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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
Two Elephant Stories.

Two anecdotes are told here, OIigi-
nal in their application at least. One
has reference tO the defeated Senator
from Wisconsin. Mr.. Howe was put
forward by COnkiing some time last
year, us was charged, to make an on
Slau3ht Oh the HAYES Administration,
and his speech WAS received with quite
a contrary feeling from that which he
expected. George HOar said about a
week ago: when elephants are sent
across rivers on the ice, it is said that
the menagerie men send small ele-
phantS forward tn see if the ice will
bear them, and If they get on tOlerably
well the bigger elephants 90, and at
last the biggest of all. In the ease of
Senator Howe they appear to have
tried their small elephant, and | Judge
from the success he had that the big
elephants will not leave the shore"
Garfield tells this. The other anecdOte
relates to a design of the North AmeFi-
cIh ReCieLD to secure articles on the
negro question from the leading states
men of the day. 1t seems that Senator
Blaine gave the suggestion 10 the edi-
tor of the ReCte1C. Garfield is to write
one OF the articles. Yesterday Gar
field asked Jere Black when his article
was to he ready, For" said he, Judge,
| see that you are announced rs one of
the writers on that theme" well"
said Black, Il do not think | shall
write any article on that subject. |
have an idea that Blaine put it up. 1t
is said that the way they tame ele-
plants is to tie the elephant TO Il tree
and have a man come up with Il Whip
and flOg him terribly until the elephant
hOwls. Suddenly another man ap-
pears on the scene and attacks the
logger of the elephant with Il whip.
and in turn beats the whipper uumei e..
eifully sn that the brute can see il. Ii
is rumOred that thereupOn the elepiIanI
cOnceiVes great fOndness for the man
who whipped his whipper. Now"
said Black, Il do not mean To be sent
forward to fog the negro elephant so
that jim Blaine can come up after
ward and whip me.-Gath, ia Ne,C
York Grdphic.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
Mr.. Tilden and His Party.

When yirtuOusly independent news
papers of the Springfield Republican
class accept Mr.. Tilden's plea of i'm
becility as proof of his innocence, and
declare that his testimony makes him
again eligible rs a candidate for the
Presidency, we cannot wonder at the
attitude of the Democratic Jour
nails. 30 far as we know, without a
single exception, they declare that his
explanation constitutes complete
YindicatiOn. Smith Weed ami PeltOn
are unceremOniOuSly cast overheard.
They are the scapegOats of the affair,
and their sacrifice satisfies the Demo-
cratic idea of justice. Concerning
! Marble they seem to be in doubt; they
are not sure that enough of him re-
mains to be worth caring for. But in
regard to Tilden they have no misgiy-
ing. The probability of his re-nOmina-
! ton in 80 is too great to admit of
dubious criticism, and they 90 about
| their work of eNculpatiOn with a de-
termination not to say anything that
Will render future support incOn-
venient. Even the journals which
have been in revolt against his candi-
dature obey the dictates of eXpediency,
and preserve their party relations i'll
tact by helping to whitewash the man
they detest. The display is humili-
ating comment on the Democratic
version of party fidelity aS applied to
the press.
1t is equally degrading as an illus
trItiOn of the estimate put IupCn the
sagacity of the readers of Democratic
journals. That their managers are
miSled by the assumption Qt COntiding
| innocence and credulOuS weakness
which forms MIR. Tilden's main re-
| lance, no one can believe. Their
knowledge of his character and con-
duet, of his antecedents and methods,
of his relations To notorious men and
the Use he made of them-precludeS
! the acceptance in good faith of the
story he told to the Potter Committee
| Whatever else he may he, they know
| he is not an idiot or 4 fool, that he does
not give unlimited confidence to any
body, that he does not blindly select
his agents, that in choosing them he
exhibits II keen appreciation of their
qualities, and of their special fitness
for the work in hand. When, there
fore, the Democratic editors inform
their readers that Mr.. Tilden's fault
9 tAlllbAilAn w OiAA 81 wv NANchN
of ScOundrclS about him, they show
how highly they rate the intelligence
of their party. How they rate its
morality is proved by the terms in
which they speak of efforts to buy
electoral votes, of which Mr.. Tilden
may not have been in all particulars
cOgniZmt, but which would never
have been thought of had not Weed
and PeltOn and Marble understood the
method of their principal and his de
pendence on money as the controlling
force in politics. Indeed. the negotia-
tiOns undertaken by Mr.. Tilden's
agents, with reference To the votes Of
South Carolina and Florida, harmon
iZe SO We'll with the means employed
to effect his nomination and with the
tactics apparent throughout the cam
paign, that the presumption as to his
completely was strong from the start.
-NeJC York Times.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
A SehOOl.MaSter as a Ring-Master.

In Edward Eggles;On's paper on
"SOme Western SchOOl-maSters,' pub
lished in the March Scribner, occurs
this anecdOte of school discipline in
Indiana in the old times:
To nervous child the old discipline
was, indeed, very terrible. The long
beech switches hanging on hooks
against the wall haunted me night and
day, from the time / entered one Of
the old schools. And whenever there
came an OutbuTSt between master and
pupils, the thOughtlesS child often got
the beating that should have fallen
upon the malicious miSchief-maker.
As the master WIS always quick to fly
into a passion, the fun-lOving bows
were always happy to stir him up. It
was an exciting sport, like bull-bait-
ing, or like pOking sticks through Il
fence at a cross dog. Sometimes the
ferOciOus master showed ;m ability on
his own part to get some fun out of
the conflict, as when on one occasion
in school i'll Ohio, the boys were for
hidden to attend circus. Five or six
Of them went, i'll spite Of the prohibit
ton. The next morning the school
master called them out in the floor and
addressed them:
so you went TO the circus, did
your
"Yes, sir"
well, the Others did not get chance
to see the circus. | want you boys to
show them what it looked like, and
how the horses gallOped around the
ring. You will join your hands i'm a
circle about the stove. Now START
With this he began whipping them,
as they trOtted around and around the
stove. This story is told, believe, in
a little volume Of sketches" by Erwin
House, now long forgotten, like many
other good books Of the western liter
ature of a generation ago. l think the
author was one of the boys who
PLAYED horse" in the masters circus.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
L,geAis Of the Rose.

In the leighhOrhOO,i Of Jerusalem is
p.csGS1IE valley, WhiSA still hears the
nalneO OF 'SOlOmun'S Rose Garden and
where, according To MOhamnedan
myth. a compact lgas made between
the Wise Man and tie sruii of the
Morning Land. which was writ, not in
blood, Ike the bonds between Faust
and AephistOphCles. nOr in gall like
our modern treatise. but with saffron
and rose wafer upon the pedals Of
white roses. In I'arIs, ia the sixteenth
century, an edict was issue,i recurring
all Jews 10 wear = rose on their breast
~ distinguished marx. lm the Catll-
ole IyrOi, III the present day, be-
tfOthed SWains are expected 10 carry a
rose during the period OF their be-
trOthid is warning To- young maid
eiIs al their engaged state. Roses have
played and still play au important part
IN popular uSageS i'll many other parts
Ot the world. In Germany Young girls
deck their hair with white roses for
their confirmation, their entrance into
the world; and when, at the end of
LIES career. the aged grandmother
departs to her eternal rest, 4 last gift
IN the shape of a rose garland Is laid
upon TIER bier. Julius Caesar, j. Is re-
corded, WAS fain tO hide his b bIldness
at the age Of 20 with the produce Of
the Roman rOSe-gardenS. aS AnlcTeOn
hid the SHOWS of so under wreath of
roses. AT mid-Lent the Pope sends a
golden rOSe TO particular churches or
crowned heads whom le designs rs es-
pecially 10 honor. Martin Luther wore
a rose ia his girdle. In th''se instances
the rose serve ca rs a DyIhbol ut ccclesi-
asticstI wisdom. y rose WAS figured
on the headman'5 ~ of the EOehmger-
rlcht. Many orders, frateInItieS, and
societies have taken the rose us their
badge. The -ROSicruciaIis" may be in
stanced. The Society of the Rose" of
Hamburg, an association of learned la
dies Of the seventeenth century, is Il
less known example. 1t was divided
into four sectiOnS-tne Roses, the Lii
les, the ViOlets and the Pinks. The
holy Medardus instituted in France
the custom of la ROSiere." by which,
in certain localities, a nOney-gift and
a crown of roses are bestowed on the
deyOuteSt and most industrious maiden
in the Commune. The infamous Duke
de Charities established IN Order Of
Roses with diametrically opposite
intention. At TreyisO Il curious rose
feast is or WAS held annually. \ castle
was erected with tapestry and silken
hangings, and defended by the best
born maidens in the city against the
attacks of the young bachelOrs,-al-
mOnds, nutmegS, roses. and SQuirtS
filled with rOSe-water being the ammu-
milton freely used on both sides.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
FREE WILL

StrrEgth of rue beautiful dtg. srrra aHI b,u6
aud white:
Voice 81 leli ai.I % bird,
Low ylio. nl us- -lIDg slri far Is..I. 90.
carying shore,
-trau white clouds aud sr..y, slp.. 81. ctluI ia
yoHr flight
Aiul-ss Itli ,llc. us.lI..r,i,
You AJAX iH air, and di,sl...r .-.-l SAD.
ish forrs-unOra,
Living Brfc mid-; peoples and maizr, fiTrl of
the lo,s and the gaIE,
Dreaming of rest. Oh flin.
Would !. like -. trJu,suI,r the terror
Gi fate INTO Bfsti-u-
Yet thl4, o Earth a't "a slave, orderly Hl:I1E:
care,
Perfect tiOa FnD@',t not way,
For lie Nhose word q, thy lie aaH
spared thee th- giit o. wult
We men ara not so brave. o'ir lives are MI s."
far,
our law Is an cy. FOR al cye,
Aud the isht ihai shines for Our good
We use Ia oar ID.
Sail- boyh10d's hope or. long. iar The deed
still m1aks the plan.
AHd the Huaye l. the honest n,IH.
and thus We grow weak ll world
created 10 make us strong.
But Woe 10 the man wh0 quaiis before ilH
which mates him man
Though Heaven BE- sweet to g!n,
One thing Is swccter yrt freedom
% side with SH'
In Nan succeeds OF Tails tii' great creative
plal
His liberty 10 sin
Makes worth Gods winning the love
even God may Hot compel.
Shall /. then, murnur, and De wroth at Ma
ture's peace?
Though be- ill ii ease.
hold one link Of the chain 0i His
Happiness m my hand.
-Juliat Hy,ribgrEs. I'd The Si.sriG'.a.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
DOM PEDRO'S GIFT.
4 Magnificent Block for the Washing
ton Monument.

There IS now living nc pier No. Il East
River, New \ uTk. Il massive block ut
stone, which i Il gift from the EmpeT-
OF OF Brazil 10 the National Washing
ton Monument Committee at Wash
ingtOn- The stone Is addressed u the
Brazilian Legation at the Capital. in
care Of the Brazilian Consul General st
New York. IL arrived by one OF the
Roach steamers. late in December. and
Is now awaiting transportation To this
city, while search is being made for q
sailing vessel or cdHdlbOdt strong
enough 10 carry IL when the river
navigation opens The block is about
five feet square, and is securely packed
in stout Oaken casing 1t weighs
1900 pounds, weight which none of
the steamers plViug between New
I Ork and Washington can bear upon
its decks. and hence the necessity Of
sending the emperUTs gift 10y canal
boat or sailing vessel. The stone IS
said II be nagniiicently carved, and
bears an appropriate inscription as
coming from Dom Pedro 10 the mOHu-
ment committee as his offering "in
perpetuating the memory of The Illus
triOuS of the Americans Republic. for
whom his Majesty cherished the
waTneSt admiration The block of
stone IS very valuable. and the Consul
General and his subOriinltes have been
instructed by their government tD oh
serve the greatest care in its transfer
to this city. While in this country the
Emperor made q trip tO Washington 5
tomb at Mount Vernon, and with his
own hands planted a sycamore tree BY
the side Of the tomb, over which he al
so scattered tlOwers.-W Washington Cd.
O. Post.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
4 Sell.

\ most charming Cinderella attrac-
ted universal attention at the masque-
rade and bewitched all with her charms
adOwn her pearly shoulders
bare there flowed Il mass of golden hair.
Her faIryS costume scarce concealed
her form of beauty AMI revealed in
rounded outlines all its wealth Of
youthful grace ami health. Two
dainty ankles, round, and entranced
and charmed! all, while by
stealth they glanced; her feet
were Cinderella's size; she seemed a
princess in disguise. Behind her mask
blue eyes shown bright, that thrilled
all with a strange delight, and sure her
face eXcelled the moon in rosy tints, all
heayen-bOrn. One, being hired by
witching glance, obtained her favor for
a dance. Oh, joy untold! t. clasp a
waist as fair rs ever fairy gTaced.
Then, while he wandered from the
thTOng he murmured in her ear loves
song. he pressed her soft, white hand
and learned the ecstacy of love re-
turned. Alas, alas, for shOrt-liyed
bliss; he begged, beseechel, implOred
a kiss. She raised her mask-he kissed
with joy grinnIng, sauey, ugly boy -
~ Y Herald.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
rRAINs GoING soUrm

Through coaches betsEaha Detroit and Co
lumbus On both express trims
Connections made IN the UHiOn Depot al Co
lumbus for Newark, GAINESVILLE. CiTeleVille,
ChIllieOthe, Portsmouth, Lancaster. Athens,
Marietta and ParsersbuFg al Marion for
points on A. & G.. W. K. X ; at Upper Sandusky
ioT Bucyrls, Lima. IT Wayne and Chicago al
Carey. Findlay, Tiiin and Sandusky: at FOs-
t0ria with j. & o. and l. Z. & L. Railroads, for
Fremont, DeShleT and Defiance; /; &C Toledo
with l.. :. & n. s, +. & 7. NJ and Canada
Southern Railroads, for Detroit, jackson. Ian
sing. Grand Rapids, East Saginaw and all
points i'm Michigan
PaTiOr and Sleeping Cars on all through
trains from Columbus to New York, Philadel
phia and Baltimore without change.
W. A. MILLS,
ORLAND SMITH, Gen1 Ticket Ag't
Gen1 Supt
u. NJ. GREENE, President
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
The Nan Who BorrOWs a Y,

Jones walks over Ia the City Hall.
lie remembers that il WIS pay day on
" the day before, and hunting out an
employe of the city, whom he knows
right well, he states his ease again.
WHY didn't you ask me yesterday?
If you only h;id," is the swift reply.
You see. my wife wanted $50 last
night. and as | had no particular use
for 1t ! gave it To her"
Jones is somewhat discouraged, but
going out he meets Il man who once
promised to do him favor if he ever
had an opportunity. The friend
is reminded of this fact, and Jones
adds:
u lack Just 81 Of enough money to
pay note, and if YOU will let me have
il until tomorrow | shall be forever
obliged"
Good gracious, hut / just paid a
note myself, and I'm cleaned out of
everything but this nickle," is the re-
ply.
Jones gets along without the money.
He has Ia. lie may tramp the city
from end to end ard meet with Just
such answers. There are reasons for
it. Men in all grades of life have
found to their cost that lending money
is not only losing il. but il is in many
instances making an enemy. The man
VINO is worth lending TO can get money
at the bank, Good men. who would
pay borrowed money. never borrow.
They raise il in Il business way. 1t IS
the liar and beat who wants to borrow,
and there can't be a business man in the
city who has not been stuck.
Lend me five dollars and I'll return
il tomorrow most always means that
the borrower will never return il, un-
less forced by law. As soon rs lac gets
it he begins to dodge the man who lent
it To him, and if asked to return it he
becomes highly indignant and goes
about slanderiag the man who aided
him.
Il have kept my friends by refusing
to lend them money, said Detroit
business man the other day, and there
are plenty to agree with him. Five
Is but 4 small sum, and vet there are
scores of men who would sell out fOT
it. They viii borrow that sum from a
friend and not return it. preferring his
contempt ever afterward to making
restitution. One such WAS last fall
beaten ont of a fat political Office by
the vote of man whose - he had
never returned. Another might bt
named who lost 4 clrrkShip for the
same reason. Another who had neg
lactpd To repay a loan of -. lost 4 sit.
uation in bank as his reward BE
ware Of the man who wants loan "fol
4 day or two.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
"FOr the Sake Of Children"

How many plans are formed, labor
endured, sacrifices made ''fOr the sake
of children" Families change their
residences; parents in old age their
habits; fathers strain their powers,
and mothers deny themselves. There
is one form in which the most val
liable of all services NAV be rendered
to the young Ones-tOO often forgotten.
Givethem an education. They may
lose money, real estate may get out of
their hands, but trained mind lasts
through life, cannot be stolen, and is
not convertible. Buy them books
rather than delicacies, ,sweet-meats and
toys. Give them good, actractive read
ing, adapted to memory, t;Iste and
fancy. See that 1t Is pure. Habituate
them to find pleasure in reading. and
in talking of what they read. Make
home happy to them, and let them be-
come informed, cOmpaniOnable, and
rich IN resources of pleasure and enter
tainment Get them good books If
they have to do without other things,
and to secure right direction to edu-
Gated minds, give them, by word and
example, good principles. Let them
grow up with the idea that it Is not
needful To be rich, famous, or infiuen-
tial, but that il is essential To do what
is right.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
Owens as n Money Maker.

Mr.. John +. Owens is reputed 20 he
the wealthieSt actor in the profession
He Is fond of playing on shares, and
often nets from 5000 To $1,000 a week
exclusive of benefits. lie has accumU-
lated property estimated at S2,OOO,OOO
much Of which is the direct
OutgrOwtn of real estate ven
lures. For twenty years, however, Mr..
Owens has laid away a handsome for
tune annually. Like all the most sue
ceSSful actors Mr.. Owens is Il special
ist. As SOtherm has his Dundreary,
Booth his Hamlet and Jefferson his
Rip Van Wrinkle, so Owens has his
SOlOn Shingle. Mr.. Owens has
avoided speculatiOns in his art and
never goes on the road with companies
of his own. He plays on All average
thirty weeks in the year, and gives his
receipts for about S9O,OOO, and spends
the rest of his time on his farm.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27

GouTs. Hose. I'1s- told John all
:sasUr her escape fr-m FTcd'-. faScins-
lions. Huf viii never own that s,.a
Woul4 have accepted Fred. if Iis,yaru-
time had been just as hc intended. She
sly- -Ibhu's touched her heart. ana
brought lp mind al. the SUiIeTiugs he
u-ul experienced.
john never fails To- semi his iittlc
wi-. valentine every y-Ir to remind
Deer o. her prrl fortune in marrying
him.
M Matthews has learned 10 raYer-
rHrc his ,UIi-iii-!aw. and thinks his dig
ni.iej manner -.iust right Tor his pro-
ii-Ss'rrT
AuHt Mary sJys ~she knew those
tWo would make match \ yalrn-
tine s'.!It by au ang-l could not keep
such -IU,s apart.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
The Nude In Art.

The dictum of the studios is that not
only is il proper to depict the human
figure "als God made il" but that he
who ShrinkS from displays of this
kind, who questions their righteous
ness, who believes or fears that they do
not exercise a good influence upon the
imaginatiOns of impreSsible people. is
not only PhiliStine, but a prurient
one; he is a person whose carnal tenden-
cies have not been chastened and puri-
lied in the high atmosphere of the BO-
hemian attic. The attitude of the ar
tist in this matter is necessarily differ
ent from that of the layman, and ex-
plains his views Of the subject. Ii is
affirmed that it is impossible to learn 10
draw 4 draped figure accurately with
out a knowledge of the conformation
beneath. If this is true, life-SchOOls
are necessary, and il is easy to see how
pupils at these schools may draw from
models without falling under the in
fiuenceS which nude art exercises in
public galleries. The artist here is on
common ground with the surgeon and
physician in many delicate duties.
when an important and special pur-
pose dominates all other ideas. The
Sluutll - util8llltu VIII lut dQinlra-
bic lines and curves of the human
| figure; he Is struggling to mas
ter the difficulties Of form
and expression, and hence his
attitude Is wholly academic. But he is
1 in error when he assumes that the
academic relation TO art does or can
exist generally among lavmen. The
feeling that 4 beautiful form excites in
! the artist are certain To be different
from those which spring up in the
/ breast of the ordinary observer, who is
sure not 10 he occupied with questions
OF artistic scholarship, but with the
emotions which take possession of him.
/ The Affirmation 50 often made that
nudity in art is to be accepted because
ito the pure all things are pure" seems
To rs very foolish. It is just because
we are not in this sense pure that the
propriety of nude art is questioned
] Sexual passion is implanted in all
healthy natures which IL behOOyes Us
! TO keep under subiecti0n, and in order
to do this, it is only wise tOavoid temp,
tatiOn in every f0rm.-ipptetOH's Jour.
I nal
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
FRANK DllDtEF
~. RIDoELY.
HLFREDISHDOS
Al RUEss
yELsoS D. LurEs.
NOBLE &LUTES,
NJ BREWER

A TrOBkRHs At LAW. Thin. Ohio Office
"A Ia Noble's Block. over Gross Crurkery
store, Opposite SaiioHAl Iiail Block.
MLN Z lla-IEl-IE.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-02-27
DENTISTS.
DR. JW. HAYFORD.

DR. r. J. kiNhAAAN.
nENTIsT, TIFFIS. OHIO. OFFICE 0yeI
IL HuilIner Kirchner's Clothing store.
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