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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
Personal Habits of the Japanese.

A NATIONAL prediction for the bath
may mislead the reader into the belief that
the Japanese are the cleanest nation under
the sun. This is far from being the case
They are the most Tubing people, but
while, among the petty trading and lower
classes, they pay every attention to the
cleanliness of their bodies they pay none
whatever. 10 that of their clothes. The
thicklypadded winter garments will be
worn without being washed, not for days,
or weeks, or years, but generations. The
patched and wadded garment covering the
body of small urchin in the street proba-
bly, has descended to him from his grand.
father, through succession of uncles and
bigger brothers; and next winter, if he
grows out of it by then, it will pass on to
q smaller member of the family As long
as they will hold togetherare these clothes
kept From constant patching there may
be at last but little of the original outer
earmnnt- lAft, tut the thick cotton wad.
ding is the same that for day after day
through a winter, winter after winter
through generations, has been worn with.
out once being cleaned. But this is not
the worst While the clothes are being
worn they are, at all events, exposed to
the purifying influence of the fresh air I;
but as the cold season passes away the en-,
tire winter wardrobe of q family is packed
away altogether in some room, and there
all through the heat of the summer 1t lies
in foul heap of frowsiness and impurity.
Smallpox is the scourge of Japan, and
there is no doubt that to this practice it
owes in great measure its yearly appear
ance and its rulence.-T 'elnDLe Bar,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

sizes, from the thin tobacco string affected
by the student TO the thick guilds prepared
for sailors use. The pigtail Is pressed so
as to get rid Of the superhuous nicotine,
and u was with sickenin9 qualm that
one looked at the thick, treacly Juice that
exuded, and reflected on the quantity Of
the stuff that we must have consumed in
the course Of many years indulgence of
the weed in various conditions. The sale
Of cigarettes has increased enormously of
late years. was informed, and l should
like to know If the preference for this form
of tobacco is to be attributed to the de
terioratiOn In the quality Of the cigars sup
piled by the Government or to the neces-
sity which added taxation has imposed
upon the population since the war to re-
strict the sums they formerly spent on
luxuries.
The revenue obtained by the Govern.
mcnt monopoly must be enormous. I re.
member reading lately an account of how
the regie came to be established At some
reception during the first Empire lady ap.
peared adorned with more diamonds than
were possessed by any of the beauties of
the court. The Emperor asked who she
was, and was told that she was the widow
of man who had made fortune in to-
bacco. The shrewd autocrat determined
TO turn the hint to account, and the next
morning he issued q decree making to-
bacco Government monopoly. Moral I:
| If you make fortune by trade don't
make too much show lest watchful and
paternal ruler takes the trade out of your
hands. Deafened by the noise of ma
chinery and giddy with the nauseous
fumes you have passed through you
emerge into the fresh air wondering how
the Government can be so iniudiclous as
to admit the public to a sight of its to-
bacco cOok-shop, and firmly deter
mined never to smoke again. Never
again shall your lips be polluted by a
cigar. But, if you do not smoke your
self you may like to offer some courteous
poison to friend. And you are reminded
/ that in the debit attached to the building
you can get real Havana cigars--not made
in France. This is an opportunity not to
be missed. You enter the--shop shall l
call it, or office ?-and you are shown some
cigars duly marked, labeled and priced,
which are only sold in boxes of 200. You
take box of cigars at sixty francs, which
are well made, and which smell like the
real thing. Such is the weakness of hu.
man nature that-justto to transfer the fumes
of tobacco from your head to your mouth,
or TO try what sort of treat you are going
to give your friends-you light one cigar
to smoke on your way home. Alas! you
find it of rank and acrid flavor, getting
more nauseous as it nears the bitter end
and you are soon confirmed in your origi-
nal conclusion that there is no such thing
as good cigar to be had in France.-Pdris
Cor. london Telegraph.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
Disease a Help to the Intellect.

In his Enigmas of Life" Mr.. Greg,
the well-known English essayist takes
the ground that bodily pain and disease
are not only compatible with, but may di-
rectly contribute to the loftiest efforts OF
the intellect-sometimes positively en-.
hancing its powers-that the effect Ofsome
disorders and of certain sorts of pain upon
the nerves is to produce cerebral excita-
ton, and that the stimulus thus eommu-
licated to the material organ of thought
renders it for the time capable of unusual
effort Mr.. Greg asserts that men under
the stirring influence of severe pain are
capable of a degree of imaginative and
ratiocinative brilliancy which astonishes
themselves and all who have known them
only in ordinary moods of comfort torpid
faculties becoming vigorous and spark
ling, forgotten knowledge being recov
cred, and marvellous CLEANS of insight be.
ing vouchsafed them. The wonderful elo-
quence of Robert Hall is believed to have
been greatly owing to the stimulating in
tiuence of terrible spinal malady DIR.
Connolly mentions a gentleman whose
mental faculties never reached their full
power except under the irritation of blis-
ter. Such instances as these are regarded
by MIR. Greg as fully corroborating his
theory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
FACTs AND FIgUREs.


THE last census reports 1O,968 "va
grants" in Ireland and 1884 persons of
rank. .H enlu fth
BY the last census the total number Of
children of school age % to 13) in Great
Britain was 5,3l4, ,301, or 23 per cent. Of
the total population.
DURING the last thirteen years more
than 10000 Chinese immigrants have
landed in the United States. OF these,
10S, ,902 we're males. During the years
lS03-'64 and 1886-'67 no Chinese females
came to the country, and only one in
1S05-'66.
DURING tie season ending Aug. 1, 1875,
113,970 barrels, or 1000, 900. menhaden
fish were taken on the Connecticut shore,
from which 3,100 tons guano and 90, 900
gallons of oil were made. The guano
brings from ten to twelve dollars per ton
and the oil from thirty-four to thirty-eight
cents gallon. The Connecticut shore
furnishes about one-fifth of the supply
from the New England and Long Island
districts.
THE returns of the Central Statistical
Bureau of St. Petersburg publish the fact
that, although the supply is decreasing,
Russia maintains larger stock of horses
almost three times as many in proportion
to its population as either England, Prus-
sia, France or Austria. The number of
these useful. quadrupeds owned in its do
minions is upward of 10000, 900, or 81 to
every 100 inhabitants. Siberia has the
best supply, there being in this district a
horse to-almost every man of the popula-
ton. Poland, Finland and Caucasia pos
sess but few, while in the south and south
western governments oxen take the place
of horses almost altogether for agricultural
purposes.
VERY few churches in America have q
seating capacity of over 1900. The fol-
| lowing shows the size of some of the
largest churches in Europe: st. Peters
Church at Rome will hold 81 900 persons
Milan Cathedral, $1,000; st. Pauls at
Rome, $4,000; st. Pauls at London, 35,-
600 st. Petronio at Bologna, "a 400; Flor
ence Cathedral, 24,300; Antwerp Cathe,
dral, "a 900; st. Sophia's, Constantinople,
$4,000; st. John Lateran, 22,900 Notre
Dame at Paris, $1,000; Pisa Cathedral,
10000; st. Stephens at Vienna, 10, 400;
st. Dominic's at Bologna 10000; st. Pc
ter's at Bologna, II 400; Cathedral of vi
emma, 1000; st. Marks, Venice, 1000;
Surgeons Tabernacle, 1000; DR.. Halls
church, Fifth avenue, New York, seats
1000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
TOp-Dressing Meadows with Barn.
yard Manure.

Late autumn is always the better period
TO top-dress meadows, for the reason that
near the close of the growing season all
fertiliZing material that comes from de
caying vegetation is then tending down.
ward into the earth. Hence manure
spread on the surface late in the fall will
not be lost by evaporation to half the ex-
tent that the fertilizing elements will dis
appear if spread in the spring or in the
summer. But this manure should be
rotten - thoroughly decomposed Then
there will be no heat to throw off the
strength. Fermentation, which is we'll in
the ground, is bad outside of it, But even
in raw state, drawn from the stable, ma
nure, when closely applied to the surface,
has its benefit-not so immediate. Fer
mentation must be gone through with be-
fore the manure is plant food; and the
acrid nature of some manures will hurt
grass and grain and impart raw inhu-
ence to the soil. To top-dress meadows
successfully a very important thing is re-
quired-a thing that is too much neglect
ed. 1t Is to pulveTiZe the manure and get
it down on the ground. To leave the ma
nure in heaps is of but little use. There
is some strength the ground gets, but the
Jumps are an obstruction. This is bad
way, and should be discountenanced Sc
veTely. Close to the ground, hugging it,
becoming part of it-this is what is
wanted. Then the soil, by its at
traction, will get the strength. The
rains will carry the fertilizing ele-
ments down at once. Nothing can be
better than TO take good baInyard manure,
composted with muck or clay, and, when
thoroughly mixed and decomposed, apply
To the soil close to the ground, finely and
evonly distributed. This gives our mead
ows what scarce any other treatment can
reach-a thick, excellent coat of grass.
Repeated, this coat can be continued; and
by and by, when 1t is wished to turn il
down, there is nothing better. Corn will
grow here If anywhere. We have known
Il to reach, in large lots, over eighty bush
els TO the acre, when otherwise 1t would
yield but half that amount. A generous
lOpdTessing with harnyard manure has a
tendency 10 keep t4e ground moist. But
the main pOints-the reliable, the impOr.
fanfare its effects upon meadows, upon
grain and upon seeding. The effect Of all
this cannot be questioned. II is only said
that some Of the strength OF the manure
will escape. This looks reasonable. There
Is little doubt but that some of the strength
is lost There is also little doubt had this
manure been covered the strength would
have been saved. This is all a plausible
theory; nay, II is fact.
When barnyard manure is scarce il will
pay to SOW bone dust on almost any
meadow. We have lost all faith In most
other commercial fertilizers. But swim,
dlers cannot adulterate bone dust so read.
lily as the phosphates.- Y. Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
USEFUL AND sUGeEsr1vE.


RUNNING UP and down stairs Is woman
killing work and should be avoided as
much as possible by having one or more
bedrooms below.
A SINGLE bed of flowers, II well cult
waited, will afford more pleasure than can
be derived from any other equally mex
pensive source; that is II there is the
smallest particle Of love for the beautiful
in your composition. 3. b
ONIONS may be harvested when the ma
jority Of the tops fall over Pull and let
them remain in the sun few days before
storing. Store in dry place where there
Is free circulation Of air, otherwise they
are liable TO rot Onion sets must be
spread very thinly.
BoTs.-And now comes another remedy
for these little suckers which some of our
best veterinary physicians claim, and not
without reason, never yet injured horse.
A correspondent of the Department of
Agriculture writes that tansy bruised and
soaked in water is an infallible remedy.
He says he has tried 1t frequently, and
never knew ii to fail Of giving entire re-
lief. He relates an instance in which the
tansy was given in the morning and dose
of salts in the evening-and next morning
pin: and half of bots were taken up
from the excrement .-Prdirie Farmer.
l. G. s., IN the New York Tribune, gives
these directions for taking leaf and flower
prints Oil piece of white paper on one
side and smoke that side over a lamp till
quite black. Place the under side of the
leaf on the black surface, and press it
down evenly with the fingers. Then take
up the leaf and put the black, oiled side on
the page of book made purposely and
press it for few minutes, not forgetting
to put piece of paper over it to keep the
opposite page from being smutted. Then
remove the green leaf and you will have an
impression left as beautiful as an engrav-
ing. Flowers with single corolla and
geranium leaves make beautiful impres.
| sions.
G. K, WRITING from Cincinnati, Ohio,
! to the Scientific american, says, in reply
to the question of correspondent wheth-
er there is any use for bed bugs, that he Is
reminded of an accidental experiment he
made of putting a number of nice fat bed.
bugs in a saturated solution of nitrate of
potash in water, with this result: Exposed
to the air for several days, in an open yes.
sci, there was no apparent change in the
bugs; but there was in the odor, for now
it was as delicate and delicious as before
it was rank and disgusting. No doubt the
odorous principle could he easily sepa-
rated, perhaps by digesting with alcohol
or ether, and, if neatly bottled and labeled,
would yield large profit to practical per.
tuners The odor is unlike that of any
other perfume have ever smelt, and no
one would suspect its low origin. This is
one use for the ctmer; there may be others.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
interviewing a Farmer.

WISHING to keep posted as to the condi-
ton of the crops, and to- ascertain the ex-
ctamount of damage done by the recent
flood, reporter of the LEDGER started out
this morning on an interviewing expedi-
ton. He was fortunate enough to encoun-
ter farmer at the edge of town, bringing
load of hay into the city. Burning with
enthusiasm, the reporter hailed him. He
halted and the following colloquy took
place:
I" How are you, friendY"
"Tired"
whats hay nowT"
"Same as 1t always was"
whats that?'
"Dried grass"
"What did you think of the rain?"
Thought it was damp"
"Didnt raise anything, then, eh?"
Nothing but an umbrella"
What did your neighbors get?"
"Chills and fever"
What are you doing now?'
"Sitting out here in the sun, and maybe
missing chance to sell this hay. Come
up here if you want to talk"
The reporter scrambled up to the side
of his new-made acquaintance, and as they
jolted on he again produced his notebook
and continued:
What did the farmers do last spring ?'
Ran everything in the ground as
| usual"
Did your wheat do anything%
Yes"
WHAT"
"Sprouted."
Can you raise any tobacco now"
Yes. Do you want a chew"
How are the potatoes ?"
Under the weather somewhat, but able
to be out"
Becoming just the least bit discouraged,
the reporter asked, timidly:
" Will you bring many beets to the city
this yearY'
Got good load now," was the re.
joinder, as he checked his horses and
said: "Guess you'd better plant what
I've told you and see what it'll yield
Here's where you git off,
Remembering that it was about time to
report at the office, the baffled searcheT
after news climbed down the side of the
wagon and, thinking that a soft answer
turneth away wrath, he calmly said:
That's nice hay, my friend; where did
it come fromy"
Timothy Seed" was the reply.
The interrOgator grew faint, but he
summoned up courage enough to ask:
What do you think you'll get for it."
"Cash, of course. Get up, Whitley
this fellow will talk us blind in minute
/ BE asks more questions than a catechism,' -
and, before the discouraged representative
of the press could recover from his sur.
prise, the hay-wagon had turned the ada
cent corner.-LOuisUtNe (Ry) Led0er.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

Chill CUREl--SATE AND suRE.-Dr. WI.
bofts Tonic Is curatlve and .protective.f II
viii cure Chills and protect from further at
composition Is simple and scientific. Itcon-
talns no poison. IL acts promptly and Its
effects are permanent It ie cheap, because
II saves DOCTORS bills ills harmless, speedy
In action and delightful In its effects Try
II and prove all that's said WHEELoCK, FIN
LAY " Co, Proprietors, New Orleans. n
FoR SALE BY ALL DRuugIsTs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

On the Both of June, 1868, the number
of postal savings banks in the Dominion
of Canada was 81 ! on the Both of June,
1875, they numbered 269. The deposits
1S68-'69 reached $927 1886 in 1974-'75 they
reached $780, ,284.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part Of the
State, who was about having his leg ampu.
tated on account Of lis being bent al right
angles and stiff at the knee, heard Of John
sons AnodYns Lfnfnlent. After using II a
short time his leg became straight, and Is
now as servlceab1e as the other.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

During thunderstorm in Maine the
lightning killed a horse worth $500 and
never touched an old COW which had Just
kicked q woman senseless.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
After The conclusion Of Nh. kelley,

... After the conclusion Of Mr.. Kelley's
speech last night . prominent business
man of this city, who heard him through,
and who was favored with an introduction,
said; "Mr. Kelley, your theory is very
beautiful, but how are you going TO put
hasty reply was: II have no time TO dis.
cuss that question: must hurry and get
on dry undershirt" The chances are
that the question will never be answered
-IRdidnGDOlis Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27
Can Birds COnYersei

DIR. Charles G. Abbott cites the follow
ing occurrence to show that birds possess
some mode Of conveying ideas to one an
other In the spring Of 1872 a pair of
cat-birds were noticed carrying material
for a nest to a patch of blackberry briers
hard by, To test their ingenuity DIR. Alb
bott took long, narrow strip Of muslin,
too long for one bird conveniently to
carry, and placed it on the ground In such
position as to be seen by the birds when
searching for material In few moments
one OF the catbirds spied the strip and
endeavored to carry il Off; but its length
and weight, however he took hold of it
and he tried many times-impeded his
fight, and afer worrying long time over
1t the bird fiew off for assistance. In few
moments he returned with his mate, and
then standing near the strip they appeared
10 hold a consultation. The chirping,
twittering, murmuring, and occasional
calculations were all unmistakable In
q few moments these all ceased, and the
work commenced Each took hold Of the
muslin strip at about the same distance in
each case from the ends, and, taking fight
simultaneously, bore il away. Soon there
was much jabbering at the nest; the birds
could not agree how TO use the strip, and IT
was finally abandoned but so, too, was the
nest, and the birds left the neighborhOod.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

PERsoNAL.-A. y. Hetzog-"I have used
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR, after try
ing nearly all other remedies, and now am a
sound and healthy man-too much cannot be
said in praise OF such a remedy"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

AT meeting of doctors in New
Orleans the other night II was unanimous
ly agreed that New Orleans is the health.
lest city In the world.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

"A fashion journal advertises that
there is little change in gentlemen's
trousers this month";" Perhaps they allude
to the pockets.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

-"Typod feayer, /" "collary, -" cansor, /,
"paralises,n ''rumatis," teathing' and
"boul complaint are the diseases Of which
Buffalo people die. The census-taker says
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

A NoRRIsTowN (Pa boy who found a
pocket book containing eighty-five dollars,
and returned il 10 the owner, refused a
reward Of five cents for his trouble, ex
planning that many a man has been ruined
by suddenly becoming rich
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

a eREAT many people have asked us of
late " How do you keep your horse looking
so sleek and glossyf" We tell them it's the
easiest thing In the world; give SAerfdan's
CdvairR Condition PoaodeTs two or three
times a week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

.,rIcgsant md Proptabie EempIgyment.--
"IIe lutiful!" "Charmingw "Oh how iOyelylr WHAT
they worth 2" etc such cxClamntOus hy those
whosec the large, elegant New Chrcmns PRODUCED by
the European Am Chrome Pubg Go. They arc all per-
feet gems ofnrt None resist the temptation " buy
when seeing the Chromoa II requires no talking To sell
the pictures; they speak for themselves CanVaAsera
Agts and ladies aud gents out femployment will md
this the hest opening offered 10 make money Full
particulars and confidential circular sent for stamp Ad
dress .GLKAsoS&Co, T8 Washlngon-st Boston, Mass-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

The Maine Farmer suggests that farm
ers, by building on adjoining corners of
their farms. might organize little " farm
ers' villages" which would give them the
advantage OF society and make their chill
ofen much more eOntented with farm life,
and, as a critic observes, greatly improve
the facilities for neighborly quarTels.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

~ Taxation in Maryland has in.
creased from ten cents on the $100 where
the Republicans left II ten years ago 10
twenty and fiye-sixteenth hcents-more than
doubled in a decadel = WASHINGTON OhrO,a-
fcle I
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

There is fresh activity in the PennsyI.
vania OIL region. Many Of the old wells
are still active and nine new ones have
been s-~-ted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

The Troy Times is assured by the chief
signal oiicer that. Notwithstanding the
periodical excessive rainfall, the aggre-
Increasing,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

tB- The Louisville Oourier-JOurnal
tells how Kentucky was carried for the
Democrats Al the late election; "Votes
went freely yesterday afternoon at fifty
cents apiece, or, by wholesale, at five
dollars a dozen
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

THERE are 1000 Keys to the vaults of the
Safe Deposit Company in San Francisco.
No company can expect 10 get on a higher
key than this.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

THE Interior ReW Yorker, published at
ST. townsville, tells the following: "A
merchant in this village speaks very much
Of advertising. He lost his wallet on the
same day he visited Albany, and adyer-
tised II In the city paper, But one short
tents was returned 10 him-by his wife,
who found it In his old pants pocket"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

The stamp of civIItzation-The postA
stamp.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-27

tB- The Albany IN. Y9 Journdl says
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, occupies the
position Of man without party" Iowa
is a long way ahead of Ohio In this re-
spect, in that all who are not Republicans
occupy the position of men without a
party" There is not so much as a name
TO distinguish them.-Dubuque Times.