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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
Inward Strength.

MOST people number within the circle
of their acquaintance, or have at some
time been privileged to know, some
person upon whom the woes and sins
of this world seem to leave no stain.
In sickness or in health, in misfortune
or in Joy, in temptation or in peaceful
ness, this person goes on mis- quiet way,
doing good to all who come within his
path, spending his quiet but unfailing
strength in helpful works, and seem
ingly undisturbed by tithe Of the
trials and temptations which fall into
the way of other men and women.
When we see such a person-strong
and self-contained, and yet of humble
mind, of the truest spiritual nature,
and utterly free from canting pride or
hollow hypocrisy-we are inclined to
saw that he has been blessed more than
the great majority of men, by the pos
session of calm and deep spiritual ma
ture, whose cool recesses are far re-
moved from such petty annoyances and
uncomfortable Temptations and trials as
follow us. He seems, in fact, ftted to
do and to endure.
But could we know the real spiritual
and moral life of this seemingly excep-
tional person, we should be sure TO find
that his nature was like ours, that his
battles of soul were fierce and long,
and that success came to him only after
the bravest struggles and the sinceresi
prayer. Natural disposition may helT
a man to be easy-going and Indifferent
but it can never help him to be really
noble of soul. That strength of char
acter which we recognize and revere,
and which some foolishly assign to luck,
or circumstance, or inherited dispOsi.
ton, is the mere outward showing OF
inward victory, that has come by the
exertion of human strength, aided by
the constantly y-besOught Divine assist
ance upon which every strong soul must
RELY. He who goes through the world
more purely and nobly than other men
does so because he wills to do so, and
asks God to strengthen his constant et.
fort. "How much mud and mire,
saws Hawthorne, " how many pools ol
unclean water, how many slippery foot
steps, and perchance heavy tumoies
| might be avoided if we could tread bu'
| six inches above the crust OF this world
| Physically we cannot do this; our bodies
cannot; but 4 seems to me that oW
hearts and minds may keep themselves
above moral -puddles and other dis
comforts Of the soul pathway" Ihos'
whose hearts andminds are above mora
mud-puddles do not escape the contain
ination which befouls the feet of other
by reason OF any special permission Il
walk on different plane, but becaus
they have resolutely determined that
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
Elephants Taking a Bath.

THE wsllowing of half dozen ele-
plants in the Frog Pond this morning
was the wondrous sight that will long
be remembered by the thousands of Bos-
tonians of all ages and conditions who
thronged the knolls in the vicinity. The
picturesque strangers from India and
Africa were not less delighted. They
seemed to quaff the COchituate and
sport in its waves with as much gusto as
il they were reveling in some remote
tributary of the Ganges or the Nile in
their native jungles. Seen at little
distance the huge gray backs of the
tropical beasts doomed up like Cape Ann
rocks at the head of the pond. At first
they stood almost motionless, but as the
reality of the treat and their liberty
came to be fully believed in they grew
quite demonstrative, and willing not
only to wet their ''Overalls," but to lie
down and roll-al except the venerable
leader, who seemed to have something
akin to a religious respect, like a fakir
of India, for the ancient dirt on his
shoulders, and carried it back to his
tent unprofaned by the ablution.
The younger elephants trumpeted,
CuTNGu up bublI bIuuhSy bLuCh OuL
their tails straight as pokers, as in the
pictures of elephant combats, and finally
stopped down and buried their immense
heads under the water, there remaining
so long that people who did not see the
tips of their trunks above the surface
thought they were drowning. Two of
them got to twinIng their trunks one
round the other, so as to bring their
flabby lips into clumsy OSCILLATION.
For the moment the show business vas
forgot, and the Proboscidians returned
to their native sports-and yet not
wholly forgot, for one degenerate young
ster Of the herd went round the plashy
margin of the pond holding up the end
| of his trunk like a contribution box for
the apples and peanuts of the small boy
who was on hand in his usual force on
such occasions. After some enterprising
photographer had secured several pic.
lures of the bathing monsters, they de
murely followed their trainer and 8
calico horse from the circus back r.
their tents, adding, no doubt, the CRATE
full testimony of denizens of two more
grand divisions of the globe that BostOT
Common is the most beautiful spot il
the world. Direct descendants of somC
of the first families of the Garden o
Eden, they ought to know.-Bosto'
| Transcript.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
Gems Of Thought.

GoD hears the heart without the
words, but he never hears the words
without the heart.
MAN is not born to solve the problem
of the universe, but to find out what he
has to do; and to restrain himself with
in the limits of his comprehension
Goethe.
IT is interesting to notice how largely
the Bible influences the literature of the
day. Its phrases are so telling that they
pass current everywhere. The most
secular of newspapers are literally
sprinkled with them.
THE wealth of Heaven never perishes,
never departs, never ceases, never
brings with it care or envy or blame,
destroys not the body, corrupts not the
soul, is without ill-will, heaps not up
malice-al which things attend on
earthly wealth. That honor lifts not
men into folly, doth not make them
pulled up. never ceases nor is dimmed.
Again, the rest and delight of Heaven
endureth continually; ever being inn
movable and immortal, one cannot find
its end or limit. Nothing which comes
to an end is much to be desired; what
ever ceases, and to-day is and to-mor-
row is not, though it be very great, yet
it seems little and contemplate. Then
let us not cling 70 fieeting things which
slip away and depart, but to those which
are enduring and immovable.-S-
ChrUSOstOIn
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
sunday.schOOl Lessons.
Worshlping the Golden Calf.

WISH TO show the suitability Of my
subject TO this present time. / am sure
it Is not out of season. "WhO is on
the Lord side!" let him come to Christ,
and consecrate himself this day to Him.
For first, the worship of the golden calf
is pretty general now. Men are es-
teemed according to the amount of
money they possess; indeed, we say a
man Is "wOrth so much" Though that
man may not be worth a pair of old
shoes, yet if he has big house, a fair
estate and a huge capital, he is said to
be worth so much. Poor little creature!
In many cases his worth might be writ
ten on his thumb nail. It is not the
man that has worth; his house, his
lands and his gold have the worth, but
not the man. There is far too much
bowling down and cringing before the
golden calf in all classes of society. No
end of lodges are tried to get a scraping
Of the creatures hOofs. Brother, you
must sooner endure poverty than do a
wrong thing for the sake of riches; and
you must learn to value men for what
the are, not for what they have. 1t
needs not Christianity TO tell you that
some of the worthiest, nOblest and most
kingly earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow; when you meet them love
and honor them. On the other hand,
you must know that some of the vilest
of men have at times climbed to high
places of wealth and power. DO
not cringe to any man, but least
of all bow to a mere money bag. Value
men by their characters, and not by
| their positions. God grant that none Of
us ever may be found worshiping the
golden calf. Yet to get into society the
meanest things are done. l do moi
know what sort of a thing society may
be, but l have heard that it is a very
wonderful achievement to get into soci
ETY.; to have the privilege of enjoying
the empty ceremonies and hollow sham
| of stupid splendor! To have the pTivi
lege of talking to those persons who
! spend more on their dress than on theil
religion. From what little do know
of this wonderful thing called society
have felt no ambition to partake in it!
felicities; and yet to get into this soei
ETY. have seen men fling away theil
principles, forsake their friends, stih'
their consciences, abandon their churcl
fellowships and become traitors to theil
God. ForsoOth they are successful il
business, and hope to rank among th'
country families, and so they leave
those who love them to entertain a
lavish cost those who sneer at them
The Lord save those of you who arr
prosperous from being thus degraded
| -SDltTOeOn
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
How Locomotive Engineers Lose Their
Nerve.

A MAN talks as easily at the rate OF
sixty miles an hour as he does at an or
binary afternoon dinner pace, and a
veteran railroad man who sat with his
feet cooked on an adjoining chair, on
the Ohio and Mississippi fast train Sat
urday, let his recollections and gossip
flow entertainingly to Courier Journal
reporter.
"Ever in a smash-upP" asked the
veteran laconically.
"Neverl"
"That accounts for your lack of nerv-
business. A child never breads the fire
until he is burned, and so it is with every
kind of danger. There are two classes
of engineers, who are known on the
road as good runners and bad rum
ners.' A good runner is always sent
out with special trains and in other
cases where fast time is to be made. He
is an engineer who knows the road and
his engine, and will gauge the speed by
the quality of the track, taking a good
many chances on safety. know one Of
these fellows, who was regarded as the
coolest and braVest manin the business.
He would take a lightning special as
safely through as another would a
freight. One dark night he was haul
ing the night express around curve
like meteor. A tree had been blSwn
across the track by a storm, and he ran
upon it before it could be seen. The
train was smashed and he was badly
hurt. He got well in time, and took his
place at work, but lost it, and he could
not get passenger train on any road.
The accident killed his nerve, and he
couldn't take train through on even
schedule time. He was always Tagging
and behind time. That is the fate of o
great many. A bad accident to a fast
train nearly always spoils a good en-
gineer." -,
"They are always in danger y said
the reporter.
eyes; If there's an accident they are
almost sure to be killed. They go
through life on faith and good luck.
One day, several years ago, went for
days hunting in the country, and
made arrangements for an engine to be
sent for me at seven O'Clock. 1t came,
and, with three of us aboard, started to
make the run of twenty-five miles an
hour ahead of the regular train. We
| got out mile OF TWO anu ln6 n0dullBuB
fiickered and went down. The engine
was stopped and the lantern was tink-
cred with, and we started again. We ran
a few miles, and had to stop and tinker
with the confounded lamp again. This
time it went out clear, and to our hor-
ror we discovered that the regular train
was within five minutes of us, and
there was no side-track near. 1t was
as dark as original chaos, not a star out.
The engineer started carefully, worked
the throttle out gradually, and, all of
us elinging to the cab for dear life, the
race began. For all that we could see
it was plunge into space. The engine
snorted and rolled, and fairly flew along
the track, until the welcome light of the
home yards fell upon us. We had run
thirteen miles upon pure faith in nine
minutes, and the regular train was an
hour and forty minutes behind time!''
"That was a close shave on luckP'
eyes; / don't want to ride under
pressure again. .n-LoaiSCitLe Courier
Journal.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
A FicticiOus Fly.

IT seems that there is a fly that to the
ordinary observer appears bee. The
resemblance is so close that men have
been known to wildly flee across the
country and beat the air with their hats,
to escape one ofthose insects. But the
fly differs from the bee in two respects.
First, it can not make man think a
hot poker has been rammed into him /;
in fact it is perfectly harmless. The
second popularity is that it has only
two wings, instead of four, as has the
bee. 1t is by this popularity that scien-
lists distinguish the fly from the bee,
and it was the delight of Professor
Swine, whenever he saw one of these
flies, to announce that he was a bee
charmer, and capturing the fly, to hold
it and put it in his mouth to show that
it wouldn't sting him. He tried this
once or twice ON young Griff, and then
the latter, who didn't believe in the
charming power studied the matter up.
The next day he invited the Professor to
his room, and soon the latter saw one OF
those flies on the window. The Pro-
fessor saw that it had only two
wings and declared he'd charm the bee,
and quickly grabbing it, suddenly clap,
ped it into his mouth before it could
bite, had it been bee. Then the wild
yell he gave nearly brought down the
plastering. He clawed at his mouth and
rolled madly upon the floor and sput-
tered and made a Gehenna of noise.
The way he rolled and squirmed and
kicked was frightful. Finally he got
the fly out of his mouth, and then he got
up and ran to the water pitcher and
drank about half gallon, and then he
tried to swear, but his tongue was SO
swollen that he couldn't, and the wild
look in his eyes really scared Griff. Th'
way the Professor pTanced about tha'
room was a caution, and his attempts a
profanity were fearful, and finally he
rushed from the room and took of
across the fields. He didn't come back
for two days, and by that time Gliff fel
sorry that he had pulled two wings OF
that bee and left it where the Professoi
would see the insect.-BOstOn Post.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
A Hard Way.

"THE way of the transgressor is
hard.p Blot it out, if you can. Close
up that book and you will see the evi-
dence of that fact all around you.
There is not day passes but you can
read in the pages of the daily papers,
" The way Of the transgressOr is hard y
You 90 to the TOmbs in New York
City, and you will find a little iron
bridge running from the police court
where the men are tried, right into the
cell. / think the New York officials
have not been noted for their piety in
your timefand mine, but they had put
up there in iron letters on that bridge,
"The way of the transgressor is hard
They know that is true. Blot it out, If
you can. God Almighty said it. 1t is
true 1.-The way of the transgressor is
hard" On the other side of that
bridge they put these words: "a
Bridge of Sighs." said to one Of the
officers, "What did they put that up
there for?" He said that most of the
young men (fOr most of the criminals
are young men" The wicked don't
live out their days"-put that in with
iO-he said most Of the young men as
they passed over that iron bridge went
over It weeping. So they called it the
Bridge of Signs. "What made you put
that other there: The way of the
transgressor is hard?" "Wen," he
said. sit is hard. / think, if you had
anything to do with this prison, you
would believe that text, The way of
the transgressor is hard I'D. L.
| MoOdlJ.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
The Pleasure Of Wealth.

THE prosperous always say, with
grave shakes of the head, that money
brings little happiness" yet they seem
to enjoy its possession, are proud of it
in various ways, according to charac-
ter, use it freely as q power, and will
not surrender it without thevery tough
est fighting. A complete surrender of
wealth, of the difference between sub
sistence and competence or riches, is,
except in a very few cases of religious
conviction, the rarest of all forms of
self-sacritice. So different, indeed, is
the disconsolate talk of the well-to-do
from their actual condition that the
world suspects them of a little hyPoc-
risy, or of an intention to avert envy
by declaring, what is unquestionably
false, the equality of all earthly condi-
tions. "Dives is sad with wealth"
sighs the man with too little, " but how
| wish l had a touch of his complaintr
A few men, indeed, have boldly de-
clared the regrets of wealth to be pre-
lenses, and have asserted, with Macau-
lay, that every guinea they acquire
gives them distinct and appreciate
pleasure. He was the most generous
of mankind, but he liked money, and
avowed his liking. as he would have
ayowed liking for pleasant bindings
for his books. There was solid truth
in Macaulay's idea, particularly as to
earned money; but he put his truth, as
usual, a good deal too broadly, nothing
being ever quite so little complex as he
imagined every thing to be. Very few
men, indeed, part with wealth volun-
tarily, because very few have the cour-
age to deprive themselves of any faculty
or power they may hereafter want; and
very few are without that pride in is
which any distinction tends to raise
but we believe the constant deprecia
tion of its value in which the well-oE
indulge, is not hypocrisy. They see,
or many of them see, failures in the
effect Of their wealth upon themselves,
and even directly bad consequences
springing from it, which quite justify
| their shakes of the head, though they
are slow to explain even TO themselves
why the apples taste so ashy.7-L0adoA
/ Spectator.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
Religious.
rHE PooR MANs sHEAE

H. saw tho whoat-nolds waiting
Az golden IN the sun,
And strong and stalwaf rcapgr1
Went by bim. ono by one.
"Oh. could ! reap 90 hnrVc9tp
Hla heart made bitter Cry;
~ can do nOthlngi nOthingt
30 weak, alasi am t.
At eve a fnlnting traveller
Sank down beside the door;
A cup Of crystal water
To quench bis thirst he bore.
And when, refreshed aud strengthened,
The traveller went his way,
Upon the poor man q threshold
A golden wheat-aheaf lay.
When came the Lord Of harvest,
He cried. "Ohl Master kind,
One sheaf i have 90 offer,
But that ! did moi bind.
give a cup Of water
To one athlrBt, and he
Left At my door. in going,
This sheaf offer Thee"
Then said the Master, softly.
Well pleased with this am I:
One of my angels loft IL
With thee, a. he passed bY.
Thou mayst not join the reaperB
Upon the harvest plain,
But he who helps q brother
Binds sheaves Of richest grain"
-Eben n. ReIfOrd.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
THE PoET AND MS SONGS.


AS tho birds come in tho spring,
We know not from where;
As the stars Ceme At evening
From depths Of the arr
As the rain comes from tho cloud,
And the brook from the ground;
As suddenly, low or loud,
Out Of silence a sound;
As the grape comes to the vine,
The fruit TO the tree;
As the wind comes to tho pine,
And the tide TO the sea;
As como the white sails of ships
Der the oceans verge;
AS comes the smile TO the lips,
The foam 70 the surge;
So come to the poet his songs,
All hitherward blown
From the misty land that belongs
To the vast Unknown.
His, and not his, are the lays
He sings ;-and their fame
In his, and not his ;-and the praise
And the pride Of a name.
For voices pursue him by day, g
And hunt him by night,
And he listens, and needs must obey,
When the Angel says; Write w
Henry ". LOHgfeiiOiC, IN Atlantic Monthly
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

Mrs. MARY JANE RozELLE, of OsYe-
90, N. Y, died at the age of l05 years
and seven months. She was the second
wife of Peter Rozelle, whom she mar
ried seVenty-one years ago, and who
died in 1864, aged 10. She has borne
him fifteen children.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

-Shins are expected to enter the
open Polar Soa b. the Howgate.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-23
The Sun FOR 1881.

Everybody reads TIE suS. In the editions Of
:his newspaper throughout the year to come every
body Wilt and:
l. All the worlds news. 50 presented that the
reader vii get the greatest amount or Information
with the least Improbable xrenditurs Of tins, snd
eyesskt- fax SYN hong ago discovered the e-ulicn
mean beiseen redundant fuiBess and un-srisfsc-
tory breyify-
ii. Much OF that sort OF news which i~p-r-E
less upon is recognized Importance than Upl rs
interest TO mankind From merainS TO morning
real men and women. and Of their dcris plans.
loves, hates and ircubles. This story is aS-e
varied and more interesting thAa any romance
that devised
Ill Good writing in every eo.nan. aud fresh
ness, originality. accurzer. and deeVuan IN the
treatment Of every subject.
". Honest eosameni- THE SUS. habit Is 20
speak out iearle-sly shoa; rseB and things
v Equal candor in dealing with political party.
and equal readiness .. commend uhsi j. pEssse-
worthy or To rebuke sha: Is blsnatlc in D'uaoerai
or Republican.
VI Absolute Independence Of partisan crSsui-
fasions hut unvayering loyalty To true Democrats
principles TaE SUS believes that the Govern
me ut which the Constitution gives i good ne
10 keep Its notion of dety Is to resist TO it. Ut
mos; power the efforts Of men in the Republican
party 10 set up another form Of governments in
place Of that which exists. The wear Isl aud
the years immediately following viii probably de-
eide tais supremeiy important contest Tn >UN
believes that the victory viii - with The people
IS Ssains; the Rings for monopoly, the kin-S Tot
pluuder and the Rings for imperial power.
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-23
wAsHINGrns

The senate has confirmed the following
nominations: John ID. Neil, governor ~ the
territory of Idaho: stephen L. Twis>, a.
sccia,e justice of the supreme court II the
territory of Utah; ". Bristol associate
justice Of the supreme court OF the territory
81 New Mexico: Kit Iia>kins, United states
district attorney Of Vermont: Daniel Had
wick. United States di>tric; attorney for
Connecticut: VIM. II. Bliss. district at;or-
ney for the eastern district Of Missouri:
John = Bigby. United States district az
torRey for the northern and southern dis
tricts ofGeorgia. Charles G. Walters Cni-
ted States district attorney for the eastern
district Of Arkansas
In regard 10 the attempted invasion of
the Indian Territory. Gen Sherman aid
IA 4 member Of the Kansas delegation. that
white the government desired to persuade
settlers IA keep ont az the Territory ~i,isoui
using force. tina: unIs-Ss th~y did they
would not allow them Ia violate the laws
lie said the trsofs> wouid Certainly ls--in
- shoe; the uncment 10 ssens-i impossible
tn get along without such q cour~s-
Secretary ThompSon's resignation dates
from Thursday last lie says the AMER
can branch of Panama Canal COMPANY
viii he crganixcl In January. and that
the total Subscriptions ~ the scheme arc
Sl-0tOonn