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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
INDUSTRIAL.

A MACHINE has been invented to
weigh Iluminating-gas, so that we can
get at the quality as well as at the guam
tity.
GERMAN experimentalists have salts
faetorily proven that plants will grow
more in bright moonlight than in dark
nights.
A POUND of coal is capable of evap-
Grating from seven to ten pounds of
water, in common boilers placed over
the fire.
A LITTLE strong lye or soda put into
hard water viii render it soft at once.
A few drops Of ammonia in a pailful
has the same effect.
THE New York Sub Treasury is to be
fitted with steel gratings and shutters,
and tuTrets on the roof with musket
holes for greater protection.
THE wheat crops in Australia prom
ise well, and a greater area Of wheat is
at the present time under cultivation
than was the case last season.
A LUBRICATOR is now manufactured
from soapstone dust carefully prepared
chemically, and then mixed with COM
mon grease or lard for heavy bearings.
THE tenant farmers of England pay
a larger sum per acre for the use of
land than they would be obliged to give
in purchase money for better lands in
this country.
SOME matches are made without sui,
phur, thus avoiding the offensive smell
of that material. A German compost
ton for this purpose consists of phos-
phOrus, four parts; water, ten; fine
glue, six; red Ochre or red lead, FIVE;
smalt, two. The ingredients, in the
order named, are Incorporated with
the iquefed glue to form paste.
A CLOCK made entirely of bread has
lately been received in Milan, Italy,
from Peru. 1t was constructed by an
Indian, who, having no means Of pur-
chasing material, saved portion Of
the soft part Of his daily bread for the
purpose. He solidified it with q GER
tain salt which rendered it very hard
and insoluble in water. The clock keeps
good time, and the case, also of hard
ened bread, displays artistic talent.
PLATED silver is obtained by rolling
together plate of copper of the first
quality and one of silver; these are
either welded or simply united by
placing their hot and clean surfaces to-
gether, wetted with q concentrated so
luton of nitrate of silver. The two
metals are reduced and drawn out
about equally by the pressure of rolls,
and long sheets or bands Of silyered
metal are thus obtained Chicago
Journal.
THE Colorado beetle, or pOtato-bug,
has always been a terror to British ag-
riculturists, who have been apprehen-
sive that it might be imported from
America and do the mischief it has
done here. English entomolOgists have,
therefore, been examining the subject,
and have come to the conclusion that
it is verv doubtful if the beetle can be
aeclimated on English soil. They say
that the insect does not thrive west Of
the Rocky Mountains, where the cli-
mate is more like that of England than
it is in the Eastern States, and that
while the American flora fOurishes in
England, the American fauna does not.
Another reason for belief in entOmic
immunity is that there is much larger
number Of insectiYoIous birds in Brit
ain than here.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

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what is it die for9-oh, ye2z he-als "
die that France may liver'
The surgeons swarmed around with
their probes in their hands, and applied
their microscopes to the whole area of
n. Gambetta's person, with the happy
result of finding nothing in the nature
Of wound. Then q scene ensued
which was in every way gratifying and
inspiriting.
I he two gladiators fell upon each
others necks, with floods of proud and
happy tears; the other second en-
braeed me; the surgeons, the orators,
the undertakers, the police, everybody
embraced, everybody congratulated,
everybody cried, and the whole atmos-
phere was filed with praise and with
Joy unspeakable.
It seemed to me then that would
rather be the hero of a French duel
than a crowned and sceptered monarch.
When the eOmmotion had somewhat
subsidized, the body of surgeons held
consultation, and after great deal
Of debate decided that, with proper
care and nursing, there was reason to
believe that would survive my inju-
ries. My internal hurts were deemed the
most serious, since it was apparent
that broken rib had penetrated my
left lung, and that many of my organs
had been pressed out so far to one side
or the other Of where they belonged
that it was doubtful if they would ever
learn to perform their functions in
such remote and unaccustomed locali-
ties They then set my left arm in
two places, pulled my right hip into its
socket again, and re-elevated my nose.
l was an object of great interest, and
even admiration; and many sincere
and Warm-hearted persons had them
selves introduced to me, and said they
were proud to know the only man who
had been hurt in French duel for for
ty years.
was placed in an ambulance at the
very head of the procession; and thus
with gratifying eclat was marched
into Paris, the most conspicuous figure
IN that great spectacle, and deposited
ct the hospital
The Cross of tho Legion of Honor has
been conferred upon me. However,
few escape that distinction.
Such is the true version of the most
memorable private conflict of the age.
Ny recovery is still doubtful, but there
are hopes. am able to dictate, but
there is no knowing when shall be
able to write.
have no complaints to make against
anyone. acted for myself, and can
stand the consequences. Without
boasting, / think may say am not
afraid to stand before modern French
duelist, but / will never consent to
stand behind one sgain.-MC.rk TtOGi1I,
ia Atlantic Monthly.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
TIE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.

koR augIt that ever I could read,
Gould ever hear by tals or i>imry,
Or worm out OF the oldest inhabiIsnt,
Ihe eouBe OF true love never did run smooth.
Either 1t was Difference in blood,
His Rame being 0ROurke. h=rs SgaTtzfagar o.
EppenBte q;
OF else lnisgTstfed IN respect of year.
The lOve-sick bOY being ssventy-fve or eighty,
And the girl sixteen or thereabouhs.
Very ike It stood upon the cnoIue of friends,
HIS father wanting hinl to tax tO wife
The pork E1srchan, daughter, while the Vouth
Hsd 3 ban keriBg after the girl that
Kept the tOll-gite.
Or II there WIS a sVmpa-hy in choice,
The GOVernCr ana tn boy
Being Of the same opinion, war, death,
Or siekness did lay siege To it, OF the
Glrl said: No, your bride cannot be,
Or words to that fffeCE, thus makinqIt
Momentary as q sound, swift as shadow,
Short As dream or tie butchers weight, :
Brief as the lightning Ia the darfest night
That. IN q fash. unfOids both heaven and eArth.
And ere man katl loser TO say
" Jack Robinson the jaws of darkness
Do devOur Il pp. 81 quick bright things
Come To cOhfnsIssI- p lG Young IS LEFT
Worse than the n -HSpsIr-r tlat didn
Hear Of the elopesHCIt ,if Its o. edi-or.
oil Ctt5 DeT.Iek.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
THE RECENT FRENCH DUEL.

Much as the modern French duel is
ridieuled by certain smart people, it is
/ in reality one of the most dangerous
institutions Of our day. Since it is al
ways fought in the open air, the COM
6atants are nearly sure to catch cold.
| NJ. Paul de Cassagnsc, the most invet-
crate of the French duelists, has suffered
so often in this way that he is at last q
confirmed invalid; and the best phyai-
clan in Paris has expressed the opinion
that II be goes on dueling for fifteen
or twenty years more unless he forms
the habit of fighting in a comfortable
room where damps and draughts can
not intrude-he will eTentusllY en-
danger his life. This ought to mOder-
ate the talk Of those peOLe who are 80
stubborn in maintaining that the French
duel Is the most health-giving of recre-
ations, because of open air exercises it
affords. And it ought also to moderate
that foolish talk about French duelists
and socialist hated monarchs being the
only people who are immortal
But it is time to get at my subject
AS soon as heard of the late fiery out
break between n. Gambetta and NJ.
FourtOu in the French Assembly, l
knew that trouble must follow. Iknew
it because a long personal friendship
with NJ. Gambetta had revealed to me
the despera Z and implacable nature of
the man. Kast as are his physical pro-
portions. knew that the thirst for re-
venge would penetrate to the remotest
frontiers of his person.
did not wait for him to call on me,
but went at once to him. As l expect
ed, found the brave fellow stepped in
profound French calm. say French
calm, because French calmness and
English calmness have points of differ
ence. He was moving swiftly back and
forth among the debris of his furniture,
now and then staving chance fragments
of it across the room with his foot;
grinding a constant grist Of curses
through his set teeth; and halting every
little while to deposit another handful
Of his hair OH the pile which he had
been building of it on the table.
He threw his arms around my neck,
bent me over his stomach to his breast,
kissed me on both cheeks, hugged me
four or five times, and then placed me
in his own armchair. As soon as ]
had got well again, we began business
ct once.
l said 1 supposed he would wish me
to act as his second, and he said, . OF
cOurse- / said l must be allowed 70
act under French name. so that
might be shielded from obloq1y
country. in case Of fatal res Frank, his
s7ineed here; Proba5lFi occupy plaee~
eestion that dusliRe CON otsh.
mems 5eing that o.
take 3 sensible view o
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
WalI-Street Stories.

WALL streetis interested in the move
ments of two old nen, who came mere
from Indiana about ten days ago, with
the enormous cash capital OF S2,5OO,
and with a firm determination to clean
out the street. They are brothers,
farm-bred. and when they called at the
office of q conspicuous broker, and
asked for him by name, q shallow
headed clerk was so unfavorably I'M
pressed by their outward appearance
that he said the broker was out. The
old farmers sat down with as much pa
tience as they would have shown IN
their own farmhouse while waiting Tor
storm to pass away that they might
go to the fields again, After an hour
OF two the clerk changed bis mind and
showed them in.
The fascinations of Wall stEset over
power all sorts of men and women,
who seem at some time or anOtheF TO
be struck with this passion as they ars
with love, but of al the queer clients
this broker had had these two old farm
ers were the queerest. Like thousands
of people all over the country, they had
first become interested through the ad-
vertisements of q certain class of irreg-
ular Wall-street sharks, whose glowing
announcements fill the country press.
They had also taken 3 New York daily
paper and followed the course OF the
market. They had for a year bought
and sold imaginary lc'ts OF stocks, pay
ing neither interest nor commission
but away out there in their Indiana
home making tremendous turns in the
market of which the de, Ilers here in the
city were profoundly ignorant With
unlimited credit at the bank Of their
own imagination, they went long OF
this and short of that stock, taking in
or putting out immense blocks, and
keeping strict account Of all their
transactions; and they frankly told the
broker, to whom they Conhded all TINS
information, that their profits IN the
year were over 91,00O,OO0 And
through such nursing Of q delusion
they had come to believe that they
could make money in Wall street. ana
had gathered together the earnings OF
a lifetime and c.Sme East b get rich.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

Legislatures, urging that something
must be done; and the Legislatures
agree that something must be done;
and thus we 60 on year after year
newspapers, rulers, takers, and all
ending in the superb climax that
something must be done"
In the meantime, the Germantown
Telegraph has been showing what may
be done, and we are glad to know that
many people are doing it. 1t has shown
| that it does not take hundreds of years
to grow profitable timber, and that
there is little occasion to offer any in
ducement to plant beyond the self-in-
terest involved in it, just as there is in
any ordinary business pursuit. The
man who plants an apple orchard does
| not expect to get any return of conse-
| quence until it is ten or twelve wears
old; but he plants for all. He knows
that, If he wants to sell his land before
the trees bear fruit, the statement on
I the sale-bills that the farm contains
" an orchard of fruit trees Just coming
into bearing" will help the bidding
wonderfully; and it will be the same
with trees when once the exact position
of the timber question is understood.
A piece of woodland properly planted
and well located will come into use be-
fore an apple orchard will; and farm
OF hundred acres which could adver-
tise that it had five acres of young for
est ten years old would bring far more
than interest on cost, should it have to
pass under the hammer.
All this of course implies thatit be
properly located. If the plantation be
made into a wooded country, where the
wood is a nuisance and a whole acre of
standing timber can be bought for a
few dollars-f one sends Goals to New
castle or blankets to the West Indies
he must expect to pay the penalty for
such stupidity; and there always is a
due quantity of just such stupid people
in the world. 1t would be just the same
with the apple planter. If he lived
where the fruit did not bring ten cents
a bushel, and was scarcely likely to
ever bring more; or where apple-tTees
did not grow well; or if he were to set
out crabs and rusty-coats, where no one
wanted anything but winesaps and
bushes. he would, perhaps, be among
those who regarded the profits of
apple culture as mere moonshine.
But there is no doubt that in ten
years over a large district of our coun-
try timber will be. scarce and lumber
high-pticed; and that those who plant
now in these places will be very well re-
warded. Even though the trees be not
large enough for saw-logs in ten years,
or even for bored fence-posts, yet for
fuel, rails perchance, and many other
purposes the little plantation will come
well into use.
As for the we-must-do something"
folks in the newspapers and public
places, we doubt much whether any
thing win come of them. 1t is not
worth while waiting to see what they
do. But we advise everyone who owns
his own farm, to look about him and
see how the timber prospect is; and if
he really sees a probable scarcity,
either in his market or in his wood
shed, to arrange to plant an acre or
two Of timber next spring. German
tOtOn TeIeqruph.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
AsHTABULA OHIO FRIDAY MARCH A. 1879

| At last he was successful He hshed
out of his vest pocket q couple Of little
things which carried to the light and
discovered to be pistols. They were
singIe-barreled and silver mounted, and
very dainty and pretty. I Wss not able
to speak for emotion. silently hung
one of them on my watch-chain, and
returned the other. Ny companion in
crime now unrolled q pOstage-stamp
containing several cartridges, and gave
me one of them. l asked If he meant
to signify by this that our men were to
be allowed bu' one shot apiece. He
replied that the French code permitted
no more. I then begged him to go On
and suggest a distance, for my mind
was growing weaker and confused IN
der the strain which had been put upon
it. He said sixtY-fve yards. 1 Inearly
lost my patience. l said:
"Sixty-fve yards with these instru-
mehtsa Pop-guns would be deadHer at
fifty. Consider, my friend, you and
are banded together to destroy life, not
to make it eternal"
But with all my persuasion, all nv
arguments, was only able to get him
to reduce the distance 10 thirty-fiVe
yards; and even this concession he
made with reluctance, and said with 3
sigh:
81 wash my hands Of this slaughter;
on your head be it. "
There was nothing for me but to 90
home to my old ion-heart and tell my
humiliating story. When I entered,
NJ. Gambetts was laying his last lock
of hair on the altar. Hesprang toward
me, exclsiming:
"a You have made the fatal arrange
ulents-I see It in your eyer
al have.'
His face paIed a trias, and he leaned
upon thetable for support He breathed
thick and heavily for q moment or two,
so tumultuous were his feelings; then
he hoarsely whispered:
't The weapon! the Weaponi QuickI
What is the WeapOpP'i
"Thisr' and I displayed that silver
mounted thing. He caught but one
glimpse of it, then sWOoned pOnderous-
ly to the floor.
When he came to, he said mournfully:
"The unnatural calm to which I
have subjected myself has told upon
my nerves. But sway,with wesknessl
1 will confront my fate like ? man and
9 Frenchmkn"
( Herose to his feet and assumed an
attitude which for suHlimisy has never
been approached by man, and has ssis.
dom been surpassed by statues. Then
he said, in his deep bass tones:
Behold l am calm, am ready; re-
veal to me the distance"
"Thirty-tiVe yards"
could not lift him up, Of course; but
rolled him over, and poured Water
down his back. He presently came to
and said: ~
"Thirty-five yards-without q restP
But why askP Since murder was that
mani intention, why should he palter
at small details7 But mark you one
thing: In my fall the world shall see
how the chiValry Of France meets
death"
After 8 long silence, he asked:
WAS nothing said about that mans
family standing up with him, a. an of
set to my bu1kp But no matter; I
would not stoop to make suggestion;
Il he i. not noble enough to suggest it
himself. he Is welcome to this adVant-
age, which no honorable man would
take"
He now sank into q sort Of stupor -
renecti saeSwhich lasted some min large
stiiTantage over over broke. .silsRes viii. we, as
boys, hsa u side for the sugar cans
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

who takes his children upOs&s4d ROOr Llei
and enters with interest ( this o,IAss
cital of their troubles, whether - u
imaginary. The idea that '' children
should be seen and not heard,n and
that they should sit solemnly in some
corner like little mummies, or else be
considered rude, is monstrous per-
version Of the plainest dictates of good
sense. We pity the poor children of
our aristOcratic society, who are crowd
ed out of sight, or made "little men
and young ladies" of, when they should
only be laughing, romping boys and
girls. There are but few situations in
the home where children should not be
allowed and invited to take part. In
the parlor, and in the dining-room, and
in the ramble upon the lawn, and upon
the highway, they should be welcome,
for by constant association the educa-
ton is gathered that marks the future
man and woman. If fathers would
only take as much interst in the moral
training of their children-in cultivat-
ing their hearts-as they do in gather
ing gold and accommodating bonds, it
would add largely to the individual
and the collective happines of tie COM
munity. While we would not pro-
claim that our American methods are
above criticism, yet we do assert that
the customs of our best-ordered society
in the training of children are superior
in their good results to any upon the
globe. Whtn you can instil a love of
an honest action into a child, because
it is just and right, and by personal
contact and intimate association dem
Onstrate to him that you practice what
you preach, the education is certain
and the results sure chicago Inter
Ocean
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

EXPresS Trains Leave New York
300 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 90 A. NJ, connecting
with last trains to the West, Northwest and
Southwest. Puliman's best Drawing Room
Sleeping Coaches to Buffalo,
100 p. M Daily. Pacific Express. Sleep
ing Coaches ana Hotel Dining Cars through
to Chicago without change.
ZOO Z. M. Emigrant train for the West,
Daily. No. daily, except Sunday.
fAleal stations.
NA-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, 1879-03-14
DRUGGISTS.

mARTTN NEWBRRRY, Druggist and
Apotheeary, and General Dealer in Drugs,
Medicines, Wines and Liquors for medical
purposes, Fancy and Toilet Goods Main
street, corner OF Centre, Ashtabuia, o.
CHARLES 3. SWIFT, Ashfabula. Ohio,
-. Dealer In Drugs and Medicines, Groceries,
faEfumery and Fancy Articles, superior
Coffee, Spices, FlaVoTing Extracts, Pa
28th ind ediclnes Of ev sry desert ptiOn Paints.
lVaruishes. BfU shes, Fancy Soaps Hair
N,lll.tc al Of which will be sold at the low
ices. Prescriptions prepared with suit
care 1895
SEORGR WILLARD, Dealer in Hard
ware, Saddlery, Nails, Iron, Steel, Drugs
Medicines, Paints. 6ils Dyestuffs &c, Main
street, Ashtabula. Ohio. 1905.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
Train the Boys for Business.

There is one element in the home in
struction of boys to which, says a Bos-
ton paper, too little attention has been
given, and that is the cultivation Of
habits of punetuality, system, order
and responsibility. In too many house
holds boys from twelve to seventeen
wars are too much administered to by
Cdving mothers or other female mem
IS of the family. Boys lives during
sSearsas..as the haleyon dsvs Of
7Sis n the f2g
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

wak~-- as pru-
the man awoke, s.LS, -.--.s
wanted to go to Port HSVeE,- 3 ssU.1
out all right after all. My two con
panions found at Port Haven. The
were mighty uneasy about me, an
said they were preparing to go bac
and have look for ne Cree
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
GOING WEST.
No.I.iW.F Ft.
GOING EAST.
IS. No. 2.IW. Ft.

L. =. a N. M.S.-FRANKLIN DIVI HON
From and after February Z3rd, 1873, Passenger
Trains will rnn fnlInMs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
ERIE RAILWAY.

y = n =
abstract Time Table adopted June 3, 1878
DULLMAN'S best Drawing-roOm
Il and Sleeping Coaches, combining all
modern improvements, are running through
without change from Rochester, Buffalo, Sus-
pension Bridge, Niagara Falls, Cincinnati and
Chicago to New York, making direct connec-
tiOn with all lines Of foreign and coastwise
steamers, and also with Sound steamers and
railway lines for Boston and New England
New York
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

thing moves in systematic grooves, and
each one is responsible for correctness
in his department, and where in place
of ministers to his comfort, he finds
task-masters, more or less lenient, to
be sure, and everything in marked con-
trast to his previous life.
In many instances the change is too
great. Errors become numerous; blum
ders, overlooked at first, get to be q
matter of serious moment; then pa
tience is overtasked, and the boy is
told his services are no longer wanted.
This is his first blow, and sometimes
he never rallies from it. Then comes
the surprise to the parents, who too
often never know the real cause, nor
where they have failed in the training
of their children.
What is wanted is for every boy to
have something special to do; to have
some duty at a definite hour, and to
learn to watch for that time to come;
ito be answerable for a certain portion
of the routine of the household; to be
trained to anticipate the time when he
may enter the ranks of business, and
be Fortified with habits of energy, ae-
euraey, and application, often of more
importance than superficial book learn
ing. Scientific american.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

eu1d not know
~ 49, .sek until had
so 49, 4hes to the north Of my
T 9 IS comrades If had not met with some
% Rane, following II, shaaows, perhaps,
: ia duel w1ChoGt hrst maxim ighti hsEg
viii. He said he had never heard obhooao Of