Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-22

In Berkshire County, Massachusetts,,
the State detectives are prosecuting man
ufacturers for employing minors and
children more than sixty hours a week
Charles MI. of Sweden was a great
disciplinarian. He ordered two soldiers.
who had stolen some milk from child,
to draw lots as to which of them should
be shot.
An ENTERTAINMENT addition
TO the numerous @infallible receipts" fol
the determination of the ant pest is fur
nished by a Sandusky housekeeper, who
says, to exterminate either the large or
small black or red ants, spread plentifnIly
upon the shelves in closets visited by
ants, common salt, also filling all crew
ices in the wall or woodwork. As the
salt will adhere to anything placed upon
it, l always spread newspapers over 1t.
After a short time the salt becomes
damp; you may then put on fresh paper,
but do not remove the salt during warm
weather; pickles, custards, cake, sugar,
in fact nothing will tempt them tC forage
where salt is plentifully sprinkled.
-Sambo, wishing 10 illustrate a case
by suppOsing certain state of facts 10
exist, said to Caesar: Suppose you had
been in Pat Riley's drinking saloon the
other night''-"I wasn't there" inter-
rupted Cesar. 81 know You wasn't
there" replied Sambo, but suppose you
was there. e."-'I tell you l 1rdsnt there" I"
again interrupted Caesar. "But suppose
for argument sake that you was there
Il tell you l wasn't there at all" Cesar
again exclaimed, "and ] wouldn't have
YOU suppose that l was there. belong
TO the temperance society, and wouldn't
haye anybody suppose that 1 would be
seen in a drinking saloon" Sensible
Cesar, his earnest protestations were
emirently worthy of being needed Dy
every temperance man.
The MAIN RoAD--Ii man be trav-
cling across the country towards .r!a.ge
town, he will find the giIidebcardS point
ing that way, and giving MIN directions
as to all turns TO BE- ken, 80 s1' 2 a5 lac
keeps to the main 10. Z, DU; i ne gels
off the main road and into BY s. ayS. lie
may find no guidebo.rCio al /. Il with
the name of that Town III til m, and
may get little help -rm si:y % lhtin,
for the reason it is nc supi, { peCTie
will be fol d in the = blW. " while
seeking TO 20 to thaI town. II Is very
much in the same m. Liner that il { niOoi
perplexing practical questions Of 4 noreI
sense often arise by reason Of pIeyi0u
errors that have been committed. The
difficulties presented are su, h as on ii
never fH,ye been met with, if the line
of duty had always lctn kept before.
This may he poor cCni cTt for one who
has actually fallen into such entangle-
hY,F 10 hta raf4afs
tiOn for other persons wl.O are looking
on-Or for him, as TO his getting into the
like strains again. The Yaymarks of
duty and safety are plainest on the main
road. The best way out of a great many
difficult situations, is to take the
that does not lead into them at all
begin with.
A Poor PHILoSOPHY.-It is a poor and
vulgar philosophy which teaches that
man cannot love SIS truly and permanent
+ " as woman. There may be fewer in
stances, but there are many to prove tn
fact. There are fewer, because the temp
tation to forget the first strong, over
pOwering passion of our being are more
frequent with men than with women.
Other passions naturally try to unseat
rom the hearts throne any dominant
power which tramples them beneath its
feet, especially when its sway has been
unhappy. The busy scenes which
men pass through give to those other
passions avarice, the love of
fame, and many others-every Opportu-
nifty of dethroning love, if love be IN
himself strong and firm. The daily
passing of manifold occurrences-busi-
ness, pleasure, danger, strife, and all the
many memories attached to them
strive to efface, by the crossing of new
lines, the impressions of early years /;
but the diamond can neither be scratched
nor sullied, and if the heart be of
baser stone, it may, and will, lose the
image that it bore; but if 1t be like that
jewel, firm, and clear, and pure, it will
retain unchanged that which had been
once engraved upon it.