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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
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THE seeker after truth is every now
and then propounding the question,
"Does farming payP" and seems ready
TO entertain any amount Of argument
pro or con, TO have the mooted point
settled. Such a question ought not TO
be asked, OF at least in this way. It Is
too broad. We might as well ask " Does
manufacturing, commerce or banking
payP" Why, agriculture is one of the
distinguishing features of the United
States. True, we run millions of spin
dies and build a number of ships and
dabble largely in all kinds of trades,
but our broad States stretching west
ward TO the Rocky Mountains, covered
more or less thickly with farm houses,
characterize our occupation beyond
question. We are a nation of farmers.
The grain crop of California, one
writer says, has, since '49, yielded more
than her mines. It is no boast to say
that we can bread the world. The
wheat crop alone surpasses the carrying
capacity of the great freight lines Of the
West. New railroads are built, new
water routes opened; and for what
To transport our grain and pork, but
ter, cheese and beef. Does all this in.
dicate stagnationP Is all this raised by
nation of bankrupt farmers, by a
class struggling under the intense dis
couragement OF working at something
that does not payp Hundreds, thou
sands, considering our population, farm
at loss, / have no doubt. So men own
mills and shops and stores at loss. II
is not the business, but the way in which
it is done that tells. Put one man into
mine where gold comes out in
chunks, and, in the end he will
mine at a loss, while another lays the
foundation of fortune digging ditch al
twenty-five cents a rod. To carry any
business TO a successful issue one needI
the active eye and vigilance Of Missis
sippi pilot. Watch the channel, the
changes in the course since last over it
a thousand minute things. A success
| full merchant or manufacturer know,
| this so must farmers learn, If they de
not already know it. A poor business
man, as rule fails. No industry viii
stand neglect and mismanagement.
Good farming always has and always
will pay. The trouble is, the country /!
too largely filled up with a class whC
look upon farming-their own business
at that-as dogs life; they take little
interest in it, and as a legitimate resul
they have poor crops, and poor cattle
and as they say, "poor luck" Mel
can cheat one another, but they can
cheat land. Put crops into the grount
in slip-shod, shiftless way and you ca
count on poor crop-this is as sure a
g taxes" Ask frst-class, energetic
industrious farmer if farming pays, an,
my word for it, he will tell you it does
What mean by this is, that it pays a
well as the average business enterprise
of the day. Hard times are disastrou
to the farming interest, of course. lie
universal drought or blight settle dow
on the farmers Of the United States fo
just one year, and witness the result
The farmers, TO their lasting honor b
it said, are lifting this nation out of it
slough of debt Remember this, whel
farming fails to pay, nothing pays
Cor. NeW England Journal.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

A BERLIN dispatch says it is consid-
cred possible that, II necessary, the Western
powers will make naval demonstration 10
enforce the decisions Of the conference In re-
gard TO the Greek frontier line.
In the AGnglish House of Lords, on
the 25th, bill legalizing marriage with a de.
ceased Wife's sister was reiected-iO1 to 90.
A DISPATCH from Alexandria says
King John, Of Abyssinia, has concluded a
treaty of peace with the Egyptian Govern
ment
FAMNE-FEvER has appeared in Kill
bran, Sligo County, ireland.
PREMIER DE FREYCNET, receiving a
deputatlon in favor of the FrancO-American
commercial treaty, at Paris on the 25th, said
overtures had been made by the French Min
lister at Washington, but Secretary Evarts had
replied that though the treaty was desirable,
circumstances obliged the United States Gov
ment TO defer the negotiations.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Beauty Before Utility.

HUMBOLDT tells us that an Orinoco
Indian, though quite regardless of bodily
comfort, will yet labor for fortnight TO
purchase pigment wherewith to make
himself admired; and that the same
woman who would not hesitate to leave
hor hut without fragment of clothing
on, would not dare to commit such q
breach of deoorum as to go out unpaint-
ed. Voyagers find that colored beads
and trinkets are much more priced by
wild tribes than are calicoes or broad
cloths. And the anecdotes we have Of
the ways in which, when shirts and
coats are given, savages turn them to
some ludicrous display, show how COM
pletely the idea OF ornament predomin-
Rtes over that Of use. Indeed, the facts
of aboriginal life seem to indicate that
dress is developed out of decoration.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

NINE men were burned, some severe
ly, and grocery damaged in Chester Hill,
Pa, on the 22d, by the explosion Of g barrel
of coal oil.
TIE Name Republican State Conven-
zion renominated Governor Davis.
THE Vermont Republican State Con-
vention, held at Burlington on the 2Sd, nomi-
mated Colonel Roswell Farnham for Governor
Lieutenant Governor, General John L. Bar
stow; State Treasurer, John A. Page
The value Of exports from the port of
New York for the week ending June IS was
Sl0,s02, so, or nearly a million more than was
ever before recorded during the same length
Of time in the history Of the trade.
The central shaft of the Hoosac tun-
mel caved in on the night Of the 23d. Trains
were only delayed four hours
THIRTY-oNE buildings, including the
post-ofiice, two hotels and the Oil Exchange
were destroyed BY ire at Tarport, Pa, on the
25th.
WHILE the firemen were at work on
a burning building at Elizabeth, N. j., on the
25th, one Of the walls fell, killing two persons
and fatally iniuring four others
The statistics Of the census for 1886
shows an increase in population of twenty-sil
per cent. for Plttsburg and thirty-four pei
cent. in Allegheny. The combined popula
tion Of the two cities is $4,000.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Murder By Rats.

Mr.. GEORGE CLAYTON, residing in
the village of Lansingburg, was the
possessor of white rat, of which he
made a great pet, and kept him housed
in a snug cage. Last night the pet
rodent was foully murdered, and the
evidence CLEANED from a view of the
surroundings this morning tends to
show that the homicide was committed
by other rodents of a darker hue that
had not been petted. The box, or cage,
of the pet rat had been literally gnawed
to pieces, and the pet torn to pieces as
the marks plainly show. There must
have been quite q number of rats con.
cerned in the murder, as the ineisors Of
one or two could not have done the work
in a week that was done last night
TF0V IN. " Press.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
DO Animals ResIst TempiatI0n J

TEMPTATION frequently begets in the
dog, cat and other animals the same
kind of mental or moral agitation, and
the same sort of result as in man.
Sometimes we can see-in the dog, for
instance-the whole play of the animals
mind the battle between its virtuous
and vicious propensities, its promptings
to the right and its endeavor to stick by
the right, its longing for the wrong
for the tit-bt which it would be i'm
proper to steal-and the final triumph
either of virtue or temptation. The
poor animal, knowing or feeling the
weakness of the flesh, sometimes has
the moral strength, the force of eharac-
ter and good sense to avoid temptation
altogether. But dogs, like men, are apt
to have the most trying temptations
thrust unexpectedly upon them, and
then comes the tug of war of appetites
and passions-the moral turmoil that
may make shipwreck of, or that may
strengthen, virtue. Sometimes, then,
by dog, as by the man, temptation is
successfully resisted after perhaps q
series Of pTotraoted and painful moral
struggles that have been very apparent
to the onlooker. Unfortunately, how
ever, equally in dog and man. the re-
sistance Of temptation is less common
by far than non resistance or nOn-suO-
cess in resistance, the result Of which is
various forms of degrees of wrongdoing.
-e-e-s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
How Squirrels are Killed in CaIlfOr.
MIA,

AT the Laurel Hill Cemetery, yester-
day morning, the agent for new
squirrel, ant, and mole exterminator
gave a test of his apparatus. The ma
chine consists of furnace constructed
of galvanized iron, lined with fire clay,
about twelve to twenty-four inches in
size. On the inside Of this furnace is
discharge pipe, passing from near the
top down through the bottom. To this
furnace is attached an air-pump by
means of sectional tubes and elastic
hose, which can be instantly adjusted
for operation. A fire having been made
in the furnace, and a poisonous COM
pound dropped in, the top is securely
closed, the chamber placed over the
gopher or squirrel hole, and the air.
forcing machine started, when all the
smoke and poisonous vapors are forced
down into the hole, killing, it is claimed,
every thing animate with which it comes
in contact. During the experiments at
the cemetery yesterday sulphur was
used, being dropped in the furnace in
pound packages. When the appa-
ratus was put In operation over one of
these gopher holes, the ground for a ra-
dius Of several hundred yards seemed
animated by a series of miniature vol
canoes, the sulphuric vapors belching
forth from numerous undiscovered
holes. About ten minutes pumping
serves TO thoroughly impregnate the
burrow and its connecting drifts with
the poisonous fumes, and, it is presumed,
to totally annihilate its inhabitants. -
San Francisco Chronicle.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A DUBIAN dispatch says q telegram
hon Tobercury ststeo that the famine fever
b raging there. rr..-..
A PARIS dispatch says the Swiss pa
psrs state that the st. Gothard Tunnel is in
Veel danger Of falllngin. Land slips continue
threaten the masonry, and the engineers
hlnktho only way 10 avert the damage Is TO
podiig the line traced out for the tunnel
A RESOLUTION forbidding Bradlaugh
her 20 take oath or affirm was adopted in
lEngliFh House Of Commons, on the n9d,
,r0te of 275 TO go. ,,.
oa ~ week ending on the 21st ten
class aieamers, having on board 8, ,Bss pas
Ieral sailea from the Mercy for the United
Zee md Canada
"A RARis dispatch says only two-thirds
the crops aue reekoned on this year in the
nth OF Fmnce, which last year had full
I'D In the center aud west the crops are
nerally thin and in the norta they are 10 a
lilar condition,
A TELEGRAiG was received at London
The esd stating that the Russians have
n defeated by Turkomans and compelled
etEeat. Both sides lost heavily.
iIOvISSA PoLLI the apostle Of ere.
ion, has been cremated at Milan, Italy.
NE hearing Of the appeal in the case
e Tiehborne claimant opened NJ London
,e cath. Benjamin, formerly United States
lor from Louisiana, Il counsel for Itch
ne.
A scuTAmdispatch, on the 25th, says
hous negotiations were proceeding between
she Albanian League and the Debh aud
Tlerna tribes. The latter promised 10 send
70 Tusi 5000 men, well armed and undertake
Qfurnish them provisions and munitions two
Qths, on condition that Podgoritza be At
Nd At The earliest opportunity.
ELLIaENoE from Buenos Ayres
Pts that battle was fought on the 22d
the National and Provincial troops
the latter was routed
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Gathered from All Quarters.
MAaHTNGTON.

GORRINGE, who is on his way from
Egypt with the obelisk, tslegraphed the State
Department on the 23d that he had arrived at
Gibraltar, aud that he expects TO arrive at
New York about the 18th Of July.
THE Secretary of War has suspended
the recommendation OF the West Point
Academic Board that Whitaker be dropped
on account Of deficiency in his studies. This
win give him an opportunity Of demanding a
eourt-martiali in his case II he desires TO vim
dieats himself.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says the ox-
cess Of exports over imports for the twelve
months ended May 81, 1880, were s162, 1881
6q3
Hon. HORACE MAYNARD, the new
Postmaster General viii arrive at Washington
from Turkey and assume charge Of the Post
Office Department about July 15.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

JULES DURAETY was born in Rue des
Martyrs, Paris. His father was proof.
reader in the Office of the Mo,iitetr.
His mother was an actress Of Theatre
Lazary, Boulevard du Temple. When
twelve years old he was arrested fol
having tried to kill Mons. Monterey,
in Rue de Grenelle St. German. His
parents sent him TO sea as a common
sailor before the mast of a vessel bound
to Calcutta. Here he deserted and
disappeared until May, 1857, when
he was heard of in Bengal at the
head of a horde Of rebels. He was the
first person who entered Delhi, and wat
for ten days its commander. He quar-.
relied with leader of the rebels, killed
him and fed. In 1859 he was made
commander of the Life Guards of the
Rajah of Kaick, whom he robbed Of all
his treasure and fed tho country. Dur.
ing the next eleven years lie went
around the globe three times, stealing,
swindling, lying, playing the scoundrel
every way. In 1871 he reached France
penniless. He joined La Commune,
became Captain in a company of com
munards, was sentenced after the fall
Of La Commune to years impris,
onment, which he served out in 0
Versailles prison. Since his libera.
tion he has lived by theft and rap.
Inc. He was arrested while picking
q pocket.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
WEST ANB SOUTH.

m
lhE mexican authorltes nave de-
clined to sanction the request Of the United
states that General Hatch be permitted to
ioll1w slctorio-s oanu OF ApacneS across the
Oo'ues lnVo meA'eo, -.
or oooUN, ftiDVn' I,,' uiS'AUon VI Vlle
ina,oaIs,s a. " 'ls sl%quSsS ~
tbe sonoro In ou ,bo Is,h TaI TSn W.vIoan hon
Cons,,I ,t.,,aS D -. g.. Il,.II 1 wy AlSsu Aiee-i
learning Of the movement notified the United
States military authorities, who promptly
sent forces TO arrest the parties. Marquese,
on learning Of the movement, dlsbanded his
forces and with his officers returned to San
1,I-Ni IEo "eAiS"n Ies'uenVs n can
Govsrnmen, for ~ ths oo,,op nth ,,on ' a.
has saved tbeir Governmsnt rnonv lives and
much treasure -
Al The po,4iord O.o,,o, o;,,, oIoo
a.. -, A.. o.. a. p.,',,s5s y,
w Sioeteu al
80, 14,IN'V.-' N.'.''.,'''.' 1872 Wv
an a'OoinP. was inaue 10 KluhaP Dertie
sneIlnan, n1l aseu WE'VE years, Wnlie returning
dnI from sehool near AliwSukee, WIS., on ihe
]ou' la'iher came 70 MS assurance "hen
sno ne" "a sSp ~ tue Doy parents arc
,oso .; .sonr,n, .o',',,rd - 81. ~ s,', 'no Pu,
,hs oS,id -'' '' 's'u'" Vi
T,Ur Ar,o,ioo, r,..o..o,. I..o,,..;o,,
o,,v.a.d =, wLoal,n.' NJ ". - A.. aoi
,,,,t a t,,lI a,,.,,Sa,'ac ., a.,.al,s ~'
lhE CENSUS Just tahen IN Boston SHOWS
,Eu Pu,alou ahnl no oi , nDous Ioo Sonplete re.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

SOMEBODY estimates that there are
about 1000, 900 boe-hivos in this coun-
try, owned by 10000 bee-keepers. The
bees yield on an average about twenty
two pounds Of honey per hive, which at
the moderate price of 25 cents per
pound gives $4,000, 900 for year's
crop. The wax is estimated at 10000,
900 pounds, worth about 5000, 900;
the total revenue from the busy insects
being Sl4, 100000 OF this 81 ,200,0
worth Of honey and 800, 600 worth OF
wax are annually exported by Mr.. Har-
bison, of California, who clears from
$4,000 to $4,000 from his apiarios,
"SOme people," says DIR. Kirkland,
"do not know exactly what honey is,
but have a dim idea that boes mako il
themselves, or else transform IL after
gathering. by some process. This il
not so. Honey is notmade by the bees,
but is simply gathered by them from
the nectarie Of flowers, and from that
peculiar deposit on vegetation known
as honey dew. Our continuous supply
of towering trees and plants through
the summer prevents the bees from
ever being idle or suffering, and though
many OF the flowers secrete honey
through the night, which must be gath
cred in the fore part of the day, or it
eyaporates with the heat of the sun,
there is always enough to keep the in
sects nj work from early morn until
dewy eve"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

For poisoning from phosphorus, as
when children suck matches, give
tablespoonful Of magnesia and then, free
ly, gum-arabic water; less magnesia II
only a little phosphorus is taken.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

THE most curious plant in the month
ly exhibition of the New York Horticul-
tural Society was the eyelopedium COR
dalium, or lady's slipper, belonging 10
Mrs. NJ. j. Morgan. OF New York. IL
is two feet high, and the gray foliage,
hnged with pink, resembles a slipper
with the hind half Of the sole baro, and
has a pendant tail foot long. Tho
plant is valued at three hundred dol
lars, and is n native of the East Indios
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Total. l...............s,2s7 6,Osl 900

At the rates current during the pres
Bnt season Mr.. Burnside must have rea-
lized from his crops the enormous sum
of S565, ,000.-N. o. Picdy1tne.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

Coon nature and evenness Of temper
viii give you an easy companion for
lhei virtue and good sense an agreeable
triendj love and constanoy q good wife
OF husband.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

To FILL the sphere which Providence
appoints is true wisdom; TO discharge
trusts faithfully and live exalted ideas,
that Is The mission Of good men.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

THE trouble with the ten-cent chunk
Of ice this year is that it has been halved
In size and doubled in price.-St, Lotsts
Spirit.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

A CALIFORNIA firm matches quail by
artificial means and dOmesticates them.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

IN D q shlp whIeh neyer anchors
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
BY CABLE.

ST.. PETERSBURG, May 2S.-The
Bereg has been suspended for one
week for publishing the sentences of
the condemned Hihilists beore they
appeared in the official Gazette.
LONDON, May 28.-Col. Shaw,
United States consul at Manchester,
telegraphs that he will be here next
week to deposit fifty pounds in behalf
of Hanlan, and complete the arrange
ments for the match with Tricket.
Frederick Sharpe, stock and share
broker here, failed, owing to losses in
the American department of the
stock exchange.
The Oaks stakes at EPSON to-day
were won by Jenny Hewlett, Bonnie
Marden, second, Warhorn third.
Thirteen fllies started.
In the house Of lords yesterday the
burials bill, permitting the burial of
dissenters in all churchyards and
cemeteries without the Church of
England service, was read the first
time.
The Aborigines protection society
has a telegram from Oapetown, of the
9th, stating that the papers before
parliament include a dispatch from
the administrator of Basutoland, ac-
quainting the government that there
is an excessive strain on the loyalty of
the Basutos, owing to disarmament,
etc. He reports agitation widespread
and the whole country bewildered.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 28.-The
commission appointed by the Russian
ministers of public communication.
and of finance, to investigate the con-
dition of the iron industry of Russio.
has recommended that agricultural
and other machines from abroad hith-
erto imported free of customs duty
shall henceforth pay duty, and that
duties on those already liable shall be
largely increased.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28

on credentials, the contesting dele
gates on that side will be admitted,
no matter what sort of case may be
presented by their opponents. This
of course means that the committee
on credentials is practically to make
the republican nomination. The
anti-Grant men have now found that
they have stepped a step in their pro-
cess of reasoning, they have assumed
that each delegate would vote for
temporary chairman for himself, and
unit rule would not obtain. Don
Cameron, however, goes father back
than they do, and as he will call the
convention to order he will insist on
the application Of the unit rule to the
election of temporary chairman. This
will give that Office with all that it
implies to the Grant people. The
revelation of this plan has badly
scared the Blaine men, and they are
busy widening the breach already wide
enough in the republican ranks. A
member of the republican national
committee, however, takes other views
Of this matter. He says that careful
canvass of the committee shows thirty
anti-Grant men, and they will not
consent to be cheated or bulldozed.
If Cameron attempts any such game as
intimated above he will find himself
badly beaten.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
River TeIegrams.

LOUISVILLE, May 28.-River fall
ing, with 4 feet 8 inches scant in the
canal and 2 feet s inches scant in the
chute, on the falls. Weather cloudy
and raining.
PITTsBURa, May 2S.-River IA
inches, and falling. Weather cloudy
and pleasant.
CAIRO, May 28.-Arrived: Mary
Houston, New Orleans, 6; J. Reese
No. 2, New Orleans, 8; Jno. Allood,
New Orleans, 10; Smoky City, New
Orleans, noon. Departed: Jno Dip
pold, New Orleans, 5 am; Jno. A.
Scudder, St. Louis, Z; Storm No, 3,
New Orleans, 8; Iron Sides, Ohio, 8.
Weather cloudy and pleasant.
EVANSVILLE, May o. Rained
lightly all night, partly cloudy and
cooler to-day. River 63.1O feet and
falling. Departed-Jas. W. Gaff,
Memphis. No business,
ST, Louis, May 28.-Arrived: City
of Greenville, Vicksburg. Departed,
none. River about stationary.
Weather clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, May 28.-River 6 feet
. inches and stationary. Weather
cloudy and cooler. Arrived: Cons
Millar, Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28

THE following important resolution
was offered in the legislative council
yesterday by Mr.. Goyer:
Whereas, there is now in progress Of
organization an association of mer-
chants and cotton factors for the pur-
pose of increasing the facilities and
cheapening the cost Of handling cot
ton, and as q connection of all the
roads terminating ia the city becomes
necessary for this and other purposes /;
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the right Of way be
granted to the Mississippi and Tenn
essee railroad company from its pres
ent terminus on Calhoun street,
through the public grounds to con-
nection with the railroads now con-
Meeting at Center landing and navy
yard. upon such terms as may be mu-
tually agreed upon between the said
railroad company and the representa-
tives of the taxing district.
Referred to Messrs. Goyer, Over
ton, Gum, Brown and Goodbar.
The Importance Of making this con-
nection must be generally realized.
Memphis must adopt the business
ways of other cities and jump into the
race or be left behind on the wayside
This matter is now in the hands Of
sensible practical business men
and We have no doubt but that they
will come to an understanding that
will be satisfactory to all interests and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
Nashville Banner, 26.l

NASHVILLE banner, 70.
j. 7, Harahan, superintendent of
the Memphis branch of Louisville e.
Nashville railroad, put his handsome
face in our office to-day. Mr.. Hara-
han is another one of those instances
of which we love to speak, and for
which we so admire the. railroad
system of government. He started
out an operative in the Decatur
shops, and by close attention to duty
and probity he has risen from one sta
tion to another until he now occupies
the position conferred on him the 1st
of April. In this case it never could
have fallen on cleverer sor more
worthy man, and the Banner tenders
him its sincere congratulations. and
wishes him long and useful life.