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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
Wanted a Postal Card.

A Boston paper says that recently a
man wearing doubtful look came to the
lamp clerks window in the post-office
and asked for postal card and facilities
for writing. He was long time getting
ready to put his pen TO the card, and he
only made a stroke or two when he
called out:
"How do you spell Jim?"
"Why, Jim, of course, answered the
clerk.
a'Don't look as if it was right" said
the man, as he held up the card and
scrutinized the word. Sure you haven't
made any mistake %
''Thats the way of course" said by
stander. "How else could you spell the
namep
'Thats so-how could IY' smiled the
man. Now his other name is-is-well,
knock me down if l haven't forgotten
Why, hang it, 1 have known him for
ten years, and now can't think Of his
name Observation-Disclosures"
He looked round in a helpless way,
and one of the crowd said:
''You can write the message and think
of the name afterward."
$50 can. want to tell him his wife
is sick abed, his landlord howlin' round
for rent, and thathe'd better come home.
How do you spellitp
'Tll write i" answered the clerk.
"He couldn't read your shearography,"
said the stranger. Jim amt much on
education, and 1 have to write just as
Door as / can, or he can't make out
word. Less see-do start off with 2.
s., or what2
n should say, You are wanted to
home at once if it was me" suggested a
car driver who was after stamp.
"'Twouldn't do" sighed the man. l
wouldn't dare spring the thing on him
suddenly, or he'd make for Canada
The place to tell him to come home is
down here at the bottom"
"Where is heP some one asked.
''Why, in-in-in-why, blister my
ears-why-p
'T'n bet you've forgot the place"
shouted the car driver.
"J-i-m, Jim-J-i-m, Jim, and he's in
in-J-i-m, Jiml" gasped the man as he
looked around with an appeal in his
eyes.
The crowd mentioned twenty different
places but he shook his head at each one.
"If you can't think of his name, and
can't trememeber his address, how are you
going to send the cardP asked the clerk.
"Thaps so, how am II" sighed the
man. 'If you was me you wouldn't
send it, would you?7
II don't think would"
''Then won't. If his wife knows his
name and the place where he is she'd
better write it."
And he walked away with his hat in
his hand, scratching his head and NUT
tering, "J-i-m, Jim, and he's in-blister
my ears; ought to have put that down
so that could remember where he is"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
Flring...A Vision Of the Future.

Putting commercial considerations
aside, and looking merely at social ones,
how great an alteration will there be in
the ways of civilized beings if flying is
brought within the reach of all who. can
buy an engine and some durable wings.
To take the most poetic relation of
life, what different thing will courtship
be when lovers seek the clouds, as Of
course they will, and when VOWS are ex-
changed in the air. Lord Lytton tried to
describe something of this kind, but his
hero was clumsy fellow who could not
learn to manage his wings, and con-
stantly had to be caught by the woman
who loved him. Very different will be
the case with the vigorous and we'll
trained young Englishman, who will
take the lady whom he admires out to fly
Just as ladies are now taken out for a
drive, or will perchance, urge his suit
when lowering outside her second floor
window, and will perch on the sill to
learn his fate. Then, in the more prosaic
part of life, in the ordinary routine of
commonplace daily existence, what
strange alterations will occur Our an
cestors would have laughed at any one
who had told them that the time would
come when the throngs in the streets
would have under their feet men of
business who were being dragged to and
from their daily work and it is equally
difficult for us to conceive that perhaps
in the next century the peaceful ramb-
lers by the Regents park will find the
sky overhead suddenly darkened at a
certain time in the afternoon by the
great fiocks of city men who are flying
to their homes in the far northwest.
There will, of course, be some inconve-
nience from the general acquisition of
powers of flight; but then every great
change brings with it certain amount
of suffering. Thus it is terrible to pic
ture the feelings of the quiet house
holder of the future when he learns that
large number of school boys have re-
Gently been let loose, and are flying
about the neighborhood; or that the
crew of a man-of-war recently paid off
have bought aerial machines and may
appear at any moment Such drawbacks
as these, will, however, be trifiing when
compared with the vast advantages
which men will gain from the possession
of wings. Perhaps the most striking
of these will be the facility which viii
be given for the pursuit and detection
" SAAAAlC' ~ - 4AOt easy " pACGu4 2 q II
ing policeman, or to imagine injunctiOns
to move on coming from above the CHM
ney-pots; but it is perhaps possible to
realize how perfect feeling of security
the inhabitants of London VIII have
when they know that all over the me-
tropolis watchful inspectors are poised
in mid air, and that soaring constables
are constantly on the lookout. Let it be
hoped that when these days come men
will not forget to whom they owe so
much, and will regard the members of
the eronautical society as benefactors of
humanity, and worthy of enduring
fame.-SdtlrdGy ReUielU.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
HR STANDS AND KNocKs.

Knocking, knocking. ever knockingf
Who is there?
It's pilgrim, strange and kingly,
Never such was seen beforei
All. sweet soul. for such a wonder
Undo the door.
Eo-that door is hard to open;
Hinges rusty, latch Is broken;
Bid him 60.
Wherefore, with that knocking dreary
Scare the sleep frcm one 50 wearyf
Say him-no.
Knocking, knocking. ever knocktng4
Whatl Still there?
o, sweet soul, but once behold him.
With the gIory-crowned hair:
And those eyes. so strange and tender
Waiting there;
Openf openi Once behold him
Him, so lair.
An. that door. Why WIT thou vex me-
Coming 10 perplex me?
For the key is stlffiy rusty,
And the bolt is clogged and dusty,
Many-hngered ivy-vined
Seals It fast with twist and twine;
Weeds Of years and years before
Choke the passage OF that door.
Knocking! knocking! What stiH knockingP
He still there?
What's the hour? The night is waning,
In my heart drear complaining,
And chilly, sad unrestl
All, this knocking? It disturbs me,
Scares my sleep with dreams unblesti
Give me rest,
Rest-ah, rest
Rest, dear soul he longs to give thee
Thou hast only dreamed Of pleasure,
Dreamed OF gin and golden treasure,
Dreamed OF jewels i'm thy keeping,
Walked to weariness Of weeping,
Open to my souls one Lover,
And thy night Of dreams is over
The true gins he brings have seeming
More than our faded dreaming.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
A Broken Hearted Maiden.

George Francis Train lectured before
a house full of women at the Newark
Opera House. He read long note re-
ceived from "a boken hearted maiden"
asking Mr.. Trains advice in her trouble.
Her accepted lover was poor in purse,
and her parents would not let her
marry him. "a broken hearted maidenP
said Mr.. Train. "'Tisn't the heart-its
the stomach. The reason the girls use
the term heart is because it is easy. to
get a rhyme for it-and so hard to get
one for the stomach. Dyspepsia is called
n broken heart Here's one couple to be
married." and Mr.. Train personhed the
priest, saying: "Are you willing to
take this brown stone-front, this misera-
bic fraud called a man, this tobacco
favored, gin-smelling carcass for your
beloved husbandP Then with simper,
Mr.. Train responded "Yes" for the bride.
Turning to the supposed bridegroom he
said fercely: "And will you take this
bunch of millinery, these false teeth,
this false hair, this miserable specimen
of affection, for your beloved wife p
The bridegroom said eyes" through the
speaker, and then Mr.. Train blurted out:
"What man has put together, let the
next best man run away with !"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
A Pretty Cotton Picker.

Not unfrequently, says Texas letter,
young ladies, whose fathers and broth
ers or their laborers happen to be hard
pressed with work, go into the fields
and lend a helping hand, Among the
latter class is a young lady-the fifteen
year old daughter of one of the oldest
and most respected families on the Bra
zos-WhOm the correspondent met at
the mansion of her father near Pathson.
The conversation naturally turned to
cotton picking. The young Texan girl,
blooming with youth, her dark hair
floating over her fair forehead, matching
her large dark ewes, that flashed at in
terYals, proceeded in her girhsh way to
give him all the information about cot
ton picking desired.
'gThe most Of my fathers hands pick
one hundred and fifty to two hundred
pounds day." she said.
''That seems excellent work" replied
the correspondent.
"Oh, not very"
'I really think So"
She laughed and her eyes flashed
again. 'Why I can do almost that well
myself, and am not used to it"
"YouP
Yes"
81 must doubt -
"I have gone into pas field and picked
one hundred and fifty pounds in day.
Didn't the sun burn your face to a
cracklingT
why, no; you are crazy
"How, then, did you manage, my little
southern girl9'
ooh, Just put on this long sun-bonnet
aad a pair of gloves with my fingers out
at the top"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
YentiInfinc Bedrooms.

The London Lancet has some comments
on this topic which may be read with as
much profit here as in London. 1t says
If a man were deliberately to closet
himself for some six or eight hours
daily in a stuffy room, with closed doors
and windows (the doors not being
opened to even change the air during
the period of incarceration) and were
then to complain of headache and de-
bility, he would be Justly told that his
own want of intelligent foresight was
the cause of his suffering. Nevertheless,
this is what the great mass of the people
do every night of their lives with no
thought of their imprudence. There
are few bedrooms in which it is perfectly
safe to pass the night without something
more than ordinary precautions to Sc
cure an inflow of fresh air. Every sleep
ing apartment should, of course, have a
fireplace with an open chimney, and in
cold weather it is well if the CRATE con-
tains small fire, at least small enough
to create an upcast current, and carry of
the vitiated air of the room. In all such
cases, however, when a fire is used, it is
necessary to see that the air drawn into
the room comes from the outside of the
house. BY an easy mistake 1t Is possible
to place the occupant of bedroom with
q fire in a closed house in q direct cur
rent of foul air drawn from all parts of
the establishment. Summer and winter
with or without the use of fires, it is
well to have free ingress for pure air.
This should be the ventilator's first con-
cern. Foul air will find an exit if pure
air is admitted in sufficient quantity, but
it is not certain pure air will be drawn
in if the impure is drawn away.
Sofara as sleeping rooms are concerned,
it is wise to let in air from without. The
aim must be to accomplish the object
without causing a great fall of tempera-
ture or a draught. The windows may
be drawn down an inch or two at the
top with advantage, and fold of muslin
will form "ventilator" to take off the
feeling of draught. This, with an open
fireplace, will generally suffice, and pro
duce no unpleasant consequences even
when the weather is cold. 1t is, howev-
er, essential that the air outside should
be pure. Little is likely to be gained by
letting in fog or even town mist,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
Whole Number I542.
The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon.

The Great Babylonian King, Nebue-
hadnezzar, (died B. c. 561,) when he
completed his conquests, as he found
himself in possession of treasures un-
counted, and captives by tens ofthous-
ands. determined also to singnaliZe his
reign by some of the triumphs Of peace.
He built new palace of colossal di-
meAsions, and surrounded 1t with a
triple wall, the outer one Of which was
some miles in circuit; he enclosed the
CITY Of Babylon with a wall, which
Herodotus SAYS, was about three hundred
and thirty-five feet high, and made the
Hanging Gardens. This last work was
undertaken to crafty his wife, Amyitis,
a Median princess. Having passed her
younger days in a mountainous region,
she disliked the uniform level of the
country about Babylon, and pined for
the woods and hills of Media. The
lofty rocks and various trees of this
wonderful paradise were an attempt to
initiate Median scenery. These gardens
were high enough to overlook the walls
of the city, and occupied q square four
hundred feet on a side.
It has been a question how these gar
dens were supported at this great height,
and it was, until lately, taken for granted
the Babylonians did not understand the
principle of the arch. But it is known
that very perfect arches were built in
Egypt, in Assyria, and in Babylonia,
centuries before Nebuehadnezzar's time,
and so the question is simplifed.
The ancient Romans, when they had
TO carry a stone acqueduct across a deep
ravine, sometimes built three or four
tiers of arches, one above another, till
the required level at which the water
was to be carried was reached. In the
same manner, only on a larger scale, was
this mound of the garden raised. They
built one story of arches covering the
required space; on this was placed
second story, and thus, was story after
story raised. A great mass Of earth
covered the top, and was supplied
from the Euphrates through pipes. Not
only flowers and shrubs grew there, but
trees of the largest size, some of them
so large that their trunks, according to
Quintin Curtis, were twelve feet in
diameter. The ascent to the garden was
by steps, and on the way up, among the
arches, were stately apartments, whose
pleasant coolness the heat of climate
could little affect.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25

a California paper vouches for the
truth of the following: "Billy Watson,
whose cabin did adorn the slope of the
Newark Valley range, but at the present
time is scattered over considerable
territory, had been absent from his
humble abode for some weeks on pros
pecting trip. Before his departure he
placed half a dozen giant powder cart
ridge explosives in his stove oven, to Sc
cure them from being spoiled by the
dampness during his absence. When he
returned to the domicile he was hungry,
and without thinking of the contents Of
his stove, he built up n roaring fire, Sic
ed off some bacon, and started to put on
the tea-kettle. That reminded him that
there was no water in the house, and
seizing the pail, he journeyed to the
spring about 100 yards distant. It is
lucky he did so, for the trip probably
saved his life, and gave him chance to
relate to us the inevitable sequence to
that incident. We think that Billy ex-
aggerates when he ikens that explosion
to an earthquake, and his statement
about there not being timber enough
left to furnish material for a toothpick IS
absurd. However, he saved the water
pail, and is of the opinion that baked 81.
ant powder cartridges are Il species OF
yiands liable to raise things more euect-
uallv than Yeast powder cakes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25

Express Trains Leave New York
900 AM. Cincinnati and Chicago Day
Express. Drawing Room Coaches to Buff
falo and suspension Bridge.
600 PM. Daily. Fast St. Louis Express
arriving at Buffalo s 90 a. NJ, connecting
with fast trains to the West, Northwest and
Southwest. Puliman's best Drawing Room
Sleeping Coaches to Buffalo.
400 p M. Daily. Pacific Express. Sleep
ing Coaches and Hotel Dining Ears through
to Chicago without change
200 Z. M. Emigrant train for the West,
Daily. No. daily, except Sunday.
fMeal stations.
Wa-Ask for Tickets via Erie Railway; for
sale by all principal offices
JNo. N. ABBOTT, Gen. Pass. Agt..
New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTH
ERN e. &C..

GOING WEST.
Michigan Express leaves Buffalo Et p, NJ.
Erie l2:b3-a. m. tOnneaut 2:i6 a. IN. Ashta-
hula 2:53 m. Geneva 3:i9 a. m, PaiHeS-
vile i:05 a. m. Cleveland 80 a. N
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo al
I2.45 a. m, Erie $50 a. m, Ashtabula 1:58,
Painesvilie 20, and arrives at Cleveland at
0;35 a. "a.
l'onneaut Accommodation leaves COnneaut
at G..s5 a m Amh0y G;ll, kingsville tf2l, Ash
tabula G:}3 ssaybrOOz B:4i, Geneva 6:53, Paines-
vile 7:zS, and arrives at Cleveland 80 a. u.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:i5 a. In.,
Erie l0.G5. Conneaut 1895, kingsville Hi
Ashtabula H:Z3 a m, saybrOOk li:S3 Ge-
neva Il:43, Painesville 1913. and arrives
at Cleveland at Us p. m.
Special st. Louis Express leaves Buffalo
sos a. m, Erie 1887, Ashtabula 1902 p. M,
Painesvilie l245 and arrives at Cleveland
40.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo 1870 p. m,
Erie 3s52, Ashtabula SIP, Painesville 6:0i, and
arrives AT Cleveland at 7;05 p. m.
GONG EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:30 a. m,
PainegVille SO, Ashtabula sos, COnneaut 9:.S,
Erie 1910, and arrives at Buffalo at Lilo p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo AecOmm OdatiOn leaves
Cleveland at ll:l5 q. m, Painesville l235, Ge-
neva Iii a. m, SaybrOOk l:20. Ashtabula l:32,
Kingsyille Las, AmbOy =. COnneaut 2:02,
Erie 3.lG, BufiaIO 700 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves CieVe-
land at 2.50 p. m, Painesville 1886, Ashtabula
SIS Erie BIS, and arrives at Buffalo at S;t5
p m.
COnneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at 40 p. m, Painesville6O9, Geneva 6:45, say
boy 7:24, and arrives at Conneaut at $50 p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1880 p. m. gainesville 1l:20, Ashtabula 1904
"A. m, Erie lao and arrives at Buffalo at 4;0O a.
m.
ra-TraIns run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
DRnnGISTS.

"RTTN NEWBEBRY, Druggist and
Apotheeary, and General Dealer In Drugs,
Medicines, Wines and Liquors for medlcai
purposes, Fancy and Toilet Goods Maih
street, corner Of Centre AsntaDula, y.
CH4RLEs &. SWIFT, Ashtabula, Ohio
Dsaisr IN Drugs and Medicines, Groceries,
Perfumery and Fancy Articles, superior
Teas- Coffee, Spices, Flavoring Extracts "a
tent Medicines Of ev lry descrl ptlons F.tIl -
1yos Varnishes. .BTC shes, Fancy Soaps, hair
oils &c. an OF which viii be sold at the low
est prices. Prescriptions prepared win SUIT
able care. lu.3.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25

Telegraph Stations.
Passenger fare at the rate of 3 cents per
mile TO way stations counted I'm even half
dimes.
L.S.&m.S.-YOUNGSTOWN BRANCH
From and after May 18th, 1879. Passen-
ger Trains will run as follows
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
JEWELLERS.

1mSDEN & HBRRIS will do an kinds Of
Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
at1& Main Street, in room with Carlisle q
Tyler, l455-ly
GEO. We DICKINSON, JeWeler; Repair
ing Of all kinds Of Watches, Clocks and
JeWelry; Store in Ashtabula House Block,
Ashtabuia, Ohio.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25

FooL's PARADIsE-We must all live
aceflling to the light we have, and, If
we cannot see for ourselves that our par
adise is only that of fools and not of
men, we must abide by the conseauen-
ces of our darkness, as the blind must
bear the broken heads which come
when they run full tilt against a wall.
The fools paradise of certain success,
when there are no means by which it
can be insured, is not to be confounded
with the true patience and courage of
persevering men. This, if one likes, is
noble, and the power by which the
world is moved; the other is pathetic by
its futility, and deplorable as a waste, a
misdirectiOn, and delusiOn,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
RuaeRAIL.WAY.

Absirac, o, Time Table ddqpted June 9. 1873
- DULLMAN'S best Drawing-room
4 and Sleeping coaches, combining all
modern improvements, are running through
without change from Rochester, Buffalo, Sus-
Chicago to New York, making direct connec-
tiOn with all lines OF foreign and e0astWise
steamers, and also with Sound steamers and
railway lines for Boston and New England
-cities. Hotel Dining Cars from Chicago to
New York
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25

A spiders net suspended across the
path of Sir Samuel Brown, as he walked
one dewy morning in his garden, was
the prompter that gave him the idea Of
q suspension bridge across the Tweed. d.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
ARABIAN
EEIXER

Restores lost manhood TO any man under sky
five years Of age, in from six to eight weeks.
Failare impossible when need in connection with
DR.. 5. D. HoWe's Arabian Tonic. Sold by A. R.
ahurber a Co., druggists. Ashtabnla,. o. and
S. D. HOWE. ". Proprietor.
l527-U 122 Liberty ST., New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25

People have a greater respect for the
sun than they do for the moon. 1t
pleases a girl to tell her that she has a
sunny disposition, but tell her that she
has a luny one, and then see.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
'PH0TOGRAPHERs.

8L4K ESLEE a MOORE, Photograph
ers and Dealers in Pictures, Engravings,
ChromOs, &C.; having a large supply OF
MOnldings of various descriptions, are pre-
pared to frame anything in the Picture line
at short notice and in the best style.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
AND DEPARTURES or
WALLS AT ASHTARUI,A O.

sPANIsB SgsHs : {. F&s S?s.9 = g. gss3: Is
- in to days. Does not taint
n the breath, or betray its pres
IN ence in any manner (treat-
N---D ment local. Sold by all
druggists, or sent by mail on receipt OF price
Send for pamphlet, Free. SPANISH MEDICINE
CO., Box 167, Buffalo, N. Y.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
CABINET WARE.

John DUCRO, Manufacturer OF and Deal
er in Furniture Of the best descriptions, ALL
every variety; also, General UndertaKs
and Manufacturer Of Collins TO order; Main
street, north of South Public Square, Ash
tabula, Ohio. 49,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
GOING WEST.
NJ Inv IL
GOING EAsT.
nfoNz No 9fuT II

LIS. 4 N. .s.-FRANKLIN DIVISION
From and after May 18th, 1879, Passenger
Trains will run as fDllnWs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
FOVNDRIRS

FogNDRIES. a.
PHOENIX HON. " ORKs CO, ,AIan'f'rs
OF Stoves, PloWs and Columns, window
Caps and Sills, Mill Castings, Kettles, Sinks,
Sleigh Shoes, &C, Phoenix Foundry, Ashta-
bula, Ohio. lOA
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
PHYSICIANS.

u. - IaE = ;
Ashtabnla, o. Residence on Lake Shore
Or. 3. L. KING, Physician and Surgeon;
Office over Gee q Rogers. / have com
plete set Of DR.. Hadfeld's Equalizers, with
the exclusive right Of Ashtabula county.
Physicians are respectfully invited to call
and examine the Instruments. Office hours
rom 10 a. m to p. IN. Residence south OF
st. Peter s church l41
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
HARNESS MAKER.

p g. roam, Manufastnrer and Dealer IN
Saddles, Harness, Brides, Collars, Trunks,
Whips, &C. opposite Fisk House, Ashta-
buIa ohio lOI5
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25
AsHrAHULA q :PIrTsBURGH RY.
CONDENsED TINE TABLE-AIay 18th. 1873
Going South. Going North.
EX. Acm Stations. TX. Ac'm

All trains daily except Sundays
+. r. MYERS,
Gen Pass and Ticket Agent