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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
Some Mems Wives.

al tell you what it is" said one Of a
small coterie of wealthy men, who had
met in the Office of one of their num-
Der, they may say what they please
about the uselesshess of modern Wom-
en-, but my wife has done her share in
securing our success in life. Every
body knows that her family was aristo-
cratic and exclusive, and all that, and
when married her she had never done
a days work in her life; but, when W.
& Co. failed, and had to commence at
the foot of the hill again, she dis
charged the servants and chose out q
neat little cottage and did her own
housekeeping until 1 was better off
again"
"And my wife," said a second, "was
an only daughter, caressed and petted
to death; and everybody said, well,
if he will marry doll like that, he'll
make the greatest mistake of his Hfe;'
but, when came home the first year
of our marriage slok with the fever,
she nursed me back to health, and I
never knew her to murmur because I
thought we couldn't afford any better
style or more luXuries."
"Wel. gentlemen" chimed in q
third, "I married a smart, healthy,
pretty girl, but she was a regular blue
stocking. She adored Tennyson,
dotted on Byron, read Emerson and
named the first baby Ralph Waldo and
the second Maud; but, tell you what
it's" and the speakers eyes grew sus-
piciously moist, "when we laid little
Maud in her last bed at Auburn, my
poor wife had no remembrance of neg
leOt OF stiHted motherly care, and the
little dresses that still lie in the locked
drawer were all made by her own hand"
-JouT1sGl of Commerce.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
Dent Waste Vital Energy.

THz most vigorous persons do not
have % much vitality. People gen.
orally inherit lack; or, at least, find
that much vital energy has been per-
manently lost in their childhood and
youth through the ignorance or the
carelessness Of their parents. Often
it is impaired by wrong indulgences
in early manhood. The endeaVor with
all persons should be to husband what
is left, be it much or little. Therefore
1. Don't do anything in hurry.
9. Don't work too many hours day,
whether it be farm work, shop work,
study work or house work
s. Don't abridge sleep. Get the full
eight hours of it, and that, too, in g
well-ventilated and sun-puri6ed room.
T. Don't eat what is indigestible, nor
too much of anything, and let good
cheer rule the hour.
8. Don't fret at yourself, or anybody
else; nor indulge in the blues, nor burst
into fits Of passion.
6. Don't be too much elated with
good luck, nor disheartened by bad.
Positively-be sef-controlled, calm
and brave. Let your brain have all
the rest it needs. Treat your stomach
right. Keep s good conscience, and
have a cheerful trust in God for all
things and for both worlds YOssth' s
Companion.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


TIE quality Of the manure Of ami
mails always depends on the quality Of
their food
THERE Is no animal that Will better
repay the cost of good extra keep than
8 dairy COW in full milk.
GEHs.-One pint milk, two eggs, one
pinch salt; flour enough to make good
batter; bake in little pans in hot oven.
A CHARACTERISTIC of good farming
is that everything shall be in its place,
and that a place for everything be pro-
vided.
BLANKET your horse when waiting
at the hitching-post, while the driver is
in some warm place doing business,
for " the merciful man regardeth the
life of his beast. :"
BATTER PUDDNG.-0ne cup raisins,
enc of molasses, one Of sweet milk,
half-cup butter, three cups -four, one
spoonful soda; steam two hours; cream
snd sugar for sauce.
CRULLERs.-One pint sour butter
milk, nearly the same white sugar,
half-pint butter and lard mixed, three
eggs, one teaspoOnful soda, flour to
make q light dough; warm ingredients-
WoRK not q rod of land more than
YOU can work well. 1t is easier and
far more profitable to reap sixty bushels
from one acre than fifty from two.
Manure and proper cultivation viii en-
abe you TO do it.
To PROTECT STEELWARE FROM Rust.
If all steel or tinware is well rubbed
with lard and then with common un-
slakeI lime before being put away, it
will never rust. This is also the best
plan to remove rust.
Do NOT work butter too much nor
too fast. Work slowly, and until all
the salt is thoroughly and evenly ab-
sOrbed, otherwise the butter will not
be of uniform color. Working it too
fast viii destroy the grain.
ALL the harvesting implements and
machines should be cleaned and oiled
both woodwork and iron-and stored
in a dry, covered place. To remove
rust use crude petroleum; then brush
over with inseed oil. Petroleum is 8
good preserver of wood
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
English ShOpkeepers and American
Customers.


There has been a somewhat amusing
discussion going on in the London
newspapers recently about the manners
of 90 Yankee customers in the shops.
The charge is that Americans go into
the shops, give an endless amount of
trouble to the statesmen in trying to suit
them, and then go off without buying
anything. One shopman after another
writes to the papers and tells how the
whole contents of the shop, approx
mately speaking, were piled upon the
counters to suit some unreasonable
Yankee, and then he has merely
"guessed he'd be able to do better
elsewhere" or else merely held out u
hope of "lcoking in again" It is
shocking, Of course, and yet some of
the English have dared to say word
in defense of the lawful Yankee"
These latter, mere Corporars guard,
it must be admitted, go SO far as to say
that the English shopman, as rule, is
not exactly saint, and that when q
customer comes in he is looked upon
as being kind of moral debtor to the
firm by the mere fact of his presence
there; and, further, that the proprie-
tors are in the habit of telling their
clerks that they are always expected to
sell q aman something before letting him
him go, if the article be at all in their
line. They say, too, and say truly,
that shopmen pull down box after box
of things not wanted or called for, in
hopes of getting the customer to carry
away some article remotely similar to
what he is after, and are then offended
because he is so hard to suit. believe
the fact to be this, that British shop
keepers forget that the relation is a
purely business one and that the Gus
toner is under no obligations to buy.
will mention case Of which l was an
eyewitness. In company with friend
! went to large druggists shop (the
English never say STOREY in Fleet street.
My friend wanted some bay rum. The
one who came to wait upon him was
not a mere boy, but a well-dressed
man, say of about thirty-fve years.
He said they had no bay rum, but in
quired what it was to be used for.
Upon being told, he at once offered an
other article which he declared was su-
perior to bay rum for that purpose.
This was declined, and the man pro-
ceeded to argue the matter. He was
patiently listened to, but when the art
icle was again declined, he boldly ven
tured the opinion that his customer
"did not know what he wanted" And
such cases are by no means rare. But,
whatever may be the merits of the case,
there has, at all events, been a good
bit of pother over it. Mr.. Proctor,
who visited the United States some
years ago and gave lectures on astron-
Omy, has given one of the papers a
long letter on the subject, in which he
stoutly defends the Yankee side of the
question. Cincinnati Gazette.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
HONE, Farm AND GARDEN.

An equal quantity of fresh spirits
of vitriol and lemon juice will take
stains out of marble. Put in a bottle
and shake up well; wet the spots with
the mixture, and in few minutes rub
with q soft linen cloth till they disap-
pear.
In performing housework Inc hands
are frequently put into both hot and
cold water. To prevent unpleasant eff
fects upon the skin, use few drops Of
glvcerine frequently in wiping the
hands. and it viii restore the soft nat
ural texture of the skin.
"A hot lemonade is one of the best
remedies for cold, as it acts promptly
and efficiently, and has no unpleasant
after effects. One lemon should be
properly squeezed, cut in slices, put
with sugar and covered with half 8
pint of boiling water. Drink Just be-
fore going to bed, and do not expose
yourself on the following day. The
remedy will ward off an attack of chills
and fever if it is used promptly.-EZ-
change.
During the winter mice are some
times troublesome guests in the spiary,
especially if the hives are surrounded
by straw in which they can harbor.
The best preventive is to have the
hives so tight that they can gain no ad-
nnittance. For the sake of ventilation
it is not well, however, to have the en-
trance closed air tight Therefore,
fasten q piece of wire gauze over the
entrance of the hives that may be
=. l.. ~ he l,rrVsaH
in the ground; this will exclude mice
and admit air; and over the en-
trance of hives that are covered with
boxes, as mentioned above, fasten q
piece of tin about quarter of an inch
above the bottom board, so that the
bees can Just pass under the edge of it,
while the mice are eXcluded.-RUrdt
ResO Yorker.
"A cheaplo lot of manure may be made
of an old carcass of q horse or COW,
ETC., which are often drawn away to the
woods to pollute the atmosphere Do
not do this, but put down four or five
loads of muck or sod, roll the carcass
on it and sprinkle it over with quick
lime, covering over Immediately with
sod or mold sufficient to make, with
that already beneath, twenty good
sized wagon-losds, and you will have
twenty-five dollars worth of the best of
fertilizers in less than a year, and no
fears need be felt in applying to any
crop. One beauty of this plan is, the
animals need not be moved far away,
there being not the least stencil. All
animals which you are unfortunate
enough to lose can be utilized in this
way and be made to go q great ways
toward replacing them. Smaller ami
mails, such as sheep, calves, dogs and
cats can be treated in the same manner
with about the average amount of sod
or muck propOrtionate to their size.
When possible, place three or four in
one pile, as the labor of covering would
be proportionately less; but it is not
much work to make heap of any ami
NAL, however small or large. Turf
Field and Farm.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
An Anger Which BOres Square Holes.

To send verdant youngster in search
of drill wherewith to make a square
hole, is one of those time-honored work
shop jokes, hefreshness and originality
of which is perennial with succeeding
generations Of perpetrators. But the
laugh is now over, or at least it is on the
side of the victim, for, incredible as it
may appear, this apparentimpossibility
has been accomplished, and in a way
so simple and so easy that any one may
prove the fact for himself. As may be
supposed, the invention has excited
more genuine astonishment among the
mechanics gathered at the Exposition
than any of the other wonders here dis
played. There is a constant crowd sur
rounding the inventor, watching him
bore hole after hole square, and puz-
zling over the very simplicity of the
pro7okingly simple solution of the
problem. If l had not seen the thing
done, should have refused, as many
of your readers will doubtless feel simi-
larly inclined to do, to believe in its
possibility; but, fortunately, here is a
case where nothing need be taken on
faith. All that is required is a ordina-
ry hand drill-stock. A stationary one
with chuck below for holding the
work, the inventor, Mr.. Julius Hall, of
London, usesi but he says a common
brace will answer" anything, in fact,
will do that will properly hold the
drill" The tool Itself is the usual
form of three-square drill, so that 1t
will be seen that no special apparatus
at all is required. Clamp or chuck this
drill in its holder so that "it will wsb-
BILE" and you have the whole secret.
Instead of making a round hole, as it.
undoubtedly will if tightly grasped,
when loosely held it produces a square
one. Why it should act thus is at first
to all appearances an impenetrable
paradox, and even after the rationale
is discovered it scarcely seems quite
clear.-PdrEs Letter. in Scientific NesUs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
Death.Rate In Cities.

ACCORDING to a table prepared BY
Deputy Register Nsgle, Of the New
York Health Department, in relation
TO the death-rate in proportion to pop
ulaton OF the principal cities of the
world, the two American cities that
Snow the heaviest death rate are Balti-
more and Washington, the former be-
ing q. Al and the latter 25.6 "a per 1000.
The death-rate in the principal foreign
cities is considerably higher than In
the principal American cities. We an.
pend list Of the cities. home and for.
eign;
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18

WORK is the lever which keeps the
world moving, and work is a necessity
Of existeuce. State Register.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
Wedding Stationery.

We are prepared to receive or
ders for all kinds of Engraved
Wedding Invitations, Visiting
Cards, MonOgrams, etc. This
work will be done in the finest
style of the art, and the prices for
the same are very low.
Samples of the latest styles of
Stationery, on hand.
JAMES REED & SON,
AshtabuIa.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18

Having a desire to try the climate
Of Lower California, the premises
Ne ooeupv on Prospect ST., Eshtabula, are
offered FOR sale. Furnished or Unfurnished,
Al q Bargafn. House substantial, brick; land
DeaT seven acres OF lawn, garden and pas
fure. thoroughly tile-drained; well in the
garden, well at the barn, and well an els
fern with hot and cold water, at the use.
I5l4tf P. W. STRADER,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
KANSAS.

To- Information relative to KANSAS. take the
TFfVFNWORTH (KANSASO APPEAL, q large
gight Dare weekly paper, containing each week q
sFetch. maps Illustrations Of some one Of the
counties in Kansas.
The better lands in this state are selling Al
from g 90 10 50 OOpeT Scre, with credit Of from
six 70 eleven yeaTs. The great bulk Of The gov
ernment land, which lie as rich as the rIehest 10
the state is still open to settlers. Ful Informs
tion In regard 10 soil, climate, preempnons
hOmesteadas markets. churches. schools. &C., viii
be Dund each week in THE APPEAL.
Price e2.00 per annum, or 81 90 foI six months.
Sample copies sent OD receipt OF 10 cents.
K1VeIs 1522-4
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
Symptoms of ofaDiseasedLiver

DAIN in the right side, under the
l edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely abb to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part There is
generally considerable loss of men,
ory, accompanied with a painful SEN
sadon of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant The patient complains Of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he disrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. MCLANE's LIVER PILLS. IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression DR.. MCLANE's LIVER
PILLS.
The genuine MCLANE's LIVER PILLS bear
the signatures of C. McLANE and FLEMING
BROS. on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. {.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Flem-
ing Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full of limitations of the name McLGne,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
Anything you wish can be found very cheap
Aful line of
CHOICE MILLINERY

After the 18th
Notions prices far below
competitors.
Special Bargain bale OF fine yard wide unoleaoheu
Cotton a 81 cents, worth o! cents
Twenty pieces Ware principally for the Culinary
Dapareny ali for OO these for Many OF
these articles such as Washers, Wash Basins Cake Pans &c,
are everywhere sold at 25 cents each
B-4-U Buy Visit the Ashtabula Store.
15aa-u l.. w. 5na1th &c son
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18
BOTTOM CASH PRICES.
Sash, Doors and Blinds
At
Wholesale Prices.
NO MIDDLE MEN.
Gulley Manufacturing Co.,

OF Ashtabula, Ohio, have decided to give the
consumer the benefit of the wholesale dis
count and will sell In the future Sash and
Doors at 30 per cent. Off from Buffalo and
Chicago lists.
We give below some Of the Prices of Sash
and Doors in common use. All other regular
sizes at same discount
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-18

DRUGS, PAINTS, GLASS, BOOKS. WALL Pa
PER and MILLINERY. L. LYON. Conneaut, o..
The New York herald., 1879-01-05
STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC.

TERRIBLE VOYAGE OF THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP
MAGREGoR-Loss OF THE ENTIRE CARGO.
tBY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Jan. 4, 1879
The British steamship Magregor, Captain
Newell, from Boston, having on board q
cargo of cattle and sheep, which arrived at
Liverpool on yesterday, experienced very
heavy gale on December "a, in lati-
tude 81 deg, longitude 81 deg. The
wind blew with terrific force, causing
tremendous sea. Four lifeboats we're
washed away, the wheelhouse skylight was
stove in by the waves and the sails were
blown from the masts in ribbons. One
hundred and ninety-one cattle and five
hundred sheep we're lost overheard during
the tempest. This was evidently one of
the storms predicted by the HERALD
Weather Bureau which arrived on our
coasts about the 2Sth, and which continue
to do much damage on the land.
The New York herald., 1879-01-05
MnNCAsI AND HIS CRIME.

The attack ON King Alfonso was made by Moncasi
as His Majesty Was passing from the great central
plaza of Madrid. the Pucrta del Sol. through the
Gale Mayor toward the royal palace. The King was
attended by guard of honor but rode ahead of his
aids. Moncasi who stood near the arched passage
way into the ancient Plaza Mayor. where per-
formed the awful acts Of the Inqusiton, fired twice
NJ His Majesty, the second shot taking effect
in the hand OF an aid who rode up to his rescue.
The culprit was at once secured. The shooting was
witnessed by General Grant. who stood ut window
of the Hotel de Paris the Pucrta del SOL but
the ex. President on the point of starting for
Lisbon and could only send his congratulations
10 Alfonso. The examination Of the prisoner began
ON the second day after the shooting. The Public
Prosecutor conducted the investigation with the ut.
most rigor. The Court appointed counsel to defend
tho accused W ho had declared to tho magistrate ut
the prison that he did not wish to choose his own
LAWYER According to the custom in Spain the bar
risters of Madrid obliged in turn take up such
cases when tho persons interested cannot afford do
not choose to select counsel. The barristcr APP
pointcd was seior Jirnenez del Cerro. He
displayed much zeal in the case OF
Moncasi lie requested the Court of
Appeal to allow him to examine the witnesses and to
permit the examination of Moncasi by two medical
men whom the defender named in his petition. Both
The New York herald., 1879-01-05
UNLUCKY MINERS.

A REDUCTION OF TEN FER CENT IN THEIR
wAGEs--LARGE COMPANIES LIKELY TO RE-
pUcE THEIE PRODUCT.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
WILREsBAREE Pa. Jan. 4, 1872
few days since Mr.. Charles Parrish notified his
miners that, owing to the low price OF coal. there
would be reduction of ten per cent in their wages
from the LIST day of January until the 1st day OF
April unless advance in the price of coal be-
fore that time would justify return to the old
rate The miners and laborers have been discuss
ing the matter of acceptance of the terms
for the past week aud tonight signihed their nten
ton 10 go to work Monday ut these terms. All
the other individual operators have acted in concert
with Mr.. Parrish. The larger companies-the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western. and the Delaware
and Hudson Company-have not given such notice
of reduction but have intimatcd their intention
OF reducing their product about one-half.
There is n feeling OF uneasiness prevailing among
business men, who have learned by experience the
advantages of the Board OF Control III regulating
The New York herald., 1879-01-05
HERALD WEATHER SERVICE.
PROMPT yERIFIcATIoN OF A PREDICTION FOR
FaANcE-A STORMY ME-coMpLIMENT FROM
THE '.FIGARo"-THE QUESTION OF TEMPERA-
TBY CABLE TO THE HERALD.

TCRE.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.
PARIS, Jan. 3, 1879.
To-day's Figaro pays handsome compll-
ment to your weather predictions, in refer
ence particularly to the prediction cover
ing the first week in January, which was as
follows -"Stormy weather will probably
prevail on the North and Central Atlantic
coasts of Europe until about the end of the
first week in January; succession of storm
centres will arrive on the Norwegian, Brit
ish and French coasts between the 2Sth OF
December and the Sd of January, with
strong gales, chiefly westerly, and rains or
snow" Commenting on this the Figaro
says:-
LA TEMPERATURE.
Les derniers pronostics que nous await
envoyes lie New YORK HERALD ne sont cette
iois que trop justities. A Pheure prevue
nous avons etc assaults par la bour-
rasque ct les averses. En- meme temps
le vent tourn6 vers le nord, ct
il soufiait hier en- tempete sur nos
c6tes de la Manche ct de rocean. Les
gros temps Won't probablement continuer.
LIE thermometre s'ost abaisse partout, ct
va descendre encore. Hier le maximum
du thermometre il Paris n pas depasse
degrees. Des averses de pluie ON de neige
suvant latitude, puis des eclaircics mo-
mentan6es; VOLTA retat atmospherique don't
nous allons JOUR-
TRANSLATION.
The latest weather forecasts which the
New YORK HERALD has sent us have been
only too we'll justified. At the hour fore
told we were assailed by violent winds and
a sudden downpour of rain. At the same
time the wind shifted to the north and
it blew q tempest on our English
Channel and Atlantic coasts. This heavy
weather will probably continue. The
thermometer has fallen everywhere and
will go still lower. Yesterday the highest
point reached was degrees Centigrade
| (44 degrees Fahrenheit). Rain or snow,
! according to altitude, then momentary
spells of fair weather-such are the at
mospheric conditions we are about to enjoy.
To this the HERALD's Paris correspondent
adds :--"Your predictions are almost inva-
| riably verified. Sometimes they are not
borne out as to temperature. During the
storms of December 81 and January l, 2 and
g. for instance, the winds were not cold, as
predicted, but warm"
The New York herald., 1879-01-05
INDIANS TO BE HANGED.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 4. 1879.
A despatch from walla walla says every pre-
caution is being taken by tho military and
civil authorities to prevent trouble ut the Una
tlla reservation next Friday. when the two Indian
murderer3 to- be hanged. Two companies of
cavalry will leave walla Walia for the Tues
day. sheriff sperry has loo armed inen also on hand
The Indians are insolent aud trouble is feared.