can be made. There are some
people in the word who pursue this
course, and seem to have no higher ap-
probation of the business. We have
only space to give this part of the article,
which we do for the purpose of pointing
out to careless butter makers the dam
gers before them, that they are liable to
run into. These are his words:
Heat your cows by running, beating or
exciting them, keep your milk in tenn
perature ZOE or upwards, pour hot water
in your churn, set your vessels of milk
around fire, cook one side gently and
then turn the other side and cook it also,
wash your butter in warm water, or with
the hands instead of a paddle, churn
your butter back into the milk after 1t
has risen to the top of the churn, until
the grains are all broken and smashed
into the particles of caseine-all of these
ways produce a mass of cheesy grease
and not butter, which should have its
particles granulated. Keep all the milk
vessels sour and dirty, and a few veget-
ables decomposing.in the milk room, and
the butter will be sure to have bad
flavor and be poor.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Thought he had 'em Again.

Snifles brought his two weeks spree
20 close on Saturday night. He lay on
lounge in the parlor, feeling as mean
as sour lager, when something in the
corner of the room attracted his atten-
ton. Raising on his elbow he gazed
steadily at It. Rubbing his eyes, he
stared again, and as he stared his terror
grew. Calling his wife he asked hoarsely.
'Marandy, what is thatP
"What is what, LikeyT
Snif1es' name was Lycurgus, and his
wife called him Likely, for short and
sweet.
"Why, that-that-thing in the cor
ner," said the frightened man, pointing
at it with a hand shaking like a
politician.
@Likey, dear, I see nothing" replied
the woman.
@Whatl you don't see itP he shrieked.
"No."
"Then I've got 'em. Oh, heavens
bring me the Bible, Marandy-bring it
quick! Here, here, on this sacred book,
swear never to drink a drop pof whisky.
If break my vow may my right hand
eleave to the roof of my mouth, and"
Here, catching another glance of the
terrible object, he clutched his wife and
begged in piteous tones:
@Don't leave me; don't leave your
Likey! And, burying his face in the
folds of her dress, he sobbed and
moaned himself into troubled sleep.
Then his wife stole gently to the cor
ner, picked up the toy snake, and threw
it into the stove.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
SIeeD for the Brain,

BLESSINGS light on him that first in
vented Sleep" says Sancho Panza; and
the tired workman, tired in brain or
body. echoes the benediction.
The best possible thing for man to
do when he feels too weak to carry any
thing through, is to go to bed and sleep
as long as he can.
This is the only actual recuperation of
brain-force, because during sleep the
brain is in a state of rest, in condition
to receive and appropriate articles of nu-
triment from the blood, which takes the
place of those which have been con-
sumed by previous labor, since the very
act of thinking burns up solid particles,
as every turn of the wheel or screw of
the steamer is the result of consumption
by fire of the fuel in the furnace. The
simply of human brain substance can
only be had from the nutriment parti-
cles in the blood, which were obtained
from the food eaten previously; and the
brain is so constituted that it can best
receive and appropriate to itself those
nutritive particles during the state OF
rest. of quiet and stiffness of sleep. Mere
stimulants supply nothing in themselves;
they guad the brain and force it to
greater consumption of substance, until
Il is SO exhausted that there is not
power enough left to take up fresh
supply.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Nature,

If we cast a glance at the immense
quantity of plants and animals which
live on the earth, we are at first struck
with the variety of forms under which
they present themselves; with their col
ors so diversified, and sometimes bril-
liant, and with the colossal proportions
of some as compared with the diminu'
tiveness of Others. When, however, we
study them more fully, we at once seethe
perfection which exists in the organs of
both plants and anipaals, and how well
they are adapted to their habits and
modes of life; from the enormous whale;
which requires an ocean to swim in, to
those minute and myriad forms which
the microscope reveals, and which lind
ample room for all their evolutions in
single drop of its waters; from the lofty
tree which ramifies in the earth and at
mosphere, and has stood for centuries
the pride and ornament of the landscape,
to the lowly moss which clings to Its
bark, or the beautiful and sWeet-scented
wild flower growing heneath its shade.
We also soon see abundant reason for
believing that the differences amongst
the organic productions of nature are not
so great aswe at first surmised; we trace,
by almost imperceptible gradations, the
mineral into the plant, and animal life
becomes, as it were, gradually developed
in the vegetable, or rather both become
blended together in the same organic
being.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Ancient TimeDIeces.

Bowls were used to measure time,
from which water, drop by drop, was
discharged through q small aperture.
Such bowls were called Water-elocks.
1t was then observed how much water
from such bowl or cask, from sunrise till
the shortest shadow, triekled down into
another bowl placed beneath; and this
time, being the half of the whole solar
day, was divided into six hours. Con-
sequently they took a sixth of the water
which had trickled down, poured it into
the upper bowl, and this discharged one
hour had expired. But afterwards a
more convenient arrangement was made
they observed how high the water at
each hour rose in the lower bowl, mark
ing these points, and counted them, thus
finding out how many hours were till
sunrise.
With the Chinese, the water-cIock or
clepsydra, are very old. They used u
round vessel filed with water, with a
hole in the bottom, which was placed
upon another vessel. When the water
in the upper vessel passes down into
the lower vessel it subsidized by degrees,
announcing thereby the part of time
elapsed. The Babylonians are said to
have used such instruments; from them
the Greeks of Asia Minor got them, at
the time of King Cyrus. about the year
$50 before Christ. The Romans did not
get the first water-clock before Christ.
But, though the hours of the clepsydras
did not vary in length, thev still counted
from the morning. When the clock with
US strikes seven, the aneients counted
one; when the clock with us strikes
twelve the ancients counted six, and so
forth. This method of counting the
hour was, according to the New Testa-
ment, also customary in Palestine at the
time of Christ. The water-clocks had
the advantage that they could be used
in the night, and the Romans used them
to divide their night watches, which
were relieved four times, both summer
and winter. Conformably to these four
night watches were counted, not only
in Rome, but wherever a Roman garri-
son was stationed; consequently also
in Palestine after she had beaome q
Roman province.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
Church Fairs and Lotteries.

If there is one more dangerous form
Of gambling than another, it is the in
vestment of any sum, large or small, III
3 lottery at a bazaar for charitable pur-
poses. Not only does the speculatOr
run the risk of losing the amount staked,
but he also encounters the still more
formidable danger of being encountered
with some worthless and perhaps
weighty article which can only be a
source of further expense and annoyance.
The Glasgow United Presbyterian pres
bytery. at their meeting recently, took
the Question of raffies or lotteries at
bazaars under consideration, in conse-
quence of a memorial set before them
pointing out the "bad influence" exer-
sised by these gambling practices upon
society. Several members Of the presby-
terry expressed themselves strongly
against the raffies and lotteries; and IN
the end the presbytery resolved te
recommend to the congregation under
their charge to discontinue them, as
tending to foster a spirit of gambling,
and injurious to the best interests Of
society" 1t is possible that visit to q
"church bazaar" may be the frst step on
the road to ruin, and lead to stock ex-
change speculations, with their too often
disastrous consequences.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13

ORIGIN OF PoULTRY.-It must be con-
fessed that Asia is the home of our
most valuable domestic fowls, with the
exception of the turkey. At least to that
continent must we look for their earliest
domestication. The goose and duck,
however, appear to be indigenous to no
particular part of the globe. But the
genus GaIEsts ia, undoubtedly. Asiatic, and
it is to this day found in India and Java
in a wild state, and affords as much
sport to the huntsman as does the pleas
ant in England or the prairie fowl in
this country. Undoubtedly all our
varieties come from the Galtlf8 BGnkiOd.
Although the colors and markings of
the wild fowl are nearly uniform, there
is sufficient variety to account for the
many changes which, under domestica-
ton, the species is capable.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13


-"Do editors ever do wrong?o No"
what do they do?" "They do wite!"
-"You may depend upon me, wife; 1
We ynu my d."-I had rather you
,,vulj sometimes keep it, sir"
The value of spirituous liquors is
always overTated; but every body knows
that water naturally finds its level.
If you are ever so temperate, you'll
die in time. If you are intemperate,
you will probably die ain no time"
The smallest post-office in the United
States has just been discontinued. It
was the one at Texas, Pennsylvania.
The receipts for the past year were fifty
four cents.
If we had not within ourselves the
principle of bliss, we could not become
blessed. The germ of Heaven lies in
the breast, as the blossom lies in the
shut seed.
The largest cheese factory in the
world is the Ingersoll factory, in Canada.
Last year it made a cheese weighing
seven thousand pounds, the largest evel
manufactured.
The love of truth is root to all her
charities. The tree which grows from it
may have thousands of distinct and di-
verging branches, but good and generous
fruit will be on them all.
Belinda" said Clarissa, "why is a
kiss like that sewing machine of yoursP'
20, don't know. Don't bother me-"
fT'll tell you why. It's because it seems
sogood." Clarrissa is going to be married
next week.
"A Preston man who called upon a
musical friend the other evening at
supper-time was warmly welcomed, as
they had party, and were just going to
have a symphony. He said he thought
he smelled it as he came over.
Ma" screamed young Matilda Spit
ikens, the other morning, when she got
the paper, "Silver Bill has Just passed
the House" "Has he, my dearP replied
Mrs. S. from up stairs. "Why didn't you
ask him inr
"A six-year-old who was fond of put
ting himself outside of various good
things at rapid rate, just after complain
ing of inward gripping, explained to his
wondering parent that he "didn't mean
to leave any room for that stomach
ache"
"A Florida doctor has succeeded in
vitilizing the orange blossoms, which
drop by millions from the trees, and are
usually left to decay. He distills from
them something which he calls orange
flower water, and the ladies pronounce
it superior to the average toilet perfumes.
An honest ignoramus who had
escaped great peril by an act of
heroism was much complimented for
his bravery. One lady said, II wish
could have seen your feat" Where
upon he biushed and stammered, and
finally, pointing to his pedal extremities
he said. ''Well, there they be, num-"
-:rhe city or Mexico has the follow
ing among its industries: Four iron
foundries, two of printed goods, eight
brick-yards, two piano factories, two type
foundries, ten oil mills, ten starch facto-
ries, one ice factory, two crinoline facto-
ries, one cloth mill, seven match facto-
ries, seven saddlers' shops, three musical
instrument factories, two playing cards,
two window glass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13
That bumble little insect. the

That humble little insect, the busy
bee. has the burden of forecasting the
nature of coming winters. If it nearly
closes up the entrance to its hive, a
severe winter may be looked for; but If
the entrance remains open, mdd
winter is to be expected. A German
observer is responsible for this state
ment. and it will not be difficult for bee
keepers to test its exactness.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13

M. Gibout has devoted lecture at
the st. Louis hospital, Paris, to the sub
iect of corns. He says, in substance,
that nobody KIN, %s why corns as well as
rheumatic pains get worse Just before
storms; also that the best cure for corns
is to cut them out by the roots, and then
cauterize with drop of sulphuric acid.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-13

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CURES SORE THROAT.
LawsOn's Curative
CURES DIPHTHERIA.
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CURES BURNS AND SCALDS.
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IS COOLING AND HEALING.
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