Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-21
GLEANINGs.

300, largely in the hands OF British |
holders. '"taF
IF Alaska is annexed to Washington
Territory, the latter will have an area OF
$40, 600 square miles.
COLOGNE is seeking to enlarge its area.
The space within the present limits is too
for its population.
AMERICANS in Paris are all rushing off
for Egypt TO spend the winter. Paris has
too much snow, hail and sleet.
NEW BRUNSWICK now owns S04 vessels,
of 272, ,O54 tons, valued at $1,000, ,00O-an
increase of about 80 per cent. since con
federation in 1867.
A pAUPER inmate of Horsham Work
house. England, died in the union on
Christmas Dav from the effects of glut-
tony lie attacked his Christmas dinner
so ravenously that in a few minutes he
was choked.
In Canada, as we'll as in the United
States, The year has been marked by a ma
terial decrease in immigration. In 1873
26G, ,354immigrants were entered, and in
1874, 140,337. This year not more than
5000 have been registered,
MUNICH had on the 1st of December a
population of 100, ,S67; Breslau, 240, Al;
Hamburg and its suburb st. George, 2ll,-
1866; Leipzig, 1876, 412; Dusseldorf, SO,3!S;
Strasbourg, 04,000. All the German cities
show considerable increase since 1871.
THE "Flying Dutchman," train run
ming from London to Plymouth, makes
about sixty miles an hour, and Sir Daniel
Gooch, the manager of the road, hopes to
reduce the journey by an hour, and is ar.
ranging to run special trains at The rate OF
seventy miles an hour.
The Lancet hears that an important dis
eovery has been made with reference TO a
remarkable epidemic of fever in Croy-
don, which, If not affording the true solu-
tion of the mystery, at any rate offers a
most reasonable suggestion for its eXpla-
nation. A huge waste pipe from the water
tower of the Croydon water-works has
been found to have direct communication
with the sewer. II is needless to say that
this connection which afforded the ut
most facility for aerating the water sup
ply with sewer-gas previous to delivery,
has been effectually closed.
AT one of his recent Parliamentary
soirees Prince Bismarck animadverted
severely on the lack of dignity and tone
cvinced by the German press. He thinks
that the German journals are too much
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news -mongering. They deal too mucl
in personalities, and repeat the frivolous
| misrcpresentations of the French Journals
which they strive to emulate. The En-
glish press, on the other hand, the Chan
cellor considered as models of propriety
| and wisdom, combining rare enterpris
with judgment in getting and sitting tn
| news.
NJ. NJ. ALBERT and Castor Tissandic
made IL balloon ascent from Paris, lately
| and after a three hours trip alightcd nea
| Illiers, about SIX miles from Paris. A
500 meters above the ground they entere,
a solid stratum of cloud 700 metres thick
the temperature being four degrees (centi
| gradc) below zero. At 1 500 metres alti
tude they passed through succession O
ice. crystals, a galaxy of little hexagona
stars. which danced round the car ant
sparkled in the sun. These dld not eXiS
in the lower stratum OF cloud, but wer
suspended IN the atmosphere over an eS
panse from $50 to 200 metres thick. TIL
temperature here was at zero, and highe
still it was at six degrees, the masses c
white cloud below appearing like Alpin
glaciers. Cumuli clouds were perceive
overhead at 1900 metres altitude, but III
aerODauts did not go higher than / &c
metres. ..H#H. ..s
IT is the opinion Of some scientific me
that the limit of capability of a micro
scope, in showing the structure of tissue
and the character of minute objects, h,
nearly, if not entirely, been reached
higher powers than those now i'll use gi
ing rise 10 optical phenomena which al
likely to completely mask the structul
and character of the object under exam
nation. Thus it may happen that whi
different structures give the same micr
scropical image, like structures will gi,
different images; and while system
of fine lines, and the like, may appe
z ever so distinct and we'll marked
the microscope, such appearances are NJ
TO be regarded as of mOrphological signi
cance, but merely as ply sical phenomen
from which nothing can be inferred e
cept the presence Of such structural co
J ditions as are capable of producing Il
Q ditfraction effects obtained 1t is asser't
by the most eminent experts with tn
wonderful instrument that by no micr
scope can parts be distinguished if tn
/. are so near to each other that the fiji
D bundle of light rays, produced by difira
f tiOn, can no longer enter the obiecti
simultaneously with the unditfracted co
q of lightly. Y. Sun.
: ONE of the most interesting address
S at the recent meeting of the Massach
v sets Teachers Association was by c,
T. W. Higginson, of Newport, II. l.,
Q Common Sense in Teaching History
q He said: "Is there any reason in
4 world why history should be So hard
a teach, should be so difficult to convey
our children? Great energy is broug
to bear upon it, and teachers compla
J, of the indifference of pupils in this j
q portant branch Time alone and
n newed experiments must answer
d question and explain the failure.
,r perfectly sure that one great cause
) failure proceeds from the false demand /
teacher makes upon himself at the outs
IS and makes consequently upon the puT
l. the demand, that is, that at all hazart
h by every sacrifice, by the use of the m
)e powerful hydraulic press that can
N brought to bear, the maximum of facts q
.e dates must be crammed into the chill
head without reference to the ideas,
NJ feelings, and the emotions that hist
should create. And include all the te
: books brought down to this date,
No. smallest of which contains, in my ju
NJ ment, more than twice the number of fS
If that any child ought to be called upOr
learn or TO remember"
le THE young ladies of the Harmon
ne Club, at Louisiana, Mo-, gave cent
he nial leap-year hop few nights ago.
nd young gentlemen were invited by
or ladies and requested to assemble at {
er tain dry.goods store, where the 6
IS called at the appointed hour and escoT
Id them in an omnibus to the hall. Inst
w of gentlemen rushing around with pei
le- in hand to mark engagements on the |
; a grammes the order of the evening was
an versed, and the fair damsels besie
Ise their gentlemen guests, calling for Il
'as cards and engaging their partners for
nd different dances. When the intermiss
m. for refreshments arrived, fair ladies "
nd to be seen leading brave men to the oy
gas lsupper as lambs To the altar. Supper
av- served. and again the girls showed
ner leap-yeay grit by paying for the b.
supper. The gentlemen wore their c
Ice pinned back, and were addressed
res "Miss, - while the bewitohing ladies
rtb sumed The role of "Mister." II was q
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