Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-09-13
ALL SORTS.

country than five years ago.
speaking of rude remarks. any re-
mark is rued that gets you into trouble.
The girl with speaking eyes, has
the advantage of the girl with "lu-
minous mouth
Boston, s oldest policeman is seven
ty-nine, and he has been n guardian of
the city's peace for tifty-three years.
1t having been stated that none of
the boatmen can pull sun-stroke, il is
suggested that that depends upon the
scull.
"A Nevada miner fell into an old
winze, where he lay three days, with
both thighs broken, before he was
found.
Spikes says her parents are willing
and he likes the girl, and thinks he wifi
take her if her old man will throw in a
chrome.
"A resident of Marietta, Ga, has
shipped thirty-two tons of lead and
iron gathered from the battlefields near
that town.
The assessable property in San
Francisco has, according to the audi
tors report, declined S11,000,0OO in
Value within year.
How heavily must the burden of
responsibility rest upon the man who
has been hired to escort nine stands
of bees to the county fair.
An exchange says that a man in
financial difficulties has been compared
to an ostrich in wet weather-he can't
find the dust to cover his bill.
The entrails of cattle are now
manufactured into cord, rope round
and flat betting, and other material
where extraordinary strength is re-
quired.
=" Rome" exclaims a historically
inclined exchange, "what was she in
the time of her kingsP" We don't
know positively, but we suspect she
wasn't any better than she ought to
have been. 'Sh. ...
Guests at hotels in New jersey are
not permitted to mash mosquitoes on
the walls, but must get 'em down on
the floor and choke 'em to death and
ring for the porter to draw OFF the
pse.-Free Press.
The Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima holds that it is sufficient ground to
give the defendant new trial if the
Judge allows the plaintiffs counsel in a
civil case to berate and villify him in
his speech to the jury. - n
One has arisen in California, Ben
ton by name, who eXterminates the
ground squirrel, heretofore so for
midable an enemy to agriculture, at
the rate of 7,400 a day when the
weather is good for squirrels.
The cattle trade between South
Florida and Cuban ports is steadily in
creasing. There are five American
and two Spanish schooners, one Amer
lean and one Spanish steamship con-
stantly engaged in the transportation.
The number of car-wheels in use
on the railroads in the United States is
100000 The average life of wheel
is about $4,000 miles On fast passen-
ger trains a wheel lasts about ten
months, but on freight cars a wheel
will last from three to ten years.
"A young man of Bloomfield, Pa,
who ambushed ghost which had
created quite sensation in the vicini-
ty, observed that it did not fade away
in his stalwart embrace. The captive
threw off the white robe with a shrek,
and proved to be well-known married
lady, who said she "was not a ghost,
but just played it for fun"
1t is said there is superstition in
China to the effect that famine like
the present one is evidence of divine
displeasure with the Emperor. The
present Emperor INDUCES in this belief
and cuts down his table fare one-half,
sending out from time to time edicts of
self-abasement. A British Consul thinks
the present famine is the result of reck-
less tree destruction.
"A disappointed lover who went
South three months ago with blighted
heart and strong appetite for death
and oblivion, came chasing back the
other day with face like new white
wash, camphor bags in every pocket,
and an overwhelming anxiety to be-
hold the scenery beyond the Lakes.
Yellow fever and nonsense won't bunk
together. breakfast Table.
So many highly respected men in
places of trust have been caught steal
ing'o late, that some foolish people are
saying in their haste that honesty and
honor are among the lost arts. They
are altogether too hasty and jump to
an unwarranted conclusion. There are
scores of thousands of men in this
country who value clean hands and a
clear conscience above money.
A blazing meteor which fell during
a recent storm near Beaufort, S. c.,
was picked up and found to be an
| irregular shaped flint rock, weighing
about twenty-five pounds, and having
a thin coating as if of lava. More re-
markable was the finding of a fallen
aerolite on the California desert, neal
San Bernardino, which weighed 25C
pounds and contained gold, silver anC
copper.
Mr. Edison will make no more in
ventions until 1880. 1t is not that hC
has run out of ideas, but science ha.
run out of names, and it will take tn,
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science about two years Il
manufacture enough names to go arounC
his present inventions. Inventions ar,
like babies. 1t is more trouble to fnC
names for them than it is 10 find the in
vention-HdIOb- Ege.
Gen. Sherman made this laconi
Endorsement on a report suggesting
that the Yellowstone National Par
should be guarded by the army: Soon
gress has in charge Yellowstone Park
and has appointed keeper Troop
have enough to do without guarding il
The public cannot carry away the gey
sers, the only real object of great mai
ural curiosity. New incrustations fOrr
each year, and they are of no rea
value"
1t is difficult, says Belgian joul
! nal, to distinguish between iron an
: steel tools. They have the same polls
: and workmanship; use will commonl
alone show the difference. To max
the distinction quickly, place the toe
upon stone, and drop upon it som
, dilute nitric acid (four parts of waite
- to ono of aoid\ If the tool remain