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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
Climate and Appetite.

In Russia, Sweden and Norway, where
prolonged and biting winters necessitate
action and large supplies of animal heat,
meals are frequent and of great duration.
Five hearty repasts per diem, among
which dinner is the chief one, are the
common allowance in those Northern To-
calities. This principal meal is heralded
bya cold collation., paItaken en- route for
the dining-rOOm. In small ante-room
the guests pause before small table
spread with articles creative of appetite
and thirst, such as red herring, sardines,
cayiare, cheese, sharp pickles and arrack,
the native whisky. Thus stimulated a
much larger repast Is made than would
otherwise be possible When this custom,
however, is introduced, regardless of eli
matte requirements, il is prone 10 conduce
70 sluggishness, as In some parts of Ger
many Again, the glowing mother earth
and ardent skies Of Italy furnish her chill
dren with theiT best pTeseryatiyes against
their combined intensity Of heat Fruits
and salads, suoculent, refreshing, cooling.
form the national breakfast and the chief
staple of other meals, being freely par
taken Of with results which might he
much less favorable under cooler sky.
Nature, amidst these wondrOus adapta.
tions, is not neglectful of the needs OF AN
imals, as may be briefly instanced by q
Norwegian custom. Within the Arctic
circle, where the winters are long twi
light and the highlands so barren that peo
pie subsist upon bread made from the ten
der bark OF the birch h-tree, the cattle arr
fed upon dried fish, caught in those storiet
fiords whose waters, the Fortunatu purs'
Of Norway, stretch far inland by dusky
forests Of pine, ,-Harpel's Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
Oddities OF the Mail Service.

GENERAL MAIL AGENT BANGS, in
recent letter, says
/ looked into the collection of articles
which have passed through the mails and
never been called for, preserved in the
Dead-Letter Office, a few days ago, and
hastily made schedule of some of the
most striking curiosities. Among them
were Rattlesnakes, 6. These had passed
through the mails alive in perforated tin
boxes. Centipede, /; snakeskin, 1 !;
wooden shoes, pair; ladies' back-hair, 2
sets OK horns, 1 gold watches, 3 Colo
RADIO potato bugs, 1 bottle moccasins, sew
eral pairs; telescopes, l ; billiard-balls, / /;
dolls, several stuffed birds, l toys, very
many; silver goblets, A +; gambling imple-
ments, a good many; jewelry, large guam
tity; sets of false teeth, several Ameri-
can flags, 2; masks, q; bowie-knivCs, 2;
razors, / minerals and shells, many.
Bouquets of flowers are frequently sent
through the mails. On one occasion a
bouquet and a young alligator were in
similar boxes in the same bag. The lids
of the boxes accidentally came off, and
the flowers and alligator were at large in
the same bag One box was addressed to
IA lady at Albany, N. Y, and the other TO
a lady at Bridgeport, Conn. The route
agent was troubled to know in which box
TO place the alligator and in which to put
the flowers. Finally he settled the diff
Guilty by putting the alligator in the Con-
necticut lady's box and writing thereon
IF you were expecting flowers instead
of an alligator, forward to Mrs. -,
Albany, N. Y" On the Albany lady's
box he wrote: I" II you were expecting an
alligator instead of these flowers, forward
to Mrs. -, Bridgeport, Conn" by
good luck the agent got the different arti
cles into the right boxes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
Potatoes as Food for Stock.

POTATOES in many localities distant
from market are this season so abundant
and cheap that they can only be used to
advantage for feeding out to stock. 1t is
true that certain agricultural writers have
of late endeavored TO show that this valu-
able tuber was of little or no value for
such purposes, but it is very probable tnat
the gentlemen who advance such theories
are not practical agriculturists. The value
of the potato as food for man and many
of our domestic animals is too well known
to be discarded at this late day in conse-
quence of anything which may be written
by theoretical chemists or agriculturists.
But while the potato has been bone of
contention among agriculturists tor many
years, its practical and specific value as
food for stock has never been disproved
when put to the test. The celebrated
veterinarian, William Youatt, in speaking
of the value of the various kinds of root,
as food for stock, says of the potato !:
" Among the various vegetable produc-
tions that have been appropriated TO the
stall-feeGing of cattle none have occa-
stoned greater discussion than potatoes
They furnish an excellent supply, particu-
larly when cut and steamed, and appear
adequate TO the.fattening of neat cattle in
combination with comparatively small
portions of other food" In the eleventh
volume of the British Annals of
Agriculture we find some state
ments from Mr.. Campbell, of Charl-
ton, England, which bear directly
upon this question. He observes that 100
bushels of potatoes and 700 pounds of hay
are generally sufficient to fatten any ami
NAL that thrives tolerably well. They
should at first be given IN small quanti-
ties and gradually increased to one or two
bushels per day; dry food being always
intermixed, and the proportion of hay be-
ing uniformly regulated by the effect
which the potatoes produce on the bowels.
The hay should always be cut in order
that it may be more readily mixed with
the potatoes.
We might give almost any amount of
testimony from practical farmers and
stock-raisers to corroborate the above, but
think it entirely unnecessary, as it is quite
likely that majority of our readers know
from experience that potatoes are valua-
bic food for stock. At the present price
of beef, cheese, butter or pork, we think
our farmers would do better to feed out
| their potatoes than to sell them at twenty
cents per bushel and less, prices at which
they have been sold in many localities
this season. Potatoes are too heavy and
bulky crop to send to distant market,
but they are readily turned into beef,
cheese or butter, and in these forms the
cost of transportation is greatly reduced
". y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
what shall We DO,

IT Is no wonder that VIC hear this question
on every corner. So many are dying sud-
denly OF diseases Of the brain In these days
that everyone is alarmed, and Is Rsking
/" What shall we do3n There IL alarm on ac.
count OF dizziness Of The head, whirling
sensation when rising up suddenly, bad,
" all gone" sensation vt the pit Of the stom
ach, like the gnawing of an ulcer, with a
feeling like load after eating, pains In the
back, sides and chest, at times, with costive
bowels, seanty, high.colotcd urine, some.
times voidcd with pain, appetite poor, and
when food IL eaten II oftcntimcs distrcsscs; (;
the skin, after a time, becomes dark, cold
and clammy, eyes sunkeu and tingcd with
yellow, spirits detected, with evil forcbod.
ings. When any OF these symptoms arc
present no time should be lost In using q
proper remedy. The one that we have
known to operate with the most certainty is
the SHAKER EXTRACT or RooTs on CURA-
TIVE SYRUP mot patent mcdicine), sold by
Druggists and A. j. White, $40 Pearl street
New York.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


ALL vegetables should he washed in hot
water, first, to cleanse them for cooking.
Insects, sand, dirt, etc, are loosened by
the heat.-Prdtrie Farmer.
WHEN horse first shows signs of ring.
bone, endeavor to allay the pain by rub
bing the diseased part with equal parts of
camphor and chloroform. Then make an
ointment composed of iodidc of lead and
lard, one ounce of Me former to eight of
the latter. Apply with friction to the dis
eascd part night 0nd morning; continue
the treatment for at least two weeks after
all symptoms of disease are past, and
then be careful not to put the animal at
hard work at first. Also give good food
in liberal quantities during treatment and
afterward. Ring-b bone cannot be cured if
the animal is kept constantly at hard
work.-N. 7. Sun.
A SUBSCRIBER having asked the Irish
Farmers Gazette how to make prepared
oil from linseed oil receives the following
instructions: Add teaspoonful of fine
ly-pOwdered and perfectly dry whiting to
about two ounces of linseed oil. Place
the oil with the whiting in bottle, shake
them together and place the vessel by the
side of the fire. After a certain time,
which will vary according to circum-
stances, from few hours to two days,
the whiting will be found to have settled
at the bottom of the, vessel and to have
taken down with it all the impurities and
color from the oil. Then carefully decant
the clear portion of the oil, so as not to
disturb the sediment at the bottom, and
preserve it in well-stoppered bottle.
PIcKLED ONIoNs.-With pickles, as
with every other object in life, it is desir-
able to make up your mind what you wish
for. Some like picked onions SOFT some
hard and nutty, some think them prettier
when they are white and boiled in color
less vinegar. They often taste of nothing
but that and spices; but in cOlored vine
gar and less fiery condiments you can
taste as we'll as see that you are eating
picked onions. Gather the onions dry, eX-
pose them to theSun and air for fortnight
or so peel them without much waste; fol
soft picked onions, throw them into boil.
ing salt and water, and boil until you can
put steel fork into them; skim out on
platters to drain off, then put into jars oi
bottles and pour hot vinegar spiced tC
taste over them, and cork up tightly. Fol
hard, white picked onions, peel and
scatter salt over them and let them stand
three days; drain through a cullender
pack in bottles, and pour over them white
vinegar chemists vinegar), in which
plenty of capsicum has been stepped
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

The interest which attaches TO careful
observations of the temperature of the
earth suggests that the apparatus which
is used in Germany should be better
known in this country, in order that,
when practicable, it may be introduced
here. The following is description OF
it rs used by observers in Hungary: In
its general outlines it does not differ from
that recommended by Lamont 1t con-
sists principally of rectangular tube
buried permanently in the earth, within
which five rectangular prisms of wood
are placed, one above the other, at diff.
ferent depths in the ground, and which,
by simple arrangement, can be easily
and quickly drawn up. Each of these
tubes contains a thermometer, and there
is hole in the side of the main tube op.
posite to the bulb of the thermometer
where the woodwork is cut away, and
the opening closed by plate of thin
sheet copper, whose temperature may be
presumed to be the same as that of the
adjacent ground. The depths at which
the thermometers bulbs remain are four,
eight, twelve, sixteen and twenty feet.
ShenZl, as the resultOf observations made
during eight years, finds that the time re.
quired for heat to penetrate to a depth OF
one meter is, on the average, twenty-one
days.-E. Y. Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
Longevity of Brain-WOrkers.

DR.. George NJ. Beard presented recent
paper before the American Public Health
Association in which he successfully re-
futed the assertion of Thomas Hughes, NJ.
p, in the Life of Alfred the Great"
that "the worlds hardest workers and
noblest benefactors have rarely been long
lived. - Dr. Beard based his confutatlon
upon facts gained from trustworthy regis
tration reports and from the yearly necro-
logical records, and upon these he was
able to build up an invincible demonstra-
ton that brain workers are, as rule,
longerlivcd than muscle workers, and that
the greatest and hardest brain workers of
history have lived longer, on an average,
than muscle workers OF ordinary industry
and ability.
Compiling list of 500 of the most emil
nent men OF all time, and including in the
catalogue with rigid impartiality the names
of many like Byron, Raphael, Pascal,
Mozart and Keats, who died young, it was
found that the average longevity of the
whole list was GA l-5 years. This exceeds
by IA 10 years the average age of those
of all classes who live over twenty years.
A second list of 100 men famous in the
fields of active thought gave an average
longevity OF 70 years, that is, OF 20 years
above the average of all classes taken in
discriminatory.
AS to the causes of this greater longevi-
ty among brain-workers, DIR. Beard re-
marked that brain workers have less
worry and more comfort and happiness
than muscle workers. they find pleasure
in their work and can adapt it Ito their
moods and hours, and periods Of greatest
capacity for labor" and, generally, they
respect the laws Of hygiene. In referring
to the causes of exceptional longevity Of
great workers, Dr. Beard pro-
nounced them quite complex, yet classed
them all under the four following general
heads: II. Great men usually come
from healthy, long-lived ancestors. 2. A
good constitution usually accompanies a
good brain. g. Great men who are per-
manently successful have correspondingly
greater wills than common men, and force
of will is potent element in determining
longevity. 4 Great men work more easi-
ly than ordinary men"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

The method of preserving wood by
the application of lime, as pursued by NJ.
Svostal, is published in the French Jour-
nails. He piles the planks in tank and
puts over all layer Of quicklime, which is
gradually slaked with water Timber for
mines requires about a week to become
thoroughly impregnated, and other wood
more or less time, according to its thick
ness. The material acquires remarkable
legged, will never rot. Beechwood has
been prepared in this way for hammers
and other stools for iron-works, and it is
said TO become as hard as oak without
parting with any Of its well-known elias
ticity or toughness, and to last much long
er than when not thus prepared.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
BURxErr's CocoArNE. See advertisement.

ScHEScK's PULMoNIc SYRUP, SEA WEED Tonic
AND MANDRAKE PILLs.-These deseryedly cele-
brated and popular medicines have effected rev.
UlutiOn in the healing art, and proved the fallacy
Of several maxims which have for many years OBJ
structed the progress OF medical science. The
false suppositiOn that " Consumption is ncurable'
deferred physicians from attempting to find reme-
dies for that disease, and patients afflicted with IL
recOnciled Themselves to death without making an
effort to escape from a doom which they supposed
to be unavoidable 1t is now proved, however,
that Consumption can be cured, and that 1t hds
been cured in very great number Of cases tsome
Of them apparently desperate ones) by Schencks
Pulmonic Syrup alone; aud In other cases by the
same medicine in connection with Schencks Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one or both, ac-
cording to the requirements Of the case.
Dr. SChenck himself, who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than forty years, was sup
posed at one time tn be at the very gate Of death
his physicians having pronounced bis case hope
less. and abandoned him to his fate. lie was
cured by the aforesaid medicines, and, since his
recovery, many thousands similarly affected have
used DR. Schencks preparations with the same re
markable success.
Full directions accompany each, making it moi
absolutely Necessary to personally DR.. Schencb
unless patients wish their lungs examined. and
for this purpose he is professionally at his princ
pal Office corner Sixth and Arch streets Philadel
phia. every Monday, where all letters for advice
must be addressed. Schencks medicines arr
sold by all druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

Persons engaged in the sale of hollow
rubber toys should be on their guard lest
they infringe upon pateLt which Sc
cures TO Patrick j. Kearney, of New York,
the sole right to manufacture and sell
suchtoys with squeaking device The
United States Circuit Court of New York
decided lately that such toys that had even
hole for the reception Of the noisy de-
vice were an infringement The patent
is not on the toys themselves, but on the
squeak OF the hole for the squeak.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

CY- The late election in Mississippi
Seems TO have been a decidedly mixed
and mysterious affair. The returns do
not stand Investigation. The enormous
Democratic majority rolled up IN State
that has large Republican majority of
voters remains TO I've accounted for. While
Congressional Investigations into State
matters are to be deprecated and discOur-
aged, this affair looks so exceedingly sus-
picious that ii can hardly be allowed to
pass without scrutiDizing inquiry. II
the colored people were terrified from
voting, or the election was carried by
fraud, IL would be well TO have the matter
understood, The thing is just now in a
very complicated and unfortunate condl-
ton for all concerned in it-N. Y.
GrdDhie
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
The story Of a Pet Crow.

A LADY in Reading, Pa, was the owner
of pet crow called "Jim," whose history
she gives to the Eagle of that city as fol-
lows:
Sitting on the trunk of tree beside the
cabin of a wood-chOpper in the Allegha-
nies, first saw him. He was too young to
fly, and, only partially covered with
feathers, looked so queer, so helpless, and
wllhsi so mischievous, lhal bought him.
ing il on the pommel of my saddle, rode
twenty miles Lome. II was line amuse.
ment of all the family 10 MI up "Jim
Crow" which meant TO take pieces Of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
Extraordinary Tragedy.

THE following strange account of
tragical occurrence at Toulouse is pub
lished by the Paris Steele of recent date
1.-Two men, strangers to the place, APP
piled three days back for permission to
ascend to the top of the tower Of the old
Cordeliers Church, formerly used as n
storehouse for fodder, and which VS.
partly burned in 1871. Leave was grant
ed but shortly aiterward the two men
were seen to lean over the parapet locked
in each others arms, and then to fall TO
the ground. One, who appeared to be
the principal, and wore decoration in has
button-hole, was taken up dead; the other
was only stunned and on being carried
TO the hospital made this extraordinary
statement: The deceased, he said, was an
engineer and had formed with him plan
to rob the Bank of Toulouse by means of
subterranean passage leading TO the Gel.
lars Of that establishment, and which had
been in course of construction for several
months previously. The work was ter.
minated and the plan was to be carried out
an hour later. His accomplice then in
duced him to go to the top of the tower
on some preteXt, and then suddenly
seized him by the waist and endeavOred
TO throw him from the top, in'order, no
doubt, to obtain the whole of the booty
A struggle took place between them, in
the course of which they both fell over as
described. The cellars Of the bank were
visited and the passage was found almost
terminated another hours work and II
would have opened into the iioor of the
strong ROOM" nr ~ r
For practical JOKES, commend me to
that Staten Island girl who came To the
city on Thanksgiving Day and caused a
telegram to be sent to her parents that she
was dead. Her father, whois an Episco.
palian clergyman, was conducting Serv-
ice when the news reached him, and
nearly tainted away, causing much alarm
among the church attendants. After a
few hours Of mourning in the home OF
this girl her friends returned TO the island
with information that she was not dead at
all, and had sent the telegram herself as a
Joke. The worst part of this story Is that
she IS twenty-five years oldl-N, Y, Cor.
! Chicago Tribune
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

ABOUT this time, when devoted wives
and daughters are secretly plotting how
10 surprise father" with a particularly.
fine Christmas or New Years present,
John IIenry's hint TO his wife, as reported
by the Boston Adrerker, will meet the
appreciation of most heads of families.
Mrs. Henry" he said, a" 1t you givs me
Christnas present this year please ar
range II 50 that the bill won't comd In
until the Aext mouth. II is just rs we'll
70 keep NJ the Illusion for saogI time. ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

A LITTLE girl came into her mothers
presence in great glee, holding up a large
orange, which she said the " drocery
man" gave her. - hope you didn't beg
for It, Dollyp' said the mother. No
mako me sick 70 suck it, an he said no,
an said / dess so too, when ] didn'
have no money TO det it, and he dus said,
tate II and do, an ! looked II an doed.@
-Bruas,0iek lAO.l Nelos.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

4 GOOSE that sees another drink will do
Ihe same, though he Is not thirsty. The
custom Of drinking for company, when
drinking is djspensatls snd prejudieial,
seems 10 be a case OF the sapt kind, aud
10 put man, feathers only excepted, upon
Afo0hng with goose .-Harpert Balar,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

EQUAL parts of sand and plaster Paris
moistened with water makes an excellent
mortar to stop cracks and holes in walls
or ceilings. 1t hardens rapidly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

GENTIAE was our grandmothers' hobby for
a tonic, and no bitter would be considered
complete without it.; hence it enters into
nearly all. But experience has proved that
1t is Injurious to the stomach II frequently
used A far better tonic is found in GtIdr0nd
Ritters,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

-Ulsters are worn by girls this winter
These are made double-hreasted, Will
two rows of buttons down the loose front
the back being held in place by a belt tha
buttons In the middle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31
BURNETr's CocoA1NE. See advertisement.

DR.. j. W. -HdsOn.-" From actual expert
ence in the use of this medicine in my prac-
tice / have been and am satisfied to use and
prescribe it as a purgativc medicjpe-SIM-
MONS LIVER REGULATOR"