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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
Outlook for Sheep and Wool.

The steady decline in the wool mar
ket during the past year has been un-
able to check the interest taken In
sheep. A few years ago after the war
the depression in prices, although
not SO severe as now, caused a rush out
of the business. Hundreds of thousands
of sheep were slaughtered for their hide
and tallow. Not so now, by any means.
To-day the average grades of wool are
224 per cent. lower than one year ago.
Medium grades, or those about half
merino blood, are II per cent, while
fine or full blood merinO and SaXony
fleeces have declined 25 per cent.
Combing woods have fallen off during
the year 80 per cent. Still, the interest
gains in the focks over all other pro-
ductiye industries. A Missouri man
writes: "My sheep have paid me well,
while my cattle have paid me nothing. "
The attention of capitalists is more and
more called to investments IN sheep.
The cause of all this confidence in the
future of sheep has to be the solid
foundation of the market. So long as
people are born naked, so long will
wool be used for clothing. The mar
ket is solid, and seems likely to stay
so. Until there is more general en-
ployment for the masses who buy wool
en- goods, there is no prospect of better
prices for wooden goods or wool.
1t requires good sheep, with good
handling, to make the growing OF wool
profitable. With these two combined,
wool-growing is better, safer and faster
than cattle, horses, or hogs, on cheap
land or on best land. A gentleman in
Bureau County, H., on land worth
eighty dollars per acre, and grand I'M
provements, said his twenty-five Cots
void ewes were the best-paying stock
on his farm. His sheep were nearest
the barn, receiving his best care, while
the short-horns were taking in the
stalk-field, with the thermometer 10
deg. below zero. He claimed, on land
worth eighty dollars per acre, sheep
were the very best stock to keep.
Atno time since the war are men
without experience or a knowledge oi
the sheep business investing SO largely
in sheep. Not knowing the price Of
wool, one would suppose the market
was buoyant from the zeal II the busi
ness. Among some the feal has ex
listed that the business would be ever
done, but how can such be the cas-
while we import nearly as much as W.
grow. Our population is increasing
faster than our wool production is in
creasing. Suppose our wool crop wa
to be more than we needed. American
enterprise would make our woods exec
the world in quality and excellence
Our American skill would max
our American manufactured good
most desirable in the worlds mar
kets. Wool-growing then woul'
pay US better than it does now. In tn
worlds markets, with the best wool an,
best manufactured goods and clothing
} we should command the respect due u
with our ranges for pastoral sheep hus
bandry and our immense sheep intel
ests in connection with our mixed nus
bandry. Beside these, our manufact
uring facilities would be found ur
eoualed and unlimited. Our present
secure and sound. Our future is soil
and hopeful. Our people are wide
awake and see it. Our sheep are tn
, hest for our uses, and we know it rigE
] yell.-- Rural World.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

A MIsER's character described in two
lines: "YOH who are acquainted with
fGa X can you tell me the reason why,
being so rich, he always takes a third
class passage TO go to his Villa?'' ooh,
it is very simple. 1t is because there
is no fOurth-class "-LOndO1 Paper.
TIE baby-carriage is condemned by
Berlin physicians in cases where the
little one sits facing the nurse and is
pushed backward. The natural desire
of the eye is to draw nearer to what it
sees, and the practice of reversing this
normal order of things and causing
surrounding objects to recede is liable
to affect inJuriOusly the development of
both sight and brain.
A DOTCHNIAN once met an Irishman
on the lonely highway. AS they met
each smiled, thinking he knew the
other. Pat, on seeing his mistake, re-
marked, with look of disappointment:
g Faith, an l thought it was you, an
you thought it was me, and its naythur
of u.s." "Yaw, dat is dru. am anuder
man, and you is not yourself, and we
are some other podies."
A RUTLAND lawyer, in referring to
some prisoners, addressed the Jury as
follows: al tell you their knees shook
as shook the knees of Beltiheezer, when
Paul said unto him: Thou art the
man." And a Biddefort advocate,
blushing at the conduct of his oppo-
nent's client, shouted in open court,
'' Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in
the streets of Jerusalemr'-MY Y. EucH-
ing Post
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

g4ti Sun.
THE will to do good should never b,
contested.
The ROSTERS spur is more penetrat
ing than the cats purr
IF "home is where the heart is. .
what vagrant is the coquette!
THE mule will kick anything. An Tn.
diana mule has just kicked the bucket.
SITrING BULLS recipe for removing
dandruff from scalps begins: First gei
your sealps!
THOUGHTS that burn-Amateur poet
ry when the editors waste-basket is
oYeriowing.
NEVER 90 in debt. Such a man
never went into bankruptcy.-Io1oa
State Register.
A GIRL in st. Louis got valuable
corner lot in her stocking last Christ
mas.-Chicago Times.
BUCKwHEAT PANCAKES enable pris-
oners to break out. The attack is kind
O. rash, however. Graphic.
A BANKRUPT, condoled for his en-
barrassment, said: 'Oh, l am not en-
barrassed at all; it's my creditors that
are embarrassed.
Way should we celebrate Washing
tons birthday more than mfneP'' asked
teacher. Because he never told q.
ieF shouted little boy.
MEM. BY AN OLD MAn.-Wbatp
Il HonaT1e propose! That's nonsense,
goodness knows. The mischief is that
man does notpropose.-Pu11ch.
WHEN man knows a little some
thing and can make jury that knows
nothing understand it, he is spoken of
as an expert.-M o. Picayupe.
"AN' why is an Irishman loike n
shipP" asked Mike. "Bedad, it's be-
cause aich wan of 'em is followed bv a
wake" was Pats ready reply.
WE saw a young man with two heads
on his shoulders the other day, but
didn't consider it much of a curiosity
one belonged to his girl. COLLEGE
argus
A MERCHANT in Dallas, Tex, has his
residence built on the corporation line,
and his bed in the middle of the house.
SO that he sleeps in the city and his
wife in the country.
How OLD are you, sissy" said a
recently, to a little girl
who was trying to ride for half fare.
g Nine at home, sir, but on the cars
Only SIX" was the ready reply.
AMONG other inducements held out
TO make a lunch counter popular, n
village paper announces that the pro-
Prletor will lend his presence to
grace the festive board
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky, is described
In the Louisville Courier Journal as
a land where revolver and rife
r Are used Tor the purpose of Aettlitg di.pntes
" here life Is re eyarded as only triiie
sna US usual for people to die in their boots
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

and press the eIosF f114 UtO A9s
/ hoop, scoop the eurd asoL 4atO tnc
hRoop; when enough for a chez IS in, pull
oGt the filler, spread the sRSsssing cloth on
top put on the board and Ilst 4t stand few
minutes, then apply pressure, gently at
hrst' increasing as the whey ceases to flow
and AC the end Of an hour give It the fnll
poEerOf the press.
| AftaE standing an hour longer loossa up
the sereF, draw the press board out, re
move the kOop and pressing cloth from the
| cheese, fix fhe bandRge in place, put on the
press cloth, ,rtEIn the hoop bottom up and
| slip it on the sqaeese, turn over hoop and
| cheese together fSR the press bed, smooth
down the edge OfigRs bandage and spread
| on the top cloth, put On the board, place
the hoop directly under she screw, apply
I the pressure, and see that tbs full power Of
the press is all the time ,exaFSsd upon it
until removed. One days pressing will
answer When the cheese is sufficiently
pressed take it out of the hoop. -iiesnoYe che
cloths, rub the cheese over with WarR grease
and carry it to the earring room.
Curing Room. Which should be we'll
lighted, well ventilated, and neither too
warm nor too cold, and the air should be
rather moist than dry.
Air from the outsl, ie should be admitted
only at night in hot WeathNy, Place the
cheese on a turning cover, turn lCsEer every
day, uub off any mould tn " msy CSlaet,
and occasionally little grea. y u re sur
face appears dry and disposed t. crack.
A temperture from 90 to 20 t.'eSEees is
the best for curing cheese.
Above 80 degrees tends to make a e'beeSs
strong iavored, below 90 to make it bitter.
An occasional rubbing over with A cloth |
Wrung out OF hot sweet whey, will give the I
cheese bright clean appearance.
HOU 10 FreSerUe and Prepare RsHnsf-
Keep the calf until at least six days old.
Let him have full meal at night, and in the
morning none. After breakfast, and the
milking and other chores are done, proceed
to kill HIM by thoroughly bleeding him in
the neck. The calfs stomach should pre-
sent a white appearance, and is then easily
preserved, which if filled with blood. il is
very apt TO faint. Open the calf. find The
small intestine leading from the second
cut It on two inches from the nav.
grasp this aud the upper end Of the second
stomach, (the line Of division is easily de- {
,ermlned by the appearanoe) and you hold |
IN your hand the "rennet." !
Turn the skin wrong side out, remove all ! e
ilrt with dry cloth, rub it over with salt
lnd turn 1t back right side out, rub again Y
WITH salt so IS 10 touch every part, and 4
lang up in dry cool place, where it will 81
lot contract moisture, and when thorough 81
dried, put as many as you choose in Z
'aper bag, tie up tightly and put away in
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

7NdE Countenance is pale and leaden-
4 colored, with occasional flushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semiclrcle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose IS II
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbblng
of the ears; an unusual secretion OF
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voraclous,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; f1eetng
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels II
regular, at times costive; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. c. MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prePara-
ton, not capable Of doing the Sltg1lzea
injury to the most teader fnfaHt.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures Of C. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
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special exhibition of kindness
be so handled and treated 49, will
never become frightened at the az
proach of person. Their treatment
should be such as that they will actual
y learn to entertain an affection for
their keeper, and if they do, they will
naturally be tame and docile. A flock
of wild sheep is about the most un-
profitable investment that afarmer can
make. They are continually getting
themselves into some trouble, and Csaus-
ing great annoyance, if not loss, to
their owner.
We have seen some fockmen iUmp
into flock and pull and haul the sh eep
by the wool until the animals were not
only half frightened to death, but Euf-
fered great injury otherwise. A 81 leep
should never be caught or lifted by the
wool. Some one has said that if ? ny
one doubts the impropPiety of lfftin z a
sheep by the wool, just let him per nit
himself TO be lifted by the hair, and it
is a good suggestion. When sheep are
thus caught or lifted, the skin in so me
instances is actually torn from the
flesh, and if the injury is not to that
extent 1t cannot but affect the flesh to
some degree.
A sheep should be lifted by placing
the arms around the body and near the
fOTelegs. This is the easiest way to do,
with large sheep. To catch
the animal, the hands should be thrown
about the neck, or else the sheep should
be caught by the hind leg Immediately
above the hook. This latter NAV bo
done with the hand or the crook, and
when this way is adopted the utmost
genteness should be observed, and the |
sheep gently drawn back until the other |
hand can reach the neck. 1t is scarce
ly necessary to remind the keeper that |
when the crook is used upon a sheep |
which is closely surrounded by other |
sheep, that great care must be exer-
cised lest the other sheep jump against
the one caught or against the crook, in 1
which case severe damage may bedone-
-ReSteTn Rural.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

ices never before reach
Gss Gisdis. you want Gottons
BuFs is PsFiSfstt to st now as they arr
| eumstanceS
1 which is aim
srce in the letter
] tic RlOpth Of Augisss,
most Troublesome, iced Of it,
and evening will give beneficial A.
both in the yiele Of milk and comfort Of
the COWS, Some writers claim it should
| be cut in the morning Tor the evening
feed, and IN the evening for the morning
meal. 'S
But after careful experiments sad OBJ
! serYation, I am satisfied that 1t is equally
good when fed Immediately after il IS cut
| II an equal quantity is given. When it Is
wilted we are apt to give q large feed as
the bulk is reduced, and We unWittingly
say an armful is only an srmful, and We
throw into the feed box about one-third
more than if fed soon after cutting.
THIS, Ithslieve, is the secret Of the whole
matter.
Propositions. Mode of watering both
is summer and winter"
1t is so evident to every dairymsn that
an abundant supply Of good fresh water IS
absolutely necessary for the production OF
a good Gasljty Of milk, that It needs no
! eSsamsnt, II you have no living water on
rArn. sell COW or two, dig we'll
O9 JO9' ~Ngood wind mill. It will pay.
1ISt TnI Pus T. ~klag ct one OF those flthF
pond holes in hot So. 49, will he eyi.
expression Of your counteh.- S6s drink
aenee enough that it is not iusr
for COWS. JU''
We should treat our domestic animals -
Win klndness and a careful consideration
ot Cnelr wants and welfare. Wecannot AL
lord TO do otherwise. Motives of human
ity should be an indUcement to treat them
thus, and mere selt-interest ought to com
pei men to do it.
When we abuse our domestic snimals,we
iamage our own property, and If no other
motive than this has any influence with US
We should treat them kindly.
Proposition z. EARN architecture"
This bran6h Of farming is sadly neglect
d and needs thorough OYerhauling. The
ime is not far distant when this subject
'ill receive the careful attention of farm
rs it is entitled to,
Shivering cattle in q cold storm or bleak
inter day hiding behind stumps and
noes, and the earnest, piteOuS look be
owed upon the owner ought to enlist our
-mpathles aud appeals to our humanity
furnish them with comfortable sheltar.
We now come to the last prOpOsihon, No.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

A LEARNED clergyman in the State
OF Maine was aecOsted in the follow
ing manner by an illiterate preacher,
who despised education: "Sir, you
have been to college, l supposeP"
- Yes, sill" was the reply. "I am
thankful" rejoined the former, "that
the Lord has opened my mouth to
preach without any learning" ga
similar ovent, replied the clergyman,
d" took place in Balaam's time, but such
things are of rare occurrence in the
present day. Observer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
CIOaks,

which we are selling at from $500 to $6.UU
reduction from Manufacturers wholesale prices.
If you are in want of Cloak, now is your
time to secure one at about half of what it
would have cost you early in the season.
Your attention is called to line Of
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
Must Go!

In Dress goods we have made the prices
so low that they sell themselves. We have
vet full line to select from, and no one goes
away without a dress pattern.
IF prices are any object
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
WOOIen Goods,

for mems and boys wear which are selling at
so cents per yard. These goods are cheap at
IS cents, but we have large stock and they
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

the point of production. 1t has been
lately shown that fattening steer and
q mich COW eat rfsaE.lr IlaarlH 4ha-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

De eager to know just what is the ma
ture Of Mr.. Lockyer's discoveries, it is
proper to correct the ori0inal -o-,n-s
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
Great Sale

UEGdU SdtG
at the extremely low figures at which we have
been offering our Goods for the past three
weeks.
The popularity of these sales is fully at
tested by the crowds of people from all parts
of the County who daily crowd our store. .
No winter goods will be carried over if
low prices will sell them.
We have line of
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
Cotton Goods

sAare way down. We sell the fine unbleaehed
che .B9 6r... .. s Nashua r. and Continental O. at
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

to remain till he returned. In those
days not only counties but States, in
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
The TransmutatiOn of Elements.

NOT a little nonsense has been writ
ten with regard to Mr.. Lockyer's re-
cent assertions concerning the pro pa
bic composite nature of several, posi-
bly ali, of the substances hitherto ac-
counted elementary, and the probabili-
tv that all the elements so-called are
but varying phases of some fundament-
al matter-stuff.
It has been commonly assumed that
If these assertions should be verified,
the dreams of the alchemists would
come true, and chemists would be able
to change one form of matter into an
other, as lead into gold or silver. This
assumption is altogether gratuitous'
In his studies of the spectra of differ
ent substances under varying condl
tions of heat and pressure, Mr.. Lock
yer has indeed come to doubt the IN
tegrity of the elements as CO.. 'o
understood; and to kSESSEt
stances as
| iron aFRIKNDs = Partners Gncir,-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

. vlII IIIc WY tIIU LOIIltts WtuL
The road has been steep descent,
But memory hardly serves us when
He Vas taken from the lions den.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

--4-N-SIs 10 AHAeA1Cig NAAu0oC5
Arab, Italian, Frenchman, German and
Englishman. has mafa aonh III -L----aa
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
Number Twelve.

Number twelve plays an important
part in the Bible, in history, and in
arithmetic, as well as in everyday life
and business.
What so common as a dozen hand
kerchiefs or. napkins, or whatever the
{ article may beP 1t comes natural to
think Of various articles in dozens. Of
/ IA srse, dozen "a another way of saying
yeI nas as 7O0-,-salr fnits make one dozen,
Unat Iney 10 noTt gross, twelve gross
prove the compound hatuEsa wi1ay.'
nave been accustomed to term elementssi
beyond question. They certainly make
the supposition that they are compound
not unreasonable, and no other suppo- {
sltlon yet brought forward accounts so
fully as does this for the changes OBJ
served. A mere argument from anal
ogy Is Mr.. Lockyer's theory. Certain
substances known to be compound
yield changed spectra under changed s
conditions. Other substances, hereto I
fore supposed to be elementary, act in t
tie same way when subjected to the 4
same treatment There is the fact Q
which chemists must explain. And we F
may add that it IS the only fact that Il
requires explanation, for the previous e
announcement that the spectrum of one Il
metal has been Obtained by the Z
spectrum of another metal was
wholly incorrect. Nothing at all Il
resembling transmutation of met b
ais has been accomplished, even if o
it should prove that they are more 1!
nearly related to each other than mod 81
ern science has taught. But Mr.. Lock v
yer's discoveries have opened highly o
interesting field for research, and the 81
future is full of possibilities.-B Boston hi
AdUeTtiSer. is
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

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has been used with good success in hot
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-06
REGIST RATION.

NvOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT. THE
~ Books of Registration for the Municipal Election, to
be held on MONDAY, MAY 5, 1879, for the election of
Three Trustees OF Carson City, will be open SATURDAY.
April 5th at 10 o'clock A. NJ and remain open until Arri
18th, at o'clock NJ 1879.
Naturazed citizens required by law to present en
papek at the time of registration.
W. NJ. CARY,
Ex ofisio Registry Agent, Carson Township.
Carson City, New, pril 5, 1879. I'd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-15
ANOTHER ARMY BILL.

MEASURE AGREED UPON by THE HOUSE COM
MrTTEE OK APPgorIIATroNs-DE OF THE
BILL--A REDUCTION OF TWENTY PER CENT
IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS CRITICISM IN
vITED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA. 1879.
The House Committee Appropriations to-day
devoted a session of nearly nvo hours TO the
detailed consideration of the new measure re-
ported from the subcommittee, of which Mr. Hewitt
is chairman, for possible incorporation into tho
Army Appropriation bill, in view Of the expected
failure OF the bill reported from the Burnside
mitce The measure In oil Its essential features
met with the approval OF the full committee. but after
discussion unanimously agreed that formal
action on IL should be deferred reasonable time to
afford Mr.. Banning opportunity TO test the
of the House upon the Burnside Committee bill. II
also agreed however. that the should
be Immediately made public, with view ia cliciting
criticism and further oLlghtcning the committee
before tho present tentative proposition s definitely
recommended for enactment. Nevertheless, there is
very little TO doubt that most IL not all of the
provisions herewith stated will be reported by the
priation bill. They substantially as follows:-
PROVISIONS or THE BILL.
There shall be no appointment or promotion to
any grade OF general ocer to any grade OF coni-
mssioned officer of any corps department or arm of
the army until the number the officers in lsuch
grade shall be reduced as iollcws:-
GENERAL orrIcERs AND sTAFF.
Tho general officers shall consist OF one major gcn-
cral aud six brigadicr generals.
The number Of officers In the permanent organize