The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-07-31

Illinois would make forty such states as
Rhode Island, and Minnesota sixty. Nilsson
ri is larger than all New England Ohio ex-
ceeds either Ireland, or Scotland or Portu-
gal. and equsls Belgium, Scotland, and Swift.
zerand together. Missouri is more than half
as large as Italy, and larger than Denmark,
Holland, b ,lgium, and Switzerland Mis-
souri and Illinois are larger than England,
Scotland Ireland, and Wales and Kansas is
larger than both That is. iudte ed a great
country, and Uncle Sam is rich enough to
give US all iarm."
Nine brothers, living in different locali-
ties over a region of country 1000 miles in
extent, recently met in Chicago, to proceed
to St. Lawrence county, N. Y, to visit an.
aged mother. They had been Democrats
from the commencement of manhood TO the
present time, but, on comparing notes when
they met at Chicago, they found that they all
repudiated the Cincinnati Southern Sectional
Platform, and could only stand on the nation
al one of Freedom, Fremont and Dayton.
On the first Monday in August, elections
will be held in the States of Kentucky, Ar
kansa as, Texas, Missouri and Iowa and on
the first Thursday of August, in n rth Car
olina and Tennessee. On the first Monday
of October, in Georgia and Florida |; and on
the second Tuesday Of October, in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, and Indianns. The Presiden-
tial election is held in all the States on the
same day in November.
TIE Use OF THE EYEs-The proper Rd-
iustment of the light is very important to the
close reader and student Alterations of light
and darkness distress weak eyes, and debili
tate those which are sound. The sudden
transition from dark to light rooms, the degree
of light in the study room, the manner in
which the light falls on the page, are all i'm
portant considerations, though apparently
trifling in themselves. Too it'll light d bill
tates the eye, and compels over-action, while
too much dazzles and confuses, and causes
morbid sensibility of the organ. The stu
dent should not after sitting in the dark to
mediate, suddenly commence his studies.-
There should be sufficient light to see easily,
/ The light should be equallG distributed, and
not reflected or concentrated. The practice
of wearing green shades is bad, unless there
is deficiency in the prominency of the
eyes or a peculiar weakness of the sight,
Reading or writing by twilight or moonlight,
and looking at lightning are attended with
danger TO the sight. Sitting in front of a
window with book on the knees, sitting
with the back directly to: any open window,
and permitting strong light to fall immediate
ly upon the paper, holding candle between
the eye and book, are all practices likely to
debilitate the sight. The light should fall
obliquely from above, over the left shoulder.
Scientific american.
Ice EMANUFAcTuRY.-Att the Cuyahoga To-
como,ive works, Cleveland Ohio, there is an
ice mandatory, where this article, it is said,
is produced in merchantable qeantties by
purely artificial means, By means of steam
engine and sundry cJndensers, ether is drv-
en- from retort containing about three hun
dred and fifty pounds, between a double
range of iron plates, through which the wa
ter is pumped, and by the ether is converted
into ice. The arrangement is not yet com
pleted, but even now ice can be manufactur-
ed with the thermometer at go dg,, at cost
of not more than half a cent per pound.
During the past year the Am, Tract So.
ciety has received $943,lO in counterfeit
money.