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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
Cooking for InYaIlds.

Let all the kitchen utensils used in the
preparation of invalids' cookery be deli,
cately and scrupulously clean if this is
not the case a disagreeable flavor may
be impaired to the preparation, which
flavor may disgust and prevent the pa
tient from partaking of the refreshment
when brought to him or her. For in
valids never make a large quantity of
one thing, as they seldom require much
at time, and it is desirable that va
riety be provided them. Always have
something in readiness; a little beef tea,
nicely made and nicely SKINNED, few
spoonfuls of nice Jelly, ETC., that it may
be administered as soon almost as the
invalid wishes for it. If obliged TO wait
long time the patient loses the desire
to eat, and often turns against the food
when brought to him or her. In send
ing dishes or preparations up to invalids
let everything look as tempting as posi-
BILE. Have a clean tray cloth laid
smoothly over the tray; let the spoons,
tumbIers, cups and saucers, ETC., be very
clean and bright. Cruel served in
tumbler is more appetizing than when
served in a basin or cup or saucer. If
the patient be allowed to eat vegetables
never send them up undercooked or
half raw; and let small quantity only
be temptingly arranged on dish. This
rule will apply to every preparation, as
an invalid is much more likely to enjoy
his food if small, delicate pieces are
served to him. A mutton chop, nicely
cut, trimed and broiled to turn, is
dish to be recommended for invalids;
but it must not be served with all the fat
at the end, nor must it be too thickly
cut. Let it be cooked over a fire free
from smoke and sent up with the gravy
in it between two very hot plates
Nothing is more disagreeable to an in
valid than smoked food.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
Wnman,s Inennstaner.

We do not assert that woman is abso-
utely fixed in her love loyalty; but she
is such compared to man. Were she q
hundred times less stable than she is, he
might well honor her in that as his in
finite superior. Love to her means 10y
atty, dedication. She is liable to deceive
herself-she is far more liable to be de-
CeiVed. But when she gives without re-
serve or stint the wealth of her affection,
she plays the prodigal to the last, unless
his conduct stirs her to count the cost.
The law of her being is not to sWerve
where her heart leads the way, nor will
she, save exceptionally. Too often,
however, her faithful heart is driven
back by him who summoned it from the
frst-driven back by neglect and in
difference, rejection to shield him
self, he calls his coldness or his cruelty
her Inconsistency. He is industrious in
finding faults in her that will excuse his
own. He says that she is fickle-incon-
slant. She cannot comprehend how or
why she is so, though she has not the
boldness to dissent from what she hears
on every hand. She discovers in him
extraordinary lapses from loyalty, vio-
lated pledges, sundered ties. These are
not natural to her; but as she, her
teachers say, was born inconstant, he
cannot be so, surely. Her divergence
from him helps her in her uprighteous
self-condemnation. Her looking at her
self through his eyes draws his defects
and exaggerates her own. He is her
consoler and casuist. He always puts
her in the wrong, and graciously par
1ons her for the sin he has himself com.
mitted. No marvel her logic is per.
picked, and her ethics are bewildered.
For such is mans power over woman.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
Where the Angels fingered.

A little girl, with tangled locks peep
ing from under calico hood, clad in a
dress of chintz, loitered behind as the
great dusty crowd moved out of the
gates of Mount Adna the other day,
after they had scattered their flowers
and done honor to the dead. Dreamily
she gaZed after them, her eyes filled with
a far away look of tenderness, until the
last one had disappeared and the rattle
of the drums had died away. Then she
turned and vaguely scanned the mounds
that rose about her, clutching still
and grave grass that her chubby hand
held. An old man came by and gently
patted her curly head as he spoke her
name, but she only shrank back still
further, and when he told passing
stranger that the little ones father was
one whe died on shipboard and was
buried at sea, there was only tear-drop
in the child's eye to tell that she heard
or knew the story. When they were
gone she moved on further to neglected,
empty lot, and kneeling down she piled
up a mound of earth, whispering as she
patted it down and smoothed it with
her chubby hand. 'HThis won't be SO
awfully big as the others. I guess, but
maybe it will be big enough so that God
VIII see it and think that papa is buried
here" Carefully she trimmed the sides
with the grass She plucked, murmuring
on: "And may be it will grow so that it
will be like the rest in two or three
years; and then may be papa will some
time come back and"- - But she
paused as though it suddenly dawned
upon her young mind that he rested
beneath the waves, and the tear-drops
that sprang to her eyes moistened the
little bunch of dandelions that she
planted among the grasses on the mound
she had reared When the sexton passed
that way at night as he went to close the
gates, he found the little one fast asleep,
with her head pillowed on the mound.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
Professor Huxley on Early Man.

Professor Huxley, in the chair of the
Department of AntropOlOgy, at Dublin,
thus sums up the evidence relating to
the history of man and his organization:
I'VE have an astounding accumulation
of evidence of man in ages antecedent
to this. What the exact data are don't
think anyone can say. 1t is beyond all
question that man existed at a time
when the whole physical conformation
Of the country was different to what it
is now. But when it comes to a qUes-
ton of tracing back man farther than
that, 1 must confess that the evidence is
to my mind of very dubious character.
We have not at present any positive
knowledge on the subject. Then comes
the very Interesting question whether,
with such evidence of the existence of
man before US, it is possible to trace IN
history any human type essentially SINH
lar to that which exists at the present
lay. / am free to confess that my
opinion remains exactly what it was
when I published a little book to which,
to my surprise, I heard Professor Flower
refer, for I had thought that these ques-
tions had been forgotten in the great
scandal of later times. l did not ven
ture to put forth the opinion that what
is common to all such human remains
is that they present a most marked and
definite trace of what are called the
characteristics of the lower type. l
must confess that the arguments brought
forward to show that the skull is an abb
normal skull, have no weight with me.
From the remains that accompanied the
skull of the human being, must say, as
faraS the fundamental DOiuts 90 thew are
the same as man of the present day,
and that that being could wear boots
Just as well as we. l do not know that
there is any more reason for believing
that the man who existed in that
day could not have been in all respects
similar to the man of the present day,
than to object to the evidence that the
horse that existed in that day was iden-
'tical with the horse of the present day.
We know the horse presents a series of
notifications by which he could be
traced back, and it would be just posi-
BILE to trace back man in the same way"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

In the public gardens of ' emma bear
underwent an operation for cataract.
He was blind in both eyes. A strong
leather collar was firmly buckled around
his neck, and the attached chain passed
round bar of the cage. Two powerful
men pulled him up, so that a sponge con-
tanning chloroform might be applied to
his nose. The first evidence of the ac,
ton of the chloroform was diminution
in his struggles; one paw dropped and
then the other. The door of the den
was opened, and his head laid on plank
outside. The cataracts were removed
and the bear was drawn back into his
cage. Next morning he came out of his
den staring about him, caring nothing
for the light, licking his paws, and eVi-
IDENTITY glorying in the recovery of sight.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
Flowers, Beautiful Flowers
Plants and YepetabIesl


I have the best stock Of Green House and Bed
ding Plants / have ever before had, whether con
sidered as 70 variety, quantity, or quality. Ny
stock Of Fuchsi1s and GeTaniums is very lerge
and Of great variety. and especially nne plaHts
OF Foliage sad Basket Plants, have an excel
lent stock 70 select from. enbraclng begonlas
COlius AehYrsnthus. Centaureas DUSTY Miller
in variety Nv Pansies, Verbe12s, Heliouope.
Cuphea. PileaE. Salvias, ITies, Roses, LycopO-
diums- FeEerfew. Cinararia, Petuias, Double
sud SIpgle) BulbOus Plants, such as Dahnar-
Glsdiolus Caucea, Calladium. TTberoses-an Of
them very fine can furnish Fruit and OTna-
mental Trees. Hedge Plants. Blooming and FO-
Iiape Shrubs. Strawberry Plants in variety, Rasp-
berry Plants, Asparagus and Pie-Plant Roots, all
kinds Of Vegetable Plants in theil season, and
many kinds Of Annual Blooming Plsnts-all Of
which offer at prices considerably below those
given in the numerous catalogues I am con-
stantly receiving.
/ shah be prepared to furnish Cut Flowers
and Floral Emblems at short notice and on sat
isfactOry terms also early and seasOrabie Vege-
tahles and Small Fruits, in small or large guam
titles.
Flower Pots OF four sizes. ~. 3, 3K and (
inch al 20c, 30c, 4Oc and SOC per dozen
Correspondence solicited. and a cordial and
earnest Invitation given 10 all. in want OF any
thing in ny i.ne, TO see my stock and get my
prices before purchasing.
Ny Green House and grounds are on main
street, Ashtabula near the franklin D1Vlslon OF
the l. s. & N S. R. R. -,-
JAMES P. JENNINGS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

How PRAIRIEDoGs GET WATER.-It has
always been a subject of curiosity and
INQUIRY as to how and where prairie
dogs, living on the prairie far away from
any river or stream, obtain their water.
Mr.. f. Leech, formerly of Mercer
county, Pa, and a frontiersman OF ex-
perience, asserts that the dogs dig theiI
own wells, each village having one with
a concealed opening. 1t matters not
how far down the water may be, the
dogs will keep on until they reach it.
He knows of one such well 200 feet
deep, and having a circular staircase
leading down to the water. Every time
a dog wants drink he descends this
staircase, which, considering the dis
tance, is no mean task. In digging for
water the animals display as much
pluck as in resisting the efforts of set
tiers to expel them from the land of
their progenitors-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
Se!fshneSs.

Selfshness withers the heart prema-
turely, and makes a, young man old.
while a kind and benefcent life keeps
the heart young, and makes old age
flourish like palm tree. Generous age
is deserted neither by God nor man. Its
own kindred and eoevals may grow few ;
but strangers perform the part of
kindred, and youth delights to blend its
morning beams with the rich sunset of a
benevolent life.
Gratitude and affection smooth totter-
ing steps, and tighten the infrmities of
the merciful man. God and all the good
angels are with him. The fruits of his
charity in part remains to refresh and
nourish him till his change comes, while
those not to be found on earth are
garnered for him in heaven.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

A pleasant little anecdote of the Crown
Prince of Germany is told by Mrs.
Hooper. 1t was at the beginning of the
Franco-Prussian war that the king and
prince passed through Homberg on their
way to the field. A young American
girl, staying with her parents at one of
the hotels, hung large American flag
from her balcony, and as the royal couple
passed waved an enthusiastic handker
chief. The King and his son looked up
and bowed, and, like the courteous gen
tleman he is, the prince summoned an
aide-de-camp and gave an order which
was passed down the ine-an order for
each regiment as it went by to salute
the Stars and Stripes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

A few days ago, tramp, who was
sparring his devious way along near
Reno, conceived a brilliant idea for
raising the wind. He knew that the
Wells-Fargo stage would pass along that
road in about half an hour, so he took
off his coat, tore his shirt and pockets,
rolled around in the dust. and finally
tied himself, with much difficulty, to a
tree. His intention was to relate to the
stage passengers how he had been foully
dealt with by highwaymen, and have a
subscription to repair his losses taken
up on the spot The stage, however,
took short cut by a new road that day,
and didn't go by at all. After waiting
until dusk, the disgusted tramp con
cluded to remove his bonds, but, before
he got the first knot loose, a grizzly cam:
down ont of the mountain and pick
nicked eff the greater part of his left leg.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

PAPER BARREIs.-Beside car wheels
and minor articles, barrels are now be-
ing made of paper. They are manufac-
tured of straw pulp, run into a mold
made in the shape of one half Of bar
rel, cut vertically. The pulp is reduced
to the thickness of three-eighths of an
inch, being subjected to a powerful
hydraulic pressure, and is then put into
a steam dryer, the sides trimmed evenly,
and thoroughly dried. The ends are
also made of paper, but are protected
by wood. The advantage of these bar
rels over wooden ones are ightness,
cheapness, and the prevention of -four
sitting out while in transit. They do not
cost more than one-third the price Of
wooden barrels.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

Experts now describe all storms as TO
tary, and caused by the meeting of oppo-
site currents of air of different tempera-
lures having a local motion around a
constantly advancing center. North of
the equator this motion is almost univer-
sally from right to left; in the southern
hemisphere the rule is reversed. The
report above alluded to states that nine
in the United States during eighty years,
have exhibited the same characteristics
"a general eastward course, with a
greater or less DETECTION to the north.
It follows that a person who sees a tor
nado approaching from the west may
escape by running southwark, but to
run northWard is III ali probability to
run into its very vortex.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
PUT DOWN THE BRAKES.

No matter how wen the track is laid,
No matter how strong the engine is made,
When you find it running on downward grade.
Put down the brakes
II the demon Of drink has entered your soul
And his power is getting beyond your control,
And dragging you down 70 a terrible goal
Put down the brakes
Remember the adage, Don't triHe with ireT'
elnpta1i0n, you know, is always liar:
IF you wan, 10 crush out the burning desire,
Put down the brakes.
Are you runnins In debt, by living too fast?
nc you look back with shame on profitless past,
And feel that your ruin is coming at last?
Put down the brakes.
Whether for home, for knowledge or gain,
You are fast wearing out your body and brain,
TIL nature no longer can bear the strain,
Put down the brakee
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

Mr.. Spurgeon, preaching on kings and
churches recently, said that very well
might they rejoice in reference to the
kings of modern tines, that it could not
be said of them, or at least of all of them,
that wherever they were, there was
power. off" continued the preacher,
Eve could have rule of only one man,
that would, perhaps, be the best, provi-
ded always that that man were perfectly
good, perfectly wise, perfectly unselfsh,
and perfectly in the right In such a
man would be found that compactness
and strength and unity of purpose which
were not to be seen in governments; but
unluckily, such man was not to be
found"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
LINIMENTS

not only relieve pain, but they ineite
healthy action, subdue Inflammation,
and cure, whether the symptoms proceed
from wounds of the flesh, or Neuralgia Of
the Nerves; from contracted Cords or a
scaIded hand; from sprained ankle
or gashed foot; whether from disgusting
PIAdPLES on a LADY'S FACE
or strained joint on Horses Leg.
The agony produced by Burn or Scald;
modification from Frost bites; Swell
ings from Strains; the tortures OF Rheu-
matism; Crippled for life, by some
neglected accident; a valuable horse or
Doctors Bill may all be saved from
One Bottle of Centaur Lini1nent.
No Housekeeper, Farmer, Planter, Teamster,
or Liveryman. can afford TO be without
these wonderful Liniments. They can
be procured in any part of the globe for
SO cts. and s1.O0 bottle. Trial bottles
25 cts.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

ga tumor was removed from my head
using 'Dr. Lindsey's Blood Searcher."
$. Sarver, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sold by Rll
druggists.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21
SIGNS of CATARRH.
Cured ! Cured ! Cured | Cured |

G. G. PREsBURY, Prop. West End Hotel, Long
Branch, Cured of 20 years Chronic Catarrh.
S. BENEDICT, JR., Jeweler, 697 Broadway, n. Y.
lmemb. Of fanny Cured Of Chronic Catarrh.
3. H. BROWN, Ss9 Canal St., N. Y, Cured of II
years Chronic Catarrh.
]. D. MCDONALD, 10 Broadway, N. Y (Sister-
in-Lawl Cured of 40 years Chronic Catarrh.
Mrs. JOHN DOUGHTY, Fishkill, N. Y Cured Of
8 years Chronic Catarrh-
Mrs. JACOB SwARTZ, JR., 900 Warren st Jersey
City, Cured Of 1s years Chronic Catarrh.
A. B. THORN, 1S3 Montague St., Brooklyn, (self
and SOM Cured Of Catarrh.
Rev. WV. ANDERSON Fordham, N. Y, Cured OF
20 years Chronic Catarrh.
NILE. AIMEE, Opera Prima Donna,I have re-
ceived very great benefit from it."
A. MoKuSNEY, R. R. Pres, 80 Broan St, N Y:
- Ny family experienced immediate relief"
&C., &C., Sc, &C., &C., &C.
Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure is
the most important medical discovery
since vaccination. It is sold by all Drug
gists, or delivered by D. B. DEWEY & Co.,
As Dey St., N. Y. at S1.5O q package. To
clubs. six packages for $3.50. DR.. Wei
De Meyers Treatise is sent free to
anybody.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

Any person, man or woman, can float
without any difficulty. If a man finds
himself suddenly immersed, not know
ing how to swim, he will escape drown
ing provided he has the presence of
mind to lie at full length fiat on his
back, clasp his hands across his chest or
behind his back, or they may be placed
on his hips, his face turned toward the
zenith, his head well back in the water,
except his toes, and keep perpetually
looking at the sky right over him. In
this position he may float for hours at
ease, and in perfect safety; but stir or
thrust up one Of his hands and down he
goes.
A Young woman recently answered
an advertisement fOr dining-room girl,
and the lady of the hsuse seemed pleased
with her. But before engaging her there
were some questions to ask. "suppose," /"
said the lady, "now s1ly suppose, under
stand, that you were carrying q piece of
steak from the kitchen and by accident
should let it slip from the plate to the
floor, what would you do N such case?"
The girl looked the lady sQuare in the
eve q moment before asking, "Is it a pri-
vate family, or are there boarders?"
iBoarders," answered the lady. 'Pick it
up and put it back on the plate" she
firmly replied. She was engaged.
The best books for us are not ALWAYS
those which the wise recommend, but
often those which meet our peculiar
wants, and the natural thirst of our
minds, and which therefore awaken in
terest and rivet thought.
The happiness of life is made M of
minute fractions-the little, soon for
gotten, charities of a kiss, a kind look. a
heartfelt compliment in the disguise of
a playful raillery, and the countless
other infnitesimals Of pleasant thought
and feeling.
Pride is as loud beggar as want. and
a great deal more sauCy. When Won
have bought one fine thing. Won must
buy ten more, that your appearance NAV
be all of piece; but it is easier to sun
press the first desire than to satisfy all
that follow it.
Genuine neighborly love knows no
of persons. 1t is like the sun.
which does not ask on what it shall
shine, or what it shall warm: but shines
and warns by the very laws of its own
being. So there is nothing hidden from
light and heat.
Let men tremble to win the hand of
woman, unlessthey win it with the Mt
most passion OF her heart. Else II NAV
be their miserable fortune, when some
mightier touch than their own NAV
have awakened all her sensibilities 10
be reproached for the calm content. the
marble image of happiness, which will
have to be imposed upon her as the
warm reality,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

Spurts Of disgusting mucous from
the nostrils or upon the tonsils, Watery Eyes,
SnuMes, -Buzzing in the Ears, Deafness,
Cracking sensations in the Head, Intermit-
tent Pains over the Eyes, Fstid Breath,
Nasal Twang, Seabs in the Nostrils, and Tick
ling in the Throat are
SIGNS of CATARRH.
No other such 1Oathsome, treacherOus
and undermining malady curses mankind.
One-ffth of our Children die of diseases
generated by its Infectious Poison, and
one-fourth of living men and women drag out
miserable existences from the same cnuse.
WhiIe asleep, the impurities in the
nostriIs are necessarily swallowed into
the stomach and inhaled into the
lungs to poison every part of the system
DR.. Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure
absorbs the purulent virus and kills the
seeds of poison in the farthest parts of
the system. 1t VIII not only relieve, but
certainly cure Catarrh at any stage.
It is the only remedy which in our judg-
ment, has ever yet really cured case of
Chronic Catarrh.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

Ann A WEEK in your own town, and no
capital risked. You can give the
IA 4 business trial without expense. The
1M best opportunity ever offered for those
UEFHH willing 10 work. You should try for
WV yourself what you can do at the bust
ness we offer. No room to explain here. You
can devote all your time or only your spare
time to the business, and make great pay for ev
cry hour that you work Women make as mneh
us men. Send for special private terms and par
ticulars which we mail free. S outfit free. Don't
complain Of hard times while yOu have such
chance Address II. HALLEFT & CO., Port
land, Maine. 15S7-SS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-21

In a case of robbery tried at Aberdeen
recently, the prosecutor identified a E1
note by the following couplet which had
been written by previous owner on
the back Of it:
This came TO me In time Of need
And went away with railway speed
"Ah, said the fly, as it crawled around
the bottle, Il have passed through the
Matching age, the creeping age, the fly-
ing age, and now Pm in the mucilage,
and" there it stuck. ---