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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
Embroidery Extraordinary.

A REMARKABLE fine piece of worstcd
embroidery on canvas, representing
"Mary of Scotland Mourning Over the Dy-
ing Douglas, has been on exhibition dur
ing the past week in n show window on
Broadway, New York,
II was worked lIy Mrs. James Bennett,
of Brooklyn, a lady of unusual taste and
artistic ability, who has devoted to it the
principal part of her time during the last
eight months. Its dimensions are 3G by
30 inches, and il contains GS6,000 stitches
and 16S different colors. Fifteen richly
dressed human figures, two horses, u dog
group of trees and CASTLE are the
principal features of the picture, which IL
worked in what is called quarter stitch,
that is, the stitches are only one-fourth o
the usual length; the best judges, among
the many who have lately examined and
admired this work, suppose that it must
have been done in Europe, inasmuoh as
very few American ladies possess the skill
or the leisure necessary to produce will
the needle so spirited and perfect picture
The WhittcmOre Brothers pronounce il
by far the most mcritorious of the more
than five hundred works of the kline
framed by them, and consider it undoubt
edly one of the finest pieces of embroidery
ever produced i'm America 1t is valued
at 81 800, the sum refused by gentleman
on Twentieth street for a larger, but mucl
more coarsely embroidered, copy of the
same scene.-Nep York. Tribune
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
A Fighting Editor.


STuplproprietors of the Boston Saturday
EpoliRg ErprcSS have recently engaged
the services, az permanent fixture OF
their establishment, Of Sighting editor.
They thus announce the fact
we have the sublime pleasure to an
nounce To the deputy State COnstables,
and all others interested, that we have en-.
gagged at nm immense salary, one oC the in.
dispenAblc adlunCts TO an independent
newspaper establishment to VITA fight
ing editor. This course has been taken by
us in order that we may have an equal
show with all bclligcrents who desire to
get proper satisfaction for anything we
may s,y. The gentleman engaged for this
purpose informs us that he has been in the
business for some fifteen years and that he
Is fully competent to attend to all the du-
ties required Of him As q reconmenda
tion, he informs us that during his career
| as fighting editor ofVarious newspapers hi
has succeeded in biting oil some sixteen
| noses and twenty ears, and gOuged GU
nearly forty eyes, having them now nj
nicely preserved in glass bottle, which II,
is willing to exhibit TO any one who de
sirCs IT, He also informs us that, bCsidc
being good bitter, he has broken severa
arms and legs OF his numerous antagonists
He has also killed six men by THROWN!
them out of the editorial window, and ha
broken three spinal columns by knocking
the owners thereof down several flights q
stairs. lie is an iniidcl, and has no fear
| of hereafter.
"Aggricycd parties who desire o settle
mcnt are hereby notified to apply to hin
at our office at any time, and they will bt
accommodated. Our associate Is a llttl
over seven feet high; his age is tlirty,iiv
and he weighs one hundred and sixt,
pounds lie lives on raw beef exclusively
and is mover fed enough ut any one tim
to take away his appetite for more. II
was born In Fighting Hollow, Goug
county, Arkansas, and never had
| brother.
"lle proposes to conduct his departmeu
on the BARRIERS plan first come, tirS
served All orders will be promptly ext
Cutcd and gentlemen can examine u ma
OF Mount Auburn Cemetery while waitin
for their turn. State Constablcs serve
first, suckers next, after which indignar
members of the dramatic profession wi
be attended to. Weapons constantly o
hand, for which there will be no ch0rg,
lie will not undertake to give eXplan'
tions after the first interview, for the re;
son that they will not be required, Lo
noses, ears, nc, will be properly labelc
and put carefully away for future relercnt
of friends Dead bodies properly buried
relatives expense
=" His department Is elegantly and su
stantially fitted up, and is now open +
business, both wholesale ana retail
"P. $. When not fully engaged at OF
office, contracts can be made with him
, any other nCwspapcr that may require /
services"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
Love, Jealousy and .stlngs.


The presence of the green-eyed monster
is as frequently perceived in high as in low
estate Pretty young ladies are, it is said,
peculiarly liable to the queer disease. 1t
crecps into their hearts in such insidious
disguises that the artless little beauties are
not aware of its existence until II crops out
in such passionate eXcesses that 1t frightens
them to contemplate it. sFf#Hr
No doubt 1t was in precisely such way
that young lady on Franklin street, AL
bany, became amenable to its influence.
For some time past she has regarded a
youth with special favor. Charlie possesses
many attractive qualities, He dresses in
the latest mode, wears an Alpine" and
cultivates moUstache. Yet he is tickle in
disposition, and while his lips are attuned
to the harmony ofsweet words and q low,
passionate recital of loves anguish for
the fair Julia's ears, his mind is enumorat-
ing the attractions of the pretty little
widow around the corner. ..
Now, this widow is no friend of Julia or
she of her For her life she can't see what
Charlie admires in her. Indeed, Charlie
denies any special interest in the coquettish
beauty, but he goes to see her none the
less. The fact that Julia disapproved il
had no effect in changing his practice, and
longing with a woman's curiosity to know
what il meant, Julia determined to find il
out She forgot her self-respect, and be
came a spy. The pretty Julia became an
| eaves-drOpper
Seeing Charlie entering the front doOl
of the cozy little cottage wherein th'
| widow abided, she fastened 90 admit her
self into the yard by the rear gate, anC
peeped in at the window. just under
meath the window, however, was a little
square box, on which Julia stood TO get /
good look into the room Her worst fear
were realized. On sofa just largi
enough for two the pretty widow an'
Charlie sat, with heads inclined, and
low, monotone issuing from the lips o
peither, telling, as plainly as words nigh
have done, of loves confessions.
Julia stepped back, the box turne'
over, and innumerable angry little insect
issuing, proclaimed II beehive. .
course they stung her. Fierce rs mimi
warriors the angry little demons laid hob
of her shapely extremities, popping
sting into the plump little hand, anOthe
in the rounded cheek, and even the silkel
hose were no protection TO the exquls
itely fashioned ankle. She rolled on tn
ground and crushed ruthlcssly in mud an
mire her hands, feet and body.
The house was alarmed and the inmate
eame rushing out to learn the cause OF tn
uproar. Even the impudent Charli
looked cunningly over the widow
shoulders; but that might be pardonet
had he not asked sympathetically, " if tn
bees had stung herT HartshOrn an
eamphor were called into requisition, an
Julia, swathed in flannels and poisoned b
the sting of the bees, consigns both Cha
lie and the widow TO very disagreeabl
lives hereaIler.--ARanN EueninQ J0urnas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
What Makes the Heart Beat.

THE beating of the heart docs not de
pend on the general nervous system, either
cerebro-spinal OF sympathetic, as may bo
shown by the fact that the heart of tor
toise continues TO beat for many hours
attet II has been cut out, In fact, il may
be cut into parts, and these parts will con-
tinue TO beat. The fact is explained by
Prof Foster, Of London, in lecture re
ported in Appleton'S Journal, as depend
ing on the character of the nerve of the
heart, The ordinary nerves consist sim.
ply Of fibers, and can only convey impress
sions made upon il by nerve cells, such as
are found in the brain, or ganglia, or In
the PaCinian corpuscles at the eXtrcmities
of the nerves Now the nerves of the
heart combine both fibcrs and cells, and II
is the action of these cells that affects
the nerve fibers, originating nerve force,
and thus governs the muscular movement
Of the heart.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
Sleeping under the Clothes.

THERE is reason to believe (says Miss
Florence Nightingale that not lew OF
the apparently unaccountable cases OF
scrotula among children proceed irom the
habit of sleeping with the head under the
hed.clothes, and so inhaling air already
breatbed, which is further contaminated by
exhahtions from the skin. Patients are
sometimes given To- similar habit and it
often happens that the bed clothes are 50
disposed that the patient must necessarily
breathe air more or less contaminated BY
exhalatiOns from the skin. A good nurse
win be careful TO attend to this. Y is an
important part, so TO speak, OF ventilation.
II may be worth while to remark, that
when there is any danger of bedYsoreS a
blanket should never be placed under the
patient. Never use anything but light
whitney blanket and bed-eovering for tho
sick. The heavy imperVious ooiton couns
terpane is bad, for the very rasoa that n
keeps in the emRnations FROM the sick per-
son, while the blanket allows them 20 pass
through Weak patients are inyaFianlr
distressed by great weight OF Deu-
clothes, which often prevents their getting
any sound sleep whatever.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27

stealing timid glance TOWARDS tho bed,
beheld i standing sharply defined between
two cdSpf eyes
Women are not always good physiog.
nomists. She thought the nose bodied
fury and dire revenge, aud all her little
remnant of tirmness gave way. She ran
hastily across the apartment and was
about to tender weak Nonian's sutmis-
sion 20 authority Upon hcr Knees, when,
to her iteSpressible surprise, the dwarf
bodnd6d nom his bed with yell of ter.
Tor, and throwing himself ut her feet, inn
plored mercy in the mos ahject terms and
promised repentance and amendment, lie
had simply mistaken her Intention, and
he was conquered. She was sensible
enough to conceal her real feelings and
she obtained Nohh Him the most solemn
guarantees of good behavior before she
allowed himto get up and take his break
fast. a - t.4.-t q a.t 3
When l called three days Glter, l found
The dwarf fol tie first time at home, and
attending 70 his work He was industri
| ously exhibiting himself as Napoleon and
rcposc so necessary after her protracted
leXcrtions. He took me In TO eee hei
"Poppit,N Y and she seemed TO be complete
| ly happy.
They are both now ut work in my shoI
again, and more affectionate couple doe,
not exist. She often thanks ME; wher
Mipnilxin is opt Of hearing, for tcachin,
her thai Il is sometimes good to pay thl
oppressor in his own coin,--C CdSsdrs Mag
| dziRe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
Tea Brands and Their Meaning.

"HYsoN" means "befOre the rains" or
flourishing spring, that is early in the
spring hence, 1t is often called Young
Hyson.'
"Hyson Skin" is composed of the refuse
of other kinds, the native term for which
is tea skins" Refuse of still coarser de-
scriptions, containing many stems, is
called :" tea bones"
"Bohea" is the name of the hills in the
region in which il is collected ~ q
dPecoe," or "Pecco," means white
hairs, the down of tender leaves. ...
Pouchong," folded plant"
q Souchong," small plant" s-r-f.
"Twankey" is the name of small
river in the region from whence it is
brought.
Congo" is from term signifying
"labOr, from the care required in its pre-
paration.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
Playing with Edge Tools.

On Wednesday, a lady named Robert
son living out at the Mission, len her
child, little boy about years old, play,
ing in one Of the rooms Of her house and
went 10 house several rods distant After
half an hours absence she returned, and
on entering the house she beheld sight
that nearly made her heart cease TO beat
There on the floor sat the little boy Harry
his face, hands and clothing covered with
blood, and bleeding profusely from q mum
Der ofdeep and gaping wounds In hi'
hands he held an open razor, which h'
showed TO his mother op her entering the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
THE MARGATE BATHING WO-
MANS LAMENT.

1t nearly broke my widowed art,
When first | took the notion.
The parties didn't as they used,
Take reglar to the ocean.
The hinfants, darling little soles,
Still cum quite frequent, bless EN- !
But they is Unly sixpencec ach,
Which hardly pays TO dress 'em.
The reason struck me all at once,
Says l. ITS my opinion,
The grOwn-up folks no longer bathcs,
Because Of them vile Shecnions."
Tho last as cum drcst in that style,
Says, as she took 1t horf her,
"rm sure shall not know the way
To re-arrange my quofiur !"
BY which she ment the ed Of air,
Which call II wot they will, Sir,
Cum doubtless of II convict at
Millbank or PentOnyllle, Sir.
The Parliment should pass law,
Which there's sufficient reasOn--
That folks ~ wear the SheeniOns should
Battle regular In the season.
From Puncl
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
POETRY.
4 TWILIGHT MEMORY


GENTLY fell the twilight shadows
Ger the sunsets mellow light,
Aud we saw the angels lighting,
One by one, the lamps OF night.
"I am tired,r my darling whispercd,
"And long somuch to sleeps"
could hear the robins calling,
From the shadows dun and deep.
Hold me on your bosom, mothcr;"
Faint and low her whispered words,
But to me they held the music
Ofa thousand singing birds.
And held her TO my bosom,
Close against my aching breast,
But the mother-arms about her
Could not sooth her into rest.
"Sing the dear old cradle ballad
That you used TO sing to mo
When You hushed me into slumber
Aud l sat upon your kneo.n
Then | sang the simple ditty
10 its old familiar air,
While my eyes were dim aud blinded
By the tears that gathered there's
Hush, my child, lie stin AID slainbeL
Holy angels guard thy bod,
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling oathy head -.
Then 4 light shcne-oh so softlyl-
Fr onh the shadows Of the west
Az dit touched my darlings eyelidsl
With the blessed balm OF rest,
Ob, that lightly 60 mild and tonderl
Thave often Thought since then
That an aaad touched my darling, 4
And nc Charmed away her pain;
For she slept the last sweet slumber
That a weary mortal knows,
Aud her face grew strangely quiet.
Inadeep'and calm repOse.
Yus. she slept, to wake at morning
On the calm, Eternal Shore -..
To new and strange existence,
Full of rest for evormore. ,
Once q Month. .t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27

whole heart goes with 1t; Il ought to be
more effective because coming from one
who has run the course and has expert
cnccd its terrible results might tell you
more of what have seen whisky bring to
It's dupcs, hut my article would be too long,
ciosc givii@ you the advieoa good mother
gave ME; Recp ont OF bad company; and
don't drink Don't let this pass unheeded,
as l did. You see what il has brought me
to. God keep all that read this In the
right path, is the prayer of one who, fol
the sake Of loved ones prefers TO sigr
himself CHARLES 0RNE."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27

THE Laconia, N. H., Democrat says
there is calf in Gilmanton, otherwise all
right, that has not sign of tail. While
a group Of persons were looking at the
calf, the other day, and wondering how he
would manage in fly time, they were join
ed by a city bred individual, graduate OF
Dartmouth College The learned gradu-
ate, after listening to the comments, in
quired how old the calf was, and being in
formed, innOcently asked, " Do calves Of
that age usually have tailsYp
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27

AT the iron furnace Of Mr. j. p. Burton,
at Massillon, piece of limestone was re-
Gently found, in the center of which was
imbedded round white mineral substance
resembling feldspaT, about the size Of a
nickel, and in tie center of this, set like
mosaic work, was, TO appearance, a sprig
Of four leaved clover about quarter
grown, each leaf and the stem perfect and
distinct,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27

TEE Sacramento (Cal) Record gays
"Wages in California and Nevada are
higher than In any other part Of the
world, and they have been ever since .he
gold discovery, when miners without skill
or capital averaged Ss5 and $50 per day"
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-11
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER II. 1859.
a Change Of Basa

After the usual tribnlation and ve1ation Of
spirit which attend the removal of printing
press, We are comfortably quartered in our
splendid new building. on the corner of Rail
road and Sixth streets. This change Of base
has been effected without serious loss or dis
aster, notwithstanding We have been constant
ly under FIRE from the uneorkei batteries OF
too partial friends, whose guns were aimed a;
the throat at short range, and seldom
missed their aim. But like Mcclellan IN the
seven days fight in the swamps of the Chick
ahominy, we kept up running fire and left
the ground over which we reiterated strewn
with the enemy's dead, and are now safe
" housed in our new fortress, where safe from
assault We can defy the combined hosts OF
the votaries Of Bacchus. 1t is not our Gus
tom to boast, and we never do it; but without
exaggeration, we think we can safely say that
We have now the finest newspaper office be
tween Sacramento and Omaha, and that We in
tend 10 publish the reatest and best semi
weekly paper on the Pacific coast.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-11

PnrLosoPTcAL.--A stranger in California,
unacquainted with the course pursued by the
Republican journals of that State in regard to
tho Fifteenth Amendment would naturally
wonder at tho remarkable sang froid and in
difference manifested by them since the cleo
ton. The fact il, they know they were prac-
ticing deception and fraud upon the people,
in obedience to the behest of party dictation,
and hence care but little for the crushing
defeat of n cause they had no heart to advo-
cate. Their course before and since the
election proves conclusively, if any new proof
were wanting, that there is no true manhood
left in the leaders of that party who will nj
low themselves 10 be dragooned into open
support of measures which they secretly con-
denim. This accounts for their apparent
indifference when treating Of tho result.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-11

PoKrSo FUS.-Chicago can never Lot pass
an opportunity to get in good hit at Cincin.
natl. The Tribune, of that city, when speak
ing Of the Cincinnati commercial party,
touches them up in the following vein, which,
we have no doubt. is very nearly true, Judging
by what We saw of them as they passed
through this town:
A patty of commercial men-the heavy
citizens uf Cincinuati--lcft that place on
Iucsdn! for II trip TO California. There was
as much trouble III getting under way ms there
was when Columbus tried To leave Spain on
his first voyage. Many who had agreed to 90
ut first backed out when the time came, be-.
ing APPALLED, BY the tremendous length of a
journey to the Pacific ocean. One remark.
able feature of the trip is, that several of the
voyagers tried to get of, leaving their wives
behind. The train was arrested six times be.
fore 1t got beyond the city. by as many wives
OF eEcursonists who had left their wives be.
hind. Most of the gentlemen made their
wills before they left, and bid farewell, which
might be forever" TO their native hills
Pursuant TO previous resolve, mot to 40 by
way of Chicago" tho eXcursionists are some.
where on the Mississippi river. trying TO reach
one OF the Chicago railways extending to Cal
iforna. Had they come 10 this city, We might
have sent few policemen along 10 protect
them from the bears, of which the party
seemed to have q terrible dread.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-11

DEAD.-A late Eastern dispatch says that
Democracy il dead in Vermont. We are glad
of it, as we have no use for that kind of De-
mocracy represented by John Quincy Adams
and his New England followers, which coun.
sells the Democratic party to mount the rotten
carcass of universal rights and equality. If
il is not dead wo hope it soon will be, for it
would bo far more honorable to walk
straight into the Radical camp and done With
it than to try to steal their thunder for Dom
ocratic use. The results in California aud
Vermont show the difference between u puro
and bogus Democracy.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-11
Late News Items.


A great fire is ragin in the Dismal Swamp.
Virginia. Many miles Of fences and large
amour, of cord wood have been destroyed.
Numerous wild animals have been driven out
into the open country.
JrpoE Dent has gone back to Mississippi,
and late accounts deny that the Conservatives
have thrown him overheard. 1t is said they
still intend TO nominate him, and they believe
they can triumphantly elect him.
A dispatch by the Atlantic cable SAYS that
twenty-ore Missi onaries have been murdered
in China. Civil Rights are not in a very -four
ishing condition in that country.
The latest accounts from the fearful coal
mine disaster near Scranton, Penn are to the
effect that all the workmen who were inside
the mine when it took fire were suffVcated.
The number was between $50 and 200.
BRIGHAM YoUNG has compromised with the
Union tactic Railroad Company, and agreed
to take railroad material for the amount owing
him and the Mormon people.
GEORGE WILKES is the favorite candidate
with the President for the Chinese mission;
but be is opposed by Boutwell, Fish and
Hoar.
WILLIAM PTT FERGUsoS, U. $. Senator
from Maine, died in Portland, Sept. 8. He
was about sixty-four years Of age at the time
of his death.
IT is the intention of the Louisiana plant
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