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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
Facts for the CnriOns.

The greyhound runs by eyesight only.
and this we observe as a fact. The car
rier-pigeon flies his two hundred and
fifty miles homeward by eyesight-name-
Iv. from point to point of objects which
he has marked; but this is only our con-
lecture. The fierce dragon-f1y, with
twelve thousand lenses in his eye, darts
from angle to angle with the rapidity of
a flashing sword, and as rapidly darts
back, not turning in the air, but with
clash reversing the action of his four
wings, and instantaneously calculating
the distance of the objects, or he would
dash himself to pieces. But in what con-
formation of the eye does this consist
No one can answer.
A cloud of ten thousand gnats dance
up and down in the sun, the minutest
interval between them, yet no one
knocks another headlong upon the grass,
or breaks leg or a wing, long and deli
cate as these are. Suddenly, amidst your
admiration of this matchless dance, pc
culiarlv high-shouldeTed, vicious gnat,
with long, pendant nose, darts out of the
rising and falling cloud, and settling on
your cheek, inserts a poisonous sting.
What possessed the little wretch to do
this? Did he smell your blood in the
may dance? No one knows.
A carriage comes suddenly upon flock
of geese on a narrow road, and drives
straight through the middle of them. A
goose was never yet fairly run over, nor
a duck They are under the very wheels
and hoofs, and yet somehow they con-
trive to flap and waddle safely off. Ha-
bitually stupid, heavy and indolent, they
are nevertheless equal to any emergency.
Why does the lonely woodpecker,
when he descends his tree and goes to
drink, stop several times on his way, lis
ten and look round, before he takes his
draught? No one knows. How is it
that the species of ant, which is taken In
battle by other ants to be made slaves,
should be black, or negro ant? No one
knows.
The power of judging of actual danger,
and the free and easy boldness which re-
suits from it, are by no means uncom-
mon. Many birds seem to have a most
correct notion of guns range, and while
scrupulously careful to keep beyond it,
confine their care to this caution, though
the most obvious resource would be to
fly right away out of sight, and hearing,
which they do not choose to do. And
they sometimes appear to make even an
use of their power, fairly
putting their wit and cleyerness in an
tagonism to that of man, for the benefit
of their fellows. We lately read an ac-
count, by a naturalist in Brazil, of an ex-
pedition he made to one of the islands
of the Amazon to shoot spoon-bills, ibis
es, and other of the magnificent gralla-
torial birds, which were most abundant
there. His design was completely baf-
fed, however, by wretched little sand
piper that preceded him, continually ut
tering his tell-tale cry, which at once
aroused all the birds within hearing.
Throughoutthe day did this individual
bird continue his self-imposed duty of
sentinel to others, effectually preventing
the approach of the fowler to the game,
and yet managing to keep out Ofthe
range of his gun.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
The Diver and the Sharks.

81 dove once in Mobile bay, where 1
put over three hundred chains under an
iron-clad. The greatest annoyance we
had there was sharks. They didn't hard
" dare tackle us, because with our armor
we looked more like scarecrows than
anything else. They would come sailing
along, and gradually swim towards us
with their great big mouths wide open,
but when within a few feet of us they
would stop and lay there fappin' their
fins and looking, it seemed to me, like
the very devil himself. Finally we de-
vised way to scare them off that never
failed to frighten them so that they
would stay away an hour or longer before
they dare to come back. The armor that
we wear is air-tight, you know. Our
Jacket sleeves were fastened around our
wrists with an elastic, so that the air
could not escape. By running my finger
under the sleeve of my jaeketll could let
the air out, and as it rushed into the
water it would make a sort of kissing
noise and a volume of bubbles shoot up.
so whenever those Internal sharks would
come prowling around me, would hold
out my arm toward them and, putting
my finger under the elastic of my jacket
sleeve, 1 would let lot of air out and
send q stream of bubbles into the. sharks
face with a kissing noise Ike steam from
a pJ1age-cock. The way that those sharks
would GO scooting off was funny to be-
hold
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Ladies, before marrying, had best de-
stroy all old love-letters.
The world is all uphill when we would
do, all doWn-hill when we suffer.
How many an enamored pair have
courted in poetry and lived in prosel
Infancy is lovable, Notwithstanding
tretulness and the whOOping-cough.
AFFECTED lover sometimes escapes a
great disappointment by means of small
one.
A pin has as much head as a good
many authors, and a great deal more
point.
Ingratitude is so deadly a poison that
it destroys the very bosom in which it is
harbored.
Riches are given to make life pass COM
fortably; but life is not given only to
amass riches.
Profusion restores to the public the
wealth which aYarice has detained from
it for time.
Envy is fixed only on merit, and, like
a sore eye, is offended with everything
that is bright.
Few men are driven to desperation,
without having had themselves a hand
in the driving.
The discovery Of what is true, and the
practice of what is good, are the two
most impor Mt objects of life.
1t is generally true that we Judge too
bitterly and harshly the faults Of every
Office which we do not ourselves hold.
A young girl generally loses her fresh
ness by mingling with fashionable socie-
ty, as bright stream does by mingling
with the sea.
A hypocrite may spin so fair a thread
as to deceive his own eye. He may ad-
mire the cobweb, and not know himself
to be the spider.
The single effort by which we stop
short in the downward path to perdition
is itself greater exertion of virtue than
a hundred acts of justice.
1t is a great blunder, in the pursuit Of
happiness, not to know when we have
got it; that is, not to be content with a
reasonable and possible measure of it.
The influence of men is not to be con-
fined to the circle of their acquaintance.
1t spreads on every side of them, like the
undulations of the smitten water, and
will reach those whom they never saw.
Of little human flowers, Death gathers
many. He places them upon his bosom,
and he is transformed into something
less terrific than before. We learn to
gaze and shudder not, for he carries In
his arms the sweet blossoms Of our earth.
ly hopes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
Chinese Words of Wisdom.

The prime minister of the kingdom of
Sung consulted Mencius, and told him
that being convinced of the oppressive
character of tax that bore heavily upon
the people, he thought he should dimin-
ish it, and at the end of the year abolish
it altogether. Mencius answered, There
was man who was accustomed to steal
every day the poultry of his neighbors,
and was reproached for his dishonesty.
WELL he answered, 4 will amend little
by little. I will only steal one fowl a
month for a year to come, and then l
will abstain altogether No. said Men
cius, no, when you know that what you
do is unjust, cease at once to do it. Why
wait year?"
Men talk idly about empire, nation,
family. The foundation of the empire is
in the nation, of the nation in the fami-
ly, of the family in the individual in
fine, government is founded On the peO-
pie, the people on the family, the family
on its chief.
Win the people, and the empire is
won; win their hearts and their atfec-
tons, and you win the people; you win
their hearts by meeting their wishes, by
providing for their wants, and imposing
upon them nothing that they detest.
As the fish hurries away from the OF
ter to the protection of the deep waters
as the little bird flies to the thick for
est from the hawk-so do subjects fly
from wicked kings.
You cannot reason with the passionate
you cannot act with the feeble or the
capricious.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
Word 70 Husbands,

Has anybody ever written upon the
responsibility which rests upon hus-
band with regard to the education Of his
wife? -? Of course We know what you viii
say about her being supposed to have
finished her education" before marriage,
and all that; and yet you and we know
that she begins as new an education with
him as if she had never seen the alpha
bet. His views, his feelings, his ideas,
are they nothing to her if she loves him2
Years after, when they who "kneW her
as a girl" come to talk with the matron,
do they not find her husband reflected
in every sentence either for good or eYlIf
Of course, the more strongly 8 woman
loves, the more completely is her own
identity absorbed in her husbands; ms
is a point which is too much neglected
by married men. A good husband IS
almost certain to have a good wife and
if she be "not so good as he could wish
at the commencement of their married
life. he can soon educate her up to the
proper mark; and, on the other hand,
he can so educate her down as to render
his home a purgatory, and perhaps bring
upon. himself and his family the greatest
agony and keenest pangs OF disgrace
which a husband and children can feel,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
Ancient Timepieees.

Bowls were used to measure time
from which water, drop by drop. was
discharged through a small aperture
Such bowls were called water-clocks. It
was then observed how much water from
such bowl or cask, from sunrise till the
shortest shadow, trickled down into an
other 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
ed these points, and counted them, thus
finding out how many hours were till
sunrise.
With the Chinese, the water-clocks or
clepsydraS, are very old. They used a
round vessel filled with water, with
hole in the bottom, which was placed
upon another vessel, When the water
in the upper vessel passed down into the
lower vessel it subsidized by degrees, an
nOuncing thereby the part of time elaps-
ed. 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, they still counted
from the morning. When the clock
with us strikes seven, the ancients count
ed 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 Roman garri-
son was stationed consequently also in
Palestine after she had become Roman
TTOuiuoo
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

DREss.-It is quite as foolish to decry
dress as it is to make dress the first OBJ
ject in life. A proper attention to it is
not only necessary but praiseworthy.
We speak advisedly when we say neces-
sary. We believe that person male or
female, seeking employment, who is
modestly, neatly, and becOmingly attir.
ed, viii stand much better chance OF
securing situation than one who repels
by slovenliness and careleSsness OF dress.
Nor does this necessarily involve an ex-
pensiye outlay; as combs, soap, water,
and towels are not, even in such eircum-
stances quite unattainable; nor is a
neatly mended or threadbare garment
carefully put on, of necessity inconsis-
tent with a good appearance. A person
NAV spend hundreds upon dress and
vet look untdy; while that person who
counts every penny as it goes may look
much better even in his well-worn suit
In short, our moral is-avoid extremes
in talking, dressing, eating, drinking,
and every other duty or occupation OF
life.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
LAKE. SHORE q MICHIGAN SOUTH.
ERN II. h.
GOING WEST.


Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo al
SOD p. m, Erie Lilo a. M, COnneaut -
Ashtabula 2:55 a. m, Madison 1872 a m, Paipes
vile 4:CO a. m, Cleveland 5:15 a. m.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo al
E&l5 n. m, Erie $50 a. m, Ashtahula 4:5S,
gainesville $40 and arrives at Cleveland al
6:35 a. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at sos a m, Amboy GIL, Kingsville 6:2l, Ash
tabula 6:33, SaybroOk 6:43, Geneva 6:5S, Paines-
vile 7:zS and arrives at Cleveland S;45 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:t5 a. m,
Erie l0:0J Conneaut 1856, Amboy ll;O2. Kings
vile li:ll, Ashtabula ll:23 am, SaybrOok ll:S5
Geneva ll:43, Painesville I2iS, and arrives
at Cleveland at LIS p. m
Special St Louis Express leaves Buffalo
500 a. m. Erie 1857, Ashtabula 1902 p m,
Painesville l245, and arrives at Cleveland
1:4O.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo 1890 p. m,
Erie 3:52, Ashtabula j:l2, Painesville 6:Oi, and
arrives at Cleveland at 7:O5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 1905. m,
Painesville S:20, Ashtabula S;g9, Conneaut 9;2S,
Erie 1920, and arrives at Buffalo at l:t0-p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at ll:l5 a. m, Painesvtile 1895, Ge-
neVa Iii a. m, SaybrOOk l:20. Ashtabula l:32,
Kingsville l:45, AmbOy =. Conneaut BOP,
Erie $40, Buffalo 800 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleve-
land at 2;59 p. m, Painesville 1886, Ashtabula
Ais, Erie 5:25, and arrives at Buffalo at sos
p. m.
Conneaut Accommodate leaves Cleveland
at 4:0O p. m Pain e6.O5, Geneva 6:40, say
brook 6:55, Ashtabula 7:04, Kingsville 7:l5, Am
boy 7:24, and arrives at Conneaut at 7:3O p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1880 p. m, Painesville 1l:20, Ashtabula 1904
a. m. Erie l:2O and arrives at Buffalo at 400 a.
m.
. aA-The Pacific Express will stop at Girard,
COnneaut. Geneva and Willoughby daily.
The Special n. Y. Express on saturdays, and
Chicago Express on Sundays only, will stop
at all stations for which they may have pas
sengers-
n7-Trains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

WHAT A FARMER SHOULD BE.-Some-
body lays down the rule what every far
mer should be as follows: "Not only an
accomplished tiller of the soil, but also
an excellent mechanic, fair harness
maker, and mender of shoes, a tolerable
carpenter, pretty good blacksmith or
machinist, and alsoa wide awake,
thorough judge and breeder of stock,
knowing how, and caring for their all
ments-not only horses and cattle, but
sheep, hogs, poultry, or anything that
money can be made out of. With all
this he should be a civil engineer, ac-
quainted with levels and hydraulics, and
repairs of pumps, and, if in addition to
these requirements, he understands lay
ing stone and brick, and putting on
plastering, as well as mixing and apply
ing paints, he will find plenty to do, to
say nothing of what he ought to know
about grain and milling it." This same
somebody pictures the good housewife.
but we forbear just now.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

RsPEcrABnTY OF AeRICULTURE. a
clergyman once said to me, "Wlll ElTlil- E.llI,-
ing ever be considered more respeSsSSS--oiSS ~, 3
than nowP' My answer was 40.
Farming is highly honored, When .1D ~ NJ
consider that from it flows an tnS V.lsiS sLs
for artizans of every name to supply the
real or imaginary wants OF ali InShAInu.
Haa'a,, Ig.,l = sS state, whether it relates to
NJ the.', ,rasent w. or the hereafter, consists
,nSinIy my in the beautiful. Adam was TO
5-ass 5,.'. tbe garden, which meant to make
Il look well, and at the same time It
would be useful. How is it tO-dayf A
beautiful garden attracts visitors nom
all the surrounding country. No less
does an extensive farm, made beautliul.
by the diligent hand; by the product 9i
the farm, man and beast survive. AZ AZ
other callings are supported by u ! ,bIe Ne
10 the question, "Is it more respeGI'aDIe hI
than formerly, or will it beT ~
swered. at has always had tile PISSS5 o'o,r5
dence in responsibility" Goa anu 1ads,,,c sTTe
va ,,Na,, in former time looked with plellsute
sireI nI'd 5al;obt tJ mon seed time and harvest
so in this age, professions. '.s-a ~
~ H. ~ haanties Of agriculture, and especlally
oIor,, slne one who IS looking for lucIatlHe
ess5 49, S-1m The honest yeoman, as mueh
% siito ~ 3 say. your calling IS respeciaple'-
Robert Mdngleto'
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

A CURE FOR CAKED UDDERs.-A cores
pondent writes from Canada that when,
as is often the case, one Of the cows
teats becomes hard and difficult to milk
it may be cured as follows: Take pint
basin, put into it a small handful of corn
meal, add to it a teacup of hot water.
Stir it until it is cool enough for you to
hold your hand in; then bathe the teats
by dipping them into the dish until the
inflammation is out of them; milk gently,
for the udders are tender, and put a lit
tie lard or inseed oil on the udder after
milking. think trial of a few days
will convince the most skeptical. Battle
the bunch with it, and, in addition, bathe
with beef brine twice day, and give lib
eral doses of garget and saltpeter. This
is the best remedy for swollen bag after
the COW comes in that I know of.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
AsHTABULA, OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE IA, 1878

As the maid disappeared Juniatia went
to the glass of the sitting room allotted
| to her, and began to loosen the masses
of her hair, as her temples were hot and
| throbbing from recent eXertion.
HE still waits" said the maid return
| ing, "and has sent you this"
She laid in the white hand of her mis-
tress little silver bandeau or fllet with
which she had been accustomed to con-
fine her hair, and which she had given
playfully to Lavaseur at their little home
in Paris.
Juniata grew rosy, then white, as she
recognized the token, and sinking into a
chair sid:
'You may admit him."
In moment Lavaseur was standing
before her, holding the little trembling
hands, and each speechlessly gazed into
the eyes of the other.
"Had you forgotten me, ma petite mig
norane," he said at length.
"No, Monsieur Lavasuer, never for
get my friends" she answered, gathering
courage.
"But you can be cruel to them, Ju-
niata"
"Cruel?'
ayes, very cruel. You left me without
even word of adieu Was that kind ?'
81 was told by my father it was best
for you that our friendship, that even the
knowledge of each other, should come
to an end"
"And now will you say it is best for
me to see you no more, when l have
loved you so long and faithfully? To
night, love, when l recognized you, l
tainted for the first time in my life. 1t
was for Joy. viii you send me afar
from you, or will you accept me as your
afianced husband? Speak, Juniata.-
This suspense must come to an end"
"Monsieurp
''Nay, call me Claude; for I see that In
your eyes which bids me hope"
"Claude, then, if you will have it so
have you rehectedP
"Not another word, Juniata"
"But as you must know am welded
to song, you certainly"
eyes, l recognize your rare talent, but
when you are welded to me you will be
lost star in the armament of song"
"Then must give up my golden
dream, Claude. 1t was that alone which
reconeiled me to our separation"
eyes, give up everything, my darling,
but me-"
The next moment the father of Juniata
entered the room to find her clasped to
the heart of Lavasuer
"She is mine!" asserted the gentleman
triumphantly, releasing the girl and CIV
ing his hand to her father.
"And there is no battling against fate,'
replied the old man, returning the greet
ing.
Madam Pauline was the most difficult
to reconcile to the new order of things.
Iu the stormy scene that followed with
her brother she called him traitor to
his name and birth, and to her maid she
declared in her native tongue:
"Cstte file lire a do7lne dams Ld-Dieu de
VesH."
And surely Juniata had caught not
only his fancy but his heart, and the star
lost to the musical world proved a gentle,
loving wife, while the Bennetts and the
rest Of the gossips enjoyed new sensa-
ton, and the wedding served for a seven
days wonder.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
PICTURES AND SMILES.
BY MARIA MEAD

Two flowers in one fair garden grew,
Loves Eden was their homei
Together stood they side by side,
And budded into bloom.
Sunlight and dew were on them shed
With every passing day;
But, an stern Fate came storming in,
And tore those fiow'rs away.
Two doves have met in high mid-heaven,
1t is the time Of springi
Their hearts are mated, and they soar
With wild, ulting wing
But, lol Fate's archer on the pair
Has fixed his frowning eye;
And. one by one. ah, mel those doves,
They 1utter, Eali. and die
Two harks upon sunny sea,
To soft and balmy gales.
With eagerjoy, all lovingly,
Unfurl their hopeful sails
And now the haven looms to view,
And now they near the shore;
Vain hOpe' q tempest beats them back,
And parts them evermore.
Two beings meet. they meet to love,
In bliSsful. budding youth;
They ever. each with cold, cold frowns,
Concealing loves fond truth.
And thus they live, and thus they die,
Their life-paths wide apart;
Each with spirit firm and high,
Each with a martyrs heart
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
TWO HEARTS.

Iurifbee send me back my heart
Since I cannot have thine
For iffnom yours you viii not part,
Why, then, shouidst thou have mine:
Yet now think ont let It lie;
To ind It were In vain,
For thou'st thiefin either eye
Would steal IL back again.
Why should two hearts in one breast lie,
And yet not lodge together?
Glove! where is thy sympathy,
Ifthus our breasts thou severf
But love is such a mystery,
L cannot find Ii out:
For when think I'm best resolved
then am in most doubt.
Then farewell care, and farewell woe,
will no longer pine;
For 1 II believe have her heart
As much as she has mine.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
MANUFACTURERS.

&C, CULLEY, Manufacturer Of Lath, Sid
ing, Mouldings, Cheese Boxes, &c, Planning,
Matching, and ScrOwl Saving done on the
shortest notice. Shop on Main street, oppO-
site the Upper Park, Ashtabula, Ohio. L44O
HART UDY, Dealer in Granite and Mar
BILE Monuments, Grave Stones, Tablets, Man
tells Crates, &c. Building Stone, Flagging
and Curbing cut to order. Yard on Centre
street lE5S
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

"A tourist, the morning after his aTrl-
val at Venice, hired a gOndola IN or9er
to see the city. Having passed 9n9er
the BRIDGE of Sighs and reached the
sTot rendered memorable by the mourn
FIJI history of Marino Falerio, the condo
iier took out his watch, and politely said,
eve rest for ten minutes here"
with that he lighted his pipe.
dWhat are you waiting forPp asked the
traveller.
"Sir," replied the gondolier, 'it's the
usua, time allowed for emotion, for poet
ic feeling"
And the tourist had 10 wait till the ten
minutes were up.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

When bent on matrimony, look more
than skin deep for beauty, dive further
than the pocket for worth, and search for
temper beyond good humor for the mo-
ment, remembering it is not always the
most agreeable partner at a ball who
forms the most smiable partner for life.
Virtue, like some flowers, bloom often
alrest in the shade.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14
JEWELLERS

A. @. AmSDGN viii do an kinds OF Repair
ing of Watches, Clocks and JeWelry, at i28
Main Street-HaskelPs Block-Where he
has taken the corner window, in the store
Of A. c. BOotes, Ashtabula. 55-lyr
: q go. w. DICKINSON, JeWeler; Repair
Ing OF all kinds of Watches, Clocks and
JeWeiryi Store in Ashtabula House Block,
Ashtabula, Ohio