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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
The RornanoHs.

The house of Romanoff, which has
filed so large place in European his
tory, narrowly escaped extinction in
the very year of its rise, owing its safe
ty entirely TO one of the very peasants
whom it has so often prosecuted. After
the expulsion from Moscow, in 1912, of
the Polish usurper Vladislav, it became
necessary to elect new Gar, the line
of Ruric having ended with Feodor
Ivanovitch, the son of Ivan the Ter
rible The choice fell upon Russian
noble named Michael Feodorovitch
Romanoff, who was then at Yaroslavl.
in North Russia, with few attendants.
The Polish King, hearing of this, sent
band of men to surprise him. On
their way thither they halted at the
cottage of a peasant named Ivan Su-
sanin, giving themselves out as foreign
soldiers on their way to take service
with the new Gar. But, as one of
them dismounted, he happened to
stumble, and in his rage muttered a
Polish oath, which Susanin's quick ear
overheard. The peasant instantly di-
vined their purpose, but could find no
better way of battling it than to offer
ullnSbll us Jll6lI RullC3 WhliO llO ScClOb-
ly dispatched one of his sons to warn
the Gar of the meditated treachery.
Then guiding the traitors into gloomy
defle of which he alone knew the out
let, he boldly avowed what he had done,
and fell beneath their swords, defying
them to the last. This heroic self-sac-
rifce was not in vain. The timely
warning enabled the Car to overtake
and destroy his intended assassins, and
Susanin's devotion was rewarded with
the permanent exemption of his family
from taxation, and the erection of a
statue to his memory. This statue is
still to be seen in his native town of
Kostroma, which, by a singular ooinci-
dence. was the birthplace of the peas
ant Oisip Komisaroff, who saved the
present Gar from assassination in April,
1866. The story of Susanin has fur
nished material for one of the most
popular of Russian operas, Life of
the Gar"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
The Thermometer.

The thermometer, although invented
half century earlier than the barome-
ter, was more than half a century later
arriving at perfection. Hero, who
flourished at Alexandria about one
hundred and thirty years before Christ,
has described in his "Spiritalia" a sort
of huge weather glass, in which water
was made to rise and fall by the vicissi-
tudes of day and night, or rather the
changes of heat and cold. This ma
chine had been for ages overlooked, or
merely considered in the light of a
curious contrivance. But Sanctorio, a
very learned and ingenious Italian
physician, who was long Professor of
Medicine in the University of Padua,
and had labored to improve his art by
the application of experimental science,
reduced the hydraulic machine of Hero
into more compendious form; and
thus constructed, about the close of the
sixteenth century, the instrument since
known by the name of the air ther-
mometer, which he employed with OBJ
vious advantage to examine the heat of
the human body in fever.
Some years afterward, similar in
strument was contrived, perhaps with
out any communication by Drebbel. a
very clever and scheming Dutch artist,
who visited London in the reign of
James l., and introduced the knowl-
edge of the instrument into England.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


--Omelet.--Three eggs beaten slight
ly together, two even teaspoons flour,
two-thirds cup milk a small pinch
salt
Kettles are cleansed Of onion and
other odors by dissolving a teaspoonful
of pearl ash or saleratus in water and
washing them.
Potatoes contain nearly all their
nutriment (the starch) very near the
surface; the heart has but little; hence,
let the peeling be the thinnest possible.
Cinnamon MufIins.-Ono cup of
sour milk; half cup of sugar; one egg
one tablespoonful of cinnamon; one
tablespoonful of soda, dissolved in q
little hot water.
TO Cure Warts. oil of cinnamon
dropped on warts three or four times u
day will cause their disar perance, how
ever hard, large or dense they may be.
The application gives no pain nor
causes suppuration.
Stuffed Potatoes. es.-Wash good
sized potatoes, bake in oven thirty min
utes, take out, carefully remove the in
sides with fork, preserving the shells
whole, season the potatoes with salt,
pepper, and butter, fill the shells with
it, put in the oven few minutes, serve
stcaming hot.
To Keep Lemons for Years.-Grate
the yellow part of the rind, and squeeze
out the juice; add to every four lemons
a pound of sugar, and put in glass
topped jars. These are equal to fresh
ones in winter for pies, and can also be
used for lemonade.
To Wash Windows.-Have a pail
partly filled with tepid water, throw in
teaspoonful of powdered borax, have
one small chamois dipped into the
borax water to wash the windows, then
with dry chamois rub the window
dry and polish. In this way windows
may be cleaned ina very few moments,
and not wet the carpets or tire the per-
son.
Cure for Group. can be
cured in one minute, and the remedy is
simply alum and sugar. The way to
accomplish the deed is to take knife
or crater, and shave off in small parti-
cles about teaspoonful of alum; then
mix it with twice its quantity of sugar,
W udhS IL pdldudOle, anu administer IL
as quickly as possible. Almost in
stantaneOus relief will follow.
Rice Pudding-Take one quart
milk, half cup rice (boiled), four table
spoons sugar, four eggs; flavor. Put
milk and sugar in saucepan and let it
come to boil; then stir in the rice
which has been mixed with the beaten
yelks; let this boil two or three minutes;
beat the whites to a froth; mix with
them two tablespoons sugar; place on
top the rice and place in the oven to
brown.
--Favorite Meat Pie.-Take cold
roast beef, or roast meat of any kind,
slice it thin, cut it rather small and lay it,
wet with gravy and sufficiently pep
pered and salted, in meat-pie dish.
If liked, small onion may be chopped
fine and sprinkled over it. Over the
meat pour a couple of stewed tomatoes,
little more pepper, and a thick layer
of mashed potatoes. Bake slowly in q
moderate oven till the top is light
brown. This makes very good dish,
and is very great favorite with par
ties who do not usually like meat-pie.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
Arc Ear peonIa HeaI,hv1

Why are fat people always complainingl
asks some one who entertains the popular
though erroneous notion that health Is synon-
omous with fat. Fat people complain because
they are diseased. Obesity is an abnormal
condition of the system, in which the saccha-
rine and oleaginous elements OF the food are
assimilated, to the partial exclusion of the
muscle-foTming and brain-producing elements
In proof of this, it is only necessary to assert
the well-known fact that excessively fat peo-
pie are never strong, and seldom distinguished
are the easy prey of acute and epidemic dis
eases, and they are the frequent victims of
gout, heart disease, and apoplexy. Allan's
Anti-Fat is the only known remedy for this
disease. 1t contains no acid, is absolutely
harmless, and is warranted to remedy the most
confirmed case of obesity, or corpulencY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
Enemies Of the Gable.

FISH are not the only large animals
which have tried to make meal or a
plaything out of cable. Underground
cables have been found eaten by both
rats and mice. In Bristol year or two
ago company of rats made their way
into the street pipes and devoured the
gutta-percha coating of the street ca
bles. Not long since, at Dawlish, u
mouse built her nest and reared her
progeny in one of these pipes, and ap-
parently supported both herself and
her household on the gutta-percha of
the wires. No doubt, as the current
passed at times while she was gnawing,
the little creature felt a tickling sensa-
ton of the palate, which fairly puzzled
its tiny understanding and possibly dis
turbed its innocent feast. A curious
submarine accident occurred a few
years ago to the Persian Gulf cable.
The cable suddenly broke down faulty.
The position of the fault was localized
by shore tests and ship dispatched to
raise the cable and repair it. 1t was
duly grapneled, and after a great deal
of labor, caused by the extraordinary
weight of the cable in hauling up, they
succeeded in raising it to the surface,
when they found, much to their amuse-
ment as well as surprise, that they had
"caught u whale" The body of a
dead whale was found entangled in the
coils of the cable, where the animal
had netted and strangled itself.-Har-
per's Weeklu.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

The woman had never turned her
head, and now answered him in the
same overstrained key: "He starved
my mistress TO death. / saw her slow
ly dying of hunger and thirst day after
day, and / made up my mind to kill
him as soon as / could get the chance.
1 had to wait and watt" she went on,
her voice sinking little, "till at last
it was too late"
She stopped, suddenly stopped and
kissed her mistress coffin; then wheel
ing round and facing the congregation,
who sat spellbound, she shook her
clenched fist at them. "Ahr' she
said, speaking in terrible voice, "you
knew, you must have known-friends
and cousins and brothers, ay, daugh-
ters too-that tbread--bredd was what
she wanted. Who heard her cry for
foodp Who heard her beg and pray
and implore for one little sip of
milk, one little bite of meatp'' Her
voice rose to shrek as she went
on, but such was the force of her pas
sion that no effort was made to check
her: You, all of you--all heard, all
saw, all knew, yet none had courage to
act; and now, I-Iv' striking her breast
violently with both hands, "a poor
slave avenged herP'
She paused; there was dead silence.
Instantly a ring of men closed round
her; she was swept from the church, so
swiftly was she borne away, and the
service proceeded.
The priest looked pale, and sent two
or three messages to those without, but
they were of no avail. Before he could
leave the altar, which he did as hur-
riedly as possible, Marcelline was hang
ing from the limb of an oak tree with
in sight of the church, her last words
being: "God will forgive me; 1 did
right" But bitter were the tears Pere
Ramain shed when he found she had
gone to her last account unshriven and
nuabsOlvpd --TinDiu pofr M0o0z5y1o
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
AN AnrUlnN PLcrnRE.

Sky deep, intense, and wondrous blue,
With clouds that sail the heavens through;
And mountain slopes so broad and fair,
With here and there, amongst the green,
A maple OF an ash-tree seen
In glowing color, bright and rare.
Green fields, where silvery ripples fade.
With cattle resting in the shade;
Far mountains, touched with purple haze
That. like n veil Of morning mist
BY CLEANS of golden sunlight kissed.
Seems but a breath of by-gone days.
And clover which has bloomed anew
Since shining scythes did cut IL through,
And corn-felds with their harvest fair.
And golden-rod upon the hill
And purple asters blooming still,
And sunlight melted into air.
Dora Read G00ddle, Scribner for November.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

The region through which the
Northern Pacific Railroad runs is being
rapidly settled, the great wheat crops
of the Red River country, especially,
having attracted farmers. Foreign colo
nists of various snationalities are also ar
irving in great numbers. This has led
TO special measures to advance various
religions among the settlers. Several
Roman Catholic missionaries have been
sent to that field, Methodist colporteurs
of the old fashioned kind are at work,
and the Adventists are making what
are said to be remarkably successful
efforts to obtain a foothold.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
Cured of Drinking,

" A young friend of mine was cured of an in
his system that he was unable to do any busi-
ness. He was entirely cured by the use of Hop
Bitters. 1t allayed all that burning thirst took
steady, and he has remained sober and steady
man for more than two years. ard has no desire
to return to his cups, and know of number
or Others that have been cured of drinking by
it."-From q leading B. r. Official Chicago. Ill
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

-"Do you know 'When the Swal-
lows Homeward flyP" asked young
man of his "inamorata," as he leaned
over the pianoforte. "0f course / do,
she replied, in voice as far apart as
barber's comb, "They fly home
when they want their grub" And
then she began TO sing, Would / were
a bir-r-d.n rl I.tr
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

DR BUIL's coUoH SYRUP Is a purely veee-
table compound, innocent In nature and Won
derful IN effect For children II is invaluable,
curing Group, Whooplng Cough, etc., In a few
hours Price, 25 cents per bottle, or Ave bot
ties for 81 90.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
A Farmers Paper.

We ask attention to the card of the Ohio
Farmer in this issue of our paper, and recon-
mend it as one of the Oldest and most valua-
BILE agricultural and family papers Of the
country
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

All, yes, indeed. Don't write too
many letters. Be careful about that.
Why, old Herod would have been a
Hero if it hadn't been for the last
letter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

1T is demonstrated that America makes the
best Cabinet or Parlor Organs in the world.
At all worlds exhibitions in recent years Ma
son 81 Hamlin have obtained highest honors,
having received the gold medal at the Paris
Exposition of 1878.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

,-Tramps now are reaching for the
Rlms-houses.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08
VEGETINE.
For Nervousness, SIeepIe8S Nights.
wAsnNaroN D. @. March Y. 1877.

WASHINGTON d. O., March ~, 1877.
II. r. STEVENS;
Dear Sir-I do not not believe In pufnR nor would
indorse humbug but consider u no more than real
Justce % speak well Of Vegetne believing IL tO bo an
excellent medicine, have used several bottles OF IT, to
my entire satisfaction and great relief from an nexp
cable NeTUORs1ess which had caused me great suffering
and seepless nights; have walked the floor and resOrted
TO different methods for relief TO purpose,
hnaly thought would give Vegetine trial, with little
fath Will admlt but TO my surprise and great relief
afew doses convinced me that had got hold Of the
right thing for my difficulty t sent out humOr from
my blood that, have doubt was the cause Of the
misery had endured, and found relief as soon Q
medicine could relieve disease o that kind When
began Its use seldom got nights sleep, half one,
and my appetite was poor and as . eonseqnence was
running down rapidly but, after few doses. n
radical change every way and am thoroughly satisfied
with Vegetne, and recommend IL 10 any person suffer.
Ing as did. Respectfully
MRS J. A. JOHNSON.
FEMALE WEAKNESS.-vegetine acts directly upon
the causes OF these complaints. II invgOrates and
strengthens the whole SYSTEM acts upon the secretve
organs alays inflammation cleanses and ulceTa-
t0n cures constipation, regulates the bowels headache
and palms In tho back Cease In fact there Is disease
complaint where the Yegetine gives so quick relief
and is So effective In its cure IN what Is termed Fe.
male Weakness. 1t has never failed In one instance.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-08

The universal life preseryer-bread.
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THE MARKETS.

PARTICULARS regarding Electric Relts FREQ.
Address Pulvermacher Gslvauic Co. Cincin.. o
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Now READY for CANVASSERS

HUMANIIC ItE1A LIIIHst3. a Series or HistOfic
zen PictWes. Illustrating the Heroic Sides OF Human
LIE. ~ Rev Daniel Wise, ID. ID. 103 Illustrations
cheap sold only BY subscription. AGENTS WANTED
everywhere. Address, for terms and illustrated eircu
lar. NELSON & PHIILIPS, No. sos broadway n, y
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ART SCHOOLS
Chicago Academy Of Design.

BY recent reorganization, the Chicago Academy OF
Design has been put In better condition than at any
time since the FIRE.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-06
RUSSIAN CRUISERS.
Information Of Three More Vessels Bound
Tor American Waters to Be in Readiness
for the Commencement Of Hostilities.

information OF Three More Vessels Bound
for American Waters to Be in Readiness
for the Commencement Of Hostilities.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON May 5.-The British legation
is fully apprised of the intended dispatch of
additional steam ships filled with officers and
sailors, which sailed recently from Bevel Fin
land. Before these vessels got out of the Baltic
their errand and destination were known. One
of them is intended for service on the
North Atlantic, and will put in
at some Northern United States port, while
the other two will proceed direct to Aspinwall,
where the men will be disembarked and trans
ported to Panama, whence they will be taken
into steamers to meet them to San Francisco
for orders. Their clearance for Aspinwall is a
matter of record in their custom house papers.
The English government has taken precautions
to keep itself thoroughly informed of
every hostile move that can be made in this
country, and swarm of British agents are
constantly at work gathering information and
transmitting it to the British Legation. Sir
Edward Thornton is said to have a list of every
Russian and of every representative of the
Irish element who is working in the Russian
or Irish interest.
A Fenian feint or attack is said to be on the
cards if Russia and England go to war.
The Fenian commander is now near Buffalo,
where an attack will be made.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-06
Custom, House Investigation.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.1

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The report Of the Gus
tom house investigation had not arrived here at
ten o'clock this evening. There appears to be
unanimity of opinion among Treasury officials
acquainted with the subject that the origin of
the custom house troubles is the Is per cent.
contract system, and moreover, that no one
connected with the administration of the archi-
tects of the Office, or the Treasury itself, is re-
sponsible for the contracts. Accordingly there
is general willingness that the district attor-
ney in Chicago should prosecute whoever may
have been defrauding the government. The
indications are, from what has been foreshad-
owed of the report, that the action of the Sec
rotary will be to refer the matter to the law
department for action. Superintendent Burling
is the only officer connected with the depart
ment, they think here, who even on account of
negligence, can be charged with responsibility
for the existing state of things. If the Is per
cent. contracts are the sole cause of frauds
the responsibility for these contracts does not
appear to be with the present administration
of the treasury.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-06
Ne,v Railroad Scheme.

Especial Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON. May 5.-The Senate committee
on railroads. having about exhausted its calen-
dar on railway bills, is now beguiling it's time
with thoughts 6ver the measure recently intro
duced by Senator Johnston, of Virginia. This
bill provides fora railroad from point at or
near this city to Chicago. The company has
been already duly incorporated under Virginia
laws and has fifteen million dollars as nucleus
of its capital stock. It has already begun
the building of the road on the
Virginia side of the Potomac river
at this city, and now the company
desired to get an act passed by Congress so as
to identify the enterprise as national affair,
and secure to it the right of way in the various
States through which it desires to run the road.
Tho bill has been advertised by interested par
ties to be one prepared for the purpose of
uniting all conflicting interests of the whole
system of Southern roads in connection with
the Southern Pacific railroad scheme. The
friends Of the bill hope all members of Congress
who are interested in these Southern roads will
unite on the bill and push it through both
branches Of Congress this seaaon.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-06
Theories as TO the Explosion.

Tho theories Of the cause of the explosion
still remain mere conjecture and probably al
WAYS will. Parties will, however, endeavor to
ascertain definitely the exact cause. In con-
nection with this theme we present this morn
ing another interesting scientific communica-
ton from Mr.. J. A. Kendall on the two theories
of the gigantic explosion.
To the Editor Of the Globe.
To have an explosion SO vast in its effects,
shaking the entire city, like unto the effects of
a young earthquake, requires an expansive
force sufficient to move or disturb many square
miles of atmosphere in an instant. If we bear
in mind that on every square inch of surface of
the atmosphere, no matter in what direction
the surface is presented, there is steady pres
sure of Is pounds; and at the same time COM
prehend the many millions of surface inches
presented on the wide expanse disturbed, you
can then begin to get faint idea of the enor-
nifty of this expansive force, which in some
way was generated accumulated in this and
other explosions. To ascertain the cause of the
Washburn calamity will require careful inves-
tigation. it not close comparison and logical
reasoning, to deduce theory that will stand
the tests of investigating critics.
From the examination Of articles relative to
mill explosions and the causes thereof, COM
to itself in one particular at least-aamely, in
it's extent of area shaken, if not the sudden
spread Of flame all through it and adjoining
mills, elevators. cars and other inflammable
material. The scene is before us, and now for
a logical conclusion of what the cause and how
brought about.
The common expression of flour dust ex-
plosion'' could be used here for convenience
and partly account for the disastrous work.
We will give you credit for chemically analyz-
ing -four or middlings dust and experimenting
with it in boxes; or take the evidences of other
small explosions inside the various mills. We
readily see that to the extent that the dust is
ignited it burns instantly, causing vacuum
by such disappearance and sudden expansion
of surrounding gases, which would knock off a
box cover, tear away the fixtures of burr or
other machinery and articles in a room or build
ing to the extent that dust, etc., is burned. In
short, in this we can see only an explosion on
a small scale for tbs following reasons:
1t is difficult with lamp or fire in one
apartment unaided by other gases or forces in
the common air, to ignite these particles
throughout scores of rooms and even to distant
mills, &C., as in this Minneapolis explosion here
considered. That it was not produced by
powder or other gases used in exploding or
clearing away buildings may be seen when you
remember that in the Chicago and other fires,