Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-02

trancaise in Paris is the very bell which,
on that terrible night in August, 1875,
sounded from the belfry of st. Germain
PAuxerreis, the signal for the massacre
OF st. Bartholomew. When the great
Revolution came it was ordered that
church bells be melted and recast into
cannon, by a strange coincidence the
company at this theatre was then play
ing Charles *, and being in want of
bell to toll the signal Tor the Hugent
massacre, the convention was asked for
this historic bell for the purpose. The
request succeeded, so that three centu-
ries after the great Protestant tragedy
the very bell which had announced its
coming spoke to the actor who played
King Charles standing in the window of
the Old Louvre, looking out upon the
night.
A beautiful custom prevails among
the simple dwellers on the Swiss Alps.
As the setting sun gilds the summit of
the Alps, the shepherd who inhabits the
highest peak of these mountains takes
his horn and cries with a loud voice
"Praised be the Lord" As soon as the
neighboring shepherds hear him they
leave their huts and repeat these words.
The sounds are prolonged many minutes,
while the echoes of the mountain and
grottoes repeat the name of God. I'M
agination cannot picture anything more
solemn or sublime than such a scene.
During the silence that succeeds, the
shepherds bend their knees and pray in
the open air, and then repair to thair
hUts to rest.
A remarkable case of defective vision
is that of the three children of jane
Howard, a seafaring man, whose family
live on Ocracoke Island. They become
totally blind each day Immediately after
the sun goes down. If by chance they
happen to be in the yard playing when
the sun sets, their play things are instantly
laid aside, and efforts made to reach the
house, when they retire and sleep sound,
ly until sunrise, after which their sight
is described as being restored, and. to
all appearance, perfectly unimpaired.
The youngest is there and the eldest ten
years old-two boys and one girl, all of
light complexion. Their eyes are light
blue, and tn, re is nothing about them
that appears at all strange.
It is a common practice of cooks, and
often of those who are called good
housekeepers, to sprinkle salt over meat
when just ready to put over the fire.
Now, to salt any meat before it is well
heated through-or, better still, hall
coOked-will injure very materially the
best ever sold in market, and certainly
quite spoil a poor article, no matter
whether it is steak, roast or stew. 1t will
harden the fibres, toughen the meat all
through, extract the best of the juice,
make it very injurious to the stomach,
and give no pleasure to the palate.
"a friend in need is friend indeed"
says the proverb. God bless those who
love us all the more in our adversely.
But we need friends in all our Joy as
well as in our sorrow; and there are
many who, while they would weep for
us if we suffered, cannot be generous
enough to rejoice when fortune smiles !
upon us. But true friendship not only
Weeps with those who weep, but also re-
joices with those who rejoice.
"Above all things in this world" said |
a youth who stands on street corners for |
a living, "do value the love of my dear |
mother" "GOd bless you, young man, |
for those noble sentiments" said a mis- |
sionary. Having so much respect and |
love for a mother, you need no other |
recommendation to successful men who |
will aid you" eyes," continued the |
young man, mother feeds me, clothes
me, does my washing, and has been do
ing it for twenty-five years. I don't |
know what should do without her" -
A lecturer, addressing a mechanics
institute contended that "art could not |
improve nature" when one of the au-
dience set the whole assembly in roar /
by eXclaiming. 'How would you look |
without your wig %
The traveller in Honolulu is invited by |
a Chinese firm in the following words:
"Good people all walk in and buy
Of Sam and Non, good cake and pie,
Bread, hard or soft, for land or sea,
Celestial made. come buy OF wei
Dr. Mary Stafford states that NOR, than
one half of all woman's ill-health is di-
Iectly or indirectly traceable to improper
dressing.
Sir Samuel Baker noted as a curious
TACT that the negro has never been
known to tame wild elephant or any
other wild animal.
1t is dangerous thing, from hyg1en-
C point, to dig cellar in wet soil. Bet
er not to have a cellar if you can't be
certain that it is dry.
Fifty-one metals are known to exist,
1f which thirty have been discovered in
he present century. Only seven were
Known four hundred years ago.
There is a paragraph going the rounds
If the press which says: "If you will
,lant the seed of the castor bean where
noles are most troublesome, it will drive
hem away"
The second largest diamond ever founo
n South Africa has lately been discov-
red in the 'Dutoititpan fields. The
tone weighs 044 carats. The Spalding
lamond, which was found some wears
lnce, weighs 2SSl caratS
Every event that man would master
must be mounted on the run, and no
nan ever caught the reins of q thought
Except as it galloped by him.
The London, Eng, Telegraph mas Il
of 100000, or one copy for
very Is of the population of the city.