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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

OF swo or three hundred feet only, the bal.
loon being confined and drawn back to
the earth by ropes. Finally, on the 21st
day OF November, 1888, he and the Mar.
gus de Arlandes went up together In the
basket amid the shouts and applause OF 4
great throng of people, who heheid the
machine maiestically sailing upward to
the height or about 5000 feet. They re-
NAMED in the air about half an hour, sail
ing over portion of Paris, in full view
OF the inhabitants, and descended In safety
five miles from where they set out upon
their adventurous pioneer voyage.
This was the first erial Journey ever
made by human beings, so far rs eHtnentic
records are to be found; from that day
to this many thcdsands of ascensions have
been made in Europe and America, until
balloon voyages have become almost too
common to excite remark. The danger
attending them affords piquant and at
tractive element to peculiar class of
minds; but according TO Professor Wise
and other champions of ballooning, 1t haa
been vastly overrated. "This most expe-
diuous, easy and pleasant mode of travel
ing that the human family is capable of
enjoying" as the enthusiastic Professor
terms it, has certainly not suffered from
real progress that ninety years of pro.
digious activity in the inventive arts have
secured to It, The "cloud. compelling
Jove" himself could scarcely talk more
airily of the facilities for erial transit
than Professor Wise, who, to do him JUS.
tice, has always manifested an intrepid
zeal to prove his faith by his works Him
self the hero of $50 balloon ascensions,
and of the longest continuous air journey
on record Zone Of 1900 niles, he insists
that balloOning, in the hands of cautious,
cool and scientific travellers, with trustwor-
thy machinery, is not nearly so perilous
as steamboat or railway travel. He
points to the fact that there never had
been one fatal accident from ballooning
in the United States up to the year 1850
as proof OF this, and declares that, so far
from being exceptionally dangerous, bal.
| loon voyaging is 'as simple and safe as
any other mode of conveyance He has
followed it himself for more than thirty
years, and now, in his old age, he is ready
to set his life upon the hazard of die in
the endeavor to effect the transit of the
! Atlantic through the air.
| a recent article in the Scientific Ameri
can, which scouts the feasibility of the
project, refers to the mammoth balloon
/ now hGtng constructed by the DGiLI
Graphic Company for this voyage as the
largest on record. Not so. Within two
years after Montgolfier's discovery, bal
loon of extraordinary size was construct
ed in Lyons, measuring 130 feet high by
1O5 feet in diameter. 1t sustained a
weight of over eighteen tous, filled with
only rarified air as a means of buoyaLcy
1t took up seven aeronauts to the height
of $500 feet, when it gave way on one
side, making rent over fifty feet in the
balloon. This brought it down will
great rapidity, though the passengers
were all landed safely, and without the
slightest injury-CiRctHndtt Commercial
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
Awards to American Exhibitors.

NEW YORK, August 49,
THE Herald's special from Vienna
gives the following:
Among those who have been awarded
medals of merit are Aultman, Miller &c
Co., of Akron, Ohio, moving machines;
Bullock & Co., Cincinnati, and McCor-
mick, Chicago, reapers; Deere & Co., Mo-
line, H., agricultural implements; North
ern Pacific Railway and the States of Ala
erals; Burkhoult d Co., Cincinnati, oils {;
G. Fox, Cincinnati, starch; Gest & Akin
son, Cincinnati, oils; Proctor & Gamble,
Cincinnati, soaps; Emil Scheffer, Louis
vile, pepsine; Stein, Hirsch & Co., Chi
cago, starch Wilson, Hinkle & Co, Gin
cinnati books; William ResOr & Co.,
Cincinnati, stoves; Pope Brothers, Gin
cinnati, holdings; the cities of Cincin-
natl and Chicago, the printing house for
the blind; John Grassien, of Cincinnati,
stoves; American Institute of Architec-
ture, for plans of building Astor Library,
New York, for promotion of science
Cooper Institute, New York, for improve
ment of working classes; Sanford & Co.,
Cleveland, account books; Bureau of En-
craving and Printing of the Treasury De-
partment, Washington; James Landy
Cincinnati, photographs; Henry Mossler
Cincinnati, paints and colors; Henry
Richman, Cincinnati, photographs; vii
son Sewing Machine Company, Cleveland
Jones 81 Laughlin, Pittsburgh, shalting
Rogers Wheel Company, Cincinnati
wheels.
The prizes were distributed at the I'm
perial Riding School by the Archdukt
Ramer at one o'clock, who, facing thC
other Archdukes, read short address, il
reply to which Archduke Charles Loui;
stated that he had received his Majesty
command to publicly have read a list o
names of exhibitors to whom diploma
had been allotted by jurors. BaroI
thanks
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
THE NEW WORLD.

Intelligence has been received that Para
quay, Brazil, and the Argentine Republic have
signed treaty of peace.
In recent letter Treasurer Spinner says;
'The resumption of specie payment has been
and think will continue to be, put of until
the time when the balance of trade shall be in
our favor. When that time arrives resump-
ton will be easy. In truth, it will, from that
cause, come of its own accord"
The returns of the Agricultural Department
for the lst Of August indicate general and
somewhat marked Improvement in the condi-
tion and promise Of the cotton crop since the
1st Of July. The average condition on July 1,
was S5.5; on August l, 9l.S.
The Government examination into the Wa
wasset disaster was begun at the Treasury
Department in Washington on the 18th. A
| Washington special Of that date says eighty
two bodies had been recovered from and about
the wreck, and 1t was believed that at least
200 persons were on board at the time of the
disaster.
General Rosser, in charge of the railway
survey of the Stanley Yellowstone expedition
has reported that he finds the new route OF
access to Western Dakota, from the Missouri tc
the Yellowstone River, entirely practical and
satisfactory, 1t being greatly superior to those
of former days. The distance, two hundred
and five miles, is twenty-one miles shorter
than the survey of 1871. The grades art
moderate. The Directors of the Company
have accepted the new line recommended 10y
General Rosser, from Bismarck, the present
end of the track, to the Yellowstone crossing
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued {
circular giving notice that the principal anC
accrued interest of the five-twenty bonds be
low designated will be paid at the United
States Treasury, Washington, on and after tn,
10th Of November next, and that interest viii
cease from that day. Both numbers specife'
of bonds calledin are inclusive, and are know
as the third series, under the act of kebruar.
95, 1862, dated May l, 1862, asfollows;
Coupon Bonds-S5O, Nos. 6,20l to 10000
800, Nos 20,0O0to 80, 750; $500, Nos. 10, 70l I,
50,S00; $1,000, Nos. 22,60l to $4,000; Total
S13, 100000.
Registered Bonds-S5O, Nos. 1921 to 1875
500, Nos. 9, SOL to l0,300 $500, Nos, 3, 70l Il
9, 100; 81 900, Nos. 2S,30l TO 5000; $4,000
Nos. 1901 to 1900; $4,000, Nos. 9,6Sl h
10, 100. Total, s2,OO0,OOO. Grand total, SIS,
000,0 900.
United States securities forwarded for re
demption should be addressed to the loa
division OF the SeeretaIy's office, aud al
registered bonds should be assigned to tn
Secretary of the Treasury for redemption.
A horrible accident occurred ON the Chicago
Alton & st. Louis Railroad, few miles fror
Chicago, ON the night Of the 10th. The 81
Louis fast express train, which left Chicag
ut nine o'clock in the evening, was met by
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
The Foot of a Horse.

The human hand has often been ta-
ken to illustrate Divine wisdom-and very
well. But have you ever examined your
horses hoofY Ii is hardly less curious in
its way. Its parts are somewhat more
complicated, yet their design is simple
and obvious. The hoof is not, as it ap-
pears to the careless eye, mere lump of
insensible bone fastened to the leg by "a
joint. 1t is made up of a series of thin
layers or leaves, of horn, about five hun
dred in number, and nicely fitted to each
other, and forming lining to the foot
itself Then there are as many more lay
ers, belonging to what is called the "coffin
bone," and fitted into this. These are
elastic. Take quire of paper and insert
the leaves one by one into those of another
auire, and you will get some idea of the
arrangement of the several layers. Now
the weight of the horse rests on as many
elastic springs as there are layers in his
four feet--about 1900; and all this Is con
trived, not only for the convenience of his
own body, but for whatever burdens may
be laid on him.-ErchGnge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
Success OF Americans at Vienna.

THE goods on exhibition in the Ameri.
can department continue to command as
much, if not more, attention than those of
any other country in the Exposition.
They have the merit of their being all
novelties, and the only articles of their
kind to be found in the Exposition. There
are no fancy goods, and not much of the
ornamental, but they partake rather of the
necessary and the useful. The apprecia-
ton of visitors is shown by the fact that,
comparatively small as the display is,
there are more articles marked sold" than
in the departments of any other country,
1t is, in fact, the only department in the
main building where visitors closely ex-
anime everything, for the reason that they
are mostly articles never before seen in
Europe,a have been brought here for the
reason that they are new. The halls of
the American division are poorly deco
rated, the display of flags being small, and
most of them of very inferior quality,
while every other country is brilliant
with silk flags, arranged in the most
artistic manner. The exhibitors com
plain also that they receive no attention
from our Minister or the Commissioners
most of whom have long since left
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
A Bad Boy.

THEY say that the chief astronomer at
the Washington Observatory was dread
fully sold few days ago. 4 wicked boy,
whose Sunday School experience seems
only to have made him more depraved,
caught FREELY, and stuck it, with the aid
of some mucilage, in the center of the
largest lens in the telescope. That night,
when the astronomer went to work, he
perceived blaze of light apparently in
the heavens, and what amazed him more
was that it would give a couple of spurts
and then die out, only to burst forth again
in a second or two. He examined it
carefully for a few moments, and then be-
gan to do sums to discover where in the
heavens thatextraOrdinary star was placed.
He thought he found the locality, and the
next morning he telegraphed all over the
universe that he had discovered q new
and remarkable star of the third magni-
tude in Orion. In day or two all the as
tronomers in Europe and America were
studying Orion, and they gazed at it for
hours until they were mad, and then they
began to telegraph to the man in Wash
ingtOn to know what he meant. The dis
coverer took another look, and found that
the new star had moved about 100000
600 miles in twenty-tour hours, and upon
examining closely he was alarmed to per.
ceive that it had legs When he went on
the dome the next morning, to polish ap
his glass, he found the lightning bug.
People down at Alexandria, seven miles
distant, heard part of the swearing, and
they say he infused into it much whole
souled sincerity and vigorous energy.
The bills for telegraphic dispatches
amounted to $4,000, and now the astrono.
mer wants to find that boy He wishes
to consult with him about something
Mac AdLeT
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
Love Victorious.

For year or two past Thomas Nc
Leddy has been waiting upon a girl whose
parents live on Tenth street. The girls
parents have endeavored to prevent the
match, and the lovers arranged to slip
quietly off TO a clergyman yesterday fore
noon and get married. Ten O'Clock was
the hour set, and Thomas was seen hang
ing around the corner of Michigan ave
nue. and Tenth street, having five-dOllar
bill for the preacher and rd-looking
fist for the man who should cross his
path. The girl made an excuse to 90 out
and do some shopping, but as she left the
house her mother became suspicious and
called in the father, who was hoeing cab
bages. They tracked the damsel down to
the avenue and saw her join Thomas
when they rushed after her. The lovers
ran over behind Woodbridge Grove, and
being overtaken there McLeddy stopped
and put Grape band under his father-in
laws eyes, while the girl pulled heI
mothers hair and used her sharp nails
1t was rather more than the old couple
could stand, and while they were promis
cuously scattered around on the grass
Thomas and his fair one boarded street
car and made their escape and were prob
ably legally and lawfully married before
high twelve. Several neighbors saw the
affair, but they were like the woman
whose husband was tackled by bear
Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
OUR OWN.

If had known In the morning
How weafly all the day
fhe words unkind would trouble my mind
That said when you went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nor given yOu needless pain;
But we ycx our own with look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
Hou may give me the kiss of peace,
Yet IL well might he that never for me
The pain OF the heart should cease;
How many 90 forth at morning
Who never come home at night
And hearts have broken for harsh words spoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
We have careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometimes guest;
But oft for our own the bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
All lips with curl impatient
AMI brow with the shade Of scorn,
'Twere a cruel fate were the night too late
10 nndO the work Of the morn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29
The Strange HallucinatiOns Of a
Young Man.

THE Davenport Qowa) Gazette vouches
for the absolute truth of the following,
though for obvious reasons all names
are suppressed:
One of the leading citizens of North
Davenport had an only daughter, who
was betrothed to young man OF fair
promise, clerk in a leading commercial
house at Dubuque. His visits to the city
were regular, and arrangements had been
made for an immediate union, when the
bride-elect was stricken down with ty
phoid fever, and, in spite of all that skill
and care could do, died. The Gdzett6 re-
porter says: 1--WE saw her in the coffin,
dressed for the bridal OF death, not for the
contamination of all earthly love. We
witnessed the agony of her lover as he
bent in speechless, fearless abstraction
over the satin-lined burial-case."
After the melancholy journey to Oak
dale the young man returned to Dubuque.
Nervous fever set in, and peculiar hallu-
cination seized him that his lost one was
present in the room draped in the same
garb which had enveloped her clay. All
remonstrance was in vain. He minutely
described her dress, her appearance and
her position in his chamber. Even when
his parents or friends would sit or stand
where he declared her to be he saw her
glide away and take another place. This
went on for weeks, and the patient was
gradually sinking under the physical and
nervous excitement, when friendly ruse
was tried to cure him of his ecstacy.
Coming to Davenport, his mother found
that the funeral garments were purchased
of G. IL NJ, and made by Mrs. b. She
procured the material, had it made up in
tdc,SimGIG, and, returning, young lady as
near in height and appearance as could be
found was dressed to resemble his de-
ceased love, and during one of his fevered
and brief slumbers was introduced into
the room, taking her seat in "a shaded cor
ner.
His awakening was anXiously watched,
and sanguine hopes of removing his hal
lucination were INDUCED in. He woke at
length and, turning HIS eyes in the direc.
tion of the pious fraud, stared with fixed
eyeballs for few seconds, then raising
himself almost upright in his bed, flung
his arms aloft, and shrieking in an un
earthly voice; "My God, there are tsOo o
themW fell back and expired
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

i want to give a simple remedy for a
telon. Burn copperas on shovel until
it is soft and can be made fine. Then mix
a small quantity of it with enough of the
yolk of an egg to make a plaster. Only
mix enough at once for one plaster, as II
soon becomes hard. Put a new one on
whenever it gets stiff, and the felon will
soon come to an end. So many people
suffer so long with felons, / think any
thing that will help shorten their career
ought to be known-OOr. Western Rural.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

The decision of the Supreme Court of
Ohio, affirming the eright of the Cincinnati
Board of Education to forbid the reading
of the Bible in the public schools, does
not seem to have turned at all upon the
merits of the case, but simply upon tine
question of the extent of authority con-
ferred by the laws of the State on that and
similar Boards. The court decides, in
substance, that the Constitution of the
State does not require religious instruc-
ton or the reading of religious books in
the public schools; and that the Legisla-
ture, having placed the management of the
public schools under the exclusive control
of directors, trustees and Boards of Edu-
cation, courts have no rightful authority
to interfere by directing what instruction
shall be given or what books shall be
there
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

AN apple tree in Blackstone, Mass, at
tracts much local attention from the fact
that two goodsized apples, touching each
other, have grown directly trom the
trunk, a few feet above the ground, ana
so close to the bark that it is dii1cult TO
distinguish any stem.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

THE New York customs officers recent
ly discovered that the crews OF the Havana
steamers are in the habit OF smuggling
cigars and cigarettes by concealing them
in the sails on the fore-top mast.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

The Ames company, Chi copee, have
nearly finished one of their largestsized
lighthouse lanterns, and will ship 1t to
Cape Falrweather, Oregon, in few days.
1t is twenty feet high and sixteen feet in
diameter, which makes quite lantern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

Kate Field says that for downright,
unconscious impudence the Britisher has
not his equal on the face of the globe The
nasal twang is not an American idiosyn.
cracy. Many Londoners have it, while it
prevails to an alarming extent in certain
counties. The nasal twang is a remnant
of Old England. The Pilgrim Fathers
transported not only themselves but the
canting tone prevalent in Cromwell's
days. Now it is declared to be of Amer.
lean origin, as though the climate induced
rascality. She says she has always owed
the Pilgrim Fathers grudge for not hav-
ing left their noses behind them. Yet,
strange as II may appear the best English
in the world is spoken by cultivated Bos-
tonians.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-29

THE three-card monte.neers are infest-
ing the Pacific Railroad.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-28

Ar last we are finding out who
Caesar was, If not what he If.
A wag tells us all about the original
Jacobs, thus: Julius CHsar-An
ancient Roman OF celebrity. He adver-
tised to the effect that he had rather be
first at Rome than second in small
village. lie was a man OF great mus
cular strength. Upon one occasion he
threw an entire army across the Rnbi-
con. A general named Pompey met
him in what was called the tented
field bnt Pompey couldn't hold a
Roman candle to Julius. We are as
sured, upon the authority Of Patrick
Henry, that Caesar had his Brutu8.
The unbiased reader OF history, how
ever, will conclude that, on the contrary,
Brutus rather had Caesar. This Brutus
never struck me as an unpleasant man
to meet, but he did Cesar. After ad-
dressing few oral remarks to Brutus
in the Latin language, Caesar expired.
Cesar was bald, which Grant is not,
and wore laurel fly brush to conceal
the billiard ball which he called head. "
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-28

The condition and prospects OF the
grain trade Of the world always, at this
season Of the year, constitute an inter-
esting and important subject Of consid.
GRAFTON. The latest advices from Eng
land etate that the present Epglish
wheat harvest will be better than was
considered possible three or four months
ago. Owing to the exceptionally fine
weather the harvest has commenced
this year, two weeks earlier than was
anticipated. The result is check to
the diseases and vicisitudes incident to
hot weather, and an additional yield.
The actual wheat deficiency Of Great
Britain last year was twenty-five per
cent, as was anticipated. 1t is
estimated that this years crop
will be a decided i'm
provement on the last, so that the
REQ uirements OF the ensuing year will be
some sixteen million bushels less than
during the present harvest year. This
however, is not very material dlml-
mutton. A review of this years harvest
shows that, apart from Russia. the
principal grain-growing country OF Eu'
rope, the probabilities are that on the
continent the production will not be
much more than sufficient to meet home
demands for consumption, leaving COM
paratively little margin for expectation
Upon the whole, therefore, the bread
stuff outlook is decidedly encouraging
for the grain growers and exporters o.
our own country.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-28

AN "old milkman" writes to the
Chicago Tribune that an honest vender
of the fluid cannot exist in that city.
He tried honesty in the business for
awhile, and didn't find it the best policy
by long shot. Pure milk cannot be
proftably sold in Chicago, he argues,
for less than seven cents a quart, and
vet it is sold for six cents quart, and
in many cases for five. In his anger
he discloses a few of the secrets Of the
trade. First, the cream is taken of
from all milk brought to market. This
gives it a sickly, sky-tinted look, which
is removed, and a creamy complexion.
restored by adding trihe of burnt sugar
and q pinch OF salt. Nothing is said
about an infusion of water, as the writer
of the epistle seemed to think that GUS
tom to be of such antiquity that only
the most verdant denizen OF that city
could be deceived in regard to it.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-28

and clothing mean more OF the
comforts and luxuries OF life in the
homes Of farmers. and Of all the indus
trial classes. A safe sheep-fold means
a large bookcase, and more books,
more pictures and music-more refine
ment and culture in the homes of the
poor. 1t is one Of the best things, too,
for the improvement of our farms. We
have hardly begun to estimate the VAL
ue Of the sheep as a substitute for the
plow and the manure heap. Flocks
are almost indispensable in the renova-
ton of our WORKOUT farms. The
change they will work in neglected pas"
lures is marvellous. Let US keep under
the dogs and exslt the sheep.