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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28
Underground Telegraph Lines in Lon
II don.

At present there are ia London about
$500 miles OF gutta-percha covered wire,
wrapped with tape and tarred, drawn un-
derground in cast-iron pipes from three 10
four inches in diameter. The system CON
meets The central office with the several
provincial railways and the main road
lines of telegraphs, and also serves
large number of the metropolitan tele-
graph aoiiices.A Atths new General Post
Office the whole of the TAO wires are car.
ricd up lie interior of the building and
terminate on test-box, where each wire
is Numbered. Provision has been made
on this box for 800 wires from the west
and corresponding number from the
east total Of 1000 in all A four-inch
pipe will hold 100 wires of No. 2
gauge prepared, and three-inch pipe
seventy-two wires; but it Is not well, un-
less compelled by circumstances, to draw
in those, mum bers. The pipes are nine
feet long, and previous to being lard are
well cleansed inside by having a heavy
cham or mandril drawn TO and tro to rub
off any supertiuous substance left in cast.
ing, The socketjoints are packed with
tarred yarn and lead run in, as IN the case
OF gas and water pipe JOINTS.
"a The pipes are generally laid under the
pavement of the sidewalk, and each is
numbered in correspondence with the test
box number, and where they are Joined
in the streets the greatest enemy and al
most the only one they have to contend
with is dirt, and although full instructions
arc issued for the obviation OF this diff.
Guilty it is hard to carry them outthorough,
ly in the streets of London. Within the
past five years nearly the whole of the un-
derground system in London has been re-
laid, the number of wires having been
found insufficient TO meet The increased
metropolitan traffic, as well as the addi-
tional wires rendered necessary on the
railways and road lines Tor the rapidly-de-
veloping provincial business This work
has been effected with comparatively lit.
tie or no interruption Of the working cir
cults, and by far less than is experienced
from renewals on railways or road lines
The system is so we'll liked that before
long it will probably be greatly extended.
IN. Y. Gfdphic. N ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

ScHENcK's PULMoNIc sYRUP, SEA WEED Tonic
AND MANDRAKE PILLs.-These deservedly cele-
brated and popular medicines have effected rev.
Oluton in the healing art, and proved the fnllacy
Of several maxims which have for many years oh
structed the progress Of medical science. The
false suppositOn that " Consumption is incurable"
deferred physicians from attempting to find reme-
dies for that disease, and patients afflicted with Il
recmciled themselves TO death without making an
effort to escape from doom which they supposed
to be unavoidable. It IL now proved, however.
that Consumption can be cured, and that II has
been cured in a very great number OF cases (some
Of them apparently desperate oDes) by Schenck's
PulmOnic Syrup alone; aud in other cases by the
same medicine in connection with Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one or both. ac-
cording to the requirements Of the sase
DR. Schenck himself, who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than forty years, was sup.
posed at time to be at the very gate Of DEATH
his physicians having pronounced his 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.; Schenck's preparations with the same re-
markable success.
Full directions accompany each, making II not
absolutely necessary to personally see lJr. Schenek
unless patients wish their lungs examined. and
for ths purpose he Is professionally Of his princi
pal Office corner Sixth and Arch streets Philadel-
pha, every Monday, where all letters for advice
mnst be addressed. Schencks medicines are
sold BY all druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

DR.. P1ERcE's PLEASANT PURGATIvB PEI
LETS are so compounded from concentrated
principles, extracted'from roots and herbs,
10 larger than mustard seed, as much ca
thartic power as Is contained in any larger
pills for sale in drug stores They are not
only pleasant TO take, but their operation is
easy-unattended with any gripping pain.
They operate without producing any con-
stitutiOnal disturbance. Unlike other ca
thartics, they do not render the bowels cos,
tive after operation, but, on the contrary,
they establish permanently healthy action.
Being entirely Uegetable, no particular care Is
required while using them. s. ....t.s u
$500 Rei0ard Is offered by the proprietor 10
anyone who win detect in these Pellets any
calomel or other form Of mercury, mineral
poison or Injurious drug. ..f a-iI 49,
They are sold by Druggists. M
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

The King of Burmah interposes nc
objection to the coming of missionaries to
his Kingdom. On the contrary he has re-
quested those now in the country to write
TO England, Scotland and America and
ask for teachers 80 come and reside in
Mandalay. The King said he should like
t0 have them, would protect them and see
that all their wants were supplied"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

Good joke on Bret Harte. He went
to visit relative in a suburb of Troy, N.
Y, recently, while the family was abb
sent. He was muddy and atelworn,
and sorvantmistakcn him for tramp,
reluctantly admitted him to the kitchen,
where she set coachman to watch him
until her mistress came;
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

GENTIAN was our grandmothers' hobby for
a tonic, and no bitter would be considered
complete without IL; hence 1t enters into
nearly all, But experience has plovcd that
IL is Injurious to the stomach II frequently
used, A far better tonic is found In GudrdnG
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28
HAW 2 NAW ! NAWd :sss?' y: A.: A.: :5s

KeWriOuA, Kwcer, KWAint, kOmic, EIrstlS Rnbber
Faces. Each one viii make 100 dGersat fSces, and
thing for h6lldqys One viii eonvulse whole town.
kinds macdlfree for only Is cents each, for VI.
Send for ono and "lAugh and grow fat" WONDERFUL
MAGIC FINGERl A mystery lndeedl Ygl can st.e 6
It through your hat and yet make no liClel Ih m
rORder Of the age Send for II and have fun FOREV'
ER! Only rs cents, for 81. CARDS or CoUkTsHIFt
LOvK-MAKING CARDS, FoRTUSETELLING CAHDs ]
kinds each in neat case. These are ne beat cards
made and every young person needs them q en-.
Joy these long evenings ~ cents per pack Tor -
LITTLE FLIRT, OR LANGUAGE OF LoyE, Will lake
with the girls Only Is cents LITTLH FAscTNATOR!
For every sweetheart or lover All about eourtinG.
cure for love. etc Only Is cents LovEAs TEL SGRAPn
Seedcd hy epetV l0ueT. Only 20 cents All above are
elegantly Illuminated. Sent free for price I0O books
for sale. Catalogue FRRR. Address HU INTER- 4 90,
Iinsdale, n. II.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

-Revivalist Hammond illustrates an
argument with horseshoe magnet and
nails of various sizes, from tack to a
railroad spike. He likens the magnet to
Jesus. The tack typifies little children,
and he shows how readily they cling to
the magnet. A simple touch, too, attach
es the shingle nail, which he likens to a
youth. The larger nails are less and less
affected, until the big spike-a tough old
sinner of the most intTactable kind-will
not stir under the influence. -.rs.re-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28
rhe con,mon-se,n.e sehool.

AS newspapers call Prof Jones School OF
grows in numbers every week. Chicago
papers report fifteen aecessiOns from other
schools Jan. 3, seven on Jan. 10, and twelve
on Jan. II. Students now at other institu-
tlons are engaging rooms for next term.
Think Of teachers spending all their time
N teaching scholars, one by one, instead OF
hearing recitatiOns. Think OF scholars adj
vaneing independently, instead Of like
chain-gangsi Thists common sense.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

PERsoNAL.--K j. lNcAgroy.--''As q gen.
Liver, Constipation, etc., hardly ever use
anything else but SIMMONS LIVER REGU-
LAT0R, and have never been disappointed
In effect produced; II seems TO be almost a
perfect cure for all diseases Of the stomach
and bowels
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28
EXPLOSION OF a Backet Of water.


Yesterday morning, at the blacksmith
shop Of the Vivian mine, west Of Silver
, City, a singular and startling explosion
occurred by which two men were severely
injured. lrappears that a. bucket of water
was being thawed out at the fire on
the forge There were four men in
r.the sh6R, and while one of them was in
the act OF lifting the bucket off the fire it
exploded with great violence. The buck
ct was torn 10 shreds and Samuel Tangie,
blacksmith, and George F.. 0xton, miner,
were struck and wounded by the nying
pleces-the bucket beng made of sheet.
iron. The two men were cut In several
places, but their principal wounds are
sabOut the legs, the direction of most of the
flying pieces of iron being downward
a0xton's principal wound is on the leg be.
lew the Knee and the worst hurt of Tangie
is on the ankle, where a piece of iron
passed ihnongh the flesh and tore away
the periosteum, OF fibrous membrane in.
-closing the bone, for the space of an inch
The explanation of this curious explosion
undoubtedly is that a giant powder car.
fridge had been thawed out in the bucket,
and that its sides and probably the sur.
face OF the water, were coated with a
scum Of oily matter nitro -glycerine)
boiled out OF the cartridge. Virginia
Ctty (Nep.) Enterprise.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

"A convict in the Massachusetts, State
Prison says if the Governor will pardon
him out he will do as much for His Ex-
cellency some time. The Governor had
better do it, One can't tell what strange
things may happen in decade. n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28


the corn. This IL one of the mostprofitable
crops the farmer can raise. The cost of
an acre Of corn would be nearly as follows,
charging for the manure which will bene-
fit each crop for the five years rotation:
Hauling twenty ioads manure, Zoe. $40 90
Flowing the ground, per acre........ ..... 90
Rolling and markiDg..... ...............s. 90
Planting and seed i,.;.,s;..,;;;,i.,.'.''''.'' -; m
Cultivating and hoeing second time on
Cutting up and shocking. g........"......... I 30
Iusklng 1CO buehels ears, w
Drawing aud bing'......s.,,..s''.,.'., ~
Threshing' '''.'''''''..'''''.'''.'" wv
TOtal...............s.sss.. .sss.s.......sSs y
This makes $2S as the cost Of an aero
of corn, including $40 for manure, which
will apply to the subsequent crops, and
not over So should be charged to the corn.
An acre of good corn will yield fifty bush
els of shelled corn, which may sell at sey,
enty.fiv cents per bushel,
This gives for nfty bushels at 75c......,..S37 20
The stalks are worth. h..............,...,.... 80
Giving as the total value per acre......,.,$i5 90
The cost being deducted. y %
There is left per acre. ........... ...n$i7 90
In each succeeding crop similar estl-
mates may be made, keeping in view the
benefits Of manure and the rough cultivaI
! tion, as in the corn crop, upon each of
the crops in the course. BY acoustoming
ones self to this mode of farming the in
dividual soon perceives great improve
ment of mind and self.rcliance in any
position in which he may be placed. II
| Is by this systematic training of mind and
habits that one class Of farmers rise so
much above another class in knowledge
and influence. There is no royal road TO
greatness, and if we would be wise we
must perform the labor that is involved in
obtaining knowledge.
This arithmetical principle should be
applied to the farm itself in the aggre-
gate, taking into the account the cOndi-
ton of the buildings, garden, orchards
and small fruits. If the farm cost So 900
when in rather poor condition, and re-
pairs are put upon any part thereof an
exact account of the cost should be kept,
and added to the value of the real estate.
Thus, by building good horse barn for
horses, carriages and hay, you expend
| 1900; this Is really valuable improve
ment, and of itself may enable you to sell
the property for $400 more than il would
have brought withoutit it. So in setting out
orchards, small fruits, improving the gar
den, painting the buildings, fences and the
! like.
ttisnot merely question Of loss or gain
involved in this precise mode of doing
things, but also one of enjoyment and
safety, Every business man should, like
the successful merchant, train himself tc
a strict systematic mode of thought and
action, and will derive great satisfaction
therefrom in subsequent years, as he re
views his former life and mode Of action
The writer of this article, after years o
practical experience, now retired there
from, finds it a source of very great enjoy
ment in looking over daily record run
ming over thirty years into the past Wha
one has done another may do.-I. Y
Names, in Ohio Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

An Eastern writer claims that half
the ministers Of the Gospel do not know
how TO pronounce the word "God." !"
Some pulpit orators, he says, enunciate
the word as though spelled "Gawd;"
others, as though rhyming with rod or
sod. Among the former class, all bold
speakers, like Talmage, Murray and Pun
shon, are found, while the more reveren.
tial divines, like Spurgeon, Simpson and
Swing, make the name of Deity TO rhyme,
as illustrated, with rod and sod-pro-
nonnciDg II gravely, slowly and in sub
dued voice. The latter use, though more
rare, is preferred by the Eastern critic,
who backs up hIs position by saying that
none but the affected aud unscholarly"
would say: "a laborer carrying a
'hawd' and 'rawd,' being tired, sat
down on the 'sawd,' ate little 'cawd'
FISH which he had 10 a 'pawd,' and soon
began TO 'nawd,' when he was aroused
bya yellow dawg,' who was barking at a
'hawg,' who was going at a quiet jawg'
toward bawg' filled with lawgs.' A
thick fawg' soon hid them all from
sight, where they had better remain"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

MIR. j. G. CHAPMAN, the philanthropist
of New Haven, Conn, who for several
years has been in the habit of placing
stamps upon unstamped letters dropped
into the New Haven Postofiice, has during
the last year expended $42. 46 in his phil
antbropic work, and has forwarded more
than 1900 letters 10 their destination
With the exception of S12.66 he has been
reimbursed for his expenditures by the
persons who have received the delayed
letters.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

manner; after which plant and cultivate
the corn. This 10 one Of the mostproftable
crops the farmer can raise. The cost of
an acre of corn would be nearly as follows,
charging for the manure which will bene-
fit each crop for the five years rotation
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

Did you ever see small boy put his
thumb into the nose Of ea-kettle TO stop
the exit Of steamy Did that small boy
ever try that game second timer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

'iPHEw" said ST. LOUIS merchant to
whom Chicago merchant had shown his
gas-bill for December. Why, we only pay
$225 a thousand feet for gas in our city. %
That may be so" replied his Chicago
friend, /" but you must remember how
much bigger the feet are in st. Louis. p
Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

A FLOCK of sheep in Maine has grown
wild, and feed on seaweed in winter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

VnEDIME StdrorGs Glycerfne Cream
UkuOEnHN ~ E cures ehapped hands lips, &c. Ask
n y Hyonf druggist fofit Or send S0c TO Torrey
OuEAm& Bradley, III Randolph street. Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

N - visiting Cards. with your name aaely
HH printed sent for sc We have 100 styles
SGNE Agents Wanted. . samples sent fol
VSD stamp. A. H. Fuller 4 Co., Bfockton hsss
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-28

This makes $2S as the cost of an aero
of corn, including $40 for manure, which
will apply to the subsequent crops, and
not over SO should be charged to the corn.
An acre of good corn will yield fifty bush
els of shelled corn, which may sell at sey,
enty-fve cents per bushel.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-08

twenty times day, and examined it
closely, but he took good care never TO
express the slightest wish at that time.
And so thirty and forty years went bv
and The farmer and his wife grew old. and
their hair snow white, and still the wish
remained unspoken. At last it pleased
God TO show them great mercy. and he
took them to himself both i'm one NIGHT
Children and grandchildren stood ween-
inc around the collins. and, as one IF
them tried to withdraw the ring from,
the dear mans finger, the eldest son said.
Let our father tske his ring to the
grave. There was some mystery about
it. Probably it was some love token.
for our mother, looked at the ring too:
perhaps she gave it to him when they
both were young.'
so the old farmer was buried with the
ring which should have been a wishing
ring, bat was not one,and yet had brought
as much good luck i'm the house us a man
could desire. For it is strange, rs re-
CARDS the true and the false, that bad
thing can be turned to better account i'm
good hands than good thing in bad.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-08
A Posf0ffice story.

Mr.. John II. Hallett, one of the Oldest
public servants in the New York Postoffice,
remembers that in 1885, young woman
used to call every week for a letter adj
dressed Miss Mary III. Russell, Postoffice. !"
The regularity of her visits, and her ap-
parent unwillingness to give any account OF
herself, elected much curiosity among the
clerks. but their inquisitiveness was never
gratitied. Years passed away and gray
tie es eats as S Fsgnlary as exeF ana
her. Nearly ten years have elapsed since
her last visit, but the letters still come adj
dressed to her name, although the inter-
walls between them are longer THANH in the old
time. These letters have, of course, been
opened. but they contain no clue to the
identity of either the writer or the reclpl-
ent Each contains a SIS bill with few
lines of writing to say when the next re-
mittance would be made No address, no
date, no signature. The handwriting is
that of a man apparently feeble with age, and
another letter with the usual superscription
is, at present writing, lying unopened at the
post office Maria II. Russell an elderly
woman ten years ago, is probably dead.
The letters with their contents are sent to
Washington, but no one can guess who the
anonymous writer is who so faithfully main
tanned his correspondence Postof1ices
are essentially practical places, but little bits
of romance may sometimes be found even
in their history
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-08

Ahundred years ago the existence OF he or
the moon was hOtly debated, and majority OF
sem-scientif1c people took the affirmative of the
question. 1t seemed impossible to them that the
beautiful orb should be vacant globe. But the
progress OF telescope construction has left no
oouDt on the subject. Says a recent writer In
Inc British Quarterly Review:
Our inquiry resolves itself into kind of
inquest upon the moon, and after listening to a
number OF witnesses we are compelled to admit
mat the theory OF intelligent occupation dies a
violent death. Fire air, earth and water have
all declared against it, The tyrannous heat
which burns by day. and the curdling cold which
desoates by night, are alike hostile to vitality.
The meagre or utterly missing atmosphere for
bids the supposition that life exists unless we can
believe that flesh and blood are able to flourish
In vacuo. The rocky surface OF the orb which
Is clothed by no ascertained deposits OF soil
appears as unfavorable to fertility as macadam-
lied road; and the want OF water-the very lifes
blood OF our own globe-seems to exhaust all
hope that rational creatures bearing any marked
resemblance TO ourselves can possibly tenant SO
unfinished a world"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-08
Love of Adventure.

Toys born and brought up in seaport
towns and cities have more to encourage
the spirit of adventure than the residents OF
the inland towns. AS soon as they can
walk the wharves have a great attraction
for them. They are charmed at the sight
of the arrivals and departures of vCs'els.
and as soon as they can climb you see them
going up the rigging. and placing their caps
upon the truck. They get Oh board OF
small boats before they can handle an oar,
and frequently make excursions upon the
river before they have had any experience
in the management of a boat. "A large part
acquire strong attachment for the ship
ping, and are conversant with the names OF
all the vessels, and can tell when they arc
to sail, where they are bound. when they
arrive. what passage they have had, and are
as familiar with the details OF shipping
news as the owners themselves. They are
also quick to make out any vessel belong
ing to the port which may be in the Ofiing.
by some particular marks of the sails, spars
or general appearance. They mingle with
the sailors and hear the recital of adven-
lures, and are charmed by reading the tales
of the ocean, and at an early day they strike
out, either with or without the consent of
their parents to increase their knowledge of
the world by actual observation. Many be-
come shipmasters and acquire wealth. 9th
crs with less ambition are content to remain
before the mast, while the great majority;
after voyage or two return home. or more
frequently settle i'm distant region. and
there make their mark We doubt if there
is another place of like population that has
SO many of its sons scattered like our own.
We find them i'll every State of the Union
and almost every foreign country. In every
port of the world of any commercial inn
portance YOU are almost sure to find for
mer resident of Newburyport. The fond
ness for travel necessarily keeps the family
circle broken. We know family of seven
children that have not met for more than
quarter of century, one of whom was in
tasmania, two in California, one in Geor-
gia, and another in Boston. There are
many such families that will never be re-
united Su',til the day of judgment. Mr..
Charles Noyes has family of three chill
dren, one of whom is residing in Scotland,
one in San Francisco, another in Gloucester
Thus families who live upon the seaboard
become scattered -Neacb1krvDOrt Herald