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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
SOME AUSTRALIAN WONDERS.
Tapping tho Channels of subtcrrapoan
Rivers at tho Antipodes.

Tapping tho Channels of subtcrranoan
Rivers at the Antipodcs.
There are two magnificent sources Of
wealth in Australia, one of which has
been imperfectly exploited, whilc the
other is almost untapped The first
consists Of the subterranean channels Of
ancient rivers, which have long since
ceased to flow and have been buried for
ages beneath the superintendent strata
through which the enterprising miner
now sinks his shaft. Each of these
must have been veritable Pactolus,
and their golden sands have yielded rich
return to many an adventurous COM
pany. The second source of wealth is
also subterranean and will probably
prove to be far more precious than the
first. We refer to the underground
rivers which have their origin in the
great central depression of the Austria
Ian continent, where some superficial
streams and the heavy tropical rains
disappear, percolating through tho
penetrable soil and forming hidden
reservoirs, from whence at least two
great bodies of water issue southwark
and find an outlet in the sea. Ever and
anon one of these channels is pierced
by the well-sinker, and there rises to the
surface perennial spring of the precious
element, in the midst of region that Is
liable to be parched with drought Such
q discovery has just been made at Moree,
in the electoral district of Gwydir, about
800 miles north of Sydney. Water was
struck at a depth of one hundred and
thirty feet and it rose forty-two feet in
three hours. 1.-The value of the dis
eovery," we are told, "can not be over
estimated, as the country in the vicinity
has hitherto suffered terribly in dry sea-
sons"
The question arises whether, inasmuch
as the country is beginning to be dotted
with various points at which similar
discoveries have been made, it would
not be possible by systematic investiga-
tions to determine approximately the
course of one, at least, of the subter-
ranean rivers-that which is believed to
have its outfall near Portland-so that
boring operations might be conducted
for the time to come in those places
only where there is a reasonable prospect
of success.-Federal australian.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
Further Evidence Of Merit.

Major r. b. Nicholson, favorably
known in Wheeling, w. Va, writes:
~ had long suffered from dis
order of the bladder and kidneys,
complicated with weak nerves,
poor digestion and bad blood. Life
was becoming..a burden to me. The
use of cathartic mixtures and
diuretic compounds only afforded
me slight temporary relief, and l
grew despondent and discouraged.
Indeed, l thought my case entirely
hopeless until at the recommends
ton of my nephew l began the use
of DR.. Guysott's yellow Dock and
Sarsaparilla. soon experienced
relief from my anxiety of mind, and
severe physical distress soon ceased
troubling me. Eventually the most
gratifying results followed, and at
the end of few months never felt
in better health, nor have l since
had any reason to doubt the per-
manency of the cure"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
The Difference.

The difference that may exist in the
attractiveness of the same woman at
different times is illustrated in the case
of Frances Weinberger, of Gospodence,
in Hungary. Two months and one day
ago she was poor tobacco stripper,
without single suitor whose attentions
she considered serious. Two months
ago n ticket she had bought in Vienna
lottery dre,! u prize of S25,000, and
ever since the whole male marriageable
part of the town has been at her feet
in q manner the absolute sincerity OF
which can not be for moment doubt
ed. The suitors are only moderately
gratified at the assurance that she is
battered, since She fatty refuses to wed.
-Ha1per'S Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

How many women there are working to-
day in various branches of industry-to
say nothing of the thousands of patient
housewives whose lives are an unceasing
round of toil-who are martyrs to those
complaints to which the weaker sex is liza
BILE. Their tasks are rendered doubly hard
and irksome and their lives shortened, yet
hard necessity compels them to keep on.
To such DR.. Pierce's " Favorite Prescrip-
ton" offers sure means of relief. For all
female weaknesses it is a certain cure. All
druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
a SPRING POEM.

g L ----A-- ~ 'N f
Fho old man sits ia tho garden chair,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring,
His hat Is off, SO bis head Is bare, ,I-.
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring.
He rendeth Upper, II makes him weop, 4
And anon he falls In c,tln, deep sleep,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring.
The early wasp hetf vicious look,
Spring Spring, beautiful Spring.
AS he cometb out OF his winters nook,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring,
Tic scotb the old mans shiny patio,
And pS wild eyo rleams with n deadly hate,
spsins, Spring, beautiful Spring.
Loudly tho old man snoros IN the sun,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring,
Quickly tho little wasp hles to tho fun,
Spring, Spring beautiful Spring,
Ho sits him down with n fiendlsh glso,
And goes for that head with ono, two, throe
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring,
Yells of murder arc henrd around,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring,
The old mtn rose with terrible bound,
Spring, Spring, beautiful SprlnR;
He sprang throe feetaud came down hard,
Aud hence this sopB by a Springtlde bard,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring.
-@DCtrOit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

ress through the storm, we would have
missed tho little cabin where we found
nolh,ng could have saved ns. and 1
should not have lived 10 toll this story.
''My father gladly made good the
damage we had done Joe's corral and
furniture, but when he offered to pay
him for tho few provisions we had
consumed, the kind-hearted fellow
would not permit It.
al am glad, said he, that my little
house saved the boys lives They are
more than welcome to all they had.
Eugene r. Hastings, in Golden Days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
KAY-FEvER
WITHOUT MONEY +!
AND
WITHOUT PRICE!

We haye Just issued most wonderful and valuable
new book, which treats of diseases "peculnr to the
female SEX, and have spared neither pains
to make Il worthy the nerusdl and confidence of tho
and daughter Is deeply UaHg Interested in this great
sent to any address in the world Free OF Cost: Read
itcarcfully study itwell and you will CLEAN informa
ton that may prove valuable than all the wealth
OF the Rothschilds-morc precious than nll the gems
Of Europe's royalty 10 may sdpe yOHr iTsf
BRAnFIELp REGULATOR Co., Box ~ Atlanta. Ga.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
THE 10y who shit the nail on the head :"
wept to find that it was his thumb nail.
a Bargain In Corner Lots

Is what most men desire, but to keep from
hliing grave in cemetery lot ere half
your days are numbered, always keen a
supply of DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery" by you. When the first symp-
toms of consumption appear lose no time in
putting yourself under the treatment OF
this invaluable medicine. 1t cures when
nothing else will. Possessing, as it does,
ten times the virtue of the best cod liver
oil, it is not only the cheapest but far the
pleasantest TO take. 1t puri6es and en-
riches the blood, strengthens the system
cures blotches, pimples, eruptions and 9th
er humors. By druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

in several South American coun-
tries it Is customary TO have those at
tending the funeral Of any prominent
citizen sign testimonial to the worth
of the deceased or pass series of reso-
lutions setting forth his merits and dis
tinguisheo traits. These tributes are
placed in the coffin In order that, in case
the remains should ever be disinterrcd,
future generations would know the char
acter Of him whose bones they We're
handling.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10
Mrs. Catherine Seville, of Pittsburgh,

NiitSos
"i suffered many aches and pains,
arising from state of weakness incl
dental to our sex. A feeling of bearing
down about my hips ut times seemed
almost uncomfortable. 1 was troubled also
with dyspepsia, while sediments indi
Gated diseased kidneys. Nothing tried
benefited me until used DIR. GUYS0TT'S
YELLOW DOCK AND SARSAPARILLA. 1t
has made me very regular In my habits,
and l feel restored to perfect health.
Sores, pimples, aches and pains, formerly
my constant companions, now trouble
me no more. 1t Is truly the BEST friend
of suffering women"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

Young and middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, premature old age,
loss of memory and kindred symptoms,
should send three letter stamps for large
illustrated treatise suggesting sure means
of cure. Worlds Dispensary Medical As
sociation BuffalO N Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

A New HAMPSHIRE physicians horse
baked the other day, and four patients re-
covered before he could reach them.--Bos-
ton Post
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

PIKE's TooTHACHE DROPS curein minute 225c.
Glcnn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

1t is said that the late wife of James
Russell Lowell was the critic whom he
most needed in his literary work.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

COUGHS. BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs
will alleviate Coughs, Sore Throat and
Bronchial Affections. Sold only In bores.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

BE good-and you will be curiosity
burlington Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

NEVER call man liar. Tell him that
he is fully capable of holding a position
in tho weather bureau.-N0rristotan Her.
aid.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

Mr.. s. T. G.. MoRsELL, Washington, D.
c., writes: Had severe cough and throat
irritation. Red Star Cough Cure gave
permanent relief,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

r MIDNIGHT reflections often come from
the gas-lamp in the street.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

"A God-send is Ely's
Cream Balm. | had ca.
tarrh for three years.
Several times 4 week my
nose would bleed. l
thought the sores would
never heal. Your Balm
has cured me."-MRs. NJ
4. JACKSON, Portsmouth,
n. II.
My daughter and myself,
great sufferers from ca
tarrh, were cured by Ely's
Cream Balm. My sense OF
smell was rest0red.-C, II.
STANLEY, Merchant, Itha'
ca, N, Y,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

THE Chinese language has several thou
sand letters, but I is the one most used.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

II you cannot get ATHLoPHoRos of your drug
gist, we viii send 1t express paid. on receipt OF
regular price-one dollar per bottle, We prefer
hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try something
elses but order at once from US, as directed
ATHLoPHoRoS Co., 119 Wall Street, New York
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

lll1'.lAf boa ,l3fI ain09A-s
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-10

Cream Balm Is {
remedy based upon a cor
rect diagnosis OF this dis
case and can be depended
upon. so cents at drug
ists; 60 cents by mall reg
lstered. Sample bottle by
ELY BROTHERS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
The Queens Red-Nosed Secretary.

London Letter in Chicago Herald.
The first thing that strikes the behoder about
Sir Henry Ponsonby is his red nose One can
not help feeling that, on man so high as the
private secretary of the Queen of Great
Britain and Empress of India, a red nose
is singularly out of place. The rest of
his countenance is in keeping with the
nose; watery eyes, pimply face and general
appearance of ill-health. His body is bent,
and even in his tightly buttoned and
much-padded military tunic, with stiff
stock and too obvious stays, his stoop is pain
fully out of keeping with the gay trappings of a
warrior. In manner Sir Henry is querulous.
never saw him nor spoke to him without pictures
of half forgotten scolding old women rising in
my mind. He looks like an old man maid who
passes the greater part of his life in submitting
to scolding and inficting seedlings on others.
The Queen is fully aware of the undignfed ap-
pearance of her right-hand man, and would
gladly replace him by younger secretary, but.
long years of intimacy with every public trans,
action of the sovereign have rendered him al
most Indispensable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
A REMARKABLE MAN.
A Louisianian Who Owns Farm Bigger
than All Rhode Island.

CHan All hnOuo lsIaHus
New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
That's very remarkable man. said Colonel
Webb the other day, we stood in the lobby of
the ST. Denis Hotel The object of his excla-
nation was moving about impatiently, if
waiting for somebody who did not come. He
was of slight build, weighing not more than l35,
with a keen, alert eye and a sober, Thoughtful
face. inquired further. of course. THAT"
said the Colonel,.'is j. B. Watkins. Probably
you never heard of him. He never blows
his horn. He owns the biggest farm in the
United States, 200, 00O acres in southwestern
Louisiana-con larger than the whole
State of Rhode Island with Narragansett bay
farm, and lakes thirty or forty miles long. He
was left penniless orphan at seven. He dug
in and got an education himself, and it is only
fifteen years ago or that he graduated from
a Western college without a dollar in
his pocket. He has made money at everything
land in every county in Kansas, and is at the
head of a banking and loaning company at Law
renee, in that State, with branches at Dallas,
Tex, Lake Charles, La, New York and London.
Two years ago he bought this farm l speak of,
running 100 miles along the sea coast to the
Texas border. 1t was mash land, good for
nothing, and he is retaining it. He is operat-
ing the largest ditching and dredging machines
ever seen in this country, and has already dug
thirty miles of canals. This work is progressing
rapidly, and traverse bitches three feet deep are
being cut at the rate of mile an hour. So sue
cessful has the work of redemption been that he
has put 5000 acres into rice this spring He is
making garden of desert, and acting noble
example of usefulness to the land sharks who
grab great sections of the country only for the
purpose of preventing settlement and impeding
cultivation"
moth farmer took him by the arm and led him
away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
A Rainy Lay.

On day like this, when the streets wet.
When the skies gray ana the rain is falling;
How can you hinder an old regret
For joy long dead, and hope long set,
From rising out Of its grave and calling!
Calling to You with a voice shrll
That it scares the reason and stuns the will
On day like this, when the sun is hid
And you and your heart are housed together;
If memories come to you all unbd
And something suddenly vets your lid,
Like gust of the outdoor weather,
Why, who is in fault but the dim old day.
Too dark for labor, too dull for plays
On day like this, that is blurred and gray,
When the rain drips down in ceaseless fashion
IF dream that you banished and put away,
Comes back to stare in your face and say
Mute eloquent words of passion
If the whole vast universe seems amsS--
Why, who can help it--a day like thiss
Ella W heeler Wilcox.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
Some Famous Old, Maids.
North British Advertiser.


Elizabeth of England was one of the most
illusJrious of modern sovereigns. Her rule oyer
Great Britain certainly comprised the most
brilliant literary age of the English speaking
people. Her political acumen was certainly put
to as severe tests as that OF any other ruler the
world ever saw. Maria Edgeworth old
maid. 1t was this woman's writings that first
suggested the thought of writing. similarly to
Sir Walter Scott. Her brain might well be
called the mother of the Wayerley novels
Jane Porter lived and died an old maid
The children of her busy brain were
"Thaddeus of Warsaw and 1.-THE Scottish
Chiefs" which have moved the hearts of mill
ions with excitement and tears. Joanna Bail
lie, poet and play writer. was zone of em.n
Florence Nightingale most gracious lady, hero,
inc of Inkermann and Balaklava hospitals, has
to the present written Miss before her name
The man who should marry her might we'll
crave to take the name of Nightingale. Sister
Dora, the brave spirit of English pest-houses,
whose story is as a. helpful evangel, was the
bride of the worlds sorrow only. And then
what names could the writer and reader add Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
AMATEUR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
How the Fashionable Young Women of New
York Employ Their Spare Time.

New York Letter in Boston Gazette.
Some time ago amateur photography was the
rage among the young ladies of New York So
ciety. Nearly every one of them had an instru-
ment, and some were very proficient in the art
But fashionable young ladies tire of any
pastime, no matter how interesting it may be at
first: but they have got hold Of An amusement
now which has something of the risk of Wall
street in it. and which is occupying the attention
of large number of them Instead of a pho
tographic apparatus, they have incubators, and
are trying to see which one will hatch out the
most chickens In given time. They do not
all of them have rooms built especially for this
incubating process, and sometimes put to it
for place to put up their apparatus. One
young lady who | know had the incubator in her
bedroom and put hundred eggs into it; the
result, eight chickens. OF these she was as
proud as any old hen. But what to do with
them was something of question. She couldn't
keep them In her bedroom, so as the weather
grew milder she brought them down stairs and
put them out in her back yard one day and left
them there for minute while
she went into the house for some
bread crumbs to feed them with When
she came back she saw sleek old tabby cat sit
ting on the fence with the latest and most prom
Using of ner chicks in its wicked paws. 1t was
too late to do anything, for the chicken that had
been Matched through so much trlbulation was
dead, and the brute of cat feaSting off it.
The young lady could find nothing in the yard to
throw at it, she flew into the house and
brought out handful of Goals from the scuttle.
These, with her own fair hand she threw at the
cat; but, if you have ever seen young woman
throw stone you know that the cat was
safe. She hit the fence two or three times,
but the cat only looked down and licked it's
chops and smiled. So she gathered up her seven
remaining chickens and took them back to the
house. How many have been eaten by the same
cat, how many died. or how many still live, ]
don't know; but as this young lady is promi-
nent figure in the social whirlpool. do not think
great success. Then, foster mother cannot be
expected to feel the devotion of real mother.
and while she is very fond of her PETS l do not
think that she would give up many races or rec
reations to watch over their welfare.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13

LISTEN and anon emitting querulous noises and
mutterings At length he stopped before the
door and laid his hand upon the latch. As 1t
yielded to his pressure he glanced back at her
over his shoulder; and at that wild look her
overtaxed heart gave way, and all her torture
and dispair found utterance in the scream that
was heard by Colonel Naxon, as he comfortably
pulled his cigar ON the terrace before his drawing
room window.
/ Early next morning the maid came tripping
across the lawn, humming an air to herself, her
shadow lying long before her on the close
cropped dewy turf, while the ribbons of her cap
futtered in the cool breeze. The birds chirped
and sang in the shrubbery, and all things gave
promise of perfect day. The maid ran up the
steps of the little chalet and having just tapped
at the door, put the key in the lock and opened
it She made few steps into the room and then
stopped. aghast
Mrs. Tremayne was seated In a chair fronting
the door, but her face was scarcely recogniza-
ble so old did it appear, so furrowed with the
deep lines OF terrible emotion so bloodless and
SO rigid At her feet crouched figure hardly
more APPALLING than herself; his matted head
resting upon her lap, and his eyes We're
closed in sleep. In his arms reposed a baby, also
asleep, and with delicate rose flush on its soft
cheek. Mrs. TPemayne spoke no word AS her
dull, weak eyes encountered those of the maid
she slowly raised her hand and laid her finger on
her lip. Happily the maid did not cry out. She
crept noiselessly back, flew across the lawn to
the house, and within five minutes assistance
came, and Kate Tremayne's long trial was over
/ saw her once, about a year after this. Her
black hair had grown quite gray and she looked
like woman of fifty; but she was still handsome.
and her mannerwas exquisitely sweetand gentle
She was widow; Captain Tremayne had fallen
upon the field Of battle with a spear
through his heart. But her child was
left TO her-a lovely little girl two years
old. And there was another dweller in her
quiet households; person with long. faxen hair.
and vacant but wild gaze. He was silent and
unobtrusive creature, neither child nor man.
nor yet an animal, though evincing some of the
characteristics of all. He would follow Mrs.
Tremayne about the house, wherever she went:
when she sat down, he would rest at her feet;
when the baby wanted playfellow she always
found one in him. When | addressed him, he
looked at me with those strange blue eyes, grave
ly, but with CLEAN of recognition He was
quite harmless ever since that awful night OF his
escape from the asylum but he would never re-
cover his reason He had fh-gotten his name;
his life was mere existence; and yet 1T seemed
to me $50 mighty is the vitality of the heart)
there might linger in him dim relic of a
memory that he had been Kste Naxon's lover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
Bill Nye ON His Birthplace.

A man ought not to criticise his birthplace,
presume and yet, if were to do it all over
again, do not know whether | would select
that particular spot or not. Sometimes think
l would not And yet, what memories cluster
about that old house! There was the place
where first met my parents 1t was at that
time that an acquaintance sprang up which
spect and esteem. 1t was there that what might
be termed a casual meeting took place, that has,
under the alchemy of resistless years, turned to
golden links, forming pleasant but powerful
bond of union between my parents and myself.
For that reason hope that / may be spared to
my parents for many years to come
There on that spot with no inheritance but a
predisposition to premature badness and bitter
hatred to rum with no personal property but a
misft suspender and a stone bruise, began a life
history which has never ceased to be warning
to people who sell groceries on credit.