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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
Pictures from Life in the Black
Hills.

The pOet-novelist of the Blank-blank
school will find in the Black Hills
characters for his romance sitting astrad-
die of stumps, dealing cards or shooting
anybody down on the spot. Petite Kit
tie, the jig-dancer, with Roman nose and
cold, gray eyes, marrying three times and
dying at twenty-eight, is a promising
heroine She first spun her delicate web
about good-natured German miner, who
was doing weIl with his wash, and when
he had poured $4,000 in gold In her lap
and confessed that his claim had petered
out, she beat him over the head with
bottle and drove him from her door. To
one and another was she married, and
when their money was gone she got nd
of them. Her third venture was unfor-
tunate. She said she would not live with
him, and he killed her and shot himself.
Another nice girl is Calamity Jane, lit
tie creature of twenty-five, whose move
ments have an unstudied grace, and whose
eyes emit greenish glare whenever she
is very mad. She has been a scout in
the army, has dressed in soldiers clothes,
has gone horseback over the mountains
and fought with Indians, and is now
dancing in a hurdy-gurdy house in Dead
wood. Then there is Monte Verde, with
her dark eyes and tresses, who on her
arrival in DeadwOod stood upon a board
and was borne through the town on the
shoulders of four strapping miners, and
who now deals "21" and dances a JIG
with far-Off look in her left eye. Cap
tain Jack, too, is poet and a musician,
as well as frontier scout. He rides his
horse like an Indian, and he has pathos
in his voice, so that the miners, when
they hear him sing, do snivel like chill
dren. Aunt Sally, colsred woman as
broad as she is long, rolls up her big eyes
and mutters: Use the first white
woman as em come into these ere Hills"
Foundation for humorous character.)
Finally there is, or was, Wild Bill, who
always made it a point to kill his man first,
but who turned his back upon the door
one night, and as he stood at the bar,
asking his friends if their glasses were
charged, gave stranger chance to shoot
him in the back, and who now lies buried
underneath a stump with his epitaph
painted in red letters on a pine board.
The rising young genius who wants to
achieve fame in literature at one yellow
cover, will please take the first train for
the Hills.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
= Too Old to Study.

Cato at eighty years of age commenced
to study the Greek language. Socrates
at an extreme old age learned to play on
musical instruments. Pultarch, when
between seventy and eighty, commenced
the study of Latin. DR.. johnson applied
himself to the Dutch language but few
years before his death. Ogilby, the trans
lator of Homer and Virgil, was unac.
quainted with Latin and Greek till he
was past fifty. Franklin did not COM
mence his philosophical pursuits till he
had reached his fiftieth year. Drayden,
in his sixty-eighth year, commenced the
translation of the Hiad, his most pleasing
production. Boccacio was thirty-five
years of age when he commenced his
studies in polite literature; yet he be-
came one of the greatest masters Of the
Tuscan dialects, Dante and Petrarch be-
ing the other two. Sir Henry Spelman
neglected the sciences in his youth, but
commenced the study of them when he
was between fifty and sixty years of age.
After this time he became a most learned
antiquarian and lawyer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT"

Through the weary day on his couch he lay,
Whh the life-tide ebbing slowly away
And the dew on his cold brow gathering fast,
While the pendulum numbered moments
passed.
And heard low voice whispering say:
"When the tide goes ont he will pass away.
Pray for souls serene release,
That weary soul may rest I'm peace
When the tide goes out"
When the tide goes out from the ses-girt land,
It bears strange freight from the cleaning sand.
The white-winged ships that silent wait
For favOring wave and a wind that's hate,
The treasures east on rocky shore
From the stranded ships that shall sail no more,
And hopes that follow the shining seas
Oh the ocean wide shall win all these
when the tide goes out"
But, of all that dria from the shore to the sea,
Is the human soul TO eternity
Saddest, most solemn Of ALA soul
Passing where unknown waters roll,
Floating away from the silent shore,
Like fated ship TO return no more;
Where shall the surging currents tend,
Slowly dividing friend from friend,
When the tide goes out ?"
For one parting spirit pray, oh pray,
While the tide of life Is ebbing away,
That the soul may pass over summer seas
That clasped of old the Hespendest
In q baruue whose sails, by angel handSt
Shall be furled on a strand OF golden SANDS;
And the friends that stand on silent shore.
Shall wish US Joy OF voyage fair,
With calm sweet skies and favOrfng ar,
-- N Y O6seruer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
A Sharp SwindIe.

A new development in the check-rais-
ing line has been manifested within the
past few days, and enc of our city banks
mourns the consequences. The trick IS
original, altho, gh but an adaptation of
a very old ole, and SO far the guilty
parties are at large. As usual in such
cases the simplicity of the scheme proved
to be the cause of the success, and, un-
less the operators should give themselves
away, wide field lays before them.
The nuodus operandE was as follows
A decently-dressed man, got up to rep
resent a travelling salesman, entered a
country bank and bought a draft on
Chicago for $1,000. Later in the day
another customer turned up, and he
wanted draft for SIS. Both received
the documents, paid the charges, and
departed. On the following day draft
for 81 5000 was presented at the Chicago
bank. The teller telegraphed to his
country correspondent to know if such
draft had been issued on that date, and.
of course, received an affirmative reply.
The money was paid over, and the re-
cipient walked off with it.
On the following morning the pur-
chaser of the $500 draft returns to
the country bank, and with some little
irritation states that he presented it in
Chicago, and was met with demand for
Identification, with which he was unable
to comply. He, therefore, wants his
money back, and, commissions being de-
Quoted, il is handed to him. Not for
three days was it discovered that the
draft presented in Chicago, and there
honored, was the SIS one, deity raised
to 81, 900, and by that time the swind-
lers had ample opportunity to cover up
their tracks. On whom the loss will fall
is an open question, for both banks en-
forced the usual rules in such cases made
and provided, and it would be difficult to
prove neglect on either.-ChicqgO 7If-
buRe.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

CHARLOTTE Russo. = l quart Of
milk, 6 ounces of sugar, 2 ounces OF
isinglass. Put all into a saucepan On "a
the stove. When dissolved take 1t on
and strain through sieve; then put y
on ice until it begins to set and then add
/ cup of wine and flavor to taste, @ " men
Nat r. 70 a stiff froth and str all to
Setber Then take Charlotte russe
@9olds, line them with sPOnge-cake, with "a
LARGE layer of jelly at the bottom; fill
with the custard and set it on ice for 2
hours.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

A HAsTY TEMPER.-The guardians
of children too often confound extreme
sensitiveness with hasty temper, which
Is the prevailing fault of sensitive child
ren. Little by little selfcontrol can be
taught, and infltratiOns of such ideas,
and motives, and sentiments made in the
ehild's mind, as viii enable him to out
grow and overcome his infrmity. Time
cures great many things; children ont
grow infrmities and faults, and if right
principles of action and feeling are instiIl-
ed gently, constantly, wisely, the results
will ultimately appear. 1t is mere cruelty
to make the weak points of a child a
source of teasing and ridicule, as it is
often done in schools and families. Ifh
is born with defOrmed foot, with de-
fective sight or hearing, how careful we
are to try to make up to him what nature
has denied A defect in ones mental
and moral organization should certainly
be as tenderly and jucdiciously treated as
a bodily deformity. A quick temper,
an irritable, or timorous, or teasing dis
position requires far more tact and judi
cious management than any mere physical
infrmity. When grown to maturity,
our sensitive children become the poets,
musicians, artists, writers, leaders of their
time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

BRAIN AND MUsCLE.-On the mill
tary lists of the German empire 1885,
900 men are inscribed. Of these as
many as 398.OOO have their names set
down in a black list as having failed
to observe the law of compulsory
military service, and 100000 of these
have gone out of the way of it by emf
grating One in eight able-bOdied Ger
mans has resolved to quit his Father
land rather than stop at home and share
the prevailing poverty and enforced mill
tary service which his nation has to en-
dure. In this manner Germany loses
much of the muscle and brain of her
young men. In this manner however,
the United States gains annually many
good citizens. Heretofore the great
prairie States of the West have been
more especially benefited by this migra-
ton, but in the new order of things the
South may reasonably hope to see IN the
next few years many thrifty and frugal
Rhinelanders added to her population.
Cities grow up and States become pow
erful wherever the German has made his
Observation-Disclosures and Merchant.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
The Farmer and His Money.

The farmers who Gifted" the mort
cages from their land during the flush
times caused by the war, were the for
tunate ones; while those who went into
debt have generally failed. In view of
the prosperity of the farming class during
the past year, it is well to remember this
experience. A combination of causes
has produced fair prices in conjunction
with an immense crop. But, the Rural
World reminds the farmers that "the
European war will not last always that
next year perhaps there will be larger
crop in Great Britain than has been
produced in fifty years; that but very
small portion of our crops may be wanted
abroad, and that in consequence the very
lowest price may prevail for all our farm
crops" To be forwarned is to be for
armed. Farmers, therefore, who take in
money for their crops this year, had bet
ter pay their debts. Instead of mourning
new debts, pay off the old ones. Get in
an independent condition. The farm
will always make the industrious farmer
a good living. Resolve to owe no man
a cent. Pay as you go, and peace OF
mind will be yours that the debtor can
not enjoy.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
ERIE RAILWAY

Abstracf O, Time Table adopted FEB. %, 1873
DULLMAN'S best Drawing-room
l. and sleeping Coaches, combining all
modern Improvements, are running through
without change from Rochester, Buffalo, Sus-
pension Bridge, Niagara Falls, Cincinnati and
Chicago to New York, making direct connec-
ton with all lines of foreign and coastwise
steamers, and also with Sound steamers and
railway lines for Boston and New England
cities. Hotel Dining Cars from Chicago to
New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

SOURCES OF BAD MANNERs.-Vanity,
i'll nature, want of sympathy, want of
sense-these are the chief sources from
which bad manners spring. Nor can We
imagine an incident in which man could
be at loss as to what to say or do in
company if he were always cOnsiderate
for the feelings Of others, did not forget
himself, and did not lose his head or
leave his common sense at home. Such
a one may not have studied etiquette, yet
he will speak and act like gentleman.
On the other hand, very pedant in form
and bigOt in ceremonies may be nothing
less than " the mildest manneredman that
ever cut throat" As we can be wise
without learning, so it is quite possible to
be well hammered with little or no knOwl-
edge of those rules and forms which are,
at best, only a substitute for common
sense, and which cannot be considered
essential to good manners, inasmuch as
they vary in every country, and even IN
the same country change about with the
Weathercock Of fashion.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

A WIRES VIEW OF DUELING.-
Smith has had a scene at the club with
another gentleman of peppery disposl-
ton; blows and cards have been exchanged,
a duel has been agreed upon, and ne re-
turns to break the news to his wife.
miserable MANI she cries In an ex-
cess of emotion, "wOuld you 60 forth to
fight and be brought back to me all shot
full of bullet holes and having your life
blood all spilled over the carpet? What
would become of me if you were killed ?
The light of my life would be quenched
in rayless gloom, and would be reduced
to want and misery, because all this for
tune belongs to you, and as you have
made no viii, when you are killed all the
property viii go to those miserable brats
of neph-"
"Hold p cries the husband. ''Do not
accuse me wrongfully. 1 have thought
of every contingency, aud arranged to Sc
cure your happiness. Should fall all
my property will become yours. Seel
here is my will, duly signed, sealed, and
delivered |"
The young wife seizes it, runs it through
and finds he has left everything to her.
"Go!' she exclaims; avenge this foul
calumny, or never again dare to address
me as your wife"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

SHoPPING.-There is a practice IN
dulged in among women, which we shall
characterize as both frivolous and selfish,
of entering store not for the purpose OF
purchasing articles, but of looking over
every material of goods displayed therein;
They have from time immemorial claimed
it as privilege to critieise, abuse, OF
or nroise whatever is set before them in
the stores. The patience of the clerks
become exhausted, and feeling of silent
contempt is INDUCED in by them for these
shoppers which cannot find vent in words
for they dare not offend. 1t is a disgrace
ful custom, and we trust in time it viii
be done away with.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

DIPHTHERIA.-An eminent physician
saws that the clothes, handkerchiets, and
napkins used about the sick with TINS
disease ease should be saturated with simple
disinfeotants. A person will get diph-
iberia by kissing a child with it Some
time AGO physician of Baltimore caught
the disease in a singular manner. He
was treating young lady for diphtheria,
She sneezed, and he felt a particle enter
his nostrils. In two days aferward
symptoms of the disease appeared, and
in an incredible short time the physician
died, in spite of every effort Of his skilled
associates to save his life.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
Living in Hearts.

1t is better to live in hearts than houses.
A change of circumstances may turn one
out of house to which he is strongly
attached. Removing from place to place
is with many an unavoidable incident of
life. But one cannot be expelled from
true and loving heart, save by his own
fault. Go where he will, his home re-
mains in hearts which have learned to
love him; the roots Of affection are not
torn out and destroyed by such removals,
but they remain fixed deep in the heart.
When one re-visits the home of his child
hood, pleasant as it is to survey each
familiar spOt-the house, the garden, the
trees planted by himself, or by kindred
now sleeping in the dust, there is in the
warm grasp of the hand, in the kind salu-
tatiOn, delight that no mere local object
can bestoW. To be remembered and
loved, to live in hearts, is a sOlace amid
earthly changes, joy above all pleasures
of scene and place. We love this union
of hearts which death cannot destroy, for
if there be heart purity as well as heart
affection, it points to an unchanging and
imperishable abode in a celestial sphere.
Church Union.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
Good Advice.

The Neso England Farmer gives this
advice. Let every young farmer who
hopes to make living by farming, de-
termine at the outset to have a library of
the best books concerning his chosen bust
ness to the extent of at least S25 and
then when any new thing comes up which
tempts him to spend a few dollars for
trees, oats or the like, let him Join with
his farmers club, or with some dozen of
his neighbors, in testing the new thing,
in a small way, for the benefit of all and
at the expense of all. We have seen a
travelling agent for new kind of wonder
full but worthless seed corn, sell twenty
five or ifty-eent package at almost every
house in town; and where all the agrieul-
tural books on the route, including the
"0ld Farmers Almanac" would not
equal the value Of the sales of this one
sWindler.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
FOUNDRIES.

TINKER & GREGORY, Manufacturers
Of Stoves, PloYs and Columns, Window
Caps and Sills, Mil Castings, Kettles, Sinks,
Duia. Ohio. lOql
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

A MACHINE TO RESTORE REsPIRA-
TIoN.-This invention consists ola sheet
iron cylinder large enough to receive the
body of an adult person. 1t is closed at
one end, and the body of the person IS
inserted, feet foremost, at the open end,
up to the neck, round which a dia-
phraghm is placed in such manner as
to prevent air from entering. The cylinder
is partially exhausted, when the outer air
enters through the mouth and nOstrilsi
by reversing the pump, air is allowed to
enter the cylinder and respiration is
thereby initiated. By repeating the
operations a number of times asphyxi-
ated persons, and particularly those who
have been in danger of death by drown
ing, have been completely restored.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

It Is rlmOred among the Chinese that,
in consequence of numerous national
calamities of late, such as famine, foods
and pestilence, the youthful Emperor has
been solicited to change his dynastic title
and thereby appease the wrath of the
gods.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
BABY.

One little head Of yellow hair;
Two little cheeks, SO round and fair;
Two little lips, with fragrant sighs;
One little nose, and two blue eyes;
Two little hands, as soft as q peach;
Two little feet, with five toes each;
Two little smiles, and two little tears;
Two little legs, and two little ears;
Two little elbows: two little knees;
One little grunt, and one little SneeZe:
One little heart; no little sins
Plenty OF skirts, and lots Of pins;
One little cloak, and plenty OF frOcks'
One little hood, and two little socks
A big disposition 70 haul and 70 pull;
One little stomach, never full.
one little mouth, Of the roses tint;
One little bottle of peppermint;
Plenty to eat, and lots 70 wear,
And yet this babys cross as q bear.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
PAINTERS.

A. q ". KKL E,, House and Sign Painters
Graining, Paper Hanging and Glazing; Kali
somining and Wall Painting a speciality:
H9 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. All
orders promptly attended TO- and work exc
euted in the neatest manner. 1877
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
Life Aims.

Every one should try to better his con-
dition if he can. The poor man should
Ey to increase his means; the sick man
to improve his health; the ignorant man
TO acquire knowledge; and the foolish mai
to get understanding. In such matters
the great question is whether the desired
improvement is within our reach. To
long for what we cannot attain, or to
grieve because il is unattainable, IS sim
ply to play the part of the child that
cries for the moon. Let US know our
selves and our position. Let us know
what we have and what we want; and
then, let US next inquire whether what
we want can be got by striving for it.
If it cannot be got, let US think of it no
more, or endeaYOr to compensate for the
want in some other way. A short man
may wish to be tall but he cannot add an
inch, any more than a cubit to his stature.
He may, however, be very worthy and
respectable man, for all that, if he con-
ducts himself with prOpriety and simpic-
ity, and does not, as short men some
times dc, render his diminutive size more
conspicuous by conceit and afectatiOn.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

ADUITERATIoN OF BEER.-Aecord-
ing to high German authority, beer Is
adulterated by a great variety of drugs and
other substances, principally vegetable;
some of which are harmless, while others
are very injurious. These he classifes as,
first, the bitter ingredients, intended to
initiate the bitter taste of the hops;
second, the bitter aromatic, also intended
to reproduce the taste of the hop; third,
the aromatic, meant to make the beer
more stimulating; fourth, the sharp and
aromatically sharp, to make the taste more
piquant; fifth, the narcotic and sharply
narcotic, to make the liquor more stupety-
ing. Among the substances are men
toned opium, belladOnna, henbane, to
baccO, ignatius bean, cocculus indicus,
ETC.; all of which are more or less POisO-
nous and reprehensible.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

TRUE STRENGTH.-We must meas
ure a mans strength by the power of
the feelings he subdues, not by the power
of those which subdue him. And hence,
composure is often the highest result of
strength. Did we ever see a man receive
a fragrant injury, and then reply calmly?
That is a man spiritually strong. Or,
did we ever see a man in anguish, stand
as if carved out of solid rock, as if mas
tering himself? Or one bearing a hope
less daily trial remain silent and never
tell the world what cankered his home
peace? That is strength. We too
often mistake strong feelings for strong
character. A man who bears all before
him, before whose frown dOmesties trem-
bic, and whose bursts of fury make the
children of the household quake, because
he has his way in all things, we call him
a strong man. The truth IS, that he IS a
weak man; it is his passions that are
strong-he, mastered by them, is weak,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

Telegraph Stations.
Passenger fare at the rate of 8 cents per
mile TO way stations counted in even half
dimes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
PHYSICIANS.

DRS, a. H. d l.. b. BARTL ETH, HON.
eopathists, No. ISL Main st. ONCE hours
from TO 10, u. m and toe, p. m, and eve.
ntngs. ProprietOrs Of the EIectrO-Thera-
peutie Bath. Residences-H. II. Bartlett
No. 81 Main ST., L. B. Bartlett, I'd Door
north from South Park Store. Main ST. 1853
HOWARD & GEER, Rock Creek. o.
once at the residence DR.. Howard 4t26
DIR. e. L. KING, Physician and Surgeon;
office over Pierce's Store. / have a com.
plete set OF Dr. Hadheld's Equalizers, with
the exclusive right Of AshLabula county
Physicians are respectfully invited to call
and examine the instruments Office hours
rom ~ a. m to p. m. Residence south of
? st. Peters church. I40
DR. p. DEICHNAN, Physician and Sur
geon, having located himself in Ashtabula
respectfully tenders his services to the citi-
zens OF Ashtabula and vicinity. Dr. p
Deichman speaks the German and English
languages nuently. His Office and residence
is in Smiths new block, Centre street 1885
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
JEWELERS..

A. o. AMSDEN win doaU ktnds - po,,oi.
Ing OF Watches, Clocks and JeweITv al I3e
Main Street-Haskelrs Block-where he
mas taken the corner window, in the store
u a Z. nootes, Ashta29la. 55-lyr
GEO. w. DICKINSON, Ieweler: Renair-
ing Of all kinds of Watches, Clocks AMI
Jewelry; store in Ashtabula House Block
Ashtabula, Ohio
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26

All trains daily except Sundays.
F. R. MYERS,
Gen. Pass and Ticket Agent
l.. 5. a. NJ. M.S.-FRANKLIN DIVISION
From and after May 18th, 1877, Passenger
Trains will run as follows:
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-04-26
CABINET WARE.

JOHN DUCRO, Manufacturer of and Deal
eI IN furniture of the best descriptions, ami
every variety; also, General IJndertsl 4 er
ana Manufacturer of COffins to order: ain
tabula, Ohio. 4oI