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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
ccazed 81 the Use Of Araenc.

About a year ago, says the Sacramento
Bee, a young lady of sunny temperament
and pleasant features began to use to ex-
cess preparations for bleaching her hair
to the fashionable golden tinge, and at
the same time became a slave to that
beautifier of the complexion and the
form = the deceptive poison, arsenic.
Her features before, though not beauti-
full, were at least good. People soon re-
marked her changed appearance for the
better. Her complexion was rosy and
blooming; her form plumper than it had
been, and her skin smooth and white.
But her selfcongratulation did not last
long. Headaches soon followed, grow
ing more and more violent every day,
but still she kept on using the abomina-
bic stuff which has been the ruin of so
many. Of late her sufferings have been
almost intolerable. The blessing of
sleep has not been hers. Her head was
a very hell of torture night and day.
Her mind grew feebler and feebler, her
thoughts wandered, her intellect was
lost, and to-day, a girl of twenty years,
she is confined in a cell in that prison of
the living dead, Stockton, maniac.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
Tba Human PUEse.

The human pulse has in all ages been
consulted as an index of health ordis-
ease. It is kind of dial within us that
gives us both the measure of time and
of health. The pulse of person in
health beats about seventy strokes in a
minute, and the ordinary term of life is
about seventy years. In this seventy
years, the pulse of a temperate person
beats two billion, five hundred and
seventy-four million, four hundred and
forty thousand times. If no actual dis
orgination should happen, a drunken
person might live until his pulse beats
this number of times; but by the con-
slant stimulus of ardent spirits, or by
pulse-quickening food, the pulse be-
comes greatly accelerated, and the two
billion, five hundred and forty thous-
and pulsations, are performed in little
more than half the ordinary term of
human life, and life goes out in forty or
forty-five years instead of seventy. This
application of numbers is given to show
that the aeceleration of those forces
diminishes the term of human life.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
4 cRE in TKo Stqtes.

This is perhaps the only city in the
world, says Bristol correspondent, that
has two mayors and two city govern
ments, police, ETC., and is taxed in two
states. The line between Tennessee and
Virginia is the center of Main street, and
it gives rise to many funny scenes, as, for
example, runaway couple need no
coach and four, but, arm in arm step
across Main street and are welded. The
fugitive commits crime in Virginia,
goes to the pavement on the other side
of the street, and talks defantly to the
officer on the opposite side, who has a
warrant for his arrest. A misstep or
too bold disposition will sometimes,
however, bring him to grief Several
instances have occurred of fugitive be-
ing hustled across the line by party
prepared, while in the act of holding
such a conversation, and they tell of
man who defantly perched himself on a
pile of store boxes within six feet of the
line, ieering at the officers on. the othe-
side, but, unfortunately for him, Law
abiding citizens tilted the boxes, and
when he reached the ground he was in
the other state.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
Words of Wisdom.

Great gifts make beggars bold.
Be wise worldly, but not worldly wise.
It is right to be contented with what
we have; never with what we are.
Many people find their only happiness
in forcing themselves to be unhappy.
Virtue requires no other recompense
than the tribute of selfapprobation and
respect. @
The flower which we do not pluck is
the only one which never loses its beauty
or its fragrance.
He who will not reason is bigot; he
who cannot is fool and he who dares
not is q slave.
Truth is eclipsed often, and it sets for
night, but never is it turned aside
from its eternal path.
Truth will never die; the stars will
grow dim, the sun will pale his glory !;
but truth will ever be young.
Age is not all decay it is the ripen-
ing, the swelling of the fresh life within,
that Withers and bursts the huSk.
We learn to climb by keeping our
eyes not on the hills behind us, but on
the mountains that rise before u.s.
The beginning Of faith is action, and
he only believes who struggles; not he
who merely thinks question over.
Every heart hss its secret sorrow
which the world knows not, and often
times we call man cold when he is
only sad.
We are all more or less echoes, and
we repeat, in spite of our lives, the
virtues, the faults, the movements, and
the characters Of those who are always
with US.
"There are people who live behind
the HILL" is an old German proverb,
which means that there are other folks
in the world besides yourself, although
you may not see them.
Anxiety is the poison Of life; the
parent of many sins, and of more mis-
cries. Why, then, allow it, when we
know that all the future is guided by
Fathers hand?
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
ennin 6r Grain.

Did you ever know a boy, when he
BEGAN to work in earnest for a living,
who ever had wages enough? Some
how salaries and wants never do keep
up with each other. There are not
many who, like an old philosopher, can
walk along the streets of gay city, and
note the tempting wares set out on every
side, and yet say, "How many things
there are here that / do not want" !"
Yet if you can get little into this way
of looking at the luxuries of life, it will
be great help to your peace Of mind.
And it is a very singular fact that
most fortunes have been laid on very
small foundations. A great merchant
was accustomed to tell his many clerks
that he laid the foundation of his prop
erty when he used to chop wood at
twenty-five cents cord. Whenever be
was tempted to squander quarter, he
would say, There goes a cord of wood" !"
He learned in very early years lesson
in practical economy.
An old woman had been seen for
many years hanging about the wharves
where vessels were loaded and unloaded
in New York harbor, intent on picking
up grains of coffee, corn, rice, etc, that
by chance scattered On the piers. The
other day she was badly hurt by some
heavy bags of grain falling on her. The
kind merchants took up purse for old
Rosa, and sent her TO her home in Ho-
boken, in charge of an officer. What
was his surprise to find that the neat
and handsome furnished cottage was
the property of the old grain picker.
She had literally built and furnished it,
as the coral workers do their homes,
grain by grain.
Do not be discouraged though your
profits are small. If you cannot increase
the income, the only way ont of the
difficulty is to cut down the wants.
Turn every claim to the best account
and as prices go, you will be able To g,i
a vast amount of conf .rt out of ev,:i !.
small income. The habits that vou a..
forming are also of the .rre.ie-t in,;-
tance, and may be mad, Z. iuunis l.
stones Of high prosperity.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

! "A New York reporter went out a
few days ago in search of a mythical
long-bearded man, believed tobe shoe.
maker, and residing somewhere in Ninth
street. He did not find him, but instead
met Mr.. Thomas McBurney, keeper of a
porter-hocse, who has beard some
thing over three feet long. He boasts
that il is the longest beard worn by any
man i'll the counIry who has kept it ex.
posed. He says beard will grow much
longer if worn under the clothing. Mr..
McBurney was full of information on
the snbiect of long-bearded men, and
gave it as his opinion that Mr. Charles
Blake, of Jersey City, had the hand
soonest and longest beard in the United
States. It is ffty-two inches in length,
falling below his knees, is in color
dull auburn, and when the sun shines
upon it, it shines like gold.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
Tha Gromth of Landau.

An important return has been issued
by the Metropolitan ijoard of Works,
showing the number of inhabited
houses, population and ratable annual
value Of tie parishes and districts COM
prised within the metropolitan area in
the year 1856 and 1857, or as near those
dates as can be accurately stated" Ac-
cording 10 this return it appears that the
total ratable annual value has more than
doubled itself within the twenty years.
In 1856 the amount was Ell ,2SS 1858, and
in I876i it was eos, ia, ,3l3. The total num-
Der of inhabited houses has increased
from 3O0,086 in 1851 to 4l9,642 III 1871,
but in this column a decrease is shown
in respect of the City of London. The
number of inhabited houses in the City
of London in 1851 was 14,48S, but in
1871 there was only 9,235. In 1851 the
population of the metropolis was 1882,
465, and in 1871 it had increased to
S,266,987.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

TIE BEAUTY.-A dry goods clerk was
showing a lady some parasols recently.
This clerk had a good command of Ian
guage, and knows how to expatiate on
the good qualities and show the best
point of goods. As he picked up a para
sol from the counter and opened it, he
struck an attitude of admiration, and
holding it up so the best light would be
had, said:
"Now, there. Isn't it lovely? Look
at that sikh Particularly observe the
quality, the finish, the general effect.
Feel of it. Pass your hand over it. No
foolishness about that parasol, is there%
he said as he handed it over TO the lady;
"ain't 1t a beauty%
eyes" said The lady, stufing her
handkerchief into her mouth, yes,
that's mine. 1 just laid it down there"
The clerk was Immediately seized
with a severe attack of quickened con-
science and passed right off of the sub
ject of parasols on to the weather.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

The Suns DIsTANcE.-It will be re-
membered that the astronomer royal for
England come time ago announced to
Parliament that the suns distance, as
deduced from the P-;tish transit of
Venus observations on December 9, 1874,
was 9S. .33I 600 miles. This was eonsid-
erably greater than had been antici-
pated. Mr.. Stone, of Cape Town, has
rediscussed the observation by picking
and choosing among them and casting
out those which appear least valuable.
The result is distance of 81, 100000
miles. Singularly, though. Capt. sTup-
man. who was in England and ignorant
of Mr.. Stones calculations, had just OBJ
tanned the same result by the same
method. on the very day that Mr.. Stones
letter of announcement arrived.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

DIR. Aver was a classmate Of Gen.
Butler in the Lowell High School. He
also studied at Westford Academy, and
had good general education. When
19 he bound himself Tor three years to a
druggist. But before the expiration of
his term of service the gentleman went
to Europe, leaving young Aver in sole
charge of the business. It was during
this period that he compounded the
Cherry Pectoral for pulmonary COM
plants, which physicians tried and
greatly commended. The industrious
young clerk purchased the store soon
after, and at the age of % entered bust
ness on his own account, which was
followed by building manufactures and
the invention of new medicines, finally
ending in large fortune and fatal
disease,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

Key. DIR. john Hall warns TIE young
men-of America that they are threatened
by four perils, which are. Shallowness
in business training, dislike of a trade.
lack of any settled purpose in life, and
snervating pursuits. Four dangers also
confront the community in general.
These are, in his opinion, defective
public spirit, weak commercial con-
science, an exaggerated idea Of personal
freedom, and the feebleness of the pre-
vailing religious life as evinced by enOr-
NOUS church debts, the dearth of able
ministers and the intellectual gymnas-
tics to which some clergymen resort IN
thar efforts to obtain hearers.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
Opposite Patent Oalee, Washlngton. b. 9

Among the many remedies which have beeh
brought TO the notice Of the PRbli.. no one has
attracted SO much attention from the wonder
tul cures it has performed as LAWSON,S CN 4 \
TIVE. twas discovered BY n celebrated chemist
ofNeW England while at work in bis laboratory
and used BY himself and friends snd among the
afflicted poor Of his neighborhOod for manyyearS
before it was put up for sale, 1t has stood the
test Of years with constantly growing repnta-
tion until IL has become household necessity.
WhereVeri Il iG once used IN family that family
will never be Eithoutit,
From q knowledge Of its effects il Is recon-
mended b. eminent hysieians, and By cur Lead
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

EGGs.-There is a wonderful amount
of nutriment in eggsif they are properly
prepared for table. There are over a
hundred ways of cooking eggs; yet Mrs.
Doolittle will never place them upon
her table unmixed with milk or -four,
excepting in the indigestible, feathery
state that they attain when fried with
ham or pork fat. To be sure, it makes
a saVory, toothsome dish, but woe be to
the luckless wight who is unblessed
with the digestive powers Of the ostrich
II he tastes them. Why cannot she
learn to serve them baked upon plate,
lettesp In any of these forms they are
quite as appetizing, and are also most
easily digested by the majority. Hard
boiled eggs cannot be recommended TO
any one, but should be cut up fine if
eaten at all,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
rHE oIEReY1AN AND ..aDDLEa.

A clergyman who longed 10 trace
Amid his hock word Of grace,
And mourned because be knew not why
Yon fleece kept vet while his kept dry
While thinking what he could do more.
Heard some one rapping 81 the door;
And opening Il. there met his view
A dear old brother whom ne knew
Who had got down by worldly blows
From wealth 70 peddling cast-on CLONES
ssCome in. my brother" said the pastor
~Perhaps my trouble yoa can na-leI'
E,or since the summer you withoreW'
NJ converts have been very few.
@1 the peddler said, -unron
Something percha3ce to ease your soul;
A,d IN cut short al fulsome speeches,
E-tDe me q pair Of your old breecheA"
T,be clothes were brought; the peddler gazed,
And said, 'sNo longer be amazed;
The gloss upon the cloth is such,
I think, perhaps. you sit too much
BuIlding sir-castles bright aud gay,
Which Satan loves tc blow away:
And here, behold Is am born,
The nap from neither knee h worn!
He who would great revivals ses
Aust wear his pantaloons II the knee;
For such the level prayer supplies.
When pastors kneel their churches rise"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
LIN selectine flour first look to the

lin selecting flour first look to the
color. Ifitis white with a yellowish straw
color tint, buy II. If Il is white with q
bluish cast. or viii ~. in it, refuse it.
Next examine lhesiveness-wet
and knead a litt., .. it between your
fingers; if it works soft and sticky, 1t is
poor. Then throw little lump Of dried
Hover against smooth surface; If 1t
falls like powder, it is bad. Lastly,
squeeze some of the flower tightly in
your hand; if it retains the shape given
BY the pressure, that, too, is a good sign
1t is safe to buy -four that will stand all
these tests.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

TO some pungent remarks Of pro-
feesional brother, western lawyer be-
gan his reply as follows: MAY it please
this court; Resting upon the couch of
republican equality us do, covered with
the blanket of constitutional panoply as
/ am, and protected by the egis of
American liberty as 1 feel myself to be,
/ despise the buzzing of the professional
insect who has just sat down, and defy
his futile attempts to penetrate, with his
puny sting, the interstices Of my imper-
Yious covering"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

The Louisville, Co,rier-JOtir7ldl tells
of Kentucky man, who is pretty ion9 ci
of his bitters, and was seen in Stanford
last week with a blue ribbon pinned on
lie % coat 4 friend inquired, "Have you
ioined the Murphys, JudgeP Not
Exactly" he replied, II only wear this
in the hope that some one will ask me
to take drink uuder the impression
that I'll refuse"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
VISIONS

inR citizens, I've refer to our pamphlet which
Accompanies each bottle and to Be had Of an
druEgistsl, who cheerfully attest 10 Its virtues.
When this Remedyis applied according to di-
FectiOns, the prQprietOrs do nothesitate to war
rant perfect satisfaction, II allays Pain and
lntlaH nmateo4 rom whatever cause. For
subjected TO the seYerest tests where medical
skill and science has utterly failed, and always
been successful. For lame Back or side
and FseurAsy few applications has always
WQr ked . complete cure
Ery1lpclas,'rtc DOuloureuL and Spi-
mai Diseases in the most aggravated forms
have been cured in = short time. In cases Of
Nervous or Sick Headache and Tooth
ache the raliafin nffan almost instantaneous.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
THEY ARE THE REST

Gentlemen, = Enclosed you win ind s225. and
wish you would send me another dozen Of your
COLLINS TOLTAIC PLASTERS. By the above
you viii see tat can do something to help others
In some way even II am not able TO be up and
around. There are q number who have tried your
plasters who had given out that all plasters were
good for nothing, and now Join with me that they
the best they have ever tried. have got along
this winter better than have before in three
years. Wished could have heard OF your plasters
before. Yours, &c, -
BALLsFoE SPA, n. 7. March q, lST1.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

The starlight broods sOft DER the sleeping world,
And tie harvest moon windetb its crescent horni
While the man OF the town he squ1rmeth around
And cutteth with anguish his yellow corn
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

GAhL41ug
are still the most thorough and search
ing cathartic medicine that can be
employed: cleansing the stomach and
bowels, and even the blood. In small
doses of one pill a day, they stimulate
the digestive organs and promote Wig
orous health. =
AYERS PILLS have been known for
more than a quarter of century, and
have obtained a worldwide reputation
for their virtues. They correct dis
eased action in the several assimila-
tive organs of the body, and are so
composed that distractions within
their range can rarely Withstand or
evade them. Not only do they cure
the everyday complaints Of every
body, but also formidable and danger
Gus diseases that have baffied the best
Of human skill. While they produce
powerful effects, they are, at the same
time, the safest and best physic for
children. By their aperient action
they grippe much less than the common
purgatiVes, and never give pain when
the bowels are not infiamed. They
reach the vital fountains of the blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing
it from the elements Of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions
in all climates, containing neither
calomel nor any deleterious drug,
these Pills may be taken with safety
by anybody. Their sugar-coating pre-
serves them ever fresh and makes
them pleasant to take; while being
purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use in any quantity.
PREPARED BIZ
Or. J. C. AVER & CO., LOWELL hassp
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
sI'ICoLLINS's
VOL TAIC PLASTER

An Electro -GaIvanic Battery combined
with highly Medicated strengthening
Plaster, forming the best Plaster for pains
and aches In the World Of Medicine.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

A-G 0ASOAa
Are the most
effective and
congenial pur-
gatiYe ever dis
covered. They
are mild, but
efe ctual in
their opera
tion, moving
the bowels
surely and
without pain
Although gen.
tie in their Op-
o-offon shou
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
Price. 26 Cents.

Be careful toeaIl for COLLINS s'vOLTAIC PLAs-
TER lest you get some worthless Imitation. Sold
BY all Wholesale and Retail Druggists throughout
the United States and Canadas, and by WEEKS .
POTTER, Proprietors. Boston. Mass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
A MoRRrD SWELLING.

GelEs7nsa,-I sent for one OF COLLINS VOL
rAIc PLASfERS, and Il has been OF great benefit
IN reducing swelling IN my left side that two prY
Bleians pronounced Enlargement OF the Spleen,
L. A. RISTER
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
DRESS GOODS!

Are per year We large stock
popular prices from cheapest best Our Black Cashmeres
bought in connection with very house, and offer
special prices-ony look and be satisfied.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
Ayers Cathartic Pills.

For all the purposes Of a Family Physic;
and for curing Costiveness, Jaundice,
Indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath,
Headache, Erysipelas, Rheuma-
tism, Eruptions and Skin Diseases,
Biliousness, Dropsy, Tumors,
Worms, Neuralgia; as Q Din
ner PHI. for plrifYinE the Blood.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
PATEINI'S

Obtained for new inventions, or for improvements
on old ones, for medical or other compounds,
trademarks and labels. Caveats, Assignments,
Interferenees. Appeals, Suit for Infringements,
and all cases arising under the PATENT LAWS,
promptly attended 20. Inventions that have been
REJHGIbDin most cases, be patented BY
US. Being opposite the U. Patent Department,
and engaged In the Patent business exclusively.
we can make closer searches, and secure Patents
more promptly, and with broader claims, than
those who remote from Washington.
INVENTORS :sas :seseb as Of yonG modSl device; 2:
we make examinations and advise as to patenta
bility, FREE OF CHARGE. All correspondence
strictly confidential. Prices low and NO CHARGE
UNLESS PATENT is SECURED.
We refer in, Washington, to Hon. Postmaster
General D. NJ. Key, Rev. F d. Power, The Ger
man American National Bank. tD officials in the
o. s. Patient Ofice and to Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress- and especially to our eli
ents in every State In the Union and in Cslsda.
Address 14ST
G. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent ofice, Washington. DC.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
UNDER RI#Ii..W'EAR!

Buy these goods save money We have placed
drives in lots close that will be Lots over
from last Winter l-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
CLOTHS!

KY Tweed value offered the
which is saying good deal.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20
COTTONs

A yard wide, brown, at !
a fair I'd. wide, brown, at
A good I'd. wide, brown, at
An extra I'd. wide, brown, at
The very best fine or heavy at
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-09-20

Bleached at the same low price.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24
"Only Waiting"

Only waiting TIL the shadows are little Ion
ger grown;
Only waiting till the glimmer of the last days
beam is flown;
Till the night Of earth is faded from the heart
once full OF day;
Till the stars of heaven are breaking through
the twilight soft and gray.
Only waiting till the reapers have the last
sheaf gathered home,
For the summer time is faded and the autumn
winds have COME
Quickly, reapers, gather quickly, these last
ripe hours of my heart,
For the bloom OF life is withered, and I hast
en- to depart.
Only waiting Till the glimmer of the days
last beam is flown;
Then from out the gathered darkness holy,
deathles stars shall rise,
By whose light my soul shall gladly tread its
pathway to the skies.