The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-12-01
The Weight and Length Of the
National Debt.

Mr.. James Fair, the calculating prodigy,
has made the following calculation of the
weight and measure. OF the national debt,
taking as premise that its amount il, in
round numbers, 1000 millions dollars:
Nsilcet dollar measures I inches in Iii.
ometer llcnce, s dollWs laid side by side,
make u foot, Ola yard, and 2l,2l0 IN Eng
lsh milo. Tho circumference OF tho globe
is - 900 miles, ani therefore, S9l2, ,3S 700
laid in one line would girde it, But even
this enormous sum, being less than quar-
ter part of our debit, the whole amount Of
the Latter would oncirclj it fOm times aud
overlap h, 8,G40 mics. f.l2
Now, estimating the weight OF n silvei
dollar AS one ounce, sixteen OF them wopl
make pound, aud reckoning 2,00O pouuds
to tho tun, the ontire debt would weigh l25
900 tons and therefore l25 ships, OF 1000
tuns each, would bs requirel to forward it
by water,
Again, allowing two tuns for the hnrthen
of heavy baggage wagon, 6l 800 wagons
woubl he needal 10 convey this mNnstr1nS
mass or Indebtedness III silver, Now, an
ellipticM circle iurmad OF those wagons
alone RAGGED longthwiso with thoir toam',
woull encirclo thG three cities of New
York, Albany aud Troy.
Still another interesting gauge of this
huge amount We're il possible for u man
to count $50 per minute and continue to
work steadily without mtermissiou for 10
hours of each day for q days in tao week,
it would cost him 3G5 years and 10 days to
complete the computation ny sngle silver
dollars. Thus it would employ 365 meu
more than one year, i3S0 men ole month,
ll3,SSo mon one day for ten hours and 1 =
l3S,3Q0 one of thpso hours TO finish the job
BEST Method OF Keeping Beef
Cut up tho meat In pieces as largo as
you desire; pack il in u barrel OF cask; then
make hriuo as follow ~ lbs. of salt to
| ga lon of water, o2, saltpeter TO 100 lbs
! of beef, tablespoonful ofgrouni pepper to
1 100 lbs, ol beet Put in the sal. aud the
satpetcr and heat it hoiliug hot, skim it
| then add tie pepper Pour il ON the beet
boiling bot aud cbvor cl1Sely lHqg meat
viii bo good at any time. Tho philosophy
| is tniS the hot hriNo closos tho p0ros on
the surface, preventing decay and the mea,
from getting too salt, Try it Unnecessary
scald the brine over in tho sprins, or put
on new brine, Farmers can ia this way
1 have fresh meat nearly all the time. The
meat should he taken as soon ms it gets
oell, he(oro i has acquired any old taste
/ by exposure 10 the almosph sphero.-.lmcf
cdw 1gioHHriSt, ...
ILrE OF a PRINrER,-prmters, it is said
lie at an carly age, THIS is caused by
/ tho noxious cluvla rising from tho typos
want Of exercise, constant employment
aud the late hours to which it is prolonged
fhero is no other class of humah being'
whose labor is so continuous, and who's,
wages are SO ihadeQnato as u. prmter's 5
/ ia typo" be man OF a family, he is de
barred Of the privileges of enjoying thet
society at all times. because his hours O
lhhor are almost endless, and his momeut
of leisure so few thai they must he employe,
t,reoruit his exhausted energies fora re
newat Of his tells Poor fellow, no know
nothug Of sociabANy, and is shut Oh iron
The world as convict in q prison cell
Truly he IS ia the world but knows nothing
tof It. Toil.-toil by nlga and day Is hi
fate, until premature obi age ends his OK
istence. For the advancement of soieuo,
morality aud virtue, the chords OF hi
heart are severed one by one, and whel
! this is run, and Time TO him no more, h
gpgS down " tho grave uuoared for an.
uhK''v~ti, TITO 'gll "ns existence has bee
sacrificed lor Tue seol OF his race,