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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Whole Number 1869
How a Man Gees to Bed.

Speaking Of how man goes to becF.
an exchange says: There's where 3 MAJ c
has the advantage. He can undTess in
cold room, and have his bed warm
before 4 woman has got her hair plna.
out and her shoes united That's hoE
it looks in print, and this is how /. 3
really: Pm going to bed my dear 1ts
half-past ten.' No reply. Now, john
you're always late in the morning. DfE
ego to bedP Yes, in a minute, he replies. Z
as he turns the paper inside out aIl1 ]
begins a lengthy article headed 'Ihel
Louisiana Muddle' Fifteen minutes
later she calls from the bedroom: john I
come to bed. and don't keep the gas
burning there all night ? and, murmur-
ing something about the bill being oig
enough nOW,' she creeps between the
cold sheets, while John reads plzcldiy
on, his feet across the piano stool and
cigar in his mouth. By and by he rlsess
yawns, stretches himself, throws the
paper on the floor, and, seizing the
shaker. proceeds to that vigorous exeE-
else. shaking the coal stove. Just at this
stage 6 not altogether pleasant voice N
quires: For PHYS sakel amt you ready
for bed yetP Yes, yes; Pm coming
Why don't YOU 90 to sleep and les
fellow aIoneP Then he diseOFe ers that
there is coal needed. When that is sup
Piled and ratified into the stove he
SITS down to warm his feet. Next be
slowly begins to undress; and as be
stands scratching himself, and absently
gazing on the last garment dangling
over the back of the chair, he remem.-
bers that the the clock is not wound yes-
When this is attended to he wants
drink of water, and away he prone
nades to the kitchen. or course, when
he returns his skin resembles that Of
picked chicken, and once more he seats
himself before the fire for a last warm
up. As the clock strikes twelve ns
turns out the gas. and with flop Of the
bed clothes and few spasmOdic shlyers
he subsidies. No, not yet: he forgets .
see if the front door is locked, and
another flop of the bed clothes brings
forth the remark; Good graciolsl II
that man amt enough to try the paIenc9
of Job! Setting her teeth hard, s1e
awaits the final flop, and then quietly
inquiries: Are you settled for the nightl-
To which he replies by muttering- IL
you amt the prOvOkingest woman Z"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30

through somehow and along with six
and half Mr.. Marooney was quite
pleased and began laying awake at night
thinking about what kind of house he
would build. He thought plain rustic
cottage would be about right. The next
week the expenses footed up five dollars
and eighty cents, and Marooney changed
his design for a future residence from
frame to brick. The next week she
brought it down thirty cents more, and
he added a wing with a wash house.
Then she made superhuman struggle,
quit buying milk. and came within two
shillings of the goal for which she had
been striving. Mr.. Marooney decided
on an iron fence in front of the premises.
The next week she lost ground, Slipped
and came out at the six-dollar post. Mr..
Marooney thought a neat paling fence
was good enough for anybody, but when
the ensuing week she came in with fly
ing colors and struck the five-dOllar
mark in both eyes, Mr. Marooney had
the top rail reinstated and granite run
ming up to the door, The next week
she took the money she had saved, went
and bought her love of hat, too cute
for anything, black silk dress, a cherub
of cloak that made the woman next
door cry with envy till her nose got
sore, and Mr.. Marooney came to the
conclusion that it didn't pay to live in
OnO's property, keeping up repairs, insu-
rance, etc, and the worry and stew and
dread of fire and earthquakes more than
counterbalanced any tri1ing advantages
there might be.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Diptheria and Scarlet Fever.

For the benefit Of our readers who
may have loved ones suffering with
that dreaded disease, diptheria, we pub
hsh by request, remedy for it. DR..
May, of New York, who has so success
fully treated very many cases Of scarlef
fever and diptheria with the newly
utilized remedy Of sulphO-earbOnate o.
soda as a cure for the above diseases,
says:
"The use of sulphO-carbonate Of soda
in diptheria has become a settled Eact
by the best physicians of New York,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia to be the
only certain specific for that dreaded
disease diptheria, which has taken of
so many children IN the United States
during eight years. In its use it is esr-
tain to destroy the parasite fraeJis Il --1lrs
throat and glands in two hours 4an
grains dissolved IN a tumh-= aal- tl-l
of cold water, and take frt tEn haf % q
teaspOOnful every hour uneL Lle para
site is destroyed then one IN tTO or
sthree hours according to the eiFcUmstal-
ces of the case. There is no use In
physicians fighting against this remedy,
for they will have to use It if they have
success in the treatment Of scarlet fever
aud dipth ria. It is a specific in both
diseases, as they are both zymOtie IN
their nature, and are produced by fbe
parasite in the system. It will prevent
both diseases if given before an attack,
as well as a remedy. Inis. remedy lz5
been used for d7-5ileFzif- q tsE
for oy- three years, and II given bsl0r6
gangrene sets in viii work 1Ford6-s p
every case. 1t was discovered ia a5st
by an English physician, and has grown
into favor as a specific ever sihce, par
tieularly with children.
The frichina parasite Of pork as soon
as it enters the stomach is absorbed By
the blood, then into the muscles Of the
body. It is not so with the diptheris
parasite it is generated in the stomach,
aud when it spreads up the esOphagus
it produces such a high state of iHAam-
nation that gangrene sets IN, dissOlTes
the parasite, and carries it all through
the blood, which is always fatal. Can
creme always dissOlves the parasite, but
before that takes place the use of. sui
pho-carbonate of soda viii save every
case. I have written these lines bT
special request of very many citizens
and friends who desire it made pubic
for the benefit Of all
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
LAKE SEEoRE MICHIGAN SOUTH
EEN r. "a

GOING WEST
Mich- tx press leaves Buffalo aC 2. .f5 D. M.
Erie ls0l a. m, COnneaut 2ija -. m Asiita-
JULIA 2:13 a. IN. GeneVa 3:l9 n m. PaiDeS-
Vile f:t5 a. m. Cleveland $40 a. M.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo al
l13a5 a. m, Erie $50 a. m, AShtabula 10
PainesyiIle 5-3i, and arrives at Cleveland at
G.35 a.
. Conneaut Accommodation leaves Canneaut
at G:;lj a. m. AmbOy 6sii, Kiugsville G:2I, Ash
tabuia 6s3i, say brook 6;43, Geneva G;53, Paines-
vile rs, and arrives al Cleveland s: 20 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo ct Gas a. m.
Erie $50, Conneaut 1875, Kingsville ll:Il
ssntabula ll:23 a. m, SaybrOOk 1888 Ge-
at Cleveland at l;25 p. m.
Special St. Louis Express leaves Buffalo
$40 a. m, Erie 1887, Ashtabula i2:62 p. m,
Painesville l2:45, and arrives at Cleveland
l:40.
Pacife Express leaves Buffalo I2:45 p. M.
Erie 3;52, Ashtabula 5;l2, Painesvilie d:Oi, and
arrives at Cleveland at 80 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland T:3J a. ia.
Painesville SO, Ashtabula 5:05, COnneaut 9;3o,
Erie i0.s0 and arrives at Buffalo al lilo 2. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at Il;l5 a. ~, Painesvilie l2.}5, &c
neva hi a. m, SavbrDOk l:2O. Ashtstbula l:S2.
KingSvile l:45, AnibOy - COnneaut 2:12
Erie 3.2i, Buffalo 200 p. m
Chicago and ST Louis Express leaves CieNe-
land at 20 D. m, Painesvilie 3:z6 Ashtabula
4;OS Erie 5:z5, and arrives at Bui1alO at 7:5O
p. m
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at 40 "a m. PaineEFl te6 6lsl Geneva 6:5j, say
brook 6:55 kshtahula 7;0i, Eingsvilie I:l5, Am
boy T;24, and arrives al COnneaut at 7:3n p. fll
at lg:.0 p. m, Iainesvilie ll:3O, Ashtabuia i2-O
m, Erie les and arrives at Buifalosats3:55 a.
xs-Trains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Heat and Light in 4 Siek.ROon.


A recent writer gives the following
sensible suggetiOns on this subject;
Each person in a room should be SUD
piled with three thousand cubic feet Of
air per hour; and this should be done,
where possible, without creating = per-
eeptible draught. for the nervous irIita-
ton induced by draughts is liable 70
produce internal infamma1ons. Ihe
temperature Of q siok-r0Om should be
kept at a uniform height, the best
average being from sixty-hTe to seventy
degrees (Fahrenheit), except for lnfAnts
or very old people, who require a tenn
perature of from seventy-hYe TO eighty
degrees (Fahrenbeitl; and for these it IS
especially important to guard aglinst
changes, and to keep it as uniform IS
possible. All cases of fever require q
temperature lower than the average, IS
from fifty to sixty degrees Fahrenheit to
assist in reducing the high temperature
Of the body; but when the fever sub
sides, and there is much debility re-
manning, the temperature should Be
raised somewhat above the average As
apatient can bear q greater degree Of cod
when in bed than out Of it, conTales-
cents from severe disease, fevers sspe-
ciallV, SlOulG nave the TEN QtltlllIc q
their rooms higher than that maintsined
during the height of the attack. Dis
esses Of the air passages, as Group and
diuaheria require a high temperature
feighty degrees to eighty-hve degrees
Fahrenheit) and moist atmosphere.
The best mode for heating the sick-pom
is by the open crate fire. The siek-room
should be darkened by blinds, except
where there is q disease Of the eyes,
with pho phobia, or when the patient
is yery restless and cannot Sleep then
strong light must be exclnded Other
wise The sunlight should be allowed to
enter and act chemically BY decompos-
ing the noxious gases, and thus pUfIGy-
the air. OF course, it is not advisable
to place the patient under q strong, un-
comfortable glare Of sunlight nor in
summer to allow the suns rays to shine
into the room and raise the temperature
too high. Artificial light has no useful
effect, but does harm BY burning up
oxygen
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
wHERE IS YouR BOY ro-MaHF 2

Life Is teeming with evil snares,
The gates Of sin are wide,
The rosy fingers Of pleasure wave
And beckon the young inside.
Man Of the world, with open purse
Seeking your own delight,
Pause, ere reason is wholly gone
Where Is your boy tonight:
Sirens are singing on every hand
Luring the ear OF youth.
csl1ed falsehood vita silver notes
Drowneth the voice OF Truth.
Dainty lady in costly robes,
Yourparlors gieam with light.
Fate and beauty your senses steep
Where IS yOnr boy to-nighte
Tempting whispers or royal sDoH
Fiatter the youthful soul
Eagerly entering into life,
Resfiye OF all control
Needs are many, and duties stern.
Crowd on the weary si-ht.
Father. buried in bushes cares
where Is your boy tonight?
Pitfalls lurk in the fowery wavs,
Vice hath a golden gate,
Who shall guide the unwary feet
Into the highway straight?
Patient worker with willing hand
Keeping the home-hearth bright
Tired mother with tender eyes,
Where is your boy tonight?
Turn his feet from the evil paths
Ere they have entered in,
Keep him unspotted while yet ye may
Earth is so stained with sin
- he's I.orr,nd IN FnTTnr- vr-rnno-
Teach him to love the right,
Watch, ere watching is wholly vain
Where is your boy 70 night?
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Montana Beavers.

Our road, says a correspondent, passed
down along Hell-Gate river, leaving
Deer Lodge City some miles to the left.
As one goes down the country changes,
and occasional pines appear along the
banks of the stream, and the landscape
becomes much more interesting. Atone
place, where tiny tributary flows in, a
large community of beavers were build
ing q dam. TEey were not at all afraid
of vs, and so we leisUrely observed the
process, wishing to settle the yexed
question as to whether beavers do actu-
ally perform intelligent masOn-work
They had already sunk great deal of
brush, together with limbs Of trees, and
were now filling this wicker-work in
with earth and rocks which they pro-
cured a little distance above Oh the op-
posite bank. A beaver would run up,
hatten his tail on the mud near the
hank, then another beaver would scrape
the earth up and upon the tail of the
first, and pack it down. After he i!ad
his load complete, the carrier beaver
would swim rapidly away, his tail with
the load of earth floating on the surface,
the swift movement Of the animal alone
keeping it afOat,
The sagacious creature would invaIia-
bly, swim to the right place and dump
the load, and then return for another,
the stream presenting scene of great
activity, as several Of these curious ami
mal-masons were constantly and swiftly
passing and repassing each other with
their heavy loads.
Others, the carpenters among them,
were at work in the thicket opposite,
cutting brush. We saw many large trees
that had been cut down by them. The
stumps looked as though some boy had
chopped them down with 2 duh axe. 1t
is surprising to reject upon the pertina-
city Of these creatures, which enables
them to gnaw down such immense trees,
and the wisdom with which they calcu-
late the direction in which the trees are
going to fall.
1t is said here that the beavers cut the
limbs off from these trees and then sever
them into lengths of about three feet
each, and after that float them to the
center of their pond, sink them to the
bottom and fasten them there, where
they remain and are used as food curing
the winter when the pond is frozen over.
This is thought to be one of the princi-
pal uses Of the pOnd-tO provide PAN
try which will not freeze. The pond
furnishes q depth of water that is always
still, and never freezes to the bottom.
Although, after witnessing this almost
human sagacity, we had many compunc-
tions, we concluded to Oshoot one fine ami
nal for his skin. We shot one through
the head His companions Immediately
disappeared, and before We could secure
our wounded beaver he also had dived
beneath the waters of their pond, and,
although we waited some time in the
vicinity, we failed to discover him again.
The Inhabitants say it is ncuTly impossl-
bic to kill Il beaver with rifle, and ney-
err, ON any occasion, does The trapper
shoot one.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Sunrise and Sunset.

The following. gorgeous description
OF a sunrise is from an Grafton by
Edward Everett, at the inauguration of
the Cambridge Observatory:
Much, however, as we are indebted
to our Observatories for elevating our
conceptions Of the heavenly bodies, they
present even to the unaided sight scenes
OF glory which words are too feeble to
describe. l had occasion, q few weeks
since, to take the early train from Provi-
dence to Boston, and for this purpose
rose at two o'clock in the morning.
Everything around was wrapt in dark
ness and hushed in silence, broken only
by what Sc med at that hour, the un-
earthly clank and rush of the train. It
was mild, serene, midsummer night
the sky was without a clOud-the winds
were whist. The moon, then IN the last
quarter, had just risen; and the stars
shOne with a.spectral lUstre; but little
affected by her presence. Jupiter, two
hours high, was the herald of the day
the Pleiades Just above the horizon shed
their sweet influence in the East; Lyra
sparkled near the zenith AndrOmeda
vailed her rnewly-discovered giories from
the naked eye South the steady pointers
-e- bOAANehAAA lAiC Il OANT EO0hNNA AAANNrAAy w
from the depths of the North to their
Soyereisa.
Such was the glorious spectacle as I
entered the train. Is we proceeded, the
timid approach of twilight became more
perceptible; the intense blue of the
sky began 70 soften; the smaller stars,
like little children, went first to rest /;
the sister-beams of the Pleiades soon
melted together; but bright constella-
tons of the West and East remained
unchanged. Steadily the wonderous
TRANSPORTATION went on. Hands Of angels
hidden from mortal eyes shifted the
scenery of the heavens; the glories Of
night dissolved into the glories of dawn
The blue sky now turned more softly
gray; the great Watch-stars shut up theiI
holy eyes; the east began to kindle
Faint streaks of purple soon blushed
along the sky; the whole celestial con
cave was filled with the inflOWing tides
of the morning light, which came pour
ing down from above in one great ocean
of radiance, till at length, as we reached
the Blue Hills, a flash of purple fire
blazed out from above the herizOn, and
turned the dewy tear-drops Of flower
and leaf into rubies and diamonds. Ir
a few seconds the everlasting gates of
the morning were thrown. wide open,
and the lord Of day, arrayed in glories
too severe for the gaze Of man, began
his course.
do not wonder at the superstition Of
the ancient Magians, who in the morn
ing of the world went up to the hill-tOps
of Central Asia, and ignorant of the true
God, adored the most glorious work Of
his hand. But I am filed with amaze
ment when am told that in. this en-
Hghtened age, and in the heart of the
Christian world, there are persons who
can witness this daily manifestation Of
the power and wisdom of the Creator
and yet say in their hearts. There is nc
God"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Childhood of James Watt.

Watt was, from his birth, of an ex-
tremely delicate constitution, unfitte
for taking part in the common sports OK
boys, and little prepared for those strug-
gles with difficulties which afterwards
marked his life. His mother, who was
woman no less remarkable for her in
telligence than for her personal graces,
taught him to read when scarcely out Of
his infancy and his father, who was n
ship carpenter and dealer in naval stores,
at Greenock, added a little writing and
arithmetic, In the latter the child rap
idly improved, and he was fond of work
ing out his sums with a pencil upon
scraps of paper, or more commonly with
a piece of chalk upon the floor, some
times his only amusement when the Sc
we're headaches to which he was subject,
compelled his parents to keep him at
home.
On. one occasion, when he was hepA
ing over a stone hearth
piece of chalk, visitor
ent remarked to the fathC
"The boy ought to be
school. and not be pcr
away his time at home"
Look at what my chi
fore YOU blame him." retu
cr The child of six ye
vndeavOring to solve a.prO
ctry. Another time he W
his aunt Muirhead, Will
at Mrs. Watts, for hisassume
Jimmy" said the wor'b
emnly, Il never saw such
you are. Pray, take bool To-. ...s.
yourself usefllly; for the
have not spoken one word,
the lid Of that kettle and pl s.
holding now cup and
soger the steam, catching j
Tie drops it falls into A .t
ashamed of speeding your
uayP
The little James paying HN s
kettle, observes Mr. Arago, v 1o t..
story, became the mighty e
pairing the discoveries viii
immortaiEe him.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30

In India there are two hundred and
forty millions of people. OF these it is
estimated that the numbered Protestant
converts is not far short of half mil
lion, while the Roman Catholic converts
must be counted at nearly a million in
western and southern India. The Ro-
man Catholic missionaries do not alto
gether destroy the interior appearance
of the temples when they convert them
into churches, and the asceticism of Tho
priests, with their shorn heads and the
style of preaching harmonizes with
points of character in the Hindoo- lead
1rs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30

As a companion piece to the above,
we reproduce a description of a sunset,
written for an Ohio paper by Hon. S. S.
Cox, which won for him the name Of
| Sunset Cox:
"What a stormful sunset was that of
last night! How glorious the storm and
how splendid the setting of the sun.
We do moi. remember ever to have seen
the like on our round globe. The scene
opened in the West, with a whole
horizon full of 4 golden inter-penetrat-
ing lustre which colored the foliage and
frightened every object into its own
rich dyes. The colOrs grew deeper and
richer until the golden lustre was trans
formed into a storm-cloud, full of finest
lightning, which leaped in dazzling
zigzags all round and over the city. The
wind arose with fury, the slender shrubs
and the giant trees. made Obeisance to
his majesty. Some even snapped before
its force. The strawberry beds and grass
plats turned up their whites" to see
ZephrtIs march by. As the rain came,
and the pools formed, and the CUTTERS
hurried away, thunder rOared grandly,
and the fire bells caught the excitement
and rung with hearty chorus. The South
and East received the copiOus showers,
and the West at once frightened up in
a long polished belt Of azure, worthy Of
Sicilian sky.
Presently a cloud appeared in the
azure belt, in the form of castelled
city. 1t became more vivid, revealing
strange forms of peerless fines and ala
basteT temples, and glories rare and
grand in this mundane sph IRE. 1t re-
minds us of Wadsworth's splendid verse
in his Excursion
"The appearance instantaueousIy disclosed.
Was of mighty city, boldly say
A wilderness Of buildings, sinking far
And self withdrawn into a wonderous depth.
Far sinking into splendor without endF'
But the city vanished only to give
place to another isle, where the most
beautiful forms of foliage appeared, i'm
sging a Paradise in the distant and puri
fed air.
The sun, wearied with the elemental
commotion, sank behind the green plains
Of the West. The great eye in heaven"
however, went not down without dark
brow hanging over its departing light
The rich flush of the uneaTthly light
had passed and the rain had ceased /;
when the solemn church bells pealed,
the laughter of children, bright and
joy ms alter tie STERN, is heard with
the carol of birds; while the fOrked and
purple weapon of the skies still darted
illumination around the Starting College,
trying to rival its angles and leap into
its dark windows.
Candles are lighted. The piano strikes
up. We feel it good to have a home /;
pOOd tn he on earth where Sl1eh rpvala-
tions of Beauty and Power may be made
And as we cannot refrain from remind
ing our readers of everything wonder
full in our city, we Lave begun and ended
our feeble etching of a sunset which
committed to immortal type"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
ERFK itAILWA

TlG New York, EaE0G Erie & Western R, R,
Absfresor ~ TtEse T's5Egs tSelsf1sed Nep IL 1879
ID ULLMAh IS Best Drawing room
y and sleeping Coaches combining all
modern improvements, are running through
without sgllaAge from Buffalo, SuSpensiOn
Bridge, SissgaTR Falls Cincinnati, Chicago
to New 3arik, MAKING direct connection with
ali lines Of fuFeign and cOHstwise steamers
anu also with sound steamers and railway
lines for Boston and New England cities
Hotel Dining Cars from Chicago 10 New
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
Sauey Spurgeon.

When Spurgeon was almost a lad he
was sent dOWu to preach for an aged
Baptist minister in the country. On his
arrival the old man looked at him as il
he expected the world to come to an end
by the mere frpe of a boys impudence;
and, insteadao. giving the accustomed
greeting, walked up and down muttering,
loud enough to Ie heard: ''Tut, tut, is it
come to this boys for .pulpitsl children
to preach babies tospreachp Mr.. Spur
geon, too, muttered to himself but not
loud enough to be heard: 'You shall
pay for this, old boy"
So, next morning, he chose for his first
lesson the sixteenth chapter Of Proverbs,
and read until g. came to the verse, "A
hOary head is y n Of glory" Look
ing up with ar Of surprise, he ex-
claimed, to stOnishment of the
orthodox COZ dion, 'Solomon's
wrong there. = hoary heads can't
be civil to be- q comes to preach
for them. Rue Is gives no crown Of
glory" Then L the book, he
added with dr. lrprise, oh, I
see, SolomOn's ser all, for rude
ness even to a Lao reaches for you
is not the way teousness.p The
old man was oape bearing a joke,
even from the ?. when the SER
mon was over stairs, and
slapping the boye .on the back,
exclaimed with q Thee art the.
sauciest dog that ef I'd in pulpit"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30

Telegraph stations
Passenger laTe @fpEse rAte of cents per
mile teslWi4 ststlQps counted in even hall
Dimes
L,S.&. N. UNGSTO WIN BRANCH
From aud after Dec. 18th, 1873, Passen-
ger Trains will run as follows