Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-25


With the little "hindering thing" away
Another basket to IN with lunch,
Another good bye to say,
And the mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away;
And turns with a sigh that is half relief
And half something akin to grief
She thinksOf a possible future morn.
When the children, one by one,
VIII 50 from their homes ont into the world,
To battle with life alone
And not even the baby be LEFT to cheer
The desolate home Of that future year.
She picks up garments here and there.
Thrown down in careless haste;
And tries to think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced;
If the house were always as still as this
How could she bear the lOneliness2
The best way to condemn bad traits
by practicing good ones.
A cotempOrary LAYS down the rule
that no woman should open conversation
with man on his politics, his religion
nor hiswife.
Dissipation is a swift and sure destroy
er, and every young man who follows il
is as the early flower, exposed to Un-
timely frost.
This life is like a game of cards. We
must play the hands dealt to us, and the
credit is not as much i'll winning as in
playing poor hand well.
The chief art of learning is to attempt
but little at time. The widest eXCur-
sions of the mind are made by short
flights frequently repeated.
Whatever we owe, it is our part to
find where to pay it, and to do it without
asking. too; for whether the creditor be
good or bad, the debt is still the same.
There is natural and necessary pro-
gression from the extreme Of anarchy
to that of tyranny; arbitrary power is.
easily established on the ruins Of liberty
abused to lieentiousness.
1t is the confession of a widower who
has been thrice married, that the first
wife cures a mans romance, the second
teaches him humility, and the third
makes him philosopher.
If two angels, says Newton, were sent
down from Heaven to execute the di-
vine command, and one was appointed
to conduct an empire, and the other to
sweep a street, they would feel no incli-
nation to change employment.
This world is a dream withina dream;
and as we grow older each step is an
awakening. The youth awakes, as he
thinks, from childhood; the full-grown
man despises the pursuits of youth as
visionary; and the old man looks on
manhood as a feverish dream. Death
the last sleep? No! it is the last and
final awakening.
T., nj ha1pc ov-o,-r-f 1,ir,rr
and decides nothing. In the presence
of woman he loves, witty man thinks
too much &c what he is going to say, and
not enough of what he is going to hear.
Pretty takers should remember that
love IS a good deal like the opera, where
the libretto without the music, and the
singers without the scenery, does not
count for much.
A smooth sea never made skillful
mariner, neither do uninterrupted pros
perity and success qualify for usefulness
and happiness. The storms Of adversely
like the storms of the ocean, arouse the
faculties, excite the invention, prudence,
skill and foEtitude of the voyager. The
martyrs and confessOrs of ancient times,
in bracing their minds to outward
calamity, acquired loftiness Of purpose,
a moral heroism, that was worth life
of softness and security.
Happiness is composed of many small
Joys. Trample not under foot, then, the
little pleasures which are scattered in
the daily path, and which, in eager
search after some great and exciting Joy,
we are apt to overlook. Why should
we'alWays keep our eyes fixed on the
bright, distant horizon, while there are
so many lovely roses in the garden In
which we are permitted to walk? The
very ardor of our chase after happiness
may be the reason that she so often
eludes our grasp We pantingly strain
after her when she has been graciously
brought nigh unto us.
English girls are great walkers, and
they diVerge from the stage roads and
make excursions among the mountains.
There was a party Of young English girls
at cur hotel, says a friend, who have
walked over one hundred miles during
the last seven days. Their rosy cheeks
and the frmness of their tread, as well
as the substantial shoes they wear, with
heels where nature requires them to be
for use and comfort, indicate an ability
to walk ten times this distance if they
willed it. American girls are generally
moor walkers, and it Will be soon as diff
cult to find an American lady who can
walk more than twenty minutes without
conpIaining of fatigue as it is to find
good female walker in China. They
nav too much attention to the shape
and make of their Doors for pedestrian
performances.
A school mistress had among her scho-
ars one incorrigible little miss, upon
whom moral suasiOn seemed to have
no effect. One day, out of all patience
with some misdemeanor on the part OF
ihe child, she called her up to the desk
md expostulated with her on the I'M
Oropriety of her conduct, setting forth
the enormity of her offences, etc The
-oung girl paid little or no attention at
first, but at length she seemed to realize
her guilt more fully, and watching her
teacher closely, seemed to drink IN every
word she said. The lady began to have
hope; her instructions were evidently
an impression. At length, she
made s slight pause for breath, when up
smoke the child. with eyes liked upon
her poverness, and with the utmost gray
ity: "Why, Miss Jones, your upper jaw
don't move bitP
The private draWlng-roOm car IN
which William II. Vanderbilt makes his
journeys is very superb, and is probably
the finest vehicle of the kind In the
world. The trucks are mounted on
spOked paper wheels, with exceptionally
fine Journals. The outside is painted q
light orange color. On the sides are
four scenes. paneled in oil colors, one
the Grand Central Depot
of New York, another depicting the
Falls of Niagara, another the great Fourth
Avenue Tunnel, and the other the mas
sive river bridge between Greenbush
and Albany. The car is sumptuously
fitted up with lounges, easy chairs, desk
and sleeping berths. The upholstery
and furniture are regal in style, and
made Of the most costly material. In
the rear is a covered platform, with
large windows on each side. Fifty miles
An hour is the rate at which this mon
arch of the rail travels over his own
roads.
sDeakino of the value of pathology IN
ne study of the Development OF the
1Tmsn race. Prof A. H. GarOd, IN re-
cent address, suggested some pertinent
INQUIRIES. 1t is, he says, the habit Of
Musicians to note carefully the physical
,igns of disease, while but little attention
8 paid to idiosyncrasy. Rayaging cpl
ieniCs, endemies, and hereditary dis
eases, affect some constitutions rather
han others. The result is the develop
nent of peculiarities in the nalyes-,tne
nd