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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

The Constitutional Catarrh Remedy is the first
article placed before the public that proposed to
cure Catarrh by building up The Constitution. It
thousands upon thousands Of letters have been
received by the proprietOrs, setting forth the
marvellous cures, and what is remarkable, curing
not only the Catarrh but all other ailments at the
same time This is what it always does. The
following statement is only sample of what we
are constantly receiving from well known people
to whom you can write, and not to bogus ones
hacking cough, incipient consumption, headache,
pain in back and loins, dizziness, languidness,
loss Of appetite and general weakness, all leave
together when the COnstit utional Catarrh Rene
dy is taken as recommended.
LOWELL, MASS, Eeb. r. 1874
Messrs. LITTLEFIELD & COL have been entire
ly cured Of Catarrrh by the use Of the COnsitu-
tional Catarrh Remedy. l have had it for forty
wears, and so severely that my ey 5sight was i'm
Daired by II. / was almost dead, my head was al
ways stopped up. could not breathe freely, often
at night / could not sleep, being kept awake by q
dropping in my throat, sometimes so badly as to
almost strangle me. The discharge from my nose
was fetId and my breath was almost foul; had,
too, q continual buzzing in my head, and headache
almost all the time. Daring forty years have
Tried almost every medicine tor Catarrh IN the
market, but without receiving any permanent
benefit until used Constitutional Catarrh Rene
dy. After using two bottles was very much re-
heved, and used in all six bottles, and am now
completely cured My eye-sight is good can
hear as well as ever could. have no disagreea-
BILE discharges from my nose. no drOppings in my
throat, can breathe perfectly free and sleep every
night soundly Ny general health is better than
il has been for fourteen years. and sll owing to
the Constitutional Catarrh Remedy.
(Signed) EDWIN GOODWIN,
Dover St., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81 per bottle. A pamphlet Of 50 pages,
giving treatise on Catarrh, with innumerable
cases Of cures, sent free by addressing the pro-
prietors LITTLEFIELD & CO.,
1929 Manchester. N. q. -
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

NOTICE AdUertfsements Of a. Wanted, y : For
Sale Lost :. Found ETC., not exceeding fue
lines, t0i be Inserted in this column, Under Gp-
Drop1iqfe heads for one t0eek for IS esnts Each
additionaI line sciH De charged cents.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
ATTACHMENT NOTICE.

T-AMES Dunlap and John Dunlap. partners as
81 J. & J. Dunlap, are hereby notified th at on
the lst day Of July. A D. 1873, an order OF attach
ment was duly issued by Almon b. Tyler a JUS
tice of Peace, of Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula
County. Ohio in the suit Of Daniel II. Donaldson
against them for the sum Of $l24,63, which suit
will be for trial on the sd dry Of September, 1878
at 10 O'Clock, a. m. HALL BhOTRERS.
1493-95 Ptifs. Art'ys.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

The TELEGRAPH has, it seems, dis
appointed its Cincinnatus friend of
the Standard, by noticing, without
disapproval, the appointment of Mrs.
jerks to place in the New Orleans
Custom House. Well, we will off.
set that by reminding our punctilious
friend, that tho Standard noticed
without disapproval, the election to
the U. s.Senste of Hamburg Butler,
with hands stained with the blood of
thirteen harmless and inOffensive ne.
groes butchered in cold blood.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
COUNTY TICKET.

For Probate Judge,
Ell. BETS, jefferson.
For County Clerk.
C.H. SIM0NDS, Jefferson.
For Sheriff
NEWTON JONES, Geneva
For Commissioner
W.T.. SIMONDS, SayoroOA'
For Infrmary director;
NATHANIEL F0LLETT, FlerPont.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Maniton Springs, Aug. 10, 1878.

The first number Of the Andover Re-
vie'O was received this morning. 1t is a
seven-column folio, its outside being a
"patent," and makes the tenth paper
printed in Ashtabula County. Mr.. Ralph
R. Montgomery is its editor and publisher,
and will be published on Thursday. Po-
litieally we are at loss to know what It
advocates, for it says not word about its
self. We wish the RevieD prosperity in
its clowdy undertaking
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
sEfF SACRIFICE

regard for his horses. he said the pasture
was poor and the animals were liable to
stray, that his neighbor had occupied the
whole of the day before in searching for
pair OF mules, and at last found them
quietly grazing among some thick bushes
not hundred rods from their tent.
In one tent was a lady in the
LAST STAGE OF CONSUMPTION.
She was cheerful and bright. In reply to
our questions said she was not in want Of
anything, that she knew she was better
than she would be in house and dreaded
the time when camping season would be
over. She said that gentleman who had
just gone out was camping physician and
attended her and all other invalids in tents,
free Of charge, also that lady who was
in when we called was the wife Of clergy
man, and that all the neighbors were very
kind. GIa
During our stay in this vicinity we have
seen two funerals in the tents-One was a
man who came in hopes to save his life
and died in two weeks, the other was a
child who was brought here for a similar
reason. In both cases the family broke
camp and departed with the remains OF
their loved Ones J.P.W.
Manitou Springs, Aug. 10, 1878.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
Torpedoes.

There is n very generally received, but
erroneous notion that the torpedo is quite
u recent invention. and that during the
recent hostilitics in the East il has been FOR
the FIRST time employed in actual warfare.
That of late years torpedoes have been great.
ly improved IL undoubtly a fact, but none
the less is il true that the advantages to be
gained by n judioious employment of sub
marine weapons of war have long been fully
recognized, aud. further, that these latter
have been already largely used, and that
with great effect, both for the defence of
harbors, rivers, roadsteads, &c, and also
for more actively offensive operations. As
long ago ~ the 10th of August, l771. u boat
was blown to pieces and nearly all its crew
killed by the accidental explosion of Il tor
pedo which had been used i'll an attempt
made by the Americans against the English
man of war Cercbus. In 1905, a brig which
had been nchored off Deal for the purpose
of experiment. n submarine explosions WAS
destroyed, in the presence Of MIR. Pitt and Il
large concourse of spectators, by Il torpedo
containing one hundred and seventy pounds
of powder. Previously, in 1877, II machine
had been designed by which, to use the in.
v~entor's own words, he proposed Ito impart
to carcases of gunpowder n progressive
motion under water TO n given point and
there explode them" and which, therefore.
contained the germ of the present locomu.
tive or fish torpedo. In 1907 another vus-
sci was blown to pieces in New York harbor
and, finally, to come to the employment OF
torpedoes in actual warfare, we fine that no
fewer than seven iron-clad vessels and eleven
wooden ships of war We're totally destroyed
during the American civil war by submerged
torpedOes.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
Hunting the sea-o.,er in ALASKA.

The sea-otter, which constitutes the sole
means by which these, TIE only cisiIized
people of our new Territory, manage to
clothe themselves now as we do and maintain
their church, may be appropriately men
toned in detail. 1t is an animal, when full
grown, that will measure from three and a
half to four feet at most from the tip of its
short tail TO its nose. The general contour
of the body is much like that of the beaver,
with the skin lying in loose folds, so that,
when taken hold of in lifting the body out
from the water, it draws up like the hide on
the nape of a young puppy dog. The skin
is covered with the richest Of all fine deep
fur, q jet black, with silver-tipped hairs
here and there scattered, as is 50 we'll known
to our ladies' of fashion.
The sea-otter mother sleeps in the water
on her back, with her young one clasped
between her tiny forepaws. Frequent at
tempts have been made TO rear the Young
sea-otters, as they are often captured alive
but, like some other species of wild ami
mals, they seem to be so deeply imbucd
with fear of man, they invariably perish by
elf-imposed starvation.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
The Silver Dona. Of our Fathers.

I. Under the law of 1899 the silver dollar
weighed 4l6 grains 500 4-l0 fine ; and parts
in same proportion. Weight of 3 1000, 1864
ounces.
9. Under the law of January 1S, 1897,
The silver dollar weighed 412t grains 300
fine, and parts in same proportion. Weight
Of 81 ,OOO, $50 3-S ounces. This is the dollar
which was demonetized in 1873.
3.Under the law OF March 3, 1853, the
half-dollar and smaller silver coins were re-
duced in weight, the half,dollar to 1872
grains, and the quarters" dimes" and
e" half-dimes ~ in same proportion; 81, 900
Of these coins weighed 800 ounces.
L. Under the law of February 12, 1878,
the half dollar was raised in weight to
twelve grammes, and smaller silver coins
in same proportion; 81, 900 of these coins
weigh SO3f ounces. By the same law the
trade dollar was authorized, to contain
400 grains 81, 900 of these coins weigh s75
ounces.
During the interval between 1892 and
1887, silver constituted our only metallic
currency, owing to the differentiation Of
gold in the attempt of Congress to estGb.
lish its relations toward silver. Between
1887 and 1873, gold took the place previ-
ously occupied by silver in our circulation,
the latter having been undervalued in its
turn The country has never had a true
bi-metallic currency. 1t is impossible to
have such a currency, because a permanent
relation between gold and silver cannot be
secured by legislative action in this coun-
try alone.-Neio York EreaiRg Post.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
About Mormonism.

Joseph Smith, son Of the originator of
Mormonism, is President of the m~onogaInic
sect Of Latter Day Saints in Plhno, III. lie
claims to be the recipient Of direct revela-
tions from God, and the diyinely chosen suc-
cessor Of his father. He says of Brigham
Young " He has been permitted to amass
vast wealth, sustaining himself in an almost
regal splendor. Out of the monetary affairs
Of the church full one-half of all the distrust
and want of confidence has grown and it
has been the abuse of monetary trusts from
first to last that has been the bane that has
poisoned the springs Of unity and peace.
Not much else could have-been expected
where so fragrant an infringement of lhelaY
recognized as having been given of God was
persisted in. II will now be seen whether
the trust so lor/ rcposcd. where the inter
ests We're SO important and 20 irIespoEsiLly
placed, have been betrayed"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
The Secrets Of a Robber,s Owe.

Two men have Just been tried teforo the
Court of Assizes of the Easscs- Pyrenees for
G. number of robberies, which, by an acct
dental circumstance, led to sn interesting
archaeological discovery. The accused,
Rivss, a shoemaker, aged thirty-two, and
Bellier. q weaver, aged twenty-six, were
arrested in May last, after frequent burgla-
ries and armed attacks on the highways
had spread terror around the neighborhood
of Sisteron. Tho evidence against them
was clear, but no traces could be obtained
of the plumber until one of the men gave n
clue to the mystery. Rivas in his youth
had been n shepherd boy near that place,
and knew the legend of the Trou d'Argent,
q cavern at the summit of one of the Alps
with sides so PERCEPTIONS as to be almost
inaccessible, and which no one was ever
known 10 have reached. The Commissary
of Police of Sisteron, after extraordinary
labor, succeeded in scaling the mountain,
and penetrated to the mysterious grotto,
where he discovered an enormous quantity
of stolen articles Of NIL kinds, comprising
watches, clothes, domestic animals, food,
spirits. firearms, etc. The way having been
once found, the vast cavern was afterward
explored by Swans, and their researches
brought to light n number of Roman medals
of the third century, flint hatchets, orna-
mental pottery, and the remains of rumi-
nants of enormous size.
The advocate of Rivas asked for the in
diligence Of the jury for these pioneers of
science, but both persons were sentenced
to twenty years hard labor.-LoHdOa
Globe
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
Tho Sleep Of Plants.

Several members of the Partisan Biologi-
cal Society have recently been engaged in a
series Of experiments which seem to prove
hat everything endowed with life, whether
animal, plant, or ferlnent, is susceptible of
being brought under the influence of anes-
thetics in other words, may be sent to
sleep. 1t hes been proved that the intlu-
ence of anesthetics extends to all the ami
NAL tissues, and last of all to the central
nervous system. Hence it was argued,
plants having tissues must also DO subject
to ether, etc. Experiments have proved
this to be the case. terminating is ar
rested by anasthetics. The water-cress,
for example, terminates within thirty
hours. Ether arrests termination in this
plant. but does not destroy that faculty. 1t
merely sends the plant to sleep, for ger
minating IN as soon rs ether is
suspended. This capability of being sent
to sleep is not confined to plants, but ox-
tends to ferments. Thus the ferment of
beer, when submitted for twenty-four
hours to the influence of ether, becomes
perfectly dormant, but RECEIVERS activity rs
soon as anHsthetic action is suspended.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16

Everybody knows there has been q bust
ness panic for the past four years, not only
throughout our own country, but all over
the civilized world. 1t is not our purpose
to explain the causes, nor predict results,
but narrow ourselves down to what is pass
ing in our immediate neighbOrhood and
within the scope of our own vision. Frank.
ford, perhaps, contains MS many able bust
ness men us any other town of its size to
be found anywhere-Inen OF large ideas in
business, and of good moral standing and
honorable records. Collectively they com
mand the admiration of their towns. people,
who are pleased TO honor them wherever
they go or wherever they speak of them.
How different from all this is the actual i'll.
dividual treatment they receive at the Cos.
sip-bOard, Ant ON the street-cOrners, where
men congrcgate to hear the latest rumor of
financial embarrassment, where III old and
t~hreadbare story is revamped and sent out
on a new course of assassination. We have
heard 30 long and so often these same
stories that we are compelled 10 take up
the pen in defence of our people. We nd.
wise those who ave business intercourse to
abstain from listening to r~umOr-mongers,
without first inquiring who is your author
for that story, for | want to go to the very
bottom of that and see for myself" Let
them dispense with that mythical multi
tude, THEY sag" etc. 1t is high time that
people who have no %pecuniary interest
whatever in the affairs of those they talk
about should be stopped on the highway
and disarmed. The right of search comes
in, and every man carrying u stilctto for
his neighbor should he compelled to give
it up. We know of u case where II man
who, for n long time had taken delight i'll
circulating n damaging report against n
%neighbor, financially, when confronted
after the thing had become unbearublG,
sank into the most abiect condition and
begged forgiveness, Mt the same time nc
knowledging that he had actually manu-
featured the story. 1t is against this class
of manufacturers aud busybodies that we
caution our people. They are the parasites
who would make want aai suffering stalk
through our fair town they would bar tho
door of the %storekeeper against the most
worthy, and send them to the snow drift
for fuel. 1t is time to call a ''halt," and
cultivate q spirit of moral support one to
the other. Let this be the rule and all will
be well, and the proper step towards pros
perity for all be taken.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
An Alien Town

AcoEREsPoNDENT of the Ithaca journal,
writing tsom New Ulm, Mimi, gives a re-
markable account of the early history, as
well as the present course of life in that
&" city" of $500 inhabitants. He writes
that a colony of Germans established the
place about the year 1850, and that for a
long time subsequent thereto the customs
OF Germany were the customs there, while
American chiyalry was ignored, and Amen-
cans themselves were asked to " stay out"
Owing 20 efforts of the latter to establish
trade in the town there were many clashes
between the two nationalities, and great
bitterness was excited among the Germans.
Missionaries were sent to the colony to es-
tablish religious institutions, but they were
treated with increasing derision and mock
cry, until finally the colonists proclaimed
their principles and beliefs to people far and
near By actually burning Christ in efiigy in
the middle of the principal street Mis-
sicnary work then ceased for a time. sub
sequently the Indians repeatedly rRided the
settlement and killed many of the people,
until the Government checked the warfare.
At present New ulm is probably the most
thoroughly German city in the United
states. There are very few Americans in
business, but the town is controlled wholly
~ the German element. If n store is closed
there every FAY in the week, it is open and
doing land office business on Sunday.
That is the day of all the week the day
Of business, otherwise the day for merri-
ment,"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
An Exciting Purchase.

A North Carolina wagner sold his dog
to u Laurens County man the other day for
half a barrel of sorghum syrup. The dog,
however, refused to be sold, and took
refuge under the wagon. The Laurens
COunty man crawled after him with n piece
Of meat in one hand and n rope in the
ether. Although there were several spec
ti'tors of the scene hat ensued, it is diff
cult to get at the facts. All agree TINT
there was a scuifle under the wagon, &C
companied by yelps, yells, but no one is
willing to Affirm that the man had the dog
or that the dog had the man. Finally the
dog, 1t would seem, brushed up against the
hlhd legs of the off mule, and then all was
still. 1t is not certain what killed the dog.
One of the spectators said he thought he
heard a trace chain rattle, but when he
went around TO examine the mule she was
asleep. Tn man had lost his hat, his coat,
and the greater portion of his trousers, and
a subsequent examination proved that the
dog died with one ear and u handful of
hair in his mouth.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
Mont ombustible Wood.

The San Francisco Nal says AT a
meeting of the California Academy of Sci
ences last evening, DIR. Behr called atten-
ton to n eucalyptus tree standing in the
grounds of the old German Hospital, on
Brannan Street. The tree had passed
through the fire of August, 1876, and ex.
hibited the popularity of resisting the
action of the flames-a property well I'M
derstood in Australia. DIR. Kellogg stated
that eucalyptus shingles were in common
use in Australia. on account of their being
fire-proof. 1t was impossible to fire a roof
made of this material. There were some
49, species OF eucalypti, but all seemed to
possess this non-comhustiblc property to
some extent. DIR. Gibbon said that the plant
ing Of trees in the public streets would be
an important means of checking n contla,
grafton. and as the eucalyptus seemed to
be peculiarly valuable for that purpose and
for building, the attention of the public
and timber-growers should be called to it.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16
The a Kiss.

The promiscuous kissing of children /, n
pestilent practice. We use the word ad-
visedly, and it is mild for the occasion.
Murderous would be the proper word. did
the kissers know the mischief they do. Yes.
madame, murderous and we are speaking
to you. Do you remember calling on your
dear friend, Mrs. Brown, the other day.
with a strip of red flannel around Your
neckf And when little Flora came dane.
ing into the room didn't you pounce upon
her demonstratively, call her n precious lit
tie pet, and kiss her? Then you serenely
proceeded to describe the dreadful sore
throat that kept you from prayer-meeting
the night before. You had no designs on
the child's life, we know; nevertheless.
you killed her Killed her US surely rs if
sou had fed her with strychnine or arsenic.
your carelessness was fatal. Two or three
days after, the little pet began to complain
OF a sore throat, too. The symptoms grew
rapidly alarming and when the doctor
came the single word diphtheria sufficed to
explain them all.
1t would be absurd to charge the spread
OF diphtheria entirely to the practice of
child kissing. There are other mo5cs ~
propagation, though it is hard to concsive
OF any more directly suited to the spresd
of the infection, or more general ia its oper.
alton. 1t were better to avoid the practice
-SeribHer.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-16

The wnlrus is n select and nristocratic
beast, inasnuch as he is the sole represen-
tative of the genus Tirichocus, and has no
plebeian relatives in the shape of subgenera
and species to wound his family pride. He
is found throughout the whole Arctic zone,
as far as it has been explored, but he is
chiefly hunted in the noighborhood OF Nova
Zembla and ~Spitzbergen, where the SUBJ
marine banks, which he delights to rake
for the mollusks on which he feeds, lie com
paratively near the surface OF the water.
He is not a graceful nor pleasing beast in
appearance, since he somewhat resembles
an pig, with coarse whiskers, a
pair Of huge tusks depending from the
upper jaw. flippers instead of legs, and no
tail whatever. A full grown walrus weighs
from $500 to 2 900 pounds, and his skin,
blubber and tusks constitute his attractions
III the eyes Of the hunter.