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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

dent to revise the civil service of
the government met in Washington on the
2Sth. All the members were present.
George William Curtis was appointed
Chairman, and Il. B. Elliott Secretary.
After conversation of general character
the board adjourned to meet the next day.
A German laborer, of East Hamilton,
o., dangerously shot himself on the 2Sth,
with pistol, while endeavoring to show
by-standers how Mr.. Vallandigham killed
himself
George L. Putnam, the newly appointed
Postmaster Of Mobile, has been tried upon
an indictment of the grand jury charging
him with bribery. The evidence adduced
failed to substantiate the charge, and the
jury rendered verdict of acquittal with
out leaving their seats.
Lieutenant Hugh Mckee, reported in the
dispatches as killed in the fight with the
Coreans, was from Louisville, KY, where
his family is well.known and highly re-
spected.
The Republican State Convention Of
Maine, at Portland, on the Goth ult., re.
nominated Sydney Perham for Governor,
by acclamation.
The New Hampshire Legislature, on the
Goth ult., chose the following State officers /:
Railroad Commissioner, David Gilchrist,
Democrat and Labor Reformer; Secre-
tary of State, John H. Lopdale, Democrat
and Labor Reformer; State Treasurer, l..
W. Cogswell.
In New York, on the Goth ult., the Phil
adelphia Athletics defeated the Mutuals,
of the former city, in a game of base-ball
% to 4.
The following appointments were made
by the President on the Goth; VIM. II.
Haines, Commissioner of Customs; Lewis
II. Douglass, Member of the Legislative
Council of the District of Columbia; FL
dredge W. Little, of New Mexico Wilson
H. Griffith and Henry Probosco, of Ohio,
Commissioners under the act to provide
for the centennial celebration of indepen-
dence at Philadelphia ex-United States
Senator Willard Warner, Collector of Gus
toms at Mobile, Ala, in place of DR.. Mil
Ter, of Washington, D. @.
The Republican Territorial Convention,
of Montana, has nominated William H..
Claggett, of Deer Lodge, for Delegate tc
Congress.
The third trial of ex-Mayor Cahoon, of
Richmond, Va, for completely in forgery,
was concluded on the Goth ult., the jury
finding him guilty, with accommodation
to Executive clemency. He was sentenced
to two years in the Penitentiary.
The Republican State Central Commit
tee of Kentucky has nominated Rev. VIM.
NJ. Pratt, Baptist minister, to I'LL the va
cancy on the ticket for Superintendent OF
Public Instruction.
At Baltimore, on the Goth, game OF
base. ball between the Cleveland Forest
Citys and the Pastimes, of the former city,
resulted in victory for the former club
| 80 to 8.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07
Manufacture of Spring Knives.

Few people, says the Mechanics MdgG-
riRe, have any idea through what num-
Der of hands their pocket knives have
passed in the process of manufacture. A
bar of steel destined to furnish a number
of blades is heated to redness. A length
is cut off, and the forger speedily "moods"
this, that is, shapes it roughly into the
form of a pocket knife blade. Another
heating is then required to fit the end for
being fashioned into the tang, and yet an
other before it can undergo the further
operation of "smithing," the last stage of
which is the stamping of the mark of the
thumb nail to facilitate opening The tang
is then ground, and the blade marked with
the name of the firm The slight bulge
on the reverse side caused by this opera
tion is removed by fire or the grindstone.
The blade is then hardened by heating it
to redness and then plunging it into water
up to the tang. The tempering process
follows next, the blush yellow tint being
considered as indicating that the proper
degree of heat at which to immerse the
blade once more in cold water has been
attained. After this the various kinds of
blades are classified in the warehouse, and
undergo sundry grinding operations to fit
them for being HATED. Twelve distinct
processes have by this time been gone
through, and many more are necessary
before the knife is completely finished, al.
though the number of hands which it has
now to pass through depends in great
measure on the finish to be given to the
handle, according to the quality of the
blades with which it is fitted, and the
price which the completed article is in
tended TO realize.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07
The Sexton Beetle.

Nor many years ago there lived a man
in Germany, l think, who was extremely
fond of studying the habits of animals so
much so that he devoted almost all his
time to the observation of insects, becom-
ing what is termed by scientific men an
entomologist He had, from time to time,
placed in his garden the dead bodies of
moles and mice, and as often had missed
them, for they all soon disappeared in a
most mysterious manner. He determined
one day to discover, if possible, the cause
of this; 80 he placed himself on guard
over one or two fresh bodies, and COM
menced his watch. 1t was not long be-
fore he beheld some beetles alight upon
them. His interest was, of course, ex-
cited, and he watched them through the
whole of their work, which ended in TIE
burial of the dead bodies. Not feeling
satisfied with this, and wishing TO watch
their proceedings more carefully, he cap
tured four of these insect grave-diggers
and ENGAGED them within a glass case hall
filed with earth, placing upon the surface
of the same two dead frogs, one OF which
was buried in twelve hours, and the other
on the third day. Then he placed in the
case dead bird, and the beetles immedi-
ately began their operations by removing
then at the feathers from below in order
to drag it into the grave. The male now
drove off the female, and continued the
work all alone for five long hours, now
lifting up the body, then turning and ar,
ranging it in its grave, and coming out
from time to time to mount the carcass
and tread it under foot. At length, ap
parently fatigued with hard work, he came
forth, and resting his head upon the earth
sank into slumber, not exhibiting the
slightest motion for full an hour, when h'
again set to work. Next morning thu
bird was an inch and half below the sur
face, and at evening it had sunk an incl
lower. In another day the work was com
pleted, and the body covered. He addeC
other dead bodies from time 10 time, 81
that the four beetles deposited in grave
within that narrow cemetery, no less thai
twelve bodies in fifteen days. Now wha
do you think of your beetles9 l ono
read of an ingenious comparison betweel
the strength Of this beetle and that OF
man which, calculating a mole TO be fort,
times as large as the beetle, showed that
man to do an equal amount of labor L
proportion to his size, would have TO inte
in two days an animal forty times as larg
as himself.-Oar Young Folks.
| NT,,,.,, sida Of n horaa invariably he
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07
Another SwindlIng Dodge.

The counterfeit money swindlers have
changed their tactics, and are busying
themselves in writing letters to hundreds
of persons in various parts of the country,
announcing that certain of their relatives
have died at imaginary hotels in this city,
leaving valuable baggage which will be at
their disposal on payment of the hotel bills
incurred by the deceased. One of these
letters, received yesterday by Marshal
Hart, of the Mayors office, for investiga-
ton, reads thus:
BROADWAY HOTEL, No. $50 BROADWAY,
NEw York, May 81, 1871.
Mrs. S, B. Shaw, Omaha, Nebraska:
DKAR MADAM: We write to-day to inform you OF
q sad occurrence that happened at our hotel some
two days ago. An elderly lady stopped with ns
as - Mrs. Shaw, Omaha, Neb." Two days ago
she died very suddenly of apoplexy. Mrs. Shaw
had two travelling trunks with her. ON examin-
ing these we found them full of rich dresses, i'm
ported laces and hne undergarments; also fine
gold watch and chain, and in the tray OF one the
trunks was Jewel case, well filed with elegant
jewelry and dimond cluster ring, worth at least
$500. We found a number of legal papers marked
valuable, which we suppose were .sets deeds
written to "Mrs s. 3,.shs' B: shaw, r. living ing
millinery business. On seeing this letter and sup
posing you to be some relative, We concluded TO
write TO you. The trunks are evidently very val
liable, and perhaps may be worth great deal TO
| you. We would be pleased 70 nave you sehu LOT
| Mrs. shaw's two trunks, thinking you are the
| proper person to have them.
| We would also say that Mrs. Shaw owes us Q
balance OF 5000 for board BILL etc. Please remit
| to us by registered letter the small amount men
toned and we will take great pleasure in forward
| ing you the tive trunks. Hoping TO hear from you
as early Us possible, we remain,
| HUNTINGTON s. Bro,
Broadway Hotel, No. 2s9 Broadway, New York
| city.
On receiving the epistle, Marshal Hart
sent Captain Thorne in search of the
Broadway Hotel, No. 2S9 Broadway, Hun
tington & Bro, proprietors. But the Cap
tain soon returned with the report that ne
such hotel could be found on the premises
named.-Nelo York Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

The Virginia Court of Appeals has
expressed an opinion upon intoxication as
affecting responsibility for crime. A man
was tried for murder in the first degree.
The counsel held that he could not, when
under the influence of liquor, form a pre-
meditated purpose. The Court of APP
peals, to which the case was taken, re-
viewed the whole doctrine of drunken
ness as affecting crime, and sustained the
view Of the counsel for the prisoner, that
drunkenness is proper subject TO be
taken into consideration in determining
where a man is guilty of murder in the
first degree, the requisite of which is will.
iulness, deliberation, and premeditation,
The court laid down the doctrine that
voluntary drunkenness was no excuse for
crime, even if insanity be produced, or il
insanity be the immediate result of the
use of liquor If, however, insanity be re-
mOtely the result of the use of intoxicating
liquors, than it is an excuse for crime.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

The following salaries are paid to Su-
perintendents of city schools at the places
named Cleveland, Ohio, $4,000; Colum-
bus, Ohio, $2,50O; Toledo, $2,700; Gin
cinnat, $500; Painesville, Ohio, $4,000 !
Akron, Ohio, $2,500;; New York city has
five School Superintendents OF different
grades, whose aggregate salaries are $780,
$50.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

IT is stated that there are now no less
than 214 weeds which have been introduc-
ed into the United States from foreign
countries, and principally from England.
AS proof ofthe rapidity with which use
less plants are accidently brought over the
seas, it is said that in 1887 there were only
1877 foreign weeds known in this country,
called NeD Eagland Rarities, gave list of
twenty-five plants, which the author con.
sidered had sprung up since the English
had kept cattle in New England.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

ANGER is the most impotent passion
that accompanies the mind of man. 1t
effects nothing il goes about, and hurts the
man who is possessed by It more than any
other against whom 1t is directed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

Over 100 girls have graduated from
American colleges the past year. The ma
jority Of them were medical students.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

WHICH side of horse invariably has
the most hair onp The outside.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-07

A SNUG PLAoE-The county Jail.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14
Curious Fate Of a Marriage Ring.

As l am on the subject of curiosities,
I may mention that I was shown tie
other day by gentleman here, a plain
gold wedding ring to which curious
history attaches. A fisherman of Trin-
ity Bay, on opening the stomach Of q
Goldfish one day last summer, found in
it, to his astonishment, this ring. 1t
is rather massive, and on the inside arc
engraved the words, "God abov con-
tinew our love-" Judging by the Or
typography of this motto, one would be
inclined to conclude that the ring must
be at least couple of centuries old;
but then it may be modern engraving
of an ancient line, the spelling being
left unaltered. Perhaps some OF our
readers may be able to point to the au-
thorship of the motto. But the ques-
ton is, where did the Goldfish PICK "
up2 Was the golden circlet placed on
some fair, taper finger before the after
the blushing, trembling bride, hal.
tears, half smiles, holding up her mana
to receive the emblem ofplighted afiec-
ton, on which her fond lover had gos
inscribed the motto, "God abov con-
tinew our love ~ Did some years OF
happy welded life follow, and then dla
la terrible calamity close The sceneI
We picture to ourselves storm IN tno
wild Atlantic, sinking ship, husband
and wife clasped in one another's arms
going down into the "dark, unfatliom-
ed caves ofthe ocean," pale and gllas''
ly they are. laid on the floor Of the
great deep; the tangled seaweed Is gu
twined with the long, fair hair. ino
delicate hand become the prey OF fisies'
and the golden circlet finds resting
place in the NAV of the all-devouring
cod. Strange destiny! but stranger
still, the ring is drawn with the fish IN
to the boat of the fisherman, ara j
now a curiosity IN the nabus VI e'i@N
gers! who knows but were the taie
have told widely circulated on tue
wings of the press, it might meet tne
eye of some surviving relative OF tne
wearer who could identify it by the nn'
usual motto, and to whom it would Dt
unspeakably precious. / am in posi-
ton to guarantee the truth oftle story
The evidence is conclusive that IL "a'
found as / have described ; and 'h'
storing probability is that it came IRON
the wreck of some unfortunate vesse
that persisted near these shores, or per
haps far out in the Atlantic.
|
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

To MAKE HOME HAppY.-To make
Home truly happy, says an Exchange,
there should be no concealments; for
they are the cankerworms. Let each
woman tell her troubles and follies
freely to her husband, and he will
assist her out of them. He is her
other self, and not her judge and
master. If a man confde in his wife,
her penetration and quick wit will
often see things that escape him. We
are in the world all day; our minds
are occupied by many details; but
she sits at home, often alone, or with
but anfant companion. She thinks
over what her husband has told her,
and sees it in many lights; she has
had the time which he wanted. The
discovery that there has been secret
ezcites jealousy, and loosens the ties
of affection on either side. Without
perfect and entire confidence, mar
ried happiness is seldom lasting.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

THE HUMAN Form DIvINE.-What
sad havoc Scrofula infiicts on the hu-
man system. How Rheumatism dis
torts the frame. What misery the in.
judicious use of Calomel entails. How
sad the effects of Syphilis transmitted
from parent to child. Would you
avoid these terrible Affections, fail moi
to use DR.. TUFTS SARSAPARILLA
AND QUEENS DELIGHT. 1t pene.
trates every fibre of the system, ever
into the bones, and eradicates every
trace of disease.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

UThe Church Weekly regards it
as a great blunder in the Episcopal
Church that SO many are admitted to
her communion from the sects, Pres
byterians, Baptists, Congregational
lists and Methodists. They bring
with them their sectarian notions,
and it is difficult to reduce them to
the proper standard of doctrine and
discipline.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

V We have gone through week
OF the worst, most horrid aud unple-
cedented weather, it has ever fallen to
the lot of the Democrat to report. 1t
has been a continued torrent OF rains,
and the heaviest of East winds. All
day Saturday the river here was per-
feet sea of angry waves; no one can
remember such an event before. As
for the cane, corn and cotton crops, par
ticularly cotton and corn, they may
be considered ruined, detroyed, drown
ed out beyond redemption. The cane
may yet come out, provided the wealth
er holds up and il can be gotten out Of
the grass. The immense fields of oul
Parish are a grand pasture ground
The river in front of Town is very
high, has gone up three feet, and still
rising. 1t is now two feet hi CHER thar
the highest OF the season. A further
rise of fifteen inches will put it over il
dozen places.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

IL A wife in San Francisco lately
put q petition for divorce in the court,
on the ground that her husband was a
COMPOUNDED fool" The Judge, who
was an old bachelor, would not admit
the plea, because, lie said, every man
who gets married would be liable to
the same imputation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

~ A revenue officer by the name
of Burdeck, engaged in the parish of
Natchitoches, forgetting that such a
thing as law for Federal officers in this
State existed, attempted to assume
power not warranted by any authority
and proceeded to execute his arbitrary
decision, when he was met by an in
junction from the parish court, OF
which Jugde Myers was the presiding
officer. Believing that U. S. officials
were not answerable to the authority
of State courts, this carpet Dagger and
adventurer thought that he could dis
regard the orders of Judge Myers with
impunity. But the youngster was soon
disabused of this notion when he found
himself lodged in Jail for contempt Of
court. Hoping to redress the injury
Mr.. Burdeck caused the arrest of Judge
Myers and the attorney of the plain,
tiff, Mr.. Jack, on charge of conspir.
ing to obstruct a U. S. officer in the
discharge of his duties. Upon this
charge these gentlemen have been
arrested and brought to this city, and
will appear to-day before U. S. Com.
missioner Weller for examination
There is no doubt of their immediate
discharge, and the probability is that
Mr.. Burdeck will find himself indicted
for perjury and for malicious prosecu.
ton. A few months service in the
penitentiary would improve the morals
and official conduct of Mr.. Burdeck, il
that be his name.-[New Orleans
| Commercial Bulletin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

u We are thankful for Western pa
pcrs to the St. Louis Packet, III. NJ.
Slreve; and for New Orleans papers
to the Texas, c. II. Durfee, John T.
Moore and B. L. Hodge No. 2.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

Dg- A resolution providing for an
amendment to the State Constitution
to confer suffrage on women has
been defeated in the Massachusetts,
House, by vote of sc to 6S.! The
Senate rejected the bill to regulate
the hours of labor in factories, by a
large majority.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

To YOUNG MEN.-Let the business.
says an Exchange, of every one alone
and attend to your own. Do not buy
what you do not want. Use every
hour to advantage, and study to
make leisure hour useful. Look
over your books regularly. If any
misfortune come upon your business,
retrench, work harder, but never fly
the track. Confront difficulties with
unfinching perseverance, and you
will be honored; but shirk and you
will be despised. Seek to acquire
the power of continuous application,
without which you cannot expect
success. If you do this, you will be
able to perceive the difference which
it creates between you and those who
have not such habits. You will moi
count yourself, nor will they count
you as one of them. Thus you viii
find yourself emerging into the high
er regions of intellectual and earnes
men; men who are capable of max
ing place for themselves, instead O.
idly gaping, desiring place.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

w Time and Tide do not interfere
with the Iron Steamer, John T. Moore.
She was up to time to minnie Mon
day morning. She goes down to-mor-
at l2 M.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

70 The following are the Police Ju-
rors appointed for the Parish of YER
non: Eliza Self, James Tolbert, Thos.
H. j. Richardson, Henry Scoggins and
C. d. Collins,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

pw Happy the child who is suffer-
ed to be, and contentto be what God
meant it to be-a child while child
hood lasts. t @
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

D The Cincinnati Packet, Edin-
burgh, passed down on Monday with
53s bales of cotton, consigned through
to New York.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

- Study to be more consistent in
principle, and more uniform in prac-
tice, and your peace will be more I'M
broken. g4
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

u The meeting of the Rapides Base
Ball Club, which was to have taken
place on Friday, will be held on Thurs
day, June 10th,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14

D Monday we escaped without
rain; had hot sunshine all day. The
river came to stand that night, and
at this hour, Tuesday morning, has the
appearance of falling. Weather per-
uniting, we will escape an overflow.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-14
Our Death and Our Destiny.

The fiat of nature is memorable.
There is no appeal of relief from the
great law which dooms us to dust.
We flourish and fade as the leaves OF
the forest, and the flowers that bloom
and wither in day have no Trailer
hold upon life than the mightiest
monarch that ever shook the earth
with his footsteps. Generations OF
men will appear and wither as the
grass, and the countless multitudes
that throng the world to-day will to-
morrow disappear as the footsteps on
the shore.
Men seldom think of the great
event of death until the shadow falls
across their own path, hiding from
their eyes the traces of loved ones,
whose living smiles were the sunlight
of their existence. Death is the an
tagonist of life, and the cold thought
of the tomb is the skeleton at all
feasts. We do not want to go through
the dark valley, although it's passage
may lead to paradise; and with
Charles Lamb, we do not want to lie
down in the grave even with kings
and princes for our bed-fellows.
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the
instincts of Immortality, SO eloquent
ly uttered by the death-devoted
Greek, find deep response in every
thoughtful soul. When about to yield
his young existence as a sacrifice tc
fate, his beloved Clemantha asks il
they shall not meet again, to which
he replies II asked that dreadful
question of the hills that look eterna
of the clear streams that flow for
ever-of the stars among whose fields
of azure my raised spirit has walked
upon thy living face, feel that there
is something in the love that NANTES
through it's beauty that can not Who'll
ly perish. We shall meet again, Gle
mantha. > George D. Prentice,