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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
A Disagreement among Doctors.


A paragraph from the Boston Journal
Of Chemistry has been going the rounds Of
the secular press, in which the writer op-
poses the practice of evaporating water
upon stoves and furnaces, on the ground
that the air cannot be "dried up or burned
up" and that none of its natural moisture
is expelled from Il by heat. Truly, "a
little learning is dangerous thing" and
we have here just enough knowledge dis-
played to cover deal Of mischievous ig
noranca
In the first place, it may be news to the
chemical gentleman in question to learn
that there are certain physiological phe-
nomena connected with excessive or de.
fective humidity of the atmosphere that
under the latter condition, owing to the
affinity of air for moisture, the respiratory
surfaces will be refrigerated and dried by
unususl evaporation from them; and that
the sameprocess, to a less degree, affects the
whole surface of the body. Now, granting
that, in literal sense, none of the existing
moisture is expelled from air by raising
its temperature, an immense relative re.
duction of its humidity is thereby effect
ed. Suppose, for instance, that the at
mosphere of room of two thousand cubic
feet contents have its hygrometric cspaci-
W lor moisture satlsneu on 1reezlng
morning. We build good fire in stove
and warm this room to, say, 750 Fahren-
heit and in doing this we 50 reduce the
reldttce amount of moisture, that at least
a pound of water Is required to bring the
air to the same condition In which we
found it, And, what is more, the thirsty
air will have this water in some way, and,
if we do not supply it by evaporation,
from external sources, will, to use vul
gar but appropriate slang phrase, "take
it out of our hides" For our own part, we
prefer the former alternative.-American
Medical G1zffta ..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

the physician watched, as he thought,
to note the, last vital spark. take us
Eight His limbs became stiff and
cold; all puisatlon seemed TO cease,
and the breath appeared to have LEFT the
body. Mr.. Day was duly laid out and
dressed in the habiliments of the grave !;
his eyes closed by the aid of coins, and all
necessary preparation made for his burial.
vi all these arrangements he was quite
conscious, but had nos the strength to
make it known. Before the time arrived
for his burial, his old physician, who had
attended him during the earlier stages of
his suffering, happening to have business
in the vicinity, and hearing of the decease
OF Mr.. Day, called to see him, and while
looking with pity upon the cold form of
his former friend and patient, he imagined
that he could discover signs ofrespiration.
Upon closer examination he ascertained
that he was correct, and he at once set 10
work to restore to life the supposed dead
man, He succeeded so well that Mr.. Day
passed through Omaha yesterday, appar.
emily well and hearty, and able to tell his
own story. He says this occurred in Sill.
yer City, Idaho Territory Omaha Re.
DuNicdn. Jan G.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
A MwderOus Sea Flower.

: One of the exquisite wonders of the sea
Is called the opelet, and is about as large
as the German aster, looking, indeed, very
much like one. Imagine a very large
double aster with ever so many long petals
of light green, glossy as satin, and each
one tipped with rose color. These lovely
petals do not lie quietly in their places,
like those of the aster in your garden, but
wave about in the water, while the opelet
generally clings to rock. How innocent
and lovely it looks on its rocky bed. Who
would suspect that it would eat anything
grosser than dew or unlightY ? But those
beautiful waving arms, as you call them,
have another use besides looking pretty.
They have TO provide for large open
mouth which is hidden deep down among
Ihem-so well hidden that one can scarce.
ly find it. Well do they perform their
duty, for the instant foolish little fshlet
touches one of the rosy tips he is struck
with poison as fatal TO him as lightning.
He Immediately becomes numb, and in a
moment stops struggling, and then the
other beautiful arms wrap themselves
around him aud he isdraWn into the huge,
greedy mouth and is seen no more. Then
the lovely arms unclOse, and wave again
in the water, looking as innocent and
harmless as though they had never touched
q fiah
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

insisted upon going to the college. We
only prevented him this time by throw.
ing water in his iAce--the only method.
by the way, in which we could awake hin,
without great violence Pungcnt odors
ammonia, camphor, etc, he seemed TO dis.
regard, or merely pushed away the object
On regaining conciousnesS, ho always
appeared like one stunned or suffering
from severe shock The influence upon
the pulse or nervous system was also 80
severe that VIC never Rwaked him at these
times II we could avoid IL.
Whenever out of health, as from triGiup
attacks of indigestion, or after watching
with the sick, or fatigue, he would be sure
to be up and doing something notable in the
somnambulic state.
One of the most remarkable of his OK.
ploits occurred several years after the
incident just given. think It was In
1860 or 1861, He gave me the particulars
himself, and have had tho necessary
concurrent evidence from others.
The circumstancesw were so extraordinary
that they almost caused him to determine
never to practice medicine again.
In the rounds of his practice he had a
patient about whom he was very anxious.
1t was in the coolest winter weather and
the residence of the patient was about
two miles distant. Visiting him early in
the evening, he found him In state so
unsatisfactory that he Informed the fam
lily that If he did not find him better the
next visit he should change the medicine
entirely. On rising next morning, he
went to the barn to put his horse to the
cuthor for an early start. He was y little
puzzled at finding things somewhat mis-.
placed, but supposed some person had been
IN shc stable in search of missing article.
On visiting the patient he was gratified to
find marked Improvement He inquired
when the Improvement commenced, and
was answered, Immediately after he had
taken the powder which was given in the
night" The truth flashed upon him at
once, but concealing his emotion he in.
quired with rs CARELESS an air as he could
assume, About what time was it when |
was hereP" They replied: Between
two and three O'clock" This proved to
be the case, as he was afterward told by
the family where he boarded. He had
been giving the patient some fluid medi.
cine, which he ordered discontinued, and
then put up several powders, such as he
had concluded on the night previous, COM
bining them as usual and administering
the fluid one himself ASIA. ,N
The alarm of my poor friend al the
possible consequences of similar act in
the future may well be conceived.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
Pnuch's Rulcs for Young Tradesmen.


|. NEVER be idle, If you have nothing
to do, go through your books and turn
the oughts, In your debtors accounts
into skies and nincs You NAV thus make
a wet day as profitable as fine one. n
you only add n hahpenny to each of
twenty four accounts, you have done
something.
2. If your customer be solvent, never
make UP the so-ualled weekly book until
you are compelled to do so. Remember. the
older bill, the more difficult it is to de-
tect an over charge
., You must have bad debts It il
due to your family that you should not
incur losses. Therefore, judiciously dis.
Uloute the amount you expect to lose.
over the bills of those who pay, but take
long credit. Society is bound to be self
supporting.
4; II customer leave You for one who
deals on easier terms, YOU should take
every opportunity of saying, with a com.
passionate expression, 20 other customers
that you are very sorry TO believe thai
there were good reasons for Mr.. Z.---'s
gong To cheaper market, and that YOU
earnestly hope he is not in much diff
fculty.
5. If Paterfamilias is ever worked nm
Dy ms wife to call and demonstrate as to
your charges, be reioiced to see him. and
show him books and invoices, and saw that
ms business head will at once enable him
TO see how the truth is, which the ladies
cannot be expected TO perceive. He will
be flattered, and tell his wife that she &C.
euses you unjustly.
q. IL Materfamilias declares that she
is resolved to try elsewhere, beg ;her, most
respectfully, to do so, and say that.
though proud of her custom, You would
very much rather lose it than be SUP.
posed to act unfairly-but ask her where
she means to go, and then say that YOU
are certain you will have the honor of
seeing her again, for the character of that
house is pretty well known. 81
DO not hang these Rules up in your
shop but paste them inside your desk, and
read them every Sunday morning, before
going into your accounts
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
The Value OF knowledge.


KNowLEDGE, like virtue, is not good be.
cause it is useful, but useful because il is
good. 1t is useful conhngently, and good
essentially. The Joy of It is simple and
not only needs not to be supplemented by
accessory advantages, but it is wen worth
the forfeit of many advantages to obtain
The most miserable wretch we ean imagine
is the ignorant convict locked up in soil.
tary cell, with nothing to employ his
thoughts but unattainable vice and frus.
trated crime, whereon his stupid Judges
leave him TO ruminate, as If such poison
were moral medicine likely to cure the
disease of his soul. And, on the other
hand, one of the happiest beings we can
imagine is the man at the opposite end of
the intellectual scale, who lives in the
free requirement of noble knowle lge
What is an increase of sorrow" incurred
thereby, compared to the joy of itg' To
look on the fields of earth and air-not as
the dull boor regards them, as mere
patches of brown and green and blue,
with promises of food or shelter, sun.
shine or shower--but as the geologist,
the botanist, the astronomer regards
them, each as an infinite world
of interest, wherein order and law
and beauty are itraced by his rapid
thought, even as the swallow traces the
insect on the wingl To be able to take
surveys such as these, is to be admitted to
a spectacle for which angels might 'envy
the sons of men. But to do yet more, to
make memory like gallery hung round
with all the loveliest scenes of nature, and
all the masterpieces of art to make the
divine chorus of the poets sing for us
their choicest strains, whenever we beckon
them from the cells where they lie hidden
deep in our souls; to talk familiarity, as if
they were our living friends, with the best
and wisest men who have ever lived on
earth, and link our arms in theirs in the
never-withering groves of an eternal
Academic this is to be happy indeed. This
is to burst the bonds of space and to
bring the ages together, and lift ourselves
out of the sOrdid dust TO sit at the banquet
of heroes and of gods.-Frdnces Potcer
C0b6e
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
Utmost buried AiIHeaqYA

I We to-day met with Mr.. William Dayl
a resident. Of Springfield, III, who is "a.
turning from che California and idaho
mining -opyntrYi where he hasI been for
the past few years seeking his fortune.
Amid the many trials and adventures in.
cident to thai Wild ooontry, he related To
AS an account of some of his hair. breadth.
escapes nom death at the hands of the
IndianA y He bears the marks Of four
wounds received froml the /. red skins"
Ihe Ils = ITac.aEs d@ q 2ps lsg raves y sbSnt 9Ae
1t was while suffering fr0m Mi last named
'mishap that MI. Day came near being
buried aliVe.1 lie was wounded by an
ounce hall from ~ Indiani gun ntiie 14th
of August, 1860 and wa, confined to his
bed for about one year, d great portion of
the time just at the point of death. AT
one time he had gradually grown weaker
and weaker, until all hopes Of his recoVe-
ry were abandoned by his friends, and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
The Imagination.

D
DR. FAYER, az English physician in
India, communicates TO the Indian AEeii,
cay Gdzette an extraordinary case of the
effect Of imagination on the physical sys,
tenn. He says:
!" Some time ago, on visiting the hos.
pltal one morning, was told that a man
had been admitted during the night suf-
fering from snake bite, and that he was
very low. found him in state of great
prostration, he WIS hardly able to speak,
and seemed TO be In state of great de,
preston. He and his friends said that
during the night In going into his hut, a
snake bit him in the foot; that he was
much alarmed, and rapidly passed into q
state OF ilsensibility when they brought
him TO the hospital, They and he con,
sldeTed he was dying, and evidently re-
garded his coalition as hopeless. On be
ing asked for a description Of the snake
they replied they had caught ii and
brought it with them in bottle. The
bottle was produced, and the snake turned
out TO be small, innOoent lycedon. IL
was alive, though somewhat injured by
the treatment It had received On ex-
planning TO the man and his friends that
IL was harmless, and with some difficulty
making them believe it, the symptoms Of
poisoning rapidly disappeared, and he lefl
the hospital IS wellAs ever he WAS In his
Lie In lew hours. sl Dn ua.it s,rurahta. ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
"A Dangerous symp tom.

George B., of this city, is most invet.
crate smoker-in fact, George has been
known TO go to sleep smoking, and have
his pipe taken from his mouth, without
waking him. One day last week Uncle
Q. found pipe, which he supposed to be
Georges; And the old gentleman having
known him from the time Yhen the mem.
CRY pf that mech respected individual,
the Oldest inhabitant,o runneth not back
to, made straight break for Georges
n "IsGeorge deadw
, George deadHh exclaimed Mrs. b!
"Why mo- What in the world made you
think so, Mr.. @. - -l-t A''i1 'tf'f'1
r. why, found his pipe, and It was
Uncle C. lodged the broomstick, and
viii not be seen in that section again for
some time Raeias JousAdl. .sscgao3 ,t1s'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
POETRY.
HER LBTTBR

L. - aa saea
rs sitting alone BY the nre,
Dressed just as I came from the dance.
lna robe even You would admire
IL cost q cool thousand In France
r-li M Il hSi, ahs%VnSse n sss % on. q Slrsa'On e
In short, sir, the belle OF the season"
Is wasting an hour on you.
dozen engagements I've broken.
left in the midst OF a set;
Likewise proposal, half spoken.
That waits-on The stairs-for me vet
They say he be rich-when he gro,vs IN
And then he adores me indeed. -
''" Three thousand miles o&eas as you yoa resa.
"And how do like ny positIonr
.. And what do think of New York;
nnd now, in my higher ambition,
WY miIn whom do waltz, ni!t or taikT
. .... " ANA lent 1t nice TO have riches, ~
And dtamonds. and silks, and all thatf'
.0-I "And amt IL . change to tho duches .D9A9
Aud tunnels OF Poverty Natrrs1r e-or
ID, Wen, yesrif you sav u.out driving ;. vd
zach day In the park, fonr-in-hand-
"f III gpu saw poor, dezr mamma con,riving q
- 10 look suPernaturally grand afF -,
you saw pspat picture, ss taken
. b. BY Brady, and tinted nt that inu IrI
You'd never suspect he sold bacon
AndfiO1r at Poverty Flat. u
Aud yet Just this moment, when sitting .'
..... In the glare OF the CHANDELIER 114nf
lp the hustle and giiset bentting I'd
.. The finest soirec OF the year. -. -.l
. In the misis OF qd,ss De CaGpsberrg, ..-f
'. And the hum OF the smallest OF talk. DO
'H Somehow, Joe, thought OF the I" Ferry,w
..;r And the dance that We had on The Fork"
or Harrsons barn, wIthits mustsr E-..
Ot hats festooned over the wall;
or the candies that shed their son lustre
And tallow on headdrcss and shawl; f
'lN or the steps that We took to one fiddle, .''
VI the dress OF my queer Vis a pts -."--r
And how once went down the middle
WAN the man that shot sandy AeGee;
OF the moon that Il was quietly alesplns
ill On the hill, when the tina came to 70; ,,fr
'Wi OF tho few baby peaks that were peeplng
.oL From under the bedclothsa OF snow; 10
Ol that ride-that to me was the rarest -
h lOf-the something you said at the gate;
81. All, Joe then wasn't an heiress = ' H..t
To "thc bestpaying lead in the State"
We'll, well, it's all past, yet it', funny
TO think, as IstoOd in the glare n
or fashion and beauty and money, G197l
That should be thinking right there,
OF some one who breasted high water. ...r
And swain the North Fork and all that,
just TO dance with old Folinsbee's . daughter,
Inc Lily OF Poverty Blat tfrA
But goodnessl what nonsense I'm writing
(Aamma says my taste still is low)
Instead OF my triumphs recitng -- 90
I'm spooning on Joeeph--heigh hoi ....
And I'm TO be !" finished" by travel ........
Whatevers tho meaning OF that
., why did papa strike pay gravel
In drifting on Poverty Flatl
Good-night-heres the end OF my paper;
Good-night-if the longitude please--
For may be, while wasting my paper,
IL, Tour suns climbing over the trees. ~
y But know, II y0u haven't got riches, .... -.
And arc poor, dearest Joe, and all that,
'l That my hearts somewhere there in the bitches,
--,. And you've struck it-on Poverty Flat. o.
...a ..t.aa ...a --OpsrI0nd Monthly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

. ARA Sunday School concert al Sfeirose
some time since, as was the custom, all
present We're invited 10 ,Tecits some pas
sage from scripture. A young fellow,
who wished to create some merrfment. re.
ponded by rising and saying, Judas
went out and hung himself" A young
lady Immediately rose and recited the
selection, "Go thou and do likewise"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21
How to Make MoIa,ses Candy.

Now that these long winter nights shad-
dow more than half of the time, "candy
pulling" is in vogue. AS the candy Is
usually made, Ii is long tedions process,
requiring from one TO three hours. These
long hours of waiting are longer by having
to endure the heat while stirring the
molasses, The waste of fuel is another
objection to the old method. BY follow
ing this recipe, all of this tedionsness and
Yexation win be avoided; -..,
n For small number, say four persons,
these quantities win answer. For q
larger, increase proportionally. 100 sl
One teaGupful Of mOlasses.
Half q .teaeupful of any kind OF sugar.
I A teaspOOnful Of vinegar.
! A piece of butter the size of half nut
meg. .....-.. -r-.tr .I. Irs .-f-as ~
Put the whole in skillet, OH hot
fire, and boil exactly ten minutes, stirring
II all the time, then set it TO cool. Pull Il
as soon as II Is hard enough. ~
Boiling II twelve minutes win make 1t
hard enough. Eight minutes win not be
enough, Ten minutes by Che clock Is the
exact Tine. 800 :. g.gm 81 iref
Follow these directions, and we'll apay
for all the oand that won't pull---pFoYided
we are invited 70 test II. A-Brehd1sge. q y
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

MI pEAKs HOufsay am cold toward YOU.
yoa and me eet-oh. bste to write n; Ioof A. he
top OF the letter and you1l hnd il. Yes, thats II
let's me and yOu Eet-oh, you understand ms
Aheetionately yours, ever.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

determination of some old letters that
remained in a Confederate post-ofIioe,
brought TO light this unique love letter
The writer ka1l evidently been tannted
by her lover With being ge cold,S and she
vindicatady herself very triumphantly In
the following modest but sufficient init
nation Of her desire:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

AT funeral in Brooklyn church, the
other day, six ladies had their pockets
picked. One Of the victims was robbed
while looking at the corpse.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

{ AS AN Indication OF the great scarcity
of employment for women in San Fran
cisco, it may be stated that an advertise
ment for girl to attend a store in that city
resulted in ninety-six applications for the
situation.
, 1870-06-16

Tho se1enteenth section forbids the promo.
tio1 q ARTILLERY ofaoets below tho grade Of
Tho eightesnth section makes It unlawful for
An. A almy otnsef TO nolo any cavA otfee by else-
t,on Or spponfment, and makes his soceptanc'
OF hny sueh once vacation OF h'a army CON-
n1isS1oo'
a4ha- HGgan, t;e!s IN n fesponse to N ar; iaao,ty
VIZ S1 .ta. !a's ~ appneo also TO reared olo's'7'
Ha1n ~ .oaGa s.;aa1 uo. .,.. o.,-
-, ane ~ ~ nne1eentn M aecnon PROVIDES tnas nn9 no
ing ths .ne on ana he sonsssuea ,ana ients
tenants te OF graduates Of the Military Academy.
Inc swenteth section directs tue plep1fanoa t'..
oy ine seeret1ry OF Wsr o. gGneFn1 1oa1;3s 15as
regmAnons. Lbs tWenty-hrst seetion 1oro9s
the students IN tho Military and hAgA @ !! Assd- ed
sm,ea to BE- kept At studies OF d5e On n9n,
dayB. The tTenty-sscond section permits
one trading establishment at any military poet
on the frontier not in the vicinity OF any city
or town. The tweuty-third section permits 70
tised o&cera, on their own applications, to be
detailed to be professors IN colleges, but nc not
to be allowed additional compensation =, The
, 1870-06-16
AlnW1Ehf, lIlllef bond Q
SETTLED
'nomRs A. SchHne. Dec,
Recorders Court.

EO11CE,
The prisoners In Jail under Indictments found by
The Granu Jury OF this term, will be arraigned on
Friday. Criminal trials Will be commenced on
Monday next
, 1870-06-16
ROME
The Nnrth-G German Note to Cardinal
AntonclI1--Nap0lc Fosttton GU
lnfa llibtlitY Sk1HtAimed.

The Paris Gazignani and other papers,
quoting from the Augs1urg Gazette. givo the
text OF a noto presented BY the Northern Con-
federation to Cardinal Antonelli. 1t backs u
the French note in overy point. Tho language
is very firm, and Oh come points very striking;
par e1emph, in the passages Of which tue fol-
lowing arc substantially the contents:
"TGe Cabinet of tho Tuileries having re-
questcd Us to support the represents tations
which it has Just submitted to the Holy Father
as President Of the Council, we could not hes
itate 10 join in measure Judged wise and
even urgent By many Catholics, who hope TO
see the result OF the great Roman Assembly
lead to the establishment Of civil and religious.
tranquility"
Again
ain Germany tho Christians, Catholic and
Protestant, mnst associate pcacoably. Under
he influence Of daily contact differences seem
20 rapidly disappearing that without saying
that religion will blend entirely, it may be
hoped it ia possible they may continue to crush
the many theories which are destroying religi-
GUS sentiment"
The document winds up with . little rather
Jrienas and in the lindest of spirits, to the
effect that the Ecumentcal Council had better
not offend eections Of the Catholic Church in
Germany and France:
sin submitting these observations to the
Holy Sec We are in no way influenced by the
ideas Of those whom tho Court Of Rome con-
siders, perhaps, as its enemies. We have 70
interest in weakening tho authority Of the
Sovereign Pontif. It il q friendly power, and
for lie purpose Of rendering fresh service to
the Vatican, we would wish, by tho frank
ness with which we speak on the difficulties Of
our position, and on the dangers Of religious
crisis, to tn and eliminate from the pro-
gramne Of the council anything that might
Compromise tie generally satisfactory posi-
ton OF the Catholic Church in Germany.
''N We could AatteE ourselves with having in
any way contributed to auch o result, We
should not only feel indebted to the wisdom Of
the Holy See, but We should consider it eyt
another motive for persevering in Tho line Of
conduct WHICH We have always followed in our
relations with tho Roman Court.
"CoUNr D'AnS1N-"