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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
A Popular Fallacy.

Land and Water has done useful
service in pointing out the fallacy of the
widespread belief that ivy trained
against the walls of a dwelling house is
productive of damp walls and general
unhealthiness. The very opposite of
this is really the case. If any one will
carefully examine an ivy-clad wall
after a shower of rain, he will notice
that while the overlapping leaves have
conducted the water from point to point
until it has reached the ground, the
wall beneath is perfectly dry and dusty.
More than this, the thirsty shoots
which force their way into every crev-
ice OF the structure which will afford a
firm hold, act like suckers in drawing
out any particles of moisture for thor
own nourishment The ivy, in fact,
acts like a great-coat, keeping the house
from wet, and warm into the bargain.
Ono more virtue it has, in giving to
the ugliest structure an evergreen
beauty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
FARMING,
The Elements which Enter Into Calcula-
tions of Profit on the Farm.

| The Elements which Enter Into Calcula-
tions of Profit on the Farm.
The writer met farmer who declared
that farming was the poorest-paying
businss in the world, and yet, in the
course of conversation, it turned out
that twenty-three years previously this
man had arrived in one of the Western
States with wife and something less
than ten dollars, and gone to work on a
farm. To-day, or rather at the time OF
meeting, he was the owner of farm of
one hundred and eighty acres, worth,
with Improvements, siXty-tive dollars,
an acre; in addition, he owned some
good stock, including pure-bred bull
five good horses, and fair plant in
the way of implements, wagons, farm
tools, etc. In Il word, he could not be
worth less than fifteen thousand dollars
at least. This man had sort of i'm
preston that he earned little or moth
ing; in word, to use his own express
sion, he just managed "to keep things
going" yet he had not only made a
living, no doubt an economical one, for
himself and his family, but had accumu-
lated fifteen thousand dollars; and yet,
beyond certain shrewdness and good
Judgment, this man had no special
ability, and according to his own ad-
mission he had had no special ad-
vantages. Could he have done better
or as well in any other line of lifeP On
the other hand, we have constantly
present cases where men have start
cd in with some capital in farm
ing and lost it all, or are worse
off to-day than they were fifteen
years ago, while the cases are legion
where, after painful struggle with for
tune, lasting ten, fifteen, or twenty
years, the farmer has succumbed to the
temptation of selling his farm for twice
what he paid for it, and taking what
was left after paying mortgage and
debts, has made another move west
ward to begin life anew under, let us
hope, more favorable auspices. But is
it not n fact that in most of these
cases, the victims of what they call
i'll luck are men who would not have
risen anywhere to higher positi on
than that of mere laborersp Work
men there are in abundance-carpen
ters, joiners. blacksmiths, painters,
piihtoiS, pue hoW many dlc lucTt VINO,
in addition to knowing their trade,
have the additional qualifications to
conduct business of their own, or
even to make competent foremenP So
with farmers, how many there are COM
petent enough to conduct the ordinary
operations of the farm, but lacking in
the good sense, the Judgment, intelli-
gence, and general capacity to conduct
the business of farming successfully.
Such men manage to exc out poor
living, and on farms not worth more
than ten to twenty dollars an acre their
i'll success is not quite so conspicuous,
but as the country grows and their
neighborhood becomes settled and land
rises in value, they feel out of place and
behind the rest OF the procession, and
as they have never made an effort al
self-improvement, and probably are un.
equal to the task, perhaps the best
thing they can do is to sell out to bet
ter man and move out of the way
LiDe Stock Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The new roses are the "Bonnett, V
the "Sunsot" and "Amerioan Beauty
Use a quart OF coal tar to half n
barrel of water stirred up well, and
sprinkle the water over the floors of the
coops or against the sides, and it will
kill the lice and purify the COOP.
| Prairie Farmer.
The Doiry1,an saws that n is sipn,v
annoying to notice how much more
milk one man can get from a herd of
cows than another. Good mixers, il
thinks, are born, not made, and when
you get one you had better keep her
Plain Dark Cake: One and one.
half cups of sugar, two spoonfuls of
molasses, one ctIp of butter. one.bolf
cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of
soda, two eggs. two and one.balf cuns
of flour, n little of all kinds of spices.
currants and raisins. The Household
Don't let your boys shoot the birds.
Teach them that it is as wrong to XIII n
bird rs to take the life of a pig or lamb.
One reason the apples are SO wormy of
late years is that SO many of our beauti-
full native birds which DESTROYED worms
and insects have been killed off and an
initiated. Toledo Blade.
"A writer in Picks Noooy;,e sovs
that in raising strawberries for norl,ct
the rows should be nj least twentv.t;va
rods lone. so that horse nnwor nav ho
used in destroying every weed as soon
as it sprouts, and the surface of the soil
kept constantly clean and mellow. No
ridges or burrows are to be formed be-
tween the rows. ..
In the winter time. IL is better to
wash the fannels first Do not r,b
soap upon them. Int make a hot snds
wash out of this. and rinse tbrouoh hot
water, shake ont well after wrir cin~
dry, then hang up. They should dry
quickly, and be taken from the limo
while damn, and ironed on the wrong
side. Never use cold or boiling water
to wash tlannels, as it shrinks them
Practical Farmer.
A nice dish for dessert is made bv
soaking half II pint of tapioca in cold
water for two hours. then let it boil
gently until it softeps. slice canned
peaches and put into n pudding dish.
and pour the tapioca over them. Bake
until the tapioca is perfectly tender.
serve with sugar and cream. Dried or
evaporated peaches NAV be used for
this dish. and, if they are properlv
cooked and softened it is almost as GOOD
as when the canned fruit is used.9N
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
About Fences.

Poor fences always beget unruly ami
mails, which result in damaged crop,
and general loss. The judicious plan.
ming and laying out OF fields will b'
found great saving. Often fully
double the number of rods of fence il,
supported than is absolutely required
Sometimes two or three fields are kep
for moving, when by Encouragement OF
fences all might be converted into ON,
meadow, and SO with fields used fol
grazing and plowing. When the frost
comes out of the ground in. the spring
the earth becomes soft and the strong
winds cause the post and board fences
to sway over, and at that time they need
attention Straighten them with props
and keep them in line until the ground
has become settled, and they will re.
main straight during the season. - Trio
ane and Farmer,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

Mrs. A. NJ. Dauphin, of 1889 Ridge Ave-,
Philadelphia, is well known to the ladies
of that city from the great good she has
done by means of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. She writes Mrs.
Pinkham of recent interesting case. "a
young married lady came to me suffering
with severe case of Prolapsus and Ulcer
alton. She commenced taking the Com
pound and in two months was FULLY restored.
In proof OF this she soon found herself in
an interesting condition. Influenced by
foolish friends she attempted to evade the
responsibilities of maternity. After ten or
twelve days she came to me again ard she
was indeed in most alarming state aud
suffered terribly. gave her n tablespoon
full of the compound every hour for eight
hours until she fell asleep, sac awoke much
relieved and evidently better. She con-
tinued taking the Compound, and in due
season she became the mother of u fine
healthy boy. But for the timely use of the
medicine she believes her life would have
been lost"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
HUMOROUS.

"A girl may be a good violin player
and yet not be able to draw beau
~. y. Journal.
"A New Hampshire woman claims
that she has not broken plate or cup
for thirty years. Her husband must be
remarkably well behaved. .-Burlington
Free Press.
"A Maine farmer says that COW
can be cured of kicking by catching
hold of her leg while IN the act. just
so; and bee can be cured of singing
by catching hold of her sting while in
the act Chicago Tribune.
-"What distinguished people did you
see when you were abroadPn was asked
of Mrs. Dobbs, on her return from
China. ooh, lots of them; but the one
that took my fancy was Wan Lung, the
heir-consumptive to the throne. '-Er-
change.
A little boy in Saratoga not long
ago came rushing in from outdoors cry
ing because he had been stung by bee
mamma" he sobbei, I'D Just as
lieves the bees'd walk On me, but
don t like to have 'em sit down. ~.
o. Picayune
Whose keepeth an apiary, being in
the bee trade, isn't to be surprised
when he is betrayed himself. = Yonkers
Gozette. Whose keepeth an apiary, if
he is not believer, has only to be stung
by bee to become a bee leayer at once.
OIL City Derrick.
Il trust the current of my discourse
last Sunday was not sufficiently for
midable to hopelessly engulf you,n io-
ccsely remarked a young Detroit clergy
man to lady member of his congrega-
ton, the other evening. ''Oh, no! 1t
was quite shallow enough for comfort
able wading, thank your = Detroit
Free Press.
There is story of three Yankees
abroad who compared notes. One said:
81 was taken for the Emperor of Rus
sia. Quoth the second: "And am
continually asked if am not Louis Ma
poleon. " Up spoke the third: Il kin beat
that. Yesterday l was goin' along the
Champs Elysees and fellow slapped
me on the back and hollered: Satan, is
that you?' IN y Tribune.
"A gentleman of this city has a
small boy who initiates George w.
When a gentleman called recently the
father said to him politely: 81 wish I
had another cigar to offer you," look
ing with regret at the one he was smok-
ing. Now was the small boy opportu-
nifty. II know where they are, pa"
he said. dragging open drawer and
bringing out box of choice brand
Detroit Free Press.
Dry goods merchant-"So sir, you
think you could learn to become sales
man?" "Yes. SIR well, suppose
yon were waiting on that man and his
wife over at the lace counter. What
would you do firstP" 81 should hold
up the best piece of lace in the stock
and ask the man if he didn't think it
becoming to his daughters style of
beauty" "Well, what thenP" "Oh,
nothing. The woman would take care
of the rest of it," Young man, don't
want you for clerk. | want you for
o partner Chicago NeDS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
THE BUFFALO eNAr.
Suggestions Which Ought TO bo Hccds
In Sections Afflicted with Those Ii

Suggestions which Ought TO be Needed
In Sections Afflicted with Those In
scots.
The Buffalo gnat, which causes such
distress and destruction to cattle,
horses ana mules after an overflow, and
which Infected the overflowed portions
of Louisiana and Mississippi to worse
degree last spring than ever before
| known, has been the subject of observa-
ton and study by Professor Riley, who
suggests the following remedies in his
report to the Commissioner of Agri-
| culture:
The good effects of n smudge or thick
smoke in keeping off the gnats has long
been known. This method is used in
the South at the present time and also
in Hungary. In Hungary the inhabit-
ants collect large and longish heaps of
straw, hay, foliage, ETC., both near their
houses and also in the pastures. A
brand is put in the middle and the heap
begins to burn slowly and causes a
thick smoke which prevents the APP
proach of the gnats. The cattle there
understand the effect of the smoke and
make their way eagerly to the smoke
heap as soon as they perceive q cloud
of gnats, or when the gnats annoy
them greatly, lay themselves down by
the heap and always on that side of It
to which the smoke will be driven by
the wind or current of air.
The use of oil of tar by the employees
of the Hudson Bay Company against
the "black fly" of the northern woods,
and the fact that long experience has
shown it to be preferable to pennyroyal
or any of the common prophylactics
suggests a simple and easily applied
wash. which has been several wears
recommended by Prof. Riley. A guam
tity of coal tar is placed in the bottom
of large shallow receptacle of some
sort, and small quantity of oil of tar
or OIL OF turpentine, or any similar ma
terial, is stirred in. The receptacle is
then filled with water, which is left
standing for several days until well i'm
pregnated with the tar, etc. The ami
mails are then washed with this water
as often rs seems to be necessary.
These smudges and washes are simply
preventive in their character; as yet
there appears no process by which the
number of insects can be lessened.
Prof. Riley thinks it not unlikely that
the Southern Buffalo gnat breeds in the
smaller tributary streams of the Missis-
sippi River, in the shallowest and swift
est water Such breeding places, once
ascertained, it ought not to be difficult
to kill the insect in its earlier stages, or
on large scale, by the introduction of
some poisonous substance. If, on further
investigation, it should be found, how
ever, that the larvae live attached to the
stems of the water plants in the Missis-
sippi itself, attempts to prevent the
multiplication of the species will have
to be abandoned as impracticable.-
Y World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
SHE MEANT BUSINESS.

A Woman Who Wouldn't stand Any Nom
sense from Her Daughters Lover.
"You see," she was explaining to a
lawyer, after beating his counsel fee
down to three dollars, II have daugh-
ter Maria"
"Yes'm."
''Maria has beau"
"Exactly."
HAS been waitin' on her for six
years"
81 see."
"And I've been waitin' on him for
the same length of time-waitin' for
him 10 marry her."
Just so, ma'am."
How long should couple sparkp"
"Well, tina: depends. 1t takes some
folks a long time to make up their
minds"
Isn't three years long enough9"
II should think so. -
"And gave him six. I've been get
ting madder and madder for the last
three months, and finally last night |
could not hold in any longer went
into the parlor and there he was
gggling and winking and loving around
same as five years ago. There was
Maria, simpering and cackling and act
ing like the same fool she allus was
Don't talk to me! A gal can bring a
beau 20 time inside of Two wears if she's
got any marry in her. You didn't fool
away six yearsP"
Nom"
Nor l, either. Well, stood it as
long as | could, and when went into
the room says 10 William. says l:
"'Wil lam, you've sot and sot, and
it's my duty as mother to know if you
intend to marry Mar a..
IAN he turned ilery red, but says 1:
"If you love why don't you marry?
If you are hang ng around here to pass
away time you'd better skip!"
"Well, William coughed and gasped
and suffered around. and said he
wanted to write to his ma, in Iowa"
Your ma in Iowa." says |, feeling
my dander climbing up. ''Mebbe you
amt weaned YETI
"Then he says he couldn't be bull
dozed, and that one objection to marry
ing Maria was having me for a mother
in-law. Then the cyclone broke loose.
AL 10, the whirlwind. Also, two or three
earthquakes. Inside of four minutes
Maria had tainted, William was IL wreck,
and we had upset the stove and broke
three chairs He come to and slipped
out while l was holding camphor tc
Mara's nose, and I've heard to-day that
he is after warrant for me for assault
with intent to kill. Can he get onep''
"Yes M"
"Can he do anythingp"
"Well, you want Jury"
''Sartin--sartin. I'll go before iur,
and tell EN- how he and Maria have sol
and sot for seventeen hundred nights
how I've had to be soft on hlm--hov
I've poked up Maria to bring him te
time-how stood il and stood it unit
sunthin had to break it cost me
$500 for fuel and oil how, but that S all
If they are men they can't find no YER
dict agin me-"
Nom.
'Well, I'll go home and wait. Maris
lies there signing and weeping, and
there's the stove to put up and the
chairs to mend, and if William gets the
warrant I'll let you know. His ma in
Iowa! I'll let him know that some.
body's ma in Detroit is alive and kick.
ing and allus on deck!"-DetroH Free
Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
Personal AND LITERARY.


lit Is said that ex-senator Hill ha,
sunk at least ono hundred thousant
dollars in newspapers in Colorado.
The widow of General Custer ha,
written a book descriptive of her lif,
on tho plains called "Boots and Sad
dle"
| Mr.. McTane, the new Minister tc
| France, was in 1929 school-boy In
Paris, whittier he now goes as the off.
cial representative of his Government.
Aunt Chloe Angler of Pomcroy
o., celebrated her one hundred and
first birthday recently. A few DAYS
before she rode eight miles on horse.
back to attend n meeting
The editing of n newspaper rightly
appreciated and entered upon with CON
science, is high and holy priesthood
whose responsibilities are as vast as its
power for good is far-rcaching, - The
.Pdtroh
One of the greatest astronomical
works of tho century, n catalogue deal
Ing with 10000 stars in the Southern
Hemisphere, has been issued in London.
Five persons were engaged in the work
for period of fourteen years.
AT the recent marriage of the
Count of Colonna to the daughter OF
Bonanza Mackey, the latter slipped un-
ostentatiously into the hand of the
bridegroom check for Sl.0J0,0O0 on
the Bank of Naples. - Chicago Inter
Ocean,
---EX-Attorney-Gcneral Brewster has
declined to accept complimentary
banquet rendered by the bar of Phila-
dclphia, giving as his reason that he
does not desire TO participate in a pub
lie feast while so many lind it hard to
get u meal. p PHILADELPHIA Press.
AT the eighticth birthday annivcr-
sary of Mr.. Bates, at South Abingdon.
Mass, recently, his seven sons and their
wives werc present, this being the first
time for twenty years that they had al
been able to meet The ulitcl age of
the sixteen persons present was eight
hundred and iifty-six years. -BoSton
Post.
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, tho nov
elist has one of the pleasantest homes
in Mobile. The house is surrounded by
Il grove of live oaks and thicket of
camellias, the latter being Mrs Will
sons favorite flower. She places
white camellia at her husbands 5 plate at
table at every meal. And he has nev-
er. she says, "been without Il flower at
any breaking of bread in our house since
we were married, now sixteen years
ago. "-Chicago Times.
Miss Susan Warner, the author of
The Wide, Wide World,' died at
Highland Falls, Orange County, N. Y,
recently. Miss Warner was born in
1918, and was the daughter of Henry
Warner, a distinguished member OF the
New York bar. She wrote a great
many novels under the pseudonym of
Elizabeth Wetherell,' her wide, Wide
World and 'Qucechv'' being the best
known. She also wrote a prize essay
on the duties of American women.-
Butalo EgpreSS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
IN BIG, BOUND HANDS;
Or, He.nds Sometimes Cramped
and Sometimes Pretty.
A Lecture on Chirography Illustrated by
tho Presidents Autographs-Na
Signed to Many vetoes and
Many Messages.

Somebody has got science or meth
cd of tellinga mans character by his
handwriting, This art is very old, and
men who believe in il claim it to be in
fallible. Every little crook and scc-saw
zig-zag line is full of character. Even
the blots and smooches are guide boards
to biography, revealing the way to lit
tie traits that nothing else can discover.
Looked at in this light the autographs
of great men are interesting, and the
autograph-hunter's mania may be
looked upon as a desire for knowledge.
That the readers of the Gtobe may have
an insight into the characters of the
greatest citizens of this Republic, the
autographs OF all the Presidents are APP
pended: o.,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

The length of the wire used in the
construction of the submarine cable,
now in OPP ration, is computed to be
ten times the distance from the earth to
the moon. The total length OF the
cable now used Is 68,000 miles each
cable containing an average OF forty
strands OF wire, and making oyer
100000 miles, - Chicago Heraid
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
Health and Longevity a
Natural Inheritance.

A sad phase of life is the large num-
Der of premature deaths constantly oc-
curing. Health and longevity are our
natural inheritance, but alas too many
squander the priceless heritage for a
mess of potage. An observer may no
tice on every side a deplorable violation
of Natures infieXible laws. With many
1t is only the present moment that is
considered, while tomorrow and its
consequences remain unheeded. He
liveth long who liyeth Well" and to
live out the allotted space of "three
score years and ten" one must, indeed,
live well, and walk circumspectly, care
fully avoiding the many alluring by
paths of life that too late are found to
be only short cuts to death and dcstruc-
tion. Pity the man, ply the woman
that lead butterfly lives, thOugltless
and needless of future years, striving
only for momentary enjoyments, unre-
straining their appetites and their pas
sions, running stomach, liver, kidneys,
nerves and brain by improper foods and
excessive indulgences. To all such the
writer cries Stop! HOLD |! change your
ways of living, restore strength to these
important organs of life, become again
perfect in mind and body, get your
selves again on the right road to health
and longevity by using the only remedy
that never fails to rebuild broken
down constitution, known far and wide
by the name of DR.. GUYS0TTS YELL
LOW DOCK AND SARSAPaRILLA. Your
druggist will get it for you. Take no
substitute. 1t restored the writer to
robust health and will save you'll
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

AS the coming of great storm Is her.
aided by the display of cautionary signals,
SO is the approach of that dread and fatal
disease, Consumption of the Lungs, usually
announced in advance by pimples, blotches,
kindred outgard manifestations of the in
ternal blood poison, which, if not promptly
expelled from t-le system, attacks the deli
cate tissues of the lungs, causing them to
ulcerate and break down. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" is the great
remedy for this, as for all diseases having
their origin in bad blood. 1t improves the
appetite and digestion, increases nutrition
and builds up the wasted system.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

MR.. F. A. STIER, Washington, D. c.,
writes: had a violent cold. A few doses
of Red Cough Cure relieved me. Pleasant
to take.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

A zEREBA appears to be hole in which
the pursuing Arabs find the English.-At-
lanEd Ga. Constitution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

"THE Plains" have almost disappeared
from the great West. The railroad ex-
Plains it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

THROAT DISEASES commence with q
Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat. 50 Brotcn's
Bronchial TrOcheS" give immediate relief.
Sold only in boces. Price, % cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24

If you are going to raise shad, plant
them in roes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
Men Think

they know all about Mustang Lin.
imcnt. Few do. Not to know is
not to have,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-04-24
Storm Signals.

Miss-FoRTUNES come to some men when
they get married, and they don't mind it