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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-29

District court Of the United States,
q For the District Of Indiana.
u the ma ter OF Robert X. DunkersOh,
Alexander wilson, and Emile SchOen-
Iaub.-In Bankruptcy.
a T2O'GLOCK P.HE. On TUESDAY,
n April Zsth Al. 1868, the undersigned.
- IASsignee Of the abOVe-uamed pdrties.
Fil offer al public sale, in front OF the
ourt- house IN the city Of Evansville, tine
ollOwing-described property, to wit:
90 shares. Of elJ each, OF the capital
itock in the Merchants National BankloE
I-40th iniersst ia the Evansville and
Louisville Mail Line: ra
10-39ths Interest in the steamer8AFmada;
. interest in three large frame wares
houses on the corner OF Eigh n and Lo-.
Gust streets. opposite the E. @ Ralroad'
frei1ht depot; a ..
200 shares, 81 SO each, ofthe capital
stock in the Fountain OIL Company Of
New 1OrEs 4tta fG4 H# % I'll
$1,000 stock in Southern Mutual Life In
surance Company Louisville n.y.
~ shares Of the capital stock Of b
Evansville Pubic Han q mpany opera
House,.
TERMS OF sale. cash.
PHILIP c. DECKER,
aprIT dtd Assignee.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30

he travelled In Europe for some months,
and returned but little better.
Coming 10 Boston, one OF our surgeons
again examined him, told him he had no
consumption, and that his symptoms were
caused by the lost ball sinking down
through his lungs. Its course could be
traced by sounding, and four weeks ago IL
was found 70 have passed the lungs and
the pleura, and was then Just behind the
fiflh rib, and the right side, in front--that
is, near the waist II II should drop down
among the intestines, Il would be fatal.
Col. Conwell has recently enjoyed ex-
cellent health, and last week attesdod the
military convention In Philadelphia. On
his return on Saturday noon last, at the
residence Of DR.. l.. L. Jacobs, on Fifth
avenue, New York, ether was admins
tered to him--an instrument a few feet
long, a hollow tube little larger than a
pencil, with a sort Of clasp on the end,
was thrust into his body below the rib,
turned up behind the bone, the ball
touched, clasped, and drawn out, and the
oriHoe closed, the whole operation occupy
ing only five OF six minutes.
The patient lay for two hours insensible,
the weak condition OF his right lung not
enabling II TO rally, and his condition was
thought for time TO be critical. He
finally recovered, took carriage, was
lifted thence into his berth In the steam.
boat, and reached Boston carly next morn
Ing, whence he was conveyed in carriage
10 his residence on Winter Hill, near the
Somerville Centre station of the Lowell
Railroad. Up 10 to-day he spoke in whis-
pers but to-day the improved condition Of
his right lung, which Is gradually recover
ing from the effects Of the operation, en-
abled him to speak aloud. lie is able to
walk around the house, locks the picture
of health, and expects TO be abroad in q
very few days.-Boston TfdUeller.
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the other for the steam no sooner escapes
from the potatoes, than by being confined
by the lid, il condenses rapidly, and falls
in water upon the vegetables.
And thus, through the Ignorance and
obstinacy Of our cooks, we are perpetually
served with what are familiarly called wet
potatoes-a sort of vague excuse which
helps TO throw the fault against the season,
or the gardener, or any thing, or any
body, rather than the real culprit The
Irish peasant woman, wholly ignorant OF
science, but with instructive sagacity, gets
rid of the difficulty by the simplest process
imaginable.
Placing the vessel without the cover, in
slanting direction opposite the fire
so as to has en- the process of steaming by
the external heat, she throws a napkin
over the potatoes, which receives and re-
tains SO much of the steam as does not
make its escape, while II performs the
equally essential Office of preserving the
heat Of the vegetable below.
When potatoes are boiled the usua
mode of dressing in Ireland-it should b.
recollected that they are deprived of theil
nutritious qualities by over boiling. Th'
peasantry are well aware of this, and say
that they are strongest" when the "bone'
is left in them, that is hard boiled. In thi
condition they require the powerful diges
| ton of the labOrer -ErchdHOe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
Ladies, DON'T wear High Heels /.

An exchange says narrow shoes with
high heels, which are now all the fashion,
are serious obstacles to a good figure.
Without solid basis 1t is impossible to
sustain the form in an erect posture, and
poised, as our young girls are, upon the
stills of fashion, 1t is not easy to preserve
their equilibrium. They thus habitually
bend forward or backward, TO the right or
TO the left, until, In the course of time, they
become permanently misshapen in one di-
rection or the other. And this is not all.
The heels of fashionable shoes worn by
ladies are so small at the bottom as to af
ford little or no support to the ankles.
This in part accounts for the peculiar walk
of those who wear them, and this is caus-
ing many weak and sprained ankles, for
which there is no cure, An ankle once
sprained Is ever after liable to be injured
by very slight cause. No lady who val.
ues her comfort in life and her limbs upon
which she depends for locomotion, will
wear high heels tapered of as is now the
fashion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
The VeIOcIpede.

The velocipede seems destined to come
into use in this city, though it will not
soon attain here the vogue it has reached
in France. Our streets are too narrow
and too crowded, and we have few broad,
smooth avenues affording the opportunity
of employing 1t extensively as a means of
exercise and health. STILL II is so attrac-
tive and fascinating, developing 50 much
strength and skill, and affording so much
amusement to the rider, that its votaries
and students must become numerous.
The only artistic velocipedes consist of
two wheels, the one directly behind the
other, and connected together by light
iron frame work. The fore wheel is
usually little higher of the two. Where
great speed Is aimed at, its diameter may
be made as great as four feet, while that of
the hind wheel should hardly exceed two
feet and eight or ten inches. In most of
those that have been seen in this city
the two wheels have been pretty near
equal, with diameters of about two feet
and four inches.
The propelling force is applied through
treadles, which are fixed in the fore wheel
The rider drives himself by the alternate
action of his feet upon these treadles. The
motion of the feet is not unlike that in
Tdplu Walking. Inc IiueT SlJS upon llJlle
saddle just over the fore part of the hind
wheel lie guides his yelocipede by turn
ing the wheel to either side. This is done
by means of stiff iron rod which rises
from the axle, and has cross bar at the
top that is held by both hands Of the
rider.
The first art of the velocipede is to keep
your balance This is not unlike thesame
operation in skating. 1t can only be &C.
quired by practice. The more rapid the
motion, the easier il is TO keep'the machine
upright. In velooipede contests in Paris,
prizes have been given to the slowest
rider.
With wheels of small diameter, the rider
stops himself by putting his feet to the
ground. With high wheels, he cheeks his
speed with n brake, and descends to the
earth by inclining to one side till the foot
touches. In mounting with high wheels,
a skillful practitioner starts his velocipede
with push, and then springs into the
saddle, as we have watched Richard O'Gor-
man mount horse at speed.
The most beautiful velocipedes that we
have seen have been French, but several
carriage-makers in this city are engaged
in building them. They promise ma chimes
much superior to any from Paris-Neso
York Sun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
Fifteen FOlIIeS.

FfRsT--To think that tho more man
cats the fatter and stronger he win become.
Second-To believe that the moro hours
children study at school the faster they
learn. - s...r
Third-To conclude that If exercise is
good for the health, the more violent and
exhausting 1t Is the more good is done.
Fourth-To imagine that every hour
taken from sleep is an hour gained.
Fifth--To act on the presumption that
the smallest room in the house Is large
enough TO sleep in.
Sixth To argue that whatever remedy
causes one to feel Immediately better is
"good for the system, without regard to
more Interior effects. The soothing
syrup" for example, does not stop the
cough Of children, and does arrest diarrhea,
only TO cause, little later, alarming con
vulsions, or the more fatal Inflammation of
the brain, or water on the brain, at least,
always portraits the disease.
Seyenth-To commit an act which is felt
In itself TO be prejudicial, hoping that
somehow or other IL may be done in your
case with impuuity.
Eight-To advise another to take RENE
dy which you have not tried on yourself,
or without making special inquiry whether
all the conditions are alike.
Ninth-To eat without an appetite, or
continue to eat after II has been satiated,
merely TO crafty the taste.
Tenth-To eat hearty snppcr for the
pleasure experienced during the brief time
| Il Is passing down the throat, at the ex-
pense of a whole night of disturbed sleep,
and weary waking in the morning.
Eleventh--To remove n portion OF the
clothing Immediately after exercise, when
tho most stupid drayman in New York
knows that II he does not put cover on his
horse the moment he ceases work In win
ter, ho will lose him in few days by Tneu-
monia.
Twelfth-To contend that because the
dirtiest children in the street, or on the
highway, are hearty and healthy, there
fore IL is healthy to be dirty; forgetting
that continuous exposure to the pure out
door air In Joyous, unrestrained activities, is
such powerful agency for health, that
those who live thus are well, in spite of
rags and filth, d F# Sc f'3 81"
Thirteenth-T presume to repeat later
In life, without injury, the indiscretions,
exposures and intemperances which in
the flush of youth were practiced with
impunity
Fourteenth-To believe that warm air
Is necessarily impure, or that pure, cold
air is necessarily more healthy than the
confined air Of close and crowded vehicles;
the latter, at the most, can only cause
faintlng and nausea, while entering con-
veyance after walking briskly, lowering a
window, thus while still, being exposed to a
draft will give cold infallibly, eran attack
Of pleurisy or pneumonia which will cause
weeks and months of suffering, If not act.
ual death within four days q :, -.tI
Fiieenth-To remember the Sabbath
day by..worklng harder and later on Sat
urday than on any other day in the week,
with view to sleep late next morning
and staying at home all day to rest con
science being quieted by the plea of moi
feeling very well,--Hdll's Journal q
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
The Condition Of Thousands.

No appetite; no refreshing sleep; no cheerful
thoughts; no disposition TO labor; no inelinatioR
for society no interest in anything no desire to
live, even; and yet no specific ailment which can
be elassed as positive disease, Thousands, ay,
tens OF thousands, are in this oonditton-the mar
tyre of disabilities to which pathology assigns no
technical name.
What is the source OF their discomfort, mental
and bodilyi ToRPoR OF TIE STOMACH anu SVh-
sequent upon that, laaguoy af ne el5o11aoH, yeas
mesa OrtAs nsrVes, and ootsded brdiI'- WhaI Goes
common sense suggsst as remedy for THIS den
cheney In vital powerf Clearly, i.iNe
vn1crNs -semething that win stimulate, tone
.aa snstsin the broken-doWn energies Of nature
aosTKTrER's STOMACH BIrrERs meet tho
eass exactly In this beneAeent TONIC are com
hined All the ingredients necessary TO change the
condition OF tho system, and bring the dormant
organs into healthful action. In the fall OF the
year, when the nightdews are chill and heavy,
and the morning fogs are charged with miasma,
the body, debintated by the heats Of summer is
peculiarly susceptible 20 nnwholesome influences.
AT this season, oi az others, shsHefors, hrl9ora'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
The Husband In the Kitchen.
A MORSE LEaKNp.

Onceupon time there was q man so
surly and cross, he never thought his wife
did anything right In the house, So, one
evening In hsy-making time, he came home
scolding and swearing, and showing his
teeth and making dust
"Desr love don't be so angry, there's a
good man" said his goody; tomorrow
let's change our work. rllgo out with the
mowers and NOW; and you shall mind the
house at home"
Yes the husband thought that would
do very well. He was quite willing, he
said
SO, early next morning his goody took q
scythe over her shoulder, and went out
into the bayfield, with tAe mowers and
began to NOW but the man was to mind
the house and dc the work at home.
First Of all, he wanted to churp the but
ter, but when he had churned awhile he
got thirsty and went down 10 the cellar
to tap barrel Of ale. So, Just when he
had knocked in the bung, and was put.
ting the tap into the oask he heard the
pig come into the kitchen overhead.
Then of he ran up the cellar steps, with
the tap in his hand, as fast as he could,
TO look after the churn. But when
he got up and saw the pig had already
knocked the ohurn over, and stood
there, roofing and grnnting among the
cream which was running all over the floor,
he got so wild with rage that he quite for,
got the ale barrel, and run at the pig as
hard as he could He caught II, too, Just
as il ran out Of doors, and gave ii such q
kick that piggy lay dead on the spot. Then
all at once he remembered he had the TAP
In his hand and when he got down to the
cellar every drop Of the ale had run out o.
the cask.
Then he went into the dairy and found
enough cream left to al the ehurn again
and so he began TO churn, for butter they
must nave for dinner. When he had
churned a Bit he remembered that theiI
milking COW was still shut up In the byre
and hadn't had bit to eat or drop e
drink the morning, though the sun was
high. Then all at once he thought twas
too far to take her 10 the meadow, so he'd
Just take her 10 the house top, for the house
you must know, was thatohed with sods
and hne crop grass was growing there
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Now their house lay close up against
steep down, and he thought II he laid a
plank across to the thatoh at the back, he'd
easily getthe COW up.
But still he couldn't leave the churn, for
there was the little babe crawling about
the floor, and "if leave It," he thought,
" the child is sure 10 upset IT," So he took
the churn on his back, and went out with
Il but then he Thought he'd better first
water the COW, before he turned her out
on the thatch so he took up a bucket TO
draw water out of the well but as he
stopped down at the wells brink all the
cream ran out of the churn over his
shoulder, andso down into the well.
Now II was near dinner time, and he
hadn't even got the butter yet so he
thought he'd best boil the porridge, and
he filed the pot with water and hung IL
over the fire. When he had done that, he
thought perhaps the COW might fall off the
thatch and break her legs or neck. So.he
got up on the house TO tie her up. One
end OF the rope he made fast 10 the cows
neck, and the other he slipped down the
chimney, and tied round his own thigh,
and he had to make haste for the water
! now began to boil in the pot, and he had
still to grind the oatmeal.
% nc pegan W grlnu hMuy DuI hllo
he was hard at 1t, down fell the COW from
off the housetop, after all, and as she fell
she dragged the man up the chimney by
the rope. There he stuck fast and as for
the COW, she hung half way down the
wall, swinging between heaven and earth,
for she neither could get down nor up.
And now the goody had waited for her
husband TO come and call them TO dinner
but never call thew had At last she
thought she'd waited long enough, and
went home. But when she got there and
saw the COW hanging in such an ugly place,
her scythe. But as she did this. down
| came her husband out Of the chimney
and 30 when his old dame came inside the
kitchen, there she found him standing on
his head in the porridge pot.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
Hogs VS.. Bugs.

FoE some time back the best and most
scientific fruit growers in the West have
been agreed, that practically there are but
two methods universally available for
fighting the plum curculio; namely, either
1st by jarring the trees continually, or 3D.
by allowing hogs the run Of the orchard
all through the summer months. The first
method produces an immediate effect, be-
cause the Little Turk is thus arrested
at once in his mischievous career, and pre-
vented from singing any more fruit
The second method is prospective in its
effects, and operates chiefly through the
hogs picking up all the wormy fruit as fast
a. It falls, and thus preventing the larva OF
the curculio from going underground, and
generating new brood Of ourculio to
sting the fruit at q subsequent period.
We propose In the following paragraphs
Ia series of thirteen statements Of the sue
cess of as many individuals in destroying
bugs with hogsl, without at all under
valuing the first method, to demonstrate
by plain, hard, practical facts that the
second of these two methods produces
most gratifying results when Systematically
carried out for a series of years, even with
out any regular jarring Of the trees. The
only exception TO he made is in the case OF
the cherry, which, unlike all other stone
fruit, does not fall prematuFely 70 the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
Remar kable History Of a Bullet.

OK the evening Of the nth of Febru.
airy, 1863, the then Capt Russell II. Con.
wel, of the 40th Massachusetts infantry,
was In command Of the post at Newport
barracks, near Newbern, N. c., with a
force consisting OF a part Of the 48th MasSa-
chusetts, of the 3D. New York cavalry, of
the 11th New York light battery, Of y
part of the 9th New Jersey infantry, and
of a battalion of North Carolina troops.
There had been sharp brush with the
rebels that day, and their pickets were
still close upon our lines. Capt Conwell,
with orderly Parker, went the grand
rounds to inspect the pickets, and, in Jump.
ing over fence in the starlight, came sud
denly upon a guard of seven or eight
rebels, who fired and fell back, as is the
rule. The nearest of them discharged a
revolver Capt Conwell dropped and
orderly Parker, bringing his bayonet to a
"oharge" with the musket at the rebels
breast, compelleda a surrender. Our pickets
were few rods Of, aud the captain was
taken into the camp, He soon recovered,
and experienced no further inconvenience
from the wound. A little spot ON the
shoulder showed tho ball TO have been
made OF brass, and TO be a riaed missile
about the size of pea
Can't Conwell continued in service In
various positions, Ia one action receiving
ball in his knee, which still remains
His anal retirement from the service was
caused by a wound received at. KSnesaw
mountain, he having been for some time a
lieutenant colonel, on Gen. MoPherson's
staff The wound broke his arm below
the elbow, disloeated the elbow, broke
tho arm above the elbow, and shat
terpA tho chandler sOme and was reepiV-
cd from a fragment OF she'll He refused to
have. il amputated, and fortunately it got
well. In the meantime nc was an Invalid,
and subsequently was attacked with con.
J sumption. by the advice Of physicians,
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An AntldOte for Tobacco.

This great remedy invariably rem0ues al desj<e
for Nbdcco, and Is entirely Ue0etdbls ard hdrDess
1t is a an excellent appetizer. 1t puries tbsbood
inYigorab the system possesses great nourhing and
strengthening power, enables the stomach to digest
the beaTtiest Nd makes sleep refreshg and estab-
fishes robust heN<b. Smokers and Ckeoers for FIfy
A TreatRe on the lINTions E0ects Of Tobacco, with
lists OF testimonials, rehgene% etc, SENT FREE
Agent, wanted. AddresfDr. I. r. ABBOTT, Jersey
City, n. J. ~
DoTE onrld my brotHer and mysNf IT NEVER FAILS
Re-. l. W W<sHoENAKEE, KelNy's Station Pa
HEALTI AT STRENGTH GAINEnNNoafned eleren
ibs. offes and am restored to sound E>SlN by using
the A~-af' 5. D. BowLEs, ProspectNUll, Mo.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
stsamIng Potatoes.

TIE secret Of steaming potatoes" is
very little understood, and rarely carried
into full effect, although II is indispensable
to the nutritious development of the vege-
table. The whole mystery consists in
suffering the steam to escape, and at the
same time keeping the potatoes hot
When the cook throws of the water,
under the Jurisdiction of the cookery book,
what is she to do nexts The steam Tushes
out, and she places the vessel opposite the
fire but fearful that the potatoes may
ooolin the meanwhile, she puts on the
c1Ver, Thus she undoes one process by
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don is required. both AZ a safeguard against iever
preparation for the searching cold Of winter.
ByHpepeiat bilious Complaints, nervous dlsor-
oers, eno dietfeeeing affections Of the bowels. are
~ ~alwtys more OF less prevalent In october and No
NempeI, eno the surest and safest means OF avert
my thesl n = course Of this purest, mildest and