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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-02-18
For the Journal
Mans Rights.

Much 10 said, Of late, about 4" womens rights
and wrongs" but Is ON not disposed at pres
ent to make great ado about either, will drop
q few hints in favor Of msa's rights. Not day
passes but am convinced that it is high timc
that the rights Of man should be ,indcuted !;
that he should be encouraged to maintain his
rights. Indeed, his gallantry has carried him
90 far a. to have caused him to rcltnqnish his
right to as much as four inches in width Of a
six feet side.wslt (whenever a crinolne is in
sight) He is ever ready, aud willing, to offer
to the " fair sex his seat in the omnibus, car,
or public assembly, while in consequence OF such
generosity, he is forced TO stand on the smallest
space possible. crowded. and hederd in by hoops
and houncss. aud for all this sacrifice of com.
fort he rarely receives as much as thank, or q
grateful smile but those COR whom he has made
such sacrifice. will put on airs. as much as TO
say, "eustom grants me this, aud no thanks to
you. sir, for it," would not, By any mcuns,
have gallantry done away with, but wool"
have my sex grateful for these favors, us graft
tude is honestly due the bestower OF them. Too
many, when given one inch will take all ell "
best par, Of the walk. they usurp right to
the whole. Not long since, | was greatly
mortifsdby the conduct OF two ladies' (,)-the
"upper ,endum." As they were going down
street, they met gentleman with travelling
bag, who appeared to be . stranger in the place,
and wss not accustomed to seeing ladies occupy
the whole walk, compelling gentlemen, both OLD
and young, TO flee from il to encounter mul no
matter how deep. He evidently expected one
OF them to fall behind the other, to give him
room 10 pass but to his surprise, they KEEP,
their position. and he was under the necessity oI
leaving the walk. which was considerably ee.
waited from the ground, and bury his glossy boots
in the mire. After they had passed. he turned
aud looked after them, apparently wondering
what sort Of creatures they were. to be 50 en-
tirsly regardless OF common civilty.
II is not uncommon for but one lady e.
| 10 take the centre of the walk" turning ucithe
TO the right or to the left" aud man, in his gal
lsntry. yields up his rights aud plunges int, III,
mud! This" sidewalk monopoly "hss becom,
so common. that man no longer expects to en-
joy his right to the pavement, hence. when h,
meets lady who freely offers him share, h,
does not durcs to take il. aud therefore. takes hi
accustomed plunge into the ditch. Such stat,
Of things is exceedingly annoying, and humilia
ting to me, aud must b. 10 to every well-bre'
aud sensitive female and Lizzie wishes il nn
derstood that she Is in favor Of equal rights
and is not only willing. but anxious that al
should enjoy their risn, to portion of the walk
especially when they can do so without putin
the "isiI ones" to Inconvenience.
| LIZZIE LONELY.
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CosT Cr A COMMON ScH OIL EDucATIoS.-The
following table. compiled from the vsriou. an.
nual reports. shows she cost Of common school
education in the following cities
Cleveland, $i0,45; Baltimore, S2l 80 Phil
adelphia. $l59S; Boston, Sl573; RoIbury.
$l5 03; Cniicoiht, Sl453; Cincinnati. Sl4,l6 |;
Chicsgo. Sl400; Z4nesvrlle. el3.64 Dsy,oi
Sl3.57 Pruvidrnce. q, 3,02; New York. sl2.59
St. Louis. Sl2.57; Brooklyn, Sl2 20; Buffalo
ell 81 ;Oswego, Sl0.03 Bangor. S9.s7 Indian
apoli., % II Springfield, Mass, e9,23; Roch
ester, Ss,S7 Danvers. Sll.93. Total aversg-
ia The cost OF inst uction is estimated. moi
on the entire enrolment. but on the actual sv
ersge attendance. There may be some slight er
rors in the above. owing TO the fact that the sv
ersge attendance was not always clearly given
but it ID very nearly correct. --
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-02-18

A RicH Scene IN CHURcu,---0ne Sunday.
within The last 100 years, the service had com
mcnced in u country church, few miles # ON Pen
rith when in walked woman in gray cloak, ac-
companied by two hui-grown urchns, with eyes
their seats, in all modesty, near the door BY
and-by the clergyman gave ont his text" Jesus |
know, and Paul Know, but who are yo? p Tho
gray cloak was agita,ed. The text was encrgc,-
lcally repeated and the minister's eyes seemed cast
toward the party seated behind the door. Our
friend in gray stood up, and with the voice of
"shephericss on Wcstmoreland Fell replied
TO this pointed question" Please, Sir, Isc Patty
Jones, o WctsIeddae, an this is our Bob an our
Peggy, an we'se gaan to Pecrith to see our Nan
cy, an we thowt we'd just come in and see what
SO were maclcn, and git rust."- Carlisle Pat
riot.
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Smart Childrcr..

A writer in Blsckwood's Magazine thus dis
courses on the habit OF trying to stick book
larnin' in the heads Of children while they are
yet " babies:'
"How have heard you. Eusebius, pity the
poor children! | remember you looking q, .
group OF them, and ref letting for Of such 10 the
Kingdom Of heaven and turning away thought
fully, and saying, OF such is the Kingdom oi
heaven
"a child Of three years Of age! wha,
should child three years old--nsy, Ave or cir
years old--be tsughtf Strong meats Tor weak
digestons make not bodily strength. Let there
be nursery tales aud nursery rhymes.
81 would say to every parent, especially "a
every mother, sing to your children veil the :;
plrssant stories Il in the country, be not toe
careful lest they &c, little dirt upon theiI
hands and clothes; earth is very much akin &c
us oil, and in chldren's out-ot-door play soil.
them not inwsrd.y. There is in il kind o.
consanguinity between ell creatures; by il we
touch upon the common sympathy Of our frs
substance. and beget a kindness for our poor re
lstions, the brutes.
"Let children have free. open air sport, and
fear not though they make scquaintsnce witt
the pigs, the donkey. and the chickens--,hsy
may form worse friendships with wiser-lookinl
ones; encourage familiarity with all lhst love tt
court them--dumb animals love children, snt
children love them.
above oil things make them loving-ther
they will be gentle and obedient; and then
also, parents. il you become old and poor, thes,
will be better than friends that will never neg
Iect you. Children brought up lovingly st you
knees will never shut their door upon you, ant
point where they wo"ld have you go.'
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DEciDEDLY FIsH SroRY.--rhs Keokuk Daily
Journal says, that man while fishing hear that
which from its proportions he judged would make
an excellent roast. After returning home be pro-
ceeded to prepare it for the culinary operation,
which it was destined to 90 through in order 10
render il palatable Our readers can judge bis
establishment when on opening the fish large
gold chronoIneter dropped out of It's stomach
hut not less the asIonishment oI gentleman N
that city. who. hearing the circumstances, repaired
TO the residence Of the fisherman, aud recognized
his own watch, lost overheard sometime during the
past summer. while coming up the rivsr on I
steamboat,
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SUsoEsrvE--A New Orleans paper presents
very suggestive paragraph. in the following,
which he entities "The March to the Grave Of
1887"
What mighty procession have been NOV.
ing toward the grave during the past year! Al
ihe usual estimate, since the ist OF January,
1857. there have moro than thirty-ons millions
foe hundred thousand Of the worlds population
gone down to the grave. Place them in Ions
array, aud they will give moving column
nOIe than thirteen hundred to every mile oi
the circumference Of the GLOBE. What a spec
tscle, ss they move on. tramp, tramp, tramp
they 40 10 the silent shAdrsi"
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From the Atlantic Moathly.
STARS AND FLOWERS.

when Eve had led her lord sstray,
And Cain had killed his brother,
The Btars and Flowers, the poets say.
Agreed with one smother,
To cheat the cunning tempter's art.
And teach the race its duty,
Nv keeping on its wicked heart
Their eyes Of life and beauty.
A million slsepless lids, they say,
will be, at least, . warning;
And 90 the Flowers would watch by day,
The Stars from eve TO morning.
On hill and prairie. field and lawn.
Their dswy eyes upturning
The Flowers will watch from rsddening dawn
I'LL western skies are burning.
Alas, each hour Of daylight tells
. A tale Of shame 40 crushing,
That some turn white - sea.blcaohsd shells,
And some are always blushipg.
But when the patient stars look down
m On all their light discovers
The traitors snile, the murdsrers frown,
, The lips Of lying lovers,
They try 10 shut their saddened eyes.
And In the vain endeavor
3 We see them twiukling In the skies,
And 30 they wink forever.
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A fersevering woman--waiking 400 Miles
for n Hushan nd.

Near Norwich Chensug county, New York,
lived two families Of we'll 10 do farmers, between
whom there existed a. bitter feud a. ever ragged
between the Montagues and Capulets. The heads
Of the families consumed the bulk Of the time in
annoying each other, and the children on both
sides, with two exceptions, inherited their parents
hatred and lost no opportunity OF gratifying IT,
These exceptions were the oldest son OF the one,
and the second daughter Of the other, who, seeing
no reason why they should hate each other in imi'
tstion Of their parents. became desperately enam.
ored. The parents soon discovered how matters
stood. aud OF course were enraged. John and
Mary were both severely reprimanded, and charged
particularly to thiuk no more Of sach other. But
who ever heard Of such . charge being obeyed
The more they were told not TO- the more they did.
Seeing that easy measures would not answer, the
parents Of John sent him TO an uncle in this coul-
~. Mary's progenitors locked her up for week
to keep her from following him.
One night in November last, the whole family
joined in reviling and abusing her. Not word
did she say in reply, but her ashy face and blood
less lips, showed that something was brewing A
soon as the family had retired. she put on her bon
net and shawl, and going down from her room,
noiselessly unlocked the door, and walked out in,
to the darkness. Halt crazsd, she had thought Of
nothing but escape, and had not provided herself
with any necessarics for the long journey she had
undertaken. She knew where John was and she de-
termined to reach him. BY daylight she,had achiev'
ed ten miles A, q farm house she procured break
fast, and making enquiries. set out again, Day
after day she Travelled, eating and sleeping al
farm houses. Occasionally. q charitable wsggoheI
would carry her few miles and then again FOL
days she was obliged to walk.
Finally, completely worn out. she arrived at he'
destination She found John, told him her troubles
and trials, and put herself under his protection
John, like a sensible man, posted to Bucyrus go,
out the papers, ard married her of.hand. To enc
the story rs fictitious ones are always concluded
they should have gone back. fallen on their knees
and implored the forgiveness Of their parents.--
But neither OF them were romantic. They iel
that they had done nothing to be forgiven for, ant
had no particular desire to see tue faces Of thos'
who had Ybused them So Instead OF going east
they went west aud are by this time settled ii
Wisconsin. Bucyrus Journal.
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The kINe OF UELHIs Mons OF EXECUTION.
lit appears from Journal OF y European travel
or that a new aud fearful mode Of execution has
been adopted by the king Of Delhi. The instru.
ment and process are thus described:
A box each side of which is fifteen feet square,
is constructed OF timber eighteen inches thick,
doyetaed together and brsccd with iron rods
The outside ct the bottom Of the box is covered
with plate Of beaten iron one inch in thickness.
The interior is tiled with perfect cubes Of granite,
weighing in the aggregate several thousand tons.
A machine is erected after the manner OF All ordi-
nary pe-drver. but of course OH all enormous
SCALE and Of tremendous strength. The mass ia
raised by powerful machinery cast in Birmingham,
for that business, though it is to be presumed that
the machiust by whom Il was furnished had no
idea OF the horrid purpose for which it was intend
ed. The human victim is placed upon block oI
granite, OF corresponding surface, buried in the
cart Immediately beneath the enormous mass and
covered with plate Of iron. AT q signal given
by the vicralnadack the executioner touches q
spring the mass falls, and the victim, crushed a,
once is suddenly annihats and spread out like
n sheet Of pasteboard The huge weight being
again raised the hatlened body is Withdrawn and
dried in the sun. When completely prepared, i,
is hung ON the wall OF public building, there &c
serve rs warning to the multitude.
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RAILROAD DgBrs ~ WIsooSslN.---Mns of
the princip,l counties cities AMI towns in Wis
consin, az well MS large number of the hard
working farmers in tn. State, are suffering unSlrs
load of debt, recklrssly created for the exstrr
sion OF railroads, many OF W ich do not pay
their running expenses, The plan of mortsa-
ging the future for this public Improvements had
become a mania, anl scarce n town of a doz.n
houses, or county, Ih' ma jor part of which
yet w'ld'rnrss, bnl that had lolned its credit
to some raiOrn'd enterprise. Among the cities
and towns Of Wisconsin thus hampered with
debt, in addition to their debts for their own
improvements aud to the expenses incident TO
corparstiuns ofihis character, are the following ::
Miwauk"r, 81 100000; Wa'ertown, Si00, 900;
Racine. $500 900 Kenosh, 5000 coo Oshkosh,
Sl73 900 Fnn du Lac, Sl50.000: Sheboygan,
Madison. 100000; B lott, $50 900 jeff; rson,
Ko,hkonong, $50, 900; Columbus, $50 600,
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FoHr WITH A GR zzLY.-A California paper.
the Rcd Bluff Btacon, telstes the following IN =
cii-nt OF Mr. h: horn
He went to bring III two daers that no had
killed the day before, when he was attacked by
grizzly bcar. He attempted to shoot, but the
cap tailed he attempted to climb a limb. but
the bear sprang into the tree and pulled him
down; a desperate fight then ensued. Mr.. II.
using his guIl-barrel tor time, and keeping her
at bay until he got all opportunity to spring for
the tlse again, which he did. when she bear pull
led him down sgain. The process was twice
repeated, al er which the bear attempted 80 bite
him in the fac. when h. cought her by tn nos
aud made s.versl thrusts ut hcrwitha large knife,
eating nine iuches deep at every blow. A.
this she gave back rod or two. affording him
another opportunity to clime. which he will
ingly embraced Bruin again took courage. and
m ade an Intellectual attempt to reach him il.
the tree. bu, when within about two iset from
him h r feet gave way and she fell to the ground.
groaned most piteously and gave up the fight
Although torn and msngled in a most hooking
manner, Mr.. II. expresses himself highly delight.
Ell with this turn in affairs. His wounds were
serious. The calf OF his right leg was torn in
pieces and his left leg was bitten through in
several places, but not torn SO badly as the
right.
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A female friend sends the following beautiful sf'
fusion which she reclaimed from sn.old paper. was
written at the Castle Of ohspultepee. December asth
lst7. The sister Of young Lieut. gave him pocket
bible when he iet for Mckee. lie ". shot In that
fearful encounter N the Garita San Bslsn" but his
life was saved by the bible which he carried In his
bosom Hence the poetry. II will bring tears to many
an eye Bsnk verse 10 the mos, daieult but ths Capt
wieds bold. dsshing vigorous pen. and has evident
IL Mooed the Muses. succt .sfnlll
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Coon TASTE IN Datss.-A Young lady 10
one Of the leading circles a. Washington was
complimented by gentleman on the simplicity
and good taste Of her dress. st an evening party,
She replied. :" am glad you like my dress il
cost just seven dollars, and made every stitch
of it myself" When young ladies pride them.
selves upon the chespness of their attire. in
stead Of its eIpensiveness. we shall have fewer
btoken" fathets gnl husbands.
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OELBt Illustrated speak. thus of Methodist

OTL Life Illustrated speak. thus OF Mcthodsm
as q civilizer:
Whatever may be the distinctive merits OF
Methodism, as compared with the other sects OF
evangelical Christians, 50 far a. articles OF faith
are concerned. it is quite apparent that in the work
of civilization preparatory to the full Christian
ization OF The human being it takes the lead OF
them all. AZ d religious denomination, the Meth
odists are comparatively young. Yet already they
have become the most numerous sect in the Uni
ted ST ateG They can enumerate more than twelve
thousand churches. with congregations, embracing
in the aggregate more than four millions OF per
sons.
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The Peoria Transcript of the 3Jth saws:
|" Accounts from many portions of the state
rsprs' ent great loss in damage to corn. and in
some counties il is estimated that ons tsnth Of
last years crop will not be fit for seed. This
has ,en occasloned BY the unfavors blensss OF
the weather. which prevented il in those sections
from rpening before being touched with frost
We have convsrsed with quite number Of farm
ers in our own county. but cannot learn that
their crop is in this way affected. and are hap.
py in tn. belief that our region has escaped thl.
wide sptesd calsmity."
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How TO CARVE YoUR FoRrUNE.-Cut your
poor relations. and crrve as deeply as you can
into the pockets of others. Help yourself al ways
first. before yon think Of helping any body else.
and help no man that 10 not likely to help you
in return. Be careful about forking out. until
you have secured as much, if not moro, than
yon want.
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&C. G. Leland, in one of bis recent essays af.
ter speaking of poem in which lady tells her
poor lover, who proposes marriage. that " she
will wait for the carriage" snys,
But don't wait for tho eaFrlage--now don't
There is a Hory in NorthcolO's Fables OF crane
that went fishing, and successful y rejected roach
dace pike and salmon, waiting all the time for
something a little better. and had to dino of a
spoiled clam. aGer all And many lady has
wai Ell for the carriage and waited. and waited
and had to pnt up with very door dpnkey in tia
epd r -..,
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Let fellow graduate from school at the time
take a position behind tho counter, give him
enough money TO pay his board and stealings in
let him he aattered by pretty girls; frzzle his
hairj cultiyste moustache run q bill At the
raora and jewelers. spend freely bis employers
money and with the bump Of sell-esteem the
most prominent ono on his head, you have per
feet anob
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RATHER ExcIrED.-Ths following occurred re-
Gently at church which has we are d,some,hing
of reputation for its noisy mode Of worship
During an evening prayer meeting, one member
was praying with much earnestness and an abun-
dance OF zeal, rubbing and spatling his hands,
shouting at the top OF his voice. whilst number
of other members were Ginning in. endorsing wha.
the praying member said, aud joining in the en-
treaty aud supplics,ion by such exelamations as
Yes Do. Lord" ." Yes, Lord. &C.; the pray
ing member went Oh with his prayer, growing more
and more excited, more animated, more enraptured,
more beseeching. supplicating and imploring, say
ing Come down here, Lord--come right down
among us--come right here to-night-come right
through the roof !" Another member, equally
excited and enthusiastic. and who il seems. was
carried away by the shouting brother. and had
the tautrums absut a. bad, here joined in. and
said, '' Yes, come, Lord. right through tho roof
aud ri pay for the shingles =
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NAILS GROWING IN THE FLEsH.-A late writer
in the Ohio Cultivator gives tne following rem
edy:
"Cut notch in the middle of the nail every
time the nail is pared. The disposition to clos,
the notch draws the nail from the sides. Il
cured mine afterI had suffered weeks with it,
feslsring'
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A Street IN LONDON. N.--rhere is little street
in the city OF London, running of from one Of It's
greatest thoroughfares and filed all day with the
thunder Of wheel and hoof, wherein, atough busi-
ness Of large firms is carried on, almost in every
house, no cab or cart can pass another so broad
is the pavement. aud no narrow is the roadway
The houses are so tall that the slant rays of the
sun can never reach down to their lower stories
and at high noon day SO much do they overhang
with their huge pent-houses, from beneath which
the cranes haul their mighty burthcns from below.
that there is very little light in blank street even
then. Dark and hdeous enough 1t is throughout
the winter time /; the very snow, before 1t reaches
the footway. is black aud rotten looking, and in
deed scarcely be said to fall at oil, but drops
down in haf.,nsltcd state from the projecting
ewes upon the passenger by day, and in the nigh,
time keeps awake light Rleepers with It's monoton
Gus thud. Nor do the many shadows in Blanh
street keep j, cool in summer time, for the air it.
self can scarcely find there aay room to stir o
very unpleasant place OF residence. upon the whole
for twelvemonth after twslvemonth Of existence
and for all the hurry of commerce and throng o
popua ion about it exceedingly resembling being
buried alive.-Dublin University Magazine.
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READEns--Those who read may be divided
into four CLASSES lst Sponge' who absorb all
they read, and return il in nearly the sd me state
only avery little dirtied. 81. Sand glasses. WHO
retain nothing, and are content TO get through
book for The sake of getting through the time
3D. Srain-bags, who retain merely the dregs OF
what they read. 4th Mogul diamonds--equally
rare and valuable--who profit by what they
read and enable Others to profit by il also.
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APPROPRIATIONS TO VIRGINIA RAILROADS. -
II is stated that the committee on road OF the
Virginia Srnate have agreed 10 report a bill
recommending an appropriation of two aud
half millions of dollars to the leading
lines Of railroads in the state, as follows To
the Covingtnn ond Ohio rail,oa 4, $500. 900 Or.
snge and Alexandria, $500 600; Alexandria,
houdon and Hampshire, 100000 Manassas
Gap, 100000; Norfolk and Petersburg. $780,
900; York River, $3.50, 900; Richmond and Dam
vile, 100000, and Virginia Central. $500 900.
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are blessings. if acquired - . mesns 70 useful
ends; but they curse US. when we make them
our chisfest good.--N. y Ledger.
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"Give me copy Of those lines"
Says the fair Celia to her poet lover;
Delighted, he the sheet resigns
His cup of bliss quite full, is running over.
Forthwith she hides the paper prize
Safe In heI bosom's labyrinth of laces;
He marks the imprisonment, and cries.
MY lines, in truth, have fallen in pleasant pla