Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

WHAT is the usual result of runaway
mstchy A pair done (pardoD.)
wnAT sort Of carpenter is most un
healthy A mailing IAN aiiing) one.
THIS is my imprcssion," as the printer
said when he kissed his sweetheart.
FouR villages in Prussia have been
united by royal decree, and will hereafter
bear the name OF BsmarkdorG
A amNDsToNE which was sent 70 Eng
land in bale of cotton has come back To
the old plantation in oask of sugar.
"PA, what is the use Of giving our pigs
40 much milk Y" $50 that they may make
hogs of themselves, darling"
A SPECIAL mission has in charge the
work of plsntiDga Young Mems Christian
Association at every important station on
the Pacific Railroad
A DsCoEsoLATE husband of Lyons,
France, whose wife had deserted him, sent
ten barrels of flour TO the pious poor of the
city, soliciting their prayers that the tru-
ant might not return.
HENRY WARD BERcHER recently bap-
tized large number OF candidates for
membership into his church, but he made
the ladies remove their false curls and
chignons before they went down to the
water.
A FRENCHMAN brought two mugs TO the
milkman In place of one, as usual, and on
being asked the meaning of II, replied
Dis vor te mlCh, and dis vor 10 water
an will mix them 10 ss TO soote myself
A GOOD story is told of an Englshman
who boasted 20 an Indian that the sun
never set upon the territory of his coun.
trymen. "Ugh" exclaimed the Spotted
Tail, Great Spirit afraid to trust Eng
glishmen In the dark"
AT Atteborough, Mass, kind hearted
gentleman has made provisions for the
comfort of the elderly ladies who spend
the intermission at church, by furnishing
them with tea, sugar and milk, and all the
apparatus necessary TO a social cup for
dinner.
A RUMINATIvE individual, hearing for
the first time the quotation, "All the
worlds stage" expressed his lack of
wonder at accidents being of daily occur
renee among the passengers, as the stage
turned over every twentyfour hours.
The Swiss Government wished to en-.
ploy women as telcgraphers. On learning
that operators would be sworn TO absolute
secresy, many of those who had applied
for situations withdrew, saying that that
was requiring altogether too much.
Mr. CARPENTER, of the American We
locipcde Club, in New York, rides, stand.
ing, with both feet in the saddle, and pro-
pels the machine by "wabbling" the front
wheel, giving 1t serpentine movement
He rides side-saddle, with his hands be-
hind his back, and turns right and left
with perfect freedom and grace,
Turn Nnoan,tt, Ilo,r Ia th;,IrI,, ,1otNoJ
with the ruins of Aztec or ToltiC cities
and fortifications in some of which tim
bers exposed to the storms and blazing sun
of that trying climate arc yet To- be seen,
In good state of preservation, showing
that the builders must have disappeared
at comparatively recent date.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN may get him
self into trouble again He recently call
ed Adam (Eve's husbanl) a sneak AS
several of that gentleman's descendants
are still living and may object to this kind
of aspersion of any of their most renown-
ed ancestors, George f. may find himself
involved In a suit for SANDER or LIBEL
Pittsburgh GdEette.
A LIQUOR dealer, who, while he was liv-
ing in Boston, sold many thousand dollars
worth of the ardent to two Belfast citizens
and who now lives In Belfast himself, has
had dispute with them about the ac
count. They have now sued him for the
recovery of all the money paid in times
past, and attached his property, and under
the Maine law win probably get IT,
ONLY three or four century plants are
known to have blossomed in the United
States. There was one In ALBANY about
twenty years ago, one In New York and
one in Boston. There was one in Troy,
we believe, last year, or the year before,
and now we hear of another upon the eve
of blossoming in Rochester. The tree is
the American Aloe. IL flowers at the age
of century and then dies RrchdR0s.
A CURIOUS physiological experiment
has recently been made. A few grains of
barley were placed before hungry
pigeon While pecking at the barley the
brain of the pigeon was frozen by means
of spray of ether. The bird, being thus
deprived of consciousness, ceased peck
ing, and remained as if dead. The barley
was then removed, and the ether spray
having ceased, the brain was allowed To
thaw. The bird soon returned to life, and
its first act was to renew the pecking for
q time, although no food was before it.
A NEW instrument called baroscope,
70 iSoiHihH a lai BO w 4 III 10
from Havana. II is said to prognosticate
the weather twenty.four hours in advance,
by changes in the fluid contained in a
tube. To make one, take glass tube a
foot long and three and one-third inches
In circumference fill II with the follow
ing liquid: Camphor two parts; salt.
petre, one part dissolved in alcohol and
partially preclpitated with distilled water
Then close the tube and place it in the
air toward the north, and out of the sun
You will then observe the following bar
ometric phenomena. For fine weather,
the liquor in the tube will be transparent I;
for ram, there will be crystalized stars
floating about in the liquid for tempest,
the liquid will be full of crystals, in an
apparent state of ferment; for wind, the
crystals will adhere to the side of the
tube from which the wind is going TO
blow. This simple invention is more GER
tain and cheaper than any other bsrome.
ter in use.