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The only infsllibls method to prove
death is to apply light to the body. II
the blister upon being puncturcd gives forth
fluid substance, death has not taken place.
II air escapes, death has occurred. r,iol (
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Ey-Mr. McArdle, Of the "Mc.Ardle
case" has just got married. His supreme
court suit appears to be the least success.
full one. T ufa l,a I
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prepared to make cash advances on all ship
mcnts Of Cotton TO the House Of Mcssrs. r.. l..
BRAuNs Il Co, Baltimore. and will personal
ly guarantee tojshippers AS much per pound,
net. as they would receive by shipping IN
New Orleans or New York markets. ~ n
q, A. MEYER, 7n
Agent for Baltimore and Arkansas.
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$4,000 REV ARD

To any one who can produce or ever have produc-
ed aremedv which bears any resemblance to this
in point Of value.
The soothing and healing influence Of the Mis-.
sissippi Diarrhua Cordial is almost instantaneous.
ly felt: and within few minutes after taking it,
the sufferer f ON any Of the disorders which it pro-
fesses to cure is not only convalescen but we'll 1t
acts upon the internal surfaces with which it
comes in contact like an cmollent. quietting the
whole system and producing a healthy action in
tho digestive and secretivc organs. Ha1fff
hre gf .ansl9ld1 ,ypilHt ,FgU
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"Know you what II Is when anguish
To aPythian height dilates you
And despair sublimcs TO power 2"


] suppose this was my case, ! had all
summer hardly dared to looked her in
the face, and call her Miss Dale now l
said softly but calmly: Mary-don't
scream or be frightened--wo have been
the victims Of very unfortunate acct.
dent; but if you will only be calm. none
but ourselves shall ever know t. No one
knows that came home last night. 1t
is still earliest morning turn you TO your
sleep again, and think Of this only as a
dream Of last nights weaving She gave
me one such glance Of relief, and thank
fulness, and trust from her beautiful eyes
as never knew before; and then burst
ing into passionate weeping, turned and
buried her face in the depths of her pill
low You may believe dressed quicker
than ] had undressed the night before,
aud that left the house more quietly
than had entered it. Not even old Cat.
10, the watch dog, noticed my departure.
| walked miles just to kill time and
drown thought didn't go that day nor
the next, nor ever, to Gohasset tcle
graphed Frank that had been ssmmon-
ed home would he send me my trunk,
etc, etc. "----a -ss
: went to Philadelphia and ENTERED the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
Tho Horse.

THE front of the horses chest contains
his lungs, by which he breathes. Behind
them, separated only by thin kind of
skin, Ia the stomach, destined to receive
and digest the food. Each of these organs
becomes larger when in use the lungs
occupying more room when the animal is
moving about and breathing more quickly.
The space they occupy is then so filed
that only one Of them can be distended at
time. The horse can swell out his lungs,
and breathe hard, trot, or gallop fast, pro-
vided his stomach be empty; he can All 1t
with safety when at rest, or nearly so, till
the food is digosted. But If they are both
full, the greatest danger is to be apprehend.
ed the horse is sure to be "blown "
almost Immediately, because he has no
room to breathe, aud apoplexy may cause
the animal to drop dead in minute. No
horse should be allowed to get an unlimit-
ed supply Of food. A proper quantity
should be given and no more-enough to
satisfy his requirements, and then to allow
proper time 10 digest it. Many horse has
been killed from u fit brought on by the
corn.bin having been left open at night,
thus giving him an opportunity to gorge
himself TO death with tempting food
London Horse Book.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
The Great New York Fire In 1895,

We clip from the columns of the HitG-
ddphid URdofgritCr an interesting Incl.
dent in the earlier experiences of tho Ht
ma Insurance Company, of Hartford,
Conn, showing the value, as well rs the
reward, which attaches To n faithful fulfill
ment of obligations, at u time when nerve
was requisite, and Individual sacrifice
probable,
After the great fire of 1895, the "dItna,"
of Hartford, now The largest, strongest
and most successful Fire Insurance Com
pany in America, received notice of their
losses, and the President called meeting
of the Board of Direstors, and in few
words told them thoy had lost, probably,
all their capital. After few moments
silence, in which the President brought
from the fire.proof vault all the stocks
and bonds representing their capital, and
placed them before them, when ono of
the Board asked him what he should do,
40" said the President, "Go to New
York and pay the losses, If II takes every
dollar there" pointing TO the package,
"and my own fortune besides"
The anxious LOOKS gave way to those
Of settled determination, and the Board
unanimously said "Good and we will
stand by you with all our individual
capital"
The President went to New York, ad
justed the losses, and in years time the
company, so bold To act and ready to full
! ill all its obligations, had their capita
more than returned by premiums, and q
better reputation than any company in the
United States.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
letter from Ex-Governor Brown.

GovERNoR Brown, In response 10 lead
ing gentlemen at jackson, publishes let
ter setting forth his views In reference to
the recent act Of Congress, passed In con
Formity to the recommendation OF the
President, and the best course to be pur-
sued by the people Of the State under H.
He thus advises; ....
FIRST Then, let us have order and
rigid enforcement OF the laws, To the tuli
extent of melting out equal and exact JUS.
tice without stint, to all men OF all opin-
ions, races and colors, and to this end let
oycry good man resolve TO aid the civil
and military authorities by every fair
means In his power.
4" Second Let there be no iactious or
mere partisan opposition to the admins
tration of President Grant But as the
President has shown himself kind to us,
let us bo generous TO him. We cannot al
ford to be illiberal ...-
"7hird We must stand by the ISSUE ms
our opponents presented itat Washington.
The convention, the Constitution ana Eg.
pleston 81 Co. on ono side the people OF
Mississippi on the other. The President
and Congress sat in judgment and decided
In our favor. We viii not allow the issue
TO be changed. ....
"F.urt6 We accept the Fifteenth
Amendment. .r .I4l
"Fifth We pledge ourselves to one an
other, disregarding color and former po'
litical opinions, to deal Justly by all men
and secure perfect equality of civil and po'
litical rights to every one before the law
"Sirth That VIC set ourselves sternly
against all men, of all races and Of every
creed and color, who come among US tc
make mischief, and that we extend cor
dial greeting and hearty good will TO al
mon of all parties, opinions, races anc
color, who come with the genuine pur
pose of living with us and sharing II
| good faith our fortSnes, whether they b(
| good or cvil"-HorRd0R (MSs) Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
Feeding Bees.

A writer In the Prairie FdrRer SAYS:
81 believe bees may be most prohtably
kept In such condition as TO need no
feeding and having had much experience
In the matter usually manage so that
have my bees strong In spring, and rich
IN stores, so that they require no aid or
care. Nothing Ia more important than to
feed bees tehea they need It, A Colony in
early spring must have plenty of honey
and 10 spare, or they will rear no brood,
and tie honey harvest will md them weak
In number, If they have not plenty, OF
course they must be fed not just enough
10 keep them from starvation, but more
than they can use from day TO day that
they may be stimulated 10 rear brood
abundAntly.
when feeding is once commenced, Il
must be continued until the honey Is gath.
cred freely from flowers When bees are
In movable comb hives, Il Is often found
that one colony has more honey than they
need while another has too little. A full
frame can often be taken from one and ex.
changed with another 70 the benefit OF
both.
"a syrup Of sugar makes good food for
bees, and is much cheaper than honey.
Often two or threa pounds OF sugar fed 10
q colony In spring has made Of them a
valuable oolony-when for the want Of Il
they would have continued weak until
the best OF the honey season was over.
81 fed dozen strong colonies last sea.
son, the early part of June-when they
would have perished withnnlit The pro,
lpnged rain 81 time whea their hives
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
Sad story Of a osaTeaera,e Soldier.

A CoRRrePoNpENT of the Boston TFae-
elier, in q letter frOm Vicksbnrg, Miss, re-
peats one of the Sad Stories OF the war, as
told by Confederate soldier, over the
grave of his wife, near that city She
was twenty-nine years old, sir, and she
was Southern lady, too. / came down
here long before the war, and had nice
bit Of land here. fell In with this lady
at the city up river, and we were married
in1S0e.s I kept,out Of the war as loug as
could, because didn't like fighting any.
how, as rwaAhappy at home, aud because
/ fel1 more Ike fghling, If fought at all,
among my native Vsrmsntors. hated
the Confederacy, and said so, and It got
them down ON me. SO one day q compA.
ny Of infantry came along and said they
would shoot me on my own threshold il l
didn't enlist at once In the Confederate
army. lived right there then, where you
see the weeds / couldn't get away from
them, ana flnAit. with q gun at my breast,
said would enlist, and went of leaving
my wife crying in the door, lean see lust
how she stood with her handkerchief up
TO her face, this waysaAd her left waving
like this, Butpo use had TO enlist with
the MissourapA Bpd so, Idia, Nth Che
mental reserpation that 1 would run
away the first Opportunity. But I-dida'i
get any chance, for they watched me a:
close as bloodhound does niger. Fl
naly, when Grants army came down
here our brigade We're sent out 20 kind o.
nod them IN check. hadn't been home
slnce1 Nent away, and my wife wrote me
trying to,eheefs mo up. The second day
we moved up In plain sight of my house.
our lines being along where that fence h
yonder. Then the Yankees, thew came
out Of the woods over there, aud began
firing. : wondered " hat had become os nv
wife, for the bullets from both sides began
to knock the shingles off the house. One
side there, where you see the cellar like
Well, that's where she went 10 get away
nom the shot, she and her waiting girI
All pight stood out there by that tree
wishing ! might go'.and see my wife
But she didn't know that l was there al
All Rpt ] determiped 10 desert 10 the
Union lines the next night, SO I afrap qed
ito be on picket, and was set out there
IN the corner OF the field, Just as Il was
coming dark, i Jay down on the ground
so that the other pickets might not Sci
me, and crawled slowly toward the house
and when ] got within q few rods
jumped and ran for the house. When
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
Effects OF Kindness TO Animals.

"IHAvE great faith" says correspond
ent of the Practical Farmer, ain the edu.
cation of animals"
81 believed in the efficacy Of the gentle
touch long before knew of Rareys
method. His success has been but CON
firmation of my theory. 1t may be set
down as fixed fact that whenever
horse or COW or an OK is timid and shy
will not allow a person TO approach or
handle, unless 1t Is so situated that 1t can.
not escape--a wrong system of treatment
has been pursued. The animals of the
farmer sre naturally disposed to be docile
and aifectionate. They recognize the
hand and voice of friend almost as soon
as human being would, and manifest
their affection In variety of ways, which
none but the kind master or keeper will
observe. Have you not seen teamsters
who could manage their teams by a soft
word far better than others could do by
blows and harsh wordsl | have. Have
you not seen milkmaid approach q COW
with q bucket without the slightest evi.
dence of disposition on the part of the
animal to evade her And have you not
seen the same COW make every effort to
evade the next milkmaid who approached
herr / have, and the reason was that the
hrst had always treated her kindly and
gently while the latter had pursued the
opposite method. Animals almost invari.
ably psrtake Of the character OF their
masters The kind, gentle, and consider
ate master will generally have kind, gen.
tie animals while the rude, impetuous,
and cruel MASTER will rarely fail to have
animals whose dispositions will mate with
hisOwn. Is not gentleness the true meth.
odf l think so, God has given those
poor brutes for our uRe; they minister to
our wants, are patient and unoomplAining,
and certainly deserve such treatment al
our hands as will show that we properly
appreciate the kindness Of the Almighty
in giving them to us for the purpose Of
adding to our comfort"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04

came around the corner, a picket dis
covered what / was at, and fred after me,
and the bullet went over my head.
screamed, Mary, Mary and bhe knew
NV voice, and came right out 10 meet me
on the step, and said, 'Oh dear, dear
George, let's hurry away from here. and
opened her arms to put them around my
neck and kiss me but some OF the Union
pickets thinking there was an advance In
the direction of my house opened FIRE jast
then-and-and-shot my wife through
the heart, and she fell before she had
kissed me or her. The bullet that killed
her went through my arm, right there. /
took her zip and ran, for the Union lines
shouting, I'm deserter, and they finally
let me In, but my wife was dead. The
batteries over there hearing the muss
about tho house, began shelling 1t, and set
Il on fire and how the maid got out OF the
house don't see. But came back here
when the Union lines advanced and buried
her next day, an Illinois chaplain saying
The prayers. And that's just why wish
| was'dead. can't do anything, nor think
Of anything but her oh, she was such a
| good wife,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
Gambling Machinery.

THE building, No 4i4 Pennsylvania ave,
nue., occupied for some time as the "Con-
gress Clothing Store" Is now being pulled
down to make room for extensive improve
ments. In taking down some of the par
Ii ions to remove gas pipe, daylight was
let In upon some secret wires, which, be-
ing traced, were found To extend through
the rooms of the whole upper portion of
the building, and with other apparatus,
forming one of the most remarkable pisces
of machinery for gambling swindling ever
exposed to view.
This machinery, rs now laid bare, shows
that immense care and labor were bestow-
ed upon its invention and preparation.
The gambling rooms were Ia the second.
story front Over them were two garret
rooms with dormer windows In the floor
ing of each of these upper rooms trap.
door had been cut about six feet In length
and three in width. The trap being taken
up shows an aperture between the floor
and the ceiling of the room below of a
size TO accommodate the gamblers con.
federa'e; and series of small perfora-
tons In the ceiling afforded him full
view of the cards held by the players al
the tables in the room below. BY his side
was the end Of thin wire, which, passing
along under the flooring of the at.
tic TO the walls, ran down 10 the
flooring of the room below (play-
ing upon nicely adjusted pulleys
at the angles), and so on until 1t reached a
point directly under the card table. Here
a very ingenious pedal arrangement came
into play, by which, with springs of spiral
wire, triangular piece of iron was made
to work up through = minute aperture In
the floor under the foot Of the swindling
gambler.
The victim in this operation, Il will be
seen, had no show whatever. Green, the
reformed gambler" has shown the system
of cheating by marked cards, but that was
a clumsy and inefficient mode of ascertain.
ing what the opposite player has in his
hand, compared with this system of tele-
graphy, which, by the way, can claim pri.
ority In time over Morse's invention.
This system would not be of much use to
the faro sharper hut must have been fa-
tally effective in the gambling games Of
twenty TO thirty years ago,
In following the course of the wires Il
is noticed tmtS packing of soft wool had
been placed IA every point where the
working OF the apparatus would possibly
make any noise calculated 10 warn the
victim. The operation of the machinery
was as silent as death, aud not an indics.
tion appeared anywh here 10 give him sus.
pioion OF the network ofvillsiny in which
he was entraped The punctures in the
ceiling which gave view Of the cards
70 the confederate overhead were screened
by Ap ornamental oval OF green. figured
papering, and the aperture in the floor
under tho card table, through which the
| sprlBg played, was concealed by the carpes,
! - WdShtng,0s Star. fI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
To the NerYOns.

excessive labor or action, is feeling of weak
ness, dullness, heaviness, weariness, languor of
body or mind, &c. Persons OF a weak constitu-
tion, or whose habits are sedentary, frequently
complain OF this relaxed condition OF the vital
energies; and when persons of nervous temper
ament are thus weakened and debilitated, disease
inevitably follows, unless IL is at once checked
and overcome. All who suffer from these causes
alike require a remedy which will strengthen the
system without exciting 1t, and awake a feeling
of true enjoyment, so that life may become a
source OF pleasure. MISHLER'S HERB BIT
TIERS has won its way into the condolences Of thou
sands of this class OF persons who warmly indOrse
it as the best inygorating agent and the most po-
tent and genial of all tonics and Alternatives FOR
strengthening and restoring the physical consti-
tuition.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04

we're full Of brood exhausted all their
stores, and old aud young bees would
have died with acres Of clover In bloom
within sight Of hives Such case may
never occur again-but Is given 10 show
that to succeed in bee keeping, as In
everything else, one must be watehful.
III have never, succeeded in making
bees take molasses or sorghum In any
quantities (perhAps have never tried Il
with bees near enough 70 starvation }
Flour bread, saturated with a syrup OF
sugar, have know them TO eat up clean
but think II quite as well 70 feed them
the avrtsn alma N
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04


sB' The New York Ledder democrat.
ic) gets OF the following at the expense
ofa Democratic member OF the New York
Senate;
Late In the evening, while the Senate
WAS languidly awaiting the hour Ofadjourn,
msnt Senator Pierce, who hadIbeen absent
alsw minutes, came in with his usual rapid
stride ana was sbout 70 take his seat
Whsn senator Creamer said, in q very
Suoible whisper, Vote in the Affirmative,
IN that full, round tone for which he "a
)ustly famous, the gentlemen from KinSs
drew himself up TO the height OF his San.
atorial dignity, saying, Mr.. PRECEDENT i
desire my vote 70 be recorded In the
Affirmative Mr.. Pierce understood The
cause Of the laughter which greeted his
request when he discovered maj there
was no question pending" w
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
A Household Elixir adapted to all Cli-
mates.

1t would be a happy thing for the world II all
the excitants at present used in the practice Of
medicine could be swept out OF existence, and
HosTETTER's STOMACH BIrTERs substl.
tuted in their place. There Is probability, too,
that this desirable substitution may one day be
accomplished. Certain 1t is, that the GREAT yEaE-
TABLE TONIC is gradually displacing them, and
that the confidence Of the people in its sanitary
and saving properties increases with every pass
ing year. Figures that cannot lie, show this
to be the fact. No medicinal preparation enjoys
the like popularity among all classes and condi.
tions, in every section Of the country. As an
appetizer, general invgorant, remedy for in
digestion, cure for intermittent and remittent
fevers, gentle oathartic, specific for flatulcncy
and sour stomach, agentle diuretic, a nervino, a
blood depurent, specific for sick-headache, a
mild anodyno, and, above all, as a PROTECTION
AGAINST EPIDENGcs, 1t is unquestionably the
STANDARD MEDICINE of the whole United States.
In the towns and cities it is literally HOUSEHOLD
sTArLE. Mothers believe in It. They find it q
"present help in time Of trouble "a safe and
pleasant remedy for the various ailments to which
| their sex lie exclusively subject. Men believe in
1t, becauses it refreshes and invigorates the body
and mind, and tones both without exciting either
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04

JUsr THE THuNG.-Persons suffering
from that implacable disease, Catarrh,
should by all means give SAge's Catarrh
Remedy a thorough and impartial trial.
1t has been before the public but a few
years, yet already ranks as the standard
remedy for diseases Of the nasal and pper
air passages, and we hear II very highly
spoken OF BY those who have used Il. THE
proprietor, r. V. Pierce, NJ D., Of Buffalo,
N. Y, as will be seen by his advertise
ment offers a standing reward Of $500 for
q case OF Catarrh that he cannot cure.
For sale by most Druggists everywhere
Sent By mail for Sixty CentS-POntide
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