Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AN Eastern paper states that Prussian
manufacturers and tradesmen are send
ing to this country for skilled labor, and
IL is believed that during the next three
or four months there viii be an unprece-
dented emigration TO Germany, In many
cases money has been sent from Europe
to persons here with which to pay their
passage home.
Two members of West Troy (N.lY)
firm which became bankrupt became bit
ter enemies. Among the articles owned
by them was an oil painting valued at
$500. Neither member of the firm would
sell his interest in the picture to the
other; neither would allow 1t to be sold
to q third party The matter was set
tied by cutting the picture, frame and ALI
into two equal parts, and each partner
took half. 'H
A CONNECTICUT editor writes home
that he was walking with Mark Twain
through one of the lower stratas of New
York, when a boy with a very unclean
face, but with head showing remarka-
BILE chronological developments, attract
ed their attention "What an eXtraordi-
nary headl' said the newspaper mans
"that boy has regular Col. Sellers
head" mo doubt" replied Mark,
there's millions in it," r-,1 ....f
AN old lady in Lockport, N. Y.,recent-
ly achieved eminence by carrying quart
of popped corn to donation party, and
eating two dozen fried oysters, pound
of crackers, three slices of fruiteake,
half mince pie and some apples, after
which she was threatened with q
"spasm," and in the effort to prevent it
she sacrificed all the wine there was in
the house. She attends donations regu-
larly, and does q good deal for the church
in that way.
ACCORDING to Prof. Langley, 5000 tons
of iron are vaporiZed every year by the
furnaces of Pittsburgh, passing off
through the chimneys; and this remark
able fact he uses as measure to indi-
cate the amount of the suns heat. The
volatilzation of the iron is accomplished
by what is very small quantity of coal
compared to all that the Pennsylvania
coal fields contain; and yet the whole of
the coal estimated to lie within that State
would maintain the suns heat only o
small fraction of second. a
THE editor of the Eureka (Cal) Se1tt-
mel has gone to attend the State Legisla-
ture as member, and his partner pub
fishes card in which he says !" During
his absence the conduct of the paper
will devolve upon our talented self and
our humble assistant, and we want it
distinctly understood that anything APP
pearing in these columns particularly
brilliant is to be credited to the former,
while the latter is alone responsible for
such articles as are calculated to bring
down upon the author the condemnation
of a discriminating public"
NEAR to Colombo, in India, snake,
seeing parrot in q cage, had made its
way to a place where it could make an
attack upon the parrot. A child observ-
ing this, and not knowing the danger,
grasped the snake by the tail, while the
snake and the parrot attacked each
other. just then an elder sister, observ-
ing the little one in danger, snatched the
child away, and in so doing pulled the
snake out of the cage. At this moment
a dog came up, and among them all they
dispatched the snake. The dog, the
snake and the parrot all died from the
effects of the encounter, but neither of
the girls received any injury.
AN Irishman arrested for highway rob-
berry, on being brought before a magis-
trate, asserted that he was more entitled
to be pitied than to be punished.
"Pitiedl' exclaimed the Justice, and on
what account, pray?" "Sure, on account
of my misfortune" "Your misfortune,
Indeed! What that we have caught
you, / suppose?" "Oh, the jintleman
that's brought me here knows my mis-
fortune well enough" But the gentle
man was as astonished as the magistrate
himself, and as incapable of understand
ing the culprit's meaning. "You will
own, suppose" said His Worship" that
you stopped this gentleman on the high.
way?" "Oh! yes, i did that same.'
:" And that you took from him $50 in
bills?" "And there your Honor's right
again" "Well, then, you perplexing
vagabond, what do you mean by your
misfortune?" "Shdre, and the money
wasn't in my pocket above week whin
the dirthy bank sthoppe1 payment, and
was robbed of lvirv shillin'."
In the introduction ofvegetable parch-
ment a valuable material has been added
to those employed in the practical indus
tries. AS waterproof wrapping 1t has
proved very serviceable in the form OF
envelopes for valuable papers and for
inclosing small samples, especially OF
moist matters, dye-stuffs, etc. In many
cases it successfully replaces waxed
cloth, moleskin and similar substances.
1t may also prove desirable for artificial
flowers, if suitably colored. But attention
has been particularly directed to its sub
stitution for tin for boxes in which to
pack aniline colors, it being far less ex-
pensive when manufactured from cheap
paper adapted to this use and is easily
made into box-like pouches accurately
fitted into tight wooden boxes having
smooth interiors, the parchment box lid
being fastened by tin hoop and the
wooden one nailed. Such boxes are
found to be not only perfectly tight, but
are not liable to be cracked or burst
open by rough handling in carrying, as
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AN ingenious system of lighting is
suggested by the Scientific American as
among the probabilities OF the future
Given, say, large hotel to furnish with
artificial light, the plan suggested is, in
. stead of having network OF gas-plpes
leading to the different rooms and to
, different burners in each room, accord
ing to the present method, to have the
, light for the whole building generated in
one place, say in the main ventilatine
shaft for the utilizing of the surplus
heat. The distribution of the hight
| would be effected by means of ref1ectors
a each throwing into its appropriate TUBE
t a bundle of rays-made parallel by
Q lens-sufliciently intense to flood the
t room to which they were directed will
n pure white radiance, which could bt
turned on or off or graduated by simply
pressing a knob or turning Key IL
| size the light tubes need be no greater
= than ordinary gas.pipes, and even mucl
smaller, since all the lightTequired for the
largest room might be transmitted to the
reflector as an extremely slender beam
The terminal lenses would close the tu6t
against smoke and dust, which would
I dim the refectors at the angles; and by
4 keeping the inclosed air pure and dry
!; the absorption of light would be inap
! preciablc, a1
n Very few blacksmiths understan
{ how to handle colts in shoeing and
i good many farmers are equally ignorant
S a colt may be ruined for life and eve
G afterward be troublesome in shoeiDg b
5 his first lesson. 1t cannot be expecte
|, that colt will stand perfectly, quie
s while a shoe is being put on when
a knows nothing of what is wanted OF hin