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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
The Gentleman Wins.

If you speak the right word at the
right time; If you are careful to leave
people with n good impression; if you
do not trespass upon the rights of
others; if you always think of others, as
well as yourself; if YOU do not put your
self unduly forward; if you do not for
get the courtesies which belong to your
position-yOu are quite sure to accom-
plish much in life, which others with
equal abilities fail to do. This is where
the race is not to the swift nor the bat
tie to the strong. 1t is where your make
people feel that you are unseliish, and
honorable, and truthful, and sincere.
This is what society is looking for in
men, and it is astonishing how much
men are able to win for self-respect,
and success, and usefulness, who pos
sess these qualities of good breeding
Il is almost the turning-point of sue
cess in practical life. People will not.
In the long run, have about them per-
sons who make themselves offensive,
and they yield position and influence
quickly and gracefully to persons who
make themselves useful in genial way
This is the point where friends are at
once most fOrgiving and most eXaCting.
They will overlook great neglects if
they can be assured of the loving heart
beyond the outward sight; but the mo-
ment you do rude things in q rude
spirit, and show the personal GOODNESS
or selfshness, the friendship is severed
This is why the best friends make the
bitterest enemies. 1t may be set down
as a rule that one can never afford to
not be a gentleman. II is best to learn
this rule early and practice it late. 1t
is not well to say mean things of an
other, because in most cases you will
have to take it all back in bitterness of
heart when he does you an unexpected
| favor. 1t is not wise to treat any one
brusquely, because you cannot always
Judge a bird by the feathers he has on.
1t is not well to look down on any
body, because the time may come when
he will look down upon you. There is
a certain selfhood in every one which
should be respected. We have nc
right to infringe upon it. 1t is moi
morality, it is not mere conventional
rule, it is not simply a social regula.
ton; it is something in the nature oi
things that you should always show g
delicate regard for others. One who
did not fail here was never known
utterly to fail elsewhere. - Boston
Herald
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
The Arkansas Style.

Several days ago we published an
item in regard to a couple of horse
thieves that had created something of
an excitement near Haddoxburg, sta
ton on the Fort Smith Railroad. The
two horse-thieves, whose names we are
unable to ascertain, came from Texas
to the neighborhood of Haddoxburg,
and during stay of several months
were, from time to time, employed by
the planters as cottOn-pickers. On the
occasion of the equestrian trouble the
two men attended party given at the
house of a gentleman who lives near
the station, where their laughing good
humor and "swing your partner
ability brought them into notice. One
of them proved himself to be so "call-
ingly" efficient that he was placed
upon the floor as a prompter. While
he was thus discharging his duties, his
companion was outside selecting part
ners from among the horses, and when
two suitable partners had been selected
he went back to the house and made a
sign which was readily understood by
his companion. Pretty soon the two
men strolled off together. The dance
continued, but the two men did not
come back. Their absence, however,
did not create any suspicion until some
hours afterwards while stir was being
made for home, when one man ex-
claimed, so familiar to Kentucky, "Bill,
by gosh, my horse is gonep' Bill, after
looking around, discovered that his
horse was also gone. Then suspicion
pointed to the two men from Texas;
and then the excitement sprang up. If
you want to insult an Arkansas man,
steal his horse. 1t is all right to step
out from dance and scratch a bottle
from under a worm fence, but don't
steal his horse. Several young men
mounted, so our information goes, and
instituted pursuit, declaring that the
men would not be brought back alive.
After riding rapidly for several hours,
they overlook the two men, and, with
out asking any questions, shot them
both dead.-Little Rock (Arb.) Gcizette.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12

exactly like the right, or rather does
away with wrong side altogether, so
that the ribbon may be turned and
twisted in any fashion, which Is n de-
sirable thing, and wthal economical,
in making bows, loops and rOsettes.
These double-faced satin ribbons are
strewn with irregular dots Of cashmere
colors on a contrasting ground; thus
the grounds are Japanese blue or
turquoise, heliotrope, red, brown or
black, dotted with creamy Isabelle pink
or maize. Striped ribbons are also
shown in two shades of satin, or else in
contrasting colors in most capricious
arrangements, such as bronze with
gold, or else sapphire blue with gold,
pink with blue, garnet with cardinal, or
red with old gold. The new colors that
are developed in these importations are
Isabelle yellow-the historical Spanish
color-pheasant brown, and new shades
that have purple for their base, and re-
call the lilac, lavender, mauve, violet
and heliotrOpe tints. For millinery
purposes the old-fashioned lutte
string ribbons are revived; these
are of the smooth silks which
the French call tafietas, and are
now shown with tape-like borders, or
with feathery edges, in many of the
styles used twenty years ago. They
are very pretty in coachman's drab,
argent and pheasant brown shades.
| Very soft satin duchesse or marveilluse
ribbons have changeable colors through
| the center, with a border stripe of full
satin on the edges. Again, there are
armure-striped ribbons that are double
faced, satin and gros grain, with the
stripe like a broken cord. The Oriental
| figured ribbons come in new quaint
cOlors that are more nearly modelled
after the Japanese than the cashmere
colors of winter. Very rich Gobelin
ribbons are shown that appear to be
literal copies of stripes Of old tapestries,
and there are polka-dotted and damasse
ribbons of endless variety that have but
one thing in common, viz, the soft plia-
bleness that makes them easily twisted
and turned into knots and bows. Ex-
perienced milliners write from Paris of
the decided preference among design
ers for the pheasant brown shades that
combine well with all shades of buff,
such as Tuscan and Isabelle, and of the
light purple tints. The soft silks for
I trimming the crowns of bOnnets come
in twilled lustrous fabrics known as
satin duchesse, or as satin sublime and
are represented in light cashmere COM
binations as well as in the new plain
colors. -Harper's B0zar.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
The Last Young Man from the COun'
try,


The young man from the country who
traded off his watch and chain for n
horse yesterday, got a lesson that may
be of service hereafter to himself, how
ever doubtful it may be that it will
help any one else. Even old men from
the town rarely profit by the experience
of others, and why then should we eX-
pect such wisdom in young men from
the countryP
This particular young man was ac-
costed, strange TO say, by q plausible
stranger. There was going to be n
horse sale of an extraordinary charac-
ter; and there was going to be sold a
certain marvellous horse. The plausi-
BILE stranger was dealer, he said.
Were he to bid for this choice bit Of
no! sefesh, the auctioneer would surely
''run up the price on him. A happy
expedient had suggested itself. The
young man from the country should go
in and bid for the horse. Unsuspected,
he might buy it for a song. Hence
would accrue much profit and joy to
both parties concerned. The young
man listened with an ear OF desire;
but although his spirit was willing his
pocket was weak. In brief, he had no
money at all except enough 20 buy an
oyster stew and to take him home to
Sullivan County. But, as was pointed
out by his ingenious companion, he
had good watch and chain. He could
easily explain to the auctioneer that he
had to 90 down town to get his money
and could hand in his watch and chain
meanwhile as security. As soon as he
got the horse, for which he was to bid
to the extent of $3.50, he was to lead
him round the corner-a little way from
Lexington avenue and Twenty-second
street-where his friend would meet
and give him 5000. To return and get
his watch and chain and clear $50 by
the operation would be but the work Of
moment, and yet very nice morn
ing operation.
Much charmed at entering line of
business so easy and so profitable, the
young man from the country promptly
agreed. All went swimmingly. The
anctiOneer was afIability itself. In due
time the coveted steed was brought
into the arena, like the wild horse OF
Mazeppa, struggling with the grooms
and displaying noble fire and agility
Ginger and other persuasions, artfully
exhibited, had done their work. The
bidding for this ornament OF the turf
was more spirited than the young man
from the country expected, but pres
emily TO his delight he found himself
named as the animals purchaser.
Eagerly he repaired to the rendezvous
near Lexington avenue and Twenty
second street. But-need we tell the
sequelp Is it itrequisite even to hint that
tho too persuasive householder had
vanished like vapor wreath that dims
the summer mOonpn Does the symme.
try of our tale call for the revelation
| that the creature the young man from
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
English in England and America.

AMONG housekeeping Yankees who
had never visited England, was, / am
inclined to believe, somewhat eXcep-
tional in my opportunities of observing
the speech of Englishmen, which began
when l was boy, and went on increas-
ing in frequency until l crossed the
ocean. There was, therefore, nothing
very new to me in the average speech
around me when found myself among
my cousins in the old home, and nothing
at all new in the English that 1 heard
from the friends that found there, and
from their acquaintances. How should
there beP This, too, would seem SUI
perflcus remark, were it not for the
common assumption and frequent asser-
ton that there is an essential difference
between the language of the two peo-
pies, due in part to the preservation in
this country of phrases and pronuncia-
tiOns which are obsolete or ObsOlescent
in England, and in part to changes
which have taken place here, some of
which are attributed-Heaven help us!
to the influence of the aboriginal
Indians upon our habits of mind and
body! Many Yankees who speak with
unconscious freedom the language of
good American society must, have en-
countered with amusement the cOmpli-
mentary expressions of surprise at their
"pure English" with which they were
favored in England. A friend of mine,
a lady, met one of these with whim-
steal and characteristic reply. She was
on both sides a Yankee of the Yam
KEGS; but her mother bore a name which
stands high among the historical pat
ronymics of England. She was as fair,
golden-haired, blue and buxom q
matron as you would find in New En-
gland; and being once where there were
many portraits of members of the fam
lily in question, her likeness to some of
them was so striking that it was re-
marked upon. Nevertheless, a gentle
man, an officer in the British army,
thoughtit necessary not only to cOmpli-
ment her upon her English, but to ask
her if she was not peculiar in this re-
spect among her countrywomen. "Oh,
yes" she Immediately replied; "but
then have had unusual advantages.
There was an English missionary sta
toned near my tribe" His captain
ship subsidized at once into silence, and
seemed to be revolving the matter in
his mind in a more or less dazed fash
ion, which afforded her great amuse-
ment. Richard Grant White, in Marcb
! 4glu,ltic
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
"Coonskin."

A passenger-train which left Lansing
coming east last Monday had among
the passengers q plain-faced, sensible
looking girl about twenty years of age,
and a thin-waisted, siclzly-looking young
man a year or two older. No one
would have mistrusted that they were
eloping had not the young man asked
the conductor il there was a clergyman
on the train. There was none, and the
young man explained to the passengers
around him that he was in n bad fix.
He had come down from Bath Town
ship in a buggy, and he was quite sure
that the girls father would take the
other road down to Chicago Junction,
and there board the lansing train and
raise a row. He was not much on a
row, but yet he loved the girl, and they
were bound to marry If the old man
came alone he thought he could bluff
him of, but if his two big sons came
along the scale would be turned. He
therefore wanted to know of man
wearing a red wooden shirt and COON
skin cap if he would stand by him.
"You bet l willp' was the hearty re-
sponse. "I got my old gal by running
away with her, and I'll see you through
this if l never do any more goodl You
wouldn't be worth a cent in free fight,
and now you go into the baggage car
and let me run this affair alone. 1 want
to be seated beside the gal when the
old man comes in
When the whistle blew for the June
ton Coonskin changed places, and as
the cars halted he put his arm around
Mary and took one of her hands in his.
The old man and his two sons were on
hand, and they piled into the car pell-
nell.
Here she is' cried the father, as
he caught sight of the girl, and the three
made a rush.
Run away with MY began the
old man, but when he saw the stranger
beside her he checked himself.
Want anything of usP' asked Coon.
skin, as he looked up.
who are you, sirP"
"Pm going to be your son-in-law in
less than an hOur-ehl darlingPn
He gave Mary a squeeze, and Mary
looked happy.
"Come along, Mary-come right home
with mer' ordered the father.
"Lets mash the villainr added one
of the sons.
"Put a head on him--let me get a
himr' shouted the other.
The father seized Mary and the son!
seized Coonskin.. Then a red shirt tow
cred aloft, a pair of big fists begaI
working with "popr' "popr' and a!
fast as the trio got up they made for tht
door. Coonskin followed, arms and fee
working like trip-hammer, and whel
the train moved off the father sat on
box with big wooden mitten held t
his nose, one of the sons was pullin;
loose teeth from his jaw, and the othe
boy was CROPPING his way to a snow
bank.
Now, then," said Coonskin, as tn
exultant lover returned, "resume We
seat, take her little hand in yours, an,
don't calkerlate you owe me anything.
"Say, Tom," said the girl, I'm goinj
to kiss him for thatp'
Gan right, sis
"Wall, just as you feel" said Coon
skin, as he returned the smack, "but
want it distinctly understood aroun
these parts that when l see true Low
on its way from Lansing to Howell t
get spliced, kin lick all the pursuin
dads in the State of Michigan"-Detro
Free Press.
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for her hat, and carefully rip out the
lining, you will find something worth
your pains
"T'he girl turned toward him with
blazing eyes, and uttered but the one
word.
a. Traitor
"There was no escape; the hat was
secured After the lining was very
carefully ripped out it was returned
with thanks.
In luck, in luckr said the high
wayman. Jump in all. I'm sorry for
your loss, miss. but we are bound to
take whatever is sent us. We have no
treasure, but this will do. Drive onp
al want the way-billn said, ex-
citedly, for the scene we had just wit
messed had increased my indignation to
a fever-heat.
"He handed it to me, but it fluttered
under the horses feet, and again de-
manded it. Mechanically he picked it
up, mounted the wheel, and handed it
to me. Then touching his hat to the
lady, he said:
" But for this lining you might have
been lying in yondPr ditch. No treasure
on board Come this way next time
without it, and wen finish your ac-
counts. Drive ONT
ave gladly followed his advice, but
could not find language vigorous enough
to express our contempt for the mean
ness of the merchant. The driver
swore at him in Spanish, and the young
lady answered all attempts at consola-
tion with hysterical sobs. The mer-
chant alone preserved his cool equanim.
ity of temper. ...,.
" Arriving at Denver, he begged very
earnestly Of the young lady, with me as
her friend, to grant him a few moments
Of explanation, in private parlor He
was so in earnest that the young cir
yielded a reluctant consent. He CLOSED
the door and bolted it, which looked
strangely
q" Don't fear he said, as / fumblet
for my revolver. Sitting in u chai
he pulled off his boot, and, from the
toe, pulled out aroll of greenbacks. Sale
he: : A few days before leaving / wa
lucky enough to find an opportunity t,
exchange my doubloons for these. M,
poor child, let me make restitution
Here are two thousand in bills for tn
one thousand secured by the robbers
handing her that amOunt-'yO your linin,
was a Godsend to me; if they had search
ed me further they would have secured
twenty instead of one thousand. Con
cealed in my baggage are diamonds an
stones, which, if they had secured
would have beggared me- Taking
solitaire from his vest-lining, he pre-
sented that also for her acceptance.
should have explained in the stage, bu
| "walls have ears" aud why should
trust the others with my secretsP
"Of course, as it turned out, wa
, highly pleased at the sagacity of tn
E gentleman; the more so as l recollecte
the responsibility Of specie 1, too, ha
assumed.
4" I need not tell you that the lady
/ tears were transmitted into rare smile;
and she was sent to her home rejoicing.
Practical Farmer.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
LITTLE MISS MUFFEr.

A TENNYsoNIAN VERSION OF THE PoPU-
LAR NURSERY RHYME.
IN STURDY ANdIo-sAxoN.
Little Miss Munet
sat on tunet,
Eating Of ourds and wheyj
There came q great spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muhet awayl
As AN ARrHUR1AN IDYI.
Upou tufIet of most soft and Ycrdant moss,
Beneath the spreading branches Of an ancient
Miss Mufiet sat, and upward gazed
To where linnet pcrChed and sung,
And rocked him gently, to and fro.
Soft blew the breeze
And mildly swaycd the bought
Loud sung the bird,
And sweetly dreamed the maid;
Dreamed brightly of the days to come
The golden days, with her fair future blent-
When one-some wondrous stately knight
OF our great Arthurs liable Rounds"
One, brave as LauncelOt, and
SpOtless as the pure Sir Galahad,
Should come, and coming choose her
For his love, and i'm her name, r.. I.
And for the sake Of her fair eyes,
Should do most knightly deeds.
And as she dreamed and softly sighed
She pensively begun To STIR
with tiny golden spoon,
Within an antique dish npon her lap,
Some snow-white, milky curds;
Soft were they, full OF cream and rich,
And nOated in translucent DlcB;
And as she stirred, she smiled,
Then gently tasted them,
And smiling. ate, and sighed no more.
Iol as she dtC-nor harbOred thought of Ill
Nearer and nearer yet, there TO her Cropt
A monster great and terrible,
With huge, misshnpen budy-leadcn eyes,
Full many a long and hairy leg,
And soft and stellthy fDOtstcp.
Nearer still he camc-Miss Muhet yet,
All unwitting his dread nelghborhOOd,
Did cat hcrcurds and dream
Blithe, on the bOugh, the linnct sung
An Terrestrial natures, sleeping, wrapt
In most sweet tranquility.
Closer stll the spider drew, and
Paused beside her-lifted up his head
And razed into her face.
Miss Mufct then, her consciousness alive
To his dread eyes upon her fixed,
Turned and behed him.
Loud screamed she, frightened and amazed,
And straightway -pwng upon her feet;
And, letting fall her dish aud spoon,
She-shriekiug--tu aud fled.
Detroit Free Prrss.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
The Fire Laws Of Japan.

The severity with which persons in
Japan are punished who have the mis-
fortune to be burned out is stated as
follows; If the house is unoccupied and
is accidentally set on fire, the person
through whose carelessness the fire is
started receives ten days Imprisonment
with hard labor; if it is inhabited and
the fire be produced by the proprietor,
then he is punished with twenty days;
if the fire spreads to other houses the
sentence is forty days, and when any
body is killed thereby, one degree
heavier; but if the. person killed is
relative of the first degree, the punish
ment is one hundred days. if the house
belongs to the Government, one hum
dred days; II temple, from sixty days
to one year, but ten years are inflicted
if it happens to be one of the great
temples of Isle, or in the precincts of
the Imperial Palace. If a robber sets
fire unintentiOnally to q house, he is
punished with, at least, three years
Imprisonment with hard labor. Decap-
itation awaits incendiaries,. ten years
penal servitude an attempt at arson;
the punishment being mitigated If the
would-be incendiary is a servant who
has just received a sharp rebuke, or if
the attempt be made on an uninhabited
dwelling. If a man sets fire to his own
house, ninety days, but If the fire
spreads TO houses in the neighborhood,
two years and half; and penal servi-
tude for life is inflicted If the offender
profits by the opportunity of the fire to
purloin goods or property. ScIeHEgc
american.
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the country was leading, more like Ro-
sinante than Bucephalus, would be dear
for a ten-dollar greenbackP We trust
not; and therefore crave permission to
leave these painful details to the sym
pathizing readers imagination, and to
the, we fear, non-sympathizing hearers
who viii grin over the story next week
in Sullivan County around winters
fre.-M Y Evening Post.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
Tennessee,s Pictured Rock.


Nor one hundred miles below Nash
vile is a curious spectacle, known as
the ''Sun and Noon" 1t consists of
painting upon an immense rock which
rises to an altitude of several hundred
feet. AS to who painted it is a mys-
terry which l believe was never unrav-
eled. Many think it was the work of
the red brother, centuries ago, per-
haps. But there the sun and moon
shine out in all the freshness of new
paint They are located midway the
cliff, and stand out in bold relief. As
TO how any human being ever reached
the spot is "a uestion which. believe,
has never been solved. 1t is supposed
that in those days they had not giant
ladders, and could not easily have
reached the point from below. The
only natural rope of that time was a
wild grapevine, of which Tennessee is
so prolific, and some Indian might
have been by this means let down over
the dizzy bluff, and when he had fin
ished his work had again been let down
or pulled up. At any rate, these pict-
ures are there on the everlasting rock,
and are likely foreman for future ages.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12

The Congregationalists have in
London 246 churches, 40 of which re-
port 1920 worshipers. In England
and Wales they have 4,24S churches
and stations, and AIS ministers.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12

The New York Observer offers a
premium of one hundred dollars to stu
dents in theological seminaries for the
''best essay designed to counteract any
one Of the many forms Of assault
upon Christianity by modern inhdel-
ity
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12

The Pope is said to have commits
stoned Father Ballerini, Jesuit, TO ex-
anime the dispute between the Roman
Catholic Bishops in England and the
religious orders domiciled in that cOun-
try. The religious orders dispute the
claim Of the Bishops to supreme author
ity in their diocese.