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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
Harmony.

WE believe it is agreed, even by the
members of the select convention recently
held at Cincinnati, that the Republican
party, as embracing the men of progress
i've ideas in this country, and representa-
tive of liberal principles, in respect to the
conduct of public affairs is necessity.
1t is necessity, moreover, because the
only other political organization existing
in the country is totally unfit to take
charge of the government. Wherever it
is in power, there corruption is the rule,
honesty the exception. But this might
not be complete cause for utter condemna.
tion of the party, which might purge itself
of its dishonest officials, and elect honest
men in their places. But even then we
should be no better off than before, be.
cause the avowed principles of the party
are those of retrogression, injustice, and
/ political iniquity. There has not been a
State, fallen under Democratic control
that has not undertaken to nullify the most
liberal provisions of the constitution, and
to make it again an embodiment of injus
tice and wrong, instead Of representative
of political justice and truth, the freedom
and the rights of all men. The political
victories gained by the Republican party
are no less grand than the finest victories
/ OI bn6 WAL. w nCI bIuln anu luoIlCO pIo
vailed in the triumph of the Fourteenth
Amendment, more was done for man thar
when Sherman, and Thomas, and Hooker
and theTest under Grant, drove the rebels
out of their works on Mission Ridge, anC
broke the backbone of the rebellion
When political caste was banished from
our fundamental law, by the adoption o
| the Fifteenth Amendment, the real vic
tory was greater than that when Lee sur
rendered, and the rebel hosts dispersed
The first of these great political victorie
the Democratic party would perforc
leave untouched. The next II would re
verse, if 1t could. And should 1t succeed
it would infict an unspeakable calamit.
upon the country.
There is, however, a national necessit
for the maintainance of the Republicai
party. In consequence thereof, there
necessity for harmony and good feeling /
the party. Is this necessary harmony s
far injured by TIE disputes upon minor Al
fairs, either in regard TO dogmas or pei
sons, as to threaten the integrity of tn
party and its disintegTationS We thin
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
How to Prevent Sprigg Sickness.

THERE are great many people who
are subject to "bilious attack every
spring, and who expect it as a matter of
course. The Herald cf Health says there
is no more need for people being thus sick
in the spring than at any other time of
the year, if they only know how to live.
This periodical sickness can be prevented
simply by regulating the diet. Not that
all persons who have been subject to such
attacks year after year, for long time,
can always overcome the difficulty at once
We are all such creatures of habit that
when anything becomes established in
this way there is strong tendency to its
return at the regular time, even after the
producing cause has ceased to operate; /;
consequently, in bad cases, it sometimes
takes several years to overcome it entirely.
Under proper regimen the attacks will
grow less severe every year until they en-
tirely disappear.
During cold weather people eat larger
quantities than usual of carbonaceous food,
such as fat meats, sugar, butter, bread,
cake and other preparations of white or
superfine flour, nuts, fats, syrups, etc. OF
course much larger quantity of carbon
aceous food is required by the system in
cold weather than in warm, but as
a general thing people eat too much
of it, clog up their systems with
the excess, and overburden the
excretory organs, particularly the
liver, in vain efforts TO get rid of it.
Those who take great deal of out door
exercise are usually enabled to work it off,
and seldom suffer much in consequence,
except in hot weather; while those who
lead sedentary, indoor life suffer most.
When warm weather comes on in the
spring, people require much less carbona-
ceous food, but instead of changing their
mind as the weather changes, they con-
tinue to eat the same kinds of food they
have been eating during the coldest
weather of winter, and the consequence is
that the already overburdened liver is un.
able to bear up under this extra load, and
utterly refuses to perform its functions
until it has had chance to rest and throw
off its accumulated burdens. Now to pre-
vent this state of things two things are
necessary. First, people must eat less
proportion of carbonaceOus food at all
times. Second, as the weather grows
warmer in the spring they must cat much
less quantity of it than they do in cold
weather, and substitute instead more veg
etables and acid fruits. Every family
should have large supply of canned
fruits and green vegetables to use at thi:
time of year. For single article there il
nothing so good as tart apples, and they
should be used in unlimited quantities.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
Good Advice to DyspeptIcs.

IF man wishes to get rid of dyspepsia
he must give his stomach and brains less
to do. II will be of no service TO him to
follow any particular regimen-to live on
chaf bread, or any such stutf-tO weigh
hisfood, ETC., so long as the brain is in a
constant state of excitement. Let that
have proper rest, and the stomach will
perform its functions. But if he pass
fourteen or fifteen hours day in his office
or counting-room, and take no exercise,
his stomach will inevitably become par
alyzed, and if he puts nothing into it but a
cracker day, it will not digest 1t, In
many cases it is the brain that is the pri-
mary cause. Give that delicate organ some
rest. Leave your business behind you
when you go TO your home. Do not sit
down to your dinner with your brows
knit, and your mind absorbed in casting up
interest accounts. Never abridge the
usual hours of sleep Take more or less
exercise in the open air every day. Allow
yourself some innocent recreation. Eat
moderately, slowly, and ofwhat you please,
provided 1t be not the shovel and tongs
If any particular dish disagrees with you
however, never touch II, or look at 1t. Do
not imagine that you must live on rye
bread nor oatmeal porridge; reasonable
quantity of nutritious food is essential To
the mind as we'll as the body. Above all
Danish all thoughts of the subject. If you
have any treatises on dyspepsia, domestic
medicine, etc, put them directly into the
fire. If you are constantly talking and
thinking about dyspepsia, you will surely
have 1t. Endeavor to forget that you have
a stomach. Keep clear conscience live
temperately, regularly, cleanlyi be indus
uious, too, but be temperate. .-B0stoI
Journal Of CtemiStrg.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

with the jolting and M. Despard steadied
the milk-can as much as he could, whis-
pering that they were nearly safe. They
were close upon the Prussian line.
The glare of blvouac fire shOne on the
spiked helmets of the Plussian Landwehr
an Uhlan sat, lance in hand, upon his poor
horse, sbriveled up beneath the wind and
rain. Cultural sounds of jolly laughter
came from the group of officers and men
pulling huge clouds of smoke from their
long pipes as the donkey drew near, and at
the two peasant women and the mllk-can
the laughter grew louder and longer An
officer said something, and one of the sol
ders stepped forward and gave the milk
can a ringing blow with the butt end of
his rifle. This was too much for Marie
she gave scream of terror
The group was astonished. One of the
great bearded soldiers advanced and took
off the cover, and then, calling an officer,
he pointed out the poor little girl fainting
at the bottom of the can. nj. Despard
was in agony, yet restrained himeelE He
was ready to fight thousand soldiers for
his child. But, to his surprise, the great
bearded giant took up the little Marie as
tendei1y as mother might. "What a
milk canr shouted the soldiers The
officers smiled; Ursule showed her white
teeth; SO merry were they all, that Marie
could not realize what had happened. She
sprahE to her father.
"Oh, father, take me ewsy."
"Hal hal" laughed the deep bSss voices.
Herr Papa in petticoats"
However, when NJ. Despard had told
his STORY, after communicating with the
brigadier, father and child were passed
through the lines by the Prussiats, and
reached home after few days.
The wind aud waves roared. No mother
sat at home; and they entered the village
all was still. No light in the easement
The clock struck ten. they went to the
good clergyman's home, who with Up.
turned eyes and hands welcomed them
Marie should stay by the fire, if Mr.. Des
pard would go up to the little church on
the hill. There, if anywhere, his wife
would be. So he went up the mountain
roads.
Through the mist shone the little
church. Within he saw kneeling worship
ers. Yes, there in the corner, with tear
stained face, was his own loved wife. How
grandly came the storm psalm from the
ssa Lord, have mercy on u.s." rang
from the choir.
He had heard that sudden Joy may kill
| He stood behind buttress and plucked q
neighbor's sleeve-a cross old man-"Loavt
me alonel" he snarled. He touched an
other; she knew him with q little stare
and went in and prepared the wife and
mother. He could see the sudden CLEAN
the hurried upward glance. In moment
they were In each others arms.
In another half-hour all three were
kneeling in the good pastors study, in de
vout thankfulness; and that day was KEEP
by the whole family as Thanksgiving
day in the little church over the sea, or
the Breton coast.
The milk-can is their drawingroom'i
pride.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
The Party Line.

THE serenade to Senator Morton was
not merely memorable incident in that
statesman's personal experience. II was,
rather, an event in the political history of
the country, for, as the Times asserts, 1t
struck the key note of the Presidential
campaign. II was not "the new depart.
ure" for which the Cincinnati Tooley
tailors and the "yard stick " of the Chicago
Tribune sigh. On the contrary it was
declaration, clear and far reaching, that
the Republican party holds fast, and will
continue to hold, its original Southern
policy. Under whatever form the issue
may be raised, the same fidelity to the in
terest of the Union and its friends will be
maintained. The evident object of the
serenade was TO reassure the public on the
point
The Indiana Senator repeated what he
had formerly said in the Senate, namely:
that while all Democrats are not Ku.Klux,
all Ku Klux are Democrats. This accusa-
tlon against the party was admitted to be
true by Bayard, of Delaware. II may
therefore be set down as an indisputable
fact. This was the first point made in the
speech. The membership of the Klan Is
estimated at 100000. 1t may be more, it
may be less. The exact figures are not at
all important. 1t is enough TO know that
hundreds of thousands of Democrats are
now enrolled in an armed organization for
the avowed purpose of overthrowing the
reconstruction works of Congress. That
such is the object of the organization Is
not denied, and it is admitted that violence
is the method of overthrowing agreed
upon.
So far, there is no reason for contro-
versy. Now, the question comes up.
Ul,ak sa 81 lNA NI,,
dangered was established by Federal and
not State authority, and the laws which it
is proposed to render null and void were
passed by Congress. The President of the
| United States has sworn to execute those
acts of Congress, as he has to enforce all
other national legislation. What, then,
could be palmer than the duty of the
| Chief Magistrate of the Republic to main
tain law and order in the South? Yet the
| Tribune devotes a column editorial to the
subject, elaborately denying the authority
of the President and Congress, and insist
ing that the suppression of the Ku-Klux
outrages should be left entirely to State
authorities. Its opposition is, however, oi
no consequence, except as a token of its
own apostacy
Last Thursday the Republican members
of the Lower House of Congress were
unanimous in the support of the bill which
the Tribune cries out against, and even SC
conservative man as Senator Trumbul
approves it. Never was the party more
harmonious than it is to-day in the sup
port of the pending measure to secure
throughout the whole country "equal and
exact Justice for all men," Until that i:
done the Republican party will raise nc
other issue, and the people will trust nc
other party Chicago Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

a yellowish white color, thick and glutin-
GUS, resembling, in its general appearance,
good rich cream. There was no unpleas-
ant odor preceptible from 1t, nor did any
of us experience any disagreeable sensa-
ton, though standing near by when the
sop was being discharged. This was 30
slow an operation that it required nearly
an hour to fill two.ounce vial. Mean
time 1t was desirable to procure some of
the leaves and branches, but these were
beyond or reach as the lowest branch was
at least one hundred feet from the ground,
and, although the men could easily have
climbed up by the vines, the surgeon In
charge of the party refused to let them
make the attempt, fearing that their hands
and feet might become poisoned.
At last, having loaded all our carbines
with ball. q particular limb was selected,
and we fired together, by this means Sc
curing several fine specimens.
Having obtained matter enough of all
kinds to satisfy the demands Of science,
we returned to the ship, arriving on board
at 2 o'clock in the morning, highly graft
fed by the result of our visit to this great
natural curiosity, which had been one Of
the wonders and mysteries of our boy
hood,-H W. Dodge, IN AppLetOn's Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

not. Congress is evidently in better
feelingInow than 1t was fortnight ago. II
will probably be In better feeling fort.
night hence than now. Time will heal
the effects of the unfortunate dispute be-
tween the President and Mr.. Sumner. The
question of the annexation of San Domin-
so will not be permitted to seriously
divide the party, or be the cause, for any
great length of time, of any debate what
ever. The disputes upon questions of
finance and taxation will be settled in
time. AS for the question of legislation
for the States lately in rebellion and still
in turmoil, Republicans differ in regard
70 the proper means to bring about the de-
sired result, and, in the present improved
temper of Congress, a good practical poll
cy may be confidently expected. Those,
therefore, who were but just now so busy
in predicting the speedy disruption of the
Republican party, find that, Congress hav-
ing settled down TO work, the spirit of
Cancellation and harmony prevails quite
as much as it ever did in that party, or
may be expected ever to prevail in an
organization of intelligent men, governed
by principle, devoted to IDEAS and heartily
agreed upon all essential points of doc
| trine.- Chicdqo Poet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

as in the main unchanged, and says the
government will act at the proper time
Commune accounts of victory at Paris
are false. They are unprincfpled. Our
victory will come bloodlessly.p
A London dispatch of the 14th-- p. M
says the Versailles forces had been
repulsed everywhere around Paris. The
damage to buildings in Paris so far, by
shells from the Government guns,
amounted to about 100000 francs
A dispatch from before Paris on the
evening of the 14th says the Versailles
forces still occupied the vicinity of the
bridge of Neuilly, and the detachment
which the insurgents were cndeavoring to
force to recross the Seine remained on the
island of Grand Jatte, and awaited rein
forcements. The situation on the south
eide of the city remained unaltered,
A New York special Of the 14th to the
Chicago Tribune says Private cable
dispatches received in this city tonight
announce the complete success of the
Communists in the battles around Paris,
MacMahon is on the retreat, badly beaten,
and panic reigns at Versailles. The ulti-
mate triumph of the Reds appears to be
conceded both in Versailles and in Lon
don. 1t is thought that the Theirs Gov
ernmeht will return to Bordeaux"
A letter from Fayal announces the
death of Chas. w. Dubrey, late United
States Consul at that place.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
The BOhOn-Upas Tree

DURING the cruise of the United States
ship Plymouth in the East Indies she Wis
tied the coast of Borneo, and there spent
some time in regulating our commercial
interests. While lying off the mouth OF
Bruni River, upon which is situated the
capital city of Borneo proper, party was
made up to visit upas tree, which, it ap-
pears is occasionally found in other islands
than Java
With boats crew, well-armed, we left
the ship at daybreak, in order TO accom-
plish the distance (21 miles) before the
sun came out in full strength. Reaching
the mouth of the river, after a pull of an
hour and half we landed to eat oul
breakfast, and, after resting the crew
put off again, arriving at our place of des
tination about 10 a. IN. We were all look
ing out eagerly for the wonderful stories
that so fascinated our boyhood; but here
were no barren wastes, or arid, skeleton
covered plains.
Following our native guide boat, We
sheered in alongside of grassy bank, the
summit of which was laid out in small
plots like children's gardens at home
each plot surrounded by border of shells
with carefully kept walks between them
Nothing but grass and flowers were grow
ing there, but these were luxuriant; TO
this was a graveyard, and we were ever
then standing under the shadow OF the
terrible poison tree, near which these peo
pie bury their dead, which may partially
account for the wonderful stories told b.
early travellers. The tree itself measured
eleven feet in circumference five feet abov
the ground, and, instead of scattering
death and destruction, was girded roun'
with creeping vines aud many-colored par
asites that wound their way TO the TOP
most branches, which were higher thal
any of the surroundiug 6 trees, and equaleo
II not surpassed, those of our loitiest foi
est trees at home.
An incision was made, after the manne
of tapping maple trees, and the sap, whic
is reported to be deadly poison, CON
menced flowing drop by drop 1t was
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
FOREIGN.

Cable dispatches of the 9th make men
ton of desperate fighting around Paris the
day before. Fort Valerien and the ad-
vanced batteries of the Army of Versailles
steadily bombarded Porte Maillot, their
shots falling in the Champs Elysees. An
engagement took place at Villejuif and
there was skirmishes at Bagneux and
Bellancourt. The government forces
were gaining ground slowly. A tiotilla of
gunboats had been sent from Havre up
the Seine to assist in operations against
Paris.
Contradictory statements were received
on the 10th concerning events in Paris.
London dispatches reported the insurgents
fighting among themselves, and that a
number Of leaders had been shot. Theirs
believed they would destroy themselves if
left alone, but it was feared they would
sack the city. The Commune was get
ting very desperate, and committed great
excuses. Archbishop Durboy was strip
ped naked, bound to pillar, and scourged
and mocked for hours by band of 200
Reds. The Cathedral of Notre Dame had
been sacked and plundered of nearly all
its valuables.
A dispatch from Paris at 12 80 on the
evening of the 18th says "a loud and
uninterrupted cannonade has been kept
up since last evening, between Chatillon
and the southern forts. Infantry are also
engaged, and the noise Of mitrailleuses
and musketry has been incessant since A
o'clock this morning. Cannonading around
Neuilly, Porte Maillot, and Porte des
Ternes has been resumed, and is violent as
that on the south. Fighting is now 60
ing on in the Bois de Boulogne, and al
Asnieres. The Communes are forwarding
reinforcements to the troops engaged
The wounded are coming in in large mum
bers. The losses are heavy"
The Berlin official journal of the 18th
says Germany will only interfere in the
domestic affairs of France when it shall
become necessary for the collection Of
money due herself.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch of the
10th says: "The President of Hayti, since
the departure of the San Domingo Com
missioners, has received addresses, numer
ously signed, from every town and village
in the republic, protesting the attachmen
of the Haytiens to their nationality, anC
their determination to maintain independ
ence against intrusion, from whatevel
quarter, and in whatever manner it MAJ
show ITSELF The addresses breathe tn
same sentiments against annexation"
A Versailles dispatch of the 18th says
"Thiers, in circular bearing date of tn
evening Of the 18th, describes the situation
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
What Drunkenness is Doing.

THE Pittsburgh Commercial, in a recent
article upon what drunkenness is doing in
the land, says:
Yesterday afternoon, while looking
over batch of exchanges, suggestion
was made that, among other things, we
should observe the more striking cases of
infraction of law, violence, and disorder
reported in the various exchanges then
under notice, as arising directly from
drunkenness. We did not complete the
task it was too sad. When we had
glanced through about score of eXchan-
ges, our courage failed us. The instances
reported were of themselves so numerous
and ghastly as to make us shudder. 1t
seemed as if the whole country was being
rapidly turned into q vast grog-shop-a
hell of drunkenness-a bowling, stagger-
ing pandemonium of brutalized men.
Drunkenness in every city and town
drunkenness in the country; drunkenness
by land and sea. Drunkenness in the ken
mel and in the parlor; drunkenness coiled
upon the door-steps, and drunkenness
frothing in the Legislature. Drunkenness
among the poor and among the rich.
Drunkenness in the dark lanes and alleys
drunkenness in the wide, lamplit streets
drunkenness in the home, by the cradle,
az tiiO "lIol, III ehO SShOOA uhN III 'AO
church; drunkenness everywhere-vast,
opaque, omnipresent, encompassing the
land like baleful atmosphere. 1t was
horribleW
The Commercial to show that the above
is no verbose, declamatory rhetoric, gives
a partial resume of the results of its in
vestigation, in which it mentions between
twenty and thirty murders and suicides
all occurring within Few days; besides
these there were many shames and crimes
of such character that they should moi
be named in the columns OF respectable
journals, the direct and frightiul fruits o.
the dram shops, which are being gathered
day in and day out through all the blessed
year. 1t then refers In eloquent terms tc
the many unknown miserles and crimes
caused by the seeds sown by the traf1cerf
in rum throughout our land. we turthel
quote:
"And let 1t be remembered that these
instances are but faint illustrations OF tn
ravages which drunkenness Is making. L
is only the exceptonal cases OF Vlolenc'
and disorder which are reported IN th'
press. When the volcano overnoWs, not
is made OF the occurrence; Dut no men
ton is ever made OF the 1uld core OF mr.
which eVermore burns WITHIN. Inc eVli
OF intemperance are not Adequately inui
Gated by such instances as we nave clteo
Back OF its visible ravages, and deepe
than all these, lies Held OF devastatlo!
which can never be reported, because J
can never be explored: The SOBER peapl
of the country suffer from 1t, IN haging I
raise annually a vast amount OF take
which go to build poor houses an
prisons, and TO support panPers an
criminals created oy drink: Ihere al
also IN our country TWO mllons OF cnllC
rem VINO, IN an lnnmte variety Oh way
are the innocent ana helpless vlctlms
drunken parents ihere are tnEee MI n,
lions Oh motners, wives, slsters anu qaugi