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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered from All Quarters.
WASHINGTON.

The first order for silver certificates
based on gold deposit in New York was re-
ceived by the United states Treasurer on the
22d. 1t was for $4,000, the certificates to be
paid in st. Louis at the SubTreasury.
DURING August there arrived in this
country 50,56S immigrants.
AS NEAR as can be estimated the
number Of lives lost during the fiscal year of
1880 from the different classes OF accidents to
which steamboats, are subjected will not ex-
coed one hundred and eighty-fve against one
hundred and seventy-seven in 1870.
The Chairman of the Ute Commits
sion telegraphed to Secretary Schurz on the
23d stating that the Commission had secured
to the instrument of ratification the sigma
lures of 1--WE hundred and eghty-two adult
males of the confederated bands of Ute In
dians in Colorado. This number is more than
three-fourths of the male adults Of the Ute
bands.
For the week ending on the 25th
there were 4O,993 standard silver dollars dis
tributed, against 297,4s9 the corresponding
period in 1879
7 DURING the ten years from June 80,
1870, to June 30, 1880, 2,sl2 III immigrants
arrived at the various ports OF the United
States.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

R9~General Mcclellan, a Union sol
dier. was nominated by the Democrats
for the Presidency in 1864 as a decoy
duck Had the Southern rebels an OPP
portunity every one of them would have
voted for him. Would that have been
regarded as an evidence OF reconcilia-
tion? Not much. The defeat of McClel-
Ian broke the back of the rebellion.
The ballots were more effective than
bullets. Now, in this year of grace,
1880, the same party has set up another
decoy duck. His defeat in November
will break the back of the Solid South
and obliterate sectional lines. - Cincin-
nati GaseLLe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

AT Barnes, Sury, England, is a
church, on the south side of which,
enclosed by wooden rails are a few rose
trees. They are cultivated in pur-
suance of the will of Mr.. Edward Rose,
who died in 1855. and bequeathed f20
to the Parish of Barnes for the pur-
chase of an acre OF land, the income of
which was applied to the cultivation of
a succession OF rose trees, the surplus
funds to be given 10 the poor. Roses
are much used for funeral decorations
in England, where it is supposed that
the Romans introduced the custom.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

AT the session of the American Phi
biological Association in Philadelphia
the other day Prof. S. 0. Halderman
read a paper on the invention of words
by children. The child which the Pro-
fessor used to illustrate his remarks
was his own grandchild, who came to
Philadelphia from South America upon
a sailing vessel The child could not
speak when it started upon the voyage;
but the hustle upon shipboard stimu-
lated him to make several distinct syl-
lables which had no significance. One of
them, however, was "boom," and this
was the first word the child spoke. After
reaching this city the child's vocabu-
larry increased, but he continued to use
"boom" TO indicate a noise, blows,
steam; and cars he called by initiating
the noise of escaping steam. These
he continued until he learned the
names for these articles. He used con-
sonants in place of vowels, and only
inserted the latter when taught them.
The child also called a certain food
which its father liked by the latter's
name. The word 'good-by'' was used
TO indicate the last of anything, and
the rear car OF train was called the
"good-by ear'"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

"A dog owned by Mr.. Riggs in Suf-
fern, N. Y, was powdered recently
from small bellows, and the leas left
it. When it was again troubled with
feas it voluntarily carried the bellows
in its mouth to its master
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

BJ~The Aiken, Is. C) Journal and
RevteD of August Is, 1880, says: ITO
forestall the plans of the Radicals the
first thing to be done is to reorganize
the red shirt mounted clubs Wasn't
it Hancock that said something about
+" Y free ballotP'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

B9-Either the frauds and violence of
the South will be crushed and disap-
pear. or they viii grow and extend un-
til free government crumbles' to ruin
under their corroding influence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

in Naples the bathing and swim
ming establishments have been deserted
because a shark, twenty-four feet long,
had been seen entering the bay
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01

BsSs The Governments of the South
are not the voice Of the people They
are the despotism Of a mob
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
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Habit.

There was once q horse that was used
to pull around sweep, which lifted dirt
from thedepths of the earth. He was kept
at the business for nearly twenty years,
until he became old, blind, and too stiff
in the joints to be Of further use. So he
was turned into pasture, or left to crop
the grass without any one to disturb Of
bother him.
But the funny thing about the old
horse was that every rning, after graz
ing while, he would start on tramp,
goin G round and round in circle, just
as. he had been accustomed to do for SO
man years. He would keep it up for
hours, and people often stopped to look
and wonder what had got into the head
Of the venerable animal to make him
walk around in such solemn way when
there was no earthly need Of it..
But it was the force of habit. And the
boy who forms bad or good habits in his
youth will be led by them when he be-
comes old, and will be miserable or
happy accordingly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
A City Built Of Shells.

Perhaps you do not know that The
city Of Paris is built mostly Of shells,
the cast-of houses Of uncounted mill
ions Of little sea creatures. Each shell
is not SO big as q millet seed, and the
little creatures lived Ii them ages apo.
There we're 30 many Of them ia the sea
that they settled into real mountains.
became cemented together, and now the
mountains Of shehs form the quarriies
where most Of the Paris building stone
is procured The shells are shaped like
that Of . snail, and are 50 plentiful IN
the Paris stone that one inch (cubie
inch) is said to contain Sc, 600 Of them.
Beside this, they are found all over the
world, not only in stone, but IN the
sands on the shore.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
How the Sunday Stone Was Made.

H4 AAOW OA0 SUBWAY OtV4t Vdb maQ6s
In an Oxford museum may be seen 8
strange stone. 1t is composed of car
lonate of lime, and was taken from q
pipe which carries off drain water in a
3coliery. The stone consists of alter
nate layers of black and white, so that
it has striped appearance. This was
caused in the following way: When the
miners were at work, the water which ran
through the pipe contained a good deal
OF coal-dust, and SO left black deposit
i'll the pipe. But, when no work was
going opas, for instance, in the night
The water was clean, and so white
layer was formed. In time these de
posts quite filed the pipes, and it was
therefore taken up. Then it was found
that the black and white layers formed
quite calendar. Small streaks, alter
nately black and white, showed week,
and then came white streak Of twice
the usual size. This was Sabbath, dur
ing which there was no work for twenty
four hours. But in the middle Of one
week there came white streak of twice
the usual size. On inquiry it was
found that on that day large fair had
been held in the neighborhood, and no
work had been done at the colliery.
Every change in the ordinary course Of
work had left its mark on this strange
stone, to which has been given the title
OF the Sunday stone. /"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
Household Recipes.

To remove stains from books Trans
late them into better language
To remove spots Of grease, oil or fat
from woolens SSaturate the cloth with
kerosene or naphtha, and pressit with a
hot iron on the wrong side. Then treat
it with lighted match. This is
the only sure way to remove grease
from woolens.
To make your chimney draw Send It
to Boston school, where it can have
the advantage Of regulation instruction.
To cleanse brass Turn the hydrant
on the sewing machine and book agent
that knocketh at your door.
To preserve woolens from moths
Give them to the poor. II ..5I I
To keep bread from molding Give it
to the poor woman who keeps boarders
and hens. H sss
To prevent cake getting dry Give the
small boy access to the pantry !, /
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
European Expenditure.

The total increase Of expenditure
caused BY war, or the apprehension Of
war, has, if we take the average interest
at q per cent, been s13l, OO0, 600 q
year, or considerably more than the
whole taxation Of either Of the richest
countries in Europe France and Great
Britain. The amount at 4 per cent. rep
resents q capital Of s5, 200, 600, coo,
which, so long as the expenditure con-
tnues, and much Of it IS perpetual, is
loss to the industrial work Of Europe,
and consequently to the progress Of oiy-
ilization, and to the material we'll being
Of the people. The Ec0nonsfst.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
Blowing Out q Kerosene Lamp.

A very common method of extinguish-
ing q kerosene lamp is to. turn down the
wick until only a minute fame is visible,
and then blow down the chimney. This
is most dangerous practice, being very
frequently the cause Of explosions. Peo-
pie who use kerosene lamps should make
it an absolute rule never to attempt to
extinguish lighted lamp that way, how
ever small the fame. Scientific reasons
might be given for such advice, but the
best reason that can possibly be given is
the fact that explosions frequently result
from q neglect Of it. It is as easy to
blow into the lower end Of the chimney
as the top, the only difference being that
in the former case the person blowing is
required to stoop little, while in the
Liter the infection Of the body IS not
required.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
The Colored Juryman.

II! GQ. Thomas Harrison, who was com
mander Of q Texas regiment during the
wal, and known by the boys as the
Jim Town Major, : was soon after the
war elected Judge of one Of the dis
tricts Of Texas. Shortly after his cleo
ton he visited one Of the counties in his
district for the purpose Of holding his
court. He arrived at the county town
on Sunday evening, and sent for the
Sheriff and asked him if q jury had
been summoned for the court, and If any
upon the jury were co!ored.
The Sheriff replied he had summoned
jury, but there were no colored men
on the jury, and but few in the county.
Judge Harrison told him, under the re-
cent order of the Department Com
mander, no legal jury could be impan-
eled unless one or more negroes were on
it, and ordered him to have some negroes
in attendance on the following morning,
to be placed upon the jury. The Sher-
iff, after some trouble, succeeded in
finding three or four negroes, and upon
organizing the court Judge Harrison
placed one on each jury.
About the first case called was one
against party for murder. After hear
ing the evidence, arguments Of counsel,
and charge Of the court, the jury started
downstairs to consider their verdict, the
colored juror happening to be in the
rear. Following them was the attorney
for the defendant. At the head Of the
stairs (and in hearing Of the colored
juror the attorney was asked by friend
how he thought the case would be deci-
ded. The reply was, st think the de-
PENDANT will be acquitted or the jury
will be hung"
The jury went down the steps and out
in the yard, and upon looking around
the colored member was missing. Upon
Investigation, they saw him making $40
time in the direction of the brush. The
Sheriff was called; and, after vigorous
pursuit, Mr.. Juror was captured and
brought before the court and asked why
he had run away. His reply was, He
had heard a gentleman say # the man
wasn't cleared the jury would be hung,
and as he hadn't done nothing he didn't
want to take any chances" i;g
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
"I Never Take Medicine. ..

During the short administration of
President Taylor, young man visited
Washington to sell cholera medicine.
Thinking it would aid him in his bust
ness, he called at the White House while
public reception was being held, to
present the President with a bottle of
the medicine.
He had rehearsed a little speech with
which to preface the presentation. But
when he found himself face to face for
the first time with live President his
nerves we're too much disturbed for him
to speak it. He, therefore, mumbled a
few words, more amusing than elegant,
about the medicine being :" a dead shot, 2
and pulled out the bottle, only to hear
the President say, in q tone loud enough
to be heard through the room
81 thank you; but I never take med
icine, cholera or no cholera. ]"
The young man almost tainted from
modification. But in less than ten DAYS
Gen. Taylor died of cholera, caused by
his own indiscretion in eating.
On very warm Fourth Of July the
cornerstone of the Washington monu-
ment was laid. President Taylor partic-
ipated in the ceremony, and drank freely
of ice-water.
On his return to the White House he
complained Of feeling hungry, and ate
freely of cherries, washing them down
with iced milk.
At dinner, against the remonstrance Of
physician, who was present, he again
partook heartily Of cherries. In an hours
time he was attacked by cholera-morbus
and died within for1r DAVIS Is4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
Manner and Manners.

Manner and Manners.
The distinction between a womanG
manner and her manners is thus bought
out by the Christian at Work:
It has been well said that q lady may
possess very excellent manners, and yet
have Q very unfortunate manner, and the
reverse. "a 81 q y.i
To illustrate. There is a girl who has
been carefully taught from her child
hood how to enter and leave room
how to address and introduce people,
how to behave at the table and IN COM
pany, yet, Notwithstanding continual
lessons in department., she has q manner
which is not winning. .t IS ss,
She is proud, or vain, or cold, or dis
dainful, and this is shown BY her man
lner even when her manners are agree
able. IL
We often go into little store kept BY
"a woman whom we desire to help by our
custom. But nearly always her air Of
supercilious Indifference, and her icy re-
moteness from the least interest in us or
our purchases, sends us away half
frozen. s3ssS "A
d On the other hand, we know certain
saleswomen, in some Of the great stores
in New York, who are SO sunny, so
genial and SO delightful in their way Of
serving us, that to buy from them is d
perfect pleasure, and they often persuade
us into taking what we really do not
want, solely by the charm Of their
sweet, unaffected grace.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10

~ VI
Z.
.heys knowed oil day Some ono MasT q talk
IN Of coming, 8 said City Pullen, Who,
ITO accommodate, = as abe often told us,
had kindly consented TO rule over our
Kitchen and US with : rod Of pine in the
FORM !. q q crutch.
s# As City had no home, no money, and
only one foot Of her own, but as good as
four ears and two tongues, il might seem
some times, that the accommod afion was
two-slded. However, things are not
what they seem.
81 Il knowed Il was NJ ror,; = s, ~
sued CITY. triiumnhantiv 3 an th.r
opened the door and d;ssiosed TIE the. t,rnrs.
Of our IA minister and hia wife. a can tsli
his step az far Of q I can hear s, sn;d
you ever notice his eyea1', ahe continued
aThey look like two holes bnrned IN u. .
blanket. And he holds hid head inst +
like Deacon shackleford,g old wfite
horse.'' .s7 n
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10


whoever wished fer sympathy in health
and gladness.
Dear Aunt Kent! when I went in there
she was knitting checked sock for
young Mrs. Cables first baby, with such
q look Of peaceful repose on her face that
one would be willing to go over the
same weary path Of suffering, fit should
lead at last into such 9 land Of peace. 4
81 don't know when I've felt sorrier, =
said she, when was settled with my
work by her side, Hthan l did for some
body who came to me last week III Above
affair. He is man of whose love any
woman might be proud, but he is 90 full
of humility and self-distrust that he does
not even dare open the subject to the
young woman herself. And dom t know
but it will cost him his life. He says he
Is sure it would II she should refuge him
and guess he is sure about it. = as 5'f
In an instant Mr.. Brodhead flashed in.
to my mind, and my heart grew harder
than the meeting house steps.
+ ssWhy, Aunt Kent, !" said, sit is too
absurd He has already been to the
minister and to the minister's wife, and.
then to the deacon andl to the deacon's
wife, to ask them to intercede for him. /
wouldn't have man anyhow, after he
had made such goose Of himself. =
Aunt Kent opened her eyes in mild as
tonishment, and then remembered abe
named somebody. Then I stopped sud.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-06
Railways Safer than Home.

In his recently published " Notes on
Railroad Accidents" Mr.. Charles Fran
els Adams, Jr., shows that the percent
age of loss of life and of personal injuries
on railroads Is exceedingly small, when
compared with the amount of travel and
less than they are popularity supposed to
be. He cites statistics to prove that 1t is
actually safer for a man or his family
to travel by rail than to stay at home,
thus corroborating the saying attributed
to John Bright, that the safest place in
which man could put himself was in
side first. class railroad carriage of
train In full motion. During the eight
years from 1870 to 1879 the whole num-
ber of lives lost in operating the entire
railroad system of Massachusetts, was
1,165, or an average of LAG year, while
in Boston the recorded deaths from acci-
dental causes during the ten years from
1868 to 1878 was 1857 or an annual aver
age of 259. These results show that in
the city Of Boston alone the yearly num-
ber of deaths caused by accident was
eighty per cent. greater than the num-
ber reported'on all the railroads of the
state. This comparison is not peculiar to
Massachusetts, but may be taken as ap-
proximately accurate for other places
Indeed statistics were published years
ago in France showing that people were
less safe at home than while on railroads.
Another fact which will serve to reas-
sure the timid is, that ofthe whole num-
Der of persons accidentally killed or in
jured on railroads, but small proportion
are passengers. Many of those who lose
their lives or are personally injured, are
employees. But, as Adams shows, the
greatest and most regular cause of death
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-06

and Injury in the operation Of railroads
is the reckless habit OF walking on the
track, which Is common with too many
people, and especially with those who
are more or less drunk. More than one
third Of all the railroad casualties repor-
ted In Massachusetts, are classified under
the general head of accidents to trespass-
ers, that is, accidents to men, women
and children, especially the latter, lille
gally lying, walking or playing on the
tracks, or riding ON the cars. Mr.
Adams says that the best remedy for this
dangerous practice is the system of brok-
en- stone ballast, covering the entire sur
face of the roadbed. This has been adopt
ed by the Pennsylvania railroad with
the most satisfactory results, though the
company had others objects In view than
the discomfort of pedestrians. The sharp
and uneven edges of the broken stone
from q surface which the most inveterate
railroad tramp will shun.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-06
Advice To a Young Man.

My son, don't be in too great a hurry
to accept advanced opinions" 1t is
the thing" to be ''advanced y in this
progressive day and generation, but
there's heap Of shallowness in it. Did
you never notice, my son, that the man
who tells you he cannot believe the Bi-
BILE is usually able TO believe almost any
thing else? You will find men, my
son, who turn with horror and utter
disbelief of the Bible and joyfully en-
brace the teachings of Buddha Is it
quite just now, my sou, for a civilized,
enlightened man, brought UP in a
Christian country and an age of wis
dom, to be Buddhist? And if you ask
six men who profess Buddhism who Bud
da was, one of them will tell you he
was an Egyptian soothsayer, who lived
two hundred years before Moses. An
other will tell you he brought letters
from Phnnicia and introduced them into
Greece third will tell you that she was
beautiful woman of Farther India,
bound by her VOWS to perpetual chasti-
ty; fourth will with little hesitation,
say he was a Brahma of the ninth de-
gree and holy disciple of Confucius !;
and of the other two, one will frankly
admit that he doesn't know, and the
other will say, with some indecision
that he was either dervish of the Nile
Whatever that isl or felo de Sc, he
can't be positive which.
Before you propose to know more
than anybody and everybody else, my
son, be very certain that you are at
least abreast of two thirds of your fell
low men. don't want to suppress any
inclination you may have toward gen.
uine free thought and careful, honest in
vestigation, my son. l only want you
to avoid the great fault of atheism in
this day and generation; / dou't want
to see you try to build six-story house
on one-story foundation.
Before you criticise, condemn and
finally revise the work of creation, my
son, be pretty confident you know some
thing about it as it is, and don't, let me
implore you, don't turn this world up
side down and sit down on it, and flattsn
it.entirely out, until you have made or
secured another one for the rest of us to
live in while you demolish the old one.
If ever you should develop into an 90 adj
vanced atheist, my son, just do that
much for the rest of us.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-06
The New Teachers Stories.

The Chicago Inter Ocean of Saturday
has the following A Sabbath School
teacher at Cincinnati Tor a near suburb)
having occasion for being absent, en-
gagged one of the leading young ladies of
society to take her place and teach her
class. She was prompt in the duty, and
dressed in faultless style, made decided
and favorable impression upon the
class, and fancied she had sown good
seed in the mi nds of her youthful
charge. The teacher the next Sunday,
upon gathering her class, said;
"Well, girls, you had a new teacher
last Sunday can you tell me any of the
lessons she taught you, or have you for
gotten 7"
"Oh, no." answered the class, we
remember everything. She taught us
all about Samson in the lions den."
"Oh, no-you mean Daniel ?'
"No, we don't, it was Samson"
The teacher wisely closed the subject,
and hurrying through the lesson, took
an early occasion TO call upon the sub
stitute. Said -," What did you
teach my class last SundayY"
"Ohl we had nice time, and told
them all about Samson in the lion 3
den, and Moses in the fiery furnace,
and
The above is not joke, but a fact.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-06
Guilty of Wrong.

Some people have a fashion of con-
fusing excellent remedies with the large
mass of g patent medicines" and in
this way they are guilty of wrong
There are some advertised remedies full
ly worth all that Is asked for them, and
one at least we know of-Hop Bitters.
The writer has had occasion to use the
Bitters In just such climate as we have
most of the year in Bay City, aud has
always found them to be firstclass and
reliable, doing all that is claimed for
them. Tribune. 2t