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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Spiders,

What is the reason for the intense
disgust shown by many persons for the
innocent spider? They re generally
not only harmless but very useful, in
destroying many kinds of troublesome
insects.
Some species show great skill in
building. They hollow out cells; they
bore galleries; they make vaults; they
build, as it were, bridges; they construct
entrances to their habitations. They
even adapt doors TO these entrances
which work beautifully on hinge. On
looking within, We find extreme neat
ness. The soil in which these dwell
ings are found may be humid, but nc
water can enter them. The walls ara
nicely covered with tapestry of silk,
having the lustre of satin. and of a daz.
zling whiteness.
Another spider chooses kind of red
earth about three inches deep. The
wall of the tube is covered with kind
of smooth mortar. This coat is very
thin and soft to the touch; but before
the spider makes it, she covers the
earthly plaster-work with coarse web,
on which she CLUES her silken tapestry.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
4 Mothers Devotion.

The Virginia, New, Chronicle, re-
lates the following: "Mrs. L. NJ. Det-
tenreinder, a widow lady of sixty-two,
living at Virginia City. New, learned
that her son was lying dangerously Ill
at Yellowstone Crossing, and at once
set out to nurse him. She Travelled by
rail to Franklin, eighty-ive miles
north of Ogden, thence by stage with
out a halt to Virginia, Mon, 400 miles
away, and to Bozeman, ninety miles
further. The remaining thirty miles
of her journey being done by vehicle,
the whole trip taking nine days. She
nursed her son for month, and though
the Nez Perces were raiding in the
vicinity, did not abandon her post. She
was one of the first settlers of Nevada,
an experienced rifle shot, and acquain-
ted with Indian warfare, and so didn't
scare worth cent Finding that her
son got 10 better, she resolved, he be-
ing unable to stand the fatigue OF a
railroad journey, to take him home her
self, and so bought a wagon, span OF
horses and tent, and set out for Virginia
City. She camped out for six nights,
this not including the nights spent
where there were houses, the cold be-
ing so great on many nights that the
streams and pools were covered with
ice. Part Of the time a young man ae-
companied them, but during the
greater part of the journey the gray
haired mother was alone, having to
care for the invalid, pitch the tent, at
tend to the horses and do all the work
of diving. Finally she reached home
In safety with her precious charge.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Making Coffee.

"What fuss you women make about
making coffee" said one of the boys in
blue, with your eggs and your strain
ers and your inventions of all kinds OF
trash. 1 tell you what it is, we used to
have the coffee in the army, something
like coffee that was. How did we
make it? Why lin the morning, before
We got in the saddle for long DAVIS
ride, we'd ill our canteens at the spring
or well, and put our coffee right in;
then we'd sling it to our belts and let
it hang where the sun would shine on
it all day, and by the time the order
would come to halt at nightit would be
the best coffee you ever drank. SUD-
pose it was the constant shaking it got
that made it so good, but it teas good,
you bet"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Bermuda Grass-Joint Grass.

Bermuda grass is so called from the
island of Bermuda, its native home. 1t
long since was introduced into the
Southern States, and rapidly spread
over the country, annoying the planters
of cotton and cane greatly. While the
South was under the dominion Of
slavery, and cotton and cane growing
were the principal agricultural crops,
the Bermuda grass was the great pest
of the country, as the wild morning.
glory is in some sections of this State
to orchardists and vegetable growers.
Since, however, people from the North
have settled in these States, and carried
with them more general agriculture.
they have found this same Bermuda
grass blessing rather than curse. 1t
is one of the very best stock grasses
they have, both for pastures and for
hay. 1t has a creeping joint stem
under ground, and from this grows up
the numerous shoots, not over six to
ten inches high, terminated by three or
four spreading purple spikes or flowers.
The underground stems seem to form
a medium between the roots proper and
the upright stalks. and, being protect
ed, do not die, but in the winter re-
main in semi-dormant state, ready to
throw up the blades and stalks in the
early spring. Every joint of these un-
derground stems or runners and every
joint of the runners or creepers that
run or creep along the surface of the
ground is furnished with bud from
which additional runners or upright
stems shoot out, and from these joints
also strike down into the soil small
fibrous branches or roots. The blade
or leaf of this grass resembles in color
the leaf or blade of the timothy, but is
not so long, and except where it grows
on very rich soil and before it has finely
formed mats, not so large. 1t grows
best in loose sandy soil, but will soon
root out all other grasses in most any
soil-eyen in those so completely satu-
rated with alkali that salt grass viii not
do well. 1t grows vigorously in the
dryest soils, and fiourishes under water,
sending its runners up to the surface as
if to get breath and strength, and in
this way will live for months covered
with water. 1t may be propagated by
seed or by roots. The runners or stems
that run under ground and on the sur
face if broken or cut into pieces and
spread over the surface of loose ground
and narrowed in and plowed in will
grow. each becoming an independent
plant and throwing out runners of its
own.-Sdc. iCaLl Union. go. ..
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
The GOssamer Spider,

Spiders thread may often be OBJ
served floating in the air, and stretched
across road or brook. . 1t is produced
by the gossamer spider; for, having no
wings wherewith to fly, nor the power
of darting, like some other insects, a
considerable distance, this little crea-
ture is enabled to form balloon, with
which it can rise to great height. In
this aerial navigation, the little crea-
ture floats with its back downward, and
its legs folded; and thus reposing at its
ease, up-borne by streamers of silken
threads, it commits itself to the upper
air. OnS naturalist states that when
he ascended high tower he saw these
insects above himl
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29

Crust for Meat-Pies.-One quart ol
sifted flour, three tablespoonfuls Of
good firm lard vel. chopped in, two and
One-half cupfuls of sweet milk, one tea
spoonful of soda, wet with very little
hot water and mixed in with the milk;
two teaspoonfuls of cream Of tartar,
sifted into the dry -four; little salt;
work quickly, and not make very stiff.
Chicken Jelly.-Boil pair of chick
ems until you can pull the meat from
the bones; remove all the meat, and al
low the bones to boil half an hour long
er; stand this in cool place and it will
become jellied; the next day cut the
meat into small pieces, melt the jelly
and throw it in: then add two table,
spoons of Worcestershire sauce, two of
walnut sauce, one tablespoon of salt, a
pinch of powdered mace, cloves, and
allspice; slice ten hard-boiled eggs and
two lemons, line large bowl, or form,
with these slices, then pour in the mix
ture, and let it stand in a cool place
(but not to freezel. The water should
just cover the chickens when put to
boil. This is very ornamental dish,
and keeps for long time.
Chester Mullins excellent. -Four
quarts flour, teacup sugar, teacup but
ter. cup yeast, four eggs. little salt, two
quarts sweet milk. Let rise all night.
Bread Dumplings.-Soak some bread
crumbs in milk or water; mix an egg
with it, and a little -four. till quite
thick; then drop in stewing veal or
soup, or stewing chickens. Soon as rise
they are done.
Cream Jelly Cake.-Two eggs and the
white of spe, one cup sugar, three Ia
blespoonsof melted butter. four table
spoons of sweet milk, one teaspoon
even full Of soda, one and one-half cups
sifted flour. Bake in sheets as for jelly
cake.
Cream Jelly for Cake.-One cup sweet
milk one tablespoon corn starch, one
tablespooDsugar and the yolk of one
egg. Boil the milk and thicken with
the starch; then add the egg and sugar,
and when COL favor with lemon ex-
tract. sprssd between the layers of
cake as for Jelly cake.
Hickory-Nut Cake.-Two cups of su-
oar. three-fourths Of cup Of butter;
the beaten whites of six eggs; three
fourtbs Of cup Of sweet milk; three
cnn. of fiou, in which mix thoroughly
three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder,
one pint Of chopped hickory-nut meats
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Condensed Apple Culture.

Prof. Beal, of the Michigan Agricul.
ture College, gives the following admi-
rable directions for apple growing: A
young tree should be treated very much
as you would treat a hill of corn. Hoed
crops will answer in young orchard;
sowed crops will do much harm to
young trees. think it good plan to
keep young trees mulched, and I am
not sure but it is the best of all ways to
treat large or old trees as long as they
live. Mulch prevents the rapid evapo-
ration of moisture from the soil, keeps
the surface mellow, prevents the soil
from often freezing and thawing in
winter and becoming overheated in
summer. Whether or not to cultivate
trees which have become well estab-
lished depends upon circumstances. l
have never seen an apple orchard which
thought was injured by too frequent
shallow culture, but this may be the
case in some places, especially in warm
climates or where the soil is deep and
very rich. Whether to cultivate or not
can be told by the looks of the trees.
If the color of the leaves is good and
the growth all right, and the trees bear
we'll of fine fruit, they are doing well
enough. even if in grass. But if the
leaves are pale, the growth of the an
nual twigs mnch less than foot in
length on trees set twelve years, and
the fruit small and poor, something is
the matter, and they are suffering for
want of plow. harrow or cultivator, or
heavy mulch or coat of manure, or two
Or more Of these combined. The upper
twigs Of trees set twelve years, ought
to grow six to twelve or more inches
each year. To judge of the condition
Of an apple tree is much like judging
of the condition of sheep in pasture.
Look at the sheep, and not at the pas
ture. As long as the sheep are plump
and fat they are alright.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
INTERESTING ITEMS.

I
"He was one of our most energetic
trustees" says village paper in an
obituary notice, sand we trustees
happy"
A base, ignoble brute of Oil City says
that when he sees woman neither fat
nor fair, but forty, with a cardinal red
plume on her hat, it suggests to him a
life-and-death h struggle between nature
and art, with art on top, by large ma
iority. --A'7--- ESQ Af
There should be large stencil plate
FOR marking meal bags, grain sacks
and similar articles, and smaller rub
Der stamp for printing the owners
name on hoes, shovels, rakes and the
many small tools which are often lent,
often used away from home, and conse-
quently liable to be lost or stolen.
The chinese think that the inventor
of ink was one of the greatest men that
ever lived; that he enjoys blessed inn
mortality. and is charged with keeping
an account of the manner in viii all
ink is used here below, and for every
abuse of it he records a black mark
against the offender. e
A Detroit boy stood an umbrella with
a cord tied to it, in public doorway.
Eleven persons thought that umbrella
was theirs, and carried it with them the
length Of the string. They then sud-
denly dropped it, and went of without
once looking back OF stopping TO pick
t up again. 70 laE 4
In that paradise of Kentucky, the
blue grass region, famous for its racing
horses, its whisky, and its beautiful
maidens, real estate prices have touch
ed hard pan. The Lexington Press says
that atno time IN twenty-five years has
land been SO cheap. Sixty dollars TO
ninety dollars an acre is the price foI
farms really worth from 500 to $50 an
acre.
A learned Professor and ReY. Elder
(both of whom shall be namsless) had a
theological debate. Words Of singh
import" on fore-knowledge-fate-in
inity, &C., were discussed. After the
debate, in little bye talk, a wicked
editor said be would bet dollar neith-
er Of the learned gentlemen could re-
peat the Lords Prayer correctly. The
wager was made. Both tried, and both
-failedIl
Some years ago foreign painter who
had quarrel with Mr.. Hope, of Deep
dene, England, son of the head of the
great house of Hope & Co., revenged
himself by exhibiting pictnre at an
exhibition called Beauty and the |
Beast"-the beast being a striking like
ness Of Mr., and Beauty, of Mrs.
Hope. A friend cut the figure out Of !
the picture and the painter brought an |
action for damages. Verdict-the val
ue of the canvas.
France, after a long indifference to
Indian corn, is now awakening to its
value as food for horses, in lieu Of the
more expensive wheat and barley.
Several horse railway companies in
Havre feed their animals on their corn.
coarsely ground and mingled with
chopped straw and hay, and small
Of roots. Livery stables
have also adopted the feed. One stable
who controls $50 horses,
states that he saved 5000 francs
81, ,0oo) last year by using Indian corn.
The example of Havre is gradually !.
being followed elsewhere. Europeans
are slow to change their customs.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
What Hair Indicates.

Eyes, mouth, chin and nose all con-
tribute TO indicate the character OF their
owners. and now somebody finds that
the hair has a similar use. Straight
imky, stringy-looking hair indicates
weakness md cowardice. Curly hair
denotes Il quick temper. Frizzly hair
set on ones lead as if each individual
hair were ready to fight its neighbor,
denotes coarseness. Black hair denotes
courage, especially when one is corner
ed, with wonderful degree OF peril
nacity and a disposition 10 hang on un-
Ill whatever is undertaken be accom-
plished; also strong predisposition to
revenga wrongs and insults real or fan
cied. Brown hair denotes fondness
for life, a friendly disposition, ambi-
tion earnestness of purpose, capacity
for business, and reliability of friend
ship, in proportion as the hair is
fine. Very ine haic indicates an
even dispoz,ion, a readiness TO
forgive, with a desire to add to the
happiness of others. Persons with fine
light brown or auburn hair, inclined to
curl or friz, are quick tempered, and
are given to resentment and revenge.
Light brown hair inclined to redness,
with freckled skin, is certain indi-
cation of deceit, treachery, and dis
position to do something mean by a
friend when that friend can no longer
be used to advantage. By remembering
these items quite an amusing parlor
game of fortune telling may lie instt-
tinted.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Measuring Eternity.

They were two very nice old la
dies, says the Springfield Repub-
lican, in good and regular standing
in the orthodox church. They prid-
ed themselves on the doctrines of the
fathers, and they were talking of the
current topic of the Indian Orchard
Council; mourning the falling from
grace of good Deacon Merriam's son,
but comforting them with the stalwart
backbone of their young pastor Oh the
trial. Coming down to the main topic
one says: "About This eternal punish
ment-how long do you s'pese it really
lasts?" "Well," said the other, "a
plaguey long while; at least a thousand
years, s'pose." "a thousand years. /"
refectively responded the second,
"well, that's good deal better than
nothingl"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
How He Startled Her.

A whoop-bang sort of aboy, with feet
as broad and fiat as a pie-tin trotted
along the Central Market yesterday
till he reached stall kept by single
woman about thirty years old. Halt
ing there, he yelled out:
''Sayl sayl Your little boy has been
run over and killed up by the City
Hail."
"Ohl ohl Heavens-ohl OH" she
screamed as she made dive under the
counter, came up on the outside, and
started to follow the boy. After going
ten feet she halted, looked very foolish
al Of sudden, and remarked:
"what a goose 1 am! Why, I ain't
| even m1Triedu"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Trained Dogs.

OUSSs
Only Blanche and LYDIA came to my
house. They behaved at dinner exact
ly like common dogs, but when I offer
ed Blanche piece of cheese, and asked
if she knew the word for that substance,
her master answered that she could
spell it very correctly. 1 had invited a
few friends to meet these learned ami
mails, and when they were assembled in
the drawing-room we made the little
preparations which NJ. du Rouil said
would be most convenient. A large oc-
tAgonal library-table was put in the
middle of the room with a cloth of one
color, and a lamp in the centre. Round
this table Madame du Roll laid cards
with all the letters of the alphabet,
printed in large capitals. There was
also little hand-bell. At sign from
her master, Blanche jumped upon the
table and sat in an attitude of expecta-
ton. Then NJ. du Rouil turned to me
and said. 81 promised you that the dog
should spell fromage. Blanche, spell
fromoge." Blanche Immediately set
about her work and brought an F, an
r, and an o, then she hesitated. "You
have only given US three letters, and
there are seven in the word" On this,
she soon found NJ, a. G, E, and the
word was complete. The next task
was translation. We were invited to
write upon slate any Latin, German,
or English word IN which the same let
ter did not occur twice. Some one
wrote in German handwriting, the word
Pfend, and NJ. du Rouil showed the
slate to Blanche. She either read it or
pretended to read it, and made sign
that she understood by putting the slate
down with her paw. Snow give us the
French for that word";; she immedi-
ately brought c. and then H, E. v, A,
L. "As you are spending the evening
at an Englishman's house, Blanche,
would you oblige him by translating
that word into English?" Without
hesitation the dog gave me an H, and
with very little hesitation the remain
ing letters, D. 3 s, E.-Hansertom.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
An Operators Joke.

Shortly after the Atlantic cable was
pronounced a success. and cablegrans
were flying across the waters, teie-
graph operator at Denver, Colorado,
one morning concluded to perpetrate a
practical joke on the operators at Oma-
ha, the point at where all kilograms
from East to West were reported. Il
was the time of the war between Italy
and France, and the young man
prepared the following telegram, and
sent it in the usual manner to the
Omaha office:
To the Emperor Nopoleon, Garden Of
the Tuil ries, Paris. France.
Governor Gilpin will not accede to
The cession of Italy to France. Please
let Bohemia alone.
(Signed] GOVERNOR GuPN,
Or Any Other Map.
He thought, of course, that the ope-
rator at Omaha would understand that
it was joke. would receive and read
it, then tear it up. But it didn't turn
ont that way. The Omaha Office was a
very busy one, and the operator had
very little time to decide whether a
telegram which passed through hif
hands was intended as joke or not.
and the man receiving it placed it on
the Chicago book, and in due time it
was forwarded to Chicago, thence to
New York, and from there by cable to
the French Emperor. Cablegrams are
by far cheaper now than they were
In those days. The cost of ten words
from Denver to Paris was S1S7.5O in
gold.
Nothing more was heard from the
message until the end of the month,
,he time for squaring accounts, when
Silly Woodland, the manager Of the
Denver Office, received the following
telegram from the Treasurer at New
York:
"COme down with the dust"
For the life of him he didn't know
what it meant, and telegraphed back to
New York asking for information. He
received the following information:
"Your cable OF the - Instant, to
Napoleon, Paris, France, signed Gov
ernor Gilpin, or any other man, amount
due s1s7.5O."
This was astunner and Bill scratched
his head again and again, trying to
think what it all meant. He knewyery
well he had never received any such
amount for the message, nor was there
any record of it having been sent. He
questioned the operators about it when
one Of them remarked: "H-ll won
der if it is that fool thing sent to
Omaha?" Inquiry developed the fact
that that was the identical hair-pip
which had caused the row, and the
youngman's face was study for an ar
tist, when told he would have to nav
the modest little sum OF $1s7. so for the
enjoyment he derived from his practi.
cal joke. No doubthe considered itex.
tremely practical. An attempt was
made to have the cable company remit
the amount, but did not succeed, and
the result was. the young operator had
to come down with the dustn himself,
He paid it, and ever afterward when he
sent cablegram to Omaha he would
always inform the receiving operator
that 1t was not joke.
The whole telegraph correspondence.
and that which passed through the
mails concerning the matter, was
framed, and can be seen at the Omaha
once at the present day. Just what re-
marx The Emperor Of France made
~nen ne received the message has not
been recordedin history.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
A Valuable Oak.

The Monarch Oak, the largest II
Herefordshire, was sold the other day
by auction. The reason for cutting
down this king of the forest was be-
cause it has been three times struck by
lightning within the last seven years
but though those repeated attacks have
shattered great part Of its top, it still
contains upward of 1000 cubic feet OF
timber, and its girth is sixty-six feet.
With this tree two smaller Oaks were
included (cne of them dead treel, and
the three together realized the reserve
price If E200.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29
Es>e.ish~s ,>ss.

Anr ne.n and fsreixs rar.t.<
I, q, GiLaokts<s ~. suecss-se !. / aarxA>
In all q 1utries. No FkEs IN a rvA SCn a.
charge an less thS pate IL issfsgl "a No 80
TOT nlakfne PrelSiDi' ssy u an fl4sr .AI> kS
au1lDo1si Ices to. o'JisInlng and eonsiueii. :
reheslny- -Peciai attention. given 10 IN,
tefierence Cases BET re the Patent once ~
tensions before Congress Infringement ~ull,
ID dinere pt States. and ali li,igzi Ion srper-
talnlDs TO Inventions or Patents. sANDsTAMp
PAGES. 80 - ~
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The hssr krrurt o, the conanss>Ione.- .
ne deperal Lshd orice shows rs J $40 zeres
OF Bounty Land Warrants outsf aldibg 1hess
were iss9eu under sci OF ls55 and pr1Osr<sa>-.
~ StLAoKs NOR, : GO: pay s1sh jor tlsn- rst
imperfect We give Instructions 70 perfect
them
( Usitsd States General Lsad 0ne,.
Contested Land Cases prosecuted before r..~
psrtment Of shs Interior Privat~ Lsrs
Claims. MINING and PRE-EMP1IoN Ciaim.
and HOMESTEAD Gases attended to-.
Arrears OF Pay and Bcanty. -
0sEacEss, so5niHss ana .AlIeas of ,hs
untitled to money rom the GoyerpnspI oi
which they haven knoUiedee. 4Xl5ES ~
history OF service, aud slate amount Of pay
MORE q CO., and . ful Irsply sitsr ssan5n-
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All oFFTckRs, soE Dr 1Rs, aud saxhoss
wounded, or injured In the late war however
s.1s q shs 9 "a s so ossaip apsnaioa - addressing
Gases prosecuted bs ef Moke A Cs,. ss-
fore the Supreme Courts of the United states
The Court of Claims and the Southern Claims
Commission.
Each department of our business u en-
Quoted in separate bureau, under the charge
of the same experiencpd parties employed
by the old. arm Prompe attention 10 sll
thus secured Wsdssirs 20 wfp suecess by
deserving II.
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