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Nav a. 1877
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CURE FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA. The
Doylestown Pa Democrat says: =" II farm
ers, whose poultry are troubled with so
called cholera, will feed wet food for few
days well stirring into one feed tea spoon
full Of sulphur and into the next about a
table spoonful of pulverized charcoal, and
SO alternate the feed for about three days,
they will find the cholera disappears en-
tirely, and those chickens, etc, not too far
gone when this treatment is commenced.
will recover and be as bright as dollar.
Try this"
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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Tha Sonnn,.r AZ InnInnd.


The fords, which bursting through the
rocky barrier that guards the coast, run
far up into the interior, constitute a mos;
characteristic feature of Icelandic
scenery. They have all a great similar
ity of form, so that the description of
the general features of one may serve
equally for that of all the others. Having,
probably, been at first rents or chasms
produced by the general upheaving of
the island, their length is often very dis
proportioned to their breadth; some of
them being scarcely two miles wide, yet
extending twenty-five or even thirty,
into the country, and continue still
farther by narrow wales, down which the
mountain rivers find their way to the
sea. Lofty ridges, running out into the
ocean, and ending in precipitous head
lands, separate them from each other.
In the nelghborhood of the Rode and
Beru Fiords these assume their most
magnificent appearance, attaining an
elevation of nearly 1000 feet; though
their average height on other parts of
the coast is only about the half of that
now specified. So sudden is the rise of
these mountains, that it is no uncommon
thing to find precipiees 1000 feet high,
from the top ofswhich a stone may be
cast into the sea. The fiords are thus
shut in on both sides by perpendicular
walls of rock towering up to tremend-
GUS height, whose SUBMITS are clothed
with eternal SHOWS, or yelled in dark
clouds. All around seems dead no trace
of life is visible. Man and all that he
produces vanish amidst the mightier
works of nature. Woods and the higher
classes of the vegetable creation are
entirely wanting, and the naked rocks
are too steep for even the hardy birch or
stunted willow to fix their roots. No
sound is heard save the pillows dashing
on the craggy shore, no motion seen but
the cataract rushing down the rugged
cliffs. Such is the general appearance
of these fiords, and the repulsive aspect
they present; yet there does the Ice
lander choose his dwelling, unappalled
by the rocks which threaten every mo-
ment to crush him by their fall. The
island is nowhere thickly peopled, but
these firths and all their connected
valleys are more so than any other por-
ton. Here grassy meadows are found
in the immediate vicinity of the sea
and here, therefore, the natives can en-
ploy in conjunction both those sources
of gain which alone the severe climate
leaves open to them. On their shores
are the finest pastures for the cattle,
whilst their waters are faYorite retreat
Of the cod, the most esteemed Of the
fish caught on the coast.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
A Cure for Drunkenness.

The Scientific American contains an ac-
count of an experimental test OF Lleblg's
theory for the cure of habitual drunk
enness. The experiment consisted OF a
simnle change of diet, and was tried up
on fwenty-seven persons, with satisfacto-
nv results. The diet proposed is farina-
ceous. and in the cases reported was COM
nosed of maccaroni, haricot, beans, dried
meas and lentils. The dishes were made
palatable by being thoroughly boiled
and seasoned with butter or olive oil.
Breads of q highly glutinous quality
were used, care being taken to prevent
their being soured in course of prepara-
ton. In this explanation of the theory,
Liebig remarks that the disinclinatiOn
for alcoholic stimulants, after partaking
of such food, is due to the carbonaceous
starch contained therein. which renders
unnecessary and distasteful the carbon
Of liquors. If this plaTfs proves success
full, it will be the medium Of ehecung d
more thorough reform than years oi leg,
islative enactment or spasms OF social
work can possibly accomplish.
aarrv VIII, so runs the story, haylhs
-.,..-oIaJ with Francis J., resolved 70
4e.'5 4u''5i -, smbassador to deliver message
se sei.i, tbat - monarch in the most menaclng
S.rms and appointed Bishop Bonner 10
ssit't .,iao,,ts the commission, The bishop
toid tbe king that the embassy would
COST him his life. Henry replied that II
oDv harm befel his representative he
gc,,ld Instantly cut off the heads Of all
the Frenchmen in his dominions. so
Won Won NAV. sire. objected the bishop, "but
/ fasr there Is not one of them that viii
ft NV shoulders"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Red.RibbOn Story.

An amusing mistake occurred the
other night at a Mount Pleasant, Iowa,
temperance meeting. An old soldier.
had signed the pledge, and was telling
his experience. He said at one time
during the late war he got possession Of
two kegs of whisky, took them to camp,
put a faucet in one Of the kegs, and
passed the whisky around among the
Joys until they got pretty full. About
the time the first keg was empty, he
said, his conscience told him he was
doing wrong, but it was only moment
He picked up an ak and knocked the
head Of the other keg in and-here he
was interrupted by the deacons starting
the cry Of "Amen," "Glory be to God"
"Thank God" After the house became
quiet he continued: "I knocked in the
head of that keg, gave the boys TIN.
cup and told them to help themselves" !"
The conclusion of the story was so much
different from what was expected, that
itbrought down the house with laughter
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
RattIesnake's Attack.

When a rattlesnake is disturbed, it
sounds an alarm, and then, if compelled,
it will fight. When the victim is within
reach, the jaws of the snake are separat-
ed, and the head thrown back so as to
bring the fangs into favorable position
to penetrate the object. The head Is then
darted rapidly forward, the unsheathed
tooth penetrates the body Of the victim,
and the poison is injected into the flesh.
The same muscular acts which open the
wound, inject the venom through the
duct, and into the part penetrated by the
tooth. The divergence of the fang-points
when the snake bites often causes a con-
siderable distance between the two
wounds. The power with which the
venom is elected from the tooth depends
somewhat upon the amount contained
in the gland and its ducts. If the snake
fails to strike the object aimed at, the
poison is sometimes projected several
feet; and a case is on record where 1t
was thrown into the eyes Of man who
was six feet from the snake, when It
struck upwards at stick held above It's
oni1
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Commerce Of the World.

France exports wines, brandies, silks,
fancy articles, furniture, jewelry, clocks,
watches, paper, perfumery, and fancy
goods generally.
Italy exports corn, oil, fax, -four,
wines, essences, dye-stuffs, drugs, fine
marble, soap, paintings, engravings,
Prussia exports linen, woolens, zinc,
articles Of copper, iron, and brass, indigo,
wax, hams, musical instruments, tobacco,
wines, and porcelain.
Germany exports wool, woolen goods,
linens, rags, corn, timber, iron, lead, tin,
fax, hemp, wines, wax, tallOw, and cattle
Austria exports minerals, raw and
manufactured silk thread, glass, wax
tar, nutgall, wine, honey, and mathemat-
ical instruments.
England exports cOttons, woolens
glass, hardware, earthenware, cutlery
iron, metallic wares, salt, coal, watches
tin, silk, and linens.
3 Russia exports tallow, fax, hemp, -four
iron, inseed, lard, hides, wax, duck
cordage, bristles, fur, and potash.
Spain exports wines, brandies, iron
fresh and dried fruits, quicksilver, sui.
phur, salt, cork, saffron, anchovies, and
woolens.
China exports tea, rhubarb, musk, gin
ger, borax, zinc, silks, cassia, flhgTee
work, ivory ware, lacquered ware, and
porcelain.
Turkey exports opium, silks, drugs
gums, dried fruits, tobacco, wines, camefs
hair, carpets, shawls, camlets, and mo-
rocco.
Hindostan exports gold and silver
cochineal, indigo, sarsaparilla, vanilla
jalap, fustic, campeachy wood, pimento
drugs, and dye-stufs.
Brazil exports coffee, indigo, sugar
rice, hides, dried meats, tallow, gold
diamonds, and other stones, gums, ma
hogany, and India-rubber
The West Indies export sugar, mo-
lasses, rum, tobacco, cigars, mahogany,
dye-woods, coffee, pimento, fresh fruits
and preserves, wax, ginger, and other
spices. .aGG,Es3-E
East India exports cloves, nutmegs
mace, pepper, rice, indigo, gold, dung
camphor, benzine, sulphur, ivory, rattan
sandalwood, zinc, and nuts.
The United States exports principally
agricultural produce, tobacco, cotton
-four, provisions of all kinds, lumber
tnrpentine, agricultural implements, sew
ing-machines, cotton goods, cutlery
builders hardware, furniture, locsmo
tiYes, munitions of war, gold, silver
quicksilver, and so forth.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Light.

The worst enemy of the ignorant is
light. If we could get them all into one
place and illuminate them, they would
hide forever after where no more light
could ever again reach them. 1t only
needed light to send Tweed and many
like him to prison, and it only needs
more light to send a thousand more
to prison also. God said, at creation,
"Let there be light" and light was. There
was no more darkness then, and there
will be no more darkness now, If we can
get more light on what is obscurely seen
or known.
81 wish some senator would shed q
little more light on this subject" was a
recent remark in Congress at Washing
ton. The speaker did not know that he
had repeated the wish of all the ages.
There is light enough. We need nc
more. But we do need more men who
will not persist in going around IN this
midday Of civilization with their eyes
shut. declaring it is midnight. We need
more who are willing to come out into
the bright sunshine, and let the world
see exactly how they really look. We
ali like dead men, better if they remain
Quiet. 1t is quite repulsive when they
persist in getting up out of their eoffini
and appearing in public. But in the sun
light we are always certain never t
meet dead men. They hate its search
inc rays: it reveales their condition.
live men love light. In it they an
sure to meet other live men, and it il
good company. Let US open the door
and windows Of our schools and let the
blessed light in. 1t will search out al
sharns and cobwebs, all dust and moldi
ness. and let the world see exactly il
what condition we are. We want t
open all the books in our schools ant
let the light pour in upon their pages
It will be astonishing how many thing
we shall find out there, we never saw
before, We want our systems of educa
tion to see the light. Our poor ignoran
children of color down South need 1t NJ
more than our equally poor children OF
no color up North.
An hail, blessed light Let it come in
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
LADY Lamb and Lord Byron.

There are many accounts of the inDane
passion of Lady Caroline for Lord Byron,
but we think the best and most authen-
tic account is that given by Rogers.
Several women we're IN love with
Byron, but none so violently as Lady
Caroline Lamb. She absolutely besieged
him. He showed me the first letter he
received from her, in which she assured
him that, if he was in any want of
money, all her Jewels were at his ser
vice. They frequently had quarrels;
and more than once, on coming home,
have found Lady Caroline walking in
the garden, and waiting for me, to beg
that / would reconcile them. When she
met Byron at a party, she would, if
possible, return home from it In his
csIriage, and accompanied by him. l
recollect particularly their returning
to town together from Holland House.
But such was the insanity of her passion
for Byron, that, sometimes, when not
invited to party where he was to be,
she would wait for him in the street till
it was over! One night, after a great
party at Devonshire House, to which
Lady Caroline had not been invited,
saw her-yes, saw her-talking to
Byron, with half of her body thrust into
the carriage which he had Just entered.
In spite Of all this absurdity, my firm
belief is that there was nothing criminal
between them. Byron was at last sick
of her. When their intimacy was at an
end, and while she was living in the
country, she burned, very solemnly, on
sort of funeral pile, transcripts Of all
the letters which she had received from
Byron, and copy of miniature (his
portrait) which he had presented to her /;
several girls from the neighborhood,
whom she had draped in white gar
ments, dancing round the pile, and sing
ing a song which she had written for tht
occasion, Burn, fire, burn, ETC., etc. She
was mad; and her family allowed her TO
do whatever she chose" On the 18th of
July, 1924, Lady Caroline was driving
in an open carriage, when she met a
funeral procession. On demanding the
name she was told it was Lord Byron's.
The effects of this shock were lament
able. In 1928 she was seized with a
serious illness; after Mr.. Lambs return
from Ireland she fingered only few
days.-Temple Bar.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
How a Mormon BishOp WaItzed.

The Mormon church looks with dis
favor on the familiarities of certain
styles of dancing, and the bishops have
sought to regulate this matter among the
young and giddier saints. At dance
IN the Seventh ward, the other night,
says the Salt Lake Tribune, the bishop
expressed himself highly displeased
with round dances. He said that it was
condemned by the priesthood, and if the
saints could not get along without round
dances, they had better go home. The
young folks demonstrated with him, but
all to no purpose. "If you must waltz,
let me show you how to do II" said he,
and he got on the floor with a 183 pound
blonde; the band struck up the "Blue
Danube" and away they slid. Down
the hall glide the bishop and the blonde;
the tips other fingers touch his and cruel
cold space between them. This was the
church method-the] priestly-improved
arms-length waltz Soon there was
slight contraction of the arms, and the.
space between them gradually decreased.
Presently one arm eneircled the fair
form. The blonde was the first to give
way, and her cheek looked like sun
flower in a turnip field as it rested on
the shoulder of the man of God. Round
and round went they, and the fasclna-
ting. Weird-like strains fOated like
heavenly music to his soul. Forgotten
was the round dance dogma of the
church, and by the calm smile that stole
across his face we knew that theology
was defeated, and one man, at least,
utterly Indifferent to future punish