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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
cUnni10 Ravens.

In the narrative of the artic voyage
Captain Mcclure, of the British navy
is the following story of the two ravens
which became domiciliated on board
the investigator: The raven, it ap-
pears, is the only bird that willingly
braves a solar winter; and, in the depth
of the season, he is seen to fit through
the cold and sunless atmosphere like an
evil spirit, his sullen croak alone break
ing the silence of the death-like scene.
No one of the crew attempted to shoot
the ravens, and they consequently be-
came very bold, as will be seen by the
narrative 1.-TWO ravens now estab-
lished themselves as friends of the
family in Mercer Bay, living mainly by
what little scraps the men might have
thrown away after meal times. The ships
dog, however, looked upon these as his
special perquisites, and exhibited con-
siderable energy in maintaining his
rights against the ravens, who never
theless outwitted him in a way which
amused every one. Observing that he
appeared quite willing to make mouth
ful of their own sable persons, they used
to throw themselves Intentionally his
way, Just as the mess tins were being
cleaned out on the dirt-heap outside the
ship. The dog would Immediately run
at them, and they would just fly few
yards: the dog then made another, and
again they would appear to escape him
but by an inch, and so on, and until
they had tempted and provoked him to
the shore, a considerable distance of.
Then the ravens would make direct
flight for tbs ship, and had generally
done good execution before the morti-
fed-l6oking dog detected tho imposition
that had been practiced upon him, and
rushed hack AGAIN. " '''''' 49,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
Prebisforic Ruins.

Back of the lost Aztec cities there are
in this region of country not merely
traces but very well preserved ruins OF
the dwellings of a people who lived so
long ago that not history or tradition,
or even legend, has kept even so much
as the shadow of their memory. Prof
Tucker, of Hayden's United States Sur
yey, has made quite study Of their
remains, and has given some interesting
details concerning their discovery.
At frst the distance of these cave
dwellings was unknown to the party,
but one of them, sharper-eyed than the
others, suddenly deserted way up near
the top of the bluff, full a thousand feet
from their base, perfect little houses
Sandwiched m among the crevicHs of
the horizontal strata of the rock of
which the bluffs were composed.
At the peril of his life one of the
party scaled the precipice, and letting
himself down into one of the houses,
found the masonry as firm and solid as
when first constructed, and so smooth
and even that the casual observer from
the canyon below would not notice the
difference between 1t and the rock itself
once in fifty times passing.
The Cliff House in the MancoS was
one of the wonders of their discoveries,
it being the first seen one evening just
as the sun was sinking behind the
western walls of the canyon. Perched
in its little nook, like swallows nest,
the Cliff House was found to be two
stories in height, and evidently an edi-
fee of considerable distinction, as its
upper windows command an extended
view down the canyon, and its position
generally that of pre-eminence over the
entire section thereabouts. The interior
was found to be arranged far more elab-
orately than in any other building yet
explored, the windows encased in wood,
neatly fashioned, the sills and lintels
still showing evidences Of having been
stained in imitation of dark woods,
and most of it in a remarkably fair state
of preservation. Some distance from
the building, and upon other ledges, the
ruins OF quite a number of smaller
buildings were found, and all of them
ranging from 700 to 200 feet from the
bottom of the canyon below. Many
readers will recall the models of these
cliff houses, which were on view at the
Centennial Exhibition in the Govern
ment department, and which were
always the center of fascinated throhg
of the most intelligent and cultivated
visitors
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

ANXIETY AND WoRRY.-Anxiety and
worry are the friction of the soul, irritat-
ing, disOrganizing and wearing out the
delicate machinery of life. They dim
the brightness and sour the sweetness OF
what might otherwise be the happiest
life. They repel sympathy, ALLEVIATE
friendship, and destroy love They are
productive of no good, and work only
evil. both to self and others.
'Now," they said to her, "you can 90
in and see him; but remember that he
is very sick with heart disease, and don't
say a word that will trouble him." Then
she walked in, sat down on the edge of
a chair and remarked, "Ah-ah!-m /!
sad, amt it? Thought I'd just run in,
cause they said there wuz no KNOWN
how soon you might drop off"
An exquisite went into the country
in search of a farm, and, finding
one for sale, began to bargain for it.
The seller mentioned, as one of the
farm recommendations, that it had a
very cold spring on it. "Ah-aw?" said
the fOp; 4 won't take it, then, for I've
heard that a cold spring ruined the
crops last year, and don't want a place
with such drawback upon it."
A brother of Bishop Clark was one of
the wittiest men alive. II runs in the
family. He went once to see one of his
parlsnioners, a lady with a prOdigiOus
family, which had recently been in
creased. As he rose to leave, the lady
stopped him with "but you have not
replied, "and I never expect to-" Then
he fed.
"I suppose you have been to your
lodgeP' she sCornfully inquired, when
she opened the door for fremont man
suddenly at midnight. The door had
maliciously refused response to every
effort he made on the lock with a sec
ton of a pretzel he held in his hand.
'lNo, no, my dear" he replied, with
gushing candor, you see 1 stopped at a
(hicl strawb'ry fes'vl on my way home
t. help church long, you know-an' the
(hic) berries soured on my stomach.
Confound strawb'Ty festival, anyway,
''rrly in the season; last one'll take me
III.'
The AIikado of Japan appears to
have spared no effort to do honor to the
remains of his murdered adviser, Okubo.
The funeral services were conducted
according to the ceremonials of the
Shinto rite. The casket containing the
remains, a miniature temple of til,
choicest woods, unstained and unpainted,
was borne upon the shoulders of a score
of men. clad in white silk, with large
caps of black Grape around their heads.
At the grave an address to the spirit OF
the dead was read by . priest, ana
offerings of food were placed before the
coffin. The Prince Imperial bowed
humbIy before the inanimate body, and
the seven sons of Okubo, one after
another, down 10 the little one of four.
laid bundles OF green, bound with white
ribbons, before the casket. The fate of
the assassins is not known, but as tor
ture has not been abolished. their Yun-
ishment was no doubt terrible.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
lie Kodsrn KstbussEan. Ace r8O.

The Oldest man in the world, unless
records and traditions lie, is Miguel
Soils, farmer living near Bogota, South
America. He is said to be $50 years old
and the neighbOrs believe him to be
older rather than younger. A doctor
who recently went to see him states
that gray-haired men remember Miguel
as a reputed centinarian when they were
boys; so that the name Miguel Soils.
farmer, appeared in a list still preserved.
of the contributors to the building fund
of Franciscan monastery near San Sc
bastian, which Was'founded in I7l2, and
that the present abbot is positive that it
is the same man. The doctor found the
old fellow at work, in his orchard
parchment skinned, robust, active, his
snoW-white hair twisted turban fashion
around his head and his eyes so bright
that the doctor felt uncomfortable when
they were turned upon him. Cues
toned as to his habits, Miguel told the
doctor that the secret of living a century
OF two was very simple-merely never
getting drunk and never Over-feeding.
He never ate cooked food until it had
cooled, and tasted twice a month, ut
which time he took nothing into his
stomach but water. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to add that all the Indians in the
neighborhood firmly believe that old
Miguel has sold his soul to the devil.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
Netor Evoo and tho Bind GirL.

A Paris letter says Of Victor Hugo, the
distinguished and now aged poet and
novelist:
His tenderness for little children is
exquisite. A child is always welcome to
his house. Twice a week, the poet ex-
ercises hospitality to his friends. His
table is laid out artistically, but without
pretension. The dishes are cooked to a
turn, of the most succulent quality, and
served in a bourgeois style. Victor Hugo
sits at the head, and his granddaughter
Mt the foot of the table. On Thursday
and Sunday evenings, he is at home
from nine to eleven. One of the habit
uees Of his salon is a blind girl, the
daughteT, { helleVa, Of q workman with
whom she comes. When she Is Victor
Hugo's guest, he speaks for her special
9rtfinment, without exactly direct
@1s conversation to her. He thus
her at ease. The poor creature sits
lite the fire, listening in mute &C.
She is very plainly and neatly
I'd. Were young and handsome
ess in hPr place, she would not meet
9hs ailsRtl9A ffaH the the chiy- olaiy
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
Never DesDoir.

Never despair. It is a brave motto
and brave mans armor. Bright, beau.
tiful hope; the antidote of all the evils
which sprang from the fatal box of Pan
dora What a dreary, dark world this
would be without its smile. It springs
eternal in the heart, for it is the immor-
tai longing Of the soul which earth can
never fill.
Alan never Is, but always to be blessed
Strike out of the hearts and lives of
men this hope of future good and hap
piness, and it would be the death of hu-
man effort and life, hope it is the main
spring of every deed and effort of the
world since man came into it, and will
be SO until the "crack of doom" Is
there life so hopeless and miserable as
not to be warmed by its smile? Is there
a calamity so great that hope will not
rise from its ashes? Is there crime so
dark and heinous that hope will not
tighten or COLOR? Is there poverty so
bleak that hope will not transform into
aff1uence and ease? Is there a misfor-
tune, sickness, poverty, or death that
the light of hope does not illume? As
the rainbow, it spans the heaven of man
with its eternal faith, and gilds the
hOIlu Will llb -uCtthC1A-DOA4A IOls A4OIbN
gilds all of earth, and brightens even
the portals of the tomb. Hope on, hope
ever, and if the reality never comes, the
Joy of hoping will have cheered and
fightened our lives, and will find its
frIlition in the heaven from which it
sprang.
This ever longing, hoping for the fu-
ture is the imprint of Immortality, and
the impulse of man. All nature teaches
thesame lesson of hopefulness. Winter
thaws into spring, and spring glides into
smiling, fruitful summer, and the land
is teeming with the fafness of mans
toll, and natures bounty. Let US there
fore, be hopeful, and act. as well as feel
so, and the cloud hanging as a pail about
us will be rent asunder, and the bright
sky of prosperity will again shine upon
our path. We must put our shoulder to
the wheel, and if We do it manfully and
hopefully it will surely turn. Heaven
hel ps those who help themselves.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

The HILL OF LIFE.-The roads leading
over the hill of life are numerous; some
people take the road which is bright
and gay-on which flowers of the rich
est hues are blooming-but they find
that before they are half way the flowers
have faded, all is bleak, they are wearied
and are glad to lie down and die. Others
strive to go over the steep banks which
lead to fortune and to fame, but the
paths on which they walk are rough and
rugged; some stop at a precipice, over
which they are unable 10 pass the foot
hold of others gives way, and they are
hurled to the bottom, while only few
reach the coveted goal. But the wise
man chooses the road which goes over
the hill with a gradual slope, on which,
here and there, are sweet flowers which
cheer him on his way until he arrives at
his journeys end, where dwell Peace,
Happiness and Contentment.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
IMPORTANT LETTER
From a Distinguished Physician.

MO single disease has entailed more suffering or
~ fastened the breaking up OF the constitution
than CataTrh. The sense Ofsmell of taste or sight,
ofheartng, the human voice, the mind, one moro
and sometimes all yield to its destructive influence
The poison It distributes throughout the system
attacks every vital force, and breaks up the most
robust OF constitutions. Ignored because but little
understood by most physicians ilupotently assailed
By quacks and charlatans, those suffering from
II have little hope TO be relieved OF It this side
OF the grave It fstne then thatthe popular treat
ment OF this terrible disease remedies within the
reach OF all passed into hands at once competent
and Trustworthy. The new and hitherto untried
method adopted by DR.. Sanford in the preparation
OF his RADICAL CURE has won my hearty approval.
remedies fall because 1t strikes at the root Of the
disease, viz, the Gctded blood, while i heals the
liberated membrane by direct application to the
nasal passages. Its action Is based on certain fixed
rules, and unless the vital forces too far ex-
hausted, must, in the great majority Of cases, effect
cure.
GEO. BEARD, N. D.
NoDsooTF BLOCK, So. FRANTaaHAi, Oct. i, 1874.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
Roms in the Tfms Of Kee Nisas.

It is evident that in the perioddesig.
mated as that of the kings, when Rome
commenced her career of conquests, she
was, for that time and country, great
and wealthy city. This is proved by the
works of the kings, the capital temple,
the excavation for the Circus Max1ums,
the Servian wall, and, above all, the
Cloaca Maxima. Historians have indeed
undertaken to give US a very disparaging
picture Of the ancient Rome, which they
confdentially describe as nothing more
than a great village of shingle-roofed
cottages, thinly scattered over a large
area. We ask in vain what are the
materials for this description. 1t is most
probable that tie private buildings OF
Rome u4deF the kings were rooted with
nothing better than shingle, and it IS
very likely that they we're mean and
dirty, as the private buildings of Athens
appear to have been, and as those pf
most of the great cities Of the middle
ages unQuestionably were. But the
Cloaca Maxima is in itself conclusive
evidence of large population, of wealth,
and Of not inconsderable degree OF
civilization, Taking our stand upon
this monument, and clearing our vision
entirely of RoInu1ns and his asylum, we
seem dimly to perceive the existeppe of
a prehistoric background, richer than is
commonly supposed IN the gerFs Of civ
ilizatioE-a remark which may, in all
likelihood, be extended to the back
ground of history in general. Nothing,
surely, can be more grotesque than the
idea Of 4 setof wolves, like the NoSe
pirates before their conversion to Chris
tianity, constructing in their den the
ClOaca Maxima. That Rome was COM
paratively great and wealthy is certain.
We can hardly doubt that she was q
seat of industry and commerce, and
that the theory which represents her
industry and commerce as having been
developed subsequently to her conquests
is the reverse of the fact. Whence, but
from industry and commerce, could the
population ahd wealth have come?
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
The fn1lnuinn io on ill,,ut,.ot;.

The following is an illustration of
the antiquities involved in accurate Ian
guage. One gentleman observed to
another:
Il have wife and six children in
New York, and Inever saw one of them" /"
Were you ever blind?"
EOh, no."
A further lapse of time, and then the
interlocutor resumed the subject:
Did understand you to say that YOU
had wife and six children living in
New York, and you have never seen one
of them%
Eyes; such is the fact"
Here followed still longer pause in
the conversation, when the interrogation
asked in despair:
How is it that you never saw one of
them%
because one Of them was born after
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

TROUBLES THAT NEVER CoNE.-0ne of
the most useless of all things is to take
q deal OF trouble in providing against
dangers that never come. How many
toll to lay up riches which they never
enjoy; to provide for exigencies that
never happen; TO prevent troubles that
never come sacrificing present comfort
and enjoyment in guarding against the
To sag. y = f'-'0,i my Nt.'f WV "yS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

SMALLPOX PREVENTATIVE. - Sulphate
of zinc, one grain; digitaiis, fox glove)
Mix With two tablespoonfuis Of water.
When thoroughly mixed, add four
ounces of water. Take q teaspoonfnl
every hour. For children, smaller doses,
according to age. This disease will dis
appear in twelve hours. If you value
advice and experience use this for this
terrible disease,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

A gentleman in the north of Eng
land once said to a friend who accom-
panied him in a walk: "Those beautiful
grounds, as far as your eye can reach,
those majestic woods on the brow of the
distant hills, and those extensive and
valuable mines, belong to me; yonder
powerful steam engine obtains the pro-
duce of my mines, and those ships con-
vey my wealth to other parts of the
kingdom" "Well, my lord, /" replied the
gentleman, "do you see yonder little
hovel that seems but a speck on your
estate? There dwells poor woman
who can say more than all this, for she
can say, Christ is mine In very few
years your lordship's possession Will be
confined within the scanty limits of a
tomb; but she will then have entered
on far nobler inheritance than your
lordship now possesses-an inheritance
incorr4phble, QRdefled, and that fadeth
not away, reserved In heaven for those
who are kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
Beecher on PRAYER.

Mr.. Beecher said at a prayer-meetine
that he did not accept Mr.. MOody's views
of prayer. Moody taught his boy to
pray for a sled, and when the boy had
prayed three or four days, he put a sled
in his room as an answer to his prayer
81 do not believe in the prayer test,
said Mr.. Beecher, "nor in praying at a
mark. This is preposterous, unless Y }
believe that We receive the very t ING
We ask for.
'gThe larger view is that the answers
will not come in the shape we ask for
them. do not believe that if a man
jumps off q dock and prays that he
may not get wet that he will escape a
ducking. If you ask me, How often
ought to pray? that is the same as if a
man should ask me how often his violin
should be tuned. 1t depends upon the
weather, and the usage it receives, and
the man who handlesit. 1t should be
tuned when it needs it. And this diff
fers according to the temperature and
the men. For most men the habit of
prayer is desirable"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

REAL SUCCESs.-u shSuld be remem-
bered that success in life is to be re-
garded as a means, and not as an end
and that, therefore, there is sucha thing
POSSIBLE as unsuccessful success-such q
thing as gaining every end, while the
whole life has been a failure. For what
is success? Viewed in the light of
another world-of that measureless ex-
istence compared with which this
earthly one is but 4 point-what is it.
after all, but comparatively vulgar, pal
try affair? Is it anything for which a
man should crawl in the dust, degrade
himself in his own estimation, do vio-
lence to the divine principle within him,
or stoop to the smallest mean or dishon-
orable action? Is life a scratch-race,
where, at every hazard, though you have
to blind the man on your right, and trip
the one on your left, you must struggle
to come out ahead? Is it nothing to
have a conscience void of Offense, a face
that never turns pale at the accuser's
voice, bosom that never throbs at the
fear of exposure, a heart that might be
turned inside out and discover no trace
of dishonor2
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
SANFORpIS Radical CURE

MAY safely claim TO be one Of the few popular
gentlemen, who, in private, not only freely recon-
mend It but It In their families in preference
physicians.
You are aware" +" said n distinguished city ply.
Gician, that my obligations 10 the Mass Medical
Society are such that cannot publ licly recommend
or prescribe the Radical Cure but since received
30 much relief from the OF IL myself, after
thorough trial Of The usual remedies, have prf-
vately advised It's use. and presume have sent to
your store no less than one hundred OF my patients
fOr it."
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

The question whether postal officials
have right, under any circumstances,
except by due process of law, to open
letters or sealed packages in the mails,
pas again been answered in the negative
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, Sealed mail matter" says the
decision, "is as fully guarded from exam
nation and inspection, except as to their
outward form and weight, as if they
were retained by the parties forwarding
them in their own domiciles. The Con-
stitutional guarantee of the right of the
people to be secure against unreasonable
searches and seizures extends to their
papers, thus closed against inspection,
wherever they may be. No law of Con-
gress can place in the hands of officials
connected with the postal service any
authority to invade the secrecy Of
sealed packages in the mail"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03

This from the Elko, New, Post
Estelle-We have seen patterns of the
new combined corset and pannier of
which you ask, but scarcely feel compe-
tent to give you an exact description of
the article. It looks to US like a very
neat fitting arrangement. From the
small of the back a network of wires
radiate, forming sort of concave roof
over the hip-we mean the-the-an--
home station of the spine. 1t is snugly
held in place by band about the waist,
secured by a neat buckle over the bel
oh, dpg-gane it-ths-the-the befront,
from which whalebones extend upward
to a point just beneath the brea-no,
the bos-oh, good heavens-the-ah,
you know, and from thence rise two
spherical contrivances, completely cover
ing ngthe-the-aforesaid, and oh, go and
ask some woman; we can't make it
plain enough to be understood.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
IT was finely said bv socrntos t,

1t was finely said by SOCRATES that
the shortest and most direct road to
popularity is "for man to be the same
that he wishes to be taken for" People
are egregiously mistaken if thev thi'
they can ever attain to permane, 4
ulaFity hV hypocrisy, by mere o
appearances, and by Disgusting not
their language Rut their looks.
popularity takes deep rG9t, RHd sBf'
itself wide but the false fails a%hg
blOssomsj for nothing that Is falas ;
be lasting.