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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
GULLIBlLlTY.
A Human Trait That Flourishes at All
lgsss Times and in All Chimes.

A Human Trait That Flourishes at All
Egsse Times and in All Climes.
One of the most incorrigible jokers
on record was an officer in regiment
quartered at Nancy, named DE Fortia
Piles, who, having no better occupation
for his leisure hours, conceived the
project of addressing letters to various
personages signed "Caillot Duval,"
which, although full of the most out.
rageous absurdties, were nevertheless
in almost every instance taken az serieuz
by his correspondents, whose answers,
together with the original epistles, form
the contents of volume published in
1895. In one of them he implores the
Lieutenant of police in provincial
town to make inquiries respecting his
daughter who, after secretly eloping
with Captain of hussars, is presumed
to have taken refuge in the locality
under his jurisdiction, and subjoins o
'.lfe-like' description of the young lady.
Ozark rather than fair, the eyebrows
nearly black, the chin pointed,
the arm plump, the nose ordinary.
the mouth and eyes like other
peoples. In reply to this entreaty,
hO 10 thdu INOlWlth'
standing the most active research, nc
trace of the fair fugitive has been dis.
covered" In another he suggests to
Partisan saddler, Whose reputation,
he says, ''is European" the idea of a
marriage between "his little Caillot,
his only eldest son." and his CORE.
spondent's daughter, always supposing
him to be blest with one." Incredible
though it may appear, he received the
following answer by return post: 81
have daughter aged sixteen. and
considered to be pretty. had no in.
tention of seeking husband for her at
present; but your proposal is so tatter-
ing that can imagine no greater hap
piness for her than to become mem
ber of so efficiently respectable fami-
ly." His masterpiece, however, is the
offer made by him to well. known
bookseller of magnificent volume
printed in 400 (before the invention OF
the arD, and adorned with splendid
engravings, the title of which was the
Entrance of King Praim into Paris"
After some preliminary negotiation,
the dealer having expressed desire to
see the work, "Caillot'' replies that he
has sold it to the royal library for
5000 livres, in addition to pension OF
800 livres. one moiety of which, after
his decease, is to be paid to his grand
mother. Temple Bar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

fallen from mis- horse and waa hurt, and
that he must keep quiet. he had done
so, though his eyes were big with fear,
and with the fever, which had come ZIP
higher than ever
Occasionally, as she worked over her
husband, chatting his limbs and chang
ing the cloths and vessels of hot water
with which she had surrounded him, ho
would mutter something about "the
mortgage" or "the mines" or about
Lucy and Erastus," and once she
thought he spoke the names of Jennie
and her husband, but she gathered
nothing from what he said of the loss OF
their home. and supposed that his con-
dition was tho result of fall from his
horse, and OF being so long exposed to
the storm. His limbs werc cold, and
she feared he was going into nervous
chill, and worked with all her might to
restore the circulation, but in spite OF
her efforts he continued to sink. His
eyes would close for few moments and
then open again suddenly, but never
with any sign of clear perception OF
his condition or surroundings, but only
to mutter something about ''campin'
out" and "the mines" and "the chill
dren," until just bsfore day began to
break, when he aroused from the Icthar-
gY into which he was fast sinking, made
an effort to rise, fell back, stared about
the room, and at Johnny's crib, and
then with the wild look in his eyes and
upon his face changing to one which
showed that he recognized his surround
ings. he again sank back upon his pill
low and made a sign for his wife 10
come closer. AS she bent over him he
strove to speak, and finally said,
brokenly:
"Tain't-no-use, Marty. My
my-lead-is lis worked out, and our
our claims been jumped agin."
He struggled for breath, his eye-balls
turned upward and he chokcd. but
seemed to rally his expiring energies
for farewell message. and added:
'I-Im goin'-goin' over the range,
to to stake out new claim, an you
an Johnny an'-an' the rcst will find
find me waitin' when you come"
A great shirer shook his frame, his
breast heaved with long drawn sigh,
and the spirit of John Parsons had
gone ahead to prospect for home for
his loved ones in the other country, of
which we know so little and hope SO
much.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
Circumstantial Evidence.

An interesting case of circuinstan-
tial evidence arose in the detection of a
murderer in Boston. The crime had
been committed in most mysterious
manner. No clue existed. All the re-
sources of the police were baflied.
About the time the murder was COM
mitted, however, man was arrested
for being drunk. He was locked up in
the usual mauner; and, in the ordinary
routine, his clothes were searched.
Nothing but half theater programme
was found on his person.
In the meanwhile. the doctor upon
making an autopsy, found the wadding
in the wound. 1t proved to be piece
OF theater programme!
The two pieces were matched. They
fitted. A conviction was the result
Ingleside.
NEVER praise your wife's bonnet until
you have seen the bi'l for it.-FdH River
Adud1lce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

rHAr success inspires envy and dishon-
est compeion Is well known. Tho force of
this must have often occurred to tho
Cha les A. vogeler Co., of Baltimore.
Inst year in London, Eng, an unscrupu-
lous deaier sought to place So called ''St.
David's" OIL in the market on tho strength
of the great popularity OF the vogelcr
Co.'s "St. Jacobs" Oil. Thanks to En-
glish law, the high court OF Justice prompt
ly issued a perpetual injunction against
the defendant and imposed heavy dam
ages. Some years ago the u. S. Court at
Cleveland, o., in q similar case awarded
this Baltimore house 1900 damages. The
Charles A. Vogeler Co. has again been
called upon to defend its rights and has
recently instituted suit in tho Circuit
Court OF Baltimore city for injunction and
damages No doubt tho best evidence of
tho marvellous efficacy of "St. Jacobs
Oil" is to be found in the many unsuccess-
full attempts to trade upon its reputation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

Some Frank Confessions

"Our remedies are unreliable. DIR.
Valentine Mott.
"We have multiplied diseases."-Dr.
Rush, Philadelphia.
"Thousands are annually slaughtered in
the sick room. DIR. Frank.
The science OF medicine is founded on
conjecture, improved by murder."-Sir.
Ashley Cooper, NJ. ID.
"The medical practice of tho present
day is neither philosophical nor common
sense. ."-Dr. Evans, Edinburgh, Scotland.
DR.. Dio Lewis, who abhors drugs as a
rule and practices hygiene. is frank
enough, however, to say over his signature
"if found myself the victim of q serious
kidney trouble, should use Warmers safe
euro because am satisfied 1t is not injuri-
GUS. The medical profession stands help
less in the presence of more than one such
malady."
An old proverb says: II person dies
without the services of q doctor, then q
coroner must be called in and jury en-
paneled to inquire and determine upon the
cause of death; but if u doctor attended
the case, then no coroner and jury are
needed as everybody knows why the per-
son died d!-Medicdl Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
COLOR MUSIC.
Results That Would he Produced by an
Imaginary Piece OF Mechanism.

Imaginary Piece OF Mechanism.
Suppose, by wild stretch Of imagi-
nation, some mechanism that will make
o rod turn round one of its ends, quite
slowly at first but then faster and faster
till it will revolvc any number Of times
in a second-which is, Of course,
perfectly imaginable, though you could
not find such rod or put together such
a mechanism. Let the whirlng go on
in dark room, and suppose man
there knowing nothing of the rod; how
will he be affected by itp SO long as II
turns but q few times in second he
will not be affected at all unless ho Is
near enough to receive blow on tho
shin. But as soon as it begins to spin
from sixteen to twenty times second a
deep, growing note will break in upon
him through his ear; and, as the rate
grows swifter, the tone will go on be-
coming more and more grave, and
soon more and more acute. till it will
reach pitch of shrillncss hardly
to be borne when the speed
has to be counted by tens of thousands.
AT length, at the stage of forty thou
sand revolutions second more or less,
the shrillncss will pass into stiffness;
silence will again reign as at the first,
nor any more be broken. The rod
might now plunge on in mad fury for
very long time without making any diff
ference to the man; but let it suddenly
come to whirl some million times Sec
ond, and then through intervening
space faint rays of heat will begin to
steal toward him, setting up a feeling of
warmth in his skin, which again will
grow moro and more intense, as now
through tens and hundreds and thou
sands of millions tho rate of revolution
is supposed to rise. Why not millionsP
The heat at first will only be so much
the greater. But, 10! about the stage of
four hundred billions there is more-a
dim red light becomes visible in the
gloom; and now, while the rate still
mounts up, the heat in its turn dies
away. till it vanishes rs the sound van
ished but the red light will have passed
for the eye into a yellow, green, q
blue and, last of ALL violet. And to
the violet. the revolutions being about
800, ,000,0 q second, there will
succeed darkness-night, as in the be-
ginning. This darkness, too, like the
stiffness, will never more be broken.
Let the rod whirl on as it may, its do
tngs can not come within the ken OF
that mans senses.-Prof. Groom Rob
erfsou
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
NOBODY COMING TONIGHT.


In the glow of tho western window,
Amber and opaline air
Flooding her eyes with beauty,
Tanning hor int.white hair.
The dear old mother is sitting,
Watching the sunllghts flight;
Alone by the western window
For nobody'e coming tonight.
Crossing the level meadows,
Through the rlcks of tho fragrant hay,
Her noiRhbor Is faring homeward,
After toiling day,
A sweet little wife 10 waiting
with a kiss at the cottage door,
And baby viii toddle to meet him
Over the kitchen floor
In the lane, with its vines a.tanglc.
Aud its shadows like broken light,
A fair girl waits for her lover,
Who surely i, coming tonight. se
Her gown Is n fleece of silver, ~
With ribbons of dnintiest blue.
And her eyes are a color TO match them,
So oloudless their violet hue.
The aged face at efie window,
All craven with patient lines,
Takes note of the sweet girls gladness,
Revealed by so many signs:
No envy her heart is stirring,
AS the glimmer of sunshine pales,
For her loved ones are safe in the city
Who're never the glory falls.
Once there were little children
Who called her mother" nh, sweet;
This old house rang to the music
or their merry, romping feet.
There was once n form beside her,
A face that never grew old;
Her own, in its manly beauty,
Her own, with its hair of gold.
Now, in the grnss-grown church.yard,
And deep in the restless sea.
Are the dear ones who filled tho homestead
With the sound of their boisterous glee.
All mol IL Is very silent
To watch tho fnr- AWAY liRht.
As Ii melts in the star-lit heavens,
When nobody's coming tonight.
BY the bars of the western window,
BY the key of the evening star,
Her thought climbs up to the meaning
Of the beautiful gates ajar;
There is wonderful bliss awaiting,
In the regions of shadowless light,
The soul that is peaceful and patient
But nobody's coming tonight.
-Mdrpdret u. Sdngster, IN TOutlls Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
--Tdlto nil the Kidneys and Liver
~.

-Iulo MI tn6 hIUnByb Hnu LlVeI
Medicines,
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Rhel,mdtic remedies,
--Tako all the Dyspepsia and indigestion
cures,
Take all the Ag,te, Fever and bilious
specifies,
Take oil tho Brain and Nerve force
TeUfUes,
Take oil the Great health restorers
IN short, take all tho best qualities OF
all these and the--best
Qualities Of oil the best medicines in
the world, and You will find that--H0p
--Bttters have the best curative qualities
and powers of nll-concentrated IN them,
And that they win cure when any or
aI of these, slngly yor-combtned. Faillili
A thorough trial will give positive proof
OF thia
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
Hardened Liver.

Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then have been unable TO be about
at oil. My liver became hard like wood;
my limbs were pufIcd up and filed with
water.
All the best physicians agreed that moth
ing could cure Inc. resolved to try Hop
Bitters; L have used seven bottles; the
hardness has oil gone from my liver, tho
swelling from my limbs, and 1t has tcorkotE
miracle in my case; otherwise i would
have been now in my grave.
j, w. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct /, 1881.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
Prosecute the s,pindrers,,,

1fwhen you call for Hop Bitters hc druggist hands
out anything but Hop Bitters" with green cluster
OF Hops on white label, shun that druggist as you
would viper; and II he has taken your money for
6ogu, stun, indict him for the fraud and sue him for
damages for the swindlc and we will reward Won
literally for the conviction. 80
See U. S, Court Injunction against G. d. Warner.
Reading, Mich, and all his salesmcn and agents.
Druggists, and other imtators. take warning.
noe BIrTERS MFG CO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
Poyertv ana S,,oer;uo.

81 was dragged down with debt, poverty and suffer.
for doctoring.
was completely discouraged. untli one year ago.
by the advice OF my pnstor, commenced using Hop
Filters. and in one month we were eil WE'LL and none
of us have seen sick day since, and want to say to-
all poor men, you can keep your families well year
with Hop Btters for less than one doctors visit will
cost. know IT," -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

AFTER suffering with rheumatism for
nearly four years / began taking your
medicine Athlophoros. Having taken two
bottles / am entirely FREQ from rheuma-
Thos. d. Pritchard, with Akron iron Com
pany, Akron, O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump-
tion. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

PIKE's TooruAcHE DRoPs cure In minute, 25c
Glenns Sulphur Soap heals and beau6nes. 25c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Dunions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

JUST the pipe to smoke-The stovepipe.
The judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

FISH are generally weighed in their own
scales.-Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06

1T was a brave man who declined to be
vaccinated on the ground that he was NOT
to be cowed by any living man.-Boston
Transcript.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
tCopv'foht Secured. An Rights Rcserred.l
Driven From Sea to Sea,
Or, JUST A CAMPIN'.
CHAPTER XXY.-conr1Nurp.

PUBLIsHrD BY PERMISSION OF J. Il. DowNrr
g. Co., PUBLIsAERs, CHICAGO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-06
Useful and Practical.

BOYS WHO CAME FROM THE FARM H. BUTTERwoRTH
VIOLIN B0WING-Buying Violin, by ROBT D. BRAIN
LOCKS AND KEYS; Wonders Of Locksmths, E. WILLIS
SMALL STOCK RAISING for Boys, by LEMUEL PAXTON
sH0RT-HAND AS A PROFESSION HERBERT w. GLEASON
HOW TO F0RMa Young Folks Shakespeare ROLFE
HOMEsEEKING IN THE -Homesteading--
How Land is Preempted-Farmng and Irrga-
tion-How Land by Tree Culture by E. SMALLEY
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-22
Reunited Snakes.

Dr. Bartlett followed with the exhibition Of
specimens Of the lizard family, chained from
Tucatan, in connection with which he pre-
isutsd letters and atiiIvits he bad received in
reference 10 species Of snake which Is said
to infsss the Illinois prairies- The letters were
from Mrs. Trail and Mrs. Buell., ct Rockport,
III, and in them they Claimed to haye seen
sake about their frEer beds, known as the
glass CT pointed snake, which upon their ap-
pe1ra1ce stood erect upon its tail. Mrs Trail
approached the reptile, she says, and struck It
with stick, whersupon it fell into four distinct
pieces. The part containing the head wriggled
around for while, and in Al instant almost,
she observed that Il gathered up the other
pieces, ls an engine making up 4 train Of cars,
and speedily moved OF as # nothing had hap
pened, the FiscNs all restored Mrs. Buell.
added her testimony and Affidavit to the truth
fitness Of the statement, and Rev. 7. J. Keller,
4 Cdupbslite preacher Of the same place,
backed both Of their statements By saying that
be had often seen the same strange Phenomsua
IN that section BE related one instance where
the snake had been broken into four pieces,
and where the bead had vrigglsd Of 4 dis
lance Of some ten fsst, and moment later re-
turned, when all ot~the parts were restored to
their former condition and relations, as if BY
magic. During the absence Of the head be
said he examined the other parts, found them
hard and free from blood OF other natter, and
IN conclusion be expressed considerable sur
prise that the pheaomeuI related vas not gen
orally known and accepted as true.
Dr.. Andrews said lie had taken some pains
to inquire iutG the stgry, and had found the
atlantis earnest, reputable people, and be had
nc reason to to4hs their entire sincerity, nor
yet that they actually believed that they had
seea what they uarrahsd- He cuuIi not, how
I ever, di=pel few doubts be had en- the entire
subject. In the first place, be regarded it az
| improbable for snake to stand erect upon It's
! t1il5 then again, be could not convince him
self Of the possibility Of the bowels, arteries
and spinal cord Of the snake. or anything else,
| beng suddenly separated, except at the cost
| Of hfs, mnch less Of the possibility Of their
| being united, as had been claimed Other
members shared IN the sane opiuicus, and
/ agreed thaE the evening had been cue Of IN
/ usual interest, % say the least, but nothing
/ short Of the prssence Of GIG Of the remarkable
snakes viii satisfy the Academy.-CEi1lgo
I Times
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-22
Proats of Farming.

How the notion that farming Is Improbable
should prevail SO extensively is past eOmpre-
hensiou. The agricultural statistics do not
justify any such conclusion. 0nly tweRty-one
per cent Of the population Of California is en-
gagged in agriculture. The population Of CAL
ifcrnia being SCI, 1874, this would be about
Isl ssh. The adult or working population,
one in 1--WE, would be about 36,Sl6.
The product Of wheat, barley and corn per
year exceeds $4,000, 900 III value In addi-
tiou to this IS the wire. fruit, beef, pork and
chickens, which will amount to halt as much
more, making total product for each adult
worker Of not less than 81 500. The mines in
their best days never paid that much. and in
late years not half that with all the expensive
plant Of machinery, canals, etc.
In the trades the showing IS not as good as
IN farming. The year before the census the
average number Of hands employed was a.
Is9, the average wages to each hand being
S4SI. Considering that mechanics generally
board themselves, the average wages, e1clu-
sive Of board are not over 81 per day. Scarcely
any class of farm hands work as low as that.
The fact Is that it is notorious among business
men that farming has paid better in California
than any other business
Iffarmers would insist upon calling farming
1 profession, and paying their best help The
wages Of skilled labor, and the novice what I
beginner would get in any trade, about enough
to pay his board. the dignity Of farming would
soon be reepguized. The flrmer who owns the
land be cultivates, and there are thirty i've
thousand Of them IN this State, has little need
to wear Gu his face any sembiance Of au apol-
egy fer bis vocation They are IN situation
&c make 4 living honestly. They do not, As j
trader in city once declared he did, have 10
tell hundred lies 10 make diEe.-Seu4 Joss
Nsrr-,,y-zg
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-12-22


Y. De MostillSt has st last discovered the
geaaine aud enqeesli0aable common ancestor
e the human race. For ages the prilaal parent
has been sought, hat since the publication Of
Mr., narwin's "neseeut q Man" the question
has assumed mere material fora. The main
dtheas0 has, however, always been that
though sought far and near. Hei trace Of that
anshropcid ancestor eeald be detected. But
il Is proverbisl that they who 50 ia search cf
facts II support Of any theory, Ia the end iaa
suihcient evidence 10 ecnVlaeo themselves, il
not others, q the truth q their thesis Aud
this is what q. &c Mortillet has done. He has
0Ot precisely found The eOmnen father. but he
has discovered implements which be is quite
sare must have heen fashioned by hin. These
consist Of rude. fiut scfapers and arrow points
in strata az Thenay, which are usually as
erieed 70 The riieeene age, though some en-
thnsias,s would like 70 date them frou the
enceene stage Of the tertiary period. When
we affirm NJ. de MOrtillets opinion 10 he that
the flint implements arr Of "human" work
u,anship, we only desire TO express his view
that they are nOs the result Of accident, 0f
fsshicoed by the paws Of mere brute, Bat.
at the same time, be is by 90 mems ready to
allow that they wese Clipped by human be-
ing as we understand the terra. The artist
Vas uNt AoN Np0uSu u eo a MONKEY pNt nc
Was not high eoough 10 be man, Accord
iugsy this hypothetical hunter Of TheHay. who
was struggling to emerge lrom the simioid
form, has beep termed the "anthropi,heqne"
surely undergraduates would have been
iooge eorreet-or ape naa. and under this non
eomniittal name be is TO be known. until such
time as his skeleton is disinterred from the
rocks IN which his weapons have been found.
As for the assertion that they were the tools
OF an arthropoid ape, thero is absolutely no
thing to support such an inference. The Ne
aOderthal skull was at Que tine believed TO
be the Uranium Of the missing link" though
Il IS now admitted that this once notorious
boue has no value whatever. Again aud again
untouched hiuls have been exhibited as chip
ped, and as ineon,ruTersible evidence in favor
OF some theory which soon died natural
death. Accordingly. while bot for moment
doubling the possibility Of NJ, De Mortillet's
conclusions being correct, the prudent anthro-
pologisE viii hesitate before embracing IN his
articles OF faith either the H,ioeene dints, or
the "anthropitheque" who is supposed to have
Clipped theni.-Loa,iJR >sui0ku'd