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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
White or Brown Bread.


The earliest agitator in the matter
observed two years ago, when travel.
ing in Sicily, that the laboring classes
there live healthily and work well upon
vegetable diet, the staple article OF
which is bread of well-ground wheat
meal. Nor are the Sicilians by any
means the only people so supported.
"The Hindus of the Northwestern
Province can walk fifty or sixty miles o
day with no other food than 'chapat.
little 'ghee.' or Galam butter" Turk
ish and Arab porters, capable of carry
ing burdens of from 400 to 600 pounds.
live ON bread only. with the occasional
addition of fruit and vegetables. The
Spartans and Romans OF old time lived
their vigorous lives on bread made of
wheaton meal. In Northern, as we'll
as Southern, climates, we lind the same
thing. In Russia, Sweden, Scotland
and elsewhere, the poor live chiefly on
bread, always made from some whole
meal--wheat, oats or rye-and the
peasantry, of whatever climate, so fed
always compare favorably with our
South English poor, who, in conditions
of indigence precluding them from OBJ
tanning sufficient meat food, starve, il
not to death, at least into sickness, on
the white bread it is our modern English
habit to prefer.
White bread alone will not support
animal life. Bread made of the whole
grain will. The experiment has been
tried in France by Magendie. Dogs
were the subjects of the trial, and every
care was taken to cqualize all the other
conditions proportion the quantity
of food given in each case to the weight
of the animal experimental upon, and
so forth. The result was sufficiently
marked. At the end of forty days the
dogs fed solely on white bread died.
The dogs fed on bread made of the
whole grain remained vigorous, healthy
and we'll nourished. Whether an orig
inally healthy human being, ii fed sole
ly on white bread for forty days, would
likewise die at the end of that time re-
mains, OF course, question The
tenacity of life exhibited by Magendie' s
dogs will not evidently bear comparison
with that of the scarcely yet forgotten
forty days wonder, DR.. Tanner, Nor
is it by any means asserted that any
given man or any given child would
certainly remain in vigorous health for
an indefinite length OF time If fed solely
on wheat-meal bread. Not single
piece OF strong evidence has been pro.
duced, however, to show that he would
not; and In the only case in which
whole-meal bread has been tried with
any pers stency or on any considerable
scale amongus-to in jails facts go
to show such bread to be an excellent
and wholesome substitute for more
costly forms OF nutritious food Nine.
tee,sth Century,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
''Bill Arp's" View OF Preachers.

l like the preachers. They hold us
back from going TO extremes. They
are the conservatives. They arc good
citizens and set us good example,
They are the balance wheels OF society,
the scotch to the wagon, tho ar.brcaks
10 tho train, the pendulum to the clock.
They are like the Sabbath that gives us
rest and peace. They are TO society
what the Judge is to the law. love
'em all, and when they are blotted out,
which God forbid, wantcto go too. In
sickness, In trouble, in ailiiction, yea, In
the last agonics they are with ns and
comfort us, while the busy world ways
on. God bless tho preachers Of this
land the preachers of every creed that
teaches love to our Creator aud love
and Kindness to one another. Never
thclcss, | sometimes feel sGrry for the
preachers children, for the good man
is so afraid he will do wrong he leans
itho other way. 1t did me good the other
day when saw one of IN take his chill
drcn to see the circL. procession. IT
was so kind and consi0oratc. If they
can't let the little chaps see the circus,
do let 'em see the procession. BY and
by, may be, they will get old enough
TO be trusted within the canvas and see
the pretty horses in the ring and the
men ride round, hear the clown crack
his jokes and laugh at him because he
is such fool. / don't admire these
folks who are always q laughing
whether thing is funny or not, and /
never did like to see n pretty girl gig
Cling at everything that happenod; but
still 1t is better to laugh than be cry
/. ing. The world is not draped in
mourning. The birds sing and the
butterflies float around in the happy
sunlight At night the cricket CHR
rups on the hearth and the katy-did
sings his evening song; sweet flowers
are blooming everywhere, and Solo.
mon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these. All nature is happy
except few snakes and hyenas, and l
don't want to be like them.-Atldnta
Constitution
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
Chinese Embroidery.

The Chinese embroider in various
ways. They appear to have learned
the art from Persia at very early date
and to have become celebrated from
that skill. At Canton and Ningpo a
great deal is now worked, particularly
large screens, fan cases and robes.
Men emDroider as we'll as women, and
the patience with which they cover Il
state robe, curtain or screen with elab-
crate needlework is remarkable. I'm
der the late dynasty, robes embroidered
in floss silk and with gold and silver
thread were worn almost universally,
but at the present time it is considered
sufficient TO indicate a mandarin's rank
by small square OF embroidery con-
tanning his device instead of repeating
the same with combination OF drag
ons, ribbons and flowers all over the
dress as was universal during the Ming
dynasty. Chinese ladies now content
themselves with embroidering in silk,
instead of floss, about the dress, and
costly floss and gold embroideries are
more often found upon actors costumes
or upon screens than upon ordinary
wearing apparel Sometimes both sides
of the work are the same, and this is
managed by painting the pattern upon
transparent material, stretching it and
making ii in satin stitches backwards
and forwards SO that there is no wrong
side. Feather work, and style known
as crepe work, for crepe shawls, which
is very showily executed in long and
feather stitches, are favorite occupa-
tions; but the chief embro dering con-
sists in the use of floss. silk and gold
and silver threads. Patterns of every
conceivable size. in which tho designs
do not vary much, but are all exact in
colors. arc sold for two cents apiece,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
Eating Before Sleeping.

Man is the only animal that can be
taught to sleep quietly on an empty
stomach. The brute creation resent all
efforts to coax them to such violation
of the laws of nature. The lion roars
in the forest until he has found his
prey, and when he has devoured it he
sleeps over until he needs another meal.
The horse will paw all night in the Sta
BILE, and the pig will squeal in the pen,
refusing all rest or sleep until they are
led. The animals which chew the cud
have their own provision for late meal
just before dropping off to their nightly
slumbers.
Man can train himself to the habit
of sleeping without preceding meal,
but only after long years of practice.
AS he comes into the world nature is
too strong for him, and he must be fed
before he will sleep. A child's stom-
a,s is small and when perfectly filled,
it 40 sickness disturbs it, sleep follows
naturally and inevitably. AS digestion
goes on, the stomach begins to empty.
a single fold in it will make the little
sleeper restless; two will waken it; and
if it is hushed again to repose the nap
is short, and three folds put an end to
the slumber. Paregoric or other mar
cotic may close its eyes again, but with
out either food or some Supplying
drug it will not sleep, no matter how
healthy it may be. Not even an angel
who learned the art of minstrelsy in a
celestial choir can sing babe to sleep,
on an empty stomach.
We use the oft-quoted illustrate on
"sleeping as sweetly as an infant" be.
cause this slumber of child follows
immediately after its stomach is COM
pletely filled with wholesome food.
The sleep which comes to adults long
hours after paltaking OF food, and when
the stomach is nearly or quite empty, is
not after the type OF inIantile repose.
There is all the difference in the world
between the sleep OF refreshment and
the sleep OF exhaustion.
10 sleep we'll the blood that swells
the veins in the head during our busy
hours must flow back, leaving greatly
diminished volume behind the brow
that lately throbbed with such vehe.
mence. To digest well this blood is
needed at the stomach and nearer the
fountains OF life. 1t is q fact established
beyond the possibility of contradiction
that sleep aids digestion. and that the
process of digestion is conducive to re.
freshing sleep. 1t needs no argument
to convince us of this mutual relation.
The drowsiness which always follows
the we'll ordered meal is itself a testi-
mony of nature to this inter-depend.
ence.--M. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
Fast Trains.

There seemsS to be disposition
among the leading railroad officials to
foster the fast-running policy. This is
perhaps result OF the formidable COM
petition that now exists ON the leading
trunk lines. A prominent official OF
one OF the lines centering here, while
discussing the subject yesterday in 4
gossipy way, gave il as his opinion
that the Inauguration of the fast-run-
ming policy on the trunk lines would
doubtless be followed by many il not
all the leading roads of the country, al
of which are now in better shape. he
believes, to run trains at a speed of tif-
ty miles per hour than they were lif-
teen years ago. While he deprecated
reckless railway travel and believed
that it should be discontinued by all
corporations, he believed that the
growth of engineering science during
late years had been so far advanced
that increased speed nowadays was as
safe as ii was practicable. He pointed
out where the American roads are now
capable of making as good time as that
OF the best of the English schedules,
but frankly admitted that the schedule
average in this country is below the
English average. He holds the opin-
ion that, considering its great territory.
America should at least equa, the En-
glish average. and thinks that present
Indications point to speedy inaugura-
tion of the fast-running policy. - Chicago
Times
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25

wish to be Justly proud, you must do
something to bo proud of. and not rely
on what your ancestors have DONE
That Is my story" said the figure,
and l wish you TO remember u, and to
tell 1t to your older brother and sister.
Don't hear them now coming in at
the front doorp"
"Yes, SIR" cried Fitz aud Rowena.
and they instantly jumped down from
the chair and ran to tell the wonderful
news to Leopold and Edgarda, while,
the moment they were out of the room,
Tom Green made haste to take of his
hot and heavy armor, which had begun
to be very uncomfortable. and to sct it
up rs it was before.
As soon as the two children met their
brother and sister in the hall, they bo-
gan to talk together.
"What do you thinkln cried titz.
The 'cestor has been telling us o
storvw
"He talked just like real mani"
said Rowena.
"Whati' exclaimed Leopold.
He said he was not cowardH'
cried Rowena.
And they gathered chipply-ber
ries," cried Fitz.
"What!'' exclaimed their sister Ed
garda.
"And he said if you want to do o
thing you must do it yourself" said
Rowena.
And Ramp only got quart-po'
full" cried Fitz.
"What" exclaimed Leopold.
"And people are towards when they
strike people and can't get struck
back" said Rowena.
"And they picked and preserved
them," cried Fitz.
"Whatr' exclaimed Edgarda.
"And it don't do for your grand
fathers to work for you," said Rowen'i.
"And they must have been awful
good, and Bramette had whole bushei
of them" said Fitz.
"What do you mean?" cried Leo.
pold.
But Ramp did his own work." said
Rowena.
81 wish had been Brametter cried
Fitz. "She must have had chipply-
berries enough for all the fairies and
herself too"
"What are you talking about?" asked
Edgarda.
"But then, Ramp got the diamond" !"
said Rowena.
"But he couldn't eat that" said
Fitz.
At this moment. Tom Green walked
into the hall from the library.
"Why, Toni" cried Leopold.
"Where did you come from?'
81 have been here some little time,
and just waited in the library for you
to come home"
"Oh, know now!' exclaimed Ed
garda. al know all about it. You
have been putting on that armor in the
library, and playing a trick on these
children"
"Well, said Tom, laughing, "i
wasn't exactly trick. was only try
ing to tell them story"
"Had it q moralP" aske d Leopold
"Well-yes." answered Tom, hesi
tatingly, "it did have kind of NOR
al"
"What was it?" asked Edgarda.
al can't put it into exactly the right
words" said Tom, "but l meant it tc
carry out my idea, that l would rather
the people l know should be proud o
me, than to be proud myself of any
body who is dead. But did not com,
here to say all this. came to tall
about the Archery Club. ."-St. Nicholas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
THE MAN WHO CARED FoR NO
BODY


This Is the song tho millor sang,
The selfish miller of Doc:
- / care for nobody, no. not l,
And nobody cares for mo-"
He ate and drn k, and worked and slept,
Money and land had he,
But never a poorer mortal slept
Than the selfish miller of Dee.
Thevilloge maids grew good aui fair,
But they grew not near hts lifo;
His heatth-stone only held one Unair-
He had no room for wife.
No woman's iotstep quick and light
Came own the silent stair
To bless him every morn and night
With kisses unaware.
The village lads and lassos knew
The charm of tho old mill-race;
oh, what n happy little crew
Oft made 1t their playing'placel
But mono OF them climbed the miller's
knee
When the evening shades fell dim;
He cared for mob Ddy, no, not he,
Aud nobody cared for him.
So he lived alone, he had no kin;
And in all the country-s de
There wasn't mortal cared a pin
Whether he lived or he died.
The women gave him never smile,
The men had nothing to say,
No friend Ger crossed his garden stile,
No stranger wished him goodday.
He lived alone. and he died alone,
SO his selfish life was sped:
They found him cold on his cold hearth.
Tho miller of Dee was dead.
And no one cared to see his face,
No eye for him grew dim;
He cared for nobody, no, not he,
And nobody cared for him.
To share our life is to double our life;
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
-Mr Edward Atkinsnn WAS londl

Mr.. Edward Atkinson was loudly
cheered by n Southern audience, when
he said that his second son, who is now
at Harvard, was practical blacksmith
and a carpenter. Let us see now
whether any of the Southerners who
cheered him will have the nerve and
moral courage to do, in the education
of their sons, what he has done with
his. We hope that their cheers meant
more than mere empty impulses. .--At-
lGnta Constitution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
The Stra,0buch is the name of pa.
per published at Modesto, Cal.

BY actual merit the famous substance, st.
Jacobs Oil, has steadily won It's way until it
is to-day the National remedy for rheuma-
tism. Lawyers, physicians, clergymen-all
use it-Cincinnati (Oho) Daily Enquirer.
SOME one says that Hod Fellows are not
Masons, although approaching them in their
work.-N. q. Picayure.
THE Pittsburg Sunday Lsddsr quotes: Mr..
Martin Karg, Silver Creek, Mimi, cured q
badly wounded horse with St. Jacobs Oil.
BEFORE marriage she was dear and he
was her treasure; but afterward she became
dearer and he treasurer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
..Bec.me sound and Wen,

HATCHER's STATION, Ga, March 27, 1876.
II. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.: Dear Sir-My wife,
who had been Ill for over two years, and had
tried many other medicines, became sound
and well by using your 'Favorite Prescrlp-
tion.' My niece was also cured by its use,
after several physicians had failed to do her
any good. Yours truly,
THOMAS l. METUyIN
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25

YOUNG MEN, and middle aged ones, suf-
fering from nervous debility and kindred
weaknesses, send three stamps for Part VII
OF Dime Series Books. Address WORLDS
DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buf-
falo, N. Y,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25

1t is hard to tell which is the more
ridiculous, the young fool or the old
fool; but the old fool has this advant-
age--he will never be a young fool,
whereas the young fool may some day
be an old fool.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25

--ASheet, saturated with disinfect-
ant, should be hung over the door Of
the sick chamber to avert any fever
poison waited through the open door.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25

SICK and bilious headache, and all de-
rangements of stomach and bowels, cured
by DR.. Pierco's "Pellets "-or anti-bilious
granules. % cents a vial. No cheap boxes
to allow waste of virtues. BY druggists
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25

SPEAKING Of panther is catamount to
referring to wild cat,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
THOMAS j. MErHvIN.

COVERS the ground-The roof of -four
ing mill
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-27
STATE TAX.

The total State tax proper for the
current year is S44g, 280.S6, being
S2l2, 777.77 less than for 1880. The
per cent. on the valuation last year
was l.4S58 mills per cent, this year
it is I.0O33 mills per cent. The
amount of the State tax proper is
swelled by spe charges to the sum
of S72S, 57l.2 which is $500. "a
less than tina, of last year. The
special charges are for state tax I'M
paid for 1850 and interest thereon, for
support Of inmates of hospitals for the
insane and industrial school for boys
and for principal and interest due on
loans 10 school districts, towns cities
and counties. The amount of State
tax proper apportioned against Pierce
county for the present year is S4,044.-
81. which is 81 ,9l4.51 less than that in
1880. The special charges against this
county are, as follows: For support of
inmates of hospital for the insane, ST.
556.72: support of inmates for indus
trial school for boys, $500; principal
and interest due ON loans to school
districts S2,003.e0. making total to
be paid into the State treasury from
this county of S7.661.9s, being re-
duction of 81, 336. 80 from the amount
Of last year. As this reduction is less
than that on the State tax proper, and
the amount charged for support of in.
mates of the institutions named is but
little greater it is evident that the
amount due on account of loans has
somewhat increased.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-27
VISITING SCHOOLS.

1t is not in the spirit of fault finding
that we pen these few lines, but with
a desire to help perfect our school
work. Parents, how many of you
have spent one solitary halliday visit.
the school your children attend. while
it was in session, since you have come
to Pierce county, If you do not visit
your school, and thus show your ap.
prevail of the teachers work, and by
so doing encourage your children in
their efforts to improve, you are act
ing less wisely in this matter than you
do in your daily business. Who of
you would invest yonr money in a
mill, a store, or any other business,
and not frequently go to the place
where that business is being carried
on to see how it was progressing!
But here it is another thing; here you,
the people of Pierce county, invest
about 1875, 900 per annum, but on an
average, not one in each hundred, ev.
er enters the school room to see how
this immense amount of money is be-
ing invested. During my thirteen
terms experience as teacher,I doubt
if thirteen parents have visited my
schools. Let US inaugurate new era
from this date, and make it point to
look more closely after our school in
terests.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-27
GILMAN GATHERINGS.
a Young son at Geo. Harris


A young son at Geo. Harris.
There is much threshing yet to do.
David McCleary had a horse badly
hurt at the HENDERSON bridge.
Oscar Thomas has been engaged by
the mill company at Ono Corners.
S. NJ. Blake is at home again from
Ellsworth. His foot is no better.
L. r. Snow, having disposed of his
personal property, has gone east again.
Dick Van Schoonhoyen, of Osakis,
Mimi, made friends in Salem visit
lately.
Lester Marsh and wife start to-day
for Cumberland, Wis, where Mr.. M
is employed.
The roads are SO bad that additional
tax ought to be levied to meet the
emergency.
August Blisner is at home now and
\. a. Nelson is expected home i'm.
mediately.
Those who attended the party OF
Miss Alett Van reported splendid
time and good cheer.
The Changers hold their lodge Tues
day night. They are wide awake OF
the questions or anti-monopoIy and
Temporal
We sadly announce the death OF ON
townsman, Fernandez Mathiason. HI
was threshing in Minnesota. His i'll
ness was so short, and his death 81
sudden, that, though he died calling
her name, bis wife was unable to reacl
him before the spirit had taken it
| flight He was one of the pioneers OF
Gilman, and, for the last two years
one Of the town supervisors. His re
mains were brought home for inter
ment. A wife aud two children mourn
his loss.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-27
PREsooTF PARAGRAPHS. -
All kinds Of feed very high.

All kinds Of feed very high.
Potatoes selling at rs cts. per bushel.
Grin Scales was home last Sunday
with his family.
N. I. Porter, of Minnesota, is down
visiting relatives.
Rodney Johnson is still smiling on
his old friends in Prescott.
Meacham Bro. S planning mill has
been running for the past week.
Geo, Craig, of Clifton, has bought
the Streeter house and moved into it.
Misses Minta White and Ada Bliss
are home from Minnesota to spend the
winter.
Mr.. Button, of the law firm of White
& Button, is looking up old acquaint-
ances.
John Gum, of st. Paul, is in Pres
colt visiting his parents and his
family.
Dudley's grist mill has been running
to grind feed, etc., to keep the market
supplied.
Miss Cora Newman was home on a
visit Sunday from st. Paul. where she
is studying music.
Mrs. E. N. Redmon has returned
from Davenport where she has been
visiting her sister.
Dick 0glesby's show last Thursday
night was success, as shown by the
number Of tickets sold.
One of NJ. T. Dill's teams took it
into their heads m onliuaY, 4ba Coa,, oc
on the streets Saturday. and so acting
on the impulse ran up the hill, knocked
down a telegraph pole and got loose
from the wagon, and kept on their
course until they reached the farm.