Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-09-18

A PARTY of surveyors has lately discov.
cred extensive ruins ON the banks of the
Little Colorado river, in Arizona, which
extend along the banks of the river for
miles. The walls of the buildings are In
some cases SIX OF eight feet high, and old
canals can be plainly seen.
A YOUNG lady advertised for a dressing
maid. One applied, and in response to
the inquiry if she was quick, she replied:
Oh, so quick that | win engage to dress
you every day in half an hour ain half
an hour" reiterated the young lady; "apd
what shall | do the rest of the dayY"
In Rye Beach, recently, man of pleas.
ant disposition built fire under balky
horse TO invite him to motion. The horse
put II out by lying down in It, and the
amiablc gentleman filed his mouth with
gravel, stabbed him several times, sawed
him with rope, and added other persua.
sions
On recent Sunday, as lady was leav-
ing Trinity Church, Bridgeport, Conn,
her hoop skirt suddenly gave way, and
dropped into the aisle. She stepped out
of 1t, and passed on as if nothing had
happened, and called the next day to re.
claim the article, which was handed over
by the polite sexton.
NEVER chase your hat when Il blows
off in gale of wind Just stand still aud
you will presently see half dozen pcr.
sons in pursuit of 1t. When one has cap.
tured II, walk l isurely toward him, re.
ceive IL with grateful acknowledgement
and place 1t on your head. He will inva-
riably act as if you had done him favor
Try II.
Tue operation of tracheotomy, substi-
tuting silver tube for portion of the
trachoa, which is sometimes performed to
relieve children suffering with the Group,
has just been performed on an old race
horse at Paris, with complete success.
The horse, which was about worthless
before the operation, has lately won a
race, and carried off one of the first
prizes.
A NOVEL failure has come TO light in
New York. A German doing a large
business in woolens never kept any books,
and notified his creditors he had failed,
offering rs cents on the dollar. One of
the creditors offered to take the business
and pay the other creditors in full, which
offer was accepted, and the buyer it is said
will rake $4,000 or 100000 by the
operation.
A SARATOGA correspondent, writing of
the fashion there, says, among other things,
that "some women dress to please each
other; some to please men, or rather one
man, for as general thing they despise
mems opinions on millinery. But the
most dressy women don't dress to
please anybody; they dress to worry other
women"
A MECHANlCIAN of Springfield, Mass +,
has produced velocipede which he
claims to be far superior to the French.
In ordinary hands it will average twelve
miles an hour, and on smooth way like
Boston Common can be propelled at the
rate of twenty miles an hour II can be
manufactured at a much less price than
the French velocipedes.
STAIR carpets will wear longer by plac-
ing thickness of old carpet over the edge
of each stair. When q new carpet is laid
down, either in rooms or upon stairs, beat
the old one, and lay that down first, then
put the new one over 1t. 1t is good plan
to buy more carpet than is needed to
cover the stairs, and move IL several times
every season, so that the whole will wear
evenly If stair carpets cannot be changed
in tlhs way, they will not last long.
A CLUB called the Lazy Society has
been formed in East Bridgeport. 1t al.
ready numbers several members. Two
members have been discharged one for
striking mosquito which had lighted on
his face, another for gaping too quickly
and opening his mouth too wide. A third
member was censured for running dowr
Old Mill Hill, but was let off on the plea
that he was too lazy to hold back The
society is in perpetual session.
A CELEBRATED naval officer tells the
following anecdote On one of his cruises
the sailors saw comet, and were some
what surprised and alarmed at its appear
ance. The hands met and appointed a
committee to wait on the commander and
ask his opinion of it. They approached
him and said, "We want you to enquire
about that thing up there" "Now, be-
fore answer you, first let me know what
you think it is" "Well, your honor, we
have talked it over, and think ii is a star
sprung leak"
A CURIOUS "tell tale" apparatus is in
use at factory in Mulhouse, France.
There are four night watchmen on these
premises, and they have to make ten visits
to 93 stations, in all $50 visits. On com
mencing his rounds a card Is delivered TO
each watchman, which he carries about
with him. At every station he has to
visit is frame Of the size of the card, at
which, at a given time, stamp presents
itself and impresses stamp on the card.
The marks are so arranged that when the
whole are printed they form one complete
design. Any delay or omission ON the
part of the watchman leaves a blank space
on the card which tells the hour the man
failed in his duty. When going off duty
the men push their cards into a kind Of
letter box, and as this is done the exact
time at which they are delivered is print
ed. All this contriyance is completely be.
yOnd the mems control and there is nc
possibility of tampering with the mechan-
ism. No description Of the apparatus
would be ineligible without the drawings
which accompany 1t.