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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-03-09
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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Habits 0f Sheen.

They perseveringly follow their leader
wherever he goes; but if. in case of sud-
den alarm, any of the flock runs forward
to escape, and thus takes the lead, the
rest generally follow him regardless OF
any obstruction. This singular dispO-
sition, DR.. Anderson once witnessed
in the town 'of Liverpool. A butchers
boy was driving about twenty fat we'd
ders through the town, but they ran
down q street along which he did not
want them to go. He observed scay-
enger at work with his broom little
way before them, and called out loudly
for him to stop the sheep. The man ac-
cordingly did what he could to turn them
hack. running from side to side, always
opDosinp himself to their passage, and
brandishing his broom with great dex-
terity; but the sheep, much agitated,
pressed forward, and at last one of them
came right up to the man, who, fearing
it was about to jump over his head while
he was STOPPING, grasped the short broom
stick in both hands and held it over his
head. He stood for few seconds in this
position, when the sheep made spring
and jumped fairly over him without
touching the broom. The first had no
9OSiSA SLSni0u WIS AiPSuinS.e eAe,,A
another followed, and another, in such
quick succession that the man, perfectly
ccnfounded, seemed to lose all recollec-
ton, and stood in the same attitude till
the whole flock had jumped over him,
not one of them attempting to pass on
either side, though the street was quite
clear. AS this took place during wet
weather, the man was entirely bespat-
tered with mud before they had passed,
and it is impossible to conceive more lu-
dicrous appearance than the poor fellow
made on this occasion,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Barley.

There are 100000 bushels of barley
imported into the United States every
year. As the successful cultivation OF
barley is only possible with good farm
ing the reason of this large importation
must lie with our poor farming. It is
both spring and winter grain, but in
this country it is generally sown in the
spring, In selecting seed choose that
which Is of pale, lively yellow, intermix-
ed with bright, whitish cast, and free
from blackness at the tail if the rind be
little shriveled it indicates thin skin,
which Is desirable. 1t is necessary to
change the seed from time to time for
that grown IN a different soil, as this
gram becomes cOarser every year. The
principal varieties are the two and six
rowed; in Europe the latter is preferred
Tor Its productlveneSs and hardness. In
this country the two-rowed is generally
cultivated on account of its superior full
ness and freedom from smut. Of the
subvar1etles the Hudson's Bay is very
produ ctlve and ripens early; the Cheva-
ler and Providence are both luxuriant
growers. The soil for barley should be
a rich loan, between light sand and heavy
clay and well drained. Sow in the spring
as soon as the ground is dry, on grass
or clover lay turned over the preceding
fall it may also follow a well manured
and cleanly herd crop. If sown on sod
plow in lightly, and afterwaId harrow or
roll. See that the soil be well pu,verized,
and sow from one and half to two and
q half bushels per acre. Barley should
never follow or precede the other white
grains. A lengthy departure from this
rule will cause serious detriment to soil
and crops. On Indifferent soils light
dressing of compost may be applied, or
in moderate quantity after the plants
have commenced growing in the spring,
If the ground is dry and not compact
rolling will be of service when the plants
are four or five inches high. 1t gives
support to the roots, destroys insects,
multipies seed stalks and increases their
vigor. When too luxuriant barley may
be fed of, but not too closely. Cookie,
wild mustard and other weeds should
be pulled before they are in blossom.
Barley is inferior in nutriment to wheat
and rye, but superior to oats. There is
no better feed for horses; when ground,
it is excellent feed for COWS, producing
rich milk. When barley is mixed with
boiled potatoes and fed to pigs it pro-
duces more pork, and of a better flavor,
than any other food. 1t is also excel
lent for poultry.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Paving Ones WAY.

Pay your way. Wherever you 60, pay
it in kindness, IN courtesies, In pleasant
chat, and by contributing of your store
to the enjoyment of others. Do not be
churlish. Do not hug yourself for some
pitiful bit of affectation which you have
christened difidence or mOdesty. This
sort of paying ones way may come in
and be balm and soothing to some stur-
Oily independent natures, which in Gods
providence are placed where they must
temporarily depend. Is is worth while,
under such circumstances, to grow NOR
bid, despairing, and unthankful, making
every one wretched because, OF your
grievance? ? There are times in life when
It is quite as clearly your duty to depend
as to be independent. When God puts
YOU where you cannot help yourself take
the help he sends and do not fret. 1t is
right to help yourself with both hands
as YOU can, and with one hand whenyou
cannot use both; but if God bids both
lie folded and still, accept his decision
and remember, ''They also serve who
only stand and wait"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
A Phenomenal Young Shooter.

Captain Bogardus promises to find q
rival Or his shooting feats in his own
son Eugene, who, although but thirteen
years of age, handles the shot gun with
the dexterity of an old sportsman.
Eugene is guileless young country lad,
and up to week ago had never been
out of his native village of Elkhart,
Illinois. He was habituated to the smell
Of powder from babyhood, and while
yet a creeper on all fours would mimic
with the fre-poker his fathers motions
with the gun. At the age of eleven he
went into the field, and he can now
knock over a prairie chicken or bag a
snipe without the least to do. He went
east with his father recently and has
been exhibiting his shooting talents at
the Tivoli theater in hitting glass balls
thrown from screened trap. Armed
with a straight bore Greener gun weigh
ing eight pounds, ten bore, using three
drachms of Dittmar powder and has one
ounce of shot, the little fellow fired at
seventy-siX single balls at fifteen yards,
breakingall but two, and at eight double
rises he missed but a single ball, making
in all ninety-two shots and three misses
"a record which few professional shoot
ers could hope to beat. The balls were
Of the ordinary two and one-half inch
size; the gun was held, as per rule,
below the elbow, while the trap was
hidden from view, and the direction of
the ball not known to the shooter until
sprung. The boy intends to follow shoot
ing as profession. Captain Begardus,
who is very proud of his son, is anxious
to match him against some of the older
champions,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
LAKE SHORE q MICHIGAN SOUTH.
ERN r.. h.
GOING WEST.


Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at
500 p. m, Erie LILO a. m, COnneaut 2:2
Ashfabula 2;55 a. m, Madison 1882 a. m, Paiues-
vile 4:eO a. m, Cleveland 5:15 a. m.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at
l2:45 a. m, Erie 3:jO a m, Ashtabula 4:5S
Painesvilie $40, and arrives at Cleveland at
6:3j a. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at Cos a. m, AmbOy GIL, Kingsville 6:2l, Ash
tabula 6:33 SaybrOOk 6:43, Geneva sos, Paines-
vile 7:2S, and arrives at Cleveland S:45 a. IN.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:45 a. m,
Erie I0:O0 Conneaut 1885, AmbOy ll:02. Kings
vile Ii:lI, Ashtabuia l1:23 am, SaybroOk ll:S3
Geneva ll:43, Painesville 1913, and arrives
at Cleveland at l:25 p. m.
Speciali ST. Louis Express leaves Buffalo
sos a. m. Erie 1887, Ashtabula 1902 p. m,
Painesville l24j, and arrives at Cleveland
l:40.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo 1890 p. m,
Erie 3:52, Ashtabula 5;l2, Palnesville 6:Ol, and
arrives at Cleveland at 7O5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:SO a. m,
Painesyille $50, Ashtabula SO5, COnneaut9.2S,
Erie I0.20, and arrives at Buffalo at Lilo p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at ll:l5 a. m, Painesville l2S5, Ge-
neva I'LL a m, SaybroOk l:20. Ashtabula l:32,
Kingsville l:45, AmbOy =. COnneaut 2:J2,
Erie 3:l0 Buffalo 700 p m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleye-
land at 2:5O p. m, Painesvtlle 1886, Ashtabula
4:lS, Erie 5:25, and arrives at Buffalo at sos
p. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
brook 6:55, Ashtabula 7:O4, Ktngsville T:l5, Am
boy 7:24 and arrives at Conneaut at 7:3O p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1870 D. M. PainesviIle 1I:20, Ashtabula 1904
a. m, Erie l:20 and arrives at Buffalo at 400 a.
m.
80 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.
HA-Trains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
The Great Wall Of China.

The great wall of China was meas
ured in many places by Mr.. UnthankI
an American Engineer, lately engaged
in a survey for a Chinese railway. His
measurement gave the height of eighteen
feet and a width on the top at fifteen
feet. Every few hundred yards there is
tower twenty-four feet square and
from twenty to twenty-five feet high.
The foundation of the wall is of solid
granite. Mr.. Unthank brought with him
brick from the wall, which is supposed
to have been made 200 years before the
time of Christ. In building this inn
mense stone fence to keep out the Tar
tars, the builders never attempted to
avoid mountains or chasms to save ex-
pense. For 1900 miles the wall goes
over plain and mountain, and every foot
of the foundation is in solid granite, and
the rest of the structure solid masonry.
In some places the wall is built smooth
up against the bank, or canons, or precl-
pices, where there is a sheer descent OF
loco feet, Small streams are arched
over. but on the larger streams the wall
runs to the waters edge and tower is
built on each side. On the top OF the
wall there are breastworks, or defenses,
facing in and out, so the defending forces
can pass from one tower to another
without being exposed to an enemy from
either side. To calculate the time of
building or cost of this wall is beyond
human skill. So far as the magnitude
of the work is concerned, it surpasses
everything in ancient or modern times
of which there is any trace. The pyra-
mids of Egypt are nothing compared
to ii.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Intermarriage of Relatives.

Mr.. George Darwin, after a searching
investigation, concludes that ''the widely
different habits of life of men and women
In civilized nations, especially among the
upper classes, tend to counterbalance
any evil from marriage between healthy
closely related persons" Mr.. Darwin's
views are In a measure sustained by DR..
Vorni's inquiry into the commune of
Batz. Batz is a rocky, secluded, ocean
washed peninsula of the Loire Inferieure,
France, containing over three thousand
people of simple habits, who don't drink
and commit no crime. For generations
they have intermarried, but no cases
have occurred of deaf-mutism, albino-
ism, blindness or malfoTmation, and the
number of children born is above the
average.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Watching q Rifle Ball.

Three gentlemen, members of the
Rochester Amateur Rife Club, on q re-
cent afternoon were in the town of
Brighton target-shoOting The distance
was 500 yards; all three were shoot
ing Creedmoor-rifes. From the firing
point to the target the ground gradually
assembled, so that a small telescope, but
a good one, firmly fixed to a tree, at q
distance of perhaps thirty feet, made a
fine point for observation. One Of the
shooters, while looking through the glass
to mark a shot of one of his companions,
exclaimed that he saw the ball as it sped
on its mission. The announcement was
received with Incredibly; but one Of
the other shooters went TO the glass, and
he also saw the ball almost as it left the
gun. and through its whole flight, nearly
the whole line of its trajectory, until It
struck the target. So interesting and
beautiful was the sight that every shot
was watched by one or ether of the gem
tlemep; and it is an actual fact that the
point at which the ball would strike the
target could be seen before the ball
struck. 1t was even insisted upon that
the rotary motion of the ball could be
observed.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Our OrthOgraphy,

No wonder that foreigners complain
of the difficulty of learning the English
language, for our spelling is wofully bad.
Why do We need phi to produce the
sound we give to I, when will do as
wellP OF what use is in would, could
and should? Why not put K, y and Z,
and call them silent letters2 Is b any
benefit in doubt, or in double? So it
is all through the wide range Of the
English language. We are hampered
and bound to the discordant cord Of Gus
tom, yet we must follow the rules We
must be governed by the standards;
Why do we drag out p-h-t-h-i-s-i-c and
then call it tiZzik2 We write through
when thru would be better. We langn
at Englishmen because they omit tlie
sound of h where il is written and apply
the letter where it does not exist: Inus:
iaThe hox it is orn and broke hit hon"
instead of; "The OK hit his horn" etc,
and vet we pronounce honor as though
h were spelled onuT. If We pronounce
Il onur, according TO Webster, why not
write it soP Either our pronunciation
or spelling, in thousands Of instances, is
wrong. Because of this, photographers
are obliged to spell many common words
for us, that we may know their correct
pronunciation. We need rules in spell
ing.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Thrilling a Congregation.

Some of the American preachers oftbt
| past have delivered sermons more start.
| ling than edifying, and have condescend.
/ ed to singular tricks to arrest and take
the attention of the audience. Lorenz,
| Dow, one of these preachers, it is said
was on his way to preach in South Caro-
lima, under a large spruce tree, when he
overlook q colored lad who was blowing
long tin horn, and could send forth 3
blast with rise and swell and cadence
which walked the echoes Of the distant
hills. Calling aside the blower. Dow said
to him:
Whats your name, sir?'
My name-Gabriel, sir" said the
brother in ebony.
"Well, Gabriel, have you been to
Church HillY'
eyes, massa, rs been dar many a time. /"
"DO you remember a big spruce pine
tree on that hillP
"Oh, yes, massa, knows dat pine"
"Did you know that Lorenzo Dow had
an appointment to preach under that
tree Tomorrow
40h, yes, massa, everybody know
"Well, Gabriel, I am Lorenzo Dow, and
ifyou'n take your horn and go to-mor-
row morning, and climb up into that
pine tree and hide yourself among the
branches before the people begin to gath.
er, and wait there till I call your name
and then blow such a blast with your
horn as heard you blow a minute ago.
I'll give you a dollar. Will you do it,
Gabriel?'
Eyes, massa, 1 takes that dollar"
Gabriel, like Zaccheus, was hid away
in the tree top in due time. An immense
concourse of people, of all sizes and col
ors assembled at the appointed hour, and
Dow preached on the Judgment of the
last day. By his power of description he
wrought the multitude up to the OPEN
ing of the scenes of the resurrection and
peals which were to wake the sleeping
nations. Then" said he, suppose, my
dying friends, that this should be the
hour. Suppose you should hear at this
moment the sound of GabriePs trumpetp
Sure enough at that moment the trump
of Gabriel sounded.
The women shrieked, and many faint
ed the men sprang up, and stood aghast;
some ran, others fell and cried for mer-
cy, and all felt for a time that the iudg-
ment was set and the books were opened.
Dow stood and watched the drifting
storm till the fright abated, and some
one discovered the colored angel who
had caused the alarm, quietly perched
on limb of the old spruce, and wanted
to get him down to whip him, and then
resumed his theme, saying: 81 forbid all
persons present from touching that boy
up there. If a colored boy with tin
horn can frighten you almost out of your
wits, what will ye do when you shall
hear the trumpet thunder of the arch
angel? How will you be able to stand
in the great day of the wrath of God?"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07

Il say you" said Jonathan, grinning
"that ere city feller's turned out purity
purp, amt her"
''It's dreadful if it's true" replied the
lady.
You had a narrow escape, didn't ye ?''
pursued the old lover.
Indeed" she answered.
But he Warn't never any account, any
how. What do the old folks think about
itT''
They hai'nt said one word since the
hour he cleared out"
Forgot that night l drove you home
from singing asked Jonathan,
suddenly branching off.
'No, haven't" replied the young
lady, blushing and smiling at the same
time.
Remember them apples gin your
"0h, yes"
"Got whole orchard of them sort OF
fruit, Suke, said Jonathan, suggestively.
Susan was silent.
GO along" said Jonathan, putting the
braid on the horse.
"Have you any idea wnere you're GO
ing to, Suke."
''Pm going to the village"
''No you amt; you're going along here
with me-"
"Where top
Providence"
"And you don't come back till you're
Mrs. Doublikins, no how you can fix it
Susan"
"How you talk, Jonathan"
Darn the old folks I' cried Jonathan,
putting on the string again. ''Ef was
to leave you with them much longer
they'd trade you off to some feller that's
got half dozen wives already"
The next day, as Mr.. and Mrs. Doub-
likins were returning home in the chaise,
Jonathan said confdentially:
''May as well tell you; that Gussett
never seed them women afore the day
they came stompin' into your house and
bowed him out. had, though. Cost
me ten dollars, by thunder! 1 told 'em
what to say, and expect they done it
well. Old Gussett may be sharp store
keeper, but if he expects to get ahead Of
Jonathan DOubikins, he must get up q
plaguey sight earlier of mornings.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
Chattanooga, Tenn, claims a popula-

Chattanooga, Tenn, claims a popula-
ton of 1900.
The United States imports 800 600. 600
pounds of sugar yearly.
The number of Baptist communicates
in the whole world Is 2,360,981.
The Courier Journal says that 400 acres
Of wild land in Coffee County, Georgia,
were recently sold for $24.
A bill to abolish actions for breach of
promise of marriage has been introduce
ed into the English House of Commons.
The use of calcium lights in searching
the ruins of burned buildings has been
introduced into the New York Fire
Department.
The New Haven Palladium says that
Captain Merritt Barnes and wife, Of
Watertown, Connecticut, have been
married sixty-eight years.
The duty on sugar paid annually into
the United states Treasury is $32, 900, 600,
which is about one-third of the entire
customs revenue.
The latest novelty in the boot and
shoe trade is a revolving India rubber
heel plate, which is designed to equaIize
wear and prevent slipping.
Mr.. F. C. Pike, of Providence, has
patened plan by which the heating of
a passenger train can be done by the ex-
haust steam of the locomotive.
The number of valentines which
passed through the Brooklyn post-ofice
was 10000, being an increase of thirty
per cent over last year.
The present system in the States of re-
quiring model to be furnished with the
application when inventors desire a
patent seems likely to be abolished.
The indianapolis Journal felieitously
says of man who fell under moving
train of cars and escaped with his life,
that he "was badly broken up, although
not dangerously injured"
cables an angel" is the way the st.
Louis Times announces the hanging of
Ables at Carthage, No, "a Mashed
Moke" is the heading in the Chicago
Times of the story of the killing of a
negro.
In Pulaski County, Kentucky, a farm
of fifteen acres, with all the I've stock
thereon, consisting of one SOW and five
pigs, one quilt, two sifters of meal and
small quantity of meat" were sold for
$50 cash, and the deed, containing the
foregoing recital, put on record.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-07
The Heart.

Throb, throb, throb. Never sleeping,
but often tired, loaded with care, chilled
by despair. bleeding with wounds, often
inflicted by those who do not understand
II, or burdened with affection, it must
heat on for o lifetime. Nothing finds
Judgment in its chambers that does not
add TO its labOrs. Every thought that
the mind generates steps upon the heart
before it wings its way into the outer
world. The memory Of the dead loved
ones are mountains of weight upon its
sensiIiveness; the anxieties Of the soul
stream to the heart and bank themselves
upon it, as the early snow drifts cover
the tender plant; love if it loves, fires
it with feverish warmth, and makes It
the more sensitive; hate, if it hates, heats
it 10 desperation and fills il with con-
flicts. Still it works on. When SUM
Der closes the eye-lids, the heart Is peat.
ing-beating beneath all its burdens II
works while we sleep; it works while
we play; it aches when we laugh. Do
mot unnecessarily wound it; do not add
10 its bleeding wounds. Speak kind
word to cheer it; warm it when it is
cold; encourage it when it despaiH,-
Good HOrds,