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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
Fishing in Guiana.

1t is a strange journey up the broad
deep current Of the Essequibo. The
fish-cartabac and pacu-have even
rows of teeth like the incisors of NAM
mails, and, like the very odd fish called
"sheepshead', are justly esteemed a
luxury on New York and New England
tables. The teeth of the Essequibo fish
are employed not in grinding up the
molluscous food which gives such de-
lightful flavor to the sheepshead, but in
browsing upon the aquatic plants which
grow in the swiftly running water. All
is strange in this oldest of countries.
The cartabac and pacu are not caught in
nets or landed by rod or line, but are
shot with arrows made of lorg
straight reeds--the ilower-stalks of
the wild cane, fitted with a
movable arrowhead, to which the shaft
is attached by piece of cord in such a
way that when the point pierces the
fish the barbed head comes of the ar
row, but still remains attached to it by
the cord. Fish are not only shot but
poisoned, and so cleverly poisoned that
their flesh is none the worse. Pad
ding up the great rivers under the
overhanging bOughs, the traveller is sa-
luted by the fall of an occasional igua-
ma, two or three feet in length, good
ly animal to eat, albeit hideous lizard
in outward semblance. The iguana,
whose flesh when well cooked is like
that of chicken, has two awkward hab-
its-one of biting fearfully, another of
when seized letting go its tail at the
base, leaving il in the hands of the
would-be captor, and making off tail
less to its burrow.-AH the Year Round.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

4. II has period OF incubation Of from nine
! 20 sixty days usually not exceeding forty; and
! its symptoms, when developed, arc easily dis
tinsuishable by experts from those OF other
8. The only proper method OF suppresslng
the disease IN tho United Stntes h bv the III.
struotion Of oil diseased or exposed cattle, and
thorough publication of buildings where
they have been kept.
0. No contagious plourO-pneumonia now ex-
lists or has ever existed In any State west of the
Allegheny Mountains.
4. II does not now exist I'm the United States.
on or near the boundary OF the Dominion Of
s. The disease now exists only in the eastern
part of New York, In New Jersey, penusylva-
mia, and perhaps In partso Maryland Virrinia
and tho District of Columbia
9. The general course Of traffic in cattle is
from the West TO the East. Only q few, and
those Of blood stock Of great value puss west
ward or into Canada from tho Enst.
10, At the present time, with ordinary care,
cattle may pass from the Western States,
which almost exclusively furnish cattle for
expectation into Canada, and through Can
ada, Portland and Boston to foreign ports
without danger of infection.
II. With proper restrictions against contact
with other cattle near the senhoard, cattle may
pass from the Western States to the ports OF
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore for ex-
portation without danger Of Infection.
II. State and municipal regulations are not
| TO be relied upon TO prevent the importation
and spread of the disease, or to effect its extir
Is. Stringent quarantine regulations are es-
sential tgthe protection ofthis country against
IA. a Veterinary Sanitary Commission,
whose duty IL shall be TO investigate all re-
ports Of the existence Of the dlsense, to collect
information respecting Il, and report 70 some
department for publication, is essential to eili-
oient action on the subject.
10. Authority In such commission to cO-Ope-
rate with State and municipal authorities in
preventing and eradicating the disease by
supplying money out OF appropriations by
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
Socialism In Germauy.

HERR BEBEL, Socialist, complained
in the German Parliament the other day
of the manner in which Socialists are
treated. His colleague, Herr Fritsche,
is followed everywhere. He went into
a tailor shop to order coat, and de-
tective entered as soon as he went out
and insisted upon the tailor's telling
everything that had been said. Herr
Hasselmann, another Socialist, walking
in the Thier Garten, noticed a man dog
ging him. He tried for an hour and a
half to escape, and then suddenly
turned round and confronted the spy,
who confessed himself and his business,
and showed the document authorizing
him to act as hewas doing. A boy of six
teen, the son of Socialist, was ordered
to attend police office, and then, after
being piled with liquor, was closely ex-
amined as to his fathers conduct. Herr
Bebel accused the detectives of even
worse olfenses. Some of them entered
the houses of banished Socialists and in
suited their wives and daughters. In
one case woman saved herself by
seizing a brOomstick and threatening
to use it on the officer If he did not go
away at once.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
Lamartlne's Habits.

Lamartine was an early riser. His
mornings were set apart to work, and
he wrote with marvellous rapidity and
elegance. When breakfast was ready,
he would come to the table in his old
gray jacket, not eating very much him
self, but filling his plate to feed his
dogs, much to the detriment of the
dresses Sof the lady guests who might
be seated near him. After breakfast,
he carried bread out TO his horses, of
which he generally kept a dozen at
least. Then followed an excursion,
perhaps on horseback and perhaps on
foot, with one or more of his guests for
company. He was very hospitable, and
his house always seemed full. He
talked about everything when he
talked at all, and never was rude but
once, says Lacretelle.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
A ClneInnatl HOrse Auction.

HERE, gentlemen, said the auc-
tioneer, els horse"
Bystander-Glad you told us it was o
horse, or we might have taken it for a
sheep.
Auctioneer-That wouldn't be so very
strange If it had your head on. You
see before you, gentlemen, a family
horse.
Bystander-He got those punches on
his knees from kneeling down at family
prayers, didn't hep
Auctioneer-You'n never have any
punches on your knees on that account.
A horse, gentlemen, that any family
might well be proud of. Look what an
eye he has.
Bystander-What has become of the
other eyeP
Aucioneer-Gone to look after an
other such fool as you are. Like old
dog Tray, so touchingly described by
the sweet singer of Michigan (singing)
He's gentle and he's kind
Bystander- - the kind.
Auctioneer-
You'll never, never find
Bystander-He would be fined by any
court in Christendom for spring-haltera-
tons and interfering generally.
Auctioneer-
A better horse than this old gray.
Old gray horse is ever faithful,
etc. But we can not waste our time on
poetry, although the noble steed before
you is the very poetry of motion. How
much for himP What do hearP
Misunderstanding, if you can't hear
more than he does.
MISUNDERSTANDING horses, gentle
men, this is the very ne-Dltts-atltrG-
Observation-Disclosures, you
mean.
Auctioneer-And the sile-gua-nOR-
Bystander-C Conlpos Me1ssiS.
Auctioneer-The ridges you see run
ming down his eyes, gentlemen, are not
an Indication of want of flesh; they
are simply a wise provision of Prov
idence for carrying off the rain-water.
Observation-Disclosures the matter with
his tailP
Auctioneer-He was formerly owned
by violin manufacturer, and he pulled
out all the hairs for fiddle bows. What
do hearp
But we had heard enough to satisfy
us that our friend was right, and that
it was absurd to squander money on
shows so long as these horse auctions
are kept up to their present high stand
ard. Saturday Night.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
A Long Legislative Prayer.

ONE of the longest prayers with
which Legislators have ever been lulled
to sleep was offered one morning in
Richmond during the session of the
Virginia Legislature of 1860. The
Charlottesville Chronicle introduces the
"reminiscences with the explanation that
when the presiding officer was absent,
Mr.. Southal, dyspeptic member from
Albermarle, took his place. During
one of these intermediate periods the
opening prayer was omitted for several
mornings. Mr.. Southall said sharply
that it was not his duty to hunt up
preachers; that was the business of the
Sergeant-at-Arms. This officer was
Nat Thompson of Hanover. He de-
Tended himself by alleging that the pre-
siding officer always attended to getting
the parsons, nut If Mr.. Southall though1
that the Sergeant ought to have d
preacher on hand he would ty to get
one. That evening he strolled down
Main Street in search of a parson who
was an old acquaintance. The preach
er was off duty. The Sergeant told
him of the need of a man to lead in
prayer at the convention the next day.
The minister limited that his Sunday
suit was rather rusty. The Sergeant
consented to lend him the proper gar
ments. The next morning the two
started for the Capitol. The Sergeant
remarked on the route that the conven,
ton had been without any worship for
a week, and It was expected that tho
lost devotions should be made up tina!
morning. Mr.. Southall's gayel tapped
the order exactly at IL. AS soon as tho
parson had struck the regular note tho
Sergeant quickly slipped from the hall,
locked the doors and went out to lunch.
He spent an hour at the restaurant, and
slowly returning to the Capitol and
finding the parson in full swing, he
went down TO another restaurant, dined
with friend, sauntered back about 3
O'Clock, and still had a quarter Of an
hour to sun himself on the Capitol steps
before the swelling tones of the parson
began to taper to the lower key of tho
conclusion. he unbolted the doors as
the prayer ended, 1t had lasted three
hours and quarter. The convention
was far from a devotional frame Oh
mind when the regular business began,
Mr.. Southall never insisted upon tho
Sergeant-at-Arms furnishing another
minister.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
PITH AND POINT.
M gem puzzle ig 3 gquare game.

THE gem puzzle is q square game.
SOME Of the dry-goods show windows
are as interesting as museums Of anato-
my, which show how fearfully and won
derfully people can be made.LN o.
Picaynae. "a
IT must be awful embarrassing TO q
man who has received the star Of The or
der Of San Juan d'Ulloa from some for
eigh potentate, to think that he could
raise on IL about half as much as a hotel
clerk could on his shirt stud, at the
pawnbroker's.-Bostou Post.
A GREAT scientist, a brilliant soldier
or gifted statesman is all well enough
in his way, but the man who mounts
the ladder of fortune with the most as
founding celebrity is he who invents a
popular style of dressing ladies' hair.-
AndrelOs' Bazaar.
eyes, sir, have stopped drinking
for a whole year, " said a young man to
a companion. az have sworn that for
three hundred and sixty.fve days, my
friend, shall not drink another drop. 1"
But you see, " replied the companion,
that this, being leap year, has three
hundred and sixty-six days" "That's
a fact, " mused the sworp-of man.
Guess I'd better select some other
year," and they went into saloon
Worcester Gazette.
JUDGE MARTIN decided at Bridge
port the other day that certain evidence
was inadmissible. The attorney took
strong exception to the ruling, and in
sisted that il was admissible. "I know,
your honor" said he, warmly, "that it
Is proper evidence. Here 1 have been
practising at the bar for forty years,
and now want to know if 1 am a fool P''
I" That, 4" quietly replied the Court, "is q
question of fact, and not of law, and so
1 won't pass upon it, but will let the
jury decide. ."-NeW HaUen Palladium.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

receivedup to the morning Of the 7th, give Lit,
tleheld, Rep, for Governor, 10,0i4; Kimball,
Dem, 6,921; Howard, Prohibition and indie
pendent Republican, 5,OO8 The General AS
sembly wlll be throe-quarters Republican, in
surfing the election OF Littlefeld by that body.
The Connecticut Republican State Conven-
tlon was held at New Haven on the 9TH The
Convention refused to instruct A resolution
was adopted pledging the Republicans Of the
State TO a hearty, vigorous and loyal support
Of the romiuee5 Of the Republican National
Convention at Chicago. The delegation Is re-
ported to stand 8 for Blaine, Edmunds, 4,
Washburue g.
A Gloucester, Mass, dispatch says the fish
ing schooner Annie c. Norwood, Of that place,
Captain Hurst and crew Of fourteen men, are
supposed to have been lost in the March gales.
Channing's centennial was celebrated by nu-
merous Unitarian churches in England and
America on the 9TH.
General schohed, on the 8th, appointed
Board Of Inquiry to investigate the alleged
outrage on Whitaker, the colored cadet at
West Point The cadets all deny any Bmowl-
edge Of the affair.
The widow Of Daniel 8. Dickinson, United
States Senator, died at New York on the sth.
Two men were fatally and three seriously in
iured by an explosion Of gas in a colllery at
Girardyille, Pa, on the Sth.
The Irving Hall Democrats Of New York
City have declined to treat with the Tammany
Democrats for a settlement Of existing diff
culties between the two parties.
The Erie Canal will be open to navigation
April Goth.
At Hayerhill, Mass, on the 11th, Smith II.
Brown and Charles Abbott were suffocated In
q burning building, and Mrs. Emma Roberts
severely injured by jumping from a window.
Hart, the colored pedestrian, scored 565 miles
in the recent OLeary belt contest at New York
City.
The Mercantile Agency Of r. G. Dun & Co.
report the failures Of the first three months OF
the present year at 400 against $500 for the
first three months OF 1879 The liabilities OF
the first quarter Of 1880 were $1,000 10000,
against s4S 900, 900 the same period Of 1879.
An explosion Of dynamite at Downington,
Pa, on the 10th, killed two persons and severe
" injured twelve others.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

A TERRIBLE domestic tragedy re-
Gently occurred at a small village called
Silverstreet, in Newberry County, N.
Q. MIR. w. SpearmAn, respectable
gentleman of means and we'll known as
a successful farmer. upon coming into
his house just before dark, found his
younger brother at the supper table.
Il want to speak to you, brother" he
said, and simultaneously drew a large,
sharp knife out of his sleeve. The
young man, not suspecting anything;
bent over, and the other made q strike
and cut his throat, severing the iugular
vein and causing almost instant deagsi
The slayer then rushed into the adioin-
ing room, with the knife in his hand,
and sought his wife. He threw his arm
around her neck, likewise cutting her
throat. With blood-stamed hands he
then laid the keen blade to his own
throat and made an ugly cash four
inches long. When assistance came It
was found that the two men were dead
The wife shortly afterward expired.
Mr., Spearman was sober man, and
was thought 10 be ON the most affection
ate terms with his brother and wife.
The only rational hypothesis of the aw-
ful deed is that Spearman was suffering
under temporary alteration.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

Elder Morgan, President Of the
Southern Mission of the Mormon
Church, says the Mormon religion is
daily gaining strength and favor in the
Southern States. They are now aver
aging about thirty baptisms each month
in the Southern States alone, and tho
number is continually increasing.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

BEEF having a tendency TO be tough
can be made very palatable by stewing
gently for two hours with pepper and
salt, taking out about pint Of the liquor
when half done, and letthg the rest
boil into the meat. Brown the meat in
the pot. Aftertaking up, make gravy
of the pint Of liquor saved.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

Rear Admiral Thatcher, Of the United States
Navy, died at Boston on the 9TH aged seventy
four
Tho last Of the striking plano-mallers Of New
York City returned TO work on the 9th,
A passenger train was partially wrecked near
Springfield, Mass, on the night Of the 9TH, by
the caylng OF an embanlIment No one was
seriously injured.
johnson G. Whitaker, q colored cadet at
West Point, was found on the morning Of the
the, bound hapd and foot In his room at the
barracks with piece Of one ear cut Of Tie
other ear Yaa slit aud his head bruised. He
stated that three masked men attacked him
while be was in bed, sometime after midnight
and committed the Outrage. General sehoneld
and Commandant Lucille we're Investigating
the affair
Returns from the Rhode Island State election,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16
MAamINGTnN.

Judge Wright, who was recently sentenced
20 thirty days imprisonment and 81 900 fine
for assaulting ex-Secretary Delano has been
pardoned by the President.
The amount OF postage stamps, stamped en-
yelopcs and postal cards issued to postmasters
upon requisltlons during the first zine months
OF the present fiscal year aggregate IN value
S23,9I0,33 an increase over the issues for the
corresponding nine months Of the previous
fscal year OF S3,0i8O52,
James B. Angel, Of Michigan, was confirmed
as Minister 10 China on the 9th,
General Love, OF Indiana, has been appoint
cd "A member Of the Board Of Managers OF the
Soldiers Home, In place Of Joel Parker OF
New Jersey
John T. swift, Of California, and William
H. Treseott, Of South Carolina, have boon
confirmed a. Commissioners 10 China, to ne
gotiate a treaty.
The Democratic Senatorial caucus, on the
10th, concluded TO postpone action upon Kel-
logg's case until after the Geneva Award bill,
the Appropriation bin and other important
legislation shall have been considered
A bill has been reported IN the House appro-
prhtlng s61I,OOO for the completion Of the
Washington monument
Hon, William A. Howard, Governor Of Da-
kota, died ct Waahington City on the llth.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

Gold braid, gold galloons, golden
ornaments, and gold brocade are an
used in new millinery.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-16

Black Spanish lace scarfs are again
used for mufiers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-11-03
Burlington HaWkeye 10 a
Young Man,

Remember, son, that the world Is
older than you are by several years;
that for thousands Of years 1t has been
so full of smarter and better young men
than yourself that their feet struck out
Of the dormor Windows: that when they
died the old globe wen. whirling on,
and not one man 10 ten millions went
to the funeral. Don't be too sorry for
your father because he knows so much
less than YOU do. Remember the re-
ply Of DR.. Wayland to the student Of
Brown University, who sald it was an
easy enough thing to make proverbs
such as Solomon wrote. Make a few
tersely replied the old man. The world
has great need Of young men. but no
greater need than the young men have
oft. Your clothes fit you better than
your fathers fit him; they cost more
money, and they are more stylish; our
mustache is neater, the cut Of your
hair Is better. But, young man. The
old gentleman gets the biggest salary.
and his homely, ,scrambling signature on
the business end of a check will dram
more money out of the band in five
minutes than you could get out with
ream Of paper and coppor-plaIe
signature in six months.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-11-03
Punctuality.

Some defines punctuality to be fifteen
minutes before the time At any
rate, il is not one minute after the
time,
Imust tell you an anecdote of the
first Marquis of Abercorn. He invited
a number of friends to dinner. The
hour for dinner was five, and all thos C
Invited knew it, of course. Well the
hour arrived aud bnt one Of the guests
had come. Down sat the marquis and
this one guest to table. The marquis
vas punctual, if only Que OF the others
was. By-and-bye another guest dropped
in. and was very much mortified to ind
dinner being eaten. And one by one
all the rest came, and were likewise
mortified. But the marquis had taught
them ali a good lesson, and L venture
to say that The next time they were In
vited none of them got in to the coffee
only, but were on hand for soup.
General Washington was so very
punctual that, on one occasion, some
friends who were expecting him at
certain hour, OF. finding that he had not
arrived, all concluded that their watches
must have got wrong; sure enough they
had, for Washington soon came, aud
was NOT minute late. No doubt his
habits of punctuality helped to make
him the great man that he was.
[ knew a clergyman once throw him.
self into the Mississippi river and swim
eighteen miles down stream 10 keep au
appointment for afternoon !seryice. L
travelled through the Upper Mississippi
region shortly after, and for hundreds
of miles from the place where he lived,
out toward tie border, l heard OF bis
great feat. The border men respected
such man, and called him the minis
ter who made The big SWIM
Nor is any one too young to begin
the cultivation Of habits of punctuality.
The boy who is on time at school, on
time in class, on time when sent on an
errand. aud so on, is apt to be the
punctual business or professional man.
The habit of promptness is likely to
cling all through life.
Some persons, on the contrary go all
through life in slip-shod, down -at.the
heel way, and never prosper. They
get to wedding as people are coming
Of. They are late at church; Don't
meet their notes, 90 10 protest and are
in trouble generally.
Washington's way was the best. The
MarqIs Of Abercorn was in The right,
That Mississippi clergyman did nobly.
And these three are good examples for
our boys and girls TO follow. Never be
behind time, and if you can be little
ahead OF il. and you will never repent Of
The habit of punciualty. Golden Days.